EPA: Let Him Save Face—Focus on Us by Peter Ramsaroop of Vision Guyana
October 22, 2008
INTRODUCTION:
I have had to do it a few times, “try my best to save face” as we say in Guyana. President Jagdeo has impressed us all of being “wrong and strong” as it relates to the EPA. His failed defence strategy has twice led to Suriname invading our territory without any response by our military.
Venezuela bombed our miners and we did not even register a complaint with the United Nations; instead we took thousands of barrels of oil to keep our mouth shut. Our economy has been on a decline for the last decade with inflation rate above 13% and cost of living beyond our capacity to cope with along with the excessive 16% VAT. Read more
So it has finally happened: Jagdeo is now begining to comprehend basic Economics
October 21, 2008
Guyana belatedly signs EPA
BY StaffGuyana signed the Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) in Brussels yesterday, five days after 13 other Cariforum countries and the European Union inked the new trade deal.
Guyana’s ambassador to Brussels Dr Patrick Gomes signed the pact and in a statement the EU Trade Commission welcomed the decision, which it said would allow the signatories to begin implementing the EPA by the end of the month. Read more
Guyana supports Wiretapping of Cell Phones….What nonsense is this?
October 19, 2008
The Herald Tribune is reporting that Guyana has already settled on discussions about registering all cell phones as they government shifts to monitor cell activity in order to reduce crime. Yea right! What nonsense is this? Barrat Jagdeo as this team of morons are at it again. Have they ever heard of privacy? Will Barrat and scoundrels be registering their phones as well because they are the biggest white collar criminals around Guyana? Moreover, I guess the government will now have a secret layer to rendezvous and local criminals will meet face to face. That should solve the problem. Man! The things Guyana is coming up with. How about better public services in order to reduce the crime rate? How about some new fresh leadership to replace our semi dictator who ego is bigger than him? What will they come up with next. Criminals will now get some foreign cell numbers and pay the roaming charges to continue their business. Barrat has done well again. He is now a Certified Baiganchoka Retard. Read more
Wow! What took them so long?
August 25, 2008
All CARIFESTA X venues except the National Stadium now Ticket Free
THE CARIFESTA Secretariat yesterday announced that all CARIFESTA X performance venues except for the National Stadium will not require a ticket.
Persons are, however, advised that entry to events will be on a first come, first served basis.
This decision took effect from yesterday. - Guyana Chronicle
It seems like Guyanese living in Guyana can actually get to see and partake in some of the Carifesta festivities. But the question is how many will? According to our sources living in Guyana, Carifesta flames went up in smoke on Friday night where many across the nation and other parts of the Caribbean switched off their television sets in the midst of the proceedings. Moreover, it seems like the Guyana Chronicle and Stabroek News are at odds with each other. Both prints are running opposite stories. Guyana Chronicle staying on the positive side and Stabroek News on the negative side. What’s going on? That’s the question. I’ve watch a few of the videos on YouTube and Stabroek news, and the scenes were as ghetto as ever. If what I saw was not a display of disorganization then, I don’t know what is. But Guyana again is not ready to host any type of regional event at all and I hope other Caribbean nations have noticed the same too. What was Frank Anthony thinking when he thought he support an event of such magnitude? I do hope for the remainder of Carifesta, working Guyanese actually get to attend some of these events because is a time for all Guyanese to enjoy, not the privileged few.
Andrew
Carifesta: Many Guyanese are locked out
August 21, 2008
hThe verdict is that many Guyanese are returning home with out tickets for the upcoming Carifesta events which start tomorrow. How can this be? Guyanese, all around Guyana counted the days when Carifesta would begin and planned their schedules accordingly to be able to attend the events. But now many have returned home without any hopes of ever getting into the events because there were no tickets available to supply the Guyanese public. It is simply because Guyana is simply not ready to entertain any regional events but government of Guyana had thought otherwise. How can you have fifteen thousand seats to entertain a semi global event on opening day? The government of Guyana needs a reality check. Guyana is not like any other nation in the Caribbean; it does not have any sort of solid infrastructure to host any event that is of the Carifesta scope. About 30 countries are participating and along with these countries comes an entire slue of people. How will Guyanese be able to attend an event in their own home country, when the government did not allot any space for them. This is sad and a shame. It is sad to see that the government of Guyana has forgot about its’ own people. They themselves have siphoned out the tickets for their own social group. Instead of cultivating one Guyana, the government has successfully accomplished the opposite. What a bunch of losers running that county. Events like these lead to riots and racial divide and this is one aspect of Guyanese life that is all too real, If such should happen again, I will not be surprised because it will be the deliberate fault of the Guyanese government to exclude its own people of being part of what is actually theirs. I would like to see Jagdeo, Persaud and the rest of the clueless gang explain this one on an open platform. I hope CN Sharma is got some tickets and get his camera in there and get some clips of these officials co-mingling with there upper class counter parts, Carifesta is suppose to inspire young Guyanese to uplift themselves, instead it has divided a nation in a single moment.
Andrew
Breaking News from Guyana: No tickets available to the Public for Carifesta
August 21, 2008
Our sources in Georgetown for two day now were trying to acquire tickets for the Carifesta events, since the tickets became available to the public on Tuesday August 19 2008. They stood on line at the Cultural Center, Theater Guild, 91 Middle street CARIFESTA Secretariat and Sophia locations. As of 12 pm today August 21 2008 they have not been able to acquire any tickets neither were many members of the general public. Moreover, we were told that the tickets after being printed went into the hands of top government officials and were distributed to family members and close associates. The information related about ticket distribution were less than truthful. The scene in Georgetown is absolutely chaotic right now according to one of our associates. He is currently standing at the 91 middle street locations, hoping for a miracle. Read more
Go Sharma, its’ you Birthday. You deserve it!
August 17, 2008
CN Sharma finally wins in court and who do you think was the apparent culprit? Robert Persaud. Sharma did it in high court. He won $250,000 in damages and $40,000 in costs. Apparently Persaud some years back made some negative remarks about Sharma’s news broadcast and he sued and won. That’s the first in Guyana where an ordinary citizen is able to fend against a government official. Although the compensation was mere dent in Persaud’s pockets, the point was made and well at that. Somehow, I have the feeling Persaud will get it back shortly, so no loose there. I recommend he sues Jagdeo now, for shutting him done some months back. In fact I recommend he sues them all. Yea! Just sue the whole dam government at the same time.
Demerara Resident
Was Robert Persaud serious when he noted…
August 15, 2008
“Guyana, is not a major contributor to climate change but the country’s good practices over the years, in following the sustainable development policy, have not prevented or shielded the country from the impact of climate change.”
Source: Kaieteurnews.com
The above note was uttered at a two day workshop where Robert Persaud was the Key note speaker. What I would like to know is: what were those good practices and what sustainable development policy is Robert Persaud ranting about. Maybe there are policies but that sure did not translate into development. Guess what Persaud, by your fearless leader accepting the carbon pact deal to preserve the rain forest, he has opened up the doors for all sorts of environmental negotiations where developed and I mean industrialized nations are able to continue in their polluting practices. You may think, it was a wise initiative, but the rain forest was just sold for pennies on the dollar. Way to go Bharrat, The Economist. Bharrat wants to enter the carbon trading market, but is that the wise decision. Guyana gains income while polluting companies buy polluting credit. So how does this help the green initiative? Do you all seriously think companies are going to aggressively search for cleaner ways to supplement traditional fuels. Get real! Exxon Mobil, BP, Chevron etc are all sitting on trillion dollar empires; do you think they want to disrupt that progress that took years to develop. Man! You guys who call yourselves leaders in Guyana need to get out of you coconut. It is the big fish in little pond syndrome that holding Guyana back. Guyanese need a real president and a real public relations dept to start with.
Guyana has less than a million people and no major carbon polluting industries so how the hell are you suppose to be a major contributor of green house gases and what the hell is Robert Persaud talking about sheilding.. What you could start doing is built better canals in Georgetown, so the air doses not stink when you walk around on a hot day, which is everyday. I don’t get it.
Barrat Gopal
Impact of Increased Cost of Living in Guyana
April 17, 2008
Bharrat Jagdeo refuses to admit that Guyana is below poverty line and the causes for this decline are: mismanagement of funds, bad policies, inflation, corruption, drugs and crimes. Wages and salaries are weakened gravely behind inflation and thus the currency is devalued more and more each day while wages remains the same. Read more