Pradoville III

Three days before 2011 elections… Ramotar’s close friend buys prime land at $0.5M per acre, others pay $4M-$9M per acre.

Qualander might have links with  West Coast Demerara.

Tola posted:

Pradoville III

Three days before 2011 elections… Ramotar’s close friend buys prime land at $0.5M per acre, others pay $4M-$9M per acre.

Qualander might have links with  West Coast Demerara.

You are correct, his father was police inspector(deceased).

Tola posted:

Pradoville III

Three days before 2011 elections… Ramotar’s close friend buys prime land at $0.5M per acre, others pay $4M-$9M per acre.

Qualander might have links with  West Coast Demerara.

Tola, while them bannas deh, try to make hay while the sun shine!!

Django posted:

Tola posted:

Pradoville III

Three days before 2011 elections… Ramotar’s close friend buys prime land at $0.5M per acre, others pay $4M-$9M per acre.

Qualander might have links with  West Coast Demerara.

You are correct, his father was police inspector(deceased).

Thanks Django, I now  understand other family links with the GPF/Catherina/NY. A friend was in GPF with one family member, linking with the old/new church we discussed earlier.

Tola posted:

Django posted:

Tola posted:

Pradoville III

Three days before 2011 elections… Ramotar’s close friend buys prime land at $0.5M per acre, others pay $4M-$9M per acre.

Qualander might have links with  West Coast Demerara.

You are correct, his father was police inspector(deceased).

Thanks Django, I now  understand other family links with the GPF/Catherina/NY. A friend was in GPF with one family member, linking with the old/new church we discussed earlier.

Both brothers [Qualander] was in the GPF,the [deceased] last position me thinks was a Commander,the other brother and my cousin is saroo bhai.

Django posted:

Tola posted:

Django posted:

Tola posted:

Pradoville III

Three days before 2011 elections… Ramotar’s close friend buys prime land at $0.5M per acre, others pay $4M-$9M per acre.

Qualander might have links with  West Coast Demerara.

You are correct, his father was police inspector(deceased).

Thanks Django, I now  understand other family links with the GPF/Catherina/NY. A friend was in GPF with one family member, linking with the old/new church we discussed earlier.

Both brothers [Qualander] was in the GPF,the [deceased] last position me thinks was a Commander,the other brother and my cousin is saroo bhai.

It would seem we both know the same people from your village.  I just mailed some photos taken in 1980, including the 'other brother', to a relative in the US.    

Tola posted:

Django posted:

Tola posted:

Django posted:

Tola posted:

Pradoville III

Three days before 2011 elections… Ramotar’s close friend buys prime land at $0.5M per acre, others pay $4M-$9M per acre.

Qualander might have links with  West Coast Demerara.

You are correct, his father was police inspector(deceased).

Thanks Django, I now  understand other family links with the GPF/Catherina/NY. A friend was in GPF with one family member, linking with the old/new church we discussed earlier.

Both brothers [Qualander] was in the GPF,the [deceased] last position me thinks was a Commander,the other brother and my cousin is saroo bhai.

It would seem we both know the same people from your village.  I just mailed some photos taken in 1980, including the 'other brother', to a relative in the US.    

Tola,i know them since i was 16yrs,they were friends of a gas station owner in Catherina,where i work for a short while.

Django posted:

Tola posted:

Django posted:

Tola posted:

Django posted:

Tola posted:

Pradoville III

Three days before 2011 elections… Ramotar’s close friend buys prime land at $0.5M per acre, others pay $4M-$9M per acre.

Qualander might have links with  West Coast Demerara.

You are correct, his father was police inspector(deceased).

Thanks Django, I now  understand other family links with the GPF/Catherina/NY. A friend was in GPF with one family member, linking with the old/new church we discussed earlier.

Both brothers [Qualander] was in the GPF,the [deceased] last position me thinks was a Commander,the other brother and my cousin is saroo bhai.

It would seem we both know the same people from your village.  I just mailed some photos taken in 1980, including the 'other brother', to a relative in the US.    

Tola,i know them since i was 16yrs,they were friends of a gas station owner in Catherina,where i work for a short while.

Django, we must have met. I used to hang out at the gas station and cinema when my roaming grounds was at Catherina. 

Django posted:

Tola posted:

Django posted:

Tola posted:

Django posted:

Tola posted:

Thanks Django, I now  understand other family links with the GPF/Catherina/NY. A friend was in GPF with one family member, linking with the old/new church we discussed earlier.

Both brothers [Qualander] was in the GPF,the [deceased] last position me thinks was a Commander,the other brother and my cousin is saroo bhai.

It would seem we both know the same people from your village.  I just mailed some photos taken in 1980, including the 'other brother', to a relative in the US.    

Tola,i know them since i was 16yrs,they were friends of a gas station owner in Catherina,where i work for a short while.

Django, we must have met. I used to hang out at the gas station and cinema when my roaming grounds was at Catherina. 

May be..you know Samad,he is in Canada.

Django, I would not like to discuss names, because there are some things  that should not be discussed in public. Nothing sinister, but respect for friends who have private lives. 

Sorry Buddy, especially public on GNI, where some look for little things to degrade.      

Tola posted:

Django posted:

Tola posted:

Django posted:

Tola posted:

Django posted:

Tola posted:

Thanks Django, I now  understand other family links with the GPF/Catherina/NY. A friend was in GPF with one family member, linking with the old/new church we discussed earlier.

Both brothers [Qualander] was in the GPF,the [deceased] last position me thinks was a Commander,the other brother and my cousin is saroo bhai.

It would seem we both know the same people from your village.  I just mailed some photos taken in 1980, including the 'other brother', to a relative in the US.    

Tola,i know them since i was 16yrs,they were friends of a gas station owner in Catherina,where i work for a short while.

Django, we must have met. I used to hang out at the gas station and cinema when my roaming grounds was at Catherina. 

Django, I would not like to discuss names, because there are some things  that should not be discussed in public. Nothing sinister, but respect for friends who have private lives. 

Sorry Buddy, especially public on GNI, where some look for little things to degrade.      

Cool i will PM .

Here I gettin into reading some good story suddenly now Iman feel lef out

cain posted:

Here I gettin into reading some good story suddenly now Iman feel lef out

If GNI was a place that don't tarnish people names by some. There might be more freedom of speech, wid a bottle of XM and some 'BC bud'  to sweeten it.  

Whatever happened to the PNC/afc cry that they would roll back these sales and jail the offenders if elected? Was it just an election campaign gimmick and was easier said than done? Why isn't the govt taking these matters to the court 10 months into their rule? Are they too busy filling their own pockets?

28 acres of Providence lands parceled off to Ramroop’s Director

As questions continue into the transactions of the Central Housing and Planning Authority (CH&PA), it appears that close friends of officials within the previous PPP/C administration were benefitting big time.
Some 28.80 acres of land in Providence went to Luxury Realty Inc., a company which lists Roopnarine Ravie Ramcharitar as the Director/Secretary.

Ramcharitar is one of the main faces and Directors within Queens Atlantic Investment Inc. (QAII), a company that is controlled by Dr. Ranjisinghi ‘Bobby’ Ramroop.

Ramcharitar is a former Director of the Berbice River Bridge Company. He resigned last year after a clash with Government over reducing rates for the bridge.

On his Linkedin account, he is listed as the General Manager of New GPC, a company that had the right to supply billions of dollars of drugs, each year, for Government.

The transaction between Luxury Realty Inc. and CH&PA was inked on December 17, 2013, and was supposed to only build and sell homes.

In 2013, CH&PA was controlled by former Minister of Housing, Irfaan Ali, whose tenure is now marred by question marks hanging over several projects, including lands to private developers, the Remigrant Scheme and the 1,000 ‘turn-key’ homes at Providence, East Bank Demerara.

A new CH&PA Board of Directors has launched investigations into several transactions.

With a purchase price of $168M, Luxury was asked to pay just $58.8M (35 percent) upfront with the rest, $109.2M over a period– $42M when infrastructural works are completed, and the rest when the Certificate of Title is passed.

Luxury was mandated to use the scheme for residential purposes and for the sale of homes only.

Ramcharitar was supposed to complete all infrastructural works within eight months.

Like many other of the 20-odd developers to whom CH&PA and ex-Minister Ali also sold lands on the East Bank, Luxury has also failed to meet deadlines.

There is very little evidence of infrastructure works and activity.
The authority committed to conduct periodic inspections at the property to ensure infrastructure works are done in compliance with approved designs, drawings and specifications.

Failure of Luxury Realty to complete infrastructural works would have resulted in CH&PA stepping in to rescind the agreement of sale and purchase, and forfeit up to 10 percent of the deposit.

The agreement made it clear that Ramcharitar, as Director, had 24 months from the date of the agreement to complete the construction of all the homes and to have 100 percent occupancy.

Luxury was mandated to submit within one month of that December 2013 signing, the design layout of the proposed scheme.

Periodically, the company was required to submit other design plans and work programmes to the local NDCs.

Ramcharitar has breached almost all the timelines and other conditions as set out in the agreement.

Yet, CH&PA and its officials, including the Land Administration Division, failed to take steps that he either toe the line or to take back the lands as the agreement allowed.

Luxury’s transaction is not dissimilar to that of Queensway, a Water Street company controlled by Mohamed ‘Arafat’ Qualander.

Three days before the November 28, 2011 General Elections, CH&PA entered into an agreement with Savitrie Qualander, Mohamed ‘Arafat’ Qualander and Saudia Qualander, Principals of Queensway.

Mohamed Qualander is said to be a close friend of former President Donald Ramotar.

The agreement for Block 22A of Block Y, Golden Grove described the plot of land as being 35 acres,

The price was $18.375M or $525,000 per acre. Each acre could provide up to eight reasonably sized lots.

According to the agreement, the Qualanders were to pay $10M up front and the balance with the passing of the Transport.

The price would raise eyebrows as other developers were made to pay between $4M and $9M per acre, further north on East Bank Demerara, in the Providence and Herstelling areas.

There are no lands remaining on the East Bank Demerara for CH&PA to distribute to the more than 25,000 applicants on file.

Under the previous PPP/C administration, it appeared that thousands of acres of lands under the authority of CH&PA and former Minister of Housing, Irfaan Ali, were given away for little or nothing.

The lands that were sold under questionable arrangements to the private developers are all considered prime real estate, worth billions of dollars at the current market rate.

There have been numerous complaints of citizens waiting for years for house lots.

CH&PA and its new Board of Directors have been coming under fire to take back the lands.

Last October, government officials carried out a surprise inspection on several plots in control of the developers and found that works were way behind.

Thanks for reminding dem guys Druggie, see topside wuh goin on?

Ex-Finance Minister benefits from 25-acres of housing lands

Ex-Finance Minister, Saisnarine Kowlessar, appeared to be one of the beneficiaries of lands on the East Bank of Demerara.
In April 2011, months before former President Bharrat Jagdeo, ended his two-terms in office, an agreement was signed between the Central Housing and Planning Authority (CH&PA) and CARICOM General Insurance Company, a company that had its registered office at Ruimzeight, West Coast Demerara.
The agreement named Kowlessar, who served as Finance Minister in the PPP government, as the Chief Executive Officer.
CARICOM was buying 50 acres behind Republic Park for $5M per acre.
Kowlessar’s company was expected to pay $62.5M upfront and the rest when the title passed. Possession of the 50 acres was granted on the signing of the agreement.
Based on the agreement, the company was expected to proceed immediately to carry out infrastructural works, including access roads, bridges, culverts, drainage, water and electricity networks.
CH&PA said that the designs of all the homes to be built by the company had to be approved by the authority.
It appeared that the company breached the agreement as it went ahead and sold house lots.
CH&PA’s agreements with developers on East Bank Demerara lands had been demanding that the lands were only for the construction of homes by the developers.
The agreement itself was very vague, giving little deadlines to the developer.
CH&PA on April 2, 2014, went ahead and closed another deal for a nearby 25-acre plot in April 2014.
This time, the name of the company and the principal involved were different.
The agreement named CARICOM General Land Development Inc. of Regent and Oronoque Streets as the party signing the deal with CH&PA.
Representing the company was its Director/Secretary, Kelly-Ann Payne-Hercules.
The developer was supposed to pay $78M upfront on the $225M price tag.
This time, the agreement was very specific. The property will have to be used for only residential purposes and for the construction and sale of houses only.
This company was supposed to complete all infrastructural works eight months from the time works started.
Failure to start infrastructural works within the timeframe could have resulted in CH&PA rescinding the agreement and forfeiting 10 percent of the deposit paid.
In this last agreement, the company had 24 months to complete all the homes it was promising and to have a 100 percent occupancy rate.
The conditions with the two companies are not that different from other developers that CH&PA sold lands to.
The deals, signed under previous Government of the People’s Progressive Party/Civic, have been angering state officials and citizens alike, for a simple reason. There are more than 25,000 applications for house lots in the database of the CH&PA.
There are few plots of lands for housing remaining in the East Demerara area.
The new Government is under pressure to find new lands.
Between 2011 and 2015, hundreds of acres of prime lands were parceled off and sold to private developers by CH&PA.
Many of them breached conditions by failing to build within the stipulated time. Instead they were selling off lands as house lots, instead of constructing homes.
CH&PA paid little attention to what the developers were doing.
Shortly after the David Granger administration took office last year, senior housing officials paid surprise inspection visits to lands stretching from Eccles to Golden Grove. These lands went to 20-odd developers.
The inspection team found little activities on the lands. The developers were hauled in for a meeting and given a February 2016 deadline to complete infrastructural works.
However, not much progress has been made. There were questions itself about some of the developers.
One of them is Luxury Realty, whose director, Ravie Ramcharitar, is also a senior official in Queens Atlantic Investment Inc. That company has is controlled by Dr. Ranjisinghi ‘Bobby’ Ramroop, the best friend of the ex-President Bharrat Jagdeo.
Luxury Realty benefitted from 28.8 acres of prime lands at Providence, but has done little since receiving the lands in December 2013.
Another person who benefitted was Mohamed ‘Arafat’ Qualander, one of the owners of Queensway, a Water Street business.
In November 2011, three days before general elections, he signed a deal with CH&PA for 35 acres of lands behind Golden Grove. He paid $500,000 per acre.
He is a close friend of former President, Donald Ramotar.
At the time, CH&PA was headed by former PPP/C Minister of Housing, Irfaan Ali.
Under his watch, the ‘Remigrant’ housing scheme was launched but its administration and who really received lands from the CH&PA is now being investigated.
Reportedly, the current CH&PA Board of Directors, headed by City Mayor, Hamilton Green, has launched a number of investigations in several transactions by the entity.
A key board meeting tomorrow will likely see a vote whether two CH&PA officials should be sent home, pending an investigation into several deals.

And these fools are still asking for evidence of corruption.

Where is the $20 billion that the PPP was stealing annually from the treasury????  Ramjattan said this money would afford the nation a 20% increase in salaries and enough left over to build major infra-structures.  If we are saving this kind of money now why is the gov't. so hungry to impose more taxes on working people???