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Reply to "GuySuCo gains access to new markets in Italy, Canada, USA – Board"

caribny posted:
ba$eman posted:
 

There are point I agree and some I disagree with you.  I agree, Guyana is way behind Jamaica when it comes to developing its brands. Jamaica actually invest in building their brands with reps all over the world.  This is an area the PNC may want to explore.

On the issue of markets for refined sugar vs confectioneries, I don't agree, it's not the same.  However, unless you invest in building the brands, it ain't going to happen.  How come Grace (Jamaican) product are all over the WI stores and even in some Walmart?

On Mauritius being "rude", well someone was asleep at the switch and the brand was registered and taken.  So they are not rude.  Maybe Guyana has to acquire the license and use the name.  Not sure it matters at this point.  Maybe Guyana can brand theirs El Dorado (golden crystals)!

I agree with you Guyana has done a poor job building it's brands.  And this is non-partisan as both the PNC and PPP fell short here!  The problem I think, Guyanese are small thinkers and are excited over little things and hallow victories.

Our energies are focused on who will dominate who and who will benefit at the expense of who.  Nothing about the Guyanese mindset is about Guyana and what's good for Guyana.  It all about the PPP and the PNC constituencies.  It's a zero-sum game, we see it as one up and the other down.  And this clouds every issue and decision and nothing substantive ever happens.  I don't see this changing in our lifetime.  The PNC of today has embraced the tradition.

The PPP was sleeping, only interested in grand theft. Mauritius began to sell Demerara sugar and they did nothing to stop them until it was too late. When Costa Rica began to sell "Jamaican" hot sauce Jamaica jumped on them and made them stop.

 

Jamaica is also a "tribal" society. Battles between the blacks and the browns. Uptown vs. Downtown. JLP vs. PNP.

But here is where they differ. A Jamaican is a JAMAICAN, no matter if they are African, Indian, mixed, Chinese, Syrian, or white.  EVERY Jamaican was involved in their 50th. NO Jamaican would have allowed any to exclude, because they didn't support the governing party.  At the end of the day being JAMAICAN connects Jamaicans, regardless of race, color or creed.

We do NOT have an all embracing sense of being Guyanese. Just look at how Indians boycotted the 50th anniversary this year, merely because it was done within the context of Indian domination.

We have 40% of the population who dream Bollywood, don't feel comfortable being called Guyanese. View Guyana only as a piece of real estate and business opportunities, all supported by political domination and ethnic exclusion. Don't see that they should have anything in common with non Indian Guyanese and scoff at the notion of a national identity.

Then we wonder why we cannot have a brand identity as Jamaicans, Cubans, Mexicans, and Brazilians do.

Hey clown, you spout exactly of what I speak.  If I'm not mistaken, a British company holds the copyright to the name and likely license it out.  When the PPP went to international court, it was already long registered.

You are the epitome of the race issue prevalent in Guyana.  For you, it's about PPP vs PNC, Indian vs Black.  You can never embark on any discussion on Guyana as a whole.  For you, it's a zero-sum game!

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