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DEATH BY COPYRIGHT PROTECTION

Sep 21, 2012 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on DEATH BY COPYRIGHT PROTECTION

The guy knew what he wanted. He breezed confidently into the video store and within minutes, he had selected sixteen movies. Impressed at both the speed of his selection and the number of DVDs that...

…but also who is a great Guyanese

Sep 21, 2012 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on …but also who is a great Guyanese

A refreshing, analytical commentary appeared as the editorial for the September 1, 2012 edition of the Stabroek News. I would recommend it. It does not agree with the flattering portrait of past...

Dem boys seh…Brazzy collecting he pension

Sep 21, 2012 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Dem boys seh…Brazzy collecting he pension

When Bharrat tun president he tell people how he was Papa Cheddi protégé. De people clap. By de time he lef office de people couldn’t mention he name and Papa Cheddi name in de same...

ILLEGAL ALIENS IN GUYANA

Sep 20, 2012 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on ILLEGAL ALIENS IN GUYANA

A few months ago, a Venezuelan woman who said that she came to Guyana looking for her man was deported for overstaying in the country. Recently, another foreign national who was here,...

“Ring Bang” rang in my ears last Saturday

Sep 20, 2012 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on “Ring Bang” rang in my ears last Saturday

International star, Eddy Grant has a hotel named Blue Wave on North Road. In 2000, controversy arose about the parapet on the northern part of the road outside the hotel. The owner decided...

Dem boys seh…De problem is Shite Global

Sep 20, 2012 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Dem boys seh…De problem is Shite Global

De whole government happy over de signing fuh de Amaila Falls deal because is money galore fuh nuff of dem. De country gun get nuff lights too although de falls can’t supply de whole of Guyana....

Dem boys seh…Big dollars deh bout

Sep 19, 2012 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Dem boys seh…Big dollars deh bout

“Who nah get nah want” is a saying in one area. That is when parents sharing food. Dem parents does seh that if you been want you woulda come. But is a different story altogether wid thief man...

INVESTIGATING THEIR OWN

Sep 19, 2012 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on INVESTIGATING THEIR OWN

So far most of the attention about the shooting of the young man in Agricola has been concerned with who fired the shots that killed him. However, this is not a cut-and-dry issue; the answer is not...

The Traudl Junge/Nadira Jagan instinct in the human mind

Sep 19, 2012 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on The Traudl Junge/Nadira Jagan instinct in the human mind

Whenever I write on the complexity of the human mind, the names Nadira Jagan and Traudl Junge appear right in front of my eyes. The former is the daughter of one of the world’s...

TABLETS RATHER THAN TEXTS

Sep 18, 2012 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on TABLETS RATHER THAN TEXTS

Technology now makes it easier for copyright violations. Reproductions of documents via photocopying is now cheaper, takes far less time and can be of the same quality as the original. In fact, you...

Dem boys seh…Some people really get cuss

Sep 18, 2012 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Dem boys seh…Some people really get cuss

Who de man above bless no man curse. And He always bless poor people wid nuff children. But dem boys want to know how come people does call that blessing when is more hardship fuh feed all dem...

The Attorney-General’s Freudian remark on APNU

Sep 18, 2012 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on The Attorney-General’s Freudian remark on APNU

The Attorney-General (AG) went through a list of APNU lawyers and then exclaimed that despite all the claims APNU has made of governmental corruption, these lawyers have not filed one, not one writ...

Dem boys seh…Dem shoulda bun Henry

Sep 17, 2012 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Dem boys seh…Dem shoulda bun Henry

Henry de Yellow gone to rest, at least, but if some people get dem way he would be tossing and turning wherever he deh right now. Dem boys seh that de last few months of he life wasn’t really...

CHANDERPAUL, AMAZEBALLS AND SOCKDOLAGER

Sep 17, 2012 KNews Features / Columnists, Tony Deyal column Comments Off on CHANDERPAUL, AMAZEBALLS AND SOCKDOLAGER

April 10, 2008. West Indies versus Sri Lanka at the Queen’s Park Oval in Trinidad. Left-handed Shivnarine Chanderpaul facing left-arm swing bowler Chaminda Vas. Six runs needed to...

WHY HENRY GREENE WAS HATED

Sep 17, 2012 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on WHY HENRY GREENE WAS HATED

Henry Greene, the late former Commissioner of Police was buried yesterday after glowing eulogies were paid to him in a three-hour long ceremony at the National Cultural Centre. Many of those who rose...

Dem boys seh…Who de hell you think you is?

Sep 16, 2012 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Dem boys seh…Who de hell you think you is?

De people of any country is de boss and de government must know that. Imagine a minister go to a meeting at Kwakwani wid de people and he talk like if he is dem daddy. One man get vex and tell de...

The Tanager

Sep 16, 2012 knews Features / Columnists, Interesting Creatures in Guyana Comments Off on The Tanager

The tanagers comprise the bird family Thraupidae, in the order Passeriformes. The family has an American distribution. There were traditionally about 240 species of tanagers, but...

A Dark Time for the Caribbean

Sep 16, 2012 knews Features / Columnists, Ronald Sanders Comments Off on A Dark Time for the Caribbean

By Sir Ronald Sanders The importance of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) countries acting jointly to address their development needs has become acute. With high levels of debt to GDP ratios,...

Approving theft of intellectual property is the summit of bold-faced lawlessness

Sep 16, 2012 knews AFC Column, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Approving theft of intellectual property is the summit of bold-faced lawlessness

The recent pronouncements by chief spokesperson for the PPP/C government that it was a Cabinet decision to procure pirated text books and then to approve theft of intellectual property by saying it...

The power of the will

Sep 16, 2012 knews Features / Columnists, My Column Comments Off on The power of the will

By Adam Harris Every so often when I read a novel or watched a movie on a rich person I always found a portion devoted to the reading of a Will. Relatives from every corner of the world would...

“We’re the restless-hearted, not the chained and bound.”

Sep 16, 2012 knews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on “We’re the restless-hearted, not the chained and bound.”

Have you ever seen the 1985 movie, “Nine and a half weeks?” It is based on the 1978 publication of the memoirs of a woman whose identity to this day has never been revealed. It tells the true...

Jankie Mahadeo and Old Ma’s will

Sep 16, 2012 knews Features / Columnists, Murder and Mystery Comments Off on Jankie Mahadeo and Old Ma’s will

By Michael Jordan The seawalls that protect Guyana’s coastlands from the Atlantic hold decades upon decades of secrets…secrets of hidden love affairs…of rites to unseen forces…and of murder....

The Baccoo Speaks

Sep 16, 2012 knews Features / Columnists, The Baccoo Speaks Comments Off on The Baccoo Speaks

It is heartening to learn that people survived the boat mishap that I warned about, but this is not going to be the last of the boating accidents. For one, people take the waters for granted and they...

Agonism anyone?

Sep 16, 2012 knews Features / Columnists, Ravi Dev Comments Off on Agonism anyone?

I’ve always been a bit leery of the liberal premise that lions and lambs can sit around a table and through rational discussion, arrive at a consensus on which they can all act and live happily...

FROM THE HIGH SEAS TO THE BOOKSHELVES: PIRACY IN GUYANA

Sep 16, 2012 knews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on FROM THE HIGH SEAS TO THE BOOKSHELVES: PIRACY IN GUYANA

This week the topic of piracy moved seamlessly from the violent type on the high seas to the perpetually contentious area of copyright. Copyright violations are rampant in Guyana. Almost all parents...

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Chase’s Academic confronts Santa Rosa for 2026 Massy Distribution...

May 02, 2026

Kaieteur Sports – It all comes down to the final two schools in the 12th Annual Massy Distribution Secondary Schools Under-18 Football Tournament, and what a journey it has been. Chase Academic...

Workers should not settle for ‘leff-leff’

May 02, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – Imagine inviting everyone to dinner and then allowing only the wealthiest guests to eat, while the rest are encouraged to admire the cutlery and wait patiently for “future dining opportunities.” Now, I am told that in Guyana, the government has invited Expressions of...

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...

A minister, a head doctor, commended and celebrated

May 02, 2026

Hard Truths by GHK Lall (Kaieteur News) – It’s a long-held mantra. The best policies and best procedures are nothing, if there are no people with the required energy, care, and ethos to breathe life into them. Minister of Health, Dr. Frank Anthony, made his moves, proved me right. He engaged,...

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