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The struggle for accountability is still on – Granger

November 3, 2013 | By KNews | Filed Under News

…“We need to know what is happening with the tax dollars of the hardworking Guyanese”

Opposition Leader, David Granger has registered his firm belief that a basic change to a government that believes in accountability will make a difference for the betterment of Guyana.
Granger made that statement as he sought to hit home the dilemma of the Opposition in having to hound the government for information that should be readily available.

APNU Leader, David Granger

The politician said that Guyanese stand to benefit collectively from a type of scrutiny that will allow a government to be on its toes. “So the struggle needs to be pursued and all must join.”
He said that the People Progressive Party (PPP) administration needs to realize that accountability will make a people more confident in their government.
Granger noted that accountability is what makes the system work. He added, “That’s the need for the opposition, and an accountable government will become a good government.”

According to A Partnership for National Unity (APNU) leader, his party has been engaged in a 21-month struggle to ascertain the source of funding for many projects and entities. His immediate reference however, was to the Government Information Agency (GINA).

Granger said that it hard to figure how GINA still exists with the funding given to the entity by the National Assembly. He added, “There must be another source of funding and we need to find that out.”
He told Kaieteur News that there is too much going on that the Opposition doesn’t know about. He sought to make it clear that it is not a case where the Opposition is not trying to find out; he said that the Opposition’s inquires are just falling on deaf ears.

Granger had also told Kaieteur News, “It is a worry how the government can carry out these projects, like the Marriott, knowing that they are not best in the interest of the average Guyanese people.”
He said that the opposition, especially the APNU, will make it “our” interest to ensure that the tax dollar of the hard working Guyanese citizen is put to good use; “that is what we were put here for.”

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Former Member

Burnhamite and PNC fanboy/girl JB with his defence of the rotten and stinking PNC. Granger has blood on his hands, a thug and a man who must answer for the ballot box martyrs killers in Berbice.

11/3/139:20 AM

MitwahSenior Member

Bribery and corruption have blighted Guyana

November 2, 2013 | By KNews | Filed Under Letters

Dear Editor, Ever since 1999 this country has been plagued with bribery and corruption. It was not surprising, therefore, that provisions have been made in the Constitution for an Integrity Commission in clear recognition and acknowledgement of the fact that Guyanese are no longer living in the age when men were born gentlemen, but rather in the age when efforts are being made to make gentlemen by laws and regulations. Yet the regime has not been forthright with the nation in allowing the Integrity Commission to function independently of PPP control. The dictum that a man’s word is his bond has clearly lost all its intrinsic value and significance under this regime, hence the promulgation of the Integrity Commission. This law was passed, no doubt with the expectation of halting the escalation of corruption and dishonesty on the part of those in public life and those exercising public functions, but it has, it would seem, proven to be neither a palliative nor a panacea to reducing or eradicating corruption, except perhaps, to adorn our statute books with yet another law. It is significant to note, however, that while the law is one which primarily constitutes an invasion of one’s right to privacy, the enactment of the law has been justified on the ground of public interest, as opposed to the right of the individual. This is the message we want the PPP cabal to hear. The word integrity clearly connotes persons of unblemished character and strong moral principles and persons who are held in high esteem as exemplars and worthy of becoming persons in public life, such as Members of Parliament and those holding public office. However, empirical evidence has established that persons of such calibre are clearly scarce commodities in our society, especially in the PPP, and this conclusion may receive some support in a statement made some time ago by President Hoyte when he said that “selection of members of the Commission is not a matter to be rushed as these persons must be of the highest calibre and integrity.” Integrity is therefore not a commodity that can be taken off a shelf as this regime has done. The value and concept of the importance of integrity has to be nurtured and developed during a person’s formative years, failing which, the word becomes meaningless to those who are strangers to it. As human beings we are basically and fundamentally the product of our environment, so that a person born, nurtured and developed in an environment destitute of those intrinsic values would clearly be devoid of them. While we address our ministers in the PPP as “Honourable” (righteous and incorruptible), the personal honour to which the word owes its genesis or origin would seem to have lost much, if not all of its value and significance, since it has become imperative to enact laws and regulations, the purport and intent of which are to subject such persons to the submission of their incomes, assets and liabilities to the Integrity Commission on an annual basis for scrutiny, and for the purposes of declaring them to be persons of integrity. This constitutional mechanism has been predicated on the fact that Ministers and parliamentarians in the PPP regime have so misused and abused their powers and authority for personal gain and aggrandizement, that they should be found guilty of criminal offences. As a consequence, the question that has arisen from time to time is whether these PPP ministers and Parliamentarians should continue to be addressed as “honourable” or whether they should be addressed simply as Mr. or Ms. or just by their first names. Most Guyanese seem to have lost confidence and respect for the PPP cabal. One of the mind-boggling questions is therefore, whether legislation per se will stem the tide of the growing escalation of bribery and corruption on the part of those in public life or whether there should be put in place a comprehensive and intensive educational programme, designed to create an environment in which our children, who would be the adults of tomorrow, could be nurtured, developed and sensitized of the intrinsic value and significance of the principles of honesty and integrity. Since bribery and corruption would appear to be irrefutably endemic and pervasive in the regime and in the society, non-governmental organizations such as the Transparency Institute of Guyana, the Private Sector Commission, the Georgetown Chamber of Commerce and Industry and the trade unions, among others, ought to collectively consider speaking out against and condemning the PPP regime for its failure to stop the growing escalation of corruption and bribery at all levels of government. And there is no better place to begin than with the contracts in which major kickbacks are offered in return for them. Dr. Asquith Rose and Harish S. Singh

11/3/139:21 AM

Former Member

Georgetown sees biggest Diwali motorcade in recent history –with youths dominating this year’s festivities

LIKE a solid wall stretching into the distance, spectators lined several city streets and roadways leading to the Georgetown Seawall, and the seawall running along the East Coast of Demerara, as they sought to get a glimpse of the attractive floats and the beautifully made up men, women and children from the Hindu community participating in the Dharmic Sabha’s annual Diwali motorcade.

This Edward Beharry Float, designed by Andrew Art, was one of the largest floats among those on show last evening

Last evening, the floats assembled at the Shri Krishna Mandir in Campbell Avenue, Campbellville, Georgetown before making their way in a procession through several city streets and on to the Rupert Craig Highway, along which they travelled, wending their way to the La Bonne Intention (LBI) Community Centre Ground for the cultural programme put on by the Guyana Hindu Dharmic Sabha.
Hundreds of cameras, smart-phones and other gadgets were used to capture the spectacular displays of lights and devotees ensconced in low-bed trucks, canters, open back pickups and other vehicles from which blared the sweet religious melodies usually associated with Diwali celebrations.
There were individual floats, even as mandirs and other religious grouping were well in evidence in the parade.
Speaking with the Guyana Chronicle last evening, Culture Minister Dr. Frank Anthony said the event is now tradition in Guyana, and last evening’s motorcade was the largest of its kind for this season.

This Diwali float parked on Campbell Avenue last evening did not cease to amaze the scores of spectators gathered at the Shri Krishna Mandir

Dr. Anthony said the Diwali motorcades are always events that persons would look forward to witnessing, and while there are many mythical meanings to the origin of Diwali, the salient message is that good triumphs over evil – a message all Guyanese can relate to in everyday life. He said that once a person does good, good will follow that person.
He said that keeping the focus and the meaning of Diwali alive will eventually see persons making themselves better individuals, and by extension their country a better place.
Speaking with the Guyana Chronicle before the procession departed from Campbell Avenue, President of the Guyana Hindu Dharmic Sabha, Dr Vindhya Vasini Persaud described the event as one of the biggest motorcades witnessed in recent times.

A float from the Success Mandir on the East Coast of Demerara which joined the convoy at Campbell Avenue

She commended the various mandirs and other persons and groupings who took time to be part of the historic moment, and said that one of the hallmarks of this year’s celebration, like last year’s, is the fact that young people and their youth groups have dominated the celebrations, and are working to take the activity to another level with their fresh and brilliant ideas.
Last evening’s event saw more than twenty floats taking part in the motorcade, and according to Dr. Persaud, the event has now become somewhat of a source of national pride, since it is being emulated in the rest of the Caribbean and other countries further afield.
Last night’s parade was described as spectacular, with floats coming from the East Bank of Demerara, West Coast of Demerara, East and West Banks of Berbice as well as from Georgetown.
Dr Vindhya Persaud said that while the motorcade is a competition, those taking part are always encouraged to work together, thus allowing the light of unity to glow unchallenged.
Today, Hindus around the world celebrate the Festival of Lights; and, over the past week, there have been several activities to mark the occasion.
The Guyana Chronicle will feature a more detailed and colourful story on last evening’s celebration in tomorrow’s edition.

(By Leroy Smith)

11/3/139:22 AM

MitwahSenior Member

Originally Posted by Jalil:

Originally Posted by asj:

Bribery and corruption have blighted

Guyana

Ed Ahmad probe leads FBI to former NY senator – NY Post

January 4, 2013 ·

The New York Post today said that

the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) is probing former

New York State Senate Majority Leader, John Sampson

following its investigation of convicted Guyanese

mortgage fraudster Ed Ahmad.

Sampson is of Guyanese parentage

and has visited Guyana on several occasions.

He is the latest high-profile official to come under scrutiny

in a web that also ensnared Queens democratic congressman Ed Meeks

and convicted Ponzi artist Allen Stanford.

John Sampson & Ed Ahmad

The Post today said that

the FBI has launched a criminal probe

of Senator Sampson of Brooklyn.

The report said that the inquiry focusing on

Sampson’s campaign fund-raising

arises from a broader federal probe into Meeks.

According to the report,

Ahmad is the common link

drawing the FBI from Meeks to Sampson.

Ahmad had been embroiled in a congressional ethics probe

for giving Meeks a secret US$40,000 loan

believed to have been a gift.

Ahmad pleaded guilty in October

in a separate, US$14 million mortgage-fraud scheme.

His sentencing date has not been scheduled

and the report said that

Ahmad is now cooperating with the feds.

Ahmad faces more than 10 years in jail

for submitting bogus information

on mortgage applications to lenders

and using straw buyers to hide his role in the scam.

He also faces more than

US$15 million in fines and restitution, the report said.

It added that like Meeks,

Sampson has strong ties to Ahmad.

Sampson was Ahmad’s lawyer in real-estate dealings

and had gotten into trouble over this representation.

The report added that the New York Department of State,

which licenses real-estate brokers and other corporations,

had admonished Sampson

for “notarizing a statement by one of Ahmad’s workers

without a valid notary license, which had lapsed.”

Details were sketchy about what the federal investigators

are looking for in Sampson’s campaign records, the report added.

Ahmad was a Sampson donor,

contributing at least US$2,000

to the senator’s campaign, records show.

FBI spokesman Martin Feely

said he could neither confirm nor deny

the existence of an investigation into Sampson or Meeks.

The report said that Sampson

was questioned by two FBI agents

who stopped him on a Brooklyn street

outside his gym late last summer.

The Post said that Sampson has repeatedly

declined its requests for comment.

Through a spokesman,

he declined to comment yesterday

when asked again about the probe.

Queens Borough President Helen B. Marshall is flanked by (l - r)

NY State Senator John Sampson,

NYC Council Member Leroy Comrie,

Jagdeo business Partner Ed Ahmad

and Guyana's Consul General to New York The Hon. Brentnold Evans.

The FBI is continuing to probe Meeks

even though the House Ethics Committee

cleared him for failing for two years

to report a US$40,000 loan from Ahmad

that appeared to have been an interest-free gift.

The report said that the panel last month

concluded that Meeks’ inaction was “inadvertent” and

declined to rule on whether the loan was in fact a gift.

The revelation of the federal probe into Sampson

comes two weeks after he was

dropped as the Senate’s Democratic leader in a 19-6 vote.

He was replaced by Sen. Andrea Stewart-Cousins of Westchester.

The Post report noted that in 2010,

the state inspector general criticised Sampson

for tainting the bidding process

in the award of a contract

to run the Aqueduct casino in Queens.

Sampson, then the majority leader,

was cited for leaking a confidential bidding document

to the lobbyist for the politically connected firm AEG,

which subsequently won the contract.

The state pulled the billion-dollar contract from AEG

when the Inspector General’s Office launched its probe.

In 2011, the New York Post had reported

that Meeks was trying to get a cricket invitation for

Ahmad to the VIP Box

of now disgraced Antigua-based banker Stanford

while he had been at the height

of his T20 cricket extravaganza in the Caribean.

Ahmad’s plight has also raised uncomfortable questions former President Bharrat Jagdeo and the ruling PPP as he was the supplier of goods to the President at State House and also occupies the former headquarters of the PPP-aligned paper, The Mirror.

These are the Exact words from the article......

In 2011, the New York Post had reported that Meeks was trying to get a cricket invitation for Ahmad to the VIP Box of now disgraced Antigua-based banker Stanford while he had been at the height of his T20 cricket extravaganza in the Caribean.

http://www.newyorkcricket.com/...ting_environment.htm

Ahmad’s plight has also

raised uncomfortable questions

former President Bharrat Jagdeo

and the ruling PPP

as he was the supplier of goods

to the President at State House and

also occupies the former headquarters

of the PPP-aligned paper, The Mirror.

xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

See the List of

PPP Crooks in New York

Now..we want everyone to Read

the newspaper article and

See who is the Liar....

and how they covering up fuh

Jagdeo & His Poom-poom Cheese

Also when dem check de dictionary

and find out more about

Poom Poom Cheese......

let us see if them gon wan

show demself here on GNI again.

De Poom Poom Cheese cant hide.....

you can spot them easily...

De got one thing in common....

them trying to Cover up

Jagabattie Thiefing,

Crime, Narco Runnings,

Corruption & Mismanagement

#2 Link to Stabroek....

Ed Ahmad probe leads

FBI to former NY senator

– NY Post

January 4, 2013 ·

http://www.stabroeknews.com/20...-ny-senator-ny-post/

11/3/139:23 AM

Former Member

Guyanese showing confidence in their Governmnet, Dharma and Country.

11/3/139:23 AM

MitwahSenior Member

Originally Posted by Jalil:

Originally Posted by asj:

Bribery and corruption have blighted

Guyana

Ed Ahmad probe leads FBI to former NY senator – NY Post

January 4, 2013 ·

The New York Post today said that

the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) is probing former

New York State Senate Majority Leader, John Sampson

following its investigation of convicted Guyanese

mortgage fraudster Ed Ahmad.

Sampson is of Guyanese parentage

and has visited Guyana on several occasions.

He is the latest high-profile official to come under scrutiny

in a web that also ensnared Queens democratic congressman Ed Meeks

and convicted Ponzi artist Allen Stanford.

John Sampson & Ed Ahmad

The Post today said that

the FBI has launched a criminal probe

of Senator Sampson of Brooklyn.

The report said that the inquiry focusing on

Sampson’s campaign fund-raising

arises from a broader federal probe into Meeks.

According to the report,

Ahmad is the common link

drawing the FBI from Meeks to Sampson.

Ahmad had been embroiled in a congressional ethics probe

for giving Meeks a secret US$40,000 loan

believed to have been a gift.

Ahmad pleaded guilty in October

in a separate, US$14 million mortgage-fraud scheme.

His sentencing date has not been scheduled

and the report said that

Ahmad is now cooperating with the feds.

Ahmad faces more than 10 years in jail

for submitting bogus information

on mortgage applications to lenders

and using straw buyers to hide his role in the scam.

He also faces more than

US$15 million in fines and restitution, the report said.

It added that like Meeks,

Sampson has strong ties to Ahmad.

Sampson was Ahmad’s lawyer in real-estate dealings

and had gotten into trouble over this representation.

The report added that the New York Department of State,

which licenses real-estate brokers and other corporations,

had admonished Sampson

for “notarizing a statement by one of Ahmad’s workers

without a valid notary license, which had lapsed.”

Details were sketchy about what the federal investigators

are looking for in Sampson’s campaign records, the report added.

Ahmad was a Sampson donor,

contributing at least US$2,000

to the senator’s campaign, records show.

FBI spokesman Martin Feely

said he could neither confirm nor deny

the existence of an investigation into Sampson or Meeks.

The report said that Sampson

was questioned by two FBI agents

who stopped him on a Brooklyn street

outside his gym late last summer.

The Post said that Sampson has repeatedly

declined its requests for comment.

Through a spokesman,

he declined to comment yesterday

when asked again about the probe.

Queens Borough President Helen B. Marshall is flanked by (l - r)

NY State Senator John Sampson,

NYC Council Member Leroy Comrie,

Jagdeo business Partner Ed Ahmad

and Guyana's Consul General to New York The Hon. Brentnold Evans.

The FBI is continuing to probe Meeks

even though the House Ethics Committee

cleared him for failing for two years

to report a US$40,000 loan from Ahmad

that appeared to have been an interest-free gift.

The report said that the panel last month

concluded that Meeks’ inaction was “inadvertent” and

declined to rule on whether the loan was in fact a gift.

The revelation of the federal probe into Sampson

comes two weeks after he was

dropped as the Senate’s Democratic leader in a 19-6 vote.

He was replaced by Sen. Andrea Stewart-Cousins of Westchester.

The Post report noted that in 2010,

the state inspector general criticised Sampson

for tainting the bidding process

in the award of a contract

to run the Aqueduct casino in Queens.

Sampson, then the majority leader,

was cited for leaking a confidential bidding document

to the lobbyist for the politically connected firm AEG,

which subsequently won the contract.

The state pulled the billion-dollar contract from AEG

when the Inspector General’s Office launched its probe.

In 2011, the New York Post had reported

that Meeks was trying to get a cricket invitation for

Ahmad to the VIP Box

of now disgraced Antigua-based banker Stanford

while he had been at the height

of his T20 cricket extravaganza in the Caribean.

These are the Exact words from the article......

http://www.newyorkcricket.com/...ting_environment.htm

Ahmad’s plight has also

raised uncomfortable questions

former President Bharrat Jagdeo

and the ruling PPP

as he was the supplier of goods

to the President at State House and

also occupies the former headquarters

of the PPP-aligned paper, The Mirror.

xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

See the List of

PPP Crooks in New York

Now..we want everyone to Read

the newspaper article and

See who is the Liar....

and how they covering up fuh

Jagdeo & His Poom-poom Cheese

Also when dem check de dictionary

and find out more about

Poom Poom Cheese......

let us see if them gon wan

show demself here on GNI again.

De Poom Poom Cheese cant hide.....

you can spot them easily...

De got one thing in common....

them trying to Cover up

Jagabattie Thiefing,

Crime, Narco Runnings,

Corruption & Mismanagement

#2 Link to Stabroek....

Ed Ahmad probe leads

FBI to former NY senator

– NY Post

January 4, 2013 ·

http://www.stabroeknews.com/20...-ny-senator-ny-post/

11/3/139:23 AM

Former Member

Originally Posted by yuji22:

Burnhamite and PNC fanboy/girl JB with his defence of the rotten and stinking PNC. Granger has blood on his hands, a thug and a man who must answer for the ballot box martyrs killers in Berbice.

Mr Granger was never a House of Israel. HOI hooligans now work for PPP. The PPP released them from jail. Ask Mr Harripaul.

11/3/139:24 AM

MitwahSenior Member

Originally Posted by JB:

Originally Posted by yuji22:

Burnhamite and PNC fanboy/girl JB with his defence of the rotten and stinking PNC. Granger has blood on his hands, a thug and a man who must answer for the ballot box martyrs killers in Berbice.

Mr Granger was never a House of Israel. HOI hooligans now work for PPP. The PPP released them from jail. Ask Mr Harripaul.

yugi is a dunce.

11/3/139:25 AM

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11/3/139:27 AM

Former Member

Mr Yuji you partake in darkness on this day of lights.

11/3/1310:01 AM

MitwahSenior Member

Yugi, hope the darkness that has overtaken you is illuminated on this Diwali occasion.

Shubd Diwali!

11/3/1310:05 AM

Former Member

I STILL CANNOT BELIVE THESE PPP LOW LIFE CAN TALK ABOUT DIWALI

11/3/1310:08 AM

The struggle for accountability is still on – Granger

Bribery and corruption have blighted Guyana

Georgetown sees biggest Diwali motorcade in recent history –with youths dominating this year’s festivities

Bribery and corruption have blighted

Guyana

See the List of

PPP Crooks in New York

Now..we want everyone to Read

the newspaper article and

See who is the Liar....

and how they covering up fuh

Jagdeo & His Poom-poom Cheese

Bribery and corruption have blighted

Guyana

See the List of

PPP Crooks in New York

Now..we want everyone to Read

the newspaper article and

See who is the Liar....

and how they covering up fuh

Jagdeo & His Poom-poom Cheese

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