Wednesday April 30, 2014
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Letters... Where your views make the news... Letters... Where your views make the news
Jagdeo’s hordes ravaged the Rodney Monument DEAR EDITOR, Now that an inquiry into the circumstances leading up to Dr. Walter Rodney’s death is to be undertaken I wish to express my concern for the National Unity Monument-- a Walter Rodney memorial which the ruling People’s Progressive Party government has desecrated. It has since made inaccessible to myself and public following the construction of the National Intelligence Centre on the lawns of Castellani House. A few weeks back, I went to check out the monument. I was approached by security personnel who asked me whether I was looking to spend some ‘jail time’. I asked him how so? He responded that I was in the process of committing an act of treason. The man was so damn ignorant that when I responded to him he started
cursing me down. So walking on the lawns of Castellani House is now an act of treason! I am a law abiding citizen. I have made repeated requests for a meeting with Cabinet Secretary Dr. Roger Luncheon since 2011 to have some clarification about what will become of the National Unity Monument on the lawns of the National gallery now that the National Intelligence Centre has been built there. In earlier letters to Dr. Luncheon I stated that the National Unity Monument was built as a consequence of an independent initiative by myself, and partly financed from the sale of my works of art. My friends, businessman Hemraj Kissoon, Colombian Ambassador Dr. Hildalgo May Garcia and the late Gobin Dwarka, supported this initiative.
The monument was declared open on the 15th anniversary of the death of Dr. Walter Rodney, one of Guyana’s most illustrious sons. The late Dr. Dale A Bisnauth, the Minister of Education, Social Development and Culture in declaring open the monument said- “A better day could not have been chosen for the handing over of the monument. It is a day which commemorates the sacrifice of one of Guyana’s greatest sons. “A man, who lived for racial harmony, struggled for peace and justice and who paid the price for these fine human endeavours with his life.” Dr. Bisnauth expressed the hope that the monument launched on the anniversary of the June 13, 1980 death of Dr. Walter Rodney would also inspire Guyanese to live and
struggle for the things he did. The ceremony was attended by President Cheddi Jagan, United States Ambassador to Guyana Mr. George I Jones, Canadian High Commissioner Mr. Simon Wade, Mrs. Philomena Sahoye-Shury, members of the Working People’s Alliance (WPA) and artists. The National Unity Monument was endorsed by the late president Dr. Cheddi Jagan, a man who spent his lifetime advocating National Unity. The Castellani lawn was given over to the artists by the late Chairman Mrs. Janet Jagan to beautify with outdoor sculptures. However, upon her death the then President Bharrat Jagdeo took possession of the lawns to build his institution for the surveillance of the political opposition and the local population, just a few feet
We suppress our children DEAR EDITOR, The people who need love and understanding the most are usually the rebellious ones. Life is contemplatively ironic like that. That is the thrust of my take on the issue in Trinidad and Tobago where a 12-yearold girl was videoed receiving a beating from her mother for posting inappropriate pictures online. This video of the beating was then posted online as well. The m o t h e r ’s r e s p o n s e , n o doubt, has done further
damage to the already questionable self esteem of the child, which contributed to the attention seeking. At this point it is clear that the mother is not yet competent to deal with such a matter and informed intervention is best; in the interest of mother and child. Perhaps it’s never too early to start teaching management of the personal brand and draw attention to the fact of the permanency of whatever is communicated online.
On a wider level it instructs us to consider the effects of technology on parenting. Further, it reveals a sad reality of our Caribbean culture, embedded with violence and oppression that we interpret as “values” and “morals”. The same culture sees us having to sit quietly in class with finger on the lip, looking at the sign on the wall that says “silence is golden” while the rest of the world encourages their students to express themselves. It’s no wonder why we
have a hard time to say what is on our minds without resorting to forcefulness. We unconsciously have to fight to align our tongue with our thoughts, let alone benefit from the refinement of thoughts that dialogue can bring. Ah lie me ah tell? Check out some awe parliamentarians dem. I believe we can change though; I am not passing on that backwardness. It stops with me. I will love and care and empower with reckless abandon. Arun Sudesh Richard
away from the monument. And in the manner reminiscent of the barbarian horde, ravished the monument sites of its bronze plaques, claybricks that made the walkway and plants. Fully aware of the significance of the monument but of course his action was deliberate and well calculated. These people are hostile to the ideal of national unity, to Guyanese coming together to forge their own destiny. These PPP rules don’t know what it is to take your own money and do something for your country. All they have ever done over the years is to plunder the human and natural resources of our country. They have constructed villas in Prado Ville I and II, are given to an ostentatious lifestyle, the acquisition of more and more wealth, the display of vulgarity hitherto unseen in Guyanese politics. Their intention simply put is to suck Guyanese dry, dry. The cruel imposition of the 16 per cent VAT had shown how hard hearted these rulers have become; low income Guyanese have become paupers, people have nothing put aside for ‘rainy days’. This 16 per cent VAT has since had severe sociological repercussions. Under their rule over, 700 Guyanese have been brutally murdered by marauding
criminal gangs, phantom squads, and members of the Guyana Police Force. Thousands of young men and women without jobs or opportunities whose lives are ruined before it began. Others seek out devious ways of existence and are ensnared and criminalized by the authorities. Now these PPP rulers, shabbily dressed in the 1980 Burnham fraudulent constitution, which Walter Rodney militantly opposed in his lifetime have commissioned an inquiry into the circumstances leading up to Walter Rodney’s death at the request of the Rodney family. The PPP claim that they are not motivated by partisan political interest, that they do not seek to use the Rodney family request to further their own political agenda, which has absolutely nothing to do with the ideals of Walter Rodney of a free, just and humane society. Walter Rodney’s contribution helped to heal the open wounds of Guyanese Nation. He should be so remembered! Desmond Alli
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Notorious wanted bandit ‘Rambo’ nabbed at court In what could only be described as a barefaced act, alert police yesterday nabbed notorious wanted bandit Tameshwar Khemraj called ‘Rambo’ , as he turned up at the Albion Magistrate court to observe a matter. What was equally daring was that the 27year-old fugitive, who was wearing a disguise, was found with six grams of cannabis in his pocket while in the precincts of the police station and Magistrate’s Court. Khemraj, of Nigg Corentyne, Berbice, who was wanted on a number of misdemeanours, had turned up in court for an ongoing matter of robbery under arms committed on the 10th October 2013 on Tageram Madramootoo at Nigg. He was granted bail in the matter and a decision is pending. He was also wanted for a $10M robbery that was committed on a Corentyne businessman recently. Two unmasked, armed bandits on a motor cycle minus registration plates had held up and robbed Ramlingum Mangalie called Buddy as he was about to deposit into the Republic Bank Rose Hall Branch. The incident occurred around 07:15 hrs on Wednesday 9th April at Rose Hall. The victim, his brother Subramanie Mangalie and father Mangalie Permaul ,own and operate Permaul’s Snackette, Trading and Distribution store at Lot 30 B Albion Road, Corentyne. Ramlinggum Mangalie was in his minivan (PPP1632) and had just pulled up in front of the bank to deposit the money when he was accosted by the two bandits. The men discharged rounds before grabbing a bag containing $7M which belonged to Subramanie Mangalie. They then grabbed another bag containing $3M while they fled the scene. Khemraj’s alleged accomplice, Davendra Harricharran called ‘Bara’, 27, of Nigg Squatting Area, Corentyne, Berbice, was subsequently caught and remanded to jail. Khemraj was also wanted for questioning in a robbery/rape committed at Maida Farm, Corentyne, Berbice, on 12th April last where they brutalized and robbed the family. During that ordeal which occurred around 20:00 hrs, three armed masked bandits with a shot gun, cutlass and knife entered the home of a 33year-old hire car driver and robbed him of cash, a cell phone and jewellery. The men also robbed the man’s wife of a substantial amount of cash and a large amount of gold jewellery. They also robbed two other persons who were in the home at the time, of cash, a
Tameshwar Khemraj called ‘Rambo’
quantity of gold and other jewelry, a cell phone and $700 US. The man’s wife was also allegedly raped during the rampage before the men escaped. Rambo was also said to be among four bandits who had, on Saturday 2nd June 2013 at Cumberland, while armed with an AK 47, cutlasses and knives, robbed Melissa Fernandes of $185,000, 800 TT dollars, 4 cell phones valued $220,000, a quantity of jewellery valued $550,000 - a total of $987,000. They were subsequently tracked down and nabbed at a house at Edinburgh, East Bank Berbice. The others were Deon Fraser called ‘Bucko’, 23, of Adelphi ,East Canje, Berbice; murder accused Adbussulum Azimulla called ‘Sato’, 29, of Hampshire, Corentyne, Berbice and the late Deodat ‘Pop Corn’ Seecharran, who was shot dead by police earlier this month.
Wednesday April 30, 2014
Teen says he killed Mabura shopkeeper during struggle A 19-year-old has reportedly confessed to killing Mabura businessman Colin McLean, who was slain in his home last Sunday. Kaieteur News understands that the teen told investigators that he committed the act during a struggle with the 52-yearold shopkeeper. He is likely to be charged this week after a post mortem is conducted. The suspect was detained on Monday at his Vergenoegen, East Bank Essequibo home. Kaieteur News was informed that he had moved to Mabura some time ago and knew McLean. Investigators have been told that the youth was seen leaving the shopkeeper’s premises on Sunday, shortly after residents heard someone screaming inside McLean’s home. A relative, who saw the body at the Linden Hospital, said that the shopkeeper had been repeatedly stabbed behind the head.
- police source McLean, of 88 Wismar Housing Scheme, Linden, is believed to have been murdered at around 04.00 hrs on Sunday, when the lights in the community went off. This newspaper was told that at around that time, neighbours heard a loud scream and upon checking some hours later, found McLean’s bloodied corpse. Relatives said that a quantity of cash and gold were missing. McLean had been operating his food and beverage business at the location for the past 10 years. Mavis McLeanThompson, the slain man’s sister, said she was told that customers visited her brother’s shop early on Sunday and saw it open. They
DEAD: Colin McLean reportedly went to the Mabura Station after calling repeatedly at the shop and getting no response. She added that neighbours provided investigators with details pertaining to the suspect, who they claimed left Mabura shortly after McLean was killed.
NCN sends home Assistant Television Production Manager Popular radio announcer and Assistant Television Production Manager at the National Communications Network (NCN), Isaiah Chapelle, has been interdicted and sent home pending a management evaluation. He is home without pay. Contacted yesterday, Chapelle refused to divulge any reasons as to why he was sent packing, only to say, “I am at home with and family and I suggest you speak to NCN.” Acting Chief Executive Officer of NCN, Raymond Azeez confirmed that
Chapelle was sent home pending an evaluation meeting, after which Chapelle can either be suspended or fired altogether. A date has not been set as yet and according to Azeez, NCN is currently seeking legal advice in the interest of fairness and transparency. It was explained that an internal memorandum was issued to Chapelle to address some issues at the entity, but he refused to even acknowledge it. It was also pointed out that a second memorandum was sent to Chapelle in relation to the first one, as well as other matters that had developed, and he refused to acknowledge that as well as a third that was sent to him. This publication has learnt that last Tuesday, by way of a document, Chapelle was asked to attend a disciplinary hearing by management. He refused to take the document from an Assistant Human Resources staffer which she reported to management the following day. This publication was told that he was then verbally invited to the boardroom to meet with Azeez, the Acting Production Manager-Human Resources, as well as the acting Editor-in-Chief.
This publication was told that Chapelle refused to attend any disciplinary meeting and further, he wanted to consult with his attorney. Chapelle was reportedly advised that since it was an internal matter thus there was no need to consult with an attorney. He reportedly attended the meeting only after the managers agreed to remove the word ‘disciplinary’ from the process at which point in time they went through the meeting and he was requested to provide a written response. According to reports, Chapelle refused and indicated to the managers that his lawyer advised him that he did not have to comply with the request. This publication was told that since it was decided that Chapelle was disrupting the work of the company he was asked to leave the premises. A document to this effect was prepared, but he refused to take the letter. “After he left, management was advised that he should not be allowed to re-enter the compound.” It is the opinion of the managers at NCN that Chapelle’s action constituted an act of insubordination.
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Wednesday April 30, 2014
Kaieteur News
Convicted robber critical after fight at N/A Prison A convicted prisoner is now in a critical condition in the Intensive Care Unit of the New Amsterdam Hospital after he was wounded by another inmate. The injured man, Brian Hescott, 25, of Cummings Lodge, East Coast Demerara, who is serving 54 months for robbery under arms was in an altercation with fellow prisoner Derrick Callender, 49, of James Street, Albouystown. According to sources the two men had a disagreement during which time Callender alleged that Hescott attacked him for no reason with a
‘jooka’ . He was stabbed a few times on his right arm. He in turn decided to defend himself which led to a further dispute. The man said that in defending himself he rushed at Hescott,who ran into a door and fell. The man was subsequently found with two ‘jookas’ in his left side which Callender said he knew nothing about. Hescott was picked up and rushed to the New Amsterdam Hospital and was admitted to the Intensive Care Unit in a critical condition. It is understand that his left lung is severely damaged. Investigations are
ongoing. Hescott has appealed his conviction. Callender who was sentenced to death for the murder of Leila Barrow which occurred on June 22, 1993 was charged in August 1993. He was subsequently sentenced to death on May 9, 1996. He appealed his conviction on two occasions. These were thrown out and his death sentence reaffirmed. However in 2013 his death sentence was subsequently commuted to life in prison. He was brought to New Amsterdam in February 2014.
Gunman captured by police after robbery Quick police response by ranks of a police mobile unit yesterday led to the arrest of a gunman, who along with an accomplice had attacked a 34year-old city reside n t t o relieve him of the jewellery he was wearing. The police had responded to the sound of gunshots, wh i c h w e r e discharged by the bandits when they met with fierce resistance from their victim, Marcel Fitzalbert. A release from Eve Leary said that at about10:30 hours yesterday, two men, one of whom was armed with a firearm, confronted Fitzalbert as he was walking along a road in Festival City, North Ruimveldt, and demanded the jewellery he
- Accomplice escapes with booty was wearing. According to the police, Fitzalbert put up a resistance and a scuffle ensued between himself and the armed man, during which rounds were discharged. Fortunately no one was injured. A police mobile patrol was in the area and the sounds of the gunshots caused them to respond immediately. The bandits were certainly not prepared for the swift police response, and only the one who had snatched Fitzalbert’s chain managed to escape. The other bandit who had the firearm was not so lucky; he was held
with a 9mm pistol and five matching rounds of ammunition. Contrary to the police report, this newspaper was told that Fitzalbert might have wounded one of the bandits during the scuffle. According to reports, when the men who were on bicycles confronted him, Fitzalbert defended himself with a knife. It is believed that he too sustained minor injuries. When contacted by this newspaper yesterday, one of Fitzalbert’s relatives said that he was unable to speak since he was seeking medical attention at a city hospital.
Gunmen storm Libyan parliament, stop lawmakers’ vote on next PM TRIPOLI (Reuters) Gunmen stormed Libya’s parliament yesterday and opened fire, forcing lawmakers to abandon a vote on the next prime minister, witnesses said. Parliament spokesman Omar Hmeidan said several people were wounded in the shooting by the gunmen, who were linked to one of the defeated candidates for prime minister. He gave no name. Lawmakers fled from the building, witnesses said. The incident ended quickly but the vote was postponed until next week. The government has been unable to control armed groups and Islamists who helped oust Muammar Gaddafi in 2011 but refuse to disarm and have carved out regional fiefdoms. Militias have repeatedly attacked the interim General National Congress (GNC) to make political or financial demands. Hmeidan said deputies
had started the final vote on a replacement for Premier Abdullah al-Thinni, who resigned two weeks ago saying that gunmen had attacked his family. In the first ballot, businessman Ahmed Maiteeq came out on top among seven candidates. A second round between Maiteeq and the
runner-up Omar al-Hasi had been meant to take place when the gunmen burst into the assembly. Thinni had resigned just one month after his election, replacing Ali Zeidan, who was fired by deputies over attempts by rebels in the volatile east to sell oil independently.
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GRA must fix deficiencies to deal with corruption - PAC Chairman Chairman of the Public Accounts Committee, Carl Greenidge, has expressed that while the Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) can be lauded for a number of initiatives it has taken to improve its systems, there are still some areas that need to be addressed, if the question of corruption within the entity is to be dealt with. The Chairman said that this was the focus of the PAC on Monday last during their discussions of the Auditor General’s Report for 2011 and 2012. The Chairman said that the Committee was examining the workings and operations of the GRA. Describing the session as a “fairly exhausting” one, he noted that while a number of deficiencies were highlighted, one must bear in mind that the Authority did make some significant changes. “We were at the last meeting examining the operations of GRA. One part of the discussions focused on clarifications on some of the rules and regulations on some of those who are self employed and the question on how best their thresholds should be treated. There were a number of things pertaining to clarifications, and it struck me that if we as Parliamentarians are having so much trouble understanding the rules, then it must be a lot more difficult for the public. We therefore suggested that they organize some things in the future, especially to brief us on the rights and obligations and so forth.” The Parliamentarian highlighted as well that another area of concern was the fact that the information on a road service licence which is usually posted against the windscreen of a vehicle - carries too much information. “As far as I am concerned it is not justifiable to make that kind of information
PAC Chairman, Carl Greenidge
available to the passing members of the public. We were made to understand that the Commissioner General of the GRA, Khurshid Sattaur, had recommended to the Minister of Finance for it to be modified.” “The GRA has been doing quite well in terms of increasing effectiveness in collection of taxes in a variety of cases. I saw the World Bank commended them for reducing the time taken to pay taxes, which seemed to be reduced significantly in 2011 and 2012. There is an overall recognition that they were doing well, but there are a number of areas, particularly in terms of adequacy of processing, that they have to fix if the question of corruption is to be looked at carefully and dealt with, within the entity.” Greenidge said that the agency has to take a number of steps to raise the level of its performance. “Issues pertaining to work of GRA and its efficiency on the side of customs, was also one of the areas we discussed. We spoke of the problems of facilitating trade and speeding up its
procedures so that it can act not as a constraint on trade, but can facilitate and increase Guyana’s trade competitiveness by reducing the time required for processing goods, digitizing its information and putting in place smoother procedures. GRA has to enhance its processes. As long as you have long delays, unnecessary delays, it gives scope for businessmen to shortcut the system.” The Chairman asserted that there was a reasonable consensus on the fact that improvements in that area should be pursued. Additionally, the problem of liquor restaurants and the nuisances they create due to lack of control was also an area of concern for the PAC. “GRA has indicated that it has multiple agencies involved in handling this issue but we have reminded that its members have a role to ensure that the law is adhered to. We urged them to use their influences in the process, as GRA is often the entity which grants the licences and renews them,” the PAC Chairman concluded.
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Wednesday April 30, 2014
Two charged with Patsan driver’s killing Council worker jailed for stealing A gold trader and a car wash attendant, both from East Ruimveldt Housing Scheme, were yesterday charged with the murder of a driver/salesman who was shot dead last Thursday outside of Patsan Trading Services on John Smith Street, Campbellville. Randolph Marks, 20, and Kevin France, 26, appeared before Chief Magistrate Priya Sewnarine-Beharry at the Georgetown Magistrates Court to be jointly indicted for the capital offence. The charge stated that the two men murdered 57-yearold Bharrat Ramcharan in Georgetown on April 24, during the course of a robbery. They were not called upon to respond since the charge was laid indictably. Prosecutor Inspector Michael Grant did not reveal the details of the alleged murder. He indicated that the investigation into the matter is incomplete and stated that the probe will likely conclude in three weeks. According to Inspector Grant, the Prosecution has eighteen (18) witnesses to support their case against the accused men and advice was sought from the Chambers of the Director of
Public Prosecutions. Nonetheless he indicated there are still some issues in relation to the matter which remains unsolved. M e a n w h i l e , representing France was Defence Attorney James Bond who told the court that his client is a 26-yearold father of two who is involved in gold trading on America Street. The Attorney also held on behalf of Adrian Thompson who is Marks’ attorney. He told the court that Marks is a 20-year-old wash bay attendant from East Ruimveldt. Alleging that there were “gr o s s irregularities” in the p r o c e ss, Bond said that his clien t (France) was subjected to a rigged Identification (ID) Parade and was later beaten by police ranks that he can name or identify. Bond c laimed too that the “confession statements” were elicited by another officer (name provided) through “trickery” and “inducement. ” In response to the lawyer ’s claims, the Prosecution was instructed by Magistrate SewnarineBeharry to investigate the allegations leveled against the police by the defence
attorney. The case is set to be called again on May 19. Ramcharan, of Enterprise, East Coast Demerara, was reportedly shot in the back at around 14.40 hrs last Thursday after he threw a bag of money over the gate of his workplace to prevent bandits from making off with the cash. The salesman, who had collected an undisclosed sum of money from customers, had reportedly just stepped out of his vehicle when two unmasked men on a CG motorcycle approached him. One of the men allegedly had a handgun. On seeing the bandits, Ramcharan reportedly threw the moneybag over the fence, and then stood with hands upraised. The gunmen reportedly ran into the compound and snatched up the moneybag. They then ran out of the compound and shot Ramcharan before speeding off on their motorcycle. The shot salesman, previous reports indicated, managed to stagger into the compound w h e r e h e collapsed. He was rushed to the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC) where he was pronounced dead. The subsequent day, police, reportedly with the aid of technology used to trace calls, tracked the suspects to a city hotel. Reports are that th e men were identified from images of the killers that were recorded on security cameras at Patsan Trading Enterprise. When arrested, one of the alleged bandits was reportedly still dressed in the clothing he had worn during the robbery.
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A former city council worker who claimed that he was suddenly gripped by a bout of “sticky hands,” made several stirring apologies before he was sentenced to four months in prison yesterday. Forty-three-year-old Damien James told Chief Magistrate Priya SewnarineBeharry that while he was in former Postmaster General Stanton Haley’s yard in Roxanne Burnham Gardens, Georgetown, he noticed a spray can and was reminded of his stint as a city council worker and his hands “suddenly get sticky.” James was charged for stealing Haley’s $20,000 spray can, $800 nozzle and $3,000 tool kit on April 9, last. He entered a guilty plea and added “Your worship, I only took the spray can, not
Damien James the other items. I went into the yard to see my aunt ‘cause I dislocated my hand and she is a nurse.” “Now when I was in the
yard I see the spray can and I remember when I used to work with city council and my hand get sticky and I pick it up. Then I hear somebody seh ‘somebody in the yard’ and I put the spray can on my back and jump over the fence.’” “They catch me in the other yard with it. Your worship, before now, I spent one year in prison for stealing a bicycle.” Continuing, James told the Chief Magistrate that he had not had a chance to apologize to the victim and moments later he turned to Haley and said “Boss man, I sorry right. Must please tell Miss Lady I sorry.” “I ain’t mean to tek yuh thing. You’re a nice big man. I don’t thief from them your worship ‘cause they are nice to me.” He was then sentenced.
‘Smoke man’ gets 3 months for stealing from man’s yard A 25-year-old man who finished serving a ninemonth jail term a mere two weeks ago was yesterday sentenced to three months imprisonment after he admitted to walking into a man’s yard and stealing his safety equipment. Mahesh Sarjoo faced Chief Magistrate Priya Sewnarine-Beharry at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court for stealing Shane Sankar’s safety helmet on April 26 at Main Street, Georgetown. When the charge was read to him, he responded “I guilty.
Mahesh Sarjoo Yes your worship I did it. I is a smoke man right and I ain’t got nobody. The other day I spend nine months in
jail. I come out two weeks now. See if you could give me a lil thing. I went for the same charge – simple larceny.” Police Prosecutor, Inspector Michael Grant explained that Sarjoo went into Sankar’s yard and stole the helmet. Interrupting, the accused said “He get back he helmet. He come same time and get it. He come same time your worship and he lash me in meh head with it.” The Chief Magistrate sentenced him to three months’ imprisonment.
Bicycle bandits shoot man, rob friend in West R/veldt There was drama last turned up at the GPHC. evening in West Ruimveldt, - suspect beaten, detained The teen’s father said at around 20.00 hrs, when that his son had served for two robbers on bicycles shot a 34-year-old man and gun-butted and robbed his friend, but public-spirited citizens then caught and beat one of the suspects before handing him over to the police. Kurt Brown, 34, of West Ruimveldt, was shot in the left arm while drinking with two other friends in H i b i s c u s St r e e t , We s t Ruimveldt. One of the friends, Calvin Daniels, 35, also of West Ruimveldt, was gun-butted and relieved of a gold band. However, residents later chased and badly beat a 19year-old man who the victims identified as one of the robbers. The suspect was nabbed in the John Fernandes Limited (JFL) container compound near Mandela Avenue, West Ruimveldt. He was handcuffed and taken to the Georgetown Public Hospital
Corporation (GPHC). The teen resides in a squatting area behind the JFL compound, and his parents, who were at the hospital, insisted that their son, whom they said is a former pastor at the ‘Brazilian church’, is no criminal and is a victim of mistaken identity. The wounded Kurt Brown, who was also treated at the GPHC, told Kaieteur News that he was drinking with Calvin Daniels and another friend in Hibiscus Street, when two men on bicycles, and armed with guns, rode up to them. He recalled that one of the men rode directly up to him. “He had a gun and I had a beer bottle and I ask what happen and he shot me,” Brown said. His friend, Calvin Daniels, said that both robbers were on BMX
bicycles and were firing as they approached, and one of them shot Brown in the arm. Daniels, who is a miner, said that one of the bandits struck him on the head with a revolver. The robber then snatched off Daniels’ gold band, but was unable to remove the miner’s gold ring. According to Daniels, the robbers then rode towards Mandela Avenue, and one of them rode into the John Fernandes Limited compound. Daniels said that he and other residents pursued and eventually caught one of the gunmen. “I approached him and he say ‘sorry sorry is not me,’ and we caught him.’” While his wounded friend, Kurt Brown, also said that the detained teen is one of the robbers, this was hotly disputed by the suspect’s relatives, who
seven years as a pastor at the ‘Brazilian Church’ before seeking employment elsewhere. According to the father, his son started working yesterday at another city establishment. He insisted that the teen has no criminal record. A sister of the teen said that he was going to meet his mother in North Ruimveldt when his grandmother asked him to buy some kerosene, tennis rolls and stove wicks. She said that he went out on a yellow bicycle and eventually returned with the items before heading out again on the bicycle. She said that shortly after, a friend told her that her brother was being beaten. Relative said that they saw several men beating the teen before he was placed in a car and taken to the GPHC.
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The Carifta Games gold medalists should be supported Two of Guyana’s female athletes were outstanding at the just concluded Carifta Games. While as expected, Jamaica dominated those championships, Guyana did extremely well to have gained the gold medals that it did. Two of those medals were secured by an athlete who trains in Guyana. This is an amazing feat considering that this country is not known to have either world class facilities or top-rated international athletic coaches. An athletic track is still under construction. The locally–based athlete that did so remarkably well at the Games would have therefore had to train in less than ideal conditions. Her performance at these Games shows that we are capable of producing topclass athletes, who just need further training and exposure to graduate to world champions. The Carifta Games are no Olympics, but in those events that Guyana secured Gold medals, the mighty Jamaicans and Bahamians
were humbled. This is a sign that if the two athletes that brought glory to the Golden Arrowhead are properly managed, they can become forces to be reckoned with in two years’ time when the Olympics Games are held, or in three years’ time at the World Championships. But for that to happen, these young rising stars need to be exposed to high-level training and to be provided with the resources to improve their times and develop their skills to the fullest. The overseas-based athlete obviously has a better chance of receiving this sort of training, but it will take some doing for the locallybased athlete to become a world champion if she remains in Guyana. The fact that she will later this year be able to train on the athletic track that is under construction at Leonora should not be seen as the aiding her quest for Olympic glory. Trinidad and Tobago has long had the best sporting facilities in the Caribbean.
These, however, never translated into a long line of athletic successes for that country’s athletes. Indeed a stronger case can be made that what regional athletes need is exposure to North American training and competition in order to become world champions. Jamaica has had a long tradition of athletic success, but much of their recent success is due to the exposure that their athletes receive by participating in international competitions and training overseas, including in collegiate championships in the United States. Guyana’s top performers at the recent Carifta Games should therefore be supported to train overseas. One of them is already doing so. Plans should be made to have the locally-based athlete undergo training within the United States. That, of course, involves her either winning an athletic scholarship to one of the top universities or colleges in the United States, or being given
Dem boys seh
Guyana does attract scamps and crooks All government like to collect taxes while most business people don’t like to pay. Bobby and Boyah never pay and dem boys peep dem files in de tax man office yesterday. Gerry and Brazzy is two of a kind. Dem does tell people that dem pay and dem boys got to pull dem files. One year Cliffy, de big man from de beer company, Banks, not de other one who sue de Waterfalls paper, get more vex than Freddie. Cliffy get suh vex that ee tell de shareholders that de Lord does give and de Lord does tek but that Jagdeo government use to only tek. Dem tek everything, even down to some people shorts. Jagdeo try fuh lef Freddie naked. He send de tax man behind Freddie and mek he pay all de tax dem got in an out de books. Freddie even pay tax pun de toilet paper wha he done use and pun de set he got pack up in he cupboard. Jagdeo never like anybody who criticize him. He go after plenty people and silence dem. He try wid Chris Ram, de Waterfalls boss man and Ramjattan among others, and dem look at he and tell he “Bring it on.” Is strange how scamps and felons does attach demself to Jagdeo. Kerik come and woulda gone wid Rohee wuk except de US embassy
skin he up two days before Jagdeo appoint him. De way Jagdeo was carrying on by now Kerik woulda been General Secretary of de Pee Pee Pee. Ed is another one who become Jagdeo man of business till de Feds hold him. Now dem got a lawyer who get kick out fuh hustling people money in de States. De man come home and right away Jagdeo give him big wuk. This man come in quiet and dem boys want to know
who else come in after dem doing dutty wuk outside. Dem boys hear bout some See Lee who going home just now because he deh on he last lap. This lawyer deh wukking in a big office wha dealing wid money transfer. Dem boys wonder wha happen, wha he must have done, or wha he planning to do. Dem boys seh that dem sorry fuh Donald who got to put up wid all this. Talk half and tell dem boys wheh to find de rest of scamps.
support locally to train in the USA. The problem is that everyone looks to the government to provide this support. But the government has to be concerned with the overall development of sport, and cannot be seen to be concentrating all its efforts and resources on a few athletes. These two young ladies have done Guyana proud at the Carifta Games. They deserved a better welcome than they have so far received. If they were Olympic Gold Medallists they would have been likely to receive lucrative endorsements from overseas corporations. Their stock would have risen appreciably. And when this would have happened the local business community would have been tripping over each other to be gaining photo-ops with these athletes. The business community in Guyana loves to be associated with winners, but most of them fail to provide the support needed for these athletes to become winners. If you study carefully the support that is provided for athletes in Guyana, a clear pattern emerges. The bulk of the support given to sporting
organizations and sporting competitions comes from the large corporate sponsors. Without the support of these large sponsors, sport would be dead in Guyana. Despite there being thousands of small firms which can afford to spend a few thousand dollars each year to help our local athletes, support for sport in Guyana continues to be dependent on the government and those large corporate sponsors. However, when our local athletes do well, many small businessmen want to have their pictures appear alongside these successful athletes. They want to share in the glory. But ask them to put their hands in their pockets and sponsor a talented athlete and you will hear all manner of excuses, especially how business is not doing well. The business community, especially non-corporate interests and small businesses need to do more, much more, to support sport
in Guyana, and especially to provide support for our talented athletes so that they can develop their skills and be assured of financial backing when the time comes for them to jet overseas to receive the necessary training to become future Olympic stars. The business community should be lining up to give sponsorship to Guyana’s gold medallists at the Carifta Games, but you can bet your last dollar that it will be the large corporate sponsors who are already overextended in the support they are giving to local sport, who will be the ones that will have to step up to the plate to help support our Carifta Games champions. It should not be that way. But that unfortunately is the reality of a selfish and selfserving business class.
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THE FREDDIE KISSOON COLUMN
Then let Guyana die. Period! Do you know while American troops were shooting Iraqi insurgents and Iraqi insurgents were roadbombing American soldiers, the leadership of both sides were negotiating with each other? The American general in charge in Iraq in 2007, Raymond Ordierno, was given permission to open dialogue with the insurgents. Ordierno’s political advisor, British volunteer Emma Shaw, told this to the British Guardian. She describes the hazardous pathways she manoeuvred to meet with the insurgents’ leadership. The Americans have done the same in Afghanistan. It was obvious to the Americans that politics and war are intertwined and negotiations are part of the solution. The identical situation exists in Guyana at the moment with the money laundering crisis. But unlike
the American leadership in Washington, we in Guyana have fools in power that do not understand history or politics, but are just interested in power for power sake. Also unlike the American public, we have a society in Guyana that is shamelessly selfdestructive. Both the opposition and governmental delegations that met a visiting team from the Caribbean Financial Action Task Force (CFATF) told the press that CFATF has emphasized the dire consequences that Guyana will have to endure if the amendments to the main Bill are not passed by the end of May. From the Government side, the adjective, “devastating” was used to describe those consequences. The word “draconian” was the choice of Basil Williams when APNU held a press conference after the meeting with the CFATF team.
If the CFATF people could spell out the danger that will envelope Guyana, why then can’t Guyanese see the disaster that is forthcoming and confront an obdurate, power drunk government that refuses to be reasonable. To date none of the organizations that are crying all over this country about the imminent death of the businesses, have taken the self-preserving step to insist that the government talk to the opposition on a quid pro quo. Take Clinton Urling, who recently demitted office as the head of the Georgetown Chamber of Commerce. Urling is seeking national recognition as an outspoken business person. Urling wants us to believe that he is not openly supportive of the PPP like his colleagues in the Private Sector Commission — Gerry Gouveia, Ramesh Dookoo and the late Ronald
Webster. The latter three are more straightforward. They don’t want to be seen as independent. They openly sided with the policies of the Government. Such candour should be accepted. Urling on the other hand has never uttered a word on the inherent political factor in the stand-off between the opposition and the Government over the stalled anti-money laundering Bill. A stakeholder runs the risk of being dismissed by the opposition if that stakeholder cannot see how large that political factor is. One has to be an extremely stupid person not to understand that no opposition party that has a majority in parliament derived from a general election is going to surrender that priceless political capital and kowtow to a minority regime. If there is any lesson that the AFC and APNU ought to teach this country it is that modern political power comes from popular support,
and if those with popular power are ignored then the alternative is tyranny. This is exactly the situation in Guyana at the moment. The insurance association, the banking association, the commercial classes, and the rest of the private sector in this country want to save their businesses from devastation and draconian consequences of the failed anti-money laundering legislation, but they want APNU and the AFC to do it for them. What we are seeing in this country unfolding in front of our very eyes is a macabre, bizarre, ghoulish manifestation of selfdestructiveness. The Government is refusing to concede to two demands from the combined opposition. If these two requests are rebuffed, devastation and draconian consequences take over Guyana. But no one in the entire business world in Guyana is prepared to go to the PPP leadership and tell them that the consequences
Frederick Kissoon can be avoided if the political reality of this land is recognized by the PPP leadership. And what is that reality? Power lies in the hands of the opposition to prevent economic financial ruin. The simple thing to do is to ask the Government to concede to the two requirements of the parliamentary majority. What are these two requests? They contain the seeds of an expanding democracy – presidential assent to a parliamentary Bill that will enhance local government jurisdiction; secondly, an oversight body to stop corruption in the tendering process. If the business world in Guyana cannot press the Government on these two democratic fronts, then let Guyana die. Period!
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Bids submitted for road works in four regions A number of bids were submitted under the Ministry of Housing’s Community Road Improvement Programme (CRIP) for the rehabilitation of roads. The bids were opened yesterday at the National Procurement and Tender Administration Board (NPTAB), Ministry of Finance. For roads in Region Three, the bids were as follows:
The Guyana Livestock Development (GLDA) received bids for the provision of dairy service at GLDA’s Livestock Farm at Mon Repos.
The Ministry of Health received bids for the provision of security services to Linden Hospital Complex.
In Region Six, bids were opened for the rehabilitation of roads - Lot one.
The Ministry of Public Works opened bids for the construction of Rip Rap Sea Defence at Crane, West Coast Demerara, Region Three.
Bids were tendered for the rehabilitation of roads in region six, Lot two.
In addition, bids were opened for the construction of Rip Rap River Defence at Glasgow/ Heathburn, East Bank Berbice, Region Six.
Bids were also opened for the rehabilitation of roads in Region Five.
The National Drainage and Irrigation Authority (NDIA) received bids for the mechanical excavator of Joppa Outfall, Number 43 Village, Corentyne, Berbice, Region Six.
Bids were also opened for the mechanical excavation of the outfall at Adventure, Corentyne, Berbice, Region Six.
Finally in the sector, bids were tendered for the rehabilitation of roads in Region Four.
Still in the sector, the NDIA received bids for the mechanical excavation of the Outfall at Eversham, Corentyne, Berbice, Region Six.
Finally, bids were submitted for the mechanical excavation of the Outfall at Bengal, Corentyne, Berbice, Region Six. Bids were opened for the Ministry of Tourism, Industry and Commerce for the procurement of hardware and software requirements for the Deeds Registry.
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Walter Rodney Commission of Inquiry...
PNC Govt. killed Rodney – Karen de Souza It was the People’s National Congress (PNC) Government led by Forbes Burnham, that killed Dr. Walter Rodney, says prominent activist, Karen de Souza. De Souza, who said she was associated with the Working People’s Alliance (WPA) and was arrested numerous times during the late 1970s and early 1980s, made the statement yesterday during her appearance as a witness for the Commission of Inquiry into Rodney’s 1980 death which was blamed on a bomb hidden in a walkie-talkie allegedly given to him by former army rank, Gregory Smith. Rodney was a founder/ leader of WPA. De Souza was led through her evidence by attorney-atlaw, Latchmie Rahamat, at the hearings being held at the High Court law library building, Charlotte Street. She has been recognized for her work in Red Thread, a nonprofit organization, in which she is the Coordinator. According to the witness, she became active in WPA work especially in 1979 attending numerous meetings. Many of the meetings were broken up by the police’s “Death Squad” and members of the House of Israel, a religious sect led by Rabbi Washington, who was said to be close to the Burnham administration.
The members of the socalled “Death Squad” were “clearly vicious” individuals armed with batons and were happy to use them on unarmed persons attending WPA meetings. Questioned about the House of Israel operations, de Souza recalled that it was a religious organization that hosted a “radio programme, sold plantain chips and broke up meetings.” She was unable to describe the cult as a “quasi” one, preferring to call it religious. She believed that the sect was linked to ruling PNC as they were mainly “adversarial” to the WPA and the People’s Progressive Party. In the late 70’s and 80’s, WPA was mainly opposed to the policies of the PNC remaining openly critical. ARRESTED MANY TIMES Arrested too many times to count, de Souza recalled the 1979 arrest of Dr. Rodney for a fire at a Government facility. Arrested also were WPA’s Dr. Rupert Roopnaraine, Bonita Harris and her four-year-old son. The activist was detained, too, after she went to the CID headquarters to visit her colleagues. She was later taken to court for larceny…of a kit belonging to the Guyana National Service. That matter only ended in 1985, with no conviction.
De Souza recalled a 1979 meeting in Campbellville, Georgetown, where police charged the WPA members and supporters, beating many of them. The hand of Moses Bhagwan, a senior official, was broken while Dr. Rodney managed to escape. De Souza said she escaped a possible beating by sitting down. She said Burnham later joked of sending Rodney to the Olympics for his speed in running. Speaking of June 13, 1980…the day of Rodney’s death, de Souza said she was at her Croal Street home with another colleague, Andaiye, when she heard a loud explosion. Within minutes, she heard a loud banging on her door and found a bleeding Donald Rodney, the brother of Dr. Rodney, outside. He told them that a “terrible accident” had happened to Dr. Rodney. KILLED De Souza said that within minutes, she hurried down to John Street, Werk-en-rust, where she saw a large crowd. There were several members of the police ‘Death Squad’ there. She managed to move close to the damaged car and saw Dr. Rodney inside, slumped forward. The roof of the car was gone. She left after being recognized by one of the police. It was about 20:00hrs in the evening. She did not recall seeing
any Government official or persons from the House of Israel. Asked specifically about her opinion as to what happened, the activist was blunt. “Essentially that he had finally been killed by government.” She believed that he was killed because of the very adversarial “posture” of PNC. She spoke of two persons killed before by police that were from the WPA. These were Edward Dublin and Ohene Koama. Asked about the suspect, Gregory Smith, de Souza said she did not know him and only saw a photo of him in the Catholic Standard. The witness was also questioned about alleged threats by PNC leader, Burnham, who on radio messages told WPA members to make their wills. Specifically, she testified, Burnham said that “Let there be no weeping at the bar. No quarter must be asked. None will be given. And they must make their wills.” Burnham reportedly also said that “we will fight their steel with more highly tempered steel”. She was questioned by the Commissioners about the speed of the police to arrive at the scene and whether there were any sirens. De Souza was not aware that the WPA was stockpiling arms but noted her fight
WITNESS: Karen de Souza
involved a “can of spray paint”. However, Rodney’s death may now have come as a total surprise. According to de
Souza, “we were living with expectations that it could happen to us.” The hearings continue today.
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‘Guyana Festival’ Book of Condolence launching slated for Friday opened for PSC Chairman The highly anticipated ‘Guyana Festival’ will be launched on Friday, May 2, at the Guyana International Conference Centre (GICC) at 17:00h. The Guyana Tourism Authority (GTA) has promised a cultural extravaganza for attendees and participants of the inaugural event, which is scheduled to be staged from August 8- 10, at the National Stadium, Providence. According to the GTA, the ‘Sound, Soul and Taste’
of Guyana will be presented to the world through a spectacular display of art, craft, dance, drama, music and cuisine. The Ministry of Tourism is anticipating that thousands will converge at the venue to indulge in the treats available. The atmosphere will be transformed into a cultural spectacle. “For the very first time, the fusion of the six different cultures that make up the Guyanese tapestry will be brought together reflecting a
true melting pot that reflects the Guyanese identity,” the GTA press statement read. It added, “Guyana is known the world over for its warmth and the hospitality of its people and it is also recognized that the underlying beauty in the destination is reflected in the people and the depictions of their cultural differences; now for the very first time the opportunity to shine is here, the Guyana Festival…reflecting what it means to be truly Guyanese.”
GPHC clears the air on gunshot... (From page 3) condition continued on a daily basis and, following post-operation evaluation and ultra-sound, the patient was advised of the need to go ahead with the amputation.
He subsequently took his own discharge to seek other advice and options.” The Hospital stated that it “would welcome the opportunity to (if possible) comment on these complaints in an ef-
fort to give balance to the news reports”. “GPHC closes ‘the curtain of charity’ on the statements allegedly made by Health Professionals at the Private Institution,” the statement concluded.
PSC Vice Chairman, Ramesh Persaud signing the Book of Condolence yesterday In memory of the Private Sector Commission (PSC) Chairman Ronald Webster who passed away on Sunday last, a Book of Condolence was opened and is available for signing at the Commission’s Board Room on Waterloo Street, Georgetown. Webster died at the Balwant Singh Hospital. He was recuperating at the
private hospital after he had recently undergone cancer surgery in Trinidad. President Donald Ramotar, members of the government and members of the combined opposition had sent their sincerest condolences to the Webster family and friends in public notifications on Monday last.
Vice Chairman, Ramesh Persaud of the Private Sector Commission, who signed the book yesterday, is now performing the duties of the Chairman. He informed Kaieteur News that the passing of Webster comes as a shock to all its members and he pledged to continue the works of the Commission in an effective manner.
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10-day contract pays US$2000 under Competitiveness prog. An Inter-American Development Bank (IDB)funded project awarded last month will see a consultant being paid US$2,000 for 10 days of work. The contract is a consultancy project under the Support for Competitiveness Programme. Katherine Marshall– Kissoon has been retained as a consultant for the review of the Doing Business Index (DBI) and to provide recommendations on its implementation. Under the background for the project, it notes that the overall targeted improvement in DBI ranking by 2015 is 35 places, from 115 to 80. It states that although this seems high, it is because Guyana’s current ranking of 115 does not reflect the ‘pure’ overall average of the rankings in each area for the DBI 2013, which would be 104. It indicates further that an improvement of 24 places – from 104 to 80 - should
Katherine Marshall–Kissoon account for the inevitable changes taking place as a result of reform in other countries. A ranking of 80 will put Guyana in the same league as other Caribbean economies – Trinidad (69), Jamaica (90), and the Caribbean region as a whole (96). It states too that a ranking of 80 reflects Guyana’s steady GDP growth rate of 5
per cent, and will take into account many of the current reforms taking place in the business environment, including in the areas of: Trade Transactions, Competition and Consumer Affairs Policy, Corporate Governance, Taxation, Deeds Registry and Commercial Court reform. The DBI is a composite index. Most of the indicators measure very specific things such as the number of procedures for starting a business or the cost to carry out an activity. The index is considered a good measure of the costs to businesses of taxes and regulations, administrative efficiency and the speed of Government dealings with business, and the legal and financial environment. The Doing Business Index can offer domestic and foreign investors a useful snapshot of a Country’s institutional progress.
Sibling cites rumours of infidelity... (From page 18) the gas stove and knock up the fridge, denting it. He would take her clothes and burn it and still my daughter refused to leave him,” the dead woman’s father said. Recalling what happened on that fateful night, the dead woman’s mother, Lachmin Mohan, said that early Sunday she tried numerous times to contact her daughter and son-in-law but failed. Accompanied by another daughter and the dead couple’s 11-year-old son, Omardat Ramdin, she went to her daughter’s house around
21:00hrs later that day. “The two children does live by me, so I carry they son with us. When we reach, the son take a stick and he was hitting the flooring and saying, ‘Mommy, Daddy wake up,’ but no one answered and the place was locked up.” She added that she started asking neighbours if they saw the couple. “People say that they see them a little before 06:00hrs on Saturday walking. They say he had an umbrella sheltering her and they were hugging and walking,” the grieving mother recalled.
The woman added that after talking to neighbours, as she was heading back to her daughter’s home, she heard a loud scream. “My daughter got into the house and she tell me that Nandanie dead and deh on the bed and Vickram deh hang up,” the tearful woman said. The police were called in and the bodies were removed from the home. Post mortem examinations will be performed today. The couple was supposed to attend the Vigilance Magistrate’s Court last Monday for a domestic matter.
Importance of ethical nursing... (From page 20) this publication that moves have been made, for instance, to revise the professional nursing programme being offered. He explained that moves to revise the professional nursing programme some four years ago entailed not only a modification to the curriculum, but there were also some changes made in the examination procedures; the kinds of areas to be tested and the marking system. In fact, Dr Persaud disclosed that the previous marking system was based on a pass mark of 50 per cent, but the recommendation for the existing curriculum requires that students secure a pass mark of at least 60 per cent. Obtaining this percentage was expected of the students who were admitted to the programme, some three years ago. According to the CMO, in
its current form the examination is adjudged in three areas: functional nursing, clinical nursing (both of which have two segments) and a practical aspect as well. The revision to the curriculum was touted as the primary reason for a daunting failure rate among students who participated in the Professional Nursing Programme last year. However, Dr Persaud noted that the result of the examination is likely to prompt further amendments to the programme with a view of addressing the state of affairs. This publication was reliably informed that more than 100 nursing students from the Georgetown School of Nursing undertook the examination
in October of last year, but a mere 19 were successful. However, according to Dr Persaud, this situation was not unique to the city institution as it was evident to some extent at the other nursing schools. There are currently three Government-operated nursing schools – Georgetown, New Amsterdam and Charles Roza – and another operated by the St. Joseph Mercy Hospital. Without giving the precise pass or failing rate per institution, Dr Persaud said that based on available statistics, a total of 23 of the 276 who wrote the examination failed “outright” while those who passed “outright” amounted to 31.
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Bids submitted for road works in four... >>> From on page 11 <<< Under the Cheddi Jagan International Airport (CJIA), bids were opened for the cleaning and maintenance service. The CJIA also received bids for the cleaning, clearing and maintenance of the sewage system.
The CJIA also received bids for the control of vegetation within the airfield including perimeter fence.
Bids were received for landscaping and maintenance of indoor and outdoor plans for CJIA.
A lone bid was submitted for the staff transportation service for CJIA. One bid was opened for the collection removal and disposal of domestic and international garbage for CJIA.
Another solitary bid was opened for the air conditioning maintenance service for CJIA. Finally, bids were opened for the cutting and removal of grass on the landside of the airport.
Berbice businessman robbed over $1.2M Even as the police in Berbice are making inroads in the criminal enterprise in the county with a number of high profile arrests, bandit continue to strike. The lawmen are investigating a robbery under arms which was committed on Monday last on a business at Cumberland, East Canje. According to information, around 23:40 hrs, Rabindradatt Boundhan, 28, of Albion, Corentyne, had just parked a lorry in front of the Sunshine Supermarket and Poultry Supply at Lot 60 Public Road, Cumberland, East Canje, Berbice. The man got out of the vehicle and uplifted a haversack containing $1,254,070 -
the property of Indernauth Bishram, 29, of Sunshine Supermarket and Poultry Supply. As the driver was crossing the road to enter the business premises, the owner came out to let him in when two masked bandits - one armed with a gun - came up from behind and held both of them at gunpoint. Boundhan tossed the bag to Bishram in an attempt to evade the thieves, but the bandits held up both of them and took away the bag with the cash. The bandits then escaped on foot via the public road. A number of suspects are in custody as investigations continue.
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GDF inks new Collective Labour Agreement with GLU The Guyana Defence Force has inked a Collective Labour Agreement (CLA) with the Guyana Labour Union (GLU). GDF Colonel (Administration and Quartering), Captain John Flores and General Secretary of the GLU, Carvil Duncan were the main signatories. The agreement, which covers all permanent civilians employed by the GDF, was signed on April 16 last. Captain Flores noted that, the completion and signing of the agreement is indicative of the GDF’s continued respect and concern for the welfare of the Force’s civilian employees. “The GDF has great respect for all of its employees
GDF and GLU officials sign the CLA at the GDF’s Conference Room. At extreme left is GLU General Secretary Carvil Duncan while GDF Colonel (Administration and Quartering), Captain John Flores, is second from right. and we value the contributions of our civilian labour force. We will continue
to treat with them in the letter and spirit of this agreement and also with regard to our
national laws. Our doors are also open for consultations should any issue arise that is
not covered in this agreement.” The GLU General Secretary lauded the GDF’s commitment to protecting the rights of its civilian employees with the establishment of the new agreement. He also commended the GDF for maintaining a very healthy relationship with the GLU. “I am happy that an agreement has been reached and concluded between the two parties,” he said. “People often wonder how it is that a union is operating in a military organisation when unions are generally associated with goslows and strikes. With the GDF, we operate on principles embracing discussions and
consultations to arrive at consensus. The GDF is worker-friendly and takes care of their people. They also have a high regard for the union. The GLU enjoys a unique relationship with the Guyana Defence Force. The signing of this agreement shows a continuation of that relationship,” he added. Also present at the signing ceremony were, Staff Officer One General One, Lt Colonel Patrick West, Assistant Chief Labour Officer, Ms. Lydia Greene, GLU Field Officer, Mr. Michael Stevens and GDF Shop Steward, Ms. Doreth Christian. The previous agreement was signed in 1977.
Man wanted for rape shot dead by cops A Haslington, East Coast Demerara man who was wanted for the rape of a 15-year old girl was yesterday shot dead by police at Kuru Kuru on the Linden/Soesdyke Highway. Police said that a police rank had resorted to the use of force when he was attacked by the man, Joel Ross, while in the process of arresting him. According to the police, Ross went into hiding after committing the act on the teenager on Easter Monday at Haslington. Kaieteur News understands that the police received information that Ross was hiding out at a location on the highway and went after him yesterday just after midday. “At about 12:30 hours today (Tuesday)…, Joel Ross, who was armed with a cutlass, attacked a policeman who was in the process of arresting him at Kuru Kuru, Soesdyke/Linden Highway. This caused the rank to resort to the use
of force and Joel Ross was shot to his body. He succumbed to his injuries. Joel Ross was wanted in relation to a matter of rape committed at Haslington, ECD, on April 21, 2014,” a police press release stated. “We never got to put the (rape) allegation to him because he ran out of Haslington,” a police source said. Relatives of the dead man were informed of his death late yesterday afternoon when they were contacted by this newspaper. They said that although Ross was no angel, he was not stupid to attack an armed policeman with a cutlass. The relatives were however not surprised that Ross was wanted by the police since they claimed that he was always running from the law for some reason or the other. One female relative told this newspaper that the last time she saw him was a few days before Easter Monday last when he returned to
Haslington from Berbice. The woman informed that Ross had fled the village a few years ago after getting into trouble with the police and had settled in Berbice. However he fled the Ancient County and returned to Haslington after his reputed wife called in the police when he violated a restraining order. Relatives told this newspaper that they were unaware of the recent rape allegation against Ross. They claimed that he told them that he had landed a job on the highway and they were glad that he would somehow be out of trouble; they were wrong. “Like after de raping, he went to Kuru Kuru to work with some pig man,” a close relative told this newspaper. The relative said that yesterday she learnt of his death after she received a telephone call from Ross’ brother with whom he was living with
in Enmore shortly before he left for the highway. “Since I hear highway, I say is true, because is deh he get away and go,” the woman said. This newspaper spoke to the owner of the pig farm at Yarrowkabra where Ross was a temporary worker at the time of his death. The man said that he had employed Ross temporarily to cover for his usual farm hand who had requested some leave. The farm owner who resides on the East Coast of Demerara said that up to late yesterday he was unaware that Ross had been shot dead. He said that he was shocked by the news, since he had spoken to Ross earlier yesterday. “I was to take in his wife, but I could not make contact with her via telephone. When I called back the man yesterday, the police from Timehri answered the phone and said that they wanted to see me. I
told them that I was on the East Coast, but they did not tell me what had happened. All they said was that I should make contact with them,” the farm owner told Kaieteur News. He informed that from all indications Ross had left the farm at Yarrowkabra, since according to the police he was killed at Kuru Kuru, which is located several miles away. Ross’ relatives have not yet identified the body, which is presently lying at a city mortuary awaiting a post mortem examination. Recreation does for you what it says literally. It creates you again. It refreshes the mind, renews the spirit, and motivates the body. Constant working towards some objective can do the opposite, unless we control it by rest and relaxation.
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FOR SALE Toyota Forklift - Excellent condition, 4,000lbs capacity, 117" Lift, Solid Wheels, Automatic Transmission, 4 Cylinder LPG Motor. Call: 604-6108. Games PS2 - $900, PSP $900, X-Box 360 - $2600 & PS3 - $2600 & Original Games Call: 672-2566 Short foot puppies and dogs for sale – Call:276-4052 or 6872921 Pure bred German Shepherd puppies with long hair fully de-wormed & vaccinated, good blood line breeding – Tel:696-4659 Pure breed Rottweiler pups, fully vaccinated & dewormed – Call:627-1360 1–48 Feet Boat with 900lb ice box, price negotiable – Tel:609-0783 One Brand new led Television with 3D glass – Contact:623-1615 1-CAT 320 excavator, 1-22 RB long boom dragline, 1helmet & hammer, 1-120G motor grader -D4H CAT bulldozer- Good conditionCall:660-4021/275-0578 1 Playstation3 with games $65,000, 1 – XBOX360 with games - $60,000, Used XBOX360 - $25,000, PSP $15,000, DS - $15,000 – Tel:621-7497, 603-8643 SONY PLAYSTATION 2 & 3, AND XBOX360 (ORIGINAL), VIDEO GAME DISCS, WIDE VARIETY AT THE BEST PRICES. CALL “MAX” – 609-8132; 6728569 Delux pedicure spa chairs, salon chairs, mirrors, stations – Call:223-1719, 600-0036
MASSAGE The Gents Spa: Be pampered by beautiful masseuses. New masseuses Amanda and Crystal – Tel:657-5979
DRESSMAKING Jean is offering courses in dressmaking, curtains, floral & cake decoration. Lot 153 Barr St Kitty – Call:670-2653, 618-1706
2 Business properties on Whim Public Road Corentyne – Call: 619-7134, 225-6481. Price Negotiable Double lot with house at East Bank Demerara, one block away from Public Road – Call: 621-1766 One back lot for sale @ Lot 239 2nd Street, East Cummings Lodge, Greater Georgetown – Tel:691-4009; 679-3895 Vacant corner lot 58 ½” x 30" @ Garnette & Republic Streets, Newtown, Kitty ideal for business – Tel:6450616 Satya Cinema, Good Faith, Mahaicony – Call:641-8472 Transport house & land @ Tuschen old Scheme newly built & visible from the public road – price negotiable – Tel:667-5900 One property for sale at Covent Garden Island, EBD – Call: 265-3586 Prime Property for sale – Light Street, Alberttown – Contact: 639-3619, 619-7299 Lot 1064/65 Aubrey Barker Street, South Ruimveldt Park. – Serious Offers onlyCall:615-5844, 619-7299 1 – 2 storey wooden & concrete house with 5 bedrooms, upper flat & lower flat 4 apartments located@ Shell Road, kitty - $38.9M – Tel: 642-7898 Houses & land from $15M$35M Vreed-En-Hoop to Parika, Georgetown to Mahaica & Timehri, Parfaite Harmonie - $1M-2.5M – Call: 675-7292 One commercial property located at Broad St, Charlestown, close to the Public Road – Call:615-7526, 661-9885
CAR RENTAL Dolly’s Car Rental - Call: 225-7126/ 226-3693 dollys autorental@yahoo.com/ www.dolly sautorental.com Progressive Auto Rental - carsCall: 643-5122 or 225-8711, Email:pro_autorental@yahoo.com LEARN TO DRIVE Soman Son & Outar Driving School at Maraj BuildingTel:644-5166; 622-2872; 6150964; 689-5997 Shalom Driving School @ 2 Croal street. Fee $16,000Call:227-3869
FOR RENT PLANNING AN EVENT? BIRTHDAY PARTY, GRADUATION,WEDDINGS, ANNIVERSARY, ETC. CALL DIAMOND TENTS: 216-1043; 677-6620 Two Bedrooms lower flat apartment, one month’s security - $40,000 per month @ Paradise Factory Rd, E.C.D – Contact:625-9939; 672-2677 Executive Four Bedroom House located in Bel-Air Park- USD $2500-Contact: 223-8479/6844748, www.spaceseek.gy Executive Houses & Apartments Located in Queenstown, Prashad Nagar, Kitty, Lamaha Springs, etc, Contact: 223-8479/ 684-4748, www.spaceseek.gy Office Spaces located in secure compound on New Market Street. Contact: 223-8479/6844748, www.spaceseek.gy One upper flat @ 6th Street Cummings Lodge ECD – Call:622-3580 House @ Lot ‘M’ First Street, Grove Housing Scheme, E.B.D – 3 bedrooms & bottom flat, big yard space – Tel:265-3055, 647-2296 PRIME BUSINESS CORNER, WEST BANK MAIN ROAD (600 SQ FT). $100,000 MONTHLY, SERIOUS ENQUIRES ONLY. CALL ‘MAX’– TEL: 609-8132; 672-8569 3 Bedroom apartment at ‘B’ Field Sophia - $50,000, 3 months advance- Call:2194583, 223-1719 Store front and small office Haley/Durban Street – Call:223-1719 Barber Station at Lot 109 Durban Street W/Rust, Georgetown – Call:682-6396 Two bedrooms apartment – Call:646-5147
LAND FOR SALE Lot 12 Mon Repos, East Coast Demerara, Market Street – Tel:220-7330
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SALON Make Up Courses, Artist Trained & Certified in Trinidad. Call: 660-5257, 647-1773
TO LET Furnished two bedrooms apartment in Linden for short term local & overseas guest – Call:614-4415, 444-4704 Space for office or canteen in Albertown – Call:225-6458 or 614-8022 Furnished and unfurnished two bedrooms apartment in Eccles, for short or long term – Tel:643-1131 Two bedrooms top flat furnished, for rent at Diamond, E.B.D. – Tel:2160644, 668-8403 One bedroom furnished apartment @ Lot 4 Henry Street, Werk-en-Rust, Georgetown – Call Winston: 660-6446 1 – Top Flat at Diamond, $45,000 negotiable – Call:6975933, 231-8567, 638-3622, 6882255
VACANCY Vacancy for porters: Apply in person at Alabama Trading, Ferry Stelling Stabroek. 24 Hour East Coast Guy-oil needs night pump attendants, salesgirl & office assistant - Call: 670-8893/ 695-9880/ 684-2838 Experienced hairdressers at Magic Touch Salon- Call:2256492 Accounts clerk & Salesgirl: Apply in person with handwritten application at Alabama Trading, Ferry Stelling, Stabroek. Federal Management Security Services: Armed, Baton Officers, bus drivers. Located @ 120 Peter Rose Street, Queenstown - Tel:2260633, 226-0652, 226-0637 One machinist & one welder – Call:234-0780 or 613-1588 Office clerk senior/junior. CXC: English, Mathematics & computer knowledge an assetCall:225-0188/223-7500
EDUCATIONAL Practical Electronic Course beginning May 6th 2014 – Call Abdul Electronics – 2266551 or 225-0391
Operators- training will be provided, driver/expeditor, security guards. Apply :Guyana Fisheries Wharf Limited Houston, E.B.D- Tel # 227-8176/7
VEHICLE FOR SALE First Class Auto: Premio, Allion, Spacio, Raum, 212, Allex, Runx, IST, Fielder, Bluebird, Axela – Tel:6098188, 638-3045 One 8,000 Ford Tractor, one 450 Ford Towing Truck & size 16 & 17 tyres - Contact Floyd: 694-5599 One RX-8 Mazda fully air conditioned, stick gear, wheel lights, fog lamps, power windows - Tel: 653-2477 2004 Toyota Tundra GNN Series - $1.6M. Owner leaving country - Phone: 6475919 One Toyota AT192, good condition – Price $850,000 negotiable – Tel: 616-1671 2008 Blue Bird - $3M, 2005 Spacio - $2.1M, 2006 Premio - $2.3M. ALL VEHICLES FULLY LOADED & UNREGISTERED- Call:6427295 Two Model M Bedford 4x4 Trucks – owner leaving country – Call:693-2237 AT192 Carina, HC series, Yellow – Price:$750,000.00 – Tel:676-8233 We buy & sell vehicles for cash, also parts available & 30-seater buses; extra-cab pickups; 2006 TacomaCall:680-3154 Pre-order: AT192, 212, Allion, unregistered Premio, Hilux Surf, BNN RZ & Pit-bull, 7seater Super Customs. Cash/ terms- Call:680-3154 1 Suzuki R1 wagon (Jeep). Automatic, Fully Powered with AC; hardly used – Price:$1.2M Contact Rocky: 621-5902/ 225-1400 Unregistered Toyota Raum - Year 2004 , black interior, HID lights, power door, TV navigation – Tel:617-5536 Smart Choice Auto Sales: Unregistered: Premio, Spacio, Allion, Allex, IST, 212, Fielder, Voxy– Call:6523820; 665-4529 One new model yellow cab 212, in excellent condition – Call:691-5086 Toyota extra cab pick-up (22 R engine) manual, (EFI) 4×4, (GPP series) - Price $2.4MContact Rocky 621-5902/2251400 1 AT 192 Carina (Private). Automatic, fully powered, mags, AC - Price$1.1M Contact Rocky:225-1400 1 AT 212 Carina (Private). Automatic, fully powered with AC, alarm - Price:1.2M Contact Rocky: 621-5902 Toyota 4 Runner, great condition – Call:223-9719, 227-1028 One AE100 Corolla Car $450,000, One AE100 Corolla Wagon - $900,000 – Tel: 6116632, 664-3488 (Continued on page 29)
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Letters... Where your views make the news
Whither Port Mourant cricket DEAR SIR/MADAM, The village of Port Mourant is well known in Guyana for being the birthplace of our Father of the Nation, Dr. Cheddi Jagan, and also for being the home of the historic Port Mourant Cricket club. The PMCC has been the pride of our village and has always been managed and properly administered by outstanding Port Mourant born and bred residents with great success. Names like Manohar Pooran a/k Sam Suchit, Mr. Deen, Romain Etwaroo, Mr. Permaul, Mr. Nandu, Mr. M. Ali. Deonarine Persaud, Mr. Seenarine were all outstanding administrators who transformed the PMCC into one of the most feared cricket clubs in Guyana and we were proud of the achievements of our boys who we called our own. The PMCC over the last decades has fallen to total decline is a shadow of its old self and it take great effort to return it to the glory days of the past. Several dedicated
cricketers and administrators who were loyal to our club over the last few years are now looking on in total disbelief as the PMCC administration and cricket teams have been taken over by persons who have no connection to our village and no loyalty to the club. The executive body consisting of the president, first vice president, secretary, treasurer, assistant treasurer, cricket manager and coach have no connection to our village while our different cricket teams are looking like a united nation delegation with players coming from all over Berbice. Port Mourant is a proud village which has produced outstanding players like Rohan Kanhai, Basil Butcher, Ivan Madray, Joe Soloman, Alvin Kallicharran, Tyrone and Romain Etwaroo, Reginald Etwaroo, Mahendra and Vishal Nagamootoo, Arjune Nandu and Veerasammy Verapen. A few non Port Mourant players like the Fingal brothers, the
Dhaniram brothers and Rajendra Sahadeo played with us over the years but the emphasis was always on our own bred players. Under the current administration there has been a few positive changes in terms of meals, supplies of balls and fund raising but some long serving members are very concern that a person whose name was in the press via a supreme court advisory for charges of trafficking in illegal substances is involved in our club. The overall development of our youths is very vital to residents of Port Mourant. We have also observed that a new culture is developing whereby tents are set up for loud music and the drinking of liquor by a selected few closely associated to the new emperor at our club. I was recently at three major matches and observed junior players being encouraged around the tent. A club leader must learn to respect and sadly this new
GT&T resolved telephone issue in a jiffy DEAR EDITOR, I refer to a letter by Johonel Munroe which was published in the April 21, 2014 edition of the Kaieteur News. The customer complained about her mobile data service. I wish to indicate that the matter was actually resolved on April 22, 2014 through the intervention of the Chief Executive Officer, Mr. R. K. Sharma, and our Mobile Sales Coordinator, Ms. Allison Dundas. The fact is that customer Johonel Munroe simply needed to change the data settings on her phone. Further, in recognition of the inconvenience which the customer would have suffered, admittedly through no fault of ours, GT&T in an act of good faith provided Ms. Munro with one month’s data service free of charge. We might add that after the problem was
resolved, the customer promised to do another “letter to the Editor” that was supposed to put the entire matter to rest. However, to date, we have seen no such letter published in any of the dailies. With regard to the customer’s handset which was stolen, the company contacted Mr. McAllister, Acting Commander (CID) at New Amsterdam who could not confirm that CID Head Office in Eve Leary had made any request to GT&T for the relevant information. However, we have since advised the Acting Commissioner to make such a request through the Crime Chief. This is the usual procedure. We would be quite happy to provide the relevant information to Ms. Munroe through the Guyana Police Force when such a request is received by the company. Allison Parker Public Relations Officer
culture is not a way to do so. My greatest fear is that once the destructive opposition supports our beloved Government and pass the anti-money laundering Bill that the beloved club of Legends would be in deep trouble. Concerned Resident NOTICE Tulsie’s Tailoring @ 40 Charles St. Tailor will be retiring April 30th 2014. Please Uplift your garments ! Thank You!– Tel:227-8826 WANTED One whole day domestic for East Bank Demerara Area – Call:614-4358 Urgently wanted: One place to rent between $12,000 to $15,000 Please Call: 674-4871 anytime Experienced carpenter, labourer, mason for job at Providence & L.B.I, E.C.D – Call:690-7316 (8:00am-5:00pm) Farm workers to work on Highway – Tel:644-6693, 6957075 Skilled carpenters to work in Linden- Contact:625-0930; 668-9863
VEHICLE FOR SALE Cheapest A – Grade Vehicles In-stock: Hilux 3RZ engine, Allions, IST, Manual 1RZ bus, Pit-bull & VVTI Automatic buses – Tel:6167635 One BMW 3 Series 2002 up, transmission & computer box – Call:666-8295 Unregistered 2002 PremioPhone: 227-5950 or 6817117
Peeping Tom’s fallacy From page 4 those councils devolved authority although it is envisaged that they can be bequeathed such authority. Therein lies the fundamental difference between the City Council and the RDC. The City Council is fulsome. The RDC is a shell and merely carries out delegated functions on behalf of central ministries, one of which is to supervise the work of the Neighbourhood Democratic Council (NDCs). This delegation is provided for in section 10 of the Local Democratic Organs Act. It should however be noted that the NDCs are far
more fulsome and autonomous that the shell (RDC) which superintends their operations. Hence, my original and unrefuted contention remained uncontested. A Town Clerk by virtue of the provisions of the Municipal and District Council Act is behoven to the City Council in a manner in which a REO is not behoven to the RDC, since the RDC presently merely engages in agency and is not constituted or operated in a manner similar to the City Council, while the City Council has its full fledge operations, including its revenue base.
The argument about comity therefore does not stand and that of counterbalance is irrelevant to the matter at hand. The attempt to analogize or synonymize Town Clerk and Regional Executive Officer is therefore an equivocation and fallacious. That a contradiction may exist in principle because of the various caps the REO wears does not negate the fact that he/she wears them, nor does it have any bearing on the issue at hand. My innings is done and Peeping Tom’s last ball has been dispatched where it belongs. Vincent Alexander
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VACANCY One female to assort and arrange goods. Apply in person at Alabama Trading, Georgetown Ferry Stelling, Stabroek. Pump Attendant at Shell Service Station Providence EBD. Must be able to work shift (5am-3pm & 3pm-12pm) – Tel: 265-7305 Hire car drivers from E.C.D – Contact A1 Taxi – Call:2201000 Cashiers at Shell Service Station Providence EBD. Must be able to work shift (5am-3pm & 3pm-12pm) – Tel: 265-7305
SERVICES A-Z PARTY SERVICE: Let us plan your child’s, Party! While You Relax and enjoy it....... Call:660-5257 PLANNING AN EVENT? BIRTHDAY PARTY, G R A D U AT I O N , W E D D I N G S , ANNIVERSARY, ETC. – CALL DIAMOND TENTS: 216-1043; 677-6620 Guyana Passport & Visa Forms Application, USA, Canada and England. Tel: 626-7040; 265-4535. COOL TECH : Repairs Services & Installation of all types if homes appliances: Air Condition & Refrigeration units - Tel: 233-2008; 675-4959 Repairs to Fridge, Freezer, AC, Washers, Stoves: Call 683-1312,627-3206 (Nick) Repairs, sales & spares air conditioning, microwaves, washer, fridges & stoves. Ultra Cool, call: 225-9032, 647-2943 Permanent & Visitors Visa Applications, Professional Immigration Consultant Room D5 Maraj Building Call Sabita: 225-6496, 662-6045 Repairs to washers, dryers, stoves, deep fryers, control system, etc – Call:619-0793, 699-8802 Business Cards: 250 $7,500; 500 - $8,500 full colour. Thick 14pt. Glossy cardboard. Special ends May 2nd. Alert Printing 227(COPY)2679 We repair fridge, freezer, AC, washer, dryer call: 2310655,683-8734 Omar HOUSE PLAN DRAFTING FOR ONLY $10,000CALL:694-9843/227-2766 School bus from Land of Canaan to Greater Georgetown and back – Call:646-5147
For our advertising rates call: 2258491, 225-8465.
WANTED Kitchen Assistants: Come into Dian’s Deli, opposite Kitty Market. Urgently needed: One cosmetologist at Nalini’s Beauty Salon, Vreed-EnHoop Junction – Contact:6253899, 604-2900 Part-time salesman to sell locally manufactured Windows & Doors of High Quality - Telephone #6005253 One mechanic to work in the interior. Must have knowledge about Cummings Engine – Call:681-6044 D.J/Promoter to work at a club in Essequibo – Call:226-9768, 642-7963 Experienced diesel mechanic to work in the interior – Call:226-9768, 626-6909 Urgently needed live-in waitresses to work in bar, offering an attractive salary – Call:689-8859 Live-out domestic babysitter and live-in babysitter – Call:225-0188, 223-7500 (Monday to Saturday ) (8:15am-4:15pm) Four sand truck drivers. Contact 627-0799 Two computer literate secretaries. Call 622-7933 One maid. $14,000 per week, working form 8:00 hours to16:00 hours. Contact 2267766 200 truckloads of sand. Contact 627-0799 We buy all low income lands especially in La Parfaite Harmonie 218-5591 or 6757292 Home tutoring in Diamond, Children 7 and 8, Time:3-5:30pmContact: 657-8732 One night guard – Call: 2251276, 666-7734 Experienced roti/puri cooks, curry cooks, pastry makers. Apply at Hack’s Halaal, Lot 5 Commerce Street EXPERIENCED DRIVERS: Apply with VALID Police Clearance & Driver Licence. – Tel:231-8529, 231-2344 Live-in couple. Husband: driving duties; wife: domestic. Good rates & accommodation – Tel:227-1830 Bartenders & security at El Club Latino – Call:650-4155 or 616-2902 from 10am to 6pm Cars with drivers to work at base located in Sophia (low base fee) – Call:613-1847
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Scores disconnected as GPL swoops down on West Dem.
A dangerous connection runs over a trench and through a yard in Sisters Village, W.C.D. With little or no care for the danger of electrocution, electricity theft dominates the cases Guyana Power Light (GPL) encounters, with their Loss Reduction Unit combing villages countrywide and illegal connections being unearthed. Some of them assembled in the most blatant as well as shrewd manners possible. GPL’s ongoing exercise to reduce commercial losses resulting from electricity theft caused their operatives to yesterday descend on squatting areas on the West Bank Demerara, including Sisters Village and Skull City. Many residents’ excuses were pertaining to lack of regularization of their community, cost of living and corrupt GPL operatives who gave them wrong advice, rather than explaining the proper procedures to obtain the utility’s service. “Imagine we applied for
service how long now and never get through and there are poles all over the place…What should I do, accept darkness?” one resident questioned. Another said; “What will happen to all my meat in my fridge? How will my children study at night? What am I supposed to do? I have done everything I was supposed to at GPL and then this happens.” Many persons also complained of large bribes that were reportedly paid to some GPL operatives - in some instances, persons claim to have paid between $75,000 and $100,000 per connection. GPL operatives in the field explained that the company cannot survive if persons continue to steal electricity. Yesterday some 3000 feet of duplex wires were seized along with several tampered meters to the dismay of the consumers.
“When others steal e l e c t r i c i t y, t h e p e r s o n s who are paying for their services are affected and already we are seeing extended periods of power outages across the country. This will more than likely continue if electricity losses are not reduced drastically. No entity can survive and improve services to customers without the much needed capital.” One senior GPL operative lamented, “The cost of stolen electricity is being passed on to the other consumers. Some persons even risk their lives to steal electricity and a number of them have died in the process. Children are killed accidentally while playing, because of crudely installed wires which are not meant for electrical transmission. Homes have been destroyed by fire as well. But many persist in making
GPL operatives, in the company of police, rolling up some of the illegal seized wires found in nearby premises. illegal connections to their homes.” According to Field Services Manager, Looknauth Singh, if GPL personnel are found taking bribes to breach and tamper with meters and install illegal connections, they can be investigated, since all meters are registered within the system along with persons who installed them. Singh explained that disciplinary measures can be taken which can lead to termination of services or contract and if someone is found in breach of the established requirement, that contractor can be fined $20,000 for each illegal job done. He explained that if persons visit GPL in a large group and request service, the power company will submit such a request to Central Housing and Planning Authority (CHPA) to give the go-ahead to have
them provided with service legally, pending regularization of the community. It was also noted that consumers who steal electricity can also apply for service but if they are caught stealing electricity, GPL can refuse the request. In addition, if a person is found guilty of illegal connections or meter tampering, they can be charged and placed before the courts. Before the household could be reconnected, the person would have to pay a reconnection fee, and a backbilling penalty. According to a Senior Investigator attached to the Loss Reduction Unit, illegal GPL connections can be uprooted today and tomorrow persons find ingenious and even more dangerous ways to reconnect. He said GPL only issues 60 feet of service line
and a consumer has to pay for the extra to reach their home. However, if it surpasses 125 feet, then that would be done under Government’s capital works. It was also explained that although a customer is charged, he/she can still appeal to the Public Utilities Commission (PUC) to dispute what GPL found and the commission has mechanisms and an engineer to check the installation and reveal their findings, and even ask that GPL explain if they are not satisfied. Records reveal that 22 percent of the company’s losses are non-technical in nature and are largely as a result of electricity theft, faulty meters and deficiencies in the billing system. After four years and the injection of billions of dollars, the company was only able to secure a mere 2.3 percent loss reduction.
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Ukraine separatists seize second provincial capital, fire on police
Pro-Russian armed men take cover behind a car near the local police headquarters in Luhansk, eastern Ukraine, yesterday. REUTERS/Vasily Fedosenko LUHANSK, Ukraine (Reuters) - Hundreds of pro-Moscow separatists stormed government buildings in one of U k r a i n e ’s p r o v i n c i a l capitals yesterday and opened fire on police h oled up in a regional headquarters, a major escalation of their revolt d e s p i t e n e w We s t e r n sanctions on Russia. Russian share prices rose in relief at the mildness of the newly announced U.S. and European sanctions, which amounted mainly to adding a small number of names to existing blacklists while putting off threats to take more serious measures. Demonstrators smashed their way into the provincial government headquarters in Luhansk, U k r a i n e ’s e a s t e r n m o s t province, which abuts the Russian border, and raised separatist flags over the building, while police did nothing to interfere. As night fell, about 20 rebel gunmen opened fire with automatic weapons and threw stun grenades
at the headquarters of the region’s police, trying to force those inside to surrender their weapons, a Reuters photographer at the scene said. “The regional leadership does not control its police force,” said Stanislav R e c h y n s k y, a n a i d e t o Interior Minister Arsen Avakov, referring to events in Luhansk. “The local police did nothing.” The rebels also seized the prosecutor’s office and the television center. The separatist operation in Luhansk appears to give the proMoscow rebels control of a second provincial capital. They already control much of neighboring Donetsk province, where they have proclaimed an independent “ P e o p l e ’s R e p u b l i c o f Donetsk” and declared a referendum on secession for May 11. The rebels include local youths armed with clubs and chains, as well as “green men” - heavily armed masked men in military uniforms without insignia. Adding control of
Luhansk would give them sway over the entire Donbass coalfield - an unbroken swathe of territory adjacent to Russia - where giant steel smelters and heavy plants produce around a third of Ukraine’s industrial output. It is the heart of an area that Russian President Vladimir Putin described earlier this month as “New Russia”, reviving a term from when the tsars conquered it in the 18th and 19th centuries. Most people who live in the area now identify themselves as Ukrainians but speak Russian as a first language. Ukraine, a country of 45 million people the size of France, has a thousandyear history as a state but has spent much of the last few centuries under the shadow of its larger neighbor. It emerged as a modern independent nation after the Soviet Union broke up in 1991, with borders d r a wn up by Bolshevik commissars from territory previously ruled by Russia, Poland and Austria.
Firm says finds plane debris in Bay of Bengal – CNN (Reuters) - A private company said it had found what it believes is wreckage of a plane in the Bay of Bengal that should be investigated as possible debris from the missing Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370, CNN reported. The Joint Agency Coordination Centre managing the multinational search for the missing plane dismissed the possibility, saying it continued to believe that the plane came down in
the southern Indian Ocean off Australia. The Bay of Bengal is located between India and Myanmar, thousands of miles from the current search area. The wreckage was reported by Australian geophysical survey company GeoResonance. “The company is not declaring this is MH370, however it should be investigated,” CNN quoted
GeoResonance as saying in a statement. (link.reuters.com/syr88v) GeoResonance says on its website that it offers a unique and proven method of geophysical survey that detects electromagnetic fields suggestive of subsurface deposits. Flight MH370, carrying 227 passengers and 12 crew, went missing in March en route from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing.
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Chemical watchdog to investigate Syria chlorine gas claims AMSTERDAM/BEIRUT (Reuters) - The global chemical weapons watchdog overseeing the destruction of Syria’s toxic stockpile will send a fact-finding mission to Syria to investigate allegations by rebels and activists of chlorine gas attacks, the organization said yesterday. The Hague-based Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) said President Bashar al-Assad’s government had agreed to accept the mission and had promised to provide security in areas under its control. “The mission will carry out its work in the most challenging circumstances,” the OPCW said, referring to the three-year-old conflict between Assad’s forces and rebels. It gave no exact date for the mission but said it would take place soon. Accusations by rebels and Syrian activist of at least three separate chlorine gas attacks by Assad’s forces in the last month have exposed the limits of a deal which Assad agreed last year for the destruction of his chemical arsenal. The accord followed a sarin gas attack on rebel-held outskirts of Damascus last August in which hundreds of people were killed. Washington and its allies blamed Assad’s forces for the attack, but Damascus authorities said rebels carried it out to try to force Western
military intervention. Damascus has now shipped out or destroyed 92 percent of the chemicals it pledged to eliminate. However chlorine, which also has many industrial uses, was never included in the list submitted to the OPCW. Videos released by activists of chlorine gas canisters they said were dropped in barrel bombs from Syrian military helicopters could not be verified by Reuters but analysts say the pattern of attacks suggest a coordinated campaign with growing evidence of government responsibility. The U.S. State Department said last week that if Syrian authorities used chlorine gas with the intent to kill or harm this would violate the Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC), which it joined as part of last year’s agreement. In addition to the possible chlorine use, diplomats say Western powers believe Syria may have not have declared all of its chemical stockpiles an accusation which Syria has denied. One Western diplomat said a separate OPCW mission arrived in Syria last week to discuss discrepancies between Syria’s original declaration and the quantities which have been shipped out so far. Last year’s chemical deal helped avert the threat of U.S. air strikes against Assad’s forces. Since then the 48-year-
old president has consolidated his control around Damascus and central Syria and now appears determined to match those military advances with political gains. On Monday he declared he will run in a June 3 election - dismissed in advance by his opponents as a charade which is widely expected to deliver him a third term in office. Ten other hopefuls have also put their names forward, but Syria’s election law requires candidates to have lived in Syria for 10 years and to win the endorsement of 35 members of the pro-Assad parliament, ruling out members of Syria’s opposition in exile or any other dissenting voices. A day after Assad’s formal nomination, more than 50 people were killed in car bombs and mortar attacks targeting governmentcontrolled areas of Damascus and Homs. In Homs, at least 37 people including children were killed by two car bombs near a busy roundabout in Zahraa, a neighborhood where the population is mainly from Assad’s Alawite minority, an offshoot of Shi’ite Islam. A local security source put the death toll at 42. In central Damascus, two mortar shells struck an education complex in the mainly Shi’ite district of Shaghour, killing at least 14 people and wounding dozens.
Cameron faces vote test after Mercer’s resignation (Reuters) - Prime Minister David Cameron faces a potentially awkward test of voter support following the resignation yesterday of MP Patrick Mercer, a former member of his Conservative party. Mercer ’s resignation, after reports he was to be suspended for six months for breaking lobbying rules, triggers an election that would allow the antiEuropean Union UK Independence Party (UKIP) to test their growing popularity in a region where the Conservative party is traditionally strong. The result could reveal how much support the Conservatives, who in 2010 had a healthy 16,000 vote majority in Mercer’s Newark constituency in the English Midlands, have lost to UKIP. The vote will not take
place until after European Parliament elections next month, in which UKIP is expected to push Cameron’s Conservatives into third place behind itself and the Labour party. Minority parties tend to do better in European than domestic elections as the voting system favours them and voters are more likely to cast their ballots in protest or on single issues. So a big loss of Conservative votes in Newark to UKIP, which has nine seats in the European Parliament but no elected members in Britain’s parliament, could hint at a serious split in the centreright vote in next year’s national election. UKIP leader Nigel Farage - who has enjoyed a huge rise in media coverage ahead of the EU elections - is himself
“seriously considering” standing for the seat, a party spokeswoman said, and will make a decision today. Earlier this month, UKIP’s poll ratings hit their highest ever levels, according to one data series. Another showed its anti-EU and antiimmigration policies had spurred Conservative voters to defect. The parliamentary standards watchdog is due to publish a report tomorrow into allegations uncovered by a television documentary last year that Mercer, a member of parliament since 2001, offered to use his influence for personal gain. Local media reported yesterday that the committee would recommend suspending him from parliament for six months. “What has happened, has happened and I am ashamed of it.
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Trinidad police officer facing 100 fraud related charges P O R T- O F - S PA I N , Trinidad - CMC – A 40 yearold police officer will return to court on May 2 to answer 100 charges of allegedly defrauding the Police Service of nearly TT$400,000 (One TT dollar = US$0.16 cents). The female police officer, Elizabeth Hope, a 10-year veteran, was released on TT$350,000 bail when she appeared before a Port-ofSpain court on Monday. She was not called upon to plead to the charges that were laid indictably.
The police allege that Hope, between 2010 and last March, with the assistance of another woman, Cherisse Austin, who is also before the court, allegedly tendered false bills and receipts of medical services done with an official stamp from a doctor. Hope also billed the Police Service for medication she allegedly received while she was supposedly undergoing treatment for cancer. The court was told that Hope had informed the police’s Finance Branch that
she was ill with cancer and forwarded to them a number of receipts for treatment she allegedly received as well as medication, all purported to have been signed off by a doctor named in the charge. The prosecution had objected to bail citing Hope as a flight risk. But her defence lawyer, Keith Scotland, disagreed submitting that his client, who was abroad on 21 days sick leave, had immediately returned to the island after finding out about the investigation against her.
Newly arrived virus spreads in Dominican Republic SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic (AP) — Health officials in the Dominican Republic say a mosquito-borne virus has spread widely since making its first appearance in the country. The Health Ministry says it has documented about 3,500 suspected cases of chikungunya virus since it was first detected in March. Most cases have been near the capital, but Health Minister Freddy Hidalgo said Tuesday there have been some isolated cases in northern provinces. Hidalgo spoke at the start of a two-day conference attended by representatives
from Central American countries. The virus is most commonly found in Asia and Africa. It was first detected in the Caribbean in December in French St. Martin and has
spread to nearby islands. Chikungunya is rarely fatal but it can cause high fever and intense joint and muscle pain. There is no vaccine.
Central Bank comments on shortage of US currency on local market PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad – The Central Bank of Trinidad and Tobago (CBTT) says it has pumped half a billion US dollars into the domestic foreign exchange market, saying it is aware of the difficulty some businesses and the public have been experiencing in obtaining foreign currency. In a statement, the CBTT said that it has been “actively
and aggressively” taking steps to address the situation and that in the last three and a half months it has sold US$500 million to the banking sector to alleviate tensions in the domestic foreign exchange market. The CBTT said that it typically supplies 25 per cent of the total foreign exchange needs of the market, with the remaining 75 per cent
supplied by the banking system. “The Central Bank is assuring the public that other initiatives are currently being pursued to strengthen the operational efficiency of the domestic foreign exchange market. The Bank continues to monitor developments in the foreign exchange market and will take appropriate action as needed,” the statement added.
PM has been ‘working, working, working’ KINGSTON, Jamaica — Prime Minister Portia Simpson Miller yesterday sought to justify her overseas travels saying that seeking opportunities for trade and partnerships with other countries is integral to getting investments for the country. The prime minister was making her presentation to the 2014/2015 Budget Debate in Gordon House. Simpson Miller said that she made a trip to Spain in 2007, and in March this year,
Spain’s Hospiten Group invested US$20 million for the construction of a highly specialised general hospital at Cinnamon Hill, Rose Hall in St James. The prime minister said that when the Hospiten Group made the announcement in March, it was also highlighted that they decided to invest in the country because, when the prime minister visited Spain, she had raised the possibility for them to build a hospital in Jamaica. “When you don’t
see me, I am working, working, working,” Simpson Miller reiterated. The medical facility, which is expected to be completed within a year, is expected to provide services for residents of the North Coast area, as well as for visitors to the island. Simpson Miller added that she was supposed to be in Mexico, but because of her presentation in the 2014 Budget Debate she was unable to make the trip.
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CONCACAF renew deal with Traffic Sports for Sponsorship Rights The Confederation of North, Central America and Caribbean Association Football (CONCACAF) announced on Monday that Traffic Sports has purchased the sponsorship rights to all of the Confederation’s properties, including the Gold Cup and the CONCACAF Champions League, to become its official Corporate Partnership Agency. The multi-year renewal agreement includes rights to the next four editions of the biennial Gold Cup (2015, 2017, 2019, 2021), as well as seven
additional seasons of the annual CONCACAF Champions League, from the 2015/16 edition through the 2021/22 tournament. The deal also incorporates rights to all other events organized by the Confederation, such as youth tournaments, Olympic qualifiers and Futsal. “We are very pleased to extend our relationship with Traffic Sports,” said CONCACAF President, Jeffrey Webb. “During the past year they have
contributed tremendously to our mission of developing the game at all levels by aligning our properties with companies that want to become true partners of our sport. We look forward to years of successful partnership.” Under terms of the renewed deal, Traffic Sports will continue to package and market all CONCACAF properties globally, with assets that i n c l u d e f i e ld of play branding, use of tournament marks, unique experiences,
Wednesday April 30, 2014 ARIES (March 21 April 19): Today you might feel a little out of sorts, Aries, and your concentration could be diminished. You might even have a little trouble focusing on your work. Don't worry about it. It's more mental than anything else, and it will pass. ******************* TAURUS (April 20 May 20): Today doubts, uncertainties, and insecurities could plague a love relationship, Taurus. Does your beloved share your passion? Is your friend being honest and open with you? ****************** GEMINI (May 21 June 20):A member of your household could be going through some rough times, Gemini, and as a result might become overly dependent on your moral and emotional support. ******************** CANCER (June 21 July 22): Some blatantly untrue gossip could reach you today, Cancer. When you think about it, you'll see that what you heard defies all logic and is actually rather ludicrous. ********************* LEO (July 23 - Aug. 22): Leo, today you could feel the need to work on your finances - pay bills, make deposits, and plan a budget for next month - but your heart won't be in it. Your mind is probably on more interesting projects. ******************* VIRGO (Aug. 23 Sept. 22): Usually, Virgo, you have pretty good powers of focus and concentration. However, today you might find that these powers are flagging.
LIBRA (Sept. 23 - Oct. 22) : A strange person promoting him- or herself as a mind-reader of sorts could come onto the scene today, Libra. This person, however, is more mixed up than mindful. ********************* SCORPIO (Oct. 23 Nov. 21): Your financial goals could seem vague and uncertain at this time, Scorpio. Perhaps you face a crossroads in your life as far as income goes, and you might not be sure which way to go. ******************** SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22 - Dec. 21): A colleague's motives could seem rather sinister today, Sagittarius. This person has a definite agenda of his or her own that may not take into account the needs or feelings of anyone who could conceivably stand in the way. .********************* CAPRICORN (Dec. 22 Jan. 19): Today doubts may crop up for you concerning certain spiritual concepts that you've embraced for a long time, Capricorn. Don't let this cause a crisis. ******************** AQUARIUS (Jan. 20 Feb. 18): Some disturbing dreams could bring up doubts you may have about the motives of someone you consider a friend, Aquarius. ********************* PISCES (Feb. 19 March 20): Some underhanded and not altogether honest machinations could be happening at the workplace, Pisces. You could be offended by it, and you could also worry if it threatens your job.
and hospitality, among others. Financial terms of the deal will not be made public. “We are grateful to CONCACAF for entrusting Traffic with the continued development and growth of its corporate partnership program,” said Aaron Davidson, President of Traffic Sports USA. “Over the first 17 months of our current agreement, we have focused on laying a new foundation for the region’s flagship tournaments, the Gold Cup and Champions League. And now after growing Gold Cup sponsorship over 50% in 2013 and validating the CONCACAF Champions League as the most important professional
club tournament in the region, we are very wellpositioned to exponentially grow the Confederation’s corporate partnerships over the next two World Cup cycles.” A m o n g t h e w o r l d ’s leading sports event and management companies, Traffic Sports has nearly 34 years of experience in the business. The Sao Paulo, Brazil-based company has organized and commercialized numerous international soccer events, including previous editions of the CONCACAF Gold Cup, the CONCACAF Champions League’s predecessor - the Champions Cup, and CONCACAF Qualifying for
the FIFA World Cup. It has accomplished the same with South A m e r i c a ’s C o p a Libertadores, Copa Sudamericana, Copa America, CONMEBOL Qualifying for the FIFA World Cup, and the FIFA Club World Championship 2000. In 2012, Traffic Sports was named the commercial rights partner for the successful 2013 Gold Cup. The firm is also currently handling commercial rights for the 2013/14 and 2014/15 seasons of the CONCACAF Champions League.
Floodlight softball cricket matches set for DCC tonight Tonight at the DCC Ground in Queenstown, several softball cricket matches have been fixed starting at 6:30PM. The teams involved in tonight’s activity will be competing in the Independence Cup tournament set for this weekend. In tonight’s opening salvo; Pitch 1: Floodlights battle Farm X1, while on Pitch 2: Wellman tackle Parika Defenders in two 20/20 fixtures. At 9:45 pm, will be the finals with the 2 winners facing off on Pitch 1 in a 10/ 10 affair. The losers play for 3rd and 4th place on pitch #2 also in a 10/10 contest.
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Match drawn but Real thrash Bayern as Jamaica crowned champs Ronaldo makes history Gros Islet, St. Lucia, CMC – Two promising batsmen, Jermaine Blackwood and Sunil Ambris, featured prominently with breakthrough hundreds before Jamaica claimed the Headley/Weekes Trophy with a tame draw against Windward Islands in the Final yesterday here. Blackwood completed his maiden first-class hundred of 118, propping up the Jamaicans’ batting, as they were dismissed for 200 in their second innings about halfhour before lunch on the last day of the finale to the Regional 4-Day Tournament. This left the Windwards to chase a highly improbable, if not impossible target of 376 on a docile Beausejour Cricket pitch, and Ambris used the relaxed atmosphere to carve out his second first-class hundred of 102, as Windwards reached 204 for six in their second innings when play ended an hour before the scheduled close. The result meant that the visitors clinched the Trophy by virtue of accumulating a higher number of points in the match. They ended with eight, including two batting points and three bowling points, while the Windwards finished with five. The Headley/Weekes
Tamar Lambert and David Bernard Jr. hold the Headley/Weeks trophy.
Cristiano Ronaldo fires home a free-kick to complete Real Madrid’s 4-0 victory over Bayern Trophy was inaugurated five years ago in honour of the late Jamaica and West Indies batting legend George Headley, and living Barbados and West Indies batting legend Sir Everton Weekes. Blackwood, a graduate of the Sagicor West Indies High Performance Centre, struck 15 fours and two sixes from 170 balls in 3 ¾ hours. He reached his hundred from 159 balls, when he dragged a delivery from left-arm medium-fast bowler Kenroy Peters into square leg for a single. Blackwood shared two vital tail-end stands – 33 with Damion Jacobs for the eighth
wicket and 30 with Sheldon Cottrell for the last wicket – before being caught at straight mid-wicket off Windward captain Liam Sebastien, bowling his offspin, to bring the Jamaica innings to a close. Peters was the most successful Windwards bowler with 6-66 from 17 overs, Mervin Matthew grabbed 2-35 from 11 overs and Sebastien grabbed 2-46 from 18 overs. Ambris, a highly-regarded former Young West Indies batsman, batted almost 2 ½ hours, faced 120 balls and struck 13 fours and one six. He reached his hundred from 118 balls, when he lofted Andre McCarthy, bowling his uncomplicated off-spin, over long-on for his only six. Along the way, he put on 58 for the third wicket with veteran lefthanded opener Devon Smith and shared 83 for the fifth wicket with his elder brother Romel Currency before he was caught behind chasing a delivery from McCarthy. Smith hit 40 and fellow opener Tyronbe Theophile got 22, but no other Windwards batsman made it to 20. McCarthy ended with 2-13 from five overs and legspinner Jacobs finished with 2-75 from 22 overs. There was a bizarre twist to the day, when the players seemed content to end play at tea-time with both teams meeting halfway between their respective dressing rooms for the typical post-play shake of hands. Ground-staff had extracted the stumps and started to water the outfield, but were soon informed that play would resume as scheduled after the break. Under tournament rules, play on the last day could not be ended until 75 overs had been bowled on the day or 4 p.m. East Caribbean Time (Jamaica minus an hour), whichever is the later.
Real Madrid moved a step closer to ruling Europe for a tenth time as they blew away defending champions Bayern Munich 4-0 to complete a 5-0 aggregate victory in a recordbreaking semi-final. Holding a 1-0 lead from the first leg, a first-half brace from Sergio Ramos and two goals from Cristiano Ronaldo which took his season’s UEFA Champions League tally to a record 16 handed Los Merengues a comfortable success that takes them to the Estadio da Luz to face either Chelsea or Atletico Madrid on May 24. The only negative for Real on a night when they took their goal tally in this s e a s o n ’s Champions League to 37 - another record - was a booking for Xabi Alonso that rules the midfielder out of the decider. Both teams made just one change from the first leg with Gareth Bale replacing Isco for Real and Thomas Muller coming in for Rafinha for Bayern. There was a minute’s silence before proceedings began in honour of former Barcelona coach, and Pep Guardiola’s former assistant, Tito Vilanova and former Real boss Vujadin Boskov, who both passed
away last week. Both sides looked nervous at the outset and it was not surprising that the first chance came from an error as Manuel Neuer came out of his area to head away but could only find Bale, who fired over an empty net from distance. Angel Di Maria fired a speculative effort over the bar shortly after and it was not long before the visitors took the lead in the 16th minute. Dante did well to cut out a Karim Benzema chance, but from the resulting corner Luka Modric swung in the ball and an unmarked Ramos headed powerfully home. The Germans were now looking at an uphill task and that became nearly impossible four minutes later when rampant Real h a d t h e i r s e c o n d . To n i Kroos fouled Bale on the right, around 25 yards out, and Di Maria’s delivery was flicked on by Pepe to the edge of the six-yard box, where Ramos met the ball with a diving header to double the lead. Real predictably now seemed quite happy to sit back and hit their opponents on the counter and Ronaldo took advantage in the 34th minute. Di Maria spread the ball right to Benzema, who
freed Bale and the Welshman and Ronaldo were two-onone with Jerome Boateng. Bale slipped the ball across to the Portuguese and he calmly slotted below Neuer. Everything was going perfectly for the Spaniards but they suffered a blow in the 38th minute when Alonso deservedly went in the book for a clumsy challenge on Bastian Schweinsteiger. Guardiola removed Mandzukic at the interval and brought on Javi Martinez, and it was Bayern who had the first chance after the break as Ramos was forced to head over his own bar under pressure. The second half was a far more subdued affair and despite Arjen Robben curling an effort wide and Ribery bringing a save from Casillas, neither side looked like scoring in the first 15 minutes. Ronaldo headed over the bar but neither side showed much of a threat in the closing stages as Carlo Ancelotti brought off Ramos, nullifying the danger of a yellow card that would cost him his place in Lisbon. Ronaldo completed the rout in the final minute with a low free-kick from 18 yards as Real completely outclassed the Bundesliga champions.
Wimbledon 2014: Early round losers see large prize money boost Prize money for players who lose in the first three rounds at this year’s Wimbledon Championships has risen by over 100% over a three-year period. The overall prize fund has increased by 10.8% to £25m, with first round losers seeing their reward rise from £11,500 in 2011 to £27,000 in 2014. All England Lawn Tennis Club chief executive Richard Lewis said: “I’m not saying
they are pleading poverty. “But they aren’t making huge sums of money for worldclass sportsmen.” The singles champions will receive £1.76m, 10% more than Andy Murray and Marion Bartoli received last year. Brook added that defending champion Murray’s slip to eighth in the rankings will not harm his seeding for this year’s tournament.
Wimbledon use a surfacebased system to determine seedings, based on their performance on grass in combination with their ranking. As a result, Brook said the system will have a “significant impact” on Murray, who triumphed at the Queen’s Club and Wimbledon last summer, as well as reaching the Wimbledon final in 2012. (BBCsport)
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Donald Sterling banned for Royals win on boundary life from NBA and fined $2.5m count after tie and Super Over
Banned for life: Los Angeles Clippers owner Donald Sterling cannot be involved in the team’s operations after racist comments allegedly made by him were made public The NBA have banned Los Angeles Clippers owner Donald Sterling from the game for life and fined him $2.5 million for racist comments made public over the weekend, the league’s commissioner said yesterday. Sterling, the longesttenured owner of any of the 30 NBA teams, will not be allowed any role in the operations of his team or be able to serve as one of the league’s governors, NBA Commissioner Adam Silver announced at a news conference in New York. The controversy began over the weekend when the celebrity website TMZ.com released an audio recording with a voice said to be Sterling’s criticising a friend for associating with ‘black people.’ An investigation into the recording concluded the voice was Sterling’s, Silver told reporters. ‘The man whose voice is heard on the recording and on a second recording from the same conversation that was
released on Sunday is Mr. Sterling,’ said Silver, who is confronting his first major crisis since he was named commissioner in February. ‘The views expressed by Mr. Sterling are deeply offensive and harmful.’ Sterling’s comments caused a wave of outrage from fans, players and coaches of the league, which was on the forefront of racial integration in US professional sports, all the way to Barack Obama, the first black US President, who blasted the ‘incredibly offensive racist statements.’ The move may not be enough for some critics, who called on Sterling to give up ownership of the team, though observers said the other 29 owners of NBA franchises were not likely to back any move that could set a precedent that would harm their property rights. Silver said he would call on the owners to vote to force Sterling to sell the team. Such a move would require approval of three-quarters of
the current owners. The league acted after several team sponsors including auto dealer CarMax Inc, Virgin America, State Farm, Kia Motors America, music mogul P. Diddy’s water brand, AQUAHydrate, Red Bull and Yokohama Tire all announced on Monday that they were stepping back from the team. Some advertisers have asked to move their commercials out of the national broadcast of Tuesday’s (yesterday) Clippers playoff game against the Golden State Warriors by TNT, owned by Time Warner Inc, and the local airing on a sports channel owned by 21st Century Fox, according to sources. Sterling bought the Clippers in 1981 at a time when basketball was far less commercially successful than it is today, and the franchise could now be worth as much as $800 million, estimated Robert Boland, chairman of the sports management department at New York University. (Mailonline)
A few days ago, individual brilliance from Chris Lynn had given Kolkata Knight Riders a win from nowhere, which sparked wild celebrations. Yesterday they experienced what it was like to be on the receiving end of such an unexpected result. Knight Riders needed only 16 off 12 balls with six wickets in hand, when their middle and lower order capsized against James Faulkner in the penultimate over. Shakib Al Hasan forced the match into a Super Over and Knight Riders would have been confident of Sunil Narine defending 12. But with three needed to win off the last ball, Steven Smith played a smart dab into the vacant space at extra cover and ran an easy two, leveling the match again and taking Rajasthan Royals to a thrilling win on the basis of a greater number of boundaries scored in the match. For Knight Riders, it should have never come to that stage. Faulkner hadn’t had the best of times in this year’s IPL and was benched for a match after ordinary outings in his first three games, but bowled an inspirational over to turn the game on its head. Cameos from Suryakant Yadav and Shakib had almost brought Knight Riders on the doorstep of a smartly constructed innings and a win seemed there for the taking. They had added 49 runs in 26 balls. Then, Faulkner’s slower balls, so effective last year, made a sparkling re-entry. Yadav, looking for a big hit, sliced the first ball of the 19th over to long-off to fall for a 19-ball 31. It was still Knight Riders’ game, but Faulkner’s fourth and fifth deliveries proved to be the icing on his birthday cake as Robin Uthappa and Vinay Kumar missed straight deliveries to be bowled. Six
Steve Smith and Shane Watson celebrate Rajasthan Royals’ dramatic Super Over heroics balls, three wickets and 12 off nine became 12 off 6. With Shakib still around, Knight Riders still had some chance - they kept up with the task as Shakib squeezed out a boundary off the first ball off the last over. Kane Richardson didn’t bowl the best of overs, serving leg-side balls and half-volleys. Shakib too, failed to connect properly again in the over, but managed to tie the game. However, Smith’s presence of mind on the last delivery of the Super Over that won them two points showed Royals were in no mood to spoil Faulkner’s birthday party. One of the heartening side stories for the Knight Riders to emerge despite the loss was Gautam Gambhir’s return to form. Gambhir didn’t set the stage on fire - the slower Abu Dhabi pitch was never going to allow that sort of strokeplay and that’s not Gambhir’s game anyway - but his 45 from 44 deliveries was ideal platform for the middleorder stroke makers. Such had been the drought that Gambhir would have been satisfied with anything of substance; he had hardly spent any time in
the middle. Instead, he ended up playing the solid knock that was needed at the top of the order following the same template Ajinkya Rahane, who top-scored with 72, had set in the first half of the match. A pull shot off the gentle medium pace of Stuart Binny didn’t run to the boundary but was the ideal tonic for a sagging spirit. Once he had played a few balls though, Gambhir was in familiar territory, comfortably nudging the ball in the gaps and using his feet to the slower bowlers. Familiar with Rajat Bhatia’s tricks, Gambhir handled his Delhi teammate with ease, once using his feet to carve a slower delivery over extra cover in trademark fashion. But he was caught in the boundary to a sweep shot, five short of his half-century. His team’s fate followed a similar course. Rajasthan Royals 152 for 5 (Rahane 72) tied with Kolkata Knight Riders 152 for 8 (Gambhir 45, Faulkner 3-11) Super Over Rajasthan Royals 12 tied with Kolkata Knight Riders 12 but won the match on a higher boundary count
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Aruwai Mining/DC Promotions T20 tourney EBFA Division One League Agricola and Soesdyke NL Cavaliers, South Essequibo, Wakenaam, Impact Orient face off for place in final record wins; Grove to Fans at a previous DC Promotions oppose Diamond tomorrow Competition in the Stag Beer sponsored East Bank Football Association division-one league will continue tomorrow with one match at the Grove Playfield. Home team Grove Hi Tech is set to entertain rivals Diamond United in what is expected to be a keen contest. Game time is 15:00hrs.
In last Sunday’s play, Agricola Red Triangle cantered back into the lead with a tight 2-1 win over Mocha Champs while Soesdyke Falcons were in a no nonsense mood when they hammered Kuru Kururu Warriors 5-0. In recording victory, Soesdyke Falcons overtook the Warriors on the
T20 tourney in Bartica are expected to better these numbers.
point’s table by virtue of a better goal difference. Netting for the Falcons were Roger Dey and Colin Holder with a pair of goals each, John Gordon scored the other. Converting both goals for Agricola Red Triangle was Travis Grant; Mocha’s consolation effort came off the boot of Troy Griffith.
Fly Jamaica gives air ticket to MSC Bingo winner
The Bartica Community Centre ground is bracing for what is anticipated to be electrifying T20 rivalry come this weekend when the semi finals and final of the 3rd Aruwai Mining T20 competition comes off. Having been postponed for quite some time due to circumstances beyond the control of the organisers, DC Promotions, fans can brace themselves for some entertaining and enthralling cricket this Saturday and Sunday at the Bartica Community Centre ground with One Million in cash at stake for the winner. New Line Cavaliers will come up against South Essequibo in the first semi final from 18:00hrs on Saturday with the other semi featuring Impact Orient of
Bartica and Wakenaam. Impact Orient’s quest for the top prize would be spearheaded by Adrian Branford, the hard hitting Motilall, Jermaine Dover, Raphael Algree, Ghandi, Andrew Zaban and K. Chesney. Wakenaam can spring a surprise on the night and would be looking to Wayne Osbourne, Richardo Adams, Imran Khan, Nazir Mohammed, Navishal Pooran and Sadesh Raghunauth to guide their ambitions for victory. New Line Cavaliers will be fancying their chances of winning the competition and will be led by the experienced former Guyana player Andre Perceval with s u p p o r t f r o m Navindra Persaud, Dayanand Roopnarine, Avinash
Sookdeo, Boodan Baksh and Troy Gonsalves. The losing finalist will pocket $500,000 while the winner of the third place game between the semi final losers, will receive $250,000. The Most Valuable Player will ride away with one motorcycle compliments of B&M Mining. DC Promotions are promising an entertaining time this weekend and will be pulling out all the stops to ensure fans are satisfied. Gratitude is being extended to the following sponsors for their support: Arawai Mining, B&M Mining, Hopkinson Mining & New Modern Hotel, Star Minerals, Eldorado Trading, Zahir Speed Boat Service and Pharmacy, Ansa McAl, Scotia Bank and Digicel.
Rio Olympic preparations ‘worst’ ever: Coates Amete Smith (2nd right) receives the ticket from Air Jamaica’s Marketing & Reservation Officer, Mr. Wesley Tucker. At left is MSC Treasurer Troy Lewis. Malteenoes Sports Club (MSC) pulled off a successful and exciting Bingo on Saturday April 26 at the National Park in Georgetown. Close to 4,000 persons attended the event which was bigger than last year’s WOW Bingo. The forty consolation prizes were quickly won, with multiple winners in several games. Prizes included a refrigerator, a freezer, bicycles, electrical appliances, hand tools and a box of chicken sausages. Air Jamaica donated the special prize for the coupon drawing a free air ticket to New York. A team from the Jamaica based airline which has recently acquired a
second aircraft, led by its Marketing Manager and two stewardesses made the presentation to the lucky winner. The lucrative cash prizes for the cover-all games of $300,000, $200,000 and $100,000 created the usual buzz and spine tingling moments. Just prior to the cover-all games, the club reduced the cost of bingo tickets from $1000 to $500. The three lucky persons left the Park several hundred thousand dollars richer than they were before the bingo event. “The executive and members take this opportunity to thank all those
who supported and participated in the event, including sponsors, donors, food and drink vendors, the Guyana Police Force and, of course, all the bingo players, young and not so young, male and female” Said PRO of the club Sherwood Lowe. “Proceeds from the Bingo will go towards the completion of the internal renovations of the MSC building on Thomas Lands, Georgetown,” Lowe added. The club, founded in 1902 by Barbadian Taylor Fernenad Archer, thanked all of their sponsors and added that this event could not have been a success without their generous support.
Reuters - International Olympic Committee (IOC) Vice President John Coates has called Brazil’s preparations for the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Games “the worst” he has ever seen and critically behind schedule. Attending an Olympic forum in Sydney, Coates told delegates that construction had not commenced on some venues, infrastructure was significantly delayed and water quality was also a major concern two years out from the Games. He warned, however, that there was no “plan B” to find another host. “I think this is a worse situation than Athens,” said the Australian, referring to preparations for the 2004 Games, which were plagued by construction delays. “In Athens, we were
dealing with one government and some city responsibilities. Here, there’s three. “There is little coordination between the federal, the state government and the city - which is responsible for a lot of the construction. “And this is against a city that’s got social issues that also have to be addressed; a country that’s also trying to deal with the FIFA World Cup coming up in a few months. “It’s the worst that I’ve experienced.” The first Games on the South American continent have been plagued by delays, rising costs and bad communication between different levels of the Brazilian government and organisers, prompting criticism from international sports federations. Rio’s Mayor Eduardo Paes said the city “has to
accept the criticism and work hard. “We have to work with great zeal and dedication in order to deliver everything on time,” the news site G1 reported him as saying. HISTORIC MISSION Local Games organisers pointed out they were moving in the right direction. “The time has now passed when general discussions about the progress of preparations contribute to the journey towards the Games,” Rio 2016 said in a statement. “It is time for us to focus on the work to be done and on engaging with society.” They noted that important decisions were taken recently on the Games budget and said improved communications between federal, state and city authorities were reaping benefits. They also urged the IOC to get behind the city.
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Pepsi Sonics holds Basketball Easter Clinic USA based Coaches onboard
Pepsi Sonics Prisident Merle Casey, the overseas coaches and the participants at the CASH yesterday By Sean Devers The Pepsi Sonics Basketball Club and the Ministry of Culture, Youth and Sport annual Easter Basketball Clinic got on the way on Monday at the Cliff Anderson Sport Hall (CASH) under the watchful eyes of North American based Coaches Aubrey ‘Charlie’ Chalmers, George Sharple and Holisworth Casey. President of Pepsi Sonics Merle Casey described the Clinic, which is scheduled to conclude on Tuesday and catered for youths between the ages of 8 and 18, as very important for the young participants some of whom were playing basketball for the first time. The former National female player who represented Guyana from 1986-1990, said that her biggest challenge is the lack of sponsorship and feels that more companies should support youths since it is at that age they need guidance and support and not when they are established players. “If ignored they could easily become a burden to society and maybe turn to
crime and other social ills. Sports could help to prevent that from happening,” Casey said. The towering Casey said that the lack of sponsorship and unavailability of a venue prevented the Clinic from starting earlier and running for a longer duration and thanked Automotive Essentials for their sponsorship. She also said that Demerara Distillers Limited (DDL) provided refreshments while Neil Kumar and the Sports Ministry ensured the use of the National Sports Hall for the first time after previous Clinics, held during Easter and the August holidays, were held at the National Gymnasium. “I am very satisfied with the programme, which is an annual one and the quality of Coaches the youth are being exposed to. Both Chalmers and Sharple are former Guyana players and it’s a pity they could not be here longer. They are expected to leave tomorrow (today) and we will use our local Coaches when they leave,” Casey informed. Chalmers, who resides in
Canada, represented Guyana from 1972-1981 and was a facilitator last year, he explained that 22 kids participated in the Clinic which comprised the fundamentals of Basketball which he stressed is very important to those now learning the game. “We did some drills and finished off each session with playing sessions where they got to display what they had learnt. Many of these kids have the ability to progress in the future and I was impressed by their enthusiasm. This is a good program but it should be continuous…. not just for a week …the sport has to be taken back to the schools,” Chalmers opined. Sharple, who played for his country between 19721985, said the standard of local basketball has dropped in comparison to the 1970s and 1980s and agreed with Chalmers that it was imperative that sports play a bigger role in the schools. “You also need to get places like Linden, Berbice and Kwakwani back into the mix since those areas
produced a lot of National players in the past,” Sharple said. On his first visit to Guyana in 28 years, Sharple explained that an ex-Guyana National Basketball Association was formed in the USA which would contribute balls and other gear to the local sport and when Merle said she wanted some assistance with coaching he willingly got on board. “When we played we would go on tours to Barbados, Suriname and Trinidad to play against club teams. The National teams today don’t get enough exposure but then it comes back to funding. Holisworth Casey who lives in Brooklyn is the Treasurer of t h e P e p s i Sonics Club and assisted with coaching the y o u n g s t e r s y e s t e r d a y. Merle Casey concluded by saying that there was a lot of work to be done in the sport but feels that new President Nigel Hinds is doing a commendable job so far in reviving basketball in Guyana.
Rising Sun Judo Club/Alpha MMA stages second in-club Judo tourney for 2014 Even the Sunday morning showers on April 27th couldn’t stop what is turning out to be one of the biggest local Judo rivalries from continuing as Raul Lall and Randy Phillips once again made it to the finals of the second Rising Sun Judo Club/Alpha MMA i n - c l u b J u d o t o u r n e y. Unfazed as the tourney organisers announced that all matches would be contested open-weight and with the Corwin D’Anjou led Black Hawks contingent eyeing some medals, they both used their vast contest experience to great effect. The stylish Corwin D’Anjou and Q. Thompson of Black
Hawks both turned in excellent performances to ensure that their contingent went home with a medal, while 2013 national women’s champ Yara Silva returned from a four month hiatus to claim the women’s open from a determined Norissa Yong. The official results a r e a s f o l l o w s : M e n ’s Open- first place- Randy Phillips, second placeRaulLall, and third Corwin D’Anjou. Women’s Open – first – Ya r a S i l v a , s e c o n d Norissa Yong and third Celena Yong. The organisers expressed thanks to s p o n s o r, I n t e r n a t i o n a l Technical Supplies Inc. for helping to make the tournament a reality.
Aiki-Jutsu classes commence at GNIC SC
Letter to the Sports Editor
Sunich thanks teams for taking part in Trophy Stall tourney DEAR EDITOR, Softball cricket has been on the ascendency for many years now. It has become one of the most popular and exciting spectator sporting events in our country. Numerous and highly successful softball cricket tournaments have been organized, but none of these tournaments has exemplified the transformation taking place in softball cricket better than the recently hosted Trophy Stall Softball Competition held under lights
at the Demerara Cricket Club (DCC), Queenstown. As the sponsor of this recently concluded tournament, I wish to express my appreciation to all the teams that participated. This tournament was held under the auspices of the Gu y a n a Floodlights Softball Cricket Association (GFSCA). It was a wonderful event which was played at the DCC ground which is now illuminated with permanent lights.
Floodlights cricket now has its own Mecca. I wish to personally express my thanks to the GFSCA and especially to Mr. Ricky Deonarine for the significant investment that he has made in ensuring that softball cricket can now be played at that venue under floodlights. I also wish to say that this just concluded Trophy Stall Softball tournament would not have been as successful had it not been for the great work done by Mr. Deonarine and the GFSCA. I
trust that other companies and individuals would imitate the generosity and commitment of Mr. Deonarine and would support the Guyana Softball Cricket Association (GFSA) in taking softball cricket to even greater heights. Trophy Stall will continue to support softball cricket in Guyana as we have done over the years, not just by sponsoring tournaments but also through its support of its branded teams. Ramesh Sunich Trophy Stall
Two students going through their paces Jaguar School of Combat has commenced its Aiki-Jutsu classes, a comb i n a t i o n of Japanese martial arts at the GNIC S p o r t s C l u b , Wo o l f o r d Av e n u e . C h i e f t r a i n e r Lancelot Wilkie a 5th Dan instructor informed that registration can be done during training sessions on Monday, Wednesday and Friday from 17:00 hrs to 20:00 hrs at the club.
He said that 15 students are currently training in this field. Interested persons are asked to pay a $3,000 registration fee and a monthly subscription of $2,000 and can contact Wilkie on 621-7553 for more information. The Jaguar School of Combat is the first S h i n K a i d o institution locally.
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Seon Bristol throws support behind Atwell as fighter leaves for NY training base
Owner of Millennium Manor Hotel Lance Bacchus (left) presents a package of support to Clive Atwell yesterday. A press briefing was called yesterday at the Millennium Manor Hotel on Hadfield Street by boxer Clive Atwell and members of his team to update the media on preparations for his May 24 fight against Johnny Gonzalez of Mexico for his WBC Featherweight title in Acapulco, Mexico. It was revealed that Boxing Promoter Seon Bristol has offered support in the form of taking care of aspects of Atwell’s stay in the United States as he trains prior to the fight, while Millennium Manor owner, Lance Bacchus made a donation to Atwell and renowned Guyanese boxer now trainer Lennox Blackmore, who was present, and Dillon Carew, will join Lennox Daniels in preparing Atwell for the final leg of his preparation for this fight. President of the Guyana Boxing Board of Control (GBBC) Peter Abdool also informed that the fight, based on his understanding, would be staged in Acapulco which is just 98 feet above sea level, and not Mexico City, which is much higher, where it had originally been stated the fight would take place. This eliminates the altitude factor which has been a concern of many Guyanese fans. However, the training team is not leaving anything to chance and will ensure Atwell is prepared whether the fight is staged at altitude or not. Atwell began the proceedings by touching on
some misconceptions in the media as to how his management team handled negotiations for the fight. He explained that he being an underdog fighter in status to Gonzalez and the fight being a voluntary defence, his management could not negotiate beyond a certain point. He thanked the media for the publicity but noted that the light in which his management was cast could be deemed as not totally accurate. Atwell said it has affected their creditably and their power to effectively seek sponsorship for him. The boxer stated that he has a good business relationship with his management, while admitting they may have disagreed over some issues in the past, the focus is for a common good, having him fully ready for the fight. He informed that Bristol offered to assist and will be in charge of his encampment in the US. He will workout at the Gleason’s Gym in New York under Blackmore, Carew and Daniels. Bristol said he was overwhelmed to be able to aid this talented fighter and the priority is the task ahead. He informed that after speaking with Atwell, his main concern was the time span they had available before the fight. However, he has done all in his power to ensure that Atwell is taken care of and can focus on the task ahead. Bristol said that despite the underdog tag, once
Atwell is adequately prepared he can win this fight. GBBC President Abdool added his bit, stating that due to the fact that the fight is not being televised on Pay per view (PPV) with significant TV rights, is was difficult for the management to bargain for more. Abdool said he was grateful that the fight is taking place and he was confident in Atwell’s ability, noting that this is one fighter that is focused going into bouts and he will be no pushover. He continued by stating, due to the fact he is a member of the World Boxing Council (WBC) board of directors, he has been urging them to afford more opportunities to Guyanese fighters. He also stated that Atwell is a product of the Friday Night fight programme and winning the title would be a major statement to the success of that programme initiated by the GBBC. Veteran Lennox Blackmore was forthright in stating that he feels Atwell is mentally ready for this fight. He said he knows of Gonzalez and feels with a bit more sharpening Atwell will be fully ready for the contest. Blackmore said, with some sparring and conditioning work along with specific strategising, Atwell could prove more than enough for his Mexican opponent. He described Gonzalez as a strong fighter who comes at his opponents, and noted they will have Atwell ready to deal with this challenge. Lennox Daniels, who has been preparing Atwell since his retu r n h o m e f r o m Dominica for the bout, was a bit more cautious, stating that as of now, he feels the boxer is at 75% readiness, but noted that he will be fully ready for the contest with the additional work and the high level sparring scheduled at Gleason’s gym.
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Tenelec Inc. U-15 cricket
Ramnarine’s all-round play leads Bushlot New Generation
Steve Deonarine
Kris Ramnarine
Brandon Corlette
The Tenelec Inc. Under15 two innings cricket competition in Berbice continued recently with the highlight being Kris Ramnarine whose all-round performance guided Bush Lot New Generation to an outright win over Acheivers. Ramnarine top scored in both innings with 78 and 21, opening the bowling, he picked up 4-14 and 4-20 to cap a fine game. Rose Hall Town Farfan and Mendes posted 161-4 declared in their first innings against archrivals Albion Community Centre. Offspinner Brandon Corlette sent back 5 batsmen for 7 runs from 13 overs, Keith Simpson backed up well with 3-12 and Cromwell Davidson 2-8 combined for Rose Hall to bowl out Albion for 55 in response. Tucber Park sent Rose Hall Community Centre packing for 43 in their first innings and Tucber Park in
response guided by Steve Deonarine who hit an unbeaten 58 to lead his team to 142-5. Batting a second time, Rose Hall were evicted for 34 compliments of decisive bowling from Dominique Durant (4-5) and leg spinner Brandon Stewart (3-5), Tucber Park winning by an innings. Collated scores: At Bath - Bush Lot New Generation beat Acheivers by 87 runs. Bush Lot New Generation 174; Kris Ramnarine 78, Yuvendra Budhu 37, Divindra Sooklall 3-14, Amit Mohan 3-17, Christopher Harry 3-47 and second innings 62-5 declared; Kris Ramnarine 21, Amit Mohan 3-15. Acheivers 84; Christopher Harry 22, Kris Ramanrine 4-14 and second innings 65; Christopher Harry 23, Kris Ramnarine 420, Yuvendra Budhu 2-1,
Dhanraj Goosai 2-15. At Albion - Rose Hall Town Farfan and Mendes took first innings points from Albion Community Centre in their drawn match. Rose Hall Town Farfan and Mendes 161-4 declared; Sundra Budhoo 45, Kevlon Anderson 29*, Emanuel Seecharran 25*, Karran Arjpaul 3-44. Albion Community Centre 55; Brandon Corlette 5-7, Cromwell Davidson 2-8, Keith Simpson 2-12. At Rose Hall Canje Tucber Park hammered Rose Hall Community Centre by an innings and 65 runs. Rose Hall Community Centre 43; Brandon Stewart 3-15, Naresh Chan 2-6, Dominique Durant 2-10, Bharrat Bhopal 2-10 and second innings 34; Dominique Durant 4-5, Brandon Stewart 3-5. Tucber Park 142-5 declared; Steve Deonarine 58*, Naresh Chan 25, Gavin Schultz 3-40.
Holder of ticket #1789 wins trip to B/dos Top Gear Festival The holder of ticket #1789 will get the opportunity to travel to Barbados to witness the upcoming Top Gear Festival according to a release from the Guyana Motor Racing & Sports Club (GMR&SC) following the drawing of its Raffle recently. The drawing which was conducted at the club’s Headquarters on Albert Street will see the lucky individual enjoying a trip for two to the event which includes hotel and transportation costs to be borne by the organisers. The GMR&SC is therefore asking the lucky ticket holder to contact its Head Office for further information. Meanwhile, Top Gear Festival Barbados will host an international round of this year’s Red Bull Global Rallycross Championship adding to the already
impressive line-up of motoring entertainment taking place at the festival on May 17 & 18, next. The action-packed weekend, which takes place at the newly renovated Bushy Park Circuit, Barbados, will be the first time both parties have partnered on a live event as well as their first visit to the Caribbean. The Top Gear Festival Barbados round will be the first event of the 2014 championship and will set the scene for Red Bull GRC’s most exciting year yet. Top Gear Festival Barbados will be the only Red Bull Global Rallycross event taking place outside of the US this year. Red Bull Global Rallycross drivers represent some of the most talented action sports athletes in the world today, including
gymkhana icon Ken Block, championship skateboarder Bucky Lasek and former Grand Prix driver Scott Speed. The legendary line-up also includes Tanner Foust who co-hosts the US version of Top Gear. But it’s not just the drivers who are the stars, the Red Bull Global Rallycross Supercars, specifically designed to produce the most dramatic and exciting racing in motorsport, will also be a highlight for the tens of thousands of fans expected to attend the event. They’ll complete an incredible line-up of cars all in action across the two days. Chief Operating Officer of Top Gear Festivals, James Cooke-Priest, says of the collaboration: “This unique partnership enables us to (Continued on page 31)
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GKF National Junior Championships is a success
102 Kumite, 78 Kata competed in 19 categories
Participants at the Guyana Karate Federation National Junior Championships pose with their silverware and officials. The Guyana Karate Federation (GKF) on Sunday last brought off their National Junior Championships at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall which has been hailed a success. Trophies were donated by the National Sports Commission which also ensured the uses of the facility and the GKF has
expressed gratitude. Mr. Nicholas Hing and Dr. Guy Low of the Guyana Red Cross have also come in for high praise for their support. A total of 102 Kumite and 78 Kata competitors performed in 19 categories which included males and females. Following are the full results, 1st to 3rd place.
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Achievers B win GVF Div. 3 competition
Wednesday April 30, 2014
GCA/Brain Street U-15 tourney
Persaud century propels GNIC to huge win GDF females out-serve Vanguard in one off match
From left Joshua Persaud, Orlando Ghisiawan and Haifa Walters
The successful GDF female team. In back row from left Liam Davis, Tiffany Whittington and Tiana Badley. Front row from left are Leanna Miller, Andrea Flores and Marlin Peters. Achievers ‘B’ served their way to victory in the G u y a n a Vo l l e y b a l l Federation (GVF) Division 3 round-robin competition which was played on Saturday last. Taking the second place position was University of Guyana, the Guyana Defense Force and Achievers Juniors also participated. The first tow tams were rewarded with cash. Two female teams; Vanguard and the GDF contested an exciting match that saw the Army girls
prevailing as they played with much resolve and character in the two best of three sets showdown. The first two sets went to 25 points and the last concluding at 15 points. The GDF took the first set 25-23 in a close tussle which gave them a slim advantage; the second set went in favor of Vanguard at 17-25 and the final set saw the GDF sealing the deal 15-10. Next in line for the GVF will be the inaugural Linden Beach Volleyball Open slated for May 11 in the Bauxite Mining Town of
Linden on the Beach Soccer Court. Teams from Berbice and Georgetown will be travelling to Linden for what is anticipated to be a massive competition. This activity forms part of GVF’s mandate to promote the sport in all parts of Guyana so interested persons can have firsthand view of the game and to showcase the talent of the players in the sport. Teams are asked to continue training for this event which will show their skills and stamina on a different surface.
Left handed opener Joshua Persaud stroked a fine century as Guyana National Industrial Corporation (GNIC) defeated Transport Sports Club (TSC) by a mammoth 183 runs when the Georgetown Cricket Association (GCA)/Brain Street Under-15 limited overs tournament continued yesterday. Persaud added 89 for the opening stand with Christopher Campbell (09) before dominating a third wicket stand of 110 with Paul Thomas to guide GNIC to 299-7 declared off 45.1 overs, batting first at Muslim Youth Organisation (MYO). Haifa Walters steadied the middle order with a run a ball 56 (3x4) while Kurt Lovell made 24 (3x4 1x6). Anthony Antonio claimed 236 and Toney Dyal 2-58.TSC were never in the hunt and were sent packing for 116 in
Mandy Mangru 29.5 overs in reply. Antonio scored 29 (4x4) while Mark Baptiste and Mark Ramsammy chipped in with 18 and 14 respectively. Off spinner Orlando Ghisiawan grabbed 3-27, Persaud 2-19 and Thomas 221. At GYO - the host o v e r c a m e G e o rg e t o w n
Cricket Club (GCC) by four wickets. The visitors were bowled out for 112 in 38 overs, batting first. Stephon Wilson (19) and Lester Cupidore (16) put together 51 for the third wicket after they lost Joshua Raghobar (00) and Khemraj Hardyal who top scored with 28 (3x4), but once they were separated the rest of the batting failed to offer meaningful resistance. Bhaskar Yadram bagged 5-31 from 11 overs. GYO responded with 113-6 in 38.3 overs. Mahendra Dindyal (13) and Anil Singh (10) set GYO on course with a first wicket partnership of 32. Following Singh’s demise, D i n d y a l a n d Ya d r a m featured in a second wicket stand of 22. Despite a tidy spell thereafter by Hardyal who picked up 4-26 from 11 overs, GYO still managed to win fairly comfortable. Denesh Ali scored 22 (2x4) while Yadram made 21 (3x4 1x6). At Everest - the home team got the better of Bel Air Rubis by 156 runs. Everest batted first and rattled up 229-7 off their allotted 55 overs. Their lone female player Mandy Mangru slammed an attractive 61 (7x4) not out while Yeudistir Persaud scored 34 (3x4), Zahir Bristol 16 and Joshua Persaud 15. Michael Pooran snared 3-25 and Vishal Moorchan 231. Bel Air Rubis never threatened and were skittled for 73 in 21.4 overs in response. Anthony Sookhai and Moorchan made 12 apiece and Nand Sanicharan 11 . N i c h o l a s S a t t a u r captured 5-22 and Bristol 33. The competition continues today. (Zaheer Mohamed)
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Elizabeth Styles U-19 50 overs
Giddings’ 108, 5-56 propels Edinburgh to victory
Nial Smith A splendid all-round performance by Joseph Giddings of Edinburgh highlighted the latest matches of the ongoing Elizabeth Styles Under-19 50 over cricket competition in Berbice. Randy Baichan crafted 85 to steer Goed Bananen Land to 168 in 29 overs with Giddings picking up 5-56 before coming back with the bat to open the innings for Edinburgh and in the process slammed 108 (4x4 4x6) to
Kwesi Mickle
see his team to an easy eight wicket win. Offspinner Martin Singh snared 5-39 from 10 overs and Nial Smith 4-33 from 7.3 overs for Tucber Park but Police managed to post 192 in 27.3 overs; Kwesi Mickle hit 50, his third consecutive half century in the competition. In the tense run chase that ensued, Tucber just managed to sneak to a one wicket win despite Leon Andrews’ 4-36 with his off spinners.Another offspinner, David Samuel had 5-28 from 6 overs to help Cotton Tree Die Hard restrict Achievers ‘B’ to 135 in 26 overs but Achievers’ medium pacer Collin Grant snapped up 516 from 5 overs to lead Cotton Tree’s demise for 76. Collated scores: At Goed Bananen Land Edinburgh trounced Goed Bananen Land by 8 wickets. Goed Bananen Land 168 in 29 overs; Randy Baichan 85, Joseph Giddings 5-56, Jerome Andrews 4-33. Edinburgh 173-2 in 24
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Ramcharitar (2013) 1st Div. resumes tomorrow After concentrating on youth competitions as preparations for the 2014 Under-15, 17 and 19 Inter County tournaments, the Competition Committee of the Berbice Cricket Board now turns its attention to the first division level with the resumption of the 2013 Ramcharitar Construction Services first-division 50 overs knock-out tournament. It will resume with a first round match between Bush Lot Rising Star and Rose Hall Town Gizmos and Gadgets, tomorrow, Labour
Day at Bush Lot, West Berbice. On Saturday second round matches will be played: Port Mourant plays Universal Solutions Bermine at Port Mourant, West Berbice will oppose Young Warriors Universal DVD at D’Edward, and Police will come up against the winner of the Bush Lot / Rose Hall Town match at the Cumberland Ground. All of the matches are scheduled to start at 09:30hrs.
overs; Joseph Giddings 108. At Edinburgh - Tucber Park arrested Police by one wicket. Police 192 in 27.3 overs; Kwesi Mickle 50, Leon Andrews 29, Martin
Singh 5-39, Nial Smith 4-33. Tucber Park 193-9 in 47.3 overs; Hakeem Hinds 45, Felon Crandon 43, Ravindra Beharry 26*, Nial Smith 22. Leon Andrews 4-36, Steffon
Anderson 2-42. A t C o t t o n Tr e e Achievers ‘B’ defeated Cotton Tree Die Hard by 59 runs, Achievers ‘B’ 135 in 26 overs; David Samuel 5-28,
Farzim Mohamed 2-20. Cotton Tree Die Hard 76 in 22 overs; Fazim Mohamed 26*. Collin Grant 5-16, Titus We b s t e r 3 - 2 4 , J o s e p h Nicholson 2-16.
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Clive Atwell (2nd left) is flanked by (from his left) Peter Abdool, Lennox Daniels and Seon Bristol after yesterday’s Press Briefing at the Millennium Manor Hotel, Hadfield Street.
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The recording stemmed from a conversation between Sterling and his girlfriend V. Stiviano (right) after she posted this photo with Magic Johnson to her Instagram account
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