The Donville Inniss Connection: Cahill Letter of Intent
Submitted by Heather Cole From: Stephen Mader Sent: May 26, 2014 11:24 PM To: Donville Inniss Subject: Waste from Energy Dear Minister Inniss, It was a pleasure to meet you this evening at the reception. I had my staff look into the Letter of Intent, and thus far it seems there was no RFP. I…
It was a pleasure to meet you this evening at the reception. I had my staff look into the Letter of Intent, and thus far it seems there was no RFP. I will continue to have them look into this matter. As well, at first blush, it seems the Barbados Government is paying far too much for the technology and the plant. This is just based on our (Forth State Energy) own projections. I am having our people look into this and I will report back to you.
I will also send to you a list of officials I spoke to while I was in Barbados.
Again, it was a pleasure to meet you this evening, and I look forward to speaking with you soon.
We all seemed to have given Donville Inniss a pass regarding any involvement in the Cahill Scam. He was not one of the 5 ministers who signed on the dotted line for the project. However at the Cabinet meeting in 2014, he was part of the unanimously decision that the plant should come into existence. The letter above is clear proof that prior to the stink raised last year in 2015, that Mr. Inniss had intimate knowledge regarding the Plasma Gasification Plant. He was able to take a letter of Intent presumably from Cahill Canada to a reception to discuss it with Mr. Mader.
It is significant to note the subject of Mr. Mader’s letter to Mr. Inniss, ‘Waste from Energy’ and that indeed speaks volumes. A look at the company website for Fourth State Energy shows that it boasts that it “can deliver a world without waste. A world where waste is transformed into energy.” Perhaps he was conveying that it was a nonsensical undertaking about to be undertaken by the Government of Barbados which incorporated growing king grass to burn garbage to produce energy.
This letter raises a few questions. Is it the standard business practice for government officials to conduct the people’s business after hours at receptions? What other business transactions has Mr. Inniss or his colleagues undertaken this way? Are there minutes of this meeting on record? Did he take the letter to Mr. Mader when he realized that he had not done the due diligence that the people of Barbados paid him to do?
I am not aware if this letter of Intent is the same as the MOU that is on BU and it makes me wonder when it was dated as well as whose signature it bore. The letter specifically states that the Letter of Intent was not an RFP. How did Mr. Inniss who in the pass claimed he had no knowledge of the Cahill scam happen to have the letter of Intent which I assume was the initial point of written contact?
It was also noted that Mr. Mader stated that the Government was paying too much for technology and plant. Perhaps this should be brought to the attention of Dennis Lowe who recently stated that the Cahill Gasification Plant will not cost the Government a cent.
I am hoping that diligence by BU will result in the follow up letter to the Minister
120 responses to “The Donville Inniss Connection: Cahill Letter of Intent”
HAMILTON A HILL
How much more will it take before Barbadians accept that we’ve voted into office a group that operates on the basis of trial and error, and is proficient only in LYING? Like the Trinidadian calypsonian Cardinal said in the song Syncopators ” The majority went U we, study and get degree, just to come back out and L I E to we”. Almost everything this blasted government says is a lie, yet there are thousands out there willing to die for this new breed of Dems. I GIVE UP!
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Well Well & Consequences
Don’t give up Hamilton, they will implode….just notice that are all sitting in parliament calling for everything under the sun except for the end of corruption and the locking up of politicians/public servants other officials and their thieving friends who continue to betray the taxpayer’s trust.
They must implode.
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Sunshine Sunny Shine
I never once bought into this stinking rat’s little public utterances that were meant to make you believed that he was better than all of his other deceiving, pretensive lot. This entire party is about getting theirs. The Piss Poor Prime Minister surely has gotten his. Thus, he has to defend his friend, Leroy Parris, and ensure that special arrangements made for him to keep his money at the Central Bank remain intact. Cahill is intended to be a pay day for the DEMONcratic Legion of Pilfers. It must be pushed now before elections are due. This is why the Low, Lower, Lowe, is huffing and puffing to keep the detractors hushed by using the fear tactics of these corrupt bitches. All those who still think this is a good project are all past and present beneficiaries waiting to be at the receiving end of what is in it for them.
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Hamilton Hill
I had heard that the neutered mongrel had agreed to hold his peace up until they were all fully vested in the pension for life scham. Has not that date passed? Is the minister of finance, in concert with the Prime Minister still seeking the services of Owen Arthur, as opposed to those of the person who shadowed Owen when he led the government? An implosion would certainly be nice but I can’t wait, that’s why I give up. HOW LONG IS TOO LONG WHEN THINGS ARE SO BAD?
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Kammie Holder
Spoke to the Minister Inniss who has supported the anti Cahill movement. Thiis email came out of an independent discussion at an Invest Barbados rexception which formed his opinion on Cahill thus why he supports the anti Cahill movement Minister Innis is about to embark on a Community Recycling project in his constituency to divert waste from landfill. Neither have he seen a MOU or PPA for Cahill other than on BU.
He needs to clarify Lowe’s last contribution to the Cahill debate in Parliament. What is Cabinet’s position on Cahill. We are tired of the rhetoric.
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Sunshine Sunny Shine
Cammie Holder
You might be duped and hyped by the trojan gift of this pretender who wants to appear like he interested in the people’s plights. If he is all this anti-Cahill, let him come out publicly declare that Cahill is wrong and that the people’s objection should be considered in it all. Donville Inniss is merely fronting. And if you cannot see his trojan then you can accept his gift. Until that time, Donville Inniss is no better than the fork tongue speaking Dennis Lowe, or the nuff word shite talk of his Piss Poor Prime Minister, who I will refer to from now as 3PM. All these ministers have a specific role to play and he, Inniss, is doing his according to the plan. Pity you have to be so gullible to fall for his shite.
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Heather
@ Kammie the Cabinet decision was unanimously in favour of building the Plasma Gasification Plant. Mr. Inniss is a member of Cabinet.
@ Kammie. ..I think that ya bite de bait. Like Heather said Donville Inniss is a member of cabinet. Rather than we reach out to him, how about he who is easily the most vocal member of that cabinet coming to the public? That these ministers choose to communicate via the same social media that for the most part they find objectionable is an insult to the electorate.
I don’t listen to Donville the Pornville Inniss.Besides being a fork tongued vacillator,he has a serious speech impediment and it takes a while to grasp the intent of his deliveries.
well well you telling Hamilton don’t give up, man look! give dem till 2018 Barbados will be fully submerge, this country has 16PMS every body doing as dem like an dem 14 DEPUTIES TOO, Barbados gone to the dogs 85% so far. look all dem is miscreants, what de hell the people in this country waiting for?
when ever this hill come on stream, who will benefit from it? who will be smiling all the way to the bank(s)? who wii be the ones in the large homes, swimming pools etc etc drinking the big mout drinks wid the big mout friends etc…….. NOT the mauby pockets for sure. many have been made redundant and the rest, taxes taxes taxes and note we don’t have ah finance minister, but rather minister of tax tax and more tax
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Heather
@ Kammie the MOA, Mr. Estwick also claimed that he knew nothing about Cahill. One Friday he was quoted in the press saying that he would have to do research about Cahill over the weekend. Yet low and behold BU was able to produce a letter that showed that this liar was in communication with Claire Cowan about planting king grass.
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Heather
@ seeuintown 1965, the Minster of Finance does not understand economics.
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NorthernObserver
To answer the author…’Is it the standard business practice for government officials to conduct the people’s business after hours at receptions?’….YES or on the golf course or over dinner.
The Minister was seeking an opinion, regarding a document [LOI=Letter of Intent] which he provided to Mader. Mader took the opportunity to “seek business” by referencing numbers he found in the document. We also assuming that document provided was in regard to Cahill.
Why?
The blind leading the blind?
Fourth State Energy [FSE] is yet another Canadian start-up company. Mader refers to “his staff”, more fluffing of feathers, he likely had <4 employees [if any at all]. Later in 2014, a former employee of the HRM [Halifax Regional Municipality] joined FSE as Chief Technical Officer, Mr. Helm, who was formerly head of solid waste with the said HRM.
When Mr.Mader presented to the HRM in 2013, Mr Helm seemingly knew little of the technology because he asked
“Mr. Gord Helm, Manager of Solid Waste Resources asked Mr. Mader to provide HRM
with a business case to assist in the drafting of the report.”
The minutes are here..https://www.halifax.ca/boardscom/SCenv/documents/130207.pdf
Minister Inniss was also inquisitive about who else Mr.Mader had spoken to…”I will also send to you a list of officials I spoke to while I was in Barbados.”
Was the Minister fishing for information for himself, or had one of his colleagues put him up to this, and given him the referenced document.
Without the document provided to Mader we are all just guessing?
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Heather
@ NorthernObserver. This not about guessing. The fact remains that there is a Letter of Intent from Cahill that Mr. Inniss had in his possession on the night of May 24. 2014.
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Yankee1
Is the NUPW really going to shut down the airport tomorrow although there is a letter stating that there was no promised 3.5% raise?
I am starting to think these are some monkey nutts playing with guns.
Next thing they will do is call out the silly Sanitation workers. Barbados is really in a state of shambles.
It is clear issues are not discussed with the rigour they deserve by Cabinet. It is the only way to explain Minister Inniss asking Stephen Mader about the project after Cabinet had given the thumps up.
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NorthernObserver
@Heather
Do you have
1) a Letter of Intent from (or to) Cahill? (BU has posted a number of legal documents authored by Taylor Wessing binding upon 2 Cahill corporations and the GOB once executed)
2) There is no doubt the Minister provided, by whatever means, documentation which Mr Mader calls a LOI. Do you know exactly what was provided?
3) Have you contacted FSE and asked them what was provided?
Until then, what you call known facts, i call educated guesses.
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NorthernObserver
@David
rigour is an interesting term.
Inniss seemed particularly interested in whether an RFP had been issued, and who else Mader had talked to.
Why ask a Cahill competitor for an opinion?
Do you think he was in the dark at this time? A birdie had leaked him something and he was attempting to fill in a few blanks?
We invite the minister to post a clarification statement.
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Sunshine Sunny Shine
David
Dennis the Low Down Lowe vehemently side track Cahill and attack Greenland. This shite seems to have indicated in his defense of Cahill that when the BLP were in power they wasted millions on a Greenland that never was and never will be. So his justification for Cahill is that it would be a better waste than Greenland and a far better attempt at killing two birds with one stone – sanitation and getting some energy. Low Lowe does not care about any dangers or the fact that these plants around the world are under review and shutting shop. Donville Inniss, if conscience still convicts, could see clearly Low Lowe’s faulty defense. That BOLT arrangement or no arrangement, the shite talk that Cahill will cost bajans nothing is just simply shite talk against a set of agreements that will pressure the island for years to come. Donville Inniss has all the facts concerning this project as he is communicating with Cammie Holder. He like his cabinet colleagues are hearing the cries and calls not to go into this project the way it has been conceived and the nonsense many heard coming from representers of Project Cahill. I do not draw any reference to Donville Inniss’ porn dealings. The SSS might lack self-restraint but she does not insult a person’s features or dabble in things she does not know about. But, if it is true, that this was the business that made him, then one knows that in this line of work, a great number of lies, coercion, cover up, pretense, manipulation and skullduggery do occur. Donville Inniss would have mastered this in this business, if true. So I can only conclude that Donville Inniss is giving that much and no more to those whom he communicates with via social media or otherwise, a false sense of believing that he is opposing the Cahill project when indeed he is supporting it. It is obvious that he is not openly opposing controversial minister Low Lowe or 3PM (Piss Poor Prime Minister) the latter wanting people to believe he knew nothing about it. If he wants to be believed then all he has to do is get up in parliament and state emphatically that a project of this size and magnitude cannot be decided alone by 3PM or 4 ministers. At least not a project that is destined to change Barbados for as long as it will burn. Let him state that WtE is not an assurity for a small economy and that pursuit of the alternative forms of reducing waste should be contemplated and given a fair hearing.
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Redfactor101
@ Heather
Heather on February 18, 2016 at 12:05 PM
@ Kammie the MOA, Mr. Estwick also claimed that he knew nothing about Cahill. One Friday he was quoted in the press saying that he would have to do research about Cahill over the weekend. Yet low and behold BU was able to produce a letter that showed that this liar was in communication with Claire Cowan about planting king grass
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Eastwick is lying
He met with Cowan on a number of occasions with Taylor wessing in the Hilton hotel
The last meeting was to discuss the issue of king grass and river tamirand .
The drying of kinggrass and the growing of river tamirand was not in the budget and eastwick was trying to get Cahill to add it to the project .the ” to do” for cahil was to cost a reheat boiler and dryer to the project to take the king grass from 35% 15% moisture content .
On a related note. Government’s plan to push renewable energy and thereby reduce debt is becoming unraveled:
BAJANS TURNED OFF – Barbadians appear to be abandoning solar power systems as falling oil prices have driven down the cost of electricity. Industry players said the installation of new photovoltaic (PV) systems had ground to a virtual halt, blaming the price of oil for reluctance among individuals to switch. They also complained that the Electric Light and Power Act (ELPA) had made solar power systems less attractive to local businesses.
Barbados TODAY understands that at least three installers have gone out of business and stakeholders were hoping things would improve before others are forced to shut down. While Executive Director of the Renewable Energy Association (BREA) Clyde Griffith would not confirm the closures, he said members were reporting that “things are tough”.
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ac
COUNT DOWN TO 50 th anniversary Independence is moving full steam ahead as a matter of fact first on the agenda is the highlighting of the many Barbadians who have contributed to making this wonderful island a success .
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Frustrated Businessman aka Republic my ass.
David February 18, 2016 at 6:48 PM #
It is clear issues are not discussed with the rigour they deserve by Cabinet. It is the only way to explain Minister Inniss asking Stephen Mader about the project after Cabinet had given the thumps up.
There is no ‘cabinet’ as we know it, it is every man for himself and little cliques of self-interest when graft requires it.
There is no commander and therefore nothing to command.
Fumble spends his days hiding from reality under his desk hoping one day to be a judge or president.
There will be no economic recovery under Fumble’s Fools.
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Redfactor101
@ac
Clearly you’re name won’t be the list of contributors.
You will be rembered az the ass that wouldn’t or couldn’t contribute but chose to ruin……
I refer you to Hant’s link above. Again I feel vindicated after the licks certain people tried to put in me last year. Read and learn.uff said.
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Redfactor101
@ Alvin
Ur nor vindicated ur just vindictive
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Sunshine Sunny Shine
David
The topic is about Donville Inniss and what he agreed too concerning Cahill. I care not to comment on solar power because the initiative should not be affected by what is happening with oil prices. Barbados should pursue its alternative energy plans regardless of cheaper oil prices. As long as strongholds remain in the oil market you can expect that prices that were once at all time high to return to another all-time high.
And you don’t have to, some are able to discuss several topics at the same time.
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Frustrated Businessman aka Republic my ass.
Sunshine Sunny Shine February 19, 2016 at 8:09 AM #
David
The topic is about Donville Inniss and what he agreed too concerning Cahill. I care not to comment on solar power because the initiative should not be affected by what is happening with oil prices. Barbados should pursue its alternative energy plans regardless of cheaper oil prices. As long as strongholds remain in the oil market you can expect that prices that were once at all time high to return to another all-time high.
Further, the issue is not only one of the price of energy, the greater resource is foreign exchange.
If the Barbados dollar was floated you would soon see what solar power was worth.
If the people earning foreign exchange could sell it privately to those who want it (like has been happening the last few weeks in Trinidad) you would soon see the value of renewable energy and sugar.
Further, there is an energy component to Cahill and there is a nexus between the nascent renewable energy program. Minister Inniss is responsible for the FTC and the riders to determine price points and related matters.
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Redfactor101
It’s the lack of an integrated policy and approach that’s the kruux of the matter.
Waste management,oil,renewables, self sufficient sustainable investment all coupled with transparent good governance
All of which these self servers are deficient in.
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Hants
@ Alvin Cummins,
Read pages 24 to 26 and tell us if you think Barbados should build a wte plant.
We can’t even manage water collection and supply during a drought. We still haven’t “rescued” the sugar cane industry.
Just to be clear. A wte plant is a great concept but Barbados is too small to put a plant in the centre of the island.
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Sunshine Sunny Shine
Frustrated Businessman aka Republic my ass
Agree with you wholeheartedly. However, in a high price destination like Barbados the percentage of those who will go solar constitutes only a small segment of Barbados with the means to afford a complete setup. How fruit bearing is the endeavour depends a lot on market forces. And, right now, the market is forced into a corner because the demand is just not there at this time. I think it makes sense to have a competing energy source for the purpose of providing an alternative. The government should pursue this as their plan B and as a backup plan to their loan dependence on the BL&P supply. Solar makes more sense than creating a machine operated sun for burning garbage.
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Hants
Oil prices will rise again and Bajans will suffer again.
Solar electricity should be a long term strategy.
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Redfactor101
Focusing on Cahill just for a nano second . who at the port authority is responsible for the metalurgic coke off loading facility needed for this alter NRG gasifer???
Where will it go? Who will operate it?? Who will pay for it?? Who will transport the coke to the site ???
The only good thing is there is an abundance of flux on the island ( chalk )
So someone like JADA with their quarries will make a killing for the supply of flux to the plant .
Wouldn’t be surprised if that is a done deal already as a thank u very much boys for all you’re help securing the scam of the century.
The more I read the info on this the more of an IL thought-out nonsence it becomes.
Coke dust alongside cruise ships not a good policy !!!!!
The minister’s put the cart before the donkey on this one without a doubt.
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Hants
Fact check ?
Alter NRG Corp. announced Friday it has agreed to support a $5 per share takeover offer by Harvest International New Energy, Inc., a Delaware corporation owned by “multibillion-dollar company” Sunshine Kaidi New Energy Group Co. of China.
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Sunshine Sunny Shine
All the countries listed in the report provided by HANTS have land masses a kazillion times bigger than Barbados. They also have more money than Barbados. They also have developed industrialized sectors. They also have the means to maintain these expensive plants as well. Now if the old DLP pimp, and conniving weasel who like to call people yard ducks can correlate the Barbados track record of maintenance and compliance with what this plant will need, and convince us that we have the means to keep this plant well maintained according to requirements, I will be the first to say he was right all along. Until that time, this DLP weasel continues to propagate nothing but his inflated ego.
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Redfactor101
That sale has been a year plus in the making
If you look at the alter NRG site it no longer refers to the Cahill projects directly which is a complete expunge of the word Cahill !!!!!!!!
Watch this space
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Redfactor101
The cost of black bag to land fill is £72 sterling a metric tonne in the UK
That is scheduled to go up to £100 over the next few years.
The gate fee for projects like Cahill proposed one is where the operators make their money
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Well Well & Consequences
That is why with or without Cow-an, the Cahill scam must go on, many, many millions to be made at the expense and health of local people. Alvin….you continue to make yourself look stupid and vindictive.
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Sunshine Sunny Shine
WWC
The letter cited the cost of the Cahill WtE to be too high. Nearly a billion dollars on a plant that is higher than the cost of any other such plant built around the world. If we break down that 800 million and take out the real cost of the plant, I am sure that there will be umpteen million left back to be used as disposable income. Guess who will be disposing of it?
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