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Letters... Where your views make the news...Letters... Where your views make the news

Lands awarded to Venezuela in 1899 should be returned to Guyana DEAR EDITOR, Historian Thomas Bailey in his book American Diplomacy, with requisite evidence, established a very important observation about the Guyana –Venezuela issue.

He pointed out that it was really a British – American issue resulting from the Monroe Doctrine. In 1823, US President Monroe declared that the Americas are for Americans.

His government officially embarked on a policy of destabilizing all European colonial presence in the Americas. In the case of British Guiana (Guyana), the Americans fed Venezuela’s psyche for territorial expansionism as part of a strategy to force the British out.

This psyche is seemingly shaped by nationalisticromanticism with Spanish expansionism and a sense of entitlement to the legacies of Spanish colonialization.

When we look beyond Bailey’s arguments and examine evidence specifically relating to Spanish colonization and Spanish relationships with the Amerindians of the Guianas (Guyana, Suriname and Cayenne), we would realize that Venezuela has no legitimate claim to EssequiboGuyana’s territory it was awarded in 1899- nor the Ankoko Island it annexed in October 1966.

It is important to note that the Spanish, neither before nor after the 1494 Treaty of Tordesillas, which divided the New World between the Catholic nations of Spain and Portugal, never succeeded in having settled influence from the Mouth of the Orinoco River to Cayenne (French Guiana).

The Spaniards had no clear idea of the geography of the area; not even of the New World which they sought to divide with Portugal.

But the Amerindians from the Orinoco region to Cayenne, though not as developed as the Aztecs and Incas of Central America, had a brisk trade network throughout the area which they defended.

They never allowed themselves to be conquered by the Spaniards. Besides, every attempt by the Spaniards to establish any presence along the Orinoco River were destroyed by Caribs or abandoned due to epidemics.

So much so that for 129 years, the meaningful presence of the Spanish was delimited to Santo Thome between the lower Orinoco and the Amazon rivers, while

the Amerindians who delimited them, acquiesced to Dutch governance and alliance.

This is an essential reason, though not argued by Britain at the tribunal, why the eastern third of Venezuela’s Bolivar State, including the Cuyuni River ’s drainage basin is rightfully part of the Essequibo.

That is also a viable premise for application of international law. Instead Britain relied on the 1814 Convention of London which settled the transfer of Dutch colonies the Britain.

Unlike the Spanish, the Dutch succeeded in establishing colonies in Essequibo, Berbice and Suriname. This was no accident.

The Dutch, who were basically traders, and whose 80 year war with Spain for their independence, involved building alliances and attacking Spain in her colonies, succeeded in most cases because they became allies of the Amerindians against the Spanish, protected them against European enslavement and became adjudicators in interethnic and other conflicts.

This relationship is critical for understanding why the boundaries of the Essequibo should really be based on the Amerindian span of presence and response to Dutch governance.

Furthermore, even though territorial boundaries were not precisely defined, the Treaty of Munster in 1648 which granted Holland independence from Spain and ended the 80 years’ war of independence also established that both countries mutually recognize their possessions in the Americas.

By 1596 the Dutch had a settlement in the Pomeroon that was destroyed. By 1616 Dutch colonist Joost van der Hooge established Kyk-OverAl as a replacement and administrative centre of the colony. On arrival Adrian Groenewegen the first governor (1616-1624) succeeded in getting the Amerindians to accept him as their commander.

The relationship was mutual. The Dutch depended on the Indians for food supplies etc. The Indians depended on the Dutch to aid their defense against the Spanish.

G r o e n e w e g e n consolidated that relationship by marrying an Amerindian woman and starting a family.

As an imperative, he and the Amerindians began to define the territorial boundaries of

the Essequibo, which included that piece of territory East of the Orinoco (approximately 5000 square miles) which was granted to Venezuela at the 1899 tribunal.

The Venezuelan legal representative Severo MalletProvost, whose posthumous memorandum claimed that the Arbitral Award of 1899 was flippant and unjust, and formed the basis for Venezuela’s renewal of claims to the Essequibo since the 1940-50s, could be right.

When the context of the award is analyzed, it is detectable that the award was more an act of appeasement to the Venezuelans and the Americans rather than any just basis for doing so.

The British government had three weaknesses. In the first place when the Dutch colony of Essequibo, Berbice and Demerara became consolidated as one colony under British rule by the Articles of Association of 1803, and became known as British Guiana, the relationship between the British and the Amerindians became very restive.

The Amerindians who are so critical to the territorial definitions of Guyana became alienated and up to now dependent on trans-border identities for their survival.

Secondly, maybe because Demerara was the soul of the British presence here, they were not as vigilant as the Dutch about the territorial boundaries of Essequibo and Berbice.

Hence the persistent territorial disputes with both countries. Thirdly, the tribunal only arrived at a decision when the British withdrew its claims apparently to improve relations with America.

While the Geneva Agreement of 17 February1966 was apparently an error, since it reopened an issue that should have been closed by the 1899 agreement, it also presents an opportunity for Venezuela to return lands to Guyana.

Perhaps even more just would be an Amerindian country between Guyana and Venezuela.

Lin-Jay Harry-Voglezon

Ministers’ salary increase

DEAR EDITOR, If what I read in the news is true that the VP’s and Ministers are going to receive hefty pay increase, then I am truly disappointed with the new APNU + AFC government.

I thought their priority would have been to fulfill the 100 day promise they made to the Guyanese people.

As I understand it, many of those promises have not been kept and they are now making sure they receive “fat cat”

salaries and feathering their own nests.

People had a lot of hope on David and Moses to run a lean and clean government, to bring more money to the people instead of more money to themselves.

In this very first budget, they are stacking up their own coffers instead of stacking the meagre salaries of police, public servants, nurses etc, etc.

Are these people going to get the crumbs that fall from the masters’ table?

There is no money to give parents $10,000 for their school kids, yet there is money to give VP’s and Ministers! Where is the change that Guyanese expected and voted for?

Seems like all politicians are the same, make the world of promises to get a vote and then it is the “good life” for themselves.

Unless this government delivers to the people what was promised, I see them in the Opposition in 2020.

Ameer Bacchus

I was not requested by the COI to “answer questions” DEAR EDITOR, The assertion in your August 1, 2015 edition in article captioned “GuySuCo must bring costs down to remain alive” in excerpt that states “Jairam Pitam (correct spelling should be Petam), former Human Resources Director will be answering questions” reportedly on Thursday is plainly wrong.

The fact of the matter is that I am on a short visit to Guyana for purely personal reason, and Mr. Nowrang Persaud, a member of the GuySuCo Commission of Inquiry (COI) having known that I am here asked if I could

oblige meeting the COI on Thursday, July 30 at 2.30 pm at the Ministry of Agriculture Boardroom and elaborate on the letter that I wrote which your newspaper published on June 23, 2015, and which you carried as a full page article the next day, and to share my own thoughts on the problems facing the sugar industry given my long career with GuySuCo as an Agriculture Line Manager and Director of Human Resources and Industrial Relations.

Despite my initial reluctance to meet with the COI, which I made clear to Mr.

Persaud, due to the several unsavory, or rather despicable incidences that informed me to opt for early retirement, I voluntarily conceded with the request, with the sugar industry at heart, and met with the COI on the scheduled date and time and made a full presentation that was well received by the Commissioners.

I, therefore, wish to be pellucid that I was not requested by the COI to “answer questions” nor am I in Guyana at the request of the COI. Jairam Petam

I AM DISGUSTED WITH THE SLOTH OF GT&T DEAR EDITOR, With Guyana Telephone & Telegraph rolling out its “ENHANCED” broadband service, I am yet to experience a difference. It has been over a year now that I’ve been experiencing frustrating broadband speed whenever I utilize the internet.

Initially, when the GT&T rolled out their broadband service, I was quick to jump at it, for dial up was too frustrating; at first I resorted to the 512 kbps plan, but as this speed was also frustrating, I upgraded to the 1 Mbps plan after which, I noticed that the speed hadn’t any significant change. I visited the GT&T office to enquire about the data speed

I was receiving and was informed that it was the 1Mbps, which I took for granted that this was the speed everyone on this plan was receiving.

After the most recent “UPGRADE” by GT&T from 1 Mbps to 1.5 Mbps, I noticed that my data speed still had not improved; as a matter of fact it had only gotten worse.

I made a report to GT&T, after which they advised that I run a speed test analysis.

After this was done, the technician on the line confirmed that the speed I’m

receiving is ridiculously slow.

He took a report after which he informed me that it would be forwarded to the area supervisor who would have a technician to come and check out the lines at my residence.

This report was made two months to date, with numerous follow ups and I’m still awaiting this problem to be resolved. I would like to see the GT&T treat my report with the same expediency that they disconnect my service for late payments.

Robert A Bostwick

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Israel approves jailing Jewish militants without trial to resolve lethal arson Reuters - Israel’s security cabinet approved yesterday the detention of citizens suspected of waging violence against Palestinians without trial in a crackdown aimed at capturing the perpetrators of a lethal West Bank arson attack blamed on Jewish militants.

The extension to Israelis of so-called “administration detention”, a practise commonly applied to Palestinian militant suspects and condemned internationally, laid bare authorities’ frustration at failing to curb Jewish ultranationalist attacks.

Friday’s torching of a Palestinian home killed a

toddler and seriously injured his parents and brother, causing an outcry abroad and vows by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to crack down on what he deemed “terrorism” by “criminals in our nation”.

There was no claim of responsibility for the arson at Duma village, in the occupied West Bank. Graffiti in Hebrew reading “revenge” daubed at the site was consistent with past vandalism and other hate crimes by bands of young Jewish zealots targeting Arabs, Christians, peace activists or Israeli army property.

With no arrests yet made for the arson, some Israeli

Student protesters carry a sign that reads ‘They killed the toddler’ during a protest at the University of Jordan in Amman yesterday. Reuters/Majed Jaber commentators yesterday questioned the resolve of security services which, when responding to Palestinian attacks, often round up suspects en masse as part of accelerated investigations.

Such detainees are sometimes held without trial for months, a measure Israel

says is required to prevent further violence in the absence of sufficient evidence to prosecute, or where going to court would risk exposing the identity of secret informants.

Netanyahu’s security cabinet, comprised of senior ministers, decided to extend

such arrests to Israelis as well “to take all steps necessary to bring those responsible to justice and prevent such attacks from occurring in the future,” a statement said.

It said the methods approved included “the use of administrative detentions in appropriate cases,” with

the approval of the state attorney general.

The cabinet called the arson “a terror attack in every respect” adding that security officials had been ordered “to take all steps necessary to bring those responsible to justice and prevent a recurrence of such attacks in the future.”

According to the Israeli human rights group B’Tselem, 5,442 Palestinians were in detention without trial as of June. The measure, which foreign critics see as a blow to due process of the law, has rarely been used against Israeli citizens.

“To the best of my knowledge, there have been no instances of Israelis being held in administrative detention in recent years,” said B’Tselem spokeswoman Sarit Michaeli.

Israeli officials say the Jewish zealots elude discovery by operating in small networks that are hard for informants to penetrate, avoiding electronic communications that might be monitored, and clamming up when detained for interrogation.

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IS THE AFC MUZZLED? Coalitions do present problems in complying with the principle of collective coresponsibility. This is all the more so when you have as many as six parties as part of a governing coalition and when the government rather than the leadership of the parties is making policy decisions.

One of the big drawbacks of the new coalition government is that there was no meeting of the parties after the elections to decide on the composition of the government and the direction it would take.

This failure immediately became a sore point with persons from within the Working People’s Alliance (WPA) complaining about the lack of consultation over the appointment of Cabinet and the creation and naming of ministries.

The WPA is not content with collective coresponsibility. Even though it is supposed to be part of the government, the party has opted to take positions and to publicly express those positions which are odds with the policy of the government.

The first was in relation to the

Rodney Commission of Inquiry.

The WPA expressed regret that the Commission was not being given adequate time to conclude its work. The second was in relation to the statement issued by Caricom on the Guyana- Venezuela quarrel.

The WPA expressed disappointment at the watered-down statement issued by CARICOM. The WPA has taken a position therefore that while it may be represented in the government as part of the coalition, it retains its right to

Dem boys seh...

Other people going to de Maldives When de news come out that de Shaat scamp was heading to Maldives dem boys get a shock. Dem know that nuff people running out of Guyana, some of dem to avoid answering questions about some of de things dem achieve pun dem salary.

For example, de other day dem boys been to a house in Pradoville2. Was a woman who was a Minister and according to de records, she pay was less than $600,000 a month but de house wha she build worth wha some millionaire in de states would pay fuh dem own.

Dem boys ain’t asking she how she get de money because people does give all kind of excuse. Dem boys want to know wheh de Shaat scamp get de money to fix dem people car wha he crash up wid. And dem want de Shaat scamp to know that when he lef to go to de Maldives fuh wuk, Uncle Adam and Uncle Glenn gun jump pun de plane and go till deh wid some placards. Dem gun picket till de people realize that dem hire a scamp who handle de money in Guyana and cause people to answer nuff questions.

And before he lef he gun attract a protest at de airport because he wouldn’t try to leave like Sean Hinds and go through backtrack. Fuh sure he wouldn’t keep a farewell

party because dem boys know that he can’t call New Thriving and ask dem to send over food like wha use to happen.

And dem boys brush de Minister Jordan when dem remember Balgobin. Old people does seh that if you show dem you company dem gun tell you who you are. But is not everybody company is really dem company. Suh when dem boys talk de Balgobin story dem put poor

Jordan in de wrong tar barrel.

De man get nuff call from people who actually believe that he was collecting. In fact, dem boys believe that dem really hurt poor Jordan. Over de years when he wuk in de Ministry of Finance nobody ever mix him wid corruption and that is why dem boys sorry dem mix he up wid dem stupidness.

Talk half and hope that Jordan get a forwarding address fuh de Shaat scamp.

Police nab bandits after attack on sawmill operator - guns, loot recovered Police have detained three men and are hunting for a third following a gunpoint robbery at Coomaka, Linden, at around 13.00 hrs yesterday, in which gunmen relieved a sawmill owner of $1M and a licenced firearm.

The victim, Naresh Pooran, 43, of Enmore, East Coast Demerara, was at Coomaka, Linden, when two men, including one with a handgun, relieved him of his money and a licenced .32 pistol.

A police official said ranks cordoned the area and managed to intercept a vehicle with three men inside at Nottinghampshire, Linden.

The ranks searched the vehicle HB 4064, and found the stolen firearm, 859,000.00 and an unlicensed .38 revolver with three rounds.

Sources identified one of the suspects as Junior Melville, who has had previous brushes with the law.

Kaieteur news understands that police are also searching the swampy area for a fourth man, identified as Percy Griffith.

maintain its own independent position on matters of public interest.

One had expected that it would have the Alliance for Change (AFC) which would have been more assertive in this regard. During the election campaign, the AFC had said that it intended to retain its individuality.

In fact it did exercise some independence during the campaign. However it seems that since the elections it has not shown the same tendency to retain its own independence on certain matters.

This is understandable because unlike the WPA, the AFC is not a minor player in the coalition. It is forty per cent player and therefore any dissension with the government will impact on the unity of the government.

But the fact that it has a forty per cent representation in the government means that it should have been able to exercise greater influence over the decisions of the government.

The AFC should have negotiated a position whereby unless there was agreement with the party, no policy would be pursued.

There are many supporters of the AFC who are questioning whether the party was in agreement with the naming of the ministries.

They also want to know whether the AFC was consulted on the size of the Cabinet. They are asking questions as to whether the Prime Minister, in accordance with the Cummingsburg Accord, is actually in control of domestic affairs.

The most recent controversy concerns the naming of State Boards.

During the election campaign the coalition did promise to involve civil society representatives into the decision making process.

To what extent did this manifest itself in the recent appointments of Boards?

These recent appointments have been assailed. There has been criticisms that women are grossly unrepresented on these Boards. There have been accusations of ethnic imbalance on these Boards.

There have been criticisms of conflict of interests?

There have been accusations that more young people should have been selected. There has been a

suggestion that in some instances the government decided who from the representative organizations should be on Boards rather than leaving this to the organizations themselves.

There have been strong condemnations of the fact that Ministers are now heading Boards over which they have oversight. There remains the concern that instead of change what we are having is exchange.

The AFC is the midst of all these criticisms has not said anything. It is almost as if it is being muzzled by virtue of the fact that it is part of the government.

The supporters of the AFC want to hear whether the leaders of the party agree with the appointments on those Boards. They want to know whether the AFC was consulted or whether what was handed to the party was a fait accompli.

Will the AFC do like the WPA and take an independent line? At the least it should give its supporters some assurance that it is not being sidelined by APNU.

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Government to push small business development Micro-enterprises in Guyana will be given a level playing field, as opportunities to expand and enhance this area of business and promote entrepreneurialship will soon be the focus of Government.

Minister of Business and Investment, Dominic Gaskin, disclosed this as he officially launched the Eleventh Berbice Expo and Trade Fair last evening under the theme, ‘Fostering national pride, Advancing economic progress.’

“There is currently a programme or project that is funded by the Low Carbon Development Strategy (LCDS), Norwegian funding, that is targeting small and micro enterprise development and also in the Small Business Act, there is a particular clause which I don’t think we have done enough to realize,” the Minister of Business told his audience.

According to Minster Gaskin, the Act stipulates that 20 percent of all public contracts awarded must go to small businesses. He explained, “This is one of the things I would like to promote over the next five years, ensuring that this becomes a reality.”

It is the intention of the Ministry of Business to institute a programme that prepares small businesses to access public spending. This will be one of the main areas of focus in the Ministry’s soon to be developed strategic plan.

“There is a lot of money.

Government is the biggest spender in our economy, and there is potentially $15 billion out there per year that can be accessed by small businesses

Minister of Business and Investment Dominic Gaskin and members of the Berbice Expo planning committee. if a proper programme was put in place to actually give effect to the clause in our laws,” he said.

The Ministry of Business and Investment was established to ensure that the investment climate is improved, investments are promoted both locally and abroad and to ensure that businesses have a level playing field to operate thus resulting in the best possible chance of success.

The Ministry is looking at transparency, fairness, equity and good governance in particular, as means of promoting confidence in the economy.

It is the belief of the minister that investors must understand that this is an economy where investors are welcomed and in which their investments can be secured

and one where they are given a fair chance in making profits.

The gathering was told too, that the development of young entrepreneurs is also an area of emphasis for the Business Ministry as Guyana lacks the culture of entrepreneurship since there are not many role models in this sector.

“One of the ways of promoting entrepreneurship is by giving those young people the opportunity to showcase at events such as the Berbice Expo which is an initiative the Ministry is interested in supporting”, Minister Gaskin said.

On the other hand, the private sector and organizers of the Berbice Exposition and Trade Fair were advised to consider diversification of the region’s economy by

removing emphasis on the primary products. “We have been relying on the same primary products for 80-85 percent of our export for the past 50 years, rice, sugar, gold, thyme. We need to move

beyond that and diversify into value added, secondary and tertiary products and services,” he urged the stakeholders.

In his remarks, Director of the Guyana Tourism

Authority (GTA), Indranauth Haralsingh, described the theme of the event as timely and relevant since, “it is time we show national pride in building a stronger Guyana, Continued on page 23

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Situation beyond re-peer A peer without peer could be deemed peerless but a peer without care is not just careless but seemingly couldn’t care less. This is the case of Lord or Baron John Sewell, 69, a peer beyond compare, Deputy Speaker and Chairman of Committees at the House of Lords as well as chairman of the Lords’ Privileges and Conduct Committee.

It would appear that the peer was caught on a video released by The Sun on Sunday snorting lines of cocaine off a table with a rolled-up £5 note and also off the breasts of two prostitutes. He was, as the British say, having a “romp” with the ladies which makes the entire event a romp and coke party.

He was even shown wearing an orange bra and leather jacket as he smoked a cigarette. Perhaps it was his

way of keeping abreast of the situation, but in terms of the bra, nobody said “Tut! Tut!” and neither of the women was shocked enough to exclaim, “Good Lord!”

The paper claims Sewel stripped naked for the event which took place at his London flat. Among his taped comments was his wanting an Asian prostitute to join them, adding: “They sort of look innocent but you know they’re whores.

That’s a really nice combination isn’t it?” He even called his own behavior disgraceful but this did not stop him from turning a framed photograph of his wife face-down before engaging in the sex sessions. Even though he supposedly kept his wedding ring on during the encounter, Sewel apparently refused to have the photo of his third wife, Lady Jennifer, 54, staring back

at him but he did invite the women to have dinner with him at the House of Lords ahead of another orgy they arranged for September 8.

The not-so-good Lord also had some choice words for his colleagues in the House of Lords. He commented, “Members of her Lordship’s House who are right thieves, rogues and b*****ds at times.

Wonderful people that they are.” As if that was not enough, Lord Sewel boasted that he had sex with a BBC presenter, telling the two prostitutes that he ‘had her in the attic and that it was a “one off s***” because “she was happily married”. When the woman appeared on TV during their drug-fuelled sex session, Sewel pointed to the award-winning presenter and decided to share the details.

He even spelled out the presenter ’s name and

Essequibo businessman shot, robbed Police are trying to locate three bandits who shot a Henrietta New Housing Scheme, Essequibo, businessman and fled with $150,000, a quantity of phone cards and a laptop computer at around 22.30 hrs on Saturday.

Mark Warner, 47, who was shot in the left leg, said the men were armed with two “big guns” and an assault rifle. Speaking from his hospital bed, Warner said that the incident occurred at his business operations, Anil’s Cool Place Liquor Restaurant and Bar, at Henrietta New

Housing Scheme.

Warner said he was just about to close for the night when three armed men entered and demanded cash.

Warner said at first he attempted to negotiate with the men but they were persistent in their demands.

Warner said one of the men shot him after the robbers led to the kitchen area to retrieve the day’s sales from his wife, Roxanne Warner, and could not find her, since she had concealed herself. He said the money was secured in a purse in the kitchen.

Injured businessman Mark Warner

No customer was present when the shooting occurred.

Despite being shot, Warner said that he drove to the Anna Regina Police Station. Police subsequently transported him to the Suddie Public Hospital where he was admitted.

revealed the programmes she worked on, telling the call girls that the two of them had appeared on TV together afterwards. He added, “She was very young and it was very pleasant. Quite pleasant, yeah, it was nice you know, I liked her.” When approached

by The Sun newspaper for a comment the unnamed BBC star said, “This is categorically untrue.”

Lord Sewel also claimed to have committed adultery with 13 women over a 17 year period – not including prostitutes.

He explained to the call girls how he had sex with women he met through politics, he said: “I had women I was friendly with, often in Scotland who would be down here doing meetings and things.”

According to media reports, one of Sewel’s apparent mistresses was a Labour party member he claimed he “bedded” for 20 years. Asked her name, he would only say, “Catherine,” but when asked for a surname he said, “We’ll leave it there.”

It also emerged that Sewel paid prostitutes a total of £12,000 over the past three years after meeting them in a Soho lap-dancing club. Lady Jennifer chose not to discuss news of his sex and drugs shame with two call girls. She is his third wife and clearly did not take the public humiliation sitting down. She

did not wish to discuss news of her husband’s sex and drugs romp with the two call girls. The media said that she sent a friend to the door of the whitewashed house, who said pointedly, “Lord Sewel is not here and is not expected.”

The house might be whitewashed but not Sewel’s escapade.

The irony is that although Sewell welcomed the prostitutes with the words, “Happy days are here again”, he is in for some seriously unhappy days.

Lords Speaker, Baroness D’Souza, said, “Today’s revelations about the behaviour of Lord Sewel are both shocking and unacceptable. Lord Sewel has this morning resigned as Chairman of Committees. The House of Lords will continue to uphold standards in public life and will not tolerate departure from these standards.

These serious allegations will be referred to the House of Lords Commissioner for Standards and the Metropolitan Police for investigation as a matter of urgency.” Prime Minister, David Cameron, has asked for the full truth and many of his colleagues have advised him to resign.

There is further irony in Sewel’s situation as the head of the Privileges and Conduct

Committee. A newspaper report stated, “On being elected Chairman of Committees in May 2012 with an £84,000 salary, he gave up the Labour whip in the House of Lords and focused on overseeing standards of behaviour among peers.”

While nothing was said about any other whip he might have taken to replace the one he gave up, if Sewel takes the opportunity to peer into the future he will find out that he could be the first Lord to be expelled from the House under new tough rules that he set up to discipline the members. In fact, Sewel could be the whipping-boy because of the Committee’s recentlyannounced new powers to expel Lords if they misbehave.

He established a code which maintains that members must “always act on their personal honour”. It is like the old joke in which the bride said to the bridegroom, “I offer you my honour”. The bridegroom replied, “I honour your offer.”

And so it went the whole night – honour, offer, honour, offer… *Tony Deyal was last seen saying that a lot of his colleagues are hoping that this peer will disappear but a cocaine scandal is nothing to sniff at.

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TO LET Bagotstown Public Road -2 Storied commercial Property (next to Ray’s Auto) -3,500 sq.ft –Tel: 233-2546, 233-5859 Continued on page 23

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Letters... Where your views make the news

Protect and serve or punish them in the manner they deserve DEAREDITOR, Taking into full and prolonged consideration the recent spate of killings in the U.S.A of unarmed Blacks by the police, it is apparent that there is a shift in the motto.

Who are the police serving, and who are they protecting? PROTECTAND SERVE or Punish them in a manner they deserve.

There are more questions than answers.

To borrow and slightly alter a few lines from the lyrics of a well-known song- Streets of London, “Let me take you by the scenes and lead you through the cities of America. I will show you many things that you will always keep in mind. Yes, Blacks are losing their lives for the most minor of offences.

In April, North Charleston resident Walter Scott was killed by South Carolina police officer Michael Slager, for the seemingly serious offence — a busted taillight. The media then completed the transmogrification of victim into super predator, with the cop fearing for his life, and also his wife ultimately becoming a widower.

Now two more deaths of Blacks, following a similar pattern to that of Walter Scott (again unarmed individuals) have imploded in the face of the media. Sandra Bland and Samuel Du Bose were both stopped for minor traffic violations (missing front license plate, failing to use turn signal) and both died – perpetrators of minor traffic offences.

When Darren Wilson was called to look into a robbery, the reason he initially stopped Michael Brown was for walking in the street—in Ferguson, an illegal act according to Section 44-344 of the local code. If this appears or seems troubling, between 2011 and 2013, 95 percent of the perpetrators of this mobile atrocity were African American, meaning that “walking while black” is not a punch line. It is a crime. Yes, digest it slowly, it is a crime. Now hold your anger, or tighten your reins, it is not just a crime but a crime that comes with fines that are strictly enforced.

In 2014, Ferguson’s bottom-linedriven police force issued 16,000 arrest

warrants to three-fourths of the town’s total population of 21,000.

Stop and think about that for a moment: In Ferguson, 75 percent of all residents had active outstanding arrest warrants. Most of the entire city was a virtual plantation of indentured revenue producers. Last year I spent a month in Charleston visiting both North and South Carolina during my sojourn, and saw firsthand the existing level of amity between white and right and black and lack.

The question still lingers, like a bad hangover— why are so many blacks losing their lives over the most mundane of traffic infractions? Please it is not only about good cops versus bad cops, for the moment an incident of police violence comes to the forefront, along with it or on its heels comes the usual defense imploring us not to tarnish all the good cops just because of a few bad apples.

No one can argue with that. However, what is usually implied within the said phrase is that the “bad” officers’ intentions are malevolent—that they are morally corrupt and racist. While this may be true, they are also bad in the jobperformance sense.

To bear out this point, Police Officer Timothy Leohman, who sprang from his car, like a bat out of hell and instantly killed Tamir Rice, had been labelled by his supervisor at a previous police department job as weepy and unable to emotionally function.

Of note is the fact that she further added, that she does not believe that time nor training will be able to change these deficiencies.

Ferguson’s Darren Wilson of Michael Brown’s fame was also fired from his previous job—actually, the entire police force of Jennings, Missouri, was disbanded for being plain and simple awful. In Oklahoma Robert Bates a 73 year old Robert Bates, a millionaire insurance broker possessing limited law enforcement background.

So! One may ask! Nevertheless he was allowed to go out on patrol, because he had

reportedly made donations of money and equipment to the local sheriff’s office. On April 2, 2015 he mistook his revolver for a taser and fatally shot Eric Harris in an undercover operation. In the days that followed, we learned (sadly too late) that other deputies had long resented this guy’s freelance incompetence. Why are cops such as these nevertheless armed and allowed to patrol the streets.

They must patrol the streets, because hidden behind the façade of policing is a fiscal threat. Evidence has resurfaced that the police are involved in a new form of revenue raising called policiteering, a term very proximal to racketeering.

Policiteering has been around for quite a while, known by other names perhaps but has always managed to keep itself below the radar (no pun intended).

Small towns in urban areas have municipal infrastructure that cannot be supported by the tax base, hence it has to rely on ticketing everything in sight to keep the town functioning. Police departments are now being forced to assist city officials in raising revenue, in many cases funding their own salaries, redirecting the very concept of keeping the peace into underwriting the budget.

To the most severely myopic on examining the recent rash of police related killings of Blacks it can clearly be seen, and it’s no coincidence either that the initial offences for which the victims were stopped were preposterously minor. Sadly, they became victims of budgetary whims replacing policing as the main motivation of law enforcement.

So when poor blacks come to understand that they are likely to be detained and fined for comically absurd crimes, it cannot be a surprise to the Police that their representatives are viewed in an air of ever mounting distrust. Given the environment running away from the cop is not an act of suspicion but a display of common sense.

Yvonne Sam

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From page 11 and in advancing economic progress through entrepreneurship, creativity, innovation and resourcefulness.” He added that the GTA remains committed to supporting the event as it has been a successful platform and showcase for not only the large, but the small and medium sized enterprises and visitors.

The GTA Director disclosed that the Authority will be collaborating with the Miss Guyana World organization to have the presence of Guyana’s Lisa Punch to use the expo as a platform to sensitise, educate and create awareness about suicide prevention and mitigation since the rate of suicide is high in Berbice.

In his remarks, President of the Central Corentyne Chamber of Commerce (CCCC), Tajpaul Adjodhea said the chamber is pleased to host the event this year since it remains important for the highlighting and marking of businesses within the region.

Regional Chairman David Armogan in his remarks said that Berbicians look forward to this activity as it is seen as one where the family can participate. He however, urged the organizers to allow for more exhibitors to participate in the event as this provides a better opportunity for the business community. He pledged his commitment and that of the Regional Democratic Council for continued support of the Expo and plans to work with the Chambers of Commerce in making it better every year.

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There are a number of concerns with plea bargaining DEAREDITOR, I have noticed recently that there has been a call for our courts to consider the use of plea bargaining as a means of solving crimes that have defied the efforts of the police over a number of years. Indeed Mr. Ralph Ramkarran on his blog on 25th July 2015 suggested that the judiciary should consider the use of the plea bargaining option for dealing with Mr. Hinds who admits to having been a member of the death squad.

Mr. Ramkarran argues that Mr. Hinds might have valuable information that would allow for the solving of some high profile crimes and “putting more criminals behind bars………..” While plea bargain does have a favorable history of being able to as Mr. Ramkarran expressed, it nevertheless does not seem to be very popular in countries in which it is widely used.

In a study done in Canada, 80% of respondents stated lack of support for it, while in Washington a study revealed that 82% of respondents rejected plea bargain (Herzog, Sergio, 2004). This is so even as at least 90% of criminal convictions in the USA are based on guilty pleas (Boston College Law Review 2010). There are a number of reasons why many citizens are not enthusiastic about plea bargain. In the same

study referred to above, it was found that people rejected plea bargaining for a number of reasons, among these are: (a) The public usually favor a punitive policy for the handling of criminals, (b) The public sees the practice of plea bargain as being soft on crime in that offenders receive a punishment much less than they would have been given for the crime had they faced trial and found guilty. Thus, this argument holds plea bargain promotes injustice and punishment is no longer a function of the seriousness of the offence but rather the offender’s capacity to negotiate with the prosecution. (C) Families of the victims are against plea bargaining because the thought that the person/s who were responsible for their loved ones demise will not be put away for a long time. Instead these criminals will have a “light sentence” and be on the roads after a brief period of incarceration. These families must know anger and a feeling of being let down by the criminal justice system(d) Communities are displease with plea bargain since the notion that unrepentant killers will shortly be returning to their communities cannot be comforting.

Mr. Ramkarran goes on to remind us of the extensive killings of citizens; many of them East Indians; during the Jadgeo reign

and specifically during the period 2002 and 2004. When discussing the question of amnesty as it relates to Mr. Hinds, Mr. Ramkarran made the important point that in deciding on this the government should be careful and give some consideration to the views of a specific community.

He pointed to the fact that East Indians, in the case of Mr. Hinds “may well view him as a savior in a difficult time.”

A good point, similarly if/when plea bargain is being considered for Mr. Hinds the feelings of the black community should also be considered. For it was mainly black families that suffered the loss of loved ones under conditions that frequently suggested plain murder at the hands of the death squad of which Mr. Hinds admits to having been a member.

So yes there is a case to be made for the resort to plea bargain in our criminal justice system. However it seems there are a number of considerations to ponder over before initiating same. In the end Mr. Ramkarran observation that the “APNU/AFC long term viability depends much on if it is able to grapple with, and treat with sensitivity, this dichotomous reality of Guyana” is true for all future governments of this troubled land.

Claudius Prince

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Cops detain businessman who had land dispute with slain granny Police have detained a Montrose, East Coast Demerara resident in connection with last Saturday’s brutal murder of 77year-old Carmen Ganesh, as they follow leads that suggest that the elderly pensioner was the victim of a revenge killing.

Sources said that the detained resident is a businessman who lost out in court to Mrs. Ganesh in a bitter property dispute a few years ago.

But police are yet to apprehend the young man who kicked, stomped and choked the old woman after striking her on the head with a lug spanner. The gruesome attack was recorded in its entirety on a surveillance camera and the killer’s face is clearly visible.

Police had promised to release photos of the killer to the media since Saturday, but up to yesterday this had not been done.

Sources who have viewed the footage of Mrs. Ganesh’s murder point to the fact that the killer, who had sneaked into the house while Mrs. Ganesh was performing her

- Police still to release photo of killer to media

Carmen Ganesh

religious rites outside, had ample time to make off with his victim’s valuables.

Instead, he remained inside, and is seen in the footage searching the house and even sifting through what appear to be documents.

He is reportedly even seen making a phone call.

The brutality of the

attack, including his repeated kicking of the helpless woman, seemed to suggest that he deliberately wanted to inflict pain on his victim.

According to sources who saw the video footage, the killer is in his twenties and wore a pair of camouflage three-quarter pants.

He made off with the slain

Pedestrian killed in Vryheid’s Lust accident

Pedestrian, Byron Persaud, 46, of Middle Street, Vryheid’s Lust, East Coast Demerara was killed when he was struck down around 20:00hrs on Saturday night.

According to police report, Persaud was attempting to cross the road at Vryheid’s Lust when a motor vehicle slammed into him, causing his untimely demise.

He was pronounced dead on arrival at the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC).

The driver of the vehicle is in police custody assisting with investigation.

Meanwhile, two young men are lucky to have escaped serious injury after the motorcycle on which they were travelling slammed into the rail of the Demerara Harbour Bridge.

Injured are Lloyd Prince, 23, of Middle Street Le Penitence, and pillion rider Damion Skeete, 28, of Crane Housing Scheme.

Kaieteur News understands that Prince had swerved from a car and crashed into the rail of the bridge, sometime after 14:00 hrs yesterday.

“A car mashed sudden brakes in front ah we so we couldn’t like stop. So we end up running into the rail…”

Lloyd Prince (left) and Damion Skeete at GPHC’s A&E Unit. lamented Prince who was bleeding from a gash on his forehead and abrasions about his body.

Skeete had minor abrasions and a suspected fracture to his right thumb.

Kaieteur News understands

that instead of rendering assistance, the driver of the car who had allegedly caused the accident, sped off.

With the aid of a taxi the two men managed to find medical attention at the Georgetown Public Hospital.

woman’s earrings, a gold ring and her pension, which she had collected from the Post Office on Friday.

Ganesh, who lived alone, was found dead in her home by her son and daughter-in law, who went to check on her after she failed to respond to neighbours’ calls.

A surveillance camera on the premises recorded the gruesome attack from start to finish.

It is believed that the killer broke into a car in the yard some time Friday night.

Footage from the camera showed the killer peering out of the vehicle around 05.40 hrs.

It was shortly after this time that Mrs. Ganesh came out of her house to pick flowers and perform her religious rites in her front yard. While she was doing this, the intruder sneaked into the house through the back door and hid next to the refrigerator.

When Mrs. Ganesh eventually entered her house, the intruder clubbed her on the head with a tyre wrench.

When she collapsed, he dragged her into a corner and wrapped a hand-towel

around her neck. After that, he began to kick and stomp the old woman until she lay motionless.

With Ganesh’s corpse lying nearby, the killer then calmly opened her fridge and drank a can of orange juice.

Eventually, the killer exited Mrs. Ganesh’s back door, jumped the fence, crossed the road then boarded a bus that was heading in the direction of Georgetown.

However, no relative or villager could positively identify him.

Kaieteur News was told that Ganesh was living at the Lot 121 Montrose Public Road property for several years, taking care of it for some relatives who live overseas.

She was last seen by neighbours picking flowers early Saturday morning. Her son, who lived close-by, had also called out to her while he was leaving for work.

“He asked her if she want bread and she tell he bring it when he coming back,” her daughter-in-law, Natasha, told this newspaper.

But it must have been a few minutes later that the

elderly woman lost her life.

According to Natasha, it was routine for the neighbour’s children to call out to Ganesh every morning when they awake, and yesterday was no different, except that the elderly woman did not respond to their calls.

The neighbour became suspicious and contacted Ganesh’s daughter for her to come and check on her mother.

The daughter made contact with her brother, who had earlier greeted his mother, and together they went to the house to see what was happening.

When they arrived, their suspicions were immediately aroused when they observed that the gate was padlocked.

They too called out for Ganesh and got no answer.

The woman’s children proceeded to the back of the yard where they found her backdoor ajar.

They ventured into the bottom flat of the house and found the elderly woman sprawled on the floor of the kitchen with blood oozing from a wound in her head and a piece of cloth tightly tied around her neck.

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Obama to unveil tougher Rouhani says nuclear deal a ‘third climate change plan way’ for Iranian foreign policy Reuters - President Barack Obama will unveil today the final version of his plan to tackle greenhouse gases from coal-fired power plants, kicking off what is expected to be a tumultuous legal battle between federal environmental regulators and the coal industry.

The revised Clean Power Plan will seek to slash carbon emissions from the power sector by 32 percent by 2030 from 2005 levels, a 9 percent increase over a previous proposal, a White House fact sheet said yesterday.

The regulation is aimed at ushering in a sweeping transformation of the U.S. electricity sector, encouraging an aggressive shift toward more renewable energy away from coal-fired electricity.

Industry groups and some lawmakers from states that have relied on coal-based energy have vowed to challenge it in the courts and through Congressional

President Barack Obama maneuvers, accusing the administration of a regulatory assault that will drive up energy prices.

The White House took a defiant stance, saying the release of the plan was “the starting gun for an all-out climate push” by the president and his cabinet.

“My administration will release the final version of America’s Clean Power Plan, the biggest, most important

step we have ever taken to combat climate change,” Obama said in a video posted by the White House.

He said there have been no federal limits to date on carbon pollution from power plants, the biggest source of U.S. greenhouse gas emissions.

If the plan is implemented, coal’s share of electric generation in the U.S. will fall to 27 percent by 2030, slightly less than the original proposal which estimated it would account for 30 percent, Environmental Protection Agency chief Gina McCarthy told reporters yesterday.

Coal accounted for 39 percent of electricity in 2014, according to the Department of Energy.

Natural gas’ 30 percent share of U.S. electricity generation would remain largely the same in 2030 while renewable energy would account for 28 percent, up from the 22 percent initially envisioned in the proposed rule.

Iran’s President Hassan Rouhani (right) welcomes French foreign minister Laurent Fabius in Tehranlast week. Reuters/President.ir/Handout via Reuters Reuters - President Hassan Rouhani affirmed his confidence in Iran’s nuclear deal with world powers yesterday, tackling the criticisms of hardliners and highlighting the achievements of his twoyear-old presidency.

With one eye on a likely run for re-election in 2017, Rouhani used a live interview on state TV to tout the deal as a new “third way” for Iranian foreign policy, dismissing hardliners’ criticism that he had capitulated to the West.

“This idea that we have two options before the world, either submit to it or defeat it, is illogical: there is also a third way, of constructive cooperation with the world in a framework of national interests,” he said.

“We worked with the United Nations without war or pleading or surrender, but with logic, negotiation and diplomacy in a legal path,” he said, avoiding any direct mention of the United States or other Western powers.

He also touted the economic achievements of his government, which has brought inflation down from highs above 40 percent and restored economic growth, trends that should be maintained by the promised sanctions relief.

Rouhani downplayed the risk that nuclear inspections could jeopardise Iran’s state secrets and defensive capabilities, a key line of attack by hardliners in the security establishment who fear a military attack by Western powers.

Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei had forbade giving U.N. inspectors access to military sites, and it was only with delicate wording that this sticking point was resolved in the deal.

“We will not give away even the smallest national secret, whether military, scientific, commercial or societal ... our defensive capability won’t be diminished at all,” Rouhani said.

He invoked popular support for the diplomatic opening, casting his election victory two years ago as a “referendum” on how Iran should conduct itself on the world stage.

“From their perspective, yesterday we were a threatening country and now we are a country with which a deal needs to be struck.”

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Britain and France urge EU-wide Chinese military paper warns a action on Calais migrant crisis corrupt army does not win wars Reuters - Britain and France yesterday urged other European Union states to help them tackle the growing crisis in northern France caused by thousands of migrants seeking to make illegal and dangerous crossings into England.

The French port of Calais has become a focal point for the huge influx of migrants entering Europe to escape poverty and violence in the Middle East and Africa.

Nightly attempts by large groups of the estimated 5,000 migrants in Calais to force their way through the rail tunnel linking France and Britain have provoked public anger and severely disrupted the flow of goods between the two countries.

“There are no easy solutions – and it is not for the UK and France to solve these problems alone,” British interior minister Theresa May and her French counterpart Bernard Cazeneuve said in a joint letter published in the Sunday Telegraph.

“Many of those in Calais and attempting to cross the Channel have made their way there through Italy, Greece or other countries. That is why we are pushing other member states – and the whole of the EU – to address this problem at root.”

Several people have been killed trying to enter Britain, where they believe they have better prospects of a new life.

The joint plea came as Britain, where the crisis is

BEIJING (Reuters) - The Chinese military’s official newspaper warned yesterday that a corrupt army would not win wars, three days after the government announced a former senior officer would be prosecuted for graft.

Serving and retired Chinese military officers as well as state media have questioned whether China’s armed forces are too corrupt to fight and win a war.

President Xi Jinping has made weeding out corruption in the armed forces a top goal and several senior officers have been felled, including two of China’s most senior former military officers, Xu Caihou and Guo Boxiong.

Bernard Cazeneuve

Theresa May

heaping pressure on Prime Minister David Cameron to take action, detailed some of the extra security measures agreed with French President Francois Hollande on Friday.

Cameron’s office said Britain would fund a significant boost in the number of private security guards patrolling the French entrance to the Eurotunneloperated under-sea rail link.

New fences, security cameras and infra-red detectors would also be used to improve security.

French authorities have already increased the number of police in the area.

The official response to the crisis was yesterday criticised as lacking humanity

by Church of England Bishop Trevor Willmott, whose diocese covers the English side of the 30 kilometre (18.64 miles) sea channel separating

the countries.

“We’ve become an increasingly harsh world, and when we become harsh with each other and forget our humanity then we end up in these stand-off positions,” Willmott said in an interview with the Observer newspaper.

Britain and France said their efforts were not limited to beefing up security, and that they had led efforts to break up the criminal gangs who seek to profit from the flow of migrants.

“Ultimately, the long-term answer to this problem lies in reducing the number of migrants who are crossing into Europe from Africa,” May and Cazeneuve wrote.

“Many see Europe, and particularly Britain, as somewhere that offers the prospect of financial gain.

This is not the case – our streets are not paved with gold.”

Merkel’s German conservatives set sights on absolute majority BERLIN (Reuters) German Chancellor Angela Merkel faced pressure from conservative allies yesterday to run for a fourth term in 2017 after an opinion poll showed they could win an absolute majority if an election were held next week.

The results of the poll came a day after Der Spiegel news magazine said in an unsourced report that Merkel, who turned 61 on July 17, had decided to run for a fourth term and had started planning her 2017 re-election campaign.

Horst Seehofer, head of the Bavarian Christian Social Union (CSU) sister party to Merkel’s Christian Democrats (CDU), quickly took up the idea of the conservatives winning an absolute majority in 2017.

“I believe that is possible with a Chancellor Angela Merkel,” he told ARD

Angela Merkel

television.

Merkel has been chancellor since 2005, first in a grand coalition with the center-left Social Democrats (SPD), then with the small pro-business Free Democratic Party (FDP), and now a second time with the SPD. The CDU/CSU has not had an absolute majority since Konrad Adenauer’s third term as chancellor ended in 1961.

The Emnid poll for the weekly newspaper Bild am Sonntag put support for Merkel’s CDU and the CSU at 43 percent.

Recreation does for you what it says literally. It creates you again. It refreshes the mind, renews the spirit, and motivates the body. Constant working towards some objective can do the opposite, unless we control it by rest and relaxation.

The government said on Thursday that it would prosecute Guo for corruption. Xu died of cancer in March.

“If we allow the growth and spread of corruption, the guns will rust, the pillars will collapse,” the People’s Liberation Army Daily said in a front-page editorial.

“History has repeatedly proven that if corruption is not eliminated, we will defeat ourselves even before a war.”

High-ranking officers such as Xu and Guo affected the morale of the people and had a severe impact on the soldiers’ beliefs and convictions, the paper said.

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Nigeria air strikes kill ‘large number’ of Boko Haram Abuja (AFP) - Nigeria said yesterday it had carried out air strikes in the northeast of the country to repel an attack

by Boko Haram and had killed a “large number” of the Islamist extremists.

The air raids came as Nigeria and its neighbours prepared to launch a new multinational force to combat Boko Haram, in the face of the group’s escalating violence in the region.

The Nigerian Air Force said it had “successfully repelled an attack on Bita village by the Boko Haram terrorist group” in a combined operation with ground troops after spotting militants planning an assault.

“Consequently, a large number of the insurgents were killed and several others were injured,” it said in a

statement, without disclosing when the incident took place.

Boko Haram has staged a string of strikes — often by female bombers — targeting markets in Nigeria, Chad and Cameroon that have killed and wounded scores in the past month.

The new 8,700-strong multinational force — made up of troops from Nigeria as well as Cameroon, Chad and Niger — is expected to go into action soon, officials say.

Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari, who won an election in March on a promise to defeat the jihadists, said Friday the new force would “lead to the speedy defeat and elimination of Boko Haram”.

The group’s bloody insurgency in Nigeria has left more than 15,000 people dead since 2009.

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Kerry says United States, Egypt return to “stronger base” in ties

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry (L) speaks with Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shukri following a news conference after meetings at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Cairo yesterday.

REUTERS/Brendan Smialowski

CAIRO (Reuters) - The United States and Egypt are returning to a “stronger base” in bilateral ties despite tensions and human rights concerns, U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said yesterday after talks with his Egyptian counterpart.

“Egypt remains vital ... to engagement and stability in the region as a whole,” said Kerry, who held the first bilateral strategic dialogue since 2009.

“There are obviously circumstances where we have found reason to have grave concern and we have expressed it very publicly,” he said at a news conference with Foreign Minister Sameh Shukri. “But we have multiple issues that we need to work on simultaneously.”

U.S.-Egyptian relations cooled after Islamist president Mohamed Mursi was ousted

in 2013 by the military amid mass protests against his rule.

Cairo remains one of Washington’s closest allies in the Middle East, an increasingly crucial role in a region beset by turmoil in Syria, Iraq, Yemen and Libya.

Kerry also lobbied for last month’s nuclear deal between world powers and Iran, which has been met with scepticism

by Washington’s Arab allies.

“There can be absolutely no question that the Vienna plan, if implemented, will make Egypt and all the countries of this region safer than they otherwise would be,” he said.

Kerry said Iran’s role as the “number one state sponsor of terror in the world” made the deal even more important. “If Iran is destabilizing, it is far, far better to have an Iran that doesn’t have a nuclear weapon than one that does,” he said.

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Prison system waiting to explode Trinidad Guardian Former justice minister Herbert Volney has issued a warning to the People’s Partnership Government that if they continue to keep prisoners like caged animals the prison system “will explode like a bomb.”

This sentiment was also expressed by Vision of Mission head Wayne Chance.

Both men believe the prison system is not geared towards restorative justice but “criminalisation.”

Volney was commenting on the recent jailbreak of Allan Martin, Christopher Selby and Hassan Atwell, and the killing of PC Sherman Maynard.

Last week, Volney spoke about the controversial Section 34, which he said was designed to address the backlog of court cases that had fallen through the cracks.

Section 34 was one clause in the Administration of Justice Act, which was drafted to implement a pre-trial proceeding intended to simplify and shorten criminal proceedings.

Following its proclamation, Section 34 would have allowed some accused to apply for charges against them to be dropped if the offences had been committed more than ten years.

It would have opened the door for Ish Galbaransingh and Steve Ferguson to walk free without trial, which resulted in Section 34 being repealed.

Volney said while the entire act was not repealed and remained on file as a statute to be proclaimed, the Ministry of Justice had failed to deal with overcrowding, which is exacerbated by a broken criminal justice system.

“The bill was drafted to assist in prison reform which still remains in a mess. I am very disappointed that with my demise as minister that my successors did not follow through with all the work I had done. They did not grasp the problems in the criminal justice or penal systems,” Volney said.

Volney said the Justice Ministry had committed

injustices to prisoners awaiting trial.

He said Justice Minister Prakash Ramadhar was caught “napping,” and in any other country he would have had to resign.

In 2013, Volney said he came up with a blueprint for criminal justice and prison reform which would have cut the court time of cases being heard from five years to five months.

“It would have also served to remove at least 40 per cent of the work of a magistrate off his list so they can deal with summary justice, which is in dire backlog.”

Volney said Section 34 would have addressed the backlog of cases.

“This was no case to help any supporter of the Government but to provide a facility for oppressed people (prisoners).” He said Section 34 had good intentions but became a political issue.

Before Section 34 was repealed, Volney said Cabinet took an unofficial decision for the President to pardon 50 prisoners which would have

Herbert Volney provided a release value and reduce overcrowding. “This was never done.”

Chance said the prisons were facing its darkest period.

“The prison is a set volcano waiting to erupt. It’s on the brink because of overcrowding, inhumane conditions, and delay of trials.

And just before it erupts you get little lava pelting out.

Atwell, Martin and Selby are that lava.”

He described the prison system as “an industry of criminalisation.”

‘We’re creating criminals’ Volney called on the Government and Chief Justice to conduct an audit in the Remand Yard to bring closure to these matters in a legal way without trial.

“There is provision in the law for compensation to victims of crime. If a person has spent more time i n t h e R e m a n d Ya r d incarcerated awaiting trial for petty matters such as house breaking, marijuana possession and child support, than he would have gotten as a sentence, if convicted, that person should be released forthwith.”

Volney feels prisoners with petty matters who have been waiting ten years for a trial should be immediately freed.

“Give them compensation for keeping them so long. The State has to show a compassionate face. Unless the State does that, it’s going to erupt. It is going to get

worse. Locking them up like animals has created this conundrum in the system.

The system is creating criminals out of humans...people who are not even convicted are being made into criminals because of the treatment there. It is a bomb waiting to explode. If this is not dealt with soon, the worst is yet to come.”

Volney said there are over 500 murder cases awaiting trial which would take the country’s nine criminal judges “over ten years to deal with what is already in the system using the maximum production of the courts.”

There are also hundreds of other cases in the system, he said.

Volney feels the Port-ofSpain prison should be closed since security was lax.

“I could tell you that I had a vision for a new prison in Arouca with recreational facilities, supermarket, community college and an assembling factory where prisoners could have worked and earned money. But nothing was implemented.”

Venezuelan opposition calls for protest “against hunger and crime” The Venezuelan opposition alliance known as the Roundtable of Democratic Unity, or MUD, has called on citizens to make next Saturday a “national day of protest against hunger and crime, and in favor of freedom,” the executive secretary of the group, Jesus Torrealba, said last Saturday.

The protest “will take place next Saturday, simultaneously in Caracas and in all state capitals, during which we will set forth proposals whose adoption MUD demands immediately in order to handle - with common sense and not with bullets - the crisis created by government corruption and ineptitude,” Torrealba posted on Twitter.

The call for a protest demonstration was made in a MUD communiqué made public by Torrealba on his personal Twitter account, which begins by lamenting the slaying of a youth last Friday amid the looting of a food store in a southeastern Venezuelan city.

The looting was “planned” and executed by “the losers on the right” who take their orders from the United States to try and bring down the Bolivarian Revolution, the nation’s President Nicolas Maduro said Friday night.

Jesus Torrealba For its part, the MUD communiqué attributes the looting to “citizens desperate from hunger and the scarcity of food who descend to unfortunate acts of violence.”

“We condemn the unbearable and unheard of plight of ruin that Venezuelan people must endure due to the destruction of the economy perpetrated by this government,” the opposition message said.

Scarcities in established markets of food and medicine, and the irregular appearance of such products at soaring prices in informal markets, are the result of the “destruction of the productive apparatus”

and “the massive robbery of the dollars produced by oil,” the MUD said.

To this “is now added,” the opposition said, “a combination of official measures, whose practical effect is to aggravate the crisis that they themselves created.”

In that sense, he specifically cited the government’s “nonprovision of foreign currency” for importers, which “in days or weeks” will cause “the shut-down of industries that make cars, beer and sanitary pads,” among other products.

“The government is throwing gasoline on the fire of scarcity,” MUD said, adding that “this absurd official behavior seems aimed at sparking a social upheaval, which will then become a pretext for it to suspend or postpone the legislative elections that it knows it will lose.”

Maduro said Friday in that regard that “come rain, thunder and lightning, there will be elections in Venezuela on Dec. 6 and the revolution will win a great victory for the people.”

Legislative elections will renew the unicameral National Assembly, currently dominated by a majority allied to Maduro. (EFE)

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Close race between main political Suriname bank with half billion parties ahead of T&T election – poll dollars in assets acquired by Trinidad’s Republic Bank

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC - With just weeks remaining until the September 7 general election, the polls are showing a close race between the People’s National Movement (PNM) and the coalition People’s Partnership government (PP).

The poll by Solution by Simulation (SBS) conducted between July 6 and July 22, shows the Kamla Persad Bissessar-led PP narrowly winning with the seat projections at 21 to 20. The model suggests that there is a 93% chance that the final result will be 21-20, with Tunapuna being the closest seat.

The Sunday Express commissioned poll notes that the PP has a better chance of winning the constituency of Tunapuna.

Kamla Persad Bissessar It is also predicted that other seats such as St. Joseph, La Horquetta/ Talparo, or Lopinot/Bon Air West could be won by close margins.

The poll found that “the 2015 general election race between the PNM and the People’s Partnership could not be closer”.

The SBS poll model and electoral seat projection says that just one seat is likely to separate the two on September 7. SBS says it interviewed 1,412 adults in the twin island republic via live telephone calls.

“The respondents were sampled from households of registered voters in the 257 polling divisions whose election results best predict the national election results in past elections between 2000 and 2010.”

There are a total of 1,547 polling divisions in Trinidad and Tobago. The margin of error of the poll is +/- 3%.

A US$1 billion job creation fund proposed in Jamaica KINGSTON, Jamaica – A top official of government’s Economic Programme Oversight Committee (EPOC) has charged the private sector to work with the administration in setting up a US$1 billion fund to finance projects in high growth sectors such as business process outsourcing (BPO) and agriculture.

EPOC co-chairman Richard Byles said the US$2 billion raised on the international capital market to pay down the country’s PetroCaribe debt would provide the government with access to some US$500 million of “backup funding”, and that money could be used to implement a major job creation projects.

He challenged the private sector to step up to the plate and match that US$500 million.

“Let us have a billion-

dollar fund and take that fund and invest it in projects, in economic activities that are productive, that give permanent jobs to Jamaicans,” Byles urged.

He said once members of the private sector got on board, they would have to be given the assurance that the US$1 billion would be spent “in a productive, constructive manner and not fritted away to give some jobs today and for there to be no jobs tomorrow”.

The EPOC pointed out that the construction of a technology park with some of the funds would create jobs and attract investors in the BPO sector, while investments in the agricultural sector, using technology and modern equipment, would play a key role in the country’s economic development.

Finance and Planning

“ We ’ r e v e r y e x c i t e d about the opportunity to be part of the future development of Suriname and intend to hold true to our tradition of adding value to the countries in which we operate, both on a commercial and community level,” Managing Director of Republic Bank, David Dulal-Whiteway said.

“Undoubtedly, at our core is a culture of providing excellent, innovative customer service. We believe in organic growth and have a well-established institutional track record of successfully entering new territories, ensuring compliance and integrity, while investing in technology and the development of the country’s human resource capabilities.”

This latest acquisition

David Dulal-Whiteway brings the Republic Bank Group’s strategic expansion to nine territories. The others are Barbados, Cayman Islands, Cuba, St Lucia, Trinidad and Tobago, Grenada, Guyana and, more recently, Ghana.

Key steps being taken to make Barbados compliant with FATCA

Richard Byles Minister Dr. Phillips, announced last week that the government was able to raise US$1.35 billion at a rate of 6.75 per cent and secure a 30-year issue for $650 million at 7.87 per cent, which would enable it to buy back a substantial portion of the country’s debt to Venezuela.

St. Kitts and Nevis Passes Controversial Banking Act St. Kitts and Nevis (WINN): The House of Assembly at close to 3:15 Wednesday, after two days of debate, passed into law without amendment, the Banking Bill 2015 which seeks to reform the region’s banking sector to give more regulatory muscle to the Eastern Caribbean Central Bank (ECCB).

Critics of the Act have expressed concern that only the ECCB will determine whether a license is granted, can revoke that license, veto the appointment of directors, and will command the proceeds of the annual license, thus removing control of the banking sector from the Finance Ministers of individual territories.

Speaking in the Parliament last week,

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad – Republic Bank Limited has welcomed a new territory into the fold of the expanding financial group, with the acquisition of a Surinamese bank with just over half billion US dollars in assets.

Republic Bank (Suriname) N.V. will begin operations today, following the Trinidad and Tobago financial institution’s acquisition of RBC Royal Bank (Suriname) N.V. from RBC Financial (Caribbean) Limited, through the purchase of Royal Overseas Holdings (St. Lucia) Limited. The transaction closed last Friday.

The Suriname bank has a network of five branches in the capital of Paramaribo and one in Nickerie, and assets of approximately US$525 million, as at October 31, 2014.

former Minister of Justice and Foreign Affairs Patrice Nisbett expressed similar sentiments.

The new banking Act provides for the regulation and supervision of banking business, the establishment of a single banking space, the ownership structures for licensed financial institutions, the licensing of financial holding companies, the corporate governance of licensed financial institutions, the framework for the official administration of licensed financial institutions and for incidental and related matters.

Prime Minister Dr. Timothy Harris in supporting the legislation underscored the importance of the banking system to the financial health of the eastern Caribbean.

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados – Government is moving closer to meeting the requirements of the Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act (FATCA) intergovernmental agreement which allows for the reciprocal exchange of information between the United States and Barbados.

Minister of Finance Chris Sinckler said the key steps include amendments to the Income Tax Act which would soon go to the House of Assembly, and putting the necessary administrative and IT infrastructure in place.

He made that disclosure recently, during the Barbados Revenue Authority’s public consultation on ‘Implementing the Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act (FATCA): Where are we Now?’ “With respect to legislative requirements, I am pleased to inform you that the necessary amendments to the Income Tax Act have been approved by Cabinet and will shortly be brought to Parliament,” Sinckler said.

“Regarding the IT infrastructure, Barbados is well placed, as we have had the technology in place and in use for a number of years, though some enhancements will be necessary. The Revenue Commissioner has assured us that she and her staff have been working assiduously to ensure that all requirements are met within the required timelines.”

Chris Sinckler Acknowledging that the tax practitioners and financial institutions would be required to make a number of substantial changes, the minister expressed confidence that the usual spirit of collaboration would continue so they could make the necessary changes for the successful implementation of the project.

“We will adequately prepare ourselves as a tax jurisdiction for facing the many challenges which

confront us. More important, however, is that it will certainly enhance our reputation and our image as a clean and competent jurisdiction, full of integrity, transparency and openness as it relates to the administration of taxes,” he declared.

Sinckler said tax administrations across the world had to respond to globalization and the fight against tax evasion with enhanced enforcement, including increased and intensified exchange of information, intensified examination of transfer pricing cases, and increased cooperation, coupled with the use of joint and simultaneous audits.

FATCA is a mechanism being used by the US to address the new landscape of information exchange standards and processes.

A federal statute was enacted in 2010 which requires US entities and individuals to report their financial accounts held overseas.

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Ervine ton lifts Zimbabwe to stirring win ESPNcricinfo - Coming into their first ODI against New Zealand in over three years, Zimbabwe had won two of their previous 25 completed one-dayers. At the halfway stage in Harare, after Ross Taylor and Kane Williamson had helped pile up 303, it looked like they might add to that list of losses, but they came out fighting and it paid off. Hamilton Masakadza laid the foundation with 84, before Craig Ervine counterpunched with an unbeaten innings of 130 off 108 that allowed the hosts to gun down the target with relative ease.

Victory was sealed in rather anti-climatic fashion, Nathan McCullum delivering a wide with Zimbabwe needing one off six balls.

That the chase came down to such a canter was courtesy some superb hitting from Ervine. With 34 required off 18 balls, he cracked Matt

Henry for a brace of fours and a six to bring the margin down to 16 off 12, and then all but secured victory by hitting James Neesham for an outrageous four - dragged from well outside off to deep square leg with a cross between a sweep and a flick - and a six in the penultimate over.

Zimbabwe’s innings was marked by sturdy partnerships right from the start. Their openers, Masakadza and Chamu Chibhabha, not only gave them a strong base but also displayed some positive batsmanship. Both batsmen produced crisp drives on either side of the wicket, mostly off the front foot. It wasn’t until the 15th over Williamson had deployed five of his bowlers by then - that they were separated.

Chibhabha was out for 42 off 48 balls to end the 74-run stand after a Nathan

McCullum delivery turned sharply to elude his drive.

New Zealand might have hoped that the breakthrough would slow things down, but Ervine’s arrival only strengthened the home side’s response.

Masakadza and Ervine were involved in a quality tussle with the spinners, offspinner McCullum and debutant legspinner Ish Sodhi.

They swept compulsively and effectively, forcing Williamson’s hand on more than one occasion. He went back to Mitchell McClenaghan and Henry, and also Grant Elliott, but on a largely placid surface the batsmen had the answers. While Masakadza used brute force to pull the spinners, Ervine was getting better at his paddlesweeps. They would swap strokes as well to further frustrate the visitors.

But McCullum struck again to dismiss Masakadza

Christianburg/Wismar do it...

From page 35 of the box, under the body of the diving keeper, after racing onto a loose ball that originated from the right side of the field.

Waramadong eventually got back into the fixture in the 45th+1 minute under dubious circumstances as they were awarded a penalty kick following a slightest of contact within the right side of the box.

Stepping up to take the spot-kick was Deon Rodrigues who buried his effort into the lower right hand corner to cut the deficit going into the half time

interval.

The three time losing finalist eventually leveled the score in the 46th minute of the second half compliments of Azual Medina, who fired his effort into the lower left hand corner following a quick passing combination.

Waramadong eventually took the lead in the 64th minute as Medina grabbed his brace, finishing down the centre of the net following one-on-one situation, after racing onto a lobbed past over the defensive line.

Nevertheless, Annai restored parity to proceedings in the 82nd

minute, pushing the game into its eventual end as Triston Daniels scored.

Receiving the ball 22 yards from goal in the centre of the field, Daniels unleashed a powerful effort that the keeper would only push into the lower right hand corner of the net.

At the presentation ceremony that followed the conclusion of the event, Captain and custodian of Christianburg/Wismar Tevin Crawford received the golden glove award, while Sherral Daniel of Annai walked away with the golden boot award for most goals.

Australia’s batsmen urged to...

From page 36 is singing and they’re always going to be behind the English. Sometimes it is hard.

“I don’t know what it is like as an incoming batsman when a guy is bowling a really good spell. But I know when you’re out there you do feel that pressure. In your self you feel that little bit of pressure.

It is helpful, especially when they’ve got their tail up.”

Australia have been spooked by Birmingham’s hordes before, most notably in 1981, when Ian Botham turned a probable victory for the tourists into a riotous steal for the hosts with a 5 for 1 spell of reverse swing that was spurred on by a Midlands tumult. Di Venuto wants his batsmen to put that out of their minds and make faster, better decisions in the fraction of a second after the ball is released.

“It’s decision making at

this level, and we have to be really precise with our decision making at this level,” he said. “Whether you’re going to play or leave the ball, or attack the ball. You certainly don’t want to lose your intent to score because when there is a bad ball you want to be in a position to put it away.

“But as soon as the ball is released it’s up to the batsmen to make a decision is he going to play at it, is he going to leave it, is he going to attack, is he going to defend. We saw some indecision in a couple of our dismissals, a couple of bad shots, so again poor decision making, but again there was some good bowling as well.

So there was a lot of pressure from an attack that worked well as a combination.”

The best inspiration can be drawn from the performance put in by Peter

Nevill, playing his second Test in controversial circumstances as Brad Haddin was overlooked. On day one, Nevill had been filleted by James Anderson’s swing and seam, leaving alone a ball that tilted back off stump. But in the second innings, at a time when the atmosphere, bowling and match situation could not have been more adverse, he found a way.

What Nevill found was that gradually those other issues - the English pitch, the cloudy sky, the Dukes ball, the accomplished bowler, the raucous crowd willing you to fail - were able to recede from view.

In their place was a scoreboard mounting slowly but steadily, and a ground no longer so intimidating. Nevill showed the toughness Di Venuto spoke about. Others must follow his example.

Craig Ervine hit 11 fours and five sixes in his unbeaten 130. (Associated Press) for a 99-ball 84 in the 35th over. The Masakadza-Ervine stand had produced 120 runs in 121 balls. Once again New Zealand sensed an opening.

Once again Zimbabwe blunted their hopes through a 66-run partnership between Ervine and captain Elton Chigumbura - this one at just over a run a ball. Chigumbura became McCullum’s third victim, but Ervine ensured there would be no slip ups.

Zimbabwe’s icy-calm pursuit laid waste to some fine batsmanship from New Zealand - playing as Aotearoa to mark

Maori languages week. Taylor, who scored an unbeaten century, and Williamson led the visitors’ charge. Their 137-run partnership in 27.4 overs for the third wicket was a demonstration of measured run-gathering sprinkled with cleverly-timed bursts after New Zealand, having been sent in, lost two early wickets. New Zealand also benefited from a late burst from Elliott, whose 32-ball 43 helped the visitors ransack 115 runs in the last 10 overs and push the score past 300.

Williamson, who began slowly, went on to register his

fifth consecutive fifty-plus score. His 102-ball effort ended in the 37th over when he inside-edged Tinashe Panyangara - Zimbabwe’s best bowler on the day whose figures of 2 for 50 could have been a lot better had he received greater support from his fielders - onto the stumps three runs short of his eighth hundred.

Scores: Zimbabwe 304 for 3 (Ervine 130*, Masakadza 84) beat New Zealand 303 for 4 (Taylor 112*, Williamson 97, Panyangara 2-50) by seven wickets.

Guyana win back-to-back U-19 one-day titles Guyana retained the WICB Under-19 One-Day Championship with a fourwicket win over Jamaica at Manchester High School today.

Set 246 to win, Guyana scored 250 for six off 46 overs.

Opener Shimron Hetmyer led the way with 55 off 50 balls including five fours and two

Hetymer’s 55 sees Guyana to 4-wkt win against Jamaica sixes before he became the second of the first three wickets to fall - all by the run out route.

Jamaica scored 245 for six off 50 overs after winning the

toss.

Opener and wicket-keeper Jevoy Spence top scored with 92, which came off 140 balls and included nine fours and two sixes.

SCOREBOARD JAMAICA +J. Spence b Paul 92 A. Mansingh c A. Persaud b Ali Mohammed 0 L. Friginette c Imlach b Paul 14 R. Francis c & b Adams 12 S. Crooks c Rutherford b Adams 2 *M. Frew c A. Persaud b Baldeo 30 B. Barnes not out 51 O. Smith not out 13 Extras (b8, lb2, w20, nb1) 31 TOTAL (6 wks, 50 overs) 245

GUYANA S. Hetmyer run out (Frew) +T. Imlach run out (Francis) B. Baldeo run out (Crooks) K. Paul c & b Frew *T. Persaud c Smith b Barnes S. Rutherford c Frew b M. Smith K. Khan not out R. Ramchand not out Extras (b9, lb2, w18, nb4) TOTAL (6 wks, 46 overs)

Fall of wickets: 1-3 (Mansingh, 1.3 ov), 2-43 (Friginette, 8.2), 3-74 (Francis, 18.5), 4-92 (Crooks, 23), 5-153 (Frew, 38.5), 6-219 (Spence 48.4).

Did not bat: O. Thomas, R. Burnett, M. Smith.

Bowling: Paul 9-1-39-2 (w6, nb1), Ali Mohammed 3-0-28-1 (w7), Rutherford 7-0-53-0 (w5), Baldeo 10-1-38-1 (w1), Adams 9-1-33-2, Khan 10-1-32-0, A. Persaud 2-0-12-0 (w1).

Fall of wickets: 1-59 (Imlach, 9.3 ov), 2-88 (Hetmyer, 14.5), 3-97 (Baldeo, 16.5), 4-135 (Paul, 25.1), 5-149 (T. Persaud, 30.2), 6-218 (Rutherford, 42.5).

Did not bat: R. Ali Mohammed, A. Persaud, A. Adams.

Bowling: Thomas 5-0-39-0 (w4), O. Smith 71-37-0 (w3, nb1), M. Smith 8-0-43-1 (w4, nb2), Barnes 10-0-42-1 (w1), Burnett 8-0-34-0 (nb1), Frew 8-2-44-1 (w1).

Result: Guyana won by four wickets.

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RAIN, NO RACE AT BUSH LOT The continuous and unseasonal rain fall continues to have a chilling effect on

outdoor sporting activities countrywide. While recent words of assurances by

Director of Sports Christopher Jones that Government will be moving in

a big way to improve sporting facilities country wide are welcome, it is a little too late for some.

The latest to be affected is the one day horserace meet organized by the Bush Lot United Turf Club (BLUTC) which was slated for yesterday at the club Sea View Park, Bush Lot, West Coast Berbice entity.

The rain came with a vengeance on Sunday morning putting a damper to all plans the organizers had of organizing the meet which was already rescheduled by a week due to the inclement weather.

Eight races were on the day’s card which had a prize package of over $5.5M up for the taking including cash, trophies and other incentives while over 65 horses were entered to participate.

The Feature ‘C’ and lower 1600M event for a first prize of $1M compliments of Banks DIH Limited was expected to see the rematch between Spit Fire of The Shariff Stable and Jack in My Style of the Jumbo Jet Stable.

Fans will remember when the two animals last met in April the event

ended in controversy. Spit Fire was initially awarded t h e v i c t o r y, b u t t h e decision was changed and the two horses were awarded a dead heat.

Other high caliber animals that were expected to race were Diplomatic Cat and Princess She is Not, Unsettled and Bridal Stone Corner and the newly imported Guyana Time.

Clarification on the way forward could be had by contacting coordinator and Treasurer Lakeram B. Sukhdeo on Number 592232-0558 or 592-672-0810.

(Samuel Whyte)

Police/Bermine capture title...

From page 37 screws and with 42 required from 41 balls, LaFleur lost his cool and give his wicket away with a big shot but Clements danced into Butts and hit him to the mid-wicket boundary and slashed Troy Matheson for another four to free the shackles.

But although Damion Van Tull (2) was bowled by Matheson at 69-6 Rose Hall Town wilted under pressure with ragged fielding which give away a number of overthrows with sloppy fielding. Pestano, who conceded five wides in his last over, finished with 2-15, while Butts supported with 2-17.

Earlier, the 10-over preliminary rounds saw Bermine/Police beating Albion despite Jonathon Foo’s 52, Young Warriors, Rose Hall Canjie and Edinburgh beat Upper Corentyne, Bush Lot/DeEdward lost to Port Mourant and Rose Hall Town got past Blairmount.

Jomal Lafleur’s 43 spurred Bermine/Police to 91-5 from 10 overs and a 44-run win against Warriors, Canje, Edinburgh who collected $15,000 as the losing semi-finalist.

In the other semi-final, St Clair’s unbeaten 47 took Rose Hall Town to 83-3 and a 27-run win against Port Mourant who had to settle for the $15, 000 Prize as Butts had 2-8. The winners collected $80,000 and the runner-up $40,000.

Six spectators, Including Bishoo’s mother received Gate prizes when their names on their tickets were pulled from a box by spectators.

BCB President Anil Beharry, the former Berbice Inter-County big hitter thanked the sponsors for their support but said he was shocked and disappointed by the decision not allow their contracted players to participate by the Guyana Board since this was a BCB club competition.

WI Fullbore Shooting Team confident...

From page 39 Fullbore Shooting Council (WIFBSC) Championships in Jamaica. Three persons were replaced since they could not have made the trip which has resulted in three others being added.

The Captain noted that he additions were picked based on how they performed at last year’s WI competition in Jamaica.

Nelson underscored the importance of the Caribbean competing as a unit at these championships.

“It says a lot for us that we, six territories of the Caribbean, are able to be here because these championships are held every four years; in fact, they are the Olympics of long range target rifle shooting. It says a lot that the decision and the effort were made to be here to compete.”

“Whilst the Great Britain team, the Americans and the Australians are favorites, we look at it as something of tremendous importance for us to be competing with our fellow shooters even at that level.”

Zooming in on team

sponsorship, Nelson said that this did not go well for them from a WIFBSC perspective noting that he cannot speak for the territories individually.

“I know that Guyana’s sponsorship has improved tremendously over the past couple of years and that has been significant because of their performance at the Caribbean level. I think Barbados has achieved some level of sponsorship also to have their team here.”

“We sort of leave each territory and the members of the respective teams to make their own effort in assisting themselves to come here.”

Captain Nelson informed that many businesses and even governments don’t understand the magnitude of respect and high esteem the sport of fullbore shooting is regarded with around the world and at the Olympic level.

“It is the first medal that is rewarded at every Olympic Games and my understanding is that next to athletics, it has the largest amount of competitors in the discipline of target shooting. Because it is not a spectator sport in

the real sense of the word, it doesn’t gather the type of advertising support that the glamour do but it is an equally impressive sport once you get involved in it and it is unfortunate that more and more countries, especially in the region do not see it necessary to support their individual teams.”

The World Long Range Championships which includes the World Long Range Individual and Team Championships are being held under the auspices of the International Confederation of Fullbore Rifle Association.

The 18-member WI team: Mahendra Persaud, Lennox Braithwaite Ransford Goodluck, Leo Ramalho, Ryan Sampson, Dylan Fields, Sigmund Douglas, John Fraser, Norris Gomez (T&T), Michael Perez (T&T), Ezekiel Joseph (T&T), Marlon King (Barbados), Shelly Ann Hinds (Barbados), Anderson Perry (Antigua & Barbuda), Tommy Greenaway (Antigua & Barbuda), Peter Persaud (Guyana), Sherwin Felicen (Guyana), Richard Arthur (Barbados).

Monday August 03, 2015

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Digicel Nationwide Schools Football Competition

Christianburg/Wismar do it again - Annai beat Waramadong

Part of the action in the third place playoff between Waramadong and Annai.

The question of who could stop defending champion Christianburg / Wismar was answered emphatically yesterday in the final of the Digicel Nationwide Schools Football Competition which ended, at the National Stadium at Providence.

The champs weathered an early onslaught by Chase’s Academic Foundation, before cruising to a comfortable 2-1 win in front of what is estimated to be the largest crowd to witness the final in the tournament’s history.

For the past four years, Waramadong was the recipient of Christianburg/ Wismar’s rampage, but it was Chas e’s Academic Foundation’s turn to suffer from their dominance as Christianburg / Wismar returned to the Mining Town with another lien on the trophy.

Goals from Amar Jones and Omar Brewley in the fourth and 58th minutes respectively were enough to seal the victory, while Kelsey Benjamin’s 76th minute penalty was the lone response for the losers.

With the win, C h r i s t i a n b u rg/Wi s m a r retained the championship accolade and walked with $1,000,000 towards the funding of a school project.

The challengers for their effort received the corresponding accolade and $600,000 towards the funding of a school initiative.

Among the dignitaries present at the occasion were Director of Sports Christopher Jones, Minister within the Ministry of Education Nicolette Henry, Digicel CEO Kevin Kelly, Marketing Manager of Digicel Jacqueline James and Guyana Football Federation

(GFF) Normalization Committee Member Eric Phillips.

The defending champs took the early lead in their very first attack through a towering header from Amar Jones from a corner kick when he climbed above everyone to direct his attempt into the right hand corner, giving the opposing custodian Amanackie Forde no chance.

The early setback clearly upset Chase’s rhythm as they failed to threaten Christianburg / Wismars goal despite dominating possession.

Benjamin had a good opportunity to level the proceedings, but upon weaving past his marker on the left side of the field his effort sailed just wide of the upright.

A curling freekick from 24 yards out by Brewley crashed into the crossbar and

Annai Captain collects the spoils for their third place triumph from Digicel’s Head of Marketing Jacqueline James.

Part of the action between Chase Academy and Christianburg/Wismar in the Digicel Schools Football final. rebounded into play much to the disbelief of his teammates.

Benjamin later latched on to a pool clearance and with only the goalkeeper to beat, his volley attempt sailed over the crossbar.

The half came with Christianburg / Wismar clinging to a slim 1-0 lead.

The intensity resumed in the second period as both teams tried to strengthen their contrasting positions.

It was the Lindeners that made the early inroad in the period, increasing their lead 13 minutes into the half as Brewley placed a left footed

shot into the right hand corner from just outside the box as the Linden support erupted.

Staring down a 2-0 deficit and guilty of over playing the ball in the final third, the Georgetown unit eventually grabbed a lifeline as Benjamin was brought down within the left side of the box, forcing the referee to award a penalty kick.

Benjamin strode up to the spot and buried his shot to the left of the goalkeeper who had moved to his right.

The holders survived a tense fourteen minutes through solid defending, before the final whistle

sounded.

In the third place playoff, Annai Secondary defeated Waramadong Secondary 4-3 on penalty kicks after normal time finished 3-3.

Prior to the penalty shootout, Annai took the early lead in the second minute as Sherral Daniels scored with a tame shot from the right side that went comically through the hands of the keeper and into the back of the net.

Annai then doubled their lead in the 28th minute as Sherral Daniels netted his second of the match, placing his effort from the right side Continued on page 33

Director of Sport expresses sadness at blind cricketer’s passing In a release, Director of Sport Christopher Jones said, “The National Sports Commission regrets to inform the nation of the passing of Gordon Sandiford, member of the Guyana Blind Cricketers Team.”

“On Tuesday 28th July 2015 Gordon Sandiford left Guyana as part of the Guyana Team to participate in the Blind Cricketers Tournament in St Lucia, on Friday 31th a scheduled match between Guyana and Windward Islands was canceled due to heavy rain on Thursday afternoon and through the night. As a consequence the team was invited to go on tour of the Rodney Mall and then the Pigeon Island beach to swim which was the overall consensus of the players. At the beach Gordon Sandiford, a B2 (partially blind) player

Gordon Sandiford (News Source) “encountered difficulty” and had to be helped out of the water and was frothing through his mouth and nose, he was not talking and breathing.

The paramedics after performing on him felt a pulse

and immediately transferred him to the ambulance and left for the hospital. Gordon unfortunately passed away on the way to the hospital,” the release informed.

“Gordon Sandiford, 28, of Plaisaince Village East Coast Demerara leaves to mourn his father and three siblings. The National Sports Commission extend its condolences to the bereaved.

On Saturday 1st August 2015 the Minister of Education Dr. Roopert Roopnarine and the Director of Sport Mr. Christopher Jones visited the family to extend personal solace to the family,” the release concluded.

The government officials have been in contact with the team officials and are expected to inform on arrangements to return Sandiford’s body home for burial.

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Boyce & Jefford host Annual Officials Refresher Course The Boyce & Jefford Track and Field Committee yesterday hosted its annual Offficials’ Refresher Course in Linden ahead of the upcoming August 15-16 Track and Field Classic at the Mackenzie Sports Club Ground, Linden.

Technical Director of the Boyce & Jefford Track and Field Committee, Mark Scott supervised the workshop, which saw contributions from trained officials, including

Monday August 03, 2015

Chelsea Edghill secures US Scholarship

Pamela Phillips. The workshop has been an annual feature of the meet aimed at developing the capacity of officials.

The officials went through the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) rule book and were trained on the new developments as it pertains to the rules governing athletics.

Chelsea Edghill receives her new college shirt.

Technical Director of the Boyce & Jefford Track and Field Committee, Mark Scott (seated, left) pose with officials in Linden following yesterday’s training session.

Australia’s batsmen urged to toughen up ESPNcricinfo - An English pitch. A cloudy sky. A Dukes ball. An accomplished bowler.

A raucous crowd willing you to fail. An honoured teammate no longer in the XI beside you. An article that annoyed you. A coach who challenged you. Family matters. Your own expectations. Your own doubts. Ashes pressure.

All these things and many more flashed through the minds of the Australian batsmen at Edgbaston, presenting obstacles both perceived and actual. Their response was undeniably dire, leaving the team’s coaching staff to pick up the pieces between now and the fourth Test in Nottingham.

In the opinion of the batting coach Michael Di Venuto, Birmingham saw too much hazy decision-making by batsmen unused to the vagaries of English conditions and perhaps unprepared for the heightened atmosphere of Edgbaston, famously home to the loudest crowd on these shores.

Suggested remedies include better technical adaptation. But there is also a barb that should spur the visitors for the remainder of this tour. Di Venuto believes Australia’s batsmen were not tough enough in the third Test, and they will need to be in order to prevent the series being decided in England’s

favour by the end of the fourth.

“It’s hard to get 30,000 people screaming at training,” Di Venuto said. “And I’m not too sure Stuart Broad and James Anderson want to come and bowl to us at training. So it’s obviously hard at training to do that sort of thing, but we’ve all been in those situations before out in the middle.

“That’s where the two guys in the middle have to take responsibility and get through. It’s up to the two in the middle to counter-punch that. When you have a crowd like they were at Edgbaston it’s quite noisy but a wonderful opportunity to

quieten them down and get some runs.

“It’s hard work, nobody’s saying it’s easy especially with way they bowled. Steven Finn coming into the side bowled really well, Anderson in the first innings, Broad bowled really well and they only used three bowlers in the first innings so we didn’t get to their spinner or Ben Stokes.

“So in that first innings when the rain kept coming and they were on and off, they had a chance to stay fresh and they could bowl longer spells, sometimes that happens in the game. As a batting team we’ve got to counter that and we’ve got to

be a little bit tougher.”

During the match, David Warner observed that the Edgbaston atmosphere was more redolent of football than cricket, something Mitchell Johnson could concur with by the time he ended his contribution to the match, with a bizarre ball delivered from level with the umpire, apparently in response to constant taunting.

“Especially over here, you look at the football,” Warner said. “The crowds, the home teams - you hear all the songs and chants. Then you come over here and you’re playing the Ashes and it’s the same thing. The crowd Continued on page 33

Peter Nevill ground out 59 in the second innings after he was bowled for 2 in the first. (Getty Images)

Multiple Junior National Sportswoman winner, Caribbean, National Junior Champion and Junior Olympian, Chelsea Edghill was accepted on a partial scholarship to Lindenwood University, Missouri. Edghill is expected to commence training and studies at the famed United States ofAmerica institution later this month. Former national table tennis player, Michelle John had also procured a similar scholarship from Lindenwood University some years ago.

According to a Guyana Table Tennis Association (GTTA) Press Release, the scholarship covers five years and will allow Edghill to train, play and participate in high-level competitions against top level players on a consistent basis in view of achieving 2020 Olympic qualification.

“The College is ranked fourth in the inter-collegiate rankings.

She will play 13 collegiate tournaments from September toApril 2016, break for Summer from May to August 2016 and resume the cycle for the duration of her studies,” the GTTA release informed.

“She is paired with highly ranked world level players from Poland, Brazil and Ghana among others on the female team and high-level ranked players on the male side. These players will be her team-mates and training partners, which would allow her to consistently train and benefit from a structured coaching and training environment,” the release continued.

“The GTTA see Chelsea as a player for the future and one who has great Olympic prospects; this scholarship provides the perfect environment to nurture her talents and ultimately advance her chances of achieving Olympic excellence while pursuing academic excellence,” the association noted.

Additionally, the GTTA believes that this opportunity will also fortify Guyana’s team chances at doing well in regional and other competitions. The aim is to also supplement her development with training high level external training and international competitions, assessing her development as she moves toward the 2020 goal.

She is expected to pursue Chemistry and physics as part of her academic pursuits. Edghill has benefited from a 75% scholarship, which requires support from the Guyana Olympic Association (GOA), corporate Guyana and possibly Government. She is currently in the United States preparing for the China-Latin America Training Camp scheduled for August 11 -17 in San Juan, Puerto Rico. This Camp brings the best junior players in Latin America together with players from the Chinese national team and elite coaches. She will take up her scholarship following this Camp.

“As most of you already know I’ve been accepted to Lindenwood University. I’m extremely grateful and thankful for the opportunity to pursue Academic Excellence at this University. I must say thank you to all the persons who were and still are influential and supportive in my journey to success,” Edghill said on her facebook page.

“Firstly, I must thank my Parents for their moral support and guidance, my Coaches and mentors Idi Lewis and Lisa Lewis (no relation) and not forgetting my Teachers at The Bishops’High School and my lessons Teachers especially Mrs. Harris, Sir Carryl and Ms Shirley Elinor Jordan. Without your undying support and guidance, this would not be possible,” she continued.

“I must also say thank you to my Sponsors, Continental Group of Companies- Sunburst and Mr. Arron Fraser - Wartsila, for ensuring my attendance at The Youth Olympics and other tournaments and also the Guyana Table Tennis Association for chartering my course to table tennis success, Mr. Godfrey Munroe Thank You,” she added.