Thank you Tola for this timely post.

And who says the ordinary man does not know what is going on, only the Jagdeo cabal knows everything?

Azeez Khan, vendor,

‘There are no proper jobs for the people so they have to go and seek betterment in other countries."

It is jobs baby!

Who says the farmers do not know what going on?

Kristy Mangar, farmer,

‘Sometimes bandits come into your homes in high daytime and kill you for nothing. Another factor is the lack of job opportunities.

It is CRIME baby, CRIME!

High crime under Rohee, what a failure.

hear the Joke with Rohee, when he is in Freedom House he does tell all them political sanke winkees that He is well respected in the Security Sector.

When he is in the Ministry of Home Affairs, he does tell the public servants that he is well respected as a political thinker in Freedom House.

WHO he really think he fooling?

thanks for this post Tola...it shows the problem with jobs, crime etc...these are big challenges, and the Govt has shown no foresight in creating decent paying jobs...imagine after all these years, they can't seem to create anything better than cane cutting

Since 1972 we were dealing with sustainable projects in developing countries. We did fund-raising with a  large budget.   

With decades of counselling experience at crisis centres and Police Victim Services, in 1985 we discovered that adult counseling youth was not effective in our town, with high suicide levels.

We established a teen crisis centre and provide training for dozens of youth, establishing peer counselling groups in school and communities. Within a year, our teen suicide levels dropped by 75%. This programme is now part of dozens of school curriculum in our town.

Fast forward  to 2005. After discovering high teen  suicide levels in Berbice, friends from Canada, US and Europe  decided to implement a similar program in Berbice, with the previous training manuals, modified for the cultural conditions in Guyana.  

Our funding partners give over US$200,000 for projects, mainly in Berbice.

We choose high risk areas to implement the program, built sport facilities and donated  dozens of sport equipment, including assisting needy families.

A Canadian  company gave us hundreds of  backpacks that they shipped at their cost and we distribute it to single parent students. Berbice, Essequibo, Mabaruma, Parmakatoi, Upper Mazaruni.

Others who came on board to assist were Air Canada, Caribbean Airlines, Scotia bank, Laparkan shipping, Digicel, Telus Canada  as well as numerous individuals in North America and  Europe.

All volunteers paid their own expenses. There were no employees.      

After settling in for the long haul, we provided training in leadership, peer counselling and suicide intervention for hundreds of youth from Mahaica to Skeldon. We also provided transportation cost, with lunch and selected neutral facilitators for the training.

After the training, we selected youth from areas with high suicide levels, provided additional training and established  peer counselling groups.

We were doing well with two school dropouts, who are now teachers. 

This is significant, because they can support their students by telling them  'I know how you feel, because me been there'.

Then the bomb fell. Officials wanted bribes.

When we could not pay their high demands and justifying  it to our funding partners,  they vindictively told those at schools and medical centres not to deal with us.

When the matter was taken to Georgetown, we were told its a local matter and deal with it  locally, with the same people demanding the bribes.

Local officials said they take instructions only from Jagdeo.

When we try to buy a building for a youth counselling centre, the lawyer  who knew our propose and has government connections, bought the place for himself.  

The parents of the youth in Berbice we were trying to assist are totally pissed at the PPP, because we had to abandon our efforts, due to many roadblocks and security concerns.

Also due to delays in making projects  happening in a  timely manner, including an internet wireless system for isolated schools and communities, the remaining funds was routed to a community in the Philippines.

Any NGO working in Guyana will have to deal with government officials, especially when dealing with schools and medical centres.

How can we avoid the bribes, when they are in control of the area ?

When one official left their area they were awarded a more prestigious position, with a higher salary.

Rev, suggested we expose the officials  and we believe it might become legal matter.

Rev did not answer my last question. How do we protect those still in Guyana from intimidation or injury, who have to come forward as witnesses ?  

Since magistrates are appointed by the ruling party, how are we assured a non-biased trial?

Rev,yuji and those supporting the government in Guyana, get off your asses and let us know how we can continue to prevent the youth in Guyana from killing themselves.

President Ramotar should grow some balls and create an atmosphere where these matters can be handled fairly, like they do in Trinidad.

Am I pissed, while children continue to kill themselves in Guyana, with the government doing little...you decide...

This situation contribute to the AFC growing in Berbice and the PPP will be thing of the past. 

Rev, yuji and those in the PPP, if you are really concerned about the youth in Guyana...We have the resources, show us the way with no AHs in our  path...         

Rev, echo chamber Yuji, our GNI Gods please, please, please help out.

Berbice needs to be build into a tourist place when Tourists can fly directly there.

you lie they create REV,NEHRU,YUGI,DEMANTIMAN,CONMAN,A BUNCH OF LOW LIFE COLLIE

What are some of the attractions?

Who happen to Rev and yuji..looks like de cobra got dem....

Typical of those in the PPP, when confronted, they hide in dem pit latrine.

The people in Berbice are pissed at the PPP.

For these reasons and more, they will lose the next election big time.

What does he mean by "proper jobs"? Laziness in Guyana is becoming an industry there. A friend on mine who had returned to Guyana to build a house gave the contract to a local. Every morning before 7 am the contractor and his men coming out of the rum shop drunk, drunk, drunk. My friend had to abandon the project and return overseas. Another local friend on mine, said that every worker he has hired has robbed him. They also want to tell their employers how much money they would accept before they work. The employers have to feed them as part of the bargain.

Guyanese believe that living overseas is a damn bed of roses and that money comes from a tree.

Tola, don't expect anything from Yugi. He is a dunce he is probably brain damaged for the trench water he drank at #59. Rev needs help himself. He is a depraved perv with a diamond studded dildo.

The last regional officer said he want to make Berbice the next Singapore...Wha he doing in the PPP central committee ?

First he has to stop people pissing on others mini bus or on  the roadside and when confronted they can get stabbed to death...

Talk is cheap....JUST DO IT.

Dadda, like we have the same friends.

Agreed that crime is a big factor. Start with all the criminals in the PPP/AFC/APNU/GDF/GPF and the Civil Service including Speaker Trotman. They should all be rounded up and given the death penalty. Maybe, criminality is a new of employment that benefits political parties and their agencies.

David Rodney, foot salesman,

"If you are in a foreign country, like America and you have a $20, you could buy a household ration and still some change left back to buy a shoes, clothes and other things. Now in Guyana, you cannot even buy a weekly ration with $5,000."

This is pure nonsense. Things are cheaper in Guyana  than in the US or Canada when you exchange the currency dollar for dollar. This guy is dreaming.

As well, in the US people have to work like slaves, doing two to three jobs, some waking up at 4 am every morning and returning at night to make ends meet. And they work for minimum wage without benefits. In the US there are no paid holidays.  Rent, mortgage payments and health care are among their biggest expenses. Many US Guyanese are deeply in debt. So think again, you get it too damn good in Guyana.

why yuh think them people in Guyana think life is ah breeze overseasthey gettiing wrong info

YOU is a ass,a complete ass.this what you feeding your ppp bottom house supporters.come to Canada and let me show you how guyanese live,you might end up applying for refuge  

 Felicia Arthur, food vendor,

Plant more sumotoo the more sumotoo you plant the sweeter Guyana goin get

Why do you label people whose experiences of reality differs from yours? As I have said before, I do not belong to any political party in Guyana, so unlike you, I do not have to bend over and give the PNC/APNU whatever they like. I came here and worked VERY VERY HARD for what I have and I am thankful for that. Yes, I agree with you that refugees like you get treated better than hardworking people. As matter of fact, I'll go one step further and say that the system is designed for lazy people who rely solely welfare. The middle class is quickly eroding.

Parbattie Bickram, housewife,

Bandits went into our house at Albion last Wednesday and chop my grandmother like a fish. My grandfather took it on and he collapsed and died. .’

The criminals who did this should be caught and given the death penalty or be sent to jail and be given a teaspoon to dig a grave for an elephant. Unfortunately, these very criminals have police, and/or political connections. 

Tola, I happened to know the Rampat fella who died.

All of these peoploe are employed people, many self employed. You sit down in an economy which is booming by the standards of Guyana and then pronounce all of these people lazy.

When you find one who is unemployed and makes these remarks than you might have a case.  But for all you know many of these people are struggling mightily hard to make a living, and just can't make a go0 of it in Guyana.

What they do notice is that NONE of the overseas based Guyanese who have loads to say about them return to Guyana.  If life is so hard in the USA/Canada why do these Guyanese not only NOT return home, but sponsor their relatives to join them?

Well thats not going to happen because the PPP has no interest in fighting crime, or in dealing with the poor education system which creates people with inflating expectations, but no skills.

I assume that you live in Canada because the USA has barely more social supports than Guyana.  In this country if you dont work at some point you will starve.  Those pantries are packed with people for a reason.

I never said that all the people are lazy. I said that laziness is becoming an industry in Guyana. Many of today's youths in Guyana from all races do not want to work. Just hang around America Street and by your local rum shops, you will see some of them there. They are not looking for work. For those in the US/Canada who can't make it - they don't want to return because of the crime rate and because they are ashamed to do so. They want to save face. They prefer to go on welfare. Some sponsor their parents to look after their pickneys so that they don't have to pay for daycare.

YOUR friend was cheap, he chose some sangiwan and annointed them into contractor.  HE LIE.

Guyana got hard working contractors.