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The event, which was held at the Hope Second ary School, also provided a forum for residents to raise house-related matters, includ ing those with outstanding ownership issues regarding the lands they are occupying in Plantation Hope – Cum Annexis.According to the ministry, more than 150 house lots were expected to be allocated in Hope Block 6 and Block A andMinisterB. of Housing and Water, Collin Croal, related that within just two years in office, close to 15,000 house lots have been allocated, and by the midpoint of the gov ernment’s term, the 25, 000 goal should be reached and ultimately 50,000 by 2025. For the exercise, an entire team from the Central Hous ing and Planning Authority (CPHA) was on hand on attend to residents. In terms of water-related issues, the minister related that the Guyana Water Incor porated (GWI) has a macro plan for the region as well as for the East Coast of De merara.Herelated that they had recently announced the coast al water treatment at an out reach in Melanie, which set the target to have treated water moved from 52 per cent to 90 or 95 per cent at a cost of $28“Webillion.have an ongoing study right here for the use of the Hope Canal as a point for freshwater use as a constant source and then be able to harness that,” he said. With plans to eventual ly have a water treatment plant for that “end of the East Coast”, studies are showing they will be able to most like
By Cassandra Khan
‘I struggled to pay rent, but now my dream is realised’ — a new lease on life for newest gov’t house lot allottees
Director of Operations of the Central Housing and Planning Authority, Denise King-Tudor engages an allottee during the exercise (Adrian Narine photo)
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IN keeping with govern ment’s promise to allocate 50, 000 house lots by 2025, the Ministry of Housing and Water, on Wednesday, held an allocation exercise for residents from Unity to Nootenzuil.
Indira Mohabir chooses her lot number from the envelope that Minister of Housing, Collin Croal is holding
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(Adrian Narine photo)
Ecstatic was the most suitable word to describe how 38-year-old Sonia Ishrilall of Mahaica felt when she re ceived a “random phone call” telling her that they (CH&PA) would be “sharing out land.” She explained that she lives with her in-laws and has three children, so, space is limited. The self-em ployed woman said that she expects to start building her own house as soon as possible.
ects are not only the respon sibility of the contractors and engineers. It is also the responsibility of technical staff, many of whom do not understand the relationship between education delivery and the construction process, she Everysaid. construction project undertaken by the ministry form now on will have an education officer attached to the construction site, who will report to the ministry’s Per manent Secretary and Chief Education Officer, who will then report to the minister on the progress in relation to the delivery of education. Acting Headmistress Al lison Cosbert was in high praise for the new project.
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“I am very pleased this morning because after the de struction a year ago, my staff and I, it was really difficult for us to cope after then, how ever, with the feedback from the ministry, we were able to holdPrioron.” to the fire in 2021, more than 150 students would usually enrol at the North Ruimveldt Secondary, but due to the destruction caused by the fire, only 50 students will be placed at the school this September.TheNorth Ruimveldt Sec ondary School was destroyed by a fire in June 2021. The cause of the fire was electrical in origin and started from a faulty duplex electrical point that had a circuit strip (power strip) attached to it in a class room on the third floor of the building. The Education Minister had pledged at the time of the fire that the government will rebuild the institution which housed 512 students.
“We gah line board to walk where we living. All the farm does flood out so where we living, we can still do the farming and live out here,” he said.According to 51-year-old Indira Mohabir, she opted to change her 2012 application in 2021 to low-income be cause things were not going so well for her.
$566.9M contract signed for three-storey ‘multi’ school — contractors warned to complete project within time frame, specifications
“I was going housing one time a month and I keep wait ing and I get a call on Mon day to come here and I was so happy,” Mohabir explained. She thanked the ministers and the Government of Guy ana, noting that she needed the lot to build her own house as she is struggling to pay her rent. Mohabir makes tama rind balls which are sold at supermarkets.Additionally, Gowmattie Singh like many of the recipi ents was happy to get her land as she is renting the house she is living“Whenin.rain fall is [flood]. I have to wear long boots to go downstairs,” she added.
‘I struggled to pay rent, but ... ly place a plant somewhere at the back of Lowland at the conservancy.“So,this study shows a positive and that we will be able to tap in to that source for water and so far, we’re looking at the site of some where close to the conservan cy. I am pleased about what is happening so far because once we are able to move to that next year, then we can apply the necessary funding to advance the studies, but, in the meanwhile the coastal water supply for untreated water is moving smoothly,” Minister Croal pilyappliedday,theirtheChronicleMeanwhile,explained.theGuyanaspoketoafewofattendeeswhoreceivedhouselotsonWednesafteryearsofwaiting.NarendraNareshPersaudin2011andhashapreceivedhisallocation. He related that he got the call from the ministry on Friday night stating that they will be giving out Persaudlands.isglad that he got his land because according to him, by Christmas there will be more flooding in the area where he currently resides.
“If we don’t finish people will live in poverty for the rest of their lives because they miss that one single year where they couldn’t go to school,” she Manickchandsaid.
reminded that contractors are chosen through an impartial and transparent process of public tendering. Bids are submitted for projects, and in instances where projects are incomplete or not delivered within the specification of contracts, penalties are highlightedMeanwhile,applied.theministerthatsuchproj
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By Naomi Parris THE Ministry of Education on Monday inked a $566.9M contract for rebuilding of the section of the North Ruimveldt Multilateral Sec ondary that was last year destroyed by a fire that was electrical in origin. The new building, a three-storey structure, will be constructed by Kares En gineering. It will be equipped with science and information technology laboratories and modern classrooms to house 450-500Whilestudents.delivering remarks at the signing and sod-turning ceremony, Education Minister Priya Manickchand said the ministry is keen on delivering to the children of Guyana. “The day the school burnt, while the flames were still hot, we committed to re building,” she said, adding: “Our commitment from the ministry is that even during this time and particularly during this time that we are going to make sure that the highest quality is delivered. It is very important that we complete this at a high quality, in the time. We said we will complete it so the children of South Georgetown receive what we intend for them to receive.”The building is slated to be completed within 14 months.The minister also issued a stern warning to contractors undertaking education-related projects across the country. “When contractors fail to do what they’re supposed to do, at the quality they’re supposed to do it, children suffer,” Manickchand said. “I’m going to be harsher and more vigilant on delivery and that will see us doing things like apply liquated damages because people suf fer when we don’t get these schools ready, when they’re not done to specs,” she added. Minister Manickchand told the contractors that ed ucation projects should not be looked at as just another job, because if projects are not up to standard or are not completed, children are left to suffer.Shemade reference to a delayed project in Region Eight (Potaro-Siparuni), where secondary students are hosted at a primary school.
The section of the North Ruimveldt Multilateral School that is soon to be rebuilt (Delano Williams photo) Minister Manickchand oversees the handing over of the contract (Delano Williams photo)
Additionally, they argued that the men had been en trapped - or improperly in duced into the crime - by an undercover FBI operation.
endpresidentialofcouldingcoulddecidedtential2019.Argentinacoalitionofthetopner,Fernandezletter.deKirchoneofthecountry’spoliticalfigures,leadsmosthard-linewingthecentre-leftPeronistthathasgovernedsincetheendofTheverdictandposentencewillbebyajudge,whichtakemonths,accordtolocalmedia,whichaffectthechancestherulingpartyintheelectionattheof2023. She could appeal any decision, possibly delay ing the final verdict for years.
(Reuters)
“In America, the FBI is not supposed to create do mestic terrorists so that the FBI can arrest them,” Fox’s attorney Christopher Gibbons said. “The FBI isn’t supposed to create a conspiracy so the FBI can stand up and claim a disruption.”
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LATIN American leaders sent their support to Ar gentina’s Vice President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner on Wednesday, after a federal prosecutor asked for extensive pris on time in her corruption proceedings. In a letter widely pub lished on social media, the presidents of Mexico, Colombia and Bolivia said they backed Fernandez de Kirchner two days after a federal prosecutor request ed she get a 12-year jail sentence if found guilty. She is charged with defrauding the state and involvement in a scheme to divert public funds while president from 2007 to 2015.“This persecution aims to remove Cristina Fernan dez de Kirchner from pub lic, political and electoral life, as well as to bury the values and ideals she rep resents, with the ultimate goal of implementing a neoliberal model,” reads the Theletter.letter was also signed by Argentine Pres ident Alberto Fernandez, who said on Monday she was a victim of a “judicial persecution.”Centre-left Presidents Gabriel Boric of Chile and Pedro Castillo of Peru have not signed the
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TWO men accused of plot ting to kidnap Michigan’s Democratic governor have been found guilty on con spiracy charges. Prosecutors say Adam Fox, 39 and Barry Croft Jr, 46, hoped to start a “revolu tion” by kidnapping Gretchen Whitmer in a 2020 plot. Their defence lawyers had characterised the duo as “big talkers,” disillusioned men angry at the government. This was the second trial for both men after a mistrial thisAccordingspring. to prosecutors, the defendants targeted Ms Whitmer because of strin gent COVID-19 restrictions she imposed early in the pandemic.After deliberating for much of Monday afternoon and Tuesday morning, the jury determined that the two men were guilty of conspir ing to obtain weapons of mass destruction - a bomb - to blow up a bridge in order to thwart a police response to the planned kidnapping.
Argentine Vice President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner greets supporters gathered outside the National Congress, after she gave a speech via social media, defending herself from allegations against her in a corruption case, in Buenos Aires, Argentina, August 23, 2022. REUTERS/ Agustin Marcarian
Croft, a native of Dela ware, was also convicted on a separate explosives charge. Attorneys for the two men have vowed to appeal. Both Fox and Croft now face the possibility of life in prison.This retrial came after a jury failed to reach a verdict against the two, and acquit ted two others, in an earlier trial in April. Two more men pleaded guilty and testified for prosecutors.Inastatement following the conviction, Ms Whitmer said that the verdicts show that “violence and threats have no place” in US politics and that those who call for violence will be held ac countable.“Butwe must also take a hard look at the status of our politics,” she said. “Plots against public officials and threats to the FBI are a dis turbing extension of radical ised domestic terrorism that festers in our nation.”
Two convicted in Michigan governor kidnap plot case
Michigan governor Gretchen Whitmer (Photo credit: GETTY Images; retrieved from BBC)
A total of 13 people were arrested in connection with the October 2020 plot, seven of whom are facing charges in Michigan’s state court system. (BBC)
During closing arguments earlier this week, prosecutors told the jury that Fox and Croft had been under surveil lance by federal authorities for weeks, during which time they discussed the plot in detail.In court, Assistant US Attorney Nils Kessler said that the men hoped “to set off a second American civil war” and had planned to put Ms Whitmer on trial before executing her. He added that the two had checked out Ms Whitmer’s home at night ahead of the planned ingtwobothLawyerskidnapping.representingmensuggestedthatthewereincapableofmountsuchascheme.
“My daughter was seven years old when they at tacked her. She is going 17 now. When they attacked her first I made up my mind to get rid of those dogs,” she said, tears streaming down her “Fromcheeks.those dogs were six-month puppies they were vicious. They started to attack a little crippled girl. Then they attacked a next guy, my daughter, then my niece,” she added.
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“We got correspondence from PAHO that we have to do the usual indemnification agreement by the Attorney General, same process that we had used in the past to procure COVID vaccines,” he said.Meanwhile, the minister said the country is awaiting the results of one monkeypox sample submitted for testing. To date, the country has submitted 13 samples to test for the disease at either the Trinidad Public Health Lab (TPHL) or through the Carib bean Public Health Agency (CARPHA). All have returned nega tive so far and the Minister of Health is hoping for the same with this pending sample. (Trinidad & Toba go Guardian)
Rose, Jump’s distraught daughter, said it was heart-wrenching to see her mother’s body on the road Tuesday morning. “When me go down there and see me mother this morning (Tuesday) she rip up; it’s like the dogs dem rip her up and drag her. Her walker was full of blood, even the puddle of water full of blood.“Allher hair root-out. So it look like when them [dogs] drag her, dem bite her neck first,” Rose said, as she struggled to maintain her Hercomposure.sister,Pansy Carey, who was equally devastated, said it is ironic that it was her mother 10 years ago, who prevented her from attempting to kill the dogs, which she strongly suspects to have ripped her to death. Carey recalled that about a decade ago, her daughter, who was seven at the time, was attacked by four dogs, including a pit bull and a German Shepherd. “My mother saved me from killing those dogs. She tell mi sey ‘if you kill the dogs bad blessing a go follow you’.
T&T to sign indemnification for Monkeypox vaccines
DSP Milton pointed out that while it is suspected that Jump was mauled to death by dogs, the police were continuing their probe to conclusively determine the cause of death. “It is suspected that she was attacked and mauled by dogs. We are in the early stage of our investigation and it is just an unfortunate situation, but we are not re ally decisive as to the cause of death now. “We have only just com menced investigations at this point. We are not just confining our investiga tions to dogs but we have conducted some investi gations in the space where we would have interviewed persons from within the locale,” he said. “We are awaiting the re sult of a post mortem exam ination as we progress our investigation,” he added. More than a year ago, the House of Representa tives passed the Dogs (Lia bility for Attacks) Act 2020, which provides for criminal and civil liability for an owner of a dog that attacks, injures and/or causes the death of a Passageperson.ofthe Bill fol lows several vicious attacks by dogs on members of the public, which led to a na tional outcry for the existing 1877 Act to be amended, as it had no provision for crim inal sanctions for negligence of persons whose dogs at tack or injury members of the Finespublic.from JD$500,000 to JD$3 million, or impris onment from six months to 15 years, are being proposed as criminal penalties, when an individual is attacked by a dog. The Bill also provides for civil liabilities if the dog causes injury in any place other than its home or where it is normally kept. (Jamaica Observer)
Monkeypox vaccine (Retrieved from T&T Guardian)
Thenight.dead woman has been identified as Kathlyn Jump of Vanzie Lands, Fal mouth.Acting Commander of the Trelawny Police Divi sion, Deputy Superintendent of Police, Winston Milton, told reporters that about 6:30 hours on Tuesday, the police responded to a report that an injured woman was seen in the Vanzie Lands area of “OnFalmouth.arrival,the police saw the bloodied body of a female, later identified as Jump, lying on the road,” DSP Milton said. He said that Jump, who moved around with the aid of a walker, was last seen at a shop near her home about 23:00 hours on Monday. She reportedly left the shop soon afterwards and headed for home. It is be lieved that while she was on her way home the dogs attackedStacy-Annher.
SLOW and steady progress is being made in acquiring Monkeypox vaccines for the country as T&T is expected to sign an indemnity agree ment by week’s end. T&T has placed an indic ative order for 2,000 doses of the vaccines through the Pan American Health Organisa
MEMBERS of a Trelawny family were in mourning Tuesday following the dis covery of the badly mutilat ed body of an 83-year-old woman, who is believed to be mauled to death during an attack by dogs late Mon day
Woman, 83, believed to be killed in dog attack
tion (PAHO) and according to the Minister of Health, Terrence Deyalsingh, the organisation recently com municated with the country.
An undated file photo of Kathlyn Jump, using her walker to get around (Photo credit: Jamaica Observer)
Dear Editor, IN an article titled, “IDB finds New Amsterdam Hospital in shocking state” published on Sun day, August 21, 2022, in another local news paper, the author ex pounded on a report by the institution.theDevelopmentInter-AmericanBankonregionalhealthcareThereport stated that “according to an August 2022 report by the Inter-American De velopment Bank (IDB), the hospital has not re ceived any maintenance or needed upgrades since its establishment 18 years ago.” Of note, I stand to re fute such a report by the IDB that no maintenance works were conducted on the New Amsterdam Hos pital for 18 years, since the establishment of the hospi tal and, further, in refuting such claims, I would like to highlight a few repairs and maintenance projects which were executed be tween 2012 – 2014 fiscal years under the RDC Re gion Six – Health Sector Programme:1)Repainting the entire inside of the hospital
2) Refurbishing two of the three theatres under technical guidance
The Opposition Leader on a couple of occasions recently has tried to counter the ad ministration’s success ful roll out of social programmes by sud denly popping up and making demands. The trouble is, the actions called for were already being undertaken by the administration or had been completed and/or were programmes that were chopped by the previous
thewhichadministration,APNU+AFCinthePNC/Rwasdominantparty.Eachtimeherevealedhowmisinformedheis.ItisnowobvioustoallthatNortonhasshownthatheliterallyhasnosocialoreconomicdevelopmentagenda,orknowsforwhatprincipleshe’sfighting.HismindsettakesyoubacktotheearlyPNCsymbol,thepointerbroom:sweepthemout.ThePNClaterdownplayedthebroomandpromotedthepalmtreetoimprovetheparty’simage,asitalso later did with the name change from PNC to APNU. But it appears Norton did not get the memos on those chang es. The PPP adminis tration has long been known for its so cial-leaning policies, combined with a prag matic free-market ap proach. And this has been so long before the discovery of oil. In contrast, partic ularly in recent years, the PNC has positioned itself to a small elite class more to the right, while manipulating the masses.Norton has jumped out of this ring and is trying to establish his social agenda bona fi des. And from the look of things, it appears to be a case of the Peter Principle or maybe now the Aubrey Principle, of the good foot soldier and organiser of pro tests being promoted above his level of com petence.This is evident in his actions and pub lic pronouncements on various matters. One would recall recently his threats in relation to upcoming elections and against CECOM Chairperson Justice (r’td) Claudette Singh, even after he has had to back away from the instigation at Gold en Grove.Thisis likely not the last threat from Nor ton as he continues to rampage and alienate even members of his own party. Perhaps the PNCR had very good reason to overlook him for the leadership role on several occasions in theThepast.challenge for the PNC is for the party to break out of the cur rent mould and to col lectively demand better of its leadership. The WPA of Walter Rodney is not the WPA of David Hinds.The party has to de fine what it stands for and work towards those ends. They must rep resent all Guyana and not just a segment of Guyana.Inthe past, the AP NU+AFC has blocked AML/CFT legislation; attempted to block the payment by Norway to Guyana under an agree ment to combat climate change; voted to defund the Ethnic
OPPOSITION Leader Aubrey Norton is like the Japanese soldier who hid for 29 years in a cave in the jun gle of a Philippines island, not knowing that World War II was over. When he was final ly reached and told the war had long ago end ed, he wept uncontrol lably. Norton is simi larly a soldier without a cause and is existing beyond his assignment.
3) Replacing most of the air conditioning units with new ones
Are any of these items things the PNC wants to take forward as its legacy? The time and opportunity are here to make the leap. And it can start with a collective, “what can I do for my country.”
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6) Installation of a new 500 KVA generator to meet the existing and expanding needs of the hospital (at that time the hospital had a 65 KVA generator which was total ly inadequate)7)Onayearly basis various medical equip ment were procured to meet healthcare delivery 8) Repairs and rehabil itative works to the exter nal Offencecourse, this list is by no means exhaustive and I can only give an account for what transpired up to 2015 as the Regional Ex ecutiveHowever,Officer. it would have been prudent on the part of the writers of the report to have studied their subject in more depth be fore publishing such falla cious claims.Sincerely yours, Paul Ramrattan, CBM BA, MCBI, ICEA (Grad.Acct.)
Retrogressive Leadership IDB report on New Amsterdam Hospital contained inaccuracies
5) Construction of a New Accident and Emer gency building in order to separate it from the Outpa tients Department
4) Constant servicing and repairs to the sewer age system and replace ment of sewerage pumps
Linden.triesstimulateProject,FallsHoteltymentAmerindianAirportdivotedCommissionRelations(ERC);againsttheChedJaganInternationalexpansion;cutfundingfortheDevelopFund,theSpecialHospitalandMarriottandopposedtheAmailaHydroelectricitywhichwouldnewindusinareassuchas
“We have an invest ment portfolio that must be implemented if we are to deliver the housing programme… open up new lands for agriculture, new highways so that we can build the industrial parks and development that we want to do,” Pres ident Ali said.
THE People’s Progressive Party/Civic (PPP/C) government has a handle on Guyana’s growing econ omy and will continue to strengthen its mas terplan to guard against any wasteful or excess spending of funds, Pres ident, Dr Irfaan Ali said recently. The International Mon etary Fund (IMF) revealed in April that Guyana will see positive growth, al though the global economy entered 2022 in a weaker position than previously expected.Itwas also revealed that Guyana is on track to see some 47.2 per cent growth in its Gross Domestic Prod uct (GDP) by the end of thisWhileyear. Guyanese con tinue to witness a number of heavy investments in several areas to enhance their livelihoods, the Dr Ali administration has systems in place to prevent over heating of the economy. An economy is over heated when its productive capacity is unable to keep pace with growing aggre gateItdemand.isgenerally charac terised by a below-average rate of economic growth, where growth is occurring at an unsustainable rate.
in. You could get carried away very easily when you have resources com ing your way, and go on a massive expansion plan or expenditure plan that could cause hyperinflation…” the President added. Dr Ali explained that even if the current invest ments have temporary supply issues, it will be the bedrock on which the future transformation will takeHeplace.said the local econ omy is creating a lot of opportunities for jobs in both the public and private sectors, to the extent that there are issues with labour supply.InGuyana, the govern ment has already been able to create thousands of jobs. With the booming housing programme, a host of per sons have been employed in theThesector.cost of energy is expected to reduce by 50 per cent, creating a new wave of jobs in the indus trial and manufacturing sectors.The PPP/C adminis tration has also recently launched its part-time jobs initiative. Added to the major economic spur is the construction of six new hotels where at least 6,000 Guyanese will have to be trained to work in the hos pitalityImportantly,sector. too, gov ernment is pursuing a path that will deliver worldclass healthcare service.
‘We’ve got a handle on it’
“We have a private sec tor that is booming, a pri vate sector that is seeing tremendous transformation.
Boom periods are often characterised by overheat ing in the
— President Ali says no hyperinflation, overheating of Guyana economy
Love and laughter make big sense
Dear Editor, I’M writing on the team of ‘Nothing to laugh about.’ The team is doing such a brilliant job, espe cially at this time with the COVID-19 high death rate increasing and even now, Monkeypox recently. If you’re feeling sad just hit their facebook page up –love and laughter to kill that depression. Jumbie Jones and Maria Benschop have done such a good job entertaining the Guyanese public for years with their co-stars Michael Ignatius, Beyonce, Leza Singh, Mark Kazim and others. I must applaud them for their hard dedication of work over the years and especially at such a good time. Laughter is always the best Yoursmedicine!sincerely,GlitterBarbie
ancemativearefinancialextendingeverweveryweomy.toingthatdentdianSpeakingeconomy.totheTrinidapresslastweek,PresiAligavetheassurancehisgovernmentistakallnecessarymeasuressecureGuyana’secon“Thisissomethingthataremanaging,wearecautiousabout,andareensuringthatwhatwedo,wearenotoverourselves,thesystem,andwekeepingtothetransforinvestment.“That’swherethebalofmanagementcomes
President, Dr Irfaan Ali
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Guyana’s delegation which includes Prime Minister Mark Phillips (centre), Public Service Minister Sonia Parag (second from right), National Assembly Speaker Manzoor Nadir (second from left) (Parliament Office photo) WHEN schools reopen on September 5, the 421 stu dents who were displaced as a result of the fire at the St. George’s High School will be attending new schools. This is according to the Ministry of Education’s Public Relations Officer Murtland Haley, who told the Guyana Chronicle on Wednesday that schools were assigned after parents visited the Lot 68 Brickdam office.On July 20, a fire of un known origin swept through the upper flat of the school which is located near the his toric St. George’s Cathedral. Haley told this publica tion that ministry officials collected information, in cluding the place of resi dence of the child and the school of choice from each parent.While noting that the preferred school was a just suggestion that the ministry took into consideration, he said that students and heads of the respective schools will soon be invited to a meeting.
Parliamentary Conference
From the conference, there will also be a num ber of elections, includ ing for the Chairpersons of the CPA Executive Committee, Common wealth Women Parlia mentarians, CPA Small Branches, and another election for the CPA Treasurer.
A trainee teacher who was initially placed at the St. George’s High told the Guyana Chronicle that she opted for Christ Church Sec ondary after they were asked to select a school where they would feel most comfort ableSheteaching.added that the fire was a “bit statedMeanwhile,shocking.”astudentthatshewasshocked about the situation and didn’t expect it to happen. She said that she is very sad as she was looking forward to her final year at the school. Bishop of the Anglican Diocese of Guyana and Suriname, the Right Rev erend Charles Davidson, who spoke on behalf of the church which owns the land that the school is on, told the Guyana Chronicle that the ministry has not con tacted him about its plans to rebuild.The Guyana Fire Service is still conducting investi gations. (Story by Fayon Wil liams, Onessa Brotherson and Steve Sookraj of the Media and Communications Academy)
THE currentlyteamence,hostedParliamentCommonwealthAssociationits65thconferwhereahigh-levelfromGuyanaisattending.
Guyana participates in 65th Commonwealth
Set to address critical issues facing today’s par liaments, the conference brings together over 600 lawmakers, parliament staff, and decision-mak ers from across the realm. Several meetings are expected to be held, ac cording to a statement from Guyana’s Parlia ment Office, including the 38th Small Branches Conference, 7th trien nial Conference of the Commonwealth Women Parliamentarians (CWP), 65th CPA General As sembly, meetings of the CPA Executive Commit tee, and Society of Clerks at the Table (SoCATT).
St George’s High students enrolled in new schools for September term
The 65th Common wealth triesthementariansalonecludesConference,ParliamentarywhichcononAugust26,isofthelargestannugatheringsofparliafromacross54-membercounCommonwealth.
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Guyana’s Prime Min ister Mark Phillips, Na tional Assembly Speaker Manzoor Nadir, Public Service Minister Sonia Parag, Member of Parlia ment Vincent Henry, and Parliamentary Executive Officer Carletta Charles are attending the confer ence in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada.
The Ministry of Tour ism, Industry and Com merce, through its Nation al Quality Infrastructure Project, will spearhead the management and oversight of the construction project, the press statement said.
Permanent Secretary of the Tourism, Industry and Commerce Ministry, Sharon RoopchandEdwards and Chairman/Managing Director of NABI Construction Inc, Shir Affron Nabi sign the agreement for the construction of the new GNBS facility as subject Minister, Oneidge Walrond looks on (Ministry of Tourism, Industry and Commerce photo)
Rupert Craig Highway accident victim died from multiple injuries
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A NEW laboratory facility will be built for the Guyana National Bureau of Stan dards (GNBS) to the tune of $2.5 billion, according to a statement from the parent agency, Ministry of Tourism, Industry and Commerce on Wednesday. The contract was award ed to NABI Construction Inc. The new facility will be located in the Sophia Exhibi tion“TheComplex.recent oil and gas discoveries have produced several changes in the struc ture of Guyana’s economy,” the ministry said in a press release.“Consequently, the role of the Guyana National Bu reau of Standards (GNBS) has become more critical to both the private and public sectors, as the demand for its services has increased substantially especially in the areas of business develop ment, metrology, and training in standards for Guyanese firms,” the parent agency said.Consequently, the minis try further noted, “The Gov ernment has acknowledged that the current laboratory in frastructure at the GNBS re quires upgrading for the pro vision of these much-needed services to support economic competitiveness.“Improving the GNBS’ infrastructural facilities allow the agency its full capacity to function and support eco nomic diversification, inno vation, and access to markets by Guyanese businesses.”
$2.5B new ‘lab’ for Standards Bureau to increase capacity
A POST-MORTEM per formed on the body of Ste phon Stewart, who was killed after he crashed into a truck that was removing a motorcar on the Rupert Craig Highway, revealed that he died as a result of multiple injuries. The autopsy was per formed by Government Pa thologist Dr Nehaul Singh at the Georgetown Public Hos pital Mortuary on Monday. The body was later hand ed over to his relatives for burial.Stewart, 32, died at the scene of the accident which occurred on Saturday around 03:10hrs.According to a police report, the accident involved a motorcar PRR 7135, which was driven by the deceased; motor car PKK 9331, driv en by Adrian Montrose of One Mile Wismar, Linden, and motor lorry GAC 1297, which was being operated by Richard MacDonald of Section ‘B’ Non Pareil, East CoastInquiriesDemerara.disclosed that Montrose was proceeding west along the southern lane of the Rupert Craig Highway when it was alleged by the driver that an unknown truck swerved left into the path of his vehicle, causing him to swerve farther left to avoid a collision and, in doing so, he lost control of his vehicle and ended up submerged in a trench situated on the south ern side of the road. While the driver of the motor lorry was attempting to remove Montrose’s car from the trench, Stewart crashed into the rear portion of the vehicle. Stewart was seen mo tionless in his vehicle after the collision and was later pronounced dead at the scene.
A 38-year-old taxi driver of ‘B’ Field, Sophia, was, on Wednesday, arrested after he was allegedly caught by police ranks with an un licensed .38 revolver, five matching rounds of ammu nition, and a spent shell. According to reports, the ranks acting on intelligence, went to Norton Street and Mandela Avenue at about 06:30 hours where they in tercepted a white Toyota 212 motorcar bearing registration number plates HB 9112. Aside from the taxi driver, there were two other persons in the vehicle. A search was conducted on the driver which led to the discovery of the revolver and the matching rounds on his person.Theman when ques tioned admitted to the ranks that he was not a licensed firearm holder. After he was told of the offence committed and cautioned, he reportedly told the ranks that he bought the firearm in the interior for his protection. The man was arrested and escorted along with the motorcar to the East La Penitence Police Station. He remains in custody as inves tigations continue.
With the investment into the new state-of-the-art facil ity, this will equip the GNBS with international standard laboratory facilities to assure reliability, adequate space to perform tests for consumer protection, and certifying production standards. This will additionally al low for increased calibration capacity for temperature, moisture, pressure, force, volume and electricity, as well as adequate equipment and the ability to maintain its ISOTheaccreditation.project,which is sup ported by the nextwillDevelopmentInter-AmericanBank(IDB),becompletedwithinthe18months.
Man arrested after gun, ammunition find
THE Farmers’ Organ isations for Africa, Ca ribbean, and Pacific Programme (FO4ACP) has brought together representatives from farm ers’ groups, ing”.sustainableorganisationstheaimedStakeholderstakeholdersinstitutionsGovernmentandotherataNationalWorkshopat“strengtheningcapacityoffarmers’topromotefamilyfarm
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Local farmers’ organisations seek to strengthen smallholder producers’ sector
The accused appeared before Magistrate Ro chelle Liverpool at the Sparendaam Magistrate’s Court where the charge was read to him. He pleaded guilty and was subsequently sentenced to six months imprisonment.
Dr. Gillian Smith, FAO Representative in Guyana, highlighted that “agricul ture, in particular, has been identified as one of the pro ductive sectors that is key to the sustainable development and sustainable expansion of Guyana’s economy.”
POLICE are investigating the death of Trevor Ad ams, who was found dead at a Sixth Street, Bartica, Essequibo River residence, hours after complaining of feeling unwell. The lifeless body of the 34-year-old man was discov ered on AccordingMonday.to a press re lease from the police, the deceased who was home less and a habitual drug user would usually stay in a di lapidated house at the said location.According to the owner of the property, on Monday, about 15:30 hrs, as she was about to leave home, the now deceased man complained of feeling unwell and she advised him to seek medical attention.When the woman re turned at about 18:15 hrs, she observed the man lying motionless under her house. An alarm was raised, and the police were summoned. The body was examined and no marks of violence were observed. The man’s body was subsequently taken to the Bartica Regional Hospital to await a examination.post-mortemMICHAEL‘Mikey’Singh,57,ofMiddleRoad,Vryheid’sLust,EastCoastDemerara,was,onTuesday,chargedwithpossessionofnarcoticsforthepurposeoftrafficking.
The representatives from the farmers’ organi sations agreed on the next steps for the FO4ACP activities in Guyana, con sidering the importance of adjusting the concept of family farming to the country’s reality, while building capacity in the organisations to develop their businesses and insti tutional portfolios. (FAO).
Man found dead in dilapidated house
Six months for man found with narcotics
According to a release, the workshop was organised by the Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations (FAO) and Procasur Corporation.Theobjective was to open a space for dialogue among producers and their governmental and non-gov ernmental partners to inter face and discuss challenges faced by small-scale farmers and identify common solu tions to improve the quality of the family farming sector in Guyana.George Jervis, Chief Technical Officer of the Ministry of Agriculture, who delivered remarks on behalf of the ministry, em phasised support for the FO4ACP initiative to their transformative agenda for agriculture.“Italigns with the Gov ernment’s plans to help farmers grow more and be better connected to markets, thus earning more, and liv ing better; the Guyanese Government, through the Ministry of Agriculture, is working with people who need specific support and farmers who need to expand and diversify their produc tion through investments. As Guyana continues to evolve as a culture of in novation within the region, we are implementing the agri-food system strategy for transformation… with special consideration for target groups such as mi cro, small, and medium enterprises, family farming cooperatives, and women and youth,” said Jervis. Farmers’ organisations in Guyana have long played significant roles in sup porting farmers and their communities to gain better access to finance and mar kets and to boost economic prosperity. Despite this, their training needs continue to increase as they navigate challenges due to changing social, economic, and envi ronmental conditions, which compound their abilities to remainParticipantsviable. had the op portunity to identify and discuss challenges smallscale farmers face in the country and outline poten tial solutions and opportuni ties that exist to solve these binding nextfarmers’tailoredtionthisenhancefarmers’strengthenaccesspriateholders,mentProgramme,Throughconstraints.thisFO4ACPlocalGovernagencies,andstakecanadvanceapprotechnology,increasetonewmarkets,alliancesamongorganisationsandleadership.Withinmind,implementaoftrainingprogrammestotheneedsofthegroupswillbetheaction.
“In keeping with HE President, Irfaan Ali’s slogan of a ‘One Guyana’, more Guy anese are expressing their patriotism and reaching out to help their fellow Guyanese in the time of need through different me diums. Answering the call to serve humanity has taken on a new meaning at an indi vidual and corporate level, whether big or small,” Lall said.
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HAMZA Samuels called ‘Bad Coolie’, 22, and Emmanuel Hale, 18, both of ‘D’ Field Sophia, were remanded to prison after being charged with three counts of robbery under arms and kidnapping. They were both arrested on August 18, 2022, by the police and were charged jointly on Monday.The duo appeared at the Sparendaam Magistrate’s Court via Skype before Magistrate Rochelle Liverpool where the charges were read to them. They pleaded not guilty and were re manded to prison until October 7, 2022.The two were among four men who were arrested last Thursday after allegedly kid napping a taxi driver, stealing his car, and shooting at police officers.The duo’s alleged accom plices Rawle Franklyn and An drew Newyear were found with injuries immediately after the stolen car they were travelling in wasPoliceintercepted.hadsaid in a press release that an anonymous call er reported to the Brickdam Operations room that motorcar PSS 2705 — a white Toyota Allion motorcar — with persons inside, had robbed someone on Lamaha Street, patrollicittheAsalongobservedthenAnti-crimeGeorgetown.patrolswerealerted.“OneofthepatrolsthemotorcardrivingtheAgricolaAccessRoad.motorcarPSS2705reachedTwoBrothersGasStation,proceededsouthonthePubRoad.TheAnti-crime[sic]subsequentlyattempted to intercept the vehicle but the driver drove away causing the Anti-Crime Patrol to continue to pursue the driver and occu pants,” the police report stated. Police noted that the car was driving at a fast rate when it turned on Hunter Street and ap proached Mandela Avenue. The driver lost control and collided with the northern barriers, caus ing damage to the said vehicle. The police statement said that police officers from the An ti-Crime Patrol then observed four male suspects exiting the motorcar. The report further said the men attempted to run from the “Immediatelyscene. 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 from. Other an ti-crime patrols 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 police, was seen lying on the northern parapet bleeding from injuries, while his accomplice, Andrew Newyear, was seen lying in a yard with injuries. Further, the two other suspects were found by ranks of the Anti-Crime Patrol hiding in a yard. The police also recovered a 9MM pistol along with a magazine containing three live 9MM rounds,” it added. According to the police, Franklin and Newyear were es corted to the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC) to receive medical attention. Additionally, ranks from the anti-crime patrol, whilst searching the motorcar, discov ered Joshua Singh locked in the trunk of the car. He related to ranks that he was at Shamo Taxi Base on Vryheid’s Lust Railway Embankment, ECD, working his uncle’s motorcar. 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. Out of fear he complied and climbed into the trunk. The police recovered eight cellular phones, one laptop computer, and a female purse from the car.
Two remanded to prison for armed robbery, kidnapping
GPHC receives small but significant donations
THE Georgetown Public Hospital Cor poration (GPHC) on Tuesday received a number of items as gifts from the Volunteer Youth Corp and BPI Guyana Inc. According to a re lease, the Volunteer Youth Corp Inc from Georgetown donated a quantity of women’s sanitary items, pam pers, hand sanitisers, hair shampoo and con ditioner, dish-washing liquid and canned food to theThehospital.items were handed over to the Maternity Post Natal Department and will be distributed to the patients. Vandetta Car ter and Jeneal Batson handed over the items to Sisters Holder and Ferguson, who received them on behalf of the hospital.BPIGuyana Inc, dis tributor for ucts,pharmaceuticalAPOTEXprodonitspartdonated
sayfromthatbutions.theirthankedandsaidlationstheacceptedandtabletsBoodhooprogramme.educationBharatpresentedtheonbehalfofBPIDrMichaelChinfortheGPHC,releasesaid.GPHCPublicReOfficerJaiLallthemanagementstaffofthehospitalbothdonorsforinvaluablecontriHenotedtootherepresentativesbothorganisationsthattheywerehap
py to be able to be of assistance to the hos pital and to be given an opportunity to serve their fellow Guyanese.
Representatives of BPI Guyana Inc with medical staffers of the GPHC Emanuel Hale Hamza Samuels
two tablets to the GPHC Cardiology Department. The release noted that the tablets will en hance and improve the department’s
WITH the need to strength en sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR) services for women and men and increase public awareness, the Women and Gender Equality Commis sion (WGEC) last Wednes day hosted a virtual panel discussion dubbed ‘Let’s Talk About Sexual and Re productive Health – Why is it Important to Gender Equality?’ The discussion explored the laws for sexual and re productive health in Guyana and delivery of services, including family planning and contraception; cancers of the reproductive system; safe and legal abortion and care; gender-based violence and violence against women; maternal health and ante natal care and sexual health education.Patricia Sheerattan-Bisn auth, Chief Executive Offi cer (CEO) at the Caribbean Family Planning Affiliation (CFPA); Dr Umadai Rattan, Women’s Health Specialist; and Sadie Amin, Attorney and Human Rights Advocate were part of the panel dis cussion moderated by Renata Chuck-A-Sang, Commission er at the Sheerattan-BisnauthWGEC. said Guyana has made significant progress in promoting sexual and reproductive health and rights for women and girls over the years. She high lighted that the present rights interventions allow women and girls to have body auton omy and to make essential decisions about their bodies.
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Meanwhile, Chairperson of the Women and Gender Equality Commission, Indra Chandarpal, said responsibil ity rests on the commission to recommend changes to law makers to improve legislative frameworks. This, she said, will con tinue to contribute to pro moting women’s rights and gender equality in Guyana.
A workshop being conducted on gender equality-related issues (Photo credit: Women and Gender Equality Commission/ Facebook)
She cited transportation, availability of medical equip ment, access to qualified personnel and quality com modities as some areas where there are challenges. She called for men to be more involved.DrRattan expressed that there are still stigmas at tached to the issue of fertility where “culture tends to blame the women a lot when they are not getting children.” She said both males and females should be screened by med ical practitioners to assess fertility.Meanwhile, Amin under scored the need to protect and safeguard women and girls with supportive legislation and policies that uphold sex ual and reproductive health andWhilerights. addressing the is sue of accessing safe abortion services in Guyana, Amin said the Medical Termination of Pregnancy Act stipulates counselling for women and, in some instances, her part ner, when seeking this ser vice. There must be a 48-hour waiting period before the process is done, the lawyer noted.Amin, who sat on the Medical Termination for Pregnancy Advisory board as a member of the Guyana Association of Women Law yers (GAWL), related that based on previous work done, when a woman is ready to terminate her pregnancy she has already made that deci sion and she does not want to wait.Asa result, Amin pointed out that the waiting period could cause women to opt for less safe methods for abor tions, which could have ex treme effects on the patient. She said that the Guy ana Association of Women Lawyers (GAWL), together with other organisations, is looking to have that waiting period reduced to 12 hours.
The CFPA head noted, however, that there are still some girls and women, es pecially in rural, riverine and hinterland communities, who have challenges accessing SRHRGuyanaservices.isamong the few Caribbean countries to de criminalise abortion and to make the termination of a pregnancy legal, safe and accessible.Inthe same breath, she stressed the need to address the link between sexual and reproductive health and rights and gender-based violence, and applauded the Guyana Responsible Parenthood Association (GRPA) for its client-focused clinic that con tinues to encourage women and girls to access resources, counselling and the necessary support.Similarly, Dr Rattan em phasised the urgent need for increased education on sex ual and reproductive health across Guyana’s administra tive“Weregions.do have health centres, and more than 300 healthcare facilities across the country,” she said, “[but] it would be unfair for me to say that there is equal access throughout the country.”
COLLIN Wishart, 50, of Well Road, North Ruim veldt, died on Saturday after hitting his head on a bed when he was pushed by a relative who was try ing to quell his disorderly behaviour. According to the suspect who is a 20-year-old taxi driver of North Ruimveldt, the now dead man began to behave disorderly at about 03:00 hours on Saturday and was hitting the walls of the house disturbing the family members and sur roundingAccordingneighbours.tothe rel ative, Wishart’s disorder ly behaviour continued throughout the morning, when at about 14:00 hours, the 20-year-old man who was in the yard washing his motorcar, was attacked by the man with a cutlass. The 20-year-old managed to bar the attack with his left hand. According to reports, the deceased then walked back to his room and con tinued to behave disorderly, while allegedly threatening to kill his 57-year-old sister, who also resides at the said address, and began to pelt her with bottles. The 20-year-old man upon seeing that, push the deceased into his bedroom, to calm him down. The deceased then began to fight up and fell onto the bed frame, hitting his head before he fell to the floor, motionless.Policewere informed and visited the scene where the body was seen lying on the right side in the bed room door area. The body was examined and injuries were seen to the left side eye area, above and below as well as to the upper left ear, forehead, and the man’s right wrist area. The man’s body was escorted to the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC) and subsequently to the Memorial Gardens Funeral Home to await a post-mortem examination. The 20-year-old was arrested and is presently in custody at the East La Penitence Police Station assisting with the inves tigation.
Guyana progressive on sexual, reproductive health rights
— greater awareness of, access to services needed
Man in custody after ‘disorderly’ relative hits head and dies
OPPOSITION Leader, Au brey Norton, on Tuesday, called on the authorities to build capacity to audit cost oil even as government ramps up measures in this direction through involve ment of local firms. Speaking at his weekly press conference on Tuesday, Norton, who is also Chair man of the A Partnership for National Unity (APNU), underscored that auditing capacity is a crucial element in ensuring Guyana gets the best value from output of its oil and gas “Auditingindustry.isacritical as a first step. One of the first things we need to do is to develop our capacity to audit cost oil which will ensure we have profit oil in the amounts that we should have. [Even if] you renegotiate [oil con tracts] and you have a better deal, if you still don’t have capacity to audit and monitor what stops a multinational corporation from adding cost not in the particular project,” saidAuditsNorton.help governments and companies maintain a transparent working arrange ment and ensure costs are tightly controlled. Cost recovery and com pliance audits would be very vital under Production Shar ing Agreements (PSA) re gime and service contracts, whereas, value for money and financial audits may be critical under the concession ary Underarrangements.thePSA governing the Stabroek Block, Guyana will be receiving, at mini mum, two per cent royalty on all oil produced in the block, government also ben efits from a 50 per cent profit sharing.
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The second phase of the distribution targeted those parents who were unable to visit the re spective distribution site during the initial phase, and therefore, could not uplift the grant, and those parents whose children’s name did not appear on the list, even though they are properly registered at their respective school. According to Minis ter Manickchand, there was less than 20 per cent turnout during the second phase.“For me, if it was one person who picked up in any region it was enough, we needed to turn up, because for that person it meant a lot. So, in most of the regions we saw under 20 per cent of those who would have been entitled receiving the grant,” Manickchand said.“The government’s job is to provide the fund ing for this grant and to make accessible as many times as we can but we can’t force people to take it, so I think you would probably say about 9,000 parents whose children would have been entitled but did not receive.”
THE second phase of distribution of the $30,000 ‘Because We Care’ cash grant has completed and Edu cation Minister, Pri ya Manickchand, on Wednesday, disclosed that close to some 9,000 beneficiaries have not uplifted their grants.
Opposition Leader, Aubrey Norton
The Audit Office is charged with scrutinising the expenditure of public funds on behalf of the Par liament of Guyana. The office conducts financial audits of all publicly fund ed entities, including do nor-funded entities, local government agencies and trade unions, in Guyana.
Education Minister, Priya Manickchand handing over the suitcase of cash to several teachers and parents at the Cotton Field Secondary. Also pictured is Regional Education Officer, Nichola Matthews (left) (File photo)
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“We had just under, 11,000 parents who our records said would have been entitled that we wanted to serve on the second occasion, unfor tunately, the numbers that turned out were very, very low,” she said. A four-day distribu tion exercise was held earlier in the month and saw more than 20,000 recipients uplifting their grants; however, some parents were unable to receive the grants during the first exercise.
The PPP in its 2020 manifesto had promised to reintroduce the cash grant once elect ed to office. The grant was stopped by the AP NU+AFC Government. Apart from reintroduc ing the grant, the gov ernment has increased it from $10,000 to $30,000 and has extend ed it to private schools. The government has also promised to fur ther increase the grant to $50,000 by 2025.
Norton makes strident call for audit measures already in place
The ministry host ed a second distribution exercise on August 18 for parents who were un able to uplift their grant during the first cycle.
The government is re quired to audit the costs claimed by ExxonMobil for its operations, to ensure claimed expenses are valid. As such, the audit is seen as a significantNorton,component.duringhis press briefing, however, did not address why the former AP NU+AFC administration did not develop the capacity to conduct cost recovery audits, or contracted a firm to con duct those audits. The government in 2021 pushed for the involvement of local firms in the cost oil audit, through an arrange ment where the local firms work with international en terprises to undertake the job. This was strategically part of the government’s plan for local companies to be able to benefit from capacity building which could even tually see them conducting such audits independently in the Asfuture.afollow through on its commitment of local involve ment, in May, the Ministry of Natural Resources, signed a contract with a consortium of Guyanese auditors to the tune of some US$751,000 to conduct a cost recovery audit of ExxonMobil’s post-2017 (2018-2020) expenses.
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The “Because We Care” cash grant and uni form voucher are part of welfare measures being implemented by the gov ernment to put more dis posable income into the hands of parents and in crease school attendance of learners, particularly those disadvantaged be cause their parents could not always afford the basic necessities.
PARTNERSHIP The contract was awarded to Ramdihal & Haynes Inc., Eclisar Financial and Vitality Accounting & Consultan cy Inc, a local consortium supported by international firms, SGS and Martindale Consultants.Thiscost recovery audit is expected to be completed by September.Inaddition to setting the stage for local audit firms to benefit from involvement in cost recovery audits, the government has also support ed capacity building of the Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) to conduct its own cost audits for the oil sector. GRA has already audit ed the over US$460M in pre-contract cost provided by ExxonMobil while searching for oil in Guyana. The Audit Office has also been working with the Brit ish Columbia Audit Office and the Canadian Audit and Accountability Foundation to build capacity to audit various aspects of the oil and gas Meanwhile,sector. the local au dit office has already been able to conduct a perfor mance audit of Guyana’s preparedness for Marine Oil Spill Response.
Close to 9,000 parents did not uplift ‘Because We Care’ cash grant
EXECUTIVE member and co-founder of the Al liance For Change (AFC), Raphael Trotman will be resigning as a Member of Parliament (MP) next week, in keeping with in dications earlier this year that he was planning to do so. According to a statement issued on Wednesday on the AFC’s official social media page, Trotman’s resignation as an MP was expected.
Trotman quits National Assembly Raphael Trotman
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“Mr Trotman had indi cated before the staging of [the] National Conference that he would not be avail able for nomination as he would be resigning mid-term in the life of the present As sembly, which commenced in 2020, to allow for rotation and space for new leadership training.“Accordingly, Mr. Trot man has now officially com municated to the party leader that he will resign from the 12th Parliament immediately to honour his promise,” the statement said. The party had held its National Conference in June, where, during the elec tion of the party’s executive, Trotman was replaced as the party Chairman by Cathy Hughes.Inthe lead up to the conference, Trotman had publicly noted that he was not seeking a return to the party’sNonetheless,executive.
Trotman was among 55 persons nom inated for the 12 seats on the AFC’s National Executive Committee (NEC). The party noted that not withstanding his resignation from Parliament, Trotman will remain a member of the “Althoughparty. leaving the National Assembly, Mr. Trotman will remain a mem ber of the National Execu tive Council (NEC) of the AFC and continue to provide counsel to the leadership of the AFC on a range of national and regional devel opments,” the party said. Trotman has served as a Member of the National Assembly continuously from 1998 to present, and during that time, he has served as the 10th Speaker of the Na tional Assembly, and served on many Standing and Select Committees including those for - Constitution Reform, Security, Foreign Affairs and Natural Resources, the statement noted. He also led several par liamentary delegations to international conferences and meetings in the United Kingdom, Sri Lanka, Peru, Azerbaijan, Bolivia, Bar bados, Mexico, and New Zealand, among others. Trotman is also a for mer Minister of Natural Resources. A former mem ber of the People’s Na tional Congress Reform (PNCR), Trotman formed the AFC political party in 2005 along with Khemraj Ramjattan, and the late Sheila Holder
By Naomi Parris AMID concerns of Guy ana’s first reported case of monkeypox and the re opening of schools across the country, Education Minister Priya Manick chand on Wednesday gave the assurance that the min istry is well prepared and schools will be reopening as scheduled.
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“We have since isolated the patient. So, that patient is now in an isolated area at the Ocean View Hospital, and that patient is stable and is doing very well,” Minister AnthonyContactsaid.tracing has been done and persons who would have been in proximity of the man have been Meanwhile,quarantined.President, Dr Irfaan Ali on Monday mentioned that Guyana has had systems in place since the announcement of the monkeypox outbreak by the World Health Organisation (WHO) as a public health emergency of international concern in July.
Surveillance personnel at various borders and health care facilities in the country have already been trained to detect the virus. The country’s Health Ministry has already placed an order for some monkeypox vaccines which are currently in high de mand across the world. These vaccines are said to be scheduled to arrive in Guyana by the end of Sep tember.
FULLY EQUIPPED According to the min ister, all schools across the country are fully equipped with hand-washing facilities and both pupils and students were previously sensitised on social distancing to avoid widespread infection of vi ruses.“We have for the first time all schools with hand-washing facilities, run ning water and soap and oth er kinds of facilities to keep ourselves clean and sanitised. And we have had periods of COVID about how we can appropriately distance our selves using six feet; there are certain activities that might be limited.” She noted further that while some activities might have to be limited, the min istry is looking forward to hosting its annual sporting events after a two-year hia tus. “We are looking forward to having sports this year, inter-house, inter-school, inter-region and national sports.”OnMonday, Health Min ister Dr Frank Anthony an nounced that the country had recorded its first case of the monkeypox virus. The first case is identified as a male minibus operator in his 50s from Region Four. The case was confirmed as health officials were able to collect samples and do the required testing. It was revealed that this patient does not have a recent travel history.
— Guyana better prepared for monkeypox, says Minister Manickchand Education Minister Priya Manickchand
Minister Manickchand, who was at the time speak ing on the sidelines of an event, said the advent of the COVID-19 pandemic high lighted the severe effects of closing“Weschools.learnt from COVID-19 that schools must be the last place to close and the first place to open because too much gets lost. We know that the world has suffered tremendous learning loss in children, that is skills and learning that children had acquired pre-COVID got lost when they stayed home,” she said, adding: “We know that more children were physi cally, sexually, emotionally abused during COVID, so I told you about some of the measurable things and some of the things that we can’t calculate.”Sheexplained that the damage of closing schools prematurely is very severe; however, in the advent of an outbreak again, the min istry is now more than ever prepared.“Damage is way too great, way too big when we close schools; we don’t have any intention of ever closing schools again, whether cir cumstances in the world will dictate that is something we will have to watch and see,” she “Whatsaid. I do know is that we are in a better place to respond to school closures now if we had to close. I want to be very clear, there is no intention to close schools, we expect to open all of our schools as normal on September 5,” Manickchand added.
“We had the systems in place, so I’m very confident the Ministry of Health will be dealing with this. As a matter of fact, we have al ready ordered, some time ago, the vaccines although they are in very limited sup ply,” the President said. President Ali went on to say that the system at the Ocean View facility has already been activated and with the confirmation of this first case, there will be great er monitoring.Hewenton to add that at this time there will be no restrictions put in place as he mentioned that there is no need for those, calling instead for persons to be responsible.President Ali also con firmed that the family of the man who is Guyana’s first case was already tested and will be isolated, even as con tact tracing will take place.
Schools to reopen as scheduled
“We’reTechnology.alsolooking to go beyond the basics, and we’re looking to do things that introduce students to robotics, web development, and importantly, coding and programming as well.” The ICT camp is open to youths aged 13-18, and is the Demerara leg of the three ICT summer camp training pro grammes being con ducted countrywide. (DPI)
The five-day pro gramme, which began on Monday, is being held at the Dolphin Secondary School. The youths are re ceiving instructions in the areas of Innovation and toprogrammetraining,engagedwhopant,puters,”ofgivennology.ofagrammepressedKeyahlaudedfewerintroductionTechnology,mentalsTechnology,CommunicationthefundaofInformationaswellastocomputcoding.DPIspokewithaparticipants,whotheprogramme.Fourteen-year-oldSadlooexthattheprohastaughtherlotaboutthebasicsInformationTech“It’sgreat.Ithasmeahigherlevellearningaboutcomshesaid.AnotherparticiJewelzHamilton,waspreviouslyinroboticsrelatedthatthehashelpedreinforcehisknowl edge in “It’sICT.an amazing programme! It’s edu cational, and you can learn a lot of stuff, es pecially with robots, and it helps people that don’t really know that much about how to use Microsoft Word and Microsoft Excel,” he said.Divine Williams, who was also previ ously engaged in ro botics training, hopes to pursue a career as a petroleum engineer. “Since I’ve been here, I’ve already learned some things that I hadn’t learned be fore in the other class es,” she CaribbeantheirprogrammealsoManyrelated.participantsexpressedthatthewillaidstudiesfortheSecondary Education Certificate (CSEC) examinations. The Industry and Innovations Unit’s Planning Coordinator, Shawn Coonjah, dis closed that the aim of the programme is to create awareness of several areas of Innova tions and Communica tions
Jewelz Hamilton, a participant of the ICT summer camp (DPI photo)
OVER 100 partic ipants are engaged in the Office of the Prime Minister - In dustry and Innovation Unit’s Information and Communi cations Technology (ICT) summer camp.
Divine Williams, a participant of the ICT summer camp (DPI photo)
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CONCACAF Under-17 Men’s Football Qualifiers… Young team prepared, confident ahead of upcoming matches
AHEAD of sightscometaskedcerersMen’sCONCACAFSaturday’sUnder-17FootballQualifiinFlorida,localsocplayerswereyesterdaywithensuringtheyoutvictorious,withsetonbiggergoals for 2023. Guyana Football Feder ation (GFF) Technical Di rector, Bryan Joseph, along with head coach Vurlon Mills told media yesterday at the Guyana Football Federa tion (GFF) National Training Centre, Providence that the preparation was great leading up to this match. “I feel very confident because the preparation was good. We had enough time and the exposure that we had on the European trip, I think that bodes well. I think even with the addition of players from the diaspora, we ba sically got a much stronger team that can compete over the five matches.” said the Technical Director.
GUYANA CHRONICLE, Thursday, August 25, 2022 21 (BBC) - Formula 1 presi dent Stefano Domenicali says he does not expect a woman to race at the top level of the sport in the next five years. Domenicali said it was “crucial to give the maxi mum possibility for wom en to come to F1 - we are totally dedicated to that”. But he added: “Real istically speaking, unless there is something like a meteorite, I don’t see a girl coming into F1 in the next five years. “That is very unlike ly.” Domenicali added that F1 was “working to see what we can do to improve the system”.Onlytwo women, both Italian, have ever started an F1 World Champion ship grand prix. Maria Teresa de Filip pis competed five times in the 1950s, and Lella Lom bardi took part in 12 races in theLombardimid-1970s.is the only female to score points - she won half a point for finish ing sixth in the truncated 1975 Spanish Grand Prix. F1 is promoting the female-only W Series by running its races at grands prix this Domenicaliseason. said: “We are very happy with the collaboration with For mula“ButW. we believe that to be able to give the chance to girls to be at the same level of competition with the guys, they need to be at the same age when they start to fight on the track at the level of Formula 3 and Formula 2. “We are working on that to see what we can do to improve the system. And you will see soon some action. “We want to build up the right parameters with the right approach for them to start racing against the guys, at the right age, with the right car.”
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Mills added that the play ers are very confident head ing into this match and are well aware and prepared for their upcoming battles, deem ing Bermuda as arguably the toughest potential opponents Guyana could likely face. Meanwhile, Guyana get their campaign underway against Bonaire on Tuesday August 30 at 09:00hts, fol lowed by The Bahamas on September 1 at 11:00hrs with another battle against Saint Martin on September 3 from 09:00hrs.OnSeptember 5, from 09:00hrs, Guyana and British Virgin Islands (BVI) face off, with their campaign coming to an end against Bermuda on September 7, at 11:00hrs. Meanwhile, Group-B comprises Puerto Rico, Aruba, Martinique, An guilla, and the US Virgin Islands, while Group-C contains the Dominican Republic, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Cayman Islands, and Dominica. Group-D fea tures Nicaragua, Antigua and Barbuda, Belize, and Turks and Caicos Islands. (Clifton Ross)
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Stafanie Taylor (L) and Rashada Williams (R) of GAW celebrate winning the 2022 Hero Caribbean Premier League - The 6IXTY Women’s Match 3 between their team and Barbados Royals at Warner Park Sporting Complex yesterday in Basseterre, Saint Kitts and Nevis. (Photo by Randy Brooks - CPL T20/CPL T20 via Getty Images)
The opening game saw Chloe Tryon put on a big-hit ting masterclass as she shone with the bat for Barbados Royals in the first-ever game of the 6IXTY. In an innings that saw four sixes and five fours, the South African brought up her half- century in just 26 balls, reaching the milestone with a four. She continued to push through the gears and followed up with huge back-to-back sixes. It took an incredible catch from her South African captain Sune Luus off the bowling of Anisa Mohammed to remove her for 63 from 29. With eight balls to go and having not faced a ball, Henry was run-out without scoring and the Royals were four down with seven balls to go.Britney Cooper looked to push to the finish line. She helped the Royals break the three-figure mark after 57 deliveries. Her cameo, along side Alleyne, helped them reach an impressive 108-4 after 60 balls. In response, Trinbago Knight Riders’ (TKR) open ers Natasha McLean and Kycia Knight looked to teeoff and unlock the extra pow er-play via two sixes in the first two However,overs.McLean was cleaned up by Qiana Joseph for just 1. Kycia Knight was striking at a run-a-ball, in cluding hitting Fatima Sana back over her head two balls into the ICC emerging play er-of-the-year’s over. When Kycia was forced to leave the field due to in jury, her twin sister Kysho na came out to replace her. Halfway through the chase the team were 33-1 before the bowling switched ends for the second half. They needed 76 from 30 and the first ball from this end was the fan-voted mys tery ball. Kyshona capitalised on the free-hit to wallop it to the leg-side boundary. As the run-rate was beginning to get ahead of TKR, Royals captain Hayley Matthews took two quick wickets and the game was all but done. With five balls remaining, 40 runs were still required. Despite the best efforts of Geetika Kodali and Hayley Jensen - finishing with a flourish, - they fell 29 runs short, finishing 80-3.
The final game of Day 1 saw two teams vying to finish the opening day undefeated. The Royals showed batting brilliance in their earlier vic tory while the Warriors had come out on top thanks to their work with the ball and in the field. It was set to be a mouth-watering match-up, and it did not
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GAW BEAT TKR Chamari Athapaththu started quickly as she raced to 16 from 8. She was granted a life when Kodali dropped her on 16 but it didn’t prove too costly. She was trapped lbw by Grimmond and her unsuccessful review meant she had to Williamsgo. and Taylor worked the ball around and hit some impressive bound aries before a stumping off Anisa saw the end of Wil liams for 24. With seven balls remain ing the Guyana Amazon War riors (GAW) were 66-2. Tay lor continued to strike big, smashing the penultimate ball for a six as the Warriors took 15 runs off the final over. The Knight Riders stated their intention from the first ball hitting an early boundary but Shamila Connell quickly claimed the wicket of Nata sha McLean caught by Fraser in the deep. It was the turn of the Knight twins to re-ignite the chase. After five overs Knight Riders were 40-1 and the re introduction of Connell broke the partnership when Kysho na Knight spooned it up to Taylor. The pressure was on as Hayley Jensen headed to the crease. She had scored 22 off 12 in the earlier game and much the same was needed. She picked up where she had left off, finding the boundary to leave the Knight Riders needing 32 from 24. Taylor had other things to say about it. A quick pick up and throw from the floor saw her run Jensen out for 5. Ky cia Knight, despite an injury shortening her innings in the opening game, continued to find the boundary until she tried to go big on the leg-side off Cherry-Ann Fraser and found Chedean Nation on the boundary.Taylor continued to build the pressure, bowling five dots in a row and leaving the Warriors needing 24 off the last two overs. With 18 need ed off eight Sune Luus looked to get all of her shots and a glorious over-the-shoulder catch from Gajnabi off the bowling of Ramharack sent her Thepacking.final over required 17 off the bowling of Ayabon ga Khaka. She was clinical and they struggled to get her away before she castled Kodali for 3, meaning the Knight Riders had lost six wickets and their innings was over with three balls left.
FraserWarriors’disappoint.Cherry-Annproducedstaggering bowling figures of 3-6 from her 12 balls as she ripped through the Royals and helped restrict them to 54 all out from just 57 balls. It was an all-round bowl ing and fielding display from the Warriors with Ayabonga Khaka also bowling tight lines and building pressure. Royals lost Boyce early, bowled by Khaka for 3. She was followed quickly by Hayley Matthews for 10 before Britney Cooper, who had previously retired with a migraine, returned to the middle.She also struggled against the prowess of Fraser and was soon walking back to the dugout. Tryon again provided some resistance but fell for 24 and was the only Royals’ batter to make double figures. The team in pink came out fighting and knew they needed early wickets if they were to be in with a chance of defending their small total. A tight open ing over from Matthews leaked just three runs while some in credible fielding from Fletcher saw the back of the dangerous Athapathuhu with a direct hit. At the half-way mark War riors were 28-1 and looked on for making it two wins from two on Day 1. It was the partnership between former West Indies captain Stafanie Taylor and Rashada Williams that brought Warriors home by five wickets. Taylor was again unbeaten and finished with 33. Alongside Williams’ 22 not out, it was enough to help them chase down the modest total. The new tournament promised so much and truly delivered on the first day. Players already looked to be learning and adapting by the close of play. Tomorrow, the men’s tournament kicks off and we are sure to be in for more thrills and spills in this inaugural 6IXTY.
IT WAS a blockbuster opening day to cricket’s most exciting new tourna ment as all three women’s teams took to the field twice on Day 1 at the inaugural SKYEXCH 6IXTY. It had everything – a maiden fifty, sharp run-outs, power-hitting, top-class bowling performances, plus all the innovations the 6IXTY had promised.
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Guyana Amazon Warriors unbeaten after Day 1 of SKYEXCH 6IXTY
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(CMC) – West Indies’ hopes of automatic qual ification for next year’s ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup now depend on the performance of other teams, after the Carib bean side’s penalty for a slow over-rate against New Zealand on Sunday. West Indies were docked two Super League points for falling two overs short of completing their overs in the allotted time, in the match that ended their Cricket World Cup Super LeagueOn-fieldcampaign.umpires
The course offered an opportunity to up date referees on the lat est interpretation and changes to the Laws of the Game, and focused on areas such as hand ball, offside and penalty decisions.“Training is import ant - it is ongoing and it never stops,” said GFF Executive Committee member and Head of Refereeing, Dion In niss. “We always have to be reminded of the fundamentals and the foundations of what we do.”First-time attendee Selena Persaud, an as sistant referee from Re gion 7, said the course was “very interactive and“I’veinformative”.learned a lot, as everyone did,” she said. “It has shown me that there is room for improvement, and it was a great experience.”
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BURLY left-handed batter and off-spinner Zandon Rose of Essequibo was the recipient on one cricket bat, compliments of the Project Cricket Gear for young and promising cricketers in Guyana. The Anna Regina Mul tilateral School ‘A’ Grade student is currently in Gre nada representing Guyana at the Regional Under-15 tournament.TheJacklow Sports Club all-rounder represented Es sequibo in the recently con cluded GCB Inter-Coun ty Under-15 competition, stroking a solid half-century and taking 3 wickets against President’s 11 - his highlight performance.Thebatwas presented by former Essequibo In ter-County senior cricket er Elroy Stephney, who is the manager of the National team. Rose was thankful for the gesture and promised to do well.This joint initiative is be tween Anil Beharry of Guy ana and Kishan Das of the USA. They feel privileged to assist young players across the Thecountry.project has collected, so far, $250 000 cash, two trophies, 12 cricket boots, 19 pairs of batting pads, 21 bats, 15 pairs of batting gloves, 19 thigh pads, one pair of wick et-keeping pads, two arm guards, six cricket bags and threeInhelmets.addition to the above, $600 000 worth in gear was donated by Sheik Mohamed, former National wicketkeep er/batter.Todate, 40 young players from all three counties of Guyana have already benefit ed from the PbertOptionWestfarGuyana.andutedusedCricket-relatedprogramme.items,ornew,canbedistribfreeofcosttoyoungpromisingcricketersinAmongthedonorsthusare:JavedandImranofIndianSportsComplex,GroupofUSA,HilFoster,BishPandayofandPInsuranceBrokers,
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The standard fiveday course, led by FIFA Referee Development Officer, Javier Santos, is part of the world gov erning body’s regular activities to support the capacity-building of referees worldwide in order to maintain stan dards in the officiation of matches.Referees and as sistant referees from across the country were put through their pac es by the FIFA team, including theoretical classroom and practical field sessions, as well as fitness conditioning. “We have seen a very good attitude from the referees,” FIFA’s Santos said. “They were very enthusiastic. Ev ery time we visit this country, we have seen a good improvement.”
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Sean Devers, Trevis Simon, Årïêl J. Tïlkú, Aaron Beharry, Leanna Bachan and Imran Saccoor, Devon Ramnauth, Teddy Singh, Romash Mun na, Ravi Etwaroo, Kelvin Brijlall, Ravin Harkishun, Surendra Harkishun, Allan Mangru, Dennis Mangru, Vishal Mahabir, Sherman Austin, Huburn Evans, Ra jendra Sadeo, Ramesh Sunich of Trophy Stall, Sheik Mo hamed of Star Sports Awards and Trophies and Ajay Gain da of Cricket Equipment Guyana, Gajanand Singh, Peter Ramkissoon, Rabin dranath Saywack, Roshan Gaffoor, Ameer Rahaman, Chin Singh, Denesh Chan drapaul, Dr Cecil Beharry, Davo Naraine of UK and Latch Mohabir and family. Thanks to the media for the role they are playing in pro moting this venture. Persons, who are in terested and would like to contribute, can contact Anil Beharry on 623 6875 or Kishan Das on 1-718-6640896.
THE Guyana Football Federation (GFF) Refereeing Depart ment has successful ly completed the fa cilitation of a Centre.theitstrainingmember-associationFIFAcourseformatchofficialsatNationalTraining
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Elroy Stephney (left) presents the bat to Rose in the presence of his teammates
GFF referees were put through their paces by the FIFA instructors
Fifteen-year-old Zandon Rose is latest beneficiary
The next Super League action takes place in Aus tralia, with the host team facing Zimbabwe from August 28 to September 3
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Wilson and Leslie Reif er, third umpire Gregory Brathwaite and fourth um pire Nigel Duguid levelled the charge after the hosts’ five-wicket defeat, and cap tain Nicholas Pooran plead ed guilty to the offence. It means the West Indies drop to 88 points – a total that is unlikely to result in a top eight position at the end of the Super League cycle, and a ticket straight to India.The men in maroon were in seventh place on 80 points before the start of the ODI series against New Zealand, and after losing the series 2-1, they went to 90 points before the penalty knocked them down to 88 points with a net run rate of -0.738.Ireland (9th on 68 points) have a superior net run rate to the West In dies, and with wins worth ten points, two victories at home to Bangladesh in their series next year would like ly result in a higher finish. Waiting to strike, Aus tralia (eighth on 70 points), Sri Lanka (10th on 62 points) and South Africa (11th on 49 points) all have multiple series left in the cycle that could give them the opportunity to finish above West Indies. A finish outside the top eight would mean West Indies’ path to India 2023 would be via the Cricket World Cup Qualifier in Zimbabwe next year. The bottom five teams of Super League move to the Qualifier, and are joined by the top three finishers of Cricket World Cup League 2, and the top two finishers of the Cricket World Cup Qualifier Play-off.
24 GUYANA CHRONICLE, Thursday, August 25, 2022 West Indies sweating over automatic qualification for men’s CWC Printed and Published by Guyana National Newspapers Limited, Lama Avenue, Bel Air Park, Georgetown. Telephone 226-3243-9 (General); Editorial: 227-5204, 227-5216. Fax:227-5208 | THURSDAY, AUGUST 25, 2022 Geetika Kodali of Trinbago Knight Riders (TKR) is bowled by Ayabonga Khaka of GAW during the 2022 Hero Caribbean Premier League - The 6IXTY Women’s Match 2 between GAW and TKR at Warner Park Sporting Complex yesterday in Basseterre, Saint Kitts and Nevis. (Photo by Randy BrooksCPL T20/CPL T20 via Getty Images) Guyana Amazon Warriors unbeaten after Day 1 of SKYEXCH 6IXTY Story on page 22 Story onpage 23 Young team prepared, confident ahead of upcoming matches Story onpage 21
