Comments on: Normal power supply

By: MXQBH

MXQBH — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 21:48:49 +0000

Eh-eh. Power back on again at 5 PM. Merry Xmas!

By: MQXBH("One-one blackout nah nuting"?!)

MQXBH("One-one blackout nah nuting"?!) — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 20:19:16 +0000

And yet another blackout at 4:17 PM! Got to shut down now.

By: MXQBH

MXQBH — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 15:47:46 +0000

Power restored at about 9 AM by the GUYANA POWER AND LIGHT INCORPORATED.

By: Bismattie Ramsawak

Bismattie Ramsawak — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 14:43:02 +0000

I’M DREAMING OF A LIGHTED CHRISTMAS, WHERE FAIRY LIGHTS ARE ABLE TO WORK. THERE WILL BE NO LOAD SHEDDING AND NO BLACK OUTS AND WE CAN HAVE A MERRY GAY OLE TIME.

OOPS… SHOCKS THAT WAS JUST A DREAM INDEED, 17 YEARS OF PPP RULE AN WE STILL CANT SEE THE LIGHT.

By: Dandy Andy

Dandy Andy — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 13:53:57 +0000

This extracted paragraph captures the entire editorial vividly: “A whole generation of Guyanese has grown up with generators, rechargeable lamps, candles, black tanks and drums and buckets for fetching water – even when their homes are only 10 ft or 12 ft high – as livelihood necessities. And this is what we call development.”

Indeed, if a whole generation grew up with constant blackouts, then what is the government’s concept of development, knowing that it was not like this forty years ago? We have regressed rather than progressed, people! There is no shame in the government to keep touting its so-called developments even as people are living in a retorgade state of blackouts!

And what hurts more is that there are Guyanese abroad who would come here and post in defence of this inept and corrupt government! It’s like the government cuts the people with a blade and its supporters come and pour salt into the open wounds!

By: MQXBH("One-one blackout nah nuting"?!

MQXBH("One-one blackout nah nuting"?! — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 10:13:04 +0000

“how it is that we seem to not be able to get it right”? To put it mildly, it’s the human factor gone awry. And blackout this morning at 5:40 AM. Then a wee bit current came at 6:10 for less than 3 seconds and ….