Guyana opposition dissatisfied with response to Venezuelan incursion (Caribbean Net News, Published on Thursday, November 22, 2007) By Gordon French GEORGETOWN, Guyana: A shipment of oil from Venezuela may have averted a massive fuel crisis in Guyana, but did little to roll away an ongoing spat between the two countries following Thursday’s military attack on [...]
Nov 22 2007 | Posted in
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(Stabroek News, Wednesday, November 21st 2007) Vision Guyana’s Peter Ramsaroop (centre) with parents and beneficiaries of the group’s Newborn Programme. Vision Guyana recently updated bank books for the first set of underprivileged children under its Newborn Programme launched in September. According to a press release, $1,000 was deposited into each account. The group said the [...]
Nov 21 2007 | Posted in
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(The Roop Column, Kaieteur News, 18 November 2007) As I travel around the country and meet with our citizens, my heart goes out to mostly our young children who I really believe are our “today”, much less our future. My role as Patron for the Rose Hall Youth and Sports Club in Berbice has opened [...]
Nov 18 2007 | Posted in
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This column explores initiatives to improve the business climate of our nation and make Guyana Open for Business a reality. by Peter R. Ramsaroop, MBA Chairman, RoopGroup Stabroek News, Friday, November 16th 2007 Stabroek Friday Business supplement is the only such publication in Guyana. For many of us in the business community, this is a [...]
Nov 16 2007 | Posted in
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Georgetown, Guyana – (VG Newswire) 6th November 2007 Vision Guyana Chairman Peter Ramsaroop donated over $30,000 of sporting equipment to the Department of Prisons. In a recent press conference, Ramsaroop stated that Mark Benschof had approached Vision Guyana to help with a program to rehabilitate prisoners. Vision Guyana feels that even though many of our [...]
Nov 6 2007 | Posted in
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by Peter R. Ramsaroop – Stabroek News, 02 November 2007 Purchasing Power By definition, the purchasing power of a dollar decreases as the price of consumer goods rise. If one’s income stays close to constant but the price level increases, the their purchasing power decreases. Inflation does not always imply falling purchasing power of one’s [...]
Nov 2 2007 | Posted in
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