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No. 104068 TUESDAY JANUARY 13, 2015

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will end Parliamentary Prorogation

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Mr. Clement Rohee PPP General Secretary

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Patricia Sanasie executed in front of Atlantic Gardens home 10 Page

…says Rohee in dismissal of British Gov’t ‘concerns’

CURRENT POLITICAL GRIDLOCK Page

British High Commissioner Andrew Ayre

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- a Guyanese problem, requiring a Guyanese solution

8 Nagamootoo’s comments ‘disappointing, confusing and tragicomic’ Page

- with regard to President Ramotar securing US$50M from India for execution of two major infrastructure projects

Dead: Patricia Sanasie

CDB Page 11 approves millions for Guyana …to benefit Accreditation, TVET Councils

Hope Canal meets approval of Japan Vice Foreign Minister

- as are other JICA-funded irrigation projects Page 13

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Elections will end Parliamentary Prorogation …says Rohee in dismissal of British Gov’t ‘concerns’

By Vanessa Narine

G U YA N A i s a s o v e re i g n n a t i o n w i t h a s t ro n g democracy that has brought the country a long way and with concerns over the November 10 prorogation of Parliament being bandied about, General Secretary of the ruling party, Mr. Clement Rohee, has declared that the impending General Elections will bring an end to the prorogation period.

The announcement of a date for early elections is expected to be made by the Head of State, President Donald Ramotar, soon, according to the People’s Progressive Party (PPP) General Secretary.

Rohee’s comments, made during the PPP’s weekly press conference, held at Freedom House, followed statements made by the British High Commissioner, Mr. Andrew Ayre, at an earlier news conference yesterday, where he addressed Guyana’s political status quo.

The PPP General Secretary declared that Guyana was removed from under the control of British colonial rule since 1966, and as such a determination of the country’s course is a decision for its people.

Ayre’s comments were largely premised on the November 10 prorogation of Parliament and the fact that it has continued to date. This development has forced Guyana’s Head of State President Donald Ramotar to signal his intention to soon call General and Regional Elections.

Ambassador Ayre is of the opinion that Guyana is in “clear breach” of the Commonwealth Charter and Guyana’s Constitution.

Rohee nonetheless countered saying, “Prorogation was

not a decision that was made lightly; there were concerns on all sides,” he said, also making clear that the reasons for the decision were explicit.

ELECTIONS END PROROGATION The move to impending general and regional elections, the PPP General Secretary reiterated, will end prorogation.

“Elections are on the horizon,” he declared.

A move by the President to set a date will have a bearing on several processes. Once a date is set, it will translate to the dissolution of Parliament, which currently

Mr. Clement Rohee PPP General Secretary stands prorogued for up to a constitutional maximum time of six months.

He stated too that the British High Commissioner, in so much as he claimed “a clear breach” of Guyana’s Constitution, has ignored that the country’s Constitution provides for prorogation.

Article 70 (1) of the Constitution states that: “The President may at any time by proclamation prorogue Parliament.”

BEYOND DIPLOMATIC PROTOCOLS Rohee expressed concern that Ayre’s comments have gone beyond diplomatic protocols.

“It (statements on the local political state of affairs) might be going a little bit beyond ... in so far as diplomatic practice is concerned,” Rohee said.

He acknowledged that, as a local investor and donor, concerns, particularly in the lead up to impending general and regional elections, are expected.

However, the former Foreign Affairs Minister restated that, “There’s a limit to which we should go when dealing with these matters. I see that as a normal course of their duties.”

Rohee added, “This is an independent country. The British have their own arrangements there too, so you know, take it or leave it, twist it or turn it; however you will want to put it, the fact of the matter is that Guyana is an independent country; we have our own Constitution.”

DIALOGUE President Ramotar has always maintained that the need for dialogue was uppermost in his mind when he made his decision to Prorogue Parliament on November 10.

Paving the way for greater dialogue among political parties, he contends, would have kept the 10th Parliament alive to address critically important issues currently before the House.

The effect of ending the first session of the 10th Parliament by way of prorogation is the suspension of the business of the National Assembly.

As a result, the Alliance For Change (AFC) sponsored ‘No-Confidence’ motion was not considered. A Partnership for National Unity (APNU) had, prior to November 10, signalled its intent to support the motion.

Had it not been for the proclamation to prorogue Parliament and the no-confidence motion approved by the political Opposition, Guyana would have been headed to early general elections within three months.

However, President Ramotar has made it clear that if these efforts prove futile, there will be a move to early general elections.

Since the prorogation, APNU and the AFC have made it clear that they will not engage the President in talks unless the prorogation is lifted and Parliamentary work resumes.

The rejection of talks was also formally communicated

by APNU Leader, Brigadier (rtd) David Granger in a December 2 letter responding to the President’s November 18 invitation for talks.

The most recent contention of the current Administration, following these positions, is that the prorogation objectives have been lost.

President Ramotar has since indicated that Guyana will head to early general and regional elections, just over three years since the November 2011 polls.

BRITS GAVE US PROROGATION Additionally, in a prior comment, Attorney General (AG) and Minister of Legal Affairs, Anil Nandlall, traced the use of prorogation powers in other Commonwealth nations.

He said, “It (prorogation) was bequeathed to every country in the British Commonwealth upon their attainment of Independence.

“It has been widely used over the years without the big hue and cry, which it has generated in Guyana.

“In Canada, for example, it has been used twice over the last seven years. Only recently (2013) it was used in Australia.

I do not recall those who are critical of its use in Guyana, being similarly critical when it was employed in these countries.”

To this end, Nandlall made it clear that there can be nothing “unlawful or undemocratic” in utilising the tool that is prorogation. “I reject the notion that there is anything unlawful or undemocratic about prorogation,” he said.

Noteworthy also is the fact that prorogation has been a concept enshrined in the British Constitutional system for nearly 1,000 years.

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CURRENT POLITICAL GRIDLOCK

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- a Guyanese problem, requiring a Guyanese solution …as British Govt. pledges continued assistance in holding General Elections

By Gary Eleazar “THE reality is you have a Guyanese problem and ultimately it needs a Guyanese solution. The UK (United Kingdom) is not in a position and it’s not that it wants to enforce or impose some solution on Guyana.”

This is the view held by British High Commissioner to Guyana, Andrew Ayre, who yesterday briefed the local media corps on his government’s position on the existing political gridlock in Guyana, which led to the Prorogation of Parliament in November last, along with its

sador assured.

UK CONCERNS Ayre was quick to point out that while Guyana is a sovereign nation, a concern of his government lies with the continued prorogation of Parliament, in light of the quantum of investment in Guyana over the years as well as those in the pipeline, by the United Kingdom (UK) and other European Countries.

The UK, he said, has invested significant sums in helping to promote a more developed Guyana, through for example, bilateral devel-

Parliament be prorogued, it was with the intention of constructive talks with the majority Opposition (APNU and (AFC), but these did not happen.

When President Donald Ramotar announced in November last his decision to Prorogue Parliament, he stated explicitly: “I have taken this step with the hope that the time gained would be used for the benefit of our people. I wish to appeal to all for political maturity and the exercise of good judgment to put Guyana, our blessed nation, and its people first.”

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British High Commissioner to Guyana, Andrew Ayre, as he addressed media operatives yesterday (Photo by Cullen Bess-Nelson)

consequences.

Ayre said the announcement by President Donald Ramotar, that elections will be called this year, is a welcomed one and one that his government eagerly awaits.

“I’d like to see that commitment delivered…I would like to see an election date called, the end of this current impasse, local elections thereafter. The UK would like to see all of those things,” he told media operatives.

According to the Ambassador, the British government, as had been the case in recent years, will be assisting Guyana with its General and Regional Elections when called.

The British Government, he said, is ready to assist with the current political impasse that exists in Guyana.

“The UK would absolutely support elections nationally and locally in Guyana and looks forward to playing a full part in delivering peaceful, fair and free elections,” the Ambas-

opment assistance, both local and regional.

He spoke too of millions of Euros funneled through the European Union (EU) development programmes that assist countries such as Guyana, in meeting important objectives outlined in the Millennium Development Goals (MDG).

“The UK also has significant business interests here which benefit not just UK companies, but Guyanese people too…all of this is at risk, as is the notable progress made by Guyana in recent years,” said Ayre.

According to the British High Commissioner, the United Kingdom is increasingly concerned as to what the basis for the continued suspension of Parliament is and for how long.

CONSTRUCTIVE TALKS He prefaced his comments by pointing to the fact that when President Ramotar Proclaimed that the

invitations on the part of Office of the President, the Political Opposition has refused to hold any talks outside of Parliament, while at the same time saying whenever Parliament is resumed, the ‘Confidence’ motion would be the first order of the day.

Meanwhile, the British Ambassador, used the opportunity yesterday to remind that Guyana is currently “in clear breach” of the Commonwealth Charter and while not wanting to speculate on adverse consequences, pointed to the case of Fiji and Zimbabwe both of whom at different times were suspended from the Commonwealth Nation’s bloc.

He did point out that these countries were suspended as a result of significant breaches of the Commonwealth Charter.

In Guyana’s case, he did stress: “I hope it doesn’t come to that, let’s be clear; and we are not on the verge of that either.”

FRUITFUL GUYANA/UK RELATIONS The Ambassador, despite being pressed on numerous occasions, refused to speculate as to hypothetical sanctions being laid against Guyana adding that “Guyana and the UK enjoy a fruitful and friendly relationship… because we are friends, and have been friends for a very long time, we are able to deliver some fairly tough messages to each other on occasion.”

In light of possible dangers that exist with the continued prorogation of Parliament, he urged, as did the British Foreign Minister, Tobias Ellwood recently, that there be an early end to the status quo, or to lay out a time line for its cessation.

Continued breaches of the Commonwealth Charter by Guyana could very well see

the country being brought up before its ‘Ministerial Task Force’ or a ‘Critical Review’ by member countries.

The Ambassador noted too that every few months there are discussions about countries within the Commonwealth bloc whose actions would warrant cause for concern and based on the discussions taking place in London, Guyana is moving into that category.

UK LAUDS PRESIDENT RAMOTAR The Ambassador pointed too that, no Parliament means no bills can be passed and this “includes ones that the Government rightly wants to see adopted into law.”

He was making reference to the amendments to the Anti-Money Laundering and Countering the Financing of Terrorism (AML/CFT) 2009 Act, “which is badly needed if

the specialised units the UK is setting up with our Guyanese colleagues are to successfully prosecute those involved in serious organised crime.”

According to the Ambassador, in the past three decades, one of the things that all of the countries that have transitioned from developing to developed have, is a vibrant democracy.

“The UK applauds President Ramotar’s vision of turning Guyana into a developed country in his lifetime, and looks forward to assisting in that process….this is achievable, as countries in Asia and elsewhere have shown,” said Ambassador Ayre.

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‘We erred!’

(CNN): PRESIDENT Barack Obama’s administration admitted it erred by failing to send a higher-ranking representative of the United States to the Paris unity march on Sunday.

“I think it’s fair to say that we should have sent someone with a higher profile to be there,” White House Press Secretary Josh Earnest said Monday afternoon.

He said Obama himself would have liked to attend the march “had the circumstances been a little different.” But planning began Friday night, 36 hours before the event began, and there wasn’t enough time for the “onerous and significant” security work that needed to take place ahead of a presidential visit, Earnest said.

He said Obama’s presence also would have meant extra restrictions on the people

who were there.

“That said, there is no doubt that the American people and this administration stand foursquare behind our allies in France as they face down this threat,” he said. “And that was evident throughout last week.”

More than 40 world leaders, including the British, German and Israeli heads of state and Russia’s foreign minister, joined at least 1.5 million people on the Paris streets Sunday for a unity march that became France’s biggest-ever public demonstration.

But Obama and his administration’s top hands were nowhere to be found - an absence that triggered complaints that he missed a key leadership opportunity.

The United States appeared to have options to send to the march: Obama spent Sunday at the White

House with no public events on his schedule. Vice President Joe Biden was at home in Delaware for the weekend, also with a blank public schedule. Outgoing Attorney General Eric Holder was already in Paris for security meetings -- and even recorded interviews with several U.S. Sunday morning programmes -- but he didn’t attend the march.

A Secret Service official said the agency was not asked to draw up security plans for a potential presidential trip to Paris in advance of Sunday’s march.

“We weren’t asked or notified about a trip,” the official said. But the agency had Secret Service agents on the ground in Paris, per its standard operating procedure.

“It would have been a challenging advance...based on what we know,” Secret Service spokesman Brian Leary said. But Leary did not say that such an advance would have been impossible.

During the White House briefing, Earnest suggested security challenges were a factor in not having the president travel to Paris. But Earnest acknowledged the Secret Service could have pulled it off. An agency official noted previous “last minute” presidential trips have happened during the

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U.S. President Barack Obama’s administration admits that it erred by failing to send a higher-profile representative to the Paris unity march

Obama presidency, including a hurried visit to South Africa in December 2013 for the memorial service for Nelson Mandela.

The White House noted that it was represented in Paris on Sunday -- and has offered support to France in recent days.

U.S. Ambassador to France Jane Hartley was in the march, as was assistant Secretary of State Victoria Nuland. At a security summit, Holder was joined in those security meetings by deputy Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas.

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ited the French Embassy in Washington last week to offer his support.

Secretary of State John Kerry, meanwhile, will visit Paris on Friday.

Kerry skipped the march because he was in India for a long-planned event there with new Prime Minister Narendra Modi -- a key relationship as the United States tries to improve long-strained trade ties with the country.

Kerry brushed the criticism off as “quibbling,” saying he’ll visit Paris on his way back to the United States to make “crystal clear how passionately we feel” about the attacks and response.

“The U.S. has been deeply engaged with the people of France since this incident occurred,” Kerry told reporters, adding that the United States has offered intelligence and

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law enforcement help.

“This is sort of quibbling a little bit in the sense that our assistant Secretary of State Victoria Nuland was there and marched, our ambassador was there and marched, many people from the embassy were there and marched.”

France’s ambassador to the United States, Gerard Araud, sought to show there are no hard feelings, tweeting on Monday: “I am extremely grateful for the overwhelming support France has received from everybody here, from the President to the ordinary American.”

T h e W h i t e H o u s e ’s push-back comes as Obama takes heat -- particularly from Republicans considering 2016 presidential bids -- for his absence.

Rick Perry tweeted that Obama “should have stood with France in person to defend Western values and show support for victims.”

Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) wrote for Time: “Our President should have been there, because we must never hesitate to stand with our allies.”

And Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) said Monday that “it was a mistake not to send someone.”

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Cuba releases all 53 prisoners agreed as part of U.S. deal (BBC News) U.S. OFFICIALS say Cuba has completed the release of 53 political prisoners agreed as part of last month’s historic deal between the two countries.

The U.S. said it had verified the release of the 53, which it welcomed as a “very positive development”.

However, the U.S. said the release did “not resolve the larger human rights problems on the island”.

Last month, the two countries said they would restore diplomatic relations severed since 1961.

The thaw was announced in simultaneous televised speeches by President Barack Obama and his Cuban counterpart, Raul Castro.

The deal also included the release of U.S. contractor Alan Gross from a Cuban jail, and the freeing of three Cuban secret agents from prison in the U.S. The U.S. has not yet disclosed the identities of the 53 Cuban prisoners released over the past days.

But U.S. officials told Reuters news agency the White House would provide the names of all 53 to Congress and expects lawmakers to make them public.

Dozens of dissidents have been released over the past days but the US has yet to release the list of names it provided to the Cuban government

They are believed to be activists who were detained by the Cuban authorities for promoting social and political reforms on the Communist-run island.

U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Samantha Powers said that “welcome as that step is, and heartening as it is for their families, [it] does not resolve the larger human rights problem on the island.”

CONTINUED PRESSURE U.S. officials said the Obama administration would continue to seek the release of other Cuban political prisoners still in jail.

“This list (of 53) is not to be seen as the end of our dis-

cussion on human rights with the government of Cuba,” state department spokeswoman Jen Psaki said.

Berta Soler, who leads Cuban dissident group Ladies in White, asked the U.S. government to keep up the pressure on the Cuban authorities.

“If they are not asked for anything (specific) in exchange (for dialogue) the government is going to keep doing whatever it pleases,” she said.

The topic is expected to be raised at high-level talks between the US and Cuba on 21 and 22 January, when U.S. Assistant Secretary of State Roberta Jacobson will lead a delegation to the Cuban capital, Havana.

Haiti lawmakers to vote on deal to end political stand-off (BBC News) LAWMAKERS in Haiti are due to meet in an emergency session to vote on an electoral law aimed at ending the political stand-off between the government and the opposition.

On Sunday, President Michel Martelly said he had reached a deal with the opposition to hold long-delayed elections.

But a key opposition party was not part of the last-minute agreement.

The mandate of the sitting legislature will expire at midnight (05:00 GMT).

President Martelly announced late on Sunday that he had agreed with some 20 political leaders to hold elections by the end of this year.

But the left-wing Fanmi Lavalas, which has been at the forefront of anti-government protests, was not part of the agreement.

If the deal is not approved before the midnight deadline, parliament could be dissolved and Mr Martelly could rule by presidential decree, something the opposition says was his plan all along.

Mr Martelly says the blame for the delayed elections lies with opposition lawmakers who have refused to pass a key electoral law needed for polls to be held.

Mid-term Senate elections had been originally due in May 2012, while the municipal poll is three years behind schedule.

The crisis comes as Haiti commemorates the fifth anniversary of a devastating earthquake which destroyed most of the county’s infrastructure and left hundreds of thousands of people living in temporary camps.

The country has been slow to recover with around 80,000 people still living in squalid tent camps and only 67% having access to latrines.

Prime Minister Laurent Lamothe resigned on 14 December amid a series of anti-government protests.

Mr Martelly named former radio journalist Evans Paul as his replacement, but Mr Paul has not yet been confirmed in the post.

Mournful gatherings mark 5th anniversary of Haiti earthquake

Haitians attend a Mass marking the 5th anniversary of the January 2010 earthquake, in a new building next to the ruins of the National Cathedral in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Monday, Jan. 12, 2015

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — SOMBER Haitians gathered early Monday to remember the devastating January 2010 earthquake that left much of the capital and surrounding area in ruins in one of the worst natural disasters of modern times.

Hundreds of people, most of the men in dark suits and the women in white dresses, attended a Catholic Mass just after dawn at a new church built alongside the ruined National Cathedral in downtown Portau-Prince.

“This is the anniversary of the day I can never forget,” Gladys Lambard, who lost her husband and sister in the earthquake, said as she walked into the church arm-in-arm with her 14-year-old daughter. “The

sadness of that day marked me forever.”

President Michel Martelly and other dignitaries were presiding over a ceremony at a mass grave on the northern outskirts of the capital where authorities quickly buried thousands of people in the immediate aftermath of the disaster.

The earthquake struck just before 5 p.m., collapsing poorly constructed concrete buildings by the tens of thousands in a densely populated city. The government later said more than 300,000 people were killed but the exact toll is unknown because there was no systematic effort to count bodies amid the chaos and destruction.

Following the earthquake, teams poured in from around the world to try to rescue people

trapped in rubble and treat vast numbers of people wounded in the disaster.

Carine Joiceus, a 44-yearold customs agency worker who attended the memorial Mass, had to have her arm amputated.

She has since had two children and says she has learned to live with her injury.

“I remember just crying the first year after it happened,” Joiceus said. “But since then, I’m moving ahead with my life and thinking of the future. “ For the country as a whole, the recovery has been uneven.

The United Nations says Haiti has received more than 80 percent of about $12.45 billion pledged by more than 50 countries and multilateral agencies since the disaster, a combination of humanitarian assistance, recovery aid and disaster relief. The capital is awash in new construction and the number of people in the cramped shantytowns and tent camps has dropped from around 1.5 million after the quake to around 80,000.

But Haiti also remains a desperately poor country facing many of the same challenges as before the earthquake.

The World Banks says more than 6 million out of roughly 10.4 million inhabitants live under the national poverty line of $2.44 per day. Meanwhile, a political standoff between Martelly and parliament that has delayed legislative elections threatens to undermine the country’s political stability.

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EDITORIAL

Shadow Boxing

CULTURE, whether advanced or backward is the self-consciousness of a society. It contains the works of art, literature, scholarship and philosophy that establish a shared frame of reference among peoples who give to it their particular character. This can be varied and multifaceted as we see in multi ethnic societies such as Guyana.

It endures only if it is anchored by a sense of tradition and broad endorsement of the surrounding social norms. Whether we have what can be termed a Guyanese tradition is another matter for the more cerebral to pursue. However, when those things evaporate what remains is a culture of fakes – imitators with no originality, even though originality in itself may be a misnomer. This epitomizes a reality in Guyana. We tend to become fixated with differences rather than commonalities.

There is an apparent penchant to tear down and destroy instead of develop and build. Everything under the sun is taken to the extremes, most of which become so mired in subterfuge, deceit and outright fabrications, it is almost impossible to separate facts from fiction. Everyone from political nincompoops to certified societal actors, all become overnight experts on every conceivable thing under the sun. In true Guyanese political style, everyone wants to cash in on the opportunity to gain cheap publicity. If we are keen observers,

it would become apparent that many of these people do not have a clue of what they are talking about! Hence, the necessity of resorting to untruths, half-truths, deliberate distortions and fabrications which are always the refuge of mediocrity irrespective of how it attempts to don the garb of intelligence and respectability.

Let us take for example the Amaila Falls project. The combined Opposition virtually waged a propaganda, parliamentary and financial war against it. They cried corruption, questioned the financial arrangements, costs and benefits, feasibility study, environmental study, the Chinese and the Americans, the water flow, water reservoir/holding pond, etc. They lambasted the Government about secret deals and lack of transparency. President Ramoutar invited them to Office of the President on a number of occasions where they were given full access to all aspects of the project. What happened next was almost comical. One of the plank men openly admitted, they, meaning the combined Opposition, do not have the technical capability to study or understand the plans! These are the same people who criticised the project to its death!

Here it is you are admitting you do not understand but you are still criticising! More is yet to come!

While they were busy nailing the lids on the coffin of the project, they stumbled on the discovery that Nigel Hughes and his wife Cathy Hughes

were handsomely rewarded for their services as Company Secretary and publicity agents respectively for the same Hydro-Electric Company! In Parliament and in the public they were criticizing, while in secret they were drawing fat financial rewards!

Does it smack of greed?

Conflict of interest? Let us see.

When Mr. Ramjattan, leader of the AFC awoke from his Rip-VanWinkle slumber, apparent drowsy and unsure of what to say, he declared a lack of knowledge. He was not aware that his two sidekicks were involved at such high levels with the company. However, true to form, he circled the wagon and defended his side-kicks again declaring no conflict of interest.

He had to because he too was also in the same boat. While using his parliamentary privileges to advocate for a company which had retained him, he was criticising the Government for not awarding that company the contract! Soon after Nigel Hughes took to the press and apologized, an act which suggests it was a conflict of interest indeed! It is our God given right to criticise. For heaven’s sake let’s do so, but let it be based on facts and not political subjectivism. Let criticism be the baptismal fire from which we emerge collectively refreshed and educated. Put Guyana first. Is this too much to ask of ‘wannabe’ politicians, politicians and leaders?

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For most Guyanese it may even be worst because we are quick to take sides blinkered by race or political allegiance. This kind of misguided ‘loyalty’ disallows us from arriving at informed positions by our own thinking processes. We like to hear!

We like to gossip! We rather be led by our noses and suffer the indignity of losing our self-identity than be empowered by our own minds.

And this is exactly where those who aspire for political stardom wants us – to remain as dummies. Because when we are in this state they can dupe us by emotional and racial blackmail and their ‘kit and kin’ calls. That is why they can get away with the dishonesty and hypocrisy that we see every day untouched by the scathing criticisms which they deserve. Some of these people should never be offering themselves for public positions. They are too tainted. Some would have been disbarred from the legal profession a long time ago.

Anyone can lie. One need only have the requisite motive. As we see in both cases, Power and Money are indeed great motivators to deceive.

But this kind of a deception depends on a measure of complicity between the leaders and their followers, in

this case the perpetrators and the victims. Together they conspire to believe what they don’t believe and to feel what they are incapable of feeling –fake beliefs, fake opinions, fake kinds of expertise. Then there are the faked emotions which are stirred up on which followers act and which render them incapable of distinguishing between facts and fiction. They simply allow themselves to become cannon fodders and political pawns.

To fake things you have to take people in, yourself included. People can pretend to be remorseful when lies are exposed. They can apologise. But when it becomes a pretense, it is only a continuation of their deceptive strategy. Remember the issue of the disappearing tape in a brutal murder of a gas station owner in Buxton! The person who is a fake is really shocked when exposed, since he or she would have created a community of trust around themselves. Understanding this phenomenon is integral to understanding how a ‘high’ or ‘low’ culture works, and how it can become corrupted. It is what allows us to see the true nature of the beast in all its inglorious forms.

Growing weary of our national pastime of criticising all and sundry - from the comfort of our soapboxes YOUR kind permission to respond to Mr. Tony Vieira’s latest missive in the Stabroek News (12 January, 2012) is again sought.

Whilst it is tiring to keep reminding your readers of simple points already articulated, I respond to ensure that technical solutions do not acquire political baggage or encumbranc-

es due to anyone’s need to posture or save face. It is my hope that the effort to reiterate myself helps make pellucid the justification for this technology to be employed.

Briquetting technology is certainly not new, and IAST has never claimed that it is – but it has never been used in Guyana. It took

us two demonstrations to convince GuySuCo to utilise this “old” technology. This “old” technology is still not utilised to consume the waste wood and rice hulls that abound in Guyana. I am loathe to contemplate how long it would take to convince Mr. Vieira, the general public and existing companies to utilise truly

“new” technologies and approaches, if the application of this “old” technology presents such significant hurdles and creates as much entropy in the letter columns of the dailies.

Simply because some technology exists, Editor, does not mean that it is facile to employ them in Guyana.

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Threats versus nonsense

AS a Muslim, I wish to publicly condemn the slaughtering of the 12 journalists in Paris by terrorists who claim to be associated with Islam and the Prophet Mohamed.

What these extremist personalities are propagating is in total contravention to Islam and its teachings of peace, compassion, love and the brotherhood of mankind.

Islam has nothing to do with violence and murder.

However, what transpired in Paris is a stark reminder that there are extremists who, when provoked, can and may react with the consequences being fatal. It is therefore imperative that those entrusted with the Fourth Estate (the Media) ensure that they discharge their duties responsibly, thereby not exposing themselves and other innocent people to the type of consequences which were meted out to the journalists in Paris.

As wrong as it is, the fact and reality is that it did take place.

Nothing can change that now.

What transpired in Paris is the very eventuality that the Attorney General (AG) spoke about, which unfortunately, is being misconstrued by a few as a threat. Indeed, what took place in Paris vindicates the dangers to which the AG alluded. It is

plain wicked therefore, for anyone, including Mr. Moses Nagamootoo and the Alliance For Change (AFC) to say that the AG threatened anyone and to link the AG’s utterances with what transpired in Paris.

If the Police Commissioner is to say tomorrow that it is dangerous to walk in the city of Georgetown after 12 midnight, is he threatening the citizens of this country?

What utter nonsense!

Politicians in Guyana will simply say anything in order to score themselves political points. I did not hear a single utterance from Mr. Nagamootoo, the AFC, nor A Partnership for National Unity (APNU) in relation to the role that the AFC Chairman, Mr. Nigel Hughes played in respect of his relationship with the foreman of the Jury which resulted in the accused persons charged with the slaughtering of 13 innocent people at Lusignan to walk free, or the role the AFC played in causing persons to block and burn the road at Agricola in 2012, thereby enabling the environment for 100’s of decent, hardworking Guyanese citizens to be robbed, beaten and females sexually molested.

No one heard a single ut-

terance about the role they played in riling up innocent persons in Linden, causing 4 persons to be shot and several injured. There was also silence when the conversation between Mr. Basil Williams of the People’s National Congress (PNC) and the then Commissioner of Police Mr. Winston Felix (who is now an executive member of that party) was made public and he was heard saying that he diverted the Police away from Agricola where some 9 persons were slaughtered. These lives may have been saved if the Police were not diverted

by Mr. Felix.

These actions are very much terroristic in nature, yet Mr. Nagamootoo, the AFC and the APNU were and still are silent. Perhaps their joint position in Parliament on the AML/CFT Bill, alone, should inform us where they stand on terrorism.

The silver lining where Mr. Nagamootoo and his comments are concerned is that he has little credibility in the eyes of the Guyanese public since he has been caught lying to them on so many occasions. Take for example, the claims he made that Dr. Cheddi Jagan anointed him as the next People’s Progressive Party

(PPP) Presidential candidate. According to him this disclosure by Dr. Jagan did not take place at the Party’s headquarters at Freedom House or even at Office of the President. According to him this very important disclosure was made to a small group of Amerindians somewhere in the deep recesses of the Rupununi Savanah.

One would also vividly recall that it was the same AG who unmasked Mr. Nagamootoo for lying in Parliament. Mr. Nagamootoo had said that the President’s Pension Bill “rattled his soul” and that he voted against it when he was in the PPP. However, the AG produced the Hansard which established beyond doubt that Mr. Nagamootoo voted in support of the Bill. This man expects the Guyanese public to take him seriously.

The depths to which these men would sink to narcissistically justify their perpetual attempt to grab political power, against the backdrop of impaling, slandering and deceiving the innocent, the professionals, and the hardworking Guyanese can only be described as shameless.

Growing weary of our ... think of the multitude of technologies that are used elsewhere and are not employed here and one begins to appreciate that there are many hurdles – cultural, capital availability, energy costs, policy, taxation, availability of highly qualified personnel, etc., and perhaps most importantly – the absolute conviction by some that anything done here cannot work and should attract the most vitriolic of criticism on that basis.

My job does not entail functioning as a tour guide for Mr. Vieira, so I shall not be accompanying him anywhere. I am making a factual statement here: Mr. Vieira is wrong to say that excess bagasse do not exist at some sugar estates. I will not allow him to make this statement without comment as he is mis-informed and mis-leading and I have the photographic and video proof of this – but since Mr. Vieira seems to want to comment rather than verifying his facts, then I encourage the newspapers to take a picture of the giant pile of unused, waste bagasse that

exists at Albion estate. It is strange that without availing himself of any of the reports we freely offered to share, or the details of the financial plan, and on the basis of his erroneous assumption that there is no excess bagasse, Mr. Vieira feels it is acceptable to criticise.

I have agreed with his assertion that GuySuCo does not produce enough cane, and that with an adequate production, it would not need firewood (and therefore briquettes) to power its furnaces. But I have also pointed out that if briquetting is used now to alleviate the obvious issues with cane supply, leading to savings in operational costs to purchase firewood, that it can then be used to co-generate electricity when GuySuCo hopefully addresses its cane supply problem.

This clearly would increase its revenues.

Mr. Vieira is also dis-ingenious when he claims that it will take a capital investment of Gy$50M to establish the

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briquetting plant, when I clearly pointed out that the capital investment is less than US$100,000, which at today’s exchange rates amounts to Gy$21M. Interesting, since Mr. Vieira in the same letter complains that the IAST saves Guyana $35M annually in fuel costs by converting waste oil into biodiesel. Strange logic – to criticise a process which saves $35M annually in costs, but create a mountain out of a molehill to criticise a $21M investment which GuySuCo’s business plan suggests will generate multiple tens of millions in savings.

Editor, I am completely frustrated that every time someone puts forward a potential technical solution in Guyana, it is first met with derision and then with made-up facts. Employment of any process attracts risks. I am certainly open to discussion of risk management on points that we have not considered. But I grow weary of our national pastime of criticising all and sundry from the comfort

David DeGroot

Let your conscience be your guide

By David DeGroot WHICH responsible Guyanese having entered a New Year (2015) questions him/herself: what can I conscientiously subscribe towards making my country a proud place for me and family to live in peace and harmony?

This should be uppermost in mind when contemplating the uncertain future ahead. To resolve to do something positive towards a better Guyana lie in the hands of every living Guyanese. Each one of us has that right that we must ensure that we exercise it responsibly, thereby contributing towards the goal of national unity, hoping and working together to build a strong country that we can all be proud of.

Belief in ourselves to do the right thing must fortify our action of ensuring the right to vote. Your vote is precious and should not be wasted when the time comes.

Support a winner, not a loser. Let your conscience be your guide.

A clear conscience in that we have satisfaction in our civic duty to our country having been fulfilled.

Let us now move on with building a better Guyana.

Just imagine working together in harmony with each other and building a proud Guyana would surely give all of us satisfaction that we are making positive efforts towards the Guyana that we all hope for.

of our soapboxes.

I cannot tell your readers when and how efficiently GuySuCo will employ this technical solution. That is up to GuySuCo, and it is not within my jurisdiction to dictate that schedule. I have done my job – presented a detailed technological solution and demonstrated its suitability to the problem at hand.

PROFESSOR SURESH S. NARINE, Director, IAST

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Nagamootoo’s comments ‘disappointing, confusing and tragicomic’ - with regard to President Ramotar securing US$50M from India for execution of two major infrastructure projects

THE statements attributed to AFC Vice Chairman, Moses Nagamootoo, on President Donald Ramotar’s securing a US$50 million line of credit from the Republic of India for the execution of two major infrastructure project initiatives – the Ogle – Eccles Bypass Road Project and the New Northwest Ferry – are disappointing, confusing and tragicomic in the Kaieteur News of January 12, 2015.

Any balanced read of the very article which contains Mr. Nagamootoo’s statements along with the experience of the traffic situation which the Ogle – Eccles project will address speak volumes as to the urgent necessity for the project intervention. It is, therefore, disappointing and confusing that Mr. Nagamootoo, an experienced and “veteran” politician would condescend to describe, as quoted directly, “… fly by night ideas that are being floated.” This is the very idea that he too deemed as necessary in paragraph 6 in the said article.

Mr. Nagamootoo goes further by joining the Cheddi Jagan International Airport Expansion Project to his unique idea of “fly by night projects”.

One can conclude, therefore, that a runway extension of 1,000 metres for aircraft capacity increase and safety assurance, and a 17,000 metres square modern, efficient, and new terminal building are not at all necessary following Mr. Nagamootoo’s thought process on these matters.

He continues to deliberately mislead the public as to the reasons the Government of Guyana accessed (China Exim Bank) Bank Loan funds for the Cheddi Jagan International Airport project. The reasons were and remain on the Cheddi Jagan International Airport expansion project was sorely needed and that the China – Caricom Summit in Port of Spain Trinidad presented a final time bound opportunity to fund it on advantageous soft loan terms.

The AFC’s own ideas on an airport expansion project came from its lead person on finance and infrastructure, Mr. Gerhard

Minister Robeson Benn Ramsaroop who, in a televised debate on the project, mooted that the Cheddi Jagan International Airport be abandoned and a new airport be built on the West Bank of Demerara, at Sandhills. This idea would involve the loss investment funds sunk into Cheddi Jagan International Airport, Timehri and the replication and extension of the Cheddi Jagan International Airport infrastructure as all new – not to mention the need imposed to build new road and a new upstream Demerara River Bridge, which would also have to accommodate oceangoing river traffic! All of this would likely convert a US$150 authorised project to one that is five times greater in costs at least and needed funding!

Last, but not least, on the project side, no one should argue with the need to secure a new northwest ferry. Besides the fact of the current fleet assets being quite old, the accommodations and en route times are very unsuitable and tedious, respectively, for this service. This discussion has been oft repeated both in the media and in the National Assembly where last Mr. Nagamootoo was an active participant. One would hope that the AFC is not now again setting its sights on shooting

Mr. Moses Nagamootoo down another vital project which provides the life line transport link to Amerindian communities as occurred with the Opposition refusals for Budget 2014 where Hinterland Aerodromes and the Amerindian Development Fund amongst others fell victim to the combined Opposition’s hatchets.

We need to remind, again, that funding from the BRICS grouping (Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa) are on typically very advantageous and concessional terms, and that these projects by their very nature in transiting the funding and project cycles, require feasibility and engineering design studies all of which involve consultation.

Perhaps Mr. Nagamootoo may wish to intimate:- why – after having been consulted and provided with all the feasibility and engineering studies for the Cheddi Jagan International Airport Expansion Project and having benefited from the debates and interventions in the National Assembly, - the combined Opposition, of which the AFC is a very vocal member, refused further funding for the project in 2014, after having approved the project via a mobilisation in 2013? What discovery propelled the attempt to hold up or kill a

vital national project that would see cheaper airfares, efficient travel and an opportunity to enhance our tourism and transport networking attractiveness!

All things considered, the answer should specifically identify the real denizens who “fly by night” and are the main actors in the tragi-comedy we in Government have been striving to have our country avoid.

We can all recall the visceral negative criticisms from sections of the media and Opposition circles when Guyana undertook, with Indian Government Funding, to build a new cricket stadium, at Providence, to International Cricket Council Standards.

The undeniable fact that the Providence Stadium fulfilled its intended mission for Cricket World Cup, combined with the reality of an exemplary facility that is enjoyed by all, for a variety of cultural and social events, is a testimony to the fact that what Nagamootoo deems as “fly by night” PPP/C Government projects result in solid, viable, enduring projects, on solid ground, benefitting all Guyanese.

On the question of the seeming uptake of additional public debt, Mr. Nagamootoo should recall when, as a Minister of the first PPP/C Government in 1992, he was amongst those at the Cheddi Jagan Cabinet who wrestled with the seemingly hopeless problem of having to spend more than 93 percent of all revenues to service debts for which he even argued there was little to show for. Finance Minister Dr. Ashni Singh, is the expert on these matters – on which he may wish to further elucidate - but I would be bold to venture that there is no unsustainable taking on of debt by the Ramotar administration. The initiatives of the kind being undertaken are designed to energise the national economy!

Nagamootoo should not turn his back on the only certifiable successes he has had in politics – the period when he was a PPP/C stalwart.

Hon. ROBESON BENN Minister of Public Works

Single mom gets three years, fined $30,000 for cocaine in suitcase SINGLE mother of one, Althea Timmerman, 24 years, of 1255 Canefield, West Ruimveldt, Georgetown, who admitted trafficking in cocaine at Ogle International Airport was jailed for three years yesterday by Chief Magistrate, Priya Sewnarine-Beharry.

Timmerman who is a hotel receptionist pleaded guilty to the charge which stated that on Saturday, January 10 at Ogle International Airport, East Coast Demerara, she had 1.134

grams of cocaine in her possession for the purpose of trafficking.

Customs Anti-Narcotics Unit (CANU) prosecutor Oswald Massiah told the court that the mother of one, while at Demico, came to know a man of mixed race and a relationship developed. The man asked her if she was prepared to take the illegal substance to Barbados and she consented. On January 9, she was contacted by the said male so that she can collect a suitcase containing the drug

but she did not know where in the suitcase it was hidden.

She took the said suitcase and packed her personal travelling belongings inside.

The following day, January 10, she went to the Ogle Airport with the said suitcase in an attempt to board a flight for Barbados.

An undisclosed fee was promised to her after the trip was completed but this never materialised.

The CANU prosecutor said that as Tim-

merman was proceeding through the scanner, CANU ranks conducted a search on her suitcase and unearthed the illicit drug, and the defendant was subsequently arrested.

The tearful defendant told the court that she is a single mother of a five-yearold daughter and begged the magistrate to be merciful in her ruling. Timmerman was slapped with a sentence of three years’ imprisonment along with a fine of $30,000.

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Youths are increasingly being engaged in criminal actions

THE troubling indications and reports that the youths of the nation are being encouraged to pursue criminality rather than education in efforts to enhance their lives by certain persons to fulfill their nefarious agendas is once again surfacing with the upsurge of criminal activities involving youths in certain communities.

According to former U.S. Ambassador to Guyana, Mr. D. Brent Hardt, the third LEAD component seeks to motivate and better equip Guyanese youth to constructively engage in political and civic processes. He said: “We are developing a series of programmes and activities aimed at increasing youth interest in politics and civic affairs, while also building leadership skills among youth. These include youth debate clubs and youth civic education gatherings.”

The only problem is that only the opposition leaders and their youthful supporters are beneficiaries of these programmes; and one knows all too well the direction that leadership takes in Guyana’s socio-political dynamics.

As one letter-writer pointed out, Louis Farakhan’s deputy, Akbar Mohamed, came to Guyana and was holed up in a hotel room, unknown to security and, when caught and confronted said he came to Guyana to talk to the youths of Guyana. He was proven to have strong links with the PNC leadership and had been engaging youths in Buxton and Linden. And here, one needs to remember PNC Parliamentarian Abdul Kadir, who is now languishing in a U.S. jail for engaging in plots of terroristic programmes.

He also, like the youthful bandit from Agricola who was killed in an encounter with the police, loved to pose

with guns. Then there are the linkages with the Buxton Resistance movement and the Agricola and other criminal gangs, seemingly confirmed by a revealing conversation between two high-profile persons who were clandestinely taped; as well as hailing as hero a deadly rapist, thief and murderer, Linden (Blackie) London and draping his body with Guyana’s flag.

No matter how deep the loyalty is to a political party, Guyanese across all the divides need to sit up and take notice, without prejudice, of what is happening to the nation’s children; and then act accordingly to save them, because children are the wealth - the future human capital, of this nation.

The letter writer asked: “How many Indian, Chinese, Portuguese, or Amerindian youths are there in Buxton for him to talk to? Like all those American missionaries coming and going into Guyana unknown to security until Government asks what they are here for.”

He pointed out that was the only time Guyanese were told that those American ‘missionaries’ have been brought here to help supporters of a certain opposition political party. The writer added: “Ever since the ‘white man’ left

Ahead of impending general and regional elections…

PNCR’s internal wrangling represents threat to political stability THE possibility of a merger between the main Opposition, A Partnership for National Unity (APNU), and the Alliance for Change (AFC), has rattled supporters of the People’s National Congress Reform (PNCR), which constitutes the largest block of the Coalition.

These were the sentiments of the People’s Progressive Party (PPP) General Secretary, Clement Rohee, during the party’s weekly press conference, held yesterday at Freedom House, Robb Street.

Rohee stressed that the issue has caused concern, given the impending general and regional elections and the need for political stability.

He said, “The PPP notes with deep interest the constant internal political wrangling taking place within the PNC… compounding the situation is the recent announcement by the maximum leader of the PNC to do away with the utilisation of primaries as a basis for determining the Presidential Candidate of the PNC. “This is coupled with the agreement to enter into secret talks with the AFC to hammer out a ‘consensus programme’ and to select a ‘consensus candidate’, thus excluding the membership of the Party at the various levels.”

MERGER’S POSSIBILITY CONFIRMED The possibility of an APNU/AFC merger could be

determined by the “confidential” talks between the two parties, according to APNU’s General Secretary, Mr. Joseph Harmon.

“A merger could be determined by the conversation we will have. There is a possibility there. I think the Guyanese people will want to see any arrangement that puts the PPP out of office,” he told the Guyana Chronicle in a prior interview, via telephone.

Harmon stressed that moving forward, in the interest of the Guyanese people, is the primary consideration of APNU. “We have to look at it optimistically and see what is best for the Guyanese people,” he said.

His comments come even as he reiterated that the coalition is still to sign on to AFC’s proposal for “confidential” talks – a proposal that has been in its possession since December, 2014.

PNRC SUPPORTERS FEARFUL All considered, the PPP General Secretary stated that PNCR “faithful” are fearful of the “horse trading” that could come out of such a merger. “(They) are fearful that in a horse trading and bargaining, process between the APNU and the AFC, the PNC could very well cede the Presidential Candidate and key positions to outsiders (who have made no contribution to the party),” he said.

Rohee added that his party has received information that

Guyana and installed PNC leaders to power and they ruled for twenty-eight years, with all the foreign help and foreign helpers their supporters can't uplift and get up on their own.”

Judging by their actions the international community are again supporting the PNC and affiliates and do not care that they would take Guyana once more down a retrograde path by supporting the PNC, with its historical linkages to criminal elements and destructive – even murderous (Walter Rodney and the revelations of his assassination being a case in point) patterns of behaviour in Guyana’s socio-political arena.

The foreign superpowers know that installing their PNC puppets to (mis)rule this country once again can destroy – not can, but will once more destroy this nation, because their track record is a continuum of destructive, unpatriotic actions and rhetoric.

And violence: The young children being trained and indoctrinated into criminality and violence to support the evil agenda of certain elements in the society have no future; but because of their ill-gotten spoils their families, friends and neighbours support and condone their murderous forays to acquire wealth they have not earned.

No matter how deep the loyalty is to a political party, Guyanese across all the divides need to sit up and take notice, without prejudice, of what is happening to the nation’s children; and then act accordingly to save them, because children are the wealth - the future human capital, of this nation. the problem with this is that the PNC, which constitutes the largest representation of APNU, will see party stalwarts sidelined.

“Inevitably, many party stalwarts have indicated that there is a growing sense of alienation, disillusionment and demoralisation among the membership and key activists and supporters of the PNC, which could prove harmful to the

General Secretary Clement Rohee

Joseph Harmon

political fortunes of the PNC/ APNU at the forthcoming general and regional elections,” he concluded.

COMMENTS QUESTIONED Meanwhile, Harmon, when contacted by this newspaper, questioned the grounds for the PPP General Secretary’s comments.

“I don’t know where he (Rohee) is getting his information from,” said Harmon, who is APNU’s General Secretary as well as a PNC Executive Member.

He stressed that the APNU is ready to go into the upcoming general and regional elections with a united front.

The announcement of a date is expected to be made soon.

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DPP says accommodated request of vigilante murder accused

- following Kaieteur News article of 25/12/2014

DIRECTOR of Public Prosecution, Ms Shalimar Ali-Hack, has advised that action was taken pursuant to an article published in the Kaieteur News of Thursday, December 25, 2014 under the caption, “Vigilante murder accused want new Prosecutor… as Preliminary Inquiry (PI) incomplete after almost two years”, wherein the accused were asking the Director of Public Prosecutions to appoint a new prosecutor.

The DPP has said the article alleged that the Special Prosecutor, Attorney-

at-Law Nigel Hughes, "hardly turns up whenever the matter is called" and that "he keeps asking for new dates", which resulted in several adjournments being granted.

The DPP further noted that Police Inspector Vishnu Hunt from the Chambers of the Director of Public Prosecutions had appeared at the Bartica Magistrate's Court on the next adjourned date, which was January 7, 2015.

As a measure of precaution to avoid any further delay in the PI, the

DPP has assigned Inspector Hunt to the PI in the event that Mr. Hughes does not appear.

Two separate PIs are being conducted in this matter before Magistrate Dellon Bess for the four accused persons. The first PI involves three accused - Vishnu Babu, Mohamed Razack and Chetram Diaram. The second involves Shawn Caesar, since he was arrested after the first PI had already commenced.

The next court date is scheduled for Friday, 23rd January, 2015.

(Ravin Singh)

Patricia Sanasie executed in front of Atlantic Gardens home

By Leroy Smith FORMER Director of Studies of the Academy of Professional Studies and wife of auto dealer, Deonarine Sanasie, Patricia Sanasie, was last evening executed outside her home as she entered her yard at Atlantic Gardens, East Coast Demerara.

The Guyana Chronicle was informed that the woman had just returned home and proceeded to open her gate when a vehicle pulled up and a man came out of it and shot the woman four times. She was pronounced dead on arrival at the Georgetown Public Hospital.

Patricia Sanasie and her husband were featured prominently in the news last year after he accused her of ordering a hit on him.

He said he received a call days before a failed execution on his life, in which he sustained gunshot wounds while at his Alberttown business place.

The woman had bitterly denied the claim and she stated that he was mentally unstable.

And then there were claims of infidelity and talk of a divorce between the two.

Last evening, one woman who identified herself as a close friend of the dead woman and who accompanied other persons to the hospital with her last evening accused the woman’s husband of ordering the hit on her.

“Just a wall separate me and Patsy house. It happen like bam bam, bam, bam and that is it so quick I don’t think it take ten seconds to empty the four bullets and her daughter start to squeal and when I flip my window all I see is neighbours run, run, and when I get my night clothes and start run over the girl was dragging her in the car, she arrived at the hospital dead,” the woman said.

No one was able to record the registration plate for the vehicle which brought the gunman to the location.

The friend who was very outspoken accused the businessman of “playing very dirty.”

Asked if the businesswoman ever expressed fear for her life, the woman recounted “every time she does say that, over, and over and over and over again, she does not speak in silence cause what she has to say when she stand up and talk the whole neighborhood could hear she saying what she saying.”

The media were also told that during the problem last year, the businessman cleared out everything from the house, but failed to remove his machinery and other equipment from inside the yard.

Patricia reportedly hired some men to cut down some trees which were in the yard, and as payment she told them to take whatever they wanted as payment as she wanted the entire yard cleared. When the man returned and realised that

items which were worth a fortune were all gone, he held his head and cried.

Last year when allegations of her involvement in his attempted execution surfaced, the woman decided to face the media along with her brother who resided outside of Guyana, but was present in Guyana at the time.

“I am innocent, I know nothing… I have been living with this man for 28 years, since I was 16 why would I want to do that …” she said.

Patricia and her brother as they met the press last year February

Patricia Sanasie and her husband in happier times

GUYANA CHRONICLE Tuesday January 13, 2015

Woman claims nephew sodomized her …then forced her to perform oral sex

A TWENTY-THREE-YEAR-OLD man from Corentyne, Berbice was yesterday arrested by police in the Springlands area hours after his aunt reported that he had raped her.

The Guyana Chronicle was informed that the young man who was reportedly under the influence when he committed the act entered the woman’s house and performed the buggery before forcing her to have oral sex by placing his penis into her mouth immediately afterwards.

The woman raised an alarm and persons from the area responded, causing the nephew to flee the area. However, he was apprehended by the police yesterday.

Meanwhile, this newspaper was informed by persons close to the two that the act of sexual intercourse between the aunt and nephew might not be a first time incident.

It was reported that the woman and her nephew might have been involved in sexual intercourse in the past but the incident on Sunday got out of control after the young man demanded oral sex without cleaning off his penis.

According to sources at Springlands, the woman told investigators that the man walked into her home, began to undress her and then he buggered her.

Reports indicated that the woman did not have an issue with the buggering but when her nephew decided to place his penis covered with her stool into her mouth she began to resist and raised an alarm.

Police sources confirmed that a woman from the Springlands area did make a report of rape against her nephew but up to late last evening the young man was not cooperating with the police even as he denied ever engaging in sexual activities of any sort with his aunt.

According to police in the area, the man would be charged after the police would have completed an in-depth investigation and taken statements from all parties involved in the matter.

Nepalese fined $30,000 for illegal entry at Springlands A NEPALESE national was fined $30,000 for failing to undergo the legal process in entering Guyana after he appeared yesterday before Chief Magistrate, Priya Sewnarine-Beharry.

Appearing at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court was Keshad Prashad Bastola who pleaded guilty to the charge laid against him.

The court was told that on January 7 at Springlands, Corentyne, Berbice, he entered Guyana by sea and disembarked without the consent of an immigration officer.

Additionally, the prosecution, represented by Inspector Michael Grant, stated that the facts are as charged. The officer noted that the defendant lives in Suriname and was visiting at the time, but he disembarked at the ‘backtrack’ location.

The unrepresented 27-year-old man told the court that he looked for an immigration officer but failed to find any.

The Chief Magistrate thereafter fined the man and informed him that failing to pay would result in one month’s imprisonment.

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CDB approves millions for Guyana …to benefit Accreditation, TVET Councils GUYANA is among four Caribbean Community (CARICOM) countries that will benefit from projects approved under the standby facilities of the CARICOM Single Market Economy (CSME) and CARIFORUM-EU Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA).

The announcement was made by the Barbados-based Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) which said that projects had been approved for The Bahamas, Jamaica, Guyana and Trinidad and Tobago, as well as The Dominican Republic.

The Standby Facilities of the CSME and EPA were set up by the European Union and are being funded through the 10th European Development Fund (EDF) with €3.45M for the CSME Facility and another €3.5M for the EPA Facility.

According to the announcement, “the facilities are aimed at assisting Caribbean countries with furthering the implementation of the CSME and EPA at the national level.”

Guyana will be using its grant of

US$171,856 for strengthening the institutional capacity of the National Accreditation Council (NAC) of Guyana.

The CDB said that the project aims to improve the capacity of the NAC to regulate the delivery of postsecondary educational services that are critical to improving productivity in the public sector and the competitiveness of the private sector, and positioning nationals to take advantage of the free movement regimes under the CSME and to facilitate increased local, regional and international investment in Guyana’s education sector.

It said too that the project will entail the development of a National Qualifications Framework based on the CARICOM Qualifications Framework; the development of a quality assurance and accreditation system based on international standards and best ; and the drafting of regulations to support the full implementation of the mandate of the National Accreditation Council of Guyana.

Guyana will also benefit from

a grant of US$104,052 for the Council for Technical and Vocational Education and Training (CTVET) of Guyana.

“The primary objective of the project is to improve the capacity of the CTVET to deliver quality and robust TVET services which are accessible to all Guyanese nationals. The project will entail the development of a TVET Financing Strategy and a GenderResponsive TVET Communications Strategy, aimed at increasing enrolment and promoting equal participation by girls and women in TVET courses,” the CDB stated.

The EDF is the main instrument for European Union aid for development cooperation in Africa, the Caribbean, and Pacific (ACP) countries—countries that previously received preferential pricing for sugar sold on the European market.

EDF also supports many of Europe’s Overseas Countries and Territories (OCT). Funding is provided by voluntary donations by EU member states.

At APNU’s first Shadow Cabinet for 2015….

‘Secret talks’ proposal to be considered today THE Shadow Cabinet of main Opposition, A Partnership for National Unity (APNU), meets today; and the Coalition’s General Secretary, Joseph Harmon, said the Alliance For Change (AFC) proposal for ‘confidential talks’ will be considered today.

“We are addressing it all the time,” he added, during a telephone interview yesterday with the Guyana Chronicle.

APNU is still to sign onto AFC’s proposal.

AFC recently disclosed that it is prepared to hold talks with APNU on condition that the discussions remain confidential.

“We don’t intend to negotiate an agreement within the public space, and therefore will not be commenting further on this matter until there is a substantive announcement to be made,” AFC General Secretary, David Patterson said in a statement.

As such, Patterson disclosed that during an earlier meeting, the AFC had tabled a non-disclosure agreement for APNU to review.

Joseph Harmon “The AFC tabled a non-disclosure agreement for review and signing by the APNU with the clear understanding that, on the return of the signed document, the AFC would release to APNU (its) draft Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) which would form the template for our negotiations,” Patterson said.

The AFC’s position, as articulated over the weekend, comes on the heels of statements made by APNU Leader, Brigadier (Rtd.) David Granger, in which he disclosed that there have been no substantial discussions with the AFC to date.

PAC hosts Consultation on Management plan for Kanuku Mountains THE Protected Areas Commission (PAC) will today be hosting a Public Meeting on the Draft Management Plan for the Kanuku Mountains Protected Area (KMPA), located in Region 9, with support from the Ministry of Natural Resources and the Environment (MNRE). The event will take place at the Protected Areas Commission, National Park, Thomas Lands, Georgetown.

The objectives of the Meeting are: § To present the Draft Management Plan for the Kanuku Mountains Protected Area. § To seek stakeholders' feedback based on their review of the draft Management Plan. § To seek stakeholder inputs on the implementation of the Management Plan.

The KMPA was first proposed as a potential Protected Area in 1999 as part of establishing a Protected Area System for Guyana. The designation of Kanuku Mountains followed an extensive delineation and consultation process which

began in 2007. Subsequently, with funding support from the Government of Germany, the Guyana Protected Areas System (GPAS) project was established, with activities focused on building and supporting a Protected Areas System in Guyana.

Following the enactment of the Protected Areas Act in 2011, the legal mechanism for the recognition and declaration of the KMPA as one of Guyana’s national protected areas was provided. The draft Management Plan outlines the principles and strategies for the 5-year development and management of the KMPA. The KMPA falls within IUCN Category VI – Managed Resource Protected Area (MRPA), as are the other protected areas of the GPAS. A MRPA serves to address a combination of conservation goals and social, cultural, and economic goals of communities and resource users.

Such a protected area is expected to be large enough to maintain viable populations of key species with significant portions of the area in a natural condition. It includes areas where stricter protection is mandated and zones where natural resources are managed and used in

a sustainable manner.

The vision for the KMPA is that “The KMPA demonstrates sustainable resource utilisation while ensuring the conservation of biodiversity and ecosystem services. It promotes collaboration with stakeholders for management and decision making, generates benefits which improve human well-being, and serves as a model to the world.” The development of this management plan would not have been possible without the funding from the German Development Bank (KfW) and Conservation International, as well as the enthusiasm, participation, feedback, and support of communities and various national stakeholders.

Meanwhile, the document is still available for the public to review and make comments at www.nre.gov. gy; comments on the document can be submitted to pac. guyana@gmail.com or to the Protected Areas Commission

by Tuesday, January 27, 2015. The Commission requests that comments be referenced by stating the page number and paragraph number before the comment.

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Mahaicony Hospital New British Ambassador to Guyana to take up post lauded by patients in February …for efficiency and professionalism

By Michel Outridge IT was noted recently by patients that the services provided at the Mahaicony Diagnostic Centre on the East Coast Demerara are quite efficient and professional.

A visit by the Guyana Chronicle observed that patients are attended to in good time by a team of both local and Cuban doctors under the leadership of Administrator, Mr. Sasha Wong.

Mr. Wong told this publication that they try their best to see as many patients as possible on a 24-hour basis and no one is turned away without receiving medical attention since they take pride in the services they provide for the general public.

He added that despite a few challenges they have managed to maintain high standards and have come in for lots of praise for their efforts.

It was long observed that

at any given time the services offered are commendable since doctors are always available and are backed up by a capable team of nursing assistants and clerical staffers.

Last week a female patient, who could not walk or talk given her diabetic condition received timely medical attention and by the time she was ready to leave she could have walked on her own.

That same patient also suffered from kidney stones, among other ailments, and having returned to that hospital twice within one week she received the needed medical attention in good time.

Even in the early hours of the morning, the facility is adequately staffed and they operate in a very meticulous fashion so patients do not have to wait long hours before they see a doctor.

The service is up-to-date and the staffers are courteous and most helpful, so credit must be given to the man-

Dream job?

Indian govt employee fired after 24 years of not showing up IT IS only natural that if you skip work, you get fired - sooner or later. In India it happened much, much later, when the government final ly targeted an absentee worker for not showing up since 1990. It took them 22 years to sack the individual.

A.K. Verma, an executive engineer at the Central Public Works Department, was not only skipping work willfully, but attempting to use various loopholes to continue doing so.

He hasn’t shown up since December 1990 and, even when facing his accusers, “went on seeking extension of leave, which was not sanctioned,” a government statement on Tuesday reported.

Verma also refused “directions to report to work.”

The government had

found him guilty back in 1992, but bureaucratic hurdles – and the fact that it’s notoriously difficult to fire someone in India, short of the person committing a criminal offense – meant it took 22 years, together with an intervention by a cabinet minister, to terminate Verma’s employment.

The World Bank has in the past commented on India’s labour laws as the most restrictive of any country.

The problem of general negligence and skipping work is not a new one in India. A recent move by Prime Minister Narendra Modi has led to the creation of an online register of absences, which will for now only apply to New Delhi public servants. Their attendance can now be tracked. (RT News)

agement and staff of the Mahaicony Diagnostic Centre for the high level of services they provide.

All the departments in the institution are adequately staffed with competent employees and the manner in which things are handled is most commendable.

Patients upon arrival at hospital receive almost immediate medical attention and the doctors give updates on the treatment and medication along the way.

Therefore, one gets an understanding of what is being done in terms of the treatment received by relatives and others they accompany to the institution.

Many persons residing along the East Coast Demerara corridor do not mind travelling to the Mahaicony Diagnostic Centre for medical attention since they know they are in good hands and will receive the medical treatment they need.

THE United Kingdom has identified a successor to outgoing Ambassador to Guyana, Andrew Ayre, who will take up his diplomatic posting in Guyana next month.

Confirmation came yesterday, when Ayre announced that Mr James Gregory Quinn has been appointed British High Commissioner to the Co-operative Republic of Guyana.

Mr Quinn joined the British Government’s Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) in 1995 and is currently Deputy Head of Mission at the British Embassy in Kazakhstan.

His FCO career has included work at the United Nations, the Former Soviet Union, and the Middle East, in addition to a two-year secondment to the United States Department of State where he worked on Iraq.

On his appointment as British High Commissioner to the Co-operative Republic of Guyana, Mr Quinn has said: I am delighted to be appointed as the British High

Commissioner to the Co-operative Republic of Guyana.

It is a privilege and honour to be given the opportunity to work with this fellow Commonwealth member to further both our bilateral relationship and cooperation on a range of important issues of mutual concern.

The career diplomat, between 2009 and 2012, served as FCO, Head of UN Political Teams International Organisations Department.

Prior to that posting Quinn served in Washington/US State Department as the Iraq/ Middle East Liaison Officer.

Quinn has also served in posts in Accra, where he was a Political, Press & Public Affairs Officer, among other postings.

Ayre has been British High Commissioner to Guyana since September 2011.

High Commissioner Ayre joined the Foreign and Commonwealth Office in 1986.

He previously served as the Head of the EU Budget and European Councils Team at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office and his previ-

I ncomi ng Bri t i sh Hi gh Commissioner to Guyana, James Gregory Quinn

ous postings include Warsaw, Tel Aviv and Vienna. He is married to Bettina Ayre, with one son, Tobias Ayre.

The High Commissioner is the UK government’s representative in a Commonwealth nation. They are responsible for the direction and work of the High Commission and its Deputy High Commissions and/or Consulates, including political work, trade and investment, press and cultural relations, and visa and consular services.

Farms blooming at Kabakaburi after Government completes empoldering work

– Toshao aiming for community self-sufficiency in agriculture FARMERS of the Amerindian community of Kabakaburi in the Upper Pomeroon river are loud in their praise and gratitude to the PPP/C Government for empoldering some 112 acres of fertile farmlands on the bank of the river to boost agriculture development.

Toshoa Cleavland Simon said farmers have put the empoldered lands under cultivation and are very happy with the growth of crops. He said more than

half of the 112 acres are blooming with crops such as suckers (plantain and banana) eddoes, sweet cassava, pumpkins, water melons, bora, orcho, sweet potatoes and some permanent crops such as citrus -- limes and lemons.

Mr Simon said that by the end of this year, all 112 acres will be cultivated, and he is aiming for his community to become self-sufficient in the production of vegetables, fruits, vine crops and ground provision,

Toshao Cleveland Simon

and for the surplus to be sold at Charity and other

markets across the country.

The Toshao said the empoldering work done by Government through the Ministry of Agriculture, the NDIA and Regional Administration has caused farmers to rush to expand farming, and farmers are already asking for more lands to be empoldered on the other bank of the river, so that they can continue expanding cultivation after the 112 acres have been fully utilised. (Rajendra Prabhulall in E/bo)

Minister Alli Baksh visits GSA at Cotton Field MINISTER within the Ministry of Agriculture, Mr Alli Baksh, visited the Guyana School of Agriculture at Cotton Field, Essequibo Coast on Wednesday and addressed students and teachers of the agriculture and science classes.

Minister Baksh encouraged students to study hard and complete their two-year diploma courses so that they

can pursue further studies at the University of Guyana.

He also inspected crops, including corn and cabbage, which are grown by students in the compound of the school.

This branch of the GSA was set up at Cotton Field

by Minister Alli Baksh while he was Regional Chairman of Region Two. (Rajendra Prabhulall in E/bo)

Minister Baksh with students of GSA inspecting corn planted in the school compound at Cotton Field, Essequibo Coast

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Hope Canal meets approval of Japan Vice Foreign Minister - as are other JICA-funded irrigation projects

Minister of Agriculture, Dr. Leslie Ramsammy during a brief discussion with the Japanese Vice Foreign Minister, Mr Takashi Uto and team at the Northern Relief Channel at the Hope Canal, East Coast Demerara

NDIA Chief Executive Officer, Mr Lionel Wordsworth explaining works ongoing at the Hope Canal to the visiting Japanese dignitary and team Works ongoing at the Northern Relief Channel at the Hope Canal, East Coast Demerara

GUYANA’S ability to implement adaptation measures to deal with climate change were applauded by Japan’s Vice Foreign Affairs Minister, Takashi Uto, who, along with Minister of Agriculture, Dr Leslie Ramsammy and National Drainage and Irrigation Authority (NDIA) Chief Executive Officer, Lionel Wordsworth visited the East Demerara Water Conservancy (EDWC) last Friday.

The Japanese International Cooperation Agency (JICA) is funding the Guyana Conservancy Adaptation project, which will aid in better managing and operating the conservancy, thus tackling climate change adaptation and mitigation.

The project is being done in two phases. Under Phase One, eight excavators and two pontoons were procured, while under Phase Two, US$3.8 million was provided for the rehabilitation of six structures within the EDWC, which includes, Sarah Johanna, Nancy, Annandale, Hope, Shanks and Maduni.

These works will complement the Hope Canal project, in which the Government is investing some US$15M. A c c o r d i n g t o M i n i s t e r R a m s a m m y, t h e Ministry of Agreiculture is currently engaging in a maintenance programme within the conservancy; and that the equipment which were procured are currently being used to safeguard the 45-milelong dam, and on the inlets and outlets within the Conservancy Canal.

Noting the importance of the conservancy to the villages along the East Coast and East Bank Demerara, Dr Ramsammy said: “This Conservancy has never been in the condition it is in right now; it is well maintained, and we are very proud of the works being done here with the support from the Japanese Government, the IDB and the World Bank.”

He said that under the Guyana Conservancy Adaptation project, which is supported by the World Bank, four pump stations will be constructed along the East Coast this year.

And during a visit to the Northern Relief Channel, Minister Ramsammy explained that the doors of the head regulator (a sluice system that allows water from the conservancy to enter into the relief channel) are completed, and that the next step is to break the dam, which will be done in about two weeks.

Noting however that said dam is currently being strengthened at both ends, Minister Ramsammy said: “We want to make sure that the water level in our conservancy doesn’t go below 53 GD, which is our dead space, because, if it does so, the dam integrity is affected; and we want to make sure that it doesn’t get above 57, because if it does, the dam will be compromised with overtopping.” (GINA)

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Charlie Hebdo’s attackers in no way defending Islam … as PM lauds Guyanese exaltations of Prophet Mohamed’s teachings THE Anna Catherina Islamic Complex (ACIC) on Sunday, held its Mawlid un Nabi (Prophet Mohamed’s Birth Anniversary) observances, when Prime Minister Samuel Hinds, who was at the time performing the duties of President, called on all religious leaders in Guyana to join forces to make Guyana a beacon for religion, peaceful coexistence and respect.

The ACIC over the weekend joined with its partners in over 60 cities around the world in a “Rose Themed” event to celebrate the life of the Holy Prophet Muhammad (Peace be Upon Him) and to share roses of love in the fight against extremists tarnishing the good and peaceful image of Islam.

The Prime Minister paid tribute to the way Guyanese live and likened this to the way of life of the Holy prophet.

He said the Holy Prophet, “Preached and practised peaceful co-existence and respect for all.”

The Prime Minister added that, “we are fortunate that our religious leaders, of all denominations, have been faithful to this tenent of the Sunnah. In our supreme law, the vilification of religion is prohibited.”

Also in attendance at the event that drew a wide crosssection of the Muslim community and other dignitaries, were Attorney General, Anil Nandlall and People’s Progressive Party/Civic Member of Parliament Manzoor Nadir, among others.

In his address to the gathering, the Prime Minister made it clear from the outset,Government’s condemnation of the barbaric attack on Charlie Hebdo and used the opportunity to reaffirm the Government’s view that those who perpetrated this dastardly act are in no way defending Islam. Prime

Minister Hinds told those gathered that when he was invited to the occasion, “That invitation letter also spoke to the issue of upholding the honour of the Holy Prophet and to show the world that the extremists do not speak for the over 1.5 billion Muslims on our planet.”

He observed too that the very issue which prompted ACIC and its international associates to theme the 2015 observances “have once again gripped the entire world…So today’s (Sunday) Mawlid could not have been more apt.”

He recalled too that under the PPP/C Administration, in 1998, Guyana became a member of the Organisation of Islamic States and “we as a people have thus identified ourselves strongly with the objects of the OIC and are committed to ensuring that the great name of Islam is upheld and propagated.”

According to Hinds, the then Minister of Tourism, Manzoor Nadir, represented Guyana at the Third Islamic conference, in December 2005, in the Holy City of Makkah, to address the very issue of the image of Islam and the matter of extremist and fanatics besmirching the religion.

“It was very welcoming to note the swift reaction from the Muslim world condemning the Charlie Hebo attack.”

Some 56 other countries, like Guyana, have the Holy Prophet’s birthday as a national or public holiday.

According to Hinds,“One of the hallmarks of his life was respect for other religions. I am told that the Holy Prophet spent some time among other religions and after about a year he said let the non-Muslims keep theirs and we will keep ours. He preached and practiced peaceful co-existence and respect for all.”

Prime Minister Samuel Hinds, as he addressed ACIC’s Mawlid un Nabi observances

Ruckus at PNCR’s Linden office being ‘dealt with’ - Harmon DESPITE “little aberrations”, the People’s National Congress Reform (PNCR) remains united, particularly in the face of impending general and regional elections.

This was according to PNCR Executive Member and General Secretary of the Coalition, A Partnership for National Unity (APNU), Joseph Harmon, who was responding to queries related to challenges the PNCR faces in Linden, which is one of its strongholds.

Last Thursday, PNCR’s newly appointed party coordinator, Sandra Adams, found herself at the centre of another debacle involving Party supporters who are none too pleased with her appointment.

Reports reaching the Guyana Chronicle indicated that last Thursday a ruckus within Party ranks escalated after Adams was tasked with management of the PNCR’s office in Co-op Crescent, Linden, and was entrusted as the sole key holder to the building.

Sources close to the matter related that displeased Party supporters ripped the newly installed door at the office off its hinges, causing something of a disturbance that caused police officers to be summoned to the scene.

“The matter is being resolved,”Harmon said, during a telephone interview, adding that the PNCR’s Central Executive Committee is tasked with addressing the issue.

He added that PNCR Leader, Brigadier (rtd), David Granger is expected to address the progress in the matter soon.

Harmon also disclosed that APNU’s campaign has begun in Region 10 (Upper Demerara-Upper Berbice).

“We are convinced that we have the support of Linden and Region 10 and are also convinced that the numbers we saw in 2011 will increase in 2016, in terms of support,” he said.

CHALLENGES NOTED Meanwhile, General Secretary of the ruling People’s Progressive Party (PPP), Clement Rohee, yesterday, during his party’s weekly press conference, noted that the PNCR internal challenges have not gone unnoticed.

The most recent problems with PNCR supporters in Linden follow several other issues, aside from Adams’ appointment.

Party stalwart and PNCR Member of Parliament, Vanessa Kissoon, was suspended last June by the Central Executive Committee, following a verbal confrontation between herself and PNCR General Secretary Oscar Clarke – which later led to disciplinary action being taken against her.

After that, party supporters’ expressed their annoyance

with the leadership last October, when Granger was chased from the McKenzie High School, where he was holding a meeting with Party stakeholders.

What has been described in the last few days as “Granger’s side-lining of Lindeners” was also the bone of contention during the PNCR’s 18th Biennial Congress last year.

During the vote for key leadership positions, the gates of Congress Place, the Sophia headquarters of the PNCR, were closed to many party members – several of whom were from Region 10 – even as the voting for new leaders was underway.

The locked- out members raised concerns over what they dubbed a “rigged” process to ensure that Granger remain in power.

The ensuing controversy saw Mr. Aubrey Norton, a contender for the PNCR leadership, dropping out of the elections after citing serious problems with the election process.As such, Granger was returned as party leader, unopposed.

Additionally, several observers within the PNCR commented to this newspaper that it is evident that the divide in the PNCR continues to widen – a dangerous state of affairs at a time when the country is preparing to head to early general and regional elections, on a date expected to be announced soon by President Ramotar.

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GPHC joins with MOH to award EMS Dep’t for exceptional performance –Ron Morris named best EMT

derbilt Medical Center and the Morris Foundation in the USA which is quite well-known as one of the best emergency hospitals in the USA. The Vanderbilt Medical Center has partnered with the Morris Foundation to ensure that Guyana has access to the resources for the development of this sector. Moreover, the EMS has been collaborating with the Ministry of Health and the GPHC to develop the plan to provide urgent medical responses to all patients in Guyana.

Left: Dr. Zulfikar Khan, Medical Director of the GPHC EMS Department, along with the EMTs and Minister of Health Dr. Bheri Ramsarran at the EMS awards ceremony Thursday

THE Ministry of Health in collaboration with the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC) Thursday held a small award ceremony to commend the Emergency Medical Services (EMS) Department for its exceptional performance.

Ron Morris was awarded a trophy from Minister of Health, Dr. Bheri Ramsarran for being the best Emergency Medical Technician (EMT), and a trophy was presented to the entire batch for their support thus far.

Medical Director of the EMS Department of GPHC, Dr. Zulfikar Bux noted that the service is designed to provide emergency medical response to patients in the public domain who need urgent medical care. The EMS Department was established in February 2014.

The EMTs usually retrieve patients and deliver them to the Emergency Room in a safe and timely manner. He also stated that “these EMTs are specially trained to deliver emergency medical care to patients on scene and en route to the hospital.”

NATIONAL EMS BODY Moreover, Dr. Bux disclosed that the EMS service will be initiating a plan to provide medical responses to all patients in Guyana. This is seen as a ‘pilot ini-

tiative’ that is slowly expanding in all regions of Guyana. The major plan is to develop a national EMS body that will

control the daily operations of EMS services in Guyana.

Support was provided by the Van-

EMERGENCY DOCTORS Three persons have been trained specially as Emergency Doctors so far and the department is expected to have 12 graduates as Emergency Doctors in the next three years.

The achievements of the EMS Department since its establishment in 2014 are: ► Successfully trained over fifty persons as Emergency Medical Technicians, including members of the Guyana Police Force, Guyana Defence Force, Guyana Fire Service and medical personnel in the administrative regions. ► Responded to over 3,000 patient calls, varying in nature and urgency. ► Delivered the first baby in an ambulance in Guyana. ► Delivered three other babies before reaching the hospital, including a twin delivery. ► Delivered multiple patients to the Emergency Room who needed immediate care, including those in motor vehicle accidents, persons having heart attacks and even those from the hinterland who required emergency medical evacuation. ► Improved response time from the scene of illness or injury to the Emergency Room. ► Formulated efficient and effective communication via a radio-based system between EMTs in the ambulance, the dispatcher and doctors in the Emergency Room giving on-line medical advice.

Centre: Minister of Health, Dr. Bheri Ramsarran along with CEO of GPHC, Michael Khan, among the EMTs who were awarded Thursday for their outstanding performance

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Keeping child A GINA

and the People’s Progressive Party/Civic (PPP/C) has been doing just that.

LITERACY

The knowledge that a child’s ability to read is positively related to opportunities for academic and vocational success has resulted in a revised literacy plan targeting children’s reading skills. The ultimate aim is to have all children able to read and learn by the end of the fourth grade.

Learning to read by that grade is a key force in determining whether a student will go on to graduate from high school, attend and graduate from college and achieve future success in the work force. It is important to note that not only does grade level reading have a significant impact on a student’s educational career; it has broader ramifications for their economic livelihood in an increasingly competitive economic environment.

dance rates and increasin Billions of dollars hav National School Feeding to ensure improved atten in the classroom.

NUTRITION

Children at a city school enjoying biscuits and juice

EDUCATION in Guyana is provided largely by the Government of Guyana, through the Ministry of Education and its arms in the 10 regions of the country, and is subsidised from nursery to secondary levels. The local education system is a legacy from its time as British Guiana, and

A parent signing for a uniform voucher

is similar to that of the other member states of the Caribbean Community, which are affiliated to the Caribbean Examinations Council (CXC).

It has been recognised that the provision of free education and constant interventions would enable the raising of the bar where education is concerned,

Nutrition is a major influence on physical and mental growth, and is a main factor in promoting lifelong healthy eating; hence Government commenced its National School Feeding Programme in 2010, which targeted all nursery and primary schools in most of the regions. The programme consists of biscuits and juices which are both locally made.

Schools such as those in Annai, Karasabai, Aranaputa and St. Ignatius receive a daily nutritious snack of cassava bread, peanut butter and fruit juice. After its success, the hot meal project was later implemented in Regions 1, 7, 8 and 9. It was developed since it was recognised that students travel long distances to attend school, which, in some cases, was costly and resulted in low atten-

Nursery level children in by the Education Ministry

Students of a hinterland school benefiting from the hot meal programme

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dren in school Feature

g school dropouts. ve been expended on the Programme, in an effort ndance and attentiveness

PROVIDING UNIFORMS NATIONALLY

The provision of school uniform vouchers to

children residing on the coastland and in riverine communities, along with the provision of uniform material to hinterland communities, is also another means by Government to provide assistance to parents to ensure that children attend school and complete their education. The School Uniform Programme ensures one school uniform is given to every child attending a school in the public education system from nursery to Grade 11.

The Ministry of Amerindian Affairs is responsible for the programme in the hinterland, and it procures school uniforms for communities in Regions 1, 7, 8, and 9. This programme has positively influenced school attendance and performance in the Hinterland, and has created job opportunities for residents. The women are given the task of sewing the uniforms for the various schools, for which they are paid.

FREE TEXT BOOKS

a hinterland location decked out in their uniforms. The material was provided y

Students and parents reading

Text books are essential to students developing their knowledge base, and this is another avenue whereby the Administration has been providing students of all stages with assistance. This precludes the need for parents to purchase the expensive books.

In an effort to make all children literate by the end of Grade 4, and because of the prohibitive price of books, two new series have been written--- the Roraima series for nursery age children and the Atlantic Readers for primary aged children. The Roraima Readers include readers, work books, writing skills workbooks, flash cards, charts, and assessments. This series is currently being used, while the Atlantic series will be introduced this year. These books were written by local experts and they may to be used internationally, but were

written with the Guyanese/Caribbean child in mind.

Core text books for Mathematics, English, Social Studies and Science have been procured for every child in all public primary schools. Additionally, relevant Mathematics and English texts were procured for each student from Grades 7 to 11.

BECAUSE WE CARE

The cash grant initiative ‘Because We Care’ is meant to provide more support to parents with school age children and increase their disposable income. This is in fact the first programme of its kind in the Caribbean and indeed anywhere else in this part of the world, where every public school child is entitled to this benefit.

The Ministry of Education, since its launch in October 2014, has distributed 135,969 vouchers, each valued $10,000. The initiative is meant to provide additional support to parents with children attending a nursery, primary, and secondary school in the public education system. This programme targets 188,406 families. This grant can be used to meet such costs as transportation, and will provide added impetus to raising enrolment and attendance rates, in addition to having the effect of increasing the disposable incomes of the parents of school aged children.

HEIP

The launch of the Hinterland Education Improvement Project (HEIP) has seen the Ministry seeking ways in which to improve the results of education in the identified regions. This is being done through consultations which would enable residents to tell of their needs and suggestions to improve education results in students in hinterland regions.

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Sea Defences critical to coastal protection …greater public awareness, empathy needed - Minister Benn

Minister of Public Works Robeson Benn

By Navendra Seoraj MINISTER of Public Works, Robeson Benn on Friday last stated that there is a need for greater empathy amongst the general public to recognise the importance of local sea and river systems.

Minister Benn in an interview on the National Communications Network (NCN) ‘Political Scope’ Programme, stated that the issue of garbage disposal is one that needs to be addressed as it has serious ramifications, in addition to the now Guyana's Sea Defence routine clogging of drains, canals and outfalls.

He noted that in some arThe issue of garbage disposal is one that needs to be addressed as it has serious eas, garbage has accumulated ramifications, in addition to the now routine clogging of drains, canals and into rafts of debris which, due outfalls. In some areas, garbage has accumulated into rafts of debris which, to wave action, scour the banks due to wave action, scour the banks and sea defence, wearing away and weakand sea defence, wearing away ening them – Minister Benn and weakening them.

SQUATTERS He also pointed out that stakeholders will have to come up with an approach to remove squatters and the attendant garbage, especially in poorer parts of the capital.

“A plan will have to be worked out and it will have to come about in a change in spirit and will, at the level of the City Council, to deal with this problem which is now intractable and which will only get worse as we go forward.”

rebuild the sea defence structures, then rehabilitate them as needed.

It was stated that miles of coastland have already been lost to the sea as evidenced by the presence of kokers. This challenge has been further compounded by the loss of mangroves along critical sections of the coastline.

Fortunately the Public Works Ministry and the Agriculture Ministry have developed a project to alleviate these flaws.

CITY HALL NOT PERFORMING The Minister added that the Government sooner or later may have to address these issues since City Hall is not performing as they ought to.

Government over the years has embarked on a programme to first

SECURED COASTLINE The last two decades of work undertaken by Government has resulted in the coastline being secured, Minister Benn said.

According to the Minister, the impact of global warming is being felt and this has necessitated a move

towards the construction of higher sea defences. He stated that these are between half a meter to one meter higher in many places to offset rising sea levels.

Additionally, the flooding along the coastal belt is often as a result of overtopping or heavy rainfall and not breaches in sea defences.

DRAINAGE CAPACITY He explained that once rainfall exceeds the drainage system’s capacity, flooding will occur. This he indicated is between 35 to 40 mm of rainfall in a 24-hour period, and once this is surpassed, flooding would result.

The filling in of several main drainage canals in Georgetown has further reduced drainage capacity and there is now a greater reliability

on pumps, to influence faster drainage.

The Minister noted that Guyana has been and continues to be assisted in its sea and river defence efforts by the European Union (EU) and the Caribbean Development Bank (CDB).

He disclosed that the 9th EU Development Fund has resulted in the spending of 18 million Euros to boost local sea defences.

10th PHASE OF FUND The 10th phase of the fund will see the expenditure of 14 million Euros within the sector. Benn disclosed that the financial agencies are now funding the programmes and projects by allocating monies to Government directly, rather than “stand alone”, to manage and execute these works in a transparent and fair manner.

The CDB’s US$24M loan and contracts being worked out at present will encompass the Sea Defence Resilience Project.

Furthermore, all these interventions are part of efforts to ensure that Guyana continues to be an export driven economy, particularly for agricultural products such as rice and sugar, Minister Benn said.

SEA DEFENCE OVERSEAS He disclosed that lessons are being garnered by local engineers by visiting overseas locales such as Louisiana and the Mississippi Delta in the United States, Holland’s sea defences and even further afield to Bangladesh.

Some 6 mm of annual sea level rise is being catered for by the ministry, with respect to sea defence works, he added, and if building is done continuously at those levels they will reduce costs per linear meter for the infrastructure put in place.

Minister Benn also observed that local engineers are more confident and capable in their abilities, and will be doing “greater things with respect to this area, out of our own efforts, not necessarily by importing efforts.”

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Back to School

Second batch of visually impaired persons preparing to sit CSEC exams

The Guyana Society for the Blind ARRIVING IN STYLE! With a ride like this, this young lady will be the envy of her East Ruimveldt Front-Road Nursery School classmates for a long time to come (Photo by Cullen Bess-Nelson)

A DIPLOMAT IN THE MAKING? “Welcome back!” this little lass seems to be saying to some St Agnes Primary juniors on their first day at school after the Christmas holidays (Photo/s by Cullen Bess-Nelson)

By Shivanie Sugrim TEN visually impaired persons are now preparing to sit the Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate (CSEC) examinations as part of a project fostered by the Guyana Society for the Blind in collaboration with the Ministry of Education.

This will be the second batch of visually impaired persons who will sit the examinations in Guyana.

Unlike in 2014, this year seven subject areas will be offered - Human and Social Biology, Social Studies, Principles of Business, Office Administration, Religious Administration, English Language and Caribbean History.

However, only five of

the ten students will be sitting this year’s examination but the remaining five will sit the 2016 May/June examinations.

The project, however, was long nurtured before it was implemented and is a spinoff of another project that sought to teach visually impaired persons how to use computers.

Meanwhile, the Blind Society has been collaborating with the One Laptop Per Family Project (OLPF) in order to provide computers for the students as well as the implementation of the JAWS software which pose as a computer instructor for visually impaired learners.

The Ministry of Education has been financing the classes, making it possible for the students to write the

exams by paying the instructors and examination fees.

Last year Rosemary Ramitt emerged as the top student of the first batch, securing five grade ones along with Odessa Harper who came second in securing five grade two passes at the CSEC examinations.

Ganesh Singh, Project Coordinator of Guyana Society of the Blind, said he is quite optimistic about this batch since they are all working hard to produce the best results.

Moreover, the society was fortunate to benefit from assistance by the Basic Needs Trust Fund which rehabilitated the society’s building as well as provided better furniture to accommodate members as well as the CSEC students.

Trio arrested after robbery near Ruimveldt Police Station

FIVE THE HARD WAY! These St Agnes Primary schoolers are so happy to be back at school, they can’t help but show it (Photo by Cullen Bess-Nelson)

WHEN three men decided to rob a man living just a stone’s throw from the Ruimveldt Police Station early yesterday morning, they obviously failed to consider the many around-the-clock patrols that the police are conducting.

The three men were arrested by police in a mobile patrol after they had robbed a Ruimveldt public road resident at approximately 03.30am.

The Guyana Chronicle was told that the home own-

er awoke to a strange sound in his yard and decided to venture out and check.

Once outside the man was confronted by three men. He reported to the police that one of the men who was carrying a gun forced him back into the house along with his accomplices and they proceeded to make demands for valuables.

The men then robbed the home owner of a mobile phone and his laptop computer before making good their escape.

The victim then contact-

ed the police who immediately reported the incident over the radio network and the men were apprehended a short while after.

This newspaper was told that the robbers who were arrested are from Albouystown and Charlestown areas. However, the police were unable to recover the firearm but the men were found in possession of the stolen mobile phone and laptop computer.

Investigations into the matter are continuing.

(Leroy Smith)

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AG urges Muslim youths…

Remain ‘grounded’ in Islamic principles

From right, Attorney General Anil Nandlall, CIOG President Fazil Ferouz and others at the head table

SOME 1,400 years after Prophet Mohamed passed, his legacy lives on in his teachings and his followers and nowhere was this recognised more than at the Old Mosque located at Alexander Village, last Saturday.

T h e M u s l i m Yo u t h League of Guyana was hosting a special Youman Nabi programme, which saw the attendance of Muslim leaders and followers.

Addressing the gathering on behalf of President Donald Ramotar was Attorney General and Minister of Legal Affairs, Anil Nandlall, who urged the many youths gathered for the event to remain grounded in the principles of Islam.

“The prophet spoke about brotherhood, about love. He spoke about the highest form of Jihad, which is the conquering of oneself,” he said.

TAINTING ISLAM According to him, there is a “deliberate and concerted” effort to taint what Islam represents and associate the religion with the type of ex-

tremism that translates to the violence and killings, which was seen as recent as last week in the Paris murders.

On that note, he stressed that Muslim leaders have a responsibility, as do all Muslims, to ensure that such associations are condemned in the strongest possible terms.

Nandlall said, “Those types of actions, for example, that which took place in Paris recently…no one has a right to do what was done there and I wish to take this opportunity to condemn what took place in Paris in the strongest possible terms, it has nothing to do with Islam.

“We have to ensure that as practitioners of Islam, we in the conduct of our daily lives, and indeed, as we propagate the ideals of Islam, we ensure that we send the messages of peace, love, brotherhood, unity and charity, important aspects of the Prophets work.”

The Attorney General added too that the virtues of Islam are exemplified in the life of the Prophet.

“The Prophet was an orphan and grew up that way, but became one of greatest

practice and perpetuate religious tolerance and respect for all,” he said.

Importantly, Nandlall highlighted that Guyana’s Constitution, the supreme law of the land, has entrenched in it the fundamental right of a person to practice and preach his or her religious belief and pursuits unhindered – the protection of religious diversity.

On that note, he reiterated that virtues of Islam, exemplified in the life of the Prophet, ought to be perpetuated for the good of the Muslim community and, by extension, the good of Guyanese society.

“So many centuries after (the Prophet’s birth), his teachings, his work, his life are still so relevant to today’s society and indeed, in a

spoke to the importance of prayers, Prophet Mohamed, and Islam, which he affirmed is not a religion, but a way of life that teaches one how to live the ideal life.

Guyanese context,” Nandlall concluded.

Ferooz spoke also of the atrocities being committed by extremists in the name of Islam and sent out strong condemnations against such acts of terrorism, while disassociating true Islam from it entirely.

Several non-Muslim representatives from the Inter-Religious Organization (IRO), among others, were also among those gathered for last Saturday’s event.

CIOG PRESIDENT President of the Central Islamic Organisation of Guyana (CIOG), Fazil Ferooz, was another one of the evening’s speakers and addressed the need of every Muslim to emulate the teachings of the Prophet Mohamed.

He highlighted the fact that it is not enough that he is remembered just upon his birth anniversary. “Muslims,” he said, “have to acquaint themselves with Prophet Mohamed’s teachings and in so doing develop that love for him and his message.”

A section of those in attendance at Saturday’s event

human beings on planet earth.

If we just look at that aspect of his life, it tells us that Islam embraces the concept that recognises the importance of every single citizen on planet earth, regardless of their station when they enter this world. That is the type of virtue that Islam represents and those are the type of virtues that we speak of when we speak about the glories of the Prophet and indeed, the glories of Islam,” he said.

RELIGIOUS DIVERSITY Guyana’s religious diversity was also underscored by Nandlall, who stated that one of the fundamental tenants of the Prophet’s teachings was compassion, love and unity – all of which forms part of the social fabric of Guyana.

“We live in a country where we have diverse religions, we have persons of different ethnic backgrounds and it is important that we

TALENT DISPLAYED Additionally, as part of the programme, beautiful renditions of Qaseedas were sung by very talented brothers and sisters from the various Mosques.

Saudia Arabia’s Sheik Hassan also made a rendition from the Hoy Quran and translated its meaning. He

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Alcohol abuse cited in ‘disorderly murders’ in interior - Commander Ramsey

By Michel Outridge SINCE the start of the New Year, ‘F’ Division has recorded three disorderly murders and another incident which claimed the life of a young man who plunged into the Mazaruni River to evade pursuers after an alleged break-in attempt at a shop.

In the latter incident, the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) has recommended a further probe.

Commander Courtney Ramsey told this publication that the abuse of alcohol has contributed significantly to these disorderly murders in the interior locations.

The senior officer disclosed that in 2014 they saw an overall reduction of murders by 5% in that division and they have also projected a reduction this year.

Ramsay said that in 2013 they recorded 42 murders, including one domestic, six robberies, 24 disorderly and 11 undetermined murders.

He stated that in 2014 they tallied 39 murders including seven domestic, three robberies, 20 disorderly and seven unknown murders.

Ramsey pointed out that they have beefed up their patrols in that division and have adequate human resources as well.

USE OF ATVs

He added that they have All Terrain Vehicles (ATV) at several locations, including Bartica, Mahdia and Port Kaituma to police the area.

Ramsey explained that these murders are spontaneous and the police cannot be everywhere all the time and although there are roving patrols, one must understand some of these locations are far-fetched.

The Senior Superintendent added that if they get a telephone call of a murder, they respond with a team of ranks and it takes a while to get to the actual location to launch an investigation.

Ramsey added that some areas are very remote and it is not as if ranks can take a bus and get there quickly and sometimes they have to walk for miles and trek through difficult terrain.

He observed that sometimes if an incident occurs overnight, the police cannot get there in time to apprehend the suspect, who sometimes gets away before the ranks arrive.

CULTURE OF IMBIBING HEAVILY Ramsey said it is a known culture among miners to imbibe heavily, and ‘little things’ and misunderstandings turn deadly like the instance when a miner was fatally stabbed over a pack of cigarettes last

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Saturday.

Police reported that at about 21:00 hours last Saturday, Quincy Jones was imbibing when he became involved in an argument with another man over a pack of cigarettes in a shop at Honey Camp, Issano, Mazaruni River, during which he was stabbed to his chest.

He was pronounced dead on arrival at the Bartica Hospital and the suspect was arrested pending investigations.

Meanwhile, in a separate incident at about 21:00 hours on January 6, 2015, miner Noel Clementson, 35, of Bartica, was involved in an argument with another man at Arimu Backdam, Cuyuni River, during which he was stabbed about his body.

He was pronounced dead on arrival at the Bartica Hospital. The suspect has not yet been arrested but investigations are continuing.

Investigations are being conducted also into the death of miner Andre Britton, 50, of 111 Miles Mahdia, Potaro, which occurred at about 01:30 hours on January 1 at Mahdia.

Police said Britton had earlier confronted a man, who was assaulted for throwing squibs into his yard, and the man later returned and stabbed him about his body.

Britton was pronounced dead on arrival at the Mahdia Hospital. The suspect has been arrested.

Commander Ramsey also recalled the incident in which David Marks, who allegedly was observed breaking and entering a shop in the interior, was confronted by several persons, after which he jumped into the river to escape capture and his body was found on January 7.

Police had reported that at about 23:00 hours on January 4, 2015, Marks was allegedly seen breaking and entering a shop at Papi Show Landing, Mazaruni River, and was confronted by residents.

Marks is reported to have jumped into the river in order to escape and was not seen until January 7, 2015, when his body was recovered from the water.

Ramsey said their probe revealed that Marks was seen by the shop owners which was not broken into but he was pursued and dealt several blows to the body by a group of men, who were drinking and to escape capture he jumped to his death.

He noted that the file was with the DPP and it was recommended that the police do further investigations since the incident was not classified as a murder.

GUYANA CHRONICLE Tuesday, January 13, 2015

Aries You might feel on edge today but not know why. You may jump at unexpected noises or think you see or hear things that aren't there. You aren't going crazy.

This is caused by the current planetary configuration. The best way to relieve the jumpiness is to get some exercise - at least take a walk. In the evening, read an engrossing book.

Taurus You may wonder if you're losing your memory today. You might have the strange feeling that there was something you had to do but can't quite remember what. Don't worry about it. If you push yourself too hard, you will drive yourself crazy. Your imagination could come up with ideas for stories and poems. Write them down. You will want to remember them.

Gemini Today you might have to do a lot of communicating with friends. Perhaps you need to make phone calls or catch up on correspondence. You may be on the verge of attaining a goal. Consider giving it that last little spurt of energy to complete. This could involve a lot of time in the car or on the phone, but stick with it. You will be glad you did.

Cancer A prominent male author whose work you enjoy might publish a new book.

You may consider doing some writing of your own, particularly if you have a story to tell. On a more mundane level, your day could require that you spend a lot of time in the car or on the phone when you'd rather be reading. Be sure to schedule time to relax in the evening.

Leo Good news regarding writing, speaking, or publishing could come your way today. You might feel terribly bored with life and suddenly have the urge to get away for a while. This isn't a bad idea. Make a few phone calls. Invite a friend over and discuss it with him or her. You've been working hard and a little break is probably in order.

Virgo Paperwork regarding a bonus, settlement, or dividend of some kind might need to be executed today. It will probably be boring. You will get it done. Sudden insights, revelations, or flights of fancy might provide fodder for creative activities, particularly writing or speaking. Write these ideas down. You have a good memory, but you will want to recall every detail.

Libra Strained nerves and trepidation about unpleasant tasks could have you on edge and likely to take your stress out on those closest to you. Try to avoid this. Go for a walk. Release your stress through exercise or writing. Communicate your feelings to friends and assure them you aren't upset with them.

In this way, you will get through the day with little damage.

Scorpio You might feel overworked today. Your energy could be flagging, and you may even feel feverish. This is probably nothing more than stress. Most likely you should take time out from your busy life and relax. Spend the afternoon at the movies. Treat yourself to dinner out. Buy yourself a present. Tomorrow you should feel better again.

Sagittarius Today you're apt to feel especially romantic. Novels, movies, and poetry about love will be appealing. If you're currently romantically involved, consider planning a special evening with your partner. If you aren't involved, you might want to attend a sporting event. Plan an enjoyable evening. Who knows? You could meet someone new and exciting!

Capricorn A rush of activity at home is probably going to involve preparations for a journey or event. More than one visitor could arrive during the course of the day. Your mind may be going in several different directions, and this could prove a bit disconcerting. Try to take breaks and remain centred. You won't accomplish anything if you work yourself into a panic.

Aquarius You may experience increased physical and mental activity today. Perhaps you will have to do a lot of reading or writing very quickly, make a number of phone calls, or run more errands than you have time for. This can prove frustrating and overwhelming, but if you plan carefully, you should be able to get it all done on schedule. Get busy and go to it.

Pisces You might discover a hidden talent for writing, or if you already know this, you may find that your skill is greater than you suspected. You might have to execute some paperwork regarding money, but you will get this done quickly and efficiently. At some point during the day you're likely to get a little frazzled, but this will pass. Get your work done and then relax.

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We look at various things, for example, repairs, house expansion, joinery, covering chairs, weeding yard and various things around you. It's a pleasure pleasing you.

682-8718, 612-0422, 216-2230.  detailing: Steam cleaning, upholstery cleaning, buffing, polishing & headlight cleaning, engraving, number plates, tinting etc. signs. Tel: 610-8561, 280 Bissessar Avenue, Prashad Nagar.     Visa Service. Professional Visa app l i c a tions to the US and Canada. Fees USA VISA $3000, Canada $4000, Plaza Computer Service, 245 Sheriff Street, C/ville.

225-7 3 9 0 , 6 1 8 - 0 1 2 8 , 6 8 8 1 874. Open Monday to Sunday 09:00hrs 21:00hrs                                                                                                                                                                  Spirituality SPIRITUALITY  spiritual help in removing evil spirit, bad lucks, evil sickness, spells, reuniting lovers, bringing prosperity to businesses etc. Tel: 612-6417, 220-0708, 6875653.  reading, other works done. For fast results - reuniting lovers, removing evil and all blockages, etc. Call 696-8873, 6731166.  Spiritualist: resolving all problems, blockage, love, and money, etc - Tele: 2236834, 600-7719.

 - a high science spiritual healer, solves all purpose problems, such as reuniting lovers, husband, wife, marriage, blockage, prosperity, pregnancy, overseas, court, land, removal of evil, enemy, jobs, money, bad luck, visa, sickness, clearing of land dredge operation, etc. Tel: 671-3204.

PEN PAL PEN PAL  Indian male, age 44 years, seeks female between ages 30 and 44 for a serious relationship. Must be living in Georgetown.

Call 686-5886.   African man is interested in a single, intelligent and adventurous woman within the ages 37 to 42 years. Call or text phone no. 664-5725.

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 male sales clerk and one male night . Contact 225-8205.  Guards and Cleaners for apartment complex. Call: 222-6681.      maid, age 25-35, to work in Georgetown Please call 2273341, 699-1212.  workers between the ages of 18 and 30 years. Call 227-3341, 699-1212.  cashiers, cleaners to work at a Chinese Restaurant. Contact 231-5108.  between 18-35 yrs.

Apply at Lens Decor, Sheriff Street, Georgetown. Tel#: 227-0176. . Licence must have lorry, between ages 25 and 45. Apply May's Shopping Centre, 98 Regent Street.  and Social Studies teachers. Contact 194 'D' Camp Street behind Ultra Waters.  Clerk senior/junior CXC English/Mathematics, computer knowledge an asset. Call 219-5354.  ComputerSavvy Secretary, send e-mail ot tonyreidsrealty@hotmail.com.,  Waiter/Waitress and Bill boy to work at Kamboat Restaurant, 50 Public Road, Herstelling, EBD. Contact: 265-0029. Waitress and one kitchen assistant to work at Kamboat Restaurant, 17 Public Road, Vryheid's Lust, ECD. Contact 220-0147.  General Store, 116 Regent Road Bourda - General Domestic, must know to cook, to work in Nandy Park.  Clerk: Must be computer-literate and have knowledge in Payroll, PAYE and NIS preparations. 656-2350.  experienced cook, working hours Monday-Friday.

06:00hrs-11:00hrs. Call Nalini, 652-4791, 226-3067.  female counter clerk, must be computer-literate, must be able to work shift. Apply in person.

159 Barr Street, Kitty. 226-0996.  18-25 years old, to work in computer store,. Persons with experience preferred. Send application to the Manager, 105 Regent Road Bourda, Georgetown.

 Guards between ages 35 and 60 Apply with ID & NIS, TIN to May's Shopping Centre, 98E Regent Street, Georgetown.  Gas Station - Pump Attendants required. Send applications to: The Manager, Vlissengen Road, Georgetown.  for Chef & Cook and Male Stock Clerk. Apply in person with written application to Regency Suites Hotel, Hadfield Street, Georgetown. Tel:2260550  pastry maker, cleaner, 2 bread packers, one delivery personnel. Apply to: The Bread Basket, 54 Sheriff Street, Campbellville 225-1497 (between 17:00hrs and 19:00hrs). .

Must have a truck license. Apply in person to BM Enterprise Inc. GFL Wharf Houston. Tel: 2278176/77.  and assistant cook, Carnegie training or grilling experience would be an asset. Call 600-7388, 225-7933 or visit us at 173 Sheriff street.  Clerk, Cleaners, Accounts Clerk, Waitress/Waiter, Security Officer, Engineer. Interested persons can contact us on telephone numbers 603-4094.  must have 3 CXC subjects, English inclusive, to care for a 5-month-old, any Childcare certificates would be an asset, age 25-40 years, Police Clearance required. 615-6593, 675-7030.  Service with sales experience, furniture upholsterer, sewing machine operators, woodworking machine operators, spray painters, handyman. Call 623-8732 for appointment and interview, email application to kmoonasar@live.com  Accounts Clerk, Sales Clerk and Bond Clerk.

Interested persons must have at least three (3) subjects at CXC. Please send application and Curriculum Vitae along with a passport-size photograph to Roy's Pharmacy Stall #32-33 & #64-65 Bourda Market, Georgetown. Also Packing Clerk/Cleaner, age 35-50 years. Please call 223-6072.  Elite Security, Security Officers - IT, IT Electronic Security Officers, Experience: CCTV experience, 4 CXC subjects, Salary based on qualifications.

Bouncers, Able-bodied, past military experience will be an asset.

Security Officers - past military experience, $210-$250 per hour (8- and 12-hour shifts), 231-6044, 231-6052, 680-0515, 660-2393.  opportunity for the New Year, at a popular hotel/club, on the Essequibo Coast for a Manager. Must have past hotel management experience, entertainment/promotion experience, able-bodied/good health and able to work late hours. Accommodation provided etc. Contact 226-9768. /Porter .At least five years truck driving experience. Salary: 28,000 per week. Contact: P.Ramroop & Sons, Lot 5 'R' 2 Kersaint Park. L .B.I., East Coast Demerara. Tel no. 220-3442 or 220 -3479

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LAND FOR SALE

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 wanted for Managers, Chef/Kitchen helpers, Bartenders, Waitress, Stock Clerk, Accountant, Security Guard - Persons between the ages of 20 and 40 years, on a shift system, CXC English/Maths. Kindly apply in person at Mid Town Hotel, Restaurant & Bar, 176 Middle Street, Georgetown between Camp and Waterloo Streets. No phone calls.

 land at Golden Grove Village, West Coast Berbice, 46x144. Contact 6413532.

 are you not buying these today? One business land 60x50 in the heart of D'Urban Street for 3-storey business & residential $16M, one two-storey business residence in Bent Street $16.5M. Call 623-2591, 2261064, 229-6949, 225-2626, 2253068, 225-2709, 692-3831, 6693350.

 two-bedroom fully furnished house Queenstown. Contact 638-8269.

   furnished and unfurnished apartments $85 000 to $160 000. Business space.   

 business $250 000, Camp Street business $250 000, Kitty $40 000 - $65 000, Bel Air Park $150 000, Greenfield Park $250 000. Diana 227-2256, 6269382.

 ladies 18-40 years. Earn US$2 000 monthly to work at overseas massage centre, $3M contract. Work permit, training, free accommodation and air fare inclusive. Immediate employment, legitimate professional service. Serious enquiries only, limited space. Email picture and resumé to globalvacancy33@gmail.com for more information, text/whatsapp 8683183604, 668-3412.  For Female Sales/Accounts Clerk. Applications are invited from suitably qualified persons to fill the post of            C l e r k w i t h i n a reputable Private Company. The successful applicant should possess the following competencies and qualifications: At least three years experience in the sale of Food and Cleaning products. Have good communication skills and be proactive to deal with customers at varying levels. Be able to meet to work in an independent and fast paced environment. Please address all applica t i o n s to:Direc t o r , P.Ramroop & Sons, Lot 5 'R' 2 Kersaint Par k , L . B . I , E a s t Coast Demerara. Tel no. 2203442 or 220 -3479

LAND FOR SALE Land For Sale  in the city, corner lot 125x130 - $10M, 684-6266. Creek: river front, 5 acres - $5M. Tel: 600-3171, 6483171.  land in Forshaw Street, Queenstown. Enquiries, call 694-9262.  house lot: Belle West Plantation, $1.6M - 618-2317 - Must sell.  land, Agriculture Road, 600ft x 36ft. Tel: 220-0430.          land 120x48 with 39x36 ft foundation at Soesdyke.

Serious enquiries only, $1.4M neg., 673-7600.   land with house $15M, 1 acre with house $2.5M, Hague, Tel: 269-0534, 675-6401.  73ft x 90ft. Lot 45 Goedverwagting, ECD $16M neg. Call 227-1871, 646-2939.      $4.5M, Mon Repos $5.8M, Lusignan $4.5M, Annan $5.3M - Troy 626-2243, 6 9 4 - 3 6 5 2. with 2-storey columns structure, location Grove Housing Scheme. Price $4.3M neg., Contact 600-2032, 610-1410.  Drive BV, E ½ lots 9 & 10, 360 ft - $9.5M neg.

Contact 694-7210, 680-3771.  $4.5M (ft. x 50ft.), La Parfaite Harmonie $1.2M, $1.1M, Prime business spot $3.5M. 675-7292.  approximately 40'x500 $9.5M, 3 & 4 acres Water Front, EBD; Mahaica 6 acres road side $75M -    Road La Penitence land size 140 x 60 $17M, Phone Vice President 231-2064, 2253068 , 2 2 7 - 6 8 6 3 , 2 26-10 64, 227-694 9, 225-2626.   blocks in Potaro, 1200 acres $35M & 483 acres $26.5M. Precious minerals, gold & diamond. Contact o w n e r s 6 7 6 - 7 4 0 5 , 6 8 8-6946.

 183 William Street, K i t t y 11 3 ' x 3 8 ' s u i ta b l e f o r bond, apartment building, etc., reasonably priced - Tel: 6640829.  land $1.6M neg., 4-bedroom house Tucville $24M neg., house and land Goed Fortuin main road $24M neg, Contact 621-2733.  Street we l l - d e v e l o p e d , fully fenced land measuring 100 feet x 62 feet next to Scotia Bank - $150M. Serious enquiries only - C all 227-5407, 658-2686.  - $3M, Diamond $8M, An n a n d a l e E C D $ 5 M , 3 0 acres sandpit on Linden Highway $15M, 140 acres with mining perm i t $ 40M, Eccles $ 5 0 M . Te l : 2 2 5 - 3 7 3 7 , 2 2 5 4398, 651- 7 0 7 8 .  lots, barter agreements accepted, Triumph, East Coast Demerara, sea wall Atl a n t i c v i e w. 6 2 4 - 7 111 , 6 2 2 7097, 220-2130/2254. - Eccles east of Industrial Site, developed area, land 50'x100'. Price $5M. Land at Sophia, fenced, concrete bridge with small wooden house. Price $5M. Tel: 225-3737, 225-4398, 651-7078.  Gardens semigated 42x80 $3.6M neg., 54x90 $4.3 neg., Charity Housing Scheme $2.8M neg., Kuru Kuru residential 100x200 - $2.6M, 6234790, 222-5116, 624-4790.      , LOT 185 CHARLOTTE & KING STREETS, MARAJ BUILDING - TEL: 227-0265, 227-1881, 627-8057 - Land: Hadfield Street - South, Friendship land size 115x450 (wharf side), Non Pareil.   Harmonie $1.2M, $1.4M & $3.5M (100ft x 50ft), Eccles $4.5M, Providence $4.5M, H e r s t e l l i n g $ 4 . 5 M , C o r n e l i a I d a $3 M, U i t v l u g t $3M, New Zeelugt Scheme $2.5M (100ft.x50ft.). Call 6777095.   Robb Street land $65M, Enmore public road double lot $30M, Good Hope ECD 15-ft driveway from public road, land 50'x300 - $65M, D'Urban Street land $16M, Diamond corner lot $10M, Atlantic Ville $20M. Tel: 225-3737, 2254398, 651-7078.  Diamond 2nd Street $8M, $10M, Herstelling $6M, $7M, Linden Highway 45 acres $15M, gold claims Sherima 1200 acres $20M, Mazaruni 1200 acres $20M, Winiperu 800 acres $20M. Tel: 225-3737, 225-4398, 6517078.  Street corner $165M, Republic Gardens $12M, Vreed-en-Hoop Public Road $28M, Parika 4.6 acres $12M, 15 000 acres of mining claims in Berbice, Christmas Falls $50M, Queenstown 90 by 90. Price $94M. Others. Mentore/Singh Realty 225-1017, 623-6136.  business land 125x50 neg., in Smyth Street opposite Jumbo Jet. Valuation $85M Asking price $75M, 3% refund on agent commission earned. Call Lord and Harold Anthony Reid's Realty 6270288, 667-7812, 225-3068, 2252626, 231-2864, 225-5198, 2252709, 669-3350, 226-1064, 2276949, 646-1712.  invite you to purc h a s e t h e f o l l o w ing land for bond , Chandra & Gange 125x120 corner lot $65M, William Street, Kitty 120x45 for bond, Gange 125x62 in Prashad Nagar for b o n d . Phone Mr Boodram 6923831, Mr Pereira 623-2591, 6690943, 226 - 1 0 6 4 , L a d y Hercules 225-3068, 225-2626, 2255198, 225-2709.

 away land East and Quamina Streets corner 120x100 US$1.7M neg., Hadfield Street opposite new expected GGMC $115M, South Road close to Wellington Street 30x112 $65M, Newtown 75x32 $14.9M, William Street 114x45 $28M, Prashad Nagar $26M, 125x62 Blygezight box 80x75 $32M, Phone Mr Boodram 6923831, 225-2626, Mr Pereira 2253068, 225-3068, 226-1062.   farm land i n Craig, Buzz-a-Bee ideal for housing and gated community.

Housing being developed back of Grove/Diamond across trench.

Asking $10M. Call 664-4131, 601-1867.

TO LETTO LET  bottom flat $70 000 monthly. Call 225-0382.

-built three-bedroom upper flat apartment, in Grove $80 000 monthly. 642-4429, 6398056, 671-3237, 675-8578.   3-bedroom available in South, Kitty and Industry, fully furnished $160 000 and $80 000 - 684-6266.  2-bedroom apartment, Eccles Public Road, EBD, $40 000 monthly -Contact: 641-3595.       Regent Street top flat, business/office space.

Tel: 618-3635.  furnished upper flat for rental to overseas visitors. Contact 223-9727, 673-0373.

 two-bedroom bottom flat, unfurnished $40 000. 646-1712, 693-8532.

 house Banks Park Tel: 623-2035.

 house in Kitty, extra toilet and bath, grille, parking for one car, water day and night. Tel: 227-6178.

 two-bedroom fully furnished house Queenstown. Contact 638-8269.  self-contained apartment, can also be rented with a shop. Tel: 220-2760.  two- and one-bedroom apartments for overseas visitors.- Contact 692-2016, 650-0892.  flat suitable for school, church, salon, etc. in Cummings Street - Tel: 233-2692.  business place, Sheriff Street, 2 and 3 floor for offices.

Contact 627-6740.  apartment, reasonable price, water, light, etc., New Market Street, Georgetown - Tel: 227-4422, 683-7410.  bedroom apartment with 2 bathrooms in Charlestown.

Contact 600-6364.  3 Bedroom apartment, Eccles, E.B.D. Contact: 6727756 or 694-3421  place Unity Mahaica Contact Bevan: 2593027, 615-3548.  furnished house in D'Urban Square. Asking US$2000. Contact 682-3677.  constructed apartment in a safe and healthy environment. Call 698-6496.  3-bedroom residential property in Bel Air Park. Contact 223-1447 after 18:00hrs.  2-bedroom apartment at Farm EBD. Call 685-5306, 6435220.  bottom flat apartment for one person - Tel: 667-1936, 225-1054.   office space, $25 000 monthly. Call 664-4304. bedroom, unfurnished house. Contact 685-9441.  large bottom flat for business, Cornelia Ida, WCD. Please call 602-5332.  unfurnished top flat in Meadow Bank, 6238496.  Furnished onebedroom apartment, AC US$120/ week, long term neg. Tel: 6034646.

 Street, Kitty: Fully furnished one- and two-bedroom apartment from US$20 daily. 2275852, 638-4404.   property in Eccles, high income area, with all mondern amenities. Contact 677-3350/603-4751.  newly built two-bedroom apartment in a safe environment, perfect location - Contact: 698-6496.  concrete cottage, in yard by itself, Block 8 Mon Repos, ECD. Price $40 000 neg.

Tel: 643-5797, 231-7568.  houses/apartments and commercial spaces and 3 storey Building to rent. Call: 216-3120, 6676644.  bus i n e s s / o f f i c e space (10ft x 3.5ft) at 15 Henry Street, Werk-en-Rust, Georgetown - $15 000 monthly. Call 610-7770, 668-6018.  Furnished one-bedroom self-contained apartment with parking. Contact: K. Raghubir. Tel: 642-0636.  apartment in West Bank Demerara. $18,000 monthly. Call: 694-7817/ 668-030  apartment $75 000 monthly, bathroom & toilet included. Contact 651-8208, 6102021.  3-bedroom upper flat $100 000, 3-bedroom bottom flat $75 000, AC, semi-furnished. Tel: 603-4646 after 16:00hrs.  flat 238 Quamina Street, South Cummingsburg.

Nice for office, internet café, salon etc. Call 678-0303.  concrete cottage, in yard by itself, Block 8 Mon Repos, ECD. Price $40 000 neg.

Tel: 643-5797, 231-7568.  1- and 2-bedroom furnished upper flat apartment from US$25 per day. 679-0757, 681-2499.  Kitchen at Julian Restaurant & Bar & Guest House Room $15 000 weekly. 226-3552, 638-4505.  restaurant with all amenities any other business Alexander Street, Kitty - 2250571, 638-0787.

-bedroom apartments with hot & cold, AC etc. location Mon Repos, ECD. Price $65 000 & 80 000. Tel: 618-0626.  located spaces, suitable for office, printery, salon, mash camp, storage or other. Call 227-3064, 6287589.  furnished house, 3 bedrooms inclusive of two master rooms to rent/sell located at 2nd Street, Herstelling, EBD. Contact 664-7991.  Realty, 17 Brickdam and Sendall Place, Stabroek.

Coverden, EBD land (rent), Coldingen ECD warehousing facility to rent. Call 223-1217, 6861853, 693-5085 & 613-6386.  place: Suitable for boutique/barber shop/office etc. in D'Urban Street just off pavement $50 000 & $60 000. Tel: 226-0673, 685-4694

 fully furnished apartment, 115 Thomas Street, Kitty. 225-0071, 674-7420, 6005473.

 bottom flat business spot on South Road. Call 2271845.

 furnished apartment, air-conditioned, one-bedroom.

Tel: 623-2923.

 furnished 2-flat house, at Lot 6 Section 'D' Non Pareil, ECD, US$2500 monthly. Please call 2204804, 662-1893.

 2-bedroom apartment at Cummings Lodge. Contact 2223036.

 office space (22'x12') Tel: 226-1308, 655-0897.

 2-bedroom bottom flat - Call 624-0777 after 5 pm.

 spacious 3-bedroom bottom flat in Kitty with light, water, telephone. Contact 227-0376, 619-9964, 645-0845, 622-5329.

 furnished or unfurnished upper flat. Contact 2239727, 673-0373.

 three-bedroom apartment at Atlantic Ville (bottom flat for a small family). Tel: 644-9088, 227-8500 after 18:00hrs.

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 furnished two-bedroom apartment, self -contained, DSL, AC, parking, near Georgetown. Tel: 226-1769, 6009321, 600-0282.

 bedroom unfurnished building in Lamaha Gardens. Asking US$2000. Contact 682-3677 , 3-bedroom back house, toilet, bath, verandah, grille, fence, water - $50 000. Tel: 685-7566..  space Campbellville $10 000 sq. ft, Alberttown 25 000 sq. ft US$2000 & US$1250 - 6846266.  in Eccles semi furnished US$500, 3 bedrooms unfurnished in Kitty US$$350 684-6266.  space on Sheriff Street & Thomas Street, North Cummingsburg 25 000 sq.ft & 8 000 sq. ft US$2 500. 6846266. -bedroom furnished apartment, fully grilled front building, Lot 1 A Station Street, Kitty.

US$500. 227-6046, 621-7519.  upper flat at McDoom Public Road, safe & secure, $45 000 monthly, preferably for a couple 653-7654.  2-bedroom apartment East Ruimveldt (house by itself) $50 000 monthly Call 699-8490, 225-9666.

 three-bedroom upper flat, 2 one-bedroom lower flats.

Premises secured with cameras etc. 666-6612, 650-1867, 2252431 - 121 Thomas Street, Kitty.  in Georgetown, modern 2- & 3-bedroom US$800 & US$1000, fully grilled, furnished with kitchen cupboards, stove, refrigerator, air conditioning & parking. Tel: 623-4861.  Contained apartment situated at lot 62 Atlantic Ville suitable for( StudentS) 40 and 35 student respectively contact 697 8116 or 220 7454  furnished apartment, secure, AC, internet hot and cold shower US$25 daily (neg.). 2316061, 621-1524.    flat at Lot 86 Bougainvillea Park, EBD, $65 000 monthly. Contact 2313607, 697-9230..  3 bedrooms $75 000, Queenstown 1-bedroom furnished $70 000, business spot Norton Street $70 000 Raul. 6558361, 699-6811.  Springs house $140 000, D'Urban Backlands $110 000, Kitty 3-bedroom $75 000..Troy 626-2243, 694-3652.

 Gardens: Executive large 3-bedroom, 2 bathroom, semi-furnished, large yard. Tel: 227-0972.

 Park: House with three bedrooms, fully grilled, parking, water, lights, spacious. Married couple preferred. Contact Somsheer on 233-6352,6 9 7 3310. before 21:00hrs.

 two-bedroom apartment in excellent condition located in Pere Street, Kitty. Price $85,000 monthly. Contact 6544510 between 09:00hrs and 18:00hrs.

 built one-bedroom inclusive of kitchenette between 9th & 10th Avenue, Diamond Housing Scheme, EBD, AC, hot & cold water $60 000 monthly.

Contact: 673-7589.

 Furnished, well-secured two-bedroom apartment, self-contained, AC, new furnishings, car parking. Price $120 000.

Tel: 225-3737, 651-7078.

 Fully furnished 1- & 3-bedroom apartments, AC, hot & cold, internet, parking etc., suitable for overseas visitors, short term. 226-5137, 2271843.

 business spot, 26 Garnett Street and Delph Avenue, Campbellville. Serious enquiries only. 684-3998, 687-0431, 6539570.  bedrooms apartment, Industry ECD, parking, Furnished;19” television, beds, stove, suite, refrigerator, microwave, washing machine, $60,000 monthly, Call 628-2866  place approximately 700 sq. feet situate at Robb and Oronoque Streets, suitable for pharmacy, boutique, office. Contact 227-8867, 644-7784.  flat two bedroom house at lot 729 Golden Grove E.B.D. Call: 602-7135, 216-4085. $50,000 No Agent.  located spaces, suitable for office, printery, salon, mash camp, storage or other. Call 227-3064, 628-7589.

 three-bedroom upstairs and 3-bedroom concrete, spacious living room, t o i l e t a n d b a t h i n s i d e , telephone, grille. Parking. EBD. Contact 668-5384, 648-3342  places in Robb Street, Regent Street, South Road Hadfield Street, North Road & Alberttown from $60 000 to $500 000. Contact Annie, 615-5734, 616-5914.  apartments Campbellville & Alberttown $60 000; 2-bedroom apartment Eccles $55 000; 3-bedroom house Eccles $70 000. Contact Annie, 615-5734, 616-5914.  : 4 apartments (2 bedrooms each) wooden and concrete property- monthly income of $160,000- $28M. JEWANRAM: 227-1988/ 6236431/ 657-8887.

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GUYANA CHRONICLE Tuesday January 13, 2015 21 TO LET  one- and twobedroom apartments, UG area, walking distance to UG & CARICOM, available from January 15 for overseas single or couple, long-term. Call 6233404, 222-6708.  classrooms available, rent as you need, one day a week, two days a week etc.

Suitable for day classes, lessons, evening classes etc. Premises do not flood, rates from $10 000 a month. 71 Croal Street, Stabroek.

Tel: 624-5741.  2-bedroom apartment for long-term rental, top flat furnisehd, close to seawall, breezy, solar water heater, meshed, fully AC, grilled, secured, telephone, parking, rental US$1300 neg. Call 226-9929, 613-6005.  for residential or business purpose at Carmichael Street, opposite Bishops' High School, three-storey building at Albert and Crown Streets, Queenstown. Contact 676-8827, 629-6584, 645-6825, 697-4800.  Road WCD $50 000, Queens t o w n o f f i c e s p a c e 3 rooms $60 000, Bel Air Park top off 3 bedrooms US$500 monthly rental US$1000, phone 2261064, 227-6863, 225-2709, 2255198, 227-6949, 623-2591, 6693350.  one-bedroom apartment to rent: location Bagotstown East Bank Demerara - cost $25 000 per month which includes light and water, contact numbers 2335868, 679-7644, 627-5079.  apartments in gated compound, 3-bedroom, 2bedroom, 1-bedroom, all self-contained, AC, hot/cold water with fridge, stove, washer, dryer, microwave, living room set, dining room chairs, etc. Call: 678-6887.  fully furnished 4bedroom top floor apartment, complete with living room, kitchen, air conditioned, DSL, hot water and all other amenities, proximity to Georgetown. Tel: 2261769, 600-0282, 600-9321.  sale or rent one large 3-storey building with going business suitable for super market, furniture factory, machine shop, lumber yard. Lot of space on the EBD. Apartment at Providence, EBD, Call 610-0575,684-3718.  four-bedroom & onebedroom apartments located at Bagotstown, East Bank Demerara. Price $50 000 (fourbedroom), $30 000 (one-bedroom) which includes light and water. Te l : 2 3 3 - 5 8 6 8 , 6 7 9 7644.   fully furnished 2bedroom apartment utilities included, South) $120 000, Bougainvillea Park (entire house) $150 000 4 bedrooms, Turkeyen 4-bedroom house US$1300, LBI 3-bedroom apartment $100 000, salon space Campbellbille $70 000.  fully grilled apartment at Vryheid's Lust, ECD. Indoor parking, garbage disposal and water included, secure and breezy $50 000 monthly. One month's rent in advance, with one month's security deposit. Call 6995849, 220-0698. No Agents.  apartment Atlantic Gardens $50 000; 3-bedroom newly built upper flat South Cummings Lodge $50 000. 2-bedroom furnished apartment, Industry $45 000; 2-bedroom apartment in Mon Repos $50 000; 2-bedroom apartment Kitty $60 000. Contact Annie, 615-5734, 616-5914.  spaces now available. Don't miss this opportunity for a place at Georgetown’s, premium business location. Limited units available. With 2 Elevators; AC; CCTV- Security and lots more. Sharon’s Building. 154 King & Charlotte Streets, Georgetown. Call 2254413/ 6e14-0949 or visit us online @ www.sharonsbuilding.com

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 bond US$2 000, $27 000 & $80 000, Granville Park 3-room, AC, $120 000, 1-room $50 000 unfurnished, Alberttown 2-room US$1 200, AC, unfurnished Bel Air, Lama Avenue 3-room US$1 000, 2-room US$700, Diamond Public Road 3-storey building US$3 000 per floor 1400 sq. alarm system, camera - Shaphat Reality 646-1334, 612-3501, 676-5537.

 property at 52 Pere Street, Kitty. Contact 6622471, 225-6404.

 Well-appointed 4 self -contained bedroom property with office, filtration, alarm system, hot & cold, A/C. -$70M.  

  single storey, 3 bedrooms, 2 baths with bungalow-style roof. Republic Park 2storey 3-bedr oom with self-contained master room, 2 baths, pantry, laundry room, hot and cold.

No agent. Call 614-7929, Monday-Friday, 10:00hrs-16:00hrs

 Realty 17 Brickdam and Sendall Place, Stabroek.

Call 223-1217, 686-1853, 6935085, 613-63 86 Eccles, EBD house and land, Bel Air, ECD land, LBI - ECD house and land, Stone Avenue/Ville house and land, Melanie, ECD house and land, Alberttown land, Queenstown land, Shell Road Kitty house and land, Dennis Street, Kitty house and land, Fariah Dreams Garden of Eden, EBD house lot.

  W o r l d # 1 R e altor Miste r Terry Redford Reid 6677 8 1 2 , 2 25-6858, 225-7164, 226-1064, 225-2626, 231-2068, 619-7945. Have the executive r e ntal reduc e d by 35%, Prashad Nagar U S$1000, J a c a r a n d a Ave. Bel Air Park US$2000, Barima Ave Bel Air Park US$ 1 8 0 0 , Bel Ai r S p r ings US$1000, large bond for rental office small form US$3 75, 10 000 sq ft office space for technology bus i n e s s . 22 5 - 2626, 225-5198, 226-106 4 , 6 2 3 - 2 5 9 1 , 6 6 9 3350  one f o u r - b e d room fully furnished hous e with master room suite, and fully air-conditioned Meadow Broo k S quare US$2500. One two-bed r o o m f l a t n ewly constructed, tiled, above normal g r ound level, Guyhoc Park $55 000. Bel Air Springs: three-bedroom, fully furnish ed with master, gene r a t o r, m a i d a n d g a r d e n e r.

Married couple or single person preferred US$3000.

Thr e e -b e d r o o m f u l l y f u r n i s h e d with master r o o m U S$3000 - W i l l s Realty 2272612, 627-8314  invite you to rent these properties. One 3-bedroom at Best Village WCD $60 000, Campbellville 2-bedroom semi-furnished $50 000, Festival City furnished with AC $60 000, Office space $120 000 for 10 staffers, massive executive office 10 000 sq. ft, 12 000 sq. ft.

One house with 3 bedrooms Meadow Brook US$700, several executive apartments with AC US$700, 55 000 sq. ft International bond for sale US$1.3M, executi v e r e s i d e n c e s f r o m US$1 000. Phone Mr Patrick Pereira 226-1064, 669-3350, Mr Boodram 6 9 2 - 3 8 3 1 , M r Pereira 623-2591, Lady Hercules 661-1952, 225-2709, 225-2626, 225-3068, 6677812, 24 hours 7 days a week.

PROPERTY FOR SALE PROPERTY FOR SALE  on Albert Street - Bourda - for Sale Contact # 6045585  ¼ acre plot - 61 Section "C" Nabaclis, E.C. Dem - Contact: 648-1037.         n e a r R egent Street, existing parts store. 641-1800, 220 3452.  Railway Embankment, 180x80, $50M. Tel: 611-0315, 690-8625.  house and land in Vergenoegen, EBE. Tel: 6641277, 669-0824.  place Robb Street - 223-6524, 628-0747 Success Realty.  2-storey concrete house with 3 large bedrooms, 2-½ bath, condition $25M. Call 669-1028.         house at La Parfaite Harmonie, Westminster, WBD $4.5M Tel: 601-3469, 6610618.                     property in the interior with attached business.

Priced to go at $18M. Call 6753384.

storey business property located at Ketley and Howes Streets, Charlestown - Tel: 6239679.  on large piece of land, East Coast Public Road.

Tel: 673-0591.  Street Campbellville 'A' class property Price neg. Tel: 690-5047.  for sale by Order of Court, 88 Croal Street, Stabroek, land 75x98 Call: 650-1752.  concrete house, 3 bedrooms, 1 self-contained with AC, 1 laundry room, located at Mon Repos E.C.D - $32M neg. Tel: 6422116.   flat house at Stone Avenue, Campbellville, serious enquiries only - Call 223-2053, 347-357-1698.  in Zeelugt Housing Scheme East Bank Essequibo, land size 51x100, house size 32x 60. Contact: 680-0401.  2-storey unfinished building located in Delph Street, Campbellville Price $38M. Contact 682-3677.  concrete house in Industry close to Line top. Great for business. Price $38M. Contact 682-3677.  Lust main road $18M, Diamond $7 - $35M, Eccles $16 - $28M, Herstelling $15 $25M - contact: 616 - 5914, 615-5734.  $30M, South Ruimveldt Park $15M, Cummings Lodge $35M, Eccles $28M, Queenstown $13M - Tel: 225-0545.  + business property on Cummings Street. Vacant possession. No agents. Contact 644-1004.  possession US$300 000 house and land, Owner 2255727 - 20 North Road Bourda, Georgetown. Furnished 4 bedroom well-maintained property. -$42M.      $35M, AA Eccles $55M, Mocha (2 buildings) $15M, Do you have a property to let or sell, then call Diana's Realty 2272256, 626-9382.  property located at Atlantic Gardens, 3 bedrooms, 1 master, fully air conditioned, land size 50x100. Price $47M. Call 623-9173.  Lodge concrete 3-bedroom top, with self-contained room and one staircase at the bottom. Price $30M neg. Contact 682-3677.  land $1.6M neg., 4-bedroom house Tucville $24M neg., house and land Goed Fortuin main road $24M neg, Contact 6212733.    3 - b e d r o o m property in Prashad Nagar reduced from $42M to $34M, Pere Street $34M. Phone 623-2591, 692-3631, 6693350, Mr Alex 669-0943, 225-2626, 225-3068, 623-2591.  Street land $30M, Eccles $20M property, Continental Park $56M, Agriculture Road $20M, Queenstown $28M, Enmore $10M. Foundation Realty, 618-0000, 6150069.  $3.3M, Grove $3.1M, La Grange Old Road 53x223 land, house 30x60ft. with attic $50M. Call Shawn 231-7805, 618-7483.    Palatial furnished 3 bedroom property- $50M      Road front 4 bedroom property commercial and residence- $35M.    

   B.V- Upscale 4 bedroom furnished property in gated community $40M.     Corner double-lot property -$70M/ 3 bedrooms property -$95M /$55M/ $26M.    3 bedroom corner with two rental apartments.

Repair needed$50M.      3 bedrooms, 2 apartment well maintained property. Parking- $30M.   - 4 bedroom property with annex for elderly plus studio apartment Corner location - $58M.      Upscale property with generator. Beautiful landscaping in highly residential area- $33M.    Well-appointed concrete property - $30M.        Spacious 2 apartment 5 bedrooms property on main road. Parking, Fruit trees, etc- $22M.       Gardens, Bel Air Park, Alberttown, 3 beautiful properties, WBD, Diamond front $16M, Gordon Street Kitty $30M, Broad Street $9M - GME Realty 2312199, 618-7483, 231-7805.  Springs: Transported property,, 4 fully furnished bedrooms (one self-contained), 3 toilets/baths, lots of land space, parking for vehicles. Price neg. Call 625-1684, 226-0891, 651-7538.   require repairs in Brickdam, land size 120x38 $44M was $60M. Phone Alysious Periera 623-2591, Lady Khan 2252626, 225-2709, Lady Abundance 661-1952, 225-3068, 669-0943 Mr. Pereira.  Vacant possession, owner leaving, Diamond New Scheme, 20th Avenue, complete 3-bedroom flat concrete house. Price $9.5M neg. Contact 623-3348, 612-5631  Gardens, EBD, new 2-storey concrete 4-bedroom, 2 toilets, 3 bathrooms, kitchen, living room, laundry, roof garden, gated community - $26.5M. 6529173, 644-3275.  sale rich farm land approximately 2 miles by 80ft. in Canal No. 1 West Bank Demerara, good for pineapple, cane, coffee and cassava, etc. asking $80M neg., house included - contact: Navin 691-2347.  Coast from $12M to $25M, Georgetown from $25M to $70M, Eccles $15M & $18M, Providence $12M to $18M, Diamond $7M to $35M. Annie, 6165914, 615-5734.  for sale in gated compound opposite seawall, ½ mile from Sheriff Street. Description as follows: Approximately 3 000 sq. ft., 4 bedrooms, 4 washrooms with all modern conveniences, too numerous to mention. Call Shiv, 600-6681. -storey four-bedroom concrete house, kitchen, living room, toilet and bath upstairs and downstairs, light and water on 0.5674 acre of land at Canal No.2 Polder. Price $15M neg. Call 685-9590, 223-6941.

 property in Section K, top flat, has three bedrooms and two full bathrooms; bottom flat has two bedrooms and one bathroom; also there is a studio apartment on this flat; there is parki n g f o r f i v e cars - Asking price G$63M - Great Homes and destination Realty, 592-663-1728.  2-storey building situated at Lot 49 Parker Street Providence. Each flat contains 3 bedroo m s , o n e s e l f - c o n t a i ned, equipped with air-conditioned living room, water, light and fully secured with grille. Parking also available. Call 625-6227.  $23.5M neg., wood & concrete, Buddy's Somerset Court $35M neg., Tuschen $11M neg., flat concrete 2-bedroom, Imax Scheme, Enterprise Gardens $14.5M neg., 2-flat Samatta Point $25M neg., front section. Tel: 688-3873.  Sophia Gardens, close to Lamaha Gardens - fully conc r e t e , 6 - b e d r o o m g i v e a w a y, vacant for Christmas.Price $14.5M. Phone Mr Pereira 623-2591, 2261064, Mrs Abundance 661-1952, 669-3350, Mr Boodram 6923831, 225-2626, 225-3068, 6677812, 669-0943.  Providence flat concrete building $16M, Diamond $15M, Better Hope ECD $35M, Brickery EBD 5-bedroom concrete building $20M, Windsor Forest WCD solid concrete building $20M, Lamaha Gardens $75M. Tel: 2253737, 225-4398, 651-7078.  Queenstown apartment building, Forshaw Street, four-bedroom house. Lamaha Gardens, Nandy Park and Eccles, country houses WBD, one-family house South Ruimveldt, BV, Ogle, Brickdam $50M. Great Homes & Destination, 663-1728.  - Atlantic Gardens, ECD, new two-storey concrete building on double lot with all household furnishings - $65M, Republic Park two-storey concrete building with furnishings, outdoor facility, fruit trees, quiet area, beautiful and secure house. Price $65M. Tel: 225-3737, 225-4398, 651-7078.   South Liliendaal/ Sophia 4-bedroom concrete/ wooden building $15M, Little Diamond EBD two-storey concrete building $15M, Non Pareil ECD $15M, Strathspey ECD $15M, Diamond $15M, Shell Road Kitty $16M, Independence Boulevard. $20M, Tel: 225-3737, 225-4398, 651-7078.   Herstelling EBD, east of public road, Buddy's Scheme twostorey concrete building $46M. McDoom Public Road $35M. Better Hope ECD, two-storey concrete building $45M. Tel: 225-3737, 225-4398, 651-7078.  invite you to buy these bargains Craig Street 2-storey $45M new $34M, Dowding Street was $42M now $32M, Pere Street Kitty $34M, Section M ranchtype was $60M now $48M, Prashad Nagar $30M, South Ruimveldt $10M, Roxanne Burnham Gardens $12M, D'Urban Backlands $23M, Camp Street & D'Urban South half $30M Phone Mr Budhram 692-3831, Mr Pereira 669-0943, 623-2591, 2261064, Lady A b u n d a n c e 66111952, 225-2626, 225-3068.  One new constructed building with modern facilities, building 36'x36', troweltex, three bedrooms, bath tub, etc., double-panel wall, PVC ceiling, built-in cupboards, etc, paved road all round, location - Patentia, West Bank Demerara (15 mins form bridge). Asking $16M, Photos can be emailed. Tel: 643-3344, 6239847.

  2014 14% + 20% discount ply 2 % commission on selling commission: Concrete two-storey 4000 sq. ft, 80% complete on double lot in Delph Avenue $36M. Joint Services new 4bedroom concrete $21M was $28M, New Haven on 7 000 sq.. ft land $52M, Bel Air Park two-storey $52M, Bel Air Park. Phone Mr Boodram 692-3831, 623-2591, 661-1952, 225-2626, 669-0943, 225-3068, 627-0288, 667-7812.  Park $55M, Republic Gardens new four-bedroom $70M, Lamaha Gardens $80M, Queenstown investment properties US$6000, monthly $170M, Prashad Nagar on double lot $83M, Thomas Street S/C/Burg $66M, Lamaha Street, S/C/Burg three-storey $140M, Melanie three-storey concrete for business/bond $30M, Kingston six buildings together, furnished, earn two million monthly US$1.9M, Queenstown seven-apartment building new $80M, others Mentore/Singh Realty 225-1017, 623-6136.               : Executive Ogle $115M, Diamond $35M, Queenstown $65M, $75M, $90M, $150M, $70M, Plaisance (2storey concrete) $23M, Mahaicony $22M, $65M, Light Street, Alberttown $40M, Prospect $20M, Mon Repos $35M, Enterprise $12M, $15M, South Ruimveldt $30M, Hadfield Street $140M, La Parfaite Harmonie $15M, Callender Street $12M, New Amsterdam US$1.2M, Soesdyke $4M, Tuschen $50M, $15M, Lamaha Gardens $80M, North Ruimveldt $32M, $40M, lime Street $32M, George Street $30M, Norton Street $9M, Hadfield Street $18M, Chateou Margot $140M, $90M, Sophia $4M, Mahaica $15M, Glasgow H/S $9M, Edinburgh Public Road $1.8M, Diamond $28M, Essequibo Hotel $136M, Bartica $12M, $9M.      river to highway, Linden Highway $30M, Garden of Eden $3M, Bel Air Park $60M, Diamond $5.5M, Church Street, WBD 5 acres $25M, Vigilance $1.5M, Eccles $16M, Pouderoyen ½ acre $5M, Parika $95M, Queenstown $40M, Hadfield Street $8M, South Ruimveldt $8M, Paradise WCB $18M.   5-bedroom furnished, swimming pool US$4000 monthly, new one- and two-bedroom apartments in Georgetown US$800, US$1200 & US$1500 monthly, New Amsterdam US$5500, US$6500, Charlotte Street 3-storey building US$4000.  property in High Street, Kingston by the Red House 260x80, land size US$750 000. Business land 125x60 opposite Jumbo Jet in Smyth close to Brickdam $70M, one land for the purpose for 60apartment complex 10x120 at East & Quamina Streets, corner lot with reserve at the corner and parking in John Ford car/park US$1.7M neg., on Mandela Avenue opposite gymnasium new for offer and business US$640000, one 8 000 sq. ft land by the Chinese embassy for 6storey apartment complex, Donald Trump says you don't have to pay for height anymore and put gloss US$300 000 only for Christmas, Bel Air Springs 5 storey apartment complex 5-apartment overlooking the sea, rental of 2500 each apartment US$800 000 now US$600 000. Phone Amanda Lam 651-5428, 623-2591, 6090943.

26 GUYANA CHRONICLE, TUESDAY, JANUARY 13, 2015 PROPERTY FOR SALE   in January, 2-storey Punt Trench Dam $9.5Mwith large land reserve for any type of business. Business & Residence Bent Street $16.5M, 2-storey Guyhoc Gard e n s $14M, Guyhoc 2-storey conc r e t e $ 1 4 . 5 M , L o d g e 2 storey $14M, Meadow Brook concrete ranch $ 1 3 . 5 M. Land 130x50 Middle Road, La Peni t e n c e , n e w c o n c rete Middle Road, La Penitence, Da Silva Stre e t 85x35 Lan d $ 1 5 . 9 M , Ca mpbellville Scheme 80x50 p l u s reserve $15M, Hadfie l d S t reet east of Cuffy 12 0 x 5 0 $18 M , Republic Park $ 1 4 M , C o ntinent a l P a r k 104x54 p l u s 3 0 0 0 s q . f t r e s e r v e all land to build dream house $22M, 7 000 sq. ft by the Cultural Cen t r e 2 8 0 000 sq. ft, Lamaha Gard e n s $ 5 8M, Prashad Naga r $ 3 4 M, South Ruimveldt G a r d e n s off Aubre y B a r k e r S t r e e t . P h one Mr Boodra m 6 9 2 - 3 8 3 1 , Mr D'Ag u iar 2255198, Mr Pereira 62 3 - 2 5 9 1 , 226-1064, 669-0944, Mr Hercules 225-2709, 225-3068, Lady Jones 227-6863, 225-2626.

HEAVY DUTY HEAVY DUTY EQUIPMENT  Dondi drain digger, 6HP, one cyl Lister plant, 6600 Ford tractor, MF 235 tractor, 3500 Fiat Agri combine, 580 C Hymac - Tel: 616-9402.    175, 275 Tractor, Ford 7700, 4WD Tractors, 416 Caterpillar, 4x4 L/backhoe, Cummings L-10 engine with gear box. Tel: 667-3611, 699-2563, 6711809.

FOR SALE FOR SALE  new plucking machine.

Tel: 650-1015.  large stall at Bourda Market. Call 627-3902.  roadside land: East Coast Public Road - Tel: 673-0591.   food units. Call 654-7510 for more information.  gas: 407C-25 lbs. Phone 233-0608 (8am-4pm) Mon Fri.  smart, mixed breed Dachshund & Tibetan terrier 7month-old pup. Call 683-1134.  mixed breed Shihtzu & Poodle 4-month-old pup. Call 683-1134.  writing desk, 1used filing cabinet, contact 682 1822/ 216 0916.   swimming pool tablets - Phone 233-0608 (8am4pm) Mon - Fri.  generator 110/ 220 v, 60hz 25Kw, priced to sell.

Tel: 616-0427, 689-3612.  coloured Tshirts, dress pants size 40 - contact: 223-4649.  Aluminium Boat (Hull) 30ft x 10ft, One 340 Yanmar Engine (Perfect Condition) and one Trailer. Contact 623-1387, 220-4507.  yard and earth delivery on spot, also earth from road project. Contact 641-6248.  Samsung Galaxy Note 4 - price $145 000 - call: 6890980.  brands refrigerator & gas stoves, Maytag, Whirlpool, Kenmore $60 000 up - 225-0571, 638-0787.  5 horse power Yamaha out board engine - call: 6109340.  dresses and tops for the holiday from the USA, sizes 8-16 - Call 6255951.  round-bottom boat: 40ft. x 7ft. width along 164 000 build-in ice box - Tel: 671-8603, 6014585.

FOR SALE  and plucked chicken, also liver, giblet and foot. Contact 650-4421, 669-2512.  Coca Cola cooler 30" x 30" x 70", excellent condition. Tel: 218-3105, 621-8055.  - BSS series, PlayStation games & console. Tel: 623-2035.  with 7 games, Frigidaire washer/dryer, Serta mattress, magic bullet, conga/bonga set. Call 692-1768.  and land at Lot 29 Delph Street, Campbellville, Georgetown (double lot). Price $45M neg. Tel: 616-5084.  672-acre mining block located in Mazaruni district. Serious enquires only. Phone 6909044, 601-6053.  paint, oil paint, 1-gal. & 5 gals Pails, many colours, also 250 gallons Tote water tank Phone 220-1014.  new cat-gut fishing net, 4-inch and 7-inch snapper and trout. Must see 654-6674, 694-5128.   with microrise 3.8 cu. ft - $10 500 per bag. Contact Rayman, 263-5300, 615-2346, 628-0200.  breed Tibetan Terriers lively and fun-loving, fully vaccinated, 4 weeks old. 617-9476, 6417743, 264-2210.  gas: 22, 410, 134A & 404A, also Argon gas and helium gas for balloons - Phone 233-0608 (8am-4pm) Mon - Fri.  jogging strollers (prams) seat two kids by side by side. Call 610-9533 during working hours.    parts, gear box, rams track, triple pump, bulldozer D6 & D5, scrap D4E, Daf double axle. 621-4862.  new Chrome Book laptop (Toshiba) 14 inches with 100 GB. Price $70 000 neg. Contact 619-7218.  cargo vessel, 1 - 10 rb dragline, 1- 225 amp portable Lister welder - contact: 6876174.  flat bottom boat 23 feet new and one 15 HP Yamaha engine, long foot excellent condition - Tel: 662-9492, 650-3206, 2208687.  soda, 55 lbs; soda ash, 50 lbs; sulphuric acid, 45 & 5 gals; granular chlorine, 100 lbs; alum, 55lbs - Phone 233-0608 (8am-4pm) Mon - Fri.  Massey Ferguson 4-disc plough under $400 000.

Call: 269-0210, 696-5189, 6805141.  outboard enginenew, 3-15 HP, CAN-AM ATV 4X4 500cc, SEA DOO Jetski 1500cc with trailer. Tel: 600-3171, 648-3171.  Smartcase for Apple iPad Air 2 (released October 2014) with Bluetooth keyboard - $9 500. Call 610-9533 during working hours.  bridal outfit $50 000, Indian outfits $10 000 up, E-network internet box$10 000. Contact Annie, 615-5734.  arrived: Truck tyres with rim-size 295-80-22.5, 12R-22.5, 11R-22.5, 10R-22.5 and 215-8516. Tel: 600-0342, 222-3538.  doors, fancy glass doors, HADCO on Bagotstown, Public Road next to the Harbour Bridge Mall. 233-6743.                    6354, 4236, 1104 and 1004 engines, model M with winch/320 BL and L Caterpillar excavator, Toyota, TCM forklift, pallet jacks, complete 6" land dredge. Tel: 691-2921.

FOR SALE   48" Smart TV $240 000, 1 TCL 46" LED TV $200 000, one Jialing 150cc Scrambler $80 000. All prices neg. Owner migrating 675-4066  complete portable systems 110V with 1000w & 300w inverters, battery included, good for chicken farming, homes and remote locations. Call 693-1752, 226-7742.    Available from January 10;$1,500 Small Truck Load, $3,000 Large Truck Load, Call Adrian - 678-5943, Ramesh - 600-0840, Dindyal - 662-8533, Christian - 6825655.Orders being taken in Advance.  and acetylene gases, fast and efficient service, 10-11 McDoom, Public Road, EBD - Phone 233-0608 (8am-4pm) Mon - Fri.  Farm Land at Laluni 80 acres surrounded by creek, 3 fish pond, 1 dwelling & 2 Farm Houses, Coconut, Citrus & Fruit trees.

22 & 30 RB dragline, 1 Discrovery Range Rover-Contact 261-5027, 670-8282,675-1711.  plant pots from $1000, Shimano rear derailleur $7 000, Shimano hyper glide 8-speed cassette/spline (11-32 teeth), $8 000 - Contact: Tel: 642-9901.  Pro, Samsung 17" (I5) laptops, Ipad Air, Macbook Pro Desktop, Nikon 5100-3100 Canon 40D - 50D SLR, Canon Sony Pro Video Cameras, Video Projectors. Tel: 623-2477.   360S, 250GB harddrive, comes with one controller, six games including GTA5, Forza Horizon and Assassin's Creed 3, and Nyko intercooler, in excellent condition - Price $65 000 - Contact: Tel: 642-9901.   at Soesdyke, Farm Land at Laluni 80 acres surrounded by creek, 3 fish pond, 1 dwelling & 2 Farm Houses, Coconut, Citrus & Fruit trees. 1 Discrovery Range Rover-Contact 2615027, 670-8282,675-1711.             g a s s t o v e , e x c e l l e n t b argain $45 000 neg. Microwave oven, Magic Chef brand, excellent working condition $15 000, Hitachi brand wrecking hammer 110v $40 000 neg. - 686-4999, 276-3028.

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  treadmill exercising machines, QSC power amp, portable Sharp air condition, small fridge, flat screen TVs, laptop computers, heavy duty saws. Contact 692-2016, 6500892.

 small enclosed Dyna lorry $900 000 - Call 225-0198, 600-7388.  Mazda Axela, excellent condition. Asking $1.85M neg.

Contact 665-3038, 226-4356.

 Toyota Vios, PMM series, fully loaded, for more information call 667-5596.

   For all Authentic Truck Parts and Accessories new and used for Leyland DAF, ERF, Bedford Model M and TM Etc from the UKAlso Foreign Used Cummins, DAF and Perkins Engine TM Transfer and Gear Boxes Please Cal l D a v e Rameshwar Tel: 592-660-9152, 592-610-2873 8" complete river dredge already working in the river, all equipment in good working order, 6-cylinder john Deere engine, air compressor, diving suit, 45ft flex pipe, wash box complete with 24ft pontoon & complete camp $4M neg. Please call 6619431, 682-3632 - Malchan, 6535179 - leave a message.

 hold items for sale old records, wares, silver cutlery, foreign used clothing, foreign used queen mattress, air condition, clothing hangers, antique tables, 1 big GE gas stove, 1 dresser, 1 wall divider/TV stand, 1 old piano, 1 freezer (not working), foreign used sheets, 1 commercial cooler, 1 car vacuum - all items must go, owner leaving country -Tel : 609-8487, 614-2022.

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      2RZ MINIBUS, BPP SERIES, $1.4M call 654-1382  NZE, lady-driven $1.6M. Call 226-1122, 624-3404.

 plastic barrels, 12"x15" , laminating pouches, Sony mini DV D c a m era, UPS back-up power supply, 10ftx10ft, complete tent, motion security lights, 10mm RGB LED chasing lights with remote - Tel: 231-1332, 625-1701.

  Spacio in excellent condition - contact: 644-1712.

 Mark 2 GX 90 - $700 000. Contact 626-7983.   $1M, 225-9882, 6812499, 664-2916.

 Mazda wagon $200 000. -Contact: 675-4066.   .  Mitsubishi canter to rent/ sell - contact: 622-6136.  Mitsubishi Lancer, excellent condition. Call: 679-5046, 690-2593.  unregistered Toyota Premio. Contact 624-0210, 6179918.

 free Sony Xperiam - black Android 4.1 operating system, 4-inch screen/touch, 5 mega pixel camera, 4GB internal memory/up to 2 GB external. Nancy's Bar - Parika - Price: $80,000Violet 680-0838.

 AT 170. Price $350 000 and 1 bobcat $2.5M. Contact 6981425.

 arrived: wholesale only - area rugs sizes 210x320 cm, 240x340cm, 200x285 cm; special delivery from Georgetown to Rosignol, Georgetown to Parika Contact Tel: Rajin 656-9959.

    Contact 442-4325, 688-5627. Serious enquiries only.

 clean plastic drums, wide-mouth with covers, priced easy, can be used for any purpose 45 gallons. Call 222-4819, 6554032.

  Harrier in good condition, lady driven - call: 674-0469.  Caldina wagon car excellent condition - contact: 6810465, 610-9159.

 65 excellent condition. Call Mitra at 687-1002, 680-4752..

 minibus in excellent condition, BRR series 2332055, 625-9896.  2000 Raum, ladydriven $900 000 neg. Call Melissa on 654-5984.   in hire $850 000 neg., Toyota Raum in hire $950 000 neg. Call 654-7510.   long base Toyota Dyna $1.3M neg. each. Tel: 2690534, 675-6401.

 hard-to-get spare pa r ts f o r To y o ta , N i s s a n , Mazda, Mitsubishi, Honda, BMW, etc - Call 645-7800.  4-Runner V8 Sport Edition in excellent condition. Contact 624-2765, 6002765.  Toyota Prado PFF 8555. Contact Partners in Rural Development. Tel: 226-5891, 227-7839.  Toyota Voxy, recently registered, immaculate condition, late GSS series. Call 6430266.   Sales: 1 Mazda Verossa (reconditioned) Tel: 226-4064, 661-3307. Ask for Amanda.   excellent condition PRR series, AC, CD/ DVD, back up camera, rims $1.8M. 627-7261.  tankers, double axle, 20 000 and 19 000 litres, GRR 2129, GRR 2140, new condition - Call 641-0519.

   professional camera with Nikon Nikkor 18-55 mm lens, new, in box, 24MP, DX-format. Two memory card slots, three batteries and charger $298 000. Call 610-9533 during working hours.

 626 car 1995 model, 1800cc - $480 000. 624-6069.

 all your icicles and beverage needs. Flavour emulsions in wholesale and retail quantities in a wide variety of flavours. Contact: 676-6963, 218-1611.

 Nighthawk Motorcycle 1997 model, Excellent condition. Price neg. Call: 6880256, 687-4932.

 furnishings and much more. Everything must go - sofa sets, dining set, coffee tables, beds, heavy duty brush cutter, antique hutch, refrigerator, deep freezer and much much more. Owner leaving, Contact 644-7152.

 engines 1000, 11 0 0 a n d 4236 and six-cylinder complete with bed, 2320 excavators BL $14M, Lincon generator welder $850 0 0 0 , p a l l e t j a c ks, forklift, model M truck $4M. Tel: 691-2921.

  motor (new) 3-phase 440 volts/60hz - 1185 RPM, 60 HP motor (used) 3-phase 440 volts/60hz - 1185 RPM, 5 HP motor (new & used) 3-phase 460 volts/ 60hz - 3500 RPM, water pump Pabool -2" new & used. Phone 233-0654.

 200SX Sports car: turbo, automatic, like new, priced to sell - Tel: 616-0427, 689-3612.

 Corona AT 170, excellent condition. $450 000. Call Basdeo, 663-0782.

 owner, lady-driven low mileage and well kept Toyota Belta car - $2.5M neg. Tel: 6865256.

 Toyota Hilux smart cab stick gear 4x4 low mileage, October 2011 manufacture - Tel 6754453, 677-7592.   Touring wagon for sale in excellent condition - call: 222-3202, 610-9340.  Inn Apartments Premio, Vitz. Eccles New Scheme.

Tel. 679-7139, 639-4452, 6193660.  sell! Owners leaving country. Price neg. One Toyota Picnic (7 seats) PLL series. Tel: 684-6938.  Toyota RAV-4 02, PMM 7257 low mileage, going cheap, excellent condition. Call: 6280060.    wagon,PSS Series excellent condition, AC, mags, CD, power steering - $1 450 000 neg. Tel: 6262884.  Mark II GX100 clean interior 18" gun metal rims, custom paint and HID ballast.

Contact: 658-6453, 619-5880.  4X4 Ford 550 backhoe in working condition, reasonably priced, one Gates hydraulic hose crimping machine - 220-1543.       Premio, mags, alarm, etc. $2M neg. Must sell urgently, owner leaving country. Tel: 676-6823.   bus, immaculate condition, never worked hire, must be sold. Tel: 615-1643.  Toyota Avensis PNN series, in immaculate condition, mags, music etc Tel: 686-5158.  sell! Owners leaving country. Price neg. One Toyota Picnic (7 seats) PLL series. Tel: 684-6938.  wagon, manual transmission, PLL series, immaculate condition, backup camera, DVD, mags, alarm. Tel: 613-8330.

 forerunner, 4x4 automatic, power steering, AC, bargain price negotiable - 6160427, 689-3612.  Sale! - Unregistered 2007 M a z d a A x e l a $ 2 , 3 5 0 000 - crystal lights, alarm, steering wheel audio control - 643-6565, 226-9931.  Sale!! Unregistered Toyota IST $2,200 000, body kit, TV, spoiler, fogs, alloy wheels, crystal lights, alar m 643-6565, 226-9931.  silver grey Toyota Vigo: fully loaded with crash and tray bars, roof rack, excellent condition - Priced to go - call 623-5550.  Spacio 2004 new shape rims, dark interior, body kit, camera etc. Contact 617-5536.   series Premio, F I R ST o w n e r, f u l l y l o a d e d .

Contact 684-2480, 621-9936.  Allion, 2008 model, unregistered, fully loaded. Contact 628-3940.  Toyota Avensis PNN series, in immaculate condition, mags, music etc Tel: 686-5158.  buy and sell vehicles for cash. We also do trade-in of vehicles 2006 Tacoma, AE 100.

680-3154.    Ford 4x4 Super Custom sports 4WD $3.8M neg. Contact: 665-4611, 2615304 - Junior.   Ford 4x4 Solid Def 4 WD, diesel $4M neg. Contact 665-4611, 261-5304 - Junior.  Toyota Rav4 PMM series, colour pearl white, in excellent condition, must be sold. Owner leaving country. Tel: 231-6278.  Ford driven tractor 600 hrs 60mph almost new $2.2M neg.

Contact 665-4611, 261-5304 - Junior.  Minibus, long base, BLL series in excellent condition, with mags, CD players, EFI etc. Contact 686-9516, 270-4098.

 model 212 motor car.

Price $1.125M, Mitsubishi Lancer.

Price $650 000, Phone 268-3953, 665-8517.

4-door Hilux registered and one King cab unregistered.

Contact 665-5776.

   old mod e l To y o t a R a u m , AC, CD, alarm, g o o d working condition, PMM series.

Call 697-5378. Reasonable price.

 Premio, fully loaded, immaculate condition.

Tel: 226-9316, 617-1505 Leonard.

 loaded new model Bluebird with TV, camera, DVD etc. unregistered. Going cheap $2.6M neg. 638-9116.

 Ferguson 1085 tractor imported from USA $1.5M. Make offer. Owner leaving country. 6196863, 601-8276.

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GUYANA CHRONICLE Tuesday January 13, 2015

Shabazz makes return ...

The local-based players are: O’Neil Carter, Oswald Cornette, Omallo Williams, Travis Henry, Solomon Austin, Kris Camacho, Quincy Madramootoo, Trevon Lythcott, Dwain Jacobs, Amos Ramsey, Daniel Wilson, Keron Solomon, Sheldon Holder, Clive Nobrega, Colin Nelson, Dwight Peters, Tishard Joseph, Dwayne Lawrence, Domini Garnett, Travis Hillman, Rawle Gittens, Denver Dennis, Calvin Sheppard, Joshua Brown, Eusi Phillips and Vurlon Mills.

Alpha United’s Wayne ‘Wiggy’ Dover will serve as Shabazz’s assistant while the rest of the technical staff are: Trevor Burnett (Equipment Manager), Faizal Khan (Administrative & Commercial Manager), Mark Xavier (Operations Manager), Anson Ambrose (Trainer), Andrew Hazel (Goalkeeper Coach), and Debita Harripersad (Physiotherapist).

Contractual arrangements Meanwhile, Chairman of the GFF’s Normalisation Committee said that Shabazz’s presence is only for Barbados encounter but though all indications hinted to him having another long spell with the Golden Jaguars, the contractual arrangement that exists is only for the one-off trip to the Land of the Flying Fish.

“We haven’t made a decision about who will be the coach for the world cup qualifiers” Urling said, while adding “our focus at the moment is on the Barbados game, and then after we sit down with the Technical Team - Shabazz is a part of that team - we’ll decide on the most appropriate steps, I think until June for the World Cup Qualifiers to make a pronouncement for the

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team moving forward. He will be around after the Barbados game but we haven’t made a firm decision as it relates to who will be the head coach.”

Dover is called by many, the best coach on Guyana’s local circuit but yet, again, he fell into the position of playing second fiddle to the Trinidadian, raising concerns by many that he’s not fit enough to lead the country’s football.

But, Urling when confronted with the question by Chronicle Sport on why not the Guyanese instead of Shabazz, highlighted that “for us (Normalisation Committee), you can talk on experience and qualification.

On both fronts, Jamaal has an exemplary record and in terms of his experience being the head coach for the Jaguars during their historic run, taking Guyana’s senior men’s national team to the highest level of the world cup, when we did our assessment, he went on top and in the short space of time that the Normalisation Committee had, and the invitation from Barbados to participate in this game, we felt the best person and the person with their ears on the ground and pulse for Guyana’s football, he’s number one.”

“There’s Dover, who could’ve been the coach of the team but looking back at Jamaal’s experience on both the first stint and the second stint and where he took the team then, I think that was sufficient to say at this point in time that he’s fit for the job.”

The team will assemble on January 22 for encampment before winging out to Barbados for the game that marks the opening of the Barbados Football Association (BFA) domestic season.

Shemar Britton’s 2015 table tennis season off to a rollicking start SHEMAR Britton stamped his authority and won the Guyana Table Tennis Association’s (GTTA) 2015 season opener by winning the Seniors Open Table Tennis Tournament that was played at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall last Sunday.

The tournament, which is the first of many planned by the GTTA for this year, attracted 24 players from around the country, including two female players, Kristie Lopes and Selenas Jackman.

In the final, Britton, the number two seed in the tournament overcame a tough Kyle Edghill to win the tournament at 11-8, 8-11, 14-12, 10-12, 11-3, 11-4 (4-2).

Paul Meusa and Joel Alleyne shared the third position.

In the semi-finals Britton defeated number four seed Alleyne at 11-9, 11-8, 7-11, 11-8, 7-11, 11-8 (4-2), and Edghill defeated Meusa the number three seed, 9-11, 11-9, 4-11, 12-10, 11-8, 9-11, 14-12 (4-3) - a match that went down to the wire.

In the quarterfinals, Edghill defeated the tournament’s number one seed Orin Hickerson at 10-12, 11-5, 11-7, 11-5 (4-1), Meusa stopped Colin France at 9-11, 115, 11-9, 11-3, 11-5 (4-2), Alleyne spun past

Alfred training for ... the World Boxing Council (WBC) female Super/flyweight title.

However, in a bizarre twist the fight was cancelled when doctors, performing medical checks hours before the bout, discovered that the

Jonathan Sankar at 11-6, 9-11, 11-7, 7-11, 11-7, 11-5 (4-2) and Britton got the better of Elishaba Johnson at 11-8, 9-11, 11-8, 11-8, 9-11, 11-6 (4-2).

In the final 16, Hickerson got a bye into the quarterfinals, Edghill defeated Dwayne Gibson at 11-7, 11-8, 4-11, 11-8 (3-1), France defeated Xenophon Goliah at 11-8, 2-11, 13-15, 13-11, 11-6 (3-2), Meusa got a bye into the quarterfinals.

Alleyne also got a bye into the quarterfinals, Sankar defeated Remy Taitt at 11-5, 11-2, 11-5 (3-0), Devon Richmond lost to Johnson at 8-11, 7-11, 4-11 (0-3) and Britton got a bye to the quarterfinals.

The tournament was well organised and Britton collected a trophy and $12 000, Kyle Edghill collected a trophy and $8 000, and joint third-place players – Mesau and Allen - collected a trophy and $6 000 each.

All the quarterfinalists received $3 000 each.

Cash and trophies were donated by Jonathon Sankar, Orin Hickerson and GTTA president Godfrey Munroe.

Both Sankar and Hickerson are former national junior players who are currently based overseas.

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Guyanese was more than two months pregnant.

“Shondell is quite excited about getting back into competitive boxing and has been hard at training,” the source added.

Alfred, who will turn 33 in July, has returned to

training and is preparing at the Forgotten Youth Foundation for her next engagement. She won the vacant WIBA title in September 2009 following a points-decision win over Corinne Van Ryck DeGroot.

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India bowling a big letdown - Dravid IN THE wake of India’s 2-0 series defeat in Australia and their slide to No. 7 in the Test rankings, Rahul Dravid has urged a long-term approach to improving their overseas performances.

“I’m not a big one for rankings,” Dravid told ESPNcricinfo. “Whether we’re seventh or fifth, for me that doesn’t really make a huge difference. We are not going to be playing overseas for a long time, so our rankings will definitely improve.

“We will perform well in India. We’ve got the batting line-up now, we’ve got some very good spinners who can bowl well in these conditions, so if we were having this conversation in 24 months and we haven’t played a lot overseas, then I might be talking about ‘oh, great, we’re up there in numbers one and two’.

“So that’s not the point. The point for me is, how well we do when we go overseas from now, and what are the steps that we’re taking to address some of the issues that have become pretty evident over the last 12-14 months.”

India, Dravid said, were close to building a batting line-up that would be competitive in all conditions, but they would need a big improvement in the bowling to be able to win abroad consistently.

“The bowling has been a big let-down, and I think if you are not consistently bowling well, if you don’t have world-class bowlers in both pace and spin, then you’re going to slide down the rankings because you’re not going to produce results.”

The current crop of bowlers have failed on several overseas tours, but Dravid hinted that they may still be the best options India have

at the moment, with no standout performers in domestic cricket.

“It’s a tough one. I follow Ranji Trophy cricket and cricket in India, and there’s

“So I’m not saying that these guys are finished. There are clearly lessons that they need to learn, areas that they need to work on. You could have the same set of bowlers,

Indian fast bowlers Umesh Yadav, Ishant Sharma and Bhuvaneshwar Kumar not a lot of talent. The cupboard, unfortunately in the bowling department, is not as well stocked as we would like it to be.

“Hopefully it can change and things like this can change in six months, eight months, sometimes you can find a young, exciting fast bowler somewhere or a super spinner somewhere, that happens. But the reality is that we were all excited, before the Australia tour.

We had got 2-3 guys, Umesh Yadav, Varun Aaron, all bowling 140-plus; there’s always Ishant Sharma; Bhuvi (Bhuvneshwar Kumar) has come along a long way.

but if they improve and get better, I think that’s the ideal situation, because when I look around the place, I don’t necessarily see many bowlers shouting out or banging the door open at the moment to say, look, pick me, I will do the job for you in Test cricket.”

Virat Kohli, Dravid said, was the ideal captain for India to plan their Test future around.

“I think it’s early days for Virat. But he’s shown that he can lead. One of the biggest pluses for me was his own performance in this series. The worst thing would have been, for someone like Virat, who was the obvious successor to Mahendra Singh Dhoni, to have

NOTABLE DATES ON JANUARY 12, 1969 boxer Raul Frank was born in Guyana. Seventeen years after Frank moved into the professional ranks and challenged Wayne Coates on his debut.

He had 11 fights before suffering his first defeat. On May 3, 1989 Frank lost by TKO in the fifth round to Ludovic Proto of Guadeloupe. The fight was held in French Guiana.

After taking up permanent residence in the USA, Frank returned to Guyana in 1992 for two epic encounters with Michael Benjamin. He lost both fights on points. He claimed the vacant USBA welterweight title in October 1997 with a split-decision victory over Purcell Miller.

Frank made two attempts at the International Boxing Federation welterweight title. His first attempt was on August 26, 2000 and ended in a No Contest, after a clash of heads with opponent Vernon `The Viper’ Forrest. Forrest won the return match held at Madison Square Garden in May of the following year.

Frank moved on to win the USBA and IBF Latino junior middleweight titles. His last fight was on home soil in November 2010 when he gained a unanimous decision over `Deadly’ Denny Dalton at the Princess Hotel and Casino. His pro career has produced 29 victories (14 Kos), five defeats and three draws.

not performed and not been sure of his own place, which was one of the concerns after the tour of England.

“But that’s not the case, now we know that Virat’s a shoo-in candidate for the captaincy, he’s someone whom Indian cricket can plan long-term with, and that’s what they should do.

“Results will take care of themselves, with the right plans you’re making, right noises you’re making to go out and find bowlers and plan long-term, and sit down and think about how we are playing these tours. Are we preparing well enough, are we going there well in advance, playing the practice games, what are the kind of skills required?

“These are the kind of things that need to be done behind the scenes. If Virat can do that process, he’ll find that the results will follow, because in a country like India, with a number of people playing, talent’s got to be there. It’s just a question of finding it.” (ESPN Cricinfo)

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Black Cap Williamson out with shoulder WELLINGTON, New Zealand (Reuters) - New Zealand’s Kane Williamson is likely to miss the next three one-day internationals in the World Cup warm-up series against Sri Lanka to recover from a minor shoulder injury.

The top-order batsman damaged the shoulder when fielding in the first Test against Sri Lanka in Christchurch and will be sidelined for the next seven to 10 days, almost certainly ruling him out of

games two, three and four of the seven-match series.

“Kane is obviously a very important player for us and we need to give his shoulder the time to fully recover,” New Zealand coach Mike Hesson said in a news release.

“He’s played a lot of cricket of late and this window will allow him to get back to 100 percent.”

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GUYANA CHRONICLE Tuesday January 13, 2015

Silver Jubilee Celebration 1990 – 2015

RHTYSC cricket teams donate $100 000 worth of scorebooks to BCB

THE CRICKET teams of Guyana’s leading youth and sports organisation, the Rose Hall Town Youth and Sports Club (RHTYSC) last Thursday donated $100 000 worth of cricket scorebooks to the Berbice Cricket Board.

The simple presentation ceremony was held at the BCB’s Charlotte Street, New Amsterdam-based office and was done as part of the RHTYSC year-long Silver Jubilee Celebration.

Secretary/CEO of RHTYSC Hilbert Foster at the presentation said assistance to Berbice cricket would be one of the hallmarks of his Club’s Silver Jubilee celebrations, adding that over the past decade, the Club has donated close to $10 million worth of items to cricket clubs across Berbice.

Foster said the club is committed to the development of cricket in Berbice and he proudly stated that the RHTYSC is the only cricket club in Guyana that seeks to assist

LONG-serving Secretary/CEO of RHTYSC, Hilbert Foster, hands over one of the scorebooks to BCB president Anil Beharry, while some other BCB executives display a few others. some clubs were only interested in Committee Chairman who spearothers to develop themselves.

The sad state of West Indies themselves with no concern over headed over 700 activities/procricket requires every sharehold- other clubs who were struggling grammes over his seven-year tenure er to work hard to reverse the to survive. wished the new BCB administration The former BCB Special Events success in the future and urged them situation, but Foster stated that

to serve with pride, dedication and never to put their personal interest above the welfare of the youths who were elected to serve.

Newly elected BCB president Anil Beharry expressed gratitude to the RHTYSC and its cricket teams for the donation of the scorebooks, stating that Berbice cricket had benefited greatly from the outstanding work of the RHTYSC and praised Foster for his outstanding contribution to the game in the Ancient County.

According to Beharry, the scorebooks would be distributed to clubs across the county for both senior and junior cricket. The cricket teams out of RHTYSC who made the venture possible are: RHT Farfan and Mendes Under-15, Bakewell Under-17 and Second Division, Pepsi Under-19 and Intermediate, Gizmos and Gadgets Under-21 and First Division and Metro Females.

DCC congratulates trio especially Barnwell Relatives remember rifle champion Mohamed Ali

THE PRESIDENT, Executive and Members of the Demerara Cricket Club (DCC) extend congratulations to Christopher Barnwell on his appointment as captain of the Guyana Jaguars team to compete in the West Indies Cricket Board/NAGICO Super50 Tournament.

This is the second consecutive year that Barnwell has been entrusted with the captaincy, having led the team to the semi-finals at last year’s competition.

The Club also wishes to congratulate opening batsman Trevon Griffith, who is expected to create the platform for the Jaguars posting big totals and pacer Paul Wintz for getting early wickets and putting pressure on the opposition team, also on their selection to the Guyana Jaguars team.

Coming at a time when no Guyanese was selected to represent the West Indies in the 2015 World Cup, we hope that Barnwell and his team can emerge victorious and some of the players subsequently go on to represent the West Indies.

The President, Executive and Members of the Demerara Cricket Club (DCC) also wish to congratulate young Kemo Paul on his selection to represent West Indies Under-19 squad who are competing in the said West Indies Cricket Board/NAGICO Super50 Tournament.

This talented all-rounder also represented Guyana at the Under-17 level and was recently rewarded by the Guyana Cricket Board (GCB) for bagging the most wickets in the regional tournament.

Barnwell, Griffith, Wintz and Paul join a long list of players from DCC

who represented Guyana and the West Indies, including the legends Clive Lloyd, Lance Gibbs, Roy Fredericks, Roger Harper and Travis Dowlin et al, doing so with pride.

The president of DCC, Alfred Mentore, believes that Barnwell, as captain and leader of the Guyanese squad, has certainly come of age where he should strive to record his first list ‘A’ century together with other useful scores. Coupled with his current improved first class performances, he could surely position himself for selection to the West Indies teams.

It is interesting to note that in a few of the shorter formats currently being played no Guyanese has fea-

Christopher Barnwell tured so the time is opportune for Guyanese batsmen and/or bowlers to showcase their talents and thereby receive due recognition from the selectors of the West Indies Cricket Board.

… as word spreads of an intended Hall of Fame

By Alex Wayne AS THE relevant authorities signal their intention to build a Hall of Fame to include sporting celebrities locally, relatives of legendary deceased rifle-shooting champion Mohamed Ali takes this opportunity to reflect on his accomplishments during his rifle-shooting exploits while he was alive.

In a brief interview yesterday, Hamil Ali, the second son of the deceased rifle-shooter related that the family intends to donate a trophy in his memory to the winner in this category annually.

Ali, a talented shooter, passed on in 1970 when he was 45 years old.

He was awarded the Sportsman-ofthe-Year Award in 1961, taking the runner-up spot in 1962.

Ali, British Guiana’s crackman was re-elected shooting captain for 1964 at the British Guiana Rifle Association’s Annual General Meeting.

That aside, in 1962 he was among the Top 12 shortlisted to train at the Thomas Ranges in preparation for the Martinez Shield Shoot. He won at this level with an impressive 102 points from a possible 105.

His was the victory when he competed at the Valadares & Wood Davis Memorial Cups Championships which he further accentuated by tabling an impressive 142 points out of a possible 150 at the British Guiana Duke’s Trophy, an overseas postal matters event, organised by the National Rifle Association in London.

British Guiana scored 1 120 out of a

Mohamed Ali possible 1 200.

In the era he edged out the talented Maurice Yong to be victorious in the Silver Shoot at the Thomas Ranges where he recorded a whopping 145 points out of 150.Yong was right behind him with 144.

Not long after with conditions far from good shooting Ali went on to win in another competition at the Thomas Ranges, scoring 99 points out of 100, three points better than his rival Archie Sutton.

At one point after a one year’s layoff from the ranges he bounced back to win the Donegal Badge at the Timehri Ranges, netting 101 out of a possible 105 points.

Again he was champion at the Thomas Ranges winning the June Spoon Competition, scoring 95 out of 100. At this leg he netted 48 out of 50 at the 300 yards and 47 out of 50 at the 500 yards limit.

This talented marksman was also among the 18 called to practice for the Martinez Shoot, a postal shoot

controlled by the host Barbados. He was also chosen as captain when British Guiana selected the team to contest honours in the Swettenham Cup Shoot.

Again he landed a spot in the early 1960s when the British Guiana Rifle Team entered for the Anchor Cup Shoot in Trinidad.

He created a pandemonium during the 60s when, after recovering from a serious arm injury, won a record shoot, blazing a trail to secure a fantastic 98 points from the target 100. At this meet he scored maximum 50 points at the 300 yards, thereafter securing 48 out of 50 at the 600 yards.

Through his mystical talents British Guiana secured the Swettenham Trophy in the 1960s with 786 points from their target of 840. Ali of course carried the mantle with a stirring 104 out of the maximum 105 points margin.

In 1962 the National Rifle Association of Great Britain announced that Ali had won the British Hundred Roll Competition with 588 from the maximum 600 points. At this leg he was just one point less than when he won the same contest in 1961.

That aside this Guyanese icon had made a name for himself around the West Indies and in England.

He leaves behind his wife Sahora Ali aka Betty, his eldest son Ashmead, second son Abid and last son Hamil.

He also fathered the lone daughter now, Sherina Ali-Leahl. They all join in celebrating his great accomplishments in the arena of rifle-shooting.

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WICB president rejects victimisation claims … says World Cup squad picked on merit

ST GEORGE’S, Grenada (CMC) – West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) president Dave Cameron has rejected claims that all-rounders Dwayne Bravo and Kieron Pollard were axed from the World Cup squad because of their roles in the controversial abandoned tour of India.

Neither player was named in the 15-man squad announced on Saturday to contest the World Cup which bowls off in Australia and New Zealand next month.

They were also overlooked for the five-match series against South Africa starting Friday.

When the squad for South Africa was announced last month, St Vincent and the Grenadines Prime Minister Dr Ralph Gonsalves wrote to Cameron to complain that the WICB had “dishonoured that undertaking” of not punishing any player involved in the India tour walkout.

However, Cameron remained adamant the ODI squads for both the South Africa tour and the World Cup had been selected on

cricketing merit.

“We have not gone back on our agreement. At the point in time we made it very clear we didn’t want to use the terminology that was being suggested, because if you made any changes to the team then that could be termed,” Cameron told CARIB UPDATE News in a radio interview here Sunday.

“And so we have been very, very firm that as a body we have entrusted that relationship and that decision making to some of the biggest legends we have in West Indies cricket and their judgement is what the board goes by.”

He added: “We have not disciplined anybody. If you talk about non-cricketing reasons, we have reviewed the task force report.

As a matter of fact, we had a board meeting yesterday (Saturday) and what we have done is review the task force report and accepted a number of the recommendations for implementation.”

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Dwayne Bravo and Kieron Pollard the abandoned tour and make recommendations on the way forward.

Like the squad in South Africa, the World Cup unit will be skippered by rookie fast bowler Jason Holder who featured on the tour of India last October.

The 23-year-old has played just three Tests and 21 ODIs and replaced Bravo who took over from Darren Sammy in May, 2013.

Gonsalves, who brokered an agreement between the

players, the WICB and players union WIPA, in the wake of the abandoned tour, also contended in his two-page letter to Cameron that the omission of Bravo and Pollard “reeks of village vengeance, discrimination and victimisation” and slammed the decision as “glaringly (lacking) cricketing merit.”

Cameron defended the squad selection, arguing that the selectors were embarking on a rebuilding process and infusing the ODI set-up with

new blood.

“The team we have selected has a very good mix of experience, youth and a lot of talent. One would remember that the team four years ago didn’t do very well in the World Cup and we are ranked number eight today so the selectors have decided they want to put some youth and build for the future and I think it is a very good balance,” Cameron said.

On using the World Cup as a starting point for moulding a squad, Cameron argued: “That’s a discussion one could have, whether you build for the future or try to win. We’re ranked number eight today so realistically if you look at the numbers we should come number eight, so one has to be very careful.

“We’ve always been looking at just winning, winning, winning and we’ve not really been building a West Indies team. For my own part and for the board’s part, it is a matter of when you start doing that, whether you do that today or six months

from now.”

Pollard and Bravo boast 255 ODIs between them, and despite their unflattering statistics with bat and ball, are powerful batsmen and steady bowlers in the shorter versions of the game.

In recent years, they have become virtual fixtures in the T20 and ODI squads, but Cameron pointed out that team building was the focus at this juncture.

“The board of selectors have appointed very eminent persons to select the West Indies team and they have selected those players based on the balance and merit etc, and we have accepted that team,” he said.

“West Indies cricket goes on irrespective of who is playing and not playing.

We have been building a team ethic. It’s not an individual sport and so what I like to do is focus on the team, focus on the persons that are in the team and giving them all the support that they need to make the West Indies proud.”

CONCACF U-20 championship

Mitchell leads T&T to first victory as Jamaica lose KINGSTON, Jamaica (CMC) – Jabari Mitchell scored on either side of halftime to drive Trinidad and Tobago to an emphatic 5-1 win over Aruba but hosts Jamaica crashed to a 1-0 defeat to Guatemala after conceding a first-half goal, on day three of the CONCACAF Under-20 Championship on Sunday.

Playing at the National Stadium in the first game, the Trinidadians put the game to bed at halftime when they led 3-0 after Aruba had a man sent off, and the Caribbean champions cruised in the second half to complete an easy victory for their first full points of the competition.

T&T were in front as early as the third minute when Aikim Andrews collected a long ball down the right and crossed for Mitchell to slot home from close range.

In the 16th minute, it was Andrews who got on the scoresheet to double T&T’s lead. Mitchell and Levi Garcia combined on a cleverly taken free kick and Andrews finished off with a simple tap in.

In the 30th minute, Joel Geerman

Kadeem Corbin gets on the scoresheet for T&T.

was given his walking papers after taking down Andrews in the box, and Kadeen Corbin scored the resulting penalty.

Trinidad’s domination continued after the break when Duane Muckette smashed in a 30-yard volley to stretch the lead to 4-0, and Mitchell completed his brace when he scored

from the spot after David Dubero tripped Garcia in the area.

Aruba’s consolation strike came in added time at the end courtesy Duncan Homoet. The goal was the country’s first, at this level.

Jamaica, meanwhile, were left searching for their first win after they were felled by a Stheven Robles goal midway the first half. Mauro Portillo sent a searching ball down the right and Robles collected, beating one defender with a lovely chip, before holding off another defender to hammer a right-footed shot past goalkeeper Nicholas Nelson.

Still down 1-0 at the break, Jamaica were then let off the hook in the second half as Guatemala wasted a handful of chances.

Portillo missed a 52nd minute penalty and then shot over the crossbar in the 74th minute while Mario Hernandez saw header saved from point blank range in the 64th, and watched as another shot flew wide later on.

In the other game played, Panama beat the United States 1-0.

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I have an obsession with Guyana’s football – Shabazz

By Rawle Toney On November 30, 2012, tears flowed down the cheeks of Jamaal Shabazz as he said goodbye to Guyana’s football, citing family commitment and a calling from the Trinidad and Tobago Football Federation (TTFF) to assist the ‘Soca Warriors’ as reasons for his resignation as head coach of Guyana’s Golden Jaguars.

It was an emotional sendoff for the man who many credited for giving Guyana’s football an identity; pushing the Golden Jaguars to heights never before reached in World Football and also using his club, Caledonia AIA in Trinidad, as a breeding ground to give Guyanese players a chance to play professionally.

But yesterday, Shabazz returned and though it may seem brief, the ‘Trini’, being his usual animated self, expressed the joys of not only reuniting with old friends, but also said that his returning for a third stint with the Golden Jaguars stems primarily from his obsession with Guyana’s football.

“It’s always very exciting to work with Guyana; there’s this connection for Guyana that I feel and can’t explain.

It’s a total obsession,” Shabazz said.

Shabazz served as Technical Director of Guyana’s from 2005 to 2008 with very positive results, which included 11 consecutive wins in 2006.

He later returned to take charge of Guyana in August 2011 and subsequently led the Golden Jaguars to the

third round of qualification for the 2014 FIFA World Cup, which marked the furthest the national team had advanced in its history.

Being modest, as he

absolutely no enemies but we have to stand corrected all the time that the achievement we’ve had in Guyana’s football is not the achievement made by

Jamaal Shabazz (left) and GFF Technical Director Claude Bolton (Adrian Narine photo) sometimes is, Shabazz told one person. It was always the gathering of media and the work of a group and a other stakeholders of the collective effort.” game at the GFF’s head Having witnessed first office: “It’s a pleasure to hand, the turmoil that rocked be back in Guyana, I have Guyana’s football, Shabazz

pointed out, “I want to appeal to all fractions in Guyana football that this is about players and it’s time that we stop the animosity.

FIFA has come in and made a decision and they have brought a leader (Clinton Urling) to settle and place Guyana’s football in the rightful place.”

Recently-appointed Technical Director Claude Bolton said that he’s more than happy to work with Shabazz and hope that

collectively, they can change the tide and fortune for football in Guyana.

Though it was said that Shabazz’s appointment is only for the February 1 encounter against Barbados, Normalisation Committee Clinton Urling’s statement further suggested that his position can easily be a longterm one, especially with Guyana preparing for their CONCACAF 2018 World Cup Qualifiers.

Powell tries new regime to win elusive gold

Ronaldo wins another Ballon d’Or award

By Brian Homewood BERNE, (Reuters) - Cristiano Ronaldo won the FIFA Ballon d’Or award for the second year running and the third overall yesterday and said he wanted to become “one of the greatest players of all-time.”

The Real Madrid forward polled more than double the number of votes as his bitter rival Lionel Messi who only just edged Bayern Munich and Germany goalkeeper Manuel Neuer into third place.

Joachim Loew won the Coach-of-the-Year award after leading Germany to the World Cup title in Brazil, finishing ahead of Real Madrid’s Carlo Ancelotti and Atletico Madrid’s Diego Simeone in the poll.

Colombia’s James Rodriguez won the Puskas award for the best goal, a spectacular volley on the turn for Colombia in their World Cup match against Uruguay. Nadine Kessler of VfL Wolfsburg and Germany won the women’s Player-of-the-Year award.

Ronaldo was forgiven for a disappointing World Cup, with Portugal going out in the first round.

Instead, the voters - the coaches and captains of the 209 national teams plus one journalist for each country -

were swayed by his prolific goal-scoring and trophy-laden year with Real Madrid, where he has flourished under Ancelotti.

“I never thought that I would bring this trophy back home on three occasions and I want to win it again. I want to become one of the greatest players of all-time,” Ronaldo told the audience after a cer-

Ronaldo finishing second on three occasions. Only Andres Iniesta, runner-up in 2010, has managed to break the duopoly.

This year ’s race had turned into something of a numbers game between Ronaldo and Messi.

Ronaldo netted 51 goals in 47 appearances last season as Real secured a record-extending 10th Champions

Ronaldo wins Ballon d’Or for third time. emony which lasted nearly two hours.

Ronaldo, who has made a point of displaying his rippling muscles in his goal celebrations, then bellowed “Sim” (yes) into the microphone, somewhat startling the ceremony presenter.

The award has turned almost into a personal duel between Ronaldo - who topped the voting in 2008, 2013 and 2014 - and Messi.

Messi won four years in a row from 2009 to 2012, with

League title and won the King’s Cup. His tally included 17 goals in the Champions League, a record for a single edition of a Europe’s elite club competition Since then, he has scored a stunning 26 goals in 17 La Liga matches and looks set to smash the biggest total for a season in Spain’s top flight of 50 scored by Messi in 2011-12. He also became Portugal’s leading scorer with 52 goals.

Messi, meanwhile, became the all-time leading scorer in La Liga and the Champions League with two hat-tricks in the space of four days.

Three goals against Sevilla took his La Liga total to 253, before a treble against APOEL Nicosia set a Champions League scoring record of 74 goals.

Messi was more prominent internationally, helping Argentina reach their first World Cup final since 1990 where they lost 1-0 to Germany.

Neuer was a key figure for Germany and redefined the goalkeeper’s role by often coming out of his area to clear attacks, almost in a sweeper’s role.

“Sometimes, he likes to think he’s a midfield player,” said Loew.

Ronaldo won 37.66 percent of the vote, compared to 15.76 for Messi and 15.72 for Neuer.

Neither Ronaldo nor Messi, captains of their respective teams, voted for each other.

Messi chose compatriot Angel di Maria and Barcelona team mates Andres Iniesta and Javier Mascherano while Ronaldo plumped for Sergio Ramos, Gareth Bale and Karim Benzema, all team mates at Real Madrid.

Asafa Powell

By Kayon Raynor KINGSTON, Jamaica (Reuters) - Jamaica’s Asafa Powell, who has struggled to produce his best form at major championships, believes a change in coach and a new approach to training will improve his fortunes.

The sprinter who held the 100m world record between 2005 and 2008 before compatriot Usain Bolt lowered it to 9.58 seconds believes he can rediscover his form and improve his personal best of 9.72.

“Anything is possible.

Justin Gatlin surprised me last year … he ran his personal best times of (9.77 & 19.68) at age 32,” said Powell, who ended 2014 as the fastest Jamaican with 9.87 seconds after serving a six-month drug suspension for using the banned stimulant Oxilofrine.

“I think I’m capable of doing a lot more than most of the sprinters out there …

My best is yet to come, so it’s just to be patient,” said Powell who is eyeing gold at this year’s world championships in Beijing.

“I feel a lot stronger, I’m a lot more focused and I think I’m smarter now, so I know what it takes to do it.

It’s just to put myself out there and do what I’m sup-

posed to do,” added the man who has run a world-record 84 times under 10 seconds.

Powell’s brother Donovan, a 100m quarter-finalist at the 1997 world championships, is backing his 32-year-old sibling to add gold to his two bronze medals from 2007 and 2009.

“Nothing is impossible, 32 is the year you really get to put everything together,” he told Reuters.

“We are doing different things … He’s really working hard to achieve the 9.72 he ran a few years ago and I personally think if he keeps focused and remains healthy, he can do it,” he said.

The fifth fastest man in history is set to run three 60m indoors before bidding for the elusive 100m world title.

“The main focus is the trials first because that is like a world championships by itself and then the world championships in China,” said Powell, in reference to the glut of Jamaican sprinters with sub10 credentials. They include Bolt, Yohan Blake, Nesta Carter, Kemar Bailey-Cole and Nickel Ashmeade.

“I’m just trying to stay healthy, put in all the hard work and make sure that I stay focused and just win the gold (in Beijing),” Powell added.

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Shabazz makes return to Guyana’s football as head coach ... GFF names provisional squad for Barbados encounter

By Rawle Toney CONSIDERED Guyana’s most successful Technical Director, Trinidadian Jamaal Shabazz was yesterday named head coach of the Golden Jaguars who will be facing Barbados on February 1.

The Guyana Football Federation (GFF) also named their provisional squad for the game which will be played at the Barbados National Stadium.

A blend of local and overseas players were named, including Christopher Nurse, touted as Guyana’s most successful captain, Canadian Jamaal Smith and Adrian Butters.

Trinidad and Tobago ProLeague players; Pernell Shultz and Trayon Bobb, were also called along with 26 local players, who, according to the Shabazz, were selected following their recent showing at their respective association end-ofyear tournaments.

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All hands on deck! Members of the GFF and staff of the national football team at yesterday’s press conference, show a symbol that exemplifies their togetherness. (Adrian Narine photo)

Shemar Britton’s 2015 table tennis season off to a rollicking start

Alfred training for comeback fight

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All the prize winners of the GTTA-organised table tennis tournament pose with their trophies.

Shondell `The Mystery Lady’ Alfred

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FORMER Women’s International Boxing Association bantamweight champion Shondell `The Mystery Lady’ Alfred could end a lengthy layoff and be back in the ring late next month.

A source close to Alfred yesterday confirmed that plans are in the making to have Alfred fight Mandessa Moses next month end. “The intention is to have her fight on the same card that Andrew `Six Head’ Lewis is fighting on.

That card is scheduled for February 28 in Jamaica,” the source disclosed.

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