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The blacklisting saga…

Opposition must show a sense of nationalism in the interest of Guyana and Guyanese Dire constraints likely to attend future business transactions in Guyana

… President Ramotar

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President Donald Ramotar

- following the CFATF ruling on Guyana’s AML/CFT non-compliance

Tug operator perishes after vessel capsizes in Demerara River Centre

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GMSA calls for end to political bickering on AML/CFT legislation Page 9 Guyana’s Business Sector risks ridicule ahead of 8th Americas Competitiveness Forum Page18 UNASUR supports Guyana Gov’t in strengthening fight against Page13 money laundering Following Eusi Kwayana’s testimony at Rodney CoI…

AG reasserts position on Guyana’s advances on press freedom front Page 12

The crane successfully gets the tug out of the river

First Lady’s Page 9 message on International Day For The Protection of Children

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The blacklisting saga…

Opposition must show a sense of nationalism in the interest of … President Guyana and Guyanese Ramotar

By Vanessa Narine GUYANA was effectively blacklisted internationally last Thursday, following the announcement by the Caribbean Financial Action Task Force (CFATF) that the country was referred to the international body, the Financial Action Task Force (FATF).

The regional watchdog’s review was in relation to the protection of the international financial system from money laundering and financing of terrorism risks, and the encouragement of greater compliance with standards.

The body made it clear that Guyana has strategic Anti-Money Laundering and Countering the Financing of Terrorism (AML/CFT) deficiencies, and has not made sufficient progPresident ress in addressing these.

Donald Ramotar According to CFATF, in a public statement: “As a result of not meeting the agreed timelines in its Action Plan, the CFATF recognises Guyana as a jurisdiction with significant AML/CFT deficiencies, which has failed to make significant progress in addressing those deficiencies, and the CFATF considers Guyana to be a risk to the international financial system.”

The enactment of the legislation before CFATF’s meeting last week, by all accounts, could have averted Guyana’s referral to CFATF, particularly since the body noted that 90 per cent of the deficiencies identified are legislative in nature.

To this end, CFATF advised its members to take counter-measures against Guyana to protect their financial systems from the ongoing money laundering and terrorist financing risks emanating from Guyana. The counter measures include: The requirement of enhanced due diligence measures; Introducing enhanced reporting mechanisms or systematic reporting of financial trans-

actions; Refusing the establishment of subsidiaries or branches or representative offices in Guyana; and Taking into account the fact that financial institutions from Guyana that do not have adequate AML/CFT systems and limit the business relationships or financial transactions with the country.

AG Anil Nandlall

Finance Minister Dr Ashni Singh

UNCONDITIONAL PASSAGE President Donald Ramotar has since called for the unconditional passage of the AML/CFT (Amendment) Bill, which has been deemed CFATF complaint.

Mr. Ramotar, on Thursday evening, in an address to the nation, said: “I call upon the Opposition to unconditionally pass a CFATF-compliant Bill to limit the harm already done, and the dangers to our people’s well-being.

I will assent to such a Bill as soon as it is sent to me by the National Assembly.”

The combined Opposition, A Partnership for National Unity (APNU) and the Alliance For Change (AFC), are calling for certain conditions to be met before they do so.

APNU, for instance, has proposed three amendments

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“Today, I call upon the opposition to unconditionally pass a CFATFcompliant Bill to limit the harm already done, and the dangers to our people’s wellbeing. I will assent to such a Bill as soon as it is sent to me by the National Assembly.”

– President Donald Ramotar “The entire world recognises the importance of being in good standing with FATF, except the 33 persons who sit opposite us in Parliament.”

– Finance Minister, Dr. Ashni Singh “I am happy that the parties have finally arrived at this position (a willingness to compromise); but, as they did with the Amaila Falls, they waited until the hammer has fallen on Guyana and then they are now pretending to ride in like the knight in shining armour to save the country from the very disaster which they have put us in.”

– AG, Anil Nandlall

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U.S. and China square off at Asia security forum (Reuters) - THE United States and China squared off at an Asian security forum on Saturday, with the U.S. defense secretary accusing Beijing of destabilizing the region and a top Chinese general retorting that his comments were “threat and intimidation”.

Using unusually strong language, U.S. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel took aim at Beijing’s handling of territorial disputes with its Asian neighbors.

“In recent months, China has undertaken destabilizing, unilateral actions asserting its claims in the South China Sea,” Hagel said.

He warned Beijing that the United States was committed to its geopolitical rebalance to the Asia-Pacific region and “will not look the other way when fundamental principles of the international order are being challenged”.

Hagel said the United

States took no position on the merits of rival territorial claims in the region, but added: “We firmly oppose any nation’s use of intimidation, coercion, or the threat of force to assert these claims.”

His speech at Singapore’s Shangri-La Dialogue, Asia biggest security forum, provoked an angry reaction from the deputy chief of staff of the Chinese Army, Lieutenant-General Wang Guanzhong.

“I felt that Secretary Hagel’s speech is full of hegemonism, threat and intimidation,” he told reporters just after the speech.

Wang said the speech was aimed at causing trouble in the Asia-Pacific.

Hagel’s comments followed the keynote address

by Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe at the same forum on Friday evening, who pledged “utmost support” to Southeast Asian countries, several of which are locked in

maritime disputes with China.

“I felt that they were just trying to echo each other,” Wang said.

more than our expectations,” he said. “Although I do think those criticisms are groundless, I do appreciate your candor …

U.S. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel (L) talks with Japan’s Defense Minister Itsunori Onodera as they wait for South Korea’s Defense Minister Kim Kwan-jin to arrive to begin their meeting in Singapore More...Credit: REUTERS/ Pablo Martinez Monsivais/Pool

Hagel later held a bilateral meeting with Wang, where the Chinese military leader expressed his surprise at the U.S. defense secretary’s speech.

“You were very candid this morning, and to be frank,

likewise we will also share our candor.”

A senior U.S. defense official said that, despite Wang’s opening remarks, the tone of the meeting had been “businesslike and fairly amicable”.

While Hagel went over ground he covered in his speech, Wang spent most of the meeting talking about U.S.-China military-to-military contacts, including Chinese participation in forthcoming military exercises, the official said.

The U.S. official said Hagel’s speech had been well received by other Asian delegations with the exception of China.

ONLY IF PROVOKED In Beijing, President Xi Jinping said China would not initiate aggressive action in the South China Sea but would respond if others did, the official Xinhua news agency reported.

“We will never stir up trouble, but will react in the necessary way to the provocations of countries involved,” Xinhua quoted Xi as saying in a meeting on Friday with Prime Minister Najib Razak of Malaysia.

China claims almost the entire oil- and gas-rich South China Seas, and dismisses competing claims from Taiwan, Brunei, Vietnam, the Philippines and Malaysia. Japan also has a territorial row with China over islands in the East China Sea. Tensions have surged in recent weeks after China placed an oil rig in waters claimed by Vietnam, and the Philippines said Beijing could be building an airstrip on a disputed island. Japan’s defense ministry said Chinese SU27 fighters came as close as 50 meters (170 ft) to a Japanese OP-3C surveillance plane near disputed islets last week and within 30 metres of a YS-11EB electronic intelligence aircraft. Japanese Defence Minister Itsunori Onodera said Tokyo perceived an “increasingly severe regional security environment”.

Ukraine to push on with army offensive, row grows over Russian fighters reports (Reuters) – UKRAINE’S government vowed on Friday to press ahead with a military offensive against separatists, despite a deadly attack on an army helicopter, amid increasing reports that fighters from Russia have been involved in rebellions in the east.

President-elect Petro Po-

roshenko, who scored an overwhelming first-round victory in a poll on May 25, swore to punish those responsible for the shooting down on Thursday of the helicopter near Slaviansk, which killed 14 servicemen including a general.

Acting Defence Minister Mykhilo Koval, repeating

charges that Russia was carrying out “special operations” in the east of Ukraine, said on Friday that Ukrainian forces would continue with military operations in border areas “until these regions begin to live normally, until there is peace”.

Elsewhere in Ukraine’s troubled eastern regions, a sep-

aratist group detained a second four-person team of monitors of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe, the Vienna-based OSCE said.

Last Monday separatists in another area detained a four-man OSCE team and have not yet released them.

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long alleged that the rebellions have been fomented by Moscow among the largely Russian-speaking population, which is especially vulnerable to cross-border propaganda hostile to Kiev’s “Euro-Maidan” revolution that overthrew Moscow-backed President Viktor Yanukovich

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in February.

Reports by Ukrainian border authorities and journalists on the ground now appear to show increasing evidence of direct involvement by fighters from Russia in the rebellions that erupted two months ago in the wake of Russia’s annexation of Crimea.

According to these reports, fighters may be coming into Ukraine from former hotspots in Russia and its North Caucasus fringes such as Chechnya whose own troubles in the past 20 years have spawned a proliferation of armed groups.

Ukraine’s authorities say Russian border guards are doing nothing to stop fighters crossing the long land border from Russia, along with truck loads of ammunition and weapons.

In the latest such report, Ukrainian border guards said on Friday they had seized a cache of weapons including guns, machine-guns, grenade-launchers, sniper rifles and 84 boxes of live ammunition in two cars they stopped as they crossed from Russia.

A total of 13 people were detained, the border guard service said in a statement on its website.

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‘Don’ cut down Call to reform URP, Cepep by gunmen …three others injured in daring daylight attack (Jamaica Observer) TASHOY Lawrence had only a few weeks ago cheated death when he escaped from a burning car that had overturned as he made his way to a funeral.

He was not so lucky yesterday.

As he sat in his wheelchair at Texton Road in Kingston, surrounded by his friends, at minutes after three in the afternoon, a car drove up, men alighted and started shooting in their direction.

Lawrence was hit several times, along with three other men.

Persons who claimed to be eyewitnesses said Lawrence, 42, did not die instantly and tried to crawl to safety.

But his attackers were intent on taking his life.

They walked up to him and pumped several more bullets into his body before escaping.

He died on the spot, while the other three men were taken to hospital.

At least one man was listed as being in serious con-

dition as he was reportedly shot in the stomach.

Lawrence, described as a ‘don’ by stony-faced onlookers who stood behind police yellow tape, is reputed to be a top enforcer in the notorious Rat Bat gang and yesterday police investigators were not sure if he was the victim of an internal gang feud.

One thing was clear at the crime scene however, he held the respect of those in his community.

“Dem kill the don. Done him. Never to return,” one woman said as she took a long drag on a cigarette.

“Him just crash the other day and hurt him foot.

Him was in the wheelchair when the man dem move to him. The don dead,” another woman said.

Others in the crowd just looked on as Crime Scene investigators processed the scene.

Police markers indicated that more than 20 shots were fired during the brazen daylight attack.

The fearsome Rat Bat

gang has its bases in the police divisions of St Andrew South and Kingston West and is infamous for its vicious handling of enemies or members who have run afoul of the criminal outfit’s unwritten code.

Despite various strategies employed by police in both divisions, the gang continues to thrive due to the wide expanse of its territory and a large network of hardened criminals.

Apart from Texton Road and the adjoining Gem Road, the gang has turf control of the St Joseph’s and Crescent roads communities which run off Spanish Town Road, along with an area close to Greenwich Town known as ‘Boat Island’ among other areas off Maxfield Avenue.

Residents in the area now fear that Lawrence’s murder and the injury of the other men may trigger a new round of violence in a community that has been relatively quiet in recent years.

(Trinidad Guardian) A PANEL of Christian leaders and a military chief have identified temporary unemployment relief, such as the Unemployment Relief Programme (URP) and Community-Based Environmental Protection and Enhancement Programme (Cepep), as a major factor affecting crime.

Speaking at a media briefing at the conclusion of the Prayers Plus—Finding Solutions for Crime Symposium at the Hilton Trinidad and Conference Centre on Thursday evening, the five-member panel, which included Vice Chief of Defence Staff Brig Gen Anthony Phillips-Spencer, said there were serious deficiencies and corrupt activity in the programmes and these needed to be urgently addressed by the Government.

“We think that there is clearly a correlation between the current approach in these programmes and what we are witnessing in terms of the prevalence in gang culture,” PhillipsSpencer said. His comments come days after National Security Minister Gary Griffith announced that the controversial Life Sport programme, which aims to teach life skills to unemployed youths in high crime areas, would be placed under the control of the Defence Force.

UK to count prostitution, drugs when measuring GDP

LONDON—Sex please—we’re British. Britain’s Office of National Statistics said prostitution and the import, manufacture and consumption of illegal drugs will be counted when making the government’s quarterly calculations of gross domestic product.

The statistics agency said yesterday some of these activities are legal in certain European Union countries, and comparable figures are needed. All member states need the same standard

because they are used to assess a member state’s contribution to the EU budget.

“As economies develop and evolve, so do the statistics we use to measure them,” said Joe Grice, the ONS’s chief economic adviser. “These improvements are going on across the world and we are working with our partners in Europe and the wider world on the same agenda.” At the moment, the only illegal activities included in GDP are estimates on alcohol and

tobacco smuggling.

The ONS said that the new estimates would add approximately £10 billion (US$16.7 billion) to the level of GDP in 2009. That said, it remains a small portion of Britain’s overall GDP,

which now stands at £1.5 trillion.

Vice Chief of Defence Staff Brig Gen Anthony PhillipsSpencer

Last Saturday, Prime Minister Kamla PersadBissessar announced the transfer of the programme from the Ministry of Sport to Griffith’s ministry amid a l l e g a t i o n s o f c o r r u ption. Phillips-Spencer said the issue with the restructuring of such programmes arose during a presentation of business leaders during the three-day symposium of Christian leaders, which also featured media executives, non-governmental organisations (NGOs) and Chief Justice Ivor Archie.

He said that two important comments made included the need to revisit the relationship between

reward and effort and an observation that attempts were being made by the Government to “buy peace” from criminals. “The continued effort to ‘buy peace’ highlights further the reality that gangs and gang culture is now replacing what would otherwise be strong community life,” PhillipsSpencer said.

He said a major issue with the programmes was that they were being used by some deportees attempting to reintegrate into society.

“We don’t think that is productive or contributes to the kind of environment we want,” Phillips-Spencer said.

His views were strongly endorsed by director of Prayers Plus Cleveland Thomas, who led the panel and first highlighted the issue.

“With all the reports of what is happening with these programmes I believe that you don’t have to be Christian to recognise there is a need for a revisiting and a rethinking of it,” Thomas said. He said such programmes should only target able-bodied unemployed citizens seeking temporary relief and training to return to the workforce. “There are those people in society that need financial help. I think the issue that comes up over and over is that it needs to be targeted, specific and managed and managed well,” Thomas said.

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Guyana

Guyana awaits the right decision by the Oppositon

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TOMORROW’S CHALLENGING MEETING THERE SEEMS to be some mix-up over the primary purpose of a meeting announced for tomorrow between President Donald Ramotar and Opposition Leader David Granger at the President’s Office.

Contrary to earlier reportings by the media that the primary issue for discussion would be related to resolving differences over the Anti-Money Laundering and Countering the Financing of Terrorism (Amendment) Bill, a brief e-mail note from the President’s Office yesterday stated that tomorrow’s meeting between President Ramotar and Mr Granger would “discuss the reconstitution of the Service Commissions”.

Be that as it may, it is difficult to imagine such a meeting at this time between the President and Opposition Leader avoiding, by choice, the opportunity to discuss the far more outstanding and quite compelling national issue of resolving differences for passage of the AML/CFT (amendments) bill as required by the Caribbean Financial Action Task Force (CFATF).

Indeed, just a few days ago, the leaders of Alliance For Change (Khemraj Ramjattan) and APNU’s Granger were respectively talking in terms of requiring no more than three and two days for agreement to be reached on the AML/CFT bill to avoid the penalty of Guyana being penalised as a “blacklisted” jurisdiction in this Region by the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) In the case of APNU’s leader, he appeared quite anxious to have the meeting with the President in keeping with a perceived new interest on his part to foster national unity. Truth is that spokespersons in the leadership of both the governing Peoples Progressive Party and APNU often allude to the need for national unity even in the face of lingering doubts over the level of commitment towards this most desirable objective.

While political complaints continue over the functioning of the country’s constitutional service commissions, and what changes ought to be made, the reality is that it is an issue totally unrelated to what the CFATF and, ultimately, the wider FATF desire to have reflected in the final amended AML/CFT version as approved by Parliament.

In the circumstances, therefore, though it is encouraging to know that APNU’s leader, Mr Granger, now wants to reflect a welcome mood for dialogue with President Ramotar in the wider framework for national unity, ‘proof of the pudding’, as the saying goes, must surface at their expected meeting arranged for tomorrow.

Given the governing PPP’s own historical efforts for spawning national unity in the interest of Guyana’s social and economic progress—with which the APNU leader is quite familiar, though unwilling to publicly admit---then Mr Granger’s expressed desire for an accord with the Government on the AML/CFT legislation should find a receptive response from the President.

The Guyanese people, who are already punishing, among them workers in the public and private sectors, are quite anxious for politically matured discussions, across party lines, that could result in required progress in resolving—without “blackmail” politicking—issues relating to both the AMC/CFT bill and the functioning of the Service Commissions.

AT the time of writing, Guyana has not fulfilled the May 29 deadline for passage of the Anti Money Laundering and Countering the Financing of Terrorism (Amendment) Bill (AML/CTF).

This means that the inevitable mandatory referral to the Financial Action Task Force would have been made, as announced that other countries have been warned about the risks of doing business with Guyana.

All Guyanese should feel insulted, if not humiliated, that their country has to be treated in this manner, akin to a pariah. Blame not the government, since it has taken the lead, battling the unprogressive mindset of the opposite aisle of the National Assembly in its attempts at seeking legislative passage for this very important Bill.

Neither must the international body of the FAFT be faulted since they are simply applying the required sanctions that are mandatory in dealing with non-compliant nations. It is comforting, at least, that Guyana’s efforts had been recognized, and did result in an extension of time given for compliance.

And yet, the Opposition would have had the nation believe that there was nothing to worry about.

But the fact that all of corporate Guyana, through public notices, gave voice to their concerns as to the consequences of non-legislation, should have been a graphic reminder as to the perils that await the nation.

As Guyanese, there must be grave concern as to the future of this country, should the political opposition stick to its head-in-the-sand

position of non-cooperation. We are all aware as to the dire effects on our livelihoods, that such political obstinacy will bring. One wonders as to the mindset of both parties, even at this perilous hour! Where does love of country stand in the priority of these persons, bearing the name of Peoples Representatives? In their listing of national priorities, should not the former take pre-eminence, even over political power, as is seemingly their main pre-occupation?

And are their minds so closed to all reason, in not remembering their responsibility to the nation at large, as an important constitutional body, mandated to play their role in national development? Guyana awaits the right decision by the Opposition.

MICHAEL DAVID

This is what the PNC/ APNU is all about GIVEN what is emanating from the Walter Rodney Commission of Enquiry, on the strategy that the then People’s National Congress government perpetrated on the people of Guyana, it is reasonable to conclude as to the similarity with regards its current umbrella shelter of the A Partnership for National Unity (APNU) non-co-

operation with the Anti Money Laundering and Countering the Financing of Terrorism Legislation. More than anti-national would be an apt description; but, criminal would be very appropriate given the enduring peculiar circumstances of Guyana’s current position of non-compliance.

The question just

comes naturally – which opposition party would want to be recorded in its particular country’s history, as being responsible for resultant punitive actions of a type that would debilitate its economy, thereby causing its people to suffer?

It is not, to repeat, that this opposition is not aware of its history of policies that once

brought this country to its knees. It sure does.

Yet, almost in the same vein, it has continued in its anti-people behaviour that is not only a further disservice to its already abysmal record, but one that seeks to wreak further havoc, if allowed.

This is what the PNC/APNU is all about.

TRENTON WILLIAMS

Dengue cases in Caribbean jump five-fold in ten years WASHINGTON DC—The Pan American Health Organisation (PAHO) says the number of dengue cases in the Americas, including the Caribbean, increased five-fold between 2003 and 2013. According to data presented this week at a highlevel regional meeting on dengue hosted by PAHO, between 2009 and 2012, over 1 million cases were reported annually, on average, with more than 33,900 severe cases and 835 deaths.

PAHO said last year was one of the worst years for dengue in the hemisphere’s history, with 2.3 million cases, including 37,705 severe cases and 1,289 deaths. By comparison, the number of cases reported region-wide in 2003 was 517,617, PAHO said. Despite countries’ efforts to control the disease, PAHO warned that dengue continues to spread due to, among other reasons, uncontrolled, unplanned urbanization, lack of basic services in communities, poor environmental

management and climate change.

In the Americas, nearly 500 million people are at risk of contracting the disease, PAHO said. “All government sectors, communities, and families have to work together to fight the vector and control this disease, which knows no borders, discriminates against no one, and is everyone’s problem, not just the health sector’s,” he said. Espinal said Canada, continental Chile and Uruguay are the only countries in the Region that have reported no dengue cases to date, despite the presence of Aedes aegypti mosquito in Uruguay.

He said the United States detected dengue for the first time in 2007 and, by 2013, had registered 1,292 cases, although none were severe or resulted in death. But despite the increasing incidence of dengue, PAHO said the trend in case-fatality rates has been downward. It said case fatality from dengue in the Americas fell from 0.07 percent to 0.05 percent in the last

three years—a reduction attributed to better clinical management of patients since implementation of new PAHO guidelines began in 2010.

PAHO estimates that improvements in care prevented about 1,500 deaths last year, equivalent to over 25 percent of all deaths from the virus over the previous decade. “Recognising the lack of a vaccine or specific drugs for this health problem, countries have made major efforts to prevent deaths from dengue through timely treatment, following the new WHO recommendations,” said Luis Gerardo Castellanos, head of the PAHO’s Neglected, Tropical and Vector-borne Diseases Unit.

“Aedes aegypti is an urban mosquito that lives in our homes, which means we have to eliminate its breeding sites to prevent it from reproducing,” said José Luis San Martín, PAHO regional advisor on dengue. In addition to dengue, PAHO said Aedes aegypti also transmits the chikungunya and yellow fever viruses.

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Addiction and Dependency – PART 3 ADDICTION is a topic I’ve written upon, time and time again, particularly addiction to prescription painkillers. It’s been an issue that I feel passionate about, not the least because it’s something that has had a personal impact upon my life (It was indicated in my last article that I will examine a recent CNN programme on this issue).

Last week, even as I am currently undergoing treatment for chronic back pain, I received a sobering revelation via a Sanjay Gupta special on painkillers aired on CNN. One of the first things that I learnt was presented in the first five minutes or so of the show, which is that prescription painkillers is the leading cause of accidental death in the United States.

The story Gupta focused on was that of a promising young lawyer, and family friend of former President Bill Clinton, Ben Gupta (no relation to Sanjay) who died suddenly one day after falling asleep on his couch. The autopsy revealed the cause of death as a combination of alcohol and the prescription painkiller, Oxycodone.

“Now, this man that he’s [Clinton] talking about wasn’t an addict,” said Gupta, “perhaps just a little reckless. He mixed his Oxycodone (0.4 within the medical limit) with a few beers, in fact. The autopsy would ultimately show that he wasn’t legally drunk, didn’t have that much to drink. But the

combination was enough to kill him.”

Let me state that here I’m aware that I can be accused of unwarranted panic-mongering or, worse yet, irrelevance when it comes to writing about a distinctly America public health concern. After all, as Gupta revealed in his interview with Clinton, 80 percent of the world’s pain prescriptions are used in America, astounding when you consider that America has only about five percent of the world’s population.

My response would be that it is relevant to us for two key reasons. The first is that the issue should be relevant to Guyanese because I know of no one in Guyana who does not have some relative residing in the US. If prescription painkillers are the leading cause of accidental death in America, then your loved one is more in danger of them than of dying in a car crash.

The second reason is what Clinton said about the nature of the phenomenon, that it was a cultural problem. “You know, people think,” said Clinton, “oh, I got a headache or I got this, my elbow is sore, or whatever. And, look, I don’t want to minimize, there are a lot of people who live courageous lives in constant pain. They’re in pain all the time, for reasons they can’t control.

They need relief and they should get it. But there’s

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no question, since we represent 5 percent of the world’s people, and far less than 80 percent of the world’s people with aboveaverage incomes, we got no business popping as many pills as we do.”

We acknowledge that American’s cultural influence, whether we see it as incidental or deliberately imperial as impacting, through the television set we learn what clothes we should wear to keep up with trends in the US, we learn what sort of countertops we want in our new house when our house lot application comes through, we learn what new star to look out for on American idol, and also what medications

work best for our ailments.

I would bet that during the average American television show, about one in five advertisements is for some sort of pain relief medicine, prescription or over the counter. Shaquille O’Neal, who appeared on the second half of Gupta’s show to talk about how he deals with diabetes, is also, interestingly, the spokesperson for a pain relief rub, Icy Hot. If the demand for painkillers in America is a cultural phenomenon, then in my view, it is a cultural phenomenon that will be on the verge of being exported here, sooner rather than later.

In some ways, I believe that we have already entered that sooner stage.

Addiction is premised primarily upon access (this is my non-medical view), and while the cultural phenomenon of prescribing painkillers is not yet upon us as a society, I am completely aware that addiction to painkillers is already a growing problem among those who have easy access to them in Guyana. When I looked at how simply, how senselessly Ben Gupta died – the combination of Oxycodone and a few beers – and I consider the access some in Guyana have to prescription painkillers, combined with Guyana’s hard-drinking culture, I cannot help but fear a public health crisis waiting to erupt.

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ANOTHER DANGEROUS ACT IN T&T - journalist flees country after assassination threat A MONTH ago, armed criminals in Trinidad and Tobago assassinated an outstanding high profile senior counsel of the country’s criminal justice system—Dana Seetahal— as she was driving to her home.

Then, this past week, an investigative journalist, Mark Bassant, covering crime and security, felt compelled to hurriedly flee his homeland in order to escape threatened execution by a criminal network.

Now, more than a week since the news of a shocking plot to kill Bassant, a journalist of the Port-of-Spain-based ‘Caribbean Communications Network (CCN)---the hierarchy of the T&T Police Service are facing strident criticisms for seemingly rationalising the circumstances that could have triggered the death threat from the criminal underworld.

In T&T where, by last week, gun-related murders had already skyrocketed to 181,and climbing--already 30 beyond the toll for 2013 at the time of writing--there is a growing fear of citizens becoming numb to the epidemic of criminal violence and execution-style murder, amid continuing low success rating by the police in capturing suspected killers.

Over the years as a journalist of the Caribbean Region, I have been both a witness to and victim of the politics of a few government leaders and cabinet ministers that had resulted in my geographical dislocations, and worse, loss of earnings as I coped with survival challenges.

Thankfully, however, I never genuflected to the ‘powers’ that be, nor compromised the fundamental tenets of the profession I continue to share with national and regional journalists---among them some of the best, in competence and integrity---in Trinidad and Tobago, Barbados, Jamaica and elsewhere.

SHOCKING PRECEDENT But never have I had to read the shocking accounts of a

professional journalist of the Caribbean Community who felt compelled to speedily abandon his job and flee for his life, after learning he had been targeted for murder by elements of his country’s criminal underworld.

What is worse, in fact scandalous and terrifying, was the information received that a few members of the Trinidad and Tobago Police Service, with whom the investigative journalist of the CCN has been accustomed to cooperating--on the assumption of shared commitment to fighting crime---were to discover a dimension of treachery that sent him fleeing from his job and country.

I cannot recall ever meeting Mr Bassant, either in T&T or elsewhere. Nevertheless, I fully share the outrage of all journalists, media enterprises and organizations that have been denouncing and lamenting the shocking claims of collusion and conspiracy against a journalist who had trusted his police connections. After all, they were claimed ‘partners’ with him in combating criminality, including gang-related murders. Other journalists must pay heed.

Based on the coverage in the T&T media, print and electronic, and in particular reports and commentaries in the Express newspaper—which is a central segment of the CCN group--acting Police Commissioner Stephen Williams may well have done himself an injustice by his own convoluted response to what Bassant had reported prior to going into hiding.

In particular, given the gravity of the implications of Bassant’s identification of the cops with whom he said he was working, was it then really necessary for Commissioner Williams to go public with a response that conveyed the impression more of bias against the CCN journalist in focusing on what he said were previous errors in his reporting, rather than signal commitment to bringing the criminals to justice?

TOP COP’S RESPONSE Significantly absent from the Commissioner’s public

Ukraine: The Price Putin Will Pay

CONDUCTING an orderly retreat is the hardest thing not only in war but also in politics, as Russian President Vladimir Putin is now learning. His own desire to avoid humiliation gets in the way of rapid disengagement from a losing battle, which is why he waited until two days before last Sunday’s Ukrainian presidential election to say that he would respect the result. And even then he said “respect”, not “recognise”.

The Ukrainian election went well. Petro Poroshenko, a minor-league oligarch with business interests in Russia, won convincingly in the first round, and 60 percent of voters actually showed up at the polls. Even in Donetsk province, where most city centres are occupied by separatist gunmen, seven out of twelve district electoral commissions were able to operate normally. It’s a good start on stabilising the country.

So why didn’t Putin just say “recognise, when that is clearly what he will have to do in the end if Russia and Ukraine are to have peaceful relations? Why prolong the uncertainty about his intentions in the West, where the belief that he is an “expansionist” bent on recreating the Russian/ Soviet empire takes deeper root with each passing day? The answer is pride – and Russia will pay a significant price for Putin’s pride.

Last week Prince Charles, heir to the British throne, enlivened his royal tour of Canada by telling an elderly Polish immigrant that Hitler's relentless take-over of European countries in the 1930s was “not unlike what Putin is doing now”. Prince Charles is well known for saying silly things, but what he said in Canada sounded quite sensible to many people in the West. That is a big problem for Putin.

Putin’s seizure of Crimea from Ukraine, though completely illegal, was not the first step in his plan for world

conquest. That is preposterous: Russia is a relatively poor country of only 140 million people. But it is a regrettable fact of life that the Hitler analogy has a powerful grip on the popular imagination throughout Europe and North America, and Putin’s aimless belligerence has been setting him up in Western minds as the next Hitler.

He was very cross when his tame Ukrainian president, Viktor Yanukovych, was overthrown by protesters after he obeyed Putin’s demand to break off trade talks with the European Union. Putin punished Ukraine by annexing Crimea, and he started doing some heavy breathing about Ukraine’s eastern provinces as well.

He encouraged pro-Russian gunmen to seize government buildings in eastern Ukraine and warned that he might intervene militarily if the Ukrainian government used force against them. He moved 40,000 troops up to Ukraine’s eastern border on “exercises”. It was quite pointless, since he could neither annex the eastern provinces nor remove the Ukrainian government without actually invading, but he was VERY cross.

Three months of that, and the damage to his and Russia’s image is starting to pile up. Simple-minded people like Prince Charles talk about a new Hitler. Terrified Poles, Estonians and other Eastern Europeans who used to live under the Soviet yoke fear that they might be next and demand NATO troops on their soil. And clever people in the Western military-industrial complexes see an opportunity to sell more of their wares.

So at last, in early May, Putin sobers up and calls off the fright campaign. He says that the Ukrainian election could be a move “in the right direction.” He publicly urges the pro-Russian gunmen in Donetsk and Luhansk provinces to postpone a planned referendum on union with Russia. He even says that he is withdrawing his troops from Ukraine’s borders.

response was any reference, (names not expected), to what relevant actions were being pursued pertaining to Mr Bassant’s claims of alleged complicity by cops named in his submitted report.

While understandably anxious to protect the Police Force he still heads, amid mounting criticisms and disenchantment over lack of successes, or breakthroughs, in cases of murder and assassination hits, Commissioner Williams may well have inflamed passions beyond the corridors of the CCN enterprise that the Express so passionately reflected in an Editorial of May 26.

Indeed, the Express went as far as to declare that the acting top cop was “unfit for the office of Police Commissioner”. In so doing, it fortified an earlier call by a well known respected senior counsel and columnist, Martin Daly, who had earlier declared that in his own independent assessment, Mr Williams “is not the right man for the job of Police Commissioner”.

Whatever the future of Mr Stephen Williams with the T&T Police Force, the immediate challenge remains to bring to justice those who have been identified—cops and criminals---by the journalist Mark Bassant when he felt compelled to go public with his horrifying disclosure of a claimed criminal complicity to explain his hurried flight into physical safety.

This is the unprecedented development in the local media world of Trinidad and Tobago---less than a month after the despicable assassination of senior counsel Dana Seetahal.

Regional and international media enterprises and organizations have been expressing their deep concerns over the implications for press freedom and freedom of expression in the case involving the journalist Bassant and reported collusion of cops and criminals that sent him fleeing for refuge. More than the people of Trinidad and Tobago would be anxiously awaiting positive results.

But he doesn’t really withdraw the troops yet. He doesn’t use his influence to force the separatist gunmen in eastern Ukraine to postpone their referendum, and he doesn’t actually say that he will recognise the Ukrainian election as legitimate. Putin wants to walk away from the game, but it’s too embarrassing to do a complete about-face. So he leaves the pot of fear and suspicion boiling for another three weeks.

FINALLY, only two days before the Ukranian election, Putin says he will “respect” the result, and his tanks start to pull back from Ukraine’s border.

Too damned late. There won’t be any more Western sanctions against Russia, but Putin has managed to resurrect the image of Russia as a mortal threat to its neighbours. It will not lie down again soon.

European defence budgets will stop falling, and the integration of the armed forces of the various new NATO members in Eastern Europe will accelerate. Leading-edge technologies like missile defence will get more funding in the United States. Foreign investment in Russia is already declining. And the countries of the European Union will move heaven and earth to cut their dependence on Russian gas exports.

Putin has already turned to China as a new customer for Russian gas, but it will never pay as well as Europe did.

He used to be able to play the Europeans and the Chinese off against each other, but that game is over. NATO sees him as a wild card at best, and at worst a real threat. The master strategist has lost his touch.

BY GWYNNE DYER

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By RICKEY SINGH

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GMSA calls for end to First Lady’s message political bickering on on International Day For The Protection of AML/CFT legislation Children

By Derwayne Wills

MR. CLINTON WILLIAMS, President of the Guyana Manufacturing and Services Association Ltd. (GMSA), has called on political leaders to cease “bickering on an important piece of legislation”, as the GMSA is very disappointed, saddened, and indeed concerned about the implications of the decision arrived at by the Caribbean Financial Action Task Force (CFATF) on Thursday, wherein it urged countries to implement whatever mechanisms are necessary to sanitise the world financial system against the ongoing risks of money laundering and financing of terrorism emanating from Guyana.

In an invited comment to the Guyana Chronicle, the GMSA President maintained that the decision has wide ranging implications not only for the manufacturing sector of Guyana, but also for the country as a Mr. Clinton Williams whole in dealing with the rest of the world.

He furthered that the conditionalities imposed on Guyana have a two-fold penalizing effect, in that the non passage of the Anti-Money Laundering and Countering the Financing of Terrorism (AML/CFT) Bill has certain negative implications for Guyana’s dealing with the rest of the world, and Guyana has no recourse to alternative mechanisms for dealing with the world financial system.

Commenting on the implications of the decision on trade and investment in Guyana, Williams said these areas are crucial to the profitability of the country’s market, which at this juncture is dependent on the position adopted by the CFATF, whose decision will be furthered to the Financial Action Task Force (FATF).

Williams observed that in regard to the market opportunities of small nations like Guyana and those within the rest of the Caribbean, what often persists is an inability to garner funds. He said that for such small nations, investment capital is difficult to come by, and no responsible investor would invest in an environment which does not adhere to international regulation.

GUYANA today joins with many nations around the world in observing International Day for the Protection of Children. I take this opportunity to once again express my abhorrence of all forms of abuse against children and to call for such practices to be brought to an end.

Children are our special responsibility. We have an obligation as a society to work towards the eradication of all forms of abuse against children so that they can all enjoy their childhood which is an important stage in the development of all of us. By themselves, they are unable to defend against abuse. As such they need special attention and protection. The scars caused by abuse often leave an indelible mark on children and the effects of abuse sometimes endure through to adulthood. It is therefore important that every child is safeguarded from abuse.

On this International Day for the Protection of Children, I wish to add my humble appeal to the many voices around the world who have called for the release of the kidnapped schoolgirls in Nigeria. How terrible it must be for these schoolgirls to be away from their families for so long. How agonizing it must be for their parents who are worried about the safety of their children. I pray that these children are safely returned to the parents as soon as possible and that all measures taken to free the children will ensure that no harm comes to any of them.

My thoughts and prayers remain always with all children wherever they may be who are subject to abuse and other forms of suffering. I embrace them with my love and affection.

We all should, because by letting our children know that we care we can give them hope.

May this International Day for the Protection of Children intensify efforts to bring hope to all, but especially to the innocent children of this world!

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that proffer a change to the entire governing apparatus of the Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU), two of which are the removal of the words Attorney-General wherever it appears and replacing it with the acronym, FIU; and vesting a Police or Customs Officer with the power to seize currency from any person, anywhere in Guyana, if those officers have reason to believe that it is the proceeds of crime, or will be used to fund criminal activities. The Party is also calling for President Donald Ramotar to assent to Bills passed in the National Assembly, through the Opposition’s one-seat majority, but as the Head of State was at pains to explain, those calls are unconstitutional.

Given that the APNU’s proposals were viewed as problematic, the Attorney-General (AG), Anil Nandlall, on behalf of the Government, earlier this month offered them counter-proposals, in the interest of ensuring that the amendments made are CFATF-compliant, and reaching a compromise.

These counter-proposals are being considered by the Parliamentary Select Committee, which has been reviewing the AML/CFT Bill for more than 12 months now, and held its most recent meeting on May 22, 2014.

The APNU maintains its position on conditional support for the Bill. On the other hand, the AFC, which is fully behind APNU’s position, is demanding the establishment of the PPC (Public Procurement Commission), which the government has agreed to, providing that Cabinet retains its no-objection role in the process; but the latter position has been rejected by the AFC AFC’S ABOUT FACE However, on Thursday evening, after the announcement

by CFATF, the AFC, in a statement, noted that it is now willing to budge on its position and support Cabinet’s retention of its no-objection role.

The party committed to a compromise by amending Section 54 of the Procurement Act so that Cabinet’s right to raise an objection on the award of contracts is enshrined, something

it had previously objected to.

The Procurement (Amendment) Bill 2013 was read the first time in the National Assembly last November, and aims to amend the 2003 principal Procurement Act by making changes to section 54 by deleting subsection six – effectively restoring Cabinet’s no-objection role. Section 54 deals with Cabinet’s involvement in reviewing the award of procurement contracts and the phasing out of its functions with the establishment of a Public Procurement Commission (PPC), in the interest of decentralising the procurement process.

Finance Minister, Dr. Ashni Singh expressed his dissatisfaction at the timing of the proposal by the Alliance For Change.

“The AFC’s offer is too little too late,” he said, before going on to explain that the AFC’s proposal is an impossibility in the time-frame stipulated, since the Procurement (Amendment) Bill 2013, which ensures Cabinet’s no-objection role, has to be passed in the National Assembly; after which the nominations by each Party have to be approved by the PAC. More importantly, he said, even if the proposal was to be seriously considered, the establishment of the PPC requires a two-thirds majority in the National Assembly, and the AFC and the ruling party only constitute a 60 per cent majority.

Dr. Singh said: “The entire world recognises the importance of being in good standing with FATF, except the 33 persons who sit opposite us in Parliament. If you speak to anyone in the world, they would say it is a grave matter. The Opposition in Guyana says we are crying wolf; nothing will happen; and no one will be affected.

“The truth is that there are people today who cannot do international transactions; they cannot make international payments; the staffers of international agencies here are affected… There are people who are affected right now. There are people who say to me that the cost to send remittances have gone up because of increased scrutiny and greater due diligence.”

Also, commenting on the positions of the two parties, the Attorney-General said: “I am happy that the parties have finally arrived at this position; but, as they did with the Amaila Falls, they waited until the hammer has fallen on Guyana

FIRST LADY DEOLATCHMEE RAMOTAR and then they are now pretending to ride in like the knight in shining armour to save the country from the very disaster which they have put us in.

“In any event, I am not impressed by anything the AFC or the APNU says in terms of political commitment. My personal experience has been that the combined Opposition has violated and disregarded every political accord they have struck with the Government since November 2011.”

TIME FRAME Additionally, on Thursday, the AFC indicated that the AML/ CFT (Amendment) Bill can be passed within 72 hours; a position taken on by APNU, which on Friday said it can be done in 48 hours.

The President, on Friday evening, returned that the legislation can be passed within 24 hours to save Guyanese from the hardships of the consequence of the country being internationally blacklisted.

The Guyanese Head of State is of the view that it can be done on the premise that the Bill, currently languishing at the level of the Special Select Committee of Parliament, has been deemed compliant by the Caribbean Financial Action Task Force (CFATF).

Mr. Ramotar said the Bill’s passage can be achieved if the Opposition parliamentary parties were to “show a sense of nationalism in the interest of Guyana and Guyanese”.

He bemoaned Guyana’s current predicament given the repeated calls from not only Government, but from the private sector and financial sector stakeholders, as well as regional organisations, including the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), and the diplomatic corps.

Notable, also, is the fact that in February, CFATF Advisor, Roger Hernandez, was invited to look at the Opposition’s amendments, and during a meeting held of the Special Select Committee, Hernandez expressed the view that the Opposition’s amendments were not CFATF compliant. The regional body’s chair, Attorney General of The Bahamas, Allyson Maynard-Gibson, in April, led a team to Guyana for discussions on AML/CFT (Amendment) Bill. Calls for the passage of the embattled legislation were ignored on both occasions.

FATF’s next plenary meeting is slated for June 23 to 25, 2014 in Paris, France, at which time the international body is likely to put Guyana up for review by its International Cooperation Review Group (ICRG).

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Chronicle Weekend Roundup with Telesha Ramnarine MAY 26-31, 2014 MONDAY, 26TH Nations University launches Alumni Association NATIONS University, in collaboration with the Australian Institute of Business , has launched its first ever Alumni Association.

Nations University has, for approximately four years, been offering an internationally recognised Master’s in Business Administration programme through the AIB. With close to 50 successful graduates to date, the institution thought the time opportune to begin developing a productive and functional Alumni Association.

Strange woman kidnaps young baby in broad daylight A BABY boy, merely nine days old, was allegedly kidnapped, leaving his parents who reside at Number 60 Village, Corentyne, worried. According to a relative, a woman named Bibi, from Nickerie, Suriname, befriended the child’s mother, Pinky, while the latter was in hospital awaiting delivery.“Since then, she has been around to see the baby rather often. The woman was nice; I can’t even tell you how this happen,” the woman said. On the day of the kidnapping, Pinky had gone to the market in the company of the kidnapper, and had asked the woman to hold the child. “In two minutes, the woman disappear!” the woman reported. Pinky and her husband, Ravikant Vistonauth, can be reached on telephone numbers 676-5348 or 338-1289.

Marriott investors named : …Republic Bank confirms financing ATLANTIC Hotel Inc. (AHI) and Republic Bank Ltd have announced the completion of the financial arrangements by Republic Bank for a syndicated borrowing of US$27M in debt financing for AHI. This is for the construction of the Marriott operated hotel and the shell of an entertainment complex in Kingston, Georgetown.

The principal investors in AHI (Marriott Hotel Guyana project and Entertainment Complex) are National Industrial and Commercial Investment Limited (NICIL) and British Virgin Island (BVI) registered ACE Square Investments Ltd. ACE Square Investments Ltd. will acquire 67% of the equity of AHI for US$8M. As required under the Hotel Management Agreement between Marriott and AHI, Marriott has consented to the transfer of the controlling interest of AHI from NICIL to ACE Square Investments Ltd. New farmers group formed in Pomeroon SIXTY-FOUR farmers at Unity, in the Lower Pomeroon River, have formed themselves into a group with the objective of working together through the Guyana Agriculture Producers Association (GAPA) to put some 190 acres of virgin land under cultivation to boost production and contribute to the national ‘Grow More Food’ drive. A representative of GAPA on the Essequibo Coast, Mr. Dawood Khan, said the targeted acreage will be divided into five-acre plots to benefit 38 families in the area who will each get one plot.

He said each family would live on the land while cultivating it. ***************************************** TUESDAY, 27TH Frustrated man languishes in hospital two months TWENTY-NINE-year-old Reyon Fraser of Des Kendren, West Coast Demerara has been languishing on a bed in the Georgetown Public Hospital ever since March 27, when a motor car driven by Moses Looknauth of Parika, East Bank Essequibo, ploughed into him on the public road at Meten-Meer-Zorg, causing him to sustain severe spinal injuries, injuries to the head, and multiple compound fractures to the upper and lower right leg. With steel implanted in his upper leg, he remains on the bed (due to spinal injuries), and continues to agonise in pain whenever he is touched. He literally reeks of pain and self-pity, and is literally ‘pining away’ from his condition. But incredibly, the motorist responsible for his debilitating condition allegedly continues to drive his vehicle every day, without even once visiting the individual he had almost written off, or enquiring about the man’s welfare from his frustrated and grieving relatives.

Man stabbed in neck by workmate GOLD MINER Sadeek Muhammed, 27, of Lusignan, East Coast Demerara, who was stabbed in the neck at Bartica, Region 7, two Saturdays ago, has suffered considerable nerve damage, and is unable to move his right leg as he remains stricken in bed in the Male Surgical Ward of the Georgetown Public Hospital, where doctors are working assiduously to repair the damage. Muhammed spent two months working dedicatedly on his first trip to the gold mining interior, but came out to Bartica on Saturday, May 19, only to encounter what almost cost him his life. Muhammed would like the police to know that he is warded in the Male Surgical Ward of the GPHC, and would like to give a statement on the matter.

Opposition ‘no’politics in Parliament hampering progress THE politics of “no” has characterised the 10th Parliament, according to President Donald Ramotar, who added that this stance

is hampering and undermining progress and, more importantly, the passage of the Anti-Money Laundering and Countering the Financing of Terrorism (AML/CFT) Amendment Bill. Speaking at the National Park on Sunday night, during the 48th Independence anniversary celebrations, he said, “How can we speak about fighting corruption and narco-trafficking and refuse to pass the FATF (Financial Action Task Force) and CFATF (Caribbean Financial Action Task Force) compliant bill?” According to him, the combined Opposition’s blocking of the bill has exposed Guyana to being blacklisted by the international community, as well as all the consequences that will follow. ***************************************** WEDNESDAY, 28TH COI hears State arranged a “hospitable scene” where Rodney was assassinated UPON resumption, the Commission of Inquiry into the death of former historian/politician Dr. Walter Rodney, heard how the state had arranged for a more “hospitable scene” by removing armed guards and a mobile police outpost around the prison area where Rodney was assassinated. This was done so that when Rodney was assassinated, it would say that he was planning to bomb the prison Eighty-nine-year-old Eusi Kwayana, one of the founders of the Working People’s Alliance (WPA) who now resides in San Diego, California, United States, so testified. In the days leading up to Rodney’s death, Kwayana said all of the guards as well as the police outpost had been removed. Elements of the State and the security force therefore were in expectation that something was about to happen, Kwayana said. “If this was true, then this tied the State in to the crime because the State had been instructed to arrange a more hospitable scene, to make it more inviting for the bombing,” Kwayana remarked.

Tuschen gets $98.8M nursery school RESIDENTS of Tuschen, East Bank Essequibo and surrounding communities welcomed the commissioning of a spanking new, stateof-the-art nursery school built at a cost of $98.8M. Architecturally, the building is the first of its kind in the country, built specifically with all the necessary amenities to accommodate nursery-age children. Funding for the school was made possible through the Caribbean Development Bank’s Basic Needs Trust Fund (BNTF).

Prior to the construction of the school, nursery-age children were housed at the Tuschen Primary school. The school currently has an enrolment of 180 students.

Prisoners at Leonora Magistrate’s Court protest as case put off QUICK response by ranks at the Leonora Police Station and the Leonora Magistrate’s Court averted what could have been devastation for contiguous West Coast Demerara communities and embarrassment for the Guyana Police Force. Several high profile prisoners who had their matters called in the Leonora Magistrate’s Court began protesting after the magistrate informed them that their matters had been put down for another date. This publication was informed that the matters were put down because of the time of the day and the amount of matters the magistrate had to preside over. The Guyana Chronicle was informed that after the prisoners had been told that their matters was not going to be heard, they began ranting and raging, causing the security in and around the court to be beefed up and the police to clear the court premises of other persons. ***************************************** THURSDAY, 29TH N/A man charged with murdering estranged teenage lover dies in prison Robert Sandy, 48, of Angoy’s Avenue, New Amsterdam, who was charged with the murder of his estranged teenage lover, has died in the New Amsterdam Prison. He was charged with the murder of Onika Greaves on May 19 and the court had remanded him until June 9. The man died while he was in prison. He had consumed a poisonous substance after he stabbed his girlfriend. They had a young child together.

Police narcotics officer remanded on drugs-related offenses Ian Johnson, 24, an officer of the Guyana Police Force attached to the Canine Section of the Criminal Investigation Department Narcotics Branch, and stationed at the Ogle International Airport, appeared in court with two drugs charges and was remanded to prison until June 13. He pleaded not guilty to having 5.574 kilograms of cannabis and 2.286 grams of cocaine for the purpose of trafficking. Anastasia Latoya Crawford, 19, of Lot 29 Fort Street, Kingston, was also remanded to prison in relation to the same drug bust. A third individual, Mark ‘Polo’, is now wanted in connection with this crime.

Two cases of Chikungunya detected in Berbice THE Ministry of Health has confirmed two cases of Chikungunya in the Canje, Berbice area. A team has been dispatched to the area and will be conducting fogging exercises over the next two weeks.

The two cases, a toddler, and a woman said to be in her 40s, are from Cumberland and Canefield, Canje, Region 6. The discovery was

made last week after some 30 samples were sent to the Caribbean Public Health Agency in Trinidad for testing. The Ministry has since decided to heighten their vector control exercise in the Berbice area. ***************************************** FRIDAY, 30TH Guyana further blacklisted GUYANA has been blacklisted internationally following the country’s referral to the Financial Action Task Force by the Caribbean Financial Action Task Force (CFATF). CFATF said as a result of not meeting the agreed timelines in its Action Plan, it recognizes Guyana as a jurisdiction with significant AML/CFT deficiencies and the CFATF considers Guyana to be a risk to the international financial system. “Members are therefore called upon to implement further counter measures to protect their financial systems from the ongoing money laundering and terrorist financing risks emanating from Guyana.”

Police prevent convicted wife killer from taking death leap JUSTICE Navindra Singh has sentenced wife-killer Kevin Verwayne to 78 years’ imprisonment after an Assizes jury found him guilty of murdering his 20-year-old reputed wife, Suzy. In an apparent suicide bid, the 25-year-old labourer of Pouderoyen, West Bank, Demerara, attempted to leap from the court’s gallery to the ground 40 feet below, but his attempt was foiled by Police. One day in March, 2011, Kevin, who normally used to threaten his lover that he would take her life for being unfaithful to him, hired a taxi and took her to a canal at Houston, EBD. On their way, he reminded her of her deeds, then he hugged her by the neck and jumped into the canal with her, where he kept squeezing her neck and holding her beneath the water until she became lifeless. Thereafter, he placed some trash over her body and left for home, where he told his relatives what had happened.

Green Climate Fund ready to receive contributions THE Green Climate Fund (GCF), a global initiative established to channel billions in new finances to developing countries like Guyana, last week concluded discussions on all the elements which needed to be put in place before it could receive contributions. Executive Director Ms Hela Cheikhrouhou said the fund is now ready for business. Agreed to by the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UFCCC) in 2010, the role of the fund is to make a significant contribution to the global efforts to limit warming to two degrees centigrade (2°C) by providing financial support to developing countries to help reduce their greenhouse gas emissions and adapt to the unavoidable impacts of climate change. ***************************************** SATURDAY, 31ST Guyanese security guard wins US$3M New York lottery jackpot A U.S.-based Guyanese working as a security guard at the Rockefeller Center in New York, who bought a scratch-off lottery ticket on his lunch break, has won the US$3 million jackpot. According to an NBC news report, lottery officials said Rafik Sulaiman, a 58-year-old father of three and immigrant from Guyana, bought the US$10 ticket from a vending machine at a Pronto Pizza on 48th Street in Manhattan, New York. Sulaiman, who lives in Astoria, finished his work day and went home as usual. He said he has not decided what he will do with his winnings, a lump sum payment of more than US$1.5 million. He isn’t quitting his job, though.

Evil spirit forces Guyanese family out of St. Lucia home APPARITIONS of a black male figure, scratching and tapping sounds, a croaking frog, doors opening and closing, whispers and knocking all sound like scenes from a Hollywood horror movie, but this scenario is happening in St. Lucia. About three weeks ago, a Guyanese family was forced to flee their unfinished three-bedroom house in Bisee, Castries, by what they describe as an “evil spirit”, which has not only possessed their 16-yearold son, but has no intention of leaving until all members of the family are killed. In an interview with St. Lucia News Online (SNO), 36-year-old Paullet Adolphus said religious leaders have told the family that the evil entity was “planted” at the residence by someone or some persons.

Rodney wanted to remove PNC Gov’t from office THE Walter Rodney Commission of Inquiry (COI) heard that the deceased politician was resolute about his declaration of removing the People’s National Congress (PNC) Government, led by Prime Minister Forbes Burnham, from office. When this suggestion was made by PNC Lawyer Basil Williams, Co-Founder of the Working People’s Alliance (WPA) and friend of Rodney, Eusi Kwayana, agreed under cross-examination. Kwayana, 89, who now resides in San Diego, California, United States maintained that Rodney had no propensity to violence, even as Williams continued to make this suggestion to him. Williams reminded Kwayana of Rodney’s speech on one occasion where Rodney said everything Burnham touched turned to shit. Kwayana also agreed that Rodney referred to Burnham as King Kong who would attract worldwide audiences if he was place in a zoo.

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Kwayana testifies that President Burnham issued threats of war against the WPA … but Rodney, the WPA had no propensity for violence

By Telesha Ramnarine FOR the most part of last week, veteran political activist and co-founder of the Working People’s Alliance (WPA), Eusi Kwayana, testified at the Commission of Inquiry (COI) investigating the death of brilliant historian/politician Dr Walter Rodney, who died in an elaborate assassination plot 34 years ago.

Kwayana was called to the witness stand four days in a row, ever since the second session of the COI resumed on Tuesday in the Supreme Court Law Library, Georgetown. The first four-day session concluded early May. The proceedings last week opened with cross examination of Rodney’s eldest sibling, Lawrence Edward Rodney, by People’s National Congress (PNC) Lawyer Basil Williams.

So far, only Rodney and Reverend Reuben Gilbert (Gilbert was called in the first session) have completed giving their testimony.

The first witness, Senior Superintendent of Police Leslie James, attached to the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) and Red Thread Coordinator Karen De Souza are still to return.

The proceedings are being conducted before Commissioners Richard Cheltenham, Seenath Jairam and Jacqueline Samuels-Brown. The Commission’s Lead Counsel is Glen Hanoman.

Upon resumption Tuesday, COI heard how PNC agencies had arranged for a more “hospitable scene” by removing armed guards and a mobile police outpost around the prison area where Rodney was assassinated. This was done so that when Rodney was assassinated, it would say that he was planning to bomb the prison.

Eighty-nine-year-old Kwayana, who now resides in San Diego, California, United States, testified that he was at his Buxton, East Coast Demerara home when he got the “terrible news” of Rodney’s death in the middle of the night from another party member, Rupert Roopnarine.

Following this, he said he, along with a team of other party members, went to the Camp Street prison block in Georgetown and interviewed residents and businesses about police presence in the area during the days leading up to Rodney’s death.

The team found out that four armed guards were stationed at this location, one at each corner of the prison. According to the residents, Kwayana said, there was also a mobile police outpost that was usually in Bent Street. In the days leading up to Rodney’s death, however, Kwayana said all of the guards

as well as the police outpost had been removed. Elements of the State and the security force therefore were in expectation that something was about to happen, Kwayana said.

“If this was true, then this tied the State in to the crime because the State had been instructed to arrange a more hospitable scene, to make it more inviting for the bombing,” Kwayana remarked.

On Wednesday, he recalled death threats uttered by Burnham but said the WPA members had no idea to what extent such threats would go. Kwayana said Burnham’s threats were

Eusi Kwayana

Forbes Burnham

a declaration of war and they were directed against the WPA. In the ‘Report on the Third Biennial Congress of the PNC, August 22-26, 1979’ tendered into evidence, Burnham had said while referring to the WPA: “Comrades, they had better make their wills, because so far as we are concerned, we are not asking them for quarter and we will not give them any.

Comrades, we are now in the Roman Amphitheatre. The lion and the gladiator cannot both survive; one must die, and we know that the PNC will live.”

On Thursday, Kwayana maintained that Rodney had no propensity to violence but was a student to social change. He testified that from his conviction, Gregory Smith must be held responsible for Rodney’s death.

But he did he did not believe Smith was acting on his own, but was following instructions from someone he was bound to obey. The entire plot showed state involvement, he said.

Kwayana said his core belief was that Rodney’s death was caused by the PNC and that his conviction was based on all of the evidence and circumstances available to him.

According to him, the PNC cannot escape responsibility because it was in charge of all state machinery, and held all

Finance Minister advises Business Sector of negative effects of CFATF decision on Guyana … in regard to non passage of AML/CFT legislation

By Derwayne Wills “THE HEALTH and strength of (its) financial system is something that no responsible country should trifle with, (and is something) that no responsible leadership should trifle with.”

That was the caution Finance Minister Dr. Ashni Singh gave to his audience of business sector representatives during the Guyana Manufacturing and Services Association (GMSA) Ltd’s luncheon, held on Thursday at Duke Lodge, Kingston, during which the minister remarked that the integrity of Guyana’s financial system is a public good which ought to be jealously guarded.

Speaking in reference to non passage of the Anti Money-Laundering and Countering the Financing of Terrorism Bill (AML/CFT), Dr Singh contended that the membership of the business organisations represented at the meeting were already feeling the effects of the preliminary advisories issued

by the Caribbean Financial Action Task Force (CFATF), which at the time of the statement was considering Guyana’s current circumstances in regard to the non-passage of that integral legislation.

The minister noted that, depending on what the statement says, the ease with which business is done by the entities could, and would, be significantly affected.

He urged the Private Sector members to articulate their interests and make clear the possible implications of the non-passage of the AML/CFT Bill on their productivity and competitiveness.

Dr. Singh contended that passage of the AML/CFT Bill ought neither be a political issue nor a matter of clout by two parties competing for political space. Instead, profitability of Guyanese-owned businesses, creation of jobs, and safeguarding the incomes of members of the labour force should be the primary considerations.

“It’s an issue that goes to the core, the heart, the soul of the

ministries capable of giving directions to intelligence officers.

Furthermore, vigorous investigation into Rodney’s death was absent.

Under cross examination by Basil Williams Friday, the COI heard from Kwayana that Rodney was resolute about his declaration of removing the PNC Government, led by Burnham, from office.

In a speech by Rodney on July 20, 1979 called the ‘The Struggle Goes On,’ Rodney had said, in part: “There is no way out under the present system so we have got to make up our minds what we are deciding now within the WPA. It is not that they must reform. It is not that they must hold another election and win it all up. We finish with all that. They must go. The PNC must go. And they must go by any means necessary.

“Brothers and sisters, I am aware of the preferred mode of transportation of King Kong.

But you see, King Kong has decided he wanted to build a Basil Williams palace to his ego and a monument to his own stupidity so that he could sit inside and be a monument inside a monument.

“One of the brothers in the audience, when we were at Grove yesterday, suggested to us that what was required was to extend the zoo to take in the residence. And then, we would have one of the most prized exhibits of any zoo in the world.

People would come from all over the world and pay money to see King Kong.”

“The other evening, speaking at another site, I have to draw the analogy to say that if there ever was such a thing called the Midas touch, which was the touch that made everything turn into gold, then we would have a new ration in this society-the Burnham touch, where everything he touches turns to shit.”

But Kwayana said Rodney’s words did not translate to personal hatred for Burnham and maintained that Rodney had no propensity to violence. He said it was a matter of a political disagreement and, probably, a rejection of the whole ‘Burnham’ regime.

Kwayana will return Monday morning and cross-examination will continue. Major General (ret'd) Norman McLean is expected to take the stand on Tuesday. well-being of people in Guyana”, the Finance Minister said.

He also said the issues of the AML/CFT and the CFATF go to the core of local and regional competitiveness, because a competitive Guyana contributes to a more competitive Caribbean just as a more competitive Trinidad and Tobago contributes to a more competitive Caribbean.

“We in the Region must work more closely together to achieve a more competitive Finance Minister Region as a whole, and more Dr Ashni Singh competitive national jurisdictions and economic spaces individually”, Finance Minister Dr Ashni Singh added.

Within hours of the Finance Minister addressing the Business Sector representatives at that luncheon, the Caribbean Financial Action Task Force (CFATF) released a statement declaring Guyana a risk to the international financial system.

CFATF urged other nations of the world to implement whatever measures are deemed necessary to protect their financial systems from the ongoing money laundering and terrorist financing risks emanating from Guyana, even as the body further referred Guyana to the attention of the Financial Action Task Force .

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Following Eusi Kwayana’s testimony at Rodney CoI…

AG reasserts position on Guyana’s advances on press freedom front

By Vanessa Narine VETERAN politician and co-founder of the Working People’s Alliance (WPA), Brother Eusi Kwayana, told the Walter Rodney Commission of Inquiry (CoI) on Tuesday that the political climate of the 1970s was more of a “closed kind of society developing” and underscored the former People’s National Congress (PNC) administration’s efforts in preventing freedom of speech.

The 89-year-old Kwayana, who travelled from San Diego, California to present his evidence, said: “Our paper, the ‘Dayclean’ was printed in Trinidad and Tobago because no one here would print it. There was a ban on newsprint, so this thing about the right to freedom of expression and those other rights that have to do with communication were against us. No printer would print our papers because they think they would be penalized.”

Kwayana also noted that the population was under severe restraint, to the extent that one had to apply to the Government

“Freedom was closing down.”

– WPA co-founder and veteran politician Eusi Kwayana for a quota of newsprint. He added that there was “no way under the sun” that a state newspaper would have requested an interview from Dr. Rodney, unless there was a political purpose.

“Freedom was closing down,” Kwayana said.

The politician bemoaned the lengths to which the public media had become Government-controlled.

MAINTAINED POSITION Attorney-General (AG) and Minister of Legal Affairs, Anil Nandlall, in an interview with the Guyana Chronicle, reasserted his position on the current state of press freedom in Guyana. That position was made public in March on the occasion of World Press Freedom Day. Nandlall said Guyana has come a long way in terms of press freedom, and the country is making moves to advance this effort; and that is the context in which the subject of press freedom must be viewed.

He said: “Before we assess today’s state of the press in Guyana, I believe it is incumbent (upon us) that we reflect on what existed before we can make an accurate assessment. “…not so far in our distant past, we lived in a society

where the press was absolutely controlled by the Government of the day. The medium through which information was disseminated was singularly from the Government sources.

Newsprint was denied to Opposition political parties for the publication of their newspapers, and when a legal challenge was launched against that restriction on the importation of newsprint, the highest court of the land ruled that there is

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Eusi Kwayana

no direct impact between newsprint, the importation of which was necessary at the time, and freedom of the (press).

“We come from a history where journalists were beaten, brutalised, jailed, and murdered,” he declared.

Nandlall said that Guyana today has Government newspapers; private newspapers; private media houses; is operating some 20-odd television stations; has Internet-generated news agencies; and the radio spectrum has been opened up, affording eight radio stations spectrum to operate, only two of which are controlled by the Government.

He also stressed that the administration makes absolutely no attempt to influence what private media houses publish.

Nandlall said: “There is no attempt to censor any journalist practising his trade or professional pursuit in this country.

None at all! In fact, what we have in Guyana is press freedom sometimes being abused. One only has to pick up the newspaper and you see the extremity about which I speak.”

WITHIN CONTEXT The AG urged that before comments are made about the state of any situation, as has been done in some quarters of the political sphere, there must be consideration of what existed before and what obtains in present day – an understating of

the prevailing context.

He said: “Every country has (its) own peculiar biases and prejudices, and the news is going to be slanted in a particular way. Guyana, I suppose, is no different. “…a lot has been said about the state media; the state media was highlighted. The importance of the public media, rather, was highlighted only last year at UNESCO’s General Assembly meeting.

“The point was made very emphatically that the public media has a very important role to play, because the public media is not driven by profits, which essentially is what drive

“There is absolutely no attempt by the Administration, of which I am a part, to influence what those private media houses publish.

None at all! There is no attempt to censor any journalist practising his trade or professional pursuit in this country. None at all!”

- Attorney-General and Minister of Legal Affairs, Anil Nandlall the private media.

“The public media targets certain rural communities which otherwise may not have access to the private media because it simply is unprofitable for the private media to operate in those rural communities; and therefore, the public media is the only source of information to those outlying areas. “…we live in a country that is relatively vast in comparison with our populations, and therefore the state media has an important role to play.”

Guyana has moved up two places on the 2014 Reporters Without Borders’ World Press Freedom Index. It is now ranked at 67 out of 180 countries. Last year, the country came in at number 69 out of 179 countries. Reporters Without Borders is a non-profit organisation based in France. The Press Freedom Index is an annual ranking of countries compiled and published by this body based upon its assessment of each country’s press freedom record in the previous year.

In Guyana under the PPP/C led Administration, over the last 20 years, the local media fraternity, both print and electronic, has grown exponentially.

Dire constraints likely to attend future business transactions in Guyana - following the CFATF ruling on Guyana’s AML/CFT non-compliance

By Vanessa Narine DEPUTY Governor of the Bank of Guyana (BoG), Dr. Gobind Ganga, has underscored that effective international blacklisting of Guyana would have dire consequences for the country’s financial sector.

He said last Friday that “blacklisting carries an enormous cost…international blacklisting will not only result in a major cost to the Guyanese economy, but it will result in adverse effects, including a slower financial process…it is not only posing problems in the banking industry but the business sector also, which plays a vital role in economic growth.”

Finance Minister Dr. Ashni Singh endorsed Dr Ganga’s comments in an invited comment, pointing out that the matter of blacklisting goes to the core of the integrity of Guyana’s financial system.

Dr Singh said, “You cannot trifle, you cannot gamble, with the integrity of your financial system…the responsibility for the advisory issued by CFATF today lies squarely and firmly

at the feet of the Opposition.”

Addressing the issue of possible increases in exchange rates and measures that Government can implement, Dr Singh stressed that Government’s ability to act is limited.

He said: “The Government has at its disposal a few very limited instruments, but we don’t control the exchange rate, and so the Government’s latitude to intervene is extremely finite and very limited.

“I don’t wish to speculate on implications for the exchange rate, and I don’t wish to speculate on the exchange rate; but I will say that it is a fact that this advisory is very clear in its language. It is a fact that this development will have an implication for foreign inflows into this country, and for trade transactions with this country.”

The Finance Minister however, stated that the current administration remains open to dialogue with the Opposition.

“The door has never been closed, and we remain available to talk with the Opposition. It is imperative that Guyana enacts legislation that is CFATF compliant as a matter of the

greatest urgency, even as we speak on any other political matter,” Dr. Singh said.

CFATF, in its pronouncement on Thursday, detailed the counter-measures that can be taken by its members to protect their financial systems from the ongoing money laundering and terrorist financing risks emanating from Guyana. These include the requirement of enhanced due diligence measures; introducing enhanced reporting mechanisms, or systematic reporting of financial transactions; refusing the establishment of subsidiaries or branches or representative offices in Guyana; and taking into account the fact that financial institutions from Guyana do not have adequate AML/CFT systems, and thus limit business relationships or financial transactions with this country.

Guyana was first blacklisted at the regional level in November 2011, when CFATF brought to the attention of its members certain jurisdictions -- Guyana among them – that had significant strategic deficiencies in their respective AML/CFT regimes.

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Man refused bail for discharging Man placed on loaded firearm at opponent $100,000 bail

By Geeta Rampersaud

E I G H T E E N - y e a r- o l d Jeneil Howard, of Lot 322 Section ‘C’, Sophia, Greater Georgetown was refused bail when he appeared Thursday before Chief Magistrate Priya Sewnarine-Beharry to answer an allegation that he had discharged a loaded firearm at Jermaine Frank with intent to maim, disfigure, or caused Frank actual bodily harm on May 21 at Hadfield Street, George-

town.

Represented by attorney-at-law, Mr. Paul Funga-Fat, who requested that his client be admitted to bail in a reasonable sum, Howard pleaded not guilty to the offence for which he had been charged.

His attorney also said his client is a former student of the Dolphin Secondary School and was on the verge of enlisting in the Guyana Defence Force.

Mr Fung-a-Fat further said that Howard has never

been in trouble, but one of his siblings had had a fight with Frank.

But Police Corporal Bharat Mangru, prosecuting, said both men are known to each other; and on the day in question, Frank had purchased a food at a Chinese restaurant on Hadfield Street, which he placed on his car while opening the door. The defendant approached Frank and hit the food off his car; and in the ensuing altercation, each dealt the other kicks and cuffs about the

UNASUR supports Guyana Gov’t in strengthening fight against money laundering THE Member States of UNASUR reiterate their commitment to the prevention and fight against money laundering and the financing of terrorism and in this regard support the Government of Guyana in its efforts to approve legislation on this issue.

They highlighted that the strengthening of the institutional structures of Guyana for the prevention and fight against those crimes would be in conformity with the recommendations of the International Financial Action Task Force (FATF) and the regional organ of the Caribbean (CFATF) and of South America (GAFISUD).

They reiterated their commitment to cooperate within the framework of the South American Council on Citizen Security, Justice and Coordination of Action Against Transnational Organised Crime (CDOT), which includes initiatives on the prevention and fight against money laundering and financing of terrorism.

body.

Howard ran away from the scene, and Frank was giving chase when he saw Howard making a call on his cellular phone; and suddenly a car pulled up, and someone from the vehicle handed Howard an object.

Upon receiving the object, Howard opened fire at Frank before making good his escape in the said vehicle.

The prosecutor successfully objected to bail on the grounds that two spent shells had been found and the two men’s familiarity with each other might cause Howard to tamper with the witness if he is granted bail.

The prosecutor also pointed out that commission of the alleged offence involved the use of a gun.

Bail was refused, and Howard was remanded to prison until June 13.

for break and enter

TWENTY-ONE-year-old Seon Isaacs, a vendor of Lot 21 Industrial Site, Ruimveldt, Georgetown, was placed on $100,000 bail on a break and enter charge when he appeared before Chief Magistrate Priya Sewnarine-Beharry Thursday and pleaded not guilty to the offence.

Particulars of the allegation against him are that he broke and entered the dwelling house of Annette Marshall at John Fernandez Squatting Area in Georgetown on May 22, and stole one play station and a pair of gold earrings, together valued at $300,000.

Police Corporal Bharat Mangru, prosecuting, did not object to bail, but asked that the amount be substantial.

Isaacs was represented by Attorney-at-law Mr. Adrian Thompson, who stated that one of the stolen items had been recovered.

Isaac will return to court on June 17.

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24 persons undergo training to combat trafficking in firearms, ammunition and explosives

By Michel Outridge

TWENTY-FOUR persons drawn from the Guyana Police Force, Guyana Forensic Laboratory, Ministry of Legal Affairs, and

the Chambers of the Director of Public Prosecutions will be certified upon completion of a three-day specialized training course to make them more equipped to combat the illicit traf-

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At Wednesday’s opening of the course. Among those seated, front row, are Minister of Home Affairs, Mr. Clement Rohee (centre), and Acting Commissioner of Police, Mr. Seelall Persaud, second right (Photo by Michel Outridge) ficking in firearms, ammu- Legal Affairs. funding the initiative. material cost represents a nition and explosives.

Juliet Solomon, Senior significant portion of the The three-day training Programme Officer, SeMAJOR SECURITY gross domestic product of programme, which is being nior Programme Director CONCERNS states in this Region. held at the Police Officers (Caribbean) for the United She pointed out that Training Centre, Eve Leary, Nations Regional Centre She noted that in recent easy access to illicit weapis sponsored by the govern- for Peace, Disarmament years the number of fire- ons and ammunition and ment of the United States and Development in Latin arms in circulation and their explosives and related trafof America in collaboration America and the Caribbe- devastating, improper and ficking affects the liveliwith the Ministry of Home an (UNLIREC), in welcom- illegal use represents one of hood of communities well Affairs and the Ministry of ing remarks, Wednesday, the biggest security concerns beyond national borders highlighted Guyana’s co- for many countries in Latin and it is also closely linked operation in the organisa- America and the Caribbean. to other illegal activities in Solomon said that the tion of the course and the US government’s role in direct and indirect human Please turn to page 17

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Magistrate to consider probation report before sentencing wounding defendant CHIEF MAGISTRATE Priya Sewnarine-Beharry Thursday requested a probation report on 23-year-old Althea Andrews, of Lot 134 Victor Street, Albouystown, Georgetown after she appeared before her charged with unlawfully and maliciously wounding Onika Thom on May 8 at Cemetery Road, Georgetown.

Police Corporal Bharat Mangru, prosecuting, said that on the day in question, at around 20:00 hrs, Thom was in Albouystown when Andrews and another person approached her to collect money she had allegedly owed Andrews; but Thom denied owing Andrews any money.

The prosecutor said that later that day, Thom was alone at Cemetery Road when Andrews again approached her alone. An argument developed, and Andrews dealt Thom several kicks and cuffs about her body before making good her escape, but the matter was reported to the police.

Apprehended, Andrews gave the police a contradictory address to the one she gave to the court. Asked about this discrepancy, Andrews said that the arresting rank had specifically asked her for her mother’s address.

Andrews was offered bail, but her mother told the court that she could not afford to post bail for her daughter, although the magistrate reduced the sum accordingly.

The unrepresented Andrews was remanded and will return to Court on June 20, for sentencing after the probation report has been tendered.

International health organisations call for higher taxes on tobacco (JAMAICA GLEANER) THE Pan American Health Organization/World Health Organization (PAHO/WHO) is calling on countries to raise taxes on tobacco to encourage users to stop and to prevent other people from becoming addicted to tobacco.

It says based on 2012 data, PAHO/WHO estimates that if all countries increased tobacco taxes by 50 per cent, they could reduce the number of smokers by $49 million within the next three years and ultimately save 11 million lives.

However, cigarette company, Carreras says while this year’s World No Tobacco Day focuses on raising tobacco taxes, it believes such moves will increase the illicit

trade in cigarettes.

It says the perspective that the demand for tobacco products will be stemmed by higher prices that come with excessive taxation must be balanced with the understanding that when prices are too high in comparison with the available income, the opportunity and incentive for the illicit trade in cigarettes increases.

Carreras says the reality is that people will continue to smoke, but instead of buying legal taxed cigarettes, made by legitimate tobacco companies and sold by reputable retailers, they’ll turn to underground, illicit sources.

Carreras says in addition to introducing new tobacco control measures others geared at combating the growing illicit trade must also be pursued.

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Charlestown, Dolphin Secondary Schools students engaged in behavioural change training THE Ministry of Education Schools Welfare Department has embarked on several weeks of behavioural change intervention sessions with selected groups of students from the Charlestown Secondary and Dolphin Secondary Schools.

The intervention sessions follow reports of frequent fights among students from the two schools.

The continuous quarrels prompted the department to engage the police who now patrol the areas frequently and as a result, the fights and quarrels have since declined.

The ongoing sessions provide opportunities to teach the children about the importance of

respect, conflict management, communication skills and values, among other areas.

Chief Schools Welfare Officer, Ms. Glenna Bailey-Vyphius has said that sessions at each school will run for six weeks. The Education Ministry will issue a certificate of participation to each child at the end of the behavioural change training.

Ms. Vyphius said that her department intends to take the same programme to other schools in the new school term.

A group of students in a behavioural training session with an instructor

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drug and human trafficking and organised crime.

PERSISTENT CHALLENGE Combating and eradicating illicit manufacturing of firearms, ammunition and explosives is therefore one of the most persistent challenges in the public security and development agenda of the United Nations, Solomon added.

She asserted that given the transnational nature of this problem, it is essential to increase international cooperation in this area. The UN Regional Human Development Report on citizen security highlights the deficit in the justice system in Latin America and the Caribbean, reflected in the alarming impunity rate, crime, and insecurity.

The diplomat explained that strengthening legal mechanisms and building security in the justice sector capacity such as ongoing training for judges and police investigators should be considered an essential tool to ensure the quality and efficiency of criminal investigation.

In order to meet the specific needs in the field of legal practitioners, UNLIREC developed this specialised training course aimed at supporting the implementation of the international firearm instruments as well as reducing impunity in firearms-related offence.

She declared the three-day course open after outlying the aim of the course in which participants were to be exposed to training in all aspects of small arms control from weapons classifications and definition, legal framework, investigative techniques, firearms proliferation, armed violence, and forensic ballistics, among others.

In other remarks, Deputy US Chief of Mission in Guyana, Bryan Hunte said that “there is no question that illicit arms trafficking is a global problem and it affects all of us, as we see most dramatically in the US at the University of Southern California, Santa Barbara, this past week gun violence is a problem that we all have to gather at the international community to combat.”

He added that the US is not in a position to lecture anyone about illicit firearms and trafficking and “I do not intend to do so and that is why we brought the experts from UNLIREC for this forum to engage directly with the stakeholders here in Guyana.”

Hunte stated that they are here to offer an international perspective that can be used collectively to investigate, to prosecute and to bring to justice those who choose to engage in gun violence and trafficking in illicit firearms and explosives.

Hunte expressed confidence that the information that is to be provided will be from a practical position and participants would leave the course better trained to put the international best practices at work.

He lauded the Guyana Government for supporting the inter-agency cooperation and would look forward to further strengthening this through collaboration.

Meanwhile, in his feature address, Minister of Home Affairs Clement Rohee underscored the Guyana Government’s commitment to peace, disarmament and development, adding that that has been the policy of the administration since it assumed office in 1992.

He said that while Guyana has a border controversy with Venezuela and a dispute with Suriname, there is “the need for us as a nation to maintain peace on our borders,” adding that “We have just celebrated our 48th Independence Anniversary locally and it must be noted that we have managed over the years to maintain peace on our borders.”

Rohee stated that it is a notable achievement for Guyana and so far as peace and development are concerned they go hand in hand and the developmental thrust of the Government of Guyana is clear for all to see - in all spheres of life which “are aimed at improving the livelihood of all our people.”

The minister pointed out that “development that is people-centred, that brings benefits to the people and improve the lives of our peoples are of paramount importance within the meaning of peace for us.”

PPP hosts symposium on money laundering tomorrow

Opposition Leader’s meeting with President to do with Service Commissions

THE People’s Progressive Party will host a symposium on money laundering tomorrow at Red House at 16.30 hrs The presenters will include Attorney General Anil Nandlall, Finance Minister Dr Ashni Singh and Presidential Adviser Gail Teixeira

THE Office of the President wishes to inform the public that the Monday, June 2, 2014 meeting between President Donald Ramotar and the Leader of the Opposition, as disclosed to the media by Brigadier (Rt) David Granger, relates to the constitutionally mandated consultation for the reconstitution of the Service Commissions.

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Guyana’s Business Sector risks ridicule ahead of 8th Americas Competitiveness Forum

By Derwayne Wills

“WE WILL BE tarnished to the extent that people (from the Americas Competiveness Forum (ACF)) will not want to talk to us, much less invest”, President of the Guyana Manufacturing and Services Association Limited (GMSA), Mr. Clinton Williams, disclosed to this newspa-

per in an invited comment.

The Eighth Americas Competitiveness Forum is scheduled to be held in Trinidad and Tobago in October 2014, and Guyana is set to participate in deliberations of the business sector in that meeting. Williams is of the view that Guyana’s representation at that forum would more likely suffer from interventions taken by the rest of the world to deem Guyana

a risk for money laundering and the financing of terrorism, as recommended by the Caribbean Financial Action Task Force (CFATF).

As regards market opportunities, the GMSA President noted that what often persists in small nations like Guyana and those within the rest of the Caribbean is an inability See page 19

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CDB cites strong development results in 2013 Annual Report

NEARLY two million people in the Region have benefited from direct Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) assistance to borrowing member countries (BMCs) over the past ten years, as the CDB responded to greater economic and financial difficulties being experienced in these territories.

In its 2013 Annual Report, released at the 44th Annual Meeting of the Board of Governors, held at the Guyana International Convention Centre (GICC), the CDB disclosed that it had scaled up its response to various challenges, with special attention being given to natural disaster situations, and CDB-supported investments have yielded significant results across many areas.

Among the CDB’s contribution to development results since 2005 are the following: * Improvements in classroom facilities and increased access to finance for more than 260,000 students; * Assistance in training more than 8,000 teachers, which is expected to improve the quality of teaching and education; and * Providing skills training and technical assistance to over 7,000 business people in the micro-, small and medium-sized business sectors.

The CDB also increased access to credit for more than 2,000 small business enterprises and individuals.

The CDB Report disclosed that in the areas of social and economic infrastructure, the Bank financed construction or rehabilitation of more than 3,700 kilometres of primary and secondary roads, benefiting an estimated 600,000 people directly in the catchment areas, and many more users indirectly.

That report also disclosed that the Bank had provided more than 500,000 people with access to new or improved community buildings, and installation or upgrade of approximately 3,400 kilometres of water lines; afforded access to clean water supply and improved sanitation to approximately 200,000 persons.

In addition, the Bank continued its efforts at expanding opportunities to poor children in Haiti to complete the primary cycle of basic education. To this end, under Phase 2 of the Education For All (EFA) project, US$11M have been approved to continue the Bank’s assistance in providing tuition waivers and school feeding for poor and vulnerable students, as well as to improve the development of teacher and leadership capacity within the system.

The continued assistance will add to the 3,600 trained teachers the 135,000 students who benefited from waivers and the 25,000 who benefited from school feeding in Phase 1 of the project.

The report highlighted that, in what is a first for the CDB in this project, there will be the provision of physical infrastructure through the construction of four schools in rural areas which currently lack physical school facilities. These schools will provide access for early childhood, primary and multigrade students, most of whom will be participating in formal schooling for the first time.

However, despite the Bank’s successes, policymakers in the Region are facing a number of critical challenges in 2014.

Citing the need for further fiscal adjustment in several borrowing countries (BMCs), the CDB said this is juxtaposed with the imperative of increasing investment in infrastructure and undertake critical policy reforms to create a more enabling environment for private sector development.

The Bank’s report underscored that these challenges are compounded by the Region’s vulnerability to natural hazards and the impact of climate change. There are also challenges associated with the dependence on imports for food and fuel.

According to the Bank, issues of access to adjustment, competitiveness, resilience and, critically, access to finance for investment in these areas will therefore be the focus of its engagements with its BMCs in 2014 (Vanessa Narine).

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to garner funds for investment opportunities. He said that for such small nations, investment capital is difficult to come by, and no responsible investor would invest in an environment which does not adhere to international regulation.

The GMSA President said Guyana’s Private Sector has been encouraged to attend the VIII Americas Competitiveness Forum, which provides ample opportunities for exchange of information, expertise, information on new inventions, and exchange in the sector of manufacturing services.

Williams said there would likewise be exchanges of information on energy and financing opportunities for energy ventures. He added that the forum presents possibilities for partnerships with other countries, including public/ private partnerships (PPPs) and match-making of investors and project innovators in the sub-region of the Americas, which includes Latin-America and the Caribbean.

During the GSMA business luncheon, which occurred on the same day (Thursday) when the CFATF announced its decision in regard to Guyana, the Minister of Planning and Sustainable Development of Trinidad and Tobago, Dr. Bhoendradatt Tewarie, invited the GMSA to attend the VIII ACF to be held in the twin island republic of Trinidad and Tobago. Minister Tewarie, who also serves as the pro tempore President of the Inter-American Competitiveness Network (RIAC), was visiting Guyana for the 44th Annual Meeting of the Caribbean Development Bank’s Board of Governors.

Williams noted that the position of the sector has been compromised by the decision of the CFTAF, which further results in the erosion of Guyana’s thrust towards becoming a competitive nation in the Caribbean and the rest of the World.

He has called on the powers that be to ensure that the legislation is implemented in order to assure that the nation, and by extension the business sector, is allowed to progress.

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Tug operator perishes after vessel capsizes in Demerara River

By Asif Hakim

FIFTY-SEVEN-year-old Seepersaud Roopchand, a Tug Operator attached to the Demerara Harbour Bridge (DHB), and

is the normal docking position.

At approximately 11.40am, a DHB engineer observed that the “Rickford L” had capsized and that Mr. Roopchand

The crane successfully gets the tug out of the river father of one of 4056 Westminster, La Parfaite Harmonie, West Bank Demerara, fell overboard at approximately 11:40 hrs yesterday, and was later pronounced dead at the Diamond Diagnostic Centre.

Mr. Roopchand had been on duty from 6am to facilitate a bridge inspection. He had been advised, at around 8am, that the inspection was no longer on, and he was to moor the tug – the “Rickford L” - at Span 8, which

was being swept downstream, so the DHB’s maintenance boat, which is outfitted with safety equipment, was immediately mobilized for Mr Roopchand’s rescue.

Mr. Roopchand’s body was retrieved some 200 to 300 metres downstream of the bridge. Fellow workers immediately administered CPR, but their efforts failed to revive Mr Roopchand. He was then rushed to the Diamond Diagnostic Centre, where he was pronounced dead on arrival.

The tug “Rickford L” being removed by a crane

The DHB has mounted an internal investigation into the matter. The Maritime Administration Department (MARAD) and the Guyana Police Force have been notified of the incident and are conducting independent investigations.

Mr. Roopchand had been a licensed boat operator with DHB since July 25, 2013, and had been considered an experienced captain. His wife and next of kin have been notified of the incident.

Public Works Minister

Bridge officials investigating the matter moments after the incident

The late Seepersaud Roopchand Robeson Benn said at a press briefing held moments after the incident that the matter would be thoroughly investigated. He said questions are being asked pertaining to non use of the life ring and determination of whether any unsafe practices had been employed.

Minister Benn said the Works Ministry would be working diligently to prevent future repeat of the incident, even as he expressed deepest regrets at the passing of Mr Seepersaud Roopchand and said that the DHB would support the relatives of

the deceased.

DHB General Manager (GM) Rawlston Adams expressed deep regret at the incident. He said moments after he had left the bridge, the shift supervisor had informed him that a tug had overturned and that someone had died, and he immediately returned to the bridge.

He said that although CPR had immediately been performed on Mr Roopchand, the man had not responded, so he was taken to the Diamond Hospital, and his family members were informed of the incident.

Roopchand’s brother, Mohan Roopchand, said he was at home when he heard of the incident; and because he had confidence in his brother Seepersaud, who had previously worked as a tug captain in French Guiana and had always been a careful man when at sea, he could not believe what had been narrated to him.

After the incident, traffic on the DHB was a bit congested, as motorists drove at a slow rate to see what was happening. One truck driver related that Roopchand could have been alive if a boat had immediately

been available to go to his rescue when his body was bobbing up and down in the water.

GT&T d Vidya

By Alex Wayne GT&T on Tuesday made a donation of $500,000 to the Saraswati Vidya Niketan, a not-for-profit secondary educational institution at Cornelia Ida, West Coast Demerara.

The financial contribution is in aid of the institution’s efforts to construct a science laboratory.

According to Swami Aksharananda, the Principal and Founder of the school, the institution was started 10 years ago with 35 students and 5 teachers and it has grown to a 475 student population with 32 teachers.

The school has earned its place as a top secondary school in Guyana, producing outstanding

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Limacol CPL T20 cheerleaders in training for upcoming tournament

By Michel Outridge

FOLLOWING days of auditioning to become cheerleaders for the Limacol CPL T20 Cricket tournament, which had been ongoing at the Pegasus hotel in Georgetown, twelve girls and four reserves have been selected from a field of 30.

Trinidadian trainer, Pixie Du Coudray told this publication that she, along with her choreographer, Raeanna Ramdhani, and with the backing of local Dance Director, Clive Prowell, has been contracted to train the girls as cheerleaders for the upcoming cricket match, and that the training started since Thursday morning.

Du Coudray said she is, so far, impressed with the group and its performance.

She added that the girls are absolutely fantastic, and she likes the mix because the girls are talented and easy to work with.

She explained that the dance moves are routine, with just the right burst of energy, and she said she is quite pleased with the girls’ performances, and is con-

The Limacol CPL T20 cheerleaders at the Pegasus (Photo by Michel Outridge)

donates $500,000 to Saraswati Niketan for new science lab

students at the Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate (CSEC) Examinations.

Last year one of its students, Rafena Mustapha, was awarded the CXC Caribbean Humanities Award.

Swami Aksharananda said that in order to provide a more rounded education, the science component needs to be added to the school’s curriculum.

The school is offering science to a batch of students this year but there is need for a permanent science laboratory.

GT&T has commended the efforts of the institution and has expressed willingness to aid in efforts to further A GT&T representative (right) hands over the cheque to a representative boost the level of educaf the Saraswati Vidya Niketan educational institution tional output.

fident they will ‘woo’ the crowd at the matches.

Meanwhile, Digicel Guyana Public Relations Officer Vidya Sanichara said the company would support the training session because of Digicel’s involvement in sponsorship of the Limacol CPL T20 cricket.

She said that local girls have been selected to be cheerleaders this year, and local officials are very pleased with the selection thus far.

Clive Prowell said he would keep the girls in training until the matches start; but he is happy there isn’t much work to do, since the girls are excited and having fun while doing their best.

The Limacol CPL is the biggest party in sport, and is set to return in July and August of this year.

ABOUT THE LIMACOL CPL Limacol CPL is a franchise-based T20 format cricket tournament that combines two of the most compelling aspects of Caribbean life – dramatic cricket and a vibrant car-

nival atmosphere. The inaugural Limacol CPL was billed as “the Biggest Party in Sport”. It featured six teams competing throughout the region in August 2013. Those teams were the Jamaica Tallawahs, Trinidad & Tobago Red Steel, Barbados Tridents, Guyana Amazon Warriors, St. Lucia Zouks, and Antigua Hawksbills. The Jamaica Tallawahs, captained by Chris Gayle, emerged as champions.

The CPL was launched last year to sell-out crowds, with over 250,000 spectators attending matches across the Caribbean; whilst a global TV audience of 36 million was entertained by the skills of international stars, including Chris Gayle, Kieron Pollard, Ricky Ponting and Muttiah Muralitharan.

The tournament returns in July and August 2014, and Jamaica Tallawahs will defend their title against the St Lucia Zouks, Trinidad & Tobago Red Steel, Antigua Hawksbills, Guyana Amazon Warriors and Barbados Tridents.

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Honda introduces the all-new 2014 CR-V

MARICS & Company Limited, the exclusive distributor of Honda automobiles in Guyana, has announced that it has formally launched the brand new Japanese-made 2014 Honda CR-V, a vehicle of style, comfort, security, efficiency, power and performance.

Some of its features include: Brake Assist (a component of the anti-lock breaking system which helps to apply maximum breaking force in emergency situations); electronic brake

distribution, which helps to balance the vehicle’s braking forces; intelligent multi-information display (the central source for vehicle function information, such as fuel economy, audio system information and Bluetooth); rear-view camera; seat belts indicator; airbags (equipped with standard front airbags, this vehicle also has front, side, and side-curtain airbags, with rollover sensor, giving complete assurance of safety); and eco-assist (a feature that enables car and driver to work together to

help improve fuel efficiency).

Further, Marics said the advanced compatibility engineering body structure, a Honda exclusive body design, guarantees the vehicle’s inner strength.

The 2014 Honda CR-V is covered with a three-year warranty or a maximum of 100,000 km, and is available at a special introductory price, both with and without taxes.

The tax-free price ranges between $5.8 million and $6.3 million. Customers also

- built with customer safety in mind

have the option of pre-ordering the vehicle to their specifications, which would require a 50% advance payment. The special introductory price is also applied to pre-ordered CR-Vs. Marics and Company said it provides all documentation for the vehicle except insurance, and offers simplicity and convenience by The 2014 Honda CR-V vehicle

handling all the paper work.

In addition, Marics offers spares and after-sales service; and the company’s professional technicians have been trained and certified by Honda to repair and service its vehicles.

Marics & Company Limited said it has been providing genuine Honda products for 60 years and counting.

The company represents HONDA, a name known for quality, durability, innovation and customer satisfaction.

For more information on this and all Marics vehicles, interested parties are invited to call 227-7511 or visit the company’s location at 186-7 Charlotte Street, Lacytown, Georgetown.

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ACCOMMODATION

EDUCATIONAL

MASSAGE

SERVICES

SERVICES

VACANCY

 from overseas?

Check out Green House, Apartments fully furnished AC, TV, etc. Call 227-4792, 682-7733.

 Classes available for first year Business Mathematics University Students. Rate $1 800/hr. Class size limit - 5 students, programme lasts 8 weeks.

Please visit learnquantsnowwordpress.com then call 675-8104 for further details. Ask about online classes.

Please call between 11:00hrs and 20:00hrs.

        Divinty Spa, 245 Sheriff St., specialise in relaxation and therapuetic massages, facials.

Call 661- 6 6 9 4 , a s k f o r Dianna

          'S P L U M BING & MAINTENA N C E , w e s p e c i a l i s e i n tap and die, hot and cold water systems, bathrooms, toilets, sinks and gutters, etc. Call 653-0422, 682-6 0 0 4 .

-IMMIGRANT Visa Service.

Professional Visa applications to the US and Canada. Fees USA VISA $3000, Canada $4000, Plaza Computer Service, 245 Sheriff Street, C/ ville. 225-7390, 618-0128, 6881874 . Open Monday to Sunday 09:00hrs 21:00hrs

 guards: Must be able to work either day or night shifts. Apply in person with written application and identification to May's Shopping Centre, 98 Regent Street, Georgetown.

 Inn Apartments. With Jacuzzi, kitchen and hot and cold from $3 000, AC $5 000, Eccles. Tel. 679-7139, 639-4452, 6193 66 0 .  VILLA, FURNISHED rooms and apartments 1-, 2- and 3-bedroom apartment, long- and short-term rental. Affordable rates. Call 227-2199, 2272186, 227-2189.

CAR RENTAL

car rental

 Inn Apartments and Car Rental. Premio, Vitz. Eccles New Scheme. Tel. 679-7139 , 639-4452, 6 1 9 3 66 0 .

BUSS/JOB OPP

BUSS/JOB OPPORTUNITY  give you a free website to earn, guaranteed US$$$$ monthly. Registration is FREE Email: proconsult_cba@yahoo.com

EDUCATIONAL

educational

 a certificate in Cosmetology or Nails alone. Call Jenny - 225-5360, 226-5904, 687-7566.  CLASSES for adu l t s , s t u d e n t s , C X C r e peaters, slow learners especially in Maths, $1 200 a subject, for January 2015 exams. Phonics classes for Grades 1-6, $3 0 0 0 m o n t h l y. C a l l 6 9 0 500 8.  you want to live and work in Canada? Get trained, (Canadian standards) as a live-in caregiver also care for the elderly and care for children. Training available.

592-227-4881, 416-674-7973.  School of Cosmetology is enrolling students for 3 months day and 6 months evening courses in Cosmetology beginning J u n e 2 3 r d , 2014 Mondays to Fridays, also evening and weekend classes in barbering. Basic & Advanced hair cutting, acryl i c n a i l s & airbrushing, manicure, pedicure, facial, make-up artistry and body massage, Limited spaces.

Body massage on Saturd a y s o n l y. V i s i t u s a t 211, New Market Street, North Cummingsburg, Georgetown or call us on 226-4573/226-2124                                                   . R e g istration has commenced for the New Academic Ye a r 2 0 1 3 - 2 0 1 4 F o r m s 1 5 (14 subjects) - termly fee of $3 0 0 0 0 , C X C , C S E C Mathematics, English A, Business and Science classes for Adults (morning, afternoon and evening), CSEC, CXC repeaters, extra lessons (Forms 1 - 5). Special packages and payment plans are available.

Phone 683-5742, 2230604 Commi t t e d t o your success for 7 years.

DRESSMAKING LEARN TO DRIVE  offers courses in Dressmaking, Curtains, Floral, Cake Decoration. 153 Barr St, Kitty, 670-2653, 618-1706.

LEARN TO DRIVE   Sons and Outar Driving School, 185 Charlotte and King Streets, Maraj Building- 622-2872, 644-5166, 6895997, 615-0964.  Driving School.

Cell No. 650-4291. We operate on the East Coast and Georgetown.  Enterprise Driving School, 2 Croal Street Stabroek: You could also obtain an International Driver's Permit covering over 123 countries. 227-3869, Like us on Facebook. 's Institute of Motoring Learn to drive at an affordable cost. Professional, Courteous and Patient Driving Instructor. For more details contact Annmarie/Vanessa at 172 Light and Charlotte Streets, Bourda. Te# 227-5072, 226-7541, 226-0168. www.rksinstituteofmotering.webs.com

FOR RENT/HIRE for rent/hire  Service to rent. Contact Roopa's Bar. 226-8978, 622-5187.  and Cement Ransom. 610-8005.

 massages done by professional therapists, Out calls only. Contact Samantha 661-2219.

PAWNSHOP

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 Jewellery and Pawn Shop, Lot 1 Durban Street Werk-en-Rust between Camp and George Streets. Tel: 2236331, 227-2307.

FOR RENT/HIRE FOR RENT  Tool Rentals Specials, Concrete saw, jack hammer, welding machine & more, 2nd tool, ½ price. Call 675-0767, 6275098.

SERVICES service and repairs to fridges & freezers, AC, washers and gas stoves.

Tel. 627-3206, 683-1312. (Nick)  truck service for your breakdown car and opening of locked vehicles. Call 610-8005. cards starting at $4 each. Many professional choices. Several full colour and 1-colour options. May - special offer. Alert Printing 227-2679.  to fridges, washing machines, AC units, gas stoves, etc. Contact Kirk 6662276, 645-4124.

 Kitchen for a bar and restaurant located on Lamaha St, Georgetown, Call 684-3371, 6845976.  and hair dressers' station to rent. Must be experienced and have customers. Salon located in Georgetown. Contact 627-8277, 699-6110.

HEALTH/FITNESS

 LCD, Plasma, Led projection TV's, etc, DVD, CD players. Any type of audio equipment, circuit board repairs, Abdul Electronics - 225-0391 For all your culinary/catering needs come to Angel Seafood Restaurant and Bar. Call: 2264001/ 225-2780. (Services)

MASSAGE

MASSAGE

 M A S S A G E .

Call for appointmentsl out c a l l s o n l y. A n n a 6 6 1 - 8 9 6 9 .

& Associates Financial Services, Taxation (VAT, income and property), cash flow projections, business development plans, personal financial adviser, Accounting and Consultancy, 190 Church Street, South Cummingsburg, Georgetown, Tel. 223-2105, 6627467.

 Therapeutic Massages & reflexology classes & services available! Certification by an internationally trained professional. Call Gayatri, 670-3399 or 651-0128 for details.

 up to 20% on Flash drives, SD cards, binding, laminating, copying and much more - Printsmart. 135 Sheriff & Fourth Sts Campbellville, 08:00hrs20:00hrs. Tel. 226-1252.  repairs, flash drives, prints, copies, browsing, internet calls, Printsmart. 135 Sheriff & Fourth Sts, Campbellville 08:00hrs20:00hrs. Tel. 226-1252.

 & Associates: For all your Accounting, Taxation, Compliances, Financial Statements, Projections, Business Plans. Call 667-2048, 651-5577, 225-2611.     Lot 31 ben street werken-rust,Georgetown (592)22581 0 1 , 2 2 5 - 8 1 0 3 , ( 5 9 2 ) 6 5 8 3928,686-3153 Professional maids, Qualified person to care for the elderly . Please apply with reference to BETTER VALUES REALTY. Secretaries please apply with curriculum vitae to BETTER VALUES REALTY.  all general constru c t i o n , contact Mohamed. We speciali z e i n c a r p e n t r y, m a so n r y, plumbing, p o w e r - w a s h , painting, t r o w e l t e x and varnishing. C a l l 233-0591, 6 6 7 - 6 6 4 4 , ( office) 2163120 .  Property Maintenance: Don't miss out on this oppo r t u n i t y : S e r v i c e s domestic and industrial building-washing, starting from $30 000. Power washer rentals $5 000, 32foot) fibreglass ladder for rental $9 000, swimming pool maintenance $2 600 per session, swimming pool consultancy (free), 5 0 l b chl o r i n e ( g r a m … . . ) f o r s a l e $ 3 3 000, weeding service starting from $2 000, weeder (brush-cutter) rentals $5 000, plumbing, painting.

Contact 677-8739, 641-3464.    . Lot 31 ben street w e r k e n rust,Georgetown,(592)2258101,225-8103,(592)6583928,6863153   Better values realty introduces its property management services; payment of utilities, mortgages, rates and taxes, collection of rent, deposits, general maintenances, eviction, demolishing of buildings. Please check us out on our facebook page for listening of properties, l a n d a n d r e n t a l s.

 (Residential, Commercial, Retail & Office Cleaning). We offer complete professional cleaning services. Our services are reliable, affordable, consistent and thorough.

Our staffs are uniformed and background checked. Additional services include;   (laundry & ironing, grocery shopping and meal preparation),   ,  ,  (closets, cupboards, packing & unpacking),  (before, during & after),       ,       Our services can be customized to suit your specific needs. Contact us for a free, no o b l i g a t i o n , i n -home estimate    sunshine.cleaning@mail.com Office Hrs.: Mon-Sat, 8am-8pm Cleaning 7 days a week

 Clerk must have experience in Japanese parts. one handyman. Contact Ray's Motor Spa r e s a n d A u t o S a l e s .

231-7839.

 your own boss! Independent travel agents needed.

Register n o w. bonitagarr@yahoo.com

TAXI SERVICE

TAXI SERVICE

 Runnings Taxi Service and Auto Rental.. Tel. 225-6926, 231-5808. Short drops $300. Contract cars wanted.

TOURS

TOURS

Weekend tours to Suriname.

Come have a fun filled weekend, this and every weekend. Call: 2264001/ 225-2780. (Tours)

SPIRITUALITY

SPRIRITUALITY

 your spiritual help sickness and cleansing protection, call 868-323-0267 Mama.  reading, other works done. For fast results - reuniting lovers, removing evil and all blockages, etc. Call 6968873, 673-1166.  spiritual help in removing evil spirit, bad luck, evil sickness, spells, reuniting lovers, bringing prosperity to business, etc.

Tel: 612-6417, 220-0708, .6875653 works done to bring peace, finance, success, enhance prosperi t y, r e m o v e e v i l , b l o c k a g e , r e u n i t e f a m i l i e s , l o vers, etc.

610-7234, 644-0058.  work done in Suriname - love, marriage, sickness, pregnancy, remove evil, prosperity, business and readings. Call 674-8603, 597-8519876..         D i s c i p l e o f Swami Dayaramdas (India), specialist in Tantra, Mantra, Yantra, Poojas and Yagiyas; solve your problems today. 604-4760, 6281964.

VACANCY VACANCY ,/Waitress. Contact 223-5273/4.

 for experienced cashier and sales clerk. Apply with written application to Sanjay's Variety Store, 16 America Street, Georgetown, 227-6677.

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LAND FOR SALE

LAND FOR SALE

LAND FOR SALE

LAND FOR SALE

 guards, age 30-55 years, must be able to work shift. Requirements application, reference last place of employment. TIN, NIS#, ID#, Police Clearance.

Apply 233 South Road, Lacytown or tel. 225-0198.

Attractive benefits offered.

 $70,000-135,000, Immediate Hire, F/T or P/T Flexible Hours, No Experience, Will Train, Bi-lingual a plus. Mr. James 6582 6 4 7 email:2013globalmarketing@gmail.com

     c o r n e r l o t , 58½ x 30½, Garnett and Republic Streets, Newtown.

Ideal for business operation. Call 645-0616.

ST NEWTOWN Double lot. Size 31 X 135. Price $18 million neg. Contact Royal Real Estate on 225-7276, 6657400, 685-7887, 643-6353.

 house lot at Mon Repos, (through school road) Martyrsville.

Transport ready to transfer. Price $4.5M neg, Tel. 629-5300.

 LODGE - 3 lots together with a 2 bedroom wooden cottage with 8ft driveway.

Price 18 million neg. Contact Royal Real Estate 225-7276, 6657400, 685-7887, 643-6353.

        busines ses must think out of the box. They must adopt a n e w s t r a t e g y.

The Chinese are moving in some locations that land for bond/factory is cheap, 20 000 sq ft land close t o the Chinese embassy for bond. $ 58M, 8 000 s q . f t o n the main road close t o t h e C h i n e s e E mbassy $54M for 4-storey fast food/super m a r k e t 2 0 0 - c a r parking. 1½ acres of land in Turkeyen for hostel, school, university, bond, Buy now, be decisive. Present, you hav e a boss, n o w d e c i d e . P h o n e M r.

D a n h a n d r i 615-0065, M r.

Patrick Pereira 669-3350, Mr. Alysious Pere i r a 6 2 3 - 2 5 9 1 , 225-2709, 225-2626, 2253068, 226-1064, 227-6863, 225-5198 Seven days of h o t m a il: tonyreidsrealty.com..

 land in Smyth Street 123x50 reduced from 64M to 56M suitable for bond and 4-storey office complex, Phone Mrs Bibi Khan 676-3405.

Mr Dorindra 615-0069, Mr Ramsohoye 618-0000, Mrs Hercules 661-1952, 225-2626, Mr Boodram 692-3831, 227-6949/ 231-2064. Land in Hadfield St $6M, Da Sliva Street 70x33 $14.9M South Raod 70x33 $36M, Middle Road La Penitance 130x50 $14.5M. 226-1064, 2255198, 227-6863, 225-2709.

, opposite the Cultural Centre in great Industrial Hadfield Street more than $80M. Phone Mr Boodram 6923831 , Mrs Bibi Khan 67603403, Lady Abundance 661-1992 Lord Darindra 6150069, Mr Alex A. Pereira 669-0943, 618-0000, 6232591, 225-2626, 226-1064.

 in Cummings Lodge. Tel. 222-4326, 619-4900.

20 Acres of Title Land at    (Riverside)- $12M;      - 4 0 A c r e s ;   - $35M;          ( d o u b l e l o t ) - $ 6 M ;         (Jib lot with active driveway)- $22M;       (double lot)$30M; FR                  

 SQ FT office space located in Kingston US$900 neg.

Phone: 652-4492.

 to work as part-time Sales Reps. Flat pay and commission, 3 to 4 hours daily, training provided, takes home $10 000 to $50 000 weekly. Apply to info@ultraconnectguyana.com or call 226-3771. Closing, 2nd May, 2014  Clerk: Three s u b j e c t s C X C , St o r e A s s i s tance/Porter between ages 20 and 30. Applications must be addressed to: K E N N AV H D L L I M I T E D , 309 East and Quamina Sts, S/C/Burg, Georgetown, Guyana. , Accounts Clerk, Sales Clerk, and Bond Clerk. Interested 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 Bourda Market, Georgetown. Vacancy also exists for Packing Clerk/ C l e a n e r, a g e 35 - 50 years.

Please call 223-6072.  attendant, washer.

(N.B. operates on a shift system).

Apply 233 South Road, Lacytown. Tel. 225-0198 with the following documents - application, reference - last place of employment. TIN, ID#, NIS#. Attractive benefits.                                            For shift work as Dispatchers. Females also welcomed to apply. Private Security Experience; Police or Military an asset but not a necessity.

General Supervisory persona or ability acceptable also. Discipline, honesty and personal organization a must. Live in accommodation available for out of town personnel.      Drivers with car, van and lorry licenses for general security transport and supervision using company lorry, canters, cars, vans and 3 wheelers or 2 wheel motorcycles. Honesty and respect for procedures and rules a must. Excellent salary, allowances and insurances and benefits. Former employees of decency, respect and professionalism are welcome to reapply.      Team Leader and Trainer of staff for our Elite Armed Team for Cash Transport in our Air Conditioned Vehicles, specialized high ranking sites and response team. Excellent benefits, wages and conditions.     To supervise teams at various locations requiring a supervisory staff.    in Georgetown, East Coast and East Bank for various quality locations. Government wages fully approved, and where applicable more is paid.

Active, youthful and dynamic male and female gua r d s r e quired. Retired personnel also welcome for sites requiring such personalities.

Part time employment also available. Contact: Human Resource Manager                   

- Millwright, band saw, moulder and Woodmizer operators, porters, export lumber grader, Call Richard 609-7675, 223-2614.  bar persons who can mix cocktails and use the computer, one supervisor. Make application directly to Manager Pete's Real Estate to work at Blue Martini Club, situated at Lamaha and D' Abreu Streets, Newtown, Kitty.  salespersons, between the ages of 20 and 40. Must have driver licence and two years' experience. Computer knowledge is an asset. Salary/commissions encouraging. Make application to Pete's Real Estate, Lot 2 George Street: W/Rust, Georgetown.

LAND FOR SALE Land For Sale  St, 50 x 60 $10M. Call Carol 612-9785.  St, 31'x 71' $10M. Call Carol 612-9785.

 land Linden Highway 152 acres, road to river $36M. 6092302, 609-6516, 645-2580.

E m a i l : defreitasassociates@gmail.com   cultivated citrus, house, fish pond, storage, 2 acres cultivated, 2 - 1 ACRE cultivated Parika. Contact 2267968. plot of land $4M, Non Pareil, ECD, single plot Granville Park, ECD. Tel. 2207259, 623-8195.  70 acres of transported land at Coverden, East Bank Demerara. Serious enquiries only. Contact 6616993.   ST NEWTOWN CORNER LOT -Size 70 X 70.

Price $24 million. Contact Royal Real Estate on 225-7276, 6657400, 685-7887, 643-6353.

 No.2, 138 ft x 1750 5.5 acres - $15M, Phone 227-7734.  St, 41 x 171 $30M. Call Carol 612-9785.  96x122.$70M Call Carol 612-9785.  Kara, 3 Acres in Linden $32M neg. Contact 6803771, 694-7210..       i n L i n d e n $6.5M neg. Contact 680-3771, 694-7210  Public Road, WCD 38x150, 39x150, $16M each, 658-0132.  lots $7M each (could be transferred). Call Carol 612-9785.  land EBD, 3 acres - US$800 000. Call Carol 612-9785. land - 54 acres of fertile land at Hogg Island, access to river - $16M. Call 227-0575.  Park, Supply, Eccles, Diamond, Trival Realty- 665-7946. /Business, Kitty, 60x120 - $50M. Call Carol 612-9785.  $9M, Regent St $160M. Real Deal Realty - 6470856, 668-4781.  x 80 LAND in Grove, EBD. Price $5M neg. Tel. 6955744 rennygrant@yahoo.com Blocks for sale. Tel. 683-9910.     Triumph, 90% concrete & fence $3.5M neg. Tel. 220-2760, 645-3791.  lot in Prashad Nagar, 60' x 126' - $32M neg. Call 2190774, 603-4283.  Street near Hardina Street 40x100 - $22M. Tel:627-4348 Ryan

  Bourda CORNER LOT. Price $42 million neg. Contact Royal Real Estate 225-7276, 665-7400, 685-7887, 643-6353.  E.B.D - land with concrete fence. Size 110 x 64. Price 7.5 million neg.

Contact Royal Real Estate 2257276, 665-7400, 685-7887, 643-6353. / GROVE E.B.D Size 40 X 80. Price 4 million neg.

Contact Royal Real Estate 2257276, 665-7400, 685-7887, 6436353.  GARDENS Size 87 X 125 Price 15 million.

Contact Royal Real Estate 2257276, 665-7400, 685-7887, 6436353.  GARDENS/ REPUBLIC PARK E.B.D (Gated community) - Size 5000 sq ft. Prices $11million, $12million and $13.5 million neg. Contact Royal Real Estate on 225-7276, 665-7400, 685-7887, 643-6353.  STREET- double lot prime business spot (Size 12,500 sq ft) Price USD$ 1.3 million neg. Contact Royal Real Estate on 225-7276, 665 -7400, 6857887, 643-6353.  GARDENS/ REPUBLIC PARK E.B.D (Gated community) - (Size 10,000 sq ft) Price $23 million neg. Contact Royal Real Estate on 225-7276, 6657400, 685-7887, 643-6353.

 income land 55x 100 $2.5M neg at Parfaite Harmonie Phase 1. 697-5378 Victor.

 GARDENS E.C.D - Triple lot. Price $58 million neg. Contact Royal Real Estate 225-7276, 665-7400, 6857887, 643-6353.

 Road, Kitty, size 123x48, 8-ft driveway (back spot).

Contact 678-0752. with 2storey column structure at 3rd Bridge, Grove Housing Scheme, $5.5M neg. 600-2032.

  ST NEWTOWN Land with concrete fence. Size 31 X 135. Price 21million neg.

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

 lots located in the Peter's Hall area, East Bank Demerara. Call 231-5359, 6727189.

 NEW SCHEME E.B.D - Price $7 million. Contact Royal Real Estate on 2257276, 665-7400, 685-7887, 643-6353.

 Lots EBD $5.5M Gated Community, Bartica $12M, Berbice $5M, WCD $1M, Linden $10. Call 223-2153  Estates, EBD lots, authorised agent De Freitas Associates. 609-2302, 609-6516, E m a i l : defreitasassociates@gmail.com

   E.C.D Land with foundation for 2 storey house. Land size 52 X 84. Price $ 6.5 million.

Contact Royal Real Estate 225-7276, 665-7400, 6857887, 643-6353.

 FT X 50 FT - $2.2M, High income area, already excavated La Parfaite Harmonie, Diamond with foundation $3.2M. 675-7292  ACRES prime high land in Cane Grove/Mahaica, has good road, water, light, farm house, bearing fruit trees, $22M. Call 227-3285, 617-6502.   land just off Linden, Soesdyke Highway Junction, suitable for business ventures. Tel. 601-3094. land in Duncan St. for 4-storey office complex, bond, school, apartment $40M. Phone 627-0288, Mr. Ramsayoe 6180000, Mr Alysious Pereira 6232591, Mr. Darindra 615-0069.\  CLOSE to Brickdam, $75M suitable for 5-storey com plex, hotel Mr Ramsohoye 618-0000, Mr Per e i r a 2 2 6 1 0 6 4 , M r. D a r i n d r a 6 1 5 0069, 225-26 2 6 , 2 2 7 - 6 8 6 3 , 2 2 5 -5198\     of land in Vlissengen Road close to Sandy Babb Street - $79M for 4-storey complex drive through. Phone Mr Boodram 692-3831, 615-0069, 225-2626, 225-5198, 618-000, 626-4180.  only remaining triple lot in God Bless Agricola A is #1 for parking truck, bond. Security is the best in the world $19M. Phone Lord Budram 692-3831, Pereira 669-3350, 623-2591, Alexander 661-1952, Hercules 661-1952, 226-1064, 225-5198, 227-6949, 225-2626,2 31-2064, 693-9131, Cameron 225-5184, 7 d a y s a week 24 hours. land is going to solve your business need, in Smyth close to Brickdam 120 x 60 the only land available for $55M neg All lands that would give you the same r e t u r n o n y o u r i n vestment $95M, talking of 5-storey c o m p l e x . P h o n e Lady Racel Jones 688-3431 , Master Darindra 615-0069, 618-0000, 623-2591, 2 2 5 - 2 6 2 6 , 2 2 5-3068, 2 2 6 1 0 6 4, E m ail : tonyreidsrealty@hotmail.co m  x 60 land in Bel Air Village for hotel, bond, 5-storey, students' dorm - $42M. Phone Vice President Patrick Pereira 669-3350, Vice P r e s i d ent Ramsohoye 618-0000, 6232591, 227-6863, 225-2626, 667-7812.  with 20ft driveway Dennis Street $17M, Sec. 'M' 90 x 50 plus reserve $17M, Kitty 8 000 sq. ft - $19M, one house in McDoom close to main road $9M. Phone Mr Darindra 615-0069, 6 1 8 - 0 0 0 0 V i c e P r e s i d e nt Alysious Pereira 623-2591, 2276863, 226-1064, 225-2626.  lot in Dennis St, with driveway 20 feet $17M, Sec. 'M', 80 x 60, plus reserve for bond $19M, Da S i l v a S t 8 0 x 5 0 $ 1 3 M , Kitty Railway Embankm e n t 8 0 0 0 s q . f t $ 20M, land has 20 ft driveways. Vice President Drandia 615-0069, Vice Pre sident Alysious Pereira - 6232591, Vice Preside nt Ramsayae 618-0000, Vice President 225-2626, 226-1064, 667-7812.  choice house and land for sale in Diamond and Providence, large lot 50 x 110 reduced for quick sale $12M, 223-2153, 645-0944. Vreed-en-Hoop 3-bedroom house on double lot, motivated owner walking distance to the junction $18M 645-0944., Goed Fortuin luxury home American-style. Owner relocating. Large lot, reduced for quick sale. 2232153, 645-0943.

             North Road & Ornoque Street, $40m neg, South Road & Ornoque Street, $50m neg, Friendship river side (114x166), $6.8 M, Diamond/Grove New Scheme 2nd Bridge, $8M, Grove 1st Bridge, $6M, Essequibo Supernaam 25 acres, $17 M, Linden Highway 20 acres farming land, $45 M, Robb and King Street, (US) $1.7 M, Republic Gardens (50x100),$16 M, Sherriff S t r e e t d ouble lot(US),$1.5 Bagotstown (Road to River),$35 M,Soesdyke (50x400), $40 M, La Parfaite Harmonie, $3-5 M, Sham Rock Garden main road ECD, $50 M, Diamond Land with foundation and column, $4.5 M,Republic G a r d e n 7 l o t together, $100M neg, Essequibo Supernaam l a n d , $ 2 5M, North Road and King Street,(US)$1.6M, Diamond Main Road Opposite Bank, commercial, land,(US)$1.4 M, 5 & 10 acres yaracabra, $4&6 m, land in 5th street Alberttown 48x 125, $45 M  wish to advertise all land was made by the creator for different purposes. Go as high as you can to enjoy economy of height. Earl's Court LBI do u b l e l ot 120 x 90 $17M, Happy Acres parallel to th e Main Road 100 x 50 $16M, for business or 4-storey apartment land for bonds on the East Coast $28M, Kitty 8 000 sq. ft $20M, Da Silva St 70 x 35 $14M, 9 000 sq. ft on Main Road 500 yards south of Chinese Emb a s sy, Tu r k e y e n 1 . 4 a c r e s $38M, Campbellville 80 x 60 with lo t s of reserve $16M, Repub l i c P a r k $ 1 6 M , C o n t i nental Park double l ot $ 3 5 M, Croal Street 75 x 50 $32M, 3 lots at 'AA' Eccles with massive u nfinished structure $98M, plus reserve. Friendship $3.5M, Pearl 5 acres for gated community $45M neg.

P hone , 225-3068, 226-1064, 2276863, 227-6964, 225-2626.

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-furnished 2-bedroom apartments. Tel. 670-9606.  room for decent working person. Tel. 227-0485.

 house in BB Eccles. Please call 623-8496. Gardens: 3-bedroom upper flat - 613-9033. /Office space, 2 floors located on Hadfield St. Tel. 652-4492.

 top flat at 31 Public Road Agricola, opposite Police Outpost, Tel. 690-8729.  three-bedroom house in Thomas St. Kitty. Phone: 2341188 or 693-8113.  upper flat apartment at Lusignan, E.C.D, Call 644-8880/617-3751.  bottom flat at 55 Delph St, C/Ville. Tel 2269273.  Unfurnished one-bedroom self-contained apartment with parking.

Tel 642-0636. -storey property on Plantation Ross Public Road, WCD (ideal for business), Tel. 6496540.  daily - furnished 2bedroom, studio apartments and business space. Tel 621-5282.  3-bedroom top flat at 210 Barr Street, Kitty. Please call June: 223-3265 or 623-1562.  one-bedroom apartment.

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6692 11 9 .  f u r n i s h e d h o u s e U S $ 1 0 0 0 . 6 11 - 0 3 1 5 , 690-8625.  floor and second floor space on Duncan Street.

621-8198.  official or other type of business, Camp Street area. Call Richard 609-7675, 223-2614  bond in Chateau Margot and Good Hope Public Road, 150x40, 220-0977 (Kishan)  middle income 2-bedroom apartment,. located at Section 'C' Golden Grove, in excellent condition, Contact 600-5550. furnished bar to rent at Montrose, EC. Contact Number 609-9946.  business space to rent in Light Street. Tel. 644-0530.  unfurnished two-bedroom apartment, bottom flat. Call 665-7288.  furnished studio apartment. near UG $75 000, inclusive of electricity, water & internet.  space, ground floor. Barr Street, Kitty, G/town.

Tel. 623-4700.  Modern two-bedroom apartment situated at Nurses Quarters Sophia, tiled bath etc.

Available from June 15. $45,000 monthly, Call 658-1523, 6720811.

30 23 TO LET  Street: Beautiful top flat 3 bedrooms, 3 bathrooms.

Fully furnished, generator & interior parking, US$900. Call 6004343, -BEDROOM, fully furnished house, 5 minutes from U.G, $160.000. Tel. 222-1380.  Air Gardens, wide yard space, swimming pool, fully airconditioned, US$6500 per month. 680-3771, 694-7210.  Avenue: Furnished executive apartment with internet access, generator and parking. Tel 677-8176.  furnished 1- and 2bedroom apartments long and short terms, utilities included.

Contact 645-0787, 691-7093.  flat open space, suitable for lessons, doctor's clinic, lawyer's office, gym. Tel: 2267380, 627-7982.  furnished one-bedroom apartment, air conditioned.

Tel: 623-2923.  upper flat apartment at Lusignan, ECD. Call 644-8880, 617-3751.  Avenue: Furnished three-bedroom top flat, with generator and swimming pool. Tel. 642-0636 5500 sq ft bond (85L x 65W x 22H) ideal for containers or fork lift operation. Location Mon Repos E.C.D Tel. 618-0626.  place, Camp St: Large and fully secured ground floor. No renovations needed. Tel 642-0636.  executive apartment, with internet access, generator and parking. Tel 6420636.  2-bedroom bottom flat apartment, 43 Austin Campbellville - $45 000. 2232964.  bedroom bottom flat on East Coast public Road $40 000, includes electricity. 2201630, 638-1829.  2-bedroom upper flat wooden house, toilet and bath inside, B Field Sophia. $40 000 monthly. 682-2821, 688-8856.  spacious 2-bedroom bottom flat, situated in Atlantic Gardens, $65 000 monthly. Contact 622-4746, 220-0959.  top flat 3-bedroom house, overhead tank, parking space at La Parfaite Harmonie WBD. Call 220-4538, cell 6751118 from 16:30hrs - 20:00hrs, Roy.  top flat three-bedroom house, 80 Albert & Laluni Streets, Queenstown. Tel. 226-7452, 226-0178.  Nagar: Lower flat for bond or office, 50ft x 30ft US$500. Naresh Persaud - 2259882, 681-2499.  bond $500,000. Large Storage space Regent St. $500 000, monthly. 626-1150, 231-9181.  3 BR Furnished House A/C, Hot Wat e r, L a r g e Ya r d , S e l f - C o n tained EBD US$1,000 Call 645-0944   semi-Furn house/garage/back yard security system/ grilled ECD $90,000. Call 2232153/645-0944 Upstairs, Unfurnished, lots of closets, Breezy Verandah, Parking EBD $70,000. Call 2232153/645-0944  2-bedroom apartment at Vreed-en-Hoop. Toilet, bath, kitchen, fenced yard, grille work. Raj 682-5230, 6289596.  two-storey business place suitable for fast food restaurant, large business, in busy area. Call 675-3384.

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 Inn hotel, restaurant and bar, 49 Hadfield Street, Werken-Rust, Georgetown, Georgetown.

Tel. 231-6322, 692-2521.

     f u r n i s h e d , 1 bedroom apartment with AC i n K i t t y, f o r s h o r t t i m e v i s i tors. 686-4620, 227-2466.

 room and apartment $3 500, $4 000, $5 000, $6 000 daily. Call Julian 638-4505, 225-4709.

: Furnished one-bedroom self-contained apartment with parking.

Tel. 677-8176.

  unfurnished with internet, cable, parking ECD $45,000. Call 223-2153/6450944

 one-bedroom apartments in Prashad Nagar. Ideal for visitors or short stay. All modern conveniences including: cable, television and internet. Call 6118584 for details.

 Air or Prasad Nagar 3 BR Luxurious furnished apartment, A/C, Security US$1,500.

Call 668-7419  furnished apartment fully tiled and secured with AC, hot and cold, internet, US$25 daily. 231-6061, 621-1524. -bedroom and two-bedroom bottom flat apartment at Lot 6 Railway Line Kitty. Tel. 227-4157. -EN-HOOP, 7-8 Plantain Walk: Unfurnished 2 two-bedroom apartments with parking. Tel. 264-2639, 2642743.  two-bedroom apartment at 575 Block X, Diamond EBD, Call June, 623-1562, 2233265  two-bedroom top flat, one three-bedroom bottom flat at 10 Hague Front, WCD. Call June, 223-3265, 623-1562.  two-bedroom, bottom flat apartment, toilet and bath inside, sealed and tiled, at Ogle $45 000 monthly, 222-2070, 645-7187, 650-6515. concrete bond 87'x32' Public Road Mc Doom next to Police out post suitable for storage, factory etc.

233-0570.   2-bedroom apartments, fully furnished and selfcontained for long- and shortterm rental. Contact Tropical View Hotel. 227-2216.  spacious 3 bedroom, more apartments. 222-7986, 6387232.  top flat 3-bedroom apartment. Contact Geeta 6612082, 227-8651, 158 Da Silva Street.  top and bottom flat at 47 Gordon Street, Kitty, $75 000 monthly. Contact 621-7989, 2275025.  Park: Two-bedroom flat concrete house, preferably working couple with kid, monthly $70 000. Tel. 233-5605.  5500 sq. ft bond (85 L x 65 W x 22 H), ideal for containers or forklift operation. Location Mon Repos, ECD Tel. 618-0626.  5-bedroom house Happy Acres. Call 231-7839 between 08:00hrs and 16:00hrs.  7-8 Plantain Walk: Unfurnished, newly built 2-bedroom apartments with parking. Tel. 2642743, 264-2232. : Unfurnished one-bedroom self-contained apartment with parking.

Contact Mr Hing. Tel. 680-5000.  3-bedroom top flat with master room located at Republic Park. Semi-furnished, US$900, Tel: 621-6888.  2-bedroom concrete & tiled apartment, with self-contained, AC, hot & cold etc. Location Mon Repos ECD. Price $80 000. Tel. 618-0626.   FT newly built warehouse. Containers can be parked inside bond. Central location, US$4000 neg., Tel: 6524492. /Sale, Newly renovated 3-storey office building, fully carpeted, AC, located at Thomas St. US$3500 neg., Tel: 652-4492.

 Street: 1 & 2 bedroom furnished apartments, hot & cold, AC, Internet, from U S $ 2 0 d a i l y. R a t e s n e g . f o r monthly visitors. Te l : 2275852/638-4404.  apartment for business purposes, 22 North Road and Camp Street, next to Cell Phone Shack. Tel. 629-1657.  $80 000, Eccles $50 000, US$1200, Bel Air Park $75 000, Lamaha Gardens US$3500 and many others. Contact 628-8012.    Fully furnished Executive 3 bedroom house. Price USD $1800.

Contact Royal Real Estate 2257276, 665-7400, 685-7887, 6436353.   SECTION K C/VILLE- unfurnished 3 bedroom house can be rented as office. Price $1500 USD neg.

Contact Royal Real Estate on 2257276, 665 7400, 685-7887, 6436353.  for World Cup accommodations? Apartments available in Fontaleza Brazil. Call Julien Tel. 0015598884147 and 0019882489042 Email: donjay1001@yahoo.com  close proximity to Sheriff Street - brand new 3 storey concrete building. Suitable for business, school, residence etc.

Price USD $12,000. Contact Royal Real Estate 225-7276, 665-7400, 685-7887, 643-6353.  - 3 storey concrete building suitable for school. Building size 10,250 sq ft.

Price USD $5000. Contact Royal Real Estate 225-7276, 665-7400, 685-7887, 643-6353.   ALBERTTOWN - 3 storey concrete building. Suitable for school, embassy, office complex, call centre, medical complex etc. Price USD $6,000 neg. Contact Royal Real Estate 225-7276, 665-7400, 6857887, 643-6353.    brand new executive offices. Size per unit 1650 sq ft. Price USD $2200 neg. Contact Royal Real Estate 225-7276, 665-7400, 6857887, 643-6353.  - unfurnished 4 bedroom house can be used as office or residence. Price USD $1550 neg. Contact Royal Real Estate 225-7276, 665-7400, 685-7887, 643-6353.           - office space available suitable for consultants, accounting firm, lawyers etc. Price USD $500 neg. Contact Royal Real Estate 225-7276, 665-7400, 685-7887, 643-6353.     Commercial space on ground floor. Size 1645 sq ft. Price USD $2400 (as is). Contact Royal Real Estate 225-7276, 665-7400, 685-7887, 643-6353.  spot could be used as boutique, bond, church, mini mall, cell shop, snackette, shop, drink shop, pharmacy, cell shop, internet café, etc. Contact 646-0668, Call 15:00hrs - 18:00hrs only. , BOURDA - 3 storey concrete building. Suitable for store, restaurant and bar, etc. Price USD $8,500 neg. Contact Royal Real Estate 225-7276, 665-7400, 685-7887, 643-6353.

TO LET   - furnished executive flats with modern amenities. Price USD $1350 and unfurnished USD $1100 .

Contact Royal Real Estate 2257276, 665-7400, 685-7887, 6436353.  - fully equipped restaurant and bar.

Price USD $3500 . Contact Royal Real Estate 225-7276, 665-7400, 685-7887, 643-6353.  floor restaurant in Middle Street for a state-of-theart Restaurant & Bar Goodwill go with it US$3000 neg. Mr. Patrick Pereira, 225-2626, 231-2064, 227-6949, 227-6863, 225-5198, 225-3068.   brand new executive 5 bedroom concrete house with swimming pool. Price USD $4800 neg. Contact Royal Real Estate 225-7276, 665-7400, 685-7887, 643-6353.  E.B.D - 3 storey concrete building suitable for school. Price USD $6000 neg.

Contact Royal Real Estate 2257276, 665-7400, 685-7887, 6436353.  NAGAR - unfurnished 3 bedroom top flat can be used as office or residence. Price USD $1250 neg. Contact Royal Real Estate 225-7276, 665-7400, 685-7887, 643-6353.  - fully furnished 2 bedroom executive flat with modern amenities. Price USD $1400 neg. Contact Royal Real Estate 225-7276, 665-7400, 6857887, 643-6353.  BACKLANDS - unfurnished 3 bedroom top flat.

Price $100,000. Contact Royal Real Estate 225-7276, 665-7400, 685-7887, 643-6353.  bottom flat apartment, fully grilled, master bedroom, AC, Enachu Street, Section 'K' Campbellville. Contact 227-4992, between 08:00hrs and 17:00hrs.  $90 000, Kitty $140 000, Ogle $60 000 - $160 000, AA Eccles (5-bedroom house) US$1200, Subryanville US$1000. Diana 227-2256, 626-9382. -bedroom, self-contained apartment. Single working person preferred, Lot 32 Public Road, Kitty. Tel. 661-0999, 2270720. : Furnished threebedroom house $40 000, Ogle (flat house) $60 000, AA Eccles 5bedroom executive house US$1200, Diana 227-2256, 6269382.  apartment, fully grilled, toilet & bath, tiled floor, water & light in Kitty, Tel. 693-9325, Price: $65 000.  newly built spacious 2bedroom bottom flat, in Fifth Street, Diamond Housing Scheme EBD, $50 000, Phone 622-2765/ 695-5834.  location, store front, D\Urban/Haley and small furnished office space, 600-0036, 223-1719.  concrete 3-bedroom bottom flat, spacious living quarters, telephone, parking, toilet and bath, EBD. Decent working couple.

Tel. 668-5384, 648-3342.            f u r nished 3-bedroom house, fully meshed and grilled, large yard space and office space at the bottom. 6108 3 5 1 , 6 9 7 - 5 4 92.  newly built fully furnished, upper flat 3-bedroom apartment, in Pike St., Kitty inclusive of AC, hot and cold water, etc. Suitable for long term and short term visitors. Tel. 644-8015.  ready fully furnished two-bedroom upper flat apartment in Atlantic Gardens ECD, US$1000.Call 600-9981.

TO LET  Apartments for rental. Self-contained one bedroom apartments with a comfortable lounge, dining area and kitchenette. (Accommodation) Call: 226-4001/225-2780. : Fully furnished one- and three-bedroom apartments, AC, hot and cold, internet, cable TV, parking, etc. Suitable for overseas visitors, short term. 227-1843, 226-5137. - and two-bedroom fully furnished, AC, WiFi, apartment conveniently located at 6 Seaforth St, Campbellville. Long- or s h o r t - t e r m . U S $ 3 5 / 6 0 d a i l y.

621-3094, 650-5354.  bottom flat at 95 Hadfield Street, Werk-en-Rust, Georgetown, 3 doors, before Smyth Street, suitable for office, company business. Contact 6821055, 643-1250.  garden apartment, quiet central location, amazing bargain at US$550, Wi-Fi access, hot and cold water, fully/comfortably furnished, AC bedroom. Call 225-7211, 641-4664 to view.  three-bedroom apartment situated in Ketley Street, Charlestown, Georgetown.

Preferably for a family of three persons. No parking for vehicle.

Rental: $45 000 monthly. Call 226-4120 between 09:00hrs and 17:00hrs.  space (22ft x 13ft), ideal for beauty shop/salon, barbershop, boutique, copy shop, small office, etc. at Lot 15 Henry St, G/town (3 buildings from D'Urban St), $35,000 monthly (neg) Tel: 610-7770, 668-6018.

V. Lall.  8-room top flat, 3 bathrooms, 32-33 Dr Miller Street, Triumph, ECD US$2500 monthly neg. 7-room bungalow, ideal for students and groups, short or long term. Self-contained apartment fully furnished in Triumph, ECD. Tel. 220-2130, 6247111, 612-1571, 220-2254.        f o u r - b e d room property in prime residential area Bel Air Park, automatic start genearator, remote control gate and garage. All rooms with AC and sitting room, hot and cold water with filter. Rent neg. at US$2500 per month. Call Shoba 626-0450 Varshini 642-1679 Chet 684-9716.  3-bedroom $70 000, Diamond 3-bedroom $60 000, Queenstown unfurnished $50 000, Industry unfurnished $40 000, Mon Repos 2-bedroom furnished $55 000, Mon Repos 2bedroom unfurnished $40 000, South new 2-bedroom $65 000, West Coast Demerara 3-bedroom house $65 000. Call 223-2153, 645-0944.  furnished bottom apartment (1 master room), parking, etc US$1000, 3-bedroom furnished house (1 master room) grilled, parking, etc US$1500 residential othe r s . A pa r t m e n t / h o u s e s f u r nished and unfurnished from US$1000 up. Call 664-5105.          Plaza Bridge New Mall, Business spots available, (US)150 - 1000, Albertown 6 Office spaces, $80,000, Commercial Building for rent, $(US)2500 and above, Executives Homes for rent, $(US)1500 and above, Apartment Bld. & office space Bent Street, $500,000, 2 bedroom furnish flat duke street kingston, $US 750, 3 bedroom in sybranville fully furnish, $US 650, fully furnish 1 bedroom in alexander village, $US 500

TO LET  1&2US$3500/ US$4500 fully furnished;   US$2500; (furnished)- US$1500;  (fully furnished)US$2500/ unfurnished US$1000;   -US$1000;      US$1400;  US$800; - US$600/ US$400;  (furnished upper)US$850/ (3 bedroom lower)$85,000;   (upper)$90,000/ (lower)-$80,000;   (Studio)$80,000;   (upper)- $60,000.  227-1988/ 623-6431/ 6578887.     "Spaces at Time Square Mall"- Ground Floor US$1000/ 1st Floor US$700/ 2nd Floor US$500; (formerly Chinese Supermarket- 3storied) - US$10,000;    (Opp.Burial Ground. 160 X 40 Building as a whole or in three parts- Ground US$5000/ Upper US$5000/ Restaurant US$15000;  (bond 2000 sq.ft)- US$2000;   US$1500;  - US$700;  - US$5000;  -US$2000;  (business/ residence)- $150,000;  - $2000;   $70,000/ $40,000;    (Best offer)US$5000;           (Bank, etc)US$10,000;  (formerly Windsor Estate)US$2000.  2271988/ 623-6431    , Lamaha Gardens, Semi-Furnished, 4 Bed rooms (Top Floor), 3 Bed Rooms (Ground Floor), Generator, Pressure pump, Hot & cold water, Filtered water, 4 over head water tanks.   , Newtown, Kitty, Furnished, 1 Master, 2 regular rooms (top floor), 1 regular room (ground floor), Washer & dryer. Cooking gas, Pressure pump, Filtered water.   , Section K, Campbellville, 4 Rooms, self contained, 1 down stairs, 3 upstairs, Fully Air Conditioned, Spacious Kitchen upstairs and Downstairs, Parking area, Pressure pump, Filtered Water, Wired for Generator.    , East Coast Demerara, 2 Bedrooms (self-contained), Swimming pool, Pressure pump, Fully Air Conditioned, Hot and Cold Water, Pre-Paid Meter.     and Light Street, Top Flat, 3 Bedrooms, 1 Bath, 1 Toilet, Bedrooms fully air Conditioned, Pressure pump system, Pre-Paid meter.    , East Bank Demerara, 2 Bedrooms (Ideal for Students)            World #1 Realtor Miste r Terry Redford Reid 66 7 78 1 2 , 225-6 8 5 8 , 2 2 5 - 7 1 6 4 , 2 2 6 - 1 0 6 4 , 2 2 5 - 2626, 23120 68, 619-7945. Have the executive rental reduced by 35%, Prashad Nagar US$1000, Jacar anda Ave. Bel Air Park US$2000, Barima Ave Bel Air Park US$18 0 0 , B e l A i r S p r i n g s US$1000, large bond for rental office small form US $ 3 75, 10 000 sq ft office space for technology business, Lamaha G a r d ens U S $ 1 5 0 0 , L a m a Av e , B e l A i r P a r k US$180 0 , B e l A i r P a r k o n t h e round about US$1000, Prashad Nagar US$1500, land from $11 million, riverside l a n d h o t e l s w i t h U S $ 3 5 0 0 0 m o n t h rental a nd o f fice space US$40 000 month properties from $ 1 4 m i l l i o n . 22 5 - 2626, 225-5198, 2261064, 623-2591, 669-3350

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have 2-, 3-, 4-,5- and 7bedroom, in and out of town.

Prices range from $90 000 to US$3200. Also rooms for female UG students. Tel. 216-3120 office, 233-0591, 667-6644.

 3-bedroom house, one 2-bedroom house in Good Hope, Phone 234-1188, 693-8113.

house for sale at Timehri, corner lot with ongoing business $4.5M. Owner leaving. Call 6858691, 693-4315.

, New Garden St; Newly constructed t h r e e - s t o r e y, e x e c u t i v e c o n crete building. Vacant possession. Tel. 642-0-636.

 - 3 storey Investment Property. Currently renting as apartments and offices.

Price $100,000,000 million neg.

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

constructed 2-storey concrete house in Prashad Nagar, three bedrooms including air conditioned master bedroom, electronic alarm and gate systems, 2car garage, tiled outdoor patio area, lawn and large concreted yard space - $55M neg. Call 2190774, 603-4283.

 A N T H ONY Reid BSc has more than 20,000 hrs in Real Estate Investment and Economic Transformation of People Economic Growth. We have rental from US$1500, in Bel Air Park, ambassador's residence in University Gardens Le Resouvenir, Lama Ave with pool, Jacaranda Ave. with large lawns US$2000, Prashad Nagar US$100 0 , ap t . from U S $ 7 0 0 , b o n d 8 0 0 0 sq ft, smal l a n d l a r g e o f f i c e s p a c e up to 1500 0 sq foot; state of the art hote l a nd o f f i c e c om plex with income o f U S$40 000 monthly; 2 acre s of land in the city for hotel, and any complex Main Street 2 ½ acres US$5M, Water Street 4 acres for hotel, hotel on 5 acres of land overlooking the sea US$5M; another overlook i n g t h e s e a US$1.5M , income US$15000; riverside land residential land at LBI-$10M;Republic Park $8M, Dia m ond $ 7 M , Sec. 'K' $20 M , Bel A ir Park $ 2 5 M , G a r n ett double lo t $ 4 2 M , Phone 225-2626, 231-2064, 225-2709, 226-1064, 227-6949, 2276863, 667-7812. 619-7945

 place, Vlissengen Road: Newly constructed concrete building. Vacant possession. Tel. 642-0636.  Laluni Street: Two large buildings with land measuring 120ft x 50ft. Tel 225-0545. Road business place: Large two-storey concrete and wooden building. Vacant possession. Tel 225-0545.  business place, large two-storey concrete building, no repairs. Vacant possession. Tel 225-0545.

 business and residential 3-storey property in excellent condition, situated at 11 Camp & Norton Streets, Georgetown neg.

Call Pearl Realty - 689-9991.

en-Hoop land size 58.72x 552 ft. Contact 661-3620.

 flat 3-bedroom concrete, Coldingen ECD, $10M. Tel. 681-4682, 682-0560. -storey house in Retrieve, Linden. Price $11M. Tel. 641-7979.

 $16M, La Parfaite Harmonie (new) $18M, BB Eccles in good condition $35M. Diana 2272256, 626-9382.  property with a separate 1-bedroom apartment in 'CC' Eccles. Price neg. Please contact 601-9420, 680-4273.  Park (new) $65M. Nandy Park (with swimming pool) $130M. Call Carol 612-9785.

 house and land, 2storey building, 3 apartments Cornelia Ida. 610-0514.

sale and removal: One small two-room cottage, located in Hardina Street, Wortmanville.

Call 661-8091, 683-7923.

 concrete 2 flat house at 47 Happy Acres ECD, fully furnished 3 bedrooms top flat, hot and cold bath, big yard space.

Call 225-2902, 673-1095.

 2-storey concrete building - $60M. Call Carol - 612-9785.

 property in Queenstown - $98M neg. Tel. 652-4492.  built 6-bedroom house with pool located at Nandy Park - US$650,000, Phone: 6524492.  - $30M, Good Hope $30M, South Ruimveldt Park on double lot $40M. Call Carol 612-9785.  Hope: Two-storey concrete building with lots of yard $30M neg. Call Carol 612-9785.  Street, Water St. sawmill $80M. Call Carol 6129785. : New three-storey concrete building (business) $90M. Call Carol 612-9785.

 stall in Bourda Green Market. Can be used to sell groceries, food, vegetables, fruits, etc. $800 000.Call 2273285, 617-6502.

huge properties on Public Road front Main Road, Success, land measuring 80 feet by 212 feet. Selling by owner. Price neg, Call 220-5124, cell 6262466. Serious enquiries only.

Residential Two Blgs on Double Lot Sandy Babb Street. Call 645-0944

 at 97 4th Street, Pearl, EBD, Tel. 2239362.

(executive house) $55M, Lamaha Gardens $55M, Duncan Street (land) $30M, Enterprise (business and dwelling) $60M. Diana 227-2256, 626-9382.

 2-storey (half downstairs) in Thomas Street Kitty, back building, $10M. Tel. 6633304.

 two-bedroom bottom flat, 319 East St. Georgetown.

225-0568, R. Jaikaran.

 Large property with lots of yard and fruit trees $75M neg. Call Carol 612-9785.

 $9M, Norton St. $9M, Kitty $95M, Robb St. $170M, Bel Air Park $60M, Regent St $170M, Real Deal Realty - 647-0856, 668-4781.

newly built concrete house at Success, two self-contained rooms.

Fully grilled and garage for 3 vehicles, plenty of yard space for swimming pool. Price $50M. 649-0755.

        home $ 3 0 M n e g . 6 11 - 0 3 1 5 , 6 9 0 8625.

  2-storey, 2family house - $35M. Call Carol 612-9785.

 new 3-bedroom property, low land, East Coast Demerara $16M neg. Contact 680-3771, 694-7210.

 6-bedroom properties at Phase 1 Good Hope Housing Scheme ECD, fully grilled etc.

One 6-bedroom 2-storey at Anna Catherina WCD. Tel: 231-4586, 673-5546.

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

 Gardens $72M. Call Carol 612-9785.

transported property, Fifth Avenue, Diamond H/ Scheme, wooden house, size 24'x24', Land 110'x60'. Priced for quick sale $8.5M, 652-5601.

 wooden and concrete building, vacant possession. 178 Waterloo St, Georgetown $50M neg, Tel. 627-3994.

PROPERTY FOR SALE

 Road - $75M. Call Carol 612-9785.

structure, height 35 ft L x 87 ft W x 52 ft - $4M, l o c a t e d i n L i n d e n . Te l . 6 9 4 7210, 680-3771.

 second building in Pike Street from Sheriff Street, great business and residential area, $50M neg. Call 2313236. No agent.

PROPERTY FOR SALE

wait for the bargains, enquire! 644-6551.

St $35M, South Ruimvdldt $20M, Bel Air Park $35M, East Ruimvdldt $20M, Lance Gibb St, $75M. Call 626-7159, 610-0065.

Park (needs repairs) $22M, Kitty two-family house $32M, West Bank (new) $21M. Diana 227-2256, 626-9382.   Building with Store, Prime Georgetown Location REDUCED!! $35M Call 2232153  flat house i n g a t e d c o m m u n i t y, E B D .

M o v e i n , r e a d y . Te l . 6 7 0 8958 -storey concrete, four-bedroom house and land at Lamaha Springs, Georgetown. Phone: 6141880, 609-2418.  Gardens, D'Urban Street, Republic Park, Hadfield Street, South, North Ruimveldt, Diamond, Blankenburg, Sophia, Mahdia, Trival Realty- 665-7946.  : Newly built 2storey concrete building, containing 5 bedrooms, on land 55x90. $30M neg. Contact 681-1290, 6418445, 220-7295.

 brand new concrete building, 50 x 40, 3 apartments located at 19th Street Diamond EBD. Price $32M neg. Contact 677-4866. priced, large 4 apartment income-generating house at 61 Station St, Kitty, in good condition, Tel. 648-9124, 225-7871.  in First Street, Diamond Scheme (high income) Fibreglass boat with 250HP inboard engine, Contact 623-1392 between 08:00hrs and 17:00hrs. (back building, no driveway) $6.5M, Charlestown (back building with driveway) $9.5M, Diana 2272256, 227-9382. Street, Norton Street, Kitty Public Road, Sheriff Street, Republic Gardens, Republic Park, Diamond, Eccles, Hadfield Street. Trival Realty 665-7946.  2-storey concrete building (30x40) land (50 x 80) 'A' Field Sophia. Price $7.6M neg.

Contact Sanjay 662-3842.

 Park, Beterverwagting, two-storey concrete house 26x45, 4 bedrooms, 3 washrooms, grilled with excellent electronic security. Tel 6726169.          p r o p e r t y, 3 bedrooms upstairs & downstairs, excellent condition at 20-26 Humming Bird St. Festival City, North R/veldt, 6285796  four-bedroom wooden and concrete house, in prime residential area, double lot.

Shamrock Gardens, Ogle. Contact 264-3146, 658-7489.  business and residential property land 200' x 50' house 24' x 36', bond 160' Public Mc Doom. Ideal location or Super market, Fishing industries, etc. 233-0570.  DISCOUNT: 20% on all executive properties $60M, 30% discount on $24M, and below, 15% discount on land $18M. Phone 667-7812, 22 5 - 6 8 5 8 , 225-2626 Terrence Reid.  E.C.D 2 family concrete house upper flat 3 bedroom lower flat 2 bedroom. Price $56 million. Contact Royal Real Estate on 225-7276, 665-7400, 6857887, 643-6353.  E.B.D - brand new Executive concrete house, upper flat 4 bedroom and lower flat 2 apartments Price $53 million neg. Contact Royal Real Estate on 225-7276, 665-7400, 6857887, 643-6353. BACKLANDS - 3 bedroom flat house on corner lot, repairs needed Price $14 million neg. Contact Royal Real Estate on 225-7276, 6657400, 6857887, 643-6353  ROAD KITTY: two family concrete property suitable for business. Price $45 million.

Contact Royal Real Estate on 2257276, 6657400, 685-7887, 6436353.  REPOS E.C.D- Modern 4 bedroom concrete property inclusive of 1 master room. Price $34 million neg. Contact Royal Real Estate on 225-7276, 6657400, 685-7887, 643-6353.  OF CANAAN- 4 bedroom concrete house just off the public road. Price reduce to $14.5 million. Contact Royal Real Estate on 225-7276, 665-7400, 6857887, 643-6353.  NAGAR - Investment property. 3 bedroom upper flat and 2 bedroom lower flat. Price $ 56.5 million for quick sale . Contact Royal Real Estate on 2257276, 665-7400, 685-7887, 6436353 - Investment property on corner. Suitable for business, apartment complex, hotel or dream house etc. Land size 6500 Sq Ft.Price $85 million neg.

Contact Royal Real Estate on 2257276, 665-7400, 685-7887, 6436353.  STREET, ALBERTOWN - 3 storey concrete investment property. Suitable for school, embassy, office complex etc. Price $150 million neg. Contact Royal Real Estate on 2257276, 665-7400, 685-7887, 6436353.  close proximity to Sheriff Street - brand new 3 storey concrete building. Suitable for business, school, residence etc.

Price USD $1.3 million Contact Royal Real Estate 225-7276, 6657400, 685-7887, 643-6353.  BABB STREET KITTY - 2 storey wooden and concrete Income Property. Price $60 million neg. Contact Royal Real Estate 225-7276, 665-7400, 685-7887, 643-6353.

ROAD - brand new 3 storey concrete building with roof garden. Currently renting as hotel and bar. Price $110,000,000 million neg. Contact Royal Real Estate 225-7276, 665-7400, 6857887, 643-6353.  ST, KITTY - Investment property on corner. Suitable for any business. Price $55 million neg. Contact Royal Real Estate on 225-7276, 665-7400, 685-7887, 643-6353.  HOPE E.B.D (Gated Community) - Executive modern four bedroom concrete houses with swimming pool. On single lot $30 million, with double lot $36 million. Contact Royal Real Estate 225-7276, 665-7400, 6857887, 643-6353.  E.B.D - 2 family wooden and concrete house upper flat 4 bedroom, lower flat 2 bedroom apartment repairs needed. Price $15.5 million neg.

Contact Royal Real Estate 2257276, 665-7400, 685-7887, 6436353.  STREET, NORTH CUMMINGSBURG - land with a wooden and concrete building.

Land size 38 X 242. Price $72 million neg. Contact Royal Real Estate 225-7276, 665-7400, 6857887, 643-6353.  GARDEN - brand new executive 5 bedroom concrete house with swimming pool.

Price $150 million. Contact Royal Real Estate 225-7276, 665-7400, 685-7887, 643-6353.  STEET, LODGE - 2 bedroom wooden cottage with 8ft driveway. Price $7.8 million neg. Contact Royal Real Estate 225-7276, 665-7400, 685-7887, 643-6353.  - Investment property. 3 bedroom upper flat and 2 bedroom lower flat. Price $39 million neg . Contact Royal Real Estate on 225-7276, 6657400, 685-7887, 643-6353.  STREET, BOURDA - fully furnished 20 rooms hotel , restaurant and bar. Price USD $1.2 neg. Contact Royal Real Estate on 225-7276, 6657400, 685-7887, 643-6353.  BARKER ROAD, SOUTH RUIMVELDT GARDENS - wooden and concrete building on corner lot. Price $33 million neg. Contact Royal Real Estate 225-7276, 665-7400, 685-7887, 643-6353.   in Light St, commercial and residential $150M. Land with foundation $6.8M, One domectic/commercial semifour storey - Albertown $150M, Other various places. Tel. 2163120(office), 667-6644.  transported twostorey property with 3 bedrooms, 2 baths, built-in closets, AC, pressure pump system, yard space in Somerset Court (Buddy's Scheme), Herstelling. Price neg.

Contact 623-9872, 619-4119.  $10M, near Regent Street $29M, Nandy Park $24M, Lamaha Gardens $55M, Duncan Street (land) $32M, Kitty $32M, AA Eccles $55M, West Bank $21M, La Parfaite Harmonie (new) $18M. Diana 227-2256, 626-9382.  SALE/RENT NEWLY built  bond, located on McDoom Public Road, with office space, upstairs size 120x40. Asking US$650,000. For rental US$6500 not far from the gas station. 680-3771, 6947210, 645-6483.  concrete building bordered by 3 Main Streets in central Georgetown. Ideal for offices, school, bond, etc., 4 flats 130ft x 35 ft each, land 250ft x 50 ft. 2270190, 693-5610.

  transported land for s a l e o r l e a s e i n Mahaica Creek good for cattle, rice and aqua cultivation, 25 acres lease land with pens at Moblissa. Package deal can be arranged. Owner leaving. Serious enquiries. 644-6551.  Park $17M, BB Eccles $32M, $31M, Nandy Park $38M, Blygezight $56M, South Road US$900 000, Lamaha St US$400 000, Regent St US$900 000, Georgetown going business $36M, Land of Canaan going business $90M. 609-2302, 609651 6.  by owners, transported properties, One-flat twobedroom house at Somerset Court Herstelling, spacious yard and excellent community.

One 3-floor building 50' x 30' for commercial or domestic use in Section 'M' Campbellville.

Excellent investment opportunity. Serious enquiries only, 652-5467.   H O USES require repairs in Brickdam, land size 120x38 - $44M was $60M. Phone Alysious Periera 6232591, Lady Khan 225-2626, Lord Boodram, 692-3831, 225-2709, Lady Abundance 661-1952, 225-3068, 66 9 0 9 4 3 M r. P e r e i r a .  Street, Albouystown 2-storey, 2-family front building. Vacant possession, parking. Upper flat 2 bedr o o m s , water pump, $ 1 2 M .  3 bedroom upstairs and 1 downstairs, parking for 2 vehicles, toilet, bathroom, back yard about 15'. Tel. 611-8912.  and land at Windsor Forest $25M, house on 7 acres land, Canal #2 - $15M, C h i c k e n f a r m , Ya r r o w k a b r a $ 6 0 M , 11 l o t s t o g e t h e r, Wakenaam $1.5M each, 68 acres Mahaicony $35M, 10 acres at Moblissa $4M, Tel.225-3070/ 227-0307, 6864994. business properties: Bel Air, great location for business 113ft x 40ft $72M neg, Thomas St, South Cummingsburg for big investment 240 x 38 - $70M neg, Shell Road 3 onebedroom , one 2-bedroom and shop in lower flat, 5 rooms upper flat $39M neg.

Naresh Persaud 225-9882, 681-2499, 660-0023.  style 4 bedroom property with auto garage and security grills, fully furnished: fridge, stove, washer & dryer, furniture etc. Includes generator with automatic change over system.

Grandville Park BV, $30M sold by owner.

600-4409, 623-8172, 629-2404, 2203411 609-8233 After Easter bargains: 14 Ocean Front apartments - very lovely modern amenities, influential neighbourhood, US$2M neg Houston Garden mansion with pool US$1.7M neg, Providence 2 houses $36M, neg, South 5-bedroom $22M, Tucville 4-bedroom $26M, Enterprise 4-bedroom - $13.5M.  Sam's Real Estate and Property Management has the best priced properties: La Parfaite Harmonie:$16M, D'Urban Backlands $25M, William Street Campbellville $35M, Princes S t r e e t $ 9 . 5 M , D i a mond (land) $3.5M, Non Pareil $7M (Land), Atlantic Ville $26M, $28M, North East La Penitence $16M, Rentals: Section 'K' Campbellville, Prashad Nagar and Kitty US$800 - US$1200 monthly. Call Corretta on tel 697-7842, 671-6653, 2317052.

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% DISCOUNT on all properties for this summer only.

UG Gardens $140M, Republic Park $30M, Nandy Park 4 apartments $32M, Middle Road La Penitence land s i z e 1 4 0 x 60 $17M, second Street Alberttown business and residence $45M, 5th St. Alberttown massive concrete $48M, Eccles $14M, Kitty Sandy Babb St. two properties on double lot $38M, Lamaha St Queenstown apartment com p l e x $ 5 8 M .

P h o n e V i c e Pr esident 231 2064, 225-3068, 2276863, 226-10 64, 2276 9 4 9, 225-2626.

  Bargains in Guyana: Full concrete D'Urban Street business $19M, business and residence Bent Street 16M, Gord o n S tree t b u s i n e s s & r e s i dence $23M. Waterloo S t r e e t b u s i n e s s a n d resid e n c e ( n e w ) $ 3 5 M. South Road Land $36M, Charlotte Street 2 buildings 2 houses by Light$32M. Land 140 x 60 by Russian Embassy $30M. Land at Turkeyen 140x60 $32M.L0 Ressovenure Land 126x60 $20M. Campbellville flat house needs repairs $13M. Section K $19M needs rep a i r s , 3-storey Q u a m i n a Street for ho tel US $ 5 9 9 0 0 0 , B e l Air Park $49M Lamaha Gardens valued $85M now $ 7 0 M . R ental of ap a r t m e n t s f r o m U S $ 7 0 0 , Residence US$1 200 upwards.

Phone Lord Pa t r ick Pereira 2 2 7 - 6 8 6 3 , 2 2 5 - 2 7 0 9 , 227694 9 , 2 2 6 - 1 0 6 4 , 6693350.

7 d a y s a w e ek tonyreidsrealty@hotma i l . c o m

us at Raphael's Reality, 204 Charlotte Street, Bourda. Tel. 225-8241, 227-4950, 226-7829, Fax: 227-1537 For Sale: Executive Ogle $115M, Diamond $35M, $20M, Queenstown $65M $75M, Versailles $25M, Continental Park (exquisitely furnished) 70M, Plaisance (2-storey concrete) $23M, Dazzell Scheme $20M, Atlanticville 19M, John Street Campbellville $55M, Water Street, Agricola $18M, M/cony $65M, Light St Alberttown $40M, Prospect $20M, North Ruimveldt $12M, Mon Repos $45M, Enterprise $13.5M, $25M, Lamaha Park $15M, East La Penitence $18.5M. Land for sale: 157 acres river to highway, Linden Highway $30M, Mon Repos $2.5M, Bel Air Park $60M, Diamond $4.5M, For Rent Ogle 5-bedroom furnished, swimming pool US$4000 per month, new one and two-storey apartments in Georgetown US$800, US$1200 and US$1500 monthly.

All prices are negotiable. BARGAIN 26% 26% 2 6 % d i s c o u n t : Tw o - f a m i l y concrete business and residence in the front of Ha p p y Acres $32M, Dowdin g Street, Kitty with driveway $16M, BB Eccles $16M, South Ruimveldt Gardens $!6M, Light Street $21M, Second building with 12 ft drive way $!4M, David Street Subryanville wi t h 1 4ft drivew ay $16M, West Ruimveldt c o n c r e t e flat house $4.9M, Dazell Hou sing Scheme $ 11 M , L a P e n i t e n c e bu s i ness and residence w ith res e r v e f o r 2 0 c a r s $ 11 M , M e a d o w B r o o k o l d house $12M, L o d g e $ 1 4 M , Middle Road La Penitence with 20ft dri v e w a y 4 apartments $15M, second ranch con crete $38M, G arnett St. business and residence $ 3 2 M .

Phone M r. B u d r a m 6 9 2 38 3 1 , M r Darindra 61 5 0069, Mr. A . P e r e i r a 6 2 3 2 5 9 1 , M r s H e r c ules 6611952, 225-2626, 225-2709, 2255198..   are your own 2 0% Bent Street two family business $17M . Land in Da Silva Street 14 0x33 $16.8M, Meadow Brook ranch $12M, Lodge Scheme $14M, AA Eccles on double lot $78M, Lamaha G a r d e n s E x ec u tive $64M, land in South Road 75x33 $38M, Charlotte Street $19M, Sec. M Land 80x60 $15M, Da Silva St Land 90x32 $16.5M, Smyth Street Land 120x60 $65M, Bel Air Park need repair $50M neg, Prashad Nagar $38M. Newtown corner land for fast food $36M, Mandela Ave 150x60 for Fast food by the Gymnasium $85M with 3-storey concrete bui l d i n g , D u n c a n S t r e e t corner land $35M, Robb S t r e e t l a n d $5 0 M , L B I d o u b l e l o t $ 1 5 M , D'Urban B a c k l a n d s $ 2 0 M . Phone Mr Bood r a m 6 9 2 - 3 8 3 5 , L a d y Abundance 661-1952, 2312064, Lady Camero n 2 2 5 2626, 225-2709, Mr Ramsohoye 615-0069.

 IS your year for 28% discount on all properties. Happy Acres 2-storey concrete $24M, Providence Stadium new $16M, concrete Republic Pa r k $ 3 6M, Eccles concrete $34M, South Ruimveldt Gard e n s $ 1 2 M nee d s r e p a i r s , M i d d l e Road La Penitence 4a p a r t m e n t $ 1 4 M , L a P enitence two-storey $11M, D\Urban B a ckland s c o n c r e t e $ 2 8 M , Me a d o w Brook $12M, D\Urban Street concrete residence and business $28M, Lamaha Gardens executive $68M, Prashad Nagar 8000 sq ft land $60M, Lama Avenue, Bel Air Park $83M, Bel Air Park $45M Dowding Street Kitty $29M, and $19M, David Street Subryanville from $19M, back with 12ft driveway $14M, Section 'K' Ca m p bellville $40M, Garnett Street ranch concrete $38M, OwenStreet Kitty concrete 2-storey $39M, Camp Street business and residence.

Phone Mr Darindra 615-0069, Mr Carlos Budram 692-3831, Mr. Alex Pereira 2 3 1 - 2 0 6 4, Mr. Ramsahoye 225-2709, 225-2626, 2253068, 227-6949, 225-5198, 627-7812, 226-1064.         Diamond 4 bedroom furnished with pool, 78 M, Behind Plaza 4 apt double lot, 30 M,Lot 5 Best Road 3 bedroom flat W.C.D, 17 M, Mon Repos 3 bedroom flat, 15 M, Ogle Airport5 bedrooms, 65 M, Republic Park 2 story, 37 M, Robb and Albert, 95 M, Plaza bridge 3 bedroom house double lot, 20 M, Pike Street, house top flat 2 Self contained bedrooms, 45 M, Hot/cold shower, lower flat, 1&2 bedroom apartments, North Road before Camp Street (100x35), 160 M, Robb Street 3 story building, 160 M, Agricola 2nd Street, 7 M, Enmore E.C.D house 4 bedroom, 17 M, South Ruimveldt Park 5 bedrooms, 2 baths, 35M, 4 car parking garage, study etc. Section K 4 bedroom, parking, yard space, 50 M, and 3 bathrooms, Johnny P Supermarket Aubrey Barker & Kaikan Street, 45 M, Ogle 2 Story concrete 55x110, 4 bedrooms 3baths, 45 M, Diamond AA 2, Story concrete 3 bedrooms 2 baths, 16 M, Princess Street, 15 M, Durban Street between Hardina and L u i s a , 30 M, Upper Durban Street two properties together30 M, Bel Air Park 4 bedrooms, 3 baths55 M, Providence(behind stadium)18 M, Mon Repos Martyrs Ville13M, New Amsterdam10M, South Sophia12 M, Meadow Brook Garden fully furnish 65 M, Pike and rail way, 38 M, Aubrey barker street main road 4 bedrooms, 38 M , Norton street main, road, 17 M, prices street 30 x 100, 6 M, Prashad hospital, 2.5 M neg

HEAVY DUTY EQUIP.                FOR SALE

FOR SALE

 stall in Bourda Market - 627-3902.

Tel:

 & plucked chicken.

650-4421, 220-9203

 ball guns, money counter. Call 670-9606.  flat bottom boat. Call 6040038.  founts, hemoplex for chickens. 627-7835.

CHRONICLE JUNE June 1, 1, 2014 2014 GUYANASUNDAY CHRONICLE,SUNDAY, FOR SALE      computers with 20" LCD $65 000, Laptops from $49 000, Iphone 3GS $35 000, BlackBerry from $8 000. Future Tech - 231-2206.  General Electric stove, stainless steel with large oven, 110-240v actually new $80 000 neg. Tel:614-9432 Caterpillar 317 excavator, in working condition, new engine.

Going very cheap for quick sale. Tel. 661-3671, 602-0036.  brush cutter FS 280, barely used, excellent condition, $60 000, 671-7065, 643- 5705. articles for sale.

Contact 642-1359.

Ipod touch 4th GEN with accessories. Price $40 000. 677-4757

furniture, sink, stations, mirrors, hydraulic chairs, curling iron. 600-0036, 223-1719

 female Rottweiler, 13 weeks, fully vaccinated. 617-9476, 264-2210.

 pups, German shepherd pups, 682-2148, 6182903..

 suit with shoes in excellent condition $15 000, Tel 619-5097 (Charles).

-bred Rottweiler pups, fully vacinnated and dewormed, Tel. 689-1729.

 earth delivery to spot ECD, EBD, WBD and WCD. Tel. 627-9977, 698-0182.

 earth and builder's waste. Our service also includes bobcat rental, excavating, clearing and leaving, Call 616-0617, 6633285.

 hollow block machine 240v. Tel. 618-0626. Price $800 000.    3 2 0 B / C e x c a v a t o r parts, radiator, oil cooler throttle cable box, etc. Call 696-7686  garden earth, delivery on spot. Tel. 641-6248.   Decking 16ft length,2 &1/2 x 39. 669-1113, 671-8883, $900 per ft.  and Stratton brush cutter, pressure washers, hand trucks.

627-7835.      8900 Curve, camera flash, $16000. M o s e s , 6 7 5 - 3 0 6 2   -month-old Rottweiler pups. 625-0345. - 8x4 SLATE pool table $450 000 neg. 601-8083, 689-2658. arrived all makes of Japanese used parts. Call on 227-2835.  puppies, $ 1 0 , 0 0 0 e a c h 6 41-4812.  new 4-cylinder Kubota engine on bed. Contact 623-1387. -bred male Rottweiler pups, vaccinated a n d d e w o r m e d . 6 2 7 - 136 0 .  and German Shepherd pups. Tel. 6182903.  50" plasma flat screen tv, with lots of inputs next to new $120,000 call 621-4000  Pump, 2 table saws, compressor, mall welding set (gas). Call 231-7878, 223-8955 between 08:00hrs -17:00hrs. ew 3D led projector with brand new 150" motorized screen $3000 US tel 621-4000  gold gents Movado watch in excellent condition with box $1500 US neg. tel 621-4000      y o u r o w n w a t e r business with a turnkey system supplied and installed in a short tim e . C a l l 6 2 3 - 7 2 1 2 .  engine 5VZ 3400 cc V6 580C Hymac & complete truck, D6 Bulldozer, Dragline hammer & helmet, 621-4862.  99.99% PURE LAB GRADE, USA QUALITY, NOT CHINESE. BEST PRICE. CALL 592-648-5281.  and Crank power LED flash lights. It's also water proof. No external batteries needed. $2000 645-1744.  generator driven by a Perkins 4-cylinder, in excellent condition. No reasonable offer refused. 261-5547, 686-3794.  photocopier, scanner, computer, office desk, projector, office accessories, 600-0036, 2231719.

:- Generac Generator 15,000 watts , portable, gas on wheels, push start like new $425,000 cash Tel 227-3939, 6214000  on antenna for all J a pa n e s e C a r, f o r e i g n u s e d $5000 each. Rear view mirror for 212, 192 and Wagon, Honda, etc, original Japanese - $5000 each.Tel:664-3368  glass (hotel, mall, etc.) bus tyre, car tyre, marine plywood ½ inch, galvanised plain sheet for patching cars, bus, etc. Tel. 679-6390.  40 Hp Yamaha 4-stroke outboard motor $450 000, 90 Hp Yamaha 2-stroke outboard motor $750 000, one Kawasaki Ninja ZX6 - 600 motorcycle $550 000. 660-5271.  John Deere engine generators 163 KVA ($3.5M) and 63 KVA, on wheels $2.3M, all enclosed, low hours. Tel. 639-3100, 667-1116, 220-5526.  Perkins engines 4- and 6-cylinder, also rebuild engines on bed with radiator. We stock Lister, Petter engines and spares. 6490755, 624-3187. 18.2 cubic (Frigidaire) refrigerator, 54 acres transported land at Northern Hogg Island. Priced to go.

Contact 227-0575, 220-9336.  rebuilt Perkins, Deutz engines, Lincoln generator welder, Honda ATV bikes, model 'M' with winch, 320 BL excavator. Call 691-2921.  BTU AC unit comes with transformer and AC brackets, $100 000 neg. Call Mrs Reynolds. Hobart engine welder large machine welds a little over idle speed, $290 000, wood mortice machine $150 000, wood shaper $180 000. Tel. 619-6863, 601-8276.  table & chairs 6- &4seater, 15 bar stools, 1 Salad bar, New tiled island, New in box playpen & Sesame Street walker new in box, wall divider, plant stand, brand new in box projector & screen. 6690366.  machines, button and button hole surgers, straight-stitch, twin-needle and leather upholstery, sewing foot machine and also domestic machines.

Contact 621-7989, 227-5025.  on antenna for all J a pa n e s e C a r, f o r e i g n u s e d $5000 eac h. Rear view mirror for 212, 192 and Wagon, Honda, etc, original Japanese - $5000 each.Tel:664-3368  JOHNSON outboard engine, 60 Evinrude 80 mercury fibre-glass boat with sheet fibre glass tray cover for Toyota Hilux. Tel. 6729272.

FOR SALE set model D 343, 250 kva, 3 Ph, 415-240, 220/127v, AC 60 Hz. Call 2270190, 693-5610, 616-9727.

3000 n e w P V C Ta l b o t push-fit fittings for water mains adaptor PF x - F1 25mm SDR 11 x ¾ in ACTL WR 10 at $100 each. Owner leaving 614-9432.  Generator Perkins 35 KVA 60c 120-240V, prime power, 5-phase, no repairs, good condition $2.3M. Air condition unit, new 4-ton 60c $380 000, Hilux Toyota Jeep 4x4 $700 000. 227-1287, 696-6540 neg.

FOR SALE : - kids 3 in one pools, hockey and table tennis table like new $65,000, 50 gallon aquarium with stand 2 pumps and lots of accessories $50,000 tel 621-4000 :- Motor cycles Honda 50 cc, sold as scrap $35,000, Yamaha 750cc Virigo unregistered needs general work sold as scrap $120,000, tel 621-4000

   360 (black) system with 2 controls and 10 games, 1 - PS2 (Fat) System with 3 controls, 2 Memory cards, 1 Multi Tap & 3 games, Tel. 6023474, 680-6481, Fridge & Freezer, Tel: 220-1561, 2341313.   air conditioner wall units and water pump metal cages with gate to place lock $10 000 each, 1 large snap-on parts washer 110v with bin at bottom to hold fluid wash $55 000. Tel:664-3368. :- DIESEL Generator silent 28,000 watts SDMO John Deere engine, missing Fuel Pump, Panel, Avr $800,000 cash 227-3939, 621-4000  :- 60FT Antenna (Mass) for Radio, TV, Cellular, with cables, brackets, sky light $325,000 227-3939, 6214000  ALL MUST BE SOLD:- Television sets, sizes from 40" to 73" some working others need checking all sold as is make a cash offer all must be sold prices start from $25,000 check Guyana Variety Store and Nut Centre 38 Cummings street, Albertown tel 227-3939  land in Happy Acres, land in La Grange, double property in Lamaha Park. Property in Ann's Grove. 2 large land space and triple lot in Chateau Margot. Property in Lusignan, Diamond. ONE Prado, Lexus, Tel 220-0979/643-2795 (Kishan).

        :- Mercedes benz engine, 4 cyl with gear box mostly intact $120,000, amd Mercedes benz engine straight six with transmission, $120,000 also bonnet with grill for 180E Mercedes Benz in good condition 60,000 also trailer for jet ski build strong with spare wheel $140,000 tel 621-4000 18 words  Welder heavyduty generator, Kobota 3-cylinder diesel engine, Cummins 6-cylinder and gear box, 2 completed Land Rover diesel engines gear/ transfer box, 110 Land Rover body without engine. Tel. 2316322, 692-2521.

:- IPHONE 5S SILVER APPLE ID LOCKED $60,000, I, Iphone 5 16G WHITE UNLOCKED 2 pcs but not coming on sold as is $75,000, I PHONE 5 BLACK 16 G, $90,000, SAMSUNG GALAXY NOTE 2 NEW UNLOCKED $90,000, IPHONE 4S WHITE 16G 80,000 BLACKBERRY BOLD 4 UNLOCKED $50,000, BLACKBERRY CURVE 3220 $20,000, I pad 2 with wifi and cellular 64 gig $85,000- TEL 621-4000 : 2 sets of 22" Chrome rims 6 holes and 5 holes universal with tires fits Toyota and Nissan from $250,000 tel 621-4000  :- 5pcs 50cc Harley Davidson bikes, key or pull start, perfect for kids or rentals one $50,000 all $220,000 also 3 pcs electric scooters like new $65,000 each all $180,000 TEL 621-4000  ;- Exercise equipment, Nordi Track, Abs Circle, portable Heaters, Ab board, and more also GE DRYER $45,000 tel 227-3939, 621-4000  :- Ice machine 800lb with bin in working condition, $425,000 and ice machine 150lb with bin $140,000, Chinese diesel generator 5000 watts inclosed in working order $180,000 tel 621-4000. 2273939  :- 82" 3D Mitsubishi TV, with built in 16 speaker 5.0 surround system, Diamond edition with 6 3D glasses next to new $1.2 million neg tel 621-4000

! SOLAR! Complete solar spot light package, all-night lighting, security motion sensor, do it yourself installation for homes, mining, farming, etc, outdoor/indoor use, durable, effective, wholesale - only 5 units and over $15 000 each. Call 647-4997, 2257722.  computer desks in box with drawers $12 000 each, 250 new computer boards $500 each, 25 boxes new H P P r i n t e r i n k a l l $ 1 0 0 000, a quantity of new c o m p u t e r c a r d s , n e w h a rd d r i v e e t c $ 6 0 0 0 0 . Tel:6149432 1 - Xerox photo copying machine large with scanner attached, CD and manual available along with six new cartridges, h a r d l y u s e d , m i nt condition $350 000 for all Owner leaving 614-9432.

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VEHICLES FOR SALE

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VEHICLES FOR SALE

VEHICLES FOR SALE

 6500 watt generator, Behringer 4000 watt amp, Monitors (powered and non-powered), Bass boxes (Scoop), amp rack, tweeter boxes, 2 Denon jugglers with mixer & original case, Tel-6232923.

 flat screen monitors with cords all $100 000, 10 used APC with and without battery $60 000 . Tel:664-3368

 RZ EFI, green and black, mags, good condition. Tel. 6796390.

 H1, MILITARY GRADE, FULLY LOADED, FULLY SERVICED, EXCELLENT CONDITION, GSS SERIES. CALL 592648-5281.

-charged Nissan Frontier, only one in the country, double cab pickup, good condition. Priced to sell $3.2M. Call 647-4997, 225-7722.

 Honda Zest 2007 model, Turbo, 660cc, fully powered, PSS 1000, only one in the country. Tel. 2604323, 664-2100.

Toyota Bb, IST and Ractis for sale. Call 6142331, 697-6096.

 Mk 11 Station Wagon, model YX76 - 2Y original engine in very good condition. P r i c e n e g C a l l 2 5 9 0039, 619-4560.

  enclosed Canter GMM series, 3½ ton new tyres, steel rail, both in excellent condition, GEA-certified. Owner leaving country. Tel. 628-1038.

 Toyota Raum PNN series, 16" chrome rims, router lights, HID, CD, AC, excellent condition, $1.35M neg. Tel. 650-0609.

 Tacoma 2011 TRD, 4x4, extra cab, reverse camera, fully loaded. Tel. 6691113, 614-0949, 671-8883.

 RX8, 20-inch allow rims, leather interior, spoiler, excellent condition, $1.3M. 2200170.

 RAV-4, 2008 new model, rims, etc, 2001 Toyota Sprinter AE 100. Owner leaving.

Both vehicles in immaculate condition. 628-7884, during day.

 sale! Clothing, shoes, bags and household items, all at bargain prices on Saturday, May 31, 2014 at Lot 2900 Well Road, North Ruimveldt, Georgetown, starting at 06:00hrs.

Tel. 218-1223.  materials: New large blue bathtub fibreglass made $35 000, 3 hot and cold water sinks, used with fittings. English-made $ 1 0 ,0 0 0 , a q u a n t i t y o f u s e d i r o n g r i l l e s f o r w i n d o w, e t c $ 1 0 0 ,0 0 0 . Tel:664-3368  Sale! 1 - 5-head moulder, 1 - 24' Steiner band saw, 1 - 30lb bread mixer. 1 - 30 in' Surfacer (Wadkin), 7 and 10 HP 3 phase motor, round and SQ blocks 4" - 12", slotted knives, bolt and nuts, 1 house/baker shop, 123 Block 20 Enmore/Haslinglton New Scheme, ECD. 256-4131, 6643440.  Toyota Hilux double cab, 4x4 pick-up, Solid Def front suspension, air-conditioning, completely rebuilt 3Y engine with genuine Toyota parts, new front and rear shocks, new steering ends and damper 2000cc, alloy wheels, new tyres, snorkel. Recently sprayed over. Call 645-3775. sets, music sets and speakers, grass cutter machines and trimmers, brass pipes and shower sets, building paint sprayers, heavy duty rotary and hammer drills, compressors, electric winches (trucks and ATVs), Honda water pumps (2-inch,/3-inch), 48 Yamaha outboard boat engine, vehicle alternators and starters for various vehicles. Tel. 227-8519, 6534287, 618-1839.  5050 amplifier used, QSC 1450 amplifier used, Spin 3300 amplifier new, Spin 330 amplifier used, Dennon 1500S mixer and pair Dennon 3500 CD player used, DBX 1231 equalizer used, DBX 120 x Sub harmonic used, Rane 23A crossover used. Tel. 613-3846, 6709993.

2 volt speaker box with built in amplifier and 2 12" speakers new infinti brand $85,000, speaker box wifi with amplifier and 6 10"speakers built in brand new $85,000 , 4 channel black and MONITOR with 4 cameras $60,000A quanity of car speaker boxes with speakers from $10,000 tel 621-4000  and used clothing, accessories, wholesale, glass case, large units of food warmers, 8/9 pans, $200 000, TVs, Oakley sun glasses brand new, large stainless steel Frigidaire fridge/ freezer $299 000, large standing fans, stereos, computers, all household items. New set of 4x4 wheels, 305 x 40 x 22, brand name colognes. Cheap prices. 223-1885, 642-3722.

   steer loader, 4 Yanmar, 2-cylinder diesel engine 18hp, GM diesel 140 Hp Detroit diesel, 3-cylinder diesel welder, 2cylinder Murphy 220 amps Aircool, Lincoln 250 amps electrical welder, Lincoln welder gasolene 125 amps, Subaru welder gasolene 250 amps, wood lathe, wood mortice, joiner, 3 drill presses, tools kit, steer chop saw, wood chop saw, small stake rice mill plus attachments, 3-6 inch shellers. Contact - 677-0275.

VEHICLES FOR SALE 

  Surf, PHH series.

610-0514.  Raum. PLL series, call 672-0018.  100 Sprinter, 643-6239, 227-6328, 643-6947.  back Hilux Pick-up. Tel. 683-9910.  Toyota Camry, $1M, Tel. 614-7856.  Dyna Canter, Tel 660-2422, 688-1939  170 Carina EFI, Tel 6654821/662-6895  Toyota Allion. PMM series. Call 682-2485.  Mitsubishi Lancer. Call 227-7834, 677-647. Price $560 000 neg.  Frontier extra cab, 4WD unregistered, left hand drive.

Tel. 676-2061, 691-8850.  Dingo PKK 9879, rims, fully powered, in excellent condition. Reasonably priced, Tel. 614-2069 (Dave). Celica new model sports car, immaculate condition. One complete home gym, Tel. 2209967.  Honda CRV pearl white, PS, PW, AC, sunroof. Price $1.9M, Call 592-684-4412. Toyota Premio, PRR series, 2003 Mitsubishi Galant PNN series. Tel. 613-0613. AT 192 Carina, PHH series. Price neg. Tel. 692-3716, 219-3661.  Frontier king cab, 4x4, fully powered, 5-speed. Tel. 328-8155 home, 699-4577 cell.           C a n t e r, 1 2 - t o n . Te l . 6 4 5 - 3 7 9 5 .  Toyota Spacio, PLL series. Call Lloyd 612-8248, 2183662.  AA 60 Carina cars, going cheap. Tel. 625-1370, 6880144. types of used vehicles in excellent condition. Call Ussi now 690-8287.   old model PNN, AC, CD, mags, $1.075M neg. Call 617-3642.

" 5 HP wood planer, 10" 3 hp wood table saw, 8" 3 hp jointer planer, (DeWalt 12" mitre saw, drilling machine, circle saw, 3 hp plunge router, jig saw, cordless drill) 17" wood ban saw 3 hp, sanding machine, 4" wood planer, biscuit cutter, 5" 3 hp blower, air compressors, welding plant, double door fridge, 3 Perkins diesel engines fully bed for dredge. Tel. 220-3523, 6161578.

 PNN, AC, CD, mags very clean $1.750M neg. Call 6173642.

 MUST BE SOLD :- PRIME COMMERICAL PROPERTY, Cummings and Middle streets, ALBERTOWN, 3 LOTS WITH BUSINESS, (NUT CENTRE) sold furnished, all modern amenities 32 cameras silvilance, parking for 12 Vehicles, taken in alleyway, Vendors for GT&T, Western Union, Interstate Batteries, Lotto, Superbet, Must see to appreciate, best offer Agents Welcome . TEL 621-4000, 2273939 Mr. Singh

CRV, PKK series, excellent condition $1.775M. Owner leaving country 645-7406.

  minibus in excellent condition with mags and music, $1.3M neg. Tel. 625-6397. Honda Fit car as is, PLL series, good condition, AC, window, 600-7223, 670-8051.  stick gear, carburetor, PHH. Tel. 229-6533, 6132798.

  new model, fully powered with AC and music. Price $1.35M neg. Tel. 625-6397.  trucks model 'M' 4x4. Owner leaving country. Tel. 693-2237.  long base RZ EFI, minibus BHH series. Contact owner 641-9596, 615-7437.

 RAV-4, fully loaded, chrome kit, 17" mags, remote start, alarm, TV deck, reverse camera, bar. Tel. 628-1038.  IST fully powered with mags, AC, music and flair kit, in excellent condition, $1.6M neg. Tel. 625-6397.  170 Corona. Price $580 000 neg. AC, mags, good condition. Tel. 686-0782.   Carina Wagon, very affordable. 616-2409  PMM series, dark interior, mags, AC, music, $1.635M. 616-2007.    Corolla, PLL series, excellent condition, $1.1M neg. Call 616-7353. Vitz $1.75M, Contact Robin, Tel. 655-0647. 82 Starlet Turbo, stick gear, DVD, AC. Tel. 682-0997.   motor car, PKK series. Price $825 000. Phone 6658517, 268-3953.  bush truck with winch, Mitsubishi Lancer, Suzuki Vitara.

Contact 216-0284, 668-5257.  Toyota Noah, TV, rims, camera, Tel. 6632700, 629-2619.  Nissan Bluebird SSS $550,000 negotiable. Tel: 6004409  black Lexus, 2004 model. Price $2.5M neg. Tel. 6228320, 699-8189.   Massey Ferguson, hardly used, $3.5M. 697-2492, 270-6397.  unregistered 2006 Mazda Axela, low mileage. Call 614-0726, 663-0819.  Toyota Caldina in good condition $1.2M neg. Contact 628-2692, 688-7017, 218-5527.  Pitbull minibus, long base BRR series, CD, mags, etc, excellent condition, Price neg.

664-6953, 225-9766.  old model, PNN, never worked taxi, one owner. Price is $800,000 cash, Tel: 639-9914, 690-7344. Paul.  315i fully loaded, in excellent condition, $1.9M neg.

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GFF Congress gives Matthias the ‘Red’, passes ...

FROM BACK PAGE we’ll go ahead and institute or rule deriving from Congress.”

General Secretary of the GFA, Odinga Lumumba described yesterday’s decision to rid Matthias of his Presidency as a ‘historic day’, not just for football, but for all of Guyana since it shows that dictatorship would not be accepted.

Lumumba, who serves as Presidential Advisor to President Donald Ramotar on Youth Empowerment, said that though Matthias’s tenure as President of the GFF lasted for just over a year, his period at the helm was the worst in the sport over the last 20 years.

The Alpha United club President also pointed out that Matthias would’ve spent approximately $38M since taking office and has nothing to show for it while the sport has no stability in the country.

“Football has suffered for too long and we will not sit by and watch it die a natural death in this country,” Lumumba stated.

Matthias was absent from yesterday’s proceedings and his reasoning was that he was not informed though members of the Congress proved otherwise.

“We don’t expect him to just sit there, roll over and walk out of office.

We expect him to pose a challenge

and as such, we have informed FIFA and CONCACAF of today’s Congress and we will also inform them of the outcome,” Persaud said.

Matthias not aware Meanwhile, upon being contacted via telephone yesterday, Matthias when told of the outcome of the Congress noted, “I’m yet to be officially informed about such happenings presently and I will wait on an official release from FIFA and CONCACAF before I can speak about it”.

“When FIFA and CONCACAF inform or contact me about anything then and only then I will make a comment, but presently, I’m not aware officially about what happened at the Water Chris Hotel”.

Media Locked out Contrary to the first staging of the GFF’s Congress which was held on April 26, members of the media were locked out and kept at bay by security personnel present at the venue yesterday.

Several reporters turned up and were first told that it’s a “jacket and tie event” and that they (reporters) are not permitted to enter the area where the congress is being held.

Checks would’ve however revealed that not everyone in the room were affiliates of the GFF or even clubs in Guyana, but they were selectively invited to be part of and listen to the speeches being made while the media were not welcome.

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Heat too hot for Pacers, reach fourth straight NBA Finals

By Simon Evans MIAMI , (Reuters) The Miami Heat crushed the Indiana Pacers 117-92 to stay in the hunt for a third straight NBA title after a 4-2 series win secured them the Eastern Conference championship on Friday.

Miami, now in their fourth straight NBA Finals, will play either the San Antonio Spurs or the Oklahoma City Thunder for the championship. San Antonio lead the Western Conference Final 3-2.

LeBron James and Chris Bosh top scored for Miami with 25 points each while Paul George had 29 points for the Pacers.

After narrowly losing out in Game Five in Indiana on Wednesday, Miami knew they could ill-afford another

slip-up and they dominated a Pacers team that in the end was no real match for them.

“It is bitterly disappointing to fall short of our goals and bitterly disappointing to lose to this team three years in a row,” said Pacers head coach Frank Vogel.

“But we are competing against the Michael Jordan of our era and the Chicago Bulls of our era and you have to tip your hats to them,” he added.

Miami become only the third franchise to reach four straight finals - following the Boston Celtics and the L.A. Lakers.

It was always going to be a lively atmosphere for such a crucial game but the Heat fans were additionally charged up by the antics of Pacers guard Lance Stephenson who has attempted to wind-up James throughout

Miami, FL, USA; Miami Heat players LeBron James (middle) and Dwyane Wade (right) lead their coaches and teammates in celebration during the second half in game six of the Eastern Conference Finals of the 2014 NBA Playoffs against the Indiana Pacers at American Airlines Arena.

the series and drew attention – and some ridicule – by blowing into James’s ear during Game Five.

If Stephenson thought that he could gain an advantage for his team by trying to get under the Heat’s skin,

his approach badly misfired – his mere presence on court ensuring the loudest support Miami have received this season.

Miami’s now traditional slow start allowed Indiana to take an early 9-2 lead but that

was the last time they were ahead all night as the Heat, producing unselfish and smart offense, took charge.

Miami led 24-13 at the end of the first quarter with eleven of those points coming from James.

If Stephenson was in danger of becoming a pantomime villain, flicking James in the face between plays, the boos from the crowd had more anger in them after he sent Norris Cole flying with a palm to the face, ruled a flagrant foul.

The score was 33-20 at that point with Stephenson’s 11 points keeping Indiana just in touch but once again his approach had the unintended consequence of raising Miami to another level.

Certainly Vogel felt that his player had been unwise to provoke James into additional motivation.

“I don’t think it is ever good to tug on Superman’s cape,” he said.

The Heat ended the half 60-34 up with 15 points for James on 6 of 8 shooting and Bosh with 13 points - also on 6 of 8 shooting – while Stephenson had not added a single point to his tally.

The second half was purely about Miami managing their lead and they did so with little trouble as Indiana’s challenge fizzled out.

Once again Miami had found another gear when they really needed it but they know they will face a much sterner test from their Western Conference opponents in the final.

“We don’t take this moment for granted,” said James. “We are going to celebrate tonight because this doesn’t happen every year.”

Nadal quells brief uprising to march on in Paris

By Julien Pretot PARIS ,(Reuters) - Rafa Nadal put down an attempted coup at the French Open as the eighttimes champion saw off Argentine Leonardo Mayer 6-2 7-5 6-2 to reach the fourth round in commanding fashion yesterday.

Mayer went for his shots in a tense second set and broke the world No.1 back for 4-4, only for the Spaniard to show why he is still the man to beat in Paris.

“It is for me very emotional thing when I am on (court Philippe) Chatrier, a lot of memories come to my mind,” said Nadal, who made only 10 unforced errors with just two coming in a masterful opening set.

One moment that may live long in the memory occurred in the second set when the defending champion recovered after being wrongfooted by Mayer to pull off a perfect backhand lob to break decisively for a 6-5 lead.

He followed up with a game to love, sealing the set with a jaw-dropping forehand passing shot before steaming through the third and ending the contest with a service winner.

Nadal next faces Serbian Dusan Lajovic, who beat American Jack Sock 6-4 7-5 6-3 and also has yet to drop a set.

Should he prevail, he could face compatriot David Ferrer in the quarter-final, the man he beat to claim last year’s title and one of three men to have beaten him on the red dust this season.

The fifth-seeded Ferrer continued his stroll through the draw with a 6-2 7-6(2) 6-3 win against Italian Andreas Seppi.

Ferrer blazed through the opening set but let his guard down in the second after an early break and was forced into a tiebreak he won 7-2.

The third set was a mere formality and the fifth seed finished it off on his first match point with one of his trademark forehand winners down the line.

Earlier, Simona Halep had too many tricks up her sleeve for Spaniard Maria-Teresa Torro-Flor as the fourth seed glided into the fourth round with a 6-3 6-0 win.

The wily Romanian, the highest seed left in the draw after Serena Williams, Li Na and Agnieszka Radwanska were knocked out early, found perfect angles and defended superbly to counter Torro-Flor’s powerful forehand in Paris.

“It’s not a surprise because I’m more confident now in myself, and I feel the ball really good here at the French Open,” said Halep, who has won more titles in the last 12 months than any other woman except Williams.

DEJECTED IVANOVIC Halep, who has dropped only 11 games in three straight-set wins, will next meet American 15th seed Sloane Stephens for a place in the quarter-finals.

Stephens was in less devastating form than in her first two matches but she was still too strong for Ekaterina Makarova in a 6-3 6-4 win

over the Russian left-hander.

The American has shown her consistency on the big stage by reaching the fourth round at six successive grand slam events, the only active woman to do so, but her ability to blow hot and cold on the WTA Tour has prevented her from climbing further up the rankings.

Roland Garros has not been a happy hunting ground for Ana Ivanovic since she won the title in 2008 and the popular Serbian failed to break that jinx on Saturday as she lost 6-3 6-3 to Czech Lucie Safarova.

The 23rd seeded Safarova, who entered the match with a 4-2 record against the 11th seed having won their last four encounters, was never really bothered by Ivanovic’s uncontrolled power.

A dejected Ivanovic said: “It’s definitely tough. She’s a lefty, it’s not something we face every day and the ball comes a little bit differently.

“In the beginning I felt like I had a lot of chances I didn’t use. Had I used them, the match maybe would have had a different tone to it.”

Safarova will face another champion in 2009 winner Svetlana Kuznetsova after the Russian 27th seed beat Czech fifth seed Petra Kvitova 6-7(3) 6-1 9-7 in three hours 13 minutes on court Philippe Chatrier.

Kvitova took two medical timeouts and came back from the first with a heavily strapped right thigh, but it did not seem to hamper her as she peppered the court with winners.

But her 65 unforced errors eventually cost her as she

bowed out on the third match point.

Italian 10th seed Sara Errani, runner-up in 2012, won 20

points in succession during her 6-0 6-1 demolition of Israel’s Julia Glushko.

She set up a meeting with

Serbian sixth seed Jelena Jankovic who demolished Romanian Sorana Cirstea 6-1 6-2.

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Captains focus on the basics for today’s IPL final KOLKATA Knight Riders would go in to today’s IPL final with a slight edge over Kings XI Punjab. They won the title two years ago, they are on a eightmatch winning streak and they have beaten Kings XI twice in three matches this season.

Gautam Gambhir, the Knight Riders captain, termed Kings XI a “dangerous side” and said both teams would be on an equal footing when they stride out at the Chinnaswamy stadium.

“You don’t need to do anything different tomorrow,” Gambhir said on the eve of the final.

“Ultimately, it is still a game of cricket, which needs to be played well.

The pressure will be equal on

both the sides and whichever side holds their nerves for long periods of time and whoever can do their basics well, will end up being the winner.”

George Bailey, the Kings XI captain, while acknowledging Knight Riders’ remarkable run mirrored Gambhir’s view ahead of the final. “As much as it sounds clichéd and boring, we are not going to go out with any brand new tactics,” Bailey said.

“As a team, we will try to go out and do the same things.

In some ways, the bigger the game, the more it is just about doing the basics as well as you can.”

One of the threats that Knight Riders will have to plan against is Gambhir’s

The two captains George Bailey and Gautam Gambhir with what’s at stake today.

long-time friend Virender Sehwag, who played the pivotal role in Kings XI’s win against Chennai Super Kings with a belligerent

century. Sehwag is possibly also the only player around who has been at most ease against Sunil Narine’s bag of tricks.

Sri Lanka hang on to win after inspired Buttler lifts England (REUTERS) - Sri Lanka held their nerve after a brilliant century by Jos Buttler to beat England by seven runs in the fourth one-day international at Lord’s on Saturday and level the series at 2-2.

Kumar Sangakkara topscored with 112 in a commanding Sri Lanka total of 300 for nine and England struggled in reply until the arrival of Buttler who smashed 121 off 74 balls.

He fell in the final over bowled by Lasith Malinga and the series will be decided in the fifth and final game at Edgbaston on Tuesday.

“That’s the best I’ve ever played,” man-of-the match Buttler told reporters. “It’s brilliant to play that well but it’s disappointing not to get over the line.

“Me and Ravi just had some fun. We didn’t think we could win, but that gave us a licence.

“When someone like Malinga comes back at the end, you know it’s going to be hard. Kulasekara bowled a really good penultimate over too.”

Having skittled Sri Lanka out for 67 in the third ODI on Wednesday, England won the toss and elected to bowl as they strove to wrap up the

Jos Buttler reached a century off 61 balls at Lord’s yesterday, the fastest by an Englishman.

series.

However, the tourists attacked England early and despite losing opener Kusal Perera for 19, Tillakaratne Dilshan and Sangakkara dominated a limp England bowling attack to add 172 for the second wicket.

Dilshan was bowled by James Anderson for 71 at-

tempting his infamous scoop shot, but Sangakkara continued to dispatch the England bowlers with ease, reaching his 19th ODI century from 95 balls.

Mahela Jayawardene fell for seven and Sangakkara was stumped by Buttler after dancing down the track to spinner James Tredwell.

Sri Lanka lost steady wickets after the dismissal of Sangakkara and Harry Gurney finished with figures of four for 55, but Ajantha Mendis clubbed the last ball of the innings for four to leave England chasing a mammoth total.

England’s reply got off to a dismal start when Malinga dismissed captain Alastair Cook (1) and Ian Bell (7) to leave the hosts reeling at 10 for two.

Gary Ballance (42) and Joe Root (43) built a steady partnership before falling in quick succession but Ravi Bopara (51) and Buttler put on 133 to give England a chance.

Buttler was run out in the final over with nine runs required from three balls to send the series into a finalgame decider.

“That was one hell of a game,” Sri Lanka captain Angelo Mathews said. “Jos batted brilliantly, but we saved the best till last and it’s pretty hard to get 10 runs of Lasith Malinga. He is the man for us.

“Sangakkara and Dilshan batted extremely well; they set the platform.

“All in all, 300 was a good score. We know if we get past 250 we have a good chance.”

“I loved it and it was very pleasing to see,” Gambhir said about Sehwag. “I was happy with the way he batted in the last game and I have always believed that he is the greatest matchwinner India has ever had.”

When the two teams met in Cuttack, Sehwag had topscored for his side with 72 while no other batsman had been able to cross 15. It was Sehwag’s only other 50-plus score this season. It is that sort of value that Bailey thinks Sehwag brings to the team despite the lack of consistent tall scores.

“The way he bats, he forces the opposition to think about how they are going to bowl to him and to think about changing their plans,” Bailey said. “He is in beautiful touch and also the thing to measure him on is how much he has helped in grooming Manan Vohra.”

However, a lot of attention will be focused on two players from either side who have been the leading hands in the respective campaigns.

Sunil Narine and Glenn Maxwell. Narine, who chose

playing in the IPL final over joining the national team ahead of the Test series against New Zealand, won support from his captain for his decision.

“It is unfair for the player when his team reaches the final and he is asked not to take part in it,” Gambhir said. “Narine has taken the team to the final and has taken the right decision of wanting to play for KKR in the final because it is an important game.

Any player would have taken that decision and I completely support him.

If I would have been in his position, even I would have done the same thing.”

Bailey also spoke in defence of his leading player, saying that Maxwell still poses the same threat as he did in the first half of the tournament. “I always feel form is a bit of weird thing with T20,” Bailey said.

“The pleasing thing for us is that if Maxi gets out, he doesn’t waste any balls.

When he is not getting big scores for us, he normally hits a six and gets out.”

(ESPN Cricinfo)

GFF National U-17 Inter-Association tourney

Georgetown to face East Demerara, UDFA clash with BFA as tournament culminates

Georgetown Football Association (GFA) and East Demerara Football Association (EDFA) will face each other in the final of the Guyana Football Federation’s (GFF) National Under-17 Inter-Association tournament today at the Buxton Playfield, East Coast Demerara.

The final which kicks off from 16:00hrs, will be preceded by the third place play-off which commences at 14:00hrs, which will see Berbice Football Association taking on their counterparts from the Upper Demerara Football Association According to GFF president Christopher Matthias, at the conclusion of the tournament, the coaches of the various associations will meet and select a squad to go into training for the Caribbean Football Union (CFU)/ CONCACAF Under-17 championship which is billed to start next month.

Matthias said he is very confident that Guyana can win this championship “I am certain we are going to win, I am very confident,” the GFF head declared.

Matthias said within two weeks the squad will be identified and begin preparations.

Dilaal Namcombu has been identified as the head coach and he will be assisted by Shevon Monchoir and Anthony Stephens.

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Qatar World Cup: ‘$5m payments to officials’ corruption claim FIFA is facing fresh allegations of corruption over its controversial decision to award the 2022 World Cup to Qatar.

The Sunday Times has obtained millions of secret documents - emails, letters and bank transfers - which it alleges are proof that the disgraced Qatari football official Mohamed Bin Hammam made payments totalling $5m to football officials in return for their support for the Qatar bid Qatar 2022 and Bin Hammam have always strenuously denied the former FIFA vice- president actively lobbied on their behalf in the run up to the vote in December 2010.

But, according to emails ob-

tained by the Sunday Times and seen by the BBC, it is now clear that Bin Hammam, 65, was lobbying on his country’s behalf at least a year before the decision.

The documents also show how Bin Hammam was making payments direct to football officials in Africa to allegedly buy their support for Qatar in the contest.

Qatar strongly deny any wrongdoing and insist that Bin Hammam never had any official role supporting the bid and always acted independently from the Qatar 2022 campaign.

When approached by the Sunday Times to respond to their claims, Bin Hammam’s son Hamad Al Abdulla declined to comment on his

behalf.

Although the vast majority of the officials did not have a vote, the Sunday Times alleges Bin Hammam’s strategy was to win a groundswell of support for the Qatari bid which would then influence the four African Fifa executive committee members who were able to take part in the election.

The Sunday Times also alleges that it has documents which prove Bin Hammam paid 305,000 Euros (£250,000) to cover the legal expenses of another former FIFA executive committee member from Oceania, Reynald Temari.

Temarii, from Tahiti, was unable to vote in the contest as he had already been suspend-

ed by Fifa after he was caught out by a Sunday Times sting asking bogus American bid officials for money in return for his support.

But the paper now alleges that Bin Hammam provided him with financial assistance to allow him to appeal against the FIFA suspension, delaying his removal from the executive committee and blocking his deputy David Chung from voting in the 2022 election.

The paper claims that had Chung been allowed to vote he would have supported Qatar’s rivals Australia. Instead there was no representative from Oceania allowed to vote, a decision which may have influenced the outcome in Qatar’s favour.

The paper also makes fresh allegations about the relationship between Bin Hammam and his disgraced FIFA ally Jack Warner, from Trinidad Although Warner was forced to resign as a FIFA vicepresident in 2011, after it was proved he helped Bin Hammam bribe Caribbean football officials in return for their support in his bid to oust the long standing FIFA president Sepp Blatter, the paper says it has evidence which shows more than $1.6m was paid by Bin Hammam to Warner, including $450,000 in the period before the vote.

The new allegations will place FIFA under fresh pressure to re-run the vote for the 2022 World Cup, which was

held in conjunction with the vote for the 2018 tournament, in which England were eliminated in the first round with just two votes.

FIFA’s chief investigator Michael Garcia is already conducting a long-running inquiry into allegations of corruption and wrongdoing during the 2018/22 decisions.

He is due to meet senior officials from the Qatar 2022 organising committee in Oman tomorrow.

But that meeting may now have to be postponed in light of the Sunday Times revelations which have raised important new questions about the link between Bin Hammam and the successful Qatari World Cup campaign.(BBC Sport)

Digicel ends Coaches Workshop in Essequibo WITH the launching of their fourth annual nationwide Inter-secondary Schools football tournament just five days away, telecommunications service provider Digicel, on Friday, concluded one of this year’s workshops for coaches and teachers, in Essequibo.

The workshops are being held with the clear intention to assist in the general improvement of the standard of the game, with the latest being held at Dartmouth on the Essequibo Coast last Thursday and Friday.

It was held at the Chic Paris Hotel and saw in attendance coaches, teachers and students from participating schools including Aurora, Eight of May, Cotton Field, Charity Abrams Zuil and Wakapoa, with the facilitators being Ivan Persaud and Andrew Hazel of the Guy-

ana Football Coaches Association and referee Victor Fowler.

They all conducted both theoretical and practical sessions over the two-day period on a variety of aspects of the game which from the general reaction of the participants was long overdue and welcomed.

Hazel, a former goalkeeper lectured to the participants on the rudiments of becoming a top flight goalkeeper, while he also conducted practical demonstrations on the various techniques of goalkeeping and these two sessions received full focus from all the attendees, especially, the practical display at the Devonshire Castle Community Centre ground.

Persaud, who is listed amongst the most qualified coaches locally also held the firm attention of the participants when he demonstrated

techniques on how to defend and attack in game scenarios, while his theoretical teach-

same community, spoke on the Laws of the Game.

Meanwhile, also in atten-

Teachers and students from the participating schools strike a pose with, sitting from left: Ivan Persaud, Lavern Fraser and Andrew Hazel, at the completion of the workshop for coaches and teachers in Essequibo on Friday afternoon.

ings were well received.

Among the presentations made by Persaud was the role of the coach, respect for the coach, hydration and nutrition, injury prevention and treatment, team and game management and environment and safety, while Fowler, who hails from the

dance at the Workshop for the duration of the two days was Vice-President of the Essequibo Football Association Andre Blackman, who offers his expertise to the Essequibo Technical Institute, and said that the further development of the sport hinges directly on such Workshops

All set for Media XI, Enmore O-40 clash today TIGER SPORTS of Old Road, Enmore, East Coast Demerara, has come on board in support of the Media XI versus Enmore Over-40 T20 match today by being the exclusive sponsor of all the trophies.

At a simple ceremony held at its location, yesterday, representative of the business entity, Ato Singh, presented the five trophies to Enmore Over-40 skipper Anil Persaud and Media XI player, Avenash Ramzan.

Apart from the winner and runner-up trophies, there will be individual awards for Man-of-the-Match, Best Batsman and Best Bowler

and Singh said Tiger Sports, which is the leading outlet for sports gear and trophies on the East Coast of Demerara, has been doing its part in giving back to society.

He expressed the company’s pleasure at being associated with today’s game, noting that he expects a very competitive match since both teams seem are raring to go at each other.

Both Persaud and Ramzan thanked Tiger Sports, which is owned and operated by former national wicketkeeper/batsman Sheik Mohamed for its kind gesture, adding that both teams are prepared for today’s show-

down which is expected to bowl off at 14:00 hrs.

After their clash against the Georgetown Cricket Scorers and Umpires Association was rained out at the innings break on Monday last, the Media XI, in their quest to remain an active unit took up the offer to face the Enmore side.

The East Coast side will be led by Persaud, who recently emerged as the second leading wicket-taker in the Demerara Cricket Board’s Over-40 T20 competition while representing East Coast Jaguars.

F r o m t h e E n m o r e ’s squad, Mohamed, attack-

and technical exposure.

Blackman praised the work being done by Digicel, adding that its importance and timing cannot be understated or trivialised.

“What is missing from this community are programmes such as these.”

“We’ve not had persons with such expertise coming to this community and conducting seminars such as this one on a consistent basis and I feel that this Workshop will go a far way in not only equipping the coaches and teachers with the relevant technical and tactical skills, but also helping to improve the standard of play among the players going forward,” Blackman stated.

He welcomed the initiative of Digicel and urged that the Company and other interested members of the business community and even the Guyana Football Federa-

tion join forces and organise more Workshops of the same nature to help lift the standard of the sport in Essequibo.

Also present at Friday’s closing ceremony was Tournament Coordinator Lavern Fraser, who first thanked the participants on behalf of the Company for finding the time and demonstrating keen interest in wanting to improve their knowledge of the sport, and more importantly their willingness to share that knowledge with the students.

Fraser, who has a wealth of experience in sport both as a player and administrator reminded the participants that they stand to benefit not only in improving their skills in the sport, but also in life generally since aspects such as learning how to solve problems and resolving conflicts are not only restricted to sports, but life as well.

-Tiger Sports confirms sponsorship of trophies

ing opener Eon Abel and all-rounder Jacob Persaud, whose lower-order hitting and brisk medium-pace, could play a crucial role; and Ramo Malone, whose exploits in the softball arena is well documented, is also slated to turn out for Enmore.

The Media boys will once again look to the inform opener John Ramsingh for a solid start, as he is partnered by attacking lefthander Rajiv Bisnauth at the top.

The middle-order, which was a huge disappointment on Monday, will look to rebound with the likes of Dan-

iel Singh, Avenash Ramzan, Keon Blades, skipper Calvin Roberts and Sean Devers all hunting some much needed runs.

The left-handed Ravi Persaud, who made a solid 24 in partnership with Ramsingh (32) to help revive the innings on Monday, will certainly hope to continue with his form.

The bowling will hinge around the new ball pair of Roberts and left-armer Kizan Brummell, medium-pacers Ishaka Jackman, Esaun Griffith, Rueben Stoby and Blades, and spin twins Devers and Persaud.

The Media squad reads:

Calvin Roberts (captain), John Ramsingh, Sean Devers, Daniel Singh (wk), Ravi Persaud, Avenash Ramzan, Rajiv Bisnauth, Esaun Griffith, Duncan Saul, Clifton Ross, Ishaka Jackman, Kizan Brummell, Reuben Stoby, Keon Blades, Imran Mohamed and Calvin Marks.

The Enmore O-40 squad reads: Anil Persaud (captain), Sheik Mohamed (wk), Eon Abel, Ramo Malone, Jacob Persaud, Jagdesh Persaud, Shameer Shahib, Vijai Dass, A. Khan, Asif Khan, Hemraj Pillay, Satesh Panday, Ganeshram Emamally and Ganeshram Dayaram.

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NATIONAL GUINNESS ‘GREATEST OF DE STREETS’ FINALS

Eagles and Albouystown ‘B’ record back to back victories on opening night

By Calvin Roberts LINDEN’S 2014 Guinness ‘Greatest of De Streets’ champions Eagles, and Georgetown’s fourth placed team Albouystown ‘B’ were the lone teams to record back to back victories on the opening night of action in the Banks DIH/Petra Organisation National Guinness ‘Greatest of De Streets’ Futsal competition, which kicked off at the Demerara Car Park last Friday night.

Several football loving fans including Minister of Sport Dr. Frank Anthony and Guyana Football Federation president Christopher Matthias, braved the overcast conditions and even the rains, which came later, to witness the night’s action.

Certainly, the eight teams who were placed in two groups of four to contest the round robin/knockout action did not disappoint the fans, especially the above mentioned two teams who inflicted defeats on Hope Street/Tiger Bay, Retrieve Unknown, Melanie ‘A’ and Queen Street/Tiger Bay respectively.

Melanie ‘A’, who one week ago was crowned East Coast of Demerara champions, started off the night’s proceedings following brief remarks from Dr. Anthony, Matthias and Banks DIH’s

Sales and Marketing Executive Carlton Joao, with a 4-1 first round victory over Stevedore Housing Scheme, Georgetown’s runner-up team.

Skipper Dwight Peters got a brace in the 4th and 14th minute, backed by solitary strikes from Shermon Fraser (10th) and Jamal George (28th), with Gavin Blackman scoring Stevedore’s solitary goal in the 7th minute of play, as the scorecard read 2-1 at lemon time.

In the second game, Queen Street/Tiger Bay displayed lots of determination to come from behind on three occasions, before levelling their game with Wismar Housing Scheme and later going on to win same via a 4-3 margin through penalty kicks that was shifted to the half way line.

Solid attacking play from the Linden based Wismar Housing Scheme saw them take the lead in the second minute, courtesy of Andrew Chester’s strike, which was nullified eight minutes later

by Queen Street/Tiger Bay, thanks to Deon Alfred’s goal.

As the heavens opened up and the rains came down, Wismar, through Rawle ‘Boneyman’ Gittens, took back the lead in the 8th minute, only to see James Meredith snatch the equaliser once again in the 10th minute for Queen Street who placed

There you go Frank! From left, Christopher Matthias, Lee Baptiste and Carlton Joao along with players from Melanie ‘A’ (blue) and Stevedore Housing Scheme (yellow) and the referees all look on admirably as Minister of Sport Dr. Frank Anthony conducts the ceremonial kick off. (Photo by Sonell Nelson)

third in the Georgetown leg of the competition.

At halftime, the scoreline read 2-2 and one minute into the second half, Keon Sears sent Wismar back into the lead with his goal, but urged on by their supporters who ran out of the shelter to witness the action in the rain, Queen Street got the equaliser in the 29th minute, thanks to Jeffrey Newton.

The game was forced into penalty kicks and with the scores being levelled at 3-3 from the regular spot, the ball was shifted to the half way mark wherein Queen Street scored first then celebrated after seeing Wismar missed their shot from that mark.

In the third game, Eagles who defeated Retrieve Unknown

to take the top prize in Linden early last month, took revenge for Wismar with their 4-1 drubbing over Hope Street/Tiger Bay, with goals from Delon McAllister (4th), Delon Charter (12th), Renee Allicock (29th) and Deon Charter (30th), while Dennis Caldeira pulled one back for Hope Street in the 25th minute.

The final game of the first round ended 3-1 in favour of Albouystown ‘B’ over Retrieve Unknown, with Roy Cassou scoring a double for the victors in the 2nd and 11th minute backed

by Chris Marshall’s 14th minute goal, even as Shakiel Charles pulled one back in the 16th minute for Retrieve Unknown.

Following the Guinness halftime break, the second

round commenced with Eagles’ 1-0 win over Melanie ‘A’, with Deon Charter scoring the game’s lone goal in the 5th minute, followed by Retrieve Unknown’s 5-4 penalty kicks win from the halfway mark over Wismar, following a nil all deadlock.

Hope Street/Tiger Bay rebounded from their first round loss to defeat Stevedore Housing Scheme 2-0, with Rensford Coleridge (17th) and an own goal two minutes later accounting for the win, before Albouystown ‘B’ culminated the night’s action with their 4-3 Sudden Death penalty kicks win over Queen Street/Tiger Bay, after a 1-1 scoreline.

Marlon Nedd scored for the victors in the 7th minute, with Alpha Fletchman

responding for Queen Street in the 15th minute, just before the whistle sounded to culminate the action in the first half and with no more goals realised in the second half, penalty kicks were the order of the day for which Albouystown ‘B’ reigned supreme.

The winning team from this national competition, which climaxes with the third place playoff and finals tonight, will go up against hosts Trinidad and Tobago who are the defending champions, along with teams from Dominica, St Vincent and the Grenadines, St Lucia, St Kitts, Jamaica and Antigua in the Caribbean championships.

The winner of that competition will receive US$5000 and an Introductory Advanced Level Coaching Course accredited by FIFA, hence, an exciting threeday action is anticipated

by Futsal-loving fans who are expected to throng the venue. Meanwhile, in his brief remarks, Dr. Anthony applauded Banks DIH for taking the initiative five years ago to host the tournament locally and later setting the trend to do so regionally three years later, even as he congratulated the eight teams that made it to the national playoffs.

Skipper Ramdin wants bigger effort from batsmen BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, (CMC) – Newly appointed West Indies captain Denesh Ramdin has expressed concern over his side’s batting, and wants to see a bigger effort in that department before the first Test against New Zealand which bowls off in eight days.

The Windies batsmen generally struggled in a three-day match against a Barbados Select XI which ended on Wednesday. Darren Bravo got 124 and Kirk Edwards, 50, in the first innings of the fixture at 3Ws Oval but no other batsman got a halfcentury.

“All the guys are putting in the work that is required leading up to the first Test match. We had the three-day practice match … our batters didn’t get their time out in the middle that they would have liked. The bowlers had a good outing, they bowled out the opposition quite cheaply,” Ramdin said here.

“In the second innings [our batsmen] had poor selection of shots. I would like to see the guys settle down and bat a bit longer. In the build up to the first Test … we would like the guys to put in the extra work.

“We have a two-day practice match and hopefully they can

put in that work and try and bat some time in the middle as we get prepared for the first Test in Jamaica which is a very crucial first match.”

Of concern will be strokemaker Marlon Samuels who gathered scores of nine and four, and left-handed opener Kieran Powell who got nine and 22.

Samuels struggled this year in the Twenty20 World Cup and in the limited overs series against England. He also looked out of touch against New Zealand last year, managing just 117 runs from six innings and in the previous two-Test series against India, scoring a mere 99 runs from

four innings.

Injury doubts remain over talismanic opener Chris Gayle who was to seek advice from a specialist in Germany last week over a persistent back problem that hampered his form in the Indian Premier League.

Ramdin said there were some bright spots, however, pointing to the fit-again fast bowling pair of Jerome Taylor and Kemar Roach, and the return of off-spinner Shane Shillingford and left-arm spinner Sulieman Benn.

“All these guys are very excited. They want to do well. I believe once they get the opportunity they will [do well]

and put the team first,” Ramdin said.

The wicketkeeper batsman is leading the regional side in his first ever series as skipper, after taking over from Windward Islands all-rounder Darren Sammy earlier this month.

West Indies take on New Zealand in the first Test in Jamaica starting June 8th, before following up with matches in Port of Spain from June 1620 and in Georgetown from June 26-30.

Ramdin said he had set some basic objectives for his unit in the upcoming series.

“I would like to see us improve as a team. Once we

improve in all our departments of the game, we will get the results we want which is winning Test matches,” he pointed out.

“Once we win Test matches, hopefully we will win the series which is important to us.

We’re playing at home so we have all the support that we need and we will have the conditions going our way.

We just need to plan and strategise really well so we can be ahead of the opposition.”

West Indies play their final practice match starting tomorrow before winding up their preparation camp on Wednesday.

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Overwhelming overseas response to represent … Squad to start training by June 8 Guyana at CBC

By Rawle Toney IT seems as though the Guyana Amateur Basketball Federation’s (GABF) cries for help certainly didn’t fall on deaf ears, as its president Nigel Hinds has disclosed that a number of overseas players are expected to converge on Guyana in an attempt to be selected on the National team.

Guyana is set to play in the Caribbean Basketball Confederation (CBC) championship which will be held in the British province of Tortola from July 1 to 12 and Hinds made it clear that GABF would not be sending a team to just participate.

Among the players on the team are former Dallas Mavericks and Indiana Pacers forward Rawle Marshall who, Hinds said, has personally reached out to the GABF about wanting to play, along with Gordon Klaiber who donned the colours of the Golden

Keron McKenzie

Arrowhead for the first time in 2007 when the event was held in Puerto Rico.

Also expected to be on the Guyanese roster is 6’7” guard/forward Tyler Persaud, former National Andrew Ifill and sharpshooter Keron McKenzie.

“We’re very excited about having a few of these players on the team, looking at the level of which they compete professionally. It would be a good make-up of youth, skill

and experience on our team.

“Rawle Marshall is a player who had wanted to play for Guyana since he was with the Pacers, I believe, and it didn’t happen so now having him would certainly be a boost,” Hinds said.

The 32-year-old Marshall was born in Guyana and was a standout at Oakland University.

He went undrafted and was picked up by the Dallas Mavericks and was then traded to the Pacers.

Marshall then made the journey from the NBA to Europe where he has played in some of Europe’s most competitive Leagues including Spain, Greece and now Romania.

McKenzie played for Guyana at the CBC tournament in the Bahamas and created history. His 38 points against St Vincent and the Grenadines saw him surpass Klaiber and the late Stanislaus Hadmon who both had 34 points, to become the player to score

Third New Zealand test to be relocated ST JOHN’S, Antigua – The West Indies Cricket Board (WICB), yesterday, advised that following engagement with the Government of Guyana on matters pertaining to the Cricket Administration Bill in that country, the parties have not been able to find a mutually agreeable resolution.

The WICB has serious reservations that the Cricket Administration Bill which was passed in the Guyana National Assembly thrusts the administration of cricket in Guyana from an independent body to the Government of Guyana.

This the WICB views as undesirable and inconsistent with International Cricket Council (ICC) tenets.

The WICB had sought an undertaking from His Excellency President Donald Ramotar that the Bill not be signed into law until these matters are resolved.

The Board gave its commitment that once His Excellency President Ramotar provided such an undertaking all arrangements in Guyana will be kept in place.

Regrettably, the WICB has not received such an undertaking from His Excellency President Ramotar and as a consequence, the WICB is left with no option but to relocate the Third Test between West Indies and New Zealand from Guyana.

The WICB is currently considering alternative venues and the new venue of the Test will be announced on Monday (tomorrow) even as the dates for the Test – June 26 to 30 – remain the same.

The WICB regrets having to take this course of action, and seeks the understanding of cricket fans and stakeholders in Guyana, even as the WICB will continue to review all matters pertaining to cricket in Guyana.

highest number of points at the Championship.

Hadmon scored 34 points against Barbados at the

Rawle Marshall

Cliff Anderson Sports Hall at the first-ever CBC (then CARICOM Championships) tournament August 1981 while Klaiber’s 34 points was against Antigua & Barbuda 2007 in Puerto Rico.

McKenzie, according to basketball statistic guru

Charwayne Walker, is also the second Guyanese player to aggregate over 100 points (103 points) in his debut CBC tournament, again joining Hadmon whose aggregate was 122 points in the 1981 tournament.

McKenzie, Hadmon and Klaiber are the only Guyanese to average over 20 points per game in their debut championship; Hadmon averaged 22 points per game in 1981, Klaiber 25 points per game in 2007 and McKenzie 20.6 points per in 2011.

“We’re in contact with the guys from DC Jammers who are also helping us in the process of just not only bringing down overseas players but those who actually are playing at a high level and those can make the team,” Hinds noted.

Asked how the GABF will balance the mixture of both local and overseas players, Hinds said “that would be up to the coaches.

“They are the ones who will have a look at the players

because we expect them all to be here, and they (the coaches) will make the final judgment on that. The idea is to put forward the best possible team to represent us in Tortola.”

The National side will begin

Gordon Klaiber

training from June 8 at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall, according to Hinds, and are expected to depart Guyana by June 29 for the prestigious Championship.

Digicel assists in sending cyclist Alanzo Greaves to train for Commonwealth Games

Alanzo Greaves is seen receiving cheque from Communications Manager, Vidya Sanichara.

DIGICEL Guyana is dedicated to the development of sports and athletes in Guyana, as a result, on Friday last, the company delivered on its promise to assist in sending senior cyclist Alanzo Greaves overseas for training.

Greaves will be going through a bout of intense training in the United States as he prepares for the Commonwealth Games 2014 to be staged in London in June.

In 2013, Greaves placed third in the Digicel Breast Cancer awareness race; fourth in the National Three Stage; second in the National Five Stage and second in the National Championships.

Greaves has participated in several local competitions including the National Three Stage in 2009 which he won. He also won the National Championship and the National Five Stage in 2007 – two of his greatest accomplishments as a young rider. Alanzo Greaves will be representing Guyana in the Commonwealth Games 2014.

Digicel sees it necessary to support sports and sportsmen across Guyana. The importance of sports cannot be over emphasised; Digicel Guyana sees sports as providing positive opportunities for youths in Guyana.

(Michel Outridge)

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The two-thirds members of the GFF General Congress at yesterday’s meeting at Water Chris Hotel (Sonell Nelson Photo)

GFF Congress gives Matthias the ‘Red’, passes no confidence vote … Ivan Persaud to act as President

By Rawle Toney SELECTIVE affiliates of the Guyana Football Federation (GFF) namely, Georgetown Football Association, East Bank Football Association, East Demerara Football Association, West Demerara Football Association, National Association of Women’s Football, Guyana Football Referees Council and Guyana Football Coaches Association, forming two-thirds of the General Congress, yesterday passed a “No Confidence” vote against President Christopher Matthias.

The motion which was unanimously voted on by the Congress saw Matthias being given ‘Marching orders’ and in the interim, Vice-President, elect, Ivan Persaud would act as President of the sport’s governing body in Guyana.

According to information shared at a Press Conference following the Congress, which was held at the Water Chris Hotel in Georgetown, one member from each affiliated

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association will be placed to temporarily fill the vacated positions in the GFF, since apart from Persaud, only Women’s Football Association President, Vanessa Dickerson is an existing executive member.

Other elected executives were either banned from the sport, as in the story of Collie ‘Hitman’ Hercules, or have resigned from their post as the case of Rawlston Adams, both former vice Presidents.

The representatives of Congress informed that within 60 days elections will be held to fill the various needed executive positions of the GFF. Asked when Matthias would be informed of such findings of the General Congress, Persaud who chaired the Press Conference said, “we will write a letter to him and it will be hand-delivered on Monday morning to Mr. Matthias. We would like a response from him and See page 34

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