Guyana Chronicle E-Paper 26-09-2022

Guyana closer to having CLE Law School

GUYANA is now one step closer to establishing a law school here through the Council of Legal Educa

tion (CLE) of the West Indies, Minister of Legal Affairs and Attorney-Gen eral Anil Nandlall S.C.

disclosed on Sunday. This development occurred during a meeting with the Council in Bridgetown,

Barbados last week. Min ister Nandlall emphasised that Guyana has been trying to establish a law

school within its jurisdic tion for almost three dec ades. During the meeting in Barbados, he presented

a case for the establish ment of the Council’s law school in Guyana.

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Warriors four in four!

Local Journalist Gary Eleazar, who is under arrest in relation to an extortion case, report edly told investigators here on Sunday that he

was contacted by one Dorwain Bess, who told him that a businessman was evading taxes on imported vehicles, and he subsequently wrote

an article on the matter. The said article was then sent to Bess, also a businessman, who then sent it to US-based so cial media commenta

tor, Rickford Burke, who added several para graphs to it before post ing it on the Guyana News Network Face book page and website,

Eleazar said. “Notably, he also said that he had access to the GNN website for over a year, and was given its password and

username by Burke to manage it, and subse quently uploaded about five articles to the site,” a release claimed.

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Scenes from Linden Regatta

THE regatta in Linden, Region 10, drew a large gathering at the Kara-Kara Blue Lake on Sunday. The occasion was graced by the presence of President, Dr Irfaan Ali; Prime Minister, Mark Phillips; Minister within the Ministry of Housing and Water, Susan Rodrigues and other senior government officials. It was part of a series of activities of Cricket Carnival being hosted in Guyana. The event was hosted by New Era Entertainment with support from Team Mohamed’s (DPI photos)

Guyana closer to having a CLE Law School

GUYANA is now one step closer to estab lishing a law school here through the Council of Legal Edu cation (CLE) of the West Indies, Minister of Legal Affairs and Attorney-General, Anil Nandlall S.C., disclosed on Sunday.

This development occurred during a meet ing with the council in Bridgetown, Barbados, last week.

In a press release, Nandlall emphasised that Guyana has been trying to establish a law school within its juris diction for almost three

decades.

During the meeting he presented a case for establishment of the council’s law school in Guyana.

Chancellor of the Ju diciary (ag), Yonnette Cummings-Edwards and attorneys-at-law, Teni Housty and Ka mal Ramkarran repre senting the Guyana Bar Association, supported the Attorney-General’s presentation, the release said.

It added that in his presentation, the Attor ney-General said that unlike a proposal which was made by his prede

cessor, Basil Williams S.C., which was reject ed by the council, the Government of Guyana is proposing that the law school be an insti tution that is managed and administered by the CLE.

With this proposal, it was stated that the gov ernment will provide the land and buildings based on the criteria and specifications set by the council.

The release said that the request was favour ably considered and the CLE made a decision to write the Govern ment of Guyana short

es into the government’s commitment to promote Guyana as an attractive offshore education des tination. The proposed law school is expected to attract students from across the region and farther afield and will ease the overloading that currently occurs at the Hugh Wooding Law School in Trinidad and the Norman Manley Law School in Jamaica, the release added.

ly on the decision and the setting of criteria and other requirements which the government will have to satisfy.

This initiative merg

The council has a third school, the Eugene Dupuch Law School, which is lo cated in Nassau, Ba hamas.

Region Three to get five new water-treatment plants

SIGNALLING that Region Three will not be excluded from the development that is taking place in the country, Minister within the Ministry of Housing and Water, Susan Rodrigues has said that five new wa ter-treatment plants will be set up there by 2025.

She made this rev elation late last week when the Ministry host ed its ‘Dream Realised’ housing programme at Uitvlugt, West Coast Demerara.

Rodrigues told those gathered that while there are many chal lenges in the region as it relates to the quality of water, the govern ment has a very ambi

tious target along with a strategic plan at the

level of the Guyana Water Inc to achieve

100 per cent treated water by 2025.

“So, by 2025, we’re going to ensure that five new water-treatment plants are construct ed here in this region, thereby ensuring that this region has 100 per cent access to water by 2025,” Rodrigues said.

She said that there is a lot taking place on the development front for the region and high lighted that there are a number of small com munities such as La Grange that have chal lenges.

As it relates to the La Grange community, the minister stated that efforts are being made to bring relief to those residents who are expe riencing water troubles,

but these have been un successful so far.

Added to that, Rod rigues stated that the well in the area has not been producing as it should, though reha bilitation works have been done in order to increase its production. All efforts to rectify this have proved futile, she said.

However, she re vealed that the govern ment has a plan to en sure that the community has improved access to water and more specifi cally, treated water.

“But we do have a plan to ensure that that community has not only improved access to wa ter but access to treated water. It is our plan to extend the Pouderoyen

water-treatment plant to supply La Grange,” she added.

Minister Rodrigues further said that it is okay to acknowledge the challenges faced so that residents can un derstand the work that authorities are doing to improve the situations that are being experi enced.

“It is important to know that we are try ing,” she said, before assuring residents that every effort is being made to deliver im proved services.

She also assured those gathered that the government will continue to work to ensure that there is improved access to treated water.

Attorney-General Anil Nandlall S.C.

Houses washed into sea as storm batters Canada

Power lines have been downed and houses washed into the sea af ter Storm Fiona bat tered Canada’s coast line.

At least one person died after being washed out to sea in Newfoundland, officials said.

Fiona was downgrad ed from a hurricane to a tropical storm on Friday. Such weather events are rare in Canada, and police said the storm was “like nothing we’ve ever seen”.

The army has been deployed to Nova Scotia to assist the clean-up.

Parts of five provinces experienced torrential rain and winds of up to 160km/h (99mph), with widespread flooding and hundreds of thousands of people left without power.

Prime Minister Trudeau says the mili tary will be deployed to Nova Scotia, adding: “If there is anything the fed eral government can do to help, we will be there.”

There were reports of houses being washed away

He has said he will no longer travel to Japan to attend the funeral of former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe to deal with the storm’s aftermath.

Mr Trudeau convened a meeting of the Inci dent Response Group on Sunday - the second to discuss Fiona - and promised to “ensure that all necessary support is available” to restore ser vices as quickly as possi

ble. A 73-year-old woman died when the storm hit Port aux Basques, a small town on the southwest tip of Newfoundland that was one of the hardest hit areas.

“The woman was last seen inside [her] resi dence just moments be fore a wave struck the home, tearing away a portion of the basement,” the police said. The coast guard and rescuers recov ered her body from the sea on Sunday.

Port aux Basques is “like a complete war zone,” with more than 20 homes destroyed and 200 people displaced, said mayor Brian Button. He

added that damages were in the millions of dollars.

Rosalyn Roy, a local resident, told the Cana dian Broadcasting Corp that rebuilding would take “months”.

Earlier, a woman was rescued after being “tossed into the water as her home collapsed”.

Government officials have said the country’s military will be deployed to help clear trees and roads.

A police chief on Prince Edward Island urged residents to stay inside “unless absolute ly necessary” as recov ery efforts continued. (BBC)

Rihanna to headline Super Bowl half-time show

played in the league since 2016 after his de cision to kneel during the pre-game nation al anthem helped to launch a global move ment against racism.

He later filed a law suit against the NFL, alleging that the leagues owner’s were colluding to exile him from the sport.

Rihanna said at the time that she would have been an “enabler” if she had accepted the slot.

“I just couldn’t be a sell-out,” she told Vogue magazine. “There’s things within that organisation that I do not agree with at all,

and I was not about to go and be of service to them in any way.”

Earlier this week, US media reported that Taylor Swift had turned down an offer to head line the show, choosing instead to continue rerecording several al bums.

Swift announced plans last year to rerelease her first six albums to have com plete control over her music. The move fol lowed the 2019 acqui sition of her master recordings by music mogul Scooter Braun and his subsequent sale of them to an in vestment fund. (BBC)

Pop superstar Rihan na will headline the half-time show at February’s Super Bowl in Arizona, the NFL has announced.

The nine-time Gram my winner broke the news by posting a pho to of an NFL branded football to Twitter.

Organisers called the 34-year-old a “genera tional talent” in a press release issued on Sun day night.

The show is one of the most coveted slots in music, with this year’s 14-minute spec tacle drawing in more than 120 million view

ers, the NFL said.

The all-star line up included Dr Dre, Snoop Dogg, Eminem, Mary J Blige and Ken drick Lamar. The show earned an Emmy Award for Outstanding Variety Special (Live).

“Rihanna is a once in a generation artist who has been a cultural force throughout her ca reer,” the NFL’s head of Music Seth Dudowsky said.

And Jay-Z, whose Roc Nation entertain ment company will help organise the perfor mance, called the star a “woman of humble

beginnings who has surpassed expectations at every turn”.

“A person born on the small island of Bar bados who became one of the most prominent artists ever. Self-made in business and enter tainment,” he added.

Rihanna’s move marks a sharp about turn from the singer, who turned down an offer to headline the show in 2019 to show solidarity with the NFL star Colin Kaepernick.

A former starting quarterback with the San Francisco 49ers, Kaepernick hasn’t

The Elections Inquiry

SOME readers of astrology familiar with the concept of “mercury in retrograde” might be better placed to understand, hopefully, the level of confusion and mis communication emanating from the A Partnership for National Unity + Alliance For Change (APNU+AFC) camp. It certainly must be a cosmic anomaly that would result in opposition political actors misreading and therefore attempting to mislead right-thinking people about the events connected with and being part of the General and Regional Elections (GREs) in 2020.

For clarity, Section 2 of the Commissions of Inquiry

Act gives the President the lawful authority to appoint commissioner(s) to inves tigate any matter which the President deems is in the interest of public welfare. It is no secret that the events surrounding the 2020 GREs is an issue that threatened Guyana’s regional and in ternational image as a func tioning democracy, as the very institutions charged with preserving democratic values were publicly at tacked by agents demanding a particular result.

Additionally, it should be recorded that some of those events are currently before the courts at every level of the hierarchy of courts. There are, addition

ally, other events which for public and historical record, must be properly contex tualised so that the country avoids that pitfall in 2025 which plagued one of the most sacred processes of any state in modern times.

With known affiliates of the political opposition being the subject of those ongoing judicial inquiries, one could deduce that any inquiry into the 2020 events, such as the one authorised by President Irfaan Ali, would attract at tacks from the APNU+AFC.

The elections commis sion of inquiry, like any inquiry, is a learning process simultaneously aimed at strengthening the electoral mechanisms of the country.

Section 2 of the gazetted or der establishing the terms of the inquiry allows the body to report to the President any “recommendations as the commission deems fit and necessary to permit the Guy ana Elections Commission to discharge its statutory functions as prescribed by sections 84-89, 96-97 of the Representation of the People Act, Chap. 1:03, in a manner which is impartial, fair and compliant with the consti tution and relevant legisla tion and to make any other recommendations which the commission deems appropri ate, having regard to the law and to any evidence which may be presented.”

Any reasonable-thinking

observer would view the work of this commission of inquiry as complementary, not usurping, of the elec tions machinery in Guyana. There is no avoiding that the national elections laws and procedures need strengthen ing. Much of that work has already begun and is ongo ing. What has to be ensured simultaneously is that the motivations of the persons we put in charge of our elec tions processes must be pure and in line with the oaths of office sworn.

Additionally, where there have been allegations of agents deviating from those publicly-sworn commit ments, the country must now chart a course forward. A

panel of competent commis sioners has been appointed to, no doubt, support that way forward by first helping to answer the questions that must be answered.

Recognising the cor relation between unwa vering democratic values and a prosperous society, a country that is on such a development trajectory as Guyana must have strong, well-functioning institutions which pre serve the peace and sta bility of the nation and, in turn, ensure the unin terrupted growth of the country and well-being of its people. What tran spired in 2020 must never happen again.

No need for this hate, tension and rivalry in sport

Dear Editor,

I WAS at the stadium Sat urday evening and saw hap py faces at the start of the match. There was no tension, but of course the Guyanese desperately wanted to de feat the “Trinis.” There has been tense rivalry between Guyana and Trinidad since CPL began nine years ago; it is a serious private rivalry, so both sides wanted to win.

“Trini” fans celebrated the early fall of Chandrapaul Hemraj and Guyanese fans were sad, when minutes ear lier they had cheered runs scored. The team recovered, though scoring was slow until the last few overs when the momentum picked up; it was a great match. Indeed, all of the matches at Providence so far were outstanding and fans were enthused. It was a sell-out on Saturday night. Perhaps all the tickets were sold out for all matches, but scalpers probably held on to some because there were empty seats in all the stands. There were many scalp ers outside peddling tickets.

As in the other two match es I witnessed at the stadium,

Amazon Warriors fans cheered when their players scored runs and when a review was in favour. They became disap pointed when a wicket fell. The same was observed on the “Trini” side, but “Trini” fans were outnumbered by more than a 100 to one. The “Trini” flags flew and waved as did the emblems and paraphernalia of the Trinidad Knight Riders. Some fans sported TKR tee shirts. The “Trini” posse and their noisemakers as well as flags were drowned out and or overwhelmed by fans of the GAW.

The match was somewhat evenly poised at the end of the power play and mid-way in the batting of the visitors. It could have gone either way, but things began to go downhill for the TKR as it began losing wickets at regular intervals.

At the end of the 15 overs, I realised it was over for TKR and Guyana won big in the end, dismissing TKR at the last ball for a low score. Russell, Pollard, and even Sunil Narine disappointed with the batting. Narine, as usual, bowled well.

“Trini” fans were left with sullen, sunken, sad faces, a

complete opposite to the be ginning of the match when Hemraj fell. Guyanese cel ebrated to the heaven in their voices and flag waving and rising from their seats. And that feeling may not entirely have to do with cricket, but the way Guyanese were treated at Piarco Airport during the 1980s and until recently when Guyana discovered oil and is producing almost four times as much as Trinidad (which has been producing 80K barrels daily this year. Guyana was producing about 120K daily since December 2019.

I could sense the tension between the “Trinis” and Guy anese (actually more negative from the Guyanese side than from the “Trinis” who were staring at defeat). The “Trini” fans cowed down as support ers of any losing team would. There was a lot of cheering around the stands and grass mound. Regrettably, there were physical confrontations, chair - and bottle-throwing. The confrontation was a nui sance on a very small scale. Nevertheless, security must make sure no glass bottles are allowed through the gates.

There was also some booing which is unacceptable. Ex treme jingoism must not be tolerated.

It is wrong to mock, jeer, and or make snide remarks in a sporting event. And worse to use expletives. Fans attend for enjoyment. They choose a side to support, usually their home team. But you also are supposed to acknowledge out standing players of opponents and their performances. One must not forget that not all the players of GAW are Guyanese and not all of TKR are “Trin is.” And fans are reminded that Guyana’s great cricket hero in recent times, Shivnarine Chan derpaul, is coaching Jamaica’s Tallawahs which is owned by a Guyanese.

Every team plays to win and no team and or its fans want to lose a game, but losing and winning are parts of the game. In order to win, the other side must lose. Losing a match must be accepted. One should not be ashamed in defeat and attack the losers. Had TKR won, would the Guyanese fans have been booed or attacked?

The tension between Guya nese and “Trinis” has long

roots and is not just sports related. It is immigration related and how Guyanese visitors were treated over sev eral decades during the dark est period of the dictatorship, especially from 1980. Immi gration agents, ruling politi cians (allied to Burnham) and some jealous Trinidadians gave Guyanese a hard time. And Guyanese are not forgiving. The memory came to the fore again during the bidding for oil and other contracts some five years ago: Guyanese feel Trinis must not get special treatment or even contracts.

Guyanese need to be re minded that their ill treat ment in Trinidad was not people-centred but political in nature. Immigration and customs agents carried out a government policy. Nev ertheless, in spite of harsh policies, tens of thousands of Guyanese settled in Trinidad.

I was never ill treated at im migration and customs ex cept twice in over 200 arriv als there. “Trinis” were very hospitable since my going there in 1981. They offered me lodging and meals all over the island. My hospitable

treatment may be attributed to my status and prominence, having routinely appeared on TV, radio, and newspapers as a political commenta tor. But other Guyanese, es pecially those who studied at UWI, were also treated very well away from the harsh experience at the airport. “Trinis” provided affordable accommodation for them. Many were fed well at Hindu prayers and at homes of hospitable Trinidadians and given containers of delicious food to “tote home.” Many Guyanese were employed all over Trinidad. Many were trained at UWI, especially engineers, doctors, lawyers, nurses, and other profes sionals remained behind.

Professionals as well as the unschooled migrated from Guyana to Trinidad. Many have acquired wealth many times more than they would have done in their former homeland and live a better life than in Guyana. Thus, there is no need for this hate, tension, and rivalry in sports or otherwise.

Yours Truly, Vishnu Bisram

Dear editor, MY attention was drawn to a letter published on 9-21-2022 in the Kaieteur News by our saint, our godly son of the earth, Mr Hamilton Green.

First off there was a lot of rubbish written in that missive and no one should expect better from a man like Mr Green, who was the second most powerful man under Mr Burnham during our undemocratic rule.

Mr Hamilton Green thought that our younger generation won’t remem ber what took place during those troubling times in our history. When men like Mr Hamilton Green speak or want to criticise someone, he must first evaluate him self or put himself to con trast with people or persons whom he wants to criticise.

His rant in the KN is nothing but rubbish. Green claimed that the Vice-Pres ident was unable or unwill ing to provide straight and truthful answers to Glenn Lall.

By the way, Glenn Lall is someone who is very difficult to explain things to for him to understand because after all being said and done, his narratives remain.

Back to Mr Green’s rant. He spoke about the goodies of the contract the Vice-President and his party campaigned for before the 2020 elections. Now can Mr

Green say how great this contract would have been for the Guyanese people when it was signed under his David Arthur Granger administration.

Mr Green spoke about our constitution being vio lated on a daily basis. Can Mr Green put his credibility on the table and prove the nation wrong that the con stitution was violated during his David Arthur Granger government’s reign?

Can Mr Green say when the APNU+AFC Coalition fell to a no-confidence mo tion (NCM), held power illegally if that was a viola tion of our constitution or not? Can Mr Green say not holding elections 90 days after a NCM was not a vio lation? Can Mr Green say contesting an election and not showing your SOPs if it’s not a plain violation of the electorate.

Mr Green spoke about Dr Vincent Adams. can Mr Green ask Mr Adams to show the public what he had done for our people while he was the EPA boss? Can Mr Adams list publicly how transparent and most importantly, what laws had they put against ExxonMo bil for the protection of our environment?

Mr Green wake up and stop thinking we are living in the 80s. “This time nah lang time.”

Yours sincerely, Navin Budhai

Hamilton Green must know that ‘this time nah lang time’

- If not, why not?

Should Guyana apply a windfall tax like the UK did? (Part 1)

(names have been changed to protect identity)

AISHA Bacchus loved her job as a Primary School Teacher. Ever since she was a child, she knew teaching would be her profession. Learning about child de velopment fascinated her -children are shaped by the families, the environment and the cultures they are born into. They have mile stones to reach in infancy that indicate how well they will progress in childhood, with consistent love, care and attention.

After graduating from Teacher’s training college with honours, Miss Bacchus accepted a job at the school where she did her practi cal training. One afternoon, while children prepared for sports day on a nearby field, Miss Bacchus noticed a boy sitting cross-legged in a cor ner. Amid the excitement, she approached him. ‘Hey, you’re Colin?’ The lad con

firmed his name with a nod, ‘How come you’re not join ing in with the others?’ she asked, ‘Everyone can do something, you know, come on’. she took his arm to help him up, and he winced in pain. ‘Are you okay? What’s wrong with your arm?’ She asked in concern. ‘Nothing Miss, it’s my shoulder; I fell off my bike. It hurts; that’s why I can’t join in’. Aisha looked into his eyes and knew his pain went much deeper than his shoulder, but she did not wish to antago nise the child. ‘Come and see me after school’, she smiled, ‘We can talk then’. She could tell the boy needed some help and attention.

That afternoon Colin stood by her classroom door, waiting to enter as her class noisily exited. She beckoned him in and pulled up a seat for him next to her desk.

‘Colin’, she started, ‘I’m sorry about your shoulder, but I need to take a look.

Have you seen a doctor? Did you fall on concrete or grass? Please undo your top button and pull this side down, so I can see where it hurts?’. Colin cowered into the chair, grasping his collar tightly to his neck. ‘I can’t show you, Miss. I will get in trouble. I have to go. He made to rise, but Aisha touched his shoul der, gently guiding him back into the chair.

Lowering his head, the boy slowly complied as Ai sha removed his hands, undid the button and peeled back his shirt to reveal two brand ed, infected belt wounds. She breathed in deeply, trying to control her alarm, shock and despair; she did not want to unsettle the pupil. ‘Who did this to you?’ she asked shak ily. In a barely audible voice, the boy muttered, ‘Uncle Greg, he get vexed because I wouldn’t play with him and his friends. Aisha assured the boy that he was not in trouble and that anything he told

her would be confidential. However, he needed a doctor, which meant the Headteacher and others would need to know what happened.

Through floods of tears, the boy confided his ordeal to Miss Bacchus, who remained calm and collected while feeling sad and helpless. Aisha took notes of what he said as his story unfolded. When his uncle’s friends visited, he was systematically ridiculed and made to carry out acts that amused and gratified the immoral group. Feeling worthless, unhappy and used, the boy made a stand one evening and locked himself away, only to be met with ‘blows’ from his uncle’s belt when he emerged the next day.

Aisha did not interrupt him unless she needed to clarify what he meant. Nei ther did she embellish his story with her suspicions or imagination. It was evident the child was at risk. Sub sequently, the Headteacher informed the relevant au thorities and set the wheels in motion to protect Colin West brook, a pupil of Hollifield Primary School, aged nine.

That evening, a Child Protection Agency (CPA)

officer sat with Colin in the local hospital waiting room, awaiting transportation. Col in received antibiotics, and his wounds were cleaned and dressed. His demeanour was unsure yet hopeful; his mood lighter and less troubled. The CPA officer explained he was not going home to his uncle but would remain in care while the authorities conducted enquiries and in vestigations.

Aisha Bacchus had suc ceeded in protecting a child from adverse circumstances, fulfilling her role as a teacher and child protector. Many students will enter the school each year, and she will en counter various incidents, situations and problems. Can Miss Bacchus cope? After some self-introspection and evaluation, she decides that she can - this role is her vo cation.

Advice to Adults: When an abused child confides in an adult, the adult must remain calm and non-judge mental regardless of what the child discloses. It takes a lot of courage for children to relay traumatic or over whelming events to a trusted adult. Therefore, the adult must not belie that trust by

asking pointless questions, apportioning blame or react ing negatively.

The adult must have a re assuring manner towards the child. His/her body language should convey such; yes, I am listening to you, yes, I believe you, and yes, you can trust me. If necessary, the adult should take notes, using the child’s exact words (a prosecutor may need this later in a court of law). As soon as conveniently pos sible, the adult must tell the child he/she will share the information with an appropri ate person (usually the Head teacher or person in charge) for the child’s protection. Disclosures are confidential and should only be shared with the people who need to know, not neighbours, partners, friends, or even colleagues.

If you are concerned about the welfare of a child, call the CPA hotline on 227 0979 or write to us at child caregy@gmail.com

A MESSAGE FROM THE CHILDCARE AND PROTECTION AGENCY, MINISTRY OF HU MAN SERVICES AND SOCIAL SECURITY

India hailed for contributions to global good

THE Permanent Mission of India to the United Nations, in partnership with the UN, on Saturday organised “India@75: Showcasing India-UN Partnership in Action” on the margins of the High-Level Week of the 77th session of the United Nations General Assembly.

According to a release, External Affairs Minister of India, Dr S Jaishankar, chaired the event. The Presi

dent of the UN General As sembly, Csaba K?rösi; UN Deputy Secretary General, Amina J. Mohammed; For eign Ministers of Antigua and Barbuda, Armenia, Cy prus, France, Gambia, Guy ana, Jamaica, The Maldives, Tanzania, Yemen and other senior UN dignitaries par ticipated in the event and delivered keynote speeches. The event, the release said also witnessed participation

from the Permanent Mis sions to the UN, civil society organisations, media and the Indian community.

India’s External Affairs Minister in his speech high lighted India’s development journey, its leadership in addressing global challenges and its partnership with the UN and other friendly coun tries from the Global South. The UN Secretary-General in his message congratulated

India on its remarkable pro gress in achieving equitable and sustainable develop ment and wished India suc cess for its leadership of the G-20 next year to deliver on the 2030 Agenda and Paris Agreement, the release noted.

The President of the Gen eral Assembly spoke about India’s important role in the world of multilateral affairs, in particular the agenda of the UN General Assembly.

The UN’s Deputy SecretaryGeneral welcomed India’s contribution to the imple mentation of Agenda 2030 globally, including through the India-UN Development Partnership Fund.

The foreign ministers appreciated India’s strong engagement with the Glob al South in diverse areas.

Health, climate action, food security, water management and peacekeeping were focus

areas, the release said.

It noted that the event served as a platform to exchange experiences and share best practices of India’s partnership with the UN and other part ner countries in localising the Sustainable Develop ment Goals and initiating a dialogue on scaling up similar partnerships with other countries around the world

The foreign ministers appreciated India’s strong engagement with the Global South in diverse areas (hindustantimes.com) Disclosure

2,000 homes to be constructed in Region Three

that the first 125 homes under that project will be constructed at Leonora, with work projected to com mence shortly.

“There will be a special mortgage lending rate for that programme,” Minister Croal disclosed, adding that the investments will pro vide significant growth and development for the region and its people.

est demand for housing in the country, with a backlog of approximately 14,000 applications in the Cen tral Housing and Planning

Authority (CHPA)’s da tabase. Since the govern ment took office in August 2020, it has distributed in excess of 4,000 house lots

within the region. Some $4 billion is earmarked to develop a further 1,000 serviced house lots in 2023. (DPI)

SOME 2,000 families of Region Three will benefit from affordable homes, as the government acceler ates its turn-key housing project to meet the housing demand there.

This was announced by Minister of Housing and Water Collin Croal during an activity at the Uitvlugt Com munity Centre last Friday.

“Very shortly, we will be signing an MoU [Memoran dum of Understanding] with another company that will

see the construction of a further 2,000 homes being constructed here in Region Thee,” the minister said.

The construction of these homes will add to the 500 lo w-income units to be constructed in the region.

An MoU was signed be tween the ministry and Republic Bank Limited (RBL) in July for the fi nancing of the two-bed room units which will cost $5.5 million each.

Minister Croal explained

“If you have 125 hous es to be constructed, the minimum one can expect is that you will have at least 625 persons employed on the construction of those houses. And, over the pe riod, you will see different skillsets and opportunities for those of you in Region Three; whether labourers, electricians, plumbers, or carpenters, all will be re quired.”

Region Three (Esse quibo Islands-West Deme rara) had the second high

Should Guyana apply a windfall tax...

FROM PAGE 7

BACKGROUND

Following the intro duction of a “windfall” tax on oil and gas companies in the United Kingdom (UK) on the back of soar ing oil prices earlier this year, the Political Opposi tion and others have been calling for similar to be implemented in Guyana. It is critical; however, that one seeks an under standing and appreciation for the current situation in the United Kingdom, the precedence and justi fication for the measure and more importantly–the fiscal regime for the oil and gas sector in the Unit ed Kingdom. While it is always good to examine comparatively these issues across other countries in the world with a view to apply similar policies in the home country, context is particularly important. Within this framework, the situational contexts are often times fundamentally different, hence, not prag matically applicable.

In this article, the au thor examined the fis cal regime in the United Kingdom and then sought to compare and contrast same with the Guyana’s context altogether.

DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS

plied to the Oil & Gas Industry in the United Kingdom

The fiscal regime ap plied to the oil and gas sector in the United King dom prior to the introduc tion of the windfall tax (energy profits levy) in May 2022, comprised of three elements, namely (1) ring fence corporation tax (RFCT), (2) petroleum revenue tax (PRT), and (3) supplementary charge (SC).

Ring Fence Cor poration Tax – this is cal culated in the same way as the mainstream corpo ration tax applicable to all companies but with the addition of a ring fence. The ring fence prevents taxable profits from oil and gas extraction in the UK from being reduced by losses from other ac tivities or by excessive interest payments. The current rate of tax on ring fenced profits, which is set separately from the mainstream corporate tax, is 30 per cent.

Petroleum Reve nue Tax – this is a fieldbased tax charged on prof its arising from oil and gas production from individu al fields which were giv en development consent before March 16, 1993. There are around 100 such fields still produc

ing, of which the majority (around 60) have never been profitable enough to pay PRT. With effect from January 1, 2016, the PRT rate was reduced from 50 per cent to zero per cent. PRT is a deductible expense in computing profits chargeable to ring fence corporation tax and supplementary charge.

Supplementary Charge – this is an addi tional charge on a compa ny’s ring fence profits (but with no deductions for finance cost). With effect from January 1, 2016, the rate is 10 per cent.

Energy Profits Levy - from 26 May 2022 until the end of 2025, oil and gas companies will pay an Energy Profits Levy (EPL), rated at 25 per cent. The tax base will be similar to that of Ring Fence Corporation Tax but with some adjustments and restrictions.

For example, fi nance and decommis sioning costs cannot be included in the calcula tion of EPL, and com panies are not allowed to carry historical loss es forward to reduce their EPL liabilities. The Levy includes an additional investment allowance of 80 per cent that can be claimed at the point of investment.

Housing and Water Minister, Collin Croal

Gov’t aiming for 100 per cent Internet connectivity in Guyana by 2025

GUYANA has impressed upon the International Telecommunication Un ion (ITU) that the gov ernment fully intends to honour its commitment to providing Internet connectivity throughout the length and breadth of the country by 2025.

The foregoing message was relayed by Minis ter Within the Office of the Prime Minister Mr. Kwame McCoy during a Ministerial Roundta ble themed, ‘Building a better digital future for all’ at the opening of the Union’s Plenipotentiary Conference 2022 (PP-22) currently underway in

Bucharest, Romania.

Minister McCoy began by saying, “As part of the process, we are empower ing vulnerable sections of the population with the means by which they can access the Internet at personal and community levels.”

He went on to say that in seeking to achieve opti mal levels in the building of a digitally integrated knowledge-based society over the next decade, “Our government has launched a campaign to provide free Internet in public spaces, with focus on un der-served communities.” He said, too, that as part

of the government’s com mitment to bridging the digital divide between the coastal and hinterland communities, it has built its satellite ground station to provide connectivity services to over 160 loca tions in hinterland areas, in the hope of benefit ting approximately 60,000 residents living in remote communities across all ten geographic regions of Guyana.

Among services be ing offered in the hinter land regions, the minister told his colleagues at the meeting, are free land line- to-landline calls to other villages and receiv

ing calls from anywhere in the world. Additionally, those communities have Internet access, including access to Online learning resources and e-services being offered by the Gov ernment of Guyana.

But like any other country the world over, he said, Guyana has its fair share of challenges, one of which is its being listed by the United Nations as among the top 10 most vulnerable countries in the southern hemisphere to be severely impacted by climate change.

“With our coastline, including our capital city, sitting more than six feet below sea level, the sever ity and frequency of flood ing has increased, and will continue increasing in the coming years,” Minister McCoy said, adding: “As

such, the drainage infra structure which remains manual in nature, poses a major challenge in identi fying when flooding may be unavoidable and in reducing the severity of flooding.”

Other challenges in clude knowing the onand-off status of infra structure where the two main methods used are cellular phone calls or physically visiting the sites, as well as there be ing a heavy reliance on the human element with little to no automation.

In conclusion, Min ister McCoy explained that in order to begin the digital transition process, the government recently commissioned a Criti cal Infrastructure Moni toring Project, the initial phase of which will see

the basic monitoring of drainage pumps, and later the monitoring of sluice doors, conservancy water levels, and other critical infrastructure.

“This project,” he said, “is utilising a Low Powered Internet of Things (IOT) network due it the suitable char acteristics of the technol ogy.”

Reporter claims Rickford Burke does ‘uploads’ to slanderous online entity

JOURNALIST Gary Eleazar who is under arrest in relation to an extortion case report edly told investigators on Sunday that he was contacted by Dorwain Bess, who told him that a businessman was evad ing taxes on imported vehicles and he subse quently wrote an article on the matter.

The said article was then sent to Bess, who is a businessman, who then sent it to US-based social media commentator Rick ford Burke, who added several paragraphs before it was then posted on the Guyana News Network Facebook page and web site, Eleazar reportedly told investigators.

“Notably, he also said that he had access to the GNN website for over a year and was given the

Gary Eleazar

website’s password and username by Rickford Burke to manage the website, he subsequently uploaded about five arti cles to the site,” a release claimed.

The release also al leged that Eleazar said that he sent five articles targeting an individual and companies to Bess and Burke, who would

then post the said articles to the GNN website and Facebook page.

In particular, he al leged that Bess had told him that the article in question was to threaten the businessman because of $ 100.000.000 that he had lost while they were in business. Burke in an other section of the media has denied any association with the controversial post and online entity in ques tion.

This publication on Sunday reported that El eazar and another reporter, Alex Wayne, were arrested and are in police custody for allegedly extorting $1 million from a business man to remove an offen sive post published by the Guyana News Network , a “slanderous” online entity.

Police are continuing their investigations.

Minister Within the Office of the Prime Minister Mr. Kwame McCoy

WIST continues to keep Christian dance alive

DURING its 20 years in existence, WIST Minis tries International Inc., a not-for-profit organi sation, has opened five dance schools and taught scores of young people Christian dance.

The Guyana Chronicle recently spoke with founder Sandia Ramnarine about the organisation’s journey since it was launched on September 22, 2002, at the Elim Pentecostal Church on the East Coast of Demerara.

At the time of the launch, dance training was non-existent in the Christian community. Ram narine, who attended An nandale Assembly of God Church on the East Coast of Demerara, developed a keen interest in the per forming arts, especially dance, through her involve ment in church.

She grew up in a con servative Christian home where attending dance classes in a non-Christian environment was almost unheard of.

Ramnarine’s passion for dance was beyond the cultural confinement of her household and she was able to strike a deal with her father that after writing the Caribbean Examination Council (CXC) examina tions, she would be permit ted to attend formal dance classes.

“In July 1999, as soon as I completed CXC, I sought to make good on the deal which was earlier stuck with my dad. This led to me attending a private dance school ran by Clive and Abigale from the Na tional Dance Company. I trained and performed with the Nitrageet Dance com

pany and National School of Dance,” she said.

Those experiences cre ated opportunities and high lighted the need for formal dance training within the church and in a Christian environment. She was con stantly visiting churches to teach choreography to groups of young people.

As a young person, Ramnarine thought the possibilities were endless, but it was not until midyear 2002 that she had the idea of creating a Christian dance school.

“It would be a place where the students can have formal or structured dance training, learning techniques in dance in a Christian environment. The idea was not to host the classes at a church building, as the opportunity should be afforded to anyone who wanted to access the ser vice,” she said, adding that the dance training was not only for Christians.

Though she had her doubts and limitations, she said that her pastor at the time, Apostle Mark Benn, reminded her that “you said God said to do it so that’s all the reason you need to do it.”

After its launch in Sep tember 2002, it was called the WIST Dance School which was located at the Lusignan Community Cen tre building, East Coast Demerara.

Within a short period, the activities of the school grew and even though Ramnarine was the only instructor, dance classes began on the West Coast at Best Full Gospel in 2004 and then at Windsor For est Full Gospel for a brief

period. Simultaneously, classes started at the Paten tia Community Centre.

“Over the years, many students came and went. The school’s first perfor mance was at the Tower Hotel poolside at a Chris tian event hosted by Sophia Finlay,” she recalled.

Ramnarine and her sis ter Mandia and Sonia Spen cer and her sister Narissa Spencer would later form a group. The four who were

During the next few years, dance classes subsided but the team meet regularly to perform at various events.

“During this period dance classes were briefly held at the Woodbine In ternational Hotel on New Market Street, George town,” she related.

In 2012, a team of danc ers from WIST went to Trinidad to support the Tunapuna New Testament Church for a fundraising

and to host dance work shops and has been the host of annual dance con ferences here in Guyana, where international dance leaders came to assist in the development of the Guyanese dance students.

“While it seems bright and beautiful, there were often struggles to over come, some much bigger than others. On the 28th April, 2016, WIST lost one of its pillars, leader

cations: Mahaicony, Bet ter Hope, Georgetown, East Bank, and the West Coast.

In 2019, under the pioneering work of Ra chal Fraser, a charity de partment was established and its August 2021, it launched its music school under the management of Alexia Williams.

In addition to Ram narine, Gillian Scott, Jade Primo-Ogle, Cathy Bac

the home-grown members of WIST, travelled to vari ous locations around Guy ana to attend dance minis try appointments.

“We were sometimes accompanied by other stu dents but generally it was this quadruplet that min istered in Berbice, West Coast, West Bank, East Bank, Georgetown… the team often layered the stage with Indian, African and contemporary style of dances and always to the tune of Christian music,” Ramnarine said.

In September 2006, WIST hosted its first pro duction at the National Cul tural Centre called Purity.

event and to receive dance training, Ramnarine said.

In 2013, WIST returned to the National Cultural Centre stage to host its first Christmas production and in 2014, it recommenced routine dance classes.

Over the years, WIST has hosted over 10 shows at the Natio nal Cultural Centre. However, due to the pandemic, some were shown virtually. The or ganisation has also hosted shows in several spaces in and around Guyana in cluding Bartica, Berbice, Georgetown, and Maba ruma in Region One.

WIST has travelled to other countries to attend

and foundational mem ber to the sting of death,” Ramnarine said.

She added: “The loss of Narissa Spencer was a serious blow and caused the doors of the school to be close for several weeks. Narissa’s passion, love and contribution to the organisation will nev er be forgotten.”

In 2018, WIST changed its name to WIST Ministries Interna tional Inc and it became an official not-for-profit company registered un der the Companies Act of Guyana.

WIST now has its dance school in five lo

chus, Nioami Lall and Drecina Gangadeen are also executive members.

“WIST has poured into the lives of over 400 dance and music students collectively, through the years and through its charity work has been able to give … to dozens of children and adults in need. With the leadership, support and camaraderie of its vibrant team of pri marily women, WIST strives to continue to develop the performing arts in Guyana while it remains focused on its core values and mandate,” she added.

A glimpse of WIST’s annual Easter Production which was held in the National Park

Scenes from the final day of the Regional Food Festival. During the taste food from Guyana and several Caribbean countries. Local beverages

Fair compensation for WBD residents in path of gas-to-energy project; option of land allocation elsewhere proposed

GOVERNMENT is ad vancing its plans to realise the transformative gas-toenergy project, which is expected to come on stream by late 2024, and will cut Guyana’s energy costs by 50 per cent.

In moves to further the project, Attorney-General and Minister of Legal Affairs Mohabir Anil Nandlall, S.C., and a team of other senior government ministers and officials of the gas-to-shore task force met with resi dents of Nouvelle Flanders to Wales in Region three (Es sequibo Islands-West Dem erara) last Friday.

The meeting sought to discuss compensation for properties in the path of the highly-anticipated project,

engage residents.

“The rationale being that the government will ensure that all transactions regarding private properties with their owners would be conducted fairly, and with due recogni tion of the constitutional and propriety interests of those affected,” Minister Nandlall said in a facebook post.

He said further: “I made it clear to the proprietors that the government will be guided by the principles of fairness, transparency, fair market value, and compli ance with the Constitution, and that as far as possible, consensus resolutions will be vigorously pursued.”

He explained that a team of lawyers has been retained to negotiate with each prop

operations in the Stabroek Block to supply some 200250 megawatts of energy to the national grid, leading to a significant reduction in elec tricity costs. The natural gas from the Liza development in the Stabroek Block will serve as the catalyst, and transition fuel for Guyana, as the world looks to achieve net-zero car bon emissions by 2050.

ExxonMobil subsidi ary, Esso Exploration and Production Guyana Lim ited (EEPGL) has already awarded the US$1.3 billion contract for the installation of the pipeline back in July of this year.

According to the Gas to Power Feasibility As sessment in Guyana Final Report, EEGPL continues

Natural gas pipeline

which will be constructed in the Wales Development Authority district.

The Attorney-General said the government has already commenced clearing a path for the pipeline from the Atlantic Ocean to Wales. Minister Nandlall said it was, therefore, important to

erty owner or their legal rep resentatives, until an agree ment is reached. In addition to monetary compensation, he said the option of land allocation elsewhere will be proposed.

The gas-to-energy pro ject aims to transport suffi cient gas from the petroleum

to develop the Stabroek oil field block located approximately 190 km offshore Guyana, and the gross recoverable re sources for the Stabroek Block are now estimated at more than six billion recoverable oil-equivalent barrels.

Attorney-General Anil Nandlall

Queen Elizabeth 11 is buried amid questions about the future of the monarchy

By Vanessa Cort

LASTMonday Her Royal Majesty, Queen Elizabeth 11 of England, was laid to rest with great pomp and cer emony at Westminster Abbey in London, as people around the world watched on.

With 70 years on the throne, Queen Elizabeth was Britain’s longest-serving mon arch when she died at the age of 96 on September 8. Since then there has been a tremendous outpouring of grief across the globe.

Media cameras showed the ocean of floral tributes laid

arch, who will now be known as King Charles 111, is taking over the crown at a time when Britain faces a looming eco nomic crisis, anti-monarchist sentiment is on the rise and several countries are calling for change.

Many who held Queen Elizabeth in high regard do not have the same fondness for the new king and countries such as Australia and New Zealand are now discussing their constitu tional futures. Both are consid ering becoming republics.

Anti-monarchist rallies, leading to the arrest of protest ers, have been held in Britain

atone for the suffering of our ancestors that took place during her reign and/or during the en tire period of British trafficking of Africans, enslavement, in dentureship and colonisation.”

An announcement in June of this year by Jamaica’s Minis ter of Legal and Constitutional Affairs, Marlene Malahoo, noted that the island nation has “formally commenced” the move to become a republic.

A data manager from The Bahamas is reported as saying, in an article by the New York Times, “Growing up she [the late queen] was an omnipres ent figurehead that came to represent deeds done in the name of empire and expansion regardless of the cost.” On the other hand, a taxi driver in Be lize City felt that she had been a source of encouragement to citizens of his country.

This divide in opinions is also echoed in Britain, with residents facing exorbitant energy costs. In the New York Times article, a teacher from Sheffield in England declared her frustration at the Royals and “those in power [who] don’t appear to care… when many are suffering.” Yet politi cal scientist, Matthew Goodwin is reported as saying, “We feel such loss because, Her Majesty was us.”

outside the gates of Bucking ham Palace by mourners and the thousands who stood in a three-mile-long line to pay their final respects to the monarch as she lay in state.

Her funeral was attended by dignitaries and world lead ers who were effusive in their praise of the late queen, re calling her dignity, charm and commitment to duty right up until the last weeks of her life.

In days of yore the cry would have been, ‘The king is dead, long live the king,’ said in one breath as citizens welcomed the new king after announcing the death of the previous one. In today’s Britain the cry would be, ‘The queen is dead, long live the king,’ as Prince Charles ascends the throne.

However, the new mon

with a vocal minority calling for the dissolution of the mon archy and an end to financial support of the Royal Family.

In this part of the world and in many African countries, racial justice and anti-colo nialist movements have been gathering momentum. A tour of the Caribbean by the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge –William and Kate – in March of this year sparked protests throughout the region and led to the cancellation of a visit to a cacao farm in Belize.

Groups demanded an apol ogy and reparations from the British monarchy and an open letter signed by more that 100 leaders prior to the Royals’ touchdown in Jamaica said, “During her 70 years on the throne your grandmother has done nothing to redress and

At the time of her death, according to Time magazine, Queen Elizabeth 11 ruled over 15 countries in the Common wealth and l4 additional over seas territories – home to over 150 million people, the major ity of whom have known no other monarch.

Now, with King Charles 111 at the helm, the future of the British lands and indeed the future of the Royal Family will be viewed through the watchful eyes of its citizens and the rest of the world.

Though if we are to be lieve Mario Reading’s re port of the predictions of the 16th century philosopher and seer, Nostradamus, King Charles 111 will be forced to abdicate (give up) the throne in favour of his son. However, which son remains a mystery except for the statement, “A man will replace him who never expected to be king.”

The late Queen Elizabeth 11

Shakib, Shepherd star as Warriors advance to second place in playoffs

By Clifton Ross

ANOTHER display of brilliance with bat and ball from all-rounder Shakib Al-Hasan comple mented by some le thal seam bowling, laid the groundwork for the Guyana Am azon Warriors’ com

prehensive five-wick et wicket win over Barbados Royals, setting up what will most certainly be a tantalising qualifier match when the two teams clash again on Tuesday morning.

Chasing their low est total at their Prov idence turf since com ing home, the Warriors made light work of the Royals’ total of 125 all out.

Arguably the Roy als poorest batting dis play, Jason Holder was the lone star, keeping his team afloat with 42 off 39, smashing three 6s and a four as the Bajan franchise were restricted to a mea sly score while being knocked over in just 17.3 overs.

Unlike the previ ous matches where spinners dominated, the Warriors’ seam ers came to the party with Romario Shep herd slicing through the Royals to capture 3-14 from 3 overs.

Medium-pacers Keemo Paul (2-9) and Odean Smith (2-42) continue to make an impact together this season, whether with bat or ball, as they lent heavy support to the fiery Shepherd, with leg-spinner Imran Ta hir (1-31) playing his usual role.

Bangladesh star Shakib then followed up his previous heroics finishing as man-ofthe- match with yet another impressive knock, smacking a topscore of 53 from just

30 balls to go along with his (1-12).

The left-hander led the chase superbly with his knock, controlling the pace of the pursuit, but more importantly looking more like him self as he hammered 3 sixes and 5 fours, speed ing to a half-century, which took the Warriors to safety with 33 balls to spare.

In-form Warriors’ opener Rahmanullah Gurbaz didn't get off to his usual flier, but al most gave the opposition nightmares after punch ing two brutal fours on his way to 22, his team's next best score in a pret ty low-scoring affair

Shai Hope (16), Cap tain Shimron Hetmyer (10) and Paul (12*), did their part to bat around Shakib, providing the necessary boundaries required to ease the pres sure but more so, while completing an amaz ing turnaround, winning all four of their games

needed at home, in or der to qualify for the qualifier.

Pacer Obed McCoy was the pick of the lot, returning 2-22, as spin ner Mujeeb ur-Rahman, Kyle Mayers and Hold er each finished with a wicket each, as they sought to defend a low total.

Batting first in recent games panned out well as most teams managed to put on 150-plus runs. However, a strong Roy als line-up imploded, thanks to some lethal seam bowling from Shepherd and crew.

Openers Mayers (0) and Rakeem Cornwall (2), along with num ber three batsman Harry Tector (5), succumbed to the precision of the Warriors’ pacers, as Shepherd got the break through first to remove the In-form Mayers.

Paul then landed a huge double strike, getting Cornwall out caught before serving

up a beauty which rear ranged Tector's stumps, sending the Warrior Na tion into a frenzy.

Wicket-keeper Azam Khan hit two sixes and shared a 51-run partner ship with Holder, but was run out for 20 be fore he could do further damage.

Holder, running out of partners, helped himself to some lusty shots as he held his team down, taking them past 100 with a handful of overs remaining.

The Warriors’ spin ners in Tahir and Shakib then tightened the screws as the former accounted for the wick et of Holder, just a few runs shy of his 50.

The Royals tailenders, Mujeeb (15), Mccoy (10) and Ramon Simmonds (13*) hung around and managed a few bound aries before eventu ally falling victim to the Warriors’ clinical bowling.

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THERE is "no chance" the contract for a proposed all-British heavyweight world title fight between Tyson Fury and Anthony Joshua will be signed to day, says promoter Eddie Hearn.

Monday is the deadline set by WBC champion Fu ry's promoter, Frank Warren.

On Friday, Fury said Joshua "does not want to fight" him, with 3 December being mooted as the date for the bout.

"If he [Fury] really wants to fight, he'll let the teams deal with it," said Joshua's promoter Hearn on Seconds Out.

Later on Sunday Joshua said "of course I'm going to sign that contract" but that it is "with some lawyers at the moment".

Fury, 34, offered Joshua the fight despite the 32-yearold suffering a second suc cessive defeat by Oleksandr Usyk in August and failing to regain the WBA (Super), WBO and IBF belts he lost to the Ukrainian in Septem ber 2021.

Joshua's team said they have "accepted all terms" to the offer.

Warren said "there shouldn't be a reason" why the contract could not be signed today.

"I am hoping on Monday we'll be able to get it over the line. I don't think there's a lot of issues and the only thing I think can hold it up at the minute is the broad casters," he told BBC Sport on Saturday.

"AJ said he wanted the fight. We've agreed the fi nancial terms and we've told them they can be involved in all the contracts, setting the budgets for the undercard, everything."

However, Hearn said his team was getting the contract checked, claiming it was "all over the place" after waiting nine days to receive it.

Kipchoge breaks his own marathon world record in Berlin

He has run a marathon in under two hours, in Vi enna in 2019. However, that was not recognised as the official world record because it was not in open competition and he used a team of rotating pacemak ers.

When asked whether he would attempt a sub-two hour run in Berlin next year, Kipchoge replied: "Let us plan for another day.

"I will celebrate this record and have to realise what happens. Just roll and see what happens."

"If he doesn't [want to fight Joshua], and I guess he doesn't, then he'll do what he'll do and the fans might even fall for it," Hearn said.

"But what I am seeing, the fans aren't falling for it.

"We have a meeting on Monday, with DAZN, with BT, with everybody but it's going to take time. If he

wants to put a time frame of Monday on it then it's clear to the whole public he doesn't want the fight.

"It's not getting signed on Monday so if he is walk ing away on Monday the fight is off."

Joshua, speaking in a video released on iFL TV's YouTube channel

, reiterated Hearn's point, saying the contract "ain't in my hands, it's with the legal team".

"You know the histo ry of boxing, make sure you've got your legal terms right - that's why you have good management and good lawyers." (BBC Sport)

Brown ‘buzzing’ after first Exeter hat-trick

LONDON, (CMC) – Hattrick hero Jevani Brown, the former Jamaica youth international, said he was “buzzing” after his treble helped Exeter City romp to a convincing 4-0 win at West Country rivals Forest Green Rovers in an English League One match before the Sky TV cameras on Saturday.

Reggae Boyz target Je vani Brown.

right corner past the dive of goalkeeper Luke McGee to take his tally to six for the season.

“Personally, I am buzz ing,” he said afterwards. “Luckily, I am on pens so

am known for assists, but I am trying to get more goals.

“I have no one but teammates to thank for getting the goals. It has been a good start and I feel like there is some positivity. It is import

DOUBLE Olympic champion Eliud Kip choge has broken his own men's marathon world record at Sunday's race in Berlin.

The 37-year-old Kenyan crossed the line in a time of two hours, one minute and nine seconds, to beat by 30 seconds his previous best, set four years ago in the German capital city.

He had previously taken one minute 20 seconds off compatriot Dennis Kimet to's 2014 record of 2:02.57 in Berlin.

Kipchoge had played down his chances of a world record in the build up.

"I am happy with my preparation and I think I was so fast because of the teamwork. Everything is down to teamwork," he said.

"What motivates me is my family and I want to inspire young people. Sport unites people and that is what motivates me."

On an overcast day in Berlin, Kipchoge, who has now won 15 of his 17 ca reer marathons, ran the first half of the 26.2-mile race in 59 minutes, 51 seconds, prompting thoughts that he may become the first runner to break the two-hour mark in an official race

Andamlak Belihu was the only runner able to keep up with Kipchoge, who set a blistering pace from the start, but the Ethiopian dropped back around 17 miles into the race.

It is a fourth victory in Berlin for Kipchoge, match ing Ethiopia great Haile Gebrselassie's record.

Fellow Kenyan Mark Korir was second, four min utes and 49 seconds behind Kipchoge, with Ethiopian Tadu Abate third.

In the women's race, Ethiopia's Tigist Assefa ran the third fastest time in history to set a course record of 2:15.37. (BBC Sport).

Forest Green, who pipped Exeter to the League Two title last season, were outplayed by the visitors, who cashed in on a defen sive blunder on six min utes as Brown slipped Sam Nombe through to drill home the opener.

Brown, 27, who ap peared on the brink of mak ing his senior Reggae Boyz debut before withdrawing from a tournament in Austria in August, then doubled the lead from the penalty spot midway through the first half, before making it three just before half-time, slotting home from a Jay Stansfield cutback.

The fourth came on 83 minutes, again from a penalty. Brown put both spot-kicks into the bottom

got two chances. But from the start it was a brilliant all-round team performance.

“I am delighted with the hat-trick, but the most im portant thing after the backto-back defeats [against Shrewsbury Town and Bur ton Albion] was to get the three points.

“I want to get more goals in general and have got six now and only seven last sea son. Throughout my career I

ant as after the little blip, getting the result was the main thing and great to get the three.”

It was the third time in his senior career that Brown has taken home the match ball, having scored two hat-tricks for his former club Colchester United. But it was his first for Matt Taylor’s men, and were his first goals for the club since mid-August.

British Heavyweight boxers: Anthony Joshua (left) and Tyson Fury Hearn

Reggae Boyz target Jevani Brown

Kenya's

Kohli and Yadav steer India to T20 series win over Australia

VIRAT Kohli and Suryaku mar Yadav scored sublime half-centuries to give India a six-wicket win and series vic tory over Australia in the third and final T20I in Hyderabad.

Quickfire innings from the opener Cameron Green (52 off 21 balls) and Tim David (54 off 27) set up a score of 186 for seven for Australia on Sunday after they lost the toss.

India, the No 1-ranked side in the world, lost their openers inside the first four overs, but a third-wicket stand of 104

between Kohli (63 off 48) and Suryakumar Yadav (69 off 36) gave them the initiative.

Needing 11 off the final over, bowled by Daniel Sams (2-33 off 2.5 overs), Kohli blasted a six over long on but was caught at extra cover off the next delivery.

Only one came off the next two balls but Hardik Pandya (25 not out off 16) edged the fifth delivery outside off stump to the boundary to secure the win.

Kohli middled the ball well from the start of his in

He then took a back seat as Yadav bullied the Australia attack, smashing five fours and five sixes.

Kohli had a life on 23 when leg spinner Adam Zam pa spilled a sharp return catch

Yadav played shots around the wicket, bringing up his half century with a wristy six over long on off Zampa and blasting another maximum over cover of the spinner’s next delivery.

Green, who also impressed with the ball, conceding just 14 from his three overs, stuck seven fours and three sixes, two of them off successive de liveries from Jasprit Bumrah.

He dominated the ear ly stages of the Australian innings, scoring all but 10 of their runs before he was dismissed off the final ball off the fifth over.

However, he was the only one of Australia’s top four to reach double figures with Aaron Finch (seven), Glenn Maxwell (six) Steve Smith

(nine) all falling cheaply as the visitors slipped to 84 for four in the 10th over.

David provided much needed momentum in the later overs, combining with Sams (28 not out off 20) for a sev enth-wicket stand of 68, after Australia slumped to 117 for six.

They took 39 off the 18th and 19th overs with David, who made his Australia debut in the series opener, under lining his power hitting cre dentials with four sixes in his innings.

Sams had KL Rahul caught behind off a skier and took a catch at deep square leg off Pat Cummins to dismiss Rohit Sharma.

India pulled back the run rate following Green’s dis missal and Australia scored just 24 in the next five overs.

The left-arm spinner Axar Patel (three for 33) was again Australia’s nemesis, finishing the series with eight wickets at an average of 7.87 and econ omy rate of 6.30. He struck twice in the 14th over, having Josh Inglis (24 off 22) caught

at backward point and then taking a smart low return catch to dismiss in-form Matthew Wade for just a single.

The leg-spinner Yuzvendra Chahal (one for 22 off four) also did good job of putting the brakes on Australia before Da vid and Sams lifted the tempo. Australia will play two T20I matches in early Oc tober against West Indies, on the Gold Coast and in Brisbane, before the World Cup later that month.(The Guardian)

WEST Indies and Barbados Royals’ pace bowler Obed McCoy has come in for high praise from teammate and Barbados Royals' bowling partner Jason Holder.

The two are the leading wicket-takers for the Barba dos-based CPL franchise and both have been selected in the West Indies squad for the ICC T20 World Cup in Australia.

The Barbados Royals lead the 2022 Hero CPL standings with 16 points having lost only one of the nine games played so far thanks in part to the bowling of Holder, who has so far taken 14 wickets in the tournament, second only to the St Lucia Kings’ Alzarri Joseph, who has 16.

McCoy has taken 13 wick ets which puts him tied for third in the standings for most wickets. The former West In dies captain believes that the Vincentian’s bowling talent is among the best he has seen in recent times.

"He's probably one of the most skilled bowlers that we've produced in a very long

time, and it is showing - he has been successful around the world,” said Holder of his Royals’ bowling partner in a recent interview with ESPNCricinfo.

“He has played in the IPL, county cricket, he has done well in the Caribbean as well. Again, if he continues to develop, and understands himself, then nobody can re ally stop him.”

Holder opined that McCoy has all the tools to be even better and he feels obliged to help the young bowler get to the lofty heights.

"He has got the talent and all the deliveries you could think of,” he said indicating that he wants to help as many of the upcoming bowlers as he can.

“So, it is important for me to continue to help them. Whatever they ask, just try to have answers for them. If I don't have answers at a particular time, try my best to find them and help them as much as I can. It's like being a parent.”

PAKISTAN edged past En gland by three runs in a thrilling encounter in Kara chi to level their Twenty20 series at 2-2.

Chasing 167, Liam Daw son put England on course for victory after smashing 24 runs off the 18th over to leave the tourists needing nine runs from 12 balls.

But an absorbing match swung Pakistan's way the following over when Haris Rauf took two wickets in two deliveries to leave England nine down with four runs still required.

Number 11 Reece Topley was then run out in the final over to seal the win for the home side and spark scenes of jubilation among the crowd.

Earlier, Mohammad Riz wan top-scored with 88 from 67 balls as Pakistan reached 166-4.

A disciplined England bowling performance restrict ed Pakistan to just three sixes in their entire innings, with two of those coming from Asif Ali in the final over,

which proved vital.

England made a poor start to their reply and were re duced to 14-3 after two overs.

Harry Brook hit 34 from 29 balls and Ben Duckett 33 from 24 to lead the recovery, but England continued to lose wickets at regular intervals.

Dawson's late heroics nearly got them over the line, but he looked inconsolable as Pakistan hit back to bowl England out for 163 and seal a breathless win.

The teams will now travel

to Lahore for the fifth T20 in the seven-match series on Wednesday.

Pakistan show character to level series

The first three games of this series have been relative ly one-sided but the pulsat ing nature of this match will prove excellent preparation for both sides before the T20 World Cup next month.

It was a battle of contrast ing batting approaches, with Pakistan openers Rizwan and Babar Azam, who made 36

off 28, favouring measured accumulation over aggressive hitting.

Things looked ominous for England when the hosts reached 82-0 at the halfway stage but, after setting that platform, Pakistan failed to push on, mustering just three fours and no sixes between the 12th and 19th overs before Asif's lively cameo.

After dropping a simple chance to dismiss Brook on four, spinner Mohammad Nawaz shone with the ball, taking 3-35, including the cru cial wicket of England captain Moeen Ali for 29.

Seamer Mohammad Hasnain was also excellent in taking 2-40, though the 22-year-old's inexperience told when he sent down sev eral poor deliveries and a noball as he was smashed around the ground by Dawson.

That looked to have proved costly, but some ex cellent death bowling from Rauf dragged the game back in Pakistan's favour.

(BBC Sport).

Suryakumar Yadav and Kohli put on 104 for the third wicket. © BCCI nings, producing a couple of sumptuous cover driven boundaries.

Obed McCoy has taken 13 wickets in the 2022 Hero CPL beat England in thriller to T20 series

Pakistan won a thriller in Karachi by three runs • (Getty Images)

Tiafoe steals Federer’s spotlight to seal first Laver Cup for Team World

By Martyn Herman LONDON —(Reuters)Frances Tiafoe returned to haunt Team Europe with a dazzling win over Ste fanos Tsitsipas to give Team World their first Laver Cup title on Sunday, ending Roger Federer’s hopes of finishing his career by lift ing another trophy.

Two days after he and Jack Sock beat Federer and Rafael Nadal in a tearful farewell for the Swiss great at the O2 Arena, American showman Tiafoe saved four match points against Tsitsi pas before roaring to a 1-6 7-6(11) 10-8 victory.

Tiafoe’s win, worth three

points for his team, gave John McEnroe’s Team World an unassailable 13-8 lead, having started the day trail ing 8-4 and staring at a fifth straight defeat in the event co-founded by Federer.

Team World enjoyed a super Sunday as Canadi an young gun, Felix Au ger-Aliassime, stunned 21time Grand Slam champion Novak Djokovic 6-3 7-6(3). Earlier, Auger-Aliassime had partnered American Sock to a 2-6 6-3 10-8 win against Brit on Andy Murray and Italian Matteo Berrettini.

Tsitsipas had the chance to take the match to a decid ing singles match, but Tiafoe

showed tremendous guts to save four match points in a gripping second-set tiebreak.

The American had the pro-Europe crowd in rap tures, and his team mates off their feet, with some extraor dinary shot-making in the so-called Laver Breaker.

And when Tsitsipas hit the net on match point, Ti afoe collapsed to the court and was immediately buried under a pile of his red-shirt ed team mates and captain McEnroe.

“It’s an unbelievable feeling,” Tiafoe, who reached the U.S. Open semi-final, said on court. “Jonny Mac was dropping F bombs all

Taylor fifty helps Windies Women avoid whitewash

56 balls, put on 37 for the third wicket with Maddy Green (14) before Down controlled the middle overs.

She added 28 with Kerr for the fourth wicket before putting on a further 44 for the sixth wicket with Georgia Plimmer (17) but off-spin ners Matthews (2-23) and Karishma Ramharack (2-28) pegged back the innings, New Zealand losing their last five wickets for 20 runs.

“It wasn’t just me but I showed a lot of heart to get this done. I was getting my ass kicked for a while but I kept going. This is big, we’re going to celebrate big tonight.”

McEnroe was ecstatic at finally getting his hands on the trophy and getting one over old rival, Bjorn Borg, who was captain of a Team Europe side that were big favorites.

“No one beats Team World five times in a row,” the American said. “Felix stepped up big time.

“Frances is prime time, we saw that at the U.S. Open. This is an incredible team event and I’m loving every second of it.”

NORTH SOUND, Antigua, (CMC) – Former skipper Stafanie Taylor returned to form with her 38th OneDay International half-cen tury as West Indies Women avoided a clean sweep with a four-wicket win over New Zealand Women in the final ODI here Sunday.

Tasked with chasing 169 at the Vivian Richards Crick et Ground, the home side survived a few stumbles to overhaul their target in the 44th over.

Taylor top-scored with 51 from 89 balls while captain Hayley Matthews struck 40 from 70 deliveries in her return to the top of the order, the two innings laying the foundation for the successful run chase.

Aaliyah Alleyne pro duced a breezy unbeaten 27 from 34 deliveries towards the end, to ensure West Indies Women ended an otherwise

disappointing series on a high.

“If you look throughout the series the girls would’ve improved from game to game, which is some really good positives that we’re able to take out [of this se ries],” said Matthews.

“We’re really happy we were able to wrap up the se ries with a win and hopefully this is the kind of form we can take into the T20 series coming up.”

Choosing to bat first, New Zealand Women were lifted to 168 all out in the penultimate over by Lauren Down’s top score of 53, the 27-year-old right-hander hit ting three fours and a six in a 78-ball knock at number five.

The innings proved cru cial after the visitors found themselves tottering on 19 for two in the sixth over.

Player-of-the-Series Amelia Kerr, who punched 30 from

In reply, West Indies were also in early trouble at ten for two in the third over before Taylor and her successor Matthews combined in an 81-run, third wicket stand to repair the innings.

Taylor, with just 18 runs from her previous two innings, struck four fours while Matthews counted three fours.

The Jamaican retired in the 31st over after anchoring a 26-run fourth wicket stand with Rashada Williams (14) and when two wickets fell with the score on 117, West Indies Women were suddenly slumping at 117 for five in the 33rd over.

However, Alleyne struck two fours in a 31-run, sixth wicket partnership with Chi nelle Henry (12) to see off the challenge from the vis itors.

The five-match Twen ty20 series gets under way at the same venue on Wednesday.

BERLIN: Germany players will each receive 400,000 euros ($390,000) if they lift the World Cup in Qatar later this year, the country's football association (DFB) said on Sunday after agreeing on tournament bonus es with the team.

The bonus for the title win is up from 350,000 euros for the previous tournament in 2018, when Germany crashed out in the first round. When Germany won the title at the Brazil World Cup in 2014, the players received bonuses of 300,000 euros each.

Clearing the group stage in Qatar will earn each player 50,000 euros while a spot in the last eight will net them 100,000 each.

Germany, desperate to make amends for their dismal 2018 performance, have been drawn in Group E along with Spain, Costa

It was not the ending Federer had dreamed of in the last event of his 24-year professional career.

Apart from playing his last-ever competitive match, he had sat at courtside in ev ery match here, offering his words of wisdom and support to his team mates.

“Of course I’m disap pointed,” 20-time Grand Slam champion Federer told reporters at the end of an emotional weekend.

“I was on the team. Al most lost my voice. My hands hurt from clapping. Told Andy (Murray) in the locker room, I don’t like los ing. It’s not fun.

“This weekend has been all over the place for me. I enjoyed it, but it’s unfortu nate that we couldn’t get the win tonight.”

Tiafoe, beaten heavily by Djokovic the previous eve ning, was making no apolo gies to Federer for being the pantomime villain.

“Absolutely not. I’m not going to apologize to him. He’s got a lot to apologize after the last 24 years after beating everybody on the tour,” Tiafoe, clutching a beer, said.

“But I will say thank you for having me in this amaz ing event, for what he’s done for the game. He’s a class act. Happy to know him, happy to call him friend, happy to call him a colleague, and best wishes in his second act.”

Team World will be aiming to retain their title next year when the event takes place in Vancouver.

German players to get 400,000 euros each in case of World Cup win: FA

Germany are in a difficult group for this year’s World Cup

Rica and Japan.

The tournament starts on Nov. 20 and Germany open their campaign against Japan on Nov. 23.

A semi-final spot is worth 150,000 euros each, while win ning third-place would earn Ger many's players 200,000 euros each.

Losing in the final would be rewarded with a 250,000 eu

ro-bonus.

"We had intense discussions in a good and constructive at mosphere," said DFB President Bernd Neuendorf following a meeting with team representa tives Manuel Neuer, Thomas Mueller, Joshua Kimmich and Ilkay Guendogan.

"At the end of the day we have found an acceptable solu tion for everyone.

Former skipper Stafanie Taylor

London, Britain - September 25, 2022: Team World’s Frances Tiafoe celebrates with the trophy after winning the Laver Cup (Action Images via Reuters/Andrew Boyers) week saying we need to get it down this year.

Shakib, Shepherd star as Warriors advance to second place in playoffs

IBA extraordinary congress votes against holding new election

(REUTERS)-Russian Umar Kremlev will remain pres ident of the International Boxing Association (IBA) after its extraordinary con gress on Sunday voted by a significant majority against holding a new election, leaving the sport’s Olympic future uncertain.

Dutch candidate Boris van der Vorst’s hopes of challenging Kremlev for the presidency ended after 106 delegates voted against a rerun of the election, with 36 in favor and four abstaining.

Kremlev was elected un opposed in May after Van der Vorst was declared inel igible. The Court of Arbitra

tion for Sport (CAS) ruled in June that Van der Vorst was wrongly prevented from standing. Sunday’s decision cast

Committee over IBA’s gov ernance.

“We have to get to the point where boxing will be part of the Olympic Games in 2024 as well as 2028. We will do our best,” Kremlev said, via an interpreter. “No one can exclude us from anywhere.”

IBA, amateur boxing’s world governing body, was stripped of involvement in last year’s Tokyo Olympics due to governance, finance, refereeing and ethical issues.

Paris 2024 competition.

IOC sports director Kit McConnell said this month that slow-moving reforms and the IBA’s financial de pendence on Russian energy firm Gazprom, its biggest sponsor, were of grave con cern.

siders Volodymyr Prodyvus, an ally of Kremlev who left Ukraine after the Russian invasion in February and is now an IBA vice-president, as head.

The extraordinary con gress in Yerevan, Armenia was delayed for an hour due to a power failure. The num ber of national federations present increased from 127 to 151 after proceedings re sumed, with 99 attending in person and 52 online.

new doubt over boxing’s ef forts to preserve its Olympic spot beyond 2024, following a series of warnings from the International Olympic

Boxing is not on the ini tial programme for the Los Angeles Games in 2028. The International Olympic Com mittee (IOC) is managing the

The IBA suspended the Ukrainian federation on Fri day, leaving it unable to cast a vote. The federation had written to IBA members on Thursday calling for Kremlev to resign or be voted out of office.

The IBA does not recog nise Kyrylo Shevchenko as president of the Ukrainian federation but instead con

IBA secretary general George Yerolimpos brushed aside queries about the increase in voters, saying there were a number of late arrivals. Windies Women avoid whitewash

Russian Umar Kremlev will remain president of the IBA

Man-of-the-match Shakib Al-Hasan was all business during his match-winning halfcentury last night.(CPL Getty/Iamges)