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(L-R) Agriculture Minister Dr Leslie Ramsammy; Education Minister Priya Manickchand & Prime Minister Samuel Hinds checking out the process, making sure it is ‘running smoothly’ (Adrian Narine photo)

At agro-processors’ fair…

Phenomenal creativity seen in shifting agro-processing operations – Dr. Ramsammy Centre

Agriculture Minister, Dr. Leslie Ramsammy, samples one of the items in the line of products offered by ‘Crazy4Coconuts’

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FATF’s ruling no longer a factor in decision to go to general elections – Dr. Luncheon Page

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Finance Minister calls for stronger support for Caribbean energy sector

FINANCE Minister Dr. Ashni Singh on Friday called on the international financial institutions and the regional development banks to provide more support to the energy sector in the Caribbean. He made the call while speaking at a high level Caribbean forum held in Jamaica over the past two days.

Singh argued that unreliable and costly energy is one of the principal sources of uncompetitiveness in the Region, pointing out that apart from Trinidad and Tobago, most of the rest of the region is burdened with unreasonably high energy costs. He argued that this imposes a constraint to investment and growth, adds pressure on cost of living, and results in fiscal stress including as a result of inefficient energy subsidies that have to be provided by Governments to cushion the effect of high costs. He also argued that high energy costs and dependency on imported fossil fuels contributes to the Region’s macroeconomic vulnerability especially as a result of high and volatile imported oil prices, with concomitant pressure on the balance of payments and on domestic price inflation where there is price pass through.

Resolving the impediment of unreliable and costly energy requires scaled up investment including in renewable energy such as hydropower, Singh argued, but pointed out that given the limited fiscal space available in most Caribbean countries, this investment would have to come from the private sector.

On this basis, he called on region’s development partners, particularly the multilateral financial institutions and regional development banks to make a more concerted effort to help the Region mobilise Finance Minister private investment into the Dr. Ashni Singh sector.

“The stark reality is that, with limited fiscal headroom and given the debt sustainability

imperative, the investment required into the Caribbean’s energy sector will have to be financed by private capital.

Tangible assistance to mobilise this capital should be a priority of the international and regional institutions providing development support to the Region,” Minister Singh stated.

Guyana is currently working closely with the InterAmerican Development Bank to harness its hydropower potential through the Amaila Falls Hydropower Project. In addition, Singh recently signed with the IDB and the EU agreements to finance more than US$64.6 M of investment into modernising the energy sector.

The forum held in Jamaica was a collaboration between the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and Jamaica’s Ministry of Finance and Planning under the theme “Unlocking Growth in the Caribbean”. The event focused on ways to unlock growth in the region and examined key issues such as improving the reliability and efficiency of energy provision, a tax regime to encourage investment, and steps to strengthen the financial sector.

Infrared thermometers deployed at ports of entry to improve surveillance of Ebola THE Guyana Civil Aviation Authority (GCAA) and the Cheddi Jagan International Airport (CJIA) are collaborating with the Ministry of Health to improve surveillance at ports of entry with respect to the dreaded Ebola disease.

Minister of Public Works, Mr. Robeson Benn disclosed on Friday that the Ministry had acquired three dozen infrared thermometers and had begun deploying them to ports of entry for use by personnel at these points.

He displayed some of the hand held units during a media conference yesterday.

The points where they are being deployed include ports of entry on the Guyana and Suriname border and the Guyana and Brazil borders and some have also been deployed for use at Ogle International Airport, Benn said.

In a release last week Minister of Health, Dr. Bheri Ramsaran disclosed that there were stringent restrictions on entry to Guyana by persons, who may pose a threat to the health of the nation by the importation of the Ebola virus.

The entry restrictions would apply particularly with regard to citizens and visitors from West African countries where the

disease is currently raging and represents a public health threat of international concern.

Dr. Ramsaran noted that the MOH has maintained vigilance since and will continue to protect Guyana from this deadly virus. (Clifford Stanley)

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U.S., allies stage 22 air strikes in Iraq: U.S. Central Command (REUTERS) - THE United States and its allies conducted 22 air strikes against Islamic State forces in Iraq on Friday and Saturday, the U.S. Central Command said.

U.S. warplanes also destroyed an Islamic State artillery piece near Kobani, Syria, officials said Saturday.

The 22 strikes in Iraq included attacks in the frequently targeted areas near the

vital Mosul dam, the city of Fallujah and the northern city of Bayji, home of an oil refinery.

The Iraq strikes hit large and small Islamic State units, buildings, vehicles and fighting positions, Central Command said.

The bomber, fighter and remotely piloted aircraft used in the air strikes all returned safely, U.S. officials said.

CF-18 Hornet fighter jets depart from 4 Wing Cold Lake, Alberta, October 21, 2014, in this Royal Canadian Air Force handout photo provided on October 22, 2014. Credit: Reuters/Cpl Audrey Solomon/Royal Canadian Air Force/Handout

On eve of poll, Ukraine leader seeks support for pro-Europe course

An election commission worker adjusts a number on a ballot box at a polling station in Kiev, October 25, 2014. Credit: Reuters/Valentyn Ogirenko

(REUTERS) - PRESIDENT Petro Poroshenko called on Ukrainians on Saturday to elect a majority on Sunday that would see through a pro-Europe, reform agenda and break with the Soviet past.

Poroshenko, who is expecting a big win for his political bloc in the first parliamentary election since the overthrow of the Moscow-backed leader Viktor Yanukovich, said he saw a “radically new” assembly emerging on Sunday.

But to push through his reform strategy, he needed “a majority in the Verkhovna Rada (parliament), one that is for reform and not corrupt, one that is pro-Ukrainian and pro-European and not pro-Soviet,” he said in a televised address to the people.

“Without such a majority in parliament, the President’s programme which millions of Ukrainians believed in in June

will simply remain on paper,” he said.

Poroshenko, who was elected president in May by a landslide after “Euromaidan” street protests ousted Yanukovich, called Sunday’s snap vote to clear out Yanukovich loyalists from parliament and secure increased legitimacy for Kiev’s pro-Western leadership in the face of pressure from Russia.

The “Euromaidan” revolution was broadly supported by Western governments but Moscow denounced Yanukovich’s ouster as a coup by a “fascist junta”. Russia subsequently annexed Ukraine’s Crimea region, which has a Russian majority, and backed separatist rebellions that broke out in the industrialised east.

Those rebellions led to a conflict in which about 3,700 people have been killed.

Lebanon army fights gunmen in Tripoli, six soldiers killed (REUTERS) - SIX Lebanese soldiers were killed as the army clashed with Islamist gunmen in northern Lebanon for a second day on Saturday, using helicopters to fire rockets in the first such air attack since the war in neighboring Syria began.

Soldiers exchanged heavy fire with the gunmen - whose exact affiliation was unclear - in the city of Tripoli in the morning and moved in on their positions in the afternoon, security sources said.

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Chilean parents march against President Bachelet’s education reform (BBC News) TENS of thousands of parents in Chile have marched in the capital, Santiago, in opposition to the government’s planned education leg-

islation.

They claim around 4,000 subsidised schools will close.

Chile’s government says the chang-

Parents have been protesting for weeks across Chile, like at this recent march in the port city of Valparaiso

Argentina sentences 15 to life over La Cacha prison (BBC News) An Argentine ex-police chief and ex-interior minister have both been given life sentences for running a detention and torture centre in the 1970s.

They were among 19 people charged with the kidnap, murder and torture of 128 prisoners in the city of La Plata.

The detention centre also functioned as a maternity unit for pregnant prisoners who gave birth before being executed.

Tens of thousands of Argentines were kidnapped or killed by the military junta between 1976 and 1983.

LA CACHA The former police chief of the province of Buenos Aires, Miguel Etchecolatz, and ex-Interior Minister Jaime Lamont Smart were part of a group of 21 army, navy, police and prison service officers and members of the Buenos Aires provincial government, who ran the centre from 1976 to 1978.

The trial was part of a continuing series of actions against Argentine officers and other officials associated with the military dictatorship.

Legal action began once democracy returned to Argentina in 1983, but President Raul Alfonsin brought an end to the trials in 1986, arguing the country needed to look to the future and not the past.

Three laws granting amnesty for crimes committed during the so-called

Dirty War were passed in 1986 and 1987 but were later overturned in 2003.

Since then, a number of high-profile figures from the military regime have been convicted, including the de facto Presidents Jorge Videla and Reynaldo Bignone.

General Videla had already been convicted of homicide, torture and kidnap amongst other crimes in 1985, but he was granted amnesty by President Carlos Menem in 1990.

About 250 convictions have been secured, including that of Alfredo Astiz, who in 2011 was given a life sentence for the part he played in infiltrating left-wing groups and betraying their members to the junta.

Fifteen of them - including Etchecolatz and Smart- were sentenced to life, with four others receiving sentences ranging from 12 to 13 years.

One suspect was cleared, while another had his sentence suspended for health reasons.

The judge said those convicted were accomplices in a genocide against mostly young, left-wing activists in Argentina between 1976 and 1978.

The detention centre was in an old radio station building on the outskirts of La Plata nicknamed La Cacha after a cartoon witch who abducted small children.

The men were accused of crimes ranging from murder, kidnapping and illegal detention to holding and hiding a child under 10 years of age.

es are designed to stop schools that receive public money from making a profit.

The BBC’s Gideon Long in Santiago says the protest is something of a backlash to the big demonstrations by students of recent years.

They have been demanding free, quality education for everyone and an end to Chile’s highly-privatised school and university system.

The government of President Michelle Bachelet heeded that call, he adds, and sent the radical education bill to Congress.

It has tried to explain that the reform would not close subsidised schools but wants to promote transparency with the use of public money.

‘Keep middle ground’ Confepa says it wants the right kind of reform But the parents say the bill will force them to send their children to state schools, where education is often poor, or to private schools they can not afford.

Chile’s Confederation of Parents and Guardians (Confepa), which organised the latest march, says many subsidised schools would close because they would no longer be able to charge top-up fees to students.

“We propose some action against

the education abuses that are driven by profit, but our children’s subsidy should not be affected,” the president of Confepa, Ericka Munoz, told the AFP news agency.

Confepa groups together middle-class parents who can afford to send their children to subsidised schools.

The organisation, which has been protesting for weeks across Chile, says it wants to maintain the right to continue a compromise whereby schools that receive public money can also raise funds from students.

‘Unfair’ Since 2011, Chile has seen largescale protests led by a powerful student movement.

High school and university students see Chile’s education system, traditionally viewed as the best in Latin America, as profoundly unfair.

They say middle-class students have access to some of the best schools while the poor have to be content with under-funded state ones.

In her victory speech last year, President Bachelet promised to carry out a “thorough reform programme”.

She campaigned on a promise to spend $15bn (£9.2bn) to offer free education, improve health care and reduce income disparity.

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EDITORIAL

SUNDAY CHRONICLE October 26, 2014

GUYANA

Trifling Opposition politics versus Guyana’s progress AS THE more careful monitors of the local media in this country would be aware, there are print and electronic enterprises that seem to delight in competing regularly to thrash the Government, even to the extent of hurting Guyana’s vital interests.

Consequently, whatever policies and projects are launched by the democratically elected Government, as it has been since October 1992, after a quarter century of rigged elections by the PNC, the anti-Government media would use valuable space and time to denigrate and spread confusion, while trying to avoid the muckraking Opposition - that’s the standard fare of the what’s mistakenly associated daily with a ‘waterfall’.

In making this regrettable observation, two national issues readily came to mind: Firstly, the success by the Government in securing a matured initial response from the International Co-operation Review Group of the Financial

Action Task Force that would facilitate Guyana in rectifying lingering deficiencies in its AML/CFT regime.

Normally, parliamentary Opposition parties, committed to sustaining democratic traditions, in a rule of law environment, and anxious to enable the social and economic progress of the nation, may have welcomed this development as an opportunity to share in the optimism for future Guyana/FATF relations, particularly, following the inimical petty politics that had gravely threatened Guyana of being placed on an international “blacklist” as a country in default of required fiscal management legislation against money laundering and other financial crimes. Alas, the prevailing coalition of Opposition parties remains stuffed in their campaign of denigration and hostility.

Consequently, now that Norway continues to demonstrate faith in Guyana’s social and economic progress via its

high profile multi-million dollar climate change project, in which approximately US$200 million are being invested in the Low Carbon Development Strategy (LCDS), it would come as no surprise should the Opposition parties and the anti-Government media fail to take notice.

Yet, Norway’s commendable faith in a continuing partnership in the development of this nation’s vast forestry and other natural resources would remain a stimulus for further mutual cooperation in a project that continues to attract attention by international agencies and institutions.

In this context, we concur with President Donald Ramotar in his observation this past Friday, while welcoming Norway’s latest release of funds for the forest and climate change partnership that had become a reality-as all Guyanese and the international community would be aware-during the final term presidency of former Head of State, Bharrat Jagdeo, a

name now well recognised in international preparation efforts for climate change.

In his official address, President Ramotar observed last week that the Opposition APNU/AFC coalition did their utmost o frustrate the continuation of what was earmarked as Guyana’s single largest multi-million economic development programme, the Amaila Falls Hydro Project, estimated to involve expenditures of no less than US$150 million.

We conclude for now by reaffirming what we editorially observed a week ago in relation to the Opposition’s blocking of relevant AML/CFT legislation, as favoured by the Financial Action Task Force.

The observation was that together the APNU/AFC coalition stands to pay a heavy price when the time comes, as it’s coming, for the electorate of this nation to make their fateful decision on Guyana’s future.

Where’s the money Sharma Solomon?

TWO years ago, the One Mile Primary School at Wismar was burnt down by arsonist during the mayhem protesting Government’s decision to withdraw electricity subsidy for Lindeners. I vividly recall calls from the opportunist Mark Benschop on Benschop ‘Hate’ Radio, appealing to Guyanese in New York to help in the rebuilding by sending cash and other donations to the Region 10 Chairman, Mr. Sharma Solomon. In a telephone interview with Benschop, the Regional Chairman made it clear that One Mile Primary School will be rebuilt solely by the people of Linden.

He did not want the Government to play any part in the rebuilding. As such, an estimated $17 million was raised, mostly from generous Guyanese living in the diaspora and from supporters of the Opposition at home.

Two years have gone by and that money is yet to be accounted for.

Every effort made to get Sharma Solomon to account for that money has been coming up against a brick wall.

In a report published in Guyana Times on August 24, 2014, a similar question was asked: Where’s the money? According to

the Times, “In 2012, the One Mile Primary School was among more than 10 buildings that were reduced to ashes in Linden when a protest over a proposed hike in electricity tariffs spiralled out of control, resulting in the death of three persons. Under the stewardship of the Region 10 Chairman Sharma Solomon and A Partnership for National Unity (APNU) Member of Parliament (MP) Vanessa Kissoon, Lindeners near and far had vowed to rebuild the school, shortly after the month-long protest came to an end in August. But of recent, contributors have been asking where is the money...

When contacted by Guyana Times, Solomon said he is aware of the concerns currently being expressed by residents. He explained that a special committee headed

by Councillor Maurice Butters was given the responsibility to oversee the spending of the monies collected.

Butters when contacted by this newspaper indicated that the committee is now going through its record to determine the amount collected, spent and the remainder.

He assured this newspaper that when the process is completed, a detailed report will be issued.” That was two months ago.

Earlier, on December 12, 2013, Kai-

eteur News reported, “...a self-help committee was established to oversee the rebuilding of the One Mile Primary School and donations were made by organisations and individuals to contribute to the rebuilding. Millions of dollars were collected and some form of rebuilding was done.

The self-help committee had estimated that their rebuilding effort would have cost $100M. That reconstruction started with concrete works being executed on the foundation and ground floor. Then works on the front wing of the building commenced. Works had also begun on the bottom flat and top floor.”

Mr. Editor, I travelled to Linden on that very day, December 12, 2013 and took photographs of the burnt out remains of One Mile Primary School. The photographic evidence which I shared then with Kaieteur News showed very limited work, all shoddy and incomplete, had been started on the ground level but no work was evident on the top floor as was reported.

Initially, $60 million was allocated in the 2013 Education Budget for the construction of an additional wing to the building that Solomon and the self-help committee was supposed to have built

from donations received, to make allowance for additional students, so as to avoid overcrowding.

Consultations were held between the Ministry and the Regional Chairman, and it appeared evident that children were being inconvenienced and their education compromised by the ongoing delays to get the project started.

By then, engineers from the Ministry of Education declared the existing remains to be unsafe to build on, due to structural damage caused by intense heat from the fire. When Government realised that Solomon and the self-help committee were incapable of rebuilding the school in a timely manner, they refused to turn over the $60 million and instead took a decision to build a brand new modern school with the capacity to hold 1,000 children.

The Regional Chairman wisely gave his approval and consent, and the rebuilding project was finally launched last February

by Education Minister, the Hon. Priya Manickchand, at a cost of $170 million.

In an earlier comment, Solomon had said, “What the rebuild project will do is See page 7

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Development not First Aid

SUNDAY CHRONICLE October 26, 2014

By Keith Burrowes THIS week, I would like to take a new look at developmental aid to Guyana; how we engage the tens of millions of US dollars we benefit from annually. There is no under-estimating the enormity of developmental aid resources being channeled into this country, both in terms of the sheer scale of what amounts to investment in the economy as well as the what it means for our local development, particularly within the sectors in which the money is intended to support. A significant part of our infrastructural development for example, has been facilitated and continues to be facilitated by the donor community.

Whenever the dust of the occasional controversial NGO accountability report is not there to obscure one’s vision, certain key facts remain. First, it is Guyana’s continued credit-worthiness which underwrites the donor community’s commitment to developmental aid, a credit-worthiness defined by parameters of accountability and transparency created by the donor agencies. Another is our capacity to manage the resources allocated to us – no matter the apparent greatness of the need no donor will fund a project that that agency thinks has the potential to or will fail.

After roughly over a decade,of working with donor-related projects, I’ve noticed that concurrent with the influx of donor funding over the past five years or thereabouts, there is a growing role for Guyana in creating and maintaining the parameters within which aid

is disbursed. I remember years ago, when project proposals were either being undertaken completely by the donor agency staffers or by donor-appointed consultants without much input from key individuals working in the particular sectors.

However, what has been currently observed is an increased capacity of Guyana, as a country, to define exactly how aid is channelled into developmental projects, via involvement in the conceptualisation of project proposals, for example. This, it must be stated has been made possible through what has been, by and large, mechanisms established by the government working in tandem with the donor community. Thus, today, more proposals are done by Guyanma working in collaboration with the donor community.

I am of the view that any analysis done would reveal that the overwhelming majority of these projects are meeting the required deliverables; something I believe to be at least partially due to what has been the significant shift towards a greater local ownership of developmental aid projects. Today, not only do you have the involvement of the individual sector’s officials, you also have much more involvement (particularly in social programmes) of the direct beneficiaries.

That said, I still believe that there are some areas for improvement. Were I to grade Guyana’s capacity for defining our engagement with donor agencies, I would say a two (2) in a descending scale of one (1) to five (5), with one (1) being the pinnacle.

I believe that there should be a formalised

multi-sectoral mechanism for negotiation with the donor community, an established process which allows greater involvement of related sectors, even though the proposals revolve around a specific sector. Such mechanisms do exist; what needs to be undertaken is an enhancement of them, to even more deliberate, focused operations. I doubt, for example, that as currently constituted those mechanisms allow for the adequate sharing of information among sectors even though information is the key tool any negotiation process.

An enhanced mechanism would include, as I have proposed in a previous column written almost a year ago, a structured database for the efficient storage and retrieval of information on donor-funded projects, accessible to those in charge of policy formulation.

Understandably, the enhancement of existing mechanisms to the sort of overarching mechanism I am proposing would inevitably take some time. Pending its the development, there are other focused, as opposed to incidental, ways to simulate it both in the pre-development and implementation stages of projects. For example, in the recruitment of persons hired to directly support the implementation of projects, there is the reality of better qualified candidates being persons with expertise, obviously, in the sectors in which they are recruited. Development is however, always contextual – inherent in the term sector is the presumption of a greater whole, and therefore some orientation mechanism could be put in place to provide persons recruited to individual sectors with a picture of the greater

KEITH BURROWES development environment in which they are operating.

Another option is to tailor the implementation of projects to benefit sectors other than that which the funding is granted, once whatever measures taken toward this end do not contravene the conditionalities under which the aid has been granted.

My point is that territoriality is counter-productive to the management of development aid– there can be much more value added with the involvement of various but related sectors. The very fact of Guyana’s smallness both creates the potential as well as the necessity for a more synergistic approach to managing aid. We have already proven that we have the capacity to manage donor contributions to our development in keeping with the main indicators of the specific project. However, we now have the opportunity to be creative in ensuring not only that we garner maximum value for money from aid, but also to find ways of ensuring sustainability in the event of the cessation or diminishing of that aid. To act otherwise is to do so on the presumption that the donor funding we are receiving comes from some infinite source, which is anything but the reality.

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move towards a new arrangement. What we’re going to do with that committee is have them focus more on other needs of the school, so it will move towards the establishment of a more modern computer lab and putting in other amenities in the school that makes it more modern and upgraded.

So though the general infrastructure will be dealt with based on the Government’s budgeting for that school, the rebuild project will deal more specifically with advancement and upgrading those infrastructure.”

Editor, the new building will include 29 classrooms, capable of housing 1,000 students, sick bay, facilities for disabled, Information Communication Laboratory, administrative office and sanitary block, among others. So there is absolutely no need for additional monies to be spent by the so called “rebuild project” or anyone else to “modernise” a school that will have all the modern facilities and amenities.

This explanation is just a sham to stall the demands for accountability of the estimated $17 million in cash that was received as donations, money that must be accounted for by the Region 10 Chairman.

During the sod-turning ceremony in February, I tried to interview Sharma Solomon to get some answers. When I introduced myself, he became arrogant and unwilling to speak to me, saying, “I know who you are.” I specifically asked how much money was received in donations from the diaspora in New York, and he told me none - I recorded his comment. The only information he volunteered was that most of the contributions came from local supporters and businesses in the form of materials such as concrete blocks, cement and sand. He also denied having knowledge of the amount of money collected and access to that money, and said that a committee is tasked to audit the accounts and the findings will be published shortly.

When asked how soon, he said within two

weeks. That was on Wednesday February 12, over eight months ago.

Region 10 Chairman, Sharma Solomon needs to come clean with the people of Linden and the entire nation, and especially those Guyanese living in New York who willingly gave part of their hard-earned money to the idea of rebuilding a school set ablaze by a certified nincompoop.

This evasive strategy by the Regional Chairman to prevent disclosure of the total amount received in donation, after two long years, appears fishy to me. The question must be asked: How could a man who solicited and received millions in cash donations that were never used and cannot be accounted for even after two long years; a public figure who appears to have violated the public’s trust, still have the cojones to remain in a leadership position in Linden? Solomon should resign in disgrace with immediate effect. He is an embarrassment to the position he holds.

Like APNU, the Government of Guyana should distance themselves from Solomon, and refuse to recognise his status in the community until he accounts for this money.

A full and complete investigation is now needed to determine exactly how much money was received by Region 10 Chairman, Sharma Solomon; APNU Parliamentarian, Vanessa Kissoon; and the “I want to be Mayor” Mark Benschop of the Benschop Foundation, if only to keep them honest and lift the veil of suspicion that hangs over them.

Interestingly, these are the same people who accuse the Government of corruption and whose common goal is to replace the current administration in office by hook or by crook. God help Guyana if that ever happens!

HARRY GILL

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CRISIS CHALLENGE FOR W I CRICKET

SUNDAY CHRONICLE October 26, 2014

- mediation urgent but Jamaica’s Patterson ‘too ashamed and angry,’ as Grenada’s Mitchell await ‘terms of reference’

Analysis by Rickey Singh WHILE CARICOM governments and institutions are feverishly grappling to keep at bay the dreaded Ebola killer disease from the Caribbean Community, there has now emerged a spreading and totally unexpected challenge for this region’s best known sport—West Indies cricket.

The dilemma, which could prove devastatingly costly for the West Indies Cricket Board, the players and all participating member states, has resulted from the shocking, dramatic decision by the West Indies cricket team to suddenly abort their scheduled tour of India.

Except for our traditional seasonal electioneering politics with which we could be so enthusiastically gripped, there is no game, no sport, to so deeply touch our lives in this region with passion and excitement like West Indies cricket.

Hence, the prevailing gloom over spreading threats of a backlash from India for the West Indies team’s GRENADA’S PM unprecedented decision to DR KEITH MITCHELL abandon their tour of India and the resulting warnings for the future of West Indies cricket in 2015 and beyond.

In the circumstances, the separate interventions by that recognised statesman of West Indies cricket, Clive Lloydcurrent chief selector-and the Prime Minister of Grenada, Dr Keith Mitchell, (who has lead portfolio responsibility in CARICOM for regional cricket)-to find a sensible resolution deserve to be seriously pursued by the governments of our Caribbean Community, including urgent diplomatic initiatives.

Like the former long-serving Prime Minister of Jamaica, P.J. Patterson, Dr Mitchell is well recognised for his passion, knowledge of and commitment to the development of West Indies cricket.

His public offer to play a mediating role in the very serious dispute involving the West Indies Players Association, the directors of the West Indies Cricket Board and the Board of Cricket Control in India (BCCI), therefore deserve serious consideration..

Given his years of diplomatic initiatives on behalf of the Caribbean Community, and more precisely, his own well

recognised report, of seven years ago this month, on the future of West Indies Cricket, further recommends him as an evident choice to complement Prime Minister Mitchell’s mediating role for a speedy resolution to the quite serious problem on hand. Is CARICOM ready for such an intervention?

CARICOM’s intervention In a brief telephone conversation with Mr. Patterson this past week, he revealed his “deep hurt and anger” over what’s

with Clive Lloyd, to engage both Prime Minister Mitchell and, separately, former Prime Minister Patterson—despite his expressed anger--to help in finding an urgent realistic resolution to the crisis situation facing West Indies cricket.

There remains a need to also hear from the Community’s Secretary General, Irwin LaRocque, of what specific regional initiatives, if any, are being pursued for a resolution with the BCCI, now that the Community’s chairman, Prime Minister Gladstone Browne of Antigua and Barbuda, has given his own public response.

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viewed as a tragic development. As he told this columnist in a telephone conversation: “What happened in India is a final act of the humiliation for the people of our Caribbean…I have a feeling of shame and anger, and from very early I came to learn that when you are angry, what you have to say could be most damaging and unhelpful...”

In the circumstances, said Patterson, “I wish to avoid saying anything further at this time, except to extend good wishes for Prime Minister Keith Mitchell’s offer to mediate….”

Subsequently, Prime Minister Mitchell, told me that he could empathise with the mood of Mr. Patterson as he himself had earlier described the prevailing situation as “bizarre.”

Nevertheless, Mitchell gave the assurance that he would be “happy to help if the terms of reference (for mediation) are clear and all parties are supportive….’

It is to be hoped that the WICB directors themselves would have made some significant progress by now, along

Even as WICB President, Dave Cameron, and his top colleagues were meeting in Barbados last Wednesday, in their quest to find an urgent practical resolution with the BCCI decision makers, the CARICOM chairman had noted: “It was a pity that the regional board “did not settle their differences before the tour of India began…The display of these domestic differences in such an internationally public way does no credit to West Indian cricket in its entirety….

Nevertheless”, assured Prime Minister Browne, “CARICOM governments stand ready to intervene at the invitation of the WICB and the player s association should they consider such intervention to be necessary…”

Meanwhile, it was learnt that “quiet diplomacy” is unofficially at work involving “significant CARICOM personalities,” including from the public and private sectors, for “urgent creative initiatives” with the BCCI, as well as representatives of the government of India, in view of “the historical good relations that need to be preserved….”

Whether or not the WICB could yet persuade Mr. Patterson, for one, to be a team-player, along with Prime Minister Mitchell and the renowned, chief selector, Clive Lloyd, is left to be seen.

Long gone are the days when one of our more popular and influential CARICOM leaders could have sought the urgent intervention of a Prime Minister of India to help resolve the sort of crisis in relations with our region as has dramatically emerged.

Yet, as one of the world’s leading old democracies with long sustained good relations with the Caribbean, for which cricket remains a significant cornerstone, ALL efforts should be made to help the WICB and BCCI to urgently find an enlightened practical resolution.

(Rickey Singh is a noted Caribbean journalist)

National Toshaos Conference to commence next Wednesday

LEADERS of Amerindian communities from across Guyana will have an opportunity to address and evaluate the conditions affecting Guyana’s first peoples and development in their communities, among other issues, next Wednesday, during the 2014 National Toshaos Conference (NTC).

This was according to Head of the Presidential Secretariat (HPS), Dr. Roger Luncheon, at a news conference yesterday, held at the Office of the President.

NTC 2014 will be hosted under the theme: “Harnessing the power of leadership.”

The HPS disclosed that over 200 Amerindians will gather at the Guyana International Conference Centre (GICC),Liliendaal,Greater Georgetown, for the event when

they will also have an opportunity to engage Government ministers and other key officials on areas of concern.

Dr. Luncheon stated too that there will also be strong focus on engaging the state of the communities’ economies and improving economic activity, in the interest of further improving Amerindians’ standards of living in Guyana.

The last such conference was held last October, an event that was deemed a major success, since the 2013 NTC made it possible for Amerindian leaders to communicate closely with the leaders of the current administration.

Also, last year, two resolutions were near unanimously adopted during the course of the conference. One dealt with the early determination by the judicial system of outstanding

land issues and the second dealt with the negative impact on Amerindian welfare and development that was caused by unfair decisions of political parties.Community Development Projects (CDPs), Presidential Grants, Amerindian Land Titling Projects and the Opt-in Mechanism for Amerindian villages and communities were other highlights of the deliberations.

Additionally, ahead of this year’s one-week national conference, Regional Toshaos Conferences were held across the country.

The meeting, held annually to provide the platform for dialogue and forward planning for development of Amerindian communities, includes an agenda with the focus on the report of the NTC executive.(Vanessa Narine)

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SUNDAY CHRONICLE October 26, 2014

Flawed comparisons of Guyana with the Western world Column first published in The Misir Post at the URL: themisirpost.wordpress.com “It is time to practise cultural relativism, meaning that there should be an attempt to understand a culture within its own context.

Guyana will have to find its own answers to its own problems, and not to seek out short-lived and superfluous corrective action in the bosom of some foreign land.”

Not a day goes by without seeing constant demeaning and flawed comparisons of the quality of life in Guyana with the self-styled modern, civilised and, generally, superior lifestyle of the metropolitan countries of the Western world, of which the U.S., UK, and Canada, etc. are powerful examples. Many of the comparisons are not solid in verifiable evidence.

The concern here is not to suggest that people should not be critical of Guyana. And, indeed, corrective action must be taken to improve Guyana, where necessary; and there are many areas that require corrective action. But such corrections have to be relevant to the context, time and space in Guyana.

However, the concern here is that comparisons of Guyana’s public service provisions with those of the Western world are misplaced, in that it is inappropriate to compare things that are unlike. For instance, Guyana and the U.S. are not similar, yet comparisons abound; here are a few: compared to the U.S., Guyana’s streets are filthy; Guyana’s education system sucks; Guyana’s health system is inadequate; Guyana is unsafe because of too many crimes; Guyana has too much corruption; Guyana has widespread racism and discrimination; Guyana has rising poverty amid plenty; Guyana experiences continuous unemployment, especially among the youth, etc.

And the newspapers and other media agencies, and individuals are the architects of this disparaging human landscape on Guyana. Specifically, some of those who debase Guyana are mainly in the categories of Guyana newspapers’ letter writers many of whom are domiciled overseas, Guyanese tourists, and, indeed, even some local Guyanese who have never left this country but who already perceive themselves as local Americans.

In fact, many of these folks are Guyanese in addition to their other nationalities, making the situation funny peculiar because many of these people engineering and making judgmental remarks against Guyana are Guyanese by birth.

In this respect, it is important to add the diplomats of the aforementioned metropolitan countries who intermittently augment the cauldron of condescending remarks against Guyana.

The genre of these flawed comparisons relates, among others, to the growing cataclysms in Guyana in increased crimes and minimum protection of citizens, inadequate education, a derisory healthcare system, repressive political governance, insanitary city streets, racial discrimination, rising unemployment, and growing poverty.

These folks present the U.S. and other Western countries’ quality of life as superior probably in many if not all respects to the Guyanese way of life; and they boldly and arrogantly suggest that Guyanese should assimilate and apply the high U.S. (and of course those other countries of the Western world) standards to Guyana, in order to improve Guyanese way of living.

In fact, many of these folks, Guyanese by birth, who demean Guyana, think that Guyanese embrace standards and values inferior to those of the U.S.; and because many such folks cuddle the U.S. culture as their native culture, they inherently provide a negative assessment of the Guyana culture. If the truth be told, these folks’ whole psyche and

reference point have to do with ethnocentrism.

What is ethnocentrism? Ethnocentrism is the case where a person applies his own culture as a yardstick for judging other people’s culture, producing a negative evaluation of that culture. In essence, if you display ethnocentrism, you think that your culture is superior to other people’s cultures. The people who demean the Guyana culture practice ethnocentrism because they see U.S. culture as their own and that it is a superior culture, and so they look down on the Guyana culture which they see as inferior.

Let me give an example of ethnocentrism from an engagement I had with the press in 2010 (Misir, 2010).

There was a view that Western definition of child abuse is what the Guyanese people need to assimilate and practice. But there is a problem of definition even within the Western definition because there is no one definition of child abuse; as an example, each of the 50 States in the U.S. has its own definition of child abuse and different reporting requirements

and investigations.

Well, how, in this case, can Guyanese use the U.S. definition of child abuse, where no agreement on the definition exists? In fact, Guyana should not use the American multiple definitions of child abuse, not only because there is no consensus on the definition; but because Guyana has to develop its own evidence-based understanding of child abuse within its own context, time and space. The colonial

masters and former imperialists could not have been effective in executing their ‘exploitation’ responsibilities without practicing ethnocentrism. Today, the imperialist factor may still be at work in many resource-constrained countries.

I wrote some time ago in the press (Misir, 2010) that: “The European imperialists believed their beliefs, values, norms, rules, laws, language, etc., were innately superior to the local

cultural format; many locals in the colonies surrendered to, and assimilated the imperialist definitions and concepts. And the way to rise in social mobility was through recognition and acceptance of the imperialist culture; modernity, a target to which many people aspire, is akin to taking on a ‘Western look’. Thus, the local culture is subject to a dual marginalization – Western imperialists’ subordination of the locals’ culture, and the locals themselves subordinating their own culture to the imperialists’ way of life.”

Ethnocentrism is not a good in itself, as it devalues other people’s way of life. But a good number of the Guyana newspapers’ letter writers who are overseas-based, Guyanese tourists, and local Guyanese who see themselves as Americans engage in ethnocentric behavior. It is time to end ethnocentrism in Guyana.

It is time to practise cultural relativism, meaning that there should be an attempt to understand a culture within its own context. Guyana will have to find its own answers to its own problems, and not to seek out short-lived and superfluous corrective action in the bosom of some foreign land.

References: MISIR, P. 2010. Guyana Chronicle. Available: http://guyanachronicle.com/?s=cultural+assimilation+to+wholesale+western+thinking [Accessed October 25, 2014.

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SUNDAY CHRONICLE October 26, 2014

Over 4,500 Georgetown parents receive ‘Because We Care’ cash grants totalling some $128M “The only way we can improve your community; the only way we can improve this region; the only way we can make our country better; and the only way we can make your children’s lives better, is if we invest in educating them.”-Education Minister

By Rebecca Ganesh-Ally (Photos by Adrian Narine) AS the Education Ministry continues to roll out the ‘Because We Care ‘cash grant initiative across the country, the distribution process took Georgetown by storm yesterday with a p p ro x i m a t e l y $ 1 2 8 M being distributed. Nearly 4,564 parents of primary school students received their $10,000 vouchers at the National Park.

Parents started to assemble very early at the National Park so as to receive their grant. Yesterday saw parents from primary schools

such as Stella Maris Primary, St. Margaret’s Primary, North Georgetown Primary, Winfer Gardens Primary, St. Angela’s Primary, St. Agnes Primary, David Rose for the H/capped.

Yesterday’s distribution is the largest of the eleven distribution centres set up to serve parents in the city and its immediate environs.

Tents were erected with the school’s name and the grades labelled to make the delivery process smooth and expeditious, many teachers and Head Teachers took time out to attend this event to assist in the distribution.

Some 8,315 persons

Parent signs for her cash voucher A section of the crowd as they patiently await their turn

L-R Education Minister Priya Manickchand; Prime Minister Samuel Hinds & Agriculture Minister Dr Leslie Ramsammy were expected to have been serviced at the ten other distribution sites which included: Sophia Primary, Graham’s Hall Primary, St. Gabriel’s Primary, St. Ambrose Primary, West Ruimveldt Primary, Dolphin Secondary, St. Pius Primary, F. E. Pollard Primary, Rama Krishna Primary, Enterprise Primary.

The Guyana Chronicle spoke with a few parents after they had collected their cash grant. A mother, who wishes to be anonymous, said that she is very grateful because she can now use this money

to assist with meals and additional school items for her children. Another mother of three, Mrs Gonzales said that she is thankful for the grant and hopes that in time it increases since everything is so expensive these days.

Speaking also with a father, he noted that his children has everything for school but this grant will assist him “incase dem need anything else, you know how school is.”

Speaking briefly to parents and guardians that gathered for the distribution, Education Minister Priya

Manickchand thanked the parents and guardians for taking the time to come to the National Park to uplift their cash grant. She noted that “with your presence here this morning” we know that your child or children is your priority.

She said that with this grant “we know that this is going to give you more capacity to look after your children and send them to school more frequently.”

“The only way we can improve your community; the only way we can

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Over 4,500 Georgetown parents receive ‘Because We Care ‘cash ...

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Prime Minister Samuel Hinds greets a youngster Even the fathers were out yesterday

Another parent with her child collects their cash grant

Hundreds of parents gathered to receive their cash grants

improve this region; the only way we can make our country better; and the only way we can make your children’s lives better, is if we invest in educating them” the Education Minister said.

She however, asked parents to take note that the Ministry will now be monitoring the attendance of the children that have been given grants, to make sure that they are attending classes regularly. “We are now considering seriously that from next year if a child or a family is going to get the grant, that child will have to have a certain attendance at school, so it means your children have to go to school frequently” she said.

Manickchand also thanked the teachers and head teachers that took time out to assist in the smooth flow of the distribution process. She also alluded that some $600M have already been cashed at Western Union and the campaign continues until November 21.

Prime Minister, Samuel Hinds in his address said that such national programmes like the 'Because we Care' cash grant is sigh of the Government's commitment to our children and their education. He added that “education is the way of advancing our nation as a whole."

Prime Minister Hinds encouraged parents to make the necessary lifestyle adjustments and sacrifices where necessary to help their children to take full advantage of the education provided to them by the Government. he urged parents to take time out to spend quality time with their children, to assist with homework ‘because allocating monies to their education is only one part of the job’.

He also related that the Government continues to spend a significant portion of the annual national budget on education services, supply of books, teacher training, information technology, access to education, and new programmes to provide assistance to parents to assist them get their children to school.

The Prime Minister cautioned the gathering to view the 'Because we Care' cash grant initiative as one that has harmonising effects. In his response to the negative views expressed by some sections about the amount of taxes collected. The Prime Minister said: "Those who are betteroff pay relatively more taxes... when we deliver services, we deliver services equally such as this one; delivering the same amount of money to every child all across the country."

Distribution of the 'Because we Care' $10,000 grant vouchers will continue in Region 6 (East Berbice/ Corentyne) tomorrow. Approximately $19M is expected to be distributed to parents there.

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SUNDAY CHRONICLE October 26, 2014

Remigrant blasts Kaieteur News for repeated publication of ‘lies’ “I have never seen a newspaper being used by its owner like this to deliberately attack people’s character and to print lies about people. This newspaper is nothing but trash. People should not pay money for trash.” – Remigrant, Kamal Mangal REMIGRANT, Mr. Kamal Mangal, for the second time in three days, has slammed Kaieteur News for the publication of “misinformation” related to his purchase of a high-end luxury vehicle, under the remigrants duty-free concession scheme.

“Kaieteur News continues to publish misinformation, lies and libel about me in their efforts to drag me into a scandal in which the owner of the newspaper is currently in. He obviously wants a partner in his criminal conduct,” Mangal, the uncle of the Attorney-General and Minster of Legal Affairs, Mr. Anil Nandlall, said, in an interview with the Guyana Chronicle.

The article, published yesterday under the headline ‘Duty free concessions…GRA fails to monitor remigrant… allows AG’s uncle to dodge taxes’, asserts that Mangal failed to adhere to the stipulations under the remigrant duty-free concession scheme.

However, the remigrant is contending that the letter granting him the concession says: “Please note that the above-mentioned exemption has been granted on condition that the motor vehicle cannot be leased or transferred within three (3) years of registration and providing the registration, licence, fitness and insurance are submitted for inspection at the Guyana Revenue Authority every six (6) months.”

“I have complied with those conditions and Kaieteur News is making headline stories out of a non-issue. If I have done anything wrong, the GRA is free to do what is necessary. In fact, i have imported another vehicle for which I have paid full duties and taxes. Maybe they will start writing about that too, because it seems as if anything is news for them,” he said.

Mangal added that Kaieteur News is “obviously” trying to attack the Attorney-General, through him. “I am a big man and

none of my relatives, including Anil Nandlall, is responsible for my conduct. I have never seen a newspaper being used by its owner like this to deliberately attack people’s character and to print lies about people. This newspaper is nothing but trash.

People should not pay money for trash,” he said.

The remigrant stated too that the Kaieteur News has cited him in at least three articles, all of which are false.

He said: “In the first article the reporter lied when they stated that I said that I don’t know that I have to live in Guyana. I never said that.

“In the following day’s Kaieteur News they published that I was not in Guyana when the vehicle was cleared.

This is another lie. I was present in Guyana and I cleared an entire container which contained personal effects, household appliances and that vehicle. I was present in Guyana and hired a Customs Broker to do so.

“In the next day’s newspaper, they accused me of dodging taxes, yet another lie. The truth is, I am a remigrant and I applied as a remigrant to bring back to Guyana certain household appliances and a motor vehicle. I was qualified by the Foreign Affairs Ministry and granted the concessions by the GRA (Guyana Revenue Authority).”

Mangal currently resides at Sub-lot “A”, Plot H Delhi Street, Prashad Nagar, where his vehicle is always parked when not being driven.

The remigrant also owns several properties in Guyana, including: Sub-lot “A”, Plot H Delhi Street, Prashad Nagar; Sub-lot “B”, Plot H Delhi Street, Prashad Nagar; Sub-lot 5B part of letter “B” New Road, Vreed-en-Hoop, West Coast Demerara; and Parcel 55 South Yakusari, Black Bush Polder.

He also has a mortgage with a local bank, which he services monthly.

NOT COMPARABLE Several observers have indicated to this newspaper that the publisher of Kaieteur News, Mr. Glenn Lall, is making his agenda quite clear, particularly since his case, relative to the remigrant duty-free concession scheme, is in no way comparable to that of Mangal’s.

Lall was fingered in an alleged remigrant duty-free concession scam, in August.

Six criminal charges have altogether been since filed against Lall; his wife, Bhena;, and Narootandeo and Gharbassi Brijnanan, who have all been implicated in the scam. Lall and his wife have since been arraigned on four of these charges.

The charges follow the seizure of two vehicles allegedly at the centre of a duty-free scam. The two vehicles in question, PRR 8398 and PRR 8399, were handed over to GRA and impounded at the Authority’s warehouse at the end of August, after an hours-long standoff between GRA officials and the Brijnanans’ son, Navin Sankar, a high-ranking GRA employee.

The allegation is that the Kaieteur News’ publisher used the Brijnanans, who are pensioners, to purchase two luxury vehicles and import them to Guyana under the remigrant scheme. Reports are that the pensioners are not financially positioned to purchase the two vehicles, which were allegedly undervalued by Lall in the application form. Also neither of the pensioners have ever been seen driving the two vehicles and Mrs. Brijnanan, the Guyana Chronicle understands, does not hold a driver’s licence.

As a result of several irregularities in Lall’s cases, an investigation was launched to ensure that procedures and policy of the scheme, as well as the provisions of the law were adhered to. The criminal charges, this newspaper understands, stem from that investigation.

AG: ‘I will not be guilty of perverting the course of justice’ THE Attorney-General (AG) and Minister of Legal Affairs, Anil Nandlall yesterday responded to queries over his link t o h i s r e l a t i v e , M r.

Kamal Mangal, and the importation of a highend luxury vehicle under the remigrant duty-free concession scheme.

And he made it clear that the “concoction” by Kaieteur News, which has been peddling what Mangal himself has dubbed misinformation, will not influence him to withdraw the criminal charges laid against the paper’s publisher, Mr. Glenn Lall.

“Mr. Glenn Lall believes that by using his newspaper to lynch my family he will force me to influence the withdrawal of the criminal charges against him. If he is to succeed, I will be guilty of perverting the course of

justice. I will do no such thing. I am made of sterner stuff. In any event, only those who filed the charges can withdraw them. The quicker this is understood, the better,” Nandlall said.

Lall was fingered in an alleged remigrant dutyfree concession scam, in August.

Six criminal charges have altogether been since filed against Lall; his wife, Bhena;, a n d N a ro o t a n d e o a n d Gharbassi Brijnanan, who have all been implicated in

the scam. Lall and his wife have since been arraigned on four of these charges.

The charges follow the seizure of two vehicles allegedly at the centre of a duty-free scam. The two vehicles in question, PRR 8398 and PRR 8399, were handed over to GRA and impounded at the Authority’s warehouse at the end of August, after an hours-long standoff between GRA officials and the Brijnanans’ son, Navin Sankar, a high-ranking

“Mr. Glenn Lall believes that by using his newspaper to lynch my family he will force me to influence the withdrawal of the criminal charges against him.

If he is to succeed, I will be guilty of perverting the course of justice. I will do no such thing.”

- (AG) and Minister of Legal Affairs, “

GRA employee. As a result of several irregularities in Lall’s cases, an investigation was launched to ensure that procedures and policy of

The AG pointed out that Kaieteur News is “clearly” engaged in a relentless and desperate mission to concoct a scandal and place him in it.

“This much must be obvious to the reader. The question is,

the self-induced delusion that they are above the law and therefore, when the law is applied to them, it is misconstrued as a plot to destroy them.

“In the end, what must

“(This) is nothing short of blackmail, by those who labour under the self-induced delusion that they are above the law and therefore, when the law is applied to them, it is misconstrued as a plot to destroy them.”

- (AG) and Minister of Legal Affairs, Anil Nandlall Attorney-General (AG) Anil Nandlall the scheme, as well as the provisions of the law were adhered to. The criminal charges, this newspaper understands, stem from that investigation.

why?” he said.

According to him, the embattled local daily has “descended” to new levels of low, under the “thin guise” of freedom of expression.

Nandlall said: “It is nothing short of blackmail, by those who labour under

be excruciatingly plain is that this has nothing to do with freedom of expression, but a newspaper being used to defend criminal charges and to avoid the application to them of the laws of this land. In this quest, they will not succeed.”

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APNU/AFC in advanced coalition talks

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- Roopnaraine makes way for Nagamootoo as PM Candidate

THE Alliance For Change (AFC) and A Partnership for National Unity (APNU) has reportedly continued their coalition talks last week with focus on forming a broader partnership to compete against the ruling People’s Progressive Party/ Civic (PPP/C) Government in any upcoming elections.

Senior members of both parties have undertaken the

Reports reaching this newspaper also indicate that the two sides have been unsuccessful thus far in arriving at a consensus as to who should lead the new coalition. In fact, while the APNU and PNCR is pushing for Granger to lead the coalition, the AFC is insisting that Trotman be the candidate.

The senior PNCR,

DR RUPERT ROOPNARAINE

MOSES NAGAMOOTOO

task of brokering a deal that would see key members of their respective groupings retaining key positions within the coalition as they work out the logistics of selling the new team to their supporters.

This newspaper understands that Opposition Leader David Granger and Oscar Clarke were leading the talks along with Khemraj Ramjattan and Raphael Trotman.

APNU, and AFC members are also unable to arrive at a point of agreement as to how to proceed with their respective manifestos for the elections. There has been an instance by APNU to rework the country’s financial architecture and foreign affairs image.

On the other hand, the AFC is insisting that the current financial architecture is good and workable but there needs to a sweeping reform of

how the Government is set up to work.

Meanwhile, there are unconfirmed reports that APNU’s Vice Chairman Dr Rupert Roopnaraine has endorsed Moses Nagamootoo as the possible Prime Ministerial Candidate if they were to move ahead with the coalition this year.

But APNU is exhibiting restraint and caution as far

RAPHAEL TROTMAN as placing Nagamootoo anywhere close to executive power within the new arrangement.

Sources close to the discussions have told this newspaper that the PNCR too said it would not support Nagamootoo for the prime ministerial candidacy given his “thirst” for power and the high levels of unpredictability that hovers over his personality.

The two main Opposition

parties are also working on a formula to sell the idea to the supporters of the AFC who have basically rejected and resisted any attempt to form a coalition.

It is understood that given the image of the PNCR and APNU, the AFC supporters believe that the party would suffer a major blow if the coalition fails to win Government.

KHEMRAJ RAMJATTAN “The talks are intense but there is a lot of distrust amongst the two groups.

There is also unwillingness to compromise as to who would do what. But the talks are moving albeit at snail’s pace,” the source explained.

The source also reported that neither of the Opposition groups is confident that they could defeat the ruling party at an election unless they combine their electoral campaigning efforts.

“They understand the PPP is still the most favoured and popular party. They have acknowledged that the party also has some of the best candidates that are highly competitive. Talks also surround them attempting to lure past members of the PPP,” the source maintained.

The two parties have also had discussions about including former PPP

DAVID GRANGER Executive and Speaker of the National Assembly Ralph Ramkarran as a possible lead candidate given the fact that he has been paying his dues to their cause ever since leaving the party.

As the talks are ongoing, uneasiness is growing within the ranks of both parties as there is a view that other hard working members could be sidelined overlooked or bypassed.

Dr Faith Harding’s name

came up as a possible and the most viable female candidate for the new coalition but APNU’s Chairman David Granger would offer no support even after his own team members endorsed the idea of engaging her.

The first person to hint that the two Opposition parties would work on forming a coalition is former President Dr Bharrat Jagdeo

RALPH RAMKARRAN who said that they are one and the same.

Jagdeo had warned Guyanese that there was no difference between the two as they both were power-hungry and would try any means necessary to access executive power.

A commitment was g i v e n f o r t h e re t o b e dialogue between the two until January next year.

(Staff reporter)

After receiving reprieve…

FATF’s ruling no longer a factor in decision to go to general elections – Dr. Luncheon

By Vanessa Narine “WHO wants to be running a blacklisted country?” questioned the Head of the Presidential Secretariat (HPS), Dr. Roger Luncheon, on Friday, following which he restated the fact that the pronouncement from the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) was one of several factors that could have triggered the President’s decision to move to general elections.

The Head of State, Mr. Donald Ramotar, as recent as June, had indicated that his administration is not opposed to calling Local Government elections, but hinted that the commencement order for this process, as well as general elections, could be based on the impacts of FATF’s ruling.

The President had said: “I don’t know what will happen if the impact of this anti-money laundering bill hits home very, very hard on our economy and whether we might have to go back and have another mandate.” “….I would prefer to go to Local Government Elections, but I cannot shut my eyes to the political reality that exists and make a bland promise that I would go to Local Government Elections tomorrow, as I would have done had we had the

majority in the parliament at this point in time, and we would not have been in the position that we are in today.”

to conclude its efforts to enact FATF compliant AML/CFT (Anti-Money Laundering and Countering the Financing of Terrorism) legislation,” Dr. Luncheon said, on Friday during a news conference held yesterday at the Office of the President.

MANDATED

President Donald Ramotar

Dr. Roger Luncheon

Fortunately, Guyana has managed to stave off blacklisting.

“Guyana has staved off blacklisting… Guyana has been provided with time to put its house in order and essentially

Coming out of FATF’s most recent plenary meeting, which ended on Friday, Guyana has been mandated to undertake a number of steps to address the shortcomings in the local AML/ CFT framework.

Among those which were outlined in a statement by FATF are: * Adequately criminalising money laundering and terrorist financing; * Establishing and implementing adequate procedures for the confiscation of assets related to money laundering; * Establishing and implementing an adequate legal framework for identifying, tracing and freezing terrorist assets; * Establishing a fully operational and effectively

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Sattaur alleges collusion between Glenn Lall and ICAG members - Cites ‘disturbing’ revelations, ‘glaring’ evidence as grounds for charge

THE Institute of Chartered Accountants of Guyana (ICAG) – the local branch of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA) – was called on, among other things, to confirm that it has launched an investigation into possible misconduct by the Guyana Revenue Authority’s (GRA) Commissioner-General, Mr. Khurshid Sattaur.

And in a letter, signed by the by Ramesh Persaud, Chairman of the Investigations Committee of the ICAG, it was confirmed that a meeting was held on October 22, 2014 to deliberate on the complaint made by Mr. Glenn Lall regarding the alleged misconduct of the GRA Commissioner-General.

The letter stated that the Disciplinary Committee of the Institute has ordered, as a standard procedure, that the Commissioner-General respond to the allegations.

However, Sattaur, in a statement, issued by the GRA Public Relations Department, contends that there seems to be some level of collusion afoot between Commissioner-General the Lall, the publisher of the of the Guyana Revenue Kaieteur News, and ICAG Authority members.

Mr. Khurshid Sattaur “(I am) is extremely disturbed over revelations made that suggest very high level of collusion between members of the Council sub-committee who refer to themselves as disciplinary committee members of the local accountancy body and Glenn Lall owner of the Kaieteur News,” he said.

DISTURBING REVELATIONS According to him, the revelation comes one day after this newspaper carried an article in which he was quoted as having contacted the ICAG Administrative Officer, Cardilla Agard, who denied any knowledge of a meeting or decision taken on the matter.

This confirmation was given despite the fact that Kaieteur News, on the same day, carried a front page article referring to a decision taken to undertake a probe.

Sattaur said, “What is extremely irregular and disturbing is the fact that the meeting of the Disciplinary Committee, which according to the letter had deliberations on Wednesday, October 22, and informed the Council of its decision presumably after the meeting was concluded.

“Yet this information appeared in the headlines of the KN newspaper of the very day of Wednesday, October 22, edition. This is a clear indication that the members of the said

disciplinary subcommittee informed Glenn Lall of their decision prior to the meeting and deliberations of the Committee.”

The question being posed now relates to the possibility of the publication of the ICAG Committee’s decision on the day of the Committee’s meeting, before a decision was even made.

“How is it possible for a media outlet to publish the decision by an independent investigative agency one day before it was actually made? Further, how can the communication to the Commissioner-General be officially made two days after the Kaieteur News printed headlines of the decision when the owner of the Newspaper is the complainant?” Sattaur queried.

ACCA INVOLVEMENT To this end, the GRA Head is reportedly also questioning how is it he is being subject to disciplinary proceedings by the ICAG’s Disciplinary Committee, when he is not engaged in public practice and therefore not subject to the ethics that professional accountants subscribe to, but rather is a public servant and carries out statutory functions prescribed in law.

“This suggests extreme bias and lack of knowledge of their (ICAG’s) byelaws,” he opined Having discovered this “glaring evidence of obvious collusion” between Lall and the ICAG, the CommissionerGeneral is calling on the ICAG to stop this charade and travesty immediately.

He said, “A report is presently being compiled that will be lodged with the ICAG parent body in the UK, the Association of Certified Chartered Accountants (ACCA) pertaining to the highly irregular actions on the part of the members of the local Disciplinary body. Clippings of the newspaper article and letter stating the councils' decision made on the very same day will be submitted as evidence. “(I) intend to write the ACCA asking for an investigation to be conducted into this obvious collusion with the owner of the Kaieteur News to discredit the good name and standing of an outstanding FCA member.

“It would appear also that some of these members may be aiding and abetting the Kaieteur New alleged reckless behaviour of fraudulent under reporting of income and have now joined forces with the newspaper owner to have my image tarnished with the hopeful consequence that the audit against Lall will not proceed.”

POSSIBLE SANCTIONS FOR ICAG Additionally, a partner of a leading accounting firm has indicated that if ACCA investigated this “very invidious” act by ICAG members, who are put in a position of trust to investigate perceived wrongdoings of their fellow members, and found them guilty of misconduct, it could result in sanctions for the said ICAG members.

The Firm’s partner said, “If found guilty (of grave misconduct of presumably making deals with and promises to the accuser to prejudice the outcome of the investigation)

these very members can face lifetime ban and would never be allowed again to practice their profession.

“All the evidence of their complicity suggests grave misconduct on their part, as Lall whether out of ignorance or some unfathomable reason has been very liberal in using his newspaper to attack the character of the CommissionerGeneral, according to the Partner.

“How Lall would have exerted his influence on the disciplinary committee members one of whose member is the son of the leading partner of an Accounting Firm is speculative.”

According to the accountant one is led to conclude that these accountants are now in collusion with Lall to prevent a probe of their complicity with the alleged tax cheat.

To this end, Sattaur ’s lawyers are also considering the possible sanctions of those alleged corrupt professional accountants, including reporting their “highly unethical and immoral” conduct, as well as serious misconduct and malpractice to the ACCA. Publisher of Kaieteur News Mr. Glenn Lall NOT SUBJECTED Additionally, the Commissioner-General contends that while he has nothing to hide he cannot submit himself to an investigation, given the belief that there is a level of collusion between Lall and ICAG members.

He said, “From this major disclosure it would now appear to any right thinking person, to be extremely biased and that it is evident they have been in direct communication with Lall. It would appear also that they would have promised Lall certain courses of action, which definitely gave him the confidence to have published their decisions before they are taken.

“This would suggest further that at least three individuals would have committed to Lall that they will disbar me, which is highly irregular, illegal, void, arbitrary and outside of their powers.”

Sattaur contends that the “discredited members” of the ICAG Disciplinary Committee ought not be the ones continuing any probe.

“Were this demand, of immediately revoking any probe by these discredited members of the Disciplinary Committee, not to be adhered to, the CommissionerGeneral will publish his response to the clarification sought by the disciplinary committee and take other measures not limited to legal action to prevent any further involvement of the institute in this matter,” the GRA Head concluded.

FATF’s ruling no longer a factor in decision ...

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functioning financial intelligence unit; * Establishing effective measures for customer due diligence and enhancing financial transparency; Strengthening suspicious transaction reporting requirements; and * Implementing an adequate supervisory framework.

According to the international watchdog, “Guyana made a high-level political commitment to work with the FATF and CFATF to address its strategic AML/CFT deficiencies and Guyana will work on implementing its action plan to address these deficiencies.”

FATF has also stressed that Guyana must act with

urgency to address the deficiencies in the local AML/CFT framework.

NO-CONFIDENCE MOTION However, Guyanese may still be headed to the polls earlier than 2016, given a number of other factors, according to the HPS, including the Alliance for Change (AFC) sponsored no-confidence motion.

The first inkling the public had that the AFC planned moving a no-confidence motion against the Government

was back in mid-June, when party Vice-Chairman, Mr. Moses Nagamootoo hinted at it.

He did so by way of an article published in the Stabroek News and headlined, “AFC considering no-confidence motion against Gov’t.” He, however, acknowledged that to do so would require the support of the main Opposition, A Partnership for National Unity (APNU).

The AFC’s position was strengthened on Tuesday, August 5, when APNU Leader Brigadier (rtd.), David Granger publicly confirmed that his party was fully behind the no-confidence motion.

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At agro-processors’ fair…

Phenomenal creativity seen in shifting agro-proces – Dr. Ramsammy

By Vanessa Narine

OVER a dozen agro-processors’ groups from across the country participated in the Ministry of Agriculture’s Agro-Processors’ Fair, yesterday on Main Street, Georgetown, where they displayed a wide variety of local products– another push in the ongoing ‘Eat What We Produce’ – go local – campaign.

The aim of the campaign is to promote a permanent behaviour change in Guyana, which will see Guyanese

using locally grown and manufactured food products.

Agriculture Minister Dr. Leslie Ramsammy, noted that there is a shift taking place in the agro-processing industry, one that is seeing greater involvement of youths, as well as the introduction of innovation and creativity in production.

“The agro-processing industry is growing by leaps and bounds in Guyana. It may have taken us a while, because for some time there was a focus on improving quality. What is happening now is that there is enthusiasm, people are using their creativity, moving us from the run of the mill products….we have taken agro-processing out of the kitchen,” he said.

Agriculture Minister, Dr. Leslie Ramsammy, samples one of the items in the line of products offered by ‘Crazy4Coconuts’

“The agro-processing industry is growing by leaps and bounds in Guyana. It may have taken us a while, because for some time there was a focus on improving quality. What is happening now is that there is enthusiasm; people are using their creativity, moving us from the run of the mill products….we have taken agro-processing out of the kitchen.” – Agriculture Minister, Dr. Leslie Ramsammy Dr. Ramsammy stressed that in addition to more youths, many women are also being involved in agro-processing.

NEW PRODUCTS According to him, currently new products are being introduced, a positive move in the advancement of the local agro-processing industry.

“What we are seeing now is agro-processors using sugar and fruit extracts to replace imported products that are used for spa treatments and facials…the creativity is phenomenal and it bodes well for our country that we can make use of our local products and market them as well,” he said.

The minister highlighted the fact that countries, even in Europe, are using some of the methods employed locally.

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ssing operations

The ‘Fresh Packaging’ group display their locally produced masala and black pepper “For example, sugar crystals are very popular in exfoliation and this is popular abroad, we have local agro-processors doing this in the spa and facial treatments….what we are seeing is an explosion of Guyanese creativity,” he said.

Dr. Ramsammy pointed to successes in launching diversified product lines, such as the US$75M rice cereal project, and disclosed that the Guyana School of Agriculture (GSA) is currently working on producing a local brand of rice cakes.

“We are looking at several different things, for example we produce pepper sauce and while we will continue with that, we are looking at producing a pepper spray that we could sell as a defence mechanism, as a security thing, and we are negotiating on this right now,” he said.

The minister acknowledged that Guyana’s market of just over 750,000 people is a small one, but a good one for small-scale agro-processors to start with.

“Once we can meet the demand of the local market and have improved our process to ensure efficiency, we can start thinking about exports,” he opined.

Dr. Ramsammy stated too that for Guyana’s agro-processing, as well as the ‘go local’ campaign, to be successful there must be a home grown appreciation for what is produced in Guyana.

“We should not think that people will want to buy our products if we do not value it ourselves. It has to start at home…today we see a lot on items being imported, but this fair showcase the creativity of our people in that putting out products that can compete with the items that are imported,” he said.

SUPPORT FOR PROCESSORS Dr Ramsammy noted that the Government and the Agriculture Ministry provide support for agro-processors, support that includes making smalls loans accessible, injections of capital for start-ups and short-term courses for persons who are interested in the industry.

“The Guyana School of Agriculture has agro-processing diploma course, but we are also developing one-day or three-day courses for practitioners in the industry to do things like teach someone how to make wine and these courses will be done for free and taken to the villages,” he said.

He noted that another example of support is evidenced in the fact that other training sessions, facilitated by foreign experts, is also on the cards, and is intended to improve agro-processing operations.

“We are working with our agro-processors, also, on how to do labelling and marketing,” he said.

Dr. Ramsammy also mentioned the establishment of a semi-processing unit for turmeric and other spices at Hosororo, an undertaking that has reduced the transportation cost of the products from the community to markets in Georgetown and other parts of Guyana.

“In advancing our operations we create a demand

for our own products…if we can promote high quality products, well labelled and marketed, we can develop a local preference for what is produced locally,” he said.

The minister feels that the agro-processing industry has much room for improvement and assured of the Government’s support going forward.

The entire advance of the local agro-processing industry, Dr. Ramsammy added, supports entrepreneurship, creates employment, adds to Guyana’s food and nutrition security, opportunities for local farmers and indirect benefits for other groups in society.

Additionally, among the groups represented were: Crazy4Coconuts, Surya Delights, South American Cocoa Company, Kevin’s Reflections Salon and Spa, Fresh Packages, Lisa’s Manufacturing, Marcia’s Products, Umami, GSA (Guyana School of Agriculture) Foods, Prestige, Guyana Women Agro-Processors Development Network (WADN), the New Guyana Marketing Corporation (GMC), Guyana Shop, and Savory Products.

The ‘Demerara Gold’ products on display

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Carlsberg Beer is back on the local scene

-brewed and imported from Europe WITH the yuletide season fast approaching, many breweries around the world will be targeting markets, both local and foreign, with the aim of having their products sold to those customers who will be in need of same.

As such, last Friday,October 17, 704 Sports Bar located on Lamaha Street was buzzing with activity, following the re-introduction of the globally recognised Carlsberg Beer to the local market at a Media Meet & Greet function.

Speaking to the media was the company’s Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Irzad Zamal along with Executive Director, Mrs. Arianna Pereira and Chief Financial Officer (CFO) Mr. Gavin Ramsoondar.

Zamal welcomed the media and gave his opening remarks, saying the “Day marks a historic occasion for many avid beer drinkers across the length and breadth of our beautiful country, as our company embarks on bringing to you a beer of uncompromising quality, the continuation of a rich legacy spanning for more than 160 years and a message of being bold and modern.

“Carlsberg’s vision is to inspire the world to live more courageously. The privilege of a lifetime is to be who you are. To accomplish this, one must have the courage to be.

“Carlsberg through its never- ending quest for

the perfect liquid stands as a testament that courage pushes us to be a better and better version of ourselves,’’ summarised by the company’s CEO whils giving an insight into plans to infiltrate the competitive beer market with re-invigorated and aggressive marketing campaigns rolling out soon.

The idea behind this concept is the belief that courage brews in each of us and Carlsberg is the reward for our daily acts of courage. Southland International’s style is quite similar to the Carlsberg vision as we step forth, boldly and courageously, seeking “TO BE.” Southland International Inc, a subsidiary of the Pereira Group of Companies, opens a new chapter in our local beer industry, as we add another prestigious brand to our ever growing portfolio that includes Moussy, Somersby Cider, Blue Waters regular and Cran- flavoured water and Royce Energy.

It is the fourth largest brew in the world, which will now be bottled in Europe under new franchise See page 20

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Thirteen homeless after Lusignan fire

By Shirley Thomas

up her handbag containing her travel documents. That was the only thing saved in THE Guyana Relief Council and UNA- the conflagration. She is due to return to MI Agro Products of Lusignan on Friday Florida on Monday afternoon joined hands in bringing quick It was Diwali Night, the night of the Fesrelief to the victims of Thursday night’s tival of Lights and the family had been burnfire at Lots 128 and 129 Lusignan North, ing diyas out in the yard. Goalin recalled Market Road, which left 13 persons that as the diyas were burning outside, homeless taking with it, all their material Nadira and her son went out on the bridge possessions. where the lad was having fun, spinning the In the conflagration which started just lighted steel wool. When the first one had before 19:00 hrs, finished, they returned two buildings were to the house to get more, destroyed: a two only to be confronted by flat house and a smoke emanating from neighbouring one the building, nobody –flat building. else had as yet seen it.

The two- flat She said the mother and house was owned son ran upstairs and noby Deomattie ticed that the fire had Ramrattan, also started in the back of the called Goalin, building upstairs. while the one flat An alarm was soundhouse was owned ed and occupants of the

by Shanta Motilall. three households began Now homeless running “helter skeltare: Goalin and er,” trying to get family h e r t w o g r a n dmembers out of harm’s children (in their way, as well as to douse 20s) who shared the burning bedroom, the home with her; but their efforts to exher tenant, Diaram tinguish the fire proved Kanhaye, 30, who futile. Goalin refuted lived on the bottom Deep anguish is evident on the face claims by some that the flat with his wife of Deomattie Ramrattan who lost her fire was caused by burnand three young two- storey house. ing diyas in the house. children aged 8, She said the only light in

water, they couldn’t run into the room as they were driven backward by thick smoke which began choking and stifling them.

He said he ran back downstairs and began throwing water from the back, not knowing that the room was well engulfed and posed a serious challenge to fight. His wife managed to snatch her children up and ran to safety.

Because the houses were located on the

(From left) GRC officials Samantha Duncan and Rohini Bonar; and third from right – Craig Persaud, Managing Director of UNAMI , stand with victims of Thursday night’s fire at Lusignan. edge of the Atlantic sea coast, fanned by fierce winds, the flames licked angrily away at the houses, consuming everything in its path within record time.

Shanta Motilall, who owned the one-flat house Lot 128, lived with her 77 year-old mother, Doreen Appanah and 26-year-old son. Shanta recalls: “I was packing up my things to go and sell in the market this morning (Friday) and ah hear meh neighbur grandson shouting “Fire! Fire”! When I run round to the end, ah see smoke in the middle of neighbour Goalin house.” She

Flanked by GRC’s Samantha Duncan and Mrs. Rohini Bonar are Auntie Goalin and a cousin and Shanta Motilall and her son 2 and 11 months; Shanta Motilall and her 77-year-old mother, Doreen Appanah and 26-year-old son, who works with Neal and Massy.

Pathetically, also homeless now, is Goalin’s daughter, Nadira Bridgelall, who has been living in Florida for the last 14 years and had come home only last Saturday to spend time with her mother and her (Nadira’s) two children living in the home. The anguish was evident yesterday, as Goalin recalled that it was her daughter who had built the house for her. Now having returned home after 14 years, it was only to witness it burned to smouldering embers.

“She come Saturday morning fuh holiday with me and she two children. She build the house for me,” the deeply distraught Goalin said, fighting to hold back tears.

Nadira who was on spot when the fire started, impulsively ran inside and snatched

the house was one on her altar and that had burned out long before the alarm was raised.

The family will stay at a friend in Success temporarily.

Diaram Kanhaye, 30, who lived with his wife and three young children aged 8, 2 and 11 months lived on the bottom flat of the two-storey building owned by Auntie Goalin, had been renting from her for the last two years. He recalled that just before 19:00 hrs he was watching television in the home while his wife and children were out in the yard watching Goalin’s grandchildren burning diyas on the bridge. He suddenly heard his wife exclaiming “Fire! Fire”, joined by the land lady’s grandson who began running frantically shouting, “Bring water! Bring water”!

“We don’t know how the fire started,” Diaram said,” but it appeared to have started upstairs, somewhere in the back room.”

He said when they ran upstairs to throw

tell she fire over there.” Shanta explained that her mother is a “heart case” who has already suffered four heart attacks, in addition to suffering alternating low and high blood pressure. Hence it was a real panicky situation for them. She hurriedly got her mother out of the house and took her to hospital where she was treated and discharged around 13:00 hrs. But sadly, she no longer had a home to return to. They are temporar-

Diaram Kanhaye, (Goalin’s tenant and) head of the third household, stands dazed, alongside his home now reduced to rubble. hastily ran back and called out to her son to throw sand.

“In the meantime, I run back and looked for my mother and find she pon de bed and

ily being accommodated at a relative.

Shanta lamented that all her mother’s medication she’s been using for the heart condition, as well as her spectacles got destroyed in the fire and now she is at her wits end to acquire medication for the elderly woman.

The Fire Department responded to the call, but constrained by the lack of water, the fire-fighters were unable to put the fire out. Nothing was saved.

DISASTER RELIEF Promptly responding to the disaster was a team from the National Relief Council: Welfare Officer, Ms. Rohini Bonar, along with staff Andre Wilson and Samantha Duncan. On Friday afternoon they visited the scene of the ravaged homes and made a presentation of mattresses, kitchen utensils; cooking gas and kerosene stoves, among other things. Bonar also said the Relief Council had offered the victims temporary shelter at their headquarters, but they declined, stating that they would prefer stay with family members where they could get both moral and material support.

Meanwhile, Craig Persaud, Managing Director of UMAMI Inc. an agro- processing company, operating just behind the scene of the fire, touched by the devastation the victims have suffered, immediately took a decision to come to their rescue in some form. He purchased and donated two double- bed frames and these were complemented by mattresses given by the Guyana Relief Council. In addition, he has made a commitment to sustain the three families for the next month, offering them a weekly stipend so as to give them a start to getting back on their feet. “And we stand ready to do so, whenever we are called upon,” he assured. Persaud visited the scene of the fire where the presentation was made on Friday afternoon and spent much time with the victims, offering them consolation and support, in this their time of distress.

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Guyana’s Protected Areas System

GUYANA is recognised globally for its wealth of natural resources, particularly its vast rainforest, which provides habitats for an enormous variety of plant and animal species. These plants and animals, some of which are endangered species, are important to the development of our country and play a key role in providing livelihood and business for our indigenous peoples who harvest and market them. Considering the exceptional benefits that are associated with biodiversity, their protection is increasingly vital. In recognition of this, the Government of Guyana (GoG), has over the years, been putting mechanisms in place for the effec-

conservation of Guyana’s natural heritage and natural capital through the coordination and management of the National Protected Areas System (NPAS)’.

Prior to the establishment of the PAC, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), which is the country’s focal point for the Convention on Biological Diversity, solely coordinated the NPAS. Under the NPAS, four areas of extraordinary biological value were designated legally Protected Areas: Kaieteur National Park, Shell Beach, the Kanuku Mountains, and the Iwokrama Centre for Rainforest Conservation which is a privately owned PA. Konashen, a community owned Conservation Area is intended to be instituted under the NPAS. Other areas proposed for protection include Mount Roraima and Orinduik Falls. These areas ensure effective protection and sustainable management of ecosystems within Guyana through a national system of protected areas which is self-sustained, transparent, decentralised and managed through partnerships.

The GPAS Project is now in its second phase. In Phase I, the project supported alternate sustainable livelihood projects in over 30 Amerindian communities associated with Shell Beach, Kanuku Mountains, Kaieteur National Park and the Upper Mazaruni. It also led to the drafting of the National Protected Areas Act, delineation process for both the Kanuku Mountains and Shell Beach Protected Areas, and a draft Kanuku Mountains Management Plan.

In Phase II, funds were allocated to support the establishment and infrastructural development of the PAC. To this end, the first national-level institution for protected areas management in Guyana was set up, with the commissioning of the new PAC building in the National Park.

This Phase will also support the development of a management plan for Shell Beach as well as infrastructure in key protected areas.

tive management and conservation of these resources.

ESTABLISHING OF PROTECTED AREAS Protected areas allow for the protection and conservation of the natural environment. In 2011, the Protected Areas Act was passed in Parliament; this provided much need impetus to boost the country’s efforts in the conservation and sustainable use of biodiversity. The Protected Areas Legislation paved the way for the establishment of the Protected Areas Commission (PAC) in 2012. The PAC is responsible for ‘protection and

To support the NPAS a Guyana Protected Areas Systems Project (GPAS) was implemented with funding from Germany through the German Development Bank (KfW).

Carlsberg Beer is back ...

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distributor arrangements inked with Carlsberg Breweries A/S, Denmark.

About Carlsberg Breweries A/S Headquartered in Copenhagen, Denmark, Carlsberg Breweries operate over 100 breweries around the world with more than 165 years of brewing expertise, making them the fourth largest brewery in the world – behind Anhueser Busch, SABMiller and Heineken!

Carlsberg beer was founded in 1847 by J.Carl Jacobsen in Denmark. A refreshing lager beer with a clean, crisp taste, satisfying depth of flavour and a rich, golden colour with an alcohol by volume (abv) of 5% packaged in 250ml modern attractive now available in Guyana through an exclusive franchise distributor relationship with Southland International Inc. “There are great expectations of this attractively packaged product on the local market,” was the main message of Executive Director, Arianna Pereira. She disclosed that having the beer in Guyana was a wonderful achievement to add to the already growing list of products the company has including Somersby Apple Cider, Moussy Malt, Blue Waters regular, Cran plus water and Royce energy drink.

The director also mentioned through its healthy business relationship with

Carlsberg Breweries A/S the beer is freshly brewed in Europe then delivered to Guyana, so that consumers can enjoy an original beer without compromising on quality and taste.

Carlsberg beer is locally known when it was last here in 2006, manufactured by regional breweries, but failed to hit the market. Now, bold to be back with an even more attractive and modern packaging similar to its rich heritage and refreshing appeal to inspire and be relevant to people’s lives today.

It boasts a new catch phrase which allows for one to celebrate their finest moments with the finest beer, “That calls for a Carlsberg”! replacing its previous tagline, “Probably the best beer in the world” in 2011.

Ramsoondar mentioned the beer’s pre-existence on the market and how impactful the beer is on the international arena, mentioning the beer’s link to football, being the official sponsor of the Barclays Premier League (BPL), home to an audience of 4.5 billion, and also the European Champions league.

Carlsberg’s partnership with the renowned Barclay’s Premier League (BPL) is the latest global sponsorship and has been associated with football since the 1970s.

Let’s protect our biological wealth! Support Guyana’s National Protected Areas System (NPAS)!

Share your ideas and questions by sending letters to: “Our Earth, Our Environment”, C/O EIT Division, Environmental Protection Agency, Ganges Street, Sophia, GEORGETOWN, or email us at: eit.epaguyana@ gmail.com

In addition to having “Official Beer” status of national football teams in England and Ireland, Carlsberg also sponsors Liverpool Football Club with current star player Steven Gerrard and Arsenal Football Club and is also the longest-standing sponsor of the European Football Championships, with the 2016 tournament being their eighth consecutive tournament since 1988.

In Guyana, the brand’s first sponsorship announcement was made teaming up with Golden-boy Entertainment, where they will be the Official Beer of the Stage Front Area for the upcoming November concert, “Boombastic,” featuring Grammy award -winning artiste Shaggy, along with reggae superstars Baby Cham, Chris Martin and others.

They also plan to participate in many upcoming events during the last quarter of this year, spreading their wings to all parts of the country in order that consumers may have the opportunity to be courageous and reward themselves with a Carlsberg.

Southland International Inc is proud to be the sole and official distributor in Guyana. Consumers who are eager to try this quality brew can now find it at major supermarkets, gas stations and outlets countrywide or visit our office at 23 Brickdam, Stabroek ,Georgetown (ground floor of the Buddy’s Building), telephone 223-1040, 223-1490, 223-1496.

The CEO announced the retail price will be $360 per 250ml size bottle and will be made available countrywide.

From LEFT TO RIGHT: Mr. Gavin Ramsoondar (CFO), Mrs. Arianna Pereira (Executive Director), Mr. Irzad Zamal (CEO) and Carlsberg models.

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Call 223-1387, 697-9118. Forms. Small groups, adults/students CXC Ecomomics, POB, OA, POA (beginners). 183 Da Silva Street, Newtown, Kitty. Contact: CXC examiners at 661-1177, 226-4054.  College Forms 1-5 CXC adults classes $1500 a subject, Phonics Classes, Grade 4, 5, 6, 9 lessons in the afternoon. Lessons for Forms 1-5 students $1200 a subject. 231-5678, 690-5008.     - Teaching individuals and small groups (adults and students). Subjects, Economics, Principles of Business, Office Administration, Principles of Accounts (beginners), Contact: CXC Examiner at 226-4054, 661-1177.

 now for full time school at Monar Educational Institute for daycare, pre-school nursery, primary and secondary. We have trained/ experienced teachers. Individual attention is our number one priority. Fees are affordable. Lessons are also offered for students from other schools. 223-7226, 227-3338.

HEALTH/FITNESS FITNESS  or gain weight, fat reduction powder, protein powder.

Call 660-2686, 625-7073.

LEARN TO DRIVE  Sons and Outar Driving School, 185 Charlotte and King Streets, Maraj Building- 622-2872, 644-5166, 689-5997, 615-0964. 's Institute of Motoring Learn to drive at an affordable cost. Professional, Courteous and Patient Driving Instructor. For more details contact Annmarie/Vanessa at 172 Light and Charlotte Streets, Bourda. Te# 227-5072, 226-7541, 226-0168. www.rksinstituteofmotering.webs.com\  now at Dacia Driving School and take this opportunity to become a professional driver easy as 1, 2, 3. Before you know, you on the road to success. Classes start soon, limited spaces. So call us today on Tel: 676-2015, 666-4224, for more information. We are the #1 driving school above all the rest.

RENTAL RENTAL                       Rental of wedding dresses, affordable price. Incredible savings. Call 623-0594.

MASSAGE MASSAGE  M A S S A G E .

Call for appointmentsl out c a l l s o n l y. A n n a 6 6 1 - 8 9 6 9 .  Driving School, 287 Alberttown, Queenstown .Tel: 650-4291, 652-6993.         Divinty Spa, 245 Sheriff St., specialise in relaxation and therapuetic massages, facials. Call 661-6 6 9 4 , a s k f o r D i a n na  your body massage, herbal facials, organic soaps, beeswax body cream. For an appointment, call 223-8993.

SERVICES service  a break in life? Canadian sponsorship. Call 686-0779. .

Contact: 672-8137 - Wayne.   DVD, Microwave, amp, stereo, washer etc. 6932683.  to cover your chairs at a reasonable cost? 682-8718, 2162230.

 Chowkai Construction: Building of homes, building, renovations, carpentry, masonry, tiling, plumbing, lacquering, painting. Call 682-4533

MEDITATION

MEDITATION

 transcendental meditation and gain deep rest, eliminate stress, increase creativity and intelligence improve memory, reduce insomnia, reduce hypertension improve self-confidence, improve relationship, bring inner peace and happiness. For next introductory lecture contact T.M Teacher Ashok at 233-6921, 6093701 or Sherlok at e-mail kashorejp_68@yahoo.com - 2252243, 690-4538.

Welding and Fabricating: We do grilles, pontoon, lavador, beddings for engines etc. Quality work.

Tel: 219-1680, 647-6880.  pressure washing service. We pressure wash homes, yards, fences, carpets. Call Kevin Blyden 6965424.  Fashion: Other services including bulk cutting, designing, embroidery, sewing classes. We also do overalls, sheets, lab-coats aprons, curtains etc. in bulk 227-8538.

SPIRITUALITY  spiritual help in removing evil spirit, bad lucks, evil sickness, spells, reuniting lovers, bringing prosperity to businesses etc. Tel: 612-6417, 220-0708, 687-5653.

  Plan drafting, masonry, carpentry, electrical installation, plumbing, roofing, landscaping, surveillance. Contact Chromium Investment 672-4090, 225-8061.  all general cons t r u c t i on, contact Mohamed.

Specialised carpentry, masonry, plumbing, power-wash, painting, troweltex, varnishing. Call 233-0591, 667-6644, (office), 216-3120. all type of sewing plus free business advice (for young adults), nature walks, agro tourism, trucking services etc. 614-4047. -IMMIGRANT Visa Service. Professional Visa applications to the US and Canada. Fees USA VISA $30 00, Canada $40 00, Plaza Computer Service, 245 Sheriff Street, C/ville. 225-7390, 6180128, 688-1874. Open Monday to Sunday 09:00hrs 21:00hrs

 & Associates Financial Services S e r v i c e s : Ta x a t i o n ( V AT, Income & Property), Cash flow Projections, Business Development Plan, Pers o n a l F i n a n c i a l A d v i s e r, A c c o u n t i ng and Consultancy - 190 Church Street, Sou t h C u m m i n g s b u r g , Georgetown, Guyana (two buildings east of Austin's Book Store). Tel: 223-2105, 6 6 2 - 7 4 6 7 , joseph.je75@gmail.com .

 work done in Suriname! Love, marriage, sickness, pregnancy, remove evil, prosperity, business, readings.

Call 674-8603, 597-851-9876.  of Swami DAYARAMDAS (India) Pandit I n d a r, s p e c i a l i s t i n s o l v i n g problems, health, marriage, love, education, court case, promotion, arguments, black magic, business, finance 604-4760, 628-1964. Note 25th-26th October not available.

you want to increase your business profits by 25 - 30% in 12 months? Then call Motivation Unleashed now! - dial 600-0305, 685-7734.

 offered at Roxie's Fashion and General Designing include custom-made clothing, flower garden, mosquito netting, business suits, scrubs, evening dresses, bridal and bridesmaid clothing, alterations etc. Visit us at 301 Church Street, 4 doors before Bonny's Supermarket. Call 227-8538.  CONSTRUCTION - Professional Caribbean to international construction, specialised in general work from start to finish, roofing, pool, carpentry, plumbing, tiling, painting, electrical, masonry - 613-7964, 675-1510.

             - A s t r o l o g y is gift passed down from generation to generation.

Are you disappointed? Removal of Black Magic and evil spirits, relationships, l u c k p r oVACANCY blems etc. - 6806797.  Spiritualist: resolving all problems, blockage, love, and money, etc - Tele: 223-6834, 600-7719.

 and motivate your employees, help your people to grow, increase your income, set and achieve goals that will amaze you.

Dial 600-0305 or 685-7734 today for the keys to doing these and more.

Call motivational speaker , entrepreneur and renowned personal trainer Kezqueyah Yisrael.

 cell phone unlocking, password removal, sim card cutting and resizing, gaming, console, cell phone, tablet repairs servicing and reloading. Online shopping and shipping service.

Contact Mr Reynolds Tel: 6774757, 614-3569.

 healing: Removal for blockage, reunite lovers, sickness, skin diseases, pregnancy, n a t u r e p r o b l e m , b u s i n e ss p r o b l e m . Te l : 674-5317.

                                                                                                               

 Palmist and Yo g a , h i g h s c i e n c e s p i r i tual healer solves all love relationship, business, court, visa, removes evil spirit, sexual, pregnancy -to be, prope r t y, a l l c h r o n i c s i c k n e s s a n d d i s e a s e s e t c . Te l : 604-6269.

PEN PAL

PEN PAL

TAXI SERVICE

TAXI SERVICE

 Runnings Taxi Service: For all your travel needs, short drops $300. Call us today 225-6926, 231-5808.

VACANCY VACANCY - ONE Maid and gardener for residential home. Call 225-3737, 225-4398.  for Grades 1 and 2, Monar Educational Institute. Tel: 223-7226, 227-3338.  Security guard, night shift only. Contact 6178255.  and girls. Apply Avinash Complex, Water Street, 226-3361, 227-7828.  Fashion has vacancy for one computer literate salesperson Church Street, Cummingsburg, 6224386.  for a competent Secretary, experienced computer-literate, mature person. em a i l tonyreidsrealty@hotmail.com  Cashier, must possess English and Maths Grade 1 or 2 and computer skills. Contact 220-5095.  guards between ages 35 and 60 years. Apply with ID & NIS Card to May's Shopping Centre, 98 E Regent Street, Georgetown. experienced Nails technician, must know air brush. Apply at Nalline Beauty Salon, Vreed-en-Hoop. Contact: 6042900, 658-1200, 625-3899.  /Expeditor. Must have a truck license. Apply in person to. BM Enterprise Inc. GFL Wharf Houston. Tel# 227-8176/77  Between 1835yrs. Apply at, Lens Décor, 8 Sheriff Street, Georgetown Tel#: 227-0176   Minimum of 5 subjects CXC, Computer literate, Sales Oriented. Call 623-8732.  Beauty Salon & Sewing Est.: Nail and Hair Station for rental. Vacancies also exist for one Cosmetologist/Hair Tech with clientele and one Seamstress. Call 223-1387, 697-9118.        Villa, Lot 95 F i ft h Av e n u e , S u b r y a n v i l l e , Georgetown, Guyana: One hotel receptionist to work 6 days a week, shift system. One housekeeper to work 6 days a week. 227-2199, 227-2186.  General St o r e , 11 6 R e g e n t R o a d Bourda, General Domestic.

Must know to cook, Handym a n m u s t know to care for dogs and plants, to work at Nandy Park and Eccles. Attendants (female), supervisor (male) 28-48 years, security guards (male) 28-55 years. Apply 233 South Road, L a c y t o w n G e o r g e t o w n , Te l : 225-0198, Requirements: Application, Reference letterlast place of employment, TIN, NIS#, ID#.

 Indian male, age 39 years old, seeks female between ages 30 and 45 years for a serious relationship and marriage. Call 684-2237.

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Call 592-261-5 0 7 9 , 654-3670, 6 8 8 -8293,2 6 1 -6833 twenty-four hours

 furnished bottom flat for one overseas visitor. Contact 671-8363, 226-5047.

LAND FOR SALE Land For Sale

 land, main road near to JR Burger $55M. Tel: 684-6266.

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LAND FOR SALE

LAND FOR SALE

LAND FOR SALE

TO LET

TO LET

TO LET

 corner lot, Belle West, Canal No. 2 Polder, Phase 1, $2.7M neg. 618-2317, 625-3265.

 - LETHEM plot of land near Lethem to Brazil bridge 130'x50.' Price $8M, gated community, front residential Providence land 120'x60' Price $16M, Diamond front extra large lot $12M. Tel 225-3737, 225-4398.

 land in Cummings Street US$40 000, Quamina and Carmichael Streets US$850 000, Kingston 160x60 - US$90 000 phone Tony Reid's Realty World #1 Realty 129 A Duncan Street.

Call Harold Anthony Reid 6270288, Mr Boodram 692-3831, Mrs Abundance 661-1952, Mr. Pereira 669-0943, 623-2591, 2252626, 225-3068, 667-7812, 15%. Commission for introduction of buyer.

: House and apartment Working people preferred, 10 minutes to the city. Ramroop. 628-5738.

 two-storey three-bedroom concrete property located at Mon Repos, ECD. Price $25M. Tel: 644-3346.

 Gardens: Twostorey building, unfurnished, 4 bedrooms, two self-contained US$1500 monthly. Tel: 6226335. No agents.

 road front $15M, Kitty corner lot $26M, Non Pareil $3M. Tel: 684-6266.  than 600 acres of land situated on the ECD. Call 609-8452, 678-1454.  Land of Canaan, EBD. Transported land. Please call 266-0014, 669-8139.  land in Forshaw Street, Queenstown. Enquiries, call 694-9262.  Park 125x100 $80M, Houston Gardens, double lot $30M. 611-0315, 690-8625.  at Marudi 30.4 acres for sand pit or agriculture, industrial use.

Contact 664-9701, 642-6056.  land at Golden Grove Village, West Coast Berbice, 46x144. Contact: 641-3532.  Public Road, WCD 38x150, 39x150 $16M each. Back Street Unity Street La Grange WBD, 85x750 $16M. Call: 666-3619. , Linden Soesdyke Highway, 23 acres, access to creek, ideal for poultry, livestock and citrus farming. Price neg. 610-1273, 218-3827.  Gardens E.B.D (gated community) - Size 5000 sq ft. $9 million, $13 million.

Royal Real Estate on 225-7276, 665-7400.  Street- double lot prime business spot (Size 12,500 sqft) USD$ 1.3 million. Royal Real Estate on 225-7276, 665 7400. Road, Bourda - corner lot.$42 million.Royal Real Estate 225-7276, 665-7400.  E.B.D - land with concrete fence. Size 110 x 64.$7.5 million.Royal Real Estate 225-7276, 665-7400.            E.B.D Land size 55 X 11 0 ( G a t e d Community). $14 million .Royal Real Estate 225-7276, 665-7400.  E.B.D - land with foundation and columns .

Size 110 x 64.$9 million.Royal Real Estate 225-7276, 665-7400.  St Newtown Size 135 X 31. $31.5 million.Royal Real Estate 2257276, 665-7400.  ST- prime spot suitable for any business. Size 83 X 125 . USD $1.150.Royal Real Estate 225-7276, 665-7400.   DIAMOND, EBD land $10M, $8M, Annandale ECD land $5M, Mon Repos land $12M, Providence $3M, Enmore public road land $25M. Tel: 2253737, 225-4398, 651-7078.     Public Road $19M, Coverden road to river $36M, Linden Highway to river 152 acres $36M. call: 6092302, 609-6516, 233-5711.  land size 115450 (wharf side) $65M, Non Pareil - Harry & Son Real Estate - Lot 185 Charlotte & King Street, Maraj Building. Tel: 227-0265, 227-1881, 627-8057.  Cummings Lodge, Sophi a $ 6 M c l o s e t o U G. Phone Mr Boodram 692-3831, Mr Hercules 661-1952, Mr Pereira 669-0943, 623-2591, 225-2626, 227-6863, 225-3068. Street: Well developed, fully fenced land measuring 100ft x 62ft next to Scotiabank - $150M. Serious enquiries only - call 227-5407, 6582686.  near Cultural Centre 8000 sq.. ft. for apartments, hostel, embassy $52M. Tel: 6611952, 623-2591, 692-3831, 2252626, 225-3068, 226-1064, 2276949, 225-2709, 227-6863, 2255198.

 for sale situated at Soesdyke, E.B.D , farm land situated at Laluni 80 acre (60 acre cultivated with fruit trees and surrounded by black water creek) 1 Discovery Range Rover - Contact: 261-5027, 670-8282, 675-1711.  Gardens: One 4 000 sq.. ft. $27M Phone Mr Boodram 692-3831, Mr Pereira 623-2591, 669-0943, Lady Abundance 661-1952, 225-2626, 2255198, 227-6949, 667-7812.  Soesdyke 100x200, Diamond, La Parfaite Harmonie, Soesdyke 30 acres, Bella Dam, Canal #2 WBD - 6153728, 629-8253.   VREED-EN-HOOP, Plantain Walk 50' x2 10'. Price $35M, Crane WBD Public Road near Gas station 80' x 140'.Price $30M, Eccles just off public road, good for bond, land 45'x200.

Price $35M. Tel: 225-3737, 2254398, 651-7078.  Gardens $50M, Robb Street $40M, $60M, $2.5M, Regent Street $90M, US$4M, $140M, Charlotte Street $45M, $65M, $80M, Avenue of the Republic US$3M, US$2M, Croal Street US$2M, South Road US1M, $85M and other commercial properties and residential areas. Call us at Goodwill Realty 223-5204, 225-2540, 223-8059, 628-7605, 697-1142.   in the New Providence Avenue, some others as low as $9M per house lot.

Sugrim Singh Road, Ogle 130x94 $50M, Phone Tony Reid's Realty Ltd, Harold Anthony Reid BSC 627-0288, Mr. Carlos Boodram 692-3831, Mr. Pereira 623-2591, 669-0943, Lady Abundance 661-1952, 225-2626, 2253068, 667-7812. - MINING blocks - gold bearing area Sherima 1200 acres, price $12M. Kwakwani 2100 acres price $12M. Newly opened mining areas sand pit Yarrowkabra 130 acres EPA permit available Can start operation immediately, drilling report, available price $50M. Tel: 225-3737, 225-4398, 651-7078.  invite you to purchase the following land for bond , Chandra & Gange 125x120 corner lot $65M, William Street, Kitty 120x45 for bond, Gange 125x62 in Prashad Nagar for bond. Phone Mr Boodram 692-3831, Mr Pereira 623-2591, 669-0943, 2261064, Lady Hercules 661-1952, 225-2626, 225-5198, 225-2709.  than 600 acres of prime. Available land with storage for seeding paddy and fertilizer, caretaker's quarter, located near inland on the upper East Coast Demerara, Guyana, South America, easily accessible from main highway, empoldered with net work of independent drainage and irrigation canals and access dams, developed in 50 acres blocks, suitable for rice and cane farming, aquaculture, cattle farming, sheep and goat rearing, resort/agro tourism, game hunting and fishing close by, sold as one parcel. Serious enquiries only. Call 609-8452, 678-1454.  away land East and Quamina Streets corner 120x100 $1.2M neg., Hadfield Street opposite new expected GGMC $115M, South Road close to Wellington Street 30x112 $65M, Newtown 75x32 $14.9M, William Street 114x45 $28M, Prashad Nagar $26M, 125x62 Blygezight box 80x75 $32M, Phone Mr Boodram 692-3831, 225-2626, Mr Pereira 661-1952, 225-3068, 2261062.

TO LET to let          property Sheriff Street and Lamaha Streets US$2 500 - 684-6266.

 2-bedroom cottage, toilet and bath, pre paid meter, parking, $40 000. Contact: 679-6082.  flat, 234 South Road, Lacytown -for salon, barber shop, snackette or office. 616-0312.  2-bedroom upper flat at Forshaw Street, Queenstown.

Phone 227-8858, 231-2789.

 3-storey concrete and wooden building with 4 apartments, 61 Station Street Kitty 648-2194.

 Street, Kitty: Fully furnished one- and two-bedroom apartment US$20 daily. 2275852, 638-4404.

 flat, half-furnished, 3 bedrooms, 238 Quamina Street, South Cummingsburg, Georgetown, also nice for office. Call 645-4818.

 one-bedroom apartment located in La Parfaite Harmonie. 615-1201 $18 000 Female preferred.

 4205 La Parfaite Harmonie: One 2-bedroom house upstairs. Contact 614-8104, 619-3258.

 at Lot 1 Yarrow Dam, Contact Bibi in Hill Street.

 place Unity Mahaica Contact Bevan: 2593027, 615-3548.

 Furnished, secured two-bedroom flat. Tel: 227-1871, 646-2939.

 and bar with roof garden, Barr Street, Kitty. Tel: 623-4700, 671-4700.

 unfurnished three bedroom top flat - in Meadow Bank, please call 623-8496.

 room - water, light, heat, bed etc. Reasonable rate. Single person only. 227-4422, 683-7410.

 furnished apartment fully secured and tiled, AC, hot and cold, internet US$25 daily 231-6061, 621-1524.

: Business front and complete top flat office space. 212 Thomas Street.

 2-bedroom apartment at Peter's Hall $60 000. Amar, 6216037.

 Business space on Light Street, steel shutter, security camera monitored.

Parking available. Tel: 622-8529.

 3-bedroom upper flat to rent in Eccles, Price $90 000. Conatct 639-2728. -bedroom apartment at Mon Repos, $55 000 monthly.

Contact: 683-4315, 660-5233,  3-bedroom house in Eccles US$800 monthly. Tel: 6009910.  furnished, air-conditioned one-bedroom apartment, Tel: 623-2923.  3 bedrooms, Eccles 615-6865, 6229248.  office space (22'x12') Tel: 226-1308, 6550897.  $55 000 $75 000, Bel Air Park - US$700, Diana 227-2256, 626-9382.  space: Middle street area 20ft. by 20ft. Price $45 000.

Tel: 642-0636.   apartment in North Ruimveldt, Georgetown $40 000 - 696-9064. -BEDROOM self-contained apartment UG area. Contact 222-4326. : 2 bedrooms apartment - $45000 monthly. No parking space. 668-1661, 694-9942.  spaces from 200 - 12 000 sq. ft, in Georgetown, ECD & EBD. 6846266.  Berbice Car Park area, retail space ideal for store/fast food. Very busy high-traffic location. Tel: 227-5108.  close to Law Courts, City Hall etc. Office space available, very central for business Tel: 227-5108. -bedroom furnished apartment in Thomas Street, Kitty. Price $40 000. Contact: 6392728.  house at Mon Repos Housing Scheme, Block 8.

Call 220-7937, 625-5257.  business place, Sheriff Street, 2 and 3 floor for offices.

Contact 627-6740.  $40 000, 2bedroom $55 000. Tel: 697-0480.  upper flat, 3-bedroom apartment. No parking. No pets, $55 000 monthly. Tel: 226-7810  Park - unfurnished 2 bedroom bottom flat. $55,000.

Contact 614-0166, 601-6639  -bedroom apartments in Georgetown. Tel: 226-0920, 696-8805.

 concrete top flat, 2bedroom apartment inclusive toilet, bath. Parking etc. Contact: 220-8230, 693-4832.

  property in Eccles, high income area, with all mondern amenities. Contact 677-3350/603-4751. : Business front and complete top flat office space. 212 Thomas Street.  Regent Street top flat, business/office space. Tel: 618-3635.  2-bedroom apartment at Goedverwagting, $45 000. Tel: 644-0038.  3-bedroom apartment upstairs, unfurnished, hot and cold, AC, garage parking, Bel Air Park. Tel: 614-0949, 621-2677.   - and two-bedroom apartments at 248 Area J, Industry, ECD. - $25 000 and $45 000. Tel: 674-2639,  rentals: Rooms and apartment, AC, $8 000, fans $5 000 and $4 000 at Julian's Guest House. 638-4505, 225-4709.       houses/apartments and commercial spaces and 3 storey Building to rent.

Call: 216-3120, 667-6644.  and semi-furnished apartment in Kitty and Bal Air $75 000, $100 000 and $130 000. 684-6266.  building, 4 bedrooms, in LBI US$600, Agriculture Road 2-bedroom $45 000, Eccles $70 000. 684-6266. 2-bedroom concrete apartment with self-contained, hot and cold, AC, etc. at Mon Repos ECD. Price $80 000. Tel: 618-0626.  -bedroom semi-furnished, fridge, stove, microwave and water $50,000. per month. Camp Street.

Tel: # 227-0395, 665-3747.  2-bedroom unfurnished apartment, top flat in Pike Street, Campbellville $75 000. Call Amit 231-3236 No Agents.  3-bedroom upper flat, unfurnished $75 000 monthly.

Call 677-2732 during 09:00hrs to 18:00hrs. Park: Furnished two/three bedroom apartments with internet access, generator and p arking - Tel: 642-0636.  place, Garnett Street: Newly constructed threestorey concrete building. Tel: 6420636.  place, Robb Street: Large two-storey concrete building, no renovation needed.

Tel: 642-0636.

 built two bedroom apartments for rent in Da Silva Street Newtown kitty.

Price:$60,000.00-$70,000.00; Contact : 616-5143  two bedroom apartment with essential amenities.

Working couple or bachelor welcome. Tel: 226-9410, 660-2518. top flat 3 bedrooms and bottom flat 2 bedrooms in Kitty on a new road, train line., Toilet and bath inside - 227-6796.   WCD (street behind Roxy Cinema). Contact: Roy Ramroop. 671-8130, 2683361.  One-bedroom unfurnished apartment, fully grilled with security cameras. Water included in $50 000 rent. 121 Thomas Street.  flat with toilet, bath, light, water at 541 10th Field Cummings Lodge Housing Scheme. Contact: 222-0444, 6100987, 628-9295.  2-bedroom, unfurnished lower flat apartment, 6th Street, Cummings Lodge, UG area - $40 000 monthly Tel: 222-4913 - (Students or couple preferred).    furnished and unfurnished apartments $85 000 to $160 000. Business space.    Road: Twobedroom furnished apartment, bottom flat, long- or short-term.

No agents please. Contact 6116361. , office space and roof gardens, Republic Park and Charlotte Streets. Tel: 6281203, 651-3402, 227-4263.  place in D'Urban Street, between Hardina and Haley, suitable for office, tailoring etc. Tel: 225-1080, 601-9758.  space in Good Hope for franchise fast food, hardware store etc. 51x160.

Tel:684-6266  building in Eccles, 5 bedrooms US$S800, Kitty 3-bedroom $75 000 and $50 000. Tel: 684-6266.  bottom flat, fully grilled, AC, parking. Price $120 000 monthly. Tel: 225-4398, 651-7078.  to rent and live in at Cornelia Ida, WCD. Call 6484903, 696-7706.  built two-bedroom apartments in Da Silva, Street, Newtown, Georgetown - Price $60 000 - $70 000. Contact: 616-5143.  furnished studio apartment, near UG. Inclusive of wireless internet, water & electricity, has telephone $75 000. Call 600 -4343.  3-bedroom at Liliendaal, US$600 top flat; bottom flat US$450, 1-bedroom self-contained new building. Call 600-4343. -bedroom furnished bottom flat apartment, Lot 1A Station Street, Kitty, front building US$600. Contact 227-6046, 6217519.

 middle flat, fully furnished fully, grilled, longterm or short-term 115 Thomas Street, Kitty 225-0071, 674-7420, 600-5473.  Delightful, quiet garden apartment, fully furnished, suitable single person US$550 monthly. Call 641-4664, 225-7211 for more information.  Avenue: Furnished two/three bedroom apartments with internet access, generator and parking. Contact: K. Raghubir - Tel: 642-0631.  9x12 in D'Urban Street between Creen and Bishop, just off pavement, beautiful design as boutique $60 000 neg. 226-0673, 685-4694. -bedroom independent house, Section K, Campbellville in excellent surroundings $85 000. No children - Wills Realty 227-2612, 627-8314.          furnished apartment (beds, stove, fridge, suite, washer & TV). Parking available. Industry ECD. $60,000. Tel: 628-2866  unfurnished apartment, bottom flat, new - $35 000 monthly, 1-bedroom semifurnished apartments, top & bottom, new, $60 000 monthly Tel: 694-6825  Street, Alberttown: Prime business location, 4storey concrete building suitable for business, storage, office, dwelling etc. Price neg.

Contact: 226-7968.    Spacious 3-bedroom property. Parking, grilled, recently renovated $85 000. JEWANRAM 227-1988, 623-6431, 657-8887.  space: East Coast Demerara 11,408 sq. ft internal area, 640 sq. ft. waste room area 8,685 sq. ft. yard space US$3000. - Wills Realty 227-2612, 627-8314.  - 3 storey concrete building suitable for school.Building size 10,250 sq ft.

USD $5000.Royal Real Estate 225-7276, 665-7400.  Street, Alberttown - 3 storey concrete building. Suitable for school, embassy, office complex, call centre, medical complex. USD $6,000.Royal Real Estate 225-7276, 665-7400.  new 3 storey concrete building. Suitable for business, school, residence.USD $12,000.Royal Real Estate 2257276, 665-7400.  Street- new executive offices. Size per unit 1650 sq ft. USD $2200.Royal Real Estate 225-7276, 665-7400  & Regent Streets Commercial space on ground floor. Size 1645 sq ft. USD $2400 (as is). Royal Real Estate 2257276, 665-7400.  Nagar- unfurnished 3 bedroom top flat can be used as office or residence. USD $1250.Royal Real Estate 2257276, 665-7400.  Road- new 3 storey 10 room hotel, restaurant and bar.

USD $4000.Royal Real Estate 225-7276, 665-7400.  Street - fully furnished 2 bedroom flat . $120,000.00.Royal Real Estate 225-7276, 665-7400.  Acres - semi furnished house with modern amenities. $2200 USD .Royal Real Estate 225-7276, 665-7400.  Nagar- 4 bedroom semi furnished house with modern amenities. $2500 USD .Royal Real Estate 2257276, 665-7400.

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SUNDAY CHRONICLE October 26, 2014 23 TO LET  - furnished 4 bedroom executive house with modern amenities.

USD $4500 Royal Real Estate 225-7276, 665-7400.  Brook Gardens 3 bedroom unfurnished house.

USD $750.Royal Real Estate 225-7276, 665-7400.  Street - space on ground floor suitable for business, office, restaurant, consultants, $120,000.00. Royal Real Estate 225-7276, 665-7400.

TO LET  World #1 Realtor Mister Terry Redford Reid 667-7812, 2256858, 225-7164, 226- 1 0 6 4 , 2 2 5 - 2 6 2 6 , 2 3 1 - 2 0 68, 6197945. Have the executive rental reduced by 35%, Prashad Nagar US$1000, J a c a r a n d a A v e .

Bel Air Park US$2000, Barima Ave Bel Air Park US$180 0, Be l A i r S p r ing s US$1000, large bond for rental office small form US$375, 10 000 sq ft office space for technology business. 22 5 - 2626, 225-5198, 226-1064, 623-2591, 669-3350

 E.B.D- furnished 4 bedroom house. $100,000.Royal Real Estate 225-7276, 665-7400.  St Kitty- semi furnished 2 bedroom flat.USD $600.Royal Real Estate 2257276, 665-7400.  Gardens-unfurnished 4 bedroom house. USD $1700.Royal Real Estate 2257276, 665-7400.  Nagar- furnished 2 bedroom apartment inclusive of internet, water and cable. USD $950.Royal Real Estate 225-7276, 665-7400.  Street- well developed fully fenced commercial land suitable for car dealership, storage etc. Size 83 X 125. USD $6000.Royal Real Estate 2257276, 665-7400.  - Space available second floor Robb Street, prime spot whole three-storey building 30'x110' or portions thereof.

Prices neg. Tel: 225-3737, 2254398, 651-7078 .  and unfurnished apartments, 7-room bungalow, self-contained, Triumph ECD near public road/sea wall.

Tel: 220-2130, 624-7111, 6121571, 220-2254.

 one fourbedroom fully furnished house with master room suite, and fully air-conditioned Meadow Brook Square US$2500. One two-bedroom flat newly constructed, tiled, above normal ground level, Guyhoc Park $55 000. Bel Air Springs: three-bedroom, fully furnished with master, generator, maid and gardener. Married couple or single person preferred US$3000. Three-bedroom fully furnished with master room US$3000 - Wills Realty 227-2612, 627-8314

:Fully furnished 1- and 3-bedroom apartments, AC, hot and cold, internet, cable TV, parking etc. Suitable for overseas visitors, on short term - 226-5137, 227-1843. -bedroom furnished bottom flat apartment, Lot 1A Station Street, Kitty, front building US$600. Contact 227-6046, 621-7519..  PROPERTY REGENT ROAD BOURDA, GEORGETOWN (NEAR TO CUMMINGS ST.) CALL: 2237511 (BUSINESS HOURS)  : Modern one-, two- and three-bedroom or complete building. Fully grilled, furnished kitchen with stove, refrigerator, AC. Parking.

No. 623-4861.  Class near UG: 2-bedroom, clean and beautiful, furnished with wireless internet and electricity, included in rent US$600 or G$120 000 Phone 600-4343.  two-storey building, 3 bedrooms, with all modern conveniences, furnished/unfurnished, Meadow Brook G ardens.     built 1-bedroom flats (kitchenette) Diamond Housing Scheme between 9th &10th Streets, AC, hot and cold, pump system, parking, cable $60 000, $65 000 monthly. Contact: 6129061, 673-7589. -room flat suitable for offices for consultancy, internet and computer services, etc. North Cummingsburg US$1800, tworoom office space for consultancy, minimal transaction, airline agency US$1000 - Wills Realty 227-2612, 627-8314.  , Alexander Village 1 bedroom with AC $60 000, Meadow Brook Gardens 4-bedroom house $110 000, Diamond 2-bedroom nice $50 000, Norton Street Commercial space $90 000 per space, Oleander Gardens fully furnished US$800.

  US$600 US$3500, Kitty $60 000 to $200 000, Ec c l e s $ 5 0 0 0 0 US$3000, Diamond $45 000 $160 000, Mon Repos $45 000 - $140 000, Grove $60 000 - $100 000, Atlantic Ville $80 000 - US$2 000, Alberttown $80 000 - $140 000, Queenstown $100 000 US$3000, Campbellville $50 000 - $160 000, Lamaha Gardens $$1000 to $35 000, Triumph ECD $45 000 - $200 000, LBI ECD $50 000 - $200 000 Atlantic Gardens ECD US$700 US$3500 - 223-5204, 223-8059, 628-7605, 697-1142.         ,PRIME COMMERICAL PROPERTY, 38 corner of Cummings and Middle streets, ALBERTOWN, 3 LOTS WITH BUSINESS, (NUT CENTRE) AND HOUSE 2 PROPERTY ALL furnishing INCLUDED, all modern amenities, all glass cases, offices, separate entrances, parking for 12 Vehicles, alleyway cemented and available to use, Vendors for GT&T, Western Union, Interstate Batteries, Lotto, Superbet, RENTAL US $3,000 STORE - US $2000 house monthly neg. Must see to fully appreciate, all Agent s Welcome . TEL 639-2000, 2252503 Mrs. Singh/ Mr. Singh 621-4000.

PROPERTY FOR SALE

PROPERTY FOR SALE

 large, wooden office buildings over 8 000 sq. ft. in Kingston, Brickdam, Queenstown, Lamaha Street, Duke Street 7 000 sq. ft. for embassies, old fashioned restaurant and bar. Phone Tony Reid's Realty, Mr Harold Anthony Reid B.SC, in partnership with the I AM 627-0288, Mr Boodram 692-3831, Lady Abundance 661-1952, Mr Pereira 6690943, 623-2591, 667-7812, 2252626, 225-3068, 225-5198 15%. introduction of buyer.

 near Regent Street, existing parts store. 6411800, 220 3452.

   -storey properties (commercial/domestic) in Eccles - (wooden/concrete) Agricola, Alberttown, Sheriff Street etc. Tel: 216-3120, 667-6644.

 3-storey 9 600 sq. ft. state-of-the-art complex in 92 Middle Street opposite Hibiscus Restaurant suitable for internal 24hour nightly look atmosphere, block two restaurant in same atmosphere, top floor conference room for rental on a weekly basic for international investors, gold and diamond trading, 24 hours security bullet- proof glass, front parking for 12 vehicles in the compound. Call the World #1 Real Estate Tycoon from Tony Reid's Realty, Harold Anthony Reid BSC Financial and Investment Consultant. Phone 667-7812, Mr Carlos Boodram 692-3831, Mr Aloysious Pereira 623-2591, 669-0943, Lady Abundance 661-1952, Mr Terrence Reid 667-7812, 2252626 , 225-3968, 227-6863 15%.

Commission on introduction of buyer.

-bedroom apartment, 242 BB Eccles, EBD. Call or text 600-5236, 603-8558.

TO LET

  "Have Faith in Christ, Today" 2271988/623-6431/657-8887/6265260 jewanalrealty@gmail.com               2/1)-US$6000/ US$2500;   US$1500;  -US$2500/ US$1500/ US$1000/ US$600;    (furnished)- US$1200;  US$1500;      -US$2000;  -US$2500;  -US$1000;    (huge 5 bedrooms)$85,000;'    (spacious 3 bedrooms with roof garden)-$200,000/ 2 Bedrooms lower-$85,000;   (3 bedrooms upper furnished)- US$850;  upper-$85,000/ lower-$70,000;  $95,000/ $85,000;     (3 bedrooms)- $55,000;  (residence with business or separate)-$180,000;  (2 bedrooms)- $60,000;  ( 1 bedroom with parking)- $40,000.      "Spaces at Time Square Mall"- Ground Floor / 1st Floor/ 2nd Floor;   (residence with offices)US$3,500;      US$3000;   (Bank, etc)- US$10,000;  (bond 200 sq. ft)- US$1500;   (2 floors for schools, etc)US$1500;   US$1000;   US$2000;  (huge bond): US$2500;     US$700;   (restaurant): $160,000;  - Offices / Business -$320,000.

PROPERTY FOR SALE PROPERTY FOR SALE  - $50M. Call: 611-0315, 690-8625.   ECCLES $19M NEG.. Tel: 233-3735, 669-7054.  $30M neg. Contact 642-7898.  Street, Kingston US$3 000 neg. Call 611-0315, 6908625.  house and land in Vergenoegen, EBE. Tel: 6641277, 669-0824.    

 opposite stadium, Old Road, 1 wooden house. Price $12M. Tel: 619-2525, 668-7230.  Street Kitty, second house in the yard, 2-storey wooden house - $18M. Tel: 6192525, 668-7230.   Street, North Cummingsburg, Georgetown. Price $32M neg. Call 225-5684, Richie.

         in Cornelia Ida, WCD. Call: 610-0514, 6871466 .  on Sheriff Street between Campbellville Avenue and Sixth Street, land on Sheriff Street. Contact 225-6357.  2-storey concrete house with 3 large bedrooms, 2-½ bath, excellent condition $25M. Call 669-1028.  two-storey wooden/concrete building situated at Independence Boulevard. Enquiries, call 694-9262. -bedroom, 2-storey wooden and concrete house in Prashad Nagar. Contact 686-6058. Street land 50'x120 with concrete and wooden building. Price nice. Tel: 225-3737, 225-4398, 651-7078.  Lodge: Large seven-bedroom executive concrete building. Price $40M negotiable - Tel: 642-0636.  place, Vlissengen Road: Large twostorey concrete building, vacant possession - Tel: 642-0636.  178 Waterloo Street, South Cummingsburg, Georgetown (second building on the lot). Price $50M neg. Call 627-3994. : One newly built 2storey house 45 x 30 with 2 master rooms, fully grilled and plenty yard space Contact: 649-0755, 624-3187.  3-bedroom concrete house, Cummings Lodge area, near UG campus. Price $15M neg.

Contact 226-9245. /residential house and land at 20 North Road, Bourda, Georgetown. Call owner 225-5727. two-storey house at 1st Street, Foulis, Enmore, ECD. Contact 258-0392, (18:00hrs to 21:00hrs).  Springs: Beautiful, furnished 2-storey concrete house, 4 bedrooms (master inclusive) 3 toilets/baths. Asking $60M. Call 625-1684, 226-0891.  Gardens: 2-flat, all 4 bedrooms self-contained, already furnished, extra toilet outside, large land space for 4 cars, G$66M. Phone 600 4343.  selling or renting property of land? Contact Zinctop Homes Realty. Tel: 231-4041, 6842244, 51 Fourth Street, Alberttown www.zinctophomes.com .  two-storey house in gated community (Versailles) 3 bedrooms, all self-contained corner lot, plenty of yard space $42M neg. Tel: 675-9871, 2642306.  Road & Gordon Street (corner lot) 3-storey wooden and concrete building.

Price reduced for quick sale. Contact owner 644-7152.  concrete building bordered by 3 Main Streets in central Georgetown. Ideal for offices, school, bond, etc., 4 flats 130ft x 35 ft each, land 250ft x 50 ft. 227-0190, 693-5610.\  Street Alberttown, two-storey concrete building, excellent condition, recently refurbished. No reasonable offer refused. 639-1000.

 concrete building, 3 verandahs, 5 bedrooms, 2 masters, 3 bathrooms and toilet, 8-car garage, big shed in front 671-5888, 264-2304. E.B.D- executive concrete house, 3 bedroom up and 2 apartments downstairs. $53 million. Royal Real Estate 225-7276, 665-7400   E.C.D - Modern 4 bedroom concrete property. $32.5 million. Royal Real Estate 225-7276, 6657400.  ST, Alberttown - 3 storey concrete investment property. Suitable for school, embassy, office complex. $149 million .

Royal Real Estate 225-7276, 6657400  Road- new 3 storey concrete building with roof garden. Currently renting as hotel and bar.$110,000,000 million.

Royal Real Estate 225-7276, 6657400  St Kitty - commercial/residential property on corner. $65 million. Royal Real Estate 225-7276, 665-7400  Hope E.B.D (gated community) - Executive four bedroom concrete house with swimming pool. $30 million. Royal Real Estate 225-7276, 665-7400  E.B.D - 2 family house 4 bedrooms upstairs, two (2) bedroom apartments downstairs repairs needed. $15.5 million. Royal Real Estate 2257276, 665-7400  St, N/Cburg - land and building on double lot.$69 million. Royal Real Estate 2257276, 665-7400  Gardens - executive 5 bedroom house with swimming pool. $150 million.Royal Real Estate 2257276, 665-7400. - investment property - 3 bedroom upstairs and 2 two (2) bedroom apartments downstairs. $39 million.

Royal Real Estate 225-7276, 665-7400  ST, Bourda fully furnished 20 rooms hotel, restaurant and bar. USD $1.2. Royal Real Estate 225-7276, 665-7400  E.B.D - 6 bedroom executive concrete house. $36 million. Royal Real Estate 225-7276, 665-7400  Gardens E.B.D 2 family executive concrete 5 bedroom house. $59 million.

Royal Real Estate 225-7276, 6657400  E.B.D- 5 bedroom concrete house on corner lot ( repairs needed). $ 24 million.

Royal Real Estate 225-7276, 6657400.  Backlands - 3 bedroom concrete house repairs needed. $13 million. Royal Real Estate 225-7276, 665-7400  Burnham- 3 bedroom flat bungalow house. $12.7 million. Royal Real Estate 2257276, 665-7400.  Gardens, E.C.Dnew executive 3 bedroom house. $70 million.Royal Real Estate 225-7276, 665-7400.  - 3 storey Investment Property. Currently renting as apartments and offices.$85 million.Royal Real Estate 2257276, 665-7400.  Backlands - investment property - 2 family concrete house. $31 million. Royal Real Estate 225-7276, 665-7400.

Diamond E.B.D- semi furnished 4 bedroom concrete house. $30 million.Royal Real Estate 225-7276, 665-7400.

PROPERTY FOR SALE  Gardens, E.B.Dnew3 bedroom bungalowconcrete house. $ 33 million.Royal Real Estate 225-7276, 665-7400.          S T, Bourda - investment property suitable for business. USD $1.2.Royal Real Estate 2257276, 665-7400.  executive property located at Atlantic Gardens, 3 bedrooms, 1 master, fully air-conditioned. Land size 45x120. Price $48M neg. For further information, call 623-9173.   farm land at Moblissa, Soesdyke, Linden, Highway with pig pens and poultry pens $24M neg. with running creek, 100 acres land in Mahaica Creek $17M neg By owner - 6446551.   REPUBLIC Park 5 bedroom concrete building price $55M, Norton Street 4 bedroom concrete building - price $22M, Princess Street 5 apartments building with shop in front price $42M - Tel: 225-3737, 225-4398, 651-7078.  - PRIME location, modern gas station with supermarket, presently an ongoing business. Price neg. Please call for inspection. Tel: 2253737, 225-4398, 651-7078.  Forest 2-storey concrete building $27M, Phoenix Park (90ft. x 47ft.) land $3.5M, La Parfaite Harmonie (100ft. x 50 ft.), High Income area $2.6M. 675-7292, 2185591. bedroom property at Phase 1, Good Hope, six bedroom property wood and concrete 3rd Street Anna Catherina, property at Diamond Grove Scheme, owner migrating. Contact 231-4586, 673-5546, 6954382, 622-6448.   HERSTELLING public road two-storey concrete building, price $35M. Commercial properties Robb Street three-storey concrete building $180M, Charlotte Street fourstorey concrete building $130M. Tel: 225-3737, 225-4398, 6517078.  - LITTLE Diamond two-storey concrete building $14M. Non Pareil, ECD twostorey concrete building $14M - Te l : 2 2 5 - 3 7 3 7 , 2 2 5 - 4 3 9 8 , 651-70 7 8 .      2nd building from public road, wooden building with large land space, nice for business, bond, other purposes.

Te l : 2 2 5 - 3 7 3 7 , 2 2 5 - 4 3 9 8 , 651-7078.  Nagar: 2storey 3-bedroom house on an ideal corner lot with huge parking space for taxi service etc. $65M neg, Naresh Persaud 225-9882, 681-2499.  twostorey building, 3 bedrooms, with all modern conveniences, AC, hot/ cold system. M e a d o w B r o o k G ardens.         3 - b e d r o o m prope r t y i n Prashad Nagar reduced from $42M t o $ 3 4 M , Pere Street $34M. Phone 623-2591, Mr Darindra 692-3631, 6693350, M r A l e x 6 6 9 - 0 9 43, 2 2 5 - 2 6 26, 225-3068, 623 2591.  - GROVE 3-bedroom concrete and wooden building $9M, Little Diamond three-bedroom concrete building $13M, Strathspey three-bedroom concrete and wooden building $14M, Windsor Forest WCD large concrete building $20M, Norton St r e e t b u s i n e s s $ 2 0 M . Tel: 225-3737, 225-4398, 651-7078.

24 GUYANA CHRONICLE, SUNDAY, OCTOBER 26, 2014 FOR SALE           $5 0 M n e g , A u b r e y B a r k e r South $35M neg, Ogle $40M neg, and $55M neg, LBI $10.5M neg,, $ 2 2 M n e g , L a m a h a G ardens $85M neg, Eccles $25M neg, Water Street $75M neg.

Ampac Real Estate. Tel. 6841893, 610-3666.

 2-storey building situated at Lot 49 Parker Street Providence.

Each flat contains 3 bedrooms, one s e l f - c o n t a i ned, equipped with air-conditioned living room, water, light and fully secured with grille. Parkin g a l s o available. Call 6256227.  require repairs in Brickdam, land size 120x38 - $ 4 4 M w a s $ 6 0 M . P h one Alysious Periera 623-2591, Lady Khan 225-2626, 225-2709, Lady Abundance 661-1952, 225 3068, 669-0943 Mr. Pereira.  DISCOUNT: 20% on all executive properties $60M, 30% discount on $24M, and bel o w, 15% discount on land $18M. Phone 667-7812, 225 6 8 5 8 , 2 2 5 - 2 6 2 6 Te r r e n c e Reid

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% DISCOUNT on all properties for this summer only. UG Gardens $140M, Republic Park $30M, Nandy Pa r k 4 a p a r t m e n t s $32M, Middle Road La Peniten c e l a n d s i z e 1 4 0 x 60 $17M, second Street A lberttown business and res i dence $45M, 5th S t.

A lberttown massive concrete $48M, Eccles $14M, Kitty Sandy Babb St. two properties on double lot $38M, Lamaha St Queenstown apartment com p l e x $ 5 8 M . P h o n e V i c e P r esid e n t 2 3 1 - 2 0 6 4 , 2 2 5 3 0 6 8 , 2 2 7 - 6 8 6 3 , 2 2 6 - 1 0 64 , 2 2 7 - 6 9 4 9, 225-2626.

executive property in Section M $46M, ranch Lamaha Gardens executive property $60M, land for building in Turkeyen $40M, Blygezight Gardens $30M, Republic Park $14M, Prashad Nagar 125x60 $27M, William Street Kitty 125x60 $26M, Ogle land.

P h o n e To n y R e i d ' s R e a l t y World #1 Realty 129 A Duncan Street, Bel Air Park, Haro l d A n t h o n y R e i d B . S C , M r. C a r l o s B o o d r a m 6 9 2 3831, Lady Abundance 6 6 1 - 1 9 5 2 , Mr Alex Pereira 669-0943 623-2591, 226- 1 0 6 4 , 667-7812, 225-2626, 2276863, 225-3068 15%. Commission on introduction of buyer.

 Burnham Gardens $11M, South $9M, $24M, $30M, Bel Air $80M, $50M, $150M, Lamaha Gardens $90M, $55M, $70M, $50M, Prashad Nagar $28M, $65M, $29M, $60M, Alberttown $30M, $22M, $15M, Regent Street US$3M, $90M, $65M, and others in Regent Street, Robb Street $120M, $35M, $40M, US$1.8M, Queenstown $110M, $80M, $140M, Water US$1.5M, US$2M, Avenue of the Republic US$2M, US$4M, Kingston $150M, $60M, $100M, Diamond $13M, $16M, $33M, and other residential areas. Call us at Goodwill Realty 223-5204, 225-2540, 223-8059, 628-7605, 697-1142, 683-8667.

 pressure washer, vacuum cleaner, BBE drive rock, music mixer.

Tel: 621-0427, 677-7592.

 stainless steel fridge, large Westpoint fan, 4x4 wheels 305x40x22, Panasonic home stereo, wardrobe, food warmers for canteen, snackette, restaurant 223-1885, 642-3722.

   P a r k $ 4 7M, Nandy Park $38M & $36M, BB Eccles $31M, Somerset Court $22M, Quamina St US$1M, Regent S t U S $ 9 0 0 000, South Road US$800 000, Lamaha St US$400 000, Blygezight US$275 000, George St business $35M, Land of Canaan business $90M. Call 6092302, 609-6516, 233-5711.

 sale: ply board, TV, mannequins, shoe racks, dogs, generator, zinc ridging, freezer and lots more. 212 Thomas Street, Kitty.  white electronic, GTM Gold master USA metal detector, new. Contact 664-6134, 6932953.  Surveillance camera system with all accessories included, features 60ft night vision $60 000. Tel:- 696-4659.

                                    

 invite you to buy these bargains Craig Street 2-storey $45M new $34M, Dowding Street was $42M now $32M, Pere Street Kitty $34M, Section M ranch-type was $60M now $48M, Prashad Nagar $30M, South Ruimveldt $10M, Roxanne Burnham Gardens $12M, D'Urban Backlands $23M, Camp Street & D'Urban South half $30M Phone Mr Budhram 692-3831, Mr Pereira 669-0943, 623-2591, 2261064, Lady Abundance 66111952, 225-2626, 225-3068.  are giveaway play 15% commission for the person who introduces: Roxanne Burnham $13M, Guyhoc Park $14M, Festival City $10M, $12M, South Ruimveldt $15M, Bent Street business $14M, Punt Trench Dam $11M, David Street $18M, Phone Tony Reid's Realty 129 Duncan Street, Bel Air Park, Harold Anthony B.SC, Mr Boodram 692-3831, Mr Pereira 226-1064, 669-0943, 6232591, Lady Abundance 661-1952, 225-3068, 225-2626, 667-7812.

   

 Diwali Greetings!

Give away Craig Street, two-flat $26M, Dowding Street $32M, South Ruimveldt $12M, Eccles $14M, Guyhoc Park $14M, Festival City $14M, Land in Newtown $14.5M, Robb Street 100x50 $48M, John Street $40M 100x50, Cultural Centre 7 000 sq. ft. $58M, South Road close to Wellington Street $60M. Charlotte Street 118x31 $50M. Smyth Street close to Brickdam $75M now $52M 125x50. High Street opposite New GGMC 90x80 $110M, Hadfield Street 120x50 - $17M, Section M 86x50 - $16M, 225-2709, 2252626, 226-1064, 227-6949, 2253068.   in October, 2-storey Punt Trench Dam $9.5M with large land reserve for any type of business. Business & Residence Bent Street $ 1 6 . 5 M , 2 - s t o r e y G uyhoc Gardens $14M, Guyhoc 2-storey concrete $14.5M, Lodge 2-storey $14M, Meadow Brook concrete ranch $13.5M. Land 130x50 Middle Road, La Peni t e n c e , n e w c o n c r e t e Middle Road, La Penitence, Da S i l v a S t r e e t 8 5 x 3 5 Land $15.9M, Campbellville Scheme 80x50 plus reserve $15M, Hadfield Street east of Cuffy 12 0 x 5 0 $18M, Republic Park $14M, Continental Park 104x54 plus 3000 sq. ft reserve all land to build dream house $22M, 7 000 sq. ft by the Cultural Centre 280 000 sq. ft, Lamaha Gardens $58M, Prashad Nagar $34M, South Ruimveldt Gardens off Aubrey Barker Street. Phone Mr Boodram 692-3831, Mr D'Aguiar 225-5198, Mr Pereira 623-2591, 226-1064, 669-0944, Mr Hercu l e s 2 2 5 - 2709, 2253068, Lady Jones 227-6863, 2252626.

 bully stud services (imported) Tel: 693-9228, 623-1189.  new plucking machine - Tel: 650-1015.  25 KVA industrial single phase 480/240/ 120V - USA. Tel: 623-9761. , 65 KVA Perkins 4236 engine. Tel: 623-9761.  Grocery stall, Section K4 in Bourda Green $600 000. Contact 675-7778, 623-6443.  of head lights for Rav$ 1005 model, and all weather SUV cover Contact 227-6513, 227-6519.  and seine with 40 Yamaha engine - Tel: 667-8237 $1M.  items - fridge, bed, chair set. Contact 693-4832 - 220 -8230. -grown mixed breed Doberman pups. Call 222-3300, 611-1206.  large refrigerator $75 000, one large freezer $70 000.

Prices neg. 668-6455.  Tuff tank 450 gallons $20 000 each Contact: 612-6545, 220-3459.  mixed with bloodhound $15 000 each. Call 664-9596.  engines, Toyota 1AZ, 3Y and 5A. Prices neg Nissan QD32 $550 000, Mitsubishi 4D56 - $575 000. Call 624-6069.

 local furniture, suites, beds etc. Morgan's Furniture Store, 167 Charlotte Street between Camp and We l l i n g t o n . Te l : 2 2 6 - 4 1 2 9 Monday.- Friday.  all your icicles and beverage needs. Flavour emulsions in wholesale and retail quantities in a wide variety of flavours. Contact: 676-6963, 218-1611.  sticks (frankincense and myrrh), buckle heads (assorted) sizes, assorted colours, leather pieces - 662-6712.  arrived! A new shipment of combine parts, Italianmade - 660-0342, 222-3538, 3353100. Bel Air 335-3434, 3354122. -made Perkins engines 4236, 6354, 1004. Rebuilt engines on bed. Contact: 6490755, 624-3187.  used cooler, 19 cubic feet (240 volts), one used upright freezer, 7 cubic feet (110 volts) Call: 233-0608.  NEW - 1 Coats tyre changer, compressor 60gallon, pressure washer, lawn m o w e r. Te l : 2 6 7 - 2 3 2 9 , 6 9 1 5588.  Louvre doors, Canadian-made from $8 000 up, 25% off regular price. Call 2330608 Monday - Friday (08:00hrs - 17:00hrs.

 Freezers & fridges and other restaurant equipment. Call: 691-0442, 654-2460, 658-2948 for details.

 clothing racks, mannequins, hangers and die cut handles, plastic bags 9" x12" and 12"x15". Tel: 227-1845, 6247333.

 half of a spacioua complete and a Fielder Wagon Complete. Price $300,000. Contact: # 601-8458.

 flowers, green leaves, hanging baskets, ferns, curtains and carpets. Tel: 2271845, 624-7333.

  48" Smart TV $240 000, 1 TCL 46" LED TV $200 000, one Jialing 150cc Scrambler $80 000. All prices neg. Owner migrating 675-4066

 F150, GSS series, excellent condition. Price neg.. Contact 601-9983, 255-0627..

 chest-of-drawers, walldivider, cabinets, wardrobe, TV, wares, fridge, blinds. Contact 6383203.  cow manure in large quantity? Then contact 684-3027 for speedy delivery.  arrived! Used truck tyres 11-R 22.5, GRIP 6mm. Price $28 000 - $30 000 each. Call 627-4148.

         A C u n i t 5000w, Lexmark Printer 4-in1, Drillmaster cordless drill 3/ 8, recuperating saw, 6 amp, telephone jack, coffee maker, toner cartridge. Contact 6463099, 687-4089. , imported from USA: Office furniture in excellent condition, secretary, executive and office chairs, 2-, 3- and 4-drawers metal filing cabinets, Panasonic copier-fax, scanner and printer in one. Call: 623-3183, 625-5353, 227-1135, 220-1089.

 4 cyl gear box $50,000, also trailer for jet ski build strong with spare wheel $95,000 OR BEST CASH OFFER ACCEPTED MUST BE SOLD, CUMMINGS AND MIDDLE STREETS, ALBERTWON, GUYANA VARIETY tel 621-4000

 PUPS. Call 671-7450, 626-5306.

 Five-bedroom, two-family property on land 50x80ft. fully furnished in residential area $30M, One concrete and wooden building with derelict building behind on lot 31x118 sq. ft. Lacytown $58M, Land with building on corner Queenstown (80x120ft) $105M non-neg. Prashad Nagar corner lot with building $30M neg.

House on double lot in residential area $120M - Wills Realty 2272612, 627-8314, e-mail stanleywills@gmail.com .

 dredge and excavator for sale located in the Issano mining area. Sale includes all necessary camp essentials.

Contact 681-9310 or 604-0783 to further inquire.

 engines 1000, 1100 and 4236 and six-cylinder complete with bed, 2320 excavators BL $14M, Lincon generator welder $850 000, pallet jacks, forklift, model M truck $4M. Tel: 691-2921.

FOR SALE

  - Lot 185 Charlotte & King Street, Maraj Building - Tel: 227-0265, 227-1881, 6278057, Queenstown, Prashad Nagar, D'Urban Street business spot, Lamaha Gardens, South Ruimveldt, Robb S treet, Vlissengen Road, Alberttown.

 Bel Air property on the excellent part of Sheriff Street, in excellent condition, reduced from $78M to $64M. The owner is the most successful female technocrat in the Caribbean so the karma and goodwill value $30M is excluded. Phone Tony Reid's Realty Harold Anthony B.SC 627-0288, Mr Boodram 692-3831, 669-0943, Mrs Pereira 623-2591, 225-2626, 225-3068.

OMMERICAL transported PROPERTY, located at 38 Cummings and Middle streets, ALBERTOWN, 3 LOTS WITH BUSINESS, (NUT CENTRE) AND HOUSE , 2 PROPERTIES, sold with ALL furnishing, all modern amenities, 32 cameras silvillance, AC ROOMS, parking for 12 Vehicles, Alleyway cemented and available to use, Vendors for GT&T, Western Union, Interstate Batteries, Lotto, Superbet, STORE AVAILABLE IMMEDIATELY, Must see to fully appreciate, $140 million neg .all Agents Welcome . TEL 621-4000, 6392000, 2273939 Mr. Singh

 Ferguson 390 4x,4 fully renovated Call 688-6274, 6913851, 338-2591, 678-8698.

FOR SALE

 , 2 bedrooms $4M, 3 bedrooms $5.5M, 3 bedrooms modern $5M, 4 bedrooms with master $11.5M, 4 bedrooms with 2-car garage and master $16M, financing available.

single storey, 3 bedrooms, 2 baths with bungalow-style roof. Republic Park 2storey 3-bedroom with self-contained master room, 2 baths, pantry, laundry room, hot and cold. No agent. Call 614-7929, Monday-Friday, 10:00hrs16:00hrs

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 parts 700c, 26", 20" rims and hubs, all alloy $$00. H. grip sponge $140 nickel fork, tyres etc. Tel: 2271845, 624-7333.      743B with Kubota engine $900 000 Hymac 191 19-ton excavator with rebuilt Perkins 6.354 eng i n e $ 1 . 7 M - 233-3025, 6906946.

  ELECTRIC SCOOTERS RUNS BEST OFFER MUST BE SOLD, 20 KM ON SINGLE CHARGE ALL $225,000, SEPARTELY $50,000- $80,000 NEG 639-2000, 225-2503  COLONGES / PERFUNES IN POPULAR BRANDS $1,000 EACH AND 3 FOR $2.500 Guyana Variety 38 cummings st Albertown, tel 2252503.   BUSINESS BLUE RAY 1-3, CD+G 1-3, MULTIPLE CD 1-7 AND 1-10 DVD STANDALONE BRUNERS WITH AVERAGE 15 DISPLAY RACKS AND THREE COMPUTER CPU FREE 1-10 BURNERS WITH STOREAGE CUPBOADS, CD DESK, AND LOTS MORE $750,000 MUST BE SOLD 6214000, 639-2000  SIGNS, COMPLETE WITH LIGHT AND FRAME SOME WITH STAND MAKE AN OFFER ALL MUST BE SOLD CALL 621-4000 frames with galvanized signs measuring 8ftx 4ft with legs out of 2" pipe 6 pcs BEST CASH OFFER ACCEPTED, CUMMINGS AND MIDDLE STREETS, ALBERTWON, GUYANA VARIETY $10,000 EACH BEST OFFER FOR ALL tel 621-4000   6ft x 3ft, $600,000 LED signs 3ft x 12" $120,000 all programmable up to 1,000 message and some images by remote, can be viewed from 4 city blocks in many designs and colours OR BEST CASH OFFER ACCEPTED, 38 CUMMINGS AND MIDDLE STREETS, ALBERTWON, GUYANA VARIETY tel 621-4000  System Equipment: Amplifier rack with 4 amps, compressor, equaliser and 2 crossovers, four 24" scoop bass cabinets unloaded, four all-in-one low-mid/high-mid/ high cabinets for 15" 12" and horn. All speakers cables 624-7423.  parts, nose cuts, half cut, front bumpers, back bumpers, fenders, doors, head lamps, tail lamps, fog lights, computer box, engines, trunks, dashboard, door mirror, transmissions front grille, front struts, back shocks, tyres and many more. Contact Eddie's Auto Parts, 227-2835, 2275381.

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SUNDAY CHRONICLE October 26, 2014 25 FOR SALE   dredge (Perkins), mine lab gold detector (1000). Price $50 000. GMC tanker truck, double axle. Price $3M neg., 321 Caterpillar excavator. Price $15M neg., 2 - 6-cyl Perkins engines on bed, 3 - 6cyl MWM air-cooled engine, Land Cruiser original wheels, new with Dunlop tyres 140020 continental tyres. 688-8449.

Owner migrating.  Equipment: Call 664-1993 - Ultrasound cavitations vacuum 40K with RF-5 probes, touch screen for slimming/body reshaping, cellulite and face wrinkle removal. Can earn $4 000 to $6 000 session/ client. Price $199 000.

FOR SALE    mported pool table for home use, extra que and balls $120,000, kids three in one ice hockey table tennis and pools $75,000 and fifty gallon aquarim on stand $50,000 tel 621-4000  180,000-1 set of 22" Chrome rims 6 holes universal with tires fits Toyota and Nissan from, tel 621-4000  $175,000 -BEST OFFER MUST BE SOLD 5pcs 50cc Harley Davidson bikes, key or pull start, perfect for kids or rentals, CUMMINGS AND MIDDLE STREETS, ALBERTWON, GUYANA VARIETY from $30,000 TO $45,000 all $175,000 TEL 2252503, 6392000

VEHICLES FOR SALE

VEHICLES FOR SALE

VEHICLES FOR SALE

VEHICLES FOR SALE

 SILVER RAV 4, excellent condition. Tel: 641-1969.

 Model M bush truck with winch and four-wheel Honda bike 672-4536.

 Allion new model 2008, fully loaded, remote and push button start, 17" chrome rims, HID - $3.9M neg. 649-3848, 6820372.

 , Hilux Double cab, never reg., duty paid. 2003 - 4300km. Price $8M. Te l : 6 2 7 - 6 0 0 0 .

VEHICLE FOR SALE

     4D-30 ENGINE $700 000 neg. 656-4266.  2RZ MINIBUS, BPP SERIES, $1.4M call 654-1382  212 CARINA, WHITE, PSS SERIES 621-2992.  NZE Corolla PLL series, female-driven. 625-3117.  2006 Ford tow truck, wheel lift. 673-5813.  Toyota Raum, PMM series, CD, alarm. Call 697-5378.         NZE, lady-driven $1.6M. Call 226-1122, 624-3404.         OLD MODEL PMM $950 000. Call 612-3317, 216-0450.  Delta vehicle, PSS 2700.

Contact 684-4627.  AT 170, 17" mag rims $550 000. Contact 629-4300.  Mazda wagon $200 000.

-Contact: 675-4066. 1 L-TOURING WAGON. Tel: 619-6130.       N I S S A N S u n n y.

P r i c e $ 2 0 0 0 0 0 - Te l : 6 9 8 1425.  Premio, 2003 Premio $2M, both rims, TV, fully loaded. call 648-1000.

Equipment - Call 6641993 Weider ultimate bodyworks machine full body pulley exercise machi n e $ 4 0 000, stationery exercise bike $25 000, bench press machine $25 000, bench press rod with 120 lb weight $30 000, barbell with 60 lb weight $20 000, 2 dumb-bells with 10 lb weight $16 000, chin up bar (door post) $8 000.   , 36,000 btu PEAK 1pc $75,000, 4 PCS 24,000 BTU PEAK, PREMIRE , ALSO ,18 OOO BTU AND 1 WINDOW, 6 PCS TOTAL ALL $100,000, UNITS REMOVED WORKING, SOLD AS IS, WHERE IS . 38 Cummings and Middle street, Albertown TEL 639-2000, 225-2503, 621-4000  Hatchery (Robbins), 28,000 eggs capacity , consist of all racks, trays, electrical supply, and spares included, $2.9 MILLION NEG or HIGEST OFFER, MUST BE SOLD , 38 CUMMINGS AND MIDDLE STREETS, ALBERTWON, GUYANA VARIETY TEL: 225-2503 639-2000 signs, number plates decals with a brand new 24" vinyl plotter (vinyl express) with all manuals and some vinyl never used $250,000 621-4000, 6392000  Watches his and hers 18 carat gold plated, in and out in excellent condition $1500 OR HIGEST OFFER MUST BE SOLD us dollars ($300,000) 6392000, 225-2503  $900,000 FOR 3 CLARKE forklifts- 3 pcs -CURRENT PRICES 2000 LB $200,000, 3000 LB- $400,000, 4000 -LB lifting capacity $600,000 , ALL 3 PCS FOR $900,000 cash now,38 CUMMINGS AND MIDDLE STREETS, ALBERTWON, GUYANA VARIETY STORE, needs basic repairs SOLD AS IS TEL: 225-2503, 639-2000  $20,000 -Television sets, sizes from 40" to 73" some working others need checking all sold as is or make a cash offer for all must be sold, BEST CASH OFFER ACCEPTED on each, 38 CUMMINGS AND MIDDLE STREETS, ALBERTWON, GUYANA VARIETY TEL: 225-2503, 639-2000

 RAV4 2000 model, in excellent condition. Contact 6283653.  -Mitsubishi 82" 3D TV Diamond edition built in surround sound 16 speakers on front of Tv NEXT TO NEW and sold WITH Sony 5.0 1000 watts surround system 6 speakers and wall cabinets all as a pa c k a g e $ 6 5 0 , 0 0 0 N E G, CUMMINGS AND MIDDLE S T R E E T S , A L B E RT W O N , GUYANA VARIETY MUST SEE. 639-2000, 2252503  $250,000 MUST BE SOLD -Ice machine 800lb with bin in working condition, and ice machine 150lb with bin $90,000, SOLD AS IS, / Chinese diesel generator 5000 watts inclosed in working order $175,000, CUMMINGS AND MIDDLE S T R E E T S , A L B E RT W O N , G U YA N A VA R I E T Y Te l 2273939, 621-4000 639-2000 cycles Honda 50 cc, sold as scrap $30,000, MUST BE SOLD HIHEST OFF E R a n d Ya m a h a 7 5 0 c c Virigo unregistered needs general work sold as scrap $75,000, BOTH OF THEM $95,000 CUMMINGS AND MIDDLE STREETS, ALBERTWON, GUYANA VARIETY tel 621-4000         ( S h a r p ) player with 3D sound system (Denon), Monster home theatre speakers (4) for $150 000, Brinkman large BBQ grill (gas) $99 000, 8000 w generator $110 000, West Point f r i d g e 1 2 1 L $45 000, 18 000 BTU AC - $60 000, 12 000 BTU AC - $40 000, 12 000 BTU (TCL) AC - $20 000, large e x e cutive desk (grey) with side extensions $40 000, large metal store/office cupboard for $40 000, Large filing cabinet $30 000, Receptionist desk $20 000, Eureka vacuum cleaner $15 000, Yamaha guitar acoustic $30 000. White board (4'x3') and eraser stand $20 000, office desk with drawer (wood) $10 0 0 0 , I PA D 2 w i t h w a l l a n d desk holder $40 000, Hot and cold water dispenser with 5 bottles $15 000, Metal safe (digital) $25 000, Canister safe $5 000 - 664-1993.

 Hilux four-wheel, automatic, diesel $2.8M neg. Bushready. Contact 654-2008.   minibuses, long base, EFI, BKK, BNN series. Phone 2683953, 665-8517.  Corona AT 170, excellent condition. $450 000. Call Basdeo, 663-0782.  4door Hilux King Cab and Two Hilux pick-up. Contact 6655776.  Toyota RAV 4, PKK series $3M neg., good condition. Tel: 675-9871, 264-2306.   $500 000 neg., good working condition. Contact: 223-0640, 626-6022.     

 AT 150 Corona, PDD series. excellent condition. Contact 220-5095.  RX 8 and Ford F150, Priced to go. Owner leaving country. Tel: 617-2891.  Frontier extra cab, black, in immaculate condition $2.3M neg. - 663-8584.  X-Trail $2.9M neg., one BMW 318 - $2.7M neg. Contact: 617-8255.

 Toyota Raum. Price $1.2M neg., Contact 665-1554, 225-3273. Call after 17:00hrs.  Lancer, dark grey, P K K s e r i e s i n e x c e l l e n t condition, fully loaded $900 000, Tel: 646-2939.  Hummer 42 fully chrome, very clean condition, low mileage.

Contact 667-1116, 664-9000.   Premio - PNN series, year 2003, Pioneer deck, HID lights, 17" chrome rims, $2.1M neg.

- Contact: 672-6352.  Sports car convertible Corvette 2003, low mileage, very clean condition. Call 639-3100, 619-5400.  Dodge Ram Monster pickup, very high off the ground, low mileage, very clean - 639-3100, 619-5400.   Prado and 2003 RX 8. Very clean vehicles.

Terms available. 641-8647.  pick-up, extra cab, fully loaded 3400cc, PKK series, superb condition. Price $2.8M neg.

Call 627-3994.  Hilux Surf, in excellent working condition, music, mag rims, sunroof and more, PLL series $1.75M neg. 678-2298.  TOYOTA Carina PJJ 2047, fully loaded, AC, alarm system and spoiler. Contact: 6126192.

 Bluebird (2007) unregistered $2.6M. Call 627-1159, 688-4270.

 gear and automatic Pitbulls and RZ buses, Seinta and Noah with body kits. Terms available, never registered. Tel: 641-8647.

 Honda Civic, EG 8, automatic, fully loaded $495, 000 neg.

Tel: 642-6159.  Toyota Altezza, automatic, fully loaded, going cheap.

Tel: 642-6159.  1999 canter 8'x 17' tray with six-cylinder, turbo diesel engine. Call 673-5813.  bush truck lifted, stick, four-cylinder, four-wheel drive 95 & 94. 673-5813.  Noah (Private), super condition, owner leaving month end, must sell. 642-4523.  Super Custom (2RZ), BPP series. Contact 625-7283. Terms available.

 F150 pickup & Yamaha 50 cc, Good working condition. Motorcycle $850 000 neg, shaft driven. Contact 6920526, 681-5422.

       

 model 212 HB 7503, excellent condition, ready to work. $1M neg. 220-6245, 613-1705.

 Altezza, PPP series, very good condition. $3.1M neg.. Contact 680-8343, 672-4233.

, Allion, NZE, Corolla, IST, new model Raum, Nissan Tida, AT 212 Carina, new model RAV4, Runx. Amar 6216037.

 Pajero Jeep PKK, was used by female. Tel. 225-0071, 674-7420, 600-5473.

 Toyota Cami, fully loaded, flair kit, mag, CD, etc. $1.6M. Tel: 642-6159.

AW2 Vreed-en-Hoop junction, Royal Castle Building, Tel: 621-1576, 254-0373.

 Wagon, remote start, alarm 16" mags, flair kit, CD, excellent condition.

Price $1.45M neg. 626-2884.

 Toyota SV41 Camry in very good condition. Price $875 000 neg. Tel: 644-5931.

 Toyota Alex. Tel. 6257416.

 AT 192 in excellent condition. Interested persons can contact 621-9356.

 loaded new model Bluebird with TV, camera, DVD etc. unregistered. Going cheap - $2.6M neg. 638-9116.

 AT 192, excellent condition, owner leaving country. Call 646-8687, 611-2465.

 Toyota Allion fully equipped, rims, DVD/CD player, TV, remote, alarm, excellent condition etc. Tel: 629-6202.

 AT 192 cars, prices reasonable - Call: 254-0224.

 F 350, food truck, glass cases and food warmers installed. No reasonable offer refused. 612-9999.

 model 212 Carina, 20 months old, HC series $1.4M neg.

Tel: 227-5724, 651-9785, Tel: Mrs Singh.  Toyota Avensis and Toyota Allion, both in immaculate condition. Tel: 233-2939, 6865158, 689-5802.  Hiace Super Custom bus, BSS series, AC, TV, CD, sunroof, mags. Never worked on the road.

Tel: 677-8359.  RZ route 48 BLL $1M neg. 647-0834, 219-2966. Serious enquiries only from 07:00hrs to 17:00hrs.   in excellent condition.

Fully loaded deck, mags etc. Owner leaving country. Call 220-7378, 627-6645.  Suzuki Grand Vitara, excellent condition, bought brand new. First owner. Must be sold. 6002689, 254-0048.  Minibus, long base, BLL series in excellent condition, with mags, CD players, EFI etc. Contact 686-9516, 270-4098.

 AE100 Corolla car AC, mag rims, alarm, CD player, good condition. You will love it.

Asking $775 000 neg. - 6261170.  Toyota 2000 model Rav 4, PKK series in good working condition. Call 621-7859 for more information.  Ipsum 7-seater, great condition, PNN low mileage. Priced to sell. Call 2194081, 623-1763.   : Allion, Spacio, Carina 212, Bluebird, IST, Ractis. Free full coverage insurance. Tel: 6964659.  AE 91 Corolla with (212) engine automatic $400 000 neg. Tel: 668-6455, Owner migrating. CRV (2003, PNN series) alarm, AC, CD, TV, radio, back camera, tyre and spoiler. Excellent condition 609-5963.  MJ truck with winch, no canvas/jumbo types unused $4.5M negotiable terms payments available. Call 6271159, 688-4270.             the best used Toyota Fielder wagon now! At a price you will be happy to pay. Call 600-0305 or 685-7734 today.

Don't wait another moment.  DAF 75 double axle with hiab, new tray, 16 000 miles, immaculate condition, no reasonable offer refused 6129999.   6, leather seats, alloy wheels, newly repainted, excellent condition.

No reasonable offer refused.

612-9999.  set off road vehicles (Jeep) with another as spare.

Four new BF Goodrich tyres and good with fuel consumption.

Terms available Tel: 641-8647.  System 200w and 300 w panel package, DC lighting kits, solar system with ac 110v outlets, batteries included. 693-1752, 226-7742.    Ta c o m a u n registered $3M, Honda CRV $2M, Kawasaki Ninja 600cc, Suzuki Marauder 250cc.

Both bikes - $1.1M - 2231885, 642-3722.

     A U TO S A L E : Prices down on vehicles, 2003 Raum, body kit $2.3M, 2003 Noah $3.2M Noah, B series $1.8M, 2003 Allion body kit Navi TV $2.35M, 2003 Premio Navi/TV $2.45M, 2004 Spacio, mag rims $2.35M. Pre-orders available, lowest prices. Contact 624-5617.  hard-to-get vehicle parts including windscreen, computer box, doors, lights, engines, front half, back half, mirrors,window screen for all types of vehicles, spoiler, door visors, mud-flap for 2002 Rav-4, etc for Toyota, N i s s a n , B M W, M e r cedes, Mitsubishi, Honda Isuzu, Fuzo, etc. at unbeatable prices. Contact Tel. 645-7800 , 0 0 1 - 5 9 7 866-6358.  Nissan Frontier 4x4, immaculate condition, fully equ i p p e d w i t h o f f - r o a d s u s pe nsion, winch, snorkel, bumper, hunting and fishing rack and mud terrain tyres. Contact: 227-4856, 685-8153.  Ford F150, double cab, brush bar, side step rails, 90 000 miles, 2WD, excellent condition $1.9M. Contact Oma at 2272880, 650-1391. Serious enq u i r i e s o n l y.  Auto Sales, Lot 2 George Street, Werk-enRust. We buy/sell used vehicles, we also trade-in yours f o r a n o t h e r, R Z b u s e s , a l l models of pick-ups, Premio, A l l i o n , 2 1 2 C a r i n a , AT 1 9 2 Carina wagon and many othe r s . Te l : 2 3 1 - 3 6 9 0 , 6 4 9 0329 (David).  H2, (view BEST BUY AUTO SALE Peter rose st, Queenstown G.T ) 17 million OR best offer, SUT model , 2006, TRANFERABLE, fully powered with leather interior, Dvd Tv sound system, 22" rims with new tires, original rims and tires free, back and from roof led lights, original Gold /Green MUST BE SOLD, 6620844, 639-2000, 225-2503.  -2 TRIDENT cars, 250 CC, 5 speed, 4 doors, Power Window, keyless entry, CD Player, Sunroof, PRR series, must be sold highest offer 38 CUMMINGS AND MIDDLE STREETS, ALBERTWON, GUYANA VARIETY- TEL 639-200, 225-2503, 621-4000.

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SUNDAY CHRONICLE OCTOBER 26, 2014

Federer reaches another Basel final

(REUTERS)-Roger Federer beat Ivo Karlovic to reach the ATP Basel final for the 11th time.

Roger Federer Karlovic fired 33 aces but it was not enough to beat Federer, who reached the tournament final for the ninth year in a row. The 33-yearold, playing in his home tournament which he has won five times, had to save two set points in an 18-point first set tiebreak on his way to a 7-6(8) 3-6 6-3 win. tGoffin broke Coric in the seventh game to

take a 4-3 lead and held his serve to take the first set after the Croat had saved one set point.

Having saved four break points in the opening game of the second set, Coric hit back to level the match, but his 42 unforced errors ultimately cost him and, although he saved three match points, Goffin’s greater experience proved decisive.

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SUNDAY CHRONICLE OCTOBER 26, 2014

Suriname take IGG Tennis crown … Rain washes out play at Diamond

By Leeron Brumell NEW champions for the Inter-Guianas in tennis were crowned late yesterday afternoon, when Suriname came out top over hosts Guyana and French Guiana.

On Friday in Singles play, after 36 matches Suriname led the table with 60 points from 18 wins,

Suriname had nine Doubles victories from yesterday’s action in comparison to Guyana’s seven and French Guiana one.

Seventeen matches were contested on another rain-marred day which saw all matches moved to the City after rain washed out play at the Guyana Bank for Trade and Industry (GBTI) Diamond, East

to an hour and despite a mopping-up exercise, the rains had the final say, as around lunch, the decision was taken to discontinue matches on the water-logged courts.

The ladies were then shuttled into Georgetown where they contested their matches at the GBTI Bel Air courts, even as the Boys’ matches were under way

between Guyana’s Khalif Gobin and Daniel Lopes and the Suriname pair of Dani Samson and Joshio Lor, which the visitors won.

Unlike the Girls’ U-18 match that was played simultaneously between Guyana and Suriname, there were no long rallies from the boys.

There were some aces, a few slams here and there,

The animated Lopes was the more active of the Guyanese on the court, grunting and flicking his racquet into the air a few times. Power-hitter Gobin, was, by contrast more composed, though they shared a few fist pounds and smiles on the court.

On court two, Nicola Ramdyan and Aretta Dey found the going tough as

come out of their rut.

The final female match, completed after the lights were switched on, featured Guyana’s Afruica Gentle and the diminutive Shivanie Persaud – some would say an odd combo, given their glaring physical attributes, but they gave Guyana something to cheer about as they defeated Suriname to bring the

The victorious Surinamese team pose with their medals and championship trophy.

Afruica Gentle makes a powerful return in U-14 play while Shivanie Persaud looks on.

followed by Guyana with 16 wins (54 points) and French Guiana third with two wins (45 points) and up to press time, while the final points tally was unavailable,

crafty and nifty ways of picking up points for both teams, but the Guyanese were perhaps guilty of being overconfident and at times complacent.

Bank Demerara-based courts.

As happened on Friday, the rain clouds rolled over with a heavy shower that suspended play for close

at the private residence of Harry Panday, also in Bel Air. Chronicle Sport picked up the final Boys’ Doubles match, an Under-18 fixture,

they too lost to Suriname.

Their rhythm and timing seemed off and even with the urging from the home crowd and coach Shelly Ann Ramdyhan, they could not

curtain down on the day tournament.

It was the first in three decades international tennis played in Guyana.

twotime that was

‘Guyana Softball Cup 4’ set for this weekend

... DCC to host final THE GUYANA FLOODLIGHT Softball Cricket Association’s (GFSCA) fourth annual three-day International Softball tournament is all set for this weekend at various venues in Georgetown where admission is free.

The final will be played one week from today at the Demerara Cricket Club ground on Lance Gibbs Street, Queenstown, where admission is $500.

A total of twenty-six

(26) teams are taking part in two categories, Male Open and Male Masters, with six teams coming from New York, three from Florida, two from Canada and the rest are from Essequibo, Berbice and Demerara.

Twelve teams will do battle for the Male Open.

They are: New York Softball Cricket League All Stars, South Florida Softball Premier League, Dant X1Canada, Cotton Field Wild Oats, Parika Defenders All Stars, Wolf Warriors,

Regal Stationery, Karibee Boys, Corriverton, Petama Enterprise, Farm X1 and Uprisers.

Fourteen teams for the Male Masters are: Floodlights, Brooklyn/ Queens, East Coast Masters, New York Better Hope, New York President X1, New York Sea View, New York Softball Cricket League Legends, Ontario Softball International, Parika Defenders, Regal Masters, South Florida Softball League, Orlando Florida, Mike’s Wellman, and Savage.

Champion team for the

Open category will receive $800 000 and a trophy, runners-up $200 000 and trophy, player-of-the-final will receive a trophy and player-of-the-series one softball bracelet (gold with diamond stud).

Champion team in the Male Masters category will receive winning trophy and $600 000, runners-up will cart off $150 000 and trophy, while the player-of-the-final and the player-of-the-series will each receive a trophy and softball bracelet (gold with diamond stud).

There will also be plaques for special performances,

such as centuries scored and five-wicket hauls during the preliminary stages of the tournament, which is an annual affair and promises to be exciting once again.

In addition to the prizes mentioned above, two spectators stand a chance to win a return ticket each to Aruba, while there will be hampers up for grabs, with spectators being asked to keep their half-ticket and listen for the number to be called.

There will also be many giveaways, 71 Sounds System will be there, along with Tassa drummers to

entertain the spectators at intervals.

Grounds where matches are to be played on Friday and Saturday are: GCC Bourda, Everest, Police Eve Leary, DCC, Malteenoes, MYO, and Ogle.

The tournament is being sponsored by Stag Beer, Guyana Telephone and Telegraph Company, RUBiS Guyana, Trophy Stall, Survival, Steve’s Jewellery, Clear Waters, Busta Soft Drink, Rohan Auto Spares, A & R Jewanram Printery, and W. J. Enterprise.

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SUNDAY CHRONICLE OCTOBER 26, 2014

Crisis in Caribbean sports Shakib returns with a bang governance, says Sir Hilary BRIDGETOWN, Barbados (CMC) – Principal of the UWI Cave Hill Campus, Professor Sir Hilary Beckles, says there is a crisis in sports governance in the Caribbean which has the potential to detract from the quality performances being exhibited by regional athletes.

While not making specific reference to any sport, Sir Hilary said that such crises also served to portray the Caribbean negatively, and pointed to the need for administrators to be as fully equipped as the athletes they governed.

“We believe that the development of the human resources required for the administration of sport is as important as the provisions we make to enable sports men and women to perform well on the field,” Sir Hilary said at the Soccerex Americas Forum staged here this week.

“Around the world as you can see we’re having tremendous challenges in sports management, we’re having challenges in sports governance.

“In our Caribbean world we have reason to be concerned because while it is true that we have some of the finest sportsmen and sportswomen in the world, it is quite evident to everyone that our governance and our administration, they do have a long way to go.”

He continued: “And we cannot persist in an environment in which,

Sir Hilary Beckles surrounded by excellence on the field, we are surrounded by crises one after the next in the areas of administration and governance. It diminishes the quality of what we do and it places the Caribbean in a negative light.”

Sir Hilary’s comments come against the backdrop of the most recent crisis in West Indies cricket that resulted in the one-day team aborting their tour of India over a pay and contracts dispute with players’ union, WIPA. The leading academic, who has written extensively on the game, is a former West Indies Cricket Board director.

He said UWI served as a key institution in helping to develop not only athletes but the framework for good leadership and governance.

“Our belief at the university is that we have a role to play in assisting all of the sporting disciplines with the development of their skills as well as their management, their thinking, their strategies as well as the comprehension of the wider mission of their enterprise,” Sir Hilary contended.

On Tuesday, UWI Cave Hill Campus signed a historic Memorandum of Understanding with CONCACAF, the continental governing body for football in North, Central America and the Caribbean.

And Sir Hilary said UWI also hoped to play its role in developing the sport in the same way it had helped to shape the development of cricket.

“We have done some very good work in the area of building a high performance centre for the cricketing discipline,” he said.

“It is our plan to develop a high performance centre for soccer to enable this discipline to reach its full potential within the Caribbean context.”

He added: “What we have done so successfully in the area of cricket, we do hope we can do in soccer. That would be a magnificent recognition of putting our full support behind the soccer enterprise.”

GHB selects final 16 for CAC women’s hockey c/ship THE GUYANA Hockey Board on Thursday selected the final 16 female players to represent Guyana at the 2014 Central American and Caribbean (CAC) Games to be held in Vera Cruz, Mexico from November 15 to 23.

According to a GHB release, the team having been in training for several months was trimmed after extensive training sessions, held at the Georgetown Cricket Club ground, and of the 16 players named, six are overseasbased players, four of whom are temporarily residing to pursue their studies while the other two live overseas.

The 10 players who reside here, along with six reserve players, have been training five days a week under the guidance of coaches Philip Fernandes and Peter De Groot.

The locals will open their bid for a medal at this year’s games against the Domini-

GHB ladies (second and third left) take on their male counterparts during one of their training sessions leading up to the CAC Women’s Hockey Championship, scheduled for Mexico next month. can Republic on November midfield build-ups versus 15 at noon, Guyana time, the Dominican’s long range and this will be the first time passing game. that the Guyanese will face The Dominicans were the Dominican Republic in semi-finalists at the last an international competition CAC games four years ago and should prove to exhibit in Puerto Rico, finishing in an interesting contrast of 4th position while Guyana styles between the Guyanese finished in 6th.

Along with Guyana and the Dominican Republic, Bermuda and defending champions Trinidad and Tobago find themselves in Group B and Guyana are scheduled to meet Trinidad and Tobago in their second match of the competition on November 17 and complete their pool round, two days later against Bermuda.

Hosts Mexico and Cuba are expected to be the top contenders in Group A which also includes Barbados and Jamaica.

Those selected to the final team are: Alysa Xavier (GK), Ulrica Sutherland, Ashley DeGroot, Tiffany Solomon, Maria Munroe, Trisha Woodroffe, Aliyah Gordon, Marzana Fiedtkou, Leigh Sandison, Gabriella Xavier, Kerensa Fernandes, Chantelle Wales, Samantha Fernandes, Shebiki Baptiste, Tekeisha Deleon and Princessa Wilkie.

SHAKIB AL HASAN returned to the Bangladesh team with a bang by claiming six wickets to help bowl out Zimbabwe for 240 on day one of the first Test in Mirpur.

The controversial allrounder was banned by his own cricket board in July after it criticised his attitude, but proved his worth with figures of six for 59 as he ripped through the Zimbabwe tail and at the close, the hosts reached 27 for one, trailing by 213.

Sikandar Raza was the pick of the Zimbabwe

batsmen with 51, including six fours, but the day belonged to Shakib.

The left-arm spinner’s first victim was Hamilton Masakadza for 13, skying a shot to Jubair Hossain at mid-off, and, when Hossain himself removed Raza, the tourists were 128 for four.

Shakib then seized control, dismissing Elton Chigumbura (29), Regis Chakabva (25), John Nyumbu (14), Tinashe Panyangara (eight) and Tafadzwa Kamungozi (five) and in reply, Tamim Iqbal was the man out for Bangladesh for five.

Pakistan turn the screws

Younis Khan PAKISTAN will push for victory on the final day of the first Test against Australia after seizing a stranglehold on the match in Dubai.

Centuries from Ahmed Shehzad and Younis Khan - the latter following up 106 in his first innings with 103 not out - were followed by an Australian batting collapse before the close.

Having established a first-innings lead of 151 on Friday, which they pushed to 189 with 10 wickets standing by the close, Pakistan returned yesterday with the aim of batting Australia out of the game.

They executed their plan with deadly precision, declaring on 286 for two to set Australia a 438-run winning target.

It would set a world record for a fourth-innings Test run chase were Australia to get there, but by the close they were in disarray on 59 for four, undone by spinners Zulfiqar Babar and Yasir Shah and 379 runs shy of their target.

Warner, fresh from making 133 in Australia’s first innings, had typically started his innings at a whirlwind pace.

Yet he came unstuck on 29, stumped by Sarfraz Ahmed off Babar after

dashing down the pitch and being deceived by the flight of the ball and five deliveries later, Babar had his second victim, pinning new batsman Doolan lbw to leave Australia 44 for two.

A precarious position became crisis point when Shah struck twice in the 17th over, the legspinner earning leg-before decisions against captain Clarke and Lyon.

Opener Chris Rogers survived the chaos to reach 23 not out by the close, but Australian hopes of taking any reward from the first match in the two-Test series were looking bleak.

It was a day for Shehzad to fondly remember, with the 22-year-old in his sixth Test bringing up his second century at this level, reaching 131 before falling to Steve O’Keefe.

Shehzad and Younis had put on 168 for the second wicket after Azhar Ali fell for 30, also to O’Keefe, in the morning session.

For Younis this match marks the first time the 36-year-old has made twin centuries in a Test.

He had gone close before, perhaps most notably in Bangalore nine years ago when his 267 and 84 not out spurred Pakistan to an emphatic win over India.

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Fudadin hundred glosses over batting collapse

Assad Fudadin strikes his fourth first-class hundred MORATUWA, Sri Lanka (CMC) – Opener Assad Fudadin struck his fourth first-class hundred but West Indies A’s batting woes continued on the opening day of the third and final four-day ‘Test’ here yesterday.

The left-handed Guyanese made 103 while his partner, Test opener Kraigg Brathwaite, weighed in with 75, as the visitors finished the day on 239 for six at the Tyronne Fernando Stadium.

Fudadin and Brathwaite put on 137 for the first wicket as Windies A cruised at 149 for one but the Caribbean side

suffered a dramatic collapse, losing five wickets for 41 runs.

The slide was stemmed by a 41-run, sixth-wicket stand between Fudadin and wicketkeeper Chadwick Walton who was unbeaten on 16 at the close.

He was partnered by captain Carlos Brathwaite who was not out on 18 as off-spinner Tharindu Kaushal picked up five for 94.

Opting to bat first, West Indies A were given a strong start by Fudadin and Brathwaite as Sri Lanka A’s bowlers found themselves frustrated.

Fudadin, who has played three Tests, faced 187 balls and counted 11 fours while Brathwaite was positive in his stroke-play, striking seven fours off 119 deliveries.

Once Brathwaite became Kaushal’s first wicket, however, wickets tumbled steadily with Test player Jermaine Blackwood (7), Jonathan Carter (2) and Andre Fletcher (0) all perishing cheaply.

Fudadin propped up the innings before becoming the final wicket of the day, caught and bowled to give Kaushal his five-wicket haul.

GCA/NOBLE HOUSE SEAFOODS

DCC, PSC locked in battle for first-innings honours

By Calvin Roberts HOSTS DEMERARA Cricket Club (DCC) and Police Sports Club (PSC) were locked in battle for first-innings points at the end of the first day of their Georgetown Cricket Association/Noble House Seafoods second division two-day semifinal which is being played at the DCC ground in Queenstown.

After winning the toss and opting to field first, DCC restricted PSC to 172 for 6 at lunch before a belligerent 48 from Darson LaRose that was decorated with five sixes, pushed PSC to 250 all out off 66.2 overs after the lunch interval.

In reply, Shurfane Rutherford (48) and Raymond Perez added 64 for the first wicket before they were both dismissed

by Vishal Jaigobin, as DCC reached 94 for 2 off 28 overs at the close of play, still needing 157 more for first-innings points.

When PSC batted, they quickly lost Troy Benn (1) who was caught at the wicket by Tevin Imloch off Rutherford, before Brentnol Woolford and Pernell London added 46 for the second wicket. Woolford was then caught

by Lyndon Lyght off Yenkini Favorite for 18 that included four fours.

Favorite placed himself on a hat-trick when he sent back Kord Griffith (0) first ball to leave PSC on 47 for 3, but Sheldon Agard avoided the hat-trick adding 25 for the

fourth wicket with London, before national Under-15 left-arm spinner Ashmead Nedd removed Griffith at 72 for 4.

London was next to go, lbw to the veteran Dennis Squires for 42 (6x4, 1x6) at 96 for 5, at which point Kelvin Leitch who made 36 (3x4, 1x6) and Rawle Enmore 40 (4x4, 1x6) added 61 for the sixth wicket, before Leitch was run-out at 161 for 6.

After lunch, PSC lost Jason McAlmont (1), Enmore and Jaigobin (0) to be 174 for 9, but LaRose, displaying a never-saydie attitude, in partnership with Richard Leacock (19*, 2x4; 1x6) added 76 valuable runs for the 10 wicket to push PSC to 250, before LaRose was run-out.

Favorite finished with 3 for 36 and Lyght 2 for 45 for DCC, who watched as Rutherford tore into PSC attack, hitting LaRose over midwicket for 6, followed by another massive six over backward square leg, which was preceded by a crisp extra cover drive.

However, in his attempt to hit Jaigobin over long on, he found the safe hands of Griffith after counting six fours and two sixes in his 48 and was followed seven runs later by Perez who was lbw to Jaigobin for 24, which included three well timed fours.

At the close of play, Imloch was unbeaten on 14 (3x4) and with him was Andrew Gibson, who looked solid for his unbeaten 12 (2x4), as DCC are 157 runs away from taking first-innings points and earning themselves a place in the final.

Real Madrid come from behind to beat Barcelona in Clasico classic

By Graham Ruthven LUIS SUAREZ’S return to football ended in defeat as Real Madrid claimed victory over Barcelona in the first Clasico of the season yesterday.

The Uruguayan made his first competitive appearance following his four-month ban from the sport for biting Giorgio Chiellini at the World Cup, with Luis Enrique handing the striker a place in the starting line-up.

However, he failed to make an impact as Los Blancos blew away their Catalan rivals with an astonishing display of pacy, counter-attacking football at the Bernabeu.

The result means that Carlo Ancelotti’s side have closed the gap on Barca to just a

single point at the top of the Spanish Liga table, completing an impressive week for Real following their Champions League win over Liverpool on Wednesday.

Neymar had given the visitors an early lead with a well-taken finish, only for Cristiano Ronaldo to net from the spot after a blatant handball by Gerard Pique.

Pepe then gave Real the lead five minutes into the second half, with Karim Benzema adding a third just after the hour mark, finishing off a rapid counterattacking move with a sweet finish off the inside of the post.

Suarez was withdrawn with 20 minutes left, as Real Madrid claimed a crucial victory in their efforts to secure a first Liga title in three years.

12th South American 10km on today … Pascal not competing

By Leeron Brumell A TOTAL OF 90 athletes will take to the road today for the 12th annual South American 10km Road Race Classic, with the money category – the male open division – having 32 entrants and exactly half the number for the females.

There are 11 junior athletes, 26 male masters in the 40 to 55 years and 56 yearsand-over classes along with five Women Masters.

Guyana’s hope for male success rests squarely on the shoulders of the defending champion Cleveland Forde while in the female department, overseas-based Euleen Josiah-Tanner has the task of securing a podium finish.

Josiah-Tanner did not complete the course last year. Alika Morgan, a former junior national long distance champion and no stranger to the South American 10km, is set to challenge Josiah-Tanner for supremacy in the absence of last year’s champion Kenisha Pascal.

Pascal of Grenada is unable to make today’s race, but here seeking to recapture the 2012 crown she did not defend last year, is Trinidadian Tonya Nero, who opted to contest this event and forego the defence of her University of the West Indies HalfMarathon crown.

With Nero is Jenelle Nedd who is no stranger to the SA 10km along with Richard Jones who is eager to rekindle his rivalry with Forde, after finishing second to the man known to Guyanese as ‘The Little Kenyan’, in the 2012 event, even as the Suriname duo Clifton Betje and ILsida Toemere pose a threat.

Forde’s fitness is a bit of a worry for Guyana, as he is still recovering from an illness but up to press time last night, he was still registered to run.

If a new course record will be set

Cleveland Forde today, it remains to be seen, as the fastest times for the South American 10km here were both set by Brazilians with Romalo DaSilva clocking 30 mins 31 seconds in the 2003 event and one year later Selma Dos Reis clocked 36 mins 56 secs to take the female category.

The race starts just outside GT&T’s earth station on Carifesta Avenue, proceeds east along the Rupert Craig Highway and turns at the University of Guyana traffic lights (Turkeyen). The athletes then make their way west down the highway, to the Kitty Public Road, to Vlissengen Road, to Thomas Lands and into the National Park for the finish in the vicinity of the children’s monument.

As in previous years, the course will be closed to vehicular traffic in time for a 15:30hrs start and president of the Athletics Association, Aubrey Hutson, told Chronicle Sport that he was satisfied with the logistical aspect of the race. The foreign athletes were given a ‘run’ of the course yesterday.

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2014 GABA OPEN C’SHIPS

Singh, Allicock and Rhon Smith victorious on opening night … ‘Biggy’ Small makes debut appearance

By Calvin Roberts NANDKUMAR ‘Real Coolie Bully’ Singh, Keeve Allicock and Rhon Smith were all impressive in their opening night wins, when action in this year’s Guyana Amateur Boxing Association (GABA) Open Championships punched off at California Square, East Ruimveldt centre last Friday night.

Nandkumar Singh, who was making a return to the ring after a long layoff for reasons unknown and was representing the Republican Gym, looked rusty but managed to eke out a split decision victory over a game Rupert Gillis of the Guyana Defence Force (GDF) in a 60kg contest.

Keeve Allicock displayed great hand-speed and showmanship with his legs to rebound from a second-round knockdown and chalk up a split decision win over Enoch John of the GDF, while Rhon Smith, a former member of the GDF unit, fought out of the

Forgotten Youth Foundation Gym (FYF) and came away with a split decision win over Clifton Graham of Republican Gym. The night’s action began with Shequancy Wright of Essequibo getting past his gym mate Devon Walcott in a 60-64lb contest, followed

by Leon Moore of Harpy Eagles (HE) defeating Jakeel Cadogan also of Harpy Eagles in a 65-69lb contest, while Isaiah Moore (HE) got past Kevon Mulling (HE) in the 80-84lb class.

Kevin Allicock (HE) then lost to Shaquille Wright of Essequibo in their 100104lb contest, even as Steve DePrado won via walkover after Christopher Smith failed to show up for their 110-114lb clash. Stefan Smith rebounded from a knockdown in the second round to claim a unanimous decision win over Akiel Mounter.

Following a break in proceedings, Singh entered the square jungle to do battle with Gillis and many felt that, based on Singh’s exploits in

Guyana win Male time trial ... Females settle for silver

By Rawle Suriname

Toney

in

AS EXPECTED, Guyana’s male cycling team won gold in the team time trial yesterday in Paramaribo Suriname when the Inter-Guiana Games continued, while their female counterparts had to settle for second place behind the host country.

The team of Akeem Arthur, Kravitz Jeffrey, Shaquel Agard and Alonzo Ambrose finished the 10K course clocking 12 minutes 53 seconds, with French Guiana 21 seconds adrift of the Guyanese in second place while Suriname were third in a time of 13 minutes 59 seconds.

National cycling coach Hassan Mohamed ahead

of yesterday’s time trial had told Chronicle Sport that the Guyana team is equipped with some of the best junior cyclists in the Caribbean and as such he expected nothing but victory in Suriname.

However, Mohamed was sceptical about the female’s chances and the long-standing national cycling coach was spot on, since the pair of Toshawna Doris and Ronella Samuels rode 10 minutes seven seconds to come in behind Suriname (nine minutes 35 seconds).

Guyana’s male team are confident ahead of today’s road race which gets on the way at 09:00hrs while the women are seeking redemption following yesterday’s disappointing run.

the past, Gillis had bitten off more than he can chew, but the pugilist who was fighting out of the GDF Gym, with GABA Technical Director Terrence Poole in his corner, proved otherwise.

the spectators he was not afraid of his more illustrious opponent, jabbing and punching at will, keeping Singh on the defensive even though he showed signs of tiring late in the first round.

Forgotten Youth Foundation’s Stefan Smith (black trunks) keeps his guard up and eyes focused on an attacking Akiel Mounter of Essequibo, during their clash last Friday night.

He threw down the gauntlet to Singh from early in the first stanza and showed

In the second stanza, a wild right from nowhere sent Singh to the canvas,

Suriname overpower Guyana in badminton

By Rawle Suriname

Toney

in

GUYANA’S badminton team, playing in their first InterGuiana Games (IGG) championship, lost 2-3 to Suriname on the opening day of the tournament at the KNTS- Chinese Sporthal yesterday.

Having won the Mixed Doubles, Suriname went on to win the Girls’ Singles and Doubles while Guyana won the Boys’ Singles and Doubles events.

Despite suffering from a neck strain, Guyana captain Narayan Ramdhani defeated Alrick Toney of Suriname 21-16, 21-14 to give his country the start they needed.

But Narayan’s sister Priyanna was no match

Suriname’s Rugshaae Ishack who defeated her to 21-12, 21-12 in the Girls’ Singles.

Ramdhani (Narayan) and Jonathon Mangra partnered in Guyana’s 21-13, 21-12 victory over Suriname’s Kevin Lou and Patrick Vigilandzoon in the Boys’ Doubles.

Ambika Ramraj and Krystal Peters were the pair who did battle in the game against Suriname in the Girls’ Doubles. The Dutch duo of Shemara Windveld and Santusha Ramzan made light work of the Guyanese and won 12-21, 5-21.

Meanwhile, with French Guiana not competing in badminton this year, Guyana and Suriname will go headto-head again today at the same venue from 10:00hrs.

but he quickly got up, took the eight-count that was administered by the referee then unleashed several punches to the body and head of Gillis during the remaining rounds on his way to the win.

After such a humdinger, Keeve Allicock took the ring to face John and certainly, if the elder Allicock sticks to the fistic sport and remains disciplined, Guyana would have another world champion, since his display last Friday night was worthy of world championship material before long.

His hand speed was so rapid that John got hit before he knew what was happening on more than one occasion, with Keeve Allicock dishing out an Andrew ‘Six Head’ Lewis-like jab and hook to the face and chin of his man in one motion, doing so repeatedly during the first round.

A bit of complacency saw John land one of his own during the second round, sending his man to the canvas, but with the same speed he went down, Keeve Allicock was up, took the count and made John pay for such a shot, taking the nod on all three judges’ card.

John also received of an eight-count, as Keeve Allicock, who lost two points for excessive holding, went in search of those points, handing John another eightcount in the final stanza

before claiming the win.

If Clifton Graham had listened attentively to the words of his coach Wincell Thomas, he would have been the victorious pugilist at the end of his 69kg contest with Rhon Smith, but he refused to adhere to instructions, chose to relax and allow the more seasoned Smith to come to him - big mistake.

There is an old saying in the fistic sport, ‘hard cuff don’t have manners’ and certainly Graham must have experienced such, for when he had Smith in a corner to put away, the bombs which were seen from a distance, landed perfectly and shook him up, even from a tiredlooking Smith, who waltzed away with the victory via split decision.

The final bout of the night was a one sided affair from the opening bell and only lasted 1min: 30 secs as Glenroy Smith used several combinations to the body and head of Linden Daniels, forcing the referee to stop the contest in the first stanza.

The action continued last night at the same venue, where USA-based Guyanese Quincy ‘Biggy’ Small, the younger brother of Wayne ‘Big Truck’ Brathwaite was set to make his debut on local soil in the super heavyweight division, while the curtain comes down on the championships tonight.

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Samuels opts out as players retain lawyers for CBA battle

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad (CMC) – West Indies players who controversially abandoned the tour of India last week have retained legal counsel as they prepare to tackle the contentious Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA) signed by their union, WIPA. But while several other players who did not tour India were also seeking legal advice on the issue, batsman Marlon Samuels has opted not to pursue this course of action along with his teammates.

This was confirmed in a release on Friday by one-day captain Dwayne Bravo, who is also acting as a spokesman for the aggrieved players.

Samuels said earlier this week he was not supportive

of the decision to abandon the tour and had hardly attended any of the players’ meetings on the troubled tour.

However, Bravo rebutted Samuels’ claims, contending the Jamaican right-hander was a vocal part of the meetings held.

“I note the comments attributed to Mr Marlon Samuels from media reports and wish to state that Mr Samuels was invited to and did attend the majority of meetings with the players on tour,” Bravo said.

“We extended an invitation to Mr Marlon Samuels with the full knowledge that he is not a member of WIPA but was an interested party. Mr Samuels contributed vigorously to the discussions held and

Marlon Samuels indicated clearly, at that time, that he would stand with any decision taken by the team.

“I am therefore shocked to see the statements, if true,

that have been attributed to Mr Samuels.”

Bravo stressed that while he had undertaken the role of spokesman for the players, all correspondence during that period had been issued with the full backing of the players.

The senior all-rounder said the playing group had been boosted by the widespread support they had received, though they had also received criticism in some quarters.

“We recognise that a few have attempted to put the blame squarely

on the players without the full knowledge of the facts. This is regrettable since a few persons are making statements without knowing all the relevant facts. In time we believe all the facts will come to light,” Bravo said.

“We do not wish to make any further statements on this matter since the players on tour (except Mr Samuels) with some additional players who did not tour India have appointed Counsel to represent them in this matter.

“We look forward to a speedy resolution and that

our concerns and that of all players, including the first class players, are addressed in a satisfactory and timely manner.”

Bravo and the Windies team pulled out of the oneday tour of India last week following the fourth ODI in Dharamsala, after failing to resolve a pay and contracts dispute with WIPA. They refused to play the fifth match in Kolkata, the Twenty20 in Cuttack and also scuppered the three-Test series that had been scheduled to bowl off October 30.

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Singh, Allicock and Rhon Smith victorious on opening night See story on page 30

Scenes from IGG Games in Suriname See story on page 30

Guyana’s Ambika Ramraj and Krystal Peters and Shemara Windveld and Santusha Ramzan of Suriname doing battle yesterday. (Rawle Toney photo)

Kravitz Jeffrey (right) leads Alonzo Ambrose and Akeem Arthur (hidden in picture) during their time trial event yesterday in Suriname. (Rawle Toney photo)

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