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Guyana has gone for Channa. There cannot be any real growth without investments. Social development without economic growth will be the downfall of this Government.
You are an ignorant racist ass braying as usual. Guyana is insolvent on account of crooks you supported. It will breathe for the first time in a real economy if the administration just lets it.
Fuel will not be a problem in a free economy and it will not have to be bootstrapped in a poncy scheme buoyed up by rice farmers enslavement.
It is a good time for some investment group to invest in a few good tanker ships that could legally dock in the US. Oil is going to remain consistently low and would be even more economical than hauling it from Venezuela where they are having problems keeping their refineries open.
We can use much of our rice ourselves as stock feed and rice by products for export and also as packaged rice in the US and Canadian markets. Venezuela will always need it. Their need will not magically disappear. It will have to be a shipper to buyer transaction rather than government to government.
Guyana will continue to get loans from the IMF and WB and the US will always be there. China gives loans only as project build out and in return for lucrative concessions to pillaging our natural resources. That relationship has to be restructured. They cannot go any place else for the wood products. We should also put restrictions on their goods.
Guyana will manage quite well even if the PNC is an awful government. They cannot get worse than the PPP
â Jagdeo gave himself two plots
Bharrat Jagdeo
Director of Public Prosecutions, Shalimar Ali-Hack, and former Head of the Private Sector Commission (PSC), Ramesh Dookhoo were among several persons who benefitted from house lots in the upscale Pradoville Two scheme. The details of how that exclusive scheme at Sparendaam, East Coast Demerara, was created under the direction of former President Bharrat Jagdeo, had angered the country as the state resources were used to develop the area which was then sold way below market prices and under questionable circumstances to a chosen few. There was no immediate evidence that the parceled lands were opened up for other citizens to have a shot at acquiring. The area is known officially as Plantation Sparendaam and Goedverwagting Two but dubbed Pradoville Two by citizens. According to details of the transactions seen by Kaieteur News, Jagdeo got himself the biggest plots in the Goedverwagting Two section. As matter of fact, he paid $7.5M for one and $2.3M for another parcel. Former Public Service Minister, Dr. Jennifer Westford; former Natural Resources Minister, Robert Persaud; Compton Bourne, former Head of the Caribbean Development Bank and UG Chancellor; Ghansham Singh and Kamini Parag-Singh and Florrie Loretta Ramnauth also received house lots. Singh is said to be the son of former Labour Minister, Dr. Nanda Gopaul. They also paid just over $1.5M. Ali-Hack and her husband, Moeen ul Hack, a top figure in the Central Islamic Organisation of Guyana (CIOG), paid $1,488,744 for a piece of land. The Certificates of Title were prepared in 2011. Dookhoo, a Banks DIH executive, was a former Chairman of PSC as well as the Guyana Water Inc. (GWI). He reportedly paid $1,502,500 for his plot with his title prepared in 2010. Also benefitting was Lisaveta Ramotar, daughter of former President Donald Ramotar. She paid $1,515,000. Former Home Affairs Minister, Clement Rohee; former GWIâs boss, Shaik Baksh and former Minister of Education, Priya Manickchand, also received lots, paying just over $1.5M each.
DPP, Shalimar Ali-Hack
Benefitted: Ramesh Dookhoo
So too did former Army Chief, Rear Admiral Gary Best and sacked Chief Executive Officer of the embattled Guyana Sugar Corporation, Dr. Rajendra Singh. Also named in the list were Andrew Bishop, a Presidential Advisor in the former administration and former Chief Executive Officer of the Guyana Lands and Surveys Commission. Safraaz Khan and George Hallaq, said to be the countryâs former Middle East envoy, and a company called Future Developers International Guyana Inc were also among the other names on the list. It is on record that Jagdeo himself had owned a piece of land and property in nearby Goedverwagting, located along the Ogle Airport Road. That area had been called Pradoville One. However, Jagdeo claimed that he sold the mansion he built there to a Trinidad friend, Ernie Ross. It is unclear if he paid the Capital Gains taxes on the profits he made. It was reported that he sold the property for US$600,000 ($120M). In ordering the creation of the seaside Pradoville Two, Jagdeo during his last term which ended in 2011- and his administration- ordered the removal of a transmitting tower belonging to the National Communications Network to facilitate the creation of the community. Jagdeo not only used state resources to develop the lands, but positioned himself to buy two acres. In the process, he paid three times less than what ordinary citizens in the Diamond and Grove Housing Schemes, East Bank Demerara, would have been required to dole out. Jagdeo reportedly paid $5M per acre which works out at $114 per square foot; the ordinary man paid $317 per square foot for his plot. On it he built an imposing mansion, complete with pool and a high fence to keep out the Atlantic Ocean- the same Atlantic Ocean he said was rising because of climate change. Remigrants paid more than ten times the price Jagdeo paid for the same size house lot. They paid $1,111 per square foot. The ordinary house lots for remigrants and citizens are not ocean front, but are located on East Bank and East Coast of Demerara, in what were abandoned cane fields. Jagdeo also oversaw the passage of laws regarding benefits for former presidents which give him unlimited use of water, electricity and telephone. In so doing, he guaranteed himself unlimited personal and household staff including an attendant and gardener. There are also full-time personal security and services of the Presidential Guard Service at his place of residence along with an unspecified number of motor vehicles to be maintained by the state. However, the benefits were capped in the National Assembly by the David Granger administration which swept into power on May 11 after a close race. Jagdeoâs party was defeated after more than two decades ruling Guyana. There were accusations of heavy corruption and mismanagement of a number of multi-billion public projects, which were initiated by Jagdeo himself.
Guyana has gone for Channa. There cannot be any real growth without investments. Social development without economic growth will be the downfall of this Government.
How about some rice rotie. It very expensive here in the Bahamas.
The PPP lot complaining about economic growth as if the PPP brought that to Guyana in 23 years of trying. Our position on the world stage has hardly changed in decades. we were in the bottom five in the Western hemisphere, and are still there thanks to the PPP.
Director of Public Prosecutions, Shalimar Ali-Hack, and former Head of the Private Sector Commission (PSC), Ramesh Dookhoo were among several persons who benefitted from house lots in the upscale Pradoville Two scheme. The details of how that exclusive scheme at Sparendaam, East Coast Demerara, was created under the direction of former President Bharrat Jagdeo, had angered the country as the state resources were used to develop the area which was then sold way below market prices and under questionable circumstances to a chosen few.
Interesting comment, Cobra. 
This is what you want to sweep under the rug.
It is on record that Jagdeo himself had owned a piece of land and property in nearby Goedverwagting, located along the Ogle Airport Road. That area had been called Pradoville One. However, Jagdeo claimed that he sold the mansion he built there to a Trinidad friend, Ernie Ross. It is unclear if he paid the Capital Gains taxes on the profits he made.
â Jagdeo gave himself two plots
Bharrat Jagdeo
Director of Public Prosecutions, Shalimar Ali-Hack, and former Head of the Private Sector Commission (PSC), Ramesh Dookhoo were among several persons who benefitted from house lots in the upscale Pradoville Two scheme. The details of how that exclusive scheme at Sparendaam, East Coast Demerara, was created under the direction of former President Bharrat Jagdeo, had angered the country as the state resources were used to develop the area which was then sold way below market prices and under questionable circumstances to a chosen few. There was no immediate evidence that the parceled lands were opened up for other citizens to have a shot at acquiring. The area is known officially as Plantation Sparendaam and Goedverwagting Two but dubbed Pradoville Two by citizens. According to details of the transactions seen by Kaieteur News, Jagdeo got himself the biggest plots in the Goedverwagting Two section. As matter of fact, he paid $7.5M for one and $2.3M for another parcel. Former Public Service Minister, Dr. Jennifer Westford; former Natural Resources Minister, Robert Persaud; Compton Bourne, former Head of the Caribbean Development Bank and UG Chancellor; Ghansham Singh and Kamini Parag-Singh and Florrie Loretta Ramnauth also received house lots. Singh is said to be the son of former Labour Minister, Dr. Nanda Gopaul. They also paid just over $1.5M. Ali-Hack and her husband, Moeen ul Hack, a top figure in the Central Islamic Organisation of Guyana (CIOG), paid $1,488,744 for a piece of land. The Certificates of Title were prepared in 2011. Dookhoo, a Banks DIH executive, was a former Chairman of PSC as well as the Guyana Water Inc. (GWI). He reportedly paid $1,502,500 for his plot with his title prepared in 2010. Also benefitting was Lisaveta Ramotar, daughter of former President Donald Ramotar. She paid $1,515,000. Former Home Affairs Minister, Clement Rohee; former GWIâs boss, Shaik Baksh and former Minister of Education, Priya Manickchand, also received lots, paying just over $1.5M each.
DPP, Shalimar Ali-Hack
Benefitted: Ramesh Dookhoo
So too did former Army Chief, Rear Admiral Gary Best and sacked Chief Executive Officer of the embattled Guyana Sugar Corporation, Dr. Rajendra Singh. Also named in the list were Andrew Bishop, a Presidential Advisor in the former administration and former Chief Executive Officer of the Guyana Lands and Surveys Commission. Safraaz Khan and George Hallaq, said to be the countryâs former Middle East envoy, and a company called Future Developers International Guyana Inc were also among the other names on the list. It is on record that Jagdeo himself had owned a piece of land and property in nearby Goedverwagting, located along the Ogle Airport Road. That area had been called Pradoville One. However, Jagdeo claimed that he sold the mansion he built there to a Trinidad friend, Ernie Ross. It is unclear if he paid the Capital Gains taxes on the profits he made. It was reported that he sold the property for US$600,000 ($120M). In ordering the creation of the seaside Pradoville Two, Jagdeo during his last term which ended in 2011- and his administration- ordered the removal of a transmitting tower belonging to the National Communications Network to facilitate the creation of the community. Jagdeo not only used state resources to develop the lands, but positioned himself to buy two acres. In the process, he paid three times less than what ordinary citizens in the Diamond and Grove Housing Schemes, East Bank Demerara, would have been required to dole out. Jagdeo reportedly paid $5M per acre which works out at $114 per square foot; the ordinary man paid $317 per square foot for his plot. On it he built an imposing mansion, complete with pool and a high fence to keep out the Atlantic Ocean- the same Atlantic Ocean he said was rising because of climate change. Remigrants paid more than ten times the price Jagdeo paid for the same size house lot. They paid $1,111 per square foot. The ordinary house lots for remigrants and citizens are not ocean front, but are located on East Bank and East Coast of Demerara, in what were abandoned cane fields. Jagdeo also oversaw the passage of laws regarding benefits for former presidents which give him unlimited use of water, electricity and telephone. In so doing, he guaranteed himself unlimited personal and household staff including an attendant and gardener. There are also full-time personal security and services of the Presidential Guard Service at his place of residence along with an unspecified number of motor vehicles to be maintained by the state. However, the benefits were capped in the National Assembly by the David Granger administration which swept into power on May 11 after a close race. Jagdeoâs party was defeated after more than two decades ruling Guyana. There were accusations of heavy corruption and mismanagement of a number of multi-billion public projects, which were initiated by Jagdeo himself.
Cobra you can hide under your rock.
Oi Cobra, check dat crystal ball for me deh banna, tell me what gonna happen with this guy and the ones he worked with/for?
I hear he had a lil bit contraband goods.
Khamraj Lall
(DEMOCRAT AND CHRONICLE).- Guyanese pilot Khamraj Lall, who was caught with more than US$600,000 aboard his private jet while on a technical stop in Puerto Rico in November 2014 has now been charged with cocaine trafficking.
Federal authorities announced on Thursday they have indicted a New Jersey man for his participation in a Rochester-based drug trafficking operation.
Khamraj Lall, a native of Guyana, is charged with possession with intent to distribute cocaine and importation of cocaine into the United States.
Assistant U.S. Attorney Robert A. Marangola, who is handling the case, said that according to the indictment, between December 2013 and February 10, 2015, the defendant conspired to bring more than five kilograms of cocaine from Guyana into the United States.
Lall is a pilot and is accused of transporting the cocaine on his flights from Guyana to the United States.
He was arrested on July 22, 2015 and made an initial appearance in federal court in the District of New Jersey. He is being held until he can make an appearance in federal court here in the Western District of New York.
According to the US Attorneyâs office, Lallâs arrest is connected to the arrest of nine other defendants in February 2015. Edward Mighty, Seymour Brown, Andre Taylor, Ricardo Bailey, Robert Wilson, Kenneth Harper, Desmond Bice, and Christopher, all of Rochester, NY, were charged with conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute five kilograms or more of cocaine and use of a telephone to facilitate drug trafficking. Some of the co-defendants also face weapons charges.
Winifredo Gonzales, a Brooklyn resident, was also arrested in February.
According to the complaint, Edward Mighty is one of the leaders of a Rochester-based drug trafficking organization that would obtain kilogram quantities of cocaine from Gonzales.
The cocaine was transported to Rochester and processed, re-packaged, and distributed in various quantities of both powder and crack cocaine through multiple sellers in the Rochester area.
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