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Govt. to spend $19M more to extend new $28M Swan Primary School

Having commissioned $20,628,580; Eric Bess the newly constructed $28.7 Construction - $22,713,892; million Swan Primary R G I n v e s t m e n t & School on the Linden/ Construction ServicesSoesdyke Highway in $18,659,240; Rishma & November 2022, the S i s t e r s E n t e r p r i s e M i n i s t r y o f L o c a l $19,040,536; and Extreme Government and Regional General ConstructionDevelopmentisnowlooking $18,523,574. to spend an additional $19 Kaieteur News had million to have the school reported that that was the buildingextended. first primary school to be At the recent opening of c o n s t r u c t e d i n t h e tenders,itwasrevealedthata c o m m u n i t y A t t h e total of 13 contractors are commissioning ceremony, it interested in the project was noted that the building which is pegged at of the school signified the $19,610,000. commitment of the

The contractors are: Government through the Zazsco Investment Inc ; Ministry of Education to Compton Designs & build, expand and improve Supplies-$24,717,525;CAJ educational facilities across Construction Firm - Guyana and to reduce $30,205,100; Joel Joes inequities.

Construction Services - It was reported that with $19,535,539; Naran thenewschool,childrenwho Construction - $45,218,660; reside in the community no Jemcorp Engineering & longer have to travel to Imports - $33,307,852; Yarrowkabra and Kuru DN&D Civil Engineering Kururutoattendschool. The Service - $21,473,795; school has a population of Gailpin Enterprise - 106 pupils enrolled along $24,830,600; 4S Security & withsixteachers.Atthat Building Enterprise - (Continued on page 8)

The $28.7 million Swan Primary School which was commissioned in November 2022.

ExxonMobil’s US$7.3B audit report will be addressed at the appropriate time -Pres.Ali

The local team that reported that the VP when explained. had assured that the findings was need to go back and to partnered with an questioned about the In the meantime, the of the audit would be made do some further work with American firm to outstanding audits for the oil Opposition believes that the public. the operator which was done

conduct an audit company, requested that the government is deliberately This is particularly and a final report has now of ExxonMobil’s US$7 3 question be directed to the hiding the audit reports to important as the public is been submitted and is being billionexpensesshouldhave Minister; however, when the cover the tracks of the oil unaware of the outcome of reviewed by all the relevant completed and handed over Minister was approached, he giant, which may reveal the audit of the US$460 agencies (and) stakeholders, the final report to the explained that Jagdeo had possible inflated bills or million pre-contract costs, including the petroleum unit Government of Guyana alreadyaddressedtheissue. spending on areas that the which was done by IHS at GRA (Guyana Revenue (GoG) by the end of March, D u r i n g t h e contract does not allow to be Markit. Authority).Oncethatisover, but President Irfaan Ali told Consideration of Estimates recovered.

The contract to the UK we will conclude the first Kaieteur News on Friday for Budget 2023, Minister S h a d o w N a t u r a l firm had cost US$300,000 audithopefullyverysoon.” that he would reveal details BharrattoldtheHouse,“The Resources Minister, David and commenced since 2019 In March 2020, this regarding this review only at final report is due in March Patterson in an interview under the former A newspaper reported that “theappropriatetime.” of2023.” with Kaieteur News last Partnership for National Commissioner-General of President Ali was at the President Irfaan Ali in monthsaid,“thegovernment Unity+AllianceForChange the GRA Godfrey Statia has time responding to a November last year told this does not want the report (APNU+AFC)Coalition. confirmed that he is in question from Kaieteur newspaper that the review issued publicly, since it will In February, this receipt of an initial audit News during a public press process was estimated to highlight ExxonMobil’s newspaper reported that, report for the US$460M in conference at the Leonora wrap up before the end of billing practices and the four years after awarding the pre-contract costs Guyana TrackandFieldCentre,West 2022, with the first report g o v e r n m e n t ’s v e r y contract for that audit to be must pay to ExxonMobil’s Coast Demerara (WCD), readybyDecember supportive handling of the completed, the process was subsidiary, Esso Exploration ProfitOilShare’.Tothisend, when he declined to say In a recent statement sector.” stilltobefinalized. and Production Guyana the audit zoomed into whether government has from the Ministry of Natural

Patterson pointed out This is so at least Limited(EEPGL). ExxonMobil’s expenses sincebeenfurnishedwiththe Resources, it was explained that the audit report would according to Minister, Statia at the time said he between the years 2018 to finalauditreport. that ExxonMobil was being confirm the costs Exxon are VickramBharrat.Hetoldthe was now examining the 2020 that have already been Instead, the President given an opportunity to claiming to be recoverable National Assembly in report,afterwhichhewilldo billedtothecountry assured, “We will definitely respondtothefindingsofthe and would lay fears aside of Januarythatthisprocesswill his own internal work, and When the contract was give you that update at the auditteam. possibleinflatednumbers. “hopefully” conclude “very then have discussions with signed, it was explained that appropriate time.” He went The contract for the

Guyanese are paying the soon”. There has been no IHS Markit, the UK the process would be on to explain that the Exxon audit was signed on auditors some US$751,000 word since then on that audit Company that was recruited completed in four months; People’s Progressive Party May 24, 2022 for VHE to complete the process fromthegovernment. toauditthebillionsofdollars however, Minister Bharrat (PPP) was conducting an Consulting which is a

Minister of Natural He explained, “They ExxonMobil said it invested recently sought to explain outreach in the Region to registered partnership Resources, Vickram Bharrat would have found that there intheStabroekBlock. that the timeline allotted was address the concerns of the between Ramdihal & 120“workingdays”. citizensthere. Haynes Inc, Eclisar

“I think from the

The President’s position Financial, and Vitality inception when the contract only adds more doubt Accounting & Consultancy wassigned,therewasabitof concerning the integrity of Inc. misunderstanding In the the audit report, as both the The Local Consortium is contract,itsays120working Vice President (VP), Dr supported by International days and I think there was a BharratandsubjectMinister, firms- SGS and Martindale lotofmisconception…thatit Vickram Bharrat have been Consultants for the ‘Cost would be 120 running days avoiding the issue of Recovery Audit and or calendar days, but its 120 ExxonMobil’saudits. Va l i d a t i o n o f t h e working days,” the Minister

This newspaper recently Government of Guyana’s

Motorcycle stolen from in front of popular Melanie bar

An East Coast Demerara (ECD) resident,RayanTappin,isofferingareward to anyone who can help him recover his stolenmotorcycle.

Tappin’s motorcycle was stolen on Friday around 01:00 hrs from in front of a popular bar located at Melanie, East Coast Demerara (ECD). The man told Kaieteur News that he rode to the bar to make a purchase.Heparkedthemotorcycleoutside and when he returned, it was nowhere to be seen.Tappin said he asked around but those in the vicinity of the bar said they did not observeanyonetakingthemotorcycle.

He has since reported the matter to the Vigilance Police Station and is pleading with the public to assist him in recovering the motorcycle. Tappin had purchased the motorcycle recently for almost $200,000 after working tirelessly to save the money Losing it now, according to Tappin, is a “hugeblow”.

Persons knowing the whereabouts of Tappin’s motorcycle are asked to make contact with mobile phone number 6911594orthenearestpolicestation. The stolen motorcycle

Pres. Irfaan Ali during Friday’s press conference at Leonora, WCD

Georgetown, Guyana.

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RACE RELATIONS

We have to visit and revisit race relations in

Guyana,sinceitisofsuchsignificancetothe continuity of this society as a peaceful, constructivegroupofpeople. Torepeatwhathasbeenlived withforallofourexistence,weareourownworstenemies. In what could be the best time in our history, we are at our worst, at our weakest. Guyanese animosities and enmities now have neither time nor place, not even the space for calmingdownandconsideringthatwearebeingripped-off andstrippedbarebylocalandforeignexploiters.

Wetakethetime,wemaketheeffort,toaddressourracial issue,andwecouldbeapeopleunitedagainstourexploiters. Ourexploitersimpoverishus,keepuswound-uplikeacoiled spring,sothatwearereadytojumpup,lashout,andmaim fellow citizens held as devilish enemies. Where are we going, where can we go, with a mentality like this? How strong are we, when foreigners scalp us and remove our wealthbythetankerfull,emptyourbankvaults,andallwe are content to do is to beat into submission our neighbours andourcompetitorsforpower,andaplacearoundthetable ofournationalpatrimony?

Weneedaplan,ourcircumstancescallforastructure,our nation requires a programme that is well-thought out, comprehensive,andall-inclusive.

ThesewereamongthepiecesofwhatOppositionLeader AubreyNortoncalledforrecently,whenhesaidthatweneed a race relations plan. In lending his voice and weight for enhanced race relations, Mr Norton said that “a national anti-discrimination agenda must focus on achieving harmonious race relations, women empowerment, equality of opportunity for all, and the minimizing of all forms of racialdiscrimination(“Nortoncallsfornationalplanonrace relations”,KNMarch22).

Wethinkthatthisisatimelycall,onethathasimmense benefits for this country, and all Guyanese. Instead of fightingeachother,wewouldserveournationbetter,andour familiesandfellowcitizensinawaylikeneverbefore,when we come to the clearest realization of where this country is poisedtoday

Wearebeingcalledanoilpowerbysome,whilemanyof ourcitizensarepowerlessintheirfightagainsthunger We areanoilpower,asrated,butwedonotevenhavethepower to address the lopsided and haemorrhaging nature of an oil contract that ruins our prospects, diminishes our present. Thisisourreality,inallofitsimpotenceandlimitations,and wehavetofindwaystogetoutofthistrap.

As much as there is appreciation for Mr Norton’s call, our political leaders (included he himself) must go beyond wordsthatgiveofftherightsoundsinpublic.

There must be those actions by leaders in the PPP/C Government and theAPNU+AFC Opposition that signal a newmaturitythatisevident,apowerfulsinceritythatcanbe felt and believed, and the genuine commitments that are tangible,whichcouldleadusoutofthelocalracialswamps tosomewhereelse.

The Opposition must turn a leaf and engage the government at every forum and every opportunity Similarly, the government must be open to responding to overturesfromtheopposition,soastoexploreabetterroad for all of our citizens to travel in mutual understanding, appreciation,andrespect.

We have had and heard postures and words before, like those stood for by the Opposition Leader President Ali himselfhasbeenpushinghisideaof‘OneGuyana’,agood thingonthefaceofit.

However, what this country needs more is sober and profoundleadershipinitiativesrelativetobringingtheraces together, but which have been resisted by the big two politicalgroupsformostoftheirhistories.

IfthePresidentandOppositionLeaderareaboutwhatis authentic, then Guyana can get somewhere. Both must realize that harmonious race relations will not move as it should,withonehandleadingtheway

Itmustbeajointeffort,onethatisseriousandcompelling in its strength. We need harmony, if only to guarantee our prosperity

Very few know or care about Red Thread

DEAREDITOR,

Iwritewithreferencetoa letterunder the title“We are Guyanese grassroots women , ” signed by a group of nine (Stabroek News3/29/2023) I have seriousobjectionstotheway in which the construction “grassroots” is used in the letter, and note forthwith, that real folks from the real grassroots never describe themselvesinthatlanguage.

Grassroots is an expression used mostly by the elite, women included, whohavetheinterestsofthe upper-middle class, including the Georgetown ‘wineandcheese’politicos.

The Group of Nine asks “[d]oes being concerned about our country and our environment make us hypocrites?” Well, in many waysyes!

This is because the real intent of the letter is not to express real concerns about our country, but to make a political announcement,

namely to picket the Office of the President. Grassroots women are usually at work earning an income to feed their families; bourgeois women have the time to become the front with politicalmotives.

Red Thread is a known outfit of the same WPA, the same WPA that aired a call for racial violence and subversion of the state, also based on what must be constructed as ‘racial resources’. Red Thread is a fossil. Only a few people in Meten-Meer-Zorg ever heard of it Personalities connected to the WPAdrive across the Demerara Bridge to take in some countryside, andthenclaimthatthereare thevoiceoftheoppressed. In contradistinction to what the fossilized Red Thread claims to be doing, we need to go to Leonora today.

President Ali is there withthestaffoftheOfficeof thePresident,Ministers,and

heads and staff of agencies, meeting one-to-one with anyonewhohasaproblem,a need, a request The president and his team solve problems as large as providing updates on the new high-span bridge, right down to solving people who are having issues with their NIS, old age pension, or publicassistance.

When last did Red Thread meet with people outside of Georgetown (for coffee)inordertohelpsolve theirproblems,ratherthanto stir up trouble, take a few photos, and then supposedly claim the right to selfsymbolizeasthegrassroots.

Political opportunists love to use grad symbols, those that appear to be at once organic and universal, sexy (in the words of Ralph Ramkarran). These symbols such as grassroots are intended to impress the diplomatic community. Fundraisingiswellservedby the grassroots badge, and

foreign NGOs do indeed gravitatetogroupsthatclaim to be “people-centered,” “climate sensitive,” and other such universal expressions of good citizenship.

Whatneedstobedoneis basic research. Ask anyone outside a few WPA elitist cells if they ever heard of RedThread. I can guarantee you that you will draw blanks.Ididthislittleteston Thursday (yesterday) and not a single person at the Office of the President Region Three Outreach at Leonora had ever heard of thegroup.

RedThreadcandosome good community work by goingtositeinBuxtonwhere Ogunesye called for subversion,anddeclaretheir commitment to the rule of law That would be a real display of concern for our country.Ifnot,thechargeof hypocrisystands.

Sincerely,

Dr.RandolphPersaud

EFCIAis like a fly on the rear of a hog

DEAREDITOR,

It is with great sadness thatIhavetoexposethetruth behind why the baggage xray scanners and other security equipment at the Eugene F Correia International Airport (EFCIA) are always malfunctioning and never operational. The real reason behind why the inferior Chinese x-ray baggage scanner has not been operationalforalmostayear is because the advisor to security to EFCIA who had advised the oversight board of EFCIA to buy those Chinesemadeequipmentdid not put any arrangements in place with the Chinese supplier to have EFCIA technicians/engineers trained on how to perform maintenance checks, services and repairs on the Chinese x-ray baggage scanners.

This is also a regulatory requirement that all security equipment used at the airports must have a maintenance schedule in place to perform routine maintenances on that securityequipment.I’msure EFCIA didn’t know this because EFCIAhave people who know nothing about national requirements. They don’t follow any guidance setoutbythegovernment.

This is what happens when you have people who don’t know better in advisory positions advising

on things they do not know about or cannot even follow basic national requirements such as having trained personnel locally to perform maintenance on your equipment. No one in the country is qualified or trainedtodomaintenanceon those Chinese made equipment.

They should have consulted with the national authorities or local experts before wasting millions of dollars on inferior Chinese equipment.

Not even experts at the Cheddi Jagan International Airport (CJIA) could be of assistance with providing maintenance on your Chinese equipment because their equipment isAmerican made and follows the guidance from the approved listofequipmentforbaggage x-rayscannerssetoutbythe nationalauthorityandtheUS D e p a r t m e n t o f Transportation.

Unlike EFCIA, they did put arrangements in place with the suppliers to have their people trained because it’saregulatoryrequirement. But this is what happens when you have people who don’t know how to read and interpret regulations providingguidancebasedoff of what they think is right and not what is correct according to the national guidance set out by the Government of Guyana (GOG).

I cannot believe that a man of your position, Mr Nascimento, would go publicly on record and give such lame excuses as blaming GPL for power problems.You make it seem asthouyouarenowlivingin Guyana, and you are now aware of GPL’s problems.

I’msureyourflatscreenTV, refrigerator andAC at home have better power surge protection and backups than the million-dollar security equipment at EFCIA. Just blame GPL and use them as the scapegoat. As you said, youhavebeeninaviationfor far longer, yet these lame excuses are believable only toachild.

You mentioned in your previous correspondence that the Chinese embassy was providing assistance in gettingyourscannerfix.

It’s almost as if you’re saying the Chinese government donated that equipmenttoEFCIA.Whata jokethismustbe.Thematter is a private one. Private money was used to buy that equipment.

The issue is you have people who don’t know better advising your board wrongfullyonwhatneedsto be done and wasting that moneyfoolishly

As mentioned before, no arrangements were put in place by your security advisor to have the supplier provide maintenance tr

technicians. Training wasn’t even provided to your staff on how to operate the equipment by the supplier Whatajoke!

Now the matter at hand (mebringingtolightmatters of national security) whilst for almost a year, the management at EFCIA has tried to cover up those concerns and keep everything hush-hush. This is disappointing because a chain is as strong as its weakest link Given the nature and layout of operations and operators at Ogle Aerodrome, any compromise in security procedures for one operator such as EFCIA has a direct effect on your neighbours.

That being said, if you have been covering up all the concerns, I have listed in prior correspondences, then therefore you have been compromising all of your neighbour’s security structure EFCIA is the weakest link in the chain. What I have done, I have done for the greater good, while your team has blindly turned your eyes and made lame excuses time and time again such as GPL, Coronavirus, Chinese Embassy

Ifyouhadsaidthewarin Ukraine, I would have laughed You have been misleading the public blatantly about the real reasons.HencewhyIhave (Continuedonpage5)

Where is the condemnation of race hate, when will we start doing our part to confront it?

DEAREDITOR, Quo Vadis Guyana? The Apostle Peter is reported to have asked that question of Jesus Christ when he met him after he had risen from the dead following his crucifixion, when Peter himself was fleeing from

crucifixion by the Roman governmentofthetime.Itis Latin, meaning, literally, “Whithergoestthou?” Iask ittodayofGuyana.

Iaskitwithgoodreason because we must ask the question how one of the leaders, Tacuma Ogunseye,

of a political party, the Working People’s Alliance (WPA), which was recently an active and vocal member of the past APNU+AFC government, can mount a public political platform at BuxtononwhichtheLeader of the Opposition, Mr.

EFCIAis like a fly on the rear of...

Frompage4 addressed them and correctedyouforthesecond timenow

I must say thank you for adding credibility to what I have been saying. Directly you have been saying that I used to be a government regulator on aviation in Guyana.That’sfarmorethan you can say for your time in theaviationindustry

If that is the case, don’t youthinkIwouldhavebeen privileged to thousands of documents, information, correspondences, meetings, phonecalls,emails?

I have several thousands of other issues I can make public about your bush operationandyourfailureto comply with government requirements for over a decade.Fixyourissues.Stop

taking advice from people who don’t know better, who don’t know how to follow national requirements and standards.

Lastly, you did say that there is a strategic developmentplanthatwasin placeforthedevelopmentof theairport.

Which government in theirrightsenseswouldtake millions of taxpayers’ moneytodevelopaprivately operated airport, EFCIA, withnobenefitcomingback to the GOG and the public?

Putting it into context, it’s like buying a brand-new Lamborghini and giving the keys to your friend and telling them you control it after using public funds to purchase that Lamborghini.

Maybe a previous government,Imeanafterall,

the name of the airport was changed under a previous government.

I call on the GOG once againtorelookatthisPublic PrivatePartnershipthatisin placewithEFCIA.

Whatever arrangements were put in place in the past can be relooked at now The GOG has the resources and thetechnicalexpertisetoget the job done correctly this time.

It’sshamefulwhenheads of CARICOM and other regional countries visit Guyana and they come throughEFCIA.

Whencomparedtothose countries domestic and international airports, EFCIA is a fly on the backsideofahog.

Kindregards,

JohnTaylor

Aubrey Norton, sat, and propose that our security forcesturntheirgunsagainst adulyelectedgovernmentto support a mass uprising to overthrow the government, and be allowed to get away withit?

I ask the question because, while the majority

of Guyanese, regardless of political affiliation or ethnic origin, reacted in shock and outright condemnation, Mr Norton, for whom I have some respect and I have known since he entered politicsasayoungman,yet, can only say that Ogunseye “went a little too far”,

seeking to justify Ogunseye’s statement as his right to free speech. Mr. Nortonknowsfullywellthat advocatingseditiondoesnot qualifyforprotectionasfree speech. The WPAremains a faithful political ally of APNU+AFC,whichis (Continuedonpage6)

Every day isApril Fool’s Day in Guyana, thanks to leaders

DEAREDITOR, Saturday, April 1 has been celebrated universally asApril Fool’s Day Origins of this practice and the pranks are not clear, but I grew up where my mother had lots of fun onAll Fool’s Day.

Today, in Guyana, we have our two senior Executive Officials practising pranks every day of the year, somehow confident that we, the ordinary people irrespective of race, colour or creed can b e f o o l e d b y t h e protestations, and paltry provisions.

ThelatestfromPresident Ali and Vice-President

Jagdeo is that the PPPis the only multi-racial Party in Guyana and as we heard at Victoria and other places, this delightful duo complimentingeachotheris saying that they are overcoming racism and ethnic discrimination in our country.

The old folks say ‘wha mouth nah load’, which means what you say is not thesameaswhatyoudo.

Every sensible selfrespecting and genuine patriot wishes to rid our country of this scourge, this cancer and this debilitating curseofracism.

To do this, we require a leadership that is capable of

disseminating the truth of ourhistory

With that knowledge, we’ll identify the reason for existence and ethnic and racial problems, not unique to Guyana, but something that every nation-state in every continent has had to dealwith.

The education and knowledge must help all of the so-called six races plus the delightful ‘douglas’ and mixtures which defy description to understand why the distrust that has lingeredonandwhatrolethe Europeans who enslaved us made our Amerindian brothersintohumanhead

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Every day isApril Fool’s Day in Guyana, thanks to...

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hunters and brought immigrants from Madeira, China and India to replace the freed African, what role they played in Guyana’s difficultyofrace.

These are serious issues andunlessanduntilyouhave an Administration with the acumentodealwiththeissue of race holistically, we’ll continue this march of folly with the fulminations we heard at Babu Jaan and elsewhere from our illustrious President and Vice-President Bharat Jagdeo.

Youmayfoolsomeofthe people some of the time and with the massive sums available to the two gentlemen,thismayseeman easyproject,buteverydayis not All Fool’s Day and you can’t fool all the people all

the time with as we say ‘crumbsfromtheMaster’s table.”

To avoid the tedium, I merelynoteasfollows:-

Duetoeventswhichyou are aware of, the Post Emancipation period saw Afro-Guyanese with their cultural and other roots completely severed, compelled to cling to Europeanculturalresponses, includingthenameswebear andourturningtothepublic service, police force and military

Evidence that those who opted to serve in the two world wars from Guyana were more than 90% AfroGuyanese.

Ourotherbrothersturned to other areas for solace and development,andtheydidso admirably but you have a Governmenttodaythattalks

aboutendingracism.

The focus of course has been on the two largest groups,IndoandAfro.

The President and VicePresident with some sophistications are employingthesamestrategy and tactics employed for generationsbyourerstwhile masters.

Youwillrememberwhen theAfrican slaves were fedup with the cruelty and drudgery of life on the plantations, and ran away, our Amerindian brothers were paid handsomely to

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Frompage5 dominatedandcontrolledby the People’s National Congress (PNC), hence Mr Norton’s presence on the WPA platform. Mr Norton knows fully well that Ogunseyewentmuch,much toofar,unforgivablytoofar

I ask the question because the Chairperson of the Alliance For Change (AFC), Cathy Hughes, for whom I also have had considerable respect, could not find it in herself when asked to condemn the Ogunseye statement, preferring to sand dance aroundit. Iaskthequestion because even though the WPA is today a political party bereft from popular political support, its leadership, prominently including Professor David Hinds,persistinpursuingan utterly obnoxious and

huntthemlikeanimals.This letter must avoid the painful details of that period, but I ask this administration as they proclaim the interest in bringing to an end racism in this country, to answer truthfully the following (1) Is It true that they have requested that future recruitmentintotheuniform services must be based on ethnicbalance?

Today, we boast that we are the fastest growing economy in the world, with substantialsumscominginto the Government’s coffers,

but note the multi-ethnicity thatJagdeospokeofrecently of those who control the receipt and disbursement of these funds. President, Dr Ali, responsible for Finance assisted by Ashni Singh, Vice-President Bharat Jagdeo in charge of among other things oil and gas, Minister of Agriculture, Zulfikar Mustapha, responsibleforlandsuseand distribution, Vickram Bharat, Min of Natural Resources and Ms. Sonia Parag, Minister responsible forthePublicService.

The President and VP mustcomestraight.Thereis only one All Fool’s Day in theyear

Dear Editor, our saving graceandourgoodfortuneis thatwehaveagroupofmen and women of every race and creed who are publicly and privately, relentlessly trying to fulfill the dream of our founding fathers who hadinscribedonourCoatof Arms - ‘One People, One Nation,OneDestiny.’

Yoursfaithfully, HamiltonGreen Elder

the condemnation of race...

dangerous race hate activism.

David Hinds sits comfortably at a desk in Arizona in the USA, where he is employed as “an Associate Professor of African and African American Studies” at the Arizona State University, spewing his race hate in Guyana on his online radio programme “Politics 101”.

Hinds, for instance, condemns Guyanese Africans for travelling from Plaisance, Betterverwagting and Buxton to purchase black pudding from a Guyanese Indian in Mon Repos Hinds, sitting in Arizona, preaches that Guyanese Africans boycott Indian businesses But David Hinds doesn’t stop there.HecallstheGuyanese Indianswhoaremembersof the People’s National Congress Reform (PNCR) and PNCR Parliamentarians “traitors” and “slave catchers” for condemning thehatespeechofOgunseye. Hinds then issues threats, “we are going to begin to document all the slave catchers from the private sector to FITUG, from FITUG to Stabroek News and all those other slave catchers who are hunting down slaves to turn them in to the master we are documentingthem…thereis lifeafterthePPP”.

Notsatisfied,Hindsgoes after the Stabroek News, accusing the newspaper of notcoveringthenewsfroma WPA perspective and accusing the newspaper of kowtowing to the government. “We are going to remember it We are buyersofnewspapersandwe aregoingtorememberit.We wantStabroekNewstoknow there is life after the PPP”. While David Hinds promotes race hate in Guyana,hedaresnotdosoin

the US He dares not embrace the just cause of African Americans who once were, and, even today, aresubjecttodiscrimination from southern white Americansinthestatewhere Hinds teaches. Hinds knows fullywellthathewouldlose hisjobwiththeUniversity

But Hinds is not alone spewingracehateinGuyana from North America. He is joined by Rickford Burke who heads the so-called “CaribbeanGuyanaInstitute for Democracy” based in New York where he lives, which published the rubbish on Burkes’ Facebook page that “the leadership of the GPF are slaves to racists in the PPP regime”, joining Ogunseye in seeking to undermine our country’s security, accusing “that the GPF is not a law enforcement agency but a political weapon which racistsinthePPPregimeuse as mercenaries against African Guyanese – their politicalenemies”

Nothing, however outlandish, however gross, however big the lie, is beyond these men to promote division and destruction in our country

These are not stupid men. These are not men sans education,yetthesearemen who espouse, advocate and aggressively pursue, in the name of politics, the worst, the ugliest, the most despicable form of racial animosity, division and confrontation in a multiracial country These are dangerousmen.So,Iaskthe question How can our country reach beyond and rise above the historical political division of our two majorpartiesbasedonracial loyalty and, indeed, become “OneGuyana”,whenpeople like Ogunseye, Hinds and Burke are free to continue spreading the doctrine of

racehate?

Indeed, the very leader whom these men of hate claim to have followed, Forbes Burnham, in an articlepublishedaslongago as April 1955, in the Burnham edition of the PPP newspaper, Thunder, had thistosay

“That some of my race (African) who express such sentiments as ‘Black man mustbeontop’andasimilar tendency on the part of Comrade Lachmansingh’s race group (Indian) to say ‘Cooliemanmustbeontop’. Suchsentimentsareinspired by enemies of our party and movement, and the British government will give anything for them to gain wide currency This is no laughing matter. If the racialist feeling, latent or rather patent in these sentiments is allowed to spread, it will have a most ruining effect…if we are to continue in unity, we must banish racialism ours is not a fight for one race or another, it is a fight for Guiana. We know only one race, that is the Guianese race”.

Let Ogunseye, Hinds, Burke, et al, heed the words oftheirhero.

I have asked the question, Quo Vadis Guyana? For the great majority of Guyanese, whether our native Indigenous people or those of us who were transferred by the British to make a colony from Africa, India, China or Madeira, this is nowandforeveronecountry andoneGuyanatobeshared, developed and cherished by eachandeveryoneofus.We areandwillbefirst,foremost and forever simply Guyanese. Let us, because wemust,asPresidentAlihas pledged,banishracism.

Yourssincerely, KitNascimento

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The PPP/C Government is out and about campaigning for Local Government Elections, but calling it Cabinet outreach.

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It is what they have always done when they are in government, but when in opposition, they would turnaround and accuse the other party of using State resources to campaign.

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This is one of the sins of the two major parties that they have not sought repentance for.

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It is hoped that these outreaches are bearing fruits and actually solving the myriad of problems being faced by citizens daily to access government services.

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Jagdeo says Govt. still awaiting evidence of cheaper solar energy

maintains invoices sent to GEA

Vice President that...we are not sitting on eight cents per kilowatt hour anything. I have already put (VP) Bharrat any evidence and then he but if Mr Bhulai can find thatoutinacoupleofarticles J a g d e o h a s cites some small-scale anybodywhowillcomenow and it is well laid out

denied that panels that we are doing. If and supply the government there...Dr Sharma has the government is in receipt of this was the case then the of Guyana, not at three cents invoices that prove the documents that provide a entire world practically per kilowatt hour that he figures for 2020,” he cheaper solar alternative for would have gone solar thinks with battery but a 24- explained. its planned gas-fired power alreadybutIdon’twanttobe hoursystemthatcancomein In offering a comparison plant to be built at Wales, unkind to Mr Bhulai atfourcentsorfivecentsper of the benefits of solar over West Bank Demerara becausetheway itis written, kilowatt hour, anybody gas, Bhulai said, “You got to (WBD). thewaythestorycameoutis would do that, we are operatethegas;therearelots

At a party press thatheislookingforanswers prepared tomorrow to sign of risks with gas. You can conferenceheldonThursday so we should ensure we up a long term power have leakage and these at Freedom House, Robb demonstrate this,” the purchase agreement with Environmental Impact Street, the VP told reporters former head of state them...get a 24 hours solar Assessments that they are t h a t w h i l e E n e r g y explained. base load supply to the grid avoiding, all of that you Technologist, Alfred Bhulai Bhuali has often cited at five cents per kilowatt don’tneed(withsolar).” claims he supplied evidence solar as a cleaner, more hour.” Bhulai detailed that an of the feasibility of solar affordable source of power In an invited comment, impact study would not be power to the Guyana Energy generation for Guyana. He Bhulai told this publication required to roll out a solar that the lowest offer with any company who can

Agency (GEA), the has suggested that each that it is evident the power project, except for the government has received to supply power to the national governmenthasseennosuch home be outfitted with solar administration is determined construction phase where date will see power being grid at five cents per document. panels, complete with to invest in a large-scale inspections would be generated at about eight kilowatt.

“Recently, he (Bhulai) battery power to cater for project “so that they can get required on buildings to cents per kilowatt without He said, “...the lowest said that the GEA is sitting rainy days This, Bhulai control”, but at the same ensure they are properly battery storage. As such, he offer that we have had for a on evidence of cheaper solar argues, can offer numerous time,hesaidtherearecertain wired. committed to signing a system that is not fully power alternative for the gas benefits. disadvantages which will TheEnergyTechnologist power purchase agreement battery-powered is about plant so we don’t have Jagdeo however noted also affect the entire was also keen to note that population. For one, Bhulai solar would eradicate the citedthatapoweroutagecan need for an operational cost. affect the entire country, He said, “So there is no need whereby investing in the to put yourself in debt for all solar alternative can have a this operation and people lesserimpact. would be empowered. If

In addition, he said something goes wrong with investing in solar panels for the installation, what would each home would reduce the happen is there would be a need for costly loans on the blackout there Not shoulders of Guyanese for everybody like the whole yearstocome. country and what is more, “If you roll it out as you don’t need to run all money comes in from oil, these transmission and there is no need to borrow distributionlines.”

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From page 2 Gilpin Enterpriseevent too, it was announced $40,234,395; Kelving that the village would soon I n v e s t m e n t I n chave a nursery school. Just $ 3 7 , 3 6 3 , 5 2 1 ; K & S like the primary school, this Transportation Service & would be the first nursery Car Rental - $38,649,826; school to be constructed in JA Macray Construction & thevillage. A u t o R e p a i r s -

Also this week, bids $32,190,105; N Rafeek w e r e r e a d f o r t h e Construction Enterpriseconstruction of the Swan $32,366,792; and Extreme Nursery School This General Construction & project which attracted 15 Supplies-$31,124,991. contractors is estimated to T h i s y e a r , t h e cost$33,000,000. government has set aside Bids were submitted by $94.4B for the education Zazscon Investment Inc. - sector Of that sum, $12.4B $32,374,000; Orion has been allocated for the Engineering Inc - construction, rehabilitation, $32,595,200; Sovereignty extension, and maintenance Investment & Construction of educational facilities - $27,573,935; 4S Security across the country The & Building Enterprise - construction of the school $36,194,022; Compton and extension of the B e s s C o n s t r u c t i o n primary school would be Enterprise - $28,803,335; fundedbythisallocation. R a n d o l p h T a y l o r The Swan Community Construction-$30,411,163; too would soon see the CAJ Construction Firm - construction of a health $ 6 7 , 3 5 5 , 2 0 6 ; A & J centre.Itwasrevealedatthe Lumberyard & Contracting opening of tenders that the Service - $29,046,642; RG LocalGovernmentMinistry Investment & Construction is looking to spend $20 Services $29,046,642; milliononthisproject.

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Vice President, Bharrat Jagdeo Energy Technologist, Alfred Bhulai

THE PPP/C IS FLOATING WHEN IT COMES TO PUBLIC RELATIONS

Bharrat Jagdeo does not get it… and never will. His callforhisparty’ssupporters to take to social media to promote his party’s narratives of achievements exhibitshisinabilitytocome to grips with the public relations disaster within his government.

The government, of which he is Vice President, like the government of which he was President, has a problem not so much with selling its narratives to the people but with the persistence of antigovernmentcriticisms.

But it has always been thiswaywiththePPP/C.The PPP/C has always been besiegedbycriticismsabout the manner in which it governs.Various attempts at trying to address its public relations shortcomings have failed, including attempts at bringing in public relations expertstohelpdemystifyits controversial investment projects.

The government has a wealth of sources to counteract its critics. Listed among these is the Guyana Chronicle, the Department ofPublicInformation(DPI), National Communications Network (NCN) and the pressofficeofthePresident.

There are also a number of sympathetic and progovernment social media programmeswhichareaired regularly and which are aimed at giving the government’s side of issues and of attacking and counteracting antigovernment criticisms. The government also has on its payroll highly lettered individuals who are really paidpropagandists.

So what accounts then for the continued frustration on the part of the Vice President over criticisms of the government? The problem, however, is not purelypublicrelations. The problem is partly public relations but mainly political.

Thegovernmentdoesnot have an effective public relations strategy Various parts of the government’s information machinery are i n v o l v e d i n t h e d i s s e m i n a t i o n o f information. It is important in such circumstances that thelefthandknowswhatthe right hand is doing, if not thereisgoingtobedisjointed effortatpublicrelations.

Secondly, those who provide information about government’s development programmes are not necessarily best suited to counter political criticisms. Two different skills sets are involvedhereandthisispart of the problem with government.Itshouldnotbe requiring state-run government information agencies to do its political work.

Theiron-fishwithwhich the government controls NCN,theGuyanaChronicle and DPI needs to be slackened to allow media professionals to do their work.ThePPP/Cshouldnot b e a s k i n g m e d i a professionals to do its politicalbidding.Nordoesit need to engage public relations specialists to counter anti-government criticismstherearesufficient Ministers who are quite capable of defending their portfolios and the government as whole. But

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confidence is not being shown in their ability to do so.

There is insecurity among the PPP/C’s leadership A few individuals delude themselves into believing thatitisonlythemandthem alone who are capable of responding to opposition criticisms. And this attitude is at the core of the problem because often these same persons do not have the political wherewithal and savvy to effectively counter criticisms.

And the positions they often adopt run counter to disposing of opposition criticisms, and often give more credence to such criticismsthataredeserved.

Why, for example, does thegovernmentfeelithasto take seriously anything that the Working People’s Alliance says Even the Working People’s Alliance, whichisashellorganization, does not take seriously its own ranting. Why does the governmentbelieveithasto take seriously criticisms by those who lack credibility suchasthosewhoarguethat 33isnotamajorityof65?

The fact of the matter is that the PPP/C will always besubjecttocriticisms.And it should not take every criticism seriously because in doing so, it is only giving credence to those who lack and are undeserving of credibility

The PPP has to learn to livewithcriticism.

ThePPPChoweverisits worst enemy It should not treateverycriticismasbeing without merit It should acceptthattherearemeritsin some of the criticisms

Dem wah doing gymnastics on de road need to be pulled over

One of de aggravating things in dis countryisdebehaviourofsomemotorists. DemajorityofpeopleinGuyanadoesdrive according to de rules. If dem in a line of traffic,demdoesstayindelineandwaitto proceed.

But yuh always find some odder vehicleswahtryingtoboredeline.Someof dem does undertake on de pedestrian and cycle lanes and try fuh bore in de line. Othersdoesovertakeondeincominglane, andwhendemseetrafficcoming,demdoes bore in de line which done gat many vehiclesincrawlingtraffic.

Is really not fair to dem drivers wah waiting dem turn in de line fuh gat to see illegally undertaking or overtaking and popeingdeline.

But even more aggravating is when dis is done in front of dem policemen wah directing traffic who can’t do anything

aboutitbecausedemcan’tleffdemjobfuh pulloverdeviolators.

But dem policemen know where these infractionsdoestekplace.Demknowallde locations including on de East Coast, East Bank and pon MandelaAvenue where this is a daily occurrence. And de traffic chief should put some police at these locations speciallytocatchdemwahbreakingdelaw andendangeringdelivesofodders.

If dem police do this every day, de amount of fines dem drivers wah breaking de law gan gat to pay gan be more than enough fuh triple de salaries of dem policemenandpolicewomen.

Is time somebody do something about dis especially on the East Bank where deh gat some vehicles wah nah want wait dem turn. Dem drivers should be charged and fined. Talkhalf.Leffhalf!

leveled against it For example, the criticism of conflicts of interest in terms of the composition of the Environmental Assessment Board is hard to dispute and the government should have moved with dispatch to correctthis.

The government is also lacking in transparency Information is hard to come by Themediadoesnothave ready access to information. There is no longer the weekly Post-Cabinet Press Conference There is no announcement even about when there will be a new CabinetSecretary,aposition

whichshouldhavebeenlong filled.

The President rarely holdspressconferenceswith thefulllocalmediacorps.

Much of the criticisms

about government’s management of the oil and gassectorhavetodowiththe failings of the government and its lack of openness. Information which is promised is not delivered. Agreements that should require public consultations are suddenly foisted upon thenation

ThePPP/Cthereforecan hardly expect to practice poor governance and still

expect to be insulated from publiccriticisms.Andthatis something that Jagdeo will neverunderstand.

(The views expressed in this article are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the opinions and beliefs of this n e w s p a p e r a n d i t s affiliates.)

H@RD TRUTHS

BY GHK LALL

THE GREATER FOOL THEORY

The world of f i n a n c e , speculation, and WallStreethasalwayslived with a fever that induces an irresistible madness in usually sensible human beings.

Itiswhathasflourished to unbelievable degrees in onandoffseasons,andleave greatwreckagesinitswake. It is what is called ‘The GreaterFoolTheory.’

Though this theory of foolsinactionisbestapplied tomanandhismoney,italso has very strong application to dirty politics, and dirtier politicians. First, I look quickly at the madness of manandtheirmoney.

There have been Dutch bubbles (tulips),Wall Street (American) scams with

credit default swaps and housing, Ponzi schemes (postage stamps), Bernie Madoff mysteries (beating the market), Stanford Allen financial alchemies (CDs) all offering tantalizing glimpses into the carnages of the greater fool theory

The theory is of hucksters who know how to pull fast ones, targeting those who are easy marks, the schemersalwaysonthehunt for dumb suckers; one is borneveryminute.

Those were in America, and the more cosmopolitan sidewalksoflife,andalways involved making unwary people part with their money.

In Guyana, the greater fool theory is more than about money, though that is

always the ultimate objective.

It is built on the politics

of shrewd Guyanese political operators as clever as any Madoff or Allen. They are in the PPP Government. It works like this:selloneGuyanesealie, and he or she bites down hard,asifinadentist’schair

The victim-gullible, vulnerable,andmanipulable -is hoping for some form of relief, and a bright new Colgate smile at life. Win the trust of one, then leverage that belief into a larger community, and a whole group of reasonable peoplearereadytoabandon a lifetime of commonsense. They run after what something at the back of their minds rings warning

bells: careful! Too good to be true. That is, don’t put fullfaithandtrustinsuspect politicians, because an antenna cautions that something about them rings hollow, doesn’t feel right. After all, it is politicians being listened to, and the higher up the food chain one’s travels, the likelier therewillbedisappointment anddisaster

When that happens, politicians are quick to fold up their tents, and retreat temporarily, bide their time. Then, they travel to a different community in Guyana, and begin the deceptive process and their devious practices all over again.

Like Wall Street in the wake of the discovery of greatscamsthatweresoldas the London Bridge (Berbice) for a song, new ideas are formulated, and newtargetsareidentified.

Look at the PPP Government and its lights leadingtheway

The more people (their own electoral customers) find out their crookedness, the quicker they hasten to run to another section of their support base, and start over with more deceptions, moremischiefs.

There is the guarantee that they will be received warmly,sincepeopleloveto beflatteredwithavisitfrom

‘big ones’, have theirhopesstirred,be taken for fools. They arestillthattrustingin the nature of the PPP Government.

When the PPP finds itself cornered and on the receiving end of distrust, it resorts to the time tested. Government, party, and leaders point accusing fingersatthePNC.

Whenmoreisneededfor a robust jumpstart, the PPP pointstothewarinUkraine, people living in poverty all over,andinflationasnormal asthecommoncold.

Tosumthisupinfinance terms, it is either the mysterious ways of the markets responsible, or the fault of some dirty speculator, for whatever is goingwrong.

Is this not what the PPP has done better than anyone else, including its archenemythePNC? Party and government know that allthattheyhavetodoisfind a scapegoat, and the way is cleartocontinuelikebefore. The PPP brain trust knows that coming up with a new verbal stunt, some new distraction, and the people willswoonandfall.

Though Guyanese were burned before, curiosity kills more than cats; it has wiped out goodwill, more hopes,andendlesstrusts.

Look at what has

happened on the ground. A minister rushes in some community and tries his or her hand with the same old tricks and dodges, only to find some people in some areasarehavingnoneofthe nonsense.

Not to bother, there will always be another village, andanothergroupwaitingto swallow whatever goodies the party has drummed up forthem.

Look at how much COVID-19 money was doled out. Look at how fishermen and sugar workers got more than they couldhavehandled.

Now just wait to see what is intended with that $5B slush fund under leadership control, and watch who gets and why There will always be those whofallforsuchgimmicks. The Greater Fool Theory is alive,politicaloperatorslive another day, with new suckers identified Be warned:April Fool’s Day is everydayinGuyana.

(The views expressed in this article are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the opinions and beliefs of this n e w s p a p e r a n d i t s affiliates.)

United States to increase cost of visas

The United States Department of State on Tuesday published a Final Rule regarding increases to certain non-immigrant visa a p p l i c a t i o n ( N I V ) processing fees for Caribbeanandothervisitors.

The increases, published applicants in a specialty lastupdatedin2014. in the US Federal Register, occupation (E category) will The State Department will become effective on increase from US$205 to said other consular fees are May 30, 2023. The State US$315. not affected by this rule, Department said the fee for

“NIV fees are set based including the waiver of the visitor visas for business or on the actual cost of two-year residency required tourism(B1/B2sandBCCs), providing NIV services and fee for certain exchange and other non-petition based are determined after visitors. NIVs, such as student and conducting a study of the “Visas for work and exchange visitor visas, will cost of these services,” said tourism are essential to increase from US$160 to the State Department,noting President Biden’s foreign US$185. thatitusesanActivity-Based policy, and we recognise the

The fee for certain C o s t i n g ( A B C ) critical role international petition-based nonmethodology to calculate, travel plays in the US immigrant visas for annually, the cost of economy,” it said, adding temporary workers (H, L, O, providing consular services, “the Department of State is P, Q, and R categories) will includingvisaservices. committed to facilitating increase from US$190 to

The fees for most non- legitimate travel to the U S $ 2 0 5 , t h e S t a t e petition based NIVs were United States for both Departmentsaid,addingthat last updated in 2012, and immigrant and non- the fee for a treaty trader, certain other NIV fees were immigranttravelers.” treaty investor and treaty

Life sentence for man who murdered Essequibo newspaper vendor

Thirty-one-year-old Norlando Browne was on Friday sentenced to life imprisonment for the 2020 murder of Shawn Mannilall, a Queenstown, Essequibo Coast, Region Two newspaper vendor. Browne of Bush Lot, Essequibo Coast, was tried before Justice Sandil Kissoon at the Suddie High Court for the January 10, 2020 murder of Mannilall during the course ofarobbery

When he resisted, one of the sentence, Justice Kissoon

Forty-eight-year-old banditsshothiminthechest, said that the newspaper Mannilall, and other family shoulderandabdomen.They vendor was brutally memberswereabouttoenter then fled empty-handed, murdered in his own home their Parcel 61 Queenstown, while Mannilall was rushed and in the presence of his Essequibo Coast home when totheSuddiePublicHospital family The judge also took two men confronted them. where he was pronounced into consideration the The intruders were dead on arrival. Browne, prevalence of persons being reportedly wearing helmets who was jointly charged murderedduringrobberies. whilebrandishingahandgun with others for the crime, As such, Justice Kissoon andacutlass. initiallydeniedtheindictment sentenced Browne to life

According to reports, the but opted to plead guilty to imprisonment and noted that men had demanded some thechargeduringtrial. he is only eligible for parole $125,000 from Mannilall. In handing down his afterserving30years.

Murdered: Shawn Mannilall

Jailed: Norlando Browne

GNBSacquires$18Mlaserscannertoverifystoragetanks

The Guyana National is also a safer method since but weak spots, sediments, Bureau of Standards inspectors would no longer anddeformationofthetank. (GNBS) as the National have to climb on the top of “The3Dmodelisusedto Measurement Institute t h e t a n k s t o t a k e calculate extremely accurate (NMI)hasacquiredan$18M measurements.” volumes and we can then tap Leica BLK360 Imaging R a i a l o n g w i t h intootherdatalikethickness, Laser Scanner to commence Inspectors of the Legal flanges and so forth,” the using laser technology to Metrology Department were expertadded. verifystoragetanks. trained during the period of Verification of storage

These tanks used to store March 28 to 31, 2023 to use tanksprovidesaclearinsight liquids, compressed gases or the equipment, by HDS into the precise capacity and other mediums, are among Technical Support and volume of the tanks and help t w e l v e m e a s u r i n g Training Specialist of Leica companies to monitor stock instruments verified by the Geosystem, Reality Capture levels, prevent accidental GNBS to ensure accuracy in Group,MathewMizell. leaks and avoid costly trade and consumer

Head of the GNBS Legal Metrology Department, Shailendra Rai

Leica Geosystems Work Flow Analyst, Matthew Mizell conducting readings with a GNBS Inspector

Mizell noted that the decontamination through protection, a statement from equipment will increase the regularinspections. theentitysaid. integrityofthedataprovided In accordance with the Head of the Legal by the Bureau to clients. Weights and Measures Act determinethevolume. Metrology Department, Using a rotating laser, the 1981, the GNBS provides However, the new Shailendra Rai explained system collects 360,000 data verification of other system will save time and others. continuetodosothisyear,to that Inspectors previously points per second which are measuring instruments delivermoreaccurateresults

Over the past twenty- guarantee accuracy and utilised the physical used in collaboration with a including scales, masses and “using laser because the eight years, the Bureau has transparency in local trade dimensions of the tank using panoramic image of the tank measures, bulk meters, equipmentisdesignedwitha consistently increased its and ensuring safety and calibrated measuring tapes to develop a 3D model electricity meters, speed laser technology that does verificationservicesandwill health. and the thickness, to exposing not only volume guns, breathalyzers and thescanningofthetank.This

Former murder accused Cop loses court action against the DPP

Former murder accused Colin

livingtogether filed legal proceedings against the exposure to COVID-19 was Bailey on Friday lost his bid to sue Accordingtohim,atthetimeof State He named the Attorney inhumaneanddegrading. the Director of Public Prosecutions her death, they were building a General and the DPP as In addition, he has asked for (DPP), Mrs. Shalimar Ali-Hack, house in Diamond, East Bank respondents in his Statement of several $100,000 sums to SC,for$S100Mforwhathetermed Demerara.Heexplainedthatonthe Claim. Through his lawyer, Nigel compensate individually for Unlawful Imprisonment and day his wife was found murdered, Hughes and Associates, Bailey wrongful preferment of the charge MaliciousImprisonment. he was on duty at the Cheddi Jagan sought a number of declarations of murder, wrongful detention, In December 2021, Bailey who International Airport (CJIA) for a andmonetarycompensation. maliciousprosecutionanddenialof spent five and half years State visit by the President of He asked for a declaration that his right to protection from incarcerated for the capital offence Venezuela. hisarrestanddetentionwaswithout inhumaneanddegradingtreatment, of murder, sued the State for in After investigations, Bailey lawful justification, that the amongothers. excessof$100milliononclaimsof wasinitiallychargedformurdering decision by the DPP to institute However, in a statement to the unlawful arrest, detention, his wife on November 24, 2016. murder charge was an abuse of media on Friday, the DPP’s office inhumaneanddegradingtreatment. Justice Jo-Ann Barlow in making power and also a declaration that said that Bailey’s Application was Despite there was no evidence her decision at the Demerara High thedelayinhistrialwasabreachof heard by High Court Judge against Bailey for the capital Court said that he should not have his guaranteed right to liberty and a Nareswhar Harnanand who offence, he was charged with the beenbeforethecourtandthatitwas fairtrial.HehasalsoaskedtheHigh dismissed the Application. The Bailey has always maintained August 2013 murder of his reputed a waste of judicial time, as such, Court to declare that the failure to DPP was represented by Attorney- his innocence. In his defence, wife Sirmattie Ramnaress – and Bailey was freed on October 13, provide basic medical facilities at at-Law Dr. Kim Kyte-John in the Bailey had stated that he and spentyearsbehindbars. 2021.Followinghisrelease,Bailey the Lusignan Prison and his DemeraraHighCourt. Ramnaress met in 1992 and started

Former murder accused Collin Bailey

GATOSPseeksGovt.assistancewithmarkets

…says catches at almost 100% for January to March

Members of the GATOSP who attended the meeting (Ministry of Agriculture photo)

Agriculture Minister Zulfikar Mustapha (Ministry of Agriculture photo)

Members of the Guyana Mustapha said that the or scaled down while also following almost three years Association of Trawler fishing sector was not the working to secure new oflowcatches. Owners and Seafood lone industry affected by the markets for Guyana’s Ravi Rafiwan, a member Processors (GATOSP) are pandemic while noting that seafood. For this to be of the GATOSP said that he invited comment, said that reason. The study sighted callingontheGovernmentto hisgovernmentisworkingto effective, the minister said returned to sea three months the reports from the climate change as one of the assist them in marketing securenewmarkets. that the process would have ago and has seen a GATOSP did not come as a mainreasonsfisherfolkwere theircatch. “We’ve seen, over the to be done in an organized significant increase in his surprisegiventhefactthatin receiving low catches During a meeting held last three years due to the way catch. 2021, Guyana suffered one Despite allegations that with Minister of Agriculture pandemic, demand declined He also said that efforts “From January, I started of the most devastating offshore explorations were Zulfikar Mustapha, Head of and many markets were lost. are ongoing with officials to work my boats and I saw floods which saw a affectingtheindustry;weare

GATOSP Ruben Charles Although the pandemic is from the United States of an increase from the past tremendous amount of fresh hearing it ‘from the horse’s saidthatalthoughthefishing not over, we are seeing America’s Food and Safety threeyears.Itisnotyetatthe water in the fishing grounds mouth’ that catches are sector has seen a positive increases in production Inspection Service (FSIS) to level where it used to be which in turn affected the almost where they were. turnaround since the year With these increases; and have the ban on catfish beforethethreeyearsbutitis levelofcatches. There was a clear agenda for started, many companies are this is not only in the exportstotheUSlifted. close. I’m getting just about “We know for a fact that spreading misinformation experiencing issues with fisheries sector because The Ministry, through ¾ofwhatIusedtogetbefore there was a period when about the fishing industry marketing. we’ve seen it in other the Fisheries Department, the catch drop and these fisherfolk were seeing low because we are seeing a

Charles explained that sectors; a lot of markets in has updated and gazetted the levels have sustained for the catches. This was a concern massive increase even issues related to supply several industries are being Fishery Product Regulations past three months,” Mr for the government and we thoughthoseotherindustries during the pandemic has affected and we have to try of 2003 along with several Rafiwanexplained. consultedwiththeFAOtodo are still operating offshore,” resulted in an industry and get back those markets other required protocols Minister Mustapha, in an a study to help determine the theministernoted. setback.Hesaidthatmanyof and at competitive prices,” Minister Mustapha said that the local suppliers cannot theministersaid. the manual was gazetted and sell their products at Minister Mustapha has isnowlaw sustainablepricesinexisting committed to working with M e a n w h i l e , t h e marketsandarenowlooking the Association through the GATOSP head Ruben to the government to assist ministry’s Fisheries Charles have disclosed that withexploringnewmarkets. Department to restore trawler operators recorded

In response, Minister markets that were either lost almost 100% in their catch

Berbice man caught with suitcase of ganja on East Coast corridor

Police on Thursday arrested a Berbice man found with a suitcase filled with over 10,000 grams of cannabis at Fellowship, East CoastDemerara(ECD).

Ranks were reportedly conducting a stop and search e x e r c i s e a l o n g t h e Fellowship Public Road when they stopped a car around 12:30 hrs There were four passengers in the vehicleatthetime.

Among the quartet was theBerbicemanidentifiedas a 39-year-old construction worker of Cumberland, East Canje Berbice, Region Six. The man was carrying several black suitcases and inside one of them, police found 10 bulky parcels containingthedrugs.

When questioned about He told police that ‘Red The Berbice man the drugs, he reportedly Man’ gave him the suitcase remains in custody and is implicated an individual by to drop off to another man at assisting police with their thenameof‘RedMan’. Ann’sGrove,ECD. investigations.

The drugs found in the Berbice man’s suitcase.

Buxton-Friendship Farmers’ Group receive tools to boost involvement in Agri. sector

epresentatives

Ryoungpeopleandthesetools fromtheBuxton- will help them because even F r i e n d s h i p though they are farming,

Farmers’ Group they have to get tools. These received a number of inputs tools will contribute to that and farming tools from the and help us to develop Ministry of Agriculture to ourselves. Because we are further encourage youth doing long-term and shortinvolvement in the term crops, these tools will agriculturesector reallyhelp,”henoted.

The items handed over Further, he said that included fertilizers, a farmers in the village mechanical tiller, forks, benefited from training on rakes, garden hoes, shovels, best practices for coconut cutlasses, and files The cultivation from the g r o u p c o m p r i s e s ministry’s National approximately 60 farmers, Agriculture Research and 30 of whom are young Extension Institute people. (NAREI) in collaboration

Agriculture Minister, with the Caribbean Zulfikar Mustapha while Agriculture Research and offering brief remarks Development Institute during the handing over (CARDI) As a result, the exercisesaidthathehasbeen group is now looking to workingwiththegroupsince expanditsfarmingpractices has since been working with happy to be able to offer continue to do so,” the providesufficientirrigation. he became minister to to include coconut the farmers to improve the additional support to this ministerexplained. Chairman of the group, develop agriculture in the cultivation D&I [Drainage and group especially since it has He also said that a Leroy Hamer said that the villages. Minister Mustapha also Irrigation] infrastructure as young people actively number of drainage and tools will be used to assist

“ W h e n I b e c a m e committed to assisting the well as providing assistance involved We’ve also, irrigation works were done youngfarmersasthegroupis Minister of Agriculture, I group with planting in the form of farming through our agencies, and is still ongoing to ensure now working to promote visited the village and met materials to commence and inputs, planting materials, offered training and other infrastructure is in place to inter-cropping. with farmers and members develop their coconut andimplements.Today,Iam technical support and we’ll minimize flooding and “We’re now focusing on of the group. The ministry cultivation.

Legendary Yoruba Singers Band & Special Guest Artiste billed for unforgettable night of dancing at Georgetown Club

WPA Executive surrenders to Police

One day after the Guyana Police

Force (GPF)

issued a wanted bulletin for him; executive member of the Working People’s Alliance (WPA) Mutope Tacuma Ogunseye has turned himself into policeinvestigators.

Ogunseye visited the Criminal Investigations

Executive member of the Working People’s Alliance (WPA) Mutope Tacuma Ogunseye turned himself into police investigators on Friday in the presence of his lawyers, Nigel Hughes and Darren Wade. (NewsSource photo)

D e p a r t m e n t ( C I D ) headquarters, Eve Leary Georgetown on Friday in the presence of his lawyers, Nigel Hughes and Dareen Wade According to the notarrested,ourcountrywill government has ruled with bulletin Ogunseye, 71, was enter a state of permanent anironfist. wanted for attempting to instability and disorder “ W PA f e e l s t h a t excite hostility or ill-will on WPA has watched with approach to governance is the ground of race contrary horrorasthegovernmenthas unsustainable in any society, to section 3 of the Racial become drunk with the oil particularly one with a HostilityAct,Chapter23:01. revenues which have come historyofethniccontestation The incidents reportedly our way Instead of using anddivision.Itiswiththatin tookplaceonMarch9,2023, those revenues to combat mind that the WPA took to at Buxton Public Road, East poverty and ethnic division, the streets to dramatize its Coast Demerara, during a the government through its concerns. We want to alert WPA public meeting in that policies has used them as the rulers and the country at community tools of social and ethnic large to the dangers ahead Kaieteur News had inequality,”theWPAsaid. and to eventually cause a reported that earlier in the

The

The party said from political reset. Towards that week, the WPAhad said that routine discrimination in end, the party not only it was convinced that it has distribution of resources to recounts the instances of touched a raw nerve in the extrajudicial killings to the social and ethnic sufferings, country’s political economy c r i m i n a l i z a t i o n o f but boldly calls for mass which others have been opposition members to the resistance by the sufferers in whispering about the r u l i n g p a r t y ’ s the spirit of the Rodneyite country’s descent into monopolization of every principle of Self-Activity,” autocracyandethnocracy inch of political space, the thepartystated.

“Wefeelthatifthedriftis

Minister Zulfikar Mustapha hands over some of the items to the Buxton-Friendship Farmers’ Group.

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Guyana participated in the 2nd stage of the School Feeding Course for the Caribbean in the Dominican Republic

Guyana participated in the second stage of the School Feeding Course for the Caribbean in the Dominican Republic. Promoted by the school feeding project of the Brazil-FAO International Cooperation, the delegation participated in dialogues, field visits and concluded the course.

Guyana participated in “We have legitimately heard strengthened. was formed, which benefits 52 conclusion stage of the ‘Joint the second stage of the from the biggest players, the boys Israel Ríos Castillo, FAO families Training on good Strategy for Strengthening

School Feeding Course and girls, how much they love nutrition officer, pointed out that practices, technical assistance, and Sustainable School Feeding fortheCaribbeanintheDominican school feeding and the importance theorganization’scooperationwith support for access to public and Programs(PAES)inLatinAmerica Republic. ofgoodnutritionforthem.” ABC/MRE and FNDE/MEC is one private markets were promoted to and the Caribbean (LAC) - safe The regional school feeding Pacobahyba also highlighted of the most important for FAO. “I establish the Villa Poppy Farmers environment during and post project of the Brazil-FAO the role of the Sustainable School ask you to embrace the Cooperative. pandemic’, a short course on food International Cooperation carried Feeding Network (RAES), created commitment to this school feeding

Local farmer Bernardo Díadía handling and food safety topics. out an international technical by the Government of Brazil to programme in Latin America and says that they have improved and The strategy was promoted by the missionintheDominicanRepublic deepen the dialogue and exchange theCaribbean.Itisourprogramme, perfected production techniques Brazil-FAO and Brazil-UNDP with the participation of 10 of knowledge on school feeding in it was created on this continent and with the support of technical Tr i l a t e r a l S o u t h - S o u t h countries,fromMarch13to17.

LatinAmericaandtheCaribbean. wemustdefendandprotectit”. assistance. Cooperation programmes in El

Theoretical contents were ABC/MRE project analyst Visits in schools Strawberries, lettuce, potatoes, Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, presented and field activities were Paola Barbieri added that school Duringtheweek,thedelegation radicchios, chili peppers, onions, Paraguay, Peru, the Dominican developedon thedifferentlevelsof feeding is one of the agency’s visited two schools with adequate carrots, among others, are grown, Republic, Belize, Grenada, implementation of the school priorities. “We believe that school infrastructure for school feeding. which are consumed in the Guyana, Saint Vincent and the feedingpolicyofthatcountry. feeding guarantees the Human “It is important that boys and girls community and sold to other Grenadines,andSaintLucia. The mission was made up of Right to Adequate Food. It is very eat at school, not only to feed markets. “We started with courses, The strategy was divided into managers and technicians from important for the Brazilian themselves, but also to acquire wecreatedacooperative,webegan two phases. The first dealt with the school feeding programmes from government to share the good good habits. To explain to them the to sell without intermediaries to management and provision of the Ministries of Education, practicesofthisprogrammethatwe importance of healthy nutrition, of different supermarkets and approximately 600 kits in 11 LAC Agriculture and Health of Belize, haveformorethan67years”. eating vegetables and of eating companies. It is not easy, but we countries and the second was this Brazil, Bahamas, Chile, Guyana, Rodrigo Castañeda, FAO balanced food,” underscored Clara have shown that it can be done”. training of national technicians in Jamaica, Saint Lucia, Saint Kitts Representative in the Dominican Josefina Henríques, director of the This cooperative is the first entity safety, hygiene, infrastructure, and Nevis, Saint Vincent and the Republic, thanked the support of Hora de Dios School in Santo of this type in the country to obtain handling and quality of food Grenadines and Trinidad and the Brazilian cooperation and Domingo “The students have theStateProviderRegistry preparation.

Tobago On the occasion, the highlighted the work of different changedtheirhabitsalot.”

For the director of the Supérate “Wewereabletoseetheimpact second stage of a course on school institutions and local communities The other school was the Mata family farming programme,Arturo of school feeding in the field, in feeding for participants from the intheimplementationoftheschool Limóneducationalcenter,inMonte Bisonó, rural policy must take into dialogue with students and family Caribbeanwasalsodeveloped. feeding policy “The school can be Plata, a Sustainable School part of account all the variabilities of farmers, ” said Mahendra

This action was developed anarticulatorofruraldevelopment. the work of the Brazil-FAO realities. “Our task is to bring Phaghwah, breakfast programme’s withintheframeworkoftheBrazil- Our commitment is that this InternationalCooperationinschool farmers in the most sustainable and coordinator of Guyana’s Ministry FAO International Cooperation becomes a public policy of the feeding in the region. For student fastest way so that they can sell ofEducation.“Schoolfeedingdoes Programme, executed through the state, so that together we can Keyla Jasmil, who is part of a directly, ensuring quality, safety not discriminate and it is not a Brazilian Cooperation Agency of strengthen school feeding in all our school feeding committee at her and consistency to the market that vulnerability programme, school the Ministry of Foreign Affairs countries,”hesaid. school, it is very important to learn wantstheseproducts,”saidBisonó. feedingisforall”. (ABC/MRE),theNationalFundfor SFPin the Dominican Republic: about food and nutrition education Course The coordinator of the school Educational Development of the almost 2 million students andtospreadtheword:

The second stage of the School feeding project of the Brazil-FAO Ministry of Education (FNDE The director of the National “If someone in my family is not FeedingProgrammesandFoodand International Cooperation, Najla /MEC) and the Food and Institute for Student Welfare eating healthy, I can give them Nutrition Education course was Veloso, assessed that the mission Agriculture Organization of the (INABIE) of the Dominican suggestionsthatcanhelptochange. alsocarriedoutatthemission,with promoted a space for dialogue and United Nations (FAO), through the Republic, Victor Castro, stressed I have seen my friends much participants from Belize, the exchange among the Caribbean project Consolidation of School that school feeding is a state healthier, with more strength and Bahamas, Guyana, Jamaica, Saint countries. “It was an occasion to Feeding Programmes in Latin commitment He detailed the energy”, she said. The school also Lucia, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint call on sister countries to think AmericaandtheCaribbean. construction process of the School has a garden where students learn Vincent and the Grenadines, and together how we can build a better Cooperation: transforming lives Food Law and pointed out that this about different subjects, such as Trinidad.andTobago. continent and a better world, where The president of FNDE, is “the most important social science,Englishandmath. The activity generated a space all students eat, learn and improve FernandaPacobahyba,participated programmeinthecountry”,withan Family farming for theoretical and experiential their health conditions, moving the in the mission and assured Brazil’s impact on more than 712,000 Dominican family farming, a learning, promoting a meeting regional food chain with family commitment to school feeding in Dominican families and benefiting key actor in the school feeding between the Caribbean countries farming It was possible to the region: “The power of all this 1.8 million students. He also added policy,wasalsoatopicpresentedto that are working on improving the understand that it is possible to do cooperation work to transform thatthemissionhelpedtoexchange the delegation. The group visited quality of their school feeding this better and better, how we do it people’s lives was very clear,” she experiences so that local school the Constanza region, where a programmes. inyourcountries,inBrazilandhow commented. feeding can be consolidated and smallholder farmers cooperative Duringthecourse,therewasthe theDominicanRepublicisdoing”.

Malissa Monilla

Good Hope woman wanted for causing death by dangerous driving

TheGuyanaPoliceForce(GPF)onFridayissueda wanted bulletin for Malissa Monilla of Lot 196 Good Hope, East Coast Demerara (ECD), for causing death bydangerousdriving.

The police identified the victim as Simone Paul. The accident reportedly occurred on February 2, 2023 atthe#29PublicRoad,WestCoastBerbice(WCB).

Anyone with information on the whereabouts of Monillaisaskedtocontactthenearestpolicestation.

Pres. Ali dodges question on ring-fencing for 5th Exxon project

...says decision will be made public and justified

President Irfaan Ali, on Friday

Guyana Limited has already mechanismisveryeffective.” sidestepped whether his submitted its documents to the During a press engagement, Government will approve GovernmentfortheEnvironmental whenaskedaboutitswillingnessto ExxonMobil Guyana’s fifth oil Authorization for its fifth project, include a ring-fencing provision to project in the absence of a ring- US$12.7BUarudevelopment. the contract, Routledge told fencing provision, but said

It is in this vain that President reporters, “These deep-water whateverdecisionismade,“willbe Ali was asked whether the developments have a significant made public” and “can be Government will give the green up-front investment cost and the justified.” light for another of Exxon’s US- currentmechanismsupportsthatso

President Ali was at the time multibillion projects in the absence I’m not sure that starting to ringresponding to a question asked by ofaring-fencingprovision. fence what could potentially be Kaieteur News during a press

Whilethepresidentdidnotgive larger projects in the future would conference held at the National a definite answer, he said, actually encourage the sort of Track and Field Facility, located at “Whatever the Government do will developments the country wants to Leonora, West Coast Demerara be made public and will be see.” (WCD). justified. So of course, there is Moreover, Guyana has so far

Ring-fencing serves as a shield applicationsandtheGovernmentis managed to pay back ExxonMobil andpreventsburdensomeexpenses going through its assessment and anditspartners,HessandCNOOC, from being lumped onto one when we make our decision, it will approximately US$4 billion for project, thereby shortening profits people out of their fair share of the thefollowingmonth. be made public. Don’t worry at developing the Liza Phase One received Guyana has been wealth. So far, four of Exxon’s project all… one thing you don’t have to offshore project. Under normal repeatedly warned by international The 2016 Production Sharing in the prolific Stabroek Block has worry…” conditions, with ring-fencing, the energy institutes that the country Agreement (PSA) Guyana signed already been given government’s Importantly, with regard to the country would have now been may never see the promised annual onto, allows Exxon to deduct 75 approval. Those developments are: absenceofring-fencinginthe2016 reaping 50 percent of the profits revenues from its oil sector, as the percentoftheresourceseachmonth Liza I, II, Payara and Yellowtail PSA, ExxonMobil Guyana’s fromthatproject,butintheabsence “one-sided” oil contract gives to cover expenses to develop oil projects. Country Manager, Alistair of this key provision, Guyana will ExxonMobil and its partners the and gas projects. The costs that are Exxon’s subsidiary Esso Routledge is reported in the media continue to receive a meagre 12.5 benefits, leaving Guyana and its not covered each month go over to Exploration and Production as saying that, “the current percentinprofits.

President Irfaan Ali on Friday during the press conference held at the National Track and Field Facility, Leonora, West Coast Demerara (WCD).

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Evidence was filed against you by ANNITA ADRIAN, the Applicant in the Family Division of the High Court in Georgetown, Demerara.

AND FURTHER TAKE

NOTICE that as part of an Order made on the 10th day of March, 2023 the Applicant was directed to effect service of her Application on you by publication of this Notice in two (2) consecutive Saturday issue of the Kaieteur News, a daily newspaper printed, published and circulated in and around Guyana and on the Worldwide Web (Online).

VACANCY

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AND FURTHER TAKE NOTICE that if you desire you may appear or attend in person or by your duly authorized agent or Attorney-at-Law at the Registry of the Family Division of the High Court at Georgetown, Demerara where you will be issued with a certified copy of the Application together with related documents.

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LEGAL NOTICE 1

2022-HC-DEM-CIV-

FD-1208

IN THE HIGH COURT OF THE SUPREME COURT OF JUDICATURE

FAMILY, DIVORCE AND MATRIMONIAL JURISDICTION

FAMILY DIVISION

Application No. FD1208

BETWEEN:ADRIAN (ANNITA)

Applicant -andWILLIAMS (LEVAUGHN)

Respondent

TO: LEVAUGHN

Wash bay for rent at Mandela Avenue. Call: 675-3093. FOR

WILLIAMS formerly of Lot 24 Section ‘H’, Plantation Windsor Castle, Essequibo Coast, Guyana.

TAKE NOTICE that on the 25th day of August, 2022 an Application for Financial Relief/Division of Property with

AND FURTHER TAKE NOTICE that if you desire to Defend this Application, then upon receipt of the certified copy of the Application, you must file a Form 8Evidence for Financial Relief/Division of Property (Respondent) (Forms are available at the Registry) in the Registry of the Family Division of the High Court at Georgetown, Demerara within 35 (thirty-five) days from the date of the second and final publication of this Notice.

TAKE NOTICE that the Application is fixed for Directions Hearing on Wednesday the 10th day of May, 2023 at 10:30 am before the Honourable Madam Justice Sandra Kurtzious in the Directions Hearing Room via Zoom Meeting ID: 648 772 9256 and Password: 5hRiHf at the Family Division of the High Court at Georgetown.

IN DEFAULT of your filing a Form 8Evidence for Financial Relief/Division of Property the Court may proceed in your absence and may make any Order it considers appropriate, including granting the Division of Property. The Registry of the Family Division of the High Court is located at the Law Courts [Georgetown, Demerara]. The office is open to the public

Three mining blocks in Kurupukari, Rupununi mining district to sell or rent. Call: 649-7371.

LEGAL NOTICE 1

between 8:00am and 3:30pm Mondays to Thursdays and 8:00am to 2:30pm on Fridays except on public holidays and on such other days as the Registry is closed.

Dated the 14th day of March, 2023.

LEGAL NOTICE 2

AND FURTHER TAKE

NOTICE that if you desire you may appear or attend in person or by your duly authorized agent or Attorney-at-Law at the Registry of Family Division of the High Court at Georgetown, Demerara where you will be issued with a certified copy of the Petition together with related documents.

AND FURTHER TAKE

LEGAL NOTICE 3

2023-HC-DEM-CIVFD-273

IN THE HIGH COURT OF THE SUPREME COURT OF JUDICATURE

FAMILY, DIVORCE AND MATRIMONIAL JURISDICTION

FAMILY DIVISION

LEGAL NOTICE 3

within 35 (thirty- five) days from the date of the second and final publication of this Notice.

TAKE NOTICE that the divorce is fixed for Directions Hearing on Tuesday the 13th day of June, 2023 at 11:45 am before the Honourable Madam Justice

(CEASAR) LUGGARD Mc LAWRENCE

Respondent

TO: LUGGARD Mc LAWRENECE CEASAR

Address Unknown

TAKE NOTICE that on the 20th day of March, 2023 a Petition for Divorce was filed against you by VERLYN

LEGAL NOTICE 2

Filing Attorney:MS. SHELLON PRICEGUYANA LEGAL AID CLINIC“Maraj

Building” 185 Charlotte & King Streets, Georgetown, Guyana. Tel: 225-9238/ 225-9246

Email: legalaid@networksgy.com

2023-HC-DEM-CIVFD-147

IN THE HIGH COURT OF THE SUPREME COURT OF JUDICATURE

FAMILY, DIVORCE AND MATRIMONIAL JURISDICTION

FAMILY DIVISION

Petition No. FD-147

Between: VICKERIE (WENDY PATRICIA) nee

GARNETT Petitioner -vVICKERIE (DESMOND ALEXANDER) Respondent

TO: DESMOND ALEXANDER

VICKERIE

Address Unknown

TAKE NOTICE that on the 26th day of January, 2023 a Petition for Divorce was filed against you by WENDY PATRICIA VICKERIE

nee GARNETT the Petitioner/Applicant in the Family Division of the High Court in Georgetown, Demerara.

AND FURTHER TAKE

NOTICE that as part of an Order made on the 3rd day of March 2023 the Petitioner/Applicant was directed to effect service of her Petition on you by publication of this Notice in two (2) consecutive Saturday issues of the Kaieteur News, a daily newspaper printed, published and circulated in and around Guyana and on the Worldwide Web.

NOTICE that if you desire to Defend this Divorce, then upon receipt of the certified copy of the Petition, you must file an Acknowledgement of Service, Notice of Intention to Defend (Forms are available at the Registry), Answer and/or Cross Petition in the Registry of the Family Division of the High Court at Georgetown, Demerara within 50 (fifty) days from the date of the final publication of this Notice.

TAKE NOTICE that the divorce is fixed for Directions Hearing on Thursday the 15th day of June, 2023 at 9:00 am before the Honourable Madam Justice Damone Younge via Zoom meeting ID: 845 1426

6584 and Password: 786 445

IN DEFAULT of your filing an Acknowledgement of Service/Notice of Intention to Defend, Answer and/or Cross Petition the Court may proceed in your absence and may make any Order it considers appropriate, including granting the Divorce.

The Registry of the Family Division of the High Court is located at the Law Courts [Georgetown, Demerara]. The office is open to the public between 8:00am and 3:30pm Mondays to Thursdays and 8:00am to 2:30pm on Fridays except on public holidays and on such other days as the Registry is closed. Dated the 24th day of March, 2023.

PETITION NO.: FD273

BETWEEN:KLASS (SHAUNDELL ALEXIS) nee SAMUELS Petitioner/ Applicant -and-KLASS (ANDREW KUANDA) Respondent

To the Respondent ANDREW KUANDA KLASS formerly of 1082 Cummings Park, Sophia, Guyana.

TAKE NOTICE that on the 14th day of February, 2023 a Petition for Divorce was filed against you by SHAUNDELL ALEXIS KLASS nee SAMUELS, the Petitioner/ Applicant in the Family Division of the High Court in Georgetown, Demerara.

AND FURTHER TAKE

NOTICE that as part of an Order made on the 13th day of March, 2023 the Petitioner/Applicant was directed to effect service of her Petition on you by publication of this Notice in two (2) consecutive Saturday issues of the Kaieteur News, a daily newspaper printed, published and circulated in and around Guyana.

AND FURTHER TAKE

NOTICE that if you desire you may appear or attend in person or by your duly authorized agent or Attorney-at-Law at the Registry of the Family Division of the High Court at Georgetown, Demerara where you will be issued with a certified copy of the Petition together with related documents.

AND FURTHER TAKE

NOTICE that if you desire to Defend this Divorce, then upon receipt of the certified copy of the Petition, you must file an Acknowledgement of Service, Notice of Intention to Defend (Forms are available at the Registry), Answer and/or Cross Petition in the Registry of the Family Division of the High Court at Georgetown, Demerara

Damone Younge via Zoom Meeting ID: 845 1426 6584 and Password: 786 445 at the Family Division of the High Court at Georgetown.

IN DEFAULT of your filing an Acknowledgement of Service/Notice of Intention to Defend, Answer and/or Cross Petition the Court may proceed in your absence and may make any Order it considers appropriate, including granting the Divorce.

The Registry of the Family Division of the High Court is located at the Law Courts [Georgetown, Demerara]. The office is open to the public between 8:00am and 3:30pm Mondays to Thursdays and 8:00am to 2:30pm on Fridays except on public holidays and on such other days as the Registry is closed.

Dated the 21st day of March, 2023

CEASAR nee COZIER

the Petitioner/ Applicant in the Family Division of the High Court in Georgetown, Demerara.

AND FURTHER TAKE

NOTICE that as part of an Order made on the 23rd day of March, 2023 the Petitioner/ Applicant was directed to effect service of her Petition on you by publication of this Notice in two (2) consecutive Saturday issues of the Kaieteur News, a daily newspaper printed, published and circulated in and around Guyana and on the Worldwide Web.

AND FURTHER TAKE

NOTICE that if you desire you may appear or attend in person or by your duly authorized agent or Attorney-at-Law at the Registry of Family Division of the High Court at Georgetown, Demerara where you will be issued with a certified copy of the Petition together with related documents.

AND FURTHER TAKE

NOTICE that if you desire to Defend this Divorce, then upon receipt of the certified copy of the Petition, you must file an Acknowledgement of Service, Notice of Intention to Defend (Forms are available at the Registry), Answer and/or Cross Petition in the Registry of the Family Division of the High Court at Georgetown, Demerara within 35 (thirty-five) days from the date of the final publication of this Notice.

High Court is located at the Law Courts [Georgetown, Demerara]. The office is open to the public between 8:00am and 3:30pm Mondays to Thursdays and 8:00am to 2:30pm on Fridays except on public holidays and on such other days as the Registry is closed.

Dated the 29th day of March,2023.

FOR REGISTRAR

LEGAL NOTICE 4

Applicant in Person: Verlyn Ceasar nee

Cozier

Address: Lot 792

Parika Facade, East Bank Essequibo

Tel#: 691-8450

2023-HC-DEM-CIVFD-474

IN THE HIGH COURT OF THE SUPREME COURT OF JUDICATURE

FAMILY, DIVORCE AND MATRIMONIAL JURISDICTION

FAMILY DIVISION

PETITION NO. FD-474

BETWEEN:

(CEASAR) VERLYN nee COZIER Petitioner/ Applicant -V--

TAKE NOTICE that the divorce is fixed for Directions Hearing on Friday the 2nd day of June, 2023 at 9:15 am before the Honourable Madam Justice Sandra Kurtzious. Via Zoom meeting ID: 648 772 9256 and Password: 5hRiHf

IN DEFAULT of your filing an Acknowledgement of Service/Notice of Intention to Defend, Answer and/or Cross Petition the Court may proceed in your absence and may make any Order it considers appropriate, including granting the Divorce.

The Registry of the Family Division of the

LEGAL NOTICE 5

2023-HC-DEM-CIVFD-97

IN THE HIGH COURT OF THE SUPREME COURT OF JUDICATURE FAMILY, DIVORCE AND MATRIMONIAL JURISDICTION

FAMILY DIVISION

PETITION NO. FD-97 BETWEEN:

AMELIA ANITA GEORGE nee ARTHUR Petitioner -vDESMOND COLLIN GEORGE Respondent

To the Respondent ANDREW KUANDA KLASS formerly of Lot 309 Victoria Village, East Coast Demerara, Guyana.

TAKE NOTICE that on the 18th day of January, 2023 a Petition for Divorce was filed against you by AMELIA ANITA GEORGE nee ARTHUR, the Petitioner/ Applicant in the Family Division of the High Court in Georgetown, Demerara.

AND FURTHER TAKE NOTICE that as part of an Order made on the 13th day of March, 2023 the Petitioner/Applicant was directed to effect service of her Petition on you by publication of this Notice in two (2) consecutive Saturday issues of the Kaieteur newspaper printed, published and circulated in and around the Republic of Guyana and on the world wide web.

AND FURTHER TAKE NOTICE that if you desire you may appear or attend in person or by

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your duly authorized agent or Attorney-atLaw at the Registry of the Family Division of the High Court at Georgetown, Demerara where you will be issued with a certified copy of the Petition together with related documents.

AND FURTHER TAKE

NOTICE that if you desire to Defend this Divorce, then upon receipt of the certified copy of the Petition, you must file an Acknowledgement of Service, Notice of Intention to Defend (Forms are available at the Registry), Answer and/or Cross Petition in the Registry of the Family Division of the High Court at Georgetown, Demerara within 35(thirty-five) days from the date of the second and final publication of this Notice.

TAKE NOTICE that the divorce is fixed for Directions Hearing on Thursday the 15th day of June, 2023 at 11:45 am before the Honourable Madam Justice Damone Younge via Zoom Meeting ID: 845 1426

6584 and Password: 786 445 at the Family Division of the High Court at Georgetown.

IN DEFAULT of your filing an Acknowledgement of Service/Notice of Intention to Defend, Answer and/or Cross Petition the Court may proceed in your absence and may make any Order it considers appropriate, including granting the Divorce. The Registry of the Family Division of the High Court is Located at the Law Courts [Georgetown, Demerara]. The office is open to the public between 8:00am and 3:30pm Mondays to Thursdays and 8:00am to 2:30pm on Fridays except on public holidays and on such other days as the Registry is closed.

Dated the 21st day of March, 2023

Trump will not appear in court in handcuffs – lawyer

BBC - Donald Trump’s court hearing has been set for Tuesday afternoon, according to the BBC’s US partner CBS News.

The former president is expected to fly from Florida on his private plane and hand himself in with federal agents there to protect him.

A grand jury has indicted Mr Trump in connection with a $130,000 (£105,000) pay-out to porn star Stormy Daniels.

The charges are not yet public, and a lawyer for Mr Trump said on Friday that he too has yet to read the indictment.

A law enforcement official told CBS that Mr Trump is expected to fly his private plane to New York on Monday before surrendering to officials on Tuesday.

The process is likely to involve dozens or possibly hundreds of Secret Service agents, the official added, speaking on condition of anonymity.

Mr Trump will not be handcuffed, the official added, saying that shackles are typically only used on suspects who are thought to be a flight or safety risk.

The hearing is due to take place at 14:15 local time (19:15GMT).

Mr Trump’s lawyer, Joe Tacopina, told ABC News that Mr Trump will “probably” appear in court on Tuesday, “but nothing is certain”.

Prosecutors “will try and get every ounce of publicity they can from this thing”, he said, adding “the president

will not be put in handcuffs”.

“I understand they’re going to be closing off blocks around the courthouse, shutting down the courthouse,” he continued.

Security is being coordinated by the FBI, NYPD, Secret Service and New York City court officers.

Sources tell CBS that they are bracing for possible scenarios that include attacks against Mr Trump, prosecutors, jurors or members of the public. The district attorney’s office has received “many threats”, the sources said.

On Friday morning, the streets around the courthouse were calm but the barricades were going up in anticipation of what may come next week.

Police officers were on patrol and security plans were being put into place. Many expect the area to go into lockdown when the former president attends court.

The district attorney’s office had initially asked Mr Trump to surrender on Friday, according to Politico, but the request was rejected because more time was needed for security preparations.

Mr Trump, 76, denies wrongdoing. He is the first serving or former US president to face a criminal charge.

It is unclear how many charges are contained in the indictment, which is still sealed.

Media reports have said the ex-president faces more than 30 counts related to business fraud and Mr Tacopina said on Thursday he thought

there would be 34. But on Friday, he said he did not know how many.

“We know what the subject matter is, we know the basis of the charges. We don’t know the exact counts or how they’re formulated,” he said. On Friday Mr Trump began attacking the judge assigned to his case in an effort to undermine the credibility of the investigation and rally his base to his defence.

Republicans - including House Speaker Kevin McCarthy - have accused the Manhattan district attorney of weaponising the criminal justice system to influence next year’s presidential election. Georgia Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Green, who Mr Trump recently suggested should run for Senate, called on followers to protest and said she plans to be present in New York next week.

In response, Manhattan

Biden to Russia on detained US journalist: ‘Let him go’

AP — President Joe Biden on Friday urged Russia to release Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich, who was arrested on espionage charges — allegations the newspaper denies.

“Let him go,” Biden told reporters at the White House when asked about his message to Russia on the arrest of Gershkovich.

Russia’s Federal Security Service has accused Gershkovich, a U.S. citizen, of trying to obtain classified information. It is the first time an American journalist has been detained in Russia on accusations of spying since the Cold War. The Journal has said it “vehemently denies” the charges.

Speaking at a news conference in Lusaka, Zambia, Vice President Kamala Harris added that the administration was “deeply concerned” about Gershkovich’s arrest.

“We will not tolerate — and condemn, in fact — repression of journalists,” Harris said during a weeklong

visit to Africa.

The Biden administration said Thursday it was working to secure U.S. consular access to Gershkovich.

Asked Friday whether he would expel Russian diplomats or journalists in the U.S., Biden responded: “That’s not the plan right now.”

Karine Jean-Pierre, the White House press secretary, called the targeting of U.S. citizens in Russia “unaccept-

District Attorney Alvin Bragg said the charges had been brought by citizens of New York doing their civic dutyand neither the former president nor Congress could interfere with proceedings.

In Washington, the US Capitol Police, which are tasked with safeguarding lawmakers in Congress, said the force believes protests will take place across the country and have plans in place to increase security at the US Capitol.

In 2016 adult film star Stormy Daniels contacted media outlets offering to sell her account of what she said was an adulterous affair she had with Mr Trump in 2006the year after he married his current wife, Melania.

Mr Trump’s team got wind of this and his lawyer, Michael Cohen, paid $130,000 to Ms Daniels to keep quiet. This is not illegal.

However, when Mr Trump

reimbursed Mr Cohen, the record for the payment says it was for legal fees.

Prosecutors say this amounts to Mr Trump falsifying business records, which is a misdemeanour - a criminal offence - in New York.

President Joe Biden declined to comment on the indictment, despite being pressed on the issue by journalists as he left the White House on a trip to Mississippi.

Mr Tacopina said Mr Trump was being “pursued by a prosecutor who has obviously very diverse political views from the president. So it’s a very troubling case”.

He said the former president was “not worried at all” about the charges.

“He’s upset, angry. He’s being persecuted politically. That is clear to many people, not only on the Right but on the Left.”

able” and said the administration condemns the detention of Gershkovich “in the strongest terms.”

The Biden administration has also warned U.S. citizens not to travel to Russia, and for Americans in the country to depart immediately.

In Moscow, Dmitry Muratov, Nobel Peace Prize-winning editor-inchief of the Novaya Gazeta newspaper, told reporters he knows the detained journalist and “Gershkovich was not an agent using his professional and journalistic accreditation as a cover for espionage.”

Speaking more generally of the Kremlin’s repression of independent journalism, which has intensified since Russia invaded Ukraine, Muratov said: “This is a trend — trying to attribute espionage and treason to people at every step, to show that the profession of a journalist is an enemy profession for the country — for Russian and other journalists.”

IMF board approves $15.6bn Ukraine loan package

Loan is part of a broader $115bn international support package to help the country meet urgent funding needs.

Aljazeera - The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has approved a $15.6bn support package for Ukraine to assist with the conflict-hit country’s economic recovery, the fund has said.

The Russian invasion has devastated Ukraine’s economy, causing activity to contract by around 30 percent last year, destroying much of its capital stock and fuelling poverty, according to the IMF.

The 48-month Extended Fund Facility (EFF) programme approved by the fund’s board is worth roughly $15.6bn. It forms the IMF’s portion of a $115bn overall support package comprised of debt relief, grants and loans by multilateral and bilateral institutions, the organisation confirmed in a

press conference Friday.

The IMF recently changed its rules to allow loan programmes for countries facing “exceptionally high uncertainty”. The new fouryear programme aims to “anchor macroeconomic and financial stability as well as to undertake critical structural reforms as the war continues,” IMF Deputy Managing Director Gita Gopinath said in a statement.

Of the total amount approved by the IMF, $2.7bn is being made available to Ukraine immediately, with the rest of the funds due to be released over the next four years.

The more “ambitious structural reforms” to support sustained growth and post-war reconstruction, as well as facilitate Ukraine’s path to EU accession among other goals, will be left until active combat ends, she added.

A Secret Service agent guards Mr Trump’s Florida home (Getty Images)

President Joe Biden

Wimbledon lifts ban on Russian and Belarusian players

SportsMax - Russian and Belarusian athletes will be allowed to compete at this year’s Wimbledon after the All England Club (AELTC) reversed its ban from the previous year.

Players from those nations were banned from competing in response to Russia’s illegal invasion of Ukraine in 2022 and the support provided to Russia by Belarus.

The lifting of the ban does come with certain conditions, with players only allowed to compete if they do so as a “neutral” athlete and without funding from either state or state-run organisations.

Players and support staff

will also have to sign neutrality declarations and will be barred from showing any “expressions of support” for the ongoing war in Ukraine.

“We continue to condemn totally Russia’s illegal invasion and our wholehearted support remains with the people of Ukraine,” said AELTC chairman Ian Hewitt.

“This was an incredibly difficult decision, not taken lightly or without a great deal of consideration for those who will be impacted.

“It is our view that, considering all factors, these are the most appropriate arrangements for The Championships for this year.

“We are thankful for the

Saturday April 01, 2023

ARIES (Mar. 21–Apr. 19)

Look for answers to your question today, Aries. The good news is that the answers are now out there and easily accessible. Seek the truth and you will find it.

TAURUS(Apr.20–May20)

You may not necessarily approve of the behavior of the people around you, Taurus, but that doesn't mean you need to make their lives miserable.

GEMINI (May 21–June 20)

You have an extra amount of physical vitality to work with now, Gemini, so take advantage of it to give your body a good workout. Eat well and avoid fatty, salty foods.

CANCER (June 21–July 22)

You may keep having the same thoughts over and over in your head, Cancer. Each day you may work out a different scenario for the way it comes to an end.

LEO (July 23–Aug. 22)

You may feel like you're on the run in some way or other today, Leo. It may even seem like someone is chasing you. They're right on your heels and you're doing everything

VIRGO (Aug. 23–Se pt. 22)

Every day is a new start and new chance, Virgo. Don't get upset or angry over past events. Don't dwell on things you can't change. Your whole life can turn around in a day.

Guyana Olympic Association collaborates with the Guyana Amateur Swimming Association

At the first-convened Council Meeting with all constituent members on Thursday 30th March, 2023, newly elected SecretaryGeneral, Mrs. Vidushi Persaud-McKinnon reported that the Executive Committee has thus far engaged every single association member by way of individual letters which have been duly received and in months to come, will be engaging every Association.

correspondence which have been directed to the GOA.

As such, support was provided to the Guyana Amateur Swimming Association’s Team of eight (8) athletes and two (2) officials travelling to the 2023 Carifta Games in Curacao. They were to depart Guyana yesterday and return on April 12th, 2023.

government’s support as we and our fellow tennis stakeholder bodies have navigated this complex matter and agreed on con-

LIBRA (Sept. 23–Oct. 22)

You're apt to move in and out of sync with people today, Libra. At first it may seem quite natural and easy to be in your situation, then the next minute you feel alone.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23–Nov. 21)

You may feel as if you're the only one who picks up on the nuances of conversations and actions around you, Scorpio. Your reaction to things is more than likely quite strong.

SAGIT(Nov.22–Dec.21)

You may feel emotionally on fire today, Sagittarius. One conversation with someone will suddenly spark a discussion of some sort that proves extremely valuable to you in the long run.

CAPRI (Dec. 22–Jan. 19)

Bring more of your feelings into the open today, Capricorn. Don't be so paranoid about what other people think. At times you may feel as if you're in some sort of spy movie with you playing the lead role.

AQUARIUS(Jan.20–Feb.18)

Have fun today, Aquarius, but make sure you're always professional and polite. Appearance and a good-natured demeanor will get you far.

PISCES (Feb. 19–Mar. 20)

Today may be filled with conflict when your legs carry you one way while your heart tugs you in a completely different.

ditions we believe are workable. “If circumstances change materially between now and the commencement of The Championships, we will consider and respond accordingly.” The AELTC said the move came about after intense discussions with the UK government, the Lawn Tennis Association (LTA) and international stakeholder bodies in tennis.

It also confirmed the change in policy was a response to the “strong and very disappointing reaction” to last year’s ban as well as the organisation having witnessed a year of Russian and Belarusian athletes competing neutrally on the tour circuit.

The LTA was the only organisation to bar athletes from those nations from competing in their events and was fined $1million by the WTA for the move.

The reversal of the decision will allow previously banned athletes to compete in the grand slam as well as the other events in the runup to Wimbledon at Queen’s Club and Eastbourne.

Briton John places 3rd...

From page 33 John (12 points) closed off the podium spots.

Chad Conley (8 points) 706P, Scarano (6 points) 706P, Andrew Ramsey (5 points) AVR Racing, along with teammates Jerome Forest (4 points), and Edwin Sutherland (3 points) took the other two positions.

Burrowes shared that the second stage would see both Guyanese riders consolidating whilst noting that John will continue to get better as the event continues as he is in prime shape and will challenge seriously for the top overall podium position.

Newly elected President of the Guyana Olympic Association, Mr. Godfrey Munroe addressed the Meeting and apprised them of decisions taken because of reasons of expediency to address some requests and

Vice-President Ms. Cristy Campbell handed over the sponsorship cheque to Mr. Dwayne Scott, President of the Guyana Amateur Swimming Association and wi shed the Team departing much success and that that they look forward to their Report afterwards.

The logo outside the Wimbledon A1ll England Club.

South Africa move closer to World Cup qualification with easy win over Dutch

BENONI,

South

Africa, (Reuters) - Captain Temba Bavuma scored an unbeaten 90tosteerSouthAfricatoan easy eight wicket victory overtheNetherlandsintheir one-day international yesterdayandtakehissidea step closer to automatic WorldCupqualification.

Bavuma’s tally came off 79 balls as South Africa scored 190-2 in reply to the Dutchtotalof189.

A i d e n M a r k r a m contributed 51 not out in a 1 0 2 - r u n u n b e a t e n partnership with Bavuma to steerSouthAfricatovictory with20oversremaining.

The Dutch were put into batonanunusuallycoldday ontheHighveldandwiththe altitude assisting them, got off to a bright start with 58

runs off 66 balls before losingtheirfirstwicket.

But Max O’Dowd’s dismissal, as he edged Sisanda Magala to Quinton de Kock, took the momentum away and the Dutchwereneverabletoget a profitable partnership goingagain.

Opener Vikramjit Singh hit some impressivesixes in hisinningsof45runsoff53 b a l l s w h i l e Te j a Nidamanuru,inatNo.6,top scored for the tourists with 48.

Spinner Tabraiz Shamsi took 3-25, backed up by seamer Magala with 3-37 as the Dutch were bowled out in46.1overs.

The victory moved SouthAfrica,whopickedup 10points,intoninthplacein

theWorldCupSuperLeague which determines the eight automatic qualifiers for the WorldCupinIndialaterthis year

South Africa’s win means Sri Lanka will finish outside the top eight in the standings and will have to compete in a qualifying tournament in Zimbabwe in June,wheretwomoreWorld Cupplacesareonoffer

If SouthAfrica win their last qualifying ODI against the Dutch at the Wanderers on Sunday, then the West Indies will also drop out of thetopeightandbeforcedto compete in the qualifying tournament.

Only Ireland will then stand a chance of automatic qualification but will need three emphatic wins over

Stirling leads Ireland to maiden Bangladesh win

Bangladesh when they host them at Chelmsford in May to finish above SouthAfrica in the Super League

standings.

Scores:SouthAfrica190 for 2 (Bavuma 90* , Markram 51*, Dutt 1-30)

beat Netherlands 189 (Nidamanuru 48, Vikramjit 45, Shamsi 3-25, Magala 337)byeightwickets.

AFP-PaulStirlinghitan aggressive 77 off 41 balls to lift Ireland to their first win against Bangladesh on Bangladeshi soil in yesterday’s third and final T20match.

The visitors lost the opening two matches but raced to 126-3 in 14 overs after bowling out their hosts for124inChittagong.

Shamim Hossain struck his maiden 50 to lift Bangladesh from a precarious 41-5 but it was not enough to deny Ireland theirfirstwinofthetour

“The wicket was good, but unfortunately we lost a few quick wickets,” said Bangladesh’s Taskin Ahmed, who was named playeroftheseries.

Stirling hit 10 fours and four sixes, including a six

and three fours off consecutive deliveries, to hastenhisteam’svictory Taskin bowled Ross Adair for seven before Shoriful Islam dismissed Lorcan Tucker for four, but Stirling shared a 68-run partnership with Harry Tectorforthethirdwicketto keepIrelandoncourse.

Ireland were well in control by the time debutant leg-spinner Rishad Hossain had Stirling caught by NajmulHossainatlongon.

Curtis Campher sealed thewinwithasixoffTaskin.

MarkAdair led Ireland’s bowling attack with 3-25, while Matthew Humphreys picked up 2-10, denying Bangladesh the opportunity to build any significant partn

dismissed

Das for five off his first ball inthesecondover

“Ithinktakingwicketsin the powerplay today made a big difference. It allowed them to have to readjust and withtheline-upthattheyhad today,”hesaid.

Shamim, who came at numbersix,hitfivefoursand twosixestotakeBangladesh pastthe100-runmarkbefore he became the last man dismissed. Bangladesh won the preceding one-day internationalseries2-0.

The two teams will now play a one-off Test starting onTuesdayinDhaka.

Scores:Ireland126for3 (Stirling 77, Campher 16*, Tector 14*, Rishad 1-19) beat Bangladesh 124 (Shamim 51, Adair 3-25, Humphreys 2-10) by seven wickets.

Ukraine

says athletes not allowed to compete against Russians in Paris qualifiers

(Reuters) - Ukrainian athletes will not be allowed to take part in qualifying events for the 2024 Paris Olympics if they have to compete against Russians, government minister Oleh Nemchinovsaid.

Nemchinov, secretary of Ukraine’s cabinet ministers, said the government’s decision was adopted following a proposal by sports minister Vadym Huttsait and that national federations ignoring the ruling could be sanctioned. Huttsait is also president of Ukraine’s Olympic committee.

The International Olympic Committee ( I O C ) i s s u e d r e c o m m e n d a t i o n s Tuesday for the gradual return to international competition for Russian and Belarusian athletes as neutrals.

Athletes from the two countries have been banned from most elite international sporting competitions since last March in the wake of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, which Moscow calls a “special military operation”.

“At a meeting of the government, a protocol decision was made on the proposal of colleague Huttsait that we take part in

Olympic rings to celebrate the IOC official announcement that Paris won the 2024 Olympic bid are seen in front of the Eiffel Tower at the Trocadero square in Paris, France, September 16, 2017. (REUTERS/Benoit Tessier)

qualifyingcompetitionsonly where there are no Russians,” Nemchinov was quoted as saying by Suspilne, Ukraine’s public broadcaster,onThursday

“ A c c o r d i n g l y , participation outside these criteria may be grounds for depriving federations oftheirnationalstatus.”

The IOC is to make a separate decision on the participation of Russian and Belarusian athletes in Parisatalaterdate.

Ukraine has also threatened to boycott the 2024 Games should they be allowedtocompetethere.

Ukraine’ssportsministry condemned the IOC’s latest guidelines on Wednesday, while the head of Russia’s Olympiccommitteehassaid the IOC’s criteria was “unacceptable”.

“Iwanttotellourfellow athleteswhoareworriedthat

duetotheIOCmeasuresand theadmissionofRussiansor Belarusianstocompetitions, and accordingly Ukrainians will not be able to participate,thattheircareers willbebroken,”Nemchinov said.

“Butyourlifeandthatof yourchildrenwillremain.”

The IOC is reluctant to exclude Russians and Belarusians from Paris for fear of a return to the boycotts of the Cold War era and set out a pathway in January for them to earn OlympicslotsthroughAsian qualifying to compete as neutralathletes.

Some federations have readmitted Russians and B e l a r u s i a n s i n competitions but there is also considerable opposition to the IOC’s plans from athletes and s o m e E u r o p e a n governments.

South Africa’s Aiden Markram shakes hands with Netherlands’Wesley Barresi and teammates after they won the match. (REUTERS/Siphiwe Sibeko)

Paul Stirling hit an aggressive 77 off 41 balls.

Oscar Pistorius parole bid collapses in South Africa

BBC News - Oscar Pistorius’s bid for parole collapsed in South Africa after it was revealed he had not yet served enough time toqualifyforearlyrelease.

The 36-year-old former Paralympian is serving 13 years for the murder of his g i r l f r i e n d , R e e v a Steenkamp,in2013.

The parole board met to hear evidence, including from Pistorius and Ms Steenkamp’smother

But instead of giving a decision afterwards,

embarrassed officials admitted their timings had beenwrong.

Earlier this week, they had received, but ignored, a letter from South Africa’s top appeals court, which explained that Pistorius neededtospendanotheryear andahalfinprisonbeforehe could be considered for parole.

T h e h e a r i n g a t Atteridgevilleprison,alowsecurity facility in rolling fieldsjustoutsidethecityof Pretoria, should never have

Oscar Pistorius, who was sentenced to 13 years in jail, will not be freed until August next year at the earliest.

(Reuters)

happened.

For weeks, officials had insisted the amputee former sprinterwaseligibletoapply for parole, having served halfhissentence.

The confusion stems fromthefactthatPistorius’s time in prison has been brokenupbyappealsandby aperiodofhousearrest.

There is disagreement about where to draw the halfwayline.

Pistorius’s family have expressed dismay and are seekinglegalclarification.

It has been an emotional day for the Steenkamp family, who have welcomed thefactthatPistoriuswillnot beyetbefreed.

“Today is not a cause for celebration We miss Reeva terribly and will do so for the rest of our lives We believe in justice and hope that it continues to prevail,” their statement said

When June Steenkamp, Reeva’s mother, spoke to reporters before the hearing she said she

No major upgrades for Mercedes before Imola, says Wolff

opposed the release of her daughter’s killer: “I don’t b e l i e v e O s c a r i s r e m o r s e f u l o r rehabilitated ” The sixtime Paralympic gold medallisthasexpressedhis deep remorse for killing h i s g i r l f r i e n d o n Valentine’s Day in 2013, but continues to maintain he shot her by mistake, believing she was a robber Pistorius was initially found guilty of culpable

homicide and given a sixyear term But prosecutors launched an appeal, arguing this was too lenient The sentence was increased to 13 years as he was then convicted of murder

This verdict was based onthegroundsthathemust have known his actionsshooting three times through a locked bathroom door in his Pretoria homewould lead to the death of

whoever was on the other side.

The televised trial of the man once dubbed “the Blade Runner”, because of the ground-breaking prosthetic legs he wore in both Paralympic and Olympic track races, attracted huge global attention

It now seems likely that he will not have an opportunity to leave prison beforeAugust2024.

Lewis Hamilton

M E L B O U R N E , (Reuters) -

and George Russell will have to wait until the sixth race of the Formula One season at Imola in May for any major upgrades to their cars, team boss Toto Wolff saidyesterday.

The former champions are third overall after two races, level on points with Aston Martin and 49 behind leadersRedBull.

“We are doing good steps, good developments but you have to run them, confirm them, produce them,”theAustriantoldSky Sports F1 at the Australian

GrandPrixinMelbourne.

“So I think we are not looking for introduction beforeImola.Wewanttodo itright.

“We shouldn’t expect a miracle.Thenextthreeraces we won’t be adding any performance.

It’s finding the best setupsolutions,tyre,intheright window.”

Azerbaijan on April 30 followsonfromMelbourne, the long gap due to the cancellation of the Chinese Grand Prix, with Miami on May7.

Italy’s Imola hosts the Emilia-RomagnaGrandPrix

onMay21.

Wolff said after the March 19 Saudi Arabian Grand Prix that Mercedes were “storming full steam ahead” after going back to thedrawingboardwiththeir car.

“The kind of gains that are coming in, in our R&D andinaero,aremuchbigger than we’ve had over a long time,” he told reporters in Jeddah.

Seven-times world champion Hamilton said in Jeddah that champions Red Bullprobablyenjoyedaone and a half second advantage perlap.

Mercedes’Lewis Hamilton in action during practice at the Australian Grand Prix. (REUTERS/Jaimi Joy)

Oscar Pistorius shot his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp at their home in Pretoria on Valentine’s Day 10 years ago. (Gallo Images)

Team Mohamed provides cash support for Demerara Cricket Board’s“Friends of Demerara Cricket Fund” of

Team Mohamedof 29 Lombard Street, Werk-enRust, Georgetown, is the latest sponsor for the Demerara Cricket Board’s initiative “Friends of Demerara Cricket Fund”

This new initiative was launchedrecently

Team Mohamed is the fourth business entity to provide support, following Gafoors of Guyana, KW Logistics and Bus Services and Sunita Travel Agency. The DCB will use the funds raised to cushion the cost of its junior Inter Association CricketTournaments. Funds will also be used to assist in fulfilling its mandate to develop the game.

The Demerara Cricket Board is aggressively embarking on playing cricket competitions at all levels, from under13 to Senior males and females. Training programmes for

coaches and cricketers, seminars for managers, book, board and electronic scorers, match referees etc., will be done.Academies for juniorcricketerswillalsobe held across the five Sub Associations.

At a simple but significant ceremony held recently, Azruddin Mohamed, owner of the business, presented the cheque to DCB’s First Vice President, Puneet Jaigopaul, in the presence of other Executive Members of the Board. Mohamed said he is happy to contribute to cricket,particularlytoyoung players.

Jaigopaul, in response, expressed his gratitude and indicated that the funds wouldbewellaccountedfor He added that the funds wouldbeusedtocoversome of the cost of the DCB Inter

Association Under17 Cricket Tournament as requested by the sponsor

That tournament is expected to commence shortly The DCB urge Guyanese to support Team Mohamed so that they can continue to c o n t r i b u t e t o t h e development of cricket in Demerara, Guyana, and the WestIndies.

N o w t h a t Te a m Mohamed is on board, the sponsorshipis$660,000.

The DCB, while in negotiations with several sponsors, some of whose approvals have already been secured, recognizes the limited sponsorship dollars available resulting in this innovation. The Demerara Cricket Board encourages private individuals, private businesses, and Corporate Guyana to support this initiative and place Demerara Cricket to its formerdominance.

Weassureaccountability for the funds with widespread print and electronic media coverage.

Point to note, sponsorship for sports and charitable organizations can enjoy tax breaksastheLawallows.

Anyone willing to support this project can

contact Bissoondyal Singh, President, at 623 0055, Davteerth Anandjit, Secretary, at 617 8502, Vicky Bharosay, Treasurer, at 652 0947, Anil Beharry,

Marketing Manager, at 623 6875 or any other Executive Member of the Demerara Cricket Board. The board looks forward to your support.

Gujarat win IPL opener in front of more than 100,000 fans

AFP - Opener Shubman

Gill smashed 63 as holders Gujarat Titans beat Chennai SuperKingsbyfivewickets intheIndianPremierLeague openerinfrontof morethan 100,000 fans inAhmedabad yesterday

Chasing 179 for victory,

Gujarat rode on Gill’s 36ball knock to achieve their targetwithfourballstospare attheworld’sbiggestcricket stadium and their homeground.

The 16th edition of the money-spinning T20 tournament began with a

glitzyopeningceremonyand fireworks at a ground which has an official capacity of 132,000.

A roar erupted when homecaptainHardikPandya won the toss and elected to fieldfirstbutitwasChennai opener Ruturaj Gaikwad

whosoonsilencedthehome fans with a flurry of boundaries in his 92 off 50 balls.

Ruturaj lost partners Moeen Ali for 23 and then new signing Ben Stokes — the England all-rounder brought for $1.96 million in the auction — for seven but keptuptheattackagainstthe oppositionbowlers.

But Mohammed Shami, who reached 100 IPL wickets, Rashid Khan and Alzarri Joseph took two wickets each to check the opposition scoring. Gujarat suffered a blow when new overseas player Kane Williamson jarred his knee while attempting a catch at theboundaryandlimpedoff theground.

Sai Sudharsan replaced Williamson under the new “impact player” rule, which was also taken by Chennai, who replaced Ambati Rayudu with pace bowler Tushar Deshpande before theyfielded.

The impact player, who canonlybeanIndianunless theteamhasfewerthanfour overseas players in their XI, is chosen from one of five substitutes listed with the team.

Other innovations include captains being allowedtoannouncetheirXI

afterthetossandteamsbeing able to review umpires’ decisions on no-balls and wides using the Decision ReviewSystem.

Deshpandegottheprized wicketofGillafterbeinghit forasixonthepreviousball toboostChennai’shopesofa turnaround but unbeaten cameos from Rashid Khan (10) and RahulTewatia (15) steeredtheirteamhome

There was more of Chennai’s yellow than blue of Gujarat at the stadium, which welcomed 41-yearold M.S. Dhoni with loud cheersatthestartofthegame inwhatcouldbethelastIPL asplayerfortheformerIndia

captain. The league, which began in 2008 and this year returns to a home-and-away format following the end of the pandemic, has grown to betheworld’srichestcricket tournament and a huge revenueearnerfortheBCCI. Gujarat pulled off a fairytale title win in their debut season last year in front of a record crowd of 101,566atthesamevenue. The 2023 tournament runsuntilMay28.

Scores: Gujarat Titans 182 for 5 (Gill 63, Hangargekar 3-36) beat ChennaiSuperKings178for 7(Gaikwad92,Rashid2-26, Shami2-29)byfivewickets.

Rashid Khan and Rahul Tewatia celebrate the win. (BCCI)

From Left, Mr. Clarence Brotherson, Ms. Kavita Yadram, Mr. Puneet Jaigopaul receiving the funds from Mr. Mohamed, as Azeem Khan and Mr Anandjit share the moment.

CRTTF Youth Caribbean championship concludes today

Players returned to the National Gymnasium, M a n d e l a Av e n u e , GeorgetownonThursdayfor Day-four of the Caribbean Regional Table Tennis Federation (CRTTF) 2023 Yo u t h C a r i b b e a n championship.

At this stage the Boys and Girls team would have already been decided, congratulation to Dominica Republic for winning the Under-19 and Under-15 Boy’steamcategory On Day four: the regional youth table tennis U15 and U19 boys and girls competed for a chance of Mixed-Doubles supremacy Regional powerhouse Dominica Republic dominated day four as the copped both the U15 and U19 Mixed Doubles’ championships.

Asactiongotontheway, Guyanahoweverendedtheir Mixed Doubles campaign with a loss in the quarter finals match against Jamaica.

Prior to this, Jonathan and Tharia Thomas played well to secure their quarter finals spot but later failed to follow through to the semis.

Umar Percival and Shakecy

Damon quarter final dreams was short lived after the suffered a defeat to

Jamaica’sAzzi Johnson and Tsenaye Lewis 3-0. While U19 team of Thomas and VanLangedefeatedTrinidad andTobago’sJamalliMaude andMikahStrougethreesets to nil to book their quarter final Mixed Double’s spot. Van Lange and Thomas looking for the win to advance to the semis, came out well poised but later crumbled to a 3-0 defeat against Jamaica to end their

MixedDouble’scampaignat thequarterfinalsstage.

Thomas and Van Lange found it hard to gather neededpointsintheirquarter finals encounter, as the Jamaican duo (Joel Butler and Kelsey Davidson) collected valuable points to commandthevictoryagainst the host (11-7, 11-7, 11-9). Guyana’s 3-0 lost to push Jamaica through to the U19 MixedDoublessemis.

Meanwhile,Jamaicamet with Dominica Republic in the semi finals but the

Dominicansmadelightwork of Butler and Davidson Dominica’s Eduardo Darley a n d S h a r y M u n o z immediately took the lead winning the first set 11-2, Jamaica fought back hard in the second set to win 11-5 but the Dominicans came back in the third and fourth setstoclosethegame3-1.

Dominica’sRamonVilla and Vianeikis Fernandez also defeated Trinidad and Tobago 3-0, in the other mixeddoublessemifinals.

The evening closed with

all Dominican Mixed Double’s U15 and U19 finals. Daniel Del Rosario and Arianna Estrella of Dominica went up against AlexanderTejadaandDafne Sosa also from Dominica Republic in the U15 finals. An equal battle between the two teams; Rosario and Estrella won the first set 116,theylostthesecondset811butcamebackinthethird andfourthsetstowin3-2and secure the U15 mixed doubles championship Later Dominica’s Ramon

and Fernandez met with Darley and Munoz in the U19finals.

Munoz and Darley eventually went on to win thatcontest3-1asDominica Republic bagged both U15 and U19 Mixed Doubles’ titles.

CRTTFYouthCaribbean championship continued with day five action yesterday at the same venue for the Double’s semis and finalsalsotheBoysandGirls Single’sroundofsixteenand quarterfinalsaction.

P & P Insurance Brokers sponsors Sheltez Lawn Tennis Camp

The popular P and P InsuranceBrokersCompany founded and headed by popular businessman, Community and Sports activist and entrepreneur, BishwaPanday,continuesits benevolence with a substantial input into the gameofLawnTennis.

The company which has been in business since 1985 and known for its Philanthropy will this time be sponsoring the annual two-week Easter Sheltez TennisCamp.

The camp which is in its seventh year will be held at the National Park, Georgetown,Demerara.The sessions will be held in two partsfromApril3-6andthen fromApril11-14.

Therewillbetwosession per day for different age groups. Thefirstforthose410 age group which will be heldfrom9am–11amwhile the second will be for those in the 11-18 age group from 12:00 hrs to 14:00hrs According to information, the camp will cater mainly

intermediates. It will look at the participants’skills levels

and ways to improve those skillslevels.

Those interested are asked to pay a small registration fee and will be encouragedtojoinacluband continuetohonetheirskills.

At a simple ceremony at P&P’s corporate office located at 272 Lamaha Street, President of the Sheltez Tennis Club, Mrs Shelly Daly met with representatives of P&P for thehandoverceremony Mrs. Dalyexpressedhergratitude to the company for their unwavering support to the gameoftennisandthecamp.

Mr Vikash Panday, Executive Director of P&P Insurance Brokers, noted that P&P was very happy to continue its commitment to tennisinGuyanaandwished Mrs. Daly every success for thecamp.

The P and P Insurance B r o k e r s h a s b e e n contributing to various aspects of Guyanese lives

includingsports,community development and education among other aspects. The company has also established the Ahilia and Bish Panday Foundation with the aim of giving back to the community and the lessfortunate.

Those interested are asked to contact former national player and coach Shelly Daly-Ramdyham on 642-5672.

Meanwhile, two set of players will be travelling overseas to participate in tournaments Top junior players Saskia Persaud and Ricky Romascindo, will travel to Trinidad and Tobago be participating in the ITF Junior Tournament fromthe1-8April.

Three other players, Elwyn Levius, Jose Rodrigues and Sihlelewe Marakalla, will journey to Barbadostoparticipateinthe COTECC U-14 tournament.

(SamuelWhyte)

Guyana’s Jonathan Van Lange and Tharia Thomas in battle with Jamaica of the U19 quarter finals.

Arepresentative of P&P Insurance Brokers, Account Executive Ms Chanda Nandalall hands over sponsorship funds to Sheltez Tennis Club President, Mrs Shelly Daly

2022/23 West Indies Championship…

Harpy Eagles losing altitude against Hurricanes

The Guyana Harpy Eagles (GHE) gained some much-neededtractiononthe penultimate day in the final round of the 2022/23 West Indies Championship against Leeward Islands Hurricanes (LIH), at the Guyana National Stadium (GNS),Providence.

Harpy Eagles, the tournament leader, showed grit to change their view of staring down the barrel of defeat to setting their sights on a more favorable outcome.

However, the visiting side has accumulated a wealthof momentumaftera fortuitous first innings and require 62 more runs in the second innings to hand Guyana their only defeat of theseason.

Hurricanes began their chaseinthethirdsessionand are firmly on 81-1 from 30 overs at stumps, with nine wickets in hand. Guyana

weredismissedfor267from 79 overs in their second innings,clearingthe125-run deficit set by Hurricanes after they posted 247 from 92 1 overs in the first innings That total comfortably surpassed Guyana’s first innings score of122from44.1overs.

Day three commenced with Guyana on 48-1 as the pair of Tagenarine Chanderpaul and Kevlon Anderson added only two runs to their 42-run partnershipbeforethefallof thesecondwicket.

Chanderpaul fell for 20 without adding to his overnight total while Anderson was to next to follow for 31 as the score read68-3.

Thatbroughtthecaptain, Leon Johnson, to the crease to play his last First Class four-day innings and pair with Kemol Savory

Unfortunately, it was an

anticlimactic end as he lost his wicket for nine runs to Cornwall, who picked up four wickets in the morning session. Harpy Eagles lost Tevin Imlach (2) six runs later,thenavaliantrecovery was staged. Savory retired hurtearlyinhisinningsfrom being struck on the right quadricepsbyadelivery

Kevin Sinclair (31) and Veerasammy Permaul (65), whorecordedaresilienthalf century,addedvaluableruns downtheorderwitha61-run partnershipbutthelatterfell in an attempt to clear the rope. Savory returned to save further damageand did abrilliantjobbutteammates continued to tumble at the otherend.

Anthony Adams (0), ShamarJoseph(12)andNial Smith offered little resistance while Savory was leftunbeatenon66.

Cornwall ended with 448, Jeremiah Louis picked

Cash support for Project

Onkar Singh of the USA isthelatestpersontoprovide supporttothisjointinitiative of Anil Beharry, Executive oftheGuyanaCricketBoard andKishanDasoftheUSA.

ThepopularSoftballCricket Commentator contributed twenty thousand dollars ($20,000) At a simple ceremony held recently in Orlando,Florida,hesaidthat he is a keen follower of this projectandisimpressedwith its noble gesture reaching out to young cricketers and cricket clubs across the length and breadth of Guyana. We want to once againsaythanksforthecash which will be used to purchasegearasseenfit.

Total cricket related items received so far: $330,000 in cash, thirteen colored cricket uniforms, twotrophies,seventeenpairs ofcricketboots,twentynine pairs of batting pads, thirty one cricket bats, twenty sevenpairsofbattinggloves, twenty one thigh pads, three pairsofwicketkeepingpads, four arm guards, two boxes,

nine cricket bags, six bat rubbers and six helmets. In addition to the above, $600,000 worth in gear was donatedbySheikMohamed, former National wicket keeper/batsman.

To date, fifty two young players from all three counties of Guyana have benefited from three junior gearbags,twotrophies,four armguards,twentyonebats, two boxes, four helmets, nineteen pairs of cricket shoes, thirteen pairs of battingpads,twothighpads, one bat rubber and nineteen pairs of batting gloves. In

up 3-66, Karima Gore copped 2-4 and Colin Archibaldbagged1-52.

Hurricanes started their reply solidly and got to 46 before the loss of opener, Larry Audain (12), in the 20thover

Kieran Powell (47*) and Keacy Carty (17*) pressed on wisely for the remainder of the final session yesterday,takingHurricanes safelytocloseofplay

Todaythematchresumes from 10:00hrs Other matches…

Windward Islands Hurricanes 237 from 66.5 overs (Alick Athanaze 59, TevynWalcott55,RyanJohn 41; Akeem Jordan 5-44) & 225 from 73.2 overs (Sunil Ambris 79, Ryan John 37*; Jomel Warrican 4-58) lead Barbados Pride 227 from 90.4overs(SheyneMoseley 112, Rashawn Worrell 35; Larry Edward 6-43) and Barbados 28-3* Sheyne

Rahkeem Cornwall took four wickets in the morning session to end the match with an eight-wicket haul.

Moseley 10; Kenneth

Dember 1-1) by 208 runs.

Trinidad and Tobago Red Force 302 from 86.5 overs (Terrence Hinds 94, Anderson Phillip 63*; Derval Greene 3-56) and 102-1* from 24.2 overs

(Vikash Mohan 44*, Kamil

Pooran 39; Jermaine

Blackwood 1-16) defeated JamaicaScorpions125from 29.4 overs (Derval Greene 39, Jeavor Royal 27; Tion Webster 5¹¹1-36, Terrence Hinds3-40)&275from70.5 overs (Leroy Lugg 66; Jermaine Blackwood 68; Imran Khan 4-47,Anderson Phillip2-46)by9wickets.

Kid Rock Blazers aiming to remain flawless

addition, two clubs in the Pomeroon area benefited from two used bats. Pomeroon, Leguan and Wakenaam Cricket Committees and Cotton Tree Die Hard also received one box of red cricket balls each, whileRHCCCCreceivedtwo, fifteenwhitecricketshirts,one pairofjuniorbattingpads,one pairofwicketkeepinggloves andasetofstumpsandbails The Essequibo Cricket Board also benefited along with the TownofLethem.

Cricket related items, used or new, are distributed free of cost to young and promising cricketers in Guyana. Skills, discipline and education are important characteristics of the recipients. Talent spotting is being done across the countryandclubleadersalso assist to identify talent Progressive and well managed clubs will also benefit. Those interested to contribute can contact Anil Beharry on 623-6875 or Kishan Das on 1-718-6640896.

After securing back-to-back wins when the Kevin Joseph U23 basketball Championship opened last weekend, Kid Rock Blazers are hoping to keep their perfect record intact when the competition resumes this evening at the Retrieve Hard CourtinLinden.

In the opening game tonight from 6:00 pm, Sixers will see their first action in the tournament when they battle Block 22 Flames, whoarehoping tograbtheirfirstwin.

The Block 22 unit had their flames outed by Kid Rock Blacks on the opening weekend, going down 40 –

52 to the pre-tournament favourites. Kid Rock will face a feeblelooking Kings team in the night’s second game of the doubleheader with all intentions of going 3 – 0

The Kid Rock Blazers’other win in the tournamentcameoverarobustVictoryValley Royals team, whom they defeated 5148 in an entertaining contest

Meanwhile, on Sunday, April 2, the tournamentwillhostanotherdouble-header starting from 6:00 pm when Block 22 Flames play the Kings and Sixers take on Retrieve Raiders (Rawle Toney)

-KevinJosephU23Tournamentresumesthisweekend

“Cricket Gear for young and promising cricketers in Guyana”

Onkar Singh

BarticaEaster Regatta 2023...

Organising Committee meets with MARAD and other stakeholders

In preparation for the Bartica Easter Regatta 2023

“We Outside”, Regional ChairmanofRegionNumber Seven (Cuyuni-Mazaruni), KennethWilliams, who also Chairs the Organising Committee for the Easter R e g a t t a m e t w i t h representatives of the Maritime Administration (MARAD), the Director of Maritime Safety, Captain Courtney McDonald, competitors of the Regatta,

representatives of Farm Supplies Ltd , and other stakeholders.

The main focus of the meeting was to prioritise safety during the boat races, outline maritime proposals, decide on an alternative route for users of the river during the boat races on the 9th of April 2023, mark coordinates for buoys to be placed, outline emergency plans and responses, among other areas There was

consensus that a notice to marinerswouldbeneededto inform the general public of changes to usual routes in order to facilitate the boat races, which Captain Courtney McDonald agreed with, and will assist in the requestprocess.

ChairmanWilliams,“On behalf of the Bartica Easter Regatta Committee, we are especially grateful for the support of the Maritime Administration (MARAD)

andlookforwardtoworking along with the relevant persons.

We take this opportunity toinvitepatronstoreturnthis year for an even bigger and better Bartica Easter Regatta, and trust that the improved safety standards offer some amount of reassurance for persons to come out with their family andfriends.”

Further, in addition to safety boats, medical

e m e r g e n c y p l a n s , enforcement of rules and applicable repercussions, and the presence of Inspectors during the event, there will also be additional changes made to this year’s Regatta which will aid in improving the standards of this largescale recreational marine event Regatta

Football Michael Joseph’s 67th-minute goal from a set playhas positionedhis club, RisingStarsFC,atthetopof

Group A in the Bartica R e g a t t a F o o t b a l l Tournament Approaching theendofthegroupstagein thetournament,GroupAhas already confirmed its qualifiers: Rising Stars FC on nine points, and Potaro StrikersFConsixpoints. Group B qualifiers were set to be decided on Friday nightwithtwofinalmatches: LazioFCvsAKGalaxyFC, and Beacons FC vs Mil BallersFC.

Briton John places 3rd in the first stage InternationalJamaicaCyclingClassic2023...

Twenty-three-year-old Briton John of We Stand United Cycle Club has continued his fine form this season and represented the Golden Arrowhead with pridewhenheplacedthirdin the first stage of the Jamaican Cycling Classic MontegoBayRace,athreeday race that commenced yesterday

John’sclubmate,Horace Burrowes who is also competing, suffered a crash alongwithafewotherriders which put paid to his chances of placing among thetopriders.John,whoisin top form having won the 23rd Annual Cheddi Jagan Memorial Road Race in Berbice on Sunday last,

exhibited excellent discipline to end third amongst riders from AVR Racingand706P

Defending champion, Andy Scarano of 706P, a USA-basedclubhadtosettle for the 5th place in the fiveman sprint home. The top five had established a lead about 30 minutes into the race which they never relinquished, the cyclists w o r k i n g a m o n g s t themselves to maintain the advantage.

Hasani Hennis (23 points)ofTeamAVRRacing andAnguilla won the stage, his Trinidadian teammate Akiel Campbell (17 points) tooksecond,andBriton

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Briton John (right) on the podium.

Members of the Bartica Easter Regatta Organising Committee, MARAD, and other stakeholders after the meeting.a

Horace Burrowes and Briton John in conversation after yesterday’s first stage.