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EDITORIAL
Cash, Communication channels and crime “Guyanese like fuh walk with cash. They don’t like to walk with plastic or cheques. Some of them are very careless, so they get robbed.” That was the Hon. Minister Khemraj Ramjattan speaking about the high rate of crime in Georgetown. The minister has a point regarding cash. But that narrative has another side, which interferes severely with any willingness by citizens “to walk with plastic or cheques.” Let a citizen attempt to tender a cheque to a business. The response is unambiguous and final: CASH only. Usually, that is the end of the conversation. The more polite businessperson would share stories of the dishonorable offering cheques, which were accepted, only for them to bounce; they report serious losses sustained. Hence, no cheques. It is a legitimate concern, with the financial pain to match.Next, Minister Ramjattan said that, because it is a commercial area, there is a lot more wealth circulating in the City. Indeed, there is much wealth around in many places in this society. That wealth, to a large extent, is in cash seeking openings for distributing, exchanging, placing and more. Put differently, some of that wealth has suspicious origins. Thus, citizens with businesses to conduct (and businesses with objectives to conceal) are inseparably attached to cash. It is the perfect cover in this cash-riddled society, which the minister rightly laments. His colleague overseeing Finance is also sure to lament the loss revenues in Vat and other taxes, so easily evaded through cash transactions. Plastic and currency leave a trail. Let’s be clear: the small people with their small change are not in that big dirty business; but there should be awareness that many small people are almost daily using money transfer institutions to send cash (cleansed kind) to some strange destinations in Latin America. The sources of that cash could lead to some interesting levels in this country. As this country struggles uphill to combat known cash scourges, a sharp citizenry exhibits more versatility at many levels, through fronts and runners, most of them farces. That is why cash reigns. Next, the opinion of Minister Ramjattan is that crime has been on a steady decline. “It’s the job of the media now, to make sure the public understands that”. On the face of things, the statistics, as shared by the minister, certainly back up that contention. “For the years 20112013, he said that the numbers were 3,823; 3,760; and 4,204 respectively. Then from the years 2016-2018, the numbers were 3,330; 3,036; and 2,681 respectively.”There is a problem: the man-in-the-street does not care about numbers; the only ones that matter are the number of blows received, the number of dollars lost, and the number of fears that have to be endured in the most routine activities of life. Statistics do not matter, when a poor man or woman feels under constant attack. Further, the minister chided the media for sensational crime reporting, which creates the perception that crime isn’t on the decline. Sensationalism and perception do feed each other; the former is a media staple worldwide, and very similar to political rhetoric concerning democracy and accountability: attracts audiences. Though sensationalism could be toned down, it would be surprising if, in this tiny society, any minister would wish for frequent gun crimes and associated criminal brutalities to go unreported and foster a false sense of security. It might be better for criminal developments to be publicized (consistently, but less dramatically), than for them to gain even more frills (sensationalism) through the rumor mill and minibus express from a talkative society, where everybody was either an eyewitness or knows somebody who was right there. Media sensationalism might be the lesser of two evils. Minister Ramjattan may be aware that many daily criminal predations around the Stabroek Square go unreported. Unless the injury or loss was significant, resigned citizens move on. Perceptions they are not; statistics matter for naught.
The nation anxiously awaits GECOM’s rational and lawful decision DEAR EDITOR, On Wednesday last, Chief Justice Roxanne GeorgeWiltshire ruled, that names cannot be removed, from the National Register of Registrants, other than upon grounds stated in the Constitution and the National Registration Act and in accordance with the procedure laid down in that Act. The consequential implications are that the House to House Registration exercise, currently ongoing, is a colossal waste of billions of taxpayers’ dollars. Its principal purpose, as expressed by the erstwhile Chairman and the G o v e r n m e n t ’ s Commissioners of GECOM and those in Government who protagonized for it, was to remove, from the National Register and eventually the Original List of Electors, names of persons who have migrated but whose names remain on the National Register of Registrants and the Official List of Electors, which they claim result in same being “bloated”. Their
ultimate intention was to scrap the current National Register of Registrants and consequently, the current Official List of Electors, and to create a new database from the data generated by the House to House Registration exercise. The definitive and conclusive impact of the Chief Justice’s ruling is to render this ultimate objective no longer attainable. The cold hard truth is that the hundreds of thousands that GECOM claims to have registered during this House to House Registration exercise are, largely, already registered. The new ones, who have come of age, or who, though of age, were not previously registered, and registered during this process, could have easily be registered, and may still have to be re-registered, in a Claims and Objections cycle. Hence my contention that the House to House Registration exercise is duplicitous and a waste of time and money. Since this exercise was obdurately proceeded with,
despite vehement opposition from the PPP/C, against the legal advice of GECOM’s inhouse legal advisor and in disregard of exhortations from a visiting team of the United Nations, the issue of who will be held accountable for this wanton misuse of public funds in such an egregious manner, will have to be addressed at some point in time. In the excerpts of Her judgement, orally rendered, the Chief Justice upheld my submissions that Articles 59 and 159 of the Constitution list the qualifications and disqualifications of electors to be registered and to vote; and that “residence”, within the State of Guyana, is not one of them. Therefore, to refuse to register a person, or to remove a registered elector from the National Register, or the Official List of Electors, on the ground that the person is not resident in Guyana, would be to add a qualification not contained in the Constitution, rendering the same ultra vires the C o n s t i t u t i o n ,
unconstitutional and unlawful, ultimately resulting in that person losing his/her constitutional right to vote. This was precisely the ground upon which sections of the Election Laws Act of 1996, which provided for a voter’s ID card as a qualification to vote, were struck down as being repugnant to and inconsistent with Articles 59 and 159 and therefore, unconstitutional and void in accordance with Article 8 of the Constitution, since the Constitution contained no such requirement. Article 8 of the Constitution provides: “This Constitution is the Supreme Law of Guyana and if any law is inconsistent with it, that other law shall, to the extent of the inconsistency, be void.” [see Elections Petition by Esther Pereira (1997)] In the course of Her judgement the Chief Justice, repeatedly, emphasized that the Official List of Electors can be lawfully refreshed with the Claims and Objections (Continued on page 6)
The ball is in GECOM’s court to uphold integral part of the subver- bility of constitutional acthe constitution sion of constitutional rule in tors in Guyana to honour DEAR EDITOR, Now that the Chief Justice has given her ruling on August 14th, 2019, democratic and progressive-minded Guyanese have been vindicated on several counts once again by a judicial authority:- Elections were due three months after the passage of the no confidence motion on December 21, 2018 in accordance with article 106 which was immediately engaged; the date was not extended by a 2/3 majority of members of the National Assembly; - Whilst the House to House registration by and of itself is not unlawful or unconstitutional, the removal of names from the National Register of Registrants based on persons not being home, overseas etc. and scrapping of the National Register of Registrants, as being done by GECOM, is illegal; - the House to House registration cannot deregister people who are already on the National Register of Registrants, and, therefore, those already on the November 12, 2018 voters’ list do not need to register at House to House registration again; - There is no residency requirement for Guyanese to be on the National Register of Registrants and persons’ names ’cannot be removed unless they die or are no longer Guyanese, except
Commonwealth citizens who are here for one year; - The CJ mentioned several times that the voters’ lists can be refreshed by other means as provided in law such as claims and objection; The Guyana Election Commission must now choose options available to it by law to verify and refresh the Voters’ list taking into consideration the context that elections were due since March 21, 2019. Madam Chief Justice (ag) Roxanne George-Wiltshire ruling on August 14th in no way deviated from the Constitution, neither the CCJ ruling of June 18th nor its July 12th consequential orders. The President has not abided with the Caribbean Court of Justice and continues to violate the Guyana Constitution. The President has not acted since December 21, 2018 to name a date for elections. Yesterday was 239 days since the passage of the NCM on December 21, 2018, or 7 months and 27 days. Yesterday is 149 days since March 21 2019 or 4 months and 27 days when elections were due according to article 106 (6) and (7). Over the last eight months, GECOM refused to prepare for elections. In actual fact, it is the Pattersonled GECOM that has been an
our country. This is the first time that elections have not been held within 90 days from the date of dissolution for general and regional elections in 1992, 1997, 2001, 2011, and 2015, and the Local Government Elections of 2016 and 2018 as required by the constitution and statutes. The difference with a No Confidence vote is that the three months period starts on the day that the vote was passed in the National Assembly, and, not from the time the President dissolves the Parliament and the Regional Democratic Councils under normal elections. There is a new Chairperson, retired Justice Claudette Singh, and it is hoped that the now fully constituted Commission shall right the injustice done to the Guyanese people over the last eight months and abide with alacrity with the constitutional provisions of article 106 as exhorted by the Caribbean Court of Justice on July 12, 2019. Here is what the CCJ said “The judiciary interprets the Constitution. But, as we intimated in our earlier judgment, these particular provisions {article 106(6) and (7) } require no gloss on the part of the Court in order to render them intelligible and workable. Their meaning is clear and it is the responsi-
them. Upon the passage of a vote of no confidence, the Article requires the resignation of the Cabinet including the President. The Article goes on to state, among other things, that notwithstanding such resignation, the Government shall remain in office and that an election shall be held “within three months, or such longer period as the National Assembly shall by resolution supported by not less than two-thirds of the votes of all the elected members of the National Assembly determine”… The CCJ then went on to state that “The Guyana Elections Commission (“GECOM”) has the responsibility to conduct that election and GECOM too must abide by the provisions of the Constitution.” { that is elections within 3 months as per article 106 (7) } Following the August 14th 2019 ruling by the Chief Justice, we can logically deduct that this House to House registration—which has insisted that people already registered had to be reregistered— has been a colossal waste of hundreds of millions of dollars, and, most important, time. Time which has been arrogated by the President and his government for an additional 149 days and counting past (Continued on page 21)
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Even the blind can see Jadgeo’s hidden agenda DEAR EDITOR, As I painfully observe the confusion and turmoil on a daily display in our beloved land I cannot help but recall the most profound quote of Lord Acton in his letter to Bishop Mandell Creighton in 1887 in which he wrote, “Power tends to corrupt and absolute power corrupts absolutely” end of quote .” An observation is that a person’s sense of morality lessens as his or her power increases. Power can cause men to think they are invincible. Too much power can cause an individual to exert their influence over others in order to achieve their own desires. It can lead to too much control and can corrupt a person when given the amount of power”. As is the case so obviously on display in the subject of my letter. Jadgeo has been allowed to assume the role of Supreme Leader of the PPP and the emphasis here is on the adjective “Supreme”. A cursory glance at some decisions made by the party which to this day leaves one scratching one’s head is the choice of Presidential Candidate. This is an individual who is in possession of questionable qualifications, which to this day has not been reasonably explained to a country he hopes to lead. In fact his Supreme leader Jadgeo has publicly stated there will be no more answers provided on this matter, end of story. He is a virtual no show on the presidential stomp, what are his plans for Guyana is anyone’s guess. All of Guyana knows that there are more credible candidates with more credible qualifications that this choice for President. The question that should be
asked, and an answer demanded by the impotent party executives and membership is why? Why this candidate and who made the decision? There are many examples of supreme leaders/bullies in our world today, a cursory glance will place under the microscope Trump, Kim, Putin to name just a few, and in the context of our Guyana, one who still sees himself as Supreme Leader of our country Jadgeo. No where in the world can one witness an Opposition Leader holding as many news conferences. Jadgeo it seems always has something to say, not even the President holds as many news conferences, some may say he can be described as missing in action in this respect. The questions surrounding the NCM and the Chairman of the Elections Commission were settled one would think by the CCJ. The need for a sanitized voters’ list by the Guyana High Court. Are not these bodies our highest and final stop when legal matters escape our untrained minds and understanding? Not so with Jadgeo, he would sacrifice our peace and tranquility on the high alter of power, or rather the need for power. May I remind you Sir that you are not
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the President of Guyana and the courts have made it quite clear that they cannot and will not dictate a date for our next election. May I suggest your efforts be directed at healing and closing the ethnic divide so apparent particularly and during an election cycle in our country. Exploiting that divide for political gain and power is short sighted and unpatriotic. In addition, there is no guarantee that the PPP or PNC will secure an absolute majority at the polls, unless, Sir, you know something the rest of us don’t. Those numbers reside in North America. You have had your run at President and will never again occupy that high office, learn to live with that fact and use your position to heal our country and not divide us for selfish gains. The time is now for the PNC and the PPP to initiate a meaningful sit down with an eye towards power sharing. Guyana is awaiting real leadership from real leaders, visionary leaders who truly care about our country’s future. A country divided against itself cannot stand. True for family, true for country. ONE PEOPLE, ONE NATION, ONE DESTINY. Respectfully, Claudeston Massiah
Do not be misled by the PPP/C and their trickery DEAR EDITOR, As the PPP/C continues trying to bully GECOM to hold elections without a credible voter’s list. Please permit me a space in your Newspaper to respond to a statement that was publicly made on the “Matters of Public Importance Programme”, which was hosted by PPP/C Chief Whip Gail Teixeira on August 15, 2019 on CNS Television Station Channel 6. According to Teixeira, “[The] President has not abided by the constitution since the CCJ ruled…” Editor, it is so embarrassing and misleading to listen to Ms. Teixeira who is one of the most recognized politician in the opposition PPP/C publicly trying to mislead the Guyanese nation with false propaganda. When the no confidence motion was passed in the National Assembly in December 2018; in February 2019, President Granger committed to securing parliamentary funding for holding general elections and affording GECOM sufficient time to prepare for the polls. He also specifically advised the Commission to begin preparations for Guyanese to go to the polls. In addition, The Court decided therefore that the
most sensible approach to operationalise the Article 161 (2) was for the Opposition Leader and the President to communicate with each other in good faith and to perhaps even meet to discuss the eligibility of each candidate for Chairman before the list is formally submitted. President David Granger and Opposition Leader Bharrat Jagdeo arrived at a consensus on the selection of the new chairperson of GECOM Justice (ret’d) Claudette Singh, was selected by the President from a list of six names proposed by the Opposition Leader in keeping with the ruling of the CCJ. At this moment I am really trying to understand in what way the president is not abiding by the CCJ ‘s ruling. According to my understanding the president has performed
his duties and responsibilities to have finance for GECOM to prepare for the general and regional elections and have a chairperson appointed. So Ms. Teixeira please be reminded that GECOM is a constitutional and autonomous body and cannot be dictated to by the President, whom has repeated ad nauseam that he will announce a date for the elections when he is so advised by the GECOM. So the Opposition expectation for the president to bully GECOM cannot occur because he has not exhibited any inclination that the executive will interfere or intervene in GECOM’s mandate. We as Guyanese need to seek the relevant information and not be misled by the PPP/ C and their trickery. Sincerely Yours, Ceion Rollox
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Dr. Jagdeo should ensure that the constitution stands tall DEAR EDITOR, The APNU/AFC coalition Government may see the current political crisis as purely internal and must be solved by Guyanese political forces. While we agree that political issues should be solved by Guyanese political and social organizations, the current situation threatens to escalate to a level that will destroy all the democratic gains of our society. Such an eventuality will
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no doubt have a negative effect on local, regional and hemispheric security. The International Organizations should not stand by and allow democracy in Guyana to be threatened by people who resort to lawlessness. The overwhelming majority of the people of Guyana want constitutional compliance, peace and stability and, thus, a peaceful solution to the existing political problems . However, issues cannot
be properly resolved when the Government is not adhering to the judicial decisions and are not interested in upholding the democratic process. The political actors within the APNU/AFC coalition have lost their psychological mental stability. T he Government must stand ready t o d i s c u s s whatever diplomatic initiative that may be deemed appropriate within a bilateral and/or multilateral context that would seek to uphold the principles of preventive diplomacy, democracy, good governance and the rule of law in Guyana. The Government refused to comprehend that when a supreme (final) court rules on constitutional issues, that judgement is virtually final, its decisions cannot be altered only by rarely used procedure of constitutional amendment. The General Secretary of the PPP, Dr. Bharrat Jagdeo, must be complemented for the manner in which the situation was managed, unlike other Opposition Leaders in the past when persons were afraid to conduct their businesses, fearful of their lives, the destruction of private and public properties, etc., was the order of the times. Dr. Jagdeo should ensure that the constitution stands tall, by standing his ground and don’t fall prey to people like, David Hinds, Lincoln Lewis and others to extend the life of this APNU/AFC coalition Government. The burden should not be on those public officials who stand up for the constitution to explain why they are doing so, but for those who stand against the constitution to explain why they should be allowed to do so. Regards, Zamal Hussain
Politicians must address concerns of Indigenous People DEAR EDITOR, The indigenous Amerindian people have a lot of issues that need to be urgently addressed by politicians. They complain that they have been marginalized, neglected, exploited, and abused by successive governments for the longest while. This is one of the findings of an opinion poll conducted by me for the North American Caribbean Teachers Association (NACTA) in recent weeks. Traveling around the hinterland reveals there is very limited development of Amerindian communities; there are limited opportunities for uplifting lives in the hinterland. The native people say they are recipients of a paucity of resources and that they are mostly remembered during election times when politicians suddenly find some resources to give them to “buy votes”. Amerindians further complain that they get a pittance of what they need and that opportunities are not easily available for them to live a decent standard of living like their counterparts on the coast. Respondents say that while some hinterland areas get more resources than others, the overall amount of assistance received from government sources is not adequate to address basic needs. The hinterland is largely undeveloped and communities need maximum government help to transform lives.Some Amerindians complain that they are often insulted when they seek assistance from government sources. Officers of agencies ridicule them.Most indigenous people are left to fend for themselves in the hinterland areas. According to the poll, Amerindians complain that
governments have not addressed core issues facing the indigenous peoples such as land tenure, market opportunities for their products, costs of goods coming from the coast or major towns, as transportation costs to move around from village to villages and to the hinterland towns and or the coast, saturated markets, prohibitive costs of their products, among others. Respondents say governments also needs to address rising alcoholism, native languages, pollution of the hinterland caused by mining, mental health, substance abuse, medical issues, unemployment, poverty, violence, sexual exploitation, liquor and substance abuse, among others.The poll’s findings reveal high incidence of poverty and unemployment and varied other non communicable diseases. There are also complaints of inadequate resources to address their needs and increasing land dispossession due to rights given to exploitative miners due to varied abuses of liquor and substances. A significant amount of the indigenous peoples endorse the political party founded by former Toshao and deputy chair of the National Toshao Council Mr. Lennox Shuman who launched the Liberty and Justice Party earlier this year. Shuman is committed to helping the indigenous people become elected at the next elections. Many express confidence that he would address their concerns. Shuman’s party could make major in roads in the Amerindian communities especially if he were to get resources to fund his campaign. Yours truly, Dr. Vishnu Bisram
The nation anxiously awaits... From page 4 facility and can be used for the impending elections. On this score, it is instructive to note that the learned Chief Justice mirrored the comments made by the Chief Elections Officer/National Registration Officer, Mr. Keith Lowenfield, to the Press, on the corridors of the High Court, on July 22, 2019. In that same interlude with the Press, Mr. Lowenfield forcefully rejected the notion that the Official List of Electors was “bloated”. Mr. Lowenfield is the legal custodian of both the National Register as well as the Official List of Electors and his opinion on these matters are, ex officio, authoritatively conclusive. In disagreeing with my contention that September 19,
2019, was the deadline for elections, in accordance with the Caribbean Court of Justice’s Consequential Orders, the Chief Justice interpreted those Consequential Orders to have pronounced, that on December 21, 2018, Article 106(6) became immediately triggered and nothing has put that “trigger” on pause, therefore, elections became due on March 21, 2019. The consequence of this pronouncement is horrendous for the Government. It means that the Government became illegal at midnight on March 21, 2019, in accordance with Article 106(7) of the Constitution. Against the backdrop that the constitutional life of the Government has expired, the
Chief Justice repeatedly admonished that GECOM is not operating in normal circumstances or “in a normal election cycle” and that GECOM is duty bound to obey the Constitution and to execute its imperatives. The Chief Justice consciously fell short of directing GECOM to refresh the current List of Electors with a suitable Claims and Objections cycle and to proceed swiftly with the holding of elections that are long constitutionally overdue. The learned Chief Justice prudently left that decision for GECOM to make. Prior to the Chief Justice’s ruling, I wrote that there was no need for GECOM to await the ruling. I predicted that the ruling cannot alter the relevant constitutional provisions nor can it detract from, defy, contradict, or modify, the CCJ’s decision and Consequential Orders delivered in the Consolidated Appeals relating to the No Confidence motion. I did not predict wrong. The Chief Justice’s ruling has simply made the situation even more exigent. There is only one rational and lawful decision that GECOM can make in the current constitutional matrix. The quicker it is made, the better. The nation anxiously awaits GECOM. Mohabir Anil Nandlall, MP Attorney-at-Law
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any persons have misinter preted the primary intention of the recent court action brought by Christopher Ram concerning house-to-house registration. The case sought primarily to assert that house-to-house registration was unconstitutional and illegal because it would deregister persons who were previously on the official list of elections but not around to be registered. I do not like to say that I told you so. But the fact of the matter is that 9 years ago this column argued that there was no residency requirement for registration. It also contended that the right to vote required the right to be registered as an elector. These positions were taken to task by an eminent senor counsel who was then agitating for the right of overseas-based Guyanese to vote. The column made it clear that
GECOM had no obligation to register overseas-based Guyanese and that the right to vote involved the right to first be registered, that is, if you were not ever registered, you would not be an elector and therefore could not vote. The fact that persons have to provide a local address for the purposes of registration does not create a residency requirement for voting. The need for an address is necessary to facilitate the voting process: to allocate persons to polling stations, for the purposes of identification and to facilitate ease of voting on polling day. The fact, therefore, that someone has to provide a local address when registering does not impose or create a residency requirement because, as is well-known, there are persons living overseas who are registered at local addresses because this is the only way in which they can
be issued with a Guyanese identification card in order to transact business in Guyana. It is my understanding, from the reports in the media, that the Chief Justice recently ruled that there is no residency requirement for someone to be on the official list of electors. This is exactly the position which was adopted by this column nine years ago. Then it was argued that in Guyana there is a right to vote but it is not a fundamental right. The Constitution states at Article 59 that every person may vote at an election if he or she is of the age of eighteen years or upwards and is either a citizen of Guyana or a Commonwealth citizen domiciled and resident in Guyana. However this provision is conditioned by Article 159 which provides that no person shall vote unless he or she is registered as an elector. Thus while we may say there
Govt. offers law students scholarships A limited number of law students will now be offered scholarships at the Hugh Wooding Law School in Trinidad and Tobago for the 2019/2020 academic year. This Government of Guyana offer was made by means of an advertisement in the daily newspapers under the Ministry of the Presidency, Department of Public Service. The ad announced that the scholarship will be for students to attain the Legal Education Certificate (LEC). The offer is being made to any person who is the holder of the Bachelor of Laws Degree with a minimum Grade
point Average (GPA) of 3.3 and present students at the Hugh Wooding Law School with passes for the first year of studies with at least three courses passed with a grade A. Moreover, these individuals applying must have obtained a Bachelor of Laws Degree within the last five years and they must be 35years old or under. Also the student must possess an offer of acceptance from the Hugh Wooding Law School for the 2019/2020 academic year. According to the advertisement, the closing date for applications is August 30,
2019 and the application forms are available at the Scholarships Division of the Department of Public Service at Vlissengen Road and Durban Street and online at the website http:// scholarships.dps.gov.gy. Completed applications must be returned to the Permanent Secretary, Ministry of the Presidency, Department of Public Service, 164 Waterloo Street, Georgetown or it can be submitted via the Departments website. On any given day, persons intending to attend the school for the two year programme must pay a tuition fee of almost GYD$8 million.
Dem boys seh ...
Guyana full of stupidness Berbice was a nice place till dem put de mad house in that county. Since then all kind of madness does happen. A man got a car in Canje when cow, donkey and horses does tek over de road once it get dark. A man who had jackass brain decide to drive he car as fast as it could go four o’clock in de morning and run into some horses pun de road. He kill two of dem horses pun de spot and he live to tell de tale. Some people don’t have to do that to prove de stupid. A man claim how he is a specialist when it come to betting on horses. Anodda man walk up to him
and tell him he got a list of all de winners. He promise to sell de list fuh a hundred dollars. De man buy it. Every horse win de race but de list was fuh yesterday horse race. If de man was playing lotto he woulda stand a better chance because lotto numbers does call back, sometimes. De oil contract that Guyana sign is like de horse ticket. When Guyana sign it de country couldn’t hope to win anything. De man who sell de contract win everything and everybody in de country cussing Guyana fuh buying that contract. But it got a chance. Next year that countract come up
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fuh review. De Waterfalls paper put out all de shortcomings of de contract. It talk about all de advantage wha de oil company enjoying. It talk about all de money Guyana losing and all because it enter into a contract without knowing anything bout oil and contracts. Dem boys seh that Guyana should do like wha Singapore do years ago. It should spend money to hire people who know about contracts and let dem bargain fuh de country. De only thing is that when de bargaining done some people would complain how Guyana pay too much. Talk half and know that stupid people surround you.
is a right of every Guyanese eighteen years or older to vote, there is equally a requirement that the person must first be registered as an elector. It is only the Constitution which can limit eligibility for registration as an elector. And Article 159 provides for this in terms of persons who are of unsound mind, and those who within a specified time frame was found guilty of elections offenses. Thus Article 59 read in conjunction with Article 159 can be interpreted as follows: All Guyanese 18 years and over may vote at an election. But in order to vote the person must be registered and from that registration a list of electors is produced. Those persons on the list of electors can vote on polling day. This means that unless
your name is on this list, you cannot turn up and demand your right to vote. Thus, the right to vote requires that your name first appears on the list of electors. The election laws of Guyana provide that in order to be an elector, an eligible person must be registered. Thus if there is some Guyanese living overseas who wishes to vote at an election, that person must equally satisfy the eligibility of Article 159 and become registered. While the Constitution provides that an adult Guyanese may vote, it also prescribes that the person must be an elector; and it is the election and registration laws which determine that an elector must be registered and placed on the voters’ list. The right to vote is dependent on the duty to be regis-
tered as an elector. And once registered and not deceased, a person cannot be deregistered. Not until the Constitution is changed to provide otherwise.
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The ball is in GECOM’s court to uphold the constitution From page 4 March 21, 2019 when elections should have been held. This wasteful and redundant expenditure and exercise must stop immediately. The Patterson-led GECOM did everything to ensure that no preparations for elections were commenced prior to March 21, 2019, instead preparing for House to House registration in the said month; this is a travesty that has whittled away the confidence of the people in the Guyana Elections Commission. An issue the new Chairperson and Commission must address urgently in order to win back the confidence of the electorate and it must do so quickly.The figures, which we have been receiving in dribbles from GECOM with no breakdown by region or by any of the 29 Registration Centres, has not and will not imbue confidence. It now claimed as of August 15th that 230,000 over 14 years old have been registered. Given the Chief Justice (ag) ruling, any exclusion of persons who were registered previously on the existing National Register of Registrants during the exercise will be illegal. The country must not be confused with regards to the time for the House to House field exercise and the time al-
located for the total House to House registration to be concluded. Given GECOM’s work plan dated February 25th 2019, it was projected that the House to House exercise would take from June 2nd to December 18, 2019, a total of 199 days or 6 months and 16 days. Since the exercise started one month and 18 days later it means that the date would most likely be pushed to early February 2020. Add to that the other consequential processes such as data verification and entry into the National Register of Registrants, cross matching of fingerprints, the production of a Preliminary Voters Lists, a Claims and Objection period, followed by the production of the Official List of Electors, and elections could very well be held into mid2020. With this in mind, GECOM must avoid the trap of believing that it has now gone so far in the field exercise that it might as well finish the exercise. To do so would be to extend the life of the government into mid-2020 and contribute further to the subversion of constitutional rule, the demoralization of the Guyanese electorate and more wastage of precious time and resources. Based on the Chief Justice
ruling the APNUAFC government has been illegal since March 21, 2019, surely this must give impetus to GECOM to act righteously with the full backing of the constitution. The Guyana Elections Commission has the power to halt and should halt this wasteful exercise and immediately commence Claims and Objections period, with the existing Registration centres and staff already in place that has been used for the House to House registration, and be ready to hold elections long before the month of December. Most interestingly in the last few days, Mrs. GarridoLowe and the WPA using Congress Place talking points in public statements are now trying to condition December as the month for elections; Congress Place is behaving as if it is above the constitution; it can usurp the constitution, and, throw out the judicial rulings. This new strategy should be condemned. Ultimately it is the President’s call and he has not named a date. I wish to remind the President that article 9 of the Constitution states that “ sovereignty belongs to the people { not to GECOM, not the President, not the Cabinet, not the govern-
ment}, who exercise it through their representatives and the democratic organs established by or under this constitution”. How do we exercise this sovereignty? Through our power and our right to elect those representatives at elections—a right that the President has been denying the Guyanese electorate since March 21, 2019. The President and his government lost the mandate to govern after its resounding defeat at the Local Government Elections on November 12, 2018—a hard pill to swallow l am sure. Nevertheless, the voters in those 80 Local Authorities Areas represent 90.5% of all voters. The PPP/C won 65% of the 80 Local Authorities. Following that the government lost the confidence of the Legislature on December 21, 2018. The President and APNUAFC Coalition government, therefore, stand exposed without moral, political, parliamentary and constitutional authority. Whilst the President has exclusive powers, these are given within the confines of the constitution and he is subservient to the Constitution, therefore he must announce the following forthwith:i) The President and Cabinet stand resigned:
ii) A caretaker government with restrained and limited authority as spelt out by the Caribbean Court of Justice and Commonwealth parliamentary norms; iii) Name a date for elections; iv) Dissolve the Legislature. How long is Mr. Granger prepared to hold out on calling elections? Is President Granger prepared to go down in history, as one of the first leaders in a parliamentary democracy in any part of the world, to have defied a No Confidence Motion legitimately passed and refused to hold elections within the constitutionally required time frame? I cannot think of one parliamentary democracy where this has happened. Will
this be Mr. Granger’s legacy? We assert our right under the Guyana Constitution to exercise our sovereignty and our power to elect our representatives to govern our nation and demand that the President and his illegal government name a date for elections. We urge GECOM to act with alacrity to prepare for elections. GECOM’s mandate is that it must always be ready to hold elections. This is no time to sit on the fence. Who are those amongst us prepared to defend the constitution and democracy? As the next few days and weeks unfold we shall learn who will join us to defend our constitution and our democracy. Sincerely Gail Teixeira
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Police Force keeps promise to Commander whose home was destroyed by fire The Guyana Police Force has kept its promise to assist recently appointed Commander of G Division, Essequibo Coast and Islands Superintendent Crystal Robinson, whose home was destroyed by fire two Sundays ago. Last Wednesday, the GPF presented Ms Robinson with a sum of cash and a hamper as part of the initiative to help out the family. Mr Nigel Hoppie who is currently acting as the Commissioner of Police, handed over the items to her in the Commissioners Conference Room in the presence of a number of other Senior Officers of the Force. The Commander was assured of the Forces commitment to helping victims of disaster. In Turn, Commander Robinson expressed sincere thanks to the Guyana Police Force for its support. During the early morning hours on August 10th a fire razed the Commanders residence. She lost practically everything. The house was home to five persons with four lodging in the upper flat and the other in the lower flat. According to Robinson she was at the National Cultural Centre for the Guyana Police Force Pageant when she received a phone call from her neighbour. ”It was about 01:30am when my neighbour called me saying my cars were on fire which was spreading to the home.” She said one person was asleep in the home but escaped unhurt after neighbours alerted her. ”I was told that by the time my neighbours from each side tried to come out and do something the house was already on fire. The fire service was called but when they arrived the house was completely engulfed.” Commander Robinson said she was shown a video in which the hose the firemen attempted to use had holes and the water was escaping out of it preventing the pressure from reaching to the f l a m e s . ”From what I heard the firemen had to leave and get another hose because the one
they came with had a lot of holes but by the time they returned nothing could have been saved. I cant give an estimated cost for my losses but every single thing I lost which may amount to millions of dollars.” According to the commander, the fire department is unclear as to what started the fire. Deputy Commissioner of Police Nigel Hoppie headed the team of Crime Chief (ag) Senior Superintendent Michael Kingston; Deputy Commander of D Division, Superintendent Dion Moore; Personal Assistant to the Commissioner, Superintendent Alistair Roberts; Deputy Traffic Chief, Deputy Superintendent Joseph Jack, as well as other Senior Officers,
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who visited Commander Robinson on the afternoon of the tragic incident. The team met with the commander at the premises where her home once stood at 154 Back Street Stewartville, West Coast Demerara. Mr Hoppie had personally assured the commander of the Force Administrations full support in bringing relief to herself and family.In response to the helping hand being extended, Commander Robinson stated, “Well one must feel glad that their colleagues are reaching out to them in their time of need, so Im very happy about the gesture.”
Commander of G Division Ms Crystal Robinson receiving the hamper from Action Commissioner DSM Nigel Hoppie in the presence of other senior officers. (PC Police Facebook Page)
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Politicians fight over power at the expense... (From page 3) percent wasn’t low enough, it was recently revealed by Kaieteur News that the Orinduik PSA gives Guyana even less. It allows for Guyana to get one percent royalty, but that’s not the worst part. The Contractor will be able to recover the one percent royalty in its entirety. Hannam and Partners, a leading independent investment bank, prepared a report which stated that Eco-Atlantic, an operator on the Orinduik Block, is a very attractive bet for investment, because of the fact that the royalty the Contractor is mandated to pay, has to be given
back through cost recovery. Attention was also drawn to the fact that the Contractor will have to pay no corporate tax. A range of tax write-offs is another issue that attention has been drawn to, as a quality of Guyana’s contracts with oil companies that give Guyana less than it deserves. Since the passage of the No Confidence Motion, a major focus of Government and Opposition has been the consequences of the motion. There have been three court rulings on the validity of the No Confidence motion. After that, there has been a ruling by the Chief Justice, Roxane George Wiltshire, on whether
a Conservatory Order should be approved to halt House to House Registration, and on whether the Court should set a date for General and Regional Elections. According to Hinds, “Our politicians are carping about the abuse, misuse, and adherence or non-adherence to the Guyana constitution, filing court actions, appealing court findings, disregarding court rulings, and emphasising the importance of the Constitution and court rulings, all for power of one racial party or another racial party.” This is all, he said, at the expense of Guyana’s prosperity in oil.
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CAREBACO Junior Under-19 International Championship 2019 Day 3
Guyana players in three out of five finals
Priyanna Ramdhani in action during the Singles.
Monday August 19, 2019 ARIES (Mar. 21–Apr. 19) - If you don't feel that you make enough money, this is the time to do something about it, Aries. Are you sure you're doing everything you can to earn as much as possible? TAURUS(Apr.20–May20) Today you'll have a banker's precision, Taurus. You will recheck everything from your expenses to your investments to your children's pocket money, not to mention how much you've paid back on your loans. GEMINI (May 21–June 20) Do you wonder whether other people are attracted to you, Gemini? If you'd like to reassure yourself, you could work on your outward appearance today. CANCER (June 21–July 22) You're probably looking for new objectives in your career and personal life, Cancer. Today you'll get the opportunity to share some dynamic ideas with new people.
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Priyanna Ramdhani & Tyrese Jeffrey battle in the Mixed Doubles Semis.
On Day three Saturday August 17th at the CAREBACO Junior Under-19 International Championship which is being played at the Garfield Sobers Gymnasium in St. Michael, Barbados, the Guyanese players advanced into three finals after some outstanding performances on the court. Reaching the Finals were: Priyanna Ramdhani in Singles, Doubles & Mixed Doubles; Tyrese Jeffrey in the Mixed Doubles. The Semi-Finals Results on Day-3 show: Ladies Singles: Priyanna Ramdhani of Guyana defeated Kayleigh Moenne of Suriname: 21-9, 21-12 Mixed Doubles: Priyanna Ramdhani & Tyrses Jeffrey of Guyana defeated Vance Juteram & Chequeda De Boulet of Trinidad: 21-11, 21-13 Ladies Doubles: Priyanna Ramdhani of Guyana & Chequeda De Boulet of Trinidad defeated McKaila Reid & Sobers Robyn of Barbados: 21-7, 214 Men Doubles: Tyrese Jeffrey & Akili Haynes lost to Kennie King & Dominic Scantlebury of Barbados in a three setter: 2119, 15-21, 11-21 The tournament continued last evening with the Finals where the Guyanese Players are in 3 of the five Finals.
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Australia hold out for second Test draw against England as concussed Smith sidelined AFP - Australia held out for a draw after Jofra Archer and Jack Leach nearly bowled England to an improbable win in the second Ashes Test at Lord’s yesterday. Australia were 154-6 at the close, having been set a stiff target of 267 in 48 overs when England captain Joe Root declared after lunch on the back of Ben Stokes’s unbeaten century. It seemed the match was destined for a a draw, with Australia 132-3 after tea in a Test where five sessions were washed out completely, with rain also delaying Sunday’s start by over an hour. But Australia, who still lead the five-match series 1-0 after their 251-run win at Edgbaston, then lost three wickets for 17 runs to give England renewed hope. Come the last over, bowled by left-arm spinner Leach, England needed four wickets but Pat Cummins played out three deliveries to
Jofra Archer dismissed Australia’s Usman Khawaja as England chased victory on the final day of the second Ashes cricket Test at Lord’s. (AFP / Adrian Dennis)
Australia’s Marnus Labuschagne reacts as the ball, bowled by England’s Jofra Archer hits him on the helmet. (AFP / Glyn Kirk) secure a draw, with Australia finishing on 154-6. Fast bowler Archer took 332 to finish with five wickets on his Test debut, with Leach returning figures of 3-37. Australia’s Steve Smith had to sit out Sunday’s play with concussion suffered when hit by a bouncer from Test debutant Archer during
his 92 on Saturday — the first time this series he had been out for under a hundred. Given the short turnaround, Smith could now miss the third Test in Leeds starting on Thursday. His absence would be a huge blow to Australia, bidding for their first Ashes series win in England in 18 years,
given he made 144 and 142 at Edgbaston in his first Test since completing a 12-month ban for his role in a ball-tampering scandal in South Africa. - Labuschagne hit on helmet Archer also struck Smith’s replacement Marnus
Blake blasts back with 100m Diamond League win, eyes world champs
Jamaica’s Yohan Blake wins the men’s 100 Metres final at the Diamond League Birmingham Grand Prix. (Action Images via Reuters/Jason Cairnduff) BIRMINGHAM, England (Reuters) - Former world champion Yohan Blake of Jamaica edged Britains Adam Gemili in a photo-finish to win the 100 meters at the Birmingham Diamond League meeting yesterday. Both sprinters were given the same time of 10.07 seconds, with Blake declared the winner. “It was coming,” said Blake, the 2011 world champion who last won an individual global medal at the 2012 London Olympics. The 29-year-old, who has been overshadowed by Americans Christian Coleman, Justin Gatlin and Noah Lyles in recent years, was aided by a 2.0 meters per second wind, just under the allowable. “The weather wasnt great but Im saving the big day for the world championships and the Diamond League finals in Zurich,” said Blake. “I can run faster.” Coleman had withdrawn from the race earlier in the week and Canadian triple Olympic medalist Andre De Grasse was a disappointing fifth in 10.13. Olympic 400 meters gold medalist Shaunae Miller-Uibo of the Bahamas won her 11th consecutive 200 meters, turning back British European champion Dina Asher-Smith and Jamaicas Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce. Miller-Uibo, who has not lost at the distance since 2017,
pulled away from Asher-Smith with 70 meters to go and won in 22.24 seconds. Asher-Smith clocked 22.36 and Fraser-Pryce 22.50. “The race didnt go to plan,” said Miller-Uibo. “My start was just horrible and had to rely on that 400m speed to get through.” Olympic champions Nafissatou Thiam, Ekaterini Stefanidi and Omar McLeod also were winners on a day when swirling winds affected many performances. Thiam twice broke the Belgian long jump record, leaping 6.86 meters on her third attempt to show she will be ready to defend her world heptathlon title in Doha in October. “It gives me confidence,” said Thiam. “Its almost 20cm more than my PB (personal best).” Serbian world indoor champion Ivana Spanovic was second, a mere centimeter behind, and British heptathlete Katarina Johnson-Thompson took third at the same distance after fouling on her first two attempts. Greeces Stefanidi claimed the pole vault with a third attempt clearance at 4.75 meters and Jamaican McLeod dominated the 110 meters hurdles, winning in 13.21 seconds. Compatriot Danielle Williams, the years fastest in the 100 meters hurdles, easily defeated U.S. world record holder Keni Harrison, claiming victory in 12.46 seconds.
Labuschagne — cricket’s first concussion substitute — on the grille of his helmet yesterday. But Labuschagne responded by top-scoring with 59. World Cup winner Archer took two for two in seven balls yesterday. David Warner’s miserable series continued when, on five, he edged Archer to Rory Burns in the slips. Australia were 19-2 when Usman Khawaja was caught behind off a fine Archer ball just outside off stump for two. Archer’s second delivery to Labuschagne, was a 91.6 mph bouncer that him flush on the grille. But Labuschagne eventually resumed his innings and later bravely drove Archer down the ground for four — one of seven he hit in an admirable 89-ball fifty. The first over after tea saw struggling opener Cameron Bancroft (16) plumb lbw to a ball that kept low from Leach, with Australia in trouble at 47-3. It seemed any hope of an England win had disappeared when Jason Roy dropped a routine chance at second slip to reprieve Travis Head on 22. Head finished on 42 not out.
But Labuschagne fell when his sweep off Leach deflected off Jos Buttler at short leg before looping to Root, diving forward at midwicket. The onfield ‘soft signal’ was out and third umpire Joel Wilson eventually upheld that verdict to the disgust of Labuschagne, who exchanged words with Root on his way into the pavilion. Leach then had Matthew Wade (one) taken at short leg before Joe Denly held a sensational diving left-handed catch at midwicket to dismiss Tim Paine following the Australia captain’s full-blooded pull off Archer. But with the natural light fading, the umpires appeared to instruct Root not to bowl Archer even though the floodlights were on — effectively depriving the paceman of two overs. Earlier man-of-the-match Stokes scored 115 not out before Root declared England’s second innings on 258-5. Stokes slog-swept offspinner Nathan Lyon for two sixes in as many deliveries on the way to a 160-ball century, his seventh in Tests and second against Australia.
India lead West Indies A by 116 runs on 2nd day of tour match ST JOHNS, Antigua, CMC India, leading West Indies A by 116 runs on first innings, reached 84 for one in their second innings at the close on the second day of their three-day tour match at Coolidge Cricket Ground here yesterday. Scores: INDIA 297 for six decl. (Cheteshwar Pujara 100, Rohit Sharma 68, Hanuma Vihari 37 not out, Lokesh Rahul 36, Rishabh Pant 33; Jonathan Carter 3-39) and 84 for one (Hanuma Vihari 48 not out, Ajinkya Rahane 20 not out). WEST INDIES A 181 (Kavem Hodge 51, Jahmar Hamilton 33, Jonathan Carter 26; Umesh Yadav 3-19, Ishant Sharma 3-21, Kuldeep Yadav 3-35).
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RDC Region Ten congratulates athlete on securing scholarship The Regional Democratic Council (RDC) Region Ten through its Regional Chairman, Renis Morian has congratulated well known Linden athlete, Daniel Williams in securing a scholarship. The young man, who has dominated the National Schools Athletic Championships over the years, will join students at Hinds Community College in Raymond, Mississippi later this week. Williams accompanied by his mother paid a courtesy call
to the Regional Chairman to express his personal gratitude to Renis Morian and his councillors for their unwavering support and assistance that was provided over the years. Reginal Chairman Morian in expressing congratulations spoke about Williams discipline and dedication to the sport as the primary pillars that have resulted in his successes over the years. “This is a young man who from as long as I can recall has always been very disciplined
and dedicated to athletics and these are qualities that are critically important if athletes are going to succeed today,” he said. He stressed that he and his Councillors are elated with the news of Williams securing the scholarship, noting that they are confident that Williams is certainly a future super star to watch. He urged other athletes in Region Ten to remain steadfast, committed, discipline and patient reminding them that the suc-
cesses of Williams didnt come overnight but rather through his diligence, commitment, and most importantly sacrifices to achieve the best. He reminded many students that they can emulate the efforts and contributions of Williams, stating that his RDC remains committed and dedicated to those making meaningful and positive contributions to the holistic development of Region Ten. “I want to reiterate my congratulations to Daniel Williams on your achievement of getting a scholarship and May God bless you to claim many more. Through your hard work and determination, you have proven to be a student and athlete that the residents of RegionTen Linden would like to recognise and encourage to continue your educational aspiration as you join many other studentsfrom around the world at Hinds community College,” Morian said. Meanwhile, the young athlete who was accompanied by his mother expressed sincere thanks and gratitude to the Regional Chairman for his continued support and assistance dubbing it as being very significant to his motivation, thus resulting in his continued success. “My family and I arevery thankful for the continued and significant support that we have received from Region Ten and more in particular theRegional Chairman, Mr Renis Morian as it has helped mein difficulttimes and today I would like to repeat our sincere thanks and gratitude. I however would like to
statethat as I leave for my scholarship that I would continue to give of my best so that my country and most importantly the people of Region Ten can remain proud and supportive of me” Williams said. Williams, who was born in the mining town of Linden started taking part in athletics at the primary school level where he began excelling. As he progressed to secondary school, his successes continued, being a regular feature at the NationalSchools Championships. In 2017 hebecame the most decorated athlete winning records in the High Jump, 100M, 200M and 400M competing in the U12, U14, U16 and U18 categories. It was revealed that Williams wasnt only limited to the track. The soon to be Hinds Community College student attended the Mackenzie High
School (MHS) and in 2015 writing the Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate (CSEC) Examinations he secured one Grade One, four Grade Twos and three Grade Threes from his eight subjects. Williams went unto sixth form at the very institution where he completed Unit One at the Caribbean Advanced Proficiency Examination (CAPE). The young man admitted that he harbours aspiration of studying Mechanical Engineering, noting that he is a student at the University of Guyana where he was pursuing a degree at the Computer Science. “I am extremely elated over this scholarship and I can promise the people of Guyana that while at Hinds I will certainly be giving of my best, thus bringing further success to Guyanese athletes,” be assured.
Regional Chairman, Renis Morian and Daniel Williams holding the acceptance letter for Hinds Community College, while his mother pleasantly looks on.
Leicester crash Lampard’s Chelsea home-coming party LONDON (Reuters) - Chelsea manager Frank Lampard had to settle for a 1-1 draw against Leicester City in his first home match in charge yesterday as a second-half header by Wilfred Ndidi cancelled out Mason Mounts early goal on his home debut. Chelsea raced into the lead when the 20 year-old Mount, one of a crop of young players given their chance by Lampard, stole the ball from a dallying Ndidi and left Kasper Schmeichel with no chance with his shot in the seventh minute.The goal capped an opening onslaught by the new-look Blues who were roared on by the home fans excited at the return of Chelseas all-time top scorer Lampard as manager.Before the match, fans in the Shed End unveiled a banner emblazoned with the huge words: “Welcome home, Super Frank” and Lampard told reporters later that it was “the stuff of dreams” to return to Stamford Bridge.But his focus was on how Chelsea failed to maintain their early momentum against Leicester and allowed the visitors to run much of the game, something he said could only be partly blamed on his sides tiring midweek trip to Istanbul where they lost the Super Cup final to Liverpool after extra time and penalties. “That was the disappointing thing for me
that we couldnt sustain the period of the early part of the game,” Lampard said. “I dont expect that 100-miles-an-hour energy for the 90 minutes, but I do expect that when you rest, you can keep possession of the ball better. That was the big thing for me today.”Lampard said he took more comfort from the 4-0 defeat to Manchester United last weekend, when Chelsea played well for long periods, than he did from yesterdays draw. “We can do better than we did today,” he said.In the opening minutes, Mount linked up impressively with striker Olivier Giroud, and U.S. winger Christian Pulisic, another new face at Chelsea, also went close.But Leicester grew steadily into the game and equalised in the 67th minute when Ndidi atoned for his firsthalf error by heading home a James Maddison corner.Chelsea brought on home-grown striker Tammy Abraham to try to break the deadlock but Leicester had the best chances as Maddison, Jamie Vardy and Youri Tielemans spurned opportunities late on.Leicester coach Brendan Rodgers lamented the missed opportunities as his side took control of the contest.“I think we should have won it, to be honest,” he said. “Second half, I thought we were very, very good.”
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Guyana win International fights.. 2019 International Crossfit 12-12-12 Throwdown T&T
Omisi Williams cops RX bronze on debut, Kellon Reid ends 8th; Randy Halley 4th in Scaled Class By Franklin Wilson The Guyana trio of Omisi Williams, Kellon Reid and Randy Halley, all hailing from the Bauxite Mining Town of Linden made themselves and nation proud on the weekend when the annual International Crossfit 12-12-12 Throwdown in Trinidad and Tobago took place at the St. Marys College Pool and the Woodbrook Youth Facility, Port of Spain. They all made their first international debuts after encouraging results at this years Guyana Fitness Games. Williams emulated his local performance by copping the bronze medal in T&T like he did earlier this year. Williams who like his two colleagues were representing under the Fitness Addicts banner and trains at Perrys Fitness Gym/CrossFit 592, took the final podium spot in the Mens RX Class behind winner, Shane Hamel-Smith We Heart CrossFit and Vikash Ramlogan WeHeart CrossFit. Reid (Fitness Addicts/Sharpies Fitness) also competing in the Mens RX Division managed to placed 8th out of 16 competitors. He had placed 5th at the Guyana Fitness Games. The lone competitor in the Mens Scaled Category, Randy Halley (Fitness Addicts/Sharpies Fitness Gym) ended just outside of the podium positions, 4th. The top three in this class were Cevan Ramkissoon 1st - Elite 101, Kiron Simmons 2nd Just Fitness Agility Sports and Ravin Dookie 3rd Mikfit Performance. The two day competition commenced with a swimming segment on Friday last before the action intensified on Saturday. Events included; Mens RX event #2 (7 min time cap) Buy in 200 double unders, 21-159 deadlifts toes 2 bar, buy out200 double unders. RX event #3 (for time) 21-15-9 snatches: Men 95-115-135lbs, Women 65-95-115lbs, Rope Climbs 3-3-3. Mens Scaled Event #1 For time 0 18 min cap 50 air squats 3km row. Scaled Event #2 (7 min time cap) But in- 200 double unders, 21-15-9 deadlifts, toes to bar buy-out 200 double unders. Scaled Event #3 21-15-9 snatches 75/ 55lbs, bar over burpees. Williams speaking with Kaieteur Sport summed up his
Omisi Williams (right) on the podium with Shane Hamel-Smith and Vikash Ramlogan.
Randy Halley (right), Kellon Reid and Omisi Williams -The Guyanese trio which competed at the 2019 International Crossfit 12-12-12 Throwdown in T&T. feelings at the competition on debut, noting that preparation was fantastic but most of all they were a committed and disciplined bunch as Linden does not have many of the equipment need to prepare for this level of competition which meant that they had to travel to the city to be sufficiently prepared. ”It was a great experience and privilege being able to represent myself and my country on the international stage. This being my first international meet and doing good amongst some of
the more experienced athletes in the Caribbean is just wonderful. It’s a true honor getting our 592 flag on the podium. I would like to thank Fitness Express, Snooks Variety (Linden) and James & Sons Store for their contributions towards this successful trip.”Gratitude was also extended to Perry from Perry Fitness Gym and Paul from Elite Fitness Gym for the roles they played in pushing the trio to the limit and getting them ready for the competition.
From page 31 bulk of the punches in the first round but few of them hit the target.Benjamin seemed reluctant to throw punches of his own and was caught with few shots from the busy Nixon which prompted the Guyanese supporters to start chanting Benjie, Benjie to wake up the 14-year-old Southpaw, one of several fighters in the squad from the FYF.The chanting had
its desired effect and in the second round Benjamin unleashed a flurry of punches in bunches with Nixon being given a standing 8 count. Another barrage of body shots forced the Trinidadian Referee to call a halt to contest.This is the fourth edition of this tournament with Guyana winning the previous three. The tournament was scheduled to conclude last night.
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Motor Trend Service Centre Hard Knocks clinch Championship joins 1320 sponsorship team NEE/Mohameds Enterprise futsal tourney
Aubrey Major Jr. (second right) hands over the first place cash prize to Hard Knocks following their victory in the final of the sixth Mohamed’s Enterprise futsal tourney. The curtains fell on the sixth annual New Era Entertainment (NEE)/Mohameds Enterprise futsal tourney on Saturday last after Hard Knocks got past NK Ballers in the final that was played on the Mackenzie Sports Club (MSC) hard court. Hard Knocks banged in 20 goals during the emphatic
victory that allowed them to cart of the Championship trophy and $600,000 first place cash prize, while NK Ballers had to settle for the still handsome $250,000 prize.Pernell Schultz continued his top goal scoring form and fired home seven of Hard Knocks 20 goals, while Colin Nelson scored a double hat-trick. NK
Ballers werent going to go down without a fight but they couldve only managed 13 goals in the 20-minute per half encounter.In the third place playoff, Dave & Celinas All Stars took the $100,000 prize after getting past High Rollers 15-11 in that clash. High Rollers walked away with $50,000 for their fourth place finish.
The Guyana Motor Racing and Sports Club (GMR&SC) has secured sponsorship from Motor Trend Service Centre for the upcoming International Drag race event dubbed 1320 heat slated for this Sunday at the South Dakota Circuit. In a release to the media, GMR&SC acknowledged their gratitude for the support given and explained that running off a motor racing event is very costly so every dollar earned is appreciated. The correspondence further noted that, “The Company has long been supporters of Motor Sport in Guyana.” The release further explained that, “The GMR&SC is constantly looking to upgrade the South Dakota Circuit. This year, the club made a target of completing the Launch Pad and extending the strip to a full quarter-mile. Both objectives were reached due to the generous contributions of sponsors, support by the fans and very importantly the competitors.” President of the GMR&SC, Rameez Mohamed, confirmed via correspondence to the media earlier in the month that Team
GMR&SC representative Teekaram Jainarine (left) receives the cheque from Motor Trends’ Neshana Deodass. Mohameds newly acquired white Nissan GT-R is set to finally make its competitive debut at the event after missing out in March due to transmission issues. Over 100 competitors are expected to register for the event which will see the driver with the fastest reaction win $20 000.More importantly, DEL Ice Co has sponsored cash prizes for the fastest 11 and 12 second cars, a total of $100,000 each. Admission stands at
$1000 for children and $2000 for adults and action begins at 10:00hrs. Other sponsors include Sponsors include DEL CO ICE, R.kission Contracting, Deryckv Jaisingh Trucking Service and Machinery Rentals, Mohameds Enterprise, BM Soat, Prem Electrical, ENetworks, Trans-Pacific Auto Sales, Cyrils Taxi, Blue Spring Water, Choke Gas Station, Miracle Optical, Tropical shipping and Hand in Hand.
Demerara Bank renews sponsorship for RHTYSC cricket teams Annual Spelling Bee Long time sponsor of the Rose Hall Town Youth & Sports Club, Demerara Bank on Friday last renewed its sponsorship of the Clubs annual Spelling Bee Competition. The Annual Competition is organised by the ten teams of the Club under their highly successful Say No/Say Yes Campaign, which is directed to over 70,000 youths in Berbice. Under this Campaign the ten teams encourage youths to stay away from drugs, crime, suicide, crime, alcohol, pre marital sex, tobacco and to embrace education, sports, life, religion, culture. Club Secretary/CEO Hilbert Foster, MS, who launched the Campaign over twenty five years, stated that Demerara Bank has been sponsoring the competition for five years and that the 2019 edition would involve the Rose Hall Town, Port Mourant, Tain, Cropper and Belvedere Primary Schools. One of the main objectives of hosting the Spelling Bee is to encourage students to develop a habit of research and
spelling correctly. In todays modern world, students depend on the computer to spell and research for them and this result in them struggling when they are away from the computer. The Rose Hall Town Youth & Sports Club and its ten cricket teams, the veteran official stated, is very passionate about the promotion of education as the Key to Success and urged all other youth/sports organisation to do the same. Thousands of youths across Berbice have benefitted from the work of the Club under this Campaign. The Rose Hall Town Youth & Sports Club on an annual basis organises dozens of events and assists thousands of students with school bags, uniforms, educational materials, bicycles among others. The Campaign includes Inspiration Forum, Essay Competitions, Posters, Billboard, TV Programmes and Commercials, Booklet, Magazine, Youth Parades, Summer Camps, Awards Ceremonies and donations to Schools among others.
Demerara Bank Manager Mandrekar Khemraj hands over sponsorship to RHTYSC Secretary/CEO Hilbert Foster in the presence of staff members. The Club over the last two months have shared out close to $2M worth of school bags, bicycles, educational materials, launched another edition of its popular youth information booklet, hosted the 13th edition of the Grade 6 Summer Camp and would shortly launch a countywide Say No
to Suicide Poster Campaign. Asst Secretary/CEO Simon Naidu, who overlooks the Say No/Say Yes Campaign, expressed gratitude to the Management and Staff of the Rose Hall Town Demerara Bank for their continued sponsorship. He reassured the sponsors, that the Spelling
Bee Competition would be well organised and that all of the objectives would be met. Manager of the Demerara Bank, Branch Manager Mandrekar Khemraj stated that the Bank was pleased to be associated with the Rose Hall Town Youth & Sports Club, MS to promote the im-
portance of education. Khemraj hailed the work of the Club and urged them to uphold its high standard and Demerara Bank he stated was dedicated to the development of Guyana and as such invests heavily into fields such as sports, education and youth development.
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Winfield Braitwaite Cbean Schoolboys & juniors Boxing tourney
Guyana win International fights on night 2 to claim for 4 Gold medals so far By Sean Devers Despite another late start, the fair size crowd produced a wonderful atmosphere as night two of the Winfield Braitwaite Caribbean Schoolboys & juniors Boxing tournament saw Guyana winning all three of their International bouts on Saturday night at the Cliff Anderson National Sports Hall. Urged on by a gathering which included Keevin Allicock, just back from the Pan Am Games in Peru where came the closest to giving Guyana its only Medal, Alex Butcher and Ryan Benjamin won their fights by second round Knockouts, while Guyanas most experienced pugilist Isaiah Moore registered a convincing win over Trinidadian Abdul Taylor in the most entertaining fight of the night. Earlier, with pulsating music blaring from the Fame Band sounds, the action commenced with an Exhibition bout between the pint size pair of Vickacy Graham and Moses Crawford, while in the local bouts, 14-year-old Jaqwan Milo was steaming hot and manhandled Kevin Issacs in their Welterweight clash as he threw a flurry of power shots.The 18-year-old Fitz Haywood knocked out Sheldon McKenzie in 2 min-
Guyana’s Alex Butcher about the score with a right to the head of Dominican Enoch Phillips.
Ryan Benjamin (left) goes toe-to-toe with Charlie Nixon of the Cayman Islands before the T&T Referee stopped the fight in the second round.
utes, 58 seconds of the opening round of their 67kg encounter. McKenzie did not catch Fitz but Haywood caught him with a good combination to stagger him just before the sound of the bell. However, you cannot be saved by the Bell in amateur bouts. In the other all Guyana fight, Andrey Bess beat Wezton Harry. In the feature bout of night, 18-year-old Southpaw Moore had the gathering on their feet in his Youth 52kg fight against T&Ts Taylor who gave a good account of himself and went the full three
rounds.Moore from the Forgotten Youths Foundation Gym in the heart of Albouystown looked the quicker and more accomplished of the pair as he made the Trini miss with his big swings as the fight ebbed and flowed in the first round. Despite a few technical flaws, Moore who has 19 KOs in his 31 fights for Guyana with his only loss coming vie a disqualification since he made his debut in 2016 in Barbados, began the second round with a hard right to Taylors face and followed it up with a left hook.
Chandrika, Legay star in Canada Former West Indies opening batsman Rajindra Chandrika hit an impressive century for Vikings Cricket Club recently in the 2019 Toronto and District Cricket Association Super9 50-over competition at King City venue. The right-handed Chandrika, who has represented West Indies in five tests so far, stroke five fours and four sixes in his 110 as Vikings defeated Islanders Cricket Club by 78 runs in another round match. Vikings batted first and reached a challenging 220-8 off the 50-overs, while Islanders only responded with 132 all out in the 34th over. Meanwhile, former Guyana under-19 left-arm spinner Dennis Legay plying his trade for Islanders and bagged a six-wicket haul despite his team suffered a 13run loss to Yorkshire Cricket Club at the same venue last weekend. Yorkshire rattled up a competitive 203 all out off 35.5
overs while Islanders were dismissed for 187 in the 46th over. Canadian batsman Navneet Dhaliwal hit an aggressive 93 for Yorkshire as Legay collected six wickets for 46 runs from his ten-over spell. His skipper and exCanada off-spinner Afzal Dean snatched three wickets for 43 runs from 8.5 overs. When Islanders batted, Dean returned to be the principal score with 40 while another former Guyana firstclass opening batsman Shemroy Barrington scored 18 runs. Legay stated that he wants to represent Canada at the international level having taken up residence here now in North America. The Malteenoes Sports Club player also mentioned his aim is to take wickets consistently at this level, the highest divisional cricket in Canada, which is being used to select players for ICC assignments. The 27-year-old Legay also believes that hard work
is necessary to wear the Canadian sports colours. Like Legay, Chandrika also is hoping to suit up again in the prestigious maroon colours sooner rather later. According to 30-year-old Chandrika, he is fully fit now after he would have fractured one of his fingers while he was playing regional four-day cricket the last season. Chandrika said he has been up here to keep playing competitive cricket and already fashioned a half-century (51) in the same tournament too which is boosting his confidence immensely. Apart from Chandrika, Legay and Barrington, several other ex and current Guyanese cricketers are featuring in Canadas club cricket this season again. Among them are former Gu yana and West Indies limited-over player Royston Crandon, Trevon Garraway, Eugen LaFluer, Ryan Ramdass, Steve Ramdass, Krishna Deosaran and Troy Gonsalves.
Taylor fought back and executed a few jabs but a three punch combination which started with a right Jab and ended with a crunching left hook, backed up the determined Taylor.Although Taylor tried to counter punch, Moore, the son of retired Professional Boxer Leon Hurry up Moore who now Coaches in Brooklyn, caught him with an overhand right and dominated the penultimate round. In the last round, Moore used his jab to set up some telling left hooks to Taylors head and worked the body. Taylor retaliated, but his shots to body suggested he had run out of gas and with his adrenaline pumping and the partisan fans screaming his name, Moore jumped on Taylor with a series of left/ right combinations that had the Trini wobbling on the ropes and at the sound of the final bell, he collapsed in a sitting position on the canvas in his corner. In the first International fight between 16-year-old Guyanese Butcher and Enoch Phillips of Dominica in a 64kg
The Plantain Chips Man, who was caught on TV during the T20 match at Providence dancing with his tray balanced on his head, did it again on Saturday night. Youth encounter, the first stanza was action packed with both boxers going hard at each other.The Dominican got hit with a one/two to the head at the start of round two and got a standing 8 count. Another powerful right to the mid-section sent Phillips reeling backwards and he was given a second standing 8 count for the round.A wicked
left to the ribs and a brutal upper cut the chin staggered Phillips resulting in the Referee stopping the contest to save Phillips from further punishment.The second International bout between Guyanese Benjamin and Charlie Nixon from the Cayman Islands in a 63kg Juniors match-up, Nixon threw the (Continnued on page 27)
The talented Isaiah Moore is mobbed by his elated fans after his convincing win on Saturday night.
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2019 Senior CASA Championships
Chin and Fernandes make singles Q/finals
Guyana Ashley DeGroot (stroke) fell 3-2 to Eilidh Bridgman (right) of Cayman Islands in her women’s singles round-of-16 clash last evening.
Guyana’s Jason-Ray Khalil (stroke) during his roundof-16 men’s singles loss to Khamal Cumberbatch of Barbados last night.
15-year-old Shomari Wiltshire played well but could couldnt hold off his senior counterpart, Julian Morrison of Jamaica in their last 16 men’s singles match.
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he 2019 edition of the Senior Carib bean Area Squash Association (CASA) Championships is being hosted in Guyana and the event that will conclude this Saturday, served off yesterday at the Georgetown Club Courts on
Camp Street and the National Racquet Center on Woolford Avenue. Play got underway from 08:00hrs in the mens and womens singles and up to press time, Taylor Fernandes and Richard Chin had made it to the quarterfinals of the
womens and mens competitions, respectively. During her quarterfinal push, Fernandes made light work of Natalie Fay of the BVI 3-0 (11-1, 11-2, 11-2) in the first round before brushing aside Jodi Smith-Padmore of Barbados 3-0 (11-5, 11-4, 11-
6) in the round of 16. Chin first beat Brandon DeMontrichard of T&T 3-0 (11-4, 11-5, 11-4) in the first round before getting past Bryant Cumberbatch of Barbados 3-1. Chin lost the first game 11-7 but never looked back after getting his
act together in the final three games winning 11-4, 11-6 and 11-5. Meanwhile, the Guyanese men that went down in the second round (last 16) of the singles included National Champion, Jason Ray-Khalil who faltered 3-1 (11-7, 3-11,
Dominion Enterprise distribute bursaries to West Ruimveldt youths Former National Table Tennis player and Managing Director of Dominion Enterprise, Dwayne Munroe, distributed bursaries to the youths of West Ruimveldt in an effort to assist with the educational development of youths in the community. This has been an annual feature of Dominion Enterprise since its existence. Over the years, hundreds of youths in the West Ruimveldt and Sophia community would have benefitted from this kind gesture by Dominion Enterprise.In an invited comment the Managing Director said that he believes that to confront the challenges our youths face in the communities, greater investment in education is needed to overcome these challenges faced by our youths and as part of its social corporate responsibility.Dominion Enterprise will continue to invest in the education of the youths of Guyana because we firmly believe there is no
Some of the students with Dwayne Munroe all set and ready for school with their respective bags on their backs. greater investment in Guyana that yields the greatest return, than an investment in the education of our youths. Munroe, in a simple ceremony, told the youths that Education is the most power-
ful weapon which you can use to make positive change in todays society and encouraged them to develop a passion for learning for with that you will never cease to grow. This year recipients in-
cluded youths who would have written the National Grade Six Examinations, CAPE and attending the University of Guyana. The recipients would have received electronic tablets, backpacks
along with the necessary school supplies to equip them for the new school year. The University of Guyana students received monetary assistance towards their university tuition.
9-11, 7-11) to Khamal Cumberbatch after winning the first game of the match comfortably. Current Caribbean under17 champion; 15-year-old Shomari Wiltshire, made it to the second round after beating Tahjia Lumley of Jamaica 3-1 (8-11, 11-2, 12-10, 11-4). The extremely talented Guyanese won the first two games of his round-of-16 clash against Julian Morrison of Jamaica 11-8 and 13-11 (after being 2-6 down) but Morrison rallied back to win the next three games 11-3, 11-7 and 11-9 to earn the quarterfinal berth. Ashley DeGroot lost a tough womens singles second round match to Eilidh Bridgeman of the Cayman Islands 3-2 (8-11, 11-4, 11-8, 811, 10-12). However, Guyana still has Mary Fung-A-Fat, former Caribbean Junior Champion Larissa Wiltshire and former world ranked 19; Nicolette Fernandes, still to contest their second round matches. The results of those games will be featured in a subsequent article. The Guyana Squash Association (GSA) is hosting seven nations for this championship namely Barbados, Bermuda, British Virgin Islands, Cayman Islands, Jamaica, St. Vincent and the Grenadines and Trinidad and Tobago. (Calvin Chapman story and photos)
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Guyanese Anderson, Hunts, Woodroffe, Gonsalves grab gold at Goodwill games Guyana’s swimmers have done their country proud so far at the ongoing Goodwill games in Suriname. Jaleel Anderson grabbed gold in the 100 freestyle, while Athalcy Hunts won gold in the 100m backstroke and took bronze in the 100 freestyle. Monique Watson won silver in the 100m backstroke, Vladimir Woodroffe captured gold in the 100 backstroke, Elliott Gonsalves took bronze in the 100m backstroke. The Guyanese also excelled in the relay events. Their 9 - 10 girls 4x100 Medley Relay team of Andica Vieira, Kyra Soares, Shareefah Lewis, Jasmine Allen won bronze, while 11 - 12 boys 4x100 Medley Relay unit of Vladimir Wo o d r o f f e , S t e p h e n Rankehlawan, Elliott Gonsalves and Jaleel Anderson won gold. Elliott Gonsalves proved too good for his
Jaleel Anderson
From the left boys Vladimir Woodroffe, Jaleel Anderson, Stephen Rankehlawan, Elliott Gonsalves celebrate.
rivals as he won gold in the boys 11-12 200m IM; Vladimir Woodroffe took the bronze. Monique Watson handed Guyana another medal as she took silver in the girls 11-12 200IM, while Ethan Gonsalves claimed bronze in the boys 13-14 200IM.Jaleel Anderson fine form continued as he grabbed gold in the boys 11-12 50m free style while Monique
Watson won bronze in the girls 11-12 100m breaststroke. Athalcy Hunte took bronze in the girls 11-12 5 0 m b u t t e r f l y, D a n i e l Claxton captured bronze on the boys 13-14 boys 50m butterfly, the boys 11-12 relay team took the runner up spot in the 4x100m freestyle and Shareefah Lewis finished third in the 9-10 100m backstroke.
9-10 girls relay team from left Jasmin Allen, Andica Vieira, kyra Soares and Shareefah Lewis.
Winfield Braitwaite Cbean Schoolboys& juniors Boxing tourney
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Guyana win International fights on night 2 to claim for 4 Gold medals so far Daqwan Milo staggers Kevin Isaacs in one of four local fights on night two. (Sean Devers photo)
Isaiah Moore scores to head of T&Ts Abdul Taylor in the best fight on night two. (Sean Devers photo)
2019 Senior CASA Championships Chin and
Fernandes make singles Q/finals Taylor Fernandes made light work of Jodi Smith-Padmore (Barbados) last evening to reach the women’s singles quarterfinal.
Richard Chin (right) reached the men’s singles quarterfinal for Guyana after beating Bryant Cumberbatch (left) of Barbados yesterday.
2019 International Crossfit 12-12-12 Throwdown T&T
Omisi Williams cops RX bronze on debut, Kellon Reid ends 8th; Randy Halley 4th in Scaled Class
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