KAIETEUR NEWS TRYING TO SCARE PEOPLE FROM ATTENDING PREISDENT'S APPRECIATION CELEBRATION

Kaieteur News is trying desperately to scare people away from attending the President's appreciation celebration at the Providence Stadium today.

Wear Black if you believe the AFC is dead

Liveinguyana and some friends of ours are calling on all Guyanese to wear black if you believe the AFC is dead. We will be on the streets of Georgetown today encouraging persons to be part of this campaign.

Access to Information Bill passed

The National Assembly yesterday passed the Access to Information Bill while deferring the passage of the Public Utilities Bill and the Telecommunications Bill – both aimed at liberalizing the telecoms sector -for next week Thursday. Prime Minister Sam Hinds moved the second reading of the Access to Information Bill, which had been referred to a Special Select Committee for consideration and report. The Bill sets out a practical regime of right to information for persons to secure access to information under the control of public authorities in order to promote transparency and accountability in the working of the government and public authorities, and for the appointment of the Commissioner of Information.
“This Bill is a good faith effort by Guyana. It provides a framework within our capacity and it goes beyond [what obtains in other countries in the region],” said PPP/C Member of Parliament Gail Teixeira, as she argued in defence of the Bill to empty Opposition benches.
She said that what Guyana has done with its legislation can be amended over time as needed. She said that the various attempts by the Opposition to discredit the legislation are just red herrings.
Teixeira said that the legislation lays a good foundation for access to information and reiterated the PPP/C’s commitment to making public all records and reports as a matter of policy.
The Bill was read for the first time by Minister of Home Affairs Clement Rohee in June. According to the Bill, the Commissioner of Information, who will be appointed by the President, will be a person of eminence in public life with wide knowledge and experience in law, science and technology, management, journalism, mass media or administration and governance.
The Bill, will however, pose some conventions with regard to what information is available and what will not be available.
It will also impose the process of how to apply for detailed information as well as what rights an individual can enjoy as a result of an application. The FOI Bill also boasts penalties which will be applied to an individual if information is withheld or destroyed.
Meanwhile, the National Assembly deferred the adoption of a motion on the report of a Special Select Committee on the Public Utilities Commission (Amendment) Bill and the Telecommunications Bill 2011, thereby deferring also the third readings and passage of these pieces of legislation. The two bills are not unrelated as they seek to bring changes to the telecommunications landscape, thereby opening up the field for greater competition and lower rates.

New wave of in-fighting hits AFC

THERE is a new wave of in-fighting within the small Alliance for Change(AFC) party, with similar intensity of the Raphael Trotman /Khemraj Ramjattan leadership brawl a few months ago. With the exit of Prime Ministerial candidate Sheila Holder last week, her vacancy has increased tensions between the various factions in the party.
Last week, the AFC reported that Holder stepped down as Prime Ministerial candidate of the party because of ill –health.


Earlier this year, in May, Guyana Chronicle came in for criticisms from the AFC for its report that ‘’Sheila Holder may fall out of elections race’’. The report was based on an AFC senior insider who is now describing the current acrimonious state of that party.
According to the insider, of the two persons who might be suitable to fill the void, Trotman and Cathy Hughes, none of them is willing to work under Ramjattan, whom they described as ‘too arrogant’.
The party’s faithful believe it is not too late to shift Ramjattan to the Prime Ministerial position and have Trotman return as Presidential Candidate.


The insider is concerned that the party may further mess up its chances at elections with the new wave of in-fighting. Most AFC members believe Ramjattan will cause the party to lose seats at the elections, given the fact that the support base of the party is from the PNCR, and many supporters are turning away from AFC because of his poor leadership style.
Trotman and Ramjattan were in a leadership battle following the failure by the party’s top-brass in June to honour a rotation agreement that would have seen Ramjattan take over as AFC leader.
Sources in the party said Trotman’s faction was insisting that Ramjattan is unsuitable to lead the AFC, while the Ramjattan group was accusing the party’s prime movers of alienation tactics. The AFC has been badly hurt by several bouts of in-fighting, and is trying to salvage its image.
Businessman, Mr. Peter Ramsaroop, who has resigned as AFC Chief Executive Officer, and withdrew his membership of the party, publicly expressed his displeasure at Ramjattan’s leadership.
Trotman is a former senior PNCR member and parliamentarian who defected to form his own party, and Ramjattan is a former senior member of the PPP.

Balwant Singh fiddling with poles now.

So Balwant 'the bandit' Persaud did a pole recently. Well how about if we take this pole and shove it up your backtracking, thieving, liard ass Balwant?

ACDA's Tacuma Ogunseye issues another call for racial disturbances should APNU/PNC loose upcoming elections

Tacuma Ogunseye

The African Cultural and Development Association (ACDA) held a public meeting held over the weekend at Golden Grove Village, East Coast Demerara. And addressing the small gathering at the junction of Golden Grove Public and Main Roads , ACDA executive member, Tacuma Ogunseye called on African Guyanese to prepare themselves for a two-pronged approach to the next general election-- turn out in their numbers to vote for the opposition coalition A Partnership for National Unity (APNU) and engage in a rebellion for a constitutional struggle if the coalition loses at the polls.

“We have to go there and cast all our votes but if at the end of the day, we fall short, we have to move to stage two and stage two must be a massive rebellion of African people throughout the length and breadth of this country,” he said.

This is the second such call for insurrection by Ogunseye and it comes after his first racist incitement was roundly condemned. His call however, found favour with extremist elements in society such as Kean Gibson, David Hinds and Mark Benschop.

JOKE OF THE DAY: GTUC calls on Guyanese to reject gov’t.

Lincoln Lewis, Norris Whitter and what ever is left of the Guyana Trade Union Congress (GTUC) should be put on a boat and made to sail as far out at sea as possible.

Guyana benefits from $920M Chinese grant

Guyana and China on Monday signed a 30 million RMB ($920M) grant agreement that would see funding for several projects here that are still to be determined.

The signing took place at the Business Conference of the third China-Caribbean Economic and Trade Cooperation Forum in Port-of-Spain, Trinidad. Finance Minister Dr Ashni Singh signed the agreement on Guyana’s behalf while China’s Commerce Minister Chen Deming signed on behalf of his country.

President Bharrat Jagdeo is leading the Guyana delegation at the forum and during his address he called on the Caribbean as a collective group to pursue a non-reciprocal trade agreement or a partial scope agreement with China, similar to the one that exists between Guyana and Brazil.

Addressing the conference at the Hyatt Regency Hotel, the President told government and business leaders that because of the small size of combined regional economies in relation to that of the Asian economic giant, the top 30 or 40 export commodities of the region could be given an ease from attracting duty on imports into China. This, he said, would have a minimal effect on China but will generate significant wealth in the region because of economic size.

Jagdeo also called for a trade regime that would encourage value-added activity in the region, which he contended will narrow the trade gap that exists between China and the Caribbean. “Several key issues must be identified, he said, and then by timetable, all must work to ensure that they are implemented and practical changes are made visible before the time of the fourth economic forum in four years,” he said. Calling for a structured engagement with China moving forward, Jagdeo urged regional governments to ensure that any such agreement is driven by private enterprise.

Tape recording of Glen Lall discussing drug shipment to be released shorty

Liveinguyana was informed last night by a very reliable source that a group of drug traffickers are preparing to release a secret recording in which Kaieteur News publisher Glen Lall is said to be making arrangements with another individual to transfer cocaine smuggled in from Venezuela to a location in Georgetown.

We also understand that the release of the tape is a retaliation against Lall for information he provided to US law enforcement authorities on some of his drug colleagues. A group of local drug kingpins recently met at a location in Georgetown and took the decision to release the tape.
Stay tuned as we will keep you up to date.....

Guyana & West Indies Legspinner named Emerging Player of the Year by I.C.C

Devendra Bishoo's performance in his first year in
international cricket has been recognised by the ICC

ESPNcricinfo: West Indies legspinner Devendra Bishoo has won the ICC Emerging Player of the Year award. He overcame competition from his team-mate Darren Bravo and the Pakistani pair of Wahab Riaz and Azhar Ali. The award was announced by England's Ian Bell, who won it in 2006.

Bishoo, 25, played five Test matches in the voting period and took 21 wickets at an average of 35.42. He also picked up 19 wickets at 21.57 in 11 ODIs.

"First of all I'd like to congratulate all the nominees for the ICC Emerging Player of the Year," Bishoo, who could not attend the awards ceremony, said. "I'd like to thank the ICC for giving me this award and I'm delighted to receive it. I'd like to thank my mother, my manager and all the players who have supported me throughout my career. I'm happy where I am and I am going to keep on working hard for the West Indies and continue to improve and keep playing good cricket."

Previous winners of this award are Irfan Pathan (2004), Kevin Pietersen (2005), Ian Bell (2006), Shaun Tait (2007), Ajantha Mendis (2008), Peter Siddle (2009) and Steven Finn (2010).