quote:Originally posted by jags:
Gold did well Caribj and its not entirely because of miners listen me out. The PPP facilitated a lot of duty free equipment for gold mining thus it made it easier when the drug dealers started laundering money through selling a lot of heavy equipment into GY. (smile)
Thats the truth, many drug dealing operations also moved into gold mining thus production surged. This surge was reported in the press as well. The PPP has also been able to sign some good mining deals with a few canadian companies.
I might add that they also did a great job on the CGX suriname issue by getting Sonny Ramphal involved. Otherwise they would have screwed this up also.
Linden is not as much a mess as you may think. Talk to some old time PNC folks there and you will understand, many of the folks in linden have also moved into mining. So the employment has kinda shifted away from linden into mahdia and region 8.
If gold prices were low gold would not have done well. It would not ahve been lucrative for the PPP friends (ooops I meant money launderers and other criminals).
Nor would the Canadians have been interested. The PPP didnt seek them out. They sought Guyana out.
People arent stupid. If bauxite is finished folks will move on. The fact that they have doesnt change the fact that the bauxite industry is a mess.
Linden used to be a jumping place in the 1960s and 70s. It was the most "modern" city in Guyana as Lindeners had the money to spend on these services. That is how Linden was. Not now.
The PPP messed up the Suriname issue and had to rely on "PNC" diplomats to rescue them. The same people who Cheddi dumped when he came in. Yes the same Sonny Ramphal who they used to call a traitor because he didnt support the Indian party. Suriname ried to mess around with GY in teh 60s and were quickly sent packing, not to try that again until the PPP came in.