Guyana Chronicle E-Paper 06-09-2022

6th SEPTEMBER, 2022 TUESDAY No. 106837 $100 - both of Anna Regina Multilateral Secondary, attribute performances to self-discipline, right mindset - Guyana records improved performances in Mathematics and English - President Ali congratulates top students at CSEC and CAPE, encourages others not to lose focus Heeralall and Baboolall obtain 24 grade ones Anna Regina Multilateral’s Ramoll Baboolall, 24 grade ones, three grade twos Anna Regina Multilateral’s Outam Heeralall, 24 grade ones, one grade two PAGESEE3 Anna Regina Multilateral’s Daniel Dowding, 22 grade ones, three grade twos Queen’s College’s Saskia Twahir, 21 grade ones, one grade two Anna Regina Multilateral’s Chavelle Solomon, 19 grade ones, two grade twos Queen’s College’s Kripa Thani, 18 grade ones Queen’s College’s Sheridan Dyal, 18 grade ones, one grade two Queen’s College’s Bhedesh Persaud, 14 grade ones, one grade three CAPEtopsstudentQCat earningsinUS$4.3BrecordsGuyanaexportPAGESEE8 PAGESEE12

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The head-to-head challenge saw the women competing to make traditional Indigenous cuisine. The exciting and rigorous challenge was captured in photos by the Department of Public Information.

Celebrating Heritage Month

Ten beautiful Indigenous women, who are vying for this year’s Miss Amerindian Heritage title, completed their first preliminary challenge at the St. Cuthbert’s Mission on Sunday.

WITH 24 grade ones each to their name, Outam Heeralall and Ramoll Babool all of Anna Regina Multilateral Second ary School, shared Anna Regina Multilateral’s Ramoll Baboolall, 24 grade ones, three grade twos Anna Regina Multilateral’s Outam Heeralall, 24 grade ones, one grade two

Anna Regina Multilateral’s Daniel Dowding, 22 grade ones, three grade twos Queen’s College’s Saskia Twahir, 21 grade ones, one grade two Anna Regina Multilateral’s Chavelle Solomon, 19 grade ones, two grade twos Queen’s College’s Kripa Thani, 18 grade ones Queen’s College’s Sheridan Dyal, 18 grade ones, one grade two

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By Tamica Garnett

Heeralall and Baboolall secure 24 grade ones - both of Anna Regina Multilateral Secondary, attribute performances to self-discipline, right mindset the position as Guy ana’s top students with the most grade ones at this year’s Caribbean Second ary Education Cer tificate (CSEC) examination. Baboolall, an aspir ing b iochemist, ob tained 24 grade ones and three grade twos while Heeralall, an aspiring politician, earned 24 grade ones and one grade two. They were followed by their schoolmate, Daniel Dowding, who scored 22 grade ones and three grade twos.Shortly after the an nouncement of the results, the two top students spoke about their perfor mance.“All you have to do is be committed and Onceself-motivated.you’reself-motivating,youcanget to the goals that you want. You have to set your goals and moti vate yourself and work towards it,” Heeralall advised.Adding to that, Baboolall said: “You need to have the right mindset, you need to know what you want and strive for it. It [being a top stu dent] was definitely a goal. Words can not describe how I’m feeling right now; I’m very ecstatic and gionalperformanceresultsexaminations.oneshadtopwhonafromamong2017.sessmenttionalformersregion’sTheyersacademicnotalloverwhelmed.”Heeralall,BaboolandDowdingarenewoutstandingperforminRegionTwo.wereamongthetop10perattheNaGradeSixAs(NGSA)inThetriowas11studentstheAnnaRegiSecondaryschoolmadeitintothe28studentswho12ormoregradeatthisyear’sTheforGuyana’satthereexamwerean nounced by Education Minister, Priya Man ickchand on Monday, at the Anna Regina Secondary School. The minister cau tioned that the results are only preliminary results released by the Caribbean Examina tions Council (CXC) and as such will not be official until the con clusion of the period whereby students can query their respective results.The minister also noted that while Guy ana has announced the students with the most grade ones, it did not necessarily reflect the “top student” as this is based not only on the number of grade ones a student attains but also on a seven-point scale.Of the other 28 stu dents, Queen’s Col lege’s Saskia Twahir obtained 21 grade ones and a grade two. Twa hir was a top student at the 2017 NGSA ex aminations. Chavelle Solomon, also of Anna Regina gradegradeSecondary,Multilateralearned19onesandtwotwosandher schoolmate, Eshika Singh, and Queen’s Collage’s Kripa Thani both attained 18 grade ones.Queen’s College’s Sheridan Dyal ob tained 18 grade ones and one grade two and Saraswati Vidya Ni ketan’s AnnagradegradeSecondaryofwhileandsecuredLateishatwosoneseachan’saswatiMultilateralraniegrade16SarendranauthBhagmattiegainedgradeonesandfourtwos.ManishaBhrimofAnnaReginaandSarVidyaNiketNiashreeMadhoscored16gradeandthreegradeQueen’sCollege’sMcArthur16gradeonestwogradetwosLeezoPrasadSkeldonLinePathattained16onesandonetwo.PaulineFordeofReginaMultilat eral and Arianna Singh of Saraswati Vidya Ni ketan each obtained 15 grade ones and three grade twos. A total of 10,368 candidates in Guyana registered to write the CSEC examinations this year and some 213 attained eight or more grade ones, based on results provided by CXC.This year Guyana saw an overall pass rate of 68.5 per cent, an improvement from the 66.36 per cent pass rate achieved in 2021. This year, Guyana also recorded im proved performances in 20 subjects, con stant performances in six subjects, and outstanding perfor mances in nine sub ject recordedtainedperformancesTheareas.outstandingwereatinmusic,whicha100per cent pass rate, agricul tural science (double award), with a pass rate of 99.43 per cent and agricultural sci ence (single award) with a pass rate of 95.56 per cent. Indus trial technology re corded a pass rate of 98.68 per cent. The country saw marked improve ments in mathemat ics. The pass rate in this subject increased from 31.6 per cent in 2021 to 34.26 per cent in 2022. For additional mathematics, the pass rate was 53.88 per cent; for Eng lish Language, the pass rate increased from 67.72 per cent in 2021 to 70.84 per cent in 2022 while for English Literate a 72.47 per cent pass rate was recorded, an increase of 19.08 per cent over last year’s performance.

Liz Truss has promised to deal with surging energy costs and to cut taxes, after she won the Tory leadership contest to become the next Prime Minister. Part of her plan, set to be announced on Thursday, could allow energy suppliers to take out government-backed loans in order to subsidise bills.

Truss will succeed Boris Johnson after being formally appointed by the Queen at Balmoral Castle on Tuesday. The 47-year-old, the UK’s third woman PM, will then an nounce her Cabinet. In her victory speech, she promised a “bold” programme of tax cuts to grow the flagging economy and to prevent the UK tipping into recession. She will take the reins of power on Tuesday, bringing Boris Johnson’s turbulent pre miership to an end less than three years after the Conserva tives’ resounding election vic tory in Truss’s2019.most pressing de cision as premier will be how best to shield households and businesses from the soaring international price of energy. Her team is understood to have been working on a sup port package for weeks, with an announcement pencilled in for Thursday.Undertheir plans, the government would guarantee loans to energy firms, who would then use the money to freeze or lower customers’ bills.The loans would be repaid from bills over the next 10-20 years.Scottish Power, which pro posed the idea of governmentbacked loans, has estimated that freezing bills for two years could cost nearly £100bn. The new government is also expected to offer small businesses some support, al though the BBC has been told details of the plan may not be included in Thursday’s an nouncement.Speaking at the Queen Elizabeth II conference centre in London, Truss told party activists she would “deliver on the energy crisis” by deal ing with bills and boosting the UK’s domestic energy sources.

SNP leader and Scottish first minister Nicola Sturgeon called for the price freeze to include businesses, which are not normally covered by the UK’s energy price cap, and extra cash support. (BBC)

Truss, however, has ruled out further windfall taxes, say ing during the campaign it “sends the wrong message to international economicresponsiblepricessoever”“appearsDaveypeople,”she’sislivingbusinessespaignhadonpartyfreeze,toleaderSpeakinginvestors”.earlier,LabourSirKeirStarmerpledgedworkwithTrusstodeliverasayingtherewascross-agreementontheidea.Hecriticisedherapproachtheeconomy,arguingshetalkedmoreinhercamaboutcuttingtaxesforthanthecostofcrisis.“Thatshowsthatnotonlysheoutoftouch,butthatnotonthesideofworkingheadded.LibDemleaderSirEdtoldBBCNewsTrusstohavenoplanwhattodealwithrisingandtheTorieswerefor“lamentable”growth.

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“Boris, you got Brexit done, you crushed Jeremy Cor byn, you rolled out the vaccine and you stood up to Vladimir Putin,” she said. In a break with tradition, the outgoing and incoming prime ministers are expected to travel to Balmoral Castle in Scotland for the handover of power, rather than Buckingham Palace.The Queen has been suf fering from mobility issues and it is understood the change was made to prevent the need for any last-minute rearrange ments.Truss has promised £30bn in tax cuts in an emergency Budget later this month, having blamed the tax burden for the UK’s sluggish growth. Her proposed cuts include reversing the rise in National Insurance under Johnson’s tenure, temporarily ditching green levies on energy bills, and scrapping a planned rise to corporation tax. As well as the domestic agenda, her in-tray also in cludes continuing to support Ukraine after its invasion by Russia and repairing a fractious relationship with the EU over NorthernFormerIreland.chancellor Rishi Sunak, who attacked her eco nomic plans during the cam paign, told the BBC he would offer her his “full support”. He said he will stand again to be an MP at the next general election, but is not expected to be in Truss’s Cabinet. Labour has called on Truss to expand the windfall tax on the profits of oil and gas com panies to part-fund a six month freeze to domestic prices. The party followed the Liberal Democrats earlier this summer in backing a freeze, along with the SNP.

Truss beat rival Rishi Su nak with 57 per cent of the vote, a narrower win than ex pected.Those expected to be ap pointed to her top team include Kwasi Kwarteng as chancellor, former leadership rival Suella Braverman as home secretary and James Cleverly as foreign secretary.Following Truss’s victory, the Home Secretary Priti Patel and Culture Secretary Nadine Dorries said they would be stepping down as senior min isters.Johnson congratulated Truss on her victory and said she had the right plan to “unite our Trussparty”.paid tribute to her “friend” Johnson in her victory speech, adding he would be “admired from Kyiv to Carl isle” for his record in office.

Do not lose focus, keep pushing -

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President, Dr Irfaan Ali

AS students began ac cessing their results in the various widersteppingthesesultspleaseddentsandperformingcongratulatedficialeoDron(CXC)ExaminationsCaribbeanCouncilexaminationsMonday,President,IrfaanAliinavidmessageonhisofFacebookpagethetopstudentsencouragedstuwhowerenotaswiththeirretobemindfulthatexamsareamerestonetotheirsuccess.

President encourages students who sat CSEC and CAPE examinations

The Ministry of Edu cation on Monday an nounced Guyana’s re sults in this year’s Carib bean Secondary Educa tion Certificate (CSEC) and Caribbean Advanced Proficiency Examina tionsAnna(CAPE).Regina Multi lateral’s Outam Heeralall and Ramoll Baboolall were named the country’s students with the most grade ones at CSEC, while Queen’s College’s Bhedesh Persaud scored the most grade ones at CAPE.“Iwant to congratu late all those students who know that they ex ceeded their own person al limitations. I want to congratulate the parents, teachers, the community and all those who help in shaping them and allow ing them to achieve this milestone,” President AliThesaid. Head of State called on the students not to get lost in their achievements and lose sight of their continued growth and development. “I urge them to stay focused, to understand that this is just a step ping stone. This is just the beginning of a long road ahead, one in which continued dedication and commitment will bring the same joy and reward that they experience to day,” he However,said. not just celebrating the best per forming students, the President offered encour aging words to those who may not be pleased with theirHeresults.called on them to remember that they are still young and can still achieve great things. “At 15, 16, 17 years old the world is still filled with opportunities. Guyana is still filled with opportunities. You will have other chances, do not be discouraged, do not lose focus. Do not be disheartened, but find strength in understand ing that you’re still very young. You could rewrite your exams if you choose to go into an area with skill development, an area in which you want to advance your technical capabilities. Look for op portunities equal to what you’re most comfortable with and work towards ensuring that you too fulfil your desires and ambitions. This is just a brief stop in a long life ahead. At this stop some of us might be ahead of others. Some of us might believe we are behind others. But we are not really behind or ahead, we are on the same road together, arriving at the same destination eventu ally. And that destina tion is one in which we empower ourselves, we develop ourselves, we educate ourselves, we advance ourselves so that we can participate fully in the development of our country,” the Presi dent said. He added: “Recom mit yourselves, rededi cate yourself, refocus, rethink, realign and reposition yourself for success.”

Truss defeats Sunak in UK elections

Dear THISEditor,isarejoinder to my missive that Rishi Sunak would go down to defeat in the leadership race for the Tory or Conservative Party in the UK (Sep 5). The results are in. Liz Truss has won and should be congratulated by our government. She will succeed Boris John son as Prime Minister on Tuesday; it was a long campaign. Opinion polls had Su nak trailing almost two to one. I had indicated that he would close the gap in spite of the polls. Indeed, he did narrow the gap go ing down to defeat 43 per cent to 57 per cent. The re sults surprised pundits and even Liz Truss supporters who wanted an emphat ic victory of two to one. Truss would now have to reach out to Sunak’s supporters offering them Cabinet berths to unite the party. A majority of Tory MPs had favoured Sunak over Truss as Tory leader and Prime Minister. But party members decide the leadership. Some 97 per cent of the membership is white.Opinion polls have La bour ahead of Tory in the next general elections due by 2025. Polls show Sunak more popular than Truss among voters. This is all the more reason that Truss would reach out to Sunak; she will offer him a Cab inet berth of his choice.

Initially, I felt he would decline. But I now feel that he may accept a position to remain in the news, just in case Truss falters. As for Guyanese and Caribbean Briton voters, with hardly any being members of the Tory party, they like Sunak. It is too early to tell wheth er they will support Truss in a general elec tion. In the last election, a sizable chunk of Guya nese, Indian, and “Trini” voters cast ballots for Tory because they felt Labour had surrendered too many benefits to the EU.

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Yours truly, Vishnu Bisram

The Guardian report said: “Laura (not her real name) was in her car when a notification showed up on her phone, alerting her that an Apple AirTag had been detected nearby. ‘I didn’t know what it was or what it meant. I felt quite panicky,’ she says. ‘I pulled over and still didn’t know what I was looking at. My phone was showing a map of where I was with a trail of red dots indicating the route I’d just followed. I think I was in shock. I drove straight to a friend’s house and we searched the car.’”

The Guardian called the device “a gift to stalkers”. “Both Refuge and the Suzy Lamplugh Trust -- civil so ciety organisations in the UK which provide support to victims of stalkers -- have been contacted by women like Laura, who have re ceived AirTag notifications on their phones. Some went on to find the devices plant ed in children’s backpacks by ex-partners. Others had been slipped into the wom en’s pockets or handbags. In one case, the AirTag couldn’t be located at all. The Refuge team talked the caller through how to dis able it, but she still doesn’t know where it is hidden,” the report Recountingsaid. the horrify ing experience of being surveilled by her ex-boy friend, the survivor, nick named Laura, said: “I’m a dinosaur; he loved fancy new gadgets, and when we were together, he bought the technology… I was actually in the car on the way to get ting it fixed when I got the AirTag alert. “He also put some kind of tag on my keys – he said it was so we wouldn’t lose them – but it meant he knew where I was at all times. He had security cameras on the house, which he viewed on his phone. One night after we had separated, I got in at 11.30 at night, and as I was walking upstairs, loud mu sic started blaring out of the boombox. He had watched me come in on his phone and activated the sound sys tem remotely. I was running around the house unplug ging everything. By then I didn’t want to stay at home any more. I felt like I was goingTherecrazy.”isone aspect of the report, however, which offers a pointed critique of the discussions that happen inside the room of software development by highlighting some of the non-techno logical risks that should be part of product design, but rarely are. “The approach is: ‘Launch it, get it into the world, get it to market, monetise it and we can solve problems later… “That doesn’t happen in any other industry. You don’t launch a car and fix the seat belts months down the line –and that’s because there are strict laws and regulations, safety standards and testing. That just doesn’t exist in tech – and it’s a real gap. “All these features need to be designed into the prod uct pre-release… I’ve sat in rooms with social media companies and software developers and their security concerns are always around hackers and encryption. They focus on protecting company servers and data bases or protecting consum ers from cyber-viruses. But what about when the threat is from someone inside the house? There’s a total lack of understanding when it comes to domestic abuse and stalking, and how individu als become victims,” says Rory Innes, founder of the Cyber Helpline in the UK. While the pressure of be ing hypervigilant is already felt by some women, includ ing those who are survivors of some form of GBV, there is a greater need for software development companies to recognise the potential con sequences of products and consider consumer safety alongside profits. As a pre caution, since Apple AirTags were only detectable by Ap ple iPhones, the company has released the “Tracker Detect” app which allows non-iPhone users to track AirTags that are in close proximity to them for pro longed periods. This offers temporary relief, but only if consumers are savvy to know to download the app and watch for notifications. Reports of Gender Based Violence can be made to the Ministry of Human Services and Social Security’s hotline #914. The number is toll-free and operational around the clock.

Apple, the company that manufactured the iPhone, developed the product as a tracking device, but the in vention is now coming under criticism for how it is used considering how inconspicu ous it “AirTagis. is a supereasy way to keep track of your stuff. Attach one to your keys. Put another in your backpack. And just like that, they’re on your radar in the Find My app, where you can also track down your Apple devices and keep up with friends and family,” Apple Inc. said about the product on its official website.

W HEN we think about gender-based violence, particularly domestic and intimate partner violence, we are usually confronted with the abuses that man ifest physically, economi cally and emotionally. The world is changing around us, however, and the technology is grow ing at a faster rate than we can fathom. With it comes the increased risk of surveillance. It is un fortunate that the devices used to make our lives easier can also be weap onised against vulnerable people. In a recent report, the UK Guardian related the story of a young mother who had separated from her part ner and later discovered he was using the Apple AirTag to track her movements.

Apple AirTags

• The CSO estimated the island’s Labour Force for the period January to March 2022 at approximately 104,262 workers – with over 83 per cent employed during the first quarter.Prime Minister Pierre also hopes the implementation of targeted fiscal policies, in concert with the rollout of plans by the Ministry for The Youth Economy (which he heads as Minister for Finance and Economic Development), will create a vibrant and more conducive economic space that encourages private-sector expansion and decisively ad dresses youth unemployment.

Today’s new global norms have seen Caribbean govern ments cooperating in areas such as Food Security, Agri culture, Energy, Health, Trade, Tourism, etc., while shielding populations from the bundled burdens of combined Climate Change and Supply Chain problems, cost effects of the Ukraine war -- and an impend ing new global conflict over Taiwan.

• Government has ap proved new hotel and tourism developments worth EC $320 million;• The quarterly Labour Force survey conducted by the Central Statistical Office (CSO) for January to March 2022 estimated the national un employment rate stood at 16.1 per cent (after consistently re maining above 20 per cent for more than the past six years); • 59 per cent of busi nesses reported (through a Chamber of Commerce survey) that they “made more money” between January and March, compared to the same period last year, 83 per cent retained and/or added more jobs during the first quarter and 59 per cent forecast increased revenue for the second quarter (April to June);• 71 per cent of busi nesses forecast increased profitability over the next 12 months, 66 per cent forecast increased turnover over the next year, 71 per cent forecast an increase in business prof itability over the same period -- and 29 per cent reported worsened cash flow relative to the previous quarter.

• Construction grew by 20.4 per cent.

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• Excise Tax on Petro leum was reduced from 20 per cent to 10 per cent when this year’s budget was presented and reduced to zero in March;

• Service Industries expanded by 7.6 per cent, with overall 2022 growth rate now forecast at 6.3 per cent;

• $1 billion went to purchase and distribute fer tiliser to farmers across the country,• $800 million went to provide cash grants to house holds in hinterland and riverine communities (plus several other similar interventions);

Under the current Saint Lu cia Labour Party (SLP) admin istration led by Prime Minister Philip J. Pierre, Saint Lucia, the small Eastern Caribbean island traditionally heavily de pendent on tourism, agriculture and manufacturing -- and also under a new administration for the past year, likewise posted good results after the first 12 months of 2022.

• Mining and Quarry ing grew by 64.6 per cent, with a revised 2022 forecast of 99.9 per cent;• The Petroleum Sector expanded by an estimated 73.5 per cent (with 34.6 million barrels of oil produced);

• Manufacturing con tracted by 11.4 per cent in the first half of the year, but is now projected to grow by 7.5 per cent by year’s end;

The Economic Commis sion for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) is pro jecting the island’s economy will register the highest GDP growth among Eastern Carib bean Currency Union [ECCU] member states in 2022.

NEW realities, especially since COVID-19 first regis tered in 2020, have forced a combination of responsive adjustments by Caribbean governments to New Norms, working harder and better and cooperating more than ever to grow their economies and care for people – and yielding better results at na tional and regional levels. After the first two years of the current PPP/Civic admin istration led by President, Dr Irfaan Ali, Guyana, as one of the fastest oil-and-gas econo mies globally today, has spent more than ever, with better than ever results, while continuing to lead regional economic development and revival with phenomenal growth rates that help the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) post much-better performance figures on the globalReportingscale. on Guyana’s overall financial and economic performance during the first six months of 2022, Finance Min ister Dr Ashni Singh reported last •week:Overall Gross Do mestic Product (GDP) growth of 36.4 per cent, with the nonoil economy growing by 8.3 per cent; and real GDP growth now projected at 56 per cent overall by year’s-end and nonoil GDP growth at 9.6 per cent.

• The bauxite industry grew by 31.9 per cent; and other Mining and Quarrying industries by 36.3 per cent;

• Balance of Payments recorded a US$100 million deficit, with receipts expanded by US$2,330.2 million, out weighing the US$506.6 million increase in imports;

But Guyana and Saint Lucia are showing that CARICOM is quite aware of the dangers at hand -- and the eternal wisdom behind the ageless proverb: Where there’s a will, there’s a way.

Where there’s political will, there’ll always be better ways forward!

Guyana is showing the benefits of prudent handling of the nation’s financial, econom ic and natural resources, while paying equal attention to de velopment of human resources with clear visions in mind today as to where it wants to be tomorrow -- and next year.

• Credit to the private sector rose by 7.5 per cent to $308.3 billion;

• Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing expanded by 10.9 per cent and is now expected to grow by 11.9 per cent.

• The Natural Re sources Fund (NRF) received US$307 million from its share of profit from oil, plus US$37.1 million in royalties, with a cu mulative balance, including interest, of US$753.3 million -- after withdrawing US$200 million in May; and

The OECS comprises An tigua & Barbuda, Dominica, Grenada, Saint Lucia, St. Kitts and Nevis, St. Vincent & The Grenadines, as well as non-in dependent British-controlled territories Anguilla, Bermuda, British Virgin Islands (BVI), Cayman Islands, Montserrat, and the Turks & Caicos Is lands.The ECCU unites the OECS member states, which all use the Eastern Caribbe an (EC) dollar (U$ 1 = EC $2.71).]ECLAC’s latest annual re port, Economic Survey of Latin America and the Caribbean 2022: Trends and Challenges of Investing for a Sustainable and Inclusive Recovery, says Saint Lucia’s accelerated GDP growth trajectory is for eight per cent.The island’s figures also read well:

• Government antici pates 13 lifts from oil profits for 2022 and (subject to the evolution of world market oil prices) now projects US$1.1 billion from profits from oil sales and US$147.7 million in royalties.ButGuyana is not alone, as Saint Lucia is also leading fellow Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS) and regional Small Island Develop ing States (SIDS) – including Barbados -- in growth regis tered and projected for 2022.

QC student tops at CAPE

It was noted that the IDPADA-G is a private limited liability company that has been using taxpayers’ funds to benefit a few in fluential persons con nected to the political opposition under the guise of furthering the cause of Afro-Guya nese.Minister McCoy said, “The government will not be deterred by the APNU+AFC she nanigans as IDPADAG must account for the use of state resources.”

breaktheheengineeryears,”offhasthatblingasingSchool,ReginaceremonyManickchandtionMondaywerenaryGuyana’sfour.prelimiresultsforCAPEannouncedonbyEducaMinister,PriyaduringaattheAnnaMultilateralRegionTwo.Persaud’soutstandperformancecamenosurprisetohim.“It’saveryhumfeelingtoknowallthehardworkcontinuedtopayoverthelastfewhesaid.Theaspiringcivilsharedthatnowplanstospendnextyeartakingabeforeproceed

This is according to Minister within the Office of the Prime Minister with respon sibility for Public Af fairs, Kwame McCoy, who stated that the op position continues to churn out blatant lies andThedeception.minister, in an invited comment, stated that the latest ploy surrounds another manufactured lie to its supporters that funds to the tune of $145 million were being misused by the Office of the First Lady, the President’s Youth Ad visory Council, and the Office of the Commis sioner of Information. He noted that the claim is “absurd and illogical” as the funds that were allocated to the Youth Advisory Council were returned to the Consolidated Fund in 2020 and 2021 as the council was not yet theranceused.forofandphaseannouncedAliaddedMinisterestablished.McCoythatPresidentonAugust12thefirstofthecouncil,clarifiedthatnonethefundsallocatedthisyearhasbeenHesaid,“Infuroftheirfalse

Persaud was fol lowed by Vish Kis tama of Berbice High School, who attained 10 grade ones and one grade two. Saraswati Vidya Nakitan’s At ishta Seenarine fin ished with nine grade ones and Trenny Ed wards of St Stanislaus College earned six grade ones, three grade twos and threes and one grade

APNU+AFC deflecting attention from IDPADA-G’s squander of public funds

QUEEN’S COL LEGE’S Bhedesh Persaud for the third consecutive year has topped the country in one of the (CAPE).ficiencybeandentbygrade14year,examinations.regionalThisheobtainedgradeonesandathree,themostaGuyanesestuattheCaribAdvancedPro-Examination

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ing to university in 2023.Persaud was the country’s top CAPE student in 2021 in his first year in Sixth Form. Then, he ob tained eight grade ones and a grade two. He was also the country’s top student at the 2020 Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate (CSEC) icoutstandingsessmenttionalpupilstheonesobtainingexaminations,22gradeandagradetwoHewasalsoamongcountry’stop10atthe2015NaGradeSixAs(NGSA).Persaudcreditedhisacademperformancetohis

wide-ranging support system.“Ican’t credit it to one person. I credit it to God, my parents, my family, my teachers, my friends, my men tors, there’s a long list of persons. A whole lot of persons would’ve helped me along the way,” he Persaudsaid.is advising students, who are now preparing to write their CAPE and CSEC, to ensure they put in the necessary hard work. “As it is the begin ning of an academic year, to all students I would say use the next nine months to really think about what you want and com mit yourself to get ting that. You might have to sacrifice a few things but it’s worth the sacrifice,” the 18-year-old said. A total of 671 can didates in Guyana reg istered to write CAPE this year across 12 sec ondary schools and four private centres. This year marked the first year that CAPE was written at centres in Regions Two and Three. Guyana saw a pass rate of 93.22 per cent, a marked increase over the 90.86 per cent pass rate record ed last year.

Queen’s College’s Bhedesh Persaud THE latest claims by the opposition A Partnership for Na tional Unity + Al liance For absurdadministrationdent,fundsthere(APNU+AFC)ChangethatwasmisuseofbythePresiDrIrfaanAliareandillogical.

- Minister McCoy says Minister within the Office of the President with Responsibility for Public Affairs, Kwame McCoy narrative, thatquestioned,whollyThesesionerOfficeLadythethatpreposterouslyAPNU+AFCclaims$58MwasspentbyOfficeoftheFirstand$70MbytheoftheCommisofInformation.claimsarealsoinaccurate.”Withthisbeingheaddedtheworkofthe

First Lady, Arya Ali, and her office is well known across Guyana and beyond reproach. Further, the minis ter indicated that this is a failed attempt of the opposition to de flect attention from the misuse of almost $500 million in government funding provided to the International Decade for People of African Descent AssemblyGuyana (IDPADA-G).

Over the weekend, the persons within the political opposition made the statement at a public meeting in retaliation for the gov ernment’s questions about the spending of public funds by the IDPADA-G over the past four Duringyears.this meet ing, one speaker urged their supporters to de mand accountability for the funds allegedly spent by the respective agencies.Several of the claims that were made during this public meeting were also re futed by the Permanent Secretary of the Of fice of the President, Abeena Moore. In reports to the media, Moore, too, stated that the Youth Advisory Council has not utilized any money since 2020, and not a cent has been spent as yet. She further noted that the figures men tioned by the opposition activist were incorrect.

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From left: Chief-Executive Officer of CHPA,-Sherwyn Greaves and Minister of Housing and Water, Collin Croal, at the outreach on Monday Souci. In his remarks, Greaves noted CHPA’s commitment to engaging citizens from every geographical area, as a way of meeting the housing demand. He further stated that irrespective of location, the agency will explore all options possible to cater to the unique needs of the island.Meanwhile, Minister Croal spoke of the minis try’s plan to allocate lands to persons who are interested. He noted that in the coming weeks the ‘Dream Realised’ Housing Drive Region Three exercise will cater to persons who are interested in lands outside of the island. Re sponding to questions about residential lots on the island, the minister also stated that the ministry will explore the possibility of acquiring lands at Wakenaam.Residents were afforded the opportunity to lodge new applications, update exist ing allocations and register for a housing option of their choice. At the end of the exercise, the CEO stated that over 200 persons expressed interest in lands outside of the island (Region Three and Four). Additionally, 50 new applications from residents were processed; and another 120 persons purchased forms to initiate the application process. NDC Chairman, Sheik Syed Amad lauded the efforts of the agency and its staff for the outreach, which he deemed a timely and necessary one. A team from the Guyana Water Incorporated (GWI) was also at the outreach engag ing residents. (DPI)

RESIDENTS of Wak enaam, Region Three, turned out in their num bers for the first-ever hous ing outreach at the island on Monday. The activ ity was in keeping with a commitment of President, Dr. Mohamed Irfaan Ali. It was led by Minister of Housing and Water, Collin Croal and Chief Execu tive Officer (CEO) of the Central Housing and Plan ning Authority (CHPA), Sherwyn Greaves, at the Neighbourhood Democrat ic Council (NDC) in San

Hundreds turn out for first-ever housing outreach at Wakenaam

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GUYANA has con demned, in its strongest possible terms, the most recent harassment of Guyanese fisherfolk by the Surinamese Gov ernment, inclusive of its failure to grant licenc es to local fishermen in keeping with a commit ment made to President, Dr Mohamed Irfaan Ali, on November 26, 2020, during a visit to Suri name. According to a state ment issued by Guyana, during the November 2020 visit, Agriculture Minister, Zulfikar Mustapha, met with Agriculture, Live stock and Fisheries Minis ter of Suriname, Parman and Sewdien and request ed the issuance of 150 SK licences which will allow Guyanese fishermen to ply their trade in Suriname OceanThewaters.statement noted that Minister Mustapha recalled the earlier discus sions between President Ali and the President of Suriname, Chandrikaper saud Santokhi, that there should be an agreement on the issuance of the number of licences requested by Guyana.Minister Sewdien also indicated that his Govern ment would form a compa ny that will deal with the issuing of licences to the Guyanese fishermen. At the last meeting of President Ali and President Santokhi in Georgetown, it was agreed that by Janu ary 1, 2022, arrangements would have been put in place to facilitate the issu ance of the 150 SK licenc es to Guyanese fishermen. Taking into account this decision, Minister Mustapha communicated the names of the persons interested in being issued licences via a letter dated November 16, 2021 to his Surinamese counterpart. “To date, the Govern ment of Guyana has not been advised on the status of the establishment of the company referred to, nor on the issuance of the licences. “In the absence of the issuance of these li cences, our fisherfolk continue to face harass ment at the hands of the Surinamese authorities, including fishing ves sels [being] stranded in Suriname and cannot return to Guyana for fear of losing their licenc es. The Government of Guyana, therefore, calls on the Government of Suriname to not renege in its commitment and to make known the current position of the issuance of the licences,” the state ment concluded.

Guyana condemns harassment of local fisherfolk by Suriname authorities

FACINGCHALLENGESFAMILYFARMING

According to the report, there is a need for funding, capacity-building, improved data collection for decisionmaking and linkages across markets in order to incentivize climate change-resilient production (IICA)

Kelly Witkowski, IICA Climate Action and Sustainable

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Bunge, Director of Climate Change Support in Pri ority Areas with Mex ico’s Secretariat of Agriculture and Rural Development (SAD ER), affirms that “we must recognise the het erogeneity that exists in production systems and strive for the coex istence of all systems. While family farming is fundamental, we also have industrial agricul ture, and we must de termine how to include it in sustainability pro cesses within the terri tory. This is essential if we are to promote col lective“Theaction.”main lesson learned in the NDC pro cess in Colombia is that we must prioritise adap tation in our countries. Our farmers are more and more vulnerable every day—smallhold ers do not have much ca pacity to adapt in terms of resources or technol ogy. We must work very closely with them with specific strategies and promote the traditional seeds the communities have because they are very resilient to climate change,” expressed Nel son Lozano, Forestry Coordinator with Co lombia’s Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development. “If we want to be more ambitious in terms of the NDCs, it is essential to priori tise measures based on national and territo rial conditions,” stated Tatiana Paredes, Risks and Agricultural As surance Director with the Secretariat of Ag ricultural Innovation Networks of Ecuador’s Ministry of Agricul ture. (IICA)

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“There is no ques tion that the effects of climate change put addi tional pressure on smalland medium-scale farm ing and critical resources like water. In our region, there are close to 21 mil lion small and edManagerilyDevelopmentMariobeholdings—theymedium-cannotleftout,”affirmedLeón,TerritorialandFamFarmingProgrammeforIICA.Thecountriesincludinthestudyhave,toa greater or lesser extent, legal frameworks and institutional arrange ments in place to de velop the capacities of their agricultural sector and participate in the climate agenda and in the NDC implementa tion processes. How ever, despite the sector’s contributions to achiev ing the objectives and priorities, its progress still lags compared to other sectors that are more exposed to the climate agenda, such as the environmental and energyVerónicasectors.

Contributions of family farmers celebrated - in IICA-IFAD report which also outlines pending challenges regarding action against climate change

FAMILY farming is highly vulnerable to climate change-relat ed extreme weather events, a vulnerability that is exacerbated by a lack of funding, the deterioration of soil health and high pro duction costs. In Latin America and the Car ibbean, this sector is making important con tributions to resilience, adaptation and mitiga tion, however, which often go unnoticed. These are the conclu sions of the document titled, “Paris Agreement and agriculture: A look at the implementation of NDCs in Latin Amer ica”, prepared by the Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agri culture (IICA) and fund ed by the International Fund for buildingfacilitate2022takeCOP27,securitysureproductionandrateforopportunitiesthechallengesUNFCCCPartiesthetopicabilitychangetotureCCC).ClimateworkUnitedAgreementtopublic,andmala,lombia,inContributionsNationallytustheDevelopmentAgricultural(IFAD).ThereportpresentsimplementationstainagricultureoftheDetermined(NDCs)Brazil,Bolivia,CoEcuador,GuateHonduras,MexicoTheDominicanRewhichweresetimplementtheParisundertheNationsFrameConventiononChange(UNFThisyear,agriculanditscontributionsmitigatingclimateandtosustainwillbeakeyofdiscussionatConferenceofthe(COP27)totheduetotheimposedbyclimatecrisisandtheitpresentsthesectortoincorposcience,innovationtechnologyintofoodtohelpenfoodandnutritionfortheplanet.OntheroadtoscheduledtoplaceinNovemberinEgypt,IICAwillaconsensus-processamong the ministers and sec retaries of agriculture of the Americas geared toward presenting a uni fied position at the cli mate forum. The author ities will participate in the discussion scheduled for September 22-23 in San Jose, Costa Rica.

The report prepared by IFAD and IICA shows important pro gress in the implementa tion of the commitments made by the countries to face climate change at the sector level, better prioritisation of actions and greater participation of agricultural stake holders in this objective. But it also shows gaps in the dissemination of action plans, innovation, funding and recording of the contributions made by family farming to the NDCs.“We must coordinate the best practices that are being implemented in the countries by means of a network in order to quantify them. Without data, we will not have the support necessary to recognise the contribu tions of family farming,” said Miguel tion, primarily in the research, development and innovation of family farming,” commented Frederico Lacerda, Op erations and Project An alyst for IFAD in Brazil.

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Several houses damaged by high winds

A ROBUST performance from the oil and gas sec tor, and a marginal in crease in non-oil exports during the first half of 2022, have pushed Guy ana’s export earnings to US$4.3 billion, more than double the sum recorded during the same period last year, according to the Ministry of Finance. Specifically, according to the ministry in its midyear report, total export earnings grew by approxi mately US$2,330,200,000 to UnitybeingPhaseFinanceduction,”(FPSO)tionLizawithportincreasetheUS$1,296,600,000theendUS$3,612,300,000crudetheandments.centoutweighingUS$4,352,300,000,the41.2pergrowthinimportpayIntheareaofoilgas,earningsfromexportationofoilamountedtoattheofthefirsthalfofyear,juxtaposedwithoversameperiodlastyear.“Thisistheresultofanintheaverageexpriceofoil,combinedtheintroductionoftheUnityfloatingproducstorageandoffloadingtolocaloilprotheMinistryofsaid.TheoperatoroftheLizaTwoprojectwhichisservicedbytheLizaFPSO,ExxonMobil,

“More importantly, we have demonstrated the capacity and commit ment to working assidu ously to make this vision a reality, so that benefits can redound to citizens in the shortest possible time,” Senior Finance Minister Dr. Ashni Singh said in the mid-year re port. more than double the sum recorded during the same period last year, according to the Ministry of Finance

Guyana records US$4.3B in export earnings

has four sanctioned pro jects offshore Guyana. Of those, Liza Phase One is producing approxi mately 130,000 barrels per day, using the Liza Destiny FPSO vessel, while the Liza Phase Two project, which started production in February, is steadily ramping up to its capacity of 220,000 barrels per day. The third project, Pa yara, is expected to pro duce 220,000 barrels per day; construction of its production vessel, the Prosperity FPSO, is run ning approximately five months ahead of schedule, with start-up likely before year end 2023. The fourth project, Yellowtail, is ex pected to produce 250,000 barrels per day when the One Guyana FPSO comes on stream in ExxonMobil2025. is also moving ahead with plans for its fifth development project in the Stabroek Block, Uaru, which is ex pected to produce up to 250,000 barrels of oil per day.“These projects will bring huge benefits to Guy ana,” President of Exx onMobil Guyana, Alistair Routledge, said during a brief interview released by ExxonMobil.Itwasreported that returns from the sector are expected to catapult Guyana to the ranks of wealthiest countries in the Western Hemisphere, thereby increasing the gov ernment’s fiscal space to invest in initiatives geared at expanding the economy, and improving the overall welfare of citizens. In order to solidify the foundation of Guyana’s economy and enhance the overall well-being and wel fare of every Guyanese, the government is crafting a framework for develop ment that will be sustained through prudent and effec tive investment of oil funds into education, health, in frastructure and the non-oil sectors.Natural Resources Minister, Vickram Bhar rat, recently reinforced the government’s position regarding the diversifica tion of Guyana’s economy with the use of oil funds, noting that the government intends to diversify away from oil and focus on the provision of world-class healthcare, infrastructure and other social services to enhance the lives of all Guyanese.Those efforts would also be supported by in creased production in the non-oil sectors, which fared well during the first half of 2022; this is evi denced by the two per cent increase in export earnings from those sectors. This performance is on account of improvements from the “others,” baux ite and timber categories, which grew by US$31.3 million, US$7.2 million and US$3.1 million, re spectively.Within the “others” cat egory, notable outturns were recorded for com modities such as shrimp and prawns, diamonds, and fish and Timberby-products.exports grew amid an increase in the volume of logs and sawn wood, and bauxite exports were supported by greater performance from both operators within the sector.

“Led by President Ali, and fuelled by the rapid economic growth, we have embarked on a period of rapid transformation, and our Government has laid out a masterplan for the rapid development and transformation of Guyana.

Meanwhile, in the Bareroot village, between 10:30hrs and 12:00hrs, high winds caused dam age to several houses.

A NUMBER of homes in Dazzell Housing Scheme and Bareroot, East Coast Demerara (ECD) suffered extreme damage as a re sult of the heavy rainfall and winds on Monday. Members of the Guyana Police Force (GPF) from the Regional Division 4 ‘C’ visited both areas on the East Coast of Demerara to assess the damage that was done.Two ranks ventured into the back of Dazzell Housing Scheme, where it was observed that several houses between Eighteenth and Twentieth Streets had their roofs detached due to the heavy winds. These ranks also met with sev eral persons who suffered losses.

“These improvements offset reductions in earn ings received from rice, sugar, and gold exports, which fell year-on-year by US$19.5 million, US$4.1 million, and US$3.5 mil lion, respectively,” the Fi nance Ministry said. Regardless of the out turns in those sectors, the outlook for the second half of the year continues to be favourable, with real Gross Domestic Product (GDP) now projected to reach 56 per cent by the end of this year and nonoil GDP growth at 9.6 per cent, maintaining Guyana’s position of global leader in economic growth.

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Man admits to strangling wife

GANESH Dhanraj on Monday stood before the Demerara High Court and confessed to strangling his wife with a bedsheet at their Parika, East Bank Essequi bo home in 2017. Dhanraj appeared before Justice Jo-Ann Barlow for the capital offence of murder. However, he opted to plead guilty to the lesser count of manslaughter, which al leged that on April 5, 2017, at Parika, he unlawfully killed 29-year-old Dhanwantie Ram.The matter was adjourned to September 26, 2022, for the presentation of a proba tion report, following which he will be Attorney-at-lawsentenced.

The Ministry of Public Works in a press release ap pealed to drivers to follow the directions advised and laid out by the officers when they are traversing the bridge, as inspections are currently being done in preparation for the start of the major rehabili tation.This rehabilitation is set to take place on the damaged span, Retractor Span 9. The damage occurred on Sunday when a passing tug boat and barge hit the bridge and shifted that section out of alignment, which caused the bridge to be closed for several hours. Though the bridge was reopened last Sunday even ing to light vehicular traffic, some works are still ongoing. As such, drivers are being reminded to adhere to the weight limit of 10 tonnes and below per interruptionsisretractorspanlocatedatreleasewilltionaturged“Driversvehicle.areespeciallytoproceedwithcautionspannineandatthejuncofspans7and8(conesindicatelocation),”thesaid.Itaddedthatthejunctionspanssevenandeightarebeforetheretractorgoingwestandafterthespangoingeast.Additionally,thepublicadvisedthattherewillbeaftermidnight this week to facilitate reha bilitation work to the car riageway, even as rehabilita tion to the undercarriage will continue until the structural integrity of the spans has been restored. Traffic on the DHB was halted following an acci dent early Sunday morn ing, but was resumed later in the afternoon as engi neers and technical staff conducted emergency re pairs to the damaged sec tion of the bridge. section of bridge where drivers urged

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CONFESSED KILLER: Ganesh Dhanraj COMMUTERS travers ing the Demerara Harbour Bridge are being asked to exercise caution and follow the traffic advisory as ma jor rehabilitation works are expected soon.

Ravin dra Mohabir is on record for Dhanraj, while the state is being represented by prose cutors Latifiah Elliot, Marisa Edwards and Simran Gajraj. According to previous reports by this publication, on the morning of April 5, 2017, the lifeless body of the mother of three was found in a sitting position with a bed sheet tied around her neck. The victim’s sister who made the gruesome discov ery, had told this newspaper that the woman was found kneeling on the living room floor, slumped across a chair with the sheet around her neck and a carpet covering her Onbody.April 9, 2017, the police arrested Dhanraj after he was on the run for four days. He was caught around 02:00hrs at Parika after be ing shot in his right arm by lawmen.Investigations had re vealed that Dhanwantie af ter enduring years of abuse ended her relationship with Dhanraj. She left his house with their three children and went to live elsewhere in Parika.Although she had tried to move on, Dhanraj continued to harass her and on the fatal day as she was on her way to make a report to the police, Dhanraj lured her into his house and allegedly killed her.

The two had been to gether for some 15 years.

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Minister McCoy and Minister Walrond pose for a photo with a member of the Brooklyn-New York diaspora

Guyanese urged to ‘come home’ at Folk Festival in New York

“We implore the Guy ana Cultural Association of New York and every patriotic Guyanese here in New York and across the diaspora communities to do all in your power as often as you can to help forge the realisation of a ‘One Guyana’. We urge you to partner with the Guyana Government in active efforts to overcome the menacing obstacles and challenges that still beset us,” he Reiteratingsaid.the call for Guyanese to return home, Minister Walrond urged those at the gathering to “come home” and explore the exciting world of tour ism Guyana has to offer. “Being Guyanese means that we are six peo ples. We celebrate each other, we encourage each other, we are all part of Guyanese tapestry.” She noted that Guyana offers a unique melting pot of experiences en joyed by many visitors. “We see that a lot of foreigners, a lot of peo ple are buying into [the experience], a lot of peo ple are interested in that. They are so in awe when they come to Guyana and see how we celebrate our Amerindians, how we eat each other’s food and we go to churches and mosques and temples and we enjoy each other,” she said adding that there is “magic” in Guyana. During the visit, the ministers also met and interacted with New York State Senator Rox anne Persaud, who is a Guyanese, and Advisor on Diaspora Affairs, Joe Yusuf.

14 GUYANA CHRONICLE, Tuesday, September 6, 2022 WITH Guyana on the cusp of massive develop ment, Guyanese in the diaspora are continuous ly being urged to return home, not only to invest, but to benefit from what their homeland has to offer. Minister of Tourism, Industry and Commerce, Oneidge Walrond and Minister within the Of fice of the Prime Minister, Kwame McCoy, on Sun day, made this call once again at Folk Festival 2022 held in Brooklyn, NewTheYork.event was organ ised by the Guyana Cul tural Association of New York Inc. and was held under the theme, “CAR IFESTA @50- Reflection andMinisterLegacies.”McCoy in his address said: “Our government, through the equitable application of Guyana’s growing eco nomic market intends to empower every man, woman and child across every nook and cranny of our country, regardless of religion, class, creed, social our political orien tation or disposition.” The festival, the Min ister said has come a long way and reflects the reso lute leadership of the Cul tural Association of New York.“It has grown expo nentially and in quality and has indeed become an institution of our cul ture, and an indispensable homage of our Guyanese of our country,” he added. According to Minister McCoy, the government is committed to supporting the work of the organisa tion in meaningful and tangible ways and remains open to collaborations that will redound to the further growth and expansion of the traditional festival.

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Octogenarian pleads guilty to killing wife

Confessed Killer: Gordon Durant

On June 28, 2012, the couple’s son returned home and discovered a rancid stench emanating from in side. The police were sum moned and after a search, Joan’s decomposing remains were found inside an unfin ished bathroom under a heap of sand. Gordon was arrested at the scene and allegedly ad mitted to killing the woman because she had threatened to leave the marriage.

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CONFESSED KILLER: Aubrey Bobb Joan Durant DEAD: Godfrey Scipio, called “Saga” Kitty man admits to killing ‘Saga’

Bobb, formerly of William Street, Kitty, was arraigned before Jus tice Jo-Ann Barlow at the Demerara High Court for the capital offence of murder.Headmitted to killing Scipio on October 12, 2017, at Stanley Place, Kitty.The indictment was presented by prosecutors Latifiah Elliot, Marisa Edwards and Simran Gajraj. Attorney-at-law Teriq Mohammed is on record for Bobb. The matter has been adjourned until Septem ber 26, 2022, for the pre sentation of a probation report and sentencing. The police arrested Bobb one day after re viewing CCTV footage from the Kitty hotel, where Scipio was shot andHerobbed.had reportedly said that it was former ‘Best Cop,’ Detective Corporal Derwin East man, who had given him the gun to carry out the hit. He has allegedly identified Eastman as theReportsmastermind.arethat Scip io was leaving the ho tel in the company of a female friend and was about to enter his car, which was parked in front of the building, when he was accosted by a gunman.Thegunman, accord ing to the police, dis charged a round, hitting Scipio in the abdomen. He later relieved him of his jewellery before escaping on foot in a northernScipiodirection.wasrushed to a private city hospi tal where he was pro nounced dead. The stolen jewellery was never recovered. Eastman is currently on remand awaiting trial at the High Court for Scipio’s murder.

TEN years after the bru tal killing of Joan Durant, who was found buried in the unfinished bathroom of her Melanie Damisha na North, East Coast De merara (ECD) home, her 80-year-old husband on Monday confessed to the crime. Gordon Durant appeared before Justice Jo-Ann Barlow at the Demerara High Court for the capital offence of murder. However, he opted to plead guilty to the lesser count of manslaughter, which alleged that between June 2628, 2012, at Melanie Damis hana North, he murdered his wife.The state’s case was pre sented by prosecutor Latifiah Elliot, while attorney-at-law Dexter Smartt is on record for Gordon.Thematter has been ad journed until September 15, 2022, for the presentation of a probation report and sentencing.According to reports, the couple lived in a one-storey house at Melanie Damishana North. It is alleged that Gor don was abusive to his wife. The woman was last seen alive on June 26, 2012. Her relatives subsequently went to her home and Durant al legedly told them that she had packed a bag and left the house. However, a report was later made to the police station.

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Thursday,” she said. “All roads lead to Zurich and I’m extremely grateful to be able to grace the track for this year’s Diamond League finale!” This has been a histo ry-making season for Fras er-Pryce, who seems to set a new standard each time she steps on the track. Not only did she win a record-extend ing fifth world 100m title in Oregon in July, she also became the only woman to run faster than 10.7 six times in a single season.

She ran 10.67 to open her season in Nairobi, Kenya on May 7, 10.67 at the Paris Diamond League meeting on June 18, and 10.67 to win the World Championships 100m final in Oregon on July 17. She was only getting started. On August 6, she ran 10.66 in Poland and two days later, 10.67 in Hungary. She then went on to run 10.62 at the Di amond League meeting in Monaco on August 10, a third time under 10.7 in a week. (Sportsmax)

50 years on, Germany asks for forgiveness over 1972 Munich Games attacks

US Open: 'I don't think Serena Williams has ever admired me' – Margaret Court speaks out Margaret Court won her grand slam titles between 1960 and 1973

"We cannot make right what happened," Frank-Wal ter Steinmeier told a gather ing, including relatives of the dead and Israeli officials during commemorations at the airfield where a failed rescue attempt took place.

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"We would be away for 10 months. That's why I first retired in 1965, because I used to get homesick. You might be with the odd other person, but it's not like hav ing your family there.

country's failure to protect Israeli athletes and team members who were mur dered 50 years ago at the 1972 Munich Olympics.

Eleven Israelis, a Ger man policeman and five of the Palestinian gunmen died after a stand-off at the Olym pic village and the nearby Fuerstenfeldbruck airfield. Steinmeier said Germany should shoulder its share of responsibilities for the "cat astrophic" failures to protect the athletes and for taking decades to compensate the victims' families. "I am ashamed. As head of state of this country and in the name of the Federal Re public of Germany I ask for forgiveness for insufficient protection of the athletes, for insufficient resolution of this matter," Steinmeier said "We also bear responsi bility as hosts for not pre venting what we should have prevented."TheGames continued in 1972 after the attacks and the IOC took almost half a cen tury to comply with families requests for an official act of remembrance at a Games. It finally held a moment of silence and mentioned the Munich victims at last year's Tokyo summer Olympics openingAnkieceremony.Spitzer, whose husband Andre, an Israeli fencing coach, was killed in the attacks, addressed him in her speech. "Please forgive me Andre that it took me so long," she said. "Although we are finally reaching our goals after 50 years, at the end of the day you are still gone and noth ing can change that. "Everybody is asking me now if I feel closure. They don't understand that there will never be closure. The hole in my heart will never, never heal," Spitzer said Families had threatened to boycott the event follow ing disagreements over the size of Germany's compen sation offer. The dispute was resolved after Germany's govern ment and the Israeli fami lies agreed on Friday on a package worth a total of 28 million Euros (US$27.77 million). As flags across all state buildings in the Bavarian capital flew at half-mast, Is raeli President Isaac Herzog and Steinmeier laid a wreath at the"Thesite.decision to take responsibility for the failures surrounding and following the massacre, to allow for an objective and rigorous inquiry, and to compensate the victims’ families is part of that sanctification of the good and triumph over evil," Herzog said. The ceremony was at tended by International Olympic Committee (IOC) chief, Thomas Bach and other officials.

Court, 80, is a Pentecos tal church pastor now and has been criticised in recent years for comments about race, homosexuality and the transgender community. She was blunt when asked about her feelings on Williams, telling the Tele graph: "Serena, I've admired her as a player. But I don't think she has ever admired me."Court won her grand slam singles titles between 1960 and 1973, and the Aus tralian believes players in the modern era have it much easier than she did during her remarkable career.

Palestinians from the Black September militant group took members of the Israeli Olympic team hos tage on Sept. 5, 1972.

"We didn't have psy chologists or coaches with us. It's a whole different world. That's what disap points me; that players to day don't honour the past of the game. (Sportsmax)

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MARGARET Court does not believe Serena Wil liams has ever "admired" her and claims the modern game is significantly easier than it was in her own era. Williams, widely con sidered one of the greatest sportspeople of all time, stepped away from top-lev el tennis following defeat to Ajla Tomljanovic in the third round of the US Open. Although her time on tour now looks to be over, the 40-year-old admitted "you never know" when asked about future appear ances, but a U-turn is widely considered to be highly im probable.Williams is bowing out with 23 grand slam singles wins – one fewer than re cord holder Court.

"I would love to have played in this era; I think it's so much easier," she said. "How I would love to have taken family or friends along with me. But I couldn't, I had to go on my own or with the national team."People don't see all that. As amateurs, we had to play every week, be cause we didn't have any money. Now, they can take off whenever they want, fly back whenever they want.

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On Sunday, Royals' XI featured captain David Mill er, Quinton de Kock, Azam Khan, Bosch and Harry Tector. According to the rules of the CPL, a side can play five overseas players if they pick an emerging player until they finish the quota of five appearances for that player. As Royals picked left-arm seamer Ra mon Simmonds, who has graduated from the West Indies Under-19 system, they could slot in an extra overseas player in their XI.

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WHAT'S UP WITH THE PATRIOTS? Not many would have predicted that Patriots would end their home leg without a single win. Dwayne Bravo's men were outplayed in their first two matches before rain washed out their next two. Patriots dropped at least eight chances across their first two games and were put to shame by Bosch alone. With Fabian Allen moving to Tal lawahs, Wanindu Hasaranga being unavailable because of Sri Lanka duties and Evin Lewis missing their second game, Patriots didn't look as strong as they were last season. Dewald Brevis and Duan Jansen, twin brother of Marco, were both part of the Mumbai Indians contingent that had recently travelled to the UK, but they are yet to fire for Patriots.

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EARLYROYALSTALLAWAHS,Nevis.SETTHEPACE Rovman Powell's Jamaica Tallawahs and David Miller's new-look Barbados Roy als have dashed out of the blocks, notching up two wins in as many games. In the season opener, Brandon King, who had pre viously represented Guyana Amazon Warriors, marked his return to his home fran chise - Tallawahs - with a fiery 57-ball 89 that set up a 47-run victory against the de fending champions Patriots. King only flickered briefly in Tallawahs' second game, against his former franchise Amazon Warriors, but his captain Powell played an in nings of remarkable maturity to usher his team home in a tense finish. On a pitch that offered sharp turn and bounce, Pow ell played out Amazon War riors' trio of spinners and then cranked up to top gear against the quicks to ruin Shimron Hetmyer's CPL captaincy de but. Powell scored only eight off 24 balls from Tabraiz Shamsi, Imran Tahir and Gu dakesh Motie, but walloped 36 off 14 balls from Romario Shepherd and Odean Smith to help Tallawahs chase down 143 with four balls and four wickets to spare. King's West Indies open ing partner Kyle Mayers has been the star for Royals so far. In their first match of the season, against Patriots, he shellacked 73 off 46 balls as Royals hunted down 150 with plenty to spare. Their South African import Corbin Bosch also contributed handsomely to the opening victory by taking five catches - a CPL record.Against St Lucia Kings, Mayers sparkled with both bat and ball. After hitting 36 off 23 balls that helped Royals to 162 for 7, he ripped through the opposition's top order with four wickets in two overs. Mayers, who had started his career as a newball bowler before an ankle injury forced him to remodel himself into a batting all rounder, produced the in swing of old, yorking Roston Chase and Johnson Charles. Mayers also got rid of Mark Deyal and Roshon Primus, ensuring there would be no way back for Kings, despite Faf du Plessis' unbeaten 47 off 20 balls in a rain-hit game.

THINGS UP With West Indies likely to name their T20 World Cup squad midway through the CPL, the early exchang es of the tournament are particularly significant for players who are looking to push their cases for se lection. Andre Fletcher, the self-styled 'Spiceman' who was ignored in West Indies' recent white-ball squads, has already made a statement by following up his performancePlayer-of-the-Seriesintheinaugu ral 6ixty with scores of 31 and 81 in the CPL. Bosch was named the Player of the Match in Patriots' fixture against Royals, but Fletcher had made a bigger impact than him, according to ES PNcricinfo Smart Stats

CPL week one: Bravo's Patriots outplayed, Powell's class act, Hosein's

…Fletcher's statement, Royals fielding five overseas players, and all the highlights from the week gone Shamsi's return to the CPL was marked by the shoe-call celebration (CPL T20/Getty Images)

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INJURY SCARE FOR AKEAL HOSEIN Akeal Hosein, West In dies' premier white-ball spinner, bowled an out standing boundary-less spell of 4-0-13-4 for Trin bago Knight Riders against Kings. After ending his shift with the ball, Hosein, though, suffered an injury scare when he dived to his right from mid-off and landed awkwardly. Hosein immediately hobbled off the field and sat out of Knight Riders' next game against Patriots. According to captain Kieron Pollard, Hosein had twinged his leg and was rested to recov er. Knight Riders will be reinforced by the arrival of Colin Munro, from the Hundred, for the second leg of the CPL in St Lucia.

CELEBRATION OF THEIt'sWEEKquite hard to imagine the CPL without its eye-catching celebra tions. Shamsi, the leftarm wristspinner, who picked the CPL over the Hundred final, brought out his field.Shami'sowntheSouthsi'stracarvingTallawahs'celebration'shoe-telephone'afterhavingImadWasimacatchtoexcover.Tahir,ShammentorandsenioratAfrica,alsojoinedfunbytakingoffhisshoeandansweringcallfromtheout injury scare

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By Deivarayan Muthu THESE are still early days in CPL 2022, but there are signs that this could be a highly competitive season, with the rest of the teams narrowing the gap between themselves and pre-tour nament favourites Trin bago Knight Riders and St Kitts & Nevis Patriots.

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Shivrattan ended with three for 30, Reynold Sugrim two for 13 and Za kir Khan two for 14. The victory was greeted by wild celebrations from the hundreds of SCC fans but with obvious dejection from the OSCL players and supporters who felt they had let a win slipped from theirEarlier,grasp.

IT was billed as “David versus Goliath,” but in the end it turned out to be a last-ball thriller as the last pair of Nick Sarwan and Shameer Latiff held their nerves to give Softball Cricket Canada (SCC) victory over the Ontario Softball Cricket League (OSCL) Select X1 in the Open category when the Ontario Twilight Softball Cricket League (OTS CL) inaugural three-day Canada Cup climaxed at the Ashtonbee Reservoir ground, Scarborough, Canada on Sunday. Entering the final as the overwhelming favourites after playing unbeaten in the preliminary rounds and comprising several of the players from Mercenary, who have been dominating the 2022 regular season, SCC were confronted by a side which seemed unde terred by their reputation on a misty Sunday afternoon. However, an innings of calibre from the left-handed Richard Dias, who hit a siz zling 65, stood out among the SCC batting ruins. Set 134 for victory after limiting their opponents to 133 for nine in their allotted 20 overs, SCC were rocked back at nine for two in the second over, losing the prized scalps of openers Avinash Sookdeo (three) and Avinash Rukhram (0). Dias and Riaz Kadir steadied the innings with a fine third-wicket partner ship of 57 in just six overs but the departure of the lat ter for 18 in the eighth over saw a transformation in the game as there was a steady procession thereafter. With 13 still needed for victory, panic ensued when Dias, who struck three fours and an equal number of sixes, was bowled by Zakir Khan with the score on 121 for eight in the 18th over. Aided by some in different fielding lapses, SCC eventually huffed and puffed their way to 127 for nine after 19 overs. Need ing seven off the last over, bowled by Reynold Sugrim, Sarwan and Latiff survived to earn victory off the last ball following a close run out Kelvinscare.

SCC prevail in Canada Cup last-ball thriller …Dias (65) sizzles with brilliant knock

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RAFAEL Nadal has been beaten in a Grand Slam for the first time in 2022, losing to Frances Tiafoe in the US Open fourth round. American Tiafoe thrilled the home crowd with a 6-4 4-6 6-4 6-3 win over fourtime champion Nadal in New York.The defeats ended the Spaniard's bid for a record-ex tending 23rd major singles title.Nadal led the fourth set 3-1 before Tiafoe hit back, winning five games in a row to secure his quarter-final spot.He will face Russian ninth seed Andrey Rublev for a place in the semi-finals at FlushingTiafoeMeadows.threwhis racquet to the floor and covered his face in disbelief as his victory was confirmed by a netted Nadal backhand.Afterthanking the crowd he covered his face with his towel, taking in the atmo sphere on a raucous Arthur AsheNadalstadium.has never looked settled in New York this year but that is not to take anything away from Tiafoe, who played a clever match.

The defeat means that Marin Cilic, who won the US Open title in 2014, is the only Grand Slam singles winner left in the men's draw. Nadal undone by enter tainingNadalTiafoewent into this match with a 22-0 record in Grand Slams this year, having won the Australian Open and French Open titles before withdrawing from Wimbledon after his quarter-final victory with an abdominal injury. That injury restricted his build-up to the US Open with Nadal arriving at Flushing Meadows having playing only once since, a defeat by Borna Coric in Cincinnati. He has struggled for fluen cy at times in New York, par ticularly in his second-round match against Fabio Fognini, and showed similar nerves on serve against Tiafoe. Having changed his ball toss to protect the injury that ended his Wimbledon cam paign, Nadal looked shorn of speed and confidence on his serve, and was broken by Ti afoe at 3-3 in the opener. He managed to put Tiafoe under pressure in response but the American came through to hold serve and then converted his third set point with a nice touch at the net.

Emma Sunich, daughter of Trophy Stall proprietor, Ramesh Sunich, hands over the winning trophy to SCC skipper, Looknauth Ramsuchit, while other members look on approvingly Richard Dias receives a bat from Ravi Etwaroo of Cricket Zone USA while posing with his MVP trophy

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Tallawahs & Guyana Amazon Warriors (2) Chris Gayle & Ramnaresh Sarwan Today’s Quiz: (1) Who are the Women’s champions of CPL 2022? (2) Who was voted Player of the Match? Answers in tomorrow’s issue

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former Guyana youth player, Steve Ram das, batting at number four, blasted a courageous 58, which included six fours and three sixes to rescue the OSCL X1 who lost wickets at regular intervals after opting to bat under cloudy skies. The only other bat ter to reach double figures was skipper Shiv Persaud (11). Extras were a healthy 41, including 24 wides. Yoodhanlall Sukhlall was the main destroyer with four for 19 while Latiff supported with two for 17. Dias and Ramdass were the respective Most Valu able Players (MVPs) for their teams while Sookdeo was adjudged the tourna ment’sAmongMVP.those witnessing the last few overs of the thrilling encounter were To ronto’s Deputy Mayor, Mi chael Thompson, Jennifer McKelvie, City Councillor for Ward 25, Scarborough – Rouge Park and Guyana’s Consul General (ag) to To ronto, Gerald Whyte. Apart from the win ner’s trophy, sponsored by Trophy Stall (Guyana and Canada), the winners were also recipient of $4000 (Ca nadian) while all the play ers also received trophies at the impressive presentation ceremony. Both MVPs, Dias and Ramdass, and tournament MVP Sookdeo, were re cipients of trophies with Dias also collecting a bat from Ravi Etwaroo of Cricket Zone USA.

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After losing the first set, Nadal disappeared off court with the physiotherapist for eight minutes and appeared to have strapping added to his wrists.Although his serve never clicked - he finished with nine double faults to nine aces - he was able to take advantage of one poor Tiafoe service game at 5-4 in the second, and was gifted the set on a Tiafoe dou ble fault.Thethird set mirrored the first, Tiafoe breaking for a 4-3 lead with a fine backhand winner, and the American de lighted his home crowd as he closed it out with an ace. Nadal appeared reinvigo rated in the fourth set, pump ing his fists and roaring at the crowd after saving a break point in the first game, and he was gifted an early advantage. Tiafoe, distracted by the roof closing because of the threat of rain as he served at 2-1 down, threw in a horri ble service game, with Nadal breaking thanks to a huge forehand into the corner of the court.Tiafoe has endured some difficult losses in recent weeks, squandering strong positions against Taylor Fritz and Nick Kyrgios, but he showed no signs of nerves against Nadal. He broke back immedi ately, helped by two Nadal double faults, and saved break points in his next service game with some excellent count er-punching, before breaking Nadal twice more to close out the match.Despite the defeat, Nadal could still move to the top of the men's rankings after the tournament following defend ing champion Daniil Medve dev's loss to Kyrgios. Spain's Carlos Alcaraz and Norway's Casper Ruud would need to reach the final at least to have a chance to become the world number one. (BBC Sport)

Kyrgios ends Medvedev’s reign at US Open

THE Georgetown leg of the Guyana Football Fed eration/NAMILCO Thun derbolt Flour Power Un der-17 Intra Association League continued over the weekend at the National Training Centre, Provi dence. On a bumper Sunday which saw a total of 26 goals being scored, Fruta Conquerors schooled Black Pearl 16-0 while Eastveldt were equally solid in their 10-0 blanking of Camptown. The Tucville-based Con querors completely con trolled their clash against Black Pearl and were guid ed to their big win on ac count of a helmet-trick each from Antonio McArthur and Dwayne James. McArthur rocked the nets in the 4th, 21st, 40th, and 48th minutes while James tallied his goals in the 29th, 33rd, 39th, and 41stTheminutes.duofound able sup port from Dwayne Baptiste who contributed a brace; he hit the network in the 13th and 27th minutes; there was one apiece for Trevon Pluck (22nd), Joshua Abel (24th), Ryan Green (42nd), Jermaine DeRuche (52nd), and Nicklus Stanton in the 53rdCamptown,minute. once a for midable unit at all levels, fell to Eastveldt Football Club, 0-10. Camptown is in the rebuilding process, like many other clubs. Meanwhile, two more matches were contested on Saturday at the same venue but the results were not as lopsided as Sunday’s. Riddim Squad, a club that is based at Mocha on the East Bank of Demerara but plays in the GFA, made light work of the George town Football Club brushing them aside 2-0, thanks to goals from Allister Harding in the 8th minute and Jamaal Harry in the 29th minute. Santos were led to a comfortable 4-2 triumph against Pele FC, thanks to a hat-trick off the boot of Akeem Gittens who rocked the nets in the 12th, 20th, and 27th minutes; the other goal was scored by Sol omon Austin in the 37th minute. Pele got their goals from Deron Thomas (30th) and Joshua Bentick in the 43rd minute.

"You're coming off a 12-round fight so you're match fit, you're ready, I'm giving you a few months' notice."If you're interested I'll send you the date over and we can rumble - a battle of Britain for the WBC heavy weight championship of the world." Fury had said he was retiring after beating Dillian Whyte in April, and also reiterated that claim just last month.

On Saturday, Furysaid he would announce his next opponent next week - but confirmed it will not be Usyk. Uysk said on Friday of a fight with Fury: "It won't happen this year, that's for sure. I'm totally healthy and don't have any injuries, but I have old traumas which have resurfaced, and which need to be treated. I will need up to two months to recuperate." (BBC Sport)

Anthony Joshua was beaten by Oleksandr Usyk last month

"It was an amazing match. Daniil is the de fending champion and a lot of pressure on his shoulders, but I've been playing great recently," said 23rd seed Kyrgios, who will move back into the world's top 20 after the win. "People were really starting to doubt my abili ty to pull out matches like this at majors. I'm really proud of myself because it hasn't been easy dealing with all the criticism." Kyrgios has regularly demonstrated over the years he has the talent to win one of the major tour naments, but said he had been in some "really scary places mentally" which had stopped his progress. Reaching the Wimble don final, where he lost to Novak Djokovic, showed he had figured out what he needed to do on and off court to be successful. His form has been transferred to the North American hard courtswinning the Washington title and now going further at Flushing Meadows than before. "I just feel like I'm playing for a lot more than myself. I've got a lot of motivation in the back of my mind," said Kyrgios. "I've been away from home now for four months. My whole team has. We don't get to see our family like other tennis players do the majority of time. "I'm trying to make it worthwhile, trying to make it a memorable ride for all of us. Hope fully we can get it done, go back home and really celebrate." (BBC Sport)

Fruta Conquerors, Eastveldt hit massive wins in NAMILCO U-17 Football Akeem Gittens of Santos FC WBC heavyweight cham pion Tyson Fury has of fered Anthony Joshua the chance to fight for his belt before the end of this year. Fury, 34, is looking for an opponent after rival Oleksandr Usyk, the WBO, WBA and IBF champion, suggested he will not return to the ring until 2023. Joshua was beaten by the Ukrainian in Saudi Ara bia last Furymonth.said in April he was retiring but has now offered fellow Briton Joshua the chance for a "rumble".

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He said in a video post ed on social media: "You've all heard that I'm going to be fighting within the next few months, and before I announce an opponent I need to do this just in case. "Anthony Joshua, I know you've just lost a fight to Usyk, and I know you're belt-less at the moment, and I'd like to give you an opportunity to fight me for the WBC heavyweight championship of the world and the lineal championship in the next few months.

NICK Kyrgios ended Daniil Medvedev's de fence of the US Open title as he earned a thrill ing four-set win on an entertaining night in New York. The 27-year-old Aus tralian demonstrated all of his shot-making - and pro pensity for creating drama - in a 7-6 (13-11) 3-6 6-3 6-2 win in the last 16. Medvedev, 26, will lose his ranking as world number one after the de feat.Wimbledon runner-up Kyrgios goes on to play another Russian, 27th seed Karen Khachanov, in the quarter-finals. Khachanov reached his third Grand Slam quar ter-final by outlasting Spanish 12th seed Pablo Carreno Busta in a 4-6 6-3 6-1 4-6 6-3 win.

When the Lucozade In door Hockey tournament continued at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall on Sunday with men’s quarterfinal action, Pepsi Hikers continued their unbeaten run when they made light work of Saints Splinters, beating them 11-2. The Bounty GCC won against GCC The Sequel 3-1, giving them a spot in the semis but the tale of the night was Hikers Cadets, who pulled off an unexpect ed upset against the Saints team beating them 2-1. The Saints team, com prising many young, talent ed national players, fought hard but only found the back of Hikers net once. The experienced Hikers side battled and played a hard defence. Shane Samuels converted two of their pen alty-corner opportunities. One of the Garnett brothers, Shomere, scored the lone goal for his side. In the semi-final, Pepsi Hikers will play Bounty GCC while Pepsi Cadets against YMCA Old Fort. In the Under-20 girls category, Saints Conquer ors, YMCA Old Fort Sa murais, GCC Spartans and GCC Her-ricanes went through to the Semis which will be played on Wednes day, 7th. In the Under-20 boys category, Saints S7N, Saints Superstars, GCC Pit bulls and YMCA Old Fort progressed to the semis.

The round robin matches continued for the women’s category with GCC Tigers edging Saints 4-3. Stricker Sonia Jardine netted 3 goals for her side while Clayza Bobb netted twice for her side. In the match against Woodpecker Hikers and Old Fort Igniters, the Hikers ladies won 4-2. The semis will be played on Wednesday and finals on Friday commenc ing at 17.00hrs.

Fury offers Anthony Joshua chance to fight for title this year

France's first World Cup match is against Australia on 22 November. "This morning Pogba trained for the second time, but then stopped, and it was then decided that he undergo surgery," said Juventus boss Massimiliano Allegri. "We will realistically get him back in January."Juventus later said the surgery - selective external arthroscopic meniscectomy - was "a complete success". The Serie A season will pause after games on 13 November for the first winter World Cup and restart again in January. Asked if Pogba would be ready for France's World Cup defence, Allegri added: "The World Cup is not my problem, Juventus' problem is that he comes back in January." Pogba rejoined the Serie A side this summer after his contract with Manchester United expired. He scored in the 4-1 win over Croatia in 2018 as France won the World Cup for a second time. (BBC Sport)

SHELLY-Ann Fraser-Pryce will be in Zu rich this week after all. The fastest woman in the world this year will be in a lane for the Diamond League 100m final on Thursday, when she faces Shericka Jackson the only woman to defeat her this year and compatriot Natasa Morrison. She is also expected to face the likes of Aleia Hobbs, Twanisha Terry and Sha'Carri Richardson of the USA, Majinga Kambundji of Switzerland, Marie Josee Ta Lou of the Ivory Coast as well as Daryll Neita of Great Britain.Itwas feared that the 35-year-old, fivetime 100m world champion would not have been able to vie for a fifth Diamond League title after complaining of a tight hamstring that forced her to withdraw from Lausanne on August 26 and then finishing second to Jack son in Brussels on September 2, grimacing as she crossed the line in 10.74.

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Five-time 100m world champion Fraser-Pryce to continue on to Diamond League finale on Thursday

She intimated afterwards that she was unsure whether she would be competing in Zurich and had to listen to her body before making a decision. However, early Monday, she allayed those fears with a post on Face book. “The good news is you get to start a new week. Even better, you get to see another exciting race on

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TURN TO PAGE 20 ► JUVENTUS and France midfielder Paul Pogba is a doubt for the World Cup in Qatar later this year after having knee surgery. Pogba, 29, suffered the injury in July and has not played yet this season.

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German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier and Israeli President Isaac Herzog adjust a wreath during a ceremony, commemorating the 50th anniversary of the attack on the Israeli team at the 1972 Munich Olympics in which eleven Israelis, a German policeman and five of the Palestinian gunmen died in Fuerstenfeldbruck, near Munich, Germany, September 5, 2022. (REUTERS/Leonhard Foeger)

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