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Tuesday April 12, 2016
Kaieteur News Printed and Published by National Media & Publishing Company Ltd. 24 Saffon Street, Charlestown, Georgetown, Guyana. Publisher: GLENN LALL Editor: Adam Harris Tel: 225-8465, 225-8491. Fax: 225-8473, 226-8210
EDITORIAL
Saving water for the dry times The long dry spell appears to be abating but there is still no break. There have been the sporadic showers that have done little to increase the amount of water in the reservoirs. Agriculturally the average citizen would not notice any effect. One goes into the marketplace and sees fresh greens and vegetables on display. Farmers from the agricultural belt keep trucking their produce to the city and other locations for sale. Further, there has been no report of a decline in exports. Prices have not fluctuated either, leaving one to wonder at the effect of the dry spell. But there is a chance for the agriculturists to correct whatever situation existed that led to the drying of creeks and canals. Coastal Guyana gets most of its irrigation water from the backlands. During the wet spells water would accumulate in the savannahs and in the conservancy. Robert Persaud, as Agricultural Minister, had undertaken a series of programmes to ensure that water flows into the canals. Some of the programmes were never completed but at least there was some water in times of need. But habit is something that supports the adage that willful waste makes woeful want. We are not known to save in the good times, not even when it comes to finances. Under no pressure, people tend to relax on future plans. Similarly, in times of a heavy concentration of water in the canals farmers simply go about using what they want and allowing the rest to go to waste. Perhaps this attitude was fuelled by the fact that Guyana is rarely without irrigation water. In some countries the focus is on reservoirs—large manmade lakes that store water. Guyana has the conservancies but these have proven to be inadequate during prolonged dry spells. Being an agricultural country the focus should be on creating reservoirs. Guyana is a ricebearing country; rice is a crop that requires a lot of water. This dry spell hit farmers hard, so hard that some of them complained of reaping wind paddy (paddy without rice). There was the fear that the dry spell would have hit the farmers so hard that many would have collapsed. For one, farmers owed the commercial banks. That the millers were not prepared to pay what the farmers would have considered a satisfactory rate, one that would have allowed them to cover their debt, was a factor. At the same time, Guyana seems to be experiencing shrinking rice markets. Millers who are also the major exporters have been complaining about the stockpiles that they have. Some even threatened to refrain from buying paddy this crop, further compounding the plight of the farmers. However the government has stepped in. A few years ago, the government opted to dig the Hope Canal with a view to discharging water into the Atlantic Ocean, from the East Demerara Water Conservancy. It would have been so much better to fashion a reservoir to store the water for times like these. Amazingly, while the entire country was hit by the dry spell, Essequibo with its fresh water lakes, survived the worst. Not much was said but those lakes supplied water to many rice fields. While the farmers in many other parts of the country were ruing their misfortune those in Essequibo were capitalizing on their good fortune. They were enjoying water from three major natural reservoirs. What is frustrating is the fact that the weather experts had predicted that the dry spell would have ended in March. April is almost halfway through and the dry spell seems far from abating.
Why is Royston King allowed to behave like this? DEAR EDITOR; I am a very private person, but I was motivated to do this piece by an article in the Kaieteur News by Frederick Kissoon titled, “Joe Harmon and my wife; the AFC and my country.� I am not even a millionaire in the Guyanese context borrowing a line from Mr. Kissoon and that is the reality. I was in the campaign team in 2007 but it was in 2011 general and regional election that I contribute significantly. In the 2011 General and Regional Election, I used my own money to pay activist to work for the AFC and this, the Minister of Business in the Coalition Government is cognizant of. I was on the road with Mr. Gaskin soliciting funds for the election campaign. I single handedly organized and arranged public meeting
in every village on the East Bank and was one of the speakers at those meeting even though I never considered myself a public speaker. One of the meetings in Herstelling Mr. Kissoon was a speaker. I spoke to Mr. Kissoon at the meeting so he knows about my participation Mr. Editor, the Town Clerk, Mr. Royston King was installed as the Town Clerk by the Coalition Government. I have made significant contribution to the AFC pre-coalition period. I never intended or looking for a pay back. I believe in principles and the upholding of the law and that is the pull factor that brought me in to the AFC. I applied and permission was granted for me to erect a stall between Robb Street and North Road. The construction cost is a little over
3/4m dollars, all the materials have been acquired and the stall almost complete. Now I was told to cease all work on the stall and dismantle the structure. I have nine persons in my employment; none are supporter of the PPP. Five are young African youth that this Coalition Government promised job. This is not a case what my country can do for me but what I can do for my country. In addition to providing employment I will be contributing for that little space $300,000.00 annually to the city coffer. I am puzzled to sort out the rational; behind the decision making process whereby approval is granted for construct a stall and after the work is almost completed instruction is issued to demolish. Pitchan Bharat
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These 25,000 applicants Now Harmon is compared should be treated generously to Kellawan Lall DEAR EDITOR; I have been following reports in the press related to what has been dubbed, in some quarters as ‘The Harmon-gate’ fiasco with a feeling of `déjà vu’ and I am wondering: Is Minister Joe Harmon the ‘Kellawan Lall’ of the APNU-AFC coalition? Is this ‘Presque vu’? As I recall, the former minister in the PPP/C administration Mr. Kellawan Lall, not known for his agility of mind or his elegant turn of phrase, made some awkward comments about the city council that revealed embarrassingly the true strategy of the PPP/ C administration towards the City Council. Similarly, Minister Joe Harmon with his infamous “No apologies” comment also revealed the true self-serving strategies of the APNU-AFC administration: Greed, not GREEN, is Good! Surely, the two personalities seem to have something in common. The First Red Flag that Minister Joseph Harmon raised was when he was in Parliament and falsely accused the PPP/C parliamentarians of uplifting their salaries while they boycotted parliament. “Give it up. Give it up. Give it up! “ he urged the PPP/ C opposition, with the thunderous bench-thumping support of his colleagues. It was a gross misrepresentation of the facts. It was a lie. The Speaker of the House, Dr. Bartland Scotland, prevailed upon by no other than Ms. Gail Teixeira, urged Mr. Harmon to retract his false assertions. Reluctantly, he did so. I refer to this incident, not because it was essentially a gross misrepresentation, but because it is stupid to knowingly and publicly assert a
falsehood that was so quickly and easily proven to be false! Wasn’t Mr. Harmon aware that there was live streaming of his presentation! What was the PPP/C’s response to the awkward situation they found themselves in as a result of Lall’s reckless revelations? They used the famous ‘Burnham Ploy’ - the lateral shift - and posted Lall as Ambassador to Brazil. Will the Granger administration take similar action and use the effective ‘Burnham Ploy’ and give Harmon a diplomatic post as payoff for his long years of service to the party? If I were a member of the PPP/C, I would encourage Ms. Gail Teixeira and Mr. Bharat Jagdeo to argue in support of the Granger-led administration to keep Mr. Joe Harmon as the Minister of State, the go-to person in the Ministry of the Presidency? Why? Because the “no apologies Minister” together with the “Not-on-the-Books Minister” have caused more political damage to the image of the APNU-AFC than the combined efforts of Teixeira, Rohee and Jagdeo over the past 9 months! According to a famous person, there is nothing more dangerous than and as implacable as an incompetent associate. Another reason why the PPP/C should support the retention of Minister Joe Harmon as the Minister of State within the Ministry of the Presidency is based on sound scientific theory. We may know it as the ‘where there is smoke, there is fire’ theory. Who among us have not, time and time again, validated that theory? The question is: what more awkward revelations are likely to come out of the mouth of Min-
ister Joe Harmon? Still another reason why the PPP/C trio of Texeira, Rohee and Jagdeo should vigorously support the retention of Minister Joe Harmon is based on sound military strategic thinking. According to the world famous military strategist, Sun Tzu, victory is often achieved, not by the brilliance of one side, but by the mistakes the other side makes. The PPP/C should picket the presidency with slogans reading: “Keep Harmon! Keep Harmon! Keep Harmon!” The irony of the current situation is that the Grangerled administration has so many military trained officers in its administration, all of whom have studied the military doctrines of Sun Tzu, yet they continue on the path of serial blunders. According to Dr. Peter Lawrence, famous author of “The Peter Principle,” in any hierarchical organization, persons are promoted to their level of incompetence. One lesson to be learnt from this situation is not that pitch-forking party supporters into positions of power and influence is bad, but retaining them merely because of their loyalty is pure folly.The Granger-led administration should learn from the mistakes of its predecessors: they were the architects of their own defeat. Finally, Dear Editor, I am wondering how the head of an administration can say that a minister is competent when no formal evaluation, based on objectively verifiable and measurable criteria, of that minister’s performance over the past 10 or 11 months was done ? Apparently we have exchanged Twiddle Dee for Twiddle-Dumb! Respectfully Richard Cohen Citizen of Guyana
Plea for GTT to repair landline phone in Region 2 DEAR EDITOR; The protracted delay by G.T T. to rectify faults that plague its land line service in my Region # 2 district is really disgusting and sickening when better needs to be done not as a favour but an obligation to customers. Some five months ago my first complaint was made at the Anna Regina compound in relation to my phone in a residence at Adventure not functioning with endless reminders but it was just useless to bring about improvements on to now. Another one in Suddie also stopped working about a month ago with the com-
plaint desk being notified as well but sadly the difficulty to effect repairs remains baffling. What is beyond my understanding is that a vehicle with technicians would pass regularly by the two roadside premises but not even for the sake of courtesy was an excuse made for not being able to take corrective measures. Equally disturbing too is that it was never ever possible for me to make contact with anyone on several visits at the Anna Regina location to ascertain the cause for the inordinate delay which is most unacceptable with travelling money and time being
wasted. The present system being used to effect repairs is not good enough at all when a specific time frame to do so needs to be implemented. With much promptness the company submits monthly payment bills even for rental alone but to pay for a service when it was not provided is unreasonable and unfair. Baliram Persaud
DEAR EDITOR; If I were the Government of Guyana, I would do and amnesty and give the 25,000 waiting applicants their house lots with free and clear titles, with an agreement that there will be added to their yearly land taxes a percentage of the cost for the land. The free and clear titles would mean that they could go straight to the banks and lending institutions and borrow and begin building. This would immediately create a hive of activity in the housing market which would cause an automatic renewed vigor in this fledgling economy. I would use the first block
of available lands on the Linden Highway. This would create an immediate sprawling village and the law of supply and demand will cause transportation, shops, and other goods and services to become immediately available. The soon-to-be-completed four lane East Bank project, coupled with the construction of the newly funded Diamond/Ogle bypass, will make traveling to the Linden Highway less time consuming. This housing development would be monitored closely. If anyone breaches the agreement and sells their land in less than the stipulated allotted time, and the breach
is found out, the buyer will lose their investment, including whatever property in on the land, and the seller will be charged with an offence. The monies needed for the initial infrastructural developments will come from the billions of dollars that the CH&PA has sitting on the banks. If needs be, a loan from the international lending agencies can be obtained. It’s time we engage some out of the box thinking. Guyana has too much land for there to be 25,000 potential home owners waiting….indefinitely. Pastor Wendell P. Jeffrey Practical Christianity Ministries
DEAR EDITOR; It is astonishing how hard of hearing, or completely reckless, or plain arrogant or all three members of the political class can be. The unpalatable stories about Mr. Brian Tiwari, PPP government contracts and Guyana’s procurement system under the PPP are known countrywide. When therefore one convinces the supporters of the APNU-AFC Alliance that they should vote to remove the PPP from office because of its corrupt administration of Guyana’s procurement system, and a personality like Brian Tiwari was somewhere near the center of what was going on, it jars one sensibilities that the same APNUAFC, now in power, could even consider let alone get in bed with Mr. Tiwari as a government adviser. Three things come to mind about this case. First, it shows Mr. Harmon’s contempt for the APNU-AFC supporters, a trait that persons who come to power seem to have in enormous supply. People in power seem to think that supporters of the government, those who helped to put them in power, are not paying attention to the things they say and do. The supporters are not stupid Mr. Harmon, they care. They have a memory. Second, it seems highly irregular that a Minister within the Office of the President can hire Mr. Tiwari as an “Adviser”, for tasks that apparently fall under the port-
folio of another Cabinet Minister. Particularly someone such as Mr. Tiwari without (it seems) consultation and knowledge of the subject Minister, or in this particular case, other Members of the Cabinet and the President. What other possible reasons would the President have to rescind the appointment? In any case it looks bad for the APNU-AFC. Third, Mr. Harmon has become a key face of the APNU-AFC Administration. Unfortunately, he is responsible for a number of what Freddie Kissoon would describe as “runner stumbles”, and very damaging ones. He seems not to contemplate, for a moment, the political consequences of his utterances and actions for his government and his party, and the way supporters of the APNU-AFC would view them. And if indeed he does contemplate, his words and actions are so contrary that one must ask whether he thinks he can repair whatever damage might be done. The cumulative effect of this sort of contempt and recklessness is precisely why governments get into trouble and are eventually booted from office. One can never be sure what factors cause
each member of the electorate to vote or to stay at home on elections day. However, the conduct of the APNU-AFC Administration during the first twelve months in office was, in a number of instances, most frustrating, uninspiring and sometimes downright depressing. One can hardly restrain oneself from speculating that careless verbal pronouncements, contemptuous actions and reckless conduct of persons like Mr. Harmon (but not only him) is doing grave harm to the APNU-AFC support base and may have discouraged some supporters from voting in the recently held local government elections. Indeed, his words and actions make the administration appear to be rather untrustworthy and certainly awkward, if not unhinged. The APNU-AFC has already shown its inability to overcome its serious and disorganised messaging deficiency. Beyond that it seems bent on creating the most destructive types of political narratives. Ivor Carry
Harmon has damaged the APNU+AFC Government
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Carvil Duncan pleads in multi-million dollar fraud case
Former Director Carvil Duncan The former Director of Guyana Power and Light was yesterday given the opportunity to plead to a simple larceny charge as police investigations continue into the multi-million dollar fraud he allegedly committed at the power company. Carvil Duncan of Lot 1977 Lanstead Road, Festival City, Georgetown, appeared before Chief Magistrate Ann McLennan to face a simple larceny charge. It is alleged that he stole $984,900 from the Guyana Power and Light Incorporated (GPL) on March 31 of last year. Prosecutor Neville Jeffers made an application for the Administration of Justice Act (AJA) to be applied so that Duncan can have a chance to plead to the offence. Duncan, who is the President of the Federation of Independent Trade Unions of Guyana (FITUG) and General Secretary of the Guyana Labour
Former Deputy Chief Executive Officer of GPL Aeshwar Deonarine
Union (GTU) pleaded not guilty to the offence. He is also jointly charged with former (DCEO) Deputy Chief Executive Officer of the power company Aeshwar Deonarine, who was not present in court, as he is said to be out of the country. The men are alleged to have on the same day conspired with one another to steal $984,900 from the entity. Duncan pleaded not guilty to the charge and was subsequently placed on $1 M bail. Deonarine who was previously summoned to court is also charged separately for stealing $27,757,547 from the power company on May 7 and May 8 of last year. The Magistrate ordered yet another arrest warrant for Deonarine and the matter was adjourned until April 28 for reports and statements. The Government had asked the police to investigate the two senior officials
last July. It was reported that the men paid themselves almost $29M without authorization. In light of investigations, Deonarine was sent on administrative leave. The discoveries of the suspicious transfers were made by independent auditors who were probing the PetroCaribe Fund, which hold proceeds of oil shipments taken from neighbouring Venezuela. It was while tracking payments to GPL that auditors unearthed the strange transactions. Deonarine, who had been the DCEO responsible for administration had reportedly wanted to receive the same level of pay as the then DCEO (Technical), Colin Welch, but his approaches to the Board of Directors were rebuffed. He had reportedly offered to repay the money but GPL was supposed to have waited until it was transferred from his US bank account.
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More funding to be plugged into Zika fight Preliminary studies have been completed and the consensus embraced by the World Health Organisation (WHO) is that some troubling conditions linked to the Zika virus are indeed realistic. This will moreover attract more funding to tackling the mosquito transmitted virus. This state of affairs was yesterday highlighted by Minister of Public Health, Dr. George Norton. The Zika Virus, which has been causing public health panic in a number of countries, has been linked to not only microcephaly, a state whereby a newborn is delivered with an abnormally small head, but also the GuillainBarre Syndrome - an autoimmune disorder. Health officials had long suspected that there was a link between the virus and the aforementioned conditions, among others, following the Zika Virus outbreak which infiltrated a number of countries, last year. While the virus is generally transmitted similarly to the Chikungunya Virus and dengue fever through the bites of Aedes type mosquitoes, it is believed that it can also be transmitted sexually by an infected person. The Aedes mosquitoes are endemic to tropical locations. Guyana recorded its first case of the virus earlier this year. Five others have since been confirmed bringing the number of confirmed cases here to six. But Minister Norton insisted that Guyana has not been plagued with any of the associated conditions. He related yesterday that since the outbreak of the virus, WHO has placed a lot of attention on the virus. However, with the confirmation that the suspected conditions are indeed linked to the virus, even greater emphasis, complete with financial support, is slated to be placed on it, Dr. Norton divulged yesterday. Guyana has been depending heavily
- as preliminary studies substantiate links to troubling concerns to virus
Minister of Public Health, Dr. George Norton on the Caribbean Public Health Agency (CARPHA) in Trinidad to ascertain the status of suspected samples. But in order to be independent, Minister Norton noted that two local persons were selected to be trained by CARPHA with the view to having them eventually be able to test for the virus here. However, he disclosed that with the increased attention being placed on the virus, “Our effort to get Guyanese (personnel) trained, became caught up with efforts by CARPHA to train much more than the Guyanese and this has pushed back the completion of our training.” “So we will have to wait before the two persons we sent out to train can get back to Guyana and start to work,” said Minister Norton who also pointed out that “the feedback we got is that our people are significantly qualified and experienced and it wouldn’t be much of a training to do.” According to the Minister, too, once training is completed, tests will be conducted at the National Public Health Reference Laboratory
which is located in the compound of the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation. He asserted too that the facilities there are in working order although he did admit that a shortcoming that was faced in the past was and still is the availability of re-agents. But this is expected to be a thing of the past with the forthcoming support asserted, Dr. Norton. Meanwhile, he disclosed that efforts at controlling a recent upsurge of the mosquito population in Berbice have been yielding success. Although the added effort would mean additional pressure for the health sector, Minister Norton said that it (the health sector) has had years of battling mosquito borne viruses thus is well prepared for the challenge. “Fortunate for Guyana we have been fighting mosquitoes for the longest time since the beginning of the health sector and while the species of mosquitoes might have changed the procedure still remains the same, so we were able to get control of it,” said Minister Norton.
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Editor in Panama Papers says published in the public interest (Reuters) - The editor of the German newspaper that broke the Panama Papers story said yesterday he did not know exactly where his team’s source got the information but defended his decision to publish on the basis of the public interest. Wolfgang Krach, co-editor-in-chief of the Sueddeutsche Zeitung, said a source who introduced themselves as “John Doe” contacted the paper a year ago and with an offer of encrypted internal documents from Panamanian law firm Mossack Fonseca. Sueddeutsche, realising the sheer number of documents to be scrutinised, began working with a consortium of other media organisations before publishing the Panama Papers story that has shone a light on the financial schemes of the world’s elite. “We don’t know how this source came upon the information,” Krach told Reuters by telephone from his office in Munich. “Mossack Fonseca say themselves ‘we were hacked’ - I don’t know if that is the case. I can’t confirm that.” The head of Mossack Fonseca has denied any wrongdoing, and said his firm has fallen victim to “an international campaign against privacy”. Suddeutsche Zeitung has said it received a cache of 11.5 million leaked documents from the law firm’s database. The documents cover a period over almost 40 years, from 1977 until last December,
Wolfgang Krach
and purport to show that some companies domiciled in tax havens were being used for suspected money laundering, arms and drug deals and tax evasion. DECISIVE QUESTION “We don’t know if this source got access lawfully or unlawfully, we just don’t know,” Krach said, but he said the provenance of the information was less important than the credibility of the documents and the public interest. “The decisive question is first of all: is the information that came to us from the source credible? That is the most important point. And the second point is: is it relevant so that we publish?” He said the Sueddeutsche had cross-checked thousands of documents against information it had previously
received. This quashed any doubt that the Panama Papers might not be genuine. “To the question, ‘Are these documents genuine?’ Yes they are genuine,” Krach said, adding that some of the information was not of public interest but much was. “And those are the cases about which we have partially reported.” Asked how he would react if it turned out the source had come across the data by hacking into Mossack Fonseca, Krach said this was a hypothetical question but pointed to the case of Edward Snowden, the former U.S. spy agency contractor who leaked top secret information. “Nonetheless, I think it is completely indisputable that it was valid, correct and even necessary to publish this data,” he said of the Snowden case.
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THINGS ARE GETTING OUT OF HAND! The media is not a sacred cow. The media is liable to be criticized but only for its opinions, not for reporting the facts and not for bringing to the public interest matters of public concern. People can write letters disagreeing with an editorial or the views of the columnists. People do this all the time. This is how people protest against the media. They protest with their pens not with pickets. It is, however, unusual, to find protestors outside of the office of the media critical of news items that are being reported in the media. A small group of about twenty persons turned up at the office of this newspaper with their pickets at the ready. It was the same group which had turned up in West Demerara at an event at which Ministers of the government, including embattled Minister of State, Joseph Harmon, was present. What was their reason for protesting outside of the office of Kaieteur News? Well they were asked this question and could not give an answer. They did not know why they were protesting against the Kaieteur News.
They were obviously sent to protest against this newspaper. The placards said more than they did. The signs were in support of the embattled Minster of State. This seems to be the new tactic being used whenever government Ministers are being criticized. The new tactic is that suddenly a group appears in support of the person who is being criticized. Protests are being met by more protests. Instead of those persons mounting counter-protests they could avoid all that trouble by simply asking the persons who they are protesting in favor of to stop dodging the media and instead to face the public and address frontally the criticisms being made against them. They also need to explain why Kaieteur News singled out for protest action? Why was Stabroek News not picketed? The Stabroek News has run some damning editorials against the handling of the recent controversy involving the Minister of State. But Stabroek News is not being picketed. Kaieteur News is the one being picketed. This is a most dangerous
development in Guyana. The picketing of a media house by supporters of a government Minister constitutes an attack on the media. The media is being attacked for simply doing its job: that of reporting that certain things are happening in the country and the keeping the public abreast. The media is being attacked because some columnists have been critical of the Minister. What is wrong with that? This is most disturbing development in the media in
Guyana. It can threaten the freedom of journalists. They may become intimidated by protests outside of their media houses and therefore be fearful of reporting on matters that are critical of the government. This should not be happening. Things are getting out of hand. Media workers should not be intimidated. They should continue to do their work fearlessly because they are providing service to the public who depend on media houses to let them
President David Granger has stated that the concerns, which have been raised by the Alliance For Change (AFC), a member of the governing coalition, with regard to the roles and responsibilities of the Minister of State, Joseph Harmon, will be given due attention at today’s sitting of the Cabinet, once it is raised. The President was responding to questions posed after the launch of the El Dorado 50th Anniversary Special Edition Rum at the Demerara Distillers Limited
Headquarters, Plantation Diamond, last evening. According to the Guyanese Leader, while the AFC has made its statement to the media, no objection was made at the Cabinet level or even when the roles and responsibilities of various Ministers were agreed on in January of this year. However, although this concern has not yet been raised at the Cabinet level, the President indicated that once it is raised, it will be discussed. He noted that the re-
Nigel Hughes quits Joe Humble is now as Chairman of AFC Trust is a master thing. It can make a pauper into a king. Guyana got nuff examples. Just watch Jagdeo wheh he come from and wha he become overnight. He choose de scampish way that not even a school child can trust him. When that young scamp, Jagdeo, tun president, everybody was happy. Dem seh a young man tun president, he would throw away all dem old school mentality, attitude and race. De man disappoint everybody. He nah only fail fuh change anything. Instead, de scamp add thiefing throughout de government and de whole country. He is tainted material. Dem boys seh he is not de only one. And Soulja Bai know that. It got a man following in his every footstep. That man is now Joe Humble who learn from Jagdeo. Dem boys seh it look like he use to tek night classes at Jagdeo mansion. He is damaged goods—hard to sell pun any market much less de Guyana market. He betray de trust that Guyana had in him. As soon as he get in office Joe Humble hug every single one of de scamps who surround Jagdeo. Dem boys seh he betray de trust dem had in him. When trust gone, is almost impossible to build back. Is like a woman who trust she husband. When he ketch him wid another woman she might forgive him but she will never trust him again. It cut both sides. A man ketch he wife wid another man and all de trust gone. Even he colleagues in Cabinet talking. Dem whisper nuff things to dem boys and dem seh dem shame. Even part of de coalition got big problem. De Chairman resign and all because of Joe Humble style, he attitude and de love affair he develop wid ee new Chinese family. Even that scamp Clinty de Willie disown him. He seh he been far from, Joe Humble. He didn’t even see him and dem been pun de same plane. Jagdeo buddy pal Bee Kay who disown Jagdeo de very day de elections results come out run far from Joe Humble. Is de trust wha gone. Today Guyana is watching to see wha Soulja Bai and ee Cabinet gun do about Joe Humble. Talk half and wait fuh Soulja Bai hammer
job to do and will do its job like it did during the rule of the PPP. The APNU+AFC administration has replaced the PPPC in office but from the way things are going in the government, you could be mistaken into believing that it still the PPP that is in power.
Cabinet to focus on Harmon today
Dem boys seh...
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know what is going on. Things are getting out of hand in Guyana. The media should not be the subject of any picketing exercise for having reporting on the controversy involving the Minister of State. This is an attempt to silence Kaieteur News but this newspaper has gone through worse and will not be silenced. Intimidating tactics will not work against Kaieteur News. This newspaper has a
The Alliance For Change (AFC) last evening sent out a statement confirming that at a statutory Management Committee meeting the Party held yesterday, its Chairman Nigel Hughes “made an announcement with regard to his Chairmanship of the party.” AFC leader said that Party Leader Khemraj Ramjattan, who was present at the meeting, subsequently spoke with Hughes and a meeting is arranged for today. AFC further stated, “The party confirms unequivocally that the statement issued on April 10th following its leadership retreat was a one which was unanimously approved by the attendees of the leadership retreat. The party will make no further statement on this matter at this time.” AFC Leader Khemraj Ramjattan and Executive Member Raphael Trotman were not at Sunday’s meeting. This is about the third time Hughes offered his resignation. Kaieteur News understands that Hughes resignation has to do with the ongoing controversy involving Minister of State Joseph Harmon. Hughes is reportedly against the Party supporting Harmon at a time
Nigel Hughes when he seems to be wrapped in corrupt practices. On Sunday, following a retreat, AFC issued a statement which indicated the Party’s view is that too much power has been given to Harmon. AFC said that the state stands to benefit more if some of the responsibilities that have been in Harmon’s hands are reassigned. AFC also called for the completion of the Code of Conduct and for it to be enforced. Efforts to contact Hughes proved futile.
sponsibilities, which have been assigned to the Minister of State, were responsibilities, which were agreed to by the Cabinet at the retreat, held earlier this year. “We had a retreat earlier this year and we put out a very clear statement on the responsibilities of all of the Ministers and the Ministry of the Presidency, so there is a book that states it and nobody made any objection to the duties, which were assigned to the Minister of State then and it would be surprising that after two months that people feel that the duties…need to be trimmed. So I have to wait to find out from our colleagues what they actually mean,” Granger said. Responding specifically to questions on whether the Minister’s portfolio was too large, the President said that it is his belief that the work, which has been assigned to the Minister, can be adequately handled. Harmon has been at the centre of much controversy over the past week surrounding his appointment of Contractor Brian Tiwarie as Business Advisor, and questions about his relationship with officials from the controver-
sial Chinese logging company BaiShanLin. Harmon had halted attempts by the Guyana Revenue Authority to seize some of BaiShanLin’s vehicles. The Alliance For Change (AFC) had stated on Sunday that too many responsibilities have been placed in the hands of Minister of State, Joseph Harmon. The AFC is of the opinion that the current difficulties which the government has encountered in the continuing revelations arising out of the appointment of the Advisor on Business Development “and the issues surrounding this, have their roots in the concentration of the powers of the office of the Cabinet Secretary, the Minister of State in the Ministry of the Presidency and the effective Head of Presidential Secretariat in a single person.” AFC, which is part of the present coalition government, said that Guyana would be served best if these powers are divided. “The responsibilities of each of the above portfolios are substantial and of critical importance to the smooth operations of the Government and would benefit from separate appointments,” it stated.
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== THE FREDDIE KISSOON COLUMN ==
David Granger should never let this moment disappear There is no question in my mind that David Granger is the right man to be President of Guyana. There is no grey area in my analysis that David Granger is an immensely credible leader. There is no doubt in my thinking that David Granger is a committed nationalist. There isn’t any suspicion whatsoever in my heart about Mr. Granger’s integrity. David Granger is a problem for the PPP’s machinations. It is not easy for the PPP to scandalize him. To the East Indian supporters of the PPP, Granger is not a person they
dislike. My own, deep feeling is that although he is a nationalist, he is not a transformational leader. I don’t think he has a blueprint for eradicating the diseased banalities that are deeply embedded in this poor, ethnically, backward country and which hold it back from a modern future. Mr. Granger cannot be blind to the development and modernity he sees in the countries he has been to. Last week he was in Trinidad at UWI. He cannot deny that just one building at UWI in small states like Barbados, Jamaica
and Trinidad is a thing to behold in comparison to the dilapidation we see all over the place at UG. In discussing the transformation of Guyana, it is important to note that the economy is not the centre of gravity. Money alone cannot propel a country into the future. I doubt that there is a political theorist who would argue that way. Progress comes to countries based on the kind of social values, cultural mores, philosophical conceptualizations, sociological ways of doing things, social customs, political culture etc. that they embrace. A country does not become a great nation because money flows like water. The oil-producing nations in the Arab world are indecently rich. One can say their physical infrastructure is post modern. But these are very backward places, in the essentialist way of looking at philosophy. Mr. Granger is most likely to move off in 2020. In that time he will not secure the
enormous sums needed to bring about physical modernization. UG will not even be a fifth rate university by 2020. Money isn’t there to light up the streets of Greater Georgetown much less all the towns and cities across Guyana by 2020. Public service pay in 2020 will not be anything near what obtains in the big CARICOM states. The Georgetown Public Hospital in 2020 will not achieve the kind of technology that modern medicine operates with. The brutal fact is that the physical transformation of Guyana into a modern land is not going to be achieved under Mr. Granger’s presidency. The reason is because such finances will not be generated by the time Mr. Granger retires from the presidency. What Mr. Granger can do is to transform Guyana in the areas that it cries out badly for, and that needs no colossal expenditure. He can start with the complete overhauling of the judicial system. I doubt this sys-
tem ever worked at least about thirty percent of its capacity since the sixties. Guyana’s judicial system is tragically anti-poor and primitive. Mr. Granger will be remembered as a hero if by 2020, you can get your land or house back from someone who stole it from you six months after you took them to court. At the moment, it takes about ten or more years. Mr. Granger should completely overhaul our anachronistic laws. Surely as someone familiar with the sociology of Guyana’s historical evolution, Mr. Granger cannot be happy with the horrible colonial laws that still govern our lives. In which part of the modern, democratic world you jail young men for possession of a drug-smoking utensil. Our divorce laws go back to 1933 and they are horribly primitive. Space does not allow for all the areas where the transformation should begin but it has to start with political culture. Mr. Granger’s party is the PNC. Despite the
Frederick Kissoon political degeneration we saw under the Burnham presidency, the two PNC Governments under Burnham and Hoyte brought enormous positive changes. Mr. Hoyte’s pathways need to be emulated by Mr. Granger. Sadly, the PNC in power under Mr. Granger is back-peddling on the perestroika doors Mr. Hoyte opened, and that all PPP presidents since 1992 closed tightly. Space has run out so I will have to leave political culture for another column. Suffice it to say the way the City Councillors and members of the Finance Committee were selected at City Hall since the LGE is an ominous sign for the future. Mr. Granger needs to compose a transformative song right now if he is to leave a lasting legacy.
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Establish an internal audit Department By Enid Joaquin Charles Sampson, a councilor attached to the Regional Democratic Council (RDC), has called on the Regional Administration to urgently establish an internal audit department, that is well staffed, with about eight or nine persons. ‘I think Mr. Chairman, with a budget of some $3B, it is high time that we establish as a matter of urgency, an internal audit department. Noting that “bad prac-
tices” continue, he exhorted that such a unit be established to control what happens in the future, while taking stock of what would have happened in the past. Sampson said that even if the region has an internal audit, he was not aware of who they report to. He added that such auditors do not report to “line Management’ in any institution. “Our region needs a new department of internal audit. A lot of things that have gone wrong, in this region, could
- Sampson tells RDC have been prevented if there was such a department, as every single activity would have been monitored.” Sampson emphasized that establishing such a unit would “tell us” when things are going wrong-especially if you get the right people. “The department would be able to pick up situations which would not be picked up normally. And the department
Illegal mining at Kaieteur National Park… The body of Special Constable, Akeem Hyles, who drowned during a Government operation to halt illegal mining around the Kaieteur National Park, last Friday, has been recovered. Kaieteur News was told that the body was recovered on Sunday and transported to the city where a post mortem examination was performed. The examination confirmed that the cop died by drowning. According to the police, Special Constable 14536 Hyles was in a boat with Joint Services personnel and officials of the Guyana Geology and Mines Commission (GGMC) when the vessel capsized. The mishap reportedly occurred when the boat struck a rock. There are reports that the other occupants managed to turn the boat upright and then continued their journey after failing to locate Hyles. Commander of ‘F’ Division, Ravindradat Budhram, said that based on the information he received, the boat hit a rock and went down. He said that one rank could not be accounted for. He could not say how many persons were in the vessel. Ranks were sent to the area to assist with locating and transporting the body. A statement from the Ministry of Natural Resources stated that the Government of Guyana commenced an operation with support from the Joint Services to halt illegal mining that has been on the increase in and around the Kaieteur National Park. The release further stated that a member of the operation went missing. “Minister Raphael Trotman is saddened by this unfortunate incident and his prayers are with the relatives of the dead rank. The investigation is currently being done, and the public will be kept informed as more information is available,” the released added.
Dead: Akeem Hyles
must report to the finance committee, which is headed by the Chairman of the region. “All of the slackness that has been happening, they should be in a position to spot when things are going wrong and report so that corrective measures could be taken.” He noted that all the “fancy” audits being done by the State Assets Recovery Unit (SARU) right now, if some of those organizations had internal auditors, some of those very discrepancies could have been picked up, and dealt with internally. Sampson said that he is not saying that the external auditors are not needed, but that external auditors would come at specific periods, but that the work of the internal auditors would be continuous. The internal auditors, he noted, would determine whether there are bad practices, and report them to the
finance committee. “We might not be able to eliminate all the bad practices, but at least we would be able to minimize them, because if bad practices are allowed to continue, they become the norm.” Chairman Rennis Morian, who heads the finance committee, however said that the constitution of the RDC does not permit for an internal audit department. “Constitutionally, we cannot establish an audit department.” What we could ask for- if they have the staff, is to extend themselves to the regions. But for us to have a Regional audit department, we will have to go to parliament and have amendments to the constitution.” The Regional Chairman however noted that he was in support of all the RDCs having an internal audit department, with the necessary amendments. He said that it was a very good idea, and not a bad direction to go, but that one has to always stay within the ambits of the law.
Just last month Morian pointed to more discrepancies that were being uncovered at the RDC, even as some employees suspected of involvement in irregularities, remained on administrative leave, amidst ongoing investigations. The discovery of several irregularities within the Works Department of the RDC, including false payment vouchers, had prompted investigations earlier this year. This resulted in auditors from the State Assets Recovery Unit (SARU) being called in, as an investigation was launched. Informed sources indicate that most of the discrepancies lie in the area of public infrastructure. Some of those discrepancies include overpayments for contracts that are either non-existent or have not been completed.
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Administrator abandons porn Blackberry, $440 site following media exposure land knife-toting
The operator for a local porn site, which has been tormenting young women around Guyana for months, has abandoned the website after being exposed in the media. As of now, the site, www.Guyanaporn.com is off. A trace on the domain (www.Guyanaporn.com) revealed that the name-server pointed to an IP address 5.199.161.33. The site was hosted in Lithuania. When this newspaper visited the site yesterday, there was a notice which read, “This domain is expired. If you are the domain owner please click here to renew it.” This would mean that the administrator, after reading in the media that the site was under investigation by the Guyana Police Force, has decided to abandon the account. The site had over 1154 active users. The local porn site came into the limelight in August 2015 when several women
bandit in jail
made a report that their pictures were being stolen from Facebook, photo shopped and posted on the site. When news of the allegations was first reported in the media, it was hurriedly taken down but was subsequently reopened. It continued to target and harass women. One woman, Emily Singh (not her real name) said that when she ended things with her ex-husband, he created a Facebook account and posted explicit, intimate sexual pictures they had taken togetherthen invited all of her friends and family to see them. Two days later, the pictures also appeared on the local porn site. This was in January 2013. Like the increasing number of people affected by the site, Singh was stunned by what had happened to her. She said that the incident had a major impact on her life. She had to report each of the eight photos individually
This snapshot shows a closed site to Facebook, and ask for them to be removed. The profile was eventually deleted. While the pictures were taken down from the social media (Continued on page 24)
A 22-year-old man was sent to jail for four years by City Magistrate Judy Latchman, after he was found guilty by the court for the offence of robbery underarms when he appeared in the Georgetown Magistrates’ Courts yesterday. On February 21, James Alleyne, while on Middle Street, Georgetown, and armed with a knife robbed Lee Leung of a Blackberry cell phone and $440 cash. During the summing up of evidence, the Magistrate told the court that she disbelieved Alleyne when he said that he saw the victim for the first time in court. Magistrate Latchman affirmed that she believed Alleyne used the knife to relieve Leung of the phone and money and that he intended to permanently deprive the victim of his belongings. Based on evidence led by Police Prosecutor Kerry Bostwick, the Magistrate informed the court that she was satisfied that Alleyne feloniously appropriated the items mentioned in the charge. Prosecutor Bostwick submitted that the case of robbery under-arms was proven beyond reasonable doubt. He asked the court to disbelieve the story told by Alleyne since he had made several attempts to mislead the court. Bostwick therefore
urged that the court find Alleyne guilty as charged while noting that the prosecution’s witnesses were truthful and maintained their stories under cross examination. The convict, who had no legal representation, had elected to gave a sworn testimony when he was called on to lead a defence. He had testified that he was arrested and searched by two men in a motorcar who later placed him in the trunk of the vehicle. He pleaded with the Magistrate to impose a light sentence on him and even offered to compensate the victim. However, Leung who was present in court refused the offer. Alleyne also asked the Magistrate to impose a fine since he is the breadwinner of his family which consists of two minor children. Having considered all mitigating factors, the prevalence of the offence and the need to prevent others from contemplating such offences, the Magistrate handed down her ruling which left Alleyne in a state of disbelief. He stood calmly in the prisoner’s dock in shackles and handcuffs and begged for the prison term to be reduced. But the Magistrate told him that her decision was final.
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Govt. urges private guard Fisherman now services to respect employees faces murder charge
Private security services were urged by Minister within the Ministry of Social Protection Keith Scott to respect their employees irrespective of employment opportunities, and to provide ‘risk insurance’. This call was made during a recent meeting the Minister held with the Professional Guard Services, Clinton Security Force, Subline Security Services, Guyana Employment Bureau (GEB) Security Service, Roshan Khan (RK’s) Security Service, Kalibur Security Service, Superior Security and Management Services, Home Safety Security Services, Instant Security Services, Massey’s Security Services and Inter Services Enterprise. Minister Scott explained, “Although we have high unemployment statistics in this country, people still have choices and people still have to be respected… collectively you and I have to give those employees out there, respect.” Minister Scott, a Government statement said, also advised the proprietors that it would be useful to provide risk insurance due to the nature of the work because employees can be injured or
Minister Keith Scott even killed on the job. “Risk insurance can protect both you and the employees, if you don’t have that insurance you can very well find yourself facing a civil suit down the line, but with risk insurance, that’s eliminated,” Minister Scott explained. The issue of the non-payment of employees’ National Insurance Scheme (NIS) contribution, deduction of monies from employees’ salary and late payment of salary were also addressed. The
Minister said he has received numerous complaints about employees not being able to receive their NIS benefits due to non-payment. He said it is criminal for employers not to pay employees’ contributions. Minister Scott pointed out that employers should not deduct monies from employees’ salaries when they have worked regardless if they committed any infraction on the job. The law, he explained, does not allow for such actions. Additionally, the Minister explained to the security services that the current labour laws are outdated, but they will be reformed and be in favour of both employers and employees. Owner of RK’s Security Services Roshan Khan noted that the issues raised needed to be addressed, especially the issue of non-payment of NIS contributions. “It is inhumane if anyone partakes in theft of their workers blood and sweat by stealing the NIS. I find it very despicable,” Khan exclaimed. Khan also asked that laws be made to protect workers from such wrongdoings and those found guilty, be held accountable.
No bail for gun accused
A Guyhoc Park resident who police say was found with an unlicensed firearm and live rounds was yesterday remanded to prison after he appeared before Chief Magistrate Ann McLennan. Gilbert Oudkerk, 49, of Q 77 Guyhoc Park Georgetown was not required to plead to the charge against him when it was read to him at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Courts. Oudkerk is charged with having in his possession a .9mm firearm pistol when he is not the holder of a firearm licence on April 2 at Turtle Creek, Mazaruni River Back Dam, Essequibo. The father of two is also charged with having on the same day, eight live .9mm rounds of ammunition, when he is not licensed to do so. Making an appearance for the defendant, Attorney-at-Law Mark Waldron asked for an early date to commence his client’s trial. The Magistrate then refused the defendant bail and had the matter transferred to Bartica Magistrate’s Court on April 20.
Gilbert Oudkerk.
A fisherman who police say stabbed a man over a woman was yesterday remanded to prison after he appeared to answer a murder charge at the City Court. It is alleged that Michael Ridley, of 182 Garnett Street, Albouystown, Georgetown, on November 23, 2015, unlawfully killed 37-year-old Troy Brutus, at Garnett Street Albouystown, Georgetown. The father of two was not required to plead to the indictable charge. The defendant’s solicitor, Euclin Gomes, told the court that his client is currently in a relationship with a woman and asked for him to be granted reasonable bail. He said that following police investigations his client was placed on $50,000 station bail prior to this present charge, with the condition that he report to the Ruimveldt Police Station at specific times. He argued that since his client consistently re-
ported to the police to prove his innocence there is no reason why he would be considered a flight risk. However, Prosecutor Dinero Jones objected to his client’s pre-trial liberty citing the gravity of the offence and the penalty it attracts. Chief Magistrate Ann McLennan refused the defendant bail and the matter will continue on April 28th for report and fixtures. According to police reports the 36-year-old man and the deceased fought over a woman. Reports indicate that Brutus had a previous relationship with the woman. Then she had entered into a relationship with the accused. It was reported that on that
November night, the defendant came to his Garnett Street home and was attacked by the now dead Brutus who stabbed him about his body. It was reported that the defendant managed to get a hold of the weapon and he stabbed his attacker. Brutus was rushed to the Georgetown Public Hospital and was later pronounced dead. The suspect was apprehended and admitted to the hospital.
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Using the IDB for the PPP’s Clinton Urling wants narrow, political agenda answers from the AFC
DEAR EDITOR; Permit me to refer to James Conellius’ letter of March 16th 2016 captioned “IDB should investigate Guyana office” and Carl Lucas letter of March 21, 2016 captioned “Apparent lack of transparency IDB procurement for forensic auditors. It would appear that both of these writers in their coordinated approach to attack the largest development contributor to Guyana, do not understand the role of the IDB in member countries or one is left to conclude that a sinister political ploy is at play. To begin, Mr. Conellius should know that development agencies like the IDB cannot and do not make hiring decisions for and on behalf of the Government of Guyana. The IDB’s responsibility is to ensure transparent processes for the funds it manages in keeping with its rules and procedures set out by its Board which includes Guyana. Second, Mr. Conellius should take the effort to visit the IDB web site to familiarize himself with the IDB procurement policies. Since staff of the Office of Climate Change (OCC) are
employed by and work for the Government of Guyana and not the IDB, it would be Mr. Conellius responsibility to approach the Government of Guyana for the information he seeks. Further, the Minister of Finance is the Governor of the IDB at the level of the Board and Mr. Conellius should seek that information from the Minister of Finance who represents Mr. Conellius interest as a Guyanese at the level of the Board. Of interest, it would be helpful if Mr. Conellius could point us to the advertisement for the recruitment of the previous Heads of the OCC, Mr. Cham Nokta or Kapil Mohabir under the PPP/C administration and what procurement methods allowed Mr. Cham Nokta’s consultancy firm to bid for IDB GRIF consultancies while he was the Head of the OCC implementing GRIF projects. To the IDB’s credit, Mr. Nokta was restricted from biding for IDB projects as it represented a clear conflict of interest, a concept which was alien to the PPP/C. Mr. Lucas on the other hand should take the time to consult with the Parliamen-
tary library since all the information he seeks about the forensic audits were presented in full to the parliament by the Minister of Finance. It is ironic that Mr. Lucas would say the PPP highlighted the lack of transparency on these audits when it was the PPP that sought answers in the parliament, and to the Government’s credit provided details to the people of Guyana on the all the audits. Mr. Lucas, like Mr. Conellius calls for the IDB’s board to investigate and one is left to conclude that both of these gentlemen are playing a PPP orchestrated political game to embarrass the Granger Government or attack the IDB. It is commendable that the APNU+AFC government has raised the level of transparency and access to information, other concepts which were alien to the PPP/C. Finally, I expect that the Minister of Finance as Guyana’s Governor on the IDB Board will not allow the PPP to use the IDB for its own sinister political ploys at the expense of Guyana’s relationship with the IDB Guyana office and team. Onika Smith-Narine
Divisions among the Hindus in the Strathspey temple DEAR EDITOR; Please permit me space in your newspaper to highlight an urgent matter which is of utmost importance to the residents of Strathspey and other areas who are devout Hindus of the Strathspey/Vishnu Mandir located at lot 1 Strathspey, East Coast Demerara. As a past President of the Mandir, I am calling on all members of the public to denounce the actions of the two Hindu Priests and their family related Committee of Management members who have brought shame on our religion thru’ their unacceptable practices and closed door operations at the Temple. Let me highlight some of the wrongs committed by the President/Priests and their Committee: 1. All the members of the present Committee of Management are blood related members who were handpicked at a unannounced meeting held on May 3, 2015. The election was not free and
transparent and records are not kept and not properly audited, even though large amount of donations are pouring in from both overseas and locally. 2. On December 13, 2013, at a special meeting held in the compound of the Temple, a decision was taken not to interfere with the wooden Temple, yet the two Priests and others went ahead and demolished the structure, the materials of which are at the President/Priest residence. This has caused a division between the membership; presently there are two groups, one of which is not permitted to enter the Temple due to insults and other forms of ridicule. 3. On 2013 - 12-05 the Mandir was registered under the Friendly Societies Act Chapter 36:04 and members were notified, however the Priests/President discarded that and had it registered under the Deeds Registry System without the knowledge of
members. 4. However the Ministry of Social Protection intervened in 2016, but to date things are at a stale mate. The Registrar seems incompetent to find a solution to this dilemma, thus causing the Priests and others to violate the Constitution which they later designed to benefit their own agenda. Presently there are three rubber stamps which are used to interface with the public. A copy is attached. 5. Mr. Editor, I would appreciate if the public at large, the Hindu community and the Diaspora can be informed thru’ your newspaper of the corruption that prevails, persons are even buying cars. One of these figures runs a meat shop in the compound. He was once stopped by the Buxton/Foulis NDC, his business is still functioning. I respectfully ask your kind cooperation in publishing my article. Harry Jagar Isardeen Past President
DEAR EDITOR; I read in all the dailies the Alliance For Change (AFC) political party’s announcement that it will be seeking to discuss with President Granger and the rest of Cabinet the skimming of responsibilities from the Minister of State and expand those responsibilities into three separate Offices. The AFC’s statement seems more like a public relations stunt than a genuine effort to address the root of the issue and how to address it. The AFC, being the major partner with the PNC in the
coalition government, could have easily requested a meeting with the President or raise its concerns at Cabinet before going to the media with its position. This action by the AFC raises several questions: Is it that the AFC felt that it could not effectively raise these issues in-house to bring about a resolution? Or is it that we are beginning to see fractures within the coalition that is making the AFC nervous so that it has to create a public perception of independence of thought from the rest of the coalition? What is the rationale and
what does the AFC hopes to achieve with splitting up the responsibilities? Will the splitting lead to more transparency, even though Mr. Harmon still maintains the portfolio of Minister of State? What is the AFC prepared to do if the request at fragmenting Harmon’s responsibilities is not acquiesced to? It’s a long shot, considering how our politicians shy away from the media and public probing, but I hope I can get a response from the AFC on the questions raised here. Clinton Urling
The National Tourism Council is born
DEAR EDITOR; Minister of Tourism and Public Telecommunications, Hon. Cathy Hughes, has made a momentous announcement, to the media, last week, which unfortunately, has been overshadowed by other, I presume, more salacious and entertaining events, that is, the Minister has formed a National Tourism Council, which will be the umbrella organization, so to speak, that coalesces all aspects of tourism in Guyana. As a Guyanese who has been advocating the importance of tourism, as an important contributor to Guyana’s economy, I was elated to see Guyana finally coming to grips with what has be the focal point to a coming vibrant economy. Guyana’s government started its march into independence with leaders who were averse to the tourism trade, then leaders who were lukewarm and finally, apparently, leaders who have seen the tremendous economic value of it. Last Carifesta X, in August, 2008, I was in Guyana, when Bahamas’ Minister of Tourism, boasted that the Bahamas hosted some 800,000 tourists every year. With all due respects, the Bahamas are islands, surrounded by a beautiful ocean and beautiful beaches. That’s it. Except for all of the other man-made trappings which were created for human entertainment purposes. Guyana however, has beaches that need work, as all beaches do, once human traf-
fic has invaded them, but we also have a near pristine Rain Forest, with many natural waterways! I have espoused this idea as recently as last December on, CW – AS It Is, a live video interview program run and hosted by my friend, Selwyn Collins, out of Brooklyn, New York (Minister Hughes was on this program not too long ago, I might add.), that is, Guyana has about one and a half times its population living as expatriates in other countries, principally, the United States, Canada and the United Kingdom. If Guyana develops a Mission Statement, with a Five-year Objective, to have 200,000 of these Expats, visiting one week a year and modestly spending US$2,000, that would be some US$400,000,000 being pumped into the Guyanese economy. About four times the 2016 Budget, I believe! Such a plan would obviously put an end to the destruction of the Rain Forest, and wild life, through mining and logging of those dwindling resources. Such a plan would dramatically reduce unemployment and significantly raise the standard of living for all Guyanese. Such a plan would significantly improve the natural surroundings and quality of life. ‘BUT, nothing good come easy’. Under the umbrella of the National Tourism Council, there would have to be a planning commission of qualified, interested parties from
Guyana and possibly the diaspora, who are capable of preparing a comprehensive and successful plan. The best of luck to Minister Cathy Hughes. You have hit a six into leg side pavilion. (I’m revisiting my cricket roots.) Albert R. Cumberbatch, Ph. D.
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My trip to China not connected to Harmon’s - Clinton Williams - Two-yr-old US$4.3M container scanner goes down
Clinton Williams
Government is moving to acquire another mobile scanner from the same Chinese company. Private sector executive, Clinton Williams, yesterday insisted that there was no connection with his recent trip to China to that of Minister of State, Joseph Harmon. Williams, a past Chairman of the Guyana Geology and Mines Commission (GGMC) and Guyana Forestry Commission (GFC), has a close relationship with Chinese companies and representing a number of them. The China trip sparked controversy recently after it became known that businessman, Brian Tiwarie, had accompanied Minister Harmon. Tiwarie was appointed as
Ministerial Advisor on Business Development in January. Tiwarie had close ties to the former administration of the People’s Progressive Party/Civic (PPP/C) but following the coalition’s victory last May in the General Elections, had been working with them on a number of projects, including the beautification of Brickdam and Durban Park. However, his appointment sparked condemnation from supporters of the coalition. The appointment was rescinded by President David Granger last week, hours after it was reported by Kaieteur News.
From page 12 site, the operator for the local porn website had ignored her pleas. Singh is not the only one affected by the site. In August last year, a Mon Repos, East Coast Demerara (ECD) woman claimed that a man who had befriended her on a social media website a few months earlier, downloaded pictures of her, photoshopped them and posted the
pictures to the local pornographic site. Thirty-three other women, including teenagers around Guyana have also reported that they too have had the same experience. Some say that their pictures were stolen from Facebook and Instagram and their faces were cropped and placed on nude bodies. The victims are now relieved that the site is off.
Tiwarie was in China, at the same time as Harmon, when the appointment was rescinded. Yesterday, Williams insisted that he went to China before Minister Harmon and left after him. There was no “nexus” to the Minister’s trip and his, Williams said.
He said that the trip was paid for by “The Principal”NUCTECH- the company which he visited in China to talk about the acquisition of a fixed container scanner. He said that there was a fixed one at Guyana National Shipping Corporation wharf. Another one, a mobile scanner that was commis-
sioned in 2014 at a cost of US$4.3M, has not been working. The decision was taken to acquire a fixed one, with senior officials from the Guyana Revenue Authority accompanying Williams on the China’s trip. Williams said the China discussions with NUCTECH were “favourable” with a new scanner on the cards. This one would be fixed as opposed to the mobile scanner that operated. International regulations have been placing pressure
for governments around the world to tighten up checks and security on wharves. It will be recalled that it was only in 2014, that the PPP/ C government commissioned the new US$4.3M vehicular mobile scanner which was granted to the Government of Guyana by the Chinese. It was provided by the same firm, NUCTECH. It was said to be the most modern scanner available on the market since it uses the latest technology in x-ray imaging.
Guyoil, GEA inquiry report into alleged wrongdoings due next month
Administrator...
Former GuyOil boss, Badrie Persaud
GEA’s Head, Dr. Mahender Sharma Minister of State, Joseph Harmon, yesterday met with the members of the Board of Inquiry, which was mandated to investigate the allegations of mismanagement and wrongdoing at the Guyana Oil Company (Guyoil) and Guyana Energy Agency (GEA). The Board members, who were appointed in March, met with the Minister to update him on their progress and
provided an oral preliminary report, a Ministry of the Presidency statement said yesterday. Assistant Commissioner Winston Cosbert leads the Board. The other members are Superintendent Julius Wright and Major Edgar Adams. The Board was commissioned following several allegations of misconduct against staff within both fuel agencies. The aim of the inquiry is
to advise the state on the veracity of those allegations and to report their findings and conclusions to the Government and to make recommendations on actions to be taken if individuals are found culpable. The report is due on May 16, 2016, the Ministry said. GuyOil’s Board of Directors fired its Managing Director, Badrie Persaud, saying
that a forensic audit report found he took unauthorized decisions. They lost confidence in him. With regard to GEA, headed by Dr. Mahender Sharma, that agency has been under the spotlight for its management of fuel purchases for the country. The forensic audit report flagged a number of issues, including the questionable use of lie detector tests on staffers.
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Clueless demonstrators mount protest outside KN
Region Three residents who mounted protest outside KN’s office yesterday By Abena Rockcliffe- Campbell Just under a score of persons hailing from Region Three yesterday mounted a protest outside Kaieteur News in “solidarity” with the embattled Minister of State Joseph Harmon. The lead protestor who identified herself as Kathlene Armstrong told Kaieteur News, “We are standing in solidarity with the APNU+AFC government; we stand with President David Granger, and in support of Joseph Harmon. We, as a Region, are in solidarity with what Joseph Harmon is doing.” Armstrong said that she is APNU+AFC Regional Councilor for Region Three. Asked if she is indeed supportive of Harmon and all his recently publicized ac-
tions, Armstrong said, “I do not know what actions you are talking about.” She said that all she knows is that she is a Harmon supporter. Armstrong had a placard erected that read, “Nigel Hughes is anti-coalition. Get on board.” Kaieteur News asked Armstrong about her making of such a strong allegation against the Chairman of the Alliance For Change whose Party plays an important role in the coalition government. She eventually responded, “I am telling him to come on board, can’t you see that?” Another protestor held a placard which read, “Glenn Lall has a PPP/C motive. Coalition is it.” Asked to explain the reason behind such a conclusion, Armstrong responded, “I am not here to talk about
Glenn Lall, I am here to show support for the APNU+AFC government.” Armstrong declined to say how she felt about the President’s decision to rescind Brain Tiwarie’s appointment which was made by Harmon. She said, “I will not discuss that because I am not here for that. I will not be the judge of any of the actions of President Granger. I am going to stand in support with whatever President Granger does.” Political commentators Frederick Kissoon and Mark Benschop expressed disappointment in politicians whom they feel must have been the force behind the protest demonstration. Kissoon said that the demonstration shows the extent to which Guyana’s political culture continues to degenerate. “This paper, that I
have been associated with from inception, has consistently exposed the wrongdoings of the People’s Progressive Party/ Civic government but I have never encountered a picket exercise outside the office of Kaieteur News. I would not accept, even for a fleeting moment, that the 10 to 15 persons would unwisely find themselves picketing KN acting on their own.” Kissoon said that there must have been planning by politicians and incentives must have been given or was promised by people who occupy more than an ordinary place in the scheme of political power. “If those persons gave approval for this picket it is an ominous sign of what is to come,” said Kissoon. He added that the “Harmon controversy is lead-
Political Activist Fredrick Kissoon
Political Activist, Mark Benschop
ing some important political actors down a path that may take Guyana with it unless wiser heads, particularly President Granger introduce some rational thinking to this chaotic situation.” Benschop said that the protest does not look well for the new administration. “It is sending the wrong message.” He said that this sort of action is sending messages to media houses to the effect that the government will come against reporters or media house that seek to expose the truth if it is not singing praises to the government. Benschop said, “It marks the continuation of a dangerous situation that started under the PPP regime.
“The government must allow the media to function. If any Minister is messing up it is the duty of the media to bring this to the public attention. “You cannot have paid supporters of the government to protest and try to paint Kaieteur News as the enemy. You are endangering lives.” Benschop called on the President to “please put a stop to this immediately, this is bullyism.” Benschop said that “interestingly” he never saw any of those who mounted protest yesterday “risking their lives during the reign of the PPP. It was just a few of us and Kaieteur News was included in that few.”
Suicide is not about unhappy people According to Guyana’s President, David Granger, unhappy people commit suicide. The President has publicly stated this on a number of occasions, seemingly giving the impression that this explains everything: one is unhappy, thus, one commits suicide. Had this really been the case then a majority of the world’s population would have been committing suicide. The reality, however, is that this is a simplistic, perhaps even reductionist perspective, about a complex, multi-faceted issue, and one would really hope that given his reputation as a scholar and researcher, President Granger, would not pronounce in such a manner on an issue that is nearing epidemic proportions in Guyana. Indeed, people may be unhappy leading up to the act of finality but it is not the happiness in itself that leads to suicide; rather it is the factor or combination of factors that create the unhappiness and the agonizing pain – physical, psychological, emotional - that drives suicide.
Regarding research that the President has also called for, a number of times, The Caribbean Voice is of the view that additional research is really not a priority as factors that drive suicide have already been documented by various researchers and studies. Essentially these are abusive and dysfunctional relationships; teenage affairs and pregnancy; rape and incest; an inability to deal with problems and challenges (lack of coping skills) and/or unbearable pain – physical or emotional - which generally give rise to awful agony and depression and feelings of helplessness, hopelessness, powerlessness and loneliness. In the context of Guyana also, suicide has become normative, to a certain extent, and thus is not only seen as a solution to life’s challenges but also as just another choice instead of a last, desperate option. Furthermore, suicidal mindsets are prone to copycatting, a practice referred to as the Werther Effect and catalyzed by alcohol-
ism; lack of empathetic communication and low levels of self-acceptance and/or feelings of inadequacy. The President has also hit upon the approaches to addressing suicide, all of which have been in the public domain for quite a while now. So yes a collaborative approach involving all stakeholders nationally is an ideal but in this respect we must point out that the prevailing overwhel m i n g f o c u s o n Georgetown negates the national collaborative approach. There is critical need to reach into communities and rural areas throughout Guyana, in order to include them in any suicide prevention campaign. Secondly, the approach must be multilayered and encompassing, so as to address all the factors. At the crux of this campaign should be a priority on an integrated health care system as advocated by the World Health Organization, with basic mental health training provided to all health care workers and other stakeholders; espe-
cially given that for many, depression precedes the act of suicide and also because individuals dealing with mental and physical health issues often end up committing suicide. Additional measures, some of which have already been promised, must include: ? placement of counselors in schools, which was supposed to have started since February; ? introduction of the Health and Family Program in schools, especially focusing on social and empowerment issues including self-esteem, self-forgiveness and self-acceptance; ? bringing back the Gatekeepers Program, hand in hand with a ‘Train The Trainers’ Programme so that every community can have eyes and ears that will act proactively to tackle suicide prevention and related issues; ? establishment of a support network to ease the effects of poverty, unemployment and under employment, and that must include skills training for the young in a concerted and holistic manner rather than randomly and selectively;
? legal enforcement of laws (to include raising the age of consent to 18 and establishing a registry of sex offenders) to address abuse, especially partner and sexual abuse and mechanisms in place to help victims of abuse deal with the trauma and other effects of their abuse; ? putting in place measures to address pesticide suicide - the Shri Lanka Model or something similar; ? an ongoing campaign to develop self esteem and coping skills; ? an ongoing education campaign to counter myths and misinformation and arm citizens with facts, information and suicide prevention strategies;
? measures in place, supported by legal enforcement, to curb alcoholism and drug use. The bottom line is that neither is there need to reinvent the wheel or to expend huge sums of money. A genuine collaborative approach, with inclusive planning, coordination, mapping and oversight, where volunteerism is a key facet, and entities at all levels can be incorporated, will make it not that difficult to implement these measures and maintain a national focus with respect to suicide prevention. The Caribbean Voice stands ready to lend its humble efforts to such an endeavour. (From Caribbean Voice)
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Committee votes in favour of impeaching Brazil’s President -Rousseff suffers damaging setback as stage set for full vote in lower house of Congress later this week Brazil’s president Dilma Rousseff began a week that could make or break her administration with a bruising defeat in a Congressional impeachment committee. After a bad-natured and at times chaotic debate, the members on the committee voted 38 to 27 to proceed with a motion to remove the Workers’ party leader from office for puffing up government accounts before the 2014 election. Their decision, which sets the stage for a full vote of the lower house to approve the country’s first presidential impeachment, raises the already high political temperature in Brasilia closer to boiling point. All eyes will now be on the lower house when the full vote is held on the 17th or 18th April. Brazil’s vice president, Michel Temer, said yesterday that an audio message that showed him preparing to take over if Rousseff is impeached was released by mistake, and merely expressed views of his that are already known. Temer told reporters the audio message calling for a government of national unity was aimed for a politician close to him who had asked if
Prison COI
Dilma Rousseff faces potential impeachment he was prepared to govern in the case that Rousseff were to be impeached. He said the message was mistakenly sent to the wrong group on text messaging service WhatsApp. Pro- and anti-impeachment demonstrators have already begun gathering outside Congress. Public security officials expect their numbers to swell to hundreds of thousands by the time of the plenary vote, which could
come as early as this weekend. To prevent violent clashes, thousands of troops will be deployed alongside the police and barricades have been erected to separate the two sides. Apart from scuffles, most of the tension has so far been released in Congress and public statements. Rousseff’s supporters have put up a spirited fight. Attorney general José Eduardo Cardozo, condemned what he called a
“flawed” process. “It is absurd to dismiss a president who has not committed crimes, nor stolen a penny,” he said. “Such a process without crime or fraud would be a coup.” But he and other allies were overwhelmed in the televised committee meeting. Antônio Imbassahy said his opposition Social Democratic party votes for impeachment “because it understands that Brazil does not deserve to be governed by a president who has committed crimes of responsibility in a conscious and continuous way, who lied to the Brazilian people, who defrauded the elections, who violated democracy, who destroyed the economy”, he said. “The final judgement is ahead. The votes will be registered in history. And history does not forgive.” The committee defeat was expected. Since the biggest party in Congress – the Brazil Democratic Movement party (PMDB) – declared it would abandon the ruling coalition last month, Rousseff has effectively been leading a minority government. The president is also on the ropes as a result of economic recession, corruption
scandals and plots by the PMDB and other parties to seize power. But Rousseff, who has more than two years of her mandate left to run, is far from being knocked out. Her opponents are not assured of the two-thirds of the 513 seats they need in the lower house. Even if they get this level of support, impeachment will also have to be approved twice by the Senate – first by a simple majority, then by two-thirds – before it is finalised. The government can also challenge the process in the supreme court. Public opinion is another factor. Despite her own dismal approval ratings, which hover around the 10% mark, most of Rousseff’s rivals are even more despised and are accused of equal or greater wrongdoing. The impeachment process has been spearheaded by lower house Speaker Eduardo Cunha, a PMDB leader who is accused of taking more than $5m in kickbacks from state-run oil company Petrobras and lying to Congress about secret bank accounts in Switzerland. Rousseff’s most likely replacement is Temer, also of the PMDB, who also faces im-
peachment proceedings because he signed off on the same policies as the president. More than half of the 65-member impeachment committee are also charged with bribery or other crimes. Compared with these accusations, the penalty for the president’s alleged wrongdoing is of questionable proportionality. Her administration was not the first to temporarily window-dress government finances, but none of her predecessor faced repercussions of this severity. The Workers’ party claims this represents a “coup”. Many of those who dislike the ruling party do not use this term, but they are uncomfortable about the threat to democracy posed by the removal of an elected president on such flimsy grounds. Overall, support for impeachment remains high, but appears to be ebbing. A Datafolha poll at the weekend, showed 61% of respondents favoured Rousseff’s removal, down from 68% in March. The last president to come so close to impeachment was Fernando Collor de Mello who resigned in 1992 on the eve of his conviction by the Senate.
Fire Officer recalls trauma, chaos
Compton Sparman, the commanding officer who led the fire combat operation against the violent fire that claimed the lives of 17 Camp Street prisoners testified before the Commission of Inquiry, yesterday. He told the Commission of Inquiry, (COI) into the incident, yesterday, that he was
told that prisoners refused to exit the building at the time of the fire at the Georgetown Prison on March 3, last. He revealed that this was the response he received from Deputy Director of Prison, Gladwin Samuels, after he inquired about evacuating the inmates on the day of the fire. “I asked the question if
there were systems in place for the persons to come out and he said plain they don't want to come out…they refused to evacuate,” Sparman said. As the firefighter recalled the chaos and tragedy which surrounded the riot, he noted that March 3 was the second time that the service was
Latest TT Central Bank 2016 forecast…
More pain to come (Trinidad Express) Brace for more economic pain. The worst of the ongoing economic recession is still to come, according to forecasts in an economic bulletin released by the Central Bank of Trinidad and Tobago (CBTT) late last
Friday. The CBTT forecast that in 2016 the economy will contract by—2.3 per cent, foreign reserves will fall by over US$1.2 billion, unemployment will climb to 4.1 per cent, and inflation will hit a four-year high of 6.2 per cent. The CBTT
also forecast that public sector debt will reach a record all time high of 60 per cent of gross domestic product (GDP), while the country’s broad money supply will shrink by —3 per cent, and the current account deficit will deepen to—2.5 per cent of G D P . ”The contraction is expected given the fall in commodity prices,” said former Finance Minister Larry Howai in an SMS text response when asked for his comments Sunday.
called in to extinguished fires at the prison in 48 hours. Sparman told the Commission that at one point, he felt that his life was at risk not only due to the fire but also the breach at the prison. “My personal security…I felt threatened simply because if for whatever reason they were to get out of their cells…if the cells were breached we would have been the targets simply because we were the ones extinguishing the fires.” He said that at one point, there was an exchange between the firefighters and inmates. Sparman said that the men threw items at the firemen, verbally abused and threatened them. He noted that as a result the fire service was forced to go into defence mode. He said that the men stood their ground and fought the blaze until it was extinguished. However, Sparman said what bothered him most was the behaviour of the prisoners; he wondered why they wanted to stay in the fire.
Fire Officer Compton Sparman “The scene was very traumatic…I wish it had never occurred; it was one of confusion, one of chaos,” the fireman declared. Sparman is the first of the joint services officials to testify in the COI es-
tablished into the March 3, prison disturbance. The COI was ordered by President David Granger following one of the deadliest riots to ever take (continued on page 20)
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U.S. officials warn Zika ‘scarier’ than initially thought
Dr. Anthony Fauci (R), director of the National Institute for Allergy and Infectious Disease, and Dr. Anne Schuchat, Principal Deputy Director for Centers of Disease Control Prevention, speak about the Zika virus at the White House in Washington yesterday. (REUTERS/KEVIN LAMARQUE) Top health officials expressed heightened concern yesterday about the threat posed to the United States by the Zika virus, saying the mosquito that spreads it is now present in about 30 states and hundreds of thousands of infections could appear in Puerto Rico. At a White House briefing, they stepped up pressure on the Republican-led Congress to pass approximately $1.9 billion in emergency funding for Zika preparedness that the Obama administration requested in February. “Everything we look at with this virus seems to be a bit scarier than we initially thought,” said Dr. Anne Schuchat, a deputy director at the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. “And so while we absolutely hope we don’t see widespread local transmission in the continental U.S., we need the states to be ready for that,” Schuchat added. Zika, linked to numerous cases of the birth defect microcephaly in Brazil, is spreading rapidly in Latin America and the Caribbean. The White House said
last week in the absence of the emergency funds it will redirect $589 million, mostly from money already provided by Congress to tackle the Ebola virus, to prepare for Zika before it begins to emerge in the continental United States as the weather warms. Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the U.S. National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, said if Congress does not provide emergency Zika funding, U.S. officials likely would be forced to redirect money currently dedicated for research into malaria, tuberculosis and a universal flu vaccine. “I don’t have what I need right now,” Fauci said. Hopefully the funding crimp will never reach a point where the stopgap money runs out, but if it does, he said, “we’ll have to start raiding other accounts, and very important research in other diseases is going to suffer, and suffer badly.” Schuchat said Aedes aegypti, the mosquito species that primarily transmits the virus, is present in about 30 states, rather than 12 as previously thought. In the U.S.
territory Puerto Rico, there may be hundreds of thousands of Zika infections and perhaps hundreds of affected babies, she added. Fauci said it appears the first Zika vaccine candidate is on target to enter initial clinical trials in September. Schuchat declined to forecast the number of Zika infections that could occur in the United States. While she said she did not expect large outbreaks in the continental United States, “we can’t assume we’re not going to have a big problem.” Schuchat said Zika is likely to be a problem during much of a pregnancy, not just during the first trimester as previously believed. As Brazil prepares to host the Olympic Games in August, the CDC has recommended that pregnant women avoid traveling to the country. “We also want people to know that travel to the area may lead to ‘silent’ infections or infections with symptoms, and that following infections, it’s very important to take precautions during sex not to spread the virus,” Schuchat said. The World Health Organization has said there is a strong scientific consensus that Zika can cause microcephaly, a condition in which babies are born with small heads that can result in developmental problems, as well as Guillain-Barre syndrome, a rare neurological disorder that can result in paralysis, though proof may take months or years. Brazil said last week it has confirmed more than 1,046 cases of microcephaly, and considers most to be related to Zika infections in the mothers.
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Dwayne Bravo becomes first player to scalp 300 T20 wickets WICRICNEWS - Dwayne Bravo becomes first player to scalp 300 wickets in T20s. Bravo has been one of the heartening aspects of the T20 spectacle since its inception. He achieved this feat last night in a contest against Kings XI Punjab (KXIP) in Match No.3 of
Indian Premier League (IPL) at IS Bindra Stadium, Mohali. Bravo bowled his most lethal delivery—slower one—that deceived and castled KXIP captain David Miller. It was Bravo’s second wicket of the match. E a r l i e r, h e k n o c k e d
over superlative striker from Australia G l e n n Maxwell on 2. This is G u j a r a t L i o n s ’ (GL) first stint in IPL and the newcomers would be hoping from the Calypso King to continue his stellar performance in this edition of IPL as well. (cricketcountry.com)
Wilton Spencer to conduct Track and Field Workshop in Bartica Mr. Wilton Spencer, Sports Organiser, attached to the Ministry of Education, Department of Sport/National Sports Commission, will be in Bartica Region #7 to conduct a Track and Field Workshop from April 13 – 16, 2016 at the Bartica Community Centre. The Workshop will commence 09:30hrs daily and
participants will come from among the Blind community staff from Rehabilitation Services of the Bartica Regional Hospital and the Community Based Rehabilitation Programme. Objectives of the workshop are:·To train the trainers to conduct Track and Field Training for
blind potential athletes and guides (persons with vision) ·To develop proper technique and coordination between guides and athletes. ·To expose all participants to basic guiding skills. The Training programme is sponsored by the National Sports Commission.
Tuesday April 12, 2016 ARIES (Mar. 21–Apr. 19) Changes in your domestic scene are evident. You may want to make plans to take a vacation together. You can expect your mate to get fed up and make the choices for you or back off completely. TAURUS (Apr. 20–May 20) You could be cornered, so be prepared to tell the truth. Don't push your luck with authority. You will meet a person who may turn out to be more than just a friend. GEMINI (May 21–June 20) Correspondence may not clear up issues. Helping children may be rewarding and challenging. You need to concentrate on solving existing problems. CANCER (June 21–July 22) Hard work will not go unnoticed. Anger may cause you grief; control your temper and try to sit back and calm down. Your generous nature could be taken advantage of. LEO (July 23–Aug. 22) Don't bang your head against a wall. Romance is likely if you can bring yourself to go out with friends. Get ready to discover love, passion, and the desire to enjoy all that life has to offer. VIRGO (Aug. 23–Sept. 22) Empty promises will cause upset. You can make favorable real estate offers today. You may have difficulty trying to get your mate to understand your position.
LIBRA (Sept. 23–Oct. 22) Talk to someone with experience about budgets or consolidating debts. You will have to face each issue separately and in person. Avoid scandals of any sort. SCORPIO (Oct. 23–Nov. 21) Don't try to hide your true feelings from your mate. You may have to explain your actions to your family. SAGIT (Nov. 22–Dec. 21) You can expect to experience delays or additional red tape if you deal with institutions. Don't jump the gun; you may find yourself getting angry at the wrong person. Try to be understanding. CAPRI (Dec. 22–Jan. 19) You can persuade even the toughest opponents to think your way. Your involvement in organizational events could open doors to new and exciting opportunities. AQUARIUS (Jan. 20–Feb. 18) This may not be the day to get involved in risky joint financial ventures. You can make changes to your living quarters that should please family members. Get involved in the activities of children. PISCES (Feb. 19–Mar. 20) Your ability to deal with humanitarian groups will enhance your reputation. Secret affairs will come back to haunt you. Leave things as they are for the moment and focus on reaching your highest potential at work.
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Preparation begins for BLUTC, Jumbo Jet one day thoroughbred Sprint Classic With just over three weeks away before race day preparations have intensified for the Jumbo Jet Auto Sales and Racing Stables one day horserace meet. The event which is being held in collaboration with the Bush Lot United Turf Club (BLUTC) is slated for Sunday 1st May at the club’s entity Sea View Park, Bush Lot West Coast Berbice. The six-race meet is expected to see some of the best sprinters in the business on show as they compete for over $4M in cash, trophies and other incentives up for grabs. At the moment extensive rehabilitation work is being undertaken at the venue with the entire track being dug, rolled and watered. Work is also ongoing on the stands, paddocks and other areas. The feature event is slated for horses classified D1 and lower over 1400M for a winning purse of $800,000 and trophy from a total purse of over $1.5M. The G1 and lower event has a winner’s take of $350,000
Millington grinds out another... (From page 28) enhanced initiative which he assured will go a far way in helping them achieve their goal. He also had words of appreciation for Roberts whom he stated is giving human service without much rewards. He is calling on the powers that be to pay more attention and give Roberts some assistance in helping with the cycling programme in Berbice. He used the opportunity to call on the business community to come forward and support the police, the club and Roberts in their quest for a better society. Roberts for his part joined in congratulating Amsterdam on his recent appointments and thanked the members of the Guyana Police Force for the initiative. Also speaking at the ceremony were executive members of the FACC Eli Hazel and Neil Reece. Among some of the sponsors were AC Amsterdam, DSP Guy Nurse, ASP Williams, Sergeants Lawrence Thomas and Randy Hamilton, Mara and Sons and ranks of the B Division Traffic Department among others. (Samuel Whyte)
and trophy over 1400M. There is a 1400M event for three year old West Indies bred maiden and Open Guyana Bred horses for a top prize of $350,000 and trophy. The H3 and lower event is another $1400M encounter and will see the animals racing for a winning pocket of $250,000 and trophy. Animals classified K and J and lower will be racing for a winning purse of $200,000 and trophy over 1200M. The final event will be for animals classified L and lower over 1000M for a pole position taking of $150,000 and trophy.
The events will be held under the rules of the Guyana Horse Racing Authority. The Organizing Committee reserves the right to cancel/refrain any race mentioned above. Interested persons can contact Chandu Ramkissoon (624-9063 or 232-0633), Irshad Mohammed on 664-1650, Ramnauth on 337- 5311 / 6971979, Campton Sancho on 690-0569 and Lakeram “Buddy” Sukhdeo on 6720810 for details and entry. The coordinator is Nazrudeen Jumbo Jet Mohammed Jr. (Samuel Whyte)
The Importance of... (From page 29) should spend some time looking at them carefully and searching for the right answers. No one structure is ideal. In today’s competitive and rapidly changing world, organizational structure must be fluid and must continually adapt to meet the demands and challenges that it faces. This is why members of the WICB must wake up from their self- induced hypnotic sleep, and realize that the Board’s current
antiquated and rigid structure will not allow it to grow or flourish in today’s ever-changing sports environment. It must adapt or perish. That is the message that the Lucky, Patterson, Wilkin and CARICOM reports were sending to the WICB, but alas it has fallen on deaf ears. The observations and recommendations above apply equally to the region’s cricket boards that are also desperately in need of change and structural reform.
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Jayasuriya to return as chairman of selectors ESPNcricinfo - Sanath Jayasuriya is set to take over as Sri Lanka’s chief selector once more, a little over a year after he stepped down from the role. The board has virtually confirmed Jayasuriya’s appointment, but is waiting on the sports minister’s approval before it makes a formal announcement. “In wanting to take Sri Lankan cricket to a new path, we have put some changes in place,” SLC president Thilanga Sumathipala told Divaina. “As such, we are expecting to appoint Sanath Jayasuriya as the new chairman of selectors.” Former wicketkeeper-bats-
man Romesh Kaluwitharana and former offspinner Ranjith Madurasingha are also expected to be part of the committee, according to SLC vice president Mohan de Silva. Jayasuriya will replace Aravinda de Silva, who had only signed on for a twomonth role ahead of the World T20. SLC has not finalised the Jayasuriya-led committee’s term, but “hopefully,” Mohan de Silva said, “it will be up to the next [2019] World Cup.” The SLC vice president also said that while Aravinda’s committee is due to select the Test squad for an upcoming England tour, it will now do so in consulta-
tion with Jayasuriya, “in order to provide continuity”. With present selectors Kumar Sangakkara and Lalith Kaluperuma out of the country, Jayasuriya will effectively become a selector of that committee, before he takes over the reins at the end of April. Jayasuriya previously held the post from January 2013 to March 2015. During that period, Sri Lanka won a World T20 and a Test series in England, both in 2014, before suffering a quarter-final exit at the 2015 World Cup. It was Jayasuriya’s committee t h a t f o r m a l i s e d An gelo Mathews’ assumption of the
Test and ODI captaincy. However, the period had also been beset by public disagreements between Jayasuriya and senior players - particularly Mahela Jayawardene. Former Sri Lanka seamer Eric Upashantha, who had served in the previous Jayasuriya-led committee, has been linked to the forthcoming announcement as well. Sri Lanka have major tours on the horizon. Following the three-Test tour of England, Australia are scheduled to visit Sri Lanka for a full tour in July and August. An away tour to South Africa is also scheduled at the end of the year.
Sri Lanka won the 2014 World T20 and a Test series in England during Sanath Jayasuriya’s previous term as chairman of selectors © Getty Images
Mercedes expects extreme tyre strategies in China (Reuters) Formula One teams might adopt aggressive strategies for Sunday’s Chinese Grand Prix because track conditions could lead to heavy wear of the supersoft tyre that has not been used in Shanghai before, Mercedes technical head Paddy Lowe said on Monday. The supersoft tyres are the quickest of the three types available for the race but also rapidly lose performance. The Chinese race is heavier on tyres than tracks in Melbourne and Bahrain, where the supersofts have been used previously this season. Drivers will spend some 80 percent of the Chinese circuit negotiating turns and highenergy corners and the unpredictable weather in Shanghai could also affect tyre degradation. “It’s the first time we’ll see
Mercedes F1 driver Nico Rosberg of Germany sits in his car. (REUTERS/ANDREJ ISAKOVIC) the supersoft compound used at this track ... and that will likely create a more extreme example of what we saw in
Bahrain, where the best qualifying tyre is unlikely to be a great race tyre,” Lowe said. “Every team is bound to
want to qualify on the supersoft, but if it grains (wears) in the race, we could see cars stopping in the first
five laps. “There will be plenty of analysis to do on Friday and we could see some interesting calls on qualifying and race strategy,” he said in a Mercedes team preview. Mercedes has dominated both Formula One races this season, with triple world champion Lewis Hamilton the fastest qualifier in Australia and Bahrain but losing to team mate Nico Rosberg on race day. Winners of 34 of the last 40 races, Mercedes have also locked out the front row for eight successive races. Formula One drivers are allowed 13 sets of dry-weather tyres over a race weekend and have supersoft, soft and medium to choose from in China, as selected by supplier Pirelli. That can lead to variations within a team as well as be-
tween teams, mixing up strategies. Pirelli said Williams, McLaren and the new Haas team had gone for the most extreme selection with their drivers all choosing seven sets of the supersoft compared to Hamilton and Nico Rosberg’s five. Williams’ Felipe Massa and Haas’s Romain Grosjean, who has scored in both of the team’s first two races, have made the most aggressive choices with just one set each of the medium tyres. Hamilton has opted for four sets of the medium and four of the soft while Rosberg, who leads the championship with a maximum 50 points, went for three medium and five softs. Hamilton won last year’s race in China from pole position, with Rosberg second.
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I have done nothing wrong! Japan’s Hagino plots Rio Infantino protests innocence in Panama Papers leaks downfall of Phelps, Lochte
BERLIN, Germany (AFP) — FIFA’s under-fire President Gianni Infantino has insisted he has done nothing wrong despite being linked to the Panama Papers leaks in yesterday’s edition of German magazine Kicker. In an exclusive interview, the 46-year-old, who was voted as FIFA’s new president in February, is adamant he acted correctly in a previous role as legal chief of European football’s governing body UEFA. Last Wednesday, Swiss police searched UEFA headquarters in Nyon, as part of a “criminal mismanagement” probe into a Champions League television rights deal co-signed by Infantino in 2006. UEFA’s marketing partner, Team Marketing, sold the rights to Cross Trading, a firm owned by Argentinian father and son duo Hugo and Mariano Jinkis, who are now among 39 football officials and executives fac-
Gianni Infantino... the whole process was correct and well documented. ing corruption charges in the United States. The deal was revealed last week in the Panama Papers, a leaked set of 11.5 million documents that provide detailed information about more than 214,000 offshore companies listed by the Panamanian corporate service provider
Mossack Fonseca. “The whole process was correct and well documented,” Infantino told Kicker. “The way it has been presented is simply a disgrace. “The agency’s marketing team had recommended that the highest of only two tenders received a contract for the ancillary rights. “The contract was negotiated by the marketing team in detail and examined by two divisions of UEFA, which according to standard procedure, was signed by two UEFA directors. “In this case, I was one of the two directors, but depending on availability, it could have been two other directors. “If, after the contract was concluded, the rights-buyers carried out some unfair transactions, neither UEFA nor I had any personal influence over that.” Infantino says he is sure he will be vindicated “when all the things are on the table”.
Kenya will beat Wada deadline, says president
Kenya’s President Uhuru Kenyatta leaves the Elysee Palace in Paris, France, April 4, 2016. (REUTERS/BENOIT TESSIER) (Reuters) Kenya will beat a May deadline to comply with the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) code and avoid sanctions that could include a ban from the Rio Olympics, President Uhuru Kenyatta said on Monday. Speaking at a breakfast for Paris marathon and world halfmarathon athletes at the State House, Kenyatta said the government had made the bill a priority and he was giving it close attention.
“By next week (at the) latest, the Anti-Doping Bill will have been passed by Parliament and I will have signed it into law so that there will be no excuse to deny our team from participation in the Rio de Janeiro Olympics in August,” he said. “We know there are people who are looking for excuses to ensure that Kenya does not participate in the Olympics. We will not give them that excuse,” he was
quoted as saying in an official news release. Kenya was given a onemonth extension on April 7 to comply with the WADA code or face sanctions that could include a ban from this year’s Rio Games. The African nation, famed for its distance runners but tarnished by around 40 doping cases in recent years, missed a February deadline to establish a legal framework for its Anti-Doping Agency of Kenya (ADAK). Kenyatta said Kenyan athletes had brought pride and international recognition to the country and outlined the financial rewards on offer to Olympic medal winners. The president said gold medalists would get 1 million Kenyan shillings ($9,900), silver medalists 500,000 and bronze 250,000. Kenya’s Cyprian Kotut won the Paris marathon on April 3 and Geoffrey Kamworor retained his world half-marathon title in March. Kenya won 11 medals at the 2012 Games in London — two golds, four silver and five bronze. David Rudisha won the men’s 800 meters and Ezekiel Kemboi the men’s 3,000m steeplechase. ($1 = 101.0000 Kenyan shillings)
Gold medallist Kosuke Hagino of Japan competes during the men’s 400m individual medley final at the Munhak Park Tae-hwan Aquatics Center during the 17th Asian Games in Incheon September 24, 2014. (REUTERS/KIM KYUNG-HOON) (Reuters) Confident Japane s e s w i m m e r K o s u k e Hagino said he was targeting a hat-trick of gold medals at the Rio de Janeiro Olympics and was looking forward to a showdown w i t h A m e r i c an idols Michael Phelps and Ryan Lochte. Hagino bettered his own Japan record in the 200 meter individual medley at the national championships, which
concluded on Sunday, one of four events the 21-year-old will take part in at the Brazil Games in August. Hagino also wanted gold in the 200m freestyle and 400m individual medley, where he pipped Phelps to Olympics bronze in London four years ago. “I think if you set clear goals for yourself, it’s easier to identify what you need to work on,” Hagino was quoted
as saying by Kyodo News. “Of course, I want to win a gold and without question. My two biggest rivals will be the two from America. “I’ve looked up to those two and I now have an opportunity to challenge them for a gold medal at the Olympics. It’ll be the last time to compete against them on the Olympic stage. I want to enjoy it and hopefully come out ahead.”
BCB New York Business Group One Day-Two Innings U-19 Competition
Kempadoo, Senwasane and Latiff shine as Port Mourant CC defeat Whim National Led by a well-played unbeaten century by top order batsman Ezekiel Kempadoo , P o r t M o u r a n t C r i c ket Club’s hammered Whim National by an innings and 205 runs after the latter forfeited their second innings in a game of the BCB/ New York Business Group U-19 one day two innings competition. Winning the toss, and batting first in the game which was played at the Whim Community Centre, Port Mourant led by Ezekiel Kempadoo’s unbeaten 102 (5 fours, 2 sixes), reached 270-7 before declaring after just 45 overs at the crease. Other useful contributions came from Veramootoo Senwasane with 44, Jamar Lancaster 31 and Vivekanand Jagjit 29. Bowling for Whim National, Mahindra Charran took 3 wickets, while R. Appadu
and D. Davis took one each. In their turn at the crease, Whim’s did not show much fight and were bundled out for a paltry 65. Charran returned with the bat to score 25 and N. Deonarine with 23 were the only batsmen to reach double figures as six of their batsmen fell for ducks. Bowling for the Port Mourant Cricket Club, Kevin Latiff led the way with 3 for 14, Emmanuel Seecharran picked up 2 -24, while there was one wicket each for Cheddi Budhoo and Jamar
Lancaster. Being faced with a deficit of 205 runs and asked to follow on the Whim National Team although playing on their home ground was overtaken by fright and decided to forfeit their second innings instead of facing the possibility of being embarrassed for the second time. Port Mourant Cricket Club thus won by an innings and 205 runs. The competition is continuing. (Samuel Whyte)
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Ex-FIFA vice president pleads guilty to U.S. bribery charges
NEW YORK (Reuters) A former high-ranking football official in the Americas pleaded guilty on Monday to charges that he participated in bribery schemes uncovered in a U.S. investigation of corruption in the sport’s world governing body, FIFA. Alfredo Hawit, a former FIFA vice president from Honduras who also led the North and Central America and Caribbean confederation, CONCACAF, pleaded guilty in federal court in Brooklyn, New York, to four conspiracy
charges. Hawit is one of 42 individuals and entities charged as part of a U.S. investigation of more than $200 million in bribes and kickbacks sought and received by football officials for marketing and broadcast rights to tournaments and matches. The investigation has sent Switzerland-based FIFA and other football governing bodies into an unprecedented crisis. Gianni Infantino, FIFA’s newly elected president, has vowed to restore FIFA’s im-
age. Hawit, 64, pleaded guilty to racketeering conspiracy, two counts of wire fraud conspiracy and conspiracy to commit obstruction of justice. He will forfeit $950,000 as part of his plea agreement. Speaking in Spanish, the defendant admitted in court to having received hundreds of thousands of dollars in bribes from two sports marketing companies that were seeking media rights for football matches. “I knew it was wrong for me to accept such undisclosed payments,” Hawit said through a translator. To date, 15 people and two sports marketing companies have pleaded guilty in the U.S. case. Prosecutors in a court filing on March 28 said they were in plea negotiations with multiple defendants. Hawit had been arrested at a Zurich hotel on Dec. 3 along with South American football chief Juan Angel Napout as the U.S. Department of Justice unveiled charges against 16 people for participating in the bribery schemes.
Ray Millington used the opportunity in the Second Guyana Police Force, B Division sponsored and Flying Ace Cycle Club (FACC) organised event to show that his victory in the first held two weeks ago was no fluke. The 28 miles event which was held last Sunday began at Tacama Turn in New Amsterdam before proceeding to The Rose Hall Town Arch Road before turning back to furnish at Main and Alexander Street. Millington began grinding out his competitors from the starting line and soon jumped the pack as he rode most of the race unchallenged for a convincing win. As like in the first event, the race was once again jointly coordinated by Coach Randolph Roberts and the force’s B Division Community Relations Officer, Assistant Superintendent Keith Williams and was sta g e d as part of the force’s renewed community relations drive and ways of doing things dif-
ferently. Again the race was for cyclists of the FACC only. The junior, U16 and female cyclists were given a few minutes head start. As the senior riders were sent on their way a reasonable size Sunday morning gathering that included newly appointed Commander Assistant Commissioner Ian Amsterdam and former Mayor and Prominent businessman Errol Alphonso were on hand. Millington soon left the senior bunch in his wake as he caught up with the other riders up front. He was soon all alone as he rode home for the convincing win. Occupying the other spots were Clement Doris in second, Curtis Dey third and veteran Syborne Ferdandes fourth. Curtis Dey was first among the juniors, while Zamal Khan continued his dominance among the U16 riders with another win. In the female category, Whitney Poyer turned the table on Tamika Teixeira for an easy win. The Prime point prizes
were shared between Khan and Millington with three each. Jason Cameron and Samuel Mootoo were given special prizes. Speaking at the presentation ceremony, Commander Amsterdam expressed his gratitude to the participants on behalf of Commissioner and rest of the police force. He re-emphasized the purpose and benefit of the police getting involved in community related activities, especially among youths. He intoned that the scourge of illicit activities and social ills are prevalent as such police is taking a different approach in doing things. He said that the police aim to work with youths to help them to help themselves in a positive way and using sports as a medium. Alphonso, who is also Patron of the FACC, in remarks congratulated Amsterdam on his upward achievements and new appointment and lauded the Police for their new and (Continued on page 25)
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Millington grinds out another victory in Police and FACC cycle event in Berbice
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Bodybuilding fraternity again in mourning with the passing of Fiona Harris The bodybuilding fraternity not yet fully over the passing of former President and Guyana’s first IFBB Judge, George Marshall, has been plunged into mourning again following the news that another former President and athlete, Fiona Harris has died. Harris who was one of Guyana’s leading Body Fitness athletes in the 2000s passed away sometime on Sunday evening following a brief period of illness. Fiona, as she was fondly referred to by friends and family took the reins of President of the Guyana Body Building and Fitness Federation (GABBFF) in early 2010 from Frank Tucker and served until 2012. Prior to becoming President, Harris, a former student of President’s College who had formed part of feared quartet of females making up the 4x100m relay team in the early 1990s, had served as GABBFF Treasurer from 2006-2010 and before that had joined the realms of administration in the sport as a Committee Member. As President, Harris is credited with adopting a hands on approach and leadership style as she visited most if not all of the gyms that would send athletes to compete including those in
Fiona Harris
Berbice, Linden and Demerara. In visiting gyms, Harris would share tips with the athletes with the aim of them presenting better bodies to compete on stage. She was also very visible in supporting the other strength sports whenever they held competitions, including weightlifting and powerlifting. As an athlete, Harris was a two-time Ms. Guyana Bodybuilding champion and one of Guyana’s best during her days of competition. She also competed in the Ms. Body Fitness category and perhaps the pin-
nacle of her career in terms of competition would have been the Central American and Caribbean Championships that were held in Guyana in 2004 when she made the finals in the Ms. Body Fitness class but did not medal. After leaving the GABBFF Harris’ expertise was sought and used by the Flex Night Inc. Committee up until the time of her passing. Kaieteur Sport joins with the bodybuilding fraternity in extending sincere condolences to Harris’ daughter Kadija, family and friends. May her soul rest in peace.
Equatorial Guinea women’s team banned over forged passport
The FIFA logo is seen at the FIFA headquarters in Zurich, Switzerland March 18, 2016. (REUTERS/RUBEN SPRICH) (Reuters) Equatorial Guinea have been kicked out of the 2020 women’s Olympic football tournament after a player was found to have used two passports with conflicting details, FIFA said on Monday. FIFA’s disciplinary committee held the Equatoguinean FA (Feguifut) liable for the use of a “forged or falsified” passport during last year’s qualifying tourna-
ment for the Rio Olympics. Football’s world governing body said it had found evidence of the use of two passports with different dates of birth for Camila Maria do Carmo Nobre de Oliveira, who took part in several qualifying matches. “Two birth certificates containing divergent information regarding the player’s parental affiliation were also provided,” FIFA said.
The player was banned for the next 10 international matches for which she would be eligible, fined 2,000 Swiss francs ($2,100), warned and reprimanded. Feguifut was fined 40,000 Swiss francs. “Further investigations related to the eligibility of several other players are currently ongoing,” said FIFA. Equatorial Guinea did not qualify for the women’s football tournament after losing to South Africa in the final round, having previously beaten Congo and Nigeria two-legged matches. The West African nation’s men’s team were kicked out of the 2015 African Nations Cup for fielding a Cameroon-born player who was not eligible to represent them in qualifying matches. Equatorial Guinea were later given a place in the tournament when they agreed to step in as hosts after Morocco withdrew.
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The Importance of Structural Reform By Dr Rudi V. Webster During the last decade or so, the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) repeatedly dismissed the findings of the Lucky, Patterson, Wilkin and CARICOM reports, and contemptuously rejected their recommendations to restructure the Board, reform its systems and processes, and improve the quality of its leadership. If self-interest or selfpreservation is not the real cause of the Board’s defiant attitude and behaviour, one can only assume that its
members do not yet understand the significance of organizational structure and structural reform, or the importance of the fundamental principles of development, improvement planning, and successful performance. The German philosopher Johann Goethe could well have been thinking about members of the WICB when he said that people only listen to, or act upon, that which they understand. As soon as a new board takes over, it should create an innovative and powerful
D’Andrade on podium twice in one day in Trinidad
D’Andrade on podium twice in one day in Trinidad Trinidad-based Guyanese, Lionel D’Andrade stopped the clock at 16:20 while, his Trinidadian counterparts Ted John (16:51) and Nicholas Romany (17:10) placed second and third respectively on Saturday in the Massy Stores inaugural Run for Food 5km race at the Queen’s Park Savannah. Earlier on Saturday, D’Andrade placed third in the Couva/Point Lisas Chamber of Commerce 5km race in 16:23. Trinidadians, Richard Jones (16:12) and Curtis Cox (16:16), won and placed second respectively. “This is my first win for the season. I’ve competed in a few other road races, but the season began slowly. The
race calendar is really now getting started, as I am too. My training hasn’t been steady as I would like it to be,” D’Andrade said following his performance. “I’m getting back into my zone, as the calendar gets underway. I am presently preparing for two upcoming road races next weekend; The Sagicor Phoenix 1Lap (6:30pm) and Domestic Violence Survivors 5km (6:00am), both scheduled for Saturday,” he informed. The Massy Stores Run for Food 5km race had 1767 participants and the initiative seeks to raise awareness for the importance of homegrown produce by incorporating the 5k, zumba exercise and charity event in order to appeal to the public.
vision for West Indies cricket that takes into account the legitimate interests of all of its stakeholders, particularly the interests of its players who must indeed be coowners of that vision. The board must then articulate a philosophy that highlights its values and priorities, and formulate a simple but intelligent strategy to achieve that vision. It must lead by example and show by word and deed what it really stands for. It must also create a contract of expectations with the players so that the players will know exactly what the Board expects of them and the Board will know exactly what the players expect of the Board. The new board must commit to mastering the basic principles of organizational performance, to reforming its resources, structures and systems, and to seeking objective and accurate feedback to measure and monitor progress and to detect any wrong doings and mischievous behaviour that might occur. It is imperative that the new board changes the toxic climate that currently exists in West Indies cricket. It must build cooperative and harmonious relationships with its players and coaches, and with other people inside the organization over whom i t h a s f o r m a l p o w e r, authority and control (vertical relationships). Additionally, it must build cooperative, respectful and meaningful relationships with the press, governments of the region, sponsors, and people outside the organization over whom it has no formal power, control or authority (lateral relationships). Good management of these lateral and interdependent relationships could very well be a key to the Board’s effectiveness. Most importantly, the new board must narrow the rhetoric/reality gap that currently exists by getting rid of the bad habit of focusing on inputs rather than on outputs or results. The board must also motivate its people, focus intently on implementation and build a strong network of people committed to executing, measuring and monitoring its agenda for change.
The leaders and members of the current WICB would automatically perform better if they redesigned the Board’s structures and systems and aligned them to serve and support, rather than to control and dictate. Organizational design shapes people’s behaviour. Surprisingly, the WICB has underestimated the impact that structure has on performance. Structure either limits or liberates performance potential. When placed in the same system people, however different, tend to produce the same results. If members of the existing WICB think that their performance is substandard they should take a very close look at the system and the structure in which they are operating. If the leaders of the WICB behave like dictators they are working in a structure that supports dictatorship. If Board members are not player focused they are working in a structure that is not designed to serve the players. If they are not flexible and creative they are working in a rigid and autocratic structure. If members continually resist change they are not working in a learning environment
Dr Rudi V. Webster that values growth and development. And if the leaders are not team players they are working in a structure that is designed for individual performance and individual rewards. Form and structure should always follow purpose and function. If the Board’s structure is not designed to reflect its vision, values, purpose, priorities, goals and strategies, its
performance will suffer. To facilitate the right design, organizations should answer the following questions fully and honestly: who are we, what do we want to become, where are we going and what do we want to achieve, what do we believe in and stand for, and why do we exist? These questions are not as easy as they seem. Organizational architects (Continued on page 25)
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Guyana Amazon Warriors name Guptill as captain for CPL 2016 Guyana Amazon Warriors have stepped up their preparations for the forthcoming HERO Caribbean Premier League (CPL) season by confirming New Zealand star batsman Martin Guptill as their captain. Guptill, 29, is the franchise’s marquee player and is currently ranked third in the ICC World T20 batting rankings. The Aucklander enjoys a career average of 34.73 and strike rate of 131.44 from 61 games to date for the Black Caps. A mainstay in the New Zealand top order across all three formats, he recently featured in his fifth ICC World T20 event in India and was a key figure as his nation reached the semi-finals, scoring 140 runs in four games at an impressive strike rate of 157.30. This will be Guptill’s fourth season in the CPL overall, and third with the Wa r r i o r s , h a v i n g a l s o previously featured for St Kitts & Nevis Patriots (in 2015). In 28 CPL games to date he averages 35.7, including seven half-
centuries, with a highest score of 90. Commenting on his selection, Martin Guptill said: “It is a huge thrill and a great honour for me to be selected as Guyana Amazon Warriors captain for the forthcoming CPL season. Guyana is a cricket-rich nation and has produced many outstanding West Indies cricketers, not least Shivnarine Chanderpaul, Colin Croft, Lance Gibbs, Carl Hooper and the great Sir Clive Lloyd, amongst many others. I am conscious of Guyana’s heritage and standing in the Caribbean, and proud to lead the team into battle this year. “I am really excited about working with a talented crop of emerging local and international talent and we will be working hard to try and be consistent and go one step further and clinch the title which has eluded the Warriors on two occasions. Of course this summer we will also be travelling to Central Broward Stadium in Florida which is a really positive development for CPL as we
move into mainland USA. Speaking to some of the players already, there’s already a lot of excitement about this step. “I would like to thank the owners and coach Roger Harper for inviting me back and we are all focused on giving our wonderful supporters many happy memories later this summer. Providence Stadium is a ground that I have fond memories of playing in and I know that we can count on some big numbers for our games there again this summer.” Reflecting on the ICC World T20 2016, he added: “I would firstly like to congratulate the West Indies team and management on regaining the World T20 in such dramatic fashion last weekend. Their performances were outstanding throughout the competition and it was a real team effort. “Personally speaking, New Zealand were disappointed to lose in the semi-finals to England, but we can take a lot of positives and look to build for the next
few years as we have a good group of promising New Zealand cricketers coming through. With my team mates Brendon McCullum and Colin Munro signed up, it will be a great tournament for the fans as some of the biggest names in world cricket arrive in the Caribbean. “West Indies cricket is on a real high. And with the women’s and Under-19 teams also enjoying international success, I have no doubt that the feel-good factor will continue into the best ever C P L this summer and beyond.” Dr. Ranjisinghi “Bobby” Ramroop, franchise owner of the Guyana Amazon Warriors, said: “I am delighted to welcome a world class player of the calibre of Martin Guptill back to the team, having been a member of the Guyana Amazon Warriors family for the 2013 and 2014 editions of CPL. Martin’s d y n a m i c p e r s o n a l i t y, coupled with his high level of discipline and work ethic, will certainly be
Martin Guptill scored an unbeaten 50, Guyana Amazon Warriors v St Lucia Zouks, CPL 2014, Providence, July 19, 2014 ©LatinContent/Getty Images instrumental as a role model to the other team members, especially the younger players on the team. We wish him well and believe that he will be an inspirational figure for the team, on and off the field.” Warriors Coach Roger Harper added: “I would like to offer my congratulations
to Martin on being named captain of the Guyana Amazon Warriors for CPL 2016. I have no doubt that Martin will lead from the front and his professionalism and passion for the game will spread throughout the team and drive us to success. I am excited about working with him as Captain.”
Finch, Bravo lift Lions to victorious start ESPNcricinfo - This was the third lopsided clash in as many matches as Aaron Finch and Dwayne Bravo helped Gujarat Lions ease into the tournament with a thumping win against Kings XI Punjab in Mohali. Barring the first over, Lions were in total control in chase of 162; they won with 14 balls to spare on the back of Finch’s 47-ball 74. Brendon McCullum, fresh off a whirlwind ton in his final Test, was stumped by Wriddhiman Saha, who was standing up to the stumps, in the first over. Sandeep Sharma, who anticipated a forward shimmy, bowled the perfect outswinger to leave McCullum stranded. Finch and Suresh Raina then took the attack to the pacers by capitalizing on loose deliveries. Raina holed out to midon in the sixth over, but Finch peppered the boundary with deft touch
and exemplary placement, particular behind square on the off side. He hit 12 boundaries, and it required a moment of brilliance from the Pardeep Sahu, the legspinner, to remove him. Finch was drawn forward, but was beaten in the air and off the pitch as Saha completed his second stumping. The rest of the innings was a mere formality as Dinesh Karthik accrued his runs with sweeps and pulls to finish with a polished unbeaten 41. Earlier, Kings XI were given an ideal start by their openers - M Vijay and Manan Vohra - who saw off the swinging new ball before getting stuck into their work. A blend of crisp drives and flicks earned the pair a fiftyrun stand within the Powerplay. The spread field did not impede Vohra, as he manufactured boundaries courtesy swift footwork off the spinners.
Aaron Finch hit 12 fours in his 47-ball 74 © BCCI
However, momentum shifted rapidly when Ravindra Jadeja struck twice in consecutive overs to remove the openers.
Dwayne Bravo undid Glenn Maxwell and David Miller in the space of three balls. The one that did Miller - the slow, dipping yorker, made Bravo
the first bowler to pick up 300 T20 wickets. S u d d e n l y, d e b u t a n t Marcus Stoinis and Wriddhiman Saha were left
to rebuild a rollicking start. The pair were forced to use the large Mohali pockets to find their runs, but struggled to find the boundaries towards the end. Much of that was down to the efficiency of the Lions bowlers, who executed their yorkers and slower balls at will. Bravo took two more wickets off consecutive slower balls in the last over, and could have had his best T20 bowling figures had Sarabjit Ladda pouched a skier off the last ball. Just two boundaries and 36 runs were scored off the last five overs, and Kings XI could muster 161. With momentum firmly with Lions, it was always going to be a tough task for Kings XI, who slumped to their ninth loss from the last ten games. Scores: Gujarat Lions 162 for 5 (Finch 74, Karthik 41*) beat Kings XI Punjab 161 for 6 (Vijay 42, Vohra 38, Bravo 4-22) by five wickets.
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Nandy Park capture Cheddi Jagan Memorial T20 crown
Members of the victorious Nandy Park team with their hardware. Former DOS Neil Kumar is standing fourth from left. By Zaheer Mohamed Nandy Park were crowned champions of the annual Cheddi Jagan Memorial T20 tournament after defeating Good Hope Golden Star Youth and Sports Club by six wickets in the final which was contested Sunday. Good Hope struggled against some spirited bowling and were restricted for 109-8 after they decided to take first strike at Farm, East Bank Demerara. Adrian Persaud and Asif Mohamed featured in a third wicket stand of 46 after Good Hope were reduced to 10-2. Persaud survived some nervous moments before slamming three fours and one six in scoring 28, while Mohamed struck four fours before he was dismissed for 24. Incisive bowling from former National U19 allrounder Rakesh Gangaram and off-spinner Seeraj Bhimsain restricted the scoring with only Randolph Raj reaching double figures with 15. Gangaram and Bhimsain claimed two wickets each while Patrick Khan, Rohan Sarjoo and Navindra Pooran had one each. Defending such a total was always going to be a
tedious task on the small ground, but, Left arm spinner Delroy Williams provided Good Hope with the breakthrough when he trapped the in-from Mukesh Dass lbw for four with the score on eight. Leg spinner Adrian Persaud bowled Sanjeev Datadin (00) and Rickford Samaroo (00) leaving Nandy Park at 20-3-an upset seemed likely. However, opener Patrick Khan and Seon Wills repaired the early damaged with a fourth wicket partnership of 51 with sensible batting on a pitch that offered much assistance to the spinners. While Wills was content to rotate the strike, Khan who was named man-of-thematch was brutal on anything wayward. He smashed three fours and two sixes before he was lbw to medium pacer Andy Lall for 35. Any hopes on a Good Hope win quickly vanished as Gangaram belted two fours and two maximums in an unbeaten 24; Wills remained not out on 12 as Nandy Park finished on 1114 in 14 overs. Persaud had 2-11, while Lall took 2-24 and Williams 1-11. Speaking at the
presentation ceremony, former director of sport Neil Kumar congratulated the winners and thanked the East Bank Demerara Cricket Association for h o s t i n g the final. Organiser Seeraj
Bhimsain expressed gratitude to the sponsors and teams. Meanwhile, Combined Herstelling defeated the newly formed Good Hope Youth and Sports Club by 33 runs in an earlier encounter. Batting first, Combined
Herstelling scored 151 all out in 19.1 overs. Jagdesh Bishu scored 36, Pernell London and Roman Daniels got 32 each and Ricky Debidyal 14. Adrian Persaud claimed 3-16 and Seeraj Bhimsain 3-17. Good Hope were bowled
out for 118 in 19.1 overs in reply. Alvin Persaud made 26, Mark Forde 18, Bhimsain 17 and Adrian Persaud 14. Buddan Baksh, Ricky Sargeant snared three wickets each while Delroy Williams had two.
Singh ton, Ramsammy 50 hand TSC easy win Sunil Singh stroked a fluent 105, while teenage opener Mark Ramsammy slammed 53 as Transports Sports Club (TSC) defeated Diplomats by 309 runs when the Georgetown Cricket Association/Noble House Sea Foods second division two-day t o u r n a m e n t continued on Sunday at Bourda. After leading on first innings by 133, TSC declared on 248-5, batting a second time. Singh and Ramsammy added 148 for the second wicket to frustrate Diplomats in favorable sunshine. Singh struck eight fours before he was dismissed after facing 105 balls while
Set a mammoth 401 to win, D i p l o m a t s l o s t wickets regularly and were bowled out for 92 in the last hour. Eon Monesir scored 35 as Massiah captured 3-13, Wilson 2-6 and Singh 214.
Sunil Singh Ra m s a m m y h a m m e r e d five fours off 48 balls. Joshua Wilson made 27 while Raphael Singh
Mark Ramsammy and Shawn Massiah got 2 2 and 19 not out respectively. Shawn Brown took 2-36 and Saif Razak 250.
Scores: TSC 251-9 declared. (Keon Morris 55, Devaughn Nandan 45, Adrian Hinds 40, Akeem Redmond 34; Rickford Mohamed 4-43) and 248-5 dec. (Sunil Singh 105, Mark Ramsammy 53, Shawn Brown 2-36, Saif Razak 2-50). Diplomats 98 all out (Eon Monesir 52; Raphael Singh 3-25) and 92 all out (Eon Monesir 35; Shawn Massiah 3-13). (Zaheer Mohamed).
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Dwayne Bravo is elated after getting Glenn Maxwell bowled, Kings XI Punjab v Gujarat Lions, IPL 2016, Mohali, April 11, 2016 ŠBCCI
Fiona Harris (standing front row right) is pictured with fellow Flex Night Inc. colleagues at the 2014 launch.
Millington grinds out another victory in Nandy Park Police and FACC cycle event in Berbice capture Cheddi
Jagan Memorial T20 crown
Commander of Police B Division Assistant Commissioner Ian Amsterdam (in track suit) presents the winning Commander B Division trophy to winner Ray Millington. Also sharing the moment along with the other outstanding performers are Mr. Alphonso (left), Station Sergeant of the Central Police Station Marlon O’Donaghue (2nd left) and ASP Williams (centre), while Coach Roberts is at right.
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