Once again the lies and negativity being peddled by the opposition and their media extensions held sway with another overseas 'think-thank' hence the COHA report. These people believe they are doing Guyana good.

China Rail tipped for ‘Fip’ flopped Amaila Falls road

With Fip Motilall failing dismally to complete the US$15.4M contract he was handed by former President Bharrat Jagdeo, the contract is moving from hand to hand and may soon end up in the hands of the Chinese contractor. Discussions are ongoing with China Railway First Company Limited to assist the hastening of the completion of the Amaila Falls Road. The road will facilitate the transportation of equipment and personnel to construct the Amaila Falls Hydropower Plant. China Railway is the contractor identified to construct the Amaila Falls Hydropower Plant. Sithe Global, the developers of the Amaila Falls Hydropower Project, had expressed confidence in the ability of China Railway to build the plant in Guyana. In July 2010, Government signed off on a loan deal to build the project and formalize the cooperation between the Guyana Power and Light Company, Sithe Global, China Development Bank and China Railway. Though Transport and Hydraulics Minister, Robeson Benn, would not divulge too much about the project he said that the road is massively delayed but works are ongoing. He said that the contractor, Hassan Pasha, executing works in section seven, from the Kuribrong Bridge to the falls needs help. It is this section that China Railway may have to take up part responsibility of. In November 2012, Pasha reported that “significant progress” had been made in section seven. He was awarded the $834M contract to complete works in that stretch which is said to be challenging because of the virgin rainforest. However, it seems that this section is not progressing to expectation given the need to engage another company to assist with construction to enable works on the hydropower project. This is not the only section that has experienced some difficulties- section six which was awarded to G. Bovell Construction Services is also behind schedule. It was reported that the contractor was challenged with machinery to carryout works and the project was stalled. According to Benn, Government had to terminate Bovell’s contract after the equipment was repossessed. This may be déjà vu since the first contractor Synergy Holdings Inc. awarded the contract to build the Amaila Falls Road was unable complete the road. His contract was terminated on the basis of poor works and the absence of a performance bond. However, a team is currently assessing the project so he was unable to provide details of the project. Meanwhile, the Kuribrong Bridge which is supposed to link sections six and seven, is in its design phase.

Guyana’s corruption an attractive opportunity for foreign mining firms – COHA

A major international think tank is claiming that Canadian mining companies not only exploit “large stock of natural resources” in Guyana but they also bring “waves of unwelcomed corruption.”

The heavy interest of foreign multinationals in Guyana’s natural resources is not surprising, as the unstable and corrupt political environment presents an attractive opportunity for foreign firms looking to take advantage of the country’s rotting political and economic institutions,” said the Council on Hemispheric Affairs (COHA) in a statement.
“The majority of this corruption is the product of decades-long dependence on foreign capital and restrictive macroeconomic policies, as well as governmental inefficiencies and an ethnically-divided society,” it added. COHA claimed that alleged corruption in the mining industry is not simply restricted to Guyana’s borders but is also present on Canadian soil.
It pointed to “multiple obstacles foreigners face” in the Canadian legal system, “where it is nearly impossible for foreign citizens to bring lawsuits involving egregious environmental and human rights violations in Canadian courts.
COHA said the majority of foreign allegations brought against Canadian companies have been assigned to the host country’s criminal justice system, “where they are often prosecuted under much more lenient regulatory standards.”
It pointed to a 1997 lawsuit filed by Guyanese villagers against Cambior Corporation regarding the Canadian corporation’s alleged negligence surrounding a dam break disaster along the Omai River. The think tank said “this catastrophe resulted in mass contamination and fatalities.”
It said the Quebec court refused to hear the case, claiming it did not have jurisdiction, subsequently passing the lawsuit on to the Guyanese judiciary.
COHA said child labour is also a “widespread problem” within the Guyanese mining industry.
Most recently, it said an eight-year-old child was found labouring in a gold mine in the Puruni region, near the Venezuelan border.
COHA pointed to a 2011 US Department of Labour report, which claimed that “commercial exploitation is a problem in Guyana, including instances of forced prostitution.”
COHA said during the last week of January, indigenous groups lost a “crucial court case” filed against mining companies, when Guyanese High Court decided that it does not have the right to expel miners from their lands.
The Council pointed out that in July 2012, Guyana’s Ministry of Natural Resources and the Environment announced the suspension of all new mining permits, but did not revoke the old permits.
“This is a clear violation of the 1978 Amerindian Act, which was supposed to return land titles to indigenous groups,” it said.
COHA has called on the Guyanese government to “seriously increase the management oversight of its mining and public sectors

Why don't u name THEM then . . . you simpering troll

 

aren't you ashamed to be collecting taxpayer money for this sick shyte Freedom House has you doing?

So that they can become the new targets for the opposition?

“The majority of this corruption is the product of decades-long dependence on foreign capital and restrictive macroeconomic policies, as well as governmental inefficiencies and an ethnically-divided society,”

"new targets" . . . how so, moron?

 

aren't you ashamed to be collecting taxpayer money for this sick shyte Freedom House have you doing?

Albutt why yuh hiding yuh fugly face?

 

A major international think tank is claiming that Canadian mining companies not only exploit “large stock of natural resources” in Guyana but they also bring “waves of unwelcomed corruption.”

With ALL thios TALK about CORRUPTION and over the last 20 YEARS NOT a single piece of EVIDENCE these People have to take to Court. Sometimes you wonder.

“The majority of this corruption is the product of decades-long dependence on foreign capital and restrictive macroeconomic policies, as well as governmental inefficiencies and an ethnically-divided society,” it added. COHA claimed that alleged corruption in the mining industry is not simply restricted to Guyana’s borders but is also present on Canadian soil.
It pointed to “multiple obstacles foreigners face” in the Canadian legal system, “where it is nearly impossible for foreign citizens to bring lawsuits involving egregious environmental and human rights violations in Canadian courts.
COHA said the majority of foreign allegations brought against Canadian companies have been assigned to the host country’s criminal justice system, “where they are often prosecuted under much more lenient regulatory standards.”
It pointed to a 1997 lawsuit filed by Guyanese villagers against Cambior Corporation regarding the Canadian corporation’s alleged negligence surrounding a dam break disaster along the Omai River. The think tank said “this catastrophe resulted in mass contamination and fatalities.”
It said the Quebec court refused to hear the case, claiming it did not have jurisdiction, subsequently passing the lawsuit on to the Guyanese judiciary.
COHA said child labour is also a “widespread problem” within the Guyanese mining industry.
Most recently, it said an eight-year-old child was found labouring in a gold mine in the Puruni region, near the Venezuelan border.
COHA pointed to a 2011 US Department of Labour report, which claimed that “commercial exploitation is a problem in Guyana, including instances of forced prostitution.”

COHA said the majority of foreign allegations brought against Canadian companies have been assigned to the host country’s criminal justice system, “where they are often prosecuted under much more lenient regulatory standards.”
It pointed to a 1997 lawsuit filed by Guyanese villagers against Cambior Corporation regarding the Canadian corporation’s alleged negligence surrounding a dam break disaster along the Omai River. The think tank said “this catastrophe resulted in mass contamination and fatalities.”
It said the Quebec court refused to hear the case, claiming it did not have jurisdiction, subsequently passing the lawsuit on to the Guyanese judiciary.
COHA said child labour is also a “widespread problem” within the Guyanese mining industry.
Most recently, it said an eight-year-old child was found labouring in a gold mine in the Puruni region, near the Venezuelan border.
COHA pointed to a 2011 US Department of Labour report, which claimed that “commercial exploitation is a problem in Guyana, including instances of forced prostitution.

wait . . . so Fip Motilall's road building 'contract' wasn't about CORRUPTION after all

 

sometimes u seem to have great difficulty keeping a coherent line of thought going in your tiny brain for ANY length of time

 

but, nothing new here . . . moving right along

NO, in fact I have a great command of what I say and that you are nothing but a DUNCE, BRAYING DONKEY!!!!

     

well, your perspective is on the inside looking out from your ass . . . why should i expect different

 

i suggest u study lil basic philosophy . . . you'll get my meaning

Corruption
December 7, 2012 By SNews

Despite a new methodology and scoring system, Transparency International’s Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI) has once again given Guyana an extremely low mark (28 out of 100 points) on its annual report card. As dispiriting as this score is, it will have come as no surprise to most citizens.
Despite early signs that President Donald Ramotar appeared to be concerned about corruption in the country, he has done little, apart from condemning corruption in the Police Force at the Annual Police Officers’ Conference in March, to tackle vigorously the perceptions of corruption tainting the public service and his party’s record in office.
In his insightful analysis of the People’s Progressive Party (PPP) and the challenges facing it, former PPP grandee Ralph Ramkarran states categorically that “[T]he allegations of corruption and lack of transparency in the country remain one of the major weaknesses that the Party has failed to confront. There is now some reluctant admission that corruption exists. Unless institutional and legal measures follow these admissions, this would be a major, continuing source of disappointment among Party supporters.” He could just as easily have said that the government’s failure to confront corruption has been a major, continuing source of disappointment among Guyanese as a whole.
The 2012 CPI has Guyana one place up from last year’s ranking, at joint 133rd out of 176 countries, alongside Comoros, Honduras, Iran, Kazakhstan and Russia, and just below Nicaragua with a score of 29. Among Latin American and Caribbean countries, Guyana bettered only Paraguay, with a score of 25, Haiti – seemingly perpetually on the brink of failure as a state – and Venezuela, both registering 19 and coming 165th. We are at the bottom of the rankings of the English-speaking Caribbean and in very poor company generally.
On the other hand, our sister Caricom state Barbados scored a hugely impressive 76, placing 15th, while Chile and Uruguay were joint 20th, and The Bahamas, St Lucia, Puerto Rico, St Vincent, Dominica and Costa Rica were all in the top 50. For these regional countries, perceived to be among the most transparent and accountable in the world, there must be a measure of satisfaction, even as, one imagines, there is a determination on the part of their governments, private sector and civil society, to build on the positive assessments to improve their profiles as trading partners and as destinations for investment and tourism.
For other countries in the region with major developmental ambitions, which scored less than 50 though still ranking above Guyana, such as Trinidad and Tobago (score: 39; rank 80th), El Salvador, Jamaica and Panama (all 38 and joint 83rd), Suriname (37 and 88th) and the Dominican Republic (32 and 118th),  the CPI ought to be something of a wake-up call. For where corruption is perceived to be a serious problem, it is an inhibitor of development and society pays a high cost.
The Transparency Institute Guyana Inc (TIGI) has accordingly called for action in key areas, including, “the urgent appointment of an Integrity Commission, with members who are competent and independent enough to scrutinize the financial disclosures of politicians and bureaucrats and with adequate staffing and resources”; “the urgent appointment of members of the Public Procurement Commission to provide independent oversight of public procurement and to minimize government’s involvement in the process”; the strengthening of existing anti-corruption institutions, such as the Guyana Police Force and the Financial Intelligence Unit established under the anti-money laundering legislation; and the appointment of an Ombudsman to address grievances from members of the public.
TIGI has also urged the implementation of modern anti-corruption and whistle-blowing legislation, as well as laws to regulate election campaign financing, and has also called for all public moneys to be placed in the Consolidated Fund and for no public expenditure to be incurred without parliamentary approval. In addition, appointments to public office should be advertised and made with due regard to technical competence, and the Access to Information Act should be made operational.
Politics is, to a certain extent, about listening to the various voices in a country and seeking to act in the best interests of all with a view to moving the country forward. Leadership is, by and large, about being courageous enough to face up to the greatest challenges in order to take decisions, often unpalatable to some, and to ensure their enforcement. Combating corruption in Guyana requires political leadership of the highest calibre and we look to the President and the Parliament to show their mettle.

Maybe ROB-BERT can tell us about the 11millionUS gold bars

"Corruption
December 7, 2012 By SNews

Despite a new methodology and scoring system, Transparency International’s Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI) has once again given Guyana an extremely low mark (28 out of 100 points) on its annual report card. As dispiriting as this score is, it will have come as no surprise to most citizens.
Despite early signs that President Donald Ramotar appeared to be concerned about corruption in the country, he has done little, apart from condemning corruption in the Police Force at the Annual Police Officers’ Conference in March, to tackle vigorously the perceptions of corruption tainting the public service and his party’s record in office."

 

 

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GUYANA TOO SWEET!!!

It took a Canadian to tell these so call Guyanese that their investment is free from corruption. Tomorrow, they will start on the same road again while a foreigner will come along and say there is no corruption in Guyana. AFC idiots, listen and learn from a Canadian.

I am proud to be Guyanese Canadian. Eh.

If a judge had to believe every criminal dragged in front of the bench then few would go to jail for any wrong doing. No thief in their right mind would admit to be corrupt. Not even a PPP thief caught with drugs money.

I assume that you think that using Chinese labopr, while Guyanese remain unemployed, represents a good use of tax payers' money.  Making the nation indebted by building a sugar factory and an airport way in excess of its needs (this while transportation to the interior remains scandilously primitive) is a good development strategy.  Guyana already owes India for building the Provident stdium white elephant and now there will be even more.

 

And yes Guyana is an example of a corrupt little primitive nation where major mining entities can do what they will never be allowed to do in their homelands.

 

You really want to tell me that people who benefit from operating within a corrupt environment, where a small % of their profits can be used to buy govt officials, is going to admit that they have been guilty of corruption!

 

Please!!!