Special Thanks to the British: Donation of 50 Radars
April 9, 2008
I have been closely following the recent events in Guyana where 50 radar guns were donated to the Guyana Police Force (GPF) by the Deputy British High Commissioner, Mr. Malcolm Kirk. The 50 radar were proudly accepted by Guyana’s very own Mr. Neil Semple, current Police Traffic Chief. I would like to thank the British government for this most generous donation to Guyana. The radar equipment that was in badly needed to improve and uphold the road safety laws.
How does a radar work – according to www.radargun.com A Radar Gun is used to send out radio waves of specific frequencies in a chosen direction. The traveling waves then bounce off objects, including vehicles, and return to the radar gun’s receiving station. When the waves reflect off a moving vehicle, a measurable frequency shift, called Doppler Shift, occurs. The radar gun computer then uses the frequency shift to calculate the speed of the moving vehicle.
Mr. Neil Semple strongly believes this will be a key additional resource to the disposal of his team and he proudly boast on the reduction of road fatalities from 48 (YTD March 2007) to 21 (YTD March 2008). Despite the strong boost from the local media on road safety Mr Semple as quoted by the Guyana Chronicle as saying “We have a shortage of ranks in the Traffic Department, but we have seen an improvement on the road and we are making use of the limited resources we have”. Surely Mr. Semple does not expect 50% of the current 800K people that reside in Guyana to join the Traffic Police.
Having a lower road fatality rate is really good and Mr Semple should be congratulated but at the same time that is 21 families who have lost someone close to them. That is some family’s father, mother, brother or sister whose life was tragically taken. That was some family main bread winner that was taken away.
A zero tolerance on road fatalities needs to be adapted by the GPF and the judicial system in punishing perpetrators.
Mr. Shiva B.
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That’s great news for the traffic department; however, how effective will the use of these radar guns be in upholding road safety laws? Guyana has a huge problem with its police force accepting bribes. Will they use this new “toy” as a means of getting more bribes or upholding the law?
of course! a Policeman asked me for $2000 not too long ago which i willingly paid. he was rolling undercover with a friend and he said i almost knock him down. well what do you know. i could spend 65 years trying to prove my innocence if i ever get before a judge or i could pay him $2000 and be on and about my merry way. now i got two new friends in the Guyana Police Force.
you can catch them setting up on a regular basis to make a quick cash for 15, 20 minutes then they’re on and about their merry way. i’ll give y’all more details on how the police operate in Guyana later it’s cool down beverage time
p.s. notice we don’t buy nothing in Guyana? i mean NOTHING!! another left over of being over.colonialised and under utilizing out brains. he giveth with one hand and he taketh away with the other. some of our mis.leaders haven’t learned that yet with all their worldly wisdom teeth. y’all know who ‘he’ is
It seems like everyone should aspire to become a police officer in Guyana. It’s a sure way to make fast money in addition to receiving a regular salary.
There has been so much talk about bribery with the police force; articles & blogs have been written about it. Is the government simply ignoring this problem? I don’t see how they couldn’t possibly know about it.
Kim, that’s very sad. Surely something can be done, no?
Is the government simply ignoring this problem? lol
comrade! do you know someone or a couple someones working in the Guyana Revenue Authority pocketed $150 million. let me spell that out, an employee of the state who is supposed to be collecting taxes pocketed $150 million. that’s $30 million US
a Police starting pay is about $30,000 ($150US)/month. everyone in Guyana. EVERYONE knows that the police are some involved in all sorts of illegal activities for ‘christmas money, birhtday money, shoe money or whatever nonsense they come with ‘leff yuh bai somethin nuh!’ yuh ain gon leff yuh bai nuttin?
but when almost every department of govt is run by shady characters, you think they got time to make changes and make things better for the people? no. they all stuffing their pockets.
occasionally cops get arrested for taking bribes. but first you must report it. then go face the cop at the station run by his friends. go down to court and give evidence in the presence of him and his friends and see how things go. in Guyana someone can pay to have you killed for $20,000 ($100US) and that’s the end of you and your moral crusade.
there’s lots that can and should be done, but if they people on top aint doing nothing, in Guyana you are on your own and it’s not out of the realm of possibilities that same govt official whose money supply you messing with will have someone take care of you
in summary, if you walk off the road and tell the police or some govt official something about some illegal activity. maybe the clown you talkin to is runnin the racket himself so now you’re his enemy and you dont even know it. he will take care of you. or you run to the police and you tell them. well the clown in govt can call someone and have the police taken care of. or the police will call the clown in govt and say hey a banna name annand just come in here talkin schupidness PFF 2347 he living at blah blah blah. ah got all he info hey
that’s Guyana unfortunately. so everybody hold they corner and dream of one day getting a bite of the big cheese
kinda long but this is part of the story from kaieteur…and this is one business and one set of transactions at the GRA
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Initial reports were that those involved collected some $150 million from Fidelity Investments in the wake of the recent seizure of a quantity of Polar Beer. The Guyana Revenue Authority had seized the Polar Beer because it had evidence to support its contention that Fidelity Investments had set out to defraud the government of some $350 million in revenue.
The GRA added that the beer found in three bonds totaled some $900 million …
Commissioner … Khurshid Sattaur had said that Fidelity’s Manager, Joshua Shafeek had paid $75 million to have the beer… released. Manager Mata Persaud had earlier told the press that some of the beer was about to expire and Mr Sattaur said that the GRA did not want to be vindictive hence the accommodation with Fidelity Investments.
Yesterday, Mr Sattaur told Kaieteur News that Fidelity Investments and Kong Investments had actually paid $153 million. Then came the allegation that senior Customs officers were involved in a scam, including the money reportedly taken from Fidelity Investments.
Attorney-at-law Vic Puran told Kaieteur News that a Customs broker has also been fingered by a senior member of Fidelity Investments in that the broker was given $150M to pay the duties for the beer.
http://www.kaieteurnewsgy.com/news.html#3
if you have to clear anything from the wharf [barrel, package, whatever] you can pay certain custom brokers a percentage of what u actually supposed to pay and be on your way. how you know? they will tell you
What cheese? To get a bite of of the cheese, Guyanese must first work together to create it..but thats not happening,…
Everyone thinks that the cheese is going to appear….
Kim, the President, Ministers and even Mr Khurshid Sattaur corrupted- they are all about fast money.If its okay for our president to do it, then why not the nation? Ask about the radar guns few months from now and no one will have an answer? GDF will do and sell anything to make money that is why all the weapons keep on disappearing and no one can give accountability for then.Is the Government and Mr.Semple that dumb?
the kings of Guyana are not dumb, they just know that they can do whatever they want, when they want and how they want to and then laugh in the people face. if you in Guyana anytime when parliament is in session, just walk through the barricade and look at the fine fleet of cars lining the fence and sidewalk…when you done that roll up the east coast and see how the kings are living 500,000$US homes etc…Guyana like most so.called third world countries is not, repeat is not poor. you know what happened to the 800,000$US they gave a certain fella to build a certain hotel for a certain world cup?
by the way Christina there is cheese in Guyana for all to eat, we just have a handful of big rats who’re gorging themselves while everyone else scurry around looking for crumbs
the govt borrowed 2 million from india to put up traffic lights which most have a solar panel. well in tropical abundant sunshine guyana the solar is the back.up to the lights!!
“As the probe into fraudulent activities allegedly carried out by Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) employees with Fidelity Investment deepens, bombshell revelations about a scheme to smuggle polar beer into the country resulted in two custom officials being sent on leave yesterday while another two are being closely monitored.”
“The probe initiated by President Bharrat Jagdeo has reportedly cracked wide open the shady dealings of a few in the hierarchy of customs and has at the same time raised questions about a possible smuggling ring that has operated for sometime. ”
“It is not clear however whether the current probe will go beyond the transactions between Fidelity and the GRA.”
“Sources confirmed yesterday that the two officials were issued letters sending them on leave after more than 24 hours of extensive questioning by members of the multi-sector investigating team set up by the President.
The team comprises a member of the GRA board; another from the Auditor General’s Office; a member of the Task Force on Smuggling and a Guyana Police Force rank.”
Read more on Bribery disclosures rock GRA on Stabroek News, which many have already read.
THE GUYANA GOVT IS A JOKE. THE PEOPLE LIVING THERE ARE A JOKE. WHY DO THEY GO TO SCHOOL IN GUYANA? IS IT TO TELL THERE NEIGHBOR THAT THEY ARE INTELLIGENT AND THE NEIGHBOR IS NOT.
I LEFT GUYANA WHEN I WAS STILL WETTING MY BED. WENT BACK NUMEROUS TIMES. AND EACH TIME IT IS A DIFFERENT VARIETY OF ENTERTAIMENT THEY HAVE TO OFFER. WHILE THE INFRASTRUCTURE IS NOT BEING DEVELOPED. THE ROADS ARE POOR. THE SCHOOLS ARE HORRIBLE. THE TEACHERS ARE THE SAME AGE AS THE KIDS THEY ARE TEACHING. THE BRIBERY REMAINS CONSTANT THROUGHOUT, WITH PRICES ON THE VERGE OF ESCALATING TO UNBELIEVABLE HIGHS.
THAT IS GUYANA.
Some people go to school because they believe that education is a way out of poverty and towards a more secure financial futuure. Others go to school to write better sentences. Does that answer your question?