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––urges Cabinet not to be ‘intimidated’ by Main Opposition

Guyana Festival Cook-Off rocks!

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––Kudos to our ingenious Guyanese cooks

‘Night of Legends’...

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Guyana Festival Cook-Off rocks!

-Kudos to our ingenious Guyanese cooks

Tourism Minister (ag) Irfaan Ali drops in on Kings General to see how the pot was coming

Indigenous Group

Seeram’s Bar, from Alexander Village

Patrons sampling the delicious foods prepared by our Guyanese cooks (Photos by Adrian Narine)

By Rebecca Ganesh-Ally THE Guyana Festival Cook Off saw our ‘chefs’ showcasing their skills in preparing various Indian, African and Amerindian dishes. With Golden Brook cooking oil, produced by Pomeroon Oil Mills, being used as the official oil of the festival, and with the trusted GuyGas cooking gas being the official gas used, numerous groups put their ‘best cook forward’.

Speaking to the Guyana Chronicle, Mr. Looknauth Persaud, head of the Fes-

tival Cookout Committee and owner of Kings Jewellery World, related that he saw this activity as an opportunity for Guyanese to come out and showcase their skills, as well as to have patrons taste what our cultural food are, since persons might never have had an Amerindian dish or even some of the African and /or Indian dishes.

Persaud indicated that the Cook-off was not a competition, but was about groups coming together to entertain our Guyanese.

The Guyana Chronicle reporters, as well as oth-

er media operatives, were given opportunity to sample some of the scrumptious dishes, and the unanimous opinion was that our Guyanese people are great chefs.

Speaking with a few patrons who had sampled some wild meat cooked by the Pakaraima Mountain Group, this writer was told that the preparation was beyond their wildest expectations.

Patrons were given opportunity to taste different curries: duck, mutton, deer, wild cow and pork. Also, there was cassava bread with pepper pot, cook up rice, metemgee and conkie cooked on a coal pot set up.

Many persons stood in the hot sun to have a glimpse of what was taking place, and even cheered on the cooks as the event swung into full blast mode.

Tessa’s Creations Group

The group at Seeram’s Bar related that two reasons why they jumped at the opportunity to participate in the cook-off was because it was not a competition, and because they saw it as a way for them to give back to their country. They cooked traditional curries such as mutton and duck, and had samples of polourie.

Tessa’s Creation Group cooked all African dishes on a decades-old coalpot set-up. They have, over the years, mastered the art, and are today able to display their talent at the festival.

This group had cook-up rice, metemgee, conkie, and fried-fish with ground provisions.

Some of the partici-

pating groups were Ramlakhan & Sons Rice Mills; GK Inc (official distributor of the Guyana Amazon Warriors energy drink); Pakaraima Mountain Group; Kings’ General; Seeram’s Bar; Bunnys Home Cooked Meals; Mangrove Reserve Producers; Tessa’s Creations; and the Indigenous Group.

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Ramsammy: Rodney CoI must be fully funded

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––urges Cabinet not to be ‘intimidated’ by Main Opposition

By Vanessa Narine THE People’s National Congress Reform (PNCR)/ A Partnership for National Unity (APNU), last week signalled its intention to not support any requests for additional funding to cater for an extension of the work of the Commission of Inquiry (CoI) into the death of Dr. Walter Rodney.

And Member of Parliament (MP) on the Government’s side, Dr. Leslie Ramsammy, weighing in on the matter, contends that this is a clear case of “buffoonery” intended to intimidate the Government and intended to misconstrue the working of the CoI. He said, “The Cabinet must not be intimidated by the PNC; the Rodney CoI must be funded fully.

The PNC and its leaders want to abort the work of the Rodney CoI, and they have threatened to cut funds to allow the CoI to continue its work and to fully explore the question as to what happened in the period before and the aftermath of Rodney’s death.

“The Cabinet must not allow the PNC to dictate how the Commission does its work, and to influence whether it provides the CoI with the funds it needs to complete its work with diligence and as comprehensively as possible.”

On April 15, MPs were unanimous in their approval of $112M to fund the work of the Walter Rodney Commission of Inquiry, an allocation that was listed under the Office of the President’s $2.2B current expenditure estimates in the 2014 Budget.

Additionally, the establishment of a COI was supported by a Parliamentary Motion that spawned the decision to establish the Commission of Inquiry. On June 13, 1980, Dr. Walter Rodney, a distinguished Guyanese scholar, was assassinated by an explosion which occurred in his car at John and Hadfield Streets, Georgetown. Dr. Rodney was, at the time of his death, an eminent political leader engaged in democracy and social justice in a struggle against authoritarian rule. There have been calls for a full investigation into the assassination of Dr. Walter Rodney, which have received broad support.

President Donald Ramotar had agreed, in June

2013, to establish the COI following a request from the Rodney family, after a previous inquiry ordered by former President Desmond Hoyte in 1988 found that the historian/politician’s demise was caused by an ‘accident or misadventure’, and that was met with grave disbelief.

Said Dr Ramsammy of the APNU/PNCR’s latest caper, “This is an on-going assault on the Rodney COI by APNU/PNC.” NOT IN THEIR FAVOUR Noting that attempts to stop the work of a similar CoI was made when the Head of State

‘The Cabinet must not be intimidated by the PNC; the Rodney CoI must be funded fully. The PNC and its leaders want to abort the work of the Rodney CoI, and they have threatened to cut funds to allow the CoI to continue its work and to fully explore the question as to what happened in the period before and the aftermath of Rodney’s death’ appointed such a Commission to look into the Linden deaths, on the grounds that the findings were not in the main Opposition’s favour, Dr Ramsammy said: “I was never under any illusion that APNU/PNC will do anything it could do to derail the work of the Rodney COI. They tried to delay and derail the Rodney COI before the work of the Commission started; it was clear from the beginning that David Granger and other leaders of the PNC would not cooperate with the Commission. It was, further, pellucid that

the PNC leaders would establish roadblocks and barriers to prevent the work of the Commission from proceeding.”

He is of the opinion that the disclosures being made at the CoI are disturbing, hence the current move by the main Opposition. “The truth is that the Rodney COI is revealing information that confirms what many of us always knew: That the State machinery, controlled by the PNC, was linked to the murder of Walter Rodney,” Dr Ramsammy said, adding: “But the truth is also revealing the extent that the PNC went to create a brutal dictatorship; this is the truth we have talked about, and which we Government MP, rejected on October 5, Dr. Leslie Ramsammy 1992.

“But this truth is too damning for the PNC to see, spread across the news headlines; not being able to stop the Rodney COI from starting, they adopted a strategy of placing lawyers to create maximum intimidation of witnesses, and to distract the work of the Commission. The Chairman of the COI hit it on the nail when he stated he would not allow Mr. Basil Williams to spread propaganda in the Commission’s work. Mr. Williams has see page 7

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Israel, Palestinians agree new Gaza truce

By Nidal al-Mughrabi and Lin Noueihed

GAZA/CAIRO, (Reuters) - Israel and the Palestinians agreed yesterday to an Egyptian proposal for a new 72-hour ceasefire in Gaza starting at 2100 GMT, officials from the warring sides said.

"Israel has accepted Egypt's proposal," a senior Israeli government official said, adding Israeli negotiators would return to Cairo today to resume indirect talks with the Palestinians if the truce held.

The Israeli team had flown home on Friday before a previous three-day truce expired and hostilities in the month-old conflict resumed.

A Hamas official said

Palestinian factions had accepted Egypt's call and that the Cairo talks would continue.

In a statement, Egypt's Foreign Ministry urged "both sides to exploit this truce to resume indirect negotiations immediately and work towards a comprehensive and lasting ceasefire agreement".

Earlier, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said "Israel will not negotiate under fire" and warned of a protracted Israeli military campaign in the Gaza Strip if rocket salvoes continued.

Hamas has demanded an end to Israeli and Egyptian blockades of the coastal territory and the opening of a Gaza seaport - a project Israel says should be dealt with only in any future talks

Monday, August 11, 2014 - 05:00hrs Tuesday, August 12, 2014 - 05:00hrs Wednesday, August 13, 2014 - 05:00hrs

A Palestinian man stands next to the remains of a house, which witnesses said was destroyed in an Israeli air strike, in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip, yesterday (Credit: REUTERS/Ibraheem Abu Mustafa)

on a permanent peace deal with the Palestinians.

Hamas spokesman Sami Abu Zuhri said negotiations during the new truce would be "the last chance" for a deal.

Israeli air strikes and shelling on Sunday killed nine Palestinians in Gaza, including a boy of 14 and a woman, medics said, in a third day of renewed fighting.

One air strike destroyed the home of Gaza City's mayor, Nezar Hijazi, across the street from the Reuters bureau where reporters and cameramen hit the floor as the explosion occurred.

There were no casualties in the attack because Israel telephoned warnings to residents in the house and neighbouring buildings.

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men involved in or preparing to fire rockets.

Since the previous ceasefire expired, Palestinian rocket and mortar salvoes have focused on Israeli kibbutzim, or collective farms, just across the border in what appeared to be a strategy of sapping the Jewish state's morale without triggering another ground invasion of the tiny Gaza Strip.

A month of war has killed 1,910 Palestinians and 67 Israelis while devastating wide tracts of densely-populated Gaza. But international pressure for a ceasefire has been weaker than in earlier rounds of Israeli-Palestinian conflict given other international security crises, notably in Iraq and Ukraine, distracting major powers.

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war's outset, with reduced firing on both sides. Israel withdrew ground forces from Gaza on Tuesday.

BLOCKADES Before the truce ran out, Israel said it was ready to agree to an extension.

Hamas did not agree, calling for an end to the economically stifling blockade of the enclave that both Israel and Egypt, which regards the Islamist movement as a security threat, have imposed.

Israel has resisted easing access to Gaza, suspecting Hamas could then restock with weapons from abroad.

A sticking point has been Israel's demand for guarantees that Hamas would not use any reconstruction supplies sent to Gaza to build more tunnels of the sort that Palestinian fighters have used to infiltrate the Jewish state.

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Egypt is meeting separately with each party, given that Hamas rejects Israel's right to exist and Israel regards the group as a terrorist organisation.

Gaza hospital officials say the Palestinian death toll has been mainly civilian since the July 8 launch of Israel's military campaign to quell Gaza rocket fire.

Israel has lost 64 soldiers and three civilians to the war, where losses of noncombatants in Gaza and the destruction of thousands of homes have drawn international condemnation.

Israeli tanks and infantry left the enclave on Tuesday after the army said it had completed its main mission of destroying more than 30 tunnels dug by militants for cross-border attacks.

In renewed fighting since the end of a three-day truce on Friday, Israel has killed 19 Palestinians in air strikes. Militants have fired more than 130 projectiles, mostly short-range rockets and mortar bombs, at Israel.

Though Israel's Iron Dome rocket interceptor does not work at such short ranges - a version called "Iron Beam" is being developed to shoot down mortars - there have been few casualties, largely because as many as 80 percent of the border kibbutzim's 5,000 residents fled before last week's ceasefire.

Some said yesterday they would not return to their communities, which have long been symbols of Israel's pioneering spirit - an abandonment likely to raise pressure on Netanyahu.

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Constitutional Reform Commissioner hits back at AG PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, (CMC) - Constitutional Reform Commission Member, Dr Merle Hodge has lashed out at Attorney Gen¬eral Anand Ramlogan, asking if Constitution Reform commissioners were “handsomely paid” to be silent on dishonesty, and describing his criticisms of her as “convoluted gossip” In a statement entitled Government Dis¬honesty About Run-Off Proposal, Hodge said the comment by Ramlogan was very unfortunate “Mr. AG, for it suggests that your Government pays professionals not for their work, but to buy their acquiescence. You must know that you will never be able to buy

Constitutional Reform Commission Member, Dr Merle Hodge

everybody.”

Hodge, who has called for a postponement of Monday’s parliamentary debate on the Constitution Amend-

ment Bill is one of five commis¬sion¬ers on the Constitution Reform Commission (CRC), chaired by Legal Affairs Minister Prakash Ramadhar.

In a statement on Thursday on Govern¬ment’s Constitution (Amend¬ment) Bill 2014, she said the contentious runoff pro¬posal was not in the People’s Part¬¬ner¬ship manifesto, the main consul¬tations around the country or in the commission’s final report.

The Attorney General in a response Friday, said he found her position strange since the commissioners were “handsomely paid” and linked her position on the bill to the defeat of the Winston Dookeran faction by the Rama¬dhar

faction in the Con¬gress of the Peo¬ple’s (COP) internal election.

In her second state¬ment in three days, Hodge reiterated the run-off provision did not arise during consul¬tations.

“The run-off provision did not come from the people, and it was never revealed to the people before Mon¬day, August 4, 2014, one week before it was to be debated in the Parliament,” she said. “It is therefore dishonest to claim that the people were consulted on this provision, espe¬cially as the Government is turn¬ing a deaf ear to what the people are saying about it during the week.”

Hodge, a former University of the West Indies (UWI)

lecturer, describes the run-off ballot as “anti-democratic” and a contradiction of “the principle of proportional representation”.

On Thursday, the main opposition People’s National Movement (PNM) described the proposed legislation as “dangerous’ with Opposition Leader Dr. Keith Rowley saying it offers the people of the twin-island republic “the potential for a defeated party to hold on to power while secondary elections are held, elections which they (the government) can easily and corruptly attempt to influence.”.

Rowley told a news conference that the proposal for a run-off vote has dangerous implications for any govern-

ment to follow.

Last week, Prime Minister Kamla Persad Bissessar told legislators that the new measures were contained in the 2010 manifesto of the fourparty coalition government, headed by the United National Congress (UNC) and that the constitutional amendment would provide “more power to the people”.

She said that the new measures were as a result of the recommendations of a Constitutional Reform Committee headed by Legal Affairs Minister Prakash Ramadhar and leader of the Congress of the People (COP) party, the second biggest member in the coalition government.

Arrest warrants issued for suspects in Aristide corruption case

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti, (CMC) – Arrests warrants have been issued for suspects who did not comply with summons related to the corruption case involving former president Jean Bertrand Aristide.

On Friday, judge Larmarre Belizaire, who is conducting the inquiry, ordered the arrest of Mirlande Libérus, Gustave Faubert, Rodnée Deschineau, Jean-Robert Esther and Max Buteau as he proceeds with a series of hearings of former allies of Aristide who were allegedly involved in corruption, money laundering, misappropriation of public funds and other charges.

"I personally saw the warrants issued against those 5 people and I know the judge was trying to find DCPJ to have the police collect them," the clerk, who spoke on condition of anonymity, told Haitian Caribbean News Network (HCNN).

Mirlande Liberus was director of the Aristide Foundation for Democracy and reputed to have been

where he spent about seven years, before returning to Haiti in 2011, under the presidency of René Préval.

Jean-Bertrand Aristide - former Haitian President

Aristide's right-hand woman, Gustave Faubert was minister of Finance under Aristide, while Jean-Robert Esther was an influential Police Inspector-General, and Rodnée Deschineau former Director-general of the Haitian Popular Bank, known as BPH, through which most of the fraudulent transactions were made.

The 5th suspect, Max Buteau, has allegedly received money through the scheme set up by the Aristide administration to misappropriate public funds.

It is not known if all

of the suspects still live in Haiti.

Last week Aristide and 34 former allies were banned from leaving the country.

It’s alleged that millions of dollars were embezzled under Aristide's government from 2001 to 2004.

Aristide was forced from power, in February 2004, in a bloody rebellion led by former army officer and police commissioner, Guy Philippe.

Aristide went into exile in the Central African Republic, then in South Africa

The criminal investigation into Aristide's administration was initiated in 2005 under the interim

government, led by President Boniface Alexandre and Prime Minister Gérard Latortue.

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Editorial

Guyana

Stand against the darkness LIKE millions of others, Patton Oswalt, a 44-yearold stand-up comedian and California-based actor, watched in horror as the Boston Marathon bombings unfolded live on Direct Television a couple of years ago.

He subsequently penned a moving message, and posted it on his Facebook Page on the Boston Marathon bombings. His message went viral. Within hours, it was shared more than 150,000 times.

“Boston. @#&&%% horrible,” Oswalt began. “I remember, when 9/11 went down, my reaction was, ‘Well, I’ve had it with humanity.’ But I was wrong. I don’t know what’s going to be revealed to be behind all of this mayhem,” Oswalt, best known as the voice of Remy in the 2007 animated film, ‘Ratatouille’, continued.

“One human insect or a poisonous mass of broken sociopaths. But here’s what I do know. If it’s one person or a hundred people, that number is not even a fraction of a fraction of a fraction of a percent of the population on this planet.

“You watch the videos of the carnage and there are people running TOWARDS the destruction to help out. …this is a giant planet and we’re lucky to live on it, but there are prices and penalties incurred for the daily miracle of existence. One of them is, every once in awhile, the wiring of a tiny sliver of the species gets snarled and they’re pointed towards darkness.

“But the vast majority stands against that darkness and, like white blood cells attacking a virus, they dilute and weaken and eventually wash away the evil doers and, more importantly, the damage they wreak.

This is beyond religion or creed or nation. We would not be here if humanity were inherently evil. We’d have eaten ourselves alive long ago.

“So when you spot violence, or bigotry, or intolerance or fear or just garden-variety misogyny, hatred or ignorance, just look it in the eye and think, “The good outnumbers you, and we always will.”

Certainly, the good always outnumbers the evil forces of darkness, and Guyanese need to ensure that those forces do not prevail over our national good.

However, leaders need to be cognisant that good and conscientious actions evolve from childhood with the recognition of a Heavenly Father who set the guidelines for behavioural patterns.

Aberrant behaviour ensues from lack of a moral compass, which comes from our spiritual synergies as dictated from the Holy texts of every religion (not the interpretation of the self-serving, murderous bigots) The older generation remembers attending schools where there was bible study and there were Christian prayers, but those did not cause them to abandon the religions of their foreparents, but instead inculcated into them an understanding and tolerance for the faiths of others.

As one elderly woman related: “I grew up in a Hindu household. My grandfather was a pandit, and my mother was deeply religious,not in a dogmatic way, but with a tolerance and love for humanity and the vulnerable, regardless of who they were; and I grew up with deeply religious Muslim neighbours who took me to masjid when my mother was too busy earning a living for her children to take me to mandir any more. And I grew up in a joint community where

Are Nagamootoo and Granger afraid to answer serious questions?

THE ruling PPP/C is unlikely to strike a deal with the opposition to shelve the no-confidence motion filed against the Donald Ramotar administration by the AFC, political analysts say.

The ‘political analysts’ could very well be the American political Guru, Dick Morris for the AFC. The PPP/C knows by now that the AFC and the PNC made their beds, so they must sleep in them, and together, if they so choose. The PPP/C must never compromise with power-hungry persons who act with so much hate and spite against their fellow Guya-

nese.

New laws should be passed that, once elections are held, the political party with the most votes gets to control Parliament. Those parties that want to form coalitions must do so before elections are held.

The party with the most votes must be mandated to lead and rule. Those who want the PNC to rule must so indicate through the ballot box in free, fair, and transparent elections which are non-violent and have no intimidation.

TED KING

youngsters lived like family members, and any elder had the right to punish any child in the community; and I grew up to respect the religions of others, and the rights of others. And yes, I am intolerant, but only of those who hurt others; of rumour-mongers; of women who gossip about others without looking to see their own flaws; of manipulators and liars; of thieves and murderers; of rapists and especially child molesters; of those who take advantage of the vulnerable in any shape or form.

“I am uncompromising with my principles, and I live up to the standards set by my highly-principled mother, my God and my conscience; and I think there is no reason for evil, but the godlessness and greed of the perpetrators themselves, and they should be punished accordingly.

“However, I blame societies for not forcing governments and making them accountable for taking God away from children. if the loved ones of victims’ grief can serve as a catalyst, then, God forgive me, I would say these instances such as the Boston Bombing and the Columbine experience were the fateful way for the world to see the abandonment to God (and I don’t mean hypocrites dressing up to see church as social affairs and preachers using churches to fleece people) and its deleterious effect on societies across the globe.”

Unless and until world leaders see the need to unite for one common purpose -- and that is to restore the Supreme Father as the teacher and adjudicator of all things -- then the evil forces will eventually prevail over the good.

Stop attacking the Chinese!

ONCE again, the combined efforts of the Kaieteur News and the Opposition party APNU/PNC is bent on stalling Guyana’s progress by declaring foreign investors as illegitimate and as being engaged in criminal activities.

During the past days, I have been steadfastly following the misinformation being propagated by Kaieteur News, which is then endorsed by the gullible and attention-seeking APNU/PNC opposition political party.

I have been associated with the forestry sector for over fifteen years, and the investment and technology implemented by Bai Shan Lin in its forest activities can only be described as remarkable. I was privileged to pass through one of the concessions where the company has been conducting its activities, and was amazed at its efforts at sustainable forest management and harvesting.

This must be recognized, and the company must be commended, as there are some Guyanese companies which are far from matching the investment and efforts of the Chinese Company Bai Shan Lin. On a more panoramic view, over the past few

months, the opposition-aligned Kaieteur News and the APNU/PNC have undertaken a well-planned campaign against the Chinese living in Guyana. I say this with no apology, as this is the fact and the word is out on the street. Guyana is said to be the land of six races, yet Kaieteur News and the Opposition are making every effort to disenfranchise a Chinese company that has created thousands of jobs and billions of dollars’ worth in investment in Guyana.

I cry shame…shame…shame on Kaieteur News and APNU for their continued attacks on all Chinese living, working, and investing in Guyana.

It is a pity that Kaieteur News and the political Opposition are attacking a legitimate investment to gain cheap political mileage.

While I agree that laws and regulations need to be adhered to, Kaieteur News and the Opposition need to bring the evidence and instances where there are breaches, rather than speculating and spreading misinformation.

WILLIAM TERENCE JNR

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performed his duty in the Commission as the representative of the PNC with the same ‘thuggery’ he is used to with PNC-style thug politics.”

Noting that the disclosures have clearly nettled and embarrassed the PNC, Dr Ramsammy said: “The damning truth is the PNC and its leaders have been embarrassed and have been exposed. They do not want the written report of the COI and they know that more witnesses are to come that will reveal greater wrong-doings.

They are, therefore, seeking to bring the work of the Rodney COI to an end.

“The truth is that people have been reminded about the PNC that took our country into dictatorship and wrecked Guyana; the truth is that kind of behaviour is very much still a part of the PNC, and they do not want to be exposed. They will try everything to ensure they hide the terrible truths of the PNC, and to ensure people do not know that the PNC of yester-years is still the PNC on the prowl.”

AFC/WPA STANCE The Government MP stated that the minority Opposition Party, the Alliance for Change, as well as the Working People’s Alliance (WPA), must also be called to make clear this position on the matter.

He said, “They have received support in the past from the AFC. As a citizen of Guyana, I would like to hear from the leadership of AFC if they, too, will withhold further financing for the Rodney COI. My question to the AFC is: Are you going to join forces with your PNC/ APNU friends to suffocate the work of the Rodney Commission?”

“The AFC has been vocal on virtually every issue with their myopic and one-eyed views. Why are they silent now on the Rodney COI?” Dr. Ramsammy added.

He also questioned the position of the WPA, which he contends is a vital part of the APNU leadership.

“Is the position of APNU/PNC the position of the WPA? I would like to hear from Dr. Rupert Roopnarine and from the leadership of the WPA what their clear and unequivocal position is on the work of the Rodney COI,” the Government MP said.

He highlighted the fact that initially, the WPA and the AFC provided support to the PNC to derail the start and then the work of the CoI; however, there were individuals who were able to stand up on a moral platform and who accepted their responsibility to come forward.

“This forced the WPA to give its tentative support. The Commission has had their hands full with the number of people who want to speak about this most shameful period and the dastardly act of murdering a brilliant young Guyanese. Knowing the truth must be our national process of healing and must not be based on political implications,” Dr.

Ramsammy said.

CABINET RESPONSIBILITY And, commending the President, Mr Donald Ramotar for using his authority to establish the Rodney CoI, Dr Ramsammy said: “The President, the Minister of Finance and the Cabinet have a responsibility, in accordance with the Constitution, to ensure that the work of the Rodney COI is completed and to ensure that the Commission has all the time and the resources to complete their work as fully as possible.”

He said too that it is the Cabinet’s responsibility to ensure that politicians with vested interest do not use the authority of Parliament to “perversely suffocate” the CoI, because the results appear damning to them.

He said, “Now maybe people will understand why the Constitution is written the way it is: the Constitution anticipates that should politicians want to stop a legitimate and productive exercise by cutting out resources, the Government would be able to continue its work. “…but the Government must remain resolute in ensuring that one of the scandals of Guyana under the wrappings of State collusion must be exposed and must become a lesson that will be a catalyst for Guyana never to repeat such shadowy and criminal behavior again.”

Dr. Ramsammy surmised that the PNC wants to hide what its “natural propensity” is.

He said, “We can all be certain that the PNC will repeat behaviour that characterized it in those dark years – a party naturally exercising dictatorship and the worse wrappings that dictatorship brings with it. Its recent congress is further proof that the PNC is what it was and will never change its stripes.

“There was clearly no competition for David Granger to win the leadership of the PNC. But they had to rig the election because that is the only way they know how to behave. It is in their genes, their make-up. The gun-play that marred the congress is another part of the PNC that resulted in the death of Walter Rodney. The congress reminded people of this part of the PNC.” The work of the CoI into the death of Dr. Rodney, the Government MP concluded, must be allowed to be completed unhindered.

Rodney was killed when a bomb exploded in the car in which he was sitting. He was 38 years old at the time. Nine years ago, Parliament unanimously approved a motion to establish a commission to enquire into the circumstances surrounding his death. After his assassination, Rodney received several honours posthumously, among them, in 1993 the Government of Dr. Cheddi Jagan conferred on him the country’s highest National Award, the Order of Excellence (OE) and the Walter Rodney Chair in History was created at the University of Guyana (UG).

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‘A’ Division police camp ends on high note

By Leroy Smith

CHILDREN of the depressed Georgetown communities of Rosemary Lane (Tiger Bay) and Albuoystown were on Saturday returned to their homes after a week-long camping exercise conducted along the Linden/Soesdyke Highway by the police in A Division concluded.

That camping exercise had involved the children in several outdoor and indoor activ-

Commander Clifton Hicken greets the youngest camper at Saturday’s closing ceremony ities, as well as classroom sessions.

All sub-divisional station officers within the police ‘A’ Division were present at Saturday’s closing ceremony, including the Traffic Officer and ‘A’ Division Commander Clifton Hicken.

This camp was declared open last Tuesday

by Commander Hicken, and was declared closed on Saturday by Assistant Police Com-

missioner Balram Persaud, performing the duties of police commissioner. He wished the children well in the future when they would have to practise the values they had learnt at the camp.

Assistant Commissioner Persaud told the children that, like diamonds, they need to be taken out of their various places of origin and be polished and groomed to become what they want to be; and that is a process that takes time and commitment, especially to those willing to invest in them.

Saturday was Assistant Commissioner Balram Persaud’s second visit to the campsite, where he interacted with the campers.

Also speaking to the children was Pastor Ewart, who was responsible for the spiritual aspect of the camp, and who got the children engaged in morning devotions. Camp mother, Deputy Superintendent Denise Fowler, and ‘A’ Division Commander Clifton Hicken also addressed the children.

The camp was deemed a success, and according to Hicken, the camp was not just arrived at out of thin air, but rather, there was much consideration and planning with respect to the initiative. He said that the distance of the camp’s location from the city was also part of the plan, since it allowed the police and camp supervisors to have the children brought to an area or location where distraction were minimal and where the children’s attention span could have been widened.

He alluded to the many children and their various cultures and backgrounds, while pointing to the efforts of the camp mother and supervisors in being able to work with the children in a manner where they were able to understand the way of life and of each other, although they came from different communities.

To show their appreciation to the police for the opportunity of being at camp, the children did dramatic pieces and several votes of thanks.

Onesha Hutson crowned Miss Global International 2014

By Alex Wayne IT was no surprise recently when the dazzling Onesha Hutson outclassed a field of other talented competitors to whisk away the coveted Miss Guyana Global International 2014 crown.

In a ‘chit-chat’ with Entertainment Bombshell, the bubbly lass related that while she was not intimidated by her competition, she however had to bring her ‘A’ game to outrun the other beauties who were all intelligent and gifted in one way or the other.

Expressing her pleasure at having won the pageant, Miss Hutson said she “feels beautiful inside for actually winning.” She noted also that to win a pageant, one has to

Tiger Bay and Albuoystown children pose with their fabric painted T-shirts which they designed during a session at camp

Performing the duties of Commissioner of Police, Assistant Commissioner of Police Balram Persaud is escorted into the camp chapel by Camp Mother Denise Fowler and one of the campers for the formal closing of the week-long session (Photos by Leroy Smith) Miss Hutson best describes herself as “funny, sports- oriented and enjoys indulging in a prank or two every now and then.” She is also a talented poet and is involved in some amount of playwriting.

She aspires to become an icon to teenagers around Guyana, and to be able to counsel and encourage them to enhance their social and academic development as they grow older.

That aside, she is a third year medical student at the University of Guyana (UG), and

Onesha Hutson, Miss Global International Guyana 2014

certainly “bring their best.” Noting that the other girls certainly gave her “a run for it”, Hutson informed that she has already started intense training for the international leg of the pageant, to be staged in Jamaica during December 2014.

Hutson had also competed in the Miss Guyana Universe 2012 Pageant, and was also a delegate in Miss Guyana Jamzone 2014.

She was urged to enter the Miss Guyana Global International by several colleagues who are fashion enthusiasts here. She acknowledged that the experience boosted her confidence and allowed her to market her talents positively. She is now confident in representing Guyana in Jamaica come December and vows to make a justifiable placing.

enjoys modelling, reading and indulging in extensive research in the field of phlebotomy.

She is particularly grateful for the assistance received from Miss Guyana Global International Franchise Holder, Sohan Badal, Ashim Alli, fashion designer Jason Shurland, and fashion enthusiast Melicia Partab.

After this pageant, she is focusing on entering many other pageants, working along with franchise holder Sohan Badal and Hashim Alli, Jason Shurland and Melicia Partab.

Linden police arrest men after finding gun in toilet ––live rounds elsewhere

POLICE in Linden discovered ten live .32 rounds in a home in that community on Friday night. The home owner’s son, who was present during the police visit, was arrested to assist police in their probe of this discovery.

And acting on information received, police conducted an operation in another part of the Linden community on Saturday evening between 20:00hrs and

21:00hrs, and unearthed a .40 pistol in the toilet of the home of another person.

That home owner’s son, who was at home at the time the search was conducted, was arrested and, up to late last evening, was also in police custody assisting with the investigations.

Neither of the arrested persons is licensed to carry arms or to deal with ammunition. (Leroy Smith)

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Old Kai: Chronicles of Guyana…

Raphel Trotman exposes Moses Nagamootoo’s deliberate attempt to mislead the nation OLD Kai believes that it was the author Piers Anthony who once wrote, “When one person makes an accusation, check to be sure he himself is not the guilty one. Sometimes it is those whose case is weak who make the most clamour.”

This aptly describes the actions of Moses Nagamootoo, who, in a recent letter to the press, accused the PPP/C Government of being afraid of the possibility of impending elections. In a letter riddled with unjustified attacks, he specifically notes, “Its (PPP/C) leaders scorn elections in much the same way as we hated castor oil when we were kids….”

The letter is a naked attempt to paint the picture that, somehow, the Government is afraid of the AFC/ APNU’s imminent no-confidence motion which they have already submitted to the Clerk of the National Assembly.

Moses notes that, “The PPP has the summer break (Parliamentary recess) to come up with workable strategies for holding elections, and mitigate the losses it has suffered with acts of blatant violation of our constitution, specific laws, and all norms of good governance and accountability. After this recess, there would be no more excuses. The motion is in motion.”

However, it appears that Moses was ‘getting a motion’ when he wrote this letter, because, if he is

accusing the PPP of being afraid of elections, why is he content on waiting until after the Parliamentary recess ends, sometime in October, to deliberate this crucial motion?

If he and his colleagues in the opposition genuinely believe that the Government is doing a terrible job in managing the affairs of our nation, logically one would expect that they would not hesitate or spare a moment in passing the motion, using their one-seat combined majority in the National Assembly, thereby paving the way for elections before the end of this year.

Waiting until October would mean that, should they decide to pass the motion sometime, then we would be having elections into the New Year.

This waiting is an indication that the PNC/R=APNU and AFC suddenly are in no hurry to pass the motion; as, despite all their hype, they clearly are comfortable with the PPP/C Government continuing to manage the affairs of our nation.

Maybe it was by divine intervention that, in the very Sunday, August 10, 2014 edition of the Kaieteur News in which the letter by Moses was published, the newspaper also carried a headline article which quoted the Speaker of the National Assembly, Raphel Trotman, as indicating that it is no other than the very

Moses Nagamootoo who can decide to debate the motion immediately, rather than wait until October.

The article specifically notes Trotman as saying thus, “The mover of the No Confidence Motion against the Government of Guyana will have to indicate to the Speaker of the National Assembly whether he wants an extraordinary sitting of the House in order to debate it before it (the House) comes out of recess in October.”

With this revelation, who should the general public now believe: Moses or Trotman?

This is not the first time that Moses Nagamootoo has been exposed for playing around with the truth; and this latest incident will further dent his credibility and continue to fuel the popular perception that he is not to be trusted when dealing with the public.

The bigger question here, however, is why would Raphel Trotman decide to expose his party colleague for misleading the nation; as, based on his revelation, it is now clear that it is no other than the ‘Naga’ who is the one stalling for time?

It could possibly point to yet another power struggle within the small party, especially with the prospect of elections on the horizon.

The actions and subsequent exposure of Moses indicates how the Stalinists -- those who have an unquenchable thirst for power -- really operate.

Decrease in rainfall has not impacted agricultural sectors –Minister Ramsammy

By Sandy Agasen MINISTER of Agriculture, Dr. Leslie Ramsammy has said that the two major agriculture sectors are not being affected by the El Nino conditions.

The Ministry of Agriculture in May issued an El Nino watch after having consulted with its Hydro-Meteorological Office, and taking into consideration predictions from various regional and international forecasting and weather agencies.

According to the Minister, Guyana’s rainfall at present has been below the average expected in accordance with the long-term averages. “We have not had the type of rainfall that we should have had, but the amount of rainfall we have had has been useful,” he said.

He reiterated that the decrease in rainfall has not impacted the agricultural sectors. However, it is expected that as time progresses, the amount of rainfall would be less and less.

Meanwhile, Minister Ramsammy expressed his concerns on the level of water in the conservancies, which is considerably lower than normal.

Dr. Ramsammy said, “The trouble is that our conservancies and irrigation canals would be going into the regular dry season with less water than they normally have. Therefore as the dry season continues, it will create distress.

“I am hoping that because we get early notice, I am hoping that the preparations we have made will lead to some conservation and therefore we will be able to manage.”

‘The trouble is that our conservancies and irrigation canals would be going into the regular dry season with less water than they normally have.

Therefore as the dry season continues, it will create distress. I am hoping that the preparations we have made will lead to some conservation and therefore we will be able to manage’ ––Minister Ramsammy

EL NINO PERIOD He indicated that the Ministry of Agriculture is expecting that November/ December is likely to be an El Nino period.

The Minister noted Agriculture Minister that this will affect Dr. Leslie Ramsammy the agriculture sector, since there will be no relief from the dry season.

The Minister explained that people are not appreciative of the preparations that need to be in place in order to reduce the impact of the El Nino. He also pointed out that his officers were often chastised and ridiculed, but regardless they have a job to complete, which is to protect the agriculture sector from the negative impacts of the El Nino.

Climatologists and weather forecasters predicted an El Nino for the Americas, starting in July and intensifying towards October and December. The prediction as of this time is that it could be a serious El Nino with severe droughts in many parts of the Americas.

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AROUND THE COURTS With Geeta Rampersaud

Donna Taylor murder PI creates local history HISTORY was created on Friday at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Courts when a video conference was held before Chief Magistrate Priya Sewnarine-Beharry to facilitate the testimony of the main witness in the murder trial of 22-year-old

Guyana Defence Force (GDF) Private Abiola Jacobs, indicted for the murder of 55-year-old Agricolan Donna Taylor.

Jacobs, of Lot 55 Evan Phillips Park, Agricola, East Bank Demerara, has been remanded to prison for the capital offence

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Particulars of the charge she faces detail that on January 31 last, at Agricola Public Road, Greater Georgetown, she murdered Taylor.

She was not required to plead to the indictable offence, and was unrepresented on her first appearance in court.

However, on her second appearance, Attorney-at-Law Adrian Thompson entered an appearance for her.

The prosecutor who initially began proceedings in this matter, Corporal Bharat Mangru, is presently on leave, and Police Inspector Michael Grant held for Mangru during his absence.

Approximately 13 witnesses testified in the matter.

On Friday, Grant called the prosecution’s main witness, Samantha Sabatt, to testify in the matter. The 27-year-old woman is a citizen of the United Kingdom who had come to Guyana earlier this year on vacation.

Sabatt gave her evidence from the Guyana High Commission in the UK via Skype (an Online site which allows persons to see and talk to each other) for a few hours.

Witnessing this video conference were the relatives of the deceased and accused, the defence attorney, the prosecutor, police

and the media.

The evidence was taken via Skype and was re-read to the witness, but the deposition was sent electronically to her. Sabatt read and signed the statements, and returned it electronically in the same manner it was sent.

Defence Counsel Thompson informed the court that the defence would be calling witnesses to testify on its behalf.

The date for continuation of this Preliminary Inquiry (PI) was set for September 9.

RECALL Police reported that Taylor’s body was found aback her Agricola home on Friday, January 31, with her throat slit, and her hands bound behind her. The cause of her death has been given as shock and haemorrhage due to multiple injuries. This is the official results of a post-mortem carried out on the body by Pathologist Dr. Nehaul Singh on February 3.

According to the police report, Sabat, Taylor’s friend, who had been a guest at her home at the time of the incident, was injured when she jumped from the window of the Lot 16/17 two-storey house in Agricola after persons had invaded the property.

Ex-soldier, accomplice remanded for larceny of motorcycle TWENTY-YEAR-OLD ex-soldier Gary McPherson and 20-year-old Ryan Goodluck both pleaded not guilty before Magistrate Ann McLennan to the charge that on Tuesday August 5, at Vlissingen Road, Georgetown, they stole from Keith Hecker one Swiss motor cycle, CF 786, valued at $300,000.

The prosecution facts are that the virtual complainant (VC) went to purchase chicken at Popeye’s and forgot his motorcycle keys on the bike. He, however, saw the two accused jump on the motorcycle and rode away.

He subsequently joined a minibus and tried to follow the duo. The matter was reported to the police and they were arrested by ranks on patrol duty.

Police Prosecutor Dinero Jones told the court that the motorcycle was not recovered, but both men were positively identified by the VC. Goodluck was represented by attorney-at-law, Ms. Kendacie Rodney.

Bail was refused both men, and the case will be called again on September 5 for statements.

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Full Gospel/MoH medical outreach benefits upper East Coast communities

By Shirley Thomas RESIDENTS of Haslington and its neighbouring East Coast Demerara communities benefited on Saturday from a successful Medical Outreach organised by the Haslington North Full Gospel Church, with support from the Ministry of Health.

This Outreach was the first of its kind to have been conducted in the community, and it was organised as part of a broader national programme of activities in observance of the Full Gospel Fellowship’s 50th Anniversary (Golden Jubilee: 1964-2014).

Services provided included blood pressure checks, glucose (blood sugar) tests;

paediatric treatment; treatment for coughs and symptoms of the common cold; treatment for muscular pains, with more complicated conditions being referred to medical centres for attention.

The Outreach began at around 10:00 hrs, and continued until approximately 16:30 hrs. On hand to give support to the initiative and ensure the smooth and orderly execution of the programme were the following persons: Senior Pastor Mrs. Kathleen Smith and her husband, Pastor Claude Smith; Pastors Gary and Onika Peters and Pastor Nigel Assanah.

Communication and Human Resources Officer, Pastor Gary Peters, who spoke with the Sunday Chronicle,

The Haslington North Full Gospel Church

said holding of the medical outreach was the church’s way of giving back some-

thing, not only to its members, but to the wider community, who have been very

supportive of the church throughout the years.

The Haslington North

Full Gospel Church has been in existence for approximately 21 years, according to Pastor Claude Smith, but has undergone considerable modifications, and now stands as a magnificent edifice against an impressive backdrop of the Atlantic Ocean.

Pastor Gary Peters expressed gratitude to Senior Pastor Mrs. Kathleen Smith and other members of the pastoral team; the Ministry of Health for providing outreach workers, free medical care and medication; and to the residents for their whole-hearted support and appreciative response to the initiative.

The residents too, were loud in praise of the church for making the Outreach possible.

Organisers of the initiative are, from left: Pastor Nigel Assanah; Pastor Claude Smith and wife, Snr. Pastor Kathleen Smith; and Pastors Onika and Gary Peters

A patient being attended to by a health care provider

A dream comes true for Berbice woman -with LUCOZADE Drive Your Dreams promotion

By Michel Outridge ESTHER Allison, of 172 Smythfield, New Amsterdam, Berbice had her dream come true when her name was pulled in the final drawing of the LUCOZADE Drive Your Dreams promotion yesterday.

Ms. Allison is now the proud new owner of a new Mazda Axela, and is well on her way to driving her very own car.

The other winners in the final draw are: Kimberly Holder-Smith of Lot 1 Surat Drive, Triumph, E.C.D., who won a 42” television, Shaquille Wilson of Lot 196 Greenheart Street, South Ruimveldt Gardens, Georgetown and Shamdass Jaipersaud of Lot 32 Friendship Sq. Area, E.B.D, who have each won a Lucozade Hamper.

Sean Abel, Brand Representative for Lucozade, congratulated the winners,

especially Ms. Allison, and thanked all the participants who entered into the promotion.

He noted that the response to the promotion was overwhelming, as it received thousands of entries, and he assured Lucozade customers that the brand will continue to energise Guyana and reward its customers.

The Lucozade Drive Your Dreams promotion was launched on May 14 and concluded on July 31, giving

The grand prize, a Mazda Axela motor car

22 customers the opportunity to win fabulous prizes, including Lucozade hampers, 42” televisions, and the grand prize of the car.

The final drawing in the promotion was held on Wednesday, August 6, 2014 at ANSA McAL Trading Ltd Head Office.

To enter into the promotion customers were required to submit four Lucozade caps with their name, number, and address in over 50 entry boxes in all leading supermarkets/outlets countrywide.

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Festival highlights...

Ministry, Tourism Authority come in for high praise -for a job well done

By Rebecca Ganesh-Ally THE Ministry of Tourism and the Guyana Tourism Authority have come in for lots of praise from the exhibitors as well as patrons who said the inaugural Guyana Festival was well planned and executed as the second day of the event concluded Saturday.

The National Stadium was transformed into a massive cultural village, offering visitors the opportunity to enjoy local foods, celebrate the rich heritage that exists in the coun-

try, and pay homage to Guyanese celebrities and indulge in the rhythms of Guyanese music. The event was dubbed 'everything Guyanese' and it was noted that they came out in their numbers to support their own. Families flocked the Coney Island to have their children sample some of the rides on offer.

Speaking with the Guyana Chronicle, parents congratulated the organisers on a job well done in putting such a unique festival together, and giving them the opportunity to have a family outing. A returning

Guyanese, who wished not to be named, said that she was happy to see how creative her Guyanese people were and was quite excited by the folklore that is still very much alive.

Anil, only name given, explained that the initiative is a good one, since our youths need to know about our heritage and culture and he also commended the Minister of Tourism for making the event a family-oriented one since there are limits on what a family can do together in Guyana.

Many persons also turned

Visitors at the Myths and Legends booth trying to get a glimpse of Guyanese folklore characters (Photos by Adrian Narine)

out to witness the exciting competition between the Master’s team against the President’s XI, and the spectators were entertained as Guyana’s past and present ‘greats’ in the cricketing fraternity met on the pitch.

However, the President’s XI were too strong for the Master’s X1 and Minister of Tourism (ag) Irfaan Ali congratulated both sides for the wonderful show they put on.

He said he is “proud to have such legends and upcoming stars in my midst and because of your performances

here today you have assisted us the organisers in making the Guyana Festival a success story.”

LEGENDS IN CONCERT The “Night of Legends” concert saw renowned Guyanese artistes such as Dave Martins, Sammy Baksh, Terry Gajraj Yoruba Singers, Mighty Rebel, and Sash Persaud among those performing. And persons could be overheard exclaiming that the coordination and execution of each performance was done so smoothly.

Browsing the crowd, some of

the patrons, who were more on the senior side, enjoyed the performances and expressed hopes that this can be an annual event.

The Guyana Festival continued yesterday with the two headlining events, namely, the Festival Cook-Out and the Generation Next Concert. Among the energetic artistes that performed include Lisa Punch, Jumo “Rubber Waist” Primo, Melissa “Vanilla” Roberts, First Born, Big Red, Rajesh Dubraj, Alabama, Adrian Dutchin, and Kwasie Edmonson.

Patrons visiting the Coney Island

KFC, Pizza Hut outlets in city closed -for maintenance, upgrade works Managing Director of the local KFC franchise, Mr. Deo Singh confirmed Saturday that all four KFC outlets in the city as well as the PIZZA Hut have been temporarily closed for maintenance and upgrade, and will be reopened as soon as works are completed.

He is assuring the public that there is no need for panic, since the service is definitely not suspended and customers will be able to ‘savour the flavour’ of Kentucky Fried Chicken

and enjoy the serenity and ambience that make for the comfort and satisfaction of the public.

Speaking with the Sunday Chronicle yesterday, Mr. Singh said that the KFC facilities located on Vlissengen Road, Bagotstown, Mandela Avenue and Stabroek, as well as the PIZZA Hut on Vlissengen Road closed their doors for maintenance works on Thursday evening, and are expected to be reopened next Thursday.

When the Sunday Chronicle visited the Vlis-

sengen Road outlet yesterday, work had already commenced, and carpenters and construction workers were working feverishly to get the job done.

A notice posted on the Stabroek facility states: “Please be advised that KFC will be closed for maintenance and upgrade.

Customers will be advised of our reopening. We apologize for any inconvenience caused, and we do look forward to continuing to serve you.” (Shirley Thomas)

Renovation works at the Vlissengen Road facility

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‘Night of Legends’...

A heady fusion of sound, soul and rich Caribbean ‘flava’

By Alex Wayne

COORDINATORS of the Guyana Festival 2014 certainly should be applauded for their efforts after they staged a remarkable ‘Night of the Legends’ Saturday night last at the National Stadium.

From the opening to the closing of this very reverberating initiative, it was a brilliant fusion of intoxicating Caribbean sound, soul and ‘flava’ that left everyone beaming with delight as legendary artistes took the large gathering down a memory lane that oozed of teenage romance, yesteryear pulsations and star-trimmed memories, dancing upon a moon beam.

So engulfed in the ‘musical memories’ that were emitting from the stage, patrons continued to dance and sing in unison, even when the rains came down, and some used their chairs as umbrellas, not leaving for fear of losing that special feeling unfurled by the ‘melodious galaxy’ that had them entranced.

By the time MC Ron Robinson would have taken the microphones by 21:30 hrs, the crowd was already all hyped and ready for the legends as they performed alongside the Shatki Strings Band.

First to take the stage was legendary and very talented dancer, Muntaz Ali who has been in the performing arts for over fifty years. He

The festive audience as they came in for the ‘Night of Legends’ Concert

quite comfortably executed a medley of Kathack, Soca and other dance genres and was energetically applauded for his efforts.

Next to come was Karen ‘Queen Maceeba’ Bennett who performed one of her very melodious pieces, ‘Haiti Shall Rise Again’ and this was quite fitting for the occasion. But Bennett turned the night sour when she decided to do her calypso selection, ‘Man looking fuh Man’ which drew frowns and murmurs of disapproval from sections of the audience.

Though she infused suggestive dance moves and

‘touched her private parts’ over and over, no amount of gyration and sexually suggestive lyrics could move the audience which heaved a sigh of relief when she left the stage.

With that unpleasant part of the show over, Michelle ‘Big Red’ King certainly took things to the next level when she came on stage with Caribbean Fire as she belted out her popular reggae hit, ‘Cry like the Rain’.

Then it was ‘wining time’ as this soca diva rolled her curves and shook her rear as she wowed the audience with ‘Guyanese Wine’. She

Michelle ‘Big Red’ King certainly added a certain sizzle to the event

left the stage to resounding applause.

Johnny Braff slowed things a bit, and smothered the audience with ‘liquid love’ as he delivered with great finesse ‘Same Time, Same Place’, before stirring up sultry tones with ‘It Burns Inside’.

Gordon Benjamin brought hope to broken hearts and soiled romances when he belted out, ‘That Wo n d e r f u l S o u n d ’ a n d ‘You’ve Lost That Loving Feeling’.

Desmond Atherly delivered a special serving of ‘Brazilian Flava’ when he

performed a pulsating piece in the Brazilian genre, before doing the popular ‘One People, One Nation, One Destiny’ which was well received.

Winston Caeser was exciting and truly spicy as he softened onlookers with ‘I Think I’m in Love’ and ‘A flower Named June’. Ravendra Pooran was a mind teaser, and sent a certain cooling on the festive crowd with an Indian selection, and his rendition of ‘Guyana is a Paradise’.

Ceclia Samaroo was scorching with probably the best vocals for the night. She took the audience up gritty

Dancer Muntaz Ali was certainly entertaining

mountains, and then made them soar into open valleys, before causing them to soak off their ‘party fever’ in lakes filled with rolling waves of ‘chutney fever’.

The Yoruba Singers Band served up a rich platter of traditional songs, bringing the Guyanese folklore back to life. The crowd was enticed and sent into hysterical laughter when their ‘Sista Anita’ executed, ‘Meh holla Why’, rolling her buxom, mountainous curves.

Ivor Lynch, Carol Graham, J. Lall, Glenn ‘Fluff’ Miller, Sach Persaud and the others were very entertaining, but it was the Trinidad-based Terry Gajraj who sealed the deal for the night.

With experience and great crowd manipulation moves he had the audience on their feet in no time. The crowd wailed in delight, and ladies were taken on stage as one lucky girl challenged him to a ‘Guyanese Wine Down’ and it was clear that he could barely control her undulating hips.

He teased his supporters with sweet lyrics, soca essence and tones associated with the countryside. He had the audience playing with their ‘ding-a-ling’ and screaming their heads off in wild abandon, adding a feverish aura to the occasion.

May left the venue in smiles, hoping that more concerts of this nature will be hosted here regularly.

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Sri Lanka win first Test as Pakistan crumble to Herath GALLE, Sri Lanka (Reuters) - Left-arm spinner Rangana Herath claimed six wickets as Sri Lanka fashioned an unlikely seven-wicket victory over Pakistan to go one-up in the two-Test series yesterday.

Herath took six for 48 as Pakistan crumbled to 180 all out in their second innings, leaving Sri Lanka to chase 99 for victory in 21 overs in a contest that looked to be heading for a draw at the start of the final day.

Sri Lanka got there with 4.4 overs to spare with skipper Angelo Mathews, who hit an unbeaten 25, stroking the winning runs to spark off celebrations around the ground.

Herath cleaned up the Pakistan tail, leaving Sarfraz Ahmed unbeaten on 52, his second half-cen-

Left-arm spinner Rangana Herath finished with excellent figures of 6 for 48.

Slow S. Africa creep up on Zimbabwe

By Nick Said HARARE, Zimbabwe (Reuters) - Zimbabwe stifled South Africa’s usually fluent top six but the world’s topranked Test side remained in control by reaching 201 for four, 55 runs behind, at the close on the second day of the one-off Test at Harare Sports Club yesterday.

The day yielded just 209 runs in the 90 overs on a wicket that is becoming increasingly difficult to bat on as Zimbabwe posted 256 in the morning session.

Faf du Plessis (69) and Quinton de Kock (27) will resume on day three.

In the hour after tea South Africa scored 11 runs for the loss of Hashim Amla and AB de Villiers as the home sided packed the offside field and bowled wide of off-stump, daring the South African batsmen to blast their way through the ring of men.

Amla (four) tried, but succeeded only in picking out Vusi Sibanda at cover off the bowling of seamer Tendai Chatara.

It was the perfect execution of home captain Brendan Taylor’s plan, hatched no doubt given his limited bowling options.

That subdued the attacking instincts of du Plessis and de Villiers, who left anything wide and what runs came were from rare deliveries on the stumps. de Villiers’ demise was lazy in the end as if the boredom of it all overcame him as he tried to hit a ball from off-spinner John Nyumbu

tury of the match. Dilruwan Perera chipped in with 2-68, following up his five-wicket haul in the first innings.

“This is not a kind of pitch that is bowler-friendly but I realised that on the fifth day there was something in it for the spinners ... we had a lot of faith,” Herath said.

“When there is support from another spinner it’s easy to bowl and take wickets. In that aspect Dilruwan supported me very well that’s why I was able to take so many wickets.”

Pakistan captain Misbah-ul-Haq said Sarfraz’s half-centuries were one “positive” he could take from a defeat he put down to folding “under pressure”.

“I think credit should be given to Herath, he

gress, but Matthias ignored their correspondence and went ahead with his choice.

“This is absolute nonsense

over cover, but succeeded only in picking out Sibanda.

Usually so fluent and difficult to contain, de Villiers’ torturous seven came from 34 balls.

Opener Dean Elgar fought his way to 61 from 146 balls before he was superbly caught flashing at a wide delivery by wicketkeeper Richmond Mu-

ZIMBABWE 1st innings (o/n 248-9) V. Sibanda c Petersen b Steyn

0 H. Masakadza b Piedt 45 M. Vermeulen lbw b Piedt 14 B. Taylor c Duminy b Piedt 93 R. Chakabva c Amla b Piedt 0 S. Williams c de Kock b Steyn

24 R. Mutumbami lbw b Steyn 21 T. Panyangara c de Kock b Philander 12 D. Tiripano not out 15 T. Chatara c de Kock b Steyn

22 J. Nyumbu c de Kock b Steyn 2 Extras: (lb-4, nb-2, w-2) 8 Total: (all out, 92.4 overs) 256 Fall of wickets: 1-0, 2-33, 3-90, 4-90, 5-120., 6-179, 7-204, 8-220, 9-246.

Bowling: D. Steyn 22.4-11-46-5,

Donald Tiripano, handing the debutant seamer his maiden Test wicket.

Under-pressure opener Alviro Petersen (32), who averages 21 in his last 10 Test innings, was also caught by Mutumbami - at the second attempt - after he attempted to paddle a legside delivery from Nyumbu.

V. Philander 18-5-51-1 (nb-2), M. Morkel 19-3-39-0 (w2), D. Piedt 24-1-90-4, J. Duminy 9-0-26-0.

SOUTH AFRICA 1st innings D. Elgar c Mutumbami b Tiripano 61 A. Petersen c Mutumbami b Nyumbu

32 F. du Plessis not out 69 H. Amla c Sibanda b Chatara 4 A. de Villiers c Sibanda b Nyumbu

7 Q. de Kock not out 27 Extras: (nb-1) 1 Total: (for 4 wickets, 84 overs) 201 Fall of wickets: 1-57, 2-132, 3-146, 4-157.

Bowling: T. Panyangara 16-7-18-0, D. Tiripano 15-4-42-1 (nb-1), J. Nyumbu 24-4-71-2, T. Chatara 15-9-17-1, S. Williams 14-1-53-0.

PAKISTAN 1st innings 451 (Y. Khan 177, A. Shafiq 75, S. Ahmed 55, A. Rehman 50; D. Perera 5-137) Sri Lanka 1st innings 533 for 9 decl. (K. Sangakkara 221, A. Mathews 91, K. Silva 64, M. Jayawardene 59; S. Ajmal 5-166) PAKISTAN 2nd innings (o/n: 4-1) K. Manzoor c Dickwella b Herath

3 A. Shehzad lbw b D. Perera 16 S. Ajmal c Dickwella b Prasad 4 Az. Ali c Dickwella b Herath 41 Y. Khan b Herath 13 Misbah-ul-Haq lbw b D. Perera 28 A. Shafiq lbw b Herath 8 S. Ahmed not out 52 A. Rehman c Dickwella b Eranga

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make mistakes.”

T h e s e c o n d Te s t starts in Colombo on Thursday and will be the final appearance of former Sri Lankan captain Mahela Jayawardene in the longer form of the game.

J. Khan lbw b Herath 0 Extras: (b-7, lb-3) 10 Total: (all out, 80.2 overs) 180 Fall of wickets: 1-3, 2-11, 3-39, 4-55, 5-111, 6-111, 7-133, 8-153, 9-178.

Bowling: R. Herath 30.2-11-48-6, S. Eranga 14-5-44-1, D. Perera 28-6-68-2, D. Prasad 8-3-10-1.

SRI LANKA 2nd innings (Target: 99 runs) U. Tharanga b J. Khan 12 M. Jayawardene b J. Khan 26 K. Sangakkara c Manzoor b Talha 21 A. Mathews not out 25 K. Vithanage not out 11 Extras: (lb-3, w-1) 4 Total: (for 3 wickets, 16.2 overs) 99 Fall of wickets: 1-28, 2-59, 3-73.

Bowling: S. Ajmal 6-0-29-0, J. Khan 8-0-55-2 (w-1), M. Talha 2.2-0-12-1.

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GFRC president Alfred King who is also the Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Culture, Youth and Sport, during the mini press conference exclaimed, “What kind of guy Matthias is; he’s a demon as he is deceitful”, adding “the fundamental respect for the constitution is not being observed. Essequibo doesn’t even have five clubs.”

Matthias declared that the GFF would not be hijacked by persons with ulterior motives.

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WICB REGIONAL U-19 CHAMPIONSHIPS

Hetmyer and Sattaur sparkle as Guyana complete win number four

By Calvin Roberts DESPITE two rain stoppages and reckless shot selection from their batsmen, host Guyana made it four out of four, with a 68- run victory under the Duckworth/Lewis Method over defending champions Jamaica at the Georgetown Cricket Club ground yesterday, to be the lone unbeaten team so far.

Asked to bat first in brilliant sunshine, the home team raced to 144 for 3 off 31 overs when rain stopped play, before they were bowled out for 184 off 40 overs, with Shimron Hetmyer 75 and skipper Brian Sattaur 41 being their principal scorers.

Gareth Henry (3 for 30) and Odean Smith (2 for 29) did the damage with the ball for the Jamaicans on the resumption of play which was halted for 72

Shimron Hetmyer minutes the first time, as the Guyanese added 40 runs for the loss of seven wickets during the period.

Needing to score 175 from 30 overs to complete the win, Jamaica never recovered after losing Leroy Lugg (00) off the fourth ball of their innings, even though Shahid Crooks 34 (2x6) and Ryon Burnett 17 added 60 for the third wicket and Smith chipped in with a fiery 19 that included a hat trick of sixes off Steven Sankar.

Balchand Baldeo (2 for 22) and Sankar 2 for 31

did the damage with the ball for Guyana, ably supported by Ronaldo Ali-Mohammed (1-0) and Damion Waldron (1 for 22) even as Shiraz Ramcharran continued to deceive the opposition batsmen with his guile, finishing with 0 for 14 from his six overs.

When Guyana batted, they lost Tagenarine Chanderpaul (04) at 8 for 1, before Sattaur and Hetmyer added 89 for the second wicket, with Sattaur hitting four fours and a six in his 64 balls 41, before he was run out, looking for a cheeky single to extra cover.

The inform Kemo Paul (07), who later bowled with raw pace and aggression, joined Hetmyer and saw the left handed Young warriors batsman post his first half century in this year’s tournament from 64 balls with four fours, before Paul was bowled by Ryon

Burnett (1 for 42).

Ashkay Homraj (09) and Hetmyer saw Guyana to 144 when the heavens opened up and halted play, forcing the officials to call an early lunch and when play resumed, the home team lost their remaining seven wickets in seven overs, for an additional 40 runs, with Hetmyer’s 75 spanning 84 balls and included six fours while Ramcharran contributed one four in his 12 balls 15.

Another shower prevented the Jamaicans from commencing their reply for 53 minutes and when they were asked to do so, the dreaded D/L Method faced them, following which Lugg and Odain Mc Catty (08) were dismissed.

Burnett and Crooks repaired that damage with their 60 runs partnership, but when they were separated, the defending champions were left in a gaze and were

it not for the hefty efforts of Smith, who struck Sankar for three consecutive sixes onto Regent Street, positing the team’s 100 with the second, they would not have reached that far.

Following today’s rest day, Guyana face the Windward Islands at the Albion Community Centre ground tomorrow while the Jamaicans have drawn the bye.

GUYANA Innings S Hetmyer c Lewis b Smith 75 T Chanderpaul c Burnett b Lewis 04 B Sattaur run out (Burnett/Morris) 41 K Paul b Burnett 07 A Homraj b Henry 09 R Ali-Mohammed c Lewis b Smith 03 K Savory run out (Burnett) 03 S Ramcharran b Henry 15 B Baldeo run out (Walters/Morris) 15 D Waldron c wkpr Morris b Henry 01 S Sankar not out 01 Extras (w9, lb7) 16 Total (all out off 40 overs) 184 Fall of wickets: 1-8, 2-97, 3-131, 4-147, 5-153, 6-154, 7-163, 8-174, 9-183, 10-184 Bowling: Henry 8-1-30-3 (w2) Lewis 7-0-30-1Thomas 3-0-26-0 (w2) Burnett 10-0-42-1 Walters 4-0-20-0 (w1) Smith 8-0-29-2

JAMAICA Innings

L Lugg c Sattaur n Baldeo 00 O McCatty run out (Paul/Savory) 08 S Crooks run out (Paul/Savory) 34 R Burnett b Waldron 17 R Morris not out 10 R Lewis c Paul b Baldeo 02 N Walters run out (Waldron) 02 G Henry c wkpr Savory b Sankar 00 O Thomas b Sankar 03 O Smith C Sattaur b Ali-Mohammed 19 Extras (w8, b2, lb2) 12 Total (for 9 wickets off 29.3 overs) 107 Fall of wickets: 1-0, 2-9, 3-69, 4-69, 5-75, 6-79, 7-80, 8-88, 9-107 Did not bat: Mark Parchment (injured) Bowling: Baldeo 6-1-22-2 (w5), Paul 5-0-14-0 (w1) Waldron 6-022-1 (w2) Ramcharran 6-1-14-0 Sankar 6-0-31-2 Ali-Mohammed .3-0-0-1

Scolari makes losing return to Gremio RIO DE JANEIRO, (Reuters) - Former Brazil coach Luiz Felipe Scolari made a losing return to Gremio when they were beaten 2-0 at arch-rivals Internacional yesterday in his first game since he was re-appointed by the club where he made his name.

Felipao (Big Phil) took charge of his first club game almost exactly a month after

his Brazil team were humiliated 7-1 by Germany in their World Cup semi-final.

Chile midfielder Charles Aranguiz headed Internacional in front from Fabricio’s cross in the 62nd minute, just as Gremio appeared to be taking charge of the game at the Beira-Rio. Claudio Winck added the second with a breakaway goal as Internacional

Regional Under-19 One-Day Championship – 5th round scores

GEORGETOWN, Guyana, (CMC) – Results of matches played in the fifth round of the Regional Under-19 One-Day Championship here yesterday: Scores:

At Demerara Cricket Club: No result ICC AMERICAS 55 for four off 26.3 overs (Abraash Khan 23) vs BARBADOS. At Enmore: Windward Islands won by two wickets.

TRINIDAD & TOBAGO 149 for nine off 50 overs (Jeremy Solozano 28, Tevin Jadoo 21 not out; Gidron Pope 4-23, Sherman Lewis 2-33) WINDWARD ISLANDS 150 for eight off 48.5 overs (Ryan John 29, Sherman Lewis 26 not out, Roland Cato 24; Akil Seetal 3-31, Samuel Roopnarine 3-36)

Luiz Felipe Scolari

extended their unbeaten run against Gremio to nine matches.

Scolari made his name as a coach with Gremio when he won the Libertadores Cup, Brazilian championship and Copa Brasil with the Porto Alegre club between 1993 and 1996. He also had a brief spell in charge in 1987.

The volatile 65-yearold went on to lead Brazil to their fifth World Cup title in 2002 and then took Portugal to the Euro

2004 final and the World Cup semi-final two years later.

He returned as Brazil coach but his reputation was left in tatters by their performance at the World Cup last month.

Internacional, second in the table, moved within two points of leaders Cruzeiro, who drew 0-0 at Criciuma.

Former Manchester City, Real Madrid and AC Milan forward Robinho also made an unhappy

return to a former club as Santos lost 1-0 at home to Corinthians in his first game back.

Robinho was raised at Santos and left the club nine years ago for Europe, where he never managed to live up to his early promise.

Santos had midfielder Alison sent off for a second bookable offence at the end of the first half and Gil headed the winner from a corner with seven minutes to play.

McIlroy wins PGA Championship by one shot (REUTERS) - PRE-tournament favourite Rory McIlroy recovered from a stumbling start and overcame a series of challengers to clinch his fourth major title by one shot at the PGA Championship oyesterday.

A stroke in front of the chasing pack overnight, the Northern Irish world number one regained control after the turn before signing off with a three-under-par 68 at Valhalla Golf Club for a 16-under total of 268.

Phil Mickelson birdied the par-five 18th to finish alone in second with a closing 66, with Swede Henrik

Rory McIlroy of Northern Ireland poses with the Wanamaker Trophy after winning the 2014 PGA Championship at Valhalla Golf Club in Louisville, Kentucky, yesterday.

Stenson (66) and American Rickie Fowler (68) a further stroke back in third.

McIlroy got within a stroke of the lead with a spectacular eagle at the par-five 10th, where he hit his second shot from 281 yards to seven feet, before effectively sealing the title with birdies at the 13th and 17th.

In gathering gloom at Valhalla, where play had been suspended earlier in the day for just under two hours due to water-logged conditions, McIlroy parred the last hole to win his third consecutive title on the PGA Tour, and his second major this year.

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CULT / EBFA U-17 League

Grove Hi Tech edge Herstelling 2-1

WHEN football continued at the Grove Playfield in the CULT sponsored East Bank Football Association Under-17 league on Saturday afternoon, Grove Hi Tech squeezed to a 2-1 win over Herstelling in the lone game played.

KuruKururu Warriors were winners via the walk over route as Agricola Red Triangle did not show up for their clash.

The ever improving Herstelling held their own against the seasoned Grove side but the home team kept their composure to take full

Grove Hi Tech in (yellow) and Herstelling players in action alst Saturday.

Grove, one of the most handed Grove the lead in the points and in the process 28th minute, up to that point, lethal teams when it comes maintained their unbeaten and it was a close encounter to goal scoring were just record. as Herstelling matched the not bale to have their way National Under-17 for- home team in every depart- against Herstelling, their ward Joel Dick, it was, who ment. second goal coming via the

penalty spot in the 61st minute when Dick was brought down in the area.

Lloyd Matthews, the goalkeeper for Grove was tasked with the responsibility of taking the shot and he almost messed it up. His first attempt was partially blocked by his opposite number, National Under-17 goalie, Quazim Yusuf.

The second attempt by Matthews hit the bottom of the right upright and somehow the ball again went back into the path of Matthews whose third attempt beat the diving Yusuf.

Grove was put under pressure in the 70th minute when Dick received his second yellow card and was given marching orders. Herstelling sensed that they were now in with a better chance to make something of the game.

They did reduce the lead when they were awarded a penalty in the 91st minute and it was buried by their leading scorer Seon Alfred to the right of Matthews who did not move.

But it was a bit too late and the game ended with Grove taking all three points.

Pollard, Roach and Taylor return to face Bangladesh in ODI’s ST JOHN’S, Antigua, (CMC) – Hard-hitting right-hander Kieron Pollard is set to play his first One-Day International in more than a year after being named in a West Indies 13-man squad to face Bangladesh in the three-match Dhaka Bank Cup series later this month.

The Trinidadian was sidelined by injury for most of last year and only returned to action during the domestic first class season earlier this year before earning a recall to Windies duty for the recent Twenty20 series against New Zealand.

Pollard is expected to boost the Windies fragile middle order especially with the out-of-form Marlon Samuels still out of favour.

He will be joined by

fast bowler Kemar Roach who has not played ODI cricket since July last year, also because of injury.

However, the Barbadian recently made a successful comeback to international cricket with 15 wickets in the three-Test series against New Zealand back in June.

Roach’s new ball partner Jerome Taylor will also make his comeback to one-day colours, after four years out of action due to injury and loss of form.

Like Roach, he made a successful return to international cricket in the recent Test series against New Zealand, taking 11 wickets.

The side will be led

by Dwayne Bravo and includes the likes of talismanic opener Chris Gayle, T20 captain Darren

CRICKETQUIZ CORNER (Monday August 11, 2014) Compliments of THE TROPHY STALL-Bourda Market &The City Mall (Tel: 225-9230) & CUMMINGS ELECTRICAL CO. LTD-83 Garnette Street, Campbellville (Tel: 225-6158; 223-6055) Answers to Tuesday’s quiz: (1)Johnson Charles (Zouks) (2) 7 times; 2 wins Today’s Quiz: How many games are scheduled for LCPL 2014?

How many sixes were struck in LCPL 2013?

Answers in tomorrow’s issue

Sammy and Test skipper and wicketkeeper Denesh Ramdin.

The first two ODIs are carded for Grenada’s National Stadium on August 2 0 th a n d 2 2 nd, w i t h t h e final game set for Warner Park in St Kitts on August 25 th.

SQUAD – Dwayne Bravo (captain), Darren Bravo, Kirk Edwards, Christopher Gayle, Jason Holder, Nikita Miller, Sunil Narine, Kieron Pollard, Denesh Ramdin, Ravi Rampaul, Kemar Roach, Darren Sammy, Lendl Simmons.

Kieron Pollard

Askay Homraj - a very special cricketing talent Letter to Sports Editor OVER the last twenty-five years as a cricket administrator, I have observed numerous cricketing talents that were earmarked for greatness but then they flattered to deceive. Some of them failed due to problems of their own including indiscipline and laziness but most of them failed due to the inability of those in authority to make proper investments in their careers.

I hardly get to watch cricket, even when my club plays due to my pressing duties as Secretary/CEO of the RHTYSC. Fortunately, for me three years ago I had the memorable privilege of watching a 15-year batsman, playing against the RHTYSC in an intermediate quarterfinal at the Area “H” ground. The pint-size lad, Askay Homraj, in a losing cause, turned into our very experienced bowling attack and blasted 72 runs from just 28 balls with five massive sixes and eight magnificent boundaries.

I had never witnessed such a brutal assault by a 15-year-old whose confidence in his ability was unbelievable. Experienced first division bowlers like Eon Hooper, Ravi Narine and Dominic Rikhi were blasted to all parts of the ground and their first words to me after escaping with a narrow victory was: “We have to get him, he has a special talent”. Askay was approached by me and the rest is now history.

Earlier this year, at the age of 18 he became the youngest member of the RHTYSC to ever win the club’s Cricketer-of-the-Year Award and it is my hope that the cricketing authorities both in Berbice and Guyana recognise that Askay Homraj has a very special cricketing talent. As I read Sean Devers re-

ports on his innings of 69 against the ICC Americas, I smiled. Phrases like “an array of delightful shots”, “his wide repertoire of shots” and “the spectators in the full members pavilion were on their feet” make me realise that Guyana is also impressed with Askay. Last year he scored a century versus the Windwards and also notched up two half-centuries and to date he has two fifties in this year’s tournament.

The beauty of Askay’s batting is his aggressive intent and he has a Viv Richards mentality that no bowler can dominate him, whether he is bowling pace or spin. It is my sincere hope that the relevant cricketing authorities in Guyana and the West Indies invest heavily in the careers of players like Askay Homraj, Kemo Paul, Tagenarine Chanderpaul, Sharaz Ramcharran and Shimron Hetmyer because they all have special cricketing talents. With proper guidance, they can all be our cricketing future.

We, at the RHTYSC would continue to invest heavily in the career of Askay Homraj and hope that others would do likewise as he is a special, special talent. It is also very important that we get all of our young cricketers to understand that discipline, hard work, faith in God, commitment and an ability to remain humble are the keys to success.

HILBERT FOSTER

GUYANA CHRONICLE Monday August 11, 2014

Amazon Warriors crush Zouks by eight wickets A 154-run first-wicket partnership between Martin Guptill and Lendl Simmons ensured the Guyana Amazon Warriors made easy work of the St Lucia Zouks’ 189 for 7 in an eight-wicket win for the Amazon Warriors yesterday at Warner Park in St Kitts.

The total represented the highest successful chase in the two-year history of the Caribbean Premier League.

The stand between Guptill and Simmons broke the CPL first-wicket record that was set only hours earlier by Johnson Charles and Andre Fletcher, who added 139 at the start of the match after the Zouks were sent in to bat.

The Zouks had a chance to nip the Simmons-Guptill partnership in the bud but Simmons was shelled by Liam Sebastien at long leg in the second over off Tino Best with the opener yet to get off the mark.

Simmons presented two more chances, on 45 and 64, with neither taken and eventually finished with 97. Guptill was caught on the boundary by Kevin Pietersen off Best for 66 in the 16th over

second place on net run rate with both teams at 6-3.

Finishing second would allow Guyana to avoid having to play in the initial playoff match which will be staged between the third- and fourth-placed teams on the CPL table.

The first place side after the regular season will receive a bye to automatically advance to the championship match.

At the halfway point of the first innings, the Zouks looked primed to end the season with three straight

wins thanks to the stand produced by Johnson and Fletcher, who made 62 and 78 respectively.

Navin Stewart came on late to bowl a crucial twoover spell which claimed both men two balls apart in the 16th over just as each batsman was setting up for a strong finish. Stewart also dismissed Kevin Pietersen in the 18th, courtesy of a spectacular one-handed leaping catch by Guptill on the long-on boundary and

finished with 3 for 22.

Ronsford Beaten conceded just eight runs in the 19th and three wickets fell in the 20th bowled by Krishmar Santokie to further dent St Lucia’s chances of setting a target in excess of 200.

Guyana’s fielding and death bowling were sharper overall and by the end of the match it was the difference between the two sides, allowing the Amazon Warriors to come away with the win. (ESPN Cricinfo)

Anthony dominates NSC `Teach Them Young’ Evaluation cycle programme Man-of-the-Match Lendl Simmons extended his good form with a superb innings of 97. while Simmons missed out on a century by unselfishly running himself out in the 19th over as Guyana hurried toward the target in a bid to

boost their net run rate.

Guyana got there with an over to spare and succeeded in jumping past the Trinidad & Tobago Red Steel into

Jamaica, Costa Rica set for tussle after big CONCACAF Under-15 wins

GEORGE TOWN, Cayman Islands, (CMC) – Jamaica set up a top-of-the-table clash with Costa Rica today, after they crushed Anguilla 9-0 to post their second straight win in the CONCACAF Girls Under-15 Championship here Saturday.

The young Reggae Girls were propelled by a four-goal outing from Jody Brown as they pumped in seven goals in the first half at the T.E McField Sports Complex, to put the result far beyond doubt from very early.

Jamaica, who trounced Belize 5-0 in their opening game on Thursday, now sit on top Group C with six points alongside the Costa Ricans who are also unbeaten in their two outings.

Following a 5-0 thrashing of Anguilla also on Thursday, the Costa Ricans routed Belize 7-0, to maintain their goal-scoring penchant.

Jamaica and Costa Rica meet Monday in their final preliminary game to decide the grop winners.

However, it was Brown and the Jamaicans who took centre stage. The 12-year-old opened her account in the 12th minute to follow up Chavelle Henry’s 11th minute strike that gave Jamaica the early lead, and then followed up with goals in the 17th and 19th minutes.

Gabrielle Gayle added a fifth in the 27th minute before Brown tucked in her fourth three minutes later, as Anguilla continued to flounder.

Shanhaine Nelson’s 42nd strike gave Jamaica a 7-0 lead at the half-time whistle and Jamila Ashley (61st) and Sydoney Clarke (70th) got on the scoresheet after the break, to complete the blowout.

In Group D action, Haiti edged Puerto Rico 1-0 while Canada easily stroked past Cuba 6-0.

JUVENILE cyclist Michael Anthony dominated the National Sports Commission’s (NSC)-sponsored `Teach Them Young’ Evaluation cycle programme which was staged at the National Park on Saturday by winning the feature 35-lap race as well as the 10-lap event for juveniles.

The nine-race programme which was organised by national cycle coach Hassan Mohamed saw Anthony win the feature 35-lap race for schoolboys, novices and invitational riders in a time of one hour 19 minutes 17 seconds, eclipsing the one hour 35 minutes .01 seconds that Albert Philander returned in winning the event last year.

Anthony also won two of the eight prime prizes that were up for grabs.

Hamzah Eastman placed second to Anthony and won two prime prizes as well, while Robin Persaud, Paul DeNobrega, Marlon `Fishy’ Williams and Alanzo Greaves finished third, fourth, fifth and sixth respectively.

Persaud, Enzo Matthews, Stephan Husbands and Warren McKay each won a prime prize.

In the juveniles’ race, Alonzo Ambrose finished second to Anthony while Husbands placed third.

The feature event went off at a brisk pace with the lead interchanging. However, after the completion of six laps, the eventual top six finishers along with Mario King broke from the pack and established a sizeable

Michael Anthony lead which they maintained of age. until the 26th lap when AnThe BMX boys 9-12 thony attacked the leaders years of age three-lap race and was never challenged. was won by Sherwin SampIn the end, he crossed the son. Second was Kristoff finish line all by himself.

Austin and third was Thuran In other results from SatGarbarran. urday’s programme, Adrian Rashadi Ceres won the Sharma won the five-lap race BMX boys 12-14 years of for mountain bikers ahead of age three-lap race ahead Ozia McAully and Emmanof Sceon Thegg and Shaka uel Gayraul while Maurice Cyrus respectively, while Fagundes was the winner of Shamar Dass was the winner the five-lap race for veterans of the BMX boys open three60 years and over. lap event. Second was SharJunior Niles was the ma and third was Stephan winner of the five-lap race Wilkinson. for veterans under 45 years Sampson also won the of age. Second was Bochel two-lap race for BMX boys Samaroo. Linden Black6-9 years old. Second was man won the five-lap race Jeremiah Harrison and for veterans over 45 years third was Alex Leung.

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Tridents crush Tallawahs to sprint to CPL final

A game that was in effect a shootout for a spot in the Limacol Caribbean Premier League(CPL) final ended with the Jamaica Tallawahs going from first to fourth place and the Barbados Tridents coming from nowhere to finish top of the table and qualify automatically for this Saturday’s showpiece.

The Tridents had set the Tallawahs 176 to win, primarily because of an excellent innings of 63 from Kieron Pollard.

On this small ground and on an excellent pitch, that may not have been enough, but some excellent bowling from the Bajans and some poor batting from their opponents saw them run out emphatic winners.

From the very start, regular wickets meant that the Tallawahs were struggling to get close to this target and, for the second game in a row, their batsmen let them down.

Having looked like the favourites to win the group stage, the Tallawahs will need to work hard to re-

Man-of the-Match Kieron Pollard hit an excellent innings of 63. had made 32 of the 35 runs group before the first playthat had been scored. off game on Wednesday.

Perkins started to find Dwayne Smith got the some fluidity with Smith’s Tridents away to a decent dismissal, and he began to start, going along at better make up for his slow start. than a run a ball. However, he No one seemed able to stay had little support at the other with him during the first end as William Perkins could half of the innings as Shoaib not get going. Smith was disMalik and Raymon Reifer missed just as he was starting both fell cheaply to shots they to accelerate, slogging Vettori mistimed into the air for easy up in the air. When he went he catches. Perkins continued

to move through the gears to get to above a run a ball, but he attempted one innovation too many as he was caught at the wicket attempting a ramp shot off the bowling of Rusty Theron.

Pollard was the man who needed to play a captain’s knock to set a defendable total thanks to the stop-start effort of his teammates. He had more time than he has been given in this year’s tournament to date, with over half of the innings remaining when he came to the crease.

He went on to record his highest score this season. The way he was able to attack low full tosses was breathtaking as he made his first really telling contribution with the bat.

He combined with Jeevan Mendis to take the Tridents up to and beyond 150.

They were going really well until a foolish miscommunication saw Mendis run out.

The Sri Lankan charged down the pitch when there clearly wasn’t a single to be had and was well short of

his ground.

Pollard continued to swing hard, but he too departed to Theron, bowled by a good length ball that he tried to over hit. It was an excellent knock, but his dismissal so close to the end of the innings will have restricted the total that the Tridents could have set. Kyle Mayers went on the very next ball, another man bowled by Theron.

This time it was a quicker ball and Mayers could not decide if he should defend or attack; he ended up doing neither.

Despite some big sixes from Jason Holder at the back end of the innings, it still looked a tough ask for the Tridents to defend the total they posted on this Warner Park ground.

As it was, the defence got off to the best possible start as the Tallawahs skipper, Chris Gayle, was dismissed for just a single by a full ball from Ravi Rampaul that trapped him LBW. His opening partner, Chadwick Walton, went in the next over to as good a catch by a wicket keeper as you will see.

The batsman feathered the ball down the leg side and Perkins dove full length to his left to take the ball inches above the ground.

A recovery of sorts took place, as a partnership between Adam Voges and Nkrumah Bonner brought the Tallawahs back into the game, but a senseless run out saw Voges depart for 10.

Owais Shah did not last long either, falling LBW trying to sweep Mendis.

Things did not improve from there for the Tallawahs as wickets continued to tumble and the rate continued to climb.

Only Bonner showed any real resistance but he could not do it on his own. Mendis put together a superb spell of bowling to strangle the Tallawahs in the middle of the innings, and they fell well short of their target. The Sri Lankan dismissed Bonner for 47, and with his departure so too went the slim hopes the Jamaicans had of turning this around.

Disgruntled delegates voice their anger, stage mini press conference

By Michael DaSilva DISGRUNTLED members of six associations affiliated to the Guyana Football Federation (GFF) on Saturday called a mini press conference to voice their anger over the way the affairs of the Federation are being handled.

The mini press conference was called after the associations staged a walkout of the GFF’s Ordinary Congress shortly after it reconvened on Saturday at the Regency Suites/Hotel, Hadfield Street.

It all came about after secretary of the National Women’s Football Association (NWFA), Aubrey Henry, questioned the legitimacy of the Upper Demerara Football Association’s (UDFA) Interim Management Committee (IMC) that was installed by the GFF and who therefore

Ivan Persaud had voting rights.

He also questioned the legitimacy of other persons who were given voting rights despite their non-conformity to the constitutional pre-requisites.

Henry, who was first to take the floor after the in-

troduction by GFF’s acting general secretary Mabiola Howard, stated that the Essequibo Football Association which was represented at the Congress is one of the errant units that were given voting rights.

This was vehemently denied by the association’s secretary Maxine Stewart who rose and said the persons who are objecting to her association being given voting rights are the same persons who kept them out from voting at the last election (2013). “They should be ashamed of themselves. We worked very hard over the past year to get our house in order and we are in order.”

She said the association has satisfied the requirements by regularising themselves and then acquiescing to the registration criteria.

East Demerara Football

Association’s (EDFS) president Aubrey Hutson was the first to exit the conference room after informing GFF president Christopher Matthias that the inclusion of the IMCs was unconstitutional and that they (IMC) should not be a part of the voting process.

However, Matthias disagreed with him and Hutson gracefully asked to be excused and left the forum and was followed by delegates from the Georgetown Football Association (GA), NWFA, Guyana Coaches Football Association, Guyana Football Referees Council and East Coast Football Association.

Also walking out were GFF vice-president Ivan Persaud and GFF committee member and president of the NWFA Vanessa Dickenson.

According to Matthias,

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Aubrey Hutson Persaud has been reluctant to work along with the GFF since the suspension of vice-president Collie Hercules and the resignation of vice-president Rawlston Adams. Persaud, Hercules and Adams are all from the Linden community.

This therefore meant that the remaining del-

egates could not form a quorum since 50 percent plus one of the Congress were unsuccessful as they represented only 50 percent of the body and this caused the Congress to be aborted for a second time in three months.

Matthias in a last-bid effort to have the issue resolved, approached the aggrieved delegates to come to a compromise but his efforts were futile, as they stood their ground and called the mini press conference just outside the conference room.

Representatives from the UDFA are claiming that eight clubs from the association wrote Matthias and identified their representatives for the Ordinary Con-

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