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IDPADA-G was political and must explain nearly $500M spent – Rastafari Council Integrity Commission, PSC Chairman’s appointments safe WEDNESDAY 24th August, 2022 No. 106824 PAGESEE03 PAGESEE05 Newlywed man dies, wife seriously injured in Berbice accident PAGESEE02ruling?theUnderminingHighCourt’sPAGESEE15
President, Dr Irfaan Ali (second from left) is given The President is accompanied by of (first from
a guided tour of the Floating Production, Storage and Offloading Vessel (FPSO).
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dies, wife seriously injured in West CoastaccidentBerbice
Newlywed man
TRAGEDY struck a recently married couple, on Tuesday, when the car they were in ended up in a horrif ic accident which left Beeshan Dhoray called “Lako” dead and his wife critically injured. The accident oc curred at Bath Settle ment Pubic Road, West Coast Berbice (WCB) at approximately 15:30 hrs. Aside from Dhoray, a 23-year-old resident of Queens, New York, his wife Viroshni Per saud called “Roshni”, 19, sustained serious injuries and is presently hospitalised along with Dhoray’s cousin, No vashkar Sahadeo, 26, the driver of the motorcar. Another relative, Ra mona Ramotalli, who was an occupant of the vehicle received minor injuries and was treated at the hospital and sent away.According to infor mation reaching this newspaper, the new lyweds were return ing from Georgetown in motorcar car PTT 7600 when it collided with motorcar HC 7356 which was driven by William Darenne. Both cars were re portedly proceeding east along the northern side of the road, when the car transporting the couple, attempted to overtake the other which was in the process of turning south across the road. Sahadeo collided with the right-side front bumper of the hire car and lost control of his vehicle which spun sev eral times before col liding with a light pole on the northern side of the road and a concrete fence.The occupants of the car were picked up and rushed to the Fort Wel lington Hospital where Dhoray was pronounced dead on arrival. Per saud and Sahadeo were seen and tion.furtherAmsterdamtransferredsubsequentlytotheNewHospitalformedicalatten This newspaper un derstands that the cou ple’s Hindu religious marriage ceremony was held on August 21, at East Canje, Berbice.
Beeshan Dhoray and his wife Viroshni Persaud during their wedding ceremony
Dr Bharrat Jagdeo at a press conference Friday last said Minister of Parliamentary Affairs and Governance, Gail Teixeira will inform the international commu nity of Norton’s threat. “We will be writing. I’m going to ask Gail to write every international organisation exposing this threat by the Leader of the Opposition against the chair of GECOM. He is trying to intimidate her or get rid of her because she is impartial,” said Jagdeo.
International community to be apprised of Norton’s threat to GECOM’s Chair
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THE breyerGECOMveiledmallycommunityinternationalwillbeforapprisedofthethreatmadetotheChairbyLeadoftheOpposition,AuNorton.
The Court, however, determined that the Police Service Commission was not properly constituted as a result of the absence of the Chairman of the Public Service totheStateerlymanclarifiedChiefCommission.JusticeGeorgethatthePSCChaircouldnothave“propengaged”theHeadofandothermembersofcommissionasitrelatestheappointmentofClif
THE recent appointments of the Chairman of the Police Service Commis sion (PSC) and the In tegrity Commission by President, Dr Irfaan Ali were declared as lawful on Tuesday by Chief Justice (ag), Roxane George after a failed attempt by the A Partnership for Nation al Unity + Alliance For change (APNU+AFC) to declare those appoint ments null and void. The Chief Justice made this ruling virtually reflect ing yet another legal defeat for the political opposition which has lobbed several challenges to constitutional bodies.Opposition Leader, Au brey Norton, had moved to the high court to quash the appointment of the PSC Chairman Patrick Findlay, claiming that it was illegal, null, void and of no legal effect.Putting forward the gov ernment’s case was Attor ney General, Anil Nandlall, S.C. while the opposition was represented by Roys dale Forde, S.C. In the handing down of her ruling, the Chief Justice found that there was suffi cient consultation between President Ali and the Op position Leader, contrary to what was claimed by the political opposition in its legalThechallenge.ChiefJustice also said that the contentions put forward by Norton that enough information was not provided to him was withoutChiefmerit.Justice George posited that the main re sponsibility lies on the Pres ident to initiate the consul tation process and further ensure that the requirements are set, however, the onus is also on the Opposition Leader to be responsive.
As such, it was deter mined that Findlay was “properly appointed” to the post of PSC Chairman.
CJ: Integrity Commission, PSC Chairman appointments safe
Speaking at his week ly press conference two Tuesdays ago, Norton called for the resignation of GECOM Chairman, Justice (r’td), Claudette Singh, saying her failure to heed his call will see the Coalition taking appropri ate Theactions.opposition leader had contended that the Coalition would not go into an election with Jus tice Singh as Chairman of GECOM and what he claims to be a bloated list of electors.“Andthere are many things we can do to put the pressure on the elections commission and Claudette Singh. But we had first given her the opportunity to tender her resignation as a decent judge who would have served and to recog nise that you cannot claim to be independent and, on every issue, you are voting with the People’s Progres sive Party and you seem to have no interest in finding consensus on these issues. And so, we have left the door open. We hope we don’t have to close it and Claudette Singh will do the decent thing and re sign,” he Vice-President,said.
“I’m shocked that civ il society and the interna tional community have not responded to this,” he added, pointing out that “I’ve seen the threat mirrored by many of the APNU supporters and leaders and I hope that from now on you will not treat his threats as inconsequential although he doesn’t generate is sues of much weight and consequence but we must see an open condemna tion across the country on this.”
Minister of Parliamentary Affairs and Governance, Gail Teixeira
ton Hicken as acting Police Commissioner.TheChiefJustice, how ever, in this instance, ap plied the “de facto officer doctrine” to uphold the de cisions of this commission which would include the promotions of a number of policeThis,officers.shesaid, was done as the application did not seek to nullify the actions of the Police Service Com mission, maintaining that she would not make such an order.Further, the Opposition Leader had argued that con sultations between President Ali and Chairman Findlay as it relates to the appoint ment of the Police Commis sioner was unconstitutional, null, void and of no legal effect.Chief Justice George instead disagreed with this, and maintained the necessi ty of Hicken’s appointment thus leaving it in place. The Chief Justice had ruled weeks ago on another challenge by the political opposition. In that ruling, she declared that the Pres ident did not breach the Constitution by appointing Hicken to act as Commis sioner of Police. She had refused to quash this decision and declare the appointment as void.Hicken was appointed as Commissioner of Po lice (ag) on March 30 as the government noted that such an appointment was necessary for the leadership of the Guyana Police Force (GPF).Meanwhile, as it relates to the Opposition’s chal lenge to the appointment of the Integrity Commis sion, Norton had said that the President had breached the Integrity Commission Act and did not offer him opportunities to express his opinions on the consul tation.The Integrity Commis sion comprises Demerara Bank Corporate Secretary, Chandra Gajraj as Chair person, along with attor ney Mohamed Haniff, and former Solicitor General Kim Kyte-Thomas. Hardest Tiwari and Chris Wayne Bowman are also members. The Chief Justice, however, ruled that the appointment of these members to the Integrity Commission was lawful.
Long-lost siblings reunited after ‘joke’ DNA test
Dr Michaela Hulme, genealogy expert on ITV’s DNA Journey and lecturer in public history at the University of Bir mingham, said: “More people are taking these DNA tests so you are hearing more of these stories but they are love ly, seeing people reunited like this.” (BBC)
FINNISH Prime Minister, Sanna Marin, on Tuesday apologised for a picture that emerged from a pri vate party she had thrown at her official residence in July, following a public stir over her partying in the past week. On Monday, a drug test taken by the prime minister, one of the youngest world leaders, came back negative. It was taken to assuage con cerns after video footage was published last week showing her singing and dancing with Finnish celebrities at another party.This week, another image began circulating in social media, showing two wellknown female influencers kissing each other, covering their bare breasts with a “Fin land” sign from the Prime Minister’s official residence in Helsinki.“Inmy opinion, the pic ture is not appropriate. I apol ogise for it. That kind of a picture should not have been taken but otherwise, nothing extraordinary happened at the get-together,” Marin told re porters, confirming the photo was from her residence.
Mr Bolton, 62, who travelled to West York shire to meet Ms Khil ji-Holmes this week, said as a child he had spent time in an orphanage be fore going to Jamaica with his grandmother and then being adopted by a family in Canada.Hesaid the DNA test had also revealed he had another half-brother living in Hertfordshire.“Whenmymum died, I got my birth certificate, started looking for my dad,” he said. “I did internet searches and then I did the DNA stuff and a couple of my cousins showed up”. But, he said it was not until Ms Khilji-Holmes registered her DNA that the final piece of the jig saw fell into place. He said meeting her in person had been “really emotional”.“After a couple of Facebook chats it was weird to hold somebody [especially] when you’ve never had a hug from a mum or dad or anybody close,” he said. While in the UK, Mr Bolton visited his father’s grave with his half-sister. Mr Bolton said: “I said ‘hey dad, we’re both here now’. It was very special and meaningful to me. “And I am the oldest one, so now I get to tell them everything to do.”
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Marin, 36, who has made no secret of her enjoyment of her leisure time, said the picture was taken during a private party with her friends after a music festival in July.
A WOMAN who discov ered she had a half-broth er after taking a DNA test for “a joke” has met with her new-found sibling for the first time. Farrah Khilji-Holmes, from Pontefract, took the test after saying to relatives she was “nothing like” her family.The results revealed a close match with a man called Steve Bolton, in Canada, and when the two spoke they realised they had the same father. Ms Khilji-Holmes said discovering her long-lost relative had been “fabu lous”.The 52-year-old said: “I did the DNA test as a joke really, because I was sure that I must have been swapped at birth. This was the last thing I expected.
Prime Minister of Finland, Sanna Marin holds a news conference after videos of her partying leaked into social media and sparked criticism earlier this week, in Helsinki, Finland August 19, 2022. (Lehtikuva/Roni Rekomaa via REUTERS)
Finnish PM apologises for party picture from official residence
“We had sauna, swam and spent time together,” she said, describing the party at her seasideFinnsresidence.havebeen divided over the premier’s behaviour, with some voicing support for the young leader for com bining a private life with her high-profile career, while others have raised questions about whether her judgement would be impaired by her leisureSocialactivities.Democrat lead er Marin, who became the world’s youngest serving government leader in Decem ber 2019, agreed on Friday to take the drug test, saying she had never taken drugs and that she had not seen anyone doing so at the party she attended. Marin told Reuters in January that she and her fellow young female min isters have been targeted with extensive hate speech for their gender and ap pearance while in office. (Reuters)
“I didn’t know if he was a first cousin or a brother at first, as Ancestry said we were closely related. “It was my mum who pieced it all together - and when we first saw Steve on a video link we couldn’t believe it, it was like seeing dad in the flesh.”
Pierre confirmed there was a note in the bag but said he did see what was written on it.
A NEW-BORN infant girl discovered in a garbage bag along a corridor of the San Fernando General Hospital had to receive urgent medical attention on Sunday. The baby was abandoned by her mother, who left a note attached to the child, who appeared to be a few weeks old.
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IDPADA-G was political and must explain nearly $500M spent – Rastafari Council
In a statement, the South west Regional Health Authority (SWRHA) also noted that an in vestigation had been launched to determine the circumstances that led to the incident. The SWRHA said it had alerted the relevant partner state agencies to provide all the necessary assistance as required.Guardian Media understands that the SWRHA handed the note over to the police as evi dence in their investigation into the matter. It is also understood that the SWRHA will be the custodian of the child until the State makes a decision on who will care for her.
Guardian Media understands that the mother asked the state to take care of the child in the note, as she just did not have the means to do so herself. The child was discovered by Emanuel Pierre, 26, who had a job interview at the hospital.
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THE revelations on Mon day by the leaders of the International Decade for People of African Descent Assembly-Guyana (IDPA DA-G) have made the Guy ana Rastafari Council irate, causing the body to take a swipe on social media at leaders of IDPADA-G. The council’s brief state ment on Tuesday pointedly questioned the methodology used by IDPADA-G to select groups to benefit from fund ing they had previously re ceived from the Government of Guyana since 2018. In the statement, the Ras tafari Council added that there are 40 “black groups” in the assembly, but alleged that the only three signatories to the organisation’s bank ac count are all from one group, Cuffy 250 Committee. The group further claimed that it refused to join the “political bandwagon” of IDPADA-G leading up to the 2020 General and Regional Elections (GRE), which, the council said, caused them to be side-lined by Ministerthroughtheusbandwagonwethegovandcally“IDPADA-GIDPADA-G.wasbasihijackedbyCuffy250fundedbytheformer[sic]tocampaignduringlastelection.Becausedidn’tjointheirpoliticaltheysidelinedandwehadtoleave,”RastafariCouncilsaiditsFacebookpage.AttorneyGeneralandofLegalAffairs, Anil Nandlall, also on Tues day, noted that he was not im pressed by the explanations put forward by the leadership of IDPADA-G regarding the nearly $500 million of gov ernment funding allocated to it and spent between 2018 andNandlall2022. made these re marks during his weekly Facebook live-streamed pro gramme ‘Issues in the News’. Dissecting some of the explanations proffered by the organisation’s leader ship, the Attorney General stressed that there was little information provided about IDPADA-G’s projects. “I have listened to this press conference held by this organisation and as a Guy anese, I am not impressed at all with the explanation proffered attempting to ac count for how this money was spent,” he said. He added that while some projects were mentioned in cluding the hosting of a youth conference, it was not publi cised where same was held and what was the value of the conference.Inrelation to the fund ing of scholarships, the AG questioned who were the recipients of these scholar ships, which universities the students were being financed to attend, or whether the scholarship opportunities were advertised for all to apply.Additionally, he said the significant event pointed to by the organisation was the ‘market day’ event at Mocha Arcadia, East Bank Demerara (EBD).“Now, against the back drop of $500 million, how much would it cost to organ ise a market day? In a village, not across the country; in one village… and that event is identified by those who are trying to justify these expenditures as one of the signal accomplish ments of this organisation for which public monies have been spent,” the Attorney GeneralFurther,said.he highlighted the revelation of the spending of close to $5 million to con duct a survey to enable farm ers to get flood relief grants that were being distributed by the government.
Guardian Media also un derstands no person of interest has yet been identified in the matter. (T&T Guardian) take care of her’ – baby found alive in garbage bag in T&T
Efforts to contact Chair man of IDPADA-G Vincent Alexander for a comment were unsuccessful. The person who answered the phone said there were many calls to that number ask ing for Vincent Alexander, but denied that Alexander owned that number.
Emanuel Pierre, 26, who found the abandoned baby at the San Fernando General Hospital yesterday (Photo credit: T&T Guardian)
Pierre said sometime be tween 8:30 hrs and 9:00 hrs, he saw a “garbage” bag in a hallway with its top twisted but not tied. He said he heard noises from inside the bag and when he opened it, he made the shocking discovery.Hesaid he called out to nurs es nearby and they examined the baby and took it for immediate treatment.“Well, they came, they looked at it, some of the nurses from nearby and they said they had to call the social services department that is in the hospital right there and they came and they took it,” Pierre recalled. He estimated that the baby was only a few weeks old. Pierre has a three-month-old son. Despite his act, Pierre said he doesn’t consider himself a hero.“I feeling good about it be cause I was able to save an inno cent child’s life,” he said. He was sad about the cir cumstances“Judgingthough.from what I saw there, it was a baby of Venezue lan origin,” he said. “It looks like someone un able to take care of the child and just rest it there because as you see, they didn’t kill it or leave it dead or anything. [They] just put it where it could be retrieved. But the way in which it was done was kind of inhumane, seeing as it was in a bag.”
Cuffy 250 proposed forum on ‘Emerging Apartheid’ is reprehensible
Silica City
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GUYANA’s newest City is in the making. Brain child of President, Dr. Mohamed Irfaan Ali, the City is already gen erating a considerable measure of excitement not only among Guyanese but in the region as a whole. And understandably so. Silica City is projected to be the country’s first sub-urban Smart City lo cated on the Linden-Soes dyke Highway which links the capital City with that of the mining town of Linden and eventual ly with Lethem and the neighbouring country of Brazil.Silica City conjures images of Silicon Val ley which is home to the world’s largest high-tech corporations. It was in the Silicon Valley that the silicon-based integrated circuit, the microproces sor, and the microcom puter, among other tech nologies, were developed. It accounts for nearly a third of all of the venture capital investments in the United States. Over half a million of technology workers from all across the world are employed in thatGuyanaregion.has a long way to go in terms of reaching the technolog ical advances of the Sil icon Valley but there is no harm in dreaming big. The establishment of the Silica City, as envisaged by President Ali, will be among the best cities in the world and a main catalyst for the transfor mation and modernisation processes initiated by the PPP/C veryCitybewillfeaturestalfeatures,encompasscawillwouldAli,Accordingadministration.toPresident‘youngGuyanesegrowupinwhatbeanewCity--SiliCity--aCitythatwillallthemodernallenvironmenfeatures,sustainabilityandfreshwater.ItbeaCitythatwouldconnectedtotheoldbutit’sgoingtobeayoungCity.Maybe from how it looks, the average age in the City might be about 37 years. So it will be the next kind of generation’.Andasifthe above is not exciting enough, the new City will also include the establishment of an innovation hub as well as massive development in the agriculture sector, ac cording to the Guyanese President.Theseare by no means empty idle talk and, in the words of President Ali, the establishment of the new City ‘is going to happen’. In fact, prepara tory works have already commenced. According to Minister within the Housing Ministry, Susan Rodrigues, her ministry is aggressively pursuing plans for the construc tion of the City. Silica City, she said, will have in its first phase about 3,000 acres of land but land clearing will encom pass an initial 185 acres which will feature the ‘Innovation Village’ and the first 400 young pro fessional homes. Short listing of persons have already commenced for the Inhomes.addition to catering for the housing needs of young professionals, the first phase of the project will also feature a number of commercial and indus trial developments as well as other ofincludedevelopmentsinfrastructuralwhichwilltheconstructionahospital. These are indeed vi sionary thinking on the part of President Ali and the PPP/C administration. Guyana is defi nitely poised for monu mental changes, thanks to the emerging petro leum economy and the perspicacity and wis dom of the current lead ership. Indeed, Guyana has now reached a new and exciting stage in its development, one that will undoubtedly redound to the good of all Guyanese.
Dear GUYANAEditor,isthe richest country in CARICOM and with massive oil resources, we can all live ever happily after, if we unite as a nation and realise our motto of “One People, One Nation, One Destiny.” Invoking race and racism is self-de structive and hurts us all. Getting millions of dollars from the government for your cause and turning around and cussing them out as “apartheid” is un grateful and not very smart. The recent letter by Attor ney-General Nandlall, “Fo rum on ‘emerging apartheid’ is a travesty, breach of the Constitution,” (SN, August 20, 2022) has roundly criti cised the apparent pro-PNC Cuffy 250 group, a member organisation of the Inter national Decade for People of African Descent Assem bly-Guyana (IDPADA-G). The Attorney-General said the conference framed as “Resisting the Emerg ing Apartheid State’’ is un founded “racist brew,” which may be encouraging racial hostility and violating the Constitution and other laws. Until the VP mentioned that race-based groups were get ting hundreds of millions in special grants, we did not know such grants were available to all Guyanese race-focused groups. Truth be told, the PPP Government makes a valiant effort to ensure its programmes serve diverse populations. They have visited communities across the political spectrum. GOAL scholarships, house lots and homes, the various cash grants to all, hampers, etc. are fairly distributed across all communities. To use the term “emerging apart heid” is not only malicious, vexatious and mischievous, it is outright dishonest, and fails to recognise any good efforts and areas of prog ress of the PPP Government. This victimhood approach by Cuffy 250 does not serve their communities well. Creating a myth that the country is moving to apart heid does great disservice to the international reputation of the country. We shoot our selves in the foot when we do that. That is anti-nationalist, not simply anti-PPP. Cuffy 250 and its associates that use the same playbook, must abandon such a losing strate gy. A hole in the boat is a hole in the whole boat. If the boat leaks, we all go down. Perhaps, Mr. Floyd Haynes who was slated to be a speaker at the Conference should attend and explain that he got a licence to set up a Merchant Bank in Guyana. He could have shaped the discussion in positive ways, and move the mentality from one of perpetual victimhood to one of strategising to take advantage of emerging op portunities, versus this non sense of an “apartheid.” But Mr. Haynes apparently could not get past the framing of the conference as “emerging apartheid” - a phrase he says he completely rejects. Previous conferences by Cuffy 250, some addressed by President Granger, were titled: “African Guyanese Revitalisation: Restoring the African Guyanese communi ties as spaces of Education, Culture and Economic Vital ity (2014)”; “Repositioning African Guyanese for Justice, Recognition and Sustainable Development (2017)”; “Po sitioning African Guyanese villages and communities for the green state econo my (2018)”; “State of the African Guyanese Villages Forum;” and “The Way For ward (2020).” With the PPP now in power, the theme is “Emerging Apartheid.” So, is Cuffy 250 saying under the 33 years of the PNC when the PNC took control of the “commanding heights of the economy” under co-operative socialism, our Afro commu nities made no progress and now suddenly we are into apartheid? IDPADA-G and associ ates involved in the confer ence must consider whether it is a smart strategy to in voke racism, as that mostly favours the PPP. Any time our Afro groups frame is sues as racial issues, it sends those crossover voters who made them win in 2015 back to their base, and helps the PPP the most. To say that Guyana is an emerging apartheid state is lower than low. Shame on the Cuffy 250 and their allies for choosing such a divisive theme!Yours
sincerely, Dr. Jerry Jailall
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The writer also pointed out that the min ister had already designated Regions Six and 10 for hemp production and said that this was also discriminatory in a sense.Mr. Editor, the minister, while speaking on several occasions about the culti vation of industrial hemp in Guyana, explained that Regions Six and 10 were ear marked for the initial cultiva tion of hemp; the keyword being initial. As with any new project, more so with agriculture-related projects, you have to start somewhere. Minister Mustapha also explained why these regions were selected. Apart from the economic activities in both regions being affected by the closure of two major operations (the sugar estates in Region Six and the call centre in Linden, Region 10), these regions possess the ide al soil composition necessary for the successful cultivation of hemp.Theletter also stated that “… with the AG echoing the sentiment that ‘there are large conglomerates waiting for approval of the bill to commence production’, this paints a picture of small farmers being kept out of hempAgain,cultivation.”Mr.Editor, Minis ter Mustapha explained that the bill itself clearly states that anyone can apply for a hemp licence for planting or manufacturing, especially small-holding farmers and young people given the new and lucrative opportunities that will come with the es tablishment of this new in dustry.Itshould also be made clear that the establishment of the regulatory body, which will comprise representatives from the Ministries of Agri culture, Health, and Home Affairs; the Guyana Foren sic Laboratory, and other related institutions including the private sector, is vital to ensuring the requirements are met before issuing li cences for the cultivation of hemp or the manufacturing of by-products. The writer pointed out that should the authority reject an applica tion or suspend a licence, those individuals can appeal to the minister. It should be made clear that an appeal to the minister does not guarantee that a de cision made by the authority will be overturned, but gives that person or persons the opportunity to petition a de cision that they feel was not justly made. It would then be up to the minister to engage the authority to ascertain the facts and make a decision based on what the law stip ulates and is presented by bothTheparties.cultivation of in dustrial hemp will be a new industry for Guyana with massive potential for those directly and indirectly in volved. Indeed, hemp is not a new crop in a worldly sense but with Guyana taking the lead on agriculture in CAR ICOM, President Ali and Minister Mustapha should be complimented for taking this bold step to ensure Guyanese are afforded the opportunity to benefit from all that is to come with its establishment. The evidence is clear and the numbers don’t lie. With the establishment of this new industry, Guyana is poised to tap into the global hemp market which was valued at US$4.9 billion in 2019 and is projected to reach US$10.6 billion by 2025 and US$18.6 billion by 2027.
Rather than question ing past governments’ in ability to get the ball rolling on the cultivation of hemp in Guyana, let us focus on the fact that this govern ment, the Irfaan Ali-led Government, was able to swiftly take the necessary steps to facilitate the estab lishment of such a lucrative industry that is set to create additional jobs for our citi zens and earn more foreign exchange for our country.
Dear PERMITEditor,me a few lines to respond to a letter pub lished in the Monday, Au gust 22, 2022 edition of the Stabroek News titled ‘Hemp bill offering a new crop to a selected few’. In my response, I also wish to clarify some miscon ceptions and reiterate a few points that were previously mentioned in an article that was issued to members of the press last week. In the letter, the writer said that the recently passed Hemp Bill was discrimina tory as clause 23 of the Bill “gives the Minister the pow er to designate geo-graphical areas, by Order subject to the negative resolution of the National Assembly, to cultivate or manufacture industrial hemp and hemp related products.”
YoursJanellrespectfully,Cameron Public Relations Officer, Ministry of Agriculture
Anyone can apply for a hemp licence for planting or manufacturing
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Science and technology must guide inclusive, sustainable farming
Dear CARICOMEditor,leaders and Min isters of Agriculture and the over hundred international delegates in attendance, in ad dition to the hundreds locally, praised Guyana for hosting an international agro conference last May. They all said it was an outstanding conference, one that has never been seen or experienced in Guyana or in the region in its history. CARICOM leaders were in awe and approached the Min ister of Agriculture and other organisers for the model. Because Guyana’s agriculture conference last May was such a success, nation after nation held or plan to hold one mod eling theirs after Guyana’s. Trinidad held its agriculture forum last week attended by tens of thousands in the capi tal Port of Spain at the Savan nah. President Irfaan Ali and other Caribbean leaders and Minister of Agriculture, Zulfi Mustapha were in attendance. These agri conferences are extremely important in the era of food scarcity and rising pric es. They also present to the farming community and the public a new perspective on agricultural production with machineries and equipment and need seedlings on display. They give a state of agriculture in the countries holding them. Any move to add to agricultural production must be encouraged and Onesupported.ofthe goals in the Guyana and Trinidad confer ences and other agro forums is to educate the public directly or through the media about the importance of farming and food production and to pro vide support for traditional and commercial farmers and even home gardeners. That was met in both conferences although both conferences would have been better suited in rural agri cultural communities to attract more farmers. Farming in both countries take place in largely rural underdeveloped areas. In Trinidad, most farming occurs in the rural south and central as opposed to the Port of Spain environs. Food comes from cen tral and south to the north and east. Similarly, in Guyana, food comes from the interior and from the islands and Essequibo, Berbice and West Demerara. Perhaps the organisers wanted to attract urban or town folks and encourage them to take up farming. If the latter is the in tention, it should be supported. Community supported ag riculture is a growing trend in many places including urban areas. In New York, for ex ample, the City encourages local garden production and block off streets for ad hoc markets for local farmers to sell produce. Guyanese Amer icans are growing tonnes of produce (variety of vegetables) in their backyards or in buckets during the warm weather (May through October) for home use or to share with others; yield of Guyanese Americans is enor mous, bettering productivity in Guyana they said in interviews. Community agriculture in urban or rural communities must be welcomed. It generally centres on directly marketing food products from home or at local markets. Community markets bring producers and consumers closer together and create a family or social connection; community relationships are strengthened.Besidesserving as an incen tive to grow food, traditional farming and community mar kets give families their main or an extra income. By participat ing in community-sustained ag riculture, you support the local farmers and you eat local food as opposed to imported products and keep money in the local economy as opposed to draining foreign exchange. Local food has quality and is safer than imported food. The more we encourage local agriculture and food production, the more we will understand the economic potential that it offers. Govern ment should encourage locals to grow and sell more food in their localAscommunities.inGuyana, the Trinidad conference included experts in organic or traditional farming and industrial food production. With depletion of soil, sustain able agriculture is very import ant. NAREI must engage in more research to improve crop seedlings and appropriate ma chineries (bio-technology) and to monitor productivity to de termine success of experimental new crops. NAREI researchers would gain new perspectives in different agricultural industries. We have to keep up with science of production given that land for food production is getting scarce and we must therefore improve yield. Farmers must understand the science in re lation to production. It is crit ical because food is becoming increasingly scarce and more expensive to grow as well as costlier to consumers. Science and technology must guide in clusive and sustainable farming. The ministry has to keep pace with changes in technology and invest appropriately. Science and technology must guide government policy. Government must therefore allocate more money into agriculture for re search to Governmentguide. must also pay attention to the business side of farming – marketing and losses attributed to nature and insects, animal invading their farms, and praedial larceny. Farmers took a hit over the last two years because of the pandemic, flooding, and the Ukraine War and theft of produce. Many are not planting this crop because of unpredictable rain and the huge losses recently suffered. Farm ers need better infrastructure, drainage and irrigation, some kind of insurance of protection against flooding (natural calam ities) to recover investments as is done in North America, and roving farm Marshalls to guard against larceny and animals eating their crops. The government must al locate greater funding to the Agriculture Ministry which in turn must attach great er importance to irrigation, agronomy, giving grants (sup port) to farmers vulnerable to flooding to encourage them to continue planting, and pro viding protection of farms. If farmers withdraw from the land, then the country will face food shortage, higher food prices, and anger among the population.Yours sincerely, Dr Vishnu Bisram
PRESIDENT, Dr Irfaan Ali told residents of Wak enaam that while the new ly commissioned well at Noitgedacht will bring 24hour access to water, the investment in the infra structure will also lead to the economic prosperity of families. He said at the commis sioning of the new facility, that in order to get Wake naam and the rest of Guy ana equipped for the food production revolution, in frastructural upgrades are imperative.Theseupgrades are nec essary, according to the Head of State, to improve the pro duction and productive ca pacity of the country and to reduce the cost of production, while building and maintain ing standards to enter region al and international markets.
President, Dr. Irfaan Ali (fourth from right) with Housing and Water Minister Collin Croal (third from left), Minister within the Minister of Housing and Water Susan Rodrigues (fifth from right), GWI’s CEO, Shaik Baksh (fourth from left) at the commissioning of the new well on Wakenaam Island (Office of the President photo)
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“It is for this reason that we are making investments in every single region, targeting the economic output that will bring prosperity to every sin gle “Andfamily.we see Wakenaam as an important island that will play a critical part in the development of our food pro duction system for the Carib bean. Therefore, we cannot look at the infrastructure in vestment and development in isolation of the macro plan,” Dr. Ali Thesaid.well, the President added, is a positive start and will benefit approximately 3,500“Thisresidents.water facility here must be linked to something bigger, something that would not only give you a good supply of water but lead to the eventual economic pros perity of families. You must be excited to be part of the development and expansion growth of this Island,” the President“Theseexclaimed.arethe invest ments that will transform lives, that will improve your quality of life. These are the investments your government is willing to make on your behalf so you can enjoy that life,” the Head of State fur therThenoted.$50 million well is part of the government’s wider developmental plan; additional investments in infrastructure include the rehabilitation of roads, sea defences and provision of drainage and irrigation equip ment.The construction of
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Wakenaam upgrades strengthen local food production, President Ali says
“We started this activ ity to help link consumers directly to farmers because many persons were saying that the cost of vegetables and other fresh commodities were too high. Our first farmers’ market was held last February at Lusignan Market tarmac on the East Coast of Demerara and proved to be a major success. The second was held at the Albion Estate road in Region Six while the third was held at the Arthur Chung Conference Centre last May during the inaugural Agri-Investment Forum and Expo. All of these undertak ings were very successful and now we are discussing where we’ll keep the next one. People who live on the East Bank of Demerara and people from Region Three have made requests so it is just a matter of coordinating with the relevant bodies to get things finalised,” Minister MustaphaAccordingexplained.toa release, in terms of location, Minis ter Mustapha said that the committee was considering several factors to ensure the logistical aspect was done correctly. Considering the successes of the other farm ers’ markets, Minister Mu stapha explained that the upcoming farmers’ markets will be bigger and better. “Every time we host a farmers’ market we try to have more than what we had at the previous one. The first one was a huge success but many people who came out late missed out. The second one was even bigger because we had fishermen participat ing. The third one was also huge because we had a wider variety of products on sale. So, it’s always about taking it up a notch,” he explained. Minister Mustapha said that the committee is looking to have the next farmers’ market sometime in October, which is also Agriculture Month.The government, in rec ognising the spike in food costs while prices reflected at the farm gate remain low, outlined several initiatives in its 2022 Budget to ease those imposed burdens, the release noted.Just two weeks after the passage of the 2022 Budget in the National Assembly, the Ministry of Agriculture host ed its first farmers’ market at the Lusignan Market Tarmac, East Coast Demerara. The initiative attracted hundreds and benefitted both farmers and consum ers in and out of the Demer ara-Mahaica district. The exercise allowed farmers to find ready markets for their produce and gave consum ers the advantage of buying directly from the farmers, the release said.
Next farmers’ market in Agriculture Month
— initiative being taken to EBD, Regions Two and Three being discussed
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Agriculture Minister Zulfikar Mustapha with a farmer showcasing his produce that was on sale at the farmers’ market at Lusignan, East Coast Demerara
IN light of the successes of the previous farmers’ markets organised by the Ministry of Agriculture, Agriculture Minister, Zu lfikar Mustapha, said that the organising committee is now looking to take the initiative to the East Bank of Demerara and Regions Two and Three.
THE Inter-American In stitute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA) spear headed a meeting between a group of Latin American and Caribbean startups that currently offer digital solutions for agriculture and Vista Alta Manage ment Solutions (VAMS), an investment advisory firm that has created a financial platform to support busi nesses that are spurring the digital transformation of this production activity in the region. The initiative is in keep ing with IICA’s commitment to promote dynamic and integrated digital agricultural transformation in the Ameri cas and to facilitate linkages between agtechs (technolo gy-based businesses with an agriculture focus) and invest ment funds or other financial leveraging organisations.
The meeting was the first step in an evaluation process by VAMS for possible investment in some of the startups (IICA photo)
“By way of this initia tive, we are building bridges between stakeholders in the new technology innovation ecosystems, with a view to promoting development and the use of digital solutions in agriculture,” said Federico Bert, Digital Agriculture Spe cialist at ElevenIICA.agtech startups at tended the VAMS meeting, which took place over two sessions: Bloomspal, Inclu irtec and Rice Observatory from Colombia; Agroconsul tas, Appi.ar and GBot from Argentina; Neltume Agro and FrescaPesca from Chile, AgtechApps from Guatema la, Hola Tractor from Bolivia and AGP Geoservicio from Ecuador.These agtechs provide solutions, such as digital technical assistance, based on a combination of expertise and artificial intelligence; remote phytosanitary moni firm to drive digital transformation
Agricultural technology startups link with investment
The institute expressed this commitment at Digital Agriculture Week -- an event that it organised this year, bringing together 15 startups and other stakeholders from the technology and agricul ture sectors of the region.
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Opposition Leader, Aubrey Norton AFC KhemrajLeader,Ramjattan
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LEADER of the Opposition (LoO) and Chairman of the A Partnership for Nation al Unity (APNU), Aubrey Norton, on Tuesday, made it clear that his party will not allow the Alliance For Change to “dictate” the picking of the candidate for the Vice-Chairmanship of Region 10. This challenges earlier comments by AFC Leader, Khemraj Ramjattan, that his party would get the support of the APNU for their pick, Coretta Brathwaite, for the Vice-Chair position or there could be “consequences in relation to the relationship” between the APNU and the AFC.Speaking at his weekly press conference, Norton made it clear that his party is not in support of the AFC having sole authority over who the Vice-Chairman can didate should be. “The issue was not wheth er it’s an AFC Vice-Chair man. As far as I know the APNU has been disposed to an AFC Vice-Chair but it must not be somebody who is dictated by the AFC who doesn’t have the confidence of the APNU,” Norton de clared.Norton skirted around further questions on the is sue, particularly as pertains to how soon the two sides would find a consensus can didate for the position which has been vacant since June 2021 when the then ViceChair, Douglas Gittens, died of COVID-19.
Given that it was axed from the Region Four Vice-Chairman position, the AFC later lobbied for the Region 10 Vice-Chair manship following Gittens death. However, the situ ation has once again de scended to in-fighting.
“You can ask the people involved in Region 10 if they have a timeline. I am saying direct your questions to the actors in Region 10,” was all that Norton would say as he faced questions on the issue. The APNU and AFC joined forces to contest the 2015 elections. Over the years, their relationship has been rocky. Some executives of the AFC have been push ing for the party to leave the Coalition.Inthe past two years, several parties have left the Coalition, citing dictatorial behaviour by the People’s National Congress Reform (PNC/R), APNU’s largest member. Norton is also lead er of the PNC/R. The APNU+AFC has 15 of the 18 seats on the Re gion 10 Regional Democratic Council (RDC). The two fractions of the APNU+AFC Coalition have been at loggerheads about the sharing of seats and picking of key appointments in their majority RDCs since 2020 when the APNU members of the Region Four failed to support an AFC candidate for the Vice-Chairman post of that region. The APNU+AFC has majority seats in three of the country’s 10 administra tive regions, namely Regions Four, Seven and 10. The AFC had claimed that there was an understand ing between the two sides that the appointment of the Vice-Chair of Region Four would have gone to an AFC member on that Council, giv en agreements for seat shar ing between the two sides. However, the APNU members on the Region Four RDC did not vote for the AFC candidate, and the Re gion Four Vice-Chair posi tion instead went to Samuel Sandy, an APNU member, leading to a fall out between the two sides. The post of Chairman for the RDC went to Daniel Seeram, also an APNU member. As the friction between the two sides continued, in 2021 the AFC councillors on the Region Four RDC sought to bring forth a motion of no confidence against the Sandy and Seeram. According to the AFC, the motion was in “direct response of continued failures and shortcomings in the management of the affairs of the people in this key geo graphical region.”
Norton: AFC will not ‘dictate’ candidate for Region 10 Vice-Chair post
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“VAMS offers an im pact investment platform that seeks to generate competitive financial returns for business es that provide solutions for the most pressing challenges in Latin America”, explained the company’s CEO, Francis co Guia.“Attending these meet ings with investors that have been spearheaded by IICA is a valuable experience. They are providing us with a concrete opportunity to gain the attention of partners that could leverage growth in our companies. The Institute’s support is a major asset that we will manage responsibly. It is a vote of confidence and a reflection of the scouting process in which the start ups that are here have been involved”, said Nicolás San tinelli, CEO of GBot from Argentina.Danilo Miranda, CEO of Colombia’s Bloomspal, agreed that IICA has played a key role for all of them, “both in the process of raising cap ital, as well as in facilitating cooperation with other com panies in the Latin American agtech ecosystem”. IICA signed a coopera tion agreement with Vista Alta Management Solutions in June 2021. The latter has extensive experience in the North American and Latin American markets and is made up of a group of leaders in the region in sectors such as financial services, agriculture, elec tricity, construction, con sumer goods, technology and others. (IICA)
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toring; crop irrigation tools to boost output and water use efficiency; mobile apps for medium- and large-scale agricultural export compa nies; technology applications to improve profitability and efficiency in the beekeeping sector; and an online market for fresh and frozen seafood products that supplies various distribution chains, among others.The meeting was the first step in an evaluation process by VAMS for possible invest ment in some of the startups.
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cel Hutson, reiterated the Ministry’s commitment to ensuring that all the students are offered a secondary level education that will make them academically and eco nomically viable.
Meanwhile,sector. Assistant Chief Education Officer (Technical), Marcia Paddy, noted that having complet ed a pilot of CVQ, it has become evident that the ex pansion of the programme is the next step. She highlighted that TVET has been positioning itself within the education sector for several years, rec ognising now an opportune time to embrace the process of implementing CVQ.
“The Ministry intends to add 34 more schools to that list with the bigger aim to eventually have CVQ programmes offered in every secondary school across Guyana so that each child can exit secondary school with both a CXC certificate and a CVQ cer tificate,” the Education Ministry said.
Educationprocessthehensiveensuringdationsacrosstenancement,todevelopmadeeralprogrammesnotedDuringCVQinessondmendedcation.grammescandidatesassuranceimplementoccupationaltionstheerciseStuart-DomanAccordingDepartment.totheMoE,saidtheexfocusedonassessingreadinessoftheinstitutodelivertheregionalstandardsandtheCXCqualitycriteriaintrainingpursuingproforCVQcertifiTheCXCofficialcomGuyanaonthesecstagingofthepre-readfortheexecutionofinsecondaryschools.theaudit,theMoEinitsstatementthat12wereassessed.Followingtheaudit,sevrecommendationswereincludingtheneedtoatargetedapproachinfrastructuraldeveloprenovationandmaininsecondaryschoolsthecountry.Additionally,recommenweremadetowardsthereisacompreunderstandingofCVQimplementationamongsteducators.Inbriefremarks,ChiefOfficer,Dr.Mar
Technical, vocational training closer for 34 more schools
Chief Education Officer, Dr. Marcel Hutson (Education Ministry photo) Assistant Chief Education Officer (Technical), Marcia Paddy (Education Ministry photo) Linda Stuart-Doman, CVQ Auditor and a Manager in the Syllabus and Curriculum Development Department of CXC ® (Education Ministry photo)
A snapshot of Tuesday’s assessment exercise (Education Ministry photo)
“It’s not the start, it’s the finish that we must focus on because of the children who are waiting upon us to fulfil the purpose, to fulfil the potential and I know we can do it.
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Presently, eight schools in Guyana are offering CVQ certification in four areas.
THE Caribbean Exam inations Council (CXC®), Guyana’s Education Min istry, and the Council for Technical Vocational Ed ucation and Training (CT VET), on Tuesday, hosted a post-stakeholder meet ing after concluding the assessment of 34 second ary schools here to offer the Caribbean Vocational Qualification (CVQ). This is according to a public statement from the Education Ministry. An overview of the as sessment was provided by Linda Stuart-Doman, CVQ Auditor and Manager in the regional examination body’s Syllabus and Curriculum Development
“I know we can do it because the fact that we are here today and the fact that we’ve endured -- we had the opening session and now closing session -- tells me that we are in a good place to move this process forward,” Dr. Hutson said. He further called on the educators to view them selves as catalysts of change and urged them to use their skills to transform the edu cation
“Claims and objection pe riod has started and we are participating because we need to stay on top and get the data to deal with the issues,” Norton said.READYVice-President Dr. Bharrat Jagdeo, had affirmed that the government is ready to name a date for Local Government Elections once given the requi site notification from GECOM that the elections body is ready to move ahead with the holding of theWithelections.GECOM Chairman, Justice (Ret’d) Claudette Singh, noting that it is highly likely that LGEs would be held by the end of 2022, Dr. Jagdeo, who is also the General-Secre tary of the People’s Progressive Party/Civic (PPP/C), said that his party is already in election mode.“We are ready whether elections are held this year or next year, we would be ready at any time. GECOM would have to write indicating when they are ready. But I speak for the PPP as the General-Sec retary, and I’ve already con vened a meeting. We’ve started working on our organisational structures around the country. We’ve put our party on a read iness mode,” he said at a press briefing last week. A date for the LGEs is officially announced by the Minister of Local Government and Regional Development following official correspon dence from GECOM on when it would be ready to carry out the elections.TheVice-President also refuted claims by Norton that the government will not hold the elections.“He[Norton] says PPP doesn’t want Local Govern ment Elections, but we have already gone on an election footing,” Dr. Jagdeo said. Dr. Jagdeo instead chal lenged the Opposition’s read iness for elections given ulti matums declared by Norton that his party is demanding before they participate in elections. Chief among Nor ton’s demand is the contin uous call for changes to the voters’ list, in contraven tion of a ruling by the High Court.
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The claims and objections period began on August 22, 2022 and will conclude on September 15, 2022. Norton said the Opposition is participating in the exercise.
— Norton continues tirade on voters’ list Leader of the Opposition, Aubrey Norton
GECOM Chairman, Justice (ret’d) Claudette Singh, has already made clear that the elections body will not be act ing in contradiction of the law as pertains to the voters list. Meanwhile, GECOM is currently preparing to hold Local Government Elections (LGEs), which is likely before year end. The Commission is holding a claims and objection period whereby persons can highlight any concerns or dis crepancies on the OLE for the purpose of addressing them.
Leader of the Opposition, Aubrey Norton, continues his call for a “clean voters list” but without saying how this will be done without un dermining the High Court’s ruling that the removal of the names of persons on the list of registrants on the basis of residency would be uncon stitutional. Speaking at his weekly press conference on Tuesday, he this time expressed his desire for re-registration of all voters in Guyana by the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM).“Weremain steadfast in our call for GECOM to implement the necessary improvements, whether statutory, constitution al, technological, or adminis trative, to ensure elections of the highest standard. In this re gard, we stand by our positions on the need for a clean voters list and biometric identification at polling places,” Norton said. However, Norton’s desire for the re-registration of all voters does not take into ac count that names still cannot be removed from the existing National Register of Regis trants (NRR) from which the Official List of Electors (OLE) is extracted.Whilecontinuously calling for a “clean voters list”, Nor ton continues to side-stepped questions on what lawful pro cess could be used to come to his version of a “clean voters list”, when names cannot be removed from the list except in the case of death. The High Court, in August of 2019, had ruled that persons cannot be removed from the National Database of Regis trants through house-to-house registration but through claims and objections and the provi sion of names of deceased per sons by the General Registrar’s Office to GECOM.
NOT NEWS The Coalition’s criticism of the list of electors is not new. It had repeatedly attacked the list after the successful passage of the December 2018 no-confi dence vote in a bid to delay the elections as long as possible and had employed a similar strategy to derail the recount of votes of the 2020 elections that was supervised by CARICOM. During the recount process, the Coalition made a number of claims, including that of dead and migrated persons voting. However, the CAR ICOM team, which the Coali tion had described as the ‘most competent’ interlocutor, had roundly dismissed these claims as a “fishing expedition” and time-wasting exercise. After five months of at tempting to rig the 2020 re gional and general elections, the Coalition was forced to vacate power due to mounting pressure from the international community and civil society to respect the will of the people.
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A high-level team compromising President Irfaan Ali, Natural Resources Minister, Vickram Bharrat, and Projects Director at the President’s office, Marcia Nadir-Sharma, were given a guided tour of the Liza Unity floating production, storage and offloading (FPSO) vessel on Tuesday.
President Ali engaged workers, including Guyanese staff onboard the vessel. President of ExxonMobil Guyana, Alistair Routledge was also among the visiting team to the FPSO. (Office of the President photos)
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team tour the Liza Unity FPSO
Toxic Chemical Control Board (PTCCB), the written consent of the Commissioner of the Guyana Geology and Mines Commission and an environmental authorisation from the Environmental Pro tection Agency (EPA) before any shipment of mercury is imported into Guyana for miningFollowingpurposes.the ratification of the Minamata Conven tion on September 24, 2014, a proposal was made for a phase-out approach that would lead to the eventual ban of mercury use in Guy ana. The Government of Guyana signed the conven tion on October 10, 2013.
THREE bottles of mercury were, last Friday, found among the bushes in the compound of an aban doned sawmill located in Crabwood Creek, Coren tyne, Berbice. The discovery was made by Customs Anti-Narcotics Unit (CANU) officers who were conducting an operation in theAccordingarea. to a press release issued by CANU, the bottles of mercury were handed over to the Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) which is the agency responsi ble for the importation of this type of chemical licenceandImportation,element.retailing,distributionrequireafromthePesticide
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The mercury that was found in the compound of the abandoned sawmill
Three bottles of mercury found at Berbiceabandonedsawmill
18 GUYANA CHRONICLE, Wednesday, August 24, 2022 the well by the staff of the Guyana Water Incorporated (GWI), the President added, has resulted in a 50 per cent reduction in cost, with a de sign life cycle of 30 years.
EQUITABLEMENTDEVELOP President Ali announced that a US$6.3 million water treatment plant will also be constructed in Noitgedacht to provide 100 per cent treated water to residents. “If you look at the rate of return from a truly finan cial modelling, you will say ‘don’t make the investment because the population is too small’. And many countries in the world would make a decision based on that. “But I want to tell you that we have already made the decision that we are go ing to make this investment on your behalf because we believe in equitable develop ment… for all of you,” Dr. Ali Presidentrecognised.Ali, while out lining the massive invest ments expected in Wake naam, announced that the government will also be in vesting in a 750-kilowatt so lar power system to provide clean and reliable energy to the Thisresidents.system, he added, is expected to commence with in two months. He further explained that in the next three years, the entire road network on the island will be done in phases. Already, $500 million has been expended on drainage, irrigation, and sea defence.Impact of Expenditure While pointing to the investments already made as well as the developmental plans in the pipeline, Pres ident Ali emphasised that every intervention made is to ensure that the lives of the citizens across Guyana are transformed.“Theseare the invest ments that will transform lives,” Dr. Ali said as he reit erated that this drive fits into the ‘One Guyana’ mission to ensure prosperity for all of Guyana.Minister of Housing and Water, Collin Croal, stated that in keeping with the mas sive housing drive underway in Region Three (Essequibo Islands-West Demerara), a number of wells are being rehabilitated at Fellowship and Vergenoegen on the West Coast of Demerara (WCD) and in Free and Easy in Wak enaam.Meanwhile, Chief Exec utive Officer of GWI, Shaik Baksh explained that the current production of the well is more than 200 per cent of the total daily water demand of the island. Minister within the Ministry of Housing and Water, Susan Rodrigues and other government and regional officials were also at the event.
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"Usain Bolt's move to trademark the silhouette of his famous pose is perhaps no surprise," said Coldham. "It presumably takes inspira tion from Nike's registration of the silhouette of Michael Jordan and, for a pose that is so associated with one person, I expect it will be registered.
Meanwhile, Ninvalle announced that the official weigh-in will be held to morrow at the Cliff Ander son Sports Hall (CASH), from 18:00hrs.
"It will not stop other people making the pose as a bit of fun, but if products or services are provided with that silhouette, con sumers would and should expect it to have some link or endorsement from Usain Bolt." (Extracted from the Telegraph)
GUYANA have copped two gold medals and one silver thus far at the on going Caribbean Area Squash Association (CASA) Senior Cham pionships in Kingston, Jamaica, compliments of their doubles teams. The pair of Nyron Jo seph and Jason-Ray Khalil won gold by defeating Bar badians Khamal Cumber batch and Shawn Simpson 11-10, 11-10, while Ashley Khalil and Ashley DeG root topped Caymanians Jade Pitcairn and Michaela Rensburg 11-6, 11-8, for the second doubles gold for Guyana.However, in the mixed doubles, Daniel Ince and Taylor Fernandes went down to Cayman’s top mixed doubles duo of Mar lene West and Cameron Stafford 3-11, 7-11. Alex Arjoon lost his singles semi-final to de fending champion Chris Binnie 2-11, 8-11, 4-11 but Guyana can rest assured of winning the female title with Khalil and Fernandes doing battle in the final.
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The Cuban rated Guyana as a powerhouse for boxing and urged GBA to continue its efforts in keeping the country's reputation and prestige going.
Gareth Bale and Sir Mo Farah have both previously also moved to trademark a celebration logo. Farah’s 'Mobot', where he places both hands on the top of his head to create an outline of the letter 'M', became fa mous during the London 2012 Olympics when he won gold medals in both the 5 000m and 10 Bale000m.filed papers at the Intellectual Property Office in 2013 so that his ‘Eleven of Hearts’ goal-scoring ges ture could appear on “cloth ing, footwear and headgear” among other Cristianomerchandise.Ronaldoalso has his own range of CR7 branded merchandise that includes watches, sunglasses, underwear and aftershave. Bolt, who is a big fan of Manchester United, expressed his delight on social media at Monday night’s surprise 2-1 win against Liverpool. "Needed this victory," he wrote following United’s first win of the season. John Coldham, who is an intellectual property partner at the law firm, Gowling WLG, said that trademarking the pose would not stop people from replicating the pose for fun and would relate to com mercial products or services.
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Two gold medals, one silver for Guyana’s doubles squash teams portance of such a tourna ment to the region. "We are the only country with an international schoolboys tournament", Poole said who further added that it’s a major boost for both ju nior and nursery levels of boxing.Poole believes that the months of preparation and the twice monthly Under-16 competitions, provided a lot of experience and exposure while buffing the enthusiasm of theAnotherfighters.member of the technical team, Samuel Git tens, echoed similar senti ments, adding that the box ers should "Do less talking and do more work" while challenging them to prove him wrong this Meanwhile,weekend.looking at the overall plus of hosting such an annual event, Nin valle hinted that the other teams will be arriving today. He stated that they expect the tournament to be good one, adding that he sees it fit to have a nursery structural system for the future of the sport."Boxing is not an easy sport, you have to be ded icated and train. It's not about winning it’s about developing, so thank you to the youngsters on behalf of GBA," Ninvalle ended. Cuban coach Roland, who had been helping with bringing boxers to a high level locally, thanked the GBA and Ninvalle for in stilling confidence in him.
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"Being in the dressing room at the time was great, because I was around peo ple," he "Theadded.hardest bit was when the day had finished and I had gone back to my room. I didn't want to leave the hotel; I just sat on my bed."Those periods for me were the loneliest and the hardest. For me that was the start of another part of that Bristol thing." If you are affected by any issues relating to this story then please go to BBC Action line for information and support. (BBC Sport)
28 GUYANA CHRONICLE, Wednesday August 24, 2022 (REUTERS) - Shakhtar Donetsk and Metalist 1925 played out a 0-0 draw in Kyiv’s empty Olympic Sta dium yesterday as compet itive football returned to war-torn Ukraine with the start of the country’s new Premier League season. The opening match es of the campaign have been timed to coincide with Ukraine's Day of the National Flag and provide a further show of resistance following Russia’s February invasion that brought a premature end to last season’s champion ship.But it also comes as the U.S. Embassy in the capital warned of the increased pos sibility of Russian military strikes on Ukraine, and Kyiv banned public celebrations in the capital on the anniversary of independence from Soviet ruleIttoday.was a first competi tive fixture in nine months for both teams and, while there were obvious signs of rust, they provided an en tertaining contest in which Shakhtar came closest to winning when Mykhailo Mudryk struck the crossbar. The game was, at least, not interrupted by air-raid si rens, still a daily occurrence. So tenuous is the situation that only certain venues with bomb shelters will be used for UPL games. No fans are allowed into the stadium, with fixtures mostly centred on Kyiv for now. The return of the 16-team local league provides a dis traction for 90 minutes away from the bloodshed and rav ages of a war that Russia calls a 'special"Thisoperation'.isourjob, and we perceive it as a very big responsibility to show the world that life in Ukraine does not stop but continues," Shakhtar’s Croatian coach Igor Jovicevic told reporters ahead of yesterday’s game. "Football is one of the factors that give emotions to the whole country and people who fight for all of us. This is very important for us, not only Shakhtar but also for the entire UPL, to continue life."
NOTHING OVER His thoughts were echoed by midfielder Mudryk, who added, "They (the watching world) should remember what events are happening in Ukraine, be cause a lot of time passes and perhaps the world for gets about it. "Our goal is to use the games to remind the whole world that nothing is over and of the atrocities that are happening here in Ukraine."
Shakhtar Donetsk's Artem Bondarenko in action with FC Metalist 1925 Kharkiv's Andriy Remenyuk (REUTERS/ Gleb Garanich reuters_tickers)
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Shakhtar qualified auto matically for the group stag es of this season's Cham pions League, having been top of the table when the 2021-22 UPL campaign was suspended.Theynow await tomor row’s draw and will play their home games in Poland. The club had been using their website to give daily updates on the war from Ukraine’s Defence Ministry but can, for now at least, return to the more mun dane team news and match reports. That may seem like a small thing to many, but for the defiant people of Ukraine it means a lot.
Football returns to war-torn Ukraine as Shakhtar draw with Metalist 1925
THIS year’s Ontario Mas ters Softball Cricket Clubs (OMSCC) Over-50 final, set for the Ashtonbee Res ervoir on Sunday, will see a repeat of last year’s final ists defending champions Toronto Blizzards come up against Ramblers Ram page. In last Saturday’s semi-fi nals, played on adjoining grounds, Toronto Blizzards continued their stranglehold over Pegasus Storm, inflict ing a 30-run defeat over their opponents at Littles while Ramblers Rampage made light work of Dirty Dozen, defeating them by the huge margin of 110 runs in a lop-sided affair. Led by consistent scores by their top-order, Toronto Blizzards reached a challeng ing 242 for five in their 20 allotted overs and restricted Pegasus Storm to 212 for seven when their 20 overs expired.Asked to take first strike, Toronto Blizzards were giv en a rollicking start by the experienced opening pair of former Guyana players Shiv Seeram and Sunil Dhaniram, who piled on 67 before the former departed for 26 (three sixes) in the sixth over. There was no letting up as Dhaniram stroked 40 with three fours and three sixes off 29 balls, Roy Brittania 30 with one four and three sixes off 20 balls, Mohan Harihar 35 off a mere 16 balls with two fours and three sixes while Jaimini Singh scored 35 not out with four fours and two sixes and Gerard Austin a quick-fire 31 which was laced with three fours and an equal number of sixes off 13 balls.Thelast three overs went for 52 runs as the Pegasus Storm bowlers wilted under the pressure and a barrage of boundaries.Bowling for Pegasus Storm, Ken Itwaru took two for 23 from his three overs while there was one wicket each for skipper Troy Gobin, Orlando Deonarine and Dan Patram.Inreply, Pegasus Storm suffered an immediate set back, losing the key wickets of Surendra Persaud (0) and Jito Narine (three). A bril liant third-wicket partnership of 119 between veteran Jai Singh, who hit a composed 65, which included two fours and seven sixes from 47 balls and 39 from Gobin with four fours and two sixes revived whatever hopes their team had of overhauling the total. Once Gobin went, bowled by the wily Bob by Parasnauth, the innings quickly subsided as Pega sus Storm are still to defeat their opponents after four attempts. Lal ‘Dingo’ Singh claimed two for 21 and Roy Brittania two for 34. In the other semi-final, Ramblers Rampage batted first and reached a command ing 184 for eight against an eight-man Dirty Dozen side. Kerwin Ganouri hit an Over-50 final set for Sunday … Defending champions Toronto Blizzards aiming for repeat (Turn
Formula 1 CEO, Stefano Domenicali, said the sport has no plans to hold future races in Russia (Photo Credit: (AFP/Geoff Robins)
Formula 1 CEO: ‘No more racing in Russia’
"I would never ask some body to do something I would not do myself, and I have got that from him," he said. "The fact that he was sat in a chair dying of cancer and he was worried about the effect on me, the fact that I am not going to spend much time with him ... just thinking about other people is some thing that he has taught me."
In the documentary, Stokes speaks openly about his struggles and says he wants to help change the nar rative around mental health breaks."Idid an interview where I'd give off this bravado of being a big tough northern lad with tattoos. I was like 'well, I am tough, but that doesn't mean that I can't struggle mentally'," he told the "OneBBC. of the more pow erful things about that that I notice from the film, was when (England pace bowler) Stuart Broad said he could see me not playing again. "I had never spoken to Stuart about that through my time away. I spoke to him a lot through that period but just general chit-chat, nothing too "Iserious.had never said the words to him, but the fact that he got that feeling was an eye-opener to me that at that time, things were quite bad."
"There will be no more rac ing in AlexeyRussia."Titov, the CEO of Russian GP promoter ANO Rosgonki, said he expects F1 to refund payments made following the cancellation of this year's race. "This debt exists, it is confirmed and our position on it is unchanged," Titov told Russian news agency Tass. "We expect a refund regardless of the current position of Formula One Management in relation to holding races in the Russian Federation."Thecurrent situation in world sports is extremely politicised. It is necessary to take Domenicali's words here with this in mind. What he said has a pronounced political connotation that has nothing to do with the real spirit of "Thesports.future of our rela tions today is really unclear. We will take Domenicali's position into account in our further work." This is the first year since 2014 that a race has not been held at the Sochi Autodrom, with Mercedes having won every race to date.
Finch’s side have not hosted an ODI series on home soil since they defeated India 2-1 in late 2020, and will go in with a near fullstrengthWhilesquad.Test captain Pat Cummins has been rest ed for both the Zimbabwe matches and the three-ODI series against New Zealand that immediately follows (in Cairns from September 6), the likes of David Warner, Steve Smith, Glenn Maxwell and Mitchell Starc have all beenThenamed.series forms part of the ODI Super League that determines qualification for next year's 50-over World Cup in India.(Cricket.com. au) Australia squad: Aaron Finch, Sean Abbott, Ashton Agar, Alex Carey, Camer on Green, Josh Hazlewood, Marnus Labuschagne, Mitch ell Marsh, Glenn Maxwell, Steve Smith, Mitchell Starc, Marcus Stoinis, David War ner, Adam ZimbabweZampa.squad: Ryan Burl, Regis Chakabva (cap tain), Bradley Evans, Luke Jongwe, Innocent Kaia, Takudzwanashe Kaitano, Clive Madande, Wessly Madhevere, Tadiwanashe Marumani, Tony Munyon ga, Blessing Muzarabani, Richard Ngarava, Victor Nyauchi, Sikandar Raza, Sean Williams. Men's Dettol ODI Series v SundayZimbabweAugust 28: River way Stadium, Townsville, Wednesday09:40hrs August 31: Riv erway Stadium, Townsville, Saturday09:40hrs September 3: Riverway Stadium, Towns ville, 09:40hrs, (Cricket. com.au)
'BRISTOL WILL STILL AFFECT MY LIFE IN FUTURE' Stokes was found not guilty of affray in September 2018 following a fight near a nightclub in Bristol a year earlier. He was not select ed by England for several months after the incident.
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Stokes said he was "an noyed" that negative conno tations were drawn around his break when he was named Test captain earlier this year. "It felt like people were saying I couldn't do the job because I decided to take a break last year," he said. "I was like, 'what's that got to do with being En gland captain'? If anything, it shows that you can do anything, even if you have decided to take a break."
Zimbabwe name 15-man squad for first ODI series against Australia in 18 years
ZIMBABWE will welcome back fast bowler Blessing Muzarabani for the threematch ODI series against Australia starting on Sun day, the country’s first tour Down Under since 2003-04. Fresh off a 3-0 ODI home series defeat against India, Muzarabani was the only addition to a 15-man squad as the side set off for Australia last Regisevening.Chakabva will once again captain the side in the absence of Craig Ervine, who remains sidelined due to a hamstring injury. Less than 24 hours be fore taking off for Australia, Zimbabwe pushed India all the way in the final match of the series at the Harare Sports Club, falling just 13 runs short of the visitors’ 289-8. The in-form Sikandar Raza (115 from 95 balls) struck a third ODI century in six games, and has emerged as the player to watch in the upcoming matches in Townsville.Itwasthe closest out come of the series after India won by 10 wickets in the opening clash last Thursday, followed by a five-wicket triumph with 146 balls re maining in Saturday's second game.Zimbabwe have not visit ed Australia since the 200304 summer when they played two Tests – the first of which saw Matthew Hayden score a then world-record 380 in Perth – and featured in an ODI tri-series with India. Their last meeting against Australia in ODI cricket saw Zimbabwe spring an up set win in a 2014 tri-series played in Harare, when a Michael Clarke-captained side could reach only 209-9 in 50 overs - a target that was chased down with two overs to spare.Theupcoming series was initially due to be played in mid-2020, which was then rescheduled to last year. However COVID-19 restric tions meant both of those attempts did not materialise.
The three matches in Far North Queensland will not only be the first time a senior Australia men's side have played in Townsville, but represent Australia’s first home ODI series in almost twoAaronyears.
Zimbabwe will welcome back fast bowler Blessing Muzarabani (REUTERS:) Formula 1 CEO, Stefano Domenica li, said the sport has no plans to hold future races in Russia. The Russian Grand Prix was scheduled to be held in Sochi this year before moving to Igora Drive in St Petersburg in 2023, but F1 cancelled the race after Russia invaded Ukraine and Domenicali said the sport has no intention of returning to the "I'vecountry.always believed that you should never say never," Domenicali told Sport Bild magazine, per GrandPrix. com. "But in this case, I can promise for sure - we will no longer negotiate with them.
ENGLAND Test captain Ben Stokes says he feared he might not play again during his mental health break from the sport. All-rounder Stokes took a five-month break from cricket in 2021 to prioritise his mental wellbeing. The 31-year-old suffered panic attacks after bottling up his emotions for several years."It was like I had a glass bottle I kept on throwing my emotions into. Eventually, it got too full and just ex ploded," Stokes told BBC Breakfast.Stokes has had a difficult few years, first taking com passionate leave from cricket in 2020 to be with his father Ged, who died later that year from brain cancer. He then broke a finger on his return to the sport and ultimately rushed to make a comeback to captain En gland's limited-overs teams after a COVID-19 outbreak forced them to pick an entire ly new squad in July 2021. Following that series against Pakistan, Stokes took an indefinite break, returning for the Ashes in Australia in December 2021, and was ap pointed Test captain in April thisStokesyear. was speaking before his documentaryBen Stokes: Phoenix from the Ashes - airs on Amazon Prime from August 26. 'I'D GIVE OFF THIS BIG BRAVADO'NORTHERNTOUGHLAD
'SUCH A INSPIRATIONBIG TO ME HAD LEFT THE WORLD Stokes' father was a for mer rugby league interna tional for New Zealand, and his son credited him with "instilling in me what I am today"."When he wasn't there, for him not be able to text me to say 'well done' - that just stopped and that was a reason as to why I ended up being where I was," Stokes explained."Sucha big inspiration to me had left the world and left me. I had to then find what it was to get me going again, what my inspiration was. "I was very proud to be able to share him with people and show what he means to me."Stokes also said his fa ther's influence is shaping him into the kind of cricket captain he wishes to be.
"My wife Clare makes a great point of saying that just because the verdict came in, don't assume that was the end of that incident," he said. "That Bristol incident will still have an effect on my Stokes feared never to play again during mental health struggles
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While that keeps them in the range, Ireland, who are currently ninth with 68 points, can fin ish above West Indies if they win even two out of the three ODIs against Bangladesh at home next year, because they have a better NRR (-0.382), and a series win is likely to keep them above West Indies on the NRR front.
CWI says late Irvin Warrican gave 'sterling service' to cricket
"The only thing I'm wor ried about is the middle or der," Akram said. "There is no experience apart from Iftikhar Ahmed coming in at No. 4, and then you'll have probably Haider Ali, a young sensation who hasn't been consistent. Babar Azam and Rizwan are the key as far as the T20 for mat is concerned.
"Pakistan team is on the rise for the past couple of years," Akram said during a media session organised by Star Sports. "They've been consistent, and I think the win against India, although that was a year ago during the World Cup, gave them a bit of confidence that they can compete against India day in and day Whenout."Pakistan won their opening game of the 2021 T20 World Cup in the UAE by ten wickets, it was their first win against India in six attempts at the competition. It was also the first time Pakistan had won a men's World Cup fixture in any format against India, across 13 matches. It was a win that spurred their impressive run to the semi-finals, where they lost to eventual champions Australia. As they look to finetune their preparations for this year's T20 World Cup in Aus tralia, Pakistan will look to channel that spirit of 2021. This weekend, India and Pa kistan will lock horns for the first time in a year when they meet in the Asia Cup in Dubai. In fact, over the next two weeks, they could potentially meet three times, ahead of their high-stakes T20 World Cup fixture in Melbourne on OctoberAkram23.is optimistic of Pa kistan's chances, but is aware that the team's strength - the top order - could become a weakness. Since the start of last year's T20 World Cup, Pa kistan's top three have scored 67.53% of all the runs made by the team in T20Is. This has largely been down to Babar Azam, Mohammad Rizwan and Fakhar Zaman.
West Indies
"I think in gen eral they're confi dent, but it depends on how they feel or what sort of mind set they're in when they arrive before the batting,rightsistentural.[thenathGavaskar.MiandadDravidInzamam-ul-Haqwesaidofthere,Toteams,haveenKohlibetweenthatforbreakgamegameIndia-PakistanbecausethatcanmakeortheAsiaCupeitherside."AkramagreedcomparisonsBabarandViratwereinevitable,givthekindofimpacttheyhadontheirrespectivebutit'sbestavoided.him,Babarisnotyetbuthasallthemakingsbeingamodern-daygreat."It'sonlynatural,"Akramofthecomparison."Whenplayed,peoplecomparedwithRahulorSachinTendulkar.Beforethat,itwasJavedversusSunny[Sunil]GundappaViswaandZaheerAbbas.Socomparison]isonlynat"Babarhasbeenveryconbecausehehasthetechnique.Heenjoyshisisstillveryhungry, physically fit, still young and is the captain across formats. He's learning and learning very quickly. As far as com parisons go, he's on the right track to be where Virat Kohli is. It's a bit too early to compare him to Kohli at this stage, but he's on track to be one of the modern greats." (Cricinfo)
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Australia (eighth on 70 points), Sri Lanka (tenth on 62 points) and South Africa (11th on 49 points) are below West Indies, but have multiple series left in the cycle. Australia have 12 games in hand, Sri Lanka six, and South Africa 11. That gives all of them a good shot at finishing above West Indies, and push the 1975 and 1979 world champions to the qualifying event in Zim babwe in June next year. Australia, in fact, would be the favourites to move up quickly, with their three ODIs against Zimbabwe (placed 12th) at home set to start on August 28. After the seven teams (apart from India) are identified, the bottom five teams in the Su per League table will need to play the qual ifiers, where they will be joined by the top three finishers of World Cup League 2, and the top-two finishers in the World Cup Qualifier Play-off. (Cricinfo)
2023 ODI World Cup: West Indies' direct-qualification hopes take a beating
WEST Indies' already wob bly chances of qualifying directly for the 2023 men's ODI World Cup have suf fered a big setback after they were docked two Su per League points for main taining a slow over rate in the third ODI against New Zealand. West Indies were in sev enth place, with 80 points, even before the start of the ODI series against New Zea land, which was their last in the Super League cycle. They went on to lose the series 2-1, which took them to 90 points, but the two-point penalty brought them down to 88 points with a net run rate of -0.738.They are currently in seventh place on the Super League table. The top eight teams - or seven, apart from hosts India - will qualify directly for the World Cup, with a qualifying event deter mining the other participants.
Sachin Tendular (left) and Wasim Akram:India and Pakistan will likely play each other more than once in this Asia Cup (Getty Image)
The late Irvin Warrican WASIM Akram believes Pakistan's win over India in the 2021 T20 World Cup has made them believe "they can compete against India day in and day out". He feels what was once a one-sided rivalry at World Cups has suddenly come alive.
Wasim Akram: Pakistan believe they can 'compete against India day-in and day-out'
have won just nine out of 24 matches in the current Super League cycle (AFP/Getty Images) CRICKET QUIZ CORNER (Wednesday August 24, 2022) COMPLIMENTS OF CUMMINGS ELECTRICAL COMPANY LTD 83 Garnett Street, Campbellville, Georgetown (Tel: 225-6158) Answers to yesterday’s quiz: (1) NZ 2; WI 1 (2) Mitchell Santner (NZ) Today’s Quiz: (1) Who scored most runs for the WI in the recent ODI series against NZ? (2) Which NZ player compiled most runs? Answers in tomorrow’s issue
ST JOHN’S, Antigua (CMC) – Cricket West Indies (CWI) has paid trib ute to Irvin Warrican, the former St Vincent and Grenadines and Windward Islands all-rounder, coach and team manager who passed away on Sunday at the age of 56. Reports indicate that Warrican had been ailing for some time. He died at his home in Colonarie, in the east of St Vincent. CWI vice-president Dr Kishore Shallow said War rican had given sterling ser vice to the game. “In addition to being a former first-class crick eter, Irvin Warrican was a cricket coach, mentor, and father figure to several young players. He had this amazing ability to simpli fy cricket, whether when coaching cricketers or facil itating CWI cricket coaching programmes.“Hissterling service to cricket, particularly to the Windward Islands, should be celebrated,” Dr Shallow said in a statement on Monday, joining the cricket communi ty in expressing condolences to Warrican’s family. Warrican played six firstclass matches as an off-spin ner and middle-order batter for Windward Islands be tween 1991 and 1995. Following his retirement, he was a highly-respected coach and team manager. During the ongoing West Indies Rising Stars Under-19 Championship, the teams also held a mo ment of silence in his hon our.
Petra Organisation launches 3rd edition GUYOIL/Tradewind
By Clifton Ross PETRA Organisation yes terday launched its 3rd edi tion FootballTankersGUYOIL/TradewindSecondarySchoolsLeaguesettokick
Six of the seven eligible clubs attended the AGM, namely, Henrietta United, Wakapoa United, Queen stown FC, Mainstay Gold star FC, Good Hope FC, and Tapakuma FC.
New EPFA president Marvin Pearson addresses members following his election to lead the association
Tankers Secondary Schools Football League … set to kick off September 18 Petra Organisation co-Director Troy Mendonca (left) receiving the sponsorship cheque from Berkeley McCalman, GUYOIL Bulk Sales Executive, in the presence of Assistant Director of Sport Melissa Richardson (centre), GFF Technical Director Bryan Joseph (2nd from left), and Head of the Physical Education department at the Ministry of Education, Kirk Brathwaite (Adrian Narine photo)
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The EPFA audited finan cial report was presented and adopted by the members apart from the President’s Report which was presented by former president, Mag zene Stewart. Pearson thanked the clubs for the high level of confidence they have reposed in him to lead the association to bigger and betterThethings.newpresident stated that his tenure would be based on transparency and strengthening the structure of the association, by exten sion, the clubs. In positing that football must always be the winner, Pearson noted that he would be working assiduously to improve the technical devel opment of players through out the Association. All clubs present ex tended congratulations to the new body whilst pledging that they are committed to working col lectively to position the EPFA as one of the best in Guyana. Guyana Football Federation (GFF) Member Services Officer, Frank lin Wilson supervised the AGM.
off September 18 and end November 6. At GUYOIL's Green Of fice, Providence Terminal, East Bank Demerara, mem bers of the soccer fraterni ty, organisers and National Sports Commission (NSC) Assistant Director of Sport Melissa Dow-Richardson, gave insight into the upcom ing Teamsevent. from the follow ing 8 schools will compete Dolphin, North Georgetown, President’s College, West Ruimveldt, Golden mingsChristianburg/Wismar,Grove,CumLodge,andFriendship
sport.theSportistryCommissionlinedDow-Richardsoncommunity".outthattheNationalSportsandtheMinofCulture,Youthandareinfullsupportofoveralldevelopmentof“Thisparticulartourna ment is an excellent demon stration of collaboration across many sectors.” She stated.Richardson further added that Petra Organisation has been consistent in its focus to develop schools football and sports as a whole.
Secondary. All fixtures will be hosted at the Ministry of Education ground. Teams will battle for the $500 000 first prize, which will go towards a school project, along with the cham pionshipMeanwhiletrophy. second-, third- and fourth- place win ners will pocket $300 000, $200 000, and $100 000, also towards the school initiative. Individual awards in clude Most Valuable Player (MVP), Highest Goal Scorer and Best Goalie. Troy Men donca, co-Director of the Petra Organisation, high lighted the importance of sponsorship, especially over the last two years. He said the format will be utilised to its fullest as is most critical for the devel opment of young footballers.
GFF Technical Direc tor, Bryan Joseph, said the rebirth of football within the school system was good for the fraternity, praising both GUYOIL and Petra for a continued partnership in football. Head of the Physical Education department at the Ministry of Education, Kirk Brathwaite, said the ministry is keen on its sup port for sports. He said this specific tournament is a good way for youths to push onwards as they seek to represent the national team.
MARVIN Pearson was recently elected the new president of the Essequ ibo/Pomeroon Football Association (EPFA) when the body hosted its Annual General Meeting (AGM) at the Arabian Atlantic Hotel, located in Henrietta on the Essequibo Coast. Pearson replaces Mag zene Stewart, who is now secretary. The full Executive Com mittee is as follows: Pres ident (Marvin Pearson), First vice-president (Albert Tucker), Second vice-presi dent (Andrew Carter), Third vice-president (Royquinn Fredericks), secretary (Mag zene Stewart), treasurer (Kofi Bascom), liams.Halls,Devonmembers:donsecretary/treasurerAssistant(BranAllicock).OrdinaryMarlonConway,Hardy,LerawleandBenedictWil
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Speaking on behalf on the tournament sponsors, Berkeley McCalman, GUY OIL Bulk Sales Executive, said, “The idea of the foot ball tournament was first pre sented in 2018 by the Petra Organisation and became an annual event for us. He explained that due to the world crisis, “we were unable to facilitate it in 2020 and 2021, but things are returning to normalcy, with our commitment to making a positive contribution to wards the development of our youths and
Pearson elected new president of Essequibo/ Pomeroon Football Association
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USAIN Bolt has become the latest sportsperson to attempt to trademark a logo of his signature victory celebration pose. The eight-time Olympic champion has submitted an application to the US Patent and Trademark Office for an image that depicts the iconic 'Lightning Bolt' move in which he leans back with one arm bent and the other pointed towards the sky. Bolt, who still holds the world records for the 100m and 200m and was the unbeaten Olympic champion in those events between 2008 until 2016, is now retired but evidently hopes to cash in on the instantly recognis able gesture, for various merchandise and brandings.Now36, Bolt filed his application on August 17 for the depiction of the "silhouette of a man in a distinctive pose, with one arm bent and pointing to the head, and the other arm raised and pointing upward". The court filing states that he intends to use the image on items which
Young Guyanese boxers challenged to perform well ahead of tournament
Usain Bolt moves to trademark the 'Lightning Bolt' celebration
Samuel Gittens urges the young contingent of boxers to do less talking and more fighting
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Two gold medals, one silver for Guyana’s doubles squash teams Senior CASA Championships
Nyron Joseph (left) and Jason-Ray Khalil won the men’s doubles gold for Guyana at the Senior Caribbean Squash championships
The Guyana youth boxing team putting up their dukes during yesterday's press conference (Adrian Narine photos)
By Clifton COACHES,Rossalong with the tech nical staff of the Guyana Youth boxing team, yesterday chal lenged the young pugilists to give good account of themselves come this weekend when they square off against their Caribbean op ponents. Yesterday's mini interaction held at the La France Restaurant on Charlotte Street featured pres ident of the Guyana Boxing As sociation (GBA) Steve Ninvalle, coach Terrence Poole, manager Seon Bristol, Cuban coach Fran cisco Roland among others. Newly appointed manager, Bristol, said he was honoured to be selected to his position. He painted a picture of having what he described as ‘13 pitbulls’, between the ages of 13 and 16 under strict training along with strategic planning for the youths. Bristol noted that it was a chal lenge but putting things in place with good management made the entire encampment and preparato ry period,Renownedpossible.boxing coach Poole during his brief address, outlined the im 2022 Winfield Braithwaite Caribbean Schoolboys/Juniors Boxing
Usain Bolt still holds the world records for the 100m and 200m (Credit: PA)
