* Once again, today marks the 2nd anniversary of Donald Rabindranauth Ramotar being sworn in as President of the Republic of Guyana.
* The Guyana economy continues to prosper under President Ramotar.
* The majority of Guyanese---51%---are satisfied with the progress they are seeing in Guyana.
LONG LIVE GUYANA AND THE PPP.
Rev
Once again Rev, this is what he accomplished:
Guyana ranked a very poor 27 out of 100 points in the Transparency International 2012 Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI).
The report was released this morning. Last year, Guyana scored 28 points.
Guyana is again doing worse than every other country in Caricom except for Haiti (19) which has also traditionally been one of the worst performers.
Transparency International (TI) premiered a new methodology last year where countries are ranked from 1 to 100 points with 100 representing the least corrupt. Any score below 50 indicates a serious problem and though it is not possible to meaningfully compare Guyana’s performance with the previous methodology, the country remains in the bracket of those with a very serious problem.
By contrast, Barbados scored 75 points, the highest in Caricom, The Bahamas 71, St Lucia 71, Trinidad and Tobago 38 and Jamaica 38. Suriname came in at 36 this year.
The perception of corruption has remained a big problem for the Ramotar administration over the last two years.
The CPI 2013 measures perceived levels of public sector corruption in 177 countries/territories.
In a statement accompanying the report, TI which first issued a report in 1995, said
“Corruption continues to have a devastating impact on societies and individuals around the world, with more than two-thirds of countries surveyed scoring less than 50 out of 100 in the latest Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI).
“Despite 2013 being a year in which governments around the world passed new laws and forged fresh commitments to end corruption, people are not seeing the results of these promises.
“Anti-corruption is an increasingly attractive platform for politicians, with many incorporating anti-corruption pledges into their election campaigns. It reflects waning public tolerance towards corruption. The danger, however, is that these anti-corruption promises fail to materialise.
“Government guarantees of greater accountability do not always bring about tangible results at the local level. Protests in Brazil this summer showed public exasperation at the continuation of political scandals in spite of governmental assurances of a zero-tolerance policy on corruption.
Words must be backed by action
“Some countries, such as Estonia, have seen improved CPI scores go hand in hand with efforts to combat corruption, such as the development of a new anti-corruption strategy.
“Other countries, however, prove that words are not enough in the fight against corruption. After a summer blighted by political scandals indicating a lack of accountability and fading public trust, Spain tried to remedy its corruption troubles with a new Transparency Law.
It is certainly a step in the right direction, but the provisions do not go far enough. This missed opportunity to bring about significant legislative changes is particularly worrying given Spain’s six-point drop in this year’s index.
“While countries such as Myanmar have seen significant improvements in the perceived success of their anti-corruption efforts; on average, perceived levels of corruption have failed to improve globally since 2012.
“EU and Western European countries continue to perform best with an average score of 66, while Sub-Saharan African countries once again show the highest perceived levels of public sector corruption, averaging a score of 33.
“But scores vary widely within each region and with a global average of just 43, all regions have a long way to go in curbing corruption.
Corruption persists in being a pervasive force in the public sector, hurting citizens in their daily lives and in times of dire need.”
Once again Rev, this is what he accomplished:
Mr. Mitwah:
* Is it Transparency International who will decide if Donald Ramotar is re-elected President of Guyana in 2016 or is it the good people who live in Guyana ?
BOTTOM LINE:
Transparency International can rank Guyana dead last---and rate the country at zero when it comes to the corruption index---but come election time---the good people in Guyana will still keep Donald Rabindranauth Ramotar and the PPP in power.
WHO VEX....VEX!
Rev
Are the good people prepared to accept that the money originally destined for spending on improving the condition and living standard of the many, is instead being stolen by a few? If thieving is OK for the PPP government, then thieving is also OK for everybody else. There is no reason to obide by the law when it is not protecting the population from mass government corruption.
Once again Rev, this is what he accomplished:
Mr. Mitwah:
* Is it Transparency International who will decide if Donald Ramotar is re-elected President of Guyana in 2016 or is it the good people who live in Guyana ?
BOTTOM LINE:
Transparency International can rank Guyana dead last---and rate the country at zero when it comes to the corruption index---but come election time---the good people in Guyana will still keep Donald Rabindranauth Ramotar and the PPP in power.
WHO VEX....VEX!
Rev
At the risk of being labeled the worst PPP government in the political history of Guyana, we feel compelled to report that nearly everywhere in Guyana; people are voicing the strong feeling that the PPP is going to lose the next general election, come mid or late 2016.
And we must say our first reaction to that is it would be a relief to the nation not to have to put up with the arrogant smirks we keep seeing on the faces of some Cabinet ministers who are clearly deluded into believing that they are in office for life. But clearly the writing is on the wall for this corrupt PPP regime and we have decided to let the cat out of the bag. The process that the people started in the 2011 election that led to a minority PPP government must be completed in the next election cycle by voting the PPP out of office.
Of course, simply making such a prediction could very well have the effect of triggering a serious thought in convincing many now reluctant voters to come out and vote against this decadent PPP regime. The PPP can no doubt rely on its tribal base to come out in full support in the next general election but whether that will be enough to make the PPP victorious is doubtful. Their tribal base is dwindling due to overseas migration and others are marching toward the other parties. The youths are fed up with the propaganda, distortions and untruths by the do-nothing PPP cabal who seem to think that they can squander the taxpayers’ money at will on shady projects.
For certain, the minority PPP regime record in Parliament since winning the November 2011 general election has been very bleak and not at all promising. They lost the Amalia Falls project followed by the loss of the Anti-Money Laundering Bill. Their frantic defense of both the Amalia Falls and the Anti-money Laundering Bill was highly suspicious, to say the least. Earlier in the year, they lost $30 billion from the budget as a result of their clownish debate in Parliament. The PPP is a very confused party and its leader’s sluggish pace and lack of administration skills have made it extremely difficult for the regime to get anything done in or out of Parliament.
Yugi22, how much rice you planted this year?
Mits I invested in mining but not in Guyana. Rice harvesting ? No not my thing.
How about communities like Linden starting profitable farming and cultivation of the land and stop rioting for cheap electricity ?
Yuji:
* Communities like Linden have an entitlement mentality deeply ingrained in them.
* Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! Gimme!
* That's their mantra.
* They are not prepared to work hard and be industrious.
Rev
Burnham, Hoyte and to a lesser extent Jagdeo instilled the entitlement mentality and now it coming back to haunt Guyanese. Some in Guyana call it Eye Pass.
Yugi22, how much rice you planted this year?
Mits I invested in mining but not in Guyana. Rice harvesting ? No not my thing.
So are Yu one of dem boys in the Bunjal group? 
I wonder why you are not investing in Guyana?
* The agriculture sector in Guyana has always prospered and boomed whenever the PPP has been in power.
* Back in 1957-64 there was massive success in the agriculture sector and the racist opposition PNC dubbed the PPP government a "rice government" and a "c##lie government" because the majority of the rice farmers were Indo Guyanese.
* THE PNC AND THEIR SUPPORTERS HAVE ALWAYS BEEN RACIST.
Rev
You do not know a damn thing about agriculture and rice especially. Jagan opened up black bush but the strains of rice planted then, D10 and 79 was not quick growing or high yield to make anyone rich. The industry died in the burnham era because he tried to introduce high yield rice and confiscated all of the hardy seedlings. The came out with high yield rice like blue belle but we did not have the rapid response irrigation system needed to maintain that rice so they often drowned in the deep fields or were eaten up by stink bugs which invaded the place around the early 70's. Strains like Rustic work well but the productive lands for large scale productions are in Abary and that is being appropriated by PPP croneys. Rice also suffer because it is trapped in the rice for oil scheme and Brazzington is milking all he can from the people here and the price they get is dictated by this PPP graft riddled scheme.
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