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Monopoly – Double Standards

By Peter R. Ramsaroop (Stabroek News, Friday, June 29th 2007) The dictionary describes the word monopoly as ‘exclusive control of a commodity or service in a particular market’. In Guyana, the word seems to have dual meanings – one for the private sector and one for the Government. The two primary monopolies to garner public [...]

Jun 29 2007 | Posted in Business | Read More »

The Business of Money Laundering

By Peter R. Ramsaroop (Stabroek News, Friday, June 22th 2007) A prominent media person recently asked me to explain to him how the United States monitors money laundering activities. He clarified his question by saying he was asking on behalf of a friend who he said people thought was dealing in drugs. He knew this [...]

Jun 22 2007 | Posted in Politics | Read More »

RHTYSC launches 8th annual youth review magazine

Stabroek News Saturday, June 2nd 2007 RHTYSC patron Peter Ramsaroop (2nd left) handing over Youth Review magazines to GT&T, Banks and Bill Express representatives. (Lawrence Fanfair photo)

Jun 2 2007 | Posted in Sports | Read More »

Stifling of an Industry

by Peter R. Ramsaroop Stabroek News, Saturday, June 2nd 2007 The issue of the scrap metal business has been in the media many times over the last year. A bill to amend the old Metal Dealers Act was passed in the National Assembly giving sweeping powers to the Prime Minister to halt the export of [...]

Jun 2 2007 | Posted in Business | Read More »

Bakewell continues to sponsor RHTY&SC second division team

Guyana Chronicle, June 1st 2007 By Ravendra Madholall Thanks. Rose Hall Town Youth and Sports Club’s long-serving patron Peter Ramsaroop receives the cheque from Bakewell’s Sales Supervisor Jacob Nanan while other senior members of the club look on. (Photo: Winston Oudkerk). “OVER the last seventeen years, the Rose Hall Town Youth and Sports Club (RHTY&SC) [...]

Jun 1 2007 | Posted in Sports | Read More »