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		<title>The tragedy of Godwin Maxwell</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 05 Sep 2010 04:00:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ChrisRam</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Introduction We will soon forget the name Godwin Maxwell. But his story is most likely unique in Guyana. Mr Maxwell, a man who according to the press made a living by being a jack of all trades in the Mahaicony area, met his death in the most unusual circumstances. Having been granted bail of $30,000 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The case for the Marriott Hotel &#8211; conclusion</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 22 Aug 2010 04:00:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ChrisRam</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Introduction As yet, other than saying that Atlantic Hotels Inc is a public-private sector partnership, the government and its handmaiden NICIL have been silent on where the money to build a hotel in Kingston to be operated under the Marriott label will come from. We have heard about some group operating in Grenada that has [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The case for the Marriott Hotel &#8211; part 2</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 15 Aug 2010 04:00:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ChrisRam</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Introduction Last week I wrote that the Government of Guyana through the instrumentality of President Jagdeo was about to enter the tourism sector as a major investor while simultaneously getting out of a major lucrative investment in the telecommunication sector from which it, or rather the increasingly infamous NICIL, received some $3,458,000,000 in dividends. Business [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The case for the Marriott Hotel</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 08 Aug 2010 04:00:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ChrisRam</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The government through the instrumentality of President Jagdeo, is about to enter the tourism sector as a major investor. At the same time, the government is getting out of the telecommunication sector, or at least one of its major investments in the sector. Of course these will be done in the name of the people [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Amendments to NBS Act forced through the National Assembly &#8211; conclusion</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 01 Aug 2010 04:00:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ChrisRam</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[New Building Society]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Today I conclude my examination of the amendments to the New Building Society Limited Act passed by the National Assembly two Thursdays ago despite the arguments from the opposition members and the pleas from the members of the Society for consultations to take place. With the government’s overall majority in the National Assembly, passage became [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Amendments to NBS Act forced through the National Assembly</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 25 Jul 2010 04:00:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ChrisRam</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Introduction That the Government used its majority in the National Assembly to push through major amendments to the New Building Society Act was not surprising. That Messrs Winston Murray and Khemraj Ramjattan so persuasively argued the case for the PPP/C to reflect on the implications of a piece of legislation was commendable. That a debate [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The 2008 Auditor General Report: No change &#8211; conclusion</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 18 Jul 2010 04:00:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ChrisRam</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Introduction When this series began several weeks ago – this is its fifth and final column, – its focus was a review of the report on the Public Accounts of Guyana, the ministries, departments and regions for 2008. It could not however ignore news about the work of the Public Accounts Committee (the PAC) or [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The challenge to Minister Singh and the Stats Bureau was for a rational explanation of the dramatic turnaround in the fourth quarter of 2009</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 11 Jul 2010 04:00:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ChrisRam</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I refer to my letter of July 4, 2010 in which I addressed the issues raised by Mr. Rajendra Rampersaud in a letter dated June 28, 2010 on the April 2010 Country Report by the Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU). In my letter I indicated that I would subsequently address the reaction of the Minister of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The 2008 Auditor General Report: No change &#8211; part 4</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 11 Jul 2010 04:00:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ChrisRam</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Introduction During the past week I received an irate call from the treasurer of the Guyana Relief Council complaining that the statement in the 2008 Report of the Audit Office misrepresented the status of the audits of the GRC. The treasurer pointed out that the Auditor General has long since ceased being the auditor of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The 2008 Auditor General Report: No change &#8211; part 3</title>
		<link>http://www.chrisram.net/?p=459</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Jul 2010 04:00:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ChrisRam</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Introduction I extend sincere apologies to readers for the unavoidable non-appearance of this column last week. To help you to pick up from where the column left off two weeks ago, let us recap the essential features of the recent reports on the government’s financial statements which have been the focus of this series. Over [...]]]></description>
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