9th S eptember, 2022 FRIDAY No.106840 $100PRICEVATINCLUSIVE' ‘My toanIbrokelaptopsousedoldTVstudy’ First Lady champions gender equality at International Youth Summit –– Berbice top CAPE hurdlesrecountsperformerjumpingtosuccess PAGE 02 PAGE 15 –– President Ali expresses condolences, recalls HM’s ‘sterling leadership’ in Commonwealth of Nations –– Former Prince of Wales is now King Charles IIIThe late Queen Elizabeth II (Photo credit: Harper’s Bazaar) UK’s monarchlongest-servinghasdied King Charles III (Photo credit: BBC) PAGE 03
During his visit, the President of the General Assembly will have engagements with President, Dr. Irfaan Ali and other Government Ministers.
President of the 76th Session of the United Nations General Assembly, His Excellency Abdulla Shahid (UN photo)
UN General GuyanapresidentAssemblyintoday practice indeed resulted in perfection.
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“I remember doing a lot of practice questions whether it was from the textbooks, past papers or even those curated by my self. These questions were able to prepare me so that I wasn’t surprised when I saw the actual examina tion paper,” Kistama said.
“His practical efforts to promote gender equal ity and youth develop ment were notable hall marks of his presidency, as well as the attention he gave to the development challenges that many small, developing states are en countering.
By Cassandra Khan
VISH Kistama, an 18-yearold from Number 1 Road, Berbice, has managed to top Region Six (East Berbi ce-Corentyne), once again, attaining 10 Grade Ones and one Grade Two at the Caribbean Advanced Proficiency Examination (CAPE). Kistama attended Ber bice High School, where he also topped the region in 2020 at the Caribbean Sec ondary Education Certificate (CSEC) examinations then attaining 11 Grade Ones and five Grade Twos. The 18-year-old, in an interview with the Guyana Chronicle, shared that unlike CSEC, he had to be more committed to pushing him self even more leading up to the examination time. “I really had to invest a lot of time and effort into the IAs (Internal Assessments). I knew that that was a very prevalent part of the entire exam,” Kistama said. He related that procras tination was a limitation for him as there were times when the young man had to push himself to achieve what he had originally set out to Growingdo. up, he said, his main goal was always to leave an impact on the lives of people. He said they were not financially stable as his mother is a nursery school teacher and his father is a hire car driver. However, his parents did financially support him to write his subjects. His desire of “leaving an impact on people’s lives” all lead to his ambition of being a doctor. Since he was concerned about the cost of his studies, he opted to write the subjects in hopes of ac quiring a scholarship from the Government of Guyana. “I really wanted to suc ceed so that I could get the scholarship because I know it was something my parents would not be able to afford,” he said He believes that the field of medicine, combined with his passion for sciences and yearning to learn something new at all times, is how he’d be able to impact people’s lives most, as well as con tribute to the development of Guyana.“Ithink it’s the field where I’d be able to impact as many lives as possible. Not only that, but I think it will allow me to help others to contribute to Guyana as a whole, which would lead to a stable economy and which would accelerate develop ment.“So, I guess it all leads back to medicine… [which] would be my way of not only giving back to my commu nity, but the country as a whole,” Kistama related. He thanked his parents because they supported him in whatever way he needed them to for his examinations. He said he never felt forced as his mother would often encourage him to do as many subjects as he liked and to choose whichever field he felt most comfortable in. “I think that freedom that I had, in terms of there wasn’t anything forced upon me… I think that sort of freedom gave me some fur ther motivation [knowing] that my parents trusted me with it and they also provid ed a lot of support, which I’m very thankful for,” he added.At Berbice High School, Kistama said his teachers were excellent in delivering and helping with IAs which was a very important part of allowing him to produce the results he Interestingly,did. during the early parts of his prepa rations for his examina tions, his computer stopped functioning and his studies were hindered greatly, but his mother came up with a solution. She used an old televi sion they had which he used as a monitor to complete his IAs and to study since text books are available digitally. He said this shows how he was not ready to give up no matter the thatKistamacircumstance.mentionedcollaborationwith
THE President of the 76th Session of the United Nations General Assembly, His Excellency Abdulla Shahid, will be in Guyana for an official visit from today until tomorrow, a statement from the Foreign Affairs Ministry said on Thursday evening. His Excellency Shahid assumed the presidency in September 2021 following his election by the Mem ber States of the United Nations. This is the first time that a Maldivian national is serving in this position.HisExcellency Sha hid themed his term in office a “presidency of hope”, and focused on five priority themes: Recovering from COVID-19, rebuilding sustainably, responding to the needs of the planet, respecting the rights of all, and revitalising the United Nations.
‘My laptop broke so I used an old TV to study’
–– Berbice top CAPE performer recounts jumping hurdles to success like-minded students was very important in ensuring that he was able to finish the content.“Many late nights were spent studying with other students around the Carib bean. I believe that these sessions would have al lowed me to enjoy the study process a bit more for the subjects that I did this for,” he said.Kistama added: “Hear ing what others had to share and also sharing what I thought helped me to tre mendously avoid procras tination because it had no room when you are forced to show up”. He gives special thanks to his teachers who were always ready to help when ever help was needed no matter the time. “I vividly remember messaging my teachers late in the evenings and very ear ly in the mornings for their knowledge on certain ques tions and they were always willing to assist,” he noted. Additionally , he said 18-year-old Vish Kistama who was named as a CAPE 2022 top performer
Historic Reign and Visits to Guyana Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II and His Royal Highness, Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburg had vis ited Guyana twice – first in 1966 and again in 1994. In February 1994, the Guyana Chronicle reported that Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip returned to the country for a four-day state visit, the first time since the 1960s, as part of her eight-nation Caribbean tour of countries which included Anguilla, Belize, Guyana, Dominica, Cay man Islands, Jamaica, Ba hamas and Bermuda. During this visit, she had also addressed Guy ana’s National Assembly, where in a speech she had pledged “the United King dom’s fullest possible sup port and encouragement to strengthen democracy.” As the world contin ues to mourn the late revered British monarch, the death of Her Maj esty Queen Elizabeth II undoubtedly paved the way for the dawn of a new era of leadership in the United Kingdom and in the 54-member Com monwealth of Nations, of which Guyana is a mem ber.
By Shari Simon LEAVING behind a leg acy of long service, and commitment to the devel opment and unity of the United Kingdom and the 54 member states of the Commonwealth of Na tions, the longest-reign ing British Monarch Her Majesty, Queen Elizabeth II died, on Thursday, at Balmoral Castle, Aber deen, Scotland. She was 96 years old. The announcement of the Queen’s death was made by Buckingham Pal ace, which said she died peacefully.Sombre crowds of peo ple gathered outside Bal moral Castle and Bucking ham Palace, the Queen’s official residence, to mourn and bid farewell to a wom an recognised as a formi dable force in global affairs post-World War II. President Ali’s condo lencesGuyana’s President, Dr. Irfaan Ali, in an official statement on Her Majesty’s death said: “I join all Guya nese in expressing our pro found and deepest sorrow at the death of Her Majesty, Queen Elizabeth II. “Her passing marks the end of an era in the history of the British Monarchy, the United Kingdom, and the Commonwealth of Na tions.”Additionally, the Pres ident’s statement said: “Queen Elizabeth’s place in history is assured, and her legacy is intact. Her long and impactful reign has helped to shape the post-World War II world. “Her majesty has been a source of stability for her country. She will be long remembered for her sterling leadership of the Common wealth of Nations. Her vis its to Guyana are recalled with great fondness. “At this time, the thoughts of all Guyana are with the members of the Royal Family and the peo ple of the United Kingdom. We join in heralding the life of the longest-serving British Monarch and mourn her Herpassing.”Majesty’s death comes more than a year after the passing of her husband of 73 years, His Royal Highness, Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburg, who died in April 2021. The eldest son and suc cessor of the late Queen Elizabeth II, Prince Charles, has now succeed ed her to become the new King and Head of State while his wife, Camilla is to be the new Queen Consort.Astatement released by Buckingham Palace from ‘His Majesty the King at the time of the Queen’s death’ said it is “…a mo ment of greatest sadness for me and my family. We mourn profoundly the pass ing of a cherished Sov ereign and much-loved Mother.”Hisstatement went on to say: “During this period of mourning, the family will be comforted and sus tained by their knowledge of the respect and deep af fection in which the Queen was so widely held.” Queen Elizabeth II was born on April 21, 1926 as the first child to then Duke and Duchess of York, who subsequently became King George VI and Queen Eliz abeth (The Queen Mother). Elizabeth II’s sibling, the late Princess Margaret, was born four years later. In addition to this, her first official overseas visit was a tour to South Africa with her parents and younger sister that took place in 1947.During this tour, the then Princess Elizabeth made a radio announce ment on her 21st birthday dedicating herself to the service of the Common wealth of Nations. This dedicated decla ration she reiterated on February 6, 1952 with her ascension to the throne following the death of her father, King George VI. She was crowned ‘Queen’ in a momentous ceremony in June 1953. It was initially reported earlier on Thursday that the Queen’s children along with a royal convoy of family members were at Balmoral Castle. Her Majesty had can celled a virtual meeting with senior governmen tal members of the Privy Council on Wednesday, and she was subsequent ly declared to be “under medical supervision” after doctors raised concerns about her Meanwhile,health.newly ap pointed Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, Liz Truss, in her speech, said Queen Elizabeth II was “the rock on which modern Britain was built. And the country has grown and flourished under her reign.” Truss recently met with the Queen on Tuesday upon taking office to discuss government matters. Queen Elizabeth II has had audi ences with each UK Prime Minister from Winston Churchill to Liz Truss. Truss continued her re marks by expressing the na tion’ s support to the new King, noting: “We usher in a new era in the magnificent history of our great country, exactly as Her Majesty would have wished, by saying the words ‘God save the King.’” Chairman of the Carib bean Community (CAR ICOM), His Excellency President Chandrikapersad Santokhi of Suriname in a message on behalf of leaders of the regional bloc expressed: “deep regrets at the passing of Queen Elizabeth II, who was Head of the Commonwealth that includes nine of our mem ber states and five of our associate members due to their relation to the United Kingdom.“HerMajesty’s commit ment to service and devo tion to duty was a sterling example to all. She was the one constant in a world of never-ending change. Queen Elizabeth II will be remembered for her love of and dedication to the Com monwealth of which she was a passionate supporter and leader.”
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UK’smonarchlongest-servinghasdied
–– Former Prince of Wales is now King Charles III
The Queen, Guyana’s President Cheddi Jagan, The Duke of Edinburgh, First Lady Janet Jagan and a party of officials during the Royals’ visit to Guyana in February 1994 (Guyana Chronicle photo) –– President Ali expresses condolences, recalls HM’s ‘sterling leadership’ in Commonwealth of Nations
‘Arrogant’ man gets 15 years’ jail for brother-in-law’s death
Providence sluice door collapses
Stop logs have since been installed at the sluice will be operated during the low tide to facilitate gravity drainage to complement the pump,” Minister Mustapha explained.Minister Mustapha fur ther explained that the local Regional Democratic Coun cil is responsible for main taining the structure, adding that it appeared this was not being done regularly. “The operation and main tenance of this structure fall under the RDC. From my observation, the structure was not being maintained as it should be. I will now have to sit with the NDIA and the other authorities to de termine a way forward. We cannot continue like this, so the NDIA may have to assist with operating and maintain ing this structure as well. We cannot have the lives and well-being of our citizens threatened because those in charge are neglect ing their responsibilities,” he added. (Ministry of Ag riculture)
Barclay was previous ly convicted and served a sentence for possession of house-breaking implements and discharging a loaded fire arm.
4 GUYANA CHRONICLE Friday, September 9, 2022 08/09/22 - 03, 06, 09, 17, 22 08/09/22- 2, 3, 7, 13, 14, 19, 2008/09/22 - 8 5 2 08/09/22 - 4 1 8September 3, 2022 September 7, 2022 02 09 11 12 17 23 21 02 07 08 10 16 26 25DL AT around 02:00hrs on Thursday morning, the sluice door at Providence developed a breach, re sulting in flooding in some parts of the area. Over 200 households in Providence and Peters Hall were said to be affected by flooding, with the lower flats of these houses being inun dated with seawater. After learning of the in cident, Agriculture Minis ter Zulfikar Mustapha and other senior officials and engineers attached to the National Drainage and Ir rigation Authority (NDIA) visited the area to conduct an assessment at approximately 03:45hrs. While responding to questions regarding what took place, Minister Musta pha explained that the door collapsed as a result of the tide and that engineers from the NDIA were on site to ad dress the situation and bring relief to those affected. “At around [sic] 02:00hrs this morning [Thursday], the koker door at Providence collapsed resulting in our officers immediately mobil ising resources to seal the breach. A contractor was also engaged and installed stop logs until a new stain less-steel door is fabricated and installed to replace the damaged wooden door. A pump will also be on site un til the new door is installed. Additionally, the stop logs ‘Temporary stops’ in place after
The Probation Officer said that she also conducted an in terview with Barclay. She said that the convict maintained his innocence, saying he was “wrongfully accused.” Justice Brassington, while delivering his sentencing re marks, placed weight on the fact that LaRose lost his life as a result of Barclay’s sense less actions. He also took into consideration that the convict showed no remorse for his actions. The judge imposed a 15year sentence and ordered that prison authorities de duct the time he had spent on remand.
FOUR years after fatally stabbing his brother-in-law during a drunken dispute, Jermaine Barclay called ‘Jumbo’ was on Thursday sentenced to serve 15 years in prison for the crime. Barclay, of Stanleytown, New Amsterdam, Berbice, was sentenced by Justice Brassing ton Reynolds who is current ly presiding over the current criminal session at the Berbice High Court. Last month, Barclay was on trial for the capital offence and had denied murdering his brother-in-law, Nkomo LaRose, on December 18, 2018, at murderjuryHowever,Stanleytown.a12-memberfoundhimnotguiltyofbutconfirmedthathe was liable for the lesser offence of manslaughter.Duringthe sentencing hearing on Thursday, Barclay’s probation report was read in court by a social worker. The official told the court that while carrying out her investigation for the report, she interviewed residents of Stanleytown, who indicated that Barclay was an “arrogant” individual and was also verbal ly abusive to his wife The residents also ex pressed fear of having Barclay around the community due to some of the “illegal acts” in which he was involved.
‘Nervous’ denies involvement park
A MIXED 12-member jury was on Thursday empan elled before Justice Sandil Kissoon at the Demerara High Court for the trial of Wayne Gilbert, called “Nervous”, who is accused of killing a man during a robbery at Croal Street, Georgetown Gilbert, 30, formerly of West La Penitence, denied killing Rawl Rodrigues on January 20, 2017, at the Route 32 minibus park during the course or further ance of a robbery.
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Businessman Azruddin Mohamed and Region Two stop student Ramoll Baboolall and his mother, Chaitwattie Narine
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RAMOLL Baboolall, 17, of Anna Regina Secondary on Thursday received $1M from Azruddin Mohamed to help him continue his studies. The young man from Hampton Court, Essequibo Cost, secured 27 subjects (24 grade ones and three grade twos) at the Caribbean Sec ondary Education Certificate (CSEC)Baboolall,examinations.whowants to become a biochemist, described donation as time ly and said it will go a long way towards his tertiary education.Baboolall, who was ac companied by his mother, Chaitwattie Narine, person ally received the cheque from Mohamed, who wished him well and offered to fund his tertiary Mohamed’seducation.father is from Johanna Cecilia on the Essequibo Coast. Mo hamed used the opportunity to congratulate the young man and his mother for her tremendous support during his Meanwhile,studies. prominent Essequibo businessman, Alfro Alphonso through his company Adamantium Holding Inc, made monetary donations to Essequibo’s top four performers at the CSEC examinations.Baboolall received $ 100,000 while the other three top students, Uotam Heeralall, Daniel Dowding and Chavelle Solomon re
Baboolall extended gratitude to both business men for their kind gesture.
On the day in question, the now deceased Rodrigues was reportedly followed by the three men from the DEMICO Roof Garden, just opposite the Stabroek Market clock.On his way to the park, one of the suspects, in pur suit of the robbery, reported ly stabbed Rodrigues in his chest with a knife. The State is being rep resented by Prosecutors Muntaz Ali and Tanei sha Saygon , while Attor ney-at-Law Stanley Moore, SC, is on record for the ac cused.The trial is expected to commence on Monday, Sep temberLast12.year, Afabia Yank ana and Akeem Hayman were arraigned before Justice Kissoon for Rodrigues’ mur der. However, the pair opted to plead guilty to the lesser count of murder. Justice Kissoon sen tenced both men to life imprisonment with the possibility of parole after serving 15 years.
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Region Two top four students at CSEC Ramoll Baboolall, Chavelle Solomon, Outam Heeralall and Daniel Dowding with headteacher Laljeet Ruplall, parents of Chavelle Solomon and representatives of Adamantium Holdings, Haiman Beharry and Tarcia Narine
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ceived $50,000 each. The simple handing over ceremony was held in the boardroom of the Anna Re gina Secondary School. The cash was handed over to the students by Tarcia Narine, a company education.asaidthenessmanRuplallReginastudies.agedperformanceimpressedAlfronostudentsognisedcompanyHaimanOperationrepresentative.Manager,Beharrysaidthehasalwaysrectheregion’stopandthisyearwasdifferent.BusinessmanAlphonsowasverywiththestudents’andencourthemtofurthertheirHeadmasteroftheAnnaSecondary,Laljeetthankedthebusiforrecognisingchildren’seffortsandthedonationwillgofarwayinthechildren’s
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Dear Editor, A SENIOR one wrote in the newspapers recently, “With massive, gold, diamond, timber, marine and now oil and gas, the population of less than a million souls should be the happiest and wealthiest people on earth.” Of course, 95 per cent of Guyanese are not, simply because it was his party, the PNC, which destroyed Guy ana, causing half of the coun try’s population to migrate, seeking greener pastures for peace, bliss, happiness, safety, security, prosperity, good health and contentment. It was his party, the PNC, which exploited the richness of this land, mismanaged the economy, and incurred fi nancial irregularities, among other discrepancies and skull duggeries, raping the Trea sury to bankrupt the nation, both terms they ruled through dictatorship. Those remaining at home reluctantly, and, because of inadequate resources to either leave the country or, unable to qualify for a visa, or restricted by family com mitments, were subjected to the whims and fancies for privileges from a PNC prevailing Government. Guy anese had to endure a way of life that was mauled with restrictions, banning of es sential food items, scarcity of foreign currency, a high rate of unemployment, long lines for anything and everything, the PNC Party card as a passport for priority, constant blackouts, and, among other painful discrepancies. The absence of happiness and lack of wealth is heredity, an inheritance from the troubled and terrorising times of the past 60s to early 90s and again from the over taxed, sad era of 2015 to 2020. The aging one continues: “The scourge and the prob lem seem to be man-inflicted where for several generations our leaders failed to recog nise that the six races could easily enjoy this surfeit of the Creator’s bounty if our leaders only overcome the pettiness and sit down like sensible human beings to craft a policy that we can take to our erstwhile masters as united people.” Sounds like a genuine attempt at confession for a guilty conscience, full of remorse from a troubled past, coming to realisation as the clock ticks and wanting to now make peace within himself. Being one of the significant leaders who clear ly defined the demise of a burdened land imprisoned by his master, his attributes con tributed to the poverty, pain, hunger, homeless, suffering, suffocation, tears, torment, depression, depravity, op pression, opportunism, sup pression, shame, trauma and tribulations of his own people and others. The heavy heart burdened with the reminder that, the killings of ministers, doctors, politicians, histori ans, defenders of democracy and other innocent people, plagued a land of many peo ple and waters, once ruled by the iron fist of a kabaka who was ruthless, merciless and remorseless for the destruc tion of a promising nation of rich, natural resources. The Divine intervention brought relief and dictated that, the prosperity of the oil and gas industry will be denied un til the capable hands are in governance. The likes of him today are annoyed, angry and aggrieved, and many are leaving his party to join the party of peace, progress and prosperity.
THE first Chancellor of the University of Guyana, Nobel Prize-winning Laureate for Economics Sir Arthur Lewis, left a famous quote: ‘The fundamental cure for poverty is knowledge.’ In other words, education is worth more than money, as also observed, much earlier, by Chinese philosopher Lao Tzu, who said: ‘Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day; teach him how to fish and you feed him for a lifetime.’ Both quotations translate today to mean education is an essential public duty, responsibility and service owed to every citizen – in which case, it should really be free. But not many countries can afford it. Schools opened across the Caribbean this week with mixed experiences, as pop ulations adjusted to the first school year starting without COVID protocols since 2020. Principals and teachers, students and parents, all breathed long sighs of relief for the return to face-to-face classes. But inequalities still prevail in approaches to and reforming education across the region. There’s much to shout about, like in creasing university opportunities, wider choices of subjects and growing pass-rates, but there’s also much still requiring more attention at similar and different levels to respond to the new challenges and those still to Thecome.concept of providing education ‘From Cradle To Grave’ is another noble idea, but experience has also shown it’s easier to wish than achieve, as sheer and climbing costs have resulted in imbalances in achievements, based purely on inability to afford. Caribbean parents have always valued providing the best education for their chil dren, countless families silently suffering being condemned to the periphery of poverty as they scrape to earn the cost of proudly sending their sons and daughters to study overseas (mindless of and care less about the never-ending Brain Drain and its effects on planning future national development).
The elder one concluded, “Brother Beware.” He is aware of the fact that, it was the PPP/C which governed this land to rescue it from the jaws of destruction and cleared off the deficits to bring the economy to sol vency with surpluses. He is aware of the harsh reality that, the PPP/C’s financial achievements were all wiped out and his PNC Party bless ed this land with more in debtedness and pauperism, during their second reign. He is fully aware of the fact that, this PPP/C Government is once again challenged to lead the road to recovery with his determined PNC Party deliberately blocking the path with all obstacles and impediments.Heisaware of the fact that it was and still is his Party which bears the respon sibility and accountability for mayhem, violence, racism, disunity, election rigging, disorderly behaviour and chaos and confusion, to cre ate strife and rift among the different races through propa ganda. He is aware of the fact that during his time, many were forced to turn to crime as a way to survive. Hustlers and hucksters, drugs and drug addicts, thieves, pick pockets and choke and robbers, scam mers and fraudsters, pilfers and con artists, all plied their art openly and secretly, in the days and the nights to harbour an infested crime wave. The most feared “kick down door” was a reign of terror when the party backed Police and Army, were part and parcel of that incrimina tion. He is fully aware that all the armed forces were owned and controlled by the PNC and the Constitution of the PNC Party was paramount to the Constitution of the land. He is aware that his succes sors and Norton’s predeces sors are all chip of the same block which has successfully brought shame and disgrace to his people and had to be ridiculed by the CCJ for their obnoxiousness, senselessness and mischievousness. He is aware of the fact that, many need to apologise, change their attitude and become realistic, honest and accept the truth. The application of “Beware Brother” is knock ing on many doors. Who will answer the call?
Same in Europe, where governments were already facing the perils of outstand ing student loans costs before COVID and the Ukraine War and too many parents can no longer afford the cost of student meals, with households facing 400 per cent increases in energy bills as governments face record inflation and predictions of recession, ahead of perhaps the coldest winter the continent will ever experience. Caribbean nations should urgently revisit education systems to keep-up with the new challenges posed by the necessity of encouraging retention of best brains and innovative minds through engagement and deployment, with real possibilities of turning dreams and hobbies into actual em ployment and job-creation opportunities. Given the ultimate roles of today’s youth tomorrow, ongoing conditions must be created to tailor their minds to suit not only taking-up their roles at home today, but also preparing for tomorrow -- and not by yesterday’s or yesteryear’s standards, but by today’s and tomorrow’s. Caribbean governments, with or without resources at this time, have to look far and dig deep to create econom ic miracles to ensure people’s access to affordable food, shelter and education because, even in cases where more is available, it’s never enough to touch everyone at the same time.
Yours respectfully,JaiLall
PNC blessed this land with more indebtedness and pauperism during second reign
Learning to Fish
Education costs is indeed a global factor the Biden administration recently decided face head-on by cutting student loan debts for 20 million Americans owing private ‘for-profit’ educational institutions – and with another 23 million still waiting and praying for similar relief. Among the 43 million Americans owing US$1.6 trillion in student loans today, 40 per cent don’t have a diploma because, as being admitted by US political authorities, the education system doesn’t create jobs. The result: the final bailout for all, over the next 10 years, will cost US taxpayers between $240 Billion (official estimates) and $600 Billion (non-govern ment projections).
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Shahabuddeen
biography now on Kindle
Dear Editor, IN May this year, my book, “Judge releasedtorialShahabuddeen;MohamedApicbiography”,wasonAmazon. It was published in both black-and-white and colour editions, and is just shy of 400 pages. As the word “pictorial” suggests, it contains a lot of photo graphs, but, if one were to count the extracts from my father’s books as text and add that to my own writing, the greater part of the book is text. On Au gust 12, at a ceremony at the University of Guyana, copies of the book were donated to UG’s Turkey en and Tain campuses, and also to the National Library. My cousin, Sha ron Correia presented the books on my behalf, and also spoke at the event. Here is a link to a NCN News video: https://youtu. be/6YGquJoDlZgRecently,thebook was lightly revised, and im perfections, mainly typos, were corrected. A Kindle electronic version, based on the recent revision, is now available for $3 as an instant download on Am azon worldwide. Amazon does not ship to Guyana, so this is convenient for those who have a Kindle device or an iPad with the free Kindle app on it. The print and Kindle editions are listed at Amazon’ s minimum list price, and they have links to videos and additional text. While the subject and focus of the book is my father and his life story, there are vignettes and photos of other person alities and commentaries by or about them: Prime Minister (later President) Forbes Burnham, Dr. Cheddi Jagan, Sir Shri dath Ramphal, Sir Donald Jackson, Lord Denning, the late Rashleigh Jackson, Justice Vibert Lampkin, my mother, Mrs. Sairah Shahabuddeen and her family, the Mazaharallys, my cousin Dr. Noorudeen Hassan, Wilson Harris, Dr. Harold Drayton, Mr. Ralph Ramkarran, poet and writer Cyril Dabydeen, and the current Attorney-Gen eral Anil Nandlall among others.Ahighlight of the book is the inclusion of the opening address by Dr. Shahabuddeen (in August 1984 in Georgetown) at the International Round Table to mark the 150th Anniversary of the Ab olition of Slavery in the English-speaking West Indies, a landmark event in Guyana and the Caribbean. The speech was printed in a booklet entitled, “Slav ery and Historiographi cal Rectification”, which has been replicated in the book.There are chapters on the seven books Dr. Sha habuddeen wrote, a brief discussion of the 1980 Con stitution, a look at his deci sion at the World Court in the case concerning the “Le gality of the threat or use of nuclear weapons”, and a list of the cases he adjudicated at the international courts. I have included some of my own writings at the back of the book: A research paper, spanning a century, on as pects of Indian immigrant life in British Guiana, and some of my letters. I give my views on the 2020 election and my opinion of President Irfaan Ali and his gov ernment.Yours faithfully, Sieyf Shahabuddeen
facilities and drill for more North Sea oil and gas, in stead of the proposed wind fall tax, which she said re flected a consistent Labour philosophy of taxing the rich to help the poor. What sounded more like an ideological debate between a chequer,asgroupsedamongMPsColourofculturalaoffectivefullyTrussswerservatives?”primeofTruss:say,whattheMayex-withanticshowever,of-centreconservativeright-of-centreandaright-democratdidnot,overshadowtheandopticsthatcameabriefinterventionbyPrimeMinisterTheresaandthevisibilityofnewToryfront-bench.AsiftotellStarmershedidnotwanttoex-PMMayaskedPM“WhyisitthatallBritain’sthreewomenministersbeenConNooneofferedtoanMrsMay,butPMdidengagesuccesstoemploytheefopticalimpressionbeingsurroundedbymultiracialandmultiEnglishcallalooWomenandPeopleof(BlackBritonsandofIndiandescentthem).SheappointmembersofminoritizedtomajorpositionsChancelloroftheExForeignSecretary and Home Affairs Minister, among others. As things stood after her first day in office and her first Commons meet ing, Britain’s third woman at the helm of the ship at Downing Street offered a good representation of why she swung from being a young Liberal Democrat to a middle-aged, right-wing Conservative.InCabinet since 2012 and as Foreign Secretary for two years, the new UK PM has the most experi ence among her peers. But her loyalty to pre decessor Boris Johnson remains unquestioned, tak ing every opportunity to praise him to the heavens and thank him for paving her way to the top. Johnson, ever different, said words during his final speech as PM before de parting Number 10 that he was stepping back, but not necessarily down, leaving no indication he plans to slip quietly into the parlia mentary back bench (like MrsInstead,May). he’s left it wide open as to whether he’ ll agree to or expect a role in the Truss administration –and the new PM has given no indication she wishes to see him retire from the public front line, stressing she’ll use all the party’s “available talent” to ride the national Meanwhile,storm.the new British PM has to work miracles quickly, with fast-and-furious speed, to give Britons hope before next month when energy bills alone will increase by 80 per cent and ahead of a winter that can be more white and cold than any before.Climate Change has wreaked havoc across Eu rope, and the UK is already registering the worst blows from the blowback on sanc tions against Russia, which has now turned off the en ergy taps and says it won’t switch them back on until all the sanctions are lifted. PM Truss has her work well cut-out and the UK’s third woman prime minis ter will continue to attract global attention as she set tles into the toughest job handed her way by what she describes as “the best party in the Britain’sworld.”fourth prime minister in six years, she has made it clear she in tends to be as committed to arming Ukraine as her predecessor Boris Johnson (also keeping Johnson’s appointee Ben Wallace as Defence Minister) and more hawkish on China. But PM Truss has said nothing about her plans for Britain’s ties with the Caribbean, or other devel oping countries.
EU funding to the Ca ribbean has been con tracting over time, but Guyana will benefit from direct bilateral financ ing totalling €21 million over the next six years, with separate access to regional and continental donorTotalfunds.trade in goods and services (exports plus imports) between the UK and Guyana was £565 mil lion in the four quarters that ended in the First Quarter of 2022, an increase of 3.5 per cent (or £19 million) from the four quarters to the end of the same period last year. Here too, there’s no indication yet that this figure will contract, ana lysts preferring to expect that given Europe’s cur rent grave and worsen ing energy problems and Guyana’ s abundance of what it needs most in quickest time possible, en ergy deals may well be in the making – and sooner, not later.
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It’s much too early to say after less than a week in office for the new Prime Minister Liz Truss. From her first public comments to the press on Tuesday, just hours after being invited by Queen Elizabeth II (now de ceased) in Scotland to form Britain’s next government, and during her first ‘Ques tion & Answer’ period in the House of Commons Wednesday, it’s clear PM Truss’ first call of duty is, first and foremost, estab lishing her credentials as a Thatcher-Reagan trick le-down, free-market con servative.She“will not tax our way to growth,” but instead “will grow the economy” by investing more at home and encouraging big com panies to pay their fair share of Describedtaxes. as a “rightof-centre conservative” who’ll tailor her policies along the lines of Thatcher ism and Reaganomics with her own brand of “Trus sonomics,” the new PM’s first stand-off in parliament was with opposition La bour Party Leader Sir Keir Starmer -- about whether she would impose “a wind fall tax” on Big Business. Truss made it abso lutely clear she felt such a tax would chase and scare companies from invest ing in Britain, but Starmer cited her unwillingness to tax the likes of “Shell and Amazon,” while “willing to tax the Starmerpoor…”noted that the energy companies serving the UK stand to earn over £170 billion (over US$200 million) over the next two years, and said the new PM wants to make taxpayers pay the nation’s energy bills.Truss responded that she intended to build more nuclear-powered energy
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WITH a brand-new Prime Minister at 10 Downing Street in Lon don, should Guyana and Caribbean Communi ty (CARICOM) mem ber-states be worried about the future of aid from or trade ties with the United Kingdom?
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By Earl Bousquet
Guyana’s healthy trade ties with the UK – as its biggest CARICOM trade partner – was assured of continuity when President, Dr Irfaan Ali met PM John son in London earlier this year; and trade with the European Union ( EU) is also in good stead.
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“If you think back about 10 years ago at the GPHC, we had two paediatricians, we had a NICU (Neonatal Intensive Care Unit) that was level one, so they weren’t able to help babies who had problems with breathing, because level one is the basic NICU that you have.“We have since changed that, and we now have a level four NICU in the Georgetown hospital. We have at least about 22 paediatri cians now at the hospital and over the period we would have trained 70 NICU nurses. “The impact of that is that our neonatal mortality is now six per 1,000 at the George town hospital. So, there is a big difference,” the health minister said. Guyana’s neonatal mortality stands at 19 per 1,000, indicating a disparity in the other institutions, while hinterland neonatal mortal ity is approximately 30 per 1,000 “Now we can change that. We can change that by our approach by making sure that we can extend our NICU services to all regional hospitals and so we have already started doing“Wethat.have a NICU now at New Amster dam, we have one in Linden, we have one in West Demerara and we are expanding them. “I think we have about six NICUs in these different regional hospitals ,” Dr Anthony relayed.Within the next three years, the ministry will work to have a functioning NICU in the Mabaruma, Lethem and Bartica hospitals. “We expect that in a couple of years we should be able to narrow this gap that I spoke about, so we have demonstrated at the Georgetown hospital that we can get these numbers down to single digits and we want that done for the rest of the country,” Dr Anthony said. He hopes that with the combined approach at all levels of public healthcare facilities, the effort will make a big difference. A maternal and child care hospital which is soon to be constructed at Liliendaal, East Coast of Demerara (ECD), will feature a sec tion, especially for neonatal care. The training is the only part of the process of reducing neonatal mortality in Guyana. (DPI)
THE Health Ministry has collaborated with the Pan American Health Organisa tion/World Health Organisation (PAHO/ WHO) to reduce the neonatal mortality rate in Guyana through the ‘Helping ba bies breathe’ training programme. The initiative seeks to build the capacity of nurses and other healthcare workers to provide quality care to new-born babies. Health Minister, Dr Frank Anthony, said while neonatal mortality refers to the first seven days following birth, the first minute can determine whether the child lives or dies “We can make a big difference. So, this training that you will be receiving is to help you to identify those risk factors early and to take action as quickly as possible so that you can save that child’s life and once we are able to do that and implement this programme on a scale,” the minister told participants on Wednesday.Whilesome of the techniques covered in the training are already being used in Guyana, the health minister said more persons must be trained.Meanwhile, Dr Anthony said there have been great improvements in neonatal care at the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC) over recent years.
Neonatal Nurse cares for a new-born at the Georgetown Public Hospital (DPI photo)
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“What we have been do ing, we have been putting a lot of necessary allocations to build infrastructure. This year alone we have com pleted the 45-kilometre roadway.”Additional road works are ongoing with local and Brazilian contractors.
“We have already start ed the second phase of the road there; contractors there are working, contractors from Brazil and a local con tractor, they are working to develop the region.soyamierthatphacompleted,willthatly,inspeaking,facility,buildawardedstoreforcontractMeanwhile,roadway.”anotherhasbeenawardedthebuildingofsilostothegrain.“Wehavealreadythecontracttothesilosandthejointrightnow,asI’mpartsarecomingthecountryand,hopefulbytheendofthisyearentireinfrastructurebecompleted.”OncetheseworksareMinisterMustasaidhewasoptimisticGuyanawillbethepresupplierofcornandbeanintheCaribbean “I’m hoping and I’m very optimistic that Guy ana will be one of the powerhouses for produc ing this product and help ing the Caribbean,” he said.
February 2023
Processing plant for soya bean production by
He added: “Agricul ture is taking the region by storm in terms of mov ing the agri-foods system forward, so it’s not only corn and soya bean we looking fromroadcamafarmers’INFRASTRUCTUREat.”Inaddition,toincreaseaccesstotheTaarea,a47kilometreisbeingconstructedItunitoTacama.
WITH much focus be ing placed on reducing Guyana’s and the Carib bean’s food import bill by 25 per cent by 2025, the government will soon ramp up production of corn and soya bean, with the construction of a pro cessing plant. The Ministry of Finance Mid-Year report revealed that construction of the foundation and installation of a corn and soya bean processing plant will com mence in the second half of the year and is expected to be completed by February 2023.The processing plant, according to the report, will provide a drying and storage facility for the corn and soya farmers in the TacamaAgriculturearea. Minister Zulfikar Mustapha, in a previous interview with the Guyana Chronicle dis closed that works were in progress to extend the farm in the Tacama Savannahs to some 4,000 acres. “Last year, we would have [sic] started the trial of 125 acres and it was very successful and we harvest ed three tonnes per hectare and that is aligned in get ting the kind of production we want; because of that, we said we will expand to 3,000-4,000 acres this year and we will continuously increase so the next three years we can expand to 25, 000,” Mustapha said. He further explained that if the government is able to further expand pro duction within the next three years, the country will not only become a supplier to the regional market, but will also be self-sufficient in producing its own feed for “Nowlivestock.ifwe can move to 25,000 acres that means we will be self-sufficient two times per year and we will also be a net ForumconcludedhighnotedMeanwhile,exporter.”theministerthatGuyanareceivedpraiseattherecentlyAgriInvestmentandExpoinTrinidadandTobago.“Attheinvestmentexpo…alotofcountrieswereexcitedandtheyquotedGuyanaasanexampleandtheyarelookingatGuyanatoreducethefood-importbillintermsofcornandsoya,sowecanhaveourownfeedforlivestock,sothisisverygoodforusasacountry,”hesaid.
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Under Phase One of the Ituni-Tacama road, con struction of 18 kilometres is currently underway and is expected to be completed in the second half of 2022. Phase two of the Ituni-Tacama road will see an additional 29 kilometres being completed, which is expected to commence in the second half of the year. As part of the 2021 na tional budget, some $500M was allocated to improve the requisite infrastructure, and according to Minister Mustapha, rehabilitation works on the main access to access the savannah road, have been completed.
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Nandlall made these remarks during his livestreamed Facebook show, “Issues in the News,” where he said that the gov ernment has always said that names can and must only be removed from the electors’ list in accordance with the law. At the time, the AG responded to and rejected the contention made by the main opposition, AP NU+AFC that the ruling PPP/C administration is objecting to the removal of deceased persons from the “Letlist. me reject that con tention unreservedly, the PPP has always said that the persons who are on that list must be removed based upon provisions in the law that relate to re moval of persons from the list,” he said. This, he said, means that persons must be re moved from the list based upon the legal grounds for removing them. Death, he added, is one of the legal grounds to remove persons from the list. As such, he reiterated that they have never said that they want dead peo ple on the list and added that they are however ask ing the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) to remove those persons from the However,list. the Attor ney-General revealed that the amendment that the government is proposing in the electoral reforms is to make it mandatory for dead persons to be removed from the list at periodicTheseintervals.proposed amend ments, he added, specify the periodic intervals. “.... within the time specified in the amend ments, there must be a collaboration between the General Registrar’s office, that is the person who keeps all the death records. There must be collaboration between that office and GECOM for the purpose of comparing records,” he added. This collaboration must happen so that the voters’ list and the National Reg istration database can be adjusted to reflect the re moval of dead people from that database and from all electoral lists. This, he said, is what the government is work ing to implement, while adding that he has been speaking on the issue of names being removed in accordance with the law for quite some time. In late August, GECOM, while taking note of the public opinions that were expressed about the Preliminary List of Electors and the removal of names from the same, said the Commission can not act contrary to the legal provisions in the National Registration Act (NRA).Earlier this year, Vice-President Dr Bharrat Jagdeo said the govern ment wants the law to be very explicit in stating that the Chief Elections Officer must secure from the Gen
Proposed amendments to see periodic removal of dead persons from voters’ list
“We want to put that into law, so every time they remove dead peo ple, they must share this with all the parties in Guyana and publish it in the newspapers, not just do it in GECOM on their own,” Dr Jagdeo noted
AnilAttorney-GeneralNandlall,S.C. eral Registration Office a list of all dead persons to then remove those persons from the voters’ list. The Vice-President was at the time speaking at a press conference on the consultations for the draft Representation of the Peo ple Act (RoPA). He said GECOM has the right now to remove people from the list based on a death certificate, and as such, this process must be made transparent so that GECOM can do so on a larger scale.
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President, Dr Irfaan Ali, along with several officials during the walkabout on Thursday
The President noted that additional infrastruc ture will be in place for the upcoming Cricket Carni val events. Some of these events will be held at the Guyana National Stadium, Providence, EBD. “As we prepare for the cricket, I know many peo ple are worried about traf fic arrangements but we are putting the infrastructure in place to bring as much ease and efficiency in the move ment of traffic as possible.” Meanwhile, a project official who accompanied the President said the con tractors are on schedule for the completion of the second phase of the fourlane highway from Eccles to Diamond.“Thecontractors have been working a 24-hour shift and the works are on schedule for February 2023 end date… we will commission the second leg of the four-lane which will bring you all the way from Mandela, all the way to Diamond,” the official said. The second phase has been divided into 12 lots, which includes the con struction of more than 30 reinforced concrete bridg es, two roundabouts and a total of 9.4 km of rein forced concrete road. The official further noted that the third phase of the major infrastructural project is currently being designed for expansion of the road from Diamond to Craig Village. A fourth design will also see the expansion of the road to Timehri. “We are currently de signing the third phase to take you to Craig and then a fourth phase to take you to the airport,” he said. These investments are is in keeping with the government’s vision of not only easing traffic congestion, but also to transform Guyana’s in frastructural landscape.
Greater ease for East Bank commuters - works on connecting roads from Eccles to Mocha to be completed by next week
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COMMUTERS along the East Bank of Dem erara (EBD) corridor will no longer have to worry about the hassle and time it takes to traverse, as works on interconnect ing roads from Mandela Avenue to Mocha will be completed by next week, President, Dr Irfaan Ali said. The Head-of-State, dur ing a walkabout on Thurs day, inspected several of those roads in the Eccles and Mocha communities, while interacting with resi dents.“This is the type of de velopment that we are talk ing about and the type of connection that would as sist in traffic management and traffic flow as early as next Wednesday,” he said. A total of seven police outposts will be erected at strategic locations in addi tion to live cameras to deal with traffic offences along the various roads. “You can expect more changes, you can expect more solutions to the traffic challenges,” he said.
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Mrs. Ali and Mrs. Ruiz are founding members of the Global Network of First Spouses which works closely with the One Young World group to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). In the area of gender equality, Mrs. Ali underscored the need for women to be economically empowered to lead indepen dent“Onelives.of the reasons gen der based violence exists is because of an imbalance in power relations between men and women and this oftentimes happens be cause women do not have equal access to the same economic opportunities as men,” she said. To support the economic advancement of women, the First Lady shared that her office has been providing fully fund ed academic and technical skills training scholarships to victims of domestic vio lence who are in institution al care.She also brought into the spotlight, her groundbreak ing period poverty project – dubbed the Menstrual Hy giene Initiative – noting that it has been one of the barri ers to girls receiving quality education. Referencing a recent study by the Ministry of Education which shows that girls are at a high risk of experiencing learning loss or dropping out of school altogether because of their inability to afford or access sanitary pads, Mrs. Ali told the gathering of more than 2,000 young people that she could not sit by and not do anything about it. “This is why I embarked on an ambitious initiative… which aims to provide every school-aged girl free sani tary pads at no cost to them. This provides our girls equal access to educational oppor tunities. A better education for our girls will mean better economic opportunities for them,” she Shiftingstated.herattention to women in leadership, Mrs. Ali dismissed the idea that women ought to prove that they deserve a seat at deci sion-making tables.
FIRST LADY, Arya Ali, on Wednesday, joined more than 2,000 young leaders from across the globe at the One Young World 2022 Summit, in Manchester, United King dom, where she partici pated in a panel discus sion on education, gender equality, and women in leadership. Earlier in the week, Mrs. Ali joined the Duke and Duchess of Sussex, Prince Harry and Meghan Markel, along with other political and business leaders at the opening ceremony. On Wednesday, the First Lady shared the stage with former First Lady of Colombia, María Juliana Ruiz, for a First Lady’s Session which focused on global challeng es which disproportionately affect women and girls.
The One Young World Summit brings togeth er youths from all over the world who are active ly working to positively transform the socio-po litical landscape in the areas of human rights, the environment, gender equality, discrimination and injustice. (Office of the First Lady) First Lady, Arya Ali, shared the stage with former First Lady of Colombia, María Juliana Ruiz, for a First Lady’s Session which focused on global challenges which disproportionately affect women and girls
“The fact that women make up just about half of the world’s population is sufficient enough a reason for us to be represented equally at all levels of decision mak ing,” Mrs Ali said to a thun derous round of applause. She went on to add that, for too long, women have sat on the sidelines and watched men make decisions which impact their personal and professional lives and they have had little to no input. “No longer will we be complicit. No longer will it be a man’s world,” she said, to another round of applause.
First Lady champions gender equality at YouthInternationalSummit
By Alex Wayne A LARGE crowd turned out late last month at the Mahaicony Techni cal Institute, all buzzing with excitement with their presumed choice of queen for the 2022 Miss Catre-Cal-Ab Af rican Heritage Beauty Pageant. The pageant was re turning to the Mahaicony District after an eighteenyear hiatus, and quite nat urally it was attended by patrons from almost every village in Mahaicony and Berbice.The seven beautiful ladies each representing countries on the African continent took to the stage in the Introductory Seg ment, leaving the crowd enthralled after they per formed a sizzling opening dance.The eventual queen, Rashumba Bacchus (Miss Nigeria) was a scene stealer from the start of the event, delivering an introduction that created shockwaves at the venue, evoking thunderous ap plause.She was saucy, bubbly, flirtatious and unleashed a sultry sizzle that had the audience screaming their unanimous approval. First Runner-up, Anasa Wil liams (Miss Ghana) kept it subtle, and delivered a worthy presentation in this bytherunner-up,Eveningcopped(Missbwe),Branche,Congeniality,alsoNotablesegment.presentationscamefromMissAliyah(MissZimbaandGabrielThomasSouthAfrica),whotheawardforBestGown.Thequeenandfirstasstatedbyjudges,wereseparatedameretwopointsdif
‘More support needed for local artistes’ – young musician says Kelford’s most recent release is titled, “Man ready fi the world” working out in school. We were very poor and I wanted to help my family. I did different jobs and was writing music at the same time,” Kelford told BUZZ this Knownweek.as ‘Kelly Payne,’ the father of one relocated to Skeldon, Cor riverton to live with his grandmother when he was at a tender age. He attend ed Corriverton Primary School before pressing on to Skeldon Line Path Secondary.Having turned his at tention to music, though, he recorded his first song, titled “Summer Time” in 2016, and went on to record several others sub sequently.Initially starting out with Hip Hop music, Kel ford found that Dancehall resonated more with him, so he began focusing on this genre of music. “I realised Dancehall is for me, and I said this is how I would express myself,” he related. He was introduced to the House of Relatives E.N.T and was given the opportunity to reside in Georgetown to fulfil his musical ambitions. His most recent re lease is titled, “Man ready fi the world” which he said feels like one of his most outstand ing“Isongs.love music because I realised it’s my talent and I’m using it to help my people,” he shared. Having completed the writing for “Far man a come from,” he is now working on getting the song recorded and then released.Kelford said he is hap py with how his life has turned out so far and that even though things may move slowly at times, things are definitely hap pening for him. He’s hoping that his music will motivate oth er youths to do some thing good with their lives.He believes that the support from people is of utmost importance and can make a difference on whether an artiste sur vives in the industry or not. Such support, he noted, can simply be through people listening to his music which are all available on his social media platforms. and Intelligent Segment was one to die for as the seven beauties took the stage showcasing mes merising pieces, created by some of the best coun tryside fashion designers.
ference, when the scores were finally tallied. The race for royalty was on from the very be ginning amongst Miss South Africa, Miss Nige ria, and Miss Ghana. These three were saucy divas on pageant night. Each tried to outdo the other with eloquent speeches, electric pivots, sultry sashays, and a run way presence associated with legendary fashion icons.Sadly, there was not a prize for Best Talent, but it was the queen Rashum ba who thrilled the audi ence with her dramatic poetry. Her talent piece told the riveting tale of the serene beauty of an African woman. As the poem unfolded, it carried with it a rich, suggestive, and almost erotic tale of the Afri can woman’s undulating curves, lush hips, plush bosoms, pouting lips and mirthful laughter, that echoes in the valleys and hills of Africa. She sealed the deal nicely with lots of hipshaking, trembling of her ‘boomzie’, strutting across the stage like a re gal African Queen. First runner-up Anasa Williams opened her tal ent showcase with a capti vating tale of the strength and worth of the African woman. What started as a simple presentation rose to an exciting crescendo, as she delivered a mind boggling vocal presenta tion of the popular song, “I’ll Rise Up”, much to the delight of the large audience.Aliyah Branche and Gabriel Thomas were also impressive with their tal ent Thepresentations.Evening Gown
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COMING from hum ble beginnings in the village of Orealla, Re gion Six (East BerbiceCorentyne), Kelford Cleon Ryne always wanted to be able to lend a helping hand to his family. It seemed more prac tical at the time for him to leave school to find a job. Having tried vari ous types of work, he couldn’t be happier that he stumbled upon music. As he was growing up, the 25-year-old al ways loved music, so when multiple jobs that he picked up weren’t working out, he realised that he can just use his passion and love for mu sic to make a career for himself.“Things weren’t Rashumba Bacchus (Miss Nigeria) is the new Catre-Cal-Ab African Heritage Queen
Rashumba Bacchus cops Miss Catre-Cal-Ab African Heritage crown
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SPICE leads the pack for female dancehall artistes with most charted entries on the Billboard Reggae Albums Chart. Emanci pated, released August 26 Spice (Photo credit: Jamaica Observer)
UB40’s Greatest Hits is at number four, World on Fire and Set in Stone by Stick Figure are five and six, respectively, while Anthol ogy by Musical Youth slips to eight.
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Spice ‘Emancipated’ on Billboard chart via Stealth Music/Spice Official ENT, debuts this week at number seven. It sold 1,500 in album equivalent units according to Luminate, which reports streaming and sales data to BillboardEmancipatedMagazine.is Spice’s fourth entry on the reggae table. Her previous efforts were ‘So Mi Like It’ (EP) which stalled at number 14 in 2014; Captured, a mix tape which topped the chart in 2018, and last year’s 10, which peaked at number six. Etana has the most chart ed entries for a Jamaican fe male singer on the Billboard Reggae Albums Chart. \
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She has, to date, pro duced five titles: The Strong One (number 12 in 2008), Free Expressions (number 11 in 2011), Better Tomor row (number nine in 2013), I Rise (number one in 2014), and Reggae Forever (num ber one in 2018). Tanya Stephens, Patra, Marcia Griffiths, Queen Ifri ca, Diana King, and Koffee each has two albums on the Billboard Reggae Albums Chart, while Rita Marley, Vanessa Bling, and Chevelle Franklyn have one. On this week’s Billboard Reggae Albums Chart, Bob Marley and The Wailers continue their remarkable streak with Legend clocking 139 weeks at number one. Best of Shaggy: The Boombastic Collection by Shaggy continues to hold the number two spot, while Sean Paul’s Dutty Classics Collection is at three.
Koffee (Photo credit: Jamaica Observer) Richie Stephens (Photo credit: Jamaica Observer)
Koffee’s Gifted dips to number nine and Outside by Burna Boy re-enters the chart at 10. This 2018 TURN TO
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release peaked at number three.On the Billboard 200 Albums Chart, Queen Radio: Volume 1, a compilation by rapper Nicki Minaj contain ing the new track ‘Likkle Miss’ (remix) with dance hall artiste Skeng, debuts at number 10 with first-week sales of 32,000 in equivalent album units. On the Billboard US Afrobeats Songs Chart, Toni Ann Singh by Burna Boy featuring Popcaan continues to slide, from 28 to 36. Over in the Cayman Islands, Hot 104.1 FM re ports that its Top five songs this week are Last Last by Burna Boy, Dark Room by Shane O, Sugar Cake by Patrice Roberts, London by Skeng, and Gal Thief by 450.Reverse The Curse by Richie Stephens takes over the number one spot on the South Florida Reggae Chart. Peace of Mind is A Holiday by G Cole steps up from 16 to 14, while Playing Mon ey Games by Terry Linen moves from 21 to 17. Zanadu’s I Care About You is the new number one on the Foundation Radio Network (New York) Reg gae Chart. ‘Groovin’ by Winston Francis zips from 14 to 11, while Butter Bread by Mykal Rose advances from 23 to 19. Fifty by Tanya Ste phens and Patra is at num ber 28.
“I truly believe that she was very close to us; she was with us,” said the Cubanborn actress, who needed voice coaching to disguise her Spanish accent and cap ture the essence of Monroe. “I think she was happy; she would also throw things off the wall sometimes, and get mad if she didn’t like something,” De Armas told reporters. “Maybe this sounds very mystical, but it
79th Venice Film Festival - Photocall for the film “Blonde” in competition - Venice, Italy, September 8, 2022. Director Andrew Dominik and cast members Ana de Armas, Adrien Brody and Julianne Nicholson attend. REUTERS/Guglielmo Mangiapane is true; we all felt it.” The Australian director said filming started on Aug. 4, the anniversary of Mon roe’s death in 1962 from an overdose when she was justThe36. initial scenes were shot in the same apartment where Marilyn, then called Norma Jeane Baker, had lived with her mentally ill mother. The death scene was also shot in the same room where the famed actress had died.“It definitely took on ele ments of being like a seance,” said Dominik, who spent more than a decade trying to bring the book of the same name by Joyce Carol Oatesby to theEvenscreen.though de Armas had a strong Spanish ac cent, Dominik said he was convinced she could play the demanding lead role, after seeing her in a 2015 film, “Knock Knock”.
THE ghost of Marilyn Monroe made her pres ence felt during the filming of a fictionalised biopic of her life, ‘Blonde’, throwing things around when she got angry, the actress who por trayed her, Ana de Armas, said on Thursday.
The Netflix movie, di rected by Andrew Dominik, is getting its world premiere at the Venice Film Festival, exploring a few key moments of the troubled life of an en during Hollywood icon.
“Blonde”, which also stars Adrien Brody and Ju lianne Nicholson, is one of 23 films competing for the main Golden Lion award, which will be handed out on Sept. 10. (Reuters)
“I knew it was her as soon as I saw her on TV. It is a little bit like when you fall in love at first sight, when the right person walks through the door you know it,” he said. De Armas admitted that she knew little about Mon roe, an emblem of 20th Cen tury America, when she took the role, but said she im mersed herself in the char acter before filming started. “She was all I thought about; she was all I dreamt about. She was all I could talk about; she was with me and it was beautiful,” she said.
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(Reuters) – REALITY television star and entre preneur Kim Kardashi an and a former partner at Carlyle Group Inc (CG.O) Jay Sammons are launching a new pri vate equity firm focused on investing in consumer and media businesses, according to a joint state ment. The new firm, named SKKY Partners, will make investments in sectors in cluding consumer prod ucts, hospitality, luxury, digital commerce and me dia, and plans to make both control and minority investments.Kardashian and Sam mons will serve as cofounders and co-managing partners, with Sammons leading day-to-day opera tions of the Kardashianfirm.has gained success in her recent busi ness ventures such as shapewear label Skims and makeup brand KKW due to their popularity with young shoppers and the TV personality’s huge social media following. Skims was valued at $3.2 billion in Kardashian’sJanuary. launch of a private equity firm also underscores a broader shift among renowned Hollywood celebrities in cluding Leonardo DiCap rio, Ashton Kutcher and Gwyneth Paltrow who are turning prolific investors in the private equity and venture capital space.
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As suggested by many, Anasa Williams’s Evening Gown was by far the most intricate, and stately, but maybe the judges had different opinions.Itwas a magnificent blur of African hues and shades as the ladies paraded in some of the most creative and eye-catching apparel. Miss Congeniality, Aliyah Branche’s head wear was deemed the most alluring, and she surely rocked it well dur ing her Manypresentation.stuttered and fumbled during the Intel ligence Forum, forgetting parts, and freezing up on stageButaltogether.thequeen and first runner-up were on point delivering answers that had the audiences loudly applauding, and the judges, nodding their approval.When the judge’s de cision was announced, it was no surprise that the bubbly Rashumba Bacchus was declared queen. Relatives and friends rushed to the stage, screaming, almost knocking the queen’s crown and bouquet of flowers to the floor.
Kim Kardashian to launch private
Tennis star Serena Wil liams raised $111 million for her new early-stage venture capital firm Serena Ventures in March. The firm has invested in more than 50 companies with a total market value of $14 billion, including online learning platform MasterClass and tech com pany Propel. Earlier on Wednes day, the Wall Street Journal reported the launch of the private equity firm.
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Television personality Kim Kardashian attends a panel for the documentary “Kim Kardashian West: The Justice Project” during the Winter TCA (Television Critics Association) Press Tour in Pasadena, California, U.S., January 18, 2020. REUTERS/Mario Anzuoni//File Photo equity firm with former Carlyle partner
The night was made further brilliant with presentations from tal ented local singer/calyp sonian, Paul Perry; poet Hazel Chester; ‘Keisha’ with her ‘Puppet Dem onstration’; and a few notable others. 16
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Arthur Ashe (left) and Frances Tiafoe did so in Former1972.world number one, Ashe, who grew up poor in the segregated U.S. South, was at the forefront of breaking down barriers for Black tennis players and in 1968 became the first Black man to win the U.S. Open, the first of three majorTiafoe,titles 24, is the son of immigrants from wartorn Sierra Leone who was introduced to the sport at a tennis centre where his father worked as a custodian. He is gunning to be the first American man to win a Grand Slam in nearly two decades.“Every time I win, I just want to inspire a bunch of people to know that anything is possible,” Tiafoe told re porters after his straight-sets win over ninth-seeded Rus sian Andrey Rublev. “At the end of the day I love that because of Frances Tiafoe there is a lot of peo ple of colour playing tennis. That’s obviously a goal for me. That’s why I’m out here trying pretty hard.” Tiafoe said exposure to tennis is the key to diversi fying the overwhelmingly white“Likesport.with anything, the more you can do something, the better you will be at it,” he said.“Iwas lucky. I was play ing tennis for hours and hours and around the game, soaking up the game, watch ing the game. “It was my life. The only thing I really watched grow ing up was Tennis Channel. You end up just falling in love with it. I think that will get you to the next level.” No doubt his inspired run to the semi-finals will attract a new generation to tune in – and maybe take up a racquet – as well.
“I’m really looking forward to my next season and I’d love to come again,” said Fraser-Pryce, who became the first woman to run below 10.70 seven times in the same season. “I’m just excited ... to have won. I’m feeling good to be able to compete. This was remarkable and I’m very proud that I came away with 10.65 - I started with a 10.6 and finish with a 10.6 so there’s nothing more I could ask for.”
Canadian Aaron Brown finished third in a season’s best 10.06. (Loop Sports)
NEW YORK, USA (Re uters) - Rising Amer ican Frances Tiafoe danced into the middle of Arthur Ashe Stadium court and soaked up the cheers from his rapidly expanding fan base af ter securing his spot in the U.S. Open semi-fi nals on Wednesday. In that moment it was hard not to wonder what the man that dance floor was named after would have thought of the jubi lantWithscene.the win, Tiafoe became the first Black American man to reach the semi-finals at Flush ing Meadows since the late Hall-of-Famer Ashe
(2) Who delivered the first ball in a CPL game? Who faced it? Answers in tomorrow’s
Jamaica’s Yohan Blake clocked 10.05 for sec ond in the men’s race.
Trayvon Bromell of the USA easily won in 9.94 seconds for his maiden Diamond trophy.
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Answers to yesterday’s quiz: (1) 2013 & 2016 (2) 33 matches Today’s Quiz: (1) How many CPL games are scheduled for Providence this season?
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ADAM Zampa ran through the New Zealand batting order and bagged a fivefor as Australia registered a thumping 113-run win in Cairns to take an unassail able 2-0 lead in the threematch Chappell-Hadlee ODI series. The tourists were bundled out for a mere 82 in a chase of 196. In conditions, where the ball nipped around upfront, the Australian pacemen made crucial incisions to lay the platform for the win. Martin Guptill, who was put down in the first over, was dismissed off the fifth ball of that same over when he edged Mitchell Starc to Aaron Finch at first slip.Josh Hazlewood and Starc kept a tight lid on the scoring rate and also found movement and bounce to trouble Devon Conway and Kane William son.In an attempt to break free, Conway played the pickup shot off Sean Abbott, but could only find the man at fine leg. Abbott then brought a tentative Tom Latham forward to force him to edge one to the slip cordon. Such was Austra lia’s control over proceedings that Abbott ended up bowling four maiden overs in a row. The lack of intent from the visiting side resulted in a wicket, with the New Zealand skipper getting out lbw to a full toss from Zampa. Wil iamson took the review but couldn’t reverse it. Darly Mitchell then tried a reverse sweep while facing Zampa but couldn’t make the connection and was adjudged lbw.New Zealand’s sorry pro cession continued as Jimmy Neesham flicked one to mid wicket while Starc returned for his second spell and ended Michael Bracewell’s brief stay at the crease. Zampa then pro vided the finishing touches by taking the last three wickets to fall. Incidentally, the last time New Zealand won an ODI in Australia was way back in 2009.Earlier, the New Zealand pace pair of Trent Boult and Matt Henry had shared seven wickets between them to give New Zealand hope of pulling one back in the series. Australia, who were in serted to bat, suffered a col lapse for the second time in two matches, losing their first four wickets for a mere 26
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After snaring his first one-day five-wicket haul, Adam Zampa insisted postmatch that he ‘reaped the rewards of the guys who bowled before me’ runs. Henry started the col lapse by dismissing the out-ofform Aaron Finch for no score. His batting partner, David Warner, also was removed by Henry, with the southpaw mistiming a drive to mid-off. Marnus Labuschagne then was done in by an excellent inswinger from Boult and was trapped in front. Boult also sent Marcus Stoinis back to the hut via the lbw mode. The home side slipped further when one of the heroes of the last game, Alex Carey, was stumped by Tom Latham off Mitchell Santner. Steve Smith, who saw a slew of his batting partners trudge back to the pavilion, then went about doing the repair job alongside Glenn Maxwell. However, just when the pair looked set, Maxwell top-edged a pull off Boult to Martin Guptill. Abbott, who replaced the injured Cameron Green in the side, also couldn’t make an impression, falling to a fine catch by Santner at cover off Henry. When Tim Southee got the better of Smith, it didn’t seem as if Australia would cross the 150-run mark. At that stage, Zampa and Starc strung together a timely association of 31 for the ninth wicket, before the former became Boult’s fourth victim. There was some more drama in the slog overs, as Hazlewood and Starc pushed Australia close to the 200run mark by employing the loft, punch and a slog or two. Eventually, in tricky condi tions for batting, Australia’s first innings total proved to be more than enough. (Cricbuzz)
Zampa five-for helps Australia clinch Chappell-Hadlee ODI series
SURVIVAL Supermarket and the Guyana Golf Association (GGA) Nexgen Academy are set to tee off their second an nual beginners tournament, tomorrow at 10:00hrs at the Scout Association ground, Woolford Avenue. This unique event is strictly for beginners and is designed to ensure that everyone, regardless of skill level, has an opportuni ty to win one of several huge baskets filled with merchandise from the supermarket! The event starts tomorrow and entry for adults is $2 000. Children under 16 years old pay $1 000. All entrants get up to three chances to win and as always, a portion of the proceeds will be donated to charitable organisations. Snacks and beverages will be provided for all participants along with the opportunity to learn about ArcheryOwner of Survival Super market, Parshuram Arjune said, “My family started learning about golf through Nexgen Golf Academy and I’ve seen how the sport has grown through their efforts. The wide impact they have had in such a short time is impressive and we will continue to support their efforts in the years to Nexgencome.”Golf created the ‘GolFun Programme’ in 2020 that provides everyone with access to golf equipment, balls and basic training with no re quirements for membership or investment in equipment. Coupled with the ‘Target Golf for Prizes’ model of play, they have changed the sport similar to 20/20 cricket, to accommodate the fast-paced lifestyle of modern golfers.
GROS ISLET, St Lucia (CMC) – Johnson Charles’s 28th Twenty20 fifty helped St Lucia Kings break their los ing skid in the men’s Carib bean Premier League (CPL), last year’s losing finalists edging the previously unbeat en Jamaica Tallawahs by two wickets here late Wednesday night. In pursuit of 165 at the Dar ren Sammy Cricket Ground, Kings overhauled their target with a ball to spare, in a finish made unnecessarily anxious by nervy batting at the back end. Charles top-scored with 62 from 39 deliveries at the top of the order, providing the foundation for the run chase which was then supplemented by knocks of 22 from Roshon Primus and 20 apiece from David Wiese and Tim David. Kings faced a required run rate of 9½ over the last five overs but never really found the acceleration, and were forced to scrap to get the nine runs needed from the last over. All-rounder Raymon Reif er had earlier also struck 62 to guide Tallawahs to 163 for eight off their 20 overs. The left-hander, batting at number five, arrived at the crease with his side on 47 for three at the end of the sixth over and counted four fours and four sixes in a 41-ball knock.Sent in, Brandon King (19) and Kennar Lewis (19) put on 38 for the first wicket but it was Reifer who really made the difference as one of only two batters to pass 20, Imad Wasim (20) the First,other.Reifer posted 59 for the fifth wicket with Imad before adding a further 30 for the sixth wicket with Fabian Allen (7).
Lethem benefits from project ‘Cricket Gear’
Johnson Charles goes on the attack during his half-century for St Lucia Kings (Photo courtesy Getty/CPL)
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GGA president Aleem Hussain said he expects a huge turnout this weekend for the Survival Supermarket beginners tourney
Survival Supermarket/GGA beginners tourney tees off tomorrow
Total cricket-related items collected so far: $250 000 cash, two trophies, 12 cricket boots, 19 pairs of batting pads, 21 bats, 15 pairs of batting gloves, 19 thigh pads, one pair of wicket-keeping pad, two arm guards, six cricket bags and three helmets. In addi tion, $600 000 worth in gear was donated by Sheik Mohamed, former National wicket keeper/ batter.To date, 40 young players from all three counties of Guyana have already benefited from three junior gear bags, two trophies, two arm guards, 15 bats, one box, three helmets, 12 pairs of cricket shoes, 10 pairs of batting pads, one bat rubber and 12 pairs of batting gloves. In addition, two clubs in the Pomeroon area received two used bats. Pomeroon, Leguan and Wak enaam Cricket Committees and Cotton Tree Die Hard also col lected one box of red cricket balls each, while RHCCCC received two boxes, 15 white cricket shirts, one pair of junior batting pads, one pair of wicket-keeping gloves and a set of stumps and bails.Cricket-related items, used or new, are distributed free of cost to young and promising cricket ers in Guyana. Skills, discipline and education are important characteristics of the recipients. Talent-spotting is being done across the country and club lead ers also assist to identify same. Progressive and well managed clubs will also benefit. Distribu tion will continue. Anyone who is interested in contributing can contact Anil Beharry on 623 6875 or Kishan Das on 1-718-664-0896.
New Zealander Scott Kug geleijn led the attack with three for 44 while fellow seamer Da vid Wiese claimed two for 31. In reply, Kings slumped to 39 for four in the seventh over but Charles led the recovery, lashing four fours and four sixes in adding 36 for the fifth with David and a further 39 for the sixth wicket with Primus. When Charles skied left-armer Reifer (2-28) to cover in the 15th over, Pri mus and Wiese put on 29 for the seventh to keep the run chase alive.
Region 9 Mayor John Macedo Beharry promises to spread game in non-traditional areas
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Charles fifty helps St Lucia Kings break losing slide
MAYOR of Lethem (Region 9), John Macedo, recently approached Anil Beharry, a partner in the project ‘Cricket Gear for young and promising cricketers in Guyana’, along with Kishan Das of the USA, for cricket gear to boost his effort to popularise the game in the township. Macedo is for merly from New Amsterdam, Berbice, the same as Beharry, a current executive of the Guy ana Cricket Board (GCB). The township received two pairs of batting pads, two bats, four thigh pads, two pairs of wicket-keeping pads, 24 white cricket shirts and one gear bag. Macedo expressed grati tude for the gear while Beharry, speaking on behalf of the initia tive, said that he and his partner will continue to help spread the game in the non-traditional areas.
Virat Kohli hit his maiden T20I hundred, and his first in international cricket since November 2019, against Afghanistan in Dubai in the Asia Cup gameKohli,yesterday.who opened the batting with Rohit Sharma rested, put on a quick-fire stand with KL Rahul for the opening wicket, before go ing berserk towards the end to get to the big milestone.
Dwaine Pretorius (left) and Duan Jansen celebrate victory as Romario Shepherd looks on in disbelief (Photo: CPL/Getty Images)
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Jackson takes 200m title at Diamond League final in Zurich Shericka on her way to victory in yesterday’s 200 metres Diamonfd League final in Zurich
VIRAT Kohli hit his 71st international hundred, one that came after an extended period of nearly three years, to propel In dia to a good total against Afghanistan in the Asia Cup game yesterday.
Kohli, who has had 32 scores of fifty or more in T20Is, hadn’t gotten to the three-figure mark ever in this format for India, but went on to complete the feat in 53 balls to put India in the driving seat. Kohli completed 3 500 runs during the course of the innings, becoming the second men’s player to the landmark in T20Is after Rohit Sharma. He also com pleted 100 sixes in his T20I career, becoming the 10th men’s player to the mile stone.Kohli also completed the much-awaited 71st in ternational hundred, put ting him level with Ricky Ponting for the second-most international hundreds after Sachin Tendulkar, who has 100.Kohli’s 61-ball 122, studded with 12 fours and six sixes, helped India post a daunting 212-2 batting first, the highest score in the Asia Cup 2022 tournament so far. THETONUMBERSKNOW Kohli had gone 1 021 days since his last interna tional century - a Test match ton against Bangladesh at home in Kohli2019.equalled Ponting’s tally of international hun dreds with the century in Dubai.The former India skip per crossed 3 500 runs in T20Is, becoming the second men’s player after Rohit Sharma to the landmark The 122* is the 13th highest score in men’s T20Is and the highest by an IndianKohliplayer. also recorded the highest score in T20Is in UAE with 122* in Dubai. (ICC Media)
ST Kitts and Nevis Patri ots achieved their first vic tory of the 2022 Hero Ca ribbean Premier League (CPL) season with a spec tacular win over Guyana Amazon Warriors by four wickets. The Guyana Amazon Warriors won the toss and chose to bat, a cautious start saw them score 66 runs in the first 10 overs, but cap tain Shimron Hetmyer pro duced a tantalising innings, scoring 46 off just 21 balls, to take his side to 162-6 at the end of the innings. St Kitts and Nevis Patri ots then lost frequent wick ets throughout their chase, with the Warriors stifling them at regular intervals. However, a remarkable display of power-hitting from Dwaine Pretorius saw the side score 22 runs in the final over bowled by Romario Shepherd to earn a first win in this year’s CPL season with two balls remaining.Guyana Amazon War riors were frustrated early on by some excellent bowl ing by Sheldon Cottrell and Duan Jansen, who claimed the early wicket of Paul Stirling.Chandrapaul Hemraj played a patient innings to build a platform, scoring 43 runs, before Hetmyer displayed some attacking intent, scoring at a strike rate of 219, to take his side to 162-6.StKitts and Nevis Pa triots followed a similar pattern, taking a patient approach to the start of their chase after losing the valu able wicket of Evin Lewis in the second over. Andre Fletcher went on to score 41 runs for the Patriots before his dismiss al, but the wickets of both Dwayne Bravo and Dar ren Bravo in the 16th over had seemingly ended the Patriots’ chances of a win, before Jansen and Pretorius combined in the final overs with a 55-run partnership to guide the side to a remark able win. This was the Patriots first win of the season, while Guyana Amazon Warriors remain winless after three games. (CPL)
Patriots’ late flourish leaves Amazon Warriors winless Kohli slams first international hundred in nearly three years
JAMAICA’S Shericka Jackson continued her stellar 2022 season by winning the 200m at yesterday’s Diamond League final in Zurich. Jackson, who earli er ran 10.81 for second behind Shelly-Ann Fra ser-Pryce in the 100m, sped to 21.80 to take the 200m crown ahead of American Olympic bronze medallist Gabby Thomas (22.38), and her countrywoman Tamara ClarkJackson(22.42).ran 22.07 to finish second to Thomas (21.98) in her first 200m race of the season at the Doha Diamond League event on May 13 and has gone undefeated in nine races since, including a 21.45 effort to win gold at the World Champion ships in Eugene, becom ing the fastest woman alive in the process. In the men’s equiv alent, The Dominican Republic’s Alexander Ogando ran 20.02 for third, the same time as second-placed finisher Aaron Brown of Can ada. American World Champion Noah Lyles was victorious in a meet record 19.51. (Sports max)
Virat Kohli is all smiles after ending the century drought
JAMAICA’S sprinting sensation Shelly-Ann Fra ser-Pryce bounced back from defeat in Brussels last weekend to win the Diamond League women’s 100m final in Zurich, Swit zerland yesterday. Cheered on by more than 25 000 fans at the Letzigrud Stadium, the five-time world champion, who was beaten by 0.01 by fellow Jamaican Shericka Jackson - the world 200m champion - in Brus sels, streaked away to win the season-ending meet in a blistering 10.65 seconds. Jackson finished sec ond in 10.81 seconds while African record-holder Ma rie-Josee Ta Lou was third in 10.91.
Second day of Test called off following death of Queen Elizabeth
Patriots’ late flourish leaves Amazon Warriors winless Finalists confirmed for Lucozade hockey tourney tonight
The ECB is continuing to discuss the situation with government and will provide an update as to the rest of the Test in due course. “Following the death of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II, Friday’s play between England and South Africa at The Oval will not take place,” the ECB said in aThestatement.opening day yesterday was washed out due to rain. England won the toss and put South Africa in to bat only for a shower to sweep in and put a stop to proceedings minutes before the players took to the field.
Sonia Jardine takes a shot at goal in a penalty corner against Woodpecker Hikers goalkeeper, Hikers men tried to defend their goal, but Bounty GCC capitalised on their oppo nents’ misfortune and scored at everyTheopportunity.gamewas tied at 5, in the 40th minute. However, as seconds counted down, a penal ty corner was awarded to GCC. With no keeper in the goal, GCC men made light work by hitting the backboard easily. In the final semi-final of the evening, the YMCA Old Fort outscored Hikers Cadets 4-3. Warren Williams, Simeon Moore, Daheron Wilkinson and vice-captain Shaquan Fa vorite all scored for Old Fort. Colonel Heywood, who played a beautiful defence, netted a goal for the Cadets along with Devin Munroe and Shane Samuels.Other teams to advance to the finals today are Saints Conquerors and GCC Spartans in the Under-20 girls and Saints S7N and YMCA Old Fort in the Under-20 boys. We look forward to see ing you all tonight to witness some competitive finals.
The series is level at 1-1, with both Tests finishing inside three days. South Africa won the first by an innings and 12 runs at Lord’s only to be hammered by an innings and 85 runs in the second at Old Trafford. (Super Sport)
A frustrating day of covers on and off fol lowed before an official announcement came at 15.45hrs GMT saying no play would be possible.
THE finalists of the Men’s and Women’s categories of the Lu cozade Indoor Hockey tournament have been confirmed, following intense semi-final action on Wednesday evening at Cliff Anderson Sports Hall. In the women’s divi sion, the leading team, GCC Spartans, went up against YMCA Old Fort Igniters, beating them 6-3.The umpires called a technicality against the Old Fort women, and a penalty stroke was award ed to GCC. Madison Fer nandes took the shot for her team and delivered as was expected. Romi chelle Brumell responded almost immediately in the 9th However,minute. this tie did not last long as the GCC Spartans did not hold back and netted four more goals before Igniters could respond, with Julia Gouveia converting both penalty corners. With 1 minute on the clock, GCC Alysa Xavier netted the final goal for her team. In the other semi-fi nal of the women’s divi sion, Woodpecker Hikers beat GCC Tigers after the game went down to a penalty shootout. At the final whistle, the women were 1-1 after a hard-fought game from both sides. Rene James, Latacia Chung, and Ma ria Munroe all converted for Hikers. In contrast, the lone scorer for GCC was Sonia Jardine while Vanessa Peres was denied by Hikers goalkeeper, AnesaWhatPermaul.canbe consid ered one of the most com pelling games of the night in the men’s B group saw Bounty GCC Pitbulls ad vance to the final after edging Pepsi Hikers 6-5. The ers’Kevintweenhigh-intensityfast-paced,matchbethetwosawGCCSpencerboreHiknetfourtimes.Playingwithouta
Fraser-Pryce blazes 10.65 to win 100m Diamond League crown
Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce of Jamaica celebrates after winning the women’s 100m final at the Weltklasse IAAF Diamond League international athletics meeting at the Letzigrund stadium in Zurich, Switzerland, yesterday. (Michael Buholzer/Keystone via AP)
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THE second day’s play in the third Test be tween England and South Africa at The Oval will not take place today, following the death of Queen Elizabeth, the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) said yesterday.