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A new meaning for an old word

Jul 23, 2008 knews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on A new meaning for an old word

I was passing by the Georgetown Prisons and it struck me that, for quite some time in Guyana, the gallows have been dormant. We have not had an execution in Guyana for a great many years, mainly due...

I’m considering the end to my Kaieteur columns

Jul 22, 2008 knews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on I’m considering the end to my Kaieteur columns

There has always been an element of weird departure in Guyanese politics since early time that goes back to the fifties. There tends to be an overlapping of relations among political enemies that is...

On being professional

Jul 22, 2008 knews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on On being professional

Persons who work for the government as well as officers of the State who are members of parliament, the judiciary or constitutional office holders, are required to follow official government policy....

Cartoons

Jul 22, 2008 knews Cartoons Comments Off on Cartoons

Peeping Tom…Watching over your health

Jul 21, 2008 knews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on Peeping Tom…Watching over your health

Guyana Watch has long established itself as the foremost medical outreach program in Guyana. There is simply no other outreach that has had the sustainability, reach and success of Guyana Watch. The...

The Freddie Kissoon column…The rise and role of paranoia in the PPP

Jul 21, 2008 knews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on The Freddie Kissoon column…The rise and role of paranoia in the PPP

The times are too numerous to cite when President Bharrat Jagdeo has accused the private media, commentators and his critics of being unfair in their treatment of his government and are just plain...

Tony Deyal column…War and water

Jul 21, 2008 knews Features / Columnists, Tony Deyal column Comments Off on Tony Deyal column…War and water

“Everywhere is war. Me say war. War in the east, war in the west, war up north, war in the south.” Everywhere, that is, except the Caribbean, where “War” is a contraction of “What,” and...

Peeping Tom – MALIGNANT GOVERNANCE

Jul 20, 2008 knews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on Peeping Tom – MALIGNANT GOVERNANCE

There are grave political implications arising out of the recent assault on press freedom. While I expect an early resolution to this problem, I am deeply concerned that the Gordon Moseley issue is...

The Baccoo speaks

Jul 20, 2008 knews Features / Columnists, The Baccoo Speaks Comments Off on The Baccoo speaks

Another fire is going to strike and again people will blame the Guyana Power and Light. However, careless wiring of a home is something that people are warned against yet many for one reason or the...

The Freddie Kissoon column – Me and Gardan Mooslee in conversation

Jul 20, 2008 knews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on The Freddie Kissoon column – Me and Gardan Mooslee in conversation

FK: Hi there, Gardan. Long time no see. I guess all of us in the media will have to exchange notes with each other during the national consultation on the Economic Partnership Agreement with the...

MY COLUMN – This VAT may really be a burden

Jul 20, 2008 knews Features / Columnists, My Column Comments Off on MY COLUMN – This VAT may really be a burden

VAT became a household name last year. It was also the source of a multitude of criticisms, being blamed for the inexorable rise in the cost of living. The political opposition and the trade unions...

The AFC Column – TRANSCENDING ETHNIC GRAVITATIONS WILL DETER ELECTED DICTATORSHIPS

Jul 20, 2008 knews AFC Column, Features / Columnists Comments Off on The AFC Column – TRANSCENDING ETHNIC GRAVITATIONS WILL DETER ELECTED DICTATORSHIPS

By Khemraj Ramjattan Ravi Dev’s “Elected Dictatorship?” article last week was critical of Eusi Kwayana’s description of the present PPP/C Government as an elected dictatorship. I, like so...

The Parrot speaks – Uncle Bharrat did GO-MOstly a favour

Jul 20, 2008 knews Features / Columnists Comments Off on The Parrot speaks – Uncle Bharrat did GO-MOstly a favour

The Parrot is following keenly the exchanges between the Guyana De-Press ASSociation (GDPA) and the authorities regarding the banning of the Senior Producer/Reporter, GO-Mostly, of the Main City...

THE ‘‘ROOP’’ COLUMN – The Voice of Dissent – A true mark of democracy

Jul 20, 2008 knews Features / Columnists Comments Off on THE ‘‘ROOP’’ COLUMN – The Voice of Dissent – A true mark of democracy

Introduction: I have resurrected this 2005 column that was published in this newspaper given the recent events that have brought about unprecedented results by the Office of the President. 1. Mark...

Evidence compelling Caribbean review of EU agreement

Jul 20, 2008 knews Features / Columnists, Ronald Sanders Comments Off on Evidence compelling Caribbean review of EU agreement

By Sir Ronald Sanders It seems that Caribbean countries can now forget any idea of Britain being helpful to them in any attempt to review or re-negotiate aspects of the Economic Partnership Agreement...

Blame the government – The President has no right

Jul 20, 2008 knews Features / Columnists Comments Off on Blame the government – The President has no right

The local media continues to be up in arms because President Bharrat Jagdeo decided to respond to an insult by a reporter who believes that the rule of law and decency should not exist in this...

The body parts of C’bean unity and governance realities (Part 1)

Jul 20, 2008 knews Clarence E. Pilgrim, Features / Columnists Comments Off on The body parts of C’bean unity and governance realities (Part 1)

By Clarence E. Pilgrim In countless ways the twenty-ninth meeting of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Conference of Heads of Government which was held in Antigua and Barbuda from 1-4 July 2008, has...

The Arts Forum – MARTIN CARTER

Jul 20, 2008 knews Features / Columnists, The Arts Forum Comments Off on The Arts Forum – MARTIN CARTER

An Interview with Professor Frank Birbalsingh Continued from last week: Q: Let us turn to your writing. You began in 1951 with your first collection of poems The Hill of Fire Glows Red, the further...

Inside the mind of a newspaper owner

Jul 19, 2008 knews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on Inside the mind of a newspaper owner

As a commentator on Guyanese contemporary and current history, I will always regret that I never spoke with Peter Taylor, one of the Guyanese media barons in the sixties during the Premiership of...

NO DISRESPECT COMMITTED

Jul 19, 2008 knews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on NO DISRESPECT COMMITTED

I have read a most ridiculous letter issued by Mr. Prem Misir indicating that Capitol News reporters other than Gordon Moseley can cover press events at State House and at the Office of the...

THERE IS A DIFFERENCE BETWEEN CRITICISM AND DISRESPECT

Jul 18, 2008 knews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on THERE IS A DIFFERENCE BETWEEN CRITICISM AND DISRESPECT

The declaring of Capital News reporter, Gordon Moseley, as persona non grata is not as straightforward as some would have us believe. It cannot be simply a case of condemning the banning of the...

The ban on the reporter

Jul 18, 2008 knews Features / Columnists Comments Off on The ban on the reporter

Guyana is perhaps the only country in the world where the responsible Government agency is not allowed to decide whom it must invite to events it hosts. This must be the only country in the world...

The non-existent legacy of Cheddi Jagan

Jul 18, 2008 knews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on The non-existent legacy of Cheddi Jagan

As Guyana grows older as a nation, more facts on its history will become known. It is the same with all countries. There will be more revelations on some of history’s great and not so great...

Let the big buses roll

Jul 18, 2008 knews Features / Columnists Comments Off on Let the big buses roll

The Parrot is once again forced to squawk on this minibus fiasco. Recently in a news item on the Main City News, the President made some remarks that can be deemed disparaging and disrespectful. No,...

All dem Govt. Minista cussing

Jul 18, 2008 knews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists Comments Off on All dem Govt. Minista cussing

De press showing how it powerful and it mekking de news in Guyana. Up comes Labba Lip Kwame and announce that he ban a reporter. Bharrat, before he stay quiet, announce how he support de ban. Well...

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Dharry crowned IBO Super Bantamweight champion

Apr 27, 2026

…Allicock, Amsterdam steamroll opponents Kaieteur Sports – Elton ‘The Bull’ Dharry, Keevin Allicock and Desmond Amsterdam represented the Golden Arrow Head with success, as they...

Glenn Lall has hit the nail on the head

Apr 27, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – For the average Guyanese, the promise of oil was simple entailed a better life. It involved more jobs, improved roads, better education and health care and a future where the country finally earns what it truly deserves. But five plus years into oil production, there is a...

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...

Pres. Ali must ‘get serious’

Apr 27, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – Pres Ali must “get serious.” National sage, Mr. Chris Ram said so in a widely watched public forum. Here are his exact words against the backdrop of the topsy-turvy US$2 billion (and marching upwards) Wales Gas-to-Energy (GTE) project. “They clearly didn’t have one...

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