Kaieteur News

Tuesday August 08, 2017

Administration and customer service at commercial banks are terrible DEAR EDITOR, Last Friday I visited the Republic Bank at Water Street at 1 PM. The line I was greeted with was like over 200 customers. The line was not moving; it was very hot and the sweat emanating from customers in the line was not a nice picture to see. With no fan in sight it makes it worse. I counted 18 teller booths but only 5 tellers were working until the bank was about to close. I left that line in like 25 minutes and went over the Foreign Business Department to a line with just twelve customers. I stood up there for one hour and the line did not move. I counted 8 booths there but only 2 tellers were working and they will leave their booths for very long periods to verify documents and return in like 30 minutes so all I can see was 8 empty booths with no tellers but plenty staff can be seen in their new Friday Bank shirts and jeans just gallivanting the bank; just idling their time away while customers standing for hours waiting like helpless ones to be attended to. I saw a short guy who appeared like a supervisor assisting the tellers to verify documents but he doesn’t seem to be concerned about the empty booths. I wonder who is the manager for this Bank? Mr. Editor here is a bank that was recently attacked in a robbery but they still have a very low profile security. They have no regard for the elderly and pregnant mothers and those who just have an hour lunch break from their jobs to conduct a transaction that will last hours. In

my personal opinion this Bank has no regard for customers’ time. They have no proper system in place. The line that takes cheques into your account has just one teller but he/she doesn’t give you cash you have to make it to another line. These staff seemed to be going on a very long lunch break and return way past the time allotted for lunch break. My questions to the managers and CEO of this bank are as follows: What time does your staff go on lunch break and for how long? Why is the bank closed at 2 PM while many are turned away and folks are inside the bank until 4PM? If staff goes on lunch break at 12 Noon why some can’t go for lunch at 11 AM and return to replace those at 12 who go for lunch. Why they have 18 booths and only 5-6 staff working? Why they have 8 booths at Foreign Department and only 1-2 staff working? Why security is not beefed up since the recent robbery. Why so much time is being consumed and so much incompetence from staff. Why NO special lines for working folks and those with emergencies? Why no toilets or wash rooms at the bank? All these are questions that bothered me for some time now. At most banks, here in Guyana we are greeted with long un-moving lines and may I say lines are everywhere because they have staff that shows little agility in their tasks . Our banks need a more efficient and comprehensive

Guyana has earned a bad name because of its crime rate DEAR EDITOR, Guyana in recent years have attained to notoriety by earning the name of a “crime riddled state” or one that is “infested with criminals.” When you look at the statistics you see the staggering results of criminals, most of them are in the high profile category housed in overcrowded prisons. For a small country such as ours, to garner such a reputation means that we are headed for The Guinness Book of World Records, if we are not there already. Concerned onlookers reviewing our present situation might very well have arrived at that conclusion. Things have gone so rotten that even white collar,

graduate officials (an agronomist to be exact) have joined the ranks of gun toting lynch mobsters. Where are we going with this sort of society? Only Heaven knows Take for example the present debacle of prison fires and escapees. The raw data available paints a hopeless picture of criminals in the capital category roaming free amongst us as if it were a stroll in the park. And to add insult to injury, they are giving stout armed resistance whenever they are confronted by Law Enforcement. If this is not a catastrophe then tell me what is? Guyana is a doomed place. Everton Adams

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system of administration to help customers or sooner or later they will have to close their doors A gentleman made this line I was in for 3 hours to buy some foreign currency but was shocked when he was told they have no foreign currency. Now the Bank Governor is telling us here in Guyana that we have no shortage here for foreign currency but I am a witness that we have no foreign currency to sell at the banks. It’s very sad that this man made a long line for three hours and cannot get his business done. All they had to do is put up a computerized notice on the walls stating ‘’No Foreign Currency is for sale’’ or get 2 staff to ask customers their business in the line. My biggest shocker was when I was asked by a staff if I was born at the hospital or at home. I wondered only in Guyana I can hear these ridiculous questions when they have a ton of information for me in their data base. I was about to go wake my dead mother to inquire where was I born. Guyana is an area of profound darkness and absolute stupidity and after 51 years of independence we are indeed a fallen state where the half educated rises like the sea waves from day to day to rule us like puppets on a string. Rev. Gideon Cecil

Time has come to reintroduce overseas voting DEAR EDITOR, I presented a paper at the recent University of Guyana (UG) Diaspora Conference where I sought to both critique our current approach to diaspora engagement and suggest some ways in which we can begin to think differently about the subject. I think there is need for a new approach to the diaspora that conceptualizes our overseas brothers and sisters as an integral part of the Guyanese nation. We must change the narrative of “us” and “them” on both sides. There is a critical mass of Guyanese who live partly abroad and partly at home and others who make several short trips per year. If we begin, to employ the narrative of “us” more, then we are likely to have a new thinking and new policies that reflect that mindset. It is foolish to have more than half of your people living abroad and ignore their skills and other resources just because they do not live at home permanently. Small countries like ours, with its limited access to the skills and resources needed to compete in an uneven world as far as development is concerned, must draw on all its energies whether they physically reside in Guyana or abroad. With the coming of the oil economy, we would be challenged to find skills

and resources to serve our needs and interests. Although it would be ideal if persons return permanently, one does not have to live in Guyana permanently to contribute in a meaningful way. Of course, those who live abroad need to resist the temptation to behave as if they are “better” than those who live here. They should not demand nor should they be afforded more privileges than those citizens who live here. But having said that; they would be more inclined to return or to invest resources, if there are incentives at the level of policy. In that regard, I wish to make two suggestions for consideration. First, I propose that each government ministry should have a “diaspora section.” I know the Foreign Affairs Ministry already has such a section, but it should be expanded to other Ministries. There is a popular view that there should be a Ministry of Diaspora Affairs. But I think that is too narrow. My second suggestion is much more controversial given its association with a bad period in our history. I do believe that the time has come for a reconsideration of overseas voting. Over 90 countries allow overseas voting in one form or the other. Given the increased migration globally, this makes

sense. I think the problem for us in Guyana was not the concept of overseas voting, but that it was used as part of the rigging machinery of that time. So in an era of fair elections, the meaning changes. I would propose that if we go that direction, as I think we should, it would bring overseas Guyanese more emotionally attached to Guyana. Voting is perhaps the most significant aspect of citizenship. Guyanese who live abroad can now come home to register and vote. So, if we go the route of oversees voting we would be merely allowing them to vote where they are located. Perhaps we can begin with some form of weighted voting whereby, for example, two or three overseas votes are equivalent to one local vote. In that way, you control for the perception and reality that those who do not live here all the time should not have equal rights and privileges. I know that the immediate response to this subject would be partisan —whether it would benefit one party or the other. That, of course, is not my motivation. I am guided by a desire to bring our sisters and brothers residing outside of Guyana into the national mix in a substantive way. This matter, however, would have to be subject to wide-ranging discussion both in and out of Guyana and may even have to be subject to a referendum. David Hinds

There are questions about how this prisoner met his death DEAR EDITOR, The reported death of 26 years old remanded murder accused, Winston Hinds, who was being held at the Timehri Prison and the circumstances surrounding his shooting, have raised many eyebrows and questions that to my mind, require answers. Based on what has been reported, particularly the statement of the shooting purportedly emanating from the Deputy Director of Prisons, Mr. Gladwin Samuels and the information contained in a press release from the Department of Public Information (DPI), I wish to go on record here as stating that I have grave doubts about the accuracy of the reports from the authorities on what I will to refer here as another in the numerous atrocities that have occurred in Guyana’s prisons. Subsequent to the killing of Hinds, I made it my duty to read all the newspapers accounts, beginning with Kaieteur News, in order to develop a real understanding of what had taken place. In my perusal of the individual media houses reports, I noted

consistency on those aspects of the incident that were/are of concern to me. The public has been told by Mr. Samuels that (a) Hinds and another prisoner were responsible for the fighting that took place among prisoners in the dormitory and (b) officers intervened to restore order and in the process, Hinds “... darted past a prison officer and in a split second fled into the compound”. In the DPI release Hinds, was reported to have “fled into the prison yard in an attempt to escape. Clear and repeated efforts were issued for Hinds to desist, but he refused in every instance and continued running”. And, “Prison officers were left with no option but to curtail his escape. This necessitated the use of live rounds as a last resort, after every option had failed.” The prisoner was hit in the stomach/abdomen with a single round resulting in his death – end of story. Let us, as reasonable citizens, examine in a non-prejudicial way, what we were told. The prisoner ran out of

the dormitory into the yard/ compound, this action was in view of the officer or officers constituted an attempt to escape from prison. To my mind, this seemed more like an attempt to escape from the officers in the build-

ing by running into the yard. Note; nowhere in the reports can be found a reference to an attempt by Hinds to scale the fence. If he had attempted to do so there would have been Continued on page 6

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Three approaches to solving crime in Guyana DEAR EDITOR, In response to your editorial dated August 3, 2017 caption, “THE TWO SIDE OF CRIME” where you highlighted the situational crime prevention and tertiary crime prevention as one aspect of the two sided problem. As I stated previously in letters to you that there must be the three approaches to reduce crime. I have mentioned two above and the next one is what is referred to as “social crime prevention.” No government will be successful in reducing crime if the three crime prevention methods are not adopted together. This problem is not unique to Guyana but it’s a problem within the region. I agree with you that Governments has approached crime prevention from a situational perspective not fully understanding or ignoring the other methods of crime prevention. Yes the youths see the police as defenders of the state and they of the opinion that the police are there to destroy them. That’s not the case the majority of the good men and women of the police force give good advice to those who are involved in crime. Peer pressure is a contribut-

ing factor however, many of the youths will tell you that they will not work eight hours a day and be paid forty US dollars. They tell you up front that they prefer to commit crime and be paid far more than that in less than eight hours. Government can only do that much but what is critical in helping to reduce crime is social programs. Yes governments could initiate social programs but a crucial missing link is the business sector. The business sector can do more in reducing crime; for example they can institute more social programs within the society, they can employ more persons but you are aware businesses love to maximize their profits. It is the social fabric of society that is being broken because we have seen the erosion of the extended family that was the bedrock of the family. The nuclear family has taken over and it cannot maintain that social cohesion that extended family had. From a crime prevention perspective it might be necessary to look at parenting as a tool to reduce crime I will leave this to the sociologist and criminologist to decide. Morris Springer

There are questions about... From page 5 some justification for the officers to shoot at him. Since Hinds was not attempting to scale the fence in his alleged ‘attempt to escape, ’it raises the question of the real intent of the officer or officers in the actions they took. A more troubling aspect of this incident is the fact that the prisoner was shot in the abdomen/stomach, which suggested that, the shooter was facing the prisoner. Let me reiterate here that according to the report emanating from the authorities, Hinds was not shot from be-

hind, which would be more consistent with the pursuit of a fleeing person. The obvious question is why was the prisoner not shot in the leg? Was the shooting a deliberate action of a rouge officer who decided that a “trouble maker” should be made an example to prevent similar behavior by other inmates? If this is the case, it is a worrying situation. Editor and readers, I will continue to pay close attention to the police investigation into this killing. I ask you to do the same. Tacuma Ogunseye

Tuesday August 08, 2017

The Broadcast Bill is an ill-thought out piece of legislation DEAR EDITOR, When Cathy Hughes rose to make her presentation in the Parliament on August 4th, 2017, she made it clear that the bill defines the powers and function of the original Broadcasting Laws. These are all understandable concepts. She then said, “Guyana has to move forward from the days of ethnic division” and I welcome this position also. But coming from Mrs. Hughes makes this statement really rich and must I say hypocritical. Where was Mrs. Hughes’ conscience when under this Granger government, there are umpteen examples of a preponderance of appointments across the public services that are steeped in an outcome that emboldens party favourtism? One only has to look at

the list of Heads of Department, Permanent Secretaries, District Education Officers, the Head of the Hospitals and other senior functionaries in the public service that were appointed since this Granger government assumed office and one can identify a clear act of jobs for party friends. Is Mrs. Hughes disingenuous in making this call or utterly delusional? She also stated that this amendment to the bill was designed to organize “civilized discourse and debate” but in the very next breath in her statement went into what many would consider an uncivilized discourse, with no objection from an increasingly biased person who serves today as the Speaker of the National Assembly. Why this need for such raw unadulterated politics in

that venerable and rather magnificent institution? Those who forget history will always struggle to develop the future. This is clearly what is happening in Guyana in 2017 and the GDP figures at 2%, do tell a full story. It was the good book that reminded us that “do nothing from selfishness or empty conceit, but with humility of mind….” Where was the humility of mind from Mrs. Hughes as she forces this ill conceived and ill thought-out piece of legislation down the Guyanese people throat with much haste? She should really pay more attention to the needs of the ordinary people rather than the needs of the small Granger insiders. But in these Granger days, I cannot expect better from Mrs. Hughes. One last point, my brother, Enrico Woolford is

reputed as the Editor-in-Chief and alleged to be the majority owner of Capitol News. But today he is also a key influencer in the Ministry of Public Telecommunications as one of the three Ministerial Advisors to Mrs. Hughes. So will persons inside the Ministry of Public Telecommunications task with influencing the Minister but with a vested interest in Capitol News, steer licenses to this news outfit using insider information? Isn’t this a conflict of interest? Isn’t this a friend arrangement too? Isn’t this a case of the pot calling the kettle black? Or is this the big hustle in favour of the Granger regime compliments of the taxpayers of Guyana with the now washed out strategy of blaming the PPP for all of their current day indiscretions? Is the Granger administration a group of hypocrites? Sase Singh

People only die from what’s meant to kill them DEAR EDITOR, ‘Something must kill a man!’ As heartwarming and pleasant as that phrase sounds, it’s a nagging reminder that neither of us will be lucky to get out of Earth alive! Well, of course, except the astronauts. Nevertheless, you get to live for as long as your cause of death is yet to catch up with you. Your own time of passing, although not entirely up to you to decide, may be partly dependent on what you do or believe in. One’s fate or cause of death can be delayed, depending on faith (for those who are rooted in one), safety precautions, or healthy living. However, you should also note that just because you eat right and exercise regularly, doesn’t mean you can’t fall prey to a life-threatening ailment anyway. The same way, taking the right precautions and ensur-

ing to be at the right place at the right time, doesn’t guarantee you won’t be at the next scene of an unexpected bomb blast. Humans are wired to vacate the Earth in various ways, and at a certain time, as there are obviously a million ways to die. Some of these ways have become more popular than the others, because of the civil unrest all over the world. People rarely die in their sleep anymore. They’re either murdered by robbers, rival gangs, terrorists, or are consumed by all varieties of accidents, domestic violence, war, epidemics and so on. Nonetheless, whatever takes the life of someone (regardless of how random or unexpected it happened), was predetermined for such person. If one is not predestined to die a certain way, or at a certain time, none of such incidents can snatch his or her

life away. That’s the reason people ‘miraculously’ survive what others do not. Interestingly, a few moments before I rounded off this article, a loved one phoned (at quite perfect timing) and narrated how he narrowly survived electrocution, after being knocked almost unconscious by a high-voltage cable. I simply smiled, expressed my happiness and carried on writing. “Smokers are liable to die young,” cries the Ministry of Health. “Yeah right!” an aged smoker sarcastically replied. He’s been a chimney for nearly forty years of his life, and can boast of a clean bill of health without any damage to his internal organs. Some other person, may tarry on cigarette for just two years, and end up with lung cancer! People survive ghastly motor accidents, severe bullet wounds, tragic plane crashes and even massive bomb explosions. A lot of people were lost

to Ebola, while a few others were quarantined and left for dead, but amazingly survived. One could lower his or her guard (just one time) and end up with a killer STD, while another, could stunningly turn out to be uninfected after numerous encounters of having unprotected sexual relations. Babies are easily snuffed out of the womb during abortions, but some strange babies just wouldn’t leave despite the attempts. In every country, the safest person is presumably the President. Some Presidents still got assassinated anyway, despite the rigid security. People only die from what’s meant to kill them. Sadly, you can’t exactly tell which and when is yours. So, live right; put your house in order, hold on to some faith/ belief (if possible), and live everyday like it’s your last! Nimi Princewill Nigerian-born writer and social reformer.

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Secrecy surrounding Exxon’s licence raises questions about Guyana’s vulnerability - Nandlall

Because of the Government’s failure to make the contract with ExxonMobil public, Guyanese are unable to fully assess whether or not it has entered into the best possible arrangement. So said former Attorney General, Anil Nandlall during an interview with Kaieteur News yesterday. The opposition Member of Parliament noted, “ExxonMobil is in the business of making profit; so one must expect that Exxon will try to construct a contract that would be as profitable to them as far as possible.” He said that on the other hand, the government owes the people of Guyana a serious fiduciary duty to ensure that they negotiate the best deal for Guyana and its people. “That must be their paramount consideration. Unfortunately, in the face of the secrecy that surrounds this transaction, one cannot safely say that the government is discharging this responsibility in the manner that it should.” Nandlall noted the many revelations being made by this newspaper, including the horror stories of other countries. He said that he is left to wonder what safeguards Guyana has put in place to protect its resource and its people. Nandlall made reference to the fact that ExxonMobil, in the Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) that it submitted to the Environmental

Protection Agency, was silent on how it will handle legal action taken by any country that is likely to be affected in the eventuality of an oil spill. Nandlall said, “The nation should not have to be in this state of ignorance, people should know how their resource and environment will be protected.” The former Attorney General pointed to the days when the political parties that now form the coalition government were in opposition. He said, “They asked for so many documents that they could not even read. They wanted the Amaila Falls (Hydro Project) agreement, the CJIA (Cheddi Jagan International Airport) modernization agreement and many others. They were given all, but now they are withholding this very important agreement from the public.” Nandlall stressed, “This is the nation’s patrimony we are speaking about. This is not the asset of the APNU government or any particular minister, it is the people’s assets. They (government officials) are telling us every day in public statements that oil belongs to the people, so why not allow the people to know what is going on.” The prospecting licence granted by the People’s Progressive Party/Civic (PPP/C) government in 1999 says that the contractor—which is ExxonMobil and its affili-

ates—will be responsible for any tragedy including pollution and loss of life. However, the EIA, while it states (minimum) actions to be taken by Exxon in the case of pollution including oil spill, says nothing about who will bear the burden of action taken by other affected counties. Exxon’s EIA says that “there is the potential for oil to reach at least portions of Venezuela, Trinidad and Tobago, Grenada, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, and St. Lucia, although this would be much less likely in a realworld scenario in which mitigation measures would be applied. The unmitigated models predict that surface oil would travel towards the northwest in all scenarios during both the summer (June to November) and winter (December to May) seasons. Differences in seasonal wind speed and direction result in a range of shoreline length oiled. Stronger easterly winds would result in the potential for more significant shoreline oiling, particularly in Venezuela and Trinidad and Tobago, while lower wind speeds allow the surface plume to be transported to the north of Trinidad and Tobago and into a portion the Caribbean Sea.” Exxon said that the impacts in these countries could be large, while ignoring the possible reactions of the governments of the listed coun-

Former Attorney General, Anil Nandlall tries. Nandlall noted that while the EIA is silent on this matter as it relates to who will bear the responsibility. He noted, however, that there is a possibility that the actual licence pays attention to the issues. He said, “we are left to worry what is the reality on these and other matters.” Nandlall stressed that the ordinary Guyanese people are the ones who will suffer most if the government has not negotiated well enough. Therefore, he said, “it is simple; they have a right to know.”

There is a possibility that neighbouring countries, when environmental damage occurs, can move against Guyana. If the burden is left to be borne by Guyana, the country may have to pay damages equivalent to years of oil revenues. ExxonMobil’s EIA also offers no compensation to fishermen and other Guyanese who are most likely to be affected in the case of an oil spill. ExxonMobil is known to be associated with some of the world’s most horrific oil spills. One good example is

what happened in Alaska, United States. In 1989, the oil tanker Exxon Valdez slammed into a reef and spilled more than 11 million gallons of crude oil into the clear waters of Alaska. Those waters, referred to as ‘Prince William Sound’ were deemed one of the “last best places” on Earth. The oil charged through Prince William Sound and out into the Gulf of Alaska. The damage spread more than 1,300 miles of some of the most remote, wild shorelines in America. The amount of oil spilled can fill 125 Olympic size swimming pools. Four deaths were directly associated with clean up efforts. Although this happened 28 years ago, The Valdez area in Alaska has not recovered to date. The coastal ecosystem is said to be permanently damaged. There are still pools of oil sitting in some parts of the beaches. This oil is still toxic and still hurting the ecosystem near the shore. With ExxonMobil’s operations heading into full swing, Guyana is now at risk of having to face the consequences of an oil spill. According to the source document, ExxonMobil has little or no plans in place to deal with any financial eventuality of an oil spill. Exxon claims that the possibility of an oil spill is not very high. In the event of an oil spill, there is no oversight mechanism in place to oversee the remedial action taken by the company.

Senior cop’s verbal assault trial commences - alleged victim testifies The trial of Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP) Frank Thompson, who is accused of verbally assaulting Police Constable Leander Gillis, commenced yesterday before Senior Magistrate Fabayo Azore in the Georgetown Magistrates’ Courts. It is alleged that on February 22 last, at Broad Street, Charlestown, Georgetown, ASP Thompson used abusive language towards Constable Gillis. The senior police rank of 154 Back Street, Stewartville, West Coast Demerara, is currently out on $60,000 bail after pleading not guilty to the charge. ASP Thompson, who was charged in March, had initially appeared before Principal Magistrate Judy Latchman, who instructed that the matter would go to trial despite a statement being missing from the police rank who made the allegation against Thompson. Constable Gillis in his evidence in chief yesterday, told

the court that on the day in question about 13:53 hrs, he was on Broad Street when he was stopped by a man. He said that the man told him something and as result he went to a vehicle, PVV 2106, which was parked, and tapped on the window to alert the driver, who turned out to be ASP Thompson. Gillis said that he told Thompson of the allegation, and Thompson rolled down his window, started using a series of expletives, and asked him “What the F#*k you gon do about it?” Gillis told the court that he asked Thompson for a form of identification and his words were, “I dont have no f#**ing identification.” Gillis said that he then went into his back pocket and made entries into a little red book of what transpired and he heard Thompson asking, “Yuh yuh yuh done constable? Yuh ain’t hear ah talking to yuh... yuh f**king done?” When Thompson was told

to go to the Ruimveldt Police Station because he was behaving in a disorderly manner, he once again used a series of expletives. Constable Gillis said that he told the defendant not to use indecent language when speaking to him, but Thompson continued to do so and even went to the point of pointing his finger and asking him “what the F*#k you gon do about it?” When asked by the Constable to go to the Ruimveldt Police Station for a second time, the defendant said “You know who is me? You know who is me? Call ‘A’Division, call Brickdam, call TSU. Bai find out ‘bout me yeah, cause I would kill you and dem. Boy I would murder you mudda s*#*t right here and left you pun the ground.” Constable Gillis said that he again pleaded with the officer to desist from using indecent language and pointing his finger in his face, but in return, Thompson said “Y’all lucky y’all f**king lucky, if I had my way you won’t be a frigging police.”

Gillis said that while on their way to the Brickdam Police Station, the defendant asked him, “Yo recruit, you ever shoot anybody? You ever kill anybody?” The constable went on to tell the court that he told Thompson to go to the station and that he would follow him, but Thompson sped off. The court heard that when the constable managed to reach up with Thompson, he told him to turn off his engine and exit the vehicle before he caused another accident. The court heard that ASP Thompson came out his vehicle and asked, “Is what the f#*k you want with me bai?” Constable Gillis said Thompson then tried to put his hand around him and he (Gillis) said ‘do not touch me’. Gillis said moments after he saw Police Prosecutor Deniro Jones’ vehicle proceeding in his direction and he told him something. Based on what Gillis told Prosecutor Jones, he (Jones) went to Thompson’s vehicle and accompanied him to the Brickdam Police Station. At

ASP Frank Thompson the station, Thompson pulled out what appeared to be a iron bar with a white handle from his car trunk and said “This is wha I does do my girls dem with.” Under cross examination by Thompson’s lawyer, Dexter Todd, Constable Gillis told

the court that he did not know the officer. However the attorney told the court that the Constable was attempting to mislead the court and to paint a particular conduct of his client. The matter was adjourned until August 15.

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Over 450 more youths to be empowered through HEYS Programme

The second phase of the Hinterland Employment and Youth Service was launched on Monday last in St. Ignatius Village, Region 9 An estimated two hundred million dollars will be pumped into twenty six indigenous village economies in Region 9 over the next year as the second phase of the Hinterland Employment and Youth Service (HEYS) Programme is set to roll out. The second phase was launched Monday last in St.

Ignatius Village, Region 9. Minister within the Ministry of Indigenous Peoples’ Affairs Valerie Garrido-Lowe during the launch emphasized to the more than forty facilitators who will be imparting their knowledge and skill to the youth in the region, to give of their best since this will be paramount to the suc-

cess of the programme. “This training will teach you to deliver the programme in a youth friendly way so as to keep the interest of the young adults. Encourage them … what I am trying to tell you is that the training you are getting here as HEYS facilitators, is not for you to be a straitjacket

job. You have to give more, you have to put your heart into this, you have to care that the youth learns at the end of seven months”. The HEYS programme is offering to the youth, six core areas of training in Concentrated Language Experience, Agriculture, Eco-Tourism, Life Skills, Capacity Building

and Entrepreneurship as well as six vocational skill areas in Carpentry and Joinery, Garment Construction, Information Technology, Auto Mechanic/Small Engine Repair, Electrical Installation and Catering. Minister Garrido-Lowe said these key areas of focus will ensure youth are equipped with the necessary tools in becoming independent. “HEYS is a stepping stone for those who need a second chance in life. HEYS is for that young mother, maybe she is married or maybe just living in a common law relationship, and maybe she is not seeing a good future ahead and does not know how to contribute to better their lives. HEYS is for her. HEYS is for the young man who dropped out of school for one reason or the other and now has realized that he needs that second chance. HEYS is for the youth who wrote CXC subjects and somehow did not pass all so he wants to continue developing himself. HEYS is about preparing you to be your own boss, to establish your own

small businesses, so that you can earn for yourselves. HEYS is about developing your communities and preparing yourselves for leadership positions.” According to the Minister “HEYS is about bringing income into the community by utilizing not through the youth alone but by using the communities resources, human resources, like retired teachers, like skilled persons in craft or any other field. We want you from your village to facilitate the classes in your village, and when we do that, you as a facilitator get a chance to earn sixty five thousand dollars for seven months”. Region Nine Chairman Brian Allicock during his presentation challenged facilitators, youth and villages to capitalize on the opportunity afforded since it has the potential to stimulate significant developments in the region. “Money is being spent to develop us so take it and don’t let me hear about any drop outs...you are given another opportunity to extend yourselves and sometimes we find that those who didn’t get Continued on page 23

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A good report Guyana’s economy grew by 2.2% for the first half of the year. The APNU+AFC may not be satisfied with that rate of growth, which is lower than it anticipated, but it should be pleased by the dramatic recoveries in the nonsugar, agricultural sector of the economy. Rice and fisheries registered spectacular recoveries. Both of these sectors grew by over 30%. It may be the first time in living memory that these sectors have increased output so suddenly. The increase in paddy production, of course, would have increased both agricultural output as well as the manufacturing sector. What the half year report on the economy, produced by the Ministry of Finance shows, is that agriculture is not the drag it has been made

out to be. The agricultural sector can turn around the economy. Gold, the shining star for the last two years, was off to a bad start. Production declined marginally, but gold is bound to rebound later in the year. The performance of other crops, fisheries and rice demonstrate why agriculture should not be neglected. It can quickly reverse poor performance in one year and in one crop. The decline in sugar continued. But the decline has been slowed. Sugar should have been saved, but it cannot now be saved. The industry is responding to the suggestions which it has been receiving from the government. Those suggestions have been interpreted by sugar workers that the industry will eventually be phased

out. The sugar workers are not going to stick around and wait for political change to reverse what they see as the inevitable closure of the industry. They are moving on. The government has enjoyed some healthy revenues, most of it from taxes. The coffers of the state were increased by 13% in the first half of 2017, a very healthy increase in revenues. The timing is perfect for wage increases for workers. Revenue is no longer an excuse. There was a substantial increase in revenues in the first half of 2017. Inflation, always a very controversial number, was exceedingly low by Guyanese standards. Therefore, the government should not be wary of spiraling inflation by increasing public sector wages substantially. The money is there.

Dem boys seh...

Shock King and Patsy Green walking in Jagdeo shoes Jagdeo call a press conference and mek a whole set of noise about how de new Broadcasting Bill gun threaten press freedom. Then de Chat-3 claim how people gun have to tek de government to court because de government gun tek away dem living. What dem boys know is that he setting heself up fuh nice time. Once he talk bout suing he encouraging de people to hire him. Then he gun tek money from dem although he know that he don’t have a case. Anyhow, when de Bill debate in Parliament Jagdeo mek sure that he didn’t go. Is shame he shame, because he know dem boys woulda call on him to explain how he share dem radio and some TV licence to he friends and family. And he didn’t lef out he party. This is de first time he show any shame. He know he couldn’t defend de radio licence and he didn’t want to mek de situation worse. Moses and dem other people did already put him to his place. Li’l Joe actually tell de world that Jagdeo give licence to he friends and family, and people who should get he ignore. He couldn’t answer that question, suh de best

thing was to avoid parliament. Then he got two people walking in he footsteps. One Patsy Green and de Shock King can’t explain de parking meter thing yet to de people. Everybody want to know how de council could only settle fuh 20 per cent of de proceeds. De first excuse was that de people was spending all de money. Well dem boys want dem to know that Exxon spending all de money and Guyana getting at least 50 per cent. Dem two operate like Jagdeo and that is why dem boys believe that some people in de council reach out dem hand and full dem pocket. That is wha some people use to do. In fact dem same people vex because dem can’t get dem hand pun de oil money. Patsy Green and Shocking think like Jagdeo, dem walk like Jagdeo and soon dem gun get small like Jagdeo. Jagdeo days done and dem betta watch out, because dem days coming. Talk half and avoid putting you foot in Jagdeo shoes. Don’t do like Patsy and Shock King.

The money is there for some persons in the State Asset Recovery Unit to be paid over million dollars a month. It should therefore be there to pay workers across the board more, far more. The transfers to the sugar industry should no longer be used as an excuse. Nor should the additional funds which are required to improve the prisons! The coffer of the government is looking healthy with the 13.1% increase in revenues. The mid-year review reveals something more fundamental. It shows that growth in the economy will depend on private sector growth. The growth in rice and fisheries was attributed to the private sector. Part of the recovery in the construction sector was due to increased private sector activity, particularly some large injections of investments and construction activ-

ity. The slowdown in the forestry sector was due to two major companies walking away from the industry because of the mixed signals that they were receiving from government. What the mid-year shows is that private sector development is key to economic growth. The government, therefore, should focus more on promoting private sector development. It should support private sector activity and use the upcoming Budget to demonstrate its goodwill towards the engine of economic growth. The mid-term review shows that the foundations of Guyana’s economy are strong. The coalition inherited some problems, but the economic base remains solid. It should not tinker with these issues. It has a problem to fix with business activity. The prob-

lem is associated with a slowdown in sectors which have the greatest flow- through in the economy. It has to fix those problems and boost business development. It has to seek markets for rice, because production is going to disappear unless markets are found. The government should not have revised economic growth. It should have boosted the failing sectors and promoted private sector development to generate increased growth. All in all, the government should be pleased with the state of the economy in 2017 so far. Things could have been worse had agriculture not done so well.

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=== The Freddie Kissoon column ===

Not even the smallest of apologies In the raging debate on sugar, the union, GAWU, has fought back fiercely with those who argued that sugar is dead. The union’s rebutting dictionary is voluminous. These include the following expressions - “we will fight for the workers”; “we have always struggled for the workers”; “we always had the workers’ interest at heart’; and countless other exclamations like those. But there are some words missing in this dictionary. The union has never explained the moral and political outrage that a union’s head sits in the leadership of the ruling party and is a parliamentarian for that party.

By what logic can he tell his president; “your policies are killing my union membership and we will fight you.” The sugar industry will be diversified in the coming months and years, GAWU will keep fighting mirages of enemies of sugar that it sees everywhere, but will never answer two questions: Is it not true that the PPP Government jeopardized the future of estate workers because of stupid policies? And secondly, how can a workers’ union be loyal to its cause when it is part of a government? GAWU will die with sugar and you will never get the answer to those questions. It is the same with the entire PPP leadership.

Whether it is PPP personnel in GAWU or in the Rice Producers’ Association or any other institution which forms an essential part of the PPP’s anatomy, this country will not get an apology or receive answers to pressing questions during the hegemony of the PPP, October 1992 - April 2015. And after fifteen years of Jagdeo/Ramotar rule (which is one year short of four American presidential terms), not even the smallest of apologies will ever come out of the mouths of any of those in that leadership. What you get instead is barefaced denials so sickening that its turns one’s stomach. When asked about Jagdeo giving out radio licences to his relatives, Gail Teixeira used the words, “they are not Jagdeo’s relatives whatsoever.” The word, whatsoever” is important, because it denotes definitiveness and emphasis. When shown the evidence that licences went to Jagdeo’s niece and his nephew-in-law, she rebutted in the most foolish way by saying that when she denied

it, it was because the Government had referred to all on the list as being Jagdeo’s relatives. No one from the government’s side of the House ever said that the list of recipients were relatives of Jagdeo. Teixeira knows full well that the rallying cry since Jagdeo did his nepotistic thing was that Jagdeo gave out radio licences to his associates, PPP colleagues and relatives. This lady couldn’t bring herself to even utter a half sentence of acknowledgement that two of Jagdeo’s relatives were favoured. These PPP leaders will not concede any mistake, however tiny or repellant. It is just not in their DNA to say, “Yes, we made a mistake.” Jagdeo told a press conference he didn’t know about the decision to use NIS funds as investment in the bridge. Do you honestly believe this man? If you believe him, then how do you square his statement with what happened to Maurice Arjoon when he was CEO of NBS?

Arjoon’s claim was that he had rejected President Jagdeo’s request for NBS to inject a billion dollars in investment in the bridge. The story is that subse-

Frederick Kissoon quently vendetta visited Arjoon. In fifteen years, Jagdeo and the PPP cabals ruled Guyana. The evidence of the misuse of power and corruption is so colossal that it calls into question the distinction between higher and lower animals, if a Guyanese who lived here in those fifteen years chooses to deny those realities. Not one leader in the PPP, from now until the 2020 elec-

tion campaign ends, is going to tell this nation that terrible mistakes were made and regrets are offered. They are not going to do it. These people are in permanent denial mode. They do not realize how much capital could be gained by saying that you are sorry. But they are irredeemable humans. They are too pompous and egoistic to apologize. The Arjoon case is finished. We know what happened to the poor man. The Broadcast Bill has been passed. We know who got licences. The Pradoville 2 investigation has revealed sordid nepotism. The forensic audits will reveal more about corrupt PPP mandarins. Human rights cases will highlight the brutalities, bestialities and cruelties of these people as we saw in the Mark Benschop case. But as more dictatorial excesses of the Jagdeo/ Ramotar regime come to light, these people will face the nation and lie. As Elton John once sang; “sorry seems to be the hardest word.”

Tuesday August 08, 2017

Pregnant woman, husband, 4-yr-old escape through window during home invasion - five in custody; shotgun, ganja seized

The home that was under attack at Number 69 Village, Upper Corentyne, Berbice A nine-month pregnant 26-year-old is nursing minor scratches about her body after herself, husband and their four-year-old son jumped their bedroom window during an armed home invasion and robbery by bandits. Their home, a two-storey wooden edifice at Lot 100 Number 69 Village, Upper Corentyne, was reportedly stormed by armed men with guns and a wallaba post sometime around 23:00 hrs Saturday. According to reports reaching this publication Vidya Gopaul 26, her husband Satesh Ramrattan, 27, and their young son had retired to bed around 22:30 hrs. The woman shortly after heard a loud noise and voices, and awoke her husband. The

husband jumped off their bed and switched on the lights, it was then that they realized bandits had entered their home. The pregnant woman bolted the bedroom door. The men began banging on the door when Ramrattan, his wife and son jumped from their bedroom window and landed on a neighbour’s shed. By then some of the men had managed to enter the room and fired two shots as the trio ran to safety. They managed to run to Gopaul’s mother’s house, located two lots away from theirs and immediately contacted the police. The men reportedly ransacked the family’s home in their absence, in search of valuables, and ate and drank during the time spent at the

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house. They managed to escape with an estimated $1.2 Million in jewellery, US $1000 in cash, a tablet and a cellphone. Gopaul was taken to the Skeldon Public Hospital for a medical examination and according to reliable sources, herself and unborn child are out of harm’s way and in good health. The couple’s four year sustained minor scratches but is also said to be doing well along with his father. Relatives complained that the police patrol arrived some two hours after the invasion, but according to a police source, the patrol was dispatched immediately after they received the call. While on their way to the Continued on page 23

Accused freed of 2009 Soesdyke murder/hijacking Murder accused Basil Morgan was yesterday acquitted of the charge related to the November 2009 hijacking and unlawful killing of Woddete Roberts. Roberts, called “Woddete” or “Buck Man,” was murdered sometime between November 3 and November 4, 2009. He was allegedly killed during a robbery. It is alleged that a gang had hijacked Roberts and his two friends in a Tacoma pickup Land Cruiser then took them along a trail on the Soesdyke-Linden Highway. Roberts’s friends managed to escape from the hijackers, but he was later found dead on a trail at Dora, Soesdyke-Linden Highway. Morgan was said to be among a gang arrested and charged for the murder of Roberts. He faced a trial before Justice James Bovell-Drakes and a 12-member mixed jury at the Georgetown High Court. The trial commenced on July 15, last. Earlier in the trial, Crime Scene photographer, Detective Desmond Johnny, tendered several photographs taken at a crime scene for a murder which took place in November 2009. In his evidence, Detective Johnny provided the court with details of the crime scene of Woddete Roberts’ murder. Johnny told the court that he went to a scene following reports of an alleged murder committed at Dora, Soesdyke-Linden Highway. The detective said that he took photographic exposures of a crime scene. A total of 57

Acquitted of murder: Basil Morgan photographs were later tendered as part of the evidence provided to the court by Detective Johnny. Spent shells allegedly collected from the crime scene were therefore tendered into evidence. However yesterday, in his ruling on the case, Justice Bovell-Drakes concluded that after his review of the evidence presented in the trial, the Prosecution had failed to prove their case beyond a reasonable doubt. Additionally, the Judge said that except for the driver of the pickup, Roopchand Gopaul, no other witness placed Morgan at the scene of the crime. “No other witness could have testified to seeing this accused … No witness said that they saw this gentlemen at the scene of the crime. None,” the Judge declared. Referring to the evidence present in the trial, Justice

Bovell-Drakes asserted that “out of nothing cometh nothing.” “The State has failed to prove its case beyond a reasonable doubt,” Drakes reinforced. In the circumstances, the Judge directed the jury to formally return a verdict of not guilty in relation to Morgan for the offence of murder. “You are free to go,” he added But before Justice BovellDrakes could finish his sentence, there were loud claps out of the gallery of the courtroom. The noise caused the Judge to admonish members of the public about behaving in a manner suitable for the courtroom. Moments later, Morgan walked out of the courtroom; he had been freed of the murder charge. The accused will however remain in prison, since he is facing other charges in relation to crimes committed in 2009. While leading his defence in the trial, Morgan had told the court that he neither killed nor had anything to do with the crime committed against Woddete Roberts. He was represented by Attorneys Lyndon Amsterdam and Latoya Roberts. The State was represented by Attorneys Tuanna Hardy, Tomeika Clarke and Sita Bishundial.

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Public Infrastructure Ministry completes 91% of work programme at mid-year The Ministry of Public Infrastructure has completed 91 percent of its work programme up to July 31, 2017. Providing a mid-year performance update to the Department of Public Information (DPI) Minister of Public Infrastructure, David Patterson said the Ministry

vestment Programme (PSIP). The locally-funded PSIP is approximately $9.8B, from which $3.9B was spent, while the foreign funded PISP was $15.6B from which $6.2B was expended. These represent a 40 percent in expenditures. “I would have preferred to be over 50 percent by mid-

However, the Minister explained that those funds were used for the East Bank Berbice road, Guyana Power and Light’s Power Upgrade Utility Programme, Cheddi Jagan International Airport’s terminal building and runway as well as work on the Georgetown Prisons. Works in these areas continue to

The Ministry of Public Infrastructure, Wight’s Lane, Kingston. has tendered 91 percent of its contracts from which 83 percent has been awarded. There are 28 projects yet to be tendered. Minister Patterson explained that some of the Ministry’s projects are foreign funded and the Ministry was required to make the requisite specifications before going to tender. Some of the 28 projects that were not tendered are being redefined. According to the Public Infrastructure Minister, the overall expenditure up to July 31, 2017 is $10.1B which represents approximately 40 percent of the Public-Sector In-

year but my projects are capital in nature and during the rainy May/June season some of our performance dipped. We do expect now that the rains have somewhat subsided that we will be able to push through with the roads, particularly in the hinterland and Georgetown. The hinterland roads were suspended during the rainy season, the contracts have been awarded, and the contractors are on standby,” Minister Patterson explained. The Minister noted that several supplementary budget allocations were given to the Ministry recently which the public may question.

move apace. Further, Minister Patterson highlighted that the Ministry has been experiencing some challenges with its capacity in terms of contractors. However, most of the contractors have been engaged and they have since hired more persons and mobilised more equipment. “It’s a slow process but they are making progress, next year the ministry will be in a better position to execute several projects simultaneously. By the end of December we should complete our work programme.”

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Health expert highlights Guyana’s declining suicide rate While it is true that in 2012 Guyana had the highest suicide rate in the world, by 2015, when a Sustainable Development Goals [SDGs] review was conducted, it was found that that rate had considerably declined. This is according to Dr. William Adu-Krow, the local representative of the Pan American Health Organisation/World Health Organisation [PAHO/WHO]. Dr. Adu-Krow made this disclosure yesterday as he delivered remarks at the opening ceremony of a Bereavement Camp being hosted by the Giving Hope Foundation. A 2012 WHO report indicated that Guyana had a suicide rate of 44.2 per 100,000 people, and that for every single female suicide, there were 3.2 male suicides. By comparison it was amplified that neighbouring territories Suriname had a suicide rate of 27.8 per 100,000, and Venezuela’s rate was 2.6 per 100,000. According to Dr. AduKrow, while in 2012 Guyana had that disturbing suicide rate, the rate has since plummeted to 20.6 per 100,000 people. “I just want to say that a lot of things are happening and sometimes people dwell on the negatives all the time. Granted that we are not off that list but we are getting off that list,” said the PAHO/ WHO Representative. As part of its efforts to help low and middle income countries like Guyana combat the scourge of suicide, WHO developed the Mental Health Gap Action Programme [mhGAP]. mhGAP is aimed at scaling up services for people with mental, neurological and substance use disorders. In its quest to combat the evident scourge of suicide, the Ministry of Public Health had announced plans to con-

tinue a number of ‘suicide deterrent’ measures this year. These, the Ministry has revealed, will include, among other things, that efforts be made to ensure that existing laws and regulations regarding pesticide sale, use and storage are enforced. Added to this, moves will be made to train at least 50 percent of Primary Health Care doctors in mhGAP-Intervention Guide. The programme asserts that with proper care, psychosocial assistance and medication, many could be treated for depression, schizophrenia, and epilepsy, prevented from suicide, and begin to lead normal lives – even where resources are scarce. The Public Health Ministry as part of its suicide prevention plan, is also this year aiming to increase the number of beds added to the inpatient service offered at the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation’s psychiatry department. This will be done, even as the Ministry seeks to incorporate important mental health topics into the Health and Family Life Education syllabus in secondary schools. According to Director of the Ministry of Public Health Mental Health Unit, Dr. Util Richmond-Thomas, the public health sector has been making considerable strides to expand its services. In-

cluded in this movement is a plan to ensure that mental health services are offered country-wide. The Mental Health Unit Director said that in Region Six, for instance, some 14 doctors have been trained and are stationed at health centres throughout the Region. “They are there to screen and make sure that persons who come in with [signs] of mental health illnesses can be taken care of very early...their depression will be taken care of and coping skills will be taught,” Dr. Richmond-Thomas assured. A similar situation obtains in Region Three, she added. Already, she disclosed, as many as 25 doctors have been trained in Region Three, and “these doctors are working in primary health care. Even though Region Three doesn’t have a psychiatrist, they are trained to deal with depression, psychosis, with anxiety and so on. So persons can go to any one of the 23 health centres where these doctors are and be adequately attended to”. While Region Six and Three are very capable to efficiently manage any potential mental health case, Dr. Richmond-Thomas said that moves will shortly be made to also commence training of doctors in Region Two even as efforts in this regard are further expanded.

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‘I’m your humble friend’, Philippines’ anti-U.S. leader tells Tillerson MANILA (Reuters) - Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte called himself a “humble friend” of the United States on Monday, taking a break from his notorious hostility towards Washington to grant a warm reception to visiting U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson. Duterte’s often profanityladen tirades against the United States has become his trademark during his year-old presidency, but he appeared happy to meet Tillerson, who was in Manila to attend a regional security meeting dominated by North Korea’s missile tests, and maritime squabbles. “I am happy to see you ... and you have come at a time when the world is not so good, especially in the Korean peninsula, and of course, the ever nagging problem of South China Sea,” Duterte told Tillerson at the presidential

palace. “I know you’re worried there, because you also have domestic problems ... We are friends. We are allies,” said Duterte. “I am your humble friend in Southeast Asia,” he said. The maverick leader makes no attempt to hide his grudge against the United States, which he has repeatedly chided for what he says is a history of hypocritical foreign policy, and for treating the Philippines like a dog. He last year announced to China his “separation” from Washington, has complained about being given “hand-medown” U.S. military hardware, and once invited American investors jittery about his remarks to pack their bags and leave. But Duterte’s biggest anger was directed at former President Barack Obama, whose administration spoke

out against his signature war on drugs, a fierce crackdown that has killed thousands of Filipinos. Duterte’s warm words for Tillerson indicates Philippines-U.S. ties under U.S. President Donald Trump may be in better shape. Though Duterte still vents about Washington, he has spoken positively about Trump, who praised him for doing “an unbelievable job on the drug problem”. Trump in an April phone call told Duterte he would invite him to the White House. But when a U.S. lawmaker recently said he would try to block that, Duterte said he would never go to the United States because “I’ve seen America and it’s lousy”. Duterte said he and Tillerson discussed “many things” on Monday, but he did not give details. The defense treaty alli-

From page 8 the opportunity do better than those who had all the schooling because they dedicate themselves to what they want in life, so you own your skills it is yours and no one can take it from you so continue the programme and I hope that you will do very well”, the Regional Chairman opined.

Youth and facilitators from nineteen villages from Region 9 will be involved in the second phase of the programme which will see an estimated thirteen million dollars circulating in the respective villages on a monthly basis which amounts to an estimated two hundred million dollars at the end of the cal-

endar year. Similar launches were held in Kamarang in Region 7 and Mabaruma in Region 1 over the past week as the programme targets another two thousand youth, taking the figure to close to four thousand since the programme was rolled out in 2015.

Over 450 more youths to be...

Pregnant woman, husband, 4-yr-old escape through... From page 11 village the ranks heard gunshots and decided to exit the vehicle and cordon off the area on foot. Residents in the area reported seeing the police in tactical positions within and around the perimeter of the house.

There were reportedly seven perpetrators, all armed. Meanwhile, police in ‘B’ Division have since made headway into the robbery. Five suspects are in custody, including a 33-year-old, driver of No. 72 Village, Corentyne, who was found in his vehicle within close prox-

imity of the crime scene. At the time of his arrest, he was found in possession of a small quantity of cannabis and a search of his premises unearthed an unlicensed shotgun, two spent and one live cartridge. Investigations are ongoing.

ance between the two countries remains strong and U.S. forces have been providing the Philippines with technical assistance to fight militants allied with Islamic State. He last year repeatedly threatened to eject U.S. mili-

tary trainers and advisers. Asked prior to his meeting if helping the Philippine military meant the United States was endorsing the government’s bloody antidrugs campaign, Tillerson said the two were unrelated.

“I see no conflict, no conflict at all in our helping them with that situation and our views of other human rights concerns we have with respect to how they carry out their counternarcotics activities,” he said.

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Venezuela troops quash antiMaduro attack on military base

Soldiers patrol inside the Paramacay military base in Valencia, Venezuela, Sunday. (Juan Carlos Hernandez/Associated Press) VALENCIA, Venezuela (AP) — Soldiers battled for three hours Sunday morning against a small band of antigovernment fighters who snuck onto a Venezuelan army base, apparently intent on fomenting an uprising, President Nicolas Maduro said. Troops killed two of the intruders, wounded another and captured seven, but 10 others got away, the embattled leader announced in his weekly broadcast on state television. “We know where they are headed and all of our military and police force is deployed,” Maduro said. He said he would ask for “the maximum penalty for those who participated in this terrorist attack.” The incident happened during the early morning hours at the Paramacay base in the central city of Valencia. Residents who live nearby said they heard repeated bursts of gunfire starting around 4:30 a.m. A video showing more than a dozen men dressed in military fatigues, some carrying rifles, began circulating widely on social media around that time. In the recording, a man who identified himself as Capt. Juan Caguaripano said the men were members of the military who oppose Maduro’s socialist government and called on military units to declare themselves in open rebellion. “This is not a coup d’etat,” the man said. “This is a civic and military action to re-establish the constitutional order.” Twenty men entered the base, catching soldiers on night watch by surprise, Maduro said. The intruders managed to reach the base’s weapons depot before an alarm sounded, alerting troops to the incursion. He

said 10 of the invaders then escaped, some carrying off arms, while those left behind exchanged gunfire with soldiers until about 8 a.m. before all were either killed or captured. “Today we had to defeat terrorism with bullets,” Maduro said. Residents who live nearby and saw the dissident group’s video online gathered around the military base chanting “Freedom!” Other protests also emerged spontaneously around Valencia into the afternoon. Troops dispersed the protesters with tear gas and a man was fatally shot at a demonstration less than a mile from the base, said Haydee Franco, coordinating secretary of the opposition Progressive Advance party. More than 120 people have been reported killed in unrest that began in early April. Defense Minister Vladimir Padrino Lopez characterized the attackers as a “paramilitary” expedition, saying the intruders were civilians dressed in uniforms. He did not identify any of the participants, but said they included a lieutenant who had abandoned his post. He said the man who recorded the video was a former officer dismissed three years ago after being charged with rebellion and betraying the homeland. In 2014, Caguaripano released a 12-minute video denouncing Maduro during a previous wave of anti-government unrest. He later reportedly sought exile after a military tribunal ordered his arrest, appearing in an interview on CNN en Espanol to draw attention to what he said was discontent within military ranks. He returned to Venezuela

to lead Sunday’s uprising, said Giomar Flores, a mutinous naval officer now in Bogota, Colombia, who said he is a spokesman for the group. Padrino Lopez alleged the attackers were recruited by “right-wing extremists” working with unspecified foreign governments. Maduro said the attack was “paid for by Miami and Colombia” — cities with large numbers of Venezuelans who oppose his government. Neither provided specific details on how they had come to that conclusion. “Today’s terrorist attack is no more than a propaganda show,” Padrino Lopez said. Venezuela’s latest bout of political unrest erupted in protest to a Supreme Court decision in late March ordering the opposition-controlled National Assembly dissolved. Although the order was quickly annulled, near-daily demonstrations snowballed into a general protest calling for a new presidential election. Opposition leaders have urged the military, which historically has served as an arbiter of Venezuela’s political disputes, to break with Maduro over what his foes consider violations of the constitution. But the president is believed to still have the military’s support. He and his predecessor, the late President Hugo Chavez, worked diligently to assure their allegiance. Like Sunday’s uprising, most manifestations of dissent among troops have been small and isolated thus far. “It’s still very hard to know to what extent there are significant divisions within the military,” Michael Shifter, president of the Washingtonbased Inter-American Dialogue, said recently.

Trinidad airport guards says weapons misfiring, ammo failing Trinidad (Trinidad Guardian) - Security officers attached to the Piarco International Airport fear there may be a major security/ safety breach in the future. This is because three hold baggage x-ray machines, which have cost taxpayers $10 million, can only detect explosive devices and not narcotics, firearms and ammunition. Airport Authority of T&T (AATT) security officers have also reported weapons being misfired and jammed and ammunition used for training failing to discharge. These issues were raised in a 12-page letter sent by the Estate Police Association (EPA) vice chairman (airport branch) Anthony Braithwaite to AATT general manager Hayden Newton and chairman Nigel

Ferguson since January 23, which the T&T Guardian obtained a copy of. In the letter, the EPA highlighted deficiencies in firearm training, defective firearms and rounds being issued for use by officers, unsterile persons being allowed access to the sterile holding bay, inability to review CCTT footage in a timely manner, manpower shortage and concerns with the three hold baggage x-ray machines. EPA second vice president Ancil John-Nicholas admitted that the AATT purchased the three hold baggage x-ray machines in late 2014, which was now a cause for concern and posed a security breach at the airport. John-Nicholas said the machines sat idly by at the airport for two years until their warranty expired and were only

put into operation this year. Spare parts for servicing of the machines were also purchased. “What was even more alarming was that when a firearm was introduced into the x-ray chamber of the machines, the image was only displayed for a few seconds and could not be retrieved again or stored for later review. It was also communicated that the machines in question were not configured to detect either narcotics or arms and ammunition,” JohnNicholas revealed. The machine, he said, was designed not to have an x-ray operator present to observe the contents of bags. Rather, they were manufactured to detect an “improvised explosive device” and isolates the suspect bag by sending it along another route to be dealt with by relevant security personnel.

Jamaica’s Youngest And Brightest Would Migrate Today If Given A Chance Jamaica (Jamaica Gleaner) - Despite the myriad challenges facing Jamaica, there is an almost even split between those who would migrate today if given the chance and those who would choose to remain. But a majority (52 per cent) of young Jamaicans, between the ages 18 and 24, would pack their bags and leave, while more than four in every 10 persons between the ages 25 and 34 would also migrate at the first opportunity in search of greener pastures. To compound what could be a major problem in the future, 47 per cent of the people who would migrate are those with a high level of education. At the other end of the spectrum, 82 per cent of persons over 65 years old have no desire to start over in a foreign land, while 65 per cent of persons between 55 and 64 years old also would not migrate because they love the country and this is the place they call home. A mere 22 per cent of Jamaicans with low-level education (not completed high school) would choose to migrate. Not surprisingly, the United States is the first choice for those who would migrate, with Canada second and the United Kingdom a distant third. That is part of the findings of a recent Gleaner-commissioned Bill Johnson poll, which was conducted between June 9 and 11 with a sampling error of plus or minus two per cent. The Johnson team looked at the perceptions of Jamaicans after 55 years of Independence, with a sample size of 1,500 persons from across the island.

Psychologist, Dr Leahcim Semaj Reacting to the poll findings, psychologist Dr Leahcim Semaj argued that Jamaicans at the lower end of the education scale were being realistic about their “marketing credentials” and that explains why 66 per cent of them indicated that they would not migrate. “North America is an advanced, knowledge-driven economy and the Jamaicans with limited education and professional options are aware of this reality. They recognise that the skill set that they possess, or lack thereof, will not necessarily get them jobs in America as opposed to those with more education to offer,” said Semaj. He further argued that should persons of low-level education later become certified or acquire credentials that are marketable in bigger economies, they too, in all likelihood, would aspire to migrate.

With many educated young Jamaicans indicating that they would leave the country today if given a chance, psychologist Dr Leahcim Semaj has charged that they are being unfair to the land of their birth. According to Semaj, Jamaica is exhausting its resources to educate persons who leave to build other countries. He argued that integrating commitment to nation in the educational system is of utmost significance to mend the local economy. “We’re not helping Jamaicans to understand that a part of their responsibility is to build this country. They must see how best they can use their strengths to make this a better place and not just to go to another country with hope of gaining from it. We have to get that into our national agenda, and currently, we’re not doing it,” said Semaj.

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Iranian politicians censured after dashing to take selfies with female EU diplomat Iran (The Telegraph)- Ira- behaviour “unworthy of nian politicians have been MPs” after they rushed to take criticised for unprofessional selfies with a senior female EU

diplomat. Pictures circulated online showed male politicians –

some in suits and others in the robes worn by Shi’ite Islamic clerics – crowding

around Federica Mogherini, who was attending Hassan Rouhani’s second term inauguration as President. In a green and white checked headscarf, Ms Mogherini, EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs, looked taken aback at the crowd forming around her in the Iranian Parliament building in Tehran. The men’s actions drew criticism from fellow MPs and Iranians online, who saw their behaviour as an inappropriate sop to the west. The semi-official Fars News Agency described the men’s rush for photoswithMsMogherini, as “strange”, accompanying images with the hashtag “selfie of shame”. “Major reactions to weird behaviour unworthy of MPs, members of Omid faction, upon meeting Mogherini”, the agency said, referring to a reformist group of Iranian MPs. Other social media users mocked the politicians. One compared their attraction to Ms Mogherini to the seven dwarves’ fondness for Snow White in the classic Walt Disney story, using an image of them lining up at the foot of her bed. Others published pictures of the incident alongside that of Monica Belluci in the film Malena, in which the actress

is surrounded by men offering to light her cigarette. Another commented on the EU diplomat’s popularity in the Iranian parliament. Reformist MP Ahmad Mazani, one of the men who appeared to ask for a photograph with Ms Mogherini, said on Twitter that they had not been allowed to greet her during the parliamentary session, and hence the reason for their eagerness to approach her afterwards. But Sadegh Kharrazi, a former Iranian diplomat, called for “a unit of ethics and ethics training for delegates” in response to the controversial photos. MP Alireza Salimi, called the behaviour “self-surrender to the West” and said that further complaints against the men could trigger a inquiry into their conduct, according to the BBC. Ms Mogherini released a statement on her trip to Iran but did not comment on the images. In April the EU extended Error! Hyperlink reference not valid. Conservatives among the Iranian parliament may have been alarmed at their colleagues’ willingness to approach a foreign woman, in a country where relations between the sexes remain a significant point of contention.

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Stung North Korea threatens retaliation against US over sanctions

Chinese tourists arrested for posing with Nazi salutes in Germany Germany (Time) - Two Chinese tourists have been arrested in Germany, after they were seen making Nazi salutes outside the country’s parliament. According to police officers in Berlin, the two men, aged 36 and 49, were seen striking “Heil Hitler” salutes in front of the Reichstag building, and taking photographs of each other on their phones. The duo were charged on Saturday but have been released on bail of $600 (€500) each. It is unclear if the tourists are still in Berlin or have

The United Nations Security Council voted on a new sanctions resolution on North Korea last week. (Mary Altaffer/Associated Press photo) Stung by onerous new sanctions from the United Nations Security Council, nuclear-armed North Korea on Monday threatened retaliation, saying the United States would pay dearly “thousands of times.” In its first major response to the sanctions drafted by the United States and adopted on Saturday, North Korea said it would never relinquish its missile and nuclear arsenals and called the penalties a panicky American-led response to its growing military might. The North Korean response, in statements from its official news agency, foreign minister and United Nations mission, suggested that the country’s leader, Kim Jong-un, was doubling down on his goal of developing a nuclear-armed missile that could hit the continental United States. The warnings began with a statement from North Korea’s official news agency, threatening to make the United States “pay the price for its crime thousands of times,” referring to the new sanctions. “There is no bigger mistake than the United States believing that its land is safe across the ocean,” the news agency said. North Korea’s foreign minister, Ri Yong-ho, echoed the hostility later in a statement at an annual meeting of foreign ministers of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations in Manila that also was attended by Secretary of State Rex W. Tillerson. Mr. Ri described North Korea’s missiles and nuclear weapons as defensive measures against what he called the threat of annihilation by the United States. “We will, under no circumstances, put the nukes

and ballistic rockets on the negotiating table,” Mr. Ri said in the statement seen by reporters at the conference. “Neither shall we flinch even an inch from the road to bolstering up the nuclear forces chosen by ourselves unless the hostile policy and nuclear threat of the U.S. against the DPRK are fundamentally eliminated,” Mr. Ri said, using the initials for the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, the official name of North Korea. In order to thwart a United States invasion, Mr. Ri said, “we need to possess intercontinental attack capabilities to strike the heart of the U.S.” He also said North Korea’s intercontinental ballistic missile tests last month showed that “the entire U.S. mainland is in our firing range.” The country’s United Nations mission also issued a lengthy statement denouncing the sanctions, which were meant to dissuade North Korea from pressing ahead with its missile and nuclear weapons programs. The statement called the sanctions, which include prohibitions on North Korean exports of coal, iron and seafood, “a flagrant infringement upon its sovereignty.” The response came two days after the Security Council approved the measures in a 15-0 vote that basically left Mr. Kim bereft of any powerful supporter on the issue, including China, which helped the United States draft the new penalties. If enforced, the measures could lop an estimated $1 billion annually off North Korea’s meager export revenue of $3 billion. The resolution was a direct response to North Korea’s successful tests last month of the two intercontinental ballistic missiles, which for the first

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time demonstrated an ability to reach the United States mainland. The sanctions are the toughest of the seven Security Council resolutions adopted since 2006 aimed at curbing North Korea’s nuclear militarization. North Korea’s United Nations mission said the sanctions revealed that the United States and its allies, instead of accepting North Korea and learning to coexist with it, had become “more frenzied and desperate” over the country’s growing military strength. “Watching them go frantic only redoubles the DPRK’s pride in the country’s great might and reaffirms its faith that the path it had chosen is the only way to survive and prosper,” the mission’s statement said. The statement also described the sanctions as “more heinous than ever, placing a total ban even on normal trade activities and economic exchange,” and blamed the United States directly, saying the measures showed “its evil intention to obliterate the ideology and system of the DPRK and exterminate its people.” Ridiculing the Security Council’s assertion that North Korea is a threat to international security, the statement called this a “gangster-like logic indicating that the rest of the world should either become U.S. colonies serving its interests or fall victim to its aggression.” Although Mr. Ri and Mr. Tillerson were at the same conference, they did not meet directly. But Mr. Tillerson told a news conference in Manila on Monday that the United States was leaving the door open for possible negotiations with North Korea.

already left Germany, according to a police spokeswoman speaking to The New York Times. Chinese users on social media reacted quickly to the news, with many saying they were “embarrassed” by the duo. “Do they not have the slightest knowledge of history? This brings so much shame to China,”said one user on Chinese social media platform Weibo. “Please don’t come back to China!” another added. “Don’t go overseas and disrespect others’ culture and

history. I’m glad they got caught,” one user commented. Germany has strict laws on hate speech linked to Adolf Hitler and the Nazis, who ruled between 1933 and 1945. Nazi images and symbols are banned in Germany, and can only be used for educational or historical purposes. In Germany, Chinese tourists make up the largest majority of Asian tourists, according to research done in 2014 by the Mercator Institute for China Studies, a German think-tank.

Samsung deputy chief fights back tears as prosecutors seek 12 for bribery SEOUL (Reuters) Samsung Electronics Vice Chairman Jay Y. Lee fought back tears and denied wrongdoing on Monday as prosecutors sought a 12-year jail term on charges that include bribing the former president to help cement control of the South Korean tech giant. Lee, the de facto leader of one of Asia’s largest conglomerates, has been in detention since February on trial for charges ranging from embezzlement to perjury, in a scandal that gripped the country for months and led to the ouster of former president Park Geun-hye. He will face the longest prison term on record for a South Korean conglomerate executive if the court finds him guilty when it makes a ruling Aug. 25, two days before Lee’s current period of detention ends. Other charges he faces include wrongfully transferring assets overseas and hiding the proceeds of a crime. “I have never asked anyone, including the president, for anything for the company or my personal gain,” said Lee in a final statement, his voice wavering. He stopped several times during his speech, holding back tears. “I deeply regret that I have given such disappointment and apologize,” he said. Samsung Electronics offered no comment regarding the prosecutors’ demand. The company’s shares ended down 0.3 p e r c e n t o n M o n d a y, erasing minimal gains seen early in the session. The prosecution has said Samsung’s intent in paying up for two funds backed by Park, and sponsoring the equestrian

Lee Jae-yong, vice chairman of Samsung Electronics Co., arrives for his trial at the Seoul Central District Court in Seoul, South Korea August 7, 2017. (REUTERS/Ahn Young-joon/Pool) career of the daughter of a confidante at the center of the scandal, was to get government support for efforts to cement Lee’s control of the smartphone s - t o biopharmaceuticals empire. “Even though Lee is the ultimate receiver of the gains (from this bribery case), he has been pushing the blame on others accused,” prosecutor Park Young-soo told the court. Park also sought jail terms for other Samsung executives related to the case, including 10 years for Choi Gee-sung, former head of S a m s u n g ’s corporate strategy office. The defense reiterated L e e ’s denial of wrongdoing, questioning whether the prosecution was relying on public sentiment to secure a prison term for Lee, 49, whose father, the group patriarch Lee Kun-hee, was hospitalized in 2014. He has not been seen in public since.

Jay Y. Lee’s lawyers argued that his so-called overarching intention of cementing ownership control was “a fictional c o n struct” made up by prosecutors, with moves such as the merger of two Samsung affiliates in 2015 aimed merely at ensuring survival and growth o f individual companies. I n L e e ’s a b s e n c e , Samsung Electronics reported record quarterly earnings in late July. Samsung Electronics investors have said their chief interest in the trial has been how long Lee will stay in detention, sidelined from fully participating in large-scale decisionmaking. “It (Samsung Electronics) is doing well now, but will his absence show up in its performance two, three, five years from now? That’s the question,” said Park Jung-hoon, fund manager at HDC Asset Management.

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Gatlin’s father flays London crowd for booing son (Reuters) - Justin Gatlin’s father has asked the fans to lay off his son after the 35year-old was booed inside the London Stadium while accepting his 100 meters World Championships gold medal. American Gatlin, who has served two suspensions for doping offences, ruined Usain Bolt’s farewell on Saturday by beating the Jamaican sprinter in his final individual race. “He is very strong and can deal with it. Only here. He only gets it here,” Willie Gatlin told the Times. “The people booing need

to read the reports. He has never committed a crime. They need to go and look at what was said.” Willie said Justin had been fully rehabilitated in the U.S. and that he could be a role model for children. “He gets invited into schools all the time and does lots of talks,” he said. Gatlin was banned for two years in 2001 after failing a dope test for amphetamines found in prescribed medication he had been taking since a child for Attention Deficit Disorder. This suspension was later reduced to one year on ap-

peal. The sprinter then tested positive for testosterone in 2006 and was suspended for eight years, avoiding a lifetime ban in exchange for his cooperation with the doping authorities. This ban, however, was also halved by an arbitration panel in 2007. IAAF president Sebastian Coe reiterated his support for life bans for convicted drug cheats, using Gatlin’s example to show how legal systems worldwide have made it increasingly difficult to impose severe punishments on athletes.

Tuesday August 08, 2017 ARIES (Mar. 21–Apr. 19) Opportunities will come through behind the scenes activities. Rewards for past good deeds will highlight your day. Get busy doing all those things at home that you have been putting off for so long.

LIBRA (Sept. 23–Oct. 22) Try not to lend or borrow money or belongings today. Your high energy will help you throu g h t h i s r a t h e r hectic day. Unforeseen changes in your location are apparent.

TAURUS (Apr. 21- may 21) Contracts will not be as lucrative as you think. Try not to overspend on luxury items. You will impress new friends and acquaintances with your intellectual wit.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23–Nov. 21) Try to put your money away for a rainy day. You need to make changes that will raise your self esteem, such as a new hairstyle or a new image. Don't let coworkers get wind of your ideas or they might try to take credit for your hard work.

GEMINI (May 21–June 20) Don't push your mate if you want to keep this union going. You can solidify your relationship if you plan a special evening with your mate. Your self esteem will come back if you take part in organizational functions that allow you to be in the lime light. CANCER (June 21–July 22) If you try to manipulate emotional situations you will find yourself alienated. Don't hold yourself back because you think you're too old. Don't get into heated discussions.

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SAGIT(Nov.22–Dec.21) This is not the best time to take a risk, to gamble or spend money you really can't afford to part with. Kick your shoes off and relax. You really can't do anything to change matters today. CAPRI(Dec.22–Jan.19) Attempt to face key issues with lovers or problems could escalate. Drastic financial losses may be likely if you lend money. Good friends will give you honest answers.

LEO (July 23–Aug. 22) Your ability to come up with good solutions for problems related to work will no doubt help you in getting a promotion. Try not to discuss important matters with colleagues. Do your own thing without drawing attention to it.

AQUARIUS(Jan.20–Feb.18) Education may be the answer. You will impress new friends and acquaintances with your intellectual wit. You have the ability to motivate others.

VIRGO (Aug. 23–Sept. 22) You won't get the reaction you want from your mate today. Your ability to help others will win you points. Your emotions are soaring and if you don't get your way, look out world.

PISCES (Feb. 19–Mar. 20) Take care of the needs or responsibilities of elders. Look into events that you might find interesting, and compromise by doing a few things that you both like to do. Put all your energy into moneymaking ventures.

Bruce Whatley is new Mr. Guyana, dethrones... (From page 30) sh o w d o w n . Ya n n i c k Grimes (Buddy’s Gym) gained sweet revenge over Fitness 53’s Emmerson Campbell who had got the better of him for the past two years. However, Grimes was not in a mood to be second best for a third year and it was evident that he had done a tremendous amount of work over the past weeks which al-

l o w e d him to topple his fierce rival. Campbell had to settle for the third place behind fellow gym mate Lancelot Gordon. The judges had to have a closer look (comparison) at the top three in the five-way battle. The lone female that graced the stage on Sunday night was the indefatigable and multi talented Alisha Fortune who took the Ms Body Fitness title.

The sponsors of the event were Ghandi’s General Store, Fitness Express, Atlantic Mining, Ministry of Cult u r e Yo u t h a n d S p o r t s , Wo r l d o f F l o w e r s a n d Chung’s Global Enterprise, Windjammer International Hotel and Cuisine, Safe Sol Restaurant, Star Party Rentals, Gizmos and Gadgets, Aruwai Resort, I Ride Guyana, Gem Magazine, Space Gym, and L. Seepersaud Jewelry.

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Pollard special not enough for Tridents CPL - A sensational lonehand from Kieron Pollard was not quite enough to take Barbados Tridents home in a thrilling match in Lauderhill. Chasing an improbable 155 to win on a slow pitch the Tridents slid to 54 for 5, requiring a further 101 off 48 balls when Pollard played one of the great Hero CPL innings. Pollard’s 62 off just 33 balls single-handedly took the Tridents to the brink of victory but a lack of support from his team-mates meant that when he was dismissed off the last ball of the 19th over, the Tridents hopes of victory went with him. After a cautious start Pollard’s power took the slow pitch out of the equation and he muscled six sixes and two fours in an astonishing assault. He was aided by some wayward bowling from the Tallawahs but the enormity of the task at hand demanded more than just poor bowling. Every time the match seemed to be slipping away from the Tridents Pollard responded with muscular

power, heaving boundaries over the leg side and clubbing them down the ground. When he took 18 off the 18th over, bowled by Shakib, reducing the equation to 25 off 12 balls the match finally seemed within the Tridents grasp. However, a superb over of death bowling from Mohammad Sami, who finished with 4 for 12, stopped Pollard at the last hurdle. After conceding just five from the first five balls, Sami dismissed the key man as he attempted an audacious ramp shot off the last ball of the over. Until Pollard’s assault the Tallawahs had been in control of the game for the majority of the match—a middle-order blip notwithstanding. After winning the toss the Tallawahs innings started brightly with Kumar Sangakkara hitting three sumptuous boundaries square on the off side before an attempted fourth was brilliantly plucked out of the air by Kane Williamson at backward point.

Despite the loss of Sangakkara the Tallawahs continued onwards unperturbed with Lendl Simmons using his feet to manufacture three boundaries. At the end of the Powerplay the Tallawahs had scored 45 for 1. Once the field dropped back the Tridents reined the Tallwahs in with four tight overs of spin, costing just 20. The pressure of that period told in the 11th over when Wahab Riaz struck three times in four balls, dismissing Simmons - caught at midwicket, Imad Wasim, trapped leg before wicket, and Rovman Powell, chopping onto his stumps. The over ended up as a triple-wicket maiden and threatened to derail the Tallawahs effort with nine overs to go. The gutting of the Tallawahs middle order brought together Andre M c C a r t h y, w h o w a s unbeaten on a run-a-ball 20 and Shakib Al Hasan. Their critical partnership of 81—dominated by McCarthy but culminating in a Shakib cameo—owed a

Man of the Match Andre Mccarthy. (CPL) fair bit to the poor fielding of the Tridents who dropped McCarthy twice. The Tallawahs’ total of 154-5 was the highest of the season to date, and on a sluggish pitch the Tridents were faced with a tough task. That task became significantly more difficult after a tight opening two overs ended with Imad bowling Williamson with a

ball that turned past the outside edge to take the top of off stump. The Tallawahs maintained the pressure through the Powerplay and when Shoaib was run out in the fifth over, leaving the Tridents 23 for 2, the odds were firmly stacked against them. Another run out—a direct hit from Sami—saw the back of Hosein and when in his following over Sami

removed the struggling Dwayne Smith for 21 off 31 and Nicolas Pooran for a first ball duck the match rested solely on the broad shoulders of Pollard. In the end, even his best was not enough. Scores: Jamaica Tallawahs 154-5 (McCarthy 60, Shakib 44, Wahab 3 for 32) beat Barbados Tridents 142-10 (Pollard 62, Sami 4 for 12) by 12 runs.

England win, secure 3-1 series victory over South Africa MANCHESTER, England (Reuters) - Spinner Moeen Ali crowned his excellent series by taking five wickets as England beat South Africa by 177 runs in the fourth test yesterday to secure a 3-1 series victory. South Africa, needing 380 to win, were bowled out for 202 on the fourth day with Man of the Series Moeen taking 5 wickets for 69 runs and James Anderson claiming 3 for 16. The only real resistance came from Hashim Amla (83) and skipper Faf du Plessis (61), who put on a 123-run fourth-wicket partnership. But three quick wickets from Moeen put an end to any thoughts of a miracle and ensured England their first home series win over South Africa since 1998. Moeen, who scored an unbeaten 75 in England’s second innings, became the first player to score 250 runs and take 25 wickets in a fourmatch test series. “What a series he has had,” said England all-rounder Ben Stokes. “He has come on leaps and bounds as a cricketer and this series has really defined him as a player for us.”

Moeen Ali had Quinton de Kock caught at slip, England v South Africa, 4th Investec Test, Old Trafford, 4th day, ©Getty Images It was always going to be a testing time for the tourists’ top order. Stuart Broad struck in the fourth over with a beautiful delivery that straightened off the seam and clipped Dean Elgar’s edge, to the delight of Jonny Bairstow, who grabbed the catch. Heino Kuhn then edged Anderson to Cook at slip and

on the final ball before lunch Temba Bavuma was given out caught behind, after review, from the bowling of Toby Roland-Jones. There was no meek surrender though, Amla and du Plessis batting with skill and focus in a partnership that threatened to at least make contest of the test.

Hashim Amla shapes to reverse-sweep, England v South Africa, 4th Investec Test, Old Trafford, 4th day, ©Getty Images But spinner Moeen made the breakthrough, half an hour before tea, with a sharply turning delivery catching Amla leg before on the back foot, and he was dismissed following a successful review. Ali then dealt with Quinton de Kock, driving out of the rough and edging to Alastair Cook in the slips,

and picked up the wicket of Theunis de Bruyn, caught by Stokes. The spinner then picked up two more wickets as England made short order of the tail after tea. “The way we have played as a unit, especially in these last two games has been brilliant,” said England

skipper Joe Root, who had enjoyed success in his first series in charge. Scores: England 362 (Bairstow 99, Stokes 58, Root 52, Rabada 4-91) and 243 (Moeen 75*, Morkel 4-41, Olivier 3-38) beat South Africa 226 (Anderson 4-38) and 202 (Amla 83, du Plessis 61, Moeen 5-69) by 177 runs.

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Joseph helps Windies hit back after Dickson hundred C A N T E R B U R Y, England, CMC – Alzarri Joseph’s four-wicket haul helped West Indies rein in Kent after the hosts threatened an imposing firstinnings total on the second day of their three-day game here yesterday. The 20-year-old speedster claimed four for 72 as Kent, replying to West Indies’ 265 on Sunday’s opening day, declared in the day’s final over on 331 for nine. Opener Sean Dickson top-scored with 142 – his fourth first class hundred – while Zak Crawley struck 62, Will Gidman, 42 and Calum Haggett, an unbeaten 29. Occasional off-spinner Kraigg Brathwaite supported with two for 22 as the remainder of the Windies attack toiled without much success. Resuming the day on one for one, Dickson and Crawley posted a club record 182 for the second wicket as Kent cruised to 183 without further loss. Dickson faced 210 deliveries and struck 19 fours and three sixes while Crawley hit seven fours and a six in a 131-ball knock.

Fast bowler Alzarri Joseph … claimed a four-wicket haul.

D u e t o t h e p a i r ’s enterprise, Kent moved to 106 for one at lunch and 236 for three at the second interval, with Dickson on 128. Unbeaten on 41 at lunch, Crawley was one of two wickets to fall in the second session, caught at first slip by Kieran Powell off Joseph. Captain Sam Billings made a breezy 25 off 29 balls with three fours and a six and added 40 with Dickson before he was run out by good work by Shai Hope at

mid-wicket. Dickson eventually fell about half-hour after tea, holing out on the long-off boundary off leg-spinner Devendra Bishoo at 259 for four. Gidman added 32 for the fifth wicket with Adam Ball (3) to push Kent up to 291 for four but Brathwaite made key strikes, knocking over Ball and Adam Rouse without scoring, as the hosts lost three wickets for four runs in quick time. Haggett, though, hung

around for 44 balls to frustrate the tourists until Joseph struck in successive overs to finally put the innings on the ropes. Scores: WEST INDIES 265 (Shai Hope 57, Jermaine Blackwood 50, Kyle Hope 36, Alzarri Joseph 31; Charlie Hartley 4-80, Adam Ball 2-27, Adam Riley 2-37). KENT 331 for nine decl. (Sean Dickson 142, Zak Crawley 62, Will Gidman 42, Calum Haggett 29 not out; Alzarri Joseph 4-72, Kraigg Brathwaite 2-22).

Faith Kipyegon wins 1500m gold, Laura Muir fourth

Kenya’s Faith Chepngetich Kipyegon celebrates after winning the 1500m gold medal. (AP) BBC Sport - Kenya’s Faith Kipyegon won the women’s 1500m at the World Championships as Britain’s Laura Muir was edged into fourth place at London Stadium. The Scot, 24, was overtaken by South Africa’s Caster Semenya on the line

for bronze, with Jennifer Simpson of the US taking silver. Jamaican Olympic champion Omar McLeod earlier won men’s 110m hurdles gold. Poland’s Anita Wlodarczyk won her third world gold in the women’s

hammer, with Britain’s Sophie Hitchon in seventh. Muir was among Britain’s best medal hopes in London but in a high-qulaity field, the Scot missed out on bronze by just 7/100ths of a second. “I gave it everything I could,” she told BBC Sport.

“I tied up in the last 15 yards. I gave it everything, considering the disruption I’ve had this year. I knew it was close. It happened so late in the race. I couldn’t react, but I wouldn’t have been able to because I was so tired.”

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Regional Under-19 Championship – 2nd day roundup BASSETERRE, St Kitts, CMC – Summarised scores from the second day of the fourth round of matches in the Regional Under-19 Championship here yesterday: Scores: At St Paul’s: Guyana lead by 52 runs with six wickets intact. WINDWARD ISLANDS 154 (Kimani Melius 77; Ashmead Nedd 5-37) GUYANA 206 for four (Kevelon Anderson 60, Javid Karim 57, Kevin Sinclair 29) At Molineaux: Barbados require 183 runs to win. TRINIDAD & TOBAGO 143 (Sachin Seecharan 53, Navin Bidaisee 51; Dante Niles 4-27, Jarion Hoyte 3-25) and 116 (Sachin Seecharan 40; Camarie Boyce 3-33, Kemar Burrowes 2-10) BARBADOS 77 (Avinash Mahabirsingh 5-28) At Conaree: Leewards trail by 12 runs with eight second innings wickets intact. LEEWARD ISLANDS 163 (Jamie Cornelius 40, Dimitri Adams 36, Kadeem Henry 31; Brad Barnes 5-37, Kristoph Virgo 3-56) and 44 for two. JAMAICA 219 (Andre McCarty 42, Raewin Senior 38, Dominic Samuels 30, Darren Small 28; Kiam Pemberton 428)

Nadal has eyes on world number one ranking in Montreal

Rafael Nadal (ATP/WENN.com) (Reuters) - Rafael Nadal will return to the top of the ATP world rankings for the first time in three years if he reaches the semi-finals at this week’s Rogers Cup in Montreal. The 31-year-old Spaniard, top seed in Canada in the absence of current world number one Andy Murray, ended last year ranked nine after taking time off to recover from a wrist injury. While the return of the Mallorcan to the summit would be an incredible turnaround, the French Open champion is refusing to get carried away as he seeks a fourth Rogers Cup title. “I don’t even think about that now. I’m trying to have the right preparation now and that’s it,” Nadal told the ATP’s website. “I’m going to keep trying to play the way I did in the first part of the season, so if I’m able to make that happen, I hope to have a chance to do well,” said Nadal, who is preparing for his first action since losing an epic contest to Gilles Muller in the fourth round of Wimbledon. Fifteen-times grand slam champion Nadal has spent a career total of 141 weeks as world number one — seventh on the list. Murray, who is missing from Montreal as he treats a hip problem, has been ranked number one since last November having claimed five successive titles. Nadal opens in Montreal against either Croatia’s Borna Coric or Russian Mikhail Youzhny. Second seed Roger Federer also returns to action in Montreal having won his eighth Wimbledon title last month. The 35-year-old Swiss is also challenging to return to the world number one spot he has occupied for a record total of 302 weeks during his career.

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Dey rides away with Assistant Commissioner Ian Amsterdam, Emancipation cycle race Curtis Dey took 1hr and 30 minutes to ride away the Flying Ace Cycle Club (FACC) organised road race which was held in honour of Emancipation and retiring Assistant Commissioner of Police and former Commander of B Division, Ian Amsterdam. The event, which was held on Sunday last, was for cyclist of the FACC only and began at 10:10hrs with 12 cyclists taking to the starting line. The event began at the junction of Main and Alexander Street in New Amsterdam and proceeded to the University of Guyana Ta i n C a m p u s b e f o r e returning to the starting line f o r t h e f i n i s h . Dey was dominant and rode home unchallenged to win from the rest of the field. Occupying the other top were positions Balram Narine, Jason Cameron Ralph Seenarine and David Hicks fifth.

Seenaine was the first juvenile to cross the finishing line with Hicks and Sewnarine Bhowandin occupying the other two spots. Shenika Teixeira, who is scheduled to represent Guyana at the upcoming Inter Guiana Games, was the lone female in the contest and she received a special prize and words of commendation from hose present. Dey for his dominance copped three of the prime point prizes on offer with the other going to Narine. Mr. Amsterdam along with his wife Tamera Amsterdam and present B Division Commander Assistant Commissioner Paul Williams were on hand to start the race and assisted in the distribution of the prizes. B o t h Wi l l i a m s a n d Amsterdam spoke at the presentation ceremony which followed immediately after. Williams gave glowing tribute to his predecessor and

Assistant Commissioner and former Commander of B Division Ian Amsterdam presents the winning cheque to Curtis Dey as his Wife Tamera (centre), Assistant Commissioner Paul Williams and other recipients and organisers share the moment. pledged to continue in his footsteps. Mentioning that though the boots may be large, he promised to fill them and even go a bit further. He promised to

continue working with Roberts and the FACC. Amsterdam was graceful and very thankful for all the support he received during his long career in the Guyana

Queen’s Baton Relay commences President Granger Guyana journey today to set the pace The Queen’s Baton relay is set to commence it journey in Guyana today with His Excellency, President David Granger set to start the Relay at 08:00hrs; President Granger will then hand over to the Honourable Prime Minister Moses Nagamootoo. According to a release from the Guyana Olympic Association, other dignitaries who will be part of the Queen’s Baton Rely include Minister Nicolette Henry, Minister Sydney Allicock, Speaker of the National Assembly, Mayor of Georgetown, Commissioner of Police, Chief of Staff and Members of the Diplomatic Corps. The Baton will also be carried by members of Sports Associations and other organisations. The Relay starts at State House, goes south to the Cenotaph, north to Umana Yana, east past Police Headquarters to Camp Street, south on Camp Street to Quamina Street, east on Quamina Street to Thomas Street, south on Thomas Street to Church Street, east on Church Street to Vlissengen Road, into the Botanic Gardens, west on Regent Street to Avenue of the Republic, south on Avenue of the Republic to Croal Street,

The Queen placed her message inside the baton, watched by Commonwealth Games Federation president Prince Imran Tunku (left) and Glasgow 2014 chair Lord Smith of Kelvin, last October. west to Stabroek Market Square, around the Square then east to Parliament Buildings, east along Brickdam, finishing at the Square of the Revolution. After lunch, it then goes over to the Leonora Stadium where it will be greeted by members of the community, tassa drummers and a masquerade band. Tomorrow, the Baton travels to Kaieteur Falls before making its way to Surama and Annai where it will be greeted with sport and cultural presentations. Along the way it will be touched and photographed by Guyanese of all walks of

life and it will experience various facets of our rich history and culture. Guyanese are invited to come out and # M e e t T h e B a t o n #ShareTheDream. The Queen’s Baton Relay is a Games tradition that celebrates the Commonwealth’s diversity, inspires community pride and excites people about the world-class festival of sports and culture to come. The Queen’s Baton carries a message from Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II that calls t h e C o m m o n w e a l t h ’s athletes to come together in peaceful and friendly competition. The CG2018

Relay will be the longest and the most accessible ever, not just passing through, but spending quality time in each community it visits. Starting on 13th March 2017 at Buckingham Palace, the Baton will travel on an epic 388-day journey through all nations and territories of the Commonwealth. The Queen’s Baton will arrive on the Gold Coast for the XXI Commonwealth Games Opening Ceremony on 4th April 2018, where Her Majesty, or a representative, will remove the message from the Baton and read it aloud to officially open the Games.

Police Force, especially during his tenure as Commander of B Division. He had special words of commendation for Roberts and the FACC and pledged to

continue his support. R o b e r t s w a s overwhelmed in giving gratitude to Amsterdam as he reminisced on his success as a Commander and the support he garnered and close relationship between the FACC and the Police. A few parents and wellwishers also spoke glowingly of departing Commander Amsterdam and Roberts. They wished Amsterdam well in his retirement and welcomed present Commander Williams to Berbice and wished him all the best in his new position. Among the sponsors w e r e A s s i s t a n t Commissioner Paul Williams, Assist Superintendent Timothy Williams, Inspector Clay Rose, Businesswoman Pearl Arokium, A. Ally and Sons, E v i l E y e s , Vi c k r a m s Jewelry, Fix It and Cheneck and Sons Supermarket among others.

Jamaica’s Omar McLeod wins 110m hurdles gold at the World Athletics Championships Omar McLeod brought the smile back to Jamaican sprinting as he powered to the 110m hurdles title at the World Athletics Championships yesterday. Following the shock defeats of Usain Bolt and Elaine Thompson in the 100m events, McLeod, another overwhelming race favourite from the Caribbean island, made no mistake as he added the world crown to the Olympic title he won last year. The 23-year-old dominated the race, winning in 13.04 seconds, a metre clear of the defending

champion, Russian Sergey S h u b e n k o v, w h o w a s competing as an ‘authorised neutral athlete’ with his country still banned from international athletics. Shubenkov, who clocked 13.14, was the first Russian to win a medal in London while the bronze went to Hungary’s Balazs Baji, who was timed at 13.28. World record holder Aries Merritt, of the U.S., who won the Olympic title in the same stadium five years ago, started strongly but faded into fifth place in 13.31 seconds.

Omar McLeod is Olympic and World champion after winning the men 110m hurdles final. (AFP/Getty Images)

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Barbados arrive for Group D CONCACAF female Under-17 qualifiers - play young Lady Jags tomorrow @ Lenora from 5pm Guyana will be hosting Group D of the CONCACAF Under-17 female World Cup qualifiers from August 9th to 13th. The group consists of three teams with Barbados and Cuba the other nations looking to come out on top and take one step closer to qualifying for the 2018 biennial games. The 2018 Under-17 female World Cup

will be contested in Uruguay from November 20th to December 18th 2018. Yesterday the Barbados team touched down at the E u g e n e F. C o r r e i r a International Airport, while the Cubans whose first match is on the 11th haven’t arrived as yet. Barbados will train at the Lenora Track and Field facility today from 5:00pm,

while Guyana will train at 6:00pm. The Bajan girls will feature in the first match against Guyana’s young Lady Jags tomorrow at the Lenora Track and field Facility, football pitch from 5:00pm. All three games in group D will be played at Lenora from 5:00pm and admission is free.

Corona Invitational football tournament

Riddim Squad survive Eastveldt scare, Tigers claw Camptown, GFC evade Police Game one: Riddim Squad 2-1 Eastveldt Sunday night proved to be one of the more exciting nights in the Petra/Corona invitational football tournament that is being competed solely at the Georgetown Football Club ground. The first match of the triple header saw Riddim Squad battling a youthful Eastveldt team. Riddim Squad won that game 2-1. From the first whistle Riddim squad showed that they were the better side by producing wave after attacking wave. But, their finishing left much to be desired as the wingers who got in behind the defence no less than 10 times in the first half, failed to convert any of the chances into goals; as a result, Eastveldt capitalized on the high pressed Riddim squad employed through a counterattack and scored in the 26th minute through Marlon Charles. Fifteen minutes into the second half, Eastveldt continued to lead and

Dwayne Robeiro right and Benjamin Opera left although they defended resolutely with everyone behind, Riddim squad produced too many attacks to not have penetrated. Riddim squad finally found success when Dorville Stewart finished after his teammates has missed many chances, and levelled the game in the 61st minute. Stewart kept his calm and scored again three (3) minutes later in the 64th to give Riddim squad the lead

which they held onto for the win. Game two: Western Tigers 3-0 Camptown The second match on Sunday was business as usual for Western Tigers Football Club, which have been one of the more outstanding clubs in the Georgetown Football Association, winning a few tournaments. They seem set to add the Petra/Corona Beer Invitational tournament

One of the squandered chances by Riddim Squad (Black) attempts a shot on goal.

Western Tigers captain Phillip Rowley.

trophy and prize money to their list of silverware and purse respectively. It wasn’t a dominant performance by the Tigers as their coach Calvin Allen would like, but they came away with three (3) points none-the-less. Former Alpha United man, Andrew Murray scored a brace in the match including the Tigers’ first goal which was netted in the 23rd minute; his second strike came in the second half the

63rd minute. Captain Phillip Rowley concluded the scoring in the 65th minute as Tigers were contented with the three-goal margin and employed a defensive tactic afterwards. Game three: GFC 3-0 Police Playing at their home ground with much support from the fans, Georgetown Football Club had zero hiccups against an almost clueless performance from

the Policemen. GFC which boasts a very good technical staff set-up, controlled the game throughout. Police were outplayed in every department as GFC got on the score sheet as early as the 13th minute when Benjamin Opera made little mistake in his strike. GFC breezed through the game with little headache and Dwayne Robeiro doubled the men decked in blue and white lead 10 minutes later in the 23rd minute. Police had a few attacking plays of their own but none materialized into goals as the GFC final third stood firm. Robeiro completed his brace in the 74th minute as GFC reached 3-0 to virtually end the game. The Corona Beer invitational tournament will have a one week hiatus and continue on Friday 18th August 2017 due to C O N C A C A F u n d e r- 1 7 Women’s World Cup qualifiers in which Guyana will host group D from tomorrowAugust 9th to 13th.

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Guyana Captures First Regional Female title The Guyana Female Under-19 team lifted the C r i c k e t We s t I n d i e s Regional Female Under-19 tournament title by defeating Trinidad and Tobago in the finals. The tournament which commenced on August 3rd, witnessed Guyana concluding the preliminary rounds with an astounding tally of 10 points, no losses, to place them on top of the points table along with Trinidad and Tobago. The final, which was played on Sunday last at the National Cricket Centre, saw Guyana facing Trinidad and To b a g o f o r t h e Championship honour. Guyana won the toss and in deciding to field, restricted Trinidad and Tobago to 94 for 9 off the allotted 20 overs. R. Boyce top scored for Trinidad and Tobago with 33 off 40 balls and R. Dookie 22 from 20 balls. Bowling for Guyana, Plaffiana Millington picked up 4 wickets for 17 runs and Mandy Mangru 2 wickets for 8 runs to be the leading performers.

The successful Guyana Under-19 female team after winning the regional tournament. Guyana in reply scored 86 for 3 in 17.2 overs, winning the tournament by 7 wickets on DLS (Duck Worth Lewis System). Mandy Mangru claimed the

Player of the Match award with a top score of 34 runs off 36 balls. Sheneta Grimmond contributed with 11 runs off 21 balls and Captain,

Shabika Gajnabi 20 off 36 balls. Bowling for Trinidad A. Ramoutar picked up 3 wickets for 17. The win against Trinidad and Tobago gave the Guyana

Female Under-19 their first Regional Championship title. The champions returned to home yesterday. The Guyana Cricket

Board is extending congratulations to the young girls and express confidence that local women cricket is on the move to match their male counterparts.

Bruce Whatley is new Mr. Guyana, dethrones 4-time winner Kerwyn Clarke

Respective category winners from left, Dwayne Chung (Bantamweight), Marlon Bennett (Masters & Lightweight), Caerus Cipriani (Welterweight), Kerwyn Clarke (Middleweight) and Bruce Whatley (Heavyweight & Overall). (Franklin Wilson photo) By Franklin Wilson Guyana has a new king of the bodybuilding stage, he is USA based Bruce Whatley who dethroned Kerwyn Clarke who was seeking his f i f t h c o n s e c u t i v e M r. Guyana crown but was stopped by the chiseled and well defined Whatley. Competing under the Buddy’s Gym banner, this was Whatley’s first ever Mr. Guyana title and he accomplished the feat in

style by whipping his former student, Clarke. It was obvious to the sold out audience at the Marriott Hotel on Sunday night that the battle for the most prestigious title in the bodybuilding arena would have been between Whatley and Clarke after the duo won the respective heavyweight and middleweight categories earlier in the night. Clarke had to stave off the stiffest challenge of the night to gain the judges nod

which allowed him victory in the middleweight division. The Space Gym athlete did enough to flex past the crowd pleasing challenges that were presented by fellow middleweights and rivals, Godfrey Stoby, Sylvester Andrews and 2017 Novice Overall winner, Nolan Smith. While the fans vented their displeasure when the winner of the middleweight class was announced, the

judge’s had already spoken; as they had their work cut out in what was a very close contest that had the fans calling on their favourite during the compulsory poses. Whatley had a much easier task in getting past Fitness 53’s Rhon Lonke and Space Gym’s Tremol King in the clash of the heavyweights. The other finalists in the Mr. Guyana contest were Marlon Bennett (Fitness 53)

who had won the Masters Open as well as the lightweight categories; he upstaged a former Mr. Guyana, Lindie Sharpe and two others in being the top Masters competitor. His win in the lightweight class over Space Gym’s Ebo Orford and Donald Lindie of Total Fitness was not a crowd pleasing decision as many felt Orford had done enough to take the win. Ruling the roost in the

Yannick Grimes. (Franklin Wilson photo) bantamweight division was another Buddy’s Gym athlete, Dwayne Chung in a five-way battle, while Caerus Cipriani (Life Gym), who was not daunted by the fact that he only earned a 4th place finish in the hot Men’s Physique contest, returned moments later to beat Odel Crum-E-Wing to take the welterweight title. There was a new king crowned in the Mr. Guyana Open Men’s Physique (Continued on page 25)

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Air Services on board as major sponsor for Guyana Cup horserace Meet Air Services Limited has come on board as one of the major sponsors for the Guyana Cup Horserace Meeting on Sunday at the Rising Sun Turf Club on the West Coast of Berbice starting at 11:30am. The 11th edition of the Jumbo Jet Business Enterprise and Stables organised Mega event promises to be an explosive horseracing event as many of the top contenders are being entered for the meet. The sponsors have also been lining up to offer support for a successful event. Air Services, one of t h e l e a d i n g Av i a t i o n companies in the country who provides the best air transportation services locally, expressed their commitment to the event by presenting their sponsorship package to the organisers. Executive Assistant of the company, Miss Olivia Rodrigues, made the presentation to Roy Jafferally of the organisers at the company’s base at

Eugene Corriea International Airport at Ogle. The Jumbo Jet Business Enterprise and Stables thanked Air Services for their support. Several other sponsors are on board, among them are Big G Lumber yard, Caricom Auto Sales, Impressive Signs and Graphics, Soreidom Guyana Inc, Rambrich Service Station, Poonai’s Pharmacy of Rose Hall Town, Rohan Auto Spares, BM Soat Auto Spares, Muneahwar Hardware Store, Hand-inHand Insurance Company, Super Bet, ISG Industrial Supplies of Guyana Inc, D. Telokie & Sons Trucking Service, BM Soat Auto Sales and Anand and Sons Electrical. The B Class event as the main attraction on the cards for Sunday, this race is open to all imported and Guyana Bred B class horses and covers a distance of 2000m for a whopping $2M for the winner with second collecting $1M, third

$500,000, fourth $250,000 and fifth $125,000. There is the E & lower 1500m race for all imported and Guyana Bred 3 years and up and those rated E class and lower for a sumptuous $1.2M winner’s purse. The G & Lower Guyana and West Indies Bred racehorses cover 1500m with the winner carting off $700,000, the H3 & lower race for Guyana and West Indies bred horses has a $400,000 pay day over a distance of 1100m, the 2 years old Guyana Bred horses will run over a similar 11 0 0 m d i s t a n c e w i t h $350,000 the purse on offer for the winner, while 3 year old Guyana bred and I1 & Lower class racehorses will look to cash in on the $300,000 first prize over 1100m. The J2 & K & Lower class will be battling for a $250,000 purse, while the L& Lower non-winners will collide for a $200,000 winners take, both events also over 1100m.

National U15 team depart for CONCACAF boys championship Odel Lilly makes a point during the interactive session with the national youth team.

The National Male U15 football team left Guyana yesterday for Trinidad en route to Florida, USA as preparations heat up for the CONCACAF U15 Boys championship from the 13th – 19th August, 2017. During the five-day stay in Trinidad and Tobago, the team will be engaged in three practice matches against youth teams on the island as well as have Golden Jaguars’ Assistant Coach Charles Pollard, who is based in Trinidad, work with them on defensive organisation. Technical Director of the Guyana Football Federation

(GFF), Ian Greenwood, said the team had a very successful camp: “The squad’s pre-tournament camp in Guyana is coming to an end after an extremely successful and productive period. The players throughout the various encampments have shown professional attitude both on and off the field at all times.” As part of the activities during the encampment period, the team benefited from sessions facilitated by the Ministry of Social Cohesion on sexual offences and gender-based violence. The sessions were conducted

by Mr. Adel Lilly, Senior Gender Specialist, attached to the Sexual Offences and Domestic Violence Policy Unit. The sessions addressed how to identify and prevent various forms of violence. The 18-man male squad consists of two Goalkeepers, six Defenders, five Midfielders and five Forwards from seven GFF-Scotiabank Academy Training Centres (ATC) and one player from Region One. The team is headed by Bryan Joseph and assisted by Devnon Winter. Goalkeeping Coach is Eon De Viera.

Executive Assistant of Air Services, Miss Olivia Rodrigues (right), presents their sponsorship to Roy Jafferally of the organisers recently.

t r o Sp Bruce Whatley is new Mr. Guyana, dethrones 4-time winner Kerwyn Clarke Alisha Fortune is lone female competitor

Still the Best! Alisha Fortune – Ms Body Fitness. (Franklin Wilson photo) The new Mr. Guyana 2017, Bruce Whatley. (Franklin Wilson photo)

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