Four arrested for allegedly kidnapping man, hijacking car 19th August, 2022 FRIDAY No.106819 PAGE 11 $100PRICEVATINCLUSIVE ' Guyana, T&T PAGE 03 PAGE 09 — strengthening trade, advancing food security — building strategic energy partnership Miss World Guyana set for this Sunday 150 youths graduate police’s IT programme in AmelBerbiceGriffith is ‘Miss Jamzone’ PAGE 18 PAGE 16 PAGE 02 PAGE 07 GRA’s Petroleum Unit offshoregets trainingresponseemergencysafety,
Dr. Ravindra Shiwnandan displays his books (Delano Williams photo)
RAVINDRA Shiwnandan, a senior pastor of Herstelling Assembly of God Global Out reach Centre, and a prac tising physician at Dr. Shi wnandan’s Clinic, launched his ninth book on Thursday. The book is titled “Un derstanding God’s Endtime Schedule” and is available on Amazon.Hisother eight books are “Advancing Kingdom Citi zenship”, “The Dynamics of Freedom”, “Rebounding”, and “Called to the 5 –FLD Minis try”, “A quick guide for altar workers”, “Overcoming the Strongman”, “Practicing the Principles of Faith” and “The Principles of Stabilizing Lead ership”.His writing journey started about 15 years ago. Since then, he has been writing consistent ly and has, so far, completed 10 books, nine of which are published.Within the next couple of months, his tenth book is ex pected to be published. He related that there are about five books that are in some state of completion. Dr. Shiwnandan noted it is his desire to redo one of his books “Rebounding” into a textbook for medical students at a foreign university. He is a credentialed hold ing Pastor with the AOG for more than thirty-two years. He holds a Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery (M.B.B.S), Masters in Theology, and a Doctorate of Ministry degrees. He also serves on the General Presbytery of the AOG, and as the Director of the AOG Evan gelismDr.Association.Shiwnandan and his wife are physicians who believe in whole person salvation and have a robust humanitarian approach to ministry. They are the co-founders of the Herstelling Vocational Skills Training Institute, where hundreds of youths and single parents benefit from free certi fied skills training. They are also the co-found ers of Hinterland Medical Mis sions, taking medical missions teams to various hinterland locations.Years ago, Dr. Shiwnandan received the Prime Minister’s Medal for his outstanding per formance on the completion of his medical degree at the University of Guyana, School of Medicine.Hecontinued his carrier development at Queen’s Uni versity in Canada, Gulf Course Ultrasound Institute, National Procedures Institute and Insti tute for International Medicine, and at the University of Mis souri in Kansas City. Given the recent interest in the oil & gas sector, Dr. Shi wnandan’s Clinic is certified to offer services through the Maritime Coastguard Agency, Maritime Labour Convention 2006, and Oil & Gas UK. For more than 20 years, Dr. Shiwnandan held professional memberships with the Ameri can College of Gastroenterol ogy, the West Indian Associa tion of Gastroenterologists, the Christian Medical Foundation, and the American Association of Pastoral Counsellors. Additionally, he served as the Representative of the Medical Community on the Central Board of Health (CBH) and the Pharmacy and Poisons Board in Guyana’s Ministry of Public Health.
150 youths graduate police’s IT programme in Berbice
Members of the Guyana Police Force with the graduates (GPF photo)
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Dass added that the Guyana Police Force aims to continue friendly, cordial, and meaningful engagements with members of the communities to bridge the gap between the public and the Force. “On behalf of the Com missioner of Police, Officers and Ranks of the Guyana Po lice Force and ZARA, I would like extend congratulations to all of you for completing this significant journey in your life and wish you bountiful success ahead,” Dass told the graduates.
A TOTAL of 150 young per sons graduated, on Wednes day, from the ZARA Comput er Centre, New Amsterdam, Berbice, a Guyana Police Force (GPF) statement said. According to a post on the GPF’s Facebook page, the grad uation ceremony was held at the Berbice High School under the theme, “Training in Partnership with Valuable Stakeholders to Enhance the Performance of Our Services”.Officer-in-Charge of the No. 1 Sub-Division for Regional Di vision Six, Deputy Superinten dent Elton Davidson welcomed the graduates and their families to the occasion noting that it is a proud moment for ZARA and the GPF.Sergeant Esan Hinds, Sub ordinate Officer-in-Charge, ZARA Computer Centre in New Amsterdam, gave an overview of the computer courses which lasted four weeks, and included youths from as young as seven years.Sergeant Hinds mentioned that the students were divided into six classes, based on their various age groups, so that peerto-peer learning and cohesion could be Somemet.of the subject areas explored include Microsoft Word, Microsoft Paint, and applications to enhance their typingCoordinatorcapabilities.of the Guyana Police Force’s ZARA Computer Centres, Assistant Superinten dent Gladwin Hanover, in his brief remarks, highlighted that this is the first of what is expect ed to be many more graduation ceremonies at the New Amster dam ZARA Computer Centre. Hanover mentioned that the youths are graduating at a time in history when our world is dealing with enormous chal lenges, but also at a time when the opportunities created by those challenges have never beenHegreater.further mentioned that the computer training provided by the GPF is free and is afford ed to all Someages.of the training ar eas available are Foundation Training, Advanced Training, Personal Computer (PC) Repairs and Maintenance, and Web Page Designing.ForceTraining Officer (ag) Deputy Superintendent, Rovin Dass who was present stated that one of the mandates of the GPF is to combat and suppress crime. He noted that having mem bers of our communities trained in Information Technology will contribute significantly to achieving this goal.
Dr. Shiwnandan launches ninth book
The Head of State arrived in Trinidad on Wednesday, along with a team which included Minister of Foreign Affairs and asgiongionaldevelopedlogisticstradeplacerightensureingritypushthewasStateKeithofenceernmentWalrond,andisterlfikarMinisterCo-operation,InternationalHughTodd;ofAgriculture,ZuMustapha;andMinofTourism,IndustryCommerce,Oneidgeamongothergovofficials.AtajointpressconferwithPrimeMinisterTrinidadandTobago,Dr.Rowley,bothHeadsofsaidhighontheagendacollaborationbetweentwocountriestofurthertheregionalfoodsecuagenda.Thediscussions,accordtoPresidentAli,issettothattheregionhasthepolicyframeworkintosupporttheregionalsystemandlogistics/hubwhichmustbetoadvancethereplansonfoodsecurity.Hesaid,too,thattheremustmovequicklyandaunittoachieveitstargets.“So,whatwe’reworking
Strengthening trade, advancing food security
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on between Guyana and Trin idad and Tobago in relation to food security is combining our efforts, combining our policymaking environment and the framework; com bining our commitment to removing the barriers, com bining our access to technol ogy and use of technology, combining our educational system or resource develop ment system into one inte grated whole in advancing the food production plan of Trinidad and Tobago and Guyana,” President Ali said. The two countries are also working on tourism and trade opportunities. According to President Ali, the region must be ready to make tough decisions to confront the various chal lenges globally and build systems to create an envi ronment which will see the development of necessary capacity to confront these challenges and further chart a sustainable pathway for development.Additionally, he posited that the two countries have committed to advancing ac tions that will position them as leaders in all of the global challenges.Further to this, President Ali noted that Guyana and Trinidad must be able to provide global leadership on foodHesecurity.notedthat while Trin idad already has a sophis ticated manufacturing and agro-processing industry, it is currently working on building capacity to optimise production.Assuch, the Head of State mentioned that these are the types of discussions that are ongoing to advance food security and further achieve the regional goal of reducing the food import bill by 25 per cent by Prime2025.Minister Rowley told reporters that efforts are being made to produce more food in the region and to reduce artificial trade bar riers between CARICOM countries.“Whatever the non-tariff barrier is, if there are barriers then increasing CARICOM production for CARICOM countries will not succeed,” he said.However, he noted that if member states allow the regional market to accept food and raw materials safely from their sister CARICOM nations, then the regional market could generate pro duction on a scale which can be significant.
President, Dr. Irfaan Ali (Office of the President photo) Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago, Dr. Keith Rowley (Office of the President photo)
— Guyana, Trinidad and Tobago working to ensure right policy framework in place
In 2016, the CARICOM Single Market and Economy (CSME) was placed back on the CARICOM agenda and member states recommitted to theDrscheme.Rowley said that while in some countries there are some safety and sanitary is sues, these must not become non-tariff barriers and coun tries should work to strength en intra-regional trade. Following the 2016 re commitment to the CSME, he said things were at the time moving at an undesirable pace and subsequently the world was hit by issues like the COVID-19 pandemic and the war in Ukraine, both of which disrupted the global supply“Wechain.now know that there’s a fiery urgency to get it done now. We do not have time. The experts have pointed out to us that what we have experienced in 2020 and 2021 to 2022 is likely to happen again and again and again. Our future looks like that,” he said. Under these circum stances, Dr Rowley not ed that the leadership of countries within the region needs to do what has to be done and this entails a change in the model on im ported foods to one where countries produce what they consume and consume what they produce to slash their food import bills.
By Shamar Meusa PRESIDENT, Dr. Irfaan Ali, on Thursday, said the discussions during his on going State visit to Trinidad and Tobago are centred on ensuring that the right pol icy framework is in place to support regional trade and advance the plans on food security.
President, Dr. Irfaan Ali and Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago, Dr. Keith Rowley, at the joint media conference on Thursday (Office of the President photo)
On the consumption side, the US EIA is predicting that consumer sentiment has been decreasing as inflation remains high and borrowing costs have been increasing due to rising interest rates. It noted that a survey by the University of Michigan of consumer sentiment recorded its lowest reading on record in June, with data going back to November 1952. The sur vey showed that consumer sentiment began rising in July and August from its June low. Consumer sentiment in the Euro Area reached record lows in July. “Despite these factors that suggest downward pres sure on petroleum and liquid fuels consumption, we expect global consumption to in crease year-over-year during both 2022 and 2023. In 2021, global petroleum and liquid fuels consumption averaged 97.4 million b/d. We forecast that it will rise to average 99.4 million b/d for 2022 and to average 101.5 million b/d for 2023,” the report ended. (Trinidad Guardian)
Expect US$95 price for crude oil next year
BHTA hoping to boost airlift
Chairman of the Barbados Hotel and Tourism Association, Renee Coppin (left) and interim chief executive officer, Geoffrey Roach, engaging each other during the quarterly media briefing at the Island Inn Hotel. (Gercine Carter photo)
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CHAIRMAN of the Barbados Hotel and Tourism Association (BHTA), Renee Cop pin, is pinning hopes for improvement in low hotel occupancy levels on Barbados’ ability to attract more airlift into theReportingisland. to the media on the second quarter performance of the tourism industry on Monday, Coppin noted the island had experienced a near 60 per cent decrease in airlift for the current summer period, with the resulting decline in tourism arrivals and hotel bersisland,ofproachbevieware“Weoccupancy.intheBHTAthereforeofthefirmthattheremustalaser-fusedaptothequestionairliftsupplyforthewhichournumpointtobeing58.3 per cent down on 2019 levels for the compa rable period of June to October 2022. We are essentially looking at our summer period and we are seeing that our airlift is down by almost 60 per cent.” This was a “particularly critical” is sue the BHTA chair man said, “given that many of our sister destinations across the region are not re porting similar levels of decline.” (NationNews)
T&T COULD expect high crude prices to continue for another year according to the latest forecast of the United States Energy Information Agency (US EIA) but those prices will be lower than in 2022.In a report released yes terday, the US EIA, it said changes to both production and consumption of global liquid fuels have altered its forecast for balances between the two for the rest of 2022 and 2023. According to the US EIA, for most of 2021, more liquid fuels were consumed globally thanStartingproduced.inthe second quar ter of 2022, global liquid fuels production rose above con sumption.According to its August Short-Term Energy Outlook it expects that during 2023, global supply and demand will be very closely matched. The US EIA said it forecasts global production in 2023 to average 101.3 million barrels per day (b/d) and consumption to average 101.5 million b/d. “When consumption of liquid fuels is higher than pro duction, prices generally rise. When production is more than consumption, prices generally decline.“Due to changes in supply and demand in mid-2022, we forecast that the price of Brent crude oil will average US$105 per barrel (b) in 2022 and $95/b in 2023. The price of crude oil directly affects the price of petroleum products.” the latest report revealed. On the supply side the US EIA noted that Russia produced more petroleum and other liquid fuels between May and July 2022 than was previously expected, despite sanctions and independent corporate actions. It said: “Additional sanc tions on Russia, effective De cember 2022 and February 2023, have already been an nounced. We expect most of Russia’s crude oil and about half of its petroleum products that will become subject to EU sanctions are likely to be sold to other“Themarkets.sanctions will be come effective between De cember 2022 and February 2023. We expect Russia’s production to decline by 1.6 million b/d between the begin ning of the fourth quarter of 2022 and the end of the first quarter of 2023.” the US EIA reported . Russia has been under US and EU sanctions following its invasion of Ukraine, with the US banning the purchase of Russian oil and the EU working towards reducing its dependence on both oil and gas from the Russian Federation. But even with the expected decline in production out of Russia the US EIA is expecting growth in output from other parts of the world. “We expect increased pro duction in other parts of the world between now and the end of 2023 to push global petroleum and liquid fuels production to average 100.1 million b/d during 2022 and 101.3 million b/d during 2023. “We forecast that US crude oil production will average 11.9 million b/d in 2022 and rise to a record 12.7 million b/d in 2023. Future OPEC production decisions will also affect global supply. We expect OPEC to set higher production targets in 2022 and 2023, but some OPEC member countries may not be able to meet higher production targets.” the report read.Some of that growth in production will come from nearby Guyana which is ex pected to add an additional 200,000 barrels of oil in pro duction by the end of next year.
The OPEC official also pointed the finger at a lack of investment in the down stream sector, adding that OPEC members had in creased refining capacity to balance the decline in Europe and the United States. “We are not saying that the world will live on fossil fuels forever ... but by saying we’re not going to invest in fossil fuels ... you have to move from point A to point B overnight,” Al Ghais said. OPEC exists to ensure the world gets enough oil, but “it’s going to be very challenging and very difficult if there is no buy-in into the importance of investing,” he said, adding that he hopes “investors, financial institu tions, policymakers, globally, seriously take this matter (to) heart and take it into their plans for the future.”
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“It all depends on how things unfold. But we are still optimistic, as I said. We do see a slowdown in 2023 in demand growth, but it should not be worse than what we’ve had“Yes,historically.”Iamrelatively opti mistic,” he added of the 2023 outlook. “I think the world is dealing with the economic pressures of inflation in a very good OPEC+way.”began to restrain supply in 2017 to tackle a supply glut that built up in 2014-2016, and OPEC is keen to ensure Russia re mains part of the OPEC+ oil production deal after 2022, Al Ghais said. “We would love to extend the deal with Russia and the other non-OPEC producers,” he said. “This is a long-term re lationship that encompasses broader and more compre hensive forms of commu nication and cooperation between 23 countries. It’s not just in terms of produc tion adjustment.” (Reuters)
Haiti: Spike in weapons smuggled into country from US
US officials say there has been a surge of high-pow ered weapons being smug gled from Florida to Haiti. The Caribbean country has been rocked by brutal gang warfare in which hun dreds of people have been killed in the past six weeks alone.A US federal agent said that the number of weapons illegally shipped to Haiti had risen to unprecedented levels. Haitian police have com plained about being out gunned and outnumbered in their fights with gang mem bers.US Special Agent Antho ny Salisbury, who is in charge of Homeland Security Inves tigations, told reporters at a news conference in Miami that “not only have we seen a marked uptick in the number of weapons, but a serious in crease in the calibre and type of firearms being illegally trafficked”.Headded that the Depart ment of Homeland Security was ramping up efforts to stem the flow of illicit weap ons.According to Mr Salis bury, there is an alarming trend of high-powered weap ons being smuggled from ports in South Florida to Hai ti. “In the wrong hands, these weapons are easily capable of causing mass casualties,” he warned.InJune, the UN Security Council voted to ban the sale of small arms and ammuni tion to “non-state actors” in Haiti, but the flow of illegal arms seems to have only increased.OnSaturday, customs of ficials at a port in the Haitian capital seized containers full of ammunition and weapons. The paperwork for the containers said they were destined for the Episcopal Church of Haiti. The Episcopal Church has issued a statement saying that it had not been expecting any shipments, but police have since arrested a priest in con nection with its investigation. Haiti is not the first vi olence-wracked country to complain about the flow of illegal weapons from the US. Mexico has long demand ed that the US do more to combat arms trafficking, pointing out that the vast majority of weapons used in crimes come from the US. Last year, the Mexican government took the unusu al step of suing some of the biggest US gun manufactur ers, accusing them of “fa cilitating the unlawful traf ficking of their guns to drug cartels and other criminals in Mexico”. (BBC)
RELATIVELYOPTIMISTIC Oil has tumbled since March and Brent hit a sixmonth low below $92 a bar rel this Theweek.slide reflects fears of economic slowdown and masks physical market fun damentals, Al Ghais said as he took a relatively optimistic view on the outlook for 2023 as the world tackles rising inflation.“There is a lot of fear,” he said. “There is a lot of specu lation and anxiety, and that’s what’s predominantly driving the drop in “Whereasprices.”inthe physical market we see things much differently. Demand is still robust. We still feel very bullish on demand and very optimistic on demand for the rest of this year.”
POLICYMAKERS, law makers and insufficient oil and gas sector investments are to be blame for high en ergy prices, not OPEC, the producer group’s new Sec retary General, Haitham Al Ghais, told Reuters on Thursday. A lack of investment in the oil and gas sector follow ing a price slump sparked by COVID-19 has significantly reduced OPEC’s spare pro duction capacity and limited the group’s ability to respond quickly to further potential supplyThedisruption.priceofBrent crude came close to an all-time high of $147 a barrel in March, after Russia’s ordering of troops into Ukraine exacer bated supply concerns. While prices have since declined, they are still painfully high for consumers and businesses globally.“Don’t blame OPEC, blame your own policymak ers and lawmakers, because OPEC and the producing countries have been pushing time and again for investing in oil (and gas),” Al Ghais, who took office on August 1, said in an online interview. Oil and gas investment is up 10 percent from last year but remains well below 2019 levels, the International En ergy Agency said last month, adding that some of the im mediate shortfalls in Russian exports needed to be met by production elsewhere.
OPEC chief says blame policymakers, lawmakers for oil price rise
Ahead of the next meet ing which OPEC+ holds on Sept. 5, Al Ghais said it was premature to say what it will decide, although he was positive about the outlook for next“Iyear.want to be very clear about it - we could cut pro duction, if necessary, we could add production if nec essary.”
Prices are displayed at a Mobil gas station in Manhattan, New York City, U.S., August 11, 2022. (REUTERS photo)
“The fears about China are really taken out of pro portion in my view,” said Al Ghais, who worked in China for four years earlier in his career. “China is a phenome nal place of economic growth still.”The Organisation of the Petroleum Exporting Coun tries, plus Russia and other allies, known as OPEC+, have unwound record oil-out put cuts made in 2020 at the height of the pandemic and in September is raising output by 100,000 barrels per day.
Guyana and Trinidad and Tobago
stateTrinidad,changed.illegally.fromadifferentialPiarcoGuyanesehadandsoughtSeveraladministration.GuyaneserefugeinTrinidadTobago.ThesituationreachedapointwheretravellingtotheairportweregiventreatmentwithviewtopreventingthementeringthecountryToday,allofthathasGuyana,likeisapetroleumanditisonlynatural for these two countries, along with Suriname, to pool their resources and expertise to optimise the returns from oil and gas for the benefit of their re spective andpeopleadvanceandwouldsustainablewhichonseveralclimateenergy,lateralaimedgovernmentRowleyPrimeAli,Accordingpopulations.toPresidenttheengagementswithMinisterDrKeithandotherseniorofficialsareatadvancingbico-operationonfoodsecurityandchange,amongotherareas.“WhatweareworkingisanagendathroughwecanbuildapathwaythatbringprosperityopportunitiesthatwilltheinterestoftheofbothTrinidadTobagoandGuyana.
Bibi Shadick was a woman of passion and conviction
We are not here to create an environment in which one party see themselves as winners,” President Ali said.While energy, tourism and climate do feature high on the agenda, the issue of food security has been a priority area for President Ali, who cur rently has the lead role in agricultural development and food security. Indeed, the President has displayed a passion for food security and has made his position clear that when it comes to food security in the region, time is of the essence. There is no luxury of time, he said, and pointed out that while it is possible to have the money, such money means little if there is no food.
Dear Editor, THE New York Guyana Democracy Project (NYG DP) condoles the passing of GECOM Commissioner, Bibi Shadick, on Saturday August 13th. The organisa tion says the sudden passing of Ms. Bibi Shadick is ex tremely saddening. NYG DP states: “She brought energy to GECOM. She was a woman of passion and conviction. Her death is a big loss to GECOM. Our condolence to her bereaved relatives and friends.” Dr. Tara Singh, President of NYGDP, describes her “as an indomitable, tenacious, strong-willed, courageous person who stood up for the integrity of elections in Guyana. She made a mark at GECOM with her immense contributions. She was very experienced on election mat ters and very knowledgeable about election laws. She was also a parliamentarian for several years. She has left behind an indelible contribu tion to democracy in Guyana. We will never forget her role during the five months ordeal to rig the outcome in which she was very effective at combating the rigging.” I remember Bibi Shad ick fondly in having sever al exchanges with her over the years when she was a Minister of Social Services, Pro Chancellor of UG, and GECOM Commissioner. She was not one to easily en gage. She was hardly in agreement with others. She held strong views. Not some one who simply accept com plaints but to query for solu tions. She strongly defended her positions and ideas on policies. She lauded the activ ism of those in the diaspora who fought for free and fair elections between 1966 and 1992 and who publicly stood on the side of democracy af ter the no-confidence vote of December 21, 2018 and the March 2, 2020 elections. She was gracious in praising my activism and writings in sup port of democracy in Guyana. She was very complimentary and laudatory of my writings in the newspapers though she made it clear she was in disagreement of some of my pieces. Bibi Shadick’s contri butions to the country as a minister and GECOM Commissioner were im mense. She held very strong uncompromising beliefs in free and fair elections. She exhibited no-holds-barred remarks on issues, espe cially if she felt they were against the interests of her party. Her vast experience in election matters will be missed. But she will be an inspiration to others who will follow her in GECOM. My heartfelt condolences to her family and VishnuYoursadmirers.truly,Bisram
OneFundInternationalstitutions,internationalseveralbagofromforcedGuyana,ing,initcheapwasfinancing.developmentalThecountryabletobenefitfromenergywhichgaveacomparativeadvantagetermsofmanufacturtradeandcommerce.atonestagewastoborrowheavilyTrinidadandToandforthatmatterothernationsandfinancialinincludingtheMonetaryandtheWorldBank.consequenceofthat reckless borrowing was an unsustainable debt burden which became literally a windmill around the necks of the Guyanese people. The problem was further compounded by undemo cratic and dictatorial rule, incompetence, discrimina tory policies and bad gov ernance on the part of the then PNC
PRESIDENT, Dr. Mo hamed Irfaan Ali, is cur rently on a State visit to the twin-island republic of Trinidad and Toba go. The President was accompanied by First Lady Arya Ali and First son Zayd. Also on the delegation are Foreign Affairs Minister, Hugh Todd; Agriculture Min ister, Zulfikar Mustapha and Minister of Trade and Tourism, Oneidge Waldron. Guyana and Trinidad and Tobago have much in common. Both countries are former British colonies which gained political in dependence within years of each other. Guyana at tained political indepen dence in May 1966, four years after Trinidad and Tobago even though Guy ana attained Republican status in February 1970, some six years earlier than Trinidad and standardcountriesthethetoseeks,(MoU)randumsphericbroaderatforgeforBlackwithtermsnumberanaCulturally,Tobago.bothGuyandTrinidadshareaofsimilaritiesinofethnicdiversitysignificantIndianandpopulations.Itis,therefore,naturalthetwocountriestocloserrelationsboththebilateralandattheregionalandhemilevels.AMemoofUnderstandingwassignedwhichamongotherthings,enhancefoodsecurityinregionandtooptimiseresourcesofthetwotoimprovetheoflivingofthe people of the two coun tries.Unlike Guyana, which is a relatively new kid on the petroleum block, Trin idad and Tobago benefitted from oil revenues several decades ago which gave it an added advantage in terms of
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GRA’s Petroleum Unit gets offshore safety, emergency response training
TWENTY-THREE offi cers of the Customs Pe troleum Unit (CPU) of the Guyana Revenue Au thority (GRA) completed a Tropical Helicopter Un derwater Egress Train ing (THUET) course to develop knowledge and operating procedures in offshore safety and emer gency response. According to a Depart ment of Public Information (DPI) post on the matter, the training session, con ducted at HHSL Safety Systems Limited in Trin idad and Tobago is man datory for the officers who perform Customs controls and other monitoring func tions on board oil explora tionThevessels.first batch com prised of seven officers including Lancelot theCPU,Deputy-CommissionerWills,ofwhobenefittedfromtraininginJanuaryof thisInyear.July a second batch, 15 persons in total, partici pated in the training. Training at the facility encompassed emergency techniques such as don ning an aviation life jacket, preparing for a helicopter ditching on water, evacu ation through a nominated exit to an aviation life raft, or escaping through a win dow opening from a par tially or othertechniquesseveralhelicopter.fully-submergedTheTHUETisoneofescapesimulationforCPUandofficerswhoboard any Floating Production Storage and Offloading (FPSO)Guyanavessel.isbuilding ca pacity for training on lo cal shores, with the immi nent establishment of the country’s first oil and gas training centre by private developers.Thefacility, which is under construction at Lusignan, East Coast De merara (ECD), will reduce the need for locals to travel overseas for accreditation in Basic Offshore Safety Induction and Emergency Training (BOSIET) with Compressed Air Breathing SystemDemand(CA-EBS).forthese skills will increase as exploration intensifies and more vessels are established offshore. The CPU was estab lished with the mandate to monitor and verify activi ties in the oil and gas sector for taxation purposes based on the Petroleum (Explo ration and Production) Act and in keeping with the Production Sharing Agreement (PSA) between the Guyana Government and Esso Exploration and Production Ltd, CNOOC Nexen Petroleum Ltd and HESS Guyana Exploration Ltd.Thus far, the CPU and Petroleum Revenue Depart ment (PRD) have benefit ted from capacity building in the areas such as crude lifting and measurement, S&P Global Platts, case advice, boarding officers’ documentation, and oil and gas risk management. Support in these en deavours has come through partnership with the International Mone tary Fund (IMF) and the United States Department of the Treasury’s Office of Technical Assistance (OTA). (DPI).
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Customs Petroleum Unit officer participating in the Tropical Helicopter Underwater Egress Training (Photo retrieved from DPI)
Ahead of
WITH crucial US midterm less than 90 days away, the political tem perature is approaching boiling point, with all the prospects that ex-presi dent Donald Trump will run again – amid early but rising anxiety over against who. Until and unless any change is announced (be tween now and Novem ber) any Republican can didate will go up against incumbent Joe Biden, the nation’s oldest President, who’s still less than half way through his first fouryearTheterm.President has indeed hit the hustings in full form, addressing old and outstanding and mounting new issues oc casioned by domestic and international conditions, from inflation and reces sion to climate change and social justice – and prospects of war. He’s condemned the US Supreme Court judg es’ reverse of the popular Roe v Wade amendments that now bans abortion; he recently got the biggest climate change bill passed in Congress; and the latest job creation figures are very positive and encour aging.But economic costs of almost US $100 Billion funding for Ukraine weap ons and pending costs for the upgrading US military presence in the China Sea following the visit to Tai wan by House Speaker Nancy Pelosi against the background of the hasty and chaotic withdrawal from Afghanistan a year ago, will all eventually feature as election issues ahead of November when current economic condi tions do really start biting voters harder. There are growing calls from within his Dem ocratic Party for Biden not to run for a second term, but not yet loud enough to register on the pre-election national political decibel scale.It’s to be expected that should Biden not run (for any reason), Vice-Presi dent Kamla Harris would be the natural choice, but it’s also very hard to believe she would have no strong challenges for the most powerful job in America.Trump is out-atlarge consolidating his post-election control over his GOP, endorsing win ning candidates for No vember while being urged to declare his candidacy sooner than later. He won an ace card earlier this week when his backers in Wyoming booted out three-term rep resentative, Liz Cheney, but the rebel Republican daughter of ex-Vice Pres ident, Dick Cheney, who co-chaired the January 6 Hearings Committee, has vowed to prevent her for mer leader from ever get ting even near the White House, ever again. The battered and bruised Cheney was rout ed at the polls in Wyo ming, where Trump got 70 per cent support in 2020 and she was defeated by a Trump-supported can didate with over 37 per cent more votes – a very bad showing – at a time when the ex-President was ahead of Biden in pre-November polls at 50 per Butcent.it’s not the end of the road for the former VP’s daughter, whose fa ther was Defense Secre tary during the war in Iraq before becoming Number Two at the White House, alongside George Bush. VP Cheney’s Baby Doll daughter, who’s re jected the Trump claim that his victory was sto len as the proven Big Lie that it truly is from the very beginning, never got to a stage of being able to challenge Trump for the GOP’s leadership, but she’s out to get him and may even run as an In dependent Republican in 2024, which would draw at least the many Repub lican voters silently un comfortable with Trump -- and thus reduce the party’s vote in November and Trump’s (should he be the candidate in two years’ time at 82). But as the election clock ticks, at age and time are on neither man’s side: Biden was 76 last June and Trump will be 80 in November.TheDonald isn’t far ing well at the legal table either, facing at least four sets of legal investigations ranging from his role in the January 6, 2021 Cap itol assault, seeking to overturn the 2020 Atlan ta election results, legal questions about his private business activities and taking home allegedly sensitive ‘top secret’ and ‘national security’ doc uments belonging to the WhiteFlorida’sHouse.
Republican Governor, Ron DeSan tis, also has both eyes set on the race to the White House – and there are signs and sounds that Vice-President Mike Pence and ex Secretary of State, Mike Pompeo, may also very well both be shaping up to be front-run ners in and for the ultimate race to Washington’s 16 Pennsylvania Avenue in 2024.Trump supporters claim the FBI raid on his self-described “beauti ful home” in Mar-a-Lago has only strengthened his support base, but his crit ics don’t see how he can escape all the legal nooses hanging over his head. The White House, Jus tice Department and FBI are being accused by the Republicans of colluding and conspiring to legally disqualify Trump from running, but the ex-Pres ident, while eating his earlier remarks that only guilty persons plead the Fifth Amendment, con tinues to play victim after invoking it countless times in one legal heating.
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Trump and Biden continue to be their re spective parties’ leading elections trump cards, leaving the race to the White House still wide open -- and voters with at least two years to de cide which to bet on. But it isn’t expected to be business as usual in the new American polit ical norm, as they senior Cheney, who supported her campaign against Trump’s handpicked Wyoming candidate, is expected to stand with, by and behind his bat tle-weary daughter’s de clared long-term bid to keep Trump at bay. Liz Cheney says she put “country above pol itics and party” and was defeated simply because she rejected Trump’s Big Lie and accused him of turning GOP supporters into “a personality cult”. But she also insists that Trump will only win if he runs in 2024 “over my dead body”, in the process writing off her Wyoming whipping by citing that “Abra ham Lincoln lost bids for the House and Senate” before winning his big presidential victory. Ms Cheney isn’t a Hillary Clinton and her dynastic roots aren’t any-less-deep in US political culture than Trump tried to make his from 2016 to 2020, but her determination as one of only two Repub licans on the committee presiding over the Janu ary 6 hearings not only revealed her determina tion to continue to reject the Big Lie that most pro-Trump Republican voters still believe, but to continue to politically pin-prick the ex-Presi dent in every what-way, before November and over the next two years thereafter. Against that back ground, the natural question in this abnor mal time in US election politics is: Who holds the trump card? US mid-term elections: Who holds the trump card?
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Reports are that the suspect subsequently escaped the scene on foot in an unknown direction.Thepolice said the victim was unconscious for a while. He eventually regained consciousness while being transported by relatives to the nearest medical centre for treatment.Thevictim’s condition is regarded as serious and he is still receiving medical attention, while the suspect has not yet been arrested, police said.
Tremendous opportunities for Guyana, T&T — through strategic collaboration on energy, says President Ali
ing out a sound path towards energy sus tainability, resilience and reliance for the region and this is a big part of our agenda with the US,” President Ali said.The President was at the time speaking on some of the discus sions that were held thus far during his visit to Trinidad.Expounding on the agenda with the US, he mentioned that build ing this path towards energy sustainability was part of the dis cussions during the Ninth Summit of the Americas.During the summit, Prime Minister Row ley was named as cochair of the US/Carib bean Energy Security Action insaidPresidentCommittee.Alialsothatpartnershipstheenergysector between the two coun tries should be more than just about compa nies from either coun try participating in the sector.From a develop ment perspective, he said the collaboration would enable a path way to energy secu rity, including all as sets within the region which include human resources, technology, experience and the nat ural resource. In May of this year, a Memoran dum of Understand ing (MoU) was signed between the two nations that sought to address non-tariff barriers, trade and investment, and food and energy security, among other things.
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President, Dr Irfaan Ali; President of Suriname, Chandrikapersad Santokhi and Trinidad and Tobago Prime Minister, Keith Rowley on Thursday visited the Point Lisas Industrial Estate, Couva, for a tour and meeting with executives of the National Energy Corporation of Trinidad and Tobago Limited (Office of the President photo)
SHAMAR Adrian, a 20-year-old of Byderabo Road, Bartica, Region Seven (Cuyuni-Mazaruni) was, on Thursday, shot on his lower lip after a heated ar gument with his alleged shooter, which sparked from a disagreement about a female colleague. According to the police, preliminary investigations revealed that the suspect, during the argument, drew a small handgun from his waist, pointed it in the victim’s direction and discharged one round at him. The shot reportedly struck the victim’s lower lip.
Man shot on lower lip in dispute over female colleague President, Dr. Irfaan Ali, on Thursday, said there are tre mendous opportuni ties for Guyana and Trinidad and Tobago through strategic col laboration on energy. The Head of State made these remarks during a joint press conference with Prime Minister of Trini dad and Tobago, Dr. Keith Rowley on Thursday. President Ali is currently in the twin-island republic on a State visit. He is accompanied by a local delegation that includes several min isters of
SENIOR Finance Minister, Dr. Ashni K. Singh was, on Thursday, given a tour of the facilities of Schlumberger Guy ana Incorporated at Houston, East Bank Demerara where the major service provider to ExxonMobil houses its main operations. According to a release, the minister was led on the tour by Managing Director, Ernes to Cuadros and GeoUnit HSE (Health, Safety and Environment) Manager, Yuri Mozhaev. He was also briefed on the company’s operations and inter acted with several Guyanese and foreign employees at the compa ny. While there as well, Dr. Singh learned of the educational and employment journey of several Guyanese prior to landing a job at the international company. He also congratulated them on their future educational and employ ment paths as well as encouraged them to aim for continued success in the oil and gas providerindustry.tainabilitytodeploysvidestomerscompanySchlumbergerindustry.isatechnologythatpartnerswithcustoaccessenergy.ItproleadingdigitalsolutionsandinnovativetechnologiesenableperformanceandsusfortheglobalenergyItistheworld’sleadingoftechnologyforres
SIX Guyanese of Indian origin have been selected for the 60th Edition of the Know India Pro gramme (KIP) from August 25 - Sep 14, 2022, which has Goa, a state on the western coast of India, as the partner State. According to a release, the six resident Guyanese selected are Theresa Jaikishun, Ramesh wari Dharamdat, Indera Hoo rilall, David Papannah, Albert Inshanally and Chandrakumar Poorannauth. They are from various backgrounds, namely teaching, dentistry, forestry and journalism.Highcommissioner, Dr KJ Srinivasa interacted with the se lected participants, briefed them on the programme and urged them to make full use of the ini tiative to connect to their roots in India, the land of their ancestors. The participants expressed their appreciation for and thanked the Government of India for the chance to visit India. They also conveyed their excitement to know more and experience the growing econom ic giant.Know India Programme is a flagship programme of Ministry of External Affairs for engage ment with Indian origin youth (between 18-30 years) to en hance their awareness about In dia, its cultural heritage, art and to familiarise them with various aspects of contemporary India. This programme is open to youth of Indian origin (excluding non-resident Indians) from all over the world with preference to those from Mauritius, Fiji, Suriname, Guyana, Trinidad & Tobago, South Africa and Jamai ca. The programme has been in existence since 2003. Know India Programme is a 25 days programme (exclud ing international travel) during which the participant will visit Delhi, Agra and a select state (in this case Goa) in India along with visits to places of historical, cultural and religious signif icance. KIP participants will also have a two-day orientation programme in New Delhi. Participants will meet opin ion makers, leaders, officials to get an overview of India’s economy, society and ongoing growth and development story, the release “Participantssaid. are provided local hospitality like boarding and internal transportation in India, and return air tickets from their country of residence to India. Minimum qualification required for participating in KIP is graduation from a recognised university /institute or enrolled for graduation and ability to speak in English. The applicant should not have visited India through any previous programme of Government of India. Those who have not visited India before will be given preference,” the releaseTheresaid.are two more upcom ing KIPs in 2022: The 61st KIP Edition - September 26, 2022 to October 16, 2022 in Gujarat and the 62nd KIP Edition - Novem ber 01, 2022 to November 21, 2022 in Rajasthan. The High Commission of India invites all eligible youths to apply in order to avail of this excellent opportunity to visit and learn about India. The guidelines for the Know India Programme (KIP) can be down loaded at guidelines.http://kip.gov.in/home/ Applications are to be filled online at Commissionarecenturesignedhome/register.http://kip.gov.in/Printedandapplicationandannexform,alongwithtworepassportsizephotographstobesubmittedtoHighofIndia.
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High Commissioner, Dr KJ Srinivasa with the persons selected for the Know India Programme
ervoir characterisation, drilling, production and processing in the oil and gas industry and is a major service provider to ExxonMo bil Guyana providing technical support for its operations in the Stabroek Block, which have to date resulted in proven reserves. In 2017, Schlumberger, the world-renowned Fortune 500 company decided to invest significantly and established a long- term footprint in Guyana through its US$75 million oil services facility base at Hous ton and plans to expand its operations in the near future. (Ministry of Finance)
Finance Minister tours Schlumberger’s Houston facilities
Senior Finance Minister, Dr. Ashni K. Singh with senior officials of Schlumberger Guyana Incorporated
Six Guyanese selected for Know India Programme
The police statement said that police officers from the Anti-Crime Patrol then observed four male suspects exiting the motorcar. The report further said the men attempted to run from the scene.The detailed police re port on the matter said: “Im mediately thereafter, loud explosions, suspected to be gunshots, were heard coming from the direction where the suspects were running, thereby causing a rank to discharge a round in the said direction where the suspected gunshots were coming“Otherfrom.Anti-Crime pa trols arrived shortly after to give support and a search was conducted in the area where the suspects were seen running and suspected gunshots were heard. “Rawle Franklyn, a known character to the po lice, was seen lying on the northern parapet bleeding from injuries, while his ac complice, Andrew Newyear, was seen lying in a yard with injuries.“Further, the two oth er suspects were found by ranks of the Anti-Crime Pa trol hiding in a yard. The police also recovered a 9MM pistol along with a maga zine containing 3 live 9MM rounds.“Franklin and Andrew were escorted to the George town Public Hospital Corpo ration (GPHC) where they are both receiving medical attention.“Additionally, ranks from the Anti-Crime Pa trol, whilst searching the motorcar, PSS 2705, discov ered Joshua Singh who was locked in the trunk of the car by the“Joshuasuspects.Singh was ques tioned and he related to the ranks that he was at Sha mo Taxi Base on Vryheid’s Lust Railway Embankment, ECD [East Coast Demerara], working his uncle’s motor car, PSS 2705, and while he was seated in the driver’s seat of the said car, he was approached by three of the suspects -- one of whom pointed a gun at him and ordered him out of the car.”
Police said Singh report ed feeling afraid for his life and complied with the in structions to climb into the trunk of the motorcar. The statement further attributed to Singh that the car drove off heading west on the said Railway Em bankment Road, and that the vehicle later stopped. It was then, police said, that Singh heard talking. The car pro ceeded on its journey, and it was then moments later that the collision was felt. The police said officers recovered eight cellular phones, one laptop comput er, and a female purse from the vehicle which the men hadEmmanueloccupied.
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FOUR men were, on Thursday, arrested after allegedly kidnapping a taxi driver, hijacking a car, and shooting at police officers. Emmanuel Hale, Hamza Samuels, Rawle Franklyn, and Andrew Newyear are now in police custody. Rom ario Hudson, the fifth named suspect is, however, still on the Policerun. said Frankyln and Newyear were found to be injured immediately after their vehicle was intercepted. Adding context to the matter, police said that on Thursday, an anonymous caller reported to the Brick dam Operation room that motorcar # PSS 2705 -- a white Toyota Allion motor car -- with persons inside, had robbed someone on La maha Street, lostdelaStreetwhenwasportandcontinueingthetotrolRoad.ceededBrothersPSSAccessdrivingtrolsthenAnti-crimeGeorgetown.patrolswerealerted.“OneofthepaobservedthemotorcaralongtheAgricolaRoad.Asmotorcar2705reachedtheTwoGasStation,itprosouthonthePublic“TheAnticrime[sic]PasubsequentlyattemptedinterceptthevehiclebutdriverdroveawaycaustheAnti-CrimePatroltotopursuethedriveroccupants,”apolicerestated.PolicenotedthatthecardrivingatafastrateitturnedonHunterandapproachedManAvenuewherethedrivercontrolandcollidedwith the northern barriers, causing damage to the said vehicle.
Hale, 18, and Hamza “Bad Coolie” Samu els, 32, were questioned by police investigators. They were not injured in the re portedAccordingaltercation.tothe police report, Hale claimed that on Wednesday at about 18:00 hrs, he was at a hotel in the city when Samuels, Frank lyn, known as ‘Rawle Dog’, Newyear, known as ‘Black boy’, and Romario Hudson, known as ‘Mario’, picked him up and travelled to the ECD location in Hudson’s car.It was there that Frank lyn, Hudson and Newyear, who were all allegedly armed with handguns, exited the vehicle, and apprehended Singh and the motorcar in his possession at the time. The men reportedly, ac cording to police, left the site in the two vehicles with Sophia as their destination. Police also claimed that the men confessed to a number of robberies in Georgetown and surround ing areas. The police also said a search was conduct ed at the ‘D’ Field, Sophia home of Hudson’s mother where a weapon, a quantity of ammunition and narcot ics were found.
Four arrested for allegedly kidnapping man, hijacking car
Rawle Franklyn Hamza Samuels Emmanuel Hale
— police say men confessed to armed robberies
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Scout Association elects new executives
President of the Association, David Carto Chief Commissioner, Andrew Ramcharitar
THE Scout Association of Guyana recently held its 111th Annual Gener al Meeting (AGM), the first since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, during which a new exec utive board was elected. Procurement and Oper ations Executive of Banks DIH Limited, David Carto has been elected as the Pres ident of the Association, a releaseWithsaid.the COVID-19 pandemic, there was a vast decrease in scouting activi ties, and, as such, the asso ciation is working to rebuild some of its past projects as well as some new initiatives. “These include a new drive to recruit new mem bership for the association, highlighting the contribu tions of our adult leaders and to show the positive effects that someone can have from being a part of the associa tion,” the release said. The persons elected to serve on the executive com mittee are Ramsay Ali (First Vice-President); Ron Rob inson (Second Vice-Presi dent); Kampta Bishnu (Trea surer); and Zaida Joaquin (Secretary).HughGlasgow and Don na Vieira have been elected to serve as committee mem bers.The association’s robust comeback will also be sup ported by the appointment of a young, experienced, and vibrant team of national commissioners.Membersof the team include Chief Commission er, Andrew Ramcharitar; Deputy Chief Commission er, Charissa Rampersad (in charge of training); Deputy Chief Commissioner, Dom inique Van Sluytman (in charge of administration); Deputy Chief Commission er, Yonnick David (in charge of programme), and Dis trict Commissioner, Bonicka Gordon.“Ijoined the Scout As sociation when I was 11 years old, and I came back as a leader in 2002. Being a part of the association was a great experience for me as a child and as a leader. We are open to all regardless of one’s religion, ethnicity, or personal views. Our goal is to make better citizens,” said Chief Commissioner, Andrew Ramcharitar. The national commis sioners will be support ed by a team of assistant district commissioners. Members include Ronaldo Torres (Cubs); La Shanna Thompson (Cubs); Patrick Reynolds (Explorers); and Hosni Campbell (Ventur ers). There will also be two youth commissioners, Christine Richardson and IsmaelTheTang.Scout Association of Guyana has been in ex istence for 113 years and remains the oldest youth movement in Guyana, the release“Scoutingsaid. contributes to the education of young people ages seven and up, through a value system based on the Scout Promise and Law, to help build a better world where people are self-fulfilled as individ uals to play a constructive and leading role in society. The focus is a holistic one, following the scouting meth od, a fun, interactive, and non-formal approach to de velopment,” the release said. Learn more about the association by following its Facebook page Scout Asso ciation of Guyana and In stagram @Scouts.Guyana.
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Ramayana in the Park
GUYANESE and In do-Caribbean practice of Hinduism was showcased in Jamaica, Queens over seven nights and a day (Ramayana in the Park) last week, concluding Sun day morning. Guyanese and other Caribbean Hin dus started coming and settling in the US from the 1960s. The Hindu pop ulation has been grow ing since then with the bulk of Hindus arriving during the 1980s. The New York area is now home to hundreds of thousands of Hindus from almost none prior to 1965. The annual Indo-Ca ribbean weekly discourse on the Ramayana was held from August 7 to 14 under a large tent at the courtyard of the Shri Surya Narayan Mandir Rama in Jamaica, Queens. This Ramayan in the Park Yajna was spon sored by the Federation of Hindu Mandirs and the USA Pandits Parishad. Its aim is to bring Hindus from different mandirs and Hindu organisations in NYC under one umbrella to reflect on the values and principles of Prabhu Shri Ram. The sessions allowed Hindus and others to come together to celebrate their faith. It also served to raise awareness of Hindu practic es and the sessions centred on the life of Lord Rama, Goddess Sita, and Lord Hanuman and different as pects of Hinduism. Sever al mandirs came together to sponsor and host the sessions as a way to edu cate the public about Hin du practices and customs. Pandits from the Caribbean community presented the teachings of the Holy Ra mayana and its relevance to modern living. A pandit read from the holy book of Raamcharitmaanas, which details the works of the Lord Rama. The holy book is made up of some 24,000 verses spread out over seven books.Started in 2008, it was called ‘Ramayana in the Park’ attracting hundreds at each session presided over by a different pandit. Ramayana in the Park fea tures readings and explana tions of the holy Ramayana. The holy book captures the life (trials, tribulations, and success) of Lord Rama and his family and his wife Goddess Sita. Lord Rama is the seventh Avatar and great devotee of Lord WorshippersVishnu.listened attentively to the discourse of the pandit who narrated a small section of the holy book, drawing examples of the life of Lord Rama. The congregation listened to the songs and clapped to the music associated with the Ramayana. Hindu chants echoed under the tent and blocks away. Several pol iticians and community leaders graced the sessions. The crowd was dressed in traditional Indian attire. The females were dressed in colourful saris and shalwar kameez and orni (head cov ering) and the men in kurta. The pandits were attired in dhoti and phagri (head covering).Asthe pandit narrat ed the discourse on the sangasan (his seat), havan (puja) was performed on the left side on the flooring by several devotees assisted by pandits. They tended to a fire in the kund on which sweet smelling incense was burned. The burning of the incense purifies the air of the atmosphere and to pro tect the ozone layer from pollution.Thepandits uttered, “Jai Shree Ram!” – victory to Lord Rama – singing prais es to Him. The pandit and the gathering also prayed for the safety of city and the American nation that has been kind to them ever since their migration from around the Caribbean and beyond. As a pandit stated, the lord keeps the city safe from evil. Pandit Ram Hardowar, President of Federation of Hindu Mandirs, who is also the spiritual head of the Surya Narayan Mandir, gave a masterful presentation summarising the Ramayana Sunday morning concluding the sessions. Pt. Hardowar thanked the sponsors and supporters and all the pandits for their enor mous contributions to make the event a grand success. Many attendees said they have not gotten enough of “Ramayana in the Park”.
society seeks to strengthen partnership with gov’t Members
Civil of the Civil Society Forum (CSF) with President Ali (Office of the President photo)
CSF representatives present at the discussion included Sharon Lall jee-Richard, Aabidi.rellWilliams,FrancisLatchmansingh,LawrenceBishopAlleyne,VanessaRonaldMcGarandMaulanaTasdeeq
Attorney-General (AG) and Minister of Legal Af fairs, Anil Nandlall and Min ister of Parliamentary Affairs and Governance (MOPAG), Gail Teixeira were also pres ent at the meeting on August 16. The forum, which seeks to promote citizen partici pation in decision-making processes of the State as per Article 13 of Guyana’s Constitution, identified and discussed it’s four priorities -- developing a civil society agenda, strengthening the legal architecture for civ il society, improving the performance of key state institutions, and helping to heal Guyana’s socio-political wounds.Inthis context, discus sions focused on the One Guyana Commission, the Guyana Police Force, single window systems to make it easier for citizens to engage Government services, and the strengthening of mechanisms for citizens to participate in policy making processes, were amongst other key areas discussed.“One Guyana is the big project,” President Ali said, adding, “It is not about soft issues but rather, tangible things, like opportunities and prosperity for all Guyanese.”
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The Civil Society Forum (CSF), a platform of nine Civil Society Organisations (CSOs), this week, met with President, Dr Irfaan Ali and other officials to bolster the partnership be tween Government and civ il society that is based on a new ‘two-way’ relationship that creates the possibility for future collaboration re garding matters of national importance.
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Jasmaine Asannah, Jade Mer curius, Shaniya Decosta, Amel Griffith, Phelicia Adams, Omaiah Hall, and Jada Jones were this year’sCertainly,gladiators. the delegates brought their fans as pockets of supporters for each contestant shouted the names of their favou rite in a deafening cacophony em anating from the auditorium. The pageant was back after a two-year break due to COVID-19. Amid the noise, it was As sanah, Hall, Griffith and Adams who were, at least, guaranteed to walk away from the pageant as crowdWhatfavourites.followed was the swim wear segment which saw all the delegates donning identical pink two-piece bikinis, walking to dif ferent soca songs. The segment, which seemed to be the most anticipated aside from the actual crowning, was the talent segment. It was during the talent seg ment that much of the crowd sang with one voice that the compe tition was stiff, as all delegates brought their ‘A’ game. Kicking off the talent segment was Asannah who sang works by local starts Jackie Jazz, CKush, and Nekeita.Mercurius performed a mov ing spoken word piece on mental health and suicide which shifted the mood in the theatre, as she peeled numbers off her all-white ensemble, bringing emotional flare to herDecosta,dramatization.whodonned a sheer and purple gown, delivered a stellar performance of Beyonce?’s “Listen” while Griffith opted for a spoken word piece on Guyana. “Not a blade of grass,” Griffith bellowed as she wrapped up her performance. The crowd returned similar cries. Adams also delivered a spo ken word piece along with an Af rican inspired dance complete with on-stage drummers as live props. Hall, gifted with song and an entrant in this year’s Mashra mani Soca Monarch competition, performed her original song “we feting”. Closing the talent seg ment was Jones who opted for a liberation-inspired interpretive danceInfusedpiece. in this year’s pageant organising was an element of tourism awareness. Each dele gate represented one of Guyana’s townships.Griffith, Asannah, Hall, Decosta and Adams had better costumes. Griffith represented the town of Anna Regina with her Randy Madray piece featuring an extravagant head piece. The audience was awe struck by the homage to the strength and beauty of the market woman archetype. Randy Madray appeared to be the designer of the hour as Hall also donned one of his works which featured a large back piece that showed a working pork knocker in the rear as she repre sented the mining town of Mahdia, known for gold mining activities. In the announcement of spe cial prizes, Asannah copped the “Miss Social Media” and “Miss Summer Body” titles while Grif fith landed the “Best Fantasy Swimwear”, “Best Talent” and “Best National Costume” bragging rights.As the competition came clos er to an end, Amel Griffith, Jas maine Asannah and Omaiah Hall were named the final three. It was now time for the final question.
Amel Griffith snatches coveted ‘Miss Jamzone’ crown
By Shamar Meusa SEVEN contestants, on Satur day, put on a grand show at the National Cultural Centre (NCC) as they competed to win the highly sought-after Miss Jam zone Guyana 2022 title. Edging ahead of all her com petitors was 21-year-old Amel Griffith, who copped the crown. The curtain went up revealing a sea of pink as all seven delegates glided onto the stage in their sleek pink robes to an afro beat tune, motioning through their dance routine and boldly introducing themselves to the cheering crowd.
Mistress of Ceremonies, Feliz Roberts, asked each of the three fi nalists: “what stood out to you the most when you were researching yourComingtown?” out victorious from that segment was Griffith whose response noted that it was the agri culture in Anna Regina which, she said, played a role in the design of her costume. She realised the power and ability of the town’s people to make their livelihoods through working the soil. In the end, Griffith walked away with the highly sought-af ter crown, a new car, and sev eral other prizes, which, in her case, could never be considered “consolation prizes” as she is the Miss Jamzone 2022 queen.
Amel Griffith snatches coveted ‘Miss Jamzone’...
Queen Amel Griffith (centre) flanked by first Runner Up, Jasmaine Asannah (left) and Second Runner up, Omaiah Hall (right) (Elvin Carl Croker photo)
The queen, Amel Griffith in her national costume (Elvin Carl Croker photo) Miss Summer Body, Jasmaine Asannah (Elvin Carl Croker photo)
Omaiah Hall in her national costume (Elvin Carl Croker photo) Phelicia Adams in her national costume (Elvin Carl Croker photo) Amel Griffith, Miss Jamzone Guyana 2022 (Elvin Carl Croker photo)
Rapper A$AP Rocky pleads not guilty to assault with firearm charges
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RAP musician, A$AP Rocky, pleaded not guilty on Wednesday to two felony charges of assault with a firearm connected to a Novem ber shooting of a former friend in Hollywood. Rocky, 33, appeared in a Los Angeles court room standing next to his attorney, who affirmed to a judge that the artist was entering a not guilty plea. Prosecutors allege that Rocky, whose real name is Rakim Mayers, pointed a semi-automatic handgun at a man during a “heated discussion,” according to a statement from Los Angeles County District Attorney, George Gascón. In a later run-in, Rocky drew the handgun and fired twice in the direction of the man, who sustained a minor injury, the state ment said. In August 2019, Rocky received a suspended sentence for his role in a brawl in Stockholm. The rapper and two members of his entourage were convicted of kicking and beating a 19-year-old man after an argument. They had told the court they acted in self-defence. Rocky and singer/ musician, Rihanna, wel comed their baby boy in May, according to media reports. (Reuters)
Rapper A$AP Rocky appears for his arraignment hearing on charges of assault with a firearm at the Foltz Criminal Justice Center in Los Angeles, California, U.S. August 17, 2022 (Irfan Khan/Pool via REUTERS)
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Delegate No.3, Malinda Ho-A-Lim
for this Sunday
Delegate No.6, Anjanie Lall
Delegate No.1, Esther Marslowe
Delegate No.8, Raeshaunna Jones Delegate No.10, Trevlind Harry
Delegate No. 4, Andrea King
Delegate No.5, Naina Pai Delegate No.7, Arian Richmond Delegate No.9, Krystal Collymore
Miss World
TEN beauties will grace the stage of the National Cultural Centre (NCC) this Sunday to vie for this year’s Miss World Guyana crown. The local competition, which culminates into the re nowned global Miss World pageant, returns this year after a one-year hiatus due to the COVID-19 pandemic. This year, the pageant’s theme is “Victoria Regia”. Each delegate, one repre senting each of Guyana’s 10 administrative regions, will be competing in a series of cate gories for the newly designed US$8,000 bejewelled crown, designed by D&S Ramdeholl & Son Jewellery. There are also over $5 million in cash prizes. The Miss World Guyana crown, which will be passed from winner to winner, is also expected to feature over 3,000 local gems sourced by the Guy ana Geology and Mines Com mission (GGMC), and will be revealed on the coronation night. The NCC is anticipated to be transformed into a spectac ular red-carpet venue to host the event.The10 delegates compet ing are Andrea King, Anjanie Lall, Arian Richmond, Emaley Nurse, Esther Marslowe, Krystal Collymore, Malinda Ho-A-Lim, Naina Pai, Raeshaunna Jones, and Trevlind Harry. Over the last few weeks, the delegates faced off in a debate challenge, sports and fitness competition, and top model and talent competitions. The results for those com petitions, however, will be an nounced on Sunday. The event starts at 20:00 hours. Tickets are available at Giftland Mall, Princess Ramada, ‘That Look’ Boutique, and the NCC’s tick et booth. Guyana set
Delegate No.2, Emaley Nurse
STEMMING from an idea to get its fans involved in doing something meaning ful during the pandemic, Church’s Chicken has man aged to pull off another suc cessful singing competition this year, raising the bar in terms of winning prizes. “We started the singing contest last year and most persons were home and we were wondering what we can do to get our fans engaged and get some activity going on our page,” Manager of Customer Service and Mar keting, Donita Persaud, told the BUZZ this week. When the contest was held for the first time last year, the public feedback and support were so good that the team at Church’s decided to organise the contest again thisThey’reyear. still not sure, though, if the contest will become an annual event, es pecially as things seem to be getting back to normal so far as the Coronavirus pandemic is concerned.LastWednesday, the three winners this time around col lected their prizes at a simple ceremony at the restaurant’s Camp Street branch. John Brummel came off as the first place win ner with a grand prize of $500,000. Second in line was David Duncan with $200,000, and third was Pe poni Yearwood-Cummings withThe$100,000.competition, which was launched on July 8 and ended August 12, had four judges. The two internal ones were Director of Training, Dawn Braithwaite and Direc tor Jennifer Cipriani, while the two external ones were Guyanese musicians Samuel Medas and Gavin Mendonca. There were four rounds in the competition and the winner from each round went to theThefinals.judges were also giv en one ‘wild card pick’ each, to give to someone whom they were impressed by but who did not manage to win the Theround.public, too, was al lowed a ‘wild card pick’ by inputting the name of the person of their choice on the restaurant’s Facebook page. Sharing further on this year’s competition, Persaud related: “We had a lot of per sons sending in their videos. Of course, they were required to have the products of both Pepsi and Church’s in their video frame. We found a lot of talented persons from all over the country who partic ipated.”While Pepsi was a co-sponsor at a later point in the competition last year, it joined Church’s at the incep tion this time around. “We decided to go a little bigger this year since the response was so good last year and we raised the bar on the prizes,” Persaud shared.
“I grew up loving ska music, which was, at the time, like, super under ground. [There were] a lot of English groups like Mad ness, The Specials, and The Selecter, which led me into reggae music... And then, it’s just crazy to think that all these years later, I’m standing with a legend,” she told ET. (Jamaica Ob server)
GUYANA CHRONICLE, Friday, August 19, 2022 19 JAMAICAN dancehall star, Sean Paul, will join tele vision show ‘The Voice’ as the celebrity adviser to coach Gwen Stefani when the talent competition returns this Sep tember for its 22nd season. The announcement was made on Wednesday with both entertainers sharing the news via social media. Sean Paul in a post to his Instagram page said he was excited to be joining the cast of The“SoVoice.excited 2 b joinin #TeamGwen as her #Bat tleAdvisor on #TheVoice @ gwenstefani,” his caption on IG read alongside a picture of himself and Stefani. In the video reveal shared with her 14.4 million IG fol lowers, Gwen Stefani gave three clues before disclosing her adviser would be the Ja maican music Describingicon.Sean Paul as “one of the most prolific Jamaican artistes ever” with “four number one hits and ten top 10 hits”, Stefani said she can’t wait to have the enter tainer on season 22. Sean Paul is expected to join the likes of Blake Shelton who selected country sensation Jimmie Allen to join his team for the Battle Rounds, John Legend who will have Grammy winning artiste Jazmine Sullivan as his adviser, and new coach Camila Cabello who chose Charlie Puth to help as her team’sSeanadviser.Pauland Gwen Ste fani recently released their collaboration ‘Light My Fire’ which also features Jamaican artiste, Shenseea. The single is featured on Sean Paul’s latest album, ‘Scorcha’ which was released in May. In an interview with En tertainment Tonight (ET), Stefani shared that although ‘Light My Fire’ was the pair’s first official collabora tion, their “souls knew each other.”
Gwen Stefani and Sean Paul (Photo credit: duttypaul)Instagram/
Three winners emerge from Church’s Guyana ‘sing-off’
She said her love for Ja maican music goes far be yond her collaborations, as a member of rock group ‘No Doubt’, with dancehall heavyweights ‘Lady Saw’ and ‘Bounty Killer’, adding that her admiration extends to the ‘ska’ and reggae genres.
Sean Paul joins ‘The Voice’ as adviser
The three winners in this year’s competition are John Brummel (1st), David Duncan (2nd), and Peponi Yearwood-Cummings (3rd)
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FIFA sells 2.45 million tickets for Qatar World Cup
BOTH touring contingents for this weekend’s Internation al Drag Race arrived in Guy ana yesterday, ahead of this weekend’s much anticipated 1320Theshootout.Suriname team cleared port Moleson Creek yesterday afternoon while Team Trinidad’s cars were cleared in port Georgetown yesterday; to be later trans ported to the South Dakota Circuit.The Trinidad team had already confirmed their unit with two rail cars being driv en by Sheldon Bissessar and Miguel Pustam with the third driver being Kervin Ribeiro with his 1JZ powered RX-7. Suriname, on the other hand, had confirmed Ray mond John and his Toyota Chaser, along with Michael Namchand and his Mazda RX7 The club is expecting more cars today and tomor row.
TWO-DAY EVENT Meanwhile the Club has confirmed that the event would be over the course of two days, tomorrow being the qualifying and free runs for the 14-second, 15-second and 16-second classes. That will commence from noon with free runs expected in-between the qualifying session.Sunday morning from 08:00hrs, the remaining groups will be allowed their qualifying test and tune ses sion with the knockout session commencing at 12:00hrs.
Sport Ministry starts construction of all-weather cricket facility for academy 08:10Newburyhrs
(REUTERS) - Organisers have sold 2.45 million tick ets for this year’s World Cup in Qatar, world foot ball governing body FIFA said yesterday, with more than half a million of them sold in the last sales period from July 5 to July 16.
OVER 100 CARS REG ISTERED Registration closed on Wednesday evening with more than 100 competitors signing up for the two-day event. The club had predicted more than 50 competitors at its launch last week, but the latest count is double that amount.Tickets for fans cost $2 000 for adults; $1 000 for kids, and are on sale at the clubs’ Thomas Lands office. Tickets will also be on sale at the South Dakota Circuit.
THE Ministry of Culture, Youth and Sport has com menced construction of their all-weather facility to boost the capacity of the elite pro gramme of their cricket acad emy. Minister Charles Ramson Jr. recently revealed the facility will be at the northeastern sec tion of the National Stadium, Providence, and the intention is for it to be a model that can be implemented in all counties. The estimated timeline for completion is three months. Based on the consultations the minister had with various cricket stakeholders in Febru ary, this aspect of the facility is expected to have various pitches that allow players to hone their skills all year. “It gives them (elite play ers) the opportunity to have net practice 365 days a year. We are no longer going to be plagued by rainy and dry season situations because we have to create the conditions in the country if we want to produce exceptional players where we are beating everybody in the world and we have been able to do that already,” Ramson Jr revealed. The minister had previously indicated he will engage the Commonwealth Secretariat in getting technical support for the elite aspect of the Ministry’s SportCricket,Academy.hockey and football are the remaining three of the 12 core sports whose academies are still to be officially launched, but are expected to commence with in the coming months. The other core sports cur rently identified by the minis try are badminton, basketball, squash, table tennis, rugby, vol leyball, swimming, lawn tennis and track and field. The three pillars of the Sports Academy are Nursery, Tournaments, and Elite Training Academy. The elite training will last on average four to eight weeks and will see selected individu als dedicating themselves fulltime to training.
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FIFA said the biggest number of allocated tickets were for group stage match es like Cameroon vs Brazil, Brazil vs Serbia, Portugal vs Uruguay, Costa Rica vs Germany and Australia vs Denmark.“Fans living in Qatar, Saudi Arabia, the United States, Mexico, the United Arab Emirates, England, Argentina, Brazil, Wales and Australia led the way and the digital queues by securing the biggest number of tickets,” FIFAThesaid.launch date for the next sales phase will be an nounced in late September, FIFA added. Over-the-count er sales will also start in Doha after the launch of the last-minute sales phase. The World Cup begins a day earlier than originally scheduled with the opening ceremony taking place before the host nation kicks off the tournament on November 20 against Ecuador. It will be the first World Cup staged in the Middle East and has been pushed back to later in the year than its typical June to July schedule to avoid the region’s punishing summer heat.
Trinidad, Suriname cars arrive for International Drag Race
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The next FTP cycle of 2023-27 will include 777 international matches (Getty)
ICC Hall of Famer honoured with renaming of Lord’s gate
Ben Heyhoe-Flint pays respect to his mother
THE International Cricket Coun cil (ICC), on Wednesday, re leased the men’s Future Tours Programme for the 2023-2027 cycle, which includes a total of 777 international matches - 173 Tests, 281 ODIs and 323 T20Is - which will be a part of ICC events as well as bilateral and tri-nation series. The upcoming cycle for the 12 member nations will have a rise in the number of matches from 694 played in the latestBarelycycle. any international cricket is scheduled from midMarch to end of May, the period during which BCCI will host the IPL. But Pakistan will host their season of PSL in 2025 at the same time - March to May. In the other years of the cycle, it will be held in-between December, January and February. As reported earlier by Cric buzz, the Border-Gavaskar series between India and Australia will see a rise in the number of Tests from four to five in each series. The last time the two sides had clashed in a five-match Test series was in 1992. Australia have also been scheduled to play a series (across all formats) against India and England every year of the cycle. England, Aus tralia and India will feature in the most number of Test matches during the cycle, playing 22, 21 and 20 Tests respectively. India’s cycle begins with the tour of West Indies next July (2 Tests, 3 ODIs, 2 T20Is). In December 2023, they embark on a full tour of South Africa. In January 2024, India will host England for five Tests. They play Australia in an away series from November that year to January 2025, England in a series starting June 2025 and again versus Australia at home in January-February 2027. In mid2026, India will host Afghani stan for a Test and three ODIs. The next four years will also see India play limited-overs fixtures against Australia, England, New Zealand, Sri Lanka and West Indies.The FTP features two cycles of the ICC World Test Champi onship, apart from four major men’s ICC events, starting with the 50-over World Cup next year in India.West Indies and the USA will host the T20 World Cup in 2024, which will be followed by the return of the Champions Trophy in 2025 to be hosted by Pakistan. India and Sri Lanka will jointly host the T20 World Cup in 2026 followed by the 50over World Cup in South Africa, Zimbabwe and Namibia in 2027. India’s World Test Cham pionship 2023-25 cycle will include home series against Ban gladesh, England and New Zea land and away tours of Australia, South Africa and West Indies. In the 2025-27 campaign, the fixtures will reverse as they are set to host Australia, South Africa and West Indies at home while touring England, New Zealand and Sri Lanka. India and Pakistan will con tinue to not play each other in bilateral fixtures, even as Paki stan are set to go up against 10 out of the 12 member nations in the upcoming FTP cycle. Pakistan will play 27 Tests, 47 ODIs and 56 T20Is in the four-year period, hosting Aus tralia, Afghanistan, Ireland and Zimbabwe, apart from the 2023 Asia Cup and a tri-nation series, including South Africa and New Zealand - the first to be hosted by PCB since 2004-05. In 2023-24 season, Afghani stan are scheduled to play 6 Tests - 3 at home (2 vs Zimbabwe and 1 vs Ireland) and 3 away (2 vs Bangladesh and 1 vs Sri Lanka). In the following season, they will host Bangladesh and New Zealand for a combined three Tests and then travel to Zimba bwe and Ireland for three more. They are also later sched uled to play Tests in India, Aus tralia, West Indies and Ireland. Ireland, on the other hand, will play only 14 Tests in the next cycle - 4 each against Afghani stan and Zimbabwe , 3 against Bangladesh, and 1 each against Sri Lanka, England and New Zealand. Wasim Khan, ICC’s Gen eral Manager of Cricket, said: “I’d like to thank our Mem bers for the effort that has gone into creating this FTP for the next four years. We are incredibly lucky to have three vibrant formats of the game, with an outstanding programme of ICC global events and strong bilateral and domestic cricket and this FTP is designed to allow all cricket to flourish. (Cricbuzz)
ICC Hall of Famer Baroness Rachael Heyhoe-Flint has been honoured for her contribution to cricket by having the East Gate at Lord’s named after her. The new gate was unveiled on the morning of the first day’s play between England and South Africa on Wednesday, with Hey hoe-Flint’s son Ben joining MCC president Clare Connor in accepting the honour for his mother.Heyhoe Flint was a true trailblazer in women’s sport, having captained England during a career that spanned two de cades while playing a major role in ensuring the first Women’s World Cup was held in 1973. She was then one of the first 10 wom en admitted to the MCC in 1999 - as an honorary life member - be fore she be come the first female to be inducted into the ICC Hall of Fame in 2010. Ben Heyhoe-Flint said it was a great honour for his fam ily and one that his late mother would be proud of. “The family are truly hum bled by this incredible gesture from MCC, and from the sport,” he said.“Mum gave her life to the game, so it’s wonderful that the game now chooses to hon our her: her contributions then, and the legacy she still leaves behind. “I hope many young crick eters – boys and girls alike – pass through here and feel inspired by this memorial to a lady who won through with a measured blend of attack and defence!” (ICC.com).
Men’s FTP: England, India, Australia to play the most Tests in 2023-27 cycle
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The victorious Mercenary players pose with OSCL executives. President Shiv Persaud is at extreme left
USA make World Cup move after final-overthrillingwin
Jaskaran Malhotra
“Whenever we play ODIs, stadiums are full, the excitement remains high,” says the India captain
Making scores of 76 and 77 in the two matches against UAE in the tri-series, MacLeod’s 117 in the first meeting with USA helped the hosts chase down 296. The Scots sit four points back from first-place Oman, though the Omanis have played all 36 matches in the competition. It means just three wins in the final eight games for Richie Berrington’s side would likely mean they finish top of the group. While the USA and UAE currently jostle for third spot, Namibia (fifth, 18 points) have 10 and eight matches in hand over the two sides respectively, and enjoy sev eral home series for their late charge. Nepal (sixth, 17 points) also have time on their side, though they need to hit the ground running under new coach Manoj Prabhakar. The top three sides at the conclusion of League 2 automatically progress to the Cricket World Cup Qualifi er in Zimbabwe next year, where they face the bottom five teams from Cricket World Cup Super League. The bottom four of League 2 are not out of the race, though they must go through a six-team playoff, where they are joined by the winners of each Challenge League group. Earlier this week Jer sey claimed their spot in the playoff after winning Challenge League Group A, brushing off challeng es from Hong Kong and Uganda. In the other group, Canada hold top spot as the teams play their final five matches in Malaysia later this year. (ICC Media)
Mercenary cart off OSCL T-15 championship
THE United States of Amer ica have given their Cricket World Cup qualification hopes a huge boost after a thrilling two-wicket win over Scotland in Aberdeen. Needing 22 off the final nine deliveries at Mannofield Park, Jaskaran Malhotra took charge, importantly keeping the strike for the final over to wrestleScurryingvictory.for a winning single off the penultimate ball, Malhotra’s partner Jessy Singh won a footrace against Safyaan Sharif, with the Scot tish quick’s underarm throw not in time to run Singh out. The win moves the Amer icans above UAE in third place on the League 2 table, and in an automatic quali fication spot for next year’s Cricket World Cup Qualifier for India Monank2023.Patel’s team cru cially claimed points against UAE earlier in the Aberdeen tri-series, again sneaking home in the last over in a tense one-wicket win. The side picked up five points on their trip (two wins and a no-result), with the wash-out the only point on the trip for UAE.Calum MacLeod’s 133* from 144 balls in the defeat to USA may have been in vain for the Scots, though the right-hander’s stellar run of form was the catalyst of three victories on the home leg, making them odds-on favourites to top the group.
Rohit Sharma and Shikhar Dhawan are fans of the 50-over format (Getty Images)
BEN Stokes’ shock retirement from ODIs triggered a wave of concern about the future of the format. Moeen Ali was scathing in his criticism of it, and so was R. Ashwin, but 50-over cricket has found a supporter in India captain Rohit Sharma. A day after his opening part ner Shikhar Dhawan said he loved the ODI game, Rohit brushed off concerns about the format. “For me, cricket is important - whatever is the format,” Rohit was quoted by the Indian Express. “I would never say that ODI is getting finished or T20 is getting finished or Tests are nearing an end. I wish there is another format as well, because for me, playing the game is most important. Since childhood, we dreamt of playing the game for India. Whenever we play ODIs, stadiums are full, the excitement remains high. It’s an individual choice as to which format to play or not, but for me, all three formats are important.” While India are in Zimbabwe at the moment to play three ODIs, another Indian squad - the T20 version - is gearing up for the Asia Cup beginning on August 27 in the UAE. India are the defending champions of the Asia Cup; Rohit had led them to the title in 2018. That tournament was played in the 50-over format but this year’s Asia Cup is in the T20 format. “Asia Cup is happening after a long time, but we played Pakistan last year in Dubai, where obvious ly the result did not go our way,” Rohit said. “But the Asia Cup is different now. The team is play ing differently and has prepared differently, so a lot of things have changed from then. But for us, we need to assess the conditions, keep in mind the fact that we will be playing in 40-plus degrees. We need to assess all those factors and prepare accordingly.” With less than two months to go for the T20 World Cup, Rohit said the squad that is due to play the Asia Cup could undergo some fine-tuning to best suit the conditions for the tournament in Australia.“There is still about twoand-a-half months left for the T20 World Cup. Before that, we have the Asia Cup and two home series against Australia and South Africa,” Rohit said. “So, more or less 80-90% of your team is set, of course there could be three/ four changes if at all depending on the conditions. As of now, we have been playing in India and will play in UAE, so the conditions in Australia will be different. We need to check what suits our team in Australia.”Indiabegin their Asia Cup campaign against Pakistan on August 28 with a squad that is nearly at full strength. Fast bowl ers Jasprit Bumrah and Harshal Patel were not included because of injuries, and they will be in contention for the T20 World Cup if they return to full fitness. Rohit said that one of his priorities was to create a strong bench strength, given the volume of cricket India play,.“Bumrah, (Mohammed) Sha mi and all these guys will not be with the Indian team forever, so you have to try and prepare the other guys,” Rohit said. “Myself and Rahul (Dravid) spoke about how we are going to create our bench strength, because that’s go ing to be very crucial considering the amount of cricket we play, considering the injury factors and everything. “We never want to be a team that relies on one or two individ uals; we want to be a team where everyone can contribute and help the team win.” (Cricinfo) By Frederick Halley STARTING the 2022 season as the firm favourites to make a clean sweep of the tournaments, run by the Ontario Softball Cricket League (OSCL), Mercenary are well on course to achieve that feat. They have already been crowned the T20 regular season champions and last Sunday added the T-15 knockout championship to their collection.Inwhat was expected to be a fiercely contested final, played at the Ashtonbee Reservoir ground, Scarborough, Canada, Mercenary withstood the challenge of Cana dian Legends to emerge winners by 18 runs, much to the delight of their players and supporters. The victory also meant that Mercenary retained championship honours following their triumph in 2019. No tournaments were staged in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic while the OSCL only organised the T20 version in 2021. Set 102 for victory, after lim iting the defending champions to 101 for eight in their allotted 15 overs, Canadian Legends were left high and dry on 83 for nine when their overs expired. The innings never got going following the early demise of skipper Chien Gittens (nine), Morrison Edwards (14), Shiv Seeram (one) Mike Kadir (three) and Sudesh Beharry (four). Mohan Harihar (16) hit some lusty blows in his 16 but his effort proved in vain.Shaun Deonandan, who had earlier played a champion innings of 35, put in an excellent perfor mance with the ball to end with two for nine from his three overs. Rabindra Diaram and Amit Rukh ram supported with two for 13 and 16 respectively.Earlier,the left-handed De onandan, a former Guyana youth player, slammed a four and four sixes in a top score of 35 while extras contributed a healthy 17. Four batters went via run-out with Beharry effecting three of them. Seasoned campaigner. Shaz am ‘Strike’ Baksh. stood out with two for 17 runs in his three-over spell which earned him the Most Valuable Player on the losing team - a feat attained by Deonandan on the victorious side for his brilliant all-round display. The champion and runner-up trophies were spon sored by Roger Sunich of Trophy StallOSCL(Canada).president Shiv Persaud, who was on hand to witness the game, congratulated both teams for reaching the final and urged players to register for the league team which is scheduled to par ticipate in the Open category in the upcoming Canada Cup, set for September 2-4. Both captains, Looknauth Ramsuchit of Mercenary and Git tens of Canadian Legends, praised the league and sponsors for their efforts in ensuring the success of the tournament.Theteams now turn their attention to the T-10 knockout tournament which gets underway tomorrow at various venues in Scarborough.Mercenary, who are once again considered firm favourites to wrest the title, oppose Bacchus Ruff Ryders while Canadian Leg ends take on Leguan Warriors. The other fixtures are: Berbice Vipers vs Essequibo Coast, Carr-Tec vs Ramblers, and Caribbean Sensa tion vs FearlessEnmore.Titans have forfeited their game against Better Hope. Norman Sue Bakery has agreed to be the sponsors.
Rohit Sharma not writing off ODI cricket just yet
SOUTH AFRICA 1st innings Dean Elgar b James Anderson 47 Sarel Erwee c Ben Foakes b Ben Stokes 73 Keegan Petersen c Jonny Bairstow b Matthew Potts 24 Aiden Markram c Ben Foakes b Jack Leach 16 Rassie van der Dussen lbw Ben Stokes 19 arco Jansen not out 41 Kyle Verreynne c Ben Foakes b Stuart Broad 11 Keshav Maharaj c Matthew Potts b Ben Stokes 41 Kagiso Rabada not out 3 Extras: (lb-10, nb-3, w-2) 14 Total: (seven wkts, 77.0 overs) 289 Fall of wickets: 1-85 Elgar, 2-138 Petersen, 3-160 Markram, 4-187 Erwee, 5-192 van der Dussen, 6-210 Verreynne, 7-282 Maharaj.
The fight will take place at Brooklyn’s Barclays Cen ter, the setting for Wilder’s knockout wins against Domi nic Breazeale, Luis Ortiz and BermaneHeleniusStiverne.(31-3) last fought on the card of the third Fury-Wilder fight, securing a sixth-round win against Po land’s Adam Kownacki. “I’ve been waiting for this opportunity for a long time and I’m going to be ready,” said the 38-year-old. “I’m going to produce an even bigger upset than I did with Kownacki. I’m going for the belt, so this is a fight to prepare me to achieve that goal.”
First Test at Lord’s …
CRICKET QUIZ CORNER (Friday August 19, 2022) COMPLIMENTS OF CUMMINGS ELECTRICAL COMPANY LTD -83 Garnett Street, Campbellville, Georgetown (Tel: 225-6158) Answers to yesterday’s quiz: (1) Odean Smith-7wickets (2) Mitchell Santer-6 wickets Today’s Quiz: (1) What is the highest score made by a WI player in the recent T20 Int’l series against NZ? (2) What is the highest score made by a NZ player in the series?
SA pacer Kagiso Rabada booked his place on the honours board with five first-innings wickets (Getty Images) Trinidad & Tobago suffer second straight loss in regional Under-19 cricket
Bowling: James Anderson 18-3-51-1, Stuart Broad 17-2-66-1 (nb1), Matthew Potts 16-1-67-1, (w-1), Ben Stokes 12-3-53-3 (nb-1), Jack Leach 14-3-42-1 (nb-1).
SCORE BOARD ENGLAND 1st innings o/n 116-6 Alex Lees c Kyle Verreynne b Kagiso Rabada 5 Zak Crawley c Aiden Markram b Kagiso Rabada 9 Ollie Pope b Kagiso Rabada 73 Joe Root lbw Marco Jansen 8 Jonny Bairstow b Anrich Nortje 0 Ben Stokes c Keegan Petersen b Anrich Nortje 20 Ben Foakes b Anrich Nortje 6 Stuart Broad c Dean Elgar b Kagiso Rabada 15 Matthew Potts not out 6 Jack Leach b Marco Jansen 15 James Anderson lbw Kagiso Rabada 0 Extras: (b-1, lb-7) 8 Total: (all out, 45.0 overs) 165 Fall of wickets: 1-6, 2-25, 3-42, 4-55, 5-100, 6-116, 7-134, 8-145, 9-164. Bowling: Kagiso Rabada 19-3-52-5, Lungi Ngidi 5-1-12-0, Marco Jansen 8-1-30-2, Anrich Nortje 13-2-63-3.
TRINIDAD AND Tobago fell to their second defeat in the Cricket West Indies (CWI) Rising Stars Three-Day Un der-19 tournament at the Arnos Vale Playing Field in St Vincent, on Wednesday. Resuming the third and final day of round two on 153-5, TT collapsed and were dismissed for 168 in their sec ond innings against Barbados. Andrew Rambaran struck 47 off 110 balls and Nick Ramlal chipped in with 35 off 147 Bowlingdeliveries.for Barbados, Jaden Leacock was the chief destroyer grabbing 3-41 in 13 overs. Dre Springer and Jo hann Layne took two wickets each snatching 2-2 and 2-29 respectively. Barbados only needed 122 runs for the win after earning a 47-run lead on first innings. Barbados cruised to vic tory ending on 122-1 with Achilles Browne scoring 62 off 96 deliveries and Joshua Dorne hitting 39 off 60 balls. In other round two match es, Jamaica got past Windward Islands by 201 runs and Lee ward Islands crushed Guyana by tenRoundwickets.three will bowl off tomorrow.ROUND THREE FIX TURES: (August 20-22) Lee ward Islands vs TT, Cum berland; Jamaica vs Guyana, Arnos Vale; Windward Islands vs Barbados, Park Hill. (TT Newsday) (REUTERS) - Former WBC heavyweight champion De ontay Wilder will return to the ring against Finland’s Robert Helenius on October 15, his first fight since the completion of his trilogy against Tyson Fury last year, the American’s promoters said. Wilder (42-2-1) was stopped in the 11th round by Fury in Las Vegas for his second straight loss to the Briton, who retained the WBC heavyweight title. Their first fight in December 2018 ended in a split draw. “It’s been a long journey for me and as of today it con tinues,” the 36-year-old, who was honoured with a statue in his hometown of Tuscaloosa, Alabama earlier this year, said in a statement on Wednesday. “I thought so many times about whether I should stay out of the business or come back. Once I got my statue in my hometown and saw so many people arrive and cele brate with me ... made me feel like my job is not done.”
SOUTH Africa finished the day just like they started it. If the second morning was all about Kagiso Rabada making it to the Lord’s honours board, the eve ning was about a salvaging stand between Marco Jan sen and Keshav Maharaj, which could prove to be the difference between the teams in the end. South Africa went to stumps on Day 2 at 289-7, having totalled a crucial 124-run lead after bowling England out for only 165 earlier in the day. With the ball, Rabada stood out with figures of 5 for 52 while Sarel Erwee’s 73 and a 72-run stand be tween Jansen and Maharaj ensured that the visitors fin ished the day with their noses in front.Itreally didn’t look like either Rabada or Erwee’s day when Pope was dropped at slip in the first over of the morning.Thesun was out and the pitch looked settled, but on top of that, it was about all of Rabada’s hard work going to waste: he had set Pope up with sucker full lengths before the edge-extracting length ball. That moment might have been gone but an over later, Rabada took it upon himself to dislodge Pope with an inside-edged drive.Rabada of course didn’t stop there. His fourth wicket was a lovely slower ball to outwit Stuart Broad who was brandishing his bat at anything and everything. Jack Leach hit a couple of boundaries off Marco Jansen but it wasn’t going to last for too long and he ended up missing one against the lanky left-arm pacer. Fit tingly, Rabada capped off the innings by trapping James Anderson in front from overthe-wicket - a dismissal that delivered him to his five-for. England started with four slips in place but the closest they came to picking a wick et before lunch was an over turned caught-behind against Dean Elgar. The South Africa captain had another close shave when an outside edge bounced off his bat and over a leaping Zak Crawley at slip.On the other side of the break, it was all Elgar and Erwee. In an extended 150-minute afternoon ses sion, South Africa totalled 131 runs, most of it thanks to an imperious 85-run opening stand between Elgar and Sar el Erwee.Like Erwee, Elgar too looked solid until he fell three short of his fifty, de flecting a leg-side delivery off his thigh and onto the stumps. England, to be fair, needed some luck at that point in time, so easily were the runs coming, and it took James Anderson to come back and make that happen. Until then, Matty Potts and Ben Stokes had been hospita ble with the lines and lengths theyPotts,bowled.though, made a comeback in the last halfhour before tea when he got Keegan Petersen caught at thirdPostslip.tea, Ben Stokes did what he does all the time. A well-set Erwee was taken out by a lifter and Rassie van der Dussen sent back with an in-ducker that hit the pad flush in front. Stuart Broad joined in too, making Verreynne his 100th scalp at Lord’s but a late partnership for the seventh wicket ensured that South Africa owned another day, even though it left a lot to be desired in terms of the number of overs bowled. (Crcbuzz)
Wilder to return against Helenius in October
Rabada, Erwee put South Africa firmly in front
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The camp will conclude on August 27 with a Chip & Putt tournament for trophies, prizes and a graduation cer emony to be topped off with ice cream compliments of Sterling Products Ltd. Asked about the potential for additional activities, Gen eral Manager Philip Haynes said there were several major amateur 3-hole tournaments that will be sponsored by Comfort Sleep, Vivaanta Spa, Digicel Business, Assuria General Insurance, Trophy Stall, V&V Distributors, MovieTowne Guyana and Jaxx Restaurant in the coming weeks.“These events are for new players who will compete with persons at their level, so everyone has a chance to win and at the same time, build their game and confidence as we seek to create a national team to represent Guyana internationally.”
Some the students taking to the greens as the camp continues
The Guyana Under-15 cricketers before departure yesterday for Grenada
Over the past 18 months, through the sole efforts of the GGA and Nexgen Golf Academy, in partnership with the Ministry of Ed ucation Allied Arts Unit, golf has garnered national attention with thousands of learners and teachers now involved in the sport and over 100 students made his tory for Guyana, taking golf as a PE Elective for the first time at the CSEC examina tions this year. (Clifton Ross)
INDIA High Commissioner to Guyana Dr K. J. Sriniva sa showed support during the recent opening of one of the most anticipated annual summer programmes, the Nexgen Golf Academy Ju nior GolFun Camp. The camp kicked off on Monday at the Scouts Asso ciation ground on Woolford Avenue, with over 150 par ticipants and His Excellen cy spoke about the dramatic change in access to the sport, brought about by the Guyana Golf Association (GGA) and Nexgen Golf in such a short time.“Aleem (Hussain) has brought new energy and dy namics to a sport that, under normal circumstances, most of those here would not be able to enjoy. These smiling faces are testament to the efforts of his team and the sponsors who believed in his vision and I’m happy to be here to share this moment with you all.”
The Guyana Tourism Authority, Digicel Business, Toolsie Persaud Ltd, Kings Jewellery, Rentokil Initial Guyana Ltd, BlueLife Waters, Sunshine Snacks, DDL Pepsi, Ministry of Education Allied Arts Unit, Assuria Gener al Insurance, MovieTowne Guyana, Jaxx Restaurant, Caliper Drones and Praetorian Executive Security Services were among the numerous sponsors who provided the opportunity for children from all backgrounds to experience an event of such magnitude.
PRO Guy Griffith also lauded the vision of Hussain, the founder of the Guyana Golf Association (GGA) and Nexgen Golf Academy, “To day is a realisation of a dream and hard work by someone who doesn’t just talk, but delivers. Who would have expected this many families would be here, and able to playMrgolf?”Kamrul Baksh of GTA said, “We immediately sup ported this programme be cause of the impact it has on children and the inclusiveness of the participants. Nexgen Golf has done a fantastic job of creating awareness for golf in Guyana and that is great news for tourism”
BCB launches coaching programme to benefit hundreds of Berbice youths
National Under-15 squad on way to Grenada … confident of winning regional Under-15 tournament
THE National Under-15 crick et team left Guyana yesterday for Grenada to take part in the CWI Rising Stars Under-15 Super50 tournament which is set to begin tomorrow. The team, coached by Latch man Yadram, are confident of doing well in this tournament after they recently completed an eight-day encampment in which they played three practice matches.This allowed the players the opportunity to fine-tune their games after a prolonged rainy season which affected the prepa ration of all previous national team’sDaveencampment.Mohabir, brother of National Under-17 and Under-19 captain, Alvin Mohabir, has been selected to lead the team while his deputy is talented batter Romario Ramdeholl. The squad also includes Adrian Hetmyer, the nephew of West Indies batter, Shimron Hetmyer. Prior to the team’s departure, president of the Guyana Crick et Board (GCB), Bissoondyal Singh, paid them a visit where he interacted with the players. Singh encouraged the team to do their best and be great ambassadors for the country. He further stated that cricket can be a career for those who take the game seriously, work hard, remain humble and disciplined. Guyana open the tournament against Windward Islands to morrow at the Grenada National Stadium.OnSunday, they tackle Bar bados at Lasagesse in the sec ond-round while on August 23, they will face Leeward Islands at the Grenada National Stadium. Guyana will take on Jamaica at Progress Park on August 25 then close off the tournament with their final match against Trin idad and Tobago at Lasagesse. The team comprises Dave Mohabir (captain), Romar io Ramdeholl (vice-captain), Shane Prince, Zandon Rose, Darwin La Rose, Dhanesh Persaud, Arun Gainda, Navin Boodwah, Arif Khan, Razam Koobir, Nicholas Lovell, Sohil Mohamed and Jonathan Men tore. The manager is Elroy Stephney and coach is Latch man Yadram.
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The participants, both par ents and children, were given instruction in First Aid and Self Defence by Praetorian Security Services, Archery by ProArchers Guyana, Table Tennis by Guyana Table Ten nis Association, and compli mentary massages by ModFin Salon & Spa, but their focus and interest in golfing was satisfied by the Academy golf coaches supported by Second ary School PE teachers and several of the top golf caddies in Guyana.Godfrey Munroe, vice-president of the Guy ana Olympic Association and president of the GTTA, who was present on the opening day, said, “This is a fantastic opportunity for inter-sport promotion and cooperation and we definitely want to build on this model since it’s evident by the turnout and reaction from both parents and children, this is worth pursuing. My congratulations to Aleem and his team for an other fantastic job well done!”
THE Berbice Cricket Board (BCB) with the cooperation of Minister of Local Government and Regional Development, Nigel Dharamlall, last Tuesday launched another coaching programme for youths across the Ancient County. The programme is expected to be a twelve-month pilot project with a total of 18 cricket coaches/trainers being involved in the county’s most ambitious coaching venture. BCB president Hilbert Foster, who is spearheading the project, stated that the main objectives are to provide regular coaching to youths, to work early on technical problems, to unearth new talents and to provide additional coaching to the most promising talents. The coaches would be under the supervision of Level Three coach, Winston Smith, and would include Leslie Soloman, Delbert Hicks, Tremayne Smartt, Ameer Rahaman, Seon Hetmyer, Travis Hardcourt, Balram Samaroo, Lackram Lathman and Junior Blair. The coaches would be required to work 80 hours per month and Foster stated that 14 of them have started to work in Region Six at venues including Rose Hall Canje, New Amsterdam, Rose Hall Town, No73, Skeldon and Port Mourant. Coaching in Region Five will start shortly, as soon as some pa perwork is finished to sign up the coaches. The BCB, with the assis tance of Minister Dharamlall, has attracted some sponsorship and the funds would be used to purchase the necessary items that the coaches would need including flannel and hardBCBballs.has already provided sev eral coaching aids to the coaches and some more, including catching cribs, would be handed over shortly. Foster disclosed that the first phase of the project would target members of clubs with junior sec tions and when schools reopen in September, coaches would visit both primary and secondary schools, in the most comprehensive coaching programme in the history of Berbice. He stated that last year, BCB had set itself a target of producing 10 players for the West Indies at all lev els in five years and has produced six so far and is confident that the target would be achieved before in 2023. Head doach Winston Smith stat ed that the coaches were delighted at the positive attitude of the players and hailed the BCB for organising the project. Smith predicted that many promising players would emerge from the project over the next 12 months. Special emphasis has been placed on batting, fast bowling, spin bowling, wicket-keep ing and general fielding. BCB will shortly hand over millions of dollars worth of cricket gear, balls and uniforms to 23 sec ondary schools in the county before several inter-zone tournaments are organised.Tournaments will be played in four sub-zones - New Amsterdam/ Canje, West Berbice, Lower Corentyne and Upper Corentyne. The winner from each zone would then move on to play a grand Berbice final .Foster expressed profound thanks to Minis ter Dharamlall for his cooperation in providing employment for the coaches and for his advice in coming up with the structure of the programme. Foster had met the minister at his Kingston, Georgetown office and he readily agreed to assist. The new project would join the Dr Tulsi Dyal Singh coaching and mini academies in the BCB Developmental Programme.
… Minister Dharamlall hailed for co-operation
Some of the coaches pose with their charges at the Area H Ground Minister of Local Government and Regional Development Nigel Dharamlall Indian High Commissioner praises GGA Nexgen GolFun Camp
Trinidad, Suriname cars arrive for International Drag Race
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Hetmyer appointed captain of Guyana Amazon Warriors
Hetmyer said of his ap pointment, “I’m excited to lead this group of men. I can’t wait for the CPL to begin.”
One of the two rail cars from Trinidad Minister of Culture, Youth and Sport, Charles Ramson Jr page page
Shimron Hetmyer is the first Guyanese since Ramanaresh Sarwan in 2013, to captain the Amazon Warriors
Sport Ministry starts construction of all-weather cricket facility for academy
BIG-hitting middle-order batter, Shimron Hetmyer, will take over as Guyana Amazon Warriors’ cap tain this CPL season. He succeeds Nicholas Pooran, who was signed up by Trinbago Knight Riders at the CPL draft in July.
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In CPL 2021, under Pooran, Amazon Warriors went out at the semi-final stage of the tournament. This year, they kick off their campaign on September 3 against Jamaica Tallawahs in Basseterre.TheCPLruns from Au gust 31 to September 30 this year. In what will be a boost for Amazon Warriors should they make the playoffs, all four of these games - two qualifiers, the eliminator and the final - are sched uled to be played on their home ground in Providence, Guyana. Guyana Amazon War riors squad: Imran Tahir, Shimron Hetmyer (capt.), Tabraiz Shamsi, Odean Smith, Romario Shepherd, Colin Ingram, Chandra paul Hemraj, Shai Hope, Paul Stirling, Heinrich Klaasen, Keemo Paul, Jer maine Blackwood, Gu dakesh Motie, Veerasam my Permaul, Ronsford Beaton, Matthew Nandu, Junior Sinclair.
Hetmyer, who has been with Amazon Warriors since 2016 and became a regu lar in the XI from 2018, has played 47 games for them, scoring 1 149 runs at a strike rate of 131.76 including one hundred and eightChairmanfifties. of the Am azon Warriors franchise, Bobby Ramroop, said: “We are pleased to appoint our first Guyanese captain since the 2013 season. Hetmyer has been a main part of our setup over the years and we believe the time is right to have him lead the team.”
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