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THE handing over of keys to the first 50 three-bed room homes under con struction by the Ministry of Housing and Water – Central Housing and Planning Authority at Plot 1768 Cummings Lodge, Georgetown will commence in the next two months. Minister of Housing and Water, Collin Croal, along with CHPA Director of Projects, Omar Narine and senior engineers visited the construction site over the weekend.“ByOctober we should begin handing over keys to the beneficiaries of the 50 houses,” the minister stated while noting that the ministry is satisfied with the pace of contractors on the flat homes. Each moderate-income home is approximately one thousand and thirteen square feet and contains three bedrooms, a living room, a kitchen with cup boards and a single drain board sink, and one com plete bathroom. The con struction cost for each unit is $9 million. A number of persons, who previously applied for housing units, have already been prequal ified for the homes. The minister also an nounced that the ministry will be constructing another 100 two-bedroom moder ate-income homes in Cum mings Lodge, adding to the 200 similar units originally built in the area. Contracts for the construction of these homes are expected to be
50 three-bedroom homes at Cummings Lodge near completion
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Aerial view of the ongoing construction Housing and Water Minister, Collin Croal (left), CHPA Director of Projects, Omar Narine (sec ond right) and engineers peruse the project map
awardedTheseshortly.projects have significantly impacted the neighbouring community of Sophia, as more than 200 youths have been employed through the initiative and the demand for the houses continues to soar. “When we started here there was a lot of stigma attached to the location, but right now there are a lot of persons requesting houses in Cummings Lodge…. That shows the impact of the government’s housing drive because it is not only about creating employment but also uplifting communi ties,” the minister said. Minister Croal under scored that providing al ternative options to lands for citizens will remain a key focus over the coming years. By the end of 2022, the ministry expects to have at least 1,000 homes under construction, with several projects in Re gions Four, Six, Seven and 10. Soon the Ministry of Housing and Water will be publishing Expressions of Interest aimed at local contractors who are inter ested in building homes under these projects, as it aims to utilise materials and labour from the re spective communities as far as possible. (DPI)
By Tamica Garnett THE Ministry of Human Services and Social Secu rity, on Monday, officially commenced distribution of the $100,000 cash grant for children living with disabilities in Region Four, at the Ptolemy Reid Rehabilitation Centre, on Car michael Street, George town. Over 5,000 children are expected to benefit from the cash grant, which will be distributed in all regions across the country. Fol lowing commencement on Monday, distribution will continue in Region Four at various locations, until August 23. On the East Coast dis tribution will be held at the Guyana Women’s Leader ship Institute in Cove and John from August 18 Au gust 19, while on the East Bank Demerara distribution will be on August 22 at the Diamond Masjid and on August 23 at the Soesdyke Vishnu Mandir. Distribution will commence at 09:00hrs eachThroughoutday. this month, distribution will also take place at locations in Re gions Five, Six, Seven and Eight, according to a distri bution schedule released by the ministry on its official Facebook page. The distri bution schedule for the other regions is expected to be released subsequently. As distribution com menced on Monday, Human Services and Social Secu rity Minister, Dr. Vindhya Persaud, was present at the Ptolemy Reid Centre, en suring a smooth flow of the process, while she also took time to interact with the parents and offer them encouraging words. “I am so happy to see this distribution start be cause I understand the relief that it will bring to those parents and guardians who have children living with disabilities. It will really, really help them out. This $100,000 explains the se rious commitment that we as a government have when it comes to persons living with disabilities,” Minister Persaud commented. The minister reminded that the cash grant adds to a number of ongoing and even future initiatives that the Government is putting in place to make life easier for persons living with disabil ity and those around them.
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Dozens of parents, many of them single parents, turned out at the Ptolemy Reid Centre on Monday to uplift their grants. Dellorn Adams, a single mother was the first person to receive the grant. She had the honour of receiving her envelope directly from Minister Persaud.GREAT HELP Dellorn explained that the cash grant will be ben eficial for purchasing milk, pampers, wipes and other care items for her threeyear-old son who is living with disabilities. Single father, Andrea Augustus, was present with his two-year-old son who has down syndrome. A fa ther of two, Augustus shared that he was happy to be re ceiving the assistance. “I feel a great good about it because nothing like this has never been done before on my behalf so I feel it’s a great assistance to me because I’m a man with two very small children,” Augustus said. He added: “It will help to do a lot of things for him that I need to do right now. I am an elder person and all two of my children are very small, but I try my best. I’ve been looking him after on my own all this time without any help from anywhere. This is the first time that I am receiving any help and I am glad for it.” He said notwithstand ing his son’s disability, he believes that there is a purpose for his son, and he will continue to love him just as heBLESSEDis.
Single mother Junita Daniels and her six-year-old daughter, Kezia Pilgrim
According to the min ister, several layers of verification and levels of transparency went into the process of distribution of the cash grants. The ministry had opened registration for eligible persons in June. Children under the age of 18 were required to register with the National Commis sion on Disability (NCD) in order to receive the grant.
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“I know that God made everyone in his own image and likeness and we are all for a purpose, we are all for a purpose and there is a reason that God made them. They are very special and blessed children. I don’t have any problem with him being not normal,” Augus tus shared. Also collecting a cash grant for her child was 30-year-old single mother of three, Junita Daniels, who was at the centre with her daughter, six-year-old, Kezia Pilgrim. Little Kezia was born without arms. “It’s not easy. When she was born I cried a lot because I was so worried knowing that she is born like this and wondering how can she help herself to do certain things and all of that kept bothering me, but as she grows she’s improving more and more,” Daniels Notwithstandingshared.herini tial concerns for her daugh ter’s ability to live a normal life, Daniels said things have been working out and today her daughter is able to go to school like other children her However,age.Daniels said Kezia gets sick often and so one thing she will be focus ing on with her cash grant is putting money aside for medical emergencies. “It will help me a lot at least to buy the important stuff that she needs and I can able to get to save some for her in the case of an emergency. Because she would stay just like that and take in sick a lot of times,” DanielsSincesaid.Kezia does not have her arms, she does most activities, involving holding, with her feet. She also feeds herself with her feet, which, Dan iels explained, is what puts Kezia, at increased health risk. In addition to Kezia, Daniels also has eightyear-old twin daughters.
Human Services and Social Security Ministry, Dr. Vindhya Persaud hands over the first Special Needs Cash grant to single mother, Dellorn Adams
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Single father Andrea Augustus and his two-year-old son
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STATISTICS and facts from the Bank of Guyana (BoG) provides a different picture from the assertions by the Alliance For Change (AFC) that the economy would see an inflation that is likely to surpass eight per cent by the end of 2022. AFC Member, Jurethra Fernandes, expressed that view during the party’s press conference last Friday. “We once again state our prediction that by the end of 2022, inflation will likely surpass eight per cent. This would make 2022 the single worst year of inflation in decades. This extreme rate of inflation requires imme diate action to address the erosion of spending power that workers across Guyana are facing,” the Member of Parliament said as she read from the party’s prepared statement. Fernandes reportedly based her claims on the Bu reau of Statistics reporting the inflation rate from May to June 2022 at 1.7 per cent. However, the BoG has pro jected that the inflation rate in Guyana is anticipated to be 4.1 per cent by the end of the year from the 1.7 per cent recorded at the end of March. Inflation rates have been increasing globally over the past two years due to challenges brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic and exacerbated by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine earlier this year. According to the Unit ed Nations, the war in Ukraine and the sanctions against the Russian Fed eration have rattled com modity markets, aggra vating supply-side shocks. The conflict has directly disrupted exports of crude oil, natural gas, grains, fertiliser and metals, push ing up energy, food and commodityINTERVENTIONSSTRATEGICprices.However,since2020, the government has been implementing a number of measures to curb and cushion the shocks or the unavoidable price increas es. Upon assuming office in August 2020, the gov ernment soon budgeted for the distribution of $25,000 to each household across the country. The govern ment also safeguarded util ities against increases by removing Value Added Tax (VAT) from water and elec tricity.Additionally, Pres ident Dr. Irfaan Ali had announced a series of ground-breaking measures, ranging from cash grants to households in hinterland and riverine communities to the provision of free fertilisers for farmers, which are all aimed at improving the lives of citizens.Mostnotable in the 2022 budget, the government al located some $5 billion for programmes to cushion the effects of the rising cost of living. Through this, the gov ernment has provided an additional $25,000 cash grant to every household in the riverine and hin terland communities of the country which result ed in $800 million being pumped into the economy to cushion the impacts of the rising cost of living for thatFREEdemographic.FERTILISER
AFC’s Fernandes inflation forecast heavily inflated
AFC Member,FernandesJurethra
The government also announced a programme under which it will be pur chasing and distributing, free of cost, $1 billion in fertilisers to farmers all across Guyana as a means of absorbing the rising global costs for the com modity and to prevent the costs being passed on to consumers at the market. The government is in jecting money back into the pockets of ordinary cit izens via old-age pension and public assistance which were both increased, putting $2.3 billion and $432 mil lion, respectively, into the pockets of Guyanese. In other measures target ing construction and home ownership, interest rate for houses and buildings up to $9M was reduced to 3.8 per cent while for homes, home builders constructing homes costing $6M or less, the builders will be provided with the steel needed for construction and one sling of cement.Homes that cost $6M to $25M, government will pro vide two slings of cement. These interventions are geared at not only cush ioning the current cost of living that is beyond the government’s control but to empower ordinary Guyanese to improve their livelihoods and standard of living, several senior government officials have explained during their community outreaches.
declared because the country had ground into a halt since election day on 9 August, economic activities had stalled and schools remain closed. Kenya’s history of dis puted elections in the past have led to violence or the whole process election being cancelled. Following the 2007 vote, at least 1,200 peo ple were killed and 600,000 fled their homes following claims of a sto len election.HUSTLERDYNASTYVS In a country fond of political metaphors, Ruto’s stunning victo ry is akin to his par ty’s modest symbol, the wheelbarrow, running a seven-tonne tractor off the road.
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Odinga had the back ing of the state machin ery. Several opinion polls, which Ruto had dismissed as fake, predicted his rival would win. As the deputy presi dent for the last 10 years he was, by default, an establishment candidate but he ran as an outsider, framing the election as between “hustlers” - poor Kenyans - and “dynasties” - influential families like the Kenyattas and Odin gas who have been big players in the country’s politics since indepen dence.“Imay be the son of a nobody but I promise to make Kenya the country of everybody,” he said in his pitch to voters. His political stock rose when he opposed an un popular and costly yearlong push by Kenyatta and Odinga to change the con stitution at a time many Kenyans were suffering, including losing jobs, following the protracted impact of the COVID-19 pandemic.TheSupreme Court eventually ruled the move unconstitutional, buoying Ruto’s campaign. He also framed the election as a time for gen erational change, selling his message using pithy and relatable slogans, which lent him credibility and appeal across several communities.Ruto’swin is rightly the focus of Kenya’s 2022 election, but equal atten tion should be given to the electoral commission which came into this poll with a terrible track record, but its decision to post results from the more than 46,000 polling stations on its website - accessible to anyone who wanted to do their own tally - allowed the media and the public to be part of the process. The leaders of Zim babwe, Ethiopia and So malia have congratulated Ruto.Analysts believe that Odinga is likely to chal lenge the result. The Kenyan Supreme Court annulled the last election - it might have to make another big de cision in a few weeks. (BBC)
Kenya election: William Ruto wins presidential poll
DEPUTY President William Ruto has been declared the winner of Kenya’s presidential election amid dramatic scenes. He narrowly beat his rival, Raila Odinga, taking 50.5 per cent of the vote, according to the official results.The announcement was delayed amid scuf fles and allegations of vote-rigging by Odinga’s campaign.Fourof the seven members of the electoral commission refused to endorse the result, saying it was“We“opaque”.cannottake own ership of the result that is going to be announced because of the opaque nature of this last phase of the general election,” said Juliana Cherera, the vice-chairperson of In dependent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC).“We are going to give a comprehensive state ment... and again we urge Kenyans to keep calm,” sheOdinga’sadded.
Tussles break out in Kenya over allegations of election vote rigging (BBC photo)
party agent earlier alleged that there were “irregularities” and “mismanagement” in the election.Thiswas the first time Mr Ruto, 55, had run for president. He has served as deputy president for 10 years, but fell out with President Uhuru Kenyatta, who backed Odinga to succeed him. The 77-year-old for mer prime minister, who got 48.8 per cent of the vote, was running for president for the fifth time. Electoral commission chairman Wafula Che bukati said he had done his duty despite receiving threats.“We have walked the journey of ensuring that Kenyans get a free, fair and credible election. It has not been an easy jour ney - right now two of my commissioners and the CEO are injured,” he said. In his speech, Presi dent-elect Ruto thanked the electoral commission for overseeing the elec tion.“It is a wonderful eve ning… all sovereign pow er belongs to the people of Kenya,” Ruto said, calling Chebukati a “hero” and dismissing the other com missioners’ dissent of his win as “a side show”. Ruto said he wanted to be a president of all, and for the country to focus on the “Tofuture.those who have done many things against us, I want to tell them there’s nothing to fear. There will be no ven geance. We do not have the luxury to look back,” he added.Celebrations have bro ken out in several parts of the country, including in Ruto’s strongholds of the Rift Valley, and that of his deputy Rigathi Gachagua, in the Central resultaandwesternhaveSupportersregion.ofOdingastagedprotestsinthecityofKisumusomepartsofNairobi.Butgenerallythere’ssenseofreliefthatthehasfinallybeen
Human EngineerdevelopmentcapitalisanswerableonlytotheREO
The fact is that young people are now provided with opportunities to realise their full potential in ways not hitherto possible. Through the GOAL programme, eligible Guyanese can now realise their dream of accessing higher education without having to place financial burdens on themseves or their families. The same can be said of the National Youth Empowerment Programme administered by the Ministry of Labour through the Board of Industrial Training, where thousands of young Guyanese are trained in a variety of skill areas throughout the length and breadth of Guyana. Young people are also the beneficiaries of the so cial policies of the PPP/C administration, especially in the areas of housing and edu cationalGuyanaopportunities.isgoingplaces with young peo ple at the helm, which, along with the sup port and guidance of seniors, has catapulted the country to new and greater heights. The frontiers of development are now rapidly expanding, driven by our political leaders. In all of this, the contribution of our young people has been highly significant, and with the renewed emphasis placed on youths by President Ali, their contributions to nation-building and governance will only be enhanced.Aspointed out by President Ali during the launch of the Youth Advisory Council, it is important that young people are in volved in the definition and implementation of the policies and programmes that are aimed at taking us to a place that we term as development. “They are here because I believe strongly that we need our young people to be critically integrated in the policy-making and policy-implementation of our country, so they can have a thorough understanding; an in-depth understanding as to how policies are determined, why they are determined, and they can contribute in the finalisation of policies and programmes that will take our country forward,” the President stated. The fact is that the contributions of all Guyanese, regardless of race, colour, creed, religious or political affiliation, are needed if the full developmental potential is to be fully realised. We can only move forward as a soci ety with all hands on board, a reality that has been fully recognised by President Ali as he envisaged a Guyana based on oneness and social cohesion, and one in which no Guyanese will be left behind.
THE Government has been investing heavily in the development of human capital, especially as it relates to young people. Only recently, President, Dr. Mohamed Irfaan Ali launched a Youth Advisory Council with the aim of preparing young people for leadership roles at the level of policy articulation and decision-making. This is indeed a positive and forward-look ing step, given the critical role young peo ple can, and do play in the exciting task of nation-building.Youngpeople comprise more than half of the total population, and the future belongs to them. Indeed, there is no better time in the country’s history to be young, given the enormous opportunities that now abound, thanks, in part, to the emergence of our evolving petroleum sector, but also to visionary leadership on the part of the PPP/C administration. Studies have shown that young people are much more adaptable to change, are less constrained by tradition, and are more likely to innovate and think, as it were, outside of the box.
Dear PLEASEEditor,allow me to once again edu cate and enlighten the former REO of Region Six, Dr. Ramayya, as to the role of an REO and on a misleading state ment he made once again, this time on the GlobeSpan programme a few Mondays ago as to who the regional engineer has to report to. As we all know, the REO of the region is the chief officer responsible for the general administration and development of the region. The REO has to ensure that matters affecting the residents of the region are being addressed in the best way forward and to ensure that work is done to develop the region. All the Head of Departments (HoDs) within the region is answerable and must report to the Regional Executive Officer (REO) on a daily basis or weekly basis. The REO is the main person for the signing off of payment vouchers and all regional documents. The REO is also responsible to ensure that all work that is budgeted for is carried out accordingly for value for taxpayers’ money.Any person with a secondary level ed ucation and sound commonsense is going to tell you that as a public servant you have to report to your administrative boss and, in this case, that will be the REO.
The fact is that young people do play a decisive role in decision-making, starting from the very top with the election of Pres ident Ali, who is now ranked among the youngest individuals to hold the office of president in the region, and, for that matter, the world at large. The same could be said of former President, Dr. Bharrat Jagdeo, who at the time of his assumption of office as Executive President was the youngest in the country’s history, and the region. Both Dr. Ali and Dr. Jagdeo continue to play important leadership roles at the highest decision-making levels as President and Vice-president, respectively. This is consistent with the strong em phasis placed by the PPP on the involve ment of young people in leadership roles. Dr. Cheddi Jagan was still in his twenties when he won a seat in the Legislative As sembly in the 1947 elections, despite a lim ited franchise which prevented a significant number of working people from participat ing in the voting exercise, due to income and property restrictions. He subsequently became one of the youngest persons to have been elected as the colony’s Chief Minister andThisPremier.tradition of involving young peo ple in leadership roles has a long history, and is currently manifested in the compo sition of the current PPP/C Cabinet, which is, undoubtedly, the most youthful and energetic in the country’s history. It is no exaggeration to state that the level of ener gy displayed by President Ali and his entire Cabinet is extraordinary, and has been a major contributory factor in the country’s transformation along the path of modernity and economic and social prosperity.
The REO is not the head of the Re gional Democratic Council (RDC). The REO serves as the Clerk to the Regional Democratic Council (RDC) at its statutory meeting and when that meet ing is finished the Clerk wears back the title as the REO of the region. The RDC is headed by the Regional Chairman (RC) and the REO is answer able at all times to the RDC. The RDC is made up of elected councillors who are chosen by their elected political parties to represent all the people of the region. All Heads of Department, including the REO, are answerable to the RDC when matters arise at the RDC statutory meetings for questioning as to works being carried out and if not to standard and other regional matters that need clar ification.
ALL Councillors of the RDC have to report at all times to the head of the RDC and that is the Regional Chairman, at no time the councillors should report to the REO as was demanded by the previous REO of Region Five and by extension the previous government. Recently, Dr. Ramayya, who was given the task as REO for Region Six under the previous government, made some very eye-opening statements which now tell us that he was incapable
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The REO cannot approve or disap prove any works done by contractors, because that is the task of the works committee.Thechair of the committee and its members can call on the engineer at any time when they are visiting a project and need guidance and clarification. If fact, the engineer has to be on the visiting team if questions arise about the work being done is not according to the bill of quantities, etc. This does not mean that the engineer has to report to the chair of this commit tee, because the head of his committee will officially report to the REO and RDC as to what is the findings on the various works and projects carried out that were visited. So, the former REO is very mislead ing and should have educated himself about the role of the REO and who are the ones that work under him and are answerable to him. This is the very former REO I know that was refusing to attend RDC meet ings, visit projects, visit various depart ments within the region, sign payment vouchers, meet with the public, listen as to how things should have been done, etc.Myself and the former REO were very good party colleagues; in fact, he [used] to seek advice from me on a daily basis as to what should be done but he never learns. He would invite me to his office several times weekly to sit and talk as to how work should be done (several RDC officials can attest to this as they saw me going to his office very often weekly; in fact, I was questioned once by the Regional Chairman as to why am I spending hours in the REO office). I advised the former REO that what he was doing is going to stifle the devel opment of the region and that’s not good. I advised him on several occasions to have a good relationship with the RDC, the regional chairman, and all heads of departments and to attend RDC meetings but he refuses because I know he was afraid to answer to the council. After the former REO see that I was putting him straight, he started to call up various AFC ministers to seek advice and wants them to visit him also. He also did something very heartbreaking to have ministers and the then Prime Min ister visit him but I won’t mention, who knows about it know what happened.
The former REO also [tried] to relo cate the REO office to his home because he does not want to go to work regularly. I think the former REO should stop misleading the public on various matters and educate himself on matters before going on public programmes when in vited.Iwish him well and do think he will reply with a cuss-out and personal attack. But the truth to it is, I do believe with all my heart that Dr. Ramayya does not even know the standing orders that governed the RDC as a former clerk of the RDC.Yours sincerely, Abel Seetaram
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GUYANA CHRONICLE Tuesday, August 16, 2022 7 F pagerom 6 of handling that position. The former REO of Region Six was asked by Mr. Sugrim on a GlobeSpan programme, who are the person or per sons that the regional engineer is answer able or has to report to? It was a shocking and again misleading answer and state ment given by Dr. Ramayya, as he does most of the time on various issues.
So, I think this is a little educational session for the former REO who seems to know it all and knows nothing at all. The vice chair of most or all of the regions is the person that chairs the works committee of the region. This committee has to ensure it visits all the works carried out in the region at the start, while in progress and at the finish. This is the committee that has to give its final approval as to the works being done before the contractor can be paid in full; in a breakdown, this committee has to say if the work is up to standard or not and approve it or not. This committee is very important because it has to ensure that all works are carried out to specifi cations and must be to standard in order to have value for money.
Dr. Ramayya’s answer to the question was that the engineer has to report to the regional chairman, vice-chairman and the REO. That answer was shocking because only the REO the engineer has to report to on a daily basis. The engineer works under the REO and not the chairman or vice chairman and, therefore, Dr. Ramayya misled our people with misinformation just to create political conflict, which he is good at do ing by setting people against each other for his Thesatisfaction.engineerand all HoDs are at all times answerable to the RDC and when ever the statutory meeting of the RDC is in process and questions are being asked for clarification by councillors the chairman asked for the standing order to be dropped and for the engineer or the head of the department that is under the question to address\answer to the council what’s going on said question or matter. The same goes [for] the REO who sits as clerk of council, he\she is answerable at all times to the council.
environmentGuyana’soperations.company’sofcentlowber_desktop_web).source=linkedin_share&utm_medium=memity-6958434256062693376-dated-outlook-of-guyanas-take-from-activposts/joel-bhagwandin57481470_https://www.linkedin.com/an-upENYr?utm_Themodelalsoassumesarelativelyoperatingcostof12percent–30perwhichisinlinewiththeoperatingcostExxonMobil–ifoneweretoperusetheannualreportfortheirglobalThis,coupledwiththefactthatupstreamactivityisalsoalow-cost–premiseduponthefactthat
The operating and administrative expenses include the following: Wages and salaries of the companies’ employees, goods and services supplied to support the upstream activities such as: 1) Rental of office space 2), Accommodation services 3), Equipment rent al 4), Surveying 5), Pipe welding – onshore 6), Pipe sand blasting and coating onshore 7), Construction work for building onshore 8), Structural fabrication 9), Waste management 10), Storage services (warehousing) 11), Janitorial and laundry services 12), Catering services 13), Food supply services 14), Ad ministrative support and facilities manage ment 15), Immigration support services 16), Lay-down yard facilitation 17), Pest control 18), Cargo management 19), Environmental services and studies 20), Engineering and manufacturing, etc., etc The list of services can go onto another 20 or some 200 plus list of services – refer encing for example, Guyana’s Local Content Act, where forty areas of goods and services for the oil and gas sector were carved out for Guyanese.Additionally, the oil companies would have announced as part of the Yellowtail investment, some US$300 million to finance the development of a shore-base facility on the West Bank of Demerara. The gas-to-shore project which is an estimated US$1.3 billion for the pipeline infrastructure will also be financed from cost oil. Both of these proj ects, for example, will translate to a stream of tangible direct and indirect benefits for Guyanese.Withthis in mind, considering the in crease spends from cost oil on the procure ment of goods and services, inter alia, the Local Content Act, Guyana’s take will be much higher than the 14.5 per cent and 28 per cent. As Guyanese professionals or individu als and companies continue to build capacity in preparedness for the future opportunities, the value of local content spend will increase relatively. To corroborate this view, local content spend in 2016 was US$12M which in creased to US$219M in 2021, representing an increase of US$207M or 1725 per cent.
Dear Editor, THE notion that the oil companies are walking away with 85.5 per cent take by adding the 75 per cent cost recovery and the 12.5 per cent profit oil then less the two per cent royalty is an incorrect and misleading interpretation. According to a modelled forecast con ducted by SPHEREX analytics, using the project economics for the approved de velopments so far, namely: Liza 1, Liza 2, Payara and Yellowtail, a discount rate of eight per cent, average price of US$60 per barrel, estimated recoverable reserves of US$2.64 billion barrels of crude, and capital expenditure across the four projects of an estimated US$29.3 billion, the total estimat ed revenue from all four projects combined is US$177.3 billion. The Government of Guyana’s Take (including royalty and profit oil) is US$49 billion or 28 per cent and a net present value (NPV) of US$35 billion while the oil companies take is 24 per cent. (See full report here:
Guyana’s crude is a light and sweet crude and the state-of-the-art technology employed in its operations to optimize efficiency and minimise cost. The 75 per cent cost recovery ceiling is a formula designed for the oil companies to recover their invested capital as quickly as possible, which was necessary to explore, find the resource in commercial quantities then develop the resource for production. And while doing so, both the oil companies and the Government get to earn from the profit oil at the onset of production. Further to note, the resources offshore took 20 years to explore, discover and then develop before it starts to produce whereby the Government of Guyana and the oil companies start to cash in on the tangible benefits in the form of royalties and profit oil. With this formula, it means that at some point, the value of profit share will increase from 12.5 per cent in the case of govern ment’s take in profit oil to a high of over 20 per cent. This would be obtained because after the capital cost for the investment is recovered, there will only be the operating expenses remaining which would be deducted from the revenue. The capital expenditure includes the exploration costs and development costs.
Yours faithfully, Joel FinancialBhagwandinAnalyst
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improved Internet, cellphone services
Like many trainee teach ers, she was finding it dif ficult to access reliable in ternet in her community. However, with the recent rehabilitation of a cell tow er and Monday’ s launch of Long-Term Evolution (LTE) services by Digicel Guyana, Miss Sue, several other teachers and learners in St. Cuthbert’s Mission will be able to complete their studies from the comfort of their“Ihomes.canbe studying right from home now with CPCE, no expense. Only thing is we have to put on data [but] it’s cheaper. If we go out there (Georgetown), we have to rent house,” she said. She explained that the improvements will not only benefit the teachers but the school children as well. Ac cording to her, her pupils will be better equipped to do research and complete in-class work and studies. At a simple ceremony held in the Region Four Am erindian community, Digicel Guyana’s Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Gregory Dean, said that, with the launch of the service, the company now covers 98 per cent of the population with the majority having access to LTE.Inaddition to St. Cuth bert’ s Mission, the CEO said Digicel has been able to extend its LTE services to Lethem in Region Nine, Wakapau and Kabakauri in Region Two, Baramita in Region One and several otherWithcommunities.theintention of extending its LTE services by an additional six per cent by the end of the year, Dean said Digicel will be working to ensure that all hinterland and remote communities are provided with the same quality and service as the coastland.“Ourplan for the rest of the year in terms of the mobile service is to upgrade LTE services across more communities and we want to get to 96 per cent with LTE by the end of the year,” he said adding: “The residents of …St. Cuthbert’s and all the other remote areas we serve, can rest assure that Digicel will continue to be relentless in our desire to en sure that these communities receive access to no lesser service than persons on the coast.” Digicel also donated a number of solar lights to the community on Mon day.ACCESS TO
“This improved service that you’re getting now will help to develop Guyana, the development all of us are hoping for. It means that now not only can you be home and make a call that is clearer to any part of the world [but] you can get on the internet not only for fun, not for social media surf ing but also for education. Education for the children, education for you the parents who are now focused on your career,” he said. He added: “You can be right here at St. Cuthbert’s Mission and you can be attending classes at the Uni versity College of London, the University of the West Indies and some courses at the University of Guyana.” PM Phillips further not ed that the newly launched service will open doors for business expansion in the community. “ The LTE that is pro vided through Digicel has opened the doors for more development of the children and general development for the community, because it also helps you to establish business contacts outside of the village. You can do business now by remaining in your village. You can be taking orders from other entities …so having better communication having bet ter ICT contact increases the possibilities of not only business, but your personal development, the develop ment of your community and the education of yourself and the education of your chil dren,” he emphasised. The PM reiterated that the government is commit ted to bridging the digital di vide, thereby allowing equal access for those living on the coast and in hinterland communities. “It is the intention of our government to have better internet service throughout Guyana. We talk about the digital divide and bridging the digital divide. It is our government’s policy to have the same service available on the coastland be available in the hinterland and other poor and remote areas of Guyana.”Heassured the residents that the government will continue to work with the relevant stakeholders to en sure hinterland communi ties are provided with the necessary inputs to foster development and bridge the existing gaps. “I wish to assure you that the government will con tinue to work with Digicel and other service providers to ensure that we bridge the Digicel Guyana’s CEO, Gregory Dean, gives PM Phillips a tour of the cell tower (Adrian Narine photo) Digicel Guyana’s Chief Executive Officer, Gregory Dean (Adrian Narine photo) Prime Minister, Briga dier (Ret’d) Mark Phillips (Adrian Narine photo) Primary school teacher, Miss Sue (Adrian Narine photo) digital divide in Guyana.” The village’s Deputy Toshao, Leroy Gonputh, was full of gratitude for the improved services. “We are indeed grate ful for the opportunity giv en to us by Digicel and the government of the day and that is giving us communi cation where we can enjoy it from our home like any other Guyanese,” he said before adding: “For quite a long time we were left behind but today we can safely say Digicel has given us that opportunity where we can sit back relax and enjoy our internet and phone call right from our home.” gets
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A CONTRACT to the tune of $48.6M was signed be tween the Education Minis try and Gafsons Industries Limited for the design, supply , installation and commissioning of solar photovoltaic systems at the Guyana Learning Channel facilities in Aishalton and Karasabai, Region Nine on Monday. There was a public ten dering process and Gafsons Industries Limited emerged as the recommended bidder and was awarded the con tract. Education Minister, Priya Manickchand, said that the project aims to provide to the students, in the two com munities, the same opportu nities that learners, along the coast, enjoy, which is access to learning resources not only in schools but through
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$48M to enhance Learning Channel facilities in Aishalton, Karasabai
the distance education plat forms, the Guyana Learning Channel and EdYou FM, a release“We’resaid.able to give them lessons on the learning chan nel and the radio channel all day. We’re able to commu nicate with them the way we are able to do with children in Georgetown but only if we have reliable electricity and continuous electricity,” Minister Manickchand noted. She explained the impor tance of the project and the need for it to be completed within the agreed timeline. Sales and Marketing Manager of Gafsons Indus tries Limited, Adrian Singh, said that the company is happy to be awarded the con tract and to be a part of such an important project in the education of young people. Also present at Mon day’s signing was Perma nent Secretary, Alfred King; Director of the National Centre for Ed ucational Resource De velopment, Quenita Wal rond-Lewis; Head of Pro curement, Quiency Hinds and Chief Executive Offi cer of the Guyana Energy Agency, Mahender Shar ma, the release noted
Permanent Secretary, Alfred King and Adrian Singh of Gafsons Industries Limited shake hands and display contract document as Education Minister, Priya Manickchand (centre), Director of NCERD, Quenita Walrond-Lewis (back right) and CEO of GEA, Dr. Mahender Sharma (back left) look on
THE Ministry of Legal Affairs and Attorney-General’s (AG) Office is still working hard trying to recover monies that were paid out in con tracts under the APNU+AFC Gov ernment, where goods or services were not delivered. One such case is against Trinida dian company, Davis Ecolife Limited, which had a contract with the National Data Management Authority (NDMA) for $11.9 million to deliver two prefab ricated eco-pods, to house ICT hubs in Georgetown.Thecontract was signed in Decem ber 2018, for delivery by 25 January, 2019. However the products never ma terialised, despite the company being paid a 50 per cent deposit. Earlier this year, the Attorney Gen eral’s Office initiated court proceedings against the company, after it was writ ten to in December 2021, requesting a return of the deposit. “As you are aware, by written agreement made and entered into on the 4 December, 2018, the NDMA ex ecuted a written agreement with your company for the supply of two prefab ricated enclosures (Eco Pods) to house ICT hubs to be installed at two sites identified by NDMA, in Georgetown, Guyana,” the Attorney-General wrote. “In the circumstances, I hereby de mand that the said deposit in the sum of twenty-eight thousand four hundred and forty-nine dollars and fifty- four cents (USD 28,449.54) be returned to NDMA by way of wire transfer. Should your company fail to do so within 21 days, we will have no alter native but to institute legal proceedings against your company to recover the said deposit and damages as a conse quence of your breach of contract to honour your obligations.” As such, earlier this year the Attor ney-General initiated legal proceedings against the company, which is located in Trinidad and Tobago. However, with the company not being located in Guyana, in July the AG Chambers applied to the court for permission to serve the order on the company out of the jurisdiction by registered mail.
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SOME 900 million people or 96 per cent of the pop ulation of the 35 coun tries of the Americas are currently protected by at least one of the six to bacco control centtionWorldrecommendedmeasuresbytheHealthOrganisa(WHO),up50perfrom2007.However, progress has not been uniform, the Pan Ameri can Health Organisation (PAHO) said in a release. According to the Report on Tobacco Control for the Region of the Amer icas 2022, presented by PAHO, 26 of the Region’s 35 countries have achieved the highest level of appli cation of at least one mea sure; but other measures such as increased tobac co taxes have made slow progress and nine countries have not yet taken any action.“Tobacco causes near ly a million deaths in the region every year and it is the only legal consumer product that kills up to half of those who use it,” said Dr. Anselm Hennis, Direc tor of PAHO’s Department of Non-communicable Dis eases and Mental Health. He added: “The re sponse to this enormous threat must be equally ag gressive. Control measures work and we must move more quickly to implement all ofThethem.”report shows that, in 2021, of 35 countries in the Americas: 24 are implementing measures to protect against exposure to second-hand smoke; 22 require large graphic warnings about the dangers of smoking on tobacco product packages; 10 have surveillance systems with recent, periodic, and rep resentative data on tobacco use by adults and young people; six offer a com prehensive system to help people quit smoking; nine establish total bans on to bacco advertising, promo tion, and sponsorship and three apply indirect taxes to cigarettes that account for 75 per cent or more of the retail price. The report noted that progress in the application of the six measures known as MPOWER, established by the World Health Or ganisation (WHO) in 2008, has helped reduce the prev alence of tobacco use from 28 per cent of the region’s population in 2000 to 16.3 per cent in 2020, the sec ond lowest in the world. In 2020, South America became the first smoke-free subregion of the Americas, where smoking is absolute ly prohibited in enclosed public places, in workplac es, and on public transport. Tobacco use is the lead
Progress in the fight against smoking –– newreportPAHO ing risk factor for six of the eight leading causes of death in the world and for the four most preventable and prevalent noncommu nicable diseases: cardio vascular disease, diabetes, cancer, and chronic respi ratory disease. All forms of tobacco are harmful and there is no safe level of exposure, PAHO said. The PAHO report warns that new and emerg ing nicotine and tobacco products such as e-cig arettes are becoming in creasingly available and accessible, posing a threat to tobacco control. It also warns that the tobacco industry makes misleading claims to increase consum ers and enter new limit their advertising, pro motion, and sponsorship, and require warnings on their packaging. Fifteen countries do not impose any regula tory framework,” the release said image
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Vegetables on sale at the Bourda Market
‘Greens’ prices down, but vendors flock the roadside
By Cassandra Khan FOR a while, there have been complaints from cit izens about the increasing costs for vegetables at the markets, but market prices for ‘greens’ appear to be returning to more afford able costs. The Guyana Chronicle visited the Bourda Market and spoke with vendors who confirmed the decrease in prices of some items. For these vendors, prices are set based on how much they pur chased the goods for or other circumstances.Avendor located deep within the market between Robb Street and North Road, and Orange Walk and Bourda Street said, on condition of anonymity, that stallholders inside of the market are hard ly getting sales because of the many roadside vendors. “The road sellers,” she said, “they have a scheduled time that they have to close up selling out there… They selling retail and wholesale as one price. And now when you buy on the road and come in the market, the customers claiming they buy it for cheaper on the road, and it does kill the market sellers.”Several stalls were closed during this newspaper’s visit. One vendor told the Guyana Chronicle that most sellers have abandoned their stalls inside the market and opted to sell on the roadside. They blamed difficulties with sales. She explained that goods sometimes have to be resold at a cost similar to how much vendors themselves paid for it. This not only results in a loss, but could also result in produce being wasted, if there are no sales for that day.The vendor also noted that there has been a decrease in the sale of tomatoes, as there is a cheaper-priced foreign variety on the market. Local tomatoes are usu ally sold at $600 to $700 per pound, while the foreign tomatoes are sold at $400 per pound, prompting ven dors to either sell their local tomatoes at a lower price, or resell them for the same
The empty stalls in the ‘greens’ section of the Bourda Market (Elvin Carl Croker photos)
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THE Ministry of Education has concluded a five-day workshop on “Piloting of the Renewed Curriculum” for the nursery level at Grand Coastal Hotel. At this workshop, 57 master trainers were trained, and they will be responsible for training nursery teachers across the Accordingcountry.toa release, this first training will take the form of a ‘piloted approach’ that selected schools will un dergo. Countrywide training is expected to commence on August 22 - 26, 2022. The curriculum is expected to be rolled out in 103 pilot schools in the first week of OctoberAccording2022. to Devendre Persaud, Assistant Chief Ed ucation Officer with respon sibility for nursery education, the Renewed Curriculum encourages problem-solving, critical thinking, and deci sionHemaking.alsomentioned that the introduction of this Re newed Curriculum in nursery schools will allow for trans formation in the delivery of the curriculum at the nursery level, and promises to be highly child-centred, as well as teacher and parent-friend ly. This curriculum has five thematic areas, or strands, and they are: Well-being, mathematics, language arts, discovery and invention, personal, and social and civic responsibility.Therelease noted that because Guyana is trans forming, and is on an upward trajectory of development, it is pivotal for education delivery to change to accom modate this development, and thus allow all education stakeholders to contribute meaningfully to this growth and development, which will ensure that the children are “Lifelong Learners”. The programme is funded by the Global Partnership for Education, and managed by the World Bank and the Ministry of Education. Paula Cook MacKin non, Principal of Mind bloom Consulting; Dr. Heather Hemming, Profes sor of Education, Acadia University; and Dr. Gor don Harewood, Senior As sistant Registrar (retired), Caribbean Examination Council were the consul tants present to facilitate the workshop, while Beth Charlton, Assistant Pro fessor (retired) Mount St. Vincent University; and Dr. Joanne Tompkins, Pro fessor of Education, St. Francis Xavier University joined virtually. Participants at the recently completed five-day workshop on the Nursery Renewed Curriculum for nursery to be piloted in 103 schools
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Berbice man charged with murder
Once completed, the programme was expected to see each household in Guyana benefitting from a oneoff grant valued at $25,000.
Another vendor, Felicia Persaud, said the price for ‘greens’ went up during the May-June rainy season, but has since fallen. Explaining the difficulty of selling within the mar ket while others flock to the road, Persaud said that the vendors on the road would pay some vagrants to dis pose of garbage. The vagrants, however, would dump the waste in front of closed up stalls within the market.
CALL TO ACTION Persaud is pleading with City H all to ensure that the stalls in the market are being occupied, so that the persons inside of the market can acquire sales in a structured way, since they are still re quired to pay rent. Persaud further called for proper sanitation facili ties, including water and toilet facilities. Another vendor located along the roadside told this newspaper that compared to two weeks ago, prices for goods have declined. She said a pound of ochro sold previously for $340, but is now $300. Additionally, when comparing the prices seen in side and outside the market, the prices for ‘greens’ on the roadside were either the same as within the market or more expensive. The Guyana Chronicle also visited a city super market, which reflected higher prices for ‘greens’ when compared to small vendors in the market.
“ All these stand them what you see close up, tomorrow morning when you come is each one got garbage.
President, Dr. Irfaan Ali indicated in January 2022 that under the People’s Progressive Party/Civ ic (PPP/C) administration, each of the 10 Adminis trative Regions has benefitted from the programme, “…injecting critical liquidity into the economy and providing a cash lifeline to households, so many of which were thrown into distress as a result of the pandemic.”Additionally, the government distributed $1 billion in fertilisers to farmers all across Guyana as a means of absorbing the rising global costs for the commod ity, and preventing the costs from being passed on to consumers at the market. “The cost of a fertiliser has affected the produc tion cost[s] for farmers which have translated into increased prices in the markets. “In order to cushion the impact of the rising cost of fertiliser on farmers, and to limit the pass through to food prices, my government will be purchasing $1 billion dollars’ worth of fertiliser for free distribution to farmers for use in their plant ing activities,” Dr. Ali had declared in May 2022.
Some $7.5 billion was expended on the COVID-19 cash grants alone up to January 2022.
BABULALL Ganpat called “Suraj”, of Glasgow Hous ing Scheme, was charged and remanded to prison for the alleged murder of his exwife, Cindy Ramchandar. He appeared virtually be fore Magistrate Alex Moore at the Springlands Magistrate’s Court.Itis alleged that, on Au gust 5, he murdered Ram chandar, 24 at Number 47 Vil lage, East Berbice, Corentyne. Ganpat was not required to plead to the indictable offence and was remanded to prison. He is expected to make his second court appear ance on November 2. At around 08:30 hrs on the day in question, Ganpat reportedly confronted his wife and stabbed her multi ple times; she collapsed and died in front of her cousin’s residence. He subsequently escaped in a silver-coloured motorcar. The car was lat er found abandoned on the Palmyra Public Road with a suitcase and a bottle. Relatives told the Guyana Chronicle that Ramchandar left her matrimonial home two months ago after ill-treatment from the suspect. She had vowed never to return. Four days after, Ganpat turned himself over to police where he reportedly confessed to committing the act. of ex-wife
A post-mortem exam ination done on her re mains concluded the cause of death as shock and hem orrhage due to multiple stab wounds. Babulall Ganpat price they would have purchased them for.
“The people on the road send the ‘junkie’ with the garbage, and the ‘junkie’ don’t want to throw it away; they does throw it in the market. So this does be going on all the time,” she said.
While a bundle of bora sold for $200 at Bourda Market, a similar bundle sold for $250 at the super market. Ochro was priced at $375 at the supermarket, while the price was $300 at Bourda Market. In efforts to reduce the high cost of living in Guy ana, government had made many interventions.
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In the read statement, High Commissioner Srini vasa said that when India won Independence in 1947, there were many internation al leaders and experts who were sceptical of the success of a handsyearsnations.ednoted,governmentdemocratically-electedinIndia.Duringthosedays,itwasdemocracywaslimittoeconomicallyadvanced“India,aftersomanyofexploitationattheofforeignrulers,was marked by poverty and illit eracy. But we Indians proved the sceptics “Democracywrong.not only grew roots in this soil, it was enriched too. In most other well-established de mocracies, women had to wage long-drawn struggles to get the right to vote, but India adopted universal adult franchise right since the be ginning of the Republic,” the High Commissioner noted. The Indian diplomat ex plained that, for an ancient nation such as India, 75 years was merely a blink of an eye. But for some, it is a Indian High Commissioner to Guyana, Dr. K J Srinivasa lifetime.“Senior citizens among us have witnessed a dramatic change in their lifetime. They have seen how after Inde pendence all the generations have toiled hard, how we met great challenges and how we have taken charge of our destiny,” he said. By 2047 when India cel ebrates its centenary of In dependence, the High Com missioner continued, India would have fully realised the dreams of freedom fighters as it is already on its way to building an India that would have realised its true potential.Heexplained that the world has seen a new In
India celebrates 75 years
AS India, on Monday, cel ebrated 75 years since its independence, the High Commission of India in Georgetown held a special celebration at the Swami Vivekananda Cultural Cen tre, Georgetown. The event saw several cultural performances includ ing rhythmic yoga, singing, andIndia’sdances. High Commis sioner to Guyana, Dr. K J Srinivasa, related a message to attendees on behalf of India’s President, Shrimati (Smt) Droupadi Murmu. High Commissioner Srinivasa said that, as the country celebrates its inde pendence, respect is owed to those men and women who have made enormous sacri fices to make a ‘free India’ possible.ForSrinivasa, the cele bration was not only for In dia, but for every advocate of democracy around the world.
A cultural dance performance
into the whole country to en able seamless transportation across the “Whatcountry.isallthe more heartening is that the growth is becoming more inclusive, and regional disparities too are “Butreducing.this is only the be ginning. A series of econom ic reforms and policy initia tives have been preparing the ground for a long term Digital India,” he said. The Indian diplomat added: “The ‘National Ed ucation Policy’ is aimed at preparing the future gener ation for the next stage of industrial revolution while also reconnecting it with our heritage.“Economic success is leading to an ease in living too. Economic reforms are rightly accompanied by in novative welfare initiatives.”
A performance of rhythmic yoga
The aim of these and many other similar ef forts, High Commissioner Srinivasa communicated on behalf of his country’s President, is to provide basic amenities to all, par ticularly the poor.
The hoisting of the Flag of India at the independence observance of independence dia rising in recent years, more so after the outbreak of COVID-19.“Ourresponse to the pan demic has been appreciated everywhere. We launched the biggest vaccination drive in human history with vac cines manufactured in the country itself,” he expressed. Last month, India crossed the 200-crore (one crore equals ten million) mark in cumulative vaccine cover age.“The pandemic has up rooted lives and also econ omies in the entire world. When the world has been battling the economic con sequences of the great crisis, India got its act together and is now moving forward. “India is among the fast est growing major economies in the world,” the High Com missionerDuringplugged.thelastfew years, extraordinary progress has been made in the develop ment of physical and digital infrastructure in andtivity,planthroughmissionerdent’sReferencingIndia.thePresiremarks,HighComSrinivasasaidthatthenationalmasterformulti-modalconnectravelbywater,land,airarebeingintegrated
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GMR&SC International Drag Meet ‘We’re here to defend Guyana’ - Peter Daby
the VALS construction spon sored E1 and Lower classes event over 1100m, Early Bird, of the R&R Syndicate racing stable, crossed the line first, after a surge ahead of Converter, of Slingerz Racing Stable, and Looking To Heaven of the Jumbo Jet racingThestable.Associated Con struction one-mile class for three-year-old horses was picked up by Colour of Sac rifice, owned and trained by Shaun Mohamed, ahead of Like A Million (Jumbo Jet Racing Stable) and Amaz ing Grace (PHVH Racing Stable)The first race of the day, the Air Services Lim ited J3 Non Starter and L Class Classic (1100m), saw Face D’ Fire (Azad Hussain) coming in ahead of Cash N Carry (Cecil Evans) and Foreign Link (Dexter Miles), while the G3 and Lower class over 1400m was sponsored by Forrester’s Lumber Yard, and saw Unsettled (Jumbo Jet Racing Stable) winning ahead of It's My Choice (G. Singh) and Goldon D'or (Zahir Khan).
ONE of the more antic ipated events in August each year; the Guyana Motor Racing & Sports Club’s (GMR&SC) In ternational Drag Race meet; finally returns this weekend and it is set to satiate fans’ need for 1320 action at the South Dako ta Circuit. The Timehri strip which has undergone much trans formation throughout re cent years will see a bevy of competitors from Suri name and Trinidad & To bago, burning rubber with the Guyanese for the title of “King of the Strip”.
However, during a re cent interview, local com petitor, Peter Daby has sent a strong warning to the foreigners, hinting that they will leave the ‘Land of Many Waters’ without any silverware.Daby,who has been a keen rival of Team Mo hamed’s revealed that him self and team are more focused on dominating the visiting delegation that will feature two rail cars and a record breaking RX-7 from the Twin-Island Republic of T&T while Raymond John & Michael Namchand are among the Surinamese speedsters.Threecars are coming out of Daby’s camp and they are his nine-second third generation Rx-7, his more popular 2Jz Rx-7 and the recently acquired Mus tang; both of which will be in the unlimited class. The 2Jz will be driven by Daby himself while the Mustang will be piloted by a Cayman Islands’ driver. S&D Performance and Time Machine Racing out of Miami, Florida are the mechanics for Daby’s team while special thanks were sent to their sponsors Unicom, MMD Hollow Block, JS Guyana, SMS Multi-Lift and Sharlon Mark“SMSSammy.and JS Guyana have done a lot of clear ing work on the track so spectators can have better views of both the circuit and drag-race events going forward,” Daby added. Meanwhile, competitors are advised that the regis tration for this weekend’s event closes on Wednes day. Tickets for fans cost $2000 for adults; $1000 for kids, and are on sale at the clubs’ Thomas Lands’ office.
Alado is Guyana Cup champion horse!
Jockey Colin Ross com mented, “I knew when we came down the final stretch that I had them; the horse was feeling strong, and had it covered.”Intheundercard
The J’s Guyana J1 and Lower class over (1400m) was won by Perfect Dream (Deleep Esreepersaud), Eb ony Prince (Belwin Ander son), and Trump (J Dav eanand), while The TwoYear-old Guyana-Bred horses over 1100m and sponsored by Secure Inno vations and Concepts Inc. was picked up by Double Jet (Jumbo Jet Racing Stables) ahead of GT Boss (Unstop pable Racing Stable) and Legacy (Denzil Lewis). The J3 Non Starter and L Class Classic, sponsored by East Cell Tech over 1100m, was won by Red Star (Shamsundar) ahead of Perfect Storm (J. Chan dilall) and Catholic Boy (Stefan Kanaya).
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THE fourteenth running of the Guyana Cup lived up to every expectation, with the feature race over one mile providing all the excitement horseracing fans had been waiting for. When Alado galloped across the line first, there was no controlling the out pouring of the fans in sup port of trainer Junior Mo hamed and the ZZ racing stable crew as they paraded up and down the Rising Sun homestretch.Alado,of the Master Z racing stable, beat out the Jagdeo Racing Stable’s pair of Wild Texas Tom and Our Stuie.After the event, trainer Nasrudeen Mohamed Jnr. said, “I’m glad that we won this event; we’ve been train ing very hard for this class, and I just want to thank everyone that backed me.”
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NAJIBULLAH, RASHID TEE OFF Najibullah was coming into the game on the back of a match-winning 42 off 18 balls in the third T20I. In the fourth, he was fluent from the get-go, cutting his first ball through backward point for four.The short ball, however, continued to bring the wick ets for the Ireland bowlers: Fionn Hand's slower short ball had Mohammad Nabi caught at covers in the fifth over, while Delany lured Azmatullah Omarzai into a pull in the eighth over and had him caught at deep mid wicket for his third wicket of the Najibullahday. then repaired the innings and took his chances against Ireland's attack. However, it was Rashid's entry at the crease that turned the tide for Af ghanistan. After hitting Barry McCarthy for 20 runs in the ninth over, the duo took Delany - whose figures read 2-0-12-3 till then - for 21 runs in the following over. Afghanistan also capitalised on Ireland's sloppiness in the field on the day - Najibul lah was dropped twice and RashidNajibullahonce. raised a 22ball half-century and the fifty stand with one blow. Adair then removed Najibullah in the final over of the innings, but the damage was done by then. Rashid hit another boundary off the last ball to lift Afghanistan beyond 130. His strike-rate of 310 is the joint-highest (minimum 25 runs) by an Afghanistan bat ter in T20Is.
SA seamer Duanne Olivier out of Test series with hip injury
two balls of the fourth over to remove Ibrahim Zadran and Hazratullah Zazai, giving away just six runs in the over.
IRELAND LOSE THE PLOT Ireland required 12 an over to complete the chase and seal the series. And it looked like the experienced Paul Stirling and Andy Bal birnie were determined to hunt down the target. Both batters got going from the outset as they hit 28 off the first nine balls of the innings. The fun was short-lived for Ireland. After hitting Omar zai for 4, 4, 6 in the first three balls of the second over, Bal birnie gave away his wicket, triggering a slide. Fareed Ahmad, playing his first T20I in 17 months, made sure Afghanistan did not miss Fazalhaq Faroqiwho has been ruled out of the rest of the series with a side strain - much on the day. He took two wickets in his first over, first nabbing Stirling with a short ball and then getting Lorcan Tucker to hole out with a fuller delivery. He came back in the sixth over to dismiss Harry Tector, leaving Ireland at 63 for 4. Rashid finally struck in the series after going wick etless in the first three games - before this series, he had never gone wicketless in two successive T20Is. He bounced back with an allround performance in this game. He flummoxed Dela ny with a wrong'un in the seventh over and removed McCarthy in the ninth with a length delivery. When Naveen struck twice in the eighth over, Ire land were 69 for 7. Dockrell briefly marshalled the tail, scoring an unbeaten 41 off 27 balls, but the target was well beyond Ireland's reach. (Cricinfo) (From page 29) (From page 30) for all of us. I think we've got 17 players and it's massive for all 17 of us to go out there, play a brand of cricket that appeals to South Africans and ultimately gives us the best chance of winning in England. We've seen it happen in the past before, so we know it can be done."Elgar says South Africa will not cross the line with the verbals, but expects words to be exchanged in the middle. "In the heat of battle, there's always something that comes out," he said. "Let's put it that way. I just want to play three really, really hard Test matches and go out there and put the badge on the line and throw a bit more respect into the badge."Headded: "We played against the best in the world last year [India, who were top of the rankings at the time], and I think we did things that we didn't quite expect to do at that"Sotime.the standard that we've set and the bar that we've raised since last year has happened pretty natural ly just out of us doing good things on the field again. "It's gonna be a tough series, no doubt. They are a proud cricketing nation and I respect that. But I know they are definitely beatable. I didn't come here to play second fiddle. I came here to win a series. (Yahoo Sport) Elgar warns England 'I didn't come...
SOUTH Africa seamer Duanne Olivier has been ruled out of the Test series against England through injury.The 30-year-old has returned home af ter tearing a hip muscle during the four-day tour match defeat by England Lions in Canterbury which ended on Friday. South Africa have not yet named a replacement for Olivier, who has taken 59 wickets at an average of 21.93 in 15 Tests. The first Test of the three-match series begins on Wednesday at Lord's. "Duanne presented with significant discomfort in volving his right hip flex or muscle at the close of play on day three of the four-day tour match," said South Africa team doctor Dr Hashendra Ramjee. "After clinical assess ment, he was referred for an MRI scan which re vealed a grade two tear in volving the right pectineus muscle." South Africa squad: Dean Elgar (capt), Sarel Erwee, Marco Jansen, Si mon Harmer, Keshav Ma haraj, Aiden Markram, Lungi Ngidi, Anrich Nortje, Keegan Petersen, Kagiso Rabada, Ryan Rickelton (wk), Lutho Sipamla, Rassie van der Dussen, Kyle Verreynne (wk), Khaya Zondo, Glen ton Stuurman.
7. Embed a business model that is sustainable, cost efficient, diversified and always innovative in its 8.thinkingDrive investment in venues and facilities that enhance experiences and enrich communities 9. Champion inclusion, pos itive social impact and sus 10.tainabilitySupport growth of cricket globally, and in clusion at Brisbane 2032. (Cricket.com.au)
Duanne Olivierr made his Test debut in 2017 Rashid's all-round effort, Najibullah's...
Afive-year blueprint to turbocharge participa tion in the sport and enhance the game's financial sustain ability has been launched by Cricket Australia (CA) at the MCGFeaturingyesterday..ten strategic priorities across four inter related pillars, the objectives that will govern decision making through to 2027 have been developed after an ex tensive consultation process that took in thousands of fans and stakeholders from all parts of the cricket spectrum. Australian cricket's prior ities will now be to strength en the engagement between fans and players, continue to produce world class teams, entrench a strong and inno vative business model and establish a framework for the game's positive social impact The strategy also sets an ambitious target of doubling the number kids aged 5 to 12 registered to play cricket to 210,000, and quadrupling the number of girls registered in this age group to 60,000 over the next five years. Having cricket feature at the Brisbane 2032 Olympics has been set as a goal, fol lowing the reintroduction of the sport at Birmingham for women's T20 where Austra lia won gold. The organisation has also earmarked a minimum of three ICC events won by each of Australia's men's and women's teams in the next five years as a measure of success.Getting fans back into stadiums has also been ear marked as a priority, with particular emphasis on the BBL and WBBL, which now has a target of annual atten dance of 1.25 million across both competitions, in a wider goal of an average of 2.4 million fans through the gate in summer.Cricket Australia chair Dr Lachlan Henderson said: "This plan comes at a critical time as we seek to ensure our national sport grows and continues to flourish. The new strategy is informed by the knowledge and passion of those invested in cricket’s future and reflects our shared ambition."CAchief executive Nick Hockley added: "Cricket is rapidly evolving and, with that, so too are the ways cricket is played, watched and consumed. This strategy contains both a vision and a clear plan for how we can achieve bold, transformative change while also meeting our core "Thisresponsibilities.includesensuring that cricket has a positive social impact, whether by providing more opportunities for women and girls, making the game more accessible to participants from culturally diverse backgrounds or tak ing the necessary steps to make the game environmen tally sustainable."
Cricket Australia chief executive Nick Hockley
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Strategic Priorities 2022-27 1. Develop outstanding digi tal and live experiences that wow our customers 2. Grow the BBL and WBBL as the summer fami ly sports and entertainment 3.propositionAttractkids (ages 5-12) and families from all back grounds to inspire a lifelong love of cricket 4. Accelerate momentum to be the leading sport for women and girls 5. Enhance our leading international and domes tic competitions, systems and programs that develop great players, coaches and match officials 6. Strengthen connection with cricket’s past and present role models whose performances and stories inspire our nation
Australian cricket launches five-year strategic plan
Test cricket can survive T20 boom, says Andrew Strauss
Off-spinner Frank Akank wasa claimed the final four wickets to finish with five for 19 in 4.5 overs as Bermuda were bundled out for 161 in the 41stTryingover. to put a brave face on defeat, 27-year-old Le verock said: “We’ve only had two or three guys that are reg ular players in these last two tours due to availability issues. “So hopefully the young guys learnt and next time if they get an opportunity, they takeJerseyit.” booked their place in the next stage of qualifying for the 2023 Cricket World Cup despite a four-wicket defeat by Kenya in their final match on Sunday.Jersey now progress to the 2023 World Cup Qualifier play-off – with the top two countries from the six taking part moving on to the final stage of qualifying in Zimba bwe next Jerseysummer.topped the league on net run rate after tying with Uganda on 22 points. Bermuda’s cricket at in ternational level has been in the doldrums since qualifying for the 2007 World Cup in the Caribbean under then coach Gus Logie, the former West Indies Test batsman having since returned to the country to coach club side Bailey’s Bay.
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SIR Andrew Strauss has warned that English crick et must not have its "head in the sand" as it adjusts to the expansion of short-for mat leagues. Strauss is chairman of the ECB’s cricket commit tee, and is leading the high performance review into the future of the English game. The former Test captain stressed the need for England to be nimble as the sport un dergoes major changes. “The cricket world around us is changing un believably quickly,” Strauss said. “Every day, every week, every month, we're seeing a new example of how that world is changing around us. And one thing that we're having to ask ourselves in this country is where does our game fit into all of“Atthat?both domestic and international level what are we meant to be prioritising, investing in, not investing in etc, to make sure that the game remains strong and relevant and that we have in centives there for our players to play both red and whiteballTelegraphcricket?” Sport recently revealed that IPL franchises hope to have players on 12-month-a-year contracts. Emphasising the threat posed to the international game, Trent Boult, the star New Zealand pace bowler, last week withdrew from his international central contract to free more space in his schedule to play in franchise tournaments. Two major T20 leagues, in South Africa and the UAE, launch next January.Strauss said that such developments added to un certainty about the future of the “Itsport.definitely feels like right at the moment, the rate of change is increasing. And the truth is, none of us know what's around the corner so you can all look into the future and go, 'Yeah, we're going to have this situation where players are signed up to franchises for 12 months of the year and there's less international cricket.' We don't know any of that at this“Onepoint.of the things that we need to be conscious of in the game in this country is we have to be nimble and adaptable. And we can't af ford to be slow moving and have our heads in the sand. I think that's really important that we set ourselves up in this country, we set the game up in a way that allows us to be flexible and adaptable.”
JERSEY, Channel Islands, (CMC) – Bermuda’s woe ful three-year ICC Crick et World Cup Challenge League B campaign end ed with another ignomini ous defeat at the Grainville Cricket Ground in St Saviour on Saturday when Uganda thrashed them by 153 runs. After three legs of the tour nament, which began in Oman in 2019, continued in Uganda in June and ended in Jersey, Bermuda had a solitary point to show from 15 matches after an abandoned game against Kenya. Bermuda’s fifth defeat in Jersey was on the cards after Uganda – the eventual tourna ment runners-up behind Jer sey – piled up 314 for four in their 50 overs, led by the burly number three Ronak Patel, who retired hurt on 121 after striking 15 fours in 122 balls – the fourth century made in five matches against Bermuda in Jersey.Captain Kamau Leverock was again Bermuda’s best bowler with two for 70 and he also led from the front with the bat at number three, thumping 10 fours and a six in his 44ball 58 before falling to a cut shot for the fourth time in five innings in Jersey.
Andrew Strauss, former England Test captain and chairman of the ECB’s cricket committee
(Scores): Afghanistan 132 for 6 (Najibullah 50, Rashid 31*, Delany 3-33) beat Ireland 105 all out (Dockrell 41*, Ahmad 3-14, Rashidreland2-21)continued to hit the hard lengths just like they had done in the previous game and the ploy got them their first wicket: Gurbaz's attempt to pull a short-of-alength ball resulted in a catch at short fine leg in the third over. Afghanistan stumbled further when legspinner Ga reth Delany struck in the first
Bermuda crushed by Uganda as Jersey advance
A 50-run partnership off 18 balls between Najibullah Zadran and Rashid Khan followed by a collective bowling effort helped Af ghanistan level the series, in a rain-reduced 11-over shootout in Belfast. The five-match series is now tied 2-2 with the decider set to take place on August 17. After rain delayed the start by two hours, Najibullah and Rashid carried Afghan istan to 132 for 6. Ireland then fumbled in their 133-run chase and were bowled out for 105, with Fareed Ahmad taking three wickets and Rashid and Naveen-ul-Haq picking up two apiece.
Rashid's all-round effort, Najibullah's fifty set up series decider
Strauss warned that the number of short-format leagues gave players greater power. He suggested that England had to be more conscious of the need to con tinue to make Test cricket attractive for players. While central contracts are high ly lucrative, the ECB have been considering ways to make focusing on the firstclass game more attractive for players outside the full international set-up. “They [the players] will always look at those oppor tunities side by side and de cide what's best for them and you don't hold that against them," Strauss said. "And so we need to con tinue promoting all the bril liant things that cricket in this country offers players - we want to have a strong vibrant domestic game and we want to make sure the players are playing the right balance of formats as well so that it's not all drifting down that white-ball short-form route. There's still plenty of players that want to commit and challenge themselves to be the best Test cricketers they can Straussbe.”believes that Test cricket around the world can co-exist alongside T20, but admitted that the format fac es profound challenges. “One thing we know in other countries, Test cricket doesn’t pay the bills, like it does here,” he said. “The T20 format is the way that a lot of people get introduced to the game in the first place. I still maintain that they can sit together comfortably, Test cricket and T20 cricket. But the challenge we have is [to provide a] manageable schedule that allows players to do both. That is really complicated. It’s multi-di mensional.”Strausswas talking ahead of this year’s Red for Ruth event at Lord’s, which will raise money for the Red for Ruth charity, launched in memory of his late wife, who died from a rare form of lung cancer in 2018. The second day at Lord’s, on Thursday, will see Lord’s turn red to raise awareness about the foundation. “Hopefully, as we’ve said every year, the Red For Ruth day and the Test match adds to the specta cle of the cricket as well and therefore it makes the whole thing a great occa sion as well as a fundrais ing thing for us,” Strauss said. (Yahoo Sports)
Bermuda captain Kamau Leverock
STRONGAFGHANISTAN'SSTART Afghanistan got the start they wanted thanks to Rah manullah Gurbaz once again. He took Josh Little for two fours and a six in the first over and followed it up with a four and a six off Mark Adair in the second over to take Afghanistan to 28 in two overs, by the end of which his partner Hazratullah Zazai had faced just one ball.
Rashid Khan's cameo lifted Afghanistan in the slog overs (Sportsfile/Getty Images) (Turn to page 28)
…The former Australia captain, known for his incisive and forthright views, spent the best part of his commentary years with Channel Nine
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AFTER a celebrated com mentary career spanning 45 years, Ian Chappell has decided to put down his mic. The 78-year-old former Australia captain, who is widely admired for his inci sive views on the game and his forthright manner of ex pressing them, told the Syd ney Morning Herald that he had been contemplating the decision for a while. "I remember the day when I knew I'd had enough of playing cricket," he said. "I looked at the clock and it was five past 11 on a day of play and I thought, 'S**t, if you're clock-watching at that time, I have to go'. "So when it comes to commentary, I've been thinking about it. I had a minor stroke a few years back and I got off lucky. But it just makes everything harder. And I just thought with all the travel and, you know, walking upstairs and things like that, it's all just going to get harder. "Then I read what Rabbits [legendary rugby league commentator Ray Warren] said with retire ment and it really struck home when I read the bit where he said, 'you're al ways one sentence closer to making a Chappellmistake'."entered the commentary box towards the end of a playing career of 75 Test matches - 30 of them as captain - and became part of a team of distinctive voices that back grounded Channel Nine's broadcasts of Australian cricket for more than three decades, alongside Richie Benaud, Bill Lawry and TonyChannelGreig.Nine and Chap pell enjoyed a long rela tionship, but not one with out the occasional fraught moment."Kerry [Packer, the media mogul who owned Channel Nine] wanted to sack me a couple of times," Chappell said. "He used to get the s***s about one-day cricket, because that was his baby. And I might have said something about oneday cricket. With Kerry it was just like a storm - you'd let it blow over till the next oneWhencame." asked how he would like to be remem bered as a commentator, Chappell replied: "It's up to other people to decide what they think of me and some will think I've been all right. Some will think I've been a pr**k. That doesn't bother me one bit." Chappell has had to en dure health issues in recent years, including a diag nosis of skin cancer, but he remained a sharp and fiercely independent voice on the game, in broadcast and print He writes a regular column on ESPNcricinfo, where he recently ques tioned the seeming con sensus among the game's administrators that the future of cricket will inev itably belong to franchise T20 leagues, with Test cricket pushed to the mar gins. (Cricinfo)
EMMA Raducanu has de scribed the chance to play Serena Williams before the 23-time grand-slam singles champion retires as a “great gift”. Raducanu faces Williams in the first round of the West ern and Southern Open in Cincinnati, which is likely to be the American’s final tournament before the US Open, where the Briton is the defendingWilliamschampion.hasindicated she will retire after compet ing at Flushing Meadows, the 40-year-old saying she was “evolving away from tennis, toward other things that are important to me”. “I think it’s gonna be an exciting match,” Raducanu told reporters. “I’m looking forward to it. It’s an amazing opportunity to play probably the best tennis player of all time. It’s probably going to be my last opportunity to ever play her. “I think that, for our ca reers to have crossed over, I think I’m really fortunate that I get to play her. Whatever happens, I think it’s gonna be a really good experience for me and something that I will remember for the rest of her “Expectations,life. I don’t really know, I don’t really care. I just want to go out there and, one, enjoy the match that I’m going to play whenever I do play it. “It’s a great gift to play the best on her way out from the sport. So I’m just looking forward to Raducanuthat.”said her stron gest memory of Williams was when she was taken to Wimbledon as a seven-yearold by her first coach. “We got on to Centre Court somehow and we watched her annihilate some one (6-1 6-1),” the 19-yearold said. “That was just really cool to see her live. That day out with my first coach, I was so excited for the day. I think that was a really special time in my life, a memory that I’ll always have.” (PA Sport)
DEAN Elgar is determined to "throw a bit more respect into the badge" when South Africa face "beatable" En gland in a three-match Test series. The Proteas have won three and drawn one of their past four series in the longest format, including a 2-1 victo ry overSouthIndia.Africa are also sit ting pretty at the top of the World Test Championship table and are third in the rank ings ahead of an opening match against Ben Stokes' side that starts at Lord's on Wednesday.England have enjoyed a dream start to a new era with Stokes as captain and Bren don McCullum head coach, whitewashing New Zealand 3-0 and beating India in a rearranged Test to draw the seriesYet2-2.visiting captain El gar is backing the tourists to maintain the momentum and bring England back down to earth.The opening batter said: "I don't play to lose. I absolutely despise losing. And if we play an average brand [of cricket], or we're not putting our best foot forward, and we don't have results going our way, then that affects me quite a bit. "This is a massive series Elgar warns England 'I didn't come here to play second fiddle'
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It’s a great gift – Emma Raducanu relishing chance to play Serena Williams
Emma Raducanu, pictured, is relishing the chance to play Serena Williams before the American retires (Steven Paston/PA)
Ian Chappell ends commentary45-yearcareer
Ian Chappell: 'It's up to other people to decide what they think of me and some will think I've been all right. Some will think I've been a pr**k. That doesn't bother me one bit.' (Getty Images)
South Africa Test captain Dean Elgar (Turn to page 28)
CRICKET QUIZ CORNER (Tuesday August 16, 2022) COMPLIMENTS OF CUMMINGS ELECTRICAL COMPANY LTD 83 Garnett Street, Campbellville, Georgetown (Tel: 225-6158) Answers to yesterday’s quiz: (1) 25 T20 Int’l matches (2) WI 7 (IND 17; NR 1) Today’s Quiz: (1) What was the result of the recent T20 International series between WI & New Zealand?
KINGSTON, Jamaica, (CMC) – Opening bats man Brandon King, who helped West Indies avoid a whitewash in their T20I series against New Zealand believes his side can learn from their opponents’ fo cus and concentration on the field. King, who scored a su perb 53 in the third and final match of the series at Sabina Park here on Sunday, said the Black Caps’ victory in the first two matches, as well as that of India in the preced ing three-match series which the Caribbean side lost 3-0, resulted from them “doing the right things for longer”. “These are two top teams that we’ve played against. They’ve won more games because I think they’ve done the right things for longer in the games and we can adopt a part of that into our game, and that’s what we tried to do today,” he said in a postmatch interview, adding that, as professionals, the West Indies players had to find their own motivation. “If you look at the teams that are doing well nowa days . . . their concentration and focus throughout the game [are] good and we need to adopt some of that.”
East Ruimveldt girls, Dolphin boys register biggest wins BY virtue of their outstand ing play during the recent Commonwealth Games in Birmingham, England, Ja maica’s Sunshine Girls have moved up a place in World Netball’s global rankings. The Sunshine Girls who defeated world number-one Australia and number-two New Zealand before losing to Australia in the final, have climbed a spot to number three in the world rankings released on Monday.Meanwhile, Barbados’ Gems failed to win a single match at the Commonwealth Games and have dropped two places to 14th in the rankings. Trinidad and Tobago, mean while, fell one place to 11th. According to World Net ball, “Since the last WN World Rankings update published, on March 1, 2022, many interna tional test series and events have taken place including the PacificAUS Series, Eu rope Netball Open Challenge, COSANA Tri-Nations Series, Wales International Test Se ries, Netball World Cup 2023 Qualifiers – Oceania, and most recently, the 38 matches at the Birmingham 2022 Common wealth“WithinGames.the top six teams Jamaica has moved up to third in the world, whilst England has dropped to fourth, this comes after Jamaica made history at the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games making their first final and winning a silver medal.” World Netball said the new rankings mean that world number-one Australia, New Zealand (2), Jamaica (3) and England (4) will now be invited to compete at the NWC2023. Uganda (6) will also be invited; they have also qualified through their world ranking, due to South Africa (5) pre-qualifying as hosts. The Netball World Cup 2023 Qualifier – Oceania has already taken place with Ton ga and Fiji qualifying to be invited by World Netball to compete at the event. Tonga finished unbeaten at both the PacificAUS Series in March 2022 and the Netball World Cup Qualifier Oceania in JulyWorld2022.Netball requires teams to have played six or more matches in the ranking period to be eligible for a World Ranking. Tonga has reached this threshold again and they now regain a world ranking, entering 9th place in the world. This is a remark able achievement as their high est previous ranking was 19th. Malta (35) Israel (39) and Switzerland (45) have also re gained a ranking after playing the required number of match es by competing at the Europe Netball Open Challenge in May.The success of Tonga has led to Scotland moving down one place to 10, and Trinidad & Tobago and Northern Ire land also moving down one place to 11 and 12. There have also been many changes lower down the table with Barbados, Cook Islands and Samoa all moving down two plac es, whilst the Republic of Ireland have moved up four places to 24th after winning the Europe Netball Open Challenge. (Sportsmax)
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This, King said, could improve the West Indies’ game in limited over series and bring them closer to the better teams. Looking ahead to the three-match ODI series against New Zealand start ing on Wednesday at Kens ington Oval, he said that while the team was not necessarily under pressure, they need to stay focused as those games are important to secure points ahead of the 2022 Cricket World Cup scheduled to be played in Australia from October 16 to November 13. Playing in the series for the first time after miss ing the first two matches due to injury, the Jamai can reached his maiden half-century off 30 balls in the 12th over. He thrilled in his first match for West Indies in front of his home crowd, with four fours and three sixes, as he posted an en tertaining 102 for the first wicket with fellow open er Shamarh Brooks who counted three fours and two sixes in a calculated knock off 59 balls. The opening duo lifted West Indies to a magnifi cent eight-wicket victory.
Jamaica’s Sunshine Girls have climbed to number three in world rankins
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THERE were big wins for East Ruimveldt girls and Dolphin boys as the Exx onMobil Boys and Girls U14 Schools Football tour nament continued on Sat urday last at the Ministry of Education ground. In the first girls game of the day, the East Ruimveldt side won 4-0 against Dol phin, thanks to a hat-trick from Azaria Wilson (11th, 24th and 26th ), while Akee la Sealy (30th ). **** Charlestown, on the oth er hand, had a hard-fought battle against Anns Grove, 3-2, with goals from Chin wendu Rover (21st), Hadas sah Smith (23rd) and Nelosa Bristol (30th), with Anns Grove seeing Sophianna Pellew (13th) and Keyhaiya TixeyWest(17th).Ruimveldt drew with Charlestown in a oneall contest; with West hav ing Chastady Archer (25th) levelling Charlestown’s Chelsie Lupe’s 10th-minute strike.New Campbellville beat Dolphin 2-0, thanks to Devina Bunbury (13th) and Ranella Alexander (34th). Patentia was dealt a beating at the hands of Cum mings Lodge 7-0, thanks to Dequan Thom (10th, 21st, 25th and 28th), with Rovin Harry (2nd) and Nickolas Watts (29th), and Tyrell Walcott (31st) all chipping in. West Ruimveldt were also winners over Freeburg 9-1, thanks to Wayne Solo mon (29th, 30th and 34th), Mark Johnson (16th, 24th and 36th), Donovan Wel come (7th and 18th) and Ronaldo Ramdass (28th), while Freeburg had Jerimiah Lawrence on target. Ann’s Grove went down 0-4 to St Winefrides; Dekiah Holder (12th and 23rd), Jar mon Miller (14th) and Ant wain Wiggins (31st), while Dolphin’s 17-0 thrashing of Leonora came compliments of Jason Sandiford (2nd, 3rd, 9th, 12th, 32nd, 36th ,38th), Tremaine Bishop (11th, 13th, 29th), Jerimi ah Caesar (14th and 16th), Malachi Gowen (16th and 20th), Kellon Alleyne (6th), Damani Hardey (30th) and Aubrey Taylor (39th). North Ruimveldt were also winners that day, beating Lodge 3-0, with goals coming from Mick el Mills (23rd), Emanuel Lewis (24th) and Anthony Vitalis (40th).
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Alado is Guyana Cup champion horse!
At Park Hill: Guyana 73 all out from 48 overs (Tom mani Caesar 26; Micah McKenzie 4-9, Chamiqueko Landerfort 2-7, Onaje Amory 2-19) vs Leeward Islands 119-4 from 43 overs (Jewel Andrew 45*, Nathan Edward 25*; Jonathan Rampersaud 2-21) At Cumberland: Jamaica 265 from 74.5 overs (Ste ven Wedderburn 100, Sean Roye 46, Sanjay Walker 40, Adrian Weir 34; Solomon Bascombe 4-47, Tarrique Edward 3-62) vs Windward Islands 69-2 (Ackeem Auguste 43*) At Arnos Vale: Trinidad 107 all out from 46.4 overs (Kyle Ramdoo 41; Johanna Layne 4-14, Dre Springer 2-9, Jayden Roberts 2-23) vs Barbados 93-2 (Achilles Browne 35, Joshua Dorne 25*, Nimar Bolden 22*)
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Winners of the 14th running of the Guyana Cup, Alado along with the trainers and supporters of the Master ZZ Racing stable
