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Jul 04, 2008 Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists
Yesterday, dem boys sit back and dem watching de news. All of a sudden dem see Oscar Clarke at de CARICOM Summit and dem perk up.
Now, is nothing unusual fuh people who ain’t involve in running a country to go to de summit. Dem had a time when de same CARICOM arrange fuh de opposition to tek a seat, but dem boys seh that was only because was Uncle Dessy who was de leader of de opposition in Guyana.
As soon as he dead de opposition get kick off from de CARICOM list of invitees. But this time Robbie Corbin decide to resurrect de invitation. Is only that he didn’t signal he intention to mek de opposition visit de place. Anyhow, Oscar Clarke go.
Suh when dem boys see de news dem realize that Bharrat can’t run from de protest back in Guyana. He claim that when he come off de plane he didn’t see Oscar and he ask he close man to see if anybody lef Guyana. But Oscar was smart. He ketch a plane de day before.
Imagine de shock when Bharrat learn that Oscar in Antigua. He run to Carrington to stop Oscar from getting anywhere near de summit, and indeed he succeed because when Oscar get close he meet tight security. But Oscar smart. He tell dem boys that he ain’t born yesterday and that stricter de Government wiser de population.
But Oscar pretend to be a waiter and sneak in de venue. Once inside, he present he petition to de leaders and all of dem begin to read. Dem hear bout discrimination in Guyana, and high prices fuh gasoline, and food shortage.
Right away dem boys seh that de PNC tek de protest to Antigua. De protest like currency. It deh wheh you least expect.
Well, right away one of dem place a call to he friend in Guyana to find out if food short in Guyana, and de man tell he how Chinee food get expensive. Oscar seh that he coming back to Guyana pun de same plane wid Bharrat. He want to see if Bharrat gun block he from entering Guyana.
But that ain’t de only block. De man who control de income tax blocking a lot of things. He blocking access to de files of de new kid on de block, and he blocking people from entering de compound. He even blocking people from tekking gifts, because he seh that once people get a gift dem have to pay tax.
People frighten to accept gift from overseas. One man ask he family to send any gift to de hospital wheh he wukking as a porter, because de gift gun land duty free and he gun be able to clear it fuh free.
Yet dem boys seh that people should tell de truth. Dem parents use to tell dem ‘talk de truth, cost you what it will.’ Well that gone through de window, because two reporters come to de Waterfalls paper and bald talk de new kid on de block—de Guyana Times.
De boss man tell dem that he hear that dem moving on from de Big Market paper.
He tell dem that de grass ain’t always greener pun de other side. One of dem reporters tell de Waterfalls boss man that he cut he eyeteeth wid de Waterfalls paper and if he got to go anywhere he gun come back.
Dem boys know that when you got sweet talk you got cock. De next day de same reporter deh at Guyana Times wid he partner. De Waterfalls boss man smile.
He know that is only time that dem gun get fed up, because nobody want to write and people ain’t seeing what you write.
But what about money? Dem boys seh that if a man got money he can buy anything, and that things meet de stage wheh people would lef a job fuh $100 more.
And that is wha happening, but there is a problem. Once people sign a contract de pay does cut. And that starting another story.
Talking bout story, de Government approach de FBI fuh help find Fine Man. Was a most remarkable conversation.
“Where do we begin to look?” “Buxton, Bartica, Parika, Linden.”
“Are you serious? Thought you had good intelligence. You should be able to pin down de man.”
“You want to check wid de Waterfalls paper?”
Well that is wheh de FBI tell de man who mek de request how he mother mek he. Dem ain’t come, and even when de Government ask fuh some forensic expert de FBI ignore de request.
Is de same reason mek dem ignore de request fuh Roger Khan information. “Those people down there are joking, Mr. Bush.”
Talk half. Lef half.
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