Comments on: The brouhaha over illegal Guyanese in Barbados is a wake-up call to Guyanese at home

By: Caesar Agustus

Caesar Agustus — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 23:53:02 +0000

Spot on? Where MIECZKIEWICZ? In a dream.

By: Caesar Agustus

Caesar Agustus — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 00:25:54 +0000

baloner reader Sanderson.Coming from you those words do not mean a thing.

By: Caesar Agustus

Caesar Agustus — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 16:55:22 +0000

Ulric Alaric,My Charriot is ‘Chariots on Fire.’ Yours, have a fifth wheel.In perpetuity.

By: Brandon Samaroo (Have we gotten our money's worth from the PPP after 17 years?!)

Brandon Samaroo (Have we gotten our money's worth from the PPP after 17 years?!) — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 02:10:40 +0000

The PPP won the last elections which had the poorest turnout in history on the backs of the indian vote.

That my friend is the bottom line, attack mervin all you want, unless you show me hard stats to disprove what I just said vs. ranting and raving I will stand by that comment.

By: Ulric

Ulric — Sun, 05 Jul 2009 02:14:52 +0000

Is “Get a life” your command to the horse to move your chariot? ISNM

By: Ulric

Ulric — Sun, 05 Jul 2009 02:03:02 +0000

Where is the chariot?

By: Walter

Walter — Sun, 05 Jul 2009 01:48:09 +0000

Mr. Mervin and Others:

1. There are clear racial overtones in this discussion. It seems like a disease that every topic which Guyanese discuss has to be filtered through the prism (prison) of race. And the irony is, all the discussants want to move beyond race and see a better Guyana.

2. In this discussion, I believe that the race factor was implicit in Mr. Mervin letter. He provide some useful information but the implicit racial reference undoes any possible positive implications.

3. Immigrants are being attacked all over the world. What we should be doing is speaking up for their rights and dignity wherever and whenever these violations come to light. But some people seem to want to use this issue to fight the PPP so they are willing to cast a blind evye on Barbados’ contravention of international norms and principles of civilized state behaviour.

4. When such violations occur, whether the targets are Indonesians in Malaysia, Filipinos in Singapore, Burmese in Thailand, Central Americans and Haitians in the USA and Canada, or Sudanese in Egypt, they make all of us less humane and in the end come back to hurt us.

I think that our first priority whuld must therefore be to let it be known that they are happening and that they violate internationally accepted principles and norms. Me must resist the temptation to use them for our own ends, however noble those ends may seem to be.

The most desructive of these ends is to ethnic mobilization.

5. Mr. Mervin is a prolific and insightful commentator. I wish to thank him for the reference to the WB study which I was unaware of. He has a right to his political opinion and his letter was written with good intentions. If weaknesses in his letter are pointed out to him, I am sure would be willing to compromise for the betterment of Guyana.

Best regards
Walter

By: Caesar Agustus

Caesar Agustus — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 19:38:22 +0000

Educate yourself some more and be wiser.Where were you talking about nepotism, when worse than what is occuring in Guyana was happening under a dictatorship of rule until death? Get real.Learn.

By: Caesar Agustus

Caesar Agustus — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 19:35:50 +0000

Same can be said for Afro Guyanese. Complaining about principles, then dress in “I love NY” tee shirts and depart on the next outgoing flight. Explain yourself fully before you comment otherwise.

By: Caesar Agustus

Caesar Agustus — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 03:02:55 +0000

Guyanese have emigrated and were deported en masse since the early seventies.Nothing new.So do you logically expect Guyanese to stay awake, when something like this has been going on for decades? Get a life.

By: NotFromGT

NotFromGT — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 02:22:26 +0000

No love lost ontariogirl. Take it easy.
I think people living in Guyana are the ones to change their country. I gave up that right when I chose to live elswhere.
The underlying tone of the above letter strikes a particular nerve.

By: Brandon Samaroo (Have we gotten our money's worth from the PPP after 17 years?!)

Brandon Samaroo (Have we gotten our money's worth from the PPP after 17 years?!) — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 19:17:20 +0000

PPP has failed to take guyana anywhere Cooolieeeeman, clean that boo boo from your eyes.

By: Alexa

Alexa — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 16:42:16 +0000

Many ppl voted, like my parents for PPP for those who will remain in Guyana and could not go overseas.Others may have voted for other reasons.
Guyanese will always move away from home,because the high positions are filled by unqualified ppl from PPP government families.Indian Guyanese voted PPP because of race and not because of qualification and experience. PPP and PNC need to be remove as parties and have ppl who are qualify and also who will have the country’s best interest at heart. It is sad to see what the PPP did to that country and
my parents have never return home since they came and its by choice.

By: Alekuna/Macushi

Alekuna/Macushi — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 09:10:07 +0000

“So if the Bajan authorities are rounding up a handful of illegal Guyanese while leaving thousand untouched, that is enough proof that bajans are not an anti-Guyanese…”
What about the lady who was dragged out from her toilet – with her feasese tailing behind her only to be found that she was not an illegal.
What about those intransit Guyanese passengers who were taken off from the aircrafts to be dehumanized. If it is not anti – then it is antiiiii – Guyanese.
Francis Quanmina Farrier spent a night in a cell in Antigua – because he is a Guyanese.
There is a strong anti- Guyanese in the Caribbean, generally, brother man. I lived in the region for 6 years – I bear witness.

By: Zee R

Zee R — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 02:42:55 +0000

hey Carl,

How many times do you suggest we reread the letter. Every time I read it, it is the same rubbish.

By: ontariogirl

ontariogirl — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 02:19:34 +0000

NotFrom Gt, I ain’t hiding here man. No I am not a professional either, I am from Trinidad and just a curious onlooker. Nothing is wrong with some healthy criticism.However, if you think what I have written is so wrong, then YOU should go back to Guyana.I work here in a factory.. ontariogirl

By: NotFromGT

NotFromGT — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 02:09:39 +0000

I have just as much right as anyone to speak out against bigotry. I experienced PNC bigotry firsthand when I lived in Berbice. PNC morons with no education held the best jobs. They raided my home at will for what they called ‘inspections for contraband’. Humiliated my parents and grandparents. Now I can finally see the true nature of the PNC’s policies. ETHNIC CLEANSING. It worked but they are too stupid to govern. They created the atmosphere that exists today.

Mr Mervin wants me to blame the PPP? I don’t think so.

By: ontariogirl

ontariogirl — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 00:46:31 +0000

Then what are you doing in the States, you should also go back if what you think what I’ve written is so wrong. There is nothing wrong with some constructive critism. No I am not a professional, I work in a factory here and am quite happy. ontariogirl .

By: Maria

Maria — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 00:12:32 +0000

The thing is that Guyana is just a checkers board, while Suriname is a quilt!

By: Carl

Carl — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 00:03:08 +0000

SaseSingh- Read the letter carefully then respond. He didn’t say that Indian are the only ones that vote for the PPP. You are getting heated for no reason.

By: Carl

Carl — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 23:58:42 +0000

Coolieman- Stop the nonsense. How many years do you need to “rebuild” Guyana. Maybe 20, 30 or 40 years, get real guy. This government is a failer. These are the people that claim to have the anwers- as we all can see they don’t know anything.

By: Carl

Carl — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 23:49:16 +0000

NotFromGt- You rant and rave but said nothing. Read Emile’s letter again, then make your comment.

By: coolieman

coolieman — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 23:24:16 +0000

People like Mervin does not believe in facts.

By: coolieman

coolieman — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 23:14:29 +0000

Amenra they are not fleeing they have roots in all the countries that the older generation fled to during the PNC era, then there is the economic factor, Guyana is still in the rebuilding process, most who fled still have their real estate in Guyana and traveling back and forth hoping to settle when the PPP/C finish the rebuilding process.