Comments on: Customs workers facing forensic audit as bribery probe widens

By: yarrow

yarrow — Wed, 14 Jan 2009 21:19:44 +0000

No you are wrong! Let the flim star, Acting Auditor General Deodat Sharma start with Roger Khan’s holdings in Guyana (Note,he can’t touch that, period. Then the law enforcement establishment, and later some ministers of the Government). Note, Homeland Security must protect the US home land and will capture the money and drugs activies in the USA that corrupt Guyanese Government Operaters have choosen to hide here in this country in the name of Real Estate. We will soon get all of them one by one. Just time! none of them wants to live in Guyana. Juat teck the money and run. We will soon get them right here hold strain….The dragnet is up..

By: Ankoko

Ankoko — Wed, 14 Jan 2009 03:46:12 +0000

To all who believe that this audit will cause any serious changes I say ‘Don’t hold your breath’. After the audit there will be a few low level ’sacrifices’ then – back to business as usual!!!

By: star

star — Wed, 14 Jan 2009 02:56:56 +0000

everywhere is the same thing. the big man and the visitors pass custom without much one and one; but say you local come with more then five bottle of lotions, the officers make you put down everything. Did you hear the story of the resident coming home for christmas vacation, bringing a fully-cook ham, so her family can enjoy it for christmas. A custom officer told her that she couldn’t take the ham(even if it was a fully-cook ham). She was so upset and sure that the ham would not be thrown away, that she took the officer name and find out where he lived. The very next day after the officer had leave his house for work, she knock on his door and told the maid that office said to look in the freezer she’ll see a ham give it to her; the maid did just that. Christmas eve, the office told the maid to put the ham out before she leave, so they can have it for Christmas dinner; the maid told him the owener of the ham had come for it.

By: Sean

Sean — Wed, 14 Jan 2009 01:45:05 +0000

yes,yes de lotto funds…first audit….

By: PILOT 230

PILOT 230 — Wed, 14 Jan 2009 00:21:31 +0000

Don’t lets talk about Birth Records,i can write a book on that one, the office did not have any applications but I was directed to someone on the street who had about 200 I paid my $20 and got my application. What a Country.

By: skinteeth

skinteeth — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 23:45:49 +0000

Somebody help me here. Has anyone been arrested in this case?

By: freespeech

freespeech — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 23:29:43 +0000

these people are servants to the people yet they have to beg and pay a bribe before services are rendered.

ALL THE GOVT. SERVICES DEPT>

By: freespeech

freespeech — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 23:27:27 +0000

THE NIS, GEC, TAX DEPT, POLICE CLEARANCE DEPT> BIRTH RECORDS DEPT, DRIVER LICENSING DEPT all these dept. need to clean up.

corruption, corruption and more corruption in these dept. way back from the 70’s to present day.

By: PILOT 230

PILOT 230 — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 22:02:33 +0000

The audit should start at the Office of the President, then move on to all Gov Dept’s.Fair and balance .Since they are doing auditing let’s audit the Lottery funs.

By: mojoyyz

mojoyyz — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 22:02:27 +0000

how about canu

By: jones

jones — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 21:20:50 +0000

customs need clean up long time ago, since burnham days,

By: gtalltheway

gtalltheway — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 21:12:34 +0000

This is a joke story. it would’nt get anywhere, just a little wet beak so to speak.

By: Fulano de Tal

Fulano de Tal — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 20:40:13 +0000

I absolutely support this motion john brown & second it wholeheartedly. AUDIT THEM ALL, CUSTOMS & GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS. I bet there’ll be QUITE A FEW VACANCIES when the amount of corruption is unveiled. But this is nothing but wishful thinking, nothing will come of it & only a certain few will be audited. It’s amazing how there are nets which let the big fixh pass but hold on to the small ones. I thought that based on logic it would be the other way around.

By: Swagger

Swagger — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 19:59:34 +0000

Whatever man, this is all smoke and mirrors, and in the end the big fishes will not even be touched.

By: SAVAGE

SAVAGE — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 18:19:00 +0000

We also need a probe of the assets of the traffic police!

By: Gettho Youth / here comes the rain again

Gettho Youth / here comes the rain again — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 18:10:13 +0000

The firm Fidelity Investment had several directors who were former ministers of the present government.
Who will investigate them?
Guyana has an integrity commission where all politicians are required to declare all their assets before entering politics and those that were aquired during their years as active members of parliment and ploiticians.
Does the integrity commission function?
If so where is the location and who is the head of this entity?

By: michael tannassee

michael tannassee — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 17:54:33 +0000

… ALL ! those living abroad ,, and their beneficiaries ! the same way the USA can extradite foh drugs,,, we MUST have laws to do the same from wherever they r ,, if the have any thing of worth in GY it MUST be confiscated in the name of the GUYANESE PEOPLE ! end of discussion !……….

anything else is a slap on the hands ,, a hand that should be made short for taking the “BRIBE” !……

By: john brown

john brown — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 16:33:13 +0000

Dont only audit the custom officers who made their money by whatever means, but you also need to audit the government ministers.

By: evileyes

evileyes — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 15:05:28 +0000

Long overdue and if and when found guilty…must be jailed and all assets seized by law…let them continue to cry about low wages make them thief.i often said if you know what your wages are in advance and if you dont like it then seek higher wages elsewhere.but most of them take the job knowing the mighty perks behind it..

By: ALL_GT

ALL_GT — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 14:31:00 +0000

Mr. President do not forget to audit policemen, your ministers and the drug dealers too. You could recover billions in unpaid taxes from the unreported income of these individuals..

By: amen-ra

amen-ra — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 13:35:28 +0000

This is refreshing news to read, but i would like to know if the administration is really serious about ridding guyana of corruption, or this is just a charade, because if this is true they really have to start from the top and come down to the bottom and do they have the guts to carry out these investigation without showing partiality or favor to anyone.

By: gtman0077

gtman0077 — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 13:02:04 +0000

Well ,well , let us see how far thIS so call probe will go.We all know these customs officers barely make enough money to own these fancy cars and houses etc .GOOD LUCK TO THE AUDITOR GENERAL WITH THIS PROBE.