Good morning.
Are you ready?
Which village in Guyana has the nickname Veggeh?
Good morning
Vergenoegen
I think you're a WestDem gyal.
You're right.
Congrats!!
I was hoping Django would stay quiet on this one. He did.
Thank you Sir Gil
Good morning.
Are you ready?
Which village in Guyana has the nickname Veggeh?
Good morning
Vergenoegen
I think you're a WestDem gyal.
You're right.
Congrats!!
I was hoping Django would stay quiet on this one. He did.
Thank you Sir Gil
Next one.
Which sugar estate is also known as Bourda?
Albion
Next one.
Which sugar estate is also known as Bourda?
Albion
No.
Next one.
Which sugar estate is also known as Bourda?
Enmore
No.
Next one.
Which sugar estate is also known as Bourda?
Uitvlugt estate
I wanted to put up a notice: DJANGO KEEP OUT but decided to hand you it on a platter.
Your answer is correct.
The original owner of plantation Uitvlugt was Isaac Charles Bourda Uitvlugt [ICBU].
Up to now, the estate's vehicles, plant and equipment are marked ICBU. Look at the ICBU on the factory chimney:
Let's see who is Tomboy and who is Man now. What is the tallest tree in Guyana?
I recalled some workers will say they work
at Bourda (owner)estate.
The silk cotton tree
Let's see who is Tomboy and who is Man now. What is the tallest tree in Guyana?
Silk cotton tree
Brazil nut tree
The silk cotton tree
No.
Brazil nut tree
No.
I took a while to respond to you because I wanted to verify/compare your answer with mine.
Let's see who is Tomboy and who is Man now. What is the tallest tree in Guyana?
Silk cotton tree
ok it's not the silk cotton tree.
another answer: kabukalli (sp)
Let's see who is Tomboy and who is Man now. What is the tallest tree in Guyana?
Silk cotton tree
ok it's not the silk cotton tree.
another answer: kabukalli (sp)
No.
Let's see who is Tomboy and who is Man now. What is the tallest tree in Guyana?
Bai Sir:
* Like yuh want we fun study DENDROLOGY.
* Lemme guess---Ceiba Pentandra---it grows up to 230 feet.
Rev
We're talking about Guyana. There are varieties of ceiba trees. The silk cotton is one. The tree I want grows higher than silk cotton in Guyana.
balata tree
We're talking about Guyana. There are varieties of ceiba trees. The silk cotton is one. The tree I want grows higher than silk cotton in Guyana.
* I know there are 31 groups of trees in Guyana.
* Ceiba pentandra is one group---and trees in this group, grow up to 230 feet.
* You are right---silk cotton is part of the Ceiba grouping.
* Hope you give the height when you reveal the answer.
Rev
Got to be some kind of red wood species.
balata tree
No.
Let's see who is Tomboy and who is Man now. What is the tallest tree in Guyana?
Silk cotton tree
ok it's not the silk cotton tree.
another answer: kabukalli (sp)
No.
Kapok
Mora
balata tree
* Balata is part of the Manilkara bidentata family---it grows up to 148 ft---not sure that's the tallest.
Rev
We're talking about Guyana. There are varieties of ceiba trees. The silk cotton is one. The tree I want grows higher than silk cotton in Guyana.
* I know there are 31 groups of trees in Guyana.
* Ceiba pentandra is one group---and trees in this group, grow up to 230 feet.
* You are right---silk cotton is part of the Ceiba grouping.
* Hope you give the height when you reveal the answer.
Rev
Silk cotton trees in Guyana do not grow up to 230 feet high. In Central America and other places they reach that height. The book I'm consulting here was written by a British forestry expert who worked in Guyana about a century ago. He had helped to catalog the timbers in Guyana's forest.
Congo pump tree
Let's see who is Tomboy and who is Man now. What is the tallest tree in Guyana?
Silk cotton tree
ok it's not the silk cotton tree.
another answer: kabukalli (sp)
No.
Kapok
Mora
This Tomboy put all those so-called Men to shame.
You're absolutely right.
According to the British forestry expert who will remain unnamed for obvious reasons [future quiz], in Guyana the Mora is "king of the forest" that "towers above every other tree" and is considered "superior to oak."
Congrats!!
Let's see who is Tomboy and who is Man now. What is the tallest tree in Guyana?
Silk cotton tree
ok it's not the silk cotton tree.
another answer: kabukalli (sp)
No.
Kapok
Mora
This Tomboy put all those so-called Men to shame.
You're absolutely right.
According to the British forestry expert who will remain unnamed for obvious reasons [future quiz], in Guyana the Mora is "king of the forest" that "towers above every other tree" and is considered "superior to oak."
Congrats!!
From this tomboy a big Thank you Sir Gil that was my last 2 answers btw, wiping my brow
This Tomboy put all those so-called Men to shame.
You're absolutely right.
According to the British forestry expert who will remain unnamed for obvious reasons [future quiz], in Guyana the Mora is "king of the forest" that "towers above every other tree" and is considered "superior to oak."
Congrats!!
Mora is a genus of large trees in the subfamily Caesalpinioideae of the legume family Fabaceae. There are seven species, all native to lowland rainforests in northern South America, southern Central America and the southern Caribbean islands
QUESTION FOR GILBAKKA:
* You have any information on how tall Mora trees grow ?
* I know trees in the Ceiba pentandra family get up to 230 feet.
Rev
This Tomboy put all those so-called Men to shame.
You're absolutely right.
According to the British forestry expert who will remain unnamed for obvious reasons [future quiz], in Guyana the Mora is "king of the forest" that "towers above every other tree" and is considered "superior to oak."
Congrats!!
Mora is a genus of large trees in the subfamily Caesalpinioideae of the legume family Fabaceae. There are seven species, all native to lowland rainforests in northern South America, southern Central America and the southern Caribbean islands
QUESTION FOR GILBAKKA:
* You have any information on how tall Mora trees grow ?
No, sir. I framed my question on the information the British expert provided.
* I know trees in the Ceiba pentandra family get up to 230 feet.
I assume the Guyana Ceiba is not as tall as the Guyana Bora... I mean Mora.
Rev
Good morning. Sorry to be late on Social.
Let's start.
Who was Guyana's first ever Minister of Education?
Forbes Burnham
Good morning. Sorry to be late on Social.
Let's start.
Who was Guyana's first ever Minister of Education?
Good morning
Mr. Linden Forbes Sampson Burnham
Comrade Linden Forbes sampson Burnham
Forbes Burnham
Your answer is correct, but Anjali and Riya showed the Big Man more respect.
The three of you share the prize.
Congrats!!
Next one.
Who were the first and the last colonial governors of Guyana? You must give two full names.
Next one.
Who were the first and the last colonial governors of Guyana? You must give two full names.
1 st one: Sir Benjamin D'urban
last one: Sir Richard Edmonds Luyt
Next one.
Who were the first and the last colonial governors of Guyana? You must give two full names.
Sir Benjamin d'Urban
Sir Richard Edmonds Luyt
Forbes Burnham
Your answer is correct, but Anjali and Riya showed the Big Man more respect.
The three of you share the prize.
Congrats!!
Gilly.. i never liked the word Comrade,never use it.
I address the Prime Minister of Guyana in the 80's
on the red phone from his home as Mr........
Sir... me think's Angali and Riya answer is correct.
Forbes Burnham
Your answer is correct, but Anjali and Riya showed the Big Man more respect.
The three of you share the prize.
Congrats!!
Gilly.. i never liked the word Comrade,never use it.
I address the Prime Minister of Guyana in the 80's
on the red phone from his home as Mr........
Do you know if they still use that term in Guyana?
Next one.
Who were the first and the last colonial governors of Guyana? You must give two full names.
Anjali gets First Prize and this picture of Sir Benjamin D'Urban:
Riya gets Second Prize and this picture of Sir Richard Luyt:
Congrats!!
Next quiz.
Who was the first Chief of Staff of the Guyana Defence Force? Give his name and rank.
Next quiz.
Who was the first Chief of Staff of the Guyana Defence Force? Give his name and rank.
INext quiz.
Who was the first Chief of Staff of the Guyana Defence Force? Give his name and rank.
Colonel Ronald Pope
Next quiz.
Who was the first Chief of Staff of the Guyana Defence Force? Give his name and rank.
INo, Captain.
Next quiz.
Who was the first Chief of Staff of the Guyana Defence Force? Give his name and rank.
INo, Captain.
Next quiz.
Who was the first Chief of Staff of the Guyana Defence Force? Give his name and rank.
Colonel Ronald Pope
Me policeman papa help me out.
Correct!!
In December 1965 Colonel Ronald Pope was appointed Commanding Officer of the newly formed 1st Battalion of the Guyana Defence Force, where he was elevated to become Chief of Staff of the Guyana Defence Force in May 1967.
He was succeeded by Brigadier Clarence Price.
Give your dad this picture of Colonel Pope:
Next quiz.
Who was the first Chief of Staff of the Guyana Defence Force? Give his name and rank.
INo, Captain.
You get second prize.
Congrats!!
Next one.
Who was Guyana's first Ombudsman?
Next quiz.
Who was the first Chief of Staff of the Guyana Defence Force? Give his name and rank.
Colonel Ronald Pope
Me policeman papa help me out.
Correct!!
In December 1965 Colonel Ronald Pope was appointed Commanding Officer of the newly formed 1st Battalion of the Guyana Defence Force, where he was elevated to become Chief of Staff of the Guyana Defence Force in May 1967.
He was succeeded by Brigadier Clarence Price.
Give your dad this picture of Colonel Pope:
I will. Papa always said it was a toss up between the GDF and the Force.
Next one.
Who was Guyana's first Ombudsman?
Errol Gillette
Next one.
Who was Guyana's first Ombudsman?
Errol (Ping) Gillette
Forbes Burnham
Your answer is correct, but Anjali and Riya showed the Big Man more respect.
The three of you share the prize.
Congrats!!
Gilly.. i never liked the word Comrade,never use it.
I address the Prime Minister of Guyana in the 80's
on the red phone from his home as Mr........
Do you know if they still use that term in Guyana?
I know i don't like it because of this
"Comrade βused as a title for a member of a communist party"
Next one.
Who was Guyana's first Ombudsman?
Errol Gillette
You better take a second look at that name.
Next one.
Who were the first and the last colonial governors of Guyana? You must give two full names.
Anjali gets First Prize and this picture of Sir Benjamin D'Urban:
Riya gets Second Prize and this picture of Sir Richard Luyt:
Congrats!!
Thank you Sir Gil
Next one.
Who was Guyana's first Ombudsman?
Hon.Mr. Justice S.Y.Mohamed
Forbes Burnham
Your answer is correct, but Anjali and Riya showed the Big Man more respect.
The three of you share the prize.
Congrats!!
Gilly.. i never liked the word Comrade,never use it.
I address the Prime Minister of Guyana in the 80's
on the red phone from his home as Mr........
Do you know if they still use that term in Guyana?
I know i don't like it because of this
"Comrade βused as a title for a member of a communist party"
Guys, FYI, not only communists use the word "comrade." True, the communists made maximum use of it and their unsavory deeds gave the word a bad name. But the essential meaning of comrade is ": a close friend you have worked with, been in the military with, etc." That had been so before Karl Marx appeared. I love the word.
Next one.
Who was Guyana's first Ombudsman?
Errol Gillette
You better take a second look at that name.
My apologies!
Gordon Gillette
Next one.
Who was Guyana's first Ombudsman?
Errol Gillette
You better take a second look at that name.
I suspect Riya and Anjali saw this in the Kaieteur News: "Sarah Lam-a-Poo, born in 1870, who was the grandmother of Errol βPingβ Gillette, Guyanaβs first Ombudsman after independence, went into business as a young woman making Chinese cakes and Minshee, a seasoning produced from beans in her home."
The Ombudsman's relatives gave the KN reporter the name they know him as, but the Guyanese nation officially got a different first name. Try again.
Next one.
Who was Guyana's first Ombudsman?
Errol Gillette
You better take a second look at that name.
My apologies!
Gordon Gillette
Now you've got it!
Congrats!!
Class dismissed.
yep! see my correction above
Next one.
Who was Guyana's first Ombudsman?
Errol Gillette
You better take a second look at that name.
My apologies!
Gordon Gillette
Now you've got it!
Congrats!!
Class dismissed.
Thanks!
Today's class was very informative. Thank you.
Forbes Burnham
Your answer is correct, but Anjali and Riya showed the Big Man more respect.
The three of you share the prize.
Congrats!!
Gilly.. i never liked the word Comrade,never use it.
I address the Prime Minister of Guyana in the 80's
on the red phone from his home as Mr........
Do you know if they still use that term in Guyana?
I know i don't like it because of this
"Comrade βused as a title for a member of a communist party"
Guys, FYI, not only communists use the word "comrade." True, the communists made maximum use of it and their unsavory deeds gave the word a bad name. But the essential meaning of comrade is ": a close friend you have worked with, been in the military with, etc." That had been so before Karl Marx appeared. I love the word.
Gilly...I am aware of this.Modern day usage is related
to communism.
Forbes Burnham
Your answer is correct, but Anjali and Riya showed the Big Man more respect.
The three of you share the prize.
Congrats!!
Gilly.. i never liked the word Comrade,never use it.
I address the Prime Minister of Guyana in the 80's
on the red phone from his home as Mr........
Do you know if they still use that term in Guyana?
I know i don't like it because of this
"Comrade βused as a title for a member of a communist party"
Guys, FYI, not only communists use the word "comrade." True, the communists made maximum use of it and their unsavory deeds gave the word a bad name. But the essential meaning of comrade is ": a close friend you have worked with, been in the military with, etc." That had been so before Karl Marx appeared. I love the word.
Gilly...I am aware of this.Modern day usage is related
to communism.
Hey you, from now on you must address me as Comrade Gilly.
Forbes Burnham
Your answer is correct, but Anjali and Riya showed the Big Man more respect.
The three of you share the prize.
Congrats!!
Gilly.. i never liked the word Comrade,never use it.
I address the Prime Minister of Guyana in the 80's
on the red phone from his home as Mr........
Do you know if they still use that term in Guyana?
I know i don't like it because of this
"Comrade βused as a title for a member of a communist party"
Guys, FYI, not only communists use the word "comrade." True, the communists made maximum use of it and their unsavory deeds gave the word a bad name. But the essential meaning of comrade is ": a close friend you have worked with, been in the military with, etc." That had been so before Karl Marx appeared. I love the word.
Gilly...I am aware of this.Modern day usage is related
to communism.
Hey you, from now on you must address me as Comrade Gilly.
a...a..right bhai,will do.
In Guyana comrade is one wid him hand in yo pocket tekin wah yo got.
Oi Comrade, we gotta do something here, is like every time I come in to answer yall does aready finish and there goes another correct answer that I couldn't post ...dam!
What happen school close early today jus because I deh limin roung. Y'all friken I get too much right answers nuh, hehehe.
Ok so here is your question! what is 3 times X plus 2 minus 1 divide by 6 =?
Ok so here is your question! what is 3 times X plus 2 minus 1 divide by 6 =?
000000000000000
Ok so here is your question! what is 3 times X plus 2 minus 1 divide by 6 =?
X= odd or even number
ans=whole number + fraction
Good Thursday morning.
Let's roll.
Give the names of the last British Commissioner of Police in Guyana and the first Guyanese Commissioner of Police.
Good Thursday morning.
Let's roll.
Give the names of the last British Commissioner of Police in Guyana and the first Guyanese Commissioner of Police.
Good morning
Peter Owen - British
Felix Austin - Guyanese
This one should be right up my dad's alley and he ain't home! So I'm giving it a shot here:
Peter Owen, last British Commissioner of Police
Felix Austin, first Guyanese Commissioner of Police
Ok so here is your question! what is 3 times X plus 2 minus 1 divide by 6 =?
X= odd or even number
ans=whole number + fraction
a fraction
Good Thursday morning.
Let's roll.
Give the names of the last British Commissioner of Police in Guyana and the first Guyanese Commissioner of Police.
Good morning
Peter Owen - British
Felix Austin - Guyanese
Correct.
Riya clocked in same time with you, so you both share the prize.
Congrats!!
Next one.
Who was the first ever Afro-Guyanese lawmaker?
Next one.
Who was the first ever Afro-Guyanese lawmaker?
ok I have 2 names:
Mr. Ashton Chase
Mr. Linden Forbes Sampson Burnham
will be bk later
Good Thursday morning.
Let's roll.
Give the names of the last British Commissioner of Police in Guyana and the first Guyanese Commissioner of Police.
Good morning
Peter Owen - British
Felix Austin - Guyanese
Correct.
Riya clocked in same time with you, so you both share the prize.
Congrats!!
Thanks Sir Gil
Sir Gil sir,
You should realize by now that Riya and Anjali collaborate on the phone, before posting their answers. Leaving Drango in the dust.
I would suggest a commission headed by Drango, to investigate this matter.
Next one.
Who was the first ever Afro-Guyanese lawmaker?
ok I have 2 names:
Mr. Ashton Chase
Mr. Linden Forbes Sampson Burnham
will be bk later
No.
Sir Gil sir,
You should realize by now that Riya and Anjali collaborate on the phone, before posting their answers. Leaving Drango in the dust.
I would suggest a commission headed by Drango, to investigate this matter.
Collaboration is legitimate here, mate.
You're free to call a friend, yuh mumma, yuh mamoo, yuh chachee, sarrobai.
Sir Gil sir,
You should realize by now that Riya and Anjali collaborate on the phone, before posting their answers. Leaving Drango in the dust.
I would suggest a commission headed by Drango, to investigate this matter.
Collaboration is legitimate here, mate.
You're free to call a friend, yuh mumma, yuh mamoo, yuh chachee, sarrobai.
Looks like me duk outa luk...
Me one friend phone disconnect. Lost house from too much bush rum.
Mumma gane to God
Mamoo gane to God
Chachee gane to God
Sarrobai lef and gane too, somewhere at Parika backdam.
Sir Gil sir,
You should realize by now that Riya and Anjali collaborate on the phone, before posting their answers. Leaving Drango in the dust.
I would suggest a commission headed by Drango, to investigate this matter.
Riya and I just happened to post at the same time, no phone calls at all
ps: did you mean Django (Drango)?
Next one.
Who was the first ever Afro-Guyanese lawmaker?
ok I have 2 names:
Mr. Ashton Chase
Mr. Linden Forbes Sampson Burnham
will be bk later
No.
ok, another name: Mr. Alex Benjamin Brown.
Gil...need a hint was the law maker a trade unionist???
Sir Gil sir,
You should realize by now that Riya and Anjali collaborate on the phone, before posting their answers. Leaving Drango in the dust.
I would suggest a commission headed by Drango, to investigate this matter.
Riya and I just happened to post at the same time, no phone calls at all
ps: did you mean Django (Drango)?
Sorry Anjali [and Django], all dem Chiapas,Mexicans sounds alike.
I have friend there name Lula, I keep calling her Lulu[To Sir With Love] and she never corrected me.
Gil...need a hint was the law maker a trade unionist???
same here...I got nothing
I was also thinking Critchlow
Sir Gil sir,
You should realize by now that Riya and Anjali collaborate on the phone, before posting their answers. Leaving Drango in the dust.
I would suggest a commission headed by Drango, to investigate this matter.
Riya and I just happened to post at the same time, no phone calls at all
ps: did you mean Django (Drango)?
Sorry Anjali [and Django], all dem Chiapas,Mexicans sounds alike.
I have friend there name Lula, I keep calling her Lulu[To Sir With Love] and she never corrected me.
Lulu gone a bang bang Lulu gone away. remember that one
Ashton Chase SC
Ashton Chase SC
Anjali... give that name,Gilly said no.
Sir Gil sir,
You should realize by now that Riya and Anjali collaborate on the phone, before posting their answers. Leaving Drango in the dust.
I would suggest a commission headed by Drango, to investigate this matter.
Riya and I just happened to post at the same time, no phone calls at all
ps: did you mean Django (Drango)?
Sorry Anjali [and Django], all dem Chiapas,Mexicans sounds alike.
I have friend there name Lula, I keep calling her Lulu[To Sir With Love] and she never corrected me.
Lulu gone a bang bang Lulu gone away. remember that one
Thanks Ball. Oh Yea !! now me rememba.
http://www.stabroeknews.com/20...nial-british-guiana/
Colonial British Guiana in the immediate post-World War II era witnessed an intensification of constitutional and political struggle aimed at ensuring a greater measure of democracy and the attainment of internal self-government. This struggle which had begun at a much earlier date was accelerated after 1945. Elected representatives within the colonial state were previously prepared to accept their colonial status in return for a certain measure of constitutional and political flexibility and a greater degree of economic development.
It was clear that nationalist politicians were beginning to demand internal self-government to be followed by complete political independence. Colonial demands, at the time, coalesced around a number of pressing issues including the need to have elected representatives enjoy a greater degree of authority in the Legislative Council, the urgent desire to have liberal francise and representative qualifications and a speedy passage to self-government. These concerns were perceived as pre-requisites to attaining economic development.
As a consequence of wartime extensions, the life of the local legislature as constituted after the 1935 general election was extended and there was an intense clamour for fresh elections immediately after the war.
However, because the last census was taken in 1931 and in view of the 1944 Franchise Commission Report and the growth in population, the electoral roll at the time was considered outdated. At the same time there was a limited liberalisation of the franchise qualification which led to a significant increase of the electorate from 9,514 in 1935 to 59,193 in 1947. The majority of the newly registered voters were wage earners throughout the country which at the time was divided into fourteen constituencies or electoral districts. Taking all factors into consideration the colonial administration decided to hold elections on 24 November, 1947.
Two quasi political parties contested the 1947 General Elections. The first was the British Guiana Labour Party under the leadership of Dr Jung Bahadur Singh and Dr JA Nicholson and prominent trade union leaders, Hubert Nathaniel Critchlow and Ashton Chase. This party was formed in June, 1946 primarily to contest the election. Exploiting the trade union credentials of a few of its leaders it claimed to represent the working people. The party was at best, a broad and fragile coalition of forces professing opposition to both British colonial polity and the former upper, middle class conservatives who served in the local legislature.
In its manifesto the British Guiana Labour Party advocated immediate changes in the constitution of the colony to provide for 24 members elected on the basis of adult suffrage, the abolition of the nominated seats and the attainment of full self-government within a minimum period of five years. It supported a programme of land preparation and the immediate distribution of available lands to the landless. Drainage and irrigation, potable water extension schemes, an improved health service with special provisions for the rural poor and an aggressive house-building programme were among the chief concerns of this party.
The second proto-party was the Manpower Citizenβs Association Party which was formed in February, 1947. Named after the sugar union from which it drew its membership and, depending primarily on the support of sugar workers it represented, this party also claimed to represent the working class. It advocated the nationalisation of key industries, the expansion and improvement of the transportation and communication sectors, drainage and irrigation network and the creation of land settlement schemes.
A third element was that of independent candidates. Among the 31 independent candidates facing the electorate four were drawn from two small political groups: the Political Affairs Committee (PAC) and the Women Political and Economic Organisation (WPEO). These two organisations owed their origins to the political activism of Dr Cheddi Jagan and Mrs Janet Jagan (both subsequently became presidents of independent Guyana). The WPEO was essentially a protest organisation located in the city of Georgetown while the PAC, though not deliberately divorcing itself from the urban middle class dialogue, undertook the organisation and political education of the British Guianese working people. It established political discussion groups throughout the colony but was best organised and strongest in Georgetown and on the East Coast Demerara.
The British Guiana Labour Party contested 13 of the 14 seats or constituencies while the MPCA Party fielded seven candidates, most of them members of the unionβs executive. Since neither the PAC nor the WPEO conceived of themselves as a full-fledged political party neither contested the elections. They did however, support the independent candidacy of Dr Cheddi Jagan and Mr HJM Hubbard of the PAC and Janet Jagan and Frances Van Battenburg Stafford of the WPEO.
The results of the 1947 general elections make very interesting reading. Of the 14 members elected, five were successful Labour Party candidates, one from the MPCA Party and the rest were all independents. The relative success of the Labour Party was attributed, in part, to the assistance received from the Grenadian anti-colonial firebrand, Theophilus A. Marryshow, who travelled to Guiana to celebrate the anniversary of the then British Guiana Labour Union. He seized the opportunity to canvass on behalf of the Labour Party which was undoubtedly the better organised and more concerned of the groups.
A notable feature of the 1947 elections with seemingly wider and more lasting implications was the role of the church which exploited its collective influence in an urban constituency virtually unaffected by the recent reform in the franchise qualifications. The church mobilised its international resources and imported the anticommunist crusade in the colony.
The other disturbing feature surrounding the elections was the exploitation of ethnic differences for political advancement. In the urban constituency many Labourites pursued sectional voting preferences with undisguised vigour while in the rural constituencies both the MPCA Party and some independent candidates pursued a similar policy with identical enthusiasm.
A significant development at this election was the success of Dr Jagan, as an independent candidate. He contested the Central Demerara constituency under the βfirst past the post systemβ and was victorious in spite of the limitation of the franchise due mainly to high property and income qualification. In his victory speech he quite modestly and prophetically declared βthe people have won. Now the struggle will beginβ. Indeed, his long, passionate and dedicated struggle for the people and nation really began then. At the age of 29 he became the youngest representative in the Legislative Council at the time. The stage was therefore set for Dr Jagan to emerge as the architect of Guyanaβs independence movement.
Of added significance was the fact that the post-election Legislature was dominated by several newcomers. These were Dr Jung Bahadur Singh, Hubert Nathaniel Critchlow, Dr JA Nicholson, Theophilus Lee, Dr Cheddi Jagan, WOR Kendall, Daniel Debidin, Rev AT Peters, Captain JP Coglan and CV Wright. Victorious candidates Dr GM Gonsalves, CP Ferreira, W Phang and John Fernandes represented the old brigade.
It was not surprising that the local nationalist struggle was to enter a far more militant stage in the post-1947 period with the twin demands of adult suffrage and full internal self-government gaining prominence.
Gil...need a hint was the law maker a trade unionist???
same here...I got nothing
I was also thinking Critchlow
Yuh also thinking bout Django because yuh head not focusing.
Next one.
Who was the first ever Afro-Guyanese lawmaker?
ok I have 2 names:
Mr. Ashton Chase
Mr. Linden Forbes Sampson Burnham
will be bk later
No.
ok, another name: Mr. Alex Benjamin Brown.
That's right, Honourable Anjali.
In 1896, A. B. Brown became the first black legislator to be elected to the Court of Policy, as the National Assembly was then called. A. B. Brown had introduced bills on the improvement of the colony's education system. He served until 1921 and died in 1939.
Congrats!!
TRIVIA: In Guyana's National Archives you will find a newspaper article on A. B. Brown, written by yours truly Gilbakka.
Congrats.. Angali
Next one.
Who was the first ever Afro-Guyanese lawmaker?
ok I have 2 names:
Mr. Ashton Chase
Mr. Linden Forbes Sampson Burnham
will be bk later
No.
ok, another name: Mr. Alex Benjamin Brown.
That's right, Honourable Anjali.
In 1896, A. B. Brown became the first black legislator to be elected to the Court of Policy, as the National Assembly was then called. A. B. Brown had introduced bills on the improvement of the colony's education system. He served until 1921 and died in 1939.
Congrats!!
TRIVIA: In Guyana's National Archives you will find a newspaper article on A. B. Brown, written by yours truly Gilbakka.
Look's like National Archives need to be on
the internet,i searched google and can't find
any info.
Next one.
Who was the first ever Afro-Guyanese lawmaker?
ok I have 2 names:
Mr. Ashton Chase
Mr. Linden Forbes Sampson Burnham
will be bk later
No.
ok, another name: Mr. Alex Benjamin Brown.
That's right, Honourable Anjali.
In 1896, A. B. Brown became the first black legislator to be elected to the Court of Policy, as the National Assembly was then called. A. B. Brown had introduced bills on the improvement of the colony's education system. He served until 1921 and died in 1939.
Congrats!!
TRIVIA: In Guyana's National Archives you will find a newspaper article on A. B. Brown, written by yours truly Gilbakka.
Oh Thank you Sir Giland I like my name too
Congrats.. Angali
Thank you Django
Next one.
Who was the first ever Afro-Guyanese lawmaker?
ok I have 2 names:
Mr. Ashton Chase
Mr. Linden Forbes Sampson Burnham
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No.
ok, another name: Mr. Alex Benjamin Brown.
That's right, Honourable Anjali.
In 1896, A. B. Brown became the first black legislator to be elected to the Court of Policy, as the National Assembly was then called. A. B. Brown had introduced bills on the improvement of the colony's education system. He served until 1921 and died in 1939.
Congrats!!
TRIVIA: In Guyana's National Archives you will find a newspaper article on A. B. Brown, written by yours truly Gilbakka.
Look's like National Archives need to be on
the internet,i searched google and can't find
any info.
Ok Django, will tell you how I figured out what I need to look for:
Lawmakers make law.
Laws are made in parliament/national assembly.
So therefore I need to find the first afro Guyanese parliamentarian/mp:
parliamentary tradition and ...
Lovely parliamentary trivia β¦
Expectedly, humour, levity, even the strange and the ridiculous happened during Mr Narainβs half-century serving the Parliaments.
For example, Do you know that: the first women legislators were the PPPβs three Jβs? The first Afro-Guyanese M.P. was Alex Benjamin Brown (1891) And the first Amerindian, Stephen Campbell (1957)? The wife of a former President herself became President? The brother of an Attorney-General (PPP) became a PNC legislator? Two cousins were legislators β one PPP, one PNC.
courtesy of google and Stabroek News.
you know I ignored this thread and now I am seeing 61 pages rass post here
you know I ignored this thread and now I am seeing 61 pages rass post here
Ignored this thread? Haha! You ain't 'fraid to say it either
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