We the People - Grenada

Keeping an eye on the people's business

“Democracy is not a spectator sport.”
Lotte Scharfman
“The most important political office is that of the private citizen.”
Louis Brandeis
“I wish I could shut up. But I can’t and I won’t.”
Archbishop Desmond Tutu
“It is the first responsibility of every citizen to question authority.”
Benjamin Franklyn
“A nation of sheep will beget a government of wolves.”
Edward Murrow
“The most common way people give up their power is by thinking they don’t have any.”
Alice Walker
“When a government loses integrity, times are dangerous. When the populace accepts the loss, times are desperate.”
Pam Brown
“Every country gets the government it deserves.”
Joseph de Maistr
“Free and fair elections can give us a government of the people; but only an active, informed and vigilant citizen can give us a government by the people for the people.”
H. Kwasi Prempeh

CITIZENS IN DEFENCE OF GRENADA’S LANDS AND HERITAGE

Keeping an Eye on Camper and Nicholson Port Louis Marina

Citizens in Defence of Grenada’s Lands and Heritage continues to keep eye on developments pertaining to the Company and the ‘people’s property’, the Lagoon.  Since we last reported on the threat of legal action against the Government of Grenada by the owners and operators of the Camper and Nicholson Port Louis marina, we have taken note of the following significant developments and wonder about their implications for Grenada.

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Camper and Nicholson Port Louis Marina vs. We the People

Citizens in Defence of Grenada’s Lands and Heritage is not surprised that Camper and Nicholson is challenging the conditions under which it was granted permission for temporary reclamation.   It maintains its plans for construction on the Lagoon Park.    But to be brazen enough to suggest that the Government of Grenada should reimburse the company for the installation of   its sewer system and waste collection services is adding insult to injury.

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ED. Camper & Nicholsons Vs. We the People

Citizens in Defence of Grenada’s Lands and Heritage is not surprised that Camper and Nicholson is challenging the conditions under which it was granted permission for temporary reclamation. It maintains its plans for construction on the Lagoon Park. But to be brazen enough to suggest that the Government of Grenada should reimburse the company for the installation of its sewer system and waste collection services is adding insult to injury.

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Part 3, FDI, From Port George to C&N Port Louis Marina

Like the Blue Lagoon Project, the Poole Capital Port George project was also stillborn. It was an article by Mr. Lloyd Noel, writing in the Caribbean Net News of December 27th,2006 – There must be accountability and transparency2 which drew attention to most unusual transactions involving the people’s property, particularly a Deed of Release of 5th October, 2006 which is NOT recorded in the Deeds and Lands Registry of Grenada and which, according to Mr. Noel’s article, was prepared by solicitors in England and facilitated the transfer of the property to Peter De Savary’s Port Louis.

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Part 4:  FDI, Poole Capital and Camper & Nicholson, Any Connection?

Was the eventual transfer of the people’s property to Camper and Nicholson a deliberate design which began in 2002 with the Port George Agreement? A photo in the Caribbean Compass yachting magazine, January 2008, No. 148, page 91 under the caption – “What goes around” shows the signing ceremony in 2002 with the Camper and Nicholson banner in the background. The caption noted that a marina agreement was signed with Camper and Nicholson.

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Levera Project Agreement re Levera Resort Development

The Levera Project Agreement made provisions for the recommencement of the project
by a start date of September 1st, 2007, failing which the Agreement would cease to have
effect and the Levera Crown Lands conveyed to the Company would be re-conveyed
back to the Government. The lands would be repurchased by the Government at the
original purchase price for which it was conveyed.

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