TPL Timber Sales Agreement suspended for breaching Forestry Act

The Guyana Forestry Commission has suspended the Timber Sales Agreement of Toolsie Persaud Limited (TPL).
Kaieteur News was told that a letter was sent to the company’s managing director, David Persaud, on Tuesday last informing them of the move.
The Forestry Commission and TPL have been at loggerheads since April of this year, after the commission had suspended the company’s State Forest Permit.
This was done after GFC found breaches in the harvesting regulation, for which the company had allegedly accepted liability.
GFC had fined the company $80M, but TPL moved to the court, preventing the commission from collecting the sum.
On June 30 last, Chief Justice Ian Chang ruled that the GFC withdraw its suspension notice directed to TPL.
The Forestry Commission had appealed the case, but subsequently withdrew that appeal last Friday.
A source close to the timber company told Kaieteur News that the letter stated that TPL had breached both the Forest Act and the Timber Sales agreement.
The company was also informed that a report was submitted to President Bharrat Jagdeo for consideration.
In the meantime, the company has to discontinue its forestry activities within the concession area.
Last week, the GFC had lashed out at the Forest Products Association (FPA), accusing it of deliberately attempting to ‘misinform’ the public about the commission’s move to close the harvesting operations of TPL.
This was after the timber company announced that it will be closing its forestry operations at Manaka, and its sawmilling operations on Lombard Street.
The FPA stated that the announcement by Toolsie Persaud of the closure of its forestry operations is as a result of GFC refusing to facilitate the concession operation of the company under its Timber Sales Agreement (TSA).
Responding to the FPA, the Forestry Commission said that the organization is seeking to ‘mislead’ the general public into believing that the GFC is ‘somehow responsible’ for TPL’s closure of its forestry operations, including the sawmilling facilities.
According to the GFC, the breaches which the company was fined for were discovered during a routine post-harvest audit of TPL’s operations in 2007.
Based of the findings in 2007, the GFC said, it has since implemented more intensive monitoring programs, which have already resulted in one large company being found in breach of procedures in February 2008.

How do you know that the President is vindictive? Where in the article did it say that the President has a hand in the decision made by the commission.

Bonus, you are a very disruptive element on this GN&I.

Bhai, He baan Suh. There is NO CURE for IGNORANCE!!!!!

Food will be gold later
PLEASE allow me to respond to Mr. R. Williams’ article in Kaieteur News of July 24. My last name is spelt Skeete, with an “e” being the last letter.


I prefer to use the words “critically analytic” than “condemnatory”, which Mr. Williams prefers. My plea was for the Black Collective, academics included, to focus more attention towards greater dependency on OURSELVES rather than clamoring for fixes supposedly available under shared governance, etc. Mind you, I am not saying that we shouldn’t pursue these ends. But, don’t our intellectuals see that by putting these issues on the front burner, their followers perceive that these issues are on ALL burners to the exclusion of everything else? Can’t we better our lot by doing several things simultaneously?


Let us be honest enough to accept that, unlike the other ethnic collectives, Africans do not generally help each other to be economically strong. That is not a condemnatory statement; it infers the cure to the ailment: let us help each other. Co-op societies were accelerated under the Burnham regime because Burnham saw the need for this type of “collectivism”, particularly in economic ventures. What have the Black intellectuals and pseudo leaders done to perpetuate Burnham’s vision on collectivism? They have kept Africans in darkness and confusion. For instance, we have more African teachers in the education system, but more African dropouts from school. Why?


Through my occasional letters, I have been begging unemployed Africans, and even employed Africans, to plant something. What does Mr. Williams find wrong with that? Does (can) Mr. Williams plant anything? Or does he earn enough to buy what he wants?


The failing of the Black Collective is that we have moved TOO FAR AWAY from our roots and the true basis of self-sufficiency – the Soil. The world is now learning that, but not the likes of Williams.


As regards Nkofi’s booklet, I haven’t read it. But which book did our forefathers read that made them strong and able to buy villages? They must be turning in their graves to know that those who “read” have sold or lost those villages.


Mr. Williams, in very simple terms: my African brothers and sisters, it is up to us to make the bed on which we want to sleep. If we plant, we shall reap, if we reap, we shall eat. Food, my dear people, will be gold in the world sooner rather than later. Let us therefore plant FOOD!


As or Black leaders continue to play politics, we continue to be hungry. Maybe that is what our leaders want. After all, a hungry man is an angry man.
The truth cannot be condemned, Mr. Williams. Rejected, yes; condemned, no.
GODFREY SKEETE
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Up hold the ban on Gordon Mosley
THE Ban on Gordon Mosley must be up-held. No compromise, no mediation, any mediation or compromise would be an insult to the head of state. This Editorial itself began and ended on the wrong note.


"A TIME FOR MEDIATION”
IT MAY now be time for the Guyana Government and the Guyana Press Association (GPA) to consider jointly seeking the involvement of a non-media person, resident in this country and known for independence,


competence and integrity, to mediate a resolution to the impasse that has arisen from the so-called "Gordon Mosley affair".


They should, therefore, use their own influence to promote a resolution to the current impasse by supporting an independent mediation."
DAVID JENKINS
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Age does not prevent them
I noticed in yesterday’s Chronicle that the inmates at the Palms on Brickdam have been caught in the ‘Grow More’ campaign.


This should serve as a lesson to our younger generation that even those people who could hardly help themselves are trying and the message is that age does not prevent anyone from doing something for his or her comfort and existence.


Apart from actually growing their own food (although limited), it goes a long way for whatever they grow are consumed by the inmates themselves.


Also keeping themselves busy by planting and reaping their own produce give them joy and even exercise which is so important for their health.


The square yard boxes which are used for the planting purposes should be copied by other similar entities and religious organizations for their members. Some of these entities could even go large scale in planting of vegetables etc.
This is indeed a great start by the Palms.
JOHN PAYNE
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Good news and bad news
In 1987, a Commission released its unanimous report, Our Common Future, which documented both successes and failure in global development.


The Commission found some good news; human life expectancy is rising, infant mortality is dropping, adult literacy is climbing, scientific and technical innovations are promising, and global food output is growing faster than world population. At the same time, the report confirmed much bad news:topsoil is eroding and deserts are expanding, forests are dying and disappearing, air pollution is warming the earth and depleting its protective ozone shield, development programs are failing to close the gap between rich and poor, and industry and agriculture are putting toxic substances into the food chain and groundwater supplies.


When the century began, neither human numbers nor technology had the power radically to alter planetary systems. As the century closes, not only do vastly increased human numbers and their activities have that power, but major, unintended changes are occurring in the atmosphere, in soils, in waters, among plants and animals, and in the relationships among all of these. The rate of change is outstripping the ability of scientific disciplines and our current capabilities to assess and advise. It is frustrating the attempts of political and economic institutions, which evolved in a different, more fragmented world, to adapt and cope.


The human use of land, water, air, forests, and other natural resources that support life on Earth is causing irreversible changes in those resources-such as soil erosion, groundwater contamination, atmospheric carbon dioxide buildup, stratospheric ozone depletion, and extinction of plants and animals.


Energy use, industrial production, and deforestation all contribute to air pollution that is harming plants, animals, and human health, and altering the global atmosphere. Sulfur and nitrogen oxides, ozone, and other pollutants are causing acid precipitation and lowering crop yields; air pollutants have damaged more than 30 million hectares of forest in industrial countries. Chlorofluorocarbons and other pollutants have depleted the Earth's protective ozone layer by an average 2 percent worldwide, and by nearly 40 percent during certain months over Antarctica.


Atmospheric carbon dioxide levels have increased by 25 percent since before the industrial revolution, and more than 10 percent in the last 30 years. This increase, along with other heat-absorbing air pollutants, is causing a "greenhouse effect" that has apparently raised the Earth's average temperature nearly 1 degree Fahrenheit over the last 100 years, and now threatens to alter the Earth's climate and raise ocean levels, with the potential for economic and ecological disruption on a vast scale.
M. KHAN
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Support ban on cell phones
I was happy to read in the newspapers recently that using a cellular phone while driving a motor vehicle is now illegal and that offenders could face jail term.


I am happy that at last the authorities are able to see the dangers in this and so brought the matter up in parliament which did well to pass it.


We have too many reckless drivers on the roads even without using cell phones and those using the phones while driving present more risks and endanger lives while driving and talking on the cellular phones.


I have already lost a few family members through road accidents. They were all innocent people travelling in minibuses when they met their demise.


I would support any move geared to making drivers use our roads more responsibly, and I fully support the ban on cell phones while driving.
BHOLA PERSAUD.




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Remember Toolsie Persaud took them to the CCJ and won. You guys memory very short.

quote:

Originally posted by Nehru:
Bhai, He baan Suh. There is NO CURE for IGNORANCE!!!!!

It is quite understandable that in their haste to be anti-government, persons such as BONUS and others, will at times, tend to exaggerate their stupidity!

quote:

Originally posted by SJ4321:

quote:

Originally posted by Nehru:
Bhai, He baan Suh. There is NO CURE for IGNORANCE!!!!!

It is quite understandable that in their haste to be anti-government, persons such as BONUS and others, will at times, tend to exaggerate their stupidity!

To the best of their ability.

quote:

Originally posted by SJ4321:

quote:

Originally posted by Nehru:
Bhai, He baan Suh. There is NO CURE for IGNORANCE!!!!!

It is quite understandable that in their haste to be anti-government, persons such as BONUS and others, will at times, tend to exaggerate their stupidity!

I see that Jagdeo is using scarce Guyanese tax payers money to fund you and adanna to be his mouth piece.

Dont follw Nehru and Rama who are both illterate old PPP stooges.

quote:

Originally posted by BONUS:
Remember Toolsie Persaud took them to the CCJ and won. You guys memory very short.

Bonus,

You did yourself a disservice here by not posting that news item in which Toolsie Persaud won its case against the Guyana Government before the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ), hence your point that Jagdeo retaliated by being vindictive in the decision reported in the news item at the top.This is the type of President these soup drinkers support.

To Jagdeo and the PPP, every Indian is a means to an end. Your Indian race matters only when it is elections time; after that, if you don't play by the PPP's rules, you get slammed even if you are Indian. Look what they did to Roger Khan: USED HIM! REFUSED HIM! Worse if you are a black.

You are talking nonsense. Blacks have thrived under Jagdeo as much as Indians have under Hoyte. The difference is that you lot have no thanks.

quote:

Originally posted by Alexander:
You are talking nonsense. Blacks have thrived under Jagdeo as much as Indians have under Hoyte. The difference is that you lot have no thanks.

Alex,

I'm not sure if your post is in response to mine because you did not address me specifically. If you are responding to my post, the I think you misread or misunderstood my post and stand ready to respond to you. I just don't want to missread your target.

Whoever on this forum claims that President Jagdeo is vindictive simply do not know their history. The president is fair when making critical decisions and he is a strong leader.

The president has rallied the country regardless of race and class to support each other during times of tragedy such as the floods and the massacre and we as citizens have to continue giving him our support.

Wonder what is the budget for the Blog Monitoring Unit?

quote:

Originally posted by The Terminator:
Whoever on this forum claims that President Jagdeo is vindictive simply do not know their history. The president is fair when making critical decisions and he is a strong leader .

Joseph O'Lall certainly agreed.

quote:

Term: Whoever on this forum claims that President Jagdeo is vindictive simply do not know their history. The president is fair when making critical decisions and he is a strong leader.

quote:

Originally posted by BLACKBEARD:

quote:

Originally posted by The Terminator:
Whoever on this forum claims that President Jagdeo is vindictive simply do not know their history. The president is fair when making critical decisions and he is a strong leader .

Joseph O'Lall certainly agreed.

Allow Mr. O'Lall to rest in peace. He has served his country to the fullest extent of his capabilities.

quote:

Originally posted by The Terminator:

quote:

Originally posted by BLACKBEARD:

quote:

Originally posted by The Terminator:
Whoever on this forum claims that President Jagdeo is vindictive simply do not know their history. The president is fair when making critical decisions and he is a strong leader .

Joseph O'Lall certainly agreed.

Allow Mr. O'Lall to rest in peace. He has served his country to the fullest extent of his capabilities.

On the contrary, Mr. O'Lall lives to haunt Baby Kong.

Rest assured, the injustice Mr. O'Lall suffered will not be forgotten.

quote:

Originally posted by The Terminator:

The president has rallied the country regardless of race .

So why then is he rejected by 85-90% of the African population if he is this great uniter? Please dont regale me with the behavior of a few black soup lickers because its clear that without massive AfroGuyanese support (30% of the vote) the PNC and the AFC wouldnt have received 43% of the vote in 2006. You know full well that neither party got significant Indian or Amerindian votes.

As to people uniting in a disaster. They do after every disaster. Here in the USA despite the disaster called George Bush Americans united to help the Katrina victims. Guyanese are scarcely more hard hearted than Americans.

Terminator

Caribj has laid the challenge. Let's see if you are up to it. What is your response?

quote:

Originally posted by Alexander:
You are talking nonsense. Blacks have thrived under Jagdeo as much as Indians have under Hoyte. .

And you as an Indian know this when they are claiming otherwise!!!! Why do you claim that you knw more tahn they do?


Sorry to continue to remind you but when one in Antigua complained about anti black racism in Guyana even Jagdeo didnt pretend as if many in the crowd disagreed.

quote:

Originally posted by BLACKBEARD:
Wonder what is the budget for the Blog Monitoring Unit?

Doesnt matter. Its more important for them to look ridiculous than deal with the embarrassingly rotten education received by most Guyanese kids.

quote:

Originally posted by caribj:

quote:

Originally posted by Alexander:
You are talking nonsense. Blacks have thrived under Jagdeo as much as Indians have under Hoyte. .

And you as an Indian know this when they are claiming otherwise!!!! Why do you claim that you knw more tahn they do?


Sorry to continue to remind you but when one in Antigua complained about anti black racism in Guyana even Jagdeo didnt pretend as if many in the crowd disagreed.

Let me say that before everything else I am a Guyanese. Race is second class to me. To you it may matter if I am black or an indian, to me it doesn't. There's this saying that race divides the brightest of minds. Follow that and you'll become much bigger than thinking on material things.

Guyana has its challenges and race is one of them, but as generations go people of Guyana cannot live with each other. Why seperate the races? Unlike other parties the PPP/C Government has the full support of people of all races. But remember I said race is second class. Its what is your mind that comes first.

Who said "Don't split the vote?"