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Twenty million reasons to watch cricket

Jul 28, 2008 knews Features / Columnists, Tony Deyal column Comments Off on Twenty million reasons to watch cricket

Hindsight is always 20/20, except in cricket, where it presents a new vision of an ancient spectacle described by Robin Williams, the comedian, as “Baseball on Valium.” Matthew Engel, in an...

The concerns are never ignored

Jul 27, 2008 knews Features / Columnists Comments Off on The concerns are never ignored

Commonsense always prevails, even in the worst of times, and the recent brouhaha between the Guyana Press Association and the President has seen commonsense coming to the fore and averting what could...

The Squid

Jul 27, 2008 knews Features / Columnists, Interesting Creatures in Guyana Comments Off on The Squid

Squids can be described as a large, diverse group of marine creatures called cephalopods. It is said that all cephalopods and specifically squids are distinguished by having a distinct head,...

THE EROSION OF JURY SUPREMACY – A RECIPE FOR DISASTER

Jul 27, 2008 knews AFC Column, Features / Columnists Comments Off on THE EROSION OF JURY SUPREMACY – A RECIPE FOR DISASTER

An edited address in the National Assembly 24th July 2008 by K Ramjattan (AFC Chairman) re Debate on the Court of Appeal Amendment Bill 2008 Sometime ago in this Assembly, I had argued the case that...

Look for my name in Beijing

Jul 27, 2008 knews Features / Columnists, My Column Comments Off on Look for my name in Beijing

Adam Harris is going to Beijing and he would be running the 200 metres. He may not win a medal but he is going to give it his best shot. He is going to fly the Golden Arrowhead. He can run; he has...

Oh, the things this government gets away with!

Jul 27, 2008 knews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on Oh, the things this government gets away with!

If there is any ruler turning in his grave, it is Forbes Burnham. Reaching out from his mausoleum in the Botanic Gardens, Burnham asks his perpetual question: “Why did you guys fight me down?...

The Baccoo speaks

Jul 27, 2008 knews Features / Columnists, The Baccoo Speaks Comments Off on The Baccoo speaks

The gunmen are very evident in the streets in and around the city just as I warned and this action is not about to end because the people carrying the guns are almost incapable of seeking gainful...

PLENTY OF SMOKE BUT LITTLE HAZE

Jul 27, 2008 knews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on PLENTY OF SMOKE BUT LITTLE HAZE

A few nights ago I was having a discussion with some friends and the conversation came around to the proposed pipeline that it is said that Venezuela wishes to build through Guyana. Some of the...

Our energy crisis has hit home

Jul 27, 2008 knews Features / Columnists Comments Off on Our energy crisis has hit home

– Prepaid meters to gas prices Peter R. Ramsaroop, MBA, Chairman Vision Guyana Introduction: Every reader of this column would have experienced an increase in their cost of living over the last...

Political Strategies

Jul 27, 2008 knews Features / Columnists, Ravi Dev Comments Off on Political Strategies

I thank Elder Eusi Kwayana for responding to my column, “Elected Dictatorship?” Unlike what Mr Ramjattan intimated, at no time did I claim that Mr Kwayana’s approach was “unintellectual”. I...

Mr. EU, “Massa days done”

Jul 27, 2008 knews Features / Columnists Comments Off on Mr. EU, “Massa days done”

The Parrot is taking note of the discussions, both locally and regionally, surrounding the EPA. No, not the Environmental Protection Agency; the European Partnership Agreement between the European...

IS THERE SUCH A THING AS A CARIBBEAN IDENTITY?

Jul 27, 2008 knews Features / Columnists, The Arts Forum Comments Off on IS THERE SUCH A THING AS A CARIBBEAN IDENTITY?

Nicholas Laughlin asks the question: “Is there such a thing as a Caribbean identity?” in an article entitled “What ‘Caribbean’ can mean.” We bring you today extracts from that article,...

The Chavez Effect: A life belt for the Caribbean

Jul 27, 2008 knews Features / Columnists, Ronald Sanders Comments Off on The Chavez Effect: A life belt for the Caribbean

By Sir Ronald Sanders There is no question that the two oil-related initiatives launched by Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez – PetroCaribe and ALBA – are life belts to many Caribbean...

Jul 27, 2008 knews Cartoons, Features / Columnists Comments Off on

Love is free

Jul 26, 2008 knews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on Love is free

E-mails are in the in-things these days. The only mails I get in my letter box, which is nailed onto my gate, are bills – water bills, electricity bills and telephone bills. This is quite...

Democracy inside three memoranda

Jul 26, 2008 knews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on Democracy inside three memoranda

I read the Mirror newspaper every week (online of course; I would not take my money to buy that thing). I do not read the Chronicle. For many, that would be a fault of mine. If you are a social...

Hard Time paper hit real hard times

Jul 25, 2008 knews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Hard Time paper hit real hard times

Dem boys, when dem tekking a drink, does sing ‘Missy lass she gold ring’. Now dem boys always want to know wheh Missy been when she lass she ring. If she was living at Bartica dem woulda seh that...

For not taking over the GPA

Jul 25, 2008 knews Features / Columnists Comments Off on For not taking over the GPA

The government is often accused of being responsible for everything and when it is not being accused it is expected to solve every problem or to deal with every issue. In Guyana this has been the...

CHEDDI UNDERSTOOD POVERTY

Jul 25, 2008 knews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on CHEDDI UNDERSTOOD POVERTY

I was heartened recently when I read in the newspaper that Food for the Poor had constructed a small, not expensive nor fancy, home for someone who was disabled. The home was constructed on land...

“Show me yuh company and…”

Jul 25, 2008 knews Features / Columnists Comments Off on “Show me yuh company and…”

The Parrot has read the letter from the Boss of the Guyana De-Press Association (GDPA), DE Shop-Brawl, in which he debunked the notion that he might be a member of any political party or being so...

Divorce politics from economics

Jul 25, 2008 knews Features / Columnists Comments Off on Divorce politics from economics

Peter R. Ramsaroop, MBA Introduction: It is of no small interest with which I’ve watched the furor that has arisen over basically simple matters of economic need and the machinations of our...

Eburnation

Jul 25, 2008 knews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on Eburnation

Many, many years ago on this page I did a column on an aberration that has continued unto this day. Before I come to that let me say that I believe when critics of the Government point to the lack of...

Laurie Lewis and me at the Garden Café

Jul 24, 2008 knews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on Laurie Lewis and me at the Garden Café

Guyanese under twenty years of age probably will not be familiar with the name Laurie Lewis but their parents would. He is out of the news these days but when those twenty-year-olds were in napkins,...

THERE IS STILL HOPE

Jul 24, 2008 knews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on THERE IS STILL HOPE

For what shall it profit a man, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul? – Mark 8:36 At this time, I need to invoke the above biblical intonation, warning against gaining the...

Know your game – you can’t ride on tracks you haven’t laid down

Jul 23, 2008 knews Features / Columnists Comments Off on Know your game – you can’t ride on tracks you haven’t laid down

Peter R. Ramsaroop, MBA INTRODUCTION: Money is something one achieves with hard work, commitment and drive. A Guyanese proverb says “wen you wan fuh swim, yuh gat fuh plunge inside fuss” You can...

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GOA rewards S/A Youth Games medallists with ‘Cash Grants’ to...

Apr 28, 2026

Kaieteur Sports – The Guyana Olympic Association has rewarded the nation’s medal-winning athletes from the recently concluded South American Youth Games with cash grants, reaffirming its...

Glenn Lall has opened the eyes of the nation to an injustice

Apr 28, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – Guyana’s Production Sharing Agreement (PSA) with ExxonMobil effectively allows the company to de-risk its investment after discovery while shifting the financial burden onto the country—deserves serious and sober scrutiny. This is why poorly structured contracts can...

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...

PPP’s fetid breath: democracy’s death

Apr 28, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – It has been a war. The PPP’s relentless efforts at dismantling and destroying democracy in Guyana. Institutions and organs, architecture and machinery, weakened brick by brick, until they are either shadows of themselves, or collapse under the weight of accumulated rot. ...

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