The Alliance for Change (AFC) is seeking legal advice to ascertain if an injunction could be granted on the grounds of illegality to halt the construction of a Marriot-branded hotel in Guyana – a project the joint Opposition, which holds majority in the National Assembly, views as a waste of taxpayers’ money, especially when the core revenue earners,Wholesale Jerseys, restaurant, casino and nightclub, will be operated by private individual(s).Khemraj Ramjattan, leader of the AFC, on Wednesday revealed the Party’s plans,Cheap Jerseys China, and emphasized that the basis of their decision came from former Auditor General, Anand Goolsarran, who highlighted the illegal manner in which National Industrial & Commercial Investments Ltd (NICIL) operates.Finance Minister, Dr. Ashni Singh, had said that government’s participation in the project is by way of equity, in the sum of US$4M. That amount is being committed by NICIL, which is the investment arm of government that holds its assets.“There are certain things that they are doing that are illegal, but it is left to whether a judge will grant that injunction. I don’t really know, but quite frankly as a lawyer, I think we should attempt it,” Ramjattan said.He related that the AFC will try to pass a motion in Parliament indicating that the Opposition does not support the construction of the Marriott Hotel in Guyana, in the manner it is being done through NICIL.Ramjattan emphasized that funds being utilized by NICIL for this project, which is supposed to be in the Consolidated Fund, would have allowed representatives of the people in Parliament decide how it should be expended.“That is the big deception here – they have made a private company as it were, take Government’s monies to do investment, without what is called parliamentary approval, and that is what is unconstitutional,” he added.Ramjattan believes that the Marriott Hotel project should be halted because “certain golden eggs like the restaurant, casino and nightclub will be given to special friends and family.” Meanwhile, taxpayers will be left with the aspect of the investment that does not generate much money.“When it comes to occupancy levels, the taxpayers’ money that is going to build the entire superstructure may not have any monies… so our monies will be going in there and we wouldn’t get any profits from that kind of investment,Stitched Jerseys, but a special group may very well,” the AFC Leader emphasised.Recently, in a notice in the Guyana Chronicle, Atlantic Hotel Incorporated (AHI) advertised for expressions of interest for the casino, night club and specialty restaurant at the Marriott Hotel, which is planned for the Kingston, Georgetown area.However, the advertisement brings more questions to the fore about the entire Marriott deal.Some observers have said that the separation of the three is like “giving away the goose that lays the golden egg”,Cheap Jerseys Free Shipping, since the main revenue earners of the project will now be outsourced.According to the current laws,nfl jerseys china, no facility with less than 200 rooms can operate a casino. The Marriott is projected to have less than 200 rooms, but the government has already signaled intentions to grant permission for a casino.Even more interesting, the hotel has not yet been constructed,Wholesale Authentic Jerseys, and the main revenue earners are being divested ahead of construction.

Their village was once described as a haven for criminals but Buxtonians are fed up with that label and have vowed to ensure that none of their youths fall prey to the clutches of crime.They demonstrated this in no uncertain manner last Tuesday when they apprehended two bandits who tried to seek refuge in their community after committing a robbery at the Digicel outlet at Mon Repos, East Coast Demerara.The residents upon learning that the men in a strange car that had entered the village were bandits, came out in their numbers and cornered the perpetrators at the back of the community.Two of the four suspects were apprehended and subsequently handed over to the police. There was a time when it was easy for criminal elements to seek refuge in Buxton, bringing the village into disrepute, so much so that whenever a major crime was committed, the security forces would swoop down there in numbers.There was also a time when any stranger passing through the village was attacked by bands of young gunmen,Wholesale Authentic Jerseys, further isolating the community.So much was the village under siege by the Rondell Rawlins gang that some villagers were killed after being labeled snitches, while others were forced to flee their homes in fear.But today things have taken a complete turnaround, Buxtonians vowing never to have their community return to those days.About 12:15 hours on Thursday three sales clerks at the Digicel Outlet at Mon Repos, ECD, were attacked and robbed by three men,Cheap Authentic NFL Jerseys, one of whom was armed with a gun.According to the police, Anthony Singh, 21, along with two female clerks, was in the outlet when three men entered and held them at gunpoint.The employees were ordered to lie on the floor while the perpetrators took away an undisclosed sum of cash, a number of cell phones and a quantity of cell phone cards and escaped in a waiting motor car, PHH 4904,Cheap NFL Jerseys China, driven by an accomplice.After the bandits left Singh joined a taxi and gave chase after the vehicle used by the perpetrators and which headed into Buxton, along the Railway Embankment.Realising that he was being lured into the once hostile village, Singh subsequently stopped, but was approached by a Rural Constable attached to a Police Station in Georgetown who was in the vicinity and enquired from him what the problem was.Upon being informed of the robbery, the Rural Constable joined the taxi and continued the chase after the bandits.The police stated that, recognising that they were being followed,Cheap NHL Jerseys, the four perpetrators abandoned the motor vehicle and ran. They were pursued by residents of the Buxton community which resulted in the apprehension of two of them. The other two managed to escape.The two captured bandits reportedly hail from the village of Clonbrook further up the East Coast of Demerara.Yesterday,Jerseys NFL China, when this newspaper visited the Company Road line top, several villagers were huddled in a group recounting the incident.“The police were not involved in the capture of these men. From the time we hear that they were bandits,Wholesale Jerseys, is every man Jack jump on their bicycles and go after them. Even the smallest child come out,” a female resident related.The residents said that there were many incidents that were wrongfully blamed on elements in the village.“People does come in here and use this village but we ain’t allowing that anymore. We can’t afford to lose anymore of our young men,” the woman who lost two of her sons in different circumstances during the crime wave, said.The two arrested men are scheduled to appear in an East Coast Demerara court today.