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WEDNESDAY JULY 9, 2014

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Guyana still has the ability to produce notable cricketers Bahrain 14 Better luck next time orders U.S. diplomat to leave country Page

‘NOT WELCOMED’: Tom Malinowski arrived in Bahrain on Sunday and had been scheduled to stay for three days [AP]

Guyanese woman goes missing in Brooklyn, NY centre

––family here unable to contact her

Missing: Chinelle Browne

Brazilian fans react after the semi-final football match between Brazil and Germany at The Mineirao Stadium in Belo Horizonte during the 2014 FIFA World Cup yesterday. See story on Back Page ( AFP PHOTO / ADRIAN DENNIS)

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President tells Berbicians...

Guyana still has the ability to produce notable cricketers THE sports scene in Region Six has received a boost with the complete installation of floodlights at the Albion Community Centre Ground, which is one of the most notable facilities with an accomplished history in cricket development in Guyana.

The ground, which is managed by GuySuCo, has

been the venue for First Class matches, and it was the venue for the first ever One Day International (ODI) in the West Indies, which was played between the West Indies and Pakistan in March 1977, a game the home team won by four wickets.

A total of five ODIs were played between 1977

and 1985. The ground hosted an ODI for the last time in April 1985, a match played between the West Indies and New Zealand; and once again, the West Indies won the match by 130 runs, with Desmond See page 3

With the help of Minister of Culture, Youth and Sport, Dr. Frank Anthony (right), President Donald Ramotar proudly unveils the plaque to symbolise the commissioning of the newly-installed lights at the Albion Community Centre ground on Monday

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Haynes scoring 145, the highest individual innings by any player at the ground.

The West Indies was most successful at the ground, winning four out of five ODIs. The most recent first class cricket match at the ground was played between Guyana and Barbados in February 2010 -Barbados won the match by 58 runs.

All these successes positioned Albion to be the first community ground to receive an upgrade in the form of six towering floodlights, similar to those at the Guyana National Stadium at Providence, on the East Bank.

The lights, totalling close to $110M, were officially commissioned on Monday last by Head of State, President Donald Ramotar, with assistance from Minister of Culture, Youth and Sport, Dr. Frank Anthony, Regional Chairman David Armogan, Minister of Agriculture Dr. Leslie Ramsammy, renowned Guyanese cricketer, Clive Lloyd, and Permanent Secretary, Alfred King.

In his remarks, President Ramotar recognized the changes that have occurred in cricket over the years.

“Cricket is changing in its nature, and therefore, if Berbice is to continue playing an important role and making an important contribution to Guyana and West Indies cricket, we need to put the infrastructure in place to deal with the changing nature of the game itself, and thus these lights are extremely important in that regard,” he said.

He emphasized that Guyana still has the ability to produce notable cricketers like the John Trims, Rohan Kanhais, Kallicharrans, Lloyds and Fredericks. “Berbice has always produced a rich crop of cricketers for us,” he noted.

President Ramotar commended the sugar industry for the contributions it has made towards the development of cricket in Guyana,

in that not only has it aided the game, but the country’s economy as well. With this in mind, the Government has decided to pipe some $6M into the industry so as to encourage its continued growth.

The Head of State expressed the hope that from the creation of healthy recreational facilities that the sport will be modernised. Further, it is anticipated that the availability of these facilities will deter youths from negative influences.

He also called for a link between academics and sports, especially since the world is moving towards a knowledge-based economy.

While addressing the gathering, Minister Anthony acknowledged the Berbicians’ passion for cricket. “From the history of Berbice, we know that you are passionate about cricket...” he said.

Even though the Region has waited for a long time for the lights, the Minister emphasised that it is a good investment in the young cricketers as the facility will boost training. He expressed his hope that the facility will be used more by the residents and other sports disciplines.

Lloyd highlighted his satisfaction regarding the installation of the lights that now illuminate the popular cricket ground. “This is a stepping stone to greater things in Guyana, and I hope with the lights here, in the not too distant future we would have more Test matches here; more CPL here for Guyana,” he said.

Albion Estate Manager, Devindra Kumar and President of the Berbice Chamber of Commerce, Mark Roopnarine both committed to giving support to the further development of the ground and other sports facilities in Region 6.

The installation of the lights was done by Musco Sports Lighting of Oskaloosa, Iowa, USA; the same company that had installed the lights at the Providence National Stadium. Each tower is outfitted with seventeen luminaries, totaling 102 -1500 watts bulbs being powered by Guyana Power and Light (GPL) Inc.

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PPP commends Manickchand for standing up to Ambassador Hardt

By Sandy Agasen THE ruling party last Friday commended the acting Foreign Minister Priya Manickchand for delivering a “feral” blast to United States Ambassador to Guyana, Brent Hardt, condemning him for the “alarming” utterances that he made against the Government of Guyana.

The People’s Progressive Party (PPP) was speaking of the showdown between Hardt and the Government

‘Berbice has always produced a rich crop of cricketers for us’ - President Donald Ramotar

Education Minister, Ms Priya Manickchand of Guyana last Wednesday evening at the commemoration of the 238th Independence Anniversary of the U.S. event, held at his Cummings Lodge residence.

Speaking at the symposium, in celebration of the 50th Anniversary of the Detention of the Party’s Leaders, last Friday at the Cheddi Jagan Research Centre (Red House), General-Secretary Clement Rohee said, “I recently saw on television another strong young woman… and as I was looking at her making her speech, I said to myself, ‘it is good to know that we have strong woman.’

“For Minister Priya Manickchand to stand up and to make a speech like that to the most powerful country in the world, she’s got to be a very strong See page 7

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Ukraine threatens rebels with ‘nasty surprise’ in new push (Reuters) – UKRAINE’S government kept up military pressure against pro-Russian rebels on Tuesday, threatening them with a “nasty surprise,” while the militants said they were preparing to fight back after losing their main stronghold.

President Petro Poroshenko, drawing confidence from the fall of the rebel bastion of Slaviansk at the weekend, named a new chief of military operations in the east following his appointment of an aggressive new defence minister who again demanded the separatists lay down their arms.

A security official said the government’s plan to clear rebels from the two big towns of Donetsk and Luhansk would come as a “nasty surprise” for the insurgents.

But Poroshenko - whose officials have ruled out any more unilateral ceasefires

for military help from Moscow.

One rebel leader played down its loss as a military expedient and said the hundreds of fighters who were able to move from the town

to the regional capital Donetsk were preparing a command structure to defend that city and hit back: “We’re not preparing ourselves for a siege. We are preparing ourselves for

action,” Alexander Borodai, Prime Minister of the self-proclaimed Donetsk People’s Republic, told a Russian online newspaper during a visit to the Russian capital.

CIA had role in Germany spy affair (Reuters) - THE Central Intelligence Agency was involved in a spying operation against Germany that led to the alleged recruitment of a German intelligence official and has prompted renewed outrage in Berlin, two U.S. officials familiar with the matter said on Monday.

CIA Director John Brennan has asked to brief key members of the U.S. Congress on the matter, which threatens a new rupture between Washington and a close European ally, one of the officials said.

It was unclear if and when Brennan’s briefing to U.S. lawmakers would take place. The CIA declined any comment on the matter.

The office of Germany’s

Ukrainian paratroopers gather near the eastern Ukrainian town of Slaviansk, July 8, 2014.

- kept the door open to a further round of indirect peace talks with separatist leaders, naming a possible venue in a government-controlled monastery-town in the east.

Poroshenko on Tuesday visited Slaviansk, which lies in eastern Ukraine’s industrialised Donbass region.

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violence. Today Slaviansk is a symbol of a free Donbass and I thank you for that,” he said on the city’s main square in front of what was one of the rebels’ main headquarters.

Meanwhile, signs emerged of a split in separatist ranks over the fall of Slaviansk with a powerful field commander critically questioning the pull-out from the rebel stronghold.

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Federal Prosecutor, based in the western city of Karlsruhe, late last week issued a statement saying that a 31-year old man had been arrested on suspicion of being a foreign spy, and that investigations were continuing. The statement offered no further details.

German politicians have said that the suspect, an employee of the country’s foreign intelligence service, admitted passing to an American contact details concerning a German parliamentary committee’s investigation of alleged U.S. eavesdropping disclosed by Edward Snowden, a former contractor for the U.S. National Security Agency.

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spoke on condition of anonymity, and offered no further details.

White House press secretary Josh Earnest declined comment on the dispute.

“The relationship that the United States has with Germany is incredibly important. This is a very close partnership that we have on a range of security issues, including some intelligence issues,” Earnest said. “All of those things are high priorities not just to this administration, but to this country. So we’re going to work with the Germans to resolve this situation appropriately.”

Snowden’s revelations last year, which included evidence that the NSA was targeting German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s personal cell phone, frosted U.S.-German relations.

The White House agreed to stop targeting Merkel, but rejected Berlin’s pleas for a wider “no spy” pact.

The latest case risks further straining ties.

“If the reports are correct it would be a serious case,” Merkel told a news conference in Beijing, standing next to Chinese Premier Li Keqiang.

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Nicaragua canal route: Atlantic-Pacific link unveiled

(BBC News) THE Nicaraguan government and the company behind plans to build a canal linking the Atlantic and the Pacific Ocean have settled on a route.

It would stretch 278km (173 miles) from Punta Gorda on the Caribbean through Lake Nicaragua to the mouth of the river Brito on the Pacific.

Environmentalists have expressed concerns about the plans to build a canal to rival that of Panama.

Nicaragua says it will break ground on the $40bn (£23bn) project this year.

Environmental concerns

Engineers for the Hong Kong-based HKND Group said the canal would be between 230m and 520m wide and 27.6m deep.

Nicaragua said it had chosen the route so it would avoid areas of great biodiversity, indigenous territories and environmentally protected lands.

But environmentalists are still concerned about the effects it may have on Lake Nicaragua, Central America’s largest lake and an important source of fresh water.

The commission in charge of building the canal said environmental and

social impact studies would be carried out on the route and changes would still be possible.

It said it expected construction to begin in December and to be finished within five years.

Appeal court grants stay in motion of no confidence case in St Kitts-Nevis BASSETERRE, St Kitts (WINN) -- THE Eastern Caribbean Appeal Court has granted a stay o f a l l p ro c e e d i n g s i n the motion of no confidence matter, filed by the speaker of St Kitts and Nevis National Assembly, Curtis Martin.

High court judge Justice Darshan Ramdhani ruled in February that there are no impediments to tabling the motion of no confidence against the government.

The stay was granted on

the basis that the appeal “has met the required threshold” under the law, a release from the prime minister’s office states.

According to the release, the legal threshold includes the finding by the appeal court that the speaker’s intended appeal has real prospects of success at the hearing of the appeal.

“It would be good… for the court to finally hear… the constitutional matter that is brought before it, whether the court can direct the speaker as to what to

place on the order paper and when,” Prime Minister Dr Denzil Douglas told WINN FM on Sunday.

“That is a principle that needs to be really tested, and it would be good for us to have that particular appeal matter heard, and the original motion as well to be heard. I think that this is something that is so fundamental to our democracy, and our parliamentary structure in particular, and the separation of powers between the court and the parliament and the

executive. This is such a fundamental matter that it would be good for the court to give judgment on this matter,” Douglas said.

PoS passport office shuts down again

(Trinidad Guardian) NO court injunction can stop immigration workers from staying away from work until proper conditions are provided, says president of the Public Service Association (PSA) Watson Duke. Shortly after 7 am yesterday, staff at the Port-of-Spain passport office walked off the job, leaving scores of frustrated people stranded without passports. The situation was more the same in San Fernando, where over 100 customers were turned away.

Only few emergency cases were dealt with. Customers were told the office had minimal staff and it was not known when operations would be back to normal. Speaking yesterday at a press conference at the PSA’s headquarters at Abercromby Street, Port-of-Spain, Duke said “industrial action,” which the injunction sought to stop, did not include refusing to work under poor health and safety conditions.

Duke produced a report from the Occupational Health and Safety Authority (Osha), dated July 4, that identified health and safety concerns at the immigration building at 67 Frederick Street, Port-of-Spain (see sidebar). He also cited incidents—the explosion of an electrical panel in which a T&TEC foreman was badly burned, the collapse of a glass window from the second floor and health problems among staff—that suggested the building was unfit for work. He said: “We don’t really want this injunction to be discharged. It could remain because it does not affect us. We have never protested. “The injunction simply restrains us from taking or continuing to take industrial action within the meaning of the said act (Industrial Relations Act). “What does it mean to take industrial action within the act? “It means to take things like strikes, lockouts, sympathy strikes, sit-ins, go slow... this is what it means to take industrial action. We have never done that.”

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EDITORIAL

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Guyana

Justice at last REVELATIONS of horrific events that transpired during Rodney’s political activism in Guyana and leadership of the Working People’s Alliance (WPA) are emerging, primarily because the PPP/C administration has promised that no prosecution for complicity and/or involvement in any way by any person will ensue from information proffered to the Rodney Commission of Inquiry.

So renowned researcher and historian, charismatic leader, passionate advocate for human dignity and equality, patriotic son of Guyana’s soil, and humanist extraordinaire Walter Rodney, may finally get justice – of a sort; and his supporters and loved ones may finally get closure, 33 years after the fact of his assassination.

Generations to come will marvel that a descendant of slaves could inflict such wanton destruction on a nation peopled with fellow descendants of slaves and indentured labourers, that one wonders at and compares the two oppressive regimes of the colonisers and the dictatorship, through juxtaposition in analyses and critiques of both regimes of oppressive terror in this beautiful country, so richly blessed with natural resources, and a rich blend of cultures in a family of humanity that interweaves into a spectacular tapestry

of a unique nation.

In essence, while the repression and terror existed during colonial times, there was concurrent progress in various spheres, as well as promotion and sustaining of high standards – especially in infrastructure and education, as well as the service sectors; whereas, during the Burnham years, the destruction of every aspect of life and every sector was absolute.

But it is important that the ethos of the terror of those times be understood in context for proper assessment and impartial judgement on the Walter Rodney saga.

Burnham and his bourgeoisie regime were correct in being fearful of Rodney, because his empathy for the oppressed and poor in Jamaica had generated a similar movement off-campus, and propelled a dynamic in the socio-political landscape whereby the downtrodden people discovered their value as human beings and Rodney’s struggle to restore their human dignity and self-respect had succeeded in no small measure; but he earned the enmity of that island’s socio-political elite in the process.

Burnham was of the newly-emerged black bourgeoisie Caribbean leadership grouping, and he empathised with the Jamaican Government rather than empathise

with the plight of the people he ruled.

The Jamaican government banned Rodney from re-entering that country during his attendance at a Black Writers’ Conference in Canada.

But Rodney’s struggles in Jamaica had generated a liberation movement that blazed across the Caribbean, and the old Colonial imperialist order and post-colonial oppressive governmental structures were slowly but surely being changed through challenges by the working-class movements in Caribbean nations, and one of the most historic and eventful fruits of Rodney’s initial work in Jamaica was the February Revolt of the working force in Trinidad & Tobago.

Guyanese and the world at large are being informed as the saga of deceit and a most heinous betrayal unfold, as witnesses testify to first-hand experiences during one of the most dreaded and dreadful periods in the corridors of Guyana’s history.

Hardt was in breach of the Vienna Convention IN respect to what may be described as a spat between the Guyana Administration and the former Ambassador to the United States, Mr. Brent Hardt, it is important to recognise that although Article 37 of the Constitution of the Co-operative Republic of Guyana is not without considerable relevance, this provision is not determinative.

What is determinative is the customary rule of international law which precludes a diplomatic envoy from interfering in the domestic affairs of the receiving state, a primordial obligation encapsulated in Article 41.1 of the Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations (1963) and also reflected in Article 2(7) of the United Nations Charter.

It must be borne in mind that even though Article 8 of the Constitution establishes this instrument as the supreme law in Guyana, it is trite international law that the laws of a State may not be invoked as a ground for non-compliance with an international obligation: Article 27 Vienna

Convention on the Law of Treaties (1969). As a matter of law, a State may not even invoke its Constitution as a ground for non-compliance with an international obligation: Article 13 of the International Law Commission’s Draft Articles on the Rights and Duties of States.

In this context, reference may be made to Oppenheim’s International Law, 9th Edition, at p. 1068, where it is stated: “(i)t is universally recognised that envoys (or other diplomatic agents) must not interfere with the internal political life of the State to which they are accredited. It certainly belongs to their functions to watch political events with a vigilant eye, and to report their observations to their home State. But they have no right whatever to take part in that political life, to encourage one political party or to threaten another. It matters not whether an envoy acts thus on his own account or on the instructions from his home state. If he does so, he abuses his position, and

the receiving state will either protest, or, in a more serious case, request his home state to recall him and appoint another individual in his place, or, if his interference is very flagrant, dismiss him”.

Oppenheim, an authoritative publicist on international law, further stated: “a line must, however, be drawn between functions which it is proper that a diplomatic mission may exercise, and those which it may not, although it has to be recognised that it is not always easy to draw such a line” (at p. 1067). Ambassador Brent Hardt was due to leave Guyana on July 6, 2014 on determination of his assignment to this country.

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AOG security shot in street robbery DARBY Blackman, 53, of Block ‘E’ South Sophia was shot in the abdomen while on his way home from work yesterday morning.

Blackman, a security guard attached to the Assemblies of God Headquarters in Queenstown, was shot by a bandit who approached him while he was riding along Jamoon Drive, Meadowbrook.

Speaking with investigators at the Georgetown Public Hospital the man recalled that he worked through the night on Monday and was heading home yesterday when he saw another man approaching. He said that just as the man passed him, he heard some saying “give me all you got” while pointing what appeared to be a gun at him.

The man said at first he began to resist and the bandit who was also riding a bicycle fired two shots in his direction, one of which caught him in the abdomen.

Speaking with an oxygen mask over his face, the injured man said that he was not robbed of anything since the gunman who appeared to be just about 18-years-old fled after shooting him. Persons in the area rushed to his assistance and he was taken to the hospital where up to press time he was being treated at the Georgetown Public Hospital.

(Leroy Smith)

PPP commends Manickchand for standing up ...

From page 3 person… I felt proud that the PPP has people like that…We still have people to stand up and speak on behalf of this country, represent this country and to defend this country,” he said.

Following Ambassador Hart’s contention that President Ramotar was party to a breach of Guyana’s Constitution for failing to give his required approval for the local government legislation, Minister Manickchand, an articulate and tough-talking Cabinet minister, accused him of having “crossed the red line.”

Manickchand said there is a red line in diplomatic relations, and Hardt had crossed that line. She made no bones about the fact that diplomatic relations demand a commitment to accuracy, referring to misconceptions peddled on the hosting of local government elections.

HYPOCRITICAL At the event last Wednesday, Manickchand accused Hardt of creating tensions between Guyana and the U.S., and for the position he took on many local issues, positions she deemed hypocritical.

Not since political independence was attained by Guyana, has a diplomatic envoy of a foreign nation been so involved in open domestic political controversies as Mr. Hardt. His frequent public interventions in matters of national interest, at times revealed scant disrespect for the norms of quiet diplomacy that other accredited foreign diplomats routinely observe when they find it necessary to engage the government on specific issues.

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Millers continue to make payments to rice farmers

By Vanessa Narine RICE farmers owed by millers in Region Two (Pomeroon/Supenaam) are receiving payments, as agreed at a meeting last Thursday, according to General-Secretary of the Guyana Rice Producers Association (RPA), Mr. Dharamkumar Seeraj.

He noted that while the production for the first crop is valued at $23.3B, $1.4B is what was produced by Region Two farmers. Of the total amount, over $1.9B has been paid out.

“By the end of the week, we expect, as agreed, that another $400M will be paid out… At the meeting last Thursday, the millers outlined a payment plan that the farmers agreed to, and that is the process that is being rolled out to ensure farmers are paid the monies owed to them,” Seeraj said.

T h e R PA H e a d maintained that the payment plan being ro l l e d o u t w a s t h e agreed terms of an a g re e m e n t b e t w e e n farmers and millers, despite last Friday’s violence that followed a peaceful protest in Region Two. POLITICALLY MOTIVATED Seeraj contends that the violence that followed this peaceful protest march was clearly politically motivated, particularly given that a resolution had been reached to the problem that is alleged to have started the protest.

In a prior interview, he stated that the Alliance For Change Councillor Mr. Naith Ram, who led the violence, was himself paid off for

his paddy.

“It was not a case where he (Ram) had a personal interest. This was a legitimate prob-

RPA Head, Dharamkumar Seeraj lem, which was addressed, being turned into a political issue.

Notwithstanding what was said at the meeting, he still went ahead, because the uproar was premeditated,” the RPA Head said.

Seeraj said that RPA officers in Region Two reported that the old tyres that were burnt to block major roadways were kept in car trunks and brought to the protest site.

He noted that a number of infractions had been committed on Friday. “A number of illegal things were done on Friday, and this was after the peaceful protest.

First of all, heavy-duty vehicles were parked on the Anna Regina ‘Heritage’ Bridge, which is a bridge that you cannot even drive a car over. The tyres that they burned were in their car trunks, and a police officer was even abused and ended up at the Suddie Hospital,” he said.

The RPA Head also addressed the claims by Ram that he was stripped

by the police, which the GPF has since emphatically denied. Seeraj said, “Our information on the ground is that he (Ram) started undressing from the road, and then moved into a street and took off his clothes before claiming that he was stripped by police, and allowing persons to take pictures of him.

“Even if you look at the pictures, there are no police (personnel) in the background, and if (the police) had stripped a person, you would have seen evidence of some force, at least a ripped button or two, or a torn pocket or something.

The photo was obviously staged. There is no evidence of force, anyone can see that.”

He decried the fact that a real problem, which was addressed, was turned into an issue to secure political mileage by such violent means, creating much discomfort for people going about their business.

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AROUND THE COURTS With Geeta Rampersaud

Couple busted with cocaine in ceramic ornaments at CJIA refused bail GORDON Plass of Lot 224 Mocha Arcadia, East Bank Demerara and Belinda Williams of Lot 973 Meadow Brook Gardens in the city appeared yesterday before Georgetown Magistrate Fabayo Azore to face an allegation that on Monday, July 7, at the CJIA at Timehri, East Bank Demerara, they had in their possession more than two grammes of cocaine for the purpose of trafficking.

They both denied the charge when it was read to them.

Police Prosecutor Steven Telford told the court that

Belinda Williams

Williams was at CJIA posting cargo to Dublin, Ireland aboard an Amerijet flight when ranks conducted a field test on the cargo and found 17.177 kilogrammes of the illegal substance.

The prosecutor said cocaine is currently being extracted from the ornaments, and more charges are likely to follow.

Telford said that, under caution, Williams told the ranks that Plass had given her the box to post; but Plass told the ranks that someone else had given him the box to post.

Telford said investiga-

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tions are ongoing to ascertain the original owner of the box, and based on these circumstances, he requested that bail be denied both defendants.

Telford also informed the court that because he knows Williams, he would like to recuse himself from prosecuting the matter.

Attorney-at-law Patrice Henry represented Williams, but Plass was unrepresented.

Mr Henry said his client is married, has two children, and is presently five months pregnant; but Magistrate Azore told him those were not special reasons why bail

should be granted his client.

Plass explained that he lives at the address which he had given the police during investigations, and apologised for giving them a Werk-en-Rust, Georgetown address. He said that before coming to court he had spoken with his mother and her address got stuck in his head. He also explained that he was very frustrated at the moment.

However, the Prosecutor informed the court that Plass had previously been convicted in Barbados on a similar matter, and that there are six witnesses in the matter.

Both defendants were refused bail, and the matter was set for recall on July 28 for commencement of trial.

Two refused bail for armed robbery in Albouystown TWENTY-YEAR-OLD Raheem Benn of Lot 143 William Street, Kitty and 18-year-old Hakim Morgan of Albouystown appeared yesterday before Georgetown Magistrate Judy Latchman to answer an allegation that on July

3 at Albouystown, Georgetown, both being armed with an offensive weapon, that is to say half of a pair of scissors, robbed Julian Whyte of one bicycle and $2,000 cash, together valued at $20,000.

Both men pleaded not

guilty to the charge when it was read to them; and they are expected to return to court on July 10.

The Prosecutor said that on the day in question, the virtual complainant (VC) was riding his bicycle heading home when

the duo, one of whom was armed with half of a pair of scissors, placed the weapon to Whyte’s neck and they relieved him of the articles.

They were riding away with the victim’s bicycle when he told an officer on

duty what had happened, and that officer sent a transmission to ranks in Albuoystown. Both men were arrested and identified by the victim, and the bicycle and the weapon were found in their possession.

Police Prosecutor Joel

Ricknauth objected to bail on the grounds of the seriousness of the offence, and in the case of Morgan, on the fact that he has a pending matter before Chief Magistrate Priya Sewnarine-Beharry. They were remanded to prison.

GFS expects training school Fifteen differently-able at Leonora to be graduates leave ‘Open Doors’ commissioned in 2014 --with valuable life skills

By Sandy Agasen

DEFYING their disabilities, 15 young individuals were yesterday certified to effectively delve into the world of work, having completed a two-year skills training stint at the Open Doors Centre, a National Vocational Training Centre for persons with disabilities.

This occasion represented the seventh graduating ceremony for the entity, which saw the trainees undertaking courses in the four disciplines offered by the Centre.

The ceremony was held at Love and Faith Outreach Ministries on Dennis Street, Sophia.

Manager of the Open Doors Centre, Mr. Arthur Lewis, said the Centre

first opened its doors in 2001 as a project, but three years later it was handed over to the Ministry of Health, after which it was transformed into a full-fledged educational institution.

The entity has as its aim the need to promote and help improve the lives of young persons with disabilities. “In the past, people use to hide people with disabilities; they were locked away and were basically forced to remain out of sight,” Lewis recounted.

It was in light of the fact that persons with disabilities can perform; and if given a chance,

can do as well as their physically normal counterparts, that the entity commenced offering vocational training.

Trainees are exposed to four main vocational training categories: Information Technology, Carpentry/Joinery, Garment Construction and Electronics.

Many of the trainees are products of the David Rose School for the Handicapped and the Diamond Special Needs School. As a result, greater emphasis is placed on the importance of establishing and strengthening links with other disability organisations and institutions, to

help improve the educational process.

The training also comprises four weeks’ work attachment, and is supported by remedial education, guidance counselling, life skills and small business mana g e m e n t r e s p e c t i v e l y.

The latter has been introduced because the centre recognises that not all the trainees may be able to attain employment after training, and may have to become small entrepreneurs.

The guest speaker, Penelope Harris, urged the graduands to be a door opener rather than a gate keeper.

CONSTRUCTION of the Guyana Fire Service (GFS) Training School at Leonora, on the West Coast of Demerara, is in Phase Three of its completion, and the GFS anticipates commissioning this facility this year.

Chief Fire Officer Marlon Gentle said the final touches are being administered to the edifice, which will see the training and accommodation buildings being completed, and support elements being installed along with an open area for recruit training to be done. He added that the edifice would be commissioned this year, and he hopes to start recruit training there in due course.

Gentle explained that a multi-purpose fire fighting simulator would be added to the facility to properly prepare recruits for real handson fire fighting exercises.

Every aspect of fire sim-

ulation would be engaged in at the facility: fire behaviour, and high-rise and other forms of fire fighting strategies, he noted.

Gentle said the GFS is adequately equipped with fire fighting and rescue tools to respond to any eventuality, but there is never ‘too much’ equipment and tools.

This fire fighting school will house the barracks, mess hall, accommodation area, the lecture hall, and facilities for training in all aspects of firemanship, Gentle said.

He said that Phase One of construction, costing $25M, saw completion of the fence, construction of culverts and bridges, and levelling of the approximately four acres of land which will be the first area dedicated to GFS training.

Gentle noted that the project comes under the Ministry of Home Affairs (MoHA).

(Michel Outridge)

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Old Kai: Chronicles of Guyana…

Linden Opposition supporter accuses Granger of playing politics with the entire nation … says they have lost trust in him and lost hope in the PNCR OLD KAI is not fooled by the pretence of confidence emanating from Opposition leader David Granger with talk of the PNCR=APNU teaming up with the AFC to support a no-confidence motion against the PPP/C Government headed by President Donald Ramotar, which will see fresh general elections.

The mere fact that Mr. Granger, after three years, still feels the need to justify certain aspects of his political party indicates a growing level of uncertainty and a desperate need to maintain this façade of national unity. For example, when responding to questions of how his party might fare in elections if called soon, he immediately takes on a defence tone with APNU, by stressing that “Many other persons are coming because it is a partnership that listens. APNU listens to the people in all communities.”

While APNU may listen, it is an all together different matter as to if they will take citizens seriously and heed their calls. The majority of Guyanese, including APNU supporters, have called for the passage of the AML/CFT bill, but have they heeded those calls? No! Amerindians called on them not to cut their development programmes in the budget,

but did they heed those calls? No! The business community called on them to put Guyana first, but did they heed those calls? No! Many stakeholders had urged them not to cut funding for Local Government elections in the 2013 budget, but did they heed those calls? No! Sugar workers had urged them to rethink their policy of closing down the industry, but did they heed those calls? No! The list is very long, so while they may have listened, it is clear the Opposition has not heeded the concerns of Guyanese.

How else can we explain supporters from Linden now publicly exclaiming that they have absolutely no faith in the Opposition. This much as captured in a Guyana Times article on July 6, 2014, which noted that Linden resident Brenda Bowman said she has lost hope in the party and also had a message for the dear leader: “I just want Mr Granger to know that Region 10 doesn’t trust him anymore. He’s playing politics with people’s lives in Linden and the country on the whole. I think he needs to get a grip of himself.”

The woman’s anger was directed at the latest assault on Linden by the PNCR leadership, in which their Member of Parliament Vanessa Kissoon was not only assaulted at Congress Place, but was then suspended by the party.

Now let us reflect once again on Mr. Granger’s earlier contention that APNU is serious about national unity and listens to people from all communities. Here is evidence that their own supporters are accusing him and his party of not listening to them, but even more damning are accusations of the PNCR=APNU sidelining/undermining Lindeners. How can such behaviour be construed by Mr. Granger as promoting national unity?

The contradictory statements by Mr. Granger, now exposed, is reason enough why not only Region 10, but the entire nation, should be circumspect in believing whatever emanates from the mouth of the Opposition leader and his leadership cabal.

The mere fact that Opposition supporters have recognised that their leaders are playing politics with the country illustrates that their method of attacking the developmental projects of the PPP/C Government, and refusing to pass legislation which as a result will have repercussions on average citizens, is not a popular one.

So if the Opposition, led by Mr. Granger, is not working in the interest of the majority of Guyanese, who are they working for?

Courageous and patriotic is the woman who stood up for her country SPEAKING out in defence of democracy in an independent country is the right of every patriot, be it a minister of government or a civilian citizen.

In this case, it was the then Acting Minister of Foreign Affairs, Hon. Priya Manickchand, citing US Ambassador Brent Hardt for “crossing the red line” for interfering in the internal political affairs of Guyana, which is an independent sovereign state with a constitution and a democratically elected Government.

The Women’s Progressive Organization joins with all patriotic and progressive minded Guyanese, locally and internationally to condemn the outgoing US Ambassador for meddling in the political affairs of Guyana throughout his tenure.

Why this Ambassador believed that he could design and implement his LEAD Project in Guyana without consulting the Government of Guyana? Why did he believe that he could speak ill of His Excellency, President Ramotar and everyone would remain silent? What gave him the right to demand that the Government of Guyana hold local government elections?

Who does he think he is to criticize the General Secretary of the People’s Progressive Party, Clement Rohee.

Many of the so-called available critics were quick to opine that Minister Manickchand was wrong to go into the Ambassador’s house and admonish him. Where were all those critics during the past three years who turned a blind eye while that same Ambassador insulted this nation time and again?

Minister Manickchand was simply voicing the views of the

majority of Guyanese people when she stated, without fear, that Guyanese will not sit idly by and listen to the dictates of the Ambassador who violated the protocols of his office by interfering in the political affairs of our country.

WPO would like to congratulate Minister Manickchand for courageously exposing the political subterfuge of the U.S. Ambassador amongst his colleagues and cronies.

Minister Manickchand was within her right when she defended Guyana’s sovereignity and His Excellency, Donald Ramotar, President of Guyana.

WPO encourages the diplomatic community to use their offices to foster economic and political alliances for mutual cooperation between their countries and Guyana, and to discontinue all aspects of political interference aimed at creating further divide among Guyanese people. Guyana and Guyanese have suffered enough because of external political interference and sabotage at every stage of its economic and political development.

The People’s Progressive Party/Civic Government created the environment that allows women to speak freely on issues.

Therefore, no Ambassador will be allowed to speak ill of our country when patriotic and courageous women like Minister Manickchand are our representatives.

Alliance for Change (AFC) has once again engaged in maligning yet another woman, this time labelling Minister Manickchand as “Satira Gal” as part of its ongoing sexist and

racist attack on women of this country.

In March 2013, a few days before International Women’s Day 2013, AFC used sexist and racist statements to malign Dr. Sharma, the Administrator of New Amsterdam Hospital.

This kind of treatment was meted out to other Indian women of this country, such as Gitanjali Singh, Supreme Court Registrar Sita Ramlall, and recently Acting Town Clerk Carol Sooba.

Women in this country seem to be under threat Minister Priya Manickchand from the gender bias and male chauvinistic leaders of AFC who seem to be functioning in the 16th century, when women had to know their place and speak only when they were spoken to. With this in mind, the gender bias leadership of the AFC should edify themselves on the benefits of a country where equality exists between men and women.

WPO would like to categorically state that it will not condone any further sexist or derogatory statements against the women of this country, and calls on the leadership of the AFC to retract its sexist statements against Minister Manickchand with immediate effect.

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Operation Dreamcatchers donates ECG machine to GPHC

By Sandy Agasen

OPERATION Dreamcatchers, a New Yorkbased not-for-profit organisation, yesterday donated an Electrocardiogram (EKG or ECG) machine to the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC).

Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the GPHC, Mr. Micheal Khan, in an invited comment, expressed his heartfelt gratitude to Operation Dreamcatchers for the donation of a much-needed equipment to the hospital.

Mr. Khan indicated that he first met the organization member last year, when the organization made several donations to GPHC; and he said that during communication with Operation

Dreamcatchers, he requested an ECG machine.

“If you go in with chest pains, they will hook you up with one of the machines which will provide readings…to say if everything is ok or not,” he said. An electrocardiogram (EKG or ECG) is a test that checks for problems with the electrical activity of a person’s heart. An EKG translates the heart’s electrical activity into line tracings on paper.

One of the Founders of Operation Dreamcatchers, Melissa Bhikham, explained that this organisation was formed five years ago to assist in alleviating medical disparities via the purchase of the needed medical supplies for hospitals, medical centres and other needy facilities in Guyana.

“We were approached to raise funds for an EKG, and we have worked very hard so we can donate this one…and we hope it will be very beneficial in providing better care for the patients,” she said.

The co-founder of Operation Dreamcatchers said the organisation’s first mission was in

Guyana, and as such the organisation wants to continue working in Guyana. She indicated that Dreamcatchers not only provide medical supplies, but also seek to educate the people in the communities on common health issues that may be affecting them.

Operation Dreamcatchers will also be visiting and making contributions to medical facilities in Wakenaam and Region Six (East Berbice/Corentyne). An oxygen concentrator will be donated to Wakenaam Hospital, and will be used to filter atmospheric air to provide oxygen to patients.

On this visit, the organisation will be installing a Rehabilitation Unit to help individuals who have physical or cognitive deficits to recover from disease or injury at Port Mourant Hospital.

Operation Dreamcatchers’ vision is to relieve the poor and the distressed of underprivileged communities worldwide by promoting awareness and by assisting to meet the medical needs of underserved communities.

The Founders of Operation Dreamcatchers, Melissa Buchan and Melissa Bhikham, presenting the ECG machine to Dr.Zulfikar Bux, who is flanked by the CEO of GPHC, Mr. Micheal Khan, along with members and supporters of the organisation(Photo by Delano Williams)

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Whittaker calls for public/private partnerships in solid waste management

––to ensure effectiveness, sustainability of $500M cleanup campaign

By Derwayne Wills RECOGNISING the role of the private sector in the current garbage situation in Georgetown, Minister of Local Government and Regional Development, Mr. Norman Whittaker, is calling on business people to take action to help improve the situation.

At the fourth consultation for the $500M cleanup Georgetown project last Saturday at the Campbellville Secondary School, Whittaker noted that while the private sector has been very vocal in the call for effective solid waste management, they have contributed considerably to the situation.

While engaging the Private Sector Commission (PSC) is not out of the cards, Minister Whittaker stated that a more beneficial approach would Minister of Natural Rebe to invite private sources and the Environsector entities in ment, Mr. Robert Persaud each community.

He said, “I would wish to see business people coming together and taking responsibility for streets.”

USING SOCIAL REJECTS Concerns were raised at the consultation where citizens recalled that businesses in the community have contributed to garbage by illegal dumping. Whittaker in his remarks responded, “The private sector makes the biggest noise and they are among the biggest contributors of garbage using social rejects to

dump any and everywhere.”

He said, “If we engage the business people within the locale where they are familiar with the circumstances... [And] where they can be put under pressure by the people [of the community] to be part of the implementation and sustainability and where they have the local knowledge; it might be the better way to go.”

“The private sector makes the biggest noise and they are among the biggest contributors of Garbage using social rejects to dump any and everywhere” - Minister Norman Whittaker Collaborative efforts with private sector entities, Whittaker said, would be facilitated through the Technical Committee of the Georgetown Solid Waste Management Programme. The Committee was established as an interagency effort and includes representatives from the Ministry of Local Government and Regional Development, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) of the Ministry of Natural Resources and the Environment, and the Georgetown Mayor & City Council (M&CC).

BROTHER’S KEEPER The Minister called on citizens to be their brother’s keeper in ensuring pride for the upkeep of their immediate surroundings, which will effectively improve environmental conditions in communities. “We are all contributors to the sanitation and environmental problems in Guyana, when we fail to correct [the] wrongs that we see; we have, by extension, contributed to the

act.”

The Ministry of Natural Resources and the Environment in June held a National Conversation on Solid Waste Management where subject Minister, Mr. Robert Persaud bemoaned that the Private Sector representatives had not attended the event even though they were invited.

OLD HABITS While the Minister noted that legislation is not always the most effective way for changing systemic behaviour, he called for community representatives to recognise the role that they must play in ensuring that effective and sustainable solid waste management practices are upheld.

SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT AUTHORITY Asserting the imMinister of Local Govern- portance of legislament and Regional De- tion, the Minister velopment, Mr. Norman said that the Solid Whittaker Waste Management Bill is to be re-tabled in the National Assembly before the end of this session. “That Bill will make provision among other things for the increase in fines and [will] deter people from doing the wrong things.”

Whittaker was adamant that the Bill will “redefine the way we deal with solid waste in this country.” He added that provisions will be made for the setup of an independent Solid Waste Management Authority, “That will be responsible for solid waste management across the country.”

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NBTS appeals for more donations of blood to save lives countrywide AS demand for blood continues to exceed supply capacity of the National Blood Transfusion Service (NBTS), the usual appeal has been made for more voluntary donors to come forward to assist in alleviating the situation and help save lives.

Director of the NBTS, Dr. Nadia Liu, has acknowledged that voluntary donors did come forward since the last appeal, and the Blood Bank did receive some support, but she said more is needed.

She expressed gratitude on behalf of the NBTS for the units collected and for the efforts of those individuals who supported the previous drives; but, she said, demand is still very high.

The NBTS is inviting individuals to consider ‘walking in’ and donating blood, instead of having families donating for replacements, because, Dr Liu, said, the bank’s stock of blood is still below the limit required for an adequate buffer stock.

Dr Liu said that although no blood drive had been scheduled recently, she is pleading for more members of the public to become voluntary donors in the effort to save lives.

Liu reminded that one unit of blood can save three lives. She said, “We are encouraging persons to become voluntary donors. We hope people understand that it is about saving lives, and hopefully recognise what a privilege it is to be a donor.”

Despite the challenges, Dr Liu revealed, the NBTS is surely heading toward the Ministry of Health’s 100 percent voluntary donor target, as it did last year with a whopping 10,000 units.

She pointed out that the NBTS is open Mondays through Fridays from 08:00hrs to 18:30 hrs, and on Saturdays from 08:00hrs to 15:00hrs.

Companies, groups and individuals interested in being part of the NBTS ‘Good Samaritan’ programme can contact the Blood Bank on telephone number 223-7182.

Interested volunteers are welcome at the six sites nationwide. These include: * NBTS headquarters, in Georgetown Public Hospital compound * New Amsterdam Hospital in Berbice * Suddie Hospital, Essequibo Coast * Linden Hospital at Mackenzie, and * West Demerara Regional Hospital at Vreed-enHoop, West Coast Demerara. (Savia Laikram)

U.S. military band visited last week TEN members of the Florida National Guard’s 13th Army Band of Pembroke Pines, Florida visited Guyana last week to lead a subject matter exchange that resulted in exciting performances and educational sessions with the Guyana Defence Force Band, the Guyana Police Force Band, music students, and youths. The 13th Army Band was featured at the Embassy’s Independence Day celebration on July 2, 2014, performing a number of songs to highlight the “Cities of America” theme.

With the entire state of Florida as its area of operations, the 13th Army Band has performed from Miami to Tallahassee, and everything in between. Over the years, the band has travelled overseas on cultural exchange assignments, including The Dominican Republic, St. Kitts, and Morocco.

A statement from the U.S. Embassy in Georgetown yesterday said in 2011 and 2012, the band was deployed to Guyana to assist in developing relations between the Guyana Defence Force Military Band and the Florida National Guard, and to help foster goodwill with Guyanese citizens

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UG access road overhaul to conclude today

By Shivanie Sugrim

THE Ministry of Public Works has been pushing the University of Guyana access road overhaul project since the aggregate material arrived, and the works are expected to conclude today.

Road Engineer Lawrence Mentis said that the aggregate (stone materials used for building roads) arrived last Friday and so the works began the following day. The road was widened to provide sufficient space for vehicle users and the road is now free of potholes and allows easy access to the University of Guyana (UG) and the Cyril Potter College of Education (CPCE)

campuses.

The road had been in a deplorable state, with enormous potholes that caused damage to vehicles.

Works had been undertaken some time ago to repair the road after pipelines had been laid under a pavement that stretches along the railway embankment to the UG entrance.

Meanwhile, the pipelines w e re i n s t a l l e d t o i m p ro v e drainage along the road but this endeavour was a failure.

Therefore, the Ministry of Works has been surfacing the road and providing ‘levelling courses.’

The UG access road is on its way to completion

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Bahrain orders U.S. diplomat to leave country

WASHINGTON has said that it is “deeply concerned” by Bahrain’s demand that a top U.S. diplomat leave the country after he met with a leading Shia Opposition group.

Bahrain’s foreign ministry said in a statement on Monday that U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for Democracy, Human Rights and Labour Tom Malinowski is not welcome in the country.

It said that he intervened in the country’s domestic affairs by holding meetings with some groups at the expense of others.

Malinowski, who arrived in the country on Sunday and had been

- Washington is ‘deeply concerned’ by kingdom’s demand that US official leave after he met with Shia Opposition group

scheduled to stay for three days, was ordered to leave after meeting with Bahrain’s Shia Opposition group, Al-Wefaq.

In a statement on Monday, U.S. state department spokesperson Jen Psaki said: “The United States is deeply concerned by...Bahrain’s decision to demand the immediate departure of Tom Malinowski.

“Assistant Secretary Malinowski’s visit to Bahrain had been coordinated far in advance and warmly welcomed and encouraged by the government of Bah-

‘NOT WELCOMED’: Tom Malinowski arrived in Bahrain on Sunday and had been scheduled to stay for three days [AP]

rain.

“Contrary to our longstanding bilateral relationship and in violation of international diplomatic protocol, the government insisted - without advance warning and after his visit had already commenced to have a Foreign Ministry representative present at all of Malinowski’s private meetings with individuals and groups representing a broad spectrum of Bahraini society.

“These actions are not consistent with the strong partnership between the United States and Bahrain.”

‘VISION’ Bahrain, a tiny island nation that is home to

the U.S. Navy’s Fifth Fleet, has been roiled by near-daily protests by Shia Muslims seeking greater political rights and inspired by the Arab Spring wave of revolutions that started in early 2011.

The government moved to crush the uprising, which threatened to spill into neighbouring Saudi Arabia and other Gulf countries with Shia populations, with the help of regional Gulf Arab forces.

Repeated rounds of political talks have failed to significantly close the rifts between the country’s Sunni monarchy and majority Shia factions.

Bahrain’s foreign ministry said the kingdom’s

relations with the U.S. remain strong and important, but that such meetings were divisive.

Malinowski’s actions, added the statement, “run counter to conventional diplomatic norms”.

Al-Wefaq spokesman Abdul Jalil Khalil told the AP news agency that Malinowski met with the group on Sunday evening and was scheduled to hold a joint meeting with them and other opposition groups on Tuesday.

“He had a vision to end the political crisis in Bahrain, especially since the region is witnessing political unrest in Iraq and Syria,” Khalil said of the meeting.

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Detectives request deceased’s cell-phone to help in Ogle Access Road murder probe

By Michel Outridge

FOLLOWING a story carried by this publication on June 18, 2014, titled “Mother pleads for public’s help in solving son’s murder” there has been no developments in the probe into the June 9, 2014 murder of 17-year-old Bhaker Azeez, whose body bearing stab wounds was found on Ogle Access Road, East Coast Demerara.

However, relatives yesterday said although there are no new developments, they have been requested by the sleuths to hand over Azeez’s cell phone which may aid in the investigation and they have surrendered it to the ranks at Sparendaam Police Station.

It was noted that he had received a call via his cell phone prior to leaving home and he was overheard telling the caller, “I can’t make it now” but he subsequently went out and never returned home.

Relatives yesterday disclosed that since the murder of their loved one they have noticed a worrying trend in which his friends, who used to show up on a daily basis at his residence, have stopped coming around following his demise.

They added that they did not even show up for his funeral, prompting them to believe that they know something about his murder and so they are keeping away.

However, persons with information are asked to contact

Mister, Miss Guyana Talented Teen 2014 crowned

The beaming Mr. and Miss Talented Teen 2014 after winning the coveted titles last Sunday DELROY Adrian Walcott and Rissa Sooklall were crowned Mister and Miss Guyana Talented Teen 2014 respectively last Sunday after an evening of spectacular performances, featuring dazzling evening wear and more.

The pageant was hosted at the National Cultural Centre.

Breana Nicholas and Akeila Dey were the second and third runners-up respectively from the female contingent of the pageant, while on the male side Daniel Ifill and Mikel Andrews copped second and third places respectively.

Other prize winners included Kimberly Sattaur, Meshack Howard and Felicia Sears. Both Nicholas and Ifill captured the prizes for being photogenic while the Miss Congeniality prize went to overall winner Sooklall. Read the details in the Entertainment Bombshell this Friday. (Alex Wayne)

relatives via telephone numbers 220-0991, 684-6016 or they can call the nearest police station.

A post-mortem examination was performed on Azeez of Lot 129 Third Street, Montrose, East Coast Demerara, by Pathologist Dr. Nehaul Singh, who gave the cause of death as a stab wound to the heart.

Azeez was found on the Ogle Access Road, ECD, on June 09, 2014, with wounds to the body and was taken to the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC) where he subsequently succumbed.

The former employee of Buddy’s Auto Sales, located at Goedverwagting, also on the East Coast Demerara, was last seen alive on June 8, 2014 shortly after he left home for an unknown destination with friends.

Grandfather of the deceased, Abdool Kadir, 61, told this publication that his grandson was at home when a friend, who also resides in the village, came to call him out and he then left home and returned sometime later.

He recalled that upon his grandson’s return home he overheard him on the cell phone saying to someone “I can’t make it now,” then he hung up and went to the upper flat of the house where he resided with his sister.

The elderly man added that after he retired to bed in the lower flat of the two-storey house, Azeez went out.

He explained that the youth was in the habit of leaving home without informing them where he was going and with whom, so they are unaware how he met his demise.

Azeez did not return home and they began enquiring of his whereabouts since he had left his cell phone at home. That evening they learnt via a television newscast that an unidentified body was found and they decided to show up with the police to see whether it was their loved one.

At the GPHC morgue their worst fears were confirmed following the identification of the body from the various tattoos he had on his chest – the names of his mother, sister and niece and a cross and a rose.

Azeez’s mother, Zabida Azeez, told this publication that her son was not working for sometime until he secured a job with Buddy’s Auto Sales but he lost that job and was at home.

She could not say what may have transpired leading up to his death or who would have wanted to harm her son since she lives elsewhere. But they are seeking answers.

The grieving woman had no idea how he ended up at the location where his body was found and is hoping the police can crack the case and bring the perpetrator (s) to justice.

Police had reported that at about 20:30 hours on June 09, 2014, a man of East Indian descent was found with suspected stab wounds and taken to the GPHC where he succumbed while receiving medical attention.

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Police refute KN article on sergeant at Cane Grove wedding house

By Michel Outridge

THE police yesterday issued a press release to respond to an article published in the Kaieteur News of July 07, 2014 under the caption ‘Recent-

ly promoted Police Sergeant caught with illegal 9mm pistol.’

That article states that “among the guests at the wedding were the wife and daughter of the Commissioner of Police (Ag) Seelall

Persaud”.

The GPF release categorically denies that the wife and daughter of the acting Commissioner of Police, Mr. Seelall Persaud, DSM, were at the wedding ceremony

at Cane Grove, East Coast Demerara, where the incident occurred.

Cognizant of this article, the GPF said, it is once again voicing its concern at the sometimes reckless and scandalous journalism practised by the Kaieteur News in apparent efforts at sensationalising police-related events, and which often negatively impact on the image of the Guyana Police Force, the release has said.

In an earlier press statement, the GPF had responded to an article

in the Kaieteur News on July 07, 2014 under the caption ‘Recently promoted police sergeant caught with illegal 9mm pistol’.

That KN article had said that a police sergeant was found with a 9mm. pistol with 14 matching rounds at a wedding house at Cane Grove last Saturday night.

The article had also said that: “the sergeant might have gotten away with being in possession of the firearm had he not discharged it indiscriminately during a drunk-

en spree at the wedding house”, and also that “the Cop opened fire during the celebrations, sending guests scampering for cover.”

The GPF stated that while the police sergeant is indeed under close arrest as the investigations continue in order to ascertain the circumstances under which he came into possession of the firearm, it is refuting the allegation that the rank discharged the firearm during the wedding celebrations, as is stated in the article.

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Police continue good relationship with communities countrywide

By Leroy Smith

THE Guyana Police Force (GPF), through their various police divisions and respective commanders, are continuing its relationship with communities across the country.

On Saturday, just hours after participating in the Force’s 175th Anniversary Route March through the streets of Georgetown, police ranks entered Agricola and continued working with the children at the school in the community, and upgrading the Community Centre Ground.

The wife of ‘A’ Division Commander Clifton Hicken and police officers visited the St Anne’s Primary School in the community and continued their skills training with the young ones.

Saturday’s activity entailed painting of plastic plates.

The students had indicated that they wanted to do art and craft work with the use of plastic plates, and that request was granted by the police.

As obtains every week, snacks were provided for the children, and Saturday’s fare was tropical juices. The skills training sessions at the school are held on Saturdays from 10 hrs to noon, and cater for students from the school and other children from the area.

‘A’ Division Commander Clifton Hicken; ‘A’ Division Traffic Officer Calvin Brutus; and Number Two Sub-Division Officer, Deputy Superintendent Parshram Kalicharan, visited the community centre ground -- situated further in the village – to oversee the renovation and upgrade being undertaken by the GPF through its work See page 20

Some of the children who gathered for the skills training on Saturday at the school

Truckloads of sand are being ferried into the ground

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Guyanese woman goes missing in Br

Missing: Chinelle Browne

By Asif Hakim G U YA N E S E C h i n e l l e Browne, 27, who is originally from Georgetown, went missing last Saturday in Brooklyn, New York, this newspaper understands.

Chinelle migrated to the

United States last year May and returned here April this year for two weeks and then went back to the US. However, she went missing last Saturday. Her New York address was 346 Sumter Street, Brooklyn.

Browne has four children – three-year-old twins Ariel

and Michaela, five-year-old Jonathan and seven-year-old Gabrielle Browne, and they all reside in Guyana with their father.

Speaking with this publication, her husband Dale Browne said that he last spoke to her on Saturday. He said that around 10:00am he contacted her via WhatsApp and she responded saying that she just got up.

Around 11:07am, Mr. Browne said he telephoned her and spoke as usual, and normally as the day goes by the two would usually keep in touch via Skype, but when he called her he get no response.

The same Saturday night Mr. Browne telephoned her but the calls kept going to voicemail and so he left a message to her.

The man said he then got a response from the phone belonging to Mrs. Browne, saying that she was going to the hospital with a friend by the name of Michelle. Mr. Browne then responded and asked her if she was going to sleep at the hospital but he got no reply.

“I continuously messaged the phone hours upon hours until on Sunday when I messaged her and says ‘hi’.

I then received a message saying that the phone was

--family here unable to contact her

Chinelle’s four kids: Ariel, Michaela, Jonathan and Gabrielle Browne found in Manhattan.

This publication understands that Chinelle and her landlady, Ms. Lea Cueavas, had an argument on Friday night concerning the lights in the apartment but one of the tenants intervened as a peacemaker.

However, on Saturday Chinelle and her landlord then had a fight and according to the husband the landlord confirmed this saying that she struck Chinelle with her hands.

Mr. Browne said that he then contacted the family

in New York and told them to check her workplace as Chinelle was supposed to be at work at 1pm on Monday.

“Monday I spoke to the landlord and asked her about my wife. The landlord then told me that she got a message for my wife on Sunday,

Campbellville residents commit t cleanup campaign A

By Derwayne Wills

A resident of Section ‘M’ Campbellville addressing Minister Whittaker and the audience on issues affecting the community

S the curtains come down on yet another community consultation exercise, residents of Sections ‘M’ and ‘K’ Campbellville have reaffirmed their commitment to sustaining the $500M cleanup Georgetown project.

At the Campbellville Secondary School, Georgetown, last Saturday, were Minister of Local Government and Regional Development, Mr. Norman Whittaker; Project Manager of the Georgetown Solid Waste Management Programme, Mr. Gordon Gilkes; Town Clerk (acting) of the Georgetown Municipality, Ms. Carol Sooba; Director of Solid Waste Management, Mr. Walter Narine; and Director of the Department of Environmental Management and Compliance at the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) of the Ministry of Natural Resources and the Environment, Mr. Khemraj Parsram.

Representing the residents of Section ‘M’ Camp-

bellville was City Councillor Junior Garrett. In his remarks, the community representative affirmed that the residents are “ready, able and willing to commence” the initiative.

CONCERNS OF RESIDENTS Concerns raised by residents in attendance included illegal dumpsites, unmanaged vegetation, neglect by residents and City Council to ensure effective solid waste management removals, and the blocking of main canals and alleyways by businesses in the community.

Responding to some of the concerns raised, Minister Whittaker called on the residents to accept their role in the sustainability of the project. He said, “let us work together to bring the desired changes, [and] see this cleanup campaign as a first step.”

COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT Whittaker underscored

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Alberttown residents in cleanup drive to alleviate flood problem

Chinelle’s husband, Dale Browne but how could she message my wife on Sunday when I was not getting on to my wife and when someone told me they found her phone,” Mr. Browne said.

“The family and I would continue to pray for her safe return, we pray that nothing serious happened to her, I know that the landlord is responsible for this,” Mr. Browne said.

Another family member who wants to remain anonymous said that based on the information she heard, she believes that Chinelle had been kidnapped because if she had lost her phone she would have found some

means of contacting the family as she usually does.

Chinelle is 5 feet, 7 inches tall and of medium build.

She has a tattoo on her right leg with the word ‘ANGEL’ and one on her right arm with her name “CHINELLE”.

Anyone knowing the whereabouts of Chinelle Browne is being asked to contact her family in the United States on telephone numbers +001-646-9156684, +001-908-269-8806 and +001-718-664-4452.

Persons could also contact the Guyana numbers: 592218-1393, 592-676-1429, 592-655-0056 or 592-6607097.

Residents use buckets to desilt drains in Alberttown as they embark on a major cleanup campaign

By Alex Wayne FOR years residents of Alberttown, Georgetown have been plagued by excessive flooding during the rainy season, so residents of Sixth Street came together in a cleanup campaign recently with the aim of alleviate this problem.

It is the hope of those involved that other areas will take up the mantle with similar exercises to make

their communities ready for torrential rains.

Residents of Sixth Street pooled cash and came out in their numbers last Sunday to remove silt and debris from the drains. And the Guyana Fire Service on short notice assisted by lending a fire tender and manual labour to pump water out of drains so that it would be easier to remove the silt and refuse which was expected to be taken away by municipal sanitation employees.

Speaking on behalf of the neighbourhood Community Development Association, spokesperson Carl Brandon said it is hoped that other areas would use the venture as motivation to cleanup their communities. He added that the presence of the new chikungunya mosquito-borne disease is also a major factor that promoted the cleanup up exercise.

He explained that they believe that their efforts will also be recognized by

Government, and further assistance would be made available to have the entire Alberttown District cleaned up.

Residents in Sixth Street also explained that this area is ‘like a basin’ and floods easily after even brief showers. Many noted that a buildup of construction waste in the area and the clogged Church Street canal contributed in many cases to the flooding of their area.

to $500M that while the project had been limited to major works such as de-silting major canals, cemetery rehabilitation and improving the capacity of the Georgetown municipality, there are others works that must be done. These works, he said, should be undertaken by the community.

“There are other works that need to be done -- internal drains, alleyways and vegetation. We want to involve the people in the community in doing it.”

Minister Whittaker noted that the communities, through organised groups, will be given a source of revenue so that they “can feel a sense of pride that you are involved in the cleanup of your own community.”

He disclosed that a Clerk of Works at the Ministry of Local Government and Regional Development would be employed with direct oversight responsibility over community groups utilising funds for environmental upkeep.

Meanwhile, at the fifth consultation held that afternoon at the Lions Club of Bel Air Park, Georgetown, residents were represented by Vice President of the Section K Campbellville Community Development Association, Mr. Gary Hall.

Present was Member of Parliament, Mr. Joseph Hamilton, who suggested that prison labour should form part of the sustainability aspect of the $500M project.

Recognising the community development group, EPA Director, Mr. Khemraj Parsram urged the residents to develop a draft proposal for works to be conducted in the community and to present this to the Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Local Government and Regional Development.

The $500M cleanup G e o rg e t o w n p r o j e c t i s a f o u r- p h a s e i n i t i a t i v e aimed at rehabilitation of main sluices and kokers, de-silting of major canals,

At the podium is City Councillor, Mr. Junior Garrett, while at the head table are, from left, the moderator of the event; Project Manager of the Georgetown Solid Waste Management Programme, Mr. Gordon Gilkes; and Minister of Local Government and Regional Development, Mr. Norman Whittaker the capacity of the George- since conducted communithe restoration of Le Re- at the Georgetown Mayor town Municipality in deliv- ty consultations in Sections pentir Cemetery, and the and City Council. ering effective solid waste L, M and K Campbellville, repairing of solid waste The Local Government management services to Newtown Kitty and Housmanagement equipment Ministry aims to improve citizens. The Ministry has ton.

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Police continue good relationship ...

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with the community. The police have been able to get the business community to pump resources into this project. Through intervention of Deputy Superintendent Calvin Brutus, the GPF was able to secure several truckloads of sand to build up the ground.

Mesh and poles to re-fence the entire ground have also been supplied.

On Saturday, a frontend loader from the Ministry of Public Works was present at the location to shuttle sand from the road into the ground. Later that same day, trucks from BK International were expected to visit

the location with several other loads of sand for the project. The police are looking to re-commission the ground this weekend with a grand cook-out between themselves and members of the community, followed by a fun day and several competitive games of football under floodlights.

The police have undertaken to effect repairs to the fence of the community centre ground.

Deputy Superintendents of Police Calvin Brutus and Parshram Kalicharan accompanied Commander Hicken as he overlooked the works on Saturday

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GWI to complete Saffon Street road -says caution tape and repairs by Friday traffic cones vandalised

THE Guyana Water Inc. (GWI) has responded to an article titled ‘Main city artery is death trap,’ published in the Kaieteur News of Tuesday, July 8.

The water company has apologised to commuters for any inconvenience the road excavation at Saffon Street, Charlestown has caused, but insists that the excavation

was necessary to fix a breakage which occurred on June 2 on a deteriorated portion of a distribution line.

After the repairs had been completed and the excavated portion of Saffon Street had been restored, GWI said, it was alerted to another breakage on the same distribution line, which occurred on June 25.

Following re-

pairs to the pipeline, G W I ’s O p e r a t i o n s Team erected traffic cones and put up caution tape around the excavated portion of the road, so that the distribution line could be observed in the event of another breakage. It was determined that the aged pipeline needed further examination before restoring the road, since two break-

ages had occurred on the same distribution line, GWI said.

Subsequently, GWI observed that the safety barriers erected at the site had been vandalized, as depicted on the front page of the Kaieteur News of

June 8, and that the traffic cones had been removed and the caution tape destroyed at several sections of the excavated area.

H a v i n g d e t e rmined that no further breakage had occurred on the pipe

in question, GWI said, repairs are currently being carried out on the excavated portion of the street with the aim of effecting its complete restoration by July 11. (Michel Outridge)

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Peer educators and facilitators who attended the GBCHA’s recently held training programme

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GBCHA beefs up peer educators in fight against HIV/AIDS

By Shirley Thomas

THE Guyana Business Coalition on HIV/AIDS (GBCHA) recently trained another 15 peer educators, significantly beefing up its network of such trained workplace personnel to promote the local fight against the epidemic.

The training, constituting the second batch for the year, was held over a three-day period, and brought together participants from Farfan & Mendes Limited; the Guyana Gold & Diamond Miners’ Association; Guyana National Shipping Corporation; Guyana Revenue Authority; Hand in Hand Group of Companies, and Scotiabank.

The objective was to sensitize participants on health and wellness issues, as well as equip them with skills to share information with their peers.

Topics included HIV and prevention of gender-based violence. The training also stressed the importance of mental health and awareness of non-communicable diseases (NCD).

Coordinators from the Men’s and Women’s Affairs Bureau of the Ministry of Human Services and Social Security discussed issues of changing gender roles and norms, while outlining the services available for people affected by partner violence.

Participants were also exposed to current information from the Ministry of Health’s Vector Control Services.

GBCHA is a membership organization which supports the business sector in promoting healthy lifestyles in the workplaces and communities.

The coalition assists members to develop programmes and to craft workplace policies, and it also distributes resource materials.

GBCHA recently elected a new Board of Directors to serve for the period 2014-2015.

The Chairperson is Ms. Ruth Autar of Edward B Beharry and Co. Ltd. She is supported by Troy Peters of Banks DIH; Jennifer Cipriani of Scotiabank; Andrew Astwood of Guyana National Shipping Corporation; Chaitnairine Brijnandan of Continental Group of Companies; Donna Roberts-Benjamin of John Fernandes Limited; Yvette Fiedtkou of Sterling Products Limited; and Parvesh Bhola of National Milling Company.

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Cleaning and restoration of Good Hope Cemetery is high priority of NDC

CLEANING up and restoration of the Good Hope Cemetery and Crematorium, on the East Coast of Demerara, is a very high-priority assignment for the Mon Repos/La Reconnaissance Neighbourhood Democratic Council (NDC), revealed Council Chairwoman Ms Anette Dass.

Speaking to the Guyana Chronicle in response to a letter published in last Friday’s issue of the newspaper (July 4, 2014, page 7), wherein a concerned citizen

raised the issue about the deplorable state of the Good Hope cemetery, Dass said that council workers carried out a major cleanup of the entire facility a mere few months ago, although some parts of the cemetery had to be left unattended because of a major bee infestation and the workers not being adequately protected to confront the infestation.

Dass also attributed the condition of the cemetery to the inadequate workforce of the NDC. She said the NDC would usually benefit from

help given by inmates of the Lusignan Prison, but due to recent complications and situations, the inmates have been unable to come out and work.

The Chairwoman disclosed that recently, the Ministry of Housing, through the Community Roads Improvement Programme (CRIP), launched a programme which has on its agenda addressing drainage and irrigation (D&I) of the Good Hope Cemetery and Crematorium and their surrounding areas.

She asserted that this

programme is set to commence later this month.

Dass is asking that persons be patient. She has promised that the NDC

would do everything to work along with CRIP on this programme to restore the cemetery to a better state.

The Good Hope Ceme-

tery is one of the community’s main burial areas, and houses the largest crematorium on the East Coast.

(Savia Laikram)

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Star witness in Better Hope murder trial changes story --Says brother was killed in Longden St, not Water St

STAR witness in the Jermain Simon murder case, Sherwin Simon, the ‘plantain chips’ man of Better Hope, ‘East Coast Demerara, who earlier told Justice Franklin Holder that he and his brother Jermain Simon were selling plantain chips in the city when Jermain was killed in Water Street by vendor Tony Collymore, yesterday said he had erred in naming the street in which the tragedy had occurred.

He then told Justice Franklyn Holder, “I am a country boy, I got mix up with the streets in town. I now learnt that the street

where the incident took place was Longden Street, and not Water Street, as I stated earlier.”

The witness was under cross-examination

by Defence Counsel Euclin Gomes, who wanted to find out why it took him so long to determne the correct name of the street. Counsel suggested to the witness that he got mixed up with the names because he was not around, and was only speaking about what he heard. Witness denied the suggestion.

Earlier, this witness had said that he was about 15 feet away from the stall

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in Longden Street where his brother Jermain and a vendor, the accused Tony Collymore, were involved in an argument. He said he was attracted by a sudden noise that caused him to turn around in time to see Tony inflicting the injury to his brother.

Defence counsel suggested to the witness that he was not around and could not have seen anything, but witness denied the suggestion and declared that he was responsible for taking his brother to the Georgetown Hospital.

When he was asked by counsel whether he had seen the accused at the hospital that night, witness said yes, and declared that the accused was trying to speak to him, but he did not respond.

Witness also said that he saw what appeared to be blood on a jersey which the accused was wearing at the time.

Prosecutrix Miss Diana Kaulesar is conducting the case for the prosecution, and the trial is continuing.

(George Barclay)

Five Judges sit at Criminal Court in the city yesterday IN an alleged move to decrease the number of cases on the list, Justices Roxanne George, Rishi Persaud, Franklyn Holder, Diana Insanally and Harnanan sat at the Criminal Court in the city yesterday.

However, more judges are expected to join the panel shortly.

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Aries March 21 - April 19 New sights and sounds will give you a rush today -- and the best part is, you won’t have to step too far from your own home in order to experience something special! Your roommates or family members have something to show you and it’s going to spark a conversation that lasts for hours. It’s like you’re finally seeing the wonders that are right in your own backyard. Gaining a new appreciation for the beauty in the everyday in your world is a rewarding goal.

Taurus April 20 - May 20 Your intuition might not be totally on the mark today, so beware. This doesn’t mean you should doubt yourself at every turn -- it only means that you should get a second opinion about what your gut is telling you, especially if it’s telling you something negative about a good friend. Suspicious thoughts could be merely a manifestation of what you are afraid is true, not the truth itself. Talk it out with a mutual friend to get some clarity and insight.

Gemini May 21 - June 21 Friendships, like any other kind of relationship, require give-and-take -- it’s only natural to switch back and forth between you in terms of who has control. But if you are feeling like you’ve been giving a lot and not getting much in return, then today is the day to communicate this to your friend. If they’re just not getting what you’re saying, then save the conversation for a time when they can give you their full attention. Don’t push it too hard today.

Cancer June 22 - July 22 You simply can’t afford to be selfish with your time today. Like it or not, you have to get together with other people and be social -- it will be in your own best interest in the end. While you might like to spend all day curled up with a good book, your public demands your presence! The good news is that after about five minutes of being with the people you like most in the world, you’re going to get right into the swing of things and have what could be one of the greatest days of your life.

Leo July 23 - August 22 You need to go back to the beginning if you want to get inspiration to keep going today.

Your past can hold the key to your future, so look back and reflect. Remember back when you were enthusiastic about where you were going in life? The passion is still there, you just have to dig down deep enough to find it! Call up a fun friend you haven’t seen in a while and reconnect. Getting back in touch with who and what matters will be invigorating and rewarding.

Virgo August 23 - September 22 Your family obligations are at the centre of your world right now, and that is as it should be. But they could be causing a few conflicts in your social life, so let everyone know about it. Explain the situation to your friends honestly and completely -- don’t leave out any details that you think aren’t important, because all the information is relevant. Your friends have families too, and will understand why you are reorganising your priorities.

Libra September 23 - October 22 Your relationships are going through a shift right now and you are going to find yourself drawn to certain people more than others. This is natural, so don’t feel guilty if suddenly you want to spend more time with a new person. Just be sure to honour all your current commitments -- rescheduling or cancelling a date at the last minute sends the wrong message. You’re not choosing one person over another person, you’re just exploring new ways of being with people.

Scorpio October 23 - November 21 Retail therapy is a very bad strategy for dealing with the dramas you’re going through right now -- you can’t buy yourself out of the blues. So today, you need to avoid the mall and don’t you dare get out your plastic to pay for anything! Any impulse buys you make today might provide a temporary relief of your symptoms, but they definitely won’t deal with the underlying cause. Save your money for another day. Instead, take a walk or visit with a friend -- for free.

Sagittarius November 22 - December 21 Try to be as generous as you can be today. Your generosity can open up doors and make people remember you in an extremely favourable way, which could come in handy soon. So step up and be the first one to give someone a compliment. Loan a friend a few bucks, or offer to lend a coworker a hand on a particularity ambitious project. The more outgoing you are with your time and goodwill, the faster you’ll start to get results back -- in the form of very good karma.

Capricorn December 22 - January 19 So how do you keep hope alive? Just keep going. If you think you’re losing your grip on something you want, stop thinking! It’s time to be irrational. Go ahead! Just ignore reality. Things won’t seem possible, but they will be if you persevere. Forget about what other people are saying and close your ears to the discouraging comments people are making. They are coming from a place of jealousy and petty thinking. You can rise above it if you just look forward and move on.

Aquarius January 20 - February 18 A big change up is coming to your immediate surroundings -- the world around you is going to be different place by the end of today than it was yesterday. And with a change in environment, you’ll experience a change in attitude as well. What used to seem like a waste of time or a lost cause will suddenly ignite a flicker of hope in your heart. It’s time to pick back up on what you thought was a lost cause -- because it just might not be so lost after all!

Pisces February 19 - March 20 A person you see a lot but don’t know very well has a unique energy that you admire -- and they can help you build that same kind of energy inside of yourself. Try to spend more time with this person. Open up and accept the advice they give you. Their encouragement will buoy you to a new level of excitement and make you see that your life isn’t boring -- it’s just a work in progress. You can change the direction you’re going in and spice up your romantic life with one or two small changes.

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Sublime Germany...

The defeat ended Brazil’s dreams of winning a first World Cup on home soil to bury the ghost of their 1950 final defeat by Uruguay which entered Brazilian culture as the ‘Maracanazo’ the tragedy of the Maracana.

This defeat can just as easily be described as the ‘Mineirazo’, although this humiliation was far worse.

After a brief 10-minute spell when Brazil looked dangerous down the left flank, they began wobbling when Thomas Mueller opened the scoring after 11 minutes when he stole away from his marker David Luiz and volleyed home.

Germany, playing neat passing football, quickly took the upper hand.

Brazil, without injured forward and talisman Neymar but more importantly defender and captain Thiago Silva at the back, wilted.

“I guess it was a very impressive match and I think from the first minute we had the impression something was possible,” Germany’s man-of-the-match Toni Kroos told reporters after scoring two goals.

“From the first minutes we realised the Brazilians were a bit upset, they were not so clear in their reactions.

“It’s hard to believe we were 5-0 up so quickly, but I was there, I know what happened. It is obvious to us that we delivered a marvellous performance. If somebody had said before we were going to win 7-1 I would not have believed them.

We’re not world champions yet. This was the feeling in the dressing room.”

LUIZ TEARS Brazil defender Davis Luiz was in tears after the game.

“I just wanted to make

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From back page my people happy,” Luiz said. “Unfortunately, we couldn’t. I’m sorry, I’m sorry to all Brazilians, I just wanted to see them smile, everyone knows how important it was.

“They were the best, they prepared better, they played better; we let in four goals in six minutes. It is a very sad day and we we’ll learn from it.”

The German fans were still in the Mineirao more than an hour after the match ended, cheering and raising the level when the German players came out to greet them.

No one had predicted such a scoreline.

Brazil had concerns about the loss of Neymar and Thiago Silva and Germany had looked solid on their way to the last four, but after their opening 4-0 win over Portugal they scored only six goals in their next four matches.

After Mueller gave

them the lead, however, the floodgates rapidly opened with four goals in six minutes.

Klose made it 2-0 in the 23rd minute with his record-breaking goal after smacking in a rebound off goalkeeper Julio Cesar, Kroos scored with a sweet shot and the midfielder struck again to make it 4-0.

Sami Khedira added the fifth before halftime after a smart one-two with Mesut Ozil.

To their credit, Brazil rallied at the start of the second and forced a series of saves from Germany keeper Manuel Neuer before Germany substitute Andre Schuerrle struck after 69 and 79 minutes.

The hosts’ only reward on a day that belonged entirely to Germany was Oscar’s last-minute consolation goal, a sad footnote to a stunning defeat.

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Also included in the lineup are Navin Stewart, New Zealand’s Martin Guptill and James Neesham, Jamaica’s Krishmar Santokie and Guyana’s Christopher Barnwell, Veerasammy Permaul, Rensford Beaton, Steven Jacobs, Leon Johnson, Trevon Griffith and Robin Bacchus.

The majority of the 15man squad spent the last seven days, fine-tuning their preparations for this year’s tournament which begins with the first game against Antigua Hawksbills on Friday, in a preparatory

camp held under head coach Roger Harper.

Prior to the team’s departure at the Grand Coastal Hotel, Harper indicated how pleased he was, heading into this year’s tournament.

“We got close last year and we want to do even better this year, looking forward to winning this championship. I am very happy how the camp went. The players responded very well, they were very enthusiastic and I am very happy how things went,” Harper stressed.

During the draft at Chris Gayle’s Triple Century Bar in Jamaica in April, the

Guyana Amazon Warriors retained the services of 10 players from last year’s tournament, namely Hafeez, Guptill, Narine, Simmons, Ramdin, Santokie, Barnwell, Jacobs, Permaul and Griffith.

The newcomers this year are Johnson, Beaton, Bacchus, Stewart - a fast bowling allrounder, and Neesham, the New Zealand all-rounder who replaces his fellow countryman Corey Anderson who opted out through injury.

After the game on Friday, the Guyana Amazon Warriors, bought by the New GPC Inc,

under its Limacol brand, will then play three of their nine preliminary games at home, on July 17 against Trinidad and Tobago Red Steel (19:30h), July 19 against St Lucia Zouks (16:00h) and July 20 against Jamaica Tallawahs (16:00h).

The Amazon Warriors will play Trinidad and Tobago Red Steel on July 24; Barbados Tridents on July 27; Jamaica Tallawahs on August 2; Antigua Hawksbills on August 7; and St Lucia Zouks on August 10 in their final preliminary game.

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Cook aiming for much-needed runs against India (REUTERS) - Alastair Cook says the England captaincy is not to blame for his poor run of form with the bat and he will lead from the front when the five-match Test series against India begins at Nottingham today.

Cook has not scored a Test century in 24 innings since hitting 130 against New Zealand at Headingley in May 2013 and mustering just 78 runs in four outings against Sri Lanka last month.

But he told a news conference yesterday that he does not feel out of form, despite coming under pressure not just for his paucity of runs but also a perceived lack of attacking instinct as captain.

Having spent 10 days away since losing the second and final Test to Sri Lanka, the left-hander said he was ready to start contributing with the bat.

“I never have felt that I’ve been hitting the ball particularly badly this summer - I scored some runs for Essex at the beginning of the season and I haven’t managed to transform that into runs for England,” he said.

“I know how important it is at the top of the order to do that and I’m desperately keen to lead from the front and score some runs.

“As a batter especially, you’re in there because you are one of the top six batters in the country and your job is to score the runs to set up the game for England; doesn’t matter if you’re captain or not.

“I haven’t been doing that over the last year or so, and no-one’s keener than I to put that right,” he added. “I know I’ve got to score runs at the top of the order in this series.”

Cook did not think leading the team had interfered with his job of laying a strong platform for England’s middle order, having seen his side fail to register a win in their past eight Tests and slump to series losses to Australia and Sri Lanka.

HUGE HONOUR “It’s a huge honour to do this and I can go to sleep knowing I’ve thrown everything I’ve got into it,” he said.

Cook was confident Matt Prior would be fit to keep

Alastair Cook and MS Dhoni with the series trophy at Trent Bridge, yesterday. wicket, despite hurting his thigh in training on Monday, and said the selectors faced a tough choice regarding Durham all-rounder Ben Stokes, back in the squad, having taken 10 wickets for his county.

The place of newcomer Chris Jordan, who performed well in his first two Tests against Sri Lanka, appears most at risk should Stokes be selected.

India have only three players in their 18-strong squad - captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni, seamer Ishant Sharma and opener Gautam Gambhir - who have played a Test in England previously.

Rahul Dravid has been

asked to mentor the younger players as they look to win their first Test overseas since 2011.

“We wanted a mentor with the side who can talk about his past experiences a lot of stuff but not just talking about technical things,” wicketkeeper-batsman Dhoni told reporters.

“A lot of it is (Dravid) interacting with the youngsters, and they are comfortable talking to him.

“We noticed that in South Africa. He was part of the commentary team and they’d go up to him and approach him, have a chat whether it’s cricket or something else.”

4TH DIGICEL INTER-SECONDARY SCHOOL FOOTBALL C’SHIPS

GITC, St George’s record similar victories over opponents … Williams hits brace for St George’s

By Calvin Roberts BOTH GEORGETOWN Industrial Training Centre (GITC) and

reigning Georgetown champions St George’s Secondary yesterday recorded a similar margin of victory over their

Marsh, Whiteman break records A PAIR of 22-year-olds from Western Australia have rescued Australia A and staked their claims for higher representative honours.

A record 371-run partnership between Western Australian team-mates Mitchell Marsh and Sam Whiteman has lifted Australia A to 9-522 at stumps on day three of their four-day match against India A at Allan Border Field in Brisbane.

Marsh and Whiteman came together on Monday with Australia 6-99 and resumed play yesterday at 6-126.

Their partnership ended late on day three as the score reached 7-470, with the pair smashing records as they registered the second-highest partnership for the seventh

wicket in first-class history.

Whiteman’s 174 was his maiden first-class hundred, with the left-hander finally dismissed for 174 (278 balls) off the spin of Karun Nair.

Marsh celebrated his first double-ton in style, smashing a six – his tenth – to bring up the milestone before eventually being runout for 211 (294 balls) with five overs remaining in the day.

Ben Cutting wasted no time adding to Australia’s total, hitting his first ball to the boundary and making a quick-fire 11 from 14 balls before being bowled by Jasprit Bumrah.

At the close of play, the notout batsmen for Australia A are Cameron Boyce (16) and Chadd Sayers (3). (CA)

respective opponents, when play in this year’s fourth Annual Digicel Inter-Secondary School Football Championships continued.

Playing at the Ministry of Education ground on Carifesta Avenue, GITC disposed of a game St Mary’s lineup 3-1, while the scoreline read the same at the Camp Ayanganna ground, where St George’s met Queen’s College, with Williams scoring a double for St George’s.

At the Ministry of Education ground which has become a home for school football, GITC started briskly against St Mary’s who, after settling in, made their more illustrious opponents work for the ball - something they were prepared to do.

As was expected, GITC opened the scoring in the 21st minute, when Shane Morris, whose well directed free kick was headed away for a corner one minute earlier, curved the ensuing kick to the back of the net from the right hand side.

However, St Mary’s

nullified that goal with one of their own four minutes later, thanks to the efforts of Alwin Haynes who beat GITC custodian Azariel Doris with a chip over his head, which he parried into his own goal.

The scoreline remained 1-1 at halftime, but on the resumption of play, GITC swarmed their opponents who were showing signs of tiredness, despite the hardworking efforts of Kareem Craig and were rewarded with two more goals off the boot of Shamar Myers (38th) and Egbert Nedd, with Morris being the supplier of the ball on both occasions from the right wing.

At Camp Ayanganna, Williams scored in the 13th and 65th minutes and received support from Robby McGloggan who found the back of the net in the 43rd minute to steer St George’s who placed fourth last year, to victory, with Aftab Crandon pulling one back for Queen’s College in the 67th minute.

Tour de France cycling

Kittel too strong, Froome falls as cobbles loom

By Julien Pretot LILLE, France (Reuters) Marcel Kittel won his third stage on this year’s Tour de France by prevailing in a bunch sprint yesterday after defending champion Chris Froome suffered a fall.

The German rider, who won the first and third stages, now has seven Tour stages to his name after beating Norwegian Alexander Kristoff and France’s Arnaud Demare.

It did not go as smoothly as in his first two victories, however, as his Giant-Shima-

nervous back at the team bus next to Lille’s Pierre Mauroy stadium, said that Froome needed to be examined.

“He felt well in the finale but we are taking him for an X-ray just to check his wrist,” Brailsford told reporters.

“We’ll post news on our website.”

After having his wrist scanned, Froome, who declined to comment on the day, gave a thumbs-up in the direction of reporters.

Froome, fifth overall and two seconds behind Nibali, crashed on the same side during last month’s Criterium du Dauphine.

Marcel Kittel won his third stage yesterday. no team could not lead him into the finale, but Kittel finished off the job himself.

“I was not sure when to start my sprint, it worked out but it was very close,” Kittel told a news conference.

“In the end there was a possibility to sit on the wheels of another team.”

The Giant-Shimano train was put to the test by other teams, who rode hard in the final three kilometres in an effort to isolate Kittel.

“We should take it maybe as a compliment,” the German said.

“The most important thing was that my team brought me to the front. It was fast and very nervous but I was there with one kilometre to go.”

Italian Vincenzo Nibali retained the overall leader’s yellow jersey after spending a quiet day in the peloton, which was not the case for Froome on the eve of a treacherous stage.

The Briton fell off his bike five kilometres into the 163.5-km ride from Le Touquet but quickly got back, sustaining a possible wrist injury and bruising his left hip, shoulder, knee and elbow.

“It’s alright, it’s alright.

We got really scared because it was a heavy fall but he seems to be okay. He says it’s OK,” said Team Sky sports director Nicolas Portal.

COBBLES AHEAD Team Sky manager Dave Brailsford, who appeared

His wrist will be put to the test on the cobblestones that mark today’s 155.5km fifth stage from Ypres to Arenberg Porte du Hainaut.

After three stages in Britain, where huge crowds turned up to support the peloton from Yorkshire to London, the race came back to France as it heads towards the Vosges through the North.

The wind caused a split in the peloton some 60km from the finish with Pole Michal Kwiatkowski being trapped behind, but he was brought back by his Omega Pharma-Quick Step team mates.

Slovakian Peter Sagan fell off his bike with less than 20km left but made it back into the bunch, finishing fifth to retain his lead in the points classification.

Andy Schleck, the 2010 champion whose career has been in free fall over the past two years, pulled out with a knee injury after crashing in yesterday’s third stage.

Today’s stage features 15.4 km of cobbled sections that could be made more treacherous if it rains as predicted.

“I saw the forecast for tomorrow (today) and nobody is looking forward to it,” Team Sky rider Geraint Thomas told reporters.

“It’s going to be stressful but it’s the same for everyone, hopefully we will stay out of trouble.”

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For Brazilian fans, a debacle even worse than in 1950

By Brian Winter

SAO PAULO, Brazil (Reuters) - For many Brazilians yesterday’s humiliating 7-1 loss to Germany accomplished the unthinkable - a disaster even worse than the last time the country hosted the World Cup, in 1950.

Back then, it was a 2-1 loss to tiny Uruguay in the final, a massive upset that still brings tears to the eyes of older Brazilians.

This defeat may have been even more scarring, some fans said, because the final result was not even close. Brazil’s team were torn to shreds.

Anger and disappointment was so intense that it threatened to darken the national mood for some time to come, with possible consequences for

Coach Scolari (centre) tried to console the Brazil players with a post-match huddle President Dilma Rousseff as she seeks a second term in October.

“This is worse than 1950. It’s one thing to lose a game where you suffered and fought hard, and it’s another to be completely humiliated,” said Fernando Hazzan, 28, in Sao Paulo.

“This game is going

down in history, too,” he said.

Many Brazilians at the stadium in Belo Horizonte sobbed, while others began streaming out before the first half was over. Those at bars and restaurants around the country cried or screamed at the television, or drowned their sorrows in beer.

The inability to win a championship on home turf will remain a black spot for a country that has one of soccer’s proudest traditions - with five World Cup championships, more than any other team.

The losing Brazilian team from 1950 suffered fallout for years, even decades.

Zizinho, a midfielder, took the phone off the hook every year on the anniversary of the game because people would call asking why the team lost.

Barbosa, the goalkeeper, famously complained that he suffered for more than 30 years, equal to the maximum criminal sentence in Brazil.

The psychological pressure of trying to reverse that curse took its toll on the 2014 team, and may have explained the defensive breakdowns that led to Germany scoring five goals within the first 30 minutes of the match yesterday.

The lopsided loss obscured what has been an otherwise surprisingly successful tournament.

While the lead-in to the World Cup was marked by doomsday predictions that stadiums and airports would not be ready on time,

prior to yesterday they had been drowned out by congratulatory talk about the hospitality of Brazilians and the high quality of play on the field.

Some fans said the rout would radically change the way they saw the whole tournament.

“The memory of this World Cup will always be tarnished now. It will be remembered as a tragedy,” Michelle Gomes, a local business manager, said at a bar in Rio de Janeiro.

The darkened mood could dent President Rousseff’s approval rating, although the effect might only be temporary, said Claudio Couto, a political science professor in Sao Paulo.

“If we (took the poll) in a month, I doubt that it will have any effect,” he said.

Surujnarine powers Albion past PMCC in final … waltzes away with best batsman title

By Calvin Roberts THANKS to an unbeaten half-century from opener Kandasammy Surujnarine, host club Albion Community Centre Cricket Club, easily defeated Port Mourant Cricket Club (PMCC) by seven wickets last Monday, to take the inaugural CARICOM Day ‘Albion Cup’ T20 title.

Winning the toss and opting to bat first, PMCC were bowled out by Albion’s all-spin attack for a measly 104 in 18.1 overs, with Davendra Thakurdeen 26 (2x4), Andrew Lyght Jr 19 ( 2x4), Lloydel Lewis 15 and Yogindra Harrinarine 13 (2x6) being their leading batsmen.

Gudakesh Motie-Kanhai and skipper Devendra Bishoo took 3 wickets each for 11 and 12 runs respectively, while Shiraz Ramcharran supported with 2 for 12 for Albion, who in reply reached 108 for 3 off 19.2 overs, with Surujnarine hitting an unbeaten 58 (56 balls, 3x4; 1x6), backed by David Latchaya’s 16 - the two sharing a 43-run thirdwicket partnership.

Anthony Bramble, 18, had earlier added 54 for the second wicket with Surujnarine, after seeing the

The victorious Albion Community Centre Cricket Club smartly display their new uniforms, the kind compliments of middle-order batsman Narsingh Deonarine and the CARICOM Day ‘Albion Cup’, with Minister of Agriculture Leslie Ramsammy (at right). early demise of Balchand Baldeo who failed to trouble the scorers, courtesy of a diving catch by Lyght Jr at short cover off Manoj Looknauth (1 for 8).

In the first match of the day, Port Mourant won the toss and chose to bat first on a sluggish track which was waterlogged. They posted 99 for 6 from their quota of overs, thanks to Troy Gonsalves’ 37.

Gonsalves and Lyght (10) posted 21 for the first wicket from 2.1 overs, before a Shailendra Shameer’s direct

hit from short midwicket, accounted for Lyght..

Together with Amir Khan (10), Gonsalves pushed the score to 69, before he (Gonsalves) holed out to Ashkay Homraj at deep midwicket off Troy Mathieson, having faced 28 balls, hitting two fours and one six that was struck back over the head of Shawn Pereira.

From 73 for 3, PMCC slipped to 73 for 5, losing Khan and Looknauth (3) to Pereira in the penultimate over, but a breezy 14 (4 balls)

from Joshua Ramsammy, backed by Yogindra Harrinarine’s unbeaten 12, pushed them to 99 for 6 from their 12 overs, as Pereira ended with 2 for 19.

In reply, RHTGG slipped to 39 for 4 inside their first six overs, losing Homraj (3), Pestano (9), Delbert Hicks (4) and Eon Hooper (5), as the pace of Thakurdeen and Looknauth kept things tight in the power play overs, while Khan and Gonsalves maintained same with their leg-spin.

When Mathieson (2) was

bowled by a faster delivery from Gonsalves in the 8th over at 47 for 5, RHTGG were staring straight down the barrel of defeat, despite the presence of Jason Sinclair, who operated as if he was playing a Test match and trying to save same for his team.

Needing to score 37 from 12 balls, RHTGG finished on 81 for 7, with Sinclair hitting the final delivery of their innings for 4, a little too late, to finish unbeaten on 35 (34 balls, 2x4) as Gonsalves took 3 f01 to steer PMCC

into the final. Michael Hicks (3) and Shameer (5) were the two batsmen to perish.

In the second match of the day, Albion won the toss and chose to bat first against Young Warriors, a decision that backfired on them as they slipped to 32 for 3 after 3 overs, losing Kandasammy Surujnarine (6), Anthony Bramble (1) and Balchand Baldeo 20 (2x4, 1x6), to Joemal LaFleur.

Despite this falter, Albion reached 91 for 6 off their 12 overs, thanks to Latchaya’s 21 and 17 from Veerapen Permaul as LaFleur ended with 3 for 20 for YWCC, who in reply lost Vishal Mohabir (4) off the fourth ball of the first over, Sasenarine Sookdeo (0) and Seon Hetmyer (4) to be 9 for 3.

With Motie-Kanhai picking up four of his five wickets in the eighth over and with support from Bishoo (2 for 5) and Permaul (2 for 7), YWCC were bowled out for 32 in 8.5 overs, with only Kevin Ramdeen 12 (1x6) reaching double figures.

While Surujnarine won the Man-of-theMatch and Best Batsman awards, Motie-Kanhai took the Best Bowler, having picked up a total of 8 for 13 including his best of 5 for 2, while Albion took home $50 000 and trophy and PMCC $25 000 and trophy.

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Wins for KwaKwani, Saints, UG and JC Chandisingh on day two

Jonathan Pooran TEARS flowed on day two of the National Schools Basketball Festival (NSBF) at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall last Monday as KwaKwani Secondary, St

Stanislaus College (Saints), the University of Guyana and JC Chandisingh all recorded dramatic victories.

With a spot on Guyana’s

Barbados beat defending champs T&T LOUIS D’or, Tobago (CMC) - Defending champions Trinidad and Tobago lost to Barbados by two wickets in their opening match of the West Indies Under-17 cricket tournament here yesterday.

Set 215 to win in 50 overs, Barbados cruised to 215 for eight off 48 overs after bowling out the Trinidadians for 214 in 47.2 over at Louis D’Or. There were no big individual totals but four batsmen captain Leniko Boucher, his opening partner Dikembe Wilson, Nicholas Kirton and Yvan Grant - top-scored with 28.

The main wicket-takers for Trinidad were Nathaniel McDavid, Dejourn Charles and Kirstan Kallicharan who each grabbed two scalps.

Earlier the Trinidad innings was built on a solid 86-run fourth-wicket stand between Kallicharan and Sachin Seecharan who scored 55 and 41 respectively.

Kallicharan also starred in a crucial third-wicket stand of 41 with Charles who scored 29.

Dominic Drakes 3-45, Nicholas Kirton 2-32 were the main destroyers for the victorious Bajans.

Inter-Guiana Games (IGG) team and top prizes and bragging rights up for grabs, losing was not an option for any of the teams, and hearts were certainly broken.

Marian Academy lost to JC Chandisingh 26–29 in a low-scoring encounter but by far the most entertaining match of the evening.

With scores tied at 26 points, Kevin Deolall (10 points) buried a three-point shot with four seconds remaining to give his side victory.

Marian Academy had played from behind for a greater part of the game and should blame their poor shooting at the free-throw line and silly turnovers for the loss.

Behind Travis Belgrave’s game-high 22 points, Saints had to work hard to stop Mackenzie High, beating them 41–37 in another gruelling clash.

Belgrave had to battle Daniel Anthony of Mackenzie High who finished the game with 19 points, but the load was too much for the Linden point guard to carry and folded to Saints who picked up their first win of the 2014 tournament.

Point guard Jonathan Pooran and his backcourt sidekick Daniel Ramlagan each netted 14 points that saw the University of Guyana (UG) edge out Bishops’ High 48-42 in a nail-biting game that could

have gone either way.

Bishops’ played from behind but, led by their star player Marvin Durant (14 points), they were able to climb back into the game.

Durant’s usual supporter Daniel Haynes was not at his best, scoring only eight points but was a beast on the glass, grabbing 13 rebounds.

Kwakwani Secondary continue to look like the team to beat at this year’s NSBF as they stamped their authority on St Rose’s High, whom they thrashed 68-33.

Leonard Primo netted a game-high 25 points and grabbed 11 rebounds while Stanton Rose chipped in 13 points, five rebounds and four assists.

St Rose’s usual go-to

TTFA applauds PM after government agrees to settle pay dispute P O R T- O F - S PA I N , Trinidad (CMC) - The Trinidad and Tobago Football Association (TTFA) has applauded Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar after her government says it will settle the outstanding US$1.3 million owed to 13 members of the 2006 World Cup squad.

Prime Minister PersadBissessar made the announcement Monday bringing an end to the longrunning dispute between the players and the national football federation.

President Raymond Tim Kee noted that it has been 11 months, since the TTFA and the Government have been in discussions about the outstanding debt owed to the Soca Warriors.

“Records will indicate, our initial efforts focused on the invaluable role Government can play in making football relevant again in Trinidad and Tobago, starting with addressing the vexing issue surrounding the debts owed to the ’06 Warriors and others such as Russell Latapy and other members of our technical staff,” stated Tim Kee. Prime Minister PersadBissessar said Monday

TTFA president Raymond Tim Kee that while government was under no obligation to settle the impasse, it was mindful of the “long and protracted legal battles waged by these football heroes of ours” and also aware of the fact the national federation was not in a position to pay.

The members of the squad argued they were never paid all the monies owed them coming out of the historic 2006 campaign in Germany, and sued the national federation. They

gained a judgment in their favour for US$3 million but were only paid US$1.7 million of the amount.

“As the entity recognised by FIFA to govern football in Trinidad and Tobago, we are particularly pleased that after months of discussion between our organisation and the Government ... football in Trinidad and Tobago will thrive as a result of your benevolence,” added Tim Kee.

guy Nathan Saul was outmatched and scored only 16 points which was not enough to stop the men from the Berbice River community in Region 10.

The Festival is the culmination of six weeks of Regional Conference Tournaments, organised in six separate zones, after which the best Under-14, U-16, U-19 and girls’ teams are invited to the highly anticipated eight-day competition for National accolades.

The NSBF is a collaborative effort between Youth Basketball Guyana and the National Sports Commission and is used to select the Inter-Guiana Games basketball teams.

Windwards register opening win against Guyana BON ACCORD, Tobago (CMC) - Ryan John and Emmanuel Stewart steered Windward Islands out of trouble to defeat Guyana by three wickets in their opening match of the West Indies Under-17 cricket tournament here yesterday.

John top-scored with 48 not out while Stewart made 40 before he was run-out to pull Windwards out of a shaky start after Guyana, asked to bat, made 159 for nine in 47 overs at Bon Accord.

Captain Travis Persaud hit a top score of 40 to help rescue a Guyana innings which was tottering at 41 for the loss of five wickets.

Vice-captain Ronaldo Ali Mohamed chipped in with 33 while Sherfane Rutherford added 37, as the Guyanese rallied against the bowling of John, Brian Joseph and Alick Athanaze who picked up two wickets each.

Stewart led the effort to repair the innings after the Windwards lost opener and vicecaptain Christian Charlery with 15 runs on the board.

He put on 35 runs for the second wicket with his Grenadian counterpart Anil Matthew, who was lbw for 19, and 38 runs for the 5th wicket with another Grenadian John to help put his side on course to victory.

Windwards coasted to victory at 159 for seven in 44 overs to secure an opening win in the tournament.

Richie Looknauth was the top Guyanese bowler, taking three wickets for 25 runs.

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DON’T CRY FOR ME, BRAZIL

This Delano Williams composite photo shows the emotions on the Brazilian and Guyanese faces at the Rockies Bar (Robb and Light Streets) and the Frenzy Impact Bar situated at the corner of Forshaw and Albert Streets, Alberttown yesterday as the powerhouse Brazil were humiliated 7-1 by Germany. THOUSANDS of Guyanese and Brazil football supporters flocked sports bars, shops and friends’ premises yesterday to witness the football giants Brazil face their European counterparts Germany in the first of two semi-final matches in the 2014 FIFA World Cup currently under way in Brazil.

Sparkling German blend is toast of the World Cup

By Karolos Grohmann BELO HORIZONTE, Brazil (Reuters) - It takes years for a fine wine to mature and the Germany team that ripped Brazil apart 7-1 in an astonishing World Cup semifinal has become a rare vintage with coach Joachim Loew finally getting the blend right.

On a day that rocked world football, Loew, in charge since 2006, managed to find the right mix of players, distilling what no doubt is the finest Germany team in decades.

He had reached at least the semifinals in his four tournaments in charge but always seemed to be missing some ingredient that could help Germany take the last step towards ending their 18-year wait for a major trophy.

Yesterday, Germany retained all the attributes that were so attractive in their youthful and exuberant 2010 World Cup squad that fell at the last four but infused it with the right dash of battle-hardened maturity.

“It’s something spe-

cial what we’ve accomplished and what we can do,” said central defender

in their 1-0 semi-final loss to Spain four years ago, and another two were on the

German Coach Joachim Loew Mats Hummels. “Obviously we’re going to do everything we can to fulfil that big dream we still have.”

They swept past the hosts in an awe-inspiring first half, which included four goals in six minutes, leaving tens of thousands of Brazilians speechless at the Mineirao stadium.

Millions across the host nation were also in complete shock on a day that will live in their collective memory for all the wrong reasons.

Germany’s starting lineup included seven of the players who had featured

bench yesterday.

In 2010 it was their youngest World Cup team in 76 years that grabbed the headlines, yesterday it was one of their finest ever.

The holding midfield partnership that shone so brightly in South Africa of Bastian Schweinsteiger and Sami Khedira was fully restored, operating flawlessly and having the added experience of four years of playing top football.

If Schweinsteiger, who turns 30 next month, ever dreamt of a game to prove he was back at his very best, especially after

criticism for his performances at Euro 2012, this was it.

Khedira, who had torn a cruciate ligament in November, was doubtful for the tournament but Loew had insisted he was the only player in his team who was valuable even if not fully fit.

ATTACKING IMPETUS The 27-year-old proved him right, helping to set up the fourth goal with an unselfish pass to Toni Kroos when others would have taken the shot and then scoring himself.

It was that attacking impetus from his midfield that Loew had yearned for in Brazil and he got the full 90-minute show.

Captain Philipp Lahm, who had been tried in midfield, again played in his familiar right back role, just like against France in the last eight, to eliminate any threat from winger Hulk.

Left back Benedikt Hoewedes crowned his best performance by shutting out the injured Neymar’s replacement Bernard.

Loew showed he has learned from his mistakes and Lahm’s short-lived midfield adventure looks to have been shelved, especially after the 30-yearold’s mediocre performances in that position earlier in the tournament.

Defenders Mats Hummels and Jerome Boateng hit top form at the right time after several efforts to find the right mix in central defence over the past four years.

The 54-year-old Loew also timed his use of a sole striker perfectly as Miroslav Klose, who had been on the bench for much of the tournament, netted his record 16th World Cup goal.

Right behind him Thomas Mueller, Mesut Ozil and Toni Kroos wreaked havoc in the Brazil defence, which was badly missing suspended captain Thiago Silva.

T h e t r i o ’s l i g h t ning-quick passing game and scoring prowess made Brazil’s defence look frozen under the waves of attacks.

Kroos delivered the first goal for Mueller and then added two himself,

in a sensational first-half display that will no doubt seal his expected move away from Bayern Munich.

Goalkeeper Manuel Neuer stood up to be counted early in the second half when Brazil looked for an early goal to cut the deficit, making three superb saves in a row to kill off any unlikely comeback hopes Brazil had harboured.

Even Loew’s substitutions were worth their weight in gold with Andre Schuerrle slamming in two quick goals to turn the scoreline into a stunning spectacle and Per Mertesacker looking solid at the back after coming off the bench at halftime.

The result was the toast of the World Cup for advocates of attacking football and a damning indictment of the negative tactics adopted by Brazil coach Luiz Felipe Scolari.

Sometimes results come through playing the beautiful game the way it was meant to be played and never was that adage more fitting than on an unforgettable night in balmy Belo Horizonte.

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Sublime Germany stun the world with 7-1 rout of Brazil

By Mike Collett BELO HORIZONTE, BraziI - (Reuters) - Germany inflicted the most shocking result in World Cup history when they crushed hosts Brazil 7-1 in a semi-final that brought grief to millions of home fans and caused utter astonishment around the world yesterday.

The inspired Germans scored five goals in 18 first-half minutes to re-write the record books as Brazil’s defence caved in to leave their dreams of a sixth world title in tatters.

It was Brazil’s record World Cup defeat, their first at home in 64 competitive matches since 1975 and was the first time they had lost by six goals in any match since Uruguay beat them 6-0 in the Copa America in 1920.

It was also the biggest-ever victory in a World Cup semifinal and German striker Miroslav Klose became the tournament’s highest scorer of all-time with his 16th World Cup goal to move one clear of Brazilian Ronaldo.

The only survivor in either squad from the 2002 World Cup final when Brazil beat Germany in Yokohama, the 36-year-old Klose can add to that record when Germany aim to become world champions for the fourth time against Argentina or the Netherlands in Rio de Janeiro on Sunday.

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The first-half humbling continues as Toni Kroos fires in a stunning third.

(Getty Images photos)

Miroslav Klose becomes a World Cup history-maker with a well-worked goal

Thomas Muller begins the humiliation in the 11th minute

Guyana Amazon Warriors depart for Limacol CPL opener GUYANA’S star-studded professional cricket team known as the Guyana Amazon Warriors departed these shores yesterday for Grenada for their first of nine preliminary games in this year’s second edition of the Limacol Caribbean Premier League (CPL) T20 tournament.

The Warriors, who lost to

the Jamaica Tallawahs in the final of the inaugural tournament last year, are being led by West Indies Test skipper Denesh Ramdin. The team boasts the likes of Pakistan’s Mohammed Hafeez, spin wizard Sunil Narine and the hard-hitting opener Lendl Simmons.

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The Guyana Amazon Warriors prior to their departure from the Grand Coastal Hotel

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