Thursday August 24, 2017
Solar Eclipse; motivation to reflect and learn DEAR EDITOR, Now that the Solar Eclipse has occurred on the face of the universe, I would like to make some observations even though I am not an astronomer and have not seen the eclipse either. My observations might have a touch of rational and religious facet, because, there is a thin line between reason and religion or science and spiritual. The editorial of this newspaper, dated 16 August 2017, emphasised a natural phenomena of the solar eclipse with appropriate research and I would like to commend you. But I would like to add a little flavour to the natural phenomena with super-natural phenomena without undermining the natural element. Jesuit Brother Guy Consolmagno, a planetary scientist and the director of the Vatican Observatory, and also an expert in asteroids and meteorites, made an interesting mention in the Time Magazine on Thursday, August 17. He says, “this phenomenon of the solar eclipse must remind us of the immense beauty of the universe, which occurs outside our small world of our occupations. It takes us away from our own world to remind us that we are part of a great, glorious and beautiful universe. The meaning of any phenomenon comes with enquiries and we can approach this phenomenon spiritually to bring meaning to our lives irrespective of our traditions.
Ask yourself, what are the questions that rise in me? and answer these in your own heart first.” My way of looking at this experience will be different than others, because I believe that God has a way to show his grandeur more concretely through the natural occurrence. God chose to make this rational universe so that we can predict this natural occurrence with great precision, although not every natural phenomenon can be predicted with precision. We, as humans grasp the natural phenomenon through our senses as much as we could but beyond our senses, the universe remains speculative reality. In other words, we see the universe and its contents differently, such as the poet might not look at the universe as a cosmologist would look at it. Therefore, it is important for us to reflect on natural phenomenon keeping supernatural reality on the hindsight. If we try to separate these two realities, we will ignore what is beyond our comprehension. We are fortunate to gaze the solar eclipse through our senses. This eclipse has to help us to live in peace and harmony because we live under the same sun and its shadow. This also must motivate us to learn more through scientific and spiritual mind. Jerry Melwin Dias, Jesuit Priest
Open Providence Stadium for joggers, others DEAR EDITOR, It is old news now that the world is becoming more aware of the benefits of eating healthy and exercising. It is fast catching on in Guyana, evidenced by the growth of a number of gyms and the number of persons seen daily at the National Park and on the seawalls in Georgetown. There are literally thousands of persons living on the East Bank Demerara who are yearning for recreational areas that are safe to jog or simply walk. At Peter’s Hall, in the vicinity of the Demerara Harbour Bridge, daily one can see persons navigating the treacherous roads, as part of their daily exercise routines. With the pavement uneven, and minibuses and other vehicles jostling for space, the situation is an extremely dangerous one.
As a developing country, we have to continually keep thinking out of the box to find solutions for issues that are cropping up. Over the last weekend, Guyana hosted a number of cricket matches for CPL was heavily attended. Other than the infrequent hosting of cricket and shows, the stadium has remained largely out of use. There is a paved tarmac outside the stadium that could be ideal for persons who may wish to exercise. The stadium proper has gates so there could be no worry about the integrity of the premises being compromised. There is security there to enter the stadium, lending to an atmosphere of safety for persons who may want to capitalize on the convenience Continued on page 6
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Why isn’t agriculture included in STEM? DEAR EDITOR, I am indeed hopeful that our identification with the adaptation of STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics) as the basis for our educational path would ensure that we are as successful as possible in our planning and execution in the Education sector. However, as a former political worker, I cannot help thinking that in our circumstances, the opportunity should be taken to include AGRICULTURE in this set of guiding “subjects”, given the reasons for identifying them as areas to be emphasised as the “engines of growth” for our theoretical, and even attitudinal development (STEAM). As I understand it, our objective is to create an environment in which our future men and women will be functioning as persons who have been adequately prepared for
the demands of “modern world” We have forever identified our agricultural resources as essential to our economic development as well as our contribution to the future of a Caribbean nation——the Bread Basket of the Caribbean!! This seems to be a sufficient argument for the inclusion of Agriculture in this portfolio. Let us however add the argument that the adoption of Agriculture would help in the inculcating of Discipline in our society. The demands of proper husbandry will teach timetabling——planting, caring, reaping, marketing etc. The inclusion of Agriculture will contribute towards giving our technological and scientific engagements a sense of direction. Our engineering skills could be honed towards the creation and adaptation of machinery for agricultural
purposes, among others. This can lead to some specialisation in the not-toodistant future and even be the springboard for the exportation of equipment for agroindustry. At the University level, courses may be developed to instruct in agro-business thus cementing the base for this discipline. Another area which can benefit greatly from this emphasis is the security of our borders. I do not think that we need to spend too much time on this point, for obvious reasons associated with the settlement of citizens in suitable locations. An equally important point is the inculcation of an appreciation of the value of LAND for our people. We can also see the reappearance of the SCHOOL GARDEN and animal pens as they become essential instruments of instruction at all our
schools. Our Science curricula at various levels would include aspects of food production, preservation and handling. I have not attempted to touch on the ideological aspects of this proposal but I am certain that they would be most interesting in light of our current situation. I am arguing that given the ongoing debate concerning the beneficial use of the anticipated oil revenues and the level of productivity and skills available, it seems that Agriculture would be the area in which we could make a very profitable investment at this time. This proposal supports in every aspect the vision of a Green Economy and the realisation of Self-Sufficiency. Let us go Full-STEAM ahead, towards Economic Progress and a good life for all! Malcolm Parris
I had 39 years of unblemished service in the police force DEAR EDITOR, Recently I wrote a letter to the press supporting His Excellence Brigadier David Granger, President of the Cooperative Republic Of Guyana directive to the Police Service Commission to put on hold promotions for police officers. Since then there have been diverse reactions in the print and electronic media and elsewhere on the President’s directive including a letter written by Harry Gill which appeared in the Kaiteur News. I feel that Harry Gill’s letter is a subtle attempt to belittle my character and integrity. Please permit me to respond to his lengthy missive. His letter is riddled with inaccuracies, irrelevancies and contains a massive dose of unadulterated piffle. Instead of dealing with the facts and the issue, he backtracked and referred to my well ventilated exchanged of views in the media with the Chairman of the Police Complaints Authority and the Police Public Relations and Press Officer. He skillfully failed to refer to my responses to both parties. Let me briefly state
the issues. I questioned the legality of the investigators of the PCA to investigate alleged breaches of discipline under the Police (Discipline) Act Chapter 17:01. I quoted section 5.(1) of the Act which states, “ Every alleged commission of an offence against discipline under this Act shall be investigated as soon as practicable by a member of the force not below the rank of sergeant and of a higher rank than the member of the Force who is alleged to have committed the offence.” I argued that the PCA investigators were not members of the Force, they have no ranks, they were not appointed/ promoted by the Guyana Police Force or the Police Service Commission, hence they were breaching the Act whenever they investigate matters of a disciplinary nature. The chairman had different views and recommend
that I read several sections of the law and the Disciplined Forces Commission Report of 2003 which I did, but did not find anything that amended Section 5.(1) of the Act. Since this section became law in 1975 it remained pristine. Belatedly, Harry Gill has reopened the case and appointed himself judge, jury and executioner for the matter. So be it. The PRO was given a letter to publish that was crafted by four members of the GPF in relation to some issues and concerns in the Force I raised
that are now manifesting themselves at the CoI been conducted by Paul Slowe retired Commissioner of Police. I responded to that letter. Perhaps, Harry Gill did not read it. I will email a copy to him. I still stand with what I wrote about ghosting and refuted the baseless accusation that I deliberately attempted to mislead members of the public of activities and issues within the Guyana Police Force. We exchanged different views. End of the matter. Continued on page 6
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The President has constitutional power to stop the promotions DEAR EDITOR, Recently President Granger ordered the Police Service Commission (PSC) to stop all promotions within the force. As we all know the Constitution of Guyana, which is the supreme law of the land, provides, inter alia, for the establishment of the PSC, with autonomous power to make appointments and exercise disciplinary control in the Police Force of all ranks from inspector and above, with the exception of the Commissioner and deputy Commissioner of Police. The President’s directive was based on his claim that he had recently received complaints from members of the
public of serious improprieties on the part of senior police officers, allegations of abuse included. The President’s critics were quick to condemn his actions on the basis that he has violated the country’s Constitution. In fact, I am advised that a law firm has since filed a constitutional action seeking a Court Order declaring the President’s letter of instructions to the Commission void and of no effect for breach of the Constitution. The question is whether the President, in the circumstances, has in law violated the Constitution of Guyana. I would answer this question in the negative! Let’s take a
Open Providence Stadium for... From page 5 of using the tarmac. As a businessman, I want to urge the powers that be to open the tarmac, even encouraging vendors who may want to dispense health foods, including juices. There will, of course, be no allowance for alcohol and cigarettes. There are possibilities here. I humbly suggest that the tarmac area be opened be-
tween 5-8am and 5-8pm.I am more than willing to even lend some of my resources to help in this initiative. I am an integral part of the policing community group, at Providence, so we can lend some assistance for security. These are ideas that we need to move on pronto. My number is 626-8918, and I remain available for any support that I can assist with. Cobeer Persaud
quick glance at the following provisions of our Constitution. Article 89 There shall be a President of the Co-operative Republic of Guyana, who shall be Head of State, the supreme executive authority, and Commander-in-Chief of the armed forces of the Republic. Article 99 (1) The executive authority of Guyana shall be vested in the President and, subject to the provisions of this Constitution, may be exercised by him or her either directly or through officers subordinate to him or her. Article 51 There shall be a Parliament of Guyana, which shall consist of the President and the National Assembly As a part of parliament, he is vested with certain lawmaking authority. After all, the role of parliament is to make laws for the peace, order and good government! As the Head of State and the supreme executive authority, he is clothed with certain executive powers, for example national defence and the security of the state which is constitutionally the responsibility of the President.
In order to be able to effectively perform these and other national security functions, the President must have the full and total confidence of, and trust in, the state’s law enforcement officers for the purpose of intelligence and other protection of the peace. If this trust is lacking or is in doubt, then the foundation of the relationship between the Commander in chief and his forces is destroyed. The President’s directive does not interfere nor intended to influence the decisions of the Commission in terms of appointment, discipline or control of senior officers. It falls squarely within the ambit of executive powers under the Constitution which entrusts the security of the state in the hands of the President of the nation. This directive is not an administrative decision subject to judicial review. It amounts to an exercise of executive function which is outside the realm of the judiciary under our Constitution which recognizes with legal finesse the distinct, separate and independent function of the Executive, Legislative and Judicative bodies.
The President has claimed that he had good reasons to direct the PSC to put promotions on hold given the fact that he had received complaints of abuse and indiscipline among senior law enforcement Officers. It is respectfully submitted that such complaints are good enough to raise concerns over the security of the State for which the President, the supreme executive authority is ultimately responsible. The President’s action aforesaid is not capricious, arbitrary or illegal and so long as his directive is not clothed with illegality, it is not inconsistent with the rule of law, a fundamental foundation on which the Guyana Constitution rests. The President’s directive is an exercise of public law power which has been summarised by the South Africa Constitutional Court in 2006…as follows: “The exercise of public power must therefore comply with the Constitution, which is the supreme law, and the doctrine of legality, which is
part of that law. The doctrine of legality, which is an incident of the rule of law, is one of the constitutional controls through which the exercise of public power is regulated by the Constitution. It entails that both the Legislature and the Executive are constrained by the principle that they may exercise no power and perform no function beyond that conferred upon them by law. In this sense the Constitution entrenches the principle of legality and provides the foundation for the control of public power…The exercise of such power must be rationally related to the purpose for which the power was given…as long as the act viewed objectively, is rationally related to the legitimate government purpose, a court cannot interfere simply because it disagrees with it or considers the legislation to be inappropriate”. K. S. Chatarpaul BA, LLB, JD, LLM Barrister & Solicitor Ontario Canada
I had 39 years of unblemished... From page 5 Harry Gill is apparently now drinking bush for other people fever. I do have excellent relationship with the PRO and continue to give support to the GPF and its members in many ways. In his letter, Harry Gill mentioned my name fifteen times and sent me on early retirement October 1st 2008. He took away from me four years of quality service I gave to the GPF and the citizens of Guyana. The PPP member of Parliament placed me on a list of unemployed retirees, questioned whether or not I may be one of the police men who may have faced disciplinary actions for violating the very laws we took an oath to uphold and raised doubt if indeed I was an upright and outstanding police officer during my long career in the
Guyana Police Force. He posited a hasty assumption that I may be making myself available for many of the lucrative job opportunities that that administration has made available to retired members of the security sector and that I may be invited to join SARA. I do not like to blow my own trumpet but just to let the PPP Member of the Parliamentary Oversight Committee for Security Sector know that after thirty nine years of unbroken service in the GPF there is not a single entry of disciplinary, corrupt or criminal offence committed by me listed in my personal file at Police Headquarters or anywhere else. I will continue this discussion in a forthcoming letter Clinton Conway Asst. Commissioner of police (rtd)
Thursday August 24, 2017
Strong support system was crucial to students’ outstanding CSEC performances – QC Principal Writing over 11 subjects at the Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate [CSEC] examination is certainly not a simple process. In fact, it is one that requires a strong partnership and unadulterated dedication to realise the desired results. A well crafted plan was moreover warranted to foster an enabling environment, underscored Principal of Queen’s College [QC], Ms. Jackie Benn. Benn was proud to amplify too, during an interview with this publication, that the plan has been working well for her school. QC has over the years been producing many top performing students who have over the years opted to write much more than the 11 subjects that the school’s timetable would easily allow. Even as she made specific reference to the performances of her students this year she considered, in particular, the performance of 16-year-old Michael Bhopaul. At the May/June sitting of CSEC, Bhopaul wrote 25 subjects: Mathematics, Additional Mathematics, English A, Physics, Chemistry, Biology, Human and Social Biology, Integrated Science, Principles of Accounts, Principles of Business, Office Administration, Economics, Electronic Document Preparation and Management, Information Technology, Social Studies, Caribbean History, Geography, Technical Drawing, Industrial Technology, Spanish, French, Food and Nutrition, Home Economic Management and Agricultural Science Double Award. He achieved 24 grade ones passes with 21 distinctions and one grade two. According to Benn, when Bhopaul first came to QC in 2012, he was already an outstanding performer, having claimed the national top performer place with his score of 547 at the National Grade Six Assessment. “He was a child with a year average of over 90 percent so we expected nothing less from him,” said the proud QC Principal as she reflected on the day that Bhopaul approached her with his phenomenal intent. “He approached me when he was in Fourth Form and he said he wanted to do this number of subjects indeed. At that time I had to really think about it, because I wanted to know if he was going to be able to achieve this feat that he was setting for himself,” recounted Benn. The Principal disclosed that it was after careful consideration that she decided to put together a team of teachers with a view of ensuring
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Queen’s College Principal, Ms. Jackie Benn that the feat became a successful reality. Putting together a team was particularly important, Benn said, since the timetable limits students to 11 subjects. “It takes much more managerial skills to put a system like this in place so that you could work with the student off of the timetable,” explained Benn. Teachers essentially worked beyond the call of duties to ensure that students with aspirations like Bhopaul’s were able to get the necessary attention. This saw efforts in this regard starting from as early in the mornings and continuing into the nights. In fact Benn disclosed that “we even sought and got additional assistance for him from other schools to help him realise his dreams. That is what each and every school should do...each school should examine the potential of students and work with them to realise their goals, it is not about you the teacher, but what the child wants to achieve,” Benn cautioned. Taking this tactical approach, according to Benn, is something that QC has been doing for some time with success. Bhopaul during an interview with this publication said that the measures employed by his school were truly instrumental to his ultimate performance. Also laud-
ing the efforts of her teachers in this regard was Rawleeta Barrow, who wrote nineteen subjects and achieved all grade one passes. She said that “my teachers never made me feel like I shouldn’t or couldn’t achieve my goals.” Among the other QC students who yielded outstanding performances at the 2017 CSEC are: Roshawn Cummings (16 Ones), Jelena Arjune (14 Ones, 4 twos), Sydney Fraser (13 Ones, 3 twos), Cheri Frank (13 Ones, 2 twos), Jeevan Dalip (13 Ones, 1 two), Stephen Lewis (13 Ones, 1 two), Alyssa Nurse (13 Ones), Vishal Jack (12 Ones, 4 twos), Amisha Mohanlall (12 Ones, 3 twos), Diego Barnett (12 Ones, 2 twos) and Leonardo Gobin (12 Ones,2 twos). “I am not surprised about the performances because I knew the quality of students that I had and together with my admin staff, I was able to set the mechanism in place to realise the goals we wanted to achieve,” related Benn. Even as she commended the exemplary performances of her students, Benn also stressed the important roles played by parents and teachers in the equation. “Without a strong support team, these students would not have performed as well as they did,” she asserted.
Exposure of ExxonMobil’s past necessary to keep public engaged and politicians honest - Trotman The revelations of ExxonMobil’s not so flattering past by the local media will serve to keep the public in-the-know and the politicians on their toes. Natural Resources Minister, Raphael Trotman made this observation, among others, during an interview with Kaieteur News. “I understand this is a time of great excitement and a time of great anguish and we have never come to face with this at any point in our lives. It is good for us to pay attention to what this company has done elsewhere and how it behaves elsewhere.” He added, “It is good because for me. It keeps the public engaged and the politicians on point and honest. It is important for us to know what they have done abroad and the company needs to know that the citizenry is watching and the politicians need to be sharp and honest in their dealings with the company.” The Leader of the Alliance For Change (AFC) noted that in the end, revelations in the media about Exxon’s past is necessary. In relation to those who might be opposed to this, Trotman commented that sometimes the light of transparency is much like disinfectant, “It pains sometimes, but it is good for you.” Trotman further stated that while he understands that no decision maker wants to be scrutinized, he believes that it is nonetheless necessary. “It is very necessary for good governance.”
Natural Resources Minister, Raphael Trotman EXXONMOBIL’S PAST Kaieteur News in recent weeks has been carrying a series of articles regarding ExxonMobil’s behaviour in other parts of the world. The most recent article of the series, “What Guyana needs to know about ExxonMobil,” shows how the USA oil giant was caught putting millions of dollars into a private back account which was owned by the Government of Equatorial Guinea. The article also exposes how Exxon was caught granting contracts to the friends and families connected to the Government of Equatorial Guinea. (see link to read story on full https:// www.kaieteurnewsonline.com/ 2017/08/14/exxonmobilgranted-contracts-to-friendsand-family-connected-to-
govt-of-equatorial-guinea/) An according to a Reuters report, two Harvard University researchers said in a study published on Wednesday they had collected scientific data proving Exxon Mobil Corp made “explicit factual misrepresentations” in newspaper ads it purchased to convey its views on the oil industry and climate science.
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New home for family of pregnant Jawalla mom killed in freak storm
Relief supplies being off-loaded at Kamarang to be sent into Jawalla, Upper Mazaruni Residents of Jawalla Village, Upper Mazaruni, Region Seven are now regrouping after Friday’s devastating freak storm. The heavy winds and rainfall along with lightning and thunderstorms occurred around 15:30 hours and destroyed 34 buildings in the area, government reported yesterday. Roofs were damaged while other buildings collapsed. One of the collapsed buildings resulted in the death of 27-year-old Marsha Jordan who was seven months pregnant at the time.
The death of Jordan and her unborn baby has sent the entire community into a state of shock and mourning. At the time of the incident, Jordan and her two children were sheltering under the house from the heavy rains, when a strong wind caused the building’s support to weaken and come crashing down. Jordan sustained severe head and neck injuries and died instantly while her two children managed to escape with minor injuries. According to residents, freak storms like these occur
often, but have never resulted in the death of anyone. Minister within the Ministry of Indigenous Peoples Affairs, Valerie Garrido-Lowe and Minister within the Ministry of Communities, Dawn Hastings Williams, met with residents and the family of the deceased Jordan to offer comfort and support to the villagers. Major Sean Welcome of the Civil Defence Commission (CDC) and the Chief Medical Officer of the Ministry of Public Health Dr. Shamdeo Persaud accompanied the ministers to ascertain how
Ministers Valerie Garrido-Lowe and Dawn Hastings-Williams reaching out to Marsha Jordan’s grieving family their respective organisations could aid in the rebuilding of the community after the natural disaster. Minister Garrido-Lowe said: “We were talking about how perhaps we can bring engineers, the army engineers, to look at the structures of the houses to see how we can build strong houses to withstand these freak storms that happen every now and then, I understand now it is increasing.” Upon assessing damaged buildings, especially those that collapsed, the team recognized the need for a re-design in the way wooden structures are built in the area. The building which crushed Marsha Jordan was considered a ‘disaster waiting to happen’. The elevated building was placed on wooden blocks approximately four feet off the ground. With the redesigning of the structures, the residents have been urged to play their
part in this rebuilding process. “I know you are good people here at Jawalla, you have done it in the past. Whenever we want to have a project done here in Jawalla, you have always given your time. Come together, the government will do their part, the regional office will do their part and I am quite sure the community will do their part,” Minister Hastings-Williams urged. The CDC and the Ministry of Indigenous Peoples Affairs contributed building materials to the village and the Toshao has been tasked with mobilising men from the community to be engaged in the rebuilding of Jawalla. “In this case, where houses have been damaged we brought two power saws that can help, the villagers can saw and a lot of things can be done to bring immediate relief,” Minister Garrido-Lowe stated.
The two ministers also committed to being a part of the rebuilding process by making individual contributions. “I can tell you I will be here to help paint and I am willing to donate some louvres for the windows and I’m sure minister Dawn (Hastings-Williams) would be here doing her part.” Minister GarridoLowe said. Meanwhile, a new home is to be constructed for Jordan’s husband, Gilbert Jordan and the two children, Carmeline and Zalepha Jordan. “It would be a good thing if the men of the community, come together, saw boards and let us build a new house for Mr. Gilbert Jordan and his daughters.” one of the ministers added. The Civil Defense Commission will be supplying the villagers with relief supplies including food, cleaning agents other items needed for basic living.
Mahdia Township demarcation issues expected to be resolved soon - Bulkan Minister of Communities, Ronald Bulkan said that the boundary (demarcation) issues delaying the process of upgrading Mahdia to township status is expected to be resolved very soon. The Minister told the Department of Public Information (DPI) in an interview that he hopes, “within four to six weeks that the boundary (demarcation) issues can be resolved to allow for the subsequent naming of the township and concurrently the convening of the Interim Management Community (IMC) which will have the responsibility for the preparations or the interim management of the town prior to the democratic elections that will
be held next year,” Bulkan explained. The IMC is designed to manage the Neighborhood Democratic Council (NDC) within Mahdia, until the Local Government Elections are held in 2018, following which the council will be run by the duly elected local representatives, chosen by the residents of Mahdia. It was highlighted by Regional Executive Officer (REO), Gavin Gounga that efforts to establish a NDC are among several systems that are expected to be implemented, as preparations are almost complete for Mahdia to become a township. The Region Eight community is slated to achieve its
township status before the year-end. Last year, Minister Bulkan told DPI that the challenges facing the realisation of Mahdia as a township were being addressed through a work programme that would address these challenges. The creation of new towns in the administrative regions is part of this government’s policy and vision for fostering national development via regional and local empowerment. This will allow the new townships to stand as the administrative centres in their respective administrative regions, to provide key governmental services to their communities.
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Guyana must not be the guinea pig Exxon Mobil is going to be in the news for the next few years. American shareholders are not going to take lightly, charges being made that the company may have misrepresented risks related to climate change. Exxon has rejected the charges. The fact that this was more than thirty years ago is not irrelevant. People invest money based on the confidence they have in the information which they have been provided and which they trust. If questions arise that make such information untrustworthy, it creates mistrust among stockholders and this creates mistrust. Stockholders will be following closely the recent rev-
elations by Harvard researchers that Exxon knew about the threats of climate change. If the threat of climate change is understated it means that the stockholders would have underestimated the possibility of alternatives to oil and therefore would have invested based on certain assumptions based on this understating. Investors will fear that they may end up, as a consequence with what is known as stranded assets. Exxon will have a lot of explaining to do. It is likely that the stock value of Exxon may suffer as a result of the recent report. This could not have come at a more inopportune time. The stock value of Exxon has declined marginally recently. A fire at one of its re-
finery in Rotterdam will also raise concerns. Exxon has been suffering from flat production for quite some time. Its production growth has not been impressive. Production in African has fallen and the company, according to reports, has also suffered losses in Canada. The need to expand production to boost revenues and share values could be one of the reasons why Exxon is anxious to explore for new oil field. The price of oil remains low, relative to the high levels which were enjoyed a few years ago when oil went over the $150 per barrel mark. America is going to soon become a major oil and energy producer and this is likely to
Dem boys seh...
Thief from thief mek Gawd laugh Old people always seh that is better belly bust than good food waste. In short, rather than people go hungry and food got to throw away is better people eat de food. And dem got nuff old people in Guyana. Of course, every country got laws; people must pay tax once dem colleagues also paying. Nobody can expect a man to pay tax pun anything that he import and another man importing and not paying taxes. Of course, dem got exception to de law. All who getting a salary should pay tax but dem got some people getting fat salaries and dem ain’t paying no tax. Jagdeo is one, Soulja Bai is another. Normally in cases like that such people does mek donation to people who don’t have and dem boys remember Soulja Bai actually did give away a part of he salary to charity, not de one pun de Essequibo Coast. Statia and he people decide to keep an eye on people who paying tax and who smuggling. That is how dem ketch people smuggling chicken from Suriname. When dem
ketch de smugglers dem does give people wid cold storage to keep de chicken. Of course, dem boys seh that dem never hear when Statia and he people dispose of de chicken. Ever since Khurshid, was de same thing. Dem boys want to know if chicken from a long time seizure still deh in cold storage or it sell out. Thief from thief always mek Gawd laugh. Statia and he people ketch de people who was keeping de chicken selling de same chicken. Needless to say, de selling was at a reduced price. Even of dem sell de chicken fuh $100 a pound dem gun mek a profit because once you don’t pay nutten anything you get is a profit. Plus de government paying you to use de cold storage. De chicken sit down in cold storage and people want it to eat. One thing though, dem boys ain’t hear is who was selling de chicken and to whom. Dem know dem didn’t get none. Talk half and see if any chicken got mark in de market.
depress any attempts to spike oil prices. Natural gas, another big revenue earner, has also suffered from a reduction in prices as a result of increased exports from Qatar. Guyana is hoping to be able to establish a plant for natural gas. It will find, in the present circumstances, a great deal of difficulty in attracting investments. Guyana’s energy needs are miniscule by international standards and are not likely to provide an incentive for Exxon to invest in a natural gas plant. Exxon, despite the recent revelations about what it knew and was letting on, has been realistic in recent times about the future of oil and gas. It has acknowledged that within the next twenty five years, countries are going to be looking at a mix of energy solutions, including oil, gas, solar and wind energy. But if this is the scenario which is being admitted to by Exxon, why is it keen to develop, at such short notice, the Liza well in Guyana’s waters? Why the rush? For one, the plans of Exxon may be part of a wider plan to punish Venezuela for having nationalized US$10B in Exxon assets. America never forgets a slight and Venezuela has more than embarrassed the Americans by its actions against Exxon, regardless of what happened afterwards.
If Guyana has oil, then the Americans can reduce the importation of oil from Venezuela which will hurt that country. But it will also hurt longterm US relations with Caracas and therefore one suspects that the Guyana find is being used as a negotiating ploy by the Americans in dealing with Venezuela. The bottom line though is that in the long term if America has to choose between Guyana and Venezuela, for oil, it will choose Venezuela which has far more reserves that Guyana. Guyana may just be guinea pig in a high stakes game. Second, the announcement of a major oil find will provide valuable assurance to Exxon’s shareholders at this time when production is flat and share values have dipped. It will help restore shareholder confidence and even overcome the negative effects of the Harvard report. Third, it will give
ExxonMobil a source of increased production in the future. Exxon Mobil needs to ensure that when it downscales in Africa it can upscale its operations elsewhere including in Guyana. Guyana should benefit once it signs a good deal. A 2% royalty is not a good deal. It is horrendous deal. And it is not a PPPC deal. The PPPC’s deal has ended. It was concerned with exploration. The contract has to be renegotiated by the APNU+AFC. If on the other hand, the projected production from the Liza well falls short of expectations, then Guyana ends up the losers. The Guyanese people will not forgive any government which creates high expectations but delivered low results.
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=== The Freddie Kissoon column ===
Something happened yesterday the diaspora should know about There is a situation with the diaspora members who come back and offer their service. They let you know that they have expectations of modern life, one that humans in the 21st century are entitled to, and one which they think their homeland should offer if they are coming back with their families to work in. Many locals take objection to that, including this columnist. But at the essential level, that position of the diaspora is not offensive and unreasonable. If you live outside, where state services and infrastructure are modern, then you expect that of the country you are going to live in. But the locals, too, have
an argument that is of profound moral validity. If you live under primitive conditions in your own country and suffer lack of educational opportunities at the tertiary level, then your country has a profound obligation to recognize your sacrifice. Modern contributions to nationalist goals mean nothing if in turn your country doesn’t pay homage to your sacrifice. With this long introduction, I am going to tell you what GTT did to me yesterday. The internet went off. I called in my friend who is a technician. His diagnosis revealed that my instruments were functioning and the fault was at the other end – GTT. Allison Parker, GTT’s Public
Relations Officer, is someone that has never failed to assist me, and she came through for all the times I have made requests to her. I have a handsome appreciation for her attitude. Also the CEO, Mr. Justin Nedd. GTT wasn’t fixing my disruption last year. I called him, he acted quickly, and was kind enough to say he was leaving the country the next day and left a number for a technician that I could resort to if the fault reoccurred the next day. Ms. Parker told me that the inquiry from her side showed I was disconnected. I told her that was literally impossible, since I am a religious payer of my internet service the beginning of each month, though my deadline is
the eighth day of each month. I called SurePay. They said they forwarded my August payment to GTT the next hour after I paid. Ms. Parker said the records showed I paid up for August, but was owing $1,800. That came about because there was an increase. I did not know of that increase. So I said to Ms. Parker that I get at least five text messages each day from GTT about things I consider of no interest to me, therefore why couldn’t I get a text informing me of pending disconnection. These were her exact words’ “That’s a consideration.” GTT’s database showed I paid up, why disconnect without a notice? I had to leave the comfort of my home, go down to
SurePay, and not only pay the outstanding $1800 but a reconnection fee. These are the things people put up with in Guyana, year in, year out, and they become the norm and they
Frederick Kissoon torment your soul. I get blackouts everyday where I live, including twice last Tuesday. When the Chancellor of UG, Professor Nigel Harris referred to the sacrifice Professor Griffith made to come to Guyana to take up the position of Vice Chancellor, I replied immediately to remind him of the ongoing sacrifice of so many of us. If Harris decides to live in Guyana at Turkeyen, he will have to buy a generator. The things we put up with
in Guyana, returnees would not. I jog in the National Park. I know all the security ranks there. Last month, on the Demerara Harbour Bridge, one of these security ranks while going home was knocked off his cycle, fell into a hole that was being repaired, and his bicycle fell into the river. The Harbour Bridge management said their cameras do not cover the entire span of the bridge. That is the end of the matter. Bridge authorities did not return my calls. That poor man’s face was badly damaged. He complained to me and I tried to help. There is nothing more I can do. I am willing to contribute to the purchase of a bicycle for him. I told him so. This is life in Guyana. The story of the guard here is just one of countless numbers of these sad tales told to me, where the poor and powerless are severely pulverized by a society that is extremely cruel and insensitive. Being in that park daily, I can tell you about the mistreatment of those guards, but really, man, there is only so much one can do in this hell hole.
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Businessman charged for using licensed gun to shoot alleged bandit
Charged Lloyd Thomas A businessman who allegedly used his licensed firearm to shoot an alleged thief who attempted to snatch his gold chain was yesterday order to post $50,000 bail by City Magistrate Annette Singh when he appeared in the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court. Forty-three-year-old Lloyd Thomas denied that allegation which read that on August 17 at Grandsand Hill Road, Campbellville Street, Grove East Bank Demerara, he unlawfully and maliciously wounded Anthony Rogers with intent to cause him grievous bodily harm. The businessman was represented by Attorney-atlaw Mark Conway who in his application to secure bail for his client, told the court that his client was standing in front of his home when the virtual complainant drove up in a car and attempted to snatch his client’s gold chain which is worth over $500,000. The lawyer also said that
his client and the virtual complainant got into a scuffle and it was then that his client who is a licenced firearm holder, discharged a round at the victim. The lawyer alleged that the victim was charged in 2016 for breaking into his client’s home. Police Prosecutor Simone Payne had no objection to bail being granted to the defendant but told the court that the file was sent to Director of Public Prosecution (DPP) who advised that the defendant be charged for the lesser count of wounding. The Prosecutor also told the court that the police file is still incomplete and the investigation is still ongoing. Condition of the bail is that the defendant report to the Timehri Police Station every Friday until the completion of the trial. The defendant will make his next court appearance on October 19 at the Providence Magistrates’ Courts.
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President Granger commissions new school buses “Here we are, not demanding anything from the people, but giving back to the people”, said President David Granger on Monday last as he handed over three school buses in keeping with the Ministry’s 5B’s (buses, boats, bicycles, books and breakfast) initiative. The buses which were handed over at D’urban Park, will be used in South and North Georgetown. Attendees also included First Lady Sandra Granger, Prime Minister Moses Nagamootoo, Minister of Public Health, Volda Lawrence, who chaired the event and Minister of Social Protection, Amna Ally. Members of the diplomatic corps, members of the National Toshao Council, donors of the buses were also present. In opening remarks, Minister Lawrence said, “This afternoon’s programme is all about our boys and girls.” She added that it is the president’s vision, “To ensure that every boy and every girl, not only in Georgetown but across the length and breadth of our country have an opportunity to go to school”. She stressed on the im-
The new school buses. portance of the buses and how they will benefit parents financially by saving transportation fees. According to her, it is the president’s vision also to ensure every child gets to school safely, on time and more regularly. Minister Ally said that the event is a testimony of a good and caring government, and that “we have a leader who has a vision to take Guyana
to new and greater heights.” “We have a proactive government that will seek to address social ills and inequality issues, specifically issues that impede children and young people from achieving their full potential in life. We will invest because we recognize that education is both the human right in itself and an essential means to realizing other human rights as
an important empowerment right. Education is the primary engine by which economically and socially marginalized adults and children can lift themselves out of poverty and obtain the means to participate fully in their communities. “Education empowers people with the knowledge, skills and values they need to Continued on page 23
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Brazil’s Lula says party may field someone else in 2018 PENEDO, Brazil (Reuters) - Former Brazilian president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva told Reuters yesterday that his recent conviction for corruption might mean that his Workers Party will have to field a candidate other than him in next year’s election. In an interview during a marathon bus tour through Brazil’s impoverished northeastern states, Lula said the Brazilian government should spend its way out of its worst recession on record and even use some of its international reserves instead of cutting government programs that hurt the poor. Lula’s 2003-11 government lifted millions from poverty and polls show he is still one of Brazil’s most popular politicians. However, his political future hangs in the balance after he was convicted last month of receiving bribes from a construction firm in return for help winning government contracts. If that conviction is upheld on appeal, Lula will likely be barred from running and could be imprisoned.
“I know my enemies want to block any possibility of me being a candidate and I am fighting that,” Lula, 71, told Reuters in a hotel room where he complained that his arms hurt from physically embracing thousands of supporters who have turned out at every stop of his tour. “But nobody is irreplaceable,” he added. “If there is any problem, the Workers Party has to be able to launch another candidate.” A possible stand-in is the former mayor of Sao Paulo, Fernando Haddad, who gained national prominence as education minister under Lula and extended university access to poorer Brazilians. Brazil’s real currency extended gains on the news that Lula was contemplating his own replacement, firming more than 1.2 percent to its strongest in more than two weeks. Traders said the prospect of a 2018 race without Lula reinforced bets on Brazil sticking to fiscal austerity and pursuing structural reforms. PARTY SETBACKS Lula’s gravelly voice has lost strength after he beat throat cancer five years ago,
but his fiery speeches have lost none of their power to rally audiences with populist criticism of Brazil’s elites. Corruption accusations and the impeachment of Lula’s hand-picked successor Dilma Rousseff, who was ousted due to budget irregularities in 2016, caused many members to quit the party last year and led to major setbacks in local elections. Lula said members who left have not joined other parties and, with corruption scandals entangling most of Brazil’s political class, they are still undecided, so the Workers Party is hoping to win them back. His three-week, 4,000-kilometer (2,500-mile) tour of a region that greatly benefited from his social programs aims to reconnect his party with its working class base and rebuild what is still Latin America’s largest left-wing party. Polls show Lula would handily win the first r o u n d o f a p r e s i d e n t ial election, but he is in a statistical tie with his former Environment Minister Marina Silva, no relation de-
Former Brazil’s President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva gives an interview to Reuters in the northeastern city of Penedo in Alagoas, Brazil yesterday. spite the last name, largely because Lula has a 46-percent rejection rate, the highest among likely contenders. Lula sharply criticized President Michel Temer for privatizing state assets to try to plug a record budget deficit that cost Brazil its investment-grade credit rating two years ago. Temer’s ministers blame the
fiscal crisis on excessive public spending by Lula and Rousseff. L u l a s a i d Te m e r ’s
spending cuts were the wrong way to pull Brazil from its worst recession on record. He would expand public investment, even if it meant increasing government debt at first, to restart the economy and recover tax revenues. “Honestly, I would use some of the international reserves, and money from bank reserves, to make Brazil grow again,” he said. Lula said Temer’s market-friendly government did not have the courage to raise taxes and make wealthy Brazilians contribute more to government finances. Instead, the government is selling state companies, such as power utility Eletrobras. “When there is nothing left to sell, they will sell their souls to the devil,” he quipped.
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In first three years…Guyana expected to rake in $380m in oil revenue -Trotman In the first few years of oil production, Guyana can expect to rake in as much as $380M. This is according to Natural Resources Minister, Raphael Trotman. The Leader of the Alliance for Change (AFC) told Kaieteur News that about three or four weeks ago, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) submitted a report to him and the Finance Minister, Winston Jordan. He explained that the report looked at Guyana’s fiscal preparedness for the oil sector as well as the projected gains. “Based on that report, the IMF predicts that Guyana will earn $380M a year, in the first couple years, before we get into the billions. So it is a lot of money that will be coming. They have already started advising us on how much money will come from taxation, from profits, from royalties…” He also reminded that the
International Monetary Fund, in its 2017 review of Guyana’s economy, was keen to focus its attention on the nation’s looming oil wealth. An overview of that report shows that the IMF is already issuing cautionary words when it comes to oil and its murky nature. The International Monetary Fund was careful to stress on the importance of the Government putting in place mechanisms to ensure the transparent spending of the oil revenue to come. In this regard, Directors attached to the global organization emphasized that sound fiscal practices suggest saving a share of the oil revenue for future generations. They said, “Oil-financed spending should be transparent and channeled through the budget toward projects that enhance the economy’s physical and human capital.”
The IMF on a related note commended the local authorities for drafting a Natural Resource Fund legislation and requesting the Fund’s technical advice on this topic. IMF Staff still stressed the importance of transparency and good governance in the management of the oil industry and even welcomed the authorities’ plans to join the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative and adhere to the Santiago Principles for Sovereign Wealth Funds.Based on its projections, the IMF is of the view that oil will have a large impact on Guyana’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP). (GDP is the monetary value of all the finished goods and services produced within a country’s borders in a specific time period. http:// www.investopedia.com/ terms/g/gdp.asp) On the other hand however, the IMF noted that the
City Hall grapples with mounting... From page 20 pay contractors to collect garbage despite fulfilling their obligations to City Hall, Lewis warned that persons should not be tricked into paying for a service which is already catered for by the municipality. “We have received reports that a certain group is going around collecting money under pretext that they are working for the Council, but we have warned citizens not to fall prey to that situation,” Lewis said “Citizens should not be paying for the service,” she added. In a subsequent statement to the press, it was explained that as part of the ongoing public health awareness efforts by the Council, Environmental Health Officers (EHO) and their assistants attached the M&CC have been focusing their attention on the provisions of garbage receptacles by property owners around the city. Among the areas of focus, EHO are asking property
owners to be cognizant of the manner in which they store and dispose of their waste. “The Municipal and District Council Act Chapter 28:01 stipulates that all owners /occupiers of properties within the City must provide receptacles on their premises for the proper storage and disposal of their waste.” Additionally, the Council explained that the receptacles should be covered and positioned in a manner which is accessible to its servants. The council reminded that it is the duty of the property owners, to among other things, have their surrounding parapets and pavements swept and cleaned daily. The statement by City Hall outlined that a preliminary report from the EHO suggests that many residents have been complying with some of the by –laws. However, there are those who continue to use the alleyways, parapets and abandon yards as garbage receptacles.
President Granger... From page 11 build an economically sustainable nation through our investment in access to education, we as a nation will empower our boys and girls. We will be able to safeguard our children from exploitative and hazardous labour and sexual exploitation, promote human rights and democracy and protect and manage our environment via sustainable measures. This programme has become extremely successful because now we are bridging the education gap between
hinterland and coastal regions by providing increased access to transportation for school children to get to and from school. Students are now able to get to school on time and parents are no longer burdened with transportation.” According to Minister Ally, two of the buses will be utilized in South and North Georgetown. Two other buses are also expected to service the East Coast and East Bank areas. One is already operational on the Linden Soesdyke Highway.
“The Council is therefore calling on all residents to ensure that they have receptacles to dispose of waste in an environmentally friendly manner. This is necessary not only to keep the environment clean, but to ensure the integrity of the public health of the city.” The Council warned too, against the practice of deliberate acts of dumping garbage in certain sections of the city. “Those persons, once they are found, will be prosecuted by the City Constabulary,” the Council warned, in the statement .
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Natural Resources Minister, Raphael Trotman looming oil sector will have a much smaller impact on the Gross National Product (GDP). (GNP is an estimate of total value of all the final products and services produced in a given period by the means of production owned by a country’s residents. http:// www.investopedia.com/ terms/g/gnp.asp.) The IMF’s estimates and projections are based on data as currently compiled, but with a conservative ad hoc inclusion of oil production from 2020 onwards. The Fund believes that the main direct effect on the domestic economy will be through fiscal revenue. The revenue-sharing agreement sets the government’s share at 50 percent of “profit oil.” With 75 percent of total oil revenues initially allocated for “cost recovery,” the government’s share is only 12.5 percent, but will increase significantly after Exxon Mobil and partners recover their initial upfront investment. According to the
IMF, oil revenue is expected to amount to 2.6 percent of GDP in 2020 and will rise to about 4.6 percent in 2021, which is the first full year of oil production. The Fund believes that the shares of fiscal revenue and expenditure in GDP will decline due to the larger increase in the latter with the start of oil production. It said that the oil is exported, with 50 percent of Exxon’s (and its partners) proceeds repatriated through the current account and the remainder through the financial account. It said, “Several countries experienced competitiveness problems in other sectors after they became oil producers. These Dutch Disease considerations should be manageable given the magnitude of the windfall.” The IMF cautioned that as Guyana gets richer, there will be a loss of access to grants and concessional loans. These are assumed to taper off with the start of oil production.
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Jamaica to stage first natural gas conference KINGSTON, Jamaica (CMC) – Jamaica, which says it stands to gain a great deal from the uses of liquefied natural gases (LNG), will stage its first conference on the commodity in October. The government said that it is hoped the October 4-6 event is aimed at exploring the economic, commercial, legal and regulatory implications of the development of the local natural gas industry. Science, Energy and Technology Minister, Dr Andrew Wheatley, said the island stands to gain a great deal from the uses of LNG “particularly as it relates to the electricity sector. “When we look at the facility out at Bogue (St James) where LNG is providing electricity at under US13 cents per kWh, and looking at the facility that is expected to come on stream at Jamalco, with the price of electricity coming in even lower at around US11 cents per kWh or so, speaks to the potential of getting even lower prices for electricity,” he told a ceremony where the Petroleum Corporation of Jamaica (PCJ) and the Office of Utilities Regulation (OUR) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU establishing a partnership to host
the conference. Wheatley said that if more LNG is used, a reduction in the cost of electricity will be achieved, adding that the effects of the reduction in the cost of energy will not only be felt by consumers but also by manufacturers, who will be able to boost their production. He said the government is committed to diversifying Jamaica’s energy source so that “no one fuel source contributes more than 42 per cent”, which will result in a “secure build out of the energy infrastructure”. In endorsing the MOU, Wheatley urged the PCJ and the OUR to extend invitations to other Caribbean Community (CARICOM) countries to participate in the conference in order to appreciate the benefits of LNG. OUR deputy director General, Hopeton Heron, said that the country’s National Energy Policy of 20092030 addresses Jamaica plans to have a secured, diversified and sufficient supply of energy, which will, in turn, support long-term economic and social development as well as environmental sustainability. “This requires, among
other things, a national energy-diversification programme, the development of a framework for the introduction of alternative fuels such as natural gas, renewable energy resources and the construction of energy-efficient generating facilities to meet increasing demand,” he said. Heron noted that natural gas is poised to become the dominant fuel for the generation of electricity in Jamaica. PCJ Group general manager, Winston Watson, said it is the role of his organisation to integrate LNG into the energy sector. He said the reason for the conference is to get “the general population aware and to understand what LNG is about, so that they can benefit from its use”. The conference, which is being held under the theme ‘New Horizons: The Development of a Natural Gas Sector in Jamaica – Prospects and Challenges’, will have more than 20 presenters including the newly appointed President and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Jamaica Public Service (JPS), Emanuel DaRosa and the President of the National Gas Company of Trinidad and Tobago Limited, Curtis Mohammed.
UNESCO says slave trade reminder of importance of teaching history UNITED NATIONS (CMC) – A senior official with the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) says while the International Day for the Remembrance of the Slave Trade and its Abolition is a tribute to every victim and their resistance against slavery, it is also a reminder of the importance of teaching history. “The legacy of the slave trade is a symbolic victory for human rights freedom; and the International Day acts as a reminder of the eternal effort to reaffirm human dignity and break down ignorance,” said Nada Al-Nashif, UNESCO Assistant Director-General for Social and Human Sciences as the world yesterday observed the International Day of Remembrance. Since its 1998 establishment, the commemoration has “provided an opportunity to look back at the legacy of the slave trade and to understand how the uprising that began in 1791, in what is now Haiti, was symbolic of a victory for freedom and human rights,” the UN said. Al-Nashif said that many regions of the world consider it to be a day of common heritage that symbolizes “a call for freedom, for justice and for dialogue among people.”
Nada Al-Nashif She said it is “important to understand the limitation of interpretation, to change the silence and to act together to make resistance against slavery an inspirational force for future generation.” The UNESCO official said that its “call for truth” permeates UNESCO’s work in appealing for social justice, the reduction of inequality and the preservation of human dignity and human rights. Al-Nashif said the Slave Route Project has “contributed substantially to
fostering greater awareness of the ethical, political, socioeconomic and cultural aspects of this chapter of history, and even the official recognition of slavery as a crime against humanity by the United Nations. She said the project also “speaks to remedy the general ignorance on the history of Africa by reconstructing it – freeing it from racial prejudice – and re-reading the history through purely African perspectives or more objective views of scientists or researchers.”
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Venezuela ex-prosecutor says she has evidence of Maduro corruption BRASILIA/CARACAS (Reuters) - Dismissed Venezuelan prosecutor Luisa Ortega said yesterday she had evidence that President Nicolas Maduro was involved in corruption with construction company Odebrecht. Ortega, 59, was a key player in Venezuela’s government but broke with it in March. She fled last week to Colombia by boat and on Wednesday morning landed in Brazil. Ortega said she had been persecuted in an effort to hide details of high-level corruption, saying she had proof, though she offered none. Ortega linked the Odebrecht scandal with Maduro and Socialist Party heavyweights including Diosdado Cabello and Jorge Rodriguez. Ortega said she had evidence that Cabello received some $100 million from the Brazilian company. “The international community must investigate such cases,” she told a news conference. Venezuelan authorities did not respond to a request for
Luisa Ortega (Reuters photo) comment. Odebrecht admitted in a settlement with U.S. and Brazilian prosecutors to paying bribes across 12 countries to win contracts. According to a U.S. court ruling, between 2001 and 2016, Odebrecht paid about $788 million in bribes in countries including Brazil, Argentina, Colombia, Mexico and Venezuela. Ortega was removed from her position early this month by Venezuela’s newly formed constituent assembly, a controversial pro-government body whose installation was called dictatorial by governments worldwide.
Maduro said on Tuesday he would seek Ortega’s arrest, accusing her of having worked for some time with the United States. Maduro blames Washington for many of Venezuela’s problems, including tripledigit inflation, shortages of basic goods and months of anti-government unrest. In Caracas, state-controlled television broadcast images on Wednesday of a police operation in what it said was Ortega’s apartment. The cameras showed marble floors, large paintings of Ortega herself and one by Andy Warhol, a cellar containing an array of expensive wines and a wardrobe filled with designer labels. Ortega said she would give details of the corruption cases to authorities in the United States, Spain, Mexico, Brazil and Colombia. Since settling in the United States, Brazil and Switzerland for a record $3.5 billion, Odebrecht has sought to negotiate leniency deals that would allow it to keep operating in other countries across Latin America.
UWI to confer 12 honorary degrees on Caribbean and foreign nationals KINGSTON, Jamaica (CMC) – The University of the West Indies (UWI) says it will confer 12 honorary degrees during this year’s graduation ceremonies at its three campuses in Jamaica, Barbados and Trinidad and Tobago in October. “The UWI awards honorary degrees to individuals of eminence in the arts, sciences and other fields of intellectual endeavour, as we l l a s to persons who have made outstanding regional or international contributions. The 2017 graduation ceremonies will see new Chancellor, Robert Bermudez presiding over the ceremonies and conferring degrees,” the university said in a statement. It said that among those who will be honoured is Dame Selma Udine Jackman, who is known as being among the first Caribbean-born, female surgeons to have qualified and worked in the region. She earned her MBBS degree at The UWI Mona Campus after being awarded a Barbados Government Exhibition and graduated in 1976. She will receive the Doctor of Sciences (DSc) degree. “She returned to the
Queen Elizabeth Hospital in 1986 and has provided general and paediatric surgery services to local and referred patients from other Caribbean islands.” The UWI said it would also honour Guyanese born, Professor Emeritus John Edward Greene, who has just ended a six-year tenure as the United Nations Secretary-General’s Special Envoy for HIV in the Caribbean. “He has a long regional and international career in academia, social sector development, poverty alleviation, organisational development and AIDS.” Greene also served as Assistant Secretary-General at the Guyana-based Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Secretariat from 2000-2010 and crafted the blueprint for the Pan-Caribbean Partnership against HIV and AIDS which was recognised in 2004 as an international best practice in the response to HIV/AIDS. He will receive an honorary degree in law. Tr i n i d a d i a n A n d r e w Marcano has been described by the UWI as a person who “has always gone beyond the traditional
path of calypsonians and chosen a multi-faceted path” and is the first calypsonian to produce his own hit on his very own label (La Carib). “For more than six decades, Mr Marcano has embodied every aspect of the Calypso art form; a lyrical genius, brilliant musical composer and producer, charismatic performer who is a master of extempore, a visionary and entrepreneur, a truly outstanding Trinidad and Tobago cultural icon.” Marcano will receive a doctorate in literature (DLitt). The UWI said it would also honour Professor Ihron Rensburg, Vice-Chancellor and Principal of the University of Johannesburg, who is widely acknowledged for his policy, strategy, leadership, and managerial skills, with the Doctor of Laws degree as well as Wesley J. Hall, the executive chairm a n and founder of Kingsdale Advisors, a leader in shareholder advisory services and proxy solicitation in North America. The UWI said that the graduation ceremonies will begin at its Open Campus on October 14 and end at the Mona Campus here on November 4.
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Canada frets over possible huge surge in asylum-seekers: sources OTTAWA (Reuters) Canada fears a huge surge in asylum seekers crossing the border from the United States, putting political pressure on Prime Minister Justin Trudeau ahead of a 2019 election, sources familiar with the matter said yesterday. The number of migrants illegally entering Canada more than tripled in July and August, hitting nearly 7,000. Haitians, who face looming deportation from the United States when their temporary protected status expires in January 2018, accounted for much of the inflow. Two sources familiar with Canadian government thinking said citizens from El Salvador, Nicaragua and Honduras, who are slated to lose their U.S. protected status in early 2018, may also head north. “There is concern we’ll see a huge increase, mostly from Central America,” said one source. “The question is, which
group is next, and how are we going to deal with it, and what is the impact on Canadians?” added the source, who requested anonymity given the sensitivity of the situation. Most new arrivals are going to the predominantly French-speaking province of Quebec, sparking protests from opposition politicians and anti-immigrant groups. Tr u d e a u ’s L i b e r a l s need to gain support in Quebec to offset expected losses elsewhere ahead of an October 2019 election. Asked whether the Liberals were worried about losing popularity in Quebec, the source said: “Abs o l u t e l y. T h a t ’s a c o n cern.” But if Trudeau clamps down too far, he risks tarnishing a long-cultivated reputation for openness and tolerance. He pointedly tweeted Canada’s welcome of refugees after U.S. President Donald Trump unveiled a travel ban in
Reuters File Photo: A group of asylum seekers wait to be processed after being escorted from their tent encampment to the Canada Border Services in Lacolle, Quebec, Canada on August 11, 2017. January. “The government is in a real quandary over this,” said a third source familiar
Pakistan rejects role of ‘scapegoat for U.S. failures’ in Afghanistan KARACHI, Pakistan (Reuters) - Pakistan has rejected U.S. criticism of its efforts to fight terrorism, saying it should not be made a scapegoat for the failure of the U.S. military to win the war in Afghanistan. U.S. President Donald Trump unveiled his policy for Afghanistan on Monday, stepping up the military campaign against Taliban insurgents and singling out Pakistan for harboring them. U.S. officials later warned that aid to Pakistan might be cut and Washington might downgrade nuclear-armed Pakistan’s status as a major non-NATO ally, in order to pressure it to do more to help bring about an end to America’s longest-running war. Pakistan’s powerful military chief, General Qamar Javed Bajwa, met U.S. Ambassador David Hale on Wednesday and told him Pakistan was actively working for peace in Afghanistan. “We have done a lot ... and shall keep on doing our best, not to appease anyone but in line with our national interest and national policy,” Bajwa was quoted in an army press statement as telling Hale. Pakistani Foreign Minister Khawaja Asif added his voice to a chorus of indignation over the U.S. criticism, reiterating Pakistan’s denial that it harbors militants.
“They should not make Pakistan a scapegoat for their failures in Afghanistan,” Asif said in an interview with Geo TV late on Tuesday. “AMERICA IS THE ENEMY” A group of influential Pakistani clerics including Samiul Haq, who runs a Islamic seminary where many senior Afghan Taliban studied, angrily condemned the United States. “America is the enemy of the Muslim ummah (community),” Haq told a press briefing along with other clerics who preach a jihadist doctrine. “The government of Pakistan should quit the alliance for war against so-called terrorism,” Haq added. “The heavens will not fall if America gets angry with us.” Pakistan has for years been battling homegrown Islamist militants who are seeking to overthrow the state with bomb attacks and assassinations. But critics say the Pakistani military nurtures other Islamist factions, including the Afghan Taliban, which are seen as useful to Pakistan’s core confrontation with old rival India. Asif said Pakistan had suffered great losses from Islamist militancy - the government estimates there have been 70,000 casualties in militant attacks, including 17,000 Pakistanis killed - since Pakistan joined the U.S. “war on
terrorism” after the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks on the United States. The relationship between the two countries has endured periods of extreme strain during the past decade, especially after al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden was found and killed by U.S. special forces in Pakistan in a 2011 raid.
with official thinking. Ottawa has hardened its tone in recent days, warning people not to cross the border since they could well be deported. Trudeau said Canada was enforcing immigration rules. “We are an open and welcoming country because citizens have confidence in our immigration and refugee system and we have been able to continue to defend and protect the integrity of that system,” he told reporters in Montreal yesterday. He also said Ottawa might accelerate the pro-
cess of issuing work permits for asylum seekers rather than make them wait for refugee claims to be processed, which now takes several months. Leger Marketing pollster Christian Bourque said there were no immediate signs that support in Quebec for Trudeau was weakening. “I think that changes if people do not perceive the government is taking a strong stand,” he said. A Reuters poll in March found nearly half of Canadians want to deport people who are illegally crossing from the United
States. A Haitian-Canadian Liberal legislator is due to visit Miami today, home to a large expatriate community, in a bid to persuade people to stay put. Officials complain false stories are circulating about how easy it is to be granted permission to stay in Canada. Some of the Haitians are in temporary housing, including Montreal’s Olympic Stadium and at least two tent camps near the b o r d e r. C r i t i c s a c c u s e Trudeau of encouraging would-be refugees to come to Canada without thinking through the consequences.
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FIFA intervenes in Cameroon to try to end bickering ZURICH (Reuters) FIFA is to intervene in Cameroon’s football federation (FECAFOOT) again in an attempt to end bickering among officials which has dragged on since 2015, football’s governing body said yesterday. FIFA said it had set up a “normalisation committee” to run FECAFOOT’s daily affairs, draft new statutes and organise elections for a new executive committee by the end of February. It said the decision followed “recent failed attempts by FIFA to recon-
cile the football stakeholders in Cameroon and overcome the current impasse”. FIFA briefly suspended Cameroon in 2013 for government interference in FECAFOOT, then also set up a normalisation committee to run its affairs. A hotly contested election in 2015 was subsequently annulled by the Cameroon National Sports and Olympic Committee’s arbitration chamber. That decision was then confirmed by the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS). Despite the off-field problems, Cameroon won
the African Nations Cup earlier this year, beating Egypt 2-1 in the final. However, they face a tough task in their World Cup qualifying group which also contains bitter rivals Nigeria, plus Zambia and Algeria. Nigeria have won their first two games while Cameroon have drawn their first two, allowing the Super Eagles to open up a four-point gap. Only the group winners qualify for Russia next year. Cameroon will host the African Nations Cup in 2019.
Thursday August 24, 2017 ARIES (Mar. 21- April 20) Get on with business. Praise will be yours if you have been pursuing your goals. Changes to your self image will be to your benefit as long as you don't over pay. TAURUS (Apr. 21- may 21) Your need to obtain additional details will lead you into strange topics of conversation. Help if you can, but more than likely it will be sufficient just to listen. Try to accommodate them without infringing on your own responsibilities. GEMINI (May 22-June 21) Be cautious not to get involved in office chatter that will cause problems for others. Don't overextend yourself in the process. Now is a good time to ask for favors. CANCER (June 22-July 22) Don't overspend or give too freely to others. You will be a bit of a spendthrift today. It won't take much to upset your lover. LEO (July 23-Aug 22) Don't let your partner get you going. You are best to travel or attend lectures or seminars. Professionalism will be of utmost importance. Concentrate on work and on making money. VIRGO (Aug. 23 -Sept. 23) Rely on the one you love for support and affection. You may find that getting together with colleagues after hours will be worthwhile.
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LIBRA (Sept. 24 -Oct. 23) Self-deception about relationships is a problem. Only bite off what you can chew. You may want to try your hand at a little creative writing. Don't let your boss get the better of you. SCORPIO (Oct. 24 - Nov. 22) Evasion is likely if you aren't direct about your feelings. Be careful what you consume today. Relatives may not be telling you the whole truth about a family situation. SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 23 -Dec. 21) Rewards for past good deeds will highlight your day. Use your quick wit to win points and friends. Go out shopping today. CAPRICORN (Dec 22.- Jan. 20) Make plans that will take you to exotic destinations. You can make amends by taking them somewhere special. You may find your self a bit frazzled if you allow someone to goad you into an unsavory debate. AQUARIUS (Jan. 21 -Feb. 19) Romance may be likely if you travel. A passionate party for two might be just the remedy. If you're feeling uncertain, spend some time alone and reevaluate your motives as well as your needs. PISCES (Feb. 20-Mar. 20) Someone you care about may not be too well. You will be able to enlist the help of colleagues who believe in your ideas.
Lutsenko wins first Grand Tour stage while Froome stays in red BARCELONA (Reuters) Alexey Lutsenko held on for his biggest career win in stage five of the Vuelta A Espana yesterday, with Chris Froome staying in the red jersey and extending his overall lead. Astana Pro team rider Lutsenko celebrated his first Grand Tour stage win in the 175.7km run from Benicassim to Alcossebre, the Kazakhstani rider holding off Merhawi Kudus on the steep final climb to the finish to record a time of 4:24:58. “In 2014 I did my first Vuelta and managed to get a second place, but this is the biggest win of my career, no doubt,” Lutsenko told reporters. “It was very hard before the final climb and we were a bit alone out there. Into the headwind we knew it would
be tough, especially with lots of guys chasing behind. In the end it was a great stage for me, and I want to thank my team mates.” Team Sky’s Froome has a 10 second advantage on U.S. rider Tejay Van Gardener, with an overall time of 18:07:10, with the Briton looking in impressive shape after his Tour de France triumph. Froome was set up by Team Sky’s Gianni Moscon, with Spaniard Alberto Contador matching his pace
despite suffering recent stomach problems. “My sensations were better than they have been for the past few days, and I’m pretty happy with how it went. We still have quite a bit of work to do,” said TrekSegafredo rider Contador, who is participating in the Vuelta for the final time. “I’m reasonably happy with how it is going. The crowd was really impressive and I’m happy that I could do something for them.”
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Regional 50-overs U-19 cricket
Regional Under-19 One-Day Championship – 4th round
Yadram is top U-19 Bowler after 4 rounds
Yadram, Perez, Anderson lead Guyana to another triumph
Perez 3rd among batsmen Seventeen year-old West Indies U-19 Skipper Baskar Yadram’s 6-16 in Tuesday’s fourth round of the Regional 50-over U-19 cricket tournament in St Kitts not only provided Guyana with an eightwicket win over home team Leeward Islands but also pushed him to the top of the wicket takers list. Known more for his top order batting, Yadram scored 25 and 13 in his only First-
Class match last April and won the Man-of-the-Series for the West Indies U-19s tour of both South Africa and Zimbabwe in July after getting two fifties and a 42 from three matches in Zimbabwe and two half centuries and a couple of 30s on hard, bouncy tracks in South Africa. Yadram joined the Guyana team in St Kitts after the opening round and after three games is the leading wickettaker with 12 scalps from 25.3 overs at an economy rate 3.10 and an average of 6.58 and is the only Guyanese among the
top eight wicket-takers in the tournament. Raymond Perez is the only Guyanese among the top 10 run scorers with 149 runs from three matches at an average of 74.50 with two fifties and a highest score of 58. Perez sits just below the Trinidad and Tobago pair of Kirstan Kallicharran (191 runs, Average 191, including a century and a fifty with a highest score of 102 not out) and Cephas Cooper (162 runs, with 3 fifties including a highest score of 85 not out).
BASSETERRE, St Kitts, CMC – Bhaskar Yadram 6-16, Raymond Perez 52 not out and Kevelon Anderson 51 not out were the men on song as Guyana defeated the Leeward Islands by eight wickets in their fourth round match the Regional Under-19 One-Day Championship here on Tuesday. Yadram was impressive with the ball as Guyana restricted the Leewards to 116 off 45.3 overs, while Perez and Anderson made easy work of chasing the required total. Results of matches played
in the fourth round of the Regional Under-19 One-Day Championship here Tuesday. Scores: At St Paul’s: Guyana won by eight wickets. LEEWARD ISLANDS 116 all out off 45.3 overs (Kadeem Henry 28; Bhaskar Yadram 6-16) GUYANA 118 for two off 26.1 overs (Raymond Perez 52 not out, Kevelon Anderson 51 not out) At Molyneaux: Trinidad and Tobago won by eight wickets. WINDWARD ISLANDS 208 for eight off 50 overs
(Emmanuel Stewart 52, Johnnel Eugene 40, Daneal Dupigny 30 not out; Cephas Cooper 2-20, Aaron Maniram 2-30) TRINIDAD & TOBAGO 209 for two off 38.2 overs (Kirstan Kallicharan 102 not out, Cephas Cooper 55 not out) At Conaree: ICC Americas won by 48 runs. ICC AMERICAS 258 for five off 50 overs (Pranav Sharma 79, Arslan Khan 66, Akashdeep Gill 50; BARBADOS 210 all out off 49.5 overs (Dante Niles 35, Nico Reifer 34; Rommel Shahzad 3-54)
Africa to bid for 2025 World Athletics Championships
Hamad Kalkaba Malboum says that IAAF President Lord Coe supports an African bid. (Valery Hanche)
De Villiers steps down as ODI captain... From page 27 a fixture, or against India in the New Year. “Over the past year or so, I have tried to manage many commitments,” he said. “I have felt mentally and physically tired; my wife and I are bringing up two fantastic kids and playing in all three formats ever since 2004 has taken its toll. “Together with Cricket South Africa, we have tried to develop a viable sched-
ule which allows me to prolong my career for as long as possible.” De Villiers defended the way he has gone about his career over the past year, saying that playing for South Africa remains his top priority. “This strategy has prompted some people to say I am picking and choosing when to play for the Proteas, and even to suggest I am somehow
putting myself before the team. That is simply not true. That has never been true. Playing for South Africa is, and will always be, the greatest privilege of my life.” At the end of South Africa’s recent tour of England - where they lost the series in all three formats Test captain Faf du Plessis said he believed it was unlikely that de Villiers would return to Test cricket. “I would love AB to play - we all know how good he is and we missed him, but we’ve spent too much time talking about when he is going to come back,” he said. “The hope of him coming back is something we need to move past, we need to find someone else to fulfill that role. If AB comes back it’s a huge bonus but I don’t expect him to come back into the Test team.”
BBC Sport - The head of African athletics says the continent will bid to host the 2025 World Championships. Africa has never staged the biennial event, which started in 1983, despite being home to many world champions. Hamad Kalkaba Malboum says he believes a bid is set to come from one of six African nations. “We are talking with Kenya, South Africa, Nigeria, Algeria, Egypt, Morocco - those countries have the facilities,” said the Cameroonian. “I have very positive sounds from some of them,” added the president of the Confederation of African Athletics (CAA). Morocco is the only African country to have staged a leg of the Diamond League, the annual athletics series which runs from May to September around the world. The Moroccan city Casablanca was also the last in Africa to try to stage
t h e Wo r l d C h a m p i o n ships, having bid unsuccessfully for the 2011 event. Kalkaba pointed to recent successes with M a r c h ’s Wo r l d C r o s s Country Championships in Uganda and July’s World U18 Championships in Kenya as reasons to be hopeful. “People said that Africa could not host the World Cup in football, but we did it very successfully,” he added in reference to South Africa’s staging of the 2010 finals. Kalkaba, who took charge of the CAA in 2003, said the president of athletics’ governing body the IAAF - backs the idea. “President Coe is supporting the fact that Africa c o u l d h o s t t h e Wo r l d Championships,” said the 66-year-old, an IAAF vicepresident himself. second on the medals table at London 2017, having topped the table in 2015 With the 2019 and 2021
events having been awarded to Qatar and the United States respectively, the next available championship to bid for is 2023. Yet Kalkaba, who has been in talks with political leaders including Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta, believes this is too early for the continent. He said Africa has never previously staged the biennial competition because athletics was less popular than football and also “because we are facing many other social problems health, education, building roads or railways - political leaders are sometimes afraid of spending a lot of money on hosting an event. “But I think many now realise that [staging the championships] could put the nation on the world map in terms of publicity and promote tourism so there is a benefit from hosting the event. This was not the case in the past.” A decision on who will stage the 2025 finals is set to be taken in 2020.
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UDFA GT Beer $M Inter Association Super Cup Football Upper Demerara stop East Coast 3-1, Essequibo crush East Bank advance to semifinals Essequibo/ Pomeroon landed themselves a semifinal’s berth in the Upper Demerara Football Ass o c i a t i o n ( U D FA ) r u n ‘Sunday Night Super Cup’ inter association football tournament after dismissing the challenge of East Bank 5-1, as Upper Demerara topped Group A to also advance with a 3-1 thumping of East Coast as the finals of group play games concluded at the Mackenzie Sports Club ground last Sunday night. The matches decided the two teams to emerge in their four team round robin format as the losers on the night failed to move forward. Upper Demerara were able to maintain their unblemished record after three wins in this tournament eliminator as they took the lead early as the 15thminute through Jashawn Moore against East Coast who would end with one draw and two losses eventually. But the East Coast side recovered to knot the scores at half time through a goal by M a l c o l m Wi l s o n i n t h e 37thminute. After the break Upper Demerara would go ahead once more through a play through the middle from Shane Luckie who rocked
the back of the net in the 67th minute and then Kellon Primo continued his fine form so far when he slotted his team’s third goal in the 73rd minute and that would be the final score 31 in the second game of the night. In the first game Essequibo, who have shown tremendous courage through this round robin play, started off with a second half burst that caught the East Bank side playing catch up football. After a nil all draw when the first period ended the winger Michael Hendricks of Essequibo was tripped gong in the box and a penalty was awarded which was scored by defence player Oswin Henry in the 50th minute. This 1-0 score was increased in the 59th minute as Hendricks would run on to a through ball from the right side spot kick to make it 2-0. Still the Essequibo/ Pomeroon players were very much on the ball and after a shot was thwarted from goal, Devon Romeo, who would score twice, got his first goal after collecting the ball for a nice goal in the 71srt minute. Hendricks was against in the picture this time as he laid a pass to Sheldon Pitt who made no mistake
in increasing the advantage for the Essequibo side in the 82nd minute. Six minutes later Romeo would return to get his double as he banged home a volley from a right side squared ball sent from Dexter Mendonca for a 5-0 score before the East Coast side would get a consolation when Winston Rollins would score in the 90th minute as the game finished 5-1.
Cavs reportedly trade Irving to Celtics for Thomas, other assets (The Sports Xchange) - The Cleveland Cavaliers reportedly agreed t o t r a d e A l l - St a r p o i n t guard Kyrie Irving to the Boston Celtics in exchange for a package led by fellow All-Star point guard Isaiah Thomas. Irving, who made headlines earlier in the summer when it leaked that he had requested a trade, moves on from a Cavaliers squad that reached the NBA Finals in each of the last three seasons and won a championship in 2016. He joins a Celtics squad that finished first in the Eastern Conference during the regular season last season but was bounced by the Cavaliers in five games the Eastern Conference Finals. Thomas missed the last three games of the series with a hip inj u r y, a n d m i g h t n o t b e ready for regular season opener.
UDFA scorers from left Kellon Primo, Shane Luckie and Jashawn Moore.
De Villiers steps down as ODI captain, available for Tests
Kyrie Irving and LeBron James will now battle it out for Eastern Conference supremacy. (AP) Boston will also reportedly send small forward Jae Crowder, center prospect Ante Zizic and the Brooklyn Nets 2018 first-round pick to Cleveland in the deal. Irving, 25, averaged a career-high 25.2 points on 47.3 percent shooting
and 5.8 assists last season. He has three years and $60 million remaining on his contract. Thomas, who finished third in the NBA with an average of 28.9 points in 2016-17, will be a free agent after the 2017-18 campaign.
ESPNcricinfo - AB de Villiers has stepped down as South Africa’s one-day captain but could return to Test cricket, having made himself available for all three formats from mid-October onwards following discussions with CSA. De Villiers has not played Tests since the final match of the series against England in January 2016, shortly after he had taken over the captaincy from Hashim Amla. He was named full-time captain later that year, but an elbow injury kept him out of series against New Zealand and Australia, and then he made himself unavailable for the format. He returned to interna-
tional action in January with the one-day side and captained South Africa in the Champions Trophy but they were unable to make it out of the group stage. “Faf du Plessis has proved to be an outstanding captain of the T20 and Test teams, and bearing this in mind, I have informed Cricket South Africa that I would like to step down as captain of the ODI team,” de Villiers said. “It has been an honour to lead the team for the past six years, but it is now time for someone else to take the ODI side forward. Whoever is chosen as the new ODI captain will have my complete support. “Following this recent
break, I really do feel refreshed and revived. I want to get back on the field and I have today assured the national selectors that I will be available for selection in all three formats of the game during the coming season. There is plenty of hard work ahead in the nets and I must prepare properly, but I will be ready to play, if required, from the middle of October onwards.” De Villiers’ timescale rules him out of the Test series against Bangladesh which begins at the end of September, which means his return to the longest format could come in the Boxing Day Test should CSA be able to arrange (Continued on page 26)
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Inaugural Guinness Cage / Three Promotions Indoor Football Tournament Launched - Eight exciting games on tonight The highly anticipated inaugural Guinness Cage / Three Peat Promotions Indoor Football Competition was officially launched yesterday, during a simple ceremony that was conducted at the Windjammer International Hotel & Cuisine on Queen Street, Kitty. Among those in attendance at the occasion were members of the Organising Committee, Administrative Manager of the National Sports Commission (NSC) Gervy C. Harry, Referees Coordinator Wayne Griffith and representatives of the participating teams. Harry in his insightful remarks called on the organisers, spectators and the competing teams to display good discipline throughout the tournament, informing that the NSC will not tolerate any act that runs counter to the contractual agreement and therefore sanctions can be enforced for any contravention. Harry commended the coordinators for taking such a bold step to stage the event, adding that he is a strong advocate for discipline in sports so he will always be disposed to its enforcement. He said that while the overwhelming perception of the local football culture paints a negative picture all the parties that are involved in the sport must work together to eradicate such an image. Harry, who leaves today for Suriname as part of the large contingent that will participate in the Inter-Guianas Games, closed by wishing the tournament success and urged the Organisers to be
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inflexible with undisciplined teams and patrons. Representative of Three Peat Promotions Rawle Welch speaking at the Launch said, “The tournament was conceptualized months earlier between myself and colleagues and it was readily accepted following our proposal to Banks DIH Limited. We are very pleased to have such a large company like Banks DIH Limited on board, especially under its Guinness brand.” According to him, “It has been an arduous process to get to where we are, but I expect the tournament to be a success and I can assure the management of the National Sports Commission (NSC) that all conditions will be met.” He called on the usually supportive fans to be on their best behaviour, which is very often, stating that it is getting more difficult to get the approval of the relevant agencies to host these events so it is imperative that all concerned be supportive and appreciative of the efforts of the Organisers. “We have to work together to make the event a tremendous success so it can continue next year.” The event, which will last for the duration of eight nights, features 32 teams from several regions battling for over $800,000 in cash and prizes. The tournament commences today and the other playing dates are: August 29th, and 31st, September 2nd, 5th, 7th, 9th and 16th. The winning team will cart off $400,000 and the championship trophy, while the runner-up, third and fourth placed
teams will receive $200,000, $100,000 and $50,000 respectively and the corresponding trophies. The other sponsors on board are Trophy Stall, YK Investments & Pawn Shop, Star Party Rentals, Faye Joseph, Claude Geddes Recreational Sports Club and John Fernandes Ltd. On the individual side, the Most Valuable Player (MVP) will receive a gold chain from YK Investments and Pawn Shop and the respective accolade from Trophy Stall. Meanwhile, opening night fixtures and fixtures for the second night of action are seen below: Tonight’s fixtures: Broad Street vs Old School Ballers-19:00hrs Bent Street vs Hustlers19:30hrs Leopold Street vs Plaisance-20:00hrs Dave and Celena vs Pike Street Sophia-20:30hrs North East La Penitence vs Mocha-21:00hrs Tiger Bay vs Silver Bullets21:30hrs Albouystown-A vs Alexander Village22:00hrs Future Stars vs Agricola Gas Team-22:30hrs Tuesday-August 29th Sophia vs MBK All-Stars19:00hrs West Back Road vs Albouystown-B-19:30hrs Tucville vs Showstoppers20:00hrs North Ruimveldt vs Melanie-20:30hrs Champion Boys vs Channel-9 Warriors-21:00hrs Gold is Money vs Campbellville-21:30hrs Back Circle vs New Market Street-22:00hrs Sparta Boss vs Vryheid’s Lust-22:30hrs
135th Canadian Fullbore Rifle Championships
Persaud still leads Caribbean charge after rain on Tuesday and a challenging Wednesday Despite the challenges presented from the elements above on Tuesday and a very challenging day yesterday, Guyana National Rifle Association Fullbore Captain Mahendra Persaud continues to lead the Caribbean challenge at the 135th Canadian Fullbore Rifle Championships hosted by the
Dominion of Canada Rifle Association at the Connaught Rifle Range, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. Tuesday’s action was cut short midway through the day after already being hampered during the morning session during the Leston 500 yards shoot.
Windies still up for fight despite Edgbaston... From page 30 underconfident but we’ve been honest with our assessment … all the boys are very honest with the assessment of what went on and we’re aiming to put it right over the next five days ,” the Australian explained. “These guys need the chance to prove that they are good enough to play for West Indies and I am backing them a hundred per cent. There’s a lot of talent in our dressing room and they have the opportunity to turn it around.”
He added: “We understand that there are a lot of people out there who are disappointed in our performance but I can tell you there is no one more disappointed than the dressing room itself. “We had a good long chat after the game, we had a good session up in Birmingham as well which highlighted the fact that we are thinking about turning this around.” West Indies clash with England in the second Test
starting Friday at Headingley, knowing another defeat there will keep their disappointing record in tact of not having won a series in England in three decades. The Caribbean side’s last two Tests at the venue – in 2000 and 2007 – ended in innings defeats for the visitors but Law said they were hoping to do well. “We came here full of expectations again. Our preparation has been good,” he noted. “If you dissect the game [at Edgbaston] we had to bat against two pretty decent bowlers in favourable conditions under lights and in overcast conditions. Taking that in, we understand we have to be better and we’re aiming to do that.”
Mahendra Persaud and Lennox Braithwaite during a previous shoot.
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RHTYSC/Kares Engineering Inc Patron’s Green Economy Tournament concludes Sunday - $1M prizes to be won The Area ‘H’ Ground in Rose Hall Town is expected to be hive of colours and action on Sunday as the curtains come down on the historic RHTYSC/Kares Engineering Inc Patron’s Green Economy Softball Tournament. The four remaining teams in the Tournament - Hard Knock, Jai Hind, Prophecy Boys and Grill Master would clash in the semifinals during the morning session, while the 3rd Place Playoff and the finals are scheduled for the afternoon. The Patron’s Green Economy Softball Tournament main objectives are to celebrate the 72nd Birthday Celebration of President David Granger, to educate Berbicians on Climate Change and to promote the Rose Hall Town Youth & Sports Club highly successful Say No/Say Yes Message. Eighteen teams drawn from across Berbice played in the tournament which has a cash prize of $1M and $200,000 worth of trophies at stake. The winning team would receive $500,000 and the massive Green Economy Trophy, the 1st runner up $300,000 and trophy, 2nd runner up $100,000 and trophy and the 4th place $50,000, while the Man of the Finals would carry home $50,000 and a trophy. Club Secretary/CEO Hilbert Foster stated that all plans are falling into place as Club Executives and the Cricket Development
Committee work together to make the event a success. Umpiring would be done by highly qualified umpires, while the presentation of prizes would be done immediately after the finals. Hard Knock of Manchester would play Prophecy Boys in the first semifinal at 09:00 hours, while Grill Master of Canje would clash with Jai Hind in the other semifinals. The 3rd Place Playoff would bowl off at 12:30 hours, while the final is scheduled to start at 15:00 hours. The semifinals would be played over 10Overs, the 3rd Place would be a 15-Overs affair and the final would be 20-Overs. Foster stated that the Rose Hall Town Youth & Sports Club expects a capacity crowd with villagers coming out to support their home teams, while several lucky spectators would win special prizes. The teams for the semifinals and finals are: Grill Master Cricket Club: David Lukenauth (captain), Krishon Sobhai, Randy Baichan, Kishan Gangaram, Joshua Diaram, Vishal Phillips, Oliver Giddings, Talash Phillips, Seon Hetmyer, Roy J a f f a r a l l y, R a m n a r i n e Jugisteer, Keon Sinclair and Wahied Edwards. Jai Hind Cricket Club: John Someer, Adrian Singh, Imran Hussain, Deonarine Rangasammy, Andy Naidu, Komal Mangal, Shazir Rangasammy, Prabhuy Baldeo, Bhopindra Matadin,
The Four Captains pose with Patron’s Green Economy Trophy. Gudakesh Motie, Veerapen Moonsammy, Amernauth Moonsammy, Heeralall Harilall, Imran Zakier and Subraman Mangal. Hard Knock Cricket Club: Paul Tyndall, Sherwin George,
Utmoon Emanuel, Odelle Velloza, Akeem Tyndall, Eldeen Mendonza, Michael Tyndall, Raul Park, Royden Grey, Shade Cameron, Randy Ross, Sanjay Budhoo, Dave Nagamootoo,
Adrian Velloza and Delroy Glasgow. Prophecy Boys C r i c k e t C l u b : Chandrashakker Arjune, Rameshwar Poonoo, Madhan Budhram, Arif Chan, Davanand Itwaru,
Dharmesh Ganpat, Ganesh Balgobin, Michael Ramalho, Steve Sukhdeo, Afroz Mauramootoo, Ganesh D h a n e s s a r, N a v e n d r a Ramphal, Subryan Richard and Navendra Ramnauth.
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William “The Conqueror” France announces retirement Ends illustrious 25-year career Amputee, William “The Conqueror” France, has announced his retirement from marathons after a career that has spanned 25 years, during an interview with Kaieteur Sport. France, who is the President of the Differently Able Athletics Club, has raised millions of dollars which he has donated to charities including the Ptolemy Reid Rehabilitation Center, Cheshire Home in Mahaica and the Community based Rehab Center, toward helping differently able persons. His first walk was on the 1st of August, 1992, when he travelled from Timehri to America Street, Georgetown. But it wasn’t until two years later, on 18th of November, 1994, that he gained recognition after walking 100 miles from number 43 village in Corentyne to Stabroek Market in Georgetown. Two hundred and ninety seven (297) persons started the race and only the amputated France and Stabroek News Journalist, Steve Ninvalle, finished the 100 mile journey. William France, who was inspired by Canadian amputee Terry Fox, raised almost half a million dollars in that fundraiser which took him 43 hours, 18 minutes and 13 seconds to complete; all the proceeds were donated to charity. After the Genesis of an inspiring career, William “The Conqueror” France went on to compete in dozens of marathons and fund raisers including a 121 mile walk from Springlands to the Guyana Defence Force Ground along with another amputee, Lance Corporal Dennis Burns. The 60-year-old France was the first Amputee to take part in the Boston Marathon in 1998. The Boston Marathon is the oldest marathon in the USA which is currently in its 118th year. France has competed 9 times in the New York Marathon from 1996-2005, twice in Trinidad & Tobago’s CLICO run, twice in Barbados
and one marathon in Suriname. The president of the Differently Able Athletics Club is the second Guyanese and only local athlete to have featured in America’s Jet Magazine, while being the recipient of Guyana’s fourth highest award, The Medal of Service. France is also the only recipient of the Walter Rodney national award, which he received in 1997. William France began his career on August 1st 1992, “I choose that day (August 1st) to be a better individual after I was shot. Also this day signified the emancipation of Black slaves and it was special to me being a black person. In addition, I wanted to show that not because of one’s physical disability, doesn’t mean that there isn’t any ability in that person and I chose sports to prove this.” After this illustrious career that began at the age of 35, when most athletes are on their way out of sport, William France has announced that after the Terry Fox 5km walk in Ortino, Canada on September 17, he will retire. Amputee, Godfrey Williams, who has served as vice-president of Guyana Differently Able Athletics Club for the past 6 years, will take the top post of President, following France’s retirement. Williams, who lost his right leg in an airport accident in St. Lucia has competed in two previous marathons and will allow William France to focus on his coaching aspirations. William “The Conqueror” France, who is a sports organizer for the Paralympics’ Committee at the National Sports Commission in Guyana, expressed gratitude to the persons and entities that has supported his career and fundraisers. Those individuals and companies include, DDL, Banks DIH, Clear Waters, Sam Hinds, Neil Kumar, President David Granger, Chris Jones, Leslie Black, Humphrey’s Bakery, Courtney Benn
Gokarn Ramdhani elected to Regional Badminton VP post President of the Guyana Badminton Association (GBA), Gokarn Ramdhani, has b e e n e l e c t e d a s Vi c e President of the Caribbean Regional Badminton C o n f e d e r a t i o n (CAREBACO) for the next two years 2017-2019 at the AGM held Saturday 19th of August 2017 at the National Racket Centre in Tacarigua, Trinidad.. Gokarn Ramdhani, who is serving as Manager/Head Coach of the 9-Member team that won 8-Medals (3-Gold, 2Silvers & 3 Bronze) at the j u s t c o n c l u d e d CAREBACO Junior Championships, is very happy that Guyana can once again be on the Executive Board of CAREBACO. After Serving for 4years as General Secretary, he was moved
up to Vice President with votes from all present without any objections. The new CAREBACO BOARD are: PRESIDENT- Rahul Rampersaud (Trinidad) VICE PRESIDENT Gokarn Ramdhani (Guyana) SECRETARY - Navin Gayapersad (Trinidad) TREASURER - ReDon Coulor (Suriname) C O M M I T T E E MEMBERS - Elius Fanus (Barbados) Andrew Clarke (Barbados) Te r e n c e S y b e s m a (Aruba) E d i t o r ’s n o t e : We inadvertently stated in the headline of yesterday’s edition that Mr. Ramdhani was elected as a regional Squash official instead of Badminton. We apologise for that mistake.
Gokarn Ramdhani
From left, William France, Shawn Hinds and Godfrey Williams. Construction, Mr. Stanley Ming, Ramchand Auto Sales, Ray’s Auto Sales, Dr. Bowman from Mocha, Professor Ken Danns, Nigel’s Supermarket, Gafoors, Pastor Brian from
Essequibo, Fly Jamaica, Da Silva Optical and the people of the East and West Coast of Demerara, in addition to his wife Marilyn France.
Windies still up for fight despite Edgbaston humbling, says Law LEEDS, England, CMC – Head coach, Stuart Law, says embattled West Indies are anxious to prove their worth, after enduring a storm of criticism over their humiliating innings defeat to England in the day/night opening Test at Edgbaston last weekend. The Caribbean side lost 19 wickets on Saturday’s third day to tumble to an embarrassing innings and 209-run loss, and extend their woeful record of not having won a Test in England in 17 years. Despite the firestorm, however, Law said his side, though disappointed, had continued to show the necessary temperament and commitment. “The boys know it’s an attitude change. They need to stand up and fight and they’ve all spoken about that,” Law told reporters here yesterday.
West Indies head coach Stuart Law. “There has been no negative talk in our dressing r o o m . We ’ v e t r i e d t o highlight what we have done well since we’ve arrived and what we need to do better. It’s
all positive talk in our room. “The criticism will come whether we win lose or draw – we’re pretty accustomed to that so we just have to get on with it.” West Indies entered the Test in good nick after encouraging performances in their opening first class matches against Essex, Kent and Derbyshire. In fact, four players scored hundreds in the drawn three-day encounter in Derby, a total contrast to the showing in Birmingham when they were rolled over for 168 and 137 in quick time. Law, who took over helm of the side in March, said confidence had been understandably low following the drubbing but the players had rebounded well. “After a loss like that you always feel a little (Continued on page 28)
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GT Beer Keep Your Five Alive Futsal Final Settlement
Future Stars and West Front Road-Gold is Money to settle the score on Saturday The answer as to which of the two sides is really the best will be answered on Saturday night at the National Gymnasium when the unfinished business between Future Stars and West Front Road in the aborted final of the Keep Your Five Alive Futsal Championship is sorted. Fans have been craving for this showdown as the championship match was prematurely abandoned when the two sides were intensely engaged in a shootout from the penalty spot after battling to a 4-4 stalemate in regulation and extra time in the final. C r o w d encroachment put paid to what would have been a draining shindig on the part of the two gladiators who, along with the organiser had agreed to split the spoils in a gesture of sportsmanship. On Saturday night at the same venue and most likely the same fans, for and against, the two teams will get the chance to finally settle the score for a $200,000 purse
along with trophies. Future Stars will start with the better momentum having gone on to win the Ballers in the Summer tournament on the West Demerara which further underscores their status as one of the best in the land in this version of the sport. West Front Road’s challenge will be carried by their most p r o l i f i c s corer, Hubert Pedro, Randolph Wagner, Carl Tudro, Phillip Rowley and Jamal Pedro while Future Stars will once again depend on the likes of Kevin Cummings, Curtez Kellman, Akeemo Anthony and Keiron Solomon to deliver the goods. Prior to the main event, fans will be treated to a number of e x h i b i t ion matches that will see Bent Street coming up against Alexander Vi l l a g e , B r o a d S t r e e t matching skills with North East which will be followed by a clash of two surprised domino teams while Sophia will test North Ruimveldt before the main event. Kick off time is 20:30hrs.
West Front Road-Gold is Money after their win over Back Circle.
Guinness Cage / Three Peat Promotions Indoor Competition
Trophy Stall’s reputation remains intact Trophy Stall’s reputation of being a major contributor towards the development of sports remained intact following the entity’s donation of the Most Valuable Player award for the inaugural Guinness Cage / Three Peat Promotions Indoor Competition. During a simple ceremony at its Bourda Market location on Tuesday, Company representatives Kendra Massiah and Stephen Persaud made the presentation. Proprietor Ramesh Sunich in his remarks spoke of his long relationship with the Organisers, adding that it was the friendship that stood out more than anything else while wishing them every success in the endeavour. In response, the Organisers thanked Sunich for the timely gesture and extended best wishes to the entity and its future success as well. The winning team will receive $400,000 and the championship trophy, while the runner-up will
pocket $200,000 and the respective trophy. Third and fourth placed finishers will take home $100,000 and $50,000 respectively and the corresponding accolades. The confirmed competing teams thus far are: [Georgetown] 1.Sparta Boss, 2.Gold is Money, 3.Back Circle, 4.Future Stars, 5.Leopold, 6.Sophia, 7.Tucville, 8.North Ruimveldt, 9.Queen Street Tiger Bay, 10.AlbouystownB, 11.Albouystown-A, 12.Channel-9 Warriors, 13.North East La Penitence, 1 4 . A l e x a n d e r Vi l l a g e , 15.Old Skool Ballers, 16.Broad Street, 17.Hustlers, 18.New Market
Street, 19.West Back Road, 21.Campbellville and 22.Festival City, [East Coast Demerara]23.Plaisance, 24.Melanie, 25.Vryheid Lust, [East Bank Demerara] 26.Champion Boys, 27.Agricola Gas Team and 28.Mocha, [Linden] 29.Dave and CelEna’s All Stars and 30.Silver Bullets, [ We s t D e m e r a r a ] 31.Showstoppers and 32.ESPN. The event’s official match days are August 24th, 29th and 31st, September 2nd, 5th, 7th, 9th, with the final scheduled for September 16th. All matches will be held at the National Gymnasium, Mandela Avenue.
Future Stars posing prior to their huge win over Sparta Boss.
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Guinness Cage Launch - Caption- Members of the Organising Committee Rawle Welch (left) poses with participating teams representatives, Referees Co-ordinator Wayne Griffith and Admin Manager of the NSC Gervy C. Harry at yesterday’s Launch at the Windjammer International Hotel & Cuisine.
Regional Under-19 One-Day Championship – 4th round
GT Beer Keep Your Five Alive Futsal Final Settlement
Future Stars and West Front Yadram, Perez, Anderson Road-Gold is Money to settle lead Guyana to another triumph the score on Saturday P.26
Bhaskar Yadram
Raymond Perez (left) and Kevelon Anderson
Yadram is top U-19 Bowler after 4 rounds
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