Comments on: Immigration officer took money to change entry stamps

By: apretoute

apretoute — Fri, 29 Aug 2008 02:24:10 +0000

When will the investigations begin within the government? If this day ever arrives, then there will be no one to govern nor run government agencies. She was wrong and should pay the price for her folly, but, SHE IS ONLY SMALL FRY! Look within!

By: bgsbny

bgsbny — Tue, 26 Aug 2008 16:34:31 +0000

….. internal affairs ,, is just another bird of the same colour ! the malcontents ford-clark and,, anderson ,, is indicative of the contempt they had for the job from which they made a living and the people who paid them to do the job ! i have said it b4 ,, many,, who after their concerted abuse of the system ,, have now found themselves in various societies ,, where it’s not surprising to find that they r living the same shameful life ,, habits die hard !

By: Debbie

Debbie — Tue, 26 Aug 2008 02:19:36 +0000

mackydog, so you’re saying that the persons with same names would then whipp out their passports and say………….”see, this is my numba, not that one in SN, is de wrang man yall gat!”

I say it was wrong for SN to publish the passports numbers. Security risks are right up front on the list of many reasons, especially with so many other back trackers using Guyana as their point of exit to NA.

I’m happy to see corruption in the Guyana Government being addressed, My Mom was harassed by an Immigration Officer when she refused to give him her pen.

By: GT787

GT787 — Mon, 25 Aug 2008 22:21:28 +0000

Late last year to obtain a marriage license l had to produce my Deed Poll, both of the copies l had were submitted to the embassy and the Registrar’s office refused to accept a valid passport – (can’t vex with them).

Luckily a few days before l came across my sister’s and both were done at the same time, armed with that l went to the Deeds’ Registry in New Amsterdam and explained to the clerk that mine would either be immediately before or after.

She opened the ledger and immediately found my sister’s, flipped a couple of pages and then turned to to say that mine could be found; l then suggested that l be allowed to search and attempted to reach for the ledger, at that point she snatched it up a held to her bosom and said that that was not allowed.

l asked to speak to a supervisor who then explained that she was short of staff the person to do those searches was not around, l got another young lady who was earlier engaged in exchanging pleasantries with a relative of mine to assist.

As night would follow day she found mine immediately before my sister’s, but l had to provide transportation to have it photocopied which l gladly obliged and left her a well deserved gratuity.

By: GT787

GT787 — Mon, 25 Aug 2008 21:57:27 +0000

In matters of this nature and for the paltry sum of money, it would have been a “lone-ranger” operation or through an intermediary. US 50 between more than one officer just isn’t worth it

By: Omkar

Omkar — Mon, 25 Aug 2008 14:41:15 +0000

Many drive beyond and far beyond the prescribed speed limit and/or do not wear seat belts.

Only those who are nabbed are cited for the infraction. Those ‘ticketed’ may choose to pay the fine or dispute the ‘ticket’ and appear before the courts.

By: El diablo

El diablo — Mon, 25 Aug 2008 02:36:17 +0000

It happens everyday. We needed some documents approved right away at eve leary just over a year ago in Guyana and an officer ask us for some lunch money which we gladly gave. We were given approval in minutes. Its very unfortunate this woman got caught because everybody knows “things hard in Guyana.”

By: J.ANDERSON

J.ANDERSON — Mon, 25 Aug 2008 01:26:00 +0000

HEY FORDE [SQUADE] I SUPPORT SOME OF WHAT YOU SAID, BUT YOU AND I KNOW MANY THINGS GET SWEPT UNDER THE RUG IN THAT DEPARTMENT.

By: bishnu R

bishnu R — Sat, 23 Aug 2008 21:08:24 +0000

police find arms in buxton where? where? we want to know.
to charge the only bribe taking officer the passport with the dates in them is the evidence and the passport is the property of the GUYANA GOV.

By: decanadianCarlVeecock

decanadianCarlVeecock — Sat, 23 Aug 2008 18:30:14 +0000

Ok allison and coolieman, seems that I got on your nerves.

So on review, did I make any good comments?
You are both peeved at my responses to various posts,
but why did you not make posts at those times?

You two got me confused, but like old school days, it is the
brightest whose hands are always up to answer!

Did I say tek dat?

Not yet !…..hehehehe

By: Mr Anaconda

Mr Anaconda — Sat, 23 Aug 2008 07:35:15 +0000

I agree with true guyanese. You are very right in what you say, you agree to the salary , so its your damn decision so live with the consequences. Thats lot of money them people offer you for bribe, they are the very desperate ones. I know some people you go to Guyana and so that all the time. I keep telling them that one day they will be caught and their backside should go to jail. My dad was a teacher for 30 years and the salary wasnt great, but hey he loved doing that. On the other hand these people have a family to take care of they should be thinking on a different page. Get another job!!! (The old saying)–Some people think money fall from the trees in the United States, but here is where you work 3 jobs just to make ends meet sometimes. That officer was looking for an easy way out and should be punished, the bribers should get 3 times the punishment that she gets, i think lock them ass up for a while and they will get it straight next time.

By: malaika06

malaika06 — Sat, 23 Aug 2008 03:18:35 +0000

Ha! so you done with cussin SN for it’s unprofessionalism and lazy reporters?

Bravo!!

By: Ulric

Ulric — Sat, 23 Aug 2008 03:13:26 +0000

Good work guy. This is the info I needed, when I querried the impact of changing dates re the immigrant. Thanks

By: coolieman

coolieman — Sat, 23 Aug 2008 03:01:33 +0000

I agree with allison Carl should take a break now

By: faye

faye — Sat, 23 Aug 2008 02:24:36 +0000

ha, ha, ha, laugh like brer rabbit. This is how we do it.

By: mackydog

mackydog — Sat, 23 Aug 2008 01:25:46 +0000

I see lots of y’all don’t understand reporting especially when it comes to this sort of crime…the basic reason why SN has to mention the passport numbers is because LOTS OF PEOPLE IN GT HAS THE SAME NAMES. What if one was Ramesh Persaud (being fictitious), or Fazal Mohamed (being fictitious), or Orin Williams (being fictitious), how many people would be wrongfully blamed for the crime because of the similarity in names?
People remember… a name is just a name, NOT a person, but a number IS a person, much more effective in identification of a person. Y’all get it now?
Give SN a break, they did the right thing.

By: mackydog

mackydog — Sat, 23 Aug 2008 01:12:53 +0000

no, it is Stabroek News who is always blamed for carrying false reports, not the media…

By: bess

bess — Sat, 23 Aug 2008 00:12:00 +0000

ULRIC MAKE A VALID POINT, THE NEWS WAS NOT PROPERLY REPORTED. WHAT HAPPEN AFTER THE DATES CHANGE?????????????/ TELL ME I NEED TO KNOW ALL. THIS IS NOT A SHORT SHORY TO BE LEFT IN SUSPENCE. WE ALL AT SOME TIME HAD TO PAY BRIBE TO FOR FAVOR, PEOPLE MAY NEED TO LEAVE, THUS THE USES OF THE IMMIGARTION. BRIBERY GOES ON EVERY WAY IN GUYANA. GUYANA HAS BECOME A VERY HARD PLACE TO SURVIVE, TO GET FAVORS GRANTED. EVERY ONE LOOKING FOR SOMETHING, WE NEVER KNOW WHAT WE WILL DO UNTIL WE ARE FACED WITH A SITUATION, THIS TOPIC WILL HAVE A LOT OF COMMENTS, CUS IT IS A MATTER OF GRAVE CONCERT, AFTER ALL IS GUYANA AND GUYANESE, WE ALL KNOW ABOUT IT……………THANKYOU, PEACE FELLLOW GUYANA

By: Pinnacle

Pinnacle — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 23:51:42 +0000

She was not working alone, there are more officers in this …….. i hear about this about 2 -3 times a month.

By: bluegrass

bluegrass — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 23:30:37 +0000

15 yrs for corruption.

By: malaika06

malaika06 — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 21:59:15 +0000

Sad, why you say sad that we still have to live like this? Where have you been these past few years, on Mars?

By: bbuckman

bbuckman — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 21:33:19 +0000

good for internal affairs

By: decanadianCarlVeecock

decanadianCarlVeecock — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 20:13:37 +0000

In my day, as a public servant, we did set up “stings” when people came to
offer us bribes.

The one I remember well was that of a well known lawyer.

We had the police waiting to arrest the guy at the moment he would pass the
envelope to the public servant, but the guy, out of the corner of his eye, spotted
the police and beat a hasty retreat with envelope still in hand.

We vex;…vex… vex… that we did not catch him.

Now unless there was a law repeal, I can assure you that it was a criminal offence to offer a bribe to a public servant….IN MY DAYS

By: K.L.Forde-Clarke

K.L.Forde-Clarke — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 20:12:16 +0000

Good luck to the others that left there I was there and did my thing as well but, there comes a time when u show move on and Ms Lovell think different