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- Frederick Kissoon (born 30 December 1951) is a Guyanese journalist who currently writes the daily "Freddie Kissoon Column" in Kaieteur News, a daily newspaper published in Guyana. Kissoon lectured at the Faculty of Social Sciences of the University of Guyana, He also was 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. (en)
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- Freddie Kissoon image from Kaieteur News.jpg (en)
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- Frederick "Freddie" Kissoon (en)
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- Journalist , teacher (en)
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- Frederick Kissoon (born 30 December 1951) is a Guyanese journalist who currently writes the daily "Freddie Kissoon Column" in Kaieteur News, a daily newspaper published in Guyana. Kissoon lectured at the Faculty of Social Sciences of the University of Guyana, He also was the vice president for the University of Guyana Workers Union (UGWU). He fought many battle for the staff including better wages and benefit. (en)
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- Frederick "Freddie" Kissoon (en)
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