PNC/R and Opposition leader, David Granger was involved in a vehicular accident. The incident took place this afternoon on Thomas Street in Kitty. Details are sketchy so far but we understand that Granger was in the wrong and accepted responsibility for the accident. The two parties involved have entered an arrangement to settle the matter privately.
The APNU+AFC is a corrupt cabal of racists. They did nothing that benefitted ordinary Guyanese, presided over the must corrupt and incompetent government Guyana has ever had and sought to rig their way back into office. Now in opposition lies and racism is their go-to mantra. Here we expose them ....
Thursday, October 25, 2012
AFC Financier arrested in U.S on corruption charges
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Albert J Baldeo, Khemraj Ramjattan & Raphael Trotman |
A Queens district leader and two-time candidate for the City Council
surrendered to federal authorities Wednesday morning to face corruption
charges, including mail fraud conspiracy and obstruction of justice,
stemming from what prosecutors said were campaign finance improprieties.
The district leader is also a close friend of Khemraj Ramjattan, Chairman of the Alliance For Change (AFC) and one of that party's main overseas financiers. He also hosted several fundraisers in the
U.S. in support of the party.
According to a New York Times report, the district leader, Guyanese,
Albert J Baldeo, a Democrat, is accused of using phantom donors to
funnel illegal campaign contributions to his unsuccessful 2010 campaign
for the City Council, to fraudulently increase the amount of matching
funds provided by the city, federal prosecutors said. He is being
charged with conspiracy to commit mail fraud, attempted mail fraud,
conspiracy to commit obstruction of justice and obstruction of justice.
Baldeo, whose district includes Richmond Hill and Ozone Park,
surrendered at the headquarters of the Federal Bureau of Investigation
at Federal Plaza shortly after 09:00h.
He is expected to be arraigned Wednesday in Federal District Court in
Manhattan. The charges were announced by the United States attorney in
Manhattan, Preet Bharara, and Mary Galligan, the acting assistant
director of the FBI, who heads the bureau’s New York office. Galligan
said in the statement that Baldeo’s fraud, according to the government,
was fabricating contributions to his campaign to receive six dollars in
matching funds for every dollar he reportedly raised.
Thursday, October 18, 2012
Moses Nagamootoo got $10M kick-back from Chinese Contractor
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Moses Nagamootoo escorting Vice President of
Communications
Construction Company Ltd. (CCCC), Zhou Gang and his team to a briefing at parliament |
It was revealed during the corruption debate held last night by the National Communications Network (NCN)
that Alliance for Change (AFC) vice-chairman and attorney-at-law, Moses Nagamootoo received a $10M kick-back from the Chinese firm contracted to expand the Cheddi Jagan International Airport. The topic for last night's debate was "Opposition Corruption and Conflict of
Interest" and the absence of the two opposition reps is believed to have been deliberate. This led to the organisers then taking a decision to have a discussion forum
with Minister of Agriculture Dr. Leslie Ramsammy, People’s Progressive
Party Civic (PPP/C) Member of Parliament Manzoor Nadir and Al Creighton,
the moderator instead. It was during this discussion that Nadir brandished the picture posted above in which Moses Nagamootoo is captured leading a delegation of officials from the China Harbour Engineering Company (CHEC) which won the contract.
The opposition, including the AFC, had called for the contract to be scrapped and criticized the process which led to its award citing reports of the company being involved in corrupt practices. This exposure of Nagamootoo's deep involvement with the very company whose practices his party criticized is yet another manifestation of their hypocrisy and yet another case of conflict interest made out against the two. Nagamootoo was also paid millions by NICIL whilst the AFC joined the APNU in waging a often time nasty corruption crusade against it.
I have evidence to support claims of the allegations of corruption made against Moses Nagamootoo
-reporter stands by story
......Says Nagamootoo never questioned his credibility whilst he was under his employ
OSSIE RODGERS: I WRITE in response to a letter published in yesterday’s (Mon 15th Oct, 2012) Stabroek News and Kaieteur News newspapers by Moses Nagamootoo, Vice Chairman and Member of Parliament for the Alliance For Change (AFC).
This letter made reference to an article written by me, Ossie Rodgers, and published in this newspaper on Sunday, October 7, 2012. I wish to make it categorically clear that I have evidence to support every line that is written in the aforementioned article.
I’ve travelled to Berbice and spoken to persons at Cotton Tree village, West Coast Berbice, who made charges against Mr. Nagamootoo. I have those conversations on tape. I can make same available for public scrutiny if Mr Nagamootoo wants me to do so.
As a Journalist, I make sure I investigate issues carefully before I report them. Mr. Nagamootoo would know this for I have worked with his unsuccessful campaign to be presidential candidate for the PPP/C in 2011.
He trusted my professional ethics as it relates to my work, which is why he secured my service to do work on his behalf in the diaspora during that failed campaign. I am responsible to the public to report what is happening without favour. That is what I did, in this instance, and would continue to do.
Mr. Nagamootoo contends that the moneys paid to him by NICIL is the subject of some privilege; well this is quite interesting. Firstly, Mr. Nagamootoo admits that he works or had worked for NICIL, the very organization which he repeatedly accuses of massive corruption.
If this is the case, one will be tempted to ask the following questions: Was Nagamootoo receiving proceeds of corruption? Is he part of this alleged corruption? Did he as a Lawyer advise NICIL that he sees corrupt practices in their daily transactions?
Secondly, Mr. Nagamootoo and his party have been repeatedly calling for transparency about NICIL and its operations. They have been calling for public disclosures of NICIL’s business and business transactions. Well, NICIL paying Mr. Nagamootoo is part of their business transactions; so how come they are calling for NICIL business to be made public but when its comes to moneys he received from the same entity he now say it is private business.
NICIL is a government entity therefore the moneys paid to Mr. Nagamootoo is government money so that money must be accounted for to the public. It is not subject to any private arrangement or privilege, it is public money and the public must know how public funds are spent.
Mr. Nagamootoo, also, claimed that he negotiated a fair deal for the people. That was not part of his mandate. All he was required to do was to carry out the government’s instructions of an already agreed arrangement with the affected residents. The government formulated a compensatory package that was offered to those residents. Mr Nagamootoo, in his selfish way which is not uncharacteristic of him, took credit for the government’s compensatory package. All he was paid to do was to execute the Government’s agreed policy for affected residents which he failed to do and that is what the residents are accusing him of. But not withstanding the failure, Nagamootoo still collected full payment for unfinished work.
Mr. Nagamootoo also disclosed that he did transports for the Ministry of Housing. Here again we are learning that he was the Lawyer for the Ministry of Housing. This is the same Nagamootoo who is on record accusing that same ministry and the Minister of corruption. One would again ask wether corruption is following him, since wherever he is the lawyer, there seems to be corruption in his party’s view. Why is it he didn’t see this perceived corruption when he was acting on these Agencies behalf? How come only now that he has been relegated to the Opposition benches that he now sees these agencies and their operatives as corrupt?
Mr. Nagamootoo’s letter has disclosed a mouthful for the Guyanese public to digest and leave more questions than answers.
......Says Nagamootoo never questioned his credibility whilst he was under his employ
| Moses Nagamootoo |
A reporter who admitted being hired to work during Moses Nagamootoo's unsuccessful campaign to be presidential candidate for the PPP/C in 2011 has responded to a letter published in the Kaieteur & Stabroek News on Monday October 15th last. In the letter, a distraught Nagamootoo called into question the competence and credibility of his former employee after he reported on a series of allegations made by several Berbicians against the AFC Vice Chairman and Attorney-at-law. Here's the reporter's response:
OSSIE RODGERS: I WRITE in response to a letter published in yesterday’s (Mon 15th Oct, 2012) Stabroek News and Kaieteur News newspapers by Moses Nagamootoo, Vice Chairman and Member of Parliament for the Alliance For Change (AFC).
This letter made reference to an article written by me, Ossie Rodgers, and published in this newspaper on Sunday, October 7, 2012. I wish to make it categorically clear that I have evidence to support every line that is written in the aforementioned article.
I’ve travelled to Berbice and spoken to persons at Cotton Tree village, West Coast Berbice, who made charges against Mr. Nagamootoo. I have those conversations on tape. I can make same available for public scrutiny if Mr Nagamootoo wants me to do so.
As a Journalist, I make sure I investigate issues carefully before I report them. Mr. Nagamootoo would know this for I have worked with his unsuccessful campaign to be presidential candidate for the PPP/C in 2011.
He trusted my professional ethics as it relates to my work, which is why he secured my service to do work on his behalf in the diaspora during that failed campaign. I am responsible to the public to report what is happening without favour. That is what I did, in this instance, and would continue to do.
Mr. Nagamootoo contends that the moneys paid to him by NICIL is the subject of some privilege; well this is quite interesting. Firstly, Mr. Nagamootoo admits that he works or had worked for NICIL, the very organization which he repeatedly accuses of massive corruption.
If this is the case, one will be tempted to ask the following questions: Was Nagamootoo receiving proceeds of corruption? Is he part of this alleged corruption? Did he as a Lawyer advise NICIL that he sees corrupt practices in their daily transactions?
Secondly, Mr. Nagamootoo and his party have been repeatedly calling for transparency about NICIL and its operations. They have been calling for public disclosures of NICIL’s business and business transactions. Well, NICIL paying Mr. Nagamootoo is part of their business transactions; so how come they are calling for NICIL business to be made public but when its comes to moneys he received from the same entity he now say it is private business.
NICIL is a government entity therefore the moneys paid to Mr. Nagamootoo is government money so that money must be accounted for to the public. It is not subject to any private arrangement or privilege, it is public money and the public must know how public funds are spent.
Mr. Nagamootoo, also, claimed that he negotiated a fair deal for the people. That was not part of his mandate. All he was required to do was to carry out the government’s instructions of an already agreed arrangement with the affected residents. The government formulated a compensatory package that was offered to those residents. Mr Nagamootoo, in his selfish way which is not uncharacteristic of him, took credit for the government’s compensatory package. All he was paid to do was to execute the Government’s agreed policy for affected residents which he failed to do and that is what the residents are accusing him of. But not withstanding the failure, Nagamootoo still collected full payment for unfinished work.
Mr. Nagamootoo also disclosed that he did transports for the Ministry of Housing. Here again we are learning that he was the Lawyer for the Ministry of Housing. This is the same Nagamootoo who is on record accusing that same ministry and the Minister of corruption. One would again ask wether corruption is following him, since wherever he is the lawyer, there seems to be corruption in his party’s view. Why is it he didn’t see this perceived corruption when he was acting on these Agencies behalf? How come only now that he has been relegated to the Opposition benches that he now sees these agencies and their operatives as corrupt?
Mr. Nagamootoo’s letter has disclosed a mouthful for the Guyanese public to digest and leave more questions than answers.
Nothing produced so far that implicates Rohee
- Commission of Inquiry Chairman
The Commissioners probing the July 18 deaths of three protesters at Linden on Wednesday stated that there has been no evidence produced todate which implicates Home Affairs Minister Clement Rohee.
The Commissioners probing the July 18 deaths of three protesters at Linden on Wednesday stated that there has been no evidence produced todate which implicates Home Affairs Minister Clement Rohee.
| Commission Chairman Justice Lensley Wolfe |
This was the conclusion from Commission Chairman Justice Lensley Wolfe
following an enquiry from attorney for the APNU Basil Williams on the
minister’s possible appearance.
“Nothing has been said so far which implicates him,” Wolfe stated.
During the earlier stages of the inquiry AFC Chairman Nigel Hughes had alleged that Rohee was in contact with the commander on the ground, Clifton Hicken, just before the shooting of the protesters and a discussion on the use of lethal force had taken place. But phone records presented to the Commission showed that contact between the two men, occurred 2 hours after the shooting had taken place.
“Nothing has been said so far which implicates him,” Wolfe stated.
During the earlier stages of the inquiry AFC Chairman Nigel Hughes had alleged that Rohee was in contact with the commander on the ground, Clifton Hicken, just before the shooting of the protesters and a discussion on the use of lethal force had taken place. But phone records presented to the Commission showed that contact between the two men, occurred 2 hours after the shooting had taken place.
Tuesday, October 16, 2012
UK ballistic expert puts a spoke in the AFC & APNU tire.
-Rounds used by police not the same as those which killed Linden protesters
The independent forensic expert brought in by the AFC, Dr. Mark Robinson today told the Commission of Inquiry probing the J
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| United Kingdom firearm expert, Dr. Mark Robinson in Linden |
uly 18 killing of three protesters at Linden that the men were killed with ammunition dissimilar to those used by the police.
In a report submitted to the Commission on Tuesday the expert said the shotgun shell samples used by the police were of Challenger Number 6 shot and Number 4 shot while the pellets recovered from the bodies were of 00 buckshot.
“All the projectiles from the three deceased are copper-plated lead 00 buckshot pellets. Whilst most buckshot ammunition is commercially manufactured, in the absence of spent cartridge cases and wadding from the scene I am unable to rule out the possibility that home-loaded or modified shotgun cartridges were used.
According to Dr. Robinson, the pellets discharged from the police-issue cartridges are “readily distinguishable” from the copper-plated 00 buckshot retrieved from the bodies.
“I was also provided with a 00 Buck cartridge of the same Challenger brand. I was informed that buckshot ammunition of this type was withdrawn from police issue in 2005. I dismantled the cartridge and found it to contain nine 00 Buck pellets and a plastic wad. The pellets were not copper-plated and were therefore distinguishable from the pellets described above,” his report read.
In a report submitted to the Commission on Tuesday the expert said the shotgun shell samples used by the police were of Challenger Number 6 shot and Number 4 shot while the pellets recovered from the bodies were of 00 buckshot.
“All the projectiles from the three deceased are copper-plated lead 00 buckshot pellets. Whilst most buckshot ammunition is commercially manufactured, in the absence of spent cartridge cases and wadding from the scene I am unable to rule out the possibility that home-loaded or modified shotgun cartridges were used.
According to Dr. Robinson, the pellets discharged from the police-issue cartridges are “readily distinguishable” from the copper-plated 00 buckshot retrieved from the bodies.
“I was also provided with a 00 Buck cartridge of the same Challenger brand. I was informed that buckshot ammunition of this type was withdrawn from police issue in 2005. I dismantled the cartridge and found it to contain nine 00 Buck pellets and a plastic wad. The pellets were not copper-plated and were therefore distinguishable from the pellets described above,” his report read.
Young man admits being paid and transported to be part of Agricola violence
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| Orville Daniels |
He said they were taken to a house in Agricola around 3:30 after the vehicle they were in made several other stops around the city picking up other young men and women as it proceeded. At the house they were met by a man whom he didn't know but identified as Nigel Hughes after he was shown several photographs. He said "di man at di house(Hughes) tell we something bout rumble. But i din really paying he no mind cah i did jus waan mek a lil bread(get paid) and guh back home".
According to Daniels they were then instructed to block the Agricola public road with tires, debris and several old vehicles and to disrupt the flow of traffic to send a signal to the government that "we mean business". Daniels said that as the protest began several other persons whom he had never seen before began attacking and robbing only persons of Indo-Guyanese descent.
Monday, October 15, 2012
HOW TO LOCATE A POLITICIAN NEAR YOU.
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| Adam Harris(Kaieteur News) home is located in Guyhoc Park |
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| Mark Benschop's damaged SUV outside his home in Roxanne Burnham Gardens |
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| Mark Benschop's home in Roxanne Burnham Gardens |
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| Khemraj Ramjattan's(AFC) home in Delph Street Campbellville |
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| Khemraj Ramjattan's(AFC) home in Delph Street Campbellville |
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Publishing photos of the homes of opposition personalities does not constitute a breach of their security(according to Kaieteur news) so there should be no concern about the fact that it exposes them to attacks.
More inflammatory speeches from racist Nigel Hughes
Addressing a handful of activists on Friday October 12 at a rally organized to save face following the Agricola violence, Alliance for Change(AFC) Chairman and ingrained racist Nigel Hughes made another in his long list of racially driven and inflammatory comments. Funny though is that Hughes' latest racist rant was done even as he critiqued comments made by Cabinet Secretary Dr Roger Luncheon which were misrepresented and used to incite the violence which erupted in Agricola the previous day.
Here are Hughes' exact words:
“I’m not calling for peace ….I’m calling for us to be calm, considerate and calculating. It was Peter Tosh that said everyone cries out for peace but no one cries out for equal rights and justice. All I want is equal rights and justice. I don’t care how we get it but we must get it,” Hughes said.
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| The handful that attended the AFC's rally |
Here are Hughes' exact words:
“I’m not calling for peace ….I’m calling for us to be calm, considerate and calculating. It was Peter Tosh that said everyone cries out for peace but no one cries out for equal rights and justice. All I want is equal rights and justice. I don’t care how we get it but we must get it,” Hughes said.
GERHARD RAMSAROOP AND AFC AGRICOLA THUGS SURVEY HOME OF PPP OFFICIAL FOR POSSIBLE ATTACK
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| Ramsaroop & Mark Benschop during a previous surveillance exercise |
The People’s Progressive Party on Sunday
accused Alliance for Change (AFC) executive Gerhard Ramsaroop of trying
to intimidate one of the ruling party’s executive.
The PPP in a statement accused the AFC of an ongoing campaign of “violence and intimidation against innocent citizens of Guyana”.
It said after their “de
The PPP in a statement accused the AFC of an ongoing campaign of “violence and intimidation against innocent citizens of Guyana”.
It said after their “de
vious
agenda” was exposed in Agricola on Thursday evening, the party has
grown increasingly desperate in its attempts to suppress victims from
speaking out about their experiences.
“This dangerous trend reached rock bottom today (Sunday) when Executive Member of the AFC Gerhard Ramsaroop was observed with two unidentified individuals in a vehicle stalking the home of Mr. Majeed Hussein. The AFC Executive Member in a dangerous precedent came out the vehicle he was in to confront Mr. Hussein who was at home with his family at the time” the PPP said.
It added that neighbors in the area have also reported that they observed one of the individuals with Ramsaroop filming Hussein's home and immediate surroundings.
“The party wishes to make it clear that it will hold the AFC directly responsible for any attack on the home or family of Mr. Hussein” the PPP said.
Hussein who is a Central Committee member of the party was among the many persons beaten and robbed during the AFC organized Agricola protest on Thursday last.
“The People’s Progressive Party wishes to state in no uncertain terms that it will not condone this campaign of terror by the AFC and encourages the security forces to take appropriate action to protect our citizens” the party said, adding that it is also encouraging all law abiding citizens and civil society organizations to speak out against “this terror campaign bearing in mind the devastating consequences the last such campaign of destabilization and crime had on our nation.”
The party said a report will be made to the police regarding the matter.
“This dangerous trend reached rock bottom today (Sunday) when Executive Member of the AFC Gerhard Ramsaroop was observed with two unidentified individuals in a vehicle stalking the home of Mr. Majeed Hussein. The AFC Executive Member in a dangerous precedent came out the vehicle he was in to confront Mr. Hussein who was at home with his family at the time” the PPP said.
It added that neighbors in the area have also reported that they observed one of the individuals with Ramsaroop filming Hussein's home and immediate surroundings.
“The party wishes to make it clear that it will hold the AFC directly responsible for any attack on the home or family of Mr. Hussein” the PPP said.
Hussein who is a Central Committee member of the party was among the many persons beaten and robbed during the AFC organized Agricola protest on Thursday last.
“The People’s Progressive Party wishes to state in no uncertain terms that it will not condone this campaign of terror by the AFC and encourages the security forces to take appropriate action to protect our citizens” the party said, adding that it is also encouraging all law abiding citizens and civil society organizations to speak out against “this terror campaign bearing in mind the devastating consequences the last such campaign of destabilization and crime had on our nation.”
The party said a report will be made to the police regarding the matter.
Saturday, October 13, 2012
AFC-inspired terror in Agricola linked to expiration of Hughes/Nagamootoo’s ultimatum to Gov’t
IN
a hard-hitting syndicated television interview,
Attorney-General and Minister of Legal Affairs, Anil Nandlall, and
Presidential Advisor Gail Teixeira laid the blame for the eruption of
terror at Agricola yesterday squarely at the feet of the AFC in general,
and that party’s chairman and vice-chairman, Nigel Hughes and Moses
Nagamootoo in particular.
According
to both Teixeira and Nandlall, the events that unfolded, from the
protest action outside the Magistrate’s Court yesterday morning, to the
mayhem on the East Bank four-lane highway, was a carefully orchestrated
agenda that synchronizes with the convening of Parliament yesterday; and
the ultimatum to the President to relieve Home Affairs Minister Clement
Rohee of his post within 48 hours was merely a facilitator to
precipitate the series of events that they hope would force the Ramotar
administration to demit office.
Nagamootoo has publicly expressed his disdain for President Donald Ramotar and it is well-documented that he is convinced that the presidency is his God-given right; thus he has proven that he will stop at nothing to unseat Ramotar. Hughes has cunningly strategized himself into the leadership role of the AFC, which is trying to outdo the PNC/APNU in all its strongholds, beginning with the recent fiasco at Linden.
Hughes is also trying to restore his credibility after he had proven to be duplicitous in accusing Minister Rohee of giving instructions to Police officers to open fire with live rounds on the Linden protestors, citing phone records that he had subpoenaed that proved Minister Rohee’s culpability. When produced, however, the phone records instead proved otherwise; and thus proved Hughes to be treacherously deceptive.
APNU’s Tacuma Ogunsye had unwittingly revealed the joint opposition’s plan to unseat the Government though acts of anarchy if it did not win the general elections of 2011; so these acts are not random but, according to the two senior government functionaries, well-orchestrated and engineered means being used to destabilize the country, with the primary targets being the Ramotar administration and the Police Force.
Justice Minister Nandlall posited that it is excruciatingly clear that the inflammatory situations at both Linden and Agricola were well-planned to consequence the desired outcomes of projecting Guyana to be an unstable investment climate, with the clear intention to stymie development and progress under a PPP/C administration, whatever it takes.
AFC leader Khemraj Ramjattan had called the victims of their Machiavellian actions, beginning with the budget cuts, “collateral damage” – not worthy of any consideration in the pursuit of their agenda; and Nandlall last evening decried the barbarity of leadership that would make victims of thousands of people, left stranded after a hard day’s work; schoolchildren unable to reach their homes, with nowhere to go in the darkness of night – with no transportation available even if they managed to breach the blockade; innocent citizens being robbed by criminals strategically placed by the political authors of these destructive actions, destruction of public property, people discommoded and left vulnerable to predators, mothers unable to reach home to pick up babies from nursery schools, critically-ill people unable to access life-saving healthcare, commuters in and out of the country being unable to travel to and from their planned destinations, especially with CAL suspending all flights until further notice.
Nigel Hughes seems to be Burnham re-incarnated, with the X-13 Plan being re-enacted to bring down another PPP government; and his overtly racist rhetoric is playing on the sentiments of a community long opposed to the PPP administration, even if their own leaders betray them, which they have done time and again throughout the history of this country.
According to the AG, the AFC is capitalizing on the situation that occurred in Linden, especially on the two later police shooting incidents. He said Hughes is being a political opportunist and that the Police Force is being rendered inactive in a volatile situation because of opposition ploys, with police being pitted against the citizens of various communities; while the political engineers, after having riled up the citizens and engineered inflammable situations that cause eventual destruction, mayhem and even deaths, return to their luxurious homes and their comfortable lifestyles, disregarding the fact that they have dislocated and endangered thousands of innocent people and little children.
The AG pointed out that the opposition apologists are blaming the Cabinet Secretary, Dr. Roger Luncheon for the conflagration that erupted yesterday because he had stated emphatically at his press conference to the effect that the Government would not be blackmailed into forcing Minister Rohee to resign, but that is merely a smokescreen for their more nefarious intentions, because the protest actions started in the morning at the Magistrate’s Court before being shifted to Agricola; while Dr. Luncheon’s press conference was aired late evening on televised newscasts, so it was improbable that his statements were in the public domain before that. He said that Nigel Hughes and Nagamootoo are trying to absolve themselves of blame for the consequences of their strategies; but that they are fully culpable for all that happened both at Linden and at Agricola, and that they seem to be trying to outdo the APNU/PNC by using the latter’s own strategy to win support in PNC strongholds.
Former President Jagdeo had called that strategy and proclivity of the opposition to absolve themselves from blame for their duplicitous and destructive – even criminal actions, by putting the blame on others “The Corbin Syndrome”; but that syndrome pre-dates Corbin’s leadership and is a thread running through both PNC and AFC leadership.
Nandlall said that the notion being peddled that Dr. Luncheon’s statements precipitated the events at Agricola is a blatant fabrication by those who want to disguise their agenda and actions.
Nagamootoo has publicly expressed his disdain for President Donald Ramotar and it is well-documented that he is convinced that the presidency is his God-given right; thus he has proven that he will stop at nothing to unseat Ramotar. Hughes has cunningly strategized himself into the leadership role of the AFC, which is trying to outdo the PNC/APNU in all its strongholds, beginning with the recent fiasco at Linden.
Hughes is also trying to restore his credibility after he had proven to be duplicitous in accusing Minister Rohee of giving instructions to Police officers to open fire with live rounds on the Linden protestors, citing phone records that he had subpoenaed that proved Minister Rohee’s culpability. When produced, however, the phone records instead proved otherwise; and thus proved Hughes to be treacherously deceptive.
APNU’s Tacuma Ogunsye had unwittingly revealed the joint opposition’s plan to unseat the Government though acts of anarchy if it did not win the general elections of 2011; so these acts are not random but, according to the two senior government functionaries, well-orchestrated and engineered means being used to destabilize the country, with the primary targets being the Ramotar administration and the Police Force.
Justice Minister Nandlall posited that it is excruciatingly clear that the inflammatory situations at both Linden and Agricola were well-planned to consequence the desired outcomes of projecting Guyana to be an unstable investment climate, with the clear intention to stymie development and progress under a PPP/C administration, whatever it takes.
AFC leader Khemraj Ramjattan had called the victims of their Machiavellian actions, beginning with the budget cuts, “collateral damage” – not worthy of any consideration in the pursuit of their agenda; and Nandlall last evening decried the barbarity of leadership that would make victims of thousands of people, left stranded after a hard day’s work; schoolchildren unable to reach their homes, with nowhere to go in the darkness of night – with no transportation available even if they managed to breach the blockade; innocent citizens being robbed by criminals strategically placed by the political authors of these destructive actions, destruction of public property, people discommoded and left vulnerable to predators, mothers unable to reach home to pick up babies from nursery schools, critically-ill people unable to access life-saving healthcare, commuters in and out of the country being unable to travel to and from their planned destinations, especially with CAL suspending all flights until further notice.
Nigel Hughes seems to be Burnham re-incarnated, with the X-13 Plan being re-enacted to bring down another PPP government; and his overtly racist rhetoric is playing on the sentiments of a community long opposed to the PPP administration, even if their own leaders betray them, which they have done time and again throughout the history of this country.
According to the AG, the AFC is capitalizing on the situation that occurred in Linden, especially on the two later police shooting incidents. He said Hughes is being a political opportunist and that the Police Force is being rendered inactive in a volatile situation because of opposition ploys, with police being pitted against the citizens of various communities; while the political engineers, after having riled up the citizens and engineered inflammable situations that cause eventual destruction, mayhem and even deaths, return to their luxurious homes and their comfortable lifestyles, disregarding the fact that they have dislocated and endangered thousands of innocent people and little children.
The AG pointed out that the opposition apologists are blaming the Cabinet Secretary, Dr. Roger Luncheon for the conflagration that erupted yesterday because he had stated emphatically at his press conference to the effect that the Government would not be blackmailed into forcing Minister Rohee to resign, but that is merely a smokescreen for their more nefarious intentions, because the protest actions started in the morning at the Magistrate’s Court before being shifted to Agricola; while Dr. Luncheon’s press conference was aired late evening on televised newscasts, so it was improbable that his statements were in the public domain before that. He said that Nigel Hughes and Nagamootoo are trying to absolve themselves of blame for the consequences of their strategies; but that they are fully culpable for all that happened both at Linden and at Agricola, and that they seem to be trying to outdo the APNU/PNC by using the latter’s own strategy to win support in PNC strongholds.
Former President Jagdeo had called that strategy and proclivity of the opposition to absolve themselves from blame for their duplicitous and destructive – even criminal actions, by putting the blame on others “The Corbin Syndrome”; but that syndrome pre-dates Corbin’s leadership and is a thread running through both PNC and AFC leadership.
Nandlall said that the notion being peddled that Dr. Luncheon’s statements precipitated the events at Agricola is a blatant fabrication by those who want to disguise their agenda and actions.
Policeman injured during violent Agricola protest details gruesome ordeal
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| Police Corporal Kwesi Lawrence |
Planning on staying at the Guyana Pegasus? Think again!
This photo of Pegasus Hotel Guyana is courtesy of TripAdvisor
This photo of Pegasus Hotel Guyana is courtesy of TripAdvisor
This photo of Pegasus Hotel Guyana is courtesy of TripAdvisor
This photo of Pegasus Hotel Guyana is courtesy of TripAdvisor
This photo of Pegasus Hotel Guyana is courtesy of TripAdvisor
A travel review auditor for the TripAdvisor website detail her ordeal after checking in at the Guyana Pegasus:
On the 19th April 2009, I checked into the Pegasus Hotel at about 10:30
am. I was assigned to room 607 on the sixth floor, as I hadn’t had much
sleep the night before, I decided to get some sleep, I woke up around
6:00pm to my horror, to find myself completely bitten on my arms, neck
and face which were exposed from my sleeping clothes.
I immediately took a shower and changed my clothes and went to the front desk in the lobby to show them, what had happened and to request that all the bed linens be changed!
I ensured that when housekeeping came, I was there and I saw them actually changed the bed linens.
I went back to the front desk, to request that something to get relief from the bites which I got, from sleeping in the bed or room 607. The person at the front desk put me unto the Evening manager who was on duty that night, Michael Vansluytman. Mr. Vansluytman took one look at the condition I was in and twisted his face and asked, what was it that bit me, to which I responded that I did not know, but I know was in the bed. His response to that was that, it has never happened at t he Pegasus before and that for all he knew I could have come to the hotel looking like that. Mr. Vansluytman said that if he did give me anything that would be like admitting that the hotel was at fault and liable.
I told Mr. Vansluytman that he could go ahead and inquire from the persons who had been on duty at the front desk to find out if I had really checked into the Pegasus Hotel looking like that. He then responded that he was not a pharmacist and he would not know what to recommend as he does not know what bit me and if he did give me anything it could make whatever the situation was worst. I told him that I needed to get something to relieve the situation; he then said he would see if he could get something.
After I had dinner at the hotel that night Mr. Vansluytman gave me Savlon, which is an antiseptic from minor cuts and bruises, seeing that was my only option, I took it.
The following morning 20th April 2009, my condition got worst and was brought to the attention of the Head Manger of Housekeeping (Unfortunately I cannot recall his name) and the Director of Sales and Marketing, Ms. Susan Isaacs and another woman who was at the front desk who actually saw me the day before when I checked into the Hotel. The woman was able to verify that she did see me check into the Hotel and that I certainly did not look in that condition when I checked into the hotel.
The Head of Housekeeping and Ms. Isaacs told me that they would immediately arrange another room for me to be moved to and to seek medical attention.
I went to DR.Balwant Singh’s (Private) Hospital at #314 East Street, Georgetown and did a ESR blood test and blood count, my total fees spent there was GY$ 8,100/US$ 40.50, the doctor there was able to confirm that from the results of the ESR blood test that it was defiantly not an allergic reaction I was having and he prescribed medication.
I then went to get a second opinion by another doctor, DR. Leslie I. R. Persaud at #38 Brickdam, Stabroek, Georgetown. Dr. Persaud also confirmed that from the results of the blood test it was definitely not an allergic reaction and in fact that I was bitten by a form of mites/bed bug. He told me these mites actually lay eggs inside of the skin and prescribed Loratadine 10mg and two ointments , Phenergan (promethazine) 2% and Scaboma cream (Treatment of Scabies & Pediculosis). Dr. Persaud explained that I received bites on the areas of my upper body which were exposed by my sleeping clothes to suggest that the mites were in the pillows on the bed. Total fees spent there was GY$ 6,700.00/US$ 33.50.
Back at the Hotel I did change rooms; I got a room on the fourth floor, room 406 and had to wash my clothes as some of the mites go unto my clothes. I told the Head Manger of Housekeeping and the Evening Manager (not the same evening manager as the day before)what the doctor had said, being a type of bed bug. The following morning, 21st April 2009 I also told the Director, Ms. Isaacs the diagnosis that Dr. Persaud had given, being a type of bed bug.
On the night of the 22nd of April 2009, while having dinner at the hotel’s dining area, the evening manager, Mr. Vansluytman saw me dining with a work colleague and came over to enquire how I was doing and to say that I look to be doing better and to enquire if the Savlon ,which he gave was able to give me relief. I informed him, that it did not give me any relief, and I informed him that I had actually seen two doctors and it had been confirmed by the doctor that I was actually bitten by a type of bed-bug. Mr. Vansluytman frowned his face and asked if they really proved it was a bed-bug and if they did a test to prove that. My colleague responded to Mr. Vansluytman that I had actually taken a Blood test which proved that it definitely was not allergies. Mr. Vansluytman then excused himself and left, bumping into our dining table clumsily.
On the 27th April 2009, my colleague and I spoke to the Director, Ms. Isaacs if I had to pay for the night of the 19th April 2009 seeing that I had the horrible incident in room 607, she informed us that she will not charge me for 1 night and that my laundry was free as I had to wash my clothes which mites went unto.
On the night of the 30th April 2009 my colleague and I decided to pay off our bills as we were checking out of the hotel the following morning; however we decided that we would speak to the Evening manager on duty, Mr. Vansluytman about the fact that the hotel did not compensate us for any of the medical bills incurred in having to do the blood test and doctors’ fees. Mr. Vansluytman responded that an incident like this has never happened at the hotel before and in good faith the hotel decided to offer me one night free and not to charge me for the laundry I had on my tab. He said that was all they could offer. My colleague and myself informed him that we would be informing other colleagues, who had plan to stay at the hotel of the incident, to which Mr. Vansluytman and a lady at the front desk with the nametag Donante responded with a shrug and said in a very carefree manner, “okay mam” .
When I got back home after leaving Guyana, I went to doctor, Dr. Alexander and showed her, pictures from the incident as well as the current condition of my skin and the medication I was prescribed by Dr. Persaud in Guyana. Dr. Alexander’s response was that from the medication I was prescribed and the fact that the medication worked to resolve the bites I received, she can infer that I was in fact, treated for having Scabies due to exposure to the mite, Sarcoptes scabiei.
I immediately took a shower and changed my clothes and went to the front desk in the lobby to show them, what had happened and to request that all the bed linens be changed!
I ensured that when housekeeping came, I was there and I saw them actually changed the bed linens.
I went back to the front desk, to request that something to get relief from the bites which I got, from sleeping in the bed or room 607. The person at the front desk put me unto the Evening manager who was on duty that night, Michael Vansluytman. Mr. Vansluytman took one look at the condition I was in and twisted his face and asked, what was it that bit me, to which I responded that I did not know, but I know was in the bed. His response to that was that, it has never happened at t he Pegasus before and that for all he knew I could have come to the hotel looking like that. Mr. Vansluytman said that if he did give me anything that would be like admitting that the hotel was at fault and liable.
I told Mr. Vansluytman that he could go ahead and inquire from the persons who had been on duty at the front desk to find out if I had really checked into the Pegasus Hotel looking like that. He then responded that he was not a pharmacist and he would not know what to recommend as he does not know what bit me and if he did give me anything it could make whatever the situation was worst. I told him that I needed to get something to relieve the situation; he then said he would see if he could get something.
After I had dinner at the hotel that night Mr. Vansluytman gave me Savlon, which is an antiseptic from minor cuts and bruises, seeing that was my only option, I took it.
The following morning 20th April 2009, my condition got worst and was brought to the attention of the Head Manger of Housekeeping (Unfortunately I cannot recall his name) and the Director of Sales and Marketing, Ms. Susan Isaacs and another woman who was at the front desk who actually saw me the day before when I checked into the Hotel. The woman was able to verify that she did see me check into the Hotel and that I certainly did not look in that condition when I checked into the hotel.
The Head of Housekeeping and Ms. Isaacs told me that they would immediately arrange another room for me to be moved to and to seek medical attention.
I went to DR.Balwant Singh’s (Private) Hospital at #314 East Street, Georgetown and did a ESR blood test and blood count, my total fees spent there was GY$ 8,100/US$ 40.50, the doctor there was able to confirm that from the results of the ESR blood test that it was defiantly not an allergic reaction I was having and he prescribed medication.
I then went to get a second opinion by another doctor, DR. Leslie I. R. Persaud at #38 Brickdam, Stabroek, Georgetown. Dr. Persaud also confirmed that from the results of the blood test it was definitely not an allergic reaction and in fact that I was bitten by a form of mites/bed bug. He told me these mites actually lay eggs inside of the skin and prescribed Loratadine 10mg and two ointments , Phenergan (promethazine) 2% and Scaboma cream (Treatment of Scabies & Pediculosis). Dr. Persaud explained that I received bites on the areas of my upper body which were exposed by my sleeping clothes to suggest that the mites were in the pillows on the bed. Total fees spent there was GY$ 6,700.00/US$ 33.50.
Back at the Hotel I did change rooms; I got a room on the fourth floor, room 406 and had to wash my clothes as some of the mites go unto my clothes. I told the Head Manger of Housekeeping and the Evening Manager (not the same evening manager as the day before)what the doctor had said, being a type of bed bug. The following morning, 21st April 2009 I also told the Director, Ms. Isaacs the diagnosis that Dr. Persaud had given, being a type of bed bug.
On the night of the 22nd of April 2009, while having dinner at the hotel’s dining area, the evening manager, Mr. Vansluytman saw me dining with a work colleague and came over to enquire how I was doing and to say that I look to be doing better and to enquire if the Savlon ,which he gave was able to give me relief. I informed him, that it did not give me any relief, and I informed him that I had actually seen two doctors and it had been confirmed by the doctor that I was actually bitten by a type of bed-bug. Mr. Vansluytman frowned his face and asked if they really proved it was a bed-bug and if they did a test to prove that. My colleague responded to Mr. Vansluytman that I had actually taken a Blood test which proved that it definitely was not allergies. Mr. Vansluytman then excused himself and left, bumping into our dining table clumsily.
On the 27th April 2009, my colleague and I spoke to the Director, Ms. Isaacs if I had to pay for the night of the 19th April 2009 seeing that I had the horrible incident in room 607, she informed us that she will not charge me for 1 night and that my laundry was free as I had to wash my clothes which mites went unto.
On the night of the 30th April 2009 my colleague and I decided to pay off our bills as we were checking out of the hotel the following morning; however we decided that we would speak to the Evening manager on duty, Mr. Vansluytman about the fact that the hotel did not compensate us for any of the medical bills incurred in having to do the blood test and doctors’ fees. Mr. Vansluytman responded that an incident like this has never happened at the hotel before and in good faith the hotel decided to offer me one night free and not to charge me for the laundry I had on my tab. He said that was all they could offer. My colleague and myself informed him that we would be informing other colleagues, who had plan to stay at the hotel of the incident, to which Mr. Vansluytman and a lady at the front desk with the nametag Donante responded with a shrug and said in a very carefree manner, “okay mam” .
When I got back home after leaving Guyana, I went to doctor, Dr. Alexander and showed her, pictures from the incident as well as the current condition of my skin and the medication I was prescribed by Dr. Persaud in Guyana. Dr. Alexander’s response was that from the medication I was prescribed and the fact that the medication worked to resolve the bites I received, she can infer that I was in fact, treated for having Scabies due to exposure to the mite, Sarcoptes scabiei.
Friday, October 12, 2012
SHARMA SOLOMON & VANESSA KISSOON PART OF AFC DELEGATION
| The APNU's Sharma Solomon and Vanessa Kissoon |
We were reliably informed that Sharma Solomon and Vanessa Kissoon(both APNU members of parliament) are part of an AFC fund-raising delegation destined for the US. The question being asked is why are the two APNU members of parliament part of an AFC delegation being led by Nigel Hughes? Have they switched sides?
Prime News, Kaieteur News, Demerara Waves & Stabroek News spinning web of deceit.
The AFC and their propaganda hacks at Prime News, Stabroek News and Demerara Waves are spinning their web of
deceit. But were exposed when in seeking to justify the opposition
orchestrated violent disturbances at Agricola they claimed it erupted
following comments by Cabinet Secretary Dr Roger Luncheon at his press
briefing yesterday. Luncheon had stated that his cabinet is more
resolute and steadfast in support of the Home Affairs Minister in the
face of the hate campaign being waged against him. How the residents who
set fires, blocked roads, attacked lawmen, beat and robbed civilians
were made aware of Luncheon's comments which were aired long after the
disturbances had begun is now left for the AFC, APNU and their
apologists in the anti-government media to explain. Could it be that
some of those who participated in the disturbances were media operatives
who covered Luncheon's press briefing? This seems unlikely. However,
this lie clearly exposes the deceitfulness of the APNU/AFC alliance and
their stooges in the media.
IAC to document violence during AFC 'Mo fire, Slow fire' Agricola campaign
The Indian Arrival Committee (IAC) is inviting persons who suffered
harm, losses and inconvenience resulting from the Agricola
protest/unrest to give statements or submit statements. Please send your
statement(s) to indianarrivalcommittee@yahoo.com or submit comments on
our Facebook page. You can also call our office on 222-5162/3. Please
call or send comments early. The IAC intends to make representation to
national and international authorities on these disturbing incidents.
Thursday, October 11, 2012
AGRICOLA RESIDENT CAUGHT WITH CHANNA BOMBS, SAYS WAS PAID TO BURN SEVERAL BUILDINGS
Law enforcement officials foiled a plan to set on fire several private and government properties after they received information which led to the search of the home of a Agricola man. The search led to the discovery cache of molotov cocktails and information on an elaborate scheme funded by unnamed persons. The man in custody told police that he and several others were paid $100,000 each to set fire to several properties. He said this was to tie in with the opposition instigated protests at Agricola today. We will bring more details as they emerge.
APNU, AFC responsible for Agricola protest – govt
The Government of Guyana has condemned what it terms as “the seeming
proclivity of the leaders of the Opposition parties to instigate,
encourage and condone lawless and illegal activities such as the
blocking of roadways, and burning of private and public properties.”
An
official says: ” Government recognises and supports the rights of
Guyanese to peacefully protest. But these protests must not infringe
other Guyanese’s rights and endanger the well-being of citizens.
There is no doubt about the legitimacy of concerns about the conduct
of a few ranks of the Guyana Police Force which has sadly and
regrettably led to deaths. The loss of life is always distressing.
Various investigative processes have been activated. Also, persons are
before the Courts in relation to these acts. The Administration and the
GPF have condemned excesses and irregular conduct. ”
In slamming the opposition conduct, the official said that “the
issuing of ultimatum and threats of protest/disruption by the APNU/AFC
opposition are incendiary and encourages lawlessness and harm against
ordinary Guyanese.
Today’s blockage of roadways, burning on the streets and acts of
robberies in the vicinity of Agricola are the latest manifestations of
an Opposition interested in creating mayhem and disruption. Thousands of
men, women and children were tonight held to ransom by irresponsible
Opposition parties’ leaders who on a daily basis (such as the AFC and
APNU media interactions of October 10 and 11) spout vitriol and
instability. “
NIGEL HUGHES BOUGHT GASOLENE USED IN AGRICOLA FIRES
Criminals among the group are also beating and robbing passersby in full view of all.
OPPOSITION TERROR CAMPAIGN UNLEASHED IN AGRICOLA
The APNU and AFC promised to unleash a campaign of terror should Home Affairs Minister Clement Rohee not resign or be removed by 12AM this morning and they fulfilled it when their terror agents incited residents of Agricola to light fires and attack innocent citizens on the Agricola and Mc Doom public road this afternoon. Liveinguyana was told that Nigel Hughes, Mark Benschop, Lincoln Lewis and several prominent opposition persons held a meeting in the village of Agricola where they told the residents to block roads etc in protest. They told those gathered that the policemen accused of killing the Agricola teen were instructed to do so by Minister Rohee. This lie caused and uproar in the village and several residents begun to set fire to debris, block the roadways and attack civilians. The police responded and riot police in full riot gear along with the crowd control water canon were deployed to the area. We will bring more updates shortly.
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