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48 NOC inmates appear in court - Eight charged with arson

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orty-eight (48) inmates of the New Opportunity Corps (NOC) at Ondeerneeming, Essequibo Coast, appeared yesterday before Magistrate Leron Daly at the Charity Magistrate’s Court to answer to charges of arson and escaping from a training facility while being detained.

The juveniles who were all dressed in their uniforms, some without footwear, listened as the charges were read to them, before they were called upon to respond to the specific charges. Their ages range from 14 to 16.

T h e c h i ldren were unrepresented, however senior staff at NOC were in attendance.

Eight of the 48 were charged with arson, while 40 were arraigned for escaping from a training school.

Twelve of the inmates are female, while thirty-six are male.

Thirteen of the juveniles

pleaded guilty to escaping from the NOC, while the remaining 35 entered not guilty pleas.

The court heard that over fifty inmates were facilitated at both the Suddie and Aurora police stations.

Magistrate Daly was not very comfortable with the idea of those children having to spend time in two separate prison facilities, but made a decision based on insufficient space.

Thus, sixteen of the inmates were remanded to the juvenile facility in Georgetown, while the other 32 were returned to the New Opportunity Corps.

Those who pleaded guilty will return to court on October 4 at the Suddie M a g i s t r a t e ’s C o u r t , following the filing of probation reports on September 20.

On Thursday August 23rd, inmates set fire to both a female dormitory and the tailor shop at the facility.

The court heard an explanation from one of the

male inmates charged with arson.

The teen, who pleaded guilty and chose to explain, told the court that on August 23, he and some other students had ventured into the craft shop.

He said he accidentally lit a match which burnt one of his fingers. The match fell and subsequently ignited one of the wooden buildings.

On Wednesday August 22, 120 of the NOC’s inmates staged a daring escape.

The police were successful in recapturing some, while the others turned themselves in the following day.

At around 19:45hrs on Thursday, August 23, some of the juveniles set fire to the tailor shop and the female dormitory.

The Minister of Culture, Youth and Sport, Dr. Frank Anthony has since engaged officials at NOC and has said a team would be established to probe the recent incidents.

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Another E.C.D. hit-and-run…

Pensioner fatally struck - “One sided and abysmal” - APNU’s Roopnaraine - PNCR wants Karran’s remarks to be withdrawn - GTUC says gov’t propaganda machinery gone “awry” Opposition political parties and the country’s umbrella trade union body have slammed the report given by Ambassador Bayney Karran to the Organisation of American States (OAS), even insisting that the envoy be instructed to withdraw controversial statements.

Ambassador Karran last Wednesday urged the OAS to monitor what he said was the “precarious” situation in Linden, but it is the statements in his report that have vexed the parties.

Dr Rupert Roopnaraine, deputy leader of APNU, called the report “one-sided and abysmal” and said if anything is precarious, it is the state of the government of Guyana and its preoccupation with the opposition.

Karran is Guyana’s Permanent Representative to the OAS and Ambassador to the United States of America.

The People’s National Congress Reform (PNCR), the largest party in the opposition coalition APNU, said it was astonished at what it called Karran’s “disinformation.” The party said that the Ambassador had been either badly misdirected or misinformed, or deliberately chose to mislead the Council.

The PNCR picked up on reports that quoted Karran as having referred to the promotion of ”ethnic hatred” and conflict during the Linden crisis and as describing the political situation in the country since the November 2011 elections as ”precarious.”

The party labelled Karran’s presentation as “a device deliberately designed to deflect attention from the Government’s irresponsible handling of public security by casting blame on the socalled ‘precarious’ political situation in the country.”

The PNCR has called on the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to instruct Ambassador Karran to withdraw his prejudicial remarks.

“The Ambassador should be directed, instead, to issue a clear statement of the Government’s resolve to adhere to the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights to prevent a recurrence of the gross violation of human rights of the residents of Linden,” the PNCR stated.

The party called for Ambassador Karran and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to

Ambassador Bayney Karran be better advised by the explicit condemnation of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) of the killing of three persons during the “repression” by security forces of a protest in Linden.

The IACHR, since August 3, the PNCR noted, had called on the Government of Guyana ”to use force in strict conformity with its international obligations and the applicable international principles.”

The Council reminded the Government of its obligation to ”adopt mechanisms to prevent excessive use of force on the part of public agents in marches and protest demonstrations.”

The IACHR had called on the Guyana Government ”to urgently adopt all necessary measures for the due protection of the protesters within the framework of respect of inter-American

human rights standards.”

And the Guyana Trades Union Congress (GTUC) stated that the Donald Ramotar administration needs to stop its “attention-seeking tantrums and begin upholding the principles of democracy and good governance, which include respecting the rights of all, obeying the rule of law, and accounting to the people.”

The GTUC said the Foreign Affairs statement on Ambassador Karran’s presentation reeks of the government’s propaganda machinery gone awry.

“The OAS is a member of the international family whose existence/relevance is premised on adherence to its declarations.

As such the GTUC views their statement through said premise and will hold them accountable to said standards. In fact, the actions being carried out by Lindeners are not only enshrined in the Guyana Constitution, but equally guaranteed in the OAS Declaration of the Rights and Duties of Man in Articles I, II, XVII, XX, XXI, XXII,” the GTUC stated.

The trade union body said the report by Karran is a case of the government making “a fool/nuisance of itself.”

“The people are not in violation of the social contract; it is the government.

As such we must welcome the attention of the OAS, but ensure we present them an account of this government’s stewardship and demand they uphold their mandate without fear, favour or ill will.”

The police are on the lookout for a silver grey Toyota AT 212 motor car, which was involved in another hit-and-run accident on the East Coast of Demerara (E.C.D.), this time resulting in the death of 67-year-old pedal cyclist Harrichan Baliram.

The pensioner, who resided at 14th Street, Foulis, E.C.D., was killed on the spot after he was struck down by the speeding vehicle on the Hope Public Road, around 06:10 hours yesterday.

It was the second such incident to hit the East Coast of Demerara in two days, following the death of Mahaica market vendor, Benjamin, at Mahaicony on Saturday night.

Police in a press release said that their investigations revealed that Baliram was cycling along the roadway when he was allegedly struck down from behind by a motor vehicle which drove away from the scene.

While no one was able to obtain the licence number of the car, there are reports that the police have recovered a portion of the external rear view mirror at the scene of the accident.

However, their work will not be as straightforward as they would have liked since the piece of mirror bears no obvious identifying mark.

Baliram’s wife, Indranie, was in a state of disbelief when this newspaper visited her home a few hours after the accident. She recalled that her husband got up as usual early yesterday morning and left on his bicycle for work at Plantation Hope, about six miles away, just before six o’clock.

Baliram works as a labourer on the plantation.

Dead: Harrichan Baliram His wife said that about an hour after he left, his daughter who lives a short distance away, came over to their house with tears in her eyes.

The woman said that she initially thought that her daughter had experienced some problem at her home, and at no time did she suspect that she was bringing bad news about Baliram. “Then she say, ‘Mommy, daddy get knock down’,” Indranie Baliram recalled.

The news had no immediate effect on her and she began asking questions, since according to her “Sometimes dem boys does bring wrong message.”

But her daughter insisted that her husband had indeed been struck down, but she could not say how badly hurt he was.

The woman was desperately hoping that nothing serious had happened to her husband.

“Only yesterday (Sunday) we went to church, so I say

God gon keep he,” she told this newspaper.

But her hopes began fading fast while travelling to the scene of the accident as little by little word on the fate of her husband filtered through.

“De driver say he gon tell we wha’ happen, he wouldn’t hide it. He say ‘yuh husband dead’,” Indranie Baliram stated, desperately trying to hold back tears. When she finally arrived at the scene, she saw her husband lying on the roadway in a pool of blood.

One side of his face was smashed in, his skull split open, and a portion of one of his legs was severed.

The sight rendered Indranie Baliram inconsolable and she had to be taken away to prevent her from fainting.

She said that persons at the scene expressed anger that the driver of the car that killed her husband drove away. Upon reflection, the woman said that she had wanted to tell her husband to stay home for the day, since she was not too keen on getting up early to prepare his meals yesterday.

“Me wake up and feel so tired. Me say whole week me getting up and cook and then Sunday we went to church. I want tell he leh he stay home,” the woman said, adding that if she had done so her husband would have agreed and would still be alive today.

The family is hoping that the police will get lucky and find the car to match the broken mirror they recovered, just like they matched the broken indicator light to the truck that killed the Mahaica market vendor on Saturday night.

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EDITORIAL

Good plans, poor execution When it was announced that Guyana would be home to a specialty hospital the first question was whether the country could staff such a facility. It turns out that the hospital would be staffed by Indian specialists who would undertake complicated surgery.

The hospital would open its doors to people from all over the world, with special focus on the Caribbean and further afield. There would be heart and kidney surgeries, other surgeries that local doctors would not undertake because of the level of their training and of course, sophisticated post-operative care.

While such a programme would stand the country in good stead, the architects were looking at the financial aspects. For example, medical care in the United States is very expensive. Even the drugs are expensive; so expensive that there are people who resort to travelling to Canada for their supplies. There are those who simply cannot afford the cost of surgery.

For example, people have been known to travel to other countries to obtain surgical interventions and Guyana was preparing to offer such a service. Indeed, many overseasbased Guyanese would come home to access same.

This was also the case with dialysis. Many people did not come because they were dialysis patients and there was no such service until one centre opened in South Ruimveldt Gardens. Now there are three dialysis centres in Guyana and more people are coming to vacation here.

However, there seems to be a problem with the specialty hospital’s contractor. The fact that the company constructed the Enmore Sugar packaging plant, that seems steeped in problems, is enough to make one worry about the quality of the job that would be done on the specialty hospital.

According to the authorities, most of the money would be coming from the Indians, who would run the hospital.

Guyana’s share includes the land preparation. But although the Indians are spending their money, the risk that the hospital would not be constructed to the desired specifications is enough to cause the present concerns.

The country can ill-afford any white elephant. It cannot sit back and withstand the criticisms, because any blemish would tarnish the reputation of the country to offer sophisticated medical services.

The problem is that the government is not open enough.

Everything is secretive, and this stems from the mentality of a government that believes that whatever it says should be accepted because the government always knows best.

However, this cannot be the case. In other countries, projects are always under constant review. Contracts are always questioned and reporters never let up until they are satisfied. Sadly, this culture is lacking in Guyana, where reporters are often content with getting comments from the politicians. And this is precisely the case with the early construction of the specialty hospital.

The fact that the contractor accepted to perform the job for less than the contract price is one to cause raised eyebrows. The other fact is that two bids came from the same parent company - this is another area of concern. We now hear that the contracting company is short on technical capability.

For more than three years now we have been asking the government about its due diligence test. On one occasion we heard that such a test was the responsibility of the party granting the performance bond. There could not have been a sillier excuse.

In this case, the government, prior to the award of the contract, could have conducted its own investigation. It could have hired an international investigation firm in a bid to avoid losing millions of dollars. It already has the experience of the Enmore packaging plant.

It may be that the Indian Government is prepared to lose its money in the hospital, but surely the Guyana Government cannot sit idly by and watch an effort to sully its image as a country with a specialty hospital.

The government has good ideas, but it has a problem with its project execution.

Race voting is no excuse for accepting dictatorship, corruption within PPP, PNC DEAR EDITOR, The elites controlling the PNC and PPP have used the race card to control the Guyanese people. And the Guyanese voters, 70% of which are Indians and Africans, predominantly vote race. That majority comprised of Indians and Africans largely vote race. Because of this statistical actuality, it means the majority of Guyanese vote race.

Now, there are many reasons why people vote race- ethnic triumphalism, fear, racial retaliation, ethnic protection, affinity with one’s race, custom, tradition, family pressure, community influence, identity, past experience, ignorance, lack of education, mis-education, bigotry, limited exposure and other factors.

The essence of our reality in Guyana is one of racism in politics and political voting behaviour. That is changing slowly in several distinct

patterns: (1) More voters are refusing to vote for racebased parties resulting in lower overall voter turnout (69% in 2006 and 73% in 2011), (2) Multi-racial political platforms such as the AFC have cemented vital support and grown in the last two election although slowly, (3) Other powerful issues such as corruption, crime, the economy and wrongdoing have replaced race as the primary voting consideration in the minds of some voters.

In the case of the PPP, the hijacking of the party by the Jagdeoites is a telling factor in how PPP supporters view this cabal dominating the PPP. That said, race voting is still king in Guyana’s politics.

But voting race has nothing to do with internal democracy within political parties.

Those who vote race for the PNC/APNU and PPP (primarily Africans and Indians) and who feel that they must support those race-

based parties for ethnic inclinations cannot equate their support for those parties with tolerating internal dictatorship, wrongdoing and elitism within those parties.

This is one of the gravest atrocities committed by race voters who back the PPP and PNC/APNU. They blindly support these parties and give no consideration to the fact that while they can unswervingly support the PPP and PNC/ APNU based on race, they have a right to demand democracy, fairness, equality and non-elitist or populist practices.

These race-driven voters who comprise the majority of this country are to blame for the mess we have in our political situation in Guyana.

They never insist on their parties changing, adapting and being fair, egalitarian and pluralistic. Then they feel the hardships and sufferings when these same entities

I pray for Freddie Kissoon DEAR EDITOR, I offer these words to join Sultan Sattaur on what he had to say about Freddie Kissoon in your paper yesterday.

Freddie Kissoon is a relative of mine through his father. In the extended family, Freddie Kissoon and Dr. Leslie Mootoo have done the family a great honour.

People may not know it but the Mootoo/Kissoon family has produced two of the great Guyanese in these two men. I don’t know Freddie well.

I am much older than him.

His sister, Gwennie and his brother, ‘Lightweight’ Kissoon are the two Kissoons that I know better.

Freddie was always the different Kissoon growing up in Packdoodam (Wortmanville).

Unlike all other members of our family, he was the book boy. He was the pupil of the brother of the great Guyanese economist, Rawle Farley.

Anyday you can find Farley and Freddie together.

Anyone who knows the Kissoon family would know he had to turn out the way he is today. Freddie Kissoon is a person who genuinely feels concern for other people.

All those who know him from Wortmanville will tell you the same. It is as if he sees this as his mission in life.

I write this letter after I read what Mr. Sattaur wrote about the martyr complex and the Walter Rodney dream of Freddie. Mr. Sattaur must have studied Freddie deeply to arrive at that opinion because this is exactly the

way I see Freddie. He is my dear relative and someone this country needs but I believe he has a martyr complex and wants to die like Walter Rodney.

Some years back, my grandson and I ran into him at the Giftland Office Max store. After we finished speaking, my grandson said to me that “the man you were speaking… like he wants to die…”

As we spoke I asked him if he was not afraid and he said that one must not be afraid of death. So I said are you taking precaution and he said death will come if it wants to come. He then said let them kill me, I hope it will cause their removal. I believe he thinks that if the Government kills him the government will

have big problems on their hands. I didn’t know what to make of it. Some months after, I told my sister and she told me she and her cousin (one of the Mootoos) was talking about Freddie and she said her cousin told her that he met Freddie and the way Freddie spoke it is as if he wants to die for some big cause.

If I meet with him again I will tell him that Guyana needs him and he should really take the advice of people who knows better. It is really a shame to see Guyana lose such a good son of the soil.

I do not ever get involved in politics but I admire the man and what he stands for. I am a very religious person and I pray for my dear relative. I ask all Guyana to pray for him too.

Mr. Vishnu Kissoon

controlled by the corrupt and immoral batter them into servitude. This happened under the PNC and now it is happening under the PPP. There are race-based parties all over Europe that practice democracy and pursue term limits, open primaries, better internal electoral mechanisms, stronger party disciplinary measures and the like.

Vile race voting does not preclude democracy, accountability and transparency. What is stopping the PNC and PPP supporters from challenging the formation of executives that are dominated by those who have held onto positions for donkey years.

If these men and women have delivered nothing of substance, why not insist on a fairer and more inclusive system of election?

Why has there been no court challenge to these rotten subversive and undemocratic practices within the PPP and PNC? We have parties with thousands of members and tens of thousands of strong supporters. Why haven’t these supporters joined the party and voted for serious change?

Are PNC supporters really telling me that Corbin who brought the PNC to its most shameful performance in 2006 and Hamilton Green who presides over the filthiest city in the western hemisphere are leaders who deserve to sit on the executive of the PNC? Voting race or supporting the PNC to the very end has nothing to do with this shameful fiasco where failed leaders retain dominant roles within the party.

The same applies to the PPP where the Jagdeoites hijacked the party, cancelled the congress to deny the (Continued on page 5)

Linden complains but Aishalton suffers DEAR EDITOR, There is an old saying that goes, “I complained of having no shoes until I saw a man who had no feet”.

It is widely reported that the people of Linden consumes three times the electricity of the average Guyanese consumer. The students of Aishalton Secondary School, in Region 9, are forced to use candles for lights.

This has proven to be disastrous since fires have been known to start in the dorms resulting in burnt mattresses, etc. In order to avoid reoccurrences, they are now using torchlights. The hospital, police station and the government administrative

offices are supplied from the same source.

The People of Linden are burning bridges while the people traversing the trails of South Rupununi have to spend days on either side of the Konar Bridge enduring the wet conditions, mosquitoes, other insects bites and hunger waiting for the water to recede. The bridge was broken last year.

According to Lindeners, some 70% of the working population is unemployed but they still find monies to purchase expensive appliances which consume more electricity than anywhere else in the country.

The people of Linden are fortunate to have the support

of the opposition parties to further their struggles. On the other hand, Amerindians have to go it alone remembered by those parties only at election time.

Now the Presidential Advisor on Governance and the Works Minister are saying that all damaged infrastructure will be rebuilt in Linden. I would have at least expect that those in authority would turn their attention to the plight of the students of Aishalton Secondary School so that there should not be a reoccurrence of what happened at the Waramadong Secondary School dorms where three students were burnt to death.

Patrick Fitzpartick

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Discrimination of Guyana nationals in St. Kitts/Nevis DEAR EDITOR, I wish to draw to the attention of the relevant authorities within the Government a matter of concern with regards to the treatment of Guyanese nationals residing in the Federation of St. Kitts and Nevis and more in particular on the Island of Nevis.

From the year 2006, since the NRP-led government took

over the reigns of the Nevis Island Administration, Guyanese have been targetted , abused and mistreated by Immigration Officers who are closely connected to the ruling party.

I am a proud native of Guyana and a citizen of St. Kitts and Nevis. I am hurt of the manner in which my fellow Guyanese are treated on Nevis but there are no

representations from Guyana.

I can recall instances in which reports were made to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs with regards to several incidences of abused Guyanese and to date it seems as though these incidences were never addressed.

I could also, if my memory allows, recall instances where Guyanese in Antigua and

Race voting is no excuse for...

From page 4 voice of the wider membership and supporters and we have had nothing but silence from PPP members. The Amerindian and Mixed voters have left the PPP in 2011 and more will leave in the next election so their position has been communicated loud and clear to the PPP. It is the overwhelmingly Indian voters who are in the moral spotlight right now. Will they leave the PPP to self-destruct under the weight of the corrupt or will they start a revolution within the PPP? Race voting is sickening but the affliction of encouraging non-accountability within those race-based parties makes the epidemic even worse.

When will PNC members and supporters stand up and tell the PNC that concerns of electoral rigging that surround its every election are not going to be tolerated any longer by expelling those who practice these rotten trysts?

When are PPP and PNC supporters going to stand up for new, vibrant and dynamic leadership appearing in this country?

They know that if the same failed dinosaurs keep dominating the executives of these race parties, it will stifle and suffocate brilliant new leadership.

When will they change these charlatans and install bold and creative leadership?

When will these parties hold open primaries where not just a handful of handpicked delegates but the entire membership vote for a Barack Obama or Mahatma Gandhi or Lula Silva type leader?

If these countries with millions of party members can find genuine change leadership, why can’t this race-centred backwater with less than a million people find its Mandela or Nehru?

It is because we have destructive political parties that are dictatorships and elitist organizations. The old pretenders see new leadership as a challenge to them so they expel or force them out. The entire country loses.

These abject political parties prefer to hold shams and pretences called congresses where the same handpicked group of worshippers show up every few years and select the same set of disasters to rule the party.

Then these delegates disappear for the next three years while the emperors ride roughshod over the party. It is a truly shameful tragedy that the two largest parties in this country of three-quarters of a million people cannot hold an open primary where the thousands of its members across the length and breadth of Guyana can vote for candidates. Let it run as

an open primary one region at a time and the losers must drop out if they fail to secure a certain number of votes.

Voting for the PPP or PNC on the basis of race does not prevent Indians and Africans in this country from insisting on certain basic changes to the political parties they vote for.

Indians and Africans must insist on term limits.

They must insist on serious reform of their parties and the manner they practice politics.

The bunch of yes-men, sycophants, deceivers, incompetents, ethnic marauders, hacks, opportunists and dinosaurs who continue to dominate the PPP and PNC would never be allowed in the party and cannot be allowed to deny men and women of integrity from power within the party.

I blame Indians and Africans for this fiasco because they are the majority of this country and they put these two parties into power election after election. If you are going to vote for a particular party even if on the basis of race, your vote must be worth something and must be for a party that stands for something other than an elitist and despotic structure.

Race voting is no excuse for accepting dictatorship and elitist political entities.

Indian and African voters who do nothing to demand something of value in return for their vote enable the corrupters, cronies, plutocrats, thieves, degenerates and incompetents within the PPP and PNC. If these members and supporters exercised their power to fix these parties to remove the diseases and the elitism that have consumed these parties, Guyana would have been a better place.

It is time to force those parties to change.

It is the only way Guyana will change. Members should bring motions at the conferences for constitutional change to ensure there is greater democracy within their party.

In response to the bandits suspending its mandatory and constitutionally due congress, PPP members should start a petition signed

by PPP members for a special conference focused on serious change within that party.

PPP and PNC/APNU members must take their own leadership to court to challenge them to implement democracy within the party.

When a dedicated son of the PPP like Ralph Ramkarran could be forced out in this fashion, it means the party no longer belongs to its members. Not because you surrender your vote on the basis of race, it means you must surrender your right to a party of integrity, change and good governance.

M. Maxwell

Barbados were experiencing the said problems and their matters were addressed publicly by former President, Bharrat Jagdeo, and the Government of Guyana.

People all over the world migrate to other countries.

Nevisians migrate to other parts of the world for a living.

Is it not right for a Guyanese to migrate?

Guyanese migrating to St. Kitts and Nevis have been faced with much discrimination and insults against them on the ports of entry, be it St. Kitts or Nevis.

There are several Guyanese who have entered through the Vance. W. Amory Airport in Nevis as first time visitors who have had their passports upon entry seized by

Immigration authorities or forced to take the returning flights for reasons unknown.

Many are sometimes placed in smelly, rat-infested holding cells and are forced to sleep on cold concrete floors without proper toilet and bathroom facilities, as if they are condemned prisoners. There are instances where family members are not even allowed to see or speak to them.

In the year 2009, a young lady from Guyana was travelling from Trinidad and Tobago, where she works, to visit family members in Nevis.

On arrival in Nevis at the airport, an Immigration Officer wrongfully identified the female as another lady who was previously sent back to Guyana. She was forced to take a LIAT flight to Guyana.

This matter was reported to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and to date this matter have not been dealt with.

In December 2011, another Guyanese female arrived in the Federation to get married to her Guyanese fiancé.

On her arrival, she was held by Immigration authorities in St. Kitts. After not seeing her through Immigration, her boyfriend decided to question Immigration authorities only to be told that she was being processed to leave on an available flight back to Guyana.

She was taken to the check-in lounge and, in the presence of several travelers, ordered in a inhumane manner to empty her suitcase and (Continued on page 7)

That Passport Office DEAR EDITOR, Permit me to congratulate the management and staff of the Passport Office on Camp Street for the excellent job they are doing under difficult circumstances.

In fact, I would argue that no other office in Guyana, except the international airport at Timehri, process so many important documents for so many Guyanese on a daily basis.

However, there is a concern.

Having visited the office recently, it is clear that the building is too small for the daily volume of traffic by those persons seeking a passport.

On a typical day, there are at least two groups waiting to be served, one of which consists of persons queuing to process paperwork to get a passport, while the other group consists of persons waiting to collect their passport, having turned in the paperwork some days before.

For the former group, there were eighty-four chairs that were constantly occupied with persons brought in from the shed outside where there were no chairs and only standing

room. For the latter group, which was equally as large, there were no chairs.

Hence, standing in line for at least two hours was the only option available to them.

Making the problem more difficult was the fact that the air condition units were not working and one could well imagine when the room is packed how suffocating it could be for most persons, especially young children and the elderly.

For security purposes, the arrangement of the office seems reasonable, but if there is an emergency and persons need to be evacuated immediately, there will be chaos, as the number of exits appears to be insufficient…or they are not well identified or they do not exist.

It is obvious that more staff is needed and the queuing system needs to be upgraded, if the objective is to reduce the waiting time so that people can get in and out more quickly.

Two hours or more waiting time is too long. This, however, cannot be improved in the near future since the building has to be expanded.

Perhaps the new building at Camp and Young Street would be a good place to set up shop. The travelling public deserves better.

At that location, there is much more space.

Downstairs can be enclosed to accommodate the public and there is ample space for parking. This will allow hire cars to be taken off the street, easing the congestion on Camp Street.

Lastly, putting on your “Sunday best”, in keeping with the dress code, must be matched with equally good and courteous service and excellent accommodation provided at government offices.

Currently, the services provided by the officers are very good, but there is a mismatch between the dress code and the accommodation.

This should be fixed.

C. Kenrick Hunte

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You have to be as incompetent as possible to get contracts With the government seemingly turning a blind eye to the failings of contractors and granting them further contracts, Dr Rupert Roopnaraine of opposition coalition, APNU, has expressed the notion that, “it would seem that it is almost a qualification (that) to get a contract here you have to be as incompetent as possible.”

His remarks come as the government moves to award a US$18 million contract to the Indian company Surendra Engineering Corporation Limited, to build the specialty hospital on the East Coast Demerara.

Surendra Engineering received the contract to build the US$12.5M Enmore Packaging Plant, which workers have complained has had several problems. In fact, there are reports that the government has had to withhold some of the company’s payment because of the performance of the factory.

“We continue to give contracts to contractors whose own performance leaves a lot to be desired, we see it all the time,” Dr Roopnarine said yesterday.

On Saturday last, Minister of Health Dr Bheri Ramsaran and his Permanent Secretary Leslie Cadogan refused to answer key questions

- APNU’s Dr. Roopnaraine regarding the conditions under which Surendra Engineering was recommended for award of the contract.

Last Wednesday, it was reported that Fedders Lloyd Corporation Ltd of India, the lowest bidder for the contract, was skipped over in favour of Surendra Engineering.

Fedders Lloyd put in a bid of US$23.2 million with a 23 per cent discount, which made its final bid US$17.6 million.

Fedders Lloyd’s bid was in association with Nous Hospital Consultants, an Indian company which specializes in health care projects.

Cadogan informed the media that the contracts are awarded on two bases – technical and administrative.

With respect to Fedders Lloyd, he said that company did not meet one (1) qualification under the administrative assessment.

Surendra Engineering has two major contracts with the government, namely the controversial Packaging Plant at Enmore and a US$4 million contract to deliver pumps for the National Drainage and Irrigation Authority.

When asked about the company’s capability to construct a specialty hospital, Cadogan would only say that the evaluation committee took into consideration what was submitted before it.

Surendra Engineering does not boast of having ever built a specialty hospital or

any building of the sort. In fact, on its website, the company said it is in the business of providing turnkey solutions in the field of high voltage power transmission lines and substations; and turnkey solutions for sugar plants, manufacturing and exporting engineering goods, machinery, equipment, spares and consumables for heavy industries.

A major bone of contention regarding the bid

by Surendra Engineering is that the company failed to meet the requirement of Clause 13:2 under Bid Security on the bid documents, which states that the banking institution in India must have a “correspondent financial institution located in the employer’s country (namely Guyana) to make it enforceable.”

If the bidder does not satisfy this requirement, Clause 13:3 of the said bid documents states that if the bid security

requirements are not met, it “shall be rejected…as being nonresponsive.”

Neither the Health Minister Dr. Bheri Ramsaran nor the Permanent Secretary would say which local bank endorsed the bid security by Surendra Engineering.

Repeated questions for clarification on this issue yielded no clear answer.

“HIGGLY-PIGGLY” DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY Meanwhile, Dr. Roopnaraine further expressed disgust with decisions made by the PPP/C administration in relation to the multi-billion-dollar Enmore Packaging Plant, which is now closed because it has no sugar to package.

“This is evidence of the higgly-piggly development strategy of the government,” Dr Rupert Roonaraine said yesterday. The APNU parliamentarian was reacting to a Kaieteur News report which shows that the US$12.5M packaging plant has not functioned for any of

this current crop.

“We don’t have any real strategic planning,” Roopnaraine, who represents APNU on agriculture matters, declared.

He said the lack of forward thinking is what has been preventing the Guyana Sugar Corporation from turning its bitter fortunes around.

“The reason that the Corporation is on the verge of collapse and has been on the verge of collapse for some time now is that development there has been completely whimsical and capricious.”

The Enmore packaging plant was built to improve earnings on the sale of sugar, giving it 35% more on the price it would have received if the sugar was sold by bulk.

All of the sugar produced at the Enmore sugar factory should have been going to the plant for packaging and then shipped off to local and export markets.

Managers at the Enmore estate told Kaieteur News that the packaging plant is not in operation because the sugar

APNU MP Dr. Rupert Roopnaraine currently being produced is intended for bulk export.

For the first crop of this year, Estate Manager Yudhisthir Persaud told Kaieteur News that most of the approximately 21, 000 tonnes of sugar produced went to the packaging plant.

However, for the current crop, no sugar has been sent for packaging at the plant, and Persaud told Kaieteur News that he is not sure when they will receive those orders.

The plant was commissioned in May 2011.

It was announced then that the intention is for the plant to package 40,000 tonnes of sugar per year.

Delay in UG opening comes under fire The University of Guyana Students’ Society (UGSS) has expressed alarm over the decision by the campus’ administration to delay the re-opening of the University of Guyana (UG) for the 2012/2013 Academic Year.

“The UGSS is quite aware that the University is beset by a host of crippling

problems. The UGSS was therefore taken aback by the Administration’s attempt to lay blame for the postponement of the reopening of UG on the feet of ‘Operation Rescue UG’ when the fact of the matter is that it is somewhat a minor miracle that, with the numerous problems affecting it, the University still manages to

operate, albeit at a significantly reduced capacity.”

The UG administration had made the announcement last week.

According to the UGSS President, Duane Edwards, what the administration should be telling the public is that there is a gross shortage of teaching staff, as a result of the failure of the Appointments Committee to meet, hire and re-hire teaching staff. Further, it is a fact that the Appointments Committee cannot meet because it is a sub-committee of the currently defunct University Council.

“It is startling that absolutely nothing was said to the public about the whopping $500M deficit with which the University is beginning this Academic year and the fact that the slothfulness exhibited by lecturers to mark exam scripts in a timely manner interferes

with the registration process, which in turn interferes with timely income (by means of tuition fees) for the University.”

The society also noted that it is surprising that absolutely nothing was said about the massive repainting work now ongoing at UG which would have rendered the beginning of classes impossible because of the health risk involved in classes being carried on in such circumstances.

“The UGSS, however, being aware of the extant situation at UG, welcomes the decision to postpone the opening.

It is our view that the postponement gives the University a two weeks period to adequately prepare itself for a somewhat seamless and uneventful opening.

It also, hopefully, will lessen the period of disorientation usually faced by the students in their attempt to ascertain their grades for the last academic year (a large percentage of which has not yet been published) and to know if they will have to repeat any courses, carry lesser loads this semester, or make any other decisions which depend on them knowing their grades.”

UG has said that the new date for the start of the new academic year will be September 7.

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Discrimination of Guyana nationals...

From page 5 hand over what she had brought for persons from Guyana. It was obvious that persons looking on were embarrassed and annoyed.

At present, there is a young lady from Guyana who is being held at the Charlestown Police Station

by Immigration. She arrived at the Vance. W. Amory Airport in Nevis and was accused of traveling to Nevis to vote in the Nevis elections. She was travelling to Nevis for the very first time to visit family members.

She was harassed and had her passport seized. Efforts were made to retrieve the passport to regularize her status but her passport could not be found in Nevis.

To date, she has not seen her passport and was picked up by Immigration authorities. Relatives were told by a female Immigration Officer to purchase a return ticket for her to travel back to Guyana. The ticket was bought the said day. The female officer was contacted and she said that the young lady would be held in custody until the following morning.

The following morning when relatives visited the station, they heard she would not be released even though Immigration authorities held her

passport and a valid travel ticket. It was shocking that the young lady was not allowed a bathe even though she was menstruating. That young lady was kept two days before being allowed to take a bath.

For too long, persons in authority in Guyana have been silent on complaints made by Guyanese nationals resident in the twin Island Federation.

I would like to ask the authorities in Georgetown, Guyana the following questions: (a) Is Guyana a member state of CariCom? (b) Is Caribbean Integration working for Guyanese nationals in St. Kitts and Nevis? (c) Did St. Kitts and Nevis signed the agreement, similar to other CariCom countries, which allows for Guyanese visitors and CariCom nationals up to six months to stay? d) Is it within the rights of the Immigration Officers at the port of entry in St. Kitts and Nevis to withhold passports?

I am looking forward for the relevant authorities to address these matters urgently to bring an end to the inhumane treatment of Guyanese. The Guyanese government is aware of many complaints.

Concerned Guyanese

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Trini Minister dismissed after refusing breathalyser test Trinidad (Trinidad Expres) - Prime Minister, Kamla Persad-Bissessar, acted swiftly Sunday night when she fired Collin Partap as Minister in the Ministry of National Security, rendering him a backbencher, the first and so far only one on the Government’s bench in the Parliament.

The Prime Minister’s decisive action came hours after Partap’s detention for not taking a breathalyser test.

A short statement from the Prime Minister’s office was sent out last night, stating: “I have decided to advise the President of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago, His Excellency Prof George Maxwell Richards, to revoke the appointment of Minister Collin Partap with immediate effect. This decision was made subsequent to reports received from the Ministry of National Security and Mr Collin Partap.”

Police attached to the Belmont Police Station earlier Sunday confirmed that just after 5 a.m., Partap was initially stopped by officers for activating a police-issued blue swivel light and for turning on an emergency siren in the vehicle.

Police sources say officers had noticed him with a bottle of alcohol in his hand before he got into the driver’s seat and subsequently stopped him at the corner of Keate and Frederick Streets,

Port of Spain, where he was asked to take a breathalyser test.

Police say Partap refused and was detained and taken, just after 6 a.m., to the Belmont Police Station, where he made contact with his lawyer and made another call. At this point, they say, Partap was still adamant that the test not be administered.

Police officers say they were then surprised to see acting Commissioner of Police Stephen Williams arrive at the station within the hour, but it was only then that Partap submitted to the test.

As a consequence, the test was taken more than an hour after he was detained. Partap was subsequently found to be within the legal limit.

Williams, in a telephone interview yesterday, confirmed he “stepped in to take charge of the situation involving Minister Partap”.

“It was imperative for me to assume direct leadership, and the matter was addressed. I am preparing an official report for the Minister of National Security on the matter,” he said.

When asked about the police lights and siren on the Government-issued vehicle, licensed PCM 1016, Williams said the officers did not tell him anything about that.

Williams said all nonemergency service vehicles can only be granted those amenities through the

Commissioner of Transport, Reuben Cato.

“Lights on a vehicle have to be authorised, but there are restrictions for it and more restrictions for the siren, but again, I have not been informed of that in this case,” he said.

In response to questions, National Security Minister Jack Warner issued a press statement, saying that at approximately 6 a.m. Sunday, he received a call from the acting Commissioner of Police, informing him that Partap was at the Belmont Police Station, where he was being asked to take a breathalyser test.

“I informed the DCP that I was in church and would call after my morning service had ended. I did so at about 7 a.m. and was advised that breathalyser tests were conducted on Minister Partap and the results showed he was within the legal limit and that a report would be

Fired Minister: Collin Partap filed with me on the entire matter.

“The acting Commissioner confirmed the advice which had been given to me. I await his report before making any further comment on the matter. I thank the acting Commissioner. I await his report before making any further comment on the matter,” he said.

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It does not require drastic nor draconian measures for the number of road fatalities in Guyana to reduce. All that is required is a commitment to a sustained campaign to inculcate greater discipline on your roads.

Yet whenever there are tragic accidents on our roadways, the first reaction is to say that something dramatic needs to be done.

This is reflected in calls for all manner of restrictions on road users such as equipping public vehicles with gadgets that limit speed, rather than trying to ensure that there is greater discipline on our roadways.

If you have to go downtown Georgetown to do business, you will find that parking is problematic. There are so many vehicles in the country today that securing parking downtown is quite

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difficult. Yet, sixteen years after it was evident that we needed to do something about traffic control in the city, we are still to relocate certain bus parks in the city.

And to add to the parking woes is the expansion of bus parks.

Meanwhile, on Regent Street, right under the nose of traffic cops, certain vehicles with private number plates are being used as hire cars and are monopolizing the limited parking space available.

Imagine having to drive down the country’s busiest street on a hot sweltering day where traffic is backing-up on both sides of the road only to find that a minibus, unable to pull over to the shoulder of the road, stops in front of you to put out a passenger.

Even though there are operational bus stops, the

Dem boys seh ...

Jagdeo gardener learn nuff things When people like go in other people house like if they own it dem does got fuh tek wha they get. A man go inside a family house wid a chopper. De owner chop he and he fight back but the owner was too powerful.

When de man done wid he de intruder was glad fuh see de police. He end up in hospital. Is then dem boys know that de man bright and he bright bad.

He talk how he did go in de house fuh thief. He seh that fuh him it was a case of simple larceny. He deny that he is a thief but when dem boys ask he how he know ‘bout simple larceny he tell dem that he had a good teacher.

How de man talk it look like he teacher was really special and de man didn’t deny this. He seh that he best friend was Jagdeo gardener and de gardener learn nuff things by listening to people.

De Bees does talk how dem know fuh mek money. De gardener seh that dem talk and he hear ‘bout grand larceny.

That is when people thief billions. And he learn ‘bout simple larceny. That is when people thief millions.

When de man go in de people house it was fuh simple larceny because dem don’t have money nowhere to facilitate grand larceny. All disappear from de public treasury and lock down. De man seh that Jagdeo gardener tell he all these things. He seh that de only thing de gardener didn’t tell he was how to avoid getting ketch.

Talk half and try listen to dem gardener

vast majority of minibus drivers only use them when there is a visible police presence. It reflects not only the level of indiscipline but also misplaced priorities.

We must develop a culture of lawfulness within Guyana.

This means that we must have zero tolerance for indiscipline on the road.

I am amazed to see traffic cops pulling vehicles over to check the bona fides of the documents of drivers, when every day in the country hundreds of public transportation buses break the law simply by the manner in which they stop to put off and pick up passengers.

I would think that the energies of our traffic department would be better deployed in bringing greater discipline by ensuring that the bus stops are used as they ought to be.

And if buses continue to put off or take in passengers other than at these bus stops, the operators should be charged for violating the law.

But all the responsibility must not rest on the side of the lawmen. We, the traveling public, must change our attitude.

Those of us who travel in public transportation have to understand that we can no longer insist on being put off

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at “spot” but have to accept that we must disembark and embark at the designated bus stops.

The mangled minibuses that we regularly see on our newspaper pages are always reported to have been traveling at a fair clip. And as in many other accidents, the public attributes, whether rightly or wrongly, speeding as the cause of the accidents which frequently result in fatalities.

My question is: what happens in a situation where you are in a vehicle which is speeding? Are you not entitled to urge the drivers to

slow down in the interest of your and the other passengers safety.

The problem with this country i s t h a t s o m e members of the public are oblivious to the dangers of speeding and just love when the drivers rev it up.

This is something we have t o stop as part of encouraging a culture of discipline on our roadways.

We cannot endanger the lives of others simply because we love speed or wish to get where we are going quickly.

Man dies in Coverden 13-year-old twin sisters raped fatal accident Police are on the hunt for stand where they met the man - Driver in custody

The driver of a motor car, PLL2675, was up to press time last evening in police custody assisting with investigations after a fatal accident that occurred at about 02:30 hours at Coverden, East Bank Demerara.

Dead is 38-year-old Colin Sears of North Sophia.

According to a police press release, Sears was struck down by a car and then a lorry.

The police said their investigations revealed that Sears was walking along the roadway and had attempted to cross when he was hit by a motor car and subsequently run over by an oncoming

lorry.

The injured man was rushed to the Diamond Diagnostic Centre but was pronounced dead on arrival.

According to Sears’s neighbours, he was a member of the Guyana Defence Force.

They told Kaieteur News that the man’s family after receiving the news of his death left the home and were not available.

The neighbours however said that the news they received was that Sears was killed while returning from a resort on the highway.

Sears leaves to mourn his reputed wife and two children.

two men who allegedly raped 13-year-old twin sisters last week.

The sisters who hail from the Ruimveldt area were lured to a house near Laing Avenue by the two men, who then took advantage of them.

Police sources have indicated that one of the perpetrators is known to one of the sisters.

One source said that on Friday last, the two girls went to the West Ruimveldt front road in the vicinity of a fruit

that is known to them.

He and another man invited them to a house in the area and forced them into having sex.

The matter might have gone unreported had it not been for the presence of a ‘Big Man’ in the said house where the alleged sexual assault took place.

The police were called in and a medical examination of the two girls revealed that they were indeed sexually molested.

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THE FREDDIE KISSOON COLUMN

Each day, I hold back the anger. I love my fellow Guyanese. I know they are good people. But the distress and indignation of their acceptance of their daily humiliation tears your heart apart.

In the end you have to get on with your life. But surely, no country should put up with so much social and political mess from its government.

In the rising conflict in Linden, there was a secret joke among us who were from Georgetown. We knew it was a joke, but we cared for the Linden people and couldn’t tell them what was going on in Georgetown. Lindeners

seriously believed that Georgetown would have created protest and demonstration to keep faith with them.

It didn’t happen.

Lindeners, knowing how large Georgetown’s population was, comparatively, felt that the Government would have been deterred in its military drive once Georgetown came out.

Many of us outside of Linden knew that was not going to happen.

Georgetowners and Region 4 citizens and the rest of Guyana (I guess minus Linden) are a sheepish set of people who have no courage and do not

know what the word oppression means. Their Government can perform the most indecent act on the country and the population like sheep and effete animals accept their slavery. There is simply no limit to which the Government will go to humiliate Guyanese and they take it.

Although I am aware of the relentless hegemony of the PPP rulers, I am naïve to believe that Freedom House would still pull back in areas that are so depraved and shameless.

I simply could not believe what I was reading when I saw a UG advertisement in the newspapers that invited applicants for the position of Human Resource Director and boldly stated that persons over sixty can apply.

Just months ago, four lecturers’ contracts were terminated and the

Government put on a brazen defence by arguing that they had met the retirement age of sixty anyway.

Yet the classrooms are empty at UG because the institution lacks lecturers. The explanation is simple. We don’t care what the people say; we want that over-sixty person for the job.

This will pass like every other act of inhumanity, indecency and depravity of the PPP Government, and Guyanese will become even more timid.

With each passing day, we see how the white colonial governor was a gentleman in comparison to the horrible anti-colonial politicians that took power from him. Imagine the governor announcing to the press that if striking workers at the airport picketed him, he would fire them.

Cheddi Jagan, Forbes Burnham, Ashton Chase and others would have marched down to the governor’s office

and hounded him out.

Look at Guyana today with those in power who once fought the colonial power.

The supposedly glorious PPP produced a president, Bharrat Jagdeo, who told striking air traffic controllers that if on his arrival at the airport from New York they had mounted a picket against him, he would have fired them.

Not a word or reaction came from the Guyanese people on that horrible imperialist statement.

A few columns ago, I mentioned the name Ashton Chase. A lawyer in his nineties, he was a friend of Burnham and Jagan and together they fought the colonial governor.

Chase was never touched by the governor and was free to write a book titled, “A History of Trade Unionism in Guyana.”

But sixty years after he was an anti-colonial fighter, Chase argued in front of a judge that I should be committed to prison for writing a column on Juan Edghill. A modern judge ignored him and I am still free.

How inexplicable life is.

Who would have believed

Frederick Kissoon that the process of humiliation that came with colonialism was the driving force used by our politicians to drive the colonials out but after the colonials left, they took humiliation to greater levels that went beyond the imagination of the governor.

On a daily basis, the Government of Guyana insults the Guyanese people and throws all types of indecencies and profanities on them and like Pavlovian dogs, they take it.

I will never forget how the nation woke up one morning and found that nine of the top brass of CANU were fired because they failed a lie detector test.

There is nothing in law to support such a test and no one in Guyana knows where the people came from to do the test and what President Jagdeo’s relation with them was. The indignity is unstoppable. My heart just bleeds for my country.

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Works stalled on East Bank four-lane extension - Presence of utility poles, pipelines cited For weeks, construction works to expand the East Bank Demerara Public Road into a four-lane from the 'high bridge' at Demerara Distillers Limited (DDL) to Diamond Housing Scheme entrance has stalled.

The presence of utility poles and pipelines has caused the contractor, BK International, to halt operations after carrying out preparatory works to the eastern section of the thoroughfare. The contractor during a telephone interview with this publication disclosed that major works under the US$3.4M contract is expected to recommence

by December.

This has altered the completion date of the project, which was expected to conclude within 18 months. The contractor had signed the contract on October 3, 2011, but physical works under the project began in January this year.

Explaining the reason for the delay, Works Ministry Engineer, Ron Rahaman, said that initially when the consultants did the designs, provisions were made in the contract for the relocation of utilities, but while executing works, the cost estimated by consultants was less than that estimated by the utility companies.

He added that the InterAmerican Development Bank was approached to provide additional funding, outside of the contract, for the relocation. So far, Guyana Power and Light Incorporated has commenced relocation of its poles and Guyana Water Incorporated is expected to begin shortly.

Providing an update on

the overall project, which includes two other Lots, Rahaman noted that works are about 50 percent completed, but will not conclude within its 18month duration.

He noted that Lot One of the project, which is being carried out by Dipcon Engineering Services, is about 20 percent completed.

The contractor is currently excavating the ditch, sandfilling the area, installing wick drains and placing geotextile fabric.

Rahaman related that those are the only works the contractor could execute because of the presence of utilities in the stretch.

“Following the relocation of the utilities the contractor will commence additional works. At this point in time we do not want the contractor to go on the existing roadway because of traffic, we prefer him to work on the widening area before coming on the main carriageway,” he said.

Meanwhile, the relocation of utilities has not significantly affected works since the contractor, Gaico Construction in association with General Earth Movers of Trinidad and Tobago, was tasked with constructing a new roadway in the canefields.

“The contractor has sand-filled the entire section.

He is doing some compaction now, and pretty soon he will he coming up with another layer, which is the loom layer, and the construction of three concrete bridges,” Rahaman disclosed.

He said that this section of work is about 30 percent completed.

Dipcon Engineering Services carrying out works at Farm

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Sophia woman found dead in home Police have detained a man after his 23-year-old girlfriend was found dead on Sunday afternoon in her apartment.

Relatives discovered the body of Shoala Gilgeous at around 17:30 hrs in her Lot 60 Block ‘E’ South Sophia home, allegedly after receiving a call from the boyfriend, who asked them to check on the woman. A police release said that the victim was frothing at the mouth.

Her body was taken to the Lyken Funeral Parlour.

Reports disclosed that Gilgeous and the suspect,

- boyfriend detained known only as ‘Paul’ had a turbulent one-year relationship.

A female neighbour of the victim recalled hearing the couple arguing on S u n d a y. H o w e v e r t h e woman said that she went out and when she returned, there were no sounds coming from the apartment, so she obviously assumed that the quarrel had ended.

Kaieteur News understands that during the argument, the victim’s daughter went over to the

neighbour ’s apartment.

However, when the child returned to her mother’s and knocked on the door, the suspect reportedly claimed that Gilgeous was out.

According to the neighbour, she also called out for Gilgeous, and the boyfriend again said that she was not there.

“When I was leaving to go out and do something I saw him padlocking the door, so I thought she went out or she gone at the station to make a report.”

The neighbour said she was not suspicious of anything since this was a regular occurrence between the couple. However, later that day relatives allegedly received a call from “Paul,” who asked them to check on his girlfriend.

Alana Gilgeous, a sister of the victim, told Kaieteur News she received a call from Paul who said to ‘go check Shoala’.

“I ask what happen between you and Shoala and he said he ain’t sure. He say they had a problem and she told him to move out, and he carried some clothes earlier

Dead: Shoala Gilgeous

and when he come back he reach she lying down on the floor stretch out in her room and he calling she and she ain’t responding so he go away and he call me and my brother.”

Relatives found the apartment door unlocked.

They then entered and found Gilgeous lying motionless on the floor of her room.

Police were notified and the boyfriend was arrested.

UCCCI lambastes GPL over continuous blackouts The Upper Corentyne Chamber of Commerce and Industry (UCCCI) has expressed great dissatisfaction with the most recent and ongoing spate of blackouts in their district.

In a strongly worded statement issued yesterday, the UCCCI said that the

continuous blackouts not only affect the private sector in generating revenue and employment, but more importantly they affect every single household in enjoying a much deserved better standard of living.

“We believe that in these modern times and with the amount of funds, both generated and subsidized, being invested into our power company, the level of service must be of a much higher level,” the UCCCI said.

Berbicians, especially those in the Upper Corentyne area, have been experiencing this situation for months now with blackouts for almost an entire day at a time. To compound matters, wherever there is blackout, the supply of potable water is affected.

According to the UCCCI, in the same way that the private sector would be run out of business for providing sloppy service that does not fully serve the needs of its clientele, “we urge GPL to cater more closely to the needs of its paying customers.”

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Proactive approach can help reduce maternal and child mortality - CMO “Being proactive could save the life of a mother and her unborn child.” This assertion was made by Chief Medical Officer, Dr Shamdeo Persaud, during an interview with this publication.

Dr Persaud was at the time addressing the situation of maternal and child mortality, with major emphasis on the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC). He disclosed that while some health officials could be deemed culpable in some cases, the onus remains on mothers to pay keen attention to their bodies.

Even husbands and other family members could play a very vital role in helping to detect problems, which should be brought to the attention of health personnel, Dr Persaud noted. “As medical personnel you can only do so much at times, because sometimes people ignore signs of problems and don’t come in early enough for medical attention. The best medical response is the one given in a timely manner,” he asserted.

For this reason, measures have been implemented to raise awareness among

expectant mothers and their family members of things that they can do at home to help protect both mother and unborn child. The CMO disclosed that such sessions are held during antenatal clinics and target mainly those women who are in the last trimester.

IMPERATIVE INVESTIGATION Dr Persaud noted that failure on the part of patients to visit the hospital promptly, certainly does not exempt medical officials of blame, if they are found to be culpable.

In the event of a death, he emphasised that there is always an investigation, which is required by law. The regulation was made under the Ministry of Health Act of 2005 that a full investigation must be done at the level of the institution recording the death.

The requisite officials are required to prepare a report, which along with all the relevant charts and documents such as post mortem reports and antenatal records are sent to the office of the CMO, who is then tasked with reviewing these.

Chief Medical Officer, Dr Shamdeo Persaud “In almost every instance I would send that file, once it is a direct maternal death, to an Expert Committee for further review.”

The Committee comprises professionals from the Ministry of Health, and lay persons, including a few from the private sector, among them local eminent obstetricians.

Having reviewed the documents, the Committee is usually expected to make a recommendation to the CMO,

indicating what needs to be done in terms of disciplinary action.

The Committee also seeks to determine whether there was a fault in the health institution under scrutiny or if there is a need for a change in the protocol and/or an approach to the management of said institution.

According to Dr Persaud, “there are a number of different things that can lead to the unfortunate demise of a mother or newborn. They (the Committee) would usually advise and based on my own assessment, too, we would take the necessary action.”

If found culpable, disciplinary action against health workers could range from suspensions or salary cuts to the removal of their names from the medical professionals’ register, thus preventing them from practicising.

Dr Persaud however stressed that such measures are applied judiciously, since according to him “some cases are not clear cut. If there is no clear evidence that the medical personnel were negligent or guilty of

APNU signs off on NCN ‘corruption’ debates - Challenges Irfaan Ali statement on CJIA expansion The country’s main opposition, the coalition A Partnership National Unity (APNU), yesterday said it would no longer participate in the so-called ‘“corruption” debates by the state-owned TV NCN, calling it an exercise to suit the fancies of the government, with officials misleading the public on key issues.

Joseph Harmon, a Member of Parliament for APNU, has sought to challenge Minister Irfaan Ali, who on Sunday’s programme stated that the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) had advised that there is need for an Environmental Impact Assessment for the expansion project for the Cheddi Jagan International Airport.

Harmon has since written the EPA and the InterAmerican Development Bank (IDB) for clarification.

Further, Harmon said residents have refuted claims

by Ministers Ali and

Robeson Benn that they were consulted. An estimated 2,500 residents of North Timehri have been told they have to relocate.

Harmon said that airport officials driving around and handing out eviction letters does not constitute consultations.

Further, Dr Rupert Roopnaraine, also a Member of Parliament for APNU, said there is much more that needs to be told about the airport expansion plan.

“It needs far more ventilation, far more public exposure of the modalities, including the financial modalities and the environmental and social impacts; and we are absolutely appalled that they could be contemplating what they are contemplating without the necessary requirements,” Dr Roopnarine stated.

Harmon stated that it is IDB rules which state that in any project, the need for

resettlement should be avoided, but if not, it must be ensured that the affected population can achieve an equivalent or improved standard of living within a reasonable time.

Further, he said that there must be full compensation for all transitional losses and that there must be a minimizing of the disruption of social networks and economic opportunities.

Dr Roopnaraine said that if it is that the residents have to be removed, a relocation plan must be settled with them.

But whatever the issue, APNU does not believe the government-run debate is the place for issues to be debated.

“We wish to make it absolutely clear that we are prepared to debate the Government on any issue as it relates to National Development as you have seen us do in the National Assembly. However, we will not be caught in an ambush set by the PPP/C Government and executed by NCN Channel 11,” Lurlene Nestor, an official of APNU stated.

After the first series of debates in which Mr. Carl Greenidge represented

APNU, Nestor said it became clear to the party that the entire format was flawed.

“This in addition to other issues which we subsequently raised with NCN informed a decision by the Leadership Council of APNU not to participate in these debates,” she stated.

Opposition Leader David Granger had recommended several issues to be discussed, namely, “the University of Guyana crisis, the Linden security crisis, the riverain and road infrastructure crisis, the local government and municipal crisis, the Georgetown Nursing School crisis, the Hinterland Secondary schools’ crisis, the appointment of Diplomats in the Guyana’s Foreign Service, reforming of the Guyana Police Force, the establishment of a tripartite budget committee, the appointment of judges in the Guyana’s judiciary, social protection for vulnerable citizens, and the collective bargaining in the public sector.”

However, APNU said that “NCN in its own wisdom decided to locate all the issues/crisis within a narrow framework of corruption.”

malpractice, thus causing the death of an infant or a mother, we can’t just hand a verdict...”

In administering disciplinary action, efforts are made to take into context the personnel capacity of the institution, and the role of the administration is also scrutinised as well, the CMO informed. However, he noted that “the problem a lot of times is that some people just don’t turn up for duty and while every effort is made to carefully organise off-duties, some people don’t show up for work.”

It was stressed that for this very reason, a standby plan has been introduced which requires that some offduty staff assist when the system is under pressure.

This move, Dr Persaud said, has been working well thus far, but he noted that “we don’t recognise and honour these staff enough sometimes.”

MEASURES IMPLEMENTED According to the CMO, the Ministry of Health has been earnestly striving to build the service standards at the GPHC and the Regional hospitals. Measures include the re-establishment of a new operating theatre at the Maternal Ward of the GPHC, which Dr Persaud opined would help to solve a lot of the difficulties that have been encountered over the years.

He noted too that more attention is usually directed to the premier medical institution, since it is tasked with more than one-third of the country’s deliveries.

“About 80 per cent of the

complicated deliveries are referred to the GPHC for attention and that is why it appears as though they have a higher rate when it comes to the outcomes that we see.

This situation is merely because they service the whole country’s hospitals in a sense...because even patients at hospitals in the farflung regions who develop complications during delivery and labour are sent to the GPHC.” However, even in the face of distant geographical locations, Dr Persaud revealed that more patients are today making it to the hospital. He noted too that with the launch of the new obstetric programme at the hospital “we are able to have about eight to 10 dedicated people, doctors particularly, and a stronger and more motivated nursing group that has been supporting the careful management of expectant mothers.”

Additionally, plans have been implemented to direct more efforts towards infants.

Dr Persaud emphasised that there are still challenges as it relates to stillbirths, adding that if things aren’t done in a very timely manner, complications can be the result.

“When we talk about these emergencies, one hour is too long sometimes, so we have to really get into a mode where we can develop quickly, the response to these emergencies... so it is like a golden hour - where you have to do everything to save both baby and mother, and that is what we are aiming towards.”

Vendor remanded on cocaine charge A 45-year-old vendor and mother of two was denied bail yesterday after the prosecution submitted facts to convince the court that the woman ought not to be granted pre-trial liberty.

Michelle Walters is accused of having eight grams of cocaine in her possession for the purpose of trafficking.

The incident allegedly occurred on Friday last.

Walters pleaded not guilty to the charge when she appeared before Magistrate Hazel Octive-Hamilton yesterday.

Subsequent to her plea, the woman’s lawyer Paul Fung-A-Fat told the court that the police did not find any illegal drugs in his client’s possession. He said that it was a man who went into the yard where Walters was

standing and threw the substance there.

However the prosecution objected to Walters being granted bail, on the grounds that the facts differ from the story the lawyer presented to the court. It was stated that the accused dropped her purse and ran when she saw the police. Ranks gave chase and when she was apprehended a search was conducted.

“A whitish powder (later confirmed to be cocaine) wrapped in a transparent bag, was unearthed from the purse of the accused by police ranks in her presence,” the prosecution stated.

The magistrate then ruled in favour of the prosecution’s request and ordered that Walters return to court on October 3.

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Pregnant woman’s death…

PM reveals cause as cardiovascular malfunction Dead: Shebeki ‘Tiffany’ Enniss

As the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC) continues its investigations into the death of 22-year-old Shebeki ‘Tiffany’ Enniss, a post mortem examination has revealed that the woman died as a result of cardiovascular malfunction with pulmonary edema.

The PM was done yesterday by Dr. D. Martinez at GPHC and the report was handed over to the hospital.

A source close to the investigation told this publication that the Ministry of Health has intervened and they will also launch a probe.

Enniss of West Bank Berbice died at the hospital’s Maternity Ward on Friday last, one week after she underwent an abortion and a procedure to prevent pregnancy at GPHC. Family members of the 22year-old woman, who had a

hole in her heart, blamed the hospital for the woman’s death, saying that the “coil” they inserted in her may have been the reason for her death.

A “coil” is a small plastic device, not much longer than a match, which is placed inside the womb to prevent a woman from getting pregnant.

Kaieteur News understands that doctors at the hospital had advised the woman to abort the child since her health was in jeopardy.

“The abortion was done to save her life,” a source said.

Meanwhile, Kaieteur News apologizes to Ms. Donna Lisa Monroe, whose photograph was published in yesterday’s paper as Shebeki Enniss. The mistake was made due to a misunderstanding between the reporter and one of Enniss’ relatives.

Rohee should be sent on leave to facilitate Linden unrest probe - Solomon, Roopnaraine As steps are being put in place to organize the recently agreed upon Commission of Inquiry to probe the monthlong unrest that gripped the mining town of Linden, Chairman of Region 10, Sharma Solomon and A Partnership for National Unity (APNU)’s Rupert Roopnarine have both expressed concerns about Minister of Home Affairs, Clement Rohee holding his office while the investigation is ongoing.

Apart from mentioning the no confidence vote that was recently passed against the Home Affairs Minister in Parliament following the shooting death of three Linden residents, Solomon and Roopnaraine pointed out that police officers may be serving as witnesses and will have to give evidence during the investigation.

They said it would be fitting for the Home Affairs Minister to be absent during such time.

Speaking to Kaieteur News yesterday, the Region 10 Chairman and the APNU parliamentarian mentioned that it would be necessary for certain senior police officers to be sent on leave while the Commission is conducting its business. This, they opined, would be absolutely essential for an independent probe into the matter.

Roopnarine further stated that weaknesses exist in the situation, where security for police witnesses may be challenging. He was referring to the fact that potential

against Watson was indictable and as such he did not enter a plea when he appeared before Magistrate Hazel Octive-Hamilton yesterday. The teenager consequently made a bail request and gave his address as Lot 63 Kuru Kuru College, Linden/Soesdyke Highway.

However the prosecution opposed the bail application and stated that the address the accused provided to the court differed from the one listed in the police file.

police witnesses may not want to give evidence in the matter for fear of being victimised.

The APNU MP said that the witness protection system in the country is very poor; whether it is protection from physical harm or protection for social security.

In this regard, Roopnarine made mention about police ranks losing their jobs or being victimised at their workplace for giving evidence in the Linden matter.

Solomon alluded to senior police officers going on leave.

“It would be part of the Commission of Inquiry’s job to find out who gave the orders to fire live rounds at the Linden protesters on the Mackenzie Bridge, therefore we cannot have those senior officials seated in their current positions while investigations into their actions are being conducted,” the Region 10 Chairman stated.

On another matter, both Sharma and Roopnaraine commented on those selected to sit on the Commission of Inquiry.

Roopnaraine declared that they were chosen based on their judicial experience and the relevant stakeholders were in agreement with those picked.

Solomon, on the other hand, said he would be rejecting any signs of impartiality when it comes to the investigation. The Chairman was responding when questioned about a letter recently sent to this

Region 10 Chairman Sharma Solomon

Home Affairs Minister Clement Rohee

publication by an overseasbased Guyanese, questioning the selection of one individual as part of the Commission.

The letter writer had made claims of the person having indirect affiliation with the current administration.

Solomon indicated his acknowledgment of the letter and stated his intention to remain vigilant during the probe.

Solomon said his community will continue to call for the Commission of Inquiry to be stationed at Linden.

Roopnaraine, however, said that the decision of where the Commission’s members will be seated will be left up to the members themselves. The APNU official said the Commission’s members will have to be in direct contact with stakeholders, and as such, the members shall sit where necessary.

On Tuesday last, the

Region 10 Chairman, APNU representative Dr. Rupert Roopnaraine, Prime Minister Samuel Hinds and Alliance for Change Khemraj Ramjattan, signed documents in agreement of the Terms of Reference (TOR) which would pave the way for the start of the Commission of Inquiry.

The men had met at the Office of the President and had penned their consensus to have the Commission assembled. The need for a Commission of Inquiry came about as a result of the occurrences in the Region 10 community during the month-long unrest. Lindeners were protesting a soon-to-be implemented hike in electricity tariffs.

Members of the community had planned a five-day shutdown of the mining town with protest action. Five days turned into a month after three men were shot dead and more than a dozen persons were injured.

‘Dagalulu’ charged with Corriverton joiner’s murder Robert Rawlins called ‘Dagalulu’, 35, a labourer of No. 79 Village, Corriverton, Berbice, was yesterday charged with the murder of Kumar Singh, a joiner of Yacoob Street ,Corriverton.

He appeared before

No bail for teen who gave court wrong addresses Leslie Watson, an 18-yearold porter was yesterday remanded to prison after he provided the court with conflicting information as it relates to his address.

Watson is accused of stealing a component of a truck wheel worth over $100,000 and which belonged to Sukdeo Persaud. The incident allegedly occurred between August 23 and 24 at Ice House Road, Timehri, East Bank Demerara.

The simple larceny charge

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The prosecution said that Watson had initially given the police his address as Soesdyke Junction on the day he was arrested and charged with the crime.

In addition the police file also had another address in Bartica affixed to it. After the prosecution submitted a justifiable reason for opposing Watson’s bail application, the court ruled that the accused is a flight risk and he will remain incarcerated until October 3.

- Another suspect being sought Magistrate Fabayo Azore at the Whim Magistrate’s Court.

The accused was not required to plead to the indictable charge. He was arrested last Wednesday, August 22, after diligent investigation and had to be kept under tight security during his court appearance, because of his erratic behaviour. He continuously hurled insults and challenged the police who escorted him to court, using indecent language while repeatedly claiming his innocence.

Fifty-year-old Singh called ‘Brother’, was discovered dead at his home with blood oozing from his nose and with scratches on his back. His nephew Radhakrishna Singh, a fisherman, made the discovery around 05:00 hrs after returning from a fishing trip. The nephew had stated

Dead: Kumar Singh that at the time of the discovery the fence leading to his uncle’s home and the door to his apartment were both broken.

Upon investigation he found his uncle on the floor in his apartment, he then made a report at the Springlands Police Station.

A relative had told Kaieteur News that Singh who lived alone was a heavy drinker and had many friends.

He had recently received a sum of money from overseas.

His wallet was missing.

A post mortem examination gave the cause of death as strangulation.

The nephew was arrested, released and then rearrested, as police sleuths worked diligently to crack the case.

Another suspect is being sought as investigators believe that more than one person was involved in the murder and they believe that they have enough information to question him.

The suspect has since disappeared from the area.

Rawlins will make his next court appearance on August 30. The matter has been transferred to the Springlands Magistrate’s Court.

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Nine injured as pick-up topples

The wrecked pickup truck The injured men being taken to the hospital Nine persons were all rushed to the Mahaicony Cottage Hospital in the wee hours of yesterday, following an accident on the Mahaica Public Road, East Coast of Demerara.

According to reports, Julian Jones, the driver of the pick-up truck bearing licence plate number GHH 3697 was

attempting to overtake a minibus at the “Now or Never turn” when a minibus came into his path. Jones reportedly made an instinctive swerve, resulting in the vehicle toppling several times before slamming into a mesh fence.

By that time, five men who were in the tray of the pickup, the front seat passenger,

Jamal Rahaman, the driver Jones, and two other passengers sitting aback of them were hurled several feet away, some ended up in the bushes over the fence.

A relative of Rahaman, Bibi Akleema, told Kaieteur News that her nephew was returning from a chutney show with his friends when

the accident occurred.

While passing the area, patrons of the same event noticed the wrecked vehicle at the side of the road, and opted to take a further look.

Upon approaching they heard cries and with the aid of a flashlight, discovered the men lying in various positions.

The public spirited persons then transported the most seriously ill men to the hospital, and sought assistance in taking the others.

The young men all suffered severe lacerations, but it was Jones and Rahaman, the two front seat passengers, who were

transported via an ambulance, to the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC), where they were admitted.

Rahaman underwent emergency surgery, while Jones, after being unconscious for several hours, regained consciousness.

EPA market intelligence platform one step closer to becoming reality The director general of the Caribbean Forum of African, Caribbean and Pacific States (CARIFORUM) Directorate, Ivan Ogando Lora, has expressed satisfaction with recent progress made by the Caribbean Export Development Agency (Caribbean Export) to bring on stream its market intelligence platform.

When it begins operations, the platform is expected to be of great benefit to those regional entrepreneurs and enterprises seeking to leverage the CARIFORUM- European Union (EU) Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA)

in their bid to penetrate the EU market.

Ogando was responding to word from David Gomez, head of the market intelligence portfolio at Caribbean Export, that the agency is poised to move the platform into a “testing phase, so as to work out any kinks, refine it and take concrete steps to put the pieces in place to launch it.”

According to Gomez, testing of the portal is to take place from next month, with the launch expected by latest first quarter of 2013. The Agency’s market intelligence initiative is being rolled out as part of its 10th EDF programming.

Gomez unveiled these

West Berbice fatal accident victim identified The man who was struck down on the No. 12 West Berbice Public Road at around 20:30 hrs on Sunday has been identified as Ganesh Persaud, 45 ,of No. 10 Village, West Coast Berbice.

Persaud, who was said to be a heavy “drinker”, was hit by a vehicle as he was walking home.

According to his sister Anjanie De Harte, who lives at Port Mourant, Corentyne, she learnt of her brother’s death on Monday morning.

Upon investigation she

was told that he was on his way home when he was struck down by a vehicle which sped away. The driver was detained yesterday afternoon.

Persaud, a father of five, was unemployed and did odd jobs in the area. He lived with his 18-year-old son Vicky, who has a hearing and a speech impediment.

He has another son who is a mute, while his two daughters live in an orphanage. Another child was adopted.

plans on the heels of the 2nd CARIFORUM-EU Business Forum, which was held under the auspices of Caribbean Export – in collaboration with the CARIFORUM Directorate, amongst others — earlier this month under the theme ‘Making the CARIFORUM-EU EPA Work’.

The business forum facilitated multi-stakeholder dialogue on policy ideas and partnership opportunities with respect to the EPA. It also helped to chart the way forward for interested regional private sector operators to better position themselves to take strategic advantage of the agreement.

There was wide agreement at the business forum that gaps and deficiencies in respect of market intelligence were “holding back” regional firms from effectively penetrating the complex, highly competitive EU market.

The consensus at the meeting was that if such constraints were effectively addressed, regional firms could be provided “the edge that they need in identifying opportunities and securing a foothold in that market.”

The executive director of Caribbean Export, Pamela Coke-Hamilton, called attention to the agency’s efforts to be a forceful catalyst

in enhancing regional market intelligence capacity. The agency’s soon to be launched market intelligence platform is a core component of these efforts.

Gomez has said of the forthcoming market intelligence platform, “it will be an integral part of a regional system.” He lamented that some have misconstrued the initiative solely as a database. “In fact, the web-based portal is to be just one aspect of the system we are putting in place,” he said.

“The objective, in this regard, is to enable private sector operators to manipulate qualitative and quantitative information, in order for them to glean better insight into the markets that they are trying to access,” Gomez underlined. Firms are expected to access the portal.

So too are business support organizations (BSOs), so that they can in turn provide enhanced trade information services to their stakeholders.

Gomez underscored that another crucial part of how the system is expected to function is by way of the establishment and consolidation of a regional trade information network operating at the national level across the CARIFORUM states, which will involve

BSOs (spanning goods and services), statistical offices, amongst others.

Going forward, Caribbean Export’s market intelligence chief said, “In putting the network together and for it to operate as it should, building and sustaining relationships across the various network actors will be key to strengthening practical cooperation.

Each actor will play a role, and synergies must be taken advantage of if the network is to operate seamlessly. A lot is riding on the efficacious functioning of the network, not the least of which is effectively catering to firms’ export strategies/interests and, by extension, the economic fortunes of CARIFORUM states. Market intelligence, then, becomes everybody’s business.”

He also pointed to a second issue that Caribbean Export is seized of, training.

“Training is foremost in our minds, as it is vital to equipping frontline actors to effectively utilize the data.

Caribbean Export will be aggressively rolling out training activities across the Region in the months to come,” Gomez emphasized.

The portal’s clearinghouse/‘one-stop shop’ functionality is a key selling point for the initiative, which is to draw on

Ivan Ogando Lora databases such as those of the International Trade Centre (ITC), the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD), and the World Trade Organization (WTO).

In the medium to long-term CARIFORUM BSOs will add to the uniquely regional/ national data content of the platform, in so far as they are also expected – working with others in the trade information network — to gather relevant data and populate the medium.

The fifteen signatory Caribbean Forum of African, Caribbean and Pacific (CARIFORUM) states to the EPA are the independent CARICOM member states and the Dominican Republic.

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Kaieteur News

England v South Africa, 2nd NatWest ODI, West End...

Cricinfo - Persistent rainfall in Cardiff limited the action to just 33 legitimate deliveries in the first ODI at Cardiff, as England retained their No. 1 ranking by virtue of a no-result. In that short window, however, Ian Bell managed to hit Morne Morkel for sixes over midwicket and long-off, racing to one of the most classy (if pointless) 26 not outs you’re likely to see.

He only faced 18 deliveries in the mid-afternoon murk but it was enough to re-emphasise why England are happy with their post-Kevin Pietersen

one-day set-up.

The proposition remains the same for the second match of the series, with a win for South Africa enough to depose England at the top of the rankings. Conceivably, the No. 1 tag could be handed back and forth in Chuckle Brothers style (“To me, to you”) over the course of the next week and a bit, though England may hope that a return to the sort of damp, overcast conditions that provided the backdrop to their 4-0 win over Australia will aid their pursuit of a fourth

Two impressive records collide consecutive ODI series victory in 2012.

Under AB de Villiers, South Africa have won six from eight ODIs, beating Sri Lanka 3-2 at home (losing only the two dead games) and then claiming a 3-0 whitewash in New Zealand. Few of the current squad have played at Hampshire’s West End ground before, though they did manage a visit to nearby St Mary’s for Southampton’s Premier League match against Wigan at the weekend and may take inspiration from the visitors’ 2-0 victory. At the very least, their warm-up

Lance Armstrong remains...

From page 21 longer bothered about racing, having been beaten in Aspen by 16-year-old rider Keegan Swirbul. “It’s more about staying fit and coming out here and enjoying one of the most beautiful parts of the world, on a beautiful day, on

a very hard course,” Armstrong said. Donations to Armstrong’s foundation have increased to 20 times their daily average since his ban was implemented, and Armstrong said he was appreciative of the support shown in Colorado.

“The people, like the people who are standing around the course, they voiced their opinion in the last 48 hours and are going to support us,” he added.

“There are a lot of good young guys. Cycling is going to be fine.”

Tuesday August 28, 2012 ARIES (March 21 - April 19): Your pioneering spirit is tightening its grip on your heart right now, and ambitious travel is sure to follow. ******************* TAURUS (April 20 - May 20): Spending time in nature will help you even out your energy levels today.

There is not a lot going on that's intriguing to you. ****************** GEMINI(May21-June20): Lucky for you, you'll get a great opportunity for a 'do over' today -- you will finally get your chance to take the advice of friends and associates (that you chose not to take in the first place). ******************** CANCER (June 21 - July 22): If you are in any situations where you will need to come up with fast answers today, you can rely on your good memory to come to your rescue every single time! ********************* LEO (July 23 - Aug. 22): New people are coming into your life at a fast and furious pace right now, but not all of them will be staying very long. ******************* VIRGO (Aug. 23 - Sept.

22): Do your level best to avoid being involved in group situations today -- everyone in the group has a different priority, so it will be difficult (if not impossible) for you to align your true sense of purpose with the group's.

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LIBRA (Sept. 23 - Oct. 22):The impression of power is often much more important than the actual power itself.

Remember that, today, if you are in a situation where you are making a first splash. ********************* SCORPIO (Oct. 23 - Nov. 21): A dispute between two coworkers or friends has the potential to get a bit ugly today -- but you should resist the urge to turn mediator. ******************** SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22 Dec. 21): Any romance you are having right now is going to be especially fun today, because the two of you are definitely on the same wavelength. .********************* CAPRICORN (Dec. 22 Jan. 19): You're finally ready to move on in your life, so take the bull by the horns and get going!

If you are in a growing romantic relationship, make a date so the two of you can confess your true feelings for each other. ******************** AQUARIUS (Jan. 20 - Feb. 18): Someone's altruism will shine brightly in your life today. Their unselfish actions will inspire you to follow their example and get more involved in changing the things that you think are wrong in the world. ********************* PISCE S ( F e b . 1 9 March 20): The new people you're hanging out with now are helping you feel mellow, content and laid back.

games of football should show some improvement.

WATCH OUT FOR...

Steven Finn has taken 23 ODI wickets at 15.91 in 2012, at a better strike-rate than any other bowler in the world with ten or more dismissals to their name. His fiery spell on day four of the third Test evoked the consistent hostility of Finn’s recent one-day

bowling, which appears to have improved his discipline and economy. A comparison with Lonwabo Tsotsobe, the only fast bowler currently ranked above him, should be interesting.

There are few bigger holes to fill in world cricket than that left by the rested Jacques Kallis. Dean Elgar made his South Africa debut

in the first ODI, though it was limited to trudging around a wet outfield, and the 25-yearold should have a more extended chance to impress while filling in for Kallis at No. 3 this time around. Elgar won the domestic one-day cricketer of the year award in 2011-12 and his slow left-arm spin could come in useful if the pitch offers turn.

Guyana win big to stay top of the...

From back page Larry Edward made a crucial 40 off 35 balls at the bottom of the innings.

Barbados were rocked at the start by the pace of Ray Jordan (2-43) and the swing of Preston McSween (3-17).

Edward also had 2-12 from eight overs with his left-arm spin. Captain Shai Hope made 73 off 101 balls with seven fours and three sixes but when he lost his middle stump to a superb yorker from Jordan, that signalled the end of the home side’s run chase.

The Windwards will have to beat the Leewards in the final round as well as secure Bonus Points if they hope to win the trophy (see note below).

Score summaries: At LIME SC, Wildey: Guyana beat Leeward Islands by five wickets Leeward Islands 94 all out off 28.5 overs (Darren Hobson 46; Romario Shepherd 4-17, Shawn Pereira 3-28, Mark Tyrell 2-30) Guyana 97-5 off 22.2 overs (Tagenarine Chanderpaul 29 not out, Shimron Hetmeyer 28; Colin Archibald 3-32, Shevon Moore 2-45).

At Foursquare Oval: Jamaica beat ICC Americas by seven wickets ICC Americas 135-9 off 50 overs (Akash Shah 30, Salman Ahmad 28; Kijana Johnson 431) Jamaica 136-3 off 35.3 overs (Tristan Coleman 35 not out, Aldaine Thomas 35, Kerry Holness 31).

At Kensington Oval: Windward Islands beat Barbados by 75 runs Windward Islands 227 off 49.4 overs (Keone George 74, Larry Edward 40, Taryck

Gabriel 30, Nino Henry 24; Aaron Jones 6-14) Barbados 152 all out off 38.3 overs (Shai Hope 74; Preston McSween 3-17, Larry Edward 2-12, Taryck Gabriel 2-28, Ray Jordan 2-43).

POINTS STANDINGS Guyana 34.0 (6 matches) Jamaica 25.5 (5 matches) Windwards 24.5 (5 matches) Barbados 19.5 (5 matches) T&T 11.5 (5 matches) Americas 11.5 (5 matches) Leewards 7.0 (5 matches) Round 7 - Wednesday, August 29 ICC Americas vs T&T at The Pine Basin Leewards vs Windwards at Kensington Oval Barbados vs Jamaica at Bayfield

BYE: Guyana NOTE: Tournament Conditions 21.9 - Points System The points system is as follows: Win 6 Tie or No Result 2 Loss 0 In a match declared as No Result, run rate is not applicable.

The following Bonus Points shall apply in addition to 21.9 above a) Pace wicket bonus points: Each team shall be awarded 0.5 point for each wicket taken by a pace bowler.

Bonus points shall be added to the match points for each team. Pace bowlers shall be nominated on the official team sheet before the toss.

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Wazidally grabbed 2 wickets apiece for MYO, who in reply folded for 143 in 23 overs.

Vinod Shivcharran and Ravendra Narine made 41 and 38 respectively as D. Best claimed 3-30 and S. Sankar 2-25.

At GYO, the host overcame Vikings by 7 wickets. Vikings batted first and mustered 98 all out in 26 overs. Kenny Thomas scored 20 as Garfield De Roche bagged 4-7, Mark Hamilton 327 and Ryan Shun 2-18. GYO responded with 102-3 in 18 overs. Lokesh Reid led the way with 25 and Anthony Ifill made 23.

At GNIC, the University of Guyana got the better of Transport SC by78 runs. UG

took first strike and managed 175 all out in 33 overs. Clemon Hyman hit eleven fours in a top-score of 78 while Melroy Stephenson made 31 and Kumar Bridgelall 29.

Azim Azeez and Devaughn Nandam grabbed 3 wickets each and Shawn Massiah took 2-13.

Transport in their turn at the crease were skittled out for 97 in 19.3 overs.

Ian Peters 21, Massiah 20, Sunil Singh 16 and Keorl Morris 10 were the only batsmen who offered resistance as Dennis Heywood bagged 5-29 off 6 overs. Suresh Dhanai and Dwayne Dodson supported with 2 wickets each for the winners. (Zaheer Mohamed)

Ko’s victory ‘most significant’ event in NZ women’s golf (Reuters) - Lydia Ko’s victory in the Canadian Women’s Open on Sunday was the “most significant” event in New Zealand women’s golf according to the governing body in her homeland.

Ko, 15, shot a five-under 67 to win by three strokes and become the youngest winner on the Ladies Professional Golf Association (LPGA) tour.

“No New Zealand woman has ever won on the LPGA tour before and in terms of significant golfing achievements this is probably the most significant by a New Zealand female golfer,” New Zealand Golf (NZG) chief executive Dean Murphy said in a telephone interview from Auckland.

“It’s not unexpected, but she does just dazzle us every time she plays. To win on the LPGA Tour, against a quality field is just a stunning achievement. We are so delighted.”

Murphy said a NZG conference for golf club managers had been interrupted as people huddled around computers watching Ko’s progress over the Internet. He said he expected her victory would give the sport an enormous boost.

“This should be an enormous story. It should do wonders for golf for the profile, and to encourage young girls into golf,” Murphy added.

“They have seen what

Lydia has done and (to think that) any Kiwi girl can do that is inspiring. But this is a very big deal for us and should do wonders for the profile of golf.”

The victory in Vancouver is the second professional tournament win for Ko. She became the youngest golfer to win a professional event at the New South Wales Open in January, aged 14, eclipsing the mark set by Japan’s Ryo Ishikawa, who was 15 years and eight months when he won a tournament on the Japan Golf Tour.

Ko, the world’s top ranked amateur, won the U.S. Amateur championship earlier this month, though Murphy said she was not in any hurry to turn professional. “She has got a very solid plan. She wants to keep developing.

Keep being a 15-year old and in a couple of years time the pathway will wend its way to professionalism,” Murphy said.

“She is very set in what she wants to do and we’re right there to support her.

“The idea is to get her to play as many professional events as she can (about seven to 10 a year) and get as much experience so when she does turn professional in a couple of years she is ready to go.

“But she is (already) clearly performing on a very high level and we have just got to keep that growth going in the lead up to her turning professional.”

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GCA Carib Beer Friends of cricket 1st division competition...

Jacobs hits ton as MSC crush Narayan Ramdhani goes down in semifinal hurdle GNIC by an innings and 135 runs Narayan Ramdhani went down at the semifinal hurdle on Day three of the Caribbean Badminton Championships (CAREBACO) being staged in the Dominican Republic. Several other Guyanese players advanced to the Quarterfinals, Semifinals and Finals in various categories of the event involving players from Guyana, Trinidad, Barbados, Jamaica, Suriname, Puerto Rico, & Dominican Republic.

The following results on Day Three are as follows: Under-15 Boys Singles Quarterfinals: This game which was postponed due to the Hurricane Friday, with the scores 20-19 in favour of Narayan Ramdhani, continued on Saturday with Narayan winning the last point 21-19 against Rafeli Perez of the Dominican Republic in the first game and continued to win second game and match: 21-19.

Under-15 Boys Singles Semifinals:

Narayan Ramdhani lost to Argenis Marinez of Dominican Republic: 21-18, 21-18 Under-15 Mixed Doubles Round 2: Omari Joseph & Arian Kayume lost to Bryan Castro & Walkiris Cesar of Dominican Republic: 21-17, 21-17 Under-15 Mixed Doubles Quarterfinals: Narayan Ramdhani & Shanique Shepard of Jamaica lost to Luis De La Cruz & Yudy Almonte of Dominican Republic: 21-16, 17-21, 17-21 Under-11 Mixed Doubles Semifinals: Priyanna Ramdhani & Adam Taylor of Jamaica defeated Nicholas Howard & McKenzie Howard of Barbados: 21-8, 21-12 Under-13 Girls Doubles Semifinals: Cindy Sookwah & Ananda Ramsingh of Trinidad lost to Amanda Haywood of Barbados & Shemera Lindveld of Suriname: 21-8, 21-7 The tournament was due to end Sunday.

US Open: Andy Murray beats Alex Bogomolov Jr in first round

Andy Murray

Sam Stosur BBC Sport - Britain’s Andy Murray produced a patchy performance but still swept past Alex Bogomolov Jr and into the second round of the US Open with a 6-2 6-4 6-1 win.

Murray’s bid for a first Grand Slam title to go with his gold medal at London 2012 got off to a slow start. He traded breaks with his Russian opponent in the opening set, which he took by winning four games in a row.

Murray had to battle to take the second set too, but showed far more of his trademark finesse to His victory came after two hours and 15 minutes that also contained some angry outbursts from a the third seed and an injury scare that the 25-year-old would later put down to cramp.

Murray will meet Croatia’s Ivan Dodig in round two, after the 27-year-old world number 118 demolished Japan’s Hiroki Moriya 6-0 6-1 6-2.

The Scot will hope for a more consistent display next time out, but he was happy enough to progress in windy conditions on Arthur Ashe Stadium.

“I thought it was a six or seven out of 10,” Murray said.

“I didn’t serve particularly well at the beginning but I

won in straight sets against a tough player, and that’s what I needed to do.”

Murray was certainly rusty at the start of the match, when neither player looked able to hold serve, but his form also dipped in the second set when he was unable to overcome Bogomolov’s somewhat limited game-plan.

The Russian made frequent good use of his huge forehand but it was Murray’s mistakes that meant he trailed 4-2 and was on the brink of going a double-break down before again embarking on a four-game run.

Murray’s only stumble in a one-sided third set came when Bogomolov broke back at 2-0, and the British number one produced his best tennis of the day to finish the match with a flourish.

“The conditions were tricky. It was very windy,” Murray said afterwards. “It’s slower out there. It’s about getting used to playing on that court when it’s breezy and you have to do a lot of running and defending. “I struggled with that but did well when I needed to.”

In Results from other Men’s Singles Round 1 matches yesterday: Tim Smyczek (U.S.) beat Bobby Reynolds (U.S.) 1-6 6-4 6-2 4-

6 6-4, Ivan Dodig (Croatia) beat Hiroki Moriya (Japan) 60 6-1 6-2, Marcel Granollers (Spain) beat Denis Kudla (U.S.) 6-3 4-6 6-3 7-6(2), Jack Sock (U.S.) beat Florian Mayer (Germany) 6-3 6-2 3-2 (Mayer retired), James Blake (U.S.) beat Lukas Lacko (Slovakia) 7-5 6-2 3-6 6-3 and Kei Nishikori (Japan) beat Guido Andreozzi (Argentina) 6-1 6-2 6-4.

Meanwhile, Defending US Open champion Sam Stosur powered past Petra Martic in the first round at Flushing Meadows.

The Australian had little trouble in brushing aside Croatia’s Martic to triumph 61 6-1 in 51 minutes. Stosur, who beat Serena Williams to claim the title last year, won the first 19 points of the match and led 4-0 and 40-0 before dropping a point.

She will play Edina Gallovits-Hall of Romania or Switzerland’s Stefanie Voegele in the second round.

In other matches completed, Czech Lucie Hradecka defeated Spain’s Anabel Medina Garrigues 63 6-3, Casey Dellacqua of Australia beat Lesia Tsurenko of Ukraine, 6-2 6-3, and Anna Tatishvili of Georgia bounced France’s Stephanie Foretz Gacon 6-2 6-0.

- Bishun grabs 7-104 & 3-68 for DCC National allrounder Steven Jacobs slammed a magnificent century as host Malteenoes Sports Club crushed Guyana National Industrial Corporation by an innings and 135 runs when play in the Georgetown Cricket Association Carib Beer Friends of Cricket first division two-day competition continued last weekend in the city with two matches.

GNIC took first turn at the crease and were skittled out for 82 in 24.1 overs with Shawn De Souza 21, Collins Butts 17 and Dexter Solomon 12 being the principal scorers as Jacobs claimed 4-4 off 6 overs of offspin and Dion Ferrier and Seon Daniels took 2 each. Malteenoes in their first and only innings piled up 315-9 declared.

Jacobs, who was quick to dispatch anything too short or full, smashed thirteen fours and ten sixes in scoring 152.

He got support form Imran Hassan 39 and Deon Ferrier 27.

Leroy Bristol was the main wicket-taker for the visitors with 4-66 off 15 overs while Orlando Fraser had 3-112.

GNIC in their second turn at the crease only managed 98 before they were bowled out in 27 overs; Mark

Nicholson top-scored with 28, while Shawn De Souza and Ronald Bourne made 24 and 22 respectively. Ferrier was the main destroyer with 4-27 while Kellon Carmichael picked up 2-25.

At Everest, the home team and Demerara Cricket Club played to a tame draw. DCC won the toss and asked Everest to bat first. Everest made 320 all out in 69.2 overs.

Troy Gonsalves hit two sixes and fourteen fours before he was run out for 99 while opener Rajendra Chandreka made 95(13x4) and Chris Surat 29. Left arm spinner Totaram Bishun grabbed 7-104 off 27 overs and Tarlvio Scipio claimed 2-30.

The visitors responded with 350-8 declared with Derwin Christian scoring 93 (7x6, 6x4), Christopher Barnwell 76 (5x4), Paul Wintz 46(5x4) and Andre Stoll 31 not out. Gonsalves returned to capture 6-86.

At stumps on the second and final day the host, with a first innings deficit of 30 runs ended on 115-4 in 17 overs.

Diananand Roopnarine was unbeaten on 60 as Bishun grabbed 3-68 to end with match figures of 10172. The competition continues on Saturday.

Steven Jacobs

Troy Gonsalves

Totaram Bishun

Lance Armstrong remains upbeat despite doping ban BBC - Lance Armstrong says no-one “needs to cry” for him despite being stripped of his seven Tour de France titles by the US Anti-Doping Agency (USADA).

The 40-year-old American, who maintains his innocence, was also banned for life by the USADA on Friday. “There are a lot of good young guys. Cycling is going to be fine.”

In his first public appearance since announcing he would no longer fight the charges, Armstrong finished second in a 36-mile mountain bike race in Colorado.

“Nobody needs to cry for me, I’m going to be great,” Armstrong said. “I have five great kids and a wonderful lady in my life. My [charitable] foundation is unaffected by all the noise out there.

“I think people understand that we’ve got a lot of stuff to do going forward. That’s what I’m

Lance Armstrong focused on and I think people are supportive of that.”

The USADA says it has more than 12 witnesses, up to 10 of whom are believed to be former team-mates of Armstrong, who agreed to testify and give evidence that the Texan used performanceenhancing drugs and encouraged others to do so.

Armstrong issued a statement on Friday saying he would no longer contest

USADA’s charges, explaining he was tired of fighting the allegations. He never failed a drugs test.

However cycling’s global governing body, the International Cycling Union (UCI), has challenged USADA’s jurisdiction over doping in the sport, and has the option of appealing against the ruling to the Court of Arbitration for Sport.

It says it will not take any action or comment further until it has received evidence from USADA explaining why Armstrong must lose his titles. He won the Tour de France seven years in a row from 1999. He retired from cycling in 2005 but returned to the sport between 2009 and 2012.

Tour de France organisers said they would wait for the outcome of any stand-off between USADA and the UCI before taking action.

Armstrong says he is no (Continued on page 19)

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Guyana Karate College holds successful grading The Guyana Karate College on Saturday last held its mid-year grading examinations at the Malteenoes Sports Club Dojo in Thomas Lands, Georgetown, under the scrutiny and watchful eyes of a panel of Examiners headed

by Chairman and Chief Instructor of the International Karate Daigaku Master Frank Woon-A-Tai M.S, 9th Degree Black belt.

The GKC buoyed by its recent and unparalleled success at the World Shotokan Karate Tournament that was held in July of this year in Toronto, Canada, where they brought second copping 24 Gold, 4 Silver and 17 Bronze Medals, beating many karate powerhouses from across the globe, saw a total of 76 Karatekas being graded.

Headlining the grading Saturday was Aubrey Bettencourt a senior Karateka, who was promoted from a second degree (Nidan) black belt ranking to a third

Participants of last Saturday’s Grading exercise take time out for a photo following the completing of the programme with officials. degree (Sandan) ranking, Tashana Wong, Kenny Wong and Tenecia Plowell who were elevated from first degree (Shodan) black belt rankings to second degree (Nidan) rankings, and Tabita Goolsarran and Alexander Hohenkirk who ascended

from first kyu (Brown Belt) to first degree (Shodan) black belt ranking.

Additionally there was the promotion of twenty one 10th kyu ranked Karatekas (White Belt), promoted to 8 kyu (Yellow Belt), whilst five 9th kyu (White with Yellow

“This is the best I’ve played” - says David Guyana’s highest ranked International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF) player, United States-based Paul David has admitted that his sojourn in the just-concluded Caribbean Championships is the best that he has ever played in quite some time.

David, who was ranked fourth of 54 entrants in the Men’s Singles competition of the Caribbean and Regional Table Tennis Federation (CRTTF) Championships, won an individual bronze and Men’s Doubles bronze medal for Guyana in the Dominican Republic.

“This is the best I have played in years; with all the pressure I felt from critics, this is the best I have played,” David told Kaieteur Sport yesterday in a brief telephone interview from his New York base. He was not favoured to reach so far in the Singles contest.

Heading into the competition with the relatively inexperienced Nigel Bryan and inconsistent Paul Meusa, David was part of a Guyana team that did not impress in the team competition. David too was criticised as being in the twilight of his career at that level.

There was grapevine and public talk of the Guyana Table Tennis Association (GTTA) exclusion of Idi

Paul David Lewis, Godfrey Munroe and Christopher Franklyn on the Men’s team, but only Franklyn of the three is currently active.

The 36-year-old David proved that he can compete with the best in the CRTTF bloc when he only dropped a semi-final game against Puerto Rico’s, Hector Morales Berrios, losing 4-2 to the eventual winner of the singles title with Berrios going on to beat Trinidad and Tobago’s well-established Dexter St. Luis 4-1 in the final.

Before losing in the semifinals and securing a jointbronze medal, David had beaten Dominican Republic’s Andres Betances 3-1 in the round-of-16 and Issac Vila 43 in the quarterfinal. He had teamed up with Bryan to also give Guyana a bronze medal.

“I want to thank Mr. (Henry, GTTA President) Greene for giving this opportunity and Colin France for encouraging me all the

Nigel Bryan

Colin France way. This is the furthest I have gone in the (CRTTF) Singles Championships,” David noted.

Guyana’s women secured silver in the team competition of Caribbean Championships while the seemingly effervescent France also won a silver medal in the Masters Over-50 competition of the 2012 event that concluded Sunday in the Dominican Republic. (Edison Jefford)

Stripe) were elevated to 8th kyu (Yellow Belt), four 7th kyu (Orange Belt) to 6th kyu (Green Belt), six 6th kyu (Green Belt) to 5th kyu (Blue Belt), thirteen 5th kyu (Blue Belt) to 4th kyu (Purple Belt), nine 4th kyu (Purple Belt) to 3rd kyu (Brown Belt) and

seven 3rd kyu (Brown Belt) to 2nd kyu (Brown Belt).

Climaxing the grading exercise were the outstanding performances by Kerry Ramkumar and Bharat Jhiant of the Timehri Dojo, both of whom showed considerable proficiency and flair in the

execution of their katas and kihon and were skipped from 3rd kyu (Brown Belts) to 1 kyu (Brown Belts).

Other notable performances were recorded

by Daniel Jailall, Hannah Farinha, Brittney Ramkissoon, Rachel Ramlall and Rebecca Ramlall.

Senior Instructor and Vice Chairman of the GKC Sensei Jeffrey Wong a 6th Degree Black Belt, indicated his continued satisfaction at the continued high level of performance by his students, but posited that it was not the time for the students to become complacent as a consequence of their consistent successes, as it was his belief that Karatekas from other countries would be stepping up their game to catch up with the GKC or even try to surpass the level set by the college, when they meet them again next year in St. Vincent at the Caribbean Karate Championships and in 2015 in Venezuela at the next World Karate Championships.

Malteenoes win latest David Persaud Investments trophy competition match Play in the David Persaud Investments Georgetown Cricket Association under-19 competition continued yesterday with several matches.

Malteenoes defeated St Stanislaus College at the Malteenoes ground by 7 wickets.

St Stanislaus College batting first made 70 all out in 20 overs. S. King made 24 runs. Bowling for Malteenoes SC: K. Naughton took 3 wickets for 19 runs, S. Williams took 2 for 5 and S. Sankar took 2 for 9.

In reply Malteenoes SC scored 71 runs for 3 wickets in 18.1 overs.

Everest CC vs Gandhi Youth Organisation at the GYO ground - Everest CC won by 4 runs.

Everest CC batting first made 119 all out in 26 overs. S. Rutherford made 48 runs. Bowling for Gandhi Youth Organisation: Mark Hamilton took 5 wickets for 27 runs, W. Harun took 3 for 7 and P. Persaud took 2 for 8.

In reply Gandhi Youth Organisation scored 115 all out in 42 overs. Bowling for Everest CC: C. Surat took 4 wickets for 35 runs.

Demerara CC “B” vs Ace Warriors at the DCC ground Demerara CC “B” won by 9 wickets.

Ace Warriors batting first made 23 all out in 9 overs.

Bowling for Demerara CC “B”: Rajin Balgobin took 4 wickets for 15 runs.

In reply Demerara CC “B” scored 27 runs for 1 wicket in

1 over. K. Savory made 22 runs not out.

Demerara CC “A” vs Transport SC “B” at the Everest ground - Demerara CC “A” won by walkover – TSC “B” did not have enough players when the Umpires awarded the match to DCC “A”.

The competition will continue today with the following matches: Zone A: Transport SC “A” Vs St Stanislaus College at the Everest ground, Demerara CC “B” Vs Gandhi Youth Organisation at the GCC ground, Ace Warriors Vs Malteenoes SC at the Malteenoes ground.

Zone B: Demerara CC “A” Vs 3rd Class at the GNIC ground.

JAVELIN ACCIDENT KILLS GERMAN ATHLETICS OFFICIAL BBC - An official at an athletics event in the German city of Dusseldorf has died after being speared in the throat with a javelin.

The 74-year-old man was rushed to hospital after the accident on Sunday but died of his injuries.

The official, named locally as Dieter Strack, had gone to measure a throw but was hit by a javelin before it hit the ground, according to local media.

The competition was called off after the incident. The 15-year-old competitor who threw the javelin is receiving psychological counselling, police spokesman Andre Hartwig

told the Associated Press.

A statement on the website of the local athletics association identified the man as Mr Strack and said he was a “much-loved and experienced” sports judge. “All of us who were there are horrified and in shock... We will always remember Dieter Strack,” the statement said.

Occasional accidents occur in athletics disciplines such as the javelin and the hammer, but deaths are extremely rare.

In 2007, French long jumper Salim Sdiri was speared by a javelin at an athletics meeting in Rome and had to be taken to hospital for his injuries.

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Elle’s Vision creates big upset at Guyana Cup - Ms Sharifa Shariff receives the winning trophy in the co-feature three year old event.

Elle’s vision crosses the finish line to win the Guyana Cup and 3 million dollars prize ahead of Marathon Man.

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t was another day of horseracing and another day of upsets and plenty of disappointments. In the end it was the little known and newly imported Elle’s Vision of the Jagdeo stable that stole the show as most Turfites were left in awe as it created the upset of the Year to race away with the coveted $3M winners money and the Guyana Cup, compliments of Banks DIH Limited in the feature B class event of the Sixth Annual Guyana cup horserace meet last Sunday at the Port Mourant Turf Club.

The animal running its first race since it was imported from USA a mere two weeks ago, hardly had time to acclimatize as it showed its class. Classified C2 and carrying a weight of 111 pounds with Paul Delph on the perch, the horse was a virtual unknown and a rank outsider before the race.

As the 16 animals left the starting gate Elle’s Vision was always among the front runners in the 1400M event. By the time the event was at the half way point the front runners were going at a searing gallop as some of the horses started to wane under the pressure.

The packed arena by that time was on edge as the horses entered the homestretch, but by then Elle’s Vision was taking control with Delph guiding the animal home on the inside past the winning pole for the big pay day. Marathon man, Dubai Duchess and the Message rounded out the money.

Settle in Seattle of the Shariff racing stable showed that it is the best three year old racehorse around as Jamaican Jockey Brian Blake took the Co-feature three year old West Indies bred event for another convincing victory over Windy War, Serenity and Rosetta. The first prize was $2M and trophy over 1400M. The $1M prize money and trophy up for grabs in the two year old West Indies bred 1000M race was won by Its my Turn of the Jumbo jet stable with Rad Drepaul in control.

Gold Rush ran in second ahead of Princess Alisha and Gold Princess.

There was another win for the Shariff stable in the E class 1200M event when Dubai Duchess with Blake again in the saddle took top honours from The Bailiff, Technology and Work Force to run away with the $900,000 winners’ money and trophy.

The G class 1400M event for the $700,000 first prize and trophy was taken by Celebrating Love of the Jagdeo stable with Blake on the mount. Bridal Stone Corner, Work Force and the Bailiff were the others that placed.

The winner of the Guyana Bred two year old 1000M race for the $500,000 top prize

and trophy was Silent Night of The R. Persaud stable with Ajai in the saddles. The animal won from She so special, Party Time and Royal Passion.

War Craft, imported from Trinidad and of the Marcel Crawford stable with Jockey Winston Apadhu on the mount, scored its first victory in Guyana as it won the G3 and lower 1000M event from Face the Fire, Big Impact and Stormy Lass. The win was worth $500,000 and trophy.

Third World of the Quinn stables and ridden by Yap Drepaul came first in the H class 1200M event as it won the $400,000 winner’s money in a close race from I want Revenge, Quincy Girl and Wicked Intention.

Savion with Apadhu again on the perch made it two wins for connections of the Marcel Crawford stable when it won the ‘I’ class 1200M event and the $300,000 first prize from Quincy, Princess Renuka and Pixie Fire.

Face the Heat of the Grey stable with Richmond on the mount took the JKL 1000M race worth $200,000.

The champion Jockey was the Jamaican Brian Blake. The Shariff and Crawford stable with two first and a second each were the champion stables on show. They all received accolades compliments of the Trophy Stall, Bourda Market.

(Samuel Whyte)

Cush hits 65 as Payless lose to Goed Fortuin

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ormer Guyana and USA National all-rounder Lennox Cush top scored with a robust 65 in a losing cause for Payless Variety Story X1 against a Goed Fortune combination in a feature T20 softball match on Sunday at the Goed Fortune ground in West Demerara.

The right-handed Cush got support got little support as Payless were restricted to 93 off their allotted 20 overs as Peter Sahadeo captured 3-4 for Goed Fortune who reached their victory target with Andy Bobo leading the way with 39 and Muniram Persaud chipping in with 23.

Suraj Paul had 2-19 and Mahendra Makenlall 2-14 in a losing effort.

Two Cuban doctors, Dr Edwin and Dr Manuel participated in the match and received special trophies at the end of the contest.

Representatives of the Jagdeo stable all in smiles as they received the winning Banks DIH trophy for victory in the feature B class event.

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Orlet Bullock dethrones Fred Collins to claim Caribbean Individual Scrabble crown the championships. He said that he was humbly Orlet Bullock avenged a delighted to have wrestled humiliating defeat at the the trophy from the hands of hands of former local, and Collins, a player he admires now former Caribbean and for whom he nurtures champion, Fred Collins, utmost respect. during the Caribbean team Meanwhile top seed, championships, to lift the Moen Gafoor delivered the prestigious Caribbean vote of thanks and admitted Individual Scrabble crown that the four days of from his head when the competition were indeed curtains were drawn on the grueling. He said that after that version of the Caribbean attending most of the Scrabble Championships at tournaments ever since its the Bank of Guyana Sports inauguration, he is C l u b , Av e n u e o f t h e convinced that the just Republic, Sunday evening concluded tournament was last. the fiercest. Mr. Gafoor The prolific word expressed gratitude to the former, a St Vincentian by visiting teams for their birth but representing participation even as he Barbados, turned in an noted the required sacrifices PASSING THE BATON: Former Caribbean individual champion, i m p r e s s i v e d i s p l a y, of abandoning family and Fred Collins (left) presents his successor, Orlet Bullock with amassing an impeccable 8 other commitments to do so. the trophy moments after the conclusion of the tournament. points with a positive spread He also extended heartfelt of 1081 to dethrone Collins Bullock said that he is Bullock said that he also c o n c l u d e d t o u r n a m e n t gratitude to the members of who could only manage 51/2 playing scrabble since the competed in a competition in saying that it was of a very the corporate community points with a positive spread tender age of 8.

He Poland last year as well as high standard. He said that w h o s e c o n t r i b u t i o n of 231. He was eventually developed at a rapid pace t h e U S A O p e n t h e t o u r n a m e n t w a s amounted to more than relegated to the third place and travelled to various championships and clinched extremely qualitative and US$6000 which he said was after Trinidadian, Leslie countries showing off his the ninth place from among the various teams were the catalyst to the success of Charles, even though wares. He said that only last 36 other contestants. He has engaged in a ferocious the tournament. amassing a similar amount The accountants of Ram year he had travelled to also competed in the World battle. He also noted the high of points, slipped into the Poland and engaged in a Scrabble Championships. level of camaraderie among and McRae accounting firm second place by dint of a competition where he Mr. Bullock lauded the the participating countries also came in for special higher positive spread of 607. performed commendably. organizers of the just even amidst the desire to win mention for their input in the success of the fund raising raffle. Maurice Munru, a top executive of the Bank of Guyana (BOG), also a s c r a b b l e p l a y e r, w a s commended for his hard work that contributed to the success of the tournament as well as the Governor of the BOG. Tournament Director, Elton Chase has been a major cog in the successful running of the tournament and his Bridgetown, Barbados — at Foursquare Oval. efforts did not go unnoticed.

Guyana recorded an easy fiveThe Jamaicans then erased the Several corporate wicket win over Leeward Islands to target with ease. Tristan Coleman institutions were instrumental end the West Indies Cricket Board’s topscored with 35 not out, while in the success of the Under-19 50-over tournament on a Brandon King ended the match with tournament including Oasis high yesterday. a big six. The Jamaicans have 25.5 Café, Ministry of Culture, The Guyanese bowled out the points and will have to beat the Youth and Sports, Akbar bottom-placed Leewards for just 94 Bajans in the final round as well as Auto Sales, J&R Burgers, runs and then sped to 97-5 off 22.2 secure Bonus Points to catch Giftland office Max, Abdool overs as the match ended shortly Guyana (see note below). and Abdools Insurance after the lunch break. Fast bowler At Kensington Oval, Windward Brokers, Courts Furniture, Romario Shepherd was again Islands completely outplayed last Woodpecker Sports Store, impressive with the new ball as he year’s champions Barbados to win Romario Guyoil, E Networks, took a career-best 4-17. by 75 runs to move to third spot on Shepherd OffRoaders, McCorp, Crown The win took Guyana 34.0 points 24.5 points.

Mining Enterprise and – as they stayed top of the table.

Barbados leg-spinner Aaron Digicel. A more extensive list They have a bye for the final round Jones had the tournament’s best of those that contributed will on Wednesday and will have to wait figures of 6-15 off five overs, but be published later.

Tagenarine Chanderpaul on the other results to see if they can Windwards were still able to get up The various teams take home the winner’s trophy. to the day’s highest score of 227. departed yesterday afternoon Jamaica also had an easy win Seamer Kijana Johnson took four Opener Keone George gave then a and will meet for the next over the ICC Americas to leapfrog wickets in six overs to unsettle the good start with 74 off 120 balls while Caribbean Championships in Barbados into second position. visitors, who found scoring difficult (Continued on page 19) two years time.

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The other positions were inconsequential but Guyanese player, Davraj Deonarine, came in for high praise after amassing 5 points from a possible 8.

This is one of the relatively new players from the Enterprise ECD Scrabble Club.

Bullock is a dangerous player with a plethora of strange words and shrewd strategic applications. His resilience is awesome, evident in the early rounds of the team championships when he rebounded from a crushing 314 spread defeat at the hands of Collins to chalk up 5 wins to pilot Barbados to a 22-14 drubbing of the Guyanese players.

Bullock then endured a dismal day against the Trinidadians, surrendering games to Pat John (50), Brian Yates (69), Adolphus Alexander (30), Kurt Ross (28), Anthony Modeste (90) and Leslie Charles (151).

The fact that he was able to regroup and win every one of his game just one day later speaks volumes of Bullock, obviously a special talent.

He is 28 years old but

Guyana win big to stay top of the table Windwards, Jamaica also win to stay in the hunt