Camouflaging expenses at 63 Beach

Mar 28, 2011 Letters

Dear Editor,
After reading the reply to my letter (Kaieteur News, March 10th 2011) captioned, “The facilities at 63 Beach were built because of the public’s demand”, I would like to respond to the false allegations, with the truth about the expense on miniature shacks instead of benabs.
I migrated to Guyana’s No.63 Beach as a pioneer from Canada, a Canadian by birth to come develop and invest at No.63 Beach, the one and only structure that makes sense on the beach, a beautiful regatta blue and canary yellow resort called Sunsplash Holiday Beach Resort and opened business there since 2000, yours to come discover and explore. So therefore the person(s) who wrote the article from the Guyana Tourism Authority (GTA) does not know how to distinguish a “rum shop” from a “resort” and anyway the civilized term for “rum shop” is “bar” which everyone use nowadays.
You can see clearly here that the Tourism Ministry does not embrace my accomplishment I made towards Guyana and the tourism sector on 63 Beach and wants to degrade my resort to a “rum shop.” In the reply to my letter they were trying to distract the attention of the public by talking about benabs made previously with the first committee instead of mini shacks made recently, instead of developing the dilapidated 63 main beach entrance road that I wrote about in my letter captioned, “Did the Tourism Sector invest its money right at 63 Beach?” (KN March 2nd 2011)
The public along with myself have not gotten a reply on when this road will be rehabilitated since we, the people of Guyana and tourists have been plunging in and dipping out of moon crater potholes along a stretch of shabby road to get on the beach which discourages tourists instead of welcoming them to Guyana’s best local tourism hot spot, 63 Beach.
News has been going around that $10 million were given by the government towards projects on the beach last year, but I see only a few hundred thousand are spent in making the ‘mini shacks.’ I am not talking about the benabs here made from the previous committee; I am talking about the current committee building these ‘mini shacks’ in December 2010.
Why is the writer(s) trying to camouflage expense made on 63 Beach of recent by saying benabs instead of shacks? Since I was given the post of Assistant Secretary of 63 Beach Management Committee I need a financial statement on how funds are being spent that I could identify with the naked eye on the beach. I believe everyone deserves a copy of the financial statement; it should be given to the general public for them to see how government funds are being spent miserly and what amount remains in the treasury.
The previous and current structures include: three large grandstands, four medium benabs, three out of order washrooms, and now six new mini-changing rooms and four small shacks, total 20 structures scattered along the beach that spoiled the natural beauty of our gifted beach.
Yes I do see it is their intention, to compete with my establishment since from the previous and present committees they do not stop making these structures that are a paradise for vagrants. This does not make any sense towards people frequenting the beach. Hooligans bring large boom boxes and use the grandstands as their possession for the day from early morning to late at night and disturb people who are trying to relax and enjoy.
I asked for the structures to be removed from far proximity of my resort because they breed criminality, public sex and indecent behaviour. I want to know what proof they have that the public demanded these structures? Visitors frequenting the beach come up to me and complain about the structures because I am the only resident on the beach and they think I own all the structures.
The washrooms on the beach are non-functioning and were suppose to be fixed with the government’s money, but people have to leave the deplorable, reeking and run down washrooms to come use my private business washrooms and our business policy is yes, you have to be a customer before you use the washroom. You don’t directly have to purchase rum to urine.
I cannot believe the Tourism Sector is trying to scandal my name that I am littering the beach. I am not littering the beach; I have garbage buckets and bins. I clean the beach. I also am promoting a “No Littering Campaign” currently on 63 Beach. My beer bottles and rum bottles are returnable and I do not dispose of them on the beach.
Ebony Narpatty (Brijbassi)

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