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Jagdeo gets fifth honorary doctorate from Trent University

Former President Bharrat Jagdeo on Wednesday received the honorary doctorate  conferred upon him by Trent University, his fifth such honour in recent years.

Former President Bharrat Jagdeo

Former President Bharrat Jagdeo

Trent University, with a world-class reputation in environmental and resource sciences, water science and biomaterials, conferred the honour on Jagdeo in recognition of his global advocacy for averted climate change through avoided deforestation, by linking economic development in forested countries to carbon sequestration, ecosystem services and preservation of biodiversity.

The citation was read by Guyanese Professor Suresh Narine, director of the Trent Centre for Biomaterials Research, and was attended by approximately 20 Guyanese dignitaries and academics.

In his address to the university graduating class of 2013, Professor Narine said:

“We face a series of interrelated challenges:  availability and affordability of energy; availability of clean water; a growing world population and increasing food scarcity; sustained meltdown of the world’s financial systems; continued mal-distribution of wealth, resources and opportunities between the developed and developing world; and, climate change as a result of anthropogenic activities, including massive deforestation. These challenges urgently demand global leaders who are transformative thinkers: women and men who are capable of convincing political leaders, the private sector and mass populations alike, across borders, cultures and nationalistic interests, of the urgent imperative for concerted action.  Bharrat Jagdeo is such a leader.”

Most challenging barrier to concerted action relates to policy

Jagdeo urged the graduating students, parents and assembled academics to ensure that they play a role in the efforts to address the environmental issues facing the planet, in particular, climate change, as it was not sufficient to leave the issue up to scientists and policy leaders.

 “Ensure you do not sleep walk through life,” he said to the graduands. “You have within you individual and collective power to effect the massive changes necessary to turn around the catastrophic outcome towards which the world is headed unless climate change is addressed.”

Trent’s outdoor convocation ceremony, set on the picturesque banks of the Otonabee River, was a fitting backdrop to Jagdeo’s message: “The most challenging barrier to concerted action to avert catastrophic climate change in our world relates to policy,” he told the attentive audience of some 1600 individuals. “And you have the individual and collective power to ensure that the correct enabling policies are adopted by your governments, through your advocacy, votes, and voices.”

The former president pointed out that it was no longer just an environmentally important imperative to address climate change, but that climate change threatened the economic viability of all nations on the planet. He made a convincing argument that the longer the wait, the more expensive the steps necessary to abate climate change will be, and that at some crucial tipping point, it will no longer be possible to halt climate change, regardless of the cost.

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Originally Posted by Nehru:
Originally Posted by Prince:

I expect a lot of criticism from the sour pusses who can't deal with this news.

Is there something as Sweet Pusses????

These is nothing sweet about stale poke!  

FM
Originally Posted by Prince:
Originally Posted by Nehru:
Originally Posted by Prince:

I expect a lot of criticism from the sour pusses who can't deal with this news.

Is there something as Sweet Pusses????

These is nothing sweet about stale poke!  

If dem Bhias praise Jagdeo will dat make Dem sweet Pusses????

Nehru

When UW or University of Toronto or Western gives him a honouray doctorate, I will sey YES, YES. For now, all dem low level places of larning wid tremedous Guyanese influences that give out those papers is suspect. All these profs have connections with GoG. 

S
Originally Posted by seignet:

When UW or University of Toronto or Western gives him a honouray doctorate, I will sey YES, YES. For now, all dem low level places of larning wid tremedous Guyanese influences that give out those papers is suspect. All these profs have connections with GoG. 

Prince, #1 Sour Puss.

Nehru
Originally Posted by Nehru:
Originally Posted by seignet:

When UW or University of Toronto or Western gives him a honouray doctorate, I will sey YES, YES. For now, all dem low level places of larning wid tremedous Guyanese influences that give out those papers is suspect. All these profs have connections with GoG. 

Prince, #1 Sour Puss.

They will come out one by one like thiefing cat, but some will be ashamed to admit that Jagdeo is the first president to receive five doctorates. When Obama received his, everybody was singing hee-hoo. No matter how hard they try, they can't put a good man down.  

FM
Originally Posted by Prince:
Originally Posted by Nehru:
Originally Posted by seignet:

When UW or University of Toronto or Western gives him a honouray doctorate, I will sey YES, YES. For now, all dem low level places of larning wid tremedous Guyanese influences that give out those papers is suspect. All these profs have connections with GoG. 

Prince, #1 Sour Puss.

They will come out one by one like thiefing cat, but some will be ashamed to admit that Jagdeo is the first president to receive five doctorates. When Obama received his, everybody was singing hee-hoo. No matter how hard they try, they can't put a good man down.  

SO TRUE.

Nehru
Originally Posted by Nehru:
Originally Posted by Prince:
Originally Posted by Nehru:
Originally Posted by seignet:

When UW or University of Toronto or Western gives him a honouray doctorate, I will sey YES, YES. For now, all dem low level places of larning wid tremedous Guyanese influences that give out those papers is suspect. All these profs have connections with GoG. 

Prince, #1 Sour Puss.

They will come out one by one like thiefing cat, but some will be ashamed to admit that Jagdeo is the first president to receive five doctorates. When Obama received his, everybody was singing hee-hoo. No matter how hard they try, they can't put a good man down.  

SO TRUE.

When they pin Ramotar to Jagdeo, they're actually associating him to a man who achieved five consecutive doctorate degrees. When they realize that they will be quick to separate them.  

FM
Originally Posted by Prince:
Originally Posted by Nehru:
Originally Posted by Prince:
Originally Posted by Nehru:
Originally Posted by seignet:

When UW or University of Toronto or Western gives him a honouray doctorate, I will sey YES, YES. For now, all dem low level places of larning wid tremedous Guyanese influences that give out those papers is suspect. All these profs have connections with GoG. 

Prince, #1 Sour Puss.

They will come out one by one like thiefing cat, but some will be ashamed to admit that Jagdeo is the first president to receive five doctorates. When Obama received his, everybody was singing hee-hoo. No matter how hard they try, they can't put a good man down.  

SO TRUE.

When they pin Ramotar to Jagdeo, they're actually associating him to a man who achieved five consecutive doctorate degrees. When they realize that they will be quick to separate them.  

And NONE of these People have anything to show but their BIG Mouths.

Nehru
Originally Posted by Prince:
Originally Posted by Nehru:
Originally Posted by seignet:

When UW or University of Toronto or Western gives him a honouray doctorate, I will sey YES, YES. For now, all dem low level places of larning wid tremedous Guyanese influences that give out those papers is suspect. All these profs have connections with GoG. 

Prince, #1 Sour Puss.

They will come out one by one like thiefing cat, but some will be ashamed to admit that Jagdeo is the first president to receive five doctorates. When Obama received his, everybody was singing hee-hoo. No matter how hard they try, they can't put a good man down.  

Some men have a gift of survival.

 

Guyana is a polluted country in all dimensions. Polluted politicians, polluted lawyers, polluted judges, polluted drains, polluted druggies, polluted citizens who have no decency or moral uprightness. That fella Jagan give the country to some real polluted individuals.

 


 

S
Originally Posted by seignet:
Originally Posted by Prince:
Originally Posted by Nehru:
Originally Posted by seignet:

When UW or University of Toronto or Western gives him a honouray doctorate, I will sey YES, YES. For now, all dem low level places of larning wid tremedous Guyanese influences that give out those papers is suspect. All these profs have connections with GoG. 

Prince, #1 Sour Puss.

They will come out one by one like thiefing cat, but some will be ashamed to admit that Jagdeo is the first president to receive five doctorates. When Obama received his, everybody was singing hee-hoo. No matter how hard they try, they can't put a good man down.  

Some men have a gift of survival.

 

Guyana is a polluted country in all dimensions. Polluted politicians, polluted lawyers, polluted judges, polluted drains, polluted druggies, polluted citizens who have no decency or moral uprightness. That fella Jagan give the country to some real polluted individuals.

 


 

Only lazy people look at Guyana is all negative aspects. Nothing is going to come to you in a silver platter. You have to get up and get. BTW, Guyana doesn't need people like you around either.

FM
Originally Posted by seignet:
Originally Posted by Prince:
Originally Posted by Nehru:
Originally Posted by seignet:

When UW or University of Toronto or Western gives him a honouray doctorate, I will sey YES, YES. For now, all dem low level places of larning wid tremedous Guyanese influences that give out those papers is suspect. All these profs have connections with GoG. 

Prince, #1 Sour Puss.

They will come out one by one like thiefing cat, but some will be ashamed to admit that Jagdeo is the first president to receive five doctorates. When Obama received his, everybody was singing hee-hoo. No matter how hard they try, they can't put a good man down.  

Some men have a gift of survival.

 

Guyana is a polluted country in all dimensions. Polluted politicians, polluted lawyers, polluted judges, polluted drains, polluted druggies, polluted citizens who have no decency or moral uprightness. That fella Jagan give the country to some real polluted individuals.

 


 

Dr, Jagan graduated from Howard University and Northwestern University

Prashad

Jagdeo is a great son of Guyana. This great leader stood up for his people and made us all proud. Let those who are bitter and envious burn in Envy.

 

This applies to most of the PNC Indians here since they are bitter that Jagdeo is being honoured for his outstanding work.

FM
Originally Posted by yuji22:

Jagdeo is a great son of Guyana. This great leader stoop up for his people and made us all proud. Let those who are bitter and envious burn in Envy.

 

This applies to most of the PNC Indians here since they are bitter that Jagdeo is being honoured for his outstanding work.

Jagdeo is an enigma.

FM
Originally Posted by Prashad:
Originally Posted by seignet:
Originally Posted by Prince:
Originally Posted by Nehru:
Originally Posted by seignet:

When UW or University of Toronto or Western gives him a honouray doctorate, I will sey YES, YES. For now, all dem low level places of larning wid tremedous Guyanese influences that give out those papers is suspect. All these profs have connections with GoG. 

Prince, #1 Sour Puss.

They will come out one by one like thiefing cat, but some will be ashamed to admit that Jagdeo is the first president to receive five doctorates. When Obama received his, everybody was singing hee-hoo. No matter how hard they try, they can't put a good man down.  

Some men have a gift of survival.

 

Guyana is a polluted country in all dimensions. Polluted politicians, polluted lawyers, polluted judges, polluted drains, polluted druggies, polluted citizens who have no decency or moral uprightness. That fella Jagan give the country to some real polluted individuals.

 


 

Dr, Jagan graduated from Howard University and Northwestern University

Dr. Jagan is one the the Caribbean's greatest leaders. He fought for the working class. A true champion of the poor and oppressed. A man who lived by very high morale standards.

FM
Originally Posted by yuji22:
 

 


 

Dr. Jagan is one the the Caribbean's greatest leaders. He fought for the working class. A true champion of the poor and oppressed. A man who lived by very high morale standards.


Ramouthar, Jagdeo and the rest of the vultures who surround Jagdeo cannot ever hope to be in the same class of the late Dr. Jagan......

FM
Originally Posted by yuji22:
Originally Posted by Prashad:


 

Dr, Jagan graduated from Howard University and Northwestern University

Dr. Jagan is one the the Caribbean's greatest leaders. He fought for the working class. A true champion of the poor and oppressed. A man who lived by very high morale standards.

Depends on how one defines "Greatness".  Guyana's sugar workers (canecutters) sat at the lowest of the value-chain of the sugar industry.  They remained at the bottom of the totem pole even today.  Though some aspects of his fight was indeed laudible, I still wonder what was his end game a legacy he had hoped to leave.

 

One cannot extract more out of less and value add of cane cutting was just that.  Don't get me wrong, it was industrious and righteous work, but in the end a hand and a sharp cutlass will always only add what a hand and sharp cutlass brings to the table, no more, no less, no leverage.

FM
Originally Posted by Churchill:
Originally Posted by yuji22:
 

 

Dr. Jagan is one the the Caribbean's greatest leaders. He fought for the working class. A true champion of the poor and oppressed. A man who lived by very high morale standards.


Ramouthar, Jagdeo and the rest of the vultures who surround Jagdeo cannot ever hope to be in the same class of the late Dr. Jagan......

One of the best attributes of CBJ was honesty and Today's PPP should take a hard look at itself.  However, at the same time, they need to move beyond the very mixed legacy of CBJ.

FM
Originally Posted by baseman:
Originally Posted by Churchill:
Originally Posted by yuji22:
 

 

Dr. Jagan is one the the Caribbean's greatest leaders. He fought for the working class. A true champion of the poor and oppressed. A man who lived by very high morale standards.


Ramouthar, Jagdeo and the rest of the vultures who surround Jagdeo cannot ever hope to be in the same class of the late Dr. Jagan......

One of the best attributes of CBJ was honesty and Today's PPP should take a hard look at itself.  However, at the same time, they need to move beyond the very mixed legacy of CBJ.

Honesty yuh say, that has NEVER been a forte of the Peoples Progressive Party.

 

It was always fights in the gutter. The whole shibang are gutter warriors. Jagdeo frequent cuss down, Ramotar recent outburst, Nagamootoo dishonesty of facts and Ramjattan's unprincipled points of view. What does all of that have to say about the Jagans as leaders-they featherbedded a bunch of unprincipled proteges. Atleast their children stayed away or they kept them away from the Bhojpuri mindset.

S
Originally Posted by seignet:
Originally Posted by baseman:

One of the best attributes of CBJ was honesty and Today's PPP should take a hard look at itself.  However, at the same time, they need to move beyond the very mixed legacy of CBJ.

Honesty yuh say, that has NEVER been a forte of the Peoples Progressive Party.

 

It was always fights in the gutter. The whole shibang are gutter warriors. Jagdeo frequent cuss down, Ramotar recent outburst, Nagamootoo dishonesty of facts and Ramjattan's unprincipled points of view. What does all of that have to say about the Jagans as leaders-they featherbedded a bunch of unprincipled proteges. Atleast their children stayed away or they kept them away from the Bhojpuri mindset.

That banna Jagan was outdone by LFSB, D'Iguar and Jagdeo.i  He did nip Asgar Ally in the bud with a kick in the butt.

FM
Originally Posted by baseman:
Originally Posted by seignet:
Originally Posted by baseman:

One of the best attributes of CBJ was honesty and Today's PPP should take a hard look at itself.  However, at the same time, they need to move beyond the very mixed legacy of CBJ.

Honesty yuh say, that has NEVER been a forte of the Peoples Progressive Party.

 

It was always fights in the gutter. The whole shibang are gutter warriors. Jagdeo frequent cuss down, Ramotar recent outburst, Nagamootoo dishonesty of facts and Ramjattan's unprincipled points of view. What does all of that have to say about the Jagans as leaders-they featherbedded a bunch of unprincipled proteges. Atleast their children stayed away or they kept them away from the Bhojpuri mindset.

That banna Jagan was outdone by LFSB, D'Iguar and Jagdeo.i  He did nip Asgar Ally in the bud with a kick in the butt.


Cheddie took bad advice from the notorious gang of 8 and wrongfully dismissed Asgar. That is when he exposed how gullible he was and the gang started their corrupted agenda.

S
Originally Posted by seignet:
Originally Posted by baseman:
Originally Posted by seignet:
Originally Posted by baseman:

One of the best attributes of CBJ was honesty and Today's PPP should take a hard look at itself.  However, at the same time, they need to move beyond the very mixed legacy of CBJ.

Honesty yuh say, that has NEVER been a forte of the Peoples Progressive Party.

 

It was always fights in the gutter. The whole shibang are gutter warriors. Jagdeo frequent cuss down, Ramotar recent outburst, Nagamootoo dishonesty of facts and Ramjattan's unprincipled points of view. What does all of that have to say about the Jagans as leaders-they featherbedded a bunch of unprincipled proteges. Atleast their children stayed away or they kept them away from the Bhojpuri mindset.

That banna Jagan was outdone by LFSB, D'Iguar and Jagdeo.i  He did nip Asgar Ally in the bud with a kick in the butt.


Cheddie took bad advice from the notorious gang of 8 and wrongfully dismissed Asgar. That is when he exposed how gullible he was and the gang started their corrupted agenda.

Then he is a perennial blunder.  Who wants a leader like that and then why is he considered  "great" leader.

FM

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