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FM
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OK Folks!

 

This will come as a great shock to the whiners and losers who come here daily and complain about the PPP and wish Guyana bad.

 

Check this folks!

 

There is so much business activity in Guyana right now, so many ongoing projects, so much growth and development, that a major problem in Guyana right now is a shortage of qualified labor. That's right folks! There are more jobs than qualified people in Guyana right now. And as a result every major project in Guyana is behind schedule.

 

RE: THE HOPE CANAL

 

 

Hope many of you are familiar with the Hope Canal ? Well, it's nearly 75% complete--but shortage of labor has affected its completion--once completed it would be great for Guyana and Guyanese.

 

 

RE: FIBER OPTIC PROJECT---headed by Alexi Ramotar

 

 

The fiber optic project is another excellent project that has been delayed by shortages in qualified labor--once completed it would be great for Guyana and Guyanese.

 

 

BUT CHECK THIS FOLKS:

 

The only projects that are on schedule are the Chinese built projects---they have brought in their own labor---but you have the losers in the AFC/PNC screaming that Guyanese are not being hired.

 

 

Chinese are building the $55 million(US) Guyana Marriott

 

 

Chinese are builing the $40 million GPL substation in Good Hope

 

 

 

BOTTOM LINE:

 

Guyana is on the move folks---the DOERS in the private sector are propelling Guyana forward---qualified Americans who are unemployed would be wise to emigrate to Guyana---they would be most welcome.

 

MAY GUYANA CONTINUE TO EXPAND AND PROSPER AND MAY THE LOSERS WHO HATE AND DESPISE THE PPP CONTINUE TO BE MENTALLY TORTURED.

 

Rev 

 

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PAGING ALL READERS & POSTERS

 

 

If you are disgusted with the filth and the negativity that is posted in the political forum by the AFC/PNC losers and whiners here --just check the first response to this thread---crude, nasty  and boorish--anyway if you want a place to chill, relax and have fun--the Rev highly recommends that you visit GNI's social club---posters there are so much more civil and cordial--and the topics are more fun and engaging--click on the link

 

 

 

https://guyana.crowdstack.io/displayF...t/309368104304674361

 

Rev

FM
Originally Posted by TK:

Guyana does not have regular labor market surveys. Therefore, we cannot know the true unemployment situation. 


The reality is many of the ongoing projects in Guyana today are behind schedule because of a shortage of qualified labor.

 

RE: UNEMPLOYMENT IN GUYANA

 

The Rev was there late last year---Guyanese were not complaining about a lack of jobs, but like tens of millions of Americans, many Guyanese were complaining about not being paid enough.

 

Rev

 

 

 

FM
Originally Posted by Rev Al:
Originally Posted by TK:

Guyana does not have regular labor market surveys. Therefore, we cannot know the true unemployment situation. 


The reality is many of the ongoing projects in Guyana today are behind schedule because of a shortage of qualified labor.

 

RE: UNEMPLOYMENT IN GUYANA

 

The Rev was there late last year---Guyanese were not complaining about a lack of jobs, but like tens of millions of Americans they were complaining about not being paid enough.

 

Rev

 

 

 

Not the parts I visit. 

FM
Originally Posted by TK:

Guyana does not have regular labor market surveys. Therefore, we cannot know the true unemployment situation. 

i agree . . . but fact remains, it mattered little in the planning with these people . . . they simply don't care

 

this is just rationalizing by a crude rent seeking class after the fact

FM
Originally Posted by Rev Al:
Originally Posted by TK:

Guyana does not have regular labor market surveys. Therefore, we cannot know the true unemployment situation. 


The reality is many of the ongoing projects in Guyana today are behind schedule because of a shortage of qualified labor.

 

RE: UNEMPLOYMENT IN GUYANA

 

The Rev was there late last year---Guyanese were not complaining about a lack of jobs, but like tens of millions of Americans, many Guyanese were complaining about not being paid enough.

 

Rev

 

 

 

You didn't come to Berbice to speak to the unemployed.

Mitwah
Originally Posted by Rev Al:
Originally Posted by TK:
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Not the parts I visit. 

 

Why don't you name the parts of Guyana where folks are complaining about not being able to get jobs ?

 

Listen! The only people in Guyana today who are screaming and bawling about hardships in Guyana are the East Indian losers who support the AFC/PNC.

 

Rev

dem blackman prappa satisfied and happy, eh rev?

 

full employment in Linden must be making dem "East Indian losers" real jealous

 

this doesn't even make it as comedy . . . really

FM
Originally Posted by Rev Al:
Originally Posted by TK:
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Not the parts I visit. 

 

Why don't you name the parts of Guyana where folks are complaining about not being able to get jobs ?

 

Listen! The only people in Guyana today who are screaming and bawling about hardships in Guyana are the East Indian losers who support the AFC/PNC.

 

Rev

You must only visit Pradoville 1, 2 and Eccles, right? 

FM
Originally Posted by Rev Al:
Originally Posted by TK:
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Not the parts I visit. 

 

Why don't you name the parts of Guyana where folks are complaining about not being able to get jobs ?

 

Listen! The only people in Guyana today who are screaming and bawling about hardships in Guyana are the East Indian losers who support the AFC/PNC.

 

Rev

Have you spoken to those unemployed Indians whom you called N*ggers?

Mitwah
Originally Posted by Mitwah:
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You didn't come to Berbice to speak to the unemployed.


The Rev did visit Berbice! And I made it a point to speak with Berbicians who did not support the PPP in the last election.

 

As you know, nearly 12,000 Berbicians in region 6 alone voted for the AFC.

 

Now, the majority of those Berbicians remain unimpressed by the PPP, but their complaints were not lack of jobs in Berbice---they complained about being ignored by the PPP---and yes they continued to complain about corruption.

 

Ramo has made an effort to reach out to Berbicians---not sure he will connect with the East Indians who support the AFC.

 

Rev

FM
Originally Posted by Rev Al:
Originally Posted by Mitwah:
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You didn't come to Berbice to speak to the unemployed.


The Rev did visit Berbice! And I made it a point to speak with Berbicians who did not support the PPP in the last election.

 

As you know, nearly 12,000 Berbicians in region 6 alone voted for the AFC.

 

Now, the majority of those Berbicians remain unimpressed by the PPP, but their complaints were not lack of jobs in Berbice---they complained about being ignored by the PPP---and yes they continued to complain about corruption.

 

Ramo has made an effort to reach out to Berbicians---not sure he will connect with the East Indians who support the AFC.

 

Rev

Where are the jobs? Do you know the unemployed would turn up early at job sites to be picked. If they are lucky they get a day work for the month. Hundreds are turned away every day. List the jobs rather that posting your propaganda poop. I know many of the Indians who you called N*ggrs for supporting the AFC would gladly apply. They are not lazy as you characterized them.

Mitwah
Originally Posted by TK:
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You must only visit Pradoville 1, 2 and Eccles, right? 


Whenever I travel, whether it's back to Guyana or to any other country, I am always intrigued by the way the ordinary folks, the real people, live, how they eat, their foods, how they conduct their daily lives.

 

It's more fun, for example,  visiting Bourda market, stabroek market, Mon Repos market, rosignol market, etc, etc etc than any of the so-called hot spots or elite neighborhoods in Guyana---it's a great experience---seeing how people live and go about their daily lives---and talking to them also---listening to them.

 

Rev

 

 

FM
Originally Posted by Mitwah:
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Where are the jobs? Do you know the unemployed would turn up early at job sites to be picked.


One criticism I have of the PPP is the party has been bent on keeping many of its blue collars supporters chained to the sugar fields---this is wrong!

 

I have made it very clear to uneducated, blue collar parents that it is paramount that their children acquire a skill---a trade---there is no future in the cane fields---Guyana will be moving onto a higher plateau economically---and skilled workers will be needed---many are already in short supply.

 

RE: UNEMPLOYED BERBICIANS

 

Many I spoke to were very grateful for the generosity of their foreign families----as you know remittances to Guyana is nearly 500 million.

 

 

Rev

 

 

FM
Originally Posted by Rev Al:
Originally Posted by TK:
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You must only visit Pradoville 1, 2 and Eccles, right? 


Whenever I travel, whether it's back to Guyana or to any other country, I am always intrigued by the way the ordinary folks, the real people, live, how they eat, their foods, how they conduct their daily lives.

 

It's more fun, for example,  visiting Bourda market, stabroek market, Mon Repos market, rosignol market, etc, etc etc than any of the so-called hot spots or elite neighborhoods in Guyana---it's a great experience---seeing how people live and go about their daily lives---and talking to them also---listening to them.

 

Rev

 

 


You mean PPP cabal thiefing so much and here you defending them daily and they can't pay you enough to visit somewhere nice? Is only the markets you visiting. You living pun cheap fruits.  

FM
Originally Posted by Bruddaman:
 
 

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You mean PPP cabal thiefing so much and here you defending them daily and they can't pay you enough to visit somewhere nice? Is only the markets you visiting. You living pun cheap fruits.  


Brudda:

 

The Rev is an adventurous man and prides himself in being a traveller not a tourist--when you are curious and you view life as an adventure like the Rev--your focus is on  acquiring new experiences---particularly experiences and beautiful moments that come from seeing how your fellow humans live and go about their daily lives---so yes, it is more intriguing visiting markets than boring and mundane elite neighborhoods.

 

Rev

 

 

FM

Unemployment inGuyana: numbers, implications, recommendations

February 21, 2010· SNews

Frequently, there are reports ofGuyanabeing the beneficiary of either impressive sums of monies or favourable developments from multiple sources.  The donors, partners, and creditors includeNorway, theMiddle East, the EU,India, andChina, among others.  The buzzwords of the day – MOU, LOI, bilateral agreement and joint venture – punctuate reports.  Each new announcement introduces warm and comforting feelings; signals of movement and progress.  But how does all of this translate on the job front?  More precisely, what is the story for those wanting to, and looking for work?

It might be appropriate to start with a few questions.  What happens to the high school graduates who do not progress immediately to higher education?  How many of them – if they so desire –can find gainful employment?  What are the prospects for unemployedUniversityofGuyanagraduates?  Further, what is the picture for those who do not complete either high school or university?  When massed into a single figure, what is the aggregate number of the unemployed from over the years with or without schooling, limited or negligible skills, and whether young, in prime working years, or older?

It must be stated right up front that what follows are not official numbers or the result of any statistical rigour.  In the absence of hard data, they are reasonable estimates of prudent people.  There is the likelihood that some might find them the condemnable work of the very biased; but full speed ahead.  It is estimated that there are about 225,000 to 250,000 individuals eligible and available for participating in theGuyanaworkforce.  Eligible is defined as those of working age, and ready and willing to work, if it is available.  From this pool, it is believed (repeat, believed) that those without work or unemployed range anywhere from a conservative 40,000 to an aggressive 75,000, which translates to an unemployment rate of 16% on the low end and as much as 33% on the high side.  A realistic figure, which splits the difference, could be somewhere closer to 25%.  So here is a possible unemployment figure of approximately 25% and in the tens of thousands, and it is almost the best kept secret, or among the least discussed issues.

For the longest while, government representatives do not incorporate unemployment in their charts and graphs.  The dismal numbers never merit any attention, whether it is one in six or one in four or one in three unemployed.  To emphasize further, the 2010 budget was crammed with numbers and projections, but noticeably bereft of any proposals towards ameliorating what has grown to disturbing proportions.  There was no mention of targeted or aggressive job creation schemes or programs.  As stated in Ram & McRae’s, Focus onGuyana’s National Budget 2010 (SN, February 11), “Once again, the Minister does not deal withâ€Ķ unemploymentâ€Ķ in 2010â€Ķ”  Gone was the platform to unveil a multilayered job creation orientation within the budgetary framework.

However looked at, joblessness has to be a serious problem inGuyana.  The issue assumes different proportions when it registers an overwhelming presence in depressed communities and depressed industries.  Wherever they come from, this is a pool – indeed, a reservoir – rich in the pickings for exploitation.  Here is a concentration within certain age groups, with sometimes limited education quotient, and questionable skills level that is most susceptible to overtures from men engaged in illegal activities of the most heinous natures.  Here is a force of many available and gullible to the instigation of wrapping self in ethnic flags and engaging in intimidation, political mischief, and political violence.  Then, there are the opportunists not committed to any segment, but still enterprising enough to be ready to pursue unfolding situations on behalf of the highest bidder.  Or to free lance for themselves under that one ubiquitous umbrella cum growth industry present inGuyana: it is called ‘business’; business such as fronting for, burning down, or taking out.

Focusing on legitimate business momentarily, the global financial crisis has forced some local firms and expatriate exploration companies to furlough workers, while some Guyanese workers in the regions have seen their gigs vanish overnight.  Diminished demand, liquidity constraints and corporate austerity were among factors identified.  All of this only added more bodies to the unemployment rolls.

Altogether, the reality of so many jobless prompts searching questions.  What would be the final jobless number if the escape valves of legal migration and backtrack were closed?  What would it be if the vast majority of UG graduates stayed home? How bad would this situation be minus remittances and the cumulative trickledown effect?  Similarly, eliminate the underground economy, and how many unemployment percentage points are added?  When all things are considered, what, if anything, has been done over the years for those without work, and staring at the emptiness of prospects, pocket, and table in the face?

Against the coalescence of history, politics, race, pie-sharing, disfavour, perception, disenchantment, and criminal implications inGuyana, this situation has to unsettle.  It is why there must be urgency in tabling the issue, and determining how to begin to address in a comprehensive manner.

Rather than criticize the government for failing to make unemployment a front-burner issue, it is more meaningful to urge that a preponderance of attention be given to the problem, though an explicit articulation of the architecture of job creation objectives, strategies, and schemes.  At a minimum, this should start with trustworthy measurement of the unemployment rate, and solidified through carving out innovative approaches via a policy paradigm inclusive of open door, investor appeal, tax regime, legal structure, bureaucratic minimization, private sector collaboration, skills base, and capital market development, within an embracing vision.  Assemble this vision under one roof and pursue in tangible and sustaining ways to ease a significant societal concern.

For the many without work it can mean a loss of dignity, impoverishment, and more.  Therefore, there is a crying need for the government to work assiduously to reduce the unemployment ranks and rate, and to do so powerfully and quickly.  It goes without saying that this can only result in a betterGuyana.

Mitwah

It is estimated that there are about 225,000 to 250,000 individuals eligible and available for participating in theGuyanaworkforce.  Eligible is defined as those of working age, and ready and willing to work, if it is available.  From this pool, it is believed (repeat, believed) that those without work or unemployed range anywhere from a conservative 40,000 to an aggressive 75,000, which translates to an unemployment rate of 16% on the low end and as much as 33% on the high side.  A realistic figure, which splits the difference, could be somewhere closer to 25%.  So here is a possible unemployment figure of approximately 25% and in the tens of thousands, and it is almost the best kept secret, or among the least discussed issues.

Mitwah
Originally Posted by Bruddaman:

You gotta get you fruits from somewhere, right?

Guyanese fruits are delectable--and dont forget the fresh fish and vegetables---but most importantly---the people who plant those fruits/veggies, harvest the fish--and market them---those are the people who intrigue me---the real people.

 

CHECK THIS:

 

 

 

 

 

FM
Originally Posted by Rev Al:

OK Folks!

 

This will come as a great shock to the whiners and losers who come here daily and complain about the PPP and wish Guyana bad.

 

Check this folks!

 

There is so much business activity in Guyana right now, so many ongoing projects, so much growth and development, that a major problem in Guyana right now is a shortage of qualified labor. That's right folks! There are more jobs than qualified people in Guyana right now. And as a result every major project in Guyana is behind schedule.

 

RE: THE HOPE CANAL

 

 

Hope many of you are familiar with the Hope Canal ? Well, it's nearly 75% complete--but shortage of labor has affected its completion--once completed it would be great for Guyana and Guyanese.

 

 

RE: FIBER OPTIC PROJECT---headed by Alexi Ramotar

 

 

The fiber optic project is another excellent project that has been delayed by shortages in qualified labor--once completed it would be great for Guyana and Guyanese.

 

 

BUT CHECK THIS FOLKS:

 

The only projects that are on schedule are the Chinese built projects---they have brought in their own labor---but you have the losers in the AFC/PNC screaming that Guyanese are not being hired.

 

 

Chinese are building the $55 million(US) Guyana Marriott

 

 

Chinese are builing the $40 million GPL substation in Good Hope

 

 

 

BOTTOM LINE:

 

Guyana is on the move folks---the DOERS in the private sector are propelling Guyana forward---qualified Americans who are unemployed would be wise to emigrate to Guyana---they would be most welcome.

 

MAY GUYANA CONTINUE TO EXPAND AND PROSPER AND MAY THE LOSERS WHO HATE AND DESPISE THE PPP CONTINUE TO BE MENTALLY TORTURED.

 

Rev 

 

AMEN BROTHER AMEN. PREACH THE TRUTH BROTHER. TO THE MOUNTAIN TOP WE GO WITH THE PPP. GD BLESS THE GOVT AND PEOPLE OF GUYANA. FORWARD WE GO WITH PROGRESS AND PROSPERITY.

Nehru
Originally Posted by Mitwah:

There is no shortage of unemployed Berbicians. Look how the PPP has caused them to depend on handout from their families abroad. The people need their dignity back and I hope in the next election the people ( N*gger Indians) fire them from the Gov't and send them to the opposition.

LAZINESS NOT GOING TO DO THEM ANY GOOD. THEY NEED TO GET OFF THEIR LAZY ASSES.

Nehru
Originally Posted by Nehru:
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AMEN BROTHER AMEN. PREACH THE TRUTH BROTHER. TO THE MOUNTAIN TOP WE GO WITH THE PPP. GD BLESS THE GOVT AND PEOPLE OF GUYANA. FORWARD WE GO WITH PROGRESS AND PROSPERITY.

The PPP is mentally torturing the losers in the AFC/PNC

 

 

 

Nehrui bhai:

 

The pain and suffering currently being experienced by the losers in the AFC/PNC has become unbearable---pitiful souls like Mahen, Devindra, Ronald Narain, etc, etc etc have been driven to the mad-house. These suckers have been flabbergasted by the astonishing success Guyana is achieving under the leadership of the PPP.

 

THE PPP WILL CONTINUE TO GIVE THE LOSERS IN THE AFC/PNC NIGHTMARES.

 

Rev

FM

CANADIAN GUYANESE COMMENTS ON GUYANA

 

Everyone that I do know in Gy has a job...of course they still complain about salary and high taxes...



Maybe what your president said is untrue..I do not know you can tell me..

I have lived in Canada since I was a child...but have visited Gy often with parents as a child and by myself as an adult..here is what I do know going back to recent memory:



Four years ago when I visited there was a construction boom in Gy...I hear it is even stronger now

 
as a note: any country with a construction boom inherently has low unemployment...but watch out for the bust..



many Guyanese are lazy..they would prefer to take handouts than work...

I asked many to cut the grass in the yard where I was staying for pay and they laughed at me and instead asked for a raise..



I remember when the conference centre was going up in Gy...the Chinese worksers worked in rain and sunshine to finish it off...many Guyanese do not even want to go to work on mondays and when they do work they lollygag..I saw it at many government offices.. many even steal from their private employers..



some of the public work that was done by Guyanese on the roads etc was sub-standard. I blame the Gov't for this

no Guyanese can say they are hungry, unless they are lazy..I saw many yards without as much as a pepper tree..



as far as the race thing goes...that is neither here nor there..it's the stupid politicians...



Indos and Afros have a love hate relationship ..they love each other...hang..chill...party ..work and married to each other... but they hate each other when the politicians tell em to do so..I say hang de damn politicians!
big grin



as far a corruption..I am sure it exists inGy..but guess what..it exists everywhere..even in the Great USofA and the great white north...not gonna ever stop...


I will get a better feel for things when I visit soon

FM
Originally Posted by Rev Al:

CANADIAN GUYANESE COMMENTS ON GUYANA

 

Everyone that I do know in Gy has a job...of course they still complain about salary and high taxes...



Maybe what your president said is untrue..I do not know you can tell me..

I have lived in Canada since I was a child...but have visited Gy often with parents as a child and by myself as an adult..here is what I do know going back to recent memory:



Four years ago when I visited there was a construction boom in Gy...I hear it is even stronger now

 
as a note: any country with a construction boom inherently has low unemployment...but watch out for the bust..



many Guyanese are lazy..they would prefer to take handouts than work...

I asked many to cut the grass in the yard where I was staying for pay and they laughed at me and instead asked for a raise..



I remember when the conference centre was going up in Gy...the Chinese worksers worked in rain and sunshine to finish it off...many Guyanese do not even want to go to work on mondays and when they do work they lollygag..I saw it at many government offices.. many even steal from their private employers..



some of the public work that was done by Guyanese on the roads etc was sub-standard. I blame the Gov't for this

no Guyanese can say they are hungry, unless they are lazy..I saw many yards without as much as a pepper tree..



as far as the race thing goes...that is neither here nor there..it's the stupid politicians...



Indos and Afros have a love hate relationship ..they love each other...hang..chill...party ..work and married to each other... but they hate each other when the politicians tell em to do so..I say hang de damn politicians!
big grin



as far a corruption..I am sure it exists inGy..but guess what..it exists everywhere..even in the Great USofA and the great white north...not gonna ever stop...


I will get a better feel for things when I visit soon

Sounds like apologies for PPP's dismal policy choices to me. 

FM
Originally Posted by Mitwah:

Antiman Rev, where are the jobs?

He noted shortage of QUALIFIED people.  What he "forgot" to add is that our qualified people not only migrate to North America, as do other qualified Caribbean people.  But we also replace people from other parts of CARICOM who leave for the USA/Canada.

 

So Guyana suffers from a double brain/skill drain.   If the bext jobs are going to be handed over to Chinese, expect this drain to continue.

FM
Originally Posted by Rev Al:

CANADIAN GUYANESE COMMENTS ON GUYANA

 


many Guyanese are lazy..they would prefer to take handouts than work...

I will get a better feel for things when I visit soon


Why is it that Guyanese are noted to be hard working when they migrate?  Clearly something is wromngwith GUYANA.  Not Guyanese.

 

As to the nonsense about Afros and Indos.  Neither are totally stupid  Their v ote is based on their experiences.  Indians suffered racism under the PNC and Africans suffer racism from today's PPP.  

 

It is good that they do not (on the whole) take out their frustrations of racism against the rank and file of the other race.  But face it the PNC wasnt nice to Indians, and neithet has the PPP been  nice to blacks.  In any case both races have loads of not nice things to say about the other when they think that the other doesnt hear.

 

So spare me this "we are one"  nonsense.  Guyana has a major problem with ethnic paranoia and its only the dishonest who pretend other wise.  And this is why they vote for people who do not deserve their votes.

FM
Originally Posted by baseman:
Originally Posted by Mitwah:

Admin, please change the heading to read: REV: PPP LIED GUYANA HAS MORE JOBS THAN PEOPLE

It has more jobs than people will to work.

Baseman you can go every where outside of Guyana and Guyanese are reputed to be hard workers.

 

Why is this not the case in Guyana itself?  Clearly people will not kill themselve sfor low wages which do not even begin to cover their expenses, much less allow them to aspire to better things. So they involve themselves in little hustles and waiting for remittances.

 

The PPP is quite happy with this.

FM
Originally Posted by caribny:
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So Guyana suffers from a double brain/skill drain.   If the bext jobs are going to be handed over to Chinese, expect this drain to continue.


carib:

 

The population of China is currently 1,344,130,000 - that's one billion three hundred and forty four million one hundred and thirty thousand.

 

Surely Guyana and the PPP would be better off having around 50,000 of those 1.3 billion chinese emigrate to Guyana.

 

Guyana and the PPP would also be better off if all the East Indians who despise the PPP---there is a name for such East Indians---but Guyana and the PPP would be better off if those pathetic East Indians leave Guyana--what a bunch of whiners and losers.

 

BY THE WAY, BLACKS WHO SUPPORT THE PNC CAN STAY IN GUYANA.

 

BOTTOM LINE:

 

Chinese are one of the 6 races in multi ethnic Guyana---and Guyana and the PPP would welcome more Chinese from China.

 

Rev

 

 

FM

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