“…officials disregarded warnings” By Zena HenryProminent businessman,Wholesale Jerseys Cheap, Roshan Khan, has joined sections of society in highlighting concerns over the possible importation of Japanese vehicles with high levels of radiation. The businessman has called on the government to play an earnest part in ascertaining and addressing the danger that lies with these automobiles.BusinessmanRoshan KhanKhan said he was disappointed to know that after bringing the issue to several top government officials and even private persons, they disregarded the potential danger, saying that Guyana would not be endangered, because the source country would make the necessary checks before the vehicles are exported.Khan charged, however, that the government and its agencies have failed the citizens by refusing to take a serious step towards addressing the matter. He chided the administration for what he said is a lax attitude towards what could turn out to be,Cheap China Jerseys, “a serious environmental and health crisis.”Khan noted that the government has to put in place the necessary apparatus that would detect the levels of radiation entering the country via these vehicles, and if it is not acceptable,Wholesale Jerseys Free Shipping, then it must be returned to the source. “I don’t know why they are so hesitant to do the right thing.” Khan said, before opining that action, it would appear, is only taken after something serious has happened.He continued that reports have shown that various countries have returned hundreds of contaminated vehicles, “yet Guyana refuses to see the danger.” He said that while the issue remains, Guyana’s disaster preparedness is not equipped to handle certain issues.Khan said further that one must consider that from 2011 to now,Wholesale Jerseys China, it is possible that contaminated vehicles would have already made their way into the country, and persons may have already been exposed to radioactive materials.“If vehicles are discarded by principled corporations, and then picked up by desperate business people,Wholesale Football Jerseys, wishing to make a dollar at any cost, they buy or get the vehicles for next to nothing, cut them up and sell the parts to countries like ours,Cheap NFL Jerseys, which are hungry for parts and for cheap vehicles.”Khan believes that the Japanese government should be held responsible for contaminated vehicles being exported and they should thus establish systems to ensure polluted vehicles and parts are not exported around the world.Persons and businesses importing vehicles and spare parts from Japan should make it a must to get legal disclaimers from the company, certifying that their items are not contaminated with radioactive waste, Khan opined.He noted that hundreds of vehicles enter the country monthly and pointed to a rush by persons to own their own automobile because of a poor transportation system. He highlighted that commuters experience various difficulties in acquiring transportation to their respective destinations.The Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant leaked radioactive waste following the 2011 tsunami.Government agencies have promised to inform the nation on any developments relating to the importation of Japanese vehicles with high levels of contamination. The Guyana Revenue Authority, the agency monitoring the importation of vehicles and the Health Ministry have both claimed that investigations will be launched into the matter. They have also highlighted the multi-agency effort required to tackle the issue.The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has stated that it has no policy regarding the specific issue. Concerned individuals and environmental organizations, including the Environmetal Community Health Organaisation (ECHO) have already registered their unease pertaining to the radioactive vehicles, and called on the government to pay more attention to the matter. GRA had stated in 2011 that it was sourcing equipment to detect radioactive vehicles. Several local auto dealers have already admitted that they have no way of determining whether they are importing harmful vehicles. They said that they depend on Japanese exporters to sell them safe vehicles.The Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant leaked radioactive waste following the March 2011 tsunami. Radiation is a chemical reaction. Unsafe levels can cause cancer and death.

–???????? property sits on land sold by GuySuCo, other lands at Leonora were sold to Ed Ahmad for $80MThe government yesterday called the Kaieteur News report on the HousingMinister Ali’s ocean-side mansion and pool house under construction.Minister’s sprawling property at Leonora, West Coast Demerara “media excess” and “definitely not fair.”However, the government failed to offer any facts regarding Minister Irfaan Ali’s acquisition and development of the property.Kaieteur News understands that the residential building, which has reportedly been rehabilitated and remodeled, was once part of the property of the Guyana Sugar Corporation (GuySucO), and lies just behind what was once the Senior Staff compound for Leonora Estate.In 2008,Jerseys NFL China, the land on which Ali’s property sits was sold by GuySuCo through the Privatisation Unit and the National Industrial Commercial Investments Limited (NICIL).Ali’s property of 0.96 acres at Lot 30 (a) Sea Spray,Wholesale NFL China Jerseys, Leonora, together with another piece of land (1.02 acres) cost a total of $14,620,000,Wholesale Cheap Jerseys, the Privatisation Unit stated in a press release in January 2009.These land sales, along with others,NFL Jerseys China, the Privatisation Unit stated, reflected “Government’s increasing focus on achieving proceeds for GuySuCo especially at a time when the company needs financing whilst promoting employment through real estate development and/or productive activities.”Also in 2008, the Senior Staff compound Leonora (Block R), just in front of where Ali’s property is, was reportedly sold strictly for a value-added wood processing operation to a company named South American Woods Incorporated, owned by Guyanese-Ed AhmadAmerican scandal-scarred realtor Ed Ahmad,Cheap China Jerseys, who was arrested on mortgage fraud mid-last year while boarding a Delta Airlines flight to GuyanaAt the time the land was sold to Ahmad, the Privatisation Unit claimed that all of buildings had been destroyed by fire or were vandalised leaving only the land to be sold.The land was sold at a price of $80M for 16.3098 acres, resulting in an average price of $4.9M per acre.Minister Ali,Wholesale NFL Jerseys, through state television NCN, claimed that his acquisition of the GuySuCo property, was no secret deal or unscrupulous, insisting that the property was publicly advertised for sale.The TV news report quoted Minister Ali as saying that “as any other Guyanese” he put in a bid for the property and his was the highest bid price offered.Head of the Presidential Secretariat Dr Roger Luncheon yesterday said that “professionalism” was in short supply when the report was thought of and “put into operation.”Luncheon said that the Cabinet – the council of government ministers, on which Ali himself sits – vehemently rejected the report.Luncheon said that the government was concerned about the “antecedence” and “what it purports” to show.? Dr Luncheon described the report as descending into muckraking and yellow journalism.In addition, Luncheon claimed that the author of the report was of “ordinary mind” since it could not have been any “run of the mill reporter” who conceptualized the report.He went further to claim that the report was part of something much more “insidious” and “comprehensive.”But while denouncing the report, Luncheon did not seek to offer any of the facts regarding Minister Ali’s acquisition of the Leonora property.Minister Irfaan AliIn a response, Kaieteur News publisher Glenn Lall asked whether the news media is no longer allowed to publish information regarding public officers and challenged the government to reveal details about Minister’s Ali’s acquisition and development of the property.The New Year’s Day edition of the Kaieteur News carried a picture of Minister’s Ali’s Leonora house, a pool and pool house under construction next to the Atlantic Ocean, all located on the land.Ali became Minister of Housing and Water three years ago.Meanwhile, late yesterday, the Office of the President said that it views with extreme distaste the resort of elements of the domestic media to character assassination and defamation.“The recent Kaieteur News headlines that targeted Minister Irfaan Ali are the latest in the series of yellow journalistic activities. The Office of the President rejects such underhand tactics intended to demean and question the probity of the young minister. Minister Ali has made significant contributions to the development of Guyana particularly in the Housing and Water sectors.”OP, in rejecting the newspaper coverage, said that it rejects the malicious effort and anticipates that