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“Fire GuySuCo’s Board forthwith” – Ramjattan

May 24, 2013 | By | Filed Under News 

 

By Abena Rockcliffe
Noting that the Alliance For Change (AFC) finds it “extraordinary” that the Guyana Sugar Corporation (GuySuCo) has the resources to pay its Board Chairman US$25,000 monthly, provide two houses and other huge “perks” for him and the “fat cats at the top,” but “crakes” to find money to do what is important, party leader Khemraj Ramjattan said that the entire Board should be fired.
The AFC parliamentarian said that his party noted the comments of Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of GuySuCo, Paul Bhim that the first sugar crop for 2013 will produce the “lowest production that we’ve (GuySuCo) ever had as far as the records go”.
Ramjattan expressed, however, that the AFC is not surprised by that pronouncement since the party and the sugar unions had warned GuySuCo, since 2009, of the imminent challenges facing the sugar industry.
He noted that the AFC pleaded with the Government to support GuySuCo to lessen the risks by investing more in the field infrastructure to enhance productivity.
According to Ramjattan, the AFC has since consulted many experts and workers, and has been reliably advised that the best practice of replanting the cane field, along with “flood fallowing” every five years, has now been abandoned in GuySuCo.
“Rather, GuySuCo is now conducting the vital process after a period averaging between eight to twelve years. This is most unfortunate since these deliberate delays in flood fallowing and replanting is a guaranteed formula for considerably reversing decline in cane productivity. The experts that we have consulted have made it clear that as a result of the abandonment of these good cultivation practices by GuySuCo, the fibre and trash content would increase, which translates to a poorer quality cane being delivered to the sugar mills compared to the past years.”
“It is time to turn the Board of  GuySuCo on its head since it is clear they do not know what it takes to lead GuySuCo. The AFC demands the firing of the entire Guysuco Board forthwith. It is clear that the Board of Directors at Guysuco has zero sympathy for the industry and the plight of the workers. Among them are greedy and self-interested persons who believe that because they are friends of the PPP, they can live the high life off the sweat of the poor man and abandon the one thing that would turnaround GuySuCo… good quality cane.”
Ramjattan called too for a return to focusing the primary efforts at Guysuco to the fields and factories, rather than benefits for the “fat cats”, and for all efforts to be made to take the cane/sugar ratio from its 2012 levels of 12.69 to the pre-1999 levels of 10.88.
“Better yet, we believe as a strategy that GuySuCo should aim for single digit cane/sugar ratios. Unfortunately, because of the poor quality factory acquired by the Jagdeo administration, the Skeldon Factory takes “16.29 tons of cane to produce one ton of sugar vs. a ratio of 10.52 at Albion” as highlighted by Mr. Vieira, a former Estate Administrator.”
Ramjattan stated with emphasis that “those who imposed the Skeldon Factory on this nation at such a high cost with so little return are nothing less than unpatriotic and disloyal to this nation. They were more focused on securing more personal wealth rather than the good of the nation.”
He further highlighted, “It must be noted that none other than His Excellency the President was a key member of the GuySuCo Board for most of the years under which all these poor investment decisions were made, and therefore His Excellency is also directly responsible for the state of the sugar belt today.”
Ramjattan noted, “We have real problem at GuySuCo thanks to the poor leadership of the Jagdeo/Ramotar cabal. He said that the AFC is calling on the Ramotar administration to launch a full Commission of Inquiry into the operations of GuySuCo and to immediately appoint a new Board with suitable talent in areas of expertise useful to the sugar industry “so that we all can change the current practices and rebuild the industry”.
The AFC is also calling on the Government to approach the Brazilian or Indian government for technical assistance in designing a practical plan with a focus on rehabilitation, rationalization and modernization of the sugar industry to ensure long-term profitability.
“The AFC is prepared to support any professionally designed plan laid in Parliament that will help secure the long-term efficiency and sustainability of the sugar industry once our core value of transparency, accountability and inclusivity is followed.”

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Originally Posted by Nehru:

Is this Chap Rumjhaaaaatan always DRUNK or simply STUPID?????????

Nehru he "is prepared to support any professionally designed plan laid in Parliament that will help secure the long-term efficiency and sustainability of the sugar industry once our core value of transparency, accountability and inclusivity is followed.”

Mitwah
Originally Posted by Mitwah:
Originally Posted by Nehru:

Is this Chap Rumjhaaaaatan always DRUNK or simply STUPID?????????

Nehru he "is prepared to support any professionally designed plan laid in Parliament that will help secure the long-term efficiency and sustainability of the sugar industry once our core value of transparency, accountability and inclusivity is followed.”

He sounds very DRUNK calling on our Executive President to fire the Guysuco Board.

Nehru
Originally Posted by warrior:

nehru trinidad fired CAL entire board these things happen all over the world you my friend need to know what is good for guyana and not the ppp

xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

 

Aya understand wha Hon Nehru ah talk ya sa....

Jagdeo & Ramotar claiming they are not accountable....

Under Burnham Constitution.....

How could De Rat or De Duck fire Dem Buddy Thiefman....

According to De Hon. Nehru.....Da Na Right

 

FM
Originally Posted by Jalil:
Originally Posted by warrior:

nehru trinidad fired CAL entire board these things happen all over the world you my friend need to know what is good for guyana and not the ppp

xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

 

Aya understand wha Hon Nehru ah talk ya sa....

Jagdeo & Ramotar claiming they are not accountable....

Under Burnham Constitution.....

How could De Rat or De Duck fire Dem Buddy Thiefman....

According to De Hon. Nehru.....Da Na Right

 

sometime i think NEHRU BORN DARKNIGHT

FM
Originally Posted by Nehru:

Is this Chap Rumjhaaaaatan always DRUNK or simply STUPID?????????

Ramjattan called too for a return to focusing the primary efforts at Guysuco to the fields and factories, rather than benefits for the “fat cats”, and for all efforts to be made to take the cane/sugar ratio from its 2012 levels of 12.69 to the pre-1999 levels of 10.88.
“Better yet, we believe as a strategy that GuySuCo should aim for single digit cane/sugar ratios.

Mitwah

 the AFC pleaded with the Government to support GuySuCo to lessen the risks by investing more in the field infrastructure to enhance productivity.


According to Ramjattan, the AFC has since consulted many experts and workers, and has been reliably advised that the best practice of replanting the cane field, along with “flood fallowing” every five years, has now been abandoned in GuySuCo.

Mitwah

Does Khemraj "The Rat" Ramjhaaaaaaaaatan knows JP Morgan Chairman earned FORTY ($)) million US dollars last year and a clerk earned 29,000???

 

Look, Guysuco needs to do BETTER but a FOOL like Ramjhaaaatan has nothing to offer to make it better.

Nehru

“It must be noted that none other than His Excellency the President was a key member of the GuySuCo Board for most of the years under which all these poor investment decisions were made, and therefore His Excellency is also directly responsible for the state of the sugar belt today.”


Ramjattan noted, “We have real problem at GuySuCo thanks to the poor leadership of the Jagdeo/Ramotar cabal. He said that the AFC is calling on the Ramotar administration to launch a full Commission of Inquiry into the operations of GuySuCo and to immediately appoint a new Board with suitable talent in areas of expertise useful to the sugar industry “so that we all can change the current practices and rebuild the industry”.

Mitwah
Originally Posted by Mitwah:

“Fire GuySuCo’s Board forthwith” – Ramjattan

May 24, 2013 | By | Filed Under News 

 

By Abena Rockcliffe
Noting that the Alliance For Change (AFC) finds it “extraordinary” that the Guyana Sugar Corporation (GuySuCo) has the resources to pay its Board Chairman US$25,000 monthly, provide two houses and other huge “perks” for him and the “fat cats at the top,” but “crakes” to find money to do what is important, party leader Khemraj Ramjattan said that the entire Board should be fired.
The AFC parliamentarian said that his party noted the comments of Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of GuySuCo, Paul Bhim that the first sugar crop for 2013 will produce the “lowest production that we’ve (GuySuCo) ever had as far as the records go”.
Ramjattan expressed, however, that the AFC is not surprised by that pronouncement since the party and the sugar unions had warned GuySuCo, since 2009, of the imminent challenges facing the sugar industry.
He noted that the AFC pleaded with the Government to support GuySuCo to lessen the risks by investing more in the field infrastructure to enhance productivity.
According to Ramjattan, the AFC has since consulted many experts and workers, and has been reliably advised that the best practice of replanting the cane field, along with “flood fallowing” every five years, has now been abandoned in GuySuCo.
“Rather, GuySuCo is now conducting the vital process after a period averaging between eight to twelve years. This is most unfortunate since these deliberate delays in flood fallowing and replanting is a guaranteed formula for considerably reversing decline in cane productivity. The experts that we have consulted have made it clear that as a result of the abandonment of these good cultivation practices by GuySuCo, the fibre and trash content would increase, which translates to a poorer quality cane being delivered to the sugar mills compared to the past years.”
“It is time to turn the Board of  GuySuCo on its head since it is clear they do not know what it takes to lead GuySuCo. The AFC demands the firing of the entire Guysuco Board forthwith. It is clear that the Board of Directors at Guysuco has zero sympathy for the industry and the plight of the workers. Among them are greedy and self-interested persons who believe that because they are friends of the PPP, they can live the high life off the sweat of the poor man and abandon the one thing that would turnaround GuySuCo… good quality cane.”
Ramjattan called too for a return to focusing the primary efforts at Guysuco to the fields and factories, rather than benefits for the “fat cats”, and for all efforts to be made to take the cane/sugar ratio from its 2012 levels of 12.69 to the pre-1999 levels of 10.88.
“Better yet, we believe as a strategy that GuySuCo should aim for single digit cane/sugar ratios. Unfortunately, because of the poor quality factory acquired by the Jagdeo administration, the Skeldon Factory takes “16.29 tons of cane to produce one ton of sugar vs. a ratio of 10.52 at Albion” as highlighted by Mr. Vieira, a former Estate Administrator.”
Ramjattan stated with emphasis that “those who imposed the Skeldon Factory on this nation at such a high cost with so little return are nothing less than unpatriotic and disloyal to this nation. They were more focused on securing more personal wealth rather than the good of the nation.”
He further highlighted, “It must be noted that none other than His Excellency the President was a key member of the GuySuCo Board for most of the years under which all these poor investment decisions were made, and therefore His Excellency is also directly responsible for the state of the sugar belt today.”
Ramjattan noted, “We have real problem at GuySuCo thanks to the poor leadership of the Jagdeo/Ramotar cabal. He said that the AFC is calling on the Ramotar administration to launch a full Commission of Inquiry into the operations of GuySuCo and to immediately appoint a new Board with suitable talent in areas of expertise useful to the sugar industry “so that we all can change the current practices and rebuild the industry”.
The AFC is also calling on the Government to approach the Brazilian or Indian government for technical assistance in designing a practical plan with a focus on rehabilitation, rationalization and modernization of the sugar industry to ensure long-term profitability.
“The AFC is prepared to support any professionally designed plan laid in Parliament that will help secure the long-term efficiency and sustainability of the sugar industry once our core value of transparency, accountability and inclusivity is followed.”

PPP banks on new GuySuCo board for change in fortunes

DECEMBER 17, 2013 | BY  | FILED UNDER NEWS 

The People’s Progressive Party (PPP) has taken note of the continuing failure of Guyana Sugar Corporation (GuySuCo) to meet its production targets and calls on all stake holders to redouble their efforts to turn the industry around.
PPP General Secretary Clement Rohee told reporters that he hopes that the new board can impact a significant turnaround in the sugar industry.
The PPP’s concerned interest in the sugar industry was made known at a press conference yesterday at Freedom House.
Rohee noted that the mining sector has performed well, overtaking sugar as the largest foreign exchange earner to the economy.
The General Secretary said that sugar is still the largest employer of labour and any further decline in sugar production could have disastrous effects on the livelihood and well being of sugar workers and their families.
Rohee was questioned about the validity of PPP’s continued statements that there will be a turnaround in the sugar industry. He said that he is hopeful that the newly appointed Board of Directors, working in tandem with the principal unions in the sugar industry could address existing deficiencies.
The General Secretary boasted that Guyana continues to be the largest exporter of sugar to the region despite contrary reports and criticisms. He recommitted on the party’s behalf to the resuscitation of the industry.
Rohee said, however, that changing weather patterns nonetheless continue to be of concern. He called for the relevant education in this regard.
PPP will not give up hope on the sector being that “it is too valuable and vital… I’m convinced that there is great potential for Guyana’s sugar industry.”
Rohee also lauded the almost five per cent economic growth in the country. He said that his party commends the government, more particularly, the Ministry of Finance for its good stewardship of the economy and for ensuring that the fundamentals of the economy are maintained.
“Among these are macroeconomic stability, stable exchange rates, low inflation rates, strong foreign exchange reserves and low interest rates, all of which are indicative of fiscal discipline and sound monetary policies on the part of the administration.”

FM

This is a clear case of the PPP win the opposition again.

 

They imposed their Kwak from New Jersey on top against the wishes of the opposition and yet Granja give them $6 billion.

 

What a political MOOK!

FM
Originally Posted by KishanB:

This is a clear case of the PPP win the opposition again.

 

They imposed their Kwak from New Jersey on top against the wishes of the opposition and yet Granja give them $6 billion.

 

What a political MOOK!

shouldn't u and the other keyboard flame throwers be leading the sugar workers in protest against this injustice being done to them by the PPP?

 

where is your call for canecutters to down tools and march on Freedom House?

 

by your own admission, Granger has no standing with the sugar workers . . . so, what gives?

 

u just like to fart loud, loud and often?

FM
Last edited by Former Member
Originally Posted by redux:
Originally Posted by KishanB:

This is a clear case of the PPP win the opposition again.

 

They imposed their Kwak from New Jersey on top against the wishes of the opposition and yet Granja give them $6 billion.

 

What a political MOOK!

shouldn't u and the other keyboard flame throwers be leading the sugar workers in protest against this injustice being done to them by the PPP?

 

where is your call for canecutters to down tools and march on Freedom House?

 

by your own admission, Granger has no standing with the sugar workers . . . so, what gives?

 

u just like to fart loud, loud and often?

I have been watching this board Redux and we know where all the fart is coming from, but you the chief fartist cannot hid your sh!t any longer.

 

You can try to twist the facts as much as you want, your untruths will be exposed.

 

I say again Granja is a decent man, but he is so decent he should be a pastor, not a politician since he does not have the skills to defeat the PPP.

FM
Originally Posted by KishanB:
Originally Posted by redux:
Originally Posted by KishanB:

This is a clear case of the PPP win the opposition again.

 

They imposed their Kwak from New Jersey on top against the wishes of the opposition and yet Granja give them $6 billion.

 

What a political MOOK!

[1] shouldn't u and the other keyboard flame throwers be leading the sugar workers in protest against this injustice being done to them by the PPP?

 

[2] where is your call for canecutters to down tools and march on Freedom House?

 

[3] by your own admission, Granger has no standing with the sugar workers . . . so, what gives?

 

u just like to fart loud, loud and often?

I have been watching this board Redux and we know where all the fart is coming from, but you the chief fartist cannot hid your sh!t any longer.

 

You can try to twist the facts as much as you want, your untruths will be exposed.

 

I say again Granja is a decent man, but he is so decent he should be a pastor, not a politician since he does not have the skills to defeat the PPP.

pathetic red herrings señor FRAUD . . . doan have time to play de fool

 

i asked u 3 real questions . . . u anwered NONE!!

FM
Last edited by Former Member
Originally Posted by Mitwah:

“Fire GuySuCo’s Board forthwith” – Ramjattan

May 24, 2013 | By | Filed Under News 

 

By Abena Rockcliffe
Noting that the Alliance For Change (AFC) finds it “extraordinary” that the Guyana Sugar Corporation (GuySuCo) has the resources to pay its Board Chairman US$25,000 monthly, provide two houses and other huge “perks” for him and the “fat cats at the top,” but “crakes” to find money to do what is important, party leader Khemraj Ramjattan said that the entire Board should be fired.
The AFC parliamentarian said that his party noted the comments of Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of GuySuCo, Paul Bhim that the first sugar crop for 2013 will produce the “lowest production that we’ve (GuySuCo) ever had as far as the records go”.
Ramjattan expressed, however, that the AFC is not surprised by that pronouncement since the party and the sugar unions had warned GuySuCo, since 2009, of the imminent challenges facing the sugar industry.
He noted that the AFC pleaded with the Government to support GuySuCo to lessen the risks by investing more in the field infrastructure to enhance productivity.
According to Ramjattan, the AFC has since consulted many experts and workers, and has been reliably advised that the best practice of replanting the cane field, along with “flood fallowing” every five years, has now been abandoned in GuySuCo.
“Rather, GuySuCo is now conducting the vital process after a period averaging between eight to twelve years. This is most unfortunate since these deliberate delays in flood fallowing and replanting is a guaranteed formula for considerably reversing decline in cane productivity. The experts that we have consulted have made it clear that as a result of the abandonment of these good cultivation practices by GuySuCo, the fibre and trash content would increase, which translates to a poorer quality cane being delivered to the sugar mills compared to the past years.”
“It is time to turn the Board of  GuySuCo on its head since it is clear they do not know what it takes to lead GuySuCo. The AFC demands the firing of the entire Guysuco Board forthwith. It is clear that the Board of Directors at Guysuco has zero sympathy for the industry and the plight of the workers. Among them are greedy and self-interested persons who believe that because they are friends of the PPP, they can live the high life off the sweat of the poor man and abandon the one thing that would turnaround GuySuCo… good quality cane.”
Ramjattan called too for a return to focusing the primary efforts at Guysuco to the fields and factories, rather than benefits for the “fat cats”, and for all efforts to be made to take the cane/sugar ratio from its 2012 levels of 12.69 to the pre-1999 levels of 10.88.
“Better yet, we believe as a strategy that GuySuCo should aim for single digit cane/sugar ratios. Unfortunately, because of the poor quality factory acquired by the Jagdeo administration, the Skeldon Factory takes “16.29 tons of cane to produce one ton of sugar vs. a ratio of 10.52 at Albion” as highlighted by Mr. Vieira, a former Estate Administrator.”
Ramjattan stated with emphasis that “those who imposed the Skeldon Factory on this nation at such a high cost with so little return are nothing less than unpatriotic and disloyal to this nation. They were more focused on securing more personal wealth rather than the good of the nation.”
He further highlighted, “It must be noted that none other than His Excellency the President was a key member of the GuySuCo Board for most of the years under which all these poor investment decisions were made, and therefore His Excellency is also directly responsible for the state of the sugar belt today.”
Ramjattan noted, “We have real problem at GuySuCo thanks to the poor leadership of the Jagdeo/Ramotar cabal. He said that the AFC is calling on the Ramotar administration to launch a full Commission of Inquiry into the operations of GuySuCo and to immediately appoint a new Board with suitable talent in areas of expertise useful to the sugar industry “so that we all can change the current practices and rebuild the industry”.
The AFC is also calling on the Government to approach the Brazilian or Indian government for technical assistance in designing a practical plan with a focus on rehabilitation, rationalization and modernization of the sugar industry to ensure long-term profitability.
“The AFC is prepared to support any professionally designed plan laid in Parliament that will help secure the long-term efficiency and sustainability of the sugar industry once our core value of transparency, accountability and inclusivity is followed.”

LOOK what they end up with, the same board, old wine in new bottle.

 

TOP letter on comparing what the PNC was and how it resmebles the PPP today.

 

 

For how much longer will the exploited class on the sugar belt bear the burden?

AUGUST 21, 2014 | BY  | FILED UNDER LETTERS 

 

DEAR EDITOR,
Once upon a time the WPA wrote in one of its pamphlets that:
“Nationalisation, with an anti-democratic state structure and an increasing managerial bureaucracy under the control of the ruling party, has put the political rulers in a position analogous to that of the former expatriate owners.  Their use of state resources, privileges and facilities stamp them as a bourgeoisie of a new type, occupying with increased license the gap left by foreign business managers.  Continuing control of the state gives the new rulers the juridical base from which they seize the social surplus to divert it not only to personal consumption but to private accumulation with the aim of building their type of capitalism.”
That statement of wisdom against the then Burnham Government, if fused today with the brand of governance being practiced by the Jagdeo/Ramotar cabal, exposes that even though much has changed superficially since 1979 to now, in principle nothing has changed when it comes to the governance of Guyana.  I observed the PPP appointment to the Guysuco Board of Directors and I am amazed at how obtuse these politicians in charge of the PPP can be?
I have nothing personal against any of the members of the Guysuco board, but clearly the Kaieteur News headline said it all, “…new Chairman but old members remain”.
Guysuco is where it is principally because of the lack of critical exposure of the executive adventurism that was allowed to take place because a certain President was hell bent on having a certain Chinese company with very limited experience, build the Skeldon sugar factory. These old members never objected to this offence, so why put them back to do more of the same?
Several Guysuco board members, from as far back as 1999, failed to play their role and meaningfully participate in the decision-making process at the highest levels. Rather they allowed that “institution of executive dictatorship”, to use the resources of Guysuco and by extension the taxpayers, to transform himself into a full-fledged “bourgeoisie-in-chief”.
How can we expect the same set of “duck eggs” to produce “a swan” tomorrow? (I have ultimate respect for the competence and work of Dr. Permaul and thus will want to exclude him from this letter and all of its categorizations). The buck stops at the President’s desk and what he has done here reveals that he is having some serious epochs of policy paralysis.  So what does he do; more of the same! Where are the agricultural researchers, the workers’ representatives, the agricultural engineers, people who really know the industry financially?
Secondly, Guysuco needs a full-time Chairman who goes to work every day at Guysuco, because the turnaround plan needs active and competent leadership interventions.  This is necessary, especially in light of the fact that the CEO is furthest from being the most skilled, talented and qualified candidate to increase the yields, enforce the cost control measures and bring greater efficiency to bear in the industry. Nothing personal against Shaik Baksh, but he should make a choice, GWI or Guysuco, since I think he does have the core competence to do one or the other, but not both.
These appointments reveal that the PPP is focused on denying the working class any meaningful participation in the future of Guysuco, although they are most critical to its success.  What I see happening here today, as the WPA saw in the PNC in 1979, is the PPP trying to use Guysuco to seize the economic surplus from the economy for the private enrichment of a few in the cabal.  These acts must be attacked and stopped.  It is the duty of the stakeholders, including the unions (GAWU and NAACIE) to bring to the attention of the workers, the reasons for the abysmal situation on the sugar belt and point out the true reasons for their economic and social conditions. Guysuco is now a pass-through agency for billions of dollars which this 10th Parliament continues to flood into the Corporation. However, very little of the money stays in the industry, but rather flows to fill the private pockets of a selected few in the PPP or some close to the top of the PPP. For how much longer will the exploited class on the sugar belt bear the burden of paying for the blunders of ruling class in the PPP?
Sase Singh

FM
Originally Posted by Nehru:

Does Khemraj "The Rat" Ramjhaaaaaaaaatan knows JP Morgan Chairman earned FORTY ($)) million US dollars last year and a clerk earned 29,000???

 

Look, Guysuco needs to do BETTER but a FOOL like Ramjhaaaatan has nothing to offer to make it better.

Poor comparison,Guysuco does not equal JP Morgan in value.

Django

You think Sheik baksh the man who introduced photocopying text books as a prudent policy for the ministry of education will turn around an industrial giant like GuySuCo?

 

Sugar has just been dealt another blow by the PPP.

 

Time for new elections the PPP could care less they only interested in thiefin right now.

FM

Under the PNC, the sugar industry was neglected. When the PPP took over, Jagan appointmented an opportunists to head the suagr industry. And he started the trend of kick backs from Company suppliers of comodities. Fasteners worth millions of US$ were controlled by his relatives out of Florida. The costs of goods and services to the industry is inflated to the point of paralyzing the sugar company. Items that should be manufactured in Guyana, creating employment for Guyanese is still outsourced. Because, the elites recieves top dollars and doan even have to earn it. It is all about kick backs in the industry.  

S
Originally Posted by Nehru:

Is this Chap Rumjhaaaaatan always DRUNK or simply STUPID?????????

The fellow wrote a long document detailing what he believes and why and you, the self professed brilliant one perfunctorily discard what he says as from a drunk!

 

I dare say that is not a mark of brilliance but utter stupidity!

FM

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