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Freddie Kissoon column…A Guyanese nationalist will be honoured today

Aug 20, 2008 knews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on Freddie Kissoon column…A Guyanese nationalist will be honoured today

This afternoon at the Pegasus, the University of Warwick’s representatives will confer upon Mr. Yesu Persaud, an honorary doctorate. I do not normally go these “gatherings.” The last one I went...

Peeping Tom…THE OBSERVATION WARD

Aug 20, 2008 knews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on Peeping Tom…THE OBSERVATION WARD

I support a call which was made by a letter writer for citizens and the business community to contribute towards the rebuilding efforts after last week’s fire that levelled the Observation Ward and...

Blame the government…The results are clear, crime is confronted

Aug 20, 2008 knews Features / Columnists Comments Off on Blame the government…The results are clear, crime is confronted

Things have been relatively quiet; crime seems to have taken a holiday and people are once more beginning to feel comfortable. Life is what it should be in any country and plans are well advanced for...

At what stage is this country?

Aug 19, 2008 knews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on At what stage is this country?

It would be fascinating theatre to look inside the minds of those who have power in this country. Why they do the things when they do them is a journey onto another planet. If someone were to come...

WHERE IS FREDDIE?

Aug 19, 2008 knews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on WHERE IS FREDDIE?

Where is Freddie? For a while he could not be found… well, at least by the boss man. Messages were left that the boss wanted to see him. These messages were delivered; he was told by Adam and...

Peeping Tom…Freddie needs to be fairer and more objective

Aug 18, 2008 knews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on Peeping Tom…Freddie needs to be fairer and more objective

Freddie remains one of Guyana’s most read columnists. However, the bitterness that he harbours towards certain leaders of the PPP seems to be diminishing his analysis, which over the past few...

The Freddie Kissoon column…Notes on Guyana’s political sociology

Aug 18, 2008 knews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on The Freddie Kissoon column…Notes on Guyana’s political sociology

In his KN column of August 3, Ravi Dev wrote, “In Guyana the minority African section has a vast overrepresentation in the key state institutions, especially in the Armed Forces, and has used this...

Tony Deyal column…A courting we will go

Aug 18, 2008 knews Features / Columnists, Tony Deyal column Comments Off on Tony Deyal column…A courting we will go

“A Boy Named Sue” was a hit song by Johnny Cash. These days, boys and girls, regardless of names and nationality, sue for cash. Some of these lawsuits are as ridiculous as naming a kid in the...

That Auditor General’s Report

Aug 17, 2008 knews Features / Columnists Comments Off on That Auditor General’s Report

The issue of the Auditor General’s Report is slowly being cleared up. Many people do not readily understand that some of the findings have nothing to do with actual cash. Some of the headlines...

The quiet mass murderer

Aug 17, 2008 knews Features / Columnists, Murder and Mystery Comments Off on The quiet mass murderer

– in one moment of madness, Oral Hendricks took three innocent lives… By Michael Jordan Guyana’s crime files are replete with cases of men who suddenly became afflicted with madness and...

The unmistakable impression of Burnham’s footprint remains

Aug 17, 2008 knews AFC Column, Features / Columnists Comments Off on The unmistakable impression of Burnham’s footprint remains

Remarks by Raphael Trotman, M.P. on the Motion Honouring Linden Forbes Sampson Burnham, O.E., S.C. Linden Forbes Sampson Burnham, O.E, S.C., was an enigma. There is no escaping or denying that fact....

Should we give praise to the Government for this one?

Aug 17, 2008 knews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on Should we give praise to the Government for this one?

By the time you read this column, you may have noticed that Carifesta Avenue is showing off street lamps. I guess better late than never. Should we sing praise to the Government for this? Before we...

My life is full of disappointments

Aug 17, 2008 knews Features / Columnists, My Column Comments Off on My life is full of disappointments

There are some things in life that just wouldn’t go away. For me, one of these is the habit to plan and execute that plan. Years ago I vowed that I would not miss the 100 metres final at the...

Equality

Aug 17, 2008 knews Features / Columnists, Ravi Dev Comments Off on Equality

(The following was first offered in 1993, following the victory of the PPP. How far have we moved since and why?) Equality has become the mantra of the day: no one is willing to declare that it is...

Vampire Around Town (VAT)

Aug 17, 2008 knews Features / Columnists Comments Off on Vampire Around Town (VAT)

Peter R. Ramsaroop, MBA Chairman, Vision Guyana INTRODUCTION: As I continue to travel around the country and even visiting the Diaspora in many countries, I am faced with the question, ‘why...

The Baccoo speaks

Aug 17, 2008 knews Features / Columnists, The Baccoo Speaks Comments Off on The Baccoo speaks

I warned about the electrocution but for some reason people would not heed my warning. Of course, what is written in the stars cannot be denied. There is going to be yet another and people are going...

Getting nightmares from disbeliefitis

Aug 17, 2008 knews Features / Columnists Comments Off on Getting nightmares from disbeliefitis

The Parrot is a movie buff; just love the stuff. Of course like anything else, there are good ones and ones which you regret wasting your time watching. For many, movies are an integral part of life,...

EPA for whose benefit?

Aug 17, 2008 knews Features / Columnists, Ronald Sanders Comments Off on EPA for whose benefit?

By Sir Ronald Sanders On September 2, 2008, some Caribbean countries will be signing an Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) with the European Union (EU) which is not fair and which, over time, may...

GUYANESE LITERATURE – by Petamber Persaud

Aug 17, 2008 knews Features / Columnists, Guyanese Literature Comments Off on GUYANESE LITERATURE – by Petamber Persaud

The spirit of Carifesta ’72 is still with us within the walls of buildings that housed various activities of the first Caribbean Festival of Arts. Many of the venues used then were educational...

THE PPP REMAINS STRONG

Aug 17, 2008 knews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on THE PPP REMAINS STRONG

As I mentioned before, the competition for places on the Central Executive of the People’s Progressive Party was not so much about candidates but about factions. Those elections were not just...

The quiet mass murderer

Aug 17, 2008 knews Features / Columnists, Murder and Mystery Comments Off on The quiet mass murderer

– in one moment of madness, Oral Hendricks took three innocent lives… By Michael Jordan Guyana’s crime files are replete with cases of men who suddenly became afflicted with madness and...

Measuring greatness

Aug 16, 2008 knews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on Measuring greatness

People see what they want to see in an individual. For me singers, poets, actors, writers, doctors, nurses, athletes, scientists, are human beings whose achievements to their county and the world are...

Will the leaders of the PPP heed the call of congress?

Aug 16, 2008 knews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on Will the leaders of the PPP heed the call of congress?

I do not know how serious to take a declaration emerging out of the 29th Congress of the People’s Progressive Party which indicated that party’s willingness to work with opposition parties and...

Stabroek News founder hospitalised

Aug 15, 2008 knews News, Stella Says Comments Off on Stabroek News founder hospitalised

Editor-In-Chief of Stabroek News, Mr David De Caires, has been admitted at a city hospital after he collapsed yesterday morning at his 239 Quamina Street, South Cummingsburg home. According to...

Like CN get katahar seeds

Aug 15, 2008 knews Features / Columnists Comments Off on Like CN get katahar seeds

The Parrot tuned in to the Half Dozen Channel to be on the roll call of those who tuned in to the return of the “Vise”. The “fuss” thing I noticed was that the Host, CN, announced, said that...

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The stranger next door

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(Kaieteur News) – As late as the early 1970s, when night fell, dinner consumed and the children completed their homework, members of the household would usually sit either in the sitting room or on the verandah and discuss various matters, but mainly the events of the day. In those days there...

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...

APOLOGY AND RETRACTION TO MR. DEVINDRA KISSOON

May 01, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – On April 29, 2026, I published in Kaieteur News, as part of The GHK Lall Column, a piece entitled “A special kind of lawyering, and at its best” (the “Column”). Mr. Kissoon has never acted for the Government on the Gas-to-Energy Project. He has never received any...

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