According to Caribbean News Now President Bharrat Jagdeo issued a proclamation on Sunday, October 9, declaring Monday, November 28, 2011, as the date for the holding of general and regional elections in Guyana. Guyanese overseas residents and writers have been having their last say, commenting on their observations and desires for their country leading to [...]
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‘Scrappy’ was great at 2011 ‘LitFest’ of the Word Signals greatness for 50th Anniversary Festival
Posted on 25 November 2011.
A review by David Edgecombe The Cultural Centre in Montserrat holds 500 people, but when Scrappy bounced onto the stage on Friday November 11, there were only five of us in the auditorium. (Okay, allow for some exaggeration, but not much). For the next two hours, he performed as if we were 5,000 fans energizing [...]
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SAN MY NING … OUR GOLDEN ELEPHANT
Posted on 11 November 2011.
But Who Ouan De San, an De Lan? by Man from Baker Hill This year I celebrate 21 years as a columnist with the Montserrat Reporter Limited. Thanks to everybody! You have been good to me; your comments and appreciation have encouraged me over the years. Thank you! And in spite of the obvious [...]
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MONTSERRAT… Become ‘Tax’ Wise!
Posted on 28 October 2011.
Guest Editorial – Man from Baker Hill Is it significant that one of the first major international agreements which Reuben Meade, as Premier, signed on behalf of Montserrat is a tax agreement? Will history record our first Premier as the father of tax reform and education on Montserrat? Montserrat, please understand that in the near [...]
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IF I HAD MY LIFE TO LIVE OVER
Posted on 28 October 2011.
I would have talked less and listened more I would have invited friends over to dinner even if the carpet was stained and the sofa faded. I would have eaten the popcorn in the ‘good’ living room and worried much less about the dirt when someone wanted to light a fire in the fireplace. I [...]
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The Constitution vs Our Tax Laws and Estate Tax
Posted on 07 October 2011.
by Man from Baker Hill I care more about the fairness of our Tax Laws than I care about our Constitution. I will not whisper. I will share my thoughts with my fellowmen, not in secret but as loud as I am allowed to shout. I believe in taxation. I believe that tax on income [...]
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The Man from Garibaldi Hill
Posted on 12 September 2011.
So it’s decided then. Not officially, of course, because the Chief Minister has publicly stated that no decision has been made yet as to where the jetty to facilitate sand exports from the Belham Valley will be located. It’s not Old Road Bay, where there is direct road access to the beach and where the [...]
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Ayanna Irish, a youth with talent encouraged, like some others
Posted on 19 August 2011.
by David Edgecombe It’s not just idle talk, there really is no place like home. Home shapes you, makes you, lays the foundation for whatever else is built for the rest of your life. I love the emerald greenness and the mangoes of Montserrat more than everything else. When I arrived for my niece’s wedding [...]
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TAXATION: Your Consideration For Our Social Contract
Posted on 19 August 2011.
Man from Baker Hill Every resident of Montserrat is party to an implied social contract of which consideration is a key element. Taxation is consideration. Tax is the price we pay for living here… on Montserrat. The other element of that social contract is the services provided through the functions of government that are to [...]
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CM hits MPOA
Posted on 05 August 2011.
EIA, MEG,MPOA, BHF,…You name it….or not! We live in a day of the acronym. Instead of simple names that describe quite well what an organization is all about we, instead, want to shorten it to the point where it has no more than three or four letters. Sometimes, unfortunately, that efficiency can be quite inefficient. Several groups with similar [...]
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