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Prime Minsiter Sam Hinds explaining the Government’s non-support of the motion by Leader of the Opposition Mr. David Granger for the establishment of a National Veteran’s Commission.

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Graduates lining up to receive their diplomas (Jimmy Roos photo)

HUNDREDS of graduands and their families and friends converged last night on the National Cultural Centre when the Government Technical Institute held its graduation ceremony for 2013. From before 16:00 hrs the grounds around the National Cultural Centre were awash with people and cars as graduands prepared to receive the certificates they have worked so long and hard for. Shortly after 16:00 hrs the graduands entered the Cultural Centre which was decked out with tens of balloons to signify that this was a time for celebration. Before the graduates received their diplomas they were addressed by a number of speakers who included the chairman of Guyana Technical Institute’s Board of Governors, Retired Major General Norman McLean, the principal Mr. Carl Benn and Ms. Melcita Bovell, who gave the feature address on behalf of Minister of Education, Minister Priya Manickchand who was unable to attend. (Jimmy Roos) (More to follow in tomorrow’s edition)

GUYANA CHRONICLE Friday November 22, 2013

CFATF warns members of risks emanating from Guyana - Guyana could face another review in February 2014

By Vanessa Narine PRIME Minister Samuel Hinds, in the National Assembly yesterday, informed the House that Guyana has obtained an unfavourbale designation by the Caribbean Financial Action Task Force (CFATF). However, he noted that the “worse” may still be on the horizon,

as Guyana may be selected for another review in February 2014 by the Financial Action Task Force (FATF), a body independent of CFATF. The Prime Minister pointed out that the February review will follow CFATF’s designation of Guyana as a country with strategic anti-money laundering and countering the financing terrorism deficiencies that has not made sufficient progress in addressing the

Attorney General Anil Nandlall

PRIME Minister Samuel Hinds

deficiencies and have not complied with its Action Plan developed with CFATF to address these deficiencies. CFATF is an organisation of 29 jurisdictions of the Caribbean Basin Region, which have agreed to implement the international standards for Anti-money Laundering and Combating the Financing of Terrorism (AML/CFT) and FATF recommendations. Hinds reported that CFAT, at its 38th plenary meeting this week, called for its members to “consider implementing counter measures

to their financial systems from the ongoing money laundering and terrorist financing risks” emanating from Guyana. The Prime Minister underscored the fact that 98 per cent of the deficiencies identified are legislative in nature, deficiencies that were addressed in the AML/CFT Amendment Bill that was defeated in the National Assembly on November 7, by the joint Opposition. CFATF in a statement released yesterday said: “In November 2011 the CFATF brought to the attention of its Members certain jurisdictions including Guyana with significant strategic deficiencies in their AML/CFT regime. With a view to encouraging expeditious rectification of the identified strategic deficiencies Guyana and the CFATF developed an Action Plan with identified target dates to address the strategic deficiencies that exist in Guyana’s national architecture to combat money laundering and the financing of terrorism. “As a result of not meeting the agreed timelines in its Action Plan, the CFATF issued a public statement in May 2013 recommending that Guyana take steps to ensure that it addressed its AML/ CFT deficiencies. “Guyana has made efforts to address its deficiencies, however, it has not taken sufficient steps towards improving its AML/CFT compliance regime by failing to approve and implement required legislative reforms. “Guyana must therefore pass the relevant legislation and implement all the outstanding issues within its Action Plan including: 1) fully criminalising money laundering and terrorist financing offences; 2) addressing all the requirements on beneficial ownership: 3) strengthening the requirements for suspicious transaction reporting, international co-operation, and the freezing and confiscation of terrorist assets; and 4) fully implementing the UN conventions.” Attorney General and Minister of Legal Affairs, Anil Nandlall, who led the Guyana’s team to the CFATF meeting, in a statement yesterday pointed out that it was resolved that a formal letter be sent to Guyana advising that should the identified deficiencies not be satisfactorily rectified, namely, the approval and implementation of the required legislative reforms, by the next Plenary Meeting, that is, by May 2014, then Guyana will be referred by CFATF to FATF International Corporation Review Group (ICRG).

GUYANA CHRONICLE Friday November 22, 2013

Murdered Brazilian businessman body flown to city Brazilian knew his attackers -police source By Leroy Smith THE police are looking for two of three men who invaded a Brazilian-owned business in Mahdia killing Brazilian national Danderlei Kienen late on Wednesday afternoon. One of the three suspects have since been arrested. Speaking with the Guyana Chronicle yesterday a police source who wish to remain unnamed stated that the businessman might not have been killed by persons who forced their way into his business place but rather reopened his business to someone he knew. It was related that at the time the robbery and murder occurred, usually the business would have already been closed. The police source indicated that

The sign which has been posted on the door to the entrance of the business office in Georgetown (Photos by Leroy Smith) the only way someone could been able to carry out the act is if they were given access to the premises and from all indications, access was given

to the property by the now dead Brazilian to a person or persons he was familiar with. On Wednesday evening three men armed with knives

Road users must change approach in order to reduce accidents â&#x20AC;&#x201C; PM Hinds By Leroy Smith PRIME Minister Samuel Hinds has challenged all road users to change their approach and behaviour when it comes to the use of the road, if this country is to see a reduction in the number of road accidents. He issued the challenge while addressing an audience of young people and youth groups who marched on the observance of World Day of Road Accident Victims which was organised locally by the National Road Safety Council. According to the PM, Guyanese need to convince themselves of the necessity for action to reduce the instances of road accidents, since the rate in this country is very high. He recalled that, years ago, the Public Works Minis-

try, in the course of repairing roads, was required to have a study done on the causes of accidents and it revealed that Guyana had an average of fifty times more than the United States (U.S.) However, Mr. Hinds said in a recent report he received the position is somewhat a bit different with a reduction in the trend. But he maintained it is a fallacy for anyone to believe that they can drink and still be able to control a vehicle the way they would without alcohol or any other drug in their system. He said there is a belief that big men can drink and hold their liquor but the fact of the matter is that drunk people do get into accidents. The things which can see the reduction in accidents are

for persons to stay within the prescribed speed limit, drive as fast as the terrain would allow and exercise the five Csâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;, the Prime Minister advised. He remarked that, in addition to deaths caused by road accidents, there are also the issues of pain, trauma, injuries and associated expenses.

Undertakers place the body of the murdered Brazilian national on a stretcher as it is removed from the aircraft pounced on the 46 -year old Brazilian who they robbed and in the process murdered at 111 -Mile Mahdia. The man was stabbed to death based on information released to the media by the Guyana Police Force. Yesterday the body of the murdered man was flown out of the area by an aircraft which is used mainly for humanitarian missions into the interior locations of Guyana. The body arrived at the Ogle Airport at approximately 15:05 hrs on aircraft piloted by Captain Charles and accompanied by another senior operative of the company operated by the deceased Brazilian. Those who are responsible for the murder and robbery of the man are said to have carted

off millions in cash and a quantity of gold. This newspaper yesterday visited the office of the man on Regent and Light Streets which was locked even as a hand written signed advised the

customers that the business was closed and will resume operations today. A post-mortem is expected to be performed on the body today as the police continue their investigations into the matter.

U.N. anti-spying resolution weakened in bid to gain U.S., British support (Reuters) - A DRAFT U.N. resolution that some diplomats said suggested spying in foreign countries could be a human rights violation has been weakened to appease the United States, Britain and others ahead of a vote by a U.N committee next week. Germany and Brazil drafted the resolution calling for an end to excessive electronic surveillance. It does not name specific countries but comes after former U.S. contractor Edward Snowden released details of spying by the U.S. National Security Agency. The U.N. General Assembly’s Third Committee, which deals with human rights issues, is to vote on the draft next week, and it is then expected to be put to a vote by the 193-nation General Assembly in December. The initial draft would have had the assembly declare it is “deeply concerned at human rights violations and abuses that may result from the conduct of any surveillance of communications, including extraterritorial surveillance of communications.” But the language has been changed to “deeply concerned at the negative impact that surveillance and/or interception of communications, including extraterritorial surveillance and/or interception of communications, as well as the collection of personal data, in particular when carried out on a mass scale, may have on the exercise and enjoyment of human rights.” A senior U.N. diplomat, speaking on condition of anonymity, described the new language as a compromise that “sort of breaks the link between extraterritorial surveillance and human rights violations.” The final version of the draft resolution was presented to the Third Committee late on Wednesday. It was not immediately clear if the United States, Britain and others would support it. General Assembly resolutions are non-binding, unlike resolutions of the 15-nation Security Council. But assembly resolutions that enjoy broad international support can carry significant moral and political weight. The draft notes “that while concerns about public security may justify the gathering and protection of certain sensitive information, States must ensure full compliance with their obligations under international human rights law.” It calls on states to review procedures, practices and legislation on communications surveillance and “to establish or maintain existing independent, effective domestic oversight mechanisms capable of ensuring transparency, as appropriate, and accountability for State surveillance of communications, their interception and collection of personal data.”

GUYANA CHRONICLE Friday November 22, 2013

Companies, port sought to destroy Syria poisons (Reuters) - THE global chemical weapons watchdog is urgently seeking commercial firms to destroy toxins from Syria’s poison gas arsenal, and trying to find a Mediterranean port where the deadliest chemicals can first be processed off-shore. The Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons is racing to cobble together a “Plan B” to eradicate Syria’s poison gas arsenal, after Albania abruptly backed out of an offer last week to host the destruction. The OPCW is expected to ask companies formally on Thursday to bid for commercial contracts to treat around 800 tonnes of bulk industrial chemicals that are safe to destroy in commercial incinerators, a document reviewed by Reuters shows. In addition, another 500 tonnes of chemicals, including actual nerve agents, are seen as too dangerous to import into a country or process commercially, and so would first be treated off shore on a U.S. ship. That process would itself yield large volumes of toxic waste that must then be disposed of. The OPCW would need to find a port in the area where it can oversee the offshore work and then ship out the waste products. The Hague-based OPCW, which won the Nobel Peace Prize last month, has been given the task of destroying Syria’s chemical weapons stocks under an agreement brokered by the United States and Russia which averted U.S. missile strikes. Washington had threatened to attack Syria to punish it for a sarin gas attack on a Damascus suburb which killed hundreds of people in August, but withdrew the threat after President Bashar al-Assad agreed to give up his chemical arsenal.

The global chemical weapons watchdog expects to spend up to 45 million euros on commercial waste treatment as part of the destruction of Syria’s toxic arsenal, sources involved in the discussions told Reuters. Companies have until November 29 to express their interest, the document reviewed by Reuters said. L a s t F r i d a y, A l b a n i a abruptly withdrew an offer to host a destruction facility, prompting a scramble to find countries able to destroy chemicals. Discussions are ongoing and the sources said no decision yet had been taken. France, Germany, Italy and the United Kingdom all have the technical capability to handle toxins, they said. Italy, Norway and Denmark have offered to transport Syria’s chemical weapons

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U.N. chemical weapons experts leave a building after they inspected it for an alleged chemical weapons attack, in the Ain Tarma neighbourhood of Damascus August 29, 2013. Credit: Reuters/Mohamed Abdullah

UK police rescue 3 women allegedly held as slaves LONDON (AP) — THREE traumatized women have been rescued from a London home after one called a charity to say she’d been held against her will for more than three decades, British police said Thursday. Metropolitan Police said a 67-year-old man and a 67-yearold woman were arrested on Thursday at a home in south London as part of an investigation into slavery and domestic servitude. The investigation comes after a charity contacted police in

October to report that a woman had phoned to say she’d been held unwillingly for more than 30 years. The catalyst for the call was a television documentary on forced marriages, according to police. Police said further inquiries revealed the location of the south London house and that with the help of Freedom Charity, a 69-year-old Malaysian woman, a 57-year-old Irish woman and a 30-year-old British woman were rescued. “All three women, who

were highly traumatized, were taken to a place of safety where they remain,” police said in a statement, adding that an investigation of the “very serious” allegations was underway. It was unclear which woman claimed she had been held for more than 30 years and there was no other information immediately on the circumstances of the other two. Freedom Charity was not immediately able to comment on the rescue or investigation.

France says Central African Republic on verge of genocide

(Reuters) - FRANCE on Thursday that Central African Republic was “on the verge of genocide” and it expected the United Nations to give Paris and the African Union permission to intervene. Central African Republic, a landlocked nation of 4.6 million people, has descended into violence and chaos since Seleka rebels, many of them from neighboring Chad and Sudan, ousted President Francois Bozize in March. The U.S. State Department estimates that nearly 400,000

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people have been displaced and 68,000 have fled to neighboring countries since Seleka leader and interim president Michel Djotodia has lost control of his loose coalition of warlords. The violence has increasingly pitted Seleka’s mainly Muslim fighters against Christian militias. Christians make up half the population and Muslims 15 percent, the CIA World Factbook says. “The country is on the verge of genocide,” French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius told

French television station France 2. “France, CAR’s neighbors and the international community are worried. The United Nations will give permission to African forces, the African Union and France to intervene.” While U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said on Monday he may be prepared to deploy U.N. peacekeepers, U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry has made it plain Washington favors an African peacekeeping force.

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GUYANA CHRONICLE Friday November 22, 2013

VYBZ KARTEL TRIAL:

Forensic investigator says bloodstains found at entertainer’s home

(Jamaica Gleaner) A FORENSIC investigator is now on the stand in the Vybz Kartel murder trial. The investigator has testi-

Clive ‘Lizard’ Williams was allegedly beaten before being killed on August 16, 2011. Kartel and four other men are on trial for the murder in the

fied that he found bloodstains at the entertainer’s home in Havendale, St Andrew where

Home Circuit Court. Detective Constable Avril Thomas from the Major Inves-

tigation Taskforce (MIT) has testified to processing a scene at the four-bedroom house on 7 Swallowfield Avenue, Havendale, St Andrew as part of investigations. He said Superintendent Michael Phipps, who heads the MIT had given him instructions and pointed out the dwelling to him. The detective told the court he found spots of blood on a door-jam in one of the rooms and watermarks on the floor. Meanwhile, under cross-examination by defence lawyers this morning, the sister of the deceased said following an incident at her home on Sunday August 14, 2011, she instructed her brother to leave the community of Waterford in Portmore. She also testified to assisting him to leave. Pressed by defense lawyer, Pierre Rogers, the woman said when she spoke to her brother

on the Monday, she did not know where he was at that point. She said she later found out on Tuesday that he was in Waterford. Asked if she was scared about her brother ’s whereabouts, she began to cry and said she only wanted to know that he was alive. When she was re-examined by prosecutor, Leighton Morris, she said she gave her brother $3,000 to assist him to leave Waterford. Kartel, whose real name is Adidja Palmer, is jointly charged with fellow entertainer Shawn Campbell, popularly known as Shawn Storm, André St John, Shane Williams and Kahira Jones. A fifth co-accused, fashion designer Calvin Haye, was released yesterday after the prosecution said they found no evidence against him.

Gov’t making efforts to prevent terrorism, travel fraud (Jamaica Gleaner) THE government is making efforts to prevent cases of terrorism, travel fraud and other border related crimes with the training of personnel from the Passport, Immigration and Citizenship Agency (PICA). Immigration officers, investigators, citizenship and passport officers and customer service personnel from Kingston and Montego Bay, are now participating in a comprehensive training programme in St James. Chief Executive Officer of PICA, Jennifer McDonald says the training will better equip the officers in areas such as travel document examination, fraud prevention and detecting identity theft. She says the efforts are aimed at strengthening the security of the country’s borders and safeguarding the island from organised criminal networks. She pointed out that criminals sometimes take advantage of the fact that Jamaica is strategically located and convenient for regional connectivity and transhipment. McDonald also emphasise that her agency has already upgraded the Jamaican passport with additional security features to make it more tamper-proof. She says PICA’s border management system at the ports has also been improved.

Griffith: 2,000 drunk drivers charged this year

(Newsday) TWO-THOUSAND drunk drivers have been charged so far this year. A total of 125 people have died in road traffic accidents and 289 persons have been murdered, the latter statistic being for the first nine months of this year. These figures were given by National Security Minister Gary Griffith as he was quoting data from the Police Service, for the period January 1, to September 30, 2013. He gave these figures as he responded to a question for oral answer from Opposition Senator Fitzgerald Hinds yesterday during the Senate sitting, at the International Waterfront Centre in Port-of-Spain.

Griffith said the disturbing trends in both areas continue to be two important national issues being given high priority by the police. The detection rate continued to decline: for 2011 it was 21.9 per cent, for 2012 16.1 percent and, up until September 30, 2013, it is 10.7 percent. He noted the figure for 2013 “will increase” as they will get more evidence “as they move along”. Opposition Senator Fitzgerald Hinds asked if Griffith was not “alarmed” by the detection rate and Griffith said it was “unacceptable”. Griffith also announced a “virtual police officer” system will be launched for citizens to provide information anonymously online.

Griffith spoke about the assistance of former New York Police Commissioner William Bratton during his recent visit, the installation of GPS on police vehicles, use of computerised statistics or COMSTAT, the planned establishment of the National Operations Centre and advancements with training at the National Security Training Academy. He agreed with the suggestion by Bratton that if officers are provided with adequate remuneration and resources they will perform above and beyond the call of duty and be less inclined to become involved in corrupt and questionable activities. “It will then allow the citi-

zens to feel more comfortable, more confident with the police service, provide them with that information which will then act as a major mechanism to increase the detection rate,” he said. Opposition Senator Dr Lester Henry questioned Griffith about Bratton’s stop and frisk techniques which have been criticised for racial profiling in New York. Griffith responded that Bratton had a proven track record in many countries of

reducing crime and, “people only throw stones at trees that bear fruit.” Griffith reported to curb the number of traffic deaths, one of the priority areas outlined in the strategic plan of the service is to increase safety of roadways and other public places through the road policing initiative. He noted because of the use of surveillance bays there has been a marked increase in police presence on the nation’s highways and an

increase in stop and search exercises conducted daily at all nine police divisions. Griffith said due to the increased use of breathalyser kits, scores of people have been charged for being above the legal alcohol limit and for the period a total of 2,005 persons have been charged. He also reported 400 laser speed guns will be acquired by January next year and requisite legislation is being prepared at the Transport Ministry.

GUYANA CHRONICLE Friday November 22, 2013

GUYANA

The poor is feeling the GPL squeeze

EDITORIAL

50 years since the shocking death of John F. Kennedy

TODAY, exactly fifty years ago, an incident that was as sudden, and shockingly unexpected occurred in the United States that caused an unprecedented outpouring of national grief. It was approximately 12.30pm, Central Standard Time, when John Fitzgerald Kennedy was felled by an assassin’s bullet. The 35th President of the United States was at the time travelling in a motorcade along with his wife, Jacqueline, and accompanied by the first couple of Texas, Governor John Conolly and Mrs Conolly, through Dallas, Texas. Kennedy had been elected to the white House in the 1960 November Presidential elections, after defeating the Republican Vice-President and Presidential nominee, Richard Milhous Nixon, in what has been the closest US presidential race. Kennedy polled 34,220,984 votes or 49.7%, while his challenger garnered 34,108,157 votes or 49.6%, thus he won by a very slim margin of 112, 827. He was also the first Roman Catholic to occupy the White House, as well as the youngest President to be elected, after Franklin Roosevelt. He was also the Fourth American President to die by the gun, the others being Abraham Lincoln, James Garfield, and William McKinley, the 16th, 20th, and 25th Presidents respectively. In fact, the latter Chief Executive died in 1901, thus making Kennedy and his death, the only two violent tragedies of twentieth century White House incumbents. An observation made is that McKinley’s death, although similarly violent, and occurring fifty years earlier, was hardly ever recalled by Americans prior to Kennedy’s death, and even after. The 35th President’s death is still the source of great controversy as it relates to the circumstances of his ending. There is no other political assassination more famous than this, that has spawned so many conspiratorial theories as to how this much–beloved American, political statesman met his death. The theories become even more complex when it is considered that the alleged assassin, Lee Harvey Oswald was himself shot dead by Jack Ruby, a self-proclaimed sympathizer of the slain president’s widow. Despite a ten-month investigation by the Earl Warren Commission that found there was a lone gunman, the strong belief upheld to this day is that there was a vast conspiracy inclusive of the Central Intelligence Agency(CIA), the Federal Bureau of Investigation(FBI) and some congressional personalities at the time and the Mafia, that had been responsible for Kennedy’s murder. The House Select Committee on Assassinations, although exempting those agencies stated, did not exclude the possibility that individuals from those institutions may have been involved, when in its investigative report it criticized flaws in the Warren Report, and investigations done by the FBI. But the polls conducted between 1966-2003, showed that 80% of those polled suspected a plot or cover-up. Even a recent 2013 AP exercise concludes the view that more than one person was a part

1. The Guyana Power and Light (GPL) is robbing the poor to recover their revenue from the loss of electricity generated and I will explain how this is so. There are entities mainly businesses that are consuming the bulk of GPL’s electricity and aren’t paying for the amount of kilowatts which they consumed in money value against energy used. Some electricity generated also are being used by illegal connection and aren’t being paid for. 2. We understand however that GPL’s share from the country’s budget was cut by billions which however have a dramatic impact on the company. As a citizen of our beautiful country, the way things goes these days people have to suffer or stage a large protest and few lives have to be lost before we can have our voices be heard or before we can achieve what we are aiming for. It’s the politics of life these days and it’s far gone beyond the point of no return to where it used to be a decade ago. 3. However, in order for GPL to survive they must recover their money one way or the other and surprisingly they’ve chosen the easy way out, “Robbing the poor and saving the rich while the rich is getting richer and the poor is getting poorer.” I know there will be a lot of raised eyebrows after my letter is read if published. 4. I am living in Berbice, my meter that was on my property had the capability to record reading for a 110/220v capacity, was replaced with a meter to only read 110v electricity. For example let’s say I was using 60 kilowatts of electricity per month with the old meter for all the years it was on my property the newly installed meter by GPL on my property started reading 300 – 400

Government must clamp down on squatting IT has been reported that the pressure is mounting for CJIA squatters’ removal after stolen items and drugs were found. Is anyone surprised at the findings there? Most Guyanese knew for like over 40 years now that where there are illegal squatters there are tremendous stolen items. These people have the gall to tell you they lived there for over 30 years then it means they lived free and therefore they have to be rich. Those who connect water and light to illegal squatters must be hunted down and face the court of law. Government is urged to do more police raids in illegal squatting areas and if this is done you might be surprised about the findings. They like the prisoners who are demanding five-star treatment must be treated brutally since they are all lawbreakers. If I were to live free for over 30 years then I have to be well off financially. Government must do an audit of some of these illegal squatters and get in, on their finances. T. KING of the crime. No doubt, the more than 1000 books, including in excess of 100 this year that continue to argue and debate as to the mosaic of conspiracy still surrounding his tragic ending. But this enchantment with a dead president, seen at the time as holding great promise for leadership, but whose untimely death robbed the fulfillment of such, continues up to this day, despite later revelations of his personal indiscretions, that if known at that time, would have rendered him liable to impeachment proceedings. Arriving at the Oval Office in the heat of the Cold War, Americans and the world over, will remember Kennedy as one of the two principal East-West figures in each of the following incidents: the failed Bay of Pigs invasion, which he reportedly executed, although his predecessor Dwight Eisenhower had been its architect; the Berlin crisis in 1961 that culminated in the building of the Berlin Wall; and the Cuban Missile crisis, in which the world came closest to a nuclear war. His stock as leader who had been able to defeat the then Union of Soviet Socialist Republic’s(USSR) leader, Nikita Khruschev during this tense stand-off, rose after this particular high voltage Cold War incident. In fact, this incident was reported to be one of the reasons for Chairman Kkruschev’s removal from office in 1964.

kilowatts of electricity for the months after it was installed. 5. I made complaints and reports to GPL about the meter and that they should come and check it out because it sure is faulty as my property doesn’t have the ability to consume that much energy. The part that hurts most is that I have to pay GPL the difference in value for the electricity that the meter recorded that I may have used. A crew from GPL came to my place and tested the meter and found that it was a faulty meter and needs to be changed. By this time I have already paid two more bills in excess of $25,000, whereas my normal bill for all the years coming from since 2000 when I got power from GPL is $5,000.00 to $8,000.00 during the year and $9,000.00 to $11,000.00 in December since it’s the Christmas season. 6. When contacted GPL again for the 10th time concerning the over charging on my bill, the response I am getting all the time is that they can’t do anything and that I would have to pay the bill until the meter can be replaced and they would probably refund the excess money back into my account. Where in the history of GPL do you know, Mr. Editor that they refund? Tell me Mr. Editor, how can a household where one person is working with a monthly income of $50,000 afford to pay that amount of money, still have to pay other bills and survive on that amount of money for the entire month. 7. Mr. Editor if you conduct a research in Berbice, and you don’t have to go far, but each of GPL’s Offices, you will see how many persons go there on a daily basis with the same very issue that I am having and which am facing for the past five months now. 8. This is how I see it Mr. Editor. GPL deliberately placed these refurbished meters on the homes of the poor so that they can over bill them to recover their lost revenue that they’re losing on a daily basis through unpaid bills for energy being sold and illegal connections. This is so because they are brave enough to tell the poor people there’s nothing they can do about the overbilling on their account but not brave enough to disconnect service going to those people who have illegal connections and recover millions owing to them by businesses. 9. I hope the relevant authorities and persons in the Cabinet that the poor voted in there could help us, for it’s that reason we the people put you there. DINISH SINGH

Shoemaker douses sister with gasoline, sets her alight A 35-year old mother of four, Samantha Schwartz was up to late last evening a patient at the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC ) after she was doused with gasoline and set alight by her bother. The Guyana Chronicle was informed that the woman had just arrived at the lot 73 Section D South Sophia when her brother showed up and questioned her about a rubber slipper which she denied any knowledge of. According to the information received the man became enraged and doused the woman with the flammable substance and set her alight with the use of a lighter. When contacted last evening one of the woman’s sister said that the hospitalised woman had her three -year old daughter close to her when the man carried out the deed but fortunately she was not injured. After the woman was set alight, her 12-year old some came rushing to her aid with a bucket of water but was quickly advised against throwing it on his mother. Meanwhile, the police are claiming that the burning is as a result of some weed that went missing from the brother’s shop. The man is said to be a shoemaker. The Guyana Chronicle will bring you added information on this story in tomorrow’s edition. (Leroy Smith)

GUYANA CHRONICLE Friday November 22, 2013

Combined opposition passes motion for National Veterans Commission - but gov’t sees little to be gained By Clifford Stanley THE combined opposition used its majority in Parliament yesterday to carry a motion in the name of Leader of the Opposition Brigadier (rtd) David Granger for the establishment of a National Veterans Commission. The purpose of the motion which was carried by the majority is to establish a National Veterans Commission which would examine the conditions

and circumstances facing the veterans of the Defence Forces and disciplined services and make recommendations to ensure their health and welfare and the general administration of their affairs. The Defence Force and disciplined services referred to by the Leader of the Opposition are the Guyana Defence Force, the Guyana Police Force, the Guyana People’s Militia, the now defunct Guyana National Service and the Fire and Prison Services. Mr. Granger in moving his

motion had argued that there was a general consensus that many of the veterans who had given their youth to their service and country were living in dire circumstances. The widows of members killed while on duty were having difficulties coping with the loss of their spouses because the compensation given to them was inadequate, he said among other arguments in support of his motion. He was supported by Mr. Winston Felix who mentioned cases of members being injured

transportation, and the increase in allocations to the benefit of disciplined forces and veterans. He added: “We in the and incapacitated in the line of government’s position that a government see little to be duty and for whom adequate Commission was not necessary. gained and we see a certain provisions do not exist when He said that the govern- danger that the inevitable focus of attention, time and resources to this ‘We in the government see little to be gained and C o m m i s s i o n w o u l d we see a certain danger that the inevitable focus of detract from necessary focus on growing attention, time and resources to this Commission our economy.” would detract from necessary focus on growing He said: “We all want to do good but our economy’ – Prime Minister Hinds we must first do well to get the wherewithal to they reach the age of retirement. ment was satisfied with the do good. That has been and great improvements that it continues to be the focus of COMMISSION NOT has been able to bring about this government to do well NECESSARY over the last twenty years in so that there is money and In response Prime Minister, the conditions, the materials, resources to do good. We Samuel Hinds advanced the the housing, the food, the cannot detract from that.”

Media regulation and infrastructural development dominate debates at 13th Youth Parliament By Leroy Smith THE National Youth Parliament yesterday sat for its 13th sitting at the Guyana International Conference Centre at Liliendaal, and the issues of regulation of the media and infrastructural development dominated the debates which saw 53 participants mimicking representatives of the government and opposition benches in the National Assembly. Speaking with the Guyana Chronicle yesterday afternoon, Michael Young, a consultant to the 13th Parliament, said that during the debates representatives came up with a resolution that the local media needs to be regulated and should be more responsible and transparent in its duties with a focus on securing the nation’s development. The issue of infrastructural development did not escape the young parliamentarians who at the end of the debate called for national acceptance and embracement of infrastructural works and developmental programmes, according to Young. The former Prime Minister within the National Youth Parliament also pointed out that the decision to take the issues of the media and developmental works to the youth parliament was largely to get the ideas and views of the younger generation with respect to the issues. Other issues which were up for discussion included juvenile delinquency.

One of the conference rooms at the Guyana International Conference Centre at Liliendaal, Greater Georgetown, where the National Youth Parliament was held yesterday (Photo by Leroy Smith)

Seventy-five-year-old manslaughter accused found not guilty …wishes judge merry Christmas By George Barclay WHEN partially deaf 75-yearold Johoro Ramnauth called ‘Zainool’ of Zeeburg, West Bank Berbice, was Wednesday found not guilty of unlawfully killing security guard ‘BrukUp’, she mistakenly thought she had been found guilty. So she enquired from trial judge, Justice Navindra Singh, “Am I found guilty?” The judge replied, “No You are found not guilty, you are free to go, Happy Christmas.” The freed woman, who also has difficulty in walk-

ing, retorted, in a high-pitched voice: “You too have a Merry Christmas.” Then she said thank you as she was helped from the dock by police officers. She was then accompanied on her freedom journey by a female relative, the only spectator, apart from two members of the press who were present without the normal press accommodation. The accused was indicted with having on April 1, 2008, unlawfully killed Subas ‘Chand’, called ‘Bruk-Up’. The prosecution was represented yesterday by Mrs. Judith Gildharie-Mursalin and

the accused by attorney, Mr. Huckumchand. The prosecution called witnesses with the police producing caution statements by the accused. In one statement the accused said that she and ‘BrukUp’ used to drink together, and that he had made overtures to her in the past which she had turned down. But according to her on the day in question, the man called out to her and she advised him to go away. Instead of taking her advice, he broke and entered her building and forced her to commit an unnatural sex act with him. She

said that she became annoyed and in self-defence hit him on the head with a piece of wood. In the other statement, she said that on the particular day ‘Bruk-Up’ was drunk and began beating her and in defence she responded by hitting him with a piece of wood. At the close of the prosecution’s case, the defence attorney made a no-case submission in the presence of the jury, pointing out that all his client did was to defend herself, and he submitted that in the circumstances there was no case for her to answer. The prosecutrix, while not

conceding, told the court that one of the five elements the prosecution has to prove, cause of death, had not been proved by the police who did not submit a post-mortem report at the preliminary inquiry to determine the cause of death. Justice Singh agreed with the defence no-case submissions and directed the jury to return a formal verdict of not guilty of manslaughter in favour of the accused. Acting in accordance with the directions given, the jury returned a formal verdict of not guilty.

Manslaughter accused Johora Ramnauth, called ‘Zainool’, in court Wednesday before she was freed on a no-case submission

GUYANA CHRONICLE Friday November 22, 2013

GAWU/GUYSUCO ink four per cent wage/salary hike agreement

The Guyana Agricultural and General Workers Union (GAWU) and the Guyana Sugar Corporation (GuySuCo) inked an agreement, which was countersigned by Chief Labour Officer, Charles Ogle, paving the way for a four per cent wage/salary hike retroactive to January 01, 2013. The agreement followed five (5) engagements at the bilateral level and two (2) at the conciliatory level beginning on June 04, 2013. The agreement also provides for improvements in allowances and additional yearly issuance of Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) to workers. The union’s 40-member negotiation team comprising shop stewards across-the-industry unanimously approved the four (4) per cent rise-in-pay. The negotiating team, in approving the agreement, took into account the interim Audited Statement of the Corporation for 2012, and the Management Accounts as at August 31, 2013 which indicate that the Corporation is in dire financial straits. The corporation is hoping that favourable weather would permit the industry to operate all its seven grinding estates until week-ending December 21, 2013 thus allowing the realisation of the revised target of 201,000 tonnes of sugar for the year (2013). The union and the corporation are to engage in another set of discussions on Annual Production Incentive (API) for 2013. The sugar production for the year as at November 15, 2013 is approximately 165,000 tonnes sugar. GAWU representatives from the various estates signing the agreement

Rekha’s decision to send Khan home…

‘Procedure of sending the man home was wrong’- Westford MINISTER of Public Service Dr. Jennifer Westford, who is also acting Minister of Health, has ordered that Chief Executive Officer of the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC), Michael Khan, be back on the job. Michael Khan, who has been at the helm of the operations at the GPHC for some time now, had been ordered to proceed on his accumulated annual leave by recently appointed chairman of the GPHC, Nirmal Rekha, who is also the Finance Secretary of the Ministry of Finance. Speaking with the Guyana Chronicle yesterday at the Public Buildings, the minister said that there is a procedure in doing things and when it comes to sending Mr. Khan on leave, the procedure was not followed. She told this newspaper that there is no way that Mr. Khan could be sent on his leave, unless he asks for it. Last week it was reported that the GPHC Chairman had sent the Chief Executive Officer on leave to facilitate investigations into fraud at the institution. Michael Khan, since his assumption to the duties of CEO at the country’s main health institution, has been working closely with several overseas based and local organisations to secure additional resources and training for hospital staff. Khan has also explored several new initiatives in the past to ensure that there was a better relationship between the members of the public and the health providers at the institution. Only recently, the GPHC, under Khan’s watch, Accident and Emergency Unit has been renovated creating more space and allowing a speedier addressing of the health concerns of those who visit the unit. Over the years there has also been a better relationship between the media, the Georgetown Public Hospital and the members of the public, with Khan adopting an open door policy in addressing the issues of those who come with complaints and other concerns with respect to the operations of the hospital and the treatment meted out to those who seek medical attention at the facility.

GUYANA CHRONICLE Friday November 22, 2013

Guyana. As to those who may have been duped by the opposition partiesâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; claim that the intended measures warned by the government are a hoax, they had better think again. For not only is this a situation that will possibly cause a potential slowing down of the economy, but also one that holds difficulties for them, particularly those who receive remittances. This has been re-emphasized so many times by the executive, in seeking to sensitise the nation as to the likely fall-out. It ought to be an affront to every patriotic Guyanese for So it has finally happened, and, not without the dire warnings

This is indeed a tragedy for a country that had suffered for so

their country to suffer betrayal in so callous and irresponsible a

and entreaties sounded to the obdurate parliamentary parties,

long, and which has finally been led into the bright day of socio-eco-

manner. After all, this is not a case of the government, but rather

A Partnership For National Unity (APNU) and the Alliance For

nomic transformation by a government that has had to live with many

one of the entire nation that is now being made to exist among

Change (AFC) parties. Guyana has now been inevitably black-

of its development projects deliberately stymied by two opposition

the international business community like a pariah. This is now

listed, because of its inability in the context of the two parties to

parties who have lost their way amidst their constancy of budget cuts

going to be our status unless the two opposition parties quickly

support the passage of the Anti-Money Laundering and Coun-

and other anti-national practices.

understand how much serious damage their irresponsible be-

tering the Financing of Terrorism (Amendment) Bill that will accord Guyana compliant status.

It is also embarrassing for the detailed scrutiny and other similar measures that will now be employed towards doing business with

haviour is causing to a country and its people that they claim to love and care.

GUYANA CHRONICLE Friday November 22, 2013

Dr. Cheddi Jagan 66th anniversary of - politics was not just his entry into Parliament career but rather his life By Jimmy Roos The Cheddi Jagan Research Centre on Wednesday night

hosted the media and invited guests at an event marking the “66th Anniversary of Dr. Jagan’s entry into Parliament.”

The guest speaker was Senior Counsel, Mr. Ashton Chase who was one of the founding members of the PAC,

DR CHEDDI JAGAN a precursor to the People’s Progressive Party (PPP) and one of the men who closely worked together with Dr. Cheddi Jagan. In his address, Mr. Chase painted a vivid picture of a politician for whom politics was not just a career, but rather his life. While listening to the lecture one got the sense of a man who cared deeply about the plight of the people he represented and would do anything to change their plight, even die for it, if necessary. This reminds me of Nelson Mandela who uttered the famous quote: “During my lifetime I have

Guests who attended the lecture

Mr. Ashton Chase, former trade unionist and Senior Counsel dedicated myself to this strugand to achieve. But if needs gle of the African people. I be, it is an ideal for which I have fought against white am prepared to die.” - Nelson domination, and I have fought Mandela against black domination. I This was a refreshing have cherished the ideal of a and welcome reminder that democratic and free society as a politician you don’t in which all persons live tohave to betray your princigether in harmony and with ples for the sake of votes, as equal opportunities. It is an one so often finds in politics ideal which I hope to live for today.

GUYANA CHRONICLE Friday November 22, 2013

Natural Resources Minister urges youths to embrace GIS as career opportunity

DURING the inaugural Geographic Information Systems (GIS) Day observed on Wednesday which featured a series of activities, including an exhibition at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall, youths were urged to grasp the opportunities in the field of geography.

Describing the document as a ‘living one’ Persaud said that it will be constantly reviewed to reflect changes in an ever evolving society. He stressed that it was not a ‘top down’ document, but one which was ‘bottom up’ in its approach to addressing issues. It was noted that countrywide consultations were held with many residents of various communities being given an opportunity to voice their opinions, and offer advice and suggestions as part of the process. The affairs of the Lands and Surveys Commission,

that as young people, you will take a greater interest in the field, in the topic, in this new area which for many of you is GIS, and you will see the career opportunity because we will need an increasing number of technicians in this particular area…..we will need much more, not only in the public sector, but also in the private sector where many companies require the use of these skills”. It was through activities such as this event, Minister Persaud said, that help to increase awareness of GIS and the fact that, though novel, it was not

Natural Resources and the Environment Minister Robert Persaud addressing participants at the inaugural GIS Day celebrations at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall Minister of Natural Resources and the Environment, Robert Persaud outlined the opportunities available to youths within the sector. He highlighted the Land Use Policy, formulated with European Union support, which will be used to develop in a sustainable way the use of land across Guyana. The minister pointed out that the policy document will inform citizens, particularly potential investors about the availability and suitability of lands for various activities. “It is about allowing us to make smart, sensible and transparent decisions,” he said.

EU Ambassador Robert Kopecky addressing participants at the inaugural GIS Day celebrations at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall according to the minister, have also been modernised with the use of GIS and its benefits to mining, forestry, road construction, disaster relief and law enforcement were also noted. “It would allow us to maximise and develop our country very quickly and realise its potential. I do hope

World Bank Data Management Specialist Bishwa Pandey addressing participants at the inaugural GIS Day celebrations at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall unknown. Meanwhile, European Union Ambassador Robert Kopecky said GIS was an investment in the future, adding it was his love of geography which led in part to his posting

Some of the participants at the inaugural GIS Day celebrations at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall students to take a keen interest to South America from his agement Specialist Bishwa in the programme which would native Czechoslovakia (now Pandey spoke of the role be to their benefit. Czech and Slovak Repubthat technology is playing The event attracted students lics). The opportunities in the and will continue to play in of several high schools in Georgesector would enable youths to the sector, describing it as town who participated in a quiz, build careers which would debeing an “exciting time”. a treasure hunt and a ‘MaptionHe noted that GIS is playing ary’ exercise. The students were a significant role in helping also able to view an audio visual countries, such as the Philpresentation, an exhibition with ippines which was recently booths showcasing the work and struck by Typhoon Haiyan instruments used by agencies such leaving 500,000 homeless as the Guyana Geology and Mines and killing more than 4,000 Commission and the Guyana Forpeople, recover from disasestry Commission. ters. It is through mapping Using Skype, students were services that organisations also able to connect with their and the government are able counterparts in Jamaica who sent to coordinate their aid rethem GIS day greetings. sponses, to assist those most GIS Day was celebrated affected, he said. UG Vice Chancellor Jacob under the theme “DiscoverUniversity of Guyana’s Opadeyi addressing ing where we live” under the Vice-Chancellor, Professor auspices of the Ministry of participants at the inaugural Jacob Opadeyi pointed out Natural Resources and the to the students at the event GIS Day celebrations at the Environment. Organisations that a cholera outbreak Cliff Anderson Sports Hall all over the world that use in the 1970s was tracked GIS, or are interested in GIS, and contained using GIS. participate by holding or sponThis enabled health workers soring an event of their own. In velop Guyana and even improve to accurately pinpoint the 2005 more than 700 GIS Day on the average 5% GDP growth source of the water borne events were held in 74 countries that it has experienced over the disease which affected dozaround the globe. The first GIS last few years. ens of people in London. Day was held in 1999. (GINA) World Bank Data ManThe professor also urged

GUYANA CHRONICLE Friday November 22, 2013

Another expatriate company ventures into Guyana gold mining By Clifford Stanley ANOTHER expatriate gold mining company has acquired long lead time equipment for the development of a project in Guyana. The Australian firm Troy Resources Limited (TRL) announced Wednesday that it had entered into an agreement to acquire a 3.2 megawatts grinding mill, electrics and ancillary requirements to develop the West Omai mine in Region 7 (Cuyuni/Mazaruni). Making the announcement, TRL Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Paul Benson said: “We are extremely pleased to have been able to acquire this long lead time item for the West Omai Project. “The mill acquisition enables us to finalise the detailed engineering of the remainder of the processing facility.” The milling package includes all electrics, ancillary equipment and peripheral parts to operate, as well as structural steel platforms and substantial spares. Benson said the design concept is based on a staged development to minimise risk and capital requirements, whilst retaining flexibility to increase processing rates over time. ANTICIPATED DELIVERY The ball mill is to support an expected initial plant throughput rate of greater than 600,000 tonnes per annum (TPA) and its anticipated delivery into Guyana is in the second quarter of 2014. Benson disclosed, too, that what is needed for crushing has also been identified and will be secured over the next six months. Last month, the Canadian company, Guyana Goldfields Inc. revealed that it had entered into an agreement to purchase a 5.5 megawatts semi-autogenous (SAG) mill as its primary grinding solution for the initial milling facility for its Aurora Gold Project, also in (Cuyuni/Mazaruni). Its President and CEO, Scott A. Caldwell said the acquisition underscored the company’s commitment to the development of its Aurora Gold Project. TRL, dual-listed on the Australian and Toronto Stock Exchanges (code:TRY), is a junior gold producer with operations at Andorinhas in Para State, Brazil, Casposo in San Juan Province, Argentina, as well as in Guyana.

GUYANA CHRONICLE Friday November 22, 2013

Vryheid’s Lust house goes up in flames

-Ms.Yvonne Pearson among seven homeless

By Michel Outridge A fire of undetermined origin on Wednesday displaced seven persons of two families after their rented house was destroyed at lot 35 Vryheid’s Lust Public Road, East Coast Demerara. The house is located in the compound of the Ephraim Scott Memorial Presbyterian Church. Glen Baptiste, who occupies the lower flat of the building, said he was not at home when the conflagration started but was alerted to the blaze by a neighbour. He stated that at the time he was at his roadside stall, a short distance away when thick smoke was observed billowing from the upper flat of the building. He had been occupying the bottom flat for the past eight months at Vryheid’s Lust Public Road with his wife while the upper flat was reportedly occupied by Adviser to the Minister of Amerindian Affairs, Ms. Yvonne Pearson and four other persons. Relatives of Ms. Pearson refused to comment but were observed crying as they spoke on their cell phone. They too were not at home when the fire reportedly started in a room in the upper flat of the building at about 13:30hrs. Baptiste said that he hurried to the scene and managed to take out a set of chairs and his music system before he exited the building. Some painters, who were working on a house nearby, said they heard some sounds and then saw smoke which was quickly followed by fire which ripped through the top flat with-

The dwelling house after fire ripped through the upper flat yesterday. in minutes. The Guyana Fire Service (GFS) responded with a fire tender and contained the blaze to that building; but the upper flat was completely gutted while the bottom flat was damaged and water-soaked. Chief Fire Officer Marlon Gentle said that fire investigators are still probing the cause

of the fire. Meanwhile, Ms. Pearson, former head of the National Toshaos’ Council, told reporters that she got a call at about 13:00hrs that her home had gone up in flames. She added that the house was being rented to two families by the Board of Directors of the Ephraim Scott Memorial Pres-

byterian Church which is also located in the compound. The family of six could not give an immediate estimate of their losses but all of Ms. Pearson’s life savings are gone as well as her personal documents such as birth, marriage and other certificates and some amount of jewellery, among other things.

The only belongings saved by occupant, Glen Baptiste.

GUYANA CHRONICLE Friday November 22, 2013

Goldsmith injured during armed robbery at La Penitence - bandits cart off 21 pennyweights of gold By Michel Outridge A GOLDSMITH who operates a small business at Lot 103 Middle Road, La Penitence, Georgetown, was injured during an armed robbery on Wednesday when two bandits pounced on him, carting off about 21 pennyweights of gold worth $168,000, belonging to customers. Surijpaul ‘Tayo’ Persaud, 40, who is a licensed firearm holder, discharged three shots at the bandits as they fled after robbing him. One of the two men, he said, was armed with a handgun which he pulled out from his crotch when he entered his shop and discharged a round in his direction. Persaud had stashed his gun in a safe place in the workshop and was only able to retrieve it after the bandits were on their way out of the yard yesterday morning. He told the Guyana Chronicle that about 11:20 hrs he was in his workshop when a man came in and asked the cost of putting a hook on a silver chain which was gold covered and as he was examining the chain an accomplice joined him. Persaud said the men then demanded the jewellery and began beating him on the head and in the face with a metal file he had on the table in his workshop, after first lifting up his jersey and also searching his pockets. He stated that he had four gold chains, one pair of gold earrings and a gold ring he was working on when the bandits showed up and $200 in his pockets which he gave them.

Robbed: Surijpaul Persaud

The workshop where Surijpaul ‘Tayo’ Persaud operates

The gunmen also searched the workshop for valuables and took away his Samsung cell phone within the space of a few minutes. They managed to escape on a motorcycle they had parked a short distance away. Persaud, who resides in Diamond, East Bank Demerara, had been operating the business for the past 20 years and this is the third robbery he has suffered. A friend, who was there at the time, was made to lie face down on ground as the robbers relieved the goldsmith of his valuables. The police showed up after the robbery with many guns and questioned the goldsmith about the incident as he gave a description of the men. Persaud was taken to the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC) for a medical examination and later gave a full statement to the police. The armed robbery has left Persaud, a father of two, somewhat traumatised. However, he is urging all youths to put down their guns and seek gainful employment. He added that he is just an individual who is ‘hustling’ to support his family.

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Two murder accused freed at Demerara Assizes By George Barclay A mixed jury before Justice Diana Insanally, yesterday, found Chanderban Indar not guilty of the murder of Ragendra Singh of Mon Repos, East Coast, Demerara. The jury had heard a story that Ragendra Singh, who participated in a rum spree with the accused on May 31, 2010, slept at the home of the accused the night and was found dead the next morning. The accused was charged with murder. The doctor who performed the autopsy said death was due to manual strangulation. The accused was defended by Mr. George Thomas. In the other murder trial before Justice James Bovell-Drakes, the jury found Khemraj Bhoodoo not guilty of the murder of Litendra Roopnaraine called ‘Boyo’. Attorney-at-at-law Keavon Bess represented the successful accused.

GUYANA CHRONICLE Friday November 22, 2013

Aries March 21 - April 19

Spending more time with your family should be a higher priority for you right now. Don’t think that you have to spend all day long with them, either. The quality time you need is not about special events or family outings. It’s about experiencing the everyday stuff together -- the chores, the meals, the routine, even the bickering. Time together should be integrated into your life, not a special occasion that you need to arrange and plan.

Taurus April 20 - May 20

Do you feel as if something is going on and no one is letting you in on it? Your intuitive powers are steering you in the right direction. Today, you will get a glimpse of some information that makes you think twice about the current situation. Connect the dots until you see an intriguing picture. Things are going on that you don’t know about, but you are not necessarily being intentionally left out on purpose. Wait until you get all the facts before jumping to any conclusions.

Gemini May 21 - June 21

You know how sometimes after you’ve been sitting in one position for a while, your muscles get cramped and your joints get stiff? You’re going through something like that right now, only in an emotional sense. You’re much less adaptable than you normally are, so if you want to avoid coming in to conflict with other strong-willed people, you need to avoid controversial topics or touchy subjects. The flexibility you are known for is definitely missing in action today.

Cancer June 22 - July 22

Someone’s opportunistic tendencies have served you well in the past, but it’s time that you stood on your own two feet and made the bold moves you’ve been letting other people make for so long. It’s a good day to be assertive! This is the time when the rubber really meets the road, and you have to be consistent in what you think. If making the most of a given situation doesn’t sit well with you, then you have to be willing to get along with a little bit less.

Leo July 23 - August 22

When you enter into a new situation today, watch for people who aren’t interested in making you feel at home. They could see you as the competition (even if you are not) and give you less than a naturally warm welcome. They’re going through the motions just enough to seem polite, but not enough to feel genuine. Don’t take this treatment personally. And do not bend over backward to ingratiate yourself to this person -- there is no sense in wasting energy trying to charm someone like this.

Virgo August 23 - September 22

Today, you need to get it in your head that asking for help is not a sign of weakness. In fact, it’s a sign that you are smart enough to know your limits -- and when you are about to go past them. So before things get to the panic phase, seek the assistance you know you need. Friends who have been there before are waiting for you to ask -- they have some great suggestions especially for your ears. You’ll be glad you reached out.

Libra September 23 - October 22

Your routine will get disrupted today, which will get on your nerves more than it probably should. You’ve been on such a nice roll for so long that this new turn of events is disrupting your flow and making you cranky. The best approach for this level of frustration is not forcing things back the way you want them. It’s too late for that. No, better to take a deep breath and just go with the flow. An adventure is right around the corner.

Scorpio October 23 - November 21

Things are going so well today that you might feel as if you are living out one of your dreams! Things will come easy to you and it is a good day to get whatever it is that you’ve been hankering for -- both in the material world and in the emotional world. Therefore, there’s no excuse not to try. You will succeed in auditions, exams, first dates, and all other situations that put you to the test -- so don’t be shy or hesitant about going for the gold.

Sagittarius November 22 - December 21

As soon as you wake up today, get as active as you can -- as soon as you can. You’ll be in the mood to move fast anyway, so just follow your mood! If you have a long-distance trip planned, an early start will yield a surprising type of upgrade. If you are preparing for a typical day, a faster pace will create a lot more entertainment value than usual, and your day will take you into a pleasant and extremely stimulating direction.

Capricorn December 22 - January 19

Recent personnel additions to your social scene have stirred up some confusing feelings -- and more than a few suspicions. Do you feel as if someone isn’t being totally up front about who they are and what they want? Another friend may have the same concerns in mind. Drop a few subtle hints here and there to see whether they feel the same way. Keep in mind that friends should give each other the benefit of the doubt for as long as they can. A discussion is warranted.

Aquarius January 20 - February 18

Uneasy energy is circulating around your pets right now, so it might be a good idea to schedule a veterinarian appointment for your favourite furry friend. There’s no need to worry just yet, so don’t let your fears stand in the way of your focusing on other important areas of your life. Stop thinking so much about things you cannot control. Dwelling on your fears or worries is a complete waste of energy and something you need to get out of the habit of doing.

Pisces February 19 - March 20

It’s more important than ever to keep connections alive with the people you love. They are ultimately your rock and can serve as a grounding force in your life. As you discover that your upcoming social calendar has a lot of holes in it, resist the urge to fill them up! Leave as many blanks as possible, and call up a friend who’s been waiting for a date. While you’re at it, get back in touch with a family member who needs an update on how you’ve been.

GUYANA CHRONICLE Friday November 22, 2013

A section of the gathering at the hospital ‘Community Day’

N/A Hospital hosts first Community Day

… staff at the facility deserves applause for the work they do, says Dr. Mahadeo THE New Amsterdam Hospital created history last Friday when the administration of the institution held its first Community Day, with a presentation and mini exhibition to demonstrate that the health facility is capable of addressing medical and surgical needs. Addressing a gathering on the tarmac of the health complex, Chief Executive Officer of the Berbice Regional Health Authority (BRHA), Dr. Vishwa Mahadeo, highlighted the achievements of the facility and noted that there is room for improvement in health care. “We have made mistakes, we have our faults and issues, but we served the people,” he emphasised. Mahadeo also pointed out that the BRHA has been responsible for the training of many professionals who have either left or been transferred from the region, and this has left a vacuum in the human resource division. “We not only offer services, nurses and doctors have been trained here and I think the staff at the New Amsterdam Hospital deserves applause for the work they have done here,” he said. Chief Executive Officer of the New Amsterdam Hospital, Allan Johnson, in his presentation, outlined several achievements and shortcomings of the institution, but noted that the administration is working to rectify and improve their services. He added, “Nurses rose above many challenges and have continued to work and deliver proper healthcare to those who come to this institution for assistance.” The New Amsterdam Hospital was recently in the spotlight over the alleged poor services offered at the Accident and Emergency Department. However, Ms. Avia Lindie, who serves on the current Board of Directors of the facility, congratulated all workers for taking the noble step of joining the medical fraternity and urged the public to be constructive in their criticisms. “If you (the public) are not part of the health sector, it is easy for you to judge (us), but a lot of good things are happening and are yet to be highlighted by the media. Criticisms are necessary for us to improve in what we do, but we must commend those who have made sacrifices to improve our health care delivery,” she stressed. As of 2014, an annual programme of work will be posted on a bulletin board at the institution. It was stated that in the event of shortcomings, questions will be entertained by the Chief Executive Officer and the Public Relations Department. (Michael Khan)

The N/A Hospital Complex

GUYANA CHRONICLE Friday November 22, 2013

Good infrastructure, skills, belief and patriotism vital in promoting tourism - Minister Irfaan Ali By Alex Wayne

TO effectively promote and market tourism in Guyana there must be the presence of good infrastructure and immense patriotism. This declaration was made

by acting Minister of Tourism, Industry and Commerce, Irfaan Ali as he addressed attendees to the thirteenth hosting of the Guyana Tourism Authority (GTA) Annual Awards Ceremony at the National Convention Centre on Wednesday evening

last. Noting that tourism is the most important and strategic sector to further Guyana’s future growth and development, the minister added that good levels of service are also vital in promoting Guyana’s tourism sector

on the international front. The minister emphasised that the expansion of Guyana’s economy lies in tourism, citing the investing in a boat yard and marina can bring a great turn around in our tourism drive. Ali informed that the tour-

ism sector is an energetic body, noting that though ‘it may not be in the biggest scheme of things’ it would eventually succeed if all Guyana can believe in its potential to attract visitors. The minister noted that this ‘belief’ must come from a culture that understands tourism, which must become ‘a way of life’ for Guyanese. While he indicated that there can be no

of the tourism industry, the minister stressed on the immediate need for an adequate airport, explaining that the presence of ‘too much passenger build up’ at this facility is not a welcoming sign for visitors. He cited the need for the present runway at the Cheddi Jagan International Airport to be extended by some 9,000 feet, he hinted that Guyana loses in

Minister Ali: Tourism Minister, Irfaan Ali addresses the gathering at the GTA Annual Awards Ceremony on Wednesday evening, last. tourism product without the involvement of culture, the minister declared that Guyana possesses a rich and diversified culture, emphasised that it is a national responsibility that this culture greets the tourists when they arrive in Guyana. While he noted that the private sectors needs to be applauded for their role in promoting tourism, he explained that the expansion of small hotels is evidence of the growing role of this sector in marketing and promoting Guyana’s tourism. Relating that air service is critically linked to the survival

varying sectors since there is no adequate facility like the Marriot Hotel which is nearing completion. With respect to air transport he disclosed that hopefully in a few weeks the Ministry would be able to make an announcement on a major air carrier that would be operating in Guyana. While he contended that ‘selfish desires’ are often allowed to damage the tourism sector he noted that the media fraternity has a responsible role to play in under

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Guest Speaker, Mr. Johnson Johnrose of the Caribbean Tourism Organisation delivers his address at the function.

GUYANA CHRONICLE Friday November 22, 2013

Good infrastructure, skills, belief and patriotism vital in ... From page 18

standing and effectively promoting tourism. APPLAUDS In making special mention of private contributors that continue to market Guyana as a tourism destination, Ali lauded Jerry Goveia of the Roraima Group of Companies for his independent role in marketing Guyana as a tourism high point over the years through his services. He also praised King’s Jewellery and Steve’s Jewellery for being registered entities, emphasising that only registered businesses would receive incentives and promotion priority through the tourism body. He added that for Guyana to outweigh challenges that may be faced in promoting this sector, there needs to be a bold and ambitious vision created to ensure eventual success. MARKETING Commenting on marketing, Ali noted that while the Marriot International Hotel has an extensive marketing plan, he is however pleased with the efforts of several small hotels whose marketing drive is ensuring that at least 500 tourists are coming to Guyana every month, thus forcing these smaller entities to prepare for the growing numbers. He also explained the dire need for combined efforts to be made to get the very large and prestigious tourism and sports events to come to Guyana so has to ensure hotels are filled to capacity, and the Bed and Breakfast Programme reaching maximum capacity. The minister discussed the need for Guyana to be made a vibrant ‘transportation hub’ in anticipation of the Brazil World Cup Football tournament, touting that there is a need for a combined marketing effort, involving government and the tourism and private sectors. MAKING AN IMPACT He said Guyana is showcased on the Live and Length Radio Network which comprises of some twenty two radio stations targeting over 850,000 listeners. He said that Guyana has also won top awards at various tourism forums, and has been mentioned in editorials of worldwide publications, an indication that we are making an impact as a tourism package. He noted that while a filming entity from Germany has just completed filming in the Essequibo, other related bodies from foreign countries have indicated their interest in doing future filming at the Kaieteur Falls and other exotic sites in Guyana. Informing that Guyana has also been added to the Top 50 Tours of a Lifetime by the National Geographic, he affirmed that Guyana is growing as a tourism destination. He concluded by commending all stake holders and urging them to work on building a strong tourism sector. Another article on this event would be published again on Saturday relating presentations by Prime Minister Samuel Hinds, GTA’s President, Keith Nascimento, and guest speaker, Mr. Johnson Johnrose, Communications Specialist of the Caribbean Tourism Organisation.

The proud nominees who were awarded for their sterling contributions in the tourism sector at TEH Guyana Tourism Authority (GTA) Annual Awards Ceremony.

At a recent costume party, our fashion divas came with one intention: to set the place on fire. As our cameras whirred nonstop, we saw voluptous Caribbean curves, ravishing tropical beauty, riveting Guyanese sexiness, and provocative enticement all wrapped in one explosive package. It was quite a task to select the best of the ladies... However, here’s the lucky catch that made it to our age. Do peruse the next three pages for the hottest gossips and entertainment tidbits that would make you ‘crack up’, even as it satisfies your reading’ whims and desires.

I doubted talk about ravishing beauty; now I’m a believer

Beauty cannot be hidden, no matter how they try

Good grief Jackie!!! What a rush of Caribbean curves...

Such explosion would sure cause a ‘dent’ in the fashion market

Any wolf would pretend to be a grandmother if that’s what it takes to cuddle this granddaughter

GUYANA CHRONICLE Friday November 22, 2013

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Dangerous curves on the highway to happiness

Dynamite just never looked so right

I’ve seen many beautiful women before, but...

Officer, I would just love to be arrested by you

GUYANA CHRONICLE Friday November 22, 2013

Apsara presents ‘An evening of Dance’

Scenes from the movie “83 MILLION GEES”

S Miss India Worldwide, Nehal Bhogaita

PECIAL guest of Honour, Miss India Worldwide 2014, Nehal Bhogaita from UK, became the first deaf con testant in pageant history to win the title. Those who would have missed Apsara shows held at the National Cultural Centre would have a redeeming chance to see what Apsara dances are all about. They are known for their fusions and worldwide dances. This event will see Miss India Worldwide, Nehal Bhogaita, making a special appearance alongside our very own Miss India Guyana and Miss Guyana Universe, Katherina Roshana. Patrons can expect a superb cultural evening at the Pegasus on the last weekend of November. Check press for more details.

You shouldn’t do that

Bombshell’s most eligible bachelors STARTING this week, we

from the proverbial ‘eye of the

would showcase some of

tigress’ for a while.

Guyana’s most eligible bach-

Of course he is a male with

elors, who are all looking for

desires, and would most cer-

“that special lady” to come

tainly need the affections of

into their lives.

a woman; I mean a proper

Please note that these

Reigning Miss Guyana Universe, Katherina Roshana

Save the water, the world would need it in days to come

IT’S so shocking and dismaying to see how Guyanese citizens are wasting precious water, while, in man lands, citizens are thirsting and literally begging for the precious, life-saving liquid. And some of these culprits still row and ‘fret to fury’ when they receive water bills dictating large amounts. They never pause for a moment to acknowledge the fact that their wilful waste of the water is most times a major contributor to the sizeable bills they are receiving.

woman…

dudes would certainly be extra-cautious about falling in love again, since they each

GETTING TO KNOW SEBASTIAN

would have had their fair

Sebastian is a business-

share of trouble and disap-

man who has, over the years,

pointments with the feminine

worked very hard to ensure

gender. So, ladies, please

he has a good foundation and

don’t try to take advantage

a sturdy bank account. He

of them; they do so need to

hopes not to squander his hard

belong to someone.

earned dollars on some ‘gal’

Behind every man is a

who is ‘all for the money’.

story. Be it pleasant or regret-

He is looking for an ambi-

table, it just dictates that every

tious and intelligent female with

man’s actions are guided or

good looks, a great body, and

misguided (Miss Guided?) by

excellent skills in the kitchen.

some reason.

He admits that he is not

Our first featured bache-

everyone’s idea of Prince

lor, Sebastian Williams, has

Charming, but reminds that

been at the mercy of manip-

it’s better to have a good

ulative and scheming ‘gold

heart and a poor physique

diggers’, and has retreated

than to have excellent phys-

Sebastian Williams has love to last a whole life through, and it’s all for you This water hydrant spews water all day in Cane Grove Village, East Coast Demerara. ical features and the heart

for me. I will do all in my

of a beast.

power to ensure I give her

“I admit I am not the most dashing dude in the city, but

a lifetime of happiness”, Sebastian says.

what I can assure is that my

So, my dear female

heart (would be) full of love

friends, if perchance you are

and infinite affection for that

looking for someone to hon-

special woman.

our and cherish you, kindly

“I have had many disap-

call this dude on 660-3634.

pointments in life, but I know

He guarantees you a lifetime

that special lady is out there

of romantic bliss and security.

On a recent visit to Cane Grove village, East Coast Demerara, it was observed that a main hydrant was spewing water continuously all day. While a few persons related that “is dem GWI people left de hydrant running suh”, one female vendor said: “Is dem lil bai does be troubling de thing when dem ah pass. Is dem mek de thing get slack and causing de watah fuh run all day”. Whoever is to be blamed, I would like to take this opportunity to remind Guyanese that water is a commodity that is of vital importance to the very existence of our planet. And naturally, it is expected that we treat it with care, and try to preserve it at all times. Remember, ole people does seh: wilful waste does bring woeful want”.

GUYANA CHRONICLE Friday November 22, 2013

Let’s tell it like it is…

When yuh eat up yuh does gaffa pay up! LAST week we spoke about the nasty attitude of a certain female from a state-owned media company, and how she stole champagne glasses from a prestigious function, which, of course, created quite a stir. Well, it looks like she is not the only media operative with ‘dirty ways’, because Bombshell

received wind of some really ‘dutty goings on’ within that same media entity where that lady works. You see, folks some of those girls walking about the place in those ultra tight skirts, nine-inch heels, and with their faces plastered with pounds of Maybelline are, behind the scenes, doing some really shameful things.

“Hey, media gyals...aluh ain’t shame? Loook how dis woman weeping fuh she money”.

In duh media company, dem gat a certain group ah gyuls who think dey are de high profile divas of de media. But wha deh need to realise is dat to become a diva ‘yuh face and baddy gat to look right’. And in de case of these socalled hotties, everything just wrang, and all ah dem deh in dire need of a ‘complete makeovah’. What a drama!!! Well, people alyuh settle down and leh me tell yuh dem dutty story. Dere is a poor woman trying to mek an honest dollar by selling in a mini-canteen at de media company I am talking about, and I seriously think she mek de worst mistake ah her life, and she certainly paying fuh she misjudgement today. De same set ah media girls who popular fuh putting on all dat war paint like ‘Modern Day Jezebels’ strike up a credit agreement wid de woman, and she was very excited, thinking about the large sums she would collect from them all at month end. Well, she was in fuh de shack ah she life, because de

Don’t sit there acting all prim and proper... Go and pay the canteen lady her money!!! minute deh get deh pay all ah dem just used a back exit and disappear from de woman. And there were a few male, too, who also committed this dreadful act. Yuh see, dem people getting me really angry wid dere irresponsible and conniving attitude, and if ‘dem tickle me, I gon call dem names’. Well de media girl who stole de champagne glasses deh in de mix too, and it appears to me that she is just a shameless woman who would certainly prosper more with an employment position at de Palms (home for the elderly at Brickdam, Georgetown). “But then she might just thief de people old mattresses and dem kitchen utensils”. Well, dis poor canteen woman is now seeing de ‘days ah she life’ with these media operatives, because when she bump into them dey givin she tons of silly excuses. Some ah dem even gat de gall to hotly

declare to the woman that they have Christmas bills to pay. “Well, like de woman ain’t gat bills to pay, too!!!” And even as dem shameful media operatives mekking horrid excuses to de woman, them purchasing KFC and Royal Castle chicken in large boxes now dat deh collect deh salaries. One lady told the woman that she has ‘box hand’ to pay, while another stood there and called sickness on she poor son three times, with claims that she had to use de money to take care ah she ailment. She is just a blatant liar, because she son is at home, running around as healthy as ever. She certainly ain’t know dat gat power. “She son should just fall into a coma, and then she gon see just wheh she lies would put she. Still dem venomous media people can be very pretentious, although deh famous for ‘bruking up innocent homes’. Well, although she owe de canteen woman, she greed get de better of she, and she was

caught red handed stealing from the purse of the same canteen woman, when the poor lady left to freshen up she face in de washroom. Shame! Shame!! Shame!!! All ah dese media hooligans should be placed in a boat with only dried corn and salt water and left to drift for ages. They are all heartless creatures, and that is just how they should be treated. De poor canteen lady is now bankrupt!!! And she certainly needs her cash to turn over her business and do her Christmas shopping. Well, let me send a warning to you shameless people: We already contacted de woman, suh we get all de facts, and if you don’t pay she by next weekend, de Bombshell gon begin calling names and listing amounts owed to dis poor woman. “When alyuh was fulling alyuh craw, alyuh shoulda know dat afterward yuh gaffa pay fuh all de woman food alyuh stuff down!!!”

Flashback…

Team Suriname wins ‘Clash of Past Champions’ Duck Curry Competition WHILE it has become a norm over the years for our Guyanese counterparts to dominate at the duck curry competitions, folks here may have just gotten too comfortable in their seats, thus resulting in the Suriname team winning the top prize in the recently held King’s Jewellery World “Clash of Past Champions” Duck Curry Competition. This event was staged on the tarmac of the Guyana National Stadium at Providence, East Bank Demerara, and saw 20 groups from Guyana, Suriname and Trinidad and Tobago competing for the grand prize of $1.5 million along with bragging rights and the popularity that comes naturally with winning such a competition. Competitors were given two hours to perfect their curries before a panel of ten experienced judges from across the region tasted them. The teams were judged based on presentation, aroma, texture and taste.

The local ‘big gals’ were really getting their freak on at the duck curry competition.

The winning Surinamese team. In the second position were G&P Jaigobin and Son Supermarket, with Jaikarran Duck Curry Crew plac-

ing third, while Jamal’s Ultimate Curry Crew took the fourth spot. Rounding off the party in the fifth

spot was Mike’s Haslington Crew. Apart from those prizes, teams were also awarded

for the best presentation and the best dressed/largest group. Team Suriname also captured the Best Presentation prize,

while G&P Jaigobin and Son Supermarket secured the Best Dressed/Largest Group prize.

GUYANA CHRONICLE Friday November 22, 2013

Bombshell’s Artiste of the Week

Tennicia De Freitas stays in the limelight —credits go to her sauciness and good vocals

MANY talented song divas have used one method or another to continue shining in the very competitive industry of music; and, in some cases, it takes a very thoughtful fusion of excellent vocals and natural sauciness to stay on top of things. One very talented young lady who has managed to master the art of staying on top of things is the vivacious and feisty songbird Tennicia Nekeita De Freitas, a driving force at the Kross Kolor Recording Studios. Over the years, the two very vivid forces that have driven this lass up the ladder of desirability and popularity are her tremendous vocals and her natural sauciness, which she uses as a magnetic force to keep her in the limelight. Tennicia is also discovering she has other talents, as is evident in her many provocative performances as a dancer with the Classique Dance Company. When she started out years ago in the field of Calypso, she was still somewhat secluded. But today she is a Caribbean spitfire, especially when she is performing as lead singer in the popular Heatwave Band, which not so long ago was applauded for its sterling performances while providing musical accompaniment to the contestants in the recent GT&T Jingle and Song Competition. Festa Tennicia Born on December 10, 1991 in Kuru-Kururu on the Linden/Soesdyke Highway, Tennicia Nekeita De Freitas grew up in her grandmother’s house, the place she still calls home. Her childhood days were not very easy, since she did not know her father at that time, and her mother worked very hard to take care of her and her younger brother. She spent all of her nursery and primary school years in The saucy songbird, Kuru-Kururu where she started dancing and singing, loving dancing a lot more. In 2003 she graduated from the primary level to Christ Church Secondary, and it was during that year a star was discovered. She decided that she would perform at the Father’s Day service in church, trying her luck at singing a song that she heard and loved. She became an instant hit with all, and she then realised that she had a gift and had

to learn to accept it. Later that year, she was advised by one of the leaders of the church, who remembered her performance, to enter a teen talent competition, which was amongst the churches in the district. She won that competition and decided to take her singing to another level. In 2004, she was again encouraged to enter a competition, this one hosted by an artist of Kross Kolor Records, the label she is now signed to, and she decided to give her talent another exposure. Unfortunately she did not place in that competition, but great things were in store for her. The songs were recorded at Kross Kolor Records, and the manager, Mr. Burchmore Simon, was impressed with her voice. He later decided that he wanted to work with her as one of his artistes, and spoke to her mother about his intentions. He took her in like his own daughter, and promised that he would help her to be successful. Her mother trusted his words and concurred with his decisions, and Tennicia became the youngest member of the Kross Kolor family. Living up to his words, the following year he featured Tennicia on the “Wine Till Yuh Drop” album, the second album of its kind, with her first released single, “You Like The Way”, for which she is still recognised. A promise was made, and, to date, it has never been broken. I n 2 0 0 6 , Te n n i c i a w a s crowned the winner of the Children’s Calypso competition, which she won for three years (2006-2008). Being an all-rounder, she placed first runner-up in the Miss Guyana Talented Teen pageant in 2007, and also won the prize for the best talent. Later in that year, she represented Guyana in St. Kitts and Nevis at the Digicel Haynes Smith Miss Caribbean Tennicia De Freitas. Talented Teen pageant, where she did not place but managed to win the prize for the best ambassadorial appearance. Her manager saw the potential in her and decided he wanted her to move on in the calypso competition, so he entered her into the junior category in 2009. She placed third, however, but managed to win the support of the audience. Without giving up, she later became the winner of the 2010 National HIV & AIDS Song

VIZION SOUND EMBRACES SPORTS AND CULTURAL TOURISM -BOYSTOWN FOOTBALL CLUB COMING TO GEORGETOWN!! VIZION Sounds Promotion is developing programmes to promote youth development, focusing on music and entertainment across Guyana and the world at large. This dynamic organization fathered the Vizion Sports and Entertainment Agency, which is now embarking on staging international inter-club football friendly matches that would be

played on Friday, November 29, and Sunday, December 01, 2013 at the Georgetown Cricket Club Ground, Bourda. Boystown Football Club of Jamaica is coming to play in matches featuring Alpha United, Camptown, & Buxton United football clubs. Vizion Sports and Entrainment Agency is committed to development of Youth football, and as such, to two (2) under-15

teams and under seventeen-17 teams from Paradise Sports Club, Golden Grove and Camptown Football Club, will engage in friendly exhibition matches during those two days. This agency will work to promote regional integration of the Caribbean community through sports and cultural tourism.

This girl is on fire!!! competition, and the Junior Calypso Monarch in Guyana. With the piece entitled ‘Don’t Want to Be Born’, which became a big number in her country and around the region, Tennicia also became the recipient of the Guyana Cultural Association (GCA) Youth Award (New York). She went on to place second in the junior competition the following year, and won the first Healthy Lifestyle Song Competition of the same year. She is once again the reigning Junior Calypso Monarch, and copped 2nd place in the Health Song competition. These titles saw her being part of other events, with her latest achievement of becoming a lead vocalist of the Heat Wave Band International, one of the most popular bands in Guyana. Being a part of the band thus far has caused her to perform on many stages across the country, including the Carib Soca Monarch competition 2013. On March 30th 2013 she appeared as a guest performer at the Retro Reggae Concert with Jamaican artiste Lady G, to perform the song ‘Thank Him’, which was originally done by Lady G and Cheville Franklin. Lady G along with other popular artistes, such as Admiral Bailey and Flourgan, were featured at that concert. The Heat Wave Band provided musical accompaniment for the artistes. With an aim of becoming a well-rounded performer, Tennicia is a student at the Guyana National School of Music, and currently holds a certificate in music theory grades 2 and 3 from the Associated Board of the Royal School of Music (ABRSM) with respective distinctions. She is also a member of the Parkside Steel Ensemble. All of her successes came under the strong guidance and leadership of her manager and the entire Kross Kolor Family, for which she is deeply grateful. Whether it’s working in the studio; recording, learning about the music business, or playing the double-tenor pan, Tennicia believes that success comes with consistent hard work and dedication, with a good attitude and respect for others. She is currently working on releasing other songs which will showcase her versatility, and believes that losing is not failing but should be used as a stepping stone to greater achievements.

GUYANA CHRONICLE Friday November 22, 2013

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Action culminates ... From page 31

the Kings the victory with his 93rd minute strike. Victoria Kings and Ann’s Grove United will now meet in the final which is set to kick off at 2000hrs tomorrow night, after Ann’s Grove and Bakewell Buxton Stars collide for third place at 18:00hrs. Over $100,000 in cash and prizes will be presented, with the winner pocketing $50,000 and the runner up $20,000, with each receiving a trophy while the third and fourth placed teams will each receive $5000 and a trophy. Healthy Choice Promotions and Victoria Kings Football Club partnered together to make the competition possible and some of the sponsors for the tournament include Ministry of Culture, Youth and Sports, De Sinco Trading, Palace De Leon Hotel, and Lloyd Lester.

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GUYANA CHRONICLE Friday November 22, 2013

Cell Phone Shack and Bakewell continue relationship with K&S Organization FOR THE PAST 11 years, Cell Phone Shack of North Road in Georgetown and New Amsterdam, Berbice, have partnered with the Kashif and Shangai Organization’s annual end of year football extravaganza, wherein they have been distributing prizes in the form of cell phones to lucky spectators.

This year, with the 24th edition of the tournament being played amongst the 24 top secondary schools from this year’s edition of the Digicel sponsored nationwide Inter-Secondary School Football tournament, 12 lucky patrons will receive a cell phone with entry to the games. In his brief comments prior to the handing over

ceremony which was held on Wednesday last at his North Road business entity, Managing Director of Cell Phone Shack, Christopher LowKoan, said he sees the gesture as a way of giving back to the community. “We have been supporting this tournament for the past 11 years and will continue to do so,

General Manager of Bakewell, Rajendranauth Ganga, hands over the sponsorship for two days of the tournament that will enable school children to go to the games free of cost. K&S Director, Kashif Muhammad, receives the sponsorship in the presence of Aubrey ‘Shangai’ Major.

From left, Priya Ramrattan Branch Manager, Christopher Low-Koan Managing Director, and Tracy Harris Supervisor of Cell Phone Shack, strike a pose with Aubrey ‘Shanghai’ Major shortly after handing over the cell phones and trophy in display.

this time we will be giving a quality cell phone to one lucky patron at every venue at which the tournament will be played, and we also will be providing the trophy for the player who scores the most goals,” said Low-Koan. In accepting the generous offer from Low-Koan, Co-Director of the K&S Organization, Aubrey ‘Shangai’ Major, expressed his gratitude on behalf of the dynamic organization, adding that even though this year’s tournament is not being played amongst the clubs, they will

Belligerent Barnwell pilots …Pattadin and Griffith misses out team with ton By Calvin Roberts

THERE is a saying, “When you need something done well, do it yourself.” Such could be applied to the batting of Barnwell’s XI skipper Christopher Barnwell yesterday, after he struck a belligerent unbeaten 105 to pilot his team to 358 for 9 from 70 overs at the end of the first day of their three day trial match against Johnson’s XI at the Everest Cricket Club ground. After seeing both Trevon Griffith (53; 3x4, 2x6) and Christopher Pattadin 93( 145balls, 13x4, 2x6) miss out on getting a big total following a positive start, Barnwell showed them how to get the job done, taking 76 deliveries to reach triple figures while batting at number 7. He struck seven sixes and five fours in his ton, while during the process, added 98 for the fifth wicket with discarded na-

tional wicketkeeper/batsman Derwin Christian 37 (49balls, 4x4, 2x6) top push his side to 252 for 5 at tea, after they were 97

Chandrika (27; 3x4). After his side slipped to 268 for 7, following the loss of Christian and Yatesh Dhanpaul (00), Barnwell joined forces

Well done skipper! As the shadows lengthen across the Everest Cricket Club ground yesterday afternoon, Randolph Knights (right) looks on as Christopher Barnwell acknowledges the applause of his teammates, following his unbeaten ton. At left is Kellon Carmichael. for 2 at lunch, having lost Griffith and Rajendra

with Kemol Savory (11) to add an additional 74 for the eighth

wicket, before Savory went for a slog sweep against Zaheer Mohammed (1 for 29) and was bowled. Amir Khan looked positive, especially after playing a sweetly timed drive through extra cover off Randolph Knights, but the bowler had the final say, when he knocked back his stumps, to add his wicket to that of Griffith’s that was taken earlier, as he (Knights) ended the day with 2 for 38. Even though he came in for some rough treatment by a game Barnwell, Totaram Bishun led all wicket takers for the day with his 3 for 94, while there was a wicket each for Paul Wintz, Shaquille Mohammed and Antonell Atwell, who along with Andre Stoll, was given a rude awakening by the 26 year old Barnwell. The action is set to continue today from 0900hrs.

be doing their utmost to make it a successful one, despite the challenges. Meanwhile, Bakewell yesterday took the time to hand over sponsorship for school children to witness two days of action in Linden and on the East Coast free of cost, by purchasing tickets for this year’s tournament. Director Kashif Muhammad said the Company has been associated with his Organization for the past 15 years and yesterday was a wonderful feeling, when they extended their generosity to this year’s tournament in the

interest of the sport, after accepting the sponsorship from General Manager of Bakewell, Rajendranauth Ganga. “Bakewell has been with the K&S tournament for over 15 years and with them coming on board yet again, making it possible for the tournament to be free for school children up to the semi-finals, we are indeed happy. However, it is our hope to announce before the start of the tournament, that the entire tournament is free for school children across Guyana,” said Muhammad.

Victoria Kings/Healthy Choice Promotions…

Action culminates tomorrow night at Victoria FOOTBALL ACTION in Victoria Kings Football Club organized Healthy Choice Promotions sponsored four team knockout competition, culminates tomorrow night at the Victoria Community Centre Ground. Four teams from the East Coast Demerara Football Association are involved in the competition and they are Bakewell Buxton Stars, Ann’s Grove United, Golden Stars and the host club Victoria Kings Football Club. In the opening game which was played last Saturday night at the same venue, Ann’s Grove brushed aside Bakewell Buxton Stars 3-0, through goals from Winston Pompey in the 14th, 27th and 64th minutes respectively, with poor finishing from the Ann’s Grove lineup preventing the margin of victory being larger. In the feature game, Victoria Kings defeated Golden Grove 3-2 in a thriller, with the Kings being forced to dig deep to conquer a very competitive Golden Grove team which included guest players Dwain ‘Dugin’ Jacobs and Quacey Mc Culley. Kings dominated the first half and within the first 15 minutes they were already 2-0 up, compliments of goals from Reuben Morris and Alden Lawrence. However in the second half, Golden Grove played very compact in the middle and was rewarded with goals from Carlos Kingston in 57th and Quacy Mc Culley in the 84th minute of play respectively, before Alden Lawrence gave

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GUYANA CHRONICLE Friday November 22, 2013

Raj Singh Insurance Brokers/Trophy Stall Over-40 20-Overs Competition…

Semifinals showdown on today ... Bulls lock horns with Mavericks; Tigers clash with Seals THE SEMIFINALS showdown of the Demerara Cricket Board Over-40 T20 Competition sponsored jointly by Raj Singh Insurance Brokers and Trophy Stall is on today at the Demerara Cricket Club (DCC) and Enmore Community Centre grounds respectively.

In Queenstown, Lower East Coast Bulls lock horns with West Bank Demerara Mavericks and at Enmore, Upper East Coast Tigers will clash with West Coast Demerara Seals, with both contests bowling off at 13:00hrs. After the Preliminary

Rounds, Bulls finished at the top of the points table with 27 points, followed by Tigers with 26, Seals with 18 and Mavericks with 17. In addition to their three victories which earned them 12 points, Bulls amassed 11 bonus points for exceptional achieve-

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GTU/MoE/Digicel National Schools Championships

District 10 seem set on reclaiming Champion of Champions title By Michael DaSilva

DISTRICT 10 (Upper Demerara/Kwakwani) seem set to reclaim the Champion of Champions title at this year’s 53rd Annual Schools Track and Field, Cycling and Swimming Championships which comes to an end this evening at the Guyana National Stadium, Providence. Already, District 10 seem to have the Track and Field championships in their bag as they have already amassed 528 and one half point, 191 points more than their closest rivals in defending champions District 11 (North Georgetown). At least one record was broken yesterday and this feat was achieved by Jason Yaw of District Four (East Coast

…Yaw breaks Under-20 boys 200M record

Demerara) who clocked 22 seconds in winning the event, beating the previous record of 22.5 seconds which was set by Samuel Doris (District 4) at the same venue last year. Yaw who competed in the Under-16 age group last year set a record of 22.6 seconds for the 200-metre at the same venue. Another good 200-metre performance yesterday, was that of Kevin Abbensetts who edged District 13 athlete Sylwin Foster to win the under-20 boys 200-metre With 10 field events finals and 26 track events finals slated for today, District 11 will be hard pressed to get past the

former champion of champions title holder. Should District 10 win the track and field championships, they will secure 20 points and should District 11 place second, they will earn 17 points. District 11 made a successful defence of their swimming championships title (20 points) on Monday, but District 10 placed a close second (17) points. Added to that, District 10 is currently fourth in the points standing of the cycling championships with 92 points from 21 finals, while District 11 is second with 98 points. District Six (Corentyne) is

currently leading the points standing for the cycling championships with 125 points. In the teacher’s championships, District 10 has 92 points from 33 finals, while District 11 has 109 and one half. District Three (West Demerara) currently leads the points standing in this championship with 188 and one half point followed by District 12 (East Georgetown) with 143 points. District Seven (Bartica is on 113 points. Today’s track and field finals include the 400-metre for boys and girls in all the age groups, the

ments, even though they had one loss, one tie (2 points) and two no-result matches (2 points). Tigers recorded four victories (16 points), had one loss, two no-result matches (2 points), and eight bonus points. Seals won three, lost two, two were no-result, and had four bonus points. While Mav-

ericks won two, lost one, tied one, had three no-results, and accumulated four bonus points. The winners of these matches will collide in the final at the Everest Cricket Club ground next Friday from 13:00hrs, where it is expected that the sponsor will be on hand to make the presentation of prizes won.

4X100, 4X400 and medley relays for the various age groups as well along with the 300-metre race for girls open and the 5000-metre race for boys open. In the cycling championship, the Devil takes the Hindmost for boys and girls open are two highly anticipated events and apart from those two, the 400-metre race for boys and girls under-16 and under-14 are scheduled for today. Meanwhile, yesterday saw some exciting finishes in the 1500-metre races for the various age groups. In the boys under-20 race, District Six’s denzil Leitch staved off a strong challenge from District10 Kevin Nicholas and District Nine (Rupununi ) to win the event. In the girls version, District 10 athlete Shenika Chapman proved too strong for her opponents as she led from the start and never surrendered the lead. It was a great performance. Second was District Nine’s Moma Wilson and third District

Six’s Marissa Lawson. In the under-18 boys 1500-metre, District Four’s (East Coast Demerara athlete Ornesto Thomas proved too good for the rest of the field as he sprinted from the bunch with more than 150 metres remaining. Second was District Five’s (West Coast Berbice) Marlon Nicholson who on Tuesday won the boys open 10K road race. On the distaff side, Andrea Foster of District Four stayed with the rest of the starters until there was two laps remaining then made her move, District 10 athlete Cassie Kirton tried to follow but Foster was too much to handle, Kirton placed second and Melissa Byass of District 15 (New Amsterdam placed third. In the under-16 boys 1500-metre, Jamal Johnson of District 10 came out on top over Jamal Belle (District 6) and Leandrew Issacs (District 9). On the distaff side, Cassey George (District 10) won ahead of Delica harper (District 5) and Kezra Murray (District 3) respectively.

GUYANA CHRONICLE Friday November 22, 2013

Third Winston Murray Memorial bowls off on Sunday at GNIC THE THIRD annual Winston Murray Memorial 10/10 softball cricket competition is set to bowl off this Sunday at the Guyana National Industrial Corporation (GNIC) ground, where eight teams will be doing battle for the top prize of $100,000 and trophy, from 0800hrs. This was disclosed by organizar of the one day tournament Samuel Kingston, prior to the draw yesterday afternoon at the GNIC, ground on Woolford Avenue, wherein Kingston said he was pleased to be organizing the tournament which us being held to the memory of the late Murray. Prior to his death and before the ruling People’s Progressive Party/Civic assumed office in 1992, Murray served Guyana in the capacity of Minister of Trade and Tourism and Deputy Prime Minister and was an ardent sports fan. Before this year’s tournament, the previous two years saw the competition being played in the Essequibo Island of Legaun, but with Murray living a considerable amount of his life in Georgetown, the organizars saw it best to have the tournament here in the Capital City. T h e e i g h t t e a m s a re Omesh XI, Farm XI, Young Warriors, Trophy Stall, Hyde Park, Regal, Brickery and

Surujnarine (53), Permaul (5 for 18) see Albion Community Centre to semi-finals

ALBION COMMUNITY Centre became the fourth team to reach the semi-finals of the Elizabeth Styles Under-19 50-Over cricket competition, after they recorded an easy victory over Big Star in their quarter-final, joining Young Warriors, Blairmont Community Centre and Rose Hall Town Pepsi. In the match which was played at Albion, the home team won the toss, batted first and thanks to Kandasammy Surujnarine’s 53 (6x4) and 33 from Balchand Baldeo, scraped through to 161 all out in 29 overs. Mark Tyndall took 3 for 31 for Big Star, who in reply faced an all spin attack and crumbled for 70 all out in 27.4 overs with David Connelly topscoring with 25. Bowling for Albion, former Berbice Under-19 offspinner Veerapen Permaul took 5 for 18, David Latchaya 3 for 11 and Avinash Wajib 2 for 19.

Misbah backed to remain Pakistan skipper until 2015 A smiling Samuel Kingston (left) accepts the winner’s trophy from Samuel Saul, while a portrait of the late Winston Murray, is proudly displayed at center. Speed Boat and the fixtures for Sunday are as follows, Trophy Stall and Regal will meet in the first game, Omesh XI will oppose Young Warriors, Brickery faces Speed Boat and Hyde Park clash with Farm XI. The winner of the first

match will oppose the winner of the second in the first semifinal, while the winners of matches three and four will do battle in the second semifinal, following which the two winners will square off in the final, where the losing

team will take home $50,000 and a trophy. Individual prizes for Best Batsman, Bowler and Most Discipline Team, will be up for grabs with the Man of the Match in the finals taking home $5,000 and a trophy. (Calvin Roberts)

BCB/Ramcharitar Construction Services First Division 40-Overs…

Half centuries for Bishoo, Foo and Barrington TWO MORE first round matches in this year’s Berbice Cricket Board/Ramcharitar Construction Services first division 50-over Knock-out competition were played off last Saturday resulting in convincing victories for Albion Community Centre and Universal Solutions Bermine. With the wins which were recorded over Blairmont Community Centre and Edinburgh respectively, both teams advanced to the second round of the competition where they join Port Mourant Karibee Rice, Police and West Berbice who won their respective first round matches two Saturdays ago. At Blairmont, Albion were sent in to take first strike in the rain reduced fixture and scored 221 for 6, thanks to an unbeaten 60 from Devendra Bishoo, 60 from Jonathan Foo, 38 from Sewnarine Chattergoon and 37 from Anthony Bramble. Leg spinner Kevon Jahawir

Elizabeth Styles Undr-19 50-Over

… Albion and Universal Solutions Bermine advance

SHEMROY BARRINGTON took 2 for 47 for Blairmont Community Centre, who in reply saw former Berbice Under-19 offspinner Veerapen Permaul took the first three

wickets to leave them tottering at 25 for 3. West Indies ‘A’ team batsman Leon Johnson and Berbice Under-19 batsman Nick Ramsaroop put on 32 for the fourth wicket and after Johnson fell for 34 to Guyana Under-17 offspinner Sharaz Ramcharran, West Indies Under-19 left arm spinner Gudakesh Motie picked up two quick wickets to reduce them to 72 for 6. Bishoo took three quick wickets including Ramsaroop for 32 and Blairmont Community Centre found themselves 94 for 9, before being dismissed at the same score, as Bishoo took 3 for 24, Permaul 3 for 27 and Motie 2 for 17. Over at Edinburgh, Universal Solutions Bermine beat the home team by eight wickets in another contest that start-

ed late due to Edinburgh being disorganized in getting together a team for the contest. Edinburgh won the toss and chose to bat first, to which they were bowled out for 79 in 25.1 overs with Deonarine Seepersaud topscoring with 20. Berbice off spinner Devon Clements took 3 for 8,National Under-19 pacer Romario Shepherd 3 for 35 and former Guyana Under-19 allrounder left arm spinner Eugene La Fleur 2 for 15 for Universal Solutions Bermine, who reached 81 for 2 in 10 overs, with Shemroy Barrington hitting an unbeaten 50 (7x4 and LaFleur 11 not out. The sixth first round match between Bush Lot Rising Star and Rose Hall Town Gizmos & Gadgets will be played tomorrow at Bush Lot, West Berbice, with the second round of the competition being scheduled for this weekend also.

(REUTERS)-Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) chairman Najam Sethi has backed the country’s beleaguered Test and one-day international skipper Misbah-ul-Haq to retain his role until the next 50-overs World Cup in 2015. Sethi’s public show of support on Thursday provides a welcome boost for the 39-year-old batsman, who has come under increasing criticism for the team’s poor performances in the short and long form of the game this year. Several former players and critics have called for a change of leadership with previous Test skipper Rameez Raja describing Misbah’s captaincy as “spineless” after Pakistan lost a test match to Zimbabwe in September. “PCB chairman Najam Sethi reiterates that Misbah enjoys his full confidence and should continue to remain captain until at least the World Cup in 2015,” the board said in a statement published in the Dawn newspaper yesterday. “The chairman had earlier said in a public statement that Misbah would remain captain until at least the 2015 World Cup and had never contradicted himself or reversed his position,” the statement added.

Dilshan and Perera hit Sri Lanka to Twenty20 win (REUTERS) - Tillakaratne Dilshan and Kusal Perera slammed quick half-centuries to steer Sri Lanka to an eight-wicket win over New Zealand yesterday and take the two-match Twenty20 series 1-0. New Zealand were restricted to 142 for seven after being asked to bat first and Sri Lanka knocked the runs off with 13 balls to spare scoring 143-2, wining the series in the process, after the first T20 on Tuesday was abandoned due to rain. Dilshan and Perera led Sri Lanka’s run chase with a second wicket stand of 96 off 71 balls after they had lost Mahela Jayawardene lbw for three in the second over. Perera who got off the mark with a straight driven six off Mitchell McClenaghan raced to 57 off 37 balls. He made New Zealand pay dearly for failing to catch him at six and 39 by hitting two sixes and six fours before miscuing a drive to give Rob Nicol a return catch. Dilshan continued his good form against New Zealand by completing his fourth consecutive half-century. He was unbeaten on 59 which included eight fours. Kumar Sangakkara was 20 not out when Sri Lanka achieved victory. New Zealand had been kept pinned down by penetrative bowling from the Sri Lankan bowlers who made early inroads into their batting. Nuwan Kulasekara made the initial breakthrough by having Hamish Rutherford caught behind by Sangakkara for three in the second over. New Zealand lost half their side for 93 by the 15th over before Luke Ronchi (34 not out) and Nathan McCullum (26) put together a partnership of 45 off 29 balls to get them to a respectable total. Ramith Rambukwella, the son of media minister Keheliya Rambukwella was the pick of the Sri Lanka bowlers taking one wicket for 19 runs off four overs with his offbreaks.

GUYANA CHRONICLE Friday November 22, 2013

Australia on the ropes as Broad silence boos (REUTERS) - England paceman Stuart Broad ignored the jeers, chants and catcalls of a hostile Gabba crowd to take five wickets and leave Australia clinging on at 273 for eight on the first day of the first Ashes test yesterday. Cast as a villain in Australia after his failure to walk at Trent Bridge earlier this year, Broad skittled Australia’s top order with his first four wickets and returned with the second new ball to end a Brad Haddin-inspired rearguard. “After losing the toss on what looked like a fantastic batting wicket and to get eight wickets in that day, the guys are tired in there but they are absolutely delighted,” Broad told reporters. “We probably weren’t at our best but if you’d given us 260 for eight at the start of the day we’d have snapped your hand off.” Australia came into the match boasting of a renewed confidence but a batting collapse from 71 for the loss of a single wicket to 132-6 looked like very much like their performances in the 3-0 defeat in England earlier this year. Haddin bucked that trend, however, sharing a 114-run seventh wicket stand with Mitchell Johnson (64) and was unbeaten on 78 when stumps were drawn. He will resume on day two with Ryan Harris, who had scored four.

“We fought back very hard,” Johnson said. “That was quite important, had to really dig in. The position we’re in is definitely par for today. We want to get

with him. “It’s all good banter, at the end of the day fans come, they like to have a beer with their mates and sing along but they want to see good cricket and I

intact until Broad intervened. The all-rounder pushed at a ball he could have left and edged it to Graeme Swann at second slip, swatting his bat in disgust at the manner and

England players celebrate with teammate Stuart Broad (2nd R) after he took the wicket of Australia’s captain Michael Clarke during the first day’s play of the first Ashes cricket test match in Brisbane. 300-plus and we think that definitely is a good score to have.” Australia won the toss and decided to bat on a bright, sunny morning at the Gabba and the booing of Broad, branded a “smug Pommy cheat” on the front page of the local Courier-Mail newspaper, contributed to a festive atmosphere. “Good fun,” grinned Broad, who brought the paper into the news conference

think they’ve seen really good cricket.” Opener Chris Rogers was the first victim of the bounce Broad managed to generate from the Gabba track but it was the dismissals of Shane Watson, Michael Clarke and David Warner around lunch that shifted the momentum firmly in England’s favour. Watson, whose preparations for the series were disrupted by a hamstring injury, looked like reaching lunch with his wicket

bowling rather than his batting prowess, to stem the flow of wickets. Johnson hit six fours and two huge sixes for his eighth test 50 before Broad shattered his wickets to complete his 11th test five-wicket haul. Despite something of a disappointing day, Australia can look to the corresponding Gabba test in the 2010-11 series for some comfort. England were bowled out for 260 on the opening day three years ago but battled back for a draw, carrying the momentum from that recovery to clinch the series 3-1. “I think we’re in a great position,” Johnson added. “We have two wickets in hand and we can put some more runs on the board. The wicket has definitely quickened up and there’s some swing out there.”

Australia first innings C. Rogers c Bell b Broad D. Warner c Pietersen b Broad S. Watson c Swann b Broad M. Clarke c Bell b Broad S. Smith c Cook b Tremlett G. Bailey c Cook b Anderson B. Haddin not out M. Johnson b Broad P. Siddle c Cook b Anderson R. Harris not out Extras (lb-11, nb-1, w-1)

Total (for 8 wickets, 90 overs) 273 Fall of wickets: 1-12, 2-71, 3-73, 4-83, 5-100, 6-132, 7-246, 8-265 To bat: N. Lyon. Bowling: Anderson 22-5-61-2, Broad 20-3-65-5 (nb-1, w-1), Tremlett 19-3-51-1, Swann 264-80-0, Root 3-1-5-0. England: A. Cook, M. Carberry, J. Trott, K. Pietersen, I. Bell, M. Prior, J. Root, S. Broad, G. Swann, J. Anderson, C. Tremlett.

timing of his dismissal for 22. AUSTRALIA FIGHTBACK Australia captain Clarke faced seven balls after lunch before he was making his way back to the pavilion with one run to his name after he popped a catch to Ian Bell at short leg off the first short ball Broad fired at him. “We know what a world class player he is, and to get him

BCB/NAMILCO/BAKEWELL T20 C’SHIPS

Albion lodge protest over RHTGG’s player AFTER spinning the toss prior to the start of the Berbice Cricket Board/NAMILCO/Bakewell T20 final last Sunday, Albion Cricket Club’s skipper and discarded West Indies leg spinner Devendra Bishoo lodged a protest over the inclusion of Delbert Hicks in the Rose Hall Town Gizmos and Gadgets (RHTGG) lineup. According to reports from Albion who lost by five wickets to RHTGG, Bishoo immediately informed the match officials of his observation, adding that his team will be competing in the contest, under protest, but were surprised to hear the victorious side being announced the winner at the presentation ceremony. To this regard, Albion has written a letter to the press (see below), outlining their concerns as it relates to the protest, which they said was lodged along with the protest fee, to the BCB. “The Albion Community Centre Cricket Club wishes to express its disappointment with regards to an article carried in both the Guyana Chronicle and the Kaieteur News yesterday (19/11/2013) on the BCB/NAMILCO/BAKEWELL T20 cricket final that was played last Sunday at the Albion Community Centre Ground. In the article, nothing was mentioned that the Albion Community Centre Cricket Club had played the match (final) under protest after Rose Hall Town had breached the rules/playing conditions of the competition by playing Mr. Delbert Hicks in their final eleven despite he (Mr. Delbert Hicks) did not partake/play in any of the matches in the competition prior to the final. The Albion captain had informed the Rose Hall Town skipper

cheaply in the first innings of the first test means a lot to the team,” said Broad, who has dismissed Clarke six times in his last eight innings. “When it hit him and went to Belly, you saw the reaction of the team and how much it meant to the guys.” Opener Warner had looked dangerous in building a score of 49 with some choice shots but he threw it all away when he swatted a Broad delivery straight to Kevin Pietersen in the covers. James Anderson then pitched in to remove debutant George Bailey for three before Chris Tremlett, the third England quick, curtailed a promising innings from Steve Smith for 31. Haddin, whose half century was his 13th in tests, was forced to combine with Johnson, recalled for his pace

and the umpires immediately after the toss that Albion will be playing the match under protest and same was communicated verbally to the Berbice Cricket Board (BCB) officials present at the ground. Additionally a formal letter of protest together with the requisite protest fee was also submitted to the BCB. It should also be noted that Albion had participated in the presentation ceremony after the conclusion of the match after the Club was assured by the BCB Officials inclusive of President Keith Foster that and official announcement will be made at the Presentation Ceremony that the match (final) was played under a protest and this done. Additionally, the Albion captain accepted the runners’ up trophy and incentive only for the sake of a photograph being taken out but immediately returned both the trophy and the incentive to the BCB. While Albion was totally outplayed by Rose Hall Town on the field of play, the Club (Albion Community Centre Cricket Club) is of the opinion that no one is bigger than the game and as such the rules of the tournament must be followed. The acting Public Relations Officer (PRO) of the BCB, Mr. Carl Moore is the persons from the Board who normally would issue releases to the press on Berbice’s cricket and it is quite awful that he (Mr. Carl Moore) does not see it fit to mention to the press that the match was played under a protest. What is more appalling is that Mr. Carl Moore is the Chairman of the Board’s Competitions Committee which will have to pronounce on the protest and the Club (Albion Community Centre Cricket Club) is now eagerly awaiting the outcome of the protest.” Lloyd Kanden (President)

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Injured Gayle could miss the rest of the ODI series KOCHI, India, CMC-West Indies opening batsman Chris Gayle could be out of action for up to four weeks, after suffering a hamstring pull during the first One Day International (ODI) against India in Kochi yesterday. Gayle is likely to miss the remaining two ODIs and the start of the New Zealand tour immediately after the series, which begins on December 3 in Dunedin. He suffered the injury when he was run-out for zero off the second ball of the innings, when he failed to beat the direct hit from Bhuvneshwar Kumar and tumbled awkwardly, landing on his knee. He was in pain and had to be carried off the field on a stretcher. Gayle was initially treated at the ground by the orthopedic surgeon Dr Bipin Theruvil, before CHRIS GAYLE he was admitted to hospital, where an MRI scan found that there was a “hamstring tear on his left leg and small blood clot around”. “The injuries will take at least two to four weeks to heal,” Dr Theruvil told reporters.

GUYANA CHRONICLE Friday November 22, 2013

GBA join forces with Pepsi/ Gatorade for Under-16 C’ships By Calvin Roberts FOLLOWING the successful inaugural Under-16 boxing championships last July, through the kind courtesy of Demerara Distillers Limited’s (DDL) Pepsi/Gatorade brand of products, the Guyana Boxing Association (GBA) will from tomorrow punch off their second of three champions for the same age group at the Andrew ‘Six Heads’ Lewis gym in Albouystown. This was disclosed by president of the GBA and Deputy Permanent Secretary within the Ministry of Culture, Youth and Sport (MCYS), Steve Ninvalle, at a simple press briefing which was hosted by DDL at the Mandela Avenue based Distribution Services Limited (DSL) Outlet yesterday. Present were DDL’s Pepsi/Gatorade Sales Manager, Alexis Crawford-Langhorne, Technical Director of the GBA, Terrence Poole, and members of the media. Crawford-Langhorne told of DDL’s delight to be associated with the Under-16 championships once again. “We at DDL, with our brands Pepsi and Gatorade, are once again pleased to partner with the GBA for the second of three Pepsi/Gatorade tournament to be held over the weekend. “At DDL, we are always looking for opportunities to give back to the communities in which we operate, and this tournament is one of many ways we have decided to do so, since it caught our attention. The tournament provides gainful engagement for our young people who are the core of the Pepsi fan base,” related Crawford-Langhorne. She added, “Since the launch, we have seen some of the young boxers moving on to represent Guyana in overseas tournaments and this shows that the tournament had has a positive effect on our young boxers. “As the official sponsor of this event, we are pleased with the way in which the tournaments are being executed and continue to be amazed at the level of professionalism executed by these young boxers, who during the course of the upcom-

…2nd of 3 for the year

President of the Guyana Boxing Association, Steve Ninvalle (left), seals the agreement with Demerara Distillers Limited’s Pepsi/Gatorade Sales Manager, Alexis Crawford-Langhorne, following yesterday’s press briefing.

India win first ODI by six wickets (WINDIESCRICKET.COM) Kochi, India - A combination of weaker opposition and a slow pitch came to the aid of India’s bowlers in soothing the wounds they endured during the series against Australia last month, as they finally exerted some control over the batsmen. India’s spinners, led by Ravindra Jadeja and Suresh Raina, took eight wickets as West Indies, despite a fighting half-century from Darren Bravo, were bowled out for a below-par total in Kochi. West Indies had recovered from the loss of Chris Gayle in the first over to 63 for 1 after ten overs when spin was introduced and Jadeja, who had been left out of the Tests to nurse his injured shoulder, took only four balls to make an impact. Johnson Charles, trying to whip a flighted delivery to the leg side, got a leading edge towards Jadeja, who dived full length to his left to pull off a one-handed blinder. That the ball had stopped a touch on the batsman was an indication for MS Dhoni to introduce spin at both

India’s Virat Kohli celebrates with a stump after his team’s victory over the West Indies in the first ODI yesterday. (Photo courtesy Reuters) ends. Raina didn’t have to wait for long either. His e i g h t h d e l i v e r y b a re l y bounced and hit the base of the middle stump to dismiss

a set Marlon Samuels. As the balls started spinning past the edge, West Indies were forced to take a circumspect approach and the run rate dipped

from 6.30 after 10 overs, to 5.12 midway through their innings. Raina added two more wickets - Lendl Simmons was adjudged lbw to one which was probably spinning down the leg side while Narsingh Deonarine had himself to blame for playing across the line to a straighter one - and ended up with his best ODI figures of 10-1-34-3. Darren Bravofought back with 59 that came off 77 deliveries as he maneuvered the strike around in the company of Simmons, adding 65 for the fourth wicket while staying severe on anything that was pitched up. Twice, he hit flighted deliveries from Jadeja into the stands, but the shot that stood out was a stylish cover drive off R Ashwin. However, he too was dismissed by one that stayed low, from Mohammad Shami, during the Powerplay. His dismissal signaled the end of resistance from West Indies as the rest of the batsmen could only manage 28 more runs. Jadeja finished with three wickets that also propped him up to the top of the ODI wicket-takers’ charts this year. Spin was thought to be a

ing tournament, will be rehydrated by the world’s number one Sport’s drink, Gatorade.” Crawford-Langhorne thanked the GBA for giving her Company another opportunity to show their support behind the nation’s future in the fistic sport, while she called on all and sundry to come out and support the young talents who will be on show. In his opening remarks, Ninvalle said that the GBA is not only focusing on promoting the sport at the amateur level as they are tasked with, but they are also serious about the health and well being of the boxers which is paramount, along with discipline. “We intend to keep the health and well being of the boxers paramount and I wish to say that we will be looking into the safety of our boxers, officials and patrons who turn out to give of their support at these upcoming championships, this weekend.” “On the same note, I would like to go on record as saying that the GBA for the past three months have had an upsurge with the organizing of various championships, such as Intermediate, Novices, Open, and now this second Under-16 Championships and this speaks volumes. “However, we are keen on discipline amongst our officials and athletes and will not encourage any official or athlete to be indisciplined, with one incident surfacing during our last championships in Bartica, which will be looked at and dealt with severely by the GBA’s Discipline Committee,” said Ninvalle. According to Poole, eight gyms will be vying for supremacy over the two days of action in Albouystown, listing amongst them, Linden, Forgotten Youth Foundation, Harpy Eagles, Rose Hall Jammers and Bartica who will be making their debut. “We invited Bartica, since we saw lots of talent when we were last there and it is only fitting that in order for us to harness this talent, we invite them down to compete,” stated Poole. The action punches off at 10:00hrs on both days, with prizes for Best Gym and Boxer being up for grabs, while the various winners will be awarded medallions. factor at the start of the match because of the presence of cracks on the pitch. West Indies chose to bat, hoping to build the pressure in a format they are more comfortable with. The change to coloured clothing was supposed to bring relief for Gayle, who had endured a difficult time in the Test series with a top score of 35. But he didn’t give himself a chance to settle. He dabbed the second delivery of the match towards the non-striker and called straightaway for a risky single. Bhuvneshwar Kumar, who has dismissed Gayle four times this year already, sprinted to his right, swiveled and threw down the stumps at

West Indies

CH Gayle run out (Kumar) 0 J Charles† c & b Jadeja 42 MN Samuels b Raina 24 DM Bravo b Mohammed Shami 59 LMP Simmons lbw b Raina 29 N Deonarine b Raina 4 DJ Bravo*stp †Dhoni b Jadeja 24 DJG Sammy c Kumar b Jadeja 5 JO Holder not out 16 SP Narine c & b Ashwin 0 R Rampaul c Dhawan b Ashwin 1 Extras (lb 1, w 6) 7 Total (all out; 48.5 overs) 211 Fall of wickets 1-0, 2-65, 3-77, 4-142, 5-152, 6-183, 7-187, 8-204, 9-206, 10-211 Bowling: Kumar 5-0-26-0, Unadkat 6-0-39-0, Shami 6-0-28-1, Jadeja 10-0-37-3, Raina 10-1-34-3, Ashwin 9.5-0-42-2, Sharma 2-0-4-0.

the non-striker’s end, catching Gayle well short. The immediate scenes after the dismissal would have worried West Indies. As Gayle tried to make his ground, he took a tumble and writhed in pain while lying on the ground and was soon taken off on a stretcher. Samuels and Charles didn’t run much in the partnership that followed. The inertia was built as Samuels smoked a six over cover in Jaydev Unadkat’s second over before Charles took over. He stood well outside the crease and repeatedly chose the aerial route in his 34-ball 42. But the spinners turned the game around.

India

R Sharma c Simmons b Rampaul 72 S Dhawan c †Charles b Holder 5 V Kohli c Narine b Holder 86 Yuvraj Singh not out 16 SK Raina c Holder b Narine 0 MS Dhoni*† not out 13 Extras (b 5, w 15) 20 Total (for 4 wickets off 35.2 overs) 212 Did not bat RA Jadeja, R Ashwin, B Kumar, Mohammed Shami, JD Unadkat Fall of wickets 1-17, 2-150, 3-192, 4-194 Bowling: Rampaul 8-0-39-1, Holder 8-0-48-2, Sammy 2-0-14-0, Narine 10-1-57-1, Deonarine 2-0-15-0, Simmons 3-0-14-0, Bravo 2.2-0-20-0 Result: India won by six wickets Series: India leads the 3-match series 1-0 Player of the match V Kohli (India)

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District 11 athlete Kevin Abbensetts (left) edges District 13 Samuel Foster to the win in winning the under-20 Boys 200-metre (Sonell Nelson photo).

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