Wednesday April 25, 2012
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Detectives grill soured drug deal abductors - VAT reduction remains bone of contention
From left: Khemraj Ramjattan, David Granger and Carl Greenidge By Gary Eleazar The House will today conclude consideration of the budgetary allocations while in the Committee of Supply before moving to a vote on the $192.8B budget even as the opposition threats to make cuts continue to loom. The cuts, however, are proving to be more of a negotiating tool as was expanded by Opposition Leader, David Granger, who along with his counterpart, Carl Greenidge and Alliance for Change Khemraj Ramjattan, informed media operatives that the opposition was not looking for a “slash and burn operation.” The trio gave the briefing following yesterday’s round of meetings at Office of the President, where the AFC for the first time, joined in on the talks. It was revealed that one particular bone of contention where there seems to be no common ground, is that of the reduction of the Value Added Tax (VAT). Greenidge described the tax as “regressive,” and contends that the Government’s argument that a reduction in VAT will not ease the suffering on the poor “does not hold water”. Asked if APNU would be seeking a place on the Tax Review Committee which was established by Head of State Donald Ramotar, Granger said that to the best of his
knowledge this body has never met. He further opined that what is required is a more expansive Tax Review Commission. Greenidge contends that there are enough studies and documentation to implement a reduction in VAT. Granger told media operatives that measures being employed by APNU are meant to bring down the cost of living for the average Guyanese. He said that his party is pushing for measures that will promote economic growth and deal with some of the problems afflicting the ordinary people, and “improve the quality of life for the vulnerable.” He stressed that every step taken thus far by the partnership has been based in principle, and “as the saying goes, serious diseases require serious remedy. We are now proposing serious remedy to ensure that the Guyanese nation is not left with a budget which does not bring about significant change in their lives”
Ramjattan told the media that his party had indicated from a very early stage that it will not accept the budget without some amendments. He stressed that one issue that the AFC wants addressed is to have all of the revenues reflected in the budget. The AFC Chairman stressed that this was not the case with the National Industrial and Commercial Investments Limited and several other organizations. He said that an accurate reflection of the nation’s revenue would lead to a better allocation of the scarce resources of the country. “We feel that a lot more money ought to be put in the Consolidated Fund from a variety of sources. Should a budget be prepared that is more accurately reflective of the nation’s revenue, then a lot more can be done for the poor and vulnerable in Guyana.” “We are not going to know anything about the Marriott Hotel because it is not in the budget, yet (Continued on page 12)
Three men and a woman remain in police custody as detectives continue their probe into the abduction of a Berbice man following a soured drug deal. Yesterday, Crime Chief Seelall Persaud told this newspaper that they are still investigating several aspects of the matter. He did not elaborate. On Monday, 28-year-old Paul Kirton was grabbed from his Berbice hideout by three men who handcuffed him and brought him to the city and demanded cash for the drugs
that they had supplied him with. However, Kirton managed to contact an associate who in turn contacted the police, leading to the capture of the abductors as they waited for the payment. Minutes later, police swooped down on a house in Eccles on the East Bank of Demerara where they found a relieved Kirton. Two more people, a man and his wife who occupied the house were also arrested. A fourth man made good his escape shortly before police confronted the gang.
Kirton had told investigators that he and a business partner had purchased some marijuana from two of the suspects and had paid them with raw gold. It turned out that what he claimed was raw gold was in fact copper. This angered the marijuana suppliers who later contacted him and threatened to kill him if he did not come up with the real payment for the herb they had supplied. It was while waiting for the promised payment that they were nabbed.
Neesa Gopaul murder PI rescheduled for Friday The continuation of the preliminary inquiry (PI) into the death of Neesa Gopaul will continue on Friday at 09:30 hrs. The matter was set for a future date since prosecution witness Simone De Nobrega was unable to make it to court yesterday. She is required for the continuation of cross examination by defence lawyer Vic Puran. Puran is representing the mother of the slain teen, Bibi Gopaul. Her co-accused in the matter, Jarvis Small, is being represented by Senior Counsel Bernard De Santos. The state is being
represented by Pritima Kissoon who is prosecuting the matter and the PI is being heard by Chief Magistrate Priya Sewnarine-Beharry at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court. Apart from De Nobrega, a female Barbadian DNA specialist is expected to take the stand again. The woman is expected to make her appearance in early May. Bibi Gopaul and Jarvis Small are going through the pre-trial hearing where they are accused of taking the life of the teenager who was found tucked inside a suitcase close to an
abandoned resort along the Soesdyke/Linden Highway. According to reports, the body was found by a family enjoying an outing at the creek. When the police recovered the body it was found with two dumb bells attached to a length of rope which was apparently being used to weigh down the body. It was items such as the dumb bells that led to the arrest of the mother and her lover. So far, several police officers have testified in the matter along with a few civilians. De Nobrega is expected to make her appearance on the new date.
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Editorial
SUMMITRY
With the end of the Cold War and its bi-polar ordering of world affairs, summit diplomacy appears to have taken centre stage. Increasingly, Heads of State are bypassing their professional diplomats and intermediaries and getting together personally to deal with pressing issues. Some of these summits have become institutionalised – like G-20 and the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) but if history is any guide, ultimately these will fade (like, say G-7) as new issues demand a different set of principals. Recently, President Ramotar attended the Sixth “Summit of the Americas” sponsored by the OAS in Colombia. But we have not heard much about what was achieved – save the US Secret Service sampling more of the local fare than was deemed appropriate. The first Summit of the Americas was convened in Miami in 1994 by then-U.S. President Bill Clinton. In subsequent summits, U.S. attempts to create a hemispheric free-trade zone collapsed. South America’s rising left further eroded U.S. influence. The last Summit could not even issue a final communiqué, putatively because of US President Obama going against the overwhelming majority of the attendees and vetoing the attendance of Cuba. But the waning importance of the Summit goes to more fundamental issues. U.S. commercial and political influence in the region has been in decline as China gains on the U.S. as a top trading partner, and many analysts say these regional summits tend to be unwieldy and only make sense if they are a departure for serious follow-up on substantive issues. This was probably the last Summit of the Americas and Guyana would be well advised to spend more time and resources on the Latin America-Caribbean presidential grouping, UNASUR. The waning role of the US in the Summit of the Americas is also a consequence of its unwillingness to concede the reality that the region, with burgeoning economies like Brazil and Argentina, has acquired an importance of its own. To appreciate the changing of the guard, one may compare the inconsequential decisions of the Summit (where the US refused to budge even on the issue of drug policy) with the also recently concluded BRICS Summit held in India. There Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa agreed to establish a Development Bank that would service not only infrastructural and other developmental projects in their countries, but also in other developmental countries. This is a welcome development for Guyana – since it has been restricted in seeking preferential loans, mainly from the World Bank. The BRICS countries also agreed to begin trading with their own currencies. But the experience of these international Summits holds some lessons for a recent innovation in our domestic politics – Summits involving the leaders of the three parliamentary parties in parliament, following the unique results of the last elections. These summits were kicked off after President Ramotar acknowledged the changing modalities of national decisionmaking, precipitated by the opposition control of the legislature. In that sense, the leaders were akin to the leaders of the international Summits representing different constituents, but addressing issues that affected them in common. And this latter point is even more critical in a Summit of domestic leaders: the issues have to do with a single country and the leaders, unlike Obama, cannot just ignore the concerns of other leaders and return home to pursue their own agenda. They are all in the same ‘home’. After positive initial meetings, the local Summit appears to be on the rocks – and this is more than regrettable: it can prove to be catastrophic. If the negotiations between the two power centres – Executive and Legislative – are left only to the chamber of the parliament, it is obvious that public posturing will dominate. The debates in parliament were premised on one party holding a majority so that decisions could be made swiftly after the various opinions were aired. In the present situation, we will have to accept the reality that much more nuanced discussions will have to take place so that the national interests can be preserved. We must eschew playing to the gallery. Such is the nature of Summitry.
Wednesday April 25, 2012
Letters... Where your views make the news
Re-examine the issue of contract workers DEAR EDITOR, The politically appointed squadron of contract workers has rendered re-organisation of the public service in Guyana ineffective since these contract workers serve at the pleasure of their respective Ministers, not necessarily in the interest of the state as their security of tenure is non-existent. The PPP is increasingly replacing civil servants with contract workers and such a system compromises the institutional capacity of the state as core competencies are not being developed for the long term. This is a revolving door strategy has destroyed the public service. It is this type of public service that procures for the government some 100 contract workers on the protest line for their political masters during the 2012 budget debate. Prominent among the protestors was Guyana’s chief diplomat Elizabeth Harper, Director General in the Ministry of
Public Servant vs. Contracted Employee
Foreign Affairs. One is no longer at a loss as to why Guyana is where it is with its diplomatic relations. The reason for this protest is at best questionable when it was the AFC that advocated for a 20 per cent wage increase for the workers, while the PPP
In defence of Clement Rohee
DEAR EDITOR, The media has fired quite a few salvos at Clement Rohee for his “kicking ass” expression regarding members of the Guyana Police Force. I agree totally with the media, and with the eleven Senior Officers of the Force for taking umbrage: the Minister’s choice of language was found wanting. But that is where the agreement stops. I want to ask the media and those eleven brave and professional Senior Police Officers whether the Minister, and indeed the entire Guyana, should not be dissatisfied with the performance of the Guyana Police Force. At best, 80 per cent of the Guyana Police Force are shirkers and bribe-takers. In fact, bribery of Police Officers is no longer an offence; it is the expectation – the silent imperative. I would have expected the media to do their convenient random public survey as to whether the disgust expressed by the Minister was misplaced. Let the media do a public opinion poll on the Guyana Police Force. The result will be that the nation’s primary lawenforcement body is staffed in the majority by corrupt officers bent on getting a raise in every matter they handle. But the media would not conduct a public opinion poll because the operatives and owners are scared of the same people who should be protecting us all. Call me a liar; call the minibus drivers liars; call the
poor and helpless liars; call those firearm holders who have to get their weapons stamped at the TSU liars. Let the bold media houses deny our cry against Police bribery and corruption. Our Police Force is an embarrassment. The Minister of Home Affairs receives hundreds of complaints against members of the Force. The Commissioner of Police and his up-standing Officers refuse to respond to the Minister regarding these complaints. What does the Minister tell the complaining public? That the goodly Police Commissioner refuses to reply to him, an elected Representative of the people? Can he or must he do so all the time? Dozens of unsolved murders, hundreds of unsolved robberies, thousands of uninvestigated reports, thousands of cases falling through because of poor or incompetent Police investigations and statement taking; dozens of robberies in which Police are directly involved; and rape(s). If there is any guilty party in this whole fiasco, it is the Police Force. While the Officers decry Greene for his recent act, they were all happy to have Greene – because he kept Rohee at bay. They want that status quo to remain. So, Senior Police Officers, display YOUR professionalism by cleaning up your house. It stinks! Godfrey Skeete Ex-Soldier
government only offered eight per cent in 2011. The AFC has committed to advocating for a cadre of qualified and experienced workers in the public service and putting an end to this political machinery of contract workers that the PPP government is exploiting. This leaves room for highly skilled technocrats to be engaged in contracts because of their niche skill-sets while the drivers and accounts clerks on contract can secure permanent jobs within the establishment as public servants at a living wage. If one is to look at the table below carefully, a contract workers is rendered into a political stooge of the Minister if that person want to survive the life of their contract, while a public servant has the ability to have security of tenure and independence from political instruction
It is clearly a case of “champagne socialism” at its best in Guyana, with the PPP interested only in the uses of the working class but not in the working class itself. The action by the Public Service Ministry to hire some 6,000 contract workers is an abuse of the letter and spirit of what contract employment ought to be in the State sector. Public servants do not have to accept “crumbs” from the PPP “prince-lings” who continue to rape the treasury for their multi-million-dollar mansions and luxury assets, a dichotomy singled out by Mrs Nadira Jagan daughter of the founders of the party to the ire of the PPP cabal. The PPP has skillfully contrived to mask their surgical deflowering of the public service as they prepare to devour it. The said PPP told public servants that the government can ill afford Continued on page 5
Something worthy of note DEAR SIR, The high profile case of Carol Ann Lynch escaped the attention of the Legal Analyst in the letter published in your newspapers of April 12, 2012 under the caption “The DPP offers faulty advice.” Carol Ann Lynch was charged for the murder of her husband, Farouk Razack, who was the owner of Swiss House Cambio. Miss Lynch who was a beauty queen was locked up for over nine months after which the charges were discharged in the courts as there was no evidence to support the charge. However, the DPP reinstituted the charge of murder against Miss Lynch and she fled the jurisdiction as she would have been in prison unto this day. It is my considered view that there should be an enquiry into the actions of the DPP into the matters highlighted to determine whether the DPP acted in
good faith, fairly, honestly, impartially and free of political and religious influences in the discharge of her duties. If not, she should be made to face the full force of the law and dismissed from the office of DPP. There are presently many actors in the Judiciary— The Acting Chancellor, Acting Chief Justice, Acting Judges, Acting Registrar etc. The DPP was acting at one time. But the records would show that she was the only one who was confirmed in that position and that was in the year 2007 shortly after she advised the Police to charge those three innocent Managers of NB S. Was her confirmation related to this matter? I urge all Guyanese to examine carefully the names of the persons charged in the matters listed by Legal Analyst and the one above and draw your own conclusion. James R. Singh
Wednesday April 25, 2012
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It now costs less to supervise more
DEAR EDITOR, I have been following the Kaieteur News’ disclosures on the Georgetown Public Hospital waste disposal project. We discover, thanks to the Kaieteur News, for which we paid $300 million,now looks like one which should cost half this amount. It’s disgraceful and wasteful. Here on the one hand we have Nadir telling us that our old age pensioners are getting three pensions without having regard to the sizes of these pensions; 3$2000 pensions cannot be better than one $10,000 pension, Nadir, so quit the shenanigans and deception and give the people a more realistic pension. But we probably can’t give them more since occurrences like this one at the GPHC are going on dozens of times every single day in this country, i.e. incompetence and theft. To develop this matter of dishonesty and incompetence that is so prevalent in this country, I would like to address something which I saw in the actual 2012 budget estimates Volume 1 on page 14 at section 31:Ministry of Public Works: we see that the total capital budget allocation for the Ministry of Public Works is $17.706 billion. The allocation to administer this
huge amount of money to pay for numerous construction projects countrywide, is only $89 million. In 2011 when the ministry’s capital allocation was $13.152 billion the staffing cost was $90.3 million. i.e. they are projecting to spend less to manage the expenditure of $17.706 billion than the previous year’s $13.152 Billion. Today, as distinct from the past,all of the Ministry’s work is contracted out,so there is need for even more experienced and knowledgeable staff to ensure that the people’s money is being well spent. This means qualified and knowledgeable engineers and managers, of all kinds are needed; civil, quantity, construction etc. are needed to administer the spending of $17.706 billion in capital works. How can such a small and weak engineering/ managerial staff which only costs $89 million a year ensure that the Guyana taxpayers are getting value for their money? The fact is that they are not. We know that there is one super engineer at the Ministry but given the shoddy and failed works we have seen, he is just not enough. I now list the staff which this ministry requires to design, quantify and supervise G$17.706 billion by contractors; 7 administrative
Re-examine the issue... From page 4 higher wages as they rolled out an annual menu of five per cent wage increases. Yet, this said PPP government in the last 10 years has found a treasure pot to pay for all the pet “fetishes” of the political elite such as the billions of dollars in travel expenses for former President Jagdeo on his “air miles to nowhere” and to pay for its foolish economic blunderings such as the production retardation at the Skeldon Factory, saddling the taxpayers with a price tag of $40 billion. It has also over the years found monies to pay its unqualified political favourites in sinecure super salaried appointments of $700,000 and $800,000 per
month plus fringe benefits. It also found US$10,000 to US$15,000 per month tax free for nepotistic appointments for loyal expatriates who further the political cause of the government. The Guyanese people are not dense. They are furious and are anxious to be rescued from this squanderous cabal. So what we are observing from the PPP today on the streets is more fear mongering and pure political pomposity; their obvious forte. Sasenarine Singh
staff; 2 senior Technical; 14 other technical and craft skilled; 18 clerical, 14 semi skilled operatives and unskilled and 27 Contracted employees. We seem to have 7 administrative staff to administrate 82 people i.e. roughly one administratorfor every 11 persons! Also the “other charges” to help these 82 staff members perform their duties is more than $1.4 billion! We have no idea what these contracted employees do. Some could very well be engineers,but since we do not know I am forced to disregard them.But looking at the established staff, those who are skilled and who have responsibility for making up the estimates of each of these numerous projects and supervising the process of monitoring them through all of their stages to completion, we have seven administrative staff and 16 technical and craft skilled employees, a total of 23 staff members to physically supervise the G$17.7 billion for Capital projects all across this country. This is patently ridiculous! This is why we have such poor quality work in our projects.The contractors do practically what they want to do and to hell with the people of this country and their taxes. No one is watching them properly and it must stop. And they will have to start here at this Ministry of Works. They must employ a consultant immediately to tell them how much staff they need to properly monitor how our money is spent, and to evaluate what sort of administrator is required to look after10-11 people. Tony Vieira
Letter to Political Leaders DEAR EDITOR, I have been paying extremely keen attention to this year’s budget debate in and out of the National Assembly; and I must say, for many of us, it is stimulating great interest. However, I wish to make the following observation and caution. There is a theory in Groups Dynamics which proposes four fundamental stages of groups, teams, partnerships, alliances, etc. These stages are Forming, Storming, Norming and Performing. While this article would not allow me to address the details of these stages; I think the current Parliament and perhaps the Budget Debate process, is in its forming and storming stages. However, our leaders cannot afford to lose control at this stage; even of their emotions. We are an intelligent people and we understand what is happening but they have to hold it together; think long and hard; negotiate; compromise; even fight a little - some of that is allowable; and continue to keep us informed, we appreciate this process. Nevertheless, one word of caution; pay attention to your emotional sustainability. While some amount of aggression in the debate is acceptable in the National Assembly, when they speak
to the press or through the press, they could be passionate but yet sustain their emotions, particularly when dealing with such sensitive issues. Bearing that in mind, the country is not in election mode; where the focus is on convincing the citizenry to vote one way or the other but rather we are now focusing on managing the business of the nation. Budget debate is serious business. Issues are being discussed and ventilated. These issues affect the lives of citizens in profound ways, so they have to mange this process very, very carefully. As leaders, you have to help the nation to sustain its emotions too. So please manage the process of disseminating information very carefully and professionally. I am almost tempted to write, ‘and in a responsible manner too’, but I have decided against it. You are all responsible leaders. Just a bit on emotional sustainability: It is displayed by leaders when they are able to benefit from conflict, consistently stay engaged and positive, and know how to ride the waves of change. Some leaders have the courage to frequently listen to themselves and others, reflect on what they hear and be responsive because they value relationships and the
process. I think that we are seeing some of this in the back and forth meetings between government and opposition - the parties are listening, engaging each other, even entertaining each other at times and there is some amount of compromise and tolerance too. And this is great! As a people we are taking note and we are analysing too. Emotional sustainability also refers to the skills of leaders in listening on a consistent basis (as in the case of the budget debate) but still demonstrating individual and team emotional intelligence so that those impacted by decisions - the nation; can relax and trust because they know that the leaders and the process - the budget debate; are anchored in a cohesive and respectful engagement. I sincerely hope that this Parliament and the result of the 2012 budget debate will progress to the third and fourth stages as mentioned above. However, this will require a high degree of emotional sustainability in leadership at various levels and will augur well for our continuous growth and development. It will also help to build the resilience of various sections and groups of the society and foster long-lasting endurance and responsive engagement. Audreyanna Thomas
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…as Govt. shuts down Linden TV transmission to prove a point By Gary Eleazar The consideration of the Budgetary Estimates for Office of the President, Office of the Prime Minister and the Ministry of Finance has been deferred to today. The deferral was to facilitate continued extraparliamentary budget negotiations between A Partnership for National Unity, Office of the President and the Alliance for Change. The parties met late last evening The announcement was made yesterday to the House by Prime Minister Samuel Hinds, when he briefed the Members of Parliament on the ongoing negotiations between David Granger and his delegation along with Head of State Donald Ramotar. The Prime Minister used the opportunity to remind the House that the ongoing talks at Office of the President are aimed at avoiding any possible collision as it relates to the
2012 Budget. Prior to yesterday’s session of the Parliament’s Standing Committee of Supply, APNU personnel briefed media operatives saying that, “APNU and the Alliance for Change (AFC) have decided to stand on common ground to resist the passage of the 2012 National Budget unless significant changes are implemented in the public interest.” APNU’s Carl Greenidge yesterday conceded that the proposals on the agenda for the meetings between APNU and Ramotar could not readily be addressed by reducing budget heads. He said that APNU is looking to the government for concrete commitments as it relates to the way forward and on issues on the agenda. Granger informed media operatives that among the items on the agenda are: Reduction in the ValueAdded Tax rate; Reduction in the Berbice River Bridge toll rate; Increase in the salaries
of public servants; Effectively re-establishing the functioning of Public Service Collective Bargaining; Cease the blatant abuse of the mechanism of Contract Employees in the Public Service; Increase in the subvention to the University of Guyana; Increase in the retirement age of public servants; Guarantee the independence of the constitutional offices – Parliament Office; GECOM and the Service Commissions – by their removal as Budget Agencies under the Office of the President and ensure that they receive their subventions directly from the Consolidated Fund; Restructure GuySuCo and GPL to make them into viable corporations; Restructure NICIL to bring its financial assets into the Consolidated Fund; Restructure GINA and NCN to make them into responsible national institutions; Establish the long delayed Constitutionally mandated
Placards being distributed to the protestors Public Procurement Commission as a matter of urgency and Establish appropriate arrangements for the governance of key projects and entities, ranging from NICIL, the Amaila Falls Hydro power project and the NIS, with a view to greater transparency in decisionmaking, eliminating corruption and making them more responsive to public wishes. On Monday, last, both APNU and the AFC
submitted notice for two motions which proposed cuts targeting Office of the President, Office of the Prime Minister and the Finance Ministry. Among the programmes that have come under the threat of a budgetary cut, are the transfer of some $6B to the Guyana Power and Light inc., $18B for the Low Carbon Development Programmes and the subventions for the National Communications
NCN boss, Mohamed ‘Fuzzy’ Sattaur (closest to vehicle) shouting slogans at a passing vehicle with APNU symbols
Network (NCN) and Government Information Agency (GINA), among others. The announcement in the House was made against the backdrop of a small, yet spritely protest headed by Mohamed ‘Fuzzy’ Sattaur , Chief Executive Officer for the State-owned NCN. Among some of the other senior functionaries at this protest were Minister of Legal Affairs Anil Nandlall, Housing and Water Minister Irfaan Ali, Culture Youth and Sport Minister Dr Frank Anthony and Junior Finance Minster Bishop Juan Edghill. Sattaur lamented the effects of the proposed cuts and said that the decision to protest was made even in light of the ongoing negotiations at Office of the President. He also conceded that during the course of the morning a decision was taken to deliberately turn off the transmission for NCN being broadcast in Linden. This, Sattaur said, was done to prove a point and illustrate what could be the likely effect of the cut being accommodated. He also defended the operations of the state-owned television and said that the perceived government bias in its programming is simply a perception and not based in fact.
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French presidential rivals race to seduce Le Pen voters PARIS (Reuters) France’s presidential rivals scrambled yesterday to seduce nearly a fifth of the electorate that voted for far right anti-immigration crusader Marine Le Pen, voicing sympathy for voters’ distress in the economic crisis. Conservative President Nicolas Sarkozy, fighting for his political life after being beaten into second place in Sunday’s first round, declared that no issues were taboo and hammered away at rallies and in interviews on Le Pen’s themes of fear of immigration, insecurity, Islam and unregulated trade. His Socialist rival, Francois Hollande, who topped the poll and is favourite to win a May 6 runoff against Sarkozy, said National Front voters had expressed “social anger” and vowed to defend them from “financial globalization and a failing Europe”. The first opinion poll to be taken since Sunday’s first round by the Ifop institute showed Hollande 10 points ahead of Sarkozy with 55 percent of voting intentions
for the runoff. Sarkozy used each campaign stop to address Le Pen’s six million voters while accusing the left of talking down to them. “I want to talk to the little people, to the foot soldiers, to people in the countryside, to pensioners,” the president told one rally, saying the National Front leader had drawn a “crisis vote” in “the part of France that is suffering”. You are feeling afraid,” Sarkozy said, calling Le Pen’s record 18 percent score a wake-up call. “There is nothing reprehensible about this vote,” he added. While describing himself as a secular republican, he invoked the heritage of the French monarchy and the Roman Catholic church in a play for nationalist votes. Hollande ascribed Le Pen’s unprecedented score to despair among “a suffering electorate of office workers, artisans, and blue-collar workers who are really feeling abandoned”, as well as farmers struggling to make ends meet.
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SYRIA CEASE-FIRE FALTERS - Kofi Annan urges faster arrival of UN monitors Kofi Annan, the former UN chief who negotiated the cease-fire, spoke to the Security Council yesterday. He appears alarmed by claims that Syrian forces massacred 30 civilians in the city of Hama Monday. Former United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan urged the Security Council to arrange faster deployment of international cease-fire observers to Syria yesterday, as evidence mounted that Syrian forces are not pulling heavy weaponry out of populated areas as the government agreed. Evidence also suggests that the government is targeting – even summarily executing – civilians who dare to speak with the few UN monitors already in the country. That has some supporters of the Syrian opposition wondering darkly if more observers will only mean more deaths. Little if anything occurring in Syria suggests that the cease-fire plan negotiated by Mr. Annan is leading to a decrease in violence, let alone a
stabilization that could lead to dialogue and political transition, as also called for in Annan’s six-point plan. Still, Annan told the Council that a “rapid” deployment of the 300 monitors that the Council authorized last week “might help,” according to diplomats who attended the closed-door session. The monitors are set to reach 30 by the end of the week, according to UN officials. Secretary-General Ban Kimoon is expected to name a commanding general for the monitors in the coming days, officials said. Speaking earlier with reporters in Geneva, Annan’s spokesman, Ahmad Fawzi, said the former UN chief would tell the Security Council via video link that “satellite imagery and credible reports” contradict Syrian government claims that it has withdrawn all heavy weaponry from cities and towns. Diplomats who attended the Council briefing in New York said Annan was
particularly alarmed by reports that Syrian forces entered the city of Hama Monday and used automatic weapons to massacre civilians. Such action, if confirmed, could only be considered “reprehensible and unacceptable,” Annan reportedly told Council diplomats. Annan briefed the Council from Sweden. Events Tuesday suggest that Syria’s rebels are also not holding to the cease-fire agreement. Three officers with the Syrian military were
Kofi Annan killed in separate attacks around Damascus Tuesday, and a truck bomb exploded in the capital, injuring several people. (The Christian Science Monitor)
Canada suspends most sanctions against Myanmar OTTAWA (Reuters) - Canada will suspend most of its sanctions against Myanmar in recognition of recent democratic reforms in the isolated Southeast Asian nation, Foreign Minister John Baird said yesterday. Since 1988 Canada has imposed some of the toughest sanctions against Myanmar. Baird told reporters that most of the measures were being lifted but that Canada would for now maintain a ban on arms deals with Myanmar, which is also known as Burma. The European Union took similar steps on Monday in the wake of by-elections that enabled pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi to win a seat in Parliament. Baird also said he hoped Canadian companies would be able to do business in Myanmar, which has rich natural resources.
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Regional disaster officials meet in Barbados BRIDGETOWN, Barbados - CMC - Issues relating to the further strengthening of the regional Comprehensive Management (RCM) will be among matters discussed at the third meeting of the Technical Advisory Committee (TAC) of the Caribbean Disaster Emergency Management Agency (CDEMA) that begins here tomorrow. The two-day meeting will also discuss a national comprehensive disaster management policy, the climate smart community disaster management programme and the mainstreaming climate change adaptation into the CDM Country Work programmes. “TAC is part of the governance mechanism of CDEMA and provides strategic guidance on the
development and implementation of the regional Comprehensive Disaster Management Programme. The meeting will see a gathering of senior officials of the national disaster management organisations of CDEMA’s 18 participating states and specialised regional organisations,” said a spokesman for the organisers. He said the TAC will also consider the way forward on a logistics plan for the regional response mechanism and the review of 2010-2011 emergency events in CDEMA participating states. (TB/ BGIS) The two-day meeting will be addressed by the Acting Attorney General and Minister of Home Affairs, Michael Lashley.
Wednesday April 25, 2012
Douglas says partial scope agreement with Brazil BASSETERRE, ST. KITTS - (CUOPM) - St. Kitts and Nevis’ Prime Minister Dr. Denzil L. Douglas says negotiations with Brazil on the Partial Scope Agreement although long, difficult and trying, is an important accomplishment. Speaking on his weekly radio call in programme “Ask the Prime Minister,” yesterday, Prime Minister Douglas says the agreement
which is to be signed soon, means a strong manufacturing sector and solid employment for the men and women of the twin-island Federation. “In addition, it affirmed the fact that the diversification thrust that we had put in place, with the closure of the sugar industry, was clearly working,” said Dr. Douglas, who noted that the pro-business, pro-trade
T&T talk host on bail PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad - CMC - Television host Ian Alleyne pleaded not guilty to three charges under the Sexual Offences Act yesterday, six months after he broadcast a videotape on his Crime Watch programme showing the rape of a minor. Alleyne, who was released from hospital Monday night following his arrest last Thursday, will reappear in court on May 14 to answer the charges. He was granted TT$80,000 (US$13, 330) bail. The Caribbean Communications Network (CCN) TV6 has also been slapped with nine summonses ordering it to appear before a Port of Spain magistrate on May 14 to answer three charges under the Sexual Offences Act and six under the Telecommunications Act. Supporters of the television host staged a noisy protest outside the court building calling for the charges to be dropped and
Ian Alleyne as Alleyne emerged from appearing before Chief Magistrate Marcia AyersCaesar, he told reporters “if you go back to the genesis of this entire incident you will realise it is just a travesty of justice. Last December, a large contingent of police officers had executed a warrant at CCN TV6’s offices in search for tapes in relation to their investigation following the broadcast in October. (CMC)
policies in place, combined with the hard work and competence of Kittitian and Nevisian workers at the Industrial Sites, plus the investment and management skills of factory owners, had resulted St. Kitts and Nevis over the years outpacing all the other countries of the Eastern Caribbean as far as exports to the United States were concerned. “In Government, as in business and in the rest of life, however, one has to be flexible. And there was no denying the fact that a sluggish U.S. economy would have – and, indeed, was having - a cooling effect on our economy, in general, and our manufacturing sector as well,” the Prime Minister told his radio listeners. He noted that the US and western European economies may have been experiencing a downturn, but there was no denying the upward trajectories being seen in countries like Brazil, India,
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and other emerging nations. “Word that Brazil has, indeed, approved a Partial Scope Agreement with St. Kitts and Nevis, means that goods manufactured here will now have access to that unquestionably tier one market known as Brazil,” said Prime Minister Douglas. He said Brazil is to send an official, within a matter of days, for both Governments to sign and make official this important Agreement.
Gonsalves released from hospital
KINGSTOWN, St. Vincent - CMC - Prime Minister Dr. Ralph Gonsalves has been released from the Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Barbados where he spent the weekend receiving treatment for an abscess, Foreign Affairs Minister Dr. Douglas Slater has announced. He said Gonsalves was released Monday night. Gonsalves, who fell ill last Wednesday as he prepared for official visits to Kuwait and Qatar, was forced to seek medical attention in Barbados, after his condition deteriorated. “He is recuperating satisfactorily and was assessed by his doctors to be well enough to continue his recovery out of the hospital. He will however continue to rest and receive any necessary follow-up medical care and hopes to return home in St Vincent by the weekend,” Dr. Slater said.
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ARE THERE FAT CATS WITHIN THE AFC? The AFC is fast becoming known as Axing Fat Cats or being Against Fat Cats. This is following its decision to propose deep cuts to the 2012 Budget so as to pare the government bureaucracy of what it deems as high paid or super salaried employees. The AFC, however, is going to have a difficult task of convincing the Guyanese people that its real motive was not about getting even with the PPP leadership which had expelled one of its leaders and forced another into political exile. The AFC will have a difficult job of convincing the Guyanese people that it is not into vindictive, spiteful and malicious politics, and that its objections to the fat cats is really a ruse to get at certain individuals within the
administration. It order to convince the Guyanese people that it is not being spiteful, it will have to first establish just what it means by a fat cat. When is a government employee a fat cat? What level of salary can be considered super-salaries and how does the AFC distinguish between a super salaried employee and one earning competitive wages? The AFC has not addressed this issue as yet. It has not established quantitative measures as to how it classifies fat cats. During the debates, what certain individuals such as permanent secretaries and government engineers earn has been highlighted. And by no stretch of the imagination can these be deemed as fat
cats. Of course one of the targets of the proposed budget cuts is contract employees. During the debate on the estimates of expenditure for the Ministry of Housing and Water, questions were asked about the contract employees at that ministry. In the answer, it was revealed that there were two engineers who were being paid a mere $150,000 per month. Now surely these cannot be fat cats? In fact they are poor cats because they are obviously being paid below market rates. The AFC lost a great deal of credibility when it initially proposed deep cuts for three ministries when it seemingly did not have the information
Dem boys seh
De Waterfalls paper deh pun Rohee mind Eye pass is a bad thing. Clement de Rohee go pun stage and talk fat. He even boast how he gun kick police ass because somebody outside waiting to kick he own. De man go suh far as to tell de crowd that dem police don’t listen to he and fuh five years he tek de eye pass because he was feeling he way. Well if it tek he five years to learn de wuk he had to be a slow child in school. He even had to be slow to understand why dem same police don’t listen to he. Dem got a hard time understanding. Anyhow, he claim how is de Waterfalls paper causing trouble. Dem boys want to know if is de Waterfalls boss man who write he ‘kick ass’ speech. Dem want to know if de Waterfalls paper tell lie when he talk. And most of all, dem boys want to know why he ain’t cuss de two television station that play de speech. De answer is that dem woulda play it again and shame he more. Is de same Clement tell de police fuh lef de criminal
Kwame. Was a case of birds of a feather. De same Clement did spend time at Brickdam and he still vex wid de police after all this time. That is why he announce how he gun kick dem ass. Uncle Donald shame. He now spending more time in Ohh Pee trying to hide. He was hiding when he hear that de opposition want cut piece of de budget and de piece got to do wid Kwame salary. Uncle Donald call Prak and Moses and David and Rupert fuh talk to dem. Dem boys seh that he even ask dem wha dem want. All of dem tell he that he know; that he only playing stupid.
Dem want de man before he to put back de money that he gone wid. He can pay it back in installments. Uncle Donald still thinking. He even cancel de budget debate to meet and discuss this issue wid de opposition. Kwame and dem start a picket because de opposition want to cut de money. Dem boys seh that if dem did know wha good fuh dem, dem woulda wuk, because de opposition now claiming that de money got to cut because dem don’t wuk, only protesting, and people don’t get pay when dem protest. Talk half and watch dem put back de other half.
to make an informed analysis of the employment costs at these ministries. In its attempt to pare the Budget and release resources for other purposes, the AFC needs to undertake a proper analysis based on facts and not guesstimates. But before it does so, the AFC has to decide just what it considers a fat cat. In so doing it runs a political risk since it will open itself to scrutiny about whether within its ranks there are fat cats whose combined income from their professional income along with their parliamentary salaries and benefits would also place them in the bracket of being super salaried. In other words is the AFC All Fat Cats? If the combined personal income of the AFC parliamentarians is above the threshold it sets for government contract employees, will it propose cuts to the income of parliamentarians and the other benefits they receive so as to be consistent. In short, if it is found that there are fat cats within parliament based on their combined personal income as well as their income as parliamentarians, is the AFC willing to ask them to take a cut in their parliamentary
stipend? The AFC would first, therefore, need to establish its definition of fat cats. It should then disabuse those members of the public who are likely to feel that the AFC is really out to get those leaders of the PPP, especially those with whom certain leaders of the AFC have had run-ins, and who still hold public office. The AFC has to convince the public that it is not into using this issue of budget cuts to settle political scores. It makes little sense for the AFC to be concentrating on fat cats. The AFC cannot reduce the salaries of those whom it deems fat cats. It can force a reduction in the total amount allotted for the payment of wages within a ministry or agency, but the specific cuts have to be made by the government whose prerogative it is to determine who works for it and who does not. The AFC cannot be naïve enough to believe that the government is going to reduce the salaries of its fat cats so as to slice the overall public service wage bill. Does the AFC really believe that the government is going to dismiss those political appointees and party faithful within the government? Does the AFC really believe that the
technical staff within the government is going to be cut because of reduced appropriations? The AFC must be joking if it believes this. The ones who are going to feel the squeeze are not the fat cats but the lower paid employees. Instead of pruning the budget of excess fat, the AFC may end up degutting the State sector of the very workers it is attempting to help by freeing up more resources. If it wants to help the ordinary workers, it cannot do so by simply slashing the wages provisions for the respective ministries. It has to negotiate with the government on these wage bills and demonstrate that by cutting the fat cats, more monies can be found to help the lower paid staff. And it can show this commitment by proposing cuts to parliamentary stipends and allowances for parliamentarians whose income are already high due to their professional occupations.
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APNU: Sometimes the runner stumbles Let me begin this column by referring to the official position of this newspaper. It is generally regarded in the newspaper world that an editorial is the position of the newspaper as distinct from what its columnists write. The columnist offers his/ her opinion and is not bound to the official gospel of the newspaper. In many newspapers and magazines there is a strip above the columnist’s essay that says the opinion therein does not necessarily reflect the position of the publication.
Not so with an editorial. In KN’s Sunday editorial, it made the point that even a schoolboy could not fail to miss - APNU’s constituencies come from the AfricanGuyanese community. In the same issue of KN, frequent letter-writer, M. Maxwell refers to African-Guyanese as “the bread and butter of the PNC.” In the KN editorial, the theory was that APNU abstained on the reduction in monies allocated in the Budget for contract workers because these employees were from the APNU’s
constituencies. But it is not as simple as the editorial makes it out to be. When analytical keenness is applied to the contract workers fiasco and the imbroglio over the Linden electricity issue, APNU may have endangered its constituencies. These two situations show that there is a crisis in leadership in APNU that calls into question the competence in that party at the top of its hierarchy. As former Magistrate Juliet Holder Allen puts it publicly, “APNU is led by
three, irrelevant old men.” I am a bit taken back by that statement because age does not matter. It is what you have in your mind and head. If aged persons do not have anything in their minds and heads, sadly people will call them old. One of my all-time favourites is Eusi Kwayana. He is in his mid-eighties and the mind is still as brilliant as ever. Tom Dalgetty knew my wife since she was a little girl. I knew Tom before I married and I have been married now for thirty three-years. Tom is in his mid-seventies and I see no difference in his thinking as when I first knew him in the beginning of the seventies. I repeat – it is not your age but your philosophy and action that count. In relation to contract workers, APNU leader, Mr. Granger, gave an interview to Stabroek News (April 22) in which he said that “it was not in the public interest to support an attack on the public service.” This is wrong thinking by Mr. Granger. He went on to state that some choose contracts, others opt for a normal salary. These are very inelegant concepts coming from Mr. Granger. Deputy Head of APNU, Rupert Roopnaraine, was at
the Pegasus two Sundays ago, when in a brilliant powerpoint description of the budget, Chris Ram showed where a maid earning minimum wage is collapsed under the category of “contract workers” along with someone like Gail Teixeira who takes home almost a million monthly. Contract workers are not unionized and are at the mercy of one person – the particular Minister. It is a known fact that it is through the contract worker conspiracy that PPPaffiliated persons earn super salaries. Here now is a reality that Mr. Granger missed badly and it is contained in my research, “Ideological Racism: Comparing presidencies in Guyanese History,” for which I was sued for libel by President Jagdeo. A majority of the super salaries in the contract workers framework are not from PNC or APNU constituencies. It is not true, as Mr. Granger put it, that some opt for a normal salary while others take contracts. The super salaries are a design by the PPP to benefit its supporters. These people do not volunteer for normal salaries; they are given huge pay packets. On this matter, Khemraj Ramjattan publicly said that Mr. Christopher
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Ram, who worked out where the cuts should fall, shared the information with APNU’s leadership. I saw that for myself at the Pegasus two Sundays ago with Roopnaraine. APNU chose not to use the scissors on fat cat salaries because it failed comprehensively to do the research, some of which was available from Christopher Ram. On the Linden electricity matter, I asked Aubrey Norton why APNU in the first place was discussing the electricity issue. Let us for argument sake say that APNU wasn’t, but Linden was the topic. If APNU was asking for assistance for Linden, then as a matter of realpolitik, your enemy would want something in return. You request developmental assistance, your adversary pleas for electricity hike. APNU got conned.
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Stall owners at Timehri cry foul as relocation looms M’cony housewife was tortured, strangled …PM after exhumation reveals
Some of the stall owners with documents “from the relevant authorities” supporting their claims. Expected road works at the Timehri Public Road, East Bank Demerara (EBD) have “upset” several stall owners whose businesses are located along the roadway after they were told that they would have to be relocated in less than a week. Over 30 stall owners complained to Kaieteur News yesterday that for a number of years they were operating their shops and stalls at the said location with the approval of the Regional Office. Kaieteur News understands that these individuals have until the last day of this month (April 30) to commence the establishment of their new stalls at an area identified by Government for this purpose. According to some stall owners, the Ministry of Public Works notified them of this, sometime in October 2011, and they have no objection to the move, except that they do not have the finances to construct new stalls. However, they are complaining that they were given “documented permission” to have erected their concrete stalls, which is the reason they did not establish wooden structures which would have been cheaper and could have been moved easily.
The vendors want to be given some form of assistance or compensation to rebuild their structures at the new location. Mukesh Rajcoomar, a grocer, told this publication that he and his wife have been vending at the Timehri Public Road for the past seven years and depend on this for their livelihood. He stated that while the vendors are aware that they have to relocate it is necessary for Government to assist them in this venture since they have not broken any laws. “We get permission from the region to build and some people get from housing too. You see before we build or anything we have to get permission from the Regional Democratic Council Region Four. We know the road got to build and we are willing to move, but we want some form of compensation, you understand?” One woman told this newspaper that she is a single parent who is willing to move to the new site but she requires money to do so. The woman explained that she cannot afford to pay construction workers and would gladly appreciate assistance from the relevant Ministry since she depends on vending to provide for her family.
Meanwhile another single mother lamented that she is far from pleased with Government’s take on the situation. “I have to buy steel, cement and sand and more things to fix up the shop to sell. If they (Government) can pay for GPL and GT&T to remove their poles and thing, then they can afford to pay we for we stalls… or help,” she said. “I don’t know what will happen but if we don’t get money to move how can we? We will have no choice but to stay here, you see. We got permission which is written authorization that we can set up our stalls here. Now they are saying it is government
reserve. After more than five years I am here and now they say so and this is not fair,” one man explained. “If we were squatting we would have moved and won’t have put up permanent structures and we would have agreed that we have to move. But they didn’t give we that, they gave us permanent papers and they have to give us back permanent money to build back permanent stalls,” another female vendor added. Most of the vendors are single parents who depend on their daily sales at this location to make ends meet. They explained that they do not have jobs elsewhere and cannot afford to do anything else.
An autopsy on the exhumed remains of Mahaicony housewife Allinva Andrews has revealed that she was tortured and strangled. Andrews’ body was exhumed yesterday, some eleven days after her decomposing remains were found at Moraikobe, Mahaicony River. Kaieteur News understands that a post mortem performed by Government Pathologist Dr. Nehaul Singh revealed that the 46-year-old woman was manually strangled. Some of the bones in her neck were broken. A police official said that the post mortem also confirmed that the victim was brutally violated. According to the source, Andrews’ killers had thrust a 12-inch twig into her privates, rupturing her uterus in the process. Police have questioned the slain woman’s husband and briefly detained a villager who was allegedly seen dancing with the victim at a wedding shortly before she disappeared. However, they
are yet to make a breakthrough. Residents have been urged to be on the alert. Andrews’ body was found two Fridays ago in a clump of bushes near the Mahaicony River, just a few yards from her home. She had been missing since Easter Monday. Rhonda Chester, a sister of the victim, said that Andrews’ clothing and torn underwear were found near the corpse. Allinva Andrews, who is survived by five children, disappeared at nightfall on Easter Monday shortly after leaving a wedding house in the predominantly Amerindian community. However, her sister said that no one was alarmed when Andrews failed to turn up, since she was in the habit of staying at friends for a day or two. It was not until one of the woman’s sons returned to the community three days later and learned that his mother could not be located that a search ensued. It was this same son who located the body.
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Ursula Victoria Forbes was the centre of attraction yesterday. Relatives and friends who had travelled from overseas to be with her as well as close friends flocked her Den Amstel, West Coast Demerara home, first to be a part of the religious service held in the home and then to be guests at the birthday party. Ursula Forbes
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was celebrating her 101st birthday. Born on April 24, 1911, she is believed to be the oldest resident in the village but her appearance belies her age. And apart from some hearing loss—she now uses a hearing aid—she is as mentally alert as she ever was. She was able to rattle off the names of her children and
some of her grandchildren; recall people who walked the streets with her more than seventy years ago; was up to date with everyday happenings and proud of all this. “My memory is very good ....I remember everything, plus I’m a great cook, but my children don’t allow me in the kitchen. They tell me that I cooked enough
and I should rest, now. “ She was born Ursula Adams. Today she can still recall the various Adamses and the Damons and the Hillimans, all of them her relatives and who were there for the birthday celebration. Forbes said that she is blessed to have caring and loving children, grandchildren, nieces and nephews. Up until a year ago she was travelling to the United States to be with her children and other relatives who now reside in that foreign land. She returned home just before her 100th birthday and has been here ever since. Her daughter, Doreen, has also returned home from overseas, leaving her children and her property, to be in Guyana to care for the centenarian. Ursula Forbes, when asked about some of the things that might have been responsible for her longevity,
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Centenarian Ursula Victoria Forbes
said that being “helpful” is one of the contributory factors. The other factor might be her diet. She said that she still loves “foo foo
soup” and a touch of scotch. In fact, she had her Johnny Walker Double Black Label, while reminiscing about the past 100 years.
Parliament to vote on Budget... (From page 3) government monies to the tune of about US$25M is going to be poured into that project,” Ramjattan asserted.
And Opposition Leader Granger, in speaking to today’s continuation of the talks prior to the vote on the budget, said “we expect that
some agreement will be reached, once the government is prepared to understand that we are serious about bringing about development in the country.” He added: “This is not a slash and burn operation we have made recommendations for reform and restructuring.” Granger spoke to fact that a positive indication from the government as it relates to the Guyana Power and Light Inc. and the $4B subsidy would result in no cut to that programme. Greenidge had earlier drawn reference to the fact that when the $4B subsidy for GuySuCo came up for consideration in the House, certain assurances were provided, hence there was no objection and the combined opposition voted in favour of the subsidy.
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Housing Minister’s talks on effects of budget cuts ironic - YCT The Youth Coalition for Transformation (YCT) during a press briefing, yesterday, stated that the Tourism and Housing Minister Irfaan Ali’s statement that contractors employed by the various ministries to work on projects have i n v e s t e d m i l l i o n s in machinery and will be affected by the proposed budget cuts, is ironic. “We in the Youth Coalition for Transformation have not heard any government official respond in defence to sawmill operators, loggers and furniture manufactures in Linden who have invested millions into their companies and have to either close them down or downscale business because they are not receiving concessions.” According to Nia Phill of the YCT, what is observed is clearly a double standard and the PPP/C Government will only represent those who have supported them and those supporters are the contractors who Minister Ali mentioned in his interview with a local television newscast, Prime News, on
April 18, 2012. According to Phill, one sawmill operator from the mining town related to them during a recent visit that he has been in the lumber business for fifteen years, but because of his political choice, he was not granted concession by the Guyana Forestry Commission (GFC). “This sawmill operator invested in the purchase of a $4 million piece of equipment which he can’t use because he has not received concession and licence to operate it…he said a letter was penned to former President Bharrat Jagdeo l a s t y e a r f o r w hich he received a response redirecting him to the office of the GFC. Eleven months after, he is still without a concession.” The YCT said it is in receipt of a copy of the letter in response to the sawmill operator which was signed by one Kheedmat L. Budhu, Special Assistant to former President Jagdeo. Further it was stated that concessions are being granted to loggers from the Corentyne, East Coast Demerara, East Bank
Demerara, West Bank Demerara and Essequibo. Phill pointed out that the sawmill operator said that he is now dependent on illegal lumber for survival as he has no intention of closing his doors. According to the YCT, loggers and furniture manufacturers in Linden have also invested in the purchase of equipment in the operation of their business and are unable to use them. Further, investors were forced to dismiss workers. “No Government official seems to be concerned with the plight of these Linden business operators because it somewhat appear in their eyes that the p e o p l e o f Linden made a bad political choice and must pay for it.” The YCT suggested that Minister Ali and other ministers in this regime should be cautious when making certain statements. “The people of Linden and other areas around this country, not pro-PPP/C, deserve the same representation being given to contractors that Minister Ali spoke of.”
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Top Cop retirement is a slap in the face The Youth Coalition for Transformation (YCT) has stated that the Government giving Former Commissioner of Police Henry Greene a chance to retire is a slap in the face for the people of Guyana. According to the YCT’s Shondell Hope, once again the PPP/C administration has insulted the Guyanese people with its refusal to discipline the now former Police Commissioner. “The Youth Coalition for Transformation (YCT) is dismayed by reports that Mr. Greene offered to retire from his post as Police Commissioner,” Hope asserted. The youth leader stated that since allegations of rape were leveled against Greene, the YCT together with other organizations have been calling for the Top Cop to be disciplined. “What we got instead is a government that proved in its action that it
- Youth body does not take women’s issues very serious.” Hope pointed to the fact that a woman was alleged to have been raped, and the administration refused to have it addressed effectively as evidenced by the fact that government has allowed the now former Commissioner to retire rather than institute some form of disciplinary action against
him. “We also cannot forgive the women in the PPP/C Government, especially Human Services Minister Jennifer Webster, on their failure to address the issue, not from a p o l i t i c a l standpoint but from that as women.” Hope further highlighted the comments made by Education Minister Priya Manickchand, but noted that it seemed “a little too late in coming”.
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Five Mangrove Reserve communities to compete for cleanest village Residents of five villages that comprise the Golden Grove to Belfield Mangrove Reserve are expected to vie for a $100,000 prize being offered for the cleanest community. Judging of the competition will take place in August. The attractive prize is being offered by the Mangrove Reserve Women Agriculture Producers (MRWAP) of the Guyana Mangrove Restoration Project (GMRP) which recently copped the Caribbean Tourism Organisation 2012 Award for Biodiversity Conservation. The villages which are eligible are those within the Mangrove Reserves namely Golden Grove, Nabaclis, Cove and John, Victoria and Belfield on the East Coast of Demerara. The “cleanest village” competition was one of several strategies arrived at by members of MRWAP who have joined the ‘Minding Guyana’ group in an effort to do something about the eyesore, health threats and stench of
accumulating garbage caused by littering and improper waste disposal in their communities. The decision was made by the women’s group during a meeting on Sunday, last, at the Mangrove Visitors Centre. A group of final year Civil Engineering students of the University of Guyana’s Faculty of Technology were special invitees. These students have agreed to support the women by using their technical knowledge to find innovative and effective means of disposal and/or recycling of plastic garbage. During the meeting, members also agreed on several other measures including the establishment of skips (large bins) at the eastern and western boundaries; support for the garbage collection and disposal efforts of the Neighbourhood Democratic Council (NDC); and dissemination of information to increase public awareness on the ills of littering and/or improper garbage disposal.
Members of the Minding Guyana Mangrove Reserves Group
Visible no littering signs will be placed at the entrance and exit of the reserve. Chairperson of the Mangrove Action Committee, Mrs. Annette Arjoon-Martins, who interfaces with the women as part of the GMRP alternative livelihoods programme, headed the discussions and assured the women of
GMRP’s support on their initiative. The group conducts a nature tourism programme at the Mangrove Visitors Centre and Reserve which attracts an average of 200 visitors each month and over 3,000 students since its commissioning last July. Chairperson of the group, Mrs. Carlotta DeJesus, said
that apart from the eyesore and health hazards, the garbage problem poses a direct threat to their nature tourism programme. She disclosed that Guyoil had provided the group with signage for public awareness in the campaign and that members were very grateful for this support. The group will meet at
least once monthly to review progress and plan ahead with helping villagers within the Mangrove Reserve to keep their environment garbagefree. The members will also work along with the Police to encourage legal action against persons who persist in littering and improper garbage disposal.
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Malaysian company eyeing investment opportunities in Guyana
A delegation from a Malaysian company known to be one of the world’s largest rubber plantations is in Guyana looking for feasible areas to invest in on a large scale, including the cultivation of rubber trees. Though, Wee Boon Ping Group of Companies has not made any definitive decision in this regard, it has paid courtesy calls on President Donald Ramotar, Prime Minister Samuel Hinds and other Ministers. The delegation headed by the company’s Chairman Datuk (Sir) Wee Kok Tiong became aware of Guyana’s investment opportunities primarily in the forestry and construction sectors through their Guyanese and Malaysian acquaintances here. The chairman made the announcement yesterday during an interview with this publication at the Pegasus Hotel in Kingston. “As businessmen we travel the world looking for various investments. Guyana’s weather pattern is similar to Malaysia’s as such investment in rubber plants seems possible. In addition,
The Malaysian delegation pays a courtesy call on Prime Minister Samuel Hinds
Guyana’s resources, especially forests, are an area of interest for our company since we are involved in forestry management,” Mr Wee explained. He noted that the company’s intent if it were to
invest in Guyana is to not destroy the forest since it would practice reforestation. Whatever the area of investment, the company promises that it would be employing Guyanese labourers.
The company owns 109,000 hectares of virgin forest land, cultivates rubber trees, owns a newspaper, and engages in property development and construction. It is envisages the establishment of a
Bioscience Division to tap the abundance of flora diversities
in lands owned by the company.
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Public-private partnership aids facelift at Craig
The restored bus stop with improved surroundings The environment in the East Bank Demerara community of Craig was recently enhanced thanks to collaboration between the Craig/Caledonia Neighbourhood Democratic Council (NDC) and local construction company, Netram and Sons, that operates in the area. The facelift stemmed from a recent article in this publication highlighting the deplorable conditions of the bus stop and its immediate environs, including a
collapsed river defence structure. During the past few weeks, the NDC and Netram and Sons executed some developmental works, mainly in the vicinity of the primary school and the bus stop. The company carried out sand filling works from the primary school entrance leading to the main road. Sand was also placed on the edge of the road creating a wider shoulder. The road barrier was also pressure-washed to remove
mud stains. The Council has restored the bus stop while the surrounding area, which was once a dump site, was upgraded by the construction company. According to Ramchand Netram, the company came forward to help the NDC, in light of the recent Caribbean Tourism Conference that was held in Guyana. He noted that the area by the bus stop was in an appalling condition and quite frankly, was an embarrassment. Though residents are thankful for these enhancements, they desperately want the collapsed revetment bordering the public road to be rehabilitated. They stated that they noticed a government engineer inspecting the collapsed structure. They are hoping it would be restored soon, when sea defence works begin at the backdam in Craig.
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Arts & Craft association to open central shopping plaza In recognizing that Guyanese local artists are faced with the daily and overwhelming challenge of marketing their produce, the Guyana Arts and Craft Producers Association (GACPA) has opted to open a central shopping plaza, where artists from all across the country can go to sell their produce. About one year ago, former President Bharrat Jagdeo met with executive members of the GACPA to discuss ways forward. The Association was awarded the old Transport and Harbours building obliquely opposite to the Municipal Abattoir on Water Street, Kingston in Georgetown. They were asked to restore and use this premises for the association’s central location. A subvention of $10M was awarded to commence construction which is totaled at $190M. An additional $10M was awarded as a part of a rotating fund. Ms. Denzil
Hollingsworth, President of GACPA, told Kaieteur News that the association has big plans for the three-storey building which will not only house the shopping area, but a roof garden, as a part of income generation as well. In addition to this, the building will also house a Secretariat and a board room. Cognizant that the first step in keeping apace with the world’s academic and technological advancements is by working to improve their literacy skills, the members underwent a two-phased administrative training which will help them develop and later exercise various management skills, enabling them to manage the secretariat professionally. Kaieteur News understands that members of the Board of Directors have already been placed, and are to be engaged in project-related activities. “We could not have managed this project with the knowledge we had. We had to open ourselves to growth,”
The location where the shopping plaza is to be erected
Hollingsworth said. She added that the stateof-the-art building along with the new and enormously improved managerial structure will see tremendous improvement for local artists, craftsmen and pottery makers. It will also instill some confidence in young and aspiring artists. The project is to be completed within a five-year time span, with every necessary amenity. Meanwhile, GACPA’s key contributors, Canadian Executive Services Organization (CESO) and the Institute of Private Enterprise Development (IPED), were also on board with a threeweek ceramics workshop which ended earlier this month. The venture attracted participants from all across the country, and was administered by Canadian volunteer Rhonda Green, who taught the participants the distinct art of pottery with an emphasis placed on the use of locally produced materials.
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The Abigail Column Woman should take friend’s advice DEARABIGAIL, ‘Paula’ has been my best friend since we were in high school. (We’re now in our 30s.) Over the past few years, Paula’s life has changed. She separated from her husband, lives alone. She started dating almost immediately after her separation, going out with almost anyone who showed her a little attention. She’s now involved with a man who told her he’s bisexual and has never taken her out on a date.
She’s always crying on my shoulder because she ends up with losers. One evening she asked me why she can’t attract a “decent man.” I told her that she needs to love herself before she can be loved. As a friend I felt it was my responsibility to tell her the truth. I want to help get her life back on track in a positive way. Best Interest at Heart Dear Best Interest at Heart, Your straight answer
clearly wasn’t what your friend wanted to hear, but you did the right thing by being honest with her. In light of the length of your friendship, call and offer her an apology “if I hurt your feelings.” Let’s hope that once she cools off, she’ll appreciate that you said something important. Because of the way she’s advertising herself, it’s little wonder the men she’s attracting are looking for nothing more than two headlights and a tan.
Wednesday April 25, 2012 ARIES (March 21 - April 19): Lately, establishing communications with a certain someone has proven to be difficult -- there's nothing like a never-ending game of phone tag to rattle your nerves, is there? ******************* TAURUS (April 20 - May 20): You have a growing understanding of the situation around you, but you are not the only one. Be on the lookout for a rising star who might steal some of your thunder -and possibly some of your credit. ****************** GEMINI (May 21 - June 20): It takes a lot of energy to meet new people, so if you are not exactly in the social butterfly mood, that's something the people in your life need to understand. ******************** CANCER (June 21 - July 22): Your conservative side has been in power for a long time -- so today, it's time to let your wild child out! For inspiration, get with your nuttiest friends and let them lead the way toward a wackier life for a while. ********************* LEO (July 23 - Aug. 22): Moving among many different social groups can make you feel a little flighty, but it could also make you feel popular! Embrace the fact that your company is so desirable to others right now -- this might not always be the case, as people come and go throughout life. ******************* VIRGO (Aug. 23 - Sept. 22): Whether you are going to have a boring or exciting day is up to you -- either extreme is completely possible, the only variable is your attitude.
********************* LIBRA (Sept. 23 - Oct. 22): The many work-related details that you know like the back of your hand seem like an alien language to someone else, so if you really want to get your point across, you are going to have to connect the dots. ********************* SCORPIO (Oct. 23 - Nov. 21): The thing about new beginnings is that they can be kind of scary sometimes! If you are entering into any new relationships, new business ventures or new journeys today, you can expect a bumpy (but very interesting) ride. ******************** SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22 Dec. 21): The external world does not have much to offer you right now -- so try to just ignore it today. The mass media messages may hold a lot of appeal, but they don't offer much substance. **************** CAPRICORN (Dec. 22 Jan. 19): The line between your real life and fantasy life will blur greatly today, when some amazing coincidences lead you to believe that the hands of fate are pushing you in a very particular direction. ******************** AQUARIUS (Jan. 20 - Feb. 18): One of your exes is back on the scene, and now it looks like they might be off the market. News of their sizzling affair shouldn't upset you, though -- remember why things are over, and be grateful that they are over! ********************* PISCE S ( F e b . 1 9 March 20): Unleash your inner activist -- there are some things that need to change, and you are just the person to do the changing!
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WANTED East Coast Guyoil wanted day & night pump attendants, washman, manager, office assistants & sales girls. Call: 684-2838, 671-3983
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WANTED Drivers for car/van/canter, 3 years experience. Call: 2250188, 225-6070 Live in/live out babysitter/ clerk/domestic. Call: 2250188, 225-6070
One manager/clerk to work in Indian Boutique (Georgetown). Call: 2278096, 226-7015, 638-8500
One live in or out maid & experienced sales girls. Call: 264-3356, 253-3149, 668-3985
Porters & sales girls apply with written application at Lot 1 E Dennis& Milton Street Campbellville
Manager’s Assistant general duties including Custom and Bond, Security Guards, accommodation available. Call: 676-6700
One live in domestic. Contact:658-9495 / 627-2550 Taxi drivers. Call: 225-3234 Excavator Operator, Mechanics (Caterpillar, Perkins & model M Trucks) Jetmen, Marrack, sailors. Call: 223-5273-4 One live in maid. Call:2235324 General labourers, carpenter @ Amin Enterprise, 4 Meadow bank G/Town. Call: 226-0011, 225-6046, 611-7777 One maid, one cook. Contact: 223-5273-4 Experience taxi drivers, dispatchers and bus drivers. Call: 265-7076, 616-5419 One experience TM driver to work in interior. Call:6420176,670-1052 1 general domestic East Bank Area. Call: 614-4358 Office clerk; CXC English/ Mathematics. Call: 225-4492, 225-6070 One male to work in interior $60,000. Call: 686-2201 Live-in domestic must know to cook and 1 waitress, salary 50,000 monthly. Call:610-5043 Persons/family to live & take care of farm @ E.C.D, attractive salary offered. Contact: 690-1943, 691-8021 1-shift supervisor to work in Kitty Area. Call: 226-7054 Seamstress to cut from patterns. Call: 225-2598, 6410784 Two experienced waitresses to work in interior. Contact: 616-7543 One Christian maid to work in Georgetown, serious enquires only.Call:225-2940, 225-0350 Two male shop assistants to work in Georgetown & the interior, serious enquiries only. Call: 225-2940, 225-0305 Urgently: chainsaw operator to work in the interior. Call: 626-0006, 231-3159
1 Tutor to teach Form 1, apply Bissan’s Trading, 94 King Street. Call: 227-7306 Two girls to work in Madhia, age 19-30. Call: 682-2676, 6210639 1 experience waitress apply @ Mambo’s Bar, 93 Barr St. Kitty. Counter servers, kitchen assistant Handy Boys, Cleaners. Apply Hack’s Halaal 5 Comerence St. Bet- 9-11am E&N Beck 3 Princess Machinist/ crankshaft machine operator. Apply in person. Urgently needed live-in waitress to work in bar, reasonable salary offer. Call: 259-0574 Looking for (2) saw men to work in interior, (1) female to work in shop $80,000. Call:686-2201 Experience men to burn charcoal & chainsaw operator. Call: 653-6236 Labourers to work on wood concession accommodation provided $4,000 per day. Call: 653-6236 Taxi drivers & carpenters. Call: 698-7807, 225-3234 Experience jet and marack men to work in interior. Serious enquires only. Call:694-2310 Full time gardener/ handyman reference needed. Call: 2260240, 225-3557
MASSAGE American style massage services. Call: 609-4036 Get massage loosen all your joints. Contact: Glorie: 6692154 FOR SALE OR RENT Double butcher stall @ LaPenitence Market. Contact: 665-9498, rent or sell for Sunday
SERVICES Permanent &Visitors Visa Applications Professional Immigration Consultant Room E-4 Maraj Building 225-6496/662-6045. ONLINE SHOPPING NO COMMISSION, WEEKLY S H I P M E N T S , AFFORDABLE RATES, FREE PRIVATE MAILBOX T E L # 2 3 1 - 5 7 8 9 FREIGHTLINKEXPRESS@ GMAIL.COM
SALON Make up courses, artist trained & certified in Trinidad: 660-5257,647-1773 Quality yourself in Cosmetology or nails, make up, Register, Limited spaces. Call Abby: 216-1950, 6197603, 666-5241 Arita Harris. Certified courses in Nail Art & Technology from $6,000. E.B.D. 669-4511.
WE FILL OUT PASSPORT & VISA FORMS:USA, UK & CANADA TEL#231-5789 We repair fridge, freezer, AC, washer. Omar:231-0655,6838734 We refill HP cartridges for $1,800. Call:650-7699
EDUCATIONAL Learn Spanish. Call: 673-1232
Repairs, sales & spares, air conditioning, microwaves, washer, fridges & Stoves. Ultra Cool: 225-9032, 647-2943
Princeton College Forms 15, CXC adults’ classes’; $1500 a subject S.A.T/ Phonics etc. Call: 690-5008, 611-3793
Looking for a Job? Office, domestic & need assistance. Contact: Angela:694-0096
FOR SALE 1 Daf 45 flat bed, 26 Ft tray. Call:609-7803
US & Canada Visa application services. Call: 643-6630, Family Discounts Available. Repairs to gas stoves, deep fryers, washing machine, electric stoves. Call: 686-6209 Let US attorney assist you with your Visa application. Call: Mrs. Elias:233-2338
CAKE & PASTRIES 1-lb character cakes $5,000, pastries at whole sale prices. Call: 223-9497 LAND FOR SALE Land V/Hoop 2 acre: School, housing, factory etc.Call:658-0115 Land for sale at BlankenBurg W.C.D 50fx350f for 23,000,000. Call: 265-6019, 696-3505 Soesdyke Public Rd 437’ X 104’ US$300,000, Land of Canaan Wharf 140’ X 50’ on 11.88 acres US$2.5m, Grove H/S 86’ X 50’ G$4.5m. 609 2302/645 2580/233 5711 Brickdam 96’ X 63’ G$82m, Forshaw Street Q/Town 118’ X 62’ G$72m, Eping Ave B.A.P 150’ X 100" US$500,000, Carmichael Street 100" X 62" US$500,000 609 2302/645 2580/233 5711 Ogle Seawall Rd 140’ X 100’ $45m, Sophia Seawall Road 130" X 86’ US$550,000,Ogle Railway Corner 200’ X 78’ US$750,000, Yarrowkabra 50 acre & house $15m.609 2302/ 645 2580/233 5711
1 complete audio system, alphansonic 2400W, Rockfordfosgate 2000W, 1 Pioneer Inbox 5000W, Clarion/crossover. Call: 6570529 Used: QSC Amps MX2000 & MX3000, Roland sampler SP404, Rcf speaker: 12" & 18", celestion speaker: 15". Contact: 644-3390 Titan parts, engine DIFF etc. Call:648-2075 Tires off a Rav 4 size 16, 225x70x16 (used) $3000 each. Call: 226-0011, 611-7777 New Blackberry Torches (Slider) $80,000. Call: 6801722 MARK II GX 100, excellent condition, rims, music, H.I.D, alarm, owner migrating 1.3M (neg). Call: 698-5046, 696-2721 Dell Dual Core computer + LCD monitor, 2GB RAM $59,000. Call: 225-3709, 6410537, 691-2077 HP laptops-500GB HRD, 4 GB RAM, 15 inch 3i Torch Blackberry-16GB memory card. Call: 667-3772, 648-1602 1 washing machine, 1 dryer, PS 3 160GB $100,000. Contact: 650-7719 Used 2 large fridge $55,000, new digital cammer’s $25,000 each, 1 double door electric wall down $100,000. Call: 6121486 Yamaha outboard engine parts for 115HP-200 HP, Crankshaft fat & fine top, pistons, bearings. Call: Terry665-9405 2003 GMC Savana Cargo Van, great for business, huge space & power $2.5M. Call: Terry-665-9405
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FOR SALE 1 Xerox copy centre model C123, 1 Mercury outboard engine 55HP. Call: 617-4087 Dell computers complete with 19” monitor LCD from $69,000. Future Tech. Call:231-2206, 644-6760 Roofing shingles $5,995 per bundle. Call: Mr.Skepmire: 227-5195 Electronic Treadmill $80,000, serious enquires only. Call: 641-9379 1 new Centurion 5000 W generator at $175,000, 1 new gas stove at $125,000, 1 32 inch LCD TV at $115,000. Call: 694-5371 Spares for washer, microwaves, fridges, stovetimers, gear boxes, pumps etc. Contact:225-9032, 6472943 Toyota Starlet 2 E Turbo engine with gearbox and ECU: Call: 624-7155. NARS lipgloss, eyeshadow & Clinique lipgloss. Tel: 6698374. Bread tapes. Call: 231-8819
VEHICLES FOR SALE 99 Honda Civic Leather interior. Call:648-2075 Just arrived: Allion and Premio, tel: 624-2000, 6221610 UNREGISTERED ALLION, PREMIO, SPACIO, RUNX, ALEX, 2 TON CANTER, AVENSIS, VEROSSA, 212. CALL:677-7666/ 610-7666 Hilux 4x4 solid Def pick up, Diesel, long base, excellent condition. Call: 623-0243 Verossa PNN. Call:665-3067, 228-2609 1 Toyota Super Custom bus; late GMM series. Immaculate condition, fully powered, price negotiable. Call: 648-7109, 686-4818 Toyota Raum, roof Rack body kit, mags, CD, spoiler black. Call: 686-0323, 2690432 Unregistered Black Spacio, Silver Premio; reverse camera, Cerisor. Call: 6970294, 220-9514 1 Toyota pickup V6 SR5 4WD. Call: 642-4779
Short fluffy puppies vaccinated & dewormed $12,000. Call: 220-4247
1 RZ Mini bus series BKK. Call: 667-9629
90 KVA Generator, portable 110/220, 1 phase & 3 phase. Call: 642-1141. 1200 hrs.
Galant $1.1M low miles, excellent condition. Call: 647-9520
Games for PS2-$900, PSP$900, PS3-$2600, Xbox 360$2600, Xbox 1-$2000, WII$1600.Call: 672-2566, 2653231
3 Ton enclosed Canter unregistered. Call: 617-2891
1 Tundra, 1 Perkins engine & Welder 400 amps. Call: 6605462, 611-5114 1 330 Bedford Turbo engine, 3000 PSI pressure washer, power horse 2’’ water pump, 1 ½ Ton forklift Nissan. Contact: 617-7691 One brand new aluminum 15 feet with engine. Call: 6128668 15-15-15 fertilizer. Call: 2662711, 609-4594 RX7 2002 Model, price negotiable. Call: 223-5273-4 2 Leyland Daf double Axle. Call:678-1317 1 BM Lenovo laptop, brand new, $60,000. Call: 681-2111 Household articles TV’S Freezer, microwaves, hot water tank, computer, fax, etc. Call: 233-5251, 662-2595 Live meat birds-chicken. Contact: 691-8021, 690-1943 Pine lumber at unbeatable prices. Call: 226-7054 New pressure washers 2600 PSI Honda, 3000 PSI, 2500 PSI 6.75 HP. Call: 627-7835 Slightly damage zinc sheet. Call: 226-7054
3 Ton 4 wheel drive Canter unregistered. Call:6172891 2004 Mazda RX 8, body kit, fully loaded, black unregistered. Call: 6172891 1-RZ Mini bus unregistered. Call: 617-2891 Unregistered Premio & Allion with TV, mags, back Cam. Call: 609-8188, 602-6307 1 TK 330 Lorry with B Dump. Call: 228-5220, 616-9505 One EP 71 Starlet, 1 AE 91 Sprinter, 1 Mitsubishi RVR and Pajero-JR, 1 Nissan Pathfinder PMM, 1 Honda FIT 2004. Call: 644-5096, 6971453 Mazda 3- fully loaded, rims, immaculate condition PNN series. Call: 650-0979 1 – 2001 Toyota Kluger, Diplomatic, all four, PLL series, mid-size SUV, clean. Price $5.4M neg. Contact: 642-3786, 660-0824. Allion –Silver & white with TV/NAV/RCam, grey Premio, Spacio, fielders. Call: 6247684 Blow out sale!!! Allion, Spacio, Buses, Wagon. Cheapest:616-7635 (Continued on page 27)
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(From page 26) VACANCY Have an interest in customer service? Then be apart of Q! Call:220-0401, 225-6466
TO LET Short term apartments Eccles. Call:679-7139 Building-16000 sqft , yard50000 sqft, can be used for Bond, factory etc. Contact:225-7643, 225-7493 New 2&3 bedroom apartment, prime location Diamond AA block X. Call:682-3483 Furnished & unfurnished apartments. Call: 602-5089, 676-0399 Short term apartments. Call: 667-1549 Daily Georgetown’s comfortable rooms in the middle of city $4000/day. Call: 227-4311, 227-8360, 2261908 after hours. Alberttown-$20M, Republic Park-$25M, Queenstown$35M, Newtown-$30M. Diana:227-2256, 626-9382 Diamond Scheme one bedroom furnished apartments (Toilet/ Bath) single person. Call: 216-2637, after 4:00pm Furnished/ unfurnished 1-2 Bedroom apartment from $50,000. Call: 683-4700, 2162363 Bottom flat 220 Lamaha St Kitty Georgetown. Call: 6927218, 257-0150 Fully furnished 3 bedroom top flat US$950, 2 flat residence/business US$1,200, Furnished 3 bedroom G$120,000, unfurnished 2 bedroom top flat G$65,000, 2 bedroom apt G$45,000 609 2302/645 2580/ 233 5711 DATING SERVICE Immediate link-Singles 1880yrs. Confidential: Tel: 2238237, 648-6098. (No -text) 8:30am-5:00pm Mon-Sun (Both phones same hours).
Salesgirls & salesboys. Apply Avinash Complex Water St. Georgetown. Call: 226-3361, 227-7828 1 refrigerator & washing machine technician/ Trainee. Call: 683-8734, 231-0655 Fish cleaners- Eccles. Call:233-2546, 675-6467 Security guards apply in person to P.Ramroop & Sons, 23 Lombard Street, with references from previous employers. For Driver, Checker & Accountant, Good Hope branch Rosignol, Albion. Contact: 330-2399, 6235920 Sales clerk porters, drivers with lorry license, apply with written application 2J’s General Store. Call: 225-2350 Porters: apply in person to P. Ramroop &Sons, 23 Lombard Street, with reference from previous employers Beauty specialist certified in body massage and facial salary $50,000-$65,000. Call: 231-0320 Kitchen assistant. Call: 6141020, 231-3997 1 male & 1 female Cashier/ Sales Clerk, apply in person with written application to Mike’s Pharmacy, 56 Sheriff Street
LEARN TO DRIVE Soman & Sons Driving School; First Federation Building. Call: 225-4858, 6445166, 622-2872, 615-0964 LIBRARY Closing down sale; text, university, novels & others from-$100 up. Call: 223-8237 TO RENT One Bobcat Skid Loader for rent. Please contact: 6103575
CAR RENTAL Progressive auto rental, cars from $3,500 per day. Call: 643-5122, 656-0087, www.progressiveautorental.com
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Premio, 110 Corolla. Call: 679-7139
Suriname vacation shopping site-seeing 28th April1stMay, trip. Contact Matthew:639-2663, 6655171,644-0185, 227-8290
Al’s car & pickup rental. Call: 698-7807
Capoey Lake 1st May. Joy: 218-1285, 657-0825
PROPERTY FOR SALE Two story wooden and concrete building located at 14 ‘A’ Kersaint Park, L.B.I., E.C.D land measuring 75ft, by 75ft, kitchen cupboards, window grills, 6 bedroom, alarm, system,concrete fence and drains, large storage bond adjoining property price 21 Million (negotiable). Call: 643-2403, 227-2712 Kitty-$14M- $24M, Kingston -$16M, South- $25M, B.V$10M, Queenstown- $35M. Diana: 227-2256, 626-9382 East Coast -$45000-$5500US600, Campbellville -US750, Bel Air-US1250. Diana: 2272256, 626-9382 Courida Park US$330,000, P/ Nagar G$36m, D’Urban Street G$37m, Campbellville G$51m, McDoom G$23m 609 2302/ 645 2580/233 5711 L.B.I G$31m, Industry G$76m, Agricola G$21m, CC Eccles G$22m, Blankenburgh G$20m, Tuschen G$12m609 2302/645 2580/233 5711
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Edward ‘Screw’ Richmond Memorial Schools Football Tournament
C/burg / Wismar, LTI to contest final tomorrow at MSC Christianburg / Wismar Secondary (C/burg) ensured a fourth consecutive trip to the championship game after they defeated New Silvercity Secondary via the penalty route in their semi-final clash recently in this year’s Edward ‘Screw’ Richmond Memorial Schools Football Competition. The result means that they’ve confirmed a final showdown with heavyhitters Linden Technical Institute (LTI) tomorrow, at the Mackenzie Sports Club (MSC) ground. The Multi boys, who fell two goals behind after the first semi-final meeting with New Silvercity, saw a renewed chance to make it to the championship round after scoring goals in either side of the interval to gain a 2-0 victory on the night for a (2-2 aggregate). Even after 20 minutes of extra time, the two teams could not be separated thereby necessitating penalty kicks to decide the winner. Excellent goalkeeping from C/burg / Wismar ’s custodian combined with a bit of misfortune on the part of New Silvercity dented their hopes of reaching the final, going down 2-3 in the shootout.
Fans and supporters could now look forward to a mouthwatering final clash between C/ burg / Wismar and LTI. The second semi-final saw LTI in typical fashion demolish Mackenzie High 6-1 on the night for a (10-2 aggregate). Here are the full results of those games: Game 1 New Silvercity Secondary School 0 (2) - (3) 2 C/burg / Wismar Secondary Scorers: Omeion Wills (CWSS) - 28th min. Jamal Croal (CWSS) - 43rd min. Game 2 Mackenzie High School 1 (2) - (10) 6 Linden Technical Institute Scorers: Colwin David (LTI) - 15th min. Akeem Singh (MHS) - 26th min. Michael Wilson (LTI) 28th min. Clarence Huggins (LTI) 56th min., 58th min. Denzil Warde (LTI) - 64th min. Andre Samaroo (LTI) 65th min. It’s now on to the finals where Mackenzie High faces New Silvercity Secondary School for third place, while LTI and C/burg / Wismar Secondary do battle for championship honours. Kick-off is 16:00 hrs.
Wednesday April 25, 2012
RBC / Tropical Rhythms 60-mile cycle road race
Hinds storms to major win; Jeffrey is top junior Linden based Orville Hinds has recorded his first major win in the cycling arena this year when he captured the 2nd annual Tropical Rhythm/Ansa McAl sponsored 60-mile road race held on Sunday last on the East Coast of Demerara highway. The Roraima Bikers Club (RBC) organised race saw Hinds outhustling a star studded field on a day
blessed with fine weather. Hinds’ win which he will savour for a long time to come was achieved ahead of Alonzo Greaves, Raynauth Jeffrey, Robin Persaud, Walter Grant-Stuart and Geron Williams. Such was the dominance of his win that he {Hinds} took 5 of the 8 prime prizes on offer; Jeffrey won 2 with the others going to Greaves, Raul Leal and Warren ‘Forty’ Mc Kay.
Daredevils thrash Warriors Yahoo! Cricket – PUNE: Just four wickets fell, equitably divided across the two innings, and in the end Delhi Daredevils paid Pune Warriors back in the same coin, avenging a recent home loss to the same team with an eight-wicket away win at the Subrata Roy Sahara Stadium on Tuesday. Virender Sehwag, fast approaching top form – if not there already – made mincemeat of the 147 target, with an swashbuckling unbeaten 87, as none of Sourav Ganguly’s tricks and ploys appeared to work. Delhi overhauled the target with four overs to spare when the skipper swung Rahul Sharma for his third six of the match. Not once was Delhi tested, except perhaps for a stray few moments when Sehwag left Mahela Jayawardene in the lurch, causing the Sri Lankan’s run out early in the chase. But the Delhi captain more than made up for the lapse with an exhibition of aggressive batting thereafter, single-handedly taking his team across the line with ten boundaries and three sixes. Earlier, Pune Warriors elected to bat and reached a respectable total – thorugh an unbeaten 145-run stand in 18.4 overs for the third wicket- despite losing Jesse Ryder and Ganguly within the first two overs of their innings. Manish Pandey (80) and Robin Uthappa (60) stepped up to be counted. Scores: Delhi Daredevils 148 for 2 (Sehwag 87*) beat Pune Warriors 146 for 2 (Pandey 80*) by eight wickets.
Jeffrey continued his fine form this year by adding another junior category triumph to his already long list. He crossed the line ahead of fierce rivals Raul Leal and Paul DeNobrega, the three riders have been at it ever since the start of the year with the top positions changing hands among them. The top veteran was Berbician Turan Harris, Talim Shaw and Kennard Lovell followed in that order. Keon Thomas, Andre Petty and McKell Diaz finished in that order in the Mountain bike category.
The race route saw open and junior riders starting at Ansa McAl’s Beterverwagting Industrial Site Head office proceeded to Mahaicony through the Old Road before returning via the New Road to finish on the Beterverwagting Public Road. Veteran and mountain bikes riders headed to Mahaica via the Old Road before returning through the New Road for the finish line. Cash prizes were presented to the respective category winners and other top performers.
Several teams through to... From page 30 Roopnarine 3 for 14. Regal 100 in 12.1 overs. Chien Gittens 47. Wasim Haslim 37. Floodlights def. Savage Masters by 40 runs. Floodlights 258 for 6 in 25 overs. Tulsie Sahadeo 109. Lalta Gainda 32. Wayne Jones 27. A. Sharma 3 for 31. Savage 218 for 10 in 25 overs. Kennard Luke 49. Success Masters def. Invaders by 9 wickets. Invaders 149 for 10 in 25 overs. R. Persaud 41. R. Baljit 4 for 31. R. Myers 3 for 29. Success 150 for 2 in 19.2 overs. Hakim Majeed 79 not out. Sahadeo Budhu 42 not out. Celebrity Times A def. Guru A. Celebrity Times A 166 for 7 in 15 overs. B. Samaroo 53. D. Luknath 35. R. Prettipaul 3 for 28. R. Hemraj 3 for 39. Guru A 114 all out in 14.4 overs. S Matabek 30. A. Ali 2 for 3. N. Punwasi 3 for 24. Female Super 16: Trophy Stall Angels def. Underdogs by 70 runs. Trophy Stall Angels 112 for 5 in 10 overs. Nalini Sumintra 48. Underdogs 42 all out. Tanisha Iashack 2 for 6. 4R Lioness def. Ariel Divas by 5 wickets. Ariel Divas 96 for 2 in 10 overs. Vimla 39. Navita 33. Shian Goodluck 2 for 10. 4R Lioness 98 for 5. Gangadai Singh 38. Amanda Mahadeo 27.
Wednesday April 25, 2012
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Chelsea reach Champions League final
BARCELONA, Spain (AP) Chelsea eliminated defending champion Barcelona and reached the Champions League final with a 2-2 tie Tuesday night, winning the semifinal on 3-2 aggregate despite playing most of the game a man short.
Barcelona trailed 1-0 from the first leg but took a 2-0 lead in the game on goals by Sergio Busquets in the 35th minute and Andres Iniesta in the 44th. Chelsea played a man short after John Terry was given a red card in the 37th
for fouling Alexis Sanchez, but rallied as Ramires scored on a lob over goalkeeper Victor Valdes in first-half injury time, tying the aggregate and giving Chelsea the advantage on away goals. Three-time FIFA player of the year Lionel Messi sent a penalty kick off the crossbar in the 59th after Didier Drogba pulled down Cesc Fabregas. Messi hit a post late, Barcelona had a goal disallowed for offside and substitute Fernando Torres sealed the win when he scored on a breakaway in the 90th. Chelsea, seeking its first Champions League title advanced to the final on May 19 at Munich. In the other semifinal, Real Madrid is home today trying to overturn a 2-1 deficit against Bayern Munich.
From back page following on. As so often, it was Shivnarine Chanderpaul who provided the resistance. He reached 34 not out by the close, supported well by Ravi Rampaul (24 not out) as a much-needed 45 run partnership gave the hosts some hope. It was an impressive bowling display by Lyon, well supported by the seamers, but the tone of the day had been set by his side’s aggressive batting in the morning session. Wade made 106 from 146 balls, including 10 fours and
three sixes, his positive approach paying off in a 102run partnership with Hilfenhaus which transformed Australia’s first innings. The early run out of Mitchell Starc (35) offered the possibility of a swift elimination of the tail but, not for the first time, the Australian lower order showed their quality. Eschewing the cautious approach taken by the top order batsmen on Monday, Wade went on the attack and his partnership with Hilfenhaus came at twice Monday’s run-rate with the
102 runs coming from 20.1 overs. “As has been proven throughout the series, the Australians bat very deep and you are never actually through them,” said West Indies assistant coach Toby Radford. “You think that you are through them - we’ve got through the top order many times but it has been difficult actually finishing them off.” Scores: West Indies 165 for 8 (Chanderpaul 34*, Rampaul 24*, Lyon 3-49) trail Australia 328 (Wade 106, Shillingford 6-119) by 163 runs.
Chelsea's Fernando Torres (left) runs past Barcelona's goalkeeper Victor Valdes to score.
Windies crumble after Wade...
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BVA to host course for referees The Berbice Volleyball Association will be hosting a course for referees on Sunday, April 29th at the GTC/PM Hostel in Port Mourant, Corentyne. The course/ workshop is expected to commence at 10:00hrs on the stated day. According to the President of the BVA, Gregory Rambarran, the course is specifically for affiliates of the BVA and each club is expected to send two participants, however others interested in learning to become a referee are also welcomed. The course will be facilitated by the BVA’s Secretary and Referee Committee Chairman, Errol Yannick Chase. Mr. Chase, who was born in French Guiana, received accreditation as a referee in 2005 when he completed a referee course as a representative of USL
Montjoly (a club in French Guiana). Recently he represented Guyana as a referee at the IGG held in Suriname. The course, according to the facilitator will include theory and practical sessions and after a period of time, participants will be examined in both aspects and issued certificates, if successful. Persons interested in participating can call Errol Chase on 602-3354 or Gregory Rambarran on 333-4014 for more information. Meanwhile, the BVA will be holding a “2 vs. 2” Competition billed as the Silvina’s Variety Beach Volleyball Classic on Tuesday May 1st at the Eaglets
Volleyball Sand Court, Canje. The competition is open to both males and females and at stake are trophies and cash and incentive prizes for outstanding individual performances. The competition was originally planned for the #63 Beach on Easter Monday but was postponed due to unforeseen circumstances. The action will commence at 10:00hrs. Players are urged to be punctual.
A mini health check is the first step to donating blood.
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Tenelec Inc First Division 50-Over Cricket Competition
Memorex Bermine earn semi-final spot Memorex Bermine registered an easy victory over Skeldon Community Centre in their final preliminary match to assure themselves a place in the semi-finals of the 2011 Tenelec Inc First Division 50Over Cricket Competition in Berbice along with frontrunners Rose Hall Town Gizmos & Gadgets and Albion Community Centre. Memorex Bermine ended with twelve points to tie with Albion Community Centre who have the advantage having won the head-to-head encounter between the teams. Meanwhile, Rose Hall
Town Gizmos & Gadgets led by a fine all-round performance from former Berbice batsman Renwick Batson, who took 3 for 22 and then scored 62 N.O. (8 fours and 3 sixes), registered their eight consecutive victory to run far ahead of the pack with sixteen points and with one match still left to be played. In scores from the two matches played over the weekend: At Edinburgh, Memorex Bermine beat Skeldon Community Centre by 7 wickets. The match was reduced to 45 Overs-a-side because of the late arrival of
Batson’s 3-22 and unbeaten 62 see Rose Hall to another victory Skeldon Community Centre which team lost the toss and sent in to take first strike. They were bowled out for 137 in 34.4 Overs with former Berbice Under-19 cricketer Junior Blair topscoring with 31 and Gary Phillips 30. Bowling for Memorex Bermine, Guyana Under-19 all-rounder Joemal La Fleur, bowling offspin, took 3 for 20 from 9 Overs, former Berbice Under-19 cricketer Julian Moore 21 for 4 from 2 Overs with his medium pacers and Guyana One-day offspinner Steven Latcha 2 for 22. Memorex Bermine replied with 138 for 3 in34 Overs with Keion De Jesus 46, La Fleur 36 and Tregon Henry 25. Offspinner Sherwin Murray took 2 for 56 from 9 Overs. At the Rose Hall Town Ground, Rose Hall Town Gizmos & Gadgets beat Edinburgh by 7 wickets. Winning the toss and choosing to bat first, Edinburgh was bowled out
for 125 in 36 Overs with former Berbice Under-15 player Denny David making 24. For Rose Hall, Batson who bowled pace took 3 for 22 from 6 Overs and Guyana Under-19 offspinner Loyydel Lewis 3 for 19 from 5.2 Overs. Rose Hall Town replied with 126 for 3 in 14.1 Overs with Batson 62 N.O, former Guyana One-day wicket keeper batsman Delbert Hicks 26 N.O and Guyana 20/20 selectee Rajiv Ivan 22. Bowling for Edinburgh, pacer Derick Cadogan took 2 for 25 from 3 Overs. Meanwhile, the last preliminary match in the competition between Rose Hall Town Gizmos & Gadgets and Port Mourant Karibee Rice is scheduled for Saturday at the Port Mourant Ground. Port Mourant with 9 points would have to create an upset to earn their semifinal spot failing which Universal DVD Young Warriors will go through with their 10 points.
The points standing after last week-end matches Rose Hall Town Gizmos & Gadgets 16 points from 8 matches Albion Community Centre 12 points from 9 matches Memorex Bermine 12 points from 9 matches Universal DVD Young Warriors 10 points from 9 matches West Berbice 10 points from 9 matches Port Mourant Karibee Rice 9 points from 8 matches Edinburgh 9 points from 9 matches Blairmont Community Centre 6 points from 9 matches Police 2 points from 9 matches Skeldon Community Centre 2 points from 9 matches
Wednesday April 25, 2012
Several teams through to quarters of Hadi’s World Inc. Softball tournament
Memorex & Celebrity Times of Berbice, Die Hard & Affiance Storm of Essequibo, Regal, Trophy Stall, Wolf Warriors & Trophy Stall Academy of Demerara are through to the Male Open quarterfinals of the Hadi World Inc. Softball Cricket tournament organised by the Floodlights Softball Cricket Association. 4R Lioness, Mikes Wellwoman, Trophy Stall Angels, Rising Stars, Fazal Kayume Angels, Enterprise Stars are through to the Female Quarterfinals to be played this weekend. Karibbe Strykers is already through to the semifinals. Floodlights will play Success Masters in the finals of the Master category. The three finals will be played next Saturday May 5th starting 12:00pm at the Ministry of Education ground on Carifesta Avenue. Results for April 21st: Herstelling def. Challengers by 88 runs. Herstelling 224 for8 in 15 overs. Ricky Sergeant 70. Ticaram Narine 63. D. Ramnauth 2 for 30. Challengers 136 for 4 in 15 overs. S. Singh 42. J. Persaud 33. Shaffik Ishnael 2 for 14. Farm def. El Commandante by 7 wickets. El Commandante 184 for 8 in 15 overs. M. Hukum 44. Farm 185 for 3 in 13.5 overs. D. Doodnauth 95 not out (10 sixes/4 fours). R. Reid 32. Wolf Warriors def. Fazal Kayume by 100 runs. Wolf Warriors 214 for 2 in 15 overs. Azaz Azeez 100 not out. Amrith Rai 48. Fazal Kayume 114 all out. Falim Mohamed 34.ASapie 4 for 27. Wolf Warriors def. Herstelling by 18 runs. Wolf Warriors 164 all out. Reaz Karim 26. S. Ishmael 3 for 18. Herstelling 146 for 8 in 15 overs. S. Ishmael 47. Diaram Persaud 2 for 12. Results for April 22nd: Trophy Stall Academy took Walkover from Omesh X1. Regal took Walkover from Front Liners. Trophy Stall Academy def. Farm by 45 runs. Trophy Stall Academy 128 all out. Baldeo Singh 24. D. Dhanraj 2 for 20. Farm 83 all out. Rennie Khan 3 for 8. Premnauth Sukhai 3 for 22. Rockaway def. Bedi Ramjewan X1 by 7 wickets. Bedi 56 all out. Manidev Badri 4 for 10. Chandrika Harpaul 2 for 7. Rockaway 59 for 3 in 8 overs. Sakichan Jhagdeo 24 not out. Trophy Stall def. Success Warriors by 79 runs. Trophy Stall 143 for 2 in 15 overs. Surujpaul Deosaran 62 not out. Fazal Rafiek 57. Success 64 all out in 7.2 overs. Dayanand Singh 4 for 6. Mark Harold 3 for 20. Renegade & Young Guns played to a tie. Renegade 119 for 7 in 15 overs. K. Ramdeen 23. Young Guns 119 all out. Zulfikar Ally 36. H. Dilchand 3 for 30. D. Ramdeen and R. Williams 2 each. Super over: Young Guns 3. Renegade 4. Trophy Stall def. Renegade by 10 wickets. Renegade 101 all out in 14.2 overs. H. Dilchand 32. Fazal Rafeek 3 for 15. Kelvin Olford 2 for 12. Trophy Stall 107 without loss in 14.2 overs. Surujpaul Deosaran 38 not out. Mark Harold 52 not out. Regal def. Rockaway. Rockaway 99 in 15 overs. Balram Continued on page 28