Comments on: Customs bribery probe President still studying report

By: Fan

Fan — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 04:29:19 +0000

This is the kind of thing that makes it so hard to do business in guyana.. the minute you have to do any transactions with the Govt someone has got there hands out..
To apply for a phone, you have to fork,out 10 grand before anyone will even talk to you.. Customs is just as bad. to get a barrel cleared is 3 to 5 grand….and hope you need to clear a car or some type of Machinery you pay out the A**… This kind of thing needs to stop. The
growth of the country is dependant on it…..
This is a first step… make an example of them and make it Public
I applaud this Report and i hope that something is done about it

By: LINDENBANNA

LINDENBANNA — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 03:35:15 +0000

Moderator,,,,,you remind me of a teacher of mine in Public school in Guyana, always correcting and redlining every written word. I went to visit him in prison in New York a few years back, he went to jail for check fraud….lol.

By: Singhman

Singhman — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 03:23:28 +0000

Jagdeo needs to sanitize the report and then take forver to release it. Why are you so surprised at his in-actions!!! LOL

By: LINDENBANNA

LINDENBANNA — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 00:39:28 +0000

I suspect the reason why Jagdeo wants to review every investigation before it is released to the public is simply to “SANITIZE”

By: LINDENBANNA

LINDENBANNA — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 00:28:31 +0000

john brown, you are 100% correct, it makes no difference WHO ordered the investigation, it STILL has to go “THROUGH CHANNELS” as you pointed out, and the president should NOT be involved unless asked by the reviewing officer. When Jagdeo does what he is doing, he is UNDERMINING THE AREA OF RESPONSIBILITY AND CONTROL OF THE HOME AFFAIRS MINISTER, THE POLICE COMMISSIONER AND THE CHIEF LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICER WHO IS THE ATTORNEY GENERAL. This is NOT micromanagement, this is DICTATORSHIP.

By: caesar agustus

caesar agustus — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 23:36:32 +0000

Excellent. Unscrupulous individuals will no doubt be caught and punished.A small step to clean up corruption in Guyana.

By: john brown

john brown — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 21:03:17 +0000

Soldier when an investigation is conducted into wrong doing that could potentially lead to charges, the report should go to the justice department (the ministry of home affairs) then to the commish of police, who investigates and then ask the attorney general for advice. that is why things are so corrupt in Guyana. the president deciding who should be charged or not.

By: Soldier

Soldier — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 18:02:19 +0000

Does the GRA comes under the police???If so why weren’t these men investigated by the police all the while with all the corrupt allegations???For your information it is the President that ordered this investigation into this massive fraud so obvoiusly he will have to look at the report to see who were the officers involved and the recommendations made,,,afterall the President is the Commander of the Armed Forces.

By: Amarie

Amarie — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 17:46:45 +0000

Jagdeo is a micro-manager of all things Guyana. Let him be for now. Let’s see how long he takes and what he refutes in the report before we start making a noise.

By: LINDENBANNA

LINDENBANNA — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 15:15:15 +0000

We’re living in another CUBA. one man rule…

By: amen-ra

amen-ra — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 14:48:37 +0000

Isn’t this report supposed to be checked by the Attorney-General or the home affair minister why is the predident into these petty affairs, don’t he have more important things at hand to concern with.

By: john brown

john brown — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 14:35:42 +0000

The president is the commish of police, at least he behaves like that. this man makes pronouncements and the commish acts on it…..what a joke.

By: badlall

badlall — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 11:05:24 +0000

Jagdeo studying report …why does he have to do that …the new commish is on holiday ..that is the work of law enforcement.