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President Donald Ramotar flanked by Prime Minister Samuel Hinds (right), the Chinese Ambassador Zhang Limin and Dr. Bheri Ramsarran (right) along with the 10th and the 11th Medical team last night at the Embassy of the People’s Republic of China in Guyana Farewell/ Welcome Reception (Sonell Nelson)

Guyana and Cuba reiterate cooperation in the medical field -at 10th Scientific Confeence

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Guyana and Cuba reiterate cooperation in the medical field -at 10th Scientific Confeence

L-R Minister of Health, Dr Bheri Ramsaran; Ambassador of Cuba to Guyana, Julio Cesar Gonzalez Marchante and Head of the Cuban Medical Brigade, Dr. Midalys Otero Hernandez (Adrian Narine photo)

By Rebecca Ganesh-Ally THE Cuban Medical Brigade to Guyana yesterday held its 10th Scientific Conference at the Grand

Coastal Hotel Boardroom, East Coast Demerara.

Head of the Cuban medical Brigade, Dr. Midalys Otero Hernandez expressed her gratitude to the Ministry of Health for their cooperation and their professionalism as the Brigade aims to continue improving the health condition of the people of Guyana. She noted that the Brigade is comprised of 166 specialists 74 of whom are doctors, 35 are registered

nurses and the remaining are specialists in health technologies. She further explained that services are offered by the Brigade in 10 facilities countrywide where last year they had some 440,660 consultations. Apart from health care the Brigade is also involved in the teaching process.

Health Minister, Dr. Bheri Ramsaran noted that the relations between the two countries for decades

“Our perspectives are to continue our collaboration fulfilling in this way with the agreement between the two countries and this will last while the Government of Guyana needs our cooperation. And to work with the Guyanese Ministry of Health in implementing the health strategies 2020, to continue the quality in the pre and post graduate formation and consolidate the historical bonds between the two countries.”

-Ambassador Marchante

have been fruitful, adding that Guyana has benefited particularly from medical training and services from Cuba.He said many years ago the Cuban Brigade was the backbone at the primary health-care specialist level in the main hospitals in the country. However, this has changed due to Cuba’s assistance in teaching medical Guyanese practitioners and helping them to become graduate doctors. Cuba has aided Guyana to become self- sufficient.

“We’re happy that coming out of the efforts we have been able to, over the years, duly and correctly register several hundred young Guyanese as doctors. At first it was only about five Guyanese but now we can have almost 500,” Ramsaran explained.

He also emphasised that “it’s not sufficient for us only to have doctors at the graduate level we now Please see page 3

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Some of the Cuban Doctors attending the conference

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From page 2 have to train them to be specialists” since Guyana rely heavily on specialists from other countries.

Dr.Ramsaran also indicated that presently a lot of efforts are being place in the mental health and disability sector. The two Governments he explained have been working together for the past 18 months to create a Centre to conduct training in disability. The centre will also benefit nationals from the Caribbean who will be able to access training in this said area.

Cuban Ambassador to Guyana, Julio Cesar Gonzalez Marchante said he is very encouraged and motivated after the kind words from the Minister of Health, and he is assured that the Brigade’s presence here in Guyana is doing a good job. He stated that his country’s motivation has always been to share professional experiences in health and one of the main necessities of persons in any country is to receive proper health care.

“Our perspectives are to continue our collaboration fulfilling in this way with

the agreement between the two countries and this will last while the Government of Guyana needs our cooperation. And to work with the Guyanese Ministry of Health in implementing the health strategies 2020, to continue the quality in the pre and post graduate formation and consolidate the historical bonds between the two countries,” Ambassador Marchante related.

He concluded by congratulating his Cuban counterparts on a professional and thorough job they have been doing and to continue to do your job in all sectors of the population, without making any kind of distinction due to race, ideology or religion beliefs, also without getting involved in political matters, respecting the laws and traditions of the Guyana.

On May 23 1963 the first Cuban Medical Brigade was sent to the Republic of Argelia to fulfill an international mission comprising of 55 collaborators, 29 of them were doctors, this was the Cuban Medical Collaboration official start with permanent brigades aboard.

Guyana has been receiving Cuban Medical personnel since 1978 where the Cubans have provided healthcare and services to Guyanese at home and to those who have travelled to Cuba for specialist treatment at little or no cost. Guyana has benefited from more than hundreds of scholarships with the majority being in medicine.

Also Guyana has the largest contingent of scholarship students from the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) studying in Cuba. The Operation Milagro Programme and the three Diagnostic Centers in different regions of Guyana perhaps best illustrate the value of the relationship.

FROM early 2009, the majority of Executive Members of the Guyana Cricket Board (GCB) started asking searching questions in relation to its operations particularly the financial aspects. Those members recognised that there were serious improprieties being perpetuated at the GCB. However, a minority clique of Executive Members used their privileged offices to deliberately ostracise the others and take control of the decision-making processes of the GCB including and especially the financial management.

Financial Improprieties and Constitutional Illegalities

(a) The visa scam – letters were issued by Chetram Singh and Anand Sanasie to persons for the facilitation of visas even though they did not qualify in accordance with the stated criteria of the GCB.

(b) The Anna Regina and LBI Cricket Hostels – the construction of those hostels were shrouded in secrecy and poorly managed with alarming amounts of over expenditure and faulty works. The LBI hostel began with an estimate of $49M but was completed at a cost of over $100M without the Executive Committee’s approval. This hostel was later discovered to have been built by Sanasie’s contractor.

Sanasie did not disclose this important information during the tender process. Yet it was Sanasie who supervised the project, approved all payments and signed the relevant cheques, a disturbingly irregular accounting procedure. (c) The monthly financial statements – these were presented at meetings

with hardly any time to peruse them. Nevertheless, Assistant Treasurer Pretipaul Jaigobin on many occasions uncovered serious discrepancies in the accounts including: 1. An amount of 1.7 million dollars that appeared on one month statement and astonishingly disappeared from the next month’s accounts and were never traced nor were members provided with an explanation.

2. At the September 2009 meeting of the GCB Executive Committee, President Chetram Singh reported that the GCB received a grant of US $50,000 from the WICB. This amount was never recorded in any of the financial statements of the

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Ukraine separatists shoot down military plane, 49 killed

By Parisa Hafezi

By Pavel Polityuk and Aleksandar Vasovic (Reuters) - Pro-Russian separatists shot down an army transport plane in east Ukraine on Saturday, killing 49 servicemen and dealing a blow to a military campaign to defeat the rebels and hold the country together.

President Petro Poroshenko promised an “adequate” response after the plane was hit by an anti-aircraft missile as it came in to land at the airport outside the city of Luhansk, a center of the rebellion against central rule that began in April.

“All those involved in cynical acts of terrorism of this magnitude must be punished,” he said, declaring Sunday a day of mourn-

Iran says envisages Iraq role with U.S. if Washington tackles regional militants

An armed pro-Russian separatist stands guard at the site of the crash of the Il-76 Ukrainian army transport plane in Luhansk, June 14, 2014.Credit: REUTERS/Shamil Zhumatov ing for the nine crew and 40 of how they would retaliate. where the plane came paratroopers killed.

Charred debris was down overnight near NoHe later consulted with scattered for hundreds vohannivka, a village 20 his security and defence of metres (yards) over km (12 miles) southeast of chiefs but gave no details the sloping wheat field Luhansk.

(Reuters) - Iran could contemplate cooperating with its old adversary the United States on restoring security to Iraq if it saw Washington confronting “terrorist groups in Iraq and elsewhere”, Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said on Saturday.

Rouhani, a pragmatist who has presided over a thaw in Iran’s relations with the West, also said Tehran was unlikely to send forces to Iraq but stood ready to provide help within the framework of international law.

Baghdad has not requested such assistance, he added.

Shi’ite Muslim Iran has been alarmed by the seizure this week of several major northern Iraqi towns by Sunni Islamist insurgent forces and their sweep southward to within an hour’s drive of Baghdad, and not far from the Iranian border.

“We all should practically and verbally confront terrorist groups,” Rouhani told a news conference broadcast live on state television.

A s k e d i f Te h r a n would work with Washington in tackling the advances by Sunni insurgents in Iraq, he replied: “We can think about it if we see America starts confronting the terrorist groups in Iraq or elsewhere.”

Afghans ignore Taliban threats and vote again in final test

By Praveen Menon and Mirwais Harooni

(Reuters) - Millions of Afghans turned out for a second time on Saturday to elect a successor to President Hamid Karzai on Saturday, a decisive test of the country’s ambitions to transfer power democratically for the first time in its tumultuous history.

Most foreign troops will leave by the end of 2014, and whoever takes over from Karzai will inherit a troubled country plagued by an assertive Taliban insurgency and an economy crippled by corruption and the weak rule of law.

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Afghan President Hamid Karzai shows his card before voting in the presidential election in Kabul June 14, 2014. Credit: Reuters/Mohammad Ismail the 50 percent majority needed to win outright in the first round on April 5.

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But clashes did not deter millions of voters from turning out and feared high-profile attacks did not materialize. Instead, voting ended at 4 p.m.

(1130 GMT) with a palpable sense of relief, at least in the Afghan capital.

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Alcoa to pull out of Jamaica

Opposition candidate closes in on Brazil’s Rousseff ahead of vote

(The Gleaner) AFTER 55 years of operating in Jamaica, Alcoa has signalled its intent to discontinue its operations in the country by selling its 55 per cent stake in the Jamalco alumina refinery.

In a release on Friday, the Ministry of Science, Technology, Energy and Mining confirmed that it had received correspondence from Alcoa confirming its

(Reuters) - Brazil’s main opposition party launched the candidacy of its leader Aecio Neves on Saturday to challenge President Dilma Rousseff’s re-election bid in October on a platform of fiscal austerity and pro-market policies.

“Enough is enough,” Neves said in an acceptance speech at the centrist PSDB party convention. He lambasted the leftist Rousseff for squandering public money and undermining the financial stability given to Brazil by the real currency plan adopted by former PSDB president Fernando Henrique Cardoso.

Neves, a senator with a successful record as governor of Brazil’s second-richest state, Minas Gerais, is chipping away at Rousseff’s lead less than four months from election day, a poll published on Saturday showed.

Rousseff dropped to 32.2 percent this month from 34 percent in a previous poll in April, while Neves climbed to 21.5 percent from 19.9 percent, the

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intended pull out of Jamaica in an effort to streamline its operations internationally.

“In pursuing this strategy, and in consultation with the Government, Alcoa has signed on June 12, 2014, a Letter of Intent with Noble Resources UK Limited (Noble) to sell its ownership interest in the Jamalco operations in Jamaica,” the statement read.

Clarendon Alumina Production Ltd (CAP) owns the next 45 per cent of Jamalco.

Alcoa, however, will

continue to manage the operations of Jamalco with 11 per cent interest in the joint venture for the next two years.

Gov’t approval The ministry noted also that the sale arrangements would be subjected to the Government’s approval and added that, “the proposal is seen to be a very positive one that will promote the growth, modernisation and improved competitiveness of the Jamaican bauxite and alumina sector.”

The release said Noble Group (NGL) is a Fortune 500 company that made its entry into the Jamaican bauxite sector last year, “when it agreed to provide a line of financing to CAP between 2013 and 2016, and buy alumina at improved prices.”

The release said since the new financing arrangement with NGL, CAP has not required financing from the Consolidated Fund since last year May.

HACKERS BEWARE

Govt goes to Parliament with law to clamp down on ‘mailbox politics’

By Ria Taitt Political Editor ( Tr i n i d a d E x p re s s ) Government has moved to clamp down on computer “hacking” and what National Security Minister Gary Griffith described as “mailbox politics”.

Persons who engage in the unauthorised transmis-

sion or sharing of e-mail would now find themselves in breach of the law, would be prosecuted and face fines and jail terms.

The bill requires a special majority.

One week after Housing Minister Roodal Moonilal and other People’s Partnership spokespersons accused

the Opposition People’s National Movement of “hacking” into their computers to obtain private e-mails, Griffith yesterday piloted the Act to provide for the creation of offences related to cybercrime and an act to provide for the establishment of the Trinidad and Tobago Cyber Security Agency in the House

of Representatives.

Griffith said the bill would create the offence of “illegally accessing a computer system, whereby a person intentionally and without lawful excuse or justification accesses a computer system for the purposes of securing computer data.”

polling firm Sensus said.

The poll confirmed the results of other recent surveys that predict Rousseff, whose popularity has been dragged down by economic uncertainty and a high cost of living, will not win enough votes on Oct. 5 to avoid a bruising second round.

Rousseff is still favored to win a runoff by 37.8 percent against 32.7 percent for Neves, but the gap between them has narrowed to 5.1 from 6.7 percentage points in April, according to Sensus.

The polls suggest the October election could be the toughest for the ruling Workers’ Party since it came to power in 2003 led by Rousseff’s predecessor and mentor, former union leader Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva.

Polls showing declining support for Rousseff have boosted the Sao Paulo stock market, which hit a seven-month high on Wednesday, as investors bet on a move away from heavy state intervention in the economy under Rousseff’s government.

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Guyana SAD POSTURING BY MR. GRANGER THERE SEEMS to be no dull moment in political antics, at times most bizarre, with retired GDF Brigadier David Ganger as leader of the People’s National Congress and chairman of what contested the last general elections as A Partnership for National Unity (APNU).

Revealing signs as a political leader under stress, perhaps resulting from personality conflicts among party ‘comrades,’ Mr. Granger only recently came forward with the ridiculous statement to the media that he would do whatever possible within his power to defend the good name of the PNC. That unsolicited assurance, incidentally, came against the background of the PNC’s refusal to appear before the current independent Commission of Inquiry into the killing of Dr. Walter

Rodney on the night of June 13, 1980 amid the height of nation-wide political protests against what was known as the “dictatorship” of the Forbes Burnham-led PNC. Evidently stunned by the decision of APNU’s junior partner, the Working People’s Alliance (WPA), to somersault on an earlier position to boycott the COI, as originally reported in the media, Granger was obviously growing increasingly worried over some of the very distressing, sensational information emerging from sittings of the Commission.

His option of a warning to do all that’s within his power to defend the PNC--apparently against the reported links being made with testimonies before the COI about the murder of Rodney, a co-leader of the WPA---remains a pathetic substitute for boycotting the independent probe

currently underway into the circumstances of Rodney’s death. More on this later.

For now, without any known public provocation, the PNC’s Granger, who had won the party’s leadership by the narrow margin of merely 15 votes ahead of the 2011 general elections, told a press conference on Friday that his party has no intention of issuing any “blanket apology” for what he termed “alleged wrongdoings” during its 28 years in government.

Who made such a call, and when, for any “blanket apology”? The probe into the killing of Rodney, a courageous national hero of Guyana, is still unfinished business.

However, if the revelations coming out of the three-member COI are understandably too disturbing for Granger and the PNC, including linkages made with

elements of the GDF and the notorious House of Israel, then his declaration against offering of any “blanket apology” for wrongdoings during the PNC’s 28 years in government is a matter entirely for resolution by the party he leads.

The PNC’s abysmal record in the mis-governance of Guyana, which it had reduced to the status of one of the poorest and most highly indebted nations of the world, cannot be expediently erased by the amusing political posturing of David Granger— whether speaking as PNC leader; APNU’s chairman, or Opposition Leader. There is too much of a credibility gap.

For, apart from its unique, shameful record of recurring electoral riggings to maintain state power for 28 years, the PNC simply cannot expect even otherwise informed segments among

its declining membership to forget, or ignore, the organised waves of political criminality.

They include the documented infamous “X13 Plan” and the wave of blood-letting disturbances during which period the best known victim—nationally, regionally and internationally- was Dr. Walter Rodney.

It is sad indeed to re-

visit that tragic, turbulent period in Guyana’s history.

The preference, instead, should be for structured dialogue between the government and parliamentary opposition in Guyana’s national interest. We commend this approach for consideration by President Donald Ramotar and Opposition Leader David Granger, for a start.

Granger is seeking to justify Goolsarran should remember: one big lie with a bigger one People who live in glass houses MIKE Persaud in his letter in Stabroek News (Tuesday, June 3, 2014) seems euphoric that APNU Leader David Granger was able to hold a meeting in the Queens/Richmond Hill area in the USA. He sees that as a significant breakthrough for the PNC to have been able to hold a meeting in what he considers to be a PPP stronghold. In his words, a ‘taboo’ has been broken since no Afro-Guyanese was supposed to come to Richmond Hill.

The PPP, unlike the PNC has never claimed exclusive political rights over any constituency or region. Indeed, the party’s political reach has extended beyond any particular area and remains the only party that has transcended the boundaries of race and ethnicity.

In this regard, the PPP can be regarded as the only genuine multi-ethnic national political party in the country for having successfully made significant electoral inroads in a number of strategic constituencies which at one time or the other was predisposed to vote for other parties.

The United Force, for example, during the 1960s had

substantial Amerindian support but this support whittled away over the past two or three decades to a point where that Party for all practical purposes is today nothing more than a paper organisation. The same could be said for Afro-Guyanese support especially in Regions Ten and Four which have demonstrated within the recent past a shift in political pattern in ways that cannot be considered insignificant in favour of the ruling PPP/ administration.

This changing political dialectic is the result of a growing awareness among the Guyanese people that the PPP and the PPP/C administration is the only political organisation that has both the capacity and the political will to effect meaningful changes to the country in a way that could advance the overall good of the Guyanese people. The PPP can proudly say without fear of contradiction that it has never sought to obtain power by fraudulent means something which the Granger-led PNC is now struggling to find answers to especially in the context of new revelations coming out of the Walter Rod-

ney Commission of Inquiry regarding the PNC’s complicity in the murder of Dr. Rodney and more generally in the suppression of the democratic rights of the Guyanese people and free speech.

Mike Persaud, a known PNC supporter, expressed his disappointment that Granger at his New York meeting failed to admit to the rigging of elections on behalf of his Party, the PNC. But Granger not only refused to make an apology he went on to blame the PPP for also ‘rigging’ elections during the post-1992 period. This assertion is not only infantile but politically disingenuous since Mr. Granger is seeking to justify one big lie with an even bigger lie.

This approach by Granger to deny the past can only do further damage to the already battered image and credibility of the PNC. I feel that there is full justification in President Donald Ramotar’s decision to hold an inquiry into the assassination of Dr. Walter Rodney. This is good for the political health of this nation. This inquiry is tantamount to a Truth Commission in which the country

is cleansed of its previous wrongdoings and can henceforth move forward to a new beginning in which there is no baggage from the past.

One final point that needs some clarification, Granger reportedly said that Guyana is the only country in Latin America and the Caribbean where the military never intervened in the political affairs of the country. This is totally ludicrous since there are so many documented evidence of the role of the army in the hijacking of ballot boxes in elections. The shooting to death of two PPP supporters in Corentyne in the 1973 elections by the military remains until this day a lasting shame on the PNC and could hardly escape the attention of Granger who at that time was a key player in the military apparatus of the state.

There can be no denial of the fact that the country under the PNC regime experienced a quasi-military rule where the army was used as an instrument to subvert the democratic aspirations of the Guyanese people.

DEXTER GLASGOW

shouldn’t throw stones ANAND Goolsarran knows nothing about transparency and accountability I have observed Anand Goolsarran has made yet another public appearance posing as an authority on matters concerning the procurement and asset management systems of the Ministry of Finance. He claims that billions of dollars could be lost as a result of the Ministry’s failure to use all existing modules. But I am curious how Anand Goolsarran came up with this conclusion?

Does he work at the Ministry of Finance or have access to their records? I am really interested to know what is the basis for his analysis and thesis?

Was this same methodology used when he worked in the Auditor General’s office under the leadership of the PNC and Carl Greenidge, the then Minister of Finance? Did he recognise then that his office did nothing to demonstrate accountability or transparency? What was the state

of our nation’s assets and how were they procured under the leadership of Mr. Greenidge? There are no known public documents that indicate that even after he became Auditor General anything was suggested, recommended or implemented to aid in transparency of government business or that would support effective or efficient management systems. So what qualifies Anand Goolsarran to speak on this matter now? Where is his experience; and what had he accomplished while in office? The answers are simple. He accomplished nothing, supported the corrupt practices of the then administration in exchange for his appointment as Auditor General but is now masquerading as a moral and professional authority on transparency and accountability.

Anand Goolsarran needs to remember: people who live in glass houses shouldn’t throw stones.

Richard Paul

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Exploring Public-Private Partnerships

By Keith Burrowes

THE Government’s decision to enhance public-private partnership will contribute significantly to the economy.

Government’s development thrust revolves around Public-Private Partnerships. As a result, several ministers have been articulating the importance of this concept. In light of the topicality of the subject, I have decided to reprint this article which reflects my views on it.

From all indications, the Government of Guyana will adopt the Public-Private Partnerships (PPP) model in promoting its development agenda. As stated in my first article on this topic, my opinions in these pieces do not represent my official capacity as the Executive Director of the Health Sector Development Unit, nor indeed any of my other official capacities.

The definition, as given by the 2006 EU Briefing Note on public-private partnerships, which I had adopted for the first article on this topic, is restated here: “A public-private partnership (PPP) is a contractual agreement between the public and the private sectors, whereby the private operator commits to provide public services that have traditionally been supplied or financed by public institutions. The ultimate goal of “P3s” (to avoid the unintended political reference inherent in the other accepted contraction) is to obtain more “value for money” than traditional public procurement options would deliver.”

“P3s” have been arguably touted – within the various models – as an effective means of facilitating delivery of public services without the inefficiencies often associated or inherent in public service mechanisms.

We do in fact have such arrangements in place in Guyana.

To give as an example of a working P3, something that is a Keith Burrowes

bit close to one aspect of my professional life, is the garbage collection in the city. The City Council has a mandate to remove waste from city properties, a service it has outsourced to several private companies. Notwithstanding the example given relative to the cost factor, P3 can also be done as part of a social responsibility of an agency (even on a short-term basis).

However, with a new government in the offing, I wish to generate some discussion on what possible new areas of P3 might be of some advantage to us, whether it’s to tap into new resources; reinvigorate old and lagging industries; introduce new technology, or capitalise on some unique benefit we may have.

Looking at the research I’ve done in the past, I’ve discovered that Asian countries in particular seem to have gone the furthest in the developing world in instituting workable P3 programmes, although – as one might expect – it is the developed world, the United Kingdom (UK) being the foremost example, which has developed public-private partnerships into a high science.

As mentioned earlier in the article, it is not that Guyana does not have operational P3s in place. What I am unaware of however – and I might be wrong in this regard – is the existence of an overarching policy framework in other jurisdictions to develop and govern such arrangements, such policy being a deliberate strategy to promote and increase the rate of development across sectors.

There has been some focus to put this in place at a Regional level. At the opening of CARICOM’s 19th Council on Human and Social Development (COHSOD) meeting right here in Guyana in April 2010, Secretary-General Edwin Carrington directly linked the creation of a “P3” policy framework to sustainable development in the Region.

“Policy coherence in human and social development,” he said, “no doubt makes it imperative for labour to be mainstreamed into the social and economic strategies of the Region. Among other things, this... means establishing a vision of the parameters of growth and development that are directly linked to the human resource requirements as a main prerequisite of development. But these cannot be achieved without a concerted effort to harness sustainable public-private partnerships, strengthen institutional capabilities and create the enabling environment for human resource development.”

The perennial problem with Regional initiatives such as this is that they often do not go beyond the specific donor-funded conference. While it is true that this typical failure to launch often has an associated element of lack of funding, developing economies often do not have the capital to invest in the sort of trial-and-error conceptual development process that results in working practical programmes. That said, innovation often costs less than people make out.

And in this case, the groundwork has largely been done already, with supporting information easily available -- as it should be -- in this the Internet Age. The Seoul Declaration on P3s in Asia was actually built upon extensive work undertaken by the United Nations and enshrined in several declarations and other policy documents, beginning with the Millennium Declaration of September 2000.

In short, the resources to at least begin the establishment of a P3 policy framework, as touted by CARICOM’s Secretary-General, are already well within the public domain, and accessible by UN members. There is no need, therefore, to reinvent the wheel in terms of the fundamentals of establishing P3s policy, particularly from a Regional perspective.

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But what of the benefits of P3 arrangements? How does the average P3 impact upon everyday life for the ordinary person? Granted the tendency globally has been primarily towards large infrastructural projects, there have been examples of P3 projects across the gamut of public services. I cited the Mayor and City Council’s (M&CC) garbage collection arrangement earlier, which falls under municipal services. But there is also the area of health services, for example. The Caribbean Heart Institute is an excellent example of how a public partnership in health can work, marrying sustainability with affordability in the delivery of a crucial health care service.

Further, cheap health care is an industry in itself, as the experience of countries such as Israel, Brazil, and Canada could attest to, with their health services programme run largely by private capital operating within a comprehensive policy framework as set out by government.

It takes just a little imagination and resourcefulness therefore, in my view, to expand the range of health services that come under private-public partnerships locally, and who knows, eventually Guyana can count itself among the dozens of countries which offer health tourism services. To add, this line of reasoning can absolutely extend itself to other areas of our social and economic development. In what one can presume to be the absence of a document policy however, a crucial first step would be for the government and the private sector to proactively engage each other in developing a proper, codified public private partnership policy. The time is therefore opportune as we are about to install a new government.

I have written several times on this issue and is currently developing several modules that organisations such as Go-Invest will find very useful.

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CHALLENGE OF SNAP POLL IN BARBADOS Analysis by Rickey Singh

AMID THE prevailing gloom and doom over Barbados’s most regrettable drift into the deep, dangerous waters of a seemingly unprecedented post-independence economic crisis, there is this stunning public silence on what may yet prove inevitable—a snap general election, perhaps within a year from now, at most.

The alternative could be what both the governing Democratic Labour Party administration of Prime Minister Freundel Stuart—with its mere two-seat majority in the House of Assembly—and the Mia Mottley-led opposition Barbados Labour Party with a current divided executive are uncomfortably seeking to avoid: It involves the pursuit of a creative political initiative for bi-partisan national dialogue to avoid the threatening economic dislocations and inevitable social upheavals.

At times of an acknowledged national crisis—as currently prevails in Barbados—it would be the politically mature and democratically merited development for the Head of Government and Opposition Leader to meet and discuss likely responses, ideally with the participation of carefully chosen representatives of relevant sectors of the nation.

The national interest demands political creativity—away from the constant flow of combative rhetoric against each other when not inveighing against the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and, currently, more so against the international credit rating agency of Moody’s Investors Service for its scorching triple ‘junk bond’ downgrade of Barbados.

Unhappily, more than half a century after the island and mainland states of our Caribbean Region started the process of replacing Britain’s Union Jack with respective national flags on the dawn of independence, this sort of matured governance is not our way of “doing politics.”

Rather, as the illustrious George Lamming so often re-

minds us, the preference politics is that of the electoral ‘cock fights’ that normally occur every five years, with occasional snap polls.

In the circumstances, while the generally loquacious Finance Minister, Chris Sinckler, famous for his very acerbic

Barbados PM Freundel Stuart

Barbados Opposition Leader Mia Mottley

broadsides against whoever he chooses to target, it is Prime Minister Stuart himself, normally cool and eloquent, who seems to be leading from the frontline with heavy invectives, dismissing for instance, Moody’s triple-downgrade junk bond rating of Barbados as sheer “rubbish”!

POLITICAL REALITY On the other political side, where BLP’s leader Mottley is perceived as being still imprisoned by an internal leadership division that dates back to her succession of former third-time Prime Minister Owen Arthur as ‘bosswoman’ of the party,

Kurdistan’s Big Chance

By Gwynne Dyer

by frightening the Iraqi army to death than by actual fighting.

Most of those ISIS troops are needed to hold down their recent conquests, including the large cities of Mosul and Tikrit.

there continues to flow mixed messages on the way forward for both the party’s future and, relatedly, an alternative political strategy that places a snap general election as a core feature.

Curiously, just this past Sunday, Mr. Arthur in addressing a meeting of his St. Peter constituency, contended that Barbados was in an economic predicament that was “twice as bad as it should have been’ and urged the DLP administration to “face it and fix it” (Monday’s (Daily Nation).

Implicit in the ex-Prime Minister’s frequent urgings for the government to engage Barbadians on the burning fiscal/ economic issues of the day to build “national consensus” on the way forward is unmistakably a scenario that inevitably must include structured dialogues between representatives of the two parties comprising the 30 seats in the National Assembly.

The official results of the February 21, 2012 that returned the DLP to a second term, revealed how sharply divided were the voters. The DLP secured its 16 seats--majority of two-with less than three percent of the overall valid ballots—to the BLP’s’ 14 seats (a gain of four from the 2008 general elections.

Together, they can rightly boast of speaking for the vast majority of Barbadians who have sustained multi-party democratic governance in this nation.

Now there is the serious threat of the “bottom” falling off the country’s “economic bucket” amid deep reluctance, if not fear, that both the governing DLP and opposition are really in no mood for a snap general election, aware that a constitutionally due one is still some four years away!

So both parties are seemingly preoccupied in capturing, differently, media headlines with their varied political posturing and ‘blame’ games.

Question is whether Barbadians would prefer a snap poll for a change in the political status quo that could also involve leadership changes in both the DLP and BLP? Perhaps such a poll should be commissioned by those sufficiently interested and with the resources to do so.

ISIS couldn’t spare more than a thousand or so of its fighters for a push into Baghdad, which has seven million people, most of them Shias. The Shia militias, which are taking in tens of thousands of volunteers a day, don’t have much in the way of military skills, but they would fight – and street fighting in a big city eats up soldiers’ lives.

Either ISIS will not attack Baghdad, or it will try and fail.

However, what remains of the Iraqi army will certainly not be able to take the offensive and drive ISIS out of all the territory that has already been lost. Short of direct Iranian or American military intervention on the ground, the only force that might be able to do that is Peshmerga.

Peshmerga has advanced to take control of territories abandoned by the Iraqi army that were historically part of Kurdistan, most notably the city of Kirkuk and its surrounding oilfields, but so far it has not tried to stop the ISIS fighters moving south. “There is no need for Peshmerga forces to move into these areas,” said Jabbar Yawar, secretary general

EVERY disaster creates opportunities for somebody. If the Kurds of Iraq play their cards right, they could finally end up with the borders they want, fully recognised by a government in Baghdad that has been saved by Kurdish troops.

The Kurds have this opportunity because the large, but totally demoralised Iraqi army has fallen apart over the past week. The Sunni Islamist fanatics of ISIS are now less than an hour’s drive from Baghdad, and Peshmerga, the army of the Kurdistan Regional Government, is the only military force left in Iraq that could take the offensive against them.

It is very unlikely that the ISIS fighters can take Baghdad. There are probably no more than 5,000 of them in Iraq, and their stunning re- Arbil / Erbil / Irbil / Hawler, Kurdistan, Iraq: Kudish flag flying in front of the cent victories were achieved more Kurdish Parliament - photo by J.Wreford

BY GWYNNE DYER

- as economic woes deepen and parties trade verbal salvos

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Is there life for HIV programmes after the Global Fund?

“In the event of a decline in GFATM funding or should GFATM exit at some point, there would still be life for the HIV programmes in Guyana. But drawing on the experiences of Peru, the Government of Guyana through the Ministry of Health must provide adequate direction on HIV and put in place accountability mechanisms. Indeed, placing HIV and AIDS activities within the national budget would show political commitment to addressing HIV and AIDS.” WHAT can we say about HIV and AIDS today? In 2010, the UNAIDS update(1) summed up the story of HIV and AIDS thus: The HIV and AIDS epidemic has achieved some stability; since the late 1990s, annual new HIV infections have dropped, but the rate is still high; over the last few years, the AIDS-related death rate has slowed down, due to increased use of antiretrovirals, indicating that more and more people are now living with HIV. But as we view this startling progress made to turn the tide on the epidemic, we must not forget the work of the AIDS activist movements of the 1980s that formed people’s understanding of HIV and the responses they extracted from governments to address the HIV epidemic ; from the era of these activist movements to activist countries, and then to global HIV governance, many activists have now been domesticated into becoming experts in governmental as well as non-governmental organisations (NGOs); where they now merely impose a sanitised attention on managing the epidemic, solely involving a technocratic transmitting of drugs into bodies, thereby neglecting the social conditions of the HIV infection and the survival of the those living with HIV (2). The global HIV governance

architecture may be the perpetrator of this stark negligence.

The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria (GFATM) and the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) are two major components of the global HIV governance architecture, with donor-driven agendas; and highly supportive of strong doses of pharmaceutical and biomedical treatment to the subservience of a social contract and a social safety net for people in resource-constrained contexts (2). The GFATM, a major funding agency for HIV programmes since 2004 and the PEPFAR are contestants in a race to prevent and treat HIV in resource-constrained countries, resulting in a scale-up where donors and agencies are expected to develop health system capacity to implement treatment regimens; the cut in GFATM funding in many countries will hurt the treatment programmes, resulting in a scale-down (2).

Today in Guyana, however, with GFATM in a scale-down mode, the local competition to maintain the existing HIV response is well underway. Within this context, though, there are two scenarios that require addressing: (i) What present HIV activities will be maintained? And (ii) is there life for the HIV programmes after GFATM, or even now during

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of the Ministry of Pesh Merga Affairs.

But Peshmerga forces are close enough to the roads leading south from Mosul to Baghdad to cut the ISIS line of communications and stop the advance on Baghdad if they were ordered to. The ISIS fighters have significant support from the Sunni population in the area they have overrun, so trying to drive them out of Mosul and Tikrit would cost Peshmerga many casualties, but it’s the only force in Iraq that is even in a position to try.

So the Kurdistan Regional Government must now be considering what price it could charge Baghdad for that service.

As an adviser to the KRG told the Washington Post, “The Iraqi government has been holding the Kurds hostage, and it’s not reasonable for them to expect the Kurds to give them any help in this situation without compromising to Kurdish demands.”

What would the Kurds demand in return? What they want most is to recover the territories that were taken from them by the Baathist regime in Baghdad between the 1960s and the later 1980s. Under Saddam Hussein, tens of thousands of Kurds were killed and hundreds of thousands driven from their lands. He then changed the provincial boundaries, and the stolen lands were repopulated with Arab settlers whom he brought in from the south.

a decline in its funding?

The first scenario has to do with concerns about global health activities: where there is increasing awareness that pharmaceutical and biomedical treatment alone does not make an individual whole; and where health activities should not be replacements for the non-existence of social contracts and social safety nets in resource-constrained countries (2). In addition to maintaining prior activities, a critical area will be developing strategies to respond to new evidence, resources, and need (3).

Let me now look at the second scenario and use the case of Peru to see whether there is life for HIV programmes after GFATM exits. Overall, in the battle against HIV, Peru has done well in the absence of GFATM funding. One of the lessons from the Peru case, however, is that under GFATM funding, the powerful NGOs which made unilateral decisions jeopardised a coherent programme response and weakened the coordinating work of the Ministry of Health’s HIV office (3). In fact, during the era of GFATM funding in Peru, there was inadequate governmental direction on HIV.

Peshmerga troops have taken back control of much of this land in the past week, but nothing will be settled unless Baghdad formally restores the old provincial boundaries. It would also have to accept that a lot of those Arab settlers will be removed to make way for returning Kurdish families.

Such a concession would be politically impossible in normal times, but if Baghdad wants Peshmerga to fight for it, that’s the price it will probably have to pay. And it should bear in mind that the Kurds also have another option. They could just hold those territories by force, and declare independence.

The Baghdad government could do little about it: the advance of the ISIS forces means that it no longer has a common frontier with Kurdistan. In the past, the Iraqi Kurds were deterred from declaring independence because Turkey threatened to invade them if they did – Ankara worried about the impact of that on the large Kurdish minority in Turkey – but things have changed there too.

Turkey is now the largest foreign investor in Iraqi Kurdistan, and regards the KRG as a reliable partner. In any case, the Turkish government will have its hands full dealing with the sudden emergence of a hostile Islamic caliphate along its southern border. Kurdish independence would still be a gamble, but the odds are that it could succeed.

One way or the other, Kurdistan is probably going to be a big winner out of this. But it will probably try the lower-risk road of making a deal with Baghdad first.

In the event of a decline in GFATM funding or should GFATM exit at some point, there would still be life for the HIV programmes in Guyana. But drawing on the experiences of Peru, the Government of Guyana through the Ministry of Health must provide adequate direction on HIV and put in place accountability mechanisms. Indeed, placing HIV and AIDS activities within the national budget would show political commitment to addressing HIV and AIDS. References: 1. UNAIDS J. Global report: UNAIDS report on the global AIDS epidemic 2010.

UNAIDS Geneva. 2010.

2. Kenworthy NJ, Parker R. HIV scaleup and the politics of global health. Global public health. 2014;9(1-2):1-6.

3. Amaya AB, Caceres CF, Spicer N, Balabanova D. After the Global Fund: Who can sustain the HIV/AIDS response in Peru and how? Global public health. 2014;9(12):176-97.

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Team of US-based cardiologists bring welcome relief, abundant hope

SCORES of patients who have for years been suffering from various heart diseases benefited from a free two-day cardiology consultation with a team of specialists brought from the United States of America (USA) in a George Subraj-organised initiative that followed a request from Dr. Balwant Singh of the Balwant Singh Hospital at Lot 314 East Street, Georgetown. The visiting team, comprising Dr. Rajiv Jouhar and Dr. Perwaiz, backed up by local qualified cardiologist Dr. Jose Ocampo, performed several procedures at the Balwant Singh Hospital’s state-of-the-art theatre. ………………………………………………..

Professional trickster sentenced to 19 years’ imprisonment

FORTY-SIX-YEAR-OLD, Gopaul Tiwari, a businessman of Lot 72 Craig, East Bank Demerara, appeared in court with one charge of fraudulent conversion and eight charges of false pretence.

The Chief Magistrate sentenced Tiwari to two years’ imprisonment on each of the false pretence charges, and three years’ imprisonment on the fraudulent conversion charge; but because the sentences will run concurrently, Tiwari will serve only three years for his crimes. Tiwari had been charged with similar offences in another court, but complainants in that matter accepted settlements. …………………………………………….

Brothers viciously chop teen in assault at football game in BV

ONE man has been taken into custody while his brother is being sought by the police following the brutal chopping of 19-year old William Hendricks of Canterbury Walk, Beterverwagting, (B.V.) East Coast Demerara during a game of football in the village. A misunderstanding between Hendricks and the two brothers developed during the game, being played at Ogle Street, B.V, and it turned ugly and ended with Hendricks being brutally chopped about the body, juked in the left eye, and left bleeding on the ground. Both brothers had fled, but the police managed to capture Bujas, while Melville has, to date, not been apprehended. …………………………………………

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Police Cadet Officer remanded for allegedly shooting teen in mouth

POLICE Cadet Officer, Franz Paul, of Lot 189 Freeman Street, East La Penitence, appeared in court to answer an allegation that he had shot 15-year old Alex Griffith in his mouth on April 30, 2014 at Georgetown. Paul allegedly placed a firearm in Griffith’s mouth and fired a shot. He was also charged jointly with 31-year-old Police Corporal Bachand Singh with conspiracy to pervert justice.

The duo was sent on $150,000 bail each while Paul was ordered to post $75,000 on an unlawful assault charge. He was however refused bail on the other charges of inflicting grievous bodily harm and discharging a loaded firearm. Both defendants will return to court on June 30.

Robbery accomplice dies after partner opens fire

THREE bandits held up a couple at No. 11 Village, Corentyne and when one of the men discharged a round it struck an accomplice who later succumbed. Police said in a press release that three bandits, two of whom had firearms, held up Rohan Doodnauth and his wife, Renawattie Doodnauth, along with an employee. The bandits demanded cash and valuables and after some jewellery was handed over the men made further demands. While they were threatening the victims, one of them discharged a round that struck an accomplice to the body.

CCJ affirms 4-year jail sentence for Guyanese Paul Lashley, John Campayne THE Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) affirmed a 4-year jail sentence imposed on convicted felons Paul Lashley and John Campayne by Chief Magistrate Priya Sewnarine-Beharry on December 28, 2012. The majority verdict was handed down by the CCJ, according to a statement from Guyana’s Director of Public Prosecutions. On June 15, 2012, the police instituted the indictable charge of Break and Enter and Larceny against the two defendants/appellants, 23-year-old Sales Representative, Paul Lashley and 2l-year-old Technician/Gold Miner, John Campayne, of 2 lap top computers, 2 safes, Gy$380,000, thirty thousand Indian rupee-dollar, Gy$925,000, US$2,740 property of Hemant Narine. ………………………………………………

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Mother of three found dead, with head in bucket of water

A TWENTY—YEAR-OLD mother of three of Friendship, East Bank Demerara was found dead outside her home in the wee hours of the morning and her 31-year old husband was arrested.

Dead is Shelly Persaud, of 34 Friendship Public Road, East Bank Demerara, whose body was found at the bottom of her back step, with her head in a bucket of water. According to neighbours, she and her common-law husband, Vindra Krishna Siriram, who went home at about 01:45hrs reeking of alcohol, were heard arguing, but moments later, there was an abrupt silence. The woman’s three children — eight-year old Lisa; Ashley, four; and Arianna Siriram, two — were all traumatised.

Chaos erupts as T&HD Georgetown wharf steps collapse

CHAOS erupted at the Transport and Harbours Department (T&HD) stelling as the wharf steps collapsed, forcing commuters to disembark vessels from makeshift precariously placed steel ladder.

It was utter confusion and as the speedboat passengers who crossed the Demerara River by speedboats from Vreed-en-Hoop arrived to find that several treaders that facilitated their exit from the boats had fallen into the water. As a result, officials there were forced to make an alternative route by which the passengers could exit vessels by climbing up a steel ladder. It led to confusion and cries of protest as overweight and pregnant women as well as elderly men refused to climb the ladder for fear of injury or falling into the river.

Celebrating the Queen’s 88th birthday

GUYANA joined other Commonwealth countries, except Western Australia, in celebrating the Queen’s official birthday in keeping with a tradition going back more than 200 years. The Queen celebrates two birthdays each year: Her actual birthday, which is on April 21, and her official birthday. The Queen usually spends her actual birthday privately, but the occasion is marked publicly by gun salutes at midday in central London: A 41-gun salute in Hyde Park; a 21-gun salute in Windsor Great Park; and a 62-gun salute at the Tower of London. In 2006, Her Majesty celebrated her 80th birthday with a walkabout in the streets outside of Windsor Castle to meet well-wishers. ………………………………………..

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Speeding motorist kills three on Corentyne highway

THREE persons were killed and two are critical when they were struck by a speeding motor vehicle on the Corentyne Coast last evening. Dead are Latoya Bagot, 19; Juanita Bagot, 17; and Sharmaine Cort, three, all of Phillipi Village. Those critical are Elroy Parks, 28, of Cromarty Village and Matthew McBean, 19, of No. 35 Village.

Reports say that the vehicle struck Park and then drove on to strike the two Bagot girls and Sharmaine Cort, as they came out of a shop where they had gone to buy bread. Then it drove on to hit Matthew McBean. The driver was arrested.

Convicted rapist jailed for 12 years

JUSTICE Brassington Reynolds sentenced convicted rapist, Beesham Gopaul called Thakoor to twelve years imprisonment.

The penalty was imposed at the Berbice Assizes after a probation report and a plea in mitigation were presented to the court.

The virtual complainant, Renita Singh, had recalled that she was in a hammock watching television whilst breastfeeding her three months old baby when she was attacked, on June 24, 2008, at Number 73 Village, Corentyne. In tears, she recounted that Gopaul demanded gold and money and took her to the bedroom.

Her hands were tied behind her back with her baby’s napkin and she was ordered to lie on the bed. After her underwear had been removed, she saw it was the accused whom she knew for ten years.

Armed robber fleeces Campbellville Post Office after daring daylight heist

STAFFERS of the Campbellville Post Office in Georgetown had the scare of their lives when a lone gunman kicked his way into the inner office and relieved the post office of $1.3M in cash, vouchers and other monies, shortly after the Guyana Police Force had escorted a canister with cash and had lodged same in the storage area. Public Relations Officer/Assistant to the Postmaster-General, Telesha Whyte, said a man armed with a handgun made his way into

the post office and kicked in a door that leads to the tellers and the office. Whyte added that the bandit pounced on and robbed the place in a timely, well-orchestrated manner as if he had been observing the movements. …………………………………………………

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$500M to be spent to improve D&I work

OF the $1B that the 2014 annual budget provided for implementing the ‘Clean-up Guyana’ programme, $500M will be spent in Georgetown to improve drainage and infrastructural work like the wharves, sluices and kokers. As for the other half of the money, Cabinet Secretary Roger Luncheon said the coastal administrative regions were identified as the beneficiaries and the emphasis was also placed on drainage. The Ministry of Local Government and Regional Development will expend the sum of money.

New Guyana School student tops NGSA exams this year

JORREL De Santos of New Guyana School, who secured a total of 533 marks out of the maximum 540, has emerged as the top 2014 National Grade Six Assessment (NGSA) candidate. De Santos was followed by Aliah Mohamed from School of the Nations, who gained 531 marks and ranked second while Ravi Singh from Westfield Prep took the third spot with 530 and the fourth placed was Isaac Mallampati, also from New Guyana School whose score was 527. Analise Samaroo, of School of the Nations, who achieved 525 marks, came fifth.

‘WICB cannot feel they’re it and call any shots’

AS far as regional cricket is concerned, the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) “cannot feel that they’re it and call any shots. Our argument continues to be that we gotta sit at this table. This regional cricket is not WICB table, they have a role no doubt about it, a role that has evolved over time but this administration, and I think the Region, has to be careful.” Head of the Presidential Secretariat, Dr. Roger Luncheon made those observations. Noting that the WICB believes it is an “untouchable” body, Luncheon said he is certain that within a few weeks when the CARICOM heads meet, this will again be a subject matter on the agenda, “something that has to be dealt with again in-camera because I am pretty certain President Ramotar is going to let loose on this band of WICBers.” …………………………………………………

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Seven-year old pinned to a fence by speeding car succumbs

Seven-year old Joseph Quallis of 205 Middle Road La Penitence, who was rammed and pinned against a concrete and steel fence by a speeding car, died while under emergency medical care at the Georgetown Public Hospital. The child, who was badly disfigured and whose organs were badly damaged, was said to have been clinically brain dead and was placed on a ventilator on arrival at the hospital. The bereaved father, Andre Quallis said his son Joseph, who was a pupil of St. Pius Primary School, had just returned home from school, changed his clothes, and set out for a nearby shop to buy pholourie.

Body of missing Lusignan teen found in Parika backdam

THE worst fears of the mother, father and other relatives and friends of 17-year old, Dhanraj Latchman were confirmed after his discoloured body was discovered in slush, miles down the Parika Backdam, East Bank Essequibo. The Guyana Chronicle was reliably informed that the two suspects who are cousins have confessed that they strangled the young man to death on Wednesday night and dumped him. The two suspects have since escorted investigators to the area where they dumped the teen’s body after murdering him.

Policeman dies after tour of duty at hinterland stations

THIRTY-FOUR-YEAR-OLD, Kensley Leitch of Lot 570 Mocha Housing Scheme, East Bank Demerara died at the Georgetown Public Hospital while being hospitalised for dengue fever and malaria; and his relatives have been plunged into deep shock. Leitch, late member of the Guyana Police Force for the past 15 years, had returned home two weeks ago from an interior location where he had been stationed, and had been complaining of a ‘horrible’ headache. He had been stationed at several areas in the hinterland, and his hospitalisation had lasted four days prior to his demise. The late Kensley Leitch is survived by a 10-year-old daughter and by siblings and scores of relatives.

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The Crisis ...

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Board and no explanation was ever provided.

3. In the September 2010 financial statement, an amount of $8,995,000 was declared as an “undeposited sum”. This large amount was subsequently reported to have been put in the Trustees Fund. There is no such fund and the $8,995,000 remains unaccounted for.

4. The 2010 GCB audited financial report reflected a huge 43 million dollars difference with the GCB’s monthly financial report.

5. An amount of $600,000, disbursed to the Essequibo Cricket Board (ECB) for the 2009 Women’s Cricket Competition, simply vanished although that Competition was never played. Mr. Aotto Christiani who performed the duties of treasurer, secretary and administrator of that Board also provided all the transportation and catering services for cricket in Essequibo.

6. The 2011 Pakistan Tour report and finances were never recorded and made available to the GCB Executives.

Only two (2) persons were in full charge of all the monies received and expended for that Tour.

7. The Trinidad vs Guyana grudge matches in August 2010 – these games were played before sell-out crowds and were expected to yield returns in excess of $30M. However, Marketing Manager Ramsey Ali reported that ticket sales grossed only $16,527,000. This large discrepancy was nev-

er explained. In an unprecedented move, the persons who manned the gates at those matches were President Chetram Singh, Marketing Manager Ramsey Ali and Secretary Anand Sanasie.

Instead of engaging the customary night deposit system, the takings were kept at a business place of one of the above three on the East Bank of Demerara.

8. An amount of $4,100,000 was supposedly expended for cricket balls yet this amount was never accounted for in the GCB’s financial-report neither were the Pretipaul Jaigobin balls delivered.

Jaigobin’s Unrelenting Probe Answered with Acid Attack

One of the persons who was particularly vocal in exposing these clear improprieties was the then Assistant Treasurer, Pretipaul Jaigobin. At the May, 2010 Executive Meeting of

the Board, Mr. Jaigobin delivered a scathing critique on the financial report and in the process highlighted several glaring inaccuracies and misrepresentations. This angered some of the members of the Committee, one whom exploded with a series of expletives, slammed his fist on the table and walked out while a West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) Director issued an audible threat to Mr. Jaigobin. Three days later, Mr. Jaigobin was doused with acid by an assailant who accused him of being a trouble-maker at the GCB. Mr. Jaigobin spent 42 days in hospital. His family members were threatened that Jaigobin would be “finished off” if he gave the police a statement. During his extended stay in hospital, President Chetram Singh, Vice-President Fizul Bacchus, Secretary Anand Sanasie, Treasurer Shiek Ahmad and Marketing Manager Ramsey Ali never visited Jaigobin.

Jaigobin comes from a humble background, who by dint of hard work and sacrifice qualified as an accountant and is attached to the European Union Task Force through the Ministry of Finance. He is also an ardent cricket fan. Jaigobin and his family have suffered severely because he sought to infuse proper and meaningful accountability in the financial affairs of the GCB. And for that he was almost blinded and is now scarred for life physically, emotionally and psychologically. This must never be allowed to happen again.

The Jaigobin incident clearly illustrates the depth to which Guyana’s cricket has sunk and the criminalisation of our national game. Some extremely desperate people have hijacked our cricket and will stop at nothing to maintain their stranglehold on its administration of cricket.

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No compensation will be accepted from suspects’ relatives - mother

By Leroy Smith LYNETTE Taramattia Daby, mother of late teenager Dhanraj Latchman of 115, Lusignan East Coast Demerara has vowed not to take “a single cent” from the relatives of her son’s murderers or from any other person as compensation for what the two teenagers did to her son.

She made this statement during an interview with the Guyana Chronicle yesterday

hurt, and cannot bear up with the reality that she has lost her son in such a manner.

She said she really thought that her son was somewhere injured, and she begged the suspects to tell her where he was, but they continued to tell her that they knew nothing about the whereabouts of her son.

Mrs Daby said her child did no one anything, and was never involved with the law; as such, his death was unjustified. She added that her son was always

had been school mates with one of his murderers, who on Wednesday night dumped his body at Parika Backdam after they failed in their bid to secure a market for his car.

What has the mother of the teen fuming also is the fact that when she was visited by one of the boy’s father, he claimed he knew nothing of his son’s involvement, and vowed that if indeed his son were involved in the matter, he should be made to face the full force of the law.

This publication was able to confirm that this very father found out about his

the police station that they had strangled their friend to death and has his keys and phones at the Third Street Lusignan home that the police showed up and the items were handed over following intense questioning of the mother and father of the mastermind.

“But if meh been know that dis man had me car key and meh son two cell phones, it woulda be another day!

It woulda be another day. Either dem woulda got to carry me and lock me up, because I woulda beat this man so bad what come in this yard and tell me but

Lynette Taramattia Daby, mother of the deceased morning at her home, during which she said that when the two were murdering her son, they had no compassion; and as such, she is taking no compensation.

Latchman was the eldest of two children for his parents; his younger sibling is only 12. Mrs Daby told this publication that she was very

smiling.

The grief stricken woman related that when she visited the police station to give her statement, she asked the two young men what they did with her son, and they continued to say that they knew nothing about his whereabouts.

The dead teenager

son’s deed; and after discovering that the car keys and cell phones of the missing teen were in his house, he took a decision to hide them, and failed to inform the police that his son did indeed know of the lad’s disappearance.

It was only after the two boys confessed at

he nah know and he ah give me he sympathy and he know what happen!” the dead teen’s mother said yesterday morning.

The woman told the Guyana Chronicle that she is prepared to seek justice at all costs for her son, and she vowed to protest if it comes to that. She added that

Dhanraj Latchman, who was murdered

when she is finished putting her son where he needs to go (referring to his burial), she will be taking the necessary actions to ensure that those who murdered her “baby” are dealt with according to the laws of the land.

Mrs Daby said she would be taking no compensation because the persons who murdered her son cannot just do that and get off, or believe that it is okay to pay people for the lives of others.

“Me nan decide to take no money for me pickney murder. This got to go down! It got to go! How far me got to go for this meh ah go! Me nah take money for meh pickney life.

They can’t kill my child and give me money for he life! They can’t take him and give me money.

No one knows how I feel,” she told this publication.

In recalling the ordeal leading up to the discovery of the teen’s body on Friday night, his cousin-in-law related that they found the body about five miles from where his abandoned car was discovered on the previous afternoon.

The relative said that the spot where the body was found was not searched during the two days they had conducted searches for him, but he admitted that they did end up close to where the body was actually discovered; but unfortunately, no

one saw the body on Wednesday, Thursday or Friday when they combed the area for him with search parties.

The two men from the same family who are being held by the police for the suspected kidnapping and murder of their friend, 17-yearold Dhanraj Latchman, of 115 Lusignan, ECD, were last seen in the teen’s white Toyota 212, PMM 9823.

The two told investigators on Friday that they were forced to strangle the teen after their bid to sell his car had failed. They said they had no option, since they had already told him that they were going to collect money, and when the car was not sold and they had no money, the only option was to kill the young man.

They reportedly drove to the Backlands of Parika and murdered the teen, and then drove the car back to a location along the backdam which is closer to the public road, where they caught public transportation and made their way back to the East Coast of Demerara.

The two cousins in custody had told investigators that they had hired their friend to take them to Parika, but returned later that evening. However the police held onto them after they each gave conflicting statements about what had transpired during the period they were with the man.

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DJ Casual back on the job - thanks God and his many fans for supporting him during his distress

By Michel Outridge

WELL-known Disc Jockey (DJ) Casual, whose name is Curtis Armstrong, has at last spoken to the media regarding the early morning shooting incident in which he was shot and injured by a man who waited for him for 25 minutes in the parking area at the Guyana National Stadium at Providence, East Bank Demerara after a verbal exchange over ice.

The charismatic Armstrong told this publication that he is 75% normal and is working towards recovery. He said he is feeling much better, and wishes to thank all his well-wishers and others who prayed and supported him during that time of distress.

He added that he is very thankful to be alive, since it was a very close call on his life, and he remains optimistic that the person or persons responsible for the attempt on his life would soon be arrested.

Casual said he was pleasantly surprised at the overwhelming support he received from so many persons who were genuinely concerned about his health, and he had no idea he was so popular; therefore, he would try his best not to disappoint his fans.

Casual said he honestly cannot identify the person who had shot him multiple times to the body. He said it all happened within a few minutes, and he had been surprised by the persons in the parking lot as he was about to enter his car to go home.

He explained that he was in the VIP lounge of the Guyana National Stadium for the Easter Fest show featuring Jah Cure and Sean Paul, and had gone to get some ice; but and as he was about to pick up the ice, it was knocked out of his hand by a man who told him he could not get any.

He said, “The ice was hit out my hand by the guy, and I just put my hands up and said ‘you cannot do that, because I did not do nothing to warrant such behaviour’.”

DJ Casual

DJ Casual posing with Michelle “Big Red” King.

At that point he had merely objected, but was not about to confront the man who was behaving in a very hostile manner. He said they had an exchange of words, after which he returned to his seat and thought that the matter was over, not knowing that the man was waiting for him for 25 minutes in the parking area. The man confronted him as he was about to get into his car to go home, and he was shot and injured by the same man, who drove away from the scene, and is still at large.

Casual said he is very happy to be back at work in Guyana, and he has resumed hosting the ‘Digicel Morning Vibez’, a live radio show on 100.1 Fresh FM, alongside Big Red and Selector Dread. He also does work on NCN radio.

He said he returned to work last week, and the welcome was very pleasing. He admitted owing a debt of gratitude to a lot of people who supported him, including Digicel Guyana Head of Marketing, Jacqueline James.

DJ Casual said he did not realise how much he missed work during his hospitalisation, and he was even more stunned to know so many people had missed him during his absence. He said it is just amazing to know that people felt that way about him.

“I could have died for something so small as ice, just because of a misunderstanding; and I want to urge people: If there is a problem, just apologise and walk away, because it is not worth your life, since some people want to address issues using anger and aggression,” DJ Casual said.

Following the incident, Crime Chief Leslie James has said that while no arrests have yet been made, police have a description of the suspect in the shooting of radio announcer/disc jockey Curtis Armstrong and Sean Hinds.

The vehicle in which the shooter fled the scene has also been described, and detectives are actively pursuing that lead.

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‘LIKE FATHER LIKE SON’ ––a programme initiating conversation between fathers and sons

Fathers and sons who attended the “Like Father Like Son” programme yesterday pose with the facilitators

By Sandy Agasen THE Men’s Affairs Bureau within the Ministry of Labour, Human Services and Social Security yesterday hosted “Like Father Like Son”, a programme in observance of Father’s Day, at the Auditorium of St Stanislaus College on Brickdam, Georgetown, and proceedings were well attended by numerous fathers and their sons.

The intention was to encourage and assist biological and surrogate fathers to realise their true potential as fathers.

Dr. Kwame Gilbert, Chairman of the National Commission for the Family, which falls under the purview of the Ministry of Labour, Human Service and Social Security, pointed out that the disconnection between fathers and sons is a historical issue, and programmes of this nature should be implemented more frequently in communities across the country.

Deputy Permanent Secretary of the Human Services Ministry, the former Administrator of the Men’s Affairs Bureau, Mr. Patrick Findlay, told the Guyana Chronicle that the programme served to create an avenue or opportunity for fathers and sons to bond; and it also helped fathers to realise the importance of their roles in the lives of their sons.

Findlay said young men have the potential to exceed their current standings, and those who have not achieved their full potential may have been hindered by the absence of their fathers in their lives; or maybe though present, their fathers were uninvolved in their children’s lives.

He noted that the impression that men are unimportant in society was created through the independence of women, but stressed that “a mother cannot be a father under any circumstance….

Fathers set a good role model for their sons.”

Administrator of the Men’s Affairs Bureau, Mr. Diego Alphonso, speaking at the event, added that the objective was to open the communication lines between fathers and sons, and provide a great opportunity to strengthen relationships.

He urged those present to view the occasion not as the end, but as only the beginning of a conversation among fathers and sons.

In an invited comment from Timothy King, Director of Man Tent Guyana and host of X1 Interface, a weekly television programme aired on the National Communications Network, it was explained that this is an opportunity for fathers and sons to “bond”.

He stressed that this does not only focus on current fathers but also on future fathers, who were provided

opportunity to experience fatherhood. Mr. King said: “This will affect their views and open an appetite for quality fathering.”

“Like Father Like Son” was an interactive programme which featured dramatic presentations and discussions, as well as indoor and outdoor activities that promoted bonding between fathers and their sons. It provided an opening for them to identify and celebrate likenesses, and to fuel positive communication.

Dr. Mark Constantine, Clinical Physcologist in the Men’s Affairs Bureau, added that the success of a father is measured by the success of his children.

The Men’s Affairs Bureau is a recently established department (launched 4th March 2010) within the Ministry of Labour, Human Services & Social Security. It is responsible for partnering, organising and coordinating the activities of men and men’s groups throughout the length and breadth of Guyana so as to address issues relating to, and associated with, men and masculinity.

The Men’s Affairs Bureau is engaged in helping and encouraging men and boys to realise and fulfill their true potential as fathers, husbands, brothers, partners, and positive role models in our communities and across the country.

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International Day to Combat Desertification and Drought

“Land belongs to the future, let’s climate proof it!”

“Land is the basis of all life on earth and the source of livelihood for over 2 billion people. But every year, over 12 million productive hectares are transformed into wasteland through desertification and drought alone, either we take the measures needed to enhance resilience and enable land- dependent communities to adapt or we prepare for the political consequences of our inaction. The choice is ours and 2014 is the year we are calling on every country to do its part.”

UNCCD Executive Secretary ON June 17, countries around the world will observe International Day to Combat Desertification and Drought (IDCDD) under the theme “land belongs to the future, let’s climate proof it!” It is an annual observance to raise awareness of the pervasive problem of drought and desert formation and to highlight the urgent need to curb it. Further, observances aim to increase visibility of the drylands issue on the international environmental agenda.

It may seem irrelevant to highlight drought and desertification in our hemisphere, but the realities of climate change and the threat of sea-level rise, are changing the dynamics of available land and making these issues increasingly pertinent.

Desertification in our context is not abstract; the process is gradual and one which we need to be mindful of, given our emergent extractive sector. After all, “Soil formation takes many years, but just one flood can sweep it all away. Erosion is costing each of us more than 3 tons of fertile soil per year - at least 24 billion tons of soil is eroded a year”. (Monique Barbut, Executive Secretary, UN Convention to Combat Desertification) Drought is a real effect of climate change which is impacting many parts of the world. As such, the world needs to be mindful of how it uses water to ensure that this resource continues to be maintained at levels to meet our needs especially for food production and health. While we enjoy an abundance of water and land in our country, we join the rest of the world in recognising the global importance of these resources and raise our voice in solidarity as we observe this year’s theme “land belongs to the future, let’s climate proof it!”

Climate Change is not only threatening our health, food security and the amount of productive land available to us; it’s also damaging ecosystems and affecting the services they provide, hence, weakening the very basis of our existence.

As the world moves towards combating hunger and poverty, lands are an integral part of the fight against hunger.

The climate of the planet has changed over the course of time. We are already seeing the effects of climate change on the weather patterns in Guyana, prolonged and unscheduled rainfall, rising sea levels are a clear indication that we need to take action.

Land degradation is a threat to plant and animal species and ultimately our survival; it also significantly decreases the amount of the healthy land and its’ associated services.

Here in Guyana, steps continue to be taken towards Sustainable Land Management. Our National Action Programme to Combat Land Degradation (2006) calls for increased capacity

made more aware of SLM; a ‘Teachers’ SLM Kit designed to aid teachers in integrating SLM issues in lessons was also produced. Guyana is also making good progress towards a National Land Use Plan intended to curb the unsustainable land use practices.

Meanwhile, as citizens of this wonderful land and especially those involved in large developmental activities, we should be ever conscious that our activities do not significantly impact the land. As such, we must make sure that we obtain approval from all the relevant authorities before we commence operations. Approvals are usually given with con-

(skills, knowledge and technology) to combat land degradation. Also, a Capacity Development and Mainstreaming for Sustainable Land Management (SLM) Project, implemented under UNDP-GEF by the Guyana Lands and Survey Commission resulted in several studies to assess and inform us on SLM practices and their effect in our country. Through this Project, many practitioners were trained in relevant land use assessment techniques among other areas and teachers were

ditions that ensure that our operations put measures in place to reduce any negative impacts on the land.

Share your ideas and questions by sending letters to: “Our Earth, Our Environment”, C/o EIT Division, Environmental Protection Agency, Ganges Street, Sophia, Georgetown; or email us at eit.epaguyana@gmail.com.

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Guyana Shines-led ‘Youths for Guyana’ and other volunteers involved in cleaning up the beach along the Georgetown Seawalls in observance of World Oceans Day, last Sunday.

Guyana Shines Celebrates World Oceans Day

US Embassy , Georgetown – In observance of World Oceans Day on Sunday, June 8, 2014, the Guyana Shines: ‘Keep Guyana Beautiful’ project undertook a cleanup of the beach area along the Georgetown Seawall.

Representatives of the U.S. Embassy, the Youth Ambassadors Program, Youths for Guyana, the Mayor and City Council of Georgetown, and volunteer citizens joined forces to lend their voices through action, towards maintaining and protecting the environment and the ocean from multiple threats.

World Oceans Day is a time to pause and focus on protecting our ocean: our planet’s most extraordinary ecosystem. The ocean is critical to maintaining life on Earth, contributing to our livelihoods and our well-being. It regulates our climate and weather; it generates 50 percent of the oxygen we breathe; and it absorbs excess carbon dioxide from the atmosphere. The ocean also plays a vital role in the global economy by providing food and a source of income for millions of people.

It provides jobs for millions of people around the world, and a home for countless unique species. More than one billion people worldwide rely on the ocean for their primary source of protein.

The ocean is just too important to ignore. Yet, the ocean is facing significant challenges, some stemming from a lack of awareness and some from a lack of will. We all have a responsibility to protect our ocean against the threats of overfishing, marine pollution, and ocean

acidification. The entire system is interdependent, and we ignore that fact at our peril.

The good news is that there are solutions – and we know where to find them. There is no way that governments are going to tackle these enormous challenges our ocean faces alone – we must work together. We need grassroots action to push us over the finish line, and that includes action from businesses, students, community groups, and advocacy and research organisations.

Every action counts. It is our ocean to share and that means we each share the responsibility to act as its steward.

The Department of State will host the Secretary of State’s “Our Ocean” Conference on June 16-17, 2014. Individuals, experts, practitioners, advocates, lawmakers, and the international ocean and foreign policy communities will join together to gather lessons learned, share the best science, offer unique perspectives, and demonstrate effective actions. The Conference aims to chart a way forward, working individually and together, to protect “Our Ocean.”

The Guyana Shines: Keep Guyana Beautiful initiative was launched on June 1, 2014. The project, led by implementing partner Youths for Guyana (YFG), will use focused messaging on the environment through “education” and “action” elements. These will include environmental workshops; impactful and memorable public service announcements; creation of more green spaces; and weekly clean-ups.

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Inaugural Guyana Festival preparations moving apace for August 8-10 staging

By Rebecca Ganesh-Ally THE inaugural Guyana Festival has been described as ‘Sound, Soul and Taste; for the very first time, the fusion of the six different cultures that make up the Guyanese tapestry will be brought together reflecting a true melting pot that reflects the Guyanese identity.’ This event is slated to take place at the Guyana National Stadium at Providence from August 8 to 10, 2014.

On the ‘Night of the Legends’, slated for August 9, 2014 although officially launched on June 2 with an exciting line up of the best local music, bands, and artistes to perform at the event, it is expected too that patrons would be afforded the experience of a lifetime to witness all of Guyana’s artists’ belt out renditions that were only talked about.

Persons slated to perform at this event are Dave Martins, Aubrey Mann, Teddy Jones, Glen ‘Fluff’ Miller, Hilton Hemmerding, Johnny Braff,

Terry Gajraj, Mighty Rebel, Devindra Pooran, Sammy Baksh, Sash Persaud, the Yoruba Singers, Winston ‘Zar’ Caesar and Celia Samaroo.

Minister of Tourism (ag), Irfaan Ali, at launch of the ‘Night of the Legends’, said that “a special package will be offered to Jamaicans in collaboration with Fly Jamaica and other airlines, to finalise packages out of Florida, Toronto, New York, and even London.”

He explained that it would be a package that would cover activities from Thursday to Monday. “The plan is to encourage all Guyanese as well as other visitors (to come) for the Guyana Festival.” And at the recent launch of Dynamic Airways in Guyana, it was announced that a package for US$1105, all-inclusive of flight, 5 nights’ accommodation, ground transportation and access to all events of the festival, will be offered to persons who wish to attend the Guyana Festival.

Courts Guyana came on board the festival on May 16 through a donation of $2M. At the handing over ceremony, Minister Ali expressed his gratitude to Courts Guyana for yet again supporting the Tourism sector, and at this Guyana Festival, “Courts Guyana is playing its part in ensuring that this event is a success.”

Bai Shan Lin and Windsor Estates have endorsed the Guyana Festival through sponsorship totalling $3M. At the official handing over ceremony, Minister Ali noted that “Bai Shan Lin has donated $1M to the Guyana Festival; and having the Chinese endorse the festival shows their commitment towards our heritage. Also coming on board is Windsor Estates with $2M in sponsorship,” he said.

CARICOM Bottling Company Inc, on May 19, donated $3M towards the staging of the highly-anticipated Guyana Festival. The contribution was handed over in manifestation of the company being supportive of local events through which tourism is boosted.

The Generation Next concert, slated for August 10, would feature Melissa “Vanilla” Roberts. Minister Ali indicated that, for this concert, ‘Vanilla’ will be launching her new track ‘Digadee Wine’.

Others to perform at the “Generation Next” concert are Jumo “Rubber Waist” Primo; Adrian Dutchin, and others. This announcement is slated to be made public soon.

Guyanese across the world share the passion for cricket, which is prevalent throughout the English-speaking Caribbean.

Football, basketball, boxing, and table tennis are also to be played, while squash has also gained a following.

Several high ranking players have confirmed their participation in the Guyana Festival cricket match between Master’s Team and President’s XI, which would

be held at the National Stadium at Providence on August 9th, 2014 from 16:00hrs to 18:00hrs.

Players joining the teams include Derek Kallicharran, former first class cricketer, and his brother Alvin Kallicharran, former West Indian batsman.

There are also Faoud Bacchus, Mahendra NagaSee page 18

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mootoo, Travis Dowlin, Neil McGarrell, Clive Butts, and former West Indies cricket player Clayton Lambert.

Speaking to this newspaper in an exclusive interview on the developments and progress the festival is making, GTA Director Indranauth Haralsingh, marketing coordinator of the festival, explained that the festival is receiving tremendous support both locally and internationally.

The committee is presently focused on making persons aware of the event through a massive marketing campaign. “We have had a road show in Parika, Region 3, and the staff distributed flyers and had discussions with the public, and I average that we directly reached a few thousand persons.�

Haralsingh also indicated that there will be a series of other road shows across the length and breadth of Guyana, and that the committee is currently working to have some of the Guyanese singers and other celebrities come on board these road shows.

In high-traffic areas such as the East Bank of Demerara, the Rupert Craig Highway and a few others places, the festival committee has already placed billboards to sensitise the public of the event.

There are also a number of persons working on the international marketing in New York, Miami and Toronto, with flyers being placed in flights traversing the Guyana route.

Flyers have also been placed at the Cheddi Jagan Interna-

tional Airport (CJIA) and at a number of hotels, Haralsingh noted.

The Guyana Festival Passport, costing US$15, will be available to mark this event, as well as a festival coin that will be available at King’s Jewellery World. There are other branded memorabilia available for purchase both locally and internationally. These memorabilia can be purchased at the Guyana Tourism Authority, and interested persons can contact the office at 219-0094/96.

The Guyana Festival covers three days, and will feature

our most celebrated legends in sports, culture, art, music, food, entertainment, and much more. Day one will feature an airshow and national concert; day two, the audience will experience the Night of the Legends, and day three will feature a national cook off, with food from every culture, followed by the Generation X Concert.

For more information on the Guyana Festival 2014, check out their facebook page: www.facebook.com/guyanafestival or website www. guyanafestival.gy, or call 219-0094/96.

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Special Feature By Shaun Michael Samaroo

We remember Dr. Walter Rodney

“Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it." - George Santayana The late Dr Walter Rodney and his family

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Guyanese remember World Famous Scholar Dr. Walter Rodney

By Shaun Michael Samaroo

FRIDAY 13th of June pierces human history with a deep, dark and deadly

wound that would forever define the Guyanese nation.

Today, Georgetown hosts an incisive judicial probing of that wound, focusing a

laser quest on why we would always mark this day with sadness in the Guyanese soul, and mourning in the Guyanese heart.

For this day in 1980 for-

ever transformed Guyana.

Friday 13th of June, 1980, saw the nation plunge to its darkest depth. In an instant, Georgetown sank from its quiet pastoral rest, world

famous for its floral Garden City, its picture-perfect natural beauty on the edge of the Atlantic Ocean, into the dusk of death, host of the deadliest political assassination in the history of the English-speaking Caribbean.

Although Grenada was to see serious political crimes in 1983, the bomb blast that reverberated across Georgetown on Friday 13th of June 1980 would echo through not only Guyana’s history, but across Africa and Europe and the Caribbean.

International news that fateful night of Dr. Walter Rodney’s death from the bomb that blew up in his lap as he sat in his car outside the Camp Street jail shocked the world, and forever changed the socio-political history of Guyana.

The loud explosion caused chaos and confusion in Georgetown, as fear descended on the city. News spread across the nation slowly, because the Government of the People’s National Congress (PNC) had banned independent media, with the Catholic Standard, an underground publication of the Catholic Church, the only source for credible news. Only the State media operated, reporting the news severely biased to the Government, even claiming Dr. Rodney had accidentally blown up himself.

Less than a year before, on July 14, 1979, a political mob of fanatic religious zealots carrying out political orders of PNC Government operators had stabbed and killed Father Bernard Darke in Georgetown. Father Darke was a Catholic Priest who worked as a Journalist for the Catholic Standard. The newsletter’s new Editor, Father Andrew Morrison, had to be careful, for the political and social atmosphere in Guyana had plunged to its darkest, deadliest period.

Dr. Rodney had mobilised the Guyanese masses across ethnic and other divides into a unified, cohesive national force that became vociferous in its strenuous opposition to the dictatorial PNC Government.

With political leaders such as Eusi Kwayana and

Dr. Rupert Roopnarine, Dr. Rodney formed the political party, the Working People’s Alliance (WPA), and launched a serious national offensive against the regime of the PNC. The WPA became victim, and suffered physical and verbal attack, beatings, harassment and political murders, but none of this deterred Dr. Rodney in his quest to wrest Guyana from the iron-grip of a draconian PNC Government. The country was descending into socio-economic poverty of the worst sort, with basic food items banned by the Government, with the Guyana Defence Force and Guyana Police Force and other State agencies carrying out clandestine human rights abuse and harassment of political opponents of the Government and private citizens, with the Public Service descending into grotesque corruption that would become culturally entrenched in the national psyche, with all independent media banned and freedom of expression denied, with the PNC enacting a new Constitution that vested massive unchecked power in the hands of an Executive President.

In this scenario, Dr. Rodney entered the political fray to free his native Guyana, returning from social activism in Africa and the Caribbean to free his own nation.

His party, the WPA, faced immense pressure.

On November 18, 1979, members of the Guyana Police Force shot and killed its activist, Ohene Koama in South Georgetown. The WPA said then that Koama was unarmed and accused the Police of murder. Three months later, on February 25, 1980, just after the country had declared itself a Cooperative Republic, with a new Constitution under an Executive President with omnipotent judicial powers, the WPA saw Police shoot and kill another of its members, Edward Dublin.

Undeterred, Dr. Rodney stepped up his anti-Government revolution, only for it to end on that ignoble day,

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Guyanese turned out in great numbers at Dr. Rodney’s funeral in Georgetown, with one estimate noting that 35,000 people joined the funeral procession.

That day, Friday 13th June, 1980 ranks as the darkest, ugliest day in the history of Guyana. The nation was to live with the source of that deadly bomb blast of that day shrouded in mystery for another 34 years.

That same day, the United Nations Security

Council passed a resolution demanding the release of Nelson Mandela from the dank dungeon of a racist South African jail. And even as the UN was pronouncing on the historic human rights declaration, Guyana was assassinating its own populist political leader.

Dr. Rodney was no ordinary politician. He had made a defining mark on the world stage, becoming famous for his intellectual foresight, depth of thinking as a histori-

an, and eminent scholarship of global recognition.

His books were stirring hearts and minds across Africa, Europe, and the newly independent Caribbean states.

He was well-positioned to play a leading role on the world stage, championing the rights of the underclass, the underprivileged and the under-developed peoples of the world.

He had made significant social and political statements in Jamaica, Zimbabwe, Tanzania and England.

DISTINGUISED IN HISTORY

Yet, for 34 years, social justice eluded his widow, Patricia Rodney, who now resides in the United States of America, and his three children, also residents of the US. Today, the Presidential Commission that President Donald Ramotar convened, to probe how and why such a grotesque political crime happened on the streets of Georgetown, seeks to provide that social justice to the Rodney family, the Guyanese nation, international academia, and the world.

The Guyanese nation is finally cleansing its soul of this deadly stain on the body politic.

With his working class groundings and passion for social justice, Dr. Rodney returned to Guyana to find that his own nation was caught in the firm grip of an oppressive political system, only now not of a foreign colonial class, but of a political oligarchy of his native people, his own kind.

He started to fight against this horror. This political system manifested itself under the PNC Government, and imposed itself with a vice-like grip on every facet of life in the country, using the doctrine of socialism to control the commanding heights of the economy, engaging in widespread abuse of human rights, and denying citizens any form of independent media and freedom of expression.

Upon his entry on the local political scene, he found a ready and willing ally in Dr. Cheddi Jagan and his People’s Progressive Party (PPP). Dr. Jagan had already made a huge impact on developing a political struggle against the institutionalied political dictatorship of the PNC, with a strong focus on free and fair elections.

Rodney, through his intellectual discourses, became astute at penetrating the PNC constituency, which resisted

WORLD history records an outstanding, distinguished roll of great Guyanese, sons and daughters of the Guyanese homeland who made defining marks on the world stage.

High on that illustrious list of great Guyanese thinkers ranks the name Dr. Walter Rodney. And, with profound sadness, the Guyanese nation Friday 13th of June marked the 34th year since the political assassination of our foremost political revolutionary and profound freedom fighter.

When he was assassinated, “protests over Dr. Rodney’s assassination also came from all over the world, even from a number of Governments, including those of Michael Manley of Jamaica and Maurice Bishop of Grenada, as well as the Communist Party of Cuba. Many statements from international bodies and even governments implicated the PNC in the assassination, but to these accusations, the (then) ruling party issued strong denials of any responsibility,” a report on Dr. Rodney’s demise said on the guyana.org web portal.

The Internet is filled with articles, scholarship papers, historical records and commentary of all sorts surrounding the assassination of Dr. Rodney. His death ranks as a global talking point, even today. Universities in several countries sponsor and host lectures and talks in his name and his honour.

Dr. Rodney’s reputation and legacy continue to grow.

He has become an international icon, a symbol of social justice, intellectual integrity, and champion of the under-privileged peoples of the world, particularly Africa.

His life course already charting a path that would define history, with his formidable intellect and penchant for action, for mobilising the masses, rather than armchair philosophising as a mere academic, Rodney returned to his native Guyana with the zeal and passion to lead revolutionary change.

His death on that dark day, Friday 13th of June, 1980, transformed Guyana’s history.

Why did he die? Why

was he assassinated? Who killed him?

Those questions sat dormant for 34 years.

Now, the world marks the 34th year of that fateful Friday 13th, and finally justice is on the way for Dr. Rodney: President Donald Ramotar convened the Walter Rodney Commission of Inquiry, now in session, to probe this dark era of Guyanese history.

With distinguished, eminent Jurists from Barbados, Jamaica and Trinidad and

Tobago, the Commission has become the talking point of the nation, with the global Diaspora showing keen interest as well, as live streaming broadcasts the hearings across the world.

Finally, the nation is answering the dark mysterious questions that so long shrouded Dr. Rodney’s brutal assassination in undertone speculation and rank suspicion that the PNC Government had played a crucial role in his demise.

HOW we treat our own reflects the kind of people we are, the state of our heart as a nation. How kind, compassionate and caring do we treat each other? Are we being our brother’s keeper, living out the embracing of each other as Guyanese?

Today, Patricia Rodney, along with her three children Shaka, Kanini and Asha, live in the United States of America. They live there because 34 years ago they fled their home in Guyana with terror in their hearts after a bomb blast instantly killed Dr. Walter Rodney as he sat in his car in Georgetown.

On that fateful day, Friday, June 13, 1980, Guyana saw its populist world famous intellectual and scholar die in a bomb blast on the streets of Georgetown. The nation had turned a corner, sacrificing its political innocence at the altar of raw ambition for political power.

Dr. Jagan and the PPP, as ethnic insecurities became a national problem.

It meant, therefore, that the Jagan-Rodney combination was winning the hearts and minds of the Guyanese population. The PNC saw this as a real threat to its hold on absolute socio-economic power and its own political survival. The PNC used its instinctive authoritarian tendencies, responding to the threat with a determined strategy to silence Dr. Rodney.

This ploy to rid the polit-

ical playing field of Dr. Rodney’s astute, popular leadership became a rallying cry of the PNC, when, in a rousing speech at the Party’s biennial congress of 1979, the PNC leader warned Dr. Rodney and the WPA to “make their wills”, and avowed that “war has been declared between the gladiator and the lion, and there will be only one survivor, and it will not be the WPA. Rather, it will be the PNC.” Such warnings came back to haunt the Guyanese nation when Dr. Rodney died in the

bomb blast, with worldwide suspicion rampant, that the PNC Government had a hand in the political assassination.

In Dr. Rodney’s death, a great Guyanese suffered with his life for the cause of social justice in his homeland, fighting not against the old colonial masters whose inhumane abuses his scholarship had researched so thoroughly, but against a political dictatorship foisted upon his own nation, by his people’s own leader, in their own independent country.

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DR. RODNEY: A GLOBAL ICON Facts about Walter Rodney (Source: walterrodneyfoundation.org)

1. Walter Rodney was born in Georgetown, Guyana on March 23, 1942.

2. Walter Rodney came from a working class family. His father Edward was a tailor and

Books by Dr Walter Rodney (Source: thewalterrodneyfoundation.org)

The Groundings with My Brothers.

Chicago: Research Associates School Times Publications, 1996. Also: London: Bogle-L’Ouverture Publications, 1969.

Guyanese Sugar Plantations in the Late Nineteenth Century.

(Georgetown, Guyana): Release Publishers, 1979.

How Europe Underdeveloped Africa.

Baltimore, MD: Black Classic Press, 2011.

Also: Washington, D.C.: Howard University Press, 1974 German translation, Berlin, 1975 Portuguese translation, Lisbon, 1975 London: Bogle-L’Ouverture Publications Dar es Salaam: Tanzania Publishing House, 1972 West Africa and the Atlantic Slave-Trade.

Africa Research Group Reprint, Harvard, 1970. Also: Nairobi, Kenya: East African Publishing House, 1967. Swahili translation, Foundation Publisher, Nairobi, 1974.

A History of the Guyanese Working People, 1881-1905.

Baltimore, MD: The John Hopkins University Press, 1981.

History of the Upper Guinea Coast 1545-1800.

Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1970.

Kofi Baadu Out of Africa (children’s book) Georgetown, [Guyana]: [s.n.]

Lakshmi Out of India (children’s book) Georgetown, Guyana: The Guyana Book Foundation, 2000.

Walter Rodney Speaks: The Making of an African Intellectual Trenton, NJ: Africa World Press, 1990.

World War II and the Tanzanian Economy [Ithaca, N.Y.]: African Studies and Research Center, Cornell University, 1976.

Books About Dr. Walter Rodney (Source: walterrodneyfoundation.org) Walter Rodney, Poetic Tributes London: Bogle-L’Ouverture, 1985. Alpers, Edward A. and P.M. Fontaine (Eds.) Walter Rodney: Revolutionary and Scholar: A Tribute.

Los Angeles: Center for African-American Studies and African Studies Centre, University of California, 1982. Campbell, Horace.

Rasta and Resistance: From Marcus Garvey to Walter Rodney.

Trenton, NJ: Africa World Press, 1985. Gabriehu.

Dangerous Times: The Assassination of Dr. Walter Rodney Brooklyn, NY: Gibbi Books, 2003. Lewis, Rupert Charles.

Walter Rodney’s Intellectual and Political Thought Barbados: Detroit: Wayne State University Press, 1998. Salkey, Andrew.

Joey Tyson.

London: Bogle-L’Ouverture Publications, 1974.

Films About Walter Rodney 1. Jones, Lewanne. In the Sky’s Wild Noise. [1983.]

2. Roopnaraine, Rupert, and Martin Carter. The Terror and the Time. [Guiana Shield Media Project, 2006].

his mother Pauline was a seamstress.

3. Walter Rodney was married to Dr. Patricia Rodney and had three children Shaka, Kanini and Asha.

4. Walter Rodney attended Queen's College, the top male high school in Guyana, and in 1960 graduated first in his class, winning an open scholarship to the University of the West Indies (UWI). He pursued his undergraduate studies at UWI Mona Campus in Jamaica, where he graduated with 1st class honours in History in 1963. Rodney then attended the School of Oriental and African Studies in London where, at the age of 24, he received his PhD with honours in African History. Rodney's thesis, A History of the Upper Guinea Coast, was published

by Oxford University Press in 1970.

5. As a student in Jamaica and England, Walter Rodney was active in student politics and participated in discussion circles, spoke at the famous Hyde Park and, participated in a symposium on Guyana in 1965. It was during this period that Walter came into contact with the legendary CLR James and was one of his most devoted students.

6. Walter Rodney was multi-lingual. He learnt Spanish, Portuguese, French and Swahili which was necessary to facilitate his research.

7. Walter Rodney's first teaching appointment was in Tanzania before returning to the University of the West Indies, in 1968.

8. Rodney combined his scholarship with activism and became a voice for the under-represented and disenfranchised - this distinguished him from his academic colleagues. He took his message of Black Power, Black Liberation and African consciousness to the masses in Jamaica. In particular he shared his knowledge of African history with one of the most rejected section of the Jamaican society- the Rastafarians. His speeches and lectures to these groups were published as Grounding with My Brothers, and became central to the Caribbean Black Power Movement.

9. Rodney's activities attracted the Jamaican government's attention and after attending the 1968 Black Writers' Conference in Montreal, Canada he was banned from re-entering the country. This decision was to have profound repercussions, sparking widespread riots and revolts in Kingston on 6 October 1968, known as 'the Rodney Riots.'

10. Having been expelled from Jamaica, Walter returned to Tanzania after a short stay in Cuba. There he lectured from 1968 to 1974 and continued his groundings in Tanzania and other parts of Africa. Walter Rodney became deeply involved in the African Liberation Struggles at that time.

11. Walter Rodney's participation in African Liberation Struggles influenced his second major work, and his best known --How Europe Underdeveloped Africa. It was published by Jessica and Eric Huntley of Bogle-L'Ouverture in London, in conjunction with Tanzanian Publishing House in 1972.

12. Walter Rodney established an intellectual tradition which still today makes Dar es Salaam one of the centres of discussion of African politics and history. Walter wrote the critical articles on Tanzanian Ujamaa, imperialism, on underdevelopment, and the problems of state and class formation in Africa. Many of his articles which were written in Tanzania appeared in Maji Maji, the discussion journal of the TANU Youth League at the University.

13. Walter Rodney was a Pan-Africanist. He developed close political relationships with those who were struggling to change the external control of Africa and was very close to some of the leaders of liberation movements in Africa. Together with other Pan-Africanists, he participated in discussions leading up to the Sixth Pan-African Congress, held in Tanzania, 1974.

Before the Congress he wrote a piece: "Towards the Sixth Pan-African Congress: Aspects of the International Class Struggle in Africa, the Caribbean and America."

14. In 1974, Walter Rodney returned to Guyana to take up an appointment as Professor of History at the University of Guyana, but the government rescinded the appointment.

15. Walter Rodney joined the newly formed political group, the Working People's Alliance, emerging as the leading figure in the resistance movement against the PNC government.

During this period he developed his ideas on the self emancipation of the working people, People's Power, and multiracial democracy.

16. On July 11, 1979, Walter, together with seven others, was arrested following the burning down of two government offices. He, along with Drs Rupert Roopnarine and Omawale, was later charged with arson.

17. From that period up to the time of his murder, Rodney lived with constant police harassment and frequent threats against his life he nonetheless managed to complete four books in the last year of his life: An academic work: A History of the Guyanese Working People, 1881-1905; A political call to action; People's Power, No Dictator, and two children's books: Kofi Baadu Out of Africa and Lakshmi Out of India.

18. On Friday 13 June 1980, a remote control bomb, disguised in a walkie-talkie, handed to Walter Rodney by a senior military officer, Gregory Smith, was the weapon used to assassinate him. The bomb exploded in Walter Rodney's lap while he sat in a car with his brother in Georgetown, ending his life. He was 38 years old.

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SUNDAYCHRONICLE June 15, 2014

GGDMA donates $1M to ‘Impact Albouystown’ project ––and pleads for similar project in hinterland areas

By Michel Outridge

the Association’s willingness to work closely with the Guyana Police Force in helping to fight crime and to assist towards the development of the country.

Commissioner Seelall indicated that other divisional commanders have been tasked with initiating similar projects, and those are expected to unfold shortly.

The Acting Commissioner spoke about the long and close relationship existing between the GPF and the GGDMA, and noted that the input of the GGD-

THE “Impact Albouystown Project” of the Guyana Police Force received further tangible support with a donation of $1M from the Guyana Gold and Diamond Miners Association (GGDMA).

GGDMA President, Patrick Harding, accompanied by Vice-President, Charles Da Silva and Executive Member Dabria Marcus, handed over the money on behalf of the GGDMA to Police Commissioner Seelall Persaud, DSM, who accepted the donation on behalf of the Guyana Police Force.

The Commissioner expressed appreciation for the significant gesture, which he said would go a long way in assisting to implement the project.

The ceremony was held in the Commissioner’s Conference Room at Police Headquarters, Eve Leary, and was attended by senior officers of the Force Administration, including divisional and branch commanders.

Mr. Harding said the GGDMA was both pleased and willing to be able to contribute towards the com- Acting Commissioner Seelall Persaud receives the $1M cheque from Mr. Patrick munity project through the Harding, while Messrs. Charles Da Silva and Dabria Marcus (left to right) look on kind gesture of some of its members.

He wished the Force success with the very timely MA would be sought in preparing a document dealing project, while trusting that the donation would make an with improved policing of the interior by a team of impact within the target community. He also expressed officers, following major discussions that were held hope that the GPF would consider extending the initia- on the issue during this year’s Annual Police Officers’ tive to communities in the hinterland, as he reiterated Conference.

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SUNDAYCHRONICLE June 15, 2014

Queen’s University students group on another outreach here

By Sandy Agasen

QUEEN’S Health Outreach (QHO), a student-run non-governmental organisation (NGO) at Queen’s University in Canada, is implementing a local curriculum in a variety of places in partnership with the Ministry of Culture, Youth and Sport.

The process has been underway for the past six weeks in schools, youth-friendly spaces, and community

groups within the capital city of Georgetown and in Berbice.

The aim is to increase awareness among students and youths about physical, mental and sexual health, substance abuse, communication and leadership.

The peer educators involved are Colleen Dermody, Marni Elman, Casey Goheen and Steven Miller of the Georgetown team. They said in an interview at the studios of the National Television Network (NTN) on Brickdam that the project commenced

on May 3 and will continue through June 20. They said it was fashioned specifically to cater for the communities in which they work, and is currently being administered mainly in private schools and one public school.

In order to discuss change, they met with Minister of Culture, Youth and Sport, Dr. Frank Anthony, to formulate a schedule for next year’s group, and get more public schools and institutions involved.

Goheen mentioned that they have a weekly teaching

QHO’s Colleen Dermody, Marni Elman, Steven Miller and Casey Goheen at NTN studios on Thursday

schedule at each school, and this time around it is integrated to consist of fewer schools, with more visits per week, in order to cover more indepth content, more television appearances, hosting health workshops, as well as conducting a peer educator course for youths.

The team noted that a potential QHO partner for future years would be the Ministry of Health, since they both aim to make the next generation more aware of health issues and risks.

MORE SUCCESSFUL The team is hopeful that QHO Guyana would be working closely with the

Health Ministry in future, so that together they can make both projects more successful.

The QHO students pointed out that their teaching style has been modified along the way, their having honed in on discussion-based lessons in a method that is particularly effective, because it allows the students to air their opinions on the topic under discussion rather than being lectured to.

They also emphasised that it is more fruitful to communicate with students through peer interaction, because they can relate to them.

QHO is entirely Queen’s University student-run, and is dedicated to promoting health

through needs-based peer education initiatives both locally and internationally.

The Guyana project is its longest-running initiative. Established in 1989, it consists of groups of peer educators who travel to Guyana and stay seven weeks each Spring to teach in numerous primary and high schools, youth groups and community organisations.

On Thursday morning on NTN, the visitors enlightened the public on the issue of depression and suicide, urging viewers to be familiar with the signs of suicide among their friends and family members, and to contact the Guyana Responsible Parenthood Association (GRPA).

SUNDAYCHRONICLE June 15, 2014

Applicants being shortlisted for Miss Guyana Universe pageant

THE Miss Guyana Universe Committee has confirmed being one step closer in narrowing down the list of applicants that have shown interest in becoming Guyana’s Miss Universe representative later in the year.

The Committee is presently reviewing the applications, and will soon shortlist the Miss Guyana Universe hopefuls.

The date for the local leg of the competition is yet to be fixed, but it is understood (from<<<Guyana Times Entertainment>>>) that the pageant will be held in September.

The winner of the competition will replace Katherina Roshana as Miss Guyana Universe, and will represent Guyana at the international pageant slated for later in the year.

Interested apThe reigning Miss plicants have to be Guyana Universe, between the ages Katherina Roshana 18 and 25, and should be between five and six feet in height. It is also necessary for each applicant to have a copy of her birth certificate, and she must be in possession of a valid Guyana passport.

All applicants were also advised to enclose two references in their applications.

Ms Guyana Universe would not only get a chance to represent Guyana at the Miss Universe Pageant, but would also win up to $3 million in cash, a three-week vacation in a foreign country, and a four-year paid tuition at the University of Guyana.

MoE says will not entertain requests for transfer of students to higher mark schools

By Rebecca Ganesh-Ally THE Ministry of Education is advising the public that it would not be entertaining requests for transfer of students to schools which require higher marks than those earned by the students at the 2014 National Grade Six Assessment (NGSA).

A statement issued by the Education Ministry has indicated that all placements of students were made based on the performance of the students and the capacity of schools. “There may, however, in some circumstances, be lateral transfers. This means that a student may request a transfer to a school within the same mark range and listing as the school to which they were initially placed. A request for such a transfer will only be granted if the requested school has space to accommodate additional students,” the MoE statement said.

The NGSA is an assessment used for placement of students in secondary schools. A percentage of the marks gained at the grades Two and Four assessments was combined with the marks gained at the Grade Six Assessment in order to determine the candidates’ overall scores.

Five percent (5%) of each candidate’s Grade Two score in Mathematics and English, and ten percent (10%) of the Grade Four score in the same subjects were added to eighty-five percent (85%) of each candidate’s score in those subjects. The combined scores in Mathematics and English were added to the scores gained in Science and Social Studies.

The Education Ministry is reminding Head Teachers they are duty bound to ensure that students entering their respective schools have the appropriate marks.

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          tours to Suriname. Come have a fun filled weekend, this and every weekend. Call: 226-4001/ 225-2780. ( To u r s )

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 for work on truck, excellent salary. Tel. 226-5473. Porter to travel in and out of interior. Call 6182020.  farm hand with family. Call 627-5378, 6414100.  for car, van, lorry.

Excellent salary. Must have Police Clearance. Tel. 2265473.  for one Accounts Clerk. Please bring written application to Mike's Pharmacy, 56 Sheriff Street.  Maid to work on Sunday from 09:00hrs to 14:00hrs in South Ruimveldt, - $3 500. Must be 45 years and older. 623-6136.  Social Network person, young, smart, phone savvy with great personality. Email tonyreidsrealty@hotmail.com  your own boss! Independent travel agents needed.

Register n o w. bonitagarr@yahoo.com , cook, pump attendants and handy boy at Energy Plus gas station, Chateau Margot, ECD. Tel. 2202821.    Canter driver and salesman, to do door-to-door sales. 643-2795, 220-4739 after18:00hrs.  a rider with a valid motor bike licence to do delivery. Apply in person at 53 David Street, Kitty.          waitresses and bartenders to work in the Kitty area. Interested individuals please contact 610-8269 also interested cooks/chef. , porters. Apply with written application to: The Manager, N.S. Trucking and Grocery Supply, 257 Block 'X' Diamond Housing Scheme. Tel. 216-3152, 622-5922.  Bakery, opposite Buddy's Table hand, b a g g e r / pa c k a g e r, c l e a n e r, pastry maker. If you have applied before you can re-apply.

Tel. 225-1497. , porters, bond clerk and sales girl. Send application to D. Singh Trading, 36 Delph Street, Campbell Avenue, Campbellville. 225-9052.  Marketing personnel: Knowledge of promotions will be a n a s set. Highly paid comm i s s i o n . Te l . 6 1 4 - 0 9 4 9 nytech1 8 @ a o l . c o m  School Level 1 Teacher), Nursery School Level 11 Teacher, School Administrator. Send application to: The M a n a g e r dawn53570@yahoo.com or P.O. Box 12416.

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LAND FOR SALE

LAND FOR SALE

LAND FOR SALE

LAND FOR SALE

 Waiter, Wa i t r e s s, Kitchen Assistant.

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

 70 acres of transported land at Coverden, East Bank Demerara. Serious enquiries only.

Contact 661-6993.

 ROAD, Bourda CORNER LOT. Price $42 million neg. Contact Royal Real Estate 225-7276, 665-7400, 685-7887, 643-6353.

only remaining triple lot in God Bless Agricola A is #1 for parking truck, bond. Security is the best in the world $19M. Phone Lord Budram 692-3831, Pereira 6693350, 623-2591, Alexander 6611952, Hercules 661-1952, 226-1064, 225-5198, 227-6949, 225-2626,2 31-2064, 693-9131, Cameron 225-5184, 7 d a y s a w e e k 2 4 h o u r s.

   l a n d i n D u n c a n S t . f o r 4-storey of f ice complex, bond, school, apartment $ 4 0 M . P h o n e 6 2 7 - 0 2 8 8 , M r.

Ramsayoe 618-0000, Mr A l y s i o u s P e r e i r a 6 2 3 - 2591, Mr. Darindra 615-0069.\

-based restaurant coming to Guyana, now hiring!! Servers, cashier, cooks, pastry makers, Chinese cooks, cleaners, delivery guys with own bike, security guards. Call 6807999 for more information.   Track Assistant. Must be able to interact with customers. Mechanical experience would be an asset but not required.

Salary starts at $60 000 and will be increased to $70 000 b a s e d o n performance. Tel. 646-6123.  OFFICE ASSISTANT, mus t h a v e a s o u n d c o m mand of English and be well groomed. Must be the owner of a bicycle or some form of transportation. Apply in person with written application; RK's Guyana Security Service, 172 Light & Charlotte Streets, Bourda.                                                           INSTRUCTOR/ DRIVERS FEMALE PERSONNEL PREFERRED. WE PROVIDE FREE TRAINING MUST HAVE AT LEAST THREE YEARS DRIVING EXPERIENCE BE PROFESSIONAL, DEDICATED AND LOYAL MUST POSSESS GOOD COMMUNICATION AND INTERPERSONAL SKILLS. CONTACT RK'S SECURITY 172 LIGHT AND CHARLOTTE STREETS, BOURDA TELEPHONE 227-5072, 226-7541, 226-0168

LAND FOR SALE

Land For Sale

in Bush Lot, WCB. Tel. 335-0944, 616-5106.  No.2, 138 ft x 1750 5.5 acres - $15M, Phone 227-7734.   at Parika Backdam, EBE. Call 617-4837.  Road Kitty 123 by 38.4, $11M neg. Phone 678-0752.  St, 41 x 171 $29M. Call Carol 612-9785. 96 x 123 - $70M. Call Carol 612-9785.  Public Road $35M. Call Carol 612-9785. 1200ft x 40ft, La Grange Public Road, West Bank Dem. Price $8.5M. Call 621-6037.  lot 50x80 at 14 Kersaint Park - $13M. Tel. 6999201.  Park, Supply, Eccles, Diamond, Trival Realty- 665-7946. Blocks for sale. Tel. 683-9910.  business, residential, any reasonable offer. Call Neil, 614-1170.  120 x 48 land.

Serious enquiries only. Owner leaving country $2.4M. Tel. 6737600.  with 2-storey column structure at 3rd Bridge, Grove Housing Scheme, $5.5M neg. 600-2032.  lots located in the Peter's Hall area, East Bank Demerara. Call 231-5359, 672-7189.  Land of Canaan, EBD, transported developed land, by acres. Please call 2660014, 669-8139.

 Gardens 60 x 135 - $27M, Queenstown 60 x 80 - (back) $35M. Call Carol 6129785. : Prime land with double infrastructure, including roads, drains, electricity, water, perimeter fence and play park.

Call 615-8810, 668-3100.  land opposite seawall in the vicinity of Bel Air Springs, 3 lots starting from $34.999M each. Call Shiv on 6006681.  land 68.431 acres (excluding reserves) on the East Bank of Essequibo River. Contact 639-0077, 6011231.

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

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

 Estates, EBD lots, authorised agent De Freitas Associates. 609-2302, 609-6516, E m a i l : defreitasassociates@gmail.com

 E.B.D - land with concrete fence. Size 110 x 64. Price $7.5 million neg. Contact Royal Real Estate 225-7276, 665-7400, 685-7887, 643-6353.

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

E m a i l : defreitasassociates@gmail.com

/ GROVE E.B.D Size 40 X 80. Price $3.8 million neg. Contact Royal Real Estate 225-7276, 665-7400, 685-7887, 643-6353.

3rd Avenue, land with concrete fence, land filled to road height. Size 110x60, 6247684.

HOUSTON GARDENS - Size 87 X 125 Price $15 million. Contact Royal Real Estate 225-7276, 665-7400, 685-7887, 643-6353.

 Park $18M, Grove Public Road $40M, Goed Fortuin $40M, Bartica $100M, Roraima WBD $15M, Good Hope $15M. Tel. 231-7325, 612-9574.

 PARK, GOERGETOWN - corner lot. Size 3978 sq ft. Price $5.8 million neg.

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

,/Grove, Grove Public Road, Vreed-en-Hoop, La Parfaite Harmonie, Eccles Housing Scheme, Herstelling, Schoonord WBD. 615-3728, 6298253. $15M, Grove $6M, La Parfaite Harmonie $2M, Garnett Street $35M, Good Hope $8M, Diamond $15M, Ideal Engineering & Realty Services. Tel. 225-5908, 626-5807, 688-7485.  GARDENS/ REPUBLIC PARK E.B.D (Gated community) - Size 5000 sq ft. Prices $11million, $12million and $13.5 million neg. Contact Royal Real Estate on 225-7276, 665-7400, 685-7887, 643-6353.  STREET- double lot prime business spot (Size 12,500 sq ft) Price USD$ 1.3 million neg. Contact Royal Real Estate on 225-7276, 665 -7400, 6857887, 643-6353.  GARDENS/ REPUBLIC PARK E.B.D (Gated community) - (Size 10,000 sq ft) Price $23 million neg. Contact Royal Real Estate on 225-7276, 6657400, 685-7887, 643-6353.  GARDENS E.C.D - Triple lot. Price $58 million neg. Contact Royal Real Estate 225-7276, 665-7400, 6857887, 643-6353. ST NEWTOWN Land with concrete fence. Size 31 X 135. Price 21million neg.

Contact Royal Real Estate on 225-7276, 665-7400, 685-7887, 643-6353.  NEW SCHEME E.B.D - Size 50 X 100. Price $7 million. Contact Royal Real Estate on 225-7276, 665-7400, 6857887, 643-6353.  REPOS E.C.D - Land with foundation for 2 storey house.

Land size 52 X 84. Price $ 6.5 million. Contact Royal Real Estate 225-7276, 665-7400, 6857887, 643-6353. ST NEWTOWN Double lot. Size 31 X 135. Price $18 million neg. Contact Royal Real Estate on 225-7276, 6657400, 685-7887, 643-6353.   ST NEWTOWN CORNER LOT -Size 70 X 70.

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

  (gated compound), opposite Grand Coastal 7 house lots together.

Ve r s a i l l e s W B D , b a c k o f A r a c a r i Te l .              CLOSE to Brickdam, $75M suitable for 5-storey complex, hotel Mr Ramsohoye 618-0000, Mr Pereira 226-1064, Mr. Darindra 615-0069, 225-262 6 , 2 2 7 6 8 6 3 , 2 2 5 -5198\ only remaining business land in Alberttown 14 000 sq. ft, well developed US$699 000. Phone Lady Khan 676-3405, Master Boodram 692-3831, Mr Darendra 615-0069, 226-1064, 225-2626, 225-3068, 623-2591, 669-0943.  55x150 - $35M neg, Grove EBD $25M neg, Queenstown $115M neg, Land of Canaan 27 acres at $4.5M per acre, Ogle $40M neg, EC D $35M neg, Triumph $10M neg.

Ampac Real Estate. Tel. 610-3666, 684-1893.     of land in Vlissengen Road close to Sandy Babb Street - $79M for 4-storey complex drive through. Phone Mr Boodram 692-3831, 6150069, 225-2626, 225-5198, 618-000, 626-4180.  house lot 55' x 100' located just behind the Princess Hotel in a gated community, walking distance to the Providence Stadium. This is currently a booming area, with two international malls, businesses, a family fun water park currently being built.

The highway connecting the East Bank to the East Coast will also be built here. Priced to sell at $18.5M. Serious enquiries only 645-9266, 647-4997.

 with 20ft driveway Dennis Street $17M, Sec. 'M' 90 x 50 plus reserve $17M, Kitty 8 000 sq. ft - $19M, one house in McDoom close to main road $9M. Pho n e M r Darindra 615-0069, 618-0000 V i ce President Alysious Pereira 623-2591, 227-6863, 226-1064, 225-2626.  large Continental Park lot to build your dream palace, plus 4 000ft reserve.

Price $22M 661-1992 Lord D a r i n d r a 6 1 5 - 0 0 6 9 , M r Alex Pereira 669-0943, 618-0000, 623-2591, 225-2626, 2261064.   x 60 land in Bel Air Village for hotel, bond, 5s t o r e y, s t u d e n t s ' d o r m $42M. Phone Vice President Patrick Pereira 669-3350, Vice P r e s i d en t R a m s o h o y e 6 1 8 0000, 623-2591, 227-6863, 2252626, 667-7812.  land is going to solve your business need, in Smyth close to Brickdam 120 x 60 the only land available for $55M neg All lands that would give you the same return o n y o u r i n vestment $95M, talking of 5-sto r e y c o m p l e x .

P h o n e Lady Racel Jones 688-3431 , Master Darindra 615-0069, 618-0000 , 6 2 3 2 5 9 1 , 2 2 5 - 2 6 2 6 , 2 2 5-3 068, 2 2 6 - 1 0 6 4, E mail : tonyreidsrealty@hotmail.co m house lot 55' x 100' located just behind the Princess Hotel in a gated community, walking distance to the Providence Stadium. This is currently a booming area, with two international malls, businesses, a family fun water park currently being built. The highway connecting the East Bank to the East Coast will also be built here. Priced to sell at $18.5M. Serious enquiries only - 645-9266, 647-4997. lot in Dennis St, with driveway 20 feet $17M, Sec. 'M', 80 x 60, plus reserve for bond $19M, Da Silva S t 8 0 x 5 0 $ 1 3 M , Kitty Railway Embankm e n t 8 0 0 0 s q . f t $ 20M, land has 20 ft driveways. Vice President Drandia 615-0069, Vice P r e sident Alysious Pereira - 623-2591, Vice P r e s i d e nt Ramsayae 6180000, Vice President 225-26 2 6 , 226-1064, 667-7812.

20 Acres of Title Land at    (Riverside)- $12M;      - 4 0 A c r e s ;   - $35M;       ( d o u b l e l o t ) - $ 6 M ;          ( J i b l o t w i t h active driveway)- $22M;       (double lot)$30M; FR                 acre s of land in the city for hotel, and any complex Main Street 2 ½ acres US$5M, Water Stre e t 4 a cres for hotel, hotel on 5 acres of land overlooking the sea US$5M; ano t h e r o verl o o k i n g t h e s e a US$1.5M, income US$15000; riverside land residential land at LBI $10M; Republi c Park $8M, Dia mond $ 7 M , S e c . ' K ' $ 2 0 M , B e l A ir Park $25M, G a r n e t t double l o t $ 4 2 M , Phone 225-2626, 231-2064, 2252709, 226-1064, 227-6949, 22768 6 3 , 6 6 7 - 7 812. 619-7945

       b u s i n e s ses mus t think o u t o f t h e box.

They must adopt a new s t r a t e g y . T h e C h i n ese are moving in so m e l o c a t i o n s t h a t l a n d for bond/factory is cheap, 20 000 sq ft land close t o the Chinese embassy for b o n d . $ 58M, 8 000 s q . f t o n the main road close t o t h e C h i n e s e E mbassy $54M for 4-storey fast food/super m a r k e t 200-c a r p a r k ing. 1½ acres of l a n d i n Turkeyen for hostel, school, university, b ond, Buy now, be d e c i s i v e. Present, you hav e a boss, now decide.

Phone M r. D a n h a n d r i 6150 0 6 5 , M r. P a t r i c k P e r e i r a 6 6 9 - 3 3 50, Mr. Alysious Pereira 623 -2591, 225-2709, 2252 6 2 6 , 2 2 5 - 3 0 6 8, 2 2 6 - 1064, 227-6863, 225-5198 Seven days of h o t m a i l : tonyreidsrealty. c o m.. , opposite the Cultural Centre in great Industrial Hadfield Street more than $80M. Phone Mr Boodram 692-3831, Mrs Bibi Khan , Lady Abundance 661-1992 Lord Darindra 615-0069, Mr Alex A. Pereira - 669-0943, 6180 0 0 0 , 6 2 3 - 2591, 225-2626, 2 26-1064.  w i s h t o a d v e r t i s e a l l land was made by the creator for different purposes.

Go as high as you can to enjoy economy of height.

Earl's Court LBI do u b l e l ot 120 x 90 - $17M, Happy A c r e s p a r a l l e l t o t h e Main Road 100 x 50 - $16M, for b u s i n e s s or 4-storey apartment land for bonds on the East Coast $28M, K i t t y 8 000 sq. ft $20M, Da S i l v a S t 7 0 x 3 5 - $14M, 9 000 sq. ft on Main Road 500 yar ds s o u t h o f C h i n e s e E m b a s s y, T u r k eyen 1.4 acres $38M, Campbellville 80 x 60 wi t h l o t s o f reserve $ 1 6 M , R e publ i c Park $16M, Continental Park double l o t $ 3 5 M, Croal Street 75 x 50 - $32M, 3 l o t s a t ' A A ' E c c l e s w i t h m a s s i v e u nfinis h e d s t r u c t u r e $98M, plus reserve. Friendship $3 . 5 M , P e a r l 5 acres for gated commun i t y $ 4 5 M n e g . Phone , 2 2 5 - 3 0 68, 226-1064, 227-6863, 227-6964, 225-2626.              North Road & Ornoque Street, $40m neg, South Road & Ornoque Street, $50m neg, Friendship river side (114x166), $6.8 M, Diamond/Grove New Scheme 2nd Bridge, $8M, Grove 1st Bridge, $6M, Essequibo Supernaam 25 acres, $17 M, Linden Highway 20 acres farming land, $45 M, Robb and King Street, (US) $1.7 M, Republic Gardens (50x100),$16 M, Sherriff S t r e e t d ouble lot(US),$1.5 Bagotstown (Road to River),$35 M,Soesdyke (50x400), $40 M, La Parfaite Harmonie, $3-5 M, Sham Rock Garden main road ECD, $50 M, Diamond Land with foundation and column, $4.5 M,Republic Garden7 lot t o g e t h e r, $100M neg, Essequibo Supernaam land, $25M, North Road and King Street,(US)$1.6M, Diamond Main Road Opposite Bank, commercial, land,(US)$1.4 M , 5 & 1 0 a c r e s y a r a c abra, $4&6 m, land in 5th street Alberttown 48x 125, $45 M

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 in close proximity to UG. Call 691-8919.  business place, bottom flat, 207 Barr St, Kitty. Tel. 6234700.  Eccles US$1000, furnished. Te l . 6 11-0315, 6908625.  located space, suitable for business. Call 690-9292, 225-7131.  in Alberttown bottom flat. Call 641-3018, after 17:00hrs.  daily - furnished 2bedroom, studio apartments and business space. Tel 621-5282.  f u r n i s h e d h o u s e U S $ 1 0 0 0 . 6 11 - 0 3 1 5 , 690-8625.  floor and second floor space on Duncan Street.

621-8198.  furnished one-bedroom apartment air conditioned,.

Tel. 623-2923.  to sublet in Cummings Lodge (UG students only.) 613-4614.  self-contained room for female, no children. Tel. 6788141. : Unfurnished twobedroom apartment with all conveniences. Tel. 642-0636.  flat business space at 234 South Road, East ½ - $300 000. Tel. 616-0312.  Avenue: Furnished top flat with all conveniences.

Tel. 677-8176.  for beauty salon.

Price neg. Contact 227-3626, 231-6972.  Air Park: Furnished fourbedroom executive concrete building with all conveniences.

Tel. 225-0545.  space, Bel Air Park: Eping Avenue large executive office space with parking. Tel. 642-0636.  space $60 000, bond space $80 000, Beauty salon $100 000, internet café $60 000. Tel. 642-0636.  place, North Road: Large and fully secured ground floor. No renovations needed. Tel. 642-0636.  concrete 3-bedroom bottom flat, spacious living quarters, telephone, parking, toilet and bath, EBD. Decent working couple.

Tel. 668-5384, 648-3342. furnished bar to rent at Montrose, EC. Contact Number 609-9946.         f o r r e n t , one going concern snackette, busy area. Call 682-7733, 227-4792. apartment for business purposes, 22 North Road and Camp Street, next to Cell Phone Shack. Tel. 629-1657. , fully furnished, gated apartment with internet cable, AC, Call Carol 6823733.     furnished apartments with kitchen, toilet and bath. Serious enquiries only. 660-0943.  to Let: Central Georgetown Fully Furnished A/C Hot and Cold System Contact Mr. Joe Ishmael Office 227-1964 or 690-9216 top flat threebedroom house, 80 Albert & Laluni Streets, Queenstown. Tel. 226-7452, 226-0178.  bond $500,000. Large Storage space Regent St. $500 000, monthly. 626-1150, 231-9181.  3 BR Furnished House A/C, Hot Water, Large Yard, Self-Contained EBD US$1,000 Call 645-0944

28 28 TO LET  space, business spot and office space at Good Hope.

Contact Kishan 643-2795, 2204739 after 18:00hrs  large 2-bedroom bottom flat, unfurnished apartment, grilled, with parking in Atlantic Gardens $65 000 per month. Tel. 622-4746, 220-0959.  and two-bedroom apartments at South Ruimveldt, Price US$500 and US$700 monthly. Serious enquiries only.

Tel. 601-9323, 649-2251.  room and apartment $3 500, $4 000, $5 000, $6 000 daily. Call Julian 638-4505, 225-4709.  Air or Prasad Nagar 3 BR Luxurious furnished apartment, A/C, Security US$1,500.

Call 668-7419  furnished apartment fully tiled and secured with AC, hot and cold, internet, US$20 daily. 231-6061, 621-1524. -EN-HOOP, 7-8 Plantain Walk: Unfurnished 2 - two-bedroom apartments with parking. Tel. 264-2639, 264-2743. -bedroom apartment at 85 Industry Housing Scheme, couple or working single person or student. Tel. 222-7904.  top flat Section 'K' Campbellville, US$600, AC, hot and cold, parking, etc.

628-1023. -bedroom apartment, preferably decent working couple, 8th Street Area 'Y' Cummings Lodge, Housing Scheme. Tel. 609-5922. Price $30 000. :                             f u r nished 3-bedroom house, fully meshed and grilled, large yard space and office space at the bottom. 610-8351, 697-5492. house to rent in Kitty - one self-contained master room, extra toilet, bath, grilled, parking for one car, water day/night, kitchen, dining and living room. Tel. 227-6178. 3-bedroom $70 000, North 2-bedroom $55 000, Diamond 2-bedroom $60 000, $75 000, Hadfield 1-bedroom $45 000. 655-8361, 699-6811.   2-bedroom apartments, fully furnished and selfcontained for long- and shortterm rental. Contact Tropical View Hotel. 227-2216.  spacious 3 bedroom, more apartments. 2227986, 638-7232.  5-bedroom house Happy Acres. Call 231-7839 between 08:00hrs and 16:00hrs.  : Unfurnished one-bedroom self-contained apartment with parking.

Contact Mr Hing. Tel. 680-5000.  3-bedroom top flat with master room located at Republic Park. Semi-furnished, US$900, Tel: 621-6888.  furnished, two-bedroom apartment, Lot 33 Fifth Avenue, Subryanville. Both rooms AC, parking space, security grille.

Tel. 226-5369 (Alexis). house lot at 4th Street, Martyrsville, good road, close to line top road, ready to transfer.

Price $4.5M neg. Tel. 629-5300.  land, Linden Highway 152 acres road to river $36M, Kitty Public Road $19M. Tel. 592-609-2302, 609-6516, 6452580.  furnished apartment for foreigners in Lamaha Springs, large yard space, WiFi, kitchen. Tel. 6500892, 692-2016.

TO LET      f u r n i s h e d , 1 bedroom apartment with AC in Kitty, for short time visitors. 686-4620, 227-2466. two-flat prime business property at 38 High Street, Werken-Rust, Georgetown. Call 6802198, 625-4282. -bedroom apartment in Thomas St, Kitty. Price $40 000 monthly. Contact 639-2728. : One-bedroom furnished or unfurnished apartment, fully grilled, $55 000 with water included, 121 Thomas St, Kitty.  self-contained semi-furnished room for elderly bachelor, spinster in Crane $15 000 monthly, four months rent advance.

Tel. 619-8683. -bedroom apartment, Middle Road La Penitence couple or single person. Price $35 000 monthly. Tel. 225-9759, 653-5763, 227-6678. space 8x12 on D'Urban St, walk-in pavement suitable taxi base, barber shop, office $40 000, etc. 226-0673, 685-4694.  $55 000 - $90 000, Kitty US$700, Ogle $55 000, AA Eccles house US$1200, Subryanville. Diana 227-2256, 626-9382. : Furnished two-bedroom executive apartment with internet access, generator and parking. Tel. 6420636.  Unfurnished one-bedroom executive apartment, with parking. Contact Krishnadat Raghubir. Tel. 6420636.  apartment 1-bedroom US$500 monthly, 2-bedroom US$1000 monthly, 3-bedroom US$1500 monthly, semifurnished, parking, air condition at Kitty, Campbellville, Georgetown. Tel. 623-4861. -room top flat office with general office (30ft x 30ft) in secure environment in Georgetown, US$1200 per month. Tel. Wills Realty - 6278314, 227-2612, 610-8314.  bedrooms executive apartment, Industry ECD, furnished;19" television, beds, stove, suite, refrigerator, washing machine $85,000 monthly, Call 628-2866 after 5PM." -bedroom fully furnished flats, Campbellville, $100 000, US$40 per night, two-room fully furnished flat, residence, office US$1500. Wills Realty 2272612, 627-8314, stanleywwills@gmail.com  farm in Linden, 3 large pens fully equipped, can rear 12 000 birds. Cheap electricity and water. Can build more pens if you want, nice farm house.

Come and see. Call 444-6589, 694-1888. en-Hoop: One spacious 2-storey three-bedroom back house with grille, verandah, varnished floor and concrete fence. Prepaid GPL meter. Rent includes water. $65 000 monthly.

Tel. 685-7566. -bedroom upper flat at 575 3rd Avenue Diamond. Twobedroom upper flat, three-bedroom lower flat at 10 Hague Public Road, WCD. Call June 6231562, 223-3265.  $50 000, office and shop Kitty US$1000, US$500, Hadfield office space US$700, Carmichael Street US$600. Bougainvillea Park, Farm US$800. 676-5537, 6461334, 661-0180. : 2-bedroom lower flat, secure, in great condition $90 000. 2nd St. Cummings Lodge 4-bedroom upper flat, parking for 2 vehicles $75 000. Naresh Persaud 2259882, 681-2499.

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Street: 1 & 2 bedroom furnished apartments, hot & c o l d , A C , I n t e r n e t , from U S $ 2 0 d a i l y. R a t e s n e g . f o r monthly visitors. Te l : 2275852/638-4404.

         a n d r o o f garden in Republic Park, EBD. Office space and roof garden in Charlotte Street, Georgetown. Contact 628-1203, 651-3402, 227-4263.

 spot could be used as boutique, bond, church, mini mall, cell shop, snackette, shop, drink shop, pharmacy, cell shop, internet café, etc. Contact 646-0668, Call 15:00hrs - 18:00hrs only.

 NAGAR - unfurnished 3 bedroom top flat can be used as office or residence. Price USD $1250 neg. Contact Royal Real Estate 225-7276, 665-7400, 685-7887, 643-6353.

 floor restaurant in Middle Street for a state-of-the-art Restaurant & Bar Goodwill go with i t U S $ 3 0 0 0 n e g . M r. P a t r i c k Pereira, 225-2626, 231-2064, 227-6949, 227-6863, 2255198, 225-3068.

 - fully furnished 2 bedroom executive flat with modern amenities. Price USD $1400 neg. Contact Royal Real Estate 225-7276, 665-7400, 6857887, 643-6353.

 bottom flat apartment, fully grilled, master bedroom, AC, Enachu Street, Section 'K' Campbellville. Contact 227-4992, between 08:00hrs and 17:00hrs.  Apartments for rental. Self-contained one bedroom apartments with a comfortable lounge, dining area and kitchenette. (Accommodation) Call: 226-4001/225-2780. : Fully furnished one- and three-bedroom apartments, AC, hot and cold, internet, cable TV, parking, etc.

Suitable for overseas visitors, short term. 227-1843, 226-5137. - and two-bedroom fully furnished, AC, WiFi, apartment conveniently located at 6 Seaforth St, Campbellville. Long- or shortterm. US$35/60 daily. 621-3094, 650-5354.  close proximity to Sheriff Street - brand new 3 storey concrete building. Suitable for business, school, residence etc.

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

Price USD $5000. Contact Royal Real Estate 225-7276, 665-7400, 685-7887, 643-6353.  STREET, ALBERTTOWN - 3 storey concrete building. Suitable for school, embassy, office complex, call centre, medical complex etc. Price USD $6,000 neg. Contact Royal Real Estate 225-7276, 665-7400, 6857887, 643-6353.  STREET brand new executive offices. Size per unit 1650 sq ft. Price USD $2200 neg. Contact Royal Real Estate 225-7276, 665-7400, 6857887, 643-6353.        M , GEORGETOWN - office space available suitable for consultants, accounting firm, lawyers etc. Price USD $500 neg. Contact Royal Real Estate 225-7276, 665-7400, 685-7887, 643-6353.  AND REGENT STREETS - Commercial space on ground floor. Size 1645 sq ft. Price USD $2400 (as is). Contact Royal Real Estate 225-7276, 665-7400, 685-7887, 643-6353.  STREET, BOURDA - 3 storey concrete building. Suitable for store, restaurant and bar, etc. Price USD $8,500 neg. Contact Royal Real Estate 225-7276, 665-7400, 685-7887, 643-6353.  NAGAR - furnished executive flats with modern amenities. Price USD $1350 and unfurnished USD $1100 . Contact Royal Real Estate 225-7276, 665-7400, 685-7887, 643-6353.  - fully equipped restaurant and bar.

Price USD $3500 . Contact Royal Real Estate 225-7276, 665-7400, 685-7887, 643-6353.   E.B.D - 3 storey concrete building suitable for school. Price USD $6000 neg.

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

 almost new concrete house in Campbellville, 3 bedrooms. Can do consultancy business, location Milton Street. Price US$550. Phone 226-1064, Mr Boodram 692-3831, Mr Alex Pereira 669-0963, Mr Darindra 615-0069, 225-2626, 225-3068, 623-2591, 225-5198, 227-6949, 227-6368.  from July 1, 2bedroom bottom flat in Georgetown, can be used as office space or residence, 3-bedroom house in Queenstown US$2500 monthly, 1- and 2bedroom, fully furnished apartments on East Coast Demerara, 1-bedroom semi-furnished apartment in Georgetown. Call 689-9222. , 3-bedroom house with large bond space US$2500, Continental Park 4-bedroom house with AC and automatic gate US$2000, 3-storey newly built property ideal for school, restaurant or church, etc $800 000, McDoom 3 large bond spaces with security $150 000, Diamond upper flat US$600, Eccles 4-bedroom furnished house US$1800.

IDEAL ENGINEERING & REALTY SERVICES. Tel. 225-5908, 6265807, 688-7485.  2-storey building situated at Lot 49 Parker Street Providence. Each flat contains 3 bedrooms, one self-contained, equipped with air-conditioned living room, water, light and fully secured with grille. Parking also available. Call 625-6227.  floor restaurant in Middle Street for a state-ofthe-art Restaurant & Bar Goodwill go with it US$3000 neg.

Mr. Patrick Pereira, 225-2626, 231-2064, 227-6949, 2276863, 225-5198, 225-3068. , Gardens US$1500, Lama Ave, B e l A i r P a r k US$180 0 , B e l A i r P a r k o n t he round about US$1000, Prashad Nagar US$1500, land from $11 million, riverside la nd hotels w i t h U S $ 3 5 0 0 0 month rental a nd office space US$40 000 month proper t i e s from $14 mi l l i o n .

22 5 - 2626, 225-5198, 226-1064, 623-2591, 669-3350    "Spaces at Time Square Mall"- Ground Floor US$1000/ 1st Floor US$700/ 2nd Floor US$500; (formerly Chinese Supermarket3storied) US$10,000;     (Opp.Burial Ground.

160 X 40 Building as a whole or in three parts- Ground US$5000/ Upper US$5000/ Restaurant US$15000;  (bond 2000 sq.ft)- US$2000;        U S $ 1 5 0 0 ;     - US$700;  - US$5000;  -US$2000;  (business/ residence)- $150,000;  - $2000;   $70,000/ $40,000;   (Best off e r ) US$5000;  (Bank, etc)US$10,000;   (formerly Windsor Estate)- US$2000.  227-1988/ 623-6 4 3 1 

TO LET  World #1 Realtor Mister Terry Redford Reid 667-7812, 2256858, 225-7164, 226-1064, 2252626, 231-2068, 619-7945. Have the executive rental reduced by 35%, Prashad Nagar US$1000, Jacaranda Ave. Bel Air Park U S $ 2 0 0 0 , Barima Ave Bel Air Park US$1800, Bel Ai r S p r i n g s US$1000, large bond for rental office small for m US$3 75, 10 000 sq ft office space for technology business. 225-2626, 2255198, 226-1064, 623-2591, 6693350  A N T H ONY Reid BSc has more than 20,000 hrs in Real Estate Investment and Economic Transformation of People Economic Growth. We have rental from US$1500, in Bel Air Park, ambassador's residence in University Gardens Le Resouvenir, Lama Ave with pool, Jacaranda Ave. with large lawns US$2000, Prashad Nagar US$100 0 , a p t . f r o m U S $ 7 0 0 , b o n d 8 0 0 0 sq ft, smal l a n d l a r g e o f f i c e s p a c e up to 1500 0 sq foot; state of the art hotel and o f f ice c o m p l e x w i t h inc o m e o f US$40 000 monthly. 22 5 - 2626, 225-5198, 226-1064, 623-2591, 669-3350  1&2US$3500/ US$4500 fully furnished;   US$2500;   (furnished)- US$1500;  (fully furnished)-US$2500/ unfurnished US$1000;    -US$1000;      US$1400;        US$800; US$600/ US$400;  (furnished upper)- US$850/ (3 bedroom lower)- $85,000;   (upper)-$90,000/ (lower)$80,000;  (Studio)- $80,000;  (upper)$60,000.  227-1988/ 6236431/ 6578887.  furnished bottom apartment (1 master room), parking, etc US$1000, 3-bedroom furnished house (1 master room) grilled, parking, etc US$1500 residential othe r s . A pa r t m e n t / h o u s e s f u r nished and unfurnished from US$1000 up. Call 664-5105.                    Plaza Bridge New Mall, Business spots available, (US)150 - 1000, Albertown 6 Office spaces, $80,000, Commercial Building for rent, $(US)2500 and above, Executives Homes for rent, $ ( U S ) 1 5 0 0 a n d a b o v e , Apartment Bld. & office space Bent Street, $500,000, 2 bedroom furnish flat duke street kingston, $US 750, 3 bedroom in sybranville fully furnish, $US 650, fully furnish 1 bedroom in alexander village, $US 500

PROPERTY FOR SALE PROPERTY FOR SALE  ST $55M, 60x120. .Tel. 611-0315, 690-8625.  house and land, 2storey building, 3 apartments Cornelia Ida. 610-0514.  home $30M n e g . 6 11 - 0 3 1 5 , 6 9 0 - 8 6 2 5 .  Bank $20M, Kitty $32M, Diamond $7.9M. Diana 227-2256, 626-9382. Residential Two Blgs on Double Lot Sandy Babb Street. Call 645-0944 bedroom house at A68 East La Penitence, Pirai Square.

Call 686-2852.  flat house in gated community, EBD. Move in, ready. Tel. 670-8958  Park: Two-storey four-bedroom, two baths, garage $23M, neg. 699-7239, 647-5914.

PROPERTY FOR SALE  Gardens, corner lot $10M. Contact 680-3771, 694-7210.  $25M, Campbellville $40M, Hadfield St $15M, Alberttown $15M. Tel. 225-0545.  $70M, Ogle Air Strip Road $70M, $125M. Call Carol 612-9785.                           Nagar 3-bedroom, 2-storey house in mint condition $45M. Call Carol 6129785.  $30M, Sec. 'C' Enterprise $35M, Good Hope $30M, New Hope $35M. Call Carol 612-9785.  business place, newly constructed concrete building. No repairs. Vacant possession. Tel. 642-0636.  Road business place: Large two-storey concrete building. Vacant possession. Tel. 225-0545.  Road business and residence, building 30ft by 100ft, land 50ft by 110ft. Vacant possession. Tel. 225-0545.  Street $9M, Charlestown $9M, Robb St $90M, Regent St $175M. Real Deal Realty - 647-0856, 6684781. :              house, La Parfaite Harmonie, WBD, fully tiled, grilled, well fenced, self-contained room, etc neg.

677-6805, 648-4271.  3-bedroom ranch-style house in Republic Gardens, house 3½ baths, gated compound. Tel. 602-6287, 222-2314.  Babb Street Kitty 2-storey business, no repairs needed. Price $75M. Call 6924223 for more information.  $47M, Diamond $40M, Charlestown $10M, (2nd lot with driveway) Eccles $22M, East Coast $30M, $25M. Call 689-9222.  Gardens, D'Urban Street, Republic Park, Hadfield Street, South, North Ruimveldt, Diamond, Blankenburg, Sophia, Mahdia, Trival Realty- 665-7946.  St $35M, South Ruimvdldt $20M, Bel Air Park $35M, East Ruimvdldt $20M, Lance Gibb St, $75M. Call 6267159, 610-0065.  structure, height 35 ft L x 87 ft W x 52 ft - $4M, located in Linden. Tel. 694-7210, 680-3771.  second building in Pike Street from Sheriff Street, great business and residential area, $50M neg. Call 231-3236. No agent.  wooden and concrete building, vacant possession. 178 Waterloo St, Georgetown $50M neg, Tel. 627-3994.  St $32M, Thomas St. $65M, Sheriff St $150M, David St Kitty $40M, etc, Sonja 623-2537, 225-7197.  Kitty $70M, 2-bedroom furnished $120M, 2bedroom North Ruimveldt $60M. Charlyn 665-9087.  St $19M, Vryheid's Lust $10M, Diamond $12M neg, Providence $33M neg, Enterprise $12M. Charlyn 665-9087.  Laluni Street: Two large concrete and wooden buildings with land measuring 120ft by 50 ft. Vacant possession. Tel. 225-0545.

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 One newly constructed 5-storey commercial building, on land 30x170, $150M. Tel, 226-0025, 6483171, 600-3171.

and land, length 560 ft, one-storey 3-bedroom wooden house at Triumph Agriculture Road, ECD, $13.5M. Tel. 6631397.

 OF CANAAN- 4 bedroom concrete house just off the public road. Price reduce to $14.5 million. Contact Royal Real Estate on 2257276, 665-7400, 685-7887, 643-6353.

 STREET, NORTH CUMMINGSBURG - land with a wooden and concrete building.

Land size 38 X 242. Price $69 million neg. Contact Royal Real Estate 225-7276, 665-7400, 6857887, 643-6353.

 E.B.D - brand new 6 bedroom executive concrete house. Price $36 million neg. Contact Royal Real Estate on 225-7276, 665-7400, 6857887, 643-6353.

 Park $17M, BB Eccles $32M, $31M, Nandy Park $38M, Blygezight $56M, South Road US$900 000, Lamaha St US$400 000, Regent St US$900 000, Georgetown going business $36M, Land of Canaan going business $90M. 609-2302, 609651 6.

: furnished 2-bedroom US$500, Kitty Public Road (business) US$1000.

231-7325, 612-9574.  Nagar: Threebedroom concrete and wooden property on corner lot, non-negotiable $40M. Tel. Wills Realty - 627-8314, 227-2612, 610-8314.  Street (back building) $25M, Republic Park (need work) $24M, Kitty (Public Road) $36M, AA Eccles $55M, Diana 2272256, 626-9382.  2storey wooden and concrete building, top flat apartments, bottom flat whole sale/ retail business, car wash $40M. Call 645-5938.  St, Newtown, double lot, two-storey building, size of land 30x116, close to Vlissengen Road. Price $43M neg. Contact 660-8888.  3-bedroom property in South Ruimveldt Gardens $25M. Excellent condition, yard space 100x45. Quality Real Estate. Tel. 650-9880.  6-bedroom properties at Phase 1 Good Hope Housing Scheme ECD, fully grilled etc. One 6-bedroom 2storey at Anna Catherina WCD. Tel: 231-4586, 673-5546. concrete 2 flat house at 47 Happy Acres ECD, fully furnished 3 bedrooms top flat, hot and cold bath, big yard space.

Call 225-2902, 673-1095.  brand new concrete building, 50 x 40, 3 apartments located at 19th Street Diamond EBD. Price $32M neg. Contact 677-4866.  Village, Vreed-enHoop, WCD 2-storey 3-bedroom wooden/concrete house on 43ft x 300 ft transported land. Move in, ready. Price $8.5M neg. Call 627-0289.       in First Street, Diamond Scheme (high income) Fibreglass boat with 250HP inboard engine, Contact 623-1392 between 08:00hrs and 17:00hrs.  three-bedroom wooden and concrete house with modern conveniences in Good Hope, ECD. Phone 234-1188, 693-8113, 615-1774.  and land: Friendship, Diamond, Eccles, Grove, La Parfaite Harmonie, Republic Park, Crane Village, Alberttown.

615-3728, 629-8253.  business and residential 3-storey property in excellent condition, situated at 11 Camp & Norton Streets, Georgetown neg. Call Pearl Realty - 689-9991.  land with foundation, located in prime residential area.

Land size 100x102 $38M n e g . Te l . 6 2 3 - 9 0 9 9 , 6 6 5 4082. storey concrete house located at BB Eccles Housing Scheme, EBD. 5 bedrooms selfcontained, parking . Owner leaving. Call 672-7384.  Street, Norton Street, Kitty Public Road, Sheriff Street, Republic Gardens, Republic Park, Diamond, Eccles, Hadfield Street.

Trival Realty 665-7946.  2-storey concrete building (30x40) land (50 x 80) 'A' Field Sophia. Price $7.6M neg.

Contact Sanjay 662-3842. , New Garden St; Newly constructed three-storey, executive concrete building. Vacant possession. Tel. 642-0-636.

, Queenstown, Alberttown, Campbellville, South, Diamond, Eccles, Grove, La Parfaite Harmonie, East Coast, East Bank, Bel Air. Call 610-3420, 218-1469, 649-9543.  Lust 2 houses $9.5M, Lusignan 3-bedroom $13.5M, Annandale 3-bedroom $8M, Mon Repos 6-bedroom $25M, Atlantic Ville land $9.5M, Eccles land $6.5M. 6558361, 699-6811.

 - Investment property on corner. Suitable for business, apartment complex, hotel or dream house etc. Land size 6500 Sq Ft.Price $85 million neg.

Contact Royal Real Estate on 225-7276, 665-7400, 6857 8 8 7 , 6 4 3-6353.

 HOPE E.B.D (Gated Community) - Executive modern four bedroom concrete houses with swimming pool. On single lot $30 million, with double lot $36 million. Contact Royal Real Estate 225-7276, 665-7400, 6857887, 643-6353.

 Park $40M, Georgetown central $40M, Farm, Wakenaam, gas station Essequibo, mining blocks $45M, each, Herstelling $6M, Ogle $40M. Call 645-5938.

 E.B.D - 2 family wooden and concrete house upper flat 4 bedroom, lower flat 2 bedroom apartment repairs needed. Price $15.5 million neg.

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

 Park, Beterverwagting, two-storey concrete house 26x45, 4 bedrooms, 3 washrooms, grilled with excellent electronic security. Tel 672-6169.  property, 3 bedrooms upstairs & downstairs, excellent condition at 20-26 Humming Bird St. Festival City, North R/veldt, 628-5798.

 GARDENS - brand new executive 5 bedroom concrete house with swimming pool.

Price $150 million. Contact Royal Real Estate 225-7276, 665-7400, 685-7887, 643-6353.

 4-bedroom $11M, Annandale 4-bedroom $9M, Mon Repos $25M, Good Hope $13M. Land Montrose $7M, Good Hope $6M. Troy 26-2243, 694-3652.  Hope EBD: One 3-bedroom house situated on the eastern side of Public Road, with house on Lot 14 and Lot 13, Vacant, suitable for business. Call 648-4274, 225-9473 on Saturday and Sunday.  Gardens: One executive two-storey concrete building with all modern conveniences, swimming pool 15x30, land 120x90, $120M. 226-0025, 648-3171, 600-3171.  and land at a strip between lots 18 and 19, South Section Canal #2. Land at Lot 147 and 152, No. 72 Village, Corentyne Berbice, 13 acres land at Parika. 619-4236.

 STREET, ALBERTOWN - 3 storey concrete investment property. Suitable for school, embassy, office complex etc. Price $150 million neg. Contact Royal Real Estate on 2257276, 665-7400, 685-7887, 6436353.  close proximity to Sheriff Street - brand new 3 storey concrete building. Suitable for business, school, residence etc. Price USD $1.3 million Contact Royal Real Estate 225-7276, 665-7400, 6857887, 643-6353.

STEET, LODGE - 2 bedroom wooden cottage with 8ft driveway. Price $7.8 million neg. Contact Royal Real Estate 225-7276, 665-7400, 685-7887, 643-6353.  - Brand new investment property - 3 bedroom upper flat and 2 two (2) bedroom apartments lower flat. Price $39 million neg . Contact Royal Real Estate on 225-7276, 6657400, 685-7887, 643-6353.  STREET, BOURDA - fully furnished 20 rooms hotel , restaurant and bar. Price USD $1.2 neg. Contact Royal Real Estate on 225-7276, 6657400, 685-7887, 643-6353.

 DISCOUNT: 20% on all executive properties $60M, 30% discount on $24M, and below, 15% discount on land $18M. Phone 667-7812, 225 - 6 8 5 8 , 225-2626 Terrence Reid.

 BACKLANDS - 3 bedroom flat house on corner lot, repairs needed Price $14 million neg. Contact Royal Real Estate on 225-7276, 6657400, 685-7887, 643-6353.  ROAD KITTY - two family concrete property suitable for business. Price $45 million.

Contact Royal Real Estate on 2257276, 6657400, 685-7887, 6436353.  REPOS E.C.D- Modern 4 bedroom concrete property inclusive of 1 master room. Price $32.5 million neg. Contact Royal Real Estate on 225-7276, 6657400, 685-7887, 643-6353.

 $50M neg, Aubrey Barker South $35M neg, Ogle $40M neg, and $55M neg, LBI $10.5M neg,, $22M neg, Lamaha Gardens $85M neg, Eccles $25M neg, Water Street $75M neg. Ampac Real Estate.

Tel. 684-1893, 610-3666. SALE/RENT NEWLY built  bond, located on McDoom Public Road, with office space, upstairs size 120x40. Asking US$650,000.

For rental US$6500 not far from the gas station. 680-3771, 6947210  road side concrete and wooden house, (45ft x 20ft) grilled, 5 bedrooms, 3 washrooms, concrete and grilled fence, concrete yard and trestle with 3 450 gallons and 1 - 200 gallons water tanks, located at 57 New Road Vreed-en-Hoop. Tel. 6240779.

 Ave, $55M, Guysuco Gardens $ 55M , G o o d H o p e $10.5M. William St, C/ville $ 3 3M , $45M. C/ville $45M, Atlantic Ville $26M, Subryanville $150M, M o n t r o s e $ 1 6 M , M o n R e p o s $ 1 0.5M Tel: 219-4399, 610-8332

         $ 11 5 M , Campbell Avenue $55M, William St $32M, $43M, Alberttown $45M, Seaforth St (land) $33M, G o o d H o p e $ 11 M , $ 1 2 . 5 M , $15.5M, Earl's Court $45M. Call 609-9232.

 E.B.D - brand new Executive concrete house, upper flat 4 bedroom and lower flat 2 apartments Price $53 million neg.

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

 609-8233: Prashad Nagar 4-bedroom $40M neg, modern land 60x126 Prashad $32M, Atlantic Ville $9M, 50 x 100 Good Hope $13M, Dennis Street modern 3-bedroom $20M, Mon Repos 5-bedroom $25M, Enterprise 4-bedroom $11.5M.

     M a r g o t - $ 30M , A t l a n t i c Ville $53M, Diamond $40M , Alberttown $45M, L / G a r d e n s $65 M , A t l a ntic Ga r d e n s $ 45M , A l e x a n d e r & Robb S t $ 65M, Tel. 219-4399, 610-8332.

 3-bedroom property in Prashad Nagar reduced from $42M to $34M, Pere Street $34M. Phone Mrs Bibi Khan 676-3405, Mr Darindra 615-0069, Mr Boodram.

692-3831, Mr Alex 669-0943, 2252626, 225-3068, 623-2591.

 E.C.D 2 family concrete house upper flat 3 bedroom lower flat 2 bedroom. Price $56 million. Contact Royal Real Estate on 225-7276, 665-7400, 6857887, 643-6353.

E.C.D - 2 family concrete house upper flat 3 bedroom and lower flat 3 bedroom apartment . Price $18 million neg. Contact Royal Real Estate on 225-7276, 6657400, 6857887, 643-6353.

 BABB STREET KITTY - 2 storey wooden and concrete Income Property. Price $60 million neg. Contact Royal Real Estate 225-7276, 665-7400, 685-7887, 643-6353.  - 3 storey Investment Property. Currently renting as apartments and offices.

Price $100,000,000 million neg.

Contact Royal Real Estate 2257276, 665-7400, 685-7887, 6436353. ROAD - brand new 3 storey concrete building with roof garden. Currently renting as hotel and bar. Price $110,000,000 million neg. Contact Royal Real Estate 225-7276, 665-7400, 6857887, 643-6353.  ST, KITTY - Investment property on corner. Suitable for any business. Price $55 million neg. Contact Royal Real Estate on 225-7276, 665-7400, 6857887, 643-6353.

 BARKER ROAD, SOUTH RUIMVELDT GARDENS - wooden and concrete building on corner lot. Price $33 million neg. Contact Royal Real Estate 225-7276, 665-7400, 685-7887, 643-6353.  STREET, WO R T M A N V I L L E 2 old wooden buildings on land.

Size 38 X 105. Price $14.8 million neg . Contact Royal Real Estate 225-7276, 6657400, 685-7887, 643-6353. / GROVE E.B.D 2 bedroom flat concrete house on corner lot. Price $10 million neg.

Contact Royal Real Estate on 2257276, 6657400, 685-7887, 6436353.  NEW SCHEME brand new 4 bedroom executive concrete house on 6000 sq ft land.

Price $22.5 million. Contact Royal Real Estate on 225-7276, 6657400, 685-7887, 643-6353.

    Gardens $65M, $95M, K i t t y $ 4 4 M , Pike St. C/Ville $ 4 5 M , David St, $55M. S h a m r o c k G a r d e n s $ 65M . Charlotte St. (2 buildings) $ 125M, Mon Repos $35M, D i a m o n d $ 19M , E c c l e s $ 30M , LBI $34M, S h e r i f f S t . $ 1 5 0 M , Tel. 219-4399, 610-8332  Real Estate: Diamond corner Public Road $65M neg, $12.5M, Grove $4.5M, $18M, $20M, $6M, $12.5M, $9.5M, Herstelling $16M, Hadfield Street $21M, $40M, Eccles $30M neg, Bel Air $65M neg, Smyth Street $65M. 6765537, 667-2422, 641-5670, 6123501.  St US$1M, Regent St US$900, South Road US$800 000, Lamaha St. US$400 000, Section 'M' Campbellville US$400 000, Blygezight US$275 000, Somerset Court $22M, BB Eccles $46M, $32M, $31, Land of Canaan business $90M, Windsor Estate Housing. Tel. 592-609-2302, 6096516, 645-2580.

 St US$1.2M neg, Lamaha Street $75M, South Road $180M, Eccles $30M, $20M, La Penitence Middle Road $25M, N a n d y P a r k $ 1 3 0 M , Republic Road $65M, Agricola $50M, Hague Back $30M, Sheriff St $150M neg. Bel Air $120M, Kitty $65M, Ruimzeight $30M and $17M neg, Bel Air Village $20M n e g . Te l . 2 3 1 - 7 3 2 5 , 6 1 2 9574.        Gardens on double lot at corner, 3 self-contained bedrooms, 1 master room, custom kitchen, dining, living family and study rooms, 5 appliances included. Price $75M. Land for sale D'Urban and Lime Streets, old gas station. Price $80M. Contact Mincom Realty. Tel. 671-8494.   2 - s t o r e y b u i l d i n g situated at Lot 49 Parker Street Providence. E a c h f l a t c o n tains 3 bedrooms, one selfcontained, equipped with air-conditioned living room, water, light and fully secured with grille. Parking also available. Call 625-6227.  by owners, transported pro p e r t i e s , O n e - f l a t t w o - b e droom house at Somerset Court Herstelling, spacious yard and excellent community. One 3-floor building 50' x 30' for commercial or domestic use in Section 'M' Campbellville. Excellent investment opportunity. Serious enquiries only, 652-5467.  Street, A l b o u y s t o w n 2 - s t o r e y, 2 f a m i l y f r o n t b u i l d i n g . Va cant possession, parking.

U p p e r f l a t 2 bedrooms, water pump, $12M.    3 bedroom upstairs and 1 downstairs, parking for 2 vehicles, toilet, bathroom, back yard about 15'. Tel. 611-8912.   in Providence with parking for 4 vehicles at reduced price to sell $33M neg, 3-storey property with business on the E.B. Demerara, lots of yard space, secured area, suitable for school, supermarket, factory, lumber yard, etc $80M neg. Tel. 6843718, 686-4899. Owner migratin g .  and land at Windsor Forest $25M, house on 7 acres land, Canal #2 - $15M, C h i c k e n f a r m , Ya r r o w k a b r a $ 60M, 11 lots together, Wakenaam $1.5M each, 68 acres Mahaicony $35M, 10 acres at Moblissa $4M, Tel.225- 3 0 7 0 / 277-0307, 686-4994.  HOUSES require repairs in Brickdam, land size 120x38 $44M was $60M. Phone Alysious Periera 623-2591, Lady Khan 225-2626, Lord Boodram, 6923831, 225-2709, Lady Abundance 661-1952, 225-3068, 6690943 Mr. Pereira. , 3-storey building $90M, 2-storey $38M, McDoom $85M, Diamond $32M, Good Hope $17M, Providence $40M, Queenstown $60M, Charlestown $50M, Ideal Engineering & Realty Services. Tel. 225-5908, 626-5807, 688-7485,  Avenue, Diamond, 2-storey concrete house 60x32, 4 bedrooms, master, etc, yard space for 15-20 vehicles $38M neg.

3rd Avenue Diamond, lot with foundation $9M, Thomas Street South Cummingsburg 240ft x 38ft with one building $70M neg.

Middle Street prime 3-storey business property $130M neg. Naresh Persaud 225-9882, 681-2499.

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Sangakkara ton answers Lord’s prayer for Sri Lanka

… Sangakkara and company thwart England

By Josh Reich LONDON, England (Reuters) - The evergreen Kumar Sangakkara struck his 36th Test century, and first at Lord’s, as he guided Sri Lanka past the followon mark to finish on 415 for seven on the third day of the first Test against England yesterday.

The 36-year-old, the eighth highest run-scorer in Tests, had never reached three figures at the home of cricket and achieved one of the few milestones missing from his glittering career after lunch.

Sangakkara went to three figures by smashing parttime spinner Joe Root through cover before being embraced by close friend Mahela Jayawardene.

“He was a man with a purpose today. I haven’t seen him leaving so many balls outside the off stump for quite some time; there were a few he probably could have gone after,” Jayawardene told a news conference.

“I didn’t say anything to him (when he reached 100). I knew he was overwhelmed, he said, ‘I’ve ticked that box’.

“I was a bit worried when he was in the 90s, he looked a bit nervous, but he batted really well.”

The pair put on 126 for the third wicket before Jayawardene fell for 55 but Sangakkara and captain Angelo Mathews saw off the new ball to steer the tourists past their initial target of 376.

Sangakkara fell nine runs later, giving debutant allrounder Moeen Ali his first Test wicket.

Mathews was 79 not out at the close while Rangana Herath was unbeaten on nought.

Sri Lanka started the day on 140 for one in reply to England’s mammoth 575 for nine declared after the 23-year-old Root had made 200 not out.

FLAT PITCH On a flat pitch that had few demons despite gloomy overhead conditions, the visitors lost opener Kaushal Silva (63) early on, having added a single run to his overnight score.

The diminutive batsman had already been troubled by one James Anderson bouncer and then failed to get his bat down while evading another, allowing Matt Prior to grab a sharp chance behind the stumps.

Sangakkara, who scored 319 and 105 in his last two Test innings against Bangladesh in February, brought up his 50 with a lovely push through the covers off Liam Plunkett.

Jayawardene, two places ahead of his partner on the all-time run-scoring list, was less fluent but still managed to fight his way through to a 47th Test half-century.

He fell leg-before-wicket to Stuart Broad after England had taken the new ball while Lahiru Thirimanne went for two, clipping Anderson to debutant Sam Robson at square leg.

Anderson and Broad bowled with commendable endeavour in the middle session but as the ball began to age, Sangakkara and Mathews, who brought up his 50 off 64 balls, increased the scoring rate on a pitch that appears increasingly unlikely to produce a positive result.

Sangakkara was particularly strong off his hips and was removed three runs short of 150. He attempted to cut Moeen and feathered the ball through to Prior after spending more than a day in the middle.

England assistant coach Paul Farbrace said it was a tough day but he was pleased with the effort from the seam attack especially.

“That’s the nature of international cricket, they are generally good pitches, there is not a lot in them, you’ve got to work hard for your wickets,” he added.

“The most encouraging thing is that the lads kept going, kept running in, and I think all four of our seamers today were showing their skills over the course of the day.

“Ideally you want to take the final three wickets as quickly as possible tomorrow, that may take a little bit longer than we’d like ... the key is making sure we set our second innings and the third innings of the game up well,” said Farbrace.

Italy sink England 2-1 with Balotelli winner

By David Ljunggren

Kumar Sangakkara gets a hug from his mate Mahela Jayawardene, after the left-hander reaches first Test hundred at Lord’s, yesterday.

ENGLAND first innings 575-9 declared SRI LANKA first innings D. Karunaratne c Prior b Jordan 38 K. Silva c Prior b Anderson 63 K. Sangakkara c Prior b Moeen 147 M. Jayawardene lbw b Broad 55 L. Thirimanne c Robson b Anderson 2 A. Mathews not out 79 P. Jayawardene c Bell b Plunkett 6 N. Kulasekara c Prior b Jordan 9 R. Herath not out 0 Extras: (b-7, lb-1, w-6, nb-2) 16 Total: (for 7 wickets, 124 overs) 415 Fall of wickets: 1-54, 2-151, 3-277, 4-289, 5-385, 6-400, 7-413.

Bowling: Anderson 24-673-2 (w-1), Broad 24-7-601 (w-1), Jordan 27-4-98-2 (w-1), Plunkett 30-2-113-1 (nb-2, w-3), Moeen 16-256-1, Root 3-1-7-0.

MANAUS Brazil(Reuters) - Italy striker Mario Balotelli powered home a close range header to secure a 2-1 win over England yesterday in an entertaining World Cup Group D game played amid baking heat and humidity.

England left back Leighton Baines, who often looked out of his depth, allowed Antonio Candreva to cross from the right for Balotelli to soar high and score in the 50th minute.

Andrea Pirlo almost made it 3-1 in second half injury time but his swirling 30-metre free kick crashed against the bar.

The result was a fair one in the jungle atmosphere of Manaus, where the temperature was 30 Celsius (86 Fahrenheit) at kick-off.

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Italy took the lead in the 35th minute after a cleverly worked short corner.

When the ball was played into Pirlo the veteran midfielder let it run under his boot and Claudio Marchisio had time to hammer home a 25-metre right foot shot.

England recovered quickly and two minutes later a lovely pass from 19-yearold Raheem Sterling sent Wayne Rooney haring down the left and his curling cross was met by a sweet half-volley from Daniel Sturridge.

Italy though came close to scoring again in first half injury time. First, Balotelli chipped the ball over goalkeeper Joe Hart only for Phil Jagielka to head it off the line.

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Former Guyana and West Indies cricketer Ivor Mendonca dies at 79

By Calvin Roberts

THE LOCAL cricketing fraternity was thrown into a state of mourning yesterday morning, following the death of 79-year-old Ivor Leon Mendonca, who lost his prolonged battle with larynx and prostate cancer.

Born to Ineas and Osmond Mendonca on July 13 1934, Ivor Leon Mendonca, a former British Guiana and West Indies wicketkeeper/ batsman, took his last breath yesterday, one month shy of his 80th birthday.

Mendonca was a former West Indian cricketer who played in two Tests in 1962, a useful batsman who played for British Guiana from 1958-59 to 1961-62 and who on his first-class debut against Barbados opened the batting and scored 74 and 27, and in his second match, also against Barbados, made 5 and 69, before batting down the order.

He made his Test debut against India in the second Test at Kingston in 1961-62,

when batting at number eight he made 78, his highest firstclass score, adding 127 for the seventh wicket with Sir Gary Sobers and 74 for the eighth wicket with Charlie Stayers.

Mendonca was a reliable wicketkeeper-batsman who had the misfortune to be at his peak at a time when there was no vacancy in the West Indies squad.

His two Test appearances came when Jackie Hendriks was injured, in the second and fourth Tests against India in 1961-62. In his debut, at Kingston, he scored 78 and took four catches and made a stumping. In his other Test he again accounted for five dismissals.

But despite this, Deryck Murray was preferred for the 1963 England tour and Mendonca was not chosen again. His second Test outing was also his final first-class appearance.

He lost his place to David

Ivor Leon Mendonca Allan for the third Test, returned for the fourth then was replaced by Allan again for the fifth, with the fourth Test being his last first-class match.

Overall, he played 10 first-class matches in which he scored 407 runs at an average of 31.30 with three half-centuries and a topscore of 78 against India (as mentioned above), while he took 25 catches and effected 5 stumpings as a wicketkeeper.

The late Mendonca is the oldest of 10 siblings and he was the uncle of English foot-

baller Clive Mendonca and in an invited comment with Chronicle Sport, president of the Georgetown Cricket Club (GCC) Dr Lionel Jaikarran said he was in shock at the death of Mendonca, who was seen as a father figure to many of the club’s members.

“It was with great regret yesterday morning we the executives of GCC got the news of Mendonca’s death through his brother.

Prior to his death, Ivor was a strong pillar at the club, serving in the capacity of member, player, coach, role model and even father figure to the many youngsters who came through the gate and were fortunate to receive tips from him,” said Jaikarran.

He added, “It is sad to say that he did not get the opportunity to see West Indies selectee Leon Johnson make his Test debut, since Leon was one of the many players who were coached by Mendonca in his heyday, prior to Monte

Lynch taking over as coach of the club.

That aside, he was a strong disciplinarian who did not encourage insularity from any of the players irrespective of his status and while we knew he was ailing, we are saddened at his sudden passing as we know him to be a fighter who never gave up easily.”

Rajendra Shamlall served as a barman at the club for over 20 years, during which time he observed the late Mendonca along with former president of the Demerara Cricket Board (DCB) Harold ‘Doc’ Dhanraj, execute coaching duties with the various teams.

“To my mind, he was a good coach at GCC. Not to say that those we had before or after him were not good, but he was one who could be seen every afternoon with ‘Doc’ Dhanraj, coaching the three divisional teams of the club.

Mr Mendonca passed on

his knowledge to the first and second divisions, while ‘Doc’ Dhanraj was doing the same with the third division and tiny tots and at the end of the day, the two of them would sit and make plans for the next day’s session,” said Shamlall.

Asked to comment on his feelings at Mendonca’s death, all the 26-year-old Johnson could say was “Oh my boy, are you sure? He was my first coach.”

Prior to his death and amidst his condition, Mendonca coached such West Indies Test players as Reon King, Ramnaresh Sarwan and Neil McGarrell, while several national players including Johnson, Azeemul Haniff, Nicholas DeGroot, Calvin Belgrave and Robin Bacchus were all part of his cadre of players as well.

His funeral would be announced later, but at this time Chronicle Sport wishes to express to the family, friends and members of GCC, condolences on the death of Ivor Mendonca and: May his soul rest in Peace.

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Vindictive action by a ‘shameless’ Anand Sanasie Sports View Kumar

by

Neil

THE removal of the third Test match between New Zealand and West Indies from the Guyana National Stadium at Providence is an insult to the Guyanese people and a manifestation of gross arrogance by the WICB president Dave Cameron.

Further, it was a deceitful and vindictive action by a “Shameless” Anand Sanasie of the Guyana Cricket Board (GCB).

The Guyana Government did everything, working with the relevant people in authority in Guyana and the West Indies Cricket Board to ensure that Guyana was scheduled to host the third cricket Test match in our country, Guyana.

The Ministry of Culture, Youth and Sport, that is the Minister of Culture, Youth and Sport Dr Frank Anthony and the Administrator of the Providence Stadium put all systems in place for the hosting of the match.

Millions of dollars were spent to prepare fully and be ready for the game.

Our accommodations, hotels, security, medical facilities, all tourism and hospitality arrangements are in place. However, most shamefully Anand Sanasie, the culprit he is, vindictive and deceitful with some opposition politician and note, not all opposition but some, to remove the match

from Guyana to make the Government look bad and most of all to hurt the cricketing-loving Guyanese people.

Hundreds of Guyanese from the Diaspora already brought tons of cricket gear and sport equipment to distribute across Guyana.

Families are preparing to clean up and for the hosting of their families when they come to see the Test match in Guyana.

I know about families who are rearing chicken, ducks and goat to treat their visiting families.

Some students are looking forward to receive educational accessories such as laptops and foreign language aids to help them in their schoolwork.

Let me say shame on Anand Sanasie and the few opposition politicians who were drinking at their special ‘Water Hole’ and took the decision to make sure the Test match is removed from Guyana.

DEMERARA CRICKET BOARD Today, it is imperative that as a veteran journalist, who worked with the Guyana Cricket Board over the last thirty-five years, (should) inform the Guyanese people and the Diaspora about the genesis of the cricket issue that we have here in Guyana.

The Guyana Cricket Board comprised the representatives from Essequibo, Demerara and Berbice Cricket Boards.

The Berbice and

Essequibo Cricket Boards are perfectly in order.

They have no problem with their sport specific administrators. However, the problem lies with the Cricket Administrators in Demerara.

The Demerara Cricket Board has two “dog eat dog” warring factions.

They are the Sanasie and Claude Rafael/Bissoondial factions.

More serious now is the role of Roger Harper, who is the man in-charge of the Georgetown SubAssociation and he is not holding elections in the Georgetown subassociation.

Roger Harper, Ronald Williams, Claude Rafael and Company should make a genuine effort to run-off the Georgetown statutory board election and resolve the Georgetown subassociation issue.

There is none or very little cricket being played on the East Coast of Demerara.

Hence, the clubs in East Coast are complaining bitterly about the Bissoondial role as chairman of the East Coast Cricket Board. The people on the East Coast are fed-up with him because he is incompetent of getting anything organised in the area.

While very little is being done in West Demerara and the East Bank of Demerara, we are witnessing some cricket activities on the East Bank and West Bank.

Expectations are high that much more could be done.

I agree that there is a problem with the Upper

with the Demerara Cricket Board. Further, it is the “Culprits” in the Demerara Board that are playing cricket in the Courts and not on the cricket field. Al those who are in court should leave the cricketers and cricket and go and argue law in the Courts. It is time that Essequibo and Berbice do not allow the irritants in Demerara to prevent our cricketers from playing cricket on the field. Berbice and Demerara together have enough votes to give leadership. Gone are the days when any organisation must allow power-hungry vindictive and petty individuals to hinder the progress in our country.

Neil Kumar Demerara sub-association.

First of all no cricket is being played in Region 10.

There is no organised competition. Hence, over the last decade we have not seen Region 10 produce one national player at any level.

However, the opposition demanded that Upper Demerara be recognised as an authentic sub-association and given three votes.

This means that Demerara will now have to deal with three questionable votes.

More seriously this could open the debate and request for other areas to call for their own subassociations to call for voting rights.

This is indeed a serious matter which will have repercussions. Hence, I want to make it clear that there are serious problems

WICB president – Dave Cameron Dave Cameron, president of the West Indies Cricket Board, is certainly powerdrunk and most arrogant.

The same Dave Cameron is guilty of insularity and discrimination. Barbados cricketer Kirk Edwards was replaced as the captain of his team and he ran into problems with the team management and was expelled from the Barbados cricket team.

Hence, he did not play in the Regional Tournament and was not qualified to play for the West Indies Cricket team. However, the West Indies selectors and the WICB replaced principle with expediency and included Edwards in the West Indies Cricket Team.

Further, during the New Zealand tour Darren

GCB congratulates GCB extends condolences to Test stalwart Ivor Leon Mendonca Johnson THE Guyana Cricket Board (GCB) extends congratulations to Leon Johnson who has been selected to represent West Indies in their second Test match against New Zealand.

The match begins tomorrow in Trinidad and Tobago.

The Board is urging the left-handed middle-order batsman to make maximum use of the opportunity.

Johnson captained Guyana in the 2014 Regional 4-Day Tournament and was Guyana’s lone success story. He was consistently scoring substantial amount of runs and took his game seriously.

The GCB wishes Johnson all the best hoping he will make Guyana proud and help the West Indies get back to winning ways.

THE president, members and executive committee of the Guyana Cricket Board (GCB) all join with the entire cricketing fraternity and the family of Ivor Leon Mendonca in mourning the loss of one of our finest cricketers to have represented this country and the region.

Ivor, as he was well known, was throughout his life a quiet and unassuming individual and served the game of cricket ardently.

He was always willing to share his knowledge

and experience of his cricketing career and exploits with any eager listener and spent most of his final years with GCC until his ailments. Just a few years prior to his death, Ivor could be seen coaching the youngsters at the GCC Club where he spent quite a few years developing the game and these youngsters at this prestigious Club.

Ivor made his Test debut against India in the second Test at Kingston in 1961-62, when batting

at number eight he made 78, his highest first-class score, adding 127 for the seventh wicket with Gary Sobers and 74 for the eighth wicket with Charlie Stayers.

Even though we were all aware that Ivor was ill for some time, his death still creates that vacuum we experience when someone beloved departs.

The GCB wishes to extend its sincerest condolences to the entire family, relatives and friends of Ivor.

Bravo encountered serious problems and he exited the tour due to personal reasons. The WICB never offered any explanation on Darren Bravo’s reasons to leave the team that was humiliated on that tour.

There were other players who did not satisfy the basic requirement to be selected but were selected and played in the series.

The same Dave Cameron who saw it fit to ensure undisciplined players in the team – joyfully refused to include the West Indian world class player Sunil Narine in the West Indies squad. Narine, overstayed his time to play for his team in winning the IPL. He is certainly in tremendous form and fully fit. However, some people are better looked at than others. Dave Cameron must now bow in shame as the West Indies were humiliated in the first Test match with a day to spare.

Guyana is a sovereign state and as a people, a Nation has the right to determine the way forward. Cricket is the single and only real and genuine integrating commodity in the Caribbean. Hence, all CARICOM countries must stand up and make sure that we stay integrated.

Guyana must be allowed to be included in West Indies and West Indian Cricket.

We call on the people in the Caribbean to rally behind our West Indian cricket team and in one voice call for Guyana’s inclusion in the WICB.

DCB lauds Johnson on his selection to Windies Test team THE Demerara Cricket Board (DCB) yesterday lauded Leon Johnson who has been selected to represent West Indies in their second Test match against New Zealand starting tomorrow at the Queen’s Park Oval in Trinidad and Tobago.

The Georgetown Cricket Club player’s achievement has come as no surprise as he has been scoring heavily in all formats for Guyana.

He was one of the outstanding batsmen in the 2014 Regional 4-Day Competition, and his service will be a positive to the West Indies team.

The DCB has recognised and appreciated Johnson’s commitment to cricket and we wish him well with the West Indies team.

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Johnson elated at second Test call-up … Kumar sends congratulations

By Calvin Roberts AS IS CUSTOMARY with any cricketer, it is always an honour and privilege to be called to your national team, and in the case of those who are playing in the Caribbean, they would say country, then the West Indies team.

With that in mind, it was no surprise when Georgetown Cricket Club’s (GCC) and Guyana’s national skipper Leon Johnson expressed his elation at being called to the West Indies team for their second Test match against the visiting New Zealand lineup, which commences tomorrow at the Queen’s Park Oval, Trinidad and Tobago.

Speaking with Chronicle Sport from the 3Ws Oval where he was encamped with the West Indies High Performance Centre who are presently engaging the Bangladesh-A team in all three formats of the game, Johnson said he is looking to make the selectors proud for exercising their faith in him.

“Yes, I am elated with the call-up to the team for the second Test against New Zealand. I would not say it

is overdue, as I had over 16 months of first class cricket where I have been averaging over 50 in my last 16 games.

“When I look at the current state of the team’s middle order, with the exception of Shiv Chanderpaul, I see that the batting is struggling and what I have to offer is some stability to the middle order, based on the form I am currently in and I am looking forward to giving of my best for the team,” said Johnson.

The 26-year-old Johnson, who was appointed Guyana’s captain for this year’s Regional four-day season, missed the first three games through a knee injury, but returned to take over the reins and scored his second first-class ton, 110, against the Leeward Islands.

He came away as Guyana’s leading run-scorer, aggregating 295 runs at an average of 59.00 from the three matches he played, while his overall average stands at 31.48 from 48 matches, in which he has scored 2 519 runs.

One would remember the 2007/08 domestic season, when Johnson scored 427 runs at an average of 42.70 from 6 matches for Guyana

in the Carib Beer Series, in which he fell six runs short of his maiden first-class century on March 7 2008, when he edged a wide delivery from off-spinner Shirley Clarke against Combined Campuses and Colleges (CCC).

Johnson also scored 51 off 77 balls in a 128-run stand with Xavier Marshall, who in the same innings broke the record for number of sixes hit in an ODI, as West Indies beat Canada by 49 runs.

Later that year, the ODI squad to tour Pakistan was announced, with Johnson as one of the members.

Then West Indies coach John Dyson had stated that Johnson’s performance against Canada and Bermuda had shown he was ready to perform against leading cricket teams such as Pakistan.

On the same day, it was announced that Johnson was one of four players - along with Lionel Baker, Brendan Nash and Kemar Roach – without a Test cap, to be named in the 15-man squad selected to tour New Zealand for a Test series, but Johnson did not play in the series.

West Indies HPC’s Leon Johnson acknowledges the applause of his teammates after recording another halfcentury against the visiting Bangladesh-A team.

The soft-spoken Johnson, who was born on August 8 1987, is now set to become Guyana’s 48th Test cricketer, having seen his national teammates Assad Fudadin, Veerasammy Permaul and Devendra Bishoo being presented with their Test cap within the last five years.

He will also be following in the footsteps of Shivnarine Chanderpaul Reon King, Ramnaresh Sarwan and Neil McGarrell as Test players from the Shivnarine Chanderpaul Drive-based GCC within the last two decades.

The left-handed batsman, who also bowls right-hand leg breaks, expressed thanks to his wife, family, coach Monte Lynch, executives of GCC, personal trainer Kezqweyah Yisrael, his cousin Keino and all his club mates who spent hours bowling at him.

“Yes, some would say that the hard work has paid off, but for me while that is so, the work has only become much harder since I have to work double now to maintain my place in the team; but I wish to take the time to say thanks to all and sundry for their time and patience,” stated Johnson.

Meanwhile, Director of Sport within the National Sports Commission (NSC)

Neil Kumar yesterday morning offered his congratulations to Johnson, saying his selection is a long overdue one on a team whose middle order has been struggling.

“It is a good step in the right direction by the WICB. He is a solid middle order batsman and a strong utility player who has a good cricket head on his shoulder.

“I have been following his exploits since he captained the West Indies Under-19 team to the 2006 Youth World Cup in Sri Lanka and to my mind, his game has improved by leaps and bounds, with this call-up being the icing on the cake for him,” said Kumar.

He added, “Johnson went on to lead Guyana in this year’s West Indies regional four-day tournament, having led his home club GCC well in the first division competition and with his present form, I am waiting anxiously for him to not only break into the final 11, but also celebrate that with his first Test century.

Congratulations to him and all the best in his future endeavours.”

Chronicle Sport and all of Guyana wish to express congratulations to Johnson, as he moves forward in the Test arena, making us proud.

P&P Insurance Brokers & Consultants Ltd 14th Annual cycle programme

Husbands wins maiden 35-mile National Park event

By Michael DaSilva

STEPHANO Husbands rode intelligently to win the feature event of the P&P Insurance Brokers Limited’s 11-race cycle programme which was staged yesterday in the National Park and which was organised by National cycle coach Hassan Mohamed.

Husbands returned a time of one hour 16 minutes 25.86 seconds in winning the event ahead of Robin Persaud, Marlon `Fishy’ Williams, Hamza Eastman, Raynauth Jeffrey and Junior Niles respectively.

Williams won four of the eight prime prizes that were up for grabs while Jeffrey won two, Persaud and Eastman one each.

From the start of the race, Jeffrey made his intention known by sailing to the lead which he enjoyed until the 11th of the 35lqp event when his wheel was punctured, allowing Persaud, Nile and Eastman to overtake hime, but quick work by his team members allowed him to come back into contention a few laps later.

Prior to this, Niles, Persaud, Eastman and Williams were all interchanging the lead which extended to approximately 250 metres from the four-leader to the chasing peloton The four leaders maintained the sizeable lead until the 21st-lap when the peloton worked in tandem and drew them closer.

However, with six laps

The various winners pose with their trophies after yesterday’s P&P Insurance Brokers Limited 11-race programme. remaining, the leaders, rejoined by Jeffrey extended the lead once again.

With approximately 450 metres remaining, Husbands jumped the other race leaders and went on to win

handsomely.

In other results, Alonzo Ambrose won the 10-lap race for juveniles ahead of Jamal John and Cleveland King respectively.

The BMX boys nine to 12

years old three-lap race was won by Sherwin Sampson.

Second was taran Garbarran and third was Shay Sue Hong.

Khristoff Austin claimed the BMX boys 12-14 threelap race. He was the only competitor.

Keon Rutherford, Daniel Vassey and Sherwin Forde placed first, second and third respectively in the BMX boys open three-lap race.

The three-lap BMX race for boys and girls 12-14 years of age was won by Tahal Jackson. Second was Amunike Gomes and third was Brighton John.

Junior Niles won the Under-50 years veterans five-lap trace ahead of Marc Sonaram and Wasim Hasnee respectively, while

Monty Parris won the fivelap race for veterans Over50. Second was Maurice Fagundes.

In the mountain bike category, Ozia McAlluy won ahead of Emmanuel Gayraul and Reon McLeod respectively.

The BMX boys six to nine years old two-lap event was won by Sherwin Sampson.

Second was Alexandra Leung, while Tenicia Mohabir finished third.

The presentation of prizes to the respective winners were done by the daughter of the sponsor Varsha Panday, who congratulated the winners as well as all those who participated in the event, and organiser Hassan Mohamed for making the 14th edition of the event a reality.

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Clinical Costa Rica fight back to stun Uruguay

By Gideon Long FORTALEZA, Brazil (Reuters) - Costa Rica pulled off the biggest upset of the World Cup so far, scoring three second-half goals to come from behind and beat former champions Uruguay 3-1 in their opening Group D match yesterday.

The result left Uruguay’s World Cup ambitions in disarray in this, one of the toughest groups in the tournament.

They face England in Sao Paulo next while the jubilant Costa Ricans, who have only once made it out of the group stages at a World Cup, travel to Recife to take on Italy.

The Italians will not take that match lightly. Costa Rica were every bit as good as Uruguay in the heat of Fortaleza’s Castelao arena and thoroughly deserved to win.

Promising young striker Joel Campbell set them on the way, chesting down a cross from the right after

54 minutes and slamming home a low shot to cancel out Edinson Cavani’s firsthalf penalty.

Centre back Oscar Duarte then put the Central Americans ahead just three minutes later with a brave diving header at the back post from a Christian Bolanos free kick.

Substitute Marco Urena completed one of the most memorable victories in his country’s modest footballing history with a third in the 84th minute, silencing an army of sky blue-clad fans who had made the trip north from the River Plate.

URUGUAY MISERY To compound Uruguay’s misery, defender Maxi Pereira became the first man to be sent off at this World Cup when he was shown a straight red for upending Campbell with a nasty kick to the shin in stoppage time.

“I didn’t hear anyone saying Holland would be favourites against Spain or that Costa Rica would win,” Uruguay

Costa Rica’s Marco Urena (in white) scores a goal next to Uruguay’s goalkeeper Fernando Muslera during their 2014 World Cup Group D soccer match at the Castelao arena in Fortaleza, yesterday. Credit: Reuters/Mike Blake coach Oscar Tabarez told reporters.

“But that’s what we saw.

Once the game starts, everything depends on the mentality of the players.”

The final whistle sparked jubilant celebrations from the heavily outnumbered Costa Rican fans.

They have not made it to the knock-out stage of a World Cup since 1990 in Italy. At their last attempt, in Germany in 2006, they lost all three matches and conceded nine goals.

Yesterday’s game looked to be heading the same way early on.

The Uruguayans controlled much of the play and went ahead through Cavani’s penalty after Diego Lugano went down in the box under pressure from Costa Rica defender Junior Diaz.

It was yet another slightly dubious penalty decision at this World Cup. Diaz

clearly had his arms around the waist of his opponent but even so the Uruguayan captain made a meal of the challenge.

Nevertheless, German referee Felix Brych pointed to the spot and Cavani slammed home the kick, beating Costa Rica’s highlyrated goalkeeper Keylor Navas at his left post.

But even then there were signs of what was to come.

The Costa Ricans looked sharp on the counter-attack good from set pieces, forcing a number of corners and troubling keeper Fernando Muslera with their aerial threat.

With his side trailing 2-1, Tabarez sent Luis Suarez out of the dug-out to warm up, although in the end he chose not to throw him on as a substitute.

If the South Americans are to progress in Brazil, they may need Suarez to recover fully from his recent knee operation before their two tough remaining group matches.

Colombia thrash Greece in joyous World Cup return

By Andrew and Cawthorne BELO HORIZONTE, Brazil (Reuters) - Colombia celebrated their first World Cup appearance since 1998 with a deserved 3-0 win over Greece in a free-flowing display that showed their abundance of attacking talent even without top striker Radamel Falcao.

The South Americans made a blistering start with left back Pablo Amero scoring with a 5th minute deflected shot.

Striker Teofilo Gutierrez extended their lead, stabbing home a 58th minute corner, and midfield James Rodriguez added a late third goal to seal the win.

The Group C opener in Belo Horizonte’s Estadio Mineirao showed that Colombia remain a force to be reckoned with despite the injury to Falcao, which overshadowed their buildup to the tournament.

“Greece are a defensive team, very strong but we have been very consistent and very patient and we were able to find our way towards goal,” man-of-the-match

Rodriguez said.

“It is very early to say who are the favourites in the group. We are a strong team but the next two matches will be very difficult as well,” he added.

Greece had plenty of chances themselves.

In their best opportunity, veteran striker Fanis Gekas hit the bar with a header when it looked easier to score soon after Colombia’s second goal.

Vassilis Torosidis put a header just wide, Panagiotis Kone saw a shot well saved and Giorgos Samaras struck just wide for the normally defence-minded Greeks, who were forced to attack after Colombia’s early goal.

“The first five, ten minutes we had some difficulties. We were not focused enough,” Greece coach Fernando Santos said.

“After the (first) goal we did well, we controlled the match and could have gotten a draw,” he added.

The result pumped up an already pulsating atmosphere among the

Colombia’s Teofilo Gutierrez (L) celebrates with teammates Pablo Armero and Victor Ibarbo (R) after scoring a goal during their 2014 World Cup Group C soccer match against Greece at the Mineirao stadium in Belo Horizonte, yesterday. (Credit: REUTERS/Leonhard Foeger) majority Colombian crowd.

The yellow-decked South American fans were thrilled at seeing their team back at football’s top table after being shut out since their

great sides of 1990s.

That joy was in evidence after Colombia’s first goal, when the players danced together in probably the most joyous celebration so

far of the Brazil World Cup. Defeat continued Greece’s dismal record of never keeping a clean sheet at a World Cup finals. They have never gone beyond the

group stage either, so will be hoping Group C rivals Ivory Coast and Japan prove easier opponents.

Armero’s early goal came after sustained pressure down the right wing, with a lucky deflection squeezing past keeper Orestis Karnezis.

Three Colombian players looked offside but were deemed not interfering in play.

Gutierrez, with a heavy weight of expectations on his shoulders given Falcao’s absence, scored an easy goal after a corner had been flicked on.

Then Rodriguez, who had looked lively throughout, hit a low shot in stoppage time to send the Colombian fans delirious.

Throughout the game, the Colombians targeted Greek left back Jose Holebas, again and again finding space on the right flank.

Greek forward Kostas Mitroglou came off the bench in the second half but was unable to provide Greece’s missing spark.

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Blackwood, Johnson get nod Roraima Strikers and for second Test against Kiwis Kaieteur Thunders to contest T20 Unity match PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad (CMC) – West Indies selectors have called up in-form Jamaican stroke-maker Jermaine Blackwood to the 13-man squad for the second Test against New Zealand starting here tomorrow.

The 22-year-old is one of two changes to the squad with Guyana left-hander Leon Johnson also included for the June 16-20 encounter at Queen’s Park Oval.

Blackwood and Johnson replace experienced batsman Marlon Samuels and lefthanded opener Kieran Powell, both of whom are struggling for form.

Samuels scored a ‘pair’ in West Indies’ 186-run defeat in the first Test at Sabina Park in Jamaica last week while

Powell was unconvincing in scoring 28 and nought in the same match.

The 24-year-old Powell, viewed as one for the future, has averaged just 19 from his last eight Tests and has not passed 50 in nearly two years.

Samuels, meanwhile, has also struggled of late, and managed just 125 runs from six innings in the wretched tour of New Zealand last summer. His pair last week meant he has now failed to score in three of his last four innings.

Blackwood, however, has been rewarded for his outstanding form in the Regional first class championships, where he scored 611 runs at an average of 40.

Jermaine Blackwood The attacking right-hander followed up with sensational hundreds for West Indies High Performance Centre in the ongoing series against

touring Bangladesh-A, where he slammed 140 in the opening four-day Test and hit 147 a week later in the second match.

Johnson, too, has been among the runs, gathering nearly 300 runs at an average of 59, in just three first-class matches for Guyana during the four-day season.

He has also hit four halfcenturies in the Bangladesh A series.

SQUAD – Denesh Ramdin (captain), Sulieman Benn, Jermaine Blackwood, Kraigg Brathwaite, Darren Bravo, Shiv Chanderpaul, Kirk Edwards, Shannon Gabriel, Chris Gayle, Jason Holder, Leon Johnson, Shane Shillingford, Kemar Roach, Jerome Taylor.

Pitch, selection headaches for Black Caps PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad (CMC) – New Zealand are mulling over the Queen’s Park Oval pitch here as they contemplate their final XI for the second Test against West Indies starting tomorrow.

The tourists fielded two seamers and two spinners in the first Test at Sabina Park in Jamaica last week, coming away with an emphatic 186-run victory inside four days.

However, coach Mike Hesson admits they are not too sure what to expect from the Queen’s Park Oval surface.

“I’ve heard contrasting views. Some have said it’s

going to be a dustbowl and others have said they’re going to leave plenty of grass on it,” Hesson said.

“I’d expect something similar (to Kingston) but with (Kemar) Roach and (Jerome) Taylor they’ve got a couple of very good seamers so I thought they would have left a bit more life in it. For this Test they might see that as a different way to attack us.”

On a flat Sabina Park track, New Zealand were led by an eight-wicket haul from debutant off-spinner Mark Craig as he destroyed the Windies in both innings.

Leg-spinner Ish Sodhi grabbed three second-

New Zealand coach Mike Hesson

innings wickets as West Indies, set 403 to win, tumbled to 216 all out.

If the pitch looks like it will favour seam, fast bowler Neil Wagner will be a serious consideration, with Sodhi sitting out, as Craig assumes the role of frontline spinner.

“With left-handers, Craig is going to be our trump card.

Ish didn’t bowl as well as he would have liked in the first innings but he bowled superbly in the second,” said Hesson.

“They complemented each other really well and that’s what you need to win Tests away from home.”

Imrul, Sabbir help Tigers draw first blood BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, (CMC) – Opener Imrul Kayes produced an early blitz and Sabbir Rahman unveiled a late one, as Bangladesh chased down a moderate total to beat West Indies High Performance Centre in the opening Twenty20 of the two-match series here yesterday.

In pursuit of 151 for victory, Bangladesh A romped to their target off just 16.4 overs, with Man-of-theMatch Imrul stroking exactly 50 off 21 balls and Sabbir getting an unbeaten 41 from 34 balls.

Off-spinner Ashley Nurse

finished with two for 32 while seamer Carlos Brathwaite picked up two for 38.

Earlier, out-of-favour West Indies T20 opener Andre Fletcher top scored with 57 and all-rounder Russell smashed 48, as the HPC recovered from a poor start to reach their eventual total.

With wickets tumbling around him, the righthanded Fletcher anchored the innings, facing 43 balls and counting seven fours.

His innings was especially needed after seamers Shafiul Islam (3-22) and Robiul Islam (2-33), destroyed the top order to re-

duce the HPC to 56 for five in the tenth over.

Fletcher then combined with Russell in a rousing 75-run, sixth wicket stand which rallied the innings and gave HPC a total which they could defend.

Russell, who struck a whirlwind century in the preceding one-day series, hammered five fours and two sixes off just 26 deliveries.

In reply, Bangladesh A were off to a flyer thanks to Imrul whose knock included five fours and four sixes. He put on 54 off 26 balls for the first wicket with Nurul Hasan (18) be-

fore he was second out, becoming the first of Nurse’s wickets, stumped by Chadwick Walton.

When Bangladesh A lost three quick wickets to slip to 81 for three in the eighth over, Sabbir took matters into his hands in a 55-run, fourth wicket partnership with Shuvagata Hom, which carried the visitors to within sight of victory.

Sabbir struck two fours and two sixes in his up tempo innings while Shuvagata supported well with 27 off 24 balls, with two fours and a six.

The second match is today at 3Ws Oval.

THE organisers of the Unity for Cricket match, set for July 5 at the DCC ground, Queenstown, have informed that the two teams to contest the T20 match have been named - Roraima Strikers and Kaieteur Thunders.

A number of prominent businessmen, politicians, former West Indies and national players, administrators, disciplined services members, singers and radio personalities have confirmed their desire to participate in this match that would be played under the spanking new lights installed at DCC. Roraima Strikers will come from: President Donald Ramotar, Neil Barry, Lloyd Harper, Travis Dowlin, Jumo Primo, Gordon Moseley, Clifton Hickens, Orin Forde, Anthony Rigby, Aaron Fraser, Jermaine Neblett, Kirk ‘Chow Pow’ Jardine, James Bond, Lennox Cush, Colin Stuart, Alfred King, Anand Sanasie.

Coaches are Reon Griffith and Andre Percival.

Kaieteur Thunders will come from: Raphael Trotman, Asif Khan, Khemraj Ramjattan, Carey Griffith, Rabindranauth

Raphael Trotman Seeram, Sheik Mohamed, Clyde Butts, Tony Najab, Reon King, Esaun Crandon, David Harper, Alfred Mentore, Steve Ninvalle, Lakeram, Mike Singh, Ramesh Sunich.

Coach is Roderick Lovell.

According to the organisers, there will be a day of practice for each team under lights to be confirmed shortly. In the meantime, players and coaches wishing further information are asked to contact Garvin Nedd on 617-9381.

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The inclusion of Rawle Marshall will enhance our chances at CBC – coach Mark Agard

By Rawle Toney WHEN an athlete, who was born in Guyana, migrated, and still shows patriotism and the will to represent his country at an international event, a lot of praise should be given to him.

The fact is athletes really don’t have to, especially if that nation has done nothing to bolster their success or has not shown any recognition of their accomplishments.

When Rawle Marshall inked his contract with the Dallas Mavericks in 2005, he became the first Guyanese-born NBA player (Jason Miskiri being the other) - something that went relatively unnoticed by even the most fervent basketball fans in this country, some of whom could tell you what year, date and time LeBron

James was born.

But with Guyana set to compete at the Caribbean Basketball Championship, (CBC), the recently elected president, Nigel Hinds, with the help of some friends, reached out to Marshall who now plays his basketball in Europe and the Guyanese accepted the invitation.

Marshall, now 32, is set to arrive in Guyana within a week and his mere presence alone can be a motivational factor for the CBC hopefuls and head coach Mark Agard is delighted to have the forward on his team.

“Of course it’s a big plus for us,” exclaimed Agard who himself is a decorated former national point guard.

Agard, who knows more than anyone what it takes to win at the CBC level, having played in more than six tournaments for Guyana,

Rawle Marshall opined that with Marshall in the team, it will enhance Guyana’s chances.

“When you have someone who literally worked hard to reach the highest level in the sport on your team, it’s a

plus in so many ways. He’s coming to a Guyanese team with good talent locally, but we’re not that exposed at the highest level,” Agard said.

High-calibre overseas players had already started

to arrive in Guyana with the last batch, which includes Marshall, expected by Monday. Agard said that he’s anxious to see what they bring to the unit.

He pointed out, however,

that the local players are at a disadvantage, given the fact that they lack plenty court time.

“The overseas players come with an advantage because they have been playing competitively all the time, because most of them are professionals. The thing is our local guys don’t play much. I think we play like 20 games a year if that much at the club level,” the head coach said.

But nonetheless, Agard told Chronicle Sport yesterday that he was “happy with the progress the guys have been making since training started. They are responding well and I hope to make a breakdown by next weekend.”

The former national point guard said that he was waiting on the arrival of all the overseas-based players in order to make a final selection and begin tactical training.

Gaskin, van Lange, Edghill, Yaw for Youth Olympic Games GOODWILL Swimming Championship silver medallist Hannibal Gaskin, and Olympian Britany van Lange, along with table tennis player Chelsea Edghill have been confirmed to be part of the team, expected to represent Guyana at this year’s Summer Youth Olympic Games (YOG) scheduled to be held from August 16 to 28 in Nanjing, China.

Vice-president of the Guyana Olympic Association (GOA) Karen Pilgrim yesterday confirmed that Guyana has been awarded four Universality Places at the quadrennial event for one female table tennis player, one male track athlete, one male and one female swimmer. The respective associations were approached to submit

athletes to fill the position.

CARIFTA bronze medallist Jason Yaw most likely will be the fourth athlete on the team. Athletics Association of Guyana (AAG) president Aubrey Hutson confirmed that Yaw, who is currently preparing for attendance at the World Junior Championships next month, was being considered as their selection.

With entries for the event opening June 9, there is still approximately one month before Guyana has to submit the final list of who will make up the team.

President of the Guyana Table Tennis Association (GTTA), Godfrey Munroe, affirmed that Edghill, who is currently undergoing a table tennis training camp in China, was the GTTA’s choice for the event, while swim coach Sean Baksh verified the selection of

Britany van Lange Gaskin and van Lange.

Sixteen-year-old Gaskin is expected to perform in the boys 100m freestyle and 50m butterfly, while van Lange is set to swim in the girls 50m butterfly and 100m freestyle.

A Goodwill swimming championship multiple gold medallist, van Lange has a lot of international experience under her belt, having represented Guyana at the 2012 Summer Olympics as well as at the

FINA Championships. The Bishops’ High student last represented Guyana earlier this year at the junior CARIFTA Swimming Championships.

Gaskin also has some experience at high level competitions having represented Guyana last year at the South American Youth Games, while having also competed in the 2012 World Short Course Championships.

The Queen’s College student shared that academic commitments have taken a toll on his training but he expects to utilise the next two months to rectify this.

“Right now I don’t think I’m at my best because I haven’t been at the pool as much as I would’ve liked to be because of exams, but now that they’re over I’ll be training more frequently

and I should be in best shape for the meet. I know that there’s going to be a lot of good competitors there.”

Gaskin said.

This will be the second hosting of the YOG, which first began back in 2010 when it was held in Singapore. At that time Guyana was represented by table tennis player Adielle Rosheuvel, swimmer Henk Lowe, and track athletes Jevina Straker and Chavez Ageday.

The YOG is a multisport event opened to participants between the ages of 15 and 18 years old giving them the opportunity to showcase their skills in Olympicstyle competitions. This year’s hosting is projected to involve some 3 808 athletes from 204 nations participating in 222 events across 28 sporting disciplines.

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England’s Daniel Sturridge (R) celebrates after scoring past Italy’s goalkeeper Salvatore Sirigu during their 2014 World Cup Group D soccer match at the Amazonia arena in Manaus, yesterday.

(Credit: REUTERS/Andres Stapff)

Italy’s national soccer players celebrate a goal scored by Claudio Marchisio during their 2014 World Cup Group D soccer match against England at the Amazonia arena in Manaus , yetserday (Credit: REUTERS/ Andres Stapff)

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