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7th S eptember, 2022 WEDNESDAY No.106838 PAGE 03 $100PRICEVATINCLUSIVE' Contestants in the Amerindian Heritage Pageant 2022, on Tuesday, paid a courtesy call on President Dr. Irfaan Ali at his Office. The President charged the young ladies to not only focus on winning but on bringing representation and joy to the communities and regions they represent. (Office of the President) Education Ministry launches National Breakfast Programme PAGE 08 PAGE 12 attopsneurosurgeonAspiringRegionSixCSECexams PAGE 02 NGSA results to be announced PrudentFridaymanagement –– key investments, sound policies pave way for sustainable, consistent growth in non-oil sector, Dr. Singh says

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GIVEN her success at the 2022 Caribbean Secondary Educa tion Certificate (CSEC) exam inations, seventeen-year-old Leezo Prasad of Skeldon Line Path Secondary School (SLPSS) now has her eyes set on becoming a neurosurgeon, a specialty she finds intriguing. Based on the preliminary results which were recently re leased, the Number 72 Village, East Berbice-Corentyne resident secured 16 Grade Ones and one Grade Two. With those results, she is her region’s top performer. Filled with inspiration to help others and having an in terest in the brain, how funda mentally important it is for the functioning of the entire body and the intricacies of how it works, the teen wants to become a neurosurgeon.“Ifindthe brain quite fas cinating. It’s a very complex organ. I want to be able to help people and I also noticed that’s a specialty not a lot of persons take up so I did some research on the field and how many neu rosurgeons there are and found that its quite limited. So, I would like to be in that field where I could offer help. I feel this is my calling,” she told the Guyana Chronicle on Tuesday. While admitting that this goal is going to be quite chal lenging on many fronts, she is hoping to get a scholarship to pursue her studies overseas, which will challenge her capa bilities. On completion of those studies, she plans to return to Guyana to serve her country. She expressed optimism that she can achieve her goal given that her family has been her bedrock. With their continued support, she is confident that she can make her dream come true. Her father, Deodat Prasad is now a pensioner. He toiled his entire life as a labourer to provide for Leezo and her two older sisters, while her mother, Padmawattie Khoobia, managed the affairs of the home. The two older sisters, who are Leezo’s role models, are teachers. They were instrumen tal in teaching her from an early age, the importance of a proper study routine and also instilling good reading and researching habits.Their assistance not only helped her to establish a rou tine but it allowed her to teach herself five of the subjects she wrote.Additionally, her mother stayed up with her at nights and ensured she had snacks and other things to eat and drink while studying. Her mother also ensured that she had a limited number of chores so that she could focus on her studies. Aside from the provision of financ es, her father provided moral support.“Iliked to study but it was hard because I had to deal with noise nuisances, power outages, muddy street - I had to walk out to go to school, unstable internet connections and being able to learn new subjects along the way by myself…my family especial ly and my teachers were there to support me and just seeing the pride and joy from my parents’ reaction when we were watching the live feed was worth every single challenge. They were so happy and excited, they cried, we all cried and even now they cannot stop smiling,” she added. The young lady also ex pressed gratitude to her teaches, siblings, parents, friends and everyone who supported and encouraged her throughout her academic journey.

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Leezo Prasad Aaron Gunraj Aaron Gunraj with his parents and sister Ariel

Region Six at CSEC exams — longs

By Nafeeza Yahya

NUMBER TWO Meanwhile, Aaron Gunraj of Tagore Memorial Secondary School is the second-best per former based on his preliminary results, 15 Grade Ones and one GradeHeTwo.told the Guyana Chron tops for scholarship to pursue studies

The forestry sector grew by an estimated 47.1 per cent in the first half of the year, largely on account of significant growth in log produc tion. At the end of June, 203,220 cu bic metres of timber products were produced, compared with 137,040 cubic metres at the end of June last year, driven by higher-than-antici pated production of DIVERSIFICATIONECONOMIClogs.

The livestock industry is estimated to have grown by 4.2 per cent when compared with the first half of 2021. The production of poultry meat, beef, pork, and mutton grew by 9.2 per cent, 6.9 per cent, 18.2 per cent, and 28 per cent, respectively.

IN keeping with its vision to fa cilitate the sustainable growth of Guyana’s economy, the government has made significant investments to effectively diversify and boost the non-oil sectors in Guyana. Evidence of this is the 8.3 per cent growth recorded in the non-oil sector during the first half of the year. Senior Minster in the Office of the President with responsibility for Finance, Dr. Ashni Singh, during a recent interview with the National Communications Network ( NCN), reaffirmed that the government’s plan to invest in the sectors outside the oil and gas sector is part of its strategic plan to avoid the Dutch Disease.

“We recognise the inherent vulner ability that arises from being too heav ily dependent on one or two crops, or one or two products, so we want to make sure that we diversify away so we have a widely diverse sector even within agriculture; that we have a widely diversified agricultural base.”

According to the Ministry of Fi nance’s Mid-Year Report 2022, the agriculture, forestry, and fishing sector are estimated to have expanded by 10.9 per cent in the first half of the year, driven by higher output from the other crops, forestry, and livestock industries.

By Jared Liddell

He related that the government is encouraging the cultivation of other crops including corn, soybean, and tropical varieties of wheat with a view to promote large scale cultivation, and is keen on promoting other crops or nontraditional crops in place of some cash crops.

real GDP is estimated to have grown by 36.4 per cent in the first half of this year, driven by the petroleum, other crops, and services sectors. Additionally, despite the lingering effects of the 2021 floods limiting performance in some indus tries during the first half of this year, the non-oil economy grew by an es timated 8.3 per cent. Representatives of the Opposition, however, claimed that the non-oil sectors have not been performing. At the Leader of the Opposition’s conference on Tuesday, it was men tioned that a reduction in sugar, rice, fish and gold production during the first half of the year, is an early sign of the Dutch However,Disease.withsupportive mea sures in place to continue increas ing economic activity, overall GDP growth for 2022 is now projected at 56 per cent, and non-oil growth at 9.6 per cent.

Also boosting growth in the other mining sector is the production of manganese for the first time in de cades. At the end of the first half, 193,665 tonnes of manganese were produced, with a total of 378,000 tonnes expected by year-end.

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Economic paramountdiversification

The bauxite industry is estimated to have expanded by 31.9 per cent in the first half of the year. At the end of June, production stood at 343,922 tonnes, compared with 291,560 tonnes in the first half of last year.

The increased poultry meat pro duction could be attributed to the increased production of black giant chicks and the importation of black giant hatching eggs. Notably, the government’s invest ment in aquaculture infrastructure, and drainage and irrigation systems yield ed an almost 300 per cent increase in the production of brackish water shrimp in the first half of the year.

Senior Minister in the Office of the President with responsibility for Finance, Dr. Ashni Singh Leader of the Opposition, Aubrey Norton

With supportive measures in place to continue increasing economic ac tivity, overall GDP growth for 2022 is now projected at 56 per cent, and non-oil growth at 9.6 per cent.

“As a government, we’ve placed a lot of policy emphasis on ensuring economic diversification and so the continued strength of the non-oil economy is in fact, something that we are pleased to observe and it represents, I believe, a vindication of the emphasis that we’ve placed on ensuring economic diversifica tion and a strong non-oil economy,” Minster Singh said. In the first half of the year, the min ing and quarrying sector is estimated to have expanded by 64.6 per cent as a result of increased output from the petroleum, bauxite, and other mining industries. Addressing this area of growth, Dr. Singh said: “We have done a lot of work to support the mining sector. We took off the taxes on fuel, gasoline, and diesel. Diesel, of course, is a criti cal input into the mining industry. We revisited the tax regime, distributors’ tax, and the final tax that is applicable to the mining sector. As you know, we recently enacted legislation for these.” He related too that the government has also been investing heavily in hinterland roads, which continue to be a major factor in the work of the extractive sectors. Dr. Singh noted that the govern ment specifically recognises how critical accessibility is for the inter est-based“We’veindustries.ramped up significantly our investment in hinterland roads. So, all of those measures as measures have helped to cushion the impact of other wise adverse conditions, particularly in relation to accessibility of weather on the gold mining sector,” he said.

The other mining and quarrying industries are estimated to have ex panded by 36.3 per cent in the first half of the year. Further, sand output, based on surveys, is estimated to have expanded by 19.8 per cent, on account of increased demand from the con structionDiamondindustry.declarations, like sand, also recorded significant improvement over last year, increasing from 18,432 karats in the first half of 2021, to 49,016 metric karats this year.

–– as key investments, sound policies pave way for sustainable, consistent growth in non-oil sector, Dr. Singh says

Dr. Singh noted that while the new projected Gross Domestic Product ( GDP) growth of 56 per cent GDP for 2022 is reflective of the booming oil and gas sector, the government is proud of the significant growth being recorded in the non-oil sectors. “Very importantly, the outlook for the rest of the year also reflects a very strong picture in relation to the non-oil economy, which is extreme ly important for us. Because, from the standpoint of any resource-based economy, having a strong non-oil sec tor it’s important for the standpoint of economic diversification,” the senior ministerGuyana’ssaid.

Speaking directly about the growth of the agriculture sector, Minister Singh said: “We have placed strong policy emphasis on agriculture, and I’m speaking not just about traditional agriculture, sugar and rice have always been important. But we have said we would like to diversify away from the traditional crops.

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(Reuters) - OIL prices fell on Tuesday as concern re turned about the prospect of more interest rate hikes and COVID-19 lockdowns weakening fuel demand, reversing a two-day rally on OPEC+’s first output target cut since 2020. Brent crude settled at $92.83 a barrel, losing $2.91, or three per cent. The U.S. West Texas Intermediate (WTI) fell from Monday’s trading to settle at $86.88 a barrel, up one cent from Fri day’sTheclose.U.S. benchmark had been trading since Sunday without settlement due to the Labour Day holiday. The WTI prices are down more than two per cent from the usual time of settlement on Monday, Refinitiv Eikon data show.

“The OPEC+ news is now in the market and the focus has temporarily shifted to economic and inflationary concerns amongst which the two relevant factors are the extended COVID lockdowns in China and Thursday’s ECB rate decision,” Tamas Varga of oil broker PVM said.China has eased some COVID-19 curbs but extend ed lockdowns in Chengdu, which added to worries that high inflation and interest rate hikes will hit oil demand. The European Central Bank is widely expected to lift rates sharply when it meets on Thursday.Astronger U.S. dollar, which was up about 0.6 per cent on better-than-expect ed U.S. services industry data, also put pressure on oil prices.The reading on services sector activity fed into ex pectations that the Federal Reserve will keep raising interest rates, which could trigger a recession and bring down fuel demand. “Basically, it’s all about tight supplies and concerns about an economic slow down that might happen in the future,” said Phil Flynn, an analyst at Price Futures group in Chicago. “This has created a lot of uncertainty in the Onmarket.”thesupply side, signs that an agreement to res urrect Iran’s nuclear deal with world powers was less imminent challenged crude prices by reducing the odds that OPEC+ would move for ward with its output reduc tion plan, said Bob Yawger, director of energy futures at Mizuho.The European Union’s foreign policy chief said on Monday he was less hopeful about a quick revival of the deal.“You might not get an OPEC production cut if the Iranians don’t bring barrels to the market,” Yawger said. The Organisation of Pe troleum Exporting Countries and allies led by Russia, known as OPEC+, decided on Monday to cut their Octo ber output target by 100,000 barrels per day (bpd). Prices rose on Friday ahead of the meeting and after the deci sion. As a result of the Labor Day holiday, weekly U.S. inventory reports from the American Petroleum Insti tute and Energy Informa tion Administration will be released on Wednesday and Thursday, a day later than usual. demand fears take steam out of rally

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President and CEO of BPGI, Dr Shante Williams

We have developed a robust pipeline of oppor tunities and hope to be considered the preferred capital partner for health entrepreneurs.”

Black Pearl targets Caribbean –– firm is now first black-owned contact lens manufacturer Limited (GBPL) is an entity registered in Jamaica by the general partners of BPGI, which leads the deployment of capital within the Carib bean.BPGI will invest in and acquire early- and growthstage companies transform ing health care using inno vation.“The investment strategy focuses primarily on Carib bean companies with a global potential. We are seeking to accelerate the Caribbean as an innovator in the healthcare sector, so we want to partner with visionary found ers that are redefining how health care is provided and consumed whilst delivering better outcomes for all,” said Daniel Smart, director of the Caribbean at BPGI. The Black Pearl Global Investments team brings investment, medical, tech nology, and health expertise to the“Intable.2020, digital health start-ups in the USA attract ed a record US$14 billion of investment capital, in the largest funding year on record. Jamaica is rich with brilliant innovators and yet funding is only starting to see traction,” Williams said, adding: “BPGI’s mission is to change that by helping to magnify Jamaica’s best and brightest.

GUYANA CHRONICLE Wednesday, September 7, 2022 5 (Jamaica Observer) A Ca ribbean-led asset manage ment company is set to be come the first black-owned contact lens manufacturer in the world. The company, Black Pearl Global Investments (BPGI), entered the contact lens business with the ac quisition of Florida-based contact lens manufacturer Hydrogel Vision Corpora tionAs(HVC).aresult of the acqui sition, HVC will be renamed Black Pearl Vision, becom ing the only black-owned and female-led contact lens manufacturer in the world. The deal is expected to close by mid-September.“Ourticketsizes are in the range of US$10,000 to US$750,000 and we are ex cited to support the Caribbe an market,” Dr Shante Wil liams, president and CEO of BPGI, affirmed. The acquisition comes as Black Pearl Global Invest ments enters the Caribbean with its first regional busi ness launched in Jamaica having a focus on reducing health disparities across the Caribbean.“Jamaica was a natural fit for our Caribbean headquar ters; one of [the] co-found ers, Dr Carl Smart, was born and raised here. Establishing our first Caribbean office here was deeply personal and it will act as an anchor for all of our activities throughout the region,” Williams said. She added: “We are here to support the health sec tor with a mix of solutions for both debt and equity capital partnership. BPGI’s expertise is in supporting en trepreneurs grow their busi nesses not only with capital deployment, but with access to network and knowledge necessary to advance an or ganisation.”BlackPearl Global In vestments is an asset man agement firm that invests in companies innovating in the health determinants space, primarily focused on those located in North America, Africa, and the Caribbean. The firm also globally de ploys funding in the form of venture capital, private equity, and private lending. Its mission is to equitably accelerate the deployment of funding to the companies, entrepreneurs and innova tors who need it most and to where it can make the most impact. Global Black Pearl

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vention and what resources are available to help. As well, governments should promote the ‘Light A Candle’ initiative and inform the people via all available platforms, about resources and help for peo ple who are or may become suicidal, struggling with chal lenges, feeling depressed or anxious, being bullied or feeling helpless, or hopeless or feeling like giving up. * As well, globally, gov ernments are urged not to waste scarce resources on symbolic, photo op events and instead employ such resources to develop real awareness and build preven tion scope within communi ties across each nation. In this respect, collaboration with or empowering NGOs and com munity-based organisations are highly recommended * Businesses should orga nise workshops and seminars for their workers, focusing on self-esteem, handling challenges, dealing with de pression and anxiety, and getting help for suicide ide ation. Business should also explore setting up a safe, comfortable, andchologistsandforthatdecriminaliseshouldsourceforsonon-judgmentalconfidential,mechanismworkerscanreachouthelpandtohelpworkerssuchhelp.*Advocatesandactivistsstepuptheirworktosuicidewherehasnotbeendone;lobbycounsellorsinschoolspsychwardsandpsyinallhospitalsupdatedlegislationthat must include necessary lan guage changes, appropriate media coverage of suicide with monitoring to ensure same and setting up of help lines and hotlines manned by trained personnel with the capacity to refer all who need help to trained psychol ogists. Also, lobby for train ing of suicide-prevention lay counsellors/first responders in communities across the nation. Please contact The Caribbean voice at carib voice@aol.com or 646-4610574 – cell and what’s app.

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* Urging survivors to speak out via videos posted online, interviews with the media or at specially organ ised*events.NGOs can organise candlelight vigils and panel discussions, write letters to the *media.Governments are urged to disseminate sensitisation and prevention information via all available platforms, nationally distribute info leaflets and flyers, put up posters at high-traffic areas and erect billboards, especial ly addressing myths and mis information and indicating how the average citizen can be involved in suicide pre

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IF there is one thing that the recent trend of Carib bean Secondary School Examination Certificate (CSEC) results have demonstrated, it is that the attainment gap be tween our Guyanese stu dents and their regional counterparts have been systematically closing. It is an established fact that under the previous PNC regime our students, both at national and regional examinations, were under performing to a point where Guyana was ranked among the worst performing coun tries in the Caribbean. The relevant question is why is it that our students who are known to be as bright as any in the Carib bean had such low attain ment levels? The problem clearly was not the cogni tive or intellectual level of our students but the fact that the education system under the PNC regime had failed our students and to an astonishing degree and had in fact stood in the way of the realisation of their full academic potential. There was a time when more than 50 per cent of our students who wrote the CSEC examinations failed to obtain acceptable pass grades. The situation was particularly worse in the two critical subjects of Language Arts and Math ematics so necessary for matriculation purposes and for employment in the pub lic service. That was indeed a shame of monumental proportions and a serious indictment on the then PNC regime.Today all of that has changed. Guyanese students all across the country are recording

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This year’s initiatives in clude: * Lighting of a Candle near a window at 8:00pm on September 10, World Suicide Prevention Day, to show sup port for suicide prevention and to remember those lost to suicide, an annual initiative of the International Society for Suicide Prevention; * Cycle the Globe, a call for people to show their sup port for suicide prevention by cycling from September 10 to October 10 and logging in their distances on a specially set up website

Month is observed glob ally in September each year, while September 10 is World Suicide Prevention Day. The International Association for Suicide Pre vention and The Caribbean Voice, as well as many na tional organisations, sug gest ways in which this month can be observed.

Closing the Attainment Gap

thoseofmentsderstandmainthosehamedsage,vatefromregionweresuchnoteworthyCAPE.theQueen’sBhedeshgradetopwereReginaRamolltions.andperformancesextraordinaryattheCSECtheCAPEexaminaQuatamHeralallandBaboolallofAnnaMultilateralSchoolnamedthecountry’sstudentswiththemostonesatCSECwhilePersaudfromCollegescoredmostGradeOnesatWhatisparticularlywasthefactthatstellarperformancesreplicatedineveryofthecountryandbothpublicandprischools.InacongratulatorymesPresidentDr.MoIrfaanAliurgedwhoexcelledtorefocusedandtounthatsuchachievearejustthebeginningalongroadahead.Forthathavenotper formed as well as expected, he reminded them that they are still young and can still achieve much. The world, he said is filled with oppor tunities.“At 15, 16, 17 years old the world is still filled with opportunities. You will have other opportunities. You will have other chanc es, do not be discouraged. Do not lose focus. Do not be disheartened but find strength in understanding that you are still young. You could rewrite your exams if you choose to go into an area with skill development, an area in which you want to advance your technical capabili ties. Look for opportunities equal to what you’re most comfortable with and work towards ensuring that you too fulfill your desires and ambitions,” the President said.According to Howard Gardner, a studentstheandeducationaformsarelayersaresuccessestherelevancetheywiththatwhichofHeeralpsychologist,developmentaltherearesevdomainsofintelligence.cameupwiththetheory‘multiple’intelligenceineffectsuggestedpeoplearenotbornalltheintelligencewilleverhave.Theofsuchtheoryincontextofexaminationisthatchildrenendowedwithseveralofintelligencewhichmanifestedindifferentofcompetencies.Thefactisthatthereisclosecorrelationbetweenanddevelopmentanyimprovementinattainmentlevelofourwhetherattheprimary,secondaryortertiarylevelsmustbewelcomed.Thedevelopmentofourhumancapitaltakesonadded significance in the context of our emerging oil and gas economy which requires a different skills-set than was hitherto the case. The PPP/C adminis tration has been investing heavily in the education sector and from all indica tions such investments are paying dividends. Signifi cantly both Language Arts and Mathematics showed significant improvements in acceptable pass grades. But as mentioned ear lier, the improvement in pass grades go well be yond individual or insti tutional successes and redound in the final anal ysis to the overall good of the society as whole by way of the development of human capital so vital to catapult this nation of ours to even greater heights.

Truss vows to regain public trust in Tories

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The foreplay ahead of the campaign to replace Boris John son, after he unwillingly re signed on July 7 had astonished those not au fait with the work ings of Britain’s unwritten con stitutional Westminster electoral system, which had seen Johnson forced to leave office when he was no longer considered an election winner -- just as he’d forced his predecessor Theresa May out when she didn’t seem able to defeat the opposition Labour Party under Jeremy Corbin, just like she’d replaced David Cameron after the Tories lost the national Brexit vote by a razor-thinJohnsonmargin.has repeatedly claimed that when he went to Buckingham Palace in 2019 to be appointed Prime Minister, Queen Elizabeth had asked him: “Who wants to be a PM in these times?”That was before Climate Change started its latest changefor-the-worse, or the supply chain, or the unexpected blow backs from sanctions against Russia that raised food and energy prices globally – and long before the UK became the worst-affected by post-Ukraine economic costs across Europe, where energy bills will increase by 80 per cent next month and average households will have to find 300 per cent more income to meet cost-of-living bills. And the British Pound is at its lowest-ever against the US Dollar; and the Bank of England is warning a recession can fol low the worst winter Europe will know, later this year. Ms Truss was the 15th UK prime minister appointed and anointed by the Queen in her 70-year reign and the fifth born after she first sat on the throne, the third woman to hold the post. But given QE2’s postCOVID mobility issues, the next PM had to fly to Balmoral Castle in Scotland for her royal appointment – an unprecedented development.At47and with two teenage daughters, Truss flew to the Scottish castle by jet, in bad weather, arriving 10 minutes late for her majestic appointment. Like Johnson, his successor left London as the new Tory political leader and returned a few hours later as the new prime minister.Anunapologetic and un repentant admirer of her pre decessor, PM Truss has taken over at Number 10, named a multi-talented and diversified Cabinet with women and people of colour in key positions (like Chancellor of the Exchequer and Foreign Secretary) and outlined her immediate plans within hours of taking office. A Cabinet Minister since 2012 and longest-serving today, the ex-foreign secretary has also inherited a long list of problems in the PM’s inbox and expec tations are more-than-high that she will repair every one sooner thanFlyinglater. and being driven back to London in similar bad weather as when she left, the new PM eventually delivered another prepared speech (the first after her victory over Su nak was formally announced), again saying all the right things – starting by (again) heaping praise on her predecessor for leading the overwhelming Tory defeat of Labour under popular Leader Jeremy Corbin in 2019, delivering on election promises while in office, standing by Ukraine, “standing-up to Putin” and repeating just how honoured she is to have succeeded him as leader of “the greatest party in the world…”Thenew PM will have to find at least £100 Billion to heal Britain’s deepening economic wounds, but reassured that “I campaigned as a conservative and will govern as a conserva tive”, the fan of Britain’s first lady PM Margaret Thatcher and US President Ronald Reagan’s trickle-down economics prom ises to “cut taxes and grow the economy” – and to so fix the broken National Health Service (NHS) as to ensure “people can get doctors’ appointments…” Polling 81,236 votes against Sunak’s 60,399 out of 172, 437 cast by 82.6 per cent of registered Conservative Party members across the UK, Truss won by just over 20,000 – much less than Followingexpected.the battle field-style campaign between two arch conservatives that divided the party down-themiddle behind her and Sunak, Truss didn’t address rebuilding party unity, but said the cam paign showed “the depth and breadth of talent” in the party’s leadership.Saying “Now is the time to tackle the issues that have been holding Britain back” and expressing confidence her party “has what it takes to fix the prob lems”, the new PM promised she’ll “not be daunted by the challenges we face” and to lead Britain to “ride-out the storm”. The new tenant at 10 Down ing Street promised to unveil her energy plans “this week”, while also focusing on “the economy and health” as well as “hospitals and schools, roads and broad band” to “reduce the burdens on families.”Shealso said she “will use all the talents available in our party” to “build the Modern Britain I know we can deliver” and “a great Tory victory in 2024” (one year ahead of the next due national poll) – some thing that can see her inviting her predecessor and the defeated competitor to join the mammoth task of restoring party unity and regaining public confidence. By now, Truss already has a much better understanding of the overall magnitude of the portfo lio of unprecedented problems she’s inherited and why she can not govern like she campaigned. The usual press and public speculation about where any new prime minister might be heading also greeted the new PM on Day One, but the one thing no one even dares to think out loud about is whether the Queen may (or may not) have, three years later, repeated to his successor what Johnson claims she asked him -- about ‘Who wants to be a Prime Minister’ right now.

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MINISTER of Educa tion, Priya Manickchand, on Tuesday, launched the National Breakfast Programme, which will provide a daily meal to Grade Six students along the coastal regions: Two, Three, Four, Five, Six and 10. The programme was launched at the McKenzie Primary School as part of the Ministry of Education activities to observe Edu cation Month 2022. Minister Manickchand, while delivering the fea ture address, said that the programme was not imple mented because the minis try believes parents cannot provide breakfast for their children, instead, she said: “We believe many can. But we also know a lot of children come to school without breakfast.”

She said that the min istry intends to maintain a high standard on the pro gramme so that children receive what is intended. “So, I hope you un derstand what we intend; for children of Region 10, the children of Guyana will be given a nutritious and filling breakfast at the Grade Six level, ev ery morning,” Minister Manickchand said. (Min istry of Education)

Education Ministry launches National Breakfast Programme

Education Minister Priya Manickchand

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Samples of what was served for breakfast on Tuesday Minister of Education, Priya Manickchand, with pupils of the McKenzie Primary School and teachers during Tuesday’s launch of the National Breakfast Programme

administration in each re gion was asked to identify who would be the best persons within the locale to cook and prepare the meals.She said that those per sons are being hired to cook and that the ministry is paying for each meal. Further, she said that if those persons contracted to supply the meals cannot deliver what is required, there will be no delay in replacing them.

The Education Minister said that it is the state’s duty to help children as far as finances allow. She said that research around the world has proven that children who benefit from healthy nutrition learn bet ter and perform better in school.Additionally, she said that the School Feeding Programme has resulted in increased attendance and enrollment at schools. She said that this year $267 million is being ex pended on the National Breakfast Programme for every Grade Six child on the coast. She said that the children living in the hin terland regions are already benefitting from a separate feeding relatedMinisterprogramme.Manickchandthattheregional

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AGRICULTURE stake holders placed the spot light on healthy foods for children during a five-day programme in Brazil that was aimed at strengthening public policy on school feeding in the region. Representatives from 10 Latin American and Caribbean countries, the CARICOM Secretariat and the University of the West Indies participated in the international technical mission that began on 29 August 2022. The international tech nical mission was organ ised by the trilateral southsouth co-operation project Consolidation of School Feeding Programmes in Latin America and the CaribbeanProgramme(LAC).Manag er for Agricultural and Agro-Industrial Develop ment at the CARICOM Secretariat, Shaun Baugh, spoke at the forum on Thursday. He told par ticipants that food and nutrition security is ac corded high priority in CARICOM which is tak ing steps to ensure that “our children have food”. He highlighted the Community’s goal to re duce its high food import bill by 25 per cent by 2025.“There is a saying that says ‘start them right and make them bright’. This is a profound statement for us in the Region. Our children matter and it is our duty to ensure that we create the conditions that will allow them to contrib ute positively to national and regional development. “Food and nutrition security is one of the sin gle most important areas for us in the CARICOM region. It has been agreed that this is an area that must remain on the front burner and be given the highest priority at all times,” Baugh said. He referenced the World Food Programme CARICOM Livelihood Survey that was recently completed which found that there was a reduc tion in incomes and pur chasing power of house hold, which, in turn, have caused families to buy less food, and “even more alarming, less nutritious foods.”He pointed out that “this affects the children and their ability to learn and, if not addressed, “will cause human development and capacity problems for years to come.” “We have developed some comprehensive ag ricultural andenhancetobackportunityare2025Wesafeguardprogrammesdevelopmentwhichwillagainstthis.arepushingour25byfoodsecurity.WegratefulforthisoptolearnandtakepossiblesolutionsourRegionthatwilltheoverallfoodnutritionstatusofour children,” Baugh said. He added that the part nerships and the lessons from the mission in Brazil will be used to enhance sustainable school-feed ing programmes in the Region. The school-feed ing project in Brazil is part of the actions of the Brazil-FAO Interna tional Co-operation Pro gramme. It is developed jointly by the Brazilian Co-operation Agency of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (ABC/MRE), the National Fund for Edu cational Development of the Ministry of Educa tion (FNDE/MEC), and the Food and Agricul ture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).

— bloc’s Agriculture Programme Manager says Programme Manager for Agricultural and Agro-Industrial Development at the CARICOM Secretariat, Shaun Baugh

CARICOM gives high priority to food and nutrition security

––– engage President Ali, senior government officials on opportunities in agriculture, mining, other key productive sectors

PRESIDENT Dr. Irfaan Ali and a high-level cabinet team, on Monday, met with a large Af rican International Group of business officials at State House. The delegation was led by Benedict Peters, Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Nigeria’s largest oil production firm— Aiteo Group Discussions centred on business opportunities in Guyana in agriculture with a focus on sugar, rice and aquaculture; natural resources, specifical ly in mining, onshore exploration and a refinery, and housing development. President Ali was joined by the Senior Minister in the Office of the President with responsibility for Finance, Dr Ashni Singh; the Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Hugh Todd; Minister of Agricul ture, Zulfikar Mustapaha; Minister of Housing and Water, Collin Croal; the Minister of Public Works, Juan Edghill; the Minister of Natural Resources, Vickram Bharrat and Director of Projects at the Office of the President, Marcia Nadir-Sharma. (Office of the President)

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African investors eye local economy

The government through the Ministry of Education continues to invest in new and trans formative learning ma terials, with improved techniques being utilised in the classrooms. (DPI)

SOME 120 students of St George’s High School are being accommodated at the South Ruimveldt Secondary School this new term. They are part of the 421 displaced students from the school which was destroyed by a fire of elec trical origin back in July. The school was located on Church Street and North Road, Georgetown. On what was a busy first day, head teacher of South Ruimveldt Second ary, Donna Lewis-Isles, took the time to warmly welcome and escort the students to their respective classrooms.Oneof the teachers, Ronella Harris offered some advice to the stu dents.

St George’s High students accommodated at South Ruimveldt Secondary

“Stay focused, a lot of students tend to feel displaced during the new school year because they don’t know what to expect in the new term, but I do believe once focused [and] there is guidance and dil igence for them, anything is possible and success is always within reach,” she said.Meanwhile, as full face-to-face sessions be gan across all education districts, the Department of Public Information (DPI) caught up with students from schools in South Georgetown, the Lodge, Tucville, North and South Ruimveldt, and Dolphin Secondary Schools, who were all smiles.Head teacher of the Lodge Secondary School, Grace Innis- Lewis ex pressed her excitement for the full return of students to the classrooms. “I am always excit ed for the education of the youths, especially the young students of Lodge Secondary School because of the strong need to edu cate quality students for our society”, she said. Head teacher of the Tucville Secondary School, Carolyn Fraser–Grenville expressed sim ilar sentiments, noting: “I am happy for our students – for the last two years being able to have our students back, set the pace for the new school year.” The month of Septem ber is designated Educa tion Month and this year’s theme is, Education.”“Transforming

Full face-to-face engagement ongoing across all education districts The head teacher of South Ruimveldt Secondary welcoming her students

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THE Ministry of Educa tion will be announcing the results of the 2022 Nation al Grade Six Assessment (NGSA) on Friday, accord ing to subject minister, Pri ya Manickchand. Manickchand, in a short clip posted on her Facebook page on Tuesday, encouraged pupils to not be nervous, as the ministry is working to ensure that quality education is delivered at each school. Some 16,288 children at 509 primary schools across the country wrote the Math ematics, English Language, Science, and Social Studies examinations in August. The assessment is con sidered significant for pupils in Guyana, as the scores are used to determine their place ment at secondary schools. Last year, a total of 13,822 pupils wrote the NGSA. When results were an nounced at the Arthur Chung Conference Centre in 2021 by the Education Minister, she noted that, notwithstand ing it was a hard year due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the pupils rose to the occasion and collectively did better than many of the cohorts from previous years. “This has been a hard, hard year for education all over the world. It was a hard year for parents, worrying year for teachers, an anxiety inducing year for children. This is the year we had to in novate in education. [But] the year we had the worst year is the year we produced the most,” Manickchand com mented while delivering the feature address in 2021. Last year, a total of 167 pupils secured a place at Queen’s College, which had a cut-off score of 510. The cut-off scores for the re maining public sixth-form schools were The Bishops’ High School, 505; St Stanis laus College, 501; St Rose’s High, 498; St Joseph High, 494 and President’s College, 484. The top performers for each of the education dis tricts were also announced then, with at least one pupil from each district attaining a place at one of the public sixth-form schools.

‘Do not be nervous’

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— Education Minister urges pupils ahead of announcement of NGSA results on Friday; affirms quality education will be delivered nationwide Minister of Education, Priya Manickchand

GUYANA CHRONICLE, Wednesday, September 7, 2022 13 icle that he was ecstatic after learning of his results and that all the sacrifices and hard work has paid Gunraj,off. 17, of Number 56 Village said since he started secondary school, his mind has been set on writing all the subjects the school offered and when it was time to do so, he decided to take on the challenge. “I am very ecstatic to hear I am among the top performers in Guyana and to hear I top my school also is a surreal moment for me,” he added. He noted that in order to do so, he had to make some chang es to create a balance between school and studying, and other aspects of his life. The creation of a study time table, investment in past papers and numerous textbooks and watching tutors on you tube, were some of the steps he took in his quest for success. Gunraj told this publication that he had to find a way to tran sition to online leaning, which he noted, was challenging at first but eventually worked out. The support from his family and teachers also contributed to his stellar performance. “My parents were with me every single step of the way. They would comfort me when I get tired, encourage me, reward me when I did well. If I say I had to get something, they would go out of their way to sacrifice their needs to ensure I get the things I needed for school,” he said. He also expressed appre ciation to the members of the Number 56 Full Gospel Church for the supportive role they have played.The young Gunraj hopes to become a pediatrician since he loves working with children. “I love working with them, love learning lessons from them. They remind me how to be hum ble, how to use my imagination and creativity. I believe that their health is very important because they are the future and I am hoping for a bright future for Guyana”.Hesaidhe would volunteer at his church’s Sunday School and he would teach and also listen to the children. In giving words of encour agement to his peers, he said they should never underesti mate themselves and should set goals and put in the re quired work to achieve them.

Aspiring neurosurgeon tops...

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According to infor mation from the Guyana Police Force (GPF), the body was discovered by a Ministry of Public Works engineer who was conduct ing an inspection at the said seawall.Due to the state of de composition, the police were unable to determine whether there were any marks of violence.

THE body of hemorning,MahaiconyatoldChandradeo,Haimnarinea28-year-fisherman,wasfoundtheDantzigseawallatonTuesdayfivedaysafterwasreportedmissing.

DEAD:ChandradeoHaimnarine

Chandradeo’s body was ‘escorted’ to the Mahaico ny Public Hospital where the official pronouncement of death was made by a doctor on Subsequently,duty. the re mains were positively iden tified by the fisherman’s cousin, Kamal Bharrat, who recognised the tattoos on the Thebody.body is presently lying at the Bailey’s Fu neral Home awaiting a post-mortem examination. The police had report ed that, on September 1, around 11:00hrs, Chan dradeo, along with two crew members, left the Albion foreshore to catch fish at sea. It was disclosed by the two crew members that Chandradeo was struck by lightning and fell overboard. He then disappeared.

Body of missing fisherman found

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The $50 commemorative coin was created to honour 50 years of diplomatic relations between Guyana and China (DPI photo)

TO honour 50 years of diplo matic relations between the Co-operative Republic of Guy ana and the People’s Republic of China, a $50 commemo rative coin was, on Tuesday, unveiled at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Interna tional Co-operation.

The commemorative coin will be on sale from Wednesday at a cost of Foreign$6,500.Affairs and Inter national Co-operation Minister, Hugh Todd, emphasised that the bilateral relationship between the two states has grown pro gressively over the years. “The fact that Guyana and China have enjoyed very warm, friendly, and fruitful relations for 50 years is an indication of the collaboration and strength and the mutual interest which we share deeply as two sov ereign, independent nation states,” the minister noted. Minister Todd stated that the relationship between Guyana and China continue to benefit the people of both countries. “When we look at the proj ects here in Guyana undertaken by the Chinese Government in collaboration with the Govern ment of Guyana, we can see squarely that they have always centred on improving the lives and the livelihoods of the people of Guyana and to the benefit of the people of China.” The minister commended China on its exponential growth and noted that the country is well positioned to assist in Guy ana’s“Ourtransformation.survivaldepends a lot on how we engage with each other. We have seen the fruits and the benefits of our collabo ration in various areas whether it’s in training, whether it’s infrastructural works,” Minister ToddHeasserted.alsohighlighted China’s ‘humanitarian touch’, pointing to the provision of COVID-19 vaccines to ChineseGuyana.Ambassador to Guyana, Guo Haiyan affirmed that the relationship between the two countries is priceless. She lauded the government for attaching importance to the re lations with her country. “The coin has a price but the friendship between Guyana and China is priceless. We value our friendship very much,” she said. She went on to say that the guidance of the leaders of both countries can comprehensively strengthen the bilateral relations and development plans in vari ous fields, including banking. “We believe that with our joint efforts, the China-Guyana relations will be promoted into a new level and an even more wonderful chapter will be com posed in our friendship,” the ambassadorGovernornoted.ofthe Bank of Guyana, Gobind Ganga, ex plained that the coin was pro duced by Osbourne Mint and is struck on a silver-plated base metal. The words “Fifty years of friendship and co-operation” are written in both Mandarin and TheEnglish.redand green coloured centre graphic is the number 50. One of the sides of the coin shows the letters C and G tied together by the flags of China and Guyana. The date of the partnership is inscribed on the inner ring of the coin. Foreign Secretary, Robert Persaud, was also present at the unveiling. Diplomatic ties between Guyana and China were es tablished on June 27, 1972. Guyana was the only En glish-speaking country in the Caribbean to forge diplomatic relations with China at that time. (DPI)

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From left: Director, Department of International Co-operation, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Co-operation, Ambassador Forbes July; Foreign Secretary, Robert Persaud; Governor of the Bank of Guyana, Dr Gobind Ganga; Foreign Affairs and International Co-operation Minister, Hugh Todd; and Chinese Ambassador to Guyana, Guo Haiyan (DPI photo)

Guyana, China unveil $50 commemorative coin

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THE Guyana Prize for Literature was relaunched with newer categories, fea tures, and prizes as the PPP/C government aims to foster, improve, and share the rich Guyanese litera ture and talent locally and internationally.

Cultural Policy Adviser, Ruel Johnson aims to promote Guyanese literature, culture

Guyana Prize for Literature relaunched with newer categories, features

Minister of Culture, Youth and Sport, Charles Ramson, flanked by Director of Culture, Tamika Boatswain (right), and Andrew Tyndall, National Events Coordinator (left)

The minister said the prize will be “the sporting platform where they can get their works published” and recognised throughout Guy ana.He said: “this prize was very important for literary works for a long time,” adding that noting nothing filled the void when it was scrapped by the former A Partnership For Unity + Al liance For Change Admin istration (APNU+AFC) ad ministration.Theminister related that the ministry, along with Pres ident Dr. Irfaan Ali, worked towards getting the prize in order given its value to the Guyanese society. He announced the chang es and additions to the prize as he expressed optimism that this would serve to en courage the Guyanese in terest in competing in the various“First,categories.thiswill be an annual prize, instead of one every two years. There is also a youth category that has been added. There is one qualifying area other than the age, which is that it’s open only to residents. We’ve also added in a male and female category for the youth prize,” RamsonNationalsaid.Events Coordi nator, Andrew Tyndall, dis closed that the initiative was further expanded to include a prize for non-fiction works and“Thismanuscripts.yearthe prize will also be awarded a publication prize in every open category, which means that if you sub mit a manuscript, and it’s a willing submission, you will be funded for the publishing of that work,” he said. A Literary Festival is also in the works and aims to offer a distinctive and diverse platform that celebrates local literature.Cultural Policy Adviser, Ruel Johnson noted that spe cific developmental aspects of the prize are currently in the Withworks.world literacy day on the horizon, the launch of the prize comes at a crucial time for Guyana. Back in January, Minis ter Ramson had announced that the Guyana Prize for Literature will officially re turn after five years. (DPI)

During a press confer ence on Tuesday, Culture, Youth, and Sports Minister, Charles Ramson, said that this year the Guyana Prize for Literature was revitalised to better share the Guyanese rich cultural heritage and way of life through the artform of story-telling and literature, in a progressive manner.Minister Ramson high lighted the importance of this prize, which provides a broad platform to recognise and promote local literature. “Most of the people who are connected to writing, dra ma, and poetry etc….do not have a next stage and pro gressive kind of opportunity for them to get their works published and for them to be recognised in Guyana for the works that they are doing in this creative space”, he said.

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To further support the implementation of the Code, the Committee will call on countries to endorse the first Voluntary Guidelines for Transshipment, a new instrument that will provide members and organisations with critical standards to apply in their policies and regulations.Regulating, monitoring and controlling transship ment support sustainable fisheries. The aim is to tight en the loopholes that enable fish derived from illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing to be trans ferred from one vessel to another without authorisation and enter the market. As FAO’s 2022 flagship report, The State of World Fisheries and Aquaculture re veals, aquaculture has wit nessed dramatic growth and consumer demand is expect ed to drive further expansion. The growth of aquacul ture, particularly in Asia, lifted total production of fish eries and aquaculture to an all-time high of 214 million tonnes in Global2020.consumption of aquatic foods (excluding algae) has increased at an average annual rate of 3.0 per cent since 1961, reaching 20.2 kg per capita, more than double consumption in the 1960s.The FAO is committed to “Blue Transformation,” a visionary initiative to meet the twin challenges of food security and environmental sustainability while ensuring equitable outcomes and gen der Theequality.COFI35 will provide an opportunity to discuss this further in the context of ad vancing environment-friend ly policy and practices, as well as technological inno vation.Qu also announced the launch of the first-ever FAO fish recipe book, the product of his initiative at the last session of COFI, inviting Members and FAO staff to share how they experience fish as food in their lives. The book combines food recipes from around the world with FAO’s technical information on the ecology, sustainability and nutritional content of the fish used in the recipes, some submitted by renowned chefs.

FISHERIES and aquacul ture could potentially con tribute more to improved global food security and nutrition, but efforts must be stepped up to ensure further development is ef ficient, inclusive and sus tainable. This is according to the Food and Agriculture Organ isation of the United Nations (FAO) which has pointed out the vital role of small-scale fishers and fish farmers in the Theprocess.FAO Director-Gen eral, QU Dongyu, opened the 35th Session of the Committee on Fisheries (COFI35), the only global inter-governmental forum that provides recommen dations and policy advice to governments, regional fishery bodies, civil society organisations, as well as the private sector and interna tional“Today,community.more than ever, as we face many global chal lenges, fisheries and aqua culture play an increasingly important role in provid ing food, nutrition and jobs across the world,” Qu said, adding: “our valuable aquatic resources must be managed and used responsibly and sus tainably, guided by the best science available” in what FAO terms a Blue Transfor mation.This week’s COFI meet ing (5-9 September) will discuss how to grow global aquaculture sustainably and equitably, improve fisheries management and increase efforts to eliminate Illegal, Unreported and Unregulat ed (IUU) fishing, and how to ensure biodiversity con servation and sustainable development of fisheries and aquaculture in the context of a changing climate. The COFI opening ses sion included remarks by Pe ter Thomson, Special Envoy of the UN Secretary General for Oceans and Rafael Gros si, Director-General of the International Atomic Energy Agency, with which FAO has extensive co-operation.

ARTISANAL FISHERIES AND AQUACULTURE

Members will also dis cuss the implementation of the Code of Conduct for Responsible Fisheries, a key instrument which has been guiding efforts to advance sustainable fisheries and aquaculture around the world for over 25 years.

To mark the International Year for Artisanal Fisheries and Aquaculture, a high-level event was also held today to discuss the critical contribu tion that small-scale fishers and fish farmers make to the lives and livelihoods of entire communities around the world, especially in de veloping countries.

“We can all do more, and we must continue to listen to the voices and needs of

IMPLEMENTING CODE OF CONDUCT

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Fisheries, aquaculture key to providing food, nutrition, jobs globally FAO Director-General says Fisheries nutritionaquacultureandplayanincreasinglyimportantroleinprovidingfood,andjobsacrosstheworld(FAOphoto)

Minibus driver, passenger die in Good Hope accident

The mangled Route 44 minibus (Joseph Allen photo) Andrew Ernest Albert called ‘Powers’ Annalisa Lakhan called ‘Lisa’ northern carriageway at a fast rate, whilst motor pickup GNN 3048, driven by Mi chael Lovell, was proceeding in the same lane in front of the Accordingminibus. to a release from Police Headquarters, the minibus driver attempt ed to overtake the motor pick-up but a “collision oc curred.”Due to the collision, Al bert swerved left and collid ed with motor lorry GAC 6803, which was parked. “Further reports revealed that the driver of the minibus lost control and same turned turtle forcing the lorry and a horse cart further east. The minibus also collided into the side rear of motor car PLL 5535,” the release said Lakhan was reportedly in the front passenger seat, next to Albert.Lovell is currently in police custody assisting with the investigation. The bodies of Albert and Lakhan are at the GPHC mortuary awaiting a post-mortem examina tion.

A 38- year-old Route 44 minibus driver and one of his passengers were killed on Tuesday in a horrific accident at Good Hope Public Road, East Coast Demerara (ECD), which also left more than half a dozen persons nursing injuries. Dead is former police officer and minibus operator, Andrew Ernest Albert called “Powers” of Lamaha Park, Georgetown, and Annalisa Lakhan called “Lisa”, 38, of Gopie Street, Buxton North, ECD.The Guyana Chronicle was made to understand that Albert and Lakhan died at the scene, while eight pas sengers, from the minibus they were in, were rushed to the Georgetown Public Hos pital Corporation ( GPHC) for medical Enquiriesattention.disclosed that Albert was the driver of minibus BAB 4746, which was proceeding along the southern driving lane of the

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GUYANA CHRONICLE, Wednesday, September 7, 2022 21 small-scale fishers, fish farm ers and fish workers,” Qu said as he opened the event, paying tribute to the women, men, youth, Indigenous Peo ples and rural communities who are the backbone of the small-scale fisheries and aquaculture sub-sectors. He added: “Today, we are here to recognize and support this historic, yet dynamic and innovative way of living, and to preserve it for future generations.”

Tsimanaoraty Paubert Ma hatante, Minister of Fish eries and Blue Economy of Madagascar; Jorge Luis Prado Palomino, Minis ter of Production of Peru; Abdulrahman Al-Fadley, Minister for Environment, Water, and Agriculture of Saudi Arabia; Alicia Vil lauriz, Vice-Minister for Fisheries of Spain; Maxine Burkett, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Oceans, Fish eries and Polar Affairs, United States Department of State and Margaret Na kato, winner of the 2020-21 Margarita Lizárraga Medal and a member of the IPC Working Group on Fish eries, that represents mil lions of small-scale fishers and fish workers globally. (FAO) From page 19

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Qu stressed the impor tance of developing national plans and strategies in sup port of small-scale fisheries and aquaculture, building on established instruments such as the Voluntary Guide lines for Securing Sustainable Small-Scale Fisheries in the Context of Food Security and Poverty Eradication. Those addressing the IYAFA event included Sakti Wahyu Trenggono, Min ister for Marine Affairs and Fisheries of Indonesia;

The mayor could not make the event that is celebrating Ganesh Utsav (Chaturthi) being held under a large tent thru’ September 8. Several temples are also celebrating Ganesh Cha thurthi, an auspicious period for Hindus, after which pitri paksh or honouring the souls of the deceased will commence.

Guyanese honoured by New York Mayor

A pandit presents the certificate of recognition from New York City Mayor, Eric Adams, to Guyanese-American, Lolita Singh, last Saturday

The honour was presented to Singh by a pandit at the event. It was in recognition of her unflinching service to the Carib bean American community for almost four decades. Lolita has organised cultural and religious events in the city as well as in Jamaica and Guyana. She accompanied cultural and medical groups to Guyana and Jamaica multiple times. Lolita expressed appreciation for the honour. She said she does not serve the community with any return expectation, adding she is proud of her work to showcase and uplift the Indo-Caribbean commu nity in New York and to better lives in Guyana and Jamaica.

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City Mayor, Eric Adams, at a community religious service at the Arya Samaj ground in Lit tle Guyana, Queens. Lolita is formerly from Prashad Nagar, Georgetown, Guyana.

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THE village of Port Kai tuma, Region One (Bari ma-Waini) will get a new stelling to accommodate the US$ 12.7 million Indian Ocean-going vessel dubbed “MV MA LISHA.” Construction of the stelling will ease the trans portation burden of residents and ensure the prompt deliv ery of goods there. The announcement was made by Public Works Min ister, Bishop Juan Edghill during a recent community engagement held at the Port Kaituma Community Centre. “We are proud as a gov ernment that we are able to do the big things and we are able to do the small things. In a very short while we will have to build Minister of Public Works, Juan EdghillSee page 24

Port Kaituma to get new stelling to accommodate India-made vessel

(DPI)

In addition, the minister said the stelling at Mar awaina will only undergo some basic adjustments. Residents of Region One From page 23

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a stelling here in Port Kaituma to facilitate the MV MA LISHA,” Minister Edghill said. This is a commitment of the PPP/C Administration of delivering infrastructural development to every region to improve the livelihoods of citizens.

The 70-metre-long and 14.5-metre-wide vessel is twice the size of the MV Kimbia, and MV Barima, which currently ply the North-West route.

Minister Edghill said the designs are ready for Mabaruma and the bids that were received were over $1 billion.

In January 2021, the agreement of supply was signed between the Ministry of Public Works-Transport and Harbours Department and Garden Reach Shipbuilders & Engineers Limited (GRESL), a renowned shipyard com pany contracted to construct the vessel in Kolkata, India.

Further, the minister noted that the bid for the con struction of the new stelling has already gone out for tender.The watercraft with a frontage length of 200 metres is being constructed through a line of credit from the Government of India and is expected to sail Guyana’s waters before year-end.

Meanwhile, the Transport and Harbours Department has contracted Caribbean Engineering and Management Consultants (CEMCO) to rehabilitate the Mabaruma, Marawaina and Port Kaituma wharves in the region to the tune of $700 million.

Minister Edghill visited Kolkata, India, in April to inspect and test the new vessel to ensure it functions effectively before coming to Guyana.

Port Kaituma to get new stelling to accommodate...

The new vessel can transport 274 passengers, 10 cars, four trucks, and 10 (10ft) size containers of cargo at 14 knots per hour, cutting the usual travel time by half.

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The matter has been adjourned until Septem ber 26, 2022, for the pre sentation of a probation report and prosecutorsentedphy-GoodmanAttorneysentencing.AlairaMurrepreHamilton,whileMuntazAli presented the State’s case.The mother of one was reported missing by relatives on April 17, 2016, after she failed to return home after going to collect a thenbybackseatandtherHackettAccessupandAprilduringAccordingpackage.toreports,theeveningof16,2016,SinghHamiltonpickedthewomanfromUGRoad.Thecourtheardthatwastakenfurdownthesaidroad,waskilledintheofthevehicleHamilton.Shewasdumpedinanearby trench by the pair. The men fled the area and later travelled to Mahdia. Hackett’s body was discovered by two boys on their way to school and was positive ly identified by relatives. The report of the post-mortem performed on Hackett indicated that she died as a result of incised wounds to the neck. Singh was detained after his bloodstained vehicle was found. Hamilton was later ar rested and confessed to the crime.

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Clevaughn Hamilton called ‘Quarters’ DEAD: Simone Hackett

Man pleads guilty to murdering wife, sentencing set for September 26

DAYS after pleading not guilty to killing Simone Hackett, the mother of his child, Clevaughn Hamilton called ‘Quarters’, on Monday, decided to change his plea. On September 1, Hamilton and co-ac cused Ranchal Singh appeared before Justice Sandil Kissoon at the Demerara High Court for the capital offence of murder.Hamilton entered a not guilty plea and a 12-member jury was later empanelled to hear his case, which was scheduled to commence on Monday, September 5. Singh opted to plead guilty to the lesser count of manslaughter and his sentencing was deferred to later this month. On Monday, Hamil ton indicated his desire to change his plea to guilty. He admitted that between April 16 and 19, 2016 at Cummings Lodge, East Coast Demerara, he murdered Hackett of ‘C’ Field, Sophia.

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– As tennis tales go the possible finish of Serena Williams’ unbe lievable profession on the U.S. Open final week left everything else as one thing of a sideshow. On Monday night, none theless, Frances Tiafoe con tinued one other unlikely story of success in opposi tion to the percentages with a magical show to knock out Rafael Nadal on the identical Arthur Ashe Sta dium court docket the place Serena waved an emotional farewell.Whereas Serena and old er sibling Venus’s rise from the general public courts of Compton in Los Angeles to grow to be world quantity ones, and in Serena’s case the best of all-time, is a part of tennis folklore, Tiafoe’s journey remains to be un folding.After crushing Nadal in 4 units to succeed in the quarter-finals of his dwelling Grand Slam for the primary time, the 24-year-old turned to salute his dad and mom sitting up within the stands. And no marve!. His father, Frances Sr, and mom Alphina Kamara fled the civil conflict in Si erra Leone and finally settled in Maryland the place Fran ces Sr laboured as a labourer with a building agency con structing a brand new tennis centre.After it was accom plished, he was provided a job as an on-site caretaker on the Junior Tennis Cham pions Middle in School Park and it was there that his twin sons Frances and Franklin frequently stayed the eve ning, attending to hit balls on the courts. By the point he was 5, Frances was already dis playing the ball-striking expertise and athleticism that captivated the gang on Arthur Ashe on Monday as Tiafoe earned the largest win of his profession to arrange a conflict with Andrey Rublev. Tiafoe, whose mum la boured nights as a nurse, spent most of his younger life on the tennis centre and in 2013, aged 15, gained the celebrated Orange Bowl and started being touted as the following huge factor in American tennis. Not like the Williams sisters, whom he watched in awe as a baby, Tiafoe’s transfer into the skilled ranks was not fairly as spectacular, and it took him some time to regulate. Quarter-final run on the 2019 Australian Open, the place he misplaced to Na dal, was his breakthrough on the Slams. However it is just within the final couple of years that Tiafoe has discovered the consistency to frequently knock over the massiveAfternames.beating Nadal, he recalled the early days watching the Williams sis ters and realising what was attainable for a younger Af rican American participant with huge “Watchingdesires.Serena and Venus play finals of Grand Slams at the moment, once I was tremendous younger.

From humble beginnings Tiafoe grabs centre stage as glory beckons

Fury tells Joshua 'the ball is in your court' … offers 60-40 purse split for heavyweight bout

"Everyone's saying 8020, 70-30, 75-25. The actual answer is: I've of fered him 60-40; 40 per cent of this amazing fight, because I want this fight to happen."Hedoesn’t have any excuses now not to take it. He can't say I've lowballed him and offered him 20 per cent, 30 per cent."I've offered the peo ple 40 per cent; take it or leave it. Let us know. Boom." Fury subsequently tweeted: "He will nev er get a better offer. Straight WBC Boxing shot, the ball is in your court @anthonyjoshua. (PA Sport)

I used to be like, how cool would it not be to play Wim bledon, to play on Arthur Ashe and stuff like that,” Tiafoe informed reporters. “I simply had an enormous ardour for the sport. Not even primarily for me; how ever, to do it for (my dad and mom)!”Fourth-round runs on the U.S. Open in 2020 and 2021 have now been surpassed and Tiafoe is in no temper to cease now, particularly with A-list help coming in from his sporting idols equivalent to NBA nice LeBron James.

Frances Tiafoe of the United States hits to Rafael Nadal of Spain on day eight of the 2022 U.S. Open tennis tournament at USTA Billie Jean King Tennis Centre. (Mandatory Credit: Danielle Parhizkaran-USA TODAY Sports)

ANTHONY Joshua has been offered 40 per cent of the fight purse to take on Tyson Fury, who has said the ball is now in his would-be opponent's court. A fight between heavy weights Fury and Joshua has long-been mooted. Joshua lost to Olek sandr Usyk in a rematch last month, failing to re gain his WBA, WBO, IBF and IBO titles from the Ukrainian.Usykseemed set to take on Fury for the WBC belt, yet instead it seems a clash between the Brits is moreFurylikely.wants to fight Joshua before 2022 is out, with the latter tweeting on Monday that he would be "ready in Yesterday,December".Fury re vealed the details of the offer made to Joshua. "I'm being bombarded with messages on, 'How much am I gonna pay AJ?'", Fury said in a video shared on social media.

“Man, I used to be drop ping it within the locker room. Bro, I used to be go ing loopy,” he mentioned about receiving a Twitter message from LeBron which learn: “CONGRATS Young er King!!!”.Tiafoe mentioned his coronary heart was beat ing at ‘1 000mph’ when he shook arms with 22-time Grand Slam champion Nadal and he anticipates one other wild evening when he faces Rublev“Yeah,today.Slams, loopy is sues can occur,” the twen ty-second seed, bidding to grow to be the primary American man to win the U.S. Open since Andy Rod dick in 2003, mentioned. “Particularly right here in New York! It may be a enjoyable trip.”

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POOR START FOR INDIA Theekshana stunned KL Rahul with a reverse arm ball, a seam-up delivery that swung in so much it beat his inside edge even when he had stepped outside the crease. It was al ready established by then that this was a slow pitch and the power-play overs were crucial. Virat Kohli went against his game to slog Madushanka while still on zero, and lost his off and middle stumps.

When that Hasaranga over ended, India were 109 for 2, a good comeback after that start. They had played themselves into a position where they could probably negate the toss disadvantage. Karunaratne, though, produced the wicket of Rohit with a slower short ball, caught at deep point.

ROHIT'S GEM Rohit was joined by Suryakumar Yadav at 13 for 2 in the third over, and both struggled to come to terms with the pitch. Rohit, though, took the risks and began to look much more at home once he got three boundaries away. A measure of how well Rohit played is that in a 97run partnership, Suryakumar scored just 29. His takedown of Wanindu Hasaranga was sensational, picking his spots and hitting two sixes and a four in the 12th over.

After that, Sri Lanka used the slowness of the pitch su perbly, banging the middle of it, giving the batters neither the room nor the pace to work with. Shanaka proved to be the surprise weapon, bowling only because Asitha Fernando was having an ordinary day. He got the wickets of Suryakumar and Hardik Pandya. Rishabh Pant got off to a good start, racing away to 12 off 5, but once Sri Lanka cut off the pace available to him, even he struggled and holed out in the 19th over. An R. Ashwin six in the final over took them to a par score.

THE LAST THIRD FALLS APART

The absence of a third spe cialist fast bowler hurt Rohit and his men as the Sri Lanka openers broke free against Pandya after a slow start and then got stuck into Arshdeep Singh.

THE STUMBLE At 97-0 in 11 overs, Sri Lanka were overwhelming fa vourites to win. The window opened for India with a re verse-sweep from Nissanka resulting in Chahal's first wicket.

THE ENDGAME Rajapaksa broke that early pressure with two timely assaults on Chahal and Ashwin in the 15th and 16th overs. He stepped out early, wasn't necessarily close to the pitch of the balls, but swung two sixes over the leg side to keep Sri Lanka favourites going into the death overs. Shanka batted clinically in overs 17, 18 and 19. A sliced boundary off Arshdeep kept the requirement down to 33 off three.A flicked six off Pandya in the 18th brought it down to 21 off 12 balls. Bhuvneshwar struggled in the 19th, bowling wide outside off as the plan, conceding two wides, and then a four through extra cover and one edged boundary fine of shortWiththird.just six to defend, Ar shdeep bowled a fantastic last over with four yorkers for four runs in the first four balls. The fifth one was short of a length, beat Shanaka, who was late to start off for a bye. But Pant missed at the striker's end, and Arshdeep non-strik er's, which also conceded the overthrow to end the match. (Cricinfo)

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In the chase, openers Kusal Mendis and Pathum Nissanka looked like winning it easily but Yuzvendra Chahal and R. Ashwin took four wickets for 13 runs to make it 64 off 35. However, Bhanuka Rajapaksa and captain Dasun Shanaka saw them home in dramatic fashion.

The first exchange with spin also went to Nissanka and Mendis. They took a boundary each off Chahal's first over, and Mendis hit a lovely inside-out six against the run in Ashwin's first.

Charith Asalanka and Danushka Gunathilaka played themselves into a hole and eventually holed out to the two spinners with a combined 1 run off 10 balls between them.

Cameron Green brought up his maiden half-century off just 61 balls (AFP/Getty Images)

Sri Lanka all but through to Asia Cup final, India hanging by a thread Mendis, Nissanka, Madushanka Shanaka all combine to derail India's title defence

NEW Zealand's barren run in ODIs against Aus tralia in Australia contin ued as they slipped to a hard-fought two-wicket loss in the first ODI of the Chappell-Hadlee series in Cairns. Australia chased down the target of 233 in the 45th over. Despite the loss, the visi tors can take a lot of positives from the game as almost every single time Australia were in a position to take the upper hand, they were pulled back.When David Warner and Aaron Finch walked out to bat, it was quite clear that the visitors were perhaps 15-20 runs short of a good total, considering the prevailing conditions.However, the home side was in for a rude shock as they were reduced to 44 for 5 inside 12 overs. Trent Boult was the wrecker-in-chief, taking three of the wickets to fall while Matt Henry chipped in with two. (Scores: New Zealand 232-9 in 50 overs (Devon Conway 46, Kane William son 45; Glenn Maxwell 4-52) lost to Australia 233-8 in 45 overs (Cameron Green 89, Alex Carey 85; Trent Boult 4-40) by 2 wickets.) In the third over of the innings, Finch was dismissed lbw to an inswinger from Boult. Steve Smith then in side-edged an off-drive on to the stumps off Boult. The pace bowler continued to use the left-arm angle, alongside seam and swing, to castle Marnus Labuschagne. To make matters worse, the in-form David Warner, who was again looking in good touch, then holed out to deep square leg off Henry. The right-arm seam bowl er also snuffed out Marcus Stoinis with a nip-backer to leave Australia in trouble. At that stage, Green and Carey joined forces to put on what seemed like a game-breaking 158-run stand for the sixth wicket. With pulls and drives, along with the sweep and loft, the duo kept the scorecard moving. The pair also consistent ly pinched singles. In the 39th over, Green top-edged a pull off Lockie Ferguson but Boult couldn't hold on to the chance, which in turn proved to be a costly miss. Ultimate ly, Ferguson got the reward for persisting with the short stuff as he removed Carey. When Carey was dis missed, Australia needed just a tick under 30 runs. But there was another twist in the tale as Glenn Maxwell flicked one to deep square leg off Boult. Ferguson then sent Mitchell Starc back to the pavilion to leave Australia eight down for 206. Green, though, continued to back his horizontal-bat shots and took his side past New Zealand's total in the company of Adam Zampa. In fact, with just four runs need ed, there was more drama, with rain stopping the game for a few minutes. Fortunate ly, it turned out to be just a passingEarlier,shower.Glenn Maxwell claimed a four-wicket haul as Australia restricted New Zealand to a below-par total. Devon Conway, Kane Wil liamson and Tom Latham got starts for the visitors but couldn't convert them into big scores. New Zealand, who were inserted to bat, started on the wrong note with Martin Guptill pushing at an away-seamer from Starc towards backward point, with Maxwell pouching a stunning catch.Williamson then joined forces with Conway, as the pair shared a stand of 81 for the second wicket. Conway was relatively the more ag gressive of the two, punching and lofting the likes of Josh Hazlewood, Green and the spinners as he finished with four boundaries and a six to his name.Eventually, Conway was trapped lbw while attempting a sweep off Zampa. William son then tried to up the ante by crunching Green for a four and a six in the 27th over. However, he too soon fell to Maxwell. Daryl Mitchell and Tom Latham also strung together a useful stand of 52 before the former fell to a soft dismissal, caught at mid wicket of Maxwell. In the same over, Latham couldn't clear the fielder at short fine leg and ended up giving Maxwell his third wicket. Maxwell continued to run through New Zealand's batting or der, with Michael Brace well spooning a catch to Steve Smith at cover. In the slog overs, Hazlewood bagged three wickets in his last two overs to ensure Australia would maintain their ascendancy. (Cric buzz)

THE SHOWNISSANKA-MENDIS

Carey, Green, Maxwell headline Australia's two-wicket win

The big wicket came with a slider from Chahal that trapped Mendis at the start of the 15th over, giving India two new bat ters to bowl at.

By Sidharth Monga SRI Lanka all but secured a place in the Asia Cup final, through a thrilling win with one ball to spare against In dia, who came close again but couldn't beat the Dubai curse on sides batting first. Since the start of 2020, Hong Kong and Scotland re main the only international teams to have lost when chas ing at this ground. Only an India defeat to Af ghanistan can now jeopardise Sri Lanka's progress to the final. India were left needing Pakistan to lose both of their remaining matches and lose big. And, oh, an India-Pakistan final was ruled out. Winning the toss might be a considerable advantage but Sri Lanka were not short of brilliance. Dilshan Madushan ka led them with the ball, tak ing 3 for 24, and was supported by Chamika Karunaratne and Maheesh Theekshana. Rohit Sharma rose above the difficult conditions to score 72 off 41 while others managed just 93 off 79, but Sri Lanka dragged India back at the death, con ceding just 38 in the last four overs.

India had picked a spin at tack for the left-hand-heavy middle order, but they first need ed the fast bowlers to deliver them the wicket of one of the right-hand openers. Mendis and Nissanka had other ideas.

Dasun Shanaka celebrates after leading Sri Lanka to the win (AFP/Getty Images)

Yarrowkabra Cobras win Strikers Sports Club all-female dominoes tourney

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The victorious Cobras team pose with their hardware as organizer, Roderick Harry, presents the Abu Guyana winners’ trophy and cash incentive to the captain in the presence of sponsors Dynasty Sports Club, Triple M Investments, Ryan Rambalak and Raphael’s Trading Enterprise WINS were recorded by Ame lia’s Ward Panthers and Hi Stars, while Capital FC bene fitted from a walkover win as Milerock and Silver Shattas drew their game in the latest results from the Upper De merara Football Association’s (UDFA) senior League cham pionship as matches continued over the weekend at the Mack enzie Sports Club ground. On Saturday, the Panthers romped to a 2-0 victory over Blueberry Hill as their goals were netted from the boots of Kevin Green early as the eighth minute of play and the sealer from Dixie Peters in the 33rd minute as they took control in the first half and never looked back.However, the second game of the double- header was not played. Capital FC gained a win via walkover against Kwakwani Strikers who failed to show.

Answers to yesterday’s quiz: (1) TKR Women (2) Deandra Dottin (TKR Women)

Wins for Panthers, Hi-Stars, Capital FC as Milerock, Shattas draw

On Sunday Hi Stars downed one of the tournament favou rites, Coomacka FC, 3-1 with a double coming from Andre Walker, who sent the Ward side ahead with his goal, scored in the 29th minute and got his second in the 54th minute, before the third goal came from a strike by Orin Ross in 68th minute of play. Alex Daw reduced the mar gin of victory when he netted in the 90th minute of play. In the other game, Silver Shattas and Milerock could not be separated as their game ended 1-1. Scoring for Mi lerock was Akeem Green in the 35th minute, while for Shattas, Damian Williams netted in the 71st minute of play. (Joe Chapman)

Today’s Quiz: (1) Who were the captains involved in the last CPL final? (2) Who is the first player to crack a CPL hundred? When?

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A DOMINANT perfor mance by Rose Hall Town (RHT) Pepsi highlighted the opening round of the 2022 Berbice Cricket Board (BCB) Albion Community Centre Cricket Club (AC CCC) U19 50-overs tour nament. At the Area ‘H’ Ground, Rose Hall Town, RHT Pepsi 19 ‘A’ defeated RHT Pepsi U19 ‘B’ by 170 runs. Batting first after winning the toss, RHT Pepsi U19 ‘A’ amassed 245 for 8 off 30 overs. National U19 all-rounder Jonathan Rampersaud scored an unbeaten 100. He was supported by Romesh Bharat 35, Matthew Pottaya 29 and National U15 batter Razam Koobir 27. Bowling for RHT Pepsi U19, Tyrell Hutson grabbed 2 for 35 off 6 overs and Roshan Crandon 2 for 31 off 6Inovers.reply, RHT Pepsi U19 ‘B’ were bowled out for 75 with principal scores coming from Tyrell Hutson 16 and Komalchand Ramnarace 10. Bowling for the RHT Pepsi U19 ‘A’, Matthew Pottaya grabbed 3 for 23 off 6 overs and was supported by Raj Tika and Mario Butcher who grabbed two wickets each for 11 and 6 runs respectively. Played at the Albion Community Centre Cricket ground, RHT Pepsi U19 ‘A’ defeated Albion U19 ‘B’ by 101 runs. Batting first after winning the toss, RHT Pepsi Under 19 ‘A’ scored 226 all out off 47.4 overs, with Jon athan Rampersaud scoring a patient 63 before he was stumped off the bowling of Chamesh Sewnauth Other scorers were Matthew Pot taya 35, National U19 crick eter Jeremy Sandia 29 and Romesh Bharat 21. Bowling for Albion U19 ‘B’; Nathaniel Ramsam my grabbed 4 for 39 off 8.4 overs, Dinesh Prahabudial 2 for 27 off 6 overs. In reply, Albion U19 ‘B’ scored 125 for 9 off 50 overs, Nicholas Ishack scoring 22, Dion Sital 13 and Dhanesh Prabuadial 13. Bowling for the RHT Pepsi U19 ‘A’, off-spinner Jonathan Ramp ersaud returned with the ball and grabbed 3 for 19 off 10 overs, he was supported by fellow off-spinner Deeraj Ramjit 3 for 17 off 10 overs. All matches that were washed out will be resched uled as the tournament con tinues over the weekend.

RHT Pepsi register double wins as U19 competition bowls off Heavy rainfall halts other matches

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DOMINOES fans were treated to a spectacular display when the curtain came down on Strikers Sports Club Summer Spe cial all-female dominoes recently. at Dynasty Sports Bar, Aubrey Barker Road, South Ruimveldt. In what seemed like a one-sided affair when the finalists - Big Boss Girls, In Time Ladies and Cobraslocked horns, In Time Ladies scored 16 games with Cobras and Big Boss Girls locked on 13 apiece in the first sitting. Cobras took the lead in the second sitting with a mas terful 15 games, easing to 28 in the process while Big Boss Girls advanced to 26 and In TimeThe23.game took another turn in the third sitting as Big Boss Girls registered 16 games and went ahead with the scores now reading Big Boss Girls 42 points, In Time 36 points and Cobras 35 points.BigBoss Girls continued their supremacy until the pen ultimate sitting, with Cobras getting back into the fray with 15 games. The scores read Cobras 65 with Big Boss Girls and In Time tied on 62 each.The final sitting brought the entire venue to its feet as battle for supremacy ensued. It was a see-saw affair but in the end, Cobras slithered away with 80 games while Big Boss Girls and In Time remained locked on 76 games as they both made 14 games, compared to Cobras’ 15. In the end, In Time and Big Boss were deadlocked on the same amount of 6s, 5s, 4s, 3s, 2s and 1s - surely a rarity in dominoes.Thisforced the organisers and the two captains to add the second and third prizes and divided them equally between the two teams. It was also decided that the two captains - Loraine Rodney of In Time and Charlyn Barnwell play a game of sudden death to determine the trophy distribu tion, with Barnwell coming out tops. The winners took home the $200 000 first prize, sponsored by Strikers Sports Club, a winner’s trophy and nine medals, sponsored by Abu Guyana. Second and third places were allotted $100 000 each with trophies and medals to match, spon sored by Grace Kennedy Remittance Services and VSH United Guyana Inc. respectively while the fourth place of one trophy with $40 000 was donated by HJ94.1 BoomTheFM.semi-finals saw All Seasons Angels lock horns with In Time and Cobras earlier in the evening with In Time emerging winners with 63 games, Cobras second on 59 and Angels being knocked out with a disappointing 57. Hampers were presented to the best players in the four top teams and these were sponsored by Triple M Investments, Ansa McAl Trading and Ryan Rambal ak. Leading the way for the winners was Fikirta Simmons who amassed 17 games while Leatha Solomon of In Time also had 17. Tricia Leander of Big Boss Girls starred with the maximum 18 games. Amanda Singh of All Sea sons Angels was the other recipient.Inhis closing remarks, organiser Roderick Harry thanked all 11 participating teams, sponsors, supporters, and well-wishers for their kind overwhelming support in making Strikers Sports Club Summer Special a re sounding success and prom ised to make this venture bigger and better next time around. Teams that took part in this venture were Spartans Girls, All Seasons Angels, Turning Point, Meadow Brook Warriors, Cody Girls, Hammer, In Time, Big Boss Girls, Big Girls, Cobras and 1966 Law. A surprise impromptu hamper was presented to Alexis George of Hammer by Customs Manager Yoletta Bynoe of VSH Guyana Inc. and this went to the player sharing the first love in the tourney.This initiative was birthed three years ago by ‘Three the Hard Way’ citing the inequal ity women have to endure when competing against their male counterparts in dom inoes. Other sponsors, who heeded to the call of this initiative to make it a re sounding success, included Austin’s Imports, Patterson Associates, Luminous Con sultancy & Electrical Ser vices, DEDUNE Company (Ghana), Big Boss Trans portation Services, Dynasty Sports Club, Star Party Rentals, Raphael Trading Enterprise and Spartans Dominoes Academy.

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er for the losers, claiming one for 11 in his four overs while the other wicket went to Jag deo Singh who conceded 23 in his four. Earlier, Hawaiian Sensa tion innings never get going after Anil ‘Ambi’ Kumar sent back openers Imran Ali (two) and Anil Mahadeo (eight) in quick succession as they struggled to 12 for two after twoKumarovers. was forced to leave the field following an injury after bowing just 1.4 overs. This, however, didn’t help Hawaiian Sensation’s cause as wickets continued to tumble at an alarming rate. Skipper Daesrath and the left-handed Yadram ‘Lara’ Bhoj tried desperately to revive the situation with a sixth-wicket partnership of 21, but once Bhoj departed for 18, which included three fours and Daesrath was bowled by Gittens for 12, there wasn’t much resistance from the lowerKumarorder.finished with two for eight, Gittens two for 16 while there was one wicket each for Nishal Das, Latiff and Zaheer Ali. Latiff deservedly copped the Most Valuable Player (MVP) award for the win ners while Parasnauth was adjudged the winner for Ha waiian Sensation. Gittens also received a trophy for hitting a century (117 not out) in a preliminary round fixture. A delighted Thalchnd ‘Mohan’ Singh, owner of Canadian Legends, was extremely proud of his charges’ performance, pointing out that he had no doubt they would have come out victorious. Still some what disappointed after they were eliminated in the Ontario Masters Softball Cricket Clubs (OMSCC) Over-40 Division 1 semi-fi nal, Singh said it was grat ifying to emerge winners in the Canada Cup.

Top batter misses out as Proteas name T20 World Cup squad

Canadian Legends and supporters celebrate following their victory

Reserves: Bjorn For tuin, Marco Jansen and Andile Phehlukwayo.

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MVP of Canadian Legends, Richard Latiff, collects his award from Guyana’s Consul General (ag) to Toronto, Gerald Whyte RASSIE van der Dus sen was the most notable omission from the squad as he continues nursing the finger injury he suf fered during the second Test against England. The 33-year-old is ex pected to undergo surgery and will be out of action for at least six weeks. In some good news for South Africa, captain Tem ba Bavuma has recovered completely from the elbow injury he sustained during the T20I series against In dia in June and is set to lead the Proteas in a second World Cup in a row Rilee Rossow, who made his return to the South Africa T20I setup after a gap of six years in July, also finds a place in the Thesquad.same 15-member squad is set to travel to India for the three-match T20I series later this month ahead of the World Cup. Speaking on the squad selection, CSA Convener of Selectors, Victor Mpitsang, said: “This has been a re ally tough squad to select, simply because we had so many players in excellent form over the past few months and performing at a level that made the selec tors sit up and notice them. “Someone like Tristan Stubbs who was not in the frame a year ago has done incredibly well to force his way into the mix, based on his performances, and his selection should be an inspiration for every young player out there. We are also delighted to welcome back our captain Temba Bavuma from injury and we have no doubt his return will further galvanise the team. “This group of players showed off their brilliant skill and talent when they overcame England in En gland recently. These sort of performances only bode well for us heading to the World Cup. Overall we are delighted with mix of players that have been cho sen and look forward to watching them represent the country in Australia.”

Inaugural Canada Cup Canadian Legends lift Masters Over-40 championship

By Frederick Halley

A BLISTERING undefeat ed 49 from Richard Latiff, coupled with disciplined bowling, led Canadian Leg ends to an easy eight-wick et victory over Hawaiian Sensation in last Sunday’s Masters Over-40 final of the Ontario Twilight Softball Cricket League (OTSCL) inaugural Canada Cup, played at the Ashtonbee Reservoir ground, Scarbor ough, Canada. Playing in overcast con ditions, Hawaiian Sensation were restricted to a disap pointing 96 for nine in their allotted 20 overs after skipper Damodar Daesrath opted to take first strike. Canadian Legends strolled to the required target in 16 overs with Latiff, who batted at number three, ensuring the star-studded combination claim the coveted title. The tall right-handed Lat iff, known in softball circles as ‘Mr Cricket’, dominated a fine undefeated third-wicket part nership of 41 with Hemnarine Chattergoon (seven not out) after Canadian Legends lost the wickets of openers Anil Ramoutar (two) and skipper Chien Gittens (18) and were 56 for two after 10 overs. Latiff, whose heroics are well known in Guyana and North America, was in a no-nonsense mood, smashing three fours and five towering sixes as Chattergoon was content to play second fiddle in the winning ParasnauthMahendrachase.‘Bobby’wasthebestbowl

Squad: Temba Bavu ma (captain), Quinton de Kock, Heinrich Klaasen, Reeza Hendricks, Keshav Maharaj, Aiden Markram, David Miller, Lungi Ngi di, Anrich Nortje, Wayne Parnell, Dwaine Pretori us, Kagiso Rabada, Rillee Rossouw, Tabraiz Shamsi, Tristan Stubbs(MCC com)

Temba Bavuma is set lead South Africa

The FIDE Chess team who competed at the FIDE Chess Olympiad

On the Women’s’ side, 12-yearold Anaya Lall, who was previously unrated, gained a rating of 1166 after defeating highly rated players in Chennai. This makes her one of the top-ten rated female players in the country ranking at sixth among rated players and third among active players.Jessica Callender gained 22 rating points and now has 1319 while Sasha Shariff gained 57 points which takes her to 1240. Both play ers earned their Conditional Wom en’s Candidate Master titles which will appear behind their names once they attain ratings of 1800 or above. For active players listed for Guyana on the FIDE website, the top five-rated females are all from the recent team that competed in the Olympiad. From first to fifth place are Callender, Shariff, Lall, Pooja Lam and Nellisha Johnson.

The YMCA Old Fort and Pepsi Hikers dominated their groups, but the Hikers Cadets will be led by the stalwart Devin Munroe and their lead goalscorer Shane Samuels. GCC Pitbulls will be led by national player Kareem McKenzie and the Sargeant brothers. In the Women’s division, GCC Tigers will come against Woodpecker Hikers while Old Fort Igniters will play GCC Spartans. The Spartans have not lost a game thus far in the round robin which puts them in a comfortable position. However, none of these teams can be taken for granted. Fans can expect a thrilling semi-final in both Men’s and Women’s divisions today, commencing at 17:00hrs. Good Luck to all semi-finalists. We look forward to seeing you all today and Friday for the finals.

Lucozade Indoor Hockey semi-finals showdown on today Part of the action in yesterday’s Girls U-20 Semi-final match-up Fury tells Joshua 'the ball is in your court' … offers 60-40 purse split for heavyweight bout Boxers Tyson Fury (left) and Anthony Joshua PAGE 32 From humble beginnings Tiafoe grabs centre stage as glory beckons PAGE 32

GUYANA’S Open Chess team, the Women’s side and players who made up the squad for the 2022 FIDE Chess Olympiad in August improved their interna tional rankings, owing to their performance at the biennial tour nament, which was hosted this year in Chennai, India. According to information from the Guyana Chess Federation, the women’s team moved up 16 places and the Open team four places. Meanwhile, Candidate Master Taffin Khan remains the highest ranked player in the country with 2005 points after playing on Board One for Guyana’s National Open team.This was Khan’s fourth consec utive Olympiad and he finished on 4.5 points and as the only player for Guyana to play all 11 rounds with no breaks.

Guyana chess teams, players improve international ratings after Olympiad performance

THE semi-finals for the Under-20 boys and girls were completed on Monday with Saints Conquerors and GCC Spartans advancing to the final in the Under-20 girls. In the Boys Under-20, YMCA Old Fort will battle with Saints S7N in that final. Congrats to these teams for making the final of the first-ever Lucozade Indoor Hockey tournament. In the Men’s division, the semi-finals will see Hikers Cadets take on the undefeated YMCA Old Fort while GCC Pitbulls take on the undefeated Pepsi Hikers, all four teams fighting for a spot in the final.

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FIDE Master Anthony Drayton, who was also playing in his fourth Olympiad, gained 33 rating points to move him to 1961 as the third highest-rated active player in the country.Loris Nathoo also gained rating points moving up to 1702, while Roberto Neto is at 1651. Ethan Lee, who played in his first Olympiad, is the most highly rated junior player with 1523.