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TUESDAY JULY 1, 2014

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Preliminary census results show population figure at 747,884 in 2012 Derwayne Wills THE population of Guyana, counted on September 15, 2012, Census Day, was recorded at 747,884, according to a preliminary report of the Guyana Population and Housing Census, 2012, released yesterday morning at the Guyana Convention Centre, Liliendaal, Greater

Georgetown.

This data shows that there has been a marginal reduction of 3,339 persons from the population count of 751,223 that was recorded in 2002.

According to census 2012, Guyana’s coastland population stands at 666,261 persons. This count reflects the reality of the greatest concentration of Guyana’s

population living within the coastland regions.

Although, the Coastal Plain represents the smallest physical geographic area of Guyana, it includes six of the ten administrative regions. The heavily populated zone boasts the majority of commercial activities being conducted in the country.

Both previous and current censuses have revealed that Demerara-Mahaica (Region 4), among the six administrative regions of the coastal bloc, holds the largest proportion of the population.

This was closely followed

by Region 6 (East BerbiceCorentyne) and Region 3 (Essequibo Islands-West Demerara). Region 10 (Upper Demerara-Upper Berbice) was recorded as the least populated area of the regions

…a marginal reduction of 3,339 in 2002

within the coastal bloc.

HINTERLAND POPULATION The population in the hinterland regions at present stands at 81,623 persons, which represent 10.9 percent of the total population.

In absolute terms, the population of the hinterland bloc has increased significantly. This increase was recorded possibly because of the increase in mining activities, to which migrant workers from other regions in Guyana have relocated for economic gains.

The hinterland regions of Guyana are recorded as comprising approximately two-thirds (approximately 145,353km2) of the land area of Guyana. They include Region 1 (Barima-Waini), Re-

gion 7 (Cuyuni-Mazaruni), Region 8 (Potaro-Siparuni), and Region 9 (Upper Takutu-Upper Essequibo).

URBAN-RURAL DISTRIBUTION Generally, the population has declined in the urban areas and continues to do so.

Urban distribution refers to segments of the population that are found within the urban centres and settlements.

The difference in the figures reflects a decrease in the urban population to 26.4 percent, when compared to the 2002 census of 28.4 percent.

According to reports, 202,992 urban dwellers were recorded in 2002, compared to 191,810 in 2012. Of the total number of rural settlers in 2002 and 2012, there

was a record of 528,323 rural dwellers in 2002 and 535,193 in 2012.

On the whole, the report indicated a recorded decline in the urban population. This decline seems to be the main reason behind the overall population decline. The urban population comprised 28.4 percent of the total population in 2002, which has reduced to 26.4 percent of the total population in 2012.

Urban townships/city The urban townships including the capital City of Georgetown recorded a population reduction of 18,182, with a total population of 191,810 at Census 2012, down from 209,992 in the 2002 census.

This number implies

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No-confidence motion will signal political instability – PSC

By Vanessa Narine THE Private Sector Commission (PSC), yesterday weighed in on the talk of a no-confidence motion being brought against the current Administration by the combined Opposition, A Partnership for National Unity (APNU) and the Alliance For Change (AFC).

The PSC contends that such a move will be an unfortunate one, which will signal political instability to Guyana’s foreign investors, financiers, customers and suppliers.

In a missive issued yesterday, the Commission said, “The PSC takes note of the recent public statements by the Opposition with regard to

passing a motion of no confidence in the Government of Guyana. We also take note of the President’s remarks challenging the Opposition to do so if they think that it is necessary.

“The PSC believes that it will be very unfortunate if such a motion is passed, as it would signal political instability to our foreign investors, financiers, customers and suppliers. This will further increase the political risk premium added to the cost of capital when overseas funding is sought by private entities and can negatively impact our economy.”

According to the PSC, for progress to be made, given the current dispensation

of the National Assembly, where the combined Opposition holds the majority, dialogue, compromise and patriotism must be the underpinning points of focus, particularly on issues of national interest.

“This culture has been very much absent since our last general elections in 2011, as both sides of the house have exposed their limitations in dealing with such a dispensation. The calling for elections prematurely is signalling that only in a “winner take all” environment can progress be made. This does not augur well for a plural society such as Guyana,” the Commission said.

The PSC, the represen-

tative of the nation’s largest contributors to the local economy, made it clear that a move to general elections is not the answer to the prevailing political impasse.

“The PSC is not hopeful that general elections will automatically resolve many of the problems facing the country,” the group said.

However, the Commission noted that if general elections were to be called, the process must be conducted efficiently and effectively.

“We would also hope that whatever the results, that they would be accepted by all and that the country can move forward so that every member of our population can be guaranteed a better life,” the PSC said.

The AFC’s Vice Chairman, Moses Nagamootoo, last week indicated that the party was considering the movement of a no-confidence motion against the Government. Nagamootoo, in an article in Wednesday’s edition of the Stabroek News, under the headline ‘AFC considering no-confidence motion against Gov’t’, such a move is seriously being contemplated by his party.

However, he acknowledged that a no-confidence motion would have to be supported by the main Opposition. A few days after, last Friday, APNU endorsed this possibility as a serious consideration.

Section 106 (6) of the Constitution states that: “The

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Cabinet and President shall resign if the Government is defeated by the vote of the majority of all Members of the National Assembly on a vote of confidence.”

However, the following paragraph, Section 106 (7) makes clear that: “Notwithstanding its defeat, the Government shall remain in office and shall hold an election within three months, or such longer period as the National Assembly shall, by resolution, supported by no less than two-thirds of all elected members of the National Assembly, and shall resign after a new President takes the oath of office following the election.”

Population dynamics influence social policy- Dr. Ashni Singh

By Derwayne Wills WITH the new globally adopted standard of conducting Population Censuses every ten years, the Bureau of Statistics yesterday released the Preliminary Census Results of the 2012 Guyana Population and Housing Census, as a complete and comprehensive profile of the demographics of Guyana.

Finance Minister, Dr. Ashni Singh in his remarks yesterday morning at the Guyana Convention Centre, Liliendaal, Greater Georgetown, acknowledged the importance of the

“Understanding the dynamics of the population is critical to formulation of social policy”

- Finance Minister, Dr. Ashni Singh

census to national policy. He said that, “because of the very important nexus between the picture that emerges and the policy-making function, we believe in evidence-based policy.”

He noted that the Government of Guyana remains steadfast that “understanding the dynamics of the popula-

tion is critical to [the] formulation of social policy.” Singh observed that once numbers indicate that there are trends of “ageing” or “steady growth” in the population then those figures would have “implications for the provision of social services.”

Commenting on the continuing development of housing settlements, Dr. Singh underscored that “In regards to new and emerging housing schemes, there were some areas which ten to 15 years ago were cane fields that have now developed into communities.” He noted too that the developments allow a clear depiction of the need for schools, hospitals, roads and other social services in those areas, as well as the rate of infrastructural growth of the country.

Youth composition, geographical dispersion of population, rapid growth and decline of urban centres, rate of educational attainment, employment and employment are among the many variables that are accounted for in the population census.

Dr. Singh, in his capacity as Finance Minister, had signed an order into law which designated September 15, 2012 as National Census Day. Guyana has since reaffirmed its commitment to ensuring global compliance with the international standard of conducting censuses every 10 years.

“Minister of Finance, Dr. Ashni Singh addresses the gathering at the launch of the Preliminary Census Results of the 2012 Guyana Population & Housing Census yesterday morning at the Guyana Convention Centre, Liliendaal, Greater Georgetown.

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FATF’s targeted review gives Guyana a window of opportunity –Ambassador Hardt

of terrorism (AML/CFT) legislation in regard to compliance with international standards; and that the results of that review would be made public at a meeting in October.

Prior to the Caribbean Financial Action Task Force’s (CFATF) referral of Guyana to FATF, it was indicated that the country’s non-compliance with international standards would have been addressed with the passage of the AML/ CFT (Amendment) Bill.

The bill to meet the requirements of the FATFStyle Regional Bodies (FSRB), CFATF, was tabled in the National Assembly in April 2013, but was subsequently referred to a Parliamentary Special Select Committee and eventually voted down by the combined Opposition in November 2013.

The bill was re-tabled in December 2013, and was again referred to the Parliamentary Special Select Committee chaired by Ms. Gail Teixeira, where it has since been languishing.

The US ambassador contends that the available opportunity should be embraced in order for Guyana to be able to demonstrate progress, which would allow for the country to “be reviewed as a lower-level threat” to the international financial system, unlike what would obtain if it does not take measures to become CFATF compliant.

By Vanessa Narine

Ambassador Brent Hardt

UNITED States Ambassador Dr Brent Hardt told the Guyana Chronicle, in an exclusive interview, that Guyana still has a window of opportunity to pass the Anti-Money Laundering and Countering the Financing of Terrorism (AML/CFT) (Amendment) Bill.

“There is a window of opportunity for the Government and Opposition to demonstrate that they are moving forward -- by approving the legislation, strengthening the investigative capacity, and by putting in resources behind an integrated anti-money laundering effort that can show FATF that Guyana may not meet the standards yet, but it has a plan to do so, and it is vigorously moving to do so,” the ambassador revealed.

He was speaking in regard to the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) announcement that Guyana would be subjected to a targeted review owing to the shortcomings in its anti-money laundering and countering the financing

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pointed out that if Guyana fails to make progress in ensuring compliance with international regulations and standards, there would be costly impacts for the local economy. “(US) Banks that are private entities and corporations will use FATF guidelines to decide how and where they will do business…there will be an added layer of complication, or a potential extra cost and time for transactions, which is not an attractive thing if you are trying to look appealing to international business and investment,” Hardt said.

He made it clear that focus should be on maintaining the successes recorded in terms of the eight years of successive growth that Guyana has experienced.

“We (the US, as a trade partner) want a vibrant economy (in Guyana),” the US ambassador said.

In November 2011, the CFATF first brought to the attention of its members certain jurisdictions -- including Guyana -- with significant strategic deficiencies in their AML/CFT regimes. The intent was to encourage expeditious rectification of the identified strategic deficiencies.

Guyana and the CFATF developed an Action Plan with identified target dates to address the strategic deficiencies that exist in Guyana’s national architecture to combat money laundering and the financing of terrorism.

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However, the Government and the combined Opposition have been in gridlock over compliance in the areas requiring the passage of legislation.

Government has repeated its willingness to have the bill passed, and has demonstrated its commitment to same; but up to the last meeting of the Parliament Special Select Committee, no movement had been made with the bill.

FATF, at its one-week plenary meeting, which ended last Friday, accepted the referral of Guyana from its regional watchd o g , C FAT F, a n d t h e counter-measures advised to be taken against Guyana by CFATF, which officially blacklisted Guyana regionally, remain in force. These include, among other counters, enhancing due diligence measures in transactions with Guyana; introducing enhanced reporting mechanisms or systematic reporting of financial transactions; refusing to establish subsidiaries or branches or representative offices in Guyana, or otherwise taking into account the fact that Guyana’s relevant financial institutions do not have adequate AML/CFT systems and accordingly limit business relationships or financial transactions with Guyana or persons in Guyana.

FATF is expected to write Guyana this week to outline the specific aspects of the targeted review.

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Colombian rebels attack Arauca oil camp (BBC News) THIRTEEN oil workers and their relatives have been injured in a rebel attack on a camp in the north-eastern Colombian state of Arauca.

Two home-made explosive devices were thrown into the camp operated by Occidental Petroleum in Cano Limon.

The army blamed the attack on the left-wing National Liberation Army (ELN).

Oil pipelines are frequently targeted by the rebels, but Colombia’s mining minister said it was the first time that a camp for workers had been hit.

The attack happened on Sunday afternoon as the workers and their relatives were getting ready to attend Mass.

One of the devices reportedly hit the television

Army said ELN rebels were suspected to be behind Sunday’s attack room and another the canteen.

No truce The camp is 30 miles west of the city of Arauca.

State oil company Ecopetrol, which operates the Cano Limon pipeline, said it had been attacked three times in the past 10 days, restrict-

ing the transport of oil.

The ELN, Colombia’s second largest guerrilla group, agreed earlier this month to engage in formal peace talks in an attempt to end its five-decades-long armed struggle.

However, neither side has agreed to a truce.

The government is also in negotiations with the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (Farc), the country’s largest rebel group.

President Juan Manuel Santos has said he hopes to sign a final peace deal with the Farc by the end of the year.

Thousands rally against tossing out buggery act; shout out for clean, righteous living (Jamaica Observer) POLICE Sunday night estimated that around 25,000 Jamaicans turned out in their black, green and gold to support the Jamaica CAUSE (Churches Action Uniting Society for Emancipation) mass rally in Half-Way-Tree, St Andrew.

The rally called on Jamaicans to stand up for strong and healthy families, righteousness and justice as well as to resist the homosexual agenda and the repealing of the buggery act.

“I think this initiative is very good because it is important that we have a voice, because a lot of different things have been happening in Jamaica and we have to stand up,” said Camille Morrison, while adding that it not just goes against God’s will but against humanity, and in terms of homosexuality, biologically “di ting don’t mek sense and as such it should not be imposed upon people as if it is something right.”

After a short praise and worship session, the chairman of the rally, Alvin Bailey spoke to uniting every Jamaican, church, temple, and other institutions.

“We will do all that is righteous and Godly to accomplish the cause”, said Bailey, highlighting that Jamaica is a society that

demands respect and recognition of sovereignty.

“Our emancipation means standing up for strong families, our emancipation means standing against the homosexuality agenda, emancipation for us means standing up against the re-

ple rape and kill each other we should take a serious look at what they’re watching and hearing,” said Cole, insisting that the church has faced and is still facing a challenge to be part of the solution in this crisis.

He said that the prophetic

A section of the large crowd which gathered in HalfWay-Tree for the mass rally on Sunday pealing of the buggery law,” Bailey told the crowd, much to shouts of agreement.

Organisers said that there would be a series of talks and prayers throughout the evening to make people aware of what is happening.

“The seeds of greed and selfishness have been sown in the soil of corruption in public and private sector,” said Rev Donald Cole, in commenting on the state of the nation.

“As a people, we have compromised to crime, violence, immorality, abuse of the weak and disrespect of authority. When young peo-

voice of the church is often ignored or discarded, yet the church is often accused of negligence. Cole went on to say that in more recent times there has been an attempt to deny and refute Jamaica’s laws and that if the symbols of the country such as the National Anthem and National Pledge are acknowledged and honoured, then Jamaica would be a social and economic model.

Cole said that the church will increase its prophetic role and will not be silenced, especially when it ought to be speaking boldly.

“We are standing here

today because we want to see the moral thermometer of our nation rise again,” Cole said, while highlighting that the process of restoring the old boundary stones of right and wrong, lawful and unlawful and good and evil, should begin.

Central Bank Governor: Skills shortage in finance sector (Trinidad Guardian) CENTRAL Bank Governor Jwala Rambarran says T&T needs to turn to the diaspora to help with a potentially crippling skills deficit in the financial services sector. Speaking at an Institute of Banking and Finance of T&T (IBFTT) graduation ceremony at the Hyatt Regency Trinidad on Saturday evening, Rambarran said like many leading financial institutions the Central Bank is not immune to this worrying situation.

“T&T needs to be able to draw from a bigger pool than it currently has. We are seeing greater demand for specialised financial skills: anti-money laundering, actuarial science, risk management and wealth management. Such a process of recapitalisation should begin by addressing the need to draw out pockets of talent that currently remains untapped. Here we should quickly leverage our Trinidadian diaspora community.

Our diaspora includes first and higher generation migrants, as well as people who have historical links with T&T and can potentially contribute to its welfare,” he said. Rambarran added, “Many of us have a narrow definition of the diaspora as those born in the country, but living outside the country. However, if we

include others with historical links to T&T, our diaspora becomes at least 360,000 strong, consisting of highly skilled workers, graduates from colleges and universities, management and other professionals. We need to find ways to fully tap into this potential labour pool for human capital and financial investment.”

Rambarran highlighted the importance of the Government Assistance for Tuition Expenses (GATE) Programme noting than an average of 53,000 students annually had benefitted from it over the past five years.

However, he questioned its effectiveness, noting that 70 per cent of GATE funding focused on management, educational services, data processing/IT, engineering, health services, natural and pure sciences and accounting. He suggested that the programme be better aligned to the country’s economic priorities and future skills needs.

“Finance, of course, is one economic priority area.

At the Central Bank, we are helping to build this financial eco-system through two major initiatives. Over the past decade, we have partnered with De La Rue, our currency printers, to offer the annual prestigious De La Rue Scholarship to students pursuing post-graduate studies in economics.

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EDITORIAL

GUYANA

Is this motherhood?

THE role of parents has always been very special as to their duty to their offspring: nurturing from the cradle, with all the care and tender love, with the gradual instilling of discipline and moral values that are supposed to be the foundation for becoming proper men and women, hence proper citizens, ready to take their rightful places in society. Of course, this is the ideal, which experience has eluded many young, for circumstances that are only too well known.

Traditionally, along this journey to physical and mental maturity, the well known bonds are formed, with mothers said to be closer to the girl child, while fathers are to the boy child. This is accepted as natural, because as in the case of mother and

daughter, for example, there is the common denominator of womanhood, with its uniquely shared peculiar dynamics and experiences.

Of course, the ideal mother is always caring, concerned and protective of her children, whether son or daughter. This is so because of the maternal instinct. But the bond between herself and daughter is very special, as briefly alluded to above.

But, as is so common these days, this time-honoured fact has been changing, as exemplified in a particular social horror called sexual abuse – a component of the wider, brutal scourge of domestic violence. This is in addition to other very disturbing instances.

An extremely cruel fact of the numerous instances of sexual abuse, is the common complaint from

the young female victim daughters, of their mothers, often ignoring their cries of sexual violence perpetrated by their fathers/step-fathers, often labelling them as liars and disrespectful, with physical violence being used to enforce silence.

This editorial stands to be corrected, that although there are existing laws, that allow for charges to be brought also against the mother, for aiding and abetting, this is not being done. This will be in cases where charges would have been laid against the father/ step-father, with this fact even clearly brought out, but seemingly ignored by the investigating authorities.

That this particular act, more than most, is an abject betrayal of what motherhood is all about, for it speaks of the abandonment of that

very special instinct to care. Too many mothers, are known to surrender their female offspring to a category of men, the “sugar daddies”, for the sole reason that the latter either offers to take care of the needs of the particular young girl, or dangle wads of dollars as an enticement. Many of these cases are characterised by the living hell of daily brutality, with certain death being the end result.

Observing mothers physically and verbally abusing very young children of almost infancy, and somewhat older, is as common as it is reprehensible. And this is not to forget, also, the familiar sight of these children being dragged along some uneven surfaces within the roadway, almost stumbling,

and accompanied by harsh language. Many mothers these days, do not even care to adjust their arm length downward, to that of their young, while walking.

Not to forget also, is the fact of young children not adequately clad, when outdoors, especially on a rainy day.

Though these examples are not applicable to all mothers, they are illustrative of a type that has emerged within recent decades. It is this editorial’s view that they have a tragically distorted view and understand-

ing of motherhood and its importance to nurturing the growth and development of the child. Many of the latter are mentally scarred by the time of their teen years, with disastrous consequences for their adulthood.

Surely, such desecration is a permanent feature in our country, and adds to an already sorrowful scorecard as far as abuse is concerned.

This cannot be motherhood, as should be; for it generally has sunk to abysmally and shockingly low levels. It needs to be urgently rescued.

No secret the Mayor and City Council has lost its way OVER the past years, it has been proven to many that Guyana is known for its welcoming hospitality and excellent tourism, apart from many other positive things. However, how can a country so established over the years be so dirty (unclean) as seen by the daily presence of garbage.

While citizens of the Capital City are at their wits end trying to manoeuvre their way around flooded streets and garbage piles, the incompetent Mayor and City Council continues to trifle to score cheap, political points.

The once Garden City of which we should all be proud is deteriorating slowly at the hands of Mayor Ham-

ilton Green and his ilk.

How are we supposed to publicise our country as a tourist destination and create a clean, healthy environment for our children with the current leadership of the council at its controls? The Stabroek Market area is an example of great embarrassment, when it rains vendors literally stand in slush and that

is where we purchase food!

The cleanup programme undertaken by the Local Government Minister is indeed commendable; yet, instead of supporting the Ministry in its implementation, the Mayor is squabbling over petty issues such as grammatical errors made in the minutes of council meetings.

It is the job of the City

Council to ensure that citizens, particularly businesses dispose of their garbage responsibly, and this is an obligation that the Mayor and his councillors must fulfil despite their personal feelings against the Local Government Minister or the Government for that matter.

Then there is the issue of financial mismanage-

ment, which not even the Mayor himself, can try to cover up. It is no secret that the Mayor and City Council has lost its way and therefore they should welcome this initiative by the Local Government Ministry, rather than griping over non-issues.

ALLISON BOWMAN

Some questions for the joint Opposition APNU & AFC PLEASE permit me to ask a couple of questions through your Letter pages to the joint political Opposition partnership (APNU/ AFC). It is critical for me to understand where they stand on these matters before I cast my vote at the next election whenever it is called.

Firstly, can the joint Opposition tell us - the People of Guyana - after voting down the Amaila Project and

chasing away what everyone knows to be a credible investor (Sithe Global) what solution have they come up with after having control of the Parliament to get this project underway?

Right now we are paying exorbitant rates for electricity so much that people risk their lives to steal electricity so that their children can study in the evenings. If they have a solution what is it and when can we expect it?

Secondly, can the lawyers of the joint Opposition (Basil Williams, Khemraj Ramjattan and Nigel Hughes) indicate to us very clearly that when they voted against the AML/ CFT Bill that they did not do so because their big clients were past money launderers and drug lords and that they were not heavily lobbied by the drug lords to delay the bill which was very important to Guyana not being blacklisted.

Thirdly, since the joint

Opposition has been voting together on over 95% on anything that is taken in Parliament and they seem to have the same concerns, can we expect that they will join together and form one Party to contest the next election?

As of right now it seems a vote for the AFC is a vote for the PNC and vice versa, we might as well see a broad unity party and avoid the AFC being used like the UF. Finally, can Mr. Carl

Greenidge and Mr. Anand Goolsarran, two well-known personalities with a track record of absolute failures in their previous posts as Minister of Finance and Auditor General for Guyana, inform us what they have done during their period out of Guyana to reshape their thinking so that we - the People of Guyana - can once again take them seriously. It boggles my mind that Mr. Greenidge and Mr. Goolsaran

who has nothing positive to show during their respective tenures are now speaking more loudly than those who have outperformed them by leaps and bounds.

I am therefore, Mr. Editor, kindly asking the joint Opposition to clarify these questions for the people of Guyana whom I am quite sure have the same questions in mind.

NAME WITHHELD

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What’s the price for healing the Guyanese soul?

SOMETHING happened to the Guyanese nation on the night of June 13, 1980. In one exploding instant, we lost our innocence. We inflicted grievous psycho-emotional harm to the Guyanese body politic.

Today, our psyche suffers the stain of that dark night.

Guyanese want answers to why our nation stumbles through history, and today, nearly 50 years after political Independence from Britain, struggles to develop.

The Walter Rodney Commission of Inquiry provides a platform for such answers to come forth, for a semblance of justice to heal Guyana.

The Commission is a kind of Freudian exercise in soul cleansing.

Just as an individual human person needs to introspect and exercise intellectual effort to build a good, solid life, a nation must also learn the art of self-healing.

Making a nation is no easy task, and no one in the Commonwealth Caribbean knows that more than we Guyanese.

The metaphor of the body politic applies well to a nation, to our country Guyana.

Thus, the characteristics of a human being, of the body with its mental and emotional makeup, apply to a nation.

Just like a sick person, crippled in his or her development at a young age, needs to learn self-healing, go through therapy, and know the mistakes of the past that caused the derailment of his or her life, a nation must also look back in order to pave the way forward into a workable, inspiring, developed future.

In any nation, excessive political power leads to a grotesque disability of the national soul, to a mental handicap. Excessive abuse of political power is a Machiavellian madness, a mental condition, a psycho-emotional disturbance.

Any human being in such a state would need intense psychotherapy. Any human being who suffered abuse causing such a devastating disability as a child needs intense therapeutic healing.

The same with a nation like Guyana.

The Walter Rodney Commission of Inquiry is the platform for Guyanese to exercise that psycho-emotional therapy on the Guyanese soul, to heal the mental damage that decades of repressive rule under the People’s

National Congress dictatorship, lasting two decades, foisted upon the fledgling Guyana nation, which impact we still feel today, in governance, local communities and the devastation of our national institutions, including the State, Police Force and Army.

This nation first blamed the British for our psychopathic socio-economic state, then we blamed the American imperialists, then we blamed the political parties. But we never sit down to rationally search our hearts, our minds, our souls, to introspect and exercise intellectual effort, to heal ourselves.

Instead we look for a punching bag to scapegoat, and proceed to beat it senseless, in the process beating up on ourselves – the very personification of mental disability.

The Walter Rodney Commission of Inquiry seeks to heal that gaping wound that left its mark upon the heart and soul of the Guyanese nation, on that day, June 13, 1980, when we had become so barbaric and inhumane and low that we assassinated our own great Dr. Walter Rodney, who was a world famous historian, brilliant scholar and a liberator of oppressed peoples everywhere.

He got his Doctorate at the age of 24. This gifted Guyanese turned his attention to his own homeland, Guyana, to free us Guyanese from a tyrannical dictatorship Government.

And we killed him We used State resources and taxpayers’ money to conspire, execute and cover up this political and criminal act.

But not only did we assassinate this gentle soul, we proceeded to carry on as a nation, marching into the future with this awful crime, this terrible psychic wound, on our conscience and soul and heart: the Guyana Body Politic for 34 years has limped around wounded. We need some kind of healing if we are to move forward.

President Donald Ramotar convened the Commission not for his whims and fancy. In fact, President Cheddi Jagan tried since 1992 to perform this healing surgery on the Guyana Body Politic. But the French Government refused to extradite the main suspect in Dr Rodney’s murder, ex-Army

officer Gregory Smith, from French Guiana, to testify.

President Jagan had to abandon the effort.

President Bharrat Jagdeo also made efforts, but leaders of the Working People’s Alliance (WPA) asked President Jagdeo to put the Commission on hold because of the upcoming 2006 national elections.

Finally, in 2014, President Ramotar successfully convened the Presidential Commission.

These are the facts, not political, emotional, paranoid or prejudicial speculation.

If the current Government displays any inefficiency or unprofessional conduct regarding the Commission, my view is that it’s merely a metaphor of the state of the Guyanese society, the very thing the Commission’s work would aid in healing. For everything in this society gets tainted with inefficiency and unprofessionalism. Government suffers as much as the average Guyanese from our psychologically and emotionally dysfunctional state.

If Nelson Mandela exercised wisdom to build a national platform for South Africa’s healing, from grave abuses of human rights and social justice, how much more should Guyana exorcise the demons that bedevil its soul?

In Mandela’s Truth and Reconciliation Commission, South Africa found space to perform necessary surgery on its cancerous soul, thus finding some psycho-emotional healing as a nation.

Guyana has not set up a Truth and Reconciliation Commission, but in the Walter Rodney Commission of Inquiry, we see the first step to exercise that Freudian psycho-therapy that will provide some healing of the gaping wound on our national heart and soul inflicted on June 13, 1980.

Witness after witness at the Commission testify how free and relieved they feel to bare their soul of their role in the events of that day.

The Commission of Inquiry is a dynamic process.

It cannot be fixed and rigid in its work. And that dynamic flexibility lies with the authority of the Commissioners, especially Chairman Sir Richard Cheltenham.

The Commission cannot be accused of unprofessionalism, as not only are the three members distinguished

Caribbean legal luminaries, but they are also well-respected in their work in the Commission so far.

Persons have expressed concern that Guyanese taxpayers pay the bill for the Commission, and to keep extending its life until its work, findings and therapeutic process are completed is to waste tax payers’ money.

First, this is an insult to the Commissioners, as it assumes they would waste financial resources in wanton fashion. As professionals, the Commissioners exercise discretion, ethics and morals, and to slight their character with suggestions of financial waste is dishonest and improper.

Second, President Ramotar and the Ministry of Legal Affairs must be guided by the Commission as to its life and the time it takes to arrive at its results. Government dictat in no way plays a role at the Commission: Sir Cheltenham would never tolerate that; nor any of the Commissioners.

Third, what’s the cost for healing one’s soul? What’s the cost for psycho-therapy to heal that murderous June 13, 1980 wound that afflicts the Guyanese Body Politic?

What’s the price for ignoring the sickness in our soul that was inflicted so brutally when that bomb echoed across Georgetown at 8:15 pm on the night of June 13, 1980? What’s the price for cleansing our history of this grotesque deformity? What’s the price for healing the Guyanese nation?

What’s the price?

Any person seeking therapy pays a hefty price. The Guyanese nation, over the

past 34 years, has already paid a terrible sacrifice, in the socio-economic and politico-cultural and psycho-emotional damage that defined the Guyanese nation all these decades. And indeed still does.

Just like justice, healing, a sense of closure, and comfort comes to the family of Dr Rodney through the process of the work of the Commission, the Guyanese nation, each and every one of us, will experience the peace and healing and justice that the Commission’s work will engineer and generate in our soul.

The Guyanese nation will see a terrible burden lifted off our national psyche, and indeed we are already starting to feel this happening, to feel the lightness and the peace that comes with facing our past, with exercising the courage, wisdom and strength to perform necessary surgery on a wound that afflicted and crippled our socio-political self for decades.

No individual could live without answers to wrongs against him or herself. We all want justice, healing, therapy, a cleansing of the muck and blood and sweat and tears that reduced us to a pitiable state. Thus it is as well with a nation.

In 2014, it would do us all well to gather together to engage in this conversation, with full candour and openness and good conscience: to talk out our deformities and disabilities.

A time will come when other injustices in this nation would have to be thus addressed. For now, it’s time to deal with the profoundly sad death of Dr. Walter Rodney. This is the single most

important healing that the Guyanese soul needs before we could move forward as one people, one nation, with one destiny.

The best outcome of the Commission of Inquiry would be an authentic, heartfelt, national apology from the People’s National Congress (PNC) for the decades of socio-economic hardship that Guyanese suffered for so many years, and to the family of Dr. Walter Rodney for his death and brutal assassination.

Guyanese today want answers from the PNC for its role in Government, and from the State organs that abused citizen rights in pursuit of dictatorial power, to cement the Party’s paramount place in the Guyanese society.

Should we all just ignore the decades of our dysfunctional past, and move on?

I would suggest that our Guyanese nation would only continue its fractured stumbling into a default future of stunted socio-economic development if we do not perform the kind of psycho-surgery the Walter Rodney Commission of inquiry is accomplishing today.

The Commission of Inquiry into Dr. Rodney’s death constitutes a necessary Freudian therapeutic healing process, to rid us of the political Machiavellian madness that crippled our socio-cultural self as we grew to be 48 years old.

Isn’t it time, before we turn 50 years old, still crippled in our Guyanese psyche, still stooped in psychopathic woundedness?

SHAUN MICHAEL SAMAROO

A wicked act intended to tarnish reputation of officers of the Amerindian Affairs Ministry I WISH to refer to an article that was published in the Kaieteur News dated 23rd June, 2014 in their Letters section under the caption ‘This confounded nonsense has to stop’.

As the Senior Councillor of the village stated in the letter, I am categorically denying that there is any underage female Amerindian in my community that was impregnated by any

senior official of the Ministry of Amerindian Affairs.

I view this allegation as a wicked act that is intended to tarnish the reputation of the officers of the Ministry of Amerindian Affairs.

This being so since the Ministry has been making interventions in all Amerindians communities and this is a threat to the political relevance of Mr. Carl Parker Snr. and the politi-

cal Party he represents.

Finally, I am denouncing these spurious allegations as a political ploy to distract from the development that has been taking place across the region and to besmirch the name of the PPP Government.

CHRIS DUNCAN Senior Councillor, Shiriri Semantic

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On the threat of a no-confidence motion against Gov’t…

APNU, AFC should ‘lay bare their testicular capacity’ or ‘shut up’

By Sandy Agasen THE ruling party yesterday challenged the combined Opposition, A Partnership for National Unity (APNU) and Alliance For Change (AFC), to “lay bare their testicular capacity” by making their threat of a no-confidence motion a reality in the National Assembly, or “shut up and forever hold their peace”.

The People’s Progressive Party, in a statement on the matter, expressed their amusement over the suggestion of a no-confidence motion against the Government, which was initially made by the AFC’s Vice Chairman, Moses Nagamootoo, in an article in Wednesday’s edition of the Stabroek News, under the headline ‘AFC considering no-confidence motion against Gov’t’.

According to the PPP, APNU and AFC have now taken to politicking based on “rabid” sensationalism.

“It is clear that the Opposition parties are running out of any ideas of substance and have now taken recourse to ‘man bite dog’ type of politicking, based on rabid sensationalism and hot air,” the ruling party said.

The PPP is persuaded to believe that the no-confidence

motion was used by the Opposition as a smoke-screen, a tactic to sidetrack the public attention from their “anti-national positions” taken on the Anti-Money Laundering and Countering the Financing of Terrorism (AML/CFT) (Amendment) Bill.

The PPP contends too that the talk of a no-confidence motion is a tactic used to make up for the Opposition’s pathetic performance in and out of the National Assembly.

The party also highlighted that the Opposition’s refusal to support programmes and projects to enhance the quality of the citizens’ lives has resulted from attacks by the Guyanese people and mainly their supporters.

The PPP stressed that APNU was humiliated by the revelations of the Walter Rodney Commission of Enquiry.

“The PNC in particular has been greatly embarrassed by the damming disclosures coming out of the Rodney Commission of Inquiry, and is now seeking to use the proposed no-confidence motion as a diversionary tactic. Extending the life of the COI has become a nightmare for them,” the party said.

Additionally, the PPP pointed out that APNU leader, Brigadier (rt’d.) David Granger’s weak leadership in relation to his approach to the party’s Linden constituentcy and other

Preliminary census results ...

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that 191,810 of the total enumerated household population, reported in 2012, live in urban areas as compared to 535,193 rural resident dwellers.

The overall reduction has obviously been influenced by the outward shift of the population of Georgetown, which comprises about two-thirds of the urban population to new housing schemes established, outside the city limits during the census period.

Linden in Region 10 (Upper Demerara- Upper Berbice) was recorded with a size of 27,277 currently, down from 29,232 in 2002.

The township of Rose Hall accounted for the least, with a population of 5,662.

HOUSEHOLD SIZE For the 2012 census, the number of households recorded was 210,124 - this figure included 732 households which were not available for interview. With the exception of Region 6, the other regions had recorded significant increases in the number of households.

The subsequent increase in the number of the households along with the decline in the population had resulted in the decrease of the average household size.

Household is a basic residential unit in which economic production and consumption,

inheritance, child rearing, and shelter are organised and carried out.

DWELLING UNITS The number of dwellings was reported as 221,741 in the 2012 census. This figure has increased by 16,624, when compared to the 2002 census figure of 205,117 dwelling units.

Of the total dwelling units, 214,999 were occupied, while the combination of vacant and closed dwellings totalled 6,742.

GENDER/SEX RATIO Females slightly outnumbered males in the 2012 census. There were 372,547 males and 375,337 females, thus giving an estimated sex ratio of 99 males per every 100 females in the 2012 census as compared to almost equal number of males and females (100.2) recorded in the 2002 results.

At the regional level, hinterland regions (Regions 1, 7, 8 and 9) showed high sex ratios, that is, more males than females when compared to the coastland regions. Particularly, Regions 7 and 8 reported extremely high sex ratios throughout the census periods.

Region 4 demonstrated the lowest gender ratio, ranging from as low as 93 males in 1991 and gradually increasing to 96 males per 100 females in 2012. The

report noted that the disparities could be due to male migration or other associated population factors, but an independent study would be need to conclude this.

NATIONAL BUILDING STOCKS The national building stocks, measured as the total number of buildings regardless of the use, stands at present at 219,509. This reflects an increase from 187,696 in 2002. These figures represent an increase of 16.9 percent or by an absolute of 31,813 buildings, when compared to the number of buildings in the country ten years ago.

Government policy of making land available for home construction as well as increase in the development of both government and private housing schemes was seen as the main reason for the growth.

The impact of this policy has been observed in the last five to six years prior to the census.

One of the key indicators often used in the assessment of the national economy performance is the Construction Sector. The primary focus of this sector is the construction of buildings for both private and commercial uses in the local economy.

The least number of buildings are reported in the hinterland regions (Regions 1, 7, 8 and 9). However, temporary

camp dwellings were recorded as buildings since census surveys were also administered in logging and mining camps.

The Preliminary Results of the 2012 Guyana Population & Housing Census provide both a summary and profile of the population by regions.

Information contained in the report is further broken down and classified by coastland and hinterland regions, as well as urban and rural areas.

The report provides comprehensive information on population size (coastland and hinterland), urban and rural population distributions, the size of the capital city and urban townships, the size of dwelling units, gender/sex ratio, and national building stocks.

The “total population size” includes the number of persons who were contacted at their places of residence. According to the report, 727,003 persons were counted as being part of the “enumerated household population” as those persons directly accounted for by the enumerators.

The remaining 6,872 persons were counted as forming the institutional population. These include those who were stationed in retirement homes, school dormitories, as well as the homeless and incarcerated.

A figure of 14,009 was estimated to be the number of persons who were not contacted.

radical extremist elements within the party created a rupture in the party.

The PPP said, “It is clear that Granger is trying to salvage his sinking image by making outlandish statements which are far removed from reality on the ground in so far as his influence and popularity is concerned.”

The PPP lashed out at Nagamootoo, a former long-standing supporter, for what was described as “political vanity” that led to his separation from PPP, after his political maneuvering failed to impress the PPP leadership.

The ruling party also called on the AFC Vice Chair to name the 'stakeholders' it claims to have consulted on the no-confidence proposal.

“Statements by the AFC that it is receiving huge amount of positive feedback from stakeholders lack credibility and are meant to deceive the public who are becoming increasingly tired of their deception and obstructionist behaviour. The PPP calls on the AFC to name the 'stakeholders' it claims to have consulted on the no-confidence proposal,” the party said.

Young vendor who stole $6.5M from friend to spend 56 months in jail TWENTY-TWO-YEAR-OLD vendor, Sunail Sumra of Lot 69 Robb Street, Bourda was yesterday convicted on a break-and-enter and larceny charge by Georgetown Magistrate Judy Latchman, and was sentenced to 56 months’ imprisonment.

Particulars of the charge against Sumra are that on November 26, at Lot 79 Da Silva Street, Newtown Kitty, he broke and entered the dwelling house of Dexter John and stole a quantity of gold jewellery, a quantity of raw gold, and $65,000 cash, together valued at more than $6.5M. S u m r a w a s r e pr e s e n t e d b y a t t o rney-at-law, Mr. Trenton Lake, who managed to secure $650,000 High Court bail for his client.

Among the many considerations which Magistrate Latchman factored into her decision before handing down the sentence was the breach of trust, since the victim and the prisoner were friends. The organised manner of entering the house, the Convict Sunail Sumra taking of the items, the prevalence of the offence, the need to prohibit others from contemplating the commission of a similar offence, and the need to prohibit the defendant from committing the said offence were also all factored into the magistrate’s decision.

Moreover, she referred to the biblical admonition “Thou shalt not steal” which she said is one of God’s commandments which Sumra had broken.

Sumra was prosecuted by police officer, Joel Ricknauth.

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Old Kai: Chronicles of Guyana…

70% of problems at City Hall could have been directly addressed by Mayor Green - and his Opposition dominated City Council

W

E have all heard and read the many excuses for the current state of the Capital City from the Chief Citizen and Opposition councillors at the M&CC but what we have not heard is that these very people who seek to deflect any blame have always had the power to effectively address issues which affect the people of Georgetown.

This is obviously contrary to what Mayor Green and his acolytes would have us believe, especially since they never miss an opportunity to lay blame at the doorsteps of the PPP/C Government.

An article appearing in the Stabroek News in January 2010, which focused on the 2009 Commission of Inquiry report into the operations of the Mayor and City Council of Georgetown, was very revealing. In a Council where the GGG and PNC/R together holds a combined 22 seat majority advantage over the PPP/C’s 8, the report revealed that “Burrowes narrows down the crisis in the municipality to the inability of the Council to have consensus in circumstances where the nature of the organisation renders consensus absolutely necessary. This has led to their failure to deal specifically with the problems at hand since the system has become clouded by political issues.”

What this alludes to is the fact that the Opposition even though they have had an absolute majority over the PPP/C in the Council, with freedom to push through and pass their plans and resolutions, and follow up on implementation, they have been busy fighting amongst themselves and not focusing on the people’s business. Previous Old Kai columns have established instances where Mayor Green, prior to returning into the fold of the PNC/R, had blamed them for undermining him, thus hindering efforts to improve the City and, where his own councillors revolted against him, referring to him as a ‘dictator’.

The Council under Green’s leadership has long been the place where one goes to settle personal scores rather than dealing with the urgent business of addressing the ills plaguing the Capital City.

The travesty here is being told that 70% of our problems in Georgetown could have been directly addressed by Mayor Green and his allies by the most simplest of means, all it took was political will and an earnest commitment to the people of Georgetown.

The Stabroek News report had quoted Burrowes as revealing that “What (he) found during the investigation is

that the external factors that account for the inefficiencies of the Council amount to no more than 30%. About 70% of the factors that inhibit their efficiency are due to issues over which they have control.”

It is here that Mayor Green’s favorite mantra that the PPP/C Government is starving the M&CC of resources and hindering their initiatives of increased revenue gen-

Georgetown Mayor Hamilton Green eration unravels. We are informed by Stabroek News that in support of his contention, Burrowes cites the fact that the Council has apparently failed to recognise and exploit the revenue stream that can be accessed if the Council can move to regularise existing disparities in rate payments, “I am positive that a number of properties that ought to attract commercial rates are still attracting residential rates. I have recommended to the Council that they conduct an exercise to determine the extent of the discrepancy and to remedy it. If they go to the courts they can get a listing of all the businesses that were registered, perhaps over the past 2 years. If they acquire that listing they can actually focus on regularising the payment of the proper rates. The next step would be to do a property revaluation of the rates with the assistance of the valuation department of the Ministry of Finance. I am confident that these two separate exercises can result in at least a 30 to 40% increase in revenue stream.”

You would think that barring their inability to come

up with such a plan in the first instance, the Councillors would have rushed to ensure that such a plan was implemented in the cash strapped Municipality after the Burrowes report.

A Kaieteur News report in January of this year focused on the non-implementation of the recommendations of the Burrowes report and amazingly, the Mayor of Georgetown was reported as explaining that the Municipality consists of an administration or political directorate and once “we the political directorate accept the content, philosophy of a report or recommendation, there’s not much else we can do; it is now left in every society, to the bureaucracy to implement those decisions.”

This statement underlines the level of concern by the leadership of the M&CC for the citizens of Georgetown.

Something this significant was apparently not even worth a discussion, crafting of strategies to tackle, follow up meetings, progress reports, etc., as is expected from those elected to office to manage the ‘bureaucracy’.

But even if we were to believe the Mayor, that their only responsibility on the Council was simply to approve the report and leave it for the staff to implement and further, that he was apparently powerless in the process to follow up and ensure adherence; this impression is clearly out of sync with the one he gave in a Stabroek News article in August, 2010.

The article focused on the then Minister of Local Government, Kellawan Lall encouraging the Council to use a $40 million transfer from Central Government to the M&CC to pay garbage disposal contractors at a time when they were threatening to withhold their services because the Municipality had owed them millions.

The Stabroek News report noted that “While Mayor Green admitted that collectors needed to be paid he had said he will see to it that the council is prudent in disposing of the funds as it sees fit and not as dictated”.

Therefore, if Mayor Green admitted here that he and his allies in the Council apparently had the power and influence to dictate how the ‘Bureaucracy’ at the M&CC expends resources; how is it possible that he claims to be impotent when it came to having them implement the Burrowes recommendations which would have improved transparency, accountability and significantly increased the revenue generating streams of the Council, while at the same time improving the services provided to citizens in Georgetown?

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RODNEY’S DEATH: AN ENIGMA BEING ANSWERED Special Report on the Rodney Commission of Inquiry by Shaun Michael Samaroo

Westmaas tells Rodney’s COI…

PNC was paramount to Executive and Judiciary DISTINGUISHED Guyanese historian and university professor in the U.S., Dr. Nigel Westmaas, yesterday said he fought against the loss of civil liberties, denial of democratic rights and restricted freedom of movement of Guyanese, under the repressive Government of the People’s National Congress (PNC).

Testimonies from witnesses show that the PNC political party played a crucial role in Guyana’s tyrannical socio-political and economic climate that resulted in the assassination of Dr. Walter Rodney, the famous Guyanese thinker.

Westmaas said Guyana suffered from a repressive, suppressive atmosphere under the paramount rule of the PNC Government, during the time that Dr. Rodney died in a vicious bomb blast as he sat in his car in Georgetown.

Currently visiting Guyana from his post as professor at New York’s Binghamton University, Westmaas appeared at the Walter Rodney Commission of Inquiry to join a list of outstanding Guyanese citizens who agreed to provide evidence before the historic Presidential Commission. The professor has accumulated a wealth of information around the life and times of Dr. Rodney, through research and personal experience as a political activist, and agreed to share his research with the Commission.

Westmaas is writing a book on the period under probe at the Commission, and he wrote his Doctorate thesis based on research for the period.

The Presidential Commission, comprising Chairman Sir Richard Cheltenham of Barbados, Seenath Jairam of Trinidad and Tobago, and Jacqueline Samuels-Brown of Jamaica, is probing how and why the brilliant his-

torian and world famous political leader Dr. Rodney was killed on June 13, 1980.

Dr. Rodney was leader of the Working People’s Alliance (WPA), and Dr. Westmaas detailed the causes for the WPA to engage in a “civil rebellion” against the authoritarian PNC Government.

DAYCLEAN BURNED Westmaas testified that the first edition of the WPA party media organ, a newspaper called Dayclean, had to be printed in Trinidad and Tobago. However, on the day that 10,000 copies of the newly minted publication landed on the shores of Guyana, the oppressive, despotic PNC Government issued an order through the Official Gazette banning all political publication that came to the country, claiming the contents threatened national security.

The Customs and Excise Department confiscated the 10,000 copies of the Dayclean newspaper, and proceeded to burn them, Westmaas said, noting that the gesture reminded him of the horrible behaviour of the German Nazis.

Westmass was a young WPA activist, and was on a party team that circulated the Dayclean, spreading news and information about the dictatorial and suppressive state of the society under the

PNC Government.

He said Guyana lacked freedom of the press at that time, and citizens also suffered severe economic and other hardships, including a State crackdown on civil liberties, and a restriction on freedom of movement.

The well-dressed, confident Westmass said the WPA suffered many injustices meted out to its members by Police and State organs.

He said the WPA got birthed in 1974 as an “alliance” of several national organisations that rose up in civil rebellion against the beginnings of brutal repression and conspiratorial undemocratic rule of the PNC Government. The groups included an Afrocentric organisation headed

by Eusi Kwayana, an Indocentric organisation headed

by Moses Bhagwan, and The New World group which included eventual Founder of the Stabroek News David de Caires and other outstanding citizens.

CIVIL ACTION The WPA was involved in “civil” action to restore citizen freedoms, democratic practices and freedom of the press, Westmaas said.

He denied the WPA ever engaged in an armed struggle, and said it was impossible for the WPA to “arrest head of Government, Forbes Burnham”, as Burnham pos-

Westmaas testified that the first edition of the WPA party media organ, a newspaper called Dayclean, had to be printed in Trinidad and Tobago. However, on the day that 10,000 copies of the newly minted publication landed on the shores of Guyana, the oppressive, despotic PNC Government issued an order through the Official Gazette banning all political publication that came to the country, claiming the contents threatened national security.

The Customs and Excise Department confiscated the 10,000 copies of the Dayclean newspaper, and proceeded to burn them, Westmaas said, noting that the gesture reminded him of the horrible behaviour of the German Nazis.

sessed almost “supreme” judicial and political power, more than any leader of the Commonwealth.

Much of the day saw Commission Counsel Latchmie Rahamat lead Westmaas through his Witness Statement, with the latter part of the day’s hearing taken up with short cross examination sessions by Counsel Christopher Ram, Counsel Keith Scotland and Counsel Andrew Pilgrim.

The last few minutes saw Counsel Basil Williams, representing the defensive PNC party, introduce a notorious PNC party document, titled ‘The Sophia Declaration’, and proceeded to ask Westmaas about what the word paramount encompasses.

Williams has seen the PNC party, his client, become the main antagonist in the Commission’s work so far, and seeks to defend the organisation’s role in the despotic, repressive regime that ruled Guyana for 28 years. Westmaas said the WPA assembled into an alliance before Dr. Rodney returned to Guyana, because the PNC Government had massively rigged the 1973 national elections, which marked the shock of the dictatorship and the denial of democratic rights to Guyanese citizens.

Williams’ cross examination broke around 2 pm as the Commission adjourned for the day, resuming this morning at 9:30 am. Williams is claiming that the PNC’s document, the Sophia Declaration, showed that the PNC held paramountcy only over the Government of the day, and not the State. He claimed the State constitutes Government, the Judiciary and the Legislature, and the Party declared itself paramount only over Government, not the Judiciary or Parliament.

But Westmaas disagreed,

Nigel Westmaas testifying before the Walter Rodney Commission of Inquiry, yesterday (Cullen Bess-Nelson photo)

saying he knew of several cases, including in his extensive, detailed and thorough research for papers and books he wrote, where the Judiciary came under PNC paramount dictat.

Westmaas read a statement from his research that showed the PNC made a declaration that because it was in existence as a Party before the PNC Government, the Government was subjected to the PNC. The statement referred to a Biblical passage where God said “before the Creation was, I am”. The PNC thus declared itself, “before the Government, the Party”.

Williams said he would “take my time” to cross examine Westmaas today, with WPA executive member Tacuma Ogunseye on standby to resume the Witness Box and be cross examined

by Williams.

Westmaas has to leave for the US to resume his

university professor post shortly, and only has this week to complete his testimony.

His historical research, indepth role in the WPA, and intellectual interest in Dr. Rodney and the period of his life and political work provide deep insight into how and why the suppressive PNC Government wanted to get rid of Dr. Rodney.

Attorney Pilgrim, representing the Rodney family, including widow Dr. Patricia Rodney, at the Commission, noted that distinguished Caribbean writer, and friend of Dr. Rodney, CLR James, had warned the WPA leader that he “would be assassinated” by the repressive PNC regime.

Westmaas said he knew that Dr. Rodney and CLR James were close friends, with James a “mentor” of Rodney, along with another Caribbean intellectual stalwart, Lloyd Best.

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Daring $1M gunpoint robbery caught on surveillance camera The brave young woman desperately holding on to her handbag and the gunman brandishing a gun menacingly at her inside the pharmacy yesterday

AN armed bandit and his accomplice yesterday morning snatched approximately one million dollars from a woman minutes after she exited the Republic Bank on Camp Street and had gone to a popular pharmacy in Kitty, Georgetown.

This publication was informed that the criminals who were reportedly staking out the bank, pounced on the young woman after she travelled from the city bank and entered a pharmacy in the Kitty area.

Speaking with the Chronicle after the incident, the woman’s male companion Andy Mohamed, who operates a popular auto-electrical mechanic shop in the city, explained that his reputed wife entered the bank and

spent some time before exiting with close to a million dollars in cash which she had withdrawn.

He said that from the bank they travelled in his car to the pharmacy. Andy said his wife exited the vehicle and went into the pharmacy to purchase a few items.

According to Andy, when they pulled up at the pharmacy he noticed that a Honda CG 125 motorcycle pulled up behind him with two males of African descent and one of them entered the pharmacy behind his wife.

Andy said he immediately got the feeling that the men were up to no good and promptly exited the car and went into the pharmacy behind the man. However, when he entered the pharmacy the

bandit had already relieved his reputed wife of her bag, at gunpoint, and was on his way out of the building.

The bandit, upon seeing him, pointed a gun to his face and he immediately put up his hands in submission and the gunman passed him shoulder to shoulder, jumped on the motorcycle and sped away.

Andy said he quickly jumped into his car and trailed the men on the motorcycle to a location on D’Urban Street, Lodge. There the men rode the motorcycle into a shop, ripped off the number plate, installed an auto dealer number plate and joined a waiting motorcar and made good their escape.

The bandits then hurried away from the D’Urban Street business place which is the

The shop on D’Urban Street, Lodge where the armed bandits stashed the motorcycle after committing their $1M robbery

‘Rising Sun Grocery and Beer Garden’, which also operates the Step In Style Boutique.

After the men left, the police who had been already contacted by the victim’s husband remained at the D’Urban Street location until the police arrived.

The police cordoned off the shop and began searching for clues. The black Honda CG motorcycle was found in the shop bearing the auto dealer number plate ‘MR 4’.

The victims’ handbag was also reportedly found discarded in a garbage bin outside the shop.

The police arrested and questioned the occupants of the shop who were there at the time as they enquired about the owner of the motorcycle and who rode it into the shop

seconds before the police arrived.

FAKE LICENCE PLATES Unaware that they were traced and were being watched, the criminals abandoned the motorcycle, after changing the number plate, and entered a vehicle that was parked outside the ‘Rising Sun Grocery and Beer Garden’ and made good their escape. The registration number of the vehicle that the bandits escaped in is PRR 6697.

Meanwhile later yesterday, ‘A’ Division Commander Clifton Hicken told this publication that the police were unable to trace the vehicle number to anyone since it was a fake licence number, just like the plate on the motorcycle that the

bandits had used. The motorcycle was also confiscated by the police. A woman, who reportedly started to hurriedly close the doors of the shop after the bandits parked the motorcycle inside, was up to last evening detained at the Kitty Police Station assisting with the investigation. A senior Police rank told the Chronicle that every effort will be made to ensure that these brazen bandits are caught and brought to justice. A copy of the surveillance tape, which captured the entire robbery incident from several angles, was also handed over to the Police. The shocking video recording of the robbery will also be circulated to media houses today.

(Leroy Smith)

The Honda CG motorcycle which the bandits used to get away from the robbery scene can be seen parked in the shop before it was removed by the police yesterday

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APNU ‘constitutional crisis’ a pretence at profundity – AG Nandlall

By Vanessa Narine

laying in the National Assembly a Statement of Excess of “… (It is a) legal right, whose invocation can WITH unsupported speculations on a the sums spent, the Minister never result in a constitutional crisis. In fact, and to the contrary, it is the type of conduct which ‘constitutional crisis’ by the combined of Finance has acted in accorengenders greater constitutionality.” - AG Anil Opposition, the Attorney General and dance with, and in obedience Nandlall Minister of Legal Affairs, Mr. Anil Nandof the letter and spirit of lall, has announced that such ramblings Article 218 (3),” the AG said. tified that they are ready to vote that out”, are a “pretence at profundity” – they He noted too that claims amount to nothing. put forward by AFC Vice Chairman, Mr. the President said, adding, “All this noise “The term ‘constitutional crisis’ has Moses Nagamootoo were made “in a greater that they are making really seems to be some sinister purpose that they have in mind to be been used by politicians with discernible state of confusion” than the APNU. frequency in recent times. In my view, the Nandlall admonished Nagamootoo for making these claims”.

With utmost confidence in the constitureason is either it is a pretence at profundity his inability to establish the fundamental or an expression of paranoia; or worse yet, difference between the Contingencies Fund tionality of the action, the President mounted a call to the Opposition to let the Constituboth,” he said. and the Consolidated Fund.

Nandlall referenced the APNU statement, “The Alliance For Change, through its tional Court be the determining factor in dated June 27, which accused the People’s Vice Chairman, Mr. Moses Nagamootoo, is whether the decision was unconstitutional.

Progressive Party/ Civic (PPP/C) administraeven in a greater state of confusion than the He said, “If the opposition has any objection of “provoking a constitutional crisis and APNU on this issue. Based upon reports in tions, then let them take us to the court... according to the statement, this provocation the press, Mr.Nagamootoo is still grappling let the court determine if it is constitutional manifests itself in three instances: to understand the distinction between the or not”. ● The restoration by the Finance Minister of Contingencies Fund and the Consolidated CONSTITUTIONAL FREEDOM monies which the joint opposition withheld Fund- a distinction which is wholly irreleOn the third issue, the President’s their approval from during the budgetary vant to this issue,” the AG declared. non-assent to Bills, Nandlall cited Article process in the National Assembly; 170 (2) of the Constitution. ● The resort by the Attorney - General to the Attorney General and Minister of Legal AfRESORT TO THE HIGH COURT Article 170 (2) states that: “When a Bill High Court challenging certain actions taken fairs, Mr. Anil Nandlall Regarding the resort to the High Court, by the Opposition in the National Assembly Nandlall noted that a resort to the High is presented to the President for assent, he on the ground of their unconstitutionality; appropriated for that purpose by the Appro- Court to complain about a constitutional shall signify that he assents or that he withpriation Act or for a purpose for which no breach is a legal right. holds assent.” and The AG said, “It requires no particular ● The withholding by the President of his amount has been appropriated by that Act, a He said, “Any law student would know that the High Court is the guardian of the acuity of reasoning to see that the ConstituConstitution and anyone who feels that the tion confers upon the President the freedom Constitution is being infringed, or is likely to withhold his assent from any Bill.”

“In expending the monies as he did, and laying in the National Assembly a Additionally, he met on June 11 with to be infringed, can approach the Court for Statement of Excess of the sums spent, the Minister of Finance has acted in APNU’s Basil Williams, for the second appropriate redress. accordance with, and, in obedience of the letter and spirit of Article 218 (3).”“… (It is a) legal right, whose invocation time, on the issue of the non-assented bills, AG Anil Nandlall can never result in a constitutional crisis. but told the Guyana Chronicle that much In fact, and to the contrary, it is the type of progress was not made during the meeting, assent to Bills piloted by the Opposition in supplementary estimate or, as the case may conduct which engenders greater constitu- the second of its kind, as it was an “emascube, a statement of excess showing the sums tionality.” lated” process. the National Assembly.

“The meeting was held with a view to “In each of the above processes, the required or spent shall be laid before the NaPresident Donald Ramotar, at a news Government acted in conformity with ex- tional Assembly by the Minister responsible conference on Saturday at State House, identifying the areas of contentions and take them back to our respective principals press provisions of the Constitution. How, for Finance ... “ made similar assertions.

The Constitutional provision states that therefore, can the resort to constitutionally He made clear that “there is a lot of talk (leadership) who will explore the possibility authorised processes result in the provo- a supplementary estimate or, as the case of unconstitutionality of it, and while I’m of a resolution of those areas of contentions cation of a constitutional crisis is a matter may be, a statement of excess, showing the always reluctant to put motive to some of with the ultimate objective of having those which only those who are articulating this monies required or monies spent by the Fi- these attacks and criticism, I am tempted this Bills re-tabled in the National Assembly and nance Minister shall be laid to the National time to question why this issue has arisen”. passed with the Government’s support and novel concept can explain,” the AG said.

Assembly, if: Mr. Ramotar, citing both the Consti- eventually receiving Presidential assent,” (a) Monies originally approved by the tution and the Fiscal Management and Nandlall had said.

LAWFUL Appropriation Act, for any reason, are in- Accountability Act 2003, reaffirmed, “It is The AG stated that the first meeting on RESTORATION Nandlall stated that the Constitutional sufficient or that a need has arisen which clear that all the money that has gone back June 9 did not meet much success either, as grounds for justifying the restorations were requires monies to be spent that had not been to the National Assembly is covered by the Mr. Williams indicated that his instructions were simply “to meet with me to discuss the drawn from Article 218 (3) of the Consti- provided for previously; or Constitution”. (b) Any monies have been spent that is more tution.

The President noted that it is unclear non-assented Bills.”

“I presented to Mr. Williams a collection Article 218 (3) of the Constitution why the combined opposition would provides that: “If in respect of any deem the replacing of these monies of all the Bills which would be the subject of financial year it is found – as being unconstitutional when, “In our engagement and I explained to him what “It requires no particular acuity of reasoning to “(a) that the amount appropriated 2012, and 2013, we did exactly the I understood from my principals, to be the see that the Constitution confers upon the Presiby the (A) Appropriation Act for any same thing and the Opposition voted nature, extent, scope and purpose of the said dent the freedom to withhold his assent from any purpose is insufficient or that a need for many of them in the National engagement,” he said.

Bill.” - AG Anil Nandlall In view of this, as well as the public has arisen for expenditure for a purAssembly.” pose for which no amount has been “The money that we are putting positions taken by the combined Oppothan the amount which was initially provid- back into the system, these monies are the sition, Nandlall concluded that the cry of appropriated by that Act ; or “(b) that any monies have been expend- ed for, or in the case where no monies had UG [University of Guyana] student loan ‘constitutional crisis’ is simply much ado ed for any purpose in excess of the amount initially been provided for. subvention, I don’t know if it is [so] unjus- about nothing.

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President asserts restoration of funds

by Finance Minister constitutional ...cites Constitution and Fiscal Management and Accountability Act 2003

By Derwayne Wills

a call to the Opposition to let the Constitutional Court be the determining factor in whether the decision was unconstitutional. He said, “If the Opposition has any objections, then let them take us to the court... Let the court determine if it is constitutional or not”.

authority is not to be delegated to any other authority.

PRESIDENT Donald Ramotar, in a press In order to access the Contingencies conference on Saturday at State House, Fund, the Minister must satisfy that there is made the assertion that the restoration of an “urgent, unavoidable and unforeseen need funds by the Finance Minister was perfectfor expenditure”, which the monies from the ly within the provisions of the Constitution.

Contingency Fund will be used for. This urMr. Ramotar made clear that “there is a CONSTITUTIONAL PROVISIONS gency, according to paragraph (c) of Section lot of talk of unconstitutionality of it, and President Ramotar cited Article 218 (3) of 41 (3), would be justified if withholding the while I’m always reluctant to put motive the Constitution and Section 41 of the Fiscal money would otherwise result in “injury to to some of these attacks and criticism, I am Management and Accountability Act of 2003 the public interest”. tempted this time to question why this issue as being the grounds for constitutionality of Considering that part one of the Fiscal has arisen”. the decisions. The President noted that conManagement and Accountability Act 2003 He cited both the Constitution and the trary to errors in the media, these articles “do provided the definition for a ‘Contingencies Fund advance’, Article 41 stipulates that the Minister may approve a Contingencies Fund advance as monies to be spent out of the Con“There is a lot of talk of unconstitutionality of it, and while I’m always reluctant solidated Fund by issuing a drawing right. to put motive to some of these attacks and criticism, I am tempted this time to Finally, subsection 5 of Section 41 of question why this issue has arisen.” - President Donald Ramotar the Fiscal Management and Accountability Act 2003 notes that the Minister shall report at the next sitting of the National Assembly Fiscal Management and Accountability Act not contradict each other.” on all advances. The report must include the 2003, and reaffirmed, “It is clear that all the According to Article 218 (3) of the Conamounts paid, whom they were paid to and money that has gone back to the National stitution, no monies shall be withdrawn from President Donald Ramotar the impact of the payment. These advances Assembly is covered by the Constitution”. public funds other than the Consolidated ther defined as a sub-fund established by were presented in the form of first financial Additionally, the President noted that it is fund. It further states that the issuing of those the Finance Minister, made according to paper of 2014, which was provided to the unclear why the combined Opposition would monies must have been authorised by or un- Section 41 (1) of the Fiscal Management and National Assembly on June 19, 2014. deem the replacing of these monies as being der “an Act of Parliament”.

The Act under Section 41 (6) (b) proAccountability Act. Mentioned in Section 41, unconstitutional when, “In 2012, and 2013, Parliament, in 2003, approved the Fiscal the Contingencies Fund is established as a vides that after the National Assembly has we did exactly the same thing and the Oppo- Management and Accountability Act. This sub-fund of the Consolidated Fund. approved of the Contingencies Fund advance sition voted for many of them in the National Act would be regarded as, “an Act of ParSubsection (2) of Section 41 of the Fiscal or advances, and upon the passing of a supAssembly.” liament” according to Article 218 (3) of the Management and Accountability Act 2003, plementary appropriation Act, the amount of “The money that we are putting back into Constitution. mandates that the Minister of Finance shall the advance or advances shall be added back, the system, these monies are the UG [UniSection 41 of the Fiscal Management and have the sole authority for the release of in the amount of the total authorised, by the versity of Guyana] student loan subvention, Accountability Act 2003 defines in part one, monies from the Contingencies Fund and this National Assembly under subsection (4) to I don’t know if it is [so] unjustified that they under the heading “Schedule”, the definition the Contingencies Fund. are ready to vote that out”, the President said, of a ‘Contingencies Fund advance’.

Finally, Section 41 (7) provides adding, “All this noise that they are making Such an advance refers to “an expenthat once the National Assembly has “If the Opposition has any objections, then let really seems to be some sinister purpose that diture out of the Consolidated Fund”, approved the advance or advances, them take us to the court... Let the court deterthey have in mind to be making these claims”. which is made according to Section 41 the Contingencies Fund shall be remine if it is constitutional or not.”

With utmost confidence in the constitu- (3) of the Act. plenished to the sum of the amounts - President Donald Ramotar tionality of the action, the President mounted The Contingencies Fund is furapproved.

COI Cost…

Initial monies approved for CoI not exhausted – President Ramotar PRESIDENT Donald Ramotar has responded to queries on the possibility of additional cost owing to the extension of the Commission of Inquiry (CoI) into the death of Dr. Walter Rodney, and stated that the initially approved monies have not been exhausted.

On April 15, Members of Parliament were unanimous in their approval of $112M to fund the work of the Walter Rodney Commission of Inquiry, an allocation that was listed under the Office of the President’s $2.2B current expenditure estimates in the 2014 Budget.

The President, however,

did acknowledge the possibility that the extension of the Commission’s work could carry an additional cost. He said, “With these kinds of extensions, the cost could go up…the money as far as I am aware is not yet exhausted, but with the extension, there is the probability that the cost could go up.”

The work of the CoI was extended to September 2014.

The COI was initially scheduled to last four months, following its April commencement date.

“We will have to go back to the Parliament (in the event that more money is needed), Mr. Ramotar said.

Rodney was killed when a bomb exploded in the car in which he was sitting. He was 38 years old at the time.

Nine years ago, Parliament unanimously approved a motion to establish a commission to enquire into the circumstances surrounding his death.

President Donald Ramotar had agreed, in June 2013, to establish the COI following a request from the Rodney family, after a previous inquiry ordered by former President Desmond Hoyte in 1988 found that the historian/politician’s demise was caused by an ‘accident or misadventure’, and that

Dr Walter Rodney

was met with grave disbelief.

Additionally, the establishment of a COI was supported by a Parliamentary

motion that spawned the decision to establish the Commission of Inquiry: “On the 13th June, 1980, Dr. Walter Rodney, a distinguished Guyanese scholar, was assassinated by an explosion which occurred in his car at John and Hadfield Streets, Georgetown. Dr. Rodney was, at the time of his death, an eminent political leader engaged in democracy and social justice in a struggle against authoritarian rule.

There have been calls for a full investigation into the assassination of Dr. Walter Rodney which have received broad support. “ The National Assembly,

in paying tribute to the memory of this illustrious son of Guyana, and on the occasion of the 25th anniversary of his untimely and tragic death, supports an enquiry being conducted into the circumstances surrounding the death of Dr. Rodney.”

After his assassination, Rodney received several honours. In 1993, the Government of Dr. Cheddi Jagan conferred on him the country’s highest National Award, the Order of Excellence (OE); and the Walter Rodney Chair in History was created at the University of Guyana.

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Human Services Ministry Transition of Administrative Leadership at St. Joseph receives $14.1 million Mercy Hospital donation THE Ministry of Labour, Human Services and Social Security yesterday received a donation of $14.1 million from the estate

abused women and children, and a small monetary donation will be given to two identified non-governmental organisations.

Wright, nee Fraser had dedicated most of her life to the Guide Movement in Guyana. She became a member of the Sister-

Administrator of Mrs. Wight estate, Mr. Edwin Verasammy presents the cheque to Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Labour, Human Services and Social Security Mrs. Lorene Baird; in the presence of Ms. Jennifer Webster, Minister of Human Services & Social Security; and Mr. Whentworth Tanner, the Ministry’s Director of Social Services

of the late Mrs. Muriel Wight.

The cheques were presented by the Administrator of her estate, Mr. Edwin Verasammy to the Ministry’s Permanent Secretary, Mrs. Lorene Baird.

The monies received by the Ministry are intended to improve services offered at the Palms Geriatric Home,

Mrs. Wight, who lived in Bel Air, Georgetown, died on July 26, 2010 at the age of 102, and left a substantial portion of her estate to support services for battered women, including providing funding for three charitable institutions that assist women and children and persons suffering with cancer.

hood in New Amsterdam in 1922, beginning as a Brownie in the Second Brownie Group Company and served as a Life VicePresident, up to the time of her passing. In 2010, the Guyana Girl Guides Association launched the Muriel Wright Scholarship Fund for Girls and Young Women.

CANU issues wanted bulletin for Nelson Hope

THE Customs Anti- Narcotics Unit (CANU) has issued a wanted bulletin for Nelson Hope, whose last known address is listed as Lot 3 Joint Services Housing Scheme.

CANU said Hope is wanted in connection with narcotics found at the Cheddi Jagan International Airport on Sunday June 22nd, 2014.

Anyone with information on Hope’s whereabouts is asked to contact CANU on telephone number 227-3507.

Dr. Vivakeanand Bridgemohan

Ms. Helen Browman

Ms. Adrian Anderson

THE Board of Directors of St. Joseph Mercy Hospital said it is pleased to announce that Dr. Vivakeanand Bridgemohan has been appointed Chief Executive Officer of St. Joseph Mercy Hospital effective today July 1, 2014.

Dr. Bridgemohan has served as Medical Director at the hospital since January 1, 2014, a role that he will continue to perform. He first joined the medical staff of St. Joseph Mercy Hospital in August 2012. He earned his medical degree from the Latin American School of Medicine in Cuba in June 2010. Previous to joining

the medical staff at SJMH, Dr. Bridgemohan was medical superintendent at the West Demerara Regional Hospital and served in various medical administration roles throughout Guyana in Regions 3, 4, 7 and 8.

“Dr. Bridgemohan has a passion for serving humanity and this is reflected in the work he has done in Guyana,” the hospital said in a press statement.

The Board of Directors is also pleased to announce that Ms. Helen Browman, currently Associate Administrator, has been appointed to the newly created position of Chief Operating Officer

effective July 1, 2014. Ms. Browman has served at St. Joseph Mercy the past 6 years and continues to bring her experience and commitment to the new administrative structure. Ms. Adrian Anderson who has served as Associate Administrator for Clinical Services for the past year will be returning to the United States in July.

With these appointments, the Board of St. Joseph Mercy Hospital looks forward to the next phase of development envisaged for the hospital and a positive impact on those it serves in the name of Mercy.

Payment of taxes now possible through Mobile Money Guyana THE Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) has announced that Mobile Money Guyana Incorporated (MMG), a mobile financial service provider has been recently added to the list of collecting agents for tax and licence payments to the GRA. Through an agreement reached on June 17 with the GRA, Mobile Money Guyana, a subsidiary of the Guyana Telephone and Telegraph (GT&T) is now authorised to receive and process taxes and licences payments electronically.

Taxpayers who utilise the MMG service are assured that their payments will be cleared, processed and credited to the GRA’s bank account within 24 hours, providing that the transaction was done correctly.

A small service fee of $40 will be borne by the taxpayer who, with a mobile handset, is at liberty to

make payment of various tax types to the GRA from anywhere and at any time within minutes.

MMG is now listed among the range of service providers collecting payments electronically on behalf of the GRA for Individual Income, Corporation Tax, Property, Value-Added Tax (VAT), Pay As You Earn (PAYE) Remittances and Motor Vehicle Licences payments.

Other providers are Demerara Bank, the Guyana Bank for Trade and Industry (GBTI) and Republic Bank.

Over-the-counter payment a t t h e n e a r e s t We s t e r n Union’s Bill Express location is another option available to taxpayer.

MMG was incorporated by GT&T in 2010 to afford its customers the opportunity to purchase mobile credits, pay utility and other bills, receiving loan disbursements and making loan repayments,

send and receive money locally, make deposits and withdrawals.

The GRA sought to forge partnerships with the corporate entities as it seeks to revolutionise its services and more importantly provide taxpayers with convenient, fast and secure options of conducting payment transactions.

The Authority said it took into consideration the numerous challenges it continues to face in the task of ensuring that taxpayers honour their obligations in accordance with the law.

Chief among those challenges is congestion at its Camp Street Head office.

Now, with the online banking and mobile options available for paying taxes, it is the GRA’s hope that the number of taxpayers visiting the GRA on a daily basis will be significantly less and that the level of compliance will be greater.

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- Conferring the 2014 CARICOM Triennial Award for Women

INTRODUCTION: HOW important it is to recognise and celebrate our heroes and she-roes, the late Maya Angelou once reminded. Come July 1, 2014, the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), will contextually observe this reminder when it confers its prestigious Triennial Award for Women on another distinguished woman of the soil, Ms. Marion Bethel.

Ms. Bethel, a Bahamian attorney, scholar, poet, film-maker, creative writer, strong advocate for gender equality, human rights activist and a wife, joins the ranks, as the 2014 Awardee, of some of the Caribbean’s most excellent and earnest, fearless and forceful, committed and creative women.

No doubt, this conferral, the eleventh of its kind, is one of the signal highlights of the live streamed, official opening of the Thirty-Fifth Regular Meeting of CARICOM Heads of Government, taking place in Antigua and Barbuda from 1-4 July 2014.

But what in essence is this esteemed award? Who are its holders? And what is their composite story?

These questions are answered after a brief diversion which provides a snaphot of our world situation and puts into context women’s continuous role in changing it.

GLOBAL POVERTY PROFILE: According to a 2014 World Bank Report, ‘Voice and Agency: Empowering Women and Girls for Shared Prosperity’, despite the progress of the past two decades, “2 billion people live in extreme poverty; 774 million adults are illiterate; 783 million people have no access to clean water; and 2.5 billion lack sanitation.” More specifically, the report indicates that these deprivations often simultaneously affect the same people and that “being a woman” is one of the common markers of disadvantage. In this last context, the disadvantage is played out in many ways: discrimination in access to education, work and economic assets; limited voice in society and the economy as a result of un-

der-representation in politics and in government, and in the corporate world; child marriages - some sixty-five percent of women with primary education or less globally are married as children; violence against women and girls is predominant and pervasive one in three worldwide will suffer sexual and/or physical violence in her life time. The report also states, “in most

Globally, more women than men attend university, and women are now living longer than men in every Region of the world. In all but a handful of countries women have the right to vote.”

The report also draws attention to the progress that has been made, since 1990, in wage earning jobs in the non-agricultural sector, noting that in 2011, 40

Ms. Marion Bethel, a Bahamian attorney, scholar, poet, film-maker, creative writer, strong advocate for gender equality, human rights activist and a wife, joins the ranks, as the 2014 Awardee of the world, no place is less safe for a woman than her own home.” In our own Caribbean, in 2009, some of our countries were among the top for reported incidences of rape; and one in three women, on average, experienced domestic violence, according to a CEDAW report.

Notwithstanding these shocking facts, women continue, against the odds, to play many distinct and important roles in society and the fruits of their labour continue to be seen. For example, the 2012 World Development Report: Gender Equality and Development highlighted wide-ranging and unprecedented progress in important aspects of the lives of girls and women over recent decades. According to the report, “more countries than ever guarantee women and men equal rights under the law in such areas as property ownership, inheritance and marriage. Gender gaps in primary schooling have narrowed in many countries.

out of every 100 jobs were held by women. And in the Caribbean, “women have higher participation rates in the economy than women in some Regions, such as Latin America and North America. Sadly, however, this greater share of women’s wage employment in the non-agricultural sector, as a whole, has not improved their status in the labour market which remains significantly inferior to that of men. Trinidad and Tobago is the only country to recognise women’s unwaged work since 1996, according to an (ECLAC Report, 2009).

This brief diversion, just a “glimpse”, was really intended to provide a backdrop to the ongoing global struggle to achieve human development.

It was also intended to give context to our own women’s role in bringing change to this Caribbean space and who, in so doing, laid and continue to lay strong foundations for the principles of equality and

justice and the development of our Region, in all spheres of life. In the process, their advocacy has contributed to the development of model legislation; addressing discrimination through law reform as it relates to domestic violence and other aspects of family law; minimum wage legislation, which removes sex-based occupational distinctions in the determination of wage levels, among other endeavours.

In the words of CARICOM Secretary General Irwin La Roque, in his special message on the occasion of International Women’s Day 2014, “The women of our Community have shown great courage and strength as catalysts for change in the pursuit of justice, equality and peace…”

THE CARICOM TRIENNIAL AWARD FOR WOMEN Improving the status of women has been and continues to be the focus of national and regional development initiatives. Recognition of women’s role in, and impact on, the Region’s development led the Meeting of Ministers of Women’s Affairs, in 1983, to propose an award for an outstanding woman who had made a significant contribution to the socio-economic development of the Caribbean. The CARICOM Secretariat introduced the CARICOM Triennial Award for Women to acknowledge the landmark contributions of inspiring and distinguished Caribbean women.

Ms. Nesta Patrick, a national of Trinidad and Tobago, holds the distinction of receiving the first award, which was conferred in 1984.

Since then, nine awards have been conferred, these are: the late Dame Nita Barrow, national of Barbados in 1987; Dr. Peggy Antrobus, national of Grenada and citizen of St. Vincent and The Grenadines, 1990; Ms. Magda Pollard, national of Guyana, 1993; Dr. Lucille Mair, national of Jamaica, 1996; Professor Joycelin Massiah, national of Guyana and citizen of Barbados, 1999; Professor Rhoda Reddock, national of Trinidad and Tobago, 2002;

Justice Desiree Bernard, national of Guyana in 2005; Prof. Barbara Bailey, national of Jamaica, 2008; and Prof. Violet Eudine Barriteau, Ph.D, national of Barbados, 2011.

The narratives of these trailblazers inspire. Their individual stories are simply described as lifetimes of selfless and dedicated service. Their composite story is of unstinting public service, not only at the national, regional and international levels, but also at the community level.

It is a story of integrating women into the mainstream of development; of raising national and international consciousness to a greater appreciation and acceptance of the integral role of women in the process of development. It is also a story of inspiration and mentorship to younger generations of Caribbean feminists; pioneering research work on women in the Caribbean; of positioning the Region on global agenda issues through astute leadership; “of charting ways rooted in Caribbean culture, enabling us to make our way with dignity and self-esteem;” of innovative work which has informed programming and policy at the national level; of raising the profile of gender and development in academia; and of breaking glass ceilings.

The essence of their narrative is a determination to broaden the parameters of existence for women and girls and to improve their economic, social, political, cultural and legal status; a resolution to tackle the vexed question of underperformance of our Caribbean boys at every level of the education system. Their’s have been the story of gender and development; Caribbean development.

THE NARRATIVE CONTINUES: Ms. Marion Bethel, a strong advocate for gender equality and human rights for almost three decades; joins this select “army.” Ms. Bethel has made phenomenal contributions to the advancement of women; including

providing a forum for Bahamian women to articulate and to actualise their needs and aspirations, through the 1986 established women’s association, Developing Alternatives for Women Now (DAWN), for which she is Founder and Convener.

As an advocate for human rights, she has served as Co-Founder and Chairperson of The Bahamas Committee on South Africa (1978) and, in 1997, was a delegate to the Caribbean Regional Judicial Colloquium for Senior Judges on the Promotion of Human Rights for Women through the Judiciary.

An acclaimed writer and poet, Ms. Bethel published her first body of work, “Guanahani, My Love,” (1994) a bilingual edition (Spanish/ English) which won the Casa de Las Americas Prize in 1995. Her second collection of poems was published in August 2009, by Peepal Tree Press, Leeds, England and she is working on a third collection as well as a novel.

Such are some of her achievements, even as she finds the time and energy to be a guest writer and performer at several notable international and regional meetings for writers and poets.

Innovatively, Ms. Bethel marries her creative genius to her advocacy for human rights and her endeavours to correctly record history. In her recent work, a documentary film entitled “Woman Ways: Freedom, Human Rights & Democracy, The Women’s Suffrage Movement in The Bahamas -1948 – 1962,”; which she wrote, directed and produced; she chronicles the journey to the enfranchisement of women in 1962.

Since its debut in November 2012, the documentary has become a source of inspiration and great pride for Bahamians and the women of the Suffrage Movement have become new found ‘Sheroes’ for young women.

Like Ms. Bethel, the Caribbean Community is pleased to celebrate and to honour her narrative and to formally record her footprints in the annals of Caribbean integration.

(CARICOM Secretariat release)

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Rohee sends stern warning to ‘travelling Magistrates’

By Leroy Smith

A VERY stern Clement Rohee, the Minister of Home Affairs, on Friday called on supervisors and junior ranks of the Guyana Police Force to immediately desist from carrying out the illegal functions of “travelling

magistrates” on the country’s roadways, and rather engage in the prevention and enforcement aspects of their duties.

Minister Rohee blasted ranks of the Force who perform traffic duties and who account for the highest level of corruption of the Force.

While delivering the feature address at the opening of a junior officers’ course at the Guyana Police Force Training College, Rohee told ranks of what his findings are with respect to traffic officers while he addressed the need for the police to focus on better traffic man-

agement.

Travelling magistrates could be described (in the case of police traffic ranks) as members of the GPF who would stop a vehicle, discover that the driver is guilty of a traffic offence or has breached a traffic regulation, and rather than writing a charge and sending that person to court or cause him to pay a ticket fine, a travelling magistrate just decides to overlook the offence or breach and receive money from the errant motorist without processing him, but pocketing the cash demanded from that person.

The minister spoke confidently on the issue while directing ranks of the Force to visit the Ministry of Home Affair’s IPAIDABRIBE.GY Website where they would find that the Guyana Police Force Traffic Department is the government agency which attracts the most reported cases of receiving bribes from members of the public.

Rohee called on the junior officers and middle managers of the Force to discourage the practice among

the subordinates.

Earlier this Week, Justice Cecil Kennard, who heads the Police Complaints Authority, said the practice is mostly carried out by very junior ranks serving in the Traffic Department.

Rohee reminded senior officers of the Guyana Police Force and middle managers that the public was continuously looking forward for better service from the Guyana Police Force and other law enforcement agencies.

Rohee said the issue of traffic management is one of several other issues which touch the core of policing, and should be the subject of serious consideration at all levels of the force, more particularly at the middle level management of its organisational structure.

Rohee, who has political oversight of the Guyana Police Force, said there can be no denial by Guyanese that there needs to be collaboration to improve the traffic situation in this country.

He posited that the statistics with respect to the number of road accidents and deaths is unacceptable

and needs urgent attention, as he reviewed the figures in comparison.

Traffic accidents affect families in a personal way, the minister said, pointing to the recent case on the Corentyne coast where three persons from one family died because of the actions of an allegedly drunken driver.

This prompted Rohee to renew longstanding calls for a combination of enforcement and education as the way to deal with road accidents.

There have been many calls for police ranks to desist from the “shaking down” practice, which seems to have become a normal culture within the Force by ranks performing traffic duties and those in general duties as well.

The calls to desist were made by Commander in Chief of the Armed Forces, President Donald Ramotar, members of the Private Sector Commission and other prominent individuals and organisations.

In the past, “shakedown” allegations were also levelled against ranks of the Force by tourists visiting Guyana.

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NCN roasts Brian Yong’s cable company for stealing FIFA Football World Cup feed - MOVIESTAR ordered to pay Registrar of the Supreme Court $4M on or before Friday THE state-owned National Communications Network (NCN), in a statement yesterday, said Brian Yong’s MOVIESTAR cable company of 160 Waterloo Street, Georgetown was ordered to pay to the Registrar of the Supreme Court the sum of $4M on or before Friday 4th July, 2014 in lieu of acquiring a discharge of an injunction which was granted against the said company.

On the 24th day of June, 2014, NCN Inc. obtained an interim injunction against MOVIESTAR. The Order expressly ordered MOVIESTAR, “whether by itself, its servants, agents, workmen, officers or directors or otherwise whomsoever,

howsoever from broadcasting in any manner or form from copying or transmitting or retransmitting any of the FIFA Football World Cup 2014 matches and events via its cable medium or any other medium…”

On the 25th June, 2014, MOVIESTAR approached the said judge to have the matter discharged. The court did not only discharge the order, it ordered that MOVIESTAR pay the sum of $4M

by July 4th. The discharge of this injunction has, in effect, allowed MOVIESTAR to continue broadcasting the FIFA Football World Cup 2014 matches and related events on a feed that MOVIESTAR steals/pirates from ABC/ESPN (sister compa-

Ms. Molly Hassan, NCN’s Chief Executive Officer

nies).

These companies have a legitimate right to broadcast the said matches ONLY in the USA and have sent letters to NCN and E-Networks stating this fact. NCN said these letters were made available to the court by exhibits.

“It was told to us that time period was given to MOVIESTAR to lodge the said sum, because counsel for MOVIESTAR intimated to the judge that MOVIESTAR has a cash flow problem. We are told that NCN’s counsel sought to have the time to lodge the money varied, by giving MOVIESTAR 24 hours to lodge the money, since all persons who have bought

Mr. Brian Yong, proprietor of MOVIESTAR cable company

rights to publicly broadcast the said games and matches or to broadcast though cable or satellite have paid upfront for their broadcast right,” said NCN’s Chief Executive Officer Ms. Molly Hassan.

Hassan said MOVIESTAR was given “a lucky break” by being allowed one week to procure its $4M that is, to lodge the said sum with the Registrar.

In the meantime, whilst MOVIESTAR continues to steal/pirate the FIFA Football World Cup 2014 coverage and transmit same to a few Guyanese, NCN and the people of Guyana continue to bear the cost of the coverage of the said matches, Hassan lamented.

GUYANA CHRONICLE Tuesday July 1, 2014

Guyana/US relationship unaffected by current political impasse here - Hardt

By Ravin Singh

OUTGOING US Ambassador to Guyana, Brent Hardt related in an interview recently that the relationship between Guyana and the United States is “well beyond what happens in Parliament,” adding that he doesn’t believe the current political impasse will affect Guyana’s relationship with the U.S. Hardt noted that U.S. relations with the Government of Guyana cover a broad range of issues and what transpires in Parliament is regarded by the U.S. as an integral part of the democratic

structure of the country.

He explained that even so, the more effective Parliament can be, the more parties can find appropri-

AMBASSADOR BRENT HARDT

ate compromises and the stronger the country will be in its move towards development.

According to Hardt, the U.S. has recognised the Government’s call for greater consensus which was one of the forces driving the LEAD project initiative. “And that’s one of the reasons we have been advocating for the LEAD project because one of the principal goals of that was to develop programmes and initiatives to foster consensus building in Parliament,” he said.

This, Hardt related, is a way of making their contri-

bution to parliament that is more strategically focused on those issues that can benefit the people.

MISSED OPPORTUNITY “We saw the missed opportunity with the hydropower development where the last of the unanimous parliamentary consensus prompted the U.S. company involved to decide to pull out of the arrangement and having reliable cost effec-

tive energy supplies is really emerging as one of the key factors to encouraging development throughout the Region,” the Ambassador noted.

He stressed that Guyana has some of the highest energy costs in the world and if efforts are going to be made to develop a manufacturing sector and profits are being consumed by the cost of energy, it is going to make it harder to be competitive on a global scale.

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As such, Hardt concluded by highlighting that the lack of consensus has impacted important development initiatives.

As a result, the U.S. labels it as important while they have continued to lend support in engaging a Parliament that is stronger and more effective and one that reacts to the needs of the people rather than being consumed with internal positioning and political bias.

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GUYANA CHRONICLE Tuesday July 1, 2014

Agricola residents renovating community centre ground with police support

By Leroy Smith THE community of Agricola on Saturday embarked on extensive rehabilitation of their community centre ground with assistance from the police and the Ministry of Public Works.

Following an earlier meeting with the youths in the community, ‘A’ Division Commander, Clifton Hicken and other senior ranks of the division had made a commitment to support the works.

Residents had requested that the condition of the ground be enhanced since it had become unusable and recreational activities had to be moved to the adjoining Eccles community.

On Saturday machinery from the Public Works Ministry was used to begin clearing the trench that surrounds the ground while residents started on various aspects of the renovation works.

Loads of sand was deposited on the ground and over the next few days volunteers will be levelling the ground to facilitate a number of sporting activities.

On Saturday works were also undertaken to repair the fence at the ground and already there has been a donation of two rolls of material for an unfenced part of the structure.

The ground already has a bleacher but there are plans

Footballers pose with their new gear donated by the police from ‘A’ Division

to construct at least two more structures. However, a decent washroom is already situated at the ground.

Meanwhile, the commissioning of the upgraded ground would take place shortly with a fun day and football competitions. The teams would be drawn from the Rosemary Lane (Tiger Bay) area, Albouystown, Ag-

ricola and there are plans to have a media team involved.

On Saturday also the police met with the parents and other relatives of children attending the St Anne’s Primary School in the community. During the earlier visit to the community the police through the school invited the students to bring their parents and other relatives

Footballers from Agricola chat with Commander Hicken on the state of the ground and what needs to be done

along so that they can meet for a discussion.

The discussion focused on the establishment of a scout troop in the area and rolling out of an Impact Project in Agricola. The idea was well received by the parents and teachers who said that the initiative will help to develop the community.

The residents were told

about the form the project will take in the community but it will not mirror the way the initiative was rolled out in the Albouystown area.

The police on Friday last commenced its feeding programme at the school, fulfilling a promise that was made four days earlier.

On Saturday the children of the school and others from

the community began the new weekly skills training programme which would be done each Saturday with assistance from the Ministry of Human Services and Labour, police and other stakeholders.

The children would be streamed into their areas of interest and will be guided along those paths.

Children of the Agricola community gather at the St Anne’s School for the commencement of the skills training exercises

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GUYANA CHRONICLE Tuesday July 1, 2014

With weekend rain curtailing works…

Hope Canal misses June 30 deadline - Ramsammy assures of completion soon

By Vanessa Narine THE East Demerara Water Conservancy (EDWC) Northern Relief Channel, the Hope Canal, missed its deadline for completion yesterday.

“With the passage of the June 30 deadline, the construction of the Hope Canal has seen significant progress towards completion of the massive construction project,” Agriculture Minister, Dr. Leslie Ramsammy, told

the outer sluice and the operationalization of the head regulator.

The project has four components, the more than 10-kilometre channel, the head regulator, the eight-gate sluice at the canal’s Atlantic end and the EDWC Northern Relief Channel Public Road Bridge.

The latter was completed and commissioned in February, while, according to the Agriculture Minister, the head regulator has been

plier and the NDIA is awaiting the delivery of the mechanism. Once in the country, this will be immediately installed,” Ramsammy said.

He added that the more than 10-kilometre channel is completed, with minor works to be done, and the outer sluice structure is about 85 per cent complete.

The Minister said, “Weekend rain curtailed efforts to complete a major part of the structure that accommodates a similar winch mechanism

“Weekend rain curtailed efforts to complete a major part of the structure…most of the time consuming and major works to complete the outer sluice have been completed.” – Agriculture Minister, Dr. Leslie Ramsammy the Guyana Chronicle, yesterday.

According to him, the canal itself is largely completed and its final completion is awaiting the availability of

largely completed, with only a winch mechanism to be installed.

“The winch mechanism has been procured by the NDIA from an external sup-

as the head regulator. Most of the time-consuming and major works to complete the outer sluice have been completed.

“The construction was

Following APNU endorsement…

President reiterates Gov’t’s readiness to deal with no-confidence motion PRESIDENT Donald Ramotar last Saturday commented on the endorsement by A Partnership for National Unity (APNU) of the Alliance For Change’s (AFC) consideration of moving a no-confidence motion against his Administration.

And he made it clear that the combined Opposition can ‘bring it’ if that is the decision that the parties arrive at.

“If the Opposition wants to bring a no-confidence motion I cannot stop them from bringing a no-confidence motion, but I will be ready to deal with the consequences of that,” he said at a news conference at State House.

The Head of State reiterated that his Government will not be threatened by talks of a no-confidence motion.

READY Mr. Ramotar also indi-

cated that his Government is ready to call general elections if such a motion is passed.

This is not the first time the President has hinted at the possibility of an early return to the polls, as a means to address the political gridlock that has gripped the nation since the 2011 general elections, which gave the ruling party, the People’s Progressive Party/ Civic (PPP/C) the Government, but also resulted in a majority in the National Assembly for the combined Opposition, the AFC and APNU. Mr. Ramotar earlier this month at a press conference at State House made it clear that his administration is not opposed to calling either the general elections nor the local government elections, adding that issuing the commencement order for these processes could be based on

the impacts of the ruling by the Financial Action Task Force (FATF).

Section 106 (6) of the Constitution states that: “The Cabinet and President shall resign if the Government is defeated by the vote of the majority of all Members of the National Assembly on a vote of confidence.”

However, the following paragraph, Section 106 (7) makes clear that: “Notwithstanding its defeat, the Government shall remain in office and shall hold an election within three months, or such longer period as the National Assembly shall by resolution, supported by no less than two-thirds of all elected members of the National Assembly, and shall resign after a new President takes the oath of office following the election.” (Vanessa Narine)

Agriculture Minister, Dr. Leslie Ramsammy

delayed for a major part of May to allow the NDIA (the National Drainage and Irrigation Authority) to do external testing of the structure that was completed at the time, in order to ensure that the construction met standards and specifications established

by the NDIA and as per contract.”

Ramsammy made it clear that his Ministry continues to work with the contractors to complete the remaining part of the sluice to ensure that the channel can become functional.

He stated that while the June 30 deadline has not been met by the contractors, the Ministry is satisfied that the contractors are making every effort to complete this major construction project in a short time from now.

“The focus of the Ministry continues to be the completion of the entire project,” Ramsammy stressed.

Additionally, the actual testing of the functionality of the channel will have to await the availability of an adequate fill volume of the channel.

Indications were that the US $15M Hope Canal project, which is expected to be

the answer to the flooding experienced in the Mahaica/ Mahaicony/Abary (MMA) areas during rainy periods, would be operational as the rainy season sets in.

Residents in the MMA area over the years have lost crops and cattle in floods, during the rainy period. As seen in the past, when the Maduni sluice has to be opened to drain the East Demerara Water Conservancy, residents in the MMA area have to battle a rise in the Mahaica Creek making the completion of the Hope Canal something that is much needed.

Construction on the project began in February 2011, with an estimated 18 months for completion and the deadline for the project was initially set for June 2013, but was subsequently extended to the end of August, and then once again extended to December 31, 2013.

Caribbean Heads of Gov’t meet today in Antigua - CARICOM Strategic Plan to be presented today THE first ever Strategic Plan for the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) will be among major items for consideration by regional leaders at their 35th annual CARICOM Heads of Government conference, which kicks off today in Antigua/Barbuda and runs until Friday.

The meeting will be chaired by the newly- elected Prime Minister of Antigua and Barbuda, Gaston Browne, stated a press release from the CARICOM Secretariat at Turkeyen.

The five-year Strategic Plan, for the period 20152019, is the product of wide public consultation across the Caribbean Community, and seeks to reposition the Community to better secure its future in a rapidly changing environment.

According to the release, the Heads of Gov’t will seek to reach agreement on top priority areas for focused attention over the five-year period of the plan and the arrangements to ensure implementation.

A Commission on the Economy will also report to the Heads on its work on a number of initiatives including formulating a

fiscal sustainability programme, reviewing the Region’s business operating environment with a view towards improving its ‘Doing Business Indicators’, and the design of regional programmes to assist in alleviating some of the constraints to growth in Member States.

Also high on the agenda, the release said, will be key issues for the Caribbean Community related to the upcoming third International Meeting of Small Island Developing States (SIDS) in Samoa, September 1-4 2014, the UN Climate Change Summit later that month, and the Post-2015 Development Agenda.

Another highlight of the meeting’s opening ceremony today will be the public launch of the new CARICOM Song, produced

by Ms. Michele Henderson of Dominica. Henderson’s “Celebrating CARICOM” was selected from 63 submissions from 15 Member States and Associate Members. The second placed entry “My CARICOM” came from Adiel Thomas of Jamaica and third was “One CARICOM” by Carmella Lawrence of St.

Kitts and Nevis. The CARICOM Song will be used primarily at ceremonial and community events. (You can see Ms. Henderson being interviewed about the song and her career on the CARICOM website www. caricom.org and the CARICOM Facebook page) The opening ceremony will also feature the presentation of the CARICOM Triennial Award for Women 2014 to Ms. Marion Bethel of The Bahamas. The Award is aimed at honouring a CARICOM woman who has made an outstanding contribution to the socio-economic development of the Region.

Prime Minister Browne will address the ceremony as the new CARICOM Chairman. Addresses will also be made by outgoing Chairman, Prime Minister Dr. Ralph Gonsalves of St. Vincent and The Grenadines, and CARICOM Secretary General Ambassador, Irwin LaRocque.

The opening, which will be held at the Sandals Grande, Antigua Resorts and Spa, from 17:00hrs will be streamed live on the CARICOM website www.caricom.org

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Encashment of Government Old Age Pension Vouchers for July 2014 THE Guyana Post Office Corporation (GPOC) hereby advises the general public and particularly Government Old Age Pensioners that, for the ease of comfort, the encashment of pension vouchers will commence at 08:30hrs on Tuesday July 1, 2014. It is further advised that the encashment of the National Insurance Scheme’s pension vouchers, for the month of July, will commence at 08:30hrs on Tuesday July 8, 2014.

GUYANA CHRONICLE Tuesday July 1, 2014

Murder accused Hyles jailed for 15 years for manslaughter JUSTICE Dawn Gregory yesterday imposed a 15-year prison sentence on murder accused, Anthony Sherwyn Hyles, at the Demerara Assizes after he pleaded not guilty to the murder of Joel Savoury, but guilty to the lesser count of manslaughter.

The judge was of the view, from the probation report and the recorded evidence, that the accused had been subjected to severe provocation when he was forced to arm himself with a bottle in order to defend himself that day; and when the deceased attacked him for allegedly saying unsavory things about him, Hyles had broken the bottle and used it to defend himself.

The doctor who had performed the post-mortem examination on the body of Joel Savoury had reported that he found two incised wounds on the left side of Savoury’s neck, and that those had resulted in Savoury’s death from shock and haemorrhage.

Hyles took the sentence imposed on him calmly.

Misses Natasha Backer and Mercedes Thompson, DPP lawyers, conducted the case for the prosecution. (George Barclay)

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GUYANA CHRONICLE Tuesday July 1, 2014

Housewife fined $150,000 for forging birth certificates SEETA Persaud, a 36-yearold housewife of Belvedere, Corentyne Berbice, appeared yesterday before Chief Magistrate Priya Sewnarine-Beharry charged with six counts of forging and uttering birth certificates for herself, husband and children.

The first allegation is that on June 23, at the Central Immigration Passport Office in Georgetown, with intent to defraud, she uttered to Immigration Officer, Orin Harris five forged birth certificates in favour of herself, husband and three children, purporting to show that same was genuine and issued by the Registrar General’s Office.

The remaining five charges allege that between June 19 and 23, at Belvedere, Corentyne, Berbice, with intent to defraud, she forged five birth certificates in favour of herself, husband and three children, purporting to show that same

Aries - March 21 - April 19 Ready to show the world what you're made of? Bet you are, and they're ready to see it all. Expect one of your new admirers to possibly even bridge the gap between friend and lover -- or to at least give it a shot. If you're interested, this could be the beginning of a bee-yootiful friendship. If you're not, try to let them down easy. Spare their feelings and don't mention that you've got so many admirers to choose from that you can afford to be picky. (Even though it's true.)

Taurus - April 20 - May 20 You've done a lot for dear ones throughout your life, and even more lately. Does this mean you're looking for praise and rewards? Not at all -- but you'll get them anyway.

Expect the majority of the kudos to come from family members who've recently come to see just how diligent, loyal and eminently trustworthy you are. Oh, go ahead and enjoy it. You've earned it, and they want to praise you.

Gemini - May 21 - June 21 You started talking yesterday -- well, talking more as of yesterday -- and you haven't quite been able to stop yet. Fortunately, you've had an admiring, appreciative audience who hasn't wanted you to stop, not even long enough to take a breath. But you're tired now. Your batteries are beginning to wind down. Better make some witty closing comments and find a place to hide out -- with one last admirer, of course.

Cancer - June 22 - July 22 The urge to take off for some serious shopping will be tough to resist, but do try. Evaluate your budget and the purchase you want to make. If it's something for your home, or a total necessity, you might be perfectly justified. If it's just shopping in general that you're craving, and you don't need anything, why not channel this energy elsewhere?

What's underneath this urge to purchase?

Seeta Persaud

was genuine and issued by the Registrar General’s Office.

The unrepresented woman continuously explained that she realised what she did was wrong, and apologised for her mistakes.

When the Chief Magistrate asked why she had forged the

documents, Persaud responded that she did not know what she was doing at the time.

She was fined $150,000, but the fine carries an alternative of six months’ imprisonment, and Seeta Persaud was given one month’s grace period to pay the fine.

Georgetown barber to relocate to East Coast Demerara until assault matter ends

Tuesday, July 1, 2014 - 05:00 Wednesday, July 2, 2014 - 05:00 Thursday, July 3, 2014 - 8:30

DESMOND Lewis, a barber of Lot 226 Garnett Street, Newtown, Georgetown, will now relocate to another address until the assault charge involving himself and his child mother has been completed.

Lewis appeared yesterday before Chief Magistrate Priya SewnarineBeharry and pleaded not guilty to assaulting Michelle Norway so as to cause her actual bodily harm on Saturday, June 28 at Garnett Street, Newtown Kitty.

His situation arose when Police Corporal Bharat Mangru, prosecuting, objected to bail on the ground that both parties reside in the same home, and if released on bail, Lewis may tamper with the victim.

T h e u n re p re s e n t e d Lewis will now reside at Beterverwagting Public Road until the matter has been finalised, and the matter would be called again on July 28 before Magistrate Dylon Bess.

Leo - July 23 - August 22 It's all about you today, and there's no reason to feel bad about that. One of the benefits of this situation is that you'll be able to let loose and express your opinions without any fear of reprisal, for many reasons. First off, with the roll you're on, who'd even think of challenging you? (Who in their right mind, that is.) Then, too, there's the fact that you're probably right. Be brave. Say exactly what you think. It's your moment.

Virgo - August 23 - September 22 You just can't keep quiet about this for one more second. Right? Well, okay -- but it might be worth keeping mum for just a big longer. Be sure you've chosen the right person to confide in before you let it all fly, just in case there's still someone out there you'd prefer didn't get the news from the grapevine. If it's happy news, go ahead and share it. If it's private, though, be discreet. Just a little bit longer won't kill you.

Libra - September 23 - October 22 A friend has recently come to you with a super offer. They want to introduce you to a whole new group -- some people they're sure you'll fit in with just perfectly. Folks who'll actually appreciate you. You're game, and you're ready to go -- but you're worried about offending your current crew. Well, don't. Life's too short to limit your options. That goes double for a sign as sociable as yourself.

Scorpio - October 23 - November 21 You're not ordinarily fond of all this attention. In fact, you tend to avoid anything that even remotely resembles the spotlight. At the moment, that may be tough to do. Oh, relax. You'll get used to it. You might even like it. And if you hadn't done something praiseworthy, no one would be trying to praise you, right? You can go back to hibernating later tonight -- which, no doubt, you'll be able to do with one of your new admirers. See? There's a high side to this.

Sagittarius - November 22 - December 20 Just when you were wondering when someone new and interesting might cross your path, the universe has seen fit to arrange just such an encounter for you. Listen up no matter where you are for one of those accents that you so love to hear -- the kind that makes you swoon. Then be brave. Introduce yourself. They might need a guided tour of your town.

Capricorn - December 21 - January 19 Calm, cool and calculated may be your normal MO, but they won't quite be the adjectives that are called for today. In fact, you may just go right over the edge when it comes to letting someone know that they've raised your interest. If it's for a good reason, why try to hold back? Let 'em know. If you're a bit angry, however, you might want to call on some of that famous reserve, and temper your rhetoric with a bit of consideration.

Aquarius - January 20 - February 18 This could well be a day of romance for you -- and if it is, the news can only be good, and set to get better. The heavens have arranged a full buffet of sweet, tender energies to assist you in creating not just the perfect loving ambiance, but also the right way to express all those emotions. Are you ready to let go and be totally emotional?

Because ready or not, here comes your chance.

Pisces - February 19 - March 20 All that hard work you've been doing lately? Believe it or not, even though they haven't said anything yet, it hasn't gone unnoticed in the eyes of the powers that be.

In fact, you could be due for a raise, promotion or bonus. Better dress appropriately for work today. You're about to have your fifteen minutes of fame, and you know you've earned it, so feel free to strut your stuff. And don't forget to celebrate!

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Please call 672-7822.

 for your hands and get your toes done for free, any colour and style. Call 667-9737.    Building Maintenance, Renovation and General Construction Company. Tel. 6155734, 616-5914, 220-0109 (fax). , spares and servicing to refrigerators, freezers, AC units, coolers, washers and gas stoves. Tel. 6831312, 627-3206 (Nick).  cards starting at $4 each. Many professional choices. Several full colour and 1-colour options. May special offer. Alert Printing 227-2679.  you a busy person and wish to have your clothes washed, night or day, sun or rain. Call Shemika 6679737 and get your clothes back looking clean and smelling as fresh as ever.   provides quality, designs and construction of terrazzo also regrinding, cleaning and polishing of existing terrazzo. Call Mr A. Bacchus, 660-7486, 642-2289.  Designs: Kitchen cupboards, closets, living room suites, etc. made to order, also re-upholstering of sofas and suites. Transportation and estimates absolutely free. 664-1470.    , 111 Area 'H' Cummings Lodge, East Coast Demerara.

We do repairs to: C.V. steering ends, rack ends, ball joints, power steering, shocks, m e c h a n i c a l r e p a i r s , e t c . Te l .

592-222-6507, 592-625-3318.  Building Construction: We specialise in building, repairing, painting, sanding, varnishing, plumbing. We also build low income houses. For more information, call Husain, 6759107, 642-3478 Monday to Saturday, 08:30hrs to 17:30hrs.

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SERVICES

PENPAL

VACANCY

LAND FOR SALE

 businessman seeks slim female between 40 and 50 years for lasting relationship. Call 678-6699 after 16:00hrs.

 Sales Representatives, who know to use the computer, h a v e a v a l i d m o t o r c a r licence and is willing to work for reasonable income.

A p p l y t o M a n a g e r, P e t e ' s Real Estate, Lot 2 George & H a d f ield Streets, Georgetown.

house lot at 4th Street, Martyrsville, good road, close to line top road, ready to transfer.

Price $4.5M neg. Tel. 629-5300.

PENPAL  all general constru c t i o n , contact Mohamed. We specialize i n c a r p e n t r y, m a s o n r y , plumbing, po w e r - w a s h , painting, t r o w e l t e x and varnishing. C a l l 2 3 3 - 0 5 9 1 , 6 6 7 - 6 6 4 4 , (office) 216-3120.\    - I M MIGRANT Vis a S e r vi c e . P r o f e s s i o n a l V i s a app l i c a t i o n s t o t h e U S a n d Canada. Fees USA VISA $3 0 00, Canada $4 0 00, Plaza Com p u t e r S e r v i c e , 2 4 5 S h e r i f f Street, C / v i l l e .

225-7390, 618-0128 , 6 8 8 - 1 8 7 4 . O p e n Monday to Sunday 09:00hrs 21:00hrs                                                            & Associates Financial Services, Taxation (VAT, income and property), cash flow projections, business development plans, pers o n a l f i n a n c i a l a d v i s e r, A c counting and Consult Fancy, 190 Church S t r e e t, South Cummingsburg, Georgetown, Tel. 223-2105, 662-7467.   Buildi n g C o n t r a c t o r : C a r p e n t r y, m a s o n r y, t i l i n g , p l u m b i n g , painting, drawing of plans, etc, free estimates, general home maintenance, prompt, affordable and dependable. Lot 1232 6th Avenue Section "A" Diamond New Scheme, E B D . Te l . 2 1 6 - 0 6 7 1 , 6 2 2 0267, E m ail klakeram.construction@gmail.com 692-8464.

SPIRITUALITY

SPRIRITUALITY

 works done to enhance success, remove evil, bring prosperity and bond lovers, etc. 661-3457, 641-1447. , fast luck, work done in Aldeena Suriname. Call 650-0880.       reading, other works done. For fast results - reuniting lovers, removing evil and all blockages, etc.

Call 696-8873, 673-1166.  works done to bring peace, finance, success, enhance p r o s p e r i t y, r e m o v e e v i l , blockage, reunite famil i e s , l o vers, etc. 610-7234 , 644-0058.  work done in S u r i n a m e - l o v e , m a r riage, sickness, pregnancy, remove evil, prosperity, business and readings. Call 674-8603, 5 9 7 -851-9876..  Science spiritual and your healing done in Dutch Guiana (Suriname). Husband and w i f e r e l a t i o n s h i p , uniting lovers, marriage, p r e g n a n c y, p r o s p e r i t y, removal of evil from home/person, bad luck, p r o s p e r i t y, u p l i f t i n g f or business, clearing of land dredge gold mines operations, reading, etc. Tel. 6713204.

 a young Swiss and I'm very interested in Guyana. That's why I'm looking for pen friends form this wonderful country. Please write me in English or German to the following add r e s s .          

TOURS TOURS           Weekend/ day tours to Suriname. Call Kanuku Tours: 226-4001, 225-2780 for more information.

 Cruise Line Recruitment: Urgently needed cooks, waiters, waitresses, front desk staff, cabin steward, bell boy, utility cleaners, computer operators, purser officer, nurses, carpenters, plumbers, electricians. Make your dream job a reality and contact 650-9880.

LAND FOR SALE

Land For Sale

 Blocks for sale. Tel. 683-9910.  Scheme, EBD. Tel. 685-5074.   Harmonie 42x600. Tel. 698-1791.

VACANCY

 Riverside land $40M. Call Carol 612-9785

 Welder/Fabricator. Tel. 642-7898.

 Nagar 3 lots $70M neg. Call Carol 612-9785.

 table-hand, baker. Call between 09:00hrs and 16:00hrs. 2223478.

 Air Park 50x80 - $45M. Call Carol 612-9785.

VACANCY

 Sales Representative, one housekeeper, baby-sitter.

Tel. 225-8205.  your own boss! Independent travel agents needed.

Register n o w. bonitagarr@yahoo.com /Sales Clerk at Guyshop, Public Road Kitty. For further information,.call 6486534, 623-9173.  Clerk: Send resumé to david_mohamad@hotmail.com or mail to 19 Public Road, Diamond, EBD.  clerk Senior/Junior CXC English and Mathematics, Computer knowledge an asset. Call 225-0188/2256070.

 Public Road $35M. Call Carol 612-9785  95x123 $70M. Call Carol 6129785.  Road Kitty 123 by 38.4, $11M neg. Phone 67807 52.  at Land of Canaan, road to river, E. B Demerara. Call 615-2346.  BRIDGE Diamond/ Grove. Price $3M. Tel. 643-9196, 686-1091.  120 x 48 land.

Serious enquiries only. Owner leaving country $2.4M. Tel. 673-7600.  Coast Demerara size 50x100, $2M neg. 220-8596, 6439196, 686-1091.

        w o o d m i z e r, m o u l d e r, b a n d s a w a n d r i p saw operators, timber grant m a n a g e r, sawmill millwright. Call Richard 6097 6 7 5 , 2 3 3 - 2 6 14.

 in 6th Street Diamond 65ft x 110ft. Price $6.5M. Contact 682-3677.

      e x i s t s f o r handyman. Apply in person at the Regency Suites/Hotel, 98 Hadfield Street, Werken-Rust, Georgetown.

 at Versailles WBD. 2250351, 227-2174, 666-3659, 6523707.

 Guards (males only, shift work, ages 28-50 years. Requirements application, reference, last place of employment, TIN, NIS#, ID#, Police Clearance.

Apply 233 South Road, Lacytown. Tel. 225-0198.  Attendants: Must be able to work shift. Requirements - application, reference last place of employment, TIN, NIS#, ID#. Apply 233 South R o a d , L a c y t o w n . Te l . 2 2 5 0198. , porters, bond clerk and sales girl.

Send application to D. Singh Trading, 36 Delph St r e e t , C a m p b e l l A v e n u e , Campbellville. 225-9052.  Waiter, Wa i t r e s s, Ki t c h e n A s s i s ta n t .

Experience would be an asset. Send written application to Kamboat Restaurant, 50 Public Road, Herstelling, EB D .

No.2, 138 ft x 1750 - 5.5 acres - $15M, Phone 2277734.

 Land of Canaan, EBD, transported developed land, by acres. Please call 266-0014, 669-8139.  Fifth Avenue, transported, size 110' x 60' very breezy. Priced for quick sale $7M. 652-5601.  land opposite seawall in the vicinity of Bel Air Springs, 3 lots starting from $34.999M each. Call Shiv on 600-6681.  land 68.431 acres (excluding reserves) on the East Bank of Essequibo River. Contact 6390077, 601-1231.  Park, LBI 55x100 - $35M, 27 acres at Land of Canaan $4.5M per acre. Tel. 610-3666, 684-1893.  Staff/Cashier to work in a Food Court. Experience with CXC Maths and English. Tel. 227-3880.  Estates, EBD lots, authorised agent De Freitas Associates. 609-2302, 609-6516, E m a i l : defreitasassociates@gmail.com

 Parfaite Harmonie $1.2M, Grove with foundation $2.6M, Herstelling 110ft by 60ft $3.2M, Call 218-5591, 675-7292.  land, Linden Highway 152 acres road to river $36M, Kitty Public Road $19M. Tel. 592-6092302, 609-6516, 645-2580.  PARIEL, Section D, North, seawall side, 50x100, roads, electricity, water, drainage in place. Price $4.5M neg. Tel. 628-6819.  140x40 in Plaisance $6.5M. Phone 226-1064, 225-2626, Mrs Jones 227-6863, Mr Pereira 6232591, 669-0943, 225-3068, 225-2709, 227-6949, 226-1064.   (gated compound), opposite Grand Coa s t a l 7 h o u s e l o t s t o g e t h e r. Ve r s a i l l e s W B D , b a c k o f A r a c a r i Te l .           land is going to solve your business needs, located in Chateau Margot, ECD, three-flat concrete building at a three-corner junction with 4 lot spaces 412 x 322. Contact owner 220-3595, 609-0480.  CLOSE to Brickdam, $75M suitable for 5-storey complex, hotel Mr Ramsohoye 6180000, Mr Pereira 226-1064, Mr. Darindra 615-0069, 225262 6 , 2 2 7 - 6 8 6 3 , 2 2 5 -5198\  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, 2261064, 225-5198, 227-6949, 2252626,2 31-2064, 693-9131, Cameron 225-5184, 7 d a y s a w e e k 2 4 h o u r s.  Plaisance land $6.8M neg, vacant possession.

Lady Khan 623-2591, Mr Darindra 615-0069 Lady Herculese 661-1952, 2253068, 225-2626, 225-2709, 226-1064, 227-6949 6232591, 669-0904, 698-3231.  land in Duncan St. for 4-storey o f f ice complex, bond , s c h o o l , apartment $40M. Phone 627-0288, Mr. Ramsayoe 618-0000, Mr Alysious Pereira 623-2591, Mr. Darindra 615-0069.\  with 20ft driveway Dennis Street $17M, Sec. 'M' 90 x 50 plus reserve $ 1 7 M , K i t t y 8 000 sq. ft $19M, one house in McDoom close to main road $9M. Phone M r Darindra 615-00 6 9 , 6 1 8 0000 Vi ce President Alysious Pereira 623-2591, 227-6863, 2261064, 225-2626.  x 60 land in Bel Air Village for hotel, bond, 5-storey, students' dorm - $42M. Phone Vice President Patrick Pereira 669-3350, Vice Presid ent Ramsohoye 618-0000, 623-2591, 227-6863, 225-2626, 6677812.  land from public road to trench, New Road Vreeden-Hoop WCD, not far from Vreed-en-Hoop Junction, 43ft width by 370ft in depth. Prime location or business. Call or visit Pete's Real Estate, Lot 2 George Street, W/Rust, Georgetown.

227-2487, 223-6218, 623-7805, 656-5544.

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 land for sale by owner with Title documents at Naamryck, Parika. 12.476 acres partly cultivated $6M. Tel. 223-6941, 685-9590.

    of land in Vlissengen Road close to Sandy Babb Street - $79M for 4-storey complex drive through. Phone Mr Boodram 692-3831, 6150069, 225-2626, 225-5198, 618-000, 626-4180.

 spacious 3 bedroom, more apartments. 2227986, 638-7232.

               

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

Tel. 618-0626.

 space: Modern office space furnished or unfurnished, 123 Albert Street (next to Alberttown Police Station). Call 227-7995, 623-8732.

:                  

, Gardens US$1500, Lama Ave, 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 he round about US$1000, Prashad Nagar US$1500, land from $11 million, riverside land h o t e l s w i t h U S $ 3 5 0 0 0 month rental a nd office space US$40 000 month propert i e s from $14 mi l l i o n .

22 5 - 2626, 225-5198, 226-1064, 6232591, 669-3350

house lots 18 000 sq. ft at the front of Happy Acres, for you $50M. Mr Patrick Pereira 226-1064, Mr Alysious Pereira 623-2591, Mrs Bibi Khan 2252626, 225-3068, Mrs Hercules 661-1952, Mr Alex Pereira 6690943, 225-2709, 225-5198.  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 re t u r n o n y o u r i n vestment $95M, talking of 5sto r e y c o m p l e x . P h o n e Lady Racel Jones 688-3431 , Master Darindra 615-0069, 6180000 , 6 2 3 -2 5 9 1 , 2 2 5 - 2 6 2 6 , 2 2 5 - 3 068 , 2 2 6 - 1 0 6 4, E m a i l : tonyreidsrealty@hotmail.com  only remaining land in Da Silva Street, 80x35 - $14.9M. Mr. Boodram 692-3831, 2252626, Mr Pereira 669-0943, Lady Hercules 225-3068, 615-0069, 225-5198, 226-1064, 227-6863, 227-6949.  Road, La Penitence 130x50 for bond, apartment and several divine purposes, with reserve $15.5M front Mr Boodram 692-3831, 2252626, Mr Pereira 669-0943, Lady Hercules 225-3068, 615-0069, 225-5198, 226-1064, 227-6863, 227-6949.  only remaining Industrial land in Smyth Street 124x50 for 4storey office complex reduced from $68M to $62M. Mr Budram 6923831, 225-2626, Lady Hercules 225-3068, Mr Pereira 669-0943, 615-0069, 225-5198, 226-1064, 227-6863, 227-6949.  executive Continental Park land for your dream house 104x103, plus reserve of 3 000 sq. ft, reduced from $22M to $19M. Mr Budram 692-3831, 225-2626, Lady Hercules 2253068, Mr Pereira 615-0069, 6690943, 226-1064, 227-6863, 2276949, 225-5198.  lot in Dennis St, with driv eway 20 feet $17M, Sec. 'M', 80 x 60, plus reserve for bond $19M, Da Silva S t 8 0 x 5 0 $13M, Ki tty Railway Embankment 8 000 sq. ft $ 20M, land has 20 ft driveways. Vice President Drandia 615-0069, Vice P r esident Alysious Pereira - 623-2591, Vic e Pr e s i d e nt Ramsayae 618-0000, Vice President 225-2626, 226-1064, 667-7812.  are giveaway lands: Da Silva Street Newtown 80x33, 166x45 - $54M and $14.9 Shell Road Kitty 86x44 - $16M, Continental Park 53x104 plus 3 000 reserve $1.9M, Land by Chinese Embassy for any type of business.

Buy now. The oil crisis will catapult the gold price that only the hand of God could have cause so. Phone Boodram 692-3831, Lady Hercules 661-1952, Mr Darindra 615-0069, Mr Alex Pereira 669-0963, 623-2591, Mr Ramsoyoe 225-2709, 225-2626, 225-5198, 225-3068, 226-1064.  businesses must think out of the box. They must adopt a n e w s t r a t e g y.

T h e C h i n ese are moving in so me locations tha t l a n d for bond/factory is cheap, 20 000 sq ft land cl o se t o t h e C h i n e s e e m b a s s y f o r b o n d . $ 58M, 8 000 sq. ft on the main road close t o t h e C h i n e se Embassy $54M for 4-storey fast food/super m a r k e t 200-c a r p a r k ing.

1½ acres of land in Turkeyen for hostel, school, university, bond, Buy now, be d e c i s i v e.

Present, you hav e a boss, now decide. Phone Mr. Danhand r i 615-0065, Mr. Patrick Pereira 6 6 9 - 3 3 50, Mr. Alysious Pereira 62 3 - 2 5 9 1 , 2 2 5 - 2 7 0 9 , 2 2 5 2626, 225-3068, 226-1064, 2276863, 225-5198 Seven days of hotmail: tonyreidsrealty.com..

, opposite the Cultural Centre in great Industrial Hadfield Street more than $80M. Phone Mr Boodram 692-3831, Mrs Bibi Khan , Lady Abundance 661-1992 Lord Darindra 6150069, Mr Alex A. Pereira - 6690943, 618-0000, 623-2591, 2252626, 226-1064.  large Continental Park lot to build your dream palace, plus 4 000ft reserve. Price $22M 661-1992 Lord Darindra 615-0069, Mr Alex Pereira 669-0943, 618-0000, 623-2591, 225-2626, 226-1064.  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 double lot 120 x 90 - $17M, Happy Acres parallel to the Main Road 100 x 50 - $16M, for business or 4-storey apartment land for bonds on the East Coast $28M, Ki t t y 8 0 0 0 s q . f t $ 2 0 M, Da Silva St 70 x 35 - $14M, 9 000 sq. ft on Main Road 500 yards south of Chinese Embas sy, Turkeyen 1.4 acres $38M, Campbellville 80 x 60 with lo t s of reserve $16M, Republ i c P a rk $16M, Continental Park double lot $35M, Croal Street 75 x 50 - $32M, 3 lots at 'AA' Eccles with massive unfinished structure $98M, plus reserve. Friendship $3.5M, Pearl 5 a c r e s f o r gated community $45M n e g . P hone , 225-3068, 2261064, 227-6863, 227-6964, 225-2626.  acre s of land in the city for hotel, and any complex Main Street 2 ½ acres US$5M, Water Stre e t 4 a cres for hotel, hotel on 5 acres of land overlooking the sea US$5M; ano t h e r o verl o o k i n g t h e s e a U S $ 1 . 5 M , in come US$15000; riverside land residential land at LBI - $10M; Republic Park $8M, Diamond $7M, Sec. 'K' $20M , B e l Air Par k $ 2 5 M , G a r n ett double lot $ 4 2 M , Phone 225-2626, 2312064, 225-2709, 226-1064, 227-6949, 227-6863, 667-7812. 619-7945 to let

TO LET

 apartment BB Eccles. Call 600-5236, 6038558.   self-contained apartment in Charity TEL: 2235273/4 or 687-5814  office space (top flat 48' x 22') Tel. 226-1308, 6550897.  place, 234 E½ South Road, Lacytown, $300 000.

616-0312.  space, 2500 sq. feet, Lamaha and Carmichael Streets. Call 225-8915 (office).  3 bedroom apartment in Diamond. Tel. 639-1848, $50 000.  bedroom for overseas guest, self-contained, in D'Aguiar's Park. 642-8860.  apartment $50 000, and $65 000, three bedrooms. Call 663-1728.  3-bedroom furnished apartments, short- and long-term.

677-0402.  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. 6218198.  3 bedroom house $100,000 641-2664  self-contained room for female, no children. Tel. 6788141.  bottom flat at Success ECD, kitchen, inside toilet and bath. Tel. 619-2084.

for a bar and restaurant located on Lamaha St., Georgetown. 684-3371, 684-5976. -bedroom apartment, 241 Herstelling Scheme, EBD. 226-0315.  furnished apartment, air conditioned one bedroom Tel. 623-2923.  Nagar 2-storey 3b3edroom house (unfurnished) $120 000. Call Carol 612-9785.  Park 3-bedroom top flat (very spacious) $120 000 monthly. Call Carol 612-9785.  house in La Parfaite Harmonie (Dairy) water, light, etc.

Reasonable price. 227-4422, 6837410.  BUSINESS/RESIDENTIAL APARTMENT TO LET IN DUNCAN STREET CAMPBELLVILLE, CALL 621- 3661  bottom flat, light, phone, water, proper security and transportation ready. 6144554.  two-bedroom apartment, 27 Liliendaal ECD. Contact Shim. Tel. 222-3475, 6603377.  equipped kitchen at Julian's Restaurant and Bar, $35 000 weekly. Contact Julian 6384505, 225-4709.  business place in Cummings Street 12ft by 19ft. $80 000 monthly. Contact 6384505, 225-4709.  apartment, spacious, unfurnished in Atlantic Gardens. $60 000 monthly. Contact 622-4746, 220-0959.  3-bedroom $65 000, Diamond 2-bedroom $60 000, Nandy Park furnished 3-bedroom $90 000. 655-8361, 699-6811.  furnished 1- and 2bedroom apartments long and short terms, utilities included.

Contact 645-0787, 691-7093. upper flat concrete house, light, water, toilet and bath inside $30 000 monthly. Tel. 223-6941, 685-9590 Canal #2.  top flat, fully furnished at 158 Da Silva Street.

Contact Geeta on 661-2082, 2278651.  top flat threebedroom house, 80 Albert & Laluni Streets, Queenstown. Tel. 2267452, 226-0178.  1-bedroom apartment in Thomas St, Kitty, Georgetown. Price $40 000. Contact 639-2728.  3-bedroom top flat with master room located at Republic Park. Semi-furnished, US$900, Tel: 621-6888  bond $500,000. Large Storage space Regent St. $500 000, monthly. 626-1150, 231-9181.  3 BR Furnished House A/C, Hot Water, Large Yard, Self-Contained EBD US$1,000 Call 645-0944  new apartments US$600 - US$1000, located in Ogle.

Pool, parking, hot water, AC, WiFi. Richard 622-7236.  bedroom house, fully furnished, 79 Atlantic Gardens, ECD for a single or couple. No agents. 220-7648, 626-2066.  Air or Prasad Nagar 3 BR Luxurious furnished apartment, A/C, Security US$1,500.

Call 668-7419 -EN-HOOP, 7-8 Plantain Walk: Unfurnished 2 - two-bedroom apartments with parking. Tel. 264-2639, 264-2743.  top flat Section 'K' Campbellville, US$600, AC, hot and cold, parking, etc.

628-1023.

 concrete 3-bedroom bottom flat, spacious living quarters, telephone, parking, toilet and bath, EBD. Decent working couple.

Tel. 668-5384, 648-3342.   2-bedroom apartments, fully furnished and selfcontained for long- and shortterm rental. Contact Tropical View Hotel. 227-2216.           : Unfurnished one-bedroom self-contained apartment with parking.

Contact Mr Hing. Tel. 680-5000.  Kitty $70,000, 2-bedroom furnished $120,000, 2bedroom North Ruimveldt $60,000. Charlyn 665-9087.  furnished, two-bedroom apartment, Lot 33 Fifth Avenue, Subryanville. Both rooms AC, parking space, security grille.

Tel. 226-5369 (Alexis).  business place to rent.

Contact Morgan's Furniture Store, Charlotte Street Georgetown.

Tel:226-4229/618-4576  rental: Furnished rooms and apartment at Julian's Guest House $3 500, $4 000, $5 000 and $6 000. Contact 6384505, 225-4709.  furnished apartment for foreigners in Lamaha Springs, large yard s p a c e , W i F i , k i t c h e n . Te l .

650-0892, 692-2016. St, Kitty:Unfurnished 3bedroom top flat $100 000 neg.

Contact Royal Real Estate on 2257276, 665-7400, 685-7887.  furnished, 1-bedroom apartment with AC in Kitty, for short time visitors.

686-4620, 227-2466.  two-flat prime business property at 38 High Street, Werk-en-Rust, Georgetown.

Call 680-2198, 625-4282.  $100 000, Kitty (business) $65 000, Bel Air US$1200, Kingston US$700, AA Eccles US$1200. Diana 227-2256, 626-9382. -bedroom apartment, prime security and location, working bachelor or couple preferred.

Parking space available. Tel. 2269410, 685-2749.  'K' Cam pbellville furnished studio apartment with AC, internet and parking $60 000, Jewanram 2271988, 623-6431. bedroom furnished apartment, fully tiled and secure, AC, hot/ cold shower, internet, US$20 daily, short- and long- term neg. 231-6061, 621-1524.  2-bedroom bottom flat apartment, for overseas visitors. All modern amenities, parking, etc. US$35 daily. Tel. 223-2812, 645-6413, 661-1717.  2-bedroom unfurnished lower flat apartment, 6th Street Cummings Lodge (UG area) $25 000 monthly Tel. 222-4913, Students or couple preferred. - Close to Vlissengen Road. Unfurnished one bedroom apartment with parking. Suitable for a couple or single- $40,000.

JEWANRAM: 227-1988/ 6236431/ 657-8887.  house, Kitty $70 000 monthly, 1-bedroom apartment $30 000, and 2 1-bedroom apartment, fully furnished, $65 000 monthly. Contact 6946825.  House "Cemetery Road La Penitence" 2 bedroom spacious low apartment with moern amenities and parking $85 000.

Jewanram 227-1988, 623-6431.

 2-bedroom lower flat apartment with living room, kitchen, dining, hot and cold bath, WC inclusive parking, overhead water facilities in Section 'A' Great Diamond EBD. Tel. 627-2672.

and roof garden in Republic Park, EBD. Office space and roof garden in Charlotte Street, Georgetown.

Contact 628-1203, 651-3402, 227-4263.

 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.  apartment 1-bedroom US$500 monthly, 2-bedroom US$1000 monthly, 3-bedroom US$1500 monthly, semi-furnished, parking, air condition at Kitty, Campbellville, Georgetown.

Tel. 623-4861.  bedrooms executive apartment, Industry ECD, furnished ; 1 9 " t e l e v i s i o n , b e d s , s t o v e , s u i t e , r e f r i g e r a t o r, washing machine $85,000 m o n t h l y, C a l l 628-2866 after 5PM." -bedroom apartment, 784 Eccles New Scheme, semifurnished, full security, parking facility, 24 hours surveillance.

227-1974, 614-0929, 600-2873, 627-0675.  farm in Linden, 3 large pens fully equipped, can rear 12 000 birds. Cheap electricity and water. Can build more pens if you want, nice farm house. Come and see. Call 444-6589, 694-1888.  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.  floor restaurant in Middle Street for a state-of-theart Restaurant & Bar Goodwill go with i t U S $ 3 0 0 0 n e g . M r.

Patrick Pereira, 225-2626, 231-2064, 227-6949, 2276863, 225-5198, 225-3068.  Apartments available. Self-contained one bedroom, fully furnished and secured. Call Kanuku Apartments: 226-4001, 225-2780 for more information. : Fully furnished one- and three-bedroom apartments, AC, hot and cold, internet, cable TV, parking, etc.

Suitable for overseas visitors, short term. 227-1843, 2265137. - and t w o - b e d r o o m fully furn i s h e d , A C , W i F i , apartment conveniently located at 6 Seaforth St, Campbellv ille. Long- or shortt e r m . U S $ 3 5 / 6 0 daily. 6 2 1 3094, 650-5354.  location: Large and small spaces for business or office at Vreed-en-Hoop, not far f r o m t h e j u n c t i o n . Te l . 2 2 7 4870, 223-0628, 671-5999, from 09:00hrs during the day 26 4-2694 from 07:00hrs to 21:00hrs.  2-storey building situated at Lot 49 Parker Street Providence. Each flat contains 3 bedrooms, one self-contained, equipped with air-conditioned living room, water, light and fully secured with grille. Parking also available. Call 625-6227.  floor restaurant in Middle Street for a state-ofthe-art Restaurant & Bar Goodwill go with it US$3000 neg. Mr. Patrick Pereira, 225-2626, 2312064, 227-6949, 227-6863, 2255198, 225-3068.

 Street Cummings Lodge, 4-bedroom upper flat house with open lower flat for parking $65 000. Prashad Nagar lower flat for office, business or bond $100 000, Naresh Persaud 225-9882, 681-2499.  Nagar US$500 and US$1100, South Ruimveldt $100 000, Lamaha Gardens US$1000, Queenstown $90 000, Kingston $130 000, Providence $6M, Diamond $55M. Contact 628-8012. :                                    new concrete building 2 bedrooms top flat and bottom UJS$600, US$500, unfurnished diplomat house in Bel Air Park semi-furnished, hot and cold water, AC, residential status US$2400 neg. Phone now 6690943, 623-2591.           furnished bottom apartment (1 master room), parking, etc US$1000, 3-bedroom furnished house (1 master room) grilled, parking, etc US$1500 residential others. Apartment/houses furnished and unfurnished from US$1000 up.

Call 664-5105.  A N T H ONY Reid BSc h a s more than 20,000 hrs in Real Estate In v e s t m e n t and Economic Transformat i o n of People Economic G r o w t h . We have rental from US$1500, in Bel Air Park, a m b assad o r ' s r e s i d e n c e i n U n i ve r s i t y Gardens Le Resouveni r, Lama A v e w i t h p o o l , J acaranda Ave. with large lawns US$2000, Prashad Nagar US$1000, apt. f r o m U S $ 7 0 0 , b o n d 8 0 0 0 sq ft, small an d l a r g e o f f i c e s p a c e up to 15000 sq foot; state of the art hotel and o f f i c e c o m plex wit h income of US$40 000 monthly. 2252626, 225-5198, 226-1064, 6232591, 669-3350

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PROPERTY FOR SALE

 World #1 Realtor Mister Terry Redford Reid 667-7812, 2256858, 225-7164, 226-1064, 2252626, 231-2068, 619-7945. Have the executive rental reduced by 35%, Prashad Nagar US$1000, J a c a r anda Ave. Bel Air Pa r k U S $ 2 0 0 0 , B a r ima Av e B e l A i r Park US$1 8 0 0 , B e l A i r S p r i n g s U S $ 1 0 0 0 , large b o nd for rental o f f i c e s m a l l form U S $ 3 75, 10 000 sq ft office space for technology business. 2252626, 225-5198, 226-1064, 623-2591, 669-3350

-storey four-bedroom concrete house on double lot, in Republic Park. No agents. Serious enquiries only. 681-6066, 614-7929.

PROPERTY FOR SALE

property, 3 bedrooms upstairs & downstairs, excellent condition at 20-26 Humming Bird St. Festival City, North R/veldt, 628-5798.

PROPERTY FOR SALE  ST $55M, 60x120. .Tel. 611-0315, 690-8625.  property US$3M. Call Carol 612-9785.  home $30M n e g . 6 11 - 0 3 1 5 , 6 9 0 - 8 6 2 5 .  2-bedroom upper flat wooden house. 688-8856. Residential Two Blgs on Double Lot Sandy Babb Street. Call 645-0944  flat house in gated community, EBD. Move in, ready. Tel. 670-8958  concrete house on 128 Canaan Gardens, WBD $5.3M. Tel. 603-1845.      front building. Tel. 6188016.  Three bedrooms upper and two apartments lower $35M. Tel. 676-8233.  you have a property to rent or sell? Then call Diana 2272256, 626-9382.  you have your property house or land for sale or rent.

Call Husain 675-9107, 642-3478.  Street property US$1M or G$200M. Call Carol 612-9785.  property on David Street (new) $90M. Call Carol 612-9785  Road $70M, Robb Street $70M, Croal Street $100M and many more. Call Carol 612-9785.  Road: 5-bedroom 2-storey property, 1 room self-contained. Parking. 647-5914, 6997239, $23M.  Park: 2-storey 4bedroom house, garage, laundry room, yard space, $24M. 6475914, 699-7239. -storey four-bedroom concrete house on double lot, Republic Park. No agents. Serious enquiries only. (mon - fri 9am - 4pm)681-6066, 614-7929.  New Scheme business: Huge 3-storey concrete building, 60x90, 2 flats 45x60 top flat. 227-0464, 646-3251.  concrete house at 188 Charlotte Street, Georgetown Guyana. Contact 653-2518, 6945026,681-6070.  for sale in Charlestown, $10M. Serious inquiries only, no agents. 627-3902. :             4-bedroom concrete house at Lamaha Springs, Georgetown. Tel. 614-1880, 6092418.\

 and land 560ft, one-storey 3-bedroom wooden house at Triumph Agriculture Road, ECD, $13.5M. Tel. 6029415. 3-bedroom ranch-style house in Republic Gardens, house 3½ baths, gated compound. Tel. 602-6287, 2222314.

 One n e w l y con s t r u c t e d 5 - s t o r e y commercial building, on land 3 0 x 1 7 0 , $ 1 5 0 M . Te l , 2 2 6 0025, 648-3171, 600-3171.  house and land, 2storey building, 3 apartments Cornelia Ida. 6100514.  New Scheme 20th Street: 1 flat 3-bedroom concrete house. Contact Romel $10.5M. Tel. 623-3348, 2660548.  near Regent Street $33M, also double stalls at Bourda Market, facing Regent Street. 641-1800.  Street, A l b o u y s t o w n 2 - s t o r e y, 2 f a m i l y f r o n t b u i l d i n g . Va cant possession, $12M. Tel. 618-8016.  $11M, $12.5M, $15.5M, Campbell Avenue $55M, William St $32M, $43M, Kitty $30M, Alberttown $45M, Seaforth St (land) $33M, Earl's Court $45M, PRADOVILLE $115M Call 6099232.

PROPERTY FOR SALE  wooden and concrete house and land, 3 toilets/ bath inside, for business, renting residence. Parking for 3 vehicles in Parika. Tel. 220-2363, 6536479.  Gardens: One executive two-storey concrete building with all modern conveniences, swimming pool 15x30, land 120x90, $120M. 226-0025, 648-3171, 600-3171.  Station fully furnished 3 bedrooms La Parfaite Harmony, prime property Mandela Avenue, Public Road Kitty, Diamond Public road, Mining Claims. Contact Ms Liverpool 625-7582.  two-storey building located at Success ECD, 2 master rooms with hot/cold shower, fully grilled, with garage to hold 3 vehicles. Land space for swimming pool. Price $50M. Contact 6490755, 624-3187.  2-storey wooden and concrete building, upper flat 5 bedrooms, and lower flat 3. Onebedroom apartment, 2-bedroom apartment and one shop area located at Shell Road, Kitty, Price $38.9M Contact 642-7898.\

 Street, Norton Street, Kitty Public Road, Sheriff Street, Republic Gardens, Republic Park, Diamond, Eccles, Hadfield Street.

Trival Realty 665-7946.

 $70M, Ogle $70M, Ogle $125M, Shamrock Gardens (with pool) $120M. Call Carol 612-9785.

, New Garden St; Newly constructed three-storey, executive concrete building. Vacant possession. Tel. 642-0-636.

 Ville $19M, hot water heating system and household furnishing options. Call Corretta on Tel. 697-7842, 2317052, 222-5541.

 $17M, WCD $10.2M, $10.5M, Good Hope $13.5M, $10.5M, Diamond $13M, Mon Repos $25M. Troy 626-2243, 694-3652.

 St $35M, South Ruimvdldt $20M, Bel Air Park $35M, East Ruimvdldt $20M, Lance Gibb St, $75M. Call 6267159, 610-0065.

 $40M, Kitty $37M, Happy Acres $45M, Atlantic Gardens $50M, $70M, Eccles $42M, Bel Air $32M. Troy 626-2243, 694-3652.

 ranch-type executive property in D'Urban Backlands requires upgrading to international standard valued $45M. Buy it as it is for $26M neg. Mr Boodram 692-3831, Lady Hercules 661-1952, Mrs Khan 6232591, 225-2626, 225-3068, 227-6863.

 St land 187x33 - $56M, for 3-storey South Road 118 x 31 - $68M, High Street opp. New GGMC for 5-storey complex with foundation 55 000 sq. ft. Mr Budram 692-3831, Lady Hercules 225-3068, Mr Pereira 615-0069, 669-0943, 226-1064, 227-6863, 227-6949, 225-5198.

 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, 609-6516.

       Gardens $65M, $95M, K i t t y $30M, $ 4 4 M , Pike St. C/Ville $45M, David St, $55M. S h a m r o c k G a r d e n s $ 65M .

D u n c a n S t . $ 26 M , Mon Repos $35M, Diamond $ 19 M , E c c l e s $ 30M , LBI embankment $31M, S h e r i f f S t . $ 1 5 0 M , Tel .

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 2-storey building situated at Lot 49 Parker Street Providence. Each flat contains 3 bedrooms, one self-contained, equipped with air-conditioned living room, water, light and fully secured with grille. Parking also available. Call 625-6227.

HOUSES require repairs in Brickdam, land size 120x38 $44M was $60M. Phone Alysious Periera 623-2591, Lady Khan 225-2626, Lord Boodram, 6923831, 225-2709, Lady Abundance 661-1952, 225-3068, 6690943 Mr. Pereira.

 executive property on double lot in Atlantic Gardens 4 bedrooms, great road, was $42M now $38M. Mr Boodram 6923831, 623-2591, 225-5198, 2252626, 227-6949, 227-6863, 2261064, 225-3068, 231-2064, 2252709.  house, front building on lan d 3 4 x 1 0 0 , i d e a l l o c a t i o n for commercial/residential, Lot 20 North Road, Bourda, G e o r g e t o w n . Va c a n t i m m e diately, when purchased. Sold by owner. Tel. 225-5727.  3-bedroom property in Prashad Nagar reduced from $42M to $34M , P e r e S t r e e t $ 3 4 M .

Phone Mrs Bibi Khan 62 3 2591, Mr Darindra 615-0069, Mr Boodram. 692-3831, Mr Alex 669-0943, 225-2626, 225-3068, 623-2591.

 Avenue, Diamond, 2-storey concrete h o u s e 60x32, 4 bedrooms, m a s t e r, e t c , y a r d s p a c e f o r 15-20 vehicles $38M neg.

3rd Avenue Diamond , l o t with foundation $9M, Thomas Street South Cummingsburg 240ft x 38ft with one building $70M neg. Middle Street prime 3-storey business property $130M neg.

Naresh Persaud 2259882, 681-2499.     , Lot 185 Charlotte & King Streets, Maraj B u i l i d n g Te l . 2 2 7 - 0 2 6 5 , 227-1881, 627-8057 D\Urban Street business spot, Thomas Street, Eccles Public Road $55M, Carmichael Street, Kitty $45M, East Ruimveldt, Sheriff Street, LAND: Charlotte s t r e e t , F r i e n d s h i p l a n d size 115 x 450, wharf side $65M, Non Pareil, South Road $55M, Alberttown.

 in Providence with parking for 4 vehicles at reduced price to sell $33M neg, 3-storey property with business on the E.B. Demerara, lots of yard space, secured area, suitable for school, supermarket, factory, lumber yard, etc $80M neg. Tel. 684-3718, 686-4899.

Owner migrating.

 5-bedroom $35M neg, Charlestown business and residence $50M neg, Light Street business and residence $160M neg. 220-8596, 6439196, 686-1091.

 2-storey concrete building $40M neg, William St 8-apartment building $47.5M neg, Tel. 643-9196, 686-1091 Charlotte St. 4-storey building, $228M neg.

PROPERTY FOR SALE

 Regent Street $28M, Diamond $8M, Kitty $20M, $32M, $35M, Nandy Park $21M, Robb Street $23M, West Bank $20M, Alberttown $29M, AA Eccles $55M, East Coast (public road) $100M. Diana 227-2256, 626-9382.

 $9M upwards. Land in Kitty $14M, Hadfield St.$9M, Punt Trench Dam $M95. Rental from US$1000. Mrs Evelyn Joseph. 644-2870, 629-7460.

 Village, Vreed-enHoop, WCD 2-storey 3-bedroom wooden/concrete house on 43ft x 300 ft transported land. Move in, ready. Price $8.5M neg. Call 6270289.

PROPERTY FOR SALE

DISCOUNT: 20% on all executive properties $60M, 30% discount on $24M, and below, 1 5 % d i s c o u n t o n l a n d $18M. Phone 667 - 7 8 1 2 , 2 2 5 6 8 5 8 , 2 2 5 - 2 6 2 6 Te r r e n c e Reid.

 St, N e w t o w n , double lot, twostorey building, size of land 30x116, close to Vlissengen Road. Price $43M neg. Contact 660-8888.

 new 55ft x 39ft, 2-storey concrete house, located Fifth Avenue Diamond. Price $45M neg.

Huge entertainment living and dining rooms, high ceilings.

Land 120ft x 60ft. Tel. 623-3899.

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  HOPE $10.5M, $12M, $15M, CHATEAU Margot - $ 28M, Atl a n t i c V i l l e $19M& $26M, Diamond $40M, Alberttown $45M, L/ Gardens $65M, Atlantic Gardens $45M, A l e x a n d e r & Robb S t $ 60M, Tel. 219-4399, 610-8332.      Ave, $55M, G u y s u c o G a r d e n s $ 75 M , Good Hope $10.5M, $12M, William St, C/ville $ 3 3M , $43M. C/ ville $45M, Atlantic Ville $26M, Subryanville $150M, M o n t r o s e $ 1 6 M , M o n R e p o s $ 1 0.5M Tel: 219-4399, 610-8332  Republic Park $60M, Atlantic Gardens 4 self-contained bedrooms $54M, Jacaranda Avenue $58M. Prashad Nagar $36M, Mr Budram 692-3831, 225-2626, 225-5198, 669-0943, 226-1064, 227-6863.

 building, overlooking the Berbice River in commercial area and sits on two acres of land. Negotiable, 19 Strand, New Amsterdam. 6260017, 627-1865.

Email: CLondon219@hotmail.com

 2-storey concrete and wooden business and residence, in Bent Street, in great condition front. Mr Budram 692-3831, Lady Hercules 225-3068, 225-2626, Mr Pereira 669-0943, 615-0069, 2261064, 227-6863, 227-6949, 2255198.

 concrete buildin g bordered by 3 Main Streets in central Georgetown. Ideal for offices, school, bond, etc., 4 flats 130ft x 35 ft each, land 250ft x 50 ft. 227-0190, 693-5610.

 to the Chinese Embassy on the Main Highway for 4storey apartment, car mart, any other creative business, outsourcing centre 8 000 sq. ft $58M. Tel. 225-2626, 225-3068, 669-0943, 615-0069.

 executive concrete house 4 bedrooms. all modern facilities in the heart of Subryanivlle, reduced from $64M to $53M. David Street K i t t y $ 1 8 M , W i l l i a m Street Kitty $15M, South Ruimveldt $15M. Phone Mr Boodram 6923 8 3 1 , M r. R a m s a y o e 2 2 5 2709, Mr Pereira 623-2591, 669-0943, 225-2626, 2253068,227-6949, 226-1064. % DISCOUNT on all properties for this summer only. UG Gardens $140M, Republic Park $30M, Nandy Park 4 apartments $ 3 2 M , M i d d l e Road La Penitence land s i z e 140 x 60 $17M, second S t r e e t A l berttown 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 complex $5 8 M . P h o n e V i c e President 231- 2 0 6 4 , 2 2 5 - 3 0 6 8 , 2 2 7 6863, 226-1064, 227-6949, 2252626. BARGAIN 26% 26% 26% discount: Two-family concrete business and residence in the front of Happy Acres $32M, Dowding Street, Kitty with driveway $16M, BB Eccles $ 1 6 M , S o u th Ruimveldt Gardens $!6M, Light Street $21M, Second building with 12 ft drive way $!4M, David Street Subryanville with 14ft driveway $16M, West Ruimveldt c o n c r e t e flat house $4.9M, Dazell Housing Scheme $11M. 6 9 2 - 383 1 , M r Darindra 615- 0069, Mr. A. Pereira 6232591, M rs Hercules 661-1952, 2252626, 225-2709, 225-5198..  business and re sidence w ith reserve for 20 cars $11M, Meadow Brook old house $12M, L o d g e $ 1 4 M , Middle Road La Penitence with 20ft driveway 4 apartments $15M, second ranch con crete $38M, Garnett St. business and residence $32M. Phone M r . B u d r a m 6 9 2 - 383 1 , M r Darindra 6150069, Mr. A. Pereira 623-2591, M rs Hercules 661-1952, 225-2626, 225-2709, 225-5198..

PROPERTY FOR SALE  St US$1M, Regent St US$900, South Road US$800 000, Lamaha St. US$400 000, Section 'M' Campbellville US$400 000, Blygezight US$275 000, Somerset Court $22M, BB Eccles $46M, $32M, $31, Land of Canaan business $90M, Windsor Estate Housing. Tel. 592-609-2302, 6096516, 645-2580.  Sam's Real Estate and Property Management has the most affordable properties.

William Street Campbellville $35M, Diamond $3.5M, $35M, $38M, Prashad Nagar $37.5M, $65M, Lamaha Gardens $50M, Bel Air Gardens (with swimming pool) US$1.5M, UG Gardens $55M, Rentals - Section 'K' Campbellville US$1200, Prashad Nagar US$1000, US$1400. Tel. 6977842, 231-7052, 222-5541.  Garden s e x ecutive $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, Owen Street Kitty concrete 2s t o r e y $39M, C a m p S t r e e t b u si n e s s a n d r e s i d e n c e .

Phone Mr Darindra 615-0069, Mr Carlos Budram 692-3831, Mr. Ale x P e r e i ra 2 3 1 2 0 6 4 , M r. Ramsahoye 2252709, 225-2626, 225-3068, 2276949, 225-5198, 627-7812, 2261064.  N a g a r $ 3 8 M .

N ewtown corner land for fast f o o d $ 3 6 M , M a n d e l a Av e 150x60 for Fast food b y t h e Gymnasium $85M with 3s t o r e y c o n c r e t e b ui l d i n g , Duncan Street corner l a n d $ 3 5 M , R o b b S t r e e t land $50M, LBI double lot $15M, D'Urban Backlands $20M. Phone Mr Boodram 69 2 - 3 8 3 5 , L a d y Abundance 661-1952, 2312064, Lady Camero n 2 2 52626, 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 Park $36M, Eccles concrete $34M, South Ruimveldt Gard e n s $12M n ee d s repairs, Middle Road La Penitence 4 - a p a r t ment $14M, La Penitence 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.Mr Darindra 615-0069, Mr Carlos Budram 692-3831, M r. A l e x P e r e i r a 2 3 1 - 2 0 6 4, M r.

R a m s a h o y e 2 2 5-2709, 2252 6 2 6 , 2 2 5 - 3 0 6 8 , 2 27-69 49, 225-5198, 627-7812, 226-1064.       Bargains in Guyana: F ull concrete D'Urban Street business $19M, busine s s a n d r e s i d e n c e B e n t Street 16M, G o r d o n S tre e t business & residence $ 2 3 M . W a ter loo Street b u s i n e s s a n d resid e n c e (new) $35M. South Road Land $36M, Charlotte Street 2 buildings 2 houses by Light $32M. Land 140 x 60 by Russian E m b a s s y $30M. Land at Turkeyen 140x60 $32M. L0 Ressovenure Land 126x60 $20M. C a m p b e l l v i l l e f l a t h o u s e n eeds r e p a i r s $ 13M. Section K $19M needs rep a i r s , 3 - s t o r e y Quam ina Street for hotel US $ 5 9 9 0 0 0 , Bel Air Park $49M Lamaha Gardens valued $85M now $ 7 0 M .

R e nta l of a p a r t m e n t s f r o m U S $ 7 0 0 , R e s i dence US$1 2 00 upwa r ds. Phone L o r d Pa t r ick Pereir a 2 2 7 - 6 8 6 3 , 225-2709, 227- 6 9 4 9 , 226-1064, 669-3350.

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GUYANATuesday CHRONICLE, GUYANA CHRONICLE July TUESDAY, 1, 2014 JULY 1, 2014 PROPERTY FOR SALE

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                                              Westminster 0.086 acres flat 3-bedroom house, C u m m i n g s L o d g e Ho u s ing Scheme $14M neg, Campbellville Section '1' $58M neg, Hadfield St Wortmanville back house $ 11 M n e g , D ' U r b a n S t North Freeburg $22M, H a d f i e l d St East ½ of East ½ Wortmanville $35M, Roxanne Burnham Gardens $ 1 4 M n e g , A l b o u y s St r e e t north ½ of the west ½ of A l b o u y s t owm $6M neg, Samaroo Dam Klien Pouderoyen West Bank $8M neg double lot. Diamond $11M neg, Section 'C' Middle Walk Nabaclis East Co a s t $34M neg,    Sheet An c h o r, Cumberland. Land can be surveyed, developed i n t o a h o u s i n g a r e a with a p p r o x i m ately 125 house lots $100M neg, land C/Lot 9.5 acres, Section 'A' Prince William S t . P l a i sance $15M neg.   with AC. Only lawyers, doctors travel service, customs broker rental $80 000 monthly neg.

         

 are your own 20% Bent Street two family business $17M . Land in Da Silva Street 140x33 $16.8M, Meadow Brook ranch $12M, Lodge Scheme $14M, AA Eccles on double lot $78M, Lamaha G a r d e n s E x e c u t i v e $64M, l a n d i n S o u t h Road 75x33 $38M, Charlotte Street $19M, Sec. M Land 80x60 $15M, Da Silva St Land 90x32 $16.5M, Smyth Street Land 120x60 $ 6 5 M , B e l A i r Park need repair $50M n e g .

231-2064, Mr. Ramsahoye 2252709, 225-2626, 225-3068, 227-6949, 225-5198, 627FOR SALE

FORSALE

NISSAN       -duty cake mixers, 1 freezer. Contact Cheryl at 2206302.  steel supermarket shelves. Contact 2253391. -bred Rottweiler pups, fully vacinnated and dewormed, Tel. 689-1729.                                                                            and Ridgeback puppies, mixed breed for sale.

Tel. 625-0345.

                         4S, 16GB, unlocked, no scratches, like new, $70 000. Call 226-2322.  yellow Raum with CD player, alarm system, etc, $1.1M neg. 227-0638, 627-9424.

1 - belt sander adjustable $160 000, edge sander $60 000. All in good working order. Owner leaving - 614-9432  pure-bred male Rottweiler, one pure-bred female German Shepherd. Tel. 662-0116.  rebuilt Perkins, Deutz engines, Lincoln generator welder, Honda ATV bikes, model 'M' with winch, 320 BL excavator. Call 691-2921.  Amp 2450 $160 000, Pro Form treadmill $120 000, power wash $65 000. Tel. 6500892, 692-2016.  MAC tool parts washer with bin at bottom 110v - $55 000.

Owner migrating, 616-5340.  of Ganaderma Lucidum infused products available. Contact 609-9240 or shop o n l i n e . www.rdurgacoffeehouse.organogold.com  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  pups, German shepherd pups, 682-2148, 6182903..      delivery on spot, also bobcat and excavator rentals. 6175536.  furniture.

Owner leaving country. Tel. 2269460.                             and 1 - 16ft showcase. Price $90 000. Call 6239173. closing equipment for sale in excellent condition. Call Jan 645-9266, 647-4997.  plywood Pools table 8x4. Price $140 000. Tel. 6666788, 223-1453.  order body parts for Tundra, Tacoma Titan any year. Tel. 227-2835, 227-5381.   Cruiser fishing boat $1.05M, Tel. 645-5592, 616-4336, 674-2556.  and wooden sofa set, unique imported designs. 233-5711, 609-6516, 6092362. -breed pit bull pups, 7 weeks, and mixed breed Shepherd and Doberman pups. Contact 6691507.  FLOCK OF SHEEP, ONE FLOCK OF GOAT. Reasonably priced Call-619-9000; 220-9015  you moving and need a secure truck to transport your valuables? Call Soldier on 602-0393, 629-1497, 654-7727.  Clark Ranger skidder, 1 - Puma mill with 30 Hp motot or engine. Tel. 269-0603, 609-8041, 662-2508.

 energy drink, $3 200 per case, special wholesale price.

Tel. 609-0686, 269-0010.

 Air Brush machine for nails, paint and stencils included just $50 000. Call Shemika on 6679737.

                                

 Shepherd pups, 12 weeks old, fully vaccinated and dewormed, JG Kennels, Ruimzeight Gardens, WCD. 269-0671, 688-1656.

            

 paint 5-gal., 2gal pails. Oil paint 1-gal. 5-gal pails all colours, 250-gal. water tank. Tel. 220-1014.

FOR SALE your own water business with a brand new water purification system, supplied and installed in a short time. Call 623-7212.  Market double stalls, opposite Regent Street also property on Oronoque Street $33M. 641-1800  jet ski, new CANAM ATV, 4x4. One Toyota Tundra, black, year 2005, $2.9M. Tel. 226-0025, 648-3171, 6003171.  new Perkins 400 series generator, model: P13.562, 13.8 Kva, 11.0 kw (3+4) cylinder. Call 225-1856.  and plucked chickens in wholesale and retail quantities, also available dog meat in any quantity.

Tel. 657-3707, 643-3240.  18.2 cubic (Frigidaire) refrigerator, 54 acres transported land at Northern Hogg Island.

Priced to go. Contact 227-0575, 220-9336.  BTU AC unit comes with transformer and AC brackets, $100 000 neg. Call Mrs Reynolds. set model D 343, 250 kva, 3 Ph, 415-240, 220/ 127v, AC 60 Hz. Call 227-0190, 693-5610, 616-9727.  2 games, Xbox 360, PSP available, starting at $1 000 each, Mod also available. Contact 684-3025.  chair, baby stroller, baby carrier and car seat. Call 646-5261, 618-1706, 670-2653.  Hymac, truck, pump, rams, Toyota engine 5VZ 3400 cc V6 dragline, helmet and hammer D6 bulldozer. 621-4862.   complete dredge, equipment, 6-cylinder, diesel engine, 8" gravel pump, air compressor with diving suit, $1.5M. 662-7425 Malchan. Shepherds available from July 15. Please contact Joan in Republic Park for booking in advance.

600-7871, 233-5783.  Speakers L/2 - 750 YK, QSC amp MX 1500, Peavy CS 4000, Honda 13 000 watts generator, like new. Price neg. 2296363, 623-3240. base Toyota Dyna 666 series, $1.2M, 1 -Mitsubishi short base GHH series, $1.2M. 621-8198, 600-8198.  Rebel motorcycle 250cc $350 000, Harley Davidson motorcycle 1350cc $2.3M. Both just imported - 673-7734.  Perkins engine 4236/ 6354 also rebuilt engine on bed.

Lister Petter engines and spares in stock. Contact 649-0755, 6243187. profit foundry business: Concrete building, high ceiling with all facilities for casting brass and aluminum. Call 225-4359, 623-4396.  items: Fridge, fans, food warmers for snackette, stereo, computers, wardrobes, much more. Call 223-1885, 6423722.  regulators 2000w 110-240V - $6 000 and 3000w $8000, a quantity of office wall dividers, could set up 2 to 3 offices with glass doors, etc $40 000. Tel:616-5340        Hobart en gine 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.   arm radial DeWalt slide, cross cut and rip saw 3-Phase current with adjustment and large metal t a b l e $ 3 6 0 0 0 0 . 664-3368  on antenna for all Japanese Car, foreign used $5000 each. Rear view mirror for 212, 192 and Wagon, Honda, etc, original Japanese - $5000 each.Tel:664-3368

FOR SALE  car seat $12000, baby basket $12 000, baby pram $15 000.

Brands are Evenflo and Fisher Price, small tricycle $5 000, child tricycle $10000. 616-5340  surveillance security systems, 4 channels, going cheap only $75 000. All necessary accessories included, also any other brands available.

Tel. 609-2815.

3000 new PVC Talbot pushfit fittings for water mains adaptor PF x - F1 25mm SDR 11 x ¾ in ACTL WR 10 at $100 each. Owner leaving 614-9432.  135 HP o u t board foreign-used with remote control new tank, hydraulic tilt, 12v battery start mower used in Guyana giveaway $350000.

Tel:621-4928  side by side refrigerator and freezer 110v, excellent condition $180 000 neg, new model hot and cold water dispenser 110v with bottle $20 000.

621-4928  land at Parika 12.476 acres partly cultivated at Parika Naamryck $6M, by owner with Title document. New glass case 40"long x 25" broad, 2ft high, $40 000. Tel. 223-6941, 685-9590.   f l a t s c r e e n monitors with cords all $100 000, 10 used APC with and without battery $ 6 0 0 0 0 . Tel:664-3368  household furnishings etc, in good condition. Modem GT&T $8 000, double bed and mattress $35 000, Divan $25 000, medium-size TV stand $10 000, stove and gas bottle $10 000. Call 611-5017, 216-2471.  louvre doors, Canadamade from $9 000 up, 25% off regular price, 37 Brickdam, East of New Thriving. Call 656-5690 Monday to Friday 10:00hrs to 16:00hrs. : 12-½" DeWalt HD planer $125 000, 10" craftsman table saw with stand $40 000 10 amp DeWalt reciprocating saw $25 000. Buy all 3 pieces for $150 000. Contact Osbert 602-5294, Avril on 2277607.   air conditioner wall units and water pump metal cages with gate to place lock $10 000 each, 1 large snapon parts washer 110v with bin at bottom to hold fluid wash $55 000.

Tel:664-3368.  Auto Parts Limited: Suspension, lights, body parts, etc. Opening Monday to Friday 08:00hrs to 17:00hrs, Saturday 08:00hrs to 16:00hrs. Lot 106 Unity, ECD, Guyana. Tel. (592) 259-3277, cell (592) 677-6674.  Panel Door and Furnitu r e : A r c h d o o r a n d frame, French door, spindles, windows, cupboard furniture and ply boards, purple heart door $28 000, locust door $25 000. Cell 626-8141, 66411 0 9 .   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 all $100 000, a quantity of new computer cards, new ha rd drive etc $60 000. Tel:614-9432    photo copying machine large with scanner attached, CD and manual available along with six new cartridges, hardly used, mint condition $350 000 for all Owner leaving 614-9432. window units 5000 BTU Haier new $2000, 8000 BTU GE with remote $35 000, Bullet Express food processor new $20 000, 4-piece 8ftx12 ft folding grille gate, heavy duty $50 000, steel panel door 30x78 $15 000, 1- set of 16-inch Tundra or Tacoma alloy rims $40 000. Tel. 677-6466.

FOR SALE     - 355 Hp 3Phase 60 Hz electric Onan generating set Cummins engine in good working condition with 2 24v batteries, fuel tank. Price $3.7M neg. For more information, contact Shawn. 697-6715.  outboard engine, one 80 Mercury outboard engine, one 60 Evinrude outboard engine, 2 fibreglass boats, Bedford truck spare parts, one sector box, left hand TM truck, electric a l t o o l s , o n e t r u c k w i n c h . Te l . 6 7 2 - 9 2 7 2 , 261-6634.  stainless steel with wheels vacuum cleaner 110v for car wash, commercial use 110v, 60Hz shop vacuum wet and dry $60 000, 5000 new PVC fittings for pipe mains ¾ and ½-inch and metric, cheap.

6 21-4928 , bed frames and mattresses, bedside cupboards, wall dividers, 4-seater dinette sets and shelves (used) 14' and 15' aluminum boats, used 25Hp outboard and a 35 KVA 3-phase generator (hardly used) for sale. Contact 628-1203, 6513402, 227-4263.  Ipad Air, Samsung S5, LG Curve, G2, Canon, Nikon SLR camera, crown, amplifier, DBX driver rack, compressor, Shure cordless microphone, electric, box guitars, m i x e r s , k e y b o a r d s , R C F, Celestion speakers, Pione e r, D e n o n j u ggler, CD, DVD duplicator. Tel 623-2477.  30-feet Bayliner boat and trailer with 4-cylinder Mer cruiser engine, and Alpha 1 Sterndrive needs reverse cable otherwise good condition, engine starts and runs, one Bombardier Seadoo jet ski, 1 Kawasaki 750 sts jet ski, both working, minor repairs. Call 444-6589, 694-1888. Call to make offer owner leaving.  Hymac 580C excavator in working condition, Have a new triple pump worth $800 000 also spare engine, triple pump and control valves, going cheap $1.5M. Call 444-6589, 694-1888, Owner desperate to sell.  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.  in Moblissa with 2 houses, 1 large bond, etc citrus and pineapple. Ideal to raise chickens, access to large creek, only 8 minutes drive from highway, can drive in with car, good road. Owner migrating, must sell.

Call 444-6589, 694-1888 to negotiate price.  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 (2inch,/3-inch), 48 Yamaha outboard boat engine, vehicle alternators and starters for various vehicles. Tel. 227-8519, 653-4287, 618-1839.  materials: New large blue bathtub fibreglass made $35 000, 3 hot and cold water sinks, used with fittings.

English-made $10,000, a quantity of used iron grilles for window, e t c $ 1 0 0 ,0 0 0 . Tel:6643368  50 5 0 a m p l i f i e r used, QSC 1450 amplifier us ed, Spin 3300 amplifier n e w, S p i n 3 3 0 a m p l i f i e r used, Dennon 1500S m i x e r a nd pair Dennon 3500 CD player used, DBX 1231 e q u a l i z e r u s e d , D B X 120 x Sub harmonic used, Rane 23A crossover used. Tel. 613-3846, 670-9993.

FOR SALE VEHICLES FOR SALE " 5 HP wood planer, 10" 3 hp wood table saw, 8" 3 hp jointer planer, (DeWalt 12" mitre saw, drilling machine, circle saw, 3 h p p l u n g e r o u t e r, j i g s a w, 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. 2203523, 616-1578.

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      OLD model. Tel. 6812343.                RZ long base bus, Serious enquiries. Price neg. Contact 625-6187  CRV $1.5M neg.

Call 657-0482.  Mazda RX8, excellent condition. Price neg.. 661-4875. Tundra, GSS series $2.6M, Call 223-5401, 644-3118.  PNN series, $1.6M. Contact 223-5401, 6443118.  Solid Def pickup, never registered. Tel. 641-3812, 220-6770.  Toyota Alex. Tel. 6257416.  Toyota Town Ace minibus in working condition. Contact 682-3677.  Runx with mags and music. Price $1.6M neg. Tel. 625-6397.   new model car in excellent condition. Price $1.3M neg. Tel. 625-6397.  AT 192 Carina, excellent condition. Price $750 000 neg. Tel. 655-7999.  Toyota Sera, automatic drive, power window, etc. Price $700 000 neg. Contact 669-1507.   Camry in excellent condition. Price neg. Contact 643-7218, 265-3607. ST with mags and music. Price $1.6M neg. Tel. 6256397.  RZ minibus with mags and music. Price $1.3M neg. Tel. 625-6397.  CRV in very good condition. Price neg. Tel. 6696961.  Picnic, 7-seater, PLL series, 82 000 km. Tel. 6147403.   Tacoma manual V6, fully loaded. $3M. Tel. 622-0445, 685-7659.  car in working condition PHH series. Call 650-9957, 665-8438.    R u s h f o r s a l e $ 1 . 6 M . Te l . 6 4 6 - 5 7 8 4 .   AC, CD, $975 00 neg, Allion fully loaded, PNN 1750 neg. Call 617-9507.  Canter truck, in good condition. Tel. 220-4559, 655-2022.  RAV4, 2001 model, 60 000km, PKK series, excellent condition, automatic, alarm, MP3, DVD, CD deck, etc. Contact 6139239.  NZE Corolla AC, mags, in excellent condition., $1.7M neg. Tel.609-9306.  Toyota car, excellent condition. Contact 684-7643.

Price $800 000.  4-Runner, great condition, $1.7M neg. 223-9719, 227-1028.

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 125 cc motor cycle (scooter) CH series, red, only 50km,price $200 000. Call 6237480.

 Honda Civic EK3, excellent condition, AC, mag rims, etc. Contact 693-1281, 2690010.

 Extra cab pick-up, not registered, (22R engine), manual (EFI) 4x4, GPP series, $2.4M. Rocky 225-1400, 621-5902

 Gray Toyota Allion PSS series emaculate condition, keyless, T central locking, low mileage, Very. Call 623-7480.

 CRV, PJJ series, good condition, $1 39M non-negotiable. Call 657-0482.

Toyota Duet (small car) 4 door, 1000 cc, automatic, fully powered, AC, mags, alarm, price $1.1.

Rocky. 225-1400, 621-5902.=

    Ta c o m a $2.4M. Warn winch. 2332488.  AE 91 Sprinter, manual gear box, rims, DVD, excellent condition. 675-0174.  RAV-4 4L, silver, PRR series, in excellent condition $5M neg. Tel. 648-4059.

670-9084.  2005 Ta c o m a , P r i m o , H i l u x , 4 doors. Contact 627-8057, 629-5178. DAF sand truck, Cummins engine $2.5M neg.

Call 665-5154.  CRV PJJ series.

Price $1.6M. Contact 664-4038, 619-7731.  110 SPRINTER, corporate yellow, in hire $500 000. Call 611-1018.  model Toyota RAV-4 $2.5M neg. Tel. 225-5034, 6395577.  Raum, year 2000, colour silver. Come with rims and alarm. Tel. 621-5244.  Toyota Allion in immaculate condition. Any reasonable offer. Owner leaving country. Call 616-7351.     Carina Wagon, very affordable.

616-2409  Vitz $1.75M, Contact Robin, Tel. 6550647.  82 Starlet Turbo, s t i c k g e a r , D V D , A C . Te l .

682-0997.  Nissan Bluebird SSS $550,000 negotiable. Tel: 6292404 Toyota Raum in excellent condition. Price neg. Tel. 612-9708.  315i fully loaded, in excellent condition, $1.850M neg.

Owner leaving country. Tel. 6497005.  Raum, new model, 2005 year. Price $1.3M. Tel. 2205124, cell 626-2466. truck, large powerful 3-ton open back, bush-ready.

Call 687-8168, 231-8417, 2316560, 658-2948.   PMM series, in excellent condition. Price neg. Tel. 644-4932.  Toyota Lexus car, 2004 model. Price $1.9M, neg.

Call 699-8189.  Bush truck, one Major tractor excellent condition.

Owner leaving country. Tel. 6736091.  Hilux Surf, Toyota Tundra, one 2RZ minibus. All vehicles in excellent condition. 6231355.  Spacio, Suzuki Vitara. Price neg. Both in immaculate condition. Tel. 629-2371, 6946027.  330 Bedford dump truck GHH series, one 55 Leyland with crane GRR series must go.

Tel. 332-0205, 685-3832.  170 Toyota - $200 000.

698-1425. model Raum PRR 4759, mag rim, alarm, AC< CD, very clean, $1.65M neg. 233-6337,r 662-6024.

LEYLAND Daf truck with hyab, Caldina Wagon. Tel.. 6265706.  new model Raum, excellent condition, alarm start, mags, music, Cell 685-7565.

 Corolla NZE, PMM series, with flair kit and mag rims. In excellent condition. Call 667-5424.  Solid Def Toyota 4x4 Pick-up, $2.4M, Isuzu 2-ton dump truck $2.3M. 641-1800, 220-3452.  LX 470 immaculate condition, black on 22-inch rims, fully loaded, Sheriff St, Campbellville. 225-6357.  3Y, auto, 4x4, P, bull bar, mags, 8 seats, AC, immaculate condition. Sheriff St. 225-6357.  Massey Ferguson 699 Tractor 4 wheel drive, One Massey Ferguson 255 tractor with front bucket. Contact: 6133609.

 AE 91 corolla, automatic, fully powered, price $450 000.

Rocky. 225-1400, 621-5902.  new model AT 212 Carina automatic fully powered, AC, CD, alarm, remote start, immaculate condition, $1.450M, Contact Rocky 225-1400, 621-5902.       canter, open back, long tray, manual, diesel, $1.3M Contact Rocky 225-1400, 6215902.    R Z h a r d l y u s e d immaculate condition, $ 1 . 4M . R ocky 225-1400, 6215902.  Allion (black), excellent condition, AC< music, 16" mags, fully powered, PMM series.

Tel. 622-0112.

 Corolla AE 110, crystal lights, mag rims, alarm, CD player, fully powered, very good condition. Tel. 623-2923.

 Pajero (junior/ 4dr), automatic, fully powered, ac, (4x4), hardly used $1.5M Contact Rocky 225-1400, 621-5902.

 A15, AC, music, mags, excellent condition, solid.

Price $1.6M neg.. Tel. 6907344, 655-7839. Neekoomarie.

 Dyna, open back, s h o r t b a s e c a n t e r, ( 2 t o n ) , 5 speed manual,gas, 3y engine, excellent condition, $1.3M. Rocky 225-1400, 621-5902

 Nissan El Grand, fully powered, CD, back and front TV, alloy rims, AC, 4-wheel drive, full flairs. Tel. 658-1946, 619-6059.  Toyota Raum, fully powered, PMM, AC, mags, perfect for bank purchase, $1.3M. 612-6693, 689-4330.  RZ minibus, BKK series, stick gear, mag rims and working condition. 693-2174, 2340706.  High top, extra long, diesel, auto, dual AC, fully powered, new, never registered.

Sheriff St. 225-6356.  Ace Custom, excellent condition, original seats, 9seater. $875 000 neg, Call 6604183, 625-8035.  2005 HZ Hummer, good condition, black, located in Canada, Owner in Guyana can ship for you. 625-7425, Malchan.  Surf 4-door enclosed, IKZ diesel, automatic, mags, rear seats, bull bar, spoiler, fully powered, CD, rear tyre rack, fogs, Sheriff St. 225-6357.  NZE with flair kit, 17" mags, AC, CD, in excellent condition. Price, $1.35M neg.

Cell 628-1682.  AE 100 Corolla car $825 000, one Nissan Datsun Pick-up 2/2, $1.8M Tidy looking.

626-1170.  TM Double Rear Axle Truck, Excellent Condition, Ideal for mining, fuel, sand etc. 220-5163. Toyota IRZ in working condition. BKK series. Tel. 6043333, 692-8709, 621-2863.    250 cc CBR, $250 000 neg. Contact # 6698115.  Dingo, PKK series, fully powered, mag rims, leather seats, AC, excellent condition, $900 000. Owner leaving country. Tel. 614-2069.  Tundra (bubble back) in excellent condition $3.3M neg, fully loaded. Owner leaving country. Tel. 641-3812, 220-6770.  new and unregistered Axela car, very low mileage, excellent condition. Tel. 6140726, 663-0819.  NZE with flair kit, 17" mags, AC, CD, in excellent condition. Price, $1.35M neg. Cell 6281682.

 Tundra extra cab, (4x4), automatic, fully powered, AC, alarm $2M. R o c k y 2 2 5 1400, 621-5902  enclosed canter (short base), 5 speed manual, diesel engine, GRR series, hardly used, $2.5M. R o c k y 2 2 5 - 1 4 00, 621-5902

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 model 'M' truck with dump, used to fetch sand and dirt.

Needs cab. Call 444-6559, 6941888. Asking $1.4M.

                                  

 PNN series, fully loaded, $1.75M, Toyota AT 192 PJJ series $800 000. Tel. 600-3318.  Mazda Axela. Owner leaving country. Reasonable offer accepted. Serious enquiries only.

675-6061.  ! Unregistered, fully loaded Toyota IST, $2 250 000 and new model Raum $2 250 000. 643-6565, 226-9931.  Rover $3.5M, Truck $2.8M, Lancer $1.2M. Serious enquiries only. Contact 225-0351, 227-2174, 666-3659, 652-3707.  Leyland DAF 17-18 freighter with 22ft container, suitable for transporting greens, vegetable and valuables in a secure tray. Call Soldier on 602-0393, 629-1497, 654-7727.    Touring Corolla Wagon AC, CD, 17" mags, all wheels disc brakes, PPP series never worked hire, $1.5M Tel. 619-1047.  Honda CRV, series PMM 1805, PKK 1931 and one BRR 338 minibus Super Custom and one PMM 903 Raum, excellent condition. Call 622-5969.  Avensis 2007 model, PNN series, fully loaded, mags, TV, alarm, $2.9M neg, Toyota Hilux pickup 2001 model, Solid Deff, off road ready, $1.8M neg. Tel. 6474501 (Raul).    4x4 Tundra extra cab, AC, CD player, alarm, automatic silver grey, hard cover, bed liner, GPP series, 5 new B.F. Goodrich all terrain tyres. $2.8M Call Eddie -618-8016.

 Land Cruiser Prado PMM Series. 225-0188, 225-6070, Monday to Friday 08:15hrs - 16:15hrs, Saturday 08:15hrs - 13:15hrs.

 T/Tacoma, H/CRV, H/Fit, Sera, Kawasaki Ninja 600 cc, Suzuki 250cc. Both bikes unregistered. Make offer. Call 2231885, 642-3722

          Galant motor car, 2004 model, Pnn series, automatic, fully powered, ac, low milage, hardly used $1.8M Contact Rocky 225-1400, 6215902.

 Navara pick-up, 4x4 L200 Mitsubishi pick-up, 4x4 Canter trucks 4 doors and enclosed and Noah bus. 227-0190 Ext 100, 693-5610, 616-9727, 61 Dennis Street Campbellville.

 IST, PMM series, factory tint, air bag, AC, alarm, electronic start, music. Price $1.6M neg, lady-driven. Tel. 628-6819.

 in stock! All new (recondition) vehicles Spacio, Fielder, Premio, Axio, Prado, Hilux, Coasters, low down payment. Trade your old car for a new one. Tel. 6262466, 220-5105.

Bus - Super Custom, fully powered, sunroof, tv, dvd etc. Price to go never work on road, one month old. late BSS series. Tel:677-8359  Joy Auto Sales just opened!

Hilux, pick-ups, Premio, Pitbull, enclosed Canter, 26-seater buses, etc. Tel. 220-3569, 220-5444.  Toyota Raum, green, PMM series, excellent condition.

Asking $1.35M neg. Contact 6653038, 226-4356.  strong 3-ton, open back canter in good condition. 2318417, 226-9648, 643-7666, 6677973, 658-2948.  Blue Corolla NZE, PKK 6461 series, mag rims, CD, AC, etc in excellent working condition. Price neg.

Contact 694-7730, 602-3343.  Super Custom bus 2005 model, BPP, terms avail.

Tel. 625-7283. 2003 Premio late PPP series. Tel. 639-5484. Both in excellent condition. Corolla AE 110, mag rims, CD player, fully powered, excellent condition. Any reasonable offer. Owner leaving country. Contact 651-4985.  new model coaster bus, electric doors, captain seats, fully equipped. Price $3.2M neg. Tel. 626-2466, 220-5124.  Auto Sales, 36 years in business. For the best deal when buying or selling used vehicles. We have all models of vehicles. Call David 231-3690, 649-0329.  long base canter, 2001 MOD KK - FE53EE reconditioned, 32 000 km, registered Jan 2014 No GSS 1588, Call 220-9572, 617-3642.

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Bouchard sparkles, as Guyana begin...

Murray reigns supreme From back page

… Bouchard becomes Wimbledon’s first Canadian quarterfinalist; Murray still to drop a set

By Martyn Herman LONDON, England (Reuters) Eugenie Bouchard succeeded where Serena Williams failed as she beat Alize Cornet to reach the last eight of Wimbledon on a rain-hit yesterday that produced another display of grass mastery by defending men’s champion Andy Murray.

Frenchwoman Cornet caused a sensation on Saturday by removing five-time champion and pre-tournament favourite Williams, but the freshfaced Bouchard proved to be made of sterner stuff as she edged to a 7-6(5), 7-5 victory.

“That’s cool. I didn’t know that,” the 20-year-old said of becoming the first Canadian to reach a Wimbledon quarter-final. “Another little historic thing for Canada!”

The match was halted after five games to allow

the Centre Court roof to slide shut as more rain hit the championships after Saturday’s lengthy disruptions.

“It was an honour to play under you @ WimbledonRoof” Bouchard, the new golden girl of tennis, Tweeted later.

Murray began his fourthround match against giant South African Kevin Anderson under cloudy skies, building up a commanding lead, but after

WINNING STREAK Dimitrov will pose a threat to Murray’s 17-match winning streak at Wimbledon (including the 2012 Olympics), especially as he has already beaten the Scot this year.

“My job isn’t over yet,” the 23-year-old warned after continuing his best Wimbledon run.

Djokovic’s match against 14th seed Tsonga, a repeat of their 2011 semi-final, had been given top-billing, but

Eugenie Bouchard, right, shakes hands with Alizé Cornet after winning their fourth-round match at Wimbledon 7-6, 7-5. (Photograph: Glyn Kirk/AFP/ Getty Images) more rain prompted another the Serb was at his ruthless roof closure he was given best in a scintillating display his stiffest examination so under the roof to set up a last-eight meeting with far.

The third seed even came Croatia’s Marin Cilic. within a point of conceding The second Monday at his first set of what has been the All England Club is stress-free tournament for traditionally a feast of top the home favourite before names, with the last 16 in sealing an impressive 6-4, both men’s and women’s 6-3, 7-6(6) victory to reach singles being played, but the quarter-finals for a several third-round matches had been held up by rain at seventh consecutive year.

The 27-year-old is on a the weekend. semi-final collision course Swiss Stanislas Wawrinka, with top seed Novak one of the victims of soggy Djokovic, who eased past Saturday when his match Frenchman Jo-Wilfried against Uzbekistan’s Denis Tsonga 6-3, 6-4, 7-6(5), Istomin was postponed, but must first negotiate his made up for lost time with way past in-form Bulgarian a rapid 6-3, 6-3, 6-4 win, Grigor Dimitrov, who beat completed just before a Argentine Leonardo Mayer heavy rain shower arrived.

The Australian Open in straight sets.

“I knew I was going to champion wasted little get tested at some stage,” excess energy against the Murray, who had arrived bespectacled Istomin, but he in the second week having grumbled about the schedule dropped a mere 19 games, that leaves him facing three told reporters. “Today I was matches in as many days. pushed, especially in the “They just say what’s going middle part of that second to be the schedule and that’s set, then obviously later on it,” Wawrinka said of the in the third there were some decision not to play his third-round match when the tight moments.” rain eventually stopped on

Saturday.

“They’re not going to change anything. They don’t listen to the player. They just do what they think is good for them.”

Spain’s Feliciano Lopez also belatedly reached the last 16, beating big-serving American John Isner in a four-set match that predictably included three tie-breaks and 86 aces.

Isner’s defeat left the United States without a representative in the last 16 of the men’s or women’s singles for the first time since 1911 after teenager Madison Keys withdrew injured before resumption of her held-over match against Kazakhstan’s Yaroslava Shvedova.

Shvedova will play last year’s runner-up Sabine Lisicki in the fourth round after the German claimed a stop-go 6-4, 3-6, 6-1 victory against 11th seed Ana Ivanovic.

Japan’s Kei Nishikori, the 10th seed, completed a 3-6, 6-3, 4-6, 7-6(4), 6-4 thirdround victory over Simone Bolelli after their match had been suspended at the weekend.

GRIT AND POWER The defeat of Williams blew a gaping hole in the women’s draw and Canada’s Bouchard exploited it with a performance of style, grit and power against 25th seed Cornet.

Having reached the semifinals at both the Australian Open and French Open this year, Bouchard arrived at Wimbledon with the likes of former men’s champion John McEnroe tipping her to go even further on the slick Wimbledon lawns.

She looked like she would be stretched into a third set when she trailed Cornet 5-3 in the second, but she continued her fearless shotmaking with abandon to claw back the deficit.

Serving at 5-6, Cornet tried in vain to hold off the Canadian trailblazer, rescuing one point after a nasty tumble, but finally succumbed when she fired a backhand long.

In the back court, Guyana will be led by Andre DeFlorimonte from New York, Ray Victor of the BVI and Ravens’ pair of Ryan Stephney and Akeem Kanhai.

Kanhai, the 22-year-old wonder kid, who many believe will be the next ‘big thing’ for Guyana in the sport, is playing in his second CBC tournament after leading the team in rebounds at the 2011 tournament that was held in the Bahamas.

Retrieve Raiders bigman Dwayne ‘Brown Sugar’ Roberts, who had already stated his readiness to ‘sweeten’ the CBC tournament, is one of the most-talked-about local player to make the team this year; playing in his second championship as well.

The championship will be broadcast in its entirety on youtube.com/fiba and features the participation of Antigua, Bahamas,

Barbados, Cuba, Guyana, St Vincent & Grenadines, Virgin Islands and hosts British Virgin Islands.

FIBA Americas president Usie Richards describes this year’s championships as a historic moment for the Caribbean, stating a” worldwide streaming broadcast of the CBC Championship means our sport is now in a true globalised stage.

The exposure it allows for everyone involved is important for the ultimate development goal that we have in FIBA when it comes to the future of basketball and its growth throughout the world.

Having started in 1981, the 2014 edition marks the 22nd hosting of the tournament that awards three spots to the 2014 Centrobasket Championship which in turn awards four spots to the 2015 FIBA Americas Championship.

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GSDF Scotiabank/Pepsi Football Academy

Controversy mars end to tournament

By Calvin Roberts AMIDST strong words of objections to a controversial finish, Berbice Educational Institute (BEI) were crowned the Guy-

... BEI and ERSS claim titles ana Sports Development Foundation (GSDF) Pepsi/ Scotiabank National U-15 champions after defeat-

ing Christianburg/Wismar Secondary School (CWSS) 5-4 on sudden-death kicks at the Ministry of Educa-

tion ground last Saturday.

After regulation time failed to produce a winner, the match was sent into penalty kicks, which initially ended 4-4, leaving the officials no choice but to order a sudden-death penalty shootout between the two sides.

Here was where the controversy erupted at the venue, as one official told the players that anyone can take the sudden-death penalty kick, for which CWSS’ skipper took the spot kick for his side and scored, while the BEI player missed his, sparking off wild celebrations on the field for the Linden side.

However, Coordinator of the tournament, Lawrence ‘Sparrow’ Griffith, interrupted the celebrations for the Linden side and pointed out the infringement of the rule, which was not taken calmly by the temporary winners.

After the dust had settled, the kicks were retaken; a result of which the CWSS player missed his while the Berbicians converted theirs to claim the championship trophy and medallions, leaving their disgruntled opponents to settle for the runnerup silverware.

In the earlier excursions, Troy Monroe almost opened the scoring for the Berbicians in the 27th minute as his right-footed attempt from the centre of the penalty area, was denied by the opposing custodian whom he faced in a one-on-one situation.

Wismar/Christianburg almost broke the stalemate in the 41st minute through a Ronell Deputron strike which was parried to safety by the onrushing Jerold Foort the BEI custodian,

The victorious Berbice Educational Institute team with DDL’s Pepsi Brand Manager Larry Wills (left) and Public Relations Officer of Scotiabank Jennifer Cipriani. within the left side of the penalty area.

Omar Brewley then fired his right-footed strike over the cross from within the sixyard area in the 53rd minute after latching onto a rightsided cross, as the Linden side began to get the better of the exchanges.

On the back foot for most of the second period, BEI’s Mark Porter almost stole the lead for his unit in the 62nd minute as his right-footed effort from the centre of the penalty area, was denied by the Linden shot-stopper.

The Lindeners, who are also the two-time national champions in the Digicel Inter-Secondary School Championships that is currently on, continued to be frustrated by the efforts of Foort between the uprights, as he denied a powerful 26-yard right-footed Hubert Adams free kick in the 67th minute.

With no winner, penalty kicks had to be introduced and after leading 4-3, CWSS handed the Berbicians a lifeline as they missed their fifth attempt, for which their opponents said thanks by converting their kick, following which the controversy ensued but was cleared up and BEI waltzed away with the championship trophy.

On the distaff side,

East Ruimveldt Secondary walked away with the title after they overcame another Linden unit in Wisburg Secondary 3-0 on penalty kicks after normal time concluded with the scores locked at 0-0.

Troyann Barton almost opened the scoring for the Georgetown unit in the 15th minute but her right-footed strike from the right side of the box was denied by the legs of the Linden custodian, while Christy Spencer almost broke the deadlock in favour of Wisburg Secondary 12 minutes later, lashing her right-footed effort just wide of the right hand corner of the net.

East Ruimveldt custodian Decaycia Norville kept the score line the same going into the second period as she denied a Wisburg Secondary penalty-kick attempt in the 30th minute, following a reckless challenge within the penalty box.

The stout defending continued in the second stanza as Deborah Waldron was denied in the 50th minute by the outstretched leg of the final defender, after racing into the penalty box from the right side of the field.

With a winner not decided and with no extra time interval, penalty kicks settled the outcome, for which ERSS came out on top.

Pakistan board faced bankruptcy before ICC changes (REUTERS) - The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) faced bankruptcy and isolation if it did not back the radical changes made by the International Cricket Council (ICC) last week, chairman Najam Sethi said yesterday.

Sethi told a news conference in Lahore that the PCB could have collapsed within two years if it did not support the sweeping reforms introduced in Melbourne.

“We would have gone bankrupt in two years and would have been left isolated if we hadn’t approved the revamp,” he explained.

Sethi said the PCB had

struggled for the last five years to run cricket in the country, as well as the national team, due to security problems.

“Since 2009 we have hosted no home series and that has caused us loss of revenues but we have somehow managed,” he added.

By supporting the revamp the PCB is assured earnings of around $450 million in the next eight-year cycle of international cricket, in part due to a six-tour agreement with arch-rivals India.

“We are hoping to earn around $300 million from our four home series with India starting from next year.

While our share from the ICC earnings in this period will also increase to $150 million,” said Sethi who has been awarded a place on the ICC’s new executive committee.

The matches were agreed under the future tours programme with four of them to be played in Pakistan or the United Arab Emirates provided they receive government clearance.

Sethi also said the PCB would make a fresh application with the ICC in October to allow banned pace bowler Mohammad Amir to play domestic cricket before his five-year ban for spot-fixing ends in September 2015.

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Germany and France end African World Cup hopes … Monday’s goals took the tally for the tournament to 150

By Andrew Cawthorne BELO HORIZONTE Brazil-(Reuters) - Germany and France snuffed out African hopes and reached the World Cup quarter-finals yesterday with hard-won victories over Algeria and Nigeria, while Uruguay striker Luis Suarez broke his silence to apologize for biting.

Both European powerhouses struggled for their wins, France needing late goals to see off African champions Nigeria 2-0 and Germany only securing their 2-1 victory over Algeria in extra time.

Germany and France will meet in the last eight on Friday, while disappointed Africans have no teams left to support.

In Porto Alegre, the sides were deadlocked 0-0 after 90 minutes in a frantic end-to-end match where Algeria goalkeeper Rais Mbolhi pulled off some fantastic saves but swiftly counter-attacks also gave the north Africans chances to win.

With the score 0-0 at full time, German substitute Andre Schuerrle deftly flicked in a low cross, before Mesut Ozil added a second in the last minute.

There was still time for an Algerian consolation goal,

by Abdelmoumene Djabou.

It was no more than they deserved but not enough to prevent heartbreak at the final whistle.

Windies crash...

From back page Searching for a crucial victory, New Zealand declared at their overnight 331 for seven and immediately found success, grabbing three wickets in the morning session which was marred by rain.

In the third over, opener Kraigg Brathwaite offered no stroke to Boult and lost his off stump for six with the score on seven and Kirk Edwards rode his luck in scoring ten before edging to Ross Taylor at first slip off Boult, to leave the Windies on 23 for two.

Southee then made the key breakthrough when he claimed dangerous opener Chris Gayle bowled for 11, after the Jamaican left-hander edged an attempted drive onto his stumps.

Bravo and Chanderpaul then added exactly 50 for the fourth wicket and were together when rain at 11:25 am resulted in an early lunch at 11:40 am, with the Windies

“The Algerians did a good job, they disrupted us from the start and didn’t let us get into our game. But it doesn’t matter how we won,” Schuerrle said.

The result kept Germany’s enviable record of reaching at least the quarter-finals in every World Cup they have played in since 1938. It also denied Algeria revenge for a dark chapter in 1982 when, despite beating then West Germany, they went out after a seemingly contrived result between the Germans and Austria.

“We showed the whole world that Algeria has a great team,” defender Madjid Bougherra said. “We fought all the way.

At the start of Ramadan, we did a great job representing Algeria.”

Mesut Oezil of Germany scores his team’s second goal past Rais M’Bolhi of Algeria during the 2014 FIFA World Cup Brazil Round of 16 match between Germany and Algeria at Estadio Beira-Rio, yesterday in Porto Alegre, Brazil. (Photo by Matthias Hangst/Getty Images)

FRANCE STRIKE LATE Earlier in Brasilia, France, seeking to make up for a humiliating early exit four years ago, left it late to break down a tough Nigeria, scoring twice in the last 11 minutes.

‘Super Eagles’ goalkeeper Vincent Enyeama, who had been excellent until then, flapped at a corner in the 79th minute, leaving Paul Pogba an open goal to head into after French pressure had built steadily in the second half.

“To score a goal for your country, especially in an important match like this to get into the World Cup quarter-finals, it’s one of the best moments of my life,” an elated Pogba said.

‘Les Bleus’ struck again at the death when Nigeria defender

Joseph Yobo skewed a cross into his own goal.

Nigeria, who have never progressed beyond the last 16, had the better of the first half in a rough game that swung France’s way after the African side’s influential midfielder Ogenyi Onazi was injured and carried off following a late studs-up tackle by Blaise Matuidi.

Yesterday’s goals took the tally for the tournament to 150, surpassing the 145 scored in the entire 2010 World Cup. Off the pitch, it was again Suarez making the headlines though this time for the right reasons.

In a contrite statement from his home in Uruguay, the volatile striker said he had time to reflect on his biting of an Italian

fighting back at 72 for three.

Both batsmen showed attacking intent, with Bravo pulling left-armer Neil Wagner through mid-on for four in the bowler’s first over of the day and Chanderpaul collecting two consecutive boundaries to third man in the seamer’s next over, as West Indies passed fifty.

Chanderpaul, however, fell half-hour after lunch, pulled from his crease by Craig and stumped at 81 for four but Bravo then added a further 41 runs for the fifth wicket with Ramdin, in a stand that temporarily raised the Windies hopes of saving the contest.

Ramdin was positive, striking two fours and a six off just 47 balls but perished just following a 20-minute rain break, caught at first slip by the brilliant Taylor off Southee.

Bravo, who faced 98 balls in nearly 2-1/2 hours at the crease and counted six fours, fell two overs later when he sliced a drive at Southee to Kane Williamson at gully, leaving the Windies on 129

for six.

Roach stayed around 21 minutes for his seven before popping a catch to short leg off Craig, as West Indies went to tea with defeat looming at 161 for seven.

Any hopes of a quick end to the Windies innings quickly faded after the break as Holder and Shillingford frustrated the Black Caps.

Holder, who hit 38 in the first innings, did his career no harm with a gutsy knock that came from 79 balls in two hours, and included three fours and six – a hefty blow over long-off off Craig.

He reached his half-century with a single to mid-wicket off Craig, an hour and 20 minutes after tea but then fell in the bowler’s next over, bowled playing back to one that kept low at 221 for eight.

Sulieman Benn then drove the third ball of a new Wagner spell to Southee at cover to depart for ten and Taylor resisted for nearly half-hour before missing a full length ball and falling lbw, to spark New Zealand celebrations.

defender.

“I ask for the forgiveness of Giorgio Chiellini and all the football family,” he said. “I publicly promise that an incident like that will never occur again with my involvement.”

Nevertheless, Uruguay’s President Jose Mujica upped the ante over the saga, calling FIFA bosses “sons of bitches” for giving a “fascist” punishment of a four-month football ban to Suarez.

ROBBEN ADMITS DIVING Controversy also swirled over another forward seldom out of the headlines, Dutchman Arjen Robben.

All of Mexico was still fuming at Robben’s tumble that earned a last-ditch penalty to put the Netherlands through on Sun-

Scoreboard NEW ZEALAND first innings 293 West Indies first innings 317 New Zealand second innings 331-7 decl.

WEST INDIES 2nd innings (target: 308 runs) C. Gayle b Southee 11 K. Brathwaite b Boult 6 K. Edwards c Taylor b Boult 10 S. Chanderpaul stp. Watling b Craig 25 D. Bravo c Williamson b Southee 40 D. Ramdin c Taylor b Southee 29 J. Holder b Craig 52 K. Roach c Latham b Craig 7 S. Shillingford not out 30 S. Benn c Southee b Wagner 10 J. Taylor lbw b Boult 12 Extras: (b-4, lb-15, w-1, nb-2) 22 Total: (10 wkts, 82.2 overs) 254 Fall of wickets: 1-7, 2-23, 3-31, 4-81, 5-122, 6-129, 7-144, 8-221 , 9-232.

Bowling: Boult 16.2-1-48-3, Southee 16-4-28-3 (w-1), Craig 28-7-84-3 (nb-1), Wagner 16-350-1 (nb-1), Neesham 3-1-9-0, Williamson 3-0-16-0.

Man-of-the-Match: Kane Williamson.

Man-of-the-Series: Kane Williamson.

Windies crash to 2-1 series loss after batting debacle

day.

Mexican fans excoriated and mocked him mercilessly on social media, some depicting an arm-flailing Robben leaping into the sea off rocks at a famous diving spot in Acapulco.

Robben, 30, fanned the controversy further by insisting the tackle from Mexican captain Rafael Marquez was a penalty, but confessing he had dived in another incident.

“In the first half I went to ground without being fouled, without being touched and that was a stupid action,” he said.

“I am an honest guy, I am a straight guy, that’s my personality and I apologize for what happened in the first half.”

FIFA said there was unlikely to be any retrospective action, drawing accusations of hypocrisy given the punishment to Suarez.

There was a one-match ban for another miscreant, Brazil’s senior press official Rodrigo Paiva who was involved in a

half-time scuffle with Chilean striker Mauricio Pinilla in the last-16 clash.

The fallout from Ghana’s disastrous World Cup continued, with midfielder Kevin-Prince Boateng saying preparations had been a “nightmare”. Ghana exited with one point in three games and Boateng was suspended for a row with his coach.

“I would have never thought a World Cup preparation could be organized that badly. Everything was amateurish,” he said.

Today offers two trans-Atlantic clashes.

Belgium’s young side are an outside bet for the title and certainly favorites to beat the United States, but Jurgen Klinsmann has his charges fired up and super-fit.

A Lionel Messi-led Argentina should have little trouble dispatching Switzerland, but underdogs have thrown plenty of surprises in this most fascinating of World Cups.

Brazil press officer suspended by FIFA BRAZIL press officer Rodrigo Paiva has been provisionally suspended

by FIFA following an incident with Chile player Mauricio Pinilla during Saturday’s World Cup last-16 match.

The communications officer will miss Friday’s game with Colombia pending the outcome of FIFA’s investigation into

an alleged punch he threw at Pinilla at half-time.

“I defended myself when he came near me. I reacted by shoving him,” he said.

FIFA say its investigation is ongoing.

Brazil won 3-2 on penalties in Belo Horizonte to reach the quarter-finals.

The hosts will face Colombia in Fortaleza.

(BBC Sport)

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4TH DIGICEL INTER-SECONDARY SCHOOL C’SHIPS

Carmel edge Queen’s College in controversial encounter … losers to file protest

By Calvin Roberts THE CONTROVERSIAL bug which raised its head at the Ministry of Education ground last Saturday, during the playing of the male Scotiabank/Pepsi final, did so once again at the same venue yesterday afternoon during the second half of this year’s fourth annual Digicel Inter-Secondary School Football Championships encounter between Carmel Secondary and Queen’s College, which the former won 2-1.

The two sides were meeting in an exciting Georgetown zone fixture, which saw Carmel take a 2-0 lead at halftime, until five minutes into the second half, when it was brought to the referee’s attention by the Queen’s College (QC) coach Michael Daly, that his opponents had 12 players on the field.

Upon checking the starting list, the 12th player, who was later given a red card out of the contest, was not among the starting 11 and even thwarted QC’s attempt

to score goals during the first half while playing in the defensive position.

At this stage, Daly questioned the legality of the two goals scored against his side, which the referee allowed but informed him that he has the right to file an appeal to the Coordinators, following which he (Daly) said he will be doing as soon as possible.

Prior to this, QC started on a positive note, when Tevin Curry made a spirited run to Carmel’s goal following a faulty clearance from their defence, but his shot went high over the crossbar in the fourth minute of the game.

At the other end of the field, Marlon Allen, who was working overtime to get an opening goal, saw one of his advances being checked

by QC’s defensive wall that included Curry, Samuel Desir, Stephan Hussain and Romel Smith.

However, from a botched kick taken by QC custodian Isaiah Hope, Carmel, through the efforts of Marlon Allen, got their opening goal in the 14th minute, as he

rounded an advancing Hope and calmly placed the ball into the open goal.

Aftab Crandon, who plies his trade for Georgetown Football Club, was thrown into the action by Daly and immediately made an impact when he collected a gem of a pass from Jayadev Mana,

Allen made it 2-0, when he beat Hope with a long range shot from QC’s midfield, following another miserable goal kick, as QC struggled to come to grips.

A poor shot from Nathan Patterson in the latter stages of the first half, denied QC the chance of reducing their

Part of yesterday’s action between Queen’s College (white) and Carmel Secondary at the Ministry of Education ground. The player in green is Carmel custodian Christian Benjamin. but saw his shot miss the opposition goal by inches, with Christian Benjamin their custodian well beaten.

Six minutes after Allen got the opening goal for Carmel, his namesake Caleb

opponent’s lead in half, as Benjamin affected the save with the greatest of ease, to ensure his team kept their 2-0 lead at lemon-time.

After the confusion which erupted within the first

five minutes of the second half, play resumed with QC going on the attack and saw Crandon given a gem of a pass from Joel Richards, but his shot was a feeble one that trickled away to the left of the uprights, much to the relief of an already beaten Benjamin.

As they fought to find an opening goal, they got one when Caleb Allen brought down the hardworking Patterson in the box in the 55th minute, leaving the referee no choice but to issue him with a red card while pointing to the penalty spot.

In true Gladiator fashion, Patterson got up and took the kick which he scored to reduce the deficit and also give his team renewed hope, which he later dashed in the dying minutes of the contest, when they were awarded another penalty for a handled ball in the box, the ensuing kick he sent over the bar.

Prior to that, Mana also had a well directed free kick from the top of the box which was awarded after the linesman ruled that Benjamin handled

the ball out of his protective area, deflected for a corner, as QC went in search of the equalising goal, that did not materialise at full time.

HAT-TRICK Meanwhile, across at the Police Sports Club, Eve Leary ground, North Ruimveldt Multilateral through a Jeremy Garrett hattrick that was scored in the 18th 31st and 42nd minutes and solitary strikes from Tyrese Rowley (11th), Carl Griffith (48th) and Shamar McPherson (70th), defeated Sophia Training Centre 6-1, with Serine Daniels scoring for the losers in the 57th minute.

The action will continue today from 15:30hrs with several matches across the country, with the most important one being the first Regional final of this year’s tournament between three-time champions of Region 10 and two-time defending champions Christianburg/Wismar Secondary School, who face Mackenzie High School at the Wisburg ground.

GCB sets out roadmap to contract its core players at OGM ... $100 000 and practice nets for Berbice 1st division clubs THE GUYANA Cricket Board (GCB) last Sunday at the Georgetown Cricket Club pavilion conducted its Statutory Ordinary General Meeting with only the Essequibo Cricket Board and Demerara Cricket Board delegates in attendance.

Once again, the Berbice Cricket Board (BCB) failed to attend this most important General Members meeting that was chaired by president of the GCB Drubahadur and saw some critical decisions adopted, with the aim of moving Guyana’s cricket forward.

The members were also updated on the status of the controversial Cricket Administration Bill (CAB), which was later the subject of wide-ranging discussions between a high-level

delegation from its parent body, the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB), and all three of the Parliamentary parties, in separate meetings.

The team met with the Government delegation both days whereby a consensus solution was hammered out by the parties present at the meetings, which also saw the GCB being represented at these rounds of meetings and remains committed to a positive solution to this situation.

At the moment, the WICB is currently producing a Memorandum of Agreement with the agreed amendments to the Bill annexed thereto which will be signed off this week by all the pertinent stakeholders, the WICB, the GCB and the GOG. The members present were briefed on the famous Pybus

proposal for the reform of WI cricket and plans are rapidly moving in Guyana to implement the franchise system, with the GCB being among the first to have its commercial arm set up, DEB Essential Organisation Inc, since this would be the administrative institution for the implementation of this new system.

The Senior Selectors of the GCB, headed by Rayon Griffith, have shortlisted its squad and submitted same to the Executive Committee for approval and ratification, as the GCB would be contracting 10 core players who would be given permanent contracts for a specific period and would be remunerated with very attractive packages.

The remaining players would be entered into the Regional draft pool from which all the

GCB president Drubahadur Territorial Boards would be bidding competitively for the remainder of the squad to be contracted by the respective boards.

It is important to note, that it is very likely that Guyanese players can be bought by other territories and players of other nationalities can be bought by Guyana.

This system is designed to develop the best teams for all the territories and would entail the players having to relocate should they be bought by another board other than their home boards.

This proposal will be funded by the WICB and it is considered to be most exciting and rewarding for these players, cricket development and West Indies cricket, whose season will now run from November until May and will have both the Regional 4-day and the Super50 tournament as double rounds, thus ensuring more cricket is played in the Caribbean.

Delegates also discussed and approved plans to establish the National Leagues for Secondary and Primary Schools Cricket using the school district system as a guide.

In a strange twist of things, the GCB has approved the donation of practice nets and $100 000 to all

active first division clubs in Berbice and will be making these presentations this Thursday from 16:00hrs at the Albion Community Centre ground.

Clubs on the East Bank of Demerara - Farm, Providence and Bayrock - will also receive reasonable donations for various developmental projects at their venues while the Area Committees in Essequibo will get direct financial help and cricket balls to assist in their cricket programmes.

The OGM also approved funding for the completion of the practice facilities at the Anna Regina hostel and general maintenance works at that facility. Plans are also in place to construct an all-weather practice facility at the Albion Sports Complex very shortly, with funding for all these plans being provided from the coffers of the GCB and its parent body the WICB. (Calvin Roberts)

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GFF Technical staff pleased with U-17 squad’s fitness level

By Michael DaSilva

THE Guyana Football Federation’s (GFF) technical staff is pleased with the fitness level of the 30-man squad who have been identified to represent Guyana at the Caribbean Football Union’s (CFU), Men’s Under-17 championships which will kick off in the Dominican Republic on July 18.

Addressing members of the media yesterday at the GFF’s headquarters in Dadanawa Street, Bel Air Park, the team’s manager Joseph Simon informed that the 30-member squad went through their physical fitness assessment last Sunday under the eyes of physical trainer Trevor Beckles, who gave a positive report on the fitness of the players.

He said from the report he received, the players responded well and their recuperation rate is extremely good.

Simon who replaced Carlos Bernard as team manager said that the 30 players will be encamped at the Dawn Cari Hotel in Kitty before a final 18 will be selected to make the trip to the Dominican Republic.

The cost of the encampment was not given, but Simon said to date a few corporate sponsors have indicated an interest in offsetting the expense.

Asked what plans the GFF has to offset the air tickets, meals and accommodation for the team while in the Dominican Republic, Simon said the CFU has requested from the GFF a budget and has indicated that they will assist with the expenses.

GFF Technical Director, Canadian-based Mark Rodrigues said the technical staff is extremely excited about the squad. He added that from all observations

… Encampment starts July 4

Sitting at the head table at yesterday’s GFF press conference are, from left: Carlos Bernard, Joseph Simon, Mark Rodrigues, Keith O’Jeer, Lyndon France and Brian Joseph (Cullen Bess-Nelson photo)

the technical staff felt it is a good squad and this is all part of the GFF’s success plan.

“This is just a starting process as we will continue with Under-13, Under-15 and Under-21 programmes,” Rodrigues stated, adding “we have no doubt they

(Under-17) will do well and we will draw on all the resources we have to make it a success.

GFF Development Officer Lyndon France indicated that by August 7 and December of this year, an Under-13 and an Under-21 squad will be named for future CFU

tournaments.

He said it is important for the GFF to stage two Under-15 and two Under-17 tournaments each year so as not to lose players.

Head coach Brian Joseph said he is excited to lead the team and now it’s time to work with the sup-

port staff on the type of play he wants the team to play.

According to the head coach, the recently concluded national Under-17 tournament as well as the Digicel tournament helped the staff to get the squad into good shape and he is looking forward to the team doing well at the CFU championships.

The players were selected following the conclusion of the GFF’s Inter-Association Under-17 tournament which concluded last month.

The final squad of 18 will be selected for the July 16 departure for the Dominican Republic where they will come up against the host team as well as Barbados and Antigua and Barbuda.

Joseph will be assisted by Chevon Monchior, goal-keeping coach Andrew Hazel, physical trainer Beckles and physiotherapist Charlene Henry.

Australia, NZ target day-night Test in 2015 MELBOURNE, Australia Reuters) - Australia and New Zealand have targeted playing a first Test match under lights in November, 2015, Cricket Australia (CA) said yesterday.

CA, who has been discussing playing Tests under lights for at least five years, scheduled a number of first-class matches in the domestic Sheffield Shield at night using pink balls and black sightscreens earlier this year and hopes to have

the concept perfected in time for New Zealand’s tour next year.

The venue is yet to be fixed for the day-night Test.

CA chief executive James Sutherland, however, added the traditional Boxing Day Test in Melbourne and Sydney’s New Year’s Test would not be touched and both still played during the day.

“The summer holiday period in Australia really lends itself to Test cricket,

Cricket Australia chief executive James Sutherland

but at other times of the year it can be difficult for fans to attend or watch Test matches, be it here or in other parts of the world,” Sutherland said in a statement.

“That’s really at the heart of the issue. The challenge is to try to make Test cricket more accessible for fans.”

Day-night Tests offer the chance of more broadcast dollars derived from bigger television audiences at home and abroad.

Sutherland met with his New Zealand counterpart David White in Melbourne during the annual ICC conference.

“We’re scheduling a trial fixture in the upcoming season so we can examine more closely issues such as dew, and its affect on the condition of the ball,” White said.

“Ensuring the ball behaves as closely as possible to the red ball is vital for the success of this initiative.”

Thompson focused on Commonwealth gold, not times PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, (CMC) – A gold medal at the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow next month will mean more to Trinidadian sprinter Richard Thompson than clocking fast times.

The 29-year-old posted a world-leading 9.82 seconds in the National Championships here last week, to become the fastest man in the world this year.

However, Thompson said while running fast times was important, his focus was on winning the big prize in the 100 metres at

Trinidadian sprinter Richard Thompson the Commonwealth Games.

“As an athlete, the goal is to be the best in the world. Obviously, being at the top of the (world) rank-

ings holds high significance to me, however, I think more than a world ranking or more than a time, it means something more in terms of actually lining up against significant competition at the Commonwealth Games and beating the field there,” Thompson told the Trinidad Guardian newspaper.

“The fact that I am able to run that fast and the fact that I’m at the top of the list obviously means it puts me in good stead to be able to achieve that goal that I have of being a Common-

wealth gold medallist.”

Thompson has not won a major Olympic individual medal since copping silver behind champion Usain Bolt at the 2008 Olympics in Beijing. However, he has displayed superb form this season, raising hopes of a medal at the July 23 to August 3 Games.

Earlier this month, he clocked 9.95 seconds at the IAAF World Challenge Meeting in Hengelo and then followed up with victory in the Diamond League, speeding to 10.02 seconds at the Bislett

Games in Norway.

Late last month, Thompson clocked 9.74 seconds to win at the National Training Centre/ Pure Athletics Last Chance Meet in Florida but the time could not be ratified because of an illegal wind limit.

Thomson said he was aware that it would take a special effort to win gold at the Commonwealth Games and was trying to keep himself in the best possible shape.

“I have to stay focused and stay grounded. I can’t get ahead of myself and start claiming medals, and

saying that I am going to be champion because I know it’s not as easy as saying it,” he said.

“I have to go out there and to perform well. I have to stay healthy within the next month. I have to do the right things to ensure I am ready to run fast in Glasgow, because that is what matters most.

“A lot of times people go into a championship with fast time, but they don’t necessarily perform up to standard and my goal is to perform up to standard in Glasgow.”

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Windies crash to 2-1 series loss after batting debacle BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, (CMC) – West Indies crashed to a 2-1 series defeat here yesterday after producing another inept batting performance to hand New Zealand a 53run victory in the decisive third Test at Kensington Oval.

Set a challenging 308 for victory at the start of a rainhit final day, the hosts lost wickets steadily and were dismissed at 4:50 pm for 254, when left-arm seamer Trent Boult removed Jerome Taylor in the third over with the second new ball.

When the Windies plunged to 144 for seven, 25 minutes before tea, it appeared as if the contest would be over before the interval, but debutant fast bowler Jason Holder stroked a top score of 52, inspiring a stand of 77 for the eighth wicket with Shane Shillingford, 30 not out, which frustrated the Black Caps.

Left-hander Darren Bravo scored 40 while captain Denesh Ramdin chipped in with 29 and veteran lefthander Shiv Chanderpaul, 25.

However, West Indies were

undermined by seamers Tim Southee (3-28) and Boult (348), while off-spinner Mark Craig finished with three for 84.

New Zealand won the first Test at Sabina Park in Kingston by 186 runs inside four days before West Indies levelled the series with a 10-wicket victory in Port of Spain.

For the visitors, it was only their second series win in the Caribbean and their second straight triumph, after beating the Windies last December on their turf.

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Tim Southee picked up 3 for 28 as New Zealand beat West Indies by 53 runs in Barbados to take the series 2-1 WICB photo)

Guyana begin CBC title quest tonight against BVI

By Rawle Toney

Guyana’s captain Rawle Marshall

CAN Rawle Marshall and company capture gold at the CBC Championship?

This is one of the biggest questions being asked by local pundits as Guyana begin their journey tonight at the tournament against the British Virgin Islands.

The 3 000-capacity seating Multi-purpose Sports Complex is expected to be filled when the Guyanese square off against the hosts from 21:00 hrs.

Four games are billed for today, starting at 12:00hrs

with last year’s runnersup Bahamas coming up against St Vincent and the Grenadines followed by 2009 third-placed team Cuba versus Antigua and Barbuda.

In the penultimate game of the night, defending champions US Virgin Islands will begin their quest to repeat against the men from the Land of the Flying Fish.

All eyes will be on Marshall, the Guyana captain, who is the country’s high-profile player, having participated in the NBA and some of the biggest clubs in Europe.

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Marshall arrived in Guyana on June 15 for the first time since leaving when he was just four years old. The now 32-year-old shooting guard said that leading Guyana to their first male title (women won in 1997) would be something he would cherish for the rest of his life.

Marshall played with the Dallas Mavericks and the Indiana Pacers, after going undrafted in 2005 despite having an illustrious career at the Oakland University during his four years in college.

Along with Marshall is 6’8” forward Gordon Klaiber,

who is making his second trip to the CBC tournament after featuring in 2007.

Klaiber plays his basketball with Aomori Watts in the Japanese Professional Basketball League. He also has played in Greece and other top flight European clubs.

Even though Guyana finished at the bottom of the table in 2007 when the CBC was hosted in Puerto Rico, Klaiber finished the tournament as one of the highest scorers, averaging 25 points per game.

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