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Freddie Kissoon

Frederick Kissoon (born 30 December 1950) is a Guyanese journalist who writes the daily "Freddie Kissoon Column", currently published on TBN Heat. He also hosts a talk show with Leonard Gildarie.

Kissoon's column previously appeared in ''Kaieteur News'', a daily newspaper published in Guyana. He was also a lecturer at the Faculty of Social Sciences of the University of Guyana, and the vice president for the University of Guyana Workers Union (UGWU). He fought many battle for the staff including better wages and benefit.

Kissoon initially made his impact in the 1970s as an "anarchist freshman at UG trying to confront the establishment of Forbes Burnham", a former President of Guyana who was considered by many as a dictator. At that time, he was a member of the Working People's Alliance led by Walter Rodney. Rodney was killed in a bomb explosion while running for office in 1980.

In 1988, Kissoon became a columnist for an independent Newspaper, the ''Catholic Standard'', which at the time was the only independent newspaper in Guyana. The other newspapers were the ''Guyana Chronicle'', a government controlled newspaper, and ''The Mirror'', a newspaper of the then opposition party, the People's Progressive Party led by Cheddi Jagan. In the 1990s, Kissoon began writing for a new independent newspaper, the ''Stabroek News''. Provided by Wikipedia