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Te Mato Vai Contracts I Also Hold Principles Dear to and Freedoms for All Cook Because It Is Required to Have Me That May Cause Me to Set Islanders PB COOK ISLANDS HERALD5 February 2014 $2 (incl VAT) Cakes for all ocassions! Edgewater Cakes Enquiries call us on 25435 extn 7010 Sunset BarBQs at the Shipwreck Hut Saturday Seafood menu with Jake Numanga on the Ukulele 6pm Tuesday Sunset BBQ with Garth Young on Piano 6pm Thursday Sunset Cocktails with Rudy Aquino 5.30pm-7.30pm Reservations required 22 166 Aroa Beachside Inn, Betela Great Food, Great Entertainment Goldmine Model Ngatupuna is wearing a necklace, earrings and Always the best selection, best bracelet from Goldmine price & best service at Goldmine! POWERBALL RESULTS Drawn: 30/1/14 Draw num: 924 PB TATTSLOTTO RESULTS Drawn:1/2/14 Draw num: 3395 SUPP: OZLOTTO RESULTS Drawn:4/2/14 Draw num: 1042 Next draw: SUPP: Cook islands Herald 05 February 2014 news 2 Where’s the apology Porter, never mind the vehicles what about the people? his publication is calling tongue excuses and assurances. failure of the Ministry of Internal on Toa Petroleum to Why the Ministry of Internal Affairs to enforce compliance. Tapologise to the people Affairs or the Price Tribunal The CIP government must give of the Cook Islands for its have sat back after being put priority to introducing legislation inexcusable blatant disregard on notice and allowed Toa to with the harshest retribution as for their health. Toa should continue selling the dangerous a deterrent to future breaches. also be held in contempt for its fuel is deplorable. Toa’s shocking Toa’s licence to import fuel must disregard of the Cook Islands business practice while being now be the subject of a review pristine environment that is the sponsored by the people of the Sulphur is a very serious heart of our tourism industry. Cook Islands taxes must not go health risk causing as a result Government must now review unpunished. Toa’s import licence of toxic emissions cancers and the $1.5 million sponsorship must be suspended and a full cardio-respiratory diseases using the people’s money for independent inquiry conducted. especially kick starting Porter’s business with the intent Porter stated in Saturday’s asthmatic conditions. For many of revoking it due to the shocking (Feb 1st) CI News the dangerous Rarotongans travelling by evidence Toa imported and sold sulphur content was a motor scooters this has been and is still selling fuel with high miscalculation by his advisor. an undisclosed health risk while sulphur content. Rather than Instead of 57 parts per million Toa’s highly contaminated fuel do the right thing and withdraw (ppm) in fact the diesel ‘turned has been for sale. How many every drop from sale Porter out to be’ 5700ppm. This is travellers and their children have shrugs off his latest malpractice 10,000% more than it should breathed those life threatening like water off a duck’s back. Toa have been. Hardly credible. sulphur contaminated fumes as should be taking out full page An independent test was they have ridden behind motor advertising in the newspapers, carried out after motorists vehicles? radio and television apologising began complaining about their Unsuspecting road users for his misuse of public money. vehicle’s performances. Porter have been emitting highly Toa acquired the highly toxic only carried out his own test toxic exhaust fumes for other Chinese fuel on 100 percent afterwards. The original test innocent people to breathe and credit to supply the Luen Thai revealed shocking health risk possibly eventually die from. All fishing boats. Ships generally results of 7400ppm sulphur the storage tanks where Porter’s use this very cheap highly toxic content. This is 740 times poison sulphur concentrated fuel fuel because their engines can more concentrated than the has been stored must be cleaned cope with it and at sea they are acceptable level for the Cook out, and decontaminated by an Toa Petroleum owner Brett out of sight out of mind. The Islands. While Porter makes an independent contractor by order Porter emissions at sea are blown to apology in regards to the vehicle of the Minister of Health and vehicle’s owner. populated areas with serious damage the contaminated fuel Minister of Internal Affairs Nandi It is now implicitly evident health risks. Numerous articles has done, he deliberately avoids Glassie. Brett Porter cannot be relied on the Internet confirm this. making an apology to the people In the context of the Prime upon when he speaks about fuel. It must be asked if the Price of the Cook Islands who may Minister Henry Puna’s priority All Toa’s further fuel imports Tribunal was made aware of the have become affected with the goal of a clean and green if it is not suspended, must lower grade of fuel used by Toa. disastrous health results not environment and converting to have independent test reports For Porter, an experienced being evident for years making renewable energy Porter has completed by an external source. fuel importer, to say it was a it difficult for Porter to be sued. demonstrated a total disregard Toa must be now carefully mistake is inexcusable as well as In New Zealand the sulphur and should be dealt with. monitored for compliance. unbelievable. Before Christmas content in fuel is strictly Further to that, Porter made a As much as Porter’s silver in a full page CI News advert, monitored to comply with less media release advocating and tongue endeavours to excuse Porter’s competitor Triad’s Chris than 10ppm. Currently Triad’s promoting a healthy lifestyle him from creating this potentially Vaile stated Toa had imported sulphur content is less than through cycling preferably on national health problem. As a fuel with dangerously high 10ppm as NZ. Porter is well a bike purchased from his new moral duty the public needs to sulphur content. In response aware of the danger to health cycle shop in Avatiu. Imagine reconsider where they buy their Porter went public nullifying when fuel is contaminated with visiting tourists riding one of fuel from. To stay healthy look Vaile’s warning with silver sulphur. The Cook Islands limit is Porter’s hired bikes behind for the Triad sign and buy their 15ppm so why Toa has not been a vehicle bellowing out life fuel with a sulphur content of held accountable for this serious threatening sulphur polluted 10ppm not like Porter’s fuel at breach of the rules is an absolute omissions he had sold to the 7400ppm. -George Pitt ote James Beer for Murienua PB Cook islands Herald 05 February 2014 Political Views 3 Opinions, threats of court action and perceptions of corruption via Mato Vai By Wilkie Rasmussen, Leader of Mr Dougherty has of course Planning. These range from the Opposition the wrong end of the stick. allegations to actual facts Article 64 (1) (d) (e) of the My column was aimed at with supporting evidence Cook Islands Constitution the Minister for his blatant but I’m not a person with a 1964 says “Freedom of conflict of interest. One vindictive streak but I am a thought”…Freedom of company director said to me person that believes in the speech and expression” are that his company cannot bid law and is guided by the law. fundamental human rights for Te Mato Vai contracts I also hold principles dear to and freedoms for all Cook because it is required to have me that may cause me to set Islanders. Such right(s) and insurance of up to $1 million. aside emotions in order to do freedom(s) exist and shall His view was that this was a what is right. continue to exist without deliberate strategy to push The Opposition is of course discrimination by reason of the smaller contractors out. extremely distressed with …”opinion”. I cite the above Now is he and I entitled to the Te Mato Vai project in the to pass as a message to think of matters in that way? form the Government is now those that got offended by Of course we are. Politics and promoting. It is poorly put “opinion columns” published public funding and spending together, poorly researched in newspapers that such a perceptions go hand in hand and based on models not protection is a mighty stone and Mr Dougherty runs a high compatible to that of the to roll over. profile company that should Rarotonga. The Opposition is Last week, my column in be subject to public scrutiny gathering such support and this newspaper offended Mr like any other and people will rally to halt this project Bill Dougherty when I painted like me are the scrutineers. so we all can fairly say that out the scenario of contract If I was Bill, I would just get what we agree to go forward lineups where Mr Dougherty’s on with his job and have his with is workable, affordable company wins tenders and regular beers and not become and acceptable to our people. subcontracts to T&M Heather, too sensitive to opinions. the company of the Minister Further, he should be mindful of Infrastructure and Planning that politics and governments SWITCH ON WITH Teariki Heather who is Minister are unpredictable beasts responsible for the Te Mato impervious to ones good Vai Project. Mr Dougherty track record. Te Aponga Uira instructed his lawyer to seek Let me again come back Be careful an apology from the publisher to my initial and constant around fallen power lines... and eventually one from concern. The Minister for me. I suppose he felt the Infrastructure and Planning implication was that he and should not be allowed to work his company was depicted on, decide and determine as being corrupt.
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