20th August, 2022 SATURDAY No.106820 $100PRICEVATINCLUSIVE ' 03PAGE Greater transparency at elections –– ROPA amendments to be tabled when Parliament resumes, ready before Local Government Elections Tremendous progress in regional food security 09PAGE –– says President Ali; production levels heightened in CARICOM countries President, Dr. Irfaan Ali addressing the opening of Trinidad and Tobago’s second Agri-Investment Forum and Expo at the National Academy for Performing Arts in Port-of-Spain on Friday (Office of the President photos) Neesa Gopaul murder: sentencefreed,Stepfathermother’sreduced Police to seek external support in allegationsBascom’sinvestigatingwillcontentLoopholesVice-President:inlocallegislationbeclosed 05PAGE 02PAGE 07PAGES&18
DEAD: Neesa Gopaul
SENTENCE REDUCED: Bibi GopaulFREED: Jarvis ‘Barry’ Small twenty years of prison sen tence as there was justifica tion for choosing a starting range at the higher end as the case involved the mur der of a Someminor.ofthe aggravating factors included that it was the murder of a child by her parent which was associ ated with the vulnerability of the minor, the betrayal of trust, and responsibility by a parent along with the degree of violence used to commit the murder. This was enough to in crease the upper limit of the starting range for sen tencing to 22 years and then select a starting point at the upper end of this new range. Considering several factors, it was pointed out that a further uplift of be tween five to eight years was justified. Justice Barrow added that the sentencing con siderations include the re lationship of trust and re sponsibility, the degree of blunt force trauma to the head, the method of dis posal of the body and the lack of remorse by Gopaul, among other things. In handing down the sentence, the court also considered that from the record, Gopaul had no prior convictions along with the fact that she was at the time of sentencing undergoing rehabilitation. As such, it was determined that the fair sentence would be 30 years. The Justice further said that this thirty- year sen tence also includes parole eligibility, not before fif teen years, which would meet the penological objec tives of sentencing. From this 30-year sentence, the period of five years would be deducted for time spent in custody awaiting trial. As such, the CCJ al lowed the appeal of Small, and, in part, the appeal of Gopaul against the sen tences imposed by Guy ana’ s Court of Appeal. Gopaul’s appeal against the conviction was dis missed. She will, instead, serve a 25-year prison sentence.Neesa’s body was found submerged in a suitcase in the Madewini Creek in the vicinity of the Emerald Towers Resort on October 2, 2010, and it was at the time believed to be head less.A post-mortem later revealed that the body was not headless but was, how ever, stricken beyond rec ognition. Dumbbells simi lar to those found in a gym owned by Small was found tied to the suitcase in which the body was found. Additionally, the body was found with a passport bearing the name “Neesa Gopaul”. She was report ed missing days before the discovery was made.
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Stepfather freed, mother’s sentence reduced in Neesa Gopaul murder
By Shamar Meusa GUYANA’S final appel late court, the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ), on Friday, acquitted Jar vis ‘Barry’ Small for the 2010 murder of 16-yearold Neesa Gopaul, and reduced the sentence of Neesa’s mother, Bibi Go paul to 30 years. The appeal was heard by the President of the CCJ, Justice Adrian Saunders along with Justice Jacob Wit, Justice Maureen Ra jnauth-Lee, Justice Denys Barrow and Justice Peter Jamadar.Ajury in 2015 found Bibi and Small guilty of the teenager’s murder. Bibi was sentenced to 106 years, while Small received a 96year prison sentence at the HighTheCourt.duo appealed their sentences at Guyana’s Court of Appeal. That Court, however, upheld the convictions but reduced the prison term to 45 years each.In the case that was ad vanced to the CCJ, Small was represented by Attor ney-at-Law Nigel Hughes, while Gopaul was repre sented by Attorney-at-Law ArudOnGossai.Friday, Justice Bar row read the CCJ’s judge ment in the appeal, noting that the court separately re viewed the evidence against bothInappellants.relation to Small, Justice Barrow stated that there were three matters of evidence which reportedly included the dumbbells which were found with the suitcase, reports that he sex ually assaulted Neesa, and a statement that he knew who committed the murder. The court, in its judge ment, rejected the state’ s argument that the reports of sexual assault provided motive, instead recognising that it was just speculation that Small had reason to kill the The16-year-old.court,throughout the hearings, found that there was no evidence that Small also retained posses sion of the dumbbells that were placed with the body. Further, it found that it was not possible to con clude that because he said he knew about the killing that he was the Recognisingkiller.these as the only evidence against Small, the court noted there was no case for Small to answer to. As such, he was acquitted.Additionally, it was noted that the falsity of evidence against Small occurred since the trial’s commencement. It was then that even Small had asked for a separate trial consid ering that the evidence in use to convict him at the time, which was provided by an inmate of the prison against Bibi, was not only inadmissible but prejudicial to Small.“This made it an ex ceptional case where the trial judge ought to have directed that there would be separate trials. Small was gravely prejudiced by the joint trial because he was convicted on the strength of evidence which was com pletely inadmissible against him,” Justice Barrow read. This was evidence pre sented by Simone DeNo brega, who was at the time awaiting her own trial, and met Bibi in the lockups. It is believed that the mother of Neesa confessed to DeNo brega about her and Small’s involvement in the murder of Neesa.According to Justice Barrow, this evidence should not have been placed before a jury that was trying the case against Meanwhile,Small.for Go paul’s appeal, the CCJ Jus tice said the court rejected the argument that the initial jury was not warned about the danger of acting on DeNobrega’ s testimony. Justice Barrow further said that the court also found it difficult to believe that the conviction was unsafe simply because there was no other material evidence connecting Gopaul to the murder.The court outright re jected the argument that there was no evidence con necting Gopaul to the mur der. Instead, the justices pointed to the items that were found with the body which, they believe, the jury could reasonably find came from Gopaul’s home. As it relates to sentenc ing, it was stated that Go paul was subject to sen tencing according to Sec tion 100A (1) (b) of the Criminal Law (Offences) Act. This section states that persons shall be sentenced to imprisonment for life or any other term that the court considers appropriate, not being less than 15 years. As such, looking at the initial sentence, the court found that there had been no fair and just sentencing process.Justice Barrow said, “The sentence imposed by the trial court, 106 years with a starting point of 60 years, exceeded the life ex pectancy of a human being and was grossly dispro portionate and manifestly excessive.”Inaddition to this, the CCJ also reviewed the re sentencing of the Court of Appeal to which Justice Barrow said that Guyana’s Appeal Court did not dis count time spent on remand awaiting trial from its sen tence.While this sentence of 45 years handed down by the Court of Appeal was not as grossly disproportionate as the trial judge’s sentence, it was still “manifestly ex cessive.”Thecourt, the Justice said, considered local cases that were cited which did not include the murder of minors and focused on the aggravating and mitigat ing factors relative to the offence. To this end, the court determined that a reason able starting range for sentencing was fifteen to
Greater transparency at elections
Dr.Vice-President,BharratJagdeo 100 domestic violence survivors to receive grocery vouchers
Representatives of Massy Distribution hand over the first women’s grocery voucher to Minister of Human Services and Social Security, Dr. Vindyha Persaud (Delano Williams photo)
IN offering much needed support to survivors of domestic violence, the Ministry of Human Ser vices and Social Security in collaboration with Massy Distribution, on Friday, launched its $1.5 million women’s grocery voucher programme, at Massy’s Montrose, East Coast Demerara head quarters. The ‘SAFE - Stop Abuse, Stay Empowered’ programme which is set to benefit 100 women will see them each re ceiving a grocery voucher valued at $15,000 that is redeemable at Massy’ s Providence, Turkeyen, Montrose, Vreed-en-Hoop and Ruimveldt locations. While speaking at the brief ceremony, subject minister Dr. Vindyha Per saud, said such initiatives and partnerships are vital in changing the lives of those who are in vulner able situations and envi ronments.“Ijust want to say that if we want to make the kind of transformation possible in the country, and we want to impact on the lives of vulnerable people, it is incumbent on every one of us that we become engaged and in volved,” Minister Persaud said. “This requires using whatever authoritative position you have…. you have [a] responsibility under the direction of working towards making See page 5
GUYANA CHRONICLE S aturday, August 20, 2022 3 WITH the inwhenintogovernmentActresentationamendmentsconsultationswidespreadonthetotheRepofthePeople(RoPA)concluded,theisexpectedtabletheamendmentstheNationalAssemblyParliamentresumesOctober.
Speaking on the issue at a press conference on Friday, Vice-President, Dr. Bharrat Jagdeo explained that the government is hoping to have the legis lation passed before Lo cal Government Elections (LGE). LGE is expected to be held before year end. “As soon as Parliament comes out of recess and hopefully before Local Gov ernment Elections,” Jagdeo said.RoPA is one of the piec es of legislation which gov erns elections in Guyana. The RoPA makes provision for the election of mem bers of the National As sembly under a system of Proportional Representation and for purposes connected therewith.Reduced powers of the Chief Elections Officer CEO), the need for poll ing places to be identified long before elections day, the posting of Statement of Polls on the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) website, penal ties for electoral offences, and the subdividing of Re gion Four (Demerara Ma haica) into four sub districts are some of the amendments on the card. “ These are all matter that will be addressed to strengthen the conduct of elections in the future,” Jagdeo noted. The amendments are in keeping with the People’s Progressive Party Civic’s (PPP/C) commitment to electoral reform against the backdrop of the five-monthlong attempt by Coalition elements to rig the elections following the March 2, 2020 General and Regional Elec tions.The amendments to the Act, just one of the several pieces of legislation slated for amendment, are intend ed to address some of those exploitations, absurdities and vulgarities, which were revealed during the fivemonthTheseperiod.amendments are expected to strengthen the democratic process, make the process more transparent and the electoral machinery more accountable. Dr. Jagdeo during the press conference recalled several issues faced during the 2020 elections, particu larly as it pertained to get ting clarity from the then CEO, Keith Lowenfield, on process and procedures for the TheTRANSPARENCYelections.newamendments will provide for clarifica tion and transparency in this area. “I remember when we asked Lowenfield for any thing in writing he would have it in his head and that gave him discretion ary power. After the law is amended no CEO will have that power. All the manuals and training material for GECOM staff will have to be made public three months before the elections. Every member of the public will see the entire manual for the conduct of elections, they will see the role of each staff of GECOM and all the procedures that will have to be followed so there will be no room for doubt on how the elections will be conducted,” Dr. Jagdeo explained. Lowenfield, along with the former Region Four Re turning Officer, Claremont Mingo and former GECOM Deputy CEO, Roxanne My ers, are currently still be fore the court facing several charges related to electoral fraud in the 2020 elections. The Vice-President not ed that it is also important that the amendments ad dress the issues of polling stations, whereby usually the CEO determined where polling stations are to be located, with no clear crite ria to guide the exercise of discretion in relation to the number of polling stations within an electoral division, nor how many people are to be listed to vote at a partic ular polling station. During the 2020 elec tions, the People’s Progres sive Party Civic (PPP/C) had raised a number of con cerns pertaining to polling places when the number of polling places in Region Four was reduced. The need for the sub-di viding of Region Four, the country’s largest voting constituency, was deemed necessary to have each dis trict given its own staff, infrastructure, regulations and systems and procedures to operate as an electoral district by itself, given the large size of the region. “It will be formalised now so that you can have more people now managing those areas because they have large numbers of vot ers. We are not dividing Region Four. It’s just for admin purposes so that it can be better managed,” Dr. Jagdeo explained It was during the counting of votes in Region Four in the 2020 Regional and General Elections that attempts were made to rig the results for this region, for which Lowenfield, Mingo and Myers are now facing charges.
–– ROPA amendments to be tabled when Parliament resumes, ready before Local Government Elections
President, Dr Irfaan Ali and Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago, Dr Keith Rowley during a tour of Novo Life Farms on Thursday (Office of the President photo)
T&T agro-processing company to establish operations here
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GO-Invest CEO, Dr Peter Ramsaroop and a company official at the signing on Thursday. Agriculture Minister, Zulfikar Mustapha (behind Dr Ramsaroop) looks on (Office of the President photo)
PRESIDENT, Dr Irfaan Ali, on Thursday, witnessed the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between the Guyana Office for Investment (GO-Invest) and Trinidadian agro-pro cessing company, Novo Life Farms, for the company to expand its operations to Guyana. According to a release, the MoU was signed after Presi dent Ali and members of his visiting delegation assessed the company’s operations. The Guyanese Head of State was joined by the Prime Minister of Trinidad and To bago, Dr Keith Rowley and the President of the Republic of Suriname, Chandrikapersad Santokhi.Minister of Foreign Af fairs and International Co-op eration, Hugh Todd; Minister of Agriculture, Zulfikar Mu stapha; Minister of Tour ism, Industry and Commerce, Oneidge Walrond and other government officials were also on the tour. Novo Life Farms prod ucts range from ground provision to coconuts and vegetables, the release said.
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Additionally, the company will continue its efforts to eradicate suicide and bring awareness to mental health issues.
“To be part of a programme that will allow us an opportunity to empower women by bringing imme diate relief to them so that they do not have to second guess and submit themselves to abusive or at-risk sit uations and to provide counselling to men,” he said.
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THE government is aware that some foreign companies are already devising ways to cir cumvent provisions in the local content legisla tion and will continue to look at ways to strength en the legislation and address loopholes, said Vice-President, Dr. Bharrat Jagdeo. Speaking at a press conference on Friday at the Arthur Chung Confer ence Centre (ACCC), the Vice-President said the government is concerned about issues in the oil and gas industry pertaining to bundling of contracts and foreign companies instituting measures such as “fronting” to bypass requirements needed to qualify as a local com pany.He reminded that the Local Content Act is a work in progress and will continue to be updated to address gaps as they arise. “ There are several ways we’ve identified now that they [ foreign companies] are trying to beat the system in, and we will close those loop holes. You have to see this as a work in progress as we try to improve on the legislations,” Dr. Jag deoPassedsaid. in the National Assembly in December 2021, the Local Content Act sets out several areas and sectors where the oil and gas companies are mandated to use the ser vices of local businesses. The Act outlines 40 sub-sectors which would legally require oil com panies to procure goods and services as well as employ specific percent ages of Guyanese in their day-to-day operations. It also sets out what defines a local company. To be considered a local entity the compa ny has to have a Guy anese national owning 51 per cent of its shares, while the centhasmanagementcompany’steamalsotocomprise75perGuyanese,whileits overall staff complement has to also be 90 per cent
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The voucher is among a number of initiatives and programmes that the ministry has in place to provide assistance to women in need, she added.
Meanwhile, Massy’s Vice-President, Navindra Thakur said the company is committed to its so cial responsibility and has over the years fostered relationships with non-governmental organisa tions, agencies and various ministries to provide programmes and create initiatives geared towards womenFurther,empowerment.thecompany’s head of suicide preven tion and mental health steering committee, Christpen Bobb-Semple said while the programme will bring immediate relief to women and even children, it will also see the provision of counselling to men.
“I’ve always been an advocate for moving peo ple from a state of dependence to independence and this is one such initiative that will have that level of tangible impact in the lives of persons…and so every woman who needs it will have access to a voucher worth $15,000 as part of your survival kit.”
Vice-President: Loopholes in local content legislation will be closed
Dr. Jagdeo affirmed that as more loopholes in the legislation are identi fied and more Guyanese become competent in ser vices in the oil and gas industry, the legislation will be further amended. “As we go along we are going to perfect this law, we’re going to ad just the percentages and build capacity and we will identify all the loop holes along the way too and then we can close the loopholes and institute the penalties. So it’s not going to be perfect in the first year but it has shifted the momentum, the dy namic, in favour of locals, and that is what we want ed,” he explained.
The Vice-President said the government is already aware of some of the means by which com panies are embellishing their“Onestatistics.is…they have to make a 75 per cent Guya nese management to qual ify as a local company. So what they are doing is they’re taking junior staff and re-designating them as managers now, not adjusting their pay. So if have four expats they now include maybe 16 persons in management when in the past they had five. So that’s one way they are beating the loop hole,” the Vice-President explained.Companies are also finding ways to get around the 51 per cent ownership, he also ob served.“They have side agreements. So the local gets 51 per cent of the shares but they have a side agreement to get a big management fee. So they take their cut off the top from gross revenue. So that’s another way that they’re trying to beat the system,” Dr. Jagdeo told reporters.Another area that Dr, Jagdeo noted that needs to be addressed is the length of time oil com panies take to pay local businesses.“Theycan’t wait 90 days to pay local compa ny; they have to pay them earlier. We made that clear as a local positon. So we are going to close this,” Dr. Jagdeo said. The issue of foreign companies implementing measures to outwit the local content legislation became a point of con tention earlier this year when a Trinidadian com pany, RAMPS Logistics attempt to get listed as a local company by selling shares to a Trinidadian with Guyanese roots. Some 51 per cent of the company’s local subsidiary was sold to Trinidadian businessman, Deepak Lall, who has Guyanese parentage. Lall had only re ceived his Guyanese passport in
Bobb-Semple disclosed that outside of the wom en’s voucher programme, the company will be em barking on a number of activities and initiatives to provide relief to the vulnerable.
Over the next few months, a series of activities will be rolled out targeting the company’s employ ees, vulnerable communities and youths. orm
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the lives of persons who are the most vulnerable …easier,” Dr. Persaud added.
Dr. Jagdeo also noted that notwithstanding the need for strengthening of the legislation, it has already begun to benefit Guyanese, particularly in how they are treated by oil companies. “If you talk to the lo cals they will tell you that the attitude of the oil and gas companies and their first year contractors has change. They are more re spectful now. In the past they were treating people like dirt in some cases. Now they know they are mandated by law, there’s a fine if they don’t comply. So the respect is there,” the Vice-President said.
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Dear GUYANESEEditor, Hindus in New York and else where in the US celebrated Lord Krishna’s birth, called Janamashtmi, on Thursday evening and Friday morning with fasting and prayers in mandirs and homes. There is over a hundred Guyanese mandirs in America spread across major cities from Texas to Florida to New York and Minnesota and elsewhere. One is inspired by Hindu Guyanese diaspora and other nationalities coming together to celebrate the festival as they did in Guyana or their home countries.
Vishnusincerely,Bisram
Guyanese in New York celebrate Lord Krishna’s birth
THE legal battle surrounding the buy out of Twitter is starting to feel like a messy public celebrity divorce. At this point, no one is safe. One thing is clear, however, even for Tesla and SpaceX Founder Elon Musk, the idea of following through with a US$44 billion deal is scary stuff, especially with his recent moves to ensure he sets aside some money, just in case the Delaware-based Court of Equity, which will hear the legal case brought against Musk by Twitter’s Board of Directors, rules that he must follow through with the Ginapurchase.Chon, a columnist with Reuters, said in a recently-published commentary that the two powerful players have not resorted to “trying to grab each other’s dirty laundry by going after splashy technology players and white-shoe law firms”. How will they do this? By subpoenaing some of the technology world’s big players who were involved with either of the parties in the past. This could lead to a number of very embarrassing situations of sworn public disclosures against both Musk and Twit ter. It’s easy to see, however, that Musk might feel the brunt of it, as his battle is against a company from which the direc tors can remain relatively inconspicuous throughout the process. Musk, on the other hand, does not benefit from a diffusion of responsibil ity, and so he steps into the line of fire directly. Musk has been saving his coins in preparation for a decision that won’t favour him. Earlier this month, BBC reported that he sold another 7.92 mil lion shares of his Tesla company, which amounted to approximately US$6.88 billion. It’s interesting to think of one of the world’s wealthiest men shaking the piggy bank in case he has to ‘fork up’ the dollars. But here we are. Something about this imbroglio feels like a joke gone awry. But Musk isn’t even close to being finished. The bil lionaire, whose tweets have jeopardised even the value of his products, tweeted recently that he will buy English football club, Manchester United, according to another Reuters report. “To be clear, I support the left half of the Republican Party, and the right half of the Dem ocratic Party! Also, I’m buying Man chester United ur (sic) welcome - Elon Musk,” Reuters said Musk, 51, tweeted to his 103 million followers. In typical Elon Musk fashion, he went on to clarify, hours later, that he was only making a joke. “No, this is a long-running joke on Twitter. I’m not buying any sports teams… Although, if it were any team, it would be Man U… They were my fav (sic) team as a kid,” he was quoted in the media as saying. This newspaper has published a few ed itorials on the importance of responsible social media usage. And we have seen enough happen in this world to conclude that Online actions, whether intentional or unintentional, have, sometimes, dire offline consequences. But, who will im part this knowledge to a man dubbed the world’sOctoberwealthiest.isquickly approaching. The Delaware Court of Chancery will hear the legal battle between Twitter and Musk, and as Gina Chon wrote: “Musk isn’t known for discretion while Twitter rushed to sell to him. That means there could be a lot of skeletons in the closet. Both sides, and all those subpoenaed, are better off ensuring that what happened in the Twitter deal stays in the Twitter deal.” In the broader context of making social media platforms more account able, maybe Twitter users, some 330 million of them, will finally see a side of the app that has thus far been deemed less invasive than META’s Facebook and Instagram. Time, Musk, and subpoenaed re cords will tell.
Worshippers crowded mandirs in Queens for the celebration although it was a work day. Mandirs held congregational worshipping and kirtan singing. In the many mandirs, the festival was cele brated in great pomp, splendor, and full glory just like in Guyana. Lord Krishna Murthi stood up, well decked up with colourful cloth ing and decorations. Mandirs were dressed and lit up with a variety of colours. Devotees were clad in colourful traditional clothing. Devotees observed Janamashtmi with utmost devotion and veneration. Offerings were made and delicious sweets and delectable dishes served.Lord Krishna appeared in Mathura and lived in Vrindavan, state of Uttar Pradesh, India some 5,200 hundred years ago. Uttar Pradesh is where the bulk of Indian Guyanese trace their roots. Lord Krishna is known as an avatar of Lord Vishnu, the protector of human. Lord Krishna was born to Vasudev and Devaki and held prisoner by the evil ruler Kansha in Mathura. He was saved and went on to guide humanity on the path of righteousness, truth, justice and immortality. His life is recorded in the holy Bhagavad Gita, and his name is associated with the famous Mahabharata War that saw the Pan davas and Kauravas, two sets of families, en gage in battle with each other. Krishna joined the side that was disadvantaged and bullied and encouraged humans to stand on the side of justice. Krishna Janmastami is celebrated to cherish his good deeds so one may have a blessed and prosperous life. Janmashtami is celebrated on the eighth day of the dark fortnight in the Hindu month of Bhadrapada, which generally falls in mid-August. Devotees observed a fast (avoid ing food or avoiding non-veg) for the whole day and night, worshipping Lord Krishna and or keeping vigil through the night while listening to his message, reciting hymns from the Holy Gita, singing devotional songs, and chanting mantras as incense burned in a fire and agarbati was light to cleanse the atmo sphere.There were elaborate ceremonies at the mandirs including oblations and offerings and rocking of a hammock with a small murthi of LordAfterKrishna.service, there was aartee for Lord Krishna, distribution of prasad, followed by bhojan or meals. Some devotees, especially women, spent Thursday night chanting, praying, and engaging in devotional singing.Yours
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CRIME Chief Mr. Wendell Blanhum during the GPF’s press conference on 2022-08-17 made it clear that the GPF is currently being assisted by an internationally recognized law en forcement agency in conducting the Ricardo Fagundes murder probe and that several foreign experts/investi gators also visited CID HQ and have since provided assistance to local police. Items recovered from the crime scene were also sent overseas for analysis. We are still awaiting the results of that analysis to continue our investigations. This bit of information seems to have eluded Mr. Hughes or he is simply being mischevious. Sgt Bascom continue his unintelligent and wholly inaccurate interpretation of the work he was observing from the back seat of a car , by his superior officer, by claiming that the officer was in some mag ical and “Star Wars like”manner using a computer to triangulate the position of a suspect and track his movements in a mur der case hours after the murder took place. It is important to firmly state that there is no equipment existing anywhere in the world in 2022 that could achieve such a magical task. Mr. Hughes also positively stated that the late former Commissioner of Police Henry Greene had said that the Guyana Police Force is in receipt of an equipment that can accom plish such task. The GPF challenges and in fact dares Nigel Hughes to provide proof that such equipment as described by Sgt Bascom exists anywhere in the world today. The Guyana Police Force therefore wish es to Firmly state that at no time whatsoever was Bascom at the crime scene on official duty. And any such claims made by Bacom are blatant lies. The Guyana Police Force stands by its position that Rondell Bacchus was presented to the CID ranks in the CID Headquarters by his Attorney.TheAttorney for Mr. Bascom has de manded that the GPF produces the diary entry of the arrest of Rondell Bacchus but this is quite unprecedented, unusual and contrary to the long-standing legal principle that "he who asserts must Moreover,prove".Mr.Nigel Hughes cannot seek to tarnish the reputation of hard-working policemen by using the word ‘undoctored’ in an effort to build public sympathy as is his modus operandi in cases of this nature. Such utterances are irresponsible, irrational and dangerous coming from a member of the Bar and should be immediately retracted. Notwithstanding, this information as regard of how Mr Bacchus arrived at the station is of no material impor tance to the on going murder investigation The police force stand by its statement that, it was Roger Khan through his lawyer who made claims that Rondell Bacchus was one of the suspects captured on CCTV footage who opened fire on Ricardo Fagundes. Khan also said he has information that Mark Richmond was the driver of the getaway car. The media and public are reminded that at our press conference it was further disclosed that “Roger Khan through his attorney-at-law, provided the information to the police on the 1st April 2021 via Whatsapp at 20:18 hours and sent the tele phone numbers for Rondel Bacchus and Mark Richmond. He also sent pictures of Rondell Bacchus and that of several men in uniform.”ThePolice then made checks at the prison, since the last information the police had on Rondell Bacchus was that he was in prison and a senior prison official indicated that he had since been released and that the ‘information’ or ‘chatter’ from prisoners was that one of the men in the video footage obtained at the crime scene appeared to be Rondell Bacchus. As stated, checks were made for Rondell Bacchus as a matter of urgency and when these proved futile, the police issued a wanted bulletin on April 06, 2021 for him. A mere hour after the wanted bulletin was published, Rondell Bacchus turned himself in to the police in the company of his lawyer and not in the company of Dion Bascom who made such Bascomclaims.reiterates the fact that the police made efforts to contact Mark Richmond and even searched his residence. The GPF maintains that Bas com then informed one of his superi ors that a popular businessman from Essequibo was using him to go after Mark Richmond who is known to him. Investigators have knowledge that Bascom and the said businessman are close friends. (Statement by the Guyana Police Force)
Police respond to Bascom, attorney
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gional press leading to the 53rd AGM in Saint Lucia, but for the entire region and the world in 2023… to promote the Caribbean in a globalThen,space…”utilising the pat ented and branded native Saint Lucian and Caribbean medium of traditional creole communication and cultural messaging through story telling, Dr. Leon gave the simplest ‘Tim-Tim’ rendition ever heard by most of the present and Online audience of a vision for futuristic Ca ribbean development, but starting now. He invited listeners and viewers to “Imagine a region where everyone cannot be rich, but have sustainable livelihoods, connected in all spaces… and at the forefront of innovation.”Ifthat’sthe vision, he said, there are three elements: ‘A challenge, with a goal -- and how we utilise indus trialisation of knowledge to translate it into investment opportunities.’Dr.Leon noted that ‘food, water and energy’ are current problems, but old past models are history, and governments alone can’t -- and should not try to…’ use old approaches to new problems.Instead, he said, the re gion need not only depend on the private sector, but on joint private and public ‘part nerships in fordable’accessible,finance…thatoptedWhateverdevelopment…’approachisadthough,hemaintained‘itcan’tbedonewithoutwhichhastobeadequateandafand‘multi-sourced by our own efforts by saving our own finance, mobilising private sector finance and to get more concessional finance, with a large pool listing…’ Touching briefly on the
CDB President says: ‘The Caribbean can only predict our future if we create it!’
Following an opening ceremony that featured a joint PowerPoint presenta tion by the respective presi dents of the island’s national youth and student councils on their visions of involve ment in regional youth en trepreneurial and economic ventures, the CBD Chair and the Prime Minister offered a double-barreled assessment of the Caribbean’s future, both in the context of the new globalThenormal.CDBpresident said it was “more than a distinct pleasure to address the re
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Chronicles of a ChronicChroniclerGuyana
ONCE upon a time, press conferences ahead of or during annual Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) meetings were essentially about receiving reports overloaded with figures and statistics, comparable growth and decline assess ments, comparative finan cial analyses, and reviews accompanied by laudable, lofty projections based on a sum total of all the above. But not anymore. President Hyginus ‘Gene’ Leon’s year-long tenure in the seat first occupied by founding predecessor Sir Arthur Lewis at the head of the table has brought him in regular contact with the press; but, unlike others, he comes virtually bare-handed: No pen or paper, smartphone or solar calculator. His latest **face-toface exchange with region al journalists was in Saint Lucia on August 16, when he and Prime Minister Phil ip J. Pierre sat together to launch the hybrid start of the region’ s top development bank’s 53rd AGM, to take place in Saint Lucia in 2023.
–– Production levels heightened in CARICOM countries
–– Leaders reaffirm commitments
For Trinidad and To bago, Dr. Ali mentioned that there were strong performances registered in poultry, for which the target was 83,000 tonnes. Some 66,500 tonnes were produced as of June 2022. The production levels in St. Lucia for fruits, veg etables, poultry and pork have surpassed targets set for June 2022, President Ali Bysaid.June of this year, he explained, production of fruits and vegetables had amounted to 1,000,309 tonnes. “This, of course, is indicative of the need of upward adjustment to the target,” Guyana’s Head of StateEmphasisingstressed. the lev el of commitment made by Caribbean leaders to remove trade barriers be tween countries in the re gion, the sentiment is that the region is well on the way to achieving a freer, more fluid market. Giving examples, Dr. Ali said the establishment of the Guyana-Barbados Food Terminal in Barba dos is a demonstration of one such commitment. Similar discussions, he added, are ongoing with Antigua and Barbuda, Ja maica, Trinidad and To bago, and the rest of the region.The Head of State said that as production is bol stered at the national level, countries are also ensuring that there is easier access to regional Meanwhile,markets.inGuyana, over the first half of the year, Dr. Ali explained, that there has been steady progress reported in ev ery category, with nota ble work being done in self-sufficiency as it relates to corn and soya bean. This, he said, requires capital investment of the rest of the region, and Guyana is ready for part nership with the private sector on that front. Further, as it relates to poultry, Guyana has achieved a performance mark of 61 per cent. Mean while, the country has seen an overall attainment of 80 per cent of its set target as it relates to advancingAlimadeContinuinglivestock.onprogressregionally,PresidentsaidthatBarbadosisitsproduction and productivity with the use of technology. And for the first time, Prime Minister Mia Mottley is leading a programme that will see the growth of aquaculture and further production before the end of the year in that country. “It is no longer talking about what can be done; it is doing what we have been talking about for a very long time,” Dr. Ali exclaimed.Heexpressed that “the time has come for us to demonstrate tangible re sults, as we seek to create an environment in this region, in which not only are we food secure, but we develop a sustainable and resilient path to food security.” To foster this, he men tioned that CARICOM leaders are committed to ensuring that the shift oc curs to ensure that there are changes to the insti tutions, infrastructure, and more to foster more trade within the region, and achieve the region’s food security goal.
President, Dr Irfaan Ali delivering remarks at the opening ceremony of the Agri-Investment Forum and Expo II in Trinidad and Tobago on Friday (Office of the President photo)
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PRESIDENT Irfaan Ali on Friday signalled that it was time to do more than just talk about what can be done to advance the region’s goal for re ducing the food import bill by 25 per cent by 2025. The President made these remarks during his address at the opening cer emony of Trinidad and Tobago’s Agri-Invest ment Forum and Expo II, which is being held at the Queen’s Park Savannah. During his address, Dr. Ali said the commitment by the region to the ‘25 by 2025’ goal is just a baseline, as the objective must go far beyond this commitment.Acknowledging this, he noted that significant prog ress has been made over the past few months in the region, as he applauded the effort of the ministerial task force in pushing the agenda ahead. As this taskforce has advanced works, Presi dent Ali highlighted some examples of the progress made within a number of countries thus far. In Jamaica, Presi dent Ali said the country reached 26 per cent of their target with solid perfor mances in onions and Irish potatoes.
Tremendous progress in regional food security - President Ali
In this regard, he pointed out that the CDB ‘is working on another mechanism that de pends on our ability instead of our history of paying the price for progress…’, which ‘also has to be multi-instrument (to distinguish between finance for disaster versus as being in post-disaster recovery mode), or longer-term finance…’
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If these measures must be implemented, he said, ‘we should design internally-con sistent mechanisms that are temporally consistent and need a financing-engineering idea…’Another necessary compo nent was ‘to adjust our mind set, with the baton switching to youth, who must see this as a transition of a continuum from young to current leaders, because work does not get less as you get older…’ ‘It’s about future of the na tion, the region and world…. We are our own keepers for the future for tomorrow,’ Dr LeonLearning,added. he added, also has three sections: ‘Inquiry, discovery and transforma tive strategies…’ and which should cater ‘from birth to grave…’ThePresident identified ‘Investment, mobilising fi nance and Implementation’ as the final underlying three components to give life to his outlined vision, as his ‘message for this year, until next (CDB) AGM here, when the nation, the region and the world will benefit…’ ‘Development,’ he said, ‘is not about gaps, but a whole some plan that is economic, social and institutional.’ As such, Dr Leon conclud ed, ‘Everything is possible, if we are creative in our ap proach… and we can predict our future, but only if we createPrimeit…’ Minister Pierre attended with several hats, including the host country’s minister for finance, economic development and the youth economy, but on this occasion his double-headed cap was as Chair of both the CDB and the Eastern Caribbean Central BankThe(ECCB).Prime minister, him self an experienced economist and business director, noted that ‘Difficult times will now be more the norm than usu al… and youth involvement is imperative,’ as their situation and those of young women is critical to be harnessed for regionalFollowing-updevelopment.on Dr Le on’s paperless and unassisted presentation, the prime min ister argued that ‘Education must be reoriented to address mismatches…’ and urged that ‘Governments should invest in a youth economy, focusing on youth entrepreneurship and business growth, to harness and channel untapped cre ativity…’According to PM Pierre, ‘I want to see that take root across the Caribbean and to work with CDB on it…’ and he promised that during his one-year term as chair of both banks’ boards of directors, he will concentrate with the principal leaders of the two regional banking institutions (serving CARICOM and the OECS) ‘on working towards ensuring adequate access to financing and support for new mechanisms, as current one devoid of space for maneu verability.’ PM Pierre also reiterat ed his government’s support for the joint efforts of the CDB and ECCB; and said he’s ‘also looking forward to the CDB’s 2023 AGM.’
10 GUYANA CHRONICLE S aturday, August 20, 2022 region’s sorry experiences with outdated mechanisms of assessments and measure ments of development, Dr. Leon pointed out that the region needs to fast-track its exit from the current system where ‘per capita gross na tional income makes us too rich’ to access concessional finance…’
Private Sector Commission in solidarity with Corentyne fisherfolk
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LBI house lot recipients shown their land
THE Private Sector Commission said it is in solidar ity with the fishermen in the Corentyne region who ply their trade in Guyanese waters but need access through the river to fish but are denied their right to do so by Suri namese authorities. The commission in a release said it recognises that this has been a chal lenge over many years and stands behind the Guyanese fishermen in finding an equitable solu tion to this challenge. “In doing so, we ex tend a hand of friend ship to our Surinamese brothers and sisters in addressing this matter. We ask our Surinamese brothers and sisters to collaborate with us in finding a common way forward,” the release concluded.
SOME 200 persons who have been allocated lands at Phase One, La Bonne Intention, East Coast Demerara were, on Friday, invited by the Survey’s Department of the Housing and Water Ministry for a land iden tification exercise. According to Minis ter within the Ministry of Housing and Water, Susan Rodrigues, the persons turned up at the location in the company of other family members, excited to see their lots af ter waiting for some time. Each allottee, she said was shown their lot, their boundary lines and was allowed to plant name post, signalling owner ship.Many of the allottees expressed their satisfac tion with the state of read iness of their lands as they prepare to somenotedthesonsthislots.calledday’swereministeramenities.progressingintemroadsconstruction.commenceAlreadyanddrainagesyshavebeeninstalledtheareaandworksareonotherkeyInthenewweek,thesaidpersonswhounabletoattendFriexercisewillbeintoidentifytheirIn2021andearlieryear,some437perwereallocatedlotsinLBIHousingscheme.MinisterRodriguesthatthereweredelaysintheland
preparation and clearing given that the area was previously used for sugar cane cultivation. The LBI Housing Scheme will also be another construction site for some 100 young professional Homes. These units will be built at Phase Two and the awarding of the con tracts is expected by the end of the month, after which mobilisation and the construction of the homes will commence. One of the allottees stand next to her plot of land This allottee was happy to identify her plot of land
CIOG hosts medical outreach in Sister’s Village
Scenes from the medical outreach who gave their time and services voluntarily in making this humanitari an initiative a successful one,” the release said.
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Division, the Ministry of Public Health’s Elderly, Men’s and Adolescence Health Care Unit, Region #3 COVID-19 vaccination team and SEWA Interna tional.The primary purpose of the outreach, CIOG said was to provide med ical assistance to the of ficers of the force. The services provided at the outreach included blood pressure, glucose, HIV and STI testing, VIA test ing, Eye Care, COVID-19 vaccination and booster shots, advice on health care for the elderly, men, adolescence and chronic disease with medical ad vice from general and spe cialty doctors, therapeutic massage and the provision of over-the-counter and prescription medication. The medical team was able to provide care to over 150 persons. The CIOG expressed its thanks to Moulana Ha seeb Hussain, Executive Member of the Sister’s Village Masjid for organ ising the outreach, mem bers of the masjid for their service and dedication and the supporting partners for their continued assistance and co-operation. “Our esteem grat itude to the doctors, nurses and personnel,
THE Central Islamic Organisation of Guyana (CIOG), in collaboration with the Sister’s Village Masjid, on August 14, 2022, hosted a medical outreach in the West Bank Demerara com munity. According to a press release, the outreach was supported by the Guyana Cancer Foundation, Na tional Aids UnitVIAlicworks,sionalvices,BloodSecretariat,ProgrammeNationalTransfusionSerDauntlessProfesTherapeuticBodyGeorgetownPubHospitalCorporation-MaternalHealthandChronicDisease
The main objective of the CSSP project is to contribute to a reduction in crime and violence in Guyana, especially in the high-crime targeted com munities. Mae Toussaint Jr. Thomas, Permanent Sec retary of the Ministry of Home Affairs; Vishraj Singh, Project ManagerCSSP; Dr. Olly Perreira of the UoG; Mark Pertab, Procurement Specialist - CSSP; Ravena Gild harie, Communications and Outreach Consul tant, IDB; and Derise Williams, Senior Opera tions Associate, IDB were also present.
The focus will be spe cifically on low income communities, Indigenous communities, and the ex periences of women and children.“The IDB Citizen Secu rity Strengthening Program is supporting the Govern ment of Guyana to improve the rule of law through the strengthening of citizen se curity and justice institu tions, recognising a nexus between the rule of law, and creating a competitive business environment that will attract investors,” said Lorena Solorzano Salazar, IDB Chief of Operations and Acting Country Representa tive in “CitizenGuyana.security and justice,” Salazar contin ued, “are key pillars for the IDB Vision 2025 for institutional strengthening for powering the economic recovery and for a sustain able development for all its citizens”.“We are very happy that we were approached by CSSP to be a part of the study”, Dr. Emmanuel Cummings, Deputy Vice Chancellor, UoG, noted. Dr. Cummings high lighted that one of the recommendations, after reviewing the surveys, is to have evidence-based policies. He said this is one of the main strategies in dealing with issues of security, safety, and having an environment that fosters economic development. “We are very happy that (From left) CSSP’s Vishraj Singh, MoHA’s Ms. Mae Toussaint Jr. Thomas, Home Affairs Minister Robeson Benn, IDB’s Lorena Solorzana Salazar, and UG’s Dr. Emanuel Cummings and Dr. Olly Perreira (Ministry of Home Affairs photo) the University was a part of this, and we look forward to future collaboration so that we can support the government’s drive to en sure safety as we build a nation that all of us can be proud of”, he asserted. The recently complet ed Surveys aim to estab lish baseline information, compare current with previous data and assist policymakers in decision making, strategic plan ning, operational improve ments, legislative reforms for capacity building, and other initiatives to reduce the rates of crime and vio lence in Guyana. The Citizen Security Strengthening Programme is a Loan Agreement be tween the Government of Guyana and the In ter-American Development Bank, which was signed in February 2015 and is being implemented by the Minis try of Home Affairs, Project Implementation Unit (PIU).
The programme is im plemented by the Ministry of Home Affairs, however, the survey was a collabora tive effort that also included the University of Guyana. According to a state ment shared via the min istry’s official Facebook page, “The Final Reports for the three recently con cluded national surveys were today, Friday, August 19, 2022, handed over to the Honourable Minister of Home Affairs, Mr. Robeson Benn, M.P, in the Minis try’sTheboardroom.”surveyscost $46.9 million and commenced in the latter half of 2021. The three surveys, which concluded in July of this year, were the Business Victimisation Survey, the Quality of Government Services survey, and the Safe Neighbourhood and Public Perception on Safety survey.Providing brief details on each, the ministry said the first survey was “The Business Victimisation Survey, which solicited responses from local firms concerning the types, in cidence and prevalence of crime experienced; the items stolen or damaged; the costs of crime, including financial loss or damage; the reporting patterns and action taken by the relevant authority (police, etc.).” The second survey, the ministry said was the “Quality of Government Services Survey, whereby a random sample of citizens who have sought govern ment services relating to the Criminal Justice System was done at government service locations with the intention of determining the overall citizen’s satisfaction or dissatisfaction with the services provided based on the outcomes and efficiency of service.”Thethird survey, it continued, is the “Safe Neighbourhood and Pub lic Perception on Safety Survey, whereby represen tative samples from each of the twenty (20) CSSP beneficiary communities were surveyed and com pared with responses from a representative sample of residents from other Urban Communities throughout Guyana so that the impact of CSSP crime and violence prevention interventions can be assessed and chang es in the levels of Crime and Violence over time in various communities can be documented.”MinisterBenn, for his part, expressed gratitude to both the IDB and the University of Guyana for their support in conducting the surveys. Through the collaboration, there was also an evaluation and un derstanding of the reports which would help to im prove policing and reduce incidence of crime and vi olence.
National surveys completed for creating crime, violence reduction policies
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IN keeping with the Government of Guy ana (GOG) initiatives to strengthen the security sector by reducing crime and improving citizen security nationwide, three national surveys were re cently concluded as part of the grammerityB)-fundedDevelopmentInter-AmericanBank(IDCitizenSecuStrengtheningPro(CSSP).
Attorney-General,AnilNandlall
AG: Election fraud cases must
THE series of election fraud cases filed by the Government of Guyana must move with greater alacrity and must be giv en the seriousness and importance they deserve by the magistrates who are handling these mat ters. Attorney-General and Legal Affairs Minister, Anil Nandlall, expressed this view on Tuesday during his programme called, “Issues in the News” broadcast on social media.“Ihave had conversa tions with the DPP [Shali mar Ali-Hack] and the report is that magistrates within the system are not proceeding with the matter with the seriousness and the expediency with which they should, having regard to the importance of the matter and having regard to the length of time that the matters are pending before them. Magistrates have made applications to recuse themselves, and some are simply not deter mining whether the cases should be tried summarily meaning in the Magis trate’s Court or should be move with greater alacrity taken indictment before a judge or a jury,” Nandlall informed the public. The minister noted that that is a decision that only magistrates must make because of its procedural nature, and impact on the cases’ forward onlybeingandmattermadethathebeen“Magistratesmovement.havenotmakingthatdecision,”saidbeforeheinformedonemagistratehasadecisionthattheistakenindictablethatparticularmatterisappealed,butthatisonechargeoutof32.
The Legal Affairs Min ister said that he made representation to the DPP about the pace of these cas es within the magistrates’ court.“… I have requested of the DPP, most respectfully, to ensure that the appro priate representations are made to ensure that greater alacrity is brought to these matters and that they are treated with the type of seriousness that they de serve,” Nandlall said. “I hope that what I say here is not twisted or mis interpreted to mean that I am being unduly critical to any magistrate, or that I am ascribing improper motive to any magistrate, or that I am bringing the administration of justice into disrepute, or that I am trying to, in any form or fashion, influence the outcome of any case, be cause I am doing no such thing, and I want to make that abundantly clear.”
MinisterIMPORTANCEUTMOSTNandlall add ed that he was expressing his views as a minister of the Government care fully. He maintained that these are of utmost im portance to the State of Guyana as they arose out of a constitutional process of the highest importance, which is the national and regional elections. He noted that these cas es are grave and the evi dence upon which these charges are grounded is of the nature and type. “… that public officers who were being paid to work in the system, the electoral system of the country to protect, preserve and defend that system. Who are being paid by taxpayers’ dollars to ensure the democratic credentials of our country are pre served and protected, be came rogue, and attempted to compromise and pervert that very system that they are supposed to manage and ensure works properly to deliver fair, credible and transparent results,” the Attorney-General reasoned. He said when actions like these are committed or are allegedly committed, it is the very State of Guyana that is under attack and the State has the responsibility to ensure that these matters are investigated properly. “… and if charges are to flow from those inves tigations, those charges are brought to the relevant courts and are heard and determined within a reason able time and in accordance with the evidence and the applicable law, that is the responsibility of the State of Guyana to the people of Guyana. The victim here is the people of Guyana and the State of Guyana. Those are the victims in this legal matrix,” Nandlall stated. It is now two years since the PPP/C Government filed 32 criminal charges against various persons. They are still pending in the Magistrates’ Court. Some charges were added subsequently and they were amendments made subse quently.Statements were served already by the prosecution to the de fence. All the statements of polls that the Guyana Elections Commission re fused to give and that po litical parties who claimed that they won the election refused to produce, pros ecutors went to the Chief Justice and got an order directing GECOM to re lease those statements of poll into the possession of the Theycourt.then got permis sion from the court to give it to the defendant’s law yers. That was done. One truckload of statements of poll was already delivered. These cases are being prosecuted by the DPP, an independent constitu tional office holder, who, to her credit, and in rec ognition of the impor tance of these charges, hired private prosecutors to prosecute them. (DPI)
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NA girl all set to start classes at Howard University
By Jeune Bailey Van Keric KEAYLA Vanderstoop has arrived at the prestigious Howard University in Wash ington, District of Colombia, USA, and is currently attending orientation sessions ahead of Monday’s commencement of classes. This according to her father, Esan Vander stoop, who provided an updated during an in terview with the Guyana Chronicle on Friday. “Her actual classes will commence on Monday (August 22). We have paid the tui tion for her first year but we did not budget for her winter clothing, so that’s an additional cost. I am awaiting an invoice for the second year. Her room at the dormitory has a cost of US$6500 (approximately G$1.3 million) per year. However, we have been assured that her performance will dictate whether she becomes a recipient of further scholarships. I am still awaiting word from the Government of Guyana....but, if I can finance my daugh ter’s full tuition I would do it...” he said. In an earlier statement, Keayla had stated that she was accepted into the university’s four-year Chemical Engineering programme. The annual tuition is US$47,000 (approxi mately G$9.4 million) “Even though I was awarded one of the University’s Freshman Scholarships – Howard University Achiever’s Scholarship – it only covers US$19,000, leaving US$28,000 to be paid out of pocket each year. I was hoping for a full scholarship to attend this university, but I am grateful for the partial scholarship that they have offered. Unfortunately, my family cannot offset the remaining cost of attendance. As a result, we decided to reach out to private companies, the government, and the public for assistance,” she had said. Persons desirous of assisting Keayla can deposit their contributions into Citizens Bank account 219351804 or contact her relatives on 592-682-5471 or 592-695-7700. Keayla has had sterling academic success over the years. She first grabbed national attention in 2014, when as a pupil of the All Saints Primary School in New Amsterdam, she was awarded a spot at Queen’s College after writing the National Grade Six Exam inations. At the conclusion of her tenure at the prestigious city-based secondary school, she had secured 13 Grade Ones and one Grade Two at the Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate (CSEC) examination and six Grade Ones and six Grade Twos at Caribbean Advanced Proficiency Exam inations (CAPE).
An elated Keayla Vanderstoop at the Howard University campus
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Agriculture inextricably linked to
INTER-AMERICAN In stitute for Co-operation on Agriculture (IICA), Director- General, Man uel Otero presented the 2021 Annual Report to the Permanent Council of the OAS, describing the spe cialised agency’s efforts to foster agricultural produc tion, rural development and food security in the Americas. He also emphasised the sector’s contributions to global environmental sus tainability.Atthe meeting, Otero highlighted the strategic importance of agriculture’s economic, social and en vironmental contributions “for the life and future of our continent”. He also noted that, at the upcoming Con ference of the Parties (COP 27) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, to be held in November in Egypt, IICA will support countries of the Americas in demonstrating that their agrifood systems are not flawed, “but can be improved, and that, thanks to the work of producers, science and innovation, many positive changes are taking place in agriculture and rural areas of the Amer icas”.Otero also reported that IICA’s renewed roadmap for technical co-operation focuses on the issues of “climate action and agri cultural sustainability; in traregional trade; territorial development and family farming; digital agriculture; the incorporation of youth and women into production processes; innovation; as well as agricultural health, safety and agrifood quality”. Manuel Otero also de scribed IICA as a knowl edge management platform, with a more “integrated and coordinated” business model. He explained that the institute establishes “mecha nisms to engage in dialogue with all stakeholders in agri food systems”, which en ables it to serve as a “bridge and advocate for collective action to transform” those systems.Inthat regard, he indicat ed that investment is crucial to modernise agriculture, strengthen research and in novation systems, incorpo rate science and technology into production processes, and develop a new genera tion of public policies and institutional frameworks to transform threats into op portunities.“Ourvision for the fu ture is to develop an innova tive agriculture sector with a human face, which must be resilient, sustainable and, of course, productive. That is the Otero.erworkingagricultureknowledge-intensivesectorwearetodeveloptogethwiththecountries,”said
Cecilia Urquieta, Counsellor and Alternate Representative Representative of Canada; Alejandra Solano, Ambassador bastián Kraljevich, Ambassador and Permanent Representative Permanent Representative of El Salvador; and Manuel Otero,
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Following the presen tation, ambassadors and representatives to the OAS supported and endorsed IICA’ s actions, under scoring their importance in modernising regional agrifood systems and coor dinating countries’ efforts to position agriculture of the Americas as a key player in addressing the greatest global challenges, including climate change.
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HARD WORK “I congratulate IICA on its hard work to im prove food security and well-being in the Amer icas. Canada greatly values the institute’s technical ca pacity to design and imple ment food security projects in the hemisphere. We share its vision for science-based agrifood trade and a power ful renewal process that fos ters competitive agriculture, to ensure that our farmers have the tools they require for sustainable production,” remarked Véronique Du lude, Alternate Representa tive of Canada to the OAS. “Canada believes that IICA has a key role to play in promoting biotechnology as one of the tools available to producers throughout the region. We reiterate our eagerness to continue collaborating with IICA to improve producers’ sustain ability and food security in the Americas,” she added. In turn, Alejandra So lano, Ambassador and Per manent Representative of Costa Rica, thanked IICA for supporting actions in her country, including a propos al for agricultural insurance for the Central American region; a project aimed at digitalising cooperatives through technology transfer and innovative practices; the Digital Fabrication Lab (Fa bLab), which has benefited more than 160 users; and the work carried out within the framework of the Adapted Agroforestry Systems for the Central American Dry Corridor (AGRO-INNOVA) project.“Once again, we recog nise IICA’s commitment to
to environmental sustainability
Representative of Bolivia to the OAS; Véronique Dulude, Alternate Ambassador and Permanent Representative of Costa Rica; Se Representative of Chile; Agustín Vásquez, Ambassador and Otero, Director-General of IICA (IICA photo)
IICA’s“WeGRATEFULactions.aregratefulforworktodrive,fosterandsupportMember States’ efforts to achieve agricultural develop ment and rural well-be ing through international co-operation of excellence. This demonstrates the importance of having an efficient model, capable of mobilising the knowl edge available in the region and the world, in order to achieve a knowledge-inten sive, competitive, inclusive and sustainable agriculture sector that can capitalise on opportunities to contribute to the economic growth and rural development of our countries,” added Kralje vich.Agustín Vásquez, Am bassador and Permanent Representative of El Salva dor, underlined IICA’s sup port for his country’s Master Plan for Agricultural Re covery, “coffee programme, legume production and other initiatives as part of a strate gy to increase food security and reduce the country’s dependence on imports.” “We are betting on the plan to drive the economic reactivation of the agricul ture sector. Its objective is to foster investment, pro ductivity, diversification and value adding through innovation and the sector’s modernisation, with a view to improving its profitability and competitiveness within a framework of environmen tal sustainability, in which IICA has played a key role,” saidCeciliaVázquez.Urquieta, Coun sellor and Alternate Rep resentative of Bolivia, concluded that IICA “has played an important role in strengthening public poli cies aimed at guaranteeing the country’ s food sover eignty”, and listed the as sistance received by the country’s Ministry of Rural Development and Lands in modernising agricultural processes through access to technologies in 98 mu nicipalities, implementing a communal bio-inputs plant to improve yields and re duce production costs, and building the capacities of producers and technical spe cialists through courses and other marketing, leadership, innovation and precision agriculture tools. “We express our grati tude to IICA for the work it has carried out. We value its work within the Inter-Ameri can System, which greatly contributes to guarantee ing the food sovereignty of our peoples and meeting the 2030 Agenda to end hunger, achieve food secu rity, improve nutrition and foster sustainable agricul ture in the Americas and the Caribbean,” concluded Urquieta. (IICA)
GUYANA CHRONICLE Saturday, August 20, 2022 17 achieving these objectives. Agriculture’s strategic im portance at the global level has become evident over the past few years. As the Direc tor-General said, agricultur al production is an essential, key link in agrifood systems transformation. Science pro vides fundamental input for adequate policymaking, and agriculture is part of that solution,” explained Solano. Sebastián Kraljevich, Ambassador and Perma nent Representative of Chile, highlighted IICA’s support in implementing an irrigation system using clay pots (a sustainable in novation that uses ancestral technology), increasing the productivity of small-scale Mapuche fruit and vegeta ble producers through on going technical assistance, fostering climate change mitigation and adaptation measures under the Sys tem of Rice Intensification (SRI), and creating a diplo ma course on rural exten sion, among other
OVER 600 residents of Swan on the Soes dyke-Linden Highway will soon have access to potable water in their homes with a new well which is nearing comple tion. Minister within the Min istry of Housing and Water, Susan Rodrigues, on Wednes day, visited the construction site to have a first-hand view of theWithinproject.aweek, the well will be completed having al ready reached the contracted 300 metres depth, follow ing which, the design of the distribution network will be created by the Guyana Water Incorporated (GWI), together with the villagers, who will be given employment to lay the pipes for every household. “Once we have the water flowing, we can then take it to your homes and in order for us to do that, the design of the distribution network
“ I know the President will speak on this matter, so I did not want to be preemp tive I know he has a strong view on this issue; I spoke with him about this matter a few days ago, and he has made it clear that he has given direction to the police force to have a full and com plete investigation, and with external support And so, he will speak a bit more about that issue, once he returns,” Dr Jagdeo noted The Vice President , however , said that he be lieves that a current practice, whereby members of the Police Force provide paid services to private businesses and business persons needs to beThischangedisin light of recent revelations by the police that Bascom’ s pursuit of a suspect in Fagundes’ murder, one Mark Richmond, stems from his association with an Essequibo businessman and gold dealer , who is a rival of Richmond ’ s boss , fellow gold dealer Azruddin Mohamed , with whom the Essequibian has a beef Acting Commissioner of Police Clifton Hickens , in a separate press conference earlier this week, noted that Bascom ’ s association with the Essequibo businessman stems from “moonlighting” or private security work that is legally provided by the Po lice Force to private citizens Dr Jagdeo said that given the situation that has devel oped, it is perhaps time that this practice be addressed. “Some practices may have to change. The Commissioner said this is a sanctioned prac tice of the police. The police help to escort these gold pur chases; the police is then paid, and it’s a standard practice. We have to find another safe way of doing this, because when this happens, there’s a coziness that develops between elements in the police and these people; they are working legally, but the coziness starts developing there. Therefore, things have to change,” the Vice-President said. Bascom, in a number of social media videos that he released last week , has accused Mohamed of having a hand in disrupting the in vestigations into Fagundes’ murder probe Mohamed has since released a statement contending that Bascom ’ s allegations are baseless, and claimed that he is being tar geted by the Essequibo busi nessman, who is a rival gold dealerRichmond and Mohamed have all since written to Bas com about initiating legal proceedings against him for defamatory statements, while the Guyana Police Force (GPF) has since discredited several of the allegations made by Bascom. The Vice President is supportive of calls for the allegations made by Bascom to be investigated, saying, “I don’t know whether Bascom is credible or not, but he has made allegations that have to be looked Expressinginto.”his views as General Secretary of the People’s Progressive Party/ Civic ( PPP / C ), Dr . Jagdeo said he would not allow the APNU+AFC Opposition to use the situation to tarnish his party’s reputation “I’ve been asked my per sonal views on this matter many times , and a lot of people have been trying to get a feeling as to what our thinking is As General Sec retary of the PPP/C, there is one thing that the PPP will not let happen, and that is to have its reputation sullied by anyHeindividual.”added:“ Their con cerns do not preoccupy me at night. The concerns of ordi nary people and people we look at in their face; those are the ones that drive us to work hard every single day to change this country.”
Every day you have to spend time and energy doing that. When they are finished run ning the pipes to your homes, you can turn on your taps 24 hours because we plan to link this to the GPL grid,” the minister told the residents. Two of the village’s 10 Community Service Officers will be trained to maintain the water distribution lines. In the event of any leak ages, persons within the vil lage will have the competen cy to conduct the necessary repairs.Toshao of Swan, Finton Ragonauth said he is pleased with the development in the area, adding that the govern ment’s presence is being felt in the“Ourvillage.community has been blessed by this government. From the year 2020, after this new government had taken over this country, we have gained a lot of development”, he expressed. When the well is com pleted, government will shift its focus to five other wells on the Soesdyke-Lin den Highway at Moblis sa, Kairuni, Long Creek, Waiakabra and Kuru Kuru.
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President orders police to seek external support in investigating Bascom’s allegations
Minister within the Ministry of Housing and Water, Susan Rodrigues inspects the well By Tamica Garnett PRESIDENT Dr. Irfaan Ali has ordered the Guyana Police Force (GPF) to seek external support in investi gating the allegations made by Police Sergeant Dion Bascom about the murder of Ricardo Fagundes, also known as “Paper Shorts”. This is according to Vice-President Dr Bharrat Jagdeo , who spoke briefly on the matter as he addressed questions during a press con ference held at the Arthur Chung Conference Centre (ACCC) on Friday Dr Jagdeo noted that the President is expected to speak more in depth on the matter when he returns to Guyana, as he is currently on a State visit to Trinidad
–– Vice-President calls for change in police practice of working with private businesses and the laying of the pipes to every household. This will be done in collaboration with the village council and the residents of Swan,” Minister Rodrigues noted. This new well will be complemented by the existing one that is 60 metres deep. Currently, only 20 per cent of villagers have ac cess to potable water in their homes.Itis for this reason, Min ister Rodrigues committed to constructing a new well to better serve the community. “You don’t have to have long walks to fetch water.
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Matt Potts was bowled by Marco Jansen as South Africa closed in yesterday (ECB/Getty Images) before tea, Nortje ripping out three wickets in 10 balls be fore the last four were blitzed for the addition of eight runs in 3.3 overs If South Africa’s success was largely marked by a quiet intensity, in the man ner of their captain, Elgar, the passage in which Nortje removed Jonny Bairstow , Lees and Ben Foakes was pure fast bowling bombast Although he seemed to be battling with the slope from the Nursery End, he found his range during an over in which every delivery was above 90mph / 145kph and at one stage topped 95mph/153kph. Bairstow had twice used the extra pace to cut boundaries but was caught behind by one that left him. Nortje then went round the wicket in his next over, tak ing the ball up the slope to feather Lees’ outside edge; two balls later , Foakes flinched at a 92mph/148kph delivery in the channel, and Kyle Verreynne again com pleted the dismissal
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(2) Glen Phillips 76 (Second T20 Int’l, Jamaica) Today’s Quiz: (1) What were the best bowling figures by a WI bowler in the recent T20 Int’l series versus NZ?
(1) Shamar Brooks 56* (Third T20 Int’l, Jamaica)
(2) What were the best bowling figures by a NZ bowler in the series?
Answers in tomorrow’s issue
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The other major ICC tournaments to follow during the FTP are the Women’s T20 World Cup Bangladesh in September to October 2024 and the Women’s Cricket World Cup India in September to October 2025 All of the One Day International Series from 2022 to 2025 will form part of the ICC Wom en’s Championship (IWC) which will feature 10 teams with the inclusion of Bangladesh and Ireland as the profile of Women’s cricket grows around the worldEach team will play eight series, four at home and four away with the top five teams in the IWC table qualifying automat ically for the 2025 ICC Women’s World Cup In addition to the aforementioned England and New Zealand tours, West Indies will play Bangladesh and Ireland in home ODI series for the first time ever West Indies four away series will be against India , Australia, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka. Drag Race Meet 2022 Testing begins, qualifying on today en Hoop ), M & R Auto Sales ( Cornelia Ida ), Vick’s Fix It Cellphone Repairs ( Parika ), Da da ’ s Grill ( Tuschen Public Road), Tropical View Hotel (Campbell Avenue ), S & S Super market ( Lusignan ), KK Gas Station ( Uni ty ), Choke Gas Sta tion (LBI), Choke Gas Station ( Strathspey ), Big B (UG Road), Poo nai’ s Pharmacy (Rose Hall Town), Pharmcare Pharmacy ( Evil Eyes , N/A).
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THE weather at the South Dakota Circuit wasn ’ t the only thing that was hot , as the clock winds down to the most anticipated drag race event locally Yesterday ’ s testing did not disappoint and set the tone for an excit ing weekend of action , commencing today with qualifying for the 14 -, 15- and 16 second cars. 120 are registered for the event , according to the latest count from the club with Suriname ’ s contingent continuing to arrive over the course of yesterdayToday ’ s qualifying will begin at noon with the remaining classes set to qualify from 08:00hrs tomorrowTheclub is also ad vising patrons to get their tickets early for the event, with tickets being available at the Thomas Lands office and on Sun day at the Ticketsvenueforthe event cost $2 000 for adults and $ 1 000 for kids , while VIP and VVIP (both all inclusive) cost $30 000 and $ 40 000 , respec tively Tickets will also be on sale at the venue on race day Persons are reminded that the club’s office will not be open todayThe VIP package fea tures reserved secured parking , cocktails and shots , Igloo products for all, burgers, Buffalo wings, BBQ, grilled beef & chicken and other fin ger foods The VVIP package includes more of the same , but better placement to witness the action VIP and VVIP tick ets are on sale at the fol lowing locations: John Lewis Styles ( George town), Igloo Ice Cream Shoppe ( Providence ), Flamboyant Supermar ket ( Eccles ), Joseph Music Store ( Vreed
Windies Women to start FTP tour with New Zealand home series
THE West Indies Wom en will start the first ever International Cricket Council ( ICC ) Wom en’s Future Tours Pro gramme ( FTP ) for the period 2022-2025 with an eight match home series against New Zea land Women in Antigua next month, followed by England Women in De cember of 2022. The West Indies Wom en will play 66 interna tional matches home and away across the three year period, plus there will be a major ICC Women ’ s World Cup tournament eachWestyear Indies start the 2023 year with a tri se ries in South Africa fea turing India as the teams build up to the ICC Wom en ’ s T20 World Cup , South Africa 2023
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Meanwhile, in group A of the male segment after the last round of matches , Cummings Lodge Second ary hold a +4 goal difference over New Campbellville Sec ondary as both teams have amassed 6 points from 2 wins with La Venture and Patentia third and fourth respectively Group B has Dolphin ahead by a +14 goal differ ence over East Ruimveldt Both teams are undefeated thus far in their quest for the trophy St Cuthbert’s Mission and Leonora Secondary are third and fourth in that order Group C , North Ruim veldt have secured a com manding lead with 9 points after 3 games Plaisance Bo sco currently hold second with a + 2 goal difference over Westminster Secondary despite both having 3 points; but the former have played 3 games and the latter 2 Lodge Secondary are in the cellar New Central High have 6 points sitting at the head of Group D with West Ruim veldt ahead of Freeburg Sec ondary on a goal difference of +5 to -5; both sides have 3 points and Houston Sec ondary are the fourth team in the group In the E Group , Ann ’ s Grove , having played 2 games, are leading the group with 4 points as second place Tucville have 3 points from their lone played fixture Charlestown, who have also played one game are third with 1 point with St Winefride’s Secondary are scoreless after two games
TEN more fixtures will be played as the 2022 edition of the ExxonMobil U14 Boys and Girls Football Tournament continues at the Ministry of Education ground on Carifesta Av enue At 10:00hrs , the boys from Charlestown Secondary and Tucville clash on pitch one while the girls of New Central High and Tucville clash on pitch two The male competition continues with Freeburg and New Central on pitch one at 11:00hrs alongside new Campbellville and Cum mings Lodge on pitch two The two remaining fe male games on the day will start at noon with West Rui mveldt and Tucville on pitch one and New Central and Charlestown doing battle on pitch two From 13:00hrs, the males return to action Westminster will face Lodge and Dolphin take on East Ruimveldt Ann ’ s Grove and Tucville do battle from 14:00hrs while Charlestown play St Winefride’s on pitch two BOYS’ STANDINGS
Windward Islands vs Barbados at Grenada Na tional Stadium , Leeward Islands vs Trinidad and Tobago at Lasagesse, Ja maica vs Guyana at Prog ressFRIDAYPark, AUGUST 27 Leeward Islands vs Barbados Grenada Na tional Stadium Trinidad and Tobago vs Guyana at Lasagesse , Jamaica vs Windward Islands at Prog ress Park
GIRLS STANDINGS In Group A, a +1 goal advantage separates lead ers East Ruimveldt from New Campbellville , East having played 3 games to Campbellville ’ s 4 , with both teams on 9 points . Dolphin have 3 points, hav ing played 3 games as well, with Lodge and Leonora playing 2 games each but not scoring a point. In Group B Ann’s Grove head the table with 9 points after 4 games while sec ond place Charlestown have 7 points after three games New Central High have 3 points after two games West Ruimveldt 1scored point after three games and Tucville are yet to score a point after 2 games
TOMORROW - Jamai ca vs Trinidad and Tobago at Grenada National Stadi um, Guyana vs Barbados at Lasagesse , Windward Islands vs Leeward Islands at ProgressAUGUSTTUESDAYPark,23
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Guyana vs Leeward Is lands at Grenada National Stadium, Jamaica vs Bar bados at Lasagesse, Wind ward Islands vs Trinidad and Tobago at Progress Park WEDNESDAY,AUGUST24
Play starts today with three matches : home team Windward Islands face Guy ana at Grenada National Stadium ; Leeward Islands meet Jamaica at Lasagesse; while Trinidad and Tobago take on Barbados at Progress Park First ball is at 09:30hrs (08:30hrs Jamaica Time). This is the final age group tournament of 2022 for junior cricketers across the West Indies following the recent Rising Stars Women’s Under 19 Championship in Trinidad , the Rising Stars Under 17 Championship in Trinidad , and the cur rent Rising Stars Under 19 Championship presented by WINLOTT in St Vincent Fans across the region can watch every match in the West Indies Rising Stars Under 15 Champion ship live on the West Indies YouTube channel with scoring and reports on the www . windiescricket . com website
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The Rising Stars Un der 15 Championship fea tures the six regional teams, who will play five rounds of 50 over matches at three venues – the Grenada Na tional Stadium , Lasagesse Ground and Progress Park –with the winners determined by the team with the most points from their matches This is the first time that the West Indies Rising Stars Under 15 Championship will be played since 2019 The return of this age group tour nament is a vital step in the de velopment of the most promis ing players aged 15 and under across the region Jimmy Adams , CWI ’ s Director of Cricket said : “The resumption of our re gional age group compe titions after two years is finally allowing us to restart regional talent identification and elite junior development With most of our current internationals having a back ground of regional age group cricket, this year’s versions will undoubtedly provide us with initial glimpses of our future stars.” Graeme West, CWI High Performance Manager said: “It is always exciting to see future potential and the West Indies Rising Stars Under 15 Championship provides our first glimpse of the talent that has been developed by coaches operating across the region in the junior pro grammes “This tournament is one of the key elements of CWI’s investment in the develop ment of younger players across the region I am sure these youngsters can’t wait to start making up for the crick et they have missed over the last two years and will put on a great show in Grenada.”
FULL MATCH SCHEDULE (start at 09:30hrs/08:30 Jamaica) TODAY - Windward Is lands vs Guyana at Grenada National Stadium, Leeward Islands vs Jamaica at La sagesse Trinidad and Tobago vs Barbados at Progress Park
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The Guyana U-15 team prior to departure for Grenada CWI Rising Stars U-15 Championship starts today …
CRICKET West Indies ( CWI ) today announced the match schedule for the return of the West Indies Rising Stars Under 15 Boys Championship which will be hosted by the Grenada Cricket Association from today to Friday August 27
Qualifying for this weekend’s drag race begins today at noon (Virtual Estate 360 photo) Testing qualifyingbegins,ontodaySCOREBOARD see story on page 30 Printed and Published by Guyana National Newspapers Limited, Lama Avenue, Bel Air Park, Georgetown. Telephone 226-3243-9 (General); Editorial: 227-5204, 227-5216. Fax:227-5208 SATURDAY, AUGUST 20, 2022 see story on page 31Ten more fixtures on today ExxonMobil U14 Boys and Girls Football tournament GMR&SC International Drag Race Meet 2022 … M Guptill c Brooks b Holder 3 F Allen b Holder 96 D Conway b Joseph 6 T Latham c Sinclair b Holder 0 D Mitchell c Hosein b Sinclair 41 M Bracewell c Brooks b Hosein 6 G Phillips c Pooran b Hosein 9 J Neesham c wkp Hope b Sinclair 1 M Santner not out 26 T Southee b Sinclair 4 T Boult c & b Sinclair 16 Extras (lb2, w2) 4 TOTAL (all out, 48.2 overs) 212 Fall of wickets: 1-13, 2-30, 3-31, 4-115, 5-150, 6-164, 7-165, 8-167, 9-181, 10-212. Bowling: Mayers 4-0-21-0 (w1), Holder 9-2-243 (w1), Joseph 10-2-47-1, Hosein 10-1-51-2, Cariah 7-0-26-0, Sinclair 8.2-0-41-4 WEST INDIES (Target: 212 runs off 41 overs) S Hope c Allen b Boult 16 K Mayers c wkp Latham b Boult 0 S Brooks b Southee 0 B King c Bracewell b Southee 2 K Carty run out 16 *N Pooran b Boult 2 J Holder c Guptill b Southee 0 Y Cariah c Allen b Santner 52 A Hosein c Southee b Phillips 11 A Joseph b Southee 49 K Sinclair not out 3 Extras (lb2, w8) 10 TOTAL (all out, 35.3 overs) 161 Fall of wickets: 1-3, 2-11, 3-21, 4-23, 5-26, 6-27, 7-55, 8-72, 9-157, 10-161 Bowling: Boult 6-1-18-3 (w3), Southee 7-1-22-4 (w3), Neesham 5-0-31-0 (w1), Bracewell 7-033-0, Santner 7.3-0-21-1, Phillips 3-0-34-1 (w1) Result: New Zealand won by 50 runs (DLS) Series: Three-match series level 1-1 Man-of-the-Match: Finn Allen. A sterling performance from the New Zealand pacemen ensured that they leveled the three match ODI series against the West Indies 1-1. Despite a maiden half century from Yannick Carriah, the West Indies still lost the rain affected match by 50 runs (D/L) New Zealand pacers level series Shamarh Brooks gets cleaned up by Tim Southee (Aug 19, 2022 Associated Press) See scorecard below and details in tomorrow’s edition Tim Southee celebrates with team-mates after dismissing Shamarh Brooks (Aug 18, 2022 Associated Press)
