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Come let me clutch thee

Mar 23, 2009 knews Features / Columnists, Tony Deyal column Comments Off on Come let me clutch thee

Is this a dagger, which I see before me, the handle toward my hand? Come, let me clutch thee.Macbeth, Thane of Glamis and of Cawdor and King thereafter, clearly knew what a dagger was but would he...

Mar 22, 2009 knews Cartoons, Features / Columnists Comments Off on

Cricket: Glorious miscalculations

Mar 22, 2009 knews Features / Columnists Comments Off on Cricket: Glorious miscalculations

The Parrot was at the game on Friday. What a Friday! The hype was great; the atmosphere perfect; expectations high; crowd huge. By the way, it was made public that tickets were sold out. Well,...

The Baccoo speaks

Mar 22, 2009 knews Features / Columnists, The Baccoo Speaks Comments Off on The Baccoo speaks

The coming week is going to bring its fair share of tragedies. There is going to be another river accident in the western part of the country because of carelessness. People going about their...

OECS should establish joint Regulator: G20 should help

Mar 22, 2009 knews Features / Columnists, Ronald Sanders Comments Off on OECS should establish joint Regulator: G20 should help

By Sir Ronald Sanders The members of the Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS) should move to establish immediately two separate bodies to regulate domestic non-bank financial institutions...

Removing temptation

Mar 22, 2009 knews Features / Columnists, Ravi Dev Comments Off on Removing temptation

Not surprisingly, now that the ever-widening financial gyre has established that it respects no boundaries, everyone is demanding that a quick fix be found and stability returned pronto. Even though...

THE RIGHT STEP IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION

Mar 22, 2009 knews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on THE RIGHT STEP IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION

One of Guyana’s leading authors once wrote that the best way to experience the city of Georgetown is by foot. Not anymore. Walking down Regent Street today is the best physical fitness regimen one...

Where has yesterday gone?

Mar 22, 2009 knews Features / Columnists, My Column Comments Off on Where has yesterday gone?

Everyone when they reach a certain age say that life is short. I am now saying the same thing. I now discover that my youthful days, which were only yesterday, have gone and all I have left are...

The English cricketers read the local newspapers

Mar 22, 2009 knews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on The English cricketers read the local newspapers

President Jagdeo left the country before the cricket got going. But it must have been an unnerving moment for him and the ruling party, especially Janet Jagan, after the release of a report to the UN...

The Mongoose

Mar 22, 2009 knews Features / Columnists, Interesting Creatures in Guyana Comments Off on The Mongoose

The mongoose is a member of the family Herpestidae, which also accommodates a family of small, cat-like carnivores. They live primarily in southern Asia, Africa, and southern Europe, as well as some...

NOW THE PEPPER BUNNIN’…TIME FOR AN INDEPENDENT INVESTIGATION

Mar 22, 2009 knews AFC Column, Features / Columnists Comments Off on NOW THE PEPPER BUNNIN’…TIME FOR AN INDEPENDENT INVESTIGATION

Two weeks ago the AFC was accused of having “pepper sauce” links. Two weeks later, the President and Government of Guyana are fighting a rearguard and futile battle to fend off allegations of...

Shivnarine Chanderpaul lives in Florida

Mar 21, 2009 knews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on Shivnarine Chanderpaul lives in Florida

If you didn’t know that the great Guyanese cricketer has made Florida his home before the final Test match in Trinidad, then you probably are aware of it by now because Tony Cozier announced it...

Glenn Lall’s file said to be in audit office

Mar 21, 2009 knews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on Glenn Lall’s file said to be in audit office

Last year, following this newspaper’s expose of the Sanata deal, this newspaper received word that our coverage of this deal had angered powerful persons in this country. We learnt from a source...

THE DAYS OF JOB SECURITY ARE NUMBERED

Mar 20, 2009 knews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on THE DAYS OF JOB SECURITY ARE NUMBERED

I am more than surprised that those employees of CLICO (Guyana) who have been sent home are surprised by the action of the management of the insurer. I am shocked and disappointed that they are...

Everybody digging

Mar 20, 2009 knews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Everybody digging

If you see how de man run. And is de Waterfalls paper mek he run. Dem boys talking bout de man who come fuh do de polygraph. When he come he sneak in and Roger de Lunch Man put he up in Pegasus. De...

Consistent Chanders Honoured (CCH)

Mar 20, 2009 knews Features / Columnists Comments Off on Consistent Chanders Honoured (CCH)

The Parrot will stick to the current topic of cricket seeing that two big matches are on here over the next few days, starting with today. There is another popular “C” topic attracting much...

Don’t show the English cricketers Georgetown!

Mar 20, 2009 knews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on Don’t show the English cricketers Georgetown!

They say better half a loaf than none. The non-resident Japanese Ambassador has donated a small sum to the City Council for solid waste disposal. It is a drop in the ocean compared to the numbers...

What should we say to the visiting English cricketers?

Mar 19, 2009 knews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on What should we say to the visiting English cricketers?

In times like these when important foreign people are in Guyana, the ruling politicians get nervous about the private media. Of course the familiar saying comes into play; “Do nothing, fear...

WHERE IS IT COMING FROM?

Mar 19, 2009 knews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on WHERE IS IT COMING FROM?

Suppose, I, Peeping Tom decided to open a business but the money I had was insufficient to finance the operations. Suppose, also, that in order to obtain this money, I borrowed from Uncle Adam. Now...

The “criminalized state” and the “incestuous state” in Guyana

Mar 18, 2009 knews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on The “criminalized state” and the “incestuous state” in Guyana

It was Professor Clive Thomas who first propounded the theory of “The criminalized State in Guyana”. In five articles in 2003 in the Stabroek News (March 9, 16, 23, 30, April 6), he attempted to...

NBS AND CLICO

Mar 18, 2009 knews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on NBS AND CLICO

The New Building Society (NBS) is constructing a spanking headquarters opposite the St. George’s Cathedral. This must be an indication of good times for that entity which is now under the...

The roaring Tiger

Mar 18, 2009 knews Features / Columnists Comments Off on The roaring Tiger

The Parrot squawked in the past about the achievements on Shivnarine “Tiger” Chanderpaul. Sad to say the same cannot be said of the West Indies team as a whole. “Tiger” has reached cricketing...

Khan pleads guilty; Simels asked me to testify

Mar 17, 2009 knews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on Khan pleads guilty; Simels asked me to testify

Roger Khan has pleaded guilty. To what? It is when you find out what he has pleaded guilty to then you will realise that certain persons may be in trouble in Guyana. Khan has pleaded guilty to 21...

All Ministers should publicly declare any interest in Clico (Guyana)

Mar 17, 2009 knews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on All Ministers should publicly declare any interest in Clico (Guyana)

On Sunday evening, the CBS Sixty Minutes show featured the Chairman of the U.S. Federal Reserve defending his organisation’s decision to rescue the large banks that had gambled on the capital...

Did President Jagdeo know of Roger Khan’s activities?

Mar 16, 2009 knews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on Did President Jagdeo know of Roger Khan’s activities?

Any school boy using logic and common sense, after reading what President Jagdeo said about Major (Ret) David Clark, is bound to ask the question: Did Mr. Jagdeo know what Roger Khan was doing? In...

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May 14, 2026

2026/27 West Indies 4-Day Championship…GHE vs. WIA Day 4 By Clifton Ross Kaieteur Sports – Arguably one of the more intense, mountainous come-from-behind wins in contemporary Regional 4-Day...

An insult to our intelligence

May 14, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – We are told that the reason regular government press conferences have disappeared is because the administration has moved from “campaign mode” into “implementation mode.” In other words, governing has apparently become too demanding an occupation to permit the...

The Caribbean’s Limits in Absorbing Other States’ Deportees

May 10, 2026

By Sir Ronald Sanders (Kaieteur News) – Migration policy is a matter of sovereign control. Governments assert, rightly, their authority to regulate borders, determine who may enter, and enforce their laws. The United States has that right, as does every sovereign state. All Caribbean governments...

Sanctity of contract

May 14, 2026

Hard Truths by GHK Lall (Kaieteur News) – Sanctity of contract has a resonant ring. In isolation. Sanctity of contract placed next to sanctity of sovereignty doesn’t have a leg on which to stand. It pales. It must fade. For what does sanctity of contract do to sanctity of...

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