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Wealth and Divali

Nov 18, 2012 KNews Features / Columnists, Ravi Dev Comments Off on Wealth and Divali

Last Sunday, after I mentioned the nexus between Divali with the Hindu exhortation to gain wealth, I got some raised eyebrows from individuals who’d only been fed the ‘light...

WAITING FOR THE DAY OF RETIREMENT

Nov 18, 2012 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on WAITING FOR THE DAY OF RETIREMENT

Invariably when you visit a government office you have to wait. The waiting is not all that bad if you look around and observe what is taking place. There are many useful observations that can be...

Big Brother is watching and listening

Nov 18, 2012 KNews Features / Columnists, My Column Comments Off on Big Brother is watching and listening

The electronic age is a blessing and a curse at the same time. I suppose it was the same when the world moved from the Stone Age to the Iron Age. The smarter people would have capitalized on...

Is my phone wire-tapped? I know it is

Nov 18, 2012 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on Is my phone wire-tapped? I know it is

Immediately after the funeral service for Mr. Clarence Hughes was finished, after a small chat with Andaiye outside the church, I made a frenzied rush to Kitty to do an urgent favour for my nephew,...

The Powis (Crax alector)

Nov 18, 2012 KNews Features / Columnists, Interesting Creatures in Guyana Comments Off on The Powis (Crax alector)

The Powis (Crax alector), also known as the black curassow, is the largest and the most handsome birds of the family. The seven species are all forest-inhabiting birds the size of...

Workers must demand 10% wage increase

Nov 18, 2012 KNews AFC Column, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Workers must demand 10% wage increase

Statement by Moses V. Nagamootoo AFC‘s Vice-Chairman/Parliamentarian It was with utter disappointment that I learned that GAWU has surrendered on the fight for a living wage in the sugar belt by...

Don’t be fooled by the PPPC’s bogus war on drugs

Nov 18, 2012 KNews APNU Column, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Don’t be fooled by the PPPC’s bogus war on drugs

Ricardo ‘Fatman’ Rodrigues, known to have been an associate of Shaheed ‘Roger’ Khan, the jailed narco-trafficker, was executed by a five-man squad in broad daylight on a quiet Monday...

Sunday Cartoon

Nov 18, 2012 KNews Cartoons, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Sunday Cartoon

THE COLOR OF FRIENDSHIP

Nov 18, 2012 KNews Features / Columnists, Food For Thought Comments Off on THE COLOR OF FRIENDSHIP

Once upon a time the colors of the world started to quarrel. All claimed that they were the best. The most important. The most useful. The favorite. Green said: “Clearly I am the most important. I...

Dem boys seh…De Bees milk NIS

Nov 17, 2012 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Dem boys seh…De Bees milk NIS

Whenever de government want money it does tun to de NIS. Dem want money fuh de Caricom Secretariat, dem milk NIS; dem want money fuh de Berbice Bridge dem tun to NIS; dem want money fuh lend Clico...

THE NIS NEEDS REFORM

Nov 17, 2012 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on THE NIS NEEDS REFORM

Many years ago, I had a discussion in her apartment. She was an immigrant from Guyana and in front of her obviously embarrassed husband, made it known in no under certain manner that she...

Dem boys seh…Brum Hell got Rohee back, he want promotion

Nov 16, 2012 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Dem boys seh…Brum Hell got Rohee back, he want promotion

When a man seh that he got you back he don’t mean that he tek you back and keeping it. It mean that de man offering you protection. Just before de election, everybody had Uncle Donald...

PARLIAMENT HAS NO POWERS TO SANCTION ANYONE IN THE AUDITOR GENERAL’S OFFICE

Nov 16, 2012 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on PARLIAMENT HAS NO POWERS TO SANCTION ANYONE IN THE AUDITOR GENERAL’S OFFICE

The opposition seems destined for further self-embarrassment. They seem not to have learnt anything from the debacle they faced when the court ruled that they had no power to cut the country’s...

The song, the bell: Sung out and rung out

Nov 16, 2012 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on The song, the bell: Sung out and rung out

It tires your mind, burdens your heart and bores your soul to hear about a song that has been sung and a bell that has been rung more than fifteen years ago in Freedom House, home of...

Dem boys seh…Sonny swimming to Guyana

Nov 15, 2012 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Dem boys seh…Sonny swimming to Guyana

De wuss thing that can happen is fuh got people dunning you fuh money. Dem market people know wha fuh do when people owe dem. At de top of dem voice dem does cuss de people who owe...

The US Embassy in Guyana is not doing its work

Nov 15, 2012 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on The US Embassy in Guyana is not doing its work

Under Ambassador Ronald Bullen, a number of well known Guyanese of dubious character lost their American visa. The most high profile of these were Minister Clement Rohee and then Police Commissioner...

Dem boys seh… Irfaat join de Bees

Nov 14, 2012 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Dem boys seh… Irfaat join de Bees

When people want money dem does hold sale. Was a time when everybody use to hold a sale. Since you miss was a sale in dem store. But wha people did not realize was if the goods worth $100 de people...

FOUR THINGS THAT HOLD BACK DEVELOPMENT

Nov 14, 2012 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on FOUR THINGS THAT HOLD BACK DEVELOPMENT

Any government can have the right policies, make the right choices, do the correct things, and yet oversee a country that remains underdeveloped. The right policies, the right choices and the correct...

Comparing Ramotar and Jagdeo

Nov 14, 2012 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on Comparing Ramotar and Jagdeo

Most intellectuals would say that it is unworkable to compare a president who held power for twelve years and another who is about to complete just one year. Analytically, it would not work....

Dem boys seh…Sonny ducking and hiding

Nov 13, 2012 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Dem boys seh…Sonny ducking and hiding

Sonny playing ketcha wid de Feds. Of course the Feds use the English term, ‘Hide and Seek’. Now people talking how Easy Jet hard to find and de boss more hard to find. He office claim how...

Diwali, FITUG and Guyana’s permanent circus

Nov 13, 2012 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on Diwali, FITUG and Guyana’s permanent circus

When I was small my mom took me to see the circus. I can’t remember if it was called “Circo Romano,” I think so. I have to be careful because if I make a mistake with my dates, I see long...

SOME INSTITUTIONS NEED TO BE RETIRED

Nov 13, 2012 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on SOME INSTITUTIONS NEED TO BE RETIRED

The strengthening of institutions is vital to the process of perfecting our democracy and ensuring that these institutions are effective and efficient. The strengthening of institutions...

Dem boys seh … Sonny got to head fuh gool

Nov 12, 2012 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Dem boys seh … Sonny got to head fuh gool

When people eye big, marabunta does fly inside. That is wha old people always seh and dem old people know bout marabunta. Some people got money and dem eye suh big that dem see more money. Not that...

BIG BUSES ARE NEEDED BEFORE CHRISTMAS

Nov 12, 2012 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on BIG BUSES ARE NEEDED BEFORE CHRISTMAS

The Federation of Independent Trade Unions of Guyana (FITUG) has made an important observation. They have noted the distress that many workers face in accessing public transportation. This is an...

MITTING IN ACTION

Nov 12, 2012 KNews Features / Columnists, Tony Deyal column Comments Off on MITTING IN ACTION

“I must confess that my imagination, in spite even of spurring, refuses to see any sort of submarine doing anything but suffocating its crew and floundering at sea.” This was the...

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Local Players confirmed following CPL Draft

May 16, 2026

Kaieteur Sports – The Republic Bank Caribbean Premier League (CPL) draft has taken place, with the seven teams confirming the West Indian players who will form part of their squads for the 2026...

Clapping while suffering a small stroke

May 16, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – There was a time in Guyanese politics when crossing the floor required a degree of shame, or at least the decency to look nervous while doing it. A man would lower his head, avoid eye contact in Parliament, mumble something about “national interest,” and quietly migrate to...

The Caribbean’s Limits in Absorbing Other States’ Deportees

May 10, 2026

By Sir Ronald Sanders (Kaieteur News) – Migration policy is a matter of sovereign control. Governments assert, rightly, their authority to regulate borders, determine who may enter, and enforce their laws. The United States has that right, as does every sovereign state. All Caribbean governments...

Welcome back, brother Jagdeo

May 16, 2026

Hard Truths by GHK Lall (Kaieteur News) – They say that it’s Bharrat Jagdeo. There is only one. Looks like him. Words read like him. Sounds like his speech pattern, though unheard, personally. Limited to emergencies for the sake of well-being. Welcome back, Bharrat Jagdeo: brother,...

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