Dem boys’ People of the Year 2018

Jan 01, 2019 News

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Dem boys were planning a cookout on Old Year’s night to start off de new year. It is a traditional thing plus is Frank de vodka man birthday celebrations…plenty free drinks and food.
Uncle Glenn tell Uncle Adam three weeks ago to done de paper 6pm and send all de staff home pun de last day of the year. He don’t want to miss Frank party and he ain’t drinking for de new year- he want to spoil he self one last time for 2018.
But then Charrandass drop down from de sky. Before December 21st, nobody ain’t really pay much attention to he or what he doing or ain’t doing but now he playing a double role- both de hero and de villain.
In fact, Charrandass deh pun a book tour in the US at the moment. On Sunday he visit a mandir in New York, in Indian clothes, and then went to the Kaieteur Sport Bar, in a leather jacket, for a

drink, and people line up to take pictures.
Charrandass is the party spoil-sport. Imagine you got one man who come and give all de news people and political parties plenty wuk and headache at year-end. He got GECOM, who got $5B to spend for elections, scrambling now to see if elections can be held in three months.
So what suppose to be nice drink for dem boys on Old Year’s turning out to be a headache.
Over the de past year, dem boys cuss de Government non-stop. Dem cuss de oil people and dem cuss all thief man and all de politicians.
Dem boys do this because dem want all Guyana to have a good life. Dem boys de do it with the PPP and dem do it again with the Coalition and dem promise to not only hold the fire to the feet of dem politicians in de next government but to bun de whole body if dem don’t listen.
So whole year, dem boys paying attention. Dem see some good things and dem see plenty bad.
So dem boys decide to enter the New Year by recognizing some of dem people who give them headache last year and mek dem cuss and some who mek dem smile.
Now, this recognition is not about popularity or who gun be the best presidential candidate.

It is about the people who made the news, whether in a bad way or in a good way.
Dem boys and girls would have impacted the lives of all Guyanese and even dem people who visiting the country.
Dem had plenty bad news so pun dis list you gun see some people who will make you cuss.
Dem boys say if you wan cuss, tek a drink.
Dem boys had their eyes on Volda Lawrence as one of the top people of the year.
Imagine she beat out Uncle Joe, a popular man, and Basil Williams, de AG who like he moustache, to become de Chairperson of the PNCR, the biggest party in de Coalition.
Things de looking good till she get ketch promising supporters that she only giving work to PNCR people.
Dem boys say Volda mek dem hand fall.
That work thing for Volda made MP Charrandass Persaud the number one person.
Love him or hate him, Charrandass or Charranrass, as some people call him, cut up some people runnings.

Whole year dem boys can’t get some of the Government people and Opposition people.
Imagine dem start calling you after that no-confidence vote.
What tek de cake is when some of dem would-be presidential candidates put on makeup and visit Stabroek Market, all thanks to Charrandass.
In fact, de MP cause dem boys to mek a new cuss word- don’t let meh Charranrass you…

Seelall fail heself

The next man pun de list is de former Top Cop, Seelall Persaud.
Seelall mek one of them boys pee up when de story come out.
Seelall write a letter to heself as Commissioner for a gun dealership licence. He was retiring in a few weeks and wanted to do something. He then invite heself to come to a meeting with the Crime Chief for the licence. Dem boys buss out when dem hear, Seelall interview heself too. He sit down in one chair asking questions; then he get up, go over to the opposite chair, and answer heself. In the end, Seelall fail de interview.

David Ramnarine was Seelall deputy and he mek nuff policeman tremble. In fact, if he come to make an address and he ketch you texting, he would make you stand up and text. That was how bad he bad.
But when Soulja Bai interview candidates for de Top Cop position, Ramnarine na even mek de cut for de position of deputy.
Now, you can’t have a list of people of the year and not include the President. David Granger is a quiet man. Then he fall sick. You may ask what he do to deserve a place on dis list.
Well, dem boys understand that David had the toughest job in the country- he had to hold de coalition together.
Dem boys fully understand the challenges…when you have a bunch of old people fighting with one another, over GuySuCo and other things, it takes a special kind of leader to hold dem together. Dem boys salute Soulja Bai for that. Anybody else would have run mad.

Granger lose he hair.
Now, Georgetown de capital city got a new mayor, Ubraj Narine, and he young. Dem boys and girls see a photo of him sitting pun a koker, before he swear in, wearing slippers and talking with citizens.
Dem boys like the fact that the city got a mayor from another ethnicity and that he young. Dem boys watching he performance.

Bharrat Come Back

Of course, you can’t have a list of people without Bharrat Jagdeo.
De former president refuse to go away and stay retire. The CCJ rule out him running for another term, something he sign onto.
Yet, he come back from retirement and tek over de PPP. He send Uncle Donald, not Donald Trump, to rock in he hammock at Pradoville One.
In fact, dem boys believe when Bharrat choose he man or woman to be the presidential candidate, and dem stand up together, it gun be Bharrat who will steal de show.
Imagine he file a no-confidence motion, and de Coalition laugh. Dem did not cater for Charrandass and the fact Bharrat had an ace up his sleeve. Now Bharrat is making it clear that his endorsement is critical in choosing a presidential candidate.
Dem boys hear that if the PPP go back in power, Bharrat will be tekking over de job that Uncle Joe Harmon doing – head of the Presidential Secretariat. That is de man who does run the show. Not the president. So Bharrat will be president if the PPP get in power again. Dem boys seh so.
Dem boys also got a number of other people who mek de news:

*Royston King- as Town Clerk, he make dem boys feel they driving a Morris Oxford and he driving a GTR race car, when it comes to making money. Dem boys hope that when he comes out from

Camp Street jail, he is willing to work to raise campaign funds for de political parties- he know good about swar and how to tek and sell other people thing.

*Dr. Surendra Persaud cannot be left out. As Berbice Bridge chairman, he ask the government to increase toll by 365 percent. Dem boys understand that as chairman you got to look out for your

shareholders.
But when you get shareholders who put in 10 percent and own 90 percent of the company and then you ask your customers to pay more than 350 percent increase for de same product, it take a special kind of person to do that.

*Gobin Harbhajan is the Prime Minister Representative in East Berbice. Whole year, Gobin managed to get a whole bunch of Guyanese in a Whatsapp group name “Moving Guyana Forward”.

Dem boys know that it is virtually impossible for anybody to get people from all walks of life, including pundits, politicians, policemen, councilors and even de prison chief, in one room to cuss out one another. Gobin did it. Dem boys say nothing beats healthy debate and little cussing up from time to time.

*Noel Holder is de the Agri Minister. Noel reach retirement age and yet he stand and defy he own AFC party and APNU and fight everybody to bring back milk production. He fighting to hold

onto GuySuCo, and he fighting to stay relevant. The problem is only two people in he corner- heself and somebody else.

*Rajcoomarie Bancroft is a MP for the Coalition. Like Charrandass, she was largely quiet. When Charrandass vote yes de fuss time, MP Bancroft was instrumental for introducing a viral video

and audio of her admonishing him…“Noo Charrandass…noooo, ow noooooo!”
Her anguished cry is now on everybody’s lips and she is a household name.

*Minister Simona Broomes made the news in a big way after she was seen in security videos at Massy Supermarket, dashing aside traffic barriers. A security guard ended up being fired. Dem

boys shake dem head in disbelief as dem expected better from a woman who received a US award for saving people.
Dem boys also want to mention Ministah David Patterson who doing lots of road work and mekking Georgetown feel better to drive. But dem boys also unhappy that he keep quiet of how Guyana getting quarter of an airport when it paid for a whole new one.
Dem boys na forget dem boys and gyals down at GPL and GTT who mek dem life dark and without internet or poor internet whole year. Dem boys know that change coming.
Dem got plenty more people who mek de news, and some that didn’t including dem policeman and woman who stand up in rain and shine directing traffic.
One of them is Nalia Rahaman. She got a perfect score at the National Grade Six exams- really, who does that? Dem boys proud of Nalia an all dem other students who did well this past year.
To all dem people who we ain’t mention, is not because we forget you. Is because we running out of space.

But what pass you, ain’t miss you.
We got whole year next year.
Dem boys wish 2019 to be a better one for Guyana and we gun think about this while we tek a drink.

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