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GUYANA No. 103833

TUESDAY MAY 20, 2014

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‘We’re down to the wire’

- Teixeira

PRISON ESCAPEE SHOT DEAD

24-yr-old Mother dies

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three days after delivering

baby boy

‘SHOT DEAD’: Vickram Persaud

‘FUGITIVES ON THE RUN’: Randolph Marks and Keron Cummings

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- hunt on for two other dangerous prisoners who escaped from court lockups

Dead: Marissa Lagoudoue

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Troy Resources Ltd launches US$77M Karouni Gold Project … to provide over 600 jobs for Guyanese Page 8

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Farmer narrowly escapes death as he fetches plantains with a labaria JUNIOR Colin Steven, a farmer of Somerset and Berks on the Essequibo Coast, is thanking God for saving his life after he unknowingly fetched a large labaria in a bunch of plantains on his shoulders Saturday.

According to Steven, he went to his farm at Cozier and cut a large bunch of plantains and while fetching it out on his shoulders to the public road, some two miles away, he stopped for a rest near the Somerset and Berks sluice. As he put down the plantains, he was shocked to see the large poisonous snake coiled up among the fruit.

The farmer said the snake looked as if it had just swallowed a small animal. He realised that if the reptile had struck him he would have died.

The father of three young children said he killed the snake.

(Rajendra Prabhulall in Essequibo)

Guyana Sickle Cell Assn, Sonia Noel Foundation launch Logo Competition

By Alex Wayne IN KEEPING WITH observances of the International Day for Sickle Cell Awareness, the Guyana Sickle Cell Association (GSCA) and the Sonia Noel Foundation for the Creative Arts (SNFCA) would like to invite the general public to participate in the Logo Competition for the GSCA. It’s simple; here’s how it works: Come up with a concept, design and tagline for the Guyana Sickle Cell Association, ensuring that it reflects the mission and aim of the GSCA; then submit the original and copy, on both paper and digitally, to 176 Barr Street, Kitty, in care of the SNFCA. Digital copies can be sent to guyananurses@gmail.com or sonianoelfca@gmail.com The selected winner will be chosen based on the set criteria, which include creativity, originality, relevance, and appeal. The name of that person would be announced publicly, and he/she would be contacted to participate in the events of the week of observances, besides receiving a day trip for two to the exotic Baganara Island Resort, and have his/her designs displayed on T-Shirts for the Charity Walk on June 21, as well as at the Style Mission Fashion Show at the Pegasus.

The deadline for submission of entries is June 02, 2014.

The charity event, ‘Style Mission’, to raise funds for the Sickle Cell Association, is slated for June 21, 2014 at the Pegasus Hotel. A ticket to the event costs $3000 and will be on sale at the Pegasus Hotel and at Sonia Noel Designs in Barr Street, Kitty, Georgetown.

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Opposition politicising Berbice River Bridge in attempt to chase investors - Rohee says Opposition’s Bridge motion intent to portray PPP as heartless

By Telesha Ramnarine

THE real objective of the motion passed by the political Opposition in Parliament last Wednesday, to have the Berbice River Bridge tolls reduced, is to put Berbicians against the People’s Progressive Party (PPP) and negatively impact on investors’ confidence and their willingness to conduct business here.

Mr. Clement Rohee, PPP General Secretary and Home Affairs Minister Making the charge yesterday, PPP General Secretary and Home Affairs Minister, Clement Rohee added that the intent is to portray the party as heartless and inconsiderate.

He told PPP’s weekly press conference at the party’s Freedom House headquarters in Robb Street, Georgetown: “That’s the whole name of the game.”

“This thing about rates and fees and tolls is absolute nonsense. That is not the issue. The issue is to make the PPP look bad in the eyes of those residents who the PPP claim is its stronghold supporters. We have absolute confidence that the Berbicians will unmask the enemy, see the wolves in sheep clothing who are coming to pretend they are friends of Berbicians,” said Rohee.

Numerous projects implemented over the years are as a result of a combination of Guyana’s economic resources, assistance through loans/grants from international agencies and the encouragement of Public/ Private Sector Partnership,

among others.

The economic resources the country has been able to make available for these development projects was a result of “prudent management” with the well-being of Guyanese foremost in mind, Rohee stated.

MONUMENTAL TASKS “The loans/grants and the partnership with the Private Sector have been effected from the confidence investors have in Guyana. The enabling economic environment and investors’ confidence were monumental tasks to achieve given the

standard of living Guyanese now experience.

“It is in this context that our party believes that the attempt by the Opposition to impose itself on the operations of the Berbice River Bridge would have a negative impact on investors’ confidence and their willingness to conduct business here,” he said.

The minister continued: “This is déjà vu for Guyanese, in terms of the actions of the Opposition, and their actions when they were the dictatorial government for almost three decades.

During their reign of terror in government, many

“This thing about rates and fees and tolls is absolute nonsense. That is not the issue. The issue is to make the PPP look bad in the eyes of those residents who the PPP claim is its stronghold supporters. We have absolute confidence that the Berbicians will unmask the enemy, see the wolves in sheep clothing who are coming to pretend they are friends of Berbicians.” - Minister Clement Rohee ruins our country was left in by the People’s National Congress (PNC) regime and the despondency created both here and overseas,” he said.

Rohee said that Guyana, today, has been lauded by many international agencies and countries for the economic successes and the

investors were forced out and today, under the guise of a new name, the Opposition finds it challenging to curb its propensity to deprive Guyanese of benefits through development. The Opposition clearly does not want to see Guyanese enjoy a better life as was the case when they ruled through

deprivation.”

“The PPP wishes to reiterate that the Berbice River Bridge is a Government/ Private Sector/International Investors project, with specific arrangements which were agreed upon. This arrangement is not unique to Guyana and is a norm in other countries.

REALISED A DREAM “The PPP-led Government, through its vision to bridge the Berbice River, has realised a dream for Guyanese, especially Berbicians.

This has resulted in real time travel by removing the extremely time consuming process of crossing with the ferry.

“It must be noted that during our country’s journey from bankruptcy to prosperity, our own resources would not have been adequate to

meet the demands for development. As such, these Public/Private Sector partnerships became crucial to help deliver the services to which our people are entitled.

“Our Party can only conclude that the action of the Opposition, with regards to the Berbice River Bridge, is viscerally political and intended to chase investors away,” the minister stated.

He said the PPP is hoping Guyanese will remain cognisant that such actions would deprive the country of much needed investments to continue the modernisation and provision of services.

“Without such partnerships, the bridge would not have been realised in the first place. Without investors, jobs would be lost and the economy would contract.

Guyanese would stand to lose.

“We believe that Guyanese, especially Berbicians, are aware of the circumstances regarding the fare structure of the Berbice River Bridge but are also equally aware of the tremendous transformation through time-saving travel which the bridge has facilitated.

“The fare structure is no different for a family crossing with a vehicle when they did with the ferries than now with the convenience of crossing at one’s leisure anytime twenty-four hours a day,” he argued.

“We call on all Guyanese to remain cognisant of the visionary thrust of our government and for their continued support for these transformative projects. Guyana is a better place today and will be a better place in the future as these projects continue to unfold,” Rohee declared.

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Ukraine crisis: No sign of Russia withdrawal, says NATO

(BBC News) NATO and the US say there is no sign of a withdrawal of Russian troops from areas bordering Ukraine.

The Kremlin earlier an-

nounced units in the Rostov, Belgorod and Bryansk areas would return to their permanent bases.

Correspondents say removing some of the esti-

mated 40,000 Russian troops could help de-escalate the Ukraine crisis.

Ukrainian government forces continue to clash with pro-Russia separatists who

Ukrainian troops on the road near Sloviansk in the east

have taken over government buildings in southern and south-eastern Ukraine.

A statement from the Kremlin had said: “In connection with the completion of the planned spring phase of military training... at rang-

es in Rostov, Belgorod and Bryansk regions, [President Vladimir] Putin ordered the defence minister to withdraw the troops that took part in the exercises.”

No indication was given as to troop numbers or a

timetable.

However, NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen said: “Unfortunately, we have not seen any evidence at all that Russia has started withdrawal.

London imam Abu Hamza convicted of U.S. terrorism charges (Reuters) - LONDON imam Abu Hamza alMasri was convicted of terrorism charges in New York on Monday, following a four-week trial that shined a spotlight on the preacher’s controversial anti-Western statements.

After deliberating for less than two days, a jury of eight men and four women found Abu Hamza, 56, guilty on all 11 counts he faced, handing Manhattan U.S. Attorney, Preet Bharara, his second high-profile terrorism conviction in three months.

Abu Hamza could face life in prison when he is sentenced in September.

Prosecutors had charged the one-eyed, handless Abu

Hamza with providing a satellite phone and advice to Yemeni militants who kidnapped Western tourists in 1998, an operation that led to the deaths of four hostages.

Abu Hamza also was accused of dispatching two followers to Oregon to establish a militant training facility and sending an associate to Afghanistan to help al Qaeda and the Taliban.

His lawyers claimed the case relied largely on the incendiary language in his sermons at London’s Finsbury Park mosque, which earned him notoriety as one of Britain’s most prominent radical Islamic voices.

Many of his words were played at trial, including

an interview in which Abu Hamza expressed support for the September 11, 2001, attacks that killed nearly 3,000 people in the United States.

Defense lawyer Joshua Dratel said the relatively quick verdict demonstrated that the jurors reacted emotionally to the inflammatory statements rather than sticking to the evidence.

“This is what we feared, that there would be no deliberations at all, essentially,” he said. “Beliefs are not a crime.” He said he plans to appeal the conviction.

But the jury’s foreman, Howard Bailynson, a 44-year-old Xerox employee, told reporters there was “no doubt” Abu Hamza received a fair trial.

Floods affect over 1 million in Balkans, destruction ‘terrifying’ (Reuters) -BOSNIA said on Monday that more than a quarter of its 4 million people had been affected by the worst floods to hit the Balkans in living memory, comparing the “terrifying” destruction to that of the country’s 1992-95 war.

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The regional death toll reached more than 40, after the heaviest rainfall since records began 120 years ago caused rivers to burst their banks and triggered hundreds of landslides.

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terrifying,” Bosnian Foreign Minister Zlatko Lagumdzija told a news conference.

“The physical destruction is not less than the destruction caused by the war.”

Lagumdzija said more than 100,000 houses and other buildings in Bosnia were no longer fit to use and that over a million people had been cut off from clean water supplies.

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Dozens of Colombian children killed in bus fire ( B B C N e w s ) AT LEAST 32 people, almost all children aged 14 or under, died when a bus caught fire in northern Colombia.

Eighteen passengers and the driver reportedly managed to escape the blaze.

They were returning from an event at an evangelical Christian church near the city of Fundacion, about 750km (465 miles) north of the capital, Bogota.

The co-ordinator of the regional emergency response corps said there was a gasoline canister inside the vehicle which sped up the fire’s spread.

Fear for survivors Maj Eduardo Velez said the fire started after the driver attempted to start the faulty bus by pouring fuel

Police warn that the number of deaths could rise

into the engine, which he accessed through the floor of the cabin.

However, one surviving girl told local media the driver got off the bus “to fill the tank with petrol”.

“The bus was on fire, the

driver ran away to get water and then didn’t come back,” the 11-year-old recalled.

“I broke a window and got my sister out, but I couldn’t save my two brothers,” she said.

Deadly irregularities

Local media said the bus did not have any emergency exits.

Neighbours rushed to the spot and tried to extinguish the flames with sand, but they said the bus burned out “within seconds”.

The bodies of the victims have been taken to the city of Barranquilla for identification, as they were burned beyond recognition.

The mayor of Fundacion, Luz Stella Duran, said that some of those injured were in a “delicate state” and hoped that the number of dead would not rise further.

The driver has been arrested. Prosecutors told Colombian radio station Caracol he did not have a driving licence and his bus had not been through the required inspection.

35 arrested in light theft raids MONTEGO BAY, St James — FOUR foreigners were among 35 persons arrested on the weekend in Western Jamaica as the Jamaica Public Service Company (JPS) continued its crackdown on electric-

ity theft that it insists is robbing it of millions of dollars annually and posing a threat to its viability.

A usually reliable source told the Jamaica Observer that the four foreigners are from the Dominican Re-

public. They are reportedly working here and living in a rented house in Lilliput, St James where most of the arrests were made on Friday.

Marvin Campbell, JPS parish manager for St James and Trelawny, could not confirm

the four men’s nationality.

But he verified that they were among the 35 persons arrested on day one of the operation, which, in addition to Lilliput, saw JPS and police personnel going into Norwood and Whitehouse.

More students to benefit from Breakfast Programme M O N T E G O B AY, S t J a m e s — ARMED with data showing that at least 30 per cent of the nation’s students attend school hungry every day, Education Minister, Ronald Thwaites announced that starting in the coming school year, 70 per cent of early childhood students will begin to benefit from an improved Breakfast Programme.

“I need to tell you we have evidence that over 30 per cent of our children come to school hungry every day. Now, when we face this it is no point just getting angry and

despairing... it’s time to do something about it,” the education minister said at the Annual Child Month Exhibition staged last week by the Child Protection Committee at Cornwall Regional Hospital (CRH) in Montego Bay. Thwaites said the breakfast programme will feed nearly 138,000 children every day. “And for those who can afford, they will be asked to make some payment towards the Breakfast and Lunch Programme,” he added, explaining that $1 billion a year has been allocated to fund the programme.

Brazilian prisoners release 122 hostages

(BBC News) PRISONERS at a maximumsecurity jail in northeastern Brazil have released 122 hostages they had been holding since Saturday in Aracaju, the capital of the state of Sergipe.

Four prison officers and visiting prisoners’ families were taken hostage during a riot on Saturday.

The inmates were demanding a transfer to prisons with better treatment and more flexible visiting hours.

Two prison officers suffered minor injuries during the ordeal.

“The rebellion is over.

The guards and all the

prisoners’ relatives who were inside have been freed,” a spokesman for the state’s justice department told the French news agency AFP after 25 hours of negotiations.

Reports from Brazil say the authorities agreed to some of the prisoners’ demands, and 16 inmates have been transferred to other jails.

The riot began on Saturday morning when inmates in one of the wings managed to make a hole in a wall.

They made it to the visiting room where other inmates were with their families, and took them hostage.

Beetham Landfill on fire again

( Tr i n i d a d G u a r d ian) Fire at the Beetham Landfill lit up the night sky as thick black smoke billowed into the capital city of Port-of-Spain Sunday night. A spokesman at the site said the fire started on the same day an earlier blaze, which started on Friday, was extinguished. Drivers on the nearby Beetham Highway and security personnel and workers at the dump looked on as officers in two national security helicopters monitored from above.

Sunday’s fire oc curred after fires at the same venue affected people and schools in parts of Port-of-Spain for about one week in January this year. An e-mail issued by general manager of sales, marketing and communications at the Solid Waste Management Company (SWMCOL) George Elias said the blaze was detected around 3 pm and was attracting the attention of SWMCOL personnel, who were being assisted by police and the fire services.

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Non-compliance with FATF spells retrogression in socio-economic dynamics

THE determination to rid Guyana of the administration of destruction, oppression and dictatorship gave rise to a national avalanche that eventually swept the PNC out of the corridors of power and installed, for the first time in decades, a constitutionallyelected government in October of 1992.

This was indeed the ‘dawn of a new era’ and a new broom that gradually, miraculously, transformed Guyana in an unparalleled dynamic of social development and economic growth.

This transformation is under threat once again by the very people who took Guyana and Guyanese to subterranean levels of international growth indices before a PPP/C Government took office.

Governing the nation during the last two decades and creating a growth pattern with a consistent upward trajectory has not been an easy proposition for the PPP/C because the PNC, in its new avatar of APNU and its ally, the AFC,

has had a continuum of destructive actions that caused much angst and retrogression in the fortunes of this nation, with many major developmental and job and wealthcreational initiatives being stymied and/or stopped cold by the combined Opposition.

But the country descended into a new low with the new configuration in the National Assembly, which gave the combined Opposition (APNU and AFC) a majority of one seat, and today the ugly head of the PNC is reared to strike once again into the heart of the nation.

Non-compliance with FATF regulations regarding countering of money laundering and terrorism in the world would visit recalcitrant nation states with such punitive ‘blacklisting’ that would take them into semblances of Guyana under PNC administration. Unfortunately, for Guyana, this nation is being held to ransom by a vengeful combined Opposition, which refuses to support the vital

passage of the Anti-Money Laundering and Countering the Financing of Terrorism (AML/ CFT) (Amendment) Bill.

Their power-drunk and vengeful grandstanding has reached a level where their conditions for support of this vital bill has put this nation between the devil and the deep blue sea – that the Government accepts their recommendations for amendments, which will revert Guyana to the days of the draconian rule of the PNC; or else non-support of the bill with a consequential blacklisting by FATF, which will transpose this nation again to a socio-economic landscape and ethos of want, hunger and hopelessness.

The amendment the Opposition proposes seeks to give Police and customs officers the power to seize currency of over $2M (US$10,000) in cash, cheques or value, such as money orders, jewelry, gold, bills of exchange, negotiable instruments, precious metals and gems, et cetera, and arrest persons if it is suspected that it is the proceeds of money laundering.

These officers would also be vested with the powers to invade homes and business places, at any hour, to ransack private spaces for what would then be contraband; as in the good old days of yore under

PNC administration, when almost every householder became a criminal under PNC’s Draconian rule.

One letter-writer to this newspaper, Mr. Roshan Khan, recalled those days of horror thus: “This is madness, as prohibition will cause wholesale smuggling of currencies out of Guyana, due to the reality that people will not have faith in the country and economy, and will wonder if next time the APNU might want to seize any money anywhere. The people of Guyana cannot forget the whole banning of food items, particularly flour and like, which led to an amazing growth of illegal wealth by the smugglers, and the export of cash by every and any means.

“I ask the people of this country if they recall the days when Guyanese under the Burnhamite PNC could not pass the airport with anything more than $25US. The time when fingers were prodded into peoples anuses and even female vaginas. Yes, youths who do not know, under the Burnhamite PNC this happened, and many were imprisoned, as some had to get money out for medicine, a gallon of paint, some building material.”

Mr. Khan continued: “One could not go on a holiday with anything of value, not even a piece of jewelery except the

married ring, and that had to be small. Jewels and monies that were seized were used as bribe in order not to be charged. In the search room people will tell the police or customs officials to keep the money and gold…it was truly a shameful era.

“And many were bribed to get money out, and others with tins of smuggled sardines or corn beef, or a pound of flour, onions or garlic for Government officials’ assistance. During this time Guyana broke, fell on its knees as Guyana became a basket case and the mockery state in the Caribbean. It was a time when women had to sell their bodies in Suriname and Trinidad to bring food stuff to sell in Guyana’s market and feed the nation. Guyanese were in shame everywhere we went. Many slept at airports and wharves.”

Then also the question of the integrity of mandated officers is in doubt, and numerous incidences abound - of monies, jewelry and other items, such as drugs seized by law enforcement and customs officers with only partial, or in some instances non-delivery of these items to designated authorities; the time-consuming, frustrating, expensive process of recovery, most often through the courts by the legitimate owner and/or legal authority will frustrate the process into extinction.

This does not take into consideration the dangers posed to home owners and private entrepreneurs, and among the plethora of instances when bandits pretending to represent a legal entity, force entry into premises then proceed to rob, injure and even kill their victims. One can recall the brutal death of Frank Persaud of Bel Air, who was forced to open his warehouse to bandits posing as Customs officers, only to be killed and robbed. The implications of the Opposition’s to the safety and wellbeing of Guyanese citizens are too horrendous to contemplate.

Alternatively, the Opposition’s non-support of the AML/ CFT (Amendment) Bill would mean blacklisting by FATF, which will consequence, inter alia: developmental and charitable loans and grants drying up; banking internationally will be impossible; money transfers will freeze; many will lose jobs, as industries will close or minimise operations, among other consequences no less deleterious to the national economy and Guyanese welfare and wellbeing. The combined parliamentary Opposition’s grandstanding and blackmail for irrational demands to be met has stymied the passage of the amended Bill which currently sits in a Special Parliamentary Select Committee.

I challenge anyone who disagree with my legal arguments and rationale to test them in the courts I REFER to a letter written by Mr. Vincent Alexander published in the Letter columns of the daily newspapers.

In that letter,Mr. Alexander referred to statements which I made in my 2014 Budget presentation in the National Assembly, regarding the reasons advanced by His Excellency, President Donald Ramotar, for his withholding assent from the Local Government Amendment Bill.

In my presentation, I adumbrated a number of reasons, including, but not limited to the following: 1.

the deletion from the Bill, of several clauses by the Opposition with no corresponding amendments inserted to fill the deficiencies created by those deletions;in the consequence, there are several structural and institutional deficiencies in the architecture of the local government structure which the Bill purports to create;

2. the conferment by the Bill upon the Local Government Commission, created

by Article 78 (A) of the Constitution, with more functional responsibilities than the Constitution itself confers upon this Commission, thereby making those provisions of the Bill ultra-vires the Constitution.

Mr. Alexander, however, omits to make reference to the aforementioned reasons and indeed, cites another ground advanced by me which I will address hereunder, unfortunately, conveying the impression that it is the singular reason proffered by me for the President’s withholding of his assent.

Perhaps, it is convenient that I quote from Mr.

Alexander’s letter: “I am referring to the pronouncement of the Attorney General on May 15 in a local newspaper that there is dissatisfaction with, and consequentially non-assent to, the Local Government (Amendment) Bill,

by President Ramotar because it gives “Executive power to a non-executive body”; and “the Commission by its very nature is not an executive agency but it is a Constitutional autonomous body like the other Constitutional Commissions and cannot be charged with executive responsibilities”.

Mr. Alexander next seeks to justify the conferment upon the Local Government Commission of functional responsibilities, which are executive in nature. To buttress his contention he invokes article 99 (1) of the Constitution. In his words “What was the intention of the Constitution when in Article 99(1) it states that “The Executive authority of Guyana shall be vested in the President….” but immediately goes on to state in Article 99(2) that “Nothing in the article shall prevent Parliament from conferring functions on other persons or authorities other than the President.”

Herein lies the gravamen of Mr. Alexander’s faux pas. He commits the most elementary blunder by confusing “Parliament” with “National Assembly”, thereby, completely ignoring article 55 of the Constitution which provides that “there shall be a Parliament of Guyana, which shall consist of the President and the National Assembly.” It is the National Assembly, (not Parliament but a constituent part thereof) by a majority vote, that is desirous of transferring executive power from the fountain-head of all executive

power, the Executive President and residing same in another agency. The constitutional truth, however, is that same can only be done if the President, (the other constituent part of Parliament) is ready and willing to cede his executive powers to that agency, by affixing to the Bill his imprimatur, that is, his assent thereof. By exercising his constitutional powers of withholding assent, the President has, in essence, signalled his refusal to cede his executive powers to the agency in question. Article 99(2) therefore, is wholly inapplicable in this polemical matrix.

There is yet another dimension. Even if the President was prepared to cede executive power, the next issue to consider is, what impact, if any, such cessation will have on the doctrine of separation of powers, a concept to which Mr. Alexander makes reference in his missive and with which, I presume, he is familiar.

Perhaps the point can be best exemplified by reference to a decided case. In 1974 Jamaica’s Parliament enacted a Gun Court Act. This statute established a court to hear and determine, exclusively, firearms related offences. Upon conviction, there was a mandatory sentence of hard labour at the Governor- General’s pleasure and was not to be discharged, except at the direction of the Governor-General, acting in accordance with the advice of a Review Board, consisting of 5 (five) persons appointed by the Governor-General.

A legal challenge was launched against the constitutionality of the legislation, on the grounds, inter-alia that the provisions of the Act relating to mandatory sentence to hard labour during the Governor-General’s pleasure, acting upon the advice of the Review Board, were unconstitutional. The case went all the way to Her Majesty’s Privy

Council. The Privy Council ruled, interalia, that while no express provision of the Constitution was violated, the conferment of the judicial power to impose a sentence after conviction upon an executive agency, the Governor-General and the Review Board, was an abrogation of the doctrine of separation of powers, the foundation upon which Jamaica’s constitutional edifice was constructed. The Act was, accordingly, declared, unconstitutional.

Extrapolating and applying the principles enunciated in that case to the situation at hand, it is demonstrably clear that Presidential assent will not cure the mischief of a violation of the doctrine of separation of powers.

The anxieties expressed by Mr. Alexander, therefore, that he may naively conclude that I misled the President and that the President has overruled the National Assembly, are indeed well founded. While I never professed to enjoy monopolistic knowledge of the law and constitution, I am assured in my belief that my legal arguments and rationale are sound.

I have often challenged those who disagree to test them in the courts. I reiterate that challenge.

Lastly, I wish to assure Mr. Alexander that whenever the President withholds his assent from a Bill, His Excellency is not “overruling” the National Assembly but is merely exercising a constitutional power which he enjoys and which must necessarily be invoked in appropriate circumstances.

Hon. Mohabir Anil Nandlall, MP Attorney-General & Minister of Legal Affairs

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CFATF rejects Opposition’s amendments THE political Opposition continues to prevaricate, even as Guyana is days away from facing estrangement from 190 countries for failing to pass the critically needed AntiMoney Laundering and Countering the Financing of Terrorism (AMLCFT) Bill, which incorporates the recommendations of the Caribbean Financial Action Task Force (CFATF).

Attorney General and Minister of Legal Affairs, Mr Anil Nandlall, speaking on the National Communications Network (NCN) yesterday, said the Select Committee considering the bill was unable to meet over the last two weeks because, “the Opposition members have manufactured one reason after another for their unavailability to meet.” At the meeting yesterday afternoon, the APNU failed to show up, while Khemraj Ramjattan from the Alliance For Change (AFC) was present.

Guyana is required to have this bill passed on or before May 26 or be declared

‘non grata’ by the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) to its member states as a country that is non-cooperative in the global fight against money laundering and financing of terrorism. This now seems a given, Minister Nandlall said.

“All these amendments that they have proposed are in relation to the Principal Act, the Principal Act that they passed unanimously in the Ninth parliament...now they have some epiphany and they want now to change all of these things which are not the recommendations of the Caribbean Financial Action Task Force.”

So it would appear at this point in time that it is unlikely that the bill will be passed, he said, and “what I presume or what I predict would transpire at the CFATF meeting on May 26 to 29 is that simply a decision would be made to give effect to the decision which has already been made, at the November 2013 plenary which is Guyana shall be recommended to the Financial Action Task Force in Paris, France for

an ICRG (International Cooperation Review Group) review...and that in essence is the blacklisting we are speaking about,” Nandlall added.

Guyana has missed two deadlines to pass the CFATF cut-off date to pass the legislation; one on November 28, 2013 and the other on February 28, 2014. Guyana failed to meet the first time limit after the political Opposition used their one-seat majority in the National Assembly to vote down the bill, which led to the country being blacklisted at the regional level.

The second failure was due to the Opposition at the last moment, proposing amendments, which are not related to the CFATF compliant Bill, but to the Principal Act, which was passed in 2009.

Minister Nandlall reported yesterday that CFATF has rejected the Opposition’s amendments. After the CFATF Chairperson, Allyson Maynard-Gibson along with the Executive Director of CFATF had met with both the Government and Leader of

the Opposition and outlined the importance of passing the bill and the consequences that would flow following non-compliance, the Government of Guyana was invited to send to the CFATF for examination by its technical personnel for compliance, a copy of both the Government’s draft and the Opposition’s draft of the legislation, he explained.

In an effort to arrive at compromise, Minister Nandlall had presented counter proposals to the Opposition’s recommendations.

For the reason that Government’s amendments were already approved by CFATF, Minister Nandlall said that Government sent a covering letter along with the Opposition’s draft to the CFATF, “and as I predicted, the CFATF rejected every single one of the amendments that they are proposing,” he said.

One of the proposals call for a removal of the role of the Attorney General from the process. “The CFATF’s answer to that suggestion was that it is wrong. The Attorney

‘We’re down to the wire’ - Teixeira

By Vanessa Narine THE Caribbean Financial Action Task Force (CFATF) meeting kicks off in Miami, United States of America, from Sunday May 25, through Thursday May 29.

And Guyana is expected to appear before the regional body next Monday (May 26), according to Chair of the Parliamentary Special Select Committee, reviewing the Anti-Money Laundering and Countering the Financing of Terrorism (AML/ CFT) Amendment Bill, Ms Gail Teixeira.

In an invited comment last evening after the Committee’s meeting, which was held in Committee Room One of Public Buildings, Brickdam, Georgetown, she said: “We’re down to the wire, basically.”

According to her, the Committee has not met since April 30th due to the unavailability of members from A Partnership for National Unity (APNU) and at last evening’s meeting the main Opposition’s members were again absent.

She explained that following the April 30th meeting, the next scheduled meeting was postponed following a request by APNU member, Mr Carl Greenidge, after he (Greenidge) indicated that the Select Committee’s meeting clashed with another important meeting that he had.

The Committee Chair pointed out that the agreement was to postpone the next meeting to an agreeable

Ms Gail Teixeira

date as soon as possible.

However, Teixeira said no date was agreed to, but given the urgency in ensuring Guyana has an AML/CFT Amendment Bill passed, yesterday’s meeting was summoned.

“Up to today (yesterday) it has been difficult finding a date that the APNU can agree with…they did not attend the meeting today (yesterday), but the AFC (Alliance for Change) was present so we moved on,” she said.

CFATF FEEDBACK She told the Chronicle that last evening the Committee reviewed feedback from CFATF, following the submission of a report on the AML/CFT Amendment Bill and the proposed amendments to the Principal Act by APNU. “We shared document we sent to CFATF with the AFC. The regional body responded to us advising which ones (of APNU’s proposed amendments) were not in compliance and which ones they could not make a judgment on,” the Chair of the Committee said.

APNU’s original three amendments proffer a change to the entire governing apparatus of the Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU); removal of the Attorney General where ever that name appears and replacement of it with the FIU and vesting a Police or Customs officer with the power to seize currency from any person, anywhere in Guyana, if those officers have reason to believe that it is the proceeds of crime or will be used to fund criminal activities.

Ms Teixeira noted too that the Government’s proposals to counter those of APNU, in the interest of ensuring that the amendments made are CFATF complaint and also to move toward reaching a compromise, was also submitted to members.

“In submitting the counter-proposals, the AG (Attorney General Anil Nandlall) reminded the Committee of the deadline that Guyana is up against. He and a delegation are leaving on Sunday… time is running out. We are on the last leg here,” she said.

Unfortunately, the Committee Chair stated that the AFC’s position remains unchanged and they continue to leverage their support for the Bill in exchange for the establishment of the Public Procurement Commission (PPC).

“We appealed to Mr. Ramjattan (the AFC Leader), but his position has not changed, despite the fact that we pointed out what is happening at the level of the

sub-committee of the Public Accounts Committee (PAC), in terms of looking at the criteria for selection,” she said.

The AFC, which has expressed support for APNU’s position, is demanding the establishment of PPC, which Government has agreed to, providing that Cabinet retains its ‘no-objection’ role in the process but the latter has been rejected by the AFC. Teixeira bemoaned the position taken, given the looming deadline and the devastating consequences non-passage of the AML/ CFT Amendment Bill will have for Guyana.

If the final deadline on May 29 passes, Guyana can be recommended to the international body, the Financial Action Task Force (FATF), for review by the International Cooperation Review Group (ICRG). If that is done, Guyana could face further sanctions, including being put on the international blacklist. The country has already been blacklisted regionally by CFATF. The next meeting of the Parliamentary Special Select Committee is scheduled for Thursday, May 22, following the sitting of the National Assembly tomorrow.

It remains unclear if Guyana will be able to have an amended AML/CFT Bill passed before CFATF meets next week and several stakeholders posit that this eventuality may very well be unlikely.

General is put there because he/she is legal advisor to the Government and would be recipient of all legal materials that would come into the Government’s position in relation to its relations with organisations such as the United Nations Security Council and other international organisations. And it is the Attorney General that will have to go to court for and behalf of the Government to seek certain orders to give effect to the Government’s obligation under various treaties, and therefore the Office of the Attorney General is important in the legislative apparatus of the AMLCFT regime,” Minister Nandlall explained.

The Opposition also proposed that Parliament appoint an authority to oversee and supervise the Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU), its operations and officers. Government has long maintained that this type of mechanism would undermine the functional autonomy of the FIU which by all international standards must be function-

ally independent and autonomous in the discharge of its day to day function, and as well, must be free and insulated from political interference and influence both apparent and real, a view shared

by CFATF. Minister Nandlall noted that CFATF has rejected as well this proposal.

“The CFATF’s advice on that particular proposal of the Opposition was that it does not meet the international standards, that the mechanism for appointment is politically contaminated and that the method or the mechanism that it creates removes from the FIU and its staff and directors that important requisite autonomy and functional independence,” Minister Nandlall disclosed.

The third condemnation relates to what was submitted of the Opposition’s draft with regards to seizure of cash. This was rejected on the basis that it was not part of the requirement and that it is a completely unnecessary imposition, Minister Nandlall said. (GINA)

Guyana is precariously perched on a precipice – AG Nandlall - of being blacklisted

WITH a few days remaining for Guyana to meet the CFATF deadline of having an amended Anti Money Laundering and Countering the Financing of Terrorism (AML/CFT) bill, the A Partnership For National Unity (APNU) continues their delay tactics.

The Special Select Committee to address the AML/CFT bill met last evening, but the Opposition party again failed to turn up.

According to Attorney General and Minister of Legal Affairs, Mr Anil Nandlall, the committee considered the content of the Caribbean Financial Action Task Force’s (CFATF) letter which the Select Committee has received. Minister Nandlall presented to the committee amendments to his counter proposals to APNU’s earlier recommendations which now contain recommendations made by CFATF in their letter.

The Minister said he deleted those aspects that CFATF found to be offensive to his (Nandlall’s) last draft, one that captures a significant number of proposals put forward

Mr Anil Nandlall

by the APNU, less those aspects that CFATF found to be objectionable.

T h u r s d a y, M a y 2 2 is the next meeting and hopefully APNU will attend, he said, noting that Guyana is precariously perched on a precipice of being blacklisted.

However, the Guyana delegation leaves this weekend for the CFATF meeting in Miami on Monday, and it is unlikely that there will be another sitting before the delegation leaves.

Guyana’s delegation will be led by Minister Nandlall, and will comprise Paul Geer, Head of the Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU), and attorney attached to the unit Alicia Williams.

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GUYANA CHRONICLE Tuesday May 20, 2014

Troy Resources Ltd launches US$77M Karouni Gold Project … to provide over 600 jobs for Guyanese

By Rebecca Ganesh-Ally “GUYANA is well poised (for an economic takeoff) because of its mineral wealth,” Chief Executive Officer of Troy Resources Limited-Guyana, Ken Nilsson, said yesterday, as the company launched its US$77M Karouni Gold Project at the Omai Linden Stock Yard seeing almost 600 job opportunities for Guyanese.

Nilsson said his company was driven to start operations here “because we had a strong belief in the opportunities in the mineral commodities available.”

He emphasised that everyone will benefit from the project and the company will employ strictly Guyanese.

The CEO further explained that the company will be implementing environmental controls and strategies to identify, minimise and, where possible, avoid any negative environmental impact from their activities.

He said Troy’s goal is to operate efficiently and productively without causing injury or damage to people, the en-

vironment or equipment. He estimates that there will be a seven year mine life for the project, with an average gold production of 90,000 ounces.

Clinton Williams, Chairman of Guyana Geology and Mines Commission (GGMC), who was present at the launch, said, “This milestone, in fact, is telling us that we are ready to go with Troy. We at GGMC have been facilitating this project for some time now, and just recently we have signed off on it and have given Troy permission to start works on the site, and we have been assured by the company of project completion”.

Speaking briefly at the launch, Minister of Natural Resources and the Environment, Robert Persaud, said,“We have had three large mining projects under consideration, and we are happy that we see the Troy Resources Project commencing operations.”.

He stated that the ministry will ensure that the project is economically viable as it provides jobs for Guyanese, providing revenue

for the country and developing its natural resources; and the ministry will ensure that is becomes an outstanding project with good environmental credentials.

Persaud urged Guyanese that, “we should not feel threatened as a nation by international investment, but see it as a benefit, as a ‘win win’ situation”. Minister Persaud assured the company of the government’s commitment to the success of the project.

Troy Resources Limited established in 1987 is a junior gold producer with operations in Australia, Mongolia, Northern Europe, Brazil and Argentina.

The company has forged a proven record of fast-track mine development, low cost operations, strategic acquisitions and exploration discoveries.Since its inception, Troy has continued to look for opportunities to create value for its shareholders, through focused exploration in Brazil and Argentina, and more recently with its acquisition of the Karouni project in Guyana.

Minister of Natural Resources and the Environment Robert Persaud and CEO Troy Resources Ken Nilsson shake hands, with Clintion Williams -Chairman of GGMC and Patrick Harding – President of GGDMA looking on Mill parts being off loaded at Omai Linden Stock Yard

Clinton Williams, Minister Robert Persaud, Ken Nilsson and others yesterday.

Prison escapee shot dead by Police - hunt on for two other dangerous prisoners who escaped from court lockups THE Guyana Police Force last night confirmed that escaped prisoner, 28-year-old Vickram Persaud called ‘Lil John’ was shot dead “during an armed confrontation with the police” at Fort Wellington, West Coast Berbice.

The Police said Persaud, of Doctor Dam in La Grange on the West Bank of Demerara, had earlier yesterday escaped from the lock-ups at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court where he was waiting to attend Court.

The Police said an unlicensed .38 revolver has been recovered, while Persaud’s body is at the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC) mortuary.

Persaud was charged with the murder of Police Tactical Services Unit (TSU) rank, Constable Michael Cumberbatch, in September last year.

The two other prisoners still at large are 26-year-old Keron Cummings, of Sophia; and 20-year-old Randolph Marks, of East Ruimveldt, Georgetown.

BRAZEN ESCAPE Earlier yesterday, it was chaos at the Georgetown Mag-

istrate’s Courts after it was discovered that four notorious convicts who had shown up for court and were being held in the courts’ holding area, had broken their way out of the facility and had fled the courts’ premises The four that escaped were Vickram Persaud, Keron Cummings, Randolph Marks and Steve Bacchus.

Aided by public-spirited citizens, the police chased the fleeing men, but managed to recapture only murder accused Steve Bacchus on Hadfield Street, from where he was reportedly attempting to enter Leopold Street to seek refuge.

Police have reportedly visited the respective homes of the two fugitives still on the run and have informed their relatives of the development.

The lawmen have also reportedly encouraged the men’s relatives to turn them over to the police if they should ever show up there.

Vickram Persaud and Steve Bacchus were each charged for murder; Keron Cummings was charged for robbery under arms, and Randolph Marks was charged with murder and robbery under arms.

Anyone who has information that may lead to the arrest of Keron Cummings and Randolph Marks is asked to contact the police on telephone numbers 225-6411, 2271149, 225-6941 to 3, 225-2227, 226-7065, 911 or the nearest police station. (Asif Hakim and Leroy Smith)

CJ grants eight petitioners $2.8M bail pending outcome of cases ACTING Chief Justice, Mr Ian Chang, S.C., granted

eight petitioners bail in the sum of $2,875,000 on Friday last, pending the hearing and determination of their respective cases.

Particulars are as follows: For assault, Suresh Persaud was granted $25,000 bail, and for robbery under arms, Dave Madramootoo was granted $250,000 bail.

For possession of narcotics, Banma Persaud was granted $1,750,000 bail; Kerwin Russel $100,000 bail, and Cenard Mc Kenzie $175,000 bail.

For break & enter and larceny, Patricia Singh was granted $300,000 bail, and Dwayne Durant $75,000 bail; and for attempted murder, Alex Benjamin was granted $200,000 bail. (George Barclay)

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Old Kai: Chronicles of Guyana ...

Bond admits to supporting corruption within Police Force - reportedly encourages Police Ranks to break the law OLD Kai knows that corruption or encouraging corruption has many forms. Therefore the recent announcement by APNU Member of Parliament and attorney-at-law, James Bond that he routinely makes sure that he ‘top up a Police Officer’ whenever they ask him, has very serious implications.

Such an action by the APNU MP will only serve to encourage and embolden police ranks to stop more and more drivers on our roadways and ask for a ‘top-up’. While Mr. Bond is a ‘big-bai in Parliament’, what will be the fate of the average citizen who does not have a ‘top-up’ or refuse to condone such behaviour? By giving in to their request, the APNU MP is tacitly supporting such behaviour which is a form of corruption as it is against the Police Force Standing Orders.

The APNU MP publicly admits to participating in an act of corruption when Chapter 17:01 of the Police (Discipline) Act is taken into consideration. While part III deals with the right of police ranks to appeal disciplinary action taken against them, it highlights specifically what are the offenses a rank can be interdicted for: (k) is guilty of any corrupt practice, that is to say – (i) receives any bribe; (ii) fails to account for, or to make a prompt and true return of, any money or property received by him in his official capacity; (iii) directly or indirectly solicits or receives any gratuity, present, subscription or testimonial without the consent of the Commissioner.

Gratuity or a tip in this sense refers to a sum of money tendered by one party to another.

The APNU member, Mr. Bond is an Attorney-At-Law by profession, not to mention he is a member of the legislature and helps to craft the laws of our country, so obviously he will be familiar, specifically with the laws that govern the Guyana Police Force.

When this is taken into consideration, one can only surmise that he knowingly colluded with these police ranks to commit an offense by acceding to their request for a ‘top up’ while they were performing their duties in an official capacity.

Strange enough that James Bond made this glaring revelation, just two days after he called for a special court to be established to handle police misconduct at an APNU Press Conference.

So on one hand he is encouraging police misconduct and on the other, he is calling for it to be stamped out and

laying the blame on the PPP/C Government. stop a random citizen or someone they are familiar with We are informed that Mr. Bond tried to justify his and he does not give them a ‘top-up’; what will prevent unlawful actions by indicating that these ranks are underthem from retribution either by finding some means to paid, this statement also has serious implications for the harass that driver to stopping him in the future? What integrity of the Opposition as Old Kai hopes this is not an will stop them from now openly demanding money from official position. The reason being is that Mr. Bond has, drivers as the ‘Opposition’ Member of Parliament says in the past, decried the salary he receives as a Parliamenit is ok? tarian on the social media. So if he is not satisfied with What if this individual or one of this friends or colhis salary is he saying he will not think twice in asking or leagues from the Opposition is stopped by the Police for taking a ‘top-up’ from someone? committing a traffic or criminal offence and the rank is If these police ranks are not satisfied with their salaries someone he has being ‘topping-up’? What if he is defendand based on the media reports, he made no indication ing someone in a criminal case and the police rank giving that these ranks told him so, but if testimony against the accused is one of indeed this was the case, then these this ‘top-up’ buddies? ranks need to leave the Force and These are all scenarios which could go find a job that will provide the or possible have already resulted from remuneration they expect. this irresponsible action and which was That said, just like any organifollowed up with a public statement of sation, police ranks are paid based support from Mr. Bond. on their rank; as they move up so Old Kai is hoping that good sense does their salary scale. I would will prevail and he, in hindsight offers love to see all our public servants a public apology for his conduct and receive the type of salaries that they will not condone such behaviour in want but that must be contrasted the future. We are all concerned about with reality. acts of corruption by some police Records will show that their ranks and we all want a constantly salaries have increased progresimproving Police Service, but the sively as well as their other benreality is that while ranks are receivefits; conditions in which they ing, someone has to be giving. So we work have likewise improved. cannot cry and beat our chests about But I do not have my head in the the problem and then go out there and sand and will not pretend that encourage it. Corruption will only be everything is hunky-dory in the controlled when you stop giving the Force, just like any organisation police money and pay your traffic there must and will be challenges. ticket for the offense you are guilty of Police ranks whose duty it is to or if you have been wrongly charged, protect and serve our civilian popmake the effort and argue your case APNU Member James Bond ulation will have to be the solution in court. Old Kai has done it before to their problems. They will have and I have been vindicated. If more to lead by example, be the change and more Guyanese do this, there will they want. We cannot let a few bad apples continue to be less and less instances of corruption. Then we would spoil the image of the GPF. There are many good, decent, have all made a positive change in our society. honest and professional ranks I have come across in the In the meantime, the position of encouraging Police Force over many years, they take home the same corruption within the Guyana Police Force by the salaries, have never found the need to beg for a ‘top-up’ political Opposition seems to be an ingrained policy and have been successful in life, including acquiring as only recently, Opposition Leader, David Granger assets. attacked President Donald Ramotar and the PPP/C These people do not live beyond their means and if Government for suggesting that integrity tests could you understand anything about basic economics, you will be expanded and include the Guyana Police Force know how dangerous such a trend can be. in the future.

So this nonsense that the APNU Member of Parliament Granger’s pathetic excuse was that ‘you are bound is trying to promulgate, that because a few police ranks to get people who are good at test and bad at perforhave an issue with their salaries, it is ok for them to stop mance’. and harass citizens for ‘money’ will not fly. If those ranks

Packed agenda for COFCOR two-day meeting CARICOM ministers attending the 17th Meeting of the Council for Foreign and Community Relations (COFCOR) at the Guyana International Conference Centre will be faced with a packed agenda.

Foreign Affairs Minister of Guyana, Ms Carolyn Rodrigues-Birkett, said the ministers will address the region’s position on several matters impacting multilateral relations, including the United Nation’s post 2015 development agenda, and the third international conference on Small Island Developing States (SIDS) later this year.

There will also be discussions on CARICOM relations with a number of other hemispheric organisations, the upcoming 8th UK-Caribbean Forum, the fifth CARICOM-Spain Summit; Observance of the CARICOM-Japan Friendship Year and Member States participation in the Tourism Expo Japan 2014.

She explained that COFCOR is always very important for Guyana and CARICOM as a whole. “It is a place where Foreign Ministers would meet and discuss the foreign policy issues of the community,” she said.

Observing that foreign policy coordination doesn’t nec-

essarily mean unanimity of position, the Minister noted that CARICOM ministers have been working very hard to ensure that positions are coordinated.

“We do have unanimous positions on certain matters such as Climate Change, the Post-2015 Development Agenda, and the issue of graduation of middle income countries. These are all issues that we have united positions on,” Minister Rodrigues-Birkett stated. She noted however, that there are other issues that will need work and those will be discussed.

Also to be discussed is Financing for Development.

Guyana has been tasked by the UN Secretary General through Guyana’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations, Ambassador George Talbot and his counterpart from Norway, to coordinate that process and financing for development.

Additionally, focus will be placed on the upcoming United Nations Summit on Climate Change. Minister Rodrigues-Birkett said while this is a matter that concerns all, “We are concerned with the process, hoping to have a legally binding agreement by 2015, and so we have to remain engaged in

this matter.”

Pointing out upcoming meetings, the Guyanese Foreign Minister said that while CARICOM states need to be in all of them, it is not very easy given the resource constraints in many of the countries. “So CARICOM has to find the best way of ensuring that we remain with this matter and participate and ensure that our positions are taken forward in those discussions.”

Also slated for discussion is the strategic vision of the Organisation of American States (OAS). Further, in a diplomatic move, CARICOM has included other non-governmental persons in the COFCOR meeting. These include Dr. Mark Kirton from the University of the West Indies and two other persons. “We want to hear their views as well, how they see us as coordinating the region’s policy in a very critical and constructive way,” Minister Rodrigues-Birkett commented.

The COFCOR meeting, which opens today, will be chaired and hosted by Guyana with representatives from all 14 CARICOM member states present. Special guests will include the Foreign Ministers of Brazil, Spain, New Zealand and Ecuador. (GINA)

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Rohee says PPP ready for local gov’t elections - but a number of measures still not in place before elections can be held

By Telesha Ramnarine GENERAL Secretary of the People’s Progressive Party (PPP), Home Affairs Minister, Clement Rohee, yesterday declared the PPP as standing ready to embrace the electorate whenever local government elections are called.

Speaking at that party’s weekly press conference at Freedom House in Georgetown, Rohee said the party prefers that a number of measures be put in place before the elections are held.

“We have never said unequivocally ‘No, we don’t want local government elections.’ There are still a number of issues – legislative (and) regulatory -- that have to be put in place in order for the elections to be successfully held,” Rohee told reporters.

“The PPP wishes to state categorically that it is not opposed to the holding of local government or general and regional elections. The party has always championed the cause of free and fair elections, both at the national and local levels.

“Contrary to what is being peddled in Opposition quarters,

the party has never shied away from the electorate. Rather, it has always embraced the electorate, and has the proud and enviable record of never losing a democratic election since the 1950s.

“We have never said unequivocally ‘No, we don’t want local government elections.’

There are still a number of issues – legislative (and) regulatory -- that have to be put in place in order for the elections to be successfully held.” - Clement Rohee He said the PPP’s optimism is based on the supreme confidence which the people have reposed in it since the 1950s.

“Today (PNC/APNU) is shedding crocodile tears about the necessity of holding local government elections when it never, in its 28 years in government, allowed for a free and democratic poll.” - Rohee Rohee said the PPP is calling on Guyanese to be vigilant and not allow themselves to be duped by the political calls made for local government elections by Opposition Leader, David Granger and his APNU when that party has “consistently violated the democratic rights of the Guyanese people, both in and out of office”.

“Today (PNC/APNU) is shedding crocodile tears about the necessity of holding local government elections when it never, in its 28 years in government, allowed for a free and democratic poll,” Rohee declared.

PNCR doing everything to undermine State security interest - Rohee

By Telesha Ramnarine THE People’s National Congress Reform (PNCR), which is now within the David Granger-led A Partnership for National Unity (APNU), “is doing everything within its power to partner with criminal and rogue elements in this society to undermine the security interest of the State, with the aim of concocting an imaginary crisis situation.”

The accusation was made by General Secretary of the People’s Progressive Party (PPP) and Home Affairs Minister, Clement Rohee, yesterday during his weekly press conference at Freedom House, Robb Street, Georgetown.

Speaking in the context of recent statements he claimed were made by APNU that Guyana is now faced with a political crisis, Rohee said that that pronouncement has served to amuse the PPP. “It is clear that the main Opposition party is either suffering from a severe bout of political amnesia or is being deliberately dishonest in seeking to invoke a situation of crisis when the facts suggest otherwise.

“Perhaps Mr. Granger may wish to spell out in precise language what, in his view, constitutes a political crisis, especially since his statements defy any rational or logical explanation of the term,” Rohee said.

According to him, an “objective” analysis of the current situation though, reveals that Guyana’s economic and political bill of health has never been better and that the country is currently experiencing a period of economic and social progress never before experienced, the minister maintained.

“Whatever crisis exists can only be situated in the demented psyche of the PNC and the Granger-led APNU and cannot be supported by facts,” Rohee declared.

He insisted that Guyana, today, is enjoying relative peace

and stability, and the full confidence of the international and donor community.

STARK CONTRAST “This, incidentally, is in stark contrast to what obtained under the PNC regime, when the country was reduced to a pariah state.

“Economically, the country was reduced to the poorest in the Western Hemisphere on par with Haiti, a past which no right thinking Guyanese is proud to talk about.

The PNC and Granger ought to know that there is a nexus between political democracy and economic development.

The lack of political democracy under the PNC regime Minister Clement Rohee led to a production crisis which, in turn, resulted in a social crisis of unprecedented proportions. What all of that translated to was a crisis of confidence in the then ruling party.

“Guyana was declared uncreditworthy by the IMF and therefore ineligible for further IMF loans. Today, all that has changed. Our country is a proud and respected member of the community of nations and has now become recognised for several initiatives it has taken at the international level, especially in the fields of climate change and poverty reduction,” Rohee related.

He said the PNC is no stranger to crisis situations, having landed this country from one crisis into another. “Now in the

Oposition, it is continuing to use the Parliament to undermine the rule of law and constitutional governance in an unsuccessful attempt to create political chaos. The PPP is neither unaware nor unmindful of the PNC’s political ability to create mischief in our society.”

The PPP, he said, is confident that Guyanese, with their maturity and wisdom, will reject and condemn the intrigues and machinations of the political opposition, more particularly the PNC, which, since the early 1960s, sought to create crisis situations.

DECLARED FREE Continuing, he said, fresh in the memories of the Guyanese people were attempts made by the PNC to deny the free and democratic will of the Guyanese people when the very PNC refused to accept the results of the 1997 elections, despite the fact that the elections were declared free and fair by local and overseas observers.

“The PNC took to the streets and created mayhem in Georgetown through recourse to thugs and criminal elements forcing the PPP Government to cut short its term of office by two years. The race hate generated by the PNC against President Janet Jagan, described as the white American Jew, reached unprecedented heights in our country.

“The PNC refused to accept the results of the elections and took to the streets, inciting all manner of disturbances and violent political behaviour. Were it not for the physical presence of the Carter Centre and former U.S. President Jimmy Carter in the country at the time, the PNC would have been emboldened to do what they always did since 1968, which was to hijack the democratic will of the Guyanese electorate and reinstall itself to political power,” Rohee asserted.

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GUYANA CHRONICLE Tuesday May 20, 2014

24-yr-old Mother dies three days after delivering baby boy ….investigation underway at New Amsterdam Hospital

By Jeune Vankeric THE Berbice Regional Health Authority (BRHA) is investigating the death of 24-year-old Marissa Lagoudoue, who died just under three days after delivering a baby boy at the New Amsterdam Hospital.

Chief Executive Officer, Dr. Vishwa Mahadeo, in an invited comment, said an independent evaluation into the mother’s death is currently ongoing at the health institution, while noting that several factors could have contributed to Lagoudoue’s demise.

He nevertheless opted to await the post mortem findings.

An autopsy is scheduled for tomorrow.

Meanwhile, over at the 41 Stanleytown residence of Lagoudoue, a relative was observed feeding the newborn baby with a syringe.

The baby, who is yet to be named, is oblivious to the fact that his mother will not be there when he makes his first step.

However, his great aunt, Candace, has promised his dying mother that she would take care of the new born and his four year old brother.

According to the aunt, her niece left home on Friday, to attend the ante-natal clinic, when medical staff referred her to the New Amsterdam Hospital after nothing that she was in labour.

Candace said, “She telephoned between 09:20 and 09:30hrs, telling me of her admission and requesting that I take her bag with the necessities required for hospitalization.

“Shortly afterward she had a normal delivery, but had to be given two units of blood, but her blood pressure remained high, and her feet remained swollen. She remained hospital-

Dead: Marissa Lagoudoue

ized until Sunday, when she was discharged at 13:30hrs.

“I repeatedly asked the nurses and doctors if she was okay, as I did not want her to go home without feeling well. But they said she was okay. So we went home.

“Everything seemed well, until she got out of bed at about 01:30hrs. I thought she was attending to the older son.

“But, the period seemed long, so I asked her why she was not nursing the baby. But the tone of her voice alerted me. I knew something was horribly wrong.

“I went into the hall and observed that her heart was palpitating rapidly, and after being questioned she complained of feeling unwell.

The three-day-old baby being fed with a syringe “We returned to the New Amsterdam hospital shortly afterwards. Medical personnel upon examining her said her blood pressure was high. They were of the opinion that the patient should not have been discharged but should have been monitored for an extended period.

Meanwhile, even as doctors tried to save the maternal patient, she felt the pangs of death as she cried to her aunt saying, ’My life leaving me, I will die now. Take care of my children.’

The aunt, left with the responsibility of two minors, is asking for a thorough investigation into the death of her niece.

Chronicle reporter released after cops’ money demand - drivers increasingly becoming ‘fed up’ with traffic cops regular requests for bribe SEVERAL reports reached the Guyana Chronicle on Sunday that five armed ranks, posted at the Demerara Harbour Bridge, were stopping drivers for non-legitimate reasons and making unlawful demands for money.

Additionally, a Chronicle reporter was stopped Sunday afternoon and spoken to by police ranks in a harsh manner outside a Georgetown Chinese restaurant while, indirectly, requesting cash.

The cops, unaware that the individual was a media person, proceeded to suggest that a traffic offence was committed, which would necessitate a possible charge.

The reporter indicated that the matter should be taken to the nearest police station, a suggestion that was agreed to by the three ranks, but on arrival at the precinct, one of the three ranks, without providing any written documentation, told the one on duty “Do the necessary” and left.

The on duty officer, in a very courteous manner, looked over the reporter’s documents and permitted the latter to leave the premises.

Sunday’s reports were the most recent of complaints from drivers who have declared that they are “fed up” with the increasingly prevalent practice of some traffic policemen, who intimidate motorists with exaggerated offences to coerce them into paying bribes.

The conduct is, unfortunately, becoming a norm in Guyanese society.

CRIMINAL ACTIVITY In an invited comment, Home Affairs Minister, Clement

Rohee told this newspaper, yesterday, that citizens must not give in to the unlawful requests, particularly since paying a bribe is a criminal activity.

He said citizens must report the time, place and rank demanding monies.

“The public can either go to the Home Affairs Ministry, the Police Complaints Authority or even to the media. Those who have access to the Internet can also make a report on the anonymous ‘I Paid a Bribe’ website if they did pay,” he said.

Regarding the latter, Minister Rohee explained that the complaints recorded on the website are forwarded to the relevant agencies for actions to be taken and a monthly report is forwarded to the Home Affairs Ministry on what actions were taken against the offending officer or officers.

As of yesterday, the ‘I Paid a Bribe’ website stated that $136,000 was paid in bribes to traffic officers.

The Home Affairs Minister acknowledged that the actions of a few ranks, in a Police Force of hundreds, do undermine public confidence in it.

However, he appealed for the public to recognise that there are many “decent and honest” police officers who hold the

Drivers have declared that they are ‘fed up’ with the increasingly prevalent practice of some traffic policemen, who intimidate motorists with exaggerated offences to coerce them into paying bribes. The conduct is, unfortunately, becoming a norm in Guyanese society.

interest of the people as the focus of their service.

On that note, Rohee addressed the upcoming implementation of the demerit system, which targets errant drivers by way of points for strict sanctions and contended that the few “bad apples” will not affect its successful introduction.

“When we have reports of police ranks engaging in corrupt actions, it will cause people to doubt the success of a system like this, but there are honest and decent officers in the ranks…The baby should not be thrown out with the bath water,” he stressed.

The minister reiterated that where there is evidence the errant police officers will be dealt with by the Commissioner of Police.

“This is a serious issue that I will be taking up with the Police Commissioner,” he said.

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N/A youths to benefit from rehabilitated Burnham Park Pavilion YOUTHS from New Amsterdam and other surrounding communities in Berbice will now benefit from a bigger recreational facility as President Donald Ramotar on Sunday commissioned the new Burnham Park pavilion.

The project was completed under the President Youth Award Republic of Guyana Programme (PYARG).

The President, in his remarks to the gathering at the commissioning said he was sure the facility will prove useful “You would have known over the years we have been building and rebuilding infrastructure so necessary and so indispensable for further social and economic development; and while this is important we also see the importance of investing in people.”

The President noted that the administration has recognised the need for investing in human capital as it is an important factor for development.

“We want to enhance the capacity of people, we spoke of lifting the quality of life in society, giving people a higher quality of life, and so too it is true that we have to live by other values and creating other conditions; that is why we have been investing so heavily in the social sector.”

President Ramotar pointed out that more than 30 percent of the country’s National Budget goes to the social sector. The Head of State added that it is for this reason that education continues to receive a large budgetary allocation yearly.

The President added that the administration has also recognised the importance of investing in youths, hence these and other such projects.

“We believe that sports can make a contribution. We have to increase the capacity to fight crime, and we need to have other methods and we believe sports can contribute in this regard.

Sport has rules and if you violate them you can be punished; so too, in life, there are laws that we have to live by.”

The President also spoke of the spin- off benefits of having youths involved in sports, which include a healthy lifestyle.

“That is why we are building these facilities and we will continue to try to build these facilities.”

Meanwhile, Presidential Advisor, Odinga Lumumba, in his remarks, noted that this initiative shows that the Administration has every Guyanese at heart, in terms of development.

Lumumba stated that the initiative bears testimony to the fact that facilities and developmental projects are not being built only in communities which support the Government.

“We have spent about $1B so far for the past 11 years since the launch of the Youth Choice project, and Berbice has had its fair share.”

He called on the residents to pay keen attention to the maintenance of the facility, as it will serve the entire community, while at the same time it can generate money.

“It can’t be in the hands of one person; it was built for youths and you have to ensure they are protected ... we have these facilities throughout the country."

Meanwhile, Region 6 Chairman, Permaul Armogan, who welcomed the project, noted that it will complement the work of the Ministry of Culture, Youth and Sport and other agencies, as sport plays a great role in any community.

He noted that not only Berbice has benefited from this type of investment, but 30 other communities across Guyana did so.

“In some instances $1M was spent, and in others, more than $1M. These projects are being done because we recognise the importance of taking our youths off the street so that they can make a useful contribution (to society), that is why we are spending all this money in every playground in our country.”

He too called on residents to make full use of the facility, safe-guarding it for generations to come.

The facility is fitted with a concrete pavilion and a sanitary block. Plans are already on stream for lights to be installed to facilitate sporting activities at night. (GINA)

President Donald Ramotar, Presidential Advisor, Odinga Lumumba and other regional officials during the symbolic ribbon cutting ceremony for the commissioning of the Burnham Park pavilion

President Donald Ramotar and Presidential Advisor, Odinga Lumumba interacting with youths following the commissioning of the Burnham Park pavilion, at New Amsterdam, Berbice

Vendor remanded for snatching $80,000 gold chain from woman

VENDOR Victor Roberts (no address given) appeared yesterday before Chief Magistrate, Priya Sewnarine-Beharry accused of stealing an $80,000 gold chain with a pearl pendant belonging to Zola Campbell on Friday, May 16, at Avenue of the Republic in Georgetown.

He pleaded not guilty to the charge, but Police Corporal, Bharat Mangru, prosecuting, said that on the day in question, at around 13:00 hrs, the virtual complainant (VC) was walking along Avenue of the Republic when the defendant approached and snatched the chain from her. At around 14:10 hrs that day, at the Shell Gas Station, the victim saw and identified the accused to a policeman.

The defendant insisted on his innocence, alleging that on that day he and another person had been arrested for the offence and only he had been charged.

Prosecutor Mangru objected to Roberts being granted bail on grounds of the seriousness Defendant and prevalence of the offence. The magistrate therefore refused the defendant bail and put Victor Robert off the case to June 6.

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Guyana firm about Contractor still unable to progress jurisdiction of New because of presence of utilities River Triangle East Bank four–lane highway project…

- Gov’t preparing first $21M cheque to GT&T for cable, pole removal

By Leroy Smith BK International Inc has again been lamenting the financial strains the company is facing because of deadlock between the Guyana Telephone and Telegraph Company (GT&T) and the Government of Guyana (GoG) in respect to relocation of very vital telephone cables and poles.

During a site visit to Phase Three of the East Bank Four-Lane Extension Project yesterday, Site Engineer Julian Archer, speaking on behalf of BK’s Managing Director, Brian Tiwari, told the media that, to date, the road work is more than a year and a half behind schedule, and the delay is costing BK International two million dollars per day in labour, machinery, and other vital components which need to be present on the worksite on any given day.

The 1.2 kilometres of road being constructed by the company is lined with utility poles and cables belonging to the GT&T; and pipelines also obstruct the work path that BK must use. Archer told the media that, already, the Guyana Water Inc. has committed to removing its pipelines, but GT&T has not budged in regard to removing its encumbrances.

Asked about approaching the courts for a decision on the way forward, Archer said that such actions would have to be left to the Government of Guyana, currently in talks with GT&T. Contacted yesterday for comment on the issues and discomfiture of the contractor, a GT&T official assured that the company would provide an official feedback today with respect to the replace-

Engineer Julian Archer is flanked by members of the media as he briefs them on the situation at the worksite

BK International’s Julian Archer after speaking with the media yesterday.

The GT&T cables and GWI pipeline can been seen obstructing the path the contractor must take ment of the poles and cables.

Meanwhile, this publication has been reliably informed by a source at the Ministry of Public Works that the engagements with respect to the removal and replacement of the GT&T poles are progressing, and the Government of Guyana is in the process of awarding

the phone company $21 million dollars to initiate the replacements.

The Guyana Chronicle has been informed that Government would be paying the phone company $42 million dollars, a sum expected to cover the overall expenses of relocating the utilities of the company along the East

Bank of Demerara.

The BK official also told reporters yesterday that numerous letters have been written with respect to addressing the issue regarding the utility companies and the delay in getting works done. He, however, said that BK International does not have to pay liquidated damages for the delay, since the reasons for the delay are clear and the facts are available.

Man who stole friend’s clothes to serve 9 months’ imprisonment TWENTY-NINE-YEAR-OLD, Quincy Holland (no address given) appeared before Chief Magistrate, Priya Sewnarine-Beharry, charged with stealing his friend, Earl Moriah’s clothes and other items between December 15 and 23, 2013 at the Celina Resort on the Kitty Seawall in Georgetown.

The items stolen comprised a quantity of clothing, boots, slippers and two hammocks together valued at $121,000.

Police Corporal, Bharat Mangru, prosecuting, said that Holland and Moriah have known each other for about 18 months, and on December 15, at around 10:00 hrs, Moriah left the articles in his room and departed to conduct business.

On his return, on December 23 at around 05:00 hrs, he discovered the articles missing from his room; but on May 16, at 17:00hrs, he saw Holland at the Kitty Seawall wearing some of the clothes he had lost. He made a report to the police and Holland was arrested and charged.

Holland pleaded guilty to the offence, but said he does not have any money, although he is willing to repay Moriah for the items stolen.

Consequent upon his admission of guilt, the Chief Magistrate sentenced Holland to nine months’ imprisonment for his action.

– but committed to finding peaceful solution says Foreign Affairs Minister

GUYANA’S position on the New River Triangle is very clear, that the area is part of Guyana’s territory, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Carolyn Rodrigues-Birkett has stated.

She said in 1936, the Federative Republic of Brazil, the Dutch Government at the time and British Guiana decided where the tri-junction point will be.

The minister was at the time responding to the issue of Suriname’s claim that the area belongs to that country and statements attributed to Suriname’s Foreign Minister, Winston Lackin who restated his country’s claim last week.

“If what is attributed to my Surinamese colleague is correct, then that is regrettable. Our two Border Commissions, on border matters between the two countries, have been meeting. Those meetings are progressing very well, and we look forward to a favourable outcome in the not too distant future,” Minister Rodrigues-Birkett stated. She added that while border issues are not resolved overnight, both commissions have been working.

She pointed out too, that what is necessary is for all Guyanese citizens to be aware of the history of the matter, “to be aware of Guyana’s borders, to be aware of Guyana’s size and shape and I think most of them are; and in this case we are very clear. But we are a peace loving country, as well, and we have always adhered to the principle of resolving borders in a peaceful manner,” she insisted.

“We went to the Commission on the Laws of the Sea to resolve our maritime border with Suriname. Our bilateral discussions with Suriname, through the border commission, are aimed at resolving the matter consistent with international law. This is the approach we Minister Carolyn will take,” the ForRodrigues-Birkett eign Minister stated firmly.

Meanwhile, on the Venezuela border issue, Minister Rodrigues-Birkett stated that an approach has to be made to the United Nations Secretary General regarding the process of selecting a Good Officer. It is hoped that this will result in the selection of someone approved by both countries, and that the process will end in the not too distant future. The previous Good Officer, Professor Norman Girvan, died recently.

She also expressed the hope that discussions will soon re-commence on this issue. (GINA)

Convict Quincy Holland

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CARICOM Bottling Company donates $3M to Guyana Festival

CARICOM Bottling Company Inc, yesterday, donated $3M towards the staging of the highly anticipated August 8 to 10 Guyana Festival.

The contribution was handed over in the Georgetown boardroom of the Ministry of Tourism by Marketing Manager of the donor company, Mr. Mondale Smith, who emphasised the need for local companies to support such initiatives which sell Guyana in a major way.

He said the donation is

a manifestation of the company being supportive of local events through which tourism is boosted.

Acting Minister of Tourism, Mr. Irfaan Ali, who accepted the cheque on behalf of the Ministry, acknowledged the efforts of the company and stressed the importance of having more companies on board, adding that the Festival is seeking corporate partnerships.

The minister noted that the preparation for the Festival continues to see the par-

ticipation of the Private Sector and corporate community buying into the event.

“We have Fly Jamaica, Travel Span, Suriname Airways and Caribbean Airlines, which will be facilitating travel arrangements for tourists…We also have hotels coming on board to provide accommodation for these tourists,” he said.

According to the minister, advertising overseas has commenced and, only on Sunday, a parade was held at Parika Market promoting

ACTING Minister of Tourism, Irfaan Ali, receives the $3M cheque from Marketing Manager of CARICOM Bottling Company Inc., Mondale Smith

the event via distribution of flyers and other media.

Recently, too, a festival shop was launched at the Cheddi Jagan International Airport, offering local arts and craft to tourists and persons leaving Guyana, he reported.

Some of the attractions expected to be featured at the Festival include a ‘Festival

Game,’ which will see past cricketing legends battle for glory against the President’s Eleven; Alpha United Football Club clashing with Slingers Football Club; a celebrity booth, where past and present legends will avail themselves to sign autographs and take photos with members of the public; a multiplicity of local foods

and beverages as well as many other local elements of the rich Guyanese culture.

In addition, a ‘Festival Passport’ costing $3,000 will be on sale and would allow access to all events and provide discounts for its holders when shopping.

A ‘Festival Car’ would also be up for grabs at the event.

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Lesley University confers Honorary Doctorate on Minister of Education Priya Manickchand

Minister Priya Manickchand addressing Lesley University at commencement

collaborated with the private sector to establish the Women of Worth economic initiative; a loan programme that provides low interest and collateral free loans to single-parent women from lower income brackets who wish to start up or expand their businesses.”

“In 2011 you were appointed Minister of Education and in this capacity you are currently leading change efforts by improving the quality of your country’s universal primary education and establishing universal secondary education. You are a true visionary and were instrumental in establishing a relationship between Guyana and Lesley University. Recognising the need for qualified mental health professionals to address the needs of vulnerable youth, families, and communities, you worked with Lesley to develop a unique programme that educates school counselors and social workers to address the needs of the citizens of Guyana through Expressive Therapies, Counseling Psychology, and Mindfulness Practice.”

“In recognition of your life’s work in service to your community, especially to the end of violence against women and children, and the education of all Guyanese young people, Lesley University is honoured to confer upon you the Honorary Degree, Doctor of Humane Letters. Presented in Boston, Massachusetts, on the 17th day of May, in the year Two Thousand Fourteen.”

After being conferred with the Doctoral degree Minister Manickchand addressed the graduates to a standing ovation. She stressed the

importance of education in the deveolpment of the world. She said “Education is universally recognised as being one sure way to catapault change: to improve individual circumstances, to uplift families, to transform communities, to develop countries, to change the human condition for the better.

She told the graduates that a sure way of addressing and reolving the issues affecting the world that are identified and reflected in the Millenium development goals would be to attain gender equality. She said “This necessity to achieve gender equality and our inability to yet so do has been recognised and spoken about so much that the quest for gender equality has become a cliché. And while some gains have been forged, sadly and dangerously, frighteningly, we have not seen a shift towards attaining this most necessary status that is proportionate to the recognition for its necessity and commentary and promises that accompany that recognition....I ask you, today, whatever your passion, whatever you plan to pursue, wherever you work, wherever you live, that you ensure you consciously and strategically set about to use your value, the education and training you leave here with, to bring about gender equality.”

Honorary degrees are awarded to men and women who have achieved distinction in their chosen fields and professions. By their examples, honorary degrees recipients make tangible a set of values we aspire to as an academic community. These individuals are models to us because of their intellectual engagement, professional achievements, and civic commitment.

Also receiving an honorary degree along with Guyana’s Minister of Education from Lesley University, is world renowned American author of children’s books, Ms. Loris Lowry.

The staff of the Ministry of Education expresses warmest congratulations to the Honourable Minister of Education, Ms. Priya Manickchand, on the receipt of her Honorary Doctoral Degree from Lesley University.

On Saturday May 17, 2014, Guyana’s Minister of Education, Ms. Priya Manickchand, was conferred an honorary doctoral degree by Lesley University for her outstanding work in advocating for social justice and gender equality.

This comes in the wake of the Honourable Minister being honoured by Lesley University alongside South African Jazz Musician and Social Activist, Hugh Masekela, in 2010, for their demonstrated commitment and leadership to advancing gender and racial equality around the world.

A citation from Lesley University stated that: “Priya Manickchand, your life has been dedicated to improving the lives of women, children, and families within your country.

You have been a tireless advocate for the victims of violence and a spokesperson addressing the cultural and human conditions that give rise to the pervasive problem of gender-based violence….”

It further stated that: “As Guyana’s Minister of Human Services and Social Security, you were devoted to ending the scourge of violence against women and children. Toward this end, you published a National Policy on Domestic Violence, presented to Parliament for passage into law a series of bills relating to the care, development and protection of children, and initiated a countrywide campaign to stamp out sexual violence. That campaign realized a revolutionary Sex Offences Law being piloted by you and passed by the Parliament. You established your country’s only Childcare and Protection Agency and you expanded Legal Aid services from the capital city alone to 6 of Guyana’s 10 regions, making access to justice for Guyana’s vulnerable a reality. You also

Minister Priya Manickchand flanked by Lesley University President Mr. Joe Moore, and Dean Catherine Koverola

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$37M pump station commissioned at Rose Hall - will boost D & I in surrounding communities

HEAD OF STATE, Donald Ramotar, commissioned a $37 million pump station at Rose Hall, Berbice, which will serve that and several other surrounding communities, as well as boost drainage and irrigation capacity.

The Head of State was joined by Minister of Agriculture, Dr. Leslie Ramsammy; General Secretary of the Guyana Rice Development Board, Dharamkumar Seeraj; Chairman of Region 6, Permaul Armogan; and other regional officials for the symbolic opening ceremony.

The President said he was particularly happy to be a part of such a momentous occasion. This new pump replaces one that was out of operation for several years, and which resulted in numerous problems affecting farmers and other residents.

“We have had several complaints about the problem facing residents: water is not draining from the estate fast enough, and the residents complain about flooding of the area,” the President said.

“I can imagine the misery, I can imagine how things are and therefore very close to my heart is having these facilities. We need the rain, it is essential, but at the same time we need to have the capacity to drain off the excess water and it is necessary for agriculture. We are putting in the infrastructure for proper drainage.”

President Ramotar said with this intervention, it is his hope that the pump station will encourage more cultivation of land, and at the same time ease difficulties experienced in flood prone areas.

The Head of State also forewarned residents about the expected El Niño season as he called on them to be tolerable and disciplined during that period.

“We are in mid-May and still seeing dry season. We should be able to conserve and be disciplined. Do not destroy dams, for if we do that we won’t be able to manage the problem, this should help and we are putting in systems because our coastlands are below sea level and they are extremely important for our productivity.”

The President also alluded to the fact that high on the Administration’s agenda is the issue of Climate Change, which is already, having impact on Guyana and many other countries.

The need for cheaper

electricity, was highlighted which will further propel development locally as efforts are in place for several similar facilities across the country. The President noted that if the Government can manage to significantly bring down the cost of electricity, then emphasis could be placed on other developmental projects which will benefit citizens.

“We are on a growth path and we can grow faster, but cheap electricity is a big problem and we need that, with that we can create more jobs within industries and at the same time add value to our products.”

Work on the hydropower plant should have already started, but the project did not receive support from the combined opposition.

Mention was also made of several other key developmental projects which will be affected as a result of the recent cuts to the 2014 National Budget. The Head of State however noted that every effort will be made to have these projects completed with the aim of providing a better quality of life for all Guyanese.

Meanwhile, Agriculture Minister, Dr. Leslie Ramsammy, expressed satisfaction with the successful completion of the pump station. Dr. Ramsammy noted that the pump has been up and running for several weeks and has been giving its maximum output thus far. “This pump station was decommissioned many years ago, it was last operational in 1982 and it was between 1985 and 1975 a lot of stations were decommissioned. The pump stations were closed down

President Donald Ramotar, unveiling the plaque at the commissioning of the Rose Hall Pump Station in the presence of Agriculture Minister, Dr. Leslie Ramsammy and Chief Executive Officer of the National Drainage and Irrigation Authority, Lionel Wordsworth The Newly commissioned Rose Hall pump station

and the responsibility of the government in the last decades was to put these back in operation.”

The Agriculture Minister also noted that not only pumps have been replaced,

but where there was need for new pumps those needs have been met.

He added that with the changing weather pattern over the years there has been a growing need for

President Donald Ramotar during a guided tour of the Rose Hall pump station

new pump stations in areas where there was never need for such.

“Four hundred and eighty seven acres of land were occupied by farmers and came to an end years ago. We have been trying to bring them back with the commissioning of this pump station and several others”.

The minister pointed out that pump stations are currently being built and some refurbished along the Corentyne Coast.

“As we speak, other stations on the Corentyne coast are being put in place. We are enhancing the pump capacity in those places, at Bengal, at Number 66, Number 19 and other areas, we are putting in pumps, Gangaram.”

With these much-needed infrastructure in place, the minister called on residents to play their role in alleviating the effects of flooding and poor drainage and irrigation.

Addressing the issue of garbage build -up in trench-

es and drains, the minister called on residents to be more responsible.

“People have a responsibility, we also contribute to the problem. The amount of garbage in communities and drains, somebody puts it there so you need to ask yourselves who put it there... we will continue to work with you in communities, there are machines that are doing their work but it is all our responsibility.”

The commissioning of the pump was also welcomed by the Region 6 Chairman who called on residents to be appreciative of the developmental project, from which the region is benefitting.

The resuscitation of the pump station began in February 2013 and, was done by General Engineering and Supplies Services.

Work done on the existing structure include the rebuilding of the pump house and installing a new pump, which has a huge discharge capacity. (GINA)

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Rupununi man remanded for murder of friend’s brother

By Geeta Rampersaud AN unrepresented Robert Luke of Bamboo Creek Settlement in the North Pakaraima region of the Rupununi appeared yesterday before Chief Magistrate, Priya Sewnarine-Beharry on a charge of having murdered Winey Roberts at Bamboo Creek Settlement on May 12 last.

He was not required to plead to the indictable charge, and was remanded to prison until June 2, when the case would be called again in the Lethem Magistrate’s Court, where it has been transferred for report and fixtures.

Police Corporal, Bharat Mangru, prosecuting, said that on the day in question, the accused and his brother, Benn Luke, were imbibing with Wilkey Peters when a misunderstanding developed about going to a party.

As a result, the accused and his brother assaulted Peters, who managed to escape and run home, where he informed his brothers –- Winey Roberts and Glenford Edwin – that he had been

assaulted.

They, in turn, approached the accused and his brother, with Winey

Roberts having a knife which Luke took away and fatally stabbed Roberts to his left side chest.

Aries Seduction through words is your real power. You have a great talent for anything involving words. So you’re going to be able to attract even more admirers around you today! With the current planetary energy at work, you’ll surely get first prize in any contest of words. If you’ve been thinking about writing a love letter or a profile for a dating website, by all means, do so now!

Taurus With today’s celestial energy, you’re going to feel like you’re on vacation. This planetary configuration often gives people the feeling of having a fresh mind and calm disposition. Problems that once seemed so complicated now appear simple and surmountable. You could also have some fun writing. Try it. You may be surprised by the results.

Gemini Do you say yes every time someone asks for a favour? Is it sometimes hard to find time for yourself because you’re so busy coming to the rescue of a friend or family member? Today’s celestial energy asks you to think about you. Say no to your sister’s tenth babysitting request in two weeks. Do absolutely nothing if that’s what you wish.

Take care of yourself before taking care of everyone else!

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Cancer Do you think your body reflects who you are? If you have the feeling that it doesn’t, it’s probably because the image you have of yourself isn’t quite right. Take a close look at yourself in order to readjust that image. You’ll see that your body is the exact mirror of who you are at the moment. The alignment of the planets will help you see this more clearly now.

Leo Has it been difficult these past few days to communicate with those close to you?

Are you a little skeptical about your charm? In fact, have you been feeling somewhat unsure of yourself in general? The day ahead is excellent for a fresh start. You’re full of confidence. You have a natural gift for diplomacy, and your sense of refinement will once again be noticed and appreciated.

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It has been fairly easy for you to detect the truth behind the situations you’ve encountered lately. However, beginning today, your analytical abilities won’t be so reliable. The ups and downs of your relationships puzzle you in particular, and no amount of analysis yields a solution. A certain lack of commitment from other people will stir doubt, and you’ll begin to wonder if you’re truly appreciated and understood.

Libra How intense the past few days have been! You could spend months just reflecting on these recent experiences. But the mood isn’t conducive to introspection right now. A change of temper today encourages you to share your life more generously. But with whom will you share it? That may well be the question of the day.

Scorpio The day ahead may help you break away from the surrounding gloom and doom. A more playful influence is trying to make its way into your relationships, especially your emotional commitments. It could refresh your interest in your love life. If you haven’t been spending enough quality time with your partner, you’d better make up for it now.

Your mate will be overjoyed.

Sagittarius Sometimes you feel like you’re navigating through a thick fog, but the obscurity will finally lift today. The skies ahead are sunny and clear! You can expect an invitation to take a little trip or an offer to belong to a special group. Don’t pass up any opportunities to have fun. You can benefit from a diversion right now!

Capricorn Was someone close to you rude without any provocation? Were you the target of unpleasant criticism? You take these slights to heart. Beginning today, and throughout the days to come, you can expect to withdraw somewhat in order to lick your wounds.

You need more harmony and gentleness in your love life, and you’re likely to obtain that soon. Be patient!

Aquarius Having a personal opinion on any question isn’t the most difficult thing in the world to do. More difficult is confronting with some objectivity the opinions of others.

The current celestial energy is marking a change toward a mindset that is more scientifically oriented. This is no longer the moment to affirm yourself but rather to learn from others.

Pisces Enough of thinking about yourself! The hour has now arrived to draw some conclusions.

You’re at the end of the lengthy volume you were writing on your inner life. You’ll have to integrate what you’ve learned with the different emotions and situations that you’re in now. “Normalisation” will be the key word in the days to come.

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LEARN TO DRIVE  Sons and Outar Dr i v i n g S c h o o l , 1 8 5 C h a r lotte and King Streets, Maraj Building- 622-2872, 644-5166, 689-5997, 6150964.  Driving School. Cell No. 650-4291.

We operate on the East Coast and Georgetown.  Enterprise Driving School, 2 Croal Street Stabroek: You could also obtain an International Driver's Permit covering over 123 countries.

227-3869, Like us on Facebook. '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# 2275072, 226-7541, 226-0168. www.rksinstituteofmotering.webs.com

 M A S S A G E .

C a l l f o r a p p o i n t m e n t s l o u t c a l l s o n l y.

A n n a 6 6 1 - 8 9 6 9 .

 massages done by professional therapists, Out calls only. Contact Samantha 6612219.  MASSAGE. Call for appointmentsl out calls only. Anna 6 6 1 - 8 9 6 9 .

FOR RENT/HIRE

for rent/hire

 and Cement Ransom. 610-8005. and hair dressers' station to rent. Must be experienced and have customers. Salon located in Georgetown. Contact 627-8277, 699-6110. \Pawnshop

PAWNSHOP

 Jewellery and Pawn Shop, Lot 1 Durban Street Werk-enRust between Camp and George Streets. Tel: 223-6331, 227-2307.

FITNESS FITNESS  weight: Fat reduction powder, protein powder. Call 6602686, 625-7073.

BEAUTY SALON

BEAUTY SALON

: Offering hair and nails courses, also available Indian Brazilia virgin hair. Call 6043002, 699-8477.

SERVICES service and repairs to fridges & freezers, AC, washers and gas stoves. Tel. 6273206, 683-1312. (Nick) your property rented or sold fast. Call 610-8282, ask for Neil, your personal professional agent. truck service for your breakdown car and opening of locked vehicles. Call 610-8005.  Tech Repairs service, sales and spares. All types air conditioners, refrigerators, washing machine etc. Tel 233-2008, 6754959. cards starting at $4 each. Many professional choices. Several full colour and 1-colour options. May - special offer. Alert Printing 227-2679.  LCD, Plasma, Led projection TV's, etc, DVD, CD players. Any type of audio equipment, circuit board repairs, Abdul Electronics - 225-0391 'S PLUMBI N G & MAINTENA N C E , w e specialise i n tap and die, hot and cold water systems, bathrooms, toilets, sinks and gutters, etc. Call 653-0422, 682-6004.  : We have the best rates for building, foundation to finish. Tel. 695-4062.  all general construction, contact Mohamed. We specialize in carpentry, masonry, plumbing, po w e r - w a s h , painting, troweltex and varnishing. C a l l 2 3 3 - 0 5 9 1 , 6 6 7 - 6 6 4 4 , (office) 216-3120.

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SERVICES   (Residential, Commercial, Retail & Office Cleaning). We offer complete professional cleaning services. Our services are reliable, affordable, consistent and thorough. Our staffs are uniformed and background checked. Additional services include;   (laundry & ironing, grocery shopping and meal preparation),   ,  ,  (closets, cupboards, packing & unpacking),   (before, during & after),      ,    Our services can be customized to suit your specific needs. Contact us for a free, no obligation, inhome estimate            sunshine.cleaning@mail.com Office Hrs.: Mon-Sat, 8am-8pm Cleaning 7 days a week -IMMIGRANT Visa Service. Professional Visa applications to the US and Canada.

Fees USA VISA $3000, Canada $40 00, Plaza Computer Service, 245 Sheriff Street, C/ville.

225-7390, 618-0128, 688-1874.

Open Monday to Sunday 09:00hrs 21:00hrs TOURS

TOURS

  returns  holiday weekend, July 4 to 7.. 644-0185, 639-2663, 665-5171, 227-8290.

PENPAL

PEN PAL

    a Friend! Get educated!

Get Married!

Migrate!..through the CFI. Telephone Friendship Link. Call 592-2615079, 654-3670, 688-8293,2616833 twenty-four hours

SPIRITUALITY SPRIRITUALITY   and blackmagic done in Aldina Suriname. Call 642-5593       reading, other works done. For fast result s - r e u n i t i n g l o v e r s , r e m o v i n g e v i l a n d all blockages, etc. Call 696-8873, 6731166. works done to bring peace, finance, success, enhance prosperity, rem ove evil, blockage, reunite families, lovers, etc. 610-7234, 6440058.  spiritual help in removing evil spirit, bad luck, evil sickness, spells, reuniting lovers, bringing prosperity to business, etc. Tel: 612-6417, 220-0708, .687-5653  work done in Suriname - love, marriage, sickness, pregnancy, remove evil, prosperity, business and readings.

Call 674-8603, 597-851-9876..        Disciple of Swami Dayaramdas (India), specialist in Tantra, Mantra, Yantra, Poojas and Yagiyas; solve your problems today. 604-4760, 6281964.

VACANCY

VACANCY

/Labourer. Apply to: The Manager, Sol Gas Distributors, 9 Dowding Street, Kitty.

Tel. 225-2259, 622-5922. your own boss! Independent travel agents needed. Register now. bonitagarr@yahoo.com

VACANCY  for sewing girls and seamstresses. Call 2261458.  exists for Pharmacist. Apply with written application at Survival Shopping Complex, 173 Sheriff St, Campbellville. 277-5286-9.  Clerk and Cashiers. Apply with written application and passport-size picture to Survival, 173 Sheriff St, Campbellville. Tel. 227-5286-9. Desk staff, age 20 40 years, shift 12 midnight to 08:00hrs. Security guard, age 20-50 years, Apply to Tropical View Hotel, 33 Delph St., Campbellville. Tel. 227-2216.  General Store, 116 Regent Road Bourda. Tel. 223-5659 Experienced Sales Clerks in hardware, electrical and plumbing. Porters.  Clerk must have experience in Japanese parts. one handyman. Contact Ray's Motor Spares and Auto Sales. 231-7839. /Customer Service Clerk for furniture company. Must have experience in VAT, NIS, PAYE, Microsoft Excel.

Computer-literate. 649-9508. Clerk: Three subjects CXC, Store Assistance/Porter between ages 20 and 30. Applications must be addressed to: KENNAV HDL LIMITED, 309 East and Quamina Sts, S/C/Burg, Georgetown, Guyana.                                      

LAND FOR SALE

Land For Sale

    r o a d side land for sale. Contact 6711997.  No.2, 138 ft x 1750 - 5.5 acres - $15M, Phone 2277734.  x 80 LAND in Grove, E B D . P r i c e $ 5 M n e g . Te l .

6 9 5 5 7 4 4 rennygrant@yahoo.com ACRES transported land, Demerara River. Tel. 222-4708. LOT at 14 Kersaint Park, LBI. Tel. 699-9201.  Triumph, $3.8M neg. Tel. 220-2760, 645-3791. at Soesdyke, first corner, Soesdyke sign, 120 x 48.

Owner migrating. Serious enquiries only. Tel. 673-7600.  ECCLES 100 x 50 only $14M, Call 231-2064, 225-2626, 227-6863, 615-0069, 627-0288, 226-1064.  leaving. 180 acres land in Mahaica Creek priced to sell. Call 6446551.  ACRES of land at Dalgin, Soesdyke/Linden Highway. Call 670-6657, 2183294, 696-5440.  River front land 1.5 acres $35M, single lot $3M. Call 592-663-1728.  income land 55x 100 $2.5M neg at Parfaite Harmonie Phase 1. 697-5378 Victor.

LAND FOR SALE

LAND FOR SALE

 Road, Bourda. Tel. 647-1429, 641-4109, 661-4758.

ST NEWTOWN - Double lot. Size 31 X 135.

Price $18 million neg. Contact Royal Real Estate on 2257276, 665-7400, 685-7887, 643-6353.

 Kara, 3 Acres in Linden $32M neg. Contact 6803771, 694-7210..       i n L i n d e n $6.5M neg. Contact 680-3771, 694-7210  Blocks for sale. Tel. 683-9910. in Good Hope H/Sheme ECD, 50x100. Please contact 6953150, 623-0156 for more info.   cultivated citrus, house, fish pond, storage, 2 acres cultivated, 2 - 1 ACRE cultivated Parika.

Contact 226-7968.  plot of land $4M, Non Pareil, ECD, single plot Granville Park, ECD. Tel. 2207259, 623-8195.   $5.8M, Sea Front $12.5M, Diamond $7M, $4.5M, Eccles $6.5M, Enterprise $2.8M. Troy 626-2243. compound: House lot 55 x 100, ideal location, just behind the Princess Hotel,. Only $13M neg. Tel. 645-9266, 225-7722. FT X 50 FT - $2.2M, High income area, already excavated La Parfaite Harmonie, Diamond with foundation $3.2M. 675-7292  in Queenstown 165 x 60 over $100M. Phone Vice President Alysious Pereira 6232591, Vice President Darandia 615-0069, 618-0000, 225-2626   REAL ESTATE AGENCY: Dazzell Housing Scheme plot of land $1.5M, Providence plot of land $2.8M. Tel. 2253737, 225-4398, 651-7078.  ACRES prime high land in Cane Grove/Mahaica, has good road, water, light, farm house, bearing fruit trees, $22M. Call 2273285, 617-6502.  GARDENS/ REPUBLIC PARK E.B.D (Gated community) - Size 5000 sq ft. Price $13.5 million neg. Contact Royal Real Estate on 225-7276, 6657400, 685-7887, 643-6353.  STREET- double lot prime business spot (Size 12,500 sq ft) Price USD$ 1.3 million neg. Contact Royal Real Estate on 225-7276, 665 -7400, 6857887, 643-6353.  GARDENS/ REPUBLIC PARK E.B.D (Gated community) - (Size 10,000 sq ft) Price $23 million neg. Contact Royal Real Estate on 225-7276, 6657400, 685-7887, 643-6353. GARDENS E.C.D Triple lot. Price $58 million neg.

Contact Royal Real Estate 225-7276, 665-7400, 685-7887, 643-6353.   ST NEWTOWN Land with concrete fence. Size 31 X 135. Price 21million neg.

Contact Royal Real Estate on 2257276, 665-7400, 685-7887, 6436353.  NEW SCHEME E.B.D - Price $7 million. Contact Royal Real Estate on 2257276, 665-7400, 685-7887, 643-6353.  COMPOUND. House lots, Versailles Roraima (back of Aracari) and Republic Gardens. 44 ACRES E.B. Demerara.     E.C.D - Land with foundation for 2 storey house.

Land size 52 X 84. Price $ 6.5 million. Contact Royal Real Estate 225-7276, 665-7400, 685-7887, 643-6353.

  ST NEWTOWN CORNER LOT -Size 70 X 70.

Price $24 million. Contact Royal Real Estate on 225-7276, 6657400, 685-7887, 643-6353.  ROAD, Bourda CORNER LOT. Price $44 million neg. Contact Royal Real Estate 225-7276, 665-7400, 685-7887, 643-6353.  STEET, LODGE - 3 lots together with a 2 bedroom wooden cottage and walkway. Price 18 million neg.

Contact Royal Real Estate 2257276, 665-7400, 685-7887, 6436353.  REAL ESTATE AGENCY: Houston lot for $12M, Enmore ECD 200 x 200 $30M on public road, Crane Public Road $35M, Parika side of stelling $12M. Tel. 225-3737, 225-4398, 651-7078.   land in Duncan St. f o r 4-storey of f ice complex, bond , s c h o o l , apartment $40M. Phone 627-0288, Mr. Ramsayoe 618-0000, Mr Alysious Pereira 623-2591, Mr. Darindra 615-0069.\  CLOSE to Brickdam, $75M suitable for 5-storey complex, hotel Mr Ramsohoye 618-0000, Mr Pe r e i r a 2 2 6 1 0 6 4 , M r. D a r i n d r a 6 1 5 0069, 225-2626, 2276 8 6 3 , 2 2 5 -5198\ deals! They don't come everyday. EBD Public Road 45 acres $40M, D'Urban Street 100x40 $21M, Soesdyke near Splashmins 400x103 $3M, Republic Park 100x100 $28M, etc. Tel. 627-4348 Ryan  $6M neg, Dazzell Housing Scheme $5M neg, Eccles $6.5M, Coldingen $3.5M, Diamond $7.5M, $5.5M, Mon Repos $6.5M, K i t t y $ 1 6 M , B V. $ 1 5 M .

Charlyn - 665-9081.  $15M, Grove $6M, La Parfaite Harmonie $2M, Garnett Street $35M, Good Hope $8M, Diamond $15M,     . Tel. 2255908, 626-5807, 688-7485.  REAL ESTATE AGENCY: Queenstown land in residential area. Price $38M, Land in Dowding Street 25'x120'.

Price $15M Tel. 225-3737, 2254398, 651-7078.  REAL ESTATE AGENCY: Bagotstown Public Road near Demerara Harbour Bridge, back lot 38x90 with 6-foot walkway, great deal $8M. Tel. 2253737, 225-4398, 651-7078.  REAL ESTATE AGENCY: Princes Street double back lot with 4 ft walkway. Price $7M, Bagotstown EBD Public Road back lot with 4ft walkway $10M, Providence EBD one house lot, price $3M. Tel. 2253737, 225-4398, 651-7078.  REAL ESTATE AGENCY: De Abreu Street corner lot, Price $30M, Bel Air Village residential area land.

Price $25M, 2 acres land facing Demerara River width is 800, length is 1000 feet. Nice for wharf, factory or other large scale business. Needs access to land and sea transportation. Price US$2.5M neg. Tel. 225-3737, 225-4398, 651-7078.

GUYANA CHRONICLE CHRONICLE, Tuesday TUESDAY, MAY 20,2014 2014 GUYANA May 20, LAND FOR SALE  REAL ESTATE AGENCY: Vreed-en-Hoop Public Road double lot $35M, Diamond EBD land for $11M, $8M, Annandale ECD Marshall Street land $5M, Oil Mill Road Cove and John ECD $5M. Tel. 2253737, 225-4398, 651-7078.  REAL ESTATE AGENCY: Linden Highway 30 acres land $15M, Annandale ECD double lot in front market $15M, Buddy's Scheme double lot $22M, Eccles 'AA' Victoria Street land $19M Goed Fortuin WBD Public Road land 300x 55. Price $28M. Tel. 225-3737, 2254398, 651-7078. for bond, hotel, apartment complex, Blygezight 120 x 60 $36M, neg, Austin St. 134 x 56 - $36M, Kitty 8 000 sq ft - $22M, Phone Vice President 225-2 6 2 6 , 6 1 8 - 0 0 0 0 , 2 2 5 2626, 623-2591, 226-1064, 2276863, 615-0069 prime house lots next to the Guyana National Stadium $130M, from the East Bank Public Road. We have given to you the best Design community in the Caribbean with durable infrastructure. Come see for yourself. For enquire contact Tel. 615-8810, 668-3100. : Pineapple and citrus farms for sale. Access to creek. Pumps and irrigation systems in place. Two chicken pens and many more.

Ideal to rear poultry, access road from highway good, and car can drive to farm. Must sell. Owner migrating. Call 694-1888, 444-6589. OF CANAAN, EBD: Transported lots 120' x 120', 4 lots of ½ acre and 4 parcels of one acre. All utilities. Tel. 266-0014, 669-8139.8 000 SQ. FT of land in Vlissengen Road close to Sandy Babb Street - $79M for 4-storey complex drive through. Phone Mr Boodram 6923831, 615-0069, 225-2626, 2255198, 618-000, 626-4180.  only remaining triple lot in God Bless Agricola A is #1 for parking truck, bond. Security is the best in the world $19M. Phone Lord Budram 692-3831, Pereira 669-3350, 623-2591, Alexander 661-1952, Hercules 661-1952, 226-1064, 225-5198, 227-6949, 225-2626,2 31-2064, 693-9131, Cameron 225-5184, 7 days a week 24 hours. land is going to solve your business need, in Smyth close to Brickdam 120 x 60 the only land available for $55M neg All lands that would give you the same r e t u r n o n y o u r i n vestment $95M, talking of 5-storey co m p l e x . P h o n e Lady Racel J o n e s 688-3431 , Master Darindra 615-0069, 618-0000 , 6 2 3 -2 5 9 1 , 2 2 5 - 2 6 2 6 , 2 2 53068, 2 2 6 - 1 0 6 4, E m ail : tonyreidsrealty@hotmail.com  x 60 land in Bel Air Village for hotel, bond, 5s t o r e y, s t u d e n t s ' d o r m $42M. Phone Vice President Patrick Pereira 669-3350, V i c e P r e s i d ent Ramsohoye 618-0000, 623-2591, 227-6863, 225-2626, 667-7812.  lot in Dennis St, with driveway 20 feet $17M, Sec. 'M', 80 x 60, plus reserve for bond $19M, Da S i l v a S t 8 0 x 5 0 $ 1 3 M , Kitty Railway Embankm e n t 8 0 0 0 s q . f t $ 20M, land has 20 ft driveways. Vice President Drandia 615-0069, Vice President Alysious Pereira 623-2591, Vice Pr e s i d e nt Ramsayae 618-0000, Vice President 225-2626, 226-1064, 667-7812.  with 20ft driveway Dennis Street $17M, S e c . ' M ' 90 x 50 plus reserve $1 7M, Kitty 8 000 sq. ft - $19M, one house in McDoom close to main road $9M. Pho n e M r D a r i n d r a 6 1 5 0069, 618-0000 Vice P r e s i d e nt Alysious Pereira 6 2 3 - 2 5 9 1 , 2 2 7-6863, 2261064, 225-2626.

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They must adopt a n e w s t r a t e g y. T h e C h i n ese are moving in so me locations that land for bond/factory is cheap, 20 000 sq ft land close to the Chinese embassy for bond. $58M, 8 000 s q . f t o n the main road close t o t h e C h i n e s e E mbassy $54M for 4-storey fast food/super m a r k e t 2 0 0 - c a r parking. 1½ acres of land in Turkeyen for hostel, school, university, bond, Buy now, be d e cisiv e. Present, you ha v e a b o s s , n o w d e c i d e .

Phon e M r. D a n h a n d r i 6 1 5 0065, M r. P a t r i c k P e r e i r a 6 6 9 - 3 3 5 0 , M r. A l y s i o u s Pereira 623-2591, 2252 7 0 9 , 2 2 5 - 2 6 2 6 , 2 2 5 - 3 0 6 8, 2 2 6 - 1064, 227-6863, 225-5198 Seven days of h o t m ail: tonyreidsrealty.com..

Gardens: 3-bedroom upper flat - 613-9033.

 furnished apartment, AC, hot and cold, internet, US$25 daily. 231-6061, 6211524.

/unfurnished 3and 4-bedroom executive houses and apartments US$700, US$1000, US$1500 and up. Ask for Mr Pereira 669-0943, 2312064.

 concrete 3-bedroom bottom flat, spacious l i v i n g q u a r t ers, telephone, parking, toilet and bath, EBD. Decent working couple. Tel. 668-5384, 648-3342.

 $90 000, Kitty $140 000, Ogle $60 000 - $150 000, AA Eccles (5-bedroom house) US$1200, Subryanviile Diana 2272256, 626-9382,

Street: One & two-bedroom furnished apartments, hot & cold, AC, Internet, US$20 daily. Rates neg. for monthly visitors. Te l : 227-5852/638-4404.

, opposite the Cultural Centre in great Industrial Hadfield Street more than $80M. Phone Mr Boodram 692-3831, Mrs Bibi Khan 67603403, Lady Abundance 6611992 Lord Darindra 615-0069, Mr Alex A. Pereira - 669-0943, 6180000, 623-2591, 225-2626, 2261064.  wish to advertise all land was made by the creator for different purposes. Go as high as you can to enjoy economy of height. Earl's Court LBI do u b l e l ot 120 x 90 $17M, Happy Acres parallel to th e Main Road 100 x 50 $16M, for business or 4-storey apartment land for bonds on the East Coast $28M, Kitty 8 000 sq. ft $20M, Da Silva St 70 x 35 $14M, 9 000 sq. ft on Main Road 500 yards south of Chinese Emb a s s y, T u r k e y e n 1 . 4 a c r e s $38M, Campbellville 80 x 60 w i t h l o t s o f reserve $ 1 6 M , Republ i c Park $16M, Continental Park double l ot $35M, Croal Street 75 x 50 - $32M, 3 lot s a t ' A A ' E c c l e s with massive unfinished struct u r e $98M, plus reserve. Friendship $3.5M, Pearl 5 acres for gated community $45M neg.

Phone , 225-3068, 226-1064, 227-6863, 227-6964, 225-2626. to let

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 bedroom unfurnished apartment in Cambellville.

6213661.  in Bourda Market.

615-8750, 602-8700.  Gardens US$2000. Keyhomes 223-1765, 641-2664.  f u r n i s h e d h o u s e U S $ 1 0 0 0 . 6 11 - 0 3 1 5 , 690-8625. -bedroom apartment next to UG. Tel. 680-7622.  business space in Light Street. Tel. 6440530. -bedroom self-contained apartment at Mon Repos, ECD. 629-1561, 679-4615.  living in five areas, furnished apartments in Georgetown US880 monthly. Call 592-663-1728.  bond $500,000. Large Storage space Regent St. $500 0 0 0 , m o n t h l y. 6 2 6 - 1 1 5 0 , 231-9181. : Furnished 2-bedroom flat, suitable for overseas visitors. Tel. 227-1871, 6462939. floor and second floor space on Duncan Street. 6218198.  bottom flat apartment at La Grange WBD. Single or working couple.

6 58 - 9 6 1 9 .        f u r n i s h e d a p a r t m e n t s i n B e l A i r, s e cured gate, cable, internet.

682-3733.

 and apartment for rental and sale. All price ranges, all areas. Call Neil 610-8282, 6719614. -bedroom apartment in Charity Housing Scheme. Contact 771-4180, 687-5814.  three-bedrooms flat house, Eccles new scheme behind Industrial Site, $ 5 0 , 0 0 0 m o n t h l y, C o n t a c t 628-2866.    apartment for rent semi furnished. Contact 6161965, 218-3266.       d a i l y, s t u d i o apartment in East Street, business space and furnished 2-bedroom in A l b e r t t o w n . Te l . 6 2 1 - 5 2 8 2 .  Air Gardens, wide yard space, swimming pool, fully airconditioned, US$6500 per month.

680-3771, 694-7210.  two-bedroom house.

Contact 688-6876, located at 174 Haslington Housing Scheme, ECD. -EN-HOOP, 7-8 Plantain Walk: Unfurnished 2 - twobedroom apartments with parking.

Tel. 264-2639, 264-2743.  2 bedroom upper flat at 95 Craig St. C/ ville, prefer teacher or working couple or small family (not more than 3).

Te l 2 2 5 - 4 4 0 9 , 6 4 5 - 0 9 8 4 .  - $80 000, Lamaha Gardens US$3500, North Road US$1400 and US$600, and many others. Tel. 628-8012.  concrete bond 87'x32' Public Road Mc Doom next to Police out post suitable for storage, factory etc. 233-0570.  Street: Furnished or unfurnished top flat 3 bedrooms, 3 bathrooms, ideal for office or residential use.. Large parking area. US$850. Call 600-4343.  furnished studio apartment near UG and Texilla, telephone, internet, water, electricity inclusive. $75 000. Phone 600-4343.  unfurnished 2-bedroom apartment (lower flat at 57 Austin Street, Campbellville. Contact 219-4072, 618-3706.  house with toilet and bath, in Diamond Housing Scheme with secure parking $50 000 monthly. Contact 6391848. -bedroom apartment with toilet and bath, located in Cummings Lodge. Single person only, student or worker, Tel. 222-9123.      t o r e n t c l o s e t o U G, s h a r e d a c c o m m o d a t i o n c a l l : 6 2 5 - 8 5 8 5 also to rent, one five bedroom house . -bedroom and twobedroom apartments at Lot 96 Fourth Street Industrial Housing Scheme, ECD. Tel. 2227904.   2-bedroom apartments, fully furnished and selfcontained for long- and short-term rental. Contact Tropical View Hotel. 227-2216.  bottom flat, 3-bedroom apartment. BB Eccles. Tel. 233-2248.  spacious 3 bedroom, more apartments. 2227986, 638-7232. one- and 2-bedroom furnished apartments.

Tel. 622-8109. or unfurnished 4bedroom house in Prashad Nagar and Lamaha Springs. Tel. 657-7784, 646-0195.  apartment from US$500, US$800, US$1000, $US1200 and upwards. 226-1064, 669-3350.

 AIR $65 000, D'Urban St. $65M, $75M, Campbellville house, fully furnished US$140 and many more 626-2243, 6943652.  apartment in Bent Street, Wortmanville, US$30 per day. Contact 226-3309, 218-1033, 678-4267.  5-bedroom house Happy Acres. Call 231-7839 between 08:00hrs and 16:00hrs. - Prime business in central Georgetown, formerly Hotel. - US$3000.

JEWANRAM: 227-1988/ 6236431           : Unfurnished one-bedroom self-contained apartment with parking.

Contact Mr Hing. Tel. 680-5000. TREET- Fully furnished property for Office purposes. 1200 sq.ft. - US$2000..

JEWANRAM: 227-1988/ 6236431.  furnished, 1-bedroom apartment with AC in Kitty, for short time visitors.

686-4620, 227-2466. apartment, inside toilet and bat, 16 'C' L e R e s o u v e n i r . Te l . 2 2 0 4066. : Furnished one-bedroom selfcontained apartment with parking. Tel. 677-8176.  left apartment 2 bedrooms, inside toilet and bath 194 Anaida Avenue, Eccles.

Tel. 266-2547. space: Suitable for office, salon, or other.

(175 sq. ft). Call 227-3064, 6287589.  self-contained apartment, fridge and bed included.

Light and water included in rent at Bagotstown, EBD. Tel. 6275079.  GARDENS- Upscale 3 bedrooms on corner lot. Grilled, A/ C, Guard hut, Gargage etc.

JEWANRAM: 227-1988/ 623-6431. storey building in A12 East La Penitence Housing Scheme in need of repairs, $22M neg. Tel. 662-6173, 6484420. -style 1-family house by itself in residential neighbourhood US$1000.Tel. 627-4348, Ryan.  FULLY furnished 2-bedroom apartments with kitchen, toilet and bath, Chateau Margot ECD. 660-0943,  spot, Albert St, close to Lamaha, preferably internet, pharmacy or photocopying. 223-6977.  ground floor measuring 44' x 22' can be used for a store or storage bond, located at 61 Public Road Kitty, Georgetown. Tel. 226-1769, 629-4961, 600-0282.                                  

 furnished one- and 2-bedroom apartments, longor short-term. Utilities included.

Contact 645-0787, 691-7093. -bedroom apartment, bottom flat, for working married couple or single decent person, in Georgetown., $40 000. One month's rent, one month' security.

Contact 639-9979  spot: Could be used as boutique, bond, cell shop, church, snackette, wholesale/retail shop, drinks shop, pharmacy, internet cafe, etc. Contact 646-0668. Call from 3pm to 6pm only. for World Cup accommodations? Apartments available in Fontaleza Brazil. Call Julien Tel. 0015598884147 and 0019882489042 Email: donjay1001@yahoo.com Street Bourda, fully furnished two-bedroom upper flat, with A/C, hot & cold and wi-fi. Price US$35 daily neg, for monthly visitors. Phone 623-9308, 2315992. house to rent in Kitty - one self-contained master room, extra toilet, bath, grilled, parking for one car, water day/night, kitchen, dining and living room. Tel. 227-6178.  spot: Could be used as boutique, bond, cell shop, church, snackette, wholesale/retail shop, drinks shop, pharmacy, internet cafe, etc. Contact 646-0668. Call from 3pm to 6pm only. ground floor for business $75 000 and $40 000, Alexander Street Kitty. Ideal for teacher's lessons, Electronics, Hair salon, Pharmacy, Taxi base, etc.

225-0571, 638-0787. -bedroom bottom flat apartment, toilet and bath. Unfurnished $45 000, fully furnished $65 000 at Industry. Tel. 222-8887, 645-7187, 6566356. : Fully furnished one- and three-bedroom apartments, AC, hot and cold, internet, cable TV, parking, etc.

Suitable for overseas visitors, short term. 227-1843, 2265137.  have 2-, 3-, 4-,5- and 7bedroom, in and out of town.

Prices range from $90 000 to US$3200. Also rooms for female UG students. Tel. 216-3120 office, 233-0591, 667-6644. bottom flat apartment, fully grilled, master bedroom, AC, Enachu Street, Section 'K' Campbellville. Contact 227-4992 between 08:00hrs and 17:00hrs. - and two-bedroom fully furnished, AC, WiFi, apartment conveniently located at 6 Seaforth St, Campbellville. Long- or s h o r t - t e r m . U S $ 3 5 / 6 0 d a i l y.

621-3094, 650-5354.

 3-bedroom concrete and tiled apartment for long-term rentals, self-contained, hot and cold, AC, etc. Price $100 000, Mon Repos ECD. Tel. 618-0626.

 top concre t e t o p f l a t i n C a n a l # 2 $30 000 monthly (inside toilet & bath), water & light, one glass case (L40" x W25" x H 2 f t 4 i n s ) . Te l . 2 2 3 - 6 9 4 1 , 685-9590.

 2-bedroom concrete and tiled apartment for longterm rentals self-contained, hot and cold, AC, etc, Price $80 000, Mon Repos ECD. Tel. 6180626.

prime three-storey commercial building with car park, located on North Road, between Oronoque and Albert Streets.

Contact 626-6909, 642-7963, 669-0855.

 bedroom executive apartment, Industry ECD, semi furnished,19" television, queen bed, stove, $55,000 monthly, Call 628-2866 after 5PM."

-Furnished 3 bedroom (self-contained with H/C shower) Omai Street, Prashad Nagar, Garage for two cars - US$1,100 monthly. Phone 642-0325

 apartment, central location, beautifully furnished, AC bedroom, hot and cold water, pretty garden for entertaining/dining, wi-fi access US$550 monthly. Tel. 6414664, 225-7211.  flat: Self-contained one-bedroom cozy and convenient, hot water, parking, utilities included (electricity, water, WiFi internet), furnished $80 000, Courida Park. Tel. 667-9367.  house: Four-bedroom (one master), four additional baths, open plan living room, ground floor lounge (office), secluded driveway, parking.

Unfurnished $280 000. Bel Air Gardens. Tel. 667-9367. : 2-, 3- & 4bedroom unfurnished and furnished apartments $85 000 to $150 000 monthly BUSINESS: Kitty, Alberttown Georgetown.      GARDENS Fully furnished Executive 3 bedroom house. Price USD $1800.

Contact Royal Real Estate 2257276, 665-7400, 685-7887, 6436353.  2-bedroom, unfurnished lower flat apartment, 6th St, Cummings Lodge, UG area $30 000 per month. Tel. 222-4913, (Students or couple preferred). STREET SECTION K C/VILLE- unfurnished 3 bedroom house can be rented as office. Price $1600 USD neg. Contact Royal Real Estate on 225-7276, 665 7400, 6857887, 643-6353.  close proximity to Sheriff Street - brand new 3 storey concrete building. Suitable for business, school, residence etc.

Price USD $12,000. Contact Royal Real Estate 225-7276, 6657400, 685-7887, 643-6353.  - 3 storey concrete building suitable for school. Building size 10,250 sq ft. Price USD $5000. Contact Royal Real Estate 225-7276, 6657400, 685-7887, 643-6353.  STREET brand new executive offices. Size per unit 1650 sq ft. Price USD $2200 neg. Contact Royal Real Estate 225-7276, 665-7400, 6857887, 643-6353. - unfurnished 4 bedroom house can be used as office or residence.

Price USD $1550 neg. Contact Royal Real Estate 225-7276, 6657400, 685-7887, 643-6353.         , GEORGETOWN - office space available suitable for consultants, accounting firm, lawyers etc.

Price USD $500 neg. Contact Royal Real Estate 225-7276, 6657400, 685-7887, 643-6353.  AND REGENT STREETS - Commercial space on ground floor. Size 1645 sq ft.

Price USD $2400 (as is). Contact Royal Real Estate 225-7276, 6657400, 685-7887, 643-6353.  S T R E E T, BOURDA - 3 storey concrete building. Suitable for store, restaurant and bar, etc. Price USD $8,500 neg. Contact Royal Real Estate 225-7276, 665-7400, 685-7887, 6436353.  NAGAR - furnished executive flats with modern amenities. Price USD $1350 and unfurnished USD $1100 .

Contact Royal Real Estate 2257276, 665-7400, 685-7887, 6436353.

22 20 TO LET GARDEN - brand new executive 5 bedroom concrete house with swimming pool.

Price USD $5000. Contact Royal Real Estate 225-7276, 665-7400, 685-7887, 643-6353. . E.B.D - 3 storey concrete building suitable for school. Price USD $6000 neg.

Contact Royal Real Estate 2257276, 665-7400, 685-7887, 6436353. NAGAR - unfurnished 3 bedroom top flat can be used as office or residence.

Price USD $1250 neg. Contact Royal Real Estate 225-7276, 6657400, 685-7887, 643-6353.  - fully furnished 2 bedroom executive flat with modern amenities. Price USD $1450 neg. Contact Royal Real Estate 225-7276, 665-7400, 685-7887, 643-6353. flat apartments 143B Fifth Street Alberttown, long and short terms, rentals double,24hrs surveilance/night security and single rooms US$40 and US$80 per night, wifi, AC, hot and cold.

Tel. 231-6721. BEDROOM Kitty $70 000, 3bedroom furnished Campbellville $160 000, 2-bedroom furnished Alberttown $130 000, 3-bedroom Prashad Nagar US$1000 neg, 2-bedroom Diamond $70 000, 4-bedroom Lamaha Springs $140 000. Charlyn 665-9087. /executive rental: Wonderful 7-bedroom property for office & residence at Atlantic Ville, East Coast Demerara. Price US$2000. Call Mr Darin 6150069, 225-2626, 225-5198, 225-3069, 225-2709, 231-2064.\  furnished bottom apartment (1 master room), parking, etc US$1000, 3-bedroom furnished house (1 master room) grilled, parking, etc US$1500 residential others. Apartment/houses furnished and unfurnished from US$1000 up.

Call 664-5105.  STREET, ALBERTOWN - 3 storey concrete building. Suitable for school, embassy, office complex, call centre, medical complex etc. Price USD $6,000 neg. Contact Royal Real Estate 225-7276, 665-7400, 685-7887, 643-6353.  house Alberttown US$700, Bel Air US$1250, Ogle US$1500, Campbellville US$1000, Lamaha Springs US$950, Republic Park US$750, Prashad Nagar semi-furnished US$1100, Kitty $70 000. Troy, 626-2243.  HOPE, PUBLIC ROADNew Commerical property with annex canteen. Suitable for Auto Sales, Mini Mall, Ice cream parlour, etc.- US$ 12000 neg as a whole or in parts. JEWANRAM: 227-1988/ 623-6431  space ground floor, 5 rooms plus receptionist's and reception area, suitable for doctor's surgery, clinic, laboratory, etc. formerly Dr Bacchus surgery/ clinic. Fully refurbished inside and outside US$2200 per month neg. One two-room upper flat for office with 20x12 ft open space in secure environment, grilled, with steel door US$1200. Tel. 227-2612. 6278314.                              RENTAL, 609-8233: Hadfield Street, AC, all utilities $45 000, Norton Street 2-bedroom new $50 000, North whole house $60 000, Guyhoc whole house $60 000, Cummings St US$500, whole house Alexander Village fully furnished $60 000, one bedroom.

TO LET  Ruimveldt $50 000, $80 000, $100 000, $60 000. Fully furnished Meadow Brook US$1800, Subryanville 4-bedroom US$1700, bond space US$900, Kitty US$800, Charlotte business space US$800, Good Hope 2-bedroom $35 000.

Call Neil 610-8282, 671-9614. World #1 Realtor Mist e r Terry Redford Reid 66 7 7 8 1 2 , 225-6 8 5 8 , 2 2 5 - 7 1 6 4 , 2 2 6 - 1 0 6 4 , 2 2 5 - 2626, 2312068, 619-7945. Have the executive rental reduced by 35%, Prashad Nagar US$1000, Jacaranda Ave. Bel Air Par k U S $ 2 0 0 0 , B a r ima A v e B e l A i r P a r k US$1 8 0 0 , Bel Air S p r i n g s U S $ 1 0 0 0 , large b o n d for rental o f f i c e s m a l l f o r m U S $ 3 75, 10 000 sq ft office space for technology business, Lam a h a Gardens U S $ 1 5 0 0 , Lama Ave, B e l Air Park US$180 0 , B e l A i r P a r k o n t h e round about US$1000, Prashad Nagar US$150 0, land from $11 million, riverside l a n d h o t e l s w i t h U S $ 3 5 0 0 0 m o n t h rental a n d o f f i c e s p a c e US$40 000 month prope r t i e s f r o m $ 1 4 m i l l i o n . 22 5 - 2626, 225-5198, 226-1064, 623-2591, 669-3350  have rental from US$800 in Kingston, New Haven, beautiful 2-storey concrete property, 4 self-contained rooms, large den , l a r g e l i v i n g r o o m , f a m i l y r o o m , t e l e vision ro om, beautiful kitchen, fully air conditioned, hot and cold facilities, land space. Price US$2500, unfurnished. Bel Air Springs 2-storey concrete property, master room, 2 bedrooms, kitchen, family room, den, verandah, hot and cold facilities, semi-furnished, security cameras, land space US $ 1 5 0 0.

Lamaha Gardens 2-storey concrete property, fully air conditioned 3 bedrooms, unfurnished US$2000, (neg). Prashad Nagar 2-storey concrete property l a r g e l i v i n g area, 4 self-contained rooms hot and cold facilit i e s , g e n e r a tor, unfurnished US$1500 neg. Camp St middle floor suitable for business $175 00 0 . QUEENSTOWN: Beautiful 2storey concrete property in perfect condition, 4 bedrooms, hot and cold facilite i s,masterroom, famiy l room, den, air-conditioned, parking space for vehicle US$2500. Do call u s o n Tel. 225-6858, 225-7164, 688-1885 C a l l Te r rence 6 6 7 - 7812. We are situated at 247 'D' Forshaw &Oronoque  A N T H ONY Reid BSc has more than 20,000 hrs in Real Estate Investment and Economic Transformation of People Economic Gr o wth. We have rental from US$1500, in Bel Air Park, ambassador's residence in University Gardens Le Resouvenir, LamaAve with pool, Jacaranda Ave. with large lawns US$2000, Prashad Nagar US$100 0 , a p t . f r o m U S $ 7 0 0 , b o n d 8 0 0 0 sq ft, smal l a n d l a r g e o f f i c e s p a c e up to 1500 0 sq foot; state of the art hote l a nd o f f ice c om plex with income of U S$40 000 monthly; 2 acre s of land in the city for hotel, and any complex Main Street 2 ½ acres US$5M, Water Street 4 acres for hotel, hotel on 5 acres of land overlooking the sea US$5M; another o verlook i n g t h e s e a US$1.5M , income US$15000; riverside land residential land at LBI-$10M;Republic Park $8M, Dia m ond $ 7 M , Sec. 'K' $20 M , Bel A ir Park $ 2 5 M , G a r n ett double lo t $ 4 2 M , Phone 225-2626, 231-2064, 225-2709, 226-1064, 227-6949, 2276863, 667-7812. 619-7945 , 3-bedroom house with large bond space US$2500, Continental Park 4-bedroom house with AC and automatic gate US$2000, 3-storey newly built property ideal for school, restaurant or church, etc $800 000, McDoom 3 large bond spaces with security $150 000, Diamond upper flat US$600, Eccles 4bedroom furnished house US$1800.   . Tel. 225-5908, 626-5807, 688-7485.

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         / O f f i c e Sp a c e : A p a r t m e n t s a n d r o o f garden suitable for weddings, birthday parties, anniversar i e s , e t c . i n Republic Park, EBD. Office space and roof garden suitable for weddings, birthday parties, anniversaries, etc in Charlotte Street, Georgetown. Contact. 6281203, 651-3402, 227-4263.   Diplomatic property in excellent neighbourhood. Well furnished including Guard Hut, Walk in closet, Indoor and outdoor Bar, Solar and Windmill and many more. Suitable for embassies, international organisations,etc US$3500.JEWANRAM: 227-1988/ 623-6431/ 657-8887.  three-bedroom concrete building, fully furnished with modern amenities in residential area. Subryanville US$2500 neg. Four-bedroom top flat fully furnished $110 000, unfurnished $80 000, South Ruimveldt four-bedroom top flat unfurnished $75 000, two-bedroom unfurnished residential area $50 000, one-bedroom apartment in residential area $25 000. Wills/ Vasco Reality - 227-2612, 6278314, 610-8314.

PROPERTY FOR SALE

PROPERTY FOR SALE

 semi-furnished threebedroom top flat. Contact 6931887, 687-0835.

 newly built concrete house at Success, two self-contained rooms. Fully grilled and garage for 3 vehicles, plenty of yard space for swimming pool.

Price $50M. 649-0755.

     b u s i n e s s s t o r e front, and small furnished office space. 600-0036, 2231719. structure, height 35 ft L x 87 ft W x 52 ft - $4M, l o c a t e d i n L i n d e n . Te l . 6 9 4 7210, 680-3771.  wooden concrete building. Vacant possession, 178 Waterloo Street, Georgetown $50M. 627-3994.  and land, length 560 ft, one-storey 3-bedroom wooden house at Triumph Agriculture Road, ECD, $13.5M. Tel. 663-1397.  in 319 East Street between Middle and New Market. Tel. 225-5684. property, ECD, north of railway line. Strictly no agents. Price $29.5M. Tel. 6991069, 226-1322.  at Chateau Margot, ECD $32M neg. Tel. 6619431.

PROPERTY FOR SALE PROPERTY FOR SALE

 new 3-bedroom p r o p e r t y, l o w l a n d , E a s t Coast Demerara $16M neg.

Contact 680-3771, 6947210.

 ST $55M, 60x120. .Tel. 611-0315, 690-8625.

 Gardens, corner lot $10M. Contact 680-3771, 694-7210.

 flat house in gated community, EBD. Move in, ready. Tel. 670-8958

house in Atlantic Gardens. Contact 617-8255, 6166259. Only serious enquiries.

      K o k e r . P r i c e $19M neg. Call 220-2363, 653-6479.

 flat property in Mon Repos opposite Market. Business in front, residence at the back. Tel. 226-7894

 Front land with a small wooden house in East Coast Demerara. Contact 657-8086. house and land, 2-storey building, 3 apartments Cornelia Ida. 610-0514.  & Lamaha Streets$36M.CallMs. AmritaTel: 697-9611  Gardens $65M. Keyhomes 223-1765, 6412664 . home $30M neg.

611-0315, 690-8625.  Ruimveldt Park: 2storey, 4-bedroom, 2 bathrooms, parking, overhead tank. Price $25M neg. 618-3635.  EBD: Two-storey concrete and wooden property.

Tel. 655-3817.  Street near Regent Stre e t a l s o d o u b l e stall in Bourda Market, facing Regent Street.

643-0000, 220-1324.  HOUSES on double lot at Middle St, McDoom, business and rental $35M. Contact 2330346. , ECD Railway Embankment Contact 6846835, 668-1321. Ideal for hotel or rental  sale and removal: One small two-room cottage, located in Hardina Street, Wortmanville.

Call 661-8091, 683-7923.  house in New Haven, Bel Air Georgetown $60M for viewing, etc Email renellodettajordan@gmail.com  in Section 'C' Enterprise, ECD. 270-4244, 6020606.  top flat threebedroom house, 80 Albert & Laluni Streets, Queenstown. Tel. 2267452, 226-0178.  apartments in Eccles, furnished and unfurnished.

Tel. 643-1131.           3-be droom semi-furnished apartment located at 29 2nd Street, Liliendaal ECD. Serious enquiries. Tel. 656-7864.

 at 3rd Street, Herstelling, EBD. Price $15M neg. Tel. 265-3694.  in 8th Street Foulis Enmore, ECD. 256-3360, 685-8485. furnished bar to rent at Montrose, EC. Contact Number 609-9946.  flat house finished, with foundation behind, Westminster, WBD $7.5M neg.

227-3961, 604-3568  Nagar $75M, Pradoville, Nandy Park, New Hope (Swimming pool) $32M, South Ruimveldt, Ogle, etc. Tel. #: 628-8012, 627-1212.  3-storey building at Lot 61 Station Street, Kitty $32M neg. Contact 6803771, 694-7210.  : Newly built 2storey concrete building, containing 5 bedrooms, on land 55x90. $30M neg. Contact 681-1290, 641-8445, 220-7295. -designed luxurious mansion in high class neighbourhood $85M neg. Tel. 6274348 Ryan.           house for sale at Timehri, corner lot with ongoing business $4.5M. Owner leaving. Call 685-8691, 693-4315. , CHURCH ST. Charlotte St, Republic Gardens.

TEL. 226-8148, 625-1624. and apartments for rental and sale. All price ranges.

All areas. All areas. Call 6108282, 671-9614.  St $35M, South Ruimvdldt $20M, Bel Air Park $35M, East Ruimvdldt $20M, Lance Gibb St, $75M. Call 6267159, 610-0065.  2-storey property s i t u a t e d a t A n i r a St r e e t , Queenstown. Call 225-4359, 623-3443. No agents.  stall in B o urda Green Market. Can be used to sell groceries, food, vegetables, fruits, etc. $800 000.Call 227-3285, 617-6502.

 concrete 2 flat house at 47 Happy Acres ECD, fully furnished 3 bedr o o m s t o p f l a t , hot and cold bath, big yard space. Call 225-2902, 6731095. BUILDINGS in one yard, 13 fully furnished apartments. Price US$750 000. Interest persons only. Duncan Street. Contact 6450787.     b u s i n e s s p r o p e r t y, corner lot, in Alberttown. Contact 617-8255, 616-6259. Only serious enquiries. : 5-bedroom transported property $38M neg.

Diamond $20M. 265-1050, 6044512. ESTATE: Have properties to rent or sell? Then call Diana 227-2256, 626-9382.

We have clients for your properties.  concrete house, 3 bedrooms, 1 self-contained with AC, laundry room, located at Mon Repos, ECD. $34M neg. Tel. 642-2116.  Street, Norton Street, Kitty Public Road, Sheriff Street, Republic Gardens, Republic Park, Diamond, Eccles, Hadfield Street. Trival Realty 665-7946.            2-storey concrete building (30x40) land (50 x 80) 'A' Field Sophia. Price $7.6M neg.

Contact Sanjay 662-3842. , New Garden St; Newly constructed threestorey, executive concrete building. Vacant possession. Tel. 6420-636.  No.1, Public Road: 2-storey concrete and wooden, needs repair, land size approximately 40x850,' transported. $14M neg. 618-3635.  $6M, Montrose $7.5M, Diamond $10.5M, $23M, Success $20M, Ogle $64M neg, Regent St $1.3M. Troy 626-2243.  $62M, Lamaha Gardens $45M, Bel Air Park $70M, brand new mansion Diamond $36M, 4th Avenue, Eccles $18M, Atlantic Ville $19M. Ask for Mr Pereira 669-0943, 2312064.  Palm Gardens, D\Urban Backlands: 2-storey concrete and wooden, excellent condition, land size 110'x60,' fully residential $32M neg. Tel. 618-3635.  three-bedroom twostorey wooden and concrete house with modern conveniences in Good Hope Scheme. Call 2341188, 615-1774, 693-8113.  four-bedroom wooden and concrete house, in prime residential area, double lot.

Shamrock Gardens, Ogle. Contact 264-3146, 658-7489. located on East Bank with large land space to build another home $15.5M neg.

Owner migrating. Contact Ruth 684-1023. Garden: 7-bedroom concrete land 160x40 $13M, Vryheid's Lust flat concrete $9M, North $10M, Diamond flat house $12M neg. Call 655-8361, 699-6811.  business and residential property land 200' x 50' house 24' x 36', bond 160' Public Mc Doom. Ideal location or Super market, Fishing industries, etc. 233-0570.  property in Republic Park requires some repairs $22M. 6923831, 231-2064, Lady Abundance 661-1952, 225-2626, 225-3068, Mr Budram 225-5198, 226-1064, 2276949, 227-6368.

PROPERTY FOR SALE         G a r d e n s , EBD, new 2-storey concrete 4bedroom, 2 toilets, 3 bathrooms, kitchen, living room, laundry, roof garden, gated community - $29M. 652-9173, 644-3275.  OCEAN VIEW PROPERTY WITH 4 BEDROOMS, 3 VERANDAHS, LARGE YARD SPACE. A MUST-SEE. CALL 225-5591, 619-5505.       two-storey conc r e t e 5 - b e d r o o m p r o p e r t y, parking for 3 vehicles, in Georgetown $48M neg. Contact Mr Alexander Pereira 6690943, 231-2064 or Mr Louie Pereira 623-2591.  for two families business property in Bent St $16.5M, Phone Mr. Darindra 6150069, 226-1064, 618-0000, Mr Pereira 623-2591, 225-2626. 2255198, 231-2064, 226-1064.    7 0 A d e l a i d e a n d Evans Streets Ch arlestown, Georgetown, Georgetown, Lot No. 41 Section 'A', NO. 53 Village, Corentyne, Berbice. Contact 233-6811, 679-3448. DISCOUNT: 20% on all executive properties $60M, 30% discount on $24M, and below, 15% discount on land $18M. Phone 667-7812, 225 - 6 8 5 8 , 225-2626 Terrence Reid.   in Light St, commercial and residential $ 1 5 0 M . Land with foundation $6.8M, One domectic/commercial semi- four storey Albertown $150M, Other various places. Tel. 216-3120(office), 667-6644. E.C.D 2 family concrete house upper flat 3 bedroom lower flat 2 bedroom. Price $56 million. Contact Royal Real Estate on 225-7276, 665-7400, 685-7887, 643-6353. E.B.D - brand new Executive concrete house, upper flat 4 bedroom and lower flat 2 apartments Price $53 million neg. Contact Royal Real Estate on 225-7276, 665-7400, 685-7887, 643-6353.  BACKLANDS 3 bedroom flat house on corner lot, repairs needed Price $14 million neg. Contact Royal Real Estate on 225-7276, 6657400, 685-7887, 643-6353. ROAD KITTY: two family concrete property suitable for business. Price $45 million.

Contact Royal Real Estate on 225-7276, 6657400, 685-7887, 643-6353.  REPOS E.C.D- Modern 4 bedroom concrete property inclusive of 1 master room.

Price $34 million neg. Contact Royal Real Estate on 225-7276, 6657400, 685-7887, 643-6353. OF CANAAN- 4 bedroom concrete house just off the public road. Price reduce to $14.5 million. Contact Royal Real Estate on 225-7276, 6657400, 685-7887, 643-6353.  NAGAR - Investment property. 3 bedroom upper flat and 2 bedroom lower flat. Price $ 56.5 million for quick sale . Contact Royal Real Estate on 225-7276, 665-7400, 685-7887, 643-6353  STREET, NORTH CUMMINGSBURG - land with a wooden and concrete building.

Land size 38 X 242. Price $72 million neg. Contact Royal Real Estate 225-7276, 665-7400, 6857887, 643-6353. OLD ROAD E.B.D - 2 family wooden and concrete house repairs needed. Price $16 million neg. Contact Royal Real Estate 225-7276, 665-7400, 685-7887, 643-6353. GARDEN - brand new executive 5 bedroom concrete house with swimming pool.

Price $160 million. Contact Royal Real Estate 225-7276, 665-7400, 685-7887, 643-6353.

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GUYANATuesday CHRONICLE,TUESDAY, GUYANA CHRONICLE May 20, 2014 MAY 20, 2014 PROPERTYFORSALE 2-storey wooden and concrete building, upper flat 5 bedrooms, and lower flat 3.

One-bedroom apartment, 2bedroom apartment and one shop area located at Shell R o a d , K i t t y, P r i c e $ 3 8 . 9 M Contact 642-7898.  GARDENS E.C.D -5 bedroom wooden and concrete house on double lot.

Land size 105 X 95. Price $50 million neg. Contact Royal Real Estate 225-7276, 665-7400, 6857887, 643-6353.  STEET, LODGE - 2 bedroom wooden cottage. Price $7.8 million neg.

Contact Royal Real Estate 2257276, 665-7400, 685-7887, 6436353. - Investment property on corner. Suitable for business, apartment complex, hotel or dream house etc. Land size 6500 Sq Ft.Price $85 million neg. Contact Royal Real Estate on 225-7276, 665-7400, 685-7887, 643-6353.  STREET, ALBERTOWN - 3 storey concrete investment property. Suitable for school, embassy, office complex etc. Price $150 million neg. Contact Royal Real Estate on 225-7276, 665-7400, 685-7887, 643-6353.  close proximity to Sheriff Street - brand new 3 storey concrete building. Suitable for business, school, residence etc. Price USD $1.3 million Contact Royal Real Estate 225-7276, 665-7400, 6857887, 643-6353.  BABB STREET KITTY - 2 storey wooden and concrete Income Property. Price $60 million neg. Contact Royal Real Estate 225-7276, 665-7400, 685-7887, 643-6353. - 3 storey Investment Property. Currently renting as apartments and offices. Price $100,000,000 million neg. Contact Royal Real Estate 225-7276, 6657400, 685-7887, 643-6353.  ROAD - brand new 3 storey concrete building with roof garden. Currently renting as hotel and bar.

Price $110,000,000 million neg. Contact Royal Real Estate 225-7276, 665-7400, 685-7887, 643-6353.  ST, KITTY - Investment property on corner. Suitable for any business. Price $55 million neg. Contact Royal Real Estate on 225-7276, 665-7400, 685-7887, 643-6353.  HOPE E.B.D (Gated Community) - Executive modern four bedroom concrete houses with swimming pool. On single lot $30 million, with double lot $36 million. Contact Royal Real Estate 225-7276, 665-7400, 6857887, 643-6353.  Regent Street $26M, Nandy Park $24M, Lamaha Gardens $35M, Duncan Street (land) $32M, Kitty $32M, AA Eccles $55M, BB Eccles $35M, West Bank $21M, La Parfaite Harmonie $18M, Diana 227-2256, 6269382. E.B.D - 2 family wooden and concrete house upper flat 4 bedroom, lower flat 2 bedroom apartment repairs needed. Price $15.5 million neg.

Contact Royal Real Estate 2257276, 665-7400, 685-7887, 6436353.     executive Lamaha Gardens house 3 bedrooms, 3 0 0 0 s q . f t , l a n d 5 0 - 11 0 .

Price $65M, Mr Boodram, Mr Pereira 623-2591, 6690943, 661-1952, 226-1064, 227-6949, 231-2064, 2276863, 225-2626, 225-3068.  Hope EBD: One 3bedroom house situated on the eastern side of East Bank Demerara Public Road, with house on Lot 14 and Lot 13 vacant, suitable for business.

Call 648-4274, 2 25-9473 on Saturday and Sunday.

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 HOUSES require repairs in Brickdam, land size 120x38 $44M was $60M. Phone Alysious Periera 623-2591, Lady Khan 2252626, Lord Boodram, 692-3831, 225-2709, Lady Abundance 6611952, 225-3068, 669-0943 Mr. Pereira.

 REAL ESTATE AGENCY: Little Diamond EBD two-storey concrete building $14M, Dazzell Housing Scheme two-storey concrete building on two lots. Price $14M. Non Pareil ECD two-storey building. Price $14M. Tel. 225-3737, 225-4398, 651-7078.

  business properties: Bel Air, great location for business 113ft x 40ft $72M neg, Thomas St, South Cummingsburg for big investment 240 x 38 - $70M neg, Shell Road 3 one-bedroom , one 2-bedroom and shop in lower flat, 5 rooms upper flat $39M neg. Naresh Persaud 225-9882, 681-2499, 660-0023.

609-8233 After Easter bargains: 14 Ocean Front apartments - very lovely modern amenities, influential neighbourhood, US$2M neg Houston Garden mansion with pool US$1.7M neg, Providence 2 houses $36M, neg, South 5-bedroom $22M, Tucville 4-bedroom $26M, Enterprise 4-bedroom $13.5M.

 BARGAIN 26% 26% 26% discount: Two-family concrete business and residence in the front of Happy Acres $32M, Dowding S t r e e t , K i t t y wi t h d r i v e w a y $16M, BB Eccles $16M, South Ruimveldt Gardens $!6M, Light Street $21M, S e c o n d b u i l d i n g w ith 12 ft drive way $!4M, David Street Subryanville wi t h 1 4ft driveway $16M, West Ruimveldt concrete flat house $4.9M, Dazell H o u s i n g S c h e m e $ 11 M , L a Penitence business and residence with reserve for 20 cars $11M, Meadow Brook old house $12M, L o d g e $ 1 4 M , Middle Road La Penitence with 20ft driveway 4 apartments $15M, second ranch con crete $38M, Garnett St. business and residence $ 3 2 M . P h o n e M r .

Budram 6 9 2 - 383 1 , Mr D a r i n d r a 6 1 5 - 0069, Mr. A .

P e r e i r a 623-2591 , M rs Her cules 661-1952, 225-2626, 2252709, 225-5198..

 and Land for Sale Two Storyed Wooden and Conc r e t e H o u s e , Fifth S t r e e t Alber t t o w n G e o r g e t o w n . $ 40 Million Dollars Negotiable.

Contact: Mr. George Tel: 2316278 Or Dr: Thasana Tee k a h Te l : 6 2 6 - 0 9 9 3\  REAL ESTATE AGENCY: Earl's Court, ECD, large concrete building on spacious land. Sandy Babb Street twostorey concrete, nice for business, residence. Duncan Street property $32M. Tel. 225-3737, 225-4398, 651-7078.  REAL ESTATE AGENCY Canal No. 2 Polder, newly built two-storey concrete building on 8 acres, partly cultivated land. Price $24M, wooden building on three acres land $10M. Tel. 225-3737, 225-4398, 6517078.  $40M, Republic Park $40M, Georgetown $50M, Buxton $1M, Gas station and b u i l d i n g serious enquiries.

Wakenaam complete farm, serious enquiries. Queenstown $80M, Charlotte St $160M, La Grange $50M. Call 645-5938.  REAL ESTATE AGENCY: La Parfaite Harmonie, WBD, flat three-bedroom concrete building 45' x 26'. Price $7M. Tel. 225-3737, 225-4398, 651-7078.  REAL ESTATE AGENCY: Bourda, Charlotte Street back building with 6-foot walkway, flat newly constructed concrete building. Price $13M. Tel. 2253737, 225-4398, 651-7078.  REAL ESTATE AGENCY: Two concrete buildings at Craig, EBD $16M, Herstelling EBD twostorey three-bedroom concrete building $14M, Enterprise ECD $10M, Non Pareil, ECD $13M, Light Street Georgetown back building with 5ft walkway. Price $25M. Tel. 225-3737, 225-4398, 651-7078.  REAL ESTATE AGENCY: Saffon Street, La Penitence Public Road, commercial properties on land 50x200. Price neg. Providence EBD just off Public Road two concrete buildings on land. Price $40M. Tel. 225-3737, 225-4398, 651-7078.  REAL ESTATE AGENCY: Alberttown two buildings on land 45'x120'. Price $45M, Cummings Street two-storey concrete and wooden building. Price $40M. Tel. 225-3737, 225-4398, 651-7078.  REAL ESTATE AGENCY: Diamond flat 3-bedroom concrete building $11M. Front transport can pass immediately, good offer. Tel. 225-3737, 225-4398, 651-7078.  REAL ESTATE AGENCY: Campbellville twostorey concrete building near Sheriff Street $50M, Subryanville two-storey concrete and wooden building overlooking Atlantic Ocean.

P r i c e $ 11 0 M . Te l . 2 2 5 - 3 7 3 7 , 225-4398, 651-7078.  REAL ESTATE AGENCY: Two concrete buildings at Craig, EBD $16M, Herstelling EBD two-storey three-bedroom concrete building $14M, Enterprise ECD $10M, Non Pareil ECD $13M, Light Street Georgetown back building with 5 ft walkway.

Price $25M. Tel. 225-3737, 2254398, 651-7078.  REAL ESTATE AGENCY: Sandy Babb Street three lots together with two buildings on east lot, one building on west lot and one concrete bond on middle lot. Can be sold together or separately. All together is priced at $175M. Tel. 225-3737, 225-4398, 651-7078.

, 3-storey building $90M, 2-storey $38M, McDoom $85M, Diamond $32M, Good Hope $17M, Providence $40M, Queenstown $60M, Charlestown $50M,      . Tel. 2255908, 626-5807, 688-7485,  style 4 bedroom property with auto garage and security grills, fully furnished: fridge, stove, washer & dryer, furniture etc. Includes generator with automatic change over system.

Grandville Park BV, $30M sold by owner.

600-4409, 623-8172, 629-2404, 2203411  REAL ESTATE AGENCY: Ruimveldt large 6-bedroom concrete building $25M. Dazzell Housing Scheme ECD two-storey concrete building $14M. Paradise ECD twostorey concrete building $14M. Eccles $25M, Diamond $14M, Houston EBD $22M, $28M, Craig EBD $16M. Tel. 225-3737, 2254398, 651-7078.  REAL ESTATE AGENCY: Sandy Babb Street Kitty, twostorey concrete building with good land space. Price $70M. Vreed-en-Hoop concrete building on land on public road 40 x 200,. Price $35M. Tel. 225-3737, 2254398, 651-7078.  REAL ESTATE AGENCY: Commercial building Charlotte Street 4-storey concrete building, North Road 4-storey concrete building, King Street old building, Robb Street old building. All prices neg. Tel. 225-3737, 225-4398, 651-7078.  REAL ESTATE AGENCY: Commercial building Charlotte Street 4-storey concrete building North Road 4-storey concrete building, King Street old building, Robb Street old building. All prices neg. Tel. 225-3737, 225-4398, 651-7078.  REAL ESTATE AGENCY: Houston EBD by overhead tank, two buildings on land $30M, Mon Repos large two concrete buildings $35M, Grove New Scheme Station Street two-storey concrete building $26M. Tel. 225-3737, 225-4398, 651-7078.  Road, Kitty, twostorey concrete/wooden $39M, two-storey business property in D'Urban Street $35M, Water Street lumber yard $80M, Thomas Street, Cummingsburg threestorey wooden/concrete $85M, Call Pete's Real Estate - 2236218, 226-9951, 227-2457, 6237805.  three-bedroom property in Republic Park $65M, Nandy Park solid six-bedroom house $65M, three-bedroom ranch house in Republic Gardens $45M, gated community Republic Gardens, three bedrooms all self-contained $30M, Bel Air properties two-storey $60M, Call Pete's Real Estate - 226-9951, 2236218, 227-2487, 226-5546, 6237805.  Point, Golden Grove, three-bedroom ranch-style, no work needed $28M, two-storey concrete building in Stevedore Housing Scheme $28M, brand new building in Stevedore Postal Housing Scheme $40M. Call Pete's Real Estate - 227-2487, 226-5546, 2236218, 226-9951, 623-7805.             Lot 185 Charlotte & King Streets, Maraj B u i l i d n g Te l . 2 27-0265, 2271881, 627-8057 D\Urban Street business spot, Republic Park, Thomas Street, Diamond, E c c l e s P ublic Road $55M, Carmichael Street, Kitty $45M, East Ruimveldt, Sheriff Street, Robb Street LAND: Charlotte street, Friendship land size 115 x 450, wharf side $65M, Non Pareil, South Road $55M, Alberttown.

SALE/RENT NEWLY built  bond, located on McDoom Public Road, with office space, upstairs size 120x40. Asking US$1M. For rental US$6500 not far from the gas station. 680-3771, 6947210, 645-6483.  REAL ESTATE AGENCY: Eccles EBD Old Road twostorey concrete building $35M, Oronoque Street just off Regent Street two-storey wooden concrete building $45M. Tel. 225-3737, 2254398, 651-7078  PROPERTY SALE, 609-8233: Campbellville 6-bedroom $22M neg, South 5-bedroom $20M, South 5-bedroom $22M, North 3-bedroom $10M, Vryheid's Lust $9M, 2 houses La Parfaite Harmonie 3-bedroom $6.5M, Eccles land $6M, Diamond with structure $8.5M.  for sale by bids. You can come in to Pete's Real Estate at Lot 2 George Street, Werk-en-Rust. Lot 110 Block 11, Elizabeth Hall, Enterprise, ECD, Lot 43 Sans Souci, Wakenaam, Essequibo, Lot 77 Lowlands Unity ECD, Lot 214 La Parfaite Harmonie, WBD, Lot 65 3½ Mile Housing Scheme, Bartica, Lot 76 3½ Mile Housing Scheme, Bartica, Lot 101 Blankenburg WCD, Lot 602 Cane View, South Ruimveldt, Lot 163 Patentia, WBD. Tel. 223-6218, 226-9951, 227-2487, 623-7805. business property in Hadfield Street close to Lime Street $24M, Mr Boodram 692-3831, Lady Abundance 661-1540, Lord Pereira 623-2591, 231-2064, 225-5198, Mr. Darindra 615-0069, 225-2626, 227-6863, 626-4180 . MAY bargains: Sec. 'K' $ 2 3 m i l l i o n , M e a d o w B r ook $28M, and $35M , K i t t y $ 2 3 , Alberttown concrete massive for hotel $45M, Bel Air Park in great condition $52M, Happy Acres exec u t i v e $58M, Al b e r t t o w n $ 3 0 M , S e c . 'M' Camp b e l l v i l l e $ 3 4 M n o w, Phone 2 2 5 - 2 6 2 6 , 2 2 5 - 5 1 98, 227-6863, 227-6449, 225-2709, 2312064, 226-1064, 667-7812 tonyreidsrealty@hotmai l . c om. Sam's Real Estate and Property Management has properties in North East La Penitence $16M, Diamond land $4M, Non Pareil land $7M, Atlantic Ville $26M, La Parfaite Harmonie $17M, Duncan Street land $25M. Rental two- and three-bedroom apartments, Queenstown, $100 000 and $110 000 monthly. Call Corretta on 697-7842, 231-7052.  two-storey property in Guyhoc - $16M, requires repairs.

Republic Park $17M requires repairs. One house lot for business and residence in Da Silva Street, close to Duncan Street, 70 x 33 $14.9M. Phone Patricia Pereira 226-1064, Mr Budram 692-3831, Mr Alysious Pereira 623-2591, Mr Darindra 615-0069, 227-2949, 225-2626, 225-3068, 231-2064, 225-5198, 227-6863. NEWLYbuilt twoflatconcrete buid l ing at Diamond New Scheme. The upstairs consists of two self-contained bedrooms with bu i l t - i n c l o s e t s , a spacious kitchen, dining and living rooms along with a large verandah at the back.

The lower flat has a two-bedroom apartment and a l a r g e a r e a that could be used as a bon d o r f or any business. The yard has a con c r e t e f e n c e with spikes and razor w i r e a b o v e i t . T h e r e is also a laundry and a generator room d o w n stairs along with a fully tiled carport. A c o m p l e t e w a t e r s u p p l y is available including six tanks and pump. Asking price: $42M. Interested persons can c o n t a c t owner at 693 2531.

 Homes International Realty: Coldingen $14M neg, Rasville $14M neg, Enmore $8M neg, Campbellville $15M neg, Diamond 2 for 1 deal $15M neg, Cove and John 2 homes 5 bedrooms $12M, 4-bedroom $10M, McDoom Solid concrete $20M, North Ruimveldt 7bedroom fixer upper, Nismes $6.5M, La Parfaite Harmonie $8.5M, 6bedroom apartment (4 2-br, 2 1br) only $21M neg), corner lot 89x80 Albouystown. Ready to go now!

And many more, call Ahaziah 613-3018 modern Pike North Ruimveldt ranch with master room $17M, Meadow Brook Gardens $35M, Tucville concrete new $27M, Providen c e $25M, new ranch $13M, Bel Air Park $45M, Prashad Nag ar $37M, Duncan St. $23M, Sec. 'M' Campbellville requires repairs $14M, D'UrbanSt.$15M,BentSt.business residence.

Phone Lord Johnny Ramsohoye 225-2709, 618-0000, 227-6949, 225-2626,226-1064, 2276949, 225-5198  REAL ESTATE AGENCY: Annandale ECD just off Public Road two-storey concrete wooden building was welding workshop, can transform to any other business,.Price $25M, Courbane Park large concrete building on double lot tiled driveway, benab at back. Price $65M. Tel. 2253737, 225-4398, 651-7078.  Road $70M neg, Robb Street US$1.2M neg., Sheriff Street $150M, Eccles $30M, Republic Park $120M, Pearl EBD $18M neg, Ruimzeight $16M, $30M neg.

Hague $18M, Parika land $18M, South Road $170M, Water Street land $100M, Lal's Realty - 231-7325, 612-9574.  location DUKE Street, Kingston opposite the American Embassy. One (1) huge four storey concrete and steel building, 2 bedroo ms on each f l a t , A C < h o t w a t e r, refrige r a t o r a n d stove one ach floor and fully furnished, generator. Can be used for embassy, office, apartments or residence. Price $180M. Prope r t y b e i n g sold with all equipment and furnishings inclusive.

Serious enquiries 223-8634, 646-3251, 227-0464'  street business spot, Craig, Republic Park, Thomas Street, Diamond, Eccles Public Road $55M, Carmichael Street, Kitty $45M, East Ruimveldt, Sheriff Street, Robb Street. Land: Frien d s h i p s i z e 11 5 x 4 5 0 (w h a r f s i d e ) $ 6 5 M , Non Pareil, South Road, $ 5 5 M , A l b e r t t o w n. Tel. 2270265.  and resident i a l p roperty in Bent Street, upper rental of the business could be $120 000. Vacant possession reduced from $20M to $17.5M. Phone Mr Patrick Pereira 226-1064, Lady Hercules 661-1952, Mr. Alysious Pereira 623-2591, Lady Jones 227-6863, 225-2626, 2253068, 225-5198, 231-2064, 6923831, 227-6949, 225-2709. % DISCOUNT on all properties for this summer only. UG Gardens $140M, Republic Park $30M, Nandy Park 4 apartments $32M, Middle Road La Penitence land s i z e 1 4 0 x 6 0 $17M, second Street Alberttown business and residence $45M, 5th St. Alberttown massive concrete $48M, Eccles $14M, Kitty Sandy Babb St. two properties on double lot $38M, Lamaha S t Q u e e n s t o w n 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 2064, 225-3068, 2276863, 226-1064, 2276 9 4 9 , 2 2 5 - 2 6 26.

    . Good Hope PUBLIC Road East Coast (land - 675 x 92) $150M, RobbSt.-4storeybuilding$175M, C himney Road, Chateau Margot $ 30M , A t l a n t i c V i l l e $ 5 3 M , Diamond 2nd Ave $40M, Robb & Ornoque Sts $46M, Alberttown 6th St $45M, Republic Park $40M, L/Gardens $65M, Atlantic Ga r d e n s $ 45M , A l e x a n d e r S t $ 50M, Robb St $60M,Barr St $65M, Earl's Court $35M , Meadow Brook Gardens $50M, Alexander st. & South Road $900,000US. Tel. 219-4399, 610-8332.     . KITTY- $17M, $32M & $35M, Guysuco Gardens $65M, Good Hope $10.5M, $16.5M, Garnett St $31M, SEC K C/ville $45M, AA Eccles $68M, Carmichael Street $22.5M, M o n t r o s e $ 1 6M , M o n R e p o s Block CC $10.5M & $14.5M, Ganges St. P/Nagar $58M, Granvill e Park $31M, Fort St. Kingston $17M, Ogle A/Strip Road $55M, New Market St $55M, Ea s t St $60M, Happy Acres $ 30M , North Road $70M, Bel/A/Park $60M, P/Nagar $28M,$42M, L/Gardens $75M, Diamond $38M, Regent St. $1.2MUS. Tel. 219-4399, 610-8332  .

Lamaha Gardens & Eastern Highway $65M, $95M, K i t t y $ 4 4 M, Pike St. C/Ville $45M, Shamrock Gardens $49.5M , Alexander Village Business property, 3 storey $55M. Da Silva St (land) $21M. Charlotte St. (land) $55M, Sheriff & Enachu Sts. $75M, Sherrif St, $5 0 M , South Ruimveldt $16M, D i a m o n d $ 9 M , $12M, $ 19M , E c c l e s $30M , $ 3 4 M , A/town $ 40M , A g r i c u l t ure Road, Trium p h $20M, Sheriff St. $150M, Subryanville $58M, Ogle brand new $80M, Lamaha St, Queenstown $75M. Tel. 219-4399, 610-8332  are your own 2 0% Bent Street two family business $17M . Land in Da Silva Street 140x33 $16.8M, Meadow Brook ranch $12M, Lodge Scheme $14M, AA Eccles on double lot $78M, Lamaha G a r d e n s E x e c u t i v e $64M, land in South Road 75x33 $38M, Charlotte Street $19M, Sec. M Land 80x60 $15M, Da Silva St Land 90x32 $16.5M, Smyth Street Land 120x60 $65M, Bel Air Park need repair $50M neg, Prashad Nagar $38M. Newtown corner land for fast food $36M, Mandela Ave 150x60 for Fast food by the Gymnasium $85M with 3 - s t o r e y c o n c r e t e bui l d ing, Duncan Street corner land $35M, Robb Street land $50M, LBI double lot $15M, D'Urban Backlands $20M. Phone Mr Boodram 692-3835, Lady Abundance 661-1952, 2 3 1 - 2 0 6 4 , L a d y C a m e ro n 225-2626, 225-2709, Mr Ramsohoye 615-0069.

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: 3-storey concrete building, Price $1 00M. South Ruimveldt Gardens property in good condition. Price $18M. Lamaha Gardens b e a u t i f u l 2 stor e y concrete p r o p e r t y 3 self-contained, 1 ma s t e r, l i b r a r y, television room, living r o o m , u p s t a i r s b a c k v e r a n d a h , d o w n s t a i r s den, fully marble ston e tile, family ro o m p a t i o , g a r a g e parking space, for 3 cars, needs cosmet i c s , l a n d s p a c e P r i c e $ 9 0 M, O g l e beaut iful property $90M,Mon R epos $36M neg, Regent St. $120M beautiful home excellent condition i n Eccles $55M neg, Queenstown property $ 1 0 0 M . D o c a l l u s a t J oy Reid's Realty. We are located at 247(D) Forshaw and Oronoque Streets, Queenstown. Tel. 2 256858, 225-7 1 6 4 , 6 6 7 - 7 8 12, e m a i l : joyreid.realty7@yahoo.com

    I S y o u r y e a r for 2 8 % discoun t o n a l l p r o p erties. Happy Acres 2storey concrete $24M, Providence Stadium new $16M, concrete Republic Park $36M, Eccles concrete $34M, South Ruimveldt Gardens $12M needs repairs, Middle Road La Penitence 4-apartment $14M, La Penit e n c e t w o - s t o r e y $ 11 M , D\U r b a n B a ckland s c o n c r e t e $ 2 8 M , Me a d o w B r o o k $ 1 2M, D\Urban Street concrete residence and business $28M, Lamaha Gardens executive $68M, Prashad Nag a r 8000 sq ft l a n d $60M, Lama Avenue, Bel Air Park $83M, Bel Air Park $45M Dowding Street Kitty $29M, and $19M , D a v i d Street Subrya n v i l l e f r om $19M, back w ith 12 f t drive w a y $ 1 4 M , S ection 'K ' Campbellville $ 4 0 M , Garnett Street ranch concrete $38M, Owen Street Kitty concrete 2s t o r e y $39M, C a m p S t r e e t busi n e s s a n d r e s i d e n c e .

P h o n e M r D a r i ndra 6150069, Mr C a r l o s B u d r a m 692-3831, M r.

Alex P e r e i r a 2 3 1 - 2 0 6 4 , M r.

R a m s a h o y e 2 2 5-2709, 2252 6 2 6 , 225-3068, 2 2 7 - 6 9 4 9 , 2 2 5 - 5 1 9 8 , 6 2 7- 7 8 1 2 , 2261064.

    Bargains in Guyana: F u l l c o n c ret e D ' U r b a n Street business $19M, busines s a n d res i d e n ce Bent S t r e e t 1 6 M , Gordon S tree t b u s i n e s s & residence $23M. Waterloo Street business an d residence (new) $35M. South Road L a n d $36M, C harlotte Street 2 building s 2 houses by Light $32M. Land 140 x 60 by Russian E mbassy $30M. Land at Turkeyen 140x60 $32M. L0 Ressovenure Land 126x60 $20M. Campbellville flat house needs r e p a i r s $ 13M. Section K $19M needs repa i r s , 3 - s t o r e y Q u a m i n a S t r e e t f o r h o te l U S $ 5 9 9 0 0 0 , B e l A i r P a rk $49 M Lamaha Gardens va l u e d $85M now $ 7 0 M . R e nta l of apartments from US$700, R e s i dence US$1 200 upwar ds.

Phone L o r d Pa t r i c k P e r e i r a 2 2 7 - 6 8 6 3 , 2 2 5 - 2 7 0 9 , 2276949, 226-1064, 6693350.

7 d a y s a w e ek tonyre i d s r e a l t y @ h o t m a i l . c o m

-bred male Rottweiler pups, vaccinated and dewormed.

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 car alarm and Pioneer stereos with USB, also reverse cameras. Marking of entire vehicles for $5 000.Tel. 6797944.

! SOLAR! Complete solar spot light package, all-night lighting, security motion sensor, do it yourself installation for homes, mining, farming, etc, outdoor/indoor use, durable, effective, wholesale - only 5 units and over $15 000 each. Call 6474997, 225-7722.

 concrete Section 'K' $44M, 7-apartment W i l l i a m S t . c o n c r ete building r e d u c e d from $60M to $50M, Kitty house requires . r e p a ir on 8 000 sq. ft $19M, Mi d d l e Road La Penitence $ 1 6.5M, a l m o s t Regent a nd O r o n o q u e S t . $ 3 6 M , Charlotte Street East of Orange Walk $28M, South Ruimv e l d t Gardens $66M, Meadow Brook concrete $45M, e x e c u tive Republic Park $ 4 8 M , L a m a h a Gardens 3 self-contained $70M, Prashad Nagar 6-bedroom $58M, business 3-storey Quamina Street $85M, Bel Air Gardens on double lot $140M, Subryanville $58M , Alberttown c o n c r e t e business $40M, New Hav e n 4 s e l f -cont ained $80M, 3-bedroom new concrete Ogle $48M, Bel Air Park $52M, Croal St. 3storey require repairs $30M, 4 lots in AA Eccles with incompl e t e c a t h e d r a l -style st ructure requires $20M to complete,plus reserve and place for lake $90M neg. , Mr. Darendra 615-0069, Vice Presiednt Alysious Pereira 623-2591, Vice President Jhonny Ramsahoye 225-2709, Vice President Darindra 615-0069, 225-2626, 225-3 0 6 8 , 2 2 7 6863, 226-106 4 , 6 6 7 - 7 8 1 2 , f a c e b o o k To n y R e i d Rea l t y 7 d a y s a week 24 h o u r s a d ay all holidays a n d all prices are negot i a b l e.  Lamaha Ga r d e n s 4 b e d r o o m o n double lot $130M, Lamaha Gardens 2 bedrooms, 2-flat concrete structure $65M, Middle Street 2-storey concrete and wooden structure on land 60x98 ft - $160M, 5-bedroom concrete building fully furnished $30M, D\Urban Backlands, Kiskadee Drive Meadow Brook Gardens 4 bedrooms, fully furnished and AC in entire building $65M, Charlotte St, Lacytown, house and land $55M. Thomas Street South Cummingsburg, 2-storey concrete, residence and business $60M, 8 rooms and reception area. EBD Republic Gardens land 200x100ft $48M, Republic Gardens land 50x100ft $11M, Georgetown Kingston, 4-storey concrete building office, residence (executive) - $175M, East Coast Demerara Bachelor's Adventure new 3-bedroom concrete house on ½ acre land $65M, 4bedroom wooden cottage on land 40x112 $8.5M, Beterverwagting Bachelor\s Adventure Railway Embankment area land 100x120 ft $5.5M, West Coast Parika Highway land 45x44ft - $55M, business complex comprising six fully furnished suites in main building admin offices, water treatment plant, large generator, etc. an approx 82 000 sq. ft of land US$3M neg. Wills Vasco Realty 227-2612, 627-8314.

% DISCOUNT on all pro p ert i e s for this s u m m e r o n l y. S a l e ! Sa l e !

Sale! Business property im m e d i ately: East of Orange Walk in Charlotte Street $28M, 3storey business property in Croal Street re quires repairs $32M, Bent Street almost new 2-sto r e y business property $!6M, South R u i mveldt Gardens residence $ 1 6 M, O g l e f u lly concrete new $ 4 9 M , Tucville new $26 M , Prashad Nagar exe c u t i v e $55M, Bel Air Park $55M, Kitty b u s i n ess o r residence requires repairs, o n 8 0 0 0 s q . f t $19M, Forshaw old h o u s e $21 M , 3 - s t o r ey business c lose to Main Street $55M, Meadow Brook $45M, fully conc r e t e D ' U r b a n Backlands $ 3 0 M, New S e c t i o n ' K ' $42 M , Lamah a Gardens executive $68M, one ranchs tyle Section 'M' 3-bedroom suites for eld e r l y $50M, fully concrete w ith excellent interior work, B e l A i r G a r d e n s $130M 231-2064, 2 2 5 - 3 0 6 8 , 2 2 7-686 3 , 2 2 6 - 1064, 227-6949 ,  b a r g a i n s N o rton S t r e e t $14 M , Bent Street business and resid e n c e - $ 1 6 M , executive P r a s h a d N a g a r m a n s i o n d o u b l e lot - $85M, 8 a p t . a p a r t m e n t co mplex was - $120M, n o w $85M, Sec. 'K' Campbellville $23M, Alberttown con crete 5 bedrooms $46M, other for - $19M, and $30M, South Ruimveldt Gardens - $19M, F e s t i v a l City - $ 1 4 M C h a r l o t t e Street business and resid e n c e b y B ourda Marke t $26 M , C u m ming s S t r e e t $34M, Meadow B r o o k - $ 2 8 M , D ' U rban Street for doub l e l o t f o r 5-stor e y - $25M, Phone L o r d A l y s i o u s P e r e ira 6 2 3 - 2 5 9 1 , 227-6949, 2252709, 231 - 2 0 6 4 , 227-6863, 226-1064, 227-6 8 6 3 , 2 2 5 - 5 1 9 8 , 667 -7812 tonyreidsrealty@hotmail.c om

HEAVY DUTY EQUIPMENT 180-90, Ford 7740, 4WD tractors, 416 Caterpillar 4x4 L/backhoe, Cummins L-10 engine with gearbox Tel 667-3611, 671-1809.

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   3 2 0 B / C e x c a v a t o r parts, radiator, oil cooler throttle cable box, etc. Call 696-7686  flat bottom boat. Call 6040038.  Shepherd pups, fully vaccinated and dewormed.

669-9674.  garden earth, delivery on spot. Tel. 641-6248.  Gold and Diamond land, GPS System. 223-1719, 6000036.  2-seater Kofa chair set with cushions, in excellent condition. Tel. 681-1289. pups, 5 months old, Red Nose. Contact 612-8893, 6621237. -bred Pitbull pups, 7 weeks, excellent structure, clinic cards available. Call 654-5061, 686-9188. -WEEK-old Rottweiler pup, 6week-old German Shepherd. Tel. 227-8028, 604-7105.      8900 Curve, camera flash, $16000.

Moses, 675-3062  bull pups vaccinated and dewormed, 3 months old.

Call 650-0609, $25 000 each. 20" Grisly planer, tape s t r y i n l arge quantities, one complete tyre shop. 691-5588, 678-4539.  Sporting diving suit for sale. Contact 227-0702, 6875350, 223-3016, 691-5650.   -month-old Rottweiler pups. 625-0345. German Shepherd top class puppies, pure-bred. Call 231-6276, 697-0014.  for sale (40 heads), Goats (20 heads) price negotiable preferably one buyer. Tel. 6122869.  earth delivered to spot on ECD and EBD. Call 6279977, 698-0182. - 8x4 SLATE pool table $450 000 neg. 601-8083, 689-2658.  Surveillance Systems 4, 8 and 16 channels DVR. Great price offered. Tel. 6092815.  Kors handbags.

Contact Mrs. Reynolds. 600-9927. arrived all makes of Japanese used parts. Call on 227-2835.  puppies, $ 1 0 , 0 0 0 e a c h 6 41-4812.  new 4-cylinder Kubota engine on bed. Contact 623-1387.

 and German Shepherd pups. Tel. 6182903.   Decking 16ft length,2 &1/2 x 39. 669-1113, 671-8883, $900 per ft.      - u s e d 1 2 c u b i c fridge, $60 000 neg. Call 6752481.   Massey Ferguson 699 Tractor 4 WD, also one Massey Ferguson 255 Tractor with front bucket. Contact 613-3609.  appliances, owner leaving country. Contact 6502223. stall in La Penitence Market. Tel. 690-0437.   Perkins engine 4cylinder, one Caldina Wagon, PGG series. Tel. 621-6251.    craftsman generator 3600 watts, 5300 starting watts, $120 000 neg. Contact 6391848. -bred German Shepherd pups, 8 weeks old, pure-bred Rottweiler pups, 7 weeks old. Imported from Brazil. Tel. 662-0116.      computers with 20" LCD $65 000, Laptops from $49 000, Iphone 3GS $35 000, BlackBerry from $8 000. Future Tech - 231-2206. Market, facing Regent Street, two stalls suitable for cell phone, electronics, Pharmacy. 220-1324, 643-0000. pups, 12 weeks old, fully vaccinated and dewormed, $40 000. Contact 653-0366, 6242200.  FT ROUND bottom boat, 40Hp Yamaha outboard engine, 350 lb 5" nylon anchor seine.

Call 604-0038, 601-4585.  trailer/tractor driven water pump for rice field. New bargain price. Tel. 227-1830.

 camera with DVR, AC Canon 24000 BTU. Price neg. Call 09:00hrs 15:00hrs. 621-8223, garden earth and builders waste. Our service also includes bobcat rental, excavating, clearing and levelling. Call 616-0617, 6633285.  5000-gallon fuel tanks, fifteen 12-foot satellite dish, 10 house lots, River View Hope. Contact Tel. 266-2076, 266-2207, 601-3194. Email: rnetram@yahoo.com  Mix QSC 1500, one Mix 2000, also base and med range box with speaker. Contact 601-7632, 253-3070.  Hobart engine welder large machine welds a little over idle speed, $290 000, wood mortice machine $150 000, wood shaper $180 000. Tel. 619-6863, 601-8276.  noodle equipment including mixing machine, 5 roller machines, 2 steamers, 1 dryer system and 3ton Canter GKK series. Must go.

Contact 661-3878. Owner leaving country.  special boat, with in-board Mercruiser engine, Seadoo Bombardier jetski, Kawasaki 750 jetski. Asking price $3M. Call 694-1888, 444-6589.  on antenna f o r a l l J a p a n e s e C a r, f o r eign used - $5000 each.

Rear view mirror for 212, 192 and Wagon, Honda, etc, original Japanese $ 5 0 0 0 e a c h . Te l : 6 6 4 - 3 3 6 8 JOHNSON outboard engine, 60 Evinrude 80 mercury fibre-glass boat with sheet fibre glass tray cover for Toyota Hilux.

Tel. 672-9272.

bronze frame, clear glass showcase with two shelves, L 72", W 24" H 39". Contact 645-9266, 225-7722. , 10 weeks old, American Akitas. Tel. 233-2315, 2235659.      y o u r o w n w a t e r business with a turnkey system supplied and installed in a short tim e . C a l l 6 2 3 - 7 2 1 2 .                                       land dredge, one used Doosan excavator, one freezer, Toyota Rav-4. Mining land available. Tel. 692-6159, 616-3413. Caterpillar 317 excavator, in working condition, new engine.

Going very cheap for quick sale. Tel. 661-3671, 602-0036.  /Commercial Doors: 3 coated aluminum vent doors 7ft high x 3ft wide, 2 inches thick, ideal for generator room or workshop area. 647-4997.  John Deere engine generators 163 KVA ($3.5M) and 63 KVA, on wheels $2.3M, all enclosed, low hours. Tel. 639-3100, 667-1116, 220-5526.  Perkins engines 4- and 6-cylinder, also rebuild engines on bed with radiator. We stock Lister, Petter engines and spares. 6490755, 624-3187. 18.2 cubic (Frigidaire) refrigerator, 54 acres transported land at Northern Hogg Island. Priced to go.

Contact 227-0575, 220-9336.  rebuilt Perkins, Deutz engines, Lincoln generator welder, Honda ATV bikes, model 'M' with winch, 320 BL excavator. Call 691-2921.

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Sri Lankan Hathurusingha Guyana steamroll... named Bangladesh coach From back page

DHAKA, (Reuters) - Former Sri Lanka batsman Chandika Hathurusingha will take over as Bangladesh coach on a two-year contract, local cricket board chief

Nazmul Hassan said yesterday.

This will be Hathurusingha’s first stint in charge of an international side, replacing Australian Shane Jurgensen who stepped down last

month following the team’s string of poor performances.

“He will take up the new role next month,” Hassan told Reuters, adding the board was also looking for bowling and fielding

coaches.

Hathurusingha, who played 26 Tests and 35 oneday internationals in the 1990s, has been working as the assistant coach with New South Wales.

Unlike last year’s performance where a slowstarting Guyana found themselves 19-0 down at halftime, this year’s team simply tore into the highlyvaunted Barbados forward line, matching them manto-man, coupled with fast and speedy breaks down the wing and through the centre that left the opposition’s defence in tatters.

Tries by Avery Corbin (8th, 65th), Rondel McArthur (13th), Theodore Henry (36th), Claudius Butts (59th), Carl Lewis (62nd, 77th), Cloyd Prowell (80th) with four of eight successful conversions by skipper Ryan Gonsalves saw the game sealed in Guyana’s favour, following their half-time score that read 19-7.

The National team returned home last Sunday and will

re-commence training for their final round-robin game against nemesis Trinidad and Tobago, who will commence their quest against Barbados this Saturday in a must-win match, prior to facing off against Guyana June 7 in Guyana, in what is billed as the final.

Winner of the South Zone will play off against the winners of the North Zone (featuring reigning champions USA South, Bermuda and Cayman Islands) for the undisputed title of overall Champions on June 28.

USA South have already commenced their quest to retain the Championship titles with a convincing 33-6 win against Bermuda, while matches in this zone will continue on June 7, when Cayman Islands face Bermuda and USA South one week later.

From back page

Pele fears...

Pele, who was criticised last year for urging Brazilians to leave the streets and focus on football, said he agreed with the protesters’ grievances, like the need for more schools and hospitals.

But “O Rei” (King) Pele said the Brazilian national team should not have to pay for “the corruption and politics.”

“We have nothing to do with corrupt politicians and thieves. It is not our fault,” the former Santos great said, arguing that players should not be lumped together with “the thieves who stole to make stadiums.”

Pele also voiced dismay that some of the 12 World Cup stadiums have yet to be finished 24 days from the first game.

Turning to the national team’s chances of winning its sixth World Cup, Pele said he saw weaknesses in the attacking side and voiced concerns about putting too much pressure on young star forward Neymar.

“We have confidence in the Brazilian team. The only problem I see is that Brazil has more World Cups than everybody else and people think it is obligated to win at home,” he said. (AFP)

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Goalline technology back in focus after German Cup final now come back as long as it was the clubs who demanded a new vote on the technology.

“If it is the wish of the clubs then there is nothing in the way of a new vote. The DFL is well prepared,” Rettig told reporters.

By Karolos Grohmann

BERLIN, Germany (Reuters) Goalline technology moved back into the spotlight in Germany after a controversial decision in the German Cup final between Bayern Munich and Borussia Dortmund on Saturday, less than two months after its introduction was rejected by the league.

Dortmund were confident they had scored against champions Bayern when Mats Hummels headed onto goal in the 64th minute and defender Dante cleared the ball near the line with the score at 0-0.

Television replays showed both Dante’s leg and the ball, even further behind in goal, were clearly over the line.

Instead it was Bayern who struck twice in extra-time to lift the trophy and complete the domestic double.

The incident was the second major argument in favour of goalline technology this season with Bayer Leverkusen’s Stefan Kiessling being awarded a goal against Hoffenheim earlier in the season despite the ball landing in goal through a hole in the side-

Bayern Munich’s Dante

netting.

“If Dortmund CEO Hans Joachim Watzke or a representative of other clubs resuggests goalline technology, it would be something that I would support,” German Football League (DFL) chief Reinhard Rauball, who is also the president of Borussia Dortmund, told Sueddeutsche newspaper yesterday.

Yet it was only as recently as March 24 that the 36 clubs from the first and second divisions rejected the introduction of the technology with half of the top-flight clubs voting in favour and only three of 18 second division teams backing the idea.

A two-thirds majority was necessary with many clubs against it because of the technology’s cost. Rauball himself had said in March the issue was “now off the table”.

Dortmund were left fuming after the Cup final with coach Juergen Klopp saying had the goal counted it would have changed the game but did not call for goalline technology.

“The ball was so far inside the goal that you do not need goalline technology,” Klopp told reporters. “All my substitutes saw it and they were standing behind the goal.”

DFL managing director Andreas Rettig yesterday also hinted the issue could

Sao Paulo venue ‘will be ready’ WORLD Cup organisers insist an incomplete roof at Sao Paulo’s Itaquerao Stadium will not affect it hosting matches when the tournament begins next month.

Constructors completing the project have admitted they will not finish the intended design until after the tournament but the event’s local organising committee have stressed this will not be a problem.

The Itaquerao Stadium will host the opening match between Brazil and Croatia on June 12 before England face Uruguay there a week later.

On Sunday it underwent its final test by staging a Brazilian league match between Corinthians and Figueirense, which was affected by rain and hailstorms forcing those among the restricted crowd of 40 000 not under cover of the roof to seek shelter elsewhere.

“The only aspect of the roof which will be unfinished is the inner liner, not impacting the effective protection of the stands,” said the local organising committee in a statement to Press Association Sport.

“A glass finishing will also not be concluded, which

The Itaquerao Stadium staged a match in Brazil weekend.

similarly does not jeopardise the effectiveness of the roof.

“It is important to highlight that there is no obligation, neither from FIFA nor from the local organising committee, that FIFA World Cup stadia offer roofs protecting 100 per cent of the stands.

“Therefore, the architectural design of Arena de Sao Paulo, as well as of all other 11 stadia, does not guarantee that all the public will be immune to rain, which would be possible only in indoor arenas.

“Likewise, it was never foreseen in the project that the complementary stands had roofs.”

A league match was also held at Arena Pantanal in the western city of Cuiaba on Sunday, meaning all venues

at

have now undergone pretournament tests.

The Itaquerao Stadium, which will have a capacity of nearly 70 000 when it holds the tournament opener, has been dogged by problems since construction, the cost of which has rocketed from £95M to an estimated £320M, began in 2011.

Earlier this year a worker died while installing some of the 20 000 temporary seats required for the opening game, prompting officials to briefly halt construction after two previous fatalities at the venue late last year when a crane collapsed.

While the stadium itself is now operational, reports suggest there is a lot of work still to be done outside the venue in relation to infrastructure. (PA Sport)

The English top-flight became the first domestic league to use technology in August and the system worked well throughout the entire season.

Dubbed Goal Decision System (GDS) and developed

by the Hawk-Eye company, the system gives referees a ruling within a second, their watch buzzing to tell them when the ball has gone in.

Goalline technology will also be in use at the World Cup in Brazil in June and July.

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United turn to tried and tested in van Gaal

By Martyn Herman LONDON, England (Reuters) - Manchester United returned to a tried and trusted trophy winner after an ill-fated adventure with David Moyes when announcing that Dutchman Louis van Gaal had been handed the job of reviving the club’s fortunes yesterday.

The 62-year-old, who has masterminded league titles at some of Europe’s biggest clubs including Barcelona and Bayern Munich, and won the Champions League with Ajax Amsterdam, will begin the re-building job at Old Trafford once he has finished national duties at the World Cup. Ryan Giggs, United’s record appearance holder, will work alongside him after his four-game stint in charge, following the sacking last month of Moyes, who was given the chance on the back of a long and worthy, but success-starved, 11-year stint in charge of Everton.

“In Louis van Gaal, we have secured the services of one of the outstanding managers in the game today, United

executive vice-chairman Ed Woodward said in a statement that announced the Dutchman had signed a three-year contract and would start work after leading the Netherlands at the World Cup finals starting next month.

“Everyone is very excited about this new phase in the club’s history. His track record of success in winning leagues and cups across Europe throughout his career makes him the perfect choice for us.” van Gaal, who has already been working behind the scenes with United officials regarding potential transfers, is likely to take charge for the first time when United play LA Galaxy in a friendly in Pasadena, California, July 23 - 10 days after the World Cup final.

“It was always a wish for me to work in the Premier League. To work as a manager for Manchester United, the biggest club in the world, makes me very proud,” said van Gaal, United’s first manager from beyond the British Isles.

“This club has big ambitions; I too have big ambitions.

Together I’m sure we will make history.”

SAFE HANDS A year on from the bold decision to replace English football’s most successful manager Alex Ferguson with fellow Scot Moyes - mainly on Ferguson’s recommendation the club’s owners, stung by the financial impact of failure to

Louis van Gaal

qualify for the Champions League, have played it safe.

In van Gaal they have recruited a manager who will command huge respect in the dressing room and in the transfer market and whose methods have stood the test of time.

He will need all his vast experience too as United attempt to repair the damage done by the 10-month Moyes era, which resulted in

Ansa McAl hosts to UEFA Champions League Finals Heineken Viewing Party on May 24 … Jamaican Tanya Stephens to entertain at Gravity Lounge APART from the FIFA World Cup and the Olympic Games, no other sporting event has a bigger following and revenueearning than the UEFA Champions League.

For the first time in its 60-year history, two teams hailing from Madrid (Real and Athletico) will face each other in the final in Lisbon, Portugal, on Saturday May 24 from 14:00hrs As they say ‘Guyanese don’t tek lef’ and Heineken Beer, one of the tournament’s largest sponsors offers its supporters across the globe in the most innovative ways to be part of the action and of course, Guyana will not be left out.

Thanks to local distributor of the imported beer, Ansa McAl, 1 500 persons will be specially invited to the finals viewing party at the Gravity Lounge featuring Jamaican Tanya Stephens.

The tickets are priceless; golden actually, because they are free! According to the company, for Heineken lovers to get a chance win a ticket, they simply have to participate in the ‘Match your Ticket’ promotion currently running at several outlets across the country.

According to Heineken brand manager Robert Hiscock, ‘Match Your Half Ticket’ is the Heineken promotion that has been running throughout this year’s UEFA Champions League Activation.

When consumers match the symbols on their half ticket (scratch card), which they will receive after they purchase 3 or 4 Heineken (depending on the outlet) to the Giant ticket in the outlet, they will get a chance to win tickets to the final party”.

Real Madrid will be chasing their historic 10th Champions League title while Athletico will be playing in the finals for only the second time since losing in 1974.

Vashie Sports Bar, Skyy Lounge (Bartica), Sham’s Beer Garden (Berbice), Library 3 (Linden), Xenon (Essequibo) are the participating locations outside of the city while, The Gravity Lounge, Altitude, 704 Sports Bar and Palm Court are the spots in Georgetown where persons can win their tickets.

“Consumers can look out for Heineken Ladies this weekend as we will be barhopping and sharing out tickets around Georgetown to those supporting the brand,” Hiscock said.

At the event on Saturday, May 24, Heineken will be giving away two tickets to a UEFA Champions’ League Group Stage Match next season as well as other prizes as consolation.

a seventh-placed finish in the Premier League.

The magnitude of the Old Trafford job appeared beyond Moyes but van Gaal has sat comfortably - and certainly confidently - in some of the most pressurised hot-seats in world football despite occasional glitches and fall-outs.

His first task will be rebuilding the club’s defence, which will be without Rio Ferdinand and Nemanja Vidic next season, and recruiting more pace and flair to a side that laboured last season, particularly at home.

Reviving striker Robin van Persie will also be key after the Dutchman suffered a disappointing campaign compared to his barnstorming impact the previous year when his goals fired United to a 20th English title.

United fans will be reassured by van Gaal’s past feats.

He was responsible for

nurturing great players such as Frank Rijkaard, Clarence Seedorf and Edgar Davids at Ajax whom he memorably led to Champions League glory in 1995.

At Barcelona he won two La Liga titles in three seasons during his first spell 1997-2000 while at Bayern Munich in 2010 he became the first Dutch coach to win the Bundesliga, unleashing rising German talents such as Thomas Mueller and Bastian Schweinsteiger and signing compatriot Arjen Robben.

Under Moyes, United’s 2012-13 title-winning squad chronically underperformed, suffering an abysmal home record and humiliating thrashings by Man City and Liverpool.

The Scot’s body language was defeatist at times and there was a suspicion that some of the club’s senior players were less than impressed with his style of play. van Gaal, used to handling the egos of high-profile

internationals, will have little time for dissenters.

INFLUENTIAL GIGGS While Moyes made the mistake of ditching Ferguson’s backroom staff in his first days in charge, van Gaal’s acclimatisation at Old Trafford will be aided by the fact that Giggs, a hugely influential figure at the club, will be his right-hand man having announced yesterday that he his playing days are over having made 963 appearances in a glittering 23-year career.

“Louis is a world-class coach and I know I will learn a lot about coaching from being able to observe and contribute at such close quarters,” Giggs said.

“Manchester United has been a huge part of my life and I’m delighted to be able to continue that relationship in such a key role.” van Gaal will also bring Dutch goalkeeping coach Frans Hoek and scouting specialist Marcel Bout to the club as assistant coaches.

Vohra, Akshar deliver for Kings XI … First team to confirm their seat in IPL playoffs KINGS XI Punjab became the first team to confirm their seat in the playoffs, with a four-wicket win over bottom-placed Delhi Daredevils, but what should have been a comfortable chase turned into a scramble for the finish line.

Against the best chasing team in the competition, Daredevils had to produce their best batting effort but they frittered a strong platform in the last four overs to post 164.

Kings XI also suffered a few hiccups after a typically blistering start, and despite experimenting with their batting order, got home in the final over with two balls to spare.

An impetuous shot by Kings XI captain George Bailey - caught in the deep in the penultimate over - gave Daredevils a sniff and it came down to nine needed off in the 20th.

Akshar Patel, the unlikely hero with the bat for Kings XI, was well set on 41 off 34 balls when Rishi Dhawan joined him.

The pair ensured there were no dot balls in the final over from Wayne Parnell to pile on the pressure, and with four needed off three Dhawan pulled to the deep midwicket boundary to seal the win.

The Kings XI’s openers Virender Sehwag and Manan Vohra blazed 67 off 6.2 overs, with Vohra the more dominant partner.

Vohra’s sixes down the ground stood out, particularly the back-foot punch off Mohammad Shami that sailed over deep cover. But in trying to attack Imran Tahir, he found M. Vijay at long-off and went for 42 off 19 balls.

It was one of those rare days on which both Glenn Maxwell and David Miller failed. They also fell trying to attack the spinners - Maxwell off Tahir and Miller off JP Duminy. Kings XI were 95 for 4. but they had a contingency in the event

of a Miller-Maxwell no-show. Bailey promoted Akshar over himself and it paid off.

Akshar ensured he never got bogged down, looking for singles and keeping the required rate within manageable levels.

Having moved to 18 off 19 balls, he had a productive over against Parnell, fetching three boundaries though he was lucky when an inswinging yorker deflected off his pad to third man. It was a close lbw shout but eventually given as runs.

A six off Jaydev Unadkat brought the equation to 11 off 12 and the capacity crowd at the Kotla had to see the home team slump to a seventh straight defeat.

After being put in, Kevin Pietersen and Dinesh Karthik were commanding during their stand of 71 for the second wicket.

Karthik was not afraid to play audacious shots off the seamers, such as his sweep off Sandeep Sharma that went flat over deep square leg. Pietersen took 18 off an over from Hendricks, and by the end of ten overs Daredevils were 84 for 1.

Just when his first fifty of the season was there for the taking, Pietersen fell to his old nemesis - the left-arm spinner.

Batting on 49, he played down the wrong line to one that ripped off the pitch from Akshar and beat the bat. Karthik meanwhile was dominant against the spinners, lofting exquisitely down the ground.

Daredevils took 30 off overs 15 and 16 but it started going downhill with a spurt of wickets. Their best finishers, Duminy and Kedar Jadhav failed and the responsibility fell on Karthik for late acceleration.

When Karthik departed for 69 - caught at deep square leg - his was the fourth wicket to go down in the space of nine balls. Daredevils managed only 20 off the last three overs and it cost them.

(ESPN Cricinfo)

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Not a takeover, but show of true commitment to development - Ansa McAl

COMPANY SPENDING MILLIONS ON FOOTBALL DEVELOPMENT

By Rawle Toney UNDER the Stag Beer brand, Ansa McAl seems to have taken full control of sponsorship when it comes to division one football in Guyana.

The company, known for its distribution of various beverages and products, has so far sponsored or is sponsoring senior leagues on the West Bank and East Bank of Demerara, in Georgetown and most recently on the East Coast of Demerara (ECFA).

“This is the only way you can truly have development and to show that you actually care about any sport. Everyone wants to have a big event but keeps forgetting that for anywhere or players to develop, they will need to play on a regular basis, consistently, and this is what we are about at Ansa McAl,” explained John Maikoo, Stag Beer Brand

Ansa McAl’s John Maikoo and Darshnie Yussuf face the local media at a recent Press Conference hosted to launch the ECFA Division One Stag Beer League.

Manager.

Despite the administrative woes that continue to rock the country’s governing body of the game (Guyana Football Federation), the sub-associations have all

been doing their best to insure that their affiliated clubs and players are kept in competition.

But while this is the Association’s mandate, corporate support can be a

slippery slope to climb.

Asked what has compelled his company to pump millions of dollars into the sport, Maikoo said, “It’s just something we feel the need to do and to help a

sport that really needs as much support as possible before it just dies a natural death.”

“Someone has to do it and want to be the one. The thing is: people just like the prize-money, some say it’s too small sometimes, but what we do, we also help the associations to offset some major administrative expenses. We help in advertising and other areas of development as well” Maikoo noted.

Darshnie Yussuf, Ansa McAl Public Relations Officer, believes that the company’s support is fuelled by their individual love for sports in general, calling their work environment a “sports-crazy place”.

“We all generally love sports; we love football, from our boss right down.

At anytime of the day you can hear the average person here talking something about sports, about football.

Troy (Cadogan - Marketing Director - is a sports fanatic and Ms Harper (Beverly CEO). She takes it to a whole different level. So giving back is easy to us,” said Yussuf.

She added “Ansa McAl

does more than just sponsorship. We help in areas of development, spending millions on grounds and putting down new structures and in some areas, help reconstruct the ones that were left there to rot. But in all, giving back to sports is something we love doing because we just love sports.”

Over the last couple of years, the Georgetown Football Association (GFA) played their end-of-the-year tournament under the Banks Beer brand, manufactured

by Banks DIH and with Ansa McAl and Banks Beer competitor Stag Beer now in the picture, it would be interesting to see how things manifest for the Association’s major revenue-earning event.

Asked if Ansa McAl would be making a push to have the GFA work with them at the end of the year, Maikoo pointed out, “Presently, we honestly haven’t even thought about it. Right now our focus is helping to develop the game around the country and working closely with those in authority to make it happen.”

Simmons, Santokie fire Mumbai to easy win Sarwan signals return with half-century in Leicestershire’s 296 for nine AHMEDABAD, India (CMC) – West Indies leftarm seamer Krishmar Santokie took two wickets on his Indian Premier League debut but it was teammate Lendl Simmons’s half-century that fired Mumbai Indians to a comfortable 25-run win over Rajasthan Royals here yesterday.

Opting to bat first at the Sardar Patel Stadium, Mumbai piled up a challenging 178 for three from their 20 overs, with Simmons stroking 62 at the top of the order.

Santokie then picked up two for 50 from his four overs as Royals were limited to 153 for eight in reply.

Mumbai are sixth in the eight-team standings on eight points while Royals remain third on 14 points.

Simmons and Australian Mike Hussey gave Mumbai a great start with an opening stand of 120, before being separated in the 15th over.

The right-handed Simmons faced 51 balls and counted six fours and two sixes in his top score while the lefthanded Hussey scored 56 from 39 deliveries, including three fours and two sixes.

Lendl Simmons

Simmons was the first to fall when he holed out in the deep to his Trinidad and Tobago teammate Kevon Cooper off left-arm spinner Ankit Sharma.

Hussey followed in the same over three balls later, also finding Cooper’s lap at deep long on.

Captain Rohit Sharma then arrived to play a blinder, smashing a scintillating 40 from 19 balls with three fours and four sixes, before being run-out off the last ball of the innings.

Trinidad and Tobago and West Indies big-hitter Kieron Pollard blasted a six in finishing 14 not out from 12 balls.

Medium pacer Cooper went wicket-less from three overs that cost 27 runs.

In their turn at the crease, Royals lost wickets steadily to decline to 75 for seven in the 12th over. Opener Karun Nair carried the fight with a top score of 48 from 24 balls but found no support.

Australians Brad Hodge (40) and James Faulkner (31 not out) stroked cameos in a 69run, eighth-wicket stand but the rally was too little too late.

Santokie suffered at their hands, going for 18 runs in his fourth over – the 19th of the innings – as both players threw caution to the wind.

LEICESTER, England (CMC) – Former West Indies captain Ramnaresh Sarwan stroked a half-century in his first innings of the County season as Leicestershire made a strong reply against Hampshire on the second day of the Division Two encounter yesterday.

The elegant right-hander, who is the Leicestershire captain, top-scored with an attractive 60, an innings which carried the hosts to 296 for nine in their first innings at the close, in reply to Hampshire’s 332.

Leicestershire enter the third day of the game needed a further 37 runs to overhaul their target.

Sarwan, who has been sidelined by a back injury, showed little effects from the layoff as he strung together a couple of partnerships to keep Leicestershire in the hunt

Ramnaresh Sarwan

early in the innings at Grace Road.

The Guyanese built on a good foundation after Leicestershire reached 92 for two, adding 37 for the third wicket with Ned Eckersley (34) and a further 58 for the fourth wicket with Josh Cobb (37).

Sarwan faced 81 balls in 92 minutes at the crease and struck nine and a six, playing some crisp strokes as Leicestershire scored briskly. He hammered seamer Matt Coles over

cover for four to raise the 100 and then drove to the mid-on boundary off the very next ball.

He took a particular liking to Coles, driving and cutting the 23-year-old for two more boundaries and picked up another four when he cut left-arm spinner Danny Briggs to the ropes.

In the penultimate over before the tea break, Sarwan cleared the ropes at midwicket with James Vince to go to the break unbeaten on 60, with Leicestershire on 187 for three.

He failed to add after the break, however, skying the first ball on resumption to Coles at mid-wicket off South Africa seamer Kyle Abbott.

Rob Taylor then propped up the innings with 53 from 71 balls.

Earlier, Hampshire added just 11 runs after they resumed on 321 for eight.

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Webb says development must precede World Cup qualification B R I D G E TO W N , Barbados (CMC) – CONCACAF boss Jeffrey Webb believes there must be a process of sustainable development in the region before another Englishspeaking Caribbean team can qualify for a FIFA World Cup finals.

Speaking ahead of the World Cup in Brazil which starts in just under four weeks, Webb said that with smaller countries more open to challenges than developed

football nations, it was important for the Caribbean to embark on a system which ensured consistent growth in its football.

To date, only Jamaica’s Reggae Boyz and Trinidad and Tobago’s Soca Warriors of English-speaking regional national teams have achieved the feat of securing spots at the massive global showpiece.

“To have real development it has to be sustainable.

We have had hits and

Carmichael makes impressive start in England for HTCC … claims hat-trick in second match

By Calvin Roberts MALTEENOES Sports Club’s 26-year-old all-rounder Kellon Carmichael has made an impressive

opting to bat first, HTCC lost Oliver Smith (3) in the second over, from which they never recovered and were bowled out for 137 off 41.5 overs, despite 60 off 87 balls with 11 fours

Kellon Carmichael drives down the ground during his topscore of 48 for Hadleigh and Thundersley Cricket Club in their third round game against Bardoli Cricket Club last Sunday.

start to his career in England where he was representing Hadleigh and Thundersley Cricket Club (HTCC) of Essex in that County’s Sunday League Premier division last weekend.

Having seen their first round match being washed out, HTCC faced Buckhurst Hill Cricket Club First XI last Saturday and suffered a five-wicket loss, despite Carmichael’s three of the five wickets Buckhurst lost in their run chase.

Winning the toss and

from Adam Soilleux, with Carmichael contributing 11 with two fours, batting at number four.

Shane Cassel took 5 for 29 for Buckhurst, who in reply reached 141 for 5 from 31.5 overs, led by an unbeaten 43 (70 balls, 6x4) from Haroon Khan and Ian Russell’s 42 (53 balls, 5x4), as Carmichael took 3 for 45 and Richard Revell 2 for 33.

In their third game of the season that was played last Sunday against Bardoli Cricket Club, HTCC electing to bat first

misses. The only way we’re going to be able to

around the world has peaks and valleys. We have seen even big countries such as England not qualify for a World Cup. We have seen national teams have peaks and valleys. Spain of course is at an incredible peak but if you look back at Spain a few years ago in the 2002 and 1998 World Cup, it wasn’t that way.”

He continued: “In small territories the peaks and valleys are even more CONCACAF president harsh so for me, it is all Jeffrey Webb about development from a have a real competitive, sustainable standpoint.” sustainable edge where Jamaica became the first we have representatives English-speaking team from at a World Cup is through the region to make it to a development,” Webb said World Cup finals when they here. qualified for the event staged “Every national team in France in 1998.

on winning the toss were bowled out for 127 in 29.1 overs, with Carmichael topscoring with 48 (58 balls, 6x4, 1x6), backed by 25 (30 balls, 4x4) from Smith.

Abdul Samad-Hafesji took 5 for 17 from 6.1 overs for Bardoli, who in reply were scuttled out for an even 50 off 12.3 overs, as only Naeem Budi and Imtiyaz Dawood with 14 each offered resistance to Carmichael, who claimed 7 for 16 including a hat-trick and his new-ball partner David Williams who supported with 3 for 32.

In an invited comment, the soft-spoken Carmichael told Chronicle Sport he welcomed the experience, adding that the conditions were challenging especially batting-wise.

“So far, the experience has been really welcoming for me, with the conditions being challenging especially batting-wise along with the weather which has been a challenge for me with these conditions as I am not accustomed to this weather pattern.

“My bowling has been great and the ball is coming out of the hand good. I have been getting wickets and bowling well and to achieve a hat-trick was outstanding for me and also my first fivewicket haul and as far as batting is concerned, I am getting attuned to the conditions, while I am welcoming the experience and looking to move from strength to strength,” said Carmichael.

Trinidad and Tobago followed in the 2006 edition in Germany but since then the Caribbean has struggled to qualify a team in the prestigious tournament.

Part of that sustainable development path, Webb said, was getting younger players in the region more involved in football.

“We have a problem … in some parts of the region when players turn 17, 18 years old all of a sudden football is not a priority anymore. They become so distracted,” he pointed out.

“Today you have football access 24 hours a day, more football on television than ever before, but some (kids) are more interested in video games than actually playing the game itself.”

Webb, who assumed the leadership of CONCACAF

two years ago, said a Caribbean professional league would play a critical role in helping to develop players.

He said CONCACAF were studying the prospect of a pro league but wanted to be sure any such project would have longevity.

“We’ve actually commissioned a task force to look at Caribbean professional football. We have commissioned this task force to look at the feasibility and sustainability of a Caribbean professional league,” he explained.

“It is very easy for us to start things, very easy for us to launch something but the challenge, of course, is being able to sustain it and we want to make sure that whatever model we put forth is going to be sustainable.”

Fit-again Roach eyeing New Zealand comeback BRIDGETOWN, Barbados (CMC) – West Indies speedster Kemar Roach is eyeing a return from injury against the touring Black Caps next month.

The 25-year-old has not played international cricket in nearly a year after being sidelined with a shoulder injury that required surgery last November. He had been picked for the tour of India that same month but was forced to return home without playing a game.

Roach said he had worked hard to regain fitness and hoped to force his way into the West Indies squad for the three-Test series against New Zealand bowling off June 8 in Jamaica.

“I have really missed playing.

Seven months out of cricket is a long time and now I am at the point where I can play again, I want to be able to represent Maple, Barbados and West Indies,” Roach told the Barbados Cricket Association website.

“I am very confident that once I get some more sessions in and some strength work, I will be raring to go for the first Test against New Zealand, if selected.”

He added: “I had three months of strenuous therapy with Dr. Jacqueline King and Marita Marshall. It was tough because the shoulder was very weak but they did a great job along with Shannon Lashley (trainer) in getting me back strong again.

“After a surgery like this, it

is not going to be a hundred percent but I am definitely fit enough to play any length of

Kemar Roach has not played international cricket in nearly a year.

cricket, whether it is a Test, fourday, one-day or a T20 match.”

Last Saturday, Roach had his first taste of competitive cricket in seven months when he turned out for domestic club side Maple, in the BCA’s Twenty20 Championship.

He bowled with pace to snare one for ten, from four consecutive overs.

Roach, who has played 23 Tests and 61 One-Day Internationals, said he had undergone rehabilitation work with West Indies head coach Ottis Gibson, former West Indies all-rounder Vasbert Drakes – who is a BCA coach – along with ex-Windies seamer Corey Collymore.

“I was working with Vasbert and also had some sessions with Ottis. I was in the gym earlier in the year and then the bowling aspect of it started in April. It was basic stuff

as in the rotation of the arm and the fundamentals of fast bowling,” Roach pointed out.

“I practised with Maple the entire week before the game on Saturday. I was working with Corey and he helped me to get my technique back and some basic stuff about bowling.

“Corey watched me bowl on Saturday. He gave me some pointers on what he thought about my bowling and he told me about a few flaws that can be worked on in the next couple of weeks. It was a happy atmosphere and a very relaxed environment.”

Roach had a close shave last month when he escaped without serious injury after the BMW sedan he was driving was involved in an early morning crash. He was taken to hospital by ambulance with a cut to the head.

However, with that incident behind him, Roach believes he and West Indies can challenge in the upcoming series and make up for the poor effort in New Zealand last year when the side were comprehensively beaten.

“After our Test series against New Zealand in New Zealand in December when we were beaten 2-0, I think this one is going to be very intense because the last time they came to the Caribbean two years ago we won both Tests,” he said.

“With a new captain in Denesh Ramdin, I think the guys can put in some good performances and win this series.

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Georgetown hammer Berbice 116-42, to set up showdown with Linden on Sunday FOLLOWING their eight-point (58-50) loss to Linden on opening night, Georgetown bounced back to macerate Berbice 11642 on Sunday evening, when action in the Guyana Amateur Basketball Federation (GABF) InterAssociation Championship continued at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall.

Laced with some of the best players Guyana has to offer, Georgetown were certainly too strong on both ends of the floor for their Berbice counterparts.

Showing some signs of fatigue from their duel with Linden the previous night, Georgetown seemed average on the floor against the men from the Ancient County.

Playing without Akeem ‘The Dream Kanhai, the city men were held to a 20-14 points

lead at the end of the first quarter.

As the game progressed, Georgetown, led by their point guard Dominic Vincente, Travis Burnett and Shelroy Thomas began not only an offensive onslaught, but also restriction of the Berbice side to a subpar score to close out the first half.

The scoreboard at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall showed 49-27 in favour of the home side but things didn’t really get better for Berbice in the third stanza of the game, as Georgetown had only just begun to shake off the bauxite dust from the previous night.

Burnett, who finished with a game-high 29 points, scored most of his points in the third period to lead a 14-0 run by Georgetown

Travis Burnett

but Randy Richardson tried to keep the Berbicians relevant in the game that was watched by a fair-size crowd at the premier indoor venue.

Thomas (17) was a thorn in the flesh of the Berbicians, as the former U-19 standout

was aggressive in the backcourt on defence, along with his teammate Dave Causeway (14) to restrict their competitors to only six points in the period while they in turn piled on 26 points (75 – 33).

Once again, the Berbicians were allowed very little or no chance at scoring and only managed nine points.

Georgetown, on the other hand, probably wanted to make a statement, scoring 41 points to close their game out.

Richards was the only Berbician to score double figures with 16 points while Keron Emanuel had six points.

The win for Georgetown now sets up a potential championship decider with arch rivals Linden on Sunday night at the Cliff Anderson

Sports Hall.

Meanwhile, in the supporting games, Third Division Ravens got the

better of Pacesetters 69-57 and Nets got the better of the GABF U-19 team 6159.

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Guyana steamroll Barbados 48-19 to advance to next round GUYANA commenced their quest to regain the North American Caribbean Rugby Football Association (NACRA) Caribbean 15s Championship title, with a steamrollerlike performance over Barbados, last Saturday, at the Garrison Savannah, to come away with a 48-19 victory.

The Guyanese scored eight tries and got four conversions to their hosts’ three tries and two conversions, in the process sending an ominous warning to Trinidad and Tobago (T&T), even though University of Guyana Wolves’ Jamal Angus made his debut and picked up a yellow card as well.

The match saw the Guyanese ruggers introduce their Barbados counterparts to ‘Samba style’ rugby with an exhilarating and entertaining display of attacking play, much to the delight of the small gathering of Barbadosbased Guyanese supporters in attendance.

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The Guyana NACRA 15s team strike a pose with members of the coaching unit, prior to their game against Barbados at the Garrison Savannah last Saturday, which they won 48-19.

Pele fears protests will hurt World Cup

Pele won his third World Cup in Mexico in 1970.

BRAZILIAN football legend Pele expressed concern yesterday that social protests in his country could prompt nervous fans from abroad to cancel their trips to the World Cup. Pele, speaking at a press conference in a Mexico City suburb, said he had no doubt that demonstrations that have reemerged in recent weeks would affect the tournament if they continue.

“We already know that 25 percent of foreigners who were going to Brazil are worried by the protest movement, and I think they have cancelled,” said the 73-year-old honorary

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“This is a great loss for the country,” said Pele, who won his third World Cup in Mexico in 1970.

With less than a month to go until the first kick-off on June 12, Brazil is facing a new wave of protests from people angry at the cost of the World Cup and lacklustre spending on public services.

Some protests have turned violent, but they are smaller than the demonstrations that brought one million people to the streets last year during the Confederations Cup, a warm-up to the World Cup. Turn to page 26 TUESDAY, May 20, 2014