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Kaieteur News Printed and Published by National Media & Publishing Company Ltd. 24 Saffon Street, Charlestown, Georgetown, Guyana. Publisher: GLENN LALL Editor: Adam Harris Tel: 225-8465, 225-8491. Fax: 225-8473, 226-8210
EDITORIAL
CONTROLLING CORRUPTION Recently, there has been much discussion about corruption since the arrest of former Malaysian Prime Minister, Najib Razak, former South Africa President Jacob Zuma, the impeachment and imprisonment of Presidents Dilma Rousseff and Lula Da Silva of Brazil. Not to mention the recent arrest of a former Minister of Barbados in the United States on money laundering charges. In the U.S, several public officials—governors, mayors, senators and Congressmen are in prison for corruption. Corruption has always existed and while all countries are corrupt, they are not equally afflicted by the problem. In the developing countries, corruption is a problem on a whole different scale. Corruption is minimal in countries that are relatively wealthy, where there is respect for the rule of law, and where the laws are applied in a generally fair and transparent manner across the board. There will always be people who are corrupt or are tempted by corruption. But in poor countries, a culture of systemic corruption exists. In countries such as Guyana, as well as those in the Caribbean, Africa and Latin America, is greater temptation to become corrupt because anti-corruption laws are nonexistent, unenforced, or enforced in an arbitrary manner. As a result, there is a low chance of being caught. Political corruption, generally speaking, is the acceptance of money or other valuable goods or services in exchange for making a legislative, executive or bureaucratic decision on the basis of the payment received instead of on the basis of what the law requires or what is in the best interest of the public. Political corruption is the misuse by government officials for illegitimate private gain. In short, it is bribery. It is much easier to condemn corruption than it is to overcome it. Corrupt nations tend to be intolerant and their citizens have to endure lower living standards and lower levels of happiness and life satisfaction. However, nations must first come to grips with the fact that corruption does not occur in a vacuum; it is a symptom of deeply rooted economic and social maladies that are closely associated with the overall level of economic development. The richer the country, the less corrupt it is. In Guyana, there were alleged corrupt practices under the PPP government. However, following its success at the polls in May 2015, the APNU+AFC coalition has conducted several forensic audits to determine the level of corruption that took place under the PPP regime. It has mandated the State Asset Recovery Agency (SARA) and the existing Special Organized Crime Unit (SOCU) to recover stolen state assets and to prosecute former public officials found culpable of corruption. While the stolen state assets are being slowly recovered, in the coming weeks and months both SARA and SOCU will collate their evidence and prosecute those responsible for pillaging the nation’s assets.While the PPP has complained about witch hunting, it is important to note that SARA was formally established in 2015 by this Government, but it was the PPP that created SOCU. Its main motive was to offer some assurance to the U.S and the western world that it was dealing with corruption. It was a sham. Today, it is the same SOCU, with the same people hired by the PPP, who are going after the people who have transgressed. Controlling corruption effectively in Guyana should not be the work of only SARA and SOCU, or the Ombudsman’s office. Although Guyana’s tough anti-corruption legislation has diminished corruption, it is still thriving in many departments.In order to get corruption under control in Guyana, it would require the combination captured in the Index of Public Integrity (IPI): more fiscal transparency and accountability combined with effective public scrutiny and collective action to sanction corrupt behaviour. Overcoming or controlling corruption is impossible without the media, active citizen participation and independent judges. According to the current IPI ranking, the least corrupt countries are Denmark, New Zealand, Finland, Singapore, Norway and Canada, and the most corrupt are Venezuela, North Korea, Yemen, Somalia, Russia, Syria and Brazil.
Is Harbhajan tar geted b y his o wn targ by own people ffor or being outspok en? outspoken? Dear Editor, The Alliance for Change (AFC) was never serious about tackling corruption and I have written exhaustively on this issue. I have concluded since 2011 that the AFC, on a pro rata basis is the most corrupted political party this country has ever seen and gradually this has come to pass. In 2014 I was deemed by a senior official of the party to be a ‘rogue Councilor’ because of my stance against corruption and today another AFC Councilor is being labeled as pro-PPP and a ‘rogue’ by the real rogues. He called me a ‘rogue councilor’ simply because I moved a motion at the RDC calling for the then Opposition to support the Anti-Money Laundering and Countering of Financing of Terrorism Bill. Now, Mr. Gobin Harbhajan, another AFC’ regional councilor who is vociferous in exposing alleged corrupt activities on the social media and at the Regional Democratic Council (RDC) level, is being attacked by the corruptors within the AFC who are bent on
shutting him down. The working of the nefarious Three Musketeers was highlighted on social media. It must be recalled that Mr. Harbhajan at an RDC Statutory meeting had made a statement to the effect that:”I don’t care which political party this contractor supports, I want this matter to be raised at the highest level; and if found guilty, he should receive the full penalty of the law; because we have been talking about corruption, now we actually have the proof”. This was in relation to the fraudulent Letter of Credit obtained by a top ranking AFC official in Region 6. Again in relation to the slashing of the Corentyne road shoulders contract valued at $120M which was ‘awarded’ to seven party members and officials, he had said that: “The road shoulder contract issue has been raised at our RDC statutory meeting, if this contract is not properly tendered for as was mentioned at the RDC, then I’m calling on the Ministry of Public Infrastructure to recall all contracts regarding the slashing of the road
shoulders, because other contractors and persons are complaining that only one set of persons receive the contracts”. This statement is now creating a gigantic pandemonium in the AFC’s camp and yet again a councilor is to be the ‘sacrificial lamb. Moreover, it has now become the norm that at each RDC statutory meeting, some alleged corrupt act of the AFC is on the spotlight. Until now the alleged corruption of the CORE workers in Region 6 is still not investigated and resolved. It was alleged that a senior official of the CORE is using the workers for his personal benefits while the RDC is still not informed about the CORE workers job description, their number, and who they report to. In addition, alleged corruption with regards to the Ministry of Public Infrastructure’s vehicles, machinery and materials being used to develop a park which is being built by a regional councilor of the AFC has also been the subject of much discussion. It would seem that the
Ministry of Public Infrastructure is topping the national corruption list. Photographs were taken with the MoPI vehicles parked at the site of the park under construction. There is also a corruption racket whereby it is alleged that a certain party executives and a Vice Chairman of an NDC are working in cahoots with a Human Resources Manager of the Guyana Sugar Corporation to ‘sell’ jobs for various sums of bribes. It seems that at every area where a corrupt dollar can be extracted, this AFC is actively involved. However, this furore becomes understandable when I analyze the reason behind the award of $120M contract. I was reliably informed by an AFC member that the $120M is not only for the contractors but to provide funds for the upcoming Local Government Election. The Three Musketeers have now morphed into the Magnificent Seven. It is time for the corrupt AFC to be buried deep. Yours sincerely, Haseef Yusuf RDC Councilor-Region 6
Dear Editor, The Guyana Trades Union Congress (GTUC) has been taking note- via social and mainstream media- of the assault on Guyanese, in our own land, by foreigners who are said to be Russians or persons with Ukraine passports. Guyanese must not be blind-sighted by the Russian Embassy’s claim of disassociation for there exists a history and familial bond between the two countries. Ukraine was part of the Russian empire, and later the Soviet Union, only becoming independent when the Union broke up in 1991. This close and bonding relationship remains. The Government of Guyana must send a strong message of its responsibility and commitment to respect and defend the sovereignty of this land, its people, and our Rule of Law. And whereas GTUC calls for due process to be exercised in ensuring the rights of the alleged accused and victims, it warns that this can only be ensured when the full brunt of the law is being brought to bear in every facet of conduct. This includes, but is not confined to whether there
exists a mining permit, work permit, and full adherence to the Private Security Services Act (2009). The pattern of behaviour by the Russians/Ukrainians in the backdams (goldmines) that has been brought to this nation’s attention sees similar attitude manifest by the Russian management of the Bauxite Company of Guyana Incorporated (BCGI) toward local labour, and the Laws of Guyana. For instance, in June 2011 bauxite workers were threatened by a Russian spade-wielding manager who allegedly said he would bash their heads in and bury them. BCGI workers continue to witness the transgressing of their rights and violating of the Laws. Clearly, these misconduct have created open season for others to follow. The trend of behaviour inflicted on local labour started during the Bharrat Jagdeo administration. Our nation witness collusion with foreign government against Guyanese institutions, violation of the Laws of Guyana and transgression of Guyanese rights. Today, there is clearly much cause for concern that Guyanese are becoming second class
citizens in the land of their birth. The gold miners, whether these workers are unionised or not, must too enjoy the protection of fundamental rights. This is not a diplomatic matter to be resolved around the table; it is one that requires the Government of Guyana asserting its authority and sending a clear message to one and all, foreign and local, that the Laws of Guyana will be held sacrosanct. Whether these incidents may be influenced by political collusion or not, the unearthing facts are revealing things have gone awry and to whose interest or benefit, these must be ascertained and condignly dealt with. Thanks to citizenjournalism for initially bringing the atrocities (pictures and videos) to the nation’s attention. This begs the question how many more such cases exist in the interior, where our borders are porous and not properly policed. No foreigner must be made to feel Guyanese will countenance this sort of conduct. GTUC particularly notes these incidents are coming to
the public’s knowledge at a time when there is absent of a Ministry of Labour where workers, unionised or otherwise feel vulnerable. They cannot identify with a ministry that belongs to them and will give direction to a National Policy that would defend, protect and advance their interest. The Guyana named Department of Labour is no substitute for a Ministry of Labour. The Department of Labour is headed by a technician, the Chief Labour Officer, and deals only with grievances at the workplace, such a non-payment of wages/salary, conciliating in matter between employer and employee/trade union, dismissal/termination, overtime payment, conditions of work. Guyana cries out for an overarching Labour Policy that lays out the political direction of Government in the treatment of labour, foreign and local, movement of people, development of skill sets, pension, employment, health, retirement, education, occupational health and safety, child labour, trafficking in free movement (Continued on page 5)
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The Coalition Government’s labor relations is a disaster Dear Editor, Almost immediately upon assuming office in 2015, the Coalition Government of Guyana increased ministers and parliamentarians’ salary by 50 percent. They did so with full knowledge that its core constituents- public servants, teachers, police officers and the military- have not had a meaningful increase in salaries and benefits in decades. They were in a demoralized state having been deliberately starved and impoverished by the PPP/C. The coalition government was so careless and callous that it did not even bother to give this constituency a one percent increase along with its ministerial and parliamentary 50 percent increase, to obscure the elitists stench of that reckless
and premature act. Last December, this said constituency did not receive a penny of the customary end of year bonus or “back pay” to help parents purchase Christmas gifts for their children, or to help families make ends meet so that they could have had a happy holiday season. Now teachers have to fight and strike for an increase in wages. Other constituents are still scrambling to make ends meet, while politicians roll around in high end vehicles and live an elitist lifestyle, funded by the said poor constituents who are a majority of the tax payers. Furthermore, the government is so foolishly intractable that it cannot make a meager compromise to add the word “labor” to the
Ministry of Social Protection, as an acquiescence to the labor movement’s request for the ministry’s name to at least be adjusted to “Ministry of Social Protection & Labor,” to give emphasis and importance to its entire lawful mandate, which includes labor relations. Worst, the reassignment of Minister Keith Scott to the labor portfolio of said ministry has made the government’s laissez faire, if not cavalier, approach to labor more pronounced. The government is not at a good place with public sector employees. It therefore needs to change course urgently before it further estrange some of its key supporters whose vote is absolutely needed to win the 2020 general elections. Rickford Burke
Foreigners cannot come and... From page 4 in CARICOM and so forth. Labour is a developmental factor and addresses the human resource in every ministry, department, and facet in society, across every demographic. GTUC is alarmed at the treatment being meted to the working class by a coalition government whose presence in office is significantly due to the votes of this constituent. Government’s impasse with the Guyana Teachers Union (GTU) heightens concern workers are being seen as mere pawns to get persons elected to office and not to advance the
interest of the working class and deliver on campaign commitments. The coalition gave a commitment that should it be elected the constitutional right to Collective Bargaining will be respected. Teachers were repeatedly told should the APNU+AFC get to office they would become the nation’s highest paid public servants. Neither of these commitments is being respected or entertained. No amount of call for Guyanese becoming entrepreneurs will obfuscate the important role of the working class in a society’s development. As a single block this
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group shoulders a significant portion of the nation’s production, productivity and consumptive patterns, representing the wheel that turns. The coalition is reminded in the words of LFS Burnham, that “This Party [the People’s National Congress] started as a working class party and will never give up fighting for the workers, we will never and can never forsake them; the moment we do we had better arrange for our Political Funeral.” Government may find these words prophetic and should take note. Guyana Trades Union Congress
Stop the scare-mongering Dear Editor, During the last sitting of the National Assembly, before the break for the recess until October, the opposition, Peoples Progressive Party again sought to raise the issue of what they described as “the social state of the current crime situation”. This has been a constant mantra, but of no particular import since the most current police statistics suggests otherwise. Editor, of course, there is crime, but certainly not on the frightening scale that had paralyzed even the initial responses of the Guyana Police, during the early criminal onslaught which began in 2002. Seeking to paint the Ministry of Public Security, as having no interest in ensuring the safety of every Guyanese citizen, is as egregious, as it is misleading, given the many measures, in terms of both budgetary allocations, and material resources that are a continuous feature of the David Granger administration’s determination to make citizens safer in their homes and communities. One of the successes of
the Ministry since 2015 has been an improved and better working relations with communities which have led to a higher solving rate of serious crime, more than at any other time in the country’s law enforcement history. This has led to better intelligence-led investigations, with a noticeable faster rate of apprehending suspects. One should add the many cold cases that have been solved. The PPP/C should be reminded as to what their desultory state of government caused to be descended on the nation, inclusive of bloody murders that have left so many children without fathers, wives without husbands, and mothers who would have lost their sons and other family members. To this day they cannot find closure to their sons who had disappeared during that most horrific era, never to be seen again dead or alive. It has to be recorded as the most frightening period in this country’s social life, especially in its modern history.
The psycho social damage has been enormous, in terms of the trauma that is still evident among bereaved families. The Lindo Creek Massacre, and the agonizing pain that the surviving family members of those murdered family still experience is a seminal example of a past government which did not even have the basic of human decency to mount an inquiry into the horrific murders. Such an investigation was finally done when the current coalition administration, ordered an inquiry. Thus, the PPP/C opposition should cease attempting to spread fear among citizens, and p r e t e n d i n g that it is concerned about the safety of Guyanese, when it never offered as much a courteous word of sympathy to those murdered miners’ families. This was how much they cared about citizens. No one will delude themselves into believing that there are not incidences of crime in Guyana; but the latter is a much safer society since May 2015. Dillon Goring
I support giving oil money directly to Guyanese Dear Editor, I completely agree with Guyana’s distinguished economist Dr. Clive Thomas that a significant part of the nation’s oil revenue should be given directly to each household in Guyana at set times.There is no question in my mind that such a move will have a lasting and positive impact on
the people of Guyana. This will be a powerful incentive that will bring our people’s latent aptitude for thrift, creativity, ingenuity and business sense to full bloom, and enable them to expand their contributions to the c o u n t r y ’s s u s t a i n a ble development.The direct disbursement of oil money to the
people will benefit every industry and business in the country because it will increase (Continued on page 6)
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Coalition has a history of fooling Guyanese Dear Editor, During the 2015 election campaign, I’ve seen just how easy it was for a person to be fooled. Even some die-hard PPP supporters fell victim to the APNU+AFC lies and deception strategy. Rice farmers were promised $9,000 a bag for paddy. Now they’re getting less than what they earned under the PPP/C. Sugar workers were promised a 20% increase. We all know now how that turned out… over 5,000 sugar workers lost their jobs when the APNU+AFC administration closed the factories. On the campaign trail in 2015, with the words “YOUTH” and “JOBS” boldly printed on a banner used as a backdrop, the then Presidential Candidate, David Granger, urged the crowd to vote for change because the PPP government was failing to create jobs for our youth. “When I go up and down the East Coast what do I see? Young men and young women who cannot find jobs. I go to some Mario’s Pizza Hut and what do I see? Young women with eight CXC subjects slicing pizza.
Young men with 10 CXC subjects (are) conductors of minibusses.” Then after he became president, a young reporter asked President Granger: “Every night I leave Stabroek Market square where I go to buy cook-up rice. There is a big sign that says “job creation” with your face and the Prime Minister’s face. We’ve seen no large scale job creation at this time. Can you say what are the government’s precise plans towards this?” With a straight face, Granger replied: “There is no magic wand… The government cannot provide jobs in the government service, in the police force or the defence force… Employment is not something to be provided by the government, there is self-employment. If it is making pepper sauce or guava jam or guava cheese or plantain chips, these are commodities which can be sold in our own restaurants. For example, there are a lot of fish and chips shops now, you can sell cassava chips or sweet-potato chips, you can sell cook-up rice.” This is a damning indictment of a leader who either deliberately
fooled the electorate pre-election to win votes, or one without a clear vision or plan to fulfill his campaign promise of job-creation. Then again on the 2015 campaign trail, the then AFC+APNU Candidate, Khemraj Ramjattan made a promise to supporters in Berbice that he must have known was beyond his pay-grade. “As part of taking care of the people, we have to ensure that certain industries that are the foundation of this economy, Guyanese economy, are looked after. And in Berbice here, there are two major ones: the sugar industry and the rice industry. And I want to tell you that the propaganda you are hearing that the APNU/ AFC coalition is going to ground both industries to the dirt, it’s all lies. We are not going to, in any way, close the sugar industry.” But the false promises did not stop there. They lied to pensioners, promising a 100 per cent increase in Old-Age pension during the first year in office. The APNU+AFC also lied to our security forces, promising them a 20% increase in salaries. Most of all, they promised all
Guyanese “the good life”. This turned out to be the good lie, for none of these promises were fulfilled. In addition, the government lied about the US$18M Signing Bonus they received from ExxonMobil. Government also lied to the people about the salary increase for government ministers; about drug shortages and the Sussex Street drug bond. They lied about the Durban Park white elephant; the deplorable state of the economy and the horrendous crime statistics. In fact, if you can think it, chances are that this APNU+AFC government has already lied about it. These are not ordinary lies I’m talking about, they impact negatively on people’s lives and on the future of our country. When it comes to lying, this government has no shame. Now it is being proposed by WPAExecutive member, Professor Clive Thomas and supported by leading members of the coalition, that “some portion of the net cash flow from oil should be dedicated to giving cash
transfers to every single household in this country. Whether it be US$5000 per year or whatever it works out at, we can do the calculations but there must be a mechanism which dictates that every single household and by extension, every single person would see the benefit of oil and gas in terms of a cheque or cash.” While I am strongly supportive of using oil revenues to lift Guyanese out of poverty; to provide real job opportunities for our youth; and a decent take-home pay for our teachers, nurses, and men and women in uniform, and while we must provide the best educational and medical services money can provide, giving all Guyanese the elusive “good life”, the government has failed to deliver, this US$5,000 giveaway is nothing more than a gimmick to once again fool the Guyanese people in an effort to win re-election in 2020. As the region’s leading economist, Dr. Bharrat Jagdeo recently said in his press conference, “They do not have the means to do so. They are raising expectations unneces-
sarily and spreading false hopes… US$5,000 a year multiplied by 200,000 households gives you a figure of US$1 billion. We are only going to collect in the first four years US$300 million a year (from oil revenue).” This government is desperate and is likely to do desperate things to stay in power. After the hammering it will get at the upcoming Local Government Elections later this year, the AFC will be classified a liability to the APNU and may also be forced to contest the 2020 national and regional election on its own. The APNU+AFC coalition has a history of fooling Guyanese, and they’re counting on us having short memories. While this ploy may have worked in the past, too many of our citizens have suffered from the lies and deception of the APNU+AFC for them not to be seen as the wolf in sheep’s clothing. Harry Gill PPP/C Member of Parliament.
I suppor ving oil mone y dir ectl y to Guy anese ... supportt gi giving money directl ectly Guyanese anese... From page 5 people’s disposable income and money available for investment. This will cause a tremendous boost in commerce that will stimulate the economy, promote health and wealth, improve the quality of life and generally improve everyone’s state of mind. As Dr. Thomas indicated, leaving the nation’s oil money solely in the control of politicians will leave the door wide open for human selfishness, greed and lust for power to step in, so only a small set of people will benefit from Guyana’s oil. This must never happen; oil profits must always be shared equitably. I first had the idea of giving the people direct access to oil revenue a few years ago after Saddam Hussein of Iraq was violently overthrown and the coalition collapsed along with the entire economic structure of the nation. Every ministry, public utility and state resource was plundered by negative elements. All historical relics were stolen and taken to certain developed countries. Iraq’s oil resources were raided and mismanaged. Amid the chaos and corruption, a most disgraceful group
of killers and fighters, called Daesh (Descendants of Genghis Khan) or ISIS, was put in place by powerful countries. In my opinion, if they had, from the inception, simply given each Iraqi household US$300 to help calm them and create a sense of joy, goodwill and well-being, Iraq would not have been in the economic distress it is in today. US President Donald Trump said the USA’s war with Iraq was one of the most ridiculous wars he has seen. Even former Presidents Barack Obama and Bill Clinton were against the Iraq war because of the destruction it would have caused. I believe if the Iraqis had been given small sums of money, mere drops of water from the ocean of oil funds, then it would have been a stability factor in Iraq. In Guyana’s case, whatever government in office gets access to first oil money will have a tremendous amount of money at their disposal. There will be enough to give every household in Guyana $1M to $2M annually to do as they wish. In anticipation of the oil bonanza, my advice is for Gov-
ernment to revive the disbursement of the “Because We Care” school grant for every child attending school. The People’s Progressive Party/ Civic (PPPC) government initiated this grant and it was an extraordinary benefit to poor families. When the current government took power they stopped it. I am not saying it was wrong or right to stop it; maybe they needed the resources in other areas. What I am suggesting is that the oil revenue will make it affordable again and Government should restart it as soon as possible. When oil money starts to flow, I strongly believe that Government should give as much of the money to the people directly and as soon as possible, so that they can feel a sense of joy and good will. Remember, the country does not belong to the politicians or to the government; they were hired by the people to run the country. Sometimes politicians forget that we, the people, own this country. My advice to the Granger administration, or any government that gains power during our
oil boom, is to put things in place and listen to the advice of learned men like Dr. Clive Thomas and listen to the people who elected you to office by giving something to the people directly. Guyanese do not want any government in the oil production era to tell them about spending oil money for the people’s benefit if the people do not see the benefits for themselves. It is not as if no other countries are successfully giving cash directly to their people from their oil or mineral resources.I know for a fact that Canada gives a baby bonus and it has proved to be a highly successful initiative. I also saw online that around 35 African countries already transfer cash directly to their poor through smart cards, debit cards, mobile phones, or in person. And this is getting cheaper and safer. I recommend that interested persons should read the 2016 report of The Overseas Development Institute, the largest analysis of cash transfer programs ever, spanning 15 years of data and 165 studies. The report shows that cash transfers to the poor tend to produce a consistent reduction in poverty, an increase in work participation. In general, the evidence showed far more positives than negatives. Furthermore, I believe that if Guyana’s oil revenue goes from the extracting company to Government without passing through the hands of citizens, the people will not be able to scrutinize the expenditure out of these
revenues as carefully as they should. This will cause misallocation of public spending, slow growth and poor poverty reduction plans. That is why I support Dr. Thomas’ proposal that a significant part of the revenues must go directly to citizens, so they can decide how it is spent. The money Government needs for public projects like bridges, roads, medical facilities and schools can come from parts of the oil money. Furthermore, the government needs to reduce the tax burden on the Guyanese people to accelerate commerce and induce local investments while at the same time creating a forum to teach people how to invest their monies by buying shares in large companies, even GPL when it is privatised. For these reasons, I respectfully disagree with the published viewpoint of Jinnah Rahman who argued against Government giving money directly to people to uplift their lives and advocated giving them high paying jobs. Mr. Rahman is the owner of large plots of land and is an affluent individual. I do not wish to critique Mr. Rahman but he is obviously out of touch with the needs of the ordinary people of this country. I respect his view but I disagree with him. Not all jobs can be high paying; even if cleaners, labourers etc. are well paid, it is good to give them a gift as the late Libyan leader Colonel Muammar Gaddafi’s Jamahiriya did for his people. Gaddafi was able to use oil profits given directly to citizens,
as part of sweeping economic, political and social reforms in Libya through Jamahiriya. Part of the oil revenue went directly to the people and for significant events in their lives, such as when people got married, gave birth etc. Jamahiriya gave them cash gifts. I recall Gaddafi telling Libya’s General People’s Congress: “The money that we put in the education budget, I say let the Libyans take it…Put it in your pockets and teach your kids as you wish, you take responsibility…As long as money is administered by a government body, there would be theft and corruption”. I am not going to pretend that Gaddafi was an angel, but I know that after he launched the Jamahiriya initiative there was amazing progress in Libya. Under the scheme, intensive agriculture developed, a welfare state was established and countless poor Libyans were able to get homes, education and health services for the first time in their lives. If Guyana goes along this road, there will be challenges, but nothing that we can’t handle. We can put our heads together and work out things like defining a household, deciding the most efficient disbursement system and work out accountability mechanisms and checks and balances to prevent fraud and abuse. The bottom line is: Dr. Thomas has proposed something extremely good for Guyana that will definitely work if we handle it properly. I support his suggestion one hundred percent. Roshan Khan Snr.
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Gunned down Brazilian miner…
Mother relives son’s senseless killing with investigators
Dead: Estevao Costa Marques The mother of Estevao Costa Marques, the Brazilian miner who was allegedly murdered last Saturday afternoon by two police ranks raiding camps in the Puruni River, Essequibo, told detectives of how she begged the police man not to shoot her son. Marques was shot and killed around 13:00 hrs Saturday, when two police ranks were carrying out a raid, which miners in the area claim is normally more like a shakedown, since when undocumented miners are found, the police “take a money” and let them go. One such raid was reportedly being carried out by the two police ranks. As they approached the camp owned by the victim’s mother, Maria de Nazaré Costa Marques, the man made a run for the bushes after he saw the police. A witness claims that “the police just point his gun and fired two shots”, with one hitting the young Marques in his back and the other hitting him at the back of his head. The witness opined that the man fell dead instantly, as “his head exploded”. The witness said after the police shot the man, they clearly began to panic. “They were attempting to dispose of the body; at one time they even tried to burn the body, but other miners started to create a scene. They (police) were telling the people to clear the area, but all the miners in the area came out and kept a watchful eye on them. The man’s mother held onto the body for dear life, while the two cops made several attempts to get the body away from her, when they finally did get the body from the mother, they wrapped the body in a plastic and placed it in the boat they had come to the location with, and they then headed for the Puruni Landing.” This didn’t sit well with the mother who was still reeling from shock, and this was evident in a video that was seen by this pub-
lication, of the scene at the Puruni Landing, where the two cops could be seen in the boat with the body while the mother went in and out of consciousness as she mourned her son’s demise. After news of what transpired reached Bartica, the Guyana Police Force issued a statement indicating that “a Subordinate Officer and a constable had been arrested following a report of alleged murder committed on a Brazilian national who was a miner in the Puruni District”. The Force said that “initial
enquiries revealed that the Subordinate Officer and Constable of Kurupung Police Station abandoned the said Station sometime on Saturday morning, leaving on an ATV for patrol duties, armed with a .30 Carbine Rifle and subsequently joined a boat and proceeded to a Landing along the Puruni River. On arrival at the Landing sometime around midday on Saturday, the Subordinate Officer claimed that he remained in the boat while the Constable armed with the rifle, exited and proceeded to a shop and shortly after two loud explosions were heard, which caused him (the Subordinate Officer) to proceed to make enquiries. The Subordinate Officer also mentioned that the Constable told him that a male discharged a round at him and he returned fire. The body of a male Brazilian was seen lying on the ground a short distance away; he was picked up, placed in a boat and taken to the main Landing. About this very time, another Subordinate Officer and a Detective Constable of Bartica Police Station who were in the said area on duty investigating a report of alleged threats, arrived at the scene and took possession of the firearm which was in possession of the Constable and alerted the Divisional Commander. “ Video footage received by this publication of the mother of the victim showing crime scene investigators how her son was killed, tells a tale of horror. The
The victim’s mother shows investigators where her son was killed.
mother showed the police how the cop came into the camp; the path which her son ran; and even where he was shot and killed. The woman became very emotional as she stood at the location where her son fell dead after being shot. The police could be seen in the video gesturing to the woman to be calm. The pain of
the mother could be heard in the shrills in her voice, the woman could be clearly saying in English with a heavy Portuguese accent, “me tell police, no please, no please, no don’t shoot this man, this man good man, don’t shoot, don’t shoot, DON’T SHOOT.” The woman went on to show police what could only
be considered a nightmare for a mother. The video of the victim’s mother walking crime scene investigators through what transpired up to seeing her son being killed, can be seen online in the video link below: (https://www.youtube.com/ c h a n n e l / UCSRD31iXzzdW53ASXayo5IQ?view_as=subscriber)
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Tain Farmer found dead along Corentyne Public road A 38-year-old Farmer of Tain Village, Corentyne, Berbice was yesterday found dead, around 3:30 am, along the Kilmarnock Public Road with injuries about his body. Dead is Marlon Cox of Market Street, Tain Village According to information received, the body was found on the northern carriageway of the Kilmarnock Public Road, Corentyne, Berbice, with injuries to the right hand and head. The injuries, the police said, are consistent with that of a motor vehicle accident. Wife of the deceased, Savitri Clarence, recounted that her husband returned from work on Sunday around midday and told her he was heading to a horse racing event. ”He go to work and he come back and then he sit down lil bit and then he ready and go races. After he gone, me deh home and deh wait and wait and me nah see he come, and then midnight reach and he still didn’t reach home. I drop asleep and when I get up yesterday morning, me wash out he clothes and so, and then me get a call just after 10 o’clock from me neighbour and she tell me she hear a accident happen at
Dead: Marlon Cox Maida side and Marlon get knock down,” Clarence stated. The grieving woman explained that after making contact with the police she went to the New Amsterdam Public Hospital to identify her husband’s body. Police sources told this publication that it appears as though “it was a hit and run”. No-one has since been arrested or a vehicle located. It is believed that the farmer was intoxicated at the time of his death, the police said. Cox was a father of five. The body is presently at the New Amsterdam Hospital Mortuary awaiting a post mortem to determine the cause of death.
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New wood can’t be nailed onto rotten boards The President of Guyana is wasting his time trying to find an intelligent and incorruptible Commissioner of Police. Even if the President succeeds in finding such a person, it is not going to solve the problem with crime in Guyana. An honest and intelligent police commissioner will be ineffective within a rotten police organization. That person’s best efforts will fail. Crime is not an organizational problem in Guyana. Crime has become institutionalized in all aspects of Guyanese society. There is crime in the family, there is crime in religious organizations, there is crime being committed in schools. Guyana is a crimeinfested country. The daily newspapers are saturated with horrific stories of crimes being committed against innocent Guyanese. The newscast showed a video recording of a youngster courageously
trying to secure his family from an attack by motorcycle bandits. The young man was shot in the face in the process. He could have been dead. In the meantime while Guyanese live in fear, the police and the Ministry of Public Security are placating citizens wi t h w o r t h l e s s statistics. It makes no sense saying that this category of crime has been reduced by 2% and another by 7% and another by 1%. Those are meaningless numbers in a society in which no one knows whether today or tomorrow it will be in their turn to become victims of criminality. What would be more meaningful is if the police can tabulate the total number of crimes and then provide a breakdown of these crimes by categories. By providing numbers as to the actual number of crimes committed, citizens will get an idea of how
crime–infested the society is in which they live. Those figures will probably reveal that, on a per capita basis, Guyana has the highest number of crimes. The crime-fighting methods of the police and crime-fighting policy of the Ministry of Public Security are a failure. And the reason is that both the government and the police believe that improving the police force can help reduce crime. The Guyana Police Force is a decayed organization. A brand new police force needs to be established. The present police force cannot be reformed; it is too deformed. It cannot be rehabilitated; it is too debilitated. The police force cannot be improved. It is like some old wooden buildings. It is rotten to the core and trying to repair it will end up being a constant exercise in patchwork. The President therefore needs new crime-fighting
Dem boys seh ...
Guyana mightn’t get any oil money Guyana looking out fuh oil; people already spending de oil money although Guyana ain’t get a cent. Right now there is a big debate over a statement about giving every poor household US$5,000 a year. But de odda day dem had a lecture and a lady spell out something which suggest that Guyana ain’t got one cent to get from all de oil it got. De contract Guyana sign open up de country to a robbing. De lady in de lecture talk bout free oil. Free oil is wha de oil company got to collect from de top before it split anything wid Guyana. De contract give Guyana two per cent royalty and fifty-fifty share
in de oil. But de oil company got some oil that it can use to do things to help wid de drilling. That is free oil. Dem boys seh that de company can pad de volume of de free oil and rob Guyana. This mean that Guyana got to audit de whole process. De boss man at GRA tell reporters how he people gun audit every aspect of de oil operation. He talk fat how de oil company would get away wid nutten. That is good, but de boss man at de Finance Ministry seh that Guyana don’t have de capability to audit every section of de oil company operation. This expose de weakness. He admit that Guyana can get rob blind, and
that is wha de lady tell de forum at Moray House. Some people argue how Guyana training people, but everybody know that when a person come out of school or university that person just start learning de ropes. That is why people wondering if Guyana really ready fuh oil. De country ain’t even got a local content legislation in place. That is how de oil company buy two puri from Shanta and announce how that is local content. Dem boys know that Guyana got some people wukking pun de oil rig, but dem can’t know when kak passing. Talk half and hope de Man above protect Guyana.
CXC: 11,000 pupils got zero passes Trinidad (Newsday) – Some 11,000 pupils across the region who wrote the Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate (CSEC) Exam (formerly O’ levels) last May/ June got no passes. So said Caribbean Examinations Council (CXC) Registrar Glenroy Cumberbatch at a function for the official release of results in Grenada on Saturday. The shocking figures came on the weekend when otherwise pupils in TT on (Sunday) received their results for the CAPE Exam (formerly A’ levels) from the CXC’s online portal. Pupils can access their CSEC results online on Thursday. Cumberbatch lamented that the region might not be
CXC’s Registrar Glenroy Cumberbatch adequately preparing pupils to be employed or self-employed. He said just 20 per
cent of the Caribbean population get to write the CSEC Exam, and of this cohort some 13 per cent pass no subjects. Cumberbatch said one way to remedy this trend was to aim for a “wallet of certification” that also includes the CVQ and CCSLC, known to be vocational qualifications, to certify your competence in a particular area. However Cumberbatch then said this year’s CSEC results were actually better than last year’s. “This year we had over 60,000 candidates doing five or more CSEC subjects and 59 per cent of them gaining acceptable grades.” He said Grenada had exceeded the regional average by having 63 per cent of pupils gain acceptable grades.
machinery. And his first step in creating such machinery would be to dissolve the Ministry of Public Security. That Ministry is not serving any useful purpose. A Minister is needed, b u t n o t a M i n i s t r y. Someone is needed to report to the National Assembly, but no Ministry of Public Security is needed. It is a waste of resources. It costs tax payers 3.4 billion dollars each year just for administrative and policy development costs for that M i n i s t r y … and to what effect? People are today living in greater fear than they were during the kick-down-thedoor era of the 1970’s. Guyanese today no longer have to nail wooden bars across their windows to protect from bandits. Even the
grill work is no longer reinforced enough to keep the criminals out. You cannot go to the bank without wondering what will happen to you when you step outside. Walk down Regent Street, the main shopping street in Georgetown, and you see men with some big guns guarding stores. That is not preventing the Cubans from being robbed regularly. You cannot, after a hard day’s work, relax in your yard, because of fear that the bandits will invade and force you to allow them access into your homes where they will steal your possessions and rape your wife and your girl children in front of you. Is this why the government is spending 3.4 billion dollars each year to upkeep a Ministry of Public Security?
Guyana does not need a Ministry of Public Security. It does not need an intelligent and incorruptible Commissioner of Police to reduce crime. It needs a new police force. The government should begin to establish a new police force and to indicate to the members of the existing police force that henceforth their performance will determine whether they can become members of the new force, but that no more than 20% of the existing force will be absorbed into the new entity.
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=== The Freddie Kissoon column ===
VS Naipaul: Writing novels is not philosophical enquiry The Guardian (of the UK) titled its Naipaul obituary, “a complicated man and a complicated legacy.” The obituaries are pouring in and not one of them devotes more paragraphs to praise than condemnation. Naipaul wrote voluminous derogations of the post-colonial world, and he became famous for his acidic, contemptuous, disdainful dismissal of the Third World. But despite his training at Oxford, he was not a practicing intellectual engaged in philosophical enquiry and historical analysis. A top class intellectual was the Palestinian professor at Columbia University, Edward Said. Said was totally dismissive of Naipaul’s assessment
of Islam and the other religions and cultures of the Third World, and though he never said it publicly, I am sure he uttered it in private, countless times, that Naipaul was not intellectually equipped to understand the philosophical strands that underpin Said’s condemnation of what colonialism did to the Third World. Said’s magnum opus “Orientalism” remains one of the defining explanations of how the colonial’s own psyche was shaped by the colonial’s contempt for his subject. I honestly think that Naipaul, if he read “Orientalism” would not have come to grips with the deep, intellectual arrangements in
the book. It was because he was not a practicing intellectual, he was not aware that he repeated ad nauseum the nonsense about the Third World that the colonials invented. We tend to acknowledge the genius of Naipaul in writing prose, in his use of the English language itself, but we tend to forget that he was not a trained political theorist and he ventured into the field of political and sociological analysis, and ended up regurgitating the putrid matters that the colonials put out about the non-white world. I seriously doubt that Naipaul ever understood or cared about the bestial injustice and psychological dehumanization that inhered in
Man fined $50,000 for dangerous driving Senior Magistrate Fabayo Azore yesterday fined a driver attached to Tower Suites, Main Street, Georgetown, $50,000 after finding him guilty of dangerous driving. Twenty- three-year-old Dwayne Christiani, of Republic Park, East Bank Demerara, on April 22, last at Eccles Public Road, drove motor car PRR 2605 in a
manner dangerous to the public, thereby causing the death of William Stanford. The Magistrate in coming to her ruling told the court that the prosecution was unable to prove their case beyond reasonable doubt that Christiani caused the death of Stanford. H o w e v e r, s h e a d d e d that the Prosecution was
able to provide sufficient evidence to prove that that Christiani drove in a manner dangerous to the public, hence, she fined him $50,000 or in default, three months imprisonment for the offence. Throughout the trial, Christiani, who was out on $200,000 bail, was represented by Attorney-at-Law Keoma Griffith.
colonial domination. Naipaul was an emotional rejecter of the failings of post-colonial societies, but he paid no attention and was intellectually incapable of paying such attention to the racism and cultural crusades of colonialism against non-white cultures. He failed to see that in the non-achievements of the Third World, were the contributory factors of colonial domination. Naipaul just didn’t care to delve seriously into the history of the world, how the nation-state emerged, the role of Christianity and the nature of European plunder. These were intellectual nuances he was contemptuous of. He went to countries, found detestable and dishonourable things, and used his pen to dismiss these lands. In all his outpourings against the Third World, you cannot find in-depth philosophical analyses. And I think this is what we needed to come to grips with when we confronted him on his venomous denunciations of the nonwhite world. I can hardly accept the Guardian’s point of him being a complicated man. There was nothing complicated about
Naipaul. He knew he was brilliant, came to accept that his brilliance should not reside in some small island in the Caribbean, accepted that such brilliance should be part of a more developed society, so he gravitated towards the UK. More than fifteen years ago, in a raging debate on Naipaul, I said that it was easy to understand where he was coming from when you heard his false Oxford accent. I don’t know if Naipaul read the non-political works of Naom Chomsky, but students of Chomsky would have laughed at the Oxford accent of Naipaul, because it was not linguistically possible for an adult to speak with a foreign accent; it had to be a fake one. I argued so long ago that the fake accent gave him away. Naipaul wanted to be British. He wanted to be a white man. The difference between Michael Jackson and VS Naipaul is that the former went to serious lengths to reshape his physical architecture to appear as a Caucasian. And Jackson felt that his genetic transformation could only be complete if he adopted white children and claimed that he fathered them. Naipaul didn’t go in that
Frederick Kissoon bizarre direction as Jackson did. Naipaul was content with his British accent and his constant rejection of the world he came from – descendant of indentured servants and born into a small, nonwhite island. But Naipaul and Jackson had a dangerous thing in common. They were tormented souls, because the world knew they were not what they said they were, and that made them unhappy souls. Naipaul got a rude awakening when he travelled to the US and continued to live in Britain. He found out that the world is not black and white. He found white, developed societies to have some of the very features he detested in non-white people of the Third World.
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Emergency training underway for nurses at GPHC The Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC) is working to create a team of efficient and effective emergency specialists equipped to save the lives of patients rushed to the Emergency Room (ER). Emergency Medicine (EM) is a fast-paced, teamoriented specialty where you can have a tremendous impact on patients. Emergency physicians are experts on diagnosing and managing the acute cases almost immediately. However, emergency medicine is a very new specialty in Guyana. Before 2010, there was nothing such as an emergency specialist in Guyana. GPHC’s Director of Emergency Services, Dr Zulfikar Bux was the first medical practitioner trained in emergency medicine. Dr Bux recently spoke about the strides of GPHC, in this regard. He noted that efforts have been underway to expand the staff complement
GPHC’s Director of Emergency Services, Dr Zulfikar Bux of emergency specialists working at the institution. GPHC has increased its staff complement of those trained in emergency medicine. Dr Bux disclosed that at present, the emergency de-
partment of the GPHC has eight emergency specialists. “If you converse with patients who have been coming here from 2010, they will tell you that the level of care they accessed here has improved and this is because we have trained specialists.” Dr. Bux disclosed that the overall goal is to ensure that there are emergency specialists not only at GPHC, but each emergency department throughout the country, to improve the efficiency of patient care over time. He emphasized further that since emergency medicine is not just about training doctors but creating a team to manage the patients that flood the department, nurses also undergo specialist training. So for us to ensure this there must be a continuous training and team environment where while the doctor is doing something with the patient, the nurse anticipates the next move and the other nurse knows what she has to
Mahdia is now a town
The Mahdia, Region Eight community has been named a township The Ministry of Communities has declared that by way of Order No. 27 of 2018 published in the Official Gazette dated August 9, 2018, Mahdia in the PotaroSiparuni region has been designated a township. The community is a popular hinterland area that depends on gold mining and is the seat of the regional administration. “The elevation of this area to the status of a township is in accordance with the pronouncement by His Excellency, President David Granger at the Opening of the 11th Parliament of upgrading the four hinterland regional administrative centres of Bartica, Mabaruma, Lethem, and Mahdia.” Though earmarked to have been established earlier, there were some challenges in the demarcation of constituency boundaries which re-
sulted in the delay, the ministry explained. “It is the intent of the administration to foster people’s empowerment through the strategic embrace of a decentralised form of governance. Mahdia will be the capital town of the Potaro/ Siparuni region which is part of government’s vision of establishing, in collaboration with regional administrations, a Capital town in each of the ten (10) development regions that will serve as the engine of growth and development of same.” The Ministry said that it shares the excitement and is encouraged by the transformation that has taken place in the three recently established townships as a result of local leaders seizing this opportunity of this empowerment exercise. “These new urban centres are important allies in assist-
ing to close the gap that exists between the hinterland and coastland regions. Bartica is the home of Guyana’s first boardwalk, Mabaruma has transformed the Kumaka Waterfront and Lethem is quickly becoming the business hub of the Rupununi.” According to the ministry, a literal transformation has taken place in these the new townships aided by “visionary” democratic leadership that will be renewed in Guyana’s first post-independence consecutive holding of local government elections (LGEs) come November 12th, 2018. “The foundation for the transformation of Mahdia has already begun to be laid with the upgrading of 80% of the internal roads from laterite to concrete that will last for decades. Moreover, plans (Continued on page 12)
do, all in coherence to revive that patient.” “We therefore embarked on a training programme for specialist emergency nurses. The first group of specialist nurses will graduate later
this year,” Dr. Bux disclosed. He explained further that the training has reached beyond the scope of just doctors and nurses at the hospital. People unfortunately, come when they are dying
here. We do not have the time like regular folks. Patients are dying and every second counts, so you have to be on top of your game. One mistake can cost a life,” he emphasised.
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Miners’ body ups pressure on Govt. for mercury phase-out assistance The Guyana Gold and Diamond Miners Association (GGDMA) is calling on Government to place more resources to help stakeholders in the phase-out of mercury. Guyana is targeting 2027 for ending the use of the deadly mercury in mining. Miners are insisting it is the cheapest way to recover gold. Any alternative, they say, would be more expensive and beyond their capacity to fund. According to the association, it is committed to the responsible use of mercury in the small and medium scale gold mining industry of Guyana. “The GGDMA continues to be committed to the Minamata Convention and we look forward to government providing technical and financial assistance to miners as suggested under this Convention,” the association said in a statement on the situation. It acknowledged the challenges to finding solutions to the mercury problem that faces the local gold mining sector. “We are also aware of the studies that show that villagers in a remote part of
The GGDMA is urging gold miners to stay away from using mercury in open pit operations, and to adhere to safety conditions. Southern Rupununi had elevated levels of mercury in their bodies, even though there is absolutely no mining in or close to their village.” In fact, there is a report, released at a recent mining conference in Guyana, which provided information on the mercury problem in
Queensland, Australia, caused by the application of fungicides which contained mercury or mercury compounds as ingredients, to the sugar cane plantations there. “The GGDMA is now quite sure that the unfortunate prolonged accidental
mercury releases from the GGB (Guyana Gold Board) operations within the GGMC compound in Brickdam has convinced the government that the mercury challenge requires more than compliance enforcers.” The association noted that Government in its wisdom sought overseas technical assistance and provided the necessary finance to help solve the problem caused by the use of poor and/or malfunctioning equipment and systems by the affected state agencies. However, that itself is worrying. “GGDMA is perplexed that government has neither published a credible National Action Plan for mercury use in small scale gold mining in Guyana, nor provided the requisite technical assistance or financial assistance to the small-scale gold mining sector. We once again note that such assistance is contemplated and encouraged by the Minamata Convention to which Guyana is a signatory.”
The association said it is urging local gold miners to use mercury responsibly - using gloves, respirators, retorts, and by refraining from putting mercury in the mining pit. “We encourage miners to seek advice from the relevant GGMC technical staff on the safe use of mercury. The GGDMA is committed to working with the Ministry of Natural Resources, the GGMC, the EPA, the OSH department of the Ministry of Social Protection, as well as with Conservation International, World Wildlife Fund, and others, to find feasible solutions to the challenge presented by the necessary use of mercury in small scale gold mining in Guyana.” In addition, the GGDMA said it intends to seek partnership with the largescale foreign mining and petroleum companies with the goals of finding feasible solutions to the mercury challenge, and support for health and safety and environmental management in small scale mining in general.
On Wednesday August 16, 2017, the Minamata Convention on Mercury came into force. The Minamata Convention is an international treaty designed to protect human health and the environment from anthropogenic emissions and releases of mercury and mercury compounds. Mercury is used in the gold mining industry and can be a threat to human health and the environment. The GoG signed on to the Minamata Convention on October 10, 2013 and ratified it on September 24, 2014. Guyana was one of the first countries to sign on to the legally binding agreement and had done so with the full support of the mining sector, mainly members of the Guyana Gold and Diamond Miners Association (GGDMA) and the Guyana Women Miners’ Organisation (GWMO) following consultations. Further, Guyana is among the first countries to ratify the Convention. Having done that, the Government has taken a number of proactive steps, one of which was the putting together a National Working Group to guide the development of a National Action Plan, which is in the final stages of preparation. Among the actors on the National Working Group are regulatory agencies and Government Ministries such as the Guyana Geology and Mines Commission, Guyana Gold Board, the Guyana Forestry Commission, the Pesticide and Toxic Chemical Control Board, The Environmental Protection Agency, Ministry of Health, Guyana Human Rights Association, Ministry of Indigenous Peoples Affairs. Comprising the body also were funding partners WWFGuianas, CI-Guyana and the United Nations Development Progamme (UNDP).
Mahdia is now a town From page 11 have been advanced for the construction of a government compound that will house a number of government agencies such as the Guyana Revenue Authority, Guyana Lands and Survey Commission, Guyana Water Inc. and other agencies.” The ministry explained that it is important to note, as stated in the Order, the boundaries
of the new township excludes the titled Amerindian Villages of Campbelltown and Micobie as is the expressed desire of those Village Councils following a series of consultations. “The Ministry will continue to partner with all townships to ensure that residents regardless of where in Guyana they live have access to enhanced public services.”
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Grieving parents await PM results for former CSEC top student who dies in Peru
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Dead: Yogeeta Persaud Persaud further told Kaieteur News yesterday that his daughter appeared to be healthy, and that he is not aware of any complications she may have suffered from. He said, however, that the post mortem examination was completed yesterday, and that he would soon have to travel to Peru to uplift those results. In the meantime, the young scholar will be missed by her grieving friends and families.Yogeeta Persaud’s popularity soared in 2013, when she topped Guyana in the CSEC exams with 18 grade ones. Because of her outstanding achievements, she was later recognized as the most outstanding CSEC performer in the Caribbean. Her performance earned her a scholarship to the US, where she later pursued and completed a medical course in Biochemistry. According to her father, the medical outreach was just another stepping stone towards her future, since it was supposed to gain her entry into a medical school. Yesterday, the outpourings of grief and admiration for a young woman who had a promising future were very evident on social media.
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Local nurses in need of professional code of conduct – Veteran Nurse - Must be exposed to continued nursing education Having practiced nursing overseas for a number of years, veteran nurse Leslyn Holder is advocating for a professional code of conduct for local nurses. Holder, who practised for several years in Guyana before leaving to serve in a number of nursing positions in the United Kingdom, returned to Guyana in 2015. She is currently offering an advanced level of nursing within the private health sector. However, she disclosed during a recent interview with this publication that she is on a mission to work closely with both public and private health institutions to help make a professional code of conduct for nurses a reality. A move in this direction is particularly important, Holder said, since many nurses are not protected when they encounter some challenges they face in doing their work. Holder is well aware that this should be a given for practicing nurses, because of
her experience overseas. “Overseas, when you register, you have a professional code of conduct where you are updated on all of the regulations...all the things that will keep you safe,” Holder related. Her concern was evoked by numerous reports where health workers, primarily nurses, are blamed for shortcomings within the health system. “I have been reading in the papers for the longest while, we have all these baby deaths and all the blame seems to be directed to the nurses and on the institutions too, and yes, we can’t run away from the fact that something had to have gone wrong with our care for that to happen,” Holder shared. She however continued by pointing out, “It is not necessarily that the nurse is wrong or that she [or he] is right, it is just that the nurse sometimes lacks the awareness or support, or even the
institution lacks the awareness, as it relates to what is important or what is needed and how to do follow-ups and how to do audits, and what should be in place to safeguard nurses as professionals”. In light of this, Holder said that she is gearing to start a petition which is likely to see the advocacy for the professional code of conduct being agitated by other in the profession. “I have already been speaking to some nurses overseas for us to develop the code of conduct,” said Holder who disclosed that “we work currently with the international standards, which is an American thing.” Nurses overseas, Holder revealed, have far more to function with to support nursing while, “here in Guyana there is not a lot of support, so we have to have a professional code of conduct that supports us and supports our work, so that when things
happen, like babies dying, and all the incidents we hear about, that nurses understand that there are guidelines of what they should do,” said Holder. Even as she amplified the need for the code of conduct, Holder also stressed the need for nurses to recognise that being a good nurse requires work that goes beyond the classroom. “We need to get nurses more up to speed. There is more to nursing than the three years in classroom, when you are finished with that three years in classroom the responsibility and onus is now on you to keep studying so you can function effectively for the rest of your nursing career,” Holder asserted. It was just this practise that Holder learnt when she started practising as a nurse overseas. According to Holder, practising overseas allowed her to see that there were many more aspects of nursing that many Guyanese nurses may only encounter in
Nurse Leslyn Holder the textbooks. In order to prepare for just about any possibility, Holder insisted, “nursing education must be ongoing, and this is what is severely lacking in Guyana. So I would really like to make a huge contribution to continuing nursing education.” Currently, Holder is in the process of developing a framework for continued
nursing education. “This is a big thing for me at the moment and I am going to be having discussions with the Ministry of Health...I have already met with the CEO of the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation and the CEO of Mercy Hospital, and it is my hope that we can formalise some programmes that can be offered to nurses,” Holder said.
$700,000 in food for every National Assembly sitting An estimated $700,000 is being spent on food every time the National Assembly meets. Responding to questions yesterday, Clerk of the National Assembly, Sherlock Isaacs, disclosed that the Assembly Committee of the National Assembly of the Parliament of Guyana considered and gave approval for a number of food suppliers to be invited through the restrictive bidding process, to bid for the supply of meals and snacks for sittings of the National Assembly and Committee Meetings. The four suppliers that bid were Maggie’s Snackette and Catering Service; Ambience Restaurant and Catering Service; Carnegie School of Home Economics and Water Chris Hotel and Bar. According to Isaacs, the contract was awarded by the National Procurement and Tender Administration Board (NPTAB) on 5th July, 2018 to Maggie’s Snackette and Catering Service for the supply of meals and snacks for sit-
The cost of meals for Parliamentarians every sitting is an estimated $700,000, it has been disclosed. tings of the National Assembly and Committee Meetings. Isaacs also said that the amount that is expended on each sitting is approximately
$700,000. The performance of parliamentarians has been coming more under the spotlight in recent years. It was reported sometime
back that the cost of every sitting, for food; for putting up MPs in hotels and for paying travelling from out of the region, among other things,
was over $1.5M. Over the week, Prime Minister Moses Nagamootoo, in his column, ‘My Turn’, disclosed that
when the House went into recess on August 10, it had already met for 96 sittings in the first three years of the 11th Parliament (2015-2020). By the end of 2018, sittings are likely to surpass 110 when the National Assembly would debate the 2019 National Budget, including consideration of estimates for constitutional and statutory agencies. At $700,000 per sittings plus committee meetings, that meant almost $80M would have been spent in the three years on food alone. Nagamootoo also insisted that the sittings under the APNU+AFC Coalition Government would be the single highest number in the first three years of any Parliament since 1992. Though truncated, there were only 62 sittings during the 7th (1997-2001) Parliament (Janet Jagan Presidency) and 88 sittings during the 20112014 Parliament (Donald Ramotar Presidency), he wrote.
56 months for conning employer of $2.7M A man who was recently released from prison after spending three years behind bars on a fraudulent conversion charge was yesterday jailed for a similar offence. Forty-eight-year-old security guard Ronald Saunders appeared before Principal Magistrate Judy Latchman in the Georgetown Magistrates’ Courts, where a fraudulent conversion
charge was read to him. The charge stated that on August 6, last, at Hadfield Street, Georgetown, while being solely entrusted by Lancelot Bacchus with $2.7M in order that he purchase and deliver two tractor engines, and return same to Bacchus, he fraudulently converted the money to his own use and
benefit. He pleaded guilty to the charge after it was read to him. When given a chance to address the court, Saunders stated “I’m very sorry for what I did. I cannot turn back the hands of time. I took the money and buy phones.” Police P r o s e c u t o r, Quinn Harris told the court that Saunders and the vic-
tim are known to each other for the past two months. The Prosecutor added that Saunders is employed as a security guard at Bacchus’ home. The Prosecutor went on to tell the court that while Saunders was working with the victim, he convinced him to start up a mining company. The court heard that as
a result, the victim gave him $2.7M to purchase two tractor engines, however Saunders converted the money to his own use and benefit. Magistrate Latchman told Saunders that based on his early guilty plea and the fact that he was placed in a position of trust, she would impose on him a sentence of 56 months for the offence.
Jailed: Ronald Saunders
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US gets $1.4B windfall from steel, aluminum tariffs- report finds US (CNBC) - In less than five months, the Trump administration has collected more than $1.4 billion in new revenue from steel and aluminum tariffs, according to a recent report prepared for members of Congress. The Congressional Research Service estimated that, between March 23 and July 16, the U.S. reaped $1.1 billion and $344.2 million from levies on foreign steel and aluminum, respectively. Those earnings are on the rise as trade negotiations with allies linger on and President Donald Trump moves to hike tariff rates on countries like Turkey. CRS says the new tariffs could reap the U.S. some $7.5 billion — $5.8 billion on steel and $1.7 billion on aluminum – based on last year’s import levels. In 2017, the U.S. imported $29 billion worth of steel products covered the tariffs and $17.4 billion worth of aluminum. Trump has suggested the tariffs – originally unveiled as a national security provision – could have the added benefit of reducing the federal deficit, which rose to $77 billion in July,
Steel shipment unloaded last month at Port of Wilmington, Delaware. Tariff due on this shipment from Italy totaled more than $1.4 million. (Stephanie Dhue | CNBC) wider than the July 2017 budget deficit of $43 billion. And the Treasury’s borrowing to fund government operations is set to top $1 tril-
lion this year for the first time ever. “Because of Tariffs we will be able to start paying down large amounts of the
$21 Trillion in debt that has been accumulated,” Trump tweeted on Aug. 5. “At minimum, we will make much better Trade Deals for our coun-
try!” When asked about the revenue generated by tariffs on CNBC’s “Squawk Box,” Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin,
demurred saying: “We’re early in the stages, so I’m not going to give specific numbers … our long-term objective is not to collect tariffs. Our longer-term objective is to have free and fair and reciprocal trade.” Tariff payments are collected by the U.S. Customs and Border Patrol and go directly into the Treasury’s general coffers. The Congressional Research Service acknowledged that tariff revenue would be impacted by “dynamic effects,” like exclusions granted by the Commerce Department and reimbursements to companies that have already been paying tariffs. As of Aug. 6, Commerce had received 33,099 exclusion requests, approving 1,428 requests, while denying 702. That leaves tens of thousands of requests unanswered, and companies operating under uncertain conditions in the meantime. Metal Partners International, an Illinois-based rebar company, has swallowed price increases on steel of more than $3 million since May as it awaits the outcome of its exclusion request.
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Barbados made to sweat C’bean Schools Boys & Junior... before getting over Guyana KINGSTOWN, St Vincent, CMC – Barbados were made to sweat by Guyana before pulling off a three-wicket victory in their third round match of the Regional Under-19 Championship here yesterday. Resuming the final day at Park Hill on 31 without loss requiring a further 101 runs for victory, Barbados lost seven wickets before getting over the line to post their second win of the tournament.Nico Reifer top-scored with 39 and opening partner Shian Brathwaite got 22, extending their partnership to 43 before being separated.When Brathwaite departed, Kadeem Alleyne (13) joined Reifer to add a further 21 for the second wicket to leave Barbados well poised on 64 for one. However, left-arm spinner Kelvin Umroa ripped through the innings with a spell of five for 51 as Barbados lost six wickets for 44 runs
in quick time.Tottering on 108 for seven, number nine Joshua Bishop came to Barbados’ rescue, striking two fours and a six in an 11ball unbeaten 16, as he put on a crucial 26 in an unbroken eighth wicket partnership with Matthew Forde (14 not out). Umroa finished with match figures of 10 for 134.Scores: GUYANA 203 (Kevelon Anderson 71, Joshua Persaud 39, Kevin Sinclair 33; Camarie Boyce 3-27, Nyeem Young 2-47) and 142 (Kevelon Anderson 44, Sachin Singh 37, Javid Karim 31; Nyeem Young 4-6, Camarie Boyce 3-43). BARBADOS 214 (Nico Reifer 69, Matthew Forde 35 not out, Kadeem Alleyne 35, Jaden Edmund 28, Mekhail Marshall 21; Kelvin Umroa 5-83) and 134 for seven (Nico Reifer 39, Shian Brathwaite 22; Kelvin Umroa 5-51).
Tuesday August 14, 2018 ARIES (Mar. 21–Apr. 19) Changes to your chosen field are indicated, Aries. Ideas from other states or countries might fire your creativity. Your intellectual or artistic interests could take on a new dimension
LIBRA (Sept. 23–Oct. 22) Projects involving a group, perhaps your entire community, could take up a lot of your time, Libra. Interesting news and stimulating conversations could come your way.
TAURUS (Apr. 20–May 20) A sum of money above and beyond your usual income could come your way. This could be a bonus, settlement, or even a gift of some kind.
SCORPIO (Oct. 23–Nov. 21) New ideas for your career could be on your mind, Scorpio. You might be thinking not only about getting a new job but also entering an entirely new field.
GEMINI (May 21–June 20) Some vast changes in your community could take place, Gemini. They're positive, for the most part. Today the news should spread widely, and you could be hearing about it from all sides
SAGIT (Nov. 22–Dec. 21) Continued success and good luck should have you feeling charged up to move ahead with plans and ideas. Your energy and enthusiasm are high, Sagittarius.
CANCER (June 21–July 22) Cancer, you might choose to do some volunteer work today or help a friend. This could make you aware of a talent you didn't know you had. It could pave the way to more income. You could feel very proud of yourself
CAPRI (Dec. 22–Jan. 19) Don't be surprised if sometime during the day you feel angry for no apparent reason. It's probably rooted in the past, from a situation that wasn't resolved long ago. Take a good look at what's going on today.
LEO (July 23–Aug. 22) Today you might wake up feeling that you can move mountains - and this might be exactly what you set out to do, figuratively speaking. Your physical energy, enthusiasm, and self-confidence are very high, Leo.
AQUARIUS (Jan. 20–Feb. 18) This is a great day to start new enterprises with others, Aquarius. Gatherings with friends or group activities could lead to ideas for new projects that fire your energy and enthusiasm. New immediate and long-term goals should be set.
VIRGO (Aug. 23–Sept. 22) Today you could recapture the joy in life that you had as a child, Virgo. You're serious by nature, and feelings of joy are to be lived and treasured. You could be experiencing true flow. There might not be any real reason for it, so don't try to find one.
PISCES (Feb. 19–Mar. 20) Activities of some kind could put you in the public eye today, Pisces. Some work you've done well might bring you richly deserved acknowledgement. Your energy and enthusiasm are already high.
From page 27 when scoring a fight.“Scoring bouts seem to the most problematic issue for the spectators and even Coaches since most times they seem dissatisfied with decisions and at times can be hostile towards the Referees when they make decisions they don’t like,” Beckles said. Beckles leaves for home on Thursday before traveling to Hungry for another Boxing assignment and informed that tomorrow Practical sessions will be conducted while topics like the safety of Boxers, the basics, handling cuts and controlling the fight will be discussed over the next two days. “Safety is very important since the main difference in stopping Amateur fights as opposed to Professional bouts is when the Referee stops the contest. In Amateur fights we try to prevent the Boxers from being hurt, while in Professional matches the fight is stopped because the Boxer is hurt,” explained Beckles. He said the Referee should look at the eyes, knees and arms of boxers since this could indicate the physical condition of the Boxers. Beckles, who been a Referee for 21 years, feels that the standard of the Referees in Guyana is high because Guyana has more boxers who fight more often at this level which is good for the pugi-
Figgy Green... From page 28 third $100,000 and fourth place $50,000 in the competition which has been sanctioned by the Guyana Football Federation (GFF). The sponsors of the tournament include Mohammed’s Enterprise, ExxonMobil, Bakewell, Cell Smart, PPDI, Sankar’s Auto Works and Bumper to Bumper Services. (Calvin Chapman)
lists and also the Referees. “In the same way that time in the Ring gives the Boxers experience and confidence it does the same for Referees,” Beckles added. He said he was satisfied with yesterday Video and lecture sessions which went past the scheduled 17:00hrs conclusion due to a late start. When asked if he was a Boxer? Beckles laughed and said he was not, adding because a Referee did not show up he got involved in Refereeing by accident but does not regret a minute of it. “I became a referee by accident. Before 1990 the Boxing Secretariat was run by T&T Police Force and they would organise Boxing Cards. I was at that time a Police officer and would help to coordinate the various Referee Courses and had done the Course since I was there. One day some of the Referees failed to show up and knowing that I had done the course I was asked to Referee
in one of the bouts and that’s how I became a Referee,” explained Beckles. Beckles said he resigned from the Police Force four years ago to focus on his work as Referee Trainer and now travels to Referee and conduct Training sessions. “I also love cricket and watched two CPL matches in Trinidad before coming here but the Knight Riders lost both of them.” When I said Mr Russell was the reason Beckles replied: “No it was Mr Bravo who bowled himself at the wrong time and was expensive in both games,” which was the reason put forward by most Trini fans. He was a Boxing Referee who knew cricket and a true Trini. Today and tomorrow’s sessions will commence at 10:30hrs and ends at 17:00hrs and Beckles said session like this one not only helps the experienced officials to improve but it also helps the younger ones.
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Red Rocket upset field at Nand Persaud Karibee Sprint Classic to win feature
Richmond aboard Uprising winning the L class race for Colts and Geldings.
The Nand Persaud Karibee Mega Sprint Classic lived up to its pre-race hype. It was a good day for Horseracing, the crowd was also out in its numbers and the Organisers must be applauded for bringing off a good days meet. The feature D and lower 4Furlongs event was a gem as it lived up to its early billings. In the end it was Red Rocket of the Jumbo Jet Stable with Colin Ross on the mount that created a major upset by blowing away the opposition in the final part of the race to take the $400,000 and Stag Beer trophy. Golden Blue Echo and T and T of the Nand Persaud Stable, the eventual second and third place finishers, did most of the early running but with Ross urging Red Rocket on, it exploded just in time to
take the win with Chamilie fourth. Other results show Victory of the Boatswain stable with Julius on its back winning its third consecutive race in the event for 2 years old horses. Occupying the other spots were Perfection, Set the Flame and Awesome Drift. Ready to Romance of the Jagdeo Stable with W. Appadhu won the J class race ahead of Pikachu, Uprising and Touchdown. Uprising of the Hansraj stable with Randolph Richmond was in winners’ row in the L class race for Colts and Geldings as it beat off Plane Land, Byron and Massapequa Dr. Angel Eyes of the Bolonauth Stable Shone brightly as Richmond guided it to victory in the L class race
for mares and Fillies. There was a win for Caitlina in the race for L non winners ahead of Mystery Man, She is a Princess and Royal. There was also an event for Cow Horses with nine animals taking part. The track was in excellent condition and the timing for most of the races was very fast. The Champion Jockey was Randolph Richmond, while there were a number of contenders for champion stable and trainer awards. They were rewarded with trophies compliments of Trophy Stall Bourda market. The Days event was organised by The Nand Persaud group of Companies and their Sky Plus Promotion group. Mohendra Persaud was the Coordinator. (Samuel Whyte)
Connections of Red Rocket with Colin Ross astride receive the winning trophy from Mrs. Mohendra Persaud for its stunning win in the feature D class event at the Nand Persaud Kribeee Spring Classic.
Rising Star claim Triple K ‘birthday bash’ cricket title Rising Star won the Triple K birth anniversary T/10 cricket competition which was contested on Sunday last at Zeelugt, East Bank Essequibo. Rising Star defeated Golden Grove by four wickets in the final. Batting first in front of a large crowd, Golden Grove managed 106-6 with Anthony Fraser scoring 52; Elroy Fernandes claimed 2-17. Rising Star responded with 107-6 in 8.4 overs. T. Cato made 55 as Kishan Da Silva picked up 2-17. Rising Star defeated Zeelugt by eight wickets in the play off game. Zeelugt took first strike and made 54-5. D. Persaud made 10; Kevin Christian claimed 2-5. Rising Star responded with 55-2 in 8.5 overs. T. Smith got 20 as Keon Roberts captured 2-5. T. Cato and Kishan Da Silva were named the best batsman and bowler respectively. The Tournament, which commenced at 14:00hrs due to rain, was organsied by Keon Roberts to coincide with the birth anniversary of Keon Junior, Keon Roberts and Keola Roberts.
The victorious Rising Star team.
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TRULY DESERVED, DR. SHIV CHANDERPAUL! Honorary Doctors of Law (UWI) to be awarded West Indian Test cricketer By Albert Baldeo Guyanese cricket legend Shivnarine Chanderpaul, a former captain of the West Indies team, will be awarded the Honorary Doctors of Law later this year by the University of the West Indies (UWI). It is a deserving appreciation for an unsung hero who was denied the chance to become the leading test scorer in West Indies cricket, and “forced to retire.” His career was unceremoniously derailed by Dave Cameron’s and the WICB’s whimsical and spiteful actions. The lefthanded batsman scored 11,867 runs at an average of 51, with 30 centuries in an illustrious career of 164 Tests to end at the second place in the list of all-time West Indies run-scorers, 86 runs short of legendary Brian Lara with 11,953 runs. After all, this was the man who personified longevity and tenacity, and survived while 519 Test batsmen perished at the other end, and sharing a record 771 different partnerships in Tests, worthy world records that speak volumes about his durability and dependability. Rahul Dravid, the Indian Wall, is next, but quite some distance behind at 453 Test dismissals at the other wicket, and 738 partnerships. Yet, Chanderpaul has rarely been given deserving accolades, like Dravid and Tendulkar. “That guy with the most Test matches for the West Indies, playing for over 20 years, I don’t think people in the West Indies understand exactly his contribution,” the great Brian Lara acknowledges, reminding us that Shiv was instrumental in his many batting feats, and felt his compatriot deserved to go
District Leader and lawyer Albert Baldeo presented an appreciation award to Shiv Chanderpaul on behalf of the diaspora in New York, in recognition of his inspiring and gigantic contribution to West Indian cricket. past his record for the most Test runs by a West Indian. Many cricket connoisseurs have told me that if their lives depended on the professional application and dedication of a batsman to combat, weather the best bowling and keep his wicket intact, they would choose Shiv Chanderpaul-unhesitatingly. Indeed, he famously faced 1,051 deliveries against India in 2002 without being dismissed, batting for 1,513 minutes. He was the consummate professional, blessed with the heart of a lion. Brett Lee
knocked him out cold where he “could not feel anything, and could not stand or move any limb,” with a fast, vicious bouncer, yet Chanderpaul refused the stretcher, and was up and running in a few minutes and even went on to score a brave century. Such was his dedication to his craft, that he is the only international batsman I know who used dark stickers below his eyes, as anti-glare patches used to reduce light entering the peripheral area of the eyes so that he could bat and field without being
affected by the sun’s glare. Such attention to minute detail in his improvement and comfort as a cricketer, defines the man appropriately called “Tiger.” Shiv has been the rock and anchor of the West Indies since 1994, an unlikely, yet worthy Atlas, and has been one of the Caribbean’s most accomplished, yet unsung heroes. Chanderpaul’s first Test century came in his 19th match, a testimony to his application and determination, after scoring as many as 15 half centuries in the previous
18 matches. He spent most of the initial phase of his career under the shadows of the legendary Lara, and became a lone warrior after Lara’s and Sarwan’s retirements. His batting stance has been described as being ‘crab-like’ and ugly to watch, but those who tolerate this degrading and unfair assessment palpably fail to appreciate that he honed his technique to make the very best of what God gave him, and made up for deficits overwhelmingly in other areas. It is this single-minded dedication and adaptability that made him the champion and master he is today. Shiv did not have the genius of Rohan Kanhai, the power of Clive Lloyd, the dominance of Roy Fredericks, the technique of Alvin Kallicharran or the finesse of Carl Hooper or Ramnaresh Sarwan, but the statistical achievements he accumulated that determines how a batsman is measuredruns, centuries, averagessurpassed theirs, and one cannot deny his status amongst the greats of the game. Those who are critical of his doggedness fail to appreciate that he was often the lone warrior in many lost causes at a time when West Indian cricket sank to unfathomable depths, and responsibility forced him to eschew glamor and style for dependability, audacity for attrition. Like all the great players, the breadth and depth of his achievements provide sound rebuttals, considering that Chanderpaul has the record for the 4th fastest Test century, off just 67 balls against the worthy
visiting Australians in 2002. In 2008, he hit a four and a six against the bowling of Chaminda Vaas, with 10 needed off two balls to win a One-Day International (ODI) against Sri Lanka. He also created history with Sarwan when they c o m b i n e d t o h e l p We s t Indies chase down a 418run target at Antigua in 2003 against Australia, scoring 105 and 104 runs each. He was named the captain of the team to face the visiting South Africans in 2005 and celebrated it by becoming only the second player to make a double century on debut as a Test captain, scoring an unbeaten 200 in Guyana. Another absolutely stunning record Chanderpaul holds is that of being stumped for the first time after having batted in 266 innings, and has batted with as many as 82 different Test partners. When I interviewed him about the reason for his longevity and success, he told me that, “I have an immense skill and unique gift – concentration, a divine gift bestowed by Lord Shiva.” Ian Bishop, now an international cricket commentator, said it best, in tribute to Chanderpaul, 2008 Wisden Cricketer of the Year, “I played several Test series with him (Shiv), and have seen more esteemed team-mates shrink in the face of the fastest bowling, but never Chanderpaul…That no other West Indian managed a score of more than 60 in the Tests speaks of the yawning gap between his skill, commitment and experience - and theirs.”
C’bean Schools Boys & Junior C/ships starts Friday - T&T’s Beckles conducts 3-day Boxing Referee course By Sean Devers Fifty-seven-year-old Trinidadian Boxing Referee James Beckles has officiated inside the Ring in over 300 International Boxing matches including the Beijing Olympics and five World Championships. The former Police Officer is no stranger to Guyana since he regularly visits here, sometimes twice a year to conduct sessions as Caribbean Referee Trainer. The Referee Trainer is here to conduct a three-day course for the 16 Guyanese and five Caribbean Referees who will officiate in the third
annual Caribbean School Boys Championships which is set for the National Gymnasium from Friday to Sunday. This is the only such Boxing Championship in the Caribbean and the Guyana Boxing Association (GBA) has hosted the event since its inauguration in 2016. The first bout starts at 18:00hrs and Trinidad, Jamaica, St Lucia, Grenada and the host Guyana will compete for Caribbean School Boys and Juniors supremacy. Stands cost $500 and VIP is $1,000. The affable Beckles told Kaieteur Sports yesterday
that the Guyanese Referees will attend all three days, while overseas Referees will attend the last day when they arrive here tomorrow for what promises to be another entertaining and successful Championship. According to the experienced Beckles, yesterday the focus was on judging and scoring Amateur Boxing matches after the locals looked at fights on Video. The Referee from Carnival Country was the third man in the Ring in one of the videos and stressed the importance of knowing what to look for (Continued on page 25)
Beckles (sitting on ring) & local Referees having Lunch during a Video session yesterday at Andrew ‘Six head’ Lewis Gym in Albouystown.
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Three Peat Promotions /Guinness Cage Competition
Sparta Boss, Hypers, Buxton Diamond aiming for first win
Part of the massive crowd enjoying the action in recent play. Melanie ‘B’, Blazers, Avacado Ballers, Sparta Boss, Paradise, Melanie ‘A’, North East La Penitence, Victoria Church Yard, Buxton Diamond, Plaisance ‘B’, Uprising and hosts Haslington Hypers will all be aiming to record wins when play in the Three Peat Promotions / Guinness Cage Competition resumes tomorrow evening, at the Haslington Market Tarmac. The above mentioned teams will be under immense pressure to register their first set of points in the exciting
format and fans could expect a night of riveting action on the East Coast where the support from the various communities have been tremendous. Opening night action last Wednesday produced some surprises with defending East Coast Zone Guinness ‘Greatest of the Streets’ champion Uprising falling to Vryheid’s Lust narrowly, while the highly successful Sparta Boss going down to reigning champion Ol Skool Ballers in similar fashion. Buxton Diamond, one of the pre-tournament
favourites to come out of the East Coast teams section was also stunned, losing to BV ‘B’ 1-0, while home team Hypers feared even worst against Alexander Village, losing by a 6-2 margin and will no doubt want to improve their performance in front of the anticipated large home support. On the other hand, teams such as Vryheid’s Lust, BV ‘B’, Albouystown, Victoria Eagles, Belfield Warriors and Kitty Hustlers will want to build on their points. The five-day tournament dubbed ‘the East Coast Best
versus the Rest’ pits the best teams from the East Coast corridor against the finest selection from Georgetown and is being organised to foster integration among the participating communities in an effort to create a better understanding among its inhabitants.Among the entities in support of the cause are: Banks DIH under its Guinness and Power Wine brands, Clarks footwear giants Chetsons, E-Networks Inc., KSM Investments, Yhip’s Bakery, Brass Aluminium & Cast Iron Foundry
(BACIF), Ray’s Auto Sales, Y.K. Investments, Trophy Stall, Express Shipping, Woodpecker Products, National Sports Commission, ‘C’ Division of the Guyana Police Force, Jai Signs & Auto Designs, Gaming Authority, Julius Variety Store and C & C Prestigious Styles. The night’s fixtures are seen below: BV ‘B’ versus Vryheid’s Lust 19:00hrs Melanie ‘B’ vs. Plaisance 19:20hrs Avacado Ballers vs. Paradise 19:40hrs
Back Circle vs. Belfield Warriors 20:00hrs Leopold Street vs. Broad Street 20:20hrs Blazers vs. Victoria Eagles 20:40hrs Sparta Boss vs. Alexander Village 21:00hrs Tiger Bay vs. North East La Penitence 21:20hrs Albouystown vs. Victoria Church Yard 21:40hrs Melanie ‘A’ vs. Hustlers 22:00hrs Ol Skool Ballers vs. Haslington Hypers 22:20 hrs Uprising vs. Buxton Diamond 22:40hrs
Mohamed’s Enterprise/ExxonMobil futsal
Figgy Green Jags and Germans set up dream final Following six nights of action at the Mackenzie Sports Club (MSC) hard court in the ‘mining town’ of Linden, the finalists of the New Era Entertainment organised fifth annual Mohamed’s Enterprise/ExxonMobil futsal tournament has been decided. When play concluded in Saturday night’s semifinal, Figgy Green Jags continued the free scoring form to humble Quiet Storm 14-8 compliments of six goals from Colwyn Drakes in the first knockout match, while Germans United shook off a valiant fight back from Goodfellas to eventually win 4-3 in the dying moments of the match. In the first semifinal, Quiet Storm had a dream start after going ahead with just four minutes on the clock of the 20-minute per half clash. However, that lead was short lived as the Jags banged in three goals between the ninth and 12th minutes, while finishing the first half with an imposing 9-2 score line. It was show time for Jags during the second period of play because they were com-
Colwyn Drakes who scored six goals for Figgy Green Jags in their 14-8 victory over quiet storm. fortable with their healthy lead and they demonstrated superior tricks and skill moves to woo the crowd and confuse their opponents, in good spirit. Quiet Storm played with more intent during the second half, outscoring their opponents 6-5 but it wasn’t enough. Green Jags that have the biggest margin of victory
Jags’ Jermaine Scotland was one of the players that had the fans on their feet with his skills during his team’s 14-8 victory in Saturday night’s first semifinal.
of 20-0 in this edition of the tournament could’ve scored more than 14 goals after failing to convert three penalties during the second half. In the second semifinal between Germans United after going up two goal up in the first half, had a scare from
a determined Goodfellas team that were on the cusp of victory after equalizing late in the second half through Runic Velloza before missing a clear opportunity to earn their spot in the final and a chance at the $600,000 grand cash prize and championship trophy.
With one minute remaining, the game was threatening to be decided by extratime but Ryan Noel made no mistake with his thunderous strike from just before the half way line which fizzled past two defenders before hitting the back of the net to secure
a last gasp victory for the Germans. Germans and the fans’ favourite, Figgy Green Jags will contest the final this Sunday at the MSC hard court. The runners-up will receive a handsome $250,000, (Continued on page 25)
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High ranked referee-judge begins seminar in Guyana ahead of regional tournament -NSC to support Junior boxing tourney The Caribbean’s highest ranked referee-judge, International Boxing Association (AIBA) three-star ranked James Beckles, began his four-day referee-judges seminar yesterday at the Andrew ‘Six Head’ Lewis boxing gym in Albouystown. Beckles, who have been to Guyana many times over the years, is here to update the local officials on the new rules and regulations of AIBA. According to head of the Guyana Boxing Association (GBA), Steve Ninvalle, there have been a few rule changes since the three-star Judge’s last visit and his seminar will serve as a precursor to the locally hosted Caribbean Schoolboys and Juniors tournament which is set for August 17th to 19th at the National Gymnasium. Beckles’ seminar will last up to Thursday and a total of around 16 local refereejudges will benefit from training. At the gym yesterday, the local judges were very animated during the interactive session with Beckles who of-
ficiated in the 2018 Gold Coast, Commonwealth Games. Meanwhile, the GBA that had been battling some financial challenges are to benefit from a timely intervention from the National Sports Commission (NSC) that has committed sponsorship towards the hosting of the Caribbean’s lone schoolboys’ boxing tournament. In a correspondence from the GBA, the association expressed gratitude to the NSC and noted that their contribution will definitely help make the championship a success.
NSC Director, Chris Jones, explained that in addition to a significant cash donation, the GBA will also utilise the National Gymnasium free of cost for the three nights the tournament will be held. The team that will be representing Guyana has been released and the members are as follows; Junior division 44-46kg Richard Howard (fyf) 46-48kg Leon Moore (fyf) 45-57kg Christopher Romeo (VBG) 57-60kg Mark Crawford (fyf) 60-64kg Jamal Mercer (YA)
BV/Triumph 8th of May Movement Emancipation Cohesion Football League
Plaisance overpower St. John’s Basco 6-0 in 2nd Encounter The BV/Triumph 8th of May Movement Emancipation Cohesion Football League, which is largely sponsored by Bakewell/ Lloyd W P Britton/G O Benjamin/GLDA and NAREI , on Sunday last, witnessed Plaisance exerting their power over St. John’s Basco Orphanage. Plaisance, entering the second round after a commendable first round display against country team Mahaica, in which they lost 0-1, clearly worked their plan against St. John’s Basco, putting them on the defence very early in the match, with Travis Simon scoring within the first two minutes of the encounter. Throughout the match, Plaisance demonstrated their team’s outstanding capabilities, with the exhibition of high levels of skill, tactic and professionalism. These traits, which proved highly competitive for their first round challengers Mahaica, evidently gave second round opponents St. John’s Basco a horrendous time, as four goals were scored in the first half of the 60 minute match encounter, with Denzil King, Dwayne King and Vincent Thomas, respectively scoring in the 15,
AIBA 3-star referee-judge, James Beckles, interacts with local official Romona Agard during yesterday’s opening of the seminar at Six Head gym. 64-69kg Emanuel Pompey (YA) 69-75kg Jevon Thomas (CBG) Schools Boys 44-46kg Joel Anthony (HE) Enoch Monroe (HE) Deron William (VBG) 52-54kg Patrick Harvey (fyf) 54-57kg Kurt Beckles (HE)
(Left) Dwayne King and Denzil King 18 and 23rd minutes. And as if this wasn’t enough to rub salt into the wounds of St. John’s Basco, Plaisance’s Vincent Thomas completed a triple when he added to his first half goal, by netting in the 41st and 60th minutes of the match encounter, to give
Plaisance a convincing victory of 6 goals to nil. Plaisance will play their third and final round preliminary encounter, against Eastveldt - one of the spectators’ favorites to win the league, on Friday from 20:15 hours at the BV Playground.
boxing gym) Region 9 Female (17-18) Akea Lamazon (PRBG) COACHES Sebert Blake (TD) Clifton Moore (VBG) James Walcott (HE) Joseph Murray( fyf) Floyd Grant (CBG)
2018 LGC Champion Points Race produce new contender
Aleem Hussain (Left) Travis Simon and Vincent Thomas
Novices 60-64kg Shemar Morrison (fyf) 69-75kg Germain Williams (VBG) Female (12 -14) Alesha Jackman Female (15-16) Jelica Rodney (Savannaha
The race for the title of 2018 Annual Club Champion continued at the Lusignan Golf Club this past weekend and saw a new contender making waves as Wayne Chan defied the rain and wind to take top Best Net honours spot with a score of 69. Pur Persaud continued to make a statement as he shot a net 72 to come in second and Guillermo Escarraga made his return to the course felt with a net 74 to finish in third position. In the Best Gross category, it was Club President Aleem Hussain taking the first place with 2-time Guyana Open Champion Mike Mangal in second and Pur Persaud challenging for the third spot.
Alan Chung (left) and Wayne Chan The winner of the annual points competition gets a variety of prizes along with a full year of bragging rights and the competition was keenly contested in the early stages but after winning the first four events, the Best Net Champion Title looks to be a shooin for the newly elected Club President Aleem Hussain who has performed extremely well this year. There is still a battle for the Best Gross Title as Mike Mangal refuses to quit and with just two matches left to play, it will come down to very end. The Lusignan Golf Club has seen an increased number of tournaments this year and as more major companies join the sponsorship ranks,
the game is becoming more popular, drawing the attention of all ages and gender. The 2018 Guyana Open promises to be a major event with golfers form more than 12 countries expected to participate. Only 100 spots are available for this year’s event and golfers are urged to register early to ensure that they have a spot to contend. Non-members are eligible to play in the two-day tournament and the fee of US$200 covers all expenses for the entire event. Tickets for the Guyana Open will be available from October 1. Please contact the Club at 220-5660 or visit the Facebook lusignangolfclub for more information.
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GFF Elite League season III
CBC Championship MVP Stanton Ann’s Grove hand Cougars 13th loss Rose accepts Jacksonville scholarship
Western Tigers’ Kelsey Benjamin tracks Cougars’ Joshua Charles during league action at the Leonora Stadium (Calvin Chapman photo) Cougars Football Club (FC) suffered their 13th defeat in their debut season of the Guyana Football Federation (GFF) Elite league on Sunday night after a 6-0 drubbing at the hands of Ann’s Grove United FC at the National Track and Field Center (NTFC), Leonora. Ryan Seales and former national forward, Dwight Peters, both buried braces in the convincing win for the East Coast unit that have been struggling in the bottom half of the points table at 8th. Steve Francis and Ryan Jacobs netted the other two goals in the one-sided affair
for Ann’s Grove. Cougars FC are ninth in the points ranking with six points, one above last place New Amsterdam but they have lost a season high 13 games, while conceding the most goals, a tally of 52 from their 15 games played so far. In the first match of the double header, Milerock and
New Amsterdam United settled for a point each in a dull goal less draw. On Friday, Western Tigers suffered another setback to their title hopes after playing to a 1-1 draw with Buxton United. Paul Kingston fired the East Coast boys ahead early in the eighth minute before national midfielder, Daniel Wilson, equalised in the 38th minute. Meanwhile, Milerock FC got past Cougars 3-0 in the first match on Friday. Following the four matches last weekend, the league table has remained unchanged.
Stanton Rose (on the ball) on the go for his club Bounty Colts during the National Club Championships 2018. (Delano Williams photo). History making Stanton Rose of Kwakwani, who guided Guyana to glory from the front in this year’s Caribbean Basketball Confederation (CBC) Championship, was awarded a full scholarship to the Jacksonville College in Texas, USA, and he has accepted such. The Kwakwani resident, who became the y o u ngest captain in Guyana’s history, was awarded the MVP award in the CBC Championship held in Suriname in May as Guyana clinched their maiden
victory, while qualifying for the International Basketball Federation (FIBA) Americup 2019 qualifying tournament. It was during his MVP performance in the CBC event that Rose was able to be seen by scores of scouts and coaches and he wouldn’t have had that opportunity if it wasn’t for the tenacity of President of the Guyana Amateur Basketball Federation (GABF), Nigel Hinds, who played a major role in raising in excess of $20million for the male and female teams’ participation.
Yesterday, the athlete, who became the first Guyanese to score forty-one points in a single game at the senior regional level, was granted his U.S. visa ahead of his departure from the shores of Guyana on Saturday and he will begin school on Monday, August 20th. In a correspondence, the GABF noted, “We wish to congratulate and thank Stanton Rose for his commitment and dedication to Guyana and we wish him further success in his life and basketball career.”
Lake Mainstay Regatta 2018 a success - sees increase in number of visitors
Karibee Basketball Tournament continues with Black Sharks win The Rose Hall Town Jammers returned to their winning ways in Berbice after defeated Fyrish Black Sharks 65-62 in the Karibee Basketball tournament which is being sponsored by the Nand Persaud and Company Limited. The tournament attracted six teams: Ithaca Hardliners and Hopetown Stealers from West Berbice, Fyrish Black Sharks and Rose Hall Town Jammers and NA Basketball Team Canje Knights. For the winners, Mickel Lewis 21 points and Royborn Murray 13 points were the top shots, while there were 6 each for Nkofi Marks and Haifa Walters. Linden Joseph top scored for the Sharks with 20 points and Shakeel Garnett added 16 points. The competition continues on Sunday at Ithaca hard court between Ithaca Hardliners and Hopetown Stealers start from 4:00pm at the end of the tournament. Cash incentives and the Karibee trophy will be up for grabs.
DPI - The annual Lake Mainstay Regatta event kicked off with a bang, as patrons from all walks of life flocked the resort in Region Two. Director of Lake Mainstay Resort, Wilfred Jagnarine said the preparations leading up to the 18th regatta were successful, despite earlier challenges of getting sufficient sponsors for the water sports competition. Jagnarine explained, the popular tourism event has attracted a number of foreigners this year. “I think it is a good start, people look forward to this event, especially from Essequibo and all over Guyana.” The director noted that the government has played an integral role in pushing the event. He explained that prior to the event road works were done to improve to flow of traffic to the resort. “We are happy to have the government’s support.
Director of Lake Mainstay Resort, Wilfred Jagnarine.
For some years they have been collaborating with us for this event and we are grateful. And we look forward to continuing this collaboration.” President of the Essequibo Chambers of Commerce and Industry, Suean Seewnarayan also deemed this year’s regatta a success. “Over the years, I think the crowd has been growing and
I think with years to come it will grow. Because this event has become something that everyone looks forward to in August,” Seewnarayan said. The event saw teams competing in over 18 water sport events. These included the 15, 40, 90 and 200 horsepower (HP) races, swimming and canoeing, to name a few. (Crystal Stoll)
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First Lady, Mrs. Sandra Granger receives courtesy call from Guyana Karate College
Georgetown, Guyana – First Lady, Mrs. Sandra Granger, received a courtesy call from members of the Guyana Karate College, who are preparing to depart Guyana for the International Karate Daigaku World Cup to be held in Barbados from August 16th to 19th, 2018. Mrs. Granger urged the youngsters to give of their best and “to do Guyana proud.” In this photo First Lady, Mrs. Sandra Granger (seated centre) with members of the college. With renowned Sensei Frank Woon-A-Tai (3rd left) seated next to the First Lady.
Impressive signs on board Guyana Cup 2018 Less than one week before the 12th annual Guyana Cup horserace meet gallops away at the Rising Sun turf club with over $15 million in cash and prizes up for grabs, more sponsors continue to support. This Sunday’s event which is dubbed as the most lucrative horserace meet in the nation have seen many fans and turfites preparing for the anticipated keen rivalry among the jockeys and their mounts in the Jumbo Jet Thoroughbred Racing Committee and Rising Sun Turf Club collaborated initiative. The one-day meet set for West Berbice is gaining traction both locally and overseas with a lot of sponsors ready to saddle up with the mega event and Impressive Signs of New Amsterdam, Berbice, is the latest business entity to have confirmed their support of the meet. Over the weekend, at Impressive Signs’ New Amsterdam location, Manager Dave Rampersaud handed over his company’s sponsorship through a cheque to Roy Jafarally, one of the organisers of the event. Impressive signs join the list of sponsors for the Guyana Cup which include Discount Store, Hand-inhand Insurance, Superbet,
Gizmos and Gadgets, B.M. Soat, Mazi Night Club, Hyper Malt and Rohan Auto Spares, Big L Lumber Yard, Banks DIH along with Elvis and D’ Emperor Trucking Services.The programme of events for the day show the C Class event is the main attraction. The day’s full race programme reads as follows: 1) C class and lower, 1600m. Total purse: $3,875,000 2) 3yr old Derby 1100M – purse: $2,000,000.
3) G1 and lower 1400M – purse: $1,550,000. 4) H3 and lower 1100M – purse $1,350,000. 5) 2yrs old Guyana Bred 1100M – purse: $680,000. 6) I class and lower 1400M – Purse: $581,000. 7) J3 and lower 1400M. Purse: $485,000. 8) L class 1400M – purse $390,000. 9) L class 1400M – purse $390,000. 10) L class 1100M – purse $290,000.
Manager, Dave Rampersaud, hands over the sponsorship cheque to Roy Jafarally of the organisers.
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Lake Mainstay Regatta 2018 a success P. 30 - sees increase in number of visitors
Scenes from the Lake Mainstay Regatta. (Jameel Mohamed and Karime Peters photos)
Stanton Rose receives his MVP award for Coordinator of the event, Patrick Haynes. (Calvin Chapman photo)
Red Rocket upset field at Nand Persaud Karibee Sprint Classic to win feature P. 26 Red Rocket with Colin Ross on the mount firing past Golden Blue Echo for the win in the feature D and Lower Event.
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