GUYANA is the only country in the world that the Government gives a free computer to every home. I disputed this vociferously until I went and saw it for myself. Even the US, the undisputedly richest country in the known universe and inventor of the computer, does not have a policy of this kind.If I did not so strongly believe that technology is the wave of the future (some say that the future is already in Guyana), I would say the PPP/C Government is guilty of creating a welfare State.

I did a search on the Internet, and the only country in the world that came close is Uruguay; they have a policy of giving every student a computer.
But just handing out a computer is not the PPP/C way of doing business. In light of this fact, I asked my friend’s son, a graduate and scholar of UG, why, with his advance skill of software and hardware, he is not starting a class for students.
He said that that need has already been met. The PPP/C government, he said, is offering lessons to children of all ages, and also adults, including the elderly. His two brothers and sister attend the RDC classes, and got their certificates. Even his mother, a recent retiree, successfully completed the course. His father is too busy with work to attend. Their granddaughter, three-and-a-half years old, plays with the Blackberry tablet.
The Opposition is using the very tools supplied by the PPP/C government to undermine democracy; they are using Facebook to spread racist and malicious propaganda to destabilise the Government.
Some PPP/C supporters are recommending to return the favour. But such Nazi Gobbels-like tactics do not appeal to a democratically elected government.
The PNC/AFC is claiming that this is going to be their “Arab Spring”. Jimmy Carter was there in 1992, and Guyana had its Spring and Summer all in one.
The PPP/C has to reach out to the providers of Internet service and hosting sites to sanction those who are promoting racist hate-bating and other malicious propaganda. The Guyana Elections Commission is the obvious starting point.
An educated consumer is our best citizen. Let the educated drink from a full cup.

LATCHMAN MOHABIR