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The man who was betrayed more times than Jesus

Jul 11, 2008 knews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on The man who was betrayed more times than Jesus

I have been reading quite a few letters in the press recently in which the name Moses Nagamootoo has been featured. In one such letter it was mentioned that Moses is being sidelined by the leadership...

CARICOM must save Guyana

Jul 11, 2008 knews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on CARICOM must save Guyana

Mr. Oscar Clarke of the PNC voiced intense frustration at the lack of response by both the CARICOM Secretariat and the recent meeting of the CARICOM Heads to the signature campaign of the collective...

Mr. Bismuth Bisram in Grenada is due in Guyana

Jul 10, 2008 knews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on Mr. Bismuth Bisram in Grenada is due in Guyana

Just in case you don’t know, bismuth is a chemical in the periodic table. It is outside the scope of this essay to describe its properties but one of its values is its changing form. I am using the...

THE MEASURE OF PROGRESS

Jul 10, 2008 knews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on THE MEASURE OF PROGRESS

“It’s traditional” is one of the all-time great hits of the Trade Winds. It captures the very essence of the idiosyncratic lifestyles that West Indians have traditionally embraced, including...

Computerised tickets and a down town

Jul 09, 2008 knews Features / Columnists Comments Off on Computerised tickets and a down town

The Parrot recently took flight to the county of Berbice. During the flight I decided to utilise the services of the Transport and Harbours Department to facilitate my crossing from Rosignol to New...

Dangerous article in a sad country

Jul 09, 2008 knews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on Dangerous article in a sad country

When I was sixteen years old, I guess like most youths out of school in the Third World, I became attracted to communism. My flirtation with communism didn’t last long thanks to some fine...

The House to House Registration is over

Jul 09, 2008 knews Features / Columnists Comments Off on The House to House Registration is over

The Guyana Elections Commission says that it has ended the registration programme and has captured almost all the people from the age of fourteen to those who are eligible to vote. The figure is a...

I support the increase in bus fares

Jul 09, 2008 knews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on I support the increase in bus fares

The price of gasoline is now $980 per gallon at GUYOIL gas stations. However, at some other companies, the price has long broached the $1,000 mark. GUYOIL is doing a great public service by trying to...

How much rent is Caricom paying for this thing?

Jul 08, 2008 knews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on How much rent is Caricom paying for this thing?

When the Caribbean Heads formed Carifta, the forerunner of Caricom, it was decided to locate the secretariat in Guyana for two reasons. One was that even if the West Indian Prime Ministers didn’t...

Do not blame the Government

Jul 08, 2008 knews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on Do not blame the Government

A few nights ago, I saw a mini bus do the unthinkable. There were two buses on a dark road, one in front of the other, both with passengers inside. Suddenly, the bus at the back veered to the corner...

Tony Deyal Column – MAN IN BLACK

Jul 07, 2008 knews Features / Columnists, Tony Deyal column Comments Off on Tony Deyal Column – MAN IN BLACK

I suppose I was feeling blackadaiscal or had a momentary blackout. Whatever it was, that Sunday morning, on my way to the Miami airport to catch an American Airlines flight to Kingston, I was...

The Freddie Kissoon column – PRESIDENT JAGDEO’S PEOPLE

Jul 07, 2008 knews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on The Freddie Kissoon column – PRESIDENT JAGDEO’S PEOPLE

President Jagdeo was quoted in the media last week as saying that Guyana would not sign the Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) before he consults with the Guyanese people. It was not clear how that...

Peeping Tom – THE DYING DAYS OF A HISTORIC BRAND

Jul 07, 2008 knews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on Peeping Tom – THE DYING DAYS OF A HISTORIC BRAND

When the Peeper heard that Glenn was seen doing some measurements on the roof of Kaieteur News, I got really excited. You see, I had always had a dream that one day we would have a roof garden here...

Sunday Cartoon – July 6

Jul 07, 2008 knews Cartoons, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Sunday Cartoon – July 6

Martin Luther King’s dream or ole time America?

Jul 06, 2008 knews Features / Columnists, Ronald Sanders Comments Off on Martin Luther King’s dream or ole time America?

By Sir Ronald Sanders My previous commentaries on Barack Obama’s candidature for the Presidency of the United States have made it clear that I am sceptical about his winning. I am now even more...

Why the American forensic experts did not come

Jul 06, 2008 knews Features / Columnists, My Column Comments Off on Why the American forensic experts did not come

The news is out. The United States of America will not be sending a team of forensic experts to Guyana to probe the slaughter of the eight miners at Lindo Creek almost a month ago. And for good...

TIME FOR “THE DONALD” TO STEP FORWARD

Jul 06, 2008 knews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on TIME FOR “THE DONALD” TO STEP FORWARD

With just under one month remaining before the Congress of the ruling People’s Progressive Party (PPP), it is time for all those who have any aspirations to the Presidency to step forward and...

The impact of global food price increases

Jul 06, 2008 knews AFC Column, Features / Columnists Comments Off on The impact of global food price increases

The Alliance For Change continues to play an important role in helping Guyanese prepare for the pending Global Food Crisis through their “Seeds of Change” programme. This week in Parliament, AFC...

Give reconciliation a chance

Jul 06, 2008 knews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on Give reconciliation a chance

It is absolutely meaningless to say that the PNC or the combined opposition or the private media should seek reconciliation with the government when reconciliation to be successful has to start with...

Punishment corporally?

Jul 06, 2008 knews Features / Columnists Comments Off on Punishment corporally?

The Parrot during recent reconnaissance trips to assess the price of fruits used the opportunity to conduct an unofficial survey as to people’s knowledge of an issue that has been attracting lots...

The business of concessions and money laundering

Jul 06, 2008 knews Features / Columnists Comments Off on The business of concessions and money laundering

Peter R. Ramsaroop, MBA Introduction: According to Wikipedia, the definition of money laundering is the metaphorical “cleaning of money” with regard to appearances in law, is the practice...

Identity and Marginalisation

Jul 06, 2008 knews Features / Columnists, Ravi Dev Comments Off on Identity and Marginalisation

In our last article, we developed the thesis that concurrent with the abolition of physical African slavery in 1834, the British had crafted a methodology for enslaving the minds of the natives of...

The Baccoo speaks

Jul 06, 2008 knews Features / Columnists, The Baccoo Speaks Comments Off on The Baccoo speaks

There is going to be another series of robberies in the city and again the police are going to be right there when the bandits make their move. I spoke about this recently and I say so again. The...

Facing the critic

Jul 06, 2008 knews Features / Columnists Comments Off on Facing the critic

There is none as blind as he who would not see. A few Government critics are; they would not see the obvious changes in the society, choosing instead to remain trapped in the shallows of their minds...

The Centipede

Jul 06, 2008 knews Features / Columnists, Interesting Creatures in Guyana Comments Off on The Centipede

With a name which suggests that they have at least a hundred feet, Centipedes are arthropods that belong to the class Chilopoda and the Subphlylum Myriapoda. Worldwide there are estimates of about...

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Apr 20, 2026

…West Ruimveldt, Charlestown and Santa Rosa keep title in sight Kaieteur Sports – The road to schoolboy football glory is heating up, and the Petra Organisation made sure Sunday was nothing...

Same plantation, new overseers

Apr 19, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – There was a time when Guyana was spoken of, not entirely jokingly, as Bookers Guyana. Bookers was not a man. It was the giant foreign-owned sugar concern whose influence stretched so wide that if you sneezed in Georgetown, someone in a London boardroom probably approved the...

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...

The saga of Elizabeth Shivpersaud

Apr 20, 2026

Kaieteur News – It’s one of those situations crying out for help. The best I can do, other than offering professional help, is to raise an alarm about a case that is worrying in all of its elements. It’s the Saga of Elizabth Shivpersaud. If this distressed, shorthanded, hollow-eyed,...

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