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THIS IS ABOUT THE The public has rejected... NUMBER OF VOTES
DEAR EDITOR, I write to bring to light publicly an issue that has been spiraling out of control which the Tuschen/Uivtlugt Neighbourhood Democratic Council is currently dealing with. I am 65 years old man who has been suffering from a stroke for the past seven years and lives at 236 Zeelugt Public Road East Bank Essequibo with my wife, daughter and son-in-law. On the 10th March 2013, my son-in-law made a report to the NDC concerning my neighbour’s building. The man is building his house less than four feet away from my fence and every time the NDC is contacted about this situation, they seem to be doing nothing. It was only after the Local Government Ministry was contacted that the NDC sent my neighbour a notice to stop construction on the 18th April 2013. But despite the notice the man continued with his building. The NDC was informed time and time again, and all they keep saying is that they are investigating the matter. On the 24th May, 2013 my daughter and son-in-law met with the Regional Chairman of Region Three Mr. Julius Faerber and explained this matter and they were assured the Regional Chairman that he would investigate and visit the area but nothing was done. My neighbour then proceeded to build a zinc fence on the Government reserve and a report was made to the Public Health Officer of the said NDC. Nothing was done about this.
But on the 2nd of July 2013 a notice was sent to my son-in-law from the NDC giving him seven days to build our fence according to the building regulation, and if we fail to comply the NDC will take legal action against him. My daughter and sonin-law then went back on the 3rd July 2013 to speak with the REO concerning the matter and instead the Vice Chairman spoke to them. The Vice Chairman tried persuading them by saying that the PPP will get three votes less if my neighbour were to break his building and build according to the building regulation. So that clearly shows us that it’s about the number of votes and not what is legal and illegal. My daughter and her husband subsequently went to the Ministry of Local
Government to ask what was the position with the matter. When they asked to speak with the Permanent Secretary, his secretary said the PS was going out and the Permanent Secretary walked past them without saying anything to them. They were then told to go and lodge a complaint with Mr. Puran Persaud, who later told him that the matter is a political thing and he should write a letter to Minister Ganga Persaud. A letter was then written to Minister Ganga Persaud on the 11th July 2013 explaining this matter and asking for his intervention. But to date we have not received response. My neighbor has clearly been breaching the building regulations and continues to breach the order issued by the NDC. Dhanraj Singh
Nigel Hughes should be on trial DEAR EDITOR, Nigel Hughes’ most recent activities in which he deceived the court into believing he did not know the jury Foreman, Vernon Griffith, should land him at the mercy of the courts. For a man who is sworn to uphold the law and who has chosen to lead a public life, he should be held accountable to both the court and the public. His breach of public trust should not go unnoticed, or unpunished. Mr. Hughes likes to speak about how government should be held accountable and the need to prosecute offenders of the law, I hope the relevant officials will take action to ensure this message is received and executed. A.A. Haynes
From page 4 make sure that this cannot happen again, and if it is allowed to stand, then a different interpretation of how it must work in the unique situation we find ourselves in today must be given clearly and unequivocally. Several motions, bills etc. have been submitted to parliament and approved by a majority of the house and Mr. Ramotar and his government have refused to assent to them! So Mr. Ramotar and his government are violating our Laws. He must do as the parliament wishes or stand the consequences. It is common sense, but even common sense seems to have escaped the PPP. Now Mr. Ramotar is begging them to rubberstamp his A m e l i a project when it seems from all legitimate nongovernmental sources that this project is riddled with graft of every kind, making it, per megawatt c o st, one of the most expensive ever built on the planet and INCREDIBLY Mr. Ramotar still does not understand why the opposition is not cooperating
with him. Overlooking the fact that he and his minority government have totally blocked the legitimate wishes of the Opposition on numerous issues, he now condemns them for not supporting him and his ridiculous Amelia project. In the Stabroek news of 13th August, we see Mr. Ramotar appealing to the public to help him get the Sithe Global investors to stay in an article entitled “Ramotar lobbying Amaila investors to stay”. There were 45 comments by the public living in Guyana and abroad and having read them all, not one is sympathetic to Mr. Ramotar’s call. They believe Messers Ram, Gaskin, Greenidge and Professor Clive Thomas that this is a bad deal. We are not a nation which is overly addicted to polls as are other countries, which is a measure of our backwardness. But this response from the public in those comments about Mr Ramotar’s appeal, tells us a very important story: the public has, by a majority of almost 100
percent, rejected the Amaila project and GP&L and the PPP. It is a matter which has not come up seriously before but it should. Desmond Hoyte wanted to privatise GP&L just as he privatised GT&T but he was stopped from completing the deal after losing the 1992 elections. The option to privatise GP&L is still before us on the table, and that is what I think that we should do. Instead of supporting these shenanigans, the Private Sector Commission should be supporting the privatisation of GP&L and not supporting Amaila, which is riddled with problems that has plagued the project from day one, starting with the Fip Motilall. I will not dwell on the lack of accountability which the PPP has conspired to cloud all deals it is making with the Chinese for Marriot hotels, airports and sugar factories, al l o f w h i c h a r e n o t intended to serve the people of Guyana but the serve the inflow to the private pockets of our government officials. Tony Vieira
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WE ARE VICTIMS OF RACIAL POLITICS DEAR EDITOR, We the concerned residents of the Four Miles Community of Port kaituma, North West District, Region #1, hereby wish to inform you of a very grievous situation that is affecting us and is trusting that as citizens of this country, our concerns will be addressed and an intervention will be done to bring residents at peace where we can live with love, respect and dignity. On Wednesday, 27th March, 2013, two days after a protest by concerned residents, a correspondence was printed in the daily edition of Kaieteur News (letters...where your views makes the news.) This being a copy of the petition that was previously carbon copied and delivered to the following individuals and offices: His Excellecy, Mr. Donald Ramotar (President of the Republic of Guyana) Ms. Pauline Sukhai (Minister of Amerindian Affairs); Mr. Ifran Alli (Minister of Housing); Chief Lands and Surveys Officer; Mr. Glenn Lall; Mr. Paul Pierre (Regional chairman) and Mr. Gerald Rodrigues (AREO) A Copy of this petition
was also issued to Mr. Bailey, Officer-in-charge of Port Kaituma Police Station within the stipulated period for permission to proceed on a peaceful protest where we did voice our concerns. On Monday, 25th march 2013, at around 16:26hrs and just a few hours after this protest, an emergency meeting was held at the Nursery School in the Four Miles Community. Officials Present was Mr. Ignatious Adams, Mr.Kishore Etwaroo, Mr. Gerald Rodrigues, Mr.Paul Pierre, Mr. Bailey, Mr. Shawn James and Mr. Wesley. Some residents, who managed to adjust their schedule and drew strength from the assuming positive outcome of the petition, attended this meeting. The main focus of the meeting was for the residents to verbally voice their concerns with regards to the issues highlighted in the petition. Many related issues were discussed, concerns raised and advice given by officials who at the time, appeared to be genuinely concerned about our predicaments and promised us representation at a higher level.
We were certainly elated. However, in the days following this meeting, the more vocal residents who could not be coerced nor intimidated, found themselves being excluded from organized community activities and community meetings. Persons were still being targeted and intimidated. Please note that the previous and present elected Chairman of the community distanced themselves despite being invited by Mr. Gerald Rodrigues to that emergency meeting. A few weeks later, a team Chaired by Ms Halima (Community Development Project Officer of the Amerindian Affairs Ministry) visited the community to discuss the implementation of the Bee keeping Project, LCDS etc. Although some of us were given less than 24 hours notice while others none, we attended in great numbers after being mislead to believe that at last, we were to be given an audience with the Honourable Mrs. Pauline Sukhai. (Imagine our disappointment). To add insult to injury, after Ms Halima’s team left, we
were allowed to voice our concerns and were again promised an audience with the MOAA in exactly one week’s time. We never heard from the Minister of Amerindian Affairs nor any other official with regards to the matter. Mr. Ganga Persaud, who was very honest in acknowledging the unrest in the community and while being sympathetic to our plight, made it clear that it is not within his capacity to sanction. To make matters even worst, while some internal officials volunteer misleading information, others distanced themselves from the issue or, could not
be contacted on telephone numbers previously supplied. We are being undermined and taunted and most of us are of the opinion that we are victims of racial politics. (Our community comprises mostly of mixed races)and most of these families have been striving to attain a better way of life for their husbands, wives, children and grandchildren to come, many of whom share Amerindian parentage. We are humble beings who are not as formally educated as our political leaders whom we have so far addressed with our issues.
Yet we are very saddened by their show that lacks professional ethics. Mrs. Pauline Sukhai visited Port Kaituma on July 29th 2013 along with a team, where she addressed the LCDS. The residents of Four Miles Community a Port Kaituma would have appreciated a courtesy call. With this being said, we the Concerned Residents of Four Miles Community are imploring you to shine a much brighter light on our predicament that we may be acknowledged and our interest protected. Concerned residents of Four Miles, Port Kaituma
Defective scales are in bountiful use at these markets DEAR EDITOR, The Region # 2 Administration cannot be exonerated from blame for shirking its responsibility to enforce the law to protect residents there from unscrupulous vendors by “ripping them off” in short weight especially in the meat section of the markets in the district. But while such a situation is bad for purchasers, it is worse still to have full time employees in a special office within Anna Regina who are supposed to look into scales, weights, measurements, etc., just relaxing instead of making regular visits at the markets to curb the anomaly. Until such time as these errant vendors are placed before the court to serve as a deterrent despite of how paltry the monetary penalty may be, the presumptuous cheating will continue much
to the detriment of purchasers. Just a few days ago at the Suddie market in my home village, I enquired from a vendor who sells pork, chicken, and chicken foot the price for the latter to which she replied $300.00 (three hundred dollars) per pound. After placing an order for two pounds, two sealed parcels were handed to me with an explanation from the vendor that each contained one pound with me having to pay $600.00 (six hundred dollars), which I was prepared to do. From my own experience, the weight struck me to be less and when a reweighing was done in her presence on the scale of a nearby businessman, the two parcels had only one and a half pounds. My interest to make the purchase completely
vanished. Before my observation in the matter which was reported at the Suddie Police station, and the vendor questioned, it could well be that ot h e r p u r c h a s e r s unknowingly accepted the same 12 ounces packet for a pound with her making an extra 25 pounds on the sale of every 100 pounds to earn an additional profit of $7,500.00 (seven t h ousand five hundred dollars) through sheer exploitation. It is very much unfair to pay the price asked for and in the end to get short weight. Defective scales are in bountiful use at these markets and no one in authority seems to care. To this day, some vendors are selling at 400 grams per pound when in fact it has to be 450 grams, with customers losing all the time. Baliram Persaud
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Children among several injured as drag-racing bus crashes
Rescuers around the mangled bus.
Fifteen passengers, including two children, were injured at around 19:30 hrs yesterday after the driver of a drag-racing minibus crashed on the East Bank Public road near Agricola. Among the injured are Sharline Bourne, four, Cynelle Moore, 10, Kevin, Althea Bourne, 31, Kadeen Bourne, 3, Lily Park, 30, Asif Juman, 21, Shawn Bourne, 31, Lorson De Younge, 25, De Santos, Trinell De Younge, 24, Rocky Moore, 44, Mikisha Moore, 1, Kenwin Isaacs, 18, Dania Abrams, 15, Zahid Ali, 25, and Montel Lavencia, 18. The accident occurred in the vicinity of the Alpha Hotel at Agricola Public Road. According to James Valenzuela, who was driving behind minibus BRR 1955, the driver of that vehicle was travelling at “rocket speed” as he was racing with another car, which he overtook on the Providence Public Road. “I notice he since at Providence just speeding coming down, and then suddenly a white 212 speed past he and like it provoke he so he went after the car”, Valenzuela said. The man added that the two vehicles were racing “neck and neck” on the road
when the car struck the bus resulting in the bus toppling several times. “When I drive up and I see people and set a lil children pon the road… so me and some other men tek out the people and rush dem to the hospital”, the eyewitness said. Valenzuela added that after the crash, another minibus, PJJ 6588, which was also traveling at a tremendous speed, slammed into the back of the bus; sending it into a nearby wall with persons still trapped inside. “This bus done bruk up and all of a sudden a next one wuh couldn’t control he speed come and smash heself into it and yuh done know what happen with them people in deh”, the man said. Another eyewitness who resides just a few houses away from the crash site recalled hearing the sound of “things breaking” before she heard the screams of the injured. “When I look through the window the first thing that caught me eye was a small baby in the gutter so I shout to some a dem boy and tell them look the child and when they pull him out he been cover in blood all he head like
he get hit”, the woman said. She said that a woman who appeared to be the mother of the child was also lying on the ground in an unconscious state. She added that it took the effort of over a dozen men to take out the persons from the mangled minibus. Meanwhile, at Airy Hall Mahaicony, five people were injured when two cars crashed while negotiating a turn. Among the injured are Sanjay Backreedy, 13, Royston Silos, 34, and Bibi Seegobin, 55.
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Concern over fate of missing policewoman deepens - cops question, release boyfriend Concern about the fate of Lance Corporal Patriena Nicholson has deepened, with police questioning the woman’s boyfriend, and relatives, searching hospitals and even mortuaries for her. Kaieteur News understands that investigators detained the 38year-old policewoman’s acquaintance for 72 hours but eventually released him. This newspaper was told that the boyfriend was previously suspected to have links with a gang that had created havoc on the East Coast Demerara. Nicholson, who is seconded to the Police Mounted Branch, has been missing since August 9. “I have been up and down (looking); we check the hospitals, we check at Lyken (funeral parlour…nothing,” a sister told Kaieteur News. According to the sister, the missing woman spent most of her time at the Mounted Branch barrackroom. The sister said that she checked her sibling’s belongings, which she had kept in a cupboard, but was unable to say whether she might have taken anything with her. Kaieteur News understands that Lance Corporal Nicholson left her location at around 14:00 hrs on August 9, after telling her colleagues that she was going “to wash.” Relatives also received reports that she
Have you seen her? Patriena Nicholson was heading home to drop off a package when she vanished. According to the woman’s sister, Shellon Nicholson, who lives at 44 Austin Street, Campbellville, it is unlike her sibling to disappear and not contact relatives. She said that around 13:30hrs on August 9, a call came to her from Patriena cell phone. Attempts to reach her about an hour later failed. Since then, all calls have been forwarding to voice mail. Patriena Nicholson was last seen on Friday afternoon leaving police headquarters wearing a brown blouse, a pair of blue jeans and a pair of black sandals. Anyone knowing the whereabouts of Patriena Nicholson is asked to call 692-5163; 621-2126; and 6600500 or contact the nearest police station.
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North R/veldt resident celebrates 100 With family and close friends around, Lillian Jackson of Lot 3665 North Ruimveldt, Georgetown, celebrated the remarkable milestone reaching her hundredth birthday. Slightly fatigued by the day’s hassle, Ms. Jackson relayed to Kaieteur News that being a 100yrs old has been a satisfying journey. The God-fearing Jackson expressed that she had not done anything “extraordinary” that would contribute to her longevity and so she is certain that it is “the grace of the Lord” that has pulled her through. “I give God thanks and praise for keeping me strong. Right now, I am sick but I am feeling strong. I give God praise and thanks for that. Born in Corentyne, Berbice and raised in Georgetown, Ms. Jackson stated that she has made the best of her life thus far. She is mother to 15 children, six of whom are alive; and has been rewarded with 40 grandchildren, more than 50 great grandchildren and three great-great grandchildren. Apart from visual impairment, relatives informed that the centenarian has no serious illnesses and is physically active. “She is able to move around the house and help herself,” her last offspring, Winifred Jackson, said. “She even combs her own hair.” Since she is not obliged to make her life a health campaign, the centenarian reportedly enjoys a plateful of fried green plantains for breakfast, served with Milo or coffee. “But it must have Quaker Oats inside,” the
Centenarian Ms. Lillian Jackson woman’s daughter added. She said that a classic favorite enjoyed by the centenarian, now and again, is a portion of milk powder. Jackson is remembered by
her children as being a hardworking and caring mother who instilled in them values that they carry until today. Asked what would be her
advice to the younger generation of today, the centenarian said, “I want to see them in the right way. I will always advise them to take the right way.”
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Mentally ill woman lives in hollow tree By Rehana Ashley Ahamad To kids, it might seem like the ultimate “George of the Jungle experience”, but it may very well be that the woman living in the big old tree at Houston, on the East Bank of Demerara has nowhere else to go. Mind you, it is not a wooden structure or treehouse built to the branches that some exciting minds may imagine. On the contrary, the woman is living inside of the hollow tree trunk. One simply cannot miss it; the very old, very tall tree, which separates Mc Doom and Houston. The tree stands next to the sign that indicates entry into the Houston community for those heading north to Georgetown. On my way to work over the past few months, I would see mattresses, pieces of wood and tarpaulin piled up against the tree trunk, but the thought that it might be someone’s strange habitat never crossed my mind. But recently, I passed in a minibus and noticed
something that completely grabbed my attention. Smoke was emanating from the top of this tree. I was extremely curious, and instead of proceeding to work, I came out to examine the possibility of a fire in the tree. I was almost at the entrance of its trunk when a resident of Houston shouted “young lady move from there. It ain’t safe. A mad woman living deh, and she got a cutlass.” I was indeed startled, so I did not go further. Instead, I crossed the road and made my way over to the man so as to thank him for the warning. I then proceeded to ask about the woman, but he didn’t seem to know much. All he said was that she had started living in the tree for about a few months prior to July last. I admit that I somewhat badgered him for more information on her, but he did not seem to know much more. I then took a few pictures of the tree, and left for office. I kind of dropped the issue a bit, but surely not for long, because every day, as I
Caribbean Airlines... (From page 3) with the Government and private sector representatives points to its willingness to forge new partnerships. One of the critical means of accomplishing this, he added, was to establish a formal communication structure through which important concerns can be quickly directed to the senior management of Caribbean Airlines. The Caribbean Airlines Chairman said that despite constraints, CAL will continue to build improved partnerships with the Guyanese travellers. On the issue of pricing, the Chairman said that the next step is for Caribbean Airlines to review the current price structure so that all customers can benefit.
passed that location, I would try to get a glimpse of the mysterious woman. Then just last week, while returning from another story in Eccles, I stopped to get even more photographs of the tree, hoping that I might also see its mysterious occupant. Although the man’s warning was replaying itself in my head, I still ventured nearer. As my camera flashed, I heard a strange, rustling sound behind the tarpaulin. I peeped to see what it was. And there she was; a slim, dark-complexioned woman chopping away on a piece of wood. I assumed that that was meant to keep the fire going, as on that day too, smoke was emanating from the top of the tree. I was tempted to take a picture, but her cutlass was obviously sharp and I didn’t want to risk being maimed. So, slowly, I took a few steps back, and tried to assess how to get the photograph of her. I realized the street south of the tree was a perfect spot, especially since a canal separated me from the woman, so an excited me proceeded. While taking a few snaps, the woman noticed me and became obviously enraged. She rushed out from behind the tarpaulin with her very sharp cutlass. I wanted to get a “top class” shot, so I continued snapping photos. But then I realized that my cab had secured comfortable parking on the northern side of the tree, and would not see my signals for help. More frightening was the fact that I had nowhere to run. I was backed by a dead end, and all the gates nearby were
The mentally unstable woman lives in the trunk of this tree padlocked. I panicked, and lowered my camera. I felt silly afterwards, but I even remember praying-”God please don’t let this woman chop me”. I knew she could have harmed me, but I think she felt less threatened as I had lowered my camera, since she didn’t come any closer. She just stood on the road, brandishing her cutlass and cursing. “What the ——-you want? I ain’t know you,” she shouted. After a few minutes, the woman had calmed down. Another resident of the area (how thankful I am to him), walked me past the tree to
where my taxi was parked. As the car drove off the woman was still cursing at me. Nonetheless, the photos I took of the woman were not good enough for the newspaper, and I desperately wanted to pen a story about this woman. I obviously needed to know more, so again, I returned to the tree on the Houston Public Road. But, the woman was not at home. I can’t say I was very disappointed at this. I resorted to interviewing some residents of McDoom and Houston. They didn’t know much, except that the mentally unstable woman is always armed with a cutlass and is
extremely protective of her territory. “Somebody should do something and move this woman. Children and so does pass there, and she head ain’t good. She could chop anybody, at anytime. Plus, that is a very old tree, I don’t know if it safe fuh she keep cooking in it. Suppose it fall on one ah them house this, who gon compensate we? And plus it could fall and kill people,” one resident said. He added that “remember when the madman beat that foreign man to death in s shop, fuh no reason? Just like that this woman could chop up people fuh no reason.”
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GPHC Maternal death…
Grieving husband left with huge expenses - hopes Health Ministry will compensate him When Nigel Rodney tied the blissful wedding knot with his sweetheart Luan a few years ago he was convinced that they would be growing old together. It wasn’t long after they became parents to their first child, Marsha, giving them the sense of really becoming a family unit. Four years later their second child was on the way and the two were anxiously deciding on names. And since their anticipated child was another girl, two names that were under serious consideration was Kelisha or Kenisha. The name didn’t really matter to Nigel though; he was just anxious to cradle his newborn in his arms and even had plans to parade the streets of the Meadow Brook Garden Squatting area to show her off. But by the start of June, the anticipated member of the Rodney family was way overdue which saw the expectant mother being admitted to the Georgetown
Nigel Rodney and his wife in happy times.
Luan was pronounced dead in the wee hours of June 4 in the maternity unit of the GPHC. It has been more than two months since that
“My wife went into that hospital looking and feeling good and come out back dead because they couldn’t take the time to give her proper care…” Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC) for labour to be induced. Luan was admitted on Monday June 3, 2013. Nigel remembers all too well how he was excited about returning to the hospital the following day to collect his wife and their new baby. But the morning of June 4 did not turn out the way he had envisioned. Instead of being greeted with news of being a father to a newborn, hospital officials informed Nigel that not only was his wife dead but his baby was stillborn. Twenty-eight-year-old
devastating blow to his life but according to the widower, during an interview with this publication on Saturday, he is still struggling to accept the stark reality. In fact, he disclosed that the whole ordeal has left him with more expense than he has ever known. Nigel, who operates as a weeder/landscaper, said that he is struggling to make ends meet as he is now required to act as both mother and father to his four-year-old daughter, thus he is unable to work the hours he could’ve in the past. “I have to ensure Marsha eats,
I have to take care of her…I do get some help from my mother but I can’t leave everything on her because Marsha is my child,” explained a despondent Nigel. A recently completed investigation into the death of Luan by an Expert Committee deduced that both doctors and nurses, who were tasked with attending to her, were negligent in the care rendered. Both sets of professionals were sent on administration leave pending the outcome of the investigation but their ultimate fates currently lie in the hands of both the Medical and N u r s i n g Council, according to Chief Medical Officer, Dr. Shamdeo Persaud. But according to Nigel, he was only privy to the development of the investigation through the media, although officials at the hospital had assured him that they would keep him (Continued on page 21)
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Opposition members blast Education Ministry for ‘poor’ CSEC results By Kiana Wilburg Despite isolated outstanding performances at the recent Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate (CSEC) examination, Guyanese students performed poorly and there is a view that the administration is in large part to be blamed for this, “national disaster.” Head of State, Donald Ramotar, this past week while addressing the National Economic Forum, told stakeholders that the massive investments in Education are paying off. Any analysis of the examination results however demonstrates a different picture. Mathematics in particular, has recorded the lowest pass rate this year. In fact, the pass rate for this subject area has notably declined since 2010. In 2010, only 34.5 per cent of students who sat the examination managed to pass and this declined in 2011 to 30.4 per cent. By 2012, the pass rate for Mathematics plummeted further to 29.69 per cent and only 28.92 per cent of the students were successful this year. Former Finance Minister, A Partnership for National Unity’s (APNU), Carl Greenidge, believes that the serving Minister of Education, Priya Manickchand, ‘spends too much time on Public Relations work.’ Greenidge, a practicing economist and former lecturer at the University of Guyana, in the past, had lectured on Education at several overseas based tertiary institutions. According to Greenidge, “the Minister should leave the announcements and public reading of CSEC results to the professional staff of the Ministry and concentrate on looking at how resources are allocated for the assistance of guiding policies to correct the inadequacies these results
Amna Ally suggest.” Greenidge posits, “There is something fundamentally wrong with the education system and current policies.” While the causes of unsatisfactory performances, particularly in Mathematics are many, the Shadow Finance Minister believes a misallocation of financial resources between primary and other levels of education is also to be blamed. He lambasted too “the silly and pernicious” misapplication of the policy of ‘no-child left behind’ and the noticeable lack of trained teachers. Greenidge said that the teaching profession needs
Carl Greenidge
Dr. David Hinds pointed out that while there is a variety of causes that have led to the poor
“If seven out of 10 students cannot pass Math, six out of 10 cannot pass English and four out of 10 cannot pass with top grades, then we have a national disaster on our hands...” - Dr. David Hinds attention with regard to salaries, incentives, and less politicization within the system. “We also need to pay stricter attention to homes as the environment can also affect the child…We must also see addressing the deficiencies in education in this context as well,” said Greenidge. APNU’s Shadow Minister with responsibility for Education, Amna Ally,
performances at this year’s sitting of the CSEC examinations, she believes that the absence of skilled Mathematics teachers is pivotal. “While those who have performed exceedingly well must be congratulated we must also pay attention to those who have performed poorly, the causes of such and how we can improve in these areas.” Associate (Continued on page 22)
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In Britain if something is “the full monty” it is as complete as possible to the point of overkill, for example “Their wedding was magnificent, with a champagne reception, threecourse dinner and a band the full monty.” The American equivalent would be “the whole nine yards”, “the whole ball of wax”, “the whole enchilada”, or “the whole shebang”. The origin of the phrase is uncertain and there are many different explanations about who or what “monty” was. Many people think that the “Monty” was Field Marshal Viscount Montgomery the British hero of the Second World War (WWII). Monty was renowned for the rigorous training regimen he inflicted on his regiment. This was supposedly known as “the full Monty treatment.”
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Monty was also famous for his large breakfasts and the even bigger Eighth Army which he commanded during the desert campaign in Africa. However, the best candidate for “Monty” is a clothing business based in Leeds, England headed by Montague Burton and that the phrase “the full monty” was essentially a full threepiece suit with waistcoat and a spare pair of trousers (as opposed to a standard twopiece suit) from the firm. When the British forces were demobilised after WWII, they were issued with a “demob suit”. The contract for supplying these suits was fulfilled by Montague Burton, so the complete suit of clothes issued to the servicemen was known as “the full Monty”. There was also the famous Monty Python comedy group (Monty
Python’s Flying Circus) whose influence on comedy has been compared to the impact of the Beatles on the music industry. They are said to have pushed the boundaries of what was acceptable in style and content. Then in 1997 along came the movie “The Full Monty” about six unemployed men who decided to form a striptease act along the lines of the Chippendales but whose shtick was to show off theirs by going for total nudity or “the full monty”. This shift in the meaning of the phrase from men with too much clothes on to men without any lasted until about two weeks ago when Sussex and England spin bowler, Monty Panesar, pushed the boundaries of what was acceptable in behavior and used his python to not just urinate in public but to
Grieving husband left... (From page 16) abreast. “They promised me to keep me aware of what was going on…they talked to me a few times but people on the streets knowing about the developments before me…I know that they (the hospital) already knew from the beginning what happened to my wife but I thought they would be professional enough to call me in and tell me about the findings themselves so I gave them the time to do their thing…they even asked me not to talk to the media,” said Nigel. And since he does not have the wherewithal to take
legal action against the health institution, Nigel is hopeful that the management of the hospital or the relevant authority would see it fit to compensate him for the expenses he has had to incur because of his wife’s death. “The least they can do now is compensate me for something that happened because of their negligence…” “My wife went into that hospital looking and feeling good and come out back dead because they couldn’t take the time to give her proper care,” asserted the distraught man.
He is however hopeful that his wife’s death has not occurred in vain since he anticipates that the service offered at the hospital will be improved so that another life could be saved in the future. Although dealing with the death of his wife and baby has not been easy Nigel disclosed that he finds comfort in some of the many stories in the Bible. “I have come to accept that nothing can happen unless God allows it to happen and somehow I hope that some good will come out of the situation,” added Nigel.
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saturate two night-club bouncers in the process. Ironically, among Panesar’s nicknames are “Montster” and “Python”. His Sikh ancestry and his black patka have earned him other nicknames like the “Sikh of Tweak”, “The Beard to be Feared” and “The Turbanator”. Now it is “The Fool Monty”. According to a report in the Independent headlined “How Can He Spin This One? Monty Panesar collared by police for urinating in public”, “Sussex have launched an investigation after England spinner Monty Panesar was given a fixed penalty notice for being ‘drunk and disorderly’ following an incident at a Brighton nightclub. The 31-year-old was ejected from the Shooshh club in Brighton, East Sussex, and then urinated in public, it was confirmed this morning. A Sussex Police spokesman said: ‘A 31-year-old man received a fixed penalty notice for being drunk and disorderly after being seen urinating in public near the Shooshh Club in King’s Road Arches, Brighton, around 4.13am on Monday (August 5)’… It was reported in The
Sun that the former Northamptonshire player urinated from the promenade above the venue on to doormen standing below before he was hauled back to the club where police were called.” As several people commented, this was one incident that could not be shooshed. The fact is, Monty was pissed and has pissed off the English cricketing establishment. The related references and phrases rolled out – “It’s just not cricket” and “Monty went beyond the boundary”. The Australian newspaper used the headline, “Monty Panesar finds unexpected response to bouncers in new escapade.” Another comment was that with Sussex cricket authorities investigating the incident, Monty is not yet “off the hook”. It is clear that the US$153 fine he paid is the least of his problems. Right now, Monty is ducking a barrage of his own. Although he has apologized unreservedly his career might still be irretrievably jeopardized. “This is something we are treating
very seriously,” Zac Toumazi, the Sussex chief executive, said. In addition to trying to save his job with Sussex, Monty also has to deal with the jokes. Alan Tyers writing in espncricinfo.com reveals “Monty’s P: sprinkling spinner’s ‘secret diary’ explains all”. According to Tyers Monty’s diary contains this entry, “I suppose earlier in my career it was fair to say that I wasn’t much use apart from as a spinner, but I think that’s changing now. They used to say I couldn’t deal with bouncers: I feel I’ve definitely answered my critics on that score.” Even though his former team mate, Paul Collingwood admitted that Monty’s urinary escapade is not a nice story, Collingwood does not believe it will affect Monty’s selection on the England team. However, critics say that Monty’s return to the English squad is highly unlikely because he has not only lost his head, he has also lost his zip. *Tony Deyal was last seen saying that Monty no longer writes a secret diary. He now has an e-pissle.
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Opposition members blast... (From page 16) Professor, Dr. David Hinds, who also weighed in on the examination results, is of the opinion that despite some excellent individual performances at this year’s CSEC, children as a group continue to under-perform. According to Dr. Hinds, “If seven out of 10 students cannot pass Math, six out of 10 cannot pass English and four out of 10 cannot pass with top grades, then we have a national disaster on our hands.” The Professor said that while it is difficult to pinpoint any single cause of the problem, “certainly governance must be high up on that list.” He reminds that it is at the administrative level that
national priorities are decided. “It is there where the decisions are made with regard to how much resources are expended on education and how those resources are used.” “Allied to that cause,” according to Dr Hinds, “is the inability of poor parents and poor communities to offer the kind of supplementary assistance and guidance to their children”. “The recycling of poverty therefore is one of the major contributing causes of the problem…Poor people who have to hustle and /or work several jobs to make ends meet obviously do not have the time to oversee and monitor their children’s progress…Linked to that, is the decline in the
communities as spaces of collective pride, dignity, culture and learning.” He believes that Education is no longer “projected as the gateway to individual and collective overcoming of circumstances.” Several Mathematicians who spoke to this publication also believe that the decline in performance is hinged upon the administration within the Education Ministry. “It is of critical importance that mathematical teachers be involved in the decision making process with regard to the syllabus…Most students have a natural fear towards the subject area and with this in mind it is strongly suggested that the teaching strategies of the subject area be revised.” With combined experience in excess of thirty years in the profession, the mathematicians suggest the introduction of workshops that would be able to help teachers break away from “the text-book method of teaching.” “It is high time that we have workshops to revise the ways in which we better communicate these topics to our students.”
Monday August 19, 2013
Politicians left out as civil society participates in ‘Remembrance Walk’
A scene from yesterday’s 1823 Remembrance Walk A key highlight of yesterday’s ‘Remembrance Walk’/ Freedom Walk, in honour of the 1823 martyrs was that politicians took the back seat as people from all walks of life came out early in the morning to show support in the face of massive struggles endured by citizens. This was noted by political activist Dr. David Hinds, who spoke to media personnel following an almost six mile walk from Le Resouvenir on the East Coast Demerara to Parade Ground, in the city. The walk was in memory of African slaves who were beheaded and placed on exhibition at Parade Ground by European slave owners, following a three- day uprising against terrible plantation conditions and the refusal of plantation owners to grant them the freedom that was proclaimed by the British Government. The walk was also to show support for those against the monument commemorating this event being placed anywhere else except where the murder of some 100 African slaves took place. Hinds emphasized that yesterday’s event was organized by, “ordinary citizens engaged in self activity for self emancipation.” The foreign based professor on African history and lifestyle elaborated on the importance of people having a sense of their own freedom and organization, while highlighting that in Guyana’s current state, people have to be able to come forth, and speak for matters within their own interest. “We marched to show concern for what is happening in the country, using the 1823 rebellion anniversary to draw attention to what is taking place.” Hinds
related. The issue of the African slaves back then was freedom, equality and justice, while those issues are still with us today, he said. People should be inspired, he said, to do something about it, because when a society stops resisting and protesting; it is dead. Hinds hoped that yesterday’s event is the start of a prolonged resistance amidst a 21-year-old government that shows no sign of sitting down and solving the problems of the country. And while the other politicians can talk all they want Hinds said, ordinary citizens are bent on mobilizing to fight in their own interest, abandoning politicians and organizing in their own names as civil society, “because politicians are failing us in terms of people involvement.” Hinds concluded that yesterday’s activity showed that African Guyanese could take to the street in protest which did not degenerate into violence and mayhem. “It is also a clear statement against the criminalization of African Guyanese protest and resistance. It also represents the reclaiming of the public space as a central forum of political discourse and public action against government overreach. Chartered accountant, Christopher Ram, in an invited comment expressed that while he believes that the march had a satisfactory turn out coupled with a reasonable level of energy, he advocated that the African Guyanese Community has a right to say where they want such a historic monument to be located. He believes that the purpose of the march will be achieved and their efforts would not go in vain. “As a nation we must remember these major events. It is a tremendous
significance regionally and internationally. This event which took place eleven years before slavery was abolished led to a lot of bloodshed. Its representation is important and it is important that the African Guyanese community has a say in where they want the monument to be in order to commemorate an event of that significance.” Main organizer, Dr. Melissa Ifill said that more than anything, yesterday’s event was to sensitize the wider public of intensions to place the 1823 monument at Parade Grounds. She praised yesterday’s participants, while noting that their presence highlighted the interest of Afro- Guyanese in their history, lives, country and direction. “It signals the intension of Afro-Guyanese to take charge of their lives; the way in which our stories are told and how we represent our heroes.” Former Parliamentarian, Aubrey Norton said the turnout at yesterday’s event indicated that people are awakened and understand Guyana’s realities and recognize that one has to struggle for what they want. In relation to the 1823 martyrs, Norton said he thinks that the monument should be placed where those fallen Africans met their demise, in their quest for freedom and equality. “The ground is a monument within itself because historically, this is where slave masters advertised the corpse. In relation to physical monument, mechanisms are being put in place, we are going to build a monument and a proper park. Even if it takes 20 years, it is a responsibility undertaken, but we hope to have this done much sooner.”
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Greenidge refutes Jagdeo’s claims about cost of Mazaruni project The withdrawal of Sithe Global, the major contributor to the controversial Amaila Hydro Project because of the lack of unanimous parliamentary support for it was met with strong criticism by former President Bharrat Jagdeo during the recent economic forum as he condemned A Partnership for National Unity (APNU) for not coming on board. Jagdeo had argued that
the previous People’s National Congress (PNC) administration had spent a whopping US$300M in the late 1970s and early 80s on the failed Upp e r M a z a r u n i Hydro Project but he has apparently earned the anger of Member of Parliament Carl Greenidge, the APNU’s point man on the economy, who says he fully disagrees with Jagdeo’s figures and assessment of the project.
Speaking to Kaieteur News over the weekend, former Finance Minister Greenidge said that the previous attempt to bring hydro power to Guyana from the Eclipse Falls in the Mazaruni could not have incurred costs of around $300M as Jagdeo has argued, as the total Gross Domestic Product at the time would not have been much more than that, given the size of the
Monday August 19, 2013 ARIES (March 21 - April 19): What's all the fussing and fighting about? You bring your much-needed sense of calm to the center of a fracas. Frankly, some people just enjoy getting in a tizzy -which is fine for them, but not so fun for the people who have to deal with them on a regular basis. ******************* TAURUS (April 20 - May 20): A certain amount of frustration may be present in your life right now, much as you would like to avoid it. Try to work solo as much as possible to duck any negative energy around you. You can actually turn this sense of discontent to your advantage -- a situation that is using your last nerve as a jump rope might just force you to find a solution. ****************** GEMINI (May 21 - June 20): Recent events have you feeling like you're walking on a tightrope, and you're troubled about how, exactly, you're supposed to make it through. ******************** CANCER (June 21 - July 22): There's no harm in indulging in a few harmless illusions -- unless all that fantasizing is keeping you from looking at events that are happening right in front of your eyes. ********************* LEO (July 23 - Aug. 22): Straight answers may be hard to come by right now, especially if the questions themselves are as complicated and twisty as any maze. Clearly, the astrological lesson here is that you need to learn how to make up your own mind. ******************* VIRGO (Aug. 23 - Sept. 22): Making mistakes is normal, so please, no beating yourself up for something that was an absolutely understandable misunderstanding. *********************
LIBRA (Sept. 23 - Oct. 22): Before your friends and neighbors file a missing persons report, reassure them that you're still here -- you just need some time to yourself to tackle a few weighty matters before they get even bigger. ********************* SCORPIO (Oct. 23 Nov. 21): You're a firm believer that two heads are better than one, so put your money where your mouth is. The stars present you with someone out of your usual comfort zone -- someone a little brash, a little zany -who's just what the doctor ordered. ******************** SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22 Dec. 21): 'Expect the unexpected' is your current mantra, and a very wise one at that. Some conflicting celestial energies cause a hoo-hah that needs your wise and discerning eye. .********************* CAPRICORN (Dec. 22 Jan. 19): You have a wonderful chance to revamp your image from the outer details to the inner. That goes double when it comes to matters financial. ******************** AQUARIUS (Jan. 20 Feb. 18): Get out and about. Your social energy is at an alltime high, and you need only the company of other people to shine. It doesn't matter what the setting is -- you're no snob -- but you might just make a connection that will lead to a lifelong relationship or a professional connection that could lead to something big. ********************* PISCE S ( F e b . 1 9 March 20): Are you being asked to commit countless hours to a difficult task in the workplace that you sure as heck didn't volunteer for? Before you cross your arms and say no, think about it.
economy back then. Greenidge put the GDP figure at G$1136.2 or a little over $400M at the time. Comparing Amaila and Upper Mazaruni, Greenidge said that engineers were also forced to build access roads to the Falls in preparation for capital works but it had to be abandoned after neighboring Venezuela campaigned against it internationally, citing its longstanding claim to a large chunk of Guyana’s land space. “The funding was not obtained largely because of the reticence of donors in reaction to Venezuela’s intervention in pursuit of its ridiculous claim to T! of our land mass. The money spent on the project also included a comprehensive story of all the potential hydro sites in the country. Those studies included recommendations which the People’s Progressive Party (PPP) government seems to be
ignoring for political reasons,” Greenidge said With such a huge figure, Greenidge noted that what the former president is saying in essence is that after the Mazaruni project, there was no money left to purchase anything else in the country. Greenidge also pointed out that Eclipse Falls would have generated over 1,000 megawatts of power, much more than the country would have needed back then and if Jagdeo is of the view that money was wasted or ill spent back then, “that is precisely why we should avoid that error again. Mr. Jagdeo’s understanding of this aspect of economics leaves a lot to be desired in this case,” he contended. He continued that it is much cheaper to produce large amounts of energy; in relation to the Marzaruni project, it would have been for many years to come, Greenidge said.
APNU’s Finance point man Carl Greenidge “The attempt to belittle the critics of the Amaila Hydro project is pathetic. Professor Clive Thomas is a highly acclaimed economist widely respected internationally. The Government has itself retained Chris Ram and Ramon Gaskin to advise and undertake work for them until they voiced public criticism of Government policies.” The former head of state had said that those against the transformational project used ‘charlatan economics’ and quoted figures by activists Christopher Ram, Ramon Gaskin and Professor Clive Thomas. Their analysis was claimed to be completely off the mark, and they were accused of ‘killing’ the hydro project. To criticisms on the debt the nation would incur as a result of the Amaila Falls project, Jagdeo said that, “There is not a single cent of debt, outside of the money that we are spending on the road and the equity that we are taking that will accrue to this country...” The former president said that the project’s funds were not easily available, and as such, the nation lost its opportunity.
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North Korea agrees on talks on family reunions SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea yesterday accepted a South Korean offer for talks on reuniting families separated by war, but proposed separate talks on resuming lucrative tours to a scenic North Korean mountain in an apparent effort to link the two discussions. Last week, the two Koreas agreed to work toward a resumption of a jointly run factory park in North Korea, raising hopes for improved ties between the rivals. Seoul subsequently proposed Red Cross talks Friday on restarting the reunions. Yesterday, an unidentified spokesman at Pyongyang’s Committee for the Peaceful Reunification of Korea said the North had agreed on the Red Cross talks. He proposed meeting at the country’s scenic Diamond Mountain, not at the southern side of the border village of Panmunjom as South Korea requested. The spokesman said via state media that North Korea
also wants another set of talks Thursday on tours of Diamond Mountain, a day ahead of the proposed Red Cross meeting. South Korea suspended tours to Diamond Mountain after a South Korean woman was shot dead by a North Korean border guard there in 2008. The project had provided a legitimate source of hard currency to North Korea before its suspension. “The North Korean intention is obvious. It is saying it wants to exchange the resumption of the Diamond Mountain tours with the family reunions,” said Lim Eul Chul, a professor at South Korea’s Kyungnam University. South Korea’s Unification Ministry said later Sunday that it “positively” views North Korea’s decision to agree on the Red Cross talks but still wants them held at Panmunjom as it initially proposed. A ministry statement said it will review North Korea’s offer for talks on the
mountain tours. Family reunions were a major inter-Korean cooperation program formulated under a previous era of detente on the divided Korean Peninsula. About 22,000 North and South Koreans had brief family reunions before the program stopped in 2010 due to increased tensions between the countries. The reunions are emotional for Koreans, as most participants are elderly and are eager to see loved ones before they die. Wednesday’s agreement by the two Koreas to push to restart the jointly run Kaesong industrial park could signal a thawing in ties between the rivals. But there’s also skepticism in South Korea about the North’s intentions. North Korea threatened Seoul and Washington with nuclear war this spring, and analysts say the North often follows provocations and threats with a charm offensive meant to win aid.
Monday August 19, 2013
U.N. chemical weapons inspectors to start work in Syria on Monday
Ake Sellstrom (R) the head of a U.N. chemical weapons investigation team arrives in Damascus yesterday. REUTERS/Khaled al-Harri DAMASCUS (Reuters) A team of U.N. chemical weapons experts have arrived in Damascus and will start work today to investigate the possible use of chemical weapons in Syria’s civil war. President Bashar alAssad’s government and the rebels fighting him have accused each other of using chemical weapons, a step which the United States had said would cross a “red line” in a conflict which has killed 100,000 people. Like the broader Syrian conflict, the issue of chemical weapons has divided world powers. Washington said in June it believed Assad’s forces have used them on a small scale, while in July Moscow said rebels fired
sarin gas near Aleppo in March. The U.N. team, including weapons experts from the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons, will try to establish only whether chemical weapons including sarin and other toxic nerve agents were used, not who used them. The 20-member team declined to comment to reporters as they checked into a hotel in central Damascus yesterday. A U.N statement in New York said they would start work today. Led by Swedish scientist Ake Sellstrom, the team had been on standby since early April to visit Syria but the mission was held up for months by negotiations over
the access Damascus would grant them. Syrian officials originally insisted they should only investigate allegations of chemical weapons use in Khan al-Assal, near the northern city of Aleppo, but the team has been urged to look into at least a dozen other incidents, mainly around Damascus, Homs and the northern town of Saraqeb. The experts now plan to visit Khan al-Assal and two other sites, which they have not yet specified. Syria is one of seven countries that has not joined the 1997 convention banning chemical weapons. Western nations believe it has caches of undeclared mustard gas, sarin and VX nerve agents.
Russia readies tighter customs if Ukraine signs EU deal MOSCOW (Reuters) Russia is preparing tighter customs controls with Ukraine in case Kiev makes the “suicidal” move of signing an association agreement with the European Union, an aide to President Vladimir Putin was quoted as saying yesterday. Russian border guards imposed new time-consuming checks on all Ukrainian cargo last week as Putin piles pressure on Kiev to join a Moscow-led regional trade bloc. Ukraine has refused to join because it hopes to sign a free trade and political association agreement with the EU in November and the two deals are mutually exclusive. Sergei Glazev, who advises Putin on developing the trade union, yesterday
said the additional checks of Ukrainian imports were a oneoff and only temporary but warned Kiev should expect more such measures if it goes ahead with its European plans. “We are preparing to tighten customs procedures if suddenly Ukraine makes this suicidal step of signing the EU association agreement,” Glazev said, according to state-run news agency RIA. Russia is the largest consumer of Ukrainian exports but ties between the two have deteriorated over Kiev’s European aspirations as well as trade and gas rows. Sweden’s Foreign Minister Carl Bildt said it “would be very serious” if Russia waged a trade war against Ukraine to prevent it
from deepening ties with the EU. But there has also been growing frustration within the 28-nation bloc over lack of progress in talks with Kiev. Brussels is concerned about Ukraine’s protectionist policies and what it says is persecution of political rivals, especially the jailed former Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko. There could be no talk of a trade war between Kiev and Moscow, a statement from Ukraine’s Prime Minister Mykola Azarov said on Sunday after he discussed the case with Russian counterpart Dmitry Medvedev by telephone. A corresponding statement in Moscow said more talks on solving the row were due in the next days.
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Egypt death toll grows, Muslim Brotherhood prisoners die CAIRO (Reuters) - Some 38 Muslim Brotherhood supporters died in disputed circumstances at a prison yesterday, as the leader of Egypt’s powerful army warned he would not tolerate violence, urging Islamists to change course. Latest government figures said at least 830 people had died since last Wednesday in clashes pitting followers of deposed Islamist President Mohamed Mursi against security forces in the worst political bloodletting to rock Egypt in recent history. Police have rounded up hundreds of Mursi’s Brotherhood backers in recent days, in an effort by the army-backed government to end weeks of protests and to stamp their authority on the deeply polarized nation. The government said 70 members of the security forces were among the dead. The Interior Ministry said a group of detainees had tried to escape from a prison on the outskirts of Cairo, adding that an undisclosed number had been suffocated by tear gas when police moved in to free an officer who had been taken hostage. Three sources put the number of dead at 38. Offering a very different version of events, a legal source told Reuters that men had died from asphyxiation in the back of a crammed police van while being drive to prison. Vowing to take a firm stand against violence, army chief Abdel Fattah el-Sisi struck an apparently inclusive note in a speech broadcast on television, telling Mursi’s supporters: “There is room for everyone in Egypt.” But, in his first public comments since the latest upsurge in violence, he urged them to “revise their national position and realize that legitimacy belongs to the people to give it to whoever they want and take it from them whenever they want.” The Brotherhood, under huge pressure since police stormed its protest camps in Cairo and killed hundreds of its supporters on Wednesday, staged several more marches across the country to demand the reinstatement of Mursi, ousted by Sisi on July 3.
Egypt, the most populous Arab nation, risks lurching into anarchy just 30 months after President Hosni Mubarak’s overthrow was hailed as heralding democratic change across a region ruled by autocrats. Offering a glimpse at previously unreported violence, state news agency MENA said 79 people died on Saturday across Egypt and 549 were wounded. It was not immediately clear how the deaths had occurred. Previously only one person had been reported killed. The clampdown has brought the military rulers criticism from Egypt’s major ally, the United States, and the European Union, but support from wealthy Arab states led by Saudi Arabia, which fear the spread of Brotherhood ideology to the Gulf monarchies. The interim cabinet met on Sunday to discuss the bloody confrontation, with liberal deputy prime minister, Ziad Bahaa el-Din, advocating an end to a state of emergency declared last week, political participation for all parties and guarantees of human rights, including the right to free assembly. But his initiative seemed at odds with the stance of Prime Minister Hazem elBeblawi, who has suggested outlawing the 85-year-old Brotherhood, which would force it underground. The cabinet meeting lasted about four hours, but ended with no immediate announcement of any major decision. A middle-ranking security officer, who asked not to be named, said no political proposals or foreign condemnation would be allowed to deflect the suppression of the Brotherhood. “We have the people’s support. Everybody is against them now as they see the group as an armed terrorist organization with no future as a political power,” the officer said. The capital’s frenetic streets, unusually empty in the past few days, were returning to normal, although the army kept several big squares closed and enforced a dusk-to-dawn curfew. At night, soldiers standing by armored personnel carriers man
checkpoints and vigilantes inspect cars for weapons. Banks and the stock market reopened for the first time since Wednesday’s carnage, and shares plunged 3.9 percent. “As long as we have bloodshed on the streets, it takes away any reason for foreign and regional investors to buy in Egypt,” said Amer Khan, director at Shuaa Asset Management in Dubai. E g y p t ’s n e w r u l e r s blame the Muslim Brotherhood, which won five successive national polls held after Mubarak’s fall in 2011, but which drew charges that it was incompetent and bent on consolidating its own power during Mursi’s year in office. Sisi said: “We will not stand idle in face of the destruction and torching of the country, the terrorizing of the people and the sending of a wrong image to the Western media that there is fighting in the streets.” Brotherhood leaders accuse the military and other state institutions of sabotaging their time in government. In calibrated rebukes to the army, the United States has delayed delivery of four F-16 fighters and scrapped a joint military exercise, but it has not halted its $1.55 billion a year in aid to Egypt, mostly to finance U.S.-made arms supplies. But on Sunday, a bipartisan series of U.S. lawmakers - several of them reversing earlier stances from before the crackdown - said that Washington should suspend the aid. “For us to sit by and watch this happen is a violation of everything that we stood for,” said Senator John McCain, a Republican from Arizona. “There are many areas where we could exercise influence over the generals, and we’re not doing any of it, and we’re not sticking with our values. The European Union says it will urgently review relations. Foreign Minister Nabil Fahmy sought to pre-empt any Western attempt to use aid flows as a lever by saying he would look at all such assistance to see “what aid is being used to pressure
Egypt and whether this aid has good intentions and credibility”. He told a news conference Egypt was not seeking to reshuffle its friendships, but would widen them to increase its options. “The relationship between Egypt and the U.S. has been there for a long time. It has been through ups and downs in the past. We hope
things will go back to normal promptly,” Fahmy said. As part of a concerted push to drive home the state’s narrative of events, Fahmy’s aides distributed a pack of photos said to show Muslim Brotherhood members carrying firearms and wooden staves - and in one picture a black al Qaeda-type flag. The Brotherhood denies links to the global militant
network. Officials have accused Western media of biased coverage of the unrest, saying they have ignored attacks on police and the destruction of churches blamed on Islamists. The army crackdown has drawn wide support among Egyptians tired of political turmoil and hard-hit by its economic fallout.
Iran has 18,000 uranium centrifuges, says outgoing nuclear chief DUBAI (Reuters) - Iran has installed 18,000 uraniumenrichment centrifuges, the country’s outgoing nuclear chief was quoted as saying by Iranian media on Saturday. The U.S. and its Western allies are pressing Iran to curb its uran i u m e n r i c h m e n t program, which they suspect is aimed at developing a nuclear weapons capability, but Iran refuses and insists its nuclear activity is for purely peaceful purposes. New Iranian President Hassan Rouhani, a former nuclear negotiator who oversaw a previous deal to suspend Iran’s uranium enrichment, has welcomed new talks with world powers over the program but has insisted on Iran’s right to enrich uranium. Iran has 17,000 older “first-generation” IR-1
Fereydoun Abbasi-Davani centrifuges, of which 10,000 are operating and 7,000 are ready to start operations, the ISNA news agency quoted Fereydoun Abbasi-Davani, outgoing head of the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran (AEOI), as saying. A May report from the U.N. nuclear watchdog
indicated that Iran had by then installed roughly 16,600 IR-1 machines in two separate facilities. Abbasi-Davani also said there were 1,000 new, more advanced centrifuges ready to start operations, in a reference to IR-2m centrifuges, which once operational would allow Iran to enrich uranium several times faster than the IR-1 machine. The IAEA in its last report in May said Iran had installed a total of 689 such centrifuges and empty centrifuge casings. Rouhani on Friday appointed Ali Akbar Salehi, Iran’s previous foreign minister, to take over the AEOI. Salehi, who once headed the agency, is seen as a pragmatist, as opposed to the more hardline AbbasiDavani.
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Growing number of U.S. lawmakers urge suspension of Egyptian aid (Reuters) - A growing bipartisan chorus of U.S. lawmakers said yesterday that the United States should suspend its $1.5 billion in military and economic aid to Egypt following a violent crackdown on protesters that has left nearly 800 dead. Senator John McCain, a top Republican on the Senate Armed Services Committee, said he now supported suspending the aid, even though he initially believed it should be continued after the Egyptian military removed democratically elected President Mohamed Mursi from office last month. “I wanted to give (Egypt’s military leaders) an opportunity to do the right thing after the coup had taken place,” McCain said on CNN’s “State of the Union” program. But after the crackdown, aid should be withheld, he said. “For us to sit by and watch this happen is a violation of everything that we stood for,” McCain said, arguing there
are several other steps the United States could also take, such as withholding support for an International Monetary Fund loan or stopping shipments of military spare parts. “There are many areas where we could exercise influence over the generals, and we’re not doing any of it, and we’re not sticking with our values,” the Arizona Republican said. Around 800 people have died in three days of violence that has earned Egypt stiff condemnation from Western nations. President Barack Obama, a Democrat, on Thursday announced that normal cooperation with Cairo could not continue amid the crackdown and announced the cancellation of military exercises with Egypt next month. But he stopped short of cutting off U.S. aid to Egypt, which lately has been running about $1.55 billion a year, with $1.3 billion of that
John McCain provided to the military. The White House declined to comment yesterday about the growing calls from lawmakers for suspending aid. Around 800 people have died in three days of violence that has earned Egypt stiff condemnation from Western nations Untangling the aid relationship with Cairo would not be simple and could be
costly for the United States as well as Egypt. A special financing arrangement Cairo uses could leave U.S. taxpayers holding the bill for billions of dollars in equipment Egypt already has ordered on credit, and companies like Lockheed Martin and General Dynamics that build military hardware for Egypt would be affected by aid restrictions. Also yesterday, several lawmakers made the point that the security of neighboring Israel and the Suez canal were compelling reasons in favor of continued aid. Since 1979, when Egypt signed a peace treaty with Israel, it has been the second largest recipient, after Israel, of U.S. bilateral foreign aid, the Congressional Research Service says. At issue, too, is the U.S. relationship with key Gulf Arab states, including Saudi Arabia, Kuwait and the United Arab Emirates, which have promised the militarybacked government some $12 billion in financial support. Saudi Arabia, which fears the spread of Muslim Brotherhood ideology to the Gulf monarchies, pledged $5 billion alone in aid to Egypt after the Islamist Mursi was ousted.
Senator Kelly Ayotte, another Republican member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, said she also had changed her view and believed it was now time to cut off aid. “With the recent violent crackdown, I do not see how we can continue aid. I believe it must be suspended,” Ayotte said on NBC’s “Meet the Press” program. There have been calls in the last week from both ends of the U.S. political spectrum for Obama to uphold a U.S. law that triggers an aid cutoff if a democratically elected government is ousted by a military coup. Senator Jack Reed, a Democratic member of the Senate Armed Forces Committee, said Congress should pass legislation cutting off the aid, while giving Obama the flexibility to maintain it if he believes it is in the U.S. national security interest. “We have to have a policy that expresses our outrage, really, at the military but also gives the president the tools to - we hope engage them,” Reed told “Meet the Press.” Senator Bob Corker, a top Republican on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee,
also said Congress needs to revisit current law governing aid to Egypt. “Well, look, I think the actions of the last week, no doubt, are going to cause us to suspend aid. And I think it’s at the same time a time for us to recalibrate and look at what is our national interest,” Corker said on ABC’s “This Week” program. But since most of the aid for the current budget year has already been sent, “What we’re really talking about ... is a debate that will take place this fall as we look forward to next year,” Corker said. Representative Eliot Engel, a top Democrat on the House of Representatives Foreign Affairs Committee, urged caution, saying there were a number of strategic reasons for continuing the aid even though the Egyptian military’s actions were intolerable. “I think it’s a time to see what the next step should be. Obviously, we cannot let what’s been happening just happen, but I think we have to be careful and not cut off our nose to spite our face. These are very, very difficult choices. I’m very unhappy, obviously, with the crackdown,” Eliot said on ABC’s “This Week.”
Southern African leaders back re-election of Zimbabwe’s Mugabe LILONGWE (Reuters) Southern African leaders yesterday endorsed the reelection of veteran President Robert Mugabe, brushing aside a campaign from Zimbabwe’s opposition MDC who said the vote July was rigged and its results should be overturned. The decision by the 15nation Southern African Development Community (SADC), which helped broker a power-sharing deal after disputed elections in 2008, clears the way for Mugabe, 89, to be sworn as early as this week for a fresh five-year term. “The summit congratulated his honorable Robert Mugabe for winning the election in Zimbabwe,” a South African foreign ministry official said. At its meeting in Malawi’s capital Lilongwe, the group also named Mugabe, Africa’s oldest leader, as its deputy chairman and said it would hold a summit next year in Zimbabwe’s capital. Unlike the SADC and the African Union observer missions, which broadly endorsed the vote, the preliminary assessment by the leading domestic observers’ body called the election “seriously
Robert Mugabe compromised”. The Zimbabwe Election Support Network (ZESN) said registration flaws may have disenfranchised up to a million people out of 6.4 million registered voters. “We were not expecting SADC to immediately tell Mugabe to call fresh elections, but we are going to continue lobbying, while at home we apply various forms of political pressure to achieve democracy,” a spokesman for Zimbabwe’s opposition Movement for Democratic Change, Douglas Mwonzora, told Reuters. The MDC on Friday withdrew a court challenge
against the re-election, saying it would not get a fair hearing. It sent delegates to Lilongwe to raise its objections. Lawyers said the Constitutional Court was expected on Monday to formally accept the MDC’s withdrawal application, paving the way for Mugabe to be sworn in for a new fiveyear term. Under the constitution, a president has to be sworn in within 48 hours of the constitutional court decision. Political analysts said outgoing Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai has been careful not to speak about street protests, fearing a crackdown on his MDC leadership by Mugabe’s security forces. Former colonial power Britain had urged SADC to look carefully at accusations of fraud in last month’s poll and said it was disappointed opposition parties had withdrawn its legal challenge. Britain, the United States and the European Union have imposed sanctions against Mugabe and senior ZANU-PF leaders for human rights violations and suspected vote rigging and suspected rigging of previous elections.
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Kingstown, St. Vincent and the Grenadines – CNA Republic of China President Ma Ying-jeou and St. Vincent and the Grenadines Prime Minister Ralph Gonsalves signed a joint communiqué yesterday in the Caribbean country to reaffirm their bilateral support. Under the joint communiqué, St. Vincent and the Grenadines will continue to support the participation of Taiwan in international organizations, while Taiwan will persist in supporting development plans in the Caribbean country. Ma said the ROC values its friendship with St. Vincent and the Grenadines and the joint communiqué reiterates the two countries’ firm commitment to national
development and international participation. Ma arrived in St. Vincent and the Grenadines a day earlier on the fourth leg of a five-nation diplomatic tour. Earlier yesterday, he attended the opening of a new bridge and inspected the construction of an international airport terminal, both of which are funded with Taiwan’s help. Ma said the Taiwanese people are touched by St. Vincent and the Grenadines, which have always spoken up for the ROC on international occasions. “A friend in need is a friend indeed,” the president said, adding that he hopes the friendship between the two countries can be as longlasting as the new bridge.
Ma noted that the foreign aid policy of the ROC in the past has drawn criticism from the international community, but said he has strived to change that since taking office in 2008 by adopting “flexible diplomacy.” Only when aid is provided to foreign countries based on justifiable purposes, legal procedures and effective implementation can the ROC win the respect of other countries, the president said. Ma started his diplomatic tour Aug. 11 with a visit to Haiti after a transit stop in New York. The tour has also taken him to Paraguay and St. Lucia. He will conclude his diplomatic trip with a visit to St. Kitts and Nevis before returning to Taiwan via Los Angeles.
Showdown looms in Venezuela over decree powers plan CARACAS (Reuters) Venezuelan politicians traded insults at the weekend with a showdown looming in the National Assembly over President Nicolas Maduro’s plans to ask for fast-track decree powers he says he needs to combat corruption. Maduro, who narrowly won an April election to replace his late mentor Hugo Chavez, says he is ready to change “all the laws” if necessary to stamp out widespread graft that is denting his popularity with some core supporters. The opposition accuses Maduro of turning a blind eye to major corruption by his allies and of trying to use his campaign to distract voters from worries such as inflation, creaking public services and violent crime. “You don’t need decree powers to fight corruption. That’s part of the ‘show’ by Maduro to cover up his disaster of a government,” opposition leader Henrique Capriles said on Twitter. “It’s certain he doesn’t have the votes to approve it.” Government officials have not said when Maduro will make the request. He would need the support of threefifths of the National Assembly, or 99 lawmakers, to grant him the powers through what is known as an Enabling Law. His ruling Socialist Party (PSUV) currently has 98 seats. Amid intense speculation over what legislation Maduro
Jamaica’s chief US diplomat not pleased with deportation numbers, policy
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Jamaica Gleaner Jamaica’s ambassador to the United States Stephen Vascianne is not pleased that over 70 Jamaicans are being deported every month due to crime. “Far too many Jamaicans are stepping on to the deportation train. Each month about 75 Jamaicans are sent home for indulging in unlawful activities,” he stated. In addition, Vascianne said there is a concern about the US deportation system. “Jamaica believes that there are some problems with the deportation system as in
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certain instances, persons are sent to Jamaica when in fact they have no earthly ties to the country,” he told the over 800 Jamaicans and friends of Jamaica who attended the Jamaica Independence Celebration Foundation (JICF), Jamaica 51 Independence Ball at the Hylton Hotel, Manhattan, NY, on Saturday. “They may have come to the United States as children, live their lives there and now they are required to fend for themselves in unfamiliar territory,” he continued, highlighting the disconnect between many of those who are deported and their ties to the island. Jamaica’s chief diplomat in the US argued further that the deportation system there may actually be counter-
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productive to both Jamaica and the United States, because it sets in place a loop for criminality. He pointed out that persons are sent back to Jamaica with no means of economic survival and so they become more entrenched in criminality, which creates instability at home and sometimes is exported back to the United States. Vascianne hopeful that the US will revamp its deportation policies to give more humane and sympathetic consideration to persons facing deportation. He also encouraged Jamaicans in the Diaspora to guide their fellow countrymen who may have become deviant, to live and work within the law.
might change, Vice President Jorge Arreaza said the goals included toughening sentences for corruption convictions, and he said the government’s plans deserved cross-party backing. “We assume that all the good lawmakers, those who want to eradicate corruption, wherever they come from, will support the request for an Enabling L a w, ” A r r e a z a s a i d o n Saturday. Dozens of people have been arrested for graft in recent weeks, including senior officials at state-run institutions. Maduro has vowed to go after corruption wherever it originates, but opposition leaders believe they could be targeted if he were granted the powers. There was little collaborative spirit on display in the Assembly last week. During one particularly torrid session, PSUV members demanded their opposition rivals be investigated for a range of lurid charges, including drug trafficking and running a gay and transvestite prostitution ring. The opposition denied what it said were trumped up charges, but Maduro said their true face had been exposed. He said his “tragiccomic” foes were fleeing a debate about the “dramatic proof” which had been presented against them. “The fascists are desperate because they know that we are catching them redhanded and there’s no escaping from that,” he said during a televised Cabinet meeting. “The people will see.” His predecessor, Chavez, was criticized for passing more than 100 laws by decree
Nicolas Maduro during his 14-year rule, including legislation that allowed him to nationalize major oil projects and increase his influence in the Supreme Court. Maduro said he was grateful for the support he had received from “decent and patriotic” Venezuelans for his plans to seek the fast-track powers, and said that the government wanted a debate on the issue to be broadcast by all local media. “I challenge them to a public debate on all the allegations which have been made. One by one, if they want,” he said. “Everyone will be able to judge with their own eyes. But they don’t even want a debate ... they have a stupid mentality.” Capriles fired back with one of his typical denunciations of the president’s inner circle and a rallying cry for opposition lawmakers not to be seduced by the efforts to secure the extra vote Maduro needs. “The most corrupt is the little group of connectedones and their boss, but more corrupt still are those who switch sides.”
UWI students to pressure Government to reverse decision on new tuition policy Barbados Nation - The Guild of Students at the University of the West Indies (UWI), Cave Hill Campus, will “do whatever it takes” to try to get Government to reverse its decision on Barbadians paying tuition fees from September 2014. The guild executive, led by president Damani Parris, met with the student body yesterday evening at the campus to come up with ways in which to gather a wide range of support for their stand. In his Budget last Tuesday, Minister of Finance Christopher Sinckler announced the Government planned to stop paying tuition fees of local university students in a move to save $42 million a year. The Government will continue to pay the full economic costs.
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LIVING WITH MONSTERS
HDC tenants recall terror at the hands of gangsters Trinidad Express Gangsters who are illegally occupying Housing Development Corporation houses in East Port of Spain are playing a game of cat and mouse with the police. The illegal occupants stay away during the daytime but return to “their” HDC apartments at nights, the Sunday Express has been informed. They have brought in new furniture and curtains and have thrown out the belongings of the legitimate owners onto the streets, where they have been exposed to the elements and thieves. A number of residents recalled to the Sunday Express the terror of being thrown out of their HDC homes by gangsters. Several say they are homeless now while others are still being threatened with death. Such is their fear that none of the residents wanted their photos taken even though they agreed to speak with the Sunday Express. James Jack, one such occupant, is now homeless, after living in an apartment at Building 64 on Duncan Street for the past 21 years. He owes not one cent to the HDC. “They loot out all of my things; they sold my washing machine and tear down all the family photos off the walls.
My bed is broken. I am homeless, begging lodging at a friend. They put out at least about ten families from their apartments,” Jack said. He said the violence did not end there. The gangsters, he said, followed a former tenant to Maloney, where she was seeking temporary relief and set her car on fire. He also fears for his daughter’s life after a threat was made that they would “get her” at her school. This is the latest development involving the unlawful occupation of Government homes in the violence-ridden East Port of Spain area by gang members. It has been a week since Housing Minister Roodal Moonilal and his team met with a high-level team of police officers, including acting Commissioner of Police Stephen Williams, to forge a plan to remove gang members who are illegally occupying apartments. Deputy Commissioner of Police Mervyn Richardson said yesterday despite complaints by tenants that criminals had forced them out of their apartments, there was no evidence to support this. “All I can say is that we are investigating these serious allegations made against gang members. But they (the tenants) haven’t identified any gang members.
So far we have not seen anything to support their allegations…we have not met any illegal occupants in any of the apartments,” he said. But while the police investigate, families are being separated and destroyed. Sharon Sancho, another “homeless” victim, said she had to vacate her apartment at Building 27 on Duncan Street after receiving threats from gang members. Her family is broken up and everybody is living all over the place, she said. Sancho suffers from hypertension and is forced to attend two clinics to deal with her problem which she said is exacerbated by the stress of being homeless. She has been a HDC tenant for 17 years and owes the Corporation nothing. For her part, Susan Williams who was forced to flee her HDC apartment at Building 34 is not convinced that the police are doing enough. “We are still a homeless family with kids. What evidence the police waiting for? We know for a fact that there are other occupants from the area living there at the place. They are living at Nelson Street. The furniture and curtains are not ours,” she said. Grandmother Carol
Mazelie is one of the more defiant ones. But this is because her apartment at Building 42/44 is home to her several grandchildren aged two to 13 years. “I am still receiving threats to leave this place and my life and my grandchildren at risk, but I don’t know what steps to take. I don’t know where to turn. The police are supposed to stay in the area during the nighttime but they are not. “There is shooting everywhere. This is not right, but I went to the police and to the HDC and I don’t know where else to turn to.” Following the killings of Nyam Antoine at Building #64 at Duncan Street and his pregnant cousin Rasheeda Gomez, 16, last week, Prime Minister Kamla Persad-
Bissessar said the building will be converted into a joint army and police post. In the meantime, grandmother Mazelie said she takes care of all of her grandchildren and they are doing fine. Her grandson, she said, only just passed his Secondary Examination Assessment (SEA) for St Anthony’s College. While she can comfortably make ends meet because she is employed and one of her daughters is a pharmacist, Mazerlie said the threats and fear are a lot to bear. But she has nowhere to live and has opted to stay in her apartment. But this was not the case for Michelle Rodney. Rodney, who has been living in an apartment at Building 34/42, George Street,
has vacated her home and handed back the keys to the HDC. Since moving out, Rodney said she has received no comfort from the police. “Nothing is being done, by anyone and the police are not doing anything,” she said. Like the others she has made a formal report to the Besson Street Police. Rodney said: “We are living with monsters. We have to be constantly running for our lives. On top of that we have to pay bills and the stress is just too much. We always have to be looking over our shoulders and we don’t know who to trust. Right now, I am living in a bubble with no windows and no doors, and what is even more frustrating is that I am a born Trinidadian and this is my home. It is very hard.”
LOCAL GOVT. TO GET MORE PLANNING POWER Trinidad Guardian - Long and frustrating delays in getting building approvals will be a thing of the past as the Ministry of Planning and the Ministry of Local Government have embarked on a joint effort to decentralise planning to municipal authorities. Through this collaboration citizens will soon be able to take advantage of improved application processes for land use and development. Planning Minister Dr Bhoendradatt Tewarie and Local Government Minister Dr Surujrattan Rambachan, along with representatives from both ministries, met on August 14 at the Ministry of Planning’s Head Office to discuss matters relating to the decentralisation of the planning capacity of government to give more autonomy and authority to municipal corporations and the Tobago House of Assembly (THA). The Planning and Facilitation of Development Bill, which will soon go to Cabinet for approval, seeks to simplify the decentralisation process. Although some headway has been made in easing the backlog in recent months, long delays and lack of transparency continue to be problems with the current system. This has led to undermining of the planning process as the lack of
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transparency in getting approvals has led to illegal construction and unplanned development. Tewarie said in the past central governments had been unwilling to devolve power to local government but under the new legislation structures and systems will be put in place to facilitate the smooth transition of the devolution of planning power to the Corporations. Rambachan was in full support of the purpose and objectives of the legislation and said it was a welcomed opportunity to revitalise the corporations by creating and developing new internal structures. These structures clearly defined the roles and responsibilities corporations will undertake to ensure the success of the devolution
processes. The Municipal Corporation will be able to approve simple developments. The bill will also ensure that a system is set up to secure predictability, simplicity, promptness and transparency in the treatment of development applications. Town and Country Planning Division will go through a transformation as part of the devolution of planning power to the Municipal Corporations. The devolution process, which is detailed in the National Spatial Development Strategy document, will employ planners to review and approve developments. This will assist in speeding up procedures that would alleviate problems previously encountered by citizens applying for land use and building approvals.
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Bolt is the BEST in the world, ever - official MOSCOW (Reuters) Usain Bolt, already enshrined as one of the greatest Olympians of all time, became the most successful athlete in world championship history when he anchored Jamaica to victory in the 4x100 meters relay on Sunday. Bolt followed up the 100 and 200m double with his third gold in the final event, taking his all-time tally to eight. That matches American trio Carl Lewis, Michael Johnson and Allyson Felix but the Jamaican moved ahead by virtue of his two silvers from 2007. Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce also completed the hat-trick as Jamaica won the women’s 4x100 relay in the secondfastest time ever, giving them all six sprint golds in Moscow to bring a smile back to the Caribbean island following the doping cloud surrounding the build-up to Moscow. On a high-quality final day, there was a Kenyan middle-distance double as Asbel Kiprop retained his
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1,500 meters title and Eunice Sum took a surprise gold in the women’s 800. Frenchman Te d d y Tamgho became the thirdlongest triple-jumper in history as he soared 18.04 meters to win France’s only gold of the week, while Christina O b e rg f o e l l ’s javelin victory gave Germany their fourth field event title. Traditionally athletics programs ended with the 4x400m relay but such is Bolt’s worldwide selling power that recent events have been rejigged to ensure the Jamaican gets top billing. Jamaica were pipped by Britain in the heats but the favorites drafted in Bolt and Nickel Ashmeade, while the U.S., unusually, used the same four in their evening heat as in the final. Initially it seemed to be working in the Americans’ favor as they led approaching the final bend b u t R a k i e e m S a l a a m ’s handover to Justin Gatlin left the individual 100m runner-up off balance. He clearly strayed into the Jamaicans’ lead outside him but somehow escaped disqualification. It made no difference to Bolt, who streaked clear to complete victory in 37.36 seconds, the sixth-fastest ever, with the U.S. in 37.66 Britain, another nation with a painful history of relay foul ups, crossed the line
third but were disqualified for a late changeover. That promoted Canada on to the podium and somewhat made amends for the 2012 Olympics when they were disqualified after finishing third. Bolt delighted the crowd with a celebratory Cossack dance, not easy for someone 6ft 5ins tall, before parading round the track with his three medals on show for 50,000 flashing cameras. “It gets harder every year as I get older but I’m proud of myself and my team mates and I’ll continue to work as hard as I can to dominate for as long as possible,” Bolt said. HORRIBLY WRONG America’s women also got it horribly wrong, although they managed a super-human recovery to claim bronze. English Gardner had come to a complete standstill by the time she finally collected the baton for the third leg but a brilliant bend and an astounding last leg by Octavious Freeman took the U.S. through half the field for an initial bronze behind France. By then Jamaica’s quartet of Carrie Russell, Kerron Stewart, Schillonie Calvert and Fraser-Pryce were celebrating their win in 41.29, second only to America’s 40.82 set at last year ’s Olympics and inside the drug-fuelled 41.37 of East Germany that stood for 27 years.
Hours later officials disqualified France for a changeover violation, promoting the U.S. to silver to give Britain the bronze and some consolation for the men’s team’s DQ. Having become the fourth-fastest 1,500m runner of all time last month, Kiprop started hot favorite and nobody could live with his long-striding acceleration over the last 200 meters as he triumphed in 3:36.28. American Matthew Centrowitz took silver and South African Johan Cronje a surprise bronze as both men finished strongly. Sum’s victory was much less expected as her late burst denied Russia’s Mariya Savinova back-to-back 800m titles. She took gold in 1:57.38, ahead of Savinova (1:57.80). Brenda Martinez grabbed third as she overhauled compatriot Alysia Johnson Montano, who had run a brave front-running race but ended fourth, flat on the track and sobbing uncontrollably. Tamgho was already leading when he landed two fouls around the 18-metre mark before nailing the breakthrough distance with his last. Only American Kenny Harrison (18.09) and Jonathan Edwards, with his 1995 world record of 18.29 and 18.16 from the same Gothenburg world championships, have jumped longer. Pedro Pablo Pichardo of
Cuba took silver with 17.68 and American Will Claye was third on 17.52, well clear of out-of-sorts compatriot and world and Olympic champion Christian Taylor in a frustrated fourth. After years of agonizing near misses, an emotional Obergfoell took her first major javelin title at the age of 31 after throwing a season’s best 69.05 meters. Defending champion Maria Abakumova could only manage 65.09 behind surprise Australian runnerup Kimberly Mickle (66.60), to match the bronze her husband Dmitri Tarabin won in the men’s final. Obergfoell had previously won two silvers as well as finishing second and third at the last two Olympics. Russia topped the medal table with seven golds, though the Americans will promote themselves top under their counting system after finishing second on six but also gathering a mountain of 14 silvers in a total of 25. Jamaica also had six golds with Kenya on five, Germany four and Ethiopia and Britain both on three. After signing off with a near-full house on Sunday following a week of poor crowds, the IAAF will be delighted to send their showpiece event to Beijing in 2015 and London two years later as returning to the most recent Olympic stadiums should guarantee healthy attendances throughout.
Nadal beats Isner to win first Cincinnati crown CINCINNATI (Reuters) Rafa Nadal continued his sizzling hardcourt form beating John Isner 7-6 (8) 7-6 (3) in the final of the Western and Southern Open on Sunday, setting up the Spaniard as the red-hot favorite heading into the U.S. Open. Unbeaten on the surface in 15 matches this year and coming off a win in Montreal, the third ranked Nadal, who will move up to number two on Monday, won back-toback hardcourt finals on consecutive weeks for the first time in his career. Nadal needed nearly two hours on a muggy centre court to tame the towering inform American, who had knocked off three top 10 players, including world number one Novak Djokovic, to earn his spot in the final. But the big-hitting Isner had no answers for the relentless Nadal, who has now claimed nine titles from 12 events this season. It was the 59th win of Nadal’s career but first in nine
tries on the Cincinnati hardcourts. Isner, who has traditionally saved his best for the home crowd with 14 of the his 16 career ATP Tour final appearances coming in the U.S., had the capacity crowd in his corner and bombarded Nadal with 11 aces but could not crack the Spaniard’s defenses failing to convert any of three break chances. Nadal played the entire match without a single break opportunity against Isner but came up big in both tiebreaks taking the first set 10-8. Eager to avoid a third set against the game Isner, the 12-time grand slam winner was even more aggressive in the second set tiebreak racing to a 6-3 advantage then falling onto his back and leaping into the air when the American’s return slammed into the net. Isner, who will move from 22 to 14 in the world when the new rankings come out, has also established himself as a legitimate threat when the
Rafael Nadal of Spain hits a return ball to John Isner of the U.S. during their championship match at the men’s Cincinnati Open tennis tournament in Cincinnati, Ohio August 18, 2013. REUTERS/John Sommers II final grand slam of the season gets underway in Flushing Meadows on August 26. Since retiring in the second round at Wimbledon with a left knee injury Isner
has been in brilliant hardcourt form putting together a 16-4 match record while picking up his seventh career title in Atlanta followed by a runnerup finish in Washington and Cincinnati.
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Fernandes, Binnie retain CASA number one positions Guyanese Nicolette Fernandes and Jamaican Chris Binnie have retained their number one positions after the completion of the Caribbean Area Squash Association (CASA) senior championships on Saturday at the Georgetown Club. Fernandes led the Guyana Women’s team to their first senior regional title after defeating Barbados in their final round game, while Binnie’s Jamaican team placed second to the host in the men’s category. Barbados female team captain Karen Meakins is ranked number two in the region followed by Guyana’s Ashley Khalil, Mary Fung-A-Fat, Ashley DeGroot and Keisha J e ff e r y i n t h a t o r d e r. M e l i s s a L u e Ye n a n d Brooke Burrowes of
Jamaica occupied the number seven and eight spots respectively, while Bajans Gylla Mackenzie (9) and Alex Jordan complete the top ten. Guyanese Sunil Seth is at number two in the Men’s division, while Mark Chaloner of the Cayman Islands is third. Richard Chin of Guyana is fourth followed by Cameron Stafford of Cayman Islands, Alex Arjoon of Guyana, Gavin Cumberbatch of Barbados, Bruce Burrowes of Jamaica, Shawn Simpson of Barbados and Mandela Patrick of Trinidad and Tobago. Meanwhile Caribbean Area Squash Association (CASA) President Craig Archer said that Guyana did an excellent job in hosting the 2013 Senior Caribbean
Squash Championships. Speaking at t o u r n a m e n t ’s closing ceremony, which was held at the Grand Coastal Inn on the East Coast Demerara on Saturday evening; Archer said that Guyana has earned automatic qualification for the Pan American Games due to their awesome showing at the event. He further challenged Guyana to throw their support behind the Caribbean 2020 Bid Initiative so that squash could realize its dream of becoming an Olympic sport. Member of Guyana Squash Association, Robin Low, in delivering the vote of thanks expressed his appreciation to the respective sponsors namely Digicel, Banks DIH and Ansa Mc Al for coming on board.
Darren Barker beats Daniel Geale to take IBF world middlewight title
Monday August 19, 2013
Jarvis retires from international cricket ESPNcricinfo - Kyle Jarvis, the Zimbabwe fast bowler, has retired from international cricket. Jarvis opted out of the upcoming series against Pakistan to take up a county offer and stated he will not return to play cricket in Zimbabwe. Jarvis’ decision is the latest in a string of bad news for Zimbabwe, including Friday’s stand-off with the board over payment issues, and comes a few days before the start of the home series against Pakistan. Jarvis issued a statement which said: “I have held off a few opportunities over the last few months but my decision was made about a week ago when the pay disputes arose and I felt my time to leave had come. “I have retired from international cricket to pursue a county and global T20 career. We have had a few teams interested but me and my agents have agreed on a three-year deal at a top English county. “I really hope the fans and public can understand my reasons for leaving, as job security is the main factor. I informed my teammates yesterday that I would be leaving and they were supportive and fully understood why I was doing this. I then sat with the managing director and explained my position and we both left on good terms. “Zimbabwe will always be my home, and I would just like to thank everyone for their continued support over the past few years. I wish my team-mates and coaching staff the best of luck for the forthcoming Pakistan series.” Jarvis, 24, took 30 wickets in eight Tests at an average of 31.73 and 27 wickets in 24 ODIs. He also played nine T20Is in which he picked up 10 wickets. After Zimbabwe’s tour to New Zealand in early 2012, Jarvis so impressed the Central Districts management, he was contracted to them for the remainder of the season. He took seven wickets in two Plunket Shield matches and five wickets in eight HRV Cup matches.
Kyle Jarvis has announced retirement at the age of 24. (AFP) At the time, there was talk Jarvis was considering staying in New Zealand in order to qualify to play for them, but he returned to Zimbabwe. Lancashire are current favourites to secure Jarvis’ services. Jarvis is not the only player to turn his back on Zimbabwe in recent times. Craig Ervine rejected a winter contract to take up a club cricket deal in the UK while it is understood that Charles Coventry, who has not been contracted to Zimbabwe Cricket, is also considering a career elsewhere. Jarvis’ retirement will further dent Zimbabwe’s preparations for the Pakistan series. With senior seamer Chris Mpofu still unfit, the bowling responsibility will lie with Brian Vitori, who has struggled for form recently, Tendai Chatara, who impressed in West Indies this year but is still inexperienced, and Michael Chinouya, who has played only two ODIs.
Regional Women’s T\20
Guyana beat Dominica by 8 wkts Guyana defeated Dominica by eight wickets in the second round of the Regional Women’s T\20 tournament in Grenada yesterday. Dominica were never allowed to score freely after they batted first and were restricted to 70-9 off their allotted overs. Tremaine Smartt was the pick of the bowlers with 3-7. Guyana then romped to victory in 7.4 overs with June
Barker (right) lands a shot on Australian Geale in the third round. (Getty Images) BBC Sport - Darren Barker took the IBF world middleweight crown by winning a gruelling fight against Daniel Geale by a split decision in Atlantic City. The Briton, 31, was floored by a body shot in the sixth round and just got up before the end of the referee’s count. Barker recovered and he went on to win the world title which eluded him in 2011 when he lost to Sergio Martinez. The Barnet fighter dedicated his win to his late
brother Gary, who died in a car accident in 2006. “Not many people know the journey I’ve been through,” Barker told Sky Sports. “It’s been a real Rocky story. “I dedicate this to my late brother. Everything I’ve done is for him.” Barker took the fight to Australian Geale and had the better of the early rounds before being caught with a powerful left hook to the body in the sixth. Geale appeared to be taking command of the fight
but Barker emerged from his rival’s onslaught to finish strongly. “I take my hat off to Daniel Geale,” Barker said. “He’s a great champion and a tough, tough man. “He caught me right in the solar plexus and completely took my breath away from me.” He added: “I was in absolute bits. I was gone. But as the seconds went on my brother and daughter, they got into my head. “I showed I’ve got heart and a lot of people didn’t think I did.”
Ogle top scoring with 27 not out, while Shemaine Campbell supported with 26. Jamaica made light work of St. Vincent and the Grenadines (SVG) winning by 90 runs. (Duckworth Lewis method). Jamaica took first strike and rattled up 139-4 in 20 overs. SVG replied with 39-9 in 17 overs. Trinidad and Tobago beat Grenada by 100 runs.
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CHELSEA TRIUMPH ON Bolt, Fraser-Pryce take MOURINHO RETURN third gold in relay sweep
Jose Mourinho (centre) said that having Roman Abramovich in the dressing-room is a huge help. (Getty Images) BBC Sport - Oscar and Frank Lampard scored firsthalf goals as Chelsea marked the start of Jose Mourinho’s second spell as Blues manager with victory over Hull. Lampard had an early penalty saved by Allan McGregor, before Kevin de Bruyne set up Oscar to slot the hosts ahead. McGregor again thwarted Lampard, but the England midfielder responded with a superb free-kick to double the lead. Newly promoted Hull rallied after half-time but could not force their way back as Chelsea comfortably secured the win. With his comeback match going to plan, Mourinho can now turn his attention to Wednesday’s visit of Aston Villa. Mourinho had said of his return to Stamford Bridge, “It’s my dugout, my stadium, my people”, and so it appeared as he emerged from the tunnel before kick-off to ear-splitting noise and a spine-tingling ovation. The self-proclaimed “Happy One” - when he
arrived in 2004 it was the “Special One” - waved to all sides of the ground and blew kisses to the fans before taking a seat as his new team set about dismantling the visitors. There were three survivors from the line-up that started the opening match of his first spell - Petr Cech, John Terry and Lampard - while De Bruyne was handed a debut after spending last season on loan at Werder Bremen. The 22year-old Belgian slotted seamlessly into Chelsea’s 42-3-1 formation, joining Eden Hazard and Oscar in supporting lone-striker Fernando Torres, with Lampard and Ramires sitting in midfield. It was an artillery that pinned Hull back from outset and the Tigers, with six new signings handed starts, struggled to get out of their own half. De Bruyne fired over and Hazard saw a shot blocked, before McGregor’s attempted clearance ended with him punching Torres in the head
Barcelona and Real Madrid earn wins on La Liga opening weekend BBC Sport - Barcelona and Real Madrid each began the new Spanish season with home wins on the opening weekend of La Liga. Defending champions Barca cruised to a 7-0 victory over Levante in new boss Gerardo Martino’s first competitive match since replacing Tito Vilanova. Lionel Messi and Pedro each scored twice, with Alexis Sanchez, Dani Alves and Xavi adding others as Neymar made his debut as a substitute. Rivals Madrid had to work hard before edging out Real Betis in a 2-1 win. Last season’s runners-up also had a new man in the dugout as ex-AC Milan, Chelsea and Paris St-Germain boss Carlo Ancelotti made his La Liga bow. But it was far from a smooth evening for the Italian as Los Blancos needed a late winner from debutant Isco to seal victory against plucky visitors Betis. Instead it is arch-rivals Barcelona who set the early pace after their demolition of a Levante side which is expected to struggle in the Spanish top-flight this term. The Catalan giants needed only three minutes to break the deadlock as Chile forward Sanchez tapped in, before Argentine superstar Messi added the second nine minutes later.
to concede a penalty. The Scotland goalkeeper made amends by diving to his right and beating away Lampard’s spot-kick. But rather than reversing the momentum, it merely encouraged Chelsea to attack with even greater intent, their dominance telling when De Bruyne released Oscar to poke Chelsea into the lead. The Blues were stirring, and, despite denying Lampard for the second time, McGregor could do nothing to stop the midfielder ’s swerving set-piece from around 30 yards. Replays suggested James Chester did not touch Torres for the freekick, but referee Jonathan Moss felt the Spaniard’s path was blocked. Hull did not create a chance of note in the first half, which ended with Lampard going close and McGregor expertly clawing a Branislav Ivanovic header off the line. Hawk-Eye graphics showed it did not cross. Bruce introduced two more new signings at the break - Tom Huddlestone and Jake Livermore - and his side carried a greater threat as Chelsea failed to display their previous urgency. Robert Koren tested Cech, before the hosts struggled to clear a Robbie Brady corner and Yannick Sagbo’s goalbound shot hit Lampard’s chest. Chelsea felt they deserved a penalty when Brady challenged Ivanovic but Hull were soon back on the front foot and Cech needed to be alert to stop a Curtis Davies header from Ahmed Elmohamady’s cross. Romelu Lukaku came on for the ineffective Torres and the Belgian almost contributed to a Chelsea third, but fellow substitute Andre Schurrle chipped over the advancing McGregor, narrowly clearing the bar.
MOSCOW (Reuters) Usain Bolt and Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce signed off from the Moscow world championships by claiming their third gold medals with the two 100m and 200m sprint champions anchoring Jamaica to victory in the 4x100m relays yesterday. Bolt’s task was made easier when American fourthleg runner Justin Gatlin fluffed his start, stumbling and veering into the Jamaican’s lane. “We could have gotten the Jamaicans,” said a rueful Gatlin, runner-up to Bolt in the 100 final. “I’m disappointed (for my team mates). They deserved more. I think my stumble cost us victory.” The Jamaican quartet of Nesta Carter, Kemar BaileyCole, Nickel Ashmeade and Bolt secured the Caribbean nation a hat-trick of world titles in a time of 37.36. Gatlin brought home the U.S. in 37.66 with Canada upgraded to bronze after
Britain were disqualified, continuing their relay woes of past championships in which they have often failed to get the baton around a full lap. The Britons were penalized after a changeover mistake between Harry Aikines-Aryeetey and James Ellington who minutes earlier had told the BBC that the team had “got the changeovers down to a tee now”. It was a measure of consolation for the Canadian men who were disqualified for a lane violation after finishing third in last year’s Olympic final. The Jamaican women regained the world title from the U.S., again helped by a costly error. The quartet of Carrie Russell, Kerron Stewart, Schillonie Calvert and FraserPryce streaked to gold in 41.29, the second fastest time ever run. A mishap on the second and third interchange between Alexandria Anderson and English
Gardner who started her run too soon and had to halt to grasp the baton, effectively ended U.S. victory hopes. A storming final leg from Octavious Freeman secured third at the line, Freeman eating up ground down the home straight with a sizzling run. France crossed in second place but were disqualified after the medal ceremony, the U.S. upgraded to silver and Britain bronze. The British team filed a protest against the French team, saying they had changed outside the sector in the second baton exchange. France were then disqualified and launched an appeal which was rejected. The U.S. set a stunning world record of 40.82 at the London 2012 Olympic Games but none of that victorious quartet featured in the Moscow final, notably Allyson Felix who tore a hamstring in the 200m final and 100m bronze medal winner Carmelita Jeter who was left out.
MotoGP: Marc Marquez wins Indianapolis Grand Prix
Marc Marquez extended his lead at the top of the MotoGP World Championship. (Getty Images) BBC Sport - Marc Marquez extended his lead at the top of the MotoGP World Championship to 21 points with an impressive win at the Indianapolis Grand Prix. Marquez started on pole but fell behind Jorge Lorenzo after the reigning champion produced a fine start. But Marquez, 20, overtook his fellow Spaniard with 15 laps remaining and coasted to victory, with Dani Pedrosa coming second and Lorenzo in third. Britain’s Cal Crutchlow put in a battling display but finished fifth. Marquez, who has finished on the podium in every race he has completed this year, becomes the first man to win all three rounds in the United States and
strengthened his grip in the standings with eight races remaining. Pedrosa overtook Lorenzo with two laps remaining to inflict more damage on Lorenzo’s hopes of retaining his title. Valentino Rossi just squeezed past Crutchlow before the finish line after the pair were involved in a thrilling tussle that also involved Alvaro Bautista. Pedrosa told BBC Sport: “In the last laps I gave 100% and I got second which is amazing for me and good for the Championship. “Marc is in a strong place but I hope I can recover a little more in the next race. “It was hard for me to stay with the group because the bike was sliding
both wheels.” Lorenzo claimed that he was forced to drop his pace due to a worn rear tyre and was happy to finish. He said: “I lost second place in the last two laps because the tyres from one lap to the next made a big drop. “I almost crashed so I had to slow my pace and finish without crashing. We did a good race. Third position, no crash and lots of points.” MotoGP title standings Marc Marquez - 188 points Dani Pedrosa - 167 points Jorge Lorenzo - 153 points Valentino Rossi - 130 points Cal Crutchlow - 127 points
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Suriname invited to play Jamaica Tallawahs defeat T&T supporting game at Providence Red Steel as semis determined - as Guyana face-off with T&T on Aug 30&31
Cyril Bonar (with bat) chats with youngsters at a coaching session in Suriname. By Sean Devers Suriname have been invited to participate in the supporting game of the Guyana/ Trinidad and Tobago T20 clash at the Guyana National Stadium at Providence on August 31. Guyana will face T&T under lights on August 30 & 31 and sources close to the Guyana Cricket Board (GBC) yesterday confirmed the invitation to Suriname, Guyana’s Eastern Neighbor. The Dutch speaking South American nation became an affiliate member of the International Cricket Council in 2002. Their international debut came in 2004 at the Americas Affiliates Championship, where they came last in the five team tournament. A big improvement came two years later in the new Division Three of the ICC Americas Championship when they won a four-team tournament also involving Brazil, Chile and the Turks and Caicos Islands. This qualified them for the Division Two tournament played in Argentina late in 2006, when they came fourth out of five teams, which means that they kept their Division Two place in 2008. Suriname placed fifth at the 2009 Global Division Seven tournament and was relegated to Division Eight. Since then persons like Guyanese born Cyril Bonar has been working tirelessly to improve the sport in Suriname and he says he is excited
about the invitation to play in front what is expected to be a capacity crowd. “Guyana is the biggest cricketing nation in South America and has produced so many International stars and they are right next door to us. We have had a few tours to Guyana and Guyanese players participate in our club competitions from time to time. We (SCB) are hoping that we can work with the Guyana Board in a structured manner to assist in the development of the game in Suriname,” Bonar who is the Manager of the National team, said. “This is a great opportunity for Suriname, which includes several Guyana-born players, to make an impression playing at the Stadium in Guyana before a large crowd,” Bonar noted. Suriname is tentatively scheduled to oppose a West Demerara unit in the afternoon game before the Guyana/T&T encounter. The years between 1945 and 1968 are considered the heyday of cricket in Suriname. In those days, the foundations were laid for the construction of the Dr. E. Snellenpark. The opening of this venue took place in 1954. Club teams and selection teams delivered great performances at this time against teams from Guyana and Trinidad. The years between 1968 and 1972 were a low point for cricket in Paramaribo,
however. For years, there were hardly any cricket matches. The field became overgrown with weeds and the Dr. Snellenpark looked like a cattle field. Under the management of the board, matters were then firmly taken in hand in the early 1970s. Cricket in Paramaribo was in danger of going under again around 1975, however, with the impending independence of the country and the migration back to the Netherlands of many cricketers. But due the declining political and economic situation in Guyana, more and more Guyanese migrated to Suriname in the 70s and, slowly but surely, started to dominate the sport. Thanks to the Guyanese, there were regular cricket matches once again in this period and there were frequent contests with clubs from Guyana. Local Guyanese clubs, especially from Berbice and Everest in the City now travel to Suriname to participate in tournaments. On August 30, the supporting game will be between two other combinations from Guyana and tickets, which cost $1000 to anywhere in the Stadium, are expected to go on sale from Friday at several locations across Guyana. Tickets for the Party stand (which also cost $1000) will also be sold from Friday and persons who purchase three tickets will get another one free.
KINGSTON, Jamaica — Jamaica Tallawahs beat Trinidad and Tobago Red Steel by three wickets at Sabina Park on Sunday to finish third in the league table of the Limacol Caribbean Premier League. Scores: Trinidad and Tobago Red Steel — 133-8 (20 overs). Dwayne Bravo 29, Darren Bravo 27, Ross Taylor 20. Chris Gayle 2-24. Jamaica Tallawahs — 134-7 (20 overs). Chris Gayle 51, Chadwick Walton 28, Danza Hyatt 25 not out. Kevon Cooper 2-12, Dwayne Bravo 243. The semifinal slots have now been determined and Guyana Amazon Warriors will meet old nemesis Trinidad Red Steel in the first semi on Thursday at the Queen’s Park Oval from 8:00pm. Guyana finished top of the standings and earned the right to meet the fourth placed team. The second semifinal will see the Jamaica Tallawahs tackling the Barbados Tridents on Friday at the Queen’s Park Oval also from 8:00pm. The Tallawahs, who finished third, earned the spot against the second placed team (Tridents). This also promises to be an explosive match-up between these two teams. The winners will collide on Saturday in the Grand Finale at the same venue against from 8:00pm to crown the first Limacol Caribbean Premier League champions. (CMC) Points Standings: Teams Mat Amazon 7 Tallawahs 7 Tridents 7 Red Steel 7 Hawksbills 7 Zouks 7
Won 5 5 4 3 2 2
Chris Gayle starred for the Jamaican Talawahas. (CPL) Lost 2 2 3 4 5 5
Tied 0 0 0 0 0 0
N/R 0 0 0 0 0 0
Pts 10 10 8 6 4 4
Net RR +0.628 +0.162 +1.069 -0.647 -0.151 -1.190
The Jamaican fans had cause for celebration. (CPL)