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 ....
Wednesday, September 7, 2011
GLEN LALL MAY HAVE TRIGGERED US INVESTIGATION OF ROGER KHAN
DOUBLE-CROSSERS, historically, especially those who engage in shady dealings and have been discovered to be double-dealers – with the latent threat to life and property, most often attempt to eradicate rivals or former associates out of the equation through strategic manoeuvres.
One manoeuvre that may have been found to silence, or to create synergies to facilitate the removal of Roger Khan may have been to link him to the drug trade through clever subterfuge, such as innuendoes or outright accusations in diplomatic ears.
A United States cable emanating from the Georgetown embassy to Washington, according to the whistle blowing website, Wikileaks, has quoted Presidential hopeful Peter Ramsaroop, who claimed to have spoken at length with Kaieteur News publisher Glenn Lall after the murder of the five Kaieteur News pressmen in the Eccles Industrial Site on August 8, 2006 – a conversation and subsequent communication that have proven very revealing.
The Wikileaks expose revealed that then Deputy Chief of Mission of the U.S. Embassy, Michael Thomas, had informed Washington that, although the motive for the seemingly incidental murder of the Kaieteur News pressmen remained unclear to law-enforcement authorities, Ramsaroop had intimated to him during an August 19, 2006 telephone conversation that Lall had related to him his (Lall’s) suspicion that the murders were either a retaliatory measure by Roger Khan, whom he said had been blackmailing businessmen.
Which begs the question: Why would a convicted drug dealer be blackmailing Glenn Lall, by his own admission to Peter Ramsaroop as conveyed by the latter to the US Embassy Deputy US Chief of Mission, Michael Thomas?
There is current speculation, based on these revelations, on the person who may have directed US attention to Roger Khan
Another US embassy cable from a US embassy official to Washington had indicated that Lall had met with him on August 13, 2006 and that, during their discussion, Lall had divulged that he knew some of the gang members, some of whom he said were as young as twelve years of age, and that the attackers might have expected to find weapons at the printery.
Which also begs the question: Why would gunmen from a criminal gang seemingly related to drug operations expect to find weapons in a newspaper production unit?
And this was related to a US official by no less than the publisher of the newspaper involved.
According to Wikileaks, the US official had cabled to his superiors that Glenn Lall had also alluded to a previous grenade attack on his printery.
One cable also referred to several mini prison riots that had erupted in the Camp Street prison between August 8 and 14, seemingly as diversionary tactics to draw attention away from several murderous attacks that also left Agriculture Minister Sash Sawh and several of his siblings dead or severely injured, along with his security guard.
Wikileaks has revealed that Glenn Lall had fingered several of his business colleagues to US diplomats as having drug links.
Among these was Omprakash ‘Buddy’ Shivraj. In a cable to Washington, Political Officer in the US Embassy in Georgetown, Benjamin Canavan revealed that Glenn Lall had related to him that Shivraj had run into financial difficulties when he was building his combination hotel/gym/nightclub/restaurant and bar and could not access funding from anywhere, including the commercial banks; so he sought funding from business colleagues whom Glenn Lall described to the US officials as the “drug kingpins” in Guyana, whom he also named.
However, in a letter to this newspaper, a greatly disturbed Buddy Shivraj repudiated Glenn Lall’s assertions, as told to Benjamin Canavan and exposed by Wikileaks.
Shivraj said that Glenn Lall’s allegations to the US official are complete fabrications and misrepresentation of facts surrounding the financing of the project involving the construction of Buddy’s International Hotel.
In his response Shivraj wrote: “It (Glenn Lall’s allegations of Shivraj’s financing problems) seems to be a deliberate attack on my person and is erroneous and untruthful in content.
“I wish to make it pellucidly clear that at no time did I approach anyone, as suggested by the cable; nor am I in any way involved with narco-traffickers.
“The Buddy’s International Hotel Inc. successfully secured financing from the local banking sector to the tune of over one billion Guyana dollars.
“It is a matter of public records that several debentures over the hotel’s assets were issued to a leading commercial bank.
Furthermore, other assets held in my name were leveraged to raise further financing from another commercial bank and mortgages had been established to secure the additional financing.”
With all these revelations through Wikileaks, members of the private sector have been left wondering who else may have been identified by Glenn Lall as having links to “drug kingpins”; and who else may be targeted next by the US state machinery as Roger Khan has been.
Glen Lall
A United States cable emanating from the Georgetown embassy to Washington, according to the whistle blowing website, Wikileaks, has quoted Presidential hopeful Peter Ramsaroop, who claimed to have spoken at length with Kaieteur News publisher Glenn Lall after the murder of the five Kaieteur News pressmen in the Eccles Industrial Site on August 8, 2006 – a conversation and subsequent communication that have proven very revealing.
The Wikileaks expose revealed that then Deputy Chief of Mission of the U.S. Embassy, Michael Thomas, had informed Washington that, although the motive for the seemingly incidental murder of the Kaieteur News pressmen remained unclear to law-enforcement authorities, Ramsaroop had intimated to him during an August 19, 2006 telephone conversation that Lall had related to him his (Lall’s) suspicion that the murders were either a retaliatory measure by Roger Khan, whom he said had been blackmailing businessmen.
Which begs the question: Why would a convicted drug dealer be blackmailing Glenn Lall, by his own admission to Peter Ramsaroop as conveyed by the latter to the US Embassy Deputy US Chief of Mission, Michael Thomas?
There is current speculation, based on these revelations, on the person who may have directed US attention to Roger Khan
Another US embassy cable from a US embassy official to Washington had indicated that Lall had met with him on August 13, 2006 and that, during their discussion, Lall had divulged that he knew some of the gang members, some of whom he said were as young as twelve years of age, and that the attackers might have expected to find weapons at the printery.
Which also begs the question: Why would gunmen from a criminal gang seemingly related to drug operations expect to find weapons in a newspaper production unit?
And this was related to a US official by no less than the publisher of the newspaper involved.
According to Wikileaks, the US official had cabled to his superiors that Glenn Lall had also alluded to a previous grenade attack on his printery.
One cable also referred to several mini prison riots that had erupted in the Camp Street prison between August 8 and 14, seemingly as diversionary tactics to draw attention away from several murderous attacks that also left Agriculture Minister Sash Sawh and several of his siblings dead or severely injured, along with his security guard.
Wikileaks has revealed that Glenn Lall had fingered several of his business colleagues to US diplomats as having drug links.
Among these was Omprakash ‘Buddy’ Shivraj. In a cable to Washington, Political Officer in the US Embassy in Georgetown, Benjamin Canavan revealed that Glenn Lall had related to him that Shivraj had run into financial difficulties when he was building his combination hotel/gym/nightclub/restaurant and bar and could not access funding from anywhere, including the commercial banks; so he sought funding from business colleagues whom Glenn Lall described to the US officials as the “drug kingpins” in Guyana, whom he also named.
However, in a letter to this newspaper, a greatly disturbed Buddy Shivraj repudiated Glenn Lall’s assertions, as told to Benjamin Canavan and exposed by Wikileaks.
Shivraj said that Glenn Lall’s allegations to the US official are complete fabrications and misrepresentation of facts surrounding the financing of the project involving the construction of Buddy’s International Hotel.
In his response Shivraj wrote: “It (Glenn Lall’s allegations of Shivraj’s financing problems) seems to be a deliberate attack on my person and is erroneous and untruthful in content.
“I wish to make it pellucidly clear that at no time did I approach anyone, as suggested by the cable; nor am I in any way involved with narco-traffickers.
“The Buddy’s International Hotel Inc. successfully secured financing from the local banking sector to the tune of over one billion Guyana dollars.
“It is a matter of public records that several debentures over the hotel’s assets were issued to a leading commercial bank.
Furthermore, other assets held in my name were leveraged to raise further financing from another commercial bank and mortgages had been established to secure the additional financing.”
With all these revelations through Wikileaks, members of the private sector have been left wondering who else may have been identified by Glenn Lall as having links to “drug kingpins”; and who else may be targeted next by the US state machinery as Roger Khan has been.
Day of appreciation planned for President Jagdeo
Guyanese from all walks of life, along with friends of Guyana will come together in one accord on Friday September 16th celebrate the achievements of President Jagdeo.
Setting new precedent, the appreciation comes while the President is still in Office. It should be remembered that it was President Jagdeo who signed into law changes to the Constitution limiting the term of office for the Head of State. He will be one of the first in the Caribbean to gracefully demit office because of his signing into law the constitutional term limit.
Bharrat Jagdeo’s contributions to Guyana’s development and that of the region are unmatched.
According to the organizers of this gala event, this day will see thousands converging on the Guyana National Stadium for an evening of reflection and celebration saturated with pomp and ceremony.
Parachutes from the Guyana Defence Force, Gymkhana stunts from the Guyana Police Force, Renditions from the Joint Services’ Choir and presentations by all ethnic and religious groups are expected to be part of the programme.
The Organizing Committee for the President’s Day of Appreciation can be contacted on Tel: 592-225-5564 or email: hepjad@gmail.com
Setting new precedent, the appreciation comes while the President is still in Office. It should be remembered that it was President Jagdeo who signed into law changes to the Constitution limiting the term of office for the Head of State. He will be one of the first in the Caribbean to gracefully demit office because of his signing into law the constitutional term limit.
Bharrat Jagdeo’s contributions to Guyana’s development and that of the region are unmatched.
According to the organizers of this gala event, this day will see thousands converging on the Guyana National Stadium for an evening of reflection and celebration saturated with pomp and ceremony.
Parachutes from the Guyana Defence Force, Gymkhana stunts from the Guyana Police Force, Renditions from the Joint Services’ Choir and presentations by all ethnic and religious groups are expected to be part of the programme.
The Organizing Committee for the President’s Day of Appreciation can be contacted on Tel: 592-225-5564 or email: hepjad@gmail.com
Kaieteur News comfortable publishing those very 'rumours' as long as they pertain to others and not its owner
Today's Kaieteur News, under the headline "Dr Luncheon somersaults on Wikileaks' quoted the cabinet press secretary as saying that “the overall mood is that the leaks by far and large reflect predominantly opinion, predominantly unsubstantiated statements”. The newspaper added its own piece to this opinion by stating "when the state media (Chronicle and GTV) and the one owned by the Head of State, reported on WikiLeaks comments about the Publisher of Kaieteur News, neither Dr Luncheon nor President Jagdeo stopped to think that they were promoting predominantly unsubstantiated statements. And they did so for three consecutive days".First of all, we know of no newspaper owned by the head of state and the Guyana Times described the attempt to link its ownership to Jagdeo as 'outlandish' and an attempt by cocaine trafficker Glen Lall to undo the embarrassment caused by the revelations in the cables. With this we agree.
Secondly, the article in today's KN exposes the desperation of Glen Lall who no doubt has been caught off guard by the revelations in the said U.S Embassy Diplomatic cable with paint him as a person with connections to the criminal underworld(the phantom death squad), a cocaine trafficker who snitches on his fellow drug dealers and a back tracker. When Stabroek News questioned him about the allegations in the cable, Lall dismissed them as rumours yet Lall's newspaper seems comfortable publishing these 'rumours' as long as they paint the government of the day in bad light. So what is Glen Lall complaining about?
Glenn Lall clutching at straws-Guyana Times hits back
Guyana Times notes with amusement the Tuesday editorial of the Kaieteur News which among other things made an outlandish claim that this newspaper is owned by President Bharrat Jagdeo. It is clear to us that the publisher of Kaieteur News, Glenn Lall is offended by the damning revelations in the WikiLeaks U. S. embassy cables that linked him with the criminal underworld and unveiled his murky past. While trying to undo the embarrassment caused by the revelations in the cables, Lall through his editorial is now pleading with Guyanese not to believe the disclosures made about him by the embassy to Washington, but to believe the selective and distorted extracts of the cables that he has been opportunistically publishing and treating as unchallengeable gospel. Self- proclaimed as sacred and a guardian of democracy here, Lall was described by U. S. officials as someone with a sketchy past who translated a shoe trading business and rumoured involvement with alien smuggling into a muckraking newspaper. “ He has a finger firmly on the pulse of Guyana’s underworld, which serves his media enterprise,” Benjamin Canavan wrote in one of his cables that was dispatched to Washington. While Guyana Times maintains that ownership of this newspaper does not reside with the president, we would gladly associate with President Jagdeo, whose dedicated service and tremendous contributions to Guyana are recognised internationally. The fact of the matter is that during President Jagdeo’s tenure, Guyana has made phenomenal progress in strengthening its economy, in improving socio- economic con ditions, in forging a more unified soci ety, and in having its voice heard and listened to in the global family of nations. For all this, President Jagdeo has earned the respect of the international community and the affection of the Guyanese people, including those of us at Guyana Times . And so, while clutching at straws as he now seeks to evade inevitable scorn, it would be most prudent for Lall, who has appointed himself as a moral arbiter, to explain himself to the Guyanese public and account for the damning revelations made about him in the U. S. embassy cables.
Tuesday, September 6, 2011
Controversial AFC linked pollster sacked following Wikileaks revelations
THE Caribbean Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) sacked controversial journalist and political analyst Peter Wickham recently over the contents of a US Embassy cable released by whistle blower site Wikileaks and released to the public on August 30th, 2011.
A CBC insider revealed that the Barbados DLP government and CBC senior executives were “outraged” after learning that Wickham provided a series of secret briefings to US diplomats “over several years”, where he discussed and provided details about the activities of clients and former clients.
Wickham along with fellow Bajan Hartley Henry were the subjects of much criticism after their CADRES organization published a poll which put AFC leader Raphael Trotman ahead of several other presidential contenders last year. This was followed up by a secret meeting between Henry, Winston Murray of the PNC (deceased) and Raphael Trotman of the AFC at the Pegasus Hotel in Georgetown. It was felt that the meeting was an attempt by Henry to broker a merger agreement between the two parties which was thwarted after being exposed by the state media.
Henry has been embroiled in controversies in several Caribbean countries, with a female lawyer in Antigua and Barbuda accusing him of making sexual advances.
Himself and Wickham worked together in June 2007 and were accused of helping the then Labour Party government in St Kitts and Nevis with its plans for an early election before proper electoral reforms were implemented.
In August 2009, Henry again made headlines in Barbados after he reportedly telephoned SUNDAY SUN editor, Carol Martindale, threatening to tarnish her reputation if she did not “do the right thing” regarding the handling of a report on a CADRES poll – which rated the Democratic Labour Party (DLP) government favourably.
Wickham along with fellow Bajan Hartley Henry were the subjects of much criticism after their CADRES organization published a poll which put AFC leader Raphael Trotman ahead of several other presidential contenders last year. This was followed up by a secret meeting between Henry, Winston Murray of the PNC (deceased) and Raphael Trotman of the AFC at the Pegasus Hotel in Georgetown. It was felt that the meeting was an attempt by Henry to broker a merger agreement between the two parties which was thwarted after being exposed by the state media.
Henry has been embroiled in controversies in several Caribbean countries, with a female lawyer in Antigua and Barbuda accusing him of making sexual advances.
Himself and Wickham worked together in June 2007 and were accused of helping the then Labour Party government in St Kitts and Nevis with its plans for an early election before proper electoral reforms were implemented.
In August 2009, Henry again made headlines in Barbados after he reportedly telephoned SUNDAY SUN editor, Carol Martindale, threatening to tarnish her reputation if she did not “do the right thing” regarding the handling of a report on a CADRES poll – which rated the Democratic Labour Party (DLP) government favourably.
Foreign Direct Investment up, lending rates down
FOREIGN Direct Investment (FDI) increased by 9.2 percent in the first half of 2011 and this was driven principally by the upsurge in activities in the mining and telecommunications sectors.
This is according to the Mid-Year Report 2011 on the state of the economy, tabled in the National Assembly on Thursday. The report said that taken together, these developments resulted in the Bank of Guyana ending the first half of 2011 with $779 M in external reserves.
The report said that the commercial banks weighted average lending rate declined from 11.95 percent to 11.65 percent and small savings rate went down by 16 basis points to 2.51 percent.
The report said that at the end of June, 2011, Guyana’s total external public debt amounted to US$1.110 billion.
The report revised the country’s overall inflation rate for the year to 4.8 percent. It is pegged at three percent for the first half of the year.
“Central Government Revenue for the first half of 2011 amounted to $61.5 billion, 12.8 percent higher than the corresponding period for 2010, bearing testimony to the growth momentum of the economy, as well as the reforms made to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of tax administration capabilities,” the report said.
Tax revenue collections for the period amounted to $57 billion, 11.4 percent above 2010 collections. Internal revenue collections amounted to $26.5 billion, 10.2 percent over 2010’s first-half collections. “This reflected the continued expansion of private sector activity in the productive sectors, with corporation taxes amounting to $10.6 billion, an increase of 8.2 percent, while income taxes collected from the self employed registered an 11.6 percent increase to $1.5 billion,” the report said.
“Collections from value added and excise taxes during the first half of the year increased by 10.7 percent to $25.7 billion. Of this amount, value added tax collections totalled $14.6 billion, reflecting increased imports and domestic trading activity, while excise taxes totalled $11.1 billion notwithstanding the lowering of fuel tax rates,” it said.
This is according to the Mid-Year Report 2011 on the state of the economy, tabled in the National Assembly on Thursday. The report said that taken together, these developments resulted in the Bank of Guyana ending the first half of 2011 with $779 M in external reserves.
The report said that the commercial banks weighted average lending rate declined from 11.95 percent to 11.65 percent and small savings rate went down by 16 basis points to 2.51 percent.
The report said that at the end of June, 2011, Guyana’s total external public debt amounted to US$1.110 billion.
The report revised the country’s overall inflation rate for the year to 4.8 percent. It is pegged at three percent for the first half of the year.
“Central Government Revenue for the first half of 2011 amounted to $61.5 billion, 12.8 percent higher than the corresponding period for 2010, bearing testimony to the growth momentum of the economy, as well as the reforms made to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of tax administration capabilities,” the report said.
Tax revenue collections for the period amounted to $57 billion, 11.4 percent above 2010 collections. Internal revenue collections amounted to $26.5 billion, 10.2 percent over 2010’s first-half collections. “This reflected the continued expansion of private sector activity in the productive sectors, with corporation taxes amounting to $10.6 billion, an increase of 8.2 percent, while income taxes collected from the self employed registered an 11.6 percent increase to $1.5 billion,” the report said.
“Collections from value added and excise taxes during the first half of the year increased by 10.7 percent to $25.7 billion. Of this amount, value added tax collections totalled $14.6 billion, reflecting increased imports and domestic trading activity, while excise taxes totalled $11.1 billion notwithstanding the lowering of fuel tax rates,” it said.
Christopher Ram and Kaieteur News stifling freedom of expression
Liveinguyana received this correspondence via email
I wrote a letter that was published in yesterday August 20, 2011 Kaieteur News which was eventually retracted from its website. Here's a copy of it.
Dear Editor,
The recent reports about allegations of some Guyanese law enforcement officers being operatives in the cocaine export and other organized crimes trade has gone viral.
These reports are derived from the hidden secrets from people who were aware of illegal activities, but now these allegations have come into light. This questions the integrity and ethos of the Guyanese law enforcement agencies and whether the ideology that “money can buy anything” is the typical prototype that is evident in Guyana. I look forward to a comprehensive investigation to those allegations.
Speaking of corruption , I wish to explain in the most condensed form as possible my experiences with an accountant who was knowledgeable of highly illegal and suspiciously dangerous activities, but chose not to boycott the client or refuse the client because of the generous and lavish monetary compensation that is provided by the questionable client. I undertook a job at the client’s premises from July 2008 to February 2009 preparing the accounts under the directives of my former boss. I found some suspicious sources of income from the client’s bank statements, and I thought as an aspiring accountant it would be ‘accountingly-patriotic’ to report my findings to my superiors. To my surprise, my former boss turned a blind eye on the matter. Subsequently, he and his family who all own the accounting firm started to victimize me.
I remember the week before I was robbed not far from the establishment that his daughter threatened me because it was apparent that I knew too much in their perspective.
To add, my former boss was in the process of assisting his client in securing a bid for the tender of a hotel and tourism business that was under receivership and was being auctioned off.
Under the liberties of free speech, I remember that several weeks before I walked off the job, some of my colleagues told me that the daughter boasted that her client paid the bid installment in cash. By the hundreds of millions.
This shows that even accountants are willing to forfeit their ethics and professionalism for dirty money and clients’ interests.
Amrita Ramotaur
I worked for Ramesh Seebarran and he was the auditor and it appears that Christopher Ram told Kaieteur News to take down the website because he thought that I was writing about him.
Is this freedom of Speech? Christopher Ram and Ramesh Seebarran demanded Kaieteur News to take down anything that exposes their unlawful dealings. I didn't even mention names or anything. Just my experiences. I hope that you can cover that Ram is a true dictator. He is trying to silence anyone who is trying to expose his dealings. Look at how quick Kaieteur News took down the letter. See autocratic behavior for yourself.
I wrote a letter that was published in yesterday August 20, 2011 Kaieteur News which was eventually retracted from its website. Here's a copy of it.
Dear Editor,
The recent reports about allegations of some Guyanese law enforcement officers being operatives in the cocaine export and other organized crimes trade has gone viral.
These reports are derived from the hidden secrets from people who were aware of illegal activities, but now these allegations have come into light. This questions the integrity and ethos of the Guyanese law enforcement agencies and whether the ideology that “money can buy anything” is the typical prototype that is evident in Guyana. I look forward to a comprehensive investigation to those allegations.
Speaking of corruption , I wish to explain in the most condensed form as possible my experiences with an accountant who was knowledgeable of highly illegal and suspiciously dangerous activities, but chose not to boycott the client or refuse the client because of the generous and lavish monetary compensation that is provided by the questionable client. I undertook a job at the client’s premises from July 2008 to February 2009 preparing the accounts under the directives of my former boss. I found some suspicious sources of income from the client’s bank statements, and I thought as an aspiring accountant it would be ‘accountingly-patriotic’ to report my findings to my superiors. To my surprise, my former boss turned a blind eye on the matter. Subsequently, he and his family who all own the accounting firm started to victimize me.
I remember the week before I was robbed not far from the establishment that his daughter threatened me because it was apparent that I knew too much in their perspective.
To add, my former boss was in the process of assisting his client in securing a bid for the tender of a hotel and tourism business that was under receivership and was being auctioned off.
Under the liberties of free speech, I remember that several weeks before I walked off the job, some of my colleagues told me that the daughter boasted that her client paid the bid installment in cash. By the hundreds of millions.
This shows that even accountants are willing to forfeit their ethics and professionalism for dirty money and clients’ interests.
Amrita Ramotaur
Is this freedom of Speech? Christopher Ram and Ramesh Seebarran demanded Kaieteur News to take down anything that exposes their unlawful dealings. I didn't even mention names or anything. Just my experiences. I hope that you can cover that Ram is a true dictator. He is trying to silence anyone who is trying to expose his dealings. Look at how quick Kaieteur News took down the letter. See autocratic behavior for yourself.
EVIDENCE THAT GLEN LALL IS A SNITCH
Click on the picture above to view an email correspondence between Kaieteur News publisher Glen Lall and U.S Embassy Political Affairs Officer, John E Zak. Zak wrote Lall inviting him to meet as per normal at Celina's and also forewarned him of the PNC's intention to walk out of parliament that same day.
Monday, September 5, 2011
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