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Last Tuesday, we began a series of articles on the presentations of key speakers at the University College of the Cayman Islands Caribbean Anti-Corruption Conference that was held on 19-21 March 2014.

The University College of the Cayman Islands (UCCI) held its 2014 Caribbean Anti-Corruption Conference on 19-21 March 2014 under the theme “Towards a Corruption-Free Caribbean: Ethics, Values, Trust and Morality”.

For one to be free is not merely to cast off one’s chain, but to live in a way that respects and enhances the freedom of others.

Transparency International defines corruption as the abuse of entrusted power for private gain.

By resolution 58/4 of 31 October 2003, the UN General Assembly adopted the United Nations Convention against Corruption (UNCAC) and urged all States and competent regional economic integration organizations to sign and ratify the Convention as soon as possible in order to ensure its rapid entry into force.

The Transparency Institute Guyana Inc (TIGI), an affiliate of Transparency International, is holding its second annual fundraising dinner at the Pegasus Hotel on Friday, 22 November at 7 pm.

Transparency Institute Guyana Inc. on Tuesday met with an OAS team on the implementation of the Inter-American Convention Against Corruption)   National Procurement and Tender Administration Board (NPTAB)   The NTPAB was established by section 16 of the Public Procurement Act 2003 as an agency that reports to the Minister of Finance.

The Transparency Institute (Guyana) Inc. wishes to express its gratitude for being afforded an opportunity to meet with the OAS team on the implementation of the Inter-American Convention Against Corruption.

I was prompted to write this article because of the disclosure by a well-known commentator, Mr.

(Written by Calvin Bernard, Lecturer of the University of Guyana and a director of TIGI) Transparency requires that relevant information be made easily accessible to stakeholders in a way that it is free from deceit, easily understood and time appropriate.

On 9 July 2013, Transparency International (TI), a global organisation devoted to fighting and eradicating corruption, released its 2013 Global Corruption Barometer (GCB).

Until very recently one could be forgiven for looking perplexed at the mention of the name Caribbean Press.

Today, we begin a series of articles highlighting individual experiences of corruption.

We could have named this article just as well “The value of thin air”.

“Corruption can affect the soul of the nation.” – Deryck Murray, Chair of Trinidad Transparency Institute and former West Indian cricketer.

If men were angels, no government would be necessary. If angels were to govern men, neither external nor internal controls on government would be necessary.

Corruption is worse than prostitution. The latter might endanger the morals of the individual, the former invariably endangers the morals of the entire country. 

The Transparency Institute of Guyana Inc (TIGI) held its first annual fundraising dinner on 23 November, 2012.

The following is a presentation last week by Anand Goolsarran, a Vice President of the Transparency Institute of Guyana Inc.

An error does not become truth by reason of multiplied propagation, nor does truth become error because nobody sees it…Truth stands even if there be no public support.