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In our blog of yesterday Is Former Prime Minister Owen Arthur Misrepresenting Barbadians?, we mentioned that the obvious strategy of the Guyana government to export labour is flawed. The country is underdeveloped and what Guyana’s President Bharrat Jagdeo and his regional counterparts should be doing is to assist Guyana to develop the infrastructure to create capacity in their economy. The big disconnect we see with former Prime Minister encouraging Barbadians to invest in Guyana is the constant drain on its labour force which exposes potential investor.

The elephant in the room which CARICOM leaders are silent on is the second to last rating of Guyana given by the corruption rating agency, Transparency International (TI). We have scoured the Internet in search of any serious challenge to the credibility of TI with little success. Shouldn’t CARICOM leaders be engaging Guyana regarding the low rating given perennially by TI? If the CARICOM leaders don’t think that TI ratings are important why do they wave the rating around for political gain when discussing corruption in their respective countries? Why does our media broadcast the results of the TI rating annually with glee? The Guyana government has been reported in the media challenging the rating. We believe that CARICOM and Guyana need to address the issue.

Its current low rating will not encourage reputable investors to Guyana.

We received an email earlier from The Caribbean Guyana Institute for Democracy alerting us to their most recent article, it has validated our concern about the need for Guyana to be placed under the microscope by regional leaders. Dr. Randy Persaud was quick to criticize BU and Barbados over a recent shooting incident in Barbados, although he has been proved a liar, he has refused to apologize to the BU family. Why doesn’t he write to expose some of the heinous acts being perpetrated under the guise of authority in Guyana? Maybe from the comfort of the United States he has become so fat that he can afford to be selective in his battles.

Here is the link to The Caribbean Guyana Institute for Democracy Website where a case of injustice of the highest order is allegedly being covered up by the Guyana authorities. But they ask why they are attracting a low rating from TI.

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8 responses to “Guyana And The Transparency International Corruption Index”

  1. Zauditu Avatar
    Zauditu

    Well Dr. Luncheon said that the methods used are flawed, based on the fact that anti Gov’t persons were interviewed for this study. I then Googled remittances sent home to Guyana, since part of the topic here is exporting Guyanese, and there is a paper published by the US Gov’t titled GEO and it is about Guyana, remittances, and the overseas based Guyanese population. They estimate as much as 700,000 Guyanese live overseas, however, in the US there are 400,000 Guyanese with the majority based in New York .

    Now the American people said, and this is from their article, “The amount of remittances is far higher than officially reported, and the relationship that Guyanese immigrants maintain with Guyana is quite significant and exceeds the money transfer transaction. The situation leaves a question mark as to the real inflow of remittances” end of quote, so even the American people areaat a lost as to what is going on in Guyana.

    They published an article recently that stated the remittances sent to Guyana is 442 million US dollars per annum, but shortly after that report came out Dr. Luncheon among others refuted that amount and claimed that the remittances amount to 242 million US dollars per annum.

  2. Jay Avatar
    Jay

    It just basically reinforces what we already know about the Guyana & the Guyanese government.The reality is that both are both in a failed state & I’m not sure ANY Caribbean intervention can be a help at this moment especially when even Barbados & many of the other islands are having a hard time as it is dealing with their own.

  3. David Avatar
    David

    Our question remains, what investor confidence can there be if TI continues to rate so low?

  4. Empress Avatar
    Empress

    Barbados,and other Caribbean countries,may not be inclined to intervene on Guyana’s behalf now. Bajans now may enjoy and benefit from a 7.0 rating from Transperancy International,but look at T&T who have an increased East Indian population scoring a degrading 3.6.If Bajans are not mindful or rather careful,there ain’t nothing preventing them from joining Guyana big time.This is exactly how Indians operate.They infiltrate them swell and all times they are cancerous.Check if anything close to that is true.In the mean time sleep on Bajans…sleep on.

  5. John Avatar
    John

    I see that Barbados has slipped from being the least corrupt country in the Caribbean into second place.

    St. Lucia is now the least corrupt ….. but the stories I hear about what goes on there makes me think of these words from a song.

    “Nobody does it better,
    Makes me feel sad for the rest.
    Nobody does it half as good as you
    Baby you’re the best.”

  6. David Avatar
    David

    @John

    Good point!

    Given that the survey would have been completed in to cover the period when the BLP would have been in office, the DLP would do well to find out what factor would have changed year over year to have affected the ‘confidence range’.

    This proactive approach may go along way to arresting a potential slide.

  7. gillsa Avatar
    gillsa

    This Barbados government must be carefull to keep the interests of Barbadians first. Obviously under the previous administration, the wellbeing of bajans was not a priority. The large number of illegal Guyanese in the island who do not contribute to the island’s economy by paying taxes even when they are employed there is problematic. That Guyana, a country so rich in all types of natural resources is in trouble is unfortunate but unless Barbados solves their problems, they cannot extend aide to anyone else. Furthermore the racist and hostile attitudes of many Guyanese indians living in Barbados is should be noted. They are openly resentful of Bajans and make no effort to hide it. They are in Barbados and have set up their own communities and businesses. Have we not seen this type of behaviour from the Syrians, Lebanese and other foreign groups immigrating there? Why should it be tolerated?

  8. everforever Avatar
    everforever

    If you want to get anything done in this country, (provided it can be done), is pay the fat man with the diamond ring and his fat friends.
    The only drawback is that it is always expected and eventually there won’t be a reasonable amount left to pay so the “cops” will rob you, then shoot you.

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