May God Bless Guyana

[john b]

Meantime, a report from the official Venezuela News Agency (AVN) said that during his meeting with Jagdeo, Chavez proposed the creation of a gas pipeline in the eastern area of the country to supply oil to Guyana and Suriname. Chavez asked that Venezuelan and Guyanese technicians to begin research on this project.

“In Suriname, many families still cook with firewood, they do not have energy means and it is our duty to help them. They are our brothers,” he was quoted as saying. “Guyana has always admired you and your government in many areas,” Jagdeo told Chavez.
Meantime, a report from the official Venezuela News Agency (AVN) said that during his meeting with Jagdeo, Chavez proposed the creation of a gas pipeline in the eastern area of the country to supply oil to Guyana and Suriname. Chavez asked that Venezuelan and Guyanese technicians to begin research on this project.

[Dougan]

This could be very good for Guyana.

[krishna]

good morninggggggggg

[BK]

Now all the GOG got to do is run the pipelines to people homes. Wonder which 'businessman' Drugdeo will get to invest in this phase of the project.?

[Kwaku]

The question is: are we ready for such a pipe line passing thru Gy?  Certain words come to mind right away. Vandals, tampering of pipe line, environmental hazards, explosion etc.

Critics may say ready or not here it comes, but what else follows.

[BK]

kwaku, I didn't want to go there but since you raise the question -- Guyanese are not prepared for such catastrophic events. Just the other day the people were complaining about the increase of house fires (many cause by illegal electrical connections) around the country.

[Nuff]

It will be like the pipelines iN Nigeria.

People in GT always teefing electricity ... imagine an oil pipeline in the wilderness.

[BK]

scary to say the least.

But then where does this leave CGX and their offshore oil/gas drilling?

[Nuff]

Jagdeo needs a legacy soon and CGX is coming up shorter than Gary Coleman.

[BK]

he already has got several legacies -- remember

drugs
moneylaundering
corruption
etc
etc

[Nuff]

I think this is all directed at the US. Because the US has slapped the GoG around recently with press releases about human traficking etc. So Jagdeo has gone to the US nemesis .... Chavez..

[Onyxx]

I think, that the whole infrastructure needs to be razed, and re-created from scratch. Just adding anything, be it power lines, new roads, gas pipe lines, is like a rose blooming on a festering wart!  Gas lines going to rickety, rotten, wooden buildings... splendid lol!

[john b]

I am not Rev. Wrong. I said God Bless Guyana!      not God Dam Guyana!.         Let us have a positive mental attitude. Write off the Essequibo Dispute. Double the delivery of cheap oil to Guyana. Road link to Venezula, Road to Brazil, Guyana as a transshipment port for Brazil West Indian trafficing. I can go on and on. Guyana has been dealt a good hand. We must play our cards right. Happening on whose watch? Barrat is a lucky sun of a gun. Jagdeo and Shavez looked good as both men wore  red ties.  Viva Guyana.

[Onyxx]

MR. John B please forgive me, I want better things for Guyana too, but I have seen too many failures within that country, to harbor any feelings of optimism. Also, I do not trust Mr. Chavez, despite the fuzzy feelings I got, from the way he dealt with Bush!

[john b]

He likes the President of The United States of America. Perhaps he may dislike some of his policies. Unlike Chavez, Oboma has to play to both sides of the isle. May God Bless America.

What about Guyana?
     
Saturday, 24 July 2010 04:25 
New modern airport, four-lane highways on the cards
PLANS for a Guyana-based airline that could be the national flag-carrier have advanced and discussions are underway for financing construction of a bigger modern airport and four-lane highways to cope with growing traffic, President Bharrat Jagdeo announced yesterday.

He told reporters the government has almost secured funding from the Caribbean Development Bank and the Inter-American Development Bank to build a four-lane highway from the Cheddi Jagan International Airport. He said talks have also begun with Kuwait for financing a four-lane highway from Georgetown to at least Golden Grove on the East Coast Demerara to cope with burgeoning traffic.

At a press conference in the Office of the President complex in Georgetown, he said the East Coast four-lane project was among possible projects discussed during the official visit here Monday by Kuwait Prime Minister Sheikh Nasser Mohamed Al-Ahmed Al-Jaber Al-Sabah.
He said the four-lane highways are “badly needed” because of the growing numbers of vehicles being imported into the country.
“I am pleased about that because it shows growing income in the country, and people are able to afford their own vehicles; but it also creates a problem for us because of congestion on the roads (and) the road network has to expand,” he said.
Mr. Jagdeo said the discussions with the top-level Kuwaiti delegation which included representatives of that country’s private sector, covered possible new loans for Guyana’s housing sector and other projects, and Kuwaiti private sector investments in mining and large-scale agriculture.
The President also announced that Guyana is looking to buy aviation fuel from Venezuela to allow the proposed national flag-carrier airline to compete with other airlines in the Caribbean and North America.

He explained that the current price for aviation fuel here is about twice as much as the price at the JFK airport in New York or in Trinidad and Tobago, and a Guyana-based airline refuelling here would not be able to compete with others.Sourcing aviation fuel from Venezuela can help make Guyana a more attractive place for a home-based airline that will be critical for the future development of the tourism industry, he noted.

“We have had an explosion of people coming home and travelling to Guyana,” he said, pointing out that although airlines have increased their flights to and from Guyana, it is almost impossible to get flights into this country for August. Getting a national airline is very important for Guyana, the President stressed.
Buying aviation fuel from Venezuela was covered in the discussions Mr. Jagdeo and a delegation had during a one-day official visit to Caracas Wednesday.

President Jagdeo and President Hugo Chavez signed a memorandum of understanding between the Venezuelan Ministry for Energy and Petroleum and the Guyana Ministry of Foreign Affairs for the supply of aviation fuel to Guyana. (He said Venezuela has also agreed to extend its rice purchase agreement with Guyana, and will be buying 50,000 tons of paddy and 20,000 tonnes white rice from Guyana, giving local rice farmers market security for at least a year.) The President said that during a visit to Shanghai, China earlier this month, he had preliminary discussions with a Chinese firm involved in airport construction on building a modern airport in Guyana.

He said that Guyana needs an airport with at least eight bridges if it is to become a hub and cater for growing tourists, noting that only three or four aircraft can be currently accommodated at the same time on the tarmac at the Cheddi Jagan International Airport.

[Kwaku]

I am not Rev. Wrong. I said God Bless Guyana!      not God Dam Guyana!.         Let us have a positive mental attitude. Write off the Essequibo Dispute. Double the delivery of cheap oil to Guyana. Road link to Venezula, Road to Brazil, Guyana as a transshipment port for Brazil West Indian trafficing. I can go on and on. Guyana has been dealt a good hand. We must play our cards right. Happening on whose watch? Barrat is a lucky sun of a gun. Jagdeo and Shavez looked good as both men wore  red ties.  Viva Guyana.

So John b are you saying that Citco could own gy soon.

[Nuff]

John B would like to see Guyana shine during his lifetime. I understand where you are coming from John B ... but I recall you telling me 45 years ago that hydroelectric power was coming to guyana one day and how much potential Guyana has/had, all we had to do was harness it ... well I am now 51 years of age and still waiting for hydroelectric powe, I may not see it during my lifetime.

I recall the BEAL "steal" back in the late 90's where we were going to compete with Surname and launch rockets and satellites into space. That was supposed to drive up Real Estate in Guyana after selling the Texans land for $1 an acre. Bottom line is I no longer hold my breath when I read these news articles.

[BK]

while John B is hoping that god bless Guyana, Killaman has been praying for a plague to hit Georgetown

[Gtman1]

Very good for Guyana.  The venos see the brazilians making a play for the country with their bridge and road, so they are begining to make a play for their potion.

[john b]

Desmond made a mistake by opposing the Beal Deal. Let us learn from our mistakes. Or do we need a dictatorship to move on.

[Gtman1]

Desmond made a mistake by opposing the Beal Deal. Let us learn from our mistakes. Or do we need a dictatorship to move on.

 Beal was blocked by the US.  They were not prepared to have their satillite technology in a low reated security country like Guyana.

[BK]

Gtman,

Not to mention Venezuela's opposition to the Beal deal.

[Nuff]

In essense all the american deals with Guyana have fallen through so Jagdeo has no option but to court the arabs, chinese and Venez before his term is up.

We need to ask ourselves why the american deals fall through the cracks?