We have heard this position before regarding the request that payment of the late Desmond Hoyte’s pension goes to his surviving wife. We would like to see the documentary evidence that there is a precedent for it. We are very interested in the following quote from the CGID submission:

Mrs. Joyce Hoyte is entitled to her husband’s accumulated pension as well as his monthly pension disbursements. Both former First Lady Doreen Chung as well as Mrs. Janet Jagan, received their late husbands’ Presidential pensions. Why then has the PPP government refused to pay Mrs. Hoyte? Is it because she is Afro-Guyanese? President Jagdeo must answer this question.

If this is true the Guyana government and other stakeholders should join in the fight. It would be a travesty of legal and moral law that Ms. Hoyte should go to the grave without the right of accessing her late husband’s pension.

Here we go again.

Peter wickham who was never raised in a country with a large indian population like guyana, is in today’s nation newspaper seeking to dismiss Dr Kean Gibson (born and raised in guyna) – UWI lecturer – researched and published view about racial conflict between indians and africans in guyana and the views of the hindu indian population there which she fears may be brought to barbados.

There is one thing the african race over the centuries has always suffered from,and that is the presence of stooges in their midst.

Wickham’s challenge of Dr Gibson is like that of the cockroach trying to challenge the eagle or the lion.

So mind boogling.

My only comfort is that privately,and more and more publicly persons are out there boldly calling out wickham for the nonsense he writes and speaks and gradually realising that he really isn’t ALL THAT!

Negroman,
What does Peter Wickham’s personal sexual preferences have to do with anything? He’s still as qualified as anyother to have his say. Gay or happy.
You hate all other races except yours and that is your preference too.
Check the message not the messanger.

It would be a bold move if Dr. Gibson was allowed to discuss her position on the airwaves of Barbados with the same access as the others who oppose her view. BU maintains that the question of minority groups integrating with a dominant host population which has been stable for eons needs to be ventilated.

Interesting reading today’s Nation which reports that the Four Seasons Project has been flagged ‘wait and see”.

The large Guyanese group of workers sub-contracted was mentioned as well. The request by Faria to have work permits transferred given the current economic contraction is silly. Are we not reading that unemployment is climbing to double digits? We are reminded by the economists and others who visit BU that there is the lag effect. In other words it will get worse so what is the sensible thing to do?

It amazes me that Norman Faria can have the gumption to request that the work permits for Guyanese be transfer and special considerations be given to them when the project is restarted.Only in Barbados can Norman Faria & Ricky Singh be allow to get away with the things they say & do.

Anonymous in Guyana Black Guyanese cannot criticise Bharat Jagdeo.A Black journalist his name is Moseley was banned from Presidential Palace because Bharat Jagdeo did not like his line of reporting at a Caribbean Conference held recently in one of the Islands.Robert Corbin leader of PNC Reform & Raphael Trotman leader of the Alliance For Change who are both Black Guyanese are constantly threaten & harass by the Indian Members & supporters of PPP.Anonymous Black Guyanese have no say in Guyana today.

David what can the government do.Nothing nothing at all.
Businesses in Barbados are laying off Barbadian but non-nationals especially Guyanese are still being employed VOB & Nation Newpaper are 2 cases in point..David Thompson threats are idle talk and are not taken seriously by the business sector.

At the last report to nation press conference the wind bag David Thompson promised us that with in the first quarter of this year we will have a new immigration policy in place.
This is the beginning of the second quarter and where is the immigration policy?

The debate about the UN Report continues in Guyana. The point is that even in Guyana the discussion is taking place. Yet in Barbados we are told to shut up because we are being xenophobic. It is a discussion we need to have. Why are we so stupid that in Guyana and other countries with ethnic group struggling to co-exist we would not want to engage debate to learn how to manage the multiracial society we are transforming to? BU family should read the comments to the article, the one which resonate with us is why does Guyana authorities reject all reports seminal and others.

David

Perhaps for the benefit of readers you could post an article on this un report about guyana’s indians injustice against afro guyanese highlighting the U.N. report and Dr Kean Gibson’s lecture.

Call on CBC,VOB and the Nation newspaper to cover in and maybe you will shame one of these organisations to report on it.

Thanks David

This is just me talking, Sister Baby, I don’t think Miss Gay McDougal got it right about Guyana in her so called report about minorities in Guyana, first of all there is no majority in Guyana, not one group can claim it is 50% of the population, and secondly, all this nonsense of marginalisation of black poeple in Guyana is untrue, and thirdly what happens in Guyana will not neccessarily occur in Barbados or any other country for that matter.

I would like to know is what part of Guyana Dr. Gibson is from, and how old of a person, because I as a black mixed person have never experienced any racism from Indians in Guyana. I had them as neighbours, we cried at deaths, cooked roti and curry together, they coming over and sitting in my bedroom and chatting with me, and so on. It baffles me at this anti Guyana stance here. I think the PPP is a nice poltical party and is doing a good job, these are my true feelings, now you can dispute it, and I would not get upset, that is your opinion, and as a Guyanese let me say this, not because one person is a Hindu or a PPP, does not mean I have to exclude them, we have so much in common as Guyanese that the rest of our commonality makes up for our differences. Now if Dr. Gibson wants Babados to be a single race country that is fine, but leave Guyana out of it. I was so surprised that Dr. Gibson who strikes me as Afrocentric did not know about the African customs and rituals of Guyana that she had to go back to Guyana to find out about them. Kind of strange, she nothing about cumfa, queh queh, jungo and so on, so strange, even the little Indian boy in my area know about these things.

Please let me say the UN lady who did the report on GY is from Atlanta GA USA, and what she did is report on her black/white experience in America but place it in the context of Guyana. Also you guys refer to Fiji constantly, well Fiji is different from Guyana, the Fijians own the land there outright, and refuse to accept the Indians, you never say that here, all you say is that Indians trying to take over Fiji, Indians can never do that there, they can’t own land there, now Mauritius is the place you need to focus on, forget Fiji they treat Indians badly there. The Fijian Party ran an ethnic Indian for PM, the Indian man won the elections, but they over threw him. Everytime an Indian wins in Suriname, they do the same thing, we are humans and we can get along.

The majority of the people in Fiji are Afro Fijians, Indians account for 38% of the total populationthere, so I don’t see how they are dominating there. The Indians leaving Guyana too, they are now 42% of the total, and they striking, faster than I can say channa.

Prepare for better or worse soon.

This is me Sister Baby, I just read Dr. Gibson’s response in The Nation online to Mr. Peter Wickham, and I can see what she is saying too. I am not a Ph.D. remember I just like blogging and what I say is from personal experience, but I see where she is coming from too, plus I read Peter’s yesterday article, and I think he is of feelings that we can all get along. That is how I feel too. Let us get along and have fun. Have a nice day.

Thanks Nelly Avilla Moreno for those reports.

I hope that fellow bloggers will read what the UN expert said in her report.She mentioned every thing I indicated in many of my posts.The killing of black men & boys,the lack of employment & educational opportunities and the general marginalization of black people in Guyana.

Peter Wickham,Norman Faria et al where are your voices.Come out and debate this report.

Peter Wickham your articel in today’s Nation Newspaper is so shallow & weak that I began to have sympathy for you.Your attempt to try to link it what Dr Kean Gibson said to the role the bible & christianity played in the slave trade was feeble & weak for an university scholar like you.

I am begging all concern black Barbadians please down load and keep a copy of that report from the UN expert.It shows us what Barbados will come to with the changing demographics with the high un regulated influx of the Indo-Guyanese degenerates & human waste.

Indo-Guyanese have destroyed Guyana and we black Barbadians will never allow you all to destroy a Black Barbados.

We are going to get rid of all Indo-Guyanese germs from Barbados

what about our foreign reserve that is being depleted by the illegal banker who the guyanese go to and get their monies sent back to guyana. im sick and fed-up wid this country and the ignorant politicians that r allowing these ppl to drain our country. im rite about ready to leave this country behind, that i was born in, my foreparents slaved in, my children will suffer in, and never come back. i always say that i prefer to feel like a stranger in another land than to feel so i my own country. i just wish those that decide to stay here all the best, its going to b needed.This parade is “Dismissed”.

The Black people of Guyana need to wake up and stop this nonsense in firing up hatred of the Indian Population in Guyana. You guys forget that it is the WHITE people who dragged you from your motherland Africa, Chained you, abused you and enslaved you in various countries…..NOT THE INDIANS….my advice to you all is this….copy the Indian life style….Get Married…Build a Family Unit…Educate your Children…Be God Fearing….Respect other people….Be Industrious like the Indians….Be Forgiving…..plant a kitchen garden…catch fish and feed your family….find and keep jobs….any jobs……this is what the Indians do to make their lives better…..do not follow those so call politicians who feed on the seeds of hatred….they are getting fat salaries and fanning the flame of hatred…..that idiot Dr Gibson….she is no damn lecturer. in my eyes…..her book ought to go into the trash bin and set alight….this lady is out of her depth…Does she know anything about Huinduism…or about the Indian Heritage and ways of life?? Look I do not hate Black People….I only wish that you would open your eyes….and look at a NEW Guyana where all races can live in Peace and Harmony….for the sake of our children…for the sake of all suffering people in Guyana…and for the sake of Guyana….once the Jewel of the Caribbean…!!! William Ramnarace.

What’s the deal with the TAC these days? If you’re from Victoria you’ll know what I’m talking about. So many people have that entitlement mindset, and with them you’re guilty until proven innocent in the most expensive court of law they can find…