I can’t be the only one who notices this but why are SOME Indo-Caribbeans so obsessed with proving they have money or bragging? It’s like every convo has to be about so-and-so’s job and salary and who makes more than who, who’s car costs more, etc.

Like I understand they grew up back home with nothing but this is a toxic behaviour that needs to stop. A lot of aunt’s and uncles behave this way but are drowning in debt. They’ll go buy something on their credit card just to prove they can and they always always worry “wha people guh say” and about looking “cheap”.

And this doesn’t just go for the older generation.. even young kids born in North America act the same way too. You meet a random Indo Caribbean guy somewhere and they’re always “rich”. Gotta talk about their job, the new car they bought, etc.

What makes this bad is that a lot of these people are gonna put themselves in debt or work to death just to prove something and outdo each other. And I know this happens in other cultures too but indo Caribbean’s definitely do it A LOT more than other races I’ve met.

I’d love to read some comments about this topic

Hi, I'm landing in Cheddi Jaggan and I have 16 hours until my next flight.. I have 8am until midnight. I need a car rental to explore a bit and see Georgetown .

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Sharing this photo of the retirement of my great great grandfather Jaipersaud (first person middle row) from the Skeldon estate in 1939.

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Like in terms of pre-school and primary education

Has David Attenborough ever visited Guyana?

Hello there! Op here, and I was thinking to myself the other day I should start expanding on my music taste, so I’ve decided I’m going to start listening to music from all over and I randomized every nation in the world and I got Guyana! So I would appreciate any suggestions for bands and artists from there.

Sincerely, your Canadian friend.

The Caribbean community has lost one of the defining voices of our time . His music will always be part of Guyana’s history. This was in of my dad’s favourite. R.I.P

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Quick heads-up from the start: Caribbean History is currently iPhone and iPad only.

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I’m already testing version 2, which is significantly bigger. It will introduce Siri + AI features, the ability to ask questions about Caribbean history, deeper explanations and connections between events, historical maps, a Migration Explorer, Money Trail, Resistance Archive, primary sources, country comparisons, learning paths, more advanced quizzes, progress tracking, offline content, and a much larger collection covering Caribbean countries and territories.

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I am a born Guyanese, 18 years old. Both my parents are also full blooded Guyanese. I have never left this country to go live anywhere else to live for a period longer than two weeks and I've only travelled once in my lifetime.

Recently, I've been getting more and more into the laws of this country, paying more attention to how it operates and all of that. So, what I want to say say is, I hate it here. A country, that should, by all accounts, be rapidly developing it's infrastructure and public services and the richest country within the South American continent by GDP per Capita should not still be having constant power outages, water outages, internet connectivity issues and terrible, shitty, outdated and terribly formatted laws.

This country should these sort of issues rectified a long time ago. The COVID lockdowns had stopped in 2022 meaning that the government had 4 years to improve upon these basic needs.

And while I'm not too well versed on the economic breakdown, I feel as if there is an over reliance on our natural resources instead of a sustainable business model or an economy that does not rely purely on extracting resources.

This is partly our fault as a people in some way, we could have had a proper tourism industry, but the incompetence and uncaring nature of both the people and government make this place not only unpleasant, but also dangerous for anybody looking to spend their vacation here.

And what pisses me off even more is that another country that was worse off than us with no natural resources and gained independence a year before us had managed to cement itself as a booming global economic power, yet because of greedy, corrupt decisions made by the leading bodies of government during the country's life time, we remain an under developed nation that with very little respect for its own laws.

Does anybody else feel this way about Guyana or it just me.

I got a job offer via a consultancy in guyana

While most details are currently withheld

it says

Company provides food accomodation and travel

And salary of 1200 to 1500 usd ...

It looks very sketchy. So Ive dcided to look i to it but wont give any money to be safe .....

What info should i ask further

Id probably get the company details and an interview of i accept the offer

Also is the salary range good enough ?

EDIT : Yeah it turned out to be a scam They said the company name was corum restaurant groups

And they wanted me to pay for "service charges" for documentation visa and air tickets
I insta blocked the guy

Anyone have any luck obtaining Gy citizenship via marriage ? My spouse is GY citizen by birth and I would like to obtain Gy citizenship. I know there is a process for that but can’t seem to get in touch with the right office. Can it be done in the US or will this need to be done in Guyana.

Why do you guys always get angry whenever your country gets mixed up

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