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Shell Corrib Corruption & Community Complaints

May 3, 2013 by

by John Donovan.

That these events go almost universally unreported by the Irish media is a great hindrance to that justice being secured, but your website’s ongoing work in exposing the wrongdoing of Shell and it’s agents worldwide is a vitally important one. Rest assured, the most recent events on the subject of the Corrib Gas project are being closely watched – and acted upon – by many people on the west coast of Ireland and beyond, and together we can expose the corruption that far too many are trying their best to ignore.

Corrib Corruption & Community Complaints

By JM (long-time Shell watcher)

Your recent posting on the Corrib controversy concludes with a point about Irish citizens apparently not raising a fuss over the whole situation, and the latest allegations/revelations in particular.

Living with the ongoing project, many in the local community have had cause to report a multitude of matters to various bodies and State agencies during the course of the last dozen years or so. There are two recurring themes in all such cases: (1) an abuse of process/standards by Shell and/or it’s agents, and (2) a total lack of action/accountability for Shell and/or the agents supposedly “responsible” for the abuse.

The complaints range from the relatively mild (poor consultation, breaches of pollution limits) right through to the atrocious (threats of rape and attempted murder) but the response is almost always the same… it’s someone else’s problem.

A few examples.  When it was discovered that a diesel spill at the refinery site was leaking into the Bellanaboy river, the Environmental Protection Agency was contacted. After initially showing great concern and interest in the situation, on hearing the location was part of the Corrib Gas development the EPA immediately backtracked, and said it was a matter for Mayo County Council.  When Mayo County Council were approached, no-one was available to investigate. The Gardai (police) then intervened and prevented people from taking water samples until the following day, after a hasty clean-up was initiated. No action was taken by MCC.

After dozens of people were man-handled by Shell’s unidentifiable “security” workers on a public beach at Glengad (proposed offshore pipeline landfall) the Gardai were informed, but they refused to take statements of complaint and – when pressed – instead told people to contact the Private Security Authority. When the PSA were contacted they said they would only take action in the event of a criminal conviction secured by the Gardai. To date, no case has ever been taken by Gardai against security violence on the Corrib project towards members of the public (including hospitalisations) even when witnessed by Garda members.

When it was discovered that Shell had illegally installed and operated a septic tank discharging into a Special Area of Conservation at a compound in Rossport, Mayo County Council officials were informed, and a site inspection was arranged. In spite of the obvious physical evidence, MCC took no action.

When Shell workers used an excavator as a battering ram against neighbours preventing trespass onto private property in Pollathomas, Gardai committed criminal damage, trespass and multiple assaults on the public to force the workers through. Subsequent complaints to the Gardai, the Health & Safety Authority and the Garda Siochana Ombudsman Commission were passed between those authorities and eventually all washed their hands of the affair.  No action taken.

There are many other examples, such as Shell’s illegal drilling in a Special Area of Conservation (no sanctions); illegal road built through the same SAC (no prosecution); damage to and theft of fishing gear (no action taken); deliberate sinking of a trawler near offshore pipeline works (no investigation); EPA disallowing Oral Hearing questions as planning matters, then the planning authority (An Bord Pleanala) disallowing the same questions as EPA licensing matters; the list could go on and on.

There is what can perhaps best be described as a grotesque version of pass-the-parcel going on. Everyone knows that there is something unpleasant inside the box, but it keeps getting passed around in the knowledge that the music will never stop (at least, not while the current participants are in the room) and all the while Shell’s taboo Corrib project – and associated abuses – continue unchecked.

To say that people have lost faith in the authorities is a gross understatement, but in spite of all this complaints are still lodged and due process followed, and people still await justice.

That these events go almost universally unreported by the Irish media is a great hindrance to that justice being secured, but your website’s ongoing work in exposing the wrongdoing of Shell and it’s agents worldwide is a vitally important one.

Rest assured, the most recent events on the subject of the Corrib Gas project are being closely watched – and acted upon – by many people on the west coast of Ireland and beyond, and together we can expose the corruption that far too many are trying their best to ignore.

Best Regards

JM
(long-time Shell watcher)

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        KATIBAYAN SA MGA NAGANAP NA PANGYAYARI

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                               AT PAGPAPAKILALA KAY
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                     LABEL 2.1.1 SHELL Position Paper p.13

             LABEL 2.2.1 ORDER from the OMBUDSMAN
                                    p. 1      p .2

             LABEL 2.2.2 TUGON ko po sa ORDER
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5.1   PACKET  1 : PARA SA  UNANG PANDARAYA

                  LABEL 5.1.A Complainant Position Paper, Annex "H"

                              2001CBA  Article XII RETIREMENT

                              AND SOCIAL SECURITY, 

                              inverse copy attached

                 LABEL 5.1.1 SHELL Position Paper p.9 No.28

                 LABEL 5.1.2 SHELL Rejoinder p.4 No.9

                 LABEL 5.1.3 SHELL Rejoinder Annex "8" photocopy

                                       Separation pay check

                 LABEL 5.1.4 SHELL Position Paper Annex "5"  

                                       Separation Pay showing data 

                                      from retirement  
                                   

5.2   PACKET  2 : PARA SA PANGALAWANG PANDARAYA

                  LABEL 5.2.1 SHELL Position Paper p.1 

                              Mr. Rico Bersamin  introduced 

                              as the individual respondent

                  LABEL 5.2.2 SHELL Position Paper p.14

                              Verification by Ms.Remedios Vargas

                  LABEL 5.2.3 Complainant Reply Annex "I" Why ask for

                              Sanity in the Perfect Attendance System p.1  p.2
                

                  LABEL 5.2.4 Complainant Position Paper Annex "A"

                              Letter to the TASREA Secretary asking for

                              complete CBA Negotiations 

                              minutes of meeting.

                  LABEL 5.2.5 Complainant Position Paper Annex "C"

                              Letter to the TASREA President asking for 

                              the draft of at least 4 missing CBA 

                              Negotiation meeting minutes be written

                  LABEL 5.2.6 Complainant Position Paper Annex "B"

                              Ground Rules for 2001 CBA Negotiations

                              On the first page two member non-officer

                              Witness requirement shown, on the second

                              page  the requirement for duly recording

                              of minutes can be read

                  

                  LABEL 5.2.7 Complainant Reply Annex "K" p.1     2

                              LMC Meeting  April 5, 2002

                  LABEL 5.2.8 Complainant Position Paper Annex "D"
                               page     1        2       3

                              Petition for Salary rate adjustment

                  LABEL 5.2.9 SHELL Rejoinder Annex "7"
                               RANKING  page   1       2
                                        

                  LABEL 5.2.10 Complainant Position Paper Annex "H"

                               2001CBA Article XIV Job Security

                               Section3- Contracting-out

                  LABEL 5.2.11 Certificate of Distinction 

                               (Mosses C. Buensuceso)

5.3   PACKET  3 : PARA SA PANGATLONG PANDARAYA

                  LABEL 5.3.1  SHELL Position Paper Annex "5"

                  LABEL 5.3.2  Complainant Reply Annex "J"

                  LABEL 5.3.3  SHELL Position Paper 
                               p.4   No.9
                               p.5   No. 9 continues

                               p.11  Nos. 36, 37, 38, 39

                               p.12  Nos. 40, 41, 42; 
                               p.13  No.43

5.4   PACKET  4 : PARA SA PANGAPAT NA PANDARAYA

                  LABEL 5.4.1 SHELL Rejoinder  p.5 No.13

                  LABEL 5.4.2 SHELL Position Paper Annex "5"

                  LABEL 5.4.3 SHELL Rejoinder Annex "8" note the date

                              and amount in relation to Annex "5"

                  LABEL 5.4.4 Complainant Reply Annex "J"

5.5   PACKET  5 : PARA SA PANGLIMANG PANDARAYA

                  LABEL 5.5.1 SHELL Rejoinder p.3  Nos. 6 & 7

                  LABEL 5.5.2 SHELL Rejoinder p.9  No.26

                  LABEL 5.5.3 SHELL Position Paper Annex "3" Letter to

                              Hon. Crispin D. Dannug Jr.

                  LABEL 5.5.4 SHELL Position Paper Annex "2" Letter to

                              Hon. Secretary Patricia Sto. Tomas

                  LABEL 5.5.5 SHELL Establishment and 

                              Termination Report 

                  LABEL 5.5.6  List of affected workers
                               (Employees for termination)

                  LABEL 5.5.7 SHELL Rejoinder Annex "7" 
                              RANKING  page   1        2

5.6   PACKET  6 : PARA SA PANGANIM NA PANDARAYA

                  LABEL 5.6.1 SHELL Position Paper Annex "5"

                              Separation Pay February 15, 2003

                  LABEL 5.6.2 SHELL Rejoinder Annex "8"

                              Separation Pay Check

                              February 17, 2003

                  LABEL 5.6.3 Complainant Reply Annex "J"

                              PRB(Performance Related Bonus)

                              Payment October 23, 2003

                  LABEL 5.6.4 SHELL Rejoinder Annex "7"
                                       page     1        2

                              Mr. Rico Bersamin's rigged "ranking"

5.7   PACKET  7 : PARA SA PAMPITONG  PANDARAYA

                  LABEL 5.7.1 SHELL Rejoinder p.7 No.19

                  LABEL 5.7.2 SHELL Rejoinder Annex "9"
                              Service Purchase Order Contractor and

                              Cost Demolition Contract  page   1     2

                  LABEL 5.7.3 SHELL Rejoinder 
                              Annex "10, 10A & 10B"

                              PROCESS-2 DEMOLITION PICTURES

                  LABEL 5.7.4 SHELL Position Paper 

                              p.6  Nos.15,16,17&18  

5.8   PACKET  8 : PARA SA PANGWALONG PANDARAYA

                  LABEL 5.8.1 SHELL Position Paper p.6 Nos.16, 17 & 18

5.9   PACKET  9 : PARA SA PANGSIYAM NA PANDARAYA

                  LABEL 5.9.1 SHELL Rejoinder
                               p.6 &  p.7   Nos. 16&17

5.10  PACKET 10 : PARA SA PANGSAMPUNG PANDARAYA

                  LABEL 5.10.1 SHELL Rejoinder p.6 & p.7 No.17

5 .11  PACKET 11 : PARA SA 
                                PANG LABING-ISANG PANDARAYA

                  LABEL  5.11.1 SHELL Position Paper p.7 No.20

                                 "Management prerogatives"

                  LABEL  5.11.2 Complainant Position Paper

                                 Annex "H" 2001 CBA, Article XIV

                                 Job Security Section 3-

                                 Contracting-out

                  LABEL  5.11.3 Complainant Position Paper

                                 Annex "A"  INQUIRY Letter to the 

                                 TASREA Secretary

                  LABEL  5.11.4 Complainant Position Paper

                                 Annex "C" INQUIRY Letter to the

                                 TASREA President 

                                 (Inverse copy attached, clearer copy)

                  LABEL  5.11.5 Complainant Reply Annex " I "
                                  page    1       2

                                 Why ask for sanity in the 

                                 Perfect Attendance System?

                  LABEL  5.11.6 SHELL Rejoinder Annex " 12 "
                                  page      1      2   

                                 2001 CBA Negotiations 40th Meeting

                                 Minutes of Meeting with annotations

                  LABEL  5.11.7 Complainant Position Paper

                                 Annex " D " Petition for Salary rate    

                                 Adjustment (Inverse copy for the first

                                 page for Annex "D" included)
                                 page     1       2       3

                  LABEL  5.11.8 SHELL Rejoinder Annex "7" 
                                  page      1         2

                                 "RATING"(perceived chicanery)

                  LABEL  5.11.9 Complainant Position Paper, Annex "H"

                                 2001CBA ArticleXIV Job Security

                                 Section 3-Contracting-out  (Inverse copy)
                                  

                  LABEL  5,11.10 Certificate of Distinction

                                 (Mosses C. Buensuceso)

5.12  PACKET 12: PARA SA
                               PANGLABINDALAWANG PANDARAYA

                  LABEL  5.12.1 Complainant Position Paper, 
                                Annex "E"  Mr.Rico Bersamin letter
                                dated  28th November 2002

                  LABEL  5.12.2 complainant Position Paper,
                                Annex "F" Mr. Rico Bersamin letter 

                                dated  17th December 2002

               

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        AT   PAMAMAALAM

                 

                    ALAMIN PO NG LAHAT

  

     Na, ako si G. Antonio L. Buensuceso,

     Pilipino, nasa hustong edad,         sa 

     Pilipinas ay naninirahan sa 

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     ay  sumusumpa  na ang  aking liham na

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    Chief Justice Maria Lourdes Sereno na 

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     naglalaman  ng katotohanan at pawang  

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     Antonio L. Buensuceso   

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  Rosalina C. Buensuceso     Miriam C. Buensuceso  

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UNANG PANDARAYA

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PANGATLONG PANDARAYA 

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HULING BAHAGI (13TH PART) 

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