MORE ENCOURAGING NEWS FROM GUYANA---THIS PARTICULAR NEWS WILL DEEPLY DISTRESS AFC's MOSES NAGAMOOTOO, KHEMRAJ RAMJATTAN AND THEIR BUSINESS CLIENT ROBERT BADAL(owner of Pegasus)

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GUYANA NEWS: CONSTRUCTION OF MARRIOT HOTEL COMPLEX PROCEEDING SATISFACTORILY

Will they employ Guyanese or Chinese nationals? As the Marriott creates jobs it can also make other hotels fail - thus lose jobs. Verdict is still out on the Mariott's overall economic impact. The only thing interesting here is shipbuilding. 

GUYANA GOING ALL THE WAY TO THE MOON WITH THE PPP. THE KATAHAR, NEE NEEE NEE MACK   NEEE MACK NEE MACK HARAMS JUST SIT AND WATCH THE GLORIOUS RIDE OF GUYANA TO PROGRESS AND PROSPERITY!!!

TK:

The 5 star Marriot will attract a vastly different clientele than the 2 star Pegasus or the 2 star Princess Hotel.

There is an old saying, "a rising tide lifts all boats."

The rise of the Marriott does not spell doom for other hotels in Guyana---actually other hotels in Guyana will now be compelled to raise their standards---their services---and by so doing they will succeed---not fail.

Rev

There is no guarantee that the Marriott will lift all boats. 

Moreover, as the government confessed the Marriott is being constructed to kill off Pegasus. Jagdeo was the only Head of State of CARICOM to publicly besmirch one of his own hotels. 

Listen TK:

If you want a guarantee go buy a toaster.

Stop being negative and pessimistic---the 5 star Marriot investment is a big plus for Guyana---and the smaller establishments will also benefit---as more people travel to Guyana---business people, travellers, vacationers, etc---more accomodations will be needed.

Will the 2 star Pegasus fail because of a 5 star Marriot across the street ? NO!

Competition is good---it is a wonderful incentive to continued progress.

Rev

Competition is good indeed. Not so sure you have ever exposed yourself to competition like I have done in my time. Competition is good but not when the taxpayers' monies are used to subsidize a foreign brand to kill off one of your home-grown capitalist. 

TK:

There you go again with your shameless bragging----maaaan you must be a deeply insecure fella--"I this. I that. I the next. I better than you."

The Rev is starting to pity you TK.

RE: NICIL INVESTMENT IN THE MARRIOT

You claim it's government subsidizing a foreign brand---the Rev claims it's NICIL making a wise investment---taking an equity stake in a project that has a high probability of being profitable.

Rev

Not bragging at all. I am stating the facts...which no doubt makes you very uncomfortable. Must be the fact that you know your very survival hinges on the soup of the connections. I have none yet I do quite okay. No matter how much lipstick you put on that pig it's a subsidy of a foreign brand to kill off a local one. 

TK:

Not only are you a deeply insecure braggart, you are also a severely delusional youngman! Do you really believe the Rev is connected with Ramotar ? How gullible and naive can you be ?

Like I told you before--what a man wishes to be true he genuinely believes to be true---you may wish that the Rev is connected with Ramotar and the PPP---but the Rev has lived in the great US of A the past 33 years--educated here--runs a business here--and have never met Ramotar, Jagdeo or any of the PPP bais feasting on the milk and honey in the executive branch---and has no intention or desire to meet any of them.

Rev

 Dude, you are exactly a good spokes person for the PPP. Being stupid, you have no qualms insulting one half of our population.

Indeed the Chinese have plans for us. They have a greedy bunch of of corruptocrats in office whose concern is more for the bulge in their pocket books than what is good for the rest of us.

The Chinese got off square with our money building the white elephant in Skeldon and selling us old recommissioned ferries to us at exorbitant prices and again they got off square.

We are breaking down an airport to rebuild it at usurious financing rates provided by them so, sure they have big plans!

I don't need to be insecure. At the psychological level you're the insecure one. We can suss you out by just looking at your definition of the "nigg*er Indian". In your world we are all motivated by jealousy of the oligarchs displaying the level of insecurity of the PPP's election song "dem a watch we". You are indeed one of them. 

Mr. T:

Why all the negativity ?

I am sure you would have welcomed the Chinese investments and the Marriot project if it were the AFC or PNC leading Guyana.

GUYANA IS BOOMING MR. T

By the way, when is the last time you visited Guyana ?

Go and see for yourself---progress and development in every region of Guyana.

Rev

REV,

I don't need to be insecure. At the psychological level you're the insecure one. We can suss you out by just looking at your definition of the "nigg*er Indian". In your world we are all motivated by jealousy of the oligarchs displaying the level of insecurity of the PPP's election song "dem a watch we". You are indeed one of them. 

The "progress and development" is only visible in Pradovile 1 and 2 and the druglords houses...That "progress" is not a reflection of what you encounter on the street. I have been  and visiting guyana for the past 20 years the one thing that did'nt change is begging...from the time I touch down at the airport to wherever you staying almost every one you run into  begging for a "raise" starting with the custom officer, then the baggage porter they continue to persue you until you get in the taxi. Stop at a chiney restaraunt and hang out for half hour and you can count more than a dozen beggars would approach you.

I also visit almost all the island in the Caribbean, suriname and Brazil and was never approach by a beggar. Where is the "progress and development" when begging has'nt change in 20 years...

The AFC has made it quite clear that all foreign investments are not made equally. 

GUYANA: THE TRIP FROM GEORGETOWN TO BERBICE---check it out Sachin---how many beggars do you see ?

Sachin:

if you have, indeed, been traveling to Guyana for the past 20 years, then you'd be lying if you said the living standards of ordinary Guyanese have not increased under the PPP.

You mentioned begging in Guyana---listen, we have nearly 50 million people in America receiving food stamps---that's a form of begging.

The reality is Guyana's economy has been on a clear upward trend over the past decade---and ordinary Guyanese have benefitted---more schools, more clinics, more social services, improved infrastructure, improved water supplies.

Listen! Guyana has a long way to go---if you hate the PPP and long for the days when the PNC bankrupted the country---then you'll never see the growth and progress in Guyana---you'll nitpick and always find faults.

Go back and take a look at that video above.

Rev

If you are trying to say that no one beg/ask you for a "raise" means that you lie about visiting Guyana....

The AFC has made it quite clear that they will find something to screech about in every situation.

Sachin!

There are beggars in every country---even in the richest country in the world---the Rev lives in New York City---check out a beggar in the Big Apple:

The AFC leaders and supporters are the biggest whiners and bellyachers in Guyana---they complain, they condemn, they criticize---what a bunch of sore losers!

Rev

Are you trying to say that all those people - custom employes to almost everone I run into that begs for a "raise" are homeless like the dude in this pic? If so, is that what you call "progress"

You see all that land in da video.  Them men from mainland china want that land.  They don't want Rev Al they just want the land.

* Guyana has millions of acres of fertile land.

* Guyana is already known as the land of many waters.

* Arable land + water = huge agri potential

Right now a feasibility study is being done to determine if rice can be farmed in the rupununi---if rice can be grown there---more Boom times for Guyana.

Listen pras:

GUYANA TO DATE HAS NOT ACHIEVED 10% OF HER TRUE POTENTIAL.

The country has a very bright future.

Rev

Al china man don't give something for nothing.  Al just ask Nehru.

You seem to have a problem defining the word BOOM...when GDP starts growing at 7% sustained average come back and tell us about the boom. There is a boom in gold but not the economy as a whole. 

pras:

The Chinese are currently the biggest foreign investors in the world---every country with natural resources---the Chinese are there---making huge investments---check out many of the African countries.

OF COURSE THE CHINESE WILL PROFIT HANDSOMELY!

But in the case of Guyana---the Guyanes people and the Guyanese economy will also benefit from the Chinese investments and financing.

* Chinese are building and financing the $50 million Marriot

* Chinese are constructing and financing the new $100 million airport

* Chinese will build and finance the $800 million amaila falls hydro

* There are many other chinese projects.

Guyana ought to deport terrorists like AFC's Benschop and allow more Chinese immigration.

CHINA AND THE CHINESE WILL BE GREAT FOR THE GUYANESE ECONOMY----the Benschops are a very violent and destructive people.

Rev

TK, you better start learning Mandarin. If you should become a trade minister of any future gov't in Guyana you would have to deal with the Chinese. Knowing their language would help a great deal.

Don't just focus on their fried rice and low-mein. focus on their language.

And don't try to run any of your options-trading scams on them, because I think they are wise to that by now.

Henry:

The only thing TK knows about options trading is what he has read in text books---put him in the real world of options/derivatives trading and he'll be lost!

I've seen numerous books written by economists and so-called financial experts on options trading---it's highly unlikely any of those writers has ever made a dime trading options---in the long run---they all fail and go back to teaching and writing.lol

Rev

You can't bribe the Chinese with poke cuttahs or any kind of victuals. The Chinese don't want food from anybody. They want resources and markets.

That's what make nations great.

Unless you are about to tell me that people who dont visit Guyana will begin to travel there it is clear that a Marriott (if as good as people claim 4 star...Marriott is NEVER 5 star) clearly they will snatch guests from the Pegasus and the Princess. 

The issue will be whether the jobs that Marriott will create will exceed jobs lost when Princess closes, and Pegasus down sizes.

People do not go to acountry because it has a 5 star.  They visit a country which offers them what they want, and then select the type of accommodations that suits their pockets and tastes. 

If you think that Marriott will attract new visitors because its Marriott you got something in your mouth that is getting you high. When Princess opened I remember the blabber from many here that its casino will attract thousands of new visitors to Guyana.  The Marriott casino, on its own, will do no better.  What other activities are there for leisure visitors?  The Marriott will dominate the business market, people who would have gone to Guyana with or without this hotel.

What evidence do you have to suggest that more people will travel to Guyana because of the Marriott.  Most who visit are overseas based Guyanese who go to see family or take care of their personal business activities.  I can well see many who are dissatisfied with the existing hotels, and able to pay Marriotts higher rates, switching to that hotel.

Business people will not visit Guyana merely because there is a new hotel. Economic opportunities will be the driving force.

What you have yet to convince me is that Marriott will bring more tourists to Guyana.

What evidence do you have of this?  The one group who might be attracted to a new hotel, non Guyanese leisure visitors, know nothing of Guyana, and remain uninformed about why they should visit.  And a luxury hotel room will not be enough to entice.