Thursday August 17, 2017
The reason why the Basil P Show has lost its slot DEAR EDITOR, The call by a letter writer for the restoration of the original broadcast duration of the ‘Basil P Show ‘ (i.e. 18:00 00:00 H) is testimony of the popularity of this programme from its inception more than a decade ago. The writer in making a pleading case is purporting that the broadcast entity is responsible for the curtailment in time allotted. Is this really so? After being off the airwaves for a lengthy period of time, the programme eventually returned, to its original broadcast station and time slot, much to the delight of listeners and fans. From the time of its return the programne time was always 18:00 - 22:00 H. It would be true to say the programme lost its right to the slot (time duration) when it was terminated and off the airwaves for a lengthy period of time. To have the programme
returned to the same broadcast station and time slot as previously obtained, is a further indication of the broadcast entity’s good faith. The programme is not the station entity’s product. After all its title is derived from its producer/presenter so the station has no rights and ownership to it. It might be further true to say the producer/presenter (who might be a freelancer) of the programme has contractual arrangements with the broadcast entity for a specified broadcast per i o d ( f o u r hours - 18:00-22:00H) each Sunday. The call though worthy is constrained by other considerations which might not be conducive to a restoration at this time. But I am just on the periphery, it would be more appropriate for the broadcast entity to offer a more lucid response. Shamshun Mohamed
The criticism of this commercial bank made me wonder DEAR EDITOR, I read the recent letter written from a very dissatisfied customer and wondered. Service in banks was pretty grim in the 1990s, when queues were endless, many anxious customers waiting, wondering whether their job would be at risk by using up most of their lunch break, etc. On one occasion I joined a long queue at a Water Street bank, heard the moans of customers, while staff sat around apparently waiting for something to do. I looked across the area and saw a cashier immediately call forward a chap who had just entered the door clutching some American dollars. That was just “too much”
for me. From my position at the very back of the queue, I immediately detached myself, approached the chap and asked him whether he minded allowing me to withdraw some money to buy some food to cook. He willingly obliged. I decided on this action because of what I had observed on a previous occasion. Some ‘big boys’ had emerged from their rooms at the top of the stairs, looked down at the queues, smirked then, disappeared back into their rooms. They had observed the ‘idle’ staff sitting around! My action was my “enough is enough.” People have got to defend themselves. Demonstrate with banners, if necessary. Geralda Dennison
Consultations were held on the amendments to the law DEAR EDITOR, Please allow me to make a few observations derived after examining the scintillatingly incredulous doctrinal postulation entitled “The amendments to the Broadcast Law violate the constitution” Aug. 16. 2017, by Anil Nandlall. I will not trade legal arguments or constitutional misinterpretations because I believe these matters are best decided by the courts, a turf not unfamiliar to Mr. Nandlall; many hold the view that in such setting he is neither shy or incompetent. However, he did write that “More analysis will follow in another letter” since he is
already committed this process, while he is at it I wish if he could analyze and bring further clarity to the following issues for members of the public: 1. In reference to the value of a license, the Nandlall Doctrine states, “Its value would depend, inter alia, upon the reach of the broadcast, its goodwill, the size of its viewership/ listenership, etc.” My question is, when did the learned gentleman discovered this fact? Isn’t this a valid argument for the new Zoning requirements in the Bill which recalibrates fees based on geographic reach and size of available pool of viewers/
and authorities. With the disaster that hit the Georgetown prison they all want to know how many Amerindian prisoners have died and received injuries. It appears that there is something to hide. The relatives of Amerindian prisoners also complain bitterly that Hinterland Amerindians do not have access to justice and more so to an attorney-atlaw because of their poverty status and as a result they are unjustly sent to Guyana’s prisons by the courts both in the Hinterland, on the Coast and in Georgetown. Many Amerindians are in prison for over six years not
listeners etc.? An interesting omission from the Doctrine is an explanation of why did his government find it necessary to charge a uniformed minimum fee if it is known that the value depends on these factors. Was it public mischief? 2. The Nandlall Doctrine holds forth that “when the Amendments come into force, by virtue of Clause 9, all existing licenses, though not yet expired, will be terminated, by operation of law.” Excluding the ones on Mars, Mr. Nandlall may want to provide for public scrutiny a list of all unexpired licenses within the Cooperative Republic of Guyana at the time the Amendments were passed in
Parliament, that will be terminated solely on account of this law. 3. The Doctrine further asserts that “The fact that there is no guarantee that the licenses would be re-issued at all; or will be re-issued with the same spectrum reach and that even if it is reissued, new conditionalities would be attached, including new prescribed fees, only aggravate the violations of Article 146.” Is Mr. Nandlall saying that once enacted any law conferring licence to operate cannot be varied, new conditions cannot be appended and fees revised? I’m not trained in law but Continued on page 6
GuySuCo has a compulsion to deceive this nation DEAR EDITOR, I refer to the letter by Ms. Audreyanna Thomas in the print media of Aug. 12th 2017) titled “Molasses would be the preferred raw material for ethanol production in Guyana” in response to the ongoing conversation on ethanol in Guyana. Editor, in this letter GuySuCo concludes on molasses as the preferred feedstock for ethanol and, if used, ethanol production will be limited to11.7 million litres. In essence, the Corporation is saying that cane-toethanol is not a preferred feedstock and even if molasses is used, ethanol output will be low. Essentially, the Corporation is saying “NO” to ethanol in a very descriptive way. The Corporation also uses numbers conveniently in some sections of its argument to articulate its position then conceals them in other sections. For e.g., reference is made that 1 tonne cane =70 litres ethanol at best and 1 tonne molasses = 260 litres of ethanol. This shows that molas-
ses produces more ethanol than cane but hides the fact that, 1 tonne molasses is made after processing 25-33 tonnes of cane at GuySuCo mills (using molasses % on cane of 34). Therefore, if we take the same amount of cane that makes 1 tonne molasses and make ethanol instead, we will get 1,750-2,310 litres ethanol (25X70 = 1,750 or 33X70 = 2,310) as opposed to 260 litres. The Corporation further advances its arguments using studies conducted some 8-13 years ago. A pertinent question is: how relevant are those studies to present day and future conditions? GuySuCo in its current shape and form cannot operate a viable ethanol facility using molasses as feedstock. Therefore, the Corporation has two probable options: (1) Increase molasses production which translates to increase in cane production or (2) convert cane directly to ethanol. Option 1 is not possible as the Corporation’s policy is to downsize operations which is being implemented at this in-
Amerindian prisoners are suffering under our justice system DEAR EDITOR, The Georgetown prison was burnt down on Sunday 9th July, 2017. In relation to this disaster the relatives of many Amerindian prisoners are eager to officially know about their current welfare and health status. This badly needed information they are not receiving from the director of prisons Mr. Gladwin Samuels, the Ministry of Public Security (MOPS) and the Ministry of Indigenous Peoples Affairs (MOIPA). They complained that Amerindian prisoners are badly treated in the prison and their health status is ignored by the prison wardens
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knowing when they will appear before a magistrate or judge for court trial or be released from prison. This smacks of a blatant violation of Indigenous Peoples’ rights in Guyana where the administration of justice is concerned. In this regard Amerindians are calling for the quick establishment of an Amerindian legal Aid Centre (ALAC) because Guyana’s legal aid clinic does not visit the Hinterland regions and as a result provides absolutely no legal assistance to Guyana’s Indigenous Peoples. With this in mind I do wonder if legal luminaries such as Melinda Janki, Nigel
Hughes, Anil. Nandlall and others can consider the formulation of an Amerindian Legal Aid Centre (ALAC). In relation to Amerindians who are in the Georgetown prison which was recently destroyed by fire, can the d i r e c t o r o f p r i o n s M r. Gladwin Samuels and the Minister of Public Security Hon. Khemraj Ramjattan accurately say, how many Amerindian prisoners are in the Camp street prison and other prisons?, how many have died?, what is their current Health Status? And when will they be placed before the courts for trail represented by a state lawyer from the Attorney-General Chambers? Peter Persaud.
stant. This policy position is articulated in the State Paper on sugar. Option 2 will not be pursued either as there is zero commitment to conduct a study to confirm or dispute the viability of cane-to-ethanol. It is an established fact that the bioethanol demonstration plant at Albion is not a commercial producer. Its objective, capacity and very name, explains that fact. I maintain that the CEO of GuySuCo stopped operations of the bio-ethanol demonstration at Albion however, Ms. Thomas claims that this information is misleading and inaccurate and the plant operates continuously in the cropping period. If this is so, I urge Ms. Thomas to share with this nation the following specifics: (1) How many hours did the plant operate per crop in
2016 and 2017? (2) How many tonnes of molasses was used by the plant per crop in 2016 and 2017? (3) How many litres of hydrous and anhydrous alcohol were produced per crop in 2016 and 2017? (4) What was the average percent alcohol for hydrous and anhydrous per crop in 2016 and 2017? (5) How many litres of hydrous anhydrous ethanol was distributed to estates? (6) How many litres of anhydrous ethanol was blended with gasoline per crop in 2016 and 2017? (7) How many litres of E10 blend was made used in 2016 and 2017? (8) What was the consumption rate on vehicles that used it? Sookram Persaud
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“Out-crazying” Kim Jong Un can be very dangerous DEAR EDITOR, Listening and reading that incumbent United States President Trump threatening to bring “fire and fury” down on North Korea because of its nuclear defiance reminded me of an incident during the Cuban missile crisis. The State Department had gotten slightly ahead of the White House by mentioning the possibility of “further action” by Washington — and then incumbent President Kennedy was irate. Kennedy reportedly called a State Department
spokesman to reprimand him personally and to stress the need to coordinate and calibrate all public statements. Otherwise, an already dangerous crisis could escalate uncontrollably. The real risk of war arose not from the conscious designs of Kennedy, Nikita Khrushchev or even Fidel Castro. It stemmed from the possibility that the opposing sides could trigger a nuclear conflict that nobody wanted through miscommunication and freak accidents, which became increasingly likely at
higher levels of military alert. The same is almost certainly true of the present crisis with North Korea. Trump’s fiery talk on North Korea is moving the needle, but to where? The nightmare of an accidental nuclear war was very much on Kennedy’s mind during the thirteen days when the world came closer than ever before to blowing itself up. For anyone studying the Cuban missile crisis, the fact that The United States current Twitter-happy commander in
Consultations were held on the amendments... From page 5 from everyday life I observed that all manner of licensing fees, property taxes, rates and tariffs have been modified in every conceivable sector, what makes the Broadcasting sector so unique that it can’t be subject to fee adjustments or domain realignment? Apart from the clarification I seek above I wish to make some clarifications of my own. Mr. Nandlall wrote, “The Prime Minister, for obvious reasons, did not address the issue of non-consultation. The truth is, he cannot. There simply was no consultation.” I wish to clarify that several forms of consultations were held with most of the major stakeholders in Broadcasting sector. 1. During my tenure as Chairman the Admin staff of GNBA I organized individual consultations with each and every known Broadcaster from all regions, they were given an opportunity to freely
discuss a range of matters involving regulatory reforms. 2. All television Broadcasters were invited to a group consultation at the GNBA head office and held discussions with the entire Board, again matters relating regulatory to reforms were discussed. 3. Meetings and discussions were held with Ms. Carolyn Walcott, Head of Communications Department at UG, Dr. Paloma Mohamed (who has an active research on Media and Broadcasting codes and regulations), Robert Forrester, former CEO of the now defunct Guyana Media Proprietors Association (GMPA) and numerous other stakeholders. Further, in my capacity as Chairman I met with Mr. Anil Nandlall and Ms. Bibi Shadick who met with me in the capacity as representatives of Freedom Radio. At that meeting they were able to freely air their concerns on several matters including terms and conditions of licensing, fees adjustment, restructuring of broadcasting landscape and strengthening of regulations. A separate caucus was held with Ms. Shadick in her capacity as former Board Chair. 4. Further consultations were held with several persons from a random sample of those who either had
matters in the courts concerning broadcasting or claimed they had applied for licenses and were unfairly and unjustly shut out by the arbitrary selection of former President Jagdeo; including the CEO of Stabroek News and Mr. Enrico Woolford 5. Consultations were also held with the Inter Religious Organisation of Guyana at the Arthur Chung CC where a range of matters were discussed including regulatory reforms. 6. And public views were garnered from various social media responses and the numerous letters to the editors going as far back as 2010. Members of the public frequently visited the GNBA to seek information and make suggestions for better regulation of the Broadcasting Sector. All of the consultative engagements outlined above combined to play a major role in shaping the content of the 2017 Amendments. Mr. Nandlall may argue that consultations were not held to his satisfaction and perhaps another round of consultations should have been held before going to parliament. Though not perfect, the Amendments are a fair reflection of the views of the majority of stakeholders. The jury is still out on whether further consultations or any other specific format of engagement would have added further benefit to the process. Leonard Craig
chief is surrounded by sensible, highly competent generals is only partly reassuring. The missile crisis showed that there are some decisions that only a president can make. There were times when Kennedy was in a minority of one in , the committee set up to manage the crisis, in his willingness to compromise with Khrushchev. Only the president had the overarching sense of history to consider the interests of future generations of Americans, and ultimately all of humanity. As is no doubt the case today, the generals assured Kennedy in October 1962 that the United States enjoyed overwhelming nuclear superiority over its adversary and could easily wipe the Soviet Union off the map. But this did not comfort the president, who asked the obvious question: How many Americans would die if just one Soviet missile landed on U.S. soil? The answer was six hundred thousand.
Given the current explosive rhetoric of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, it is understandable that President Trump should be tempted to respond in kind. Classic game theory teaches us that you can gain an advantage over your opponent if you can convince him that you are madder than he is. In the game of chicken, with two cars heading for a frontal collision, the driver who swerves out of the way first loses. During the Cuban missile crisis, the “crazy man” role was played to perfection by Castro, the only leading actor who was seriously prepared to risk a nuclear war. Patria o muerte — “fatherland or death” — was, after all, the slogan of the Cuban revolution. Assuming the role of madman has always been part of the arsenal of the weak against the strong, whether in the case of Cuba or North Korea or the Islamic State. It
gives the weaker player an advantage it would not otherwise have. Playing chicken is, however, a dangerous indulgence for the leader of a nuclear superpower. During the 1962 crisis, the two “rational” players — Kennedy and Khrushchev — ended up making common cause against the “madman” Castro. Despite everything that divided them, they had a sneaking sympathy for each other, an idea expressed most poignantly by Jackie Kennedy in a handwritten letter to the Soviet leader following her husband’s assassination. As President Trump girds for a possible nuclear confrontation with North Korea, we can only hope that he will prove to be a big man rather than a little one. “Outcrazying” Kim Jong Un is a scary proposition. Game theory also teaches us that, if neither driver swerves, everybody goes up in flames. Rooplall Dudhnath
The courts will throw out the amendments to... From page 4 broadcast, was firstly interfered with by the change of the format of the programme and was taken away, altogether, when the programme was closed down and the listeners’ right to receive and impart ideas and information without interference, as guaranteed by the Constitution of Anguilla, were infringed. The Privy Council upheld their legal challenge and ordered the Government to resume the radio programme in the call-in format. This case clearly illustrates the unconstitutionality of the Amendment under review. The one-hour imposition has an impact on property rights of the broadcasters, as well. It is common knowledge that these media outfits are in the business of selling airtime. The free one-hour imposition therefore amounts to an expropriation of their money. It is trite law that property includes money.
So this free one-hour imposition by the State will amount to compulsory acquisition of private property without compensation and therefore, violates Article 142 of the Constitution. Some media operators estimate their loss will be nearly $1M per month as they sell one hour airtime for $30,000. There are other facets of the Bill which render it draconian, oppressive and resultantly unconstitutional. For example, the regime of new fees, unlike what the Prime Minister says, would cost bro a d c a s t e r s m u c h more as they now have to pay, not only a fixed fee, but a fee for every zone in which they will be licenced to broadcast. So, a radio station with which I am familiar now pays an annual fee of $2.5M to broadcast. When the Amendment comes into force, and if that radio station is licensed to
broadcast to the same spectrum reach which it now enjoys, its fees will be increased to nearly $8M, annually, because of the zoning system which the Amendment imposes. The Constitution will not countenance such oppressive conditionalities to be imposed upon the fundamental rights and freedoms guaranteed by it. The Constitution would regard these conditionalities as undue fetters which would make the true enjoyment of the civil liberties it guarantees, as illusory. They will be struck down as unconstitutional. Space does not permit me the opportunity to elaborate further on other aspects of the Bill. Nevertheless, I believe that I have provided sufficient grounds for the Government to proffer some answers. Anil Nandlall
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Evidence in President’s alleged assassination plot was weak —Police legal advisor Tenuous was among the words used by Justice Claudette Singh (Rtd) to describe the information about the alleged plot to assassinate President David Granger. Justice Singh was called to the stand yesterday to testify at the Commission of Inquiry established to investigate the alleged assassination plot. In her capacity as legal advisor to the Guyana Police Force, Justice Singh noted that there was a level of uncertainty about the information which was presented to her. Singh pointed to the fact
that there was no specific date of the alleged plot and the matter was reported 21 months after the alleged plot was hatched. This produced challenges in offering legal advice. The witness noted that based on the information she could not recommend charges for anyone, the accuser or the alleged mastermind. Facing questions from Attorney- at -Law Glenn Hanoman, Justice Singh maintained that the evidence provided was very weak. “I could not in all honesty advise anyone to be pros-
ecuted based on the evidence,” she emphasized. “I found it tenuous and I could not on the face of the evidence say that Gillard was lying and could not say that [Nizam] Khan was innocent.” “On the evidence as a whole, I had problems… I wouldn’t say the credibility of Gillard’s story alone, because I was looking for evidence where I would have corroborated Gillard’s story. “Mr. Hanoman you would know where I come from as a Judge and in a room where you would see the persons in action where they would give their evidence, subject to
cross examination and I can ask questions but in this case you have to remember that I am only reading what the police wrote, so I have to be very careful regardless of how I feel; I have to always have an open mind,” she added. The witness told the Commission that she is of the view the police tried their best to follow her advice. She noted too that during the investigations, the file went back and forth between her and Crime Chief Wendell Blanhum. But since there was no specific date when the alleged plot was hatched, Justice
670 Brazilian Scholarships available to Guyanese Police Legal Advisor: Justice Claudette Singh Singh agreed with the Attorney that not having a date hampered investigators in finding someone else who would say that Gillard and Khan actually had such a conversation. She noted too the police had difficulty getting the persons involved to participate in confrontations. “In some cases, had the scenario been where there would have been more persons, it might have been easier, but when Gillard said
The Organization of American States (OAS) and the Coimbra Group of Brazilian Universities (GCUB) with the support of the Brazilian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO), have decided to launch the seventh consecutive edition of the OAS Partnerships Program for Education and Training (PAEC).
This program, which is officially open until September 25, 2017, offers 670 scholarship opportunities to outstanding citizens of OAS Member States to pursue studies in Master’s or Doctoral Programs in Brazilian universities. The Brazil Scholarship Program is being offered by the OAS Department of Human Development, Education
and Employment. The length of the programs is two years for Master’s and four years for Doctoral degrees. The support for scholarship recipients includes full tuition waiver; partial monthly stipend for living expenses; one-time grant of US$1,200 USD to the first 150 top candidates and Portuguese language support.
According to a government statement, the benefits are available for up to 24 months for Master’s and 48 months for Doctorate degrees. The deadline is September 25, 2017 According to the government statement, more information can be found on the OAS website http://www.oas.org/ en/scholarships/brazil.asp.
it was only the two of them, makes it all difficult, very difficult and a long time after…,” she said. Singh explained from her experience, if it was a jury trial, an explanation would have to be given on why only after 21 months the report was made. She however noted that based on the file presented to her by police on April 12, 2017 and by May 16, 2017, there was nothing to indicate that Gillard’s story was a complete fabrication.
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Guyana armed with world’s leading financial and petroleum experts …Trotman says advice being received on spotting loopholes By Kiana Wilburg It will be highly unlikely for USA oil giant, ExxonMobil to manipulate its books to rob the nation of what is due to it, without being detected. In fact, Minister of Natural Resources, Raphael Trotman is confident that the Government and its relevant agencies will be able to keep this multi-billion dollar and multinational company in check. Trotman recently told Kaieteur News that Guyana is armed with some of the
United States Government and even the Mexican Government. Trotman said, “The point I am making is that we have some of the world’s leading financial and petroleum experts advising us. And so while we are not going to say we have seen no evidence of manipulation or attempts to manipulate, the government is relying on the very best international advice and expertise.” The Natural Resources Minister also revealed that
that Guyana being fleeced by ExxonMobil is highly unlikely. Trotman also stated that the World Bank, the InterAmerican Development Bank (IDB) and the IMF are expected to formulate a programme which will support those agencies in providing further advice to Guyana. “We have met with their technical people and it has been determined that they will work out a shared responsibility in terms of advising us. We know that there are concerns and pitfalls
“We are being advised in terms of possible loopholes, pitfalls, areas of concern. We can’t say that we have detected or discerned any sign of the company trying to hoodwink us, but we are not going to be naïve. We are going to be prepared….” - Minister of Natural Resources world’s leading financial and petroleum experts. The politician said that Guyana is receiving expert advice from the World Bank, the International Monetary Fund (IMF), the United Nations Development Fund (UNDP), Chatham House, the
the Government is consulting with Experts from Deloitte which happens to be one of the top financial companies in the world. He said that Deloitte officials are consulting with the Ministry of Finance. Trotman therefore feels
but we are working…and as I said, we are not relying on our own judgment and understanding. We are learning and we are not leaving everything in the hands of the foreign consultants. “But we are being advised in terms of possible loopholes, pitfalls, areas of concern. We can’t say that we have detected or discerned any sign of the company trying to hoodwink us, but we are not going to be naïve. We are going to be prepared.” Trotman believes that the most important thing for the Government is to satisfy the Guyanese people that they are getting value for money. EXXONMOBIL’S WORRYING PAST
This oil and gas superpower has faced a wave of litigation regarding the underpayment of royalties. In the case of Chad, ExxonMobil was fined US$74 billion as it was ruled in the courts that the nation was underpaid in the royalties it was entitled to from the oil giant. Research indicates that the fine itself is about five times more than Chad’s Gross Domestic Product, which the World Bank estimates at US$13 billion. The fine imposed against the company was handed down October 5, last by the High Court in the capital, N’Djamena. The ruling was in reaction to a protest from the Finance Ministry in Chad that a group led by the ExxonMobil giant did not honour its tax commitments. According to www.bloomberg.com, the court also demanded that the Texas-based oil explorer pay US$819 million in overdue royalties. Legal minds believe that Chad would not see most of the money as ordered by the court.
Minister of Natural Resources, Raphael Trotman ExxonMobil has since said that it disagreed with the Chadian court’s ruling. At the time of the judgment, it was examining other options. Additionally, in 2003, ExxonMobil was found to be defrauding the state of Alabama out of royalty payments and was ordered by the courts to pay up more than US$100 million in back-pay royalties. According to
www.classaction.org., in August 2012, a Kansas judge approved a US$54 million settlement with landowners who claimed they were underpaid royalties when ExxonMobil made deductions for expenses that occurred downstream of their wells. The settlement also ended a lawsuit filed in Kansas state court against ExxonMobil over royalties dating back to 2000.
Baby girl left in car suffocated - Childcare and Protection (CCPA) seeks to meet family, says 8-year-old will need counselling The baby girl in last Tuesday’s tragic car death succumbed from suffocation, a post-mortem performed yesterday revealed. Kaieteur News was told that the post-mortem showed that the eight-month-old suffered brain and lung edema, (a condition in which fluid builds up in the brains and lungs) resulting in suffocation. Meanwhile, Director of the CPA, Ann Greene said that CPHA officials are attempting to contact the victim’s family and may also offer counselling to the eightyear-old girl who was involved in the incident. “We are already looking to make contact with the family. We have got to understand what is happening and the child will definitely need to be counselled.” “In any case we offer counselling to the children in various circumstances. It is not only done by us , the Social Services section too does it, because we are so consumed with rescuing children that the time to spend to really do counselling is not always available.
“So we have been referring cases to our partners. We have a one-stop centre where we work with Childlink and Blossom Inc. They will do most of the work in terms of counselling. But we have a Psychologist on board at the Childcare and Protection [CCPA] and if needs be, when the assessment of the child in this case proves that the child is suffering more than usual, out psychologist will get involved.” According to reports, the eight-month-old Greater Georgetown infant died at around 14.30 hrs on Tuesday after being left unattended in her father’s car. She was found panting for breath in her father’s car, and was subsequently pronounced dead at the Davis Memorial Hospital Kaieteur News understands that the father, a 33year-old boat captain and taxi driver, was playing a g a m e o f dominoes at a neighbour’s house when his 25-year-old wife, gave him their baby daughter to keep. About two hours later, the husband’s eight-year-old sis-
ter collected the baby “to play with her.” The sister then placed the baby in the back seat of the father’s car. But according to reports, the eight-year-old “got thirsty”, and went inside the family’s house for some water, leaving the baby in the car with the w i n d o w s w o u n d up and doors locked, “to prevent her from crawling out.” But the eight-year-old reportedly forgot about the baby “and went playing in the yard and watching television.” Eventually, a neighbour came to take the baby for a walk. It was then that the eight-year-old remembered the baby in the car. On rushing to the vehicle, the child and neighbour found the infant panting for breath and with her eyes partly closed. An alarm was raised and the child’s father tried unsuccessfully to revive his daughter by placing her under a tap. The parents then rushed the baby to the Davis Memorial Hospital where she was pronounced dead.
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A country called Guyana Another day another drama. This time the President is being quoted as saying that the reason for the request for the Police Service Commission to put promotions on hold has to do with complaints which were made against officers. But if this was indeed the basis for the letter which the government issued to the Police Service Commission, why was it not stated in the letter? What would it have taken for an additional paragraph to have been added indicating that this is the reason. It does seem bizarre that the Police Service Commission was asked to not proceed with promotions because of charges made against officers. It is strange because it is the very Police Service Commission which is charged with undertaking the disciplinary action against police officers. And if this was indeed the reason for the missive issued by the government to the Po-
lice Service Commission, then why did the letter emanate from the Ministry of the Presidency and not from the subject Minister, the Minister of Public Security. The media clearly got caught off-guard when the explanation as to the letter was provided. They should have followed up by questioning why, in the circumstances, the controversial missive was issued by a Ministry which is not responsible at all for public security. Is the Minister of Public Security being sidelined? Another day, another drama. We are told that a Minister within the Ministry of Communities is being moved to the Ministry of the Presidency as a Minister of Public Affairs. But what is this Ministry of Public Affairs. It is an unknown quantity in Guyana, as the Ministry of Social Cohesion was when it was first launched.
What exactly does a Minister of Public Affairs do? This Ministry is as ambiguous as the meaning of public service announcements under the Broadcast Act. Another day, another drama. The government says it inherited the Exxon Mobil deal from the PPPC. It said that the question of the government renegotiating the deal does not arise, since this is not acceptable behaviour when dealing with international contracts. How then does one explain how the royalty of one percent was said to have doubled to two percent. Was this not a renegotiation? So is the government saying that it is not possible to renegotiate some of the deals made under the PPPC administration? What is the government really saying? Another day, another drama. We are told that Guyana’s growth numbers are not that
Bank of Guyana zeros in on illegal money changers The Bank of Guyana has signaled intentions of clamping down on illegal money changers around the country. With scores of operators on America Street, Georgetown; Stabroek Market and in Berbice, the money changers have for years been largely out of the radar of the Central Bank, regulator of the Cambio system. In recent times though, there have been reported cases of police and even the Special Organised Crime Unit (SOCU) raiding and closing down operations in Georgetown. In one case, a Chinese business raid saw two persons ending up before the court. According to the Bank of Guyana, only banks (authorised dealers) and nonbank cambios licensed under the Dealers in Foreign Currency (Licensing) Act 1989 are
authorized to conduct buying and selling of foreign exchange. The Dealers in Foreign Currency Act (Licensing) Act 1989 states that foreign currency can only be bought and sold from a licensed authorised dealer. “Section 17(1) of the Act states that “any person who sells to any person other than a licensee or authorised dealer, any foreign currency shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine and imprisonment for one year”,” the bank explained. Another part of the Act, Section 17(2) states that “any person not being an authorised dealer who buys or sells any foreign currency shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine and imprisonment for three years”. Bank of Guyana, in its statement said that it noted
with concern that foreign exchange activities are being conducted outside of the official legal system. It was emphasised that any person caught contravening the Dealers in Foreign Currency (Licensing) Act 1989 will be prosecuted. Quite a number of persons have made Stabroek Market and America Street their office, building up a loyal customer base, where a significant amount of business is passing, without the transactions falling under the eyes of Central Bank. It appears that bank, which has been cracking down more on licensed cambios, now has its eyes set on the street operators. In Berbice especially, with cross border trade strong with neighbouring Suriname, there has been an emergence of a number of illegal operators.
bad when one considers that some countries in the Caribbean are struggling to find growth. But is this not the same government who told us that the PPPC’s growth rate was not good enough and that the economy needed to grow much higher if real development was to take place? Not to worry, Guyana’s growth will skyrocket when oil production starts and the improved growth rates would have had nothing at all to do with the policies of those who would take credit for it. It was just like during the ERP growth years when the boast was about the highest growth rates ever achieved in Guyana. Everyone forgot that when you hit rock bottom, there is only one way you can go and that is upwards.
Another day, another drama. A man left home with his brand new motor car and came back home with a bicycle. His wife asked him what happened to the motor car which he had just purchased for $2.5 M. The man told her that he had sold it for $500,000. The wife almost caught a fit. She asked him what sort of deal was that. How could he sell
the car for one fifth of its value? “That is a bad deal that you got.” The man asked “Why does it matter if it was a bad deal or a good deal? It was a done deal. We should move on.”
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=== The Freddie Kissoon column ===
Nagamootoo in Berbice: No country for young men Once again, for the umpteenth time, I spent days in hospital after spilling hot coffee on my legs while having breakfast because I saw an unbelievable item in the newspaper. It has happened so often in my life as an activist living in Guyana that if I continue my Guyanese existence, my legs will dissolve in hot coffee, because there will be more unbelievable news once the PPP and APNU+AFC are in power in this land. So what caused the coffee to burn me down to the
bone? Prime Minister Moses Nagamootoo gave the feature address at the graduation of the J. C. Chandisingh Secondary School in Berbice, and advised the school to invest in the youths in Guyana. I couldn’t believe what I was reading. I thought I was sleep-walking. I f any government presides over a country whose population consists of a majority of young people it is Guyana’s. If there is any country that because of that percentage it should invest in youths
it is Guyana. If there is any country that does not invest in youths, it is Guyana. None of the youths at the school was brave enough to get up and say; “Honourable Prime Minister, are you sure you are not the man wearing the emperor’s new clothes?” Just days after the Prime Minister was sworn in, the government of which he is second in charge (really?) did the unthinkable for which the youths of this country should continue to reject – the Ministry of Culture, Youth and Sport was abolished and
youth affairs became a department in the Ministry of Education. All the harsh words in the dictionary are appropriate to describe such a policy failure. We have more ministers per capita than most countries, yet one of the nations in the world, with one of the youngest populations, chose to abolish the ministry that handles youth affairs. Well all governments make mistakes. When it realized that the society would have wanted the retention of such a minis-
Frederick Kissoon try, the most commonsensical and decent thing to do was to tell the Guyanese people it was a mistake, and resuscitate the ministry. I am convinced deeply in my mind that every policymaker in the APNU+AFC regime possesses a Jagdeoite mentality that sees an apology as a fatal flaw. None of them will acknowledge a wrong direction. Why? Because they are saturated with the ancient, debased, depraved political culture that has dominated the psychology of Guyanese political leadership since the colonial era. This political culture carries it with the fear of losing power once you apologize. I believe that there will be more mistakes made by President Granger, as with the gross lapse he made with his reaction to the Chief Justice’s ruling on the GECOM issue. It was an imbroglio that he should apologize for, but we will not see it now or before 2020. All Basil Williams, the AG, had to do when Judge Holder displayed genuine anger was to say, “Your
Honour, my apology, I didn’t mean it the way you thought.” And that would have been the complete end of the matter right there and then. It is not only the abolition of the Youth Ministry that is unacceptable, but also the government’s crusade against the elevation of youths in this country, in other words the APNU+AFC leadership does not invest in youths, and the record is not only unpleasant, but horrible. The PNC replaced an aging Oscar Clarke as General Secretary with another PNC stalwart that is aging too. The PNC has a youth arm with educated, experienced and talented young people. The commonsensical and modern thing to do was to expose one of the young PNC cadres to that leadership role. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs’ choice of diplomats to serve abroad tells Guyanese that this is no country for young men. Not one front line envoy is in his/her forties. Only one of our ambassadors and high commissioners is in his fifties. All are over sixty. Two are in their late seventies and one in his late eighties. Many of the important positions in the public service and the public have been filled with locals or expatriates who are way into their fifties. The newly appointed chancellor of UG, Professor Nigel Harris, is 73. The newly appointed UG Vice Chancellor is 66. The man appointed last year as deputy editor-in-chief of the Chronicle is in his early seventies. This is not a comment on these men and the diplomats. My point is that the government just seems to overlook younger Guyanese. Over to you Moses!
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Minister Hastings-Williams to Delay in police promotions necessary be appointed Minister of Public Affairs to address complaints of abuse, President David Granger, yesterday announced that Minister within the Ministry of Communities, Dawn Hastings-Williams will assume the portfolio of Minister of Public Affairs in the Ministry of the Presidency with effect from September 1, 2017. This, he said, is part of a continuous process of re-balancing Government’s work with the aim of ensuring efficiency and the effective delivery of services. “There is a continuous process of ensuring that Government works well and we need to make sure that we put our best effort where those efforts will have an impact on Government. Minister Hastings-Williams coming to the Ministry of the Presidency is a continuation of that process of rebalancing the Ministry of the Presidency,” the Head of State explained in a government release. Minister Hastings-Williams will be responsible for oversight of the sections, which fall under the President’s Secretariat, and will also hold responsibility for the administration of the
malpractice -President Granger
“We are not trying to trample on the constitutional rights of the Commission but damage can be done if persons, who are not fit and proper, make decisions, which are injurious to public security…” -Pres. Granger
Dawn Hastings-Williams National Endowment for Science and Technology (NEST) Programme and hinterland and rural relations. “It is a question of my own judgement. I continuously have to evaluate the workload of every Ministry… She is a very experienced Parliamentarian and I have every confidence that she will be able to assist the Minister of State, the Prime Minister and myself in bearing the work load in the Ministry of the P r e s i d e n c y, ” President
Granger said. He further explained that as part of this continuous process, he found it prudent to appoint Minister Catherine Hughes as Minister of Public Telecommunications, a portfolio, which previously fell under the Ministry of Public Infrastructure. Similarly, following careful consideration and investigations in the Ministry of Education, responsibility for the New Opportunity Corps was shifted to the Ministry of Social Protection.
Fisherman who committed armed robberies ‘to relieve stress’ jailed A fisherman will spend 12 months in prison after he admitted to two armed robbery charges. Thirty-one-year-old Asid Mohamed of Soesdyke Linden Highway appeared before Senior Magistrate Fabayo Azore in the Georgetown Magistrates’ Courts. Mohamed pleaded guilty to the charge which alleged that on August 12 at Kingston Georgetown while being armed with a cutlass and knife he robbed Dominique Etwaroo of a cellular phone valued $40,000 and a computer tablet valued $20,000. It was further alleged that on the same day in question he robbed Daniel Grey of one cellular phone valued $29,000. Facts presented by Police Prosecutor Simone Payne stated that on the day in question, the victims were at the Kingston Seawall relaxing when the accused approached them from behind armed with a cutlass and knife and told them to hand over their valuables. The victims being fearful for their lives handed over their cellular phones to the accused. The court heard that an alarm was raised by the victims and the accused was apprehended by a police officer, who relieved him of the stolen articles and took him to the station. Mohamed admitted in a
Jailed Asid Mohamed caution statement to committing both offences. When given a chance to address the court the accused said “Look, I had a problem with my wife. We had a big argument and I was frustrated so I went to Georgetown and I robbed these people to ease my head and ease the stress. I am begging you to be lenient with me.” The magistrate sentenced Mohamed to 12 months imprisonment on each charge, citing that the accused had pleaded guilty on his first appearance and did not waste the court time. Both sentences will run concurrently.
President David Granger says that there have been many legitimate complaints by members of the Police Service Commission (PSC) and aggrieved police officers of abuse and malpractice in the Guyana Police Force (GPF). It is precisely for this reason that he has asked for the promotion of police officers to be delayed. “We are investigating the complaints, which have been made to us and we have asked the Police Service Commission to simply delay, so that we can answer those queries, and once those queries are satisfactorily answered we will proceed. It’s no intention on my part to impede the work of the Commission,” the President said in a Ministry of the Presidency statement. Speaking to the media at State House yesterday, the Head of State explained that his primary focus is the prevention of any further damage to the security sector. He noted too, that his Government cannot and will not ignore the complaints and evidence of injustices, which may have taken place. In a letter dated June 26, Minister of State, Joseph Harmon informed the PSC of President Granger’s request to hold the promotion of officers of the Force to allow for further scrutiny of the proposed list of ranks. The Opposition had criticized the move, stressing the independence of the PSC. “We are not trying to trample on the constitutional rights of the Commission but damage can be done if persons, who are not fit and proper, make decisions, which are injurious to public security. We want the constitutional Commission to function efficiently, but at the same time, we want to make sure
President David Granger that the public can depend on the decisions that come out of that Commission being in the best interest of the nation,” the President reiterated. The request for the PSC to hold the promotions came at a time when a Commission of Inquiry into an alleged at-
tempt on Granger’s life, is underway. The revelations coming out of the COI have pointed to a stormy relationship in the hierarchy of the police force and even a breach of the systems in how certain investigations are being conducted.
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PAHO/WHO gets wind of purported plan to impede enactment of Tobacco Control Bill -alerts Minister of Public Health, prepared to lend assistance
Moves may be afoot to dissuade President David Granger from signing into law the Tobacco Control Bill.
This purported development was yesterday confirmed by Pan American Health Organisation/World
Health Organisation [PAHO/ WHO] Representative, Dr. William Adu-Krow. Dr. Adu-Krow revealed
that he is in receipt of an email from the PAHO/WHO Washington D. C. headquarters, which states that the tobacco industry has put in place plans to try to influence President Granger from assenting to the recently passed Bill. “I wrote back to them and I said I don’t think so...” said Dr. Adu-Krow. However, the PAHO/ WHO Representative said that he has since forwarded the email to the Senior Minister of Public Health, Ms. Volda Lawrence. He added too that “I am actually prepared to meet with Minister...and discuss it further with her because I know she is also very passionate about it [the Tobacco Control Bill].” “If anything she [Minister Lawrence] can take it up with His Excellency [President Granger] on our behalf, but I am prepared to make an appointment to speak with His Excellency as well,” said Dr. Adu-Krow. Minister Lawrence, this publication understands, was up to yesterday on work detail in Geneva, Switzerland and is expected back today. Even as he addressed the possibility of plans being in motion to hinder the enactment of a tobacco control law, Dr. Adu-Krow acknowledged that the tactic that is always embraced by the tobacco industry is to indulge in delay tactics. “If they can delay the Bill becoming law for one day, they would do it. Even if they know that it will become law the very next day, they would try to delay it. They are very good at the delay tactic,” emphasised the PAHO/WHO Representative. “The tobacco company knows if they collapse here, there will be a cascading effect, so they don’t want that. They want to make sure it doesn’t happen and they know there is no law once it is not enacted and it is only the president who can sign it into a law.” There have been some concerns that tobacco companies have overtime been instrumental in considerably delaying the passage of tobacco control legislations globally. Here in Guyana the passage of the Bill was pushed by three Health Ministers,
PAHO/WHO Representative, Dr. William Adu-Krow under two regimes, before it was finally successfully piloted by Minister of Public Health, Ms. Volda Lawrence last month. Dr. Adu-Krow is convinced that this is the right time for the Bill to take its rightful place as a law. “The Bill may never have seen the light of day [before] for one reason or the other. For me if a Bill such as this, that has both sides of the aisle supporting it in principle, and it has taken so many governments and so many Ministers [before it is passed] then you know that it is a Bill that draws controversy, but it doesn’t have to because the data is there,” asserted Dr. AduKrow. He passionately emphasised that there is no other legal product that is well promoted despite of its known fatal outcome. “There is no other example [other than tobacco use] in the world. Who can say I can entice you to use my product but I can assure you in 10 to 20 years I will kill half of you so as a result I need more people to start using my product? There is no other example; there is none!” exclaimed Dr. Ad-Krow. The Tobacco Control Bill was passed in the National Assembly on July 27 last. Although the passage of the Bill had enough support to allow its passage, with some changes, there were some, even on the Government’s side, who abstained.
Taking this into consideration, Dr. Adu-Krow noted that “Even people who actually helped with the drafting of the Bill and said that they supported it, when it came to voting, they chose to not vote.” While it is expected that there will be some delays to allow for the changes made ahead of the Bill’s passage, Dr. Adu-Krow noted that a prolonged delay will be cause for concern. “If there is a delay we will have to find out where the delay is, or if they want we can get someone to come and assist. But they [government] have done this for a long time, so I don’t think they will need that help but we are still prepared to bring somebody to come and help,” said Dr. Adu-Krow as he amplified PAHO/WHO’s support for the Bill from its inception to date. The PAHO/WHO Representative however noted, if the delay occurs after the Bill is sitting on the desk of the President, “then probably we have to do more advocacy. I don’t think, and I don’t want to pre-empt what His Excellency thinks, but I think he will be for it, otherwise government would not have tabled it in Parliament three times and voted on it.” According to Dr. AduKrow, having embraced the stance that “tobacco kills and because tobacco kills half of its own users and that is why they [the tobacco industry] have to get new people all the time to start smoking,” PAHO/WHO is not prepared to see the gains made be lost. As such he intimated that “We will probably wait for about one month then begin to track where it [the Bill] is. If it means we have to make appointments with the Minister of Public Health, the Attorney General or His Excellency finally, we will because we owe it to the people that we serve.”
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Rehab of Bartica, New Amsterdam, and Rosignol stelling to be completed before year end – Mid Year Report The stellings at Bartica, New Amsterdam and Rosignol are expected to be completed within the second half of this year. This is according to information provided in the Ministry of Finance’s Mid-Year Report. In February of this year, bids were opened for the rehabilitation of the Rosignol and New Amsterdam Stellings in Berbice. The engineer ’s estimate for the Rosignol infrastructure was announced at $5.5M, while the engineer’s estimate for works at New Amsterdam was $6.2M. These are just some of the major infrastructure works expected for the remainder of this year for air and river transport. The report said that works at the Supenaam and Morawhanna stellings are slated to commence in the second half of 2017. As of May 2017, works at the Bartica stelling were 35 per cent complete. This was according to Minister within the Ministry of Public Infrastructure, Annette Ferguson. The Minister had explained that progress had been hindered due to frequent changes of the tide that prevented the contractor from working. Additionally, the procurement process for the rehabilitation of the M.B.
Sandaka, the M.V. Malali and the M.V. Northcote is expected to be concluded in the third quarter of the year. The report also explained that the procurement of an ocean-going ferry vessel to service the Georgetown to Port Kaituma route is proceeding, and a company is expected to be identified to begin construction of the ferry in the second half of the year. As it relates to the Cheddi Jagan International Airport expansion, the document reported that a total of $2.8B of the $9B that was budgeted for 2017 has been expended during the first half of the year. “Temporary arrival and departure areas were established as construction of the new arrival terminal and rehabilitation of the existing terminal buildings continued. Remedial action was necessitated and is ongoing to complete the extension of the runway. Government continues to emphasise the importance of quality control in order to ensure the Airport’s conformity to inter-
national standards.” Further, the report said that rehabilitation to the Fairview and Monkey Mountain airstrips was completed in the first half of 2017 and that works at seven other airstrips across regions seven, eight and nine continue to face delays. These setbacks are due to inclement weather, the report said. Despite this, the works are still expected to be completed before the end of the year. Infrastructural works on roads and bridges are expected to continue so as to improve the road network. According to the report, over $840M is expected to be advanced for preparatory works to commence the widening of the East Coast Demerara Highway from Better Hope to Annandale and the improvement of the existing carriageway from Buxton to Belfield villages. Concerning linking the East Bank Demerara thoroughfare to the East Coast Demerara road, the report indicated that an Indian company is being considered to provide project management consulting services.
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Shooting of 15-yr-old in mouth…
Accused Cadet Officer to call doctor as final witness A doctor will be the final witness to testify on behalf of Cadet Officer Franz Paul, who is on trial for allegedly shooting a 15-year-old boy in the mouth back in 2014. This was disclosed on Tuesday by Paul’s attorney, Roger Yearwood, who was instructed by Senior Magistrate Fabayo Azore to have the witness present when the matter comes up again on September 21. It is alleged that on April 30, 2014 at Georgetown, Franz Paul discharged a loaded firearm at Alex Griffith, who was 15 at the time, with intent to maim, disable, disfigure or cause him grievous bodily harm. It is also alleged that on the same day, Franz Paul inflicted grievous bodiy harm on, and assaulted the teenager. The accused, who was charged since in 2014, has been released on High Court bail with respect to both matters. Police Prosecutor Stephen Telford has already closed the case for the state. Paul is currently leading his defence. According to reports, Franz Paul’s sister, Nadia Paul was robbed on April 30, 2014. Thereafter, the Cadet Officer reportedly took her to the police station to make a formal report of the incident. Based on information received, Griffith was later arrested by a party of policemen headed by Franz Paul. It was during the process that the Cadet Officer allegedly discharged a loaded firearm in the teen’s mouth. During an identification parade held at the Brickdam Police Station, Griffith positively identified his alleged shooter as Franz Paul. On July, 25 Nadia Paul was called to testify. She recalled that on the day in question at around 13:30hrs, she left her Lot 189 Freeman Street, East La Penitence, Georgetown home to attend law classes at the
CHARGED: Cadet Officer: Franz Paul University of Guyana (UG). She recounted that around 20:30hrs, she left UG for home in a bus. The witness said that she stopped off in the vicinity of the East La Penitence Police Station and walked through Freeman Street in route to her home. According to Nadia Paul, “I saw two young men dressed in short pants. One of (them) was wearing an orange jersey and the other a striped jersey. They were both wearing caps.” She recounted that she was unable to view their faces because the street was dark and because “they (the young men) were backing the church light.” She related that one of the men grabbed her shoulder bag containing her texts books, cellular phone and other items. She further related that she and the man who grabbed her shoulder bag got into a scuffle during which the other man sprayed her in the face with a “burning substance” which burned her eyes, nose and mouth. Nadia Paul recalled, “I went into a nearby yard and washed off my face. I saw several persons in that yard.” The sister told the court that
Region one RDC seeks... From page 19 mining and other stressful jobs. This translates to a majority of patients visiting the hospital suffering from physical injuries such as broken bones, dislocated and fractured limbs. However, making matters worse is that the institution does not have an X-Ray department. Patients therefore have to be flown out of Matthew's Ridge at a cost of approximately $20,000. Further, the malaria department at the hospital is also struggling.
There is also no laboratory at the institution to conduct simple blood tests. It was reported that the only positive of the institution is that it is not short of medication. Regarding the police station, ranks stationed at the location have to use the very limited space within the station building as living quarters. It was reported that there were two building that were dedicated living quarters but have since fell and were never rebuilt.
she did not knew Griffith prior to the robbery and that she did not see him while she was washing off her face or anywhere around.
“I made my way home and told my mother what happened. Thereafter she and my brother, Franz Paul took me to the East La Penitence Police Station where I gave a statement,” the witness said. A police patrol transported Nadia Paul and her mother home, the witness disclosed. She added that she was asked by police ranks on the patrol to point out the area where the incident occurred and she did. She further disclosed that while on her way home, another police patrol consisting of her brother, passed by. A few minutes later, Nadia Paul said that her mother accompanied her back to the robbery scene, where she saw police speaking to a young man who was shirtless. “I told the police that the (shirtless) young man based on his height and buid seemed to be one of the
attackers.” Under cross examination by Prosecutor Telford, Nadia Paul stated that her brother was dressed in khaki police uniform and that he was not armed with a gun. Also testifying was Mervin Paul, the father of Franz Paul. He told the court that on the day in question he was proceeding home when he was stopped by a villager who told him of an incident involving his daughter. The man said that he walked in proximity of the robbery scene, where he spoke to a neighbor, but obtained no useful information. When questioned by Attorney Yearwood, the father denied knowing “Alex Griffith” or ever hearing the name before, although he admitted that he is aware that his son is charged with an offence.
Small-scale coconut factory to come on stream... From page 20 programme because if the food aspect of it does not catch on then there is the jewellery aspect or so that will catch on.” There are many other endeavours that Moore has been involved in over years. Trained as a technical educator, with expertise ranging from automotive and mechanical engineering to welding and fabrication, Moore confided that delving into the coconut factory was long his heart's desire. He recalled that as a young boy growing up in Canje, Berbice he was enthused by the many yards of coconut trees, including his parents'. In fact he recalled that his first business venture as a young boy desirous of earning a “small-piece” was to pick coconuts and carry them
to New Amsterdam to sell. But according to him, “I always wondered if there wasn't a better way to do things.” Moore ,who was inclined since he was a young boy to delve into technical ventures, was soon welding and learning to make machines to help him to bring his vision to life. According to Moore, the machines that he is able to make are so safe that just about anyone, with or without skills, can easily operate them. He has manufactured over 20 pieces of these to date. “I started welding very early, at the age of 14, and then I started to see the machinery to make nuts and bolts but when I came down to technical institute I saw smaller machineries and since then it was a project I had in my mind; I wanted to do more. Ever since then I knew I wanted to make a micro business and I can
make it in such a way that young people can learn and build from it too,” related Moore. Now with the wherewithal to make his dream a reality, Moore noted that “if you train people properly in technical vocational education, a lot of small entrepreneurs will spring up...you can't teach the youngsters to be a technician alone, you have to advise them to look at what is available in their community that they can work with.” In fact Moore noted that it was only as a result of the many skills that he was able to acquire over the years that it is now possible for the coconut business to come to the fore. “This business has already started to show promise, since nobody is doing some of the things I can do...so I have a niche market here,” Moore disclosed.
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Trinidad concerned over British terrorism advisory
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad - CMC – The Trinidad and Tobago government has “registered” its concern with the British government over a recent advisory from the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) indicating that “terrorists are likely to try to carry out attacks in Trinidad & Tobago”. In a travel advisory issued last Friday, the FCO said
that “there is a general threat from terrorism” in Trinidad and Tobago and that these attacks “could be indiscriminate, including in places visited by foreigners. “Although there have been no recent attacks in Trinidad and Tobago, more than 100 Trinidad and Tobago nationals have travelled to Syria and Iraq to fight along with Daesh (formerly
referred to as ISIL) and are likely to pose a security threat on return,” the advisory warned. But in a statement issued late Tuesday night, the Keith Rowley government said that it was “concerned about the content of the said advisory under that heading” and had held talks with the British High Commission in Trinidad and Tobago on the matter.
Hurricane Gert strengthens as it moves closer to Bermuda MIAMI - CMC – A strengthening Hurricane Gert was moving closer to Bermuda yesterday and the Miami-based National Hurricane Center (NHC) said it would begin to affect the British Overseas Territory later on this evening. In its latest weather bulletin, the NHC said that the storm is 330 miles north west of Bermuda with maximum sustained winds of 90 miles per hour (mph). It said that while there are no coastal watches or warnings in effect, Gert is moving
toward the northeast near 21 mph. Gerrt “An even faster east-northeastward motion is expected during the next couple of days,” the NHC said, adding that “some additional strengthening is possible today. “After that time, Gert is expected to weaken, and the cyclone is forecast to become an extratropical low by to night. Hurricane-force winds extend outward up to 35 miles from the center and tropical-storm-force winds extend outward up to 115 miles.
LIAT launches ticketing partnership with nine airlines ST John’s – LIAT, the Caribbean Airline will this week open access to more destinations with the launch of its Interline Gateway. The Interline Gateway hosted by Travel Port will allow LIAT customers to book tickets with LIAT along with any Interline partners. The product which will be available through the LIAT Call Centre will see passengers being able to book tickets which include a LIAT flight along with flights from any of the nine interline partners: JetBlue, Caribbean Airlines, British Airways, Corsair, Virgin Atlantic, Air France-KLM, Air Canada, Surinam Airways, and WinAir.
The payments for these tickets will be made via credit or debit cards. This will now allow LIAT passengers to make one booking via LIAT for their travel as well as have LIAT assistance in case of changes. “LIAT is always looking at ways to improve the product we offer our customers and allowing them to access the destinations offered by our interline partners is another way we are doing this” stated chief executive officer, Julie Reifer-Jones. Reifer-Jones noted that the Interline Gateway has been in development and LIAT was happy to bring this added benefit to the market. (Daily Nation)
AG: Give youth second chance Daily Nation - Atttorney General and Minister of Home Affairs Adriel Brathwaite believes young offenders need to have a second chance for there to be a reduction in the vicious crime cycle. He acknowledged that prison remained one of the most popular punishment options, but said rehabilitation of youngsters especially was necessary. “In Barbados, we have a theory that when
one commits a crime, he should be incarcerated,” he said. “We need to be able to demonstrate to our public that in fact these initiatives that we are taking [to] move our young people away from crime do not mean that we are being soft on crime. “There is a time and a place for serious punishment but there is also time for intervention where the youth are involved, where the softer skills are required.
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Venezuela’s ally St. Lucia mulls ending visa-free entry for Venezuelans CASTRIES, St. Lucia (Reuters) - The prime minister of the small Caribbean country of St. Lucia has asked the immigration ministry to weigh imposing visa requirements on visitors from Venezuela, in a show of protest against an ally that has been its key energy benefactor. Allen Chastanet said earlier this week that he was “deeply concerned” by the situation in Venezuela, where months of protests against unpopular President Nicolas Maduro have led some regional allies to turn their backs on one of the world’s top petroleum producers. “I have asked the Minis-
try of Immigration to look at imposing a visa restriction on Venezuelans coming to St. Lucia,” he said at a press conference on Monday. Currently Venezuelan nationals are free to travel to the island without visas. St. Lucia joined the Venezuela-backed regional integration ALBA and Petrocaribe organizations in 2013, and has enjoyed a close-knit relationship with Caracas. St. Lucia’s links with Petrocaribe have provided it with a regular, discounted supply of petroleum products from Venezuela, but it has not received any crude this year, according to Venezuelan
state-owned oil company PDVSA’s internal trade reports. Chastanet also criticized the Maduro government for not respecting the rule of law, adding that the chaotic situation in Venezuela poses a security threat for the region. Anti-government protests have rocked Venezuela for four months, leaving more than 120 people dead. However, the protests have fizzled as a controversial Constituent Assembly, which has been criticized globally as a sign that Venezuela is turning into a dictatorship, started working earlier this month.
Opposition Leader says new PAC legislation undermines good government practices PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad - CMC – The Opposition Leader in St. Kitts-Nevis, Dr. Denzil Douglas, has defended his decision not to support the Public Accounts Committee Bill, saying that it would be a “further transgression against open democracy and good government practices” in the twin island Federation. Prime Minister Dr. Timothy Harris has described the legislation, which was passed in the National Assembly last Friday as a “historic piece of legislation.
He said it sets the new legal framework for the proper functioning of a Public Accounts Committee (PAC). The legislation also outlines how often the committee should meet, what constitutes a quorum, how voting should be conducted, the power of the committee to summon witnesses and who can be called as a witness, among other matters. But in an interview with the Caribbean Media Corporation (CMC) during a visit here on Tuesday, Douglas, a
former prime minister, said his St. Kitts-Nevis labour Party (SKNLP) had reservations about the legislation “because of its truncated, powers and responsibilities in law that the new Public Accounts Committee would have. A government statement on Tuesday noted that the Acting Director of Audit, Mrs. Carla Pike, welcomed the new legislation as a mechanism that will strengthen accountability and transparency in the government of St. Kitts and Nevis.
Act Now! PAJ Urges Govt. To Dust Off ATI Report And Improve The Law The Gleaner - President of the Press Association of Jamaica (PAJ) Dionne Jackson Miller has charged that it is high time that government heeds the many calls for the long-promised amendments to the Access to Information (ATI) Act to be brought to Parliament, something that has been promised by successive administrations now for years. “The Access to Information Act 2002 was a landmark statute, advancing as it did the aims of transparency and accountability in democratic government,” said Jackson Miller. She noted that the Act gives any Jamaican a right to ask for government documents in which they have an interest, and subject to some exceptions, provides a regime which is supposed to ensure access to those documents. “Government air quality reports, public health reports on water parks, cell phone bills of cabinet ministers and travel itineraries of prime ministers can be, and have been requested, and provided. But personal records held by gov-
Dionne Jackson Miller ernment can also be requested by the individuals involved. “The Act has been a powerful tool empowering members of the public seeking to hold government to account. But the law is not perfect, of course. Legislation rarely is, especially laws that introduce a completely new regime, which the ATI Act did. This is why new laws often contain a provision for them to be reviewed within a certain period of time,” added Jackson Miller. She noted that Section 38 of the ATI Act
states that it “shall be reviewed from time to time by committee of both Houses of Parliament” and went on to state that “The first such review shall be conducted not later than two years after the appointed day.” Jackson Miller further noted that a review did take place, albeit late. “The Act came into effect in 2004. It was not until 2008, however, that both Houses of Parliament passed resolutions calling for the establishment of a Joint Select Committee to examine the Act and make recommendations arising from the review. The PAJ president argued that the joint committee made some important recommendations even though it could have gone further to improve the Act even more. “Nevertheless, enactment of those initial recommendations would give us a much better system than we now have. The Press Association of Jamaica has, on several occasions, urged the government to take these promised amendments to Parliament.
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Trump praises North Korea’s Kim for ‘wise’ decision on Guam WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump yesterday praised North Korean leader Kim Jong Un for a “wise” decision not to fire missiles toward the U.S. Pacific territory of Guam, which has eased escalating tension between the two countries. Reclusive North Korea has made no secret of its plan to develop a nuclear-tipped missile capable of hitting the United States to counter what it perceives as constant U.S. threats of invasion. Trump warned North Korea last week it would face “fire and fury” if it threatened the United States, prompting North Korea to say it was considering plans to fire missiles toward Guam. But North Korean media reported on Tuesday that Kim had delayed the decision while he waited to see what the United States did next. “Kim Jong Un of North Korea made a very wise and well reasoned decision,” Trump wrote on Twitter. “The alternative would have been both catastrophic and unacceptable!” North Korea’s threat to
fire into the sea near Guam had prompted Trump to say earlier that the U.S. military was “locked and loaded” if North Korea acted unwisely. North Korea has long ignored warnings from the West and from its lone major ally, China, to halt its nuclear and missile tests which it conducts in defiance of U.N. Security Council resolutions. U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said yesterday it was time to “dial down rhetoric and dial up diplomacy” on North Korea and that he had told Russia, Japan, the United States, China and North and South Korea that he was available to help broker talks. “My good offices are always available – and I conveyed this message yesterday to the representatives of the six-party talks,” Guterres told reporters. “The solution to this crisis must be political. The potential consequences of military action are too horrific to even contemplate.” The United States has been hoping China can press the North to rein in its weap-
ons programs, something the top U.S. general reiterated in talks in Beijing this week.
Chairman of the U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff Joseph Dunford told Fang Fenghui,
chief of the Joint Staff Department of the People’s Liberation Army, that North Korea’s
weapons programs threatened the entire international community, including China.
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MCCARTHY LEADS BIG RUN CHASE FOR TALLAWAHS From page 26 scored. The pressure of that tight start told in the fourth over when Johnson Charles dragged a wide ball onto his stumps looking to hit through mid-wicket. In the same over Shane Watson fell for just one, caught behind after edging a brilliant delivery from Mohammad Sami that pitched and deviated away. At the end of the Powerplay the Stars were 39 for 2. After a brief period of consolidation in which Fletcher and his partner Marlon Samuels scored at a run-a-ball for three overs, they launched a stunning attack on
the Tallawahs bowlers, blitzing 85 in the following 7.2 overs before Samuels was eventually dismissed. Their final partnership was 103 off 64 balls. Both men hit powerfully but without panic, timing the ball beautifully and hitting notably straight. Fletcher reached his fifty off 35 balls, Samuels reached his off 36. When the partnership was eventually ended as Samuels picked out a fielder on the deep mid-wicket boundary the Stars experienced a minicollapse losing three wickets for seven runs and four wickets for 22 runs.
Mohammad Sami was the pick of the bowlers for the Tallawahs, taking the big wickets of Charles, Watson and Darren Sammy. Imad was also economical, conceding just five runs from his two overs. The Stars innings was given a late surge thanks to back-to-back fours from Jesse Ryder in the eighteenth over and back-to-back sixes in the twentieth over from Fletcher, who finished on 85 not out off 54 balls. Ultimately it wasn’t enough for the Stars to avoid a sixth defeat of the season. Scores: Jamaica Tallawahs
Thursday August 17, 2017 ARIES (Mar. 21- April 20) If you can't get ahead in the company you're with, perhaps it's time to move on. Organize all the responsibilities that have to be attended to and make sure everyone knows what to do.
LIBRA (Sept. 24 -Oct. 23) Discord may arise with someone you're close to. You may not have the same ideas when it comes to what you both enjoy. Travel and social activity will bring about interesting talks, not to mention contacts.
TAURUS (Apr. 21- may 21) Opportunities for new friendships are apparent. Your ability to talk circles around your colleagues will help you forge ahead in the workforce.
SCORPIO (Oct. 24 - Nov. 22) Joint ventures might prove to be unfavorable. You can get ahead if you present your ideas to superiors. Your main concern will be to spend as little as possible of your own cash in the process.
GEMINI (May 22-June 21) You can elaborate on your creative ideas and get involved in groups that relate to the arts. Someone important may be watching you from afar.
SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 23 -Dec. 21) You may be thinking of starting your own business. You're not your usual self today.
CANCER (June 22-July 22) Be precise in your communications to avoid any misunderstandings and arguments. You may not be that popular at home but you should be able to shine at social gatherings.
CAPRICORN (Dec 22.- Jan. 20) You must steer clear of overindulgent individuals. Watch your tendency to live for the day and to spend too much on entertainment and children; it could set you back.
LEO (July 23-Aug 22) Think twice before you volunteer information. Dazzle them with your intellectual conversation. Try to channel your energy into professional endeavors.
AQUARIUS (Jan. 21 -Feb. 19) Physical limitations are possible if you aren't careful. Romantic opportunities will flourish through travel or communication.
VIRGO (Aug. 23 -Sept. 23) You must steer clear of overindulgent individuals. New relationships will surface through work related events.
PISCES (Feb. 20-Mar. 20) You can make progress if you deal with the right individuals. Listen, but don't make any rash decisions. It may not be the best time to socialize with clients or colleagues today.
179-5 (McCarthy 61*, Phillips 32, Samuels 1-19) beat St Lucia Stars 173-7 (Fletcher 84*, Samuels 54, Sami 3-27) by five wickets. Upcoming Fixture: Friday: St Kitts & Nevis Patriots v Barbados Tridents, Basseterre, 9.00pm.
Regal Sports softball continues on Sunday The Regal Sports softball competition is set to continue on Sunday at the Malteenoes Sports Club. On pitch one at 09:00hrs Ariel will play HS Masters, at 11:30hrs HS Masters will take on Amazon Warriors and at 14:00hrs Ariel will battle Amazon Warriors. On pitch two at 09:00hrs De Hoop will face Success, at 11:00hrs De Hoop will take on Super Star and at 13:30hrs Super Star will entertain Success.
Britain to face USA in one-day athletics competition at London Stadium BBC Sport - Britain’s best athletes will take on their US counterparts in a new twohour competition at the London Stadium next year. ‘The Meet’ will be held on 21 July 2018 and involve running, jumping, hurdles and relay events. The US topped the medal table at August’s World Championships, with Britain in sixth place. “We have a great sporting rivalry and look forward to seeing which nation comes out strongest,” said Adam
Gemili. The British sprinter was part of the men’s 4x100m relay team that took gold on Saturday, ahead of the muchfancied US team.At The Meet, athletes will score points for their respective countries in nine events. The format and athletes taking part will be announced early next year. “This promises to be one of the biggest events in athletics in 2018,” said Niels de Vos, chief executive of British Athletics.
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GFF/NAMILCO Thunderbolt Flour Power U-17 League – Bartica
Hat-tricks from Keenan Harper and Dornel James lead Rising Stars past Beacons Rising Stars, on account of a hat-trick of goals each off the boot of Keenan Harper and Dornel James hammered Beacons FC 11-0 which saw them taking over the top spot in the points standings on goal difference ahead of Strikers FC when the GFF/ NAMILCO Thunderbolt Flour Power National Under17 Intra Association League continued at the Bartica Secondary School ground. Contesting their first match of the competition, Beacons did not get a chance to settle in at all as the attacking Rising Stars players maintained their inclination to scoring goals with another clinical display; following up on their 6-1 win over Lazio last week to maintain an unbeaten record after two matches. Harper, who is now the leading goal scorer in the competition with 4, wasted little time in handing his team the advantage from as early as the 6th minute. Thereafter, it was a steady trek back to the center line to restart play for the hapless Beacons unit. Harper netted again in the 40th and 51st minutes with James achieving his three goals in the 14th, 29th and 43rd minutes. Brandon Miller was on target in the 13th minute, Emmanuel Atherly in the 18th, Rawle Simon 24th, Lonzo Narine 32nd and Marcus McKenzie in the 56th all joined the goal party. Potaro Strikers recorded their first points of the league by virtue of a walk-over from Rivers View which failed to make an appearance. Meanwhile, two more
Rising Stars FC goal scorers in their 11-0 triumph over Beacons FC. matches are scheduled for today at the same venue, from 14:00hrs Rising Stars will aim to pull further away at the top of the standings when they oppose Strikers FC in a top of the table clash, both teams are unbeaten after two matches with the former enjoying a better goal difference of +17 to the latter’s +5; the feature game from 15:30hrs brings together Lazio and Beacons. Tomorrow at the same times, Lazio will engage Rivers View, while Strikers FC will come up against Beacons.
2017 Hero Caribbean Premier League
MCCARTHY LEADS BIG RUN CHASE FOR TALLAWAHS A composed fifty from Andre McCarthy guided Jamaica Tallawahs to a five wicket victory chasing 174 against St Lucia Stars in Match 14 of the 2017 Hero Caribbean Premier League (CPL). McCarthy was present at the crease from the seventh over onwards and marshalled a steep run-chase with busy running and boundaries all around the ground despite wickets falling regularly. The Tallawahs innings were given a rapid start by Glenn Phillips who struck three off side fours in the first over and two leg side sixes in the third over, taking the Tallawahs to 34 for 0. Shane Shillingford pulled things back for the Stars however, conceding three from his first
over and two from his second, dismissing Phillips with the last ball of the Powerplay, bringing McCarthy to the crease. Shortly after both openers were gone as Lendl Simmons was caught at extra cover of the bowling of Timil Patel. Kumar Sangakkara briefly threatened to get going, striking two fours in an over off Patel but he was dismissed in the 10th over when he picked out a boundary fielder after slog sweeping Samuels. When Rovman Powell followed shortly after, run out pushing for an unlikely second, the Tallawahs were in strife at 92 for 4. McCarthy had been ticking along steadily with 20
off 18 when he was joined by Jonathan Foo with 82 required off 42. Foo wasted no time in getting going, striking back to back fours off his second and third balls and a six off his sixth ball reducing the equation to 63 off 36. Boundaries from McCarthy in each of the next two overs kept the Tallawahs in the hunt. A quiet 16th over from Jerome Taylor, which cost just four, meant 40 was required from 18. With the first ball of the seventeenth over Mitchell McClenaghan bowled Foo with a brilliant yorker. McCarthy responded in emphatic fashion, striking two sixes at the end of the over, dispatching a low full toss and picking a slower ball. With 20 required from 12
Imad Wasim punished two short and wide balls from Jeromy Taylor for boundaries through point. The Stars thought they had Imad trapped lbw with the last ball of the penultimate over only for a no-ball to be called. When two were scored from the additional ball the Tallawahs had all but sealed victory with just four required from the last over. It was fitting of a spectacular lone effort that McCarthy finished the match with a six. Earlier in the evening, the Stars powerful opening pair of Andre Fletcher and Johnson Charles were well restricted by the Tallawahs in the first three overs of the innings with just 13 runs (Continued on page 25)
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Focussed Windies not fazed by underdog tag BIRMINGHAM, England, CMC – Inexperienced West Indies will hope to silence their many detractors when they clash with a dominant England in the historic day/night opening Test at Edgbaston here today, in what is likely to be their sternest challenge in recent times. Written off long before arriving here for the threeTest series, the Caribbean side are expected to be put under intense pressure from an England squad still buoyant from their emphatic series win over South Africa last month. Further, the Windies have not won a Test here in 17 years and are also without a series win in nearly three decades, since the incomparable Sir Vivian Richards presided over a 3-1 victory in 1988. Captain Jason Holder, on his first tour of England since taking over the helm of the side two years ago, told reporters here yesterday that despite being underdogs, he had been boosted by his side’s form in the recent first class tour matches. “We’re obviously huge underdogs. England are a very good cricket team. They’ve played some very good cricket and a number of their players are in good form,” Holder said. “And likewise for us, we’ve had a pretty decent year so far in Test cricket – we’ve won one Test game so far and we’ve lost two. In that last series against Pakistan, I felt there was significant improvement. We had guys who showed progress and improvement and showing signs they can compete here at Test level. “For us, we’ve just been focussing on ourselves primarily and trying to nail down our processes, and I think we have been doing that in the warm-up games so far, so we only hope that can transcend into the Test series.” West Indies have showed signs of form in the tour matches, with four batsmen – Kyle Hope, Shai Hope, Roston Chase and Kieran Powell – all getting hundreds in the drawn game against Derbyshire last week. Chase, in particular, has been outstanding with scores over fifty in his four innings on tour while Jermaine Blackwood has also been among the runs. Seamer Kemar Roach, on his first Test tour in nearly two years following a spell on the sidelines due
to injury and loss of form, started the tour with a fivewicket haul against Essex, while rookie 20-year-old speedster Alzarri Joseph shone with a four-wicket haul against Kent. Pacer Holder, who bowled well in the Derbyshire day/ night game, said it was important the Windies brought all the facets of their game together, especially since they would be playing under lights with the pink ball. “I think our bowling has really carried us throughout the last few Test matches. We’ve got people like Shannon Gabriel who has had a pretty decent year, myself I haven’t been doing to badly,” he pointed. “We’ve got Miguel Cummins, young Alzarri Joseph – Kemar Roach is actually showing some very, very good form so I’m really confident in our bowling. “It’s just for our batsmen to make some runs. We’ve struggled in the past primarily with our batting but so far on this tour we’ve been doing really well so I’m expecting things from the batsmen.” He added: “The mood is good. We have two solid weeks of preparation here in England. I felt these three tour games were of good benefit to us. We got a chance to get acclimatised, obviously [got] a chance to see how the pink ball operates here in England and obviously the red ball so it was a pretty good exercise in the last two weeks.” The Windies enter the series with a less than stellar recent record, with just three wins in their last 23 Tests and without a Test series win in three years. In fact, the last time West Indies beat a side ranked higher was in 2012 when they secured a 2-0 series win over New Zealand in the Caribbean. The Test, the first to be played with the pink ball in England, bowls off at 2 pm (9 am Eastern Caribbean time). SQUADS: ENGLAND – Joe Root (captain), Moeen Ali, James Anderson, Jonathan Bairstow, Stuart Broad, Alastair Cook, Dawid Malan, Toby Roland-Jones, Ben Stokes, Mark Stoneman, Tom Westley. WEST INDIES – Jason Holder (captain), Kraigg Braithwaite, Devendra Bishoo, Jermaine Blackwood, Roston Chase, Miguel Cummins, Shane Dowrich, Shannon Gabriel, Shimron Hetmyer, Kyle Hope, Shai Hope, Alzarri Joseph, Kieran Powell, Raymon Reifer, Kemar Roach.
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Extra Beer/Ballers in the Summer Street Football
Quarter Finals set for tomorrow night The battle for the top prize of $400,000 in the third edition of the Second Ground Entertainment / Extra Beer Ballers in the Summer Street knock-out football tournament will get cracking tomorrow night at the Pouderoyen Tarmac. Among the teams already through to this stage are Future Stars, one of the favourite teams to win, ESPN, Lot-20, Show Stoppers and Back Circle; they have all advanced following some grueling battles in group stage play. A few more playoff matches are still to be completed and will precede quarter final play tomorrow. The first playoff match will see Agricola taking on Tajo Admiral. In latest results, Tajo Admiral defeated Speed Boat 2-0; Samaroo Dam got past Tiger Bay 1-0 on penalty kicks; Agricola got the better of Show Stoppers 2-1 also via penalty kicks, it was a similar result in favour of Future Stars in their clash with Gully Side. Show Stoppers hammered Speed Boat 3-0; Lot-20 needled Silver Bullets of Linden, while Gully Side beat
Extra Beer Ballers in the Summer Street knockout football action at the Pouderoyen Tarmac.
Samaroo Dam 2-1 on penalty kicks. The second placed team
overall will pocket $150,000 with $75,000 and $50,000 set aside for third and fourth
places. Sponsors of the tournament are Extra Beer, Extra
Juice, Two Brothers Gas Station, West Vibz Sports Bar, Forrester Lumber Yard,
Wayne Tire Shop, Oswin Jones Auto Imports, National Sports Commission.
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Warriors in for a fight in their own backyard Face-off with Tallawahs tonight at Providence By Sean Devers It’s now crunch time for Guyana Amazon Warriors. With three consecutive defeats in matches they should have won and a win over the pointless St Lucia Stars in St Lucia, the Warriors are ready for a war in their own backyard against defending Champions Jamaica Tallawahs from 18:00hrs this evening at Providence. With just two points and only the Stars below them on the points table, the Warriors must win at least four of their remaining six games to qualify for the semi-finals, something they have done in every tournament of the CPL. Even without their stylish Bangladeshi left-hander Shakib Al Hasan, named in the original squad and the departure of their two-times winning Captain Chris Gayle who now leads the SKNP, the Tallawahs are a very formidable force whose ‘never say die’ attitude as was evident in the last match against the Stars when they needed 45 to win from 18 balls and got them with two balls to spare to
move to six points from four matches. Although Jamaica have won four of the 11 games between the two sides, it was Jamaica who dashed Guyana’s Cha m p i o n s h i p hopes in the 2013 and 2016 Finals and on present form the Tallawahs will start as favorites, but if the Warriors plays smart cricket and their batsmen don’t waste good starts they could begin a winning streak on home soil. Wicket-Keeper Chadwick Walton’s 51-ball 60 in the first match in Florida is the only half-century from a Warriors’ batsman, while Jason Mohammed’s run-a-ball 41 which was ended with the catch of the tournament by USA rookie Timroy Allen, has the second highest score for the Warriors. Opener Walton, who also has a couple of 30’s in a d d i t i o n t o h i s f i f t y, Mohammed and Gajanand Singh with two 30s from three matches are the Warriors most consistent bats-
men with the left handed Singh being the only Guyanese in the Warriors Franchise to show their worth in recent times. To n i g h t ’s g a m e w i l l be played on one of the four relayed tracks which is expected to have pace and carry and Skipper and the team’s most experienced batsmanMartin Guptill, who has condemned the ‘old pitches’ needs to step up tonight since he has failed to reach 25 in any match so far. The elegant Pakistani Babar Azam will play his last match tonight and will want to end his 2017 CPL with a match winning score for Mohammed, Singh, Roshan Primus, Sohail Tanvir, West Indies U-19 Vice-Captain Kemo Paul and Reyad Emrit to build on. Afghanistan Leg-spinner Rashid Khan will be Guptill’s trump card with Tanvir, Primus and Paul spearheading the pace attack with either Veerasammy Permaul or Steven Jacobs fill-
ing the role of the second specialist s p i n n e r. Mohammed and Singh could provide off-spin support. The expected large crowd, which is being encouraged to produce a sea of yellow in the stands, could be in for an epic battle if Lendl Simmons and 20-year-old Glenn Phillips from New Zealand ‘fire’ in the power-play overs on what should be a lightning fast outfield. Andre McCarthy blasted an unbeaten explosive 37-ball 61 in the last game in St Lucia after starting with a fifty in Florida, while ‘Mister Elegance’ Sri Lankan Kumar Sangakkara could open or bat in the middle order, while Rovman Powell, Jonathan Foo and Imad Wasim could all give the ball a mighty wack. E n g l i s h - b o r n Wa s i m who has played 26 ODIs and 19 T20s for Pakistan, fellow Pakistani Mohammad Sami, Kesrick Williams, West Indies U-19 pacer Jamaican Odean Smith, Rovman Powell and Krishmar Santokie gives Sangakkara plenty of pace
options, while Garey Mathurin and Jon-Russ Jaggesar are the spinners in the side. Guyana Amazon Warriors: Martin Guptill (Capt New Zealand), Ali Khan (USA rookie), Assad Fudadin, Babar Azam (Pakistan), Chadwick Walton, Gajanand Singh, Jason Mohammed, Keemo Paul, Keon Joseph, Rashid Khan (Afghanistan), Rayad Emrit, Roshan Primus, Sohail Tanvir (Pakistan), Stephen Katwaroo, Steven Jacobs, Steven Taylor, Veerasammy Permaul, Roger
Harper (Coach), Esuan Crandon (Assistant Coach) Jamaica Tallawahs: Kumar Sangakkara (CaptSri Lanka), Andre M c C a r t h y, Garey Mathurin, Gidron Pope, Imad Wasim (Pakistan), Jonathan Foo, Jon-Russ Jaggesar, Kenar Lewis, Kesrick Williams, Krishmar Santokie, Lendl Simmons, Mohammad Sami (Pakistan), Odean Smith, Oshane Thomas, Rovman Powell, Timroy Allen (USA rookie), Paul Nixon (Coach), Mark O’Donnell (Assistant Coach)
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Rose Hall Town Gizmos & Gadgets ease past Albion by 48 runs Rose Hall Town Gizmos & Gadgets started their 2017 first division season with an easy 48 runs victory over arch rivals Albion at the Albion Community Centre as play in the Berbice Cricket Board 50Overs First Division Tournament got underway. The two top rated teams were both heavily depleted as key players were unable to play due to other cricketing and personal commitments. Players like Delbert Hicks, Royston Crandon, Assad Fudadin, Kevlon Anderson, Kevin Sinclair, Eon Hooper, Devendra Bishoo, Veerasammy Permaul, Jonathan Foo, Kandasammy Surujnarine and David Latchaya were all unavoidable absent. Rose Hall Town Gizmos & Gadgets won the toss and elected to bat first on a dry pitch with low bounce. Former Berbice Under-19 player Vidal Crandon and National Under17 player Junior Sinclair added 37 for the first wicket before the aggressive Crandon was caught at slip off West Indies B player Gudakesh Motie for 20. Jason Sinclair, elder brother of Junior then added 61 with his sibling before Jason was given out LBW to K. Surujnarine for 32. Rose Hall Town were eventually dismissed for 175 from 45.2 Overs. Junior Sinclair top scored with an attractive 47 which included six boundaries, while allrounder Keon Sinclair contributed 33 crucial runs with two boundaries and a massive six. Bowling for Albion, Motie claimed two wickets for 29 runs off his ten overs, Kevin Omroa 4 for 42 from 9.2 Overs, while K. Surujnarine supported with 3 for 29 from 10Overs. Albion needing to score 176 from 50-Overs lost Ramesh Kasinauth for 03 at 8 for 1 in the first Over bowled by national allrounder Clinton Pestano, while Kevin Omroa was forced to retired after suffering at the hands of a hostile Pestano. Berbice Under17 player Antonio February and national cricketer Anthony Bramble then added 80 for the 2nd wicket, with Bramble in particular been very aggressive. Bramble
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Shawn Pereira struck nine powerful boundaries in a well composed 54. Albion from being well placed at 88 for 2 in the 18th Over were dismissed for 127 from 31.2 Overs as only February with 19 and Motie with 22 (3 boundaries) offered any support to Bramble. Former national junior leg spinner Shawn Pereira 3 for 36 (9.1 Overs), Berbice Under-19 left arm spinner Keith Simpson 3 for 24, Junior Sinclair 2 for 12 (4 Overs) and Clinton Pestano 1 for 10 (4 Overs) were the wicket takers for the Rose Hall Town Gizmos &Gadgets team. Meanwhile, the Management of the Rose Hall Town Youth & Sports Club, MS, has announced that long serving captain Shawn Pereira would once again lead the Rose Hall Town Gizmos & Gadgets in 2017 along with national player Clinton Pestano. Collis Butts has been appointed Manager of the team, he replaced Club Secretary/CEO Hilbert Foster who has stepped down to concentrate on his official duties. The Club has also announced that special emphasis would be placed on the promotion of youths at the first division level and as such players like Kevin Sinclair, Junior Sinclair, Kevlon Anderson, Sylus Tyndall, Vidal Crandon and Keith Simpson would form the nucleus of the Rose Hall Town Gizmos & Gadgets team in the future.
Coach Hamid goes through a drill yesterday at CASH. The Guyana Amateur Basketball Federation (GABF) began encampment yesterday with their first practice session at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall (CASH) for their team that will be representing the Golden Arrowhead in the 50th Inter-Guiana Games this month end. Twelve players will be encamped from August 16 to the August 23rd at the National Gymnasium, with daily practice sessions, from 8:00 AM to 11:00 AM and 3:00 PM to 6:00 PM, at the Cliff Anderson Sport Hall. The 2017 Inter-Guiana Goodwill Under-19 School Games will run from August 24-28 in Suriname and the GABF team will be participating under the auspices and
full financing from the National Sports Commission. Head coach of the team, Linden based, Abdulla Hamid explained to Kaieteur Sport that he is satisfied with the crop of players he has at his disposal, “I think this is the best squad of players for the IGG games, some of the players represented Guyana at the Centro-basket tournament, in addition to the CBC Under16 championship last year… it’s a good squad and I’ll try to get the best out of them.” Hamid related that from the first training session, he believes that consistency is ideal, “The word of this camp is consistency, once the players are committed and know their roles well, my job will be
easy.” The Cliff Anderson Sports Hall has been laid with a plastic tile surface which will be used for the Pan American Indoor Hockey Cups this October. The surface was noted to be suitable for basketball but since the surface was laid some two weeks ago, no competitive basketball game has been played at the venue. Coach Hamid noted that, “The surface is not ideal for indoor basketball, the plastic tile is more ideal for hockey which needs more speed on the ball. It’s giving us (Guyana U-19 IGG Basketball Squad) about 85% of what we want, it’s acceptable and we understand that Hockey needs it for their international tournament.”
Coach Abdul Hamid selected Kirk Fraser as assistant coach and the twelve players to represent Guyana namely: 1.Stanton Rose – Kwakwani 2. Jermaine King – Berbice 3.Akeem Crandon Georgetown 4. Timothy Thompson Georgetown 5. Kevon Wiggins - Berbice 6. Shamar France – Berbice 7. Nigel Bowen – East Coast Demerara 8. Jahleel Young Georgetown 9. Aton Fileen - East Coast Demerara 10. Jamal Gilkes Kwakwani 11. Akil Vaughn - East Bank Demerara 12. Andrew Johnson - East Coast Demerara
Look out for traffic diversions on EBD during CPL matches As matches in the Hero Caribbean Premier League (CPL) begin today at the Guyana National Stadium, Providence commuters are advised of the traffic adjustments. Spectators walking to the stadium must access the stadium via the First Access Gate, while vehicular traffic proceeding south must occupy the eastern lane of the eastern carriageway of the road and access to the stadium through the second access gate and park on the open area of the tarmac as designated. The same route applies for VIP ticket holders. Meanwhile, vehicles going beyond the national stadium must occupy the western Lane of
the Eastern Carriage way from the Demerara Harbour Bridge Intersection. Commuters are further advised to pay attention to sirens emanating from patrol vehicles both in front of and behind VVIP ticket holders, teams and match officials who will be proceeding south along the eastern lane of the weste r n C a r r i a g e Wa y f r o m the Harbor Bridge Intersection, Eccles or Houston as the case maybe depending on the volume of traffic at the time. Traffic proceeding north will merge into one lane at the third access junction utilizing the western Lane of the We s t e r n C a r r i a g e w a y. They will not be allowed
to cross the median between the third access and Princess Hotel area. However, those going to t h e s t a dium will merge with the south bound traffic at the Harbor bridge intersection. This will be done to facilitate the arrival of teams, VVIP’S and Government Officials. It will not be for any specified period but will be activated as the situation presents itself. Absolutely n o p a r k ing will be permitted along the roads on either carriage way between Princess Hotel and the Stadium on the sand bank area. Taxis will be allowed to drop off in the vicinity of the first gate and continue south along the western side of the
carriage way. Once all traffic rules are adhered to then there will be no delays to deny cricket fans timely access to watch the matches. The gates will be opened from 3:45 PM for today’s match against the Jamaica Tallawahs, while the same will be done on Sunday August 20 and on Tuesday August 22 when the Guyana Amazon Warriors take on the Barbados Tridents and the St. Lucia Stars respectively. On Saturday the Guyana Amazon Wa r r i o r s w i l l t a k e o n Trinbago Knight Riders from 12 noon and gates will be opened from 9:45 AM. The early opening allows patrons the opportunity to partake in promotional activities prior to the start of matches.
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Real Madrid forward claims ‘persecution’ after failed appeal
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Muguruza powers into round of 16 at Cincinnati Garbine Muguruza (Jimmie48 Photography WomensTennisBlog com)
Cristiano Ronaldo put Real Madrid 2-1 up before he was sent off at the Nou Camp. (Getty Images) BBC Sport - Real Madrid forward Cristiano Ronaldo said the decision to suspend him for five games is “persecution”. The 32-yearold failed in his appeal against the ban for the red card he received in Real Madrid’s 3-1 win against Barcelona in the Super Cup. He was given a one-match ban for two yellows and a further four for pushing the referee after he had been sent off. The bookings at the Nou Camp were for taking off his shirt to celebrate his goal to make it 2-1 and for a dive. Ronaldo will miss Wednesday’s second leg and will not return to domestic action until 20 September against Real Betis. However, he will be able to play in the Champions League. In an Instagram post, after his failed appeal, he wrote: “It
seems to me exaggerated and ridiculous, this is called persecution.” Madrid had signalled their intent to appeal against Ronaldo’s second yellow card shown for diving eight minutes from time when he went down inside the area under pressure from defender Samuel Umtiti. The forward was only on the field for 24 minutes as he was introduced as a secondhalf substitute and fired into the top corner 10 minutes from time to give Madrid a 21 lead. It was Ronaldo’s 10th red card of his career and the two yellow cards on Sunday came within two minutes. “Once shown the red card, said player [Ronaldo] pushed me lightly as a sign of his disapproval,” the referee Ricardo de Burgos Bengoetxea wrote in his
post-match report. The games Ronaldo will miss... Barcelona (h) - Spanish Super Cup - 16 August Deportivo La Coruna (a) - La Liga - 20 August Valencia (h) - La Liga 27 August Levante (h) - La Liga - 9 September Real Sociedad (a) La Liga - 17 September Analysis - Former Premier League referee Dermot Gallagher said: The message they’ve got t o s e n d o u t i s i t ’s unacceptable to push a match official. If I’m walking down the high street in my town I can’t go pushing a policeman. There is nothing to excuse what Ronaldo did. We cannot accept this at any cost.
Nadal Passes Federer In ATP Rankings International Business Times - What a difference a year makes. With the U.S. Open, the final Grand Slam of the year, set to get underway on Aug. 28, the ATP rankings have seen some big changes in the top five due to injuries. Next week, Rafael Nadal will return to No. 1 for the first time since July 2014, leapfrogging Andy Murray and Roger Federer. Murray (hip) and Federer (back) both withdrew from the Cincinnati Masters, prompting Nadal to move up. Novak Djokovic, who has battled injuries this year, decided to shut down his season in July to fully recover from an elbow injury. Stan Wawrinka, who
has battled knee problems, also cut short his season. It’s been a big year for both Nadal and Federer after uneven results last year. At the end of 2016, Nadal was ranked No. 9, while Federer was ranked No. 16, with many wondering if the two legends may have lost a step. At the top, No. 1 Murray and No. 2 Djokovic were separated by just 630 points. Milos Raonic, who was ranked No. 3, trailed Djokovic by 6,330 points. Nadal, 31, conceded that it’s been “tough to get back to No. 1.” He had spent a total of 141 weeks in the top spot, with 56 consecutive weeks at No. 1 taking place between June 2010 and July 2011.
The clay-court specialist showed support for Federer, who described his back injury as a “tweak.” The Swiss legend has enjoyed a big year, winning both the Australian Open and Wimb led o n , p r o v id in g additional intrigue ahead of the U.S. Open. “Obviously, it’s bad news for the (Cincinnati) event that Roger is not playing. For me personally obviously to be back to that position is something special,” Nadal told reporters Monday. After reaching the Australian Open final and cruising to his 10th French Open title, Nadal’s comeback has been impressive after suffering through many setbacks in 2015 and 2016.
(Reuters) - Garbine Muguruza got her final U.S. Open tune-up event off to a flying start as the Wimbledon champion stormed by Brazilian qualifier Beatriz Haddad Maia 6-2 6-0 to reach the third round of the Cincinnati Open on Tuesday. Second seed Simona Halep overcame an early deficit to beat American qualifier Taylor Townsend 64 6-1 and also reach the third round, while Venus Williams beat Alison Riske 6-2 6-0 to advance to the second. French Open champion Jelena Ostapenko was upset 6-4 6-2 in the first round by unseeded Serbian Aleksandra Krunic and Agnieszka Radwanska, seeded 10th, was another to suffer an early exit, losing 64 6-4 to German Julia Gorges. Spanish fourth seed Muguruza, fresh off a q u a r t e r- f i n a l s l o s s t o
eventual winner Elina Svitolina at Toronto last week, needed only 65 minutes to earn the straight sets win over Haddad Maia and book her spot in the round of 16. After trading breaks with Haddad Maia over the course of the first four games, Muguruza found another gear and went on to win the final 10 games of the match. “I felt like a lot of games were super tight. She’s super tall, big serve with big shots. It was a strange result, because the match was pretty good,” said world number six Muguruza. “I feel like yesterday I was playing on the grass, and now I’m here. I’m happy to be in the third round here.” Muguruza now awaits the winner of yesterday’s clash between American 16th seed Madison Keys and Russian Daria Kasatkina. Romanian Halep, the
2015 Cincinnati runner-up, fell behind early but reeled off four consecutive games, including two love service holds, to clinch the opening set and remained in control the rest of the way. Halep will next face L a t v i a ’s A n a s t a s i j a Sevastova, who earlier rallied to beat China’s Peng Shuai 3-6 6-4 6-2. Williams was aggressive from the start and only got better as the match went on, stepping in and finishing rallies at the net. Fashion-conscious Williams’ biggest struggle on the court may have been with her jewelry after her hoop earring fell off at one point and later got tangled with her necklace. The win set up a second round match-up against Australian Ashleigh Barty, who beat American Varvara Lepchenko earlier on Tuesday.
Serena eyes ‘outrageous’ Australian Open return (Reuters) - Serena Williams aims to defend her Australian Open title next year, the American saying the rapid return to action would only give her around three months to prepare after giving birth to her first child. The 23-times grand slam winner announced her pregnancy in April and will be on maternity leave for the rest of the year. The 35-year-old is engaged to Reddit co-founder Alexis Ohanian. “It’s the most
outrageous plan,” Wi l l i a m s t o l d Vo g u e magazine. “I just want to put that out there. That’s, like, three months after I give birth. I’m not walking anything back, but I’m just saying it’s pretty intense. “If I lose and I lose again, it’s like, ‘she’s done’. Especially since I’m not 20 years old. I’ll tell you this much: I won’t win less. Either I win, or I don’t play.” The American added that she could have a few new tricks up her sleeve
after analyzing her game on television over the last few months. “I learn by watching. Or I watch old matches of myself on the Tennis Channel,” she added. “I hit amazing shots and these girls are running them down and hitting winners, and I’m beginning to see why. It’s because I have patterns.” Williams is one grand slam shy of Australian Margaret Court’s longstanding record of 24 major titles.
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Rose Ramdehol Auto Sales launches Hero Motorcycles as CPL fever hits Guyana
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Hero cycle- Indian High Venkatachalam Mahalingam (3 from right), CPL Commercial Director Jamie Stewart (3 from left) and Josh Ramdehol (left) with officials of Scotiabank, Bank of Baroda displaying the Motorcycles at the launching. As Guyana prepares to host its leg of this year’s edition of the Hero Caribbean Premier League, Rose Ramdehol, the exclusive franchisee of Hero M o t o r c y c l e s l o c a l l y, yesterday launched the product at the Guyana Motor Racing and Sports Club, Albert Street Thomas Lands
yesterday. The ceremony was attended by The Indian High Commissioner to Guyana M r . Ve n k a t a c h a l a m Mahalingam, Scotiabank branch manager Abu Zaman, CPL Commercial Director Jamie Stewart, Mr. Gupta of Bank of Baroda and Josh Ramdehol.
Stewart said that they are pleased to have the support of Hero which is the world’s largest manufacturer of automobiles and the leading sponsor of Hockey. He indicated that Hero recently became the title sponsor of Real Madrid in La liga and has contributed towards the Tiger Woods charity events
in The Bahamas. “They are extremely active in world sports and I am delighted to have them as a partner so we can continue to make Hero a household name in Guyana.” Mr. Mahalingam pointed out that Hero is the number one brand in India, adding that they have started there in
1984 and by 2001 they became most popular brand there. He congratulated Rose Ramdehol on the venture. Josh Ramdehol stated that Guyanese can expect quality and efficiency and will be given two years warranty. He said that the motorcycles are available in Hero-110, Hero Glamour,
Dawn 150 and Hero Hunk 150. Rose Ramdehol is situated at 226 South Road Bourda. Motorcycles will be up for viewing at the games here. Meanwhile, the Guyana Amazon Warriors will take on Jamaica Tallawahs from 18:00hrs tonight. (Zaheer Mohamed)
Sir Curtly gives Windies little chance against confident England LONDON, CMC – Legendary former seamer Sir Curtly Ambrose had held out little hope for embattled West Indies in t h e t h r e e - Te s t s e r i e s against England starting here today. Sir Curtly, who until last year served as the Caribbean side’s bowling coach, said West Indies were coming up against a very confident England side and would struggle to even win a Test. “ I a m v e r y, v e r y concerned,” the giant Antiguan told the Tuffers a n d Va u g h a n C r i c k e t Show ahead of today’s start of the day/night first Test at Edgbaston.
“England are the favourites, they have just beaten South Africa 3-1 and South Africa are a better team than the West Indies at the moment. [England’s] confidence is sky high. “The West Indies on the other hand will have to play exceptionally well, first of all to compete, let alone win a game.” He added: “Speaking from the heart as a West Indian, I’m hoping they can at least win a match or compete. But as a realist, I’m not so sure they are going to compete against England.” History is also against West Indies, having not
FLASHBACK: Sir Curtly Ambrose instructs seamer Kemar Roach during his time as West Indies bowling coach. won in a Test in England in 17 years and a series in almost three decades. In
fact, the Caribbean side are without a Test series victory since beating
minnows Bangladesh three years ago in the Caribbean. Further, the touring squad is a young one, with just three players – Kemar Roach, Kieran Powell and Shannon Gabriel – playing a Test in England before. Stars like Chris Gayle, Darren Bravo and Marlon Samuels – with 223 Tests between them – have all been sidelined for the series owing to various reasons but Sir Curtly said the experienced players were required if the Windies results were to improve. “Look at the Twenty20 squad. We have them players available and they have always been a force,” Sir Curtly.
“According to the Cricket West Indies board, you have to be available to play all the first-class games in the region to be eligible for the Test team. “I don’t have a problem with that, but Cricket West Indies need to be more lenient with their players if they want their best team. “So many players are starting their careers so have no-one to turn to who is a senior pro.” Sir Curtly snatched 405 wickets in his 98-Test career at an outstanding average of nearly 21, including a whopping 88 in 20 Tests in England at below his career average.
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Crawford, Savory, Williams and Rogers to represent Guyana Horace Burrowes – GCF President Scott Savory
Geron Williams
James Joseph competing at the Harlem Criterium For the second time Guyana would be competing at the Elite Pan American Track Championships which is set for the National Cycling Centre in Balmain, Couva, Trinidad and Tobago from August 30th to September 3rd, next. The Guyana Cycling Federation (GCF) has informed that Romello Crawford who competed at the 2016 Junior P a n A m e r i c a n Tr a c k Cycling Championships in T&T, Geron Williams along with USA based Scott Savory and debutant Daryl Rogers will be the riders pedaling for medals on the track. One of Guyana’s own, Former Olympian James Joseph who competed at the 1980 (Moscow, Soviet Union) and 1984 (Los Angeles, California, USA) Summer Olympics has been assigned coaching duties and will be joining the cyclists in the Twin Island Republic from August 28th
along with Guyana Cycling Federation President, Horace Burrowes. Joseph Briton has been appointed Manager of the team and will depart for Trinidad on August 23rd when training will commence for Crawford and debutant Rogers at the c o m p e t i t i o n f a c i l i t y, organized by the GCF. S a v o r y, d u e t o w o r k commitments will join his colleagues on August 27th. When Guyana participated at these championships for the first time in Mexico last year, Joseph and Burrowes were the representatives. The Elite Pan American T r a c k C y c l i n g Championships will showcase Olympic medalists and reigning World Champions the likes of Chloe Dygert (USA), Fabian Puerta (Columbia) and Jessica Salazar (Mexico) who will headline over 200 cyclists from 20 countries.
The event is organized by the Pan American Cycling Federation
(COPACI) in association with the Trinidad and Tobago Cycling Federation.
Romello Crawford during training in T&T
South Africa’s Pistorius allowed out of prison for grandmother’s funeral JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - Oscar Pistorius, the South African Paralympic gold medallist serving a six-year jail term for murdering his girlfriend, was allowed out of prison yesterday to attend his maternal grandmother’s funeral, correctional services
said. “He applied for compassionate leave which was considered and approval was granted. He left this morning and he was back around 1:20 pm,” spokesman for the Department of Correctional Services
Singabakho Nxumalo said. Media agency News24 reported that Pistorius was attending his grandmother Joyce Bekker’s funeral in Johannesburg after she died of old-age related complications last Thursday.
Pistorius, who is serving his sentence at the Atteridgeville Correctional Centre, also left the facility two weeks ago when he was taken to hospital after falling ill. He spent a night at a near-by medical centre before being discharged.
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Rashid Khan could be a potent weapon for the Warriors at Providence this evening.
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West Indies captain Jason Holder sends down a delivery with the pink ball during practice at Edgbaston on Wednesday. (Photo courtesy CWI Media)
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