Comments on: What have foreign timber companies been doing for the local community? http://www.stabroeknews.com/2009/letters/07/04/what-have-foreign-timber-companies-been-doing-for-the-local-community/ Guyana News, Sports, Businesss and Entertainment Sun, 22 Nov 2009 08:11:36 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: Brandon Samaroo http://www.stabroeknews.com/2009/letters/07/04/what-have-foreign-timber-companies-been-doing-for-the-local-community/comment-page-1/#comment-177284 Brandon Samaroo Thu, 09 Jul 2009 14:07:10 +0000 http://www.stabroeknews.com/?p=50494#comment-177284 Quibian you must be related to Rohee, you and him have the same scholarly communist ideals no wonder you hollering canada gat brukup streets. Quibian you must be related to Rohee, you and him have the same scholarly communist ideals no wonder you hollering canada gat brukup streets.

]]> By: quibian http://www.stabroeknews.com/2009/letters/07/04/what-have-foreign-timber-companies-been-doing-for-the-local-community/comment-page-1/#comment-176114 quibian Mon, 06 Jul 2009 00:33:45 +0000 http://www.stabroeknews.com/?p=50494#comment-176114 kick them all out. they have destroyed their forests, now they want to destroy ours. kick them all out. they have destroyed their forests, now they want to destroy ours.

]]> By: Zee R http://www.stabroeknews.com/2009/letters/07/04/what-have-foreign-timber-companies-been-doing-for-the-local-community/comment-page-1/#comment-175964 Zee R Sun, 05 Jul 2009 15:48:47 +0000 http://www.stabroeknews.com/?p=50494#comment-175964 Before we start to decide who benefits from the offshore companies exploiting Guyana, please read: http://www.wrm.org.uy/deforestation/LAmerica/Guyana.html NOBODY WINS!!!! Before we start to decide who benefits from the offshore companies exploiting Guyana, please read: http://www.wrm.org.uy/deforestation/LAmerica/Guyana.html

NOBODY WINS!!!!

]]> By: Zee R http://www.stabroeknews.com/2009/letters/07/04/what-have-foreign-timber-companies-been-doing-for-the-local-community/comment-page-1/#comment-175915 Zee R Sun, 05 Jul 2009 14:23:18 +0000 http://www.stabroeknews.com/?p=50494#comment-175915 Deforestation is a crime against humanity. Deforestation is a crime against humanity.

]]> By: Georgie http://www.stabroeknews.com/2009/letters/07/04/what-have-foreign-timber-companies-been-doing-for-the-local-community/comment-page-1/#comment-175914 Georgie Sun, 05 Jul 2009 14:18:25 +0000 http://www.stabroeknews.com/?p=50494#comment-175914 Oops Kaieteur ! Maybe you should stop attacking the PPP so much and that will get your thought process in order. Ha ! Oops Kaieteur ! Maybe you should stop attacking the PPP so much and that will get your thought process in order. Ha !

]]> By: michael tannassee http://www.stabroeknews.com/2009/letters/07/04/what-have-foreign-timber-companies-been-doing-for-the-local-community/comment-page-1/#comment-175908 michael tannassee Sun, 05 Jul 2009 14:06:49 +0000 http://www.stabroeknews.com/?p=50494#comment-175908 ... M'Lord i'm always in a contemplative mode when u from all de way across de pond say much de same as i wish ,, on de same matter ,, kamla said it right ,, a few pieces of "sticks" !!!! yuh think mr.small"corn" is displayin signs relative to 'e name ???? … M’Lord i’m always in a contemplative mode when u from all de way across de pond say much de same as i wish ,, on de same matter ,, kamla said it right ,, a few pieces of “sticks” !!!!

yuh think mr.small”corn” is displayin signs relative to ‘e name ????

]]> By: Kaieteur Gold (Senior Analyst) http://www.stabroeknews.com/2009/letters/07/04/what-have-foreign-timber-companies-been-doing-for-the-local-community/comment-page-1/#comment-175686 Kaieteur Gold (Senior Analyst) Sat, 04 Jul 2009 18:16:37 +0000 http://www.stabroeknews.com/?p=50494#comment-175686 You may have inadvertently left out the Amerindian Smoke Signals (THE COMPUTERS) that are conveying/bringing the "messages" (both true and untrue) and "storing" them like elephant's memory ! You may have inadvertently left out the Amerindian Smoke Signals (THE COMPUTERS) that are conveying/bringing the “messages” (both true and untrue) and “storing” them like elephant’s memory !

]]> By: You Can Live Forever(-58) http://www.stabroeknews.com/2009/letters/07/04/what-have-foreign-timber-companies-been-doing-for-the-local-community/comment-page-1/#comment-175658 You Can Live Forever(-58) Sat, 04 Jul 2009 17:00:51 +0000 http://www.stabroeknews.com/?p=50494#comment-175658 "Footballs, DVD players bicycles, MP 3 players, wrist watches, cellular phones." Why do these things sound suspiciously like Colombus's glass beads and trinkets? “Footballs, DVD players bicycles, MP 3 players, wrist watches, cellular phones.” Why do these things sound suspiciously like Colombus’s glass beads and trinkets?

]]> By: Kaieteur Gold (Senior Analyst) http://www.stabroeknews.com/2009/letters/07/04/what-have-foreign-timber-companies-been-doing-for-the-local-community/comment-page-1/#comment-175619 Kaieteur Gold (Senior Analyst) Sat, 04 Jul 2009 15:14:38 +0000 http://www.stabroeknews.com/?p=50494#comment-175619 Re: "I thing what the AFC chap is trying to emphasize is there is a lack of representation for the Guyanese labour force in the agreement / 5 year plan. a few sticks here and there donated is not in the interest of Guyanese who want EMPLOYMENT. this is not the fault of the Foreigner who comes to invest rather it’s the fault of our Government." Come General Elections in Guyana in 2011 the Guyanese electorate (if they have the sense to know what they want for Guyana) will have the ample opportunity to exercise those rights. Re: “I thing what the AFC chap is trying to emphasize is there is a lack of representation for the Guyanese labour force in the agreement / 5 year plan. a few sticks here and there donated is not in the interest of Guyanese who want EMPLOYMENT. this is not the fault of the Foreigner who comes to invest rather it’s the fault of our Government.”

Come General Elections in Guyana in 2011 the Guyanese electorate (if they have the sense to know what they want for Guyana) will have the ample opportunity to exercise those rights.

]]> By: Kaieteur Gold (Senior Analyst) http://www.stabroeknews.com/2009/letters/07/04/what-have-foreign-timber-companies-been-doing-for-the-local-community/comment-page-1/#comment-175598 Kaieteur Gold (Senior Analyst) Sat, 04 Jul 2009 14:36:34 +0000 http://www.stabroeknews.com/?p=50494#comment-175598 Oops.... This should have read "A bigger question is – why did the current People’s Progressive Party (PPP) led Government in Guyana in their “Solomonist Wisdom” closed (shuttered) the doors of the Guyana Cooperative Agricultural and Industrial Development Bank (GAIBANK). My bad! Sorry. Oops…. This should have read “A bigger question is – why did the current People’s Progressive Party (PPP) led Government in Guyana in their “Solomonist Wisdom” closed (shuttered) the doors of the Guyana Cooperative Agricultural and Industrial Development Bank (GAIBANK). My bad! Sorry.

]]> By: Kaieteur Gold (Senior Analyst) http://www.stabroeknews.com/2009/letters/07/04/what-have-foreign-timber-companies-been-doing-for-the-local-community/comment-page-1/#comment-175591 Kaieteur Gold (Senior Analyst) Sat, 04 Jul 2009 14:23:32 +0000 http://www.stabroeknews.com/?p=50494#comment-175591 Oops... Sorry! This should have read "closed/shuttered the doors of the Guyana Cooperative Agricultural and Industrial Development Bank (GAIBANK). My bad! Oops… Sorry! This should have read “closed/shuttered the doors of the Guyana Cooperative Agricultural and Industrial Development Bank (GAIBANK). My bad!

]]> By: kamla-w http://www.stabroeknews.com/2009/letters/07/04/what-have-foreign-timber-companies-been-doing-for-the-local-community/comment-page-1/#comment-175522 kamla-w Sat, 04 Jul 2009 12:29:48 +0000 http://www.stabroeknews.com/?p=50494#comment-175522 I thing what the AFC chap is trying to emphasize is there is a lack of representation for the Guyanese labour force in the agreement / 5 year plan. a few sticks here and there donated is not in the interest of Guyanese who want EMPLOYMENT. this is not the fault of the Foreigner who comes to invest rather it's the fault of our Government. I thing what the AFC chap is trying to emphasize is there is a lack of representation for the Guyanese labour force in the agreement / 5 year plan. a few sticks here and there donated is not in the interest of Guyanese who want EMPLOYMENT. this is not the fault of the Foreigner who comes to invest rather it’s the fault of our Government.

]]> By: Kaieteur Gold (Senior Analyst) http://www.stabroeknews.com/2009/letters/07/04/what-have-foreign-timber-companies-been-doing-for-the-local-community/comment-page-1/#comment-175508 Kaieteur Gold (Senior Analyst) Sat, 04 Jul 2009 12:02:42 +0000 http://www.stabroeknews.com/?p=50494#comment-175508 Re: "What have foreign timber companies been doing for the local community?"!!! A bigger question is - why did the current People's Progressive Party (PPP) led Government in Guyana in their "Solomonist Wisdom" closed the shuttered of the Guyana Cooperative Agricultural and Industrial Development Bank (GAIBANK) which provided all or most of the developmental capital for the Guyanese owned companies (the Toolsie Persauds, the Mahazarallys, the Williams Timbers.....) operating in Guyana??? "Time For Change"! Re: “What have foreign timber companies been doing for the local community?”!!!

A bigger question is – why did the current People’s Progressive Party (PPP) led Government in Guyana in their “Solomonist Wisdom” closed the shuttered of the Guyana Cooperative Agricultural and Industrial Development Bank (GAIBANK) which provided all or most of the developmental capital for the Guyanese owned companies (the Toolsie Persauds, the Mahazarallys, the Williams Timbers…..) operating in Guyana???

“Time For Change”!

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