13th SEPTEMBER, 2022 TUESDAY No. 106844 $100 Processing fee suspended on invoice price for milk, dairy products Uncompetitive, bureaucratic - IDB says of Guyana’s business environment during Coalition gov’t - points to Coalition’s ‘particularly poor’ performances in areas of infrastructure, innovation, government institutions and technology readiness President, Dr Irfaan Ali, former Captain of the West Indies Cricket team, Ramnaresh Sarwan and others at the soft opening of Lazeez Fusion restaurant at the Amazonia Mall on Monday night. The restaurant offers a variety of Indian and Thai cuisines (Delano Williams photo) Instant certification for skilled technical, vocational workers Laluni farmers expect boost in profits with $50M road works Commissioners for CoI into attempted elections rigging to be sworn in todayPAGESEE3SEEPAGE5SEEPAGE3PAGESEE12 PAGESEE4 PAGESEE2 Young attendingheartrecoversJacobisfromsurgery,school
spring does break and we does feel pressure because at the end of the day we don’t get back nothing on the farm because we does got to spend back mon ey on the Sharonvehicle.”(onlyname
Cherries are one of the many fruits found in abundance in the small farming community in Laluni. Recently, President, Dr. Irfaan Ali announced that major investments are billed for the community to see it become a major food production hub (Carl Croker photo)
Sharon (only name given) picking sorrel in her family farm (Carl Croker photo)
Laluni farmers expect boost in profits with $50M road works
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Earlier this month, President, Dr. Moham med Irfaan Ali visited the community and an nounced that some $50 million in contracts will be awarded for the re habilitation of the road.
ly trips to the Capital City, Georgetown, to sell their produce. A journey he describes as gruelling because of the ‘deep potholes and break up parts’ of the road. It has caused him to visit the mechan ic regularly and cost him more than what he
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These works will be done in two phases and will see members of the community being employed during the secondSpeakingphase. with the Guyana Chronicle in
a recent interview, cit rus farmer, Shivnarine Singh, said, “I feel re ally glad, because first time the President came and we living at the back here and like no body don’t remember we, so I feel glad.”
WITH works soon to commence on the main access road of Laluni, a small farming com munity on the theiripatespiritsfarmersSoesdyke-Highway,Lindenareinhighastheyanticabigboostinprofits.
Singh, who works on his family farm, along with his brother Roopnarine, expressed frustrations with the state of the main ac cess road. He explained that he and his broth er would make week
earns.“The road right now is the main thing for we because, as farm ers, we does punish a lot because of the road condition to go out,” Singh said, noting that: “We have a canter there and every now and then how the road so bad the
The government has already committed to
ney-General, High Court Judge and acting Justice of Appeal in the Eastern Caribbean, Godfrey P. Smith, S.C.; former Chair and Chief Elections Com missioner of India, Dr S.Y. Quraishi; and former Chancellor of the Judici ary (ag), Carl Singh OR CCH.To assist the com mission with its work, Dr Afari Jayan and Dr Nasim Zaidi have been identified as resource per sonnel.The members of the CoI are expected to ex amine the post-polling
diversified economy in Guyana.Minister Singh had said that the government sees the private sector as a highly valued and cherished partner in na tional development, and with renewed and in creased interest in the local economy, Guyana has an opportunity to assess its systems and create processes which are business-friendly and encouraging for not just international investors, but locals as well.
building a “modern” Guy ana with world-class in frastructure that improves connectivity and unlocks the vast potential of the economy.
Though not the main focus of the IDB’s report titled: Analysis of Agri cultural Policies in Guy ana (2015-2019), the state of the country’s business environment within the period under review was still highlighted by the international financial institution.Citing information from the World Economic Forum’s Global Competi tive Report (2015), the IDB said that the country had ranked 121 out of 140 and has since then not met the minimum require ments to be “Specificallysurveyed.[during the period under review], the country performed particularly poorly on the parameters of infrastruc ture, innovation, govern ment institutions, and
Its intention is to cre ate an enabling envi ronment for business development through a seven-point plan which includes preserving the rule of law and democ racy; improving the ease of doing business; en hancing national com petitiveness; facilitating trade and investment; and supporting small businesses.
Uncompetitive, bureaucratic
Commissioners for CoI into attempted elections rigging to be sworn in today
The IDB in its report also acknowledged that since 2020, the non-oil sector, construction and public investment have increased rapidly.
Based on the IDB’s report, however, the pros pects and conditions from 2015-2019 -- under the A Partnership for Nation al Unity + Alliance For Change (APNU+AFC) -- were seemingly not as
For the public sector alone, the government has allocated the larg est portion of its mile stone $552.9 billion 2022 Budget to the Ministry of Public works. A total of $96.1 billion has been allocated to the ministry, which is responsible for the country’s infrastruc ture.This, according to re ports, is in addition to billions of dollars being spent to develop hous ing infrastructure, and proposed plans to build a new Demerara Harbour Bridge, a bridge across
From left: Justice of the Appeal (retired) of Turks and Caicos, Stanley John; former Justice of Appeal (ag) in the Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court, Godfrey P. Smith; former Chief Election Commissioner of India, Dr S. Y. Quraishi and former Chancellor of the Judiciary (Guyana), Carl Singh (NEWS ROOM Photo)
the Corentyne River, new four-lane highways and other transformative pro jects.Another positive in dication in the area of business and infrastruc tural development is the significant interest being expressed by both local and international inves tors, some of whom have even gone a step further to construct hotels, fab rication facilities, shore bases, condos and modern office complexes, among other“Ourthings.economy is be coming stronger; it is re bounding from the twoyear-long effects of the coronavirus pandemic. Businesses, both local and foreign, are capital ising on the unfolding opportunities, and in the process, generating jobs and providing incomes for our citizens,” President, Dr Irfaan Ali had said.
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ECONOMIC develop ment in Guyana during 2015-2019, the period of the Coalition govern ment, was hindered by a business environment that was uncompetitive and mired with bureau cratic constraints, ac cording to the InterAmerican Development Bank (IDB).
favourable, as the World Bank’s Doing Business 2019 report ranked Guy ana 136 out of 190, down 10 places from 126 it had achieved in 2018, but slightly better than 137 in 2016. The report highlighted difficulties in obtaining construction permits, getting electric ity, trading across borders, and resolving insolvency in Guyana.Although not referring directly to the doing-busi ness report, President Ali had said in 2021 that the government is working on the modernisation of institutional and legisla tive infrastructure to help establish a single-window approval system for per mitting.Senior Minister in the Office of the President with Responsibility for Finance, Dr Ashni Singh, had said too that the gov ernment strongly, unshak ably, unflinchingly and unapologetically believes in the role of the private sector in the future of Guyana and is commit ted to ensuring a rap idly growing and a highly competitive, world-class,
The swearing in will be held at the Office of the President, Shiv Chan derpaul Drive, George town.President Ali an nounced back in June that the CoI will be chaired by retired Justice of Ap peal, Stanley John, and will include former Attor
- IDB says of Guyana’s business environment during Coalition gov’t
- points to Coalition’s ‘particularly poor’ performances in areas of infrastructure, innovation, government institutions and technology readiness
day period, when there were alleged attempts by the A Partnership for National Unity and Alliance For Change (APNU+AFC) to rig the elections.Theinquiry is also expected to provide a foundation on which the Guyana Elections Com mission (GECOM) could fix the electoral system. Additionally, the findings will be used to hold persons account able, especially if they are found to have been involved in illegal ac tivities.
technology readiness,” the financial institution said.The country, accord ing to multiple reports, has since made significant strides in those areas as a result of interventions and investments made by the People’s Progressive Party/Civic (PPP/C) gov ernment since its election to office in 2020.
PRESIDENT, Dr Mo hamed Irfaan Ali, will on Tuesday swear in the Presidential Commis sion of Inquiry (CoI) into the events sur rounding the March 2, 2020, General and Regional Elections.
Young Jacobis recovers from heart surgery, attending school
he was just seven months old.This prompted her to take him to the hospital to see a paediatrician and she was told that nothing was wrong with him and that he would outgrow the symp toms.She noted, however, that she observed that her son was showing slow signs of development when he was around nine months old.
His family was very much worried about his con dition but through support from the government, other donors and fund-raising activities, they were able to raise the $5 million needed for his surgery in Cuba.
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Through the help of Region 10 Chairman Deron Adams, the Health Ministry and various fund raisers, the family was able to garner the necessary funds for the surgery.
Little Tafari Jacobis has started nursery school
little Tafari has been doing well.“So far so good, the doc tors here in Guyana they call for him to go and get checkups,” she said, adding: “I never got back any prob lems with him; he’s been doing good and he started nursery last Monday. He was very excited and I asked the teacher for an update about him. He’s been doing good so far. He’s interacting as a normal child,” she added.
The surgery went well and today, Jacobis is now four-years- old and has started nursery school as a proud child of the Wisroc Nursery.Beaming with joy and much pride, the boys’ mother, Lotoya Jacobis in a recent interview with the Guyana Chronicle, gave an update on his medical condition.Thesurgery she said, was indeed a success and
AT seven months old, Tafari Jacobis from Wis roc, Linden, was diag nosed with a strange heart condition and was in dire need of urgent medical attention.
Jacobis noted that Tafari is scheduled to return to Cuba for a follow-up sur gery.The now four-year-old was first diagnosed in Oc tober 2020. His mother in a previous interview said she had first noticed strange symptoms in the child when
It was until after she vis ited a private clinic he was diagnosed.
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The President on Sunday commissioned the Burnham Boulevard in Mocha-Arcadia
Rickford Burke
He continued: “Sim ply put, Rickford Burke it seems would stoop to the lowest lows of bigotry in his vile attempts to detract Guyanese and international partners from the rapid economic and social trans formation resulting from our government’s devel opment agenda, which is already creating lasting empowerment for every citizen across all our ad ministrative regions.”
First patientmonkeypoxreleasedfromhospital
came in because they had various types of rashes but none of it was confirmed as monkeypox because we did the confirmatory test,” the health minister said.
Health Minister, Dr Frank Anthony, on Mon day, said that the patient was released late last week and is now“Ournon-contagious.firstpatient is now back at home and that pa
THE government has suspended, with imme diate effect, the three per cent processing fee on the invoice price for milk and dairy prod ucts.
and signed two more con tracts valued at over $90M for rehabilitation of two other roads in the “Developmentcommunity.must be able to add value to your life. The road out there is something physical. But what we don’t understand is that the road has brought value to every single home in this community. It has increased the net value of your homes in this community,” he said, adding: “We must not lock
scribed Burke’s outburst on the President efforts to build a united and highly devel oped Guyana as cowardly and“Burkedelusional.has made it his mission, apparently, his sole purpose in life now, to show as much contempt as he can in his bitterness towards his own country, now at its transformative juncture, as he tries to foment race hate as a counter to President Ali’s ‘One Guyana’ agenda,” Mc Coy said.
The Ministry of Ag riculture, in a statement, said it has instructed the Guyana Livestock De velopment Authority to discontinue the collec
Burke, who is based in New York, used condescend ing remarks to describe a response the President gave to a resident during a public meeting in Mocha-Arcadia on Sunday.ThePresident told the resident that his government is a government for all of Guyana.“Itis an insult for you to tell these people that their lives are controlled by the Coalition. No one’s life is controlled by anyone but God. Take that and take it to the bank and bank it,” the President said.
MINISTER in the Office of the Prime Minister with Responsibility for Public Affairs, Kwame McCoy, has called out social me dia commentator Rick ford Burke for his baseless criticism of President, Dr Irfaan Ali.
THE first person to be diagnosed with monkey pox in Guyana has been released from hospital.
“All sanitary require ments for importation of milk and dairy products remain enforced,” the statement said.
tient is non-infectious and can resume work and we had a lot of his close contacts in quarantine. They have all now been rechecked, none of them showed any signs or symptoms of monkeypox, so they can resume normal activity as well,” Dr An thonyThesaid.second person diag nosed with the virus is still beingThemonitored.firstcase of monk eypox in Guyana was con
Minister McCoy calls out Burke for ‘delusional’ comments
firmed on Monday, August 22; a week later on August 29 another case was re corded.Sofar, no other monkey pox case has been recorded in Guyana.“Wehaven’t found any new cases, which is a good thing, we have had a num ber of calls and persons
He had previously not ed that he does not foresee a lot of monkeypox infec tions in Guyana due to the nature of the disease which requires being in close contact with an infected individual for an extended period of time. (DPI)
Processing fee suspended on invoice price for milk, dairy products
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ourselves out of these op portunities by subjecting ourselves to narrow think ing. I am not here to tell you that I want all of you here to vote PPP; I am here to tell you that I want all of you to benefit from the PPP in government.”Burkeina Facebook post on Monday labelled the Pres ident’s comments as lawless and beneath the dignity of his office.Minister McCoy de
tion of the three per cent processing fee.
and the Grenadines. (The others are Australia, Can ada, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea, the Solomon Islands and SpeculationsTuvalu.) have been rife as to whether King Charles III will be the glue that keeps the Commonwealth together or the monarch that presides over its quick collapse, or whether it’ll simply con tinue as a club of former mainly British colonies.
During a speech as Prince in 2017 in Sin gapore, Charles said the Commonwealth was “the cornerstone of my life” -- something Dame Patri cia reminded him of on Sunday, but concern is being expressed by True Brits about the decreasing size of the realm, as more member-states follow Bar bados and part with the monarchy.Theloss of ‘Little En gland’ was followed by similar announcements of intent earlier this year
by Antigua and Barbuda, Jamaica and Saint Lucia. And Australia today, under a republican prime minis ter, says it will eventual ly activate a mechanism (already in motion before the Queen died) to decide when it’ll no longer have Charles as its Interestingly,king.bids by Commonwealth mem ber-states to complete their independence from and reduce their dependence on Britain for certain key aspects of judicial consti tutional guidance are being misinterpreted as some how intended to weaken the already long-declining British Empire – like Ja maica deciding to complete its cycle after 60 years of independence, Saint Lucia deciding to break with the Privy Council and join the Caribbean Court of Jus tice (CCJ) or Antigua & Barbuda deciding to hold a republican referendum within three years.
Limited (Demtoco) would maintain the road but these works ceased when the company dis solved its operations in
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continuing transition from British Guiana to where El Dorado is today as the world’s fastest-growing new oil-and-gas economy.
asked that her son be ac cepted as her successor, and he did represent her at the last Commonwealth Summit in Rwanda last June, where some mem ber-states repeated con tinuing concern about the implications of giving the impression that royal suc cession is automatic. Oth ers also indicated they felt it was time to put the issue of reparations from Brit ain and European nations for Slavery and Native Genocide on the Common wealth’s agenda, as it af fects most member-states.
True, King Charles has inherited leadership of an entity founded by his grandfather and led by his mother, but as Baroness Amos (of Guyanese heri tage) said Sunday, nations becoming republics is not about “embarrassing” the empire,” but about King Charles adapting to the challenges of the changing times.Baroness
was UK Ambassador to Australia and held several positions of international stature, also notes that the Commonwealth’s com monalities are based on “a partnership of equals, despite geographic loca tion or population...” that allows them to “hold equal conversations about the challenges we face,” which she sees as “very import ant.”She admits it’ll be “a difficult balance to strike” for King Charles, but “as a firm believer in conversa tions about balance,” she’s more optimistic than pes simistic about his ability to not just succeed his mom, but to also face the suc cessorship challenges the queen groomed him for.
All that said, Guyana’s own road along the ref erendum route to the re publican path is as unique as any other, with its own domestic political nuances and influences that are now part of the history of the
given), who, along with her sister make week ly trips to the market to sell their produce, expressed similar sen timents.“The road, that is the issue we got in here right now and it a farm ing community so it’s hard and when the rain falls it’s very bad and we would glad to get we road,” she said.
MORETUREAGRICULINPUTS
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2015; however, due to flooding and other fac tors of climate change, the road became severe ly damaged, making it hard not only for farm ers but other commuters as well.Inthe past, the wom an disclosed that the tobacco company, De merara Tobacco Co.
Sharing Common Wealth
THE new King of Brit ain and the Common wealth held his very first diplomatic appointment and reception on Sep tember 11, meeting at Buckingham Palace with Commonwealth Secre tary-General, Baroness Patricia Scotland and the High Commissioners of member-nations of the other 14 nations of which he is also new Head-ofState.
To this end, Fran cis suggests that hav ing a small processing facility established nearby the communi ty could see farmers being more self-suffi cient in adding value to their produce, as well as earning more for themselves.
Amos, who
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Be that as it may, just as Guyana stood high and mighty behind the Com monwealth’s boycott of Apartheid in South Af rica in the 80s, and the Commonwealth stood on the side of democracy in Guyana during 2020, this nation will continue to be a firm believer in the rights of sovereign nations to take decisions in their people’s best interests.
It is better to see it as strengthening the respect for democracy and peace ful coexistence between partners facing similar problems in different ways and seeking com mon ways of overcoming common challenges, to contribute to the shared ‘common wealth’ of dis cussing, deciding and act ing together, never mind their differences.
citrus farmer in the community, additional inputs are needed for farmers.“Wedo mostly man ual work, we don’t have no tractor and those kinds of things and sometimes it’s hard,” Francis said.
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the“This1980s.here (farming) is what we depend on, this is our livelihood. We take our produce to the market,” she said.
He noted that while he welcomes the reha bilitation of the road, farmers are in need of greater support to boost their production as well as getting better prices
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we ask if they could raise it to like $100. If we get somebody to lobby for us that would be nice,” the man said.
Laluni farmers expect boost ...
The woman recalled that some rehabilitation works had been done in
Sharon, her brother, sister and father, own a small farm where they produce mostly citrus fruits such as orange, cherry and sorrel.
of fisheries.Theobjective of the Vol untary Guidelines for Transshipment is to assist states, regional fisheries manage ment organisations (RFMOs), and other IUUcontributiontentialpowerfultainabilitybiodiversitybuildauthoritiesauthorisations,cordanceactandportment.sustainableinagovernpoliciesstandardsorganisationsinter-governmentalbyprovidingfordevelopingtheirandregulationsthattrans-shipment,withviewtointegratingtheseregulatoryframeworksforfisheriesmanageTheguidelinescansupfishers,fishprocessorsothersinthesector,whoresponsiblyandinacwiththeirfishingwhilehelpingtomonitorandrestocks,conservemarineandbuildsusinthelong-term.“Theseguidelinesareatoolwiththepotomakeameaningfultocombatingfishing,”saidBarange.
ensure that all vessels in volved in trans-shipments provide a declaration con taining specific data about the quantities of fish, the species and any bycatch; share trans-shipment data such as vessel lists, no tifications, authorisations and declarations, observer and inspection reports, in fractions and sanctions and establish reporting proce dures to collect and crossreference information on the quantity of fish landed
The guidelines will sup port the FAO Agreement on Port State Measures (PSMA), the first binding international agreement intended to deter and elim inate IUU fishing, which entered into force in 2016, and the updated Global Record of Fishing Vessels, Refrigerated Transport Vessels and Supply Vessels. (FAO)
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It can take place in vari ous locations, including ports, coastal waters and the high seas. While transshipment can be essential to reduce operating costs and maximise sustainable fishing opportunities, if not prop erly regulated it can be used to disguise illegally caught fish, undermining national, regional and global efforts to curb IUU fishing.
Under the guidelines, it is recommended that states and RFMOs should ensure that vessels involved in transshipments are authorised by the relevant flag, coastal or port state and that vessels notify the relevant authori ties before conducting any type of trans-shipment; adopt transparent reporting proce dures to facilitate the verifi cation of authorisations and trans-shipment data, allowing for effective monitoring, con trol and surveillance actions;
The Voluntary Guidelines for Trans-shipment, devel oped by members of the Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations (FAO) and presented at the 35th Session of the FAO Commit tee on Fisheries (COFI35), “aim to regulate, monitor and control transshipment to sup port sustainable fisheries and further close loopholes that enable fish derived from IUU fishing to enter the market,” said Manuel Barange, Direc tor of FAO’s Fisheries and AquacultureTrans-shipmentDivision.involves the direct transfer of fish
COFI had tasked the FAO Secretariat with un dertaking global studies on trans-shipment to support the development of these Voluntary Guidelines. The research found that a lack of regulation, monitoring and control increases the risk of fish caught through IUU fishing entering the seafood supply chain, jeopardising the sustainable management
by species, product form, area, and country of origin for processed fish.
Endorsement of trans-shipment guidelines key move against unsustainable fishing
A KEY inter-governmental forum on fisheries and aq uaculture has endorsed new voluntary guidelines gov erning the transfer of fish between ships, in a move aimed at curbing the Il legal, Unreported and Un regulated (IUU) fishing that threatens the sustainability of global stocks.
from one vessel to another, regardless of its location, before the cargo is recorded at its final destination.
process. This phenomenon, known as the “Dutch Dis ease”, first drew attention in the late 1950s when natu ral gas discoveries in the Netherlands eventually hurt the competitiveness of the Dutch manufacturing sector.
however, strongly contra dicts this notion and there fore disproves the percep tion or argument that the Dutch disease is present. It is noteworthy to highlight that it took just over two decades to lift this econo my out of bankruptcy and move it from a GDP of about US$200 million in 1992 to a GDP of US$4 billion and per capita in come of less than US$200 to US$5,000 by the end of 2014. In 2015, the previ ous government inherited $100 billion liquid cash in the bank, foreign reserves of US$595 million repre senting five months’ worth of import cover and all the sectors were experiencing resilient performance. Al together, the cumulative loss of productive output in the sugar, forestry, fishing, bauxite, manufacturing and wholesale and retail trade subsectors, together with the cumulative loss of export earnings of a number of key commodities as shown in the analysis herein dur ing the period 2009 – 2014 relative to the corresponding period 2015 - 2020, amount ed to a whopping $238.7 billion or US$1.14 billion. Put differently, under the stewardship of the previous administration, a number of key productive sectors and export-earning commodities declined by US$1.14 billion cumulatively. This amount represents 36 per cent of the total stock of public debt, 1.5 times the Bank of Guy ana FX reserves and more than one year’s equivalent of oil revenue in both profit oil and royalties.
The empirical evidence,
ORIGINS OF THE DUTCH DISEASE
THE RESOURCENATURALCURSE
Financial analyst Joel Bhagwandin
The non-oil economy has shown positive signs of recovery on account of the government’s accommoda tive fiscal policy stance and allocation of resources aimed to repair the non-oil sectors – having suffered deteriorated performances in 2020 and 2021, and ar guably, during the period 2015–2020. Notwithstand ing the contracted growth in a few subsectors, the wholesale, retail and trade, and entertainment subsec tors recorded higher growth compared to the previous corresponding period. This is evidence of the positive impact of government’s intervention in the economy to cushion the impact of the rising cost of living, such as the various cash grants and otherCreditmeasures.tothe private sec tor increased by 15 per cent in the first half of FY 2022 relative to the corresponding period in FY 2021
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CONCLUDINGREMARKS
It is against this back ground; this article seeks to address these issues and conclude whether or not the paradoxical Dutch disease and natural re source curse are present, inter alia, an analysis of the mid-year economic outcome for nrgi_Resource-Curse.pdf.ance.org/sites/default/files/https://resourcegovern2022.
spanning 2009 to 2021 and thus remained strong. In this respect, while the Bank of Guyana FX reserves in creased by 43 per cent over this period from its 2009 position of US$569 million to US$811 million by the end of 2021; the commercial banks NFA increased by 174 per cent from US$164 million in 2009 to US$449 million by the end of 2021.
Using conservative es timates in an attempt to quantify the impact of the cost –of-living (COL) measures and interventions by the government on the economy, cumulatively for the period 2021 – 2022, amounted to approximately $226 billion, representing 96 per cent of the total NRF balance to date from the inception of oil production.
Notably, the inflation rate for the half-year period January – June 2022 of 4.9 per cent is lower than the 5.6 per cent for the previ ous corresponding period in 2021. This is evidence of the impact of government interventions to cushion the rising inflation rate on account of inflationary pres sures stemming from the global economy – that is, the effect of external shocks on the domestic economy therefrom.Theexchange rate ap preciated marginally by 0.91 per cent from $208.8 for the first half year period in FY 2021 to $206.9 for the first half year period FY 2022
The Political Opposition et.al, are of the view that the mid-year performance for 2022 confirms the presence of the Dutch disease. Com mentators in Guyana often use the terms “Dutch dis ease” and “natural resource curse” ofThesectorsexportsportsbecauseofternationalpreciationresourceofwages,and,ciationundergoesresourceand/ortradableresourceaeries”.ofeffectseasebyhavehowever,interchangeably,bothterminologiesdistinguishingfeaturesdefinition.TheparodicalDutchdisreferstotheadverseofonmanufacturingnaturalresource“discovSpecifically,whencountryexperiencesaboomduetoaresourcediscoverytoanincreaseinaprice,itnormallyarealappreofitsexchangerateasaresultofrisingarelocationofsomethelabourforcetothesector.Arealapreducestheincompetitivenessothertradablesectorsresource-basedexcrowdoutcommodityproducedbythose(Krugman,1987).countryfacestheriskade-industrialisation
Conversely, the resource curse (also known as the paradox of plenty) refers to the failure of many re source-rich countries to ben efit fully from their natural resource wealth, and for governments in these coun tries to respond effectively to public welfare needs. While one might expect to see better development outcomes after countries discover natural resources, resource-rich countries tend to have higher rates of con flict and authoritarianism, and lower rates of econom ic stability and economic growth, compared to their non-resource-rich neigh bours.
The2022level of public debt is within sustainable levels with low to moderate de fault risk. The debt-to GDP ratio is an estimated 29 per cent for the first half of FY 2022 and the non-oil debt to GDP ratio is an estimated 63 per cent for the period
cies, timely interventions, the allocation of financial resources towards infra structural development, eco nomic diversification, and transformational develop ment projects implemented through the national budgets of 2020, 2021 and 2022. Finally, while the Dutch disease is not present in any form on account of the gov ernment’s strong commit ment to tangibly rebuild the traditional productive sec tors, and the advancement of an ambitious economic diversification programme through improved national competitiveness, viz-à-viz, cheaper energy, the regional food and energy-security agenda etc.; the economic path that the economy pre viously came out of under the previous administration during 2015 – 2020, would have most certainly induced the Dutch disease syndrome and the natural resource curse as evidently demon strated in the findings and analyses of this report.
The impact of the costof-living measures and in terventions implemented by the government is almost equivalent to 100 per cent of the oil revenues in profit and royalties earned as of July
BACKGROUND
Both of these ratios in dicate that the level of pub lic debt is relatively low to moderate in terms of the risk of default and that the level of public debt is within sustainable levels. The government must be commended for this type of prudent public debt man agement by restricting the temptation to borrow ex cessively against future oil revenue.Proponents of the notion that the mid-year report con firms that the Dutch disease is already here by merely citing the contracted perfor mance of a few subsectors, namely sugar and rice, and ignoring completely the positive outturns in all the other subsectors, have failed to present any empirical evidence and context to cor roborate this argument
In the late 1950s the ap preciation of the Dutch cur rency (guilder), which fol lowed the gas-export boom, caused inflation which in turn, brought about reduc tions in competitiveness and profitability of the manufac turing and service sectors. Shortly, the expansion of gas exports in the 1960s not only crowded out the other manufacturing exports, but also reduced markedly the total Dutch exports relative to GDP. This problem fortu nately lasted shortly. From the late 1960s onwards, the Dutch exports of non-gas industries have increased sensibly. The fear of de-in dustrialisation linked to the Dutch disease did not ma terialise in the Netherlands.
agricultural sector by 20 per cent; mining and quar rying sector by one per cent; manufacturing sector by 39 per cent; services sector by 20 per cent; households by 12 per cent and real estate mortgages by seven per cent. This outturn is in dicative of the broad-based growth attained through private-sector investment across all the major non-oil sectors.The revised inflation forecast for the end of 2022 is 5.8 per cent, which is be low the global average fore cast for 2022 of 8.2 per cent
Despite the weakening of the FX reserves held by the Bank of Guyana to below three months import cover through 2015-2019, the exchange rate remained stable because fortunately, the net foreign assets (NFA) of the commercial banks ex perienced dramatic increas es during the 12-year period
Review and Analysis of the Mid-Year 2022 Economic Performance: Is the paradoxical Dutch disease present?
By Joel SupportingKeyExecutiveBhagwandinSummaryMessageStatement (s)
The analysis contained herein revealed largely the task at hand for the govern ment of the day to rebuild the economy to where it was pre-2015. After so doing, this will then set the stage to pursue the advance level or the “next level” wave of development. With respect to the mid-year report for the first half of FY 2022, the economic performance reported therein is demon strative of the positive out come of the economic poli
This increase was driven by increased credit to the
According to the Mid-Year 2022 economic report, the economy recorded real GDP growth of an estimated 36.4 per cent, driven by petroleum, other crops, and services sec tors. Moreover, despite the setbacks that affected the other sectors, the non-oil economy recorded positive growth for the half- year period of an estimated 8.3 per cent
Attorney-General Anil Nandlall, S.C.
is in place or not, or whether an instrument can be used as a Mace, the purpose of the Mace and matters connected to the proceedings of Parliament and their regularity thereof, are matters over which this
Opposition Parliamentarian and Attorney-at Law, Khemraj Ramjattan Trade unionist, Norris Witter
In their affidavit of de fence, which was submit ted to Justice Navindra Singh, they claimed that the NRF Bill was “lawful ly, validly and properly” passed in the National Assembly on December 29, The2021.pair verily believe that there is insufficient evidence furnished by Jones and Witter to sup port the challenge.
HIGH Court Judge, Navindra Singh, on Monday, commenced a hearing into the chal lenge to the passage of the Natural Resource Fund (NRF) Bill, which was filed by Opposition Chief Whip Christopher Jones and trade unionist Norris Witter.
Hearing into challenge to NRF Bill commences
Jones and Witter, who is the President of the General Workers Union, through their attorneys Roysdale Forde, S.C, and Selwyn Pieters, are seek ing judicial review and re lief under the Constitution.
The duo moved to the court in April claiming that the bill was not prop erly passed in the National Assembly in December 2021, due to the absence of the parliamentary Mace.
he laid on the floor of the conference centre.
court has no jurisdic tion, as they constitute procedural matters of Parliament over which the Parliament has ex clusive jurisdiction, as is evident by Article 165 of the Constitution of the Co-operative Republic
In the circumstances, they are asking the court to refuse all the orders be ing sought and challenged, with substantial Additionally,costs.the pair submitted that the court has no jurisdiction to en force any provision on the Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, and, in any event, no provision of the said Covenant was contravened as is alleged by Jones and Witter.
The Attorney General, Parliament Office, the Minister of Finance, the Speaker and Clerk of the National Assembly are all listed as respondents in the Thecase.Guyana Chronicle had previously reported that, on December 29, 2021, in a bid to defend the landmark bill, which has since been assented to by President, Dr. Irfaan Ali, Senior Minister in the Office of the President with responsibility for Fi nance, Dr. Ashni Singh, was interrupted by what was referred to as the un parliamentary actions of members of the opposi tion.The second reading of the bill was objected to by Jones, who requested that it be sent to a special select committee.However, the Speaker of the National Assembly, Manzoor Nadir, indicated his preference for listening to the arguments from both sides, before determining whether or not the bill should be sent to a select committee.Minister Singh then took to the podium, but his presentation was in terrupted by members of the APNU+AFC Opposi tion, who kept banging their desks and chanting demeaning words about the Afterbill. they failed to pre vent Minister Singh from speaking, an thesonalwasunsuccessful.removeFerguson,parliamentarian,OppositionAnnetteattemptedtotheMace,butwasThisunprecedentedactfoiledbyNadir’sperassistant,whoheldinstrumenttightlyas
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During the commence ment of the civil action at the Demerara High Court, Opposition Parliamentar ian and journedny.stoppedNandlall’swastoisgroundNandlallwitnesscase.tenderedThewhatondirectnoteitherthatquestionsaskedeverythinghenotwalkedthewhoberssomelallLegalGeneralexaminedWitterKhemrajAttorney-at-LawRamjattanandtestified.Ramjattan,whencross-byAttorneyandMinisterofAffairs,AnilNandS.C,admittedthatAPNU+AFCMemofParliament(MPs),werenotinsupportofBilldidblowwhistles,around,andwereintheirseats.Hetoldthecourtthatremainedinhisseatasunfolded.However,whentheAGtheattorneyotherasitrelatedtoincident,Ramjattanrepliedthathecouldrecallordidn’tgivearesponse.Ramjattanhadtorelyvideorecordingsoftranspiredthatday.recordingswerelaterasexhibitsintheWitterwasthenexttobecalled,butobjectedonthethatmostofwhatinhisstatementamounts“hearsayevidence”and“inadmissible”.JusticeSinghupheldobjectionsandWitter’stestimoThejudgethenadthemattertoNo
vember 8, for the con tinuation of Witter’s tes timony. He also reserved November 9, for Jones to take the stand and give his evidence.Nandlall and Senior Minister in the Office of the President with respon sibility for Finance, Dr. Ashni Singh, had asked the High Court to throw out the case.
As it relates to the Mace being present for the passing of the Bill, the two respondents submitted that there is no principle known in law, neither does the Constitution nor the Standing Orders require that the Mace be present, and in place for Parliament to exercise its constitution al power to make laws for the peace, order and good governance of Guyana.
“… whether the Mace
of Guyana…that in any event, the Mace has no relevance and place in the exercise of Parlia ment’s constitutional power and authority to make laws,” Nandlall said in his affidavit of defence.
“Licences for the op eration of rum shops and liquor stores are too easily and frequently granted. There is a multiplicity of rum shops in areas where they ought not to be across
BEFORE sentencing Roopnarine “Helicopter” Persaud and Deonarine “Pascal” Lakhan, who admitted stabbing their drinking buddy to death in 2017, Justice Sandil Kissoon underscored the dangers of alcohol abuse and called for a review of the Liquor Licensing Act.
He added that the law provides for a review of the licence of the business when such breaches occur.
The judge on Monday sentenced Lakhan to 10 years in prison for his role in the killing of 38-yearold Kawal Shivnauth of Wine Bush, Leonora, West Coast Demerara (WCD). However, his co-accused was sentenced to 12 years and 10 months as the judge took aggravating factors intoInconsideration.July,theduo was indicted at the Demerara High Court for murder, but opted to plead guilty to the lesser count of man slaughter.Themen admitted that on January 9, 2017, at Anna Catherina, WCD, they unlawfully killed Shivnauth.Thestate was repre sented by prosecutors
Residents raised an alarm when the alterca tion occurred and the po lice were alerted. Shivnauth was pronounced dead on arrival at the Leonora Cottage Hospi tal and the duo was later arrested.
In the present case, Shivnauth, a sugar estate worker, was killed a few days after he reported ly approached his step son, Lakhan, warning him about harassing his young daughter.Itisalleged that on January 09, 2017, Persaud, Lakhan and Shivnauth
Judge calls for review of liquor law at sentencing of self-confessed killers
DEAD: Kawal Shivnauth
He pointed out that the social impact of alco hol abuse manifests itself in everyday life and is a “catalyst” for incidents of
Muntaz Ali and Abigail Gibbs. Persaud was repre sented by attorney-at-law Dexter Smartt, while Lakhan was represented by attorney-at-law Teriq Mohammed.Inhissentencing re marks, Justice Kissoon said that alcohol addiction and abuse are showing up in more and more killings through domestic violence, dangerous driving and dis orderly“Thebehaviour.consumption and abuse of alcohol continue to wreak havoc, chaos and destruction in communi ties across Guyana. The landscape of every village,
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“There is a clear laxity in the issue and moni toring of liquor licences and these establishments, without a consideration of the environment and consequences of its opera tion… The time is ripe for a review of the law on the subject,” he pointed out.
every farming community, and every mining area is littered with the presence of rum shops…Frequently, most of the criminal cases occur in or around the rum shops due to excessive drinking of alcohol within the premises of those busi nesses,” he said.
CONFESSED KILLERS: Deonarine Lakhan (left) and Roopnarine Persaud
domestic violence, spousal abuse, broken homes, road carnage and suicides.
were consuming alcohol at a shop at Anna Cathe rina. Following that, Per saud advanced towards Shivnauth with a knife and chopped him, the court heard.Shivnauth armed him self with a broken bottle, but the weapon was taken away by his stepson. The stepson, Lakhan, held onto Shivnauth while Persaud stabbed him several times about the body.
this country, having regard to its influence on young people, families and chil dren who reside in the vicinity,” he said.
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“While many of us strive towards building a One Guy ana, we have to make sure that our people are unified and making sure that we un derstand and establish our one common vision and one com mon objective of moving for ward. You can be assured that you have a government in the People’s Progressive Party/ Civic, led by Dr Irfaan Ali, that will ensure that we work with every single Guyanese as you have seen us doing over the last two years,” he said.
“Apartheid was a legisla
The minister reminded celebrants of the importance of Amerindian Heritage Month, noting that the cel ebrations demonstrate the rich diversity of Guyanese culture.
“Right Learning Assess ment and Recognition cre ates a system of equality and equity for the conferring of vocational credentials service delivery in Guyana on who choose to acquire skills outside of the class room setting,” the Labour Minister said, adding that this initiative will allow Guyanese easier access to job opportunities in various sectors within Guyana. He noted that the government is committed to ensuring that all Guyanese citizens have the chance to qualify them selves, and is cognisant that many of the persons in these sectors may not be willing
According to BIT Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Richard Maughn, this certi fication programme will not just help to open the door for job creation for these skilled persons, but will also directly impact their ability to be promoted and renumerated based on their skillset.“Once we implemented prior learning assessment, many persons who are be ing rejected who are not able to get into some of the international companies ope rating in Guyana, you will no longer have this prob lem,” Maughn said, since the certificate is regionally and internationally recognised. This certification is ex pected to lead to the reduc tion of the percentage of locally uncertified skilled workers.
Minister within the Office of the Prime Minister, Kwame McCoy interacts with residents at the Heritage celebrations in Soesdyke
This new programme, the Prior Learning Assessment Recognition (PLAR), is set to target locals specialised in areas ranging from masonry, carpentry, electrical installa tion, welding and fabrication and all other areas of techni cal and vocational areas of specialisation.Theproject, which was launched on Monday, is be ing rolled out by the govern ment through the Ministry of Labour, and the Council for Technical and Vocational Education and Training (CT VET)AccordingGuyana. to Labour Minister Joseph Hamilton, this new initiative was cre ated with the idea of taking the skillset of locals, and providing them with certi fication that would validate those skillsets in Guyana’s
‘No need for disunity, we are better together’ Minister McCoy tells SoesdykeCelebrationHeritage
Instant certification for skilled technical, vocational workers
(DPI)
He continued that the no tion is also an insult to, “The relationship we enjoy as Guy anese, the strides we are mak ing towards ensuring that each one can partake in our national development.”Heassured residents that the PPP/C administration will work in tandem with citizens to improve their quality of
Participants at the launch of the Prior Learning Assessment Recognition (PLAR) on Monday (Delano Williams photo)
He noted that the certifi cation would allow persons who have years of experience in the vocational and techni cal sectors the chance to enter the job market, locally, with the necessary certification that would validate and sup port accurate remuneration based on their skillset.
ognised because they are not certified. But I believe that this programme will serve to give credence to those per sons who are skilled and may not even understand the im portance of the contributions, and they are related to the development of the nation. So I am glad that we are un dertaking this programme.”
MINISTER within the Of fice of the Prime Minis ter, Kwame McCoy, over the weekend engaged those gathered for Heritage cel ebration in Soesdyke, where he asserted that, “There is no benefit to us being disunited. We are better together.”
The Labour Minister re minded those at the launch that 70 per cent of learning comes from working on the job, or from the practical ex periences of a worker.
or able to undertake an aca demic course or courses to achieve“Whencertification.wespeak about development, you can’t dis cuss development and you’re not developing if you’re not discussing academic and vocational education in the same breath,” Minister Ham iltonChiefsaid.
booming service sector.
Chief Education Officer Dr. Marcel Hudson
“This celebration is meant to ensure that we continue to embrace each other, regard
tive system that provided for the division and separation of races. We have nothing like that in this country. Those in the opposition who are trying to promote these ideas must be rejected, in order for the country to move forward.”
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Education Officer Dr. Marcel Hudson echoed similar sentiments, saying that revitalising the local education sector to cater to vocational and technical edu cation must come with a platform to qualify persons who have qualified them selves in these areas through practical training rather than justDr.theory.Hutson noted that the ministry is committed to giv ing those persons the chance to be qualified, by utilising their years of experience in the same way that persons qualified in a technical or vocational institution would be qualified.“I’mhappy to be rec ognising the importance of this programme,” Dr. Hutson said, adding: “We have lots of persons who have a skill or skills, but they’re not rec
BIT CEO Richard Maughn
less of ethnicity, regardless of geography, regardless of social strata, that we remain in celebration with and among each other,” he said.
life.“We will continue to at tend to the issues that affect you in your communities. We will attempt to address the welfare issues and we will do it for every single Guyanese regardless of strata and race. That is what we will be dem onstrating during our tenure.”
This year, Amerindi an Heritage Month is be ing celebrated under the theme, “Celebrating our traditional culture while building One Guyana.”
The minister emphasised the need for collaborative ef forts in building One Guyana, while identifying racism as a seminal tool used in efforts to divide the Ministernation.McCoy noted the opposition’s position on an alleged existing apartheid system in Guyana, and dubbed it “an insult to those who en dured that cruel system.”
Labour Minister Joseph Hamilton
The minister noted further that the government will en sure that all Guyanese benefit from the lucrative oil-and-gas sector.“The oil-and-gas industry will take time to develop in the way and manner that will allow us to derive even more financial resources. And it is the intention and certainly the plan for us to make sure that we get around to every community and all of the people would benefit. It is hard work, but it is work that we are committed to doing.”
If that doesn’t work out, the teen does have a “Plan B”, which will require him to write the Caribbean Advanced Proficiency Examination (CAPE).
ist Church all my life. They would have helped mold my character, and be who I am today as a per son. I have learned many lessons from them. Also, they are a very supportive group of persons; they prayed for me, wished me on. So, they were very instrumental in my suc cess,” Dowding said.
Unlike many other teens, Dowding disclosed that he was never a “tech savvy” person, and having to attend classes Online due the novel was(COVID-19)coronaviruspandemicdifficultforhim.“Priorto‘COVID’,technologyreallywasn’tmything;Iamnotthis
accent and stuff like that.”
Reliability is increased through affordable Plume Wi-Fi mesh solution and Power backup solution op tions, the company said.
It noted that superior
GTT Home Solutions and Fixed Network Business Unit COO, Eshwar Thakurdin
“Fibre is no lon ger the future; it is the now,” said Thakurdin.
According to a release, communities equipped with GTT fibre in the last year include Amelia’s Ward, Tucber Park, Adelphi Set tlement, Best Village, Vreed-en-Hoop, Plantain Walk, Non-Pariel, Supply Village, Helena #1, By geval, Good Hope, Dia
THE Guyana Telephone and Telegraph Company Limited (GTT), on Mon day, announced that it will accelerate its fibre roll-out to achieve a new goal of 75 per cent of homes passed by 2024.
Guyanese for the Guya nese. More than 90 per cent or 150 of our highlytrained fibre technicians and engineers are Guya nese. This will increase in the future, as we launched a 20 strong apprentice pro gramme this year and we agreed with the GPTWU union to retrain all our cur rent team with fibre skills,” Chief Operating Officer of GTT’s Home Solutions and Fixed Network business unit, Eshwar Thakurdin said.Since the launch of GTT fibre a year ago, the compa ny has enhanced the value for money in its packages, bringing faster Internet speeds and the ground breaking GTT Fibre + Voice service including the ability to migrate a landline num ber and receive free minutes and calling features.
mond, Grove, Vigilance, Friendship, Strathspey, Bladen Hall, Buxton, Mel anie, Annandale, Bache lor’s Adventure, Section C Enterprise, Coldingen, Enterprise Gardens, En terprise Hymac Scheme, Leonora, Cornelia IDA, Anna Catherina, Edinburgh, Groenveldy, Strewartville, Uitvlugt, Versailles, Pou deroyen, Malgre Toute and GoedTheFortuin.telephone giant said all of this adds up to over 95,000 homes being passed in Guyana with GTT fibre by the end of August. The company expects to pass the 100,000 mark shortly and promises in September to bring the GTT fibre experience to the county of Berbice in New Amsterdam and Rose Hall.
- targets 75 per cent Guyanese homes by 2024
“For example, in terms of history, we will be learning about different countries in the Carib bean, so, what I would do because it’s a lot of reading, I would change my accent. For example, I would read in a Trinidad ian accent or a Jamaican
Speaking on his future plans, Dowding said he would love to work with animals, and hopes to se cure a scholarship, which will afford him the oppor tunity to pursue a tertiary education, and secure his dream job as a marine biologist.
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By Naomi Parris
GTT intensifies fibre roll-out
“We are very proud that GTT fibre is being built by
GTT CEO, Damian Blackburn
He related that having to adjust to Online learn ing was not his biggest challenge. Given that both of his parents are retired, there were some financial strains, he said. In spite of this, they made the neces sary sacrifices so that he couldJustsucceed.afew weeks be fore his first exam, Dowd ing’s grandfather died.
active person on social media, so I had to adjust to learn about everything on the social media plat forms. Additionally, I’m not a person who can sit down and read for long hours; I would have to make learning interest ing. Having to sit and stare at the screen was a bit challenging,” the teen
Daniel and his mother, Mrs. Sarah Dowding
high-speed Internet expe rience and growing econo mies are linked to the reliability of connectivity, both at home and in the office; hence, the rapid
Monday, and he recalled facing many challenges as he prepared for the exams.
Dowding, a student of the Anna Regina Sec ondary School, in Re gion Two interviewedGrade2225marineperformers.oneSupenaam),(Pomeroon-emergedasofthecountry’stopTheaspiringbiologistwrotesubjects,andsecuredGradeOnesandthreeTwos.TheGuyanaChronicletheteenon
Tosaid.make his studying much more interesting and fun, Dowding said he would use various tech niques to keep himself alert and to focus.
CSEC top performer credits success to strong support system
“By 2024, on top of the 22 billion Guyanese dollars invested in fibre in Guyana so far, we will have invested an additional 10 billion dol lars to ensure three out of every four households in Guyana can choose GTT Fi bre,” said Chief Executive Officer, Damian Blackburn.
Despite his sadness, the teen said he “willed” himself to stay focused, which was not an easy task. Soon after, he fell ill with severe flu-like symp toms. During this period, thoughts of doubt flooded his mind. It was his strong support system that kept him on his feet, especially his Seventh-Day Advent ist family.“Ihave grown up in the Seventh-Day Advent
roll out of GTT fibre to as many communities as possible.
FOR 17-year-old Dan iel Dowding, it was the support he got from his family, friends, church and commu nity that kept him pushing through many sleepless nights, selfdoubt and the pain of grief as he prepared for his examinations.CertificateSecondaryCaribbeanEducation(CSEC)
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ableThebail.Chief Magis trate released Gomes on $200,000 bail and ad journed the matter until OctoberAccording3. to a release from the Customs AntiNarcotics Unit (CANU), Gomes, along with his fa ther, Andre Gomes called ‘Zipper’, who owns D&D Pawn Shop, was arrested during a drug operation on September 9, at Lots 32 and 34 Craig Street.
He was represented by attorney-at-law Siand Dhurjon, who made an application for reason
FOUR years after he was convicted of drug trafficking, Mark Gomes, was, on Mon day, released on $200,000 bail after he denied pos session of a quantity of cocaine which was alleg edly found in his Craig Street, Campbellville home.Gomes appeared be fore Chief Magistrate Ann McLennan at the George town Magistrates’ Court and pleaded not guilty to having 24.4 grams of co caine in his possession for the purpose of trafficking, on September 9, 2022.
During the search, CANU officers discov ered a wooden shed on
investigation is ongoing.
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Mark Gomes back in court on cocaine trafficking charge
one of the properties. The ranks found two red cyl inders containing several cocaine packets stashed inside the shed’s floor board.The defendant’s father is still in custody as the
fine for trafficking almost five pounds of cocaine in gas bottles. However, he appealed that sentencing and conviction.
Mark Gomes
He is currently out on bail pending the hearing of his appeal.
He was sentenced to four years in prison to gether with a $6 million
In 2018, he was con victed of drug trafficking following a trial before the Chief Magistrate.
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Curry and Durant won 131 of the 168 regular sea son games they played to gether (78.0 per cent), so it was perhaps no surprise the idea of a reunion appealed to the Golden State stalwart.
THE Guyana Football Fed eration (GFF) has success fully concluded its Sum mer Futsal Festival, with more than 200 children participating in weekly sessions made possible by a ground-breaking pro gramme partnership with the Guyana Beverages Inc and the Ministry of Cul ture, Youth and Sport.
“….Not only because it starts a new cycle, but also because it is part of the preparation leading towards the T20 World Cup in South Africa,” she explained.
STEPHEN Curry has re vealed the Golden State Warriors discussed the possibility of re-signing Kevin Durant – a move their superstar point guard would have welcomed.
"There's all types of emotion and things that happen to the league. And if anybody's saying that you wouldn't entertain that conversation... no disrespect to anybody on our team, but you don't know how things work."But you also under stand, if we run this thing back, I've got complete con fidence in my team that we can win it again, as con structed."So,all those things were true. And it started with me wanting to play with KD at the beginning.
Series, West Indies will be looking to build on the progress after reaching the semi-finals of the ICC Wom en’s Cricket World Cup in New Zealand earlier this year.The team will then look to the five-match T20 Inter nationals series from Sep tember 25 to October 6 as part of their preparations for the 2023 ICC Women’s T20 World Cup in South Africa in January.
for kids to come together to sharpen their skills and develop their passion for football.”
Ultimately, the Nets an nounced they had "agreed to move forward with our partnership" with Durant, but Curry has detailed his thought-process as the saga played out.
GFF concludes successful Summer
According to a release from the GFF, a unique pri vate-public sector initiative, the GFF Kool Kidz Summer Futsal Festival was staged across six Saturdays at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall in Georgetown, enabling girls and boys between the ages of five and ten to experience the joy of football in a safe, age-appropriate professional coachingUnderliningenvironment.the suc cess of the first phase of the festival, the three parties have agreed to stage the pro gramme every year, includ ing the development of an under-11 futsal tournament.
had said after her franchise’s WCPL victory that she was impressed by the perfor mances of both McLean and 24-year-old Grimmond who made her West Indies debut in 2019.Meantime, Mandy Man gru and Kaysia Schultz have also joined the players in Antigua for a ten-day train ing camp led by Head Coach Courtney Walsh.
Stephen Curry (left) and Kevin Durant
"So all of those things I understand, having played with him and gotten to know him. I love that dude.
"Then you have to think: what does that actually mean? What does it look like? You tell me I'm play ing with [Warriors teammates Andrew Wiggins, Jordan Poole and Draymond
Green], I'm like, 'hell, yeah!'
part of the Trinbago Knight Riders (TKR) team in the Skyexch 6ixty and the WCPL. West Indies off-spin ner and fellow TKR player Mohammed, who recently announced she was taking a six-month leave of absence from international cricket,
"Every team has those conversations, and obvious ly in our situation, they're going to call me and ask me, 'How do you feel about it?'
(From page 23)
A match-day squad of 13 players will be selected ahead of each CG United ODI.For the CG United ODI
GFF president Wayne Forde said he had been im pressed by the support given to the programme by parents, which had enabled the ses sions to achieve the desired positive impact in Guyana.
Futsal Festival
"And if you said, 'Oh, KD's coming back, and we're going to play with him'... I had so much fun playing with him those three years, I'd be like, 'hell, yeah!'
The futsal initiative builds on an existing collab oration between the GFF and the Guyana Beverages Inc, launched in 2018, to run weekly grassroot ses sions with qualified coaches for young children across Guyana.
"I was never hesitant. The idea of playing with
…More than 200 children benefit from sessions
Browne-John said the New Zealand series in which the teams will play three CG United One Day Internation als (ODIs) is very important.
"Yeah, it's about win ning, it's about having fun, playing the game of basketball. And that was part of the reaction of, 'yeah, it'd be amazing'... what does that actually mean?"(Yahoo Spor)
Deji’s son, Joshua, de scribed the experience as exciting and fun. “It was a good experience to play with different players from all around Guyana,” he said.
The sessions were man aged by the GFF Techni cal Department, with senior men’s national team assistant coach, Wayne Dover playing an instrumental role. Dover shared that more than 200 children participated over the six weekly sessions. “It was remarkable. This programme is a step in the right direction because it helps us see the next generation of players from the grassroot level. The parents are very upbeat and did not want this programme to stop.”
Durant appeared set to be on the move this offsea son after requesting a trade away from the Brooklyn Nets.The former NBA MVP joined the Nets after leaving the Warriors in 2019, where he had spent three seasons playing alongside Curry, reaching the Finals in each year and winning two titles and two Finals MVP awards.
KD and knowing who he is as a person, from our history in those three years, I think KD's a really good dude.
FULL SQUAD: Hayley Matthews (captain), Aa liyah Alleyne, Shemaine Campbelle, Shamilia Con nell, Afy Fletcher, Cherry Ann Fraser, Shabika Ga jnabi, Jannillea Glasgow, Sheneta Grimmond, Chi nelle Henry, Kyshona Knight, Natasha McLean, Chedean Nation, Karish ma Ramharack, Shakera Selman, Stafanie Taylor, Rashada Williams.
Curry wanted Warriors reunion 'misunderstood'withDurant
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of it,” said Guyana Bever ages Inc General Manager, Samuel Arjoon. “But, more important than that are the young kids who have been exposed to football; we want to see this programme run ning for the next four years, and we want to see you all again next year.”
In an interview with Rolling Stone, conducted in August for the October is sue, Curry said: "There was a conversation internally amongst us about, 'If he was available, would you?'
“This is nothing short of an extraordinary experience for the GFF, the Guyana Beverages Inc, the Gov ernment of Guyana and the young boys and girls from the community. What struck me and our technical team is the level of talent we saw. We really have a good plat form to build on.”
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The 37-year-old who hadn't played any T20Is be tween February 2019 and June 2022 will now turn up for his third T20 World Cup, and may well be only survi vor from those that played the inaugural edition way back in 2007.Yuzvendra Chahal, the top wicket-taker from the last IPL, will lead India's spin attack with support from R Ashwin. Ravi Bishnoi is among the reserves. All teams can make changes to their T20 World Cup squads until the first match they play, which in India's case is on October 23
has been picked for the South Africa T20I series - India's last before the T20 World Cup. Chahar was picked for both bilateral series.
A lot of the squad picked themselves, including the top four of Rohit Sharma, KL Rahul, Virat Kohli and Suryakumar Yadav. India then turned to their allround ers with Deepak Hooda's ability to provide a few overs of offspin pushing him into the main squad ahead of oth er contenders like Shreyas Iyer, who only found a place among the stand-bys.
September 20 and has been placed on standby for the T20 World Cup.
viewed a LBW call, origi nally turned down on-field, to find a consolation wicket for the (Finalvisitors.scores: England 158 & 130/1 (Zak Crawley 69*, Alex Lees 39; Kagiso Rabada 1-57) beat South Africa 110 and 169 by 9 wickets).ZakCrawley, who hit a 36-ball fifty yesterday - his
BumrahIndia squad for South Africa T20Is: Rohit Sharma (capt), KL Rahul (vice-capt), Virat Kohli, Suryakumar Ya dav, Deepak Hooda, Rishabh Pant (wk), Dinesh Karthik (wk), R Ashwin, Yuzvendra Chahal, Axar Patel, Arshdeep Singh, Mohammed Shami, Harshal Patel, Deepak Cha har, Jasprit Bumrah.
Shami has not played anything since the end of the white-ball series against England in mid-July, but has been called up for the home T20Is against both Australia and South Africa that start on
When bad light forced stumps early on Day 4, England needed only 33 more, and despite losing Alex Lees in the third over of the morning, were always poised to clinch the trophy.
They've also placed a con siderable amount of trust in young Arshdeep Singh, who only made his India debut in July 2022, but has been picked ahead of the likes of Deepak Chahar and Moham med Shami, who only find a place in the reserves.
first of the seasonscored the winning runs with a firm punch through the covers for four, and the hosts marched to the easy win in under half an hour. The third Test had lost the opening day to rain and saw play being suspended the fol lowing morning due to the passing of the Queen.
The opener was offered two reprieves in the space of three deliveries, with the outside edges evading field ers in the first two overs. Kagiso Rabada finally re
Fast bowlers Harshal Patel (left) and Jasprit Bumrah
England wrap up Test series in 5.3 overs on fifth morning
While most of India's players have recent cricket to back them up, one of their reserves seems to have been picked based on reputation (and a solid one at that).
Zak Crawley (right) and Ollie Pope celebrate the moment of victory at The Oval (Getty Images)
India squad for Australia T20Is: Rohit Sharma (capt), KL Rahul (vice-capt), Virat Kohli, Suryakumar Yadav, Deepak Hooda, Rishabh Pant (wk), Dinesh Karthik (wk), Hardik Pandya, R Ashwin, Yuzvendra Chahal, Axar Patel, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Mohammed Shami, Harshal Patel, Deepak Chahar, Jasprit
India squad for ICC T20 World Cup: Rohit Sharma (c), KL Rahul (vc), Virat Kohli, Suryakumar Yadav, Deepak Hooda, Rishabh Pant (wk), Dinesh Karthik (wk), Hardik Pan dya, R. Ashwin, Yuzvendra Chahal, Axar Patel, Jasprit Bumrah, Bhuvneshwar Ku mar, Harshal Patel, Arsh deep Singh. (Cricinfo)
...Arshdeep Singh, Deepak Hooda and Axar Patel part of the squad going to Australia in October
he has pushed that strike rate up toHooda's155.85. presence may also have become necessary with India losing Ravindra Jadeja to a knee injury. Axar Patel takes over the role of lead left-arm spinner in the squad but it remains to be seen if that means he gets a place in the India XI. At the Asia Cup, where Jade ja picked up the injury, the team management preferred Hooda's batting ability over Axar'sDinesh Karthik, mean while, has forced the selectors to make his "dream come true" by taking his game as a finisher to a whole new level. At IPL 2022, where he first began to make his case for in clusion, he had a death-overs strike rate of 220. Among batters who faced at least 50 balls between overs 17 and 20, only Jos Buttler (236.53) faredKarthikbetter.has shown sparks of the same ability in In dia colours as well, notably against West Indies in July when he came in to bat in the 15th over, with the score only 127 for 5, and took it up to 190 for 6.
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Bumrah and Harshal return to India squad for T20 World Cup
India have, over the past few months, been investing heavily in super specialists. Arshdeep fits into this cate gory having displayed excep tional skills as a death bowler in the IPL.
"Hardik Pandya, Arsh deep Singh and Bhuvneshwar Kumar will be reporting to the NCA for conditioning-re lated work during the course of the home series against Australia and South Africa," a BCCI media release said.
In fact, last season, with a minimum of 40 balls bowled between overs 17 and 20, only Bumrah managed a bet ter economy rate than the 23-year-old left-arm quick. And that too by a mere 0.2 points: 7.38 vs 7.58.
England have picked up the six points from the game, but remain put on seventh spot in the Test Championship rankings and likewise, South Africa (72) are still second, be hind Australia (84). (Cric buzz)
INDIA will have a fullstrength fast-bowling attack to take to Australia for the T20 World Cup with the return of Jasprit Bumrah and Harshal Patel.
ENGLAND took all of 5.3 overs on the final morning of the third Test, in London, to wrap up the for malities and march to a behindthumpingtherebyovernine-wicketcomfortablevictorySouthAfrica,completingacome-from-2-1serieswin.
Hooda is another of the bolters in the squad. He too played his first game for India in 2022, following a breakout season with Lucknow Super Giants for whom he made 451 runs at a strike rate of 136.66. Although his sample size is smaller - nine innings as opposed to 14 in the last IPL - in international cricket,
In IPL 2022, Shami was central to Gujarat Titans win ning the title in their first season, claiming 20 wickets in 16 matches. Among Indi an fast bowlers only Umran Malik (22), who played for Sunrisers Hyderabad, had more.Allrounder Hardik Pan dya and seamer Bhuvneshwar Kumar are part of the squad for the T20Is against Austra lia, but have been rested for the following series against South Africa. Arshdeep, meanwhile, has been rested for the Australia T20Is, but
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The T20 World Cup runs from 16 October until 13 November in Australia.
Boucher to step down as SA head coach after T20 World Cup
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Boucher took over in 2019 and has led the Proteas to second in the World Test Championship table.
— When Rafa Nadal, No vak Djokovic and Roger Federer eventually loosen their stranglehold on the grand slams, pundits may view Carlos Alcaraz’s US Open victory on Sunday as heralding the changing of the guard in men’s tennis.
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former world No 1 Juan Car los Ferrero, said there is no shortage of talent on the men’s Tour but he came away from Alcaraz’s quarter final against Sinner thinking the pair could dominate for the next“Thedecade.other day I said that maybe Sinner and Car los could dominate the Tour for maybe the next 10 years, from what I saw, the level that I saw the other day,” he said.“Of course, there’s anoth er players like [Alexander] Zverev, [Dominic] Thiem, Casper, [Stefanos] Tsitsipas, they’re going to be there, they’re going to have oppor tunities to win grand slams for sure.”Alsomaking headlines at Flushing Meadows was fiery 27-year-old Australian Nick
“It’s remarkable to watch Alcaraz play this game, how he’s elevated the tempo of this game along with Sinner and Tiafoe and other young guys,” he said on Sunday. “To me it really is the start, it’s not the fin ish, but it’s the start of the real changing of the guard in men’s tennis.
Alcaraz triumph previews next chapter of men’s tennis
“If Trent is there then I think we look like a stronger team but we have to make some decisions around what that looks like for us going forward as well, because we do have to keep developing our depth.”
(1) Which CPL franchise topped the points table at the end of the St. Lucia round in 2022?
Mark Boucher took over as head coach in 2019
U.S. Open - Flushing Meadows, New York, United States - September 11, 2022 Spain's Carlos Alcaraz celebrates with the trophy after winning the U.S. Open REUTERS/ Mike Segar
and has done so much for the game in our country, both on the field and over the last three years off it, which we highly appreciate," said CSA director of cricket Enoch Nkwe."He has built a sound platform for South Africa to flourish in all three formats and I'm sure we will see the results of that at the T20 World Cup.
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"Mark is a Proteas legend
SOUTH Africa men's head coach Mark Boucher will step down from the role af ter this winter's T20 World Cup.
New Zealand leave Australia frustrated again
wins away to the West Indies last month after bullying Scotland, Ireland and Neth erlands on white-ball tours. However, they have plen ty of concerns as they strug gle to regenerate after the loss of key personnel to retirement and the lure of lucrative T20 leagues.NoNew Zealand bats man managed a half-century through the Chappell-Hadlee series and selectors will fret over how to replace pace spearhead Trent Boult over the long-term after his deci sion to relinquish his central contract.Boult, who was the top wicket-taker against Australia with 10 victims in the ODI series, will continue to play for his country but have a “significantly reduced role”, New Zealand Cricket said last Hemonth.will be available for selection for T20 World Cup warm-ups against Pakistan and Bangladesh starting Oct. 8 in“He'sChristchurch.beena fine bowl er and still is a fine bowler for New Zealand and that showed through this series against Australia as well,” said Stead.
Nadal won the first two grand slams of the year at Melbourne Park and Roland Garros. Three-time US Open champion Djokovic, who was not able to travel to New York having chosen not to be vaccinated against Covid-19, wonTheWimbledon.“bigthree” had won 20 of the last 23 majors com ing into Sunday's final and finished top of the world rankings in 17 of the past 18 years.While the 41-year-old Federer's future in the sport remains uncertain, Nadal, 36, is 38-5 this year and Djokov ic will be hungry to match or surpass the Spaniard’s record 22 grand slam titles when the new season begins next year.
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On Sunday “Carlitos” avoided another punishing five-set match but still had to be at his athletic best to score a 6-4 2-6 7-6(1) 6-3 victory over 23-year-old Norwegian Ruud, who rises to No 2 in the world behind Alcaraz.
Kyrgios, who had reached the Wimbledon final and knocked then world No 1 Daniil Medvedev out in the fourth round in New York.
Australia's 25-run victory in the third ODI in Cairns on Sunday completed a 3-0 se ries sweep after New Zealand squandered winning positions in the first two matches.
Having earned his repu tation as one of the fiercest competitors among a hungry group of young challengers to the “big three” Alcaraz’s win over Casper Ruud not only brought the 19-year-old Spaniard a first major title but also saw him become the youngest world No 1 in ATP history.His two-week journey in New York saw him collide with a host of other rising stars, offering the promise of exciting rivalries for fans to enjoy for many years to come.He battled 21-year-old Italian Jannik Sinner in a thrilling five-set quarterfinal that did not finish until nearly 3am before surviving another five-setter against 24-yearold American Frances Ti afoe, who became the first black American man to make the semis of the tournament since Arthur Ashe in 1972.
the T20 World Cup in Octo ber, Kane Williamson's team have yet to find a way to beat the defending champions in their own backyard.
Cricket South Afri ca (CSA) said 45-year-old Boucher, who oversaw a 2-1 Test series defeat by En gland, wants to "pursue other opportunities" and would not be seeing out his contract.
"He has a settled squad, one that is growing in confi dence and we look forward to watching them in their important series in India before they head to Austra lia."(BBC Sport)
New Zealand's last win over Australia in any format was back in 2011, when they grabbed a seven-run win in a HobartWithTest.Australia set to host
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For ESPN commentator Patrick McEnroe, however, the tide is starting to turn.
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But while the rising stars command more of the spotlight and help attract a younger and more diverse fan base to the sport, it would be premature to say the land scape has shifted.
It was “a pretty frustrated dressing room last night”, New Zealand head coach Gary Stead told reporters on Monday.“The guys are disappoint ed and we're frustrated to think of having opportunities in all three matches and not getting over the line,” he added.The Black Caps, beaten by Australia in last year's T20 World Cup final in the United Arab Emirates, notched their first T20 and one-day series
Participants from both teams strike a pose following the completion of the game
Just shy of his 61st birth day when he passed away, Jadunauth was a tower of strength in both hardball and softball administration. A founding member of the OSCL, he served in various executive positions, includ ing Co-ordinator before ex iting in Jadunauth2019. is also cred
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Brother Pete said he had mixed emotions celebrating the life of his brother but it was an occasion to celebrate what he (Vish) loved.
He was also the trea surer of the Canada Crick et Umpires Association (CCUA), and officiated in matches throughout On tario. (Frederick Halley)
Accordingtournament.toGirdharry, the turn out at Sunday’s event was a massive testa ment to how many people Jadunauth associated with. He referred to the forma tion of the OSCL in 1996 and the several vacations spent abroad with himself, Jadunauh and auth’sTouchingRamcharran.onJadunexecutiveskills,Gird
harry said he was known to always stick to the rules.
ited with being in the top echelons of the Scarborough Cricket Association for the past 20 years and was its Chief Financial Officer up until the time of his death, having served in that post for severalJuniorterms.Co-ordinator of the Ontario Cricket Asso ciation (OCA), Jadunauth, was a qualified West Indies Cricket Umpires Association (WICUA)-trained umpire while also versed in the area of scoring.
Softball teams remember late cricket stalwart Vish Jadunauth
Jadunauth’s widow, San dra, also thanked everyone for attending Sunday’s func tion, reminding them that her late husband was genuinely loved by many people. She boasted that he was a good organiser, executive and manager and his memories will live on forever.
Krishna Sarju, cousin of the late Vish Jadunauth, hands over the winner’s trophy to Team Bharrat’s skipper, Kenny Girdharry
Tokens of appreciation in the form of plaques were presented to Misir and Ravi Persaud in recognition of their sponsorship, commit ment and dedication to soft ball cricket. In response, Misir said he was willing to make the memorial game an annual affair with sponsor
ciding who would be part of the Hayley Matthews-led squad for the September 1622 series at the Sir Vivian Richards Stadium in Anti gua.
The Jamaican was also
“Vish will continue to live in our hearts and we will cherish those everhasstillwhilethosepasseddearlyfeltrelativetears,alday,”sharedclosernessyearswerethatRamcharranmemories.”pointedouthimselfandJadunuathfriendsforover30andalsobecamebusipartners.“HewaseventhanmybrothersandconversationseveryanobviouslyemotionRamcharran,holdingbackdeclared.KrishnaSarju,acloseofJadunauth,saiditlikeonlyyesterdayhisbelovedcousinhadaway.Hethankedpresentforthesupport,pointingoutthat“Vishlivesinourheartsandbeenthemissinglinksincehedied.”
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arm off-break bowler She neta Grimmond have re turned to the West Indies Women’s team as part of the 17-member provisional squad announced by Crick et West Indies (CWI) on Monday for the upcoming three-match ODI series against New Zealand, on the back of impressive per formances in two recent tournaments.
“With a few senior play ers unavailable at this time, for different reasons, like the experienced Anisa Mo hammed, Kycia Knight, and recently retired Deandra Dot tin, the selectors were still able to get a blend of senior and developing players in cluding Under-19 player Jan nillea Glasgow and returning players Natasha McLean and Sheneta Grimmond,” said CWI’s Lead Selector
McLean, Grimmond return to Windies ODI squad for series against New Zealand
Natasha McClean is making a return to the West Indies Women ODI squad
Right-arm off-spinner Sheneta Grimmond
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ship for the trophy coming fromOnhim.the game itself, Team Bharrat got the better of Team Vish, inflicting a six-wicket victory over their opponents. Led by a flambouyant 70 (retired) from Shiv Misir, Team Vish reached a challenging 150 for seven in their allotted 20 overs. Misir’s knock in cluded two fours and seven sixes. Clifton Yakoob took two for Team12.Bharrat reached the target in 15 overs with consistent scores coming from Jerry Persaud (34), Marcel Arokium (33) and Charlie Yakoob (30 not out).
for women’s cricket, Ann Browne-John.“Ultimately, we believe that captain Hayley Mat thews, in her first series, will have a promising squad of players to start building with.”McLean, 27, who made her West Indies debut in 2012, last played for West Indies in September 2020 when the Caribbean women played England Women in a T20I series. Her last ODI match was against India Women a year prior, in No vember 2019.
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SEEN as a pioneer of soft ball cricket in Toronto, Canada, the late Jainauth “Vish” Jadunauth was fittingly and fondly re membered at a Memorial Day celebration, held at Dean Park, Scarborough, on Sunday.
The celebration, organ ised by All Stars and Re max All Stars softball teams and which was attended by hundreds, featured a cricket match between the said teams which Jadunauth played prominent roles in and led the latter up to the time of his passing in Feb ruary this Amongyear.those paying glowing tributes to Jadun auth during the presentation ceremony were long-stand ing friends Kenny Girdharry and Albert Ramcharran, who were credited with being the founding members of the Ontario Softball Cricket League (OSCL) in 1996 and Shiv Misir, owner of Remax All Stars, which compete in the Ontario Masters Softball Cricket Clubs (OMSCC) Over-50
and the Massy Women’s Caribbean Premier League (WCPL) tournaments in de
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Once Charles failed to clear long on in the ninth over and holed out off South African pacer Dwaine Pretorius (3-37), wickets fell steadily to leave Kings scrambling to pass 150.
GROS ISLET, St Lucia, (CMC )– St Kitts and Nevis Pa triots looked anything but defending champions as brittle batting sent them to a heavy 61-run defeat to St Lucia Kings here Sunday night.
Tickets purchased from unauthorized sellers will be void ed and will not be accepted at the stadium. Fans are also reminded never to buy printouts of e-tickets from third party sellers; these will not be accepted for entry. Fans who try to purchase more than the allowed limits by making multiple orders risk having their orders being cancelled in full.
Patriots batting a worry in defeat to Kings
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Captain Evin Lewis struck a nine-ball 24 while Darren Bravo grafted 20 from 25 deliveries in contrast, to be the only two batsmen to pass 20.
The South African provided the innings with a flying start, lashing three fours and five sixes and posting 86 for the first wicket with the in-form Johnson Charles who punched 41 off 32 balls with four fours and a brace of sixes, to become the third player for the tournament to surpass 200 runs.
THE second batch of tickets for Caribbean Premier League knockout matches, including tickets for the final, will be going on sale at the Box Office at 233-234 Camp Street, Georgetown, from 09:00hrs today, September 13.
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Kings captain Faf du Plessis drives down the ground during his half-century on Sunday night. (Photo: Getty/CPL)
Girls and Boys show off their GFF Kool Kidz summer festival medals with the GFF technical team, led by Coach Wayne Dover
In a repeat of last year’s Caribbean Premier League final, Patriots collapsed for exactly 100 off 19 overs in pursuit of 162 at the Daren Sammy Cricket Ground, to suffer their third defeat in six games.
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But medium pacer David Wiese weighed in with the ball with three for 17 as Patriots lost their last seven wick ets for 34 runs.
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The odds were always stacked against Patriots when their leading run-getter Andre Fletcher fell to the fourth ball of the chase without a run on the board, holing out to deep mid-wicket off 20-year-old former Young West Indies seam er Matthew Forde (3-19).Lewis counter-attacked with three fours and two sixes to dominate a 28-run, second-wicket stand with Dewald Brevis (11) before Bravo and Sherfane Rutherford (9) put on a further 27 for the fourth.
Patriots have registered only one victory with two of their matches abandoned as no-results, and they lie fourth on four points.For their part, Kings climbed to third but also on four points, having lost four games in the near two-week-old campaign.Sentin, Kings were propelled by captain Faf du Plessis’s 60 off 35 balls as they rallied to 161 for nine off their 20 overs.
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