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Saturday, 05 November 2011 |
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 Dear Editor,
Forget about the parties. Let’s examine the individuals. As election 2011 approaches I see no candidate that impresses me with the charisma of a president. The Donald of the PPP/C is the least impressive. While campaigning for President Jagdeo’s last term in office I heard him utter one of the cheapest lines I have ever heard from any politician: “Where were all these people [referring to all the other presidential candidates and parties] when we were struggling to build this country?” This is politics penny per pound. To me it was a blatant attempt to monopolize politics – and they are the ones who claim that they have fought for democracy in this country. Ten percent of the people who were supporting the PPP/C were selling that to each other to justify their support for the party.
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Saturday, 05 November 2011 |
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Government’s decision to offer public servants an eight per cent increase a mere three weeks ahead of the national elections has aroused much concern within the Alliance for Change (AFC).
At a special press briefing held at the opposition party’s Fourth Street, Campbellville, Georgetown headquarters, yesterday, officials of the party regarded the announcement as an elections gimmick. “This eight per cent obviously comes at a time when government wants to in a sense bribe the voters. We see it as a form of bribery at this stage.”
Presidential Candidate of the Party, Khemraj Ramjattan, made reference to the fact that the ruling party has been seeing very low turnout at its street corner meetings and even within its strongholds, thus the wage increase is a strategic maneuver to solicit the electorates’ support.
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Saturday, 05 November 2011 |
Some people does walk round de place looking fuh praise but dem boys seh praise should only be given to de Man above. Dem don’t like shower praise pun people or institution.
Well one man decide to change that. He offer workers eight per cent pay increase and he expect to hear ‘Praise you Bar Rat”. Nobody ain’t say that yet.
This is de same man who give money away like he head ain’t good. He give Fip US$15 million; he give he friends all kind of thing—land, property, money and national awards—just to get praise.
Well dem boys decide that de police deserve all de praise one can give dem. When dem people shoot that granny in Robb Street dem boys believe that de killers woulda walk. But dem police wuk and dem didn’t rest till dem ketch de killers. Dem deserve a medal.
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Thursday, 03 November 2011 |
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Statement by Mark A. Benschop 
I would like to declare that I will soon be putting an end to the seemingly unending speculations as to the party I will be supporting in the upcoming elections. But first, I want to remind my supporters that my politics is, and has always been, reflective of a national unity and racial harmony, since I am a true son of Guyana – a descendant of all our races. I could have been part of the parties’ candidates list but refused. Instead, I’ve opted to put the nation’s interest first over self. At this time, I am fully committed to seeing the back of this PPP regime. Over the past twelve years, they have left in their wake a savage path of death and destruction. They have proven to be anti-working class, are allegedly involved with killing squads, notorious killers and openly consort with known drug lords. My own incarceration for five long, hard years, locked away in solitary confinement away from my little boy is testimony to the wickedness inherent in this regime. Our police force is allegedly involved with drug dealers, torture, intimidation, etc. Which probably explains the mysterious revocation of police commissioner Henry Greene’s US visa. The US government does tend to deal condignly with corruption. With this said, very soon I will be asking my supporters along with those undecided voters to come out in support of a party that truly represents all Guyanese and would protect the interest of the masses instead of a privileged and greedy few.
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Thursday, 03 November 2011 |
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by Moses V. Nagamootoo  Following my resignation from the PPP, ending 50 years of association with that organization, I responded to proposals by Messrs. Raphael Trotman and Khemraj Ramjattan, to join the platform of the Alliance for Change. I did so, not as an AFC member, but an independent citizen, in exercise of my constitutional and democratic right to choose with whom to associate. I had wanted to leave the PPP since 1998, when the process to destroy the party’s internal democracy had started. I didn’t do so then. I again wanted to resign in 2004-2006 when the leadership refused to investigate many of my complaints including allegations of corruption, fraud at the Wildlife Department, illegal export of bottle-nose dolphins, phantom squad.
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Thursday, 03 November 2011 |
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 (Editor's Note: Bisram in white hat holding on to Donald Ramotar at the Indian Day Parade in NY) Dear editor: On October 31, 2011 Stabroek News published a letter by Vishnu Bisram captioned “NACTA poll puts PPP in lead.” The letter provided results of a purported tracking poll, allegedly conducted by an entity calling itself the North American Caribbean Teachers Association (NACTA),” which gauged popular support for political parties contesting next month’s general elections in Guyana. Bisram, who published said results and wrote the referenced letter, also claims to have conducted this poll himself. His multi-tasking reminds me of the story told about a remote “Dixie” town in rural America; where an out of State driver passing through town was pulled over by a highway patrol and ticketed for speeding. He overnighted at a local hotel to attend court the next day. On exiting the hotel the following morning, he recognizes that the newspaper man is the cop who ticketed him. After breakfast he dropped in at the post office to send off a letter, only to discover that the cop is also the mailman. When he arrived in court, the same cop looked at him and said “court is in session.” He was also the judge!
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Thursday, 03 November 2011 |
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PRESS STATEMENT BY A PARTNERSHIP FOR NATIONAL UNITY Thursday 3rd November 2011, A.P.N.U Secretariat  SUMMARY: · The PPP has the effrontery to attack Commissioner Felix when they themselves acted in concert with Roger Khan, and his cohorts in the GPF, to bug Commissioner Felix’s phone and office to further their criminal activities; · A.P.N.U List of Candidates provide a unique balance of competent people of all ages from all geographic regions of Guyana, all ethnic groups and occupations; · A.P.N.U Campaign Update. THE SHAMELESS PPP PROPAGANDISTS HAVE THE EFFRONTERY TO CRITICISE FORMER GPF COMMISSIONER FELIX
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Thursday, 03 November 2011 |
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Trotman questions draw comparison with civil servants’ wage  While he defended it as non-discriminatory, the hefty presidential pension that President Bharrat Jagdeo will receive, braced Prime Minister Samuel Hinds in a corner last evening at a forum organized by the Methodist Church.
That forum featured representatives of the three main parties contesting the November 28 polls.
When he faced the heat, he declared that “Coolie man President, Black man President getting the same thing.”
Hinds, who served as President from March to December 1997, is himself in line for the pension, which has been a major source of contention between the Alliance for Change (AFC) and the People’s Progressive Party/Civic (PPP/C).
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M.Benschop
