Chronicle 11 10 2015

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SUNDAY OCTOBER 11, 2015

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The section of the Stabroek Market stelling that will be torn down by the end of this month. (Delano Williams photo)

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Brothers confess to killing fellow fisherman at sea By Rabindra Rooplall THE two brothers held for killing a fellow fisherman at sea this week have confessed to the police and are expected to be charged shortly. Ronald Emmanuel Reid, called “Manny,” of Lot 25 Castello Housing Scheme, Georgetown, was killed off the coast of Lichfield, West Coast Berbice. The police arrested 39-year-old Gregory Nohar of Paradise, Essequibo Coast, and his brother, 42-year-old Roy Nohar. The murder stemmed from an argument between the three fishermen Tuesday last. One of them, the younger Nohar, whipped out a knife and inflicted a single fatal stab to 27-year-old Reid. “I jook he,” admitted an unapologetic Gregory Nohar, while his brother Ray confessed to holding Manny in a chokehold while his

brother delivered the fatal blow. They alleged that “Reid and the captain, as well as

Dead: Ronald Emmanuel Reid, called “Manny” another crew member, were smoking, and after the weed finished, they get hysterical and started troubling we.” The captain strongly

denied the allegation and labelled the two brothers as “the real junkies who started acting weird after a few days at sea.” According to Reid’s father, Brian, he received a call Tuesday evening from the boat saying that his son had been stabbed and had bled to death. “I say, ‘Man, is joke you all mekkin?’ Then the captain take the phone and said, ‘Brother, this is ‘Wine-up’ telling yuh ‘Manny’ dead; dem man jook he and he lie down in a corner and dead,’” Reid’s dad recalled. “My son don’t deh in problem; he big and strong and he don’t mess around people. You can ask anybody about dis man; he don’t deh in problem at all. “Anybody can tell dis man anything, and he don’t really get vex; like I never hear my son cuss nobody.” Explaining what he learnt

The Nohar brothers after they were arrested of what transpired, Brian Reid said: “I hear that he and de man that stab he had a talkin’ and de talkin’ did done; and then when they

went to pick up the seine and pull in the bow line, he stab he wid a knife.” After the matter was reported to the police, the

vessel was brought ashore and docked at the Meadow Bank Wharf. The Nohar brothers are expected in court this week.

Lethem set for major transformation

By Svetlana Marshall

WITH a population of approximately 5,000 persons, Lethem, a community situated in the Upper Takutu-Upper Essequibo region, is set for major transformation; and according to Regional Chairman Bryan Allicock, Brazil has already offered its support. Allicock, in an exclusive interview with the Guyana Chronicle, said his Regional Democratic Council (RDC) was given a mandate by President David Granger to transform the diverse community into a town. He said top of the agenda for the plan of action is infrastructural development. He noted that neighbour-

ing Brazil has signalled its willingness to assist in this regard. It was explained that two Brazilian companies have offered to assist in the development and construction of a drainage network and the re-designing of roads in the community. “At the moment, we have no drainage network in place. Our Brazilian counterparts have volunteered to work with us to build roads and do landscaping,” Allicock explained. However, the Region 9 Chairman said, for this partnership to bear fruit, it has to be done through a government-to-government arrangement through the foreign affairs ministries. As part of infrastructural

- Brazil offers help development, Allicock said, there is an urgent need for a fire station. “We have a fire tender but no servicemen, just volunteers. So we have spoken to the Minister of Communities so we can have trained people, paid people, people to be on standby; because recently we had about six fires, and by the time they got there, it was too late.” Another area for development which has been placed on the table by the regional authorities is the improvement of the water supply system in the community. It was explained that though the Guyana Water Incorporated (GWI) is in control of several drilled wells in the community and across Region 9, much more could be done to improve the quality of water being supplied to residents. Currently, there are 55 wells across the district, with more

than 90% being photovoltaic (PV) system wells, while the remaining 10% includes hand-dug wells. Allicock said while GWI, despite many challenges, is playing its role, residents of Lethem need to curb their attitude by conserving on the water being supplied. He contended that many residents are guilty of wasting water. “At the moment people are not paying for water in Lethem, and so they just leave taps open. Broken mains are there just leaking,” he complained. Nevertheless, he said, with Lethem becoming a town, residents will soon have to pay for the water they use. In the area of housing, he said residents will also be made to pay rates and taxes. He emphasised that this is

critical in the development of a town. “We have to start educating people that we now have to pay for rates and taxes and water, so when the time comes for them to pay, they wouldn’t be surprised,

Region 9 Chairman Bryan Allicock because we are running a township and we cannot run a town without revenues,” he explained. Though the supply of electricity in Lethem has improved significantly since the acquisition of two new generator sets by the Lethem Power Company, Allicock said, the high cost of electricity still remains a burden on residents and the commercial sector. Nevertheless, he welcomed government’s announcement to power the town using alternative energy sources, as he alluded to

reconstruction of the Moco Moco hydro power plant. Under the previous administration, a small hydropower project was developed in Moco-Moco with assistance from the Government of China, but it was damaged by a landslide in 2003 and was never repaired. In the lead-up to the May 11 elections, President Granger, speaking in the capacity of presidential candidate, pledged to transform Lethem into a full-fledged town under his administration. At the time, he had pointed out that the Rupununi – at over 58,000 km² – was the largest region in the country, and was larger than Costa Rica and six times the size of Puerto Rico. In support of his argument for Lethem to become a town, he further pointed out that, like Anna Regina and Rose Hall, Lethem already has its own aerodrome, banks, electricity and water supply, hospital, hotels, magistrate’s court, military and police stations, a port of entry, churches, schools supermarkets, hardware stores and other facilities. Lethem has seen a high influx of Brazilians, who have moved in and established several businesses in recent years. The area was named after Sir Gordon James Lethem, who was the Governor of British Guiana from 1941 to April 12, 1947.

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Georgetown eyesore to be torn down soon

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- Mall-like facility with boardwalk to replace dilapidated stelling By Clestine Juan

THE dilapidated stelling of the Stabroek Market is to be torn down soon, Town Clerk Royston King said yesterday, and it is to be replaced with a mall-like facility, complete with a boardwalk and entertainment area. The portion of the stelling which faces the Demerara waterfront, has been an eyesore for years for the thousands who use the speedboat service every day. The sight of the ramshackle stelling, with zinc sheets dangling dangerously since a section of the roof caved in a year ago, is also what greets those coming in on cruise and other ships which use

the Georgetown docks. The collapse of a portion of the roof two Septembers ago did not affect business, with many stallhodlers determined to hold on to the spots they have occupied over the years, and for some, decades. “The facility is not only an eyesore, it is ruinous and dangerous to the health and lives of persons who use it,” King said. The structure could come down before the end of the month, King said. The project is being undertaken in collaboration with the Ministry of Public Infrastructure. He said that in order to facilitate the demolition of the

A vendor sits under this part of the Georgetown stelling which is to be torn down shortly to make way for an ambitious new project. (Delano Williams photo)

building and the construction of a new facility, vendors would be moved to the parking area behind the Guyana Fire Station alongside the Route 31/32 bus park. The parking area would be moved to the front of the Stabroek Market, which is being resurfaced for that purpose. The town clerk said those who occupy the stelling to carry out business were given written notices that they will have to relocate, but the vendors denied this. They said they did not even receive a visit from city officials. One vendor who did not want to disclose her name said the stelling has been her only way of generating income for her family over the past 18 years. The woman expressed shock over the news of vendors being relocated, since it is almost the Christmas season which is the prime business period. Another vendor, who gave her name only as Mrs Joseph, said that her stall was damaged when the Stelling collapsed last September. “I would be happy to move, but these people should have given us vendors a three-month notice or at least hold off all the plans until next year,” she said. In distress, the vendors vented their anger and said they are currently in the process of forming a group to represent their interests to city officials. Mr King said that the move to replace the dilapidated structure with a new facility is all part of the ambitious plan to renew the face of Georgetown. Designs are being finalised for the new facility, and the council will be looking to attract the private sector to support the project.

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Bombs kill 86 at pro-Kurdish rally in Turkish capital AT least 86 people were killed when two suspected suicide bombers struck a rally of pro-Kurdish and labour activists outside Ankara’s main train station just weeks before elections, in the worst attack of its kind on Turkish soil.

Bodies covered by flags and banners, including those of the pro-Kurdish opposition Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP), lay scattered on the road among bloodstains and body parts. The HDP blamed the government, which it said had blood on its hands.

Footage screened by b r o a d c a s t e r C N N Tu r k showed a line of young men and women holding hands and dancing, and then flinching as a large explosion flashed behind them, engulfing people carrying HDP and leftist party banners. “Like other terror attacks, the one at the Ankara train station targets our unity, togetherness, brotherhood and future,” said President Tayyip Erdogan, who has vowed to crush a Kurdish militant insurgency since the collapse of a ceasefire and resumption of intense violence in July. Health Minister Mehmet Muezzinoglu told a news conference that 86 people had been killed and 186 wounded, 28 of whom were in intensive care. The HDP later said 97 had died. Witnesses said the two explosions happened seconds apart shortly after 10 a.m. as crowds, including HDP activists, leftists, labour unions and other civic groups gathered for a planned march to protest the deaths of hundreds since conflict resumed between security forces and the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) in the mainly Kurdish southeast.

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An injured man hugs an injured woman after an explosion during a peace march in Ankara, Turkey, October 10, 2015. Reuters/Tumay Berkin “I heard one big explosion first and tried to cover myself as the windows broke. Right away there was the second one,” said Serdar, 37, who was working at a newspaper stand in the train station. “There was shouting and crying, and I stayed under the newspapers for a while. I could smell burnt flesh.” There were no claims of responsibility for the at-

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tack, which comes as external threats mount for NATO member Turkey, with increased fighting across its border with Syria and incursions by Russian warplanes on its air space over the last week. But Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu, exposing a mosaic of domestic political perils, said Islamic State, Kurdish or far-leftist militants could have carried out the bombing. He said there were strong signs two suicide bombers were responsible. HDP leader Selahattin Demirtas blamed the government in blunt terms. He said the attack was part of

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the same campaign as the bombing of an HDP rally in the southeastern city of Diyarbakir on the eve of June elections, and a suicide bombing blamed on Islamic State in Suruc near the Syrian border in July, which killed 33 mostly young pro-Kurdish activists. “The government’s right and chance to hum and haw has long expired. You are murderers. Your hand is bloody. Blood has splattered from your face, your mouth, to your nails and all over you. You are the biggest supporters of terror,” he told reporters in comments broadcast on the Internet.

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Six murdered in gruesome Hanover slaughter

(Jamaica Gleaner) THE criminal onslaught which has been plaguing Hanover took a twist on Thursday night when six members of one family were slaughtered gangland-style on Campbellton Road in the Logwood area of Green Island. Their home, a 10-apartment board house, was burnt to the ground. Those killed have been identified as 63-year-old Lynette Bloomfield; her 40-yearold son, Mark Bloomfield; her 36-yearold daughter, Kerry-Ann Bloomfield; her 18-year-old granddaughter, Alia Mahabee; her 15-year-old grandson, Davian Mahabee; and her nephew, Byron Mangaroo. Four other family members were hospitalised with burns. The gruesome killings come little more than three weeks after the parish was rocked by a triple murder in St Simon’s district and a double murder in the parish capital, Lucea. The latest killings have taken the murder tally in Hanover, which was once seen as the nation’s safest parish, to 55 since the start of the year – a 70 per cent increase over last year. “It is unreal! I know what has happened, but it still feels unreal,” said Kadane Mangaroo, a relative of the victims. “It is not just one – it is six of them one

time. This is too much to bear. It’s heartbreaking. I feel like crying. I feel like dying. This is too much to accept.” According to reports, some of which were subsequently confirmed by Assistant Commissioner of Police (ACP) Winchroy Budhoo, the family members were at home approximately 11 p.m., when four men, who had arrived in the community in a white Toyota Corolla motor car (Kingfish), kicked down the door to the house and launched an attack. “When the men (the killers) walked into the yard, they called out to the family and said that they should send out [name omitted], who they claimed was inside,” a resident, who was in proximity to where the carnage unfolded, told The Gleaner. The family refused to send out the person and the gunmen began issuing threats. The resident said that shortly after, he heard banging, as if the door was being kicked down. He subsequently heard a barrage of gunfire and screams coming from inside the house. “It was like a fireworks display, and it went on for about half an hour,” the resident said. “When the shooting stopped, I first saw a small fire and then a bigger fire. It was then that I realised the house was set ablaze.”

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Guyana

EDITORIAL

Independence and Survival TWO days ago, the logo for the 50th anniversary commemoration of our independence was revealed. It in effect signalled the beginning of activities to mark this most significant anniversary. Why is this anniversary so important? Some have asked what is there to celebrate. Others have pronounced on our non-achievement these five decades. Many have cited our politics of rancour and division as evidence of the failure of independence. The poverty we inherited from the plantations still stares us in the face. A lot of those questions and the pessimism that accompany them arise from a place that conceptualises independence as the absence of challenges and oppression. The end of colonialism did not mean the cessation of the social relations that characterised colonisation, or the transformation of a world order grounded in the dictates of colonial political economy. Independence, therefore, was the beginning of a new phase of struggle for freedom After centuries of denial, on May 26, 1966, we embarked on the journey of nationhood. In effect, independence meant overcoming that denial—a denial of life, love, identity, humanity and freedom. We signalled to the world that we were equal human beings ready to chart our own destiny. Against all odds, we had made the miraculous journey from plantation to nation. But those who denied our humanity were not done with us; we were embarking on our independence in a world that was not constructed to accommodate us as a free people. The ideologues of colonialism thought we could not exist in a state of freedom. If one believes a people are incapable of living as free people, one invariably sets out to prove it. But more than that, one sets out to convince that people of their incapability. That was a primary challenge of independence—could we govern ourselves as a free people? The truth is that 50 years after we declared our independence, our Guyana is still here—we have survived. If there is nothing else to observe, that alone is worth observing and celebrating. We often underestimate the power of survival. If you are striving for liberation, you have to first of all survive oppression. Survival is the mother of independence and freedom. Our foreparents had to survive slavery and indentureship so that emancipation and independence could be possible. As it turns out, our primary challenge during the last 50 years was surviving a hostile world that was unwilling to guarantee global equality and freedom. Self-determination and self-reliance for newly independent nations were enemies of the prevailing global order. We have survived. But have we survived with our collective dignity intact? Have we carved out a national ethos from our act of survival? Have we crafted a social and ethnic equality out of our survival of global inequality? Have we found a national voice with an echo of inclusion? These questions must form the basis of our reflections as we commemorate our 50th anniversary of independence and survival.

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UN chief for Guyana stop-over

UNITED Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon will be in Guyana this evening on a brief stop-over, and is expected to meet with the country’s Foreign Affairs Minister, Carl Greenidge. Mr Ban will be on an in-transit flight out of Guyana, and no meetings are scheduled with President David Granger, according to Mark Archer, Director of Communications at the President’s Office. The UN Secretary General is expected to be in Guyana for about an hour or less, and is not expected to leave the airport, Mr Archer told the Guyana Chronicle. Mr Ban recently met with President Granger and the Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro on the margins of the United Nations General Assembly in New York. Mr Ban is responsible for coming up with a solution to the border controversy with Venezuela. At last month’s meeting

Mr Ban with Presidents David Granger and Nicolas Maduro at the UN last month. in New York, the Venezuelan President agreed to send back his ambassador to Guyana and to accredit the new Guyanese Ambassador, Cheryl Miles. He had put the accreditation of Miles on hold after complaining about statements the Foreign Minister Carl Greenidge had made to a Florida conference earlier this month.

Venezuela also agreed to accept a UN team in Caracas to investigate its claims that the 1899 award which settled the countries’ borders is null and void. Afterwards, the team will report to the UN Secretary General for him to continue discussions to find a lasting solution to Venezuela’s claim.

At the meeting, President Granger made it clear that Guyana’s sole concern at this time is for a legal settlement to Venezuela’s claim. Under an agreement signed in Geneva in February, 1966, President Granger insisted that it is the Secretary General who has specific responsibilities for dealing with this matter.

Truth be told By Professor Daizal Samad

JUST over a week ago, Devon Deene of Fyrish Village, Berbice died. He was 23. When one so young dies for no reason, the world seems a bleak and cold place. It is as if hope itself has withered and died, for Devon was a young man who was so full of possibilities that hope seemed embodied in him. Devon was introduced to me by his cousin Royston Crandon. Oft did we sit and speak of travels and different places. He wanted to visit all the places about which I had spoken, especially South Africa. He sat agape as I told of the mountainous waves on the Straits of Gibraltar as I travelled from Africa to Spain. He listened fast to stories of dazzling lights in daylight during desert storms in the Sahara, lights multicoloured as if it was night time and still fireworks painting the skies. Devon listened and longed. “I want to see the world!” And indeed, it is a big world spinning out there. A world full of misery as it is full of beauty. He had fast friends like Lennox Cummings and Jason Williams. His mentor

was his cousin, Royston, who guided him through the perils of temptations. Devon had the gift of the charming smile. Just two months ago or so, I complained that he was putting on weight - the way a father would tell a son. He spoke

DEVON DEENE of running a whole mile the day before. I took umbrage and had him go down and give me fifty push-ups. He did, that good child, since I was an elder. Devon Deene’s favourite conversation, though, was about the Guyana Police Force. He was attracted to the GPF. It was a way for him to be more disciplined, more service-oriented, and

more protective of the more vulnerable in our society. Devon worked at GUYSUCO at the Albion Estate, but he was somewhat impatient with it. There was little challenge and much pettiness. It is so, one supposes, when we have small people exercising their little authority over the more talented Devons of this country. Yet, he was grateful for the job and worked hard at doing it well. Like most young people, he had an adventurous side. He rode his motorbike a bit too quickly. But that adventurousness on the bike ended when I warned him of the risks and penalties involved. The politeness of Devon Deene never failed. I had not seen this child in almost a month. Some ten days ago, Devon turned up with his friend, Cummings, at my door. They had brought sugar cane juice. I was unkind to Devon, telling him that he was rude not to have contacted any of our family for so long a time. With his unfailing smile and politeness, he said: “Sorry, sir. But I am working double shifts and we will come visit and chat.” Devon Deene died on the treacherous road of this nation that takes away or

devours too many of our citizens. Devon was leaving the Berbice Expo on his motorbike. A mini-bus, it is reported, travelling headlong, its driver reportedly fuelled, bumped into the back of the bike. Devon Deene died on Monday evening. Many more will die, and the carnage will continue until we change our very ugly attitudes on roads, in “homes”, in society. Tw o w e e k s b e f o r e the twenty-three-year-old Devon Deene was killed, a child of fourteen hung himself. A few days before, a young woman poisoned herself. A few days before she poisoned herself, an eight-year-old boy hung himself. All of this within a small radius in Corentyne. When young people die for no reason; when they kill themselves and we are not capable of asking an intelligent “why”; when our “youth leaders” are themselves suicidal and malignant narcissists, our nation will continue to weep bitter tears. But those that cry bitter tears are only those that care for others as much as they care for themselves. Meanwhile, those of us that are blessed (or cursed) with expertise simply must act beyond empty words.

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PM, other ministers seek out investors in Canada PRIME Minister Moses Nagamootoo was among a team of government ministers who met business leaders and Guyanese living in Canada yesterday. The meeting was held at the Riverstone Golf Club in Brampton. Other ministers at the meeting were Minister of Business Dominic Gaskin, Vice President Khemraj Ramjattan and Minister of Infrastructure David Patterson. After meeting the Stanley Consulting Group, a global engineering consulting firm in Iowa, USA, the Prime Minister joined the Guy-

ana-Canada Professional & Business Corporation at a business forum. The Prime Minister told the audience that the forum was extremely necessary to open up business opportunities. He said the coalition government is keenly interested in doing business with the Diaspora, exploring investment in infrastructure and to get an update on what is being done to improve personal security for all Guyanese, visitors and investors. The Prime Minister invited all in the audience to come back home since Guy-

ana needs their finance, their entrepreneurship, their vision for new business ideas, their access to technology and their business techniques to grow Guyana’s economy. The audience of about 150 persons was told that the coalition government inherited many state corporations that are a big weight on the treasury, such as GPL and Guysuco, and thus needs the Diaspora to incubate the new ideas to drive economic growth while the government works at fixing these state corporations. The Prime Minister said

Former Canadian MP Derek Lee presented a book he wrote on parliamentary procedures to PM Nagamootoo. He also donated 80 copies to Guyana for use of the Parliament Office.

Vice President Khemraj Ramjattan addresses the Brampton meeting.

that under the coalition government, Guyana is open for business and stands ready to collaborate with investors to break down barriers and reap their rewards. “We are all partners, whether you are Guyanese or non-Guyanese,” he said. In his presentation, Min-

ister Gaskin outlined the role of the Guyana Office for Investment, GO-INVEST, and the steps that an investor needs to take if they have a business idea. He committed to the one-stop-shop idea which GO-INVEST is working hard to fulfil to facilitate the private sector both locally

and internationally. After the meeting, the Prime Minister hosted business teams with investment ideas in a closed room session to log the ideas and exchange contact details and set up meetings in Georgetown to progress these ideas.

M&CC begins school environment awareness campaign in primary schools By Michel Outridge THE Mayor and Councillors of the City of Georgetown (M&CC) have commenced a school environment awareness campaign in primary schools in the city. Slated to be completed within a four-month period, the first phase, in which primary school pupils are to be educated on proper waste management practices, commenced in October under the theme: ‘Put it in a Bin.’ The focus is to get students to inculcate the right attitude towards the environment. Based on visits to the schools, an assessment would be done to determine if each school has adequate refuse receptacles. If need be, the council would provide bins at no cost to the school. The second phase would be done under the theme: ‘I am an agent of change.’ During that phase, the facilitators would seek to identify schools that have a problem with littering, and a special project would be done in

Schoolchildren displaying plants what they will use to beautify the environment

those schools. A pilot project was launched with the students of the South Ruimveldt Primary School several years ago. That programme utilised an all-inclusive strategy which involved students, teachers and parents. Based on an assessment, the pilot project was deemed a success; therefore, it would be revisited and readjusted to meet the current needs of the schools that would be targeted. The focus of this project is to transform the school environment into a litter-free one, and it is anticipated that the knowledge imparted to the children would be taken to their homes and respective communities to help bring the change that is needed. Meanwhile, Town Clerk Royston King noted that littering has become so pervasive in the city that every means possible must be used to fight this scourge. King said the council intends to fight negative environmental attitudes on every front. The M&CC has pledged its support in educating and enforcing the laws on littering.

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Guyana’s first climate change refugees - who don’t know what climate change is

By Neil Marks Photos by Samuel Maughn “Iz na da mek we come out hay.” MRS Doodnauth butts in, using her Guyanese creole tongue, as her husband, Roopnarine, is being interviewed about the fact that the effects of climate change are what led the family to abandon their home and farmlands in the Mahaica Creek and relocate to an area identified by the authorities. She was clear climate change was not the reason. “And what’s the reason?” “Too much rain,” she says. “We never see so much rain before; every now and then you in flood water, sometimes for months.” “What is climate change?” She returns a blank stare. You get a similar reaction when you ask the question of other families who now occupy Hope Estate, where the families were given modest homes by the charitable organisation Food For The Poor, after they decided to leave the creek. They may have heard the word before, but have no idea what climate change is about. “I really don’t understand,” Doodnauth says. It is now 10 years since extreme rainfall caused widespread flooding which devastated the coastal lowland areas of Guyana, which is below sea level and prone to flooding. Official figures show that the 2005 floods caused an estimated US$465 million in damage, or just about 59 percent of the country’s GDP at the time. That major flood was followed by others, which resulted from severe rainfall events in the years to follow. The families of the Mahaica Creek were the collateral damage of the extreme rainfall patterns. Even when the rains didn’t cause the banks of the creek to overflow, flooding came as a direct result of government orders. The coastal zone of Guyana, where most people live and

where most economic activity is concentrated, is cut across by a dense network of drainage and irrigation canals which are all linked to the East Demerara Water Conservancy (EDWC), a water storage canal which is the source of drinking water for the capital Georgetown and also provides water for rice, sugar and cash crop farms during the dry season. The problem is that the Conservancy is hemmed in by an earthen dam, approximately 67 km long, which could collapse if it takes in more than the 250 million cubic metres of water that it was designed to hold. The collapse of the dam could cause widespread flooding along the coast. So at times of extreme rainfall, the Conservancy acts as a drainage canal, using five sluices at different locations -

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Cunha, Kofi, Maduni, Lama and Land of Canaan. Two of those sluices - Lama and Maduni - release water into the Mahaica River. During periods of extreme rainfall however, pumping the water into the Mahaica Creek aggravates the already stressful flood conditions there. Unable to cope with the constant flooding, many families decided they had to leave the Creek for a new life on the coast. In addition to the plots of land to live on, with modest houses built by Food for the Poor, they were also offered new farmlands, which they could lease. Ramdasee Sarju moved to Mahaica Creek 50 years ago when she got married. “I don’t know what it is about,” she says, in response to a question about climate change. The constant floods meant her source of livelihood – cash crops -was washed away year after year. “I could no longer make a living in the creek,” Ms Sarju says. “I miss the Creek life.” For 44-year-old Khemwantie Ramkissoon, missing the creek is not just for sentimental reasons; not just about missing “home.” She has seen her crops – watermelons, pumpkins and other cash crops – destroyed time and time again and so she had to leave. These days, she is unable to travel with her husband to the farm, as it often involves an overnight trip sleeping in a shack. These days also, instead of taking her line and hook to get fish for the typical evening curry, Ramkissoon now has to find money to buy fish. A question about climate change leaves Ramkissoon baffled. “I hear people talk about it, but I don’t know what it is.” For Bahawanie Basdeo, 57, a resident of Joe Hook, the creek was the only life he knew until the floods forced him to move to higher ground. Please see page 9 ► Ramdasee Sarju

Students cross a bridge over the Mahaica Creek

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Guyana’s first climate ... ► From page 8 “It was terrible. When the floods come, it took away everything. Then you are forced to use your savings, but that could only last so long,” he says with a smile, but his eyes well up with tears as he speaks of his cattle killed time and time again by the floodwaters. “The families of Joe Hook were the first to be affected and the worst affected when water is discharged

from the Conservancy into the Mahaica and Mahaicony Creeks,” said Robert Persaud, who served as Agriculture Minister when the decision of voluntary resettlement was offered. Many families still remain in the creek. For them, the days of flooding could be over. A Conservancy Adaptation Project to ease flooding, was developed after the 2005 floods, with the main component being another canal to drain excess water from

Bartica hit by prolonged blackouts BARTICA is faced with a spate of power outages with no explanation given by the Guyana Power and Light (GPL), residents said yesterday as they complained bitterly. Holbert Knights, who resides at Potaro Road, told the Guyana Chronicle that residents have been experiencing blackouts every day for the past seven days. “When everything is going smoothly, we would have blackout once a week for couple hours, but for the past week, we have been getting eight to 10 hours of blackout per day.” He said apparently GPL has a load-shedding schedule in place, explaining that while one section of Bartica may be powered, another would be out of electricity. “So if you have electricity during the day, at nights you would have at least eight hours of blackout.” Knights, who operates a Western Union and Bill Express outlet at Second Avenue, Bartica, said businesses are being affected significantly. “When you talk about fuel to run a gen set, and that, too, has its issues, because you cannot depend on a generator for 100% of electricity. It is also a costly exercise when you don’t have GPL.” Another resident, Ignatius Prowell, told this newspaper that after spending six weeks out of the country, he was greeted by blackouts upon his return to Bartica, much to his dissatisfaction. He recalled that last year Bartica had experienced a series of power outages, saying that while he understands that the power station may experience difficulties from time to time, nothing has been said to residents by the authorities. “We would have expected that something would have been said by GPL or the administration, but nobody seems to know nothing.” Based on information he received through the “grapevine, Prowell said he was told that the engine at the power station had encountered difficulties over the last week. “The only time we would have gotten a response is when we would have protested last year, and so I am wondering with a change in the administration if we would have to go down that road again.” Kamal Persaud, a social activist within the community, said residents are “tired and fed-up” of the situation. “Every night there is blackout. The children can’t sleep, they can’t study, and so we are having sleepless nights because it is a very uncomfortable situation.” She, too, complained that it is a very costly exercise to maintain a generator in the absence of electricity from GPL. Last year, GPL had apologised to the residents of Bartica after they had experienced a series of power outages after the Numbers Eight and Nine Caterpillar generating sets had experienced technical difficulties. Attempts to contact GPL Public Relations Officer (PRO) Shevon Sears-Murray on Saturday proved futile.

the conservancy. “It is the single largest adaption project in water management in Guyana. “This can also be seen in the wider context of adaptation to the effects of climate change, given Guyana's acute vulnerabilities,” adds Persaud. A recent test of the Hope sluice was successful, the current Minister of Agriculture, Noel Holder, said. Mr Narine Singh, the chairman of a nearby local authority, believes that the new sluice will definitely reduce the possibility of flooding in the Mahaica Creek. “It will very much ease the flooding; I don’t think we will see dead cows coming down the river as before,” he says.

Cevon’s promises end to ‘smelly’ situation around Stabroek

-mobile toilets prove uncomfortable for market vendors NOT so long ago, citizens were loud in their praise for the move by the Cevon’s Waste Management entity to place mobile toilets in the vicinity of the Stabroek Market, Georgetown. While this course of action was welcomed; especially by shoppers and vendors when initiated a few months ago, it seems as if almost all the vendors operating inside the Stabroek Market are not aware of the discomfort that came about also. For weeks now, vendors have been complaining that folk from the waste management company would arrive around 08:00 hrs to remove faeces and urine from the toilets and this results in an intolerable stench. Vendors said their complaints to staffers of the company have fallen on deaf ears. They said that workers from the waste management company would arrive at just about the same time they were opening their stalls and small shops in and around the market, and would conduct the exercise of pumping out the faeces and urine from the toilets. While many complained of the stench, others feel that the situation is also unhealthy. Bidawattie Singh, a salesgirl working at one of the shoe stalls in the market, said that about two weeks ago she felt sick and had to go home. Brenda Campbell, a vegetable vendor, said that it was only last week that she, too, became so sick from the stench that she had to close shop quite early and leave. Robert Williams and Steve Craig, both traders in gold and silver inside the market, ridiculed the action of the company, saying that they should empty the contents of the toilets late in the nights, when vendors have vacated their spaces in and around the market. Engaging even the mini-bus drivers who operate within close proximity to the toilets, we were met with reports that they too had endured great discomfort when employees from the company empty the toilets. When Cevon’s Waste Management was contacted yesterday for a response, dispatcher Calvin Durant said that they will now work towards removing their waste from the toilets in the Stabroek Market area at a more convenient time. (Alex Wayne)

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HINDS’SIGHT

Dr David Hinds

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The ministers salary increases

ALARY increases for political members of government are always unpopular among the masses, and will always be. They have seen too many politicians move from living ordinary lives to living like royalty when they get into government, so they have always viewed salary increases for politicians with heightened suspicion. It is almost a contradiction—the very masses who lift the politicians up

- has the government lost touch with reality in five months?

to the sky would rage when those same politicians raise their pay. So I am not surprised that the government has come under fire for this move from its own supporters. For me, the issue is not whether the salaries should be increased or not. Like all workers, government ministers are underpaid, but of course, some workers are more underpaid than others, and government ministers do not fall into the latter category. But if the truth is to be told, our ministers’ salaries, even with this raise, are low compared to their counterparts in the rest of the Caribbean. Those salary increases would not dent the treasury. But it is not the money that drives the protest, it is the politics and the principle which underpin it. There are three things at work here. First, the government just gave poor people a reasonable but not spectacular salary increase. Second, thanks to the PPP’s track record in government, the issue of government as a source of unjust enrichment for ministers has become part of popular rage against government. Third, the PPP is aggressively moving to silence its excesses while in government by pinning them on the current government. These factors should have influenced the decision on the increases. That they did not suggests political naivety, arrogance, insensitivity, or all of them. Worse, it suggests that, in

five months, the government may already be out of touch with the realities of life on the ground. Often, it is not just what government does, but the manner in which things are done. My test on this issue is not the protest of the PPP--that protest is mostly grounded in the need to embarrass the government for doing what the now opposition did when in government just a few months ago. Rather, my test is the protest of government supporters, or those not deemed to be hostile to the government. Many of these people, who welcomed this government with unprecedented enthusiasm, are not happy about this move and are openly voicing their disapproval on social media and in the conventional media. Others, I am sure, are shaking their heads in dismay in their villages or in the privacy of their homes. Government should always tread carefully on sensitive matters. And this is a sensitive matter. Although the salary increase is not a form of enrichment, it should not be surprising that the masses see it in that light. This is part of our doing; we on the government side correctly helped to sharpen mass distaste for government overspending. So coming so soon after the election, when memories of the PPP’s behaviour are still fresh, these salary increases are bound to excite negative responses. The increases should not have been pursued this early. But if the government felt pressed to do it, it should have been done in small increments. This is the second big misstep by the government, the first being the initial naming of members to the State boards. I think the government has misread the feelings of its own supporters on these matters, and this is worrying. I have said before that one of the weaknesses of this government is its inability to ground more with the masses and consult more. If these had been pursued more aggressively, the government would have known that these moves would not find favour with its supporters. I am sure the government would recover from this blow, but the accumulation of these mistakes over time could alienate its supporters and further embolden the opposition. I hope the government gets the message-- “watch what you doing.”

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– Washington DC

Cut to the chase – is the cash flow silly?

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UGAR was the largest corporate employer in 1966, and today, in 2015, it still is; nothing much has really changed with respect to how important sugar is to Guyana. Now that we have a chance to chart a sensible course, we must expect “nuff things” would go wrong, but we have to stay the course. Challenges there will be, but if we proactively and decisively manage these challenges in a cash-neutral manner, that is all that matters right now. As I said before, telling us that GuySuCo owes G$80 billion or a G$100 billion is silly, since that cannot change the price of cheese; what we have proactively done about this challenge, going forward is what really matters. It is time to put on our solutions cap. It was Jawaharlal Nehru who said, “Life is like a game of cards. The hand you are dealt is determinism; the way you play it is free will.” GuySuCo has five major challenges – manpower issues (still stuck at human cane cutters rather than mechanised cane harvesters), marketing the wrong products (raw vs. value added), quality of cane arriving at the factory gate (because of poor husbandry practices), efficiency of factory (especially that Skeldon Factory) and financial leadership (too much political interference). Any turnaround plan has to be focused on improving productivity and securing better value for money spent by using out-of-the-box ideas driven by turnaround specialists. THE RECOMMENDED STRUCTURE As a grand strategy, some estates have to be merged, and Skeldon has to be isolated and treated as a special case. The end product should look more like four estates – Albion/Rose Hall, Blairmont, East Demerara at Enmore and West Demerara at Wales. Skeldon should be shaved from the books of GuySuCo and managed on contract by an international firm from India or Brazil on commercial terms. The primary focus of these mergers should be to improve efficiency and save jobs. The Treasury should contribute partially to the factory repairs using a pre-defined formula, but the company, Skeldon Sugar Corporation, shall be responsible for its entire value chain from planting to marketing. This way, jobs will be preserved and more focus will be placed on cost and unbundling the top-heavy structure in the company. Financial Leadership Telling the nation that all estates are loss-making again exposes an “old school kind of thinking” that is stuck in the problem, rather than taking responsibility for extracting the solutions, and this is a BIG problem. This remains a big problem since many of these people who are “stuck in this rut” are in positions to make a difference. First, we have to unbundle the cost structure. GuySuCo carries cost on its books that cannot be removed unless we want to create major disruption to national life, such as its flood-control costs. These have to be fully funded by central government, and the burden has to be removed from GuySuCo’s books. Once those debts are paid, some estates, like the newly merged Albion/Rose Hall, will shine; I am

positively certain of this. However, this does not prevent the turnaround team from understanding where the cash is going. For us to identify the real problem in the company, we have to follow the money. It seems that even GuySuCo insiders are not sure where all this money is going. What is vital now is to understand what resources we have at our disposal to effect this financial turnaround. We need to ask ourselves three fundamental questions: 1. Does GuySuCo have a viable core business in today’s market place? (Not really, since raw sugar is in a coma, thus the need to rapidly move upstream to value added, sugarbased products such as packaged sugar, agro-energy and ethanol) 2. Does the company have access to short-term finance? (YES – The Treasury) 3. Does the company have adequate resources and talent on board to effect this turnaround? (Certainly not) First off, and with immediate effect, the bleeding has to stop. Cash remains king for GuySuCo and it must operate as if it is a private business in distress. That translates to having a daily cash-flow model in place that tracks and reports on all cash inflows and outflows centrally, but with the power to drill down to each estate. That information must be shared with each of the newly minted Turnaround Estate Administrators. This tool is essential to forecast the cash flow over a 26-

week period and to model the cash flows. The devil remains in the details. Such financial data can empower the leadership to renegotiate the timing and quantum of payments for the most significant cash commitments – fertilisers, fuel, agrochemicals, the banks, etc. This model has to be shared with the sugar unions to earn their buy-in on a wage freeze in the industry for at least a two-year period. GAWU and NACCIE are responsible unions and they have the desire, like most other stakeholders, to preserve the industry. Therefore, the board and senior management have no other choice but to level with the unions on the state of the cash flows. All non-value added expenditure has to be sliced in full from the industry temporarily. There should be a one-year hold on all expenditures on non-factory buildings and road vehicles. All local contracts should be re-negotiated with a view to ensuring that deliverables match payments and are independently verified. An independent Inspector General Department that reports only to the Audit Committee of the Board should be resourced and empowered to conduct spot checks on all procurement of services and goods, and to verify if we are securing value for money, or the same old financial skullduggery continues. Greater scrutiny has to be brought to bear on the estate management, to ensure that they increase their productivity and cut costs as the model below postulates. We shall continue next week on this financial question. Comments can be sent to sasesin1@yahoo.com

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First Muslim organisation receives Golden Arrow of Achievement FOR its outstanding and consistent promotion and activities within the Muslim community as well as the wider Guyanese c o m m u n i t y, t h e A n n a Catherina Islamic Complex (ACIC) was officially honoured with Guyana’s fourth highest national award. The Golden Arrow of Achievement was presented last Tuesday by President

David Granger at the Investiture Ceremony held at the National Cultural Centre. The award was accepted by President General of ACIC, Hakeem Khan. Expressing his jubilation for the award, Khan thanked the Government of Guyana for the recognition and stated that the Board of Management, all members and affiliated organisations across the world are elated at

the honour. He credited the award to the hard work and dedication of all the members of ACIC who tirelessly support the numerous programmess and activities at the ACIC complex, which also serves as the centre of cultural Islam in Guyana. Khan said his organisation is indeed truly humbled to be given this national recognition, and

accepted the award on behalf of all those persons who have made contributions to the development of ACIC in its over 75 years of existence. Because of its courage and persistence for many decades,the ACIC consistently strives to make a difference, and has in its membership many nonMuslims and even pastors and pandits. “ We h a v e f i r m l y entrenched the name of ACIC in the History of Muslims & Islam in Guyana with this recognition,” stated Khan. He said the ACIC will continue to work to create a society which recognises that all people are born equal, with equal entitlement to the amenities of life, liberty, prosperity, human rights and good governance. “This award will propel us to make an even greater contribution to the Guyanese society through the great values that our beautiful religion of Islam has taught us. “We will stand closely with the forces of inclusion in

HAKEEM Khan accepts the award from President David Granger “We believe all religions our country, and vigorously oppose the forces that seek pursue the same goals – to impose racial and religious that of promoting human insecurities in our peoples,” g o o d n e s s a n d v a l u e s with the aim of bringing Khan stated. H e a d d e d t h a t t h e happiness to all mankind. award must be seen as an Though the means may encouragement to other appear different, the ends religious groups to take a a re t h e s a m e , ” R e y a z principled stand against Hussein, public relations executive, said. issues without fear.

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GTUC wants justice for sacked bauxite workers - Says new gov’t must put end to delay in resolving six-year-old grievance

THE Guyana Trades Union Congress (GTUC) is calling on the new administration to enforce the country’s Labour Act in a bid to resolve the dismissal of some 57 bauxite workers by the Bauxite Company of Guyana Incorporated (BCGI) in 2009. General Secretary of the GTUC, Lincoln Lewis, explained that the workers, who were dismissed for demonstrating against bad work conditions, have been taken for granted for too long, and the union will not resolve the matter “behind closed doors” anymore. Against this backdrop, Lewis called on the new government to step in and enforce the Labour Act to ensure workers, particularly at BCGI, are treated with dignity in a stable industrial environment. “GTUC calls on [the] Cabinet Minister that has responsibility for Social P r o t e c t i o n , M s . Vo l d a Lawrence, to commence the process consistent with the authority vested in her under Section 4 (1) of the Labour Act Cap. 98:01,” charged Lewis. The Labour Act seeks to ensure that the Department of Labour regulates the relationship between employers and employees and settle differences between them. He said, too, that these workers had contributed

significantly to the decline of votes cast on behalf of the PPP in the May 11 elections, since they would have vested their confidence in the

Lennox Smith,one of the workers that were dismissed by the BCGI APNU+AFC administration to ensure justice is delivered to them. In 2010, the then People’s National Congress Reform had expressed no confidence in the then Minister of Labour, Manzoor Nadir, because of his failure to enforce the Labour Act. “These workers are not begging for anything. These workers are demanding what the Constitution at Article 147 and the Trade Union and Recognition Act Section 23 (1) prescribes for them,”

pointed out Lewis. Sixty-seven workers were suspended in May 2009 for refusing to work on faulty equipment, even though their action was consistent with the Occupational Health and Safety Law. In November the same year, 57 of those workers were dismissed for exercising their right, consistent with Article 147 of the Constitution, which says persons have a right to protection from discrimination. Among those workers dismissed is Lennox Smith, a dispatcher of BCGI, who was given a letter of termination while on his annual vacation leave. “I don’t know what I get knock off for. I was a dispatcher and 63 pieces of equipment were under my control. The workers then could not stand working with faulty equipment, so we all decided to raise our voices; and when we did, we were dismissed,” said Smith. Smith said that government has always given preference to the sugar and rice workers when they are plagued by problems, and leave the bauxite workers out in the cold. Smith said that the new administration should bring the dismissed workers justice by having their dues paid, and also possibly have them reinstated.

The letter of dismissal

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GTUC knocks gov’t on ministers salary increases By Shivanie Sugrim THOUGH in support of government’s move to increase wages for ministers, parliamentarians and other government officials, the Guyana Trades Union Congress (GTUC) has said the process in which it is administered is not consistent with increases for public servants. “We believe in a wage-led economy, and we can’t believe in a wage-led economy and condemn the increase. We are not against the increase in wages or salaries. What we are concerned about in the process in which it has been applied to deliver it,” disclosed General Secretary of GTUC, Lincoln Lewis, at a press briefing yesterday. He said that government had denied that such an increase was on its agenda. “You have said two months ago that it is not on the cards. Now it is on the cards (and) you have a responsibility to come back and tell people that it is on the cards. You have a right to come back and tell citizens,” Lewis proclaimed. Lewis is contending that the process should have been consistent with that of the public servants, given that salary increases for public servants was not fluently delivered, compared to the increase in salaries for government officials. The minimum basic salary of each public servant was increased to $50,000, and this increase took effect from July 1. “I believe no justification has been given for the increase. It was not properly packaged and sold, but we do not see the increase in wages and salaries as something negative; it is just the process in which it is delivered we are concerned about,”

General Secretary of the Guyana Trades Union Congress (GTUC), Lincoln Lewis, at the press briefing Friday. Lewis has said. The trade unionist said that the process was “noncompliant” because there was no bargaining process between government and trade unions. He suggested that this should have started prior to government’s move to increase salaries

for officials. “You (government) said you are going to have collective bargaining with the trade unions, but you have not started the process. Instead, you have added increases,” Lewis said, while charging that government has not included the unions in the public domain. Though Minister of State Joseph Harmon has justified the increase as one to avoid corrupt practices that the former administration would have been involved in during its 23 years of governance, Lewis said the TUC does not “buy the argument”. “There must be systems put in place to ensure that persons who are in government declare their assets. I don’t buy the argument,” Lewis has said. Four days ago, Harmon said that all ministers and other officials would be required to sign a code of conduct that would preclude this current administration from repeating the mistakes made by the former administration. The Prime Minister will now receive an income of $20,580,000 per annum, while every vice president, with the exception of the Prime Minister, will receive an income of $11,135,065 per annum. On a monthly basis, Prime Minister Moses Nagamootoo is in line to receive approximately $1.7M, while the vice presidents will receive approximately $927,000. Additionally, cabinet members would receive $10,439,124 annually, or approximately $869,927 monthly; while junior ministers are in line to receive approximately $695,000 monthly, or $8,346,492 per annum.

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Rockstone Fish Festival launched By Alex Wayne THE annual Rockstone Fish Festival was officially launched on Friday last at Rockstone Village, Region # 10, to the delight of residents there. The event was launched in Georgetown last year, but the Tourism Ministry felt that it would be more fitting to launch the event at the location where the two-day festivities are customarily hosted. Addressing the gathering was newly appointed Director General of the Ministry of Tourism, Donald Sinclair, who was officiating in place of Minister of Tourism, Cathy Hughes. Mr. Sinclair told residents that his ministry was committed to development of the event, as well as finding the resources the village needs to make the festival a success. He said the expectation of his ministry is to see significant growth of the event to attract a larger crowd, and also woo visitors from the Caribbean, North America and other areas. The director general encouraged committee members to discourage fishing with nets, as this will not be in keeping with the policy which dictates that patrons release the fish they catch back into the waters of the

Paramakoushi River and its tributaries. He also urged promoters of the event to ensure large, “eye-catching� signs are posted at strategic points to ensure persons coming to the event arrive without any glitches, since the lack of proper signboards has led to persons missing the turn off point and ending up at other locations. Mr. Sinclair emphasised that with more people attending the event, the organisers will be able to earn more, while the Rockstone area will develop its own identity in the Caribbean and even globally. He added that while the Fish Festival is already enhancing the image of Rockstone, the ministry will do all it can to make the event better and to make the area a better tourist attraction. Rockstone Hospitality M a n a g e r Ly n e t t e B e n n thanked the team from the city for attending the function. She noted that this year there would not be a preregistration process, since all competitors at the event will be required to register upon arrival. She added that no illegal vending will be allowed, and vendors would be allowed to sell only fish and wild meat meals on the location. The Fish Festival offers boat tours to beautiful destinations, fishing and

cooking competitions, cycling races from Linden to Rockstone, nature trails (three options), music, meals and tons of fun for the entire family. This year the event will also feature fish-deboning, fishcatching, and the largest fish competitions. Added to that, there will be camping, picnics, tours to Gluck Island, swimming and fishcooking contests; as well as rafting, tug-o-war, and lots of games for the children. They will also be a cultural show featuring top performers from Rockstone and Linden. Admission to the event has been set at $500 for adults and $300 for children. There will also be an essay competition for schools around the area.

Parking fees have been set at $1000 for cars, $2000 for mini-buses, $3000 for 4x4 pickups, large buses, and canter trucks; while the fee for large trucks is $4000. The festival was conceptualised by Mr S i n c l a i r. O n a f i s h i n g excursion to the location in 2006, he envisaged its potential for communitybased tourism. He then engaged the people living in that community, and together they created the blue print for the festival. The naturally accommodating environment includes open spaces for camping and easy access to the Paramakoushi River, its tributaries and nearby creeks.

Rockstone Village

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Public Service CoI hears that elitist public servants stultify traditional workers

Hydar Ally makes his presentation before the CoI

SUNDAY CHRONICLE October 11, 2015 By Michel Outridge FORMER Auditor General Anand Goolsarran yesterday told the Commission of Inquiry (CoI) into the Public Service that the system of employing contracted workers needs to be revised based on estimates, since he

is very concerned about the ‘elitist’ group reaping more benefits than traditional workers. He said he felt that there are two public services operating, one traditional and the other elitist, and the ‘elitist’ public service comprises contracted employees. Goolsarran told the gathering that recruited elitist public service workers are ‘higher placed’ than the normal public service employees. He believes the traditional public service has been sidelined in preference to contracted employees. Chairman of the CoI, Professor Harold Lutchman, questioned whether some ministries had more contracted workers than others; and in response, Goolsarran said yes, as he gave statistics in percentages. Goolsarran explained that the elitist group of contracted employees occupies the most senior positions in the public service, leaving little or no room for mobility of the traditional public servants. Goolsarran also read, and quoted extensively, from a book on the plight of the traditional public service, and said a de-politicised public service is required for the fair treatment of all employees. He submitted that the solution is to reform the public service, so all could be treated equally and gain the same benefits. More training should also be done constantly, he said, even if there is a change of government. Goolsarran noted that the way forward is to dispense with contract workers for a politically aligned, free public service in which employees must be free to do their duties, and he said promotions must not be based on years of service, but rather on qualifications. He told the CoI that job specifications should be developed for vacancies, so both internal and external candidates can apply; and employment should be based on qualifications. Moreover, the appraisal system within the public service needs some adjusting, because some employees benefit from flaws in the system. Goolsarran said there is no justification for the myriad contracted workers in the public service, since the traditional service has ably qualified people therein. He explained that tampering with the public service started when some public servants became members of political parties, but things began to deteriorate rapidly from 1968. Questioned on who represents the public’s interest, Goolsarran said those who serve the government of the day. He reasoned that even though its members operate within a series of rules and regulations, the public service is there to facilitate the smooth transition from one government to another. Goolsarran said that in the event of a change of government, politically aligned public servants risk being removed. But, he said, other considerations should be put aside in favour of the public interest. He also recommended that the constitution be modified in many areas, especially with regard to the appointment of permanent secretaries.

RETIREMENT Goolsarran recommended that the retirement age -- currently 55 -- be increased to 60, because at that age some people are at their prime, and there should be leeway for voluntary retirement as well, he said, once those persons meet the pension requirements. What he finds very wrong is that some people retire today and tomorrow they are contracted and are reaping double benefits. He said this should not be, because others in line would not have upward mobility. DUTY-FREE CONCESSIONS Goolsarran said duty-free concessions have spiralled out of control in both the private and public sectors, where they are being granted for purposes other than the execution of duties. He also talked about the abuse of state vehicles, which can be seen parked at ministers’ or judicial staff members’ houses after 4:30 pm, although those vehicles have been assigned drivers. He said it is clear that those vehicles are being used for purposes that are extraneous to their official functions. Goolsarran added that the 22,000 public servants in the public service need proper representation, since their grievances are numerous. He deemed Christmas bonuses paid to members of the disciplined services as unwarranted because, he said, those bonuses constitute a month’s tax-free salary, whilst regular public servants get a meagre five per cent. The former Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Public Service, Mr Hydar Ally, made recommendations that were similar to Goolsarran’s. He aired his concern at the stagnation of wages and salaries for years. The third speaker, Dave Hicks, who is attached to the National Drainage and Irrigation Authority (NDIA), Ministry of Agriculture, told the CoI he was speaking on behalf of 84 members of the public service when he said the culture in the public service needed openness and sharing of information. He said many employees in his sector have not had a salary increase in years; and some persons have not been confirmed in their positions, despite their years of service and their having acted in those positions for years. The CoI comprises Chairman Professor Harold Lutchman; Commissioners Sandra Jones and Samuel Goolsarran; and Secretary Geeta Chandan-Edmond. It meets at the Secretariat of the Public Service Ministry on Waterloo Street in Georgetown. Sessions are open to the general public for oral presentations. The terms of reference of the CoI state that the commission is to enquire into, report on, and make recommendations on the role, functions, recruitment process, remuneration and conditions of service for public servants. The CoI is also expected to determine measures to improve the efficiency of the public service, and to examine in detail how salaries and wages are determined and allocated.

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Education as to causes of mental disorders --- a public health necessity

By Pat Dial LAST week, Mental Health Week was commemorated world-wide. It is an annual event aimed at helping the public to understand and appreciate the need to support the mentally ill, and work with them to have them re-integrated into society. One or two consumer bodies in North America have got into the field of helping the mentally ill by running recovery

centres where peer support, socialisation, education and training are offered. In Guyana, as is the case with the overwhelming numbers of consumer bodies world-wide, the Guyana Consumers Association concentrates on educating the public as to what is mental illness, breaking down prejudices against the mentally ill and trying to have the public and families of the mentally ill play a more constructive role in

Pat Dial assisting sufferers. The term 'mental illness' or 'mental disorder' covers a wide range of mental conditions, such as acute depression, where one feels deeply sad all the time, resulting in loss of interest and being overcome with inactivity; or obsessions leading to repetitive behaviour; or having attention difficulty; or hyperactivity; or post traumatic stress, where a sufferer feels or experiences a terrifying event impending to assail him; or autism, where a sufferer has an impaired

ability to communicate and interact; or even such conditions as alcoholism or the effects of a brain tumour. In Guyana, though all conditions of mental illness occur, most people tend to associate the term "mental illness" with schizophrenia, where the sufferer interprets reality abnormally. This leads the sufferer to do or say all kinds of things which appear to normal people as strange, abnormal or

objectionable. In common parlance, such sufferers are called "mad", a term which is loaded with contempt, unacceptability, and even fear. The other conditions with which most people are acquainted are alzheimer's disease and dementia, when there is memory loss; inability to do basic things such as turning a key to open a lock; or recognising persons, even very close

relatives or friends; or saying contradictory things as if such were fact. These conditions are due to the gradual deterioration of the brain, and as such are not readily recognised until they become acute. So far, medical science has not been able to discover the conclusive causes of these disorders, though numerous psychiatric and Please turn to page 20 ►

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physical theories have been advanced. Accordingly, psychiatric and physical remedies suggested are not conclusive, or are experimental. Sometimes, some remedies tried have been helpful to individual cases, but they have no u n i v e r s a l a p p l i c a b i l i t y.

The discovery by Chinese female scientist Professor Youyou Tu of an effective anti-malarial drug, for which she was recently awarded the Nobel Prize, derived from her exploration of a traditional Chinese herbal medicine, sweet wormwood. Prof. Tu's discovery points to some remedies

alzheimer and dementia rate in the world, and many Indian doctors attribute this to the fact that turmeric and o r e ff e c t i v e t r e a t m e n t s coconut oil are used daily of mental diseases which in Indian cooking. (Both may be hidden in ancient tumeric powder and coconut folk remedies or ancient oil could be obtained at s y s t e m s o f m e d i c i n e , Mattai's Supermarket). Once the public such as the Ayurvedic. Indeed, a traditional Indian begins to be educated as treatment for pain and brain to the causes of mental deterioration is the ingesting disease, they would not of turmeric powder (haldi) re g a r d s u f f e re r s w i t h and also coconut oil (nariyar contempt, fear, as pariahs ka tel). India has the lowest or as almost not human.

SUNDAY CHRONICLE October 11, 2015 And families who may have had an alzheimer sufferer in their midst and may not have noticed the gradual mental deterioration, and would have become extremely puzzled and alarmed when the symptoms become acute, would not have the usual traumatic experience once they would have understood what is happening. If sufferers are treated with tolerance, understanding

and love, they, as well as those who have to be in contact with or have to live with them, will be far happier, since the sufferers would begin to regain selfesteem, identity, pride and dignity. The Ministry of Public Health and relevant non-governmental organizations (NGOs) should make education as to the causes and possible treatments of mental disorders part of their programe.

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 ACCOMMODATION  Inn Apartments. With Jacuzzi, kitchen and hot and cold from $3 000, AC $5 000, Eccles. Tel. 679-7139, 6394452, 619-3660.  Villa: Furnished rooms and apartments - 1, 2, 3 bedrooms, 95 Fifth Avenue, Subryanville, Georgetown. 2272199, 227-2186.  Resort: Rates from US$45, breakfast included, fully air-conditioned rooms, 5 minutes away from the Demerara Harbour Bridge. Tel: 592-264-2946.

BUSS/JOB OPPORTUNITY BUSS/JOB OPP

 land to invest in processing plant, storage etc. Conditions apply. Contact 602-6477. your income filling 100 envelopes for US$500, information, send stamped selfaddressed envelope. Nathaniel Williams, PO Box 12154, Georgetown, Guyana..

CAR RENTAL

car rental

      Inn Apartments Premio, Vitz. Eccles New Scheme. Tel. 679-7139, 6394452, 619-3660.

EDUCATIONAL

e d uc a t i o n a l

 a certificate in Cosmetology or Nails alone. Call 219-3686, 687-7566, 625-7844.  for home schooling at your convenience. For all students. 651-5220.  Reading Academy enrol for our progressive reading and phonics programmes. 651-5220, 679-5321.  Classes offered at Bella Vita Salon - nails, hair etc Contact Alizia 223-5655.  Music Academy: Enrol for piano, guitar, violin, drums, classes and voice training. 651-5220, 680-0632, 679-5321.  now! Learn to play the recorder, guitar, saxophone, keyboard, drums & train your voice. 225-1151, 646-0363, 617-4200.  B e n e f i t Academy "T h e I n d i v i d u a l i s e d T u i t i o n C e n t r e ": F o r e x c e l l e n t results, enrol for tuition at t h e n u r s e r y, p r i m a r y, s e c ondary levels (592) 6515220, 680-0686.       S c h o o l o f Cosmetology is registering for class starting 5th October 2015. For more info visit admin office @ 211 New Market Street or Call 2264573  Classes for beginners Forms 3 and 4 - Principles of Business, Office Administration, Economics, Principles of Accounts - 183 Da Silva Street, Newtown, Kitty - Te l : 2 2 6 4 0 5 4 , 6 11 - 11 7 7 - Te a c h e r Annette Pickett.  Royal School of Beauty, 251 South Road, Bourda. Phone 225-2303, 6654565, now offering evening classes in cosmetology. Enrol now, ask about our easy payment ongoing.

EDUCATIONAL  Amazing world of spirituality physical and spiritual yoga. Yoga for health, other classes. Martial arts, kung fu, karaoke, Hindi, instrumental such as drumming etc. Enrolment begins Sunday October 11 2015 @ 13:00hrs. Lot 58 Helena #2 Mahaica, ECD contact 646-9878, 621-4766.  now for YWCA Training Centre Early School Leavers Programme: Available for children between ages 14 and 18. Food & Nutrition, Clothing & Textiles, Art & Craft, Cosmetology, Childcare, Information Technology and Literacy & Numeracy. YWCA has evening classes available in Cake & Pastry, Cookery (elementary & advance), Fabric Design, Floral Arrangement & Cake Decoration. For further details phone 226-5610, 223-7597.

LEARN TO DRIVE



 Driving School, 215 Deobirana Street, Prashad Nagar Tel: 226-7502, 668-5866, 699-2026.  Enterprise 2 Croal Street, Stabroek: Enquire about our driving package and international driver's licence. Join us on Facebook. 227-3869, 6228162, 644-7052.  's Institute of Motori n g Lea rn t o drive at an affordable cost. P r ofessional , C o u r t e o u s a n d P a t i e n t Driving Instructor. For more details contact Annmarie/Kimberly at 172 L i g h t and Charlotte S t r e e ts, Bourda. Te l# 2 2 7 -5072, 226-7541, 226-0168. w w w. r k s i n s t i t u t e o f m o t e r i n g . w e b s . c o m

MASSAGE

MASSAGE

 a good and friendly service, provided by our professionally-trained beautiful masseuses. 671-3778.        Divinty Spa, 245 Sheriff St., specialise in relaxation and therapuetic massages, facials. Call 661-6 6 9 4 . HEALTH

HEALTH

 Cure: Find that cure for persons in need of help. We have treatments for persons suffering from strokes, prostate, cold in spine, head cold and other illnesses. Treatments include bush douching, herbal baths, body purging and a variety of other treatments. Appointments only. Contact 601-2428.

PAWNSHOP

PAWNSHOP

 Jewellery and Pawnshop, Lot 1 D'Urban Street, Werk-en-Rust between Camp and George Streets. Call 223-6331, 227-2307.

NOTICE NOTICE  you own a house lot & owe the bank less than a $1M? Ron helps you to pay it off. Tel: 6042207, 611-7223.  Step by Step Foundation and School for Children with Autism - wishes to notify the public the Raffle scheduled for drawi n g o n T h u r s d a y, O c t o b e r 1 , 2015 has been postponed to T u e s d a y D e c e m b e r 15, 2015. Drawing will take place at the school, Lot 3 Bagotstown, East Bank Demerara.

RENTAL RENTAL         

PEN PAL

PENPAL

a Friend! Get educated! Get Married! Migrate!..through the CFI. Telephone Friendship Link. Call 592-261-5079, 654-3670, 6888293, 261-6833 twenty-four hours.

SERVICES

SPIRITUALITY

VACANCY

   -We specialise in business proposals, project documents and advisory services for housing, car and other loans, financial statements. Call 6234790, 222-5116.

help: You suspect something is wrong but you are not sure, I will seek God's divine leading to help you. Whatever is wrong, God has an answer for every problem. Call M o t h e r 6 6 1 2456, 219-1141.

 clerk, kitchen assistant, office clerk, security, engineer, waiter/waitress, cleaner, operator/mechanic. Contact 603-4094.

CATERING CATERING  for dhal puri, egg balls, chicken balls, curry of any type, mittai etc. and catering for private homes. Delivery available Tel: 658-9619, 694-3483.

s e r vSERVICES ice  to LED, Plasma, LCD, DVD, CD, amplifiers etc. Abdul Electronic 225-0391.

TOURS TOURS

 plan drafting & estimate done starting from as low as $10,000. Call Darren 601-7399.

 Eid-Ul-Azha Weekend Tour: September 2427 sightseeing, shopping etc. 665-5171, 639-2663, 697-4419.

 sewing machine repairs contact Gregory on Tel: 629-7396.

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 Chowkai Construction: Building of homes, building, renovations, carpentry, masonry, tiling, lacquering, painting. Call: 682-4533  caregivers/ babysitters thoroughly screened (background check). Call new number 6395404.  custom brokerage & break bulk cargo to USA, Canada & UK etc. 223-6056, 231-7185.    United States & UK - permanent/visitors. Contact Esther at 654-2420 for reliable service.  décor for the upcoming business expo. Call 6137513 to discuss the best package for your business.  you have property and land for rent or sale? We have the clients. Contact 220-8596, 686-1091, 643-9196.  priced modern building plans and designs, inclusive of estimate (optional). Call 641-2327.  Windscreen Repair: Chips, cracks, bulls-eyes, craters and even combinations. We do it all. Shayne 672-4611  Management Accounts using Quickbooks VAT returns, Payroll, Cashbook, Stock Management. Contact Ben Heeralall 673-7572.

bodied porter - Wieting and Richter Ltd. -Tel: 226-6150-7.  person for domestic & baby-sitting in Campbellville. 624-0055.  to all models of gas stoves and ovens, both industrial and domestic, installation of gas lines for hundred-pound and bulk gas, electrical and plumbing installations/ Call Mr. Gonsalves 646-7400, 683-3417.   Building Contractor: Carpentry, masonry, tiling, plumbing, painting, drawing of plans, etc, free estimates, general home maintenance, prompt, affordable and dependable. Tel. 2160671, 622-0267, 692-8464, Email klakeram.construction@gmail.co  Visa Service. Professional Visa applications to theUSand Canada. Fees USA VISA $5000, Canada $6000, UK $10,000, Plaza Computer Service, 245 Sheriff Street, C/ville. 225-7390, 618-0128, 688-1874. Open Monday to Saturday 0 9:00hrs 21:00hrs

SPIRITUALITY Spirituality  Spiritualist: resolving all problems, blockage, love, and money, etc - Tele: 223-6834, 600-7719.

 Custom Broker/ Tax Consultant - Assistance with tax compliance, custom documentation, tax returns, etc. Call 660-9478.

 / cleaner. Send application and two references to: P.O BOX 10965.  driver 25 years or over, Wieting and Richter Ltd. Tel: 226-6150-7.  Supervisor to work at Hotel in Charity Essequibo contact 223-5273/4  Sales Representative, 25 years or over Wieting and Richter Ltd. Tel: 226-6150-7.  moulder, ripsaw and resaw operators. Call 6097675, 674-1705.  38-50 years. Experience will be an asset. Wieting and Richter Ltd. Tel: 226-6150-7.  Experience Mechanic.Send application and two references to:P .O Box 10108. /Salesman, lorry licence required, Marketing Assistant, Security Guards 266-4427.  experienced cashier to work at Sanjay's Variety Store, 16 America Street. Contact 2266137.  dispatchers for new taxi service. Please contact 223-8294, 223-8925 for more details.

 efficient repairs, refrigerators, dryers, washing machines, blenders, etc. Tel: 2270060, 694-1778, 609-8550 Freezezone Enterprises.

: Apply in person at SuperBet with written application, 21-22 Hinck Street, Georgetown.  to work in kitchen to wash dishes and clean; 2 canteen attendants to work in canteen. Call 220-4719, 677-1230

 Management Accounts using Quickbooks VAT returns, Payroll, Cashbook, Stock Management. Contact Ben Heeralall 673-7572.

 for salesperson, young and brilliant, computer savvy, and creative. email tonyreidsrealty@hotmail.com

 all general c o n s t r u c t i on, contact Mohamed. S p ecialised carpe ntry, ma s o n r y, p l u m b i n g , power-wash, painti n g , t r o w e l t e x , v a r n ishing. Call : 66 7 - 6 6 4 4 , ( o f f i c e ) , 2 1 6 3120.  Electrical & Surveillance Services is now installing solar & wind turbines, one year maintenance free services, 'Let's make Guyana a truly green country'. Contact 233-5424, 641-5130, 671-1598

 cook/shop assistant, must be certified. email roxanneking66@yahoo.com .

 firm needs plumbers, masons, carpenter, engineers, architects Call Chromium Investments 225-8061, 672-4090.

 spiritual help in removing evil spirit, bad lucks, evil sickness, spells, reuniting lovers, brin g ing pros p e r i t y t o b u s i nesses etc. Tel: 612-6417, 220-0708, 687-5653.

 domestic maid, must be able to prepare vegetarian meals. Apply to Alabama Trading, Georgetown Ferry Stelling. /Medical Assistant: Full time, part-time in medical office. Experience not needed, we will train. Tel: 622-6355

 keepers/cleaners, females only. Contact Aagman R e s t a u r a n t . e m a i l aagmanrestaurant@gmail.com. Tel: 219-0161, 219-0158.  keeper/cook apply with written application 173 Sheriff Street, Campbellville 2251659.  track assistant. Mechanical experience will be an asset but not necessary. Salary $60 000 to $70 000. Call 646-6123 after 10:00hrs only.  waitress allrounder, kitchen cleaners. Apply to New Thriving Restaurant, 32 Main & Hope Streets, South Cummingsburg. /Sales Representative: Must be between 25 and 35 years, have at least 3 subjects CXC, excellent computer skills and willingness to work. e m a i l roxanneking66@yahoo.com .  assistant, computer-literate English, Maths, preferably resident Georgetown, East Bank. Apply PO Box 10602 or tel: 2332143, 233-2734.  needed at ONVY store, City Mall. Apply with written application and 2 recommendations. Call 2253045.  25-35 years, at Delicious Restaurant, D'Urban & Haley Streets Apply with written application (come for interview). Tel: 231-5108.  exists for honest and reliable Security Guards also guards from East Bank area. Contact National Security Service, 80 Seaforth Street, Campbellville. 227-3540.  Cruise lines and cargo vessels, waiters, waitresses, bellboys, housekeepers, cleaners, kitchen assistants, cooks, carpenters, electricians. Contact: 231-6296, 650-9880.  and Customer Service Rep for Georgetown office, gardener for Mahaicony Estate, experienced Accounts Clerk Tel: 2277995, email starcomm36@yahoo.com.         Traveller's Sound Company: Applicants must be able to work long hours (will be trained to do work according to your ability in sound, lighting & technical skills on stage) (part-time). Tel: 600-7242, 623-7242 - Leonard.  2 dynamic fashionconscious individuals with g r e a t p e r s o n a l i t y, m u s t b e able to communicate well with people and be computer-literate. Call 6098380, or email makinstyle@gmail.com.  for interior location. Must know to cook and bake a wide variety of items, strictly non-smoker. Applicants must be experienced with verifiable references other need not apply call 6182020 .

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LAND FOR SALE

LAND FOR SALE

LAND FOR SALE

 are looking for '2' dynamic fashion-conscious individuals to work in the fashion industry. Must be able to communicate effectively with people and must be computer-literate. More information email makinstylee@gmail.com Tel: 609-8388, 696-1365.

  Parika, size 103'x50'. Phone 223-0816, 699-2513.

 Road, Bourda corner lot $60M. Royal Real Estate 2257276, 665-7400.

    at B Field Sophia. Well developed and ready to build. Electricity and water available.              Please call 683-6200.

 in gated community Republic Gardens. Contact 6891618, 617-8636.  area land ECD, 0.080 of an acre - 604-3594, Price:$8.5M Neg.

, located in the City Mall 1st floor: one Supervisor, one Salesgirl - Requirements - written application, Police Clearance. Must have experience in sales, must have customer service qualities, must be between ages 25 and 35. For more information please contact us on Tel: 225-1322.

  Housing Scheme, Eccles, East Bank Demerara. Call 654-7510 for more information.

 excavator/bobcat operators: Requirements - valid tractor/trailer licence with at least 5 years operating. Applicants must apply in person with valid driver's licence and ID card to Singh's Transportation Service at Lot 11A Ruimveldt Public Road, Georgetown. Tel; 225-6615, 2238156. Applicants without a valid tractor/trailer licence need not apply, also operators who were working before. Accounts/Data Entry Clerk, must have CXC passes in Maths & English, must be computer-literate with specific knowledge of Microsoft Excel, must have previous experience in the electronic preparation of NIS, PAYE & VAT. Age 25 years & older, possession of personal vehicle to be used at work would be an asset. Please email detailed application with CV to officevacancy@mail.com.  Accounts Clerk, Sales Clerk and Bond Clerk. Interes t ed persons must have at least three (3) subjects at CXC. Please send application and Curriculum Vitae along with a passport-size photograph to Roy's Pharmacy Stall #32-33 & #64-65 B o u r da Mark e t , Georgetown. Also Packing Clerk/ C l eaner, age 35 - 5 0 years. Please c a l l 2 2 3 - 6 072.  Salespersons, young and aggressive, to sell real estate, experience and driver's licence are assets. Apply with application at Pete's Real Estate, Lot 2 George Street, Werk-en-Rust.  Male or Female to play Indian, English and other types of music. Contact Management, Blue Martini Club, 169 Lamaha & De Abreu St r e e ts , N e w t o w n , K i t t y, 17:00hrs - 19:00hrs. Also wanted barman or barwoman.  position: Sales & Tele m a r k e t i n g R e p r e s e n t a t i v e at a fast growing company. A p p l i c a n t s m u s t possess five (5) subjects at CXC, must be computer-literate. Microsoft & Excel experience will b e a n a s s e t . Two years w o r k i n g experience in the relevant field is required. Please send your application and curriculum vitae (CV) to e-mail admin@netsurftelecom.com Contact 225-4091, 231-6446.    wanted at  Consultancy & Accounting Services preferably males.Must have experience in the field of Sales. Must be customer-friendly and a fluent speaker of English. Q u a l i f i cations: Mathematics, E n g l i s h & A c c o u n ts o r i t s equivalent. Application deadline: Wednesday, September 30, 2015. Lot 94 Second Street Alberttown. Tel: 223-1855/6090623 for more information.

LAND FOR SALE Land For Sale  Adventure, 100x120. Contact 648-9342.  Road Vreed-en-Hoop $45M neg. call 689-9222.

  Diamond EBD: land with foundation and columns. Price $9M neg. Royal Real Estate 225-7276, 665-7400. /GROVE: Size 45x90. Price $4M neg. Royal Real Estate 225-7276, 665-7400, 685-7887.

 land in high income area at Continental/Republic Park 233-0570.

, EBD: Land size 55x110 (Gated Community). Price $11M. .Royal Real Estate 225-7276, 665-7400.

 at Second Avenue Bartica, measurement 0.263 acre. Tel: 225-3901, 627-4642.

 ST, Newtown:Size 135x31. Price $29M. Royal Real Estate 225-7276, 665-7400.

 in La Parfaite Harmonie. Contact 616-2507, 673-6300.

  ST Newtown: Land with concrete fence. Size 135x31. Price $23M. Royal Real Estate on 225-7276, 665-7400.

 Gardens residential lots 50' x 100' as low s $5.5M. Call now. 223-1932, 231-5359.  in Providence, in gated community. Price $10M neg. Call 628-0972.  Road land, Georgetown. Tel: 600-9375, 649-4888  for sale at Mahaica Creek, river side five acres 6003171, 648-3171.   land roadside at Kuru Kuru for resort, business or housing. Tel: 684-6571, 227-1042.  at Better Hope S o u t h . P r i c e $ 7 M n e g . Te l : 220-4541.   of land at Coverden, EBD. Contact 6473303, 681-7844. 8 Mon Repos, ECD, access to market, gym, bank etc. Price $5.9M neg. Tel: 629-5300.  at Second Avenue, Diamond high-income lot - $5.8M neg. - Tel: 629-5300.   of land at Coverden, EBD. Contact 6473303, 681-7844.  from $8M upward 227-6949, 226-1064, 225-2626, 623-2591, 692-3831, 669-3350, 225-2709.  lot commercial area property on Regent & Albert Streets 81x113 - 2238479, 647-3768. , Coghlan Dam WBD: Size 50x90 $1.7M neg. Prestige Realty and Consultancy. 614-0166, 601-6639.  and land and one land (60ft x 242ft) located in East Canje, Berbice. Tel: 685-3832, 332-0205.  empty land lots, Prashad Nagar & Queenstown. Prime location.- 223-8479, 647-3768.  and property previously Enmore Ice Factory, almost 2 acres. Call 231-7839, 231-4172 also for rent.  of Canaan, EBD: Transported, eight lots 100'x200' also one, five, ten, acres, 2182319, 641-4864.    - Agriculture land 18.45 acres, land at Charity H/S. Call 623-4790, 222-5116.  for bond or housing scheme, in Georgetown - $45M, $60M per acre. Contact MK's Realty, 676-3405, 649-1206.  lot Waller's Delight roadside, nine lots available, different sizes, great for business or bond investment. Call 658-5730.  Coverden 7 ½ acres, Diamond house lot 19th Street, Enterprise Gardens. Call 615-2611, 226-8303.  Gardens EBD: (gated community). Size 5000 sq. ft. $9M, $11M and $13M. Royal Real Estate on 225-7276, 6657400.  Street: Double lot prime business spot. (Size 12 500 sq. ft) US$1.3M. Royal Real Estate on 225-7276, 665 -7400.

, PUBLIC RD: Large corner lot suitable for bond, warehouse, large complex, etc. Size 70x240. Price $130M neg. Royal Real Estate 225-7276, 665-7400, 685-7887.   Public road land suitable for bone, warehouse, etc. Size 100x120. Price $45M. Royal Real Estate 225-7276, 6657400, 685-7887.  Park: Greater Georgetown Gated Community. Size 54x92. Price $30M neg. Royal Real Estate 225-7276, 6657400, 685-7887  EBD: Corner lot. Size 5000.sq. ft. Price $9.8M neg. Royal Real Estate 225-7276, 6657400, 685-7887. : Size 45x90. Price $2.9M neg. Royal Real Estate 225-7276, 665-7400, 6857887   Enmore Public Road, prime location for large commercial/industrial e.g. shopping mall, bond, school etc. Call Richard 609-7675, 674-1705.  Gardens W.C.D, Commercial and Residentail double lots, also Vreed-En-Hoop public road 48x90. Financing available, please call 269-0020 during office hours.  Park $60M, Eccles $13M, LBI $18M, Ogle $55M, Dennis Street $25M, Turkeyen Public Road $40M. Contact MK's Realty 676-3405, 649-1206.  92 SQ. FT. Earl's Court LBI, ECD. Prime location Sandy Babb Street, Kitty. Call 676-8827,629-6584, 6974800, 645-6828.                          estate and fourbedroom house at Orange Nassau, ECD, just 17 miles from Georgetown. Estate measures 217 acres. Call 231-3560.  On Linden Highway 35 acres good for housing, factory, chicken rearing etc. $16M, Friendship EBD Public Road to river 80'x200' $60M - Tel: 651-7078, 673-1665.  lot with fish pond and 25x25 acre land situated on the right-hand bank of First Savannah, Mahaicony Creek, ECD. Contact Bhola on 619-6050.  Deal! Deal! Oleander Gardens ECD (Ogle) 86x126 feet $35M, Brickdam & Winter Place $60M, Light Street 40x80 feet $26M, David Street, Kitty 60x120 - $50M 231-2199, 618-7483 Shawn.  M 100x50 - $16M neg., Newtown $8M, $16M, D'Urban Street 200x39 - $18M neg. and many more 226-1064, 225-2626, 669-3350, 227-6949, 623-2591, 667-7812, Blygezight 80x75 - $32M, South Road 30x112 $65M neg.

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 $2.8M, $3.5M, $4M, $5.5M, Providence $4.5M, $4M, $5M, $7M, Farm $4.5M, $4.8M, $4M, Republic Park $17M, Continental Park large 2 houses in yard front and back house $23M neg. 699-2873, 686-9888, 616-3200.  Gardens: House lots 50x100, a gated community, 24-hour security, electricity and water, street lights, modern landscaping. For more information contact AB's Real Estate and Lawn Care Services on Tel: 592-663-6018, 592643-4001, 592-628-0747 email address: Abslawncare@gmail.com  now. Living at its fullest, participate in Guyana fully gated community at Providence luxury living with half of area sold already, minimum lot size 6600 sq. ft, area will have 10 000 sq. ft pool, gym, restaurant supermarket ctcv camera too numerous to mention. Call for a site view today Mentore/Singh Realty 225-1017, 623-6136 email mentoresinghrealty@yahoo.com.  Springs $6.5M neg., 1st Avenue Subryanville $45M, 4th Avenue Subryanville $38M neg., Kitty 118x134 $100M, William Street $30M, Kingston 240x85 US$1.2M, Kitty 35x120 $35M, Queenstown $40M, $45M, George Street land $10M. Goodwill Real Estate 592-233-5204, 592-695-6412, 592-233-8059, 592-225-2540, 592-628-7605, 592-683-8667.

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-bedroom apartment in Campbellville. Call 225-7611.  space in Georgetown. Call 673-3388.  bottom flat, residential area. 667-1310. -bedroom apartment in Newtown 684-5733.  flat at LBI. Call 2206035 after 19:00hrs. 676-9109.  $50 000 2 bedrooms. Call 694-4148, 627-1893  apartment. Call 621-9048, 694-0907, 226-2132. -bedroom house, Haslington, ECD. 663-9816, 616-4344.  downstairs. Price $55 000. Call 623-2087.  IN CHARLESTOWN. Call Andy 643-8809.  bedroom apartment, in UG area. Tel: 657-8196, 651-7204.  and downstairs 3bedroom house contact 662-6059. -room apartment in Wortmanville. Tel: 609-4015.  one-bedroom apartment, South Ruimveldt. Price $35 000. Call 675-8383. -bedroom house in Diamond, $75 000 monthly Contact 629-2265.  Ogle, furnished $45 000. Call Eric 6165914, 652-4514.  Pike Street, Kitty, furnished nice - $70 000. Call Eric 616-5914, 652-4514.  furnished luxury 2-3 bedroom apartments (short & long term) 603-6351.  upper flat, Bel Air US$550. Call Eric 616-5914, 652-4514.  Campbellville $75 000, 1-bedroom $45 000. Eric 616-5914, 652-4514. -bedroom fully furnished apartment 115 Thomas Street, Kitty, Georgetown. 225-0071.  rooms in Lodge for bachelors only. Contact 231-7166.

 upper flat, Eccles, tiled floor, bath tub etc. $90 000. Eric 616-5914, 652-4514.  upper flat located at Herstelling, East Bank, Demerara. Tel: 265-3787.  Regent Street building - US$2000. Tel: 6110315, 690-8625. bedroom apartment for single working person only. Contact 227-2350.  furnished apartment in Newtown, grilled, meshed, $60 000. 622-8109.   bedrooms, bottom 2 bedrooms. Call 622-0698 between 08:00hrs and 16:00hrs.  apartment in Fifth Street, Cummings Lodge. Contact 602-1343.  1- & 2-bedroom apartments for overseas guests. Call 661-7354.  constructed 2-bedroom apartment, in a healthy and safe environment. Call 698-6496.  bottom flat at Section A, Sophia from October 15. Tel: 644-8324.  two-bedroom, front bottom apartment on Vlissengen Road. Price neg. Tel 697-2203.  space: Ideal for doctors, AC & phone. Lot 1 Enmore Public Road, ECD Phone 270-6260.  apartments from US$900, US$1000, US$1200 and upwards. Tel:6461712,693-8532.  Street, Kitty: Fully furnished one- and two-bedroom apartment from U S $ 2 0 daily. 227-5852, 638-4404.  apartment top flat, 199 Thomas Street, Kitty $45 000. Call 276-3050. -bedroom and two-bedroom. Telephone 222-3036, 6144178 Cummings Lodge next to UG.  Street business space - $90 000. Call 627-1893, 694-4148  Gardens: 3-bedroom 3 ½ baths unfurnished or semifurnished. Tel: 686-3504, 602-6287.  3-bedroom 2-storey house at Hope ECD. Price $35 000. Tel: 610-1920.  Space, Regent Street between Camp & Alexander, $120 000. 226-0012, 600-0762.  bedroom, fully furnished apartment in Campbellville with AC. Tel: 648-0303.  bottom flat, Queenstown. - $75 000. Tel: 2238533, 694-8598. -storey business place located at Lot 333 Cummings Street, Alberttown. Call 227-0939.  apartments at Sandy Babb Street, Kitty. Call 6582525, 627-8304.  3-bedroom 2-storey house at Good Hope, Phase 3, ECD. Tel: 220-2481, 613-8273.  two-bedroom bottom flat, Regent Street, Bourda. 6470442.  2-bedroom, unfurnished bottom flat $40 000, Barr Street, Kitty. Tel: 616-0924.  space 2500 square feet, Lamaha & Carmichael Streets. Call 225-8915 (office).  Gardens house US$1200, Atlantic Gardens US$2000. 226-0012, 604-0459.

TO LET -bedroom bottom flat, toilet and bath inside Chateau Margot, ECD. 664-1061, 6948365.  house, Haslington, East Coast Demerara. Contact 663-9816, 616-4344.  apartment on lower East Bank couple or single person - $40 000 monthly call 663-7536.  land at Enmore ECD, size 76ft.x46ft. Price $3M. Going cheap!! Call 695-5506, 6627594, 255-0217.                    'K' Campbellville two storey concrete semi furnished three bedrooms US$1200 call 618-3635 anytime.  business place (top and bottom flat) on Robb Street between Camp and Alexander streets Bourda. Call:226-9377.  bottom flat house $50 000 monthly. Contact 234-0079, 678-9176.  at 5B New Road, West Coast Demerara $35 000 - $40 000. Contact 6862077, 613-8192.  houses/apartments and commercial spaces and Building to rent. Call: 216-3120, 667-6644.  lumber yard, Enmore Public Road. Call Richard 609-7675, 674-1705.  Babb Street business spot $60 000, Lamaha close to Camp $65 000. Call Eric 6165914, 652-4514.    furnished apartment, AC, hot & cold water, internet US$25 daily & also monthly. Call 621-1524, 231-6061.  upper flat, AC, hot & cold, parking etc. Section K Campbellville. Price US$600. Tel: 628-1023.  three-bedroom, semi-furnished upper flat also one studio apartment (self-contained), 62 Atlantic Ville. Contact 220-7454, 614-8253.  renovated: 2 houses in Bel Air Park (semi-furnished). Call 231-7839, 231-4172, M-S, 08:00hrd- 16:00hrs.  in Fourth Street, Alberttown, decent working couple preferred. Call 641-3018, 622-9951 after 16:30hrs.  2-bedroom apartment with AC, self-contained hot & cold etc. location Mon Repos, ECD. Price $80 000. Tel: 618-0626.  grilled, 2-beroom apartment in Kitty, inside toilet and bath. Contact 6930213, 223-7664.  place: First and second floors for general store etc. 17-18 Avenue of the Republic, America Street. Call 658-5730.  $50 000 - 220 South Road near the High Court. 2nd flat for office 80ft x 30ft Tel: 684-6571, 227-1042.  furnished apartment $45 000 monthly, also available 2- and 3-bedroom apartments. Contact 616-2032.  house in gated community, unfurnished US$650, furnished US$900 neg. Contact 616-2032.

 top flat 2-bedroom, at 100 3rd Street Prospect, EBD. Tel: 619-8298, 261-6460, 682-8595.

 2-bedroom apartment with self-contained, hot & cold, AC, etc. location Mon Repos, ECD. Price $75 000. Tel: 618-0626.

-bedroom house, top flat at 69A Robb Street, Bourda $130 000 monthly neg. Call 2270939.

 bond space in Georgetown, can hold up to four containers of goods. Call 658-5730.

 Furnished two-bedroom bottom flat $90 000 (neg.) (no agents). Call 226-9798.

 land at Enmore ECD, size 76ft x46ft - $300 000 monthly. Call 225-0217, 6955506, 662-7594.

SUNDAY CHRONICLE October 11, 2015 23 TO LET -bedroom unfurnished ap a r t m e n t w i t h AC, sep arate driveway, parking, grilled. Price $85 000 monthly. No agents. Tel: 233-6374.  Market Street: Furnished upper flat 3-bedroom house, business or office space and doctor's clinic. Call 615-2611, 226-8303.  furnished apartments, secure and comfortable, in Georgetown from $65 000 monthly. Students welcome 627-2981, 604-0054. built modern 2bedroom apartment, including kitchen & washroom at Block 8 Mon Repos, ECD. Contact 652-5668.  apartments from US $900, US $1000, US $1200 and upwards . Tel:6461712, 693-8532.  furnished and unfurnished apartments available for long and short term 600-3171, 648-3171.  upper flat, Agriculture Road tiled floor, PVC ceiling, verandah - $75 000. Call Eric 616-5914, 652-4514.  upper flat, tiled floor, PVC ceiling, patio etc Agriculture Road - $50 000 Eric 616-5914, 652-4514.  5-bedroom house $140 000, $60 000 apartment,. Industial Site US$1200, Kitty $80 000, South $90 000. Shawn, 231-7805.  Gardens: 2bedroom fully furnished apartment $50 000 monthly - Tel: 220-0830, 628-8246, 626-2599.  2-bedroom self-contained apartment at Mon Repos, ECD. Tel: 679-4615, 220-3226, 629-1561.  kitchen - Julian Restaurant, Bar & Guest House in Cummings Street. Call Julian 638-4505, 226-3552.  City house 4 bedrooms, alarm system, generator, garage, walk-in closet. 2260012, 600-0762, 613-0115. /Unfurnished 3-bedroom upper flat located at Herstelling, East Bank Demerara. Tel: 265-3787.  2-bedroom unfurnished lower flat apartment 6th Street, Cummings Lodge (UG area). $25 000 monthly. Tel: 222-4913.  apartment 8586 Agriculture Road, Triumph $45 000 monthly. Call 220-6356, 222-3622.  Furnished twobedroom bottom flat including utility bills $120 000 (neg.) No agents. Call 226-9798.  upper flat, Better Hope, $120 000, 3-bedroom lower flat Better Hope $80 000. Call Eric 616-5914, 652-4514.  spot, suitable for pharmacy, boutique, snackette, salon, store, etc. $55,000 & $65,000 per month.Tel:646-0668 Call 15:00hrs - 18:00hrs only.  apartments: Office space/apartment US$400, 3-bedroom apartment US$800. Contact 682-6902, 6107558, 669-5631.  North, ECD: Three bedrooms upper, telephone, light & water. Call: 638-3622, 2163333, 658-1523.  New Scheme, EBD: Funished one bedroom apartment, telephone, light & water. Call: 638-3622, 216-3333, 658-1523  constructed 3-bedroom luxurious apartments and large ground floor business space to rent in Enmore. Tel: 255-0627, 328-7930, 662-8288.  rental, furnished rooms & apartment at Julian's Guest House $3500 - $5000. Call Julian 638-4505, 226-3552.

TO LET  apartment in Kitty from October 1, 2015. Call 227-2466, 686-4620 after 17:00hrs.  junction: storage bond, office, lesson place, stationery store, games shop, other. Call 680-9905.  bottom flat, professional students urgently required, 95 Craig Street, Campbellville. Contact 225-4409, 645-0984. : New apartment, 2 bedrooms, p r e f erably mature couple. No small children. 656-7274.  apartment, 9th Street, Cummings Lodge $40 000 monthly. Call 6987222, 222-9135, 665-5662.  2-bedroom apartment at Liliendaal (between Bel Air & Turkeyen), parking space. Call, whatapps or viber 910-551-4109.

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: Office space. Price $95 000. Royal Real Estate 225-7276, 665-7400, 685-7887.

 Fully furnished 1- & 3- bedroom apartments, hot & cold, AC, cable TV internet, parking etc, suitable for overseas visitors short-term. 2265137, 227-1843.

  Street, Alberttown, 6 apartments, 2 bedrooms each (all self-contained), 2 with front large verandah, 2 with additional back step entrance, simple clean up required, gate required at entrance, no AC.   Gardens, Georgetown, 4 bedrooms (2 self-contained and semi-furnished with bed) dining table and china cabinet in dining room, upstairs roof requires work (leaking), fully air-conditioned.  Street, Section L, Campbellville, Georgetown, 3 bedrooms (2 self-contained) no AC, simple clean up required, light at steps required. Diamond, EBD (upstairs) 2 bedrooms (both self-contained), requires extensive work outside (weed, paint etc.) gate key to be requested from Wayne, fully airconditioned, may require new door. Interested persons kindly contact Rosana on 219-4535 between 08:00hrs & 16:30hrs.

 Fortuin, WBD: 4-bedroom house, 2-storey concrete, super condition. $18M neg. 6992873, 686-9888, 616-3200.

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 and land at 211 Yubani Avenue, Eccles, East Bank Demerara. Contact Randy Tel: 233-2400, 624-7808.

EBD: Brand new unfurnished 3-bedroom bottom flat. Price US$700.each. Royal Real Estate 225-7276, 665-7400, 6857887.  4 bedrooms apartment building with 1 huge self contained, A/C, parkingUS$1500.        Near Harbour Brige. 2 bedrooms lower apartment, corner location- $35,000.        VERSAILLES, WBD Gated Community: Fully furnished 5-bedroom executive house. Price US$1800 neg. Contact Royal Real Estate 225-7276, 665-7400, 685-7887.

 three-bedroom bottom flat situated in Kitty for a small family, no small children contact between 07:00hrs to 18:00hrs on 681-9701, 623-0453.

 upper flat, furnished, Atlantic Gardens US$700, 2-bedroom lower flat unfurnished Atlantic Gardens US$450. Eric 616-5914, 652-4514.

 K Campbellville: Executive apartment, 2 bedrooms, fully furnished, US$1000 & $12000, house US$1500. 226-0012, 604-0459.  Road, new 3-storey 10-room hotel, restaurant and bar. US$4000. Royal Real Estate 225-7276, 665-7400.  Street, Alberttown: Secure concrete bond. $250 000 neg. Royal Real Estate 225-7276, 665-7400. : Furnished 4-bedroom executive house with modern amenities. US$2300 neg. Royal Real Estate 2257276, 665-7400.  , Lacytown: Large top flat with 8 (eight) spacious private rooms and reception areas suitable for attorneys, accountants, consultants etc. Price $400 000 Royal Real Estate 2257276, 665-7400, 685-7887.  GARDENS: Furnished executive 2-bedroom apartments with modern amenities. Price US$1500. Royal Real Estate 225-7276, 665-7400, 685-7887. : Fully furnished 2-bedroom executive apartment with modern amenities. Price US$1450. Royal Real Estate 225-7276, 665-7400, 685-7887.  Unfurnished 3-bedroom executive house with modern amenities Price US$2000.neg Royal Real Estate 225-7276, 665-7400, 685-7887.  K CAMPBELLVILLE: Unfurnished 4-bedroom house suitable for residence or office. Price US$1700. Royal Real Estate 225-7276, 665-7400, 685-7887.

 top flat, 2-bedroom unfurnished apartment, AC, toilet, baths, kitchen, parking space, Lot 8 Shell Road, Kitty, Georgetown. Price $75 000 including water bill. Tel: 638-5894, 693-1970.  three-storey historic building at Crown and Albert Street, Queenstown. Contact 676-8827, 645-6828, 6296584, 697-4800,  front on Quamina Street, 2-bedroom bottom flat in Werk-en-Rust, La Parfaite Harmonie, 2-bedroom top flat in Eccles. Call 689-9222 for information.

 rentals at Eccles Industrial Estate EBD, 8,500 sq. ft, two-storey factory 3600 sq. ft, bond warehouse, 6000sq. ft. office, manufacturing with sheds formerly Super-crete blocks & lumber yard, immediate rentals. Contact owner, 2335517 or call 615-7910.

: Furnished or nonfurnished, suitable for butchery or other meat-related business. Serious enquiries only. Anita, 08:00hrs - 16:00hrs. 679-8444.

 Road 2-bedroom $55 000, Section K 3 bedrooms, $110 000, Garnett Street $80 000. 226-0012, 600-0762, 613-8115.

 Diamond/ Grove, EBD. Unfurnished 3-bedroom upper flat, fully grilled, parking. Price $45 000 monthly. Tel; 625-2212, 660-4719. View picture on facebook, Robert John.

                      split level two-storey, 4 bedrooms, all self-contained.  two storey 3 bedroom,     two-storey, 3 bedrooms. All with modern conveniences.   

 Store, #8 Public Road, Bagotstown, EBD formerly Sweet Dreams Mattress/Mining Trading, good for distribution, w/ s Banks DIH & DDL products. Contact owner 233-5517, 615-7910.

 executive 1- and 2- bedroom apartments US$900 & US$1500, security, parking - 226-0012, 604-0459, 613-8115.

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 ECD: Semi-furnished, 4bedroom executive house. Price US$2500 neg. Contact Royal Real Estate 225-7276, 665-7400, 6857887  ROAD, Bourda: Brand new 3-Storey building, suitable for any business. price US$4300. Contact Royal Real Estate 225-7276, 665-7400, 6857887  top flat 3 bedrooms unfurnished $100 000, bottom flat 2 bedrooms unfurnished $60 000. Apartment from US$700 - US$900, US$1000 - 227-6949, 225-1064, 225-2709, 623-2591, 669-3350, 692-3831.  Furnished three-bedroom house, fully meshed and grilled with master room, hot water, pressure pump, large yard and office space at the bottom. 610-8351, 697-5492.  K US$1200, Diamond US$500, Republic Gardens US$1500, Providence US$1000, Alberttown US$400, Sophia $30 000, Sophia $35 000. Call 6582667, 692-3258.  -bedroom apartment (bottom flat) at 447 Section 'C' Grove, H/S (second bridge). Contact Desiree or Navin at 36 First Street, Alexander Village. 225-8783.  flat, Bel Air Park, 2 air-conditioned bedrooms, fully furnished, grilled, internet. Single person/ couple only US$800. Contact 227-2252, 603-4283.  Furnished apartment US$140 weekly, Kitty. Couple/single Furnished/unfurnished apartment, Newtown $75 000/$50 000. 623-4646.  furnished, 2-bedroom small house, fully furnished 3bedroom apartment. Both with phone, AC. Long/short term rental. Call 227-3203, 6604016, 685-7247.  apartment, very nice at River View Ruimveldt. No children. 5 minutes from Georgetown. Price $45 000. Call 642-8200, 617-7730, 671-1533.

 Two-bedroom upstairs, fully furnished, self-contained, with grille, AC, MMC, generator, overhead tank with pump and water filter and solar system. Very close to seawall and all main roads. US$1200 monthly. Call 226-9929.  3 bedroom apartment includes, one master room, two bathroom, one kitchen, dinner area, laundry area, spacious living room, a well secured building with grills, security camera & security lighting. For more information please call 685-5023, 226-0880, Section A Block X, Great Diamond, EBD.    $70M & $80M, Garnett Street $35M, Lamaha Gardens $40M and $100M, Middle Street $195M neg. & $110M, South Ruimveldt $18M, $22M and $35M, Avenue of the Republic US$1.7M, Diamond $15M - $20M, Robb Street, US$M, $175M, $35M, Republic Park $85M, $35M and $40M, Republic Gardens $47M and $27M neg.    - First Federation Building 6 Croal Street, Georgetown. Property Management Service and also background check - Phone 6969289 or 687-3147. One 2-bedroom in Kitty with AC, US$1100, one building at Happy Acres US$15 000, one land for sale $3M, one 2-bedroom house at Parfaite Harmonie with bathtub, $50 000, one 3-bedroom apartment Agriculture Road $40 000, one 2-storey building in Mon Repos $40M for sale  - Kitty $35 000, $50 000, $80 000, $120 000, 1bedroom, 2-bedroom, 3-bedroom. Bel Air Park US$600, US$1000, US$1200, US$1500, US$3 000 1bedroom, 2-bedroom, 3-bedroom, 4-bedroom houses, Section K US$800 top flat 3 bedrooms, US$1800 house furnished, US$2500, Lamaha Gardens house US$1200, US$1500, US$2500, US$1800, South Ruimveldt house US$900 furnished, Queenstown furnished & unfurnished from $70 000 to US$1500 1 bedroom, 2 bedrooms, 3 bedrooms. 2252540, 695-6412, 628-7605.

 2 storey, 3-bedroom concrete house. Call 614-1618.  top flat, 52 Hague Front, WCD. Call 644-4951.  Court 50x100 $35M. Tel: 611-0315, 690-8625.  Investment Hotel $70M. Tel: 611-0315, 690-8625.  Street corner lot $25M. Call 689-9222.  Public Road, 2-storey house. Contact 6505112.  concrete property D'Aguiar's Park.       2 houses - $25M neg. Call 694-4148, 627-1893.  $12M neg., 2bedroom house, land 110x40. Call 627-1893, 694-4148  , Non Pareil, house & land with 2 going businesses. Tel: 622-8229, 270-4225.  with two small lots, untransported $4.5M. Tel:688-4939.  house $30M, Nandy Park $40M. 226-0012, 6000762, 613-8115. , Subryanville $110M, land Providence $4.5M 226-0012, 613-8115, 600-0762.  properties and lands located in and around Georgetown. Contact 616-2032.  Street - great location for business, residence, 60x110 Call 658-5730.  house, located Festival City $21M neg. Contact 649-7005.  property in Prashad Nagar. Tel 676-6933, 687-6174. No agents. t the corner of Hunter street & Independence Bpoulevard. Contact 650-5112. newly built two-storey house at Success, 2 master rooms, AC, fully grilled, garage for 3 vehicles 6243187, 649-0755.  from $12M upward 227-6949, 226-1064, 2252626, 669-3350, 692-3831, 6232591, 225-2709.  at Lot 30 Zeelugt, East Bank Essequibo. Price $22M, 669-3933, 694-5026, 653-2518.  Realty, We value, buy, sell or rent your property. Tel: 694-3875, 654-6198, 6490353.   Newtown business place with house road side, Contact 261-6282, 676-4787.  at 184 Charlotte Street between Oronoque and Albert Streets for business or residence. Call 638-9908.  posh three-bedroom top and bottom house and land in residential area, Ruimzeight Gardens, WCD. 269-0522, 688-4847.

 East Bank Demerara, residential, commercial, cultivation plot of land with buildings and movable assets including 4 vehicles. Contact 650-5112.  Garnett Street (Campbellville) $35M, land Lamaha Springs $6M (neg.) 2252540, 695-6412, 628-7605.  church & a two-storey house, 180 Charlotte Street, Bourda. Call 624-7341, 227-6817. 32 & 33 Unity Village, ECD transported large double lot with house. Call 2273355, 668-6499.  corner property overlooking the Atlantic Ocean, also property at Parika and Ruimzeight Gardens. Call 2690020.

 ACRES land plus property located No.19 Berbice, comes with machinery 223-8479, 6473768, www.spaceseek.gy.  Great location, corner property 40x100, specialised for business/ house. Call 658-5730.  2-storey house at Peter's Hall E.B.D, two apartments downstairs,4 minutes drive from Princess $16M , Call 628-1079, 642-7711, 233-5292.  3-storey building in Plaisance Village. Tel: Attorney Bristol 628-0668, 231-7128, 6126417, owner.  Babb Street, Kitty, business property with space for expansion, $90M neg. Naresh Persaud, 2259882, 681-2499  Splashmin's Resort house, fully furnished with all modern conveniences. Contact 611-0200, 662-1124.  -style house in Diamond, 3 bedrooms, living, dining rooms, kitchen, 2 full baths and garage. Call 6585730.  Street (close to Camp St) 2-storey concrete back building suitable for attorney, accountant, broker, etc. Price $19M neg. Royal Real Estate 225-7276, 665-7400, 685-7887.  EBD: Executive concrete house, 3 bedrooms up and 2 apartments downstairs. $53M.Royal Real Estate 2257276, 665-7400.  Road Kitty, commercial/residential property $45M. Royal Real Estate 2257276, 6657400. , ECD: Modern 4-bedroom concrete property. $30M. Royal Real Estate 2257276, 6657400.  Road: New 3-storey concrete building with roof garden. Suitable for hotel and bar. $120M. Royal Real Estate 2257276, 665-7400.  ST, Kitty: Commercial/residential property on corner. $63M. Royal Real Estate 225-7276, 665-7400  Hope EBD (gated community): Executive four-bedroom, concrete house with swimming pool.- $38M neg. Royal Real Estate 225-7276, 665-7400  EBD: 2-family house 4 bedrooms upstairs, two bedrooms apartments downstairs, repairs needed. $13.8M neg. Royal Real Estate 225-7276, 6657400.  investment property - 3 bedrooms upstairs and 2 two-bedroom apartments downstairs. $34M. Royal Real Estate 225-7276, 665-7400.

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 Street, Bourda - fully furnished 20-room hotel, restaurant and bar. US$1.2M. Royal Real Estate 225-7276, 665-7400

 ACRES ECD: 4-bedroom concrete house. Price $51M neg. Royal Real Estate 225-7276, 665-7400, 685-7887.

 Leonora WCD new two storey concrete building $30M Crane $20M, Winsor Forest $20M - Tel: 651-7078, 673-1665.

 VERSAILLES, WBD: Gated Community: Fully furnished 5-bedroom executive house. Price $53M neg. Contact Royal Real Estate 225-7276, 6657400, 685-7887

 Atlantic Gardens two storey five bedroom concrete building on double lots, concrete fence, two bridges, corner spot price $65M - Tel: 651-7078, 673-1665.

 EBD: 6-bedroom executive concrete house. $36M. Royal Real Estate 2257276, 665-7400  Backlands: 3bedroom concrete house, repairs needed. $13M. Royal Real Estate 225-7276, 665-7400  Backlands: 2family concrete house. $33M. Royal Real Estate 225-7276, 6657400.

         executive house on 10 285 sq. ft of land situated in a gated community in Versailles, West Bank, Demerara. Call 592-624-8704 for further details.  and land, length 560x33 ft,. one-storey, 3-bedroom wooden house at Triumph Agriculture Road, ECD - $14M or double land for $19.5M. Tel: 642-7370, 602-9415.

 EBD: 4-bedroom concrete house $30M neg Royal Real Estate 225-7276, 6657400.

  in Westminster $19M neg., Robb Street (double lot) $90M neg., Alberttown $40M neg., West Bank $12M neg., and rentals Call 660-9478, 672-0865.  Link Real Estate Agency, 650-4034: Executive house in Happy Acres $55M, Eccles with liquor licence $80M neg. Campbellville $48M, Republic Gardens $80M.

 Avenue Diamond EBD: incomplete house on corner lot. $25M neg. Royal Real Estate 225-7276, 665-7400.

 : Semi-furnished 4bedroom executive house. Price $105M neg. Contact Royal Real Estate 225-7276, 665-7400, 6857887

 newly built 2-bedroom house at Double J Supermarket Street, La Parfaite Harmonie, West Bank Demerara. Price $11M. Contact Singh at 592 642-0402 for further details.

 2-storey wooden and concrete building. Price $47M neg. Contact Royal Real Estate 225-7276, 665-7400, 685-7887  Gardens: New and modern 2- storey, concrete house on double lot 90x90 with space for pool $70M neg. Naresh Persaud. 225-9882, 681-2499.  LA PENITENCE:5bedroom furnished executive concrete house. $48M. Royal Real Estate 225-7276, 665-7400.  Public Road: 3storey concrete building suitable for school, church, bond, large office, health centre, etc. Price $47M Royal Real Estate 2257276, 665-7400, 685-7887.  PARK: 3-bedroom concrete house. Price $40M neg. Royal Real Estate 225-7276, 665-7400, 685-7887. : New 3-storey concrete building suitable for doctors, offices, insurance consultant, accounting firm, etc. Price $110M. Royal Real Estate 225-7276, 665-7400, 685-7887.  PARK: 3-bedroom wooden house (repairs needed). Price $15M. Royal Real Estate 225-7276, 665-7400, 6857887.

 Ida, WCD: 2storey concrete building (three bedrooms), shop in front and rental quarters at the back. 276-1826, 696-7706, 610-5830.  built business spot: Supermarket in Pitt Street, New Amsterdam, Berbice with fixtures and fittings included $195M. 6992873, 686-9888, 616-3200.  spot: 3-storey concrete, newly built Kingston business place with 2 3-bedroom apartments top floor $100M. 699-2873, 686-9888, 616-3200.  Street business property double lot, needs some repairs. Price $110M. 699-2873, 686-9888, 616-3200.  and structure: Republic Park $20M neg. 7-bedroom house, 3rd Avenue Diamond $20M, house Grove Housing Scheme $13M. 680-3481, Creative Realty

 offer. $29M neg., business area. Business with 2 bedrooms 3 washrooms security cameras, air condition, built-in closets, all windows grilled Call Nasier 2318690, 617-3058. Agents welcome.  Gardens close to Lamaha Gardens fully concrete 5-bedroom $15.5M 226-1064, 225-2626, 227-6949, 667=7812, 623-2591.  Grove 7 bedrooms $10M, 4 bedrooms $32M, 4 bedrooms huge $27M, huge land 1000 x 50 - $10M, 2-bedroom home $10M. Land in Eccles 110x60 - $4M, $5M, Charlotte Street, Golden Grove, De Kinderen $6M neg..  Fala Khan, First Federation Building, 6 Croal Street, Georgetown Property Management Service and also background check. Phone 696-9289, 687-3147 - at Mon Repos $40M, Happy Acres $70M.  property, concrete structure located at Section M , C a m p b e l l v i l l e / P r i c e $58M neg., size of building 1540 sq. ft, four bedrooms, one self-contained, two washrooms, hot & cold filtered water. Bottom flat, two rooms 330 sq. feet, size of land 5028 sq. feet. Call 227-2294, 615-1079 anytime. No agents please.

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     split level 2 storey four bedrooms, all self-contained, fully air conditioned.  t wo-storey, 3 bedrooms.     ground floor business, first floor 3 bedrooms, lots of land space,   massive concrete 3 storey building. 

 virgin sandpit at Yarrowkabra/Linden. Serious enquiries only, 2-storey concrete/ wooden building for business and dwelling in Georgetown $55M neg., Land - Hadfield Street $25M, land South Ruimveldt $9M Call 645-5938.

 new concrete flat house situated at Republic Gardens, EBD (2500 sq. ft) 80x30 three bedrooms 3 bathrooms, each room contains 2 built-in closet, large family room, large kitchen with breakfast counter, island, pantry, all natural wood, cabinets, granite counter large laundry room, tile throughou t h o u s e , l a r g e parking space for several vehicles (Price $27M). Price neg. Call Ali 639-8182, 660-7320, 2335117.  Annandale Qurbane Park three bedroom two storey concrete building, tiled yard to benab, indoor parking, lots of land space near Caricom two storey concrete building $50M. - Tel: 651-7078, 673-1665.

 & Son Real Estate, Lot 185 Charlotte & King Streets, Maraj Building Tel: 227-0265, 227-1881, 627-805., Croal Street, Robb Street, D'Urban Street, Non Pareil, Norton Street. Land: Friendship, Diamond, Plaisance, Truimph, Queenstown

FOR SALE .FOR SALE   . Tel: 614-6968  CG Honda motorcycle. Call 216-0299.   2 female German Shepherd dogs. 669-9674.    DREDGE complete $2.5M Call 669-4946.  dogs and pups. Tel: 265-3694, 265-3566.  tanks for fuel 600 gallons & 260 gallons. 622-9810.

 in Fourth Avenue, Diamond: Fully air-conditioned, master bedroom, 5 standard bedrooms, library, two sitting rooms etc, solar water heater, pressure water system, double garage approximately 3500 square feet. Price $35M, or best offer. Tel: 617-2311.

 delivery to spot on the ECD etc Call 617-5536.

 - NORTON Street flat three bedroom concrete building with driveway $12M, Durban Street business spot two storey concrete building $33M, Eccles BB flat concrete building $20M, Little Diamond two storey concrete building $12M - Tel: 6517078, 673-1665.

 Complete set of gym equipment. Visit 150 Thomas Street, Kitty or call 668-6499.

  204 Charlotte Street, Bourda. Tel: 225-8241, 227-4950 after hours 226-7829, Fax 227-1537. SALE - Executive Ogle $115M, Diamond $28M, $35M, $77M, Queenstown $65M, $75M, $90M, $150M, $70M, Plaisance (2-storey concrete) $23M, Mahaicony $22M, $45M, Light Street Alberttown $30M, Prospect $12M, Mon Repos $15M, $35M, Enterprise $10, $14M, Parfaite $12M, Callender Street $12M, Soesdyke $4M, Tuschen $50M, $13M, $16M, $16M, Lamaha Gardens $65M, $55M, North Ruimveldt $40M, $13.8M, George Street $20M, Norton Street $9M, $28M, $30M, Chateou Margot $95M, Sophia $4M, $12M, $15M, Mahaica $9M, Glasgow H/S $6M, Edinburgh Public Road $1.8M, Essequibo Hotel $116M, B a r t i c a $ 1 2 M , $9M, Fyrish $500 000, $7.5M, North Road $40M, Meadow Brook Gardens $18M, Eccles $34M, Cornelia Ida $16M, Continental Park $50M, Leonora $6M, Lima Sands Essequibo $25M, Nismes $5.2M, Albouystown $35M, Lamaha Park $15M, D'Urban Street $38M, Yeovil (WCB) $4M, Farm EBD $18M, Republic Park $34M, Aracari double lot $60M, Mocha $8.7M, Charlotte Street $33M, Cornelia Ida $12.5M, Craig $28M, Essequibo Coast Business Complex US$1.5M.      1 5 7 AC RES river to highway, Linden Highway $30M, Garden of Eden $2M, Bel Air Park $60M, Eccles $16M, Pouderoy e n ½ a c r e $ 5 M , Parika $95M, Queenstown $40M, South Ruimveldt $8M, P a r a d i s e W C B $ 1 8 M , R o bb Street Bourda $75M, Grove $1.2M, D'Urban Street $16M, Parfait $1.5M, Diamond $2.5M, Providence $9.5M to $28M.  : GLE 5-bedroom furnished swimming pool US$4000 monthly, Coldingen bond $150 000 monthly, South Road $150 000, Hibiscus Place, B l a n k e n b u r g $60 000, Light & Lam a h a S t r e e t $ 7 0 0 000, new one and two-bedroo m apartments in Georgetown US$800, US$1200 & US$1500 monthly Charlotte Street 3-storey building US$4000 monthly. All prices are negotiable.

 and puppies. Contact 625-0345.  2-month-old German Shepherd and Akita. All white 604-6298.

 Nordic Track rower and one ab circle -$50,000.Tel: 688-4939.  65 KVA Perkins with 4236 engine. Price $1.5M. Tel: 623-9761. 8 oz. can, complete liquid, high protein nutrition with fiber. 626-6335.   glass cases-$40,000 each.Tel: 6884939   65 KVA Perkins with 4236 engine. Price $1.5M. Tel: 623-9761  mini Kamatsu excavator PC 20, good working condition and plenty spare parts. 6267127.  soil, quantities from 20lb. Call 618-6643, 6467688, 618-6645  one, 10 latest games, 4 wireless controller and media remote. Contact 677-1165.  ferns, Crutch 'O' Neel plants and many more, 667-0887.  25 KVA industrial single phase 480/240/ 120V USA. Price $370 000 Tel: 623-9761.  Whirlpool 30" gas stove. Tel: 641-3018, 622-9951 after 16:30 hrs.  Retriever puppies. Tel: 625-0345  Galaxy phone (new), unlocked, excellent. Price. Call Anthony 664-5251.  unlocked Samsung Galaxy S4 Active Blu $30 000 neg. Call 231-3560.   leather suite, 1 sofa with two lazy boy. All for $225,000. Tel:688-4939.  two-function homeused h o s p i t a l b e d . E x cellent condition. Please call 683-6200.   used refridgerator -$60,000. One King size bed set - $200,000.Tel: 688-4939  - hot & cold with bottom storage$20,000. Tel: 688-4939 , coins, stamps, old bottles, lobby cards, etc. Contact David 629-1466, 222-6796 made Perkins engine and diesel welder. Baksh Auto Spares 649-0755.

FOR SALE  machine, plucks 3 chickens at a time. Tel: 649-4888, 600-9375.  sheet sets, queen 6-pc - $5500, full 4-pc.- $4500 king bed throws, 455 Aubrey Barker Road 626-6335.  wheelchair, wide width, new batteries and charger, excellent condition. 626-6335, 225-0271.  sound system RCF speakers, QSC amps Honda generator 13000 watt. Call 6197302.  1000, 750 and 500 battery back-up system. Call 682-8423 for more details.  wall-divider, 7-pc dinette set, single and double bed & more. Call 622-6334.  Caterpillar backhoe 4x4, good working condition, one welder generator on wheels. Call 623-3404.  arrived! Genuine Bath & Body & Victoria Secret spray at wholesale prices. Call 223-0052, 668-1000.  Jet Ski for s a l e , C a n - a m AT V, Evinrude outboard engine, life jackets 600-3171, 648-3171.  ICONA/W7 tablet/ computer i5 processor, 4GB ram, 3 USB ports. Excellent condition. Call Anthony. 664-5251.  60'x120' clear span, 7 metal thrusts with greenheart - 4 178 bm, complete with zinc sheets 102 pcs - 30' Price $3M. Tel: 6239761. cutter, 10 000 watts Briggs & Stratton generator (key start), Hilti jackhammer, Stihl TS 410 saw, tools etc. Phone 699-4775.  LONG boom CAT excavator, Laverda 3600 combine. Both in excellent working condition. Please contact 656-2350.  in Bourda Market, front row fencing,, Regent Street opposite Post Office. Call 6109259.  garden earth, trucking service and builders waste, also bobcat rental, excavating clearing, leveling. Tel: 6279977, 616-0617.   Holland Ford Tractor ($4.7M), 5650 Massey Ferguson combine ($8M). Prices are neg. Tel: 254-0111, 254-0101.  Stock: 12 oz. glass jars with acid protective covers suitable for jam, achar etc. Wieting and Richter Ltd. Tel: 2266150-7.  on Matthew Allen Road, N?A Berbice. Contact Wieting and Richter Ltd, Water Street, Georgetown Tel: 226-61507.   Holland Ford Tractor ($4.7M), 5650 Massey Ferguson combine ($8M). Prices are neg. Tel: 254-0111, 2540101. - Oct. 18.  -LL 7700 FG Wilson alternators (600 KVA). One 1000 gallon fuel tank at (New Amsterdam location), Wieting and Richter Ltd. Water Street Tel: 226-6150-7  carpet perfect condition, 7-piece plastic and metal outdoor set, 5-piece metal and glass outdoor set, wooden single bed with protection rails, good for kids. Call 655-9203.  wooden bunk bed (top single), (bottom double) $100 000, imported wooden Armoir (cupboard with drawers below) $35 000. Call 684-9580 for more information.  Daewood refrigerator double door, excellent condition $75 000, Johnny Walker Blue Label $60 000, Gold Reserve $20 000, Explorers Club Collection $20 000, Swing $10 000. Call 615-1017.

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   three-bedroom twostorey concrete house 8th Street, Foulis, H/S $18M neg, Dachshund puppy, pure breed, 2 ½ months old $15 000. Tel: 2563360, 685-8485.     Hair Salon, 207 Lance Gibbs Street, Queenstown, Georgetown between Oronoque and New Garden Streets, 2 small fridges (used), 1 thread mill (manual). Tel: 226-0205 between 09:00hrs - `17:00hrs.  Honda generator, 11 000 watts, 620 CC, BBQ grill, food warmers, outdoor cooker, food transporter, toilet set, ice cream freezer, ice shaver, commercial vac master, commercial stove. Tel: 688-3820, 621-2911

 excellent condition $650 000 neg. Tel: 699-2687, 611-8768.   100 L-Touring wagon, AC, mag rim, alarm etc. Call 675-1581.   excellent condition, late PMM series. Call 614-2500.   Toyota corolla motor car, in excellent condition . Call: 226-9377.  Hilux Vigo, excellent condition. Price $4.5M. Contact 675-4453, 621-0427.  110 Corolla, excellent condition. Price $950 000. Contact 621-0427, 222-4081.

  Fully Automated and Turn Key water purification systems supplied and installed. Call us now for a quotation and start selling drinking water on 623-7212.

 Laurel CA20, working condition, to be sold as scrap. Tel: 671-3477.

 cushion padded velvet interior, 4 captain seats, DVD player, 3 monitors, GPS, AC, radio active alarm, bed, JVC equaliser, cassette player, 10-CD changer, VIP lavatory, 64 000 km left-hand drive. Call 652-8696. Negotiable.. $5M.

 CRV immaculate condition 17" mags, CD, AC. Price $1.75M neg. Tel: 6262884.

 CHAMPION remote start generator (new), Perkins 4-cylinder engines, bedded, 10-person Coleman tents, airbed, Husqvarna 20" chainsaw, night watcher security camera, Igloo 165q cooker, Garmin GPS map 76S, 1.5-ton lever chain hoist, Coleman rain suits. 681-2341.

 Dyna canter truck $3.5M ton extended tray, steel rails Tel: 628-1038.

 3-ton enclosed canter 4D32 diesel engine. Price neg. Call 619-7302.

VEHICLES FOR SALE    suitable for Racing. 600K negotiable. Call 648-3067/685-0448, 658-2677.  G-Touring wagon. No reasonable offer refused. Contact cell 691-7167.    running excellent, PHH, never in hire, ideal for hire. Call 6173642.   immaculate condition, mags, AC, music. Contact 626-1372.  Pajero Jeep, ladydriven. Owner migrating. Call 669-4676, 697-5158.  RZ minibus, BLL series in good working condition. Price $800 000 neg. Contact 6189831, 220-7348.  canter truck, GMM 2809, 2004 model. Call Mr. Budram on 628-6409.   truck, 36ft height with generator and air compressor Contact 641-5183.  canter, GMM series, excellent condition. 6784155, 609-0306.

 Toyota minibus RZ (1) colour - green, route 44 for information call 642-7470,256-4129, 256-3259.  RAV4, immaculate condition, HID lights, 20" chrome rim, TV, back-up camera, low mileage. Call 628-1038.

IST, PNN series. Tel: 690-0515, 645-2344. Tel: 688-

 R6 2008 Honda CRV X-Trail .Contact 638-3636  F150, Hilux Surf, Toyota Tundra. Tel: 613-1241.  Hilux Extra Cab, unregistered 613-8192, 6862077.

 Sale! Sale! One F156 pickup with brand new parts. Sale as is. 233-5424, 671-1598.  Mercedes Benz C180, PPP series, excellent condition. Call 629-1559. AT 212, new model, excellent condition.. Contact 6442781, mag rim & alarm.  Toyota Premio, PSS series, AC, CD, rims, lady-driven. Tel: 645-4669.  minibus, BPP 6060 - $2.4M neg. Tel: 6491210, 226-2448.  Benz Jeep, ML 320, auto blue with grey leather, UK import. Call 698-6243.  318i, fully powered, mags, AC in excellent condition. Price $1.9M neg. Tel: 234-0230, 613-7238.

 Spacio, fully accessorised 610-5830, 696-7706.

 Galant, excellent condition, lady-driven. Owner leaving. Tel: 672-8202.

Premio, PNN series, with mag rims, AC/ First owner, 6731935.

 Toyota Levin, price $650 000 neg. good condition. Contact 668-9425, 639-4354.

 Toyota Premio. Price $1.4M not negotiable. Tel: 6120743, 660-7823.

 Allion PMM series mags, AC in excellent condition. Price $1.6M. Tel: 234-0230, 613-7238.

 Spacio HC 3281 Year 2001 $1.4M good condition - 624-6069.

 2005 & 2007, manual & auto, 4x4, fully loaded. Call 227-1511, 668-5171.

 Extra Cab RZ engine with 4 brand new tyres designed for off and on road Tel: 664-9862.

Mitsubishi 2-ton canter, GTT series, excellent condition. Call 629-9861.

 212 new model, PPP series, immaculate condition. Price $1.25M. Contact 2652260, 687-2048.  Fortuner, 2014 model, 5 700 km mileage, Chinese Embassy. Price neg, Phone: 624-1085.  CRV fully loaded, roller bars, sun roof, chrome mirrors and lights etc. Tel: 626-9500, 644-5054.  PJJ series, good condition. Price $1.1M neg. Owner leaving country. Tel: 685-3832, 332-0205.    To y o t a D y n a l o n g base, double wheel, 3-ton GGG series, 14B engine $950 000 neg. Contact 6218198.  318i in excellent condition, dark blue in colour, manual transmission. Call 2313560 for details.   (immaculate condition) lady-driven, m a g r i m s , C D p l a y e r. Te l : 623-2923, 613-6071.  Toyota Corolla AE100, PGG 8724, sold as is. Vehicle viewing on weekends $350 000 neg. Contact 640-4787.  6640 New Holland tractor & trailer, four-wheel drive. Price $4.5M neg. Call 227-1511, 668-5171.  buy and sell vehicles for cash. We also do trade-in of vehicles Tacoma, AE 100 680-3154

 Mark II Wagon, 2y engine, 1-323 Mazda Sedan, T/RZ bus, private, Nissan Atlas 3-ton truck. 619-4560, 6768551, 259-0039.  Lancer PKK series, recently sprayed over, with 16" rims, flair kit, music. Price $575 000 neg. Tel: 638-7904, 6792066.

 Toyota Vigo GPP series, mint condition, stick shift, 2005 year model. Price $3.95M neg. First owner. Contact 669-7305.  Canter 3-ton open tray, excellent contrition, air condition. Tel: owner 233-5517, cell 6157910.  Benz, CLK200 compressor pearl white, 2005 PRR series, mileage 80 000, like new. $3.3M. 623-5492.  Corolla Fielder, Spacio, body kit, fog, rear spoiler, rims, HID, camera, dark interior. 617-5536.

 Dyna long base, 15B engine, 5-speed (manual pump), perfect condition. Tel: 670-2948, 614-8374.

 Sentra automatic. Tel: 226-4420

  BB - PPP series. - $1.6M neg. Tel: 688-4939

  24' tray flat bed. Price $4.7M, Ford Tractor 7810 $4.8M, Ipsum $1.5M. All negotiable. Call 654-9906, 682-0125.

      

 Raum, one Allion with lambo door kit. Tel: 671-6728.

 212, AC, CD, powered $1.1M. - 622-8109.

 Allion 07/08. Nissan Dualis. both fully powered. excellent condition. Contact Leonard 226-9316, 617-1505..

 Hilux Surf.. 181 model, 3RZ engine crash bar, sun roof. Credit available Call 6272981, 604-0054.

 driven by a female. Call 645-0311.

 MINIBUS VVTI. Contact 650-2238, 684-1337.

  shape Toyota Premio. Price $3.15M. New Toyota Sienta. Price $1.95M Contact 6399040, 628-8183, 219-1372.

  Toyota Hilux Pickups, Just Arrived, Excellent Condition, Bush Tyres, AC, ARB Bumpers. Tel: 691-2077.

 Toyota Marino AE100. Call 609-9328, 682-6629.

 cab Tacoma $5.8M Tel: 623-9761.

 92 Duncan Street. We buy/sell used vehicles. We do trade-in yours for another, 318 BMW - $2,2M, Toyota Rush PTT $2.8M, RAV4 - L $2.1M, $1.3M, Premio, Allion $1.45M, Spacio PSS $1.6M, $1.25M, 212 Carina $1.15M, AT 192 Carina, Raum $1.1M, $950 000, Ipsum $1.2M, Camry $1.25M, RZ buses, 4x4 pickups and many others Tel: 2311841, 223-1239, 649-0329.

 Allion, fully loaded, excellent condition. $1.6M neg. Tel: 615-9089.

 Toyota Tacoma, mint condition 658-5730.

 toyota 92, Lady driven, PJJ series. Tel# 618-5738.

, PMM series, immaculate condition with mag rims, flat screen, music deck. Contact 622-7831.

 - AE Sprinter, minor body work needed. Call 694-4148, 627-1893.

 Toyota Rav4, PPP 5515 - $3M neg. Shinel 673-7550.

 Toyota AT 212, PJJ 8513 $950 000 meg Tel: 671-7001.

 L-Touring wagon, PSS series with music, AC, 16" rims. Call 673-1935.

 RZ EFI minibus, BKK. Owner leaving country. Price $900 000. Call 692-2602.

 Raum $600 000 black 616-5914.

 Toyota Mark II. Price $400 000 call 644-1354.

VEHICLES FOR SALE

driven Nissan Blue Bird, PTT, black, DVD player, reverse camera, Selvin 622-0137, Deonarine 616-3384.

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 black Toyota IST, PMM 9944. Tel: 623-2923, 613-6071

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 Picnic, Ransum cement mixer. Contact 611-8222, 220-3348.

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 Pitbull bus 6316, 603-4494.

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 Series, Toyota Allion, Excellent condition, TV & Reverse Camera, Price $1.5M . Telephone: 643-8750  MINIBUS, excellent condition, T/Carina AT170 $250 000, H/ CRV $2M, Kawasaki Ninja 600cc $1.1M - 223-1885, 696-3156.  Allion f/powered with mags, PNN series, in excellent condition. Price $1.8M neg. Tel: 2655858, 625-6397.  CARINA f/powered with AC, music in excellent condition. Price $900 000 neg. - Tel: 6256397, 265-5858.   s k i d d e r, e x c e l l e n t c o n d i t i o n . Parts for Nissan 720 pickup. Call Richard 609-7675, 674-1705.  hard-to-get spare p a r t s f o r To y o t a , N i s s a n , Mazda, Mitsubishi, Honda, B M W, e t c - C a l l 6 4 5 - 7 8 00.  Super Custom RZ RR series, excellent condition. reverse camera, sunroof. Credit available. Call 604-0054, 627-2981.  wagon, unregistered, four-wheel drive, dark interior, mags, flair kit, spoiler roof rail. Price $1.85M neg. Tel: 227-0613, 645-7248.  212 Toyota Carina, excellent condition with four brand new wheels, AC, Sony music set, alarm etc. Price $1.45M neg. Contact Janet 680-7047.  minibus (Pitbull) 2008 model, AC, DVD, navigator, excellent condition, BSS series $2.7M neg. Serious enquiries only. Tel: 6904373, 639-4165.    good working condition $500 000. Call 220-1688, 629-4359, 6267989.  BMW 318i, black PPP series, fully loaded with 18" rims. Price $3M neg. Contact 645-3854, 654-2526.

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Trophy Stall Rugby FIFA reform committee says Sevens on today! work continues despite bans ZURICH, Switzerland (Reuters) -`A FIFA advisory panel is pressing ahead to draft reforms of the scandal-shaken world soccer body despite the suspension of president Sepp Blatter and other senior officials amid corruption investigations, the panel’s head said. “This has no influence on the reform process itself because our work continues,”

Francois Carrard, chairman of the FIFA Reform Committee Francois Carrard told Swiss SRF radio in an interview aired yesterday. He stressed the committee’s efforts were independent of the people in charge at FIFA, whose leadership is in disarray after Blatter and UEFA head Michel Platini, a FIFA vice-president, were both suspended for 90 days by FIFA’s ethics committee this week. Both deny any wrongdoing and have filed appeals to

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try to reverse the provisional bans this week. Carrard, a former director general of the International Olympic Committee, heads the FIFA Reform Committee that FIFA’s executive committee set up in July. The executive committee is supposed to review its ideas before they go before a members’ congress scheduled for February. Carrard gave no details of what his group was considering. It remains unclear if his panel will incorporate radical reforms proposed last month by Domenico Scala, the independent head of FIFA’s Audit and Compliance Committee. Scala’s radical overhaul plan, launched after seven soccer officials were arrested in Zurich in May on U.S. warrants, calls for 12-year term limits for elected FIFA officials, full disclosure of top officials’ financial compensation, and more detailed integrity checks on members of committees. It also includes replacing the powerful executive committee with a governing council elected by congress and a management committee to handle the day-to-day affairs of the organisation. Carrard’s group is made up of representatives of FIFA’s six continental confederations -- the very ones who could see their powers reduced under Scala’s reform plan. Asked what chances of success he saw for reforms at FIFA, Carrard said: “I am cautious. As a lawyer I have won many trials I should have lost and sometimes lost what I should have won.”

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TODAY the Trophy Stall Rugby Sevens Tournament swings into action as defending champions Guyana Defence Force (GDF) try to retain their crown against the four clubs vying for top honours. The Guyana Rugby Football Union (GRFU)-organised event which is scheduled to kick off at 10:00hrs also features Yamaha Caribs, Guyana Police Force (GPF), Pepsi Hornets and UG Wolves. The union has decided on the University of Guyana ground, Turkeyen for this event in an aim to have the game decentralised by hosting various competitions away from the home of rugby - the National Park. It is understood that the Rugby playfield in the National Park is to be re-surfaced in an effort to have it match-ready for local and international engagements in 2016. The day will also have a President versus Vice-President showdown, featuring a mixture of players from the Police, GDF, Hornets and Caribs (ladies).

AB de Villiers denies Ashwin has got his number

KANPUR, India (Reuters) - South Africa one-day captain AB de Villiers swatted aside suggestions that India off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin could prove his nemesis in the five-match series starting in Kanpur today. Ashwin proved his ability to outsmart a key rival batsman in August when he soured Kumar Sangakkara’s farewell by dismissing the retiring Sri Lankan great in each of his last four Test innings. South Africa have kicked off their longest ever tour of India in emphatic fashion by clinching the three-match Twenty20 series 2-0 with the final game being abandoned due to a wet outfield in Kolkata. Ashwin got the better of de Villiers in both matches but the Proteas captain is refusing to panic. “I think I can answer that very well,” de Villiers, one of the most destructive batsmen in world cricket, told reporters yesterday. “He is a very good bowler but I don’t think I got out to him in either of the two games. I got myself out in both the games,” said de Villiers, keen to take the momentum from the Twenty20 series into the one-dayers.

Keyon Douglas powers ... From page 31 Enterprise’s win over Stella Maris. Tucville’s Rayheim Marques led with a double even though Anthony Vandy drew first blood in the 11th minute against School of the Nations. St Margaret’s Makhi Adams blasted a hat-trick in the opening minutes of the second half while his teammate Josiah King pitched in with a goal to sink Comenius Primary 4-0. Winfer Gardens and St Pius defeated St Gabriel’s and North Georgetown 2-0, respectively. Makhaya Munroe scored both goals for Winfer Gardens while Sherwin Nelson and Selwyn Jones accounted for St Pius’ goals. South Ruimveldt needled West Ruimveldt (1-0) with Zacharia Pemberton finding the decider in the 11th minute. Rama Krishna and St Ambrose claimed walkover victories because St Sidwell’s and East La Penitence failed to produce a team at game time. The only draw of the day took place between F.E. Pollard and Smith Memorial which ended 1-1. Dwayne Kellman drew first blood in the ninth minute for Smith Memorial but Jamal December equalised in the 28th minute. The event is organised by the Petra Organisation and has Banks DIH as a sponsor.

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Guyana Softball Cup 5 to give away three Barbados return tickets at finals

SURVIVAL Travel Agency is giving away 3 return tickets to Barbados via LIAT to 3 lucky spectators at the final of ‘Guyana Softball Cup 5’ on Sunday, November 1 at the DCC ground, Lance Gibbs Street, Queenstown. Spectators just have to retain their half tickets which cost $500, and listen for their numbers to be called.

the GFSCA annual International Softball Tournament from its beginning in year 2011. Survival Group of Businesses is also giving away complimentary tickets for ‘Guyana Softball Cup’ to all customers with purchases of over $5 000 at any of its branches in Sheriff Street and Vlissengen Road. Spectators also stand a chance to win 12 hampers with their half ticket.

Mark DeFreitas, manager of Survival Travel Agency, hands over Barbados tickets to GFSCA president Ramchand Ragbeer and member Surendra Nauth.

Venus Williams wins Wuhan Open title

The 3-day tournament is played in the Open category (male of any age) and Masters category (male 45 years and over) on Friday October 30 and Saturday October 31 at various venues in Georgetown starting 09.00hrs each day. The two finals, along with 3 ladies 10/10 exhibition games start at 11:00hrs at the DCC ground on Sunday, November 1. Survival Travel Agency has been on board in all of

There will also be many giveaways at the finals. Guyana Softball Cup which features teams from New York, Florida, Canada and Guyana, is being sponsored by STAG, RUBiS Guyana, Trophy Stall, Survival, Steve’s Jewellery, WJ Enterprise, A&R Jiwanram Printery, Clear Waters, Busta Soft Drinks, Rohan Auto Spares, Mike’s Pharmacy and GTT.

North GT Inter-School Championships

St Stanislaus take huge win in Zone Three field events WITH a massive 544 points St Stanislaus College ended as winners of the North Georgetown Inter-School Championships zone three field events, when the competition was held last Thursday at the Guyana Teachers Union ground, Woolford Avenue. St Mary’s Secondary came in for a distant second with 299 points, Brickdam Secondary followed with 218 points, and the Business School ended with 92 points. Meanwhile .for the primary schools, in zone four, Winfer Gardens Primary emerged winners after amassing 147 points in the field events division. With 124 points St Angela’s finished second and the only other school to hit three digits in the points standing, St Margaret’s Primary finished in third place with 115 points. St Agnes Primary 74, Ermsville Academy 67, St Ambrose 50 and North Georgetown Primary 45, rounded out the rest of schools that participated in zone four field events. Racking up win after win Saints gave the competition hardly a chance to get past them. Kayla December gave Saints top points in the girls’ Under-12 shot put and javelin and third in the long jump. December shared the honours of first place with St Mary’s Kerisha Jarvis in the javelin throw after both had a best throw of 6.70m. Saints ambushed the entire girls’

Under-14 category taking first place as well as second in the shot put, discus, and javelin throws and the long jumps. The trend almost extended in the girls Under-16 category. Saints won first and second in all but the discus throw in the girls Under-16 category. In the discus throw though Deshawna Williams’ 11.18m ensured the first win for Saints, Brickdam’s Tandika Bobb-Semple claimed the second place win after throwing 10.70m. Third place went to Brickdam, after Akeisha Fraser managed 10.64m on her second throw. Gordon Trotman was Saints’ leading man in the boys’ Under-16 category. No one came close to Trotman’s 29.62m in the javelin throw. In the long jump Trotman flew 5.32m to overcome the 5.20m leap by Brickdam’s Shane Garraway. But it was in the discus throw that Trotman found himself overpowered by his own teammate. Saints Kenroy Earle on his very first try managed a 21.53m toss that no one else could outdo, leaving Trotman in second place after managing only 19.35m. Shania Wilkinson took first place in the girls Under-18 category javelin and discus throws. The Business School picked up a first place win in the boys’ Under-20 discus thanks to Amil Khan who had a best throw of 17.24m.

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Australia repel Wales to earn Scotland quarter-final By Mitch Phillips LONDON, England (Reuters) - A magnificent 13man defensive effort and another assured kicking display by Bernard Foley earned Australia a 15-6 victory over Wales yesterday to earn a World Cup quarter-final meeting with Scotland and leave the Welsh to face

South Africa. Both teams had already been assured of progressing thanks to their victories over England, but there was still everything to play for at Twickenham, with the Pool A winners earning an easier route to the final. The losers, even if they get past the Springboks, would probably have to play holders New Zea-

land in the semi-finals. The match was effectively decided during a remarkable spell midway the second half when, despite being down to 13 men after two yellow cards, Australia repelled everything Wales threw at them to protect a sixpoint lead. There were no tries in the match but no shortage

of intensity. The first quarter was a fascinating arm-wrestle between two equally matched packs as Australia, so long the world’s whipping boys at scrum time, were full of confidence after their demoli-

ure in 16 attempts in the tournament, to leave the Wallabies 9-6 ahead at the break. As the second half unfolded it was Australia who were starting to win the individual battles and another “neck roll” penalty

charges, Australia repelled every assault and twice managed to hold the ball up when Wales did cross the line. When the 13-man Wallabies finally earned a penalty after another crunching tackle, the whole team

Wales’ Alun Wyn Jones (R) in action. (Reuters/Stefan Wermuth) tion job on England. Wales edged the early encounters but had only a Dan Biggar penalty to show for their efforts despite territorial dominance in the first 20 minutes. Australia defended superbly and when they finally built some momentum Welsh indiscipline at the breakdown was punished with three Foley penalties. Biggar added a second for Wales but then missed one, his first fail-

allowed Foley to stretch the lead to six points. The momentum then appeared to swing back as Australia scrumhalf Will Genia and lock Dean Mumm were sinbinned within four minutes and then key flanker David Pocock was forced off with an injury around the hour mark. Despite relentless Welsh pressure on the line -- including two spurned penalties in front of the posts -- and wave after wave of crash-ball

joined in a mass hug in recognition of their monumental effort that everyone in the 81 000 crowd recognised as the key to the match. A minute later they went the length of the field and earned another penalty. There was no muddled thinking or white-line fever on their side as they calmly opted to allow Foley to slot the kick over for a 15-6 lead which they held to make it 11 successive victories over the Welsh.

DCC B clash with GYO in GFSCA Under-13 tournament THE Guyana Floodlight Softball Cricket Association (GFSCA) in collaboration with the Demerara Cricket Club is starting an Under-13 cricket tournament to be played off today at 18:00hrs. In today’s first match DCC B team will clash with GYO. DCC will feature 2 teams in the tournament along with teams from Everest, GCC, Malteenoes, Transport,

GNIC, Bel Air RUBiS and GYO. Any other team wishing to participate is welcome. All matches will be played at night. Fixtures for other matches will be available shortly. Matches will be of 20 overs duration. This tournament is being sponsered by GFSCA and the Trophy Stall of Bourda Market.

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Our Own cart off fourth consecutive title By Frederick Halley

TORONTO, Canada – As happened in the last three years, there wasn’t much to separate the two ‘giants’ of Masters softball in the fourth. The winners however remained the same as Our Own Sports Club held their nerves to clinch a nail-biting one-run cliffhanger victory over archrivals Guyana Sports Club (GSC) last Sunday at the Littles ground,

a string of 53 consecutive victories over the last three years. Reliance Lions were crowned B Division winners after crushing Heritage by 44 runs. Playing in the final of Division A of the Ontario Masters Softball Cricket Clubs tournament, and before a bumper Sunday afternoon crowd, the two teams were locked in a fierce battle with the eventual winners decided with the final deliv-

them down badly. Former national player Shiv Seeram, who was entrusted to bowl the last over after having not called on prior to that, justified skipper Mahendranuth ‘Bobby’ Parasnauth’s faith in him as GSC were left high and dry on 133 for four in pursuit of 135 for victory. E a r l i e r, O u r O w n were indebted to a superb fourth-wicket partnership of 116 between Most Valuable Player Troy Go-

… Reliance Lions are B Division champs

used his vast experience to good effect and along with opener Singh, kept the GSC attack at bay. When he was runout off the final delivery of the 20th over, the slimly- built righthander had counted three sixes and two fours in his brilliant 62 while Singh was unbeaten on 32 with a solitary six. In reply, GSC got off

However, with the departure of Baldeo for a well-compiled 31, the

voted MVP for Heritage, ended with two for 17. Heritage were 134 for

Centurion and MVP Rakesh Dyal collects his award from Khan.

The victorious Division B winners Reliance Lions pose with OMSCC vice-president Azeem Khan. Scarborough here. The win ensured a fourth consecutive for Our Own who had suffered their first defeat at the hands of the same opponents a few weeks back, in the preliminary rounds, following

ery of GSC innings. Needing to get 10 off the final over and with six wickets still intact, the odds were heavily stocked on GSC to dethrone the defending champions but some strange batting tactics let

other batsmen made a hash of the situation and were left to rue their chances at the end. Madholall was awarded MVP for the losers. In the B Division final, Rakesh Dyal was unstoppable with both bat and ball, smashing a brilliant 108 and returning to claim four for 18 as Reliance Li-

nine at the end of their 20 overs. Robert Lall was also among the wickets with two for 16. At the presentation c e r e m o n y, O M S C C president Jai Singh described the season as historic and memorable, referring to the league’s staging of the inaugural Toronto Cup which also

Our Own Sports Club players and officials celebrate their fourth successive championship in grand style.

MVP Troy Gobin is congratulated by OMSCC vice-president Azeem Khan.

bin and Jaimini Singh after they were rocked back at 18 for three, losing the wickets of Desmond Chumney, Sunil Dhaniram and Orin O’Neil in quick succession. Gobin, who has a habit of winning MVP awards, his latest being in the Toronto Cup 1, again

to a fine start with Rovendra Madholall (39) and Ian ‘Russian’ Baldeo adding 69 for the first wicket before the former departed after hitting two sixes and four fours. Despite losing some momentum after, GSC were still within grasp of claiming the title.

ons made light work of Heritage. MVP Dyal clobbered 12 sixes and three fours as Reliance Lions reached a challenging 178 for four in their allotted 20 overs. He received solid support from Amernauth Sukhoo (39). Harry Rajkumar, who was

saw Our Own emerging winners in the Masters category with victory over the Guyana Floodlights Softball Cricket Association (GFSCA). Meanwhile, the OMSCC annual presentation, dinner and dance is set for Saturday, November 7 next.

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Calvin Ming completes U.S F4 Testing CALVIN Stanley Ming recently completed testing his two Formula 4 cars, at three racing circuits in the USA, namely, The Gingerman Raceway in Michigan, Putnam Park Road Course in Indianapolis, Indiana and the New Jersey Motorsports Park. He completed over 500 laps and covered a distance of approximately 800 miles during the 6 days of intense testing. One of the cars is now in Mexico being prepared for Calvin to compete in the FIA Formula 4 (NACAM) Championship inaugural race at the Formula 1 Grand Prix in Mexico City scheduled for October 30 November 1.

Two other young drivers from Trinidad and Tobago, Kristian Boodoosingh and Franklyn Boodram Jr, have

The other car is being brought to Guyana for a demonstration run at the Guyana Motor Racing and

round of the Caribbean Motor Racing Championship (CMRC) series, scheduled for Sunday, November

demonstration is to give young Caribbean drivers the opportunity to see the car in real life.

Calvin Stanley Ming testing at Putnam Park Road Course, Indiana also acquired F4 cars to compete in the Mexico F4 race.

Sports Club (GMR&SC), International race meeting, which includes the final

15, at the South Dakota Circuit. The purpose of the

The Mygale Formula 4 race car was recently developed by a group of French

companies, coordinated by Mygale, with the aim of facilitating the access to Formula 1 for young drivers. Successful Formula 4 championship race series have since been introduced in England, Spain, Germany, China and Australia. It is intended that a similar series be introduced in the Caribbean in the future. Sponsors for the Guyana demonstration are: Seafreight Agencies, Pegasus Hotel (Guyana), The New Thriving Restaurant, Republic Bank and Mings Products & Services. The car will be on display at the Pegasus Hotel prior to the demonstration at the South Dakota circuit.

Sri Lanka President’s XI put West Indies under pressure

… Centuries for Jayasundera and Bhanuka DESPITE some big hitting from Carlos Brathwaite to give the West Indies tail a wag, a Sri Lanka Board President’s XI have given the West Indies a less-thanideal start to their tour of that country. Playing on the second day of their three-day warm-up game, the West Indies were struggling at 166 for 9 before Brathwaite struck four sixes and four fours to score 54 and take the West Indies to 202 all out. The total was not good for much more than eating up some time in the game as the President’s XI, through centuries from Uda-

ra Jayasundera and Minod Bhanuka, made light work of the 202, to end the second day on 233 for three. Jayasundera is unbeaten on 124, while Bhanuka scored an attractive 101 from 160 deliveries. There were some bright spots for the West Indies as Kemar Roach and freshly minted Test skipper Jason Holder bowled well, keeping the stoke-playing batsmen in check. In fact, Roach had started brightly, dismissing Kusal Mendis, the opener going caught at point by Jermaine Blackwood without scoring.

With the very next delivery, Roach was at it again, sending back Lahiru Thirimanne, caught wicketkeeper Denesh Ramdin. There was not to be much more luck for the West Indies after that though, as Jayasundera and the 20-year-old wicketkeeper Bhanuka put on a partnership of 214, before Holder nabbed the latter off a Shai Hope catch. West Indies spinners Devendra Bishoo and Jomel Warrican toiled without success and, in fact, were pushed hard, with the Sri Lankans scoring at more than four and a half per over off their bowling.

Warrican ended the day having bowled 9.4 overs without a wicket and 45 runs coming from batsmen who faced him. Roach was the pick of the bowlers with nine overs, two maidens, two for 25, while Holder was stingy, bowling eight overs, two maidens, one for just 16. Bishoo, from whom much is expected on this tour, was woeful. Going for 4.85 runs per over, the spinner ended with figures of seven overs, one maiden, none for 34. Jayasundera has so far struck 17 fours and two sixes from 177 deliveries, while Bhanuka had blasted 15 fours and a six in his 160ball knock.

FIFA strong enough to stand – Jack Warner CORRUPT, accused former FIFA vice-president Jack Warner believes the organisation he once served is strong enough to withstand the crisis that has engulfed it over the last few months. Following the arrest of a number of FIFA executives and former executives in the biggest operation in sporting history, football’s governing body has been struck with blow after blow. FIFA president Joseph Sepp Blatter was forced into giving up the top job even after winning an election that suggested he still had the backing of football as-

sociations worldwide, then suspensions of his top brass began flying all around him.

JACK WARNER

First Jerome Valcke was suspended, pending an investigation, then two of the more favoured candidates to take over as president of FIFA, Chung Mong-Joon and Michel Platini, were also suspended, leaving many to believe the organisation was on its last legs. Blatter himself was also slapped with a 90-day suspension. In fact, the longest-serving vice-president of FIFA, now acting-president in the wake of Blatter’s suspension, Issa Hayatou, has vowed not to offer himself up for the top job. Even with all this, as he tries to fight extradition to the

United States on charges of racketeering and corruption, Warner believes FIFA is safe. “FIFA is still strong enough to stand and has enough cash reserves to continue for a long time,” he said. However, Warner believes there are forces attempting to cripple FIFA. “I do know the Americans want to take it over, after all they take over the UN and so on. The only organisation they have not taken over is FIFA and because FIFA runs the World Cup they want to take it over. “So I understand that, but don’t destroy it.” (Sportsmax.com)

Udara Jayasundera has so far struck 17 four and two sixes in his unbeaten 124.

CRICKET QUIZ CORNER (Sunday October 11, 2015) COMPLIMENTS OF THE TROPHY STALL-Bourda Market &The City Mall (Tel: 225-9230) & AUDREY’S TASTY SNACKETTE-176 Charlotte Street, Georgetown (Tel: 226-4512)

Answers to yesterday’s quiz:

(1) Jeff Dujon (81); Dinesh Ramdin (69); Ridley Jacobs (65); Deryck Murray (62) (2)10 ODIs

Today’s Quiz:

Who was the last WI wicketkeeper to be dismissed ‘stumped’ twice in the same Test? Who was the first WI wicketkeeper to be dismissed ‘stumped’ in an ODI game?

Answers in tomorrow’s issue

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‘Obeahman’ Jeffrey strikes form ahead of today’s ‘Ounce of Gold’ cycle road race By Michael DaSilva OVERSEAS-based cyclists Raynauth `Obeahman’ Jeffrey struck form yesterday, ahead of today’s much anticipated Mohamed Kadir Memorial 80-mile cycle road race. Jeffrey returned a time of one hour 17 minutes 01.99 seconds in winning the 11th Annual Hand-inHand feature 35-lap cycle race which was opened to schoolboys, novices and invitational riders. From the outset of the feature event yesterday, Jeffrey made his intention known by surging ahead of the 23 other starters and was never challenged and after 17 laps he lapped the entire field to win comfortably. In the process, he also won six of the eight prime prizes that were up for grabs. The other two prime prizes were won by sixth place finisher Stephano Husbands and Jamaul

Prize-winners of the various categories in yesterday’s 11th annual Hand-in-Hand 11-race cycle programme strike a pose with the sponsor’s secretary. Savita Singh (second left), and race organiser Hassan Mohamed (extreme left). John. The other top four places in the feature event were occupied by Hamza Eastman, Raul Leal, Junior Niles and Horace Burrowes respectively. Jeffrey who is currently

based in the United States training and competing recently completed a twoweek training stint in Colombia and showed tremendous form yesterday. Also showing form yesterday was Eastman who

COURTS Pee Wee U-11 Schools Tournament

Keyon Douglas powers St Angela’s to 9-0 win over Sophia ST ANGELA’S stormed to a 9-0 win over Sophia, compliments of a solid performance from Keyon Douglas who recorded five goals in their COURTS Pee Wee

Under-11 Schools Tournament match yesterday at Banks DIH ground, Thirst Park. Douglas scored in the fourth, seventh, ninth, 11th

This Adrian Narine photo shows some of the Pee Wee action between St Agnes (yellow) and Marian Academy in the COURTS U-11 School Tournament at the Banks DIH ground, yesterday.

and 16th minutes to wrap up his five before the half. He was supported by Antwoine Vincent who completed a brace (29th, 34th), Antonio McArthur (15th) and Kenroy Cadogan (30th). St Agnes also cashed in big with a 5-0 win over Marian Academy. Doubles from Daniel Pollard (10th, 28th) and Ronald Abrams (16th, 40th) along with an 18th minute Mwange Smith goal, were enough to sink Marian Academy. St Stephen’s, Enterprise and Tucville all won by 3-0 margins against J.E Burnham, the defending champions Stella Maris and School of the Nations respectively. Ronaldo Forde scored in the tenth and 34th minutes while Otis Straughn found the back of the net in the 31st minute against J.E. Burnham. A goal each from Seon Archibald (13th), Martin King (28th) and Garfield Caesar (32nd) ensured See page 26

placed second and is also currently based in the United Stated. Notable absentees from yesterday’s feature event were United States-based Geron Williams and Alanzo Greaves who will

both be in the `Ounce of Gold’ race today and this will make for interesting riding. In other results from yesterday’s programme which was organised by national cycle coach Hassan Mo-

hamed, Jamaul John won the 10-lap race for juveniles ahead of Raphael Leung and Christopher Griffith respectively, while Shane Bourne won the five-lap race for mountain bikers. Second was Marcus Keiler and third was Seon Budhan. John Niles won the two-lap race for BMX boys 6-9 years old ahead of Christopher Goring and Alexander Leung respectively. The BMX boys 9-12 years old three-lap race was won by Goring. Second was Shane Sue-Hang. Adelui Hodge won the three-lap race for BMX boys 12-14 years old ahead of Jonathan Jagdeo and Turan Garbaran respectively. Hand-in-Hand supervisor Savita Singh assisted with the presentation of prizes to the respective winners and thanked Mohamed for once again organising the event which she said was successful.

Campbell secures IPA sponsorship

THE International Pharmaceutical Agency (IPA), importer of the Universal Nutrition supplement line, has signed Guyana’s Men’s Physique champion, Emmerson Campbell as a brand ambassador. The terms and conditions of the deal which were agreed upon yesterday were not disclosed but the partnership runs until sometime next year. Campbell placed second in his first show last December at the annual Flex Night International event. Since then, he has dominated every local competition, including a coveted win at Senior Nation-

al Championships in July. The 5’8” athlete also placed fourth at the CAC Championships last month in the Bahamas. IPA is proud to support Campbell as he prepares to compete at Flex Night once again this December, assisted by their portfolio of premium products. Since opening its door 25 years ago, IPA has been the sole distributor of Universal products. Universal Nutrition has been providing cutting edge and staple nutritional products to bodybuilders and hard-training athletes the world over since 1977.

IPA Sales and Marketing Manager, Atisha Isaacs (left) hands over the sponsorship package to Men’s Physique champion Emmerson Campbell in the presence of the company’s Managing Director Reginald Persaud and Telemarketer, Fleur Blanckaert.

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COURTS Pee Wee U-11 Schools Tournament

Keyon Douglas powers St Angela’s to 9-0 win over Sophia See story on page 31

Richardson inspires Pele FC to exciting 2-1 win ... Alpha United and GDF play to 1-1 draw

GREGORY ‘Jackie Chan’ Richardson broke the hearts of Fruta Conquerors players and their supporters when he stroked home his team’s winning goal in the 67th minute and helped Pele FC to the top of the table with their 2-1 win at the Tucville ground, as action in the STAG Elite League continued on Friday night. In the opening game of the double-header, Alpha United and their nemesis the Guyana Defence Force (GDF) drew 1-1 in a game that could have gone either way but in the end, both sides left the pitch securing one point. Meanwhile, the huge crowd at the venue, most of whom were supporters of the home side (Fruta Conquerors) were kept entertained throughout the 90 minutes, primarily by one man; Richardson. Especially in the first half, it was the ‘Jackie Chan Show’ with the Pele FC forward dazzling the partisan crowd with plays that only reminded them why he is considered one of the country’s best up front. While Fruta Conquerors had two clear chances in the opening minutes of the game, the half belonged to Pele FC. Richardson was a nightmare for the Fruta Conquerors defenders. Defender Dellon Williams was his primary target and after having a few of his shots going

on target but hitting off the post, Richardson in the 18th minute was responsible for Travis ‘Zorro’ Grant sending Pele FC in the lead. The svelte built player had made his way into the Fruta Conquerors’ 18-yard area and nicely flicked the ball over the advancing keeper but the ball hit the crossbar and Grant on the rebound hammered it home for Pele’s first goal of the game. Up one goal, Richardson again got around the defenders, more so Williams, who was forced to pick up what was a necessary yellow card after the Pele forward turned sweetly on him and was heading to the goal. Taking the free kick himself, Richardson’s shot slammed off the post (again) and Pele FC headed into the second half leading 1-0. In the second stanza, it was an entirely different story. Eon Alleyne, Dennis Edwards and Jermin Junor led an energised Fruta Conquerors team that pulled out all the stops searching for an equaliser. Though Richardson continued to have his way, the defence was a little better with coach Calvin Allen bringing in 15-year-old Jeremy Garrett to play in the ‘right back’ position. Fruta Conquerors got the equaliser when

Pele FC’s Gregory ‘Jackie Chan’ Richardson (left) and Travis ‘Zorro’ Grant

GDF skipper Selwyn Isaacs and Clive Matthews battle for a loose ball at the Tucville ground on Friday. (Delano Williams photo) Edwards headed home a classic after Alleyne enough to glide around them and he then worked his way down the right flank around hammered the ball that sailed past the Fruta two Pele defenders and sent a ball into the Conquerors custodian who had no chance of path of Edwards who timed it perfectly to stopping it. head home the SM Jaleel-sponsored club’s The goal was his (Richardson) fifth and first and only goal of the game. he also extended his reign as the league’s However, ten minutes later, Richardson leading goalscorer. Pele leapt above Alpha pulled one back for Pele and it turned out United as the top team in the league with to be the game winner. Fruta Conquerors 11 points. had just made another run on goal and Alpha United’s Kithson Bain had given Grant cleared the ball and fortunately, his team the lead nine minutes into the game Richardson was the player in whose path but just on the close of the first half, Seon it (the ball) landed. Prince scored from the penalty spot in the Two Fruta Conquerors defenders tried 44th minute to even the scores. to box Richardson in, but he timed the ball The STAG Elite League continued last to perfection and his first touch was brilliant night at the #5 ground in Berbice.

Trophy Stall Rugby Sevens on today! See story on page 26

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