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
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
Blogger arrested for accusations against the Malaysian Prime Minister. A parallel to Guyanese politics?
May 6, 2008
Bloggers more and more are getting into the spotlight for anti government content placed on their websites. The case of this Malaysian Blogger is no different when he accused the Malysian Prime Minister and his wife of involvement in a murder. Read more
CN Sharma and Guyana’s Channel Six are both closed for the next four months as ordered by Bharrat Jagdeo.
April 13, 2008
In reading the article on CN Sharma posted in Stabroek News dated 4/12/2008, on the case of Guyana’s Channel six owner CN Sharma and his airing of content that seemingly advocated the killing of the Head of State and Head of Government Bharrat Jagdeo, I am confounded as to the how this case was handled against Sharma and more so the limitations of powers of the government. It seems to me that there is no separation of state from the interpretation of the laws that were created to be judicial to all people, under one constitution. Read more
Is Freedom of Speech being Suppressed or Infringed Upon? The dilemma between CN Sharma and the Guyanese government on the matter of offending “good taste”
April 10, 2008
The question I am asking is: where and when should freedom of speech be limited or restrained and where should the line should be drawn as what is considered “good taste” and more over what is considered good taste? This blog is in response to an article posted in Stabroek News dated 4/9/2008 in regards to a seemingly serious situation that has placed CN Sharma (Guyana’s channel six owner and host of “Voice of the People program” at the desk of President Bharrat Jagdeo and Dr. Roger Luncheon who is the Head of the Presidential Secretariat (HPS). Read more