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Freddie Kissoon – One radio station sixty years ago

May 21, 2008 KNews Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on Freddie Kissoon – One radio station sixty years ago

It is vitally important to the next generation that those who shaped the past should write about it. Three names come up; Ashton Chase, Janet Jagan and Eusi Kwayana. All three are in their middle...

Peeping Tom – You Decide

May 21, 2008 KNews Peeping Tom Comments Off on Peeping Tom – You Decide

President Jagdeo is becoming like an old car. He is, in common parlance, “taking crank.” Just over a week ago he called a press conference to announce the measures his government was taking to...

Blame the Government – $50 million a year and 600 new jobs on the cards

May 21, 2008 KNews Peeping Tom Comments Off on Blame the Government – $50 million a year and 600 new jobs on the cards

The government has long vowed that it would privatize businesses in keeping with the international donor agencies who said that governments that manage businesses are more than likely to subsidise...

The Parrot speaks – Licking lollipop and seeing ghosts

May 21, 2008 KNews Peeping Tom Comments Off on The Parrot speaks – Licking lollipop and seeing ghosts

The Parrot is aware of what old people does seh in relation to some who claim to be able to see “spirits” or ghosts. They say that for you to be able to see those “things” you have to born...

Peeping Tom – The Public Interest

May 20, 2008 KNews Peeping Tom Comments Off on Peeping Tom – The Public Interest

I hope if and when the time comes for me to sell the property that I own, the Stabroek News will not try to dictate to whom I should sell it or for how much it should be sold. I would be furious if...

The Freddie Kissoon column – The predictable descent into danger

May 20, 2008 KNews Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on The Freddie Kissoon column – The predictable descent into danger

Why is it that the Guyana Government feels that illegal, immoral, fraudulent politics of the opposition PNC must be condemned by the society, and the very society must give the rulers a blank cheque...

Freddie Kissoon column – Lie detector and electricity theft

May 19, 2008 KNews Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on Freddie Kissoon column – Lie detector and electricity theft

The introduction of the polygraph test is going to open up President Bharrat Jagdeo and his Government to more ridicule in the entire social parameters of this territory. As you would have noticed, I...

Tony Deyal column – HAVE A NICE DAY!

May 19, 2008 KNews Tony Deyal column Comments Off on Tony Deyal column – HAVE A NICE DAY!

It was one of those days. It could have been Labour Day, the holiday I believe best represents the Caribbean character and culture. Put simply, in every Caribbean country Labour Day is a public...

Peeping Tom – The man for the job

May 19, 2008 KNews Peeping Tom Comments Off on Peeping Tom – The man for the job

Do not be deceived by a cow. Despite being made of blood, skin, flesh and bones, it is an extremely sturdy animal, as many motorists have found out to their detriment. Even if you are driving at one...

The Roop Column – HOLY COW! – PPP vs. PNC – Stop the bickering

May 18, 2008 KNews Peeping Tom Comments Off on The Roop Column – HOLY COW! – PPP vs. PNC – Stop the bickering

By Peter R. Ramsaroop, MBA Chairman Vision Guyana INTRODUCTION: This is a never-ending topic, but it is getting worse. This was a GINA Official Release this week: “PPP/C govt. response to global...

The Sir Ronald Sanders Column – Dominica: Poverty and potential

May 18, 2008 KNews Ronald Sanders Comments Off on The Sir Ronald Sanders Column – Dominica: Poverty and potential

By Sir Ronald Sanders Right now it would be difficult to convince any banana farmer in the Caribbean island of Dominica that the Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA), initialled between the European...

The AFC Column – Voices of Its Principles

May 18, 2008 KNews AFC Column Comments Off on The AFC Column – Voices of Its Principles

What about a polygraph test, Mr. President? By Khemraj Ramjattan Chairman – AFC The recent surge of demonstrations sponsored by the PNC, especially coming so soon after being paid $100 million,...

Peeping Tom – So It is Written; So Shall It Be

May 18, 2008 KNews Peeping Tom Comments Off on Peeping Tom – So It is Written; So Shall It Be

Kaieteur News has nothing to fear from the new newspaper that is due to come on stream soon. Kaieteur News is not worried at all about another newspaper being published in Guyana. Those who in their...

Ravi Dev column – The dearth of theory

May 18, 2008 KNews Ravi Dev Comments Off on Ravi Dev column – The dearth of theory

One of the fallouts of the demise of Marxism as the dominant world-view of our political elites has been a dearth of alternative theoretical models to account for the political behaviour of our...

Freddie Kissoon – The permanent game that kills Guyana’s future…

May 18, 2008 KNews Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on Freddie Kissoon – The permanent game that kills Guyana’s future…

President Jagdeo has come out against the present activities of the PNC. He zeroed in on the alleged misuse of scrutineer money. The sum is about 100 million dollars. Without offering all the details...

The Parrot Speaks – Buddy’s should tell the naysayers where the wind is falling

May 18, 2008 KNews Peeping Tom Comments Off on The Parrot Speaks – Buddy’s should tell the naysayers where the wind is falling

The Parrot has noticed the obsession a certain media entity has with the sale of the Buddy’s International Hotel and everything that surrounds it. I want to make it pellucid that I am in no way...

The Baccoo speaks

May 18, 2008 KNews The Baccoo Speaks Comments Off on The Baccoo speaks

There is always calm before a storm and this time around the calm is due to the pressures that the law enforcement officials placed on people who were making the society nervous. However, some people...

The Arts Forum – A Tribute to Roy Heath (1926-2008)

May 18, 2008 KNews The Arts Forum Comments Off on The Arts Forum – A Tribute to Roy Heath (1926-2008)

The Arts Forum offers an occasional page of related topics intended to sensitize students and the general readership to neglected areas of our social history and our rich and diverse cultural...

Extend the polygraph test to our Parliamentarians

May 18, 2008 KNews Features / Columnists Comments Off on Extend the polygraph test to our Parliamentarians

Lie detector tests are here and they have been put into effect even before the country has legislation to justify their use. The first set of people to undergo the tests are those drug enforcement...

Blame the Government – When civilized people can’t talk to each other

May 18, 2008 KNews Peeping Tom Comments Off on Blame the Government – When civilized people can’t talk to each other

People talk to each other in the civilized world, and when they fail to agree on something they talk again. If they still fail, then they seek mediation. It is like a husband and a wife; they do not...

Freddie Kissoon – Iconoclastically positive

May 17, 2008 KNews Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on Freddie Kissoon – Iconoclastically positive

In my piece for Monday last, I indicated that there were two forthcoming essays on the complex process that characterized the relationship of Africans with the closing years of Forbes Burnham and the...

Peeping Tom – Corbin & Jagdeo Have the Solutions

May 17, 2008 KNews Peeping Tom Comments Off on Peeping Tom – Corbin & Jagdeo Have the Solutions

I came home to find my granddaughter emptying her piggy bank. Curious I asked her what she was going to buy this time with her small savings. Her answer surprised me. She answered that the money was...

Dem boys seh – Don’t send de boss fuh buy nutten

May 16, 2008 KNews Dem Boys Seh Comments Off on Dem boys seh – Don’t send de boss fuh buy nutten

When a bug bite you, you does really scratch and of late, bug biting a lot of people. One bite Da Silva and he call a press conference. De whole issue was a li’l thing. Buddy sell he hotel and is...

Peeping Tom – ME NAH EAT BREAD

May 16, 2008 KNews Peeping Tom Comments Off on Peeping Tom – ME NAH EAT BREAD

I am not a bread man. The only time you will find me having bread is at Christmas time. Then I must have bread to soak in my pepperpot. Even then I do not buy my loaves from any bakery. I bake my own...

Blame the government – Making decisions in the best interest

May 16, 2008 KNews Peeping Tom Comments Off on Blame the government – Making decisions in the best interest

The government recently announced that it is prepared to do everything in its power to fight crime and to ensure that Guyana is a country in which people can live as normal citizens. One of the...

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Victor W. C. Benjamin remembers former Major General, Retired, Norman...

Apr 14, 2026

Letter to the Sports Editor, Dear Sports Editor, Major General, Retired, Norman N.G. McLean was a former Deputy Commissioner of Police, Traffic Chief and founder leader of Guyana National Service and...

Mental illness does not always look like “madness”

Apr 14, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – For many people, the idea of mental illness is tied to a very specific image: someone wandering the streets, talking to themselves, behaving in ways that are clearly “not normal.” Because of this, it can be difficult to accept that a person who looks calm, speaks clearly,...

The Cost of Netanyahu’s Wars

Apr 12, 2026

By Sir Ronald Sanders (Kaieteur News) – When the two-week ceasefire between the United States and Iran was announced on 7th April, 2026, the immediate reaction across much of the world was relief. By 8th April, that relief was reflected in a sharp fall in oil prices after weeks in which conflict...

PPP’s special talent for partners – local and foreign

Apr 14, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – Whatever gifts Guyana has, the PPP cohort holding the reins of government has better ones. It is astonishing the people that are engaged to deliver big projects for this country. One poor performing group, or a shorthanded one, I could understand. But rich, steady streams...

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