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Something is just not right

Apr 12, 2009 knews Features / Columnists, My Column Comments Off on Something is just not right

Housewives, more than anyone else, know that the best thing to do with limited finance is to seek the best bargains. I have had the fortune or misfortune to go shopping first with my mother, and then...

THE MONICA REECE MURDER MYSTERY

Apr 12, 2009 knews Features / Columnists, Murder and Mystery Comments Off on THE MONICA REECE MURDER MYSTERY

Does this ‘high society’ killing remain unsolved because of sloppy detective work, bad breaks that investigators had, media interference…or because someone deliberately let a suspect slip...

We criticize the Government: What about the others?

Apr 12, 2009 knews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on We criticize the Government: What about the others?

It is foolish to think that there is another institution that is powerful in a country as the State. The media, the business class, the trade unions are all formidable actors that can bring down...

The Tapir

Apr 12, 2009 knews Features / Columnists, Interesting Creatures in Guyana Comments Off on The Tapir

Tapirs are large browsing mammals, roughly pig-like in shape, with short, prehensile snouts. They inhabit jungle and forest regions of South America, Central America, and Southeast Asia. All four...

POWER TO THE PEOPLE

Apr 12, 2009 knews AFC Column, Features / Columnists Comments Off on POWER TO THE PEOPLE

By Raphael Trotman At this time of Easter when we reflect on the ultimate sacrifice that Jesus made to ensure the salvation of all those who believe in his Gospel, let us examine whether those who...

Discredit the minority report

Apr 10, 2009 knews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on Discredit the minority report

The Federation of Independent Trade Unions of Guyana (FITUG) has joined the chorus of criticisms against a UN Minority Report on Guyana. A great deal of what FITUG says has merit. However, this...

Is bunnin’ and cross buns

Apr 10, 2009 knews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Is bunnin’ and cross buns

People does hot oil fuh fry fish but these days some woman does use hot oil fuh other reason. Dem got things to de stage wheh dem boys does call dem woman who hotting oil fuh bun man, Burnadette. And...

Not so good a Friday

Apr 10, 2009 knews Features / Columnists Comments Off on Not so good a Friday

The Parrot takes this opportunity to wish all, especially the Christian community, the best on this sombre day of Good Friday. Is there a greeting like “Happy Good Friday”? I am not sure. While...

The greatest mystery in Christendom; the greatest mystery in religion

Apr 10, 2009 knews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on The greatest mystery in Christendom; the greatest mystery in religion

Today is one of the most sacred and revered days in the Christian religion. It is the moment that the persecuted and executed religious fighter, Jesus Christ, rose from the dead. I am not a religious...

Minister Manickchand’s semantic evasion

Apr 09, 2009 knews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on Minister Manickchand’s semantic evasion

I do not read anything written by Minister Priya Manickchand. I don’t want to hear anything this lady has to say about the abuse of women by men. The attitude of this Minister to domestic abuse is...

GOOD JOB, MR SATTAUR!

Apr 09, 2009 knews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on GOOD JOB, MR SATTAUR!

I got a call on Tuesday from someone who wanted to inform me that he had seen an advertisement from the New Building Society, a private entity, appearing in the Guyana Times newspaper, but which did...

Something an East Indian woman said to me Monday afternoon

Apr 08, 2009 knews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on Something an East Indian woman said to me Monday afternoon

An ephemeral cloud set off some raindrops on the Sheriff Street seawall on Monday afternoon sending the strollers including me to seek shelter at the newly reopened Texaco gas station. Among the...

Freddie a GOAT?

Apr 08, 2009 knews Features / Columnists Comments Off on Freddie a GOAT?

The Parrot was unavoidably absent for about two weeks. Apologies. Many things happened during that time, most notably the death of former President and founding member of the PPP, Janet Jagan. Much...

Mrs. Jagan was no obstacle to national unity

Apr 08, 2009 knews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on Mrs. Jagan was no obstacle to national unity

The President of Guyana is absolutely correct when he said that Mrs. Janet Jagan was not a hindrance to national unity. The greatest obstacle to national unity was not Mrs. Janet Jagan; it is...

The controversial words of a controversial President

Apr 07, 2009 knews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on The controversial words of a controversial President

I was not there but it was reported in the press, then I saw it on television that in his opening remarks at the official launching of the Guyana Times, President Jagdeo remarked; “I know I am...

Prosecution must be a pre-condition for any bailout

Apr 07, 2009 knews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on Prosecution must be a pre-condition for any bailout

The Commissioner of Insurance should be made to answer to the Guyanese people as why she has not yet appointed a Special Prosecutor to prosecute breaches of the Insurance Act committed by the CLICO...

Bullyism or stupidity or both?

Apr 06, 2009 knews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on Bullyism or stupidity or both?

Exactly one month ago (February, 5), in an article entitled, “Bullyism or stupidity,” I wrote the following; “The Licence Revenue Office is a very important place. Traffic is huge at that...

Guyana’s greatest financial scandal

Apr 06, 2009 knews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on Guyana’s greatest financial scandal

Mrs. Janet Jagan is dead. She should be allowed to Rest in Peace and not become the object of political diversion or attempts to use her name to purge the PPP. All her life she was made the political...

PUN FOR THE ROAD

Apr 06, 2009 knews Features / Columnists, Tony Deyal column Comments Off on PUN FOR THE ROAD

My friend and colleague, Kishan Kumarsingh, is in Bonn but not duty-free. He is attending a climate change meeting at the headquarters of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change...

Apr 05, 2009 knews Cartoons, Features / Columnists Comments Off on

The Baccoo speaks

Apr 05, 2009 knews Features / Columnists, The Baccoo Speaks Comments Off on The Baccoo speaks

Why must I always remind people that I must be taken seriously? I warned about the electrocution and there was this man who refused to heed what I saw. He is about to be buried, leaving behind...

Castro could help Obama to end Cuba embargo

Apr 05, 2009 knews Features / Columnists, Ronald Sanders Comments Off on Castro could help Obama to end Cuba embargo

By Sir Ronald Sanders Cuba’s President Raul Castro could help US President Barack Obama to end the 49-year old trade embargo that the US has imposed on Cuba and to normalise relations between the...

Still down and out

Apr 05, 2009 knews Features / Columnists, Ravi Dev Comments Off on Still down and out

Well, the second grand meeting of G-20 – the conclave of the leaders of the twenty countries that account for an astounding 85% of the world GDP – came off in London on April 2nd. Unlike the...

NO WAY, JOSE!

Apr 05, 2009 knews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on NO WAY, JOSE!

There is a young reporter from the Stabroek News who usually has the President dancing during question time at press conferences, and I would love to see another encounter between the two. The young...

There is much talk about corruption

Apr 05, 2009 knews Features / Columnists, My Column Comments Off on There is much talk about corruption

Guyana, the land of Many Waters, but the country that can never provide its people with adequate supplies of potable water is indeed a mystery. The global economic crisis that saw huge problems in...

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Motie (5-51), Permaul (82* & 4-20) subdue Volcanoes, as Eagles...

Apr 22, 2026

2026/27 West Indies Regional 4-Day Championships Round 2… GHE vs WWIV Day 3 By Clifton Ross Kaieteur Sports – Left-arm spin twins Gudakesh Motie, who followed up his 10-wicket haul in the...

My wish

Apr 22, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – To live to a hundred: that is the wish. But beyond that, the body gives way—the joints harden into little more than stone, the eyes dim past the help of any knife, and the memory, that fragile vessel, empties itself without ceremony. That would be the proper time to go, to...

Resolving CARICOM’s Leadership Impasse

Apr 19, 2026

By Sir Ronald Sanders (Kaieteur News) –As with all my commentaries, this one is strictly in my personal capacity, drawing on more than fifty years of engagement with Caribbean affairs and a lifelong commitment to the cause of regional integration. I do not speak on behalf of any government or...

Two U.S. ambassadors on Exxon contract: times change

Apr 22, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – During her Guyana tour, US Ambassador Sarah Ann Lynch pronounced on the Exxon-Guyana oil contract. Current US Ambassador to Guyana, Excellency Nicole D. Theriot recently relayed Washington’s position on that same Exxon contract. The learned US diplomats are a study in...

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