Dem boys seh…Jagdeo clean up left, right but not centre

‘Lawd, we can’t tek it no more’. That was a song. Today dem boys singing that de whole country can’t tek it no more. De foreigners, including de UN people can’t tek it no more. Dem prepare to jail de corrupt Government officials like Jagdeo and he kavakamites dem.

Jagdeo sign a secret deal in Jamaica just days before he lef office. Benn and Shaatie sign fuh de country. De two of dem too stupid fuh get any kickback pun this deal.

Dem boys seh that this was Jagdeo going out package. Some people seh is US$100 million kickback to go in he pocket. De contractor gun tek US$20 million and de US$30 million gun build de airport comfortably.
How dem boys know how much money going in Jagdeo pocket was when de airport contractor bag buss up. He like bribe big ones. He bribe de former Bangladesh Prime Minister son and de man get six years jail.
Jagdeo ain’t got no son fuh tek de kickback, suh he tek am heself. He got fuh tek wha coming behind that. He clean up here and he clean up there, he try fuh clean up everywhere. He clean up left and he clean up right, but dem boys waiting fuh he in de centre.

De IDB smell de rat and they know de thieves. That is why up to now dem ain’t give de money for de hydro project that gun give everybody hydro seed.
Dem boys seh that de motive behind this hydro seed is that de IDB US$175 million, de Sithe Global US$150 million and de Guyana US$100 million woulda finish de project. De Chinee US$440 million loan wha suppose to go in de project would buss up between de Chinee kan tractor and Jagdeo.
Talk half and beg fuh investigate these kavakamites.

Dem boys seh…Brazzy is a scamp and a con just like dem Chinee

Marriott nah even deh in de pipeline yet. Dem nah even get none investor and Brazzy done tek out de money. He suh determine fuh use de people money fuh build de Marriott and casino fuh he and Jagdeo kavakamites that he done tek out de money—US$19.5 million from de slush fund.

Brazzy is a scamp. Dem boys ask, ‘Brazzy why yu tek out de money from de fund?’ He tek out de money and de project ain’t even ready. ‘How much more yu tek out that de people of de country ain’t know bout, and wheh yu got am?’
Brazzy and Jagdeo treat de people money like if it belong to dem Mooma, dem wife and dem sissy, and dem buddy if dem got. “Ah yu wan?’

Brazzy and Jagdeo learn from dem Chinee. Ah dem corrupt de whole bunch of kavakamites. Dem Chinee teach Jagdeo and Bobby how fuh got nuff company. One recently form name Olive Branch. Dem get that name from somebody close to Uncle Donald.
Dem boys know all de rest of company wha dem register and create in all kind of name fuh hide dem hassets and other property.

China Harbour teach dem. Jagdeo do a lot of scampish deal wid dem Chinee. All gun come out very soon. Jamaica and Trinidad already skin up all dem Chinee company.
De big company got four C. Dem four Cs got a ton of other small Cs. Dem got Chu Chu Chu and Chee Chee Chee just like how we got Ba Ba Bee and Bra Bra Zee, and Jag Jag Gee.

Dem Chinee main logo pun dem web site seh ‘We are building a connected world’. Dem boys seh that fuh get a world like that you got to have connection. And everybody know that connection start from de top.
Talk half and connect de other half.

Dem boys seh…B is fuh Kwame and B is fuh de birds

Birds of a feather does flock together. Guyana got nuff birds. Dem got Jagdeo, Brazzy, Bobby, Irfaat. Rob Earth, Eddie and all dem Bees, including de blue sackies. Now dem have de Chinee birds.
When this Chinee man come and wave he hand, Jagdeo, Brazzy and Benn bend over and wave. That is how de scampish, cockish and rattish airport deal come into being.

All de rest of projects that dem same Chinee do in Guyana came to light same way. And that happen because Jagdeo never trust de Yankee people. He know that he couldn’t get kickback from dem. He woulda get kick into de pumpkin jumpsuit just like dem officials wid de Trinidad airport scandal.

If you don’t know, some senior government officials get jail in Miami fuh that new Trinidad airport. Was big kickback—millions of US dollars in kickback. That is wha dem get ketch wid.

Jagdeo and Brazzy and dem kavakamites learn ‘bout de kickback and jail in Trinidad and that is how dem end up up wid de Chinee. Dem boys seh that Chinee don’t only kickback. Dem does kick you in front, and de side too, and no jail.
Dem is de biggest scamps and liars that de world produce. Is dem who train we leaders fuh lie. Jagdeo lie suh much that he stop talk. He sign in secret and he gone and lef Brazzy fuh face de music.

When people watch Brazzy face dem not only see lie. Dem see nuff worries. He voice use to be thin. Now it thinner. And all because he continuing to lie and lie and lie. He seh he nah know Jonathan, Keith Evelyn, and Bobby and Gerry, but all of dem is one bunch of feather that does do a lot of things together, including B together. De B is fuh Kwame.
Talk half and flock together fuh B.

TIME FOR UNCLE DONALD TO TAKE CHARGE!

A President’s job is never easy and President Ramotar should never have expected his tenure to be without its difficulties. He should expect a deluge of problems. He faces an opposition notorious for making a drizzle seem like a tornado and in Guyana, controversies rain down like monsoons.
President Ramotar has had his probationary period, one that is granted by the public to all presidents. This period is one of great tolerance, in which the public gives the president a chance to get familiar with the seat of executive authority.

That probationary period is over. The President has to understand now that he is the holder of executive authority. This authority resides exclusively with him. His ministers are, constitutionally, merely his assistants. The buck stops at his desk. He is the one who is going to be held accountable for the performance of his government, including the way in which controversies are dealt with.

The President has inherited many controversies, but the fact that they were not of his making does not absolve him of responsibility of resolving them.
One of these controversies concerns the operations of NICIL. There are now, in the public domain, questions about a possible conflict of interest involving the executive director of NICIL. The president has to address this issue in a way that brings quick closure to the matter.
There is no need for a commission of inquiry to investigate whether there was any conflict of interest involved in the various scenarios involving the director and his dealings with shares in Hand in Hand Trust and in NICIL’s role in a road contract in which the said Hand in Hand Trust issued a performance bond.
Conflicts of interest are not criminal offences but are improper. The President needs to assure the nation that in keeping with his stated commitment to transparency that he will deal decisively with this issue and thereby end the raging controversy.

He should consider appointing a single individual, with no ties to Guyana, to investigate the issue of possible conflict of interest involving the said director and his dealings with shares in Hand in Hand Trust held by his brother.  He should ask the Commonwealth to send someone to undertake the investigation into any possible conflicts of interest. This investigation should only take a few days.

The second controversy is not going to be mended that easily. It concerns the company that has been awarded a contract to rebuild the country’s main airport to bring it up to a category one facility.
Kaieteur News is reporting that the parent company of the company awarded the contract to do the work in a secretive signing just before the elections last year was debarred by the World Bank from undertaking any work.
The World Bank in fact had announced since January 2009 that following investigations by its integrity unit, it was debarring the parent company and all its subsidiaries for a specified period of time from undertaking work related to funds from the World Bank. In short, the company has been blacklisted for a number of years.
Did the previous government know this when they secretly signed a contract with a subsidiary of China Communications Construction Company Limited? If they did not know, it was their duty to find out.

But then again the previous government had a strange manner of undertaking due diligence. When this newspaper questioned the previous administration about the due diligence that was done as regards the contract to build the Amalia Falls Road, the explanation was given that it was the IDB that did the due diligence.
So who did the due diligence on the company that is supposed to construct the airport and how come the blacklisting fell off the radar during that due diligence?

Glenn Lall warned the previous government about the road project. His words were prophetic and now the Donald Ramotar administration has to devote billion of dollars and a great deal of time to complete the road. Had they followed the advice of Lall, the government would not have been in this dilemma.
They now face another dilemma. They have to decide in the face of the reports that have surfaced within the World Bank concerning a contract in the Philippines, whether to go ahead with this airport contract.
They should abort this contract immediately. Apart from the fact that they are now dealing with a company on which greater due diligence is now needed, there is no need at all for Guyana to be contracting such a horrendous debt which cannot repay itself.

This contract must now be revisited, not just on the basis of its economic viability, but because of the serious concerns which have been raised about the integrity of the contractor.
The third controversy that should be settled immediately concerns the building of the Marriot-branded hotel. This newspaper reported that the land in question is being leased for $25,000 per month with an option to buy after two years.

If this is true it constitutes a repeat of the Sanata deal where there was a similar clause. The Donald Ramotar administration should not be proud of having on its record a repeat of that aspect of the Sanata deal.
Glenn Lall is now placing an offer on the table. He is saying that instead of $25,000 per month, he will pay $100,000 per month. And he wants an option to buy within two years.

 

 

Pegasus owner says…Jagdeo’s policy of frustration, discrimination and abuse continues

JUNE 7, 2012 | BY KNEWS | FILED UNDER NEWS 

 

The Pegasus owner, Robert Badal, wants President Donald Ramotar to sanction Minister Irfaan Ali and remove him from the Tourism Ministry.

Robert Badal

The businessman claims that he is being sidelined from tourism-related activities by Ali, who is the acting Minister of Tourism.
According to Badal, this sort of practice started under former President Bharrat Jagdeo. He is demanding that taxpayers’ money be used in a fair way.
“I was hopeful that following the 2011 election, the new Donald Ramotar administration would ensure a better investment climate for the hospitality industry, removal of discrimination, and a level playing field for all.
“So far it would seem that Jagdeo’s policy of business frustration, discrimination and abuse of office and taxpayers resources is going to continue,” Badal said in a statement to the media.
Badal said that the Pegasus Hotel was excluded from a delegation to this week’s Caribbean Tourism Organization (CTO) Caribbean Week event in New York. He added that the hotel was not invited to the Sustainable Development Conference held at the Princess Hotel from April 15 to April 18, 2012.
The businessman said that despite the fact that Pegasus is the local market leader in the hotel industry, the hotel has received no communication from Minister Ali since his appointment to the Tourism Ministry.
According to Badal, the Minister must be reminded that he is paid from, and is spending taxpayers’ resources, not his own, and therefore has a duty to all players in the local industry to represent their interest without any discrimination.
“Any favour to one player, and discrimination against another, is an abuse of his office for which severe sanctions must be imposed,” Badal declared.
He charged that under former President Jagdeo, the government was openly promoting the business of Princess Hotel by directing various Ministries to send their business to that hotel. Badal further charged that the very enactment of Casino Legislation was primarily to sell the Buddy’s Hotel by making it attractive to the purchaser.
“This kind of abuse must be condemned by the Private Sector Commission and all private sector bodies and other stakeholders, as well as, by Parliamentary opposition parties.

Irfaan Ali

“Under no circumstances would I tolerate any form of discrimination against myself in my own country,” Badal stated.
He said that Pegasus Hotel is the largest investor in the local hospitality sector, employing the largest number of people, and pays the most in taxes – in excess of $400M in VAT, Corporate and payroll taxes.
Badal claimed that Princess Hotel pays no Corporate Taxes under a tax holiday arrangement.
“Minister Ali’s action has clearly demonstrated to me that he has failed to bring any kind of leadership to this sector and would therefore inspire no confidence among leading players,” Badal stated.
This would impact adversely on investments and growth in the local hospitality industry and the economy as a whole, he added.
“As the largest investor in this sector I am calling on President Ramotar to remove Mr. Irfaan Ali from the Tourism Ministry.”
The businessman is currently spending US$8 million to upgrade the Pegasus Hotel, which he bought over from Le Meridien three years ago against strong opposition from the Jagdeo administration.
Badal is investing in the Pegasus at a time when he now has to compete with efforts by the government to establish a Marriott-branded hotel right next to his hotel.
“I have to pay taxes, and my staff members have to pay taxes even before they see their salary, and t

Bharrat Jagdeo

hat very tax is being taken to compete with us. It is fundamentally wrong; it doesn’t go well for investments by the private sector.”
He sees the Marriott project as a vindictive “sour grapes” response initiated by the former Jagdeo Government after it failed to secure the property for Jagdeo’s allies.

Why was Pegasus left out of the CTO delegation in NY when they contribute $ 400M in taxes ?

The minister should stop playing politics and include the Pegasus in important delegations involving tourism.

We must also be fair and allow more hotels to be built in Guyana. A Marriot branded hotel is a welcome project for Guyana. The Pegasus is very old and must learn to compete in an ever changing economy.

The new Marriot will also pay their share of taxes like the old Pegasus.

The Pegasus cannot hold the rest of the tourism industry hostage by objecting to modern hotels are being built in Guyana. We cannot cut our nose to spoil our face.

Let us call a spade a spade.

YUJI: "

We must also be fair and allow more hotels to be built in Guyana. A Marriot branded hotel is a welcome project for Guyana. The Pegasus is very old and must learn to compete in an ever changing economy."

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I am fine with that just that the government should not put US$19 mill into it as a subsidy, which will adversely affect private hotel owners who have to pay 14%+ interest on loans. You can't tell private people to build hotels for CWC and then turn around and screw them by subsidizing a foreign brand. If they want to subsidize the Marriott then make an eco tourism resort system in the forest.

YUJI: "

The Pegasus cannot hold the rest of the tourism industry hostage by objecting to modern hotels are being built in Guyana. We cannot cut our nose to spoil our face."

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How is the Pegasus doing that?

Listen up!

If yuh gonna thief, yuh better mek sure yuh thief big. Give praise to Jags and his cabal. Dem boys thief big.

The reality is politicians wield enormous power but their salaries are meager. They make their millions through deal structuring when governments have to dole out contracts.

Jagdeo couldn't afford a tricycle when he became President---today he is one of the richest men in Guyana---maybe the richest---the man thief and thief big.

THE LOSERS IN THE ALLIANCE OF FRAUDS AND CROOKS(AFC) AND THE PNC WOULD HAVE DONE THE SAME AS JAGS WERE THEY IN POWER---ALL POLITICIANS ARE WH%&ES.

When the PNC stole--they bankrupted Guyana---at least Guyana is experiencing economic growth under the PPP.

Rev

Originally Posted by Tar_K:

 

 

Pegasus owner says…Jagdeo’s policy of frustration, discrimination and abuse continues

JUNE 7, 2012 | BY KNEWS | FILED UNDER NEWS 

 

The Pegasus owner, Robert Badal, wants President Donald Ramotar to sanction Minister Irfaan Ali and remove him from the Tourism Ministry.

Robert Badal

The businessman claims that he is being sidelined from tourism-related activities by Ali, who is the acting Minister of Tourism.
According to Badal, this sort of practice started under former President Bharrat Jagdeo. He is demanding that taxpayers’ money be used in a fair way.
“I was hopeful that following the 2011 election, the new Donald Ramotar administration would ensure a better investment climate for the hospitality industry, removal of discrimination, and a level playing field for all.
“So far it would seem that Jagdeo’s policy of business frustration, discrimination and abuse of office and taxpayers resources is going to continue,” Badal said in a statement to the media.
Badal said that the Pegasus Hotel was excluded from a delegation to this week’s Caribbean Tourism Organization (CTO) Caribbean Week event in New York. He added that the hotel was not invited to the Sustainable Development Conference held at the Princess Hotel from April 15 to April 18, 2012.
The businessman said that despite the fact that Pegasus is the local market leader in the hotel industry, the hotel has received no communication from Minister Ali since his appointment to the Tourism Ministry.
According to Badal, the Minister must be reminded that he is paid from, and is spending taxpayers’ resources, not his own, and therefore has a duty to all players in the local industry to represent their interest without any discrimination.
“Any favour to one player, and discrimination against another, is an abuse of his office for which severe sanctions must be imposed,” Badal declared.
He charged that under former President Jagdeo, the government was openly promoting the business of Princess Hotel by directing various Ministries to send their business to that hotel. Badal further charged that the very enactment of Casino Legislation was primarily to sell the Buddy’s Hotel by making it attractive to the purchaser.
“This kind of abuse must be condemned by the Private Sector Commission and all private sector bodies and other stakeholders, as well as, by Parliamentary opposition parties.

Irfaan Ali

“Under no circumstances would I tolerate any form of discrimination against myself in my own country,” Badal stated.
He said that Pegasus Hotel is the largest investor in the local hospitality sector, employing the largest number of people, and pays the most in taxes – in excess of $400M in VAT, Corporate and payroll taxes.
Badal claimed that Princess Hotel pays no Corporate Taxes under a tax holiday arrangement.
“Minister Ali’s action has clearly demonstrated to me that he has failed to bring any kind of leadership to this sector and would therefore inspire no confidence among leading players,” Badal stated.
This would impact adversely on investments and growth in the local hospitality industry and the economy as a whole, he added.
“As the largest investor in this sector I am calling on President Ramotar to remove Mr. Irfaan Ali from the Tourism Ministry.”
The businessman is currently spending US$8 million to upgrade the Pegasus Hotel, which he bought over from Le Meridien three years ago against strong opposition from the Jagdeo administration.
Badal is investing in the Pegasus at a time when he now has to compete with efforts by the government to establish a Marriott-branded hotel right next to his hotel.
“I have to pay taxes, and my staff members have to pay taxes even before they see their salary, and t

Bharrat Jagdeo

hat very tax is being taken to compete with us. It is fundamentally wrong; it doesn’t go well for investments by the private sector.”
He sees the Marriott project as a vindictive “sour grapes” response initiated by the former Jagdeo Government after it failed to secure the property for Jagdeo’s allies.

 

Why was Pegasus left out of the CTO delegation in NY when they contribute $ 400M in taxes ?

 

The minister should stop playing politics and include the Pegasus in important delegations involving tourism.

 

We must also be fair and allow more hotels to be built in Guyana. A Marriot branded hotel is a welcome project for Guyana. The Pegasus is very old and must learn to compete in an ever changing economy.

 

The new Marriot will also pay their share of taxes like the old Pegasus.

 

The Pegasus cannot hold the rest of the tourism industry hostage by objecting to modern hotels are being built in Guyana. We cannot cut our nose to spoil our face.

 

Let us call a spade a spade.

Supprise!! Supprise!! The cyber bramin cannot see any wrong with one estalishment[Princess Hotel]paying zero taxes the old Pegasus is contirbuting over 400 million...maybe he choke on poke cutters cause no voice about the shady deal around the new Marriot which will also enjoy the "tax hoilday"...

THE LOSERS IN THE ALLIANCE OF FRAUDS AND CROOKS(AFC) AND THE PNC WOULD HAVE DONE THE SAME AS JAGS WERE THEY IN POWER---ALL POLITICIANS ARE WH%&ES.

When the PNC stole--they bankrupted Guyana---at least Guyana is experiencing economic growth under the PPP.

REV AL

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I see the last refuge of a dirty, rotten scoundrel. 

Supprise!! Supprise!! The cyber bramin cannot see any wrong with one estalishment[Princess Hotel]paying zero taxes the old Pegasus is contirbuting over 400 million...maybe he choke on poke cutters cause no voice about the shady deal around the new Marriot which will also enjoy the "tax hoilday"...

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Sachin de man is not like Pavi...he said he don't eat poke cuttahs.

How about the fact that Badal is putting his name publicly? We don't need Guyana Times. Guyana Times is owned by Bobby who is jagdeo's best friend. 

Originally Posted by yuji22:

Originally Posted by Tar_K:

 

 

Pegasus owner says…Jagdeo’s policy of frustration, discrimination and abuse continues

JUNE 7, 2012 | BY KNEWS | FILED UNDER NEWS 

 

The Pegasus owner, Robert Badal, wants President Donald Ramotar to sanction Minister Irfaan Ali and remove him from the Tourism Ministry.

Robert Badal

The businessman claims that he is being sidelined from tourism-related activities by Ali, who is the acting Minister of Tourism.
According to Badal, this sort of practice started under former President Bharrat Jagdeo. He is demanding that taxpayers’ money be used in a fair way.
“I was hopeful that following the 2011 election, the new Donald Ramotar administration would ensure a better investment climate for the hospitality industry, removal of discrimination, and a level playing field for all.
“So far it would seem that Jagdeo’s policy of business frustration, discrimination and abuse of office and taxpayers resources is going to continue,” Badal said in a statement to the media.
Badal said that the Pegasus Hotel was excluded from a delegation to this week’s Caribbean Tourism Organization (CTO) Caribbean Week event in New York. He added that the hotel was not invited to the Sustainable Development Conference held at the Princess Hotel from April 15 to April 18, 2012.
The businessman said that despite the fact that Pegasus is the local market leader in the hotel industry, the hotel has received no communication from Minister Ali since his appointment to the Tourism Ministry.
According to Badal, the Minister must be reminded that he is paid from, and is spending taxpayers’ resources, not his own, and therefore has a duty to all players in the local industry to represent their interest without any discrimination.
“Any favour to one player, and discrimination against another, is an abuse of his office for which severe sanctions must be imposed,” Badal declared.
He charged that under former President Jagdeo, the government was openly promoting the business of Princess Hotel by directing various Ministries to send their business to that hotel. Badal further charged that the very enactment of Casino Legislation was primarily to sell the Buddy’s Hotel by making it attractive to the purchaser.
“This kind of abuse must be condemned by the Private Sector Commission and all private sector bodies and other stakeholders, as well as, by Parliamentary opposition parties.

Irfaan Ali

“Under no circumstances would I tolerate any form of discrimination against myself in my own country,” Badal stated.
He said that Pegasus Hotel is the largest investor in the local hospitality sector, employing the largest number of people, and pays the most in taxes – in excess of $400M in VAT, Corporate and payroll taxes.
Badal claimed that Princess Hotel pays no Corporate Taxes under a tax holiday arrangement.
“Minister Ali’s action has clearly demonstrated to me that he has failed to bring any kind of leadership to this sector and would therefore inspire no confidence among leading players,” Badal stated.
This would impact adversely on investments and growth in the local hospitality industry and the economy as a whole, he added.
“As the largest investor in this sector I am calling on President Ramotar to remove Mr. Irfaan Ali from the Tourism Ministry.”
The businessman is currently spending US$8 million to upgrade the Pegasus Hotel, which he bought over from Le Meridien three years ago against strong opposition from the Jagdeo administration.
Badal is investing in the Pegasus at a time when he now has to compete with efforts by the government to establish a Marriott-branded hotel right next to his hotel.
“I have to pay taxes, and my staff members have to pay taxes even before they see their salary, and t

Bharrat Jagdeo

hat very tax is being taken to compete with us. It is fundamentally wrong; it doesn’t go well for investments by the private sector.”
He sees the Marriott project as a vindictive “sour grapes” response initiated by the former Jagdeo Government after it failed to secure the property for Jagdeo’s allies.

 

Why was Pegasus left out of the CTO delegation in NY when they contribute $ 400M in taxes ?

 

The minister should stop playing politics and include the Pegasus in important delegations involving tourism.

 

We must also be fair and allow more hotels to be built in Guyana. A Marriot branded hotel is a welcome project for Guyana. The Pegasus is very old and must learn to compete in an ever changing economy.

 

The new Marriot will also pay their share of taxes like the old Pegasus.

 

The Pegasus cannot hold the rest of the tourism industry hostage by objecting to modern hotels are being built in Guyana. We cannot cut our nose to spoil our face.

 

Let us call a spade a spade.

Supprise!! Supprise!! The cyber bramin cannot see any wrong with one estalishment[Princess Hotel]paying zero taxes the old Pegasus is contirbuting over 400 million...maybe he choke on poke cutters cause no voice about the shady deal around the new Marriot which will also enjoy the "tax hoilday"...

Sachin,

Your response is deceitful and shameful. I called out the minister for not including the Pegasus in the delegation. I also made it clear that I support modern hotels being built in Guyana.

As for the Princess Hotel not paying taxes, provide the evidence and let us bring it to a debate. I was never aware of this and it was dragged into this debate under the assumption that I somehow support tax evaders.

Let me make it clear, any head of  a corporation in Guyana that evades taxes must go to jail.

Is this the way a civilised person engage in a debate ? TK, I would have expected a better response from you regarding Sachin's post.

Mr Badal has ulterior motives to ensure that the Mariott is never built. It would severly hamper his business so we have to take whatever he says with a grain of salt. However he should not be excluded by the administration from expos and other such conferences since the Pegasus is still relevant, it is not exactly Garmont, at least not yet.

Rev,please post the stats of the PNC thieves I guess that they have all left Guyana since you are so informative do you know where Oscar Clarke and Hoyte lived were these mansions? Pl post a positive and correct answer as you seem to know everything.The dismal thought is the PPP has been in office since 1992, Rev, that is  2 decades ans I guess as a PPPites you are so  blinded with your support that you see no wrong frankly the majority of you folks are happy and will support the wrong doing.Bai one day when the people have had enough it is those like you who weep when the feces hit the fan

Now that is exactly what I am saying. Notice how Sachin and TK chose to attack my position.

Mr. Badal, needs to understand that they most compete or build new hotels to compete. They cannot hold the tourism industry hostage.

Originally Posted by sachin_05:

Originally Posted by yuji22:

Originally Posted by Tar_K:

 

 

Pegasus owner says…Jagdeo’s policy of frustration, discrimination and abuse continues

JUNE 7, 2012 | BY KNEWS | FILED UNDER NEWS 

 

The Pegasus owner, Robert Badal, wants President Donald Ramotar to sanction Minister Irfaan Ali and remove him from the Tourism Ministry.

Robert Badal

The businessman claims that he is being sidelined from tourism-related activities by Ali, who is the acting Minister of Tourism.
According to Badal, this sort of practice started under former President Bharrat Jagdeo. He is demanding that taxpayers’ money be used in a fair way.
“I was hopeful that following the 2011 election, the new Donald Ramotar administration would ensure a better investment climate for the hospitality industry, removal of discrimination, and a level playing field for all.
“So far it would seem that Jagdeo’s policy of business frustration, discrimination and abuse of office and taxpayers resources is going to continue,” Badal said in a statement to the media.
Badal said that the Pegasus Hotel was excluded from a delegation to this week’s Caribbean Tourism Organization (CTO) Caribbean Week event in New York. He added that the hotel was not invited to the Sustainable Development Conference held at the Princess Hotel from April 15 to April 18, 2012.
The businessman said that despite the fact that Pegasus is the local market leader in the hotel industry, the hotel has received no communication from Minister Ali since his appointment to the Tourism Ministry.
According to Badal, the Minister must be reminded that he is paid from, and is spending taxpayers’ resources, not his own, and therefore has a duty to all players in the local industry to represent their interest without any discrimination.
“Any favour to one player, and discrimination against another, is an abuse of his office for which severe sanctions must be imposed,” Badal declared.
He charged that under former President Jagdeo, the government was openly promoting the business of Princess Hotel by directing various Ministries to send their business to that hotel. Badal further charged that the very enactment of Casino Legislation was primarily to sell the Buddy’s Hotel by making it attractive to the purchaser.
“This kind of abuse must be condemned by the Private Sector Commission and all private sector bodies and other stakeholders, as well as, by Parliamentary opposition parties.

Irfaan Ali

“Under no circumstances would I tolerate any form of discrimination against myself in my own country,” Badal stated.
He said that Pegasus Hotel is the largest investor in the local hospitality sector, employing the largest number of people, and pays the most in taxes – in excess of $400M in VAT, Corporate and payroll taxes.
Badal claimed that Princess Hotel pays no Corporate Taxes under a tax holiday arrangement.
“Minister Ali’s action has clearly demonstrated to me that he has failed to bring any kind of leadership to this sector and would therefore inspire no confidence among leading players,” Badal stated.
This would impact adversely on investments and growth in the local hospitality industry and the economy as a whole, he added.
“As the largest investor in this sector I am calling on President Ramotar to remove Mr. Irfaan Ali from the Tourism Ministry.”
The businessman is currently spending US$8 million to upgrade the Pegasus Hotel, which he bought over from Le Meridien three years ago against strong opposition from the Jagdeo administration.
Badal is investing in the Pegasus at a time when he now has to compete with efforts by the government to establish a Marriott-branded hotel right next to his hotel.
“I have to pay taxes, and my staff members have to pay taxes even before they see their salary, and t

Bharrat Jagdeo

hat very tax is being taken to compete with us. It is fundamentally wrong; it doesn’t go well for investments by the private sector.”
He sees the Marriott project as a vindictive “sour grapes” response initiated by the former Jagdeo Government after it failed to secure the property for Jagdeo’s allies.

 

Why was Pegasus left out of the CTO delegation in NY when they contribute $ 400M in taxes ?

 

The minister should stop playing politics and include the Pegasus in important delegations involving tourism.

 

We must also be fair and allow more hotels to be built in Guyana. A Marriot branded hotel is a welcome project for Guyana. The Pegasus is very old and must learn to compete in an ever changing economy.

 

The new Marriot will also pay their share of taxes like the old Pegasus.

 

The Pegasus cannot hold the rest of the tourism industry hostage by objecting to modern hotels are being built in Guyana. We cannot cut our nose to spoil our face.

 

Let us call a spade a spade.

Supprise!! Supprise!! The cyber bramin cannot see any wrong with one estalishment[Princess Hotel]paying zero taxes the old Pegasus is contirbuting over 400 million...maybe he choke on poke cutters cause no voice about the shady deal around the new Marriot which will also enjoy the "tax hoilday"...

Sachin,

 

Your response is deceitful and shameful. I called out the minister for not including the Pegasus in the delegation. I also made it clear that I support modern hotels being built in Guyana.

 

As for the Princess Hotel not paying taxes, provide the evidence and let us bring it to a debate. I was never aware of this and it was dragged into this debate under the assumption that I somehow support tax evaders.

Let me make it clear, any head of  a corporation in Guyana that evades taxes must go to jail.

 

Is this the way civilised person engage in a debate ? TK, I would have expected a better response from you regadring Sachin's post.

Princess was given a tax holiday going back to the Buddy's period. That was an incentive the government used encourage Buddy Shivraj to build the hotel for CWC. The crucial issue here is not tax tax evasion as no one under discussion is doing that. What is being discussed is dicrimination of investors not seen as friendly to the government. There is a deeper point relating to the potential negative effect the Marriott can have on the other investors, including Pegasus, who invested for CWC. Why should our government partake in that discrimuination and subsidy? It makes no economic sense for the government to invest US$19 mill into the Marriott. Jagdeo and his clan have been after Badal for several years now. Of course, Badal has his motives - but I challenge anyone of you here to invest billions of G$ in Guyana and publicly speak out against the PPP oligarchy. Badal is one brave dude.

The CWC was over a long time ago.

The Marriot is to foster more ecomonic growth and add modern hotels to Guyana's landscape and support tourism. Who needs to stay in a old hotel like the Pegasus ? It is OK for those who wish to do so. Let the tourists decide where they want to stay. Get my point ?

BTW, do not defend sachin, he stated that the Princess Hotel pays no taxes. He should not attack anyone if he cannot get his facts straight and no one should defend a deceitful and shameful person.

I openly called out the minister for not including the Pegasus in the delegation.

Mr. Badal and his group must not be allowed to hold the tourism industry hostage under the pretext that it is unfair competition. In capitalism, compete or your business will die.

Tax concessions are used worldwide to foster continued economic growth. Obama gave out Billions in the USA. Double standards anyone ?

YUJI: "

The Marriot is to foster more ecomonic growth and add modern hotels to Guyana's landscape and support tourism. Who needs to stay in a old hotel like the Pegasus ? It is OK for some wish to do so. Let the tourists decide where they want to stay. Get my point ?"

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THE MARRIOT WILL NOT GENERATE ECONOMIC GROWTH...RATHER IT WILL CROWD OUT THE LOCAL HOTEL INVESTORS AND CAUSE NEUTRAL OR NEGATIVE GROWTH. THAT IS WHY THE GOV'T HAS TO BE CAREFUL HOW IT USES SUBSIDIES. BUILD AN ECO-TOURISM INFRASTRUCTURE AND YOU WILL GET GROWTH. BUILD THE MARRIOTT AND GET READY FOR MORE STAGNATION.

Yuji: "Mr. Badal and his group must not be allowed to hold the tourism industry hostage under the pretext that it is unfair competition. In capitalism, compete or your business will die."

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BADAL AND HIS SUPPORTERS CANNOT  hold BACK TOURISM. IT IS THE GOVERNMENT'S BAD POLICIES WHICH DO THAT. THINK FOR A SECOND...IT MIGHT BE HARD FOR YOU...BUT IF BADAL HOLDS BACK TOURISM HE IS BANKRUPT.

This reminds me of Donald Trump's attempt to stop the American Indians from building casinos in Connecticut. He made all sorts of dire predictions and none happened. There is a corrupted business clique in Guyana who believes power should be taken away from the people and placed in the hands of a self serving elite. Badal, a former contraband dealer, who made a fortune from blackmarketing to Indo-Guyanese is showing off himself as some public advocate for ethics and good governance. Aah!  Keep is BS for gullibles like Mythway and Warrau Cat.

Badal is MAD. Why he has to be included?? Who the hell he thinks he is. Why dont he give Tanuja Ragoo or Wendy Khan a contract to promote Pegasus in NY. Bloody leaches!!!!

It will create more jobs. We cannot make wild assumptions like yours. As Guyana's tourism industry grows so will it's hotel industry. Let us build the modern hotels to attract more tourists.

More tourists mean more growth for Guyana.

We cannot fill the landscape with old and outdated hotels, let us move Guyana into the future with modern hotels. This is capitalism, compete or die. We cannot or must not defend those who own old and outdated hotels to strangle competition or economic growth.

For the first time in Guyana's history, we are seeing a recognised brand hotel in the landscape. Compete or Die.

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You have not addressed the issue of discrimination?

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I know it is hard for you to comprehend...but negative and positive must cancel out.

TK is supporting a chain of outdated and old hotels. They are like the titanic, they will sink. Let the new and modern hotels RISE.

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At least he did not peddle cocaine like your friends in government. 

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I say let the foreign Marriott come...but the government must not invest US$19 mill. The Marriott don't want to put its money where its mough is.

You just cannot debate. You are just showing your weakness again. You are supporting the sinking titanic group of old and outdated hotels in Guyana. Let Guyana and it's modern hotels RISE.

Those who cannot compete in a new economy must build new hotels or sink. Welcome to capitalism.

Your only defense is personal attacks.

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What makes you feel I am debating? We are putting out information for the public to see. Progress is being made...look how GNI has changed. If you want to debate me...pick a topic and we can write letters in KN and Stabroek. Moreover, I don't need to debate you for validation...I have already been validated...

Healthy competition is always good, and if the Marriot provides a better product and better service than the local competition then they will profit and prosper. If they dont they will fail.

IT LOOKS LIKE BADAL AND THE PEGASUS ARE AFRAID OF COMPETITION!

I was reading recently about 8 tech brands that are currently losing money---check them out:

* Nintendo

* Research in motion---blackberry

* Sony

* Nokia

* Sharp

* Electronic arts

* Barnes & Noble---nook e book reader

* Acer

THE PROBLEM WITH THOSE COMPANIES ?

They rose to become industry leaders---and then they were eventually outshone by the COMPETITION.

RE: HOTELING IN GUYANA

If the new competitors like the Marriot are better--then the oldies will perish.

THAT HOW THINGS WORK IN THE REAL WORLD!

Rev

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I SAY LET THE MARRIOTT COME AND SPEND ITS OWN MONEY IF IT REALLY WANTS COMPETITION.

Badal, like any other citizen of Guyana, has the right to speak out freely against anything the gov't proposes. However, gov't does not necessarily have to agree with him on his analysis of the Marriot issue. Construction of a major hotel will not bring stagnation to the economy.  This is ludicrous to anyone with an iota of commonsense. Guyana is in dire need of good name hotel. Badal is acting in his own self interest as a businessman. The Pegasus Hotel, which is owned by Badal will face stiff competition. Competition weeds out the inefficient and reward the very efficient. This is peril and beauty of Lassiez faire economics. Badal will have to sit down with his team of business executives and think of ways of improving the services and standards that the Pegasus offer to its guests. A Marriot means more spending and harder sacrifice for Badal if he wants to stay in the league of great Guyanese hotels.

TK, here you go again stroking your personal ego. I do not wish to remind you again of your status at lecturing at a second grade college. So we must agree to disagree and move on. No personal attacks will help this ongoing debate.

BTW there are many who consider and use the KN as toilet paper.

History will judge those who support economic growth and modern hotels in Guyana. We stand on different sides of the political spectrum and will not agree.

BILLY: "This is peril and beauty of Lassiez faire economics. Badal will have to sit down with his team of business executives and think of ways of improving the services and standards that the Pegasus offer to its guests. A Marriot means more spending and harder sacrifice for Badal if he wants to stay in the league of great Guyanese hotels."

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LASSIEZ FAIRE? Hmmm...I see a government subsidy of US$19 mill for Marriott and Badal borrows at 14% to finance his operation. Hmmm...some people only see lassiz faire for the oligarchs.

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I don't have to stroke my ego...my profession validates me. Thank God I teach at one of America's best colleges and it pays my bill. You can't say the same, can you?

Keep em honest Rev Bhai. TK and others are playing politics to defend the old and outdated hotels in Guyana.

I have a Master's degree. But I have a spiritual calling. I speak out on political matters that I see fit.

In the spiritual world, persons like yourself have your egos to stroke because of of your entanglement in the material world. But we are warned in all scriptures that our egos will eventually bring our downfall.

Just wait and see. Nothing is permanent.