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FM
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D2 and company were very vociferous about the Amerindian suffering when PPP was in power. Now the voices of these hypocrites fall silent as they resign themselves to going along with the shortcomings of this administration. 

Saxacalli residents suffering silently at the hands of miners

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… river pollution leads to rashes, diarrhoea
… GGMC ignoring complaints since 2015

By Shemuel Fanfair

Weeks after its devastating and far-reaching impacts on the environment were reported, pollution from mining practices in the Mazaruni region are still affecting many of the area’s inhabitants, despite many initiatives over the years to curb the scourge. It was on a fact-finding mission last month that the Guyana Human Rights Association (GHRA) unearthed “a ruinous mess of tailings and devastation” along the Puruni River for miles.

The community of Saxacalli, along the Essequibo River, remains threated by pollution from mining in inland communities

However, the community of Saxacalli, along the Essequibo River, has been suffering silently from this same plight. Saxacalli is originally an Arawak community located on the left bank of the Essequibo River, some 25 miles from Parika, East Bank Essequibo.
On Saturday when <<<Guyana Times>>> visited the small community, residents were up in arms about the fact that gold miners in several inland areas are disrupting their lives. So disrupted, that residents of the riverine community are to the point where children as well as adults have been suffering skin rashes and diarrhoea as a result of pollution to their main water source.
Community Health Worker (CHW) and resident, Helen Williams, told this newspaper on Saturday that the polluted water is flowing down from upstream locations.
“We depend on the rain water; the river water very nasty, that’s with the gold mining that’s going on… at Gold Creek and Tiger Creek,” she explained.
This ongoing crisis has altered the very culture of the community, which traditionally saw inhabitants using the river water in nearly every aspect of their lives, including drinking, washing and cooking. But this has all changed as often times; patients are brought in with flu-like symptoms, diarrhoea and vomiting and skin rashes.
“When the rain falls, it usually wash down through the creeks and then come out in the river and sometimes we find small children, even adults coming down with skin infections,” Williams also noted.
The health worker further pointed out that often times, members of the community are compelled to purchase water when their rain water reserves become depleted. She said she spoke to officials who visited the community and that she made a complaint in 2015 to the Guyana Geology and Mines Commission (GGMC), adding that she never received a response since that year.
“The GGMC send up people to test the water but nothing else,” posited Williams, echoing the call for the relevant agency to look into the community’s concerns.
She noted that medical supplies are stored right at the medical centre, which caters to the 101 residents in the peaceful community.
In the Arawak language, the word Saxacalli means “Kingfisher” and the community was named after the many birds in the area. Legend holds that the area’s origin dates back to the early days of the Dutch presence on the Essequibo River. Anthropological studies suggest that Amerindians from the neighbouring Tiger, Groete and Bancari Creeks moved to Saxacalli, and the settlement was in existence since the days of the Dutch, during the late 1600s, with the community at that time serving as trading partners with the Dutch settlements from Fort Island and Kyk-Over-Al.
Like Saxacalli, another Indigenous community facing its own share of challenges is Orealla. Residents there picketed the Skeldon Hospital on Friday, calling on the Region Six (East Berbice-Corentyne) Health services department to secure a doctor for the community.
Located in the Corentyne River, the Amerindian community expressed grave frustration that they have had to cope without a medical doctor being deployed since November 2016. The protesters had made the arduous journey, some travelling some 50 miles to Skeldon on Friday to stage the picketing exercise, with the hopes that their voices are heard.

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Drugb posted:

Saxacalli residents suffering silently at the hands of miners,

… river pollution leads to rashes, diarrhoea
… GGMC ignoring complaints since 2015

By Shemuel Fanfair

The community of Saxacalli, along the Essequibo River, remains threated by pollution from mining in inland communities
Like Saxacalli, another Indigenous community facing its own share of challenges is Orealla. Residents there picketed the Skeldon Hospital on Friday, calling on the Region Six (East Berbice-Corentyne) Health services department to secure a doctor for the community.
Located in the Corentyne River, the Amerindian community expressed grave frustration that they have had to cope without a medical doctor being deployed since November 2016. The protesters had made the arduous journey, some travelling some 50 miles to Skeldon on Friday to stage the picketing exercise, with the hopes that their voices are heard.

Dedicated and continuation of the focused initiatives of the PNC/AFC.

FM

Life was never better for the Amerindians under the PPP. Over three hundred of them were invited to the PPP general convention to pick the PPP's central committee members. Yet these people voted for the AFC causing the PPP to lose the election.   God help them under the PNC administration. Maybe D2 can.

R

Not sure that the Amerindians were the cause of the PNC ascending to power and screwing up Guyana. The slop can crew are on a media blitz to convince us otherwise with claims of 125 milestone achievements. What is evident is neither party pnc or ppp know how to move Guyana forward. 

FM

The Berbicians brought down the PPP government.  Look at the results for regions 5 and 6 and compare to the that of previous elections' results.  Moses brought home the bacon for the PNC.  Let's see if he can do it again 2020.

Billy Ram Balgobin

Everybody friggin suffering. The PNC was created to ENSLAVE, SUFFER, HUMILIATE and DOMINATE the masses, those at home and the FILTH HEADS on GNI.

Many of these IDIOT cant wait for the return of hope Estate, KSI, Shortages of Toilet Paper, Rice, sugar, Aloo, Wheat, should I keep going.

Nehru
Nehru posted:

Such sentiments are common among a vast munber of APNU+AFC supporters

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Afro Guyanese are feeling the squeeze as a result of policies implemented by the PNC. Ulric is speaking the truth. In fact, Guyanese of ALL races are suffering under the PNC.

Should there be a free and fair election, the PPP will win one of it's biggest majority yet.

It is important for the PPP to have each race represented equally in their new government in 2020 otherwise we will all be going around in a big circle. 

Governments can no longer take it's people for granted. The anger and frustration of Guyanese of all races are growing. The PNC is attempting to divert attention away front their incompetence but they can no longer fool the Guyanese public.

 

FM

When PNC apologists make excuses for the state of the economy and try to blame the PPP, I say to them, this is what you get for putting in power a visionless leader whose only qualification is an army man with no economic or business background. This is the same jackass that told the people that if they want to open business they should sell plantain chips and tamrind ball. 

FM
Drugb posted:

When PNC apologists make excuses for the state of the economy and try to blame the PPP, I say to them, this is what you get for putting in power a visionless leader whose only qualification is an army man with no economic or business background. This is the same jackass that told the people that if they want to open business they should sell plantain chips and tamrind ball. 

PNC has no vision for Guyana. Their vision is for Guyanese to sell plantain chips and tamarind ball. That is the limit of their intelligence. 

If I may add, they can also organize a massive Blackmanfeste. Sport, fete and wine down. Live for today, forget about tomorrow. PPP will have to fill the treasury again so that they can feed their bad habits.

FM
yuji22 posted:

D2 is in hiding, gobbling down a bottle of piwari on a park bench.

could it be conversing with insignificant nits is not a necessity but other places of relevance where information has more impact exists? Well there is.

FM
Drugb posted:

When PNC apologists make excuses for the state of the economy and try to blame the PPP, I say to them, this is what you get for putting in power a visionless leader whose only qualification is an army man with no economic or business background. This is the same jackass that told the people that if they want to open business they should sell plantain chips and tamrind ball. 

what you doing in north america selling snow cone to the Eskimos  in the winter 

FM
Ramakant-P posted:

Life was never better for the Amerindians under the PPP. Over three hundred of them were invited to the PPP general convention to pick the PPP's central committee members. Yet these people voted for the AFC causing the PPP to lose the election.   God help them under the PNC administration. Maybe D2 can.

well i will be dam the Amerindians finely get smart 

FM
warrior posted:
Drugb posted:

When PNC apologists make excuses for the state of the economy and try to blame the PPP, I say to them, this is what you get for putting in power a visionless leader whose only qualification is an army man with no economic or business background. This is the same jackass that told the people that if they want to open business they should sell plantain chips and tamrind ball. 

what you doing in north america selling snow cone to the Eskimos  in the winter 

You must mistake me for django. In the same vein we can ask why you are building house without foundation.

FM
warrior posted:
Ramakant-P posted:

Life was never better for the Amerindians under the PPP. Over three hundred of them were invited to the PPP general convention to pick the PPP's central committee members. Yet these people voted for the AFC causing the PPP to lose the election.   God help them under the PNC administration. Maybe D2 can.

well i will be dam the Amerindians finely get smart 

As a brother, don't let these GNI guys abuse you. Should be "finally". Know your words.

FM
skeldon_man posted:
warrior posted:
Ramakant-P posted:

Life was never better for the Amerindians under the PPP. Over three hundred of them were invited to the PPP general convention to pick the PPP's central committee members. Yet these people voted for the AFC causing the PPP to lose the election.   God help them under the PNC administration. Maybe D2 can.

well i will be dam the Amerindians finely get smart 

As a brother, don't let these GNI guys abuse you. Should be "finally". Know your words.

thanks professor will never happen again 

FM
Drugb posted:
warrior posted:
Drugb posted:

When PNC apologists make excuses for the state of the economy and try to blame the PPP, I say to them, this is what you get for putting in power a visionless leader whose only qualification is an army man with no economic or business background. This is the same jackass that told the people that if they want to open business they should sell plantain chips and tamrind ball. 

what you doing in north america selling snow cone to the Eskimos  in the winter 

You must mistake me for django. In the same vein we can ask why you are building house without foundation.

your pen will have foundation 

FM
Drugb posted:
warrior posted:
Drugb posted:

When PNC apologists make excuses for the state of the economy and try to blame the PPP, I say to them, this is what you get for putting in power a visionless leader whose only qualification is an army man with no economic or business background. This is the same jackass that told the people that if they want to open business they should sell plantain chips and tamrind ball. 

what you doing in north america selling snow cone to the Eskimos  in the winter 

You must mistake me for django. In the same vein we can ask why you are building house without foundation.

Warria built the house and realized that it needed a foundation after it was completed. He thinks just like his AFC/PNC party. No planning in place.

FM
Nehru posted:

yUJI bHAI. i AM NOT AT ALL SURPRISE and that is worst than what he did before. He waited until he got Bellywuk to start building his toilet.

He thinks like the AFC/PNC. 

Guess what, he will have to use the bush with black sage leaf because the AFC/PNC cannot even build a toilet.

FM
yuji22 posted:
Nehru posted:

yUJI bHAI. i AM NOT AT ALL SURPRISE and that is worst than what he did before. He waited until he got Bellywuk to start building his toilet.

He thinks like the AFC/PNC. 

Guess what, he will have to use the bush with black sage leaf because the AFC/PNC cannot even build a toilet.

In fact he use nettle grass and he backside itch fuh days.

FM

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