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Wednesday, 23 November 2011 |
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Dear Editor,
(KN) Please permit me the space to respond to a bit of anonymous sniping in the Guyana Times (November 18, 2011), published under the title “Enfant Terrible Poseur”. I can realistically attribute the letter to the PPP since it is for the most part a verbatim amalgamation of comments made on a thread on Facebook, all by a covert PPP account. While I have no problem with the yellow accusations made against me personally, one part of this piece of writing that I found sickening is the attack on a respected citizen of Guyana, Dr. Ian McDonald, A.A. In seeking to disingenuously link McDonald’s critical support of my work at the time with my being awarded the Guyana Prize for Literate (in a year that McDonald was not a member of the jury), the article states: “We segue into 2002, when the Guyana Prize committee announced that locally-based authors would be permitted to submit work in manuscript form. His godfather by then was Ian McDonald, who was seeking to salve his liberal white WI guilt over their default racism.”
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Wednesday, 23 November 2011 |
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Dear Editor,
(KN) In every society the minority does not only have the right to be heard but to also actively participate in the governance of its business. In the current system where a government with a simple majority behaves as though it holds the transport for the country and the citizens are their subjects, this form of governance is reprehensible, outdated and must give way to new thinking and behaviours. This land belongs to all of us. The taxes belong to the people and not to any single political party or group; as such they must be used to benefit the society as a whole and must be properly accounted for. Though we all belong to the human race, diversity is a socio–economic characteristic of our existence and it is here to stay as evident in our gender, physical traits, age, class, creed, interests, to name some. Diversity can be positive when rooted in a belief that inclusive relations are reliant on working together, respecting self and others, developing a sense of community and collaborating with others to achieve a common goal, which for us as Guyanese has been the task to foster nationhood on the unified principle of One People, One Nation, One Destiny.
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Wednesday, 23 November 2011 |
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“Ministers of the government with fancy lifestyles and huge assets…we have never seen one investigation
Robert Badal (KN) The Integrity Commission of Guyana is a body that has been established to ensure accountability in the government of the day by having certain categories of public servants, including Ministers and Permanent Secretaries, declare their assets, liabilities and income. This body, which has been touted as one of the mechanisms in place to ensure the accountability of the administration to the electorate, is now being accused of being nothing but a big farce. This is according to Robert Badal, Chief Executive Officer of the Pegasus Hotel. According to Badal, the Commission has no powers to investigate incidences of improprieties and as such is a toothless rubberstamp. Badal recently endorsed the Alliance for Change party which is contesting this year’s Regional and General Elections. During its first outing in the 2006 elections, the AFC garnered five seats in the National Assembly.
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Wednesday, 23 November 2011 |
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Sheila Holder
(KN) Former Alliance for Change (AFC) Prime Ministerial Candidate, Sheila Holder, is to be buried on Saturday in Brooklyn, New York. The thanksgiving service to celebrate her life will be held at the Church of St. Mark Episcopal/Anglican, 1417 Union Street Brooklyn, New York. Following the service, the long-time politician will be interned at the Cypress Hills Cemetery. Currently, a book of condolences is opened to members of the public at the Alliance For Change Head Office, Campbellville. Holder was survived by her husband, Noel Holder, Managing Director of I-Net Communications Inc. and her children Yale, Sheldon and Kaila. She passed away on Sunday evening last after a battle with cancer. Earlier this year, Holder stepped down as the Prime Ministerial Candidate for the AFC citing her medical condition. That post was later filled by her colleague, Raphael Trotman. In February, Holder was hospitalised and was reportedly treated for an intestinal blockage at a city hospital.
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Wednesday, 23 November 2011 |
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- as injunction dismissed
Juan Edghill (KN) The injunction and a Conservatory Order which was granted by the High Court earlier this year, “directing and ordering” three men from “holding themselves out as Chairman and members” of the Ethnic Relations Commission (ERC), were officially dismissed yesterday by Justice Diana Insanally. The court order was issued by High Court Judge James Bovell-Drakes to stop the three defendants, Bishop Juan Anthony Edghill, John P. Willems and Carvil Duncan from taking any decisions, making any recommendations or issuing any directions in the name of the Commission. In May this year, Opposition leader Robert Corbin secured, ex-parte, an injunction against the Ethnic Relations Commission barring the Chairman and two Commissioners from taking any decision, making any recommendation and issuing any direction on behalf of the constitutional body.
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Wednesday, 23 November 2011 |
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(KN) The Alliance For Change yesterday reported what it calls a calculated and vulgar assault by the PPP/C government on its election campaign. “As of Sunday evening, the AFC began receiving reports from various supporters and concerned citizens all across the country that its banners and billboards were being torn down and demolished…Initially, the AFC was of the view that these were spontaneous acts of vandalism by supporters of another party.” The party said that it quickly realised that the tearing down and demolition was a centrally coordinated effort and it was reliably informed that Minister of Public Works Robeson Benn had directed that the banners and billboards be torn down and demolished. The party said that one of its Candidates Moses Nagamootoo contacted Minister Benn, who informed him that he (the Minister) had instructed that all banners and billboards of all parties be torn down and demolished as there was no permission to erect same.
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Wednesday, 23 November 2011 |
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 De government building hotels and they got to know something that nobody ain’t know. Everybody else selling out dem hotel. De foreign people sell out Pegasus; Zoom Inn sell out, Zoom Out sell out too. Fall Out, Fall Inn, Jump Inn, and Jump Out now for sale. But de government jumping in. Dem boys want to know why. Of course, de same government did want to buy Pegasus. Dem wake up de Waterfalls Boss Man fuh tell he that he should print de story how de Pegasus boss man run and buy de hotel after he rob de government. But something strange happening. Buddy’s build Princess Hotel wid 250 rooms fuh US$13 million. De government building Marriott wid 190 rooms fuh four times that amount—US$51 million.
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Nigel Hughes Raphael Trotman Freddie Kissoon Individuals residing in Guyana can tune into Channel 9 TV and those residing overseas can listen to www.benshcopradio.com.
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M.Benschop
