AIETEUR NEWSK Guyana’s largest selling daily & New York’s most popular Guyana’sweeklylargest weekly Online: www.kaieteurnews.com August17,2022-Vol.17 No.34 Online readership yesterday, 76,828 Wednesday Edition Price $100 Exxon Guyana Head insults Guyanese claiming StabroekPublisherKNewscountry has ever had Block deal is best contract “I will resign when I am ready” Local company commissions EBD LED screens-aimsfor“TimesSquare”effect -GECOMChairunfazedbyOpposition'scriticism Opposition independentwantsprobe of Bascom's allegations 'Paper Shorts' murder… p. 18 storSeeyonpage3 OGGN to launch Legal Defence Fund to help fight oil contract cases Carjackers snatch 3 more cars in a week
GECOM Chair, Justice (Ret’d) Claudette Singh
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Chair of the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM), Justice Retired ClaudetteSinghhassaidthat the GECOM is moving swiftly towards Local Government Elections (LGE) in the face of claims by the A Partnership for National Unity + Alliance for Change (APNU+AFC) ofabloatedelectionslistand callsforherresignation. Justice (Ret’d) Singh wasatthetimerespondingto reporters on the sidelines of theswearing-inofthenewly appointed Commissioner of GECOM,ClementRoheeon TuesdayInfact, Justice Singh appeared unfazed by the allegationsoftheOpposition that she favours the Government in her decisions.“IamnotawarethatIdo something like that, anything I do, I do in accordance with the law I try, as a former judge, I alwaystrytoupholdtherule of law but there will be criticisms,” said Justice Singh.Shecontinued,“ifyousit on the bench and make an adverse decision, the party who loses would say you’re biased, you take a bribe whatever but that’s it so there’salwaysawayyoucan criticiseadecision,that’sup tothem.”TheGECOM Chair also responded to claims by the Oppositionthattheelectoral list is bloated and should be usedintheelections. She noted that GECOM is in its continuous registration process and heading to its claims and objections exercise, in anticipationoftheLocal Continuedonpage14
— GECOM Chair unfazed by Opposition’s criticism “Iwillresign whenIamready”
In spite of the barrage of criticisms the Stabroek Block Production Sharing Agreement (PSA) has faced from members of Government and a host of international organisationsandstakeholders,ExxonMobil Guyana insists that the country got a good dealin2016. Infact,HeadofExxon’ssubsidiary,Esso ExplorationandProductionGuyanaLimited (EEPGL),Alistair Routledge recently noted that“thisisthebestcontractthecountryhas everDuringhad...” a recent discourse on Social Media Platform, The Guyanese Critic, Routledge said he disagrees with comments that the country got a bad contract. “It’s far from the truth, this is the best contract the country has ever had, the most valuable contract for the country I mean it is already delivering unprecedented revenues to the countryintotheNaturalResourceFundandit willdeliverhugeamountsmoreinthefuture. We’rereallyonlyjustgettinggoing.” Expounding on what qualifies the 2016 dealtobethebest,Routledgesaid,“Wellyou have to go back to when the contract was agreed. At that time, we knew very little abouttheoilandgasresourceintheStabroek Block. There was a huge risk to investment underthewaythiscontractisstructured.The investorstakeallthefinancialrisk;theymake alltheinvestmentsupfront.Iftheyneverearn enough money to pay back those costs they have to write those costs off. The country neverhastoinvestmoneyinthis;sothat’sthe firstthingthat’simportanttorememberisat the time of signing of the contract we didn’t know much. It was still extremely high risk…atthetimeweknewverylittle.Wehad onewell.Therewasasuccessin2015when wesignedthe2016deal.” ThoughhewasnotinGuyanaatthetime of the signing of the 2016 deal, Routledge said it is his understanding that the normal practicegoverningofnegotiationstookplace while alluding that theAPNU+AFC regime was under no pressure. He said the two parties negotiated to the best that they felt comfortabledoing.TheExxonGuyanahead added,“Iaskedthepeoplethatwereinvolved atthetimebeforeIcamehere,theysaid‘we we’vemadethebestofferthatwecould.’We improved on the previous terms and conditions.Itwasthebestofferthatwewere willingandabletomakethatwouldcompete forinvestmentinthefuture.”
KN Publisher, Glenn Lall
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LOOPHOLES Over the years, KN has published commentaries from Chartered Accountant, Christopher Ram; International Lawyer, Melinda Janki; former EPA Head, Vincent Adams; and Oil Expert, Tom Mitro, among others,onsomeofthedamningprovisionsin thecontract.Stakeholders have flagged the fact that Guyana allows Exxon and partners to pay a paltry two percent royalty and recover it. Theyhavealsohighlightedthatnoinsurance policyfromExxonMobilCorporationandits
ExxonMobil Guyana Head, Alistair Routledge
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ANINSULT Kaieteur News (KN) Publisher, Glenn Lall, upon noting the foregoing statements saiditcanonlybedescribedasaputridinsult toGuyanese.“WhenIhearthesethings,honestly,Iam enraged, the bile, the acid in my stomach raisestomythroat,totellthesepeopledon’t play these African and Asian games with us…To tell this nation that ‘this is the best contractthecountryhaseverhad’,isnotonly equivalent to whipping us on our backs but rubbingsaltandpepperintothewounds.But I have a message for Mr Routledge:We are not that dumb; we refuse to accept the garbage and filth you are trying to make us swallow.”
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Exxon Head insults Guyanese claiming Stabroek Block deal is best contract country has ever had
The West has issued a sharp warning to countries in the hunt for cheap loans, which usually fall afoul of crippling terms that leave them vulnerable to foreign pressures. The word from the West is stark: borrow from the Chinese at own risk. To say differently, the West is cautioning: Get caught in lures of sweet on-the-surface Chinese debt, and there will be trouble. All the fine print, those suffocating terms and conditions that trick poor Third World nations in the Chinese debt trap, will now be open to Western eyes, as they probe to determine what to do next. This, too, is a new form of enslavement for impoverished Third World countries in Africa, Asia, and this region, with the latest being Sri Lanka and Pakistan standing as countries reduced to begging for relief from any source. The West is applying the squeeze in a series of swarming moves against the Chinese now clearly its main challenger and competitor for influence and dominance on the world stage. When we say the West, it is less of decision makers in Europe, and more of leaders in Washington, who dictate how these things unfurl. Frankly, Western lenders are not much better in the hellish terms that they apply to sovereign borrowers who binged on debt, and ended up with bad credit. Big debt hangover, and a bad record of repaying, even defaulting, on loans inevitably lead to the poor reputation of a bad borrower. In such circumstances, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) is turned to as a lender of last resort. Countries recoil from having to deal with the IMF, for it has gained a well-earned name as a Mafia institution. But borrowers are beggars, and beggars can’t be choosers.TheIMF gets the right to be a chooser, relative to those countries that it will lend to, those that it puts in a headlock. The IMF also gets to choose what records it asks for, how deep it decides to drill down, which is exactly what commercial banks do when lending money to citizens and companies. Antennas go up, and scrutiny tightens cruelly when there is already a heavy loan overload. Western lenders, with the IMF leading, are insisting on more disclosures about the debt deals they did with China, from those countries that turn up at their doors begging. Pakistan, which was already weighed down with Chinese loans, had to disclose the additional details identified by the IMF, as part of the consideration for a US$6B loan that it was seeking to avoid a debt crisis. It is called ‘debt transparency’ and the entire debt exposure of a nation down on its knees begging the IMF (and other Western lenders) has to be put on the table. This is the level of humiliation that leaders of sovereign nations have to face, where all their dirty debt linen is placed before cold-blooded western bankers. It is the hard price for bingeing on debt, and allowing themselves to be suckered in what looked so alluring, only for those billions in loans to end up being monstrous yokes hanging around the necks of suffering countries led into debt swamps by criminally irresponsible leaders. As we examine the newer, tougher standards of Western-based lenders, our thoughts are close to home. The Coalition APNU+AFC did its share of borrowing, but when compared to its borrowings, the returning PPP/C Government has been on a debt rampage, in an unholy rush to borrow billions from any lender from any place. It looks like leaders in the PPP/C Government harbour some fear that loans will be scarce to come by, so they race to stock up on debt. Guyana is in a debt hole of its own making already. Our leaders must slow down the borrowing, weigh which projects should be done, those that could wait for a little while. This hustling towards more debt must cease immediately; the thinking of debt as a front for frauds must be guarded against, and overcome. Debts shackle citizens tighter, expose them, and we hope that the resolve of leaders in the PPP/C Government, is that enough debt horrors have been piled upon them already. Be done now with so much debt.
DEAR EDITOR, Permit me to firstly express my exasperation about the continuous traffic buildup in Grove/Diamond during peak, and now off peak,Overperiods.theyears, I’ve seen the traffic situation evolve from minor buildups to now congestion that lasts for hours albeit the existence of an alternate roadway connecting Diamond to Eccles. While it is understood that the limited use of that roadway is due to the current construction of the connecting roadway to Mandela, what is not quite understood is why the traffic congestion sometimes lasts for 12 hours on weekends. That is right – from 8am to 8pm!Secondly, I am an Economist and believe in data driven policies. As such, over the last eleven months, I conducted an experiment to observe the traffic situation when there are Traffic Police controlling traffic flow versus when there is uncontrolled flow. The results (Continued
The two faces to Winston Jordan DEAR EDITOR, Please allow me space in your publication to address what I see emerging as a pattern of deception and political wizardry being foisted upon Guyanese. I wish to draw your readers’ attention to the recent utterances of Winston Jordan, the former Minister of Finance under the APNU + AFC coalition, the administration that has handcuffed Guyana’s future to a lopsided Petroleum Sharing Agreement (PSA) that favours oil giant, ExxonMobil.Inrecent times, Mr. Jordan has been given the platform to speak on oil and gas via the Kaieteur News seemingly as an expert. Surprisingly, Mr. Jordan is allowed to engage in this ‘political laundering’ in hopes of possibly campaigning at the next Regional and General Elections.Further, he is doing so through the pages of none other than the Kaieteur News (KN), whose publisher continues to push for a renegotiated PSA so that Guyanese can get more than ‘mereMr.crumbs’.Jordan’s latest diatribe appeared in last week’s KN under the headline, “Guyana already gripped by Dutch Disease –Former Finance Minister”. Mr. Jordan’s analysis is mischievously flawed and skewed to fit the narrative of the Mr.headline.Jordan knows that the current increase in the cost of living, which is used as one of two factors to arrive at his conclusions, is not a result of local factors. Rather, external pressures from COVID-19 and more recently the war in Ukraine has led to increased prices for goods and commodities across the world.Several international agencies have accepted this poison on rising inflation globally. Guyana is no different. This is as far as I am willing to directly venture on Mr. Jordan’s Nonetheless,utterances.Iwish to remind Guyanese that this is the same Minister of Finance who refused to come clean on the meager US$18M signing bonus accepted by the previous coalition Government.Heonly admitted to receiving the bonus when the information was eventually leaked to the public via the Stabroek News. Mr. Jordan would do well to remind this nation about the expenditure of the US$18M signing bonus because as far as we are aware the bonus went into an investment fund initially. However, for some strange reason, closer to the 2020 Regional and General Elections, the bonus along with accrued interest were transferred to the Consolidated Fund and the account at the Bank of Guyana closed. We have not forgotten how the APNU + AFC dropped the ball. KN’s Publisher, Mr. Glenn Lall said it best on one of his shows last Theweek.former administration would have us believe that Guyana was hungry and signed that ill-fated ExxonMobil contract out of desperation.Mr.Jordan and the coalition Government should be ashamed of their brief, yet destructive stewardship of the oil and gas sector. Before Mr. Jordan moves forward with his attempt at a political comeback and for Guyanese to take him seriously, he must descend his high horse, claim responsibility for Guyana’s current debacle with the oil deal and apologise personally and on behalf of the former Government.
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Government 4.9m pounds sterling in grant financing (meaning Guyana did not have to repay) to reform the GPF, Clement Rohee was Minister at the time. What decision did the Cabinet make regarding this offer? They refused it saying Guyana could not manage this amount of money and that the British would’ve had too much influence in managing the project. If this is contradictory, then perhaps Mr. Rohee and Vice President Jagdeo, the latter who was President of Guyana at the time, could educate us on the meaning of contradictory. In the said year, the USA offered to establish a Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) office in Guyana to help combat the drug trade. And although Mr. Jagdeo publicly stated the PPP government wanted the DEA in Guyana, his government made no effort to identify office space and implement the required measures to make it happen. In short, they did everything to frustrate establishing a DEA office in Guyana. Mind you, these refusals for support happened during when there were thousands of gang related murders, extrajudicial killings and drugtrafficking reigned supreme.
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Former Minister, Ronald Gajraj was Home Affairs Minister during much of this time. In fact, several phantom gang members were caught in a house just two doors down from Minister Gajraj’s house in Lamaha Gardens. I will leave it to readers to put the pieces together . Minister Gajraj was later implicated in engaging in several transactions with these criminals and shipped off to serve as Guyana’s ambassador to India. Profiting off the poverty and manufactured race hate is never good for any country. This is what the PPP is doing, using its allies in the police force, civil society and private sector. The fact that numerous police officers have been linked to or are involved in criminal and corrupt activities, and covering up criminal investigations is nothing new. Think Monica Reece, Ricardo and Paul Rodrigues, Shawn Hinds, Linden “Blackie London”, Laurie Lewis and the list goes on and on and on. Police corruption is a cancer in society and the failure of the PPP to robustly address this cancer is helping it to spread. And they know this! There are good reasons that Mitchell Caesar, Clifton Hicken and Wendell Blanhum were reassigned and relocated far from Georgetown. Guyana is in a very precarious situation. Instead of prioritising photo ops and donations to victims of crimes for political mileage, the President and the entire Cabinet should prioritize combating police corruption and improving the capacity of police officers to do the jobs they have been trained and sworn into do.
DEAR EDITOR, For all the lip service paid by the President, Vice President and their cronies about One Guyana, it appears that the PPP continues to have very little interest in improving BritishviolentInpolicetheitsthatdesirepoliticalcompromisedhaveCommissionerhardlytheoncePPPpoliticalandthetheInstead,intransparencyaccountability,andimpartialitytheGuyanaPoliceForce.theyarehappywithstatusquo,thatis,usingpoliceforcebyomissioncommissiontopursueobjectives.ThisisnothingnewtheisdoingwhatthePNCdid.Theproblemiswithpoliceforce.TherehasbeenanindependentofPolice-allbeenpolitically-resultingfromaffiliationandatomaintaintheperkscomeswiththeofficeandpensionattheexpenseofcommonpublicgood.ThePPP’strackrecordonreformatteststothis.2009duringoneofthemostperiodsinGuyana,theofferedthethenPPP
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DEAR EDITOR, Kaieteur News on August 14th reported Mr. Ramjattan has gone on record to call for renegotiation of the oil contract.Hehas reversed his previous position of defending the contract. He had been a “fierce defender”. Mr. Ramjattan, as leader of From page 4 are formidable. 99 percent of the times, there is congestion when the traffic is being controlled by an Officer. When there are no Police controlling the traffic, ceteris paribus, there is a relatively free flow of traffic. Like Adam Smith’s (1776) argument that excessive Government intervention causes market inefficiencies and disequilibrium, I’d like to believe based on the data collected that Traffic Officers’ presence on the roadways causesWhendisequilibrium.driverscoming out of Diamond Scheme to cross the junction on a needs (demand) basis, ongoing, and oncoming traffic on the main road pauses momentarily to allow exit from the scheme (supply), then continues. There is no buildup. However, when Officers stop the traffic on the main road to allow traffic out of the Scheme that natural demandsupply flow is interrupted causing congestion on the side where the demand for passage is Thirdly,greater.I’d like to recommend that Officers be properly trained in traffic management in accordance with international best practices as the traffic situation seems to be a growing concern nationally. A roundabout at the junction might also work wonders.Untilthen, PLEASE KEEP THE OFFICERS OFF OF THE ROAD and observe how this new approach effectively solves, or at least mitigates, our traffic woes. Mr.Respectfully,DannyDeonarine Simple solution to...
I call on other politicians to follow the lead of Ramjattan the AFC is the highest-level politician in Guyana to call for Renegotiation. Guyanese Activists for Renegotiation appreciate the wisdom and courage of Mr. Ramjattan–and hope other politicians including members of the ruling PPP and Opposition PNC would do likewise. We note VP Jagdeo has said recently he would negotiate new fiscal terms We disagree profoundly with that position.Most of the oil blocks already been signed up – some ten oil only one Block, Block C, has not been signed up. this link which oil already have against their own impoverished, destitute people, whose existence over the past six decades have been one of “persistent poverty” under both the PNC andInsteadPPP. of filing against the oil companies to repair loopholes and fix defective clauses to get more money for its people in keeping with their election campaign promises, the PPP Government is defending the bad PNC oil contract and is on the same side with Exxon. The Exxon side and Government side has tons of lawyers and money, and is amassed against Mr. Glenn Lall and a heroic young attorney Mohamed Ali fighting for the whole country to be better off. In the meanwhile, the Opposition is “tripping,” and uses the battery of attorneys on their side to file many frivolous lawsuits, instead of supporting the legal defence team of the “renegotiation” movement. History will judge the PNC harshly, which committed the original oil contract sin. In Guyana today, which Freddy often calls “not a real country,” it is hard to find Attorneys who would take a case against the oil companies or against the government. There is an Attorney guy who wants to be our President. This oil case would have been a good chance for him to prove his mettle and show how much he loves his country and people. But that was the guy when asked whether he supports renegotiation, the first words out of his mouth were “sanctity of contract.” Many of the Attorneys today were funded by the taxpayers when they attended the UWI portion of their legal studies. Some got scholarships. Where is their loyalty to the country when we needed them the most to fight the people’s battles, at such a time as this? Nation, make no mistake about it, without a better oil deal from renegotiation, the country is going nowhere for our poor people. Don’t be fooled (Continued
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From page 5 by new hotels, shore bases and rela ted oil infrastructure that are subsidized by state tax-free waivers, and duty-free Thatconcessions.aloneis not progress. Poor people would not be All Guyanese should support a... better off. Progress would be when we have created a new compensation structure based on the principle of “a living wage,” a system of unemployment benefits, pensions for all including the self-employed and housewives, with builtin annual improvement.andandaUsingAdjustments,Cost-of-Livingetc.cashgrantpittancesassubstituteforanewsystemstructureistemporaryuselessforlong-term JerryRegards,Jailall
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Protection: Let’s see where Guyana and America stand DEAR EDITOR, Guyanese informer and whistleblower Dion Bascom has spoken. I look in two directions, and wait on two sources, to ascertain what the reactions will be, where things will stand. The directions point to Guyana and America, the sources I pinpoint are His Excellency, President Ali and Her Excellency, United States Ambassador Lynch. Will Guyana’s President resort to seeking shelter behind his now trademark ploys? Will America’s Ambassador to Guyana turn out to be the epitome of hypocrisy? I arrive at no conclusions, make no judgment. Not just yet. Another Guyanese, a man with not such a heartening reputation, stood up and spoke out. George Bacchus did so, and he went down and out for the count. It is the one count from which there is no return. When he was so degraded an abundance of secrets died with him. Criminal secrets. Government secrets. Political and leadership secrets. Though secrets, it would be more accurate to assert that they are really not mysteries. T hey aren’t where I am. And because of that, I wonder about the Guyana Police Force’s member, Mr. Dion Bascom. It is but a short step from silent public servant to loathed public pariah. And then to the dung heap of Guyana’s remembered, but all too easily, too quickly forgotten, history. It is a dirty, brutish history.But there is more than surmising about Officer Bascom, there is fearing for his safety, I ponder his security, now so fragile, such a thread hanging. In certain circles in this country-official, political, and commercial, he is all but good for a proper lynching. Yes, I dare to use that dreadful, harrowing word, so laced with ugliness and putridness. What we have here in this domestic inhumaneness wreaked upon brother by brother, and all for oil. Without delving too deeply into this, I recall and I remind my Guyanese brothers and sisters that the man from Galilee did say that he came to bring sword and division and fire. Well, those have taken the form, believe it or not, of oil in Guyana. There is a lot at stake here, which is why I reeled in both Excelle ncy Ali and Excellency Lynch. We have the Protective Disclosures Act of 2018 (thanks for SN editorial dated August 15), and the hour is now to demonstrate whether it is mere paper, or it projects the full weight of Presidential Power. Protect Dion Bascom, Mr. President. Do this one thing right, sir. I do not challenge, no sir. Rather, I honestly invite; nay, I humbly plead. Show to all Guyana what this President and Presidency is all about for a change. As for Her Excellency, the U.S. Ambassador, I understand the paramountcy of oil, and for me, it doesn’t have to be stated pub licly. The fact that there is this comesotaughtAmericanwhereMadamenonentitiesrooftopssilenceplenipotentiaryconspicuousrestraintandroarsfromtheforthelikesoflikeme.But,Ambassador,thisisthosevauntedvaluesthatIwassowell,andabsorbedwell(toowell,Ithink)allintothefullestfruition of motion. It is where the rubber kisses the highway. For there is this conflict, this clash and contradiction, that now doesn’t have to be. It is about oil and the stir of the remarkable insights of precious human rights. See, Excellency, I did learn at the feet of masters. Now is the hour to prove whether this local base or that domestic shore takes precedence over what is a fundamental principle of the American way. I confess that I speak in tongues, and though deliberate, there can be no mistaking my meaning. For I believe that there is sufficiency of sagacity at Duke Street to identify very closely with what I place before one and all, be they Guyanese, American, or any other.Ifthe Guyana Government and Guyana’s President do not have what it takes to stand for Dion Bascom, then America must. The Americans must show that they are not all talk, but deep down really real where Guyana is concerned, oil or no oil. I have said a mindful and mouthful, it is time for me to go. Protect Dion Bascom. GHKSincerely,Lall
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Transparency Advocate, Dr. Jerry Jailall
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The Oil and Gas Governance Network (OGGN), comprised of a teamofpassionateGuyanese on a mission to educate the public,anddemandchanges totheunfairprovisionsinthe 2016oilcontractsignedwith American oil major ExxonMobil, is advancing itsefforts.Theteam is presently in the process of establishing a Legal Defence Fund that is geared at financing legal challenges to the lopsided deal.Dr.JerryJailall,aformer University Lecturer in the United States and a born Guyanese,inarecentarticle saidtheideaoftheFundwas first suggested by Attorneyat Law and Chartered Accountant, Christopher Ram, while delivering his presentation at an Oil and Gas symposium hosted on SaturdayInhis remarks, Ram suggested that those c o n c e r n e d w i t h renegotiation of the oil contractandtherelatedlegal actions, should create a Legal Defence Support Fund.Tothisend,Dr.Jailall encouraged that “Guyanese everywhere”should“chipin when the fund has been set up.” The initiative will be spearheaded by the Civil Society organisation, ‘Our Wealth,OurCountry’.Itwas explained that the group is ironing out the details regardingthelaunchofa‘Go FundMe’pagetoraisefunds towardsthiscause. In underlining the importance of the Fund, Dr Jailall argued, “These lawsuits have become necessary because the people who should have been leading these efforts –the Government and the Opposition have their boots firmly planted on the side of the rapacious oil barons against their own impoverished, destitute people, whose existence over the past six decades havebeenoneof“persistent poverty”underboththePNC andFPPP.”urthermore, he reasoned that instead of filing legal challenges againsttheoilcompanies,to repair loopholes, and fix defectiveclausestogetmore money for its people, in keeping with their election campaignpromises,thePPP Governmentisdefendingthe contract and is on the same sidewith SimilarlyExxon.,the advocate pointed out that the Opposition is “tripping and usesthebatteryofAttorneys on their side to file many frivolouslawsuits,insteadof supporting the legal defence team of the renegotiation movement.”DrJailallwentontonote that in Guyana today, citizens are challenged in finding an attorney that would be ready to fight a case against the oil companies, or even against thegovernment.Tothisend,hereminded, “Manyoftheattorneystoday were funded by the taxpayers when they attended the (University of the West Indies) UWI portionoftheirlegalstudies. Some got scholarships.” As such,heenquired,“Whereis their loyalty to the country whenweneedthemthemost tofightthepeople’sbattles?” To that end, the activist pointed out that without a better oil deal through renegotiation, the country would not be making the right economical turns to change the lives of its poor population.“Don’tbefooled by new hotels, shore bases, andrelatedoilinfrastructure that are subsidized by state tax-free waivers, and dutyfree concessions.That alone is not progress. Poor people wouldnotbebetteroff,”Dr JailallInstead,asserted.he opined that trueprogresswouldbe
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An assessment is needed into what took place last Sunday. But do not expect the organisers to be keen on having their shortcomings exposed. As such, do not expect any inquiry into what happened from that source. It is now left to the Minister of Sport to intervene to demand such an inquiry.
The sponsors of the event should insist on this because all the goodwill they would have gained from sponsoring the event would have been erased by the fallout from the traffic woes before, during and after the event. A little better planning would have made a big difference. The authorities should help ensure that such a situation never recurs. Otherwise we can kiss hosting major sporting events goodbye. (The views expressed in this article are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the opinions of this newspaper.)
dem gat in each Region. Yuh gat to get calculator fuh know how much new deaths dem gat in each Region every month. Yuh gat to get calculator fuh know how much people dead suh far fuh de month. Yuh woulda think by now dat de scorecard would be more understandable. Is two years de Ministry had fuh get dis thing right. But once dem understand it, is important. Nah mind it nah mek much sense to you and me. De Citizenship Initiative do a public service to de nation. Everyday dem use to give a detailed breakdown of de dashboard and de information deh sharing in tableDeform.Citizenship Initiative do a good wuk. And dem do it fuh a lang time. But dem stap since de end ah July. And because of dat everyday yuh gat to get out yuh calculator fuh read de COVID dashboard. But de Ministry never learn. Dem reproducing de same meaningless format fuh two whole years. And nobody nah telling them dat wat dem doing is a public embarrassment. Talk half. Leff half. the police are not the ones to blame.IfGuyana hopes to host international sporting events, it is important that it gets two things right. The first is crowd control and the second is traffic control. Whatever ambitions Guyana has of becoming a major host of sporting events, those will quickly disappear unless it gets traffic and crowd under control.A number of major sporting events are slated for the remainder of this year. This weekend, there is drag racing at the South Dakota Circuit. Normally this event presents headaches for the authorities and given the overcrowding of the East Bank corridor, those headaches are not likely to disappear this year. Next month, the Caribbean Premier League gets going in Guyana. Thousands of Guyanese will be coming in for this event but whether they will be able to reach the venue in time is another thing because the parking arrangements at the stadium are terrible.Whenthat stadium was first designed, the area immediately in front of it was not intended to be a parking area. This area is supposed to handle the inflow and outflow of spectators. When you are building a stadium you have to provide this area so as to prevent deaths should there be a stampede. But some genius had an idea that this should be a parking lot for VIPs and now VVIPs. And someone also had an idea that the areas to the north of the stadium which were set aside for parking should be given out to businesses. As such the parking area for the National Stadium is much too small for the vehicles of those in attendance. Persons are therefore forced to park alongside the public road and in every available nook and cranny, thereby further impeding the free movement of vehicles.Itisnot too late for the organisers of the Caribbean Premier League to decide whether the present parking arrangements at the National Stadium are satisfactory. It is not too late for them to move the matches from Guyana unless adequate arrangements can be made for parking and traffic control. The fiasco which occurred at Rising Sun last Sunday should not be allowed to repeat itself. There was sufficient parking available aback of the race course. But Guyanese do not like to pay for parking and prefer to park wherever they please, no matter the inconvenience it poses to others. The organisers should publicise the cost of parking for that event. There are unconfirmed reports that some persons felt that the parking fee was too prohibitive. On this issue, the organisers should issue a statement.Theorganisers should have also learnt an important lesson. You should not have a stage show and races at the same event. Both attract large crowds and when you combine a stage show with horse racing, you are inviting serious problems.
The sponsors of last Sunday’s Guyana Cup should demand that the organisers institute a fact-finding inquiry into the traffic fiasco which resulted. This would help the organisers to understand the mistakes which were made and to prevent a recurrence. Letters have appeared in the press complaining about the chaotic traffic situation. Reports indicate that vehicles caught in the traffic jam spent hours in the line. Some persons were said to have missed their flights to the airport.With proper planning this ought never to have happened. But horse racing in Guyana does not have a central governing authority and as such it is often left to the clubs and stables to organise events, and because of lack of know-how to deal with certain issues, problems arise.Many of those who wrote letters to the press and on social media, complaining about the situation, failed to identify the cause of the problem. One person wrote a letter detailing his experience but could find no other explanation other than a limited police presence. But calculus
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From page 3 subsidiary has been made public and thus far, there have been word-of-mouth assurances that EEPGL has coverage for up to US$600M per Criticsspill. have also lambasted authorities for allowing Exxon and partners to recover all interests taken on loans for the projects offshore. Best practices dictate that there should be a cap on these interests but Guyana has none. Even Attorney General and Minister of Legal Affairs, Anil Nandlall, has also condemned the PSA, noting that it is the worst contract
Dem Boys remember de shame and disgrace when Guyana did host Cricket World Cup in 2007. We spend billions of dollars fuh build a new stadium. But we didn’t have money fuh put in wan electronic scoreboard. Is two years now since de Health Ministry issuing a daily dashboard of COVID-19 deaths, infections and dem patients in intensive care. De dashboard is meaningless unless yuh gat a calculator and de previous day dashboard. You have to take a calculator to determine how much new infections
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Exxon Guyana Head insults Guyanese... on theKNplanet.hadalso done an extensive review of 130 PSAs to better understand just how “unusual” Guyana’s provisions are. It turns out that Guyana’s is in a class of its own. It is the only one, which has more than a dozen odd provisions all in one place. For example, the PSA sees the government paying the contractor’s income tax out of the country’s share of the profits. However, none of the 130 PSAs examined shows this arrangement.Further, the GuyanaExxonMobil PSA is the only one out of 130 contracts, which has no ring-fencing provisions to prevent costs of unsuccessful wells being carried over to that of successful wells. There is also no sliding scale for royalty to increase as production improves. And that is not all. Guyana’s PSA is the only one out of 130 that allows insurance premiums to be fully recovered as well as interest on loans and financing costs that are incurred by the contractors. Contrary to what Routledge noted, Guyana pays for every aspect of Exxon’s operations through cost recovery.
FrederickKissoon I am fed up with Mr Ramkarran writing to Kaieteur News and apologies printed for fear of libel over a period of 23 years. I was relieved when I read his letter on me in Monday’s Kaieteur News and there was no threatoflibel. I am typing this column at 5:42AM and will send the draft to five, yes five, lawyers thatIinteractwith,forthemtoclearitofany libelous content. Once it is published, then theyclearedme. WhenMr RamkarranformedANewand United Guyana (ANUG), and contested the presidency, I thought that he would be more open to criticism. I complained to Mr Kian Jabour, the General Secretary of ANUG about Mr Ramkarran. We were walking on the lawns on NCN and I brought up the subject.Icomplained to Mr JonathanYearwood aboutMr Ramkarran.Yearwood,Iregardas a fierce, independent voice. I met him in Gitfland Mall. At the time he was in the leadershipofANUG.Morethan15yearago, I complained to someone close to Mr Ramkarran about Mr Ramkarran’s attitude to me.Thatwas Gino Persaud who is now a HighCourtJudge. ImadeamistakeinOctoberlastyearand wrote that Mr Ramkarran had sued me for libel.Itwasnotamaliciousfictiongiventhe contextandcontextexplainseverything.Mr Ramkarran wrote a virulent denunciation. Thehiddenintentionwasclear.Iwaswrong soIdidapologisetoavoidlibel. But I was only slightly wrong and Mr Ramkarrancouldhavepointedouttheslight mistake. Here is the context. In 1999, Mr Ramkarran threatened libel. Mr Khemraj Ramjattanpersuadedhimtodesist. Hewantedapublishedapologyandasum to be given to charity I can’t remember the sumbutIthinkitwas$600,000butImaybe wrong. Mr Glenn Lall complied with Mr Ramkarran’srequests.TheEditoratthetime wasMr NillsCampbell. Mr Ramkarran sent the apology to Mr Campbell and Campbell published without me seeing the apology From that day, I refused to be on good terms with Campbell. He did an egregious thing as an editor I shouldhavecomposedtheapologywithhim editing it. The apology for libeling Mr Ramkarran turned out to be a libel against me From that day, I never saw Mr Ramkarran in a positive light. I say after 23 years, Mr Ramkarran owes me an apology forthecontentsofhiscomposition.
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words: “Glenn Lall has said that particular column is being accused of launching a ‘nasty’ attack on Ralph Ramkarran. I have re-read the column and canfindnothingwhichconstitutesa‘nasty’ attackonthelearnedgentleman.Ialsohave found nothing vicious about the column. But if anyone’s feelings were hurt by the column, I am truly remorseful. If anyone was offended then I also express my regrets.” Ifyouareintelligent,thenyouwouldread between the lines and easily grasp what happened. In his reply to me on Monday in thisnewspaper,Mr Ramkarranwrotethisof me: “ making false and libelous allegations many years ago in accordance with your usual modus operandi of lying about and degrading others and never letting up on your nefarious efforts, even now.” If I say those very words about Mr Ramkarran,aninstantlibelwritwillfollow (The views expressed in this article are those of the author and do not necessarily reflecttheopinionsofthisnewspaper.) applaud Ralph Ramkarran for not threatening
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Oneimportantnoticereadersmustdigest I never named Ramkarran in the column I simply referred to the “evil committee at Freedom House” Mr Ramkarran notified Kaieteur News inhisletterthatsinceheispart ofthecommitteethenbyextensionhewasevil Readers need to know in the column I said I expected better from Mr Ramkarran So in he/sheresponsetitleanonymouswroteproofinstance,ofnamechangededitorshavehaveshouldMrcomplainedhefact,IsingledhimoutforpositivecommentMrLallwasoutofthecountryandwhenreturnedIshowedhimtheapologyandbitterlyagainstMrCampbell.LallinmypresencetoldCampbellhenothavecarriedsucharetraction.Fromthatincidentin1999untothisday,Ipennedalltheretractionsmyselfthatbeendemandedbypeople.Thedifferentfrom,1999tothisday,havenotanything.Since1999,MrRamkarranhaswrittenKNaboutparticularcolumnsinwhichhiswasmentionedandapologieswereferedtoavoidlibeleventhoughinoneIrefusedtoapologisebecauseIhadintheformofaletterMrRamkarrantheUniversityofGuyana.IaskreaderstoponderwordsofKN’scolumnist,PeepingTomandtheofthecolumn,“Nooffencemeant.”IntoananalysisonMrRamkarran,wrotelastweek(August12),the
Wednesday August 17, 2022 Kaieteur News PAGE 11
Opposition Leader, Aubrey Norton, onTuesday, called for independent and international experts to investigaterecentallegations made by a senior detective, Sergeant Dion Bascom Bascom has accused his superiors at the Criminal Investigations Department (CID)ofacceptingabribeto cover up the gruesome murderofRicardoFagundes aka‘PaperShorts’. ‘Paper Shorts’ was riddled with more than 20 bullets on March 2021 However, recently Bascom went public accusing the force of covering up the investigation into the murderHeevennamedasuspect, Mark Richmond better known as ‘Shop man’ and implicated prominent businessman Azruddin Mohamedinthecrime.Asit relates to the cover-up, he accused a Superintendant of Police, Mitchell Caesar, of taking a $30M bribe to destroyevidence. All three parties have threatened to sue him for defamation of character and the police’s Office of Professional Responsibility (OPR) has launched an investigation into his allegations.However, many political figures do not trust the OPR to carry out a fair investigation into Bascom’s claims of a cover-up and Nortonisoneofthem. In a statement on Tuesday, Norton said, “Detective Bascom’s allegationsare,onthefaceof Continuedonpage21 Opposition Leader, Aubrey NortonSergeant Dion Bascom
‘Paper Shorts’ murder… Kaieteur NewsPAGE 12 WednesdayAugust 17, 2022
Opposition wants independent probe of Bascom’s allegations
OGGNtolaunchLegalDefenceFundtohelpfightoil...
Frompage8 reflected on the lives of the people when a new compensation structure based on the principle of a “ l i v i n g w a g e ” i s implemented, along with unemployment benefits for all, pensions for all includingtheself-employed and housewives - with built in annual cost of living adjustments. He argued that usingsporadiccashgrantsis a mere “pittance” measure thatisbeingemployedbythe government that refuses to implement a long term solutiontotheissuescitizens arefacedwith. As such, the advocate noted, “Neither the Government nor Opposition would fight for us in this oil renegotiationissue.Wehave to do it ourselves, and remember how to vote in 2025. Your support for this upcoming Legal Defence Fund for the oil contract renegotiation would be very important. It’s our wealth andourcountry,andwemust care.”Jailall also commended the Publisher of Kaieteur News, Mr Glenn Lall, in funding a lawsuit out of his personal funds to challenge the tax holiday being enjoyed by ExxonMobil, as well as other citizens who have filed environmental lawsuits against the company with their own resources. AboutOGGN OGGN was created in the summer of 2017 The body is a registered non profit organisation in New York City, United States and has no political associationOGGN’s mission is to advocate for the rule of law, environmental protection, and financial norms with respecttooilexplorationand productioninGuyana.
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The organisation comprises of professionals such as Mr Alfred Bhulai, a former Science teacher, Dr JanetteBulkan,anAssociate Professor at University of British Columbia, Darshanand Khusial, a Financial Researcher, with q u a l i f i c a t i o n s i n managementaccountingand securitiesandseveralothers. Theteamhasbeenusing various platforms to stress theneedforrenegotiationof theoilcontract. Letters are published almost daily in the newspapers, and only on Saturday last, an oil and gas forum was hosted in the United States to spread awareness on the resource curse.
Kaieteur NewsPAGE 14 WednesdayAugust 17, 2022 “I will resign when I am ready”...
Frompage2 Government Elections (LGE) which is expectedtobeheldbyyear-end. “Ifthelistisbloated,well,wearemoving now to claims and objections and people would have a chance to object to who is not supposedtobethere,”shesaid. She stressed that the names on the list were legally registered and the claims and objections exercise would allow persons to objecttoanyirregularities. In a statement, GECOM announced that the claims and objections exercise will commenceonAugust22,2022inaccordance with Order No. 35 of 2022 made under the NationalRegistrationAct,Chapter19:08,to produce an Official List of Electors (OLE). This exercise will be conducted at all the GECOM permanent Registration Offices in the10administrativeregions. Duringtheclaimsandobjectionsperiod, anypersonwhowillbe18yearsandolderby the October 31, 2022, and is a Guyanese citizenbybirth,descent,ornaturalisation,or is a citizen from a Commonwealth country living in Guyana for one year or more, can make a claim on or before September 11, 2022 to be included on the OLE, providing thathe/shewasneverpreviouslyregistered. According to the Commission, persons desirousofmakingaClaimtobeincludedin the OLE are required to visit the GECOM registration office responsible for their area of residence with the applicable source document(s)suchasoriginalbirthcertificate, valid passport, adoption certificate, or naturalisation certificate/certificate of registrationtoberegisteredforinclusion. Existing registrants are advised to check thePreliminaryListofElectors(PLE)posted attwoprominentbuildingsintheirrespective electoral division/subdivision, at the registrationofficeresponsiblefortheirareas ofresidence,atGECOM’sHeadOfficeoron GECOM’swebsiteatwww.gecom.org.gyto verify the accuracy of their registration information.Inthisregard, persons who are required to update their registration records such as changes or corrections to their names and occupation, or to apply for a transfer in relation to their addresses are advised that those transactions would also be facilitated duringthisexercise. Therelevantsourcedocumentssuchasan original marriage certificate, deed poll with birth certificate, or a new birth certificate reflecting the changes must be presented in the case of an application for a change or correction.
Commenting on the company’s commitment to delivering LTEservicesacrossGuyana,DigicelGuyana’sCEO,Gregory Dean said that it was just in June that representatives of the companymetwiththeleadersofthecommunity Soonafter,a feasibilitystudywasconductedinthecommunity Butaccordingtohim,“Themainissuewithremoteprojects iselectricityandalsogettingtowers” Nevertheless,Deansaid that Digicel was able to rehabilitate one of its towers and deployedittothecommunity Thetowerisnowbeingused to providethecommunitywithanimprovednetworkservice. “Withthelaunchofthisservicewenowcover98percentof the population and more importantly 90 percent of the populationiscoveredintermsofLTEservice,”theCEOsaid HecitedotherruralareaswhereDigicelrecentlylaunched itsLTEserviceandstatedthatheiselatedtobedeliveringon another promise in the commitment to provide superfast connectivityfor“everyone,everywhereviaourLTEnetworks” from the launch of Digicel’s 4G LTE service at St. Cuthbert’s Mission
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The residents of St Cuthbert’s Mission (Pakuri) are now abletoenjoyfasterandmorereliableinternetconnectionwith thelaunchofDigicel’s4GLTEserviceinthecommunity
It was revealed that the development materialised some eight years after talks began to have a more reliable network serviceinthecommunity ResidentswerehappytoseeDigicel deliveronitspromiseonMonday
On Monday, Digicel’s team, members of the media and Prime Minister Mark Phillips visited the indigenous community, which is located on the Mahaica River in Region Four,fortheauspiciousundertaking
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Speakingattheevent,DeputyToshao,LeroyGonputhsaid, “We are indeed grateful for the opportunity given to us by Digicel givinguscommunicationwherewecanenjoyitfrom ourhomelikeeveryotherGuyanese Forquitealongtimewe wereleftbehindbuttodaywecansayDigicelhasgivenusthat opportunity to sit back, relax and have our phone calls from rightinthecomfortofourhomes.” WithDigicel’sLTEservicenowinthecommunity,residents are expected to have faster speeds and access to information The LTE service upgrade also means more opportunity for educationandeconomicempowermentDigicelsaiditsfocusondelivering the best customer experiencebyensuringitsnetworksaresuperiorandubiquitous hasseenemphasisbeingplacedonspeed,qualityandcoverage
Wendy Webster, a resident of Goed-Fortuin , Region Three, receives three months of free fibre service at her home. The presentation was made by Sales Manager, Conley Baxte -Dennis.
A customer who switched to GTT’s Fibre + Voice Service is captured in photo.
A member of GTT’s sales team engages residents of Region Three. 20k homes in 3 months
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GTT boasts of unprecedented fibre service roll-out to
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During the past weekend, GTT’s Home Solutions and Fixed Networks continued the second phase of an unprecedentedroll-outofitshigh-speed fibre service to improve the internet connection of 20,000 homes across 18 communities within record breaking timeofjustthreemonths. Inareleasethecompanynotedthat over the past two weeks, it rolled out fibre to Melanie, Coldigen, Enterprise Gardens, Enterprise Hymac Scheme, Section C Enterprise, and Bachelor’s Adventure on the East Coast of Demerara. Also included are Cornelia Ida, Anna Catherina, Groenveldt, EdinburgandLeonoraontheWestCost of Demerara, and Diamond, East Bank of Demerara. The new area launches, according to the release, saw hundreds of customers being connected weekly with most of them on the same day of application.GTT’sChief Operations Officer (COO) of Home Solutions and Fixed Networks,EshwarThakurdin,saidthat GTTis making massive improvements toreliablyconnectcustomers. “This is the beginning of the biggest fibre roll-out you have ever seen from GTT with some 20,000 additional homes and businesses having access to our fibre service from now to October 2022. We are doing this with record high installationrates.Thismonth,wewill continuetoaddseveralnewareason the West Coast and East Coast of Demerara, while in September, we movetheexcitementtoBerbice,”said Thakurdin. He also expressed his appreciationtothecommunitiesthat recently welcomed GTT as their trustedserviceprovider Eshwar added that equipping communities with reliable high-speed internet is in part, a fulfillment of the company’s promise to strengthen communities and reliably connect its customers.“Residents can now benefit from a plethora of new opportunities, includingworkfromhomeemployment Continued on page 23
Vice Chairperson of the Melanie Community Development Council, Sirestsi Bascom receives three months of free fibre service. The presentation was made by Senior Commercial Manager Home Services and Fixed Networks, George Scott at the Melanie Market Square.
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Hall and Diamond and on Saturday they were officially saidWjunior“modernitoPublicapplyingputduringGdreamthought…couldcrowdsscreensSskyscrapers.macrossvideoscbSquaresUSA.TwasthatGildarie,ManagingbDeodatMinistryBennAfandHoustonceremonycommissioned.ThecommissioningwasheldattheMethodistChurchwasattendedbyHomefairsMinister,RobesonandMinisterwithintheofPublicWorks,IndarAttheceremony,themanehindthecompany,itsDirector,LeonardtoldtheinviteeshisLEDscreensprojectinspiredfromatriptoimesSquare,NewYork,StandingatTimesone’sattentioncanecaptivatedbytheolourfuladvertisementandupdatesflashedlargedigitalscreensountedonnearby“IhavebeentoTimesquare,NewYork,theandbrightlightsandaresightstobehold.Iwedaretotostartareplicationinuyana?”Gildariesaidhisbriefspeech.HesaidthathedecidedtohisplaninactionbytotheMinistryofWorksforpermissionusetheoverpassestonstallandoperatehisdigitalscreens.”After“tormenting”theMinisterinthePublicorksMinistry,Gildariethatheeventuallygot
Apart from advertising corporations on its screens, Pixels Guyana Inc. intends to use the high definition screens to showcase Public Service Ads on crime, domestic violence, littering, andOtourism.verthe last few months, KFC, Coca Cola and a few other major franchises in the country havebeenmakinguseofthe screens and, according to Gildarie, the display has “wowed” Corporate Guyana.Indeed, the newly installed screens have been catchingtheattentionof
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Atripto“TimesSquare” in the USA inspired a local businessman to replicate the scenerythereinGuyanaand hehasmadesignificantsteps in doing so after his company on Saturday commissioned three LED screens on the East Bank of Demerara(ECD). The company, Pixels GuyanaInc.,hadearlierthis yearlauncheditstrafficcam initiative along the EBD corridor to make the life of drivers much easier and it has proven to be quite a success thus far Pixels GuyanaInc.hadhintedback then that it was working on another project and that it is to assist in the development of the country by “lighting up the EBD with some big screens.Those“bigscreens”have Houston, Peter’s his permission and began workingonhisproject. According to the former journalist now turned businessman, he literally emptied his savings and ended up selling one of his cars just to raise capital and intheenditwasnotenough. However,hedidnotgive up on his “Times Square” inspired projects and was able to get funding from some close associates he named as Arnold and his wifeWChandra.iththecashinhandhe was able to make his dream into a reality, in the process “wowing” Guyanese who use the East Bank route to gethome.Explaining the purpose and use of the screens, Gildarie said, “The screens are not mere advertising screens, they are game changersinthemediaworld with possibilities of live streaming and a perfect tool that can be leveraged to educateourpeople.”
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One of the digital screens that was commissioned on Saturday
Carjackerssnatchthreemorecarsinaweek
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Among the stolen Toyota Premio modelvehiclesare:PTT7696–asilver grey car owned by a Health and Safety Officer employed at Guyana Shore Base Inc., and PSS 1871 – a dark grey car owned by a woman of Land of Canaan, East Bank Demerara (EBD). Also stolen was PYY 4403 – a white ToyotaFielderWagon. Speaking with Kaieteur News on Tuesday,theHealthandSafetyOfficer Continued on page woman by boyfriend
Many car owners are beginning to fear that they could be the next victim after carjackers snatched three more Toyotacarsinoneweekfromacrossthe country However, this publication understandsthatatotaloffivecarswere stolenfromJuly29todatebut Kaieteur News was reliably informed that the numbermightbemuchhigher
22 The Kaieteur News car that is yet to be recovered The Premio car that was stolen on Sunday at Land of Canaan Another Premio car that was stolen on August 4 at Grove The Toyota fielder car that was hijacked from a
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Rohee replaces Bibi Shadick as PPP/C GECOM Commissioner
Followingtheswearingin,President Irfaan Ali congratulated Rohee on his appointment and noted that the longstandingpoliticianwouldbringawealth of knowledge and experience to GECOMasitsnewCommissioner “Mr Roheeisnostrangertoour Continued on 25
Former Minister of Home Affairs, Clement Rohee taking the oath of office as the new PPP/C Commissioner at GECOM
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ormer Minister of HomeFAffairs,ClementRohee,isthe new People’s Progressive Party/Civic (PPP/C) Commissioner on the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM).Theformer Government Minister wassworninonTuesdaymorningbythe President as the replacement for the late PPP/C Commissioner, Bibi Safora Shadick,whopassedawayonSaturday At the swearing-in ceremony Rohee promised to improve professionalism withintheelectoralbody He noted that “Professionalism in GECOM,asitisinanyinstitution,hasto dowithgoodgovernanceanddemocracy and is extremely important and I would wanttohelptomakeacontribution. Speaking about the conduct of GECOM staffers and officials, Rohee said,“Thefactistheyallhavetopresent aprofessionalfacetothepublicnotonly in terms of image but also in terms of what they do in terms of the concrete activitiesinthepublicdomain.”
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Local it, serious enough to warrant an immediate and full-blown investigation.”Whilethe Opposition supports such an investigation, the Opposition Leader wants it to be done by independent and international experts. “We, the Opposition, support the position that such an investigation should be conducted by independent international experts and be launched promptly, without the usual game-playing by the Government or the Police High Command,” the statement read.Additionally, the Opposition said that it supports Bascom’s lawyer’s request for him to be granted witness protection and other measures common to whistleblowing arrangements. The detective is being represented by Prominent Attorney, Nigel Hughes. Bascom has publicly stated that he will not succumb to the threats of lawsuits and stands by the allegations he has made.
Wednesday August 17, 2022 Kaieteur News PAGE 21 “THE CARIBBEAN AS A REGION WILL NEED MORE THAN US$40 BILLION TO FINANCE ADAPTATION EFFORTS” (CMC) - Dominica’s Prime Minister, Roosevelt Skerrit, says the two-day United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) Caribbean Heads of Governments meeting, opening in The Bahamas on Tuesday, should allow for a Caribbean messageNovember27ahead(CARICOM)CommunitypositionoftheUNFCCCCOPtobeheldinEgypt,7-18,2022“Myatthisconference
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will be very clear that the kicking of the can down the road where action on climate change needs to be taken must stop,” Skerrit said as he departed for Nassau.“Our countries in the Caribbean are facing an existential threat because of climate change and there have been promises of monies to help us build resilience, to help us build adaptation in our countries, but we have not been receiving that money,” he added.Skerrit said at every COP meeting “there are some promises and there are some new promises and coming from the Paris agreement, nothing has happened really. ‘So there is this pool of funds and if these funds are going to be accessed by way of loans how are we going to pay it,” said Skerrit, who wants Dominica to become the first climate resilient country in the world.
From page 18 many and it has certainly been the gossip on the various social media platforms, especially in the comment sections on Facebook. One Facebook user by the name of “Freddy Tobby” commented: “I was passing in a car eating chicken curry and boom…when I see this (screen) I stop eat.” Gildarie signalled that he is not stopping at the screens but plans to do more to assist in the development of his country. “By any stretch of the imagination, we are far from finished from playing our part to transform this country,” related the businessman. For those who would like to advertise with Pixels Guyana Inc, the company is offering a special package. If you pay for 20 spots, the company will double the amount.
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Trinidad PM blasts Trade Unionist over perceived racial remarks (CMC) - Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago, Dr. Keith Rowley, has brushed aside statements made by a prominent Trade Unionist which he said were intended to bring race into the wage and salary dispute involving public servants. Last Friday, thousands of people took to the streets in Trinidad protesting against the government’s offer of a four percent salary increase as an “insult” and vowing to step up their actions in the coming days.The workers grouped under the umbrella Joint Trade Union Movement (JTUM) said they were disrespected by the government’s four percent offer as articulated by the Chief Personnel Officer (CPO) as the final offer. The unions, including the PSA, the Trinidad and Tobago Fire Service Association, said that the CPO, Dr. Daryl Dindial, had during the latest round of negotiations earlier this month offered a salary increase of four percent, representing a zero, zero and two percent and a zero, zero and two percent for the period of 2014 and 2019. Last month, Prime Minister Rowley told a news conference that it would cost the government an estimated TT$2.5 billion (One TT dollar=US$0.16 cents) in back pay alone to cover the four percent wage increase. The unions had originally rejected an initial two percent offer over an eight-year period –2014-2021.Addressing the workers, the General Secretary of the National Trade Union Centre (NATUC), Michael Annisette said, “Black (AfroTrinidadians) people we strong. The (ruling) People’s National Movement (PNM) will pay the price. We not taking four percent. We go back to the ancestors…to Africa…for spiritual guidance.”
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From page 19 said that his car was stolen on August 4 last, from in front of his home at Grove, EDB. He related that he was not in the country at the time and had left his car parked there for a few days. However, he revealed that when his girlfriend awoke around 04:00hrs on August 4, his car wasThemissing.matter was reported to police but to date investigators are clueless as to who could have stolen his car. On Sunday last, two more cars were stolen – one at 04:00hrs from in front of a house at Land of Canaan, EBD and the other was reportedly hijacked during the afternoon hours from its owner at Blairmont, Berbice, RegionTheSix.owner of the car stolen at 04:00hrs – the dark grey Toyota Premio with number plate PSS 1871, said that security cameras had captured two men tampering with the vehicle before driving it in the direction of Timehri. This car too is yet to be recovered.Asitrelates to the white Toyota Fielder that was hijacked at Blairmont, the owner has named her exCarjackers snatch three more cars...
UG student remanded for murder
Street,KareemGeorgetown,WoodfordOrganisation12whichtoThewhoMagistrateCourtsGeorgetowngoldsmith.forTuesdayGuyanaTwenty-one-year-oldAfzalDeendial,aUniversityof(UG)student,wasonremandedtoprisonfatallystabbingaDeendialappearedintheMagistrates’beforeChiefAnnMcLennan,readthechargetohim.accusedwasnotrequiredenterapleatothechargestatedthatonAugustlast,attheMuslimYouthalongAvenue,hemurderedKayumofRegentGeorgetown.
Deendial was remanded to prison and the matter was adjourned to September 19, 2022.On the night of the incident, the Central Islamic Organisation of Guyana (CIOG) in a Facebook post announced that Kayum was fatally stabbed but provided no further Accordingdetails.to police, he reportedly stabbed Kayum around 19:00hrs at the CIOG’s Sports Ground on Woolford Avenue. Kaieteur News understands that the two had gotten into a name-calling argument which turned violent.Itwas revealed that the name-calling occurred during a game of cricket at the ground and had reportedly started up as a friendly banter between the two before the suspect reportedly became enraged and stabbed Kayum Remanded, Afzal Deendial [Photo Credit: News Room] Dead: Kareem Kayum to region of the heart. He collapsed and was rushed to the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation where he died while receiving treatment. boyfriend as the suspect. She said that he had attacked her at a location in Bath. The man identified as Dinesh Persaud reportedly began by assaulting her and had reportedly snatched her car keys.As he proceeded to her car, the woman alleged that she followed and entered behind him. He drove off with her but when they arrived at Blairmont, he pulled the car over, assaulted her some more before kicking her out. Persaud then drove away with the woman’s car and both he and the stolen car are yet to be Someonelocated.had tipped off the owner that her vehicle was last seen on the Essequibo Coast, Region Two. Prior to the theft of these cars, Kaieteur News had reported that two Toyota Premio cars were stolen in threeThedays.first was stolen around 04:00hrs on July 29, last from in front of its owner’s house at Unity, East Coast Demerara (ECD) – an officer attached to a Customs AntiNarcotic Unit (CANU). Police were successful in locating the car at Success, ECD, but it was stripped of very expensive parts. Police are yet to identify the suspect(s) involved. Two days later, around 02:00hrs, another silver-grey Toyota Premio belonging to Kaieteur News was stolen. Two men were caught on camera stealing it from in front of an employee’s home at Crane, West Coast of Demerara (WCD). Police are yet to receive leads that may assist them in locating the stolenAnyonecar. with information about any of the stolen cars can contact the nearest police station. In January, the Special Organised Crime Unit (SOCU) had cracked down on a gang that was stealing cars in the city. SOCU investigators had recovered two stolen cars at a workshop at Montrose, ECD and arrested a number of individuals suspected to be part of the Amonggang.those who were arrested was the workshop owner, Ravin Singh and a prominent auto dealer, Andrew Archibald Samaroo. Samaroo, Singh and another man, Leon Lewis were charged in February, for stealing the cars recovered by SOCU. That matter is currently before the court. A total of 91 new COVID-19 cases were recorded within the last assessed 24hour period, according to the Ministry of Health, which 91 new COVID-19 cases also reported that one patient is receiving treatment in the Intensive Care Unit. While there are no new deaths, the COVID-19 dashboard reveals that there are 13 persons in institutional isolation and 466 are in home isolation.Todate, there have been 1275 deaths and 68,806 people have recovered.
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Vice Chairperson of the Melanie Community Development Council, SirestsiBascom,wasamong the residents of the Melanie community who received free service to assist him w i t h c o m m u n i t y developmentwork. “ C o m m u n i t y development is important to us, we believe that this initiative is one that will improve the lives and livelihoods of our residents and we want to thank GTT for coming to Melanie, among other communities, as part of the early stages of this massive project,” Bascomsaid. A resident of Diamond for more than 15 years, Euclyde Emmanuel, also received free service Emmanuel said that he uses theinternetforrelaxationbut it's a necessity for his son to conduct“I'veresearch.livedhere for more than 15 years and I've used GTT's service for the majority of that time. GTT has grown with the community from the inception of offering its serviceandI'mhappytosee this significant upgrade of internet quality in the community today I'm also gratefultohavereceivedfree service,”Emmanuelsaid. T h e c o m p a n y encourages everyone to stay connected to their social media platforms to receive updates on new fibre rollout areasfortheiropportunityto join the GTT fibre community fibre
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GTT boasts of unprecedented
Frompage16 asaresultofusdoublingour internet speeds up to 300mbps, in support of the development of the ICT sector and a push for increased access to online jobopportunities.”Atotalofnine residents fromMelanie North, Goed Fortuin and Diamond, were rewarded with three months free fibre service as part of the company's massive roll-out activities lastweekend.
PAGE 24 Kaieteur News Wednesday August 17, 2022
Chair of GECOM, Retired Justice Claudette Singh, Members of the Commission, and several MinistersofGovernmentwerealso present at the swearing in ceremony held at the Office of the President.Speakingonthesidelinesofthe ceremony, Justice Singh said that she believes that Rohee will serve well as he has institutional knowledge and experience, and knowspoliticsverywell.
Kaieteur News PAGE 25WednesdayAugust 17, 2022 RoheereplacesBibiShadickasPPP/CGECOM...
Frompage20 country,heisnostrangertopublic life, and he is no stranger in his pursuit of free and fair elections, democracy and building a country inwhichtheruleoflawdefinesour action and who we are as a people andasacountry.” ThePresidentalsonotedthatthe governmentwouldcontinuetoplay its part in ensuring that Guyana remainsademocraticnation “We believe strongly in democracy This government will spare no effort in supporting and advancing every opportunity that will strengthen our democracy, improve our adherence to the rule oflaw,totherespectforeachother, andrespectofvariousoutcomesas a result of fulfilling our constitutionalresponsibility.”
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From page 31 onmybatting.SoIfsomeone batsfor20minutesatpractice and make 50 then if you practiceforanhouryoucould make 100,” said the former West Indies Lawyer's cricketerMinister Ramson, who attended Queen's College, promisedthatifanyonefrom this camp makes a Guyana teamatU-15orU-17levelhe would provide them with all thegeartheyneed. After the speeches the youngsterswereengagedina match on ground which became a first-Class venue when Guyana played a touring England XI in FebruaryEverest1998.hosted five FirstClass matches that were playedattheground,threeof which involving South Africa,IndiaandAustralia. Thiscampisscheduledto conclude on Friday and MinisterRamsonencouraged the participants to join Everestoroneofthebigclubs intheCitywhenthiscampis over if they are interested in playingcricketseriously PresidentNadirsaidthere are no females involved in this camp, but added that the club plans to introduce femalesintotheircricket.
M e a n w h i l e , t h e Elimination Races for the meet are scheduled to commence at noon. Live entertainment will also keep the vibes lively by DJ StephanandAwLyrical. The organizers also addedthatticketspriceswill remain the same come race day
Tickets for the Guyana Motor Racing and Sports Club's (GMR&SC) International Drag Meet scheduled for Sunday, August 21, at the South Dakota 1320 strip are progressing at a modest rate according to the organizers oftheTheevent.eventwhichfeatures competitors from Guyana, Suriname and Trinidad and Tobago is scheduled to start at 8:00am and has an admission fee of $2000 for adultsand$1000forKids. Additionally, VIP and VVIPticketscarryapriceof $30,000 and $40,000, respectively, and are all inclusive.The
LEO(July23–Aug.22) Leo, consider channeling your philosophical inspirations into creative writing, Leo. It's probably somethingyou'llenjoy VIRGO (Aug. 23–Sept. 22) ou might need to be alone today,Virgo.You'reprobably surroundedbypeoplemostof the time. It can be unhealthy if you can't occasionally be alonewithyourthoughtsand feelings.
VIPandVVIPTicketare on sale at the following locations:JohnLewisStyles (Georgetown), Igloo Ice C r e a m S h o p p e (Providence), Falmboyant Supermarket (Eccles), Joseph Music Store (VreedEn-Hoop),M&RAutoSales (Cornelia Ida), Vick's Fix It Cellphone Repairs (Parika), Dada'sGrill(TuschenPublic Road), Tropical View Hotel (Campbell Avenue), S&S Supermarket (Lusignan), KK Gas Station (Unity), Choke Gas Station (LBI), Choke Gas Station (Strathspey), Big B (UG Road), Poonai's Pharmacy (RosehallTown),Pharmcare Pharmacy(EvilEyes,N/A).
TAURUS(Apr.20–May20) GEMINI(May21–June20) CANCER(June21–July22) SCORPIO(Oct.23–Nov.21) AQUARIUS(Jan.20–Feb.18) PISCES(Feb.19–Mar.20) Sh a w n Massiah, Competition sCommitteeChairman of the Georgetown Cricket Association (GCA) had informed t h a t C r i c k e t CompetitionsinCityis tentatively scheduled to resume on the August20. However, after a recentGCAMeetingat which it was pointed out that many of the grounds were still not fully ready to facilitate play, it was decided that the competitions will now resume on SaturdayAugust 27. Action will resume with the NBS Second Division 40 Overs Semi Finals followedbytheFinalbefore theNobleHouseSeaFoods' second Division TwoDayFinaliscontested. Also planned to resume are the GCA RamchandAuto Spares Survival Group of Companies & Trophy Stall Under19, the GISE,StarPartyRental &Trophy Stall First Division Two Day tournament.Mas s i a h disclosed that the GCA has gotten s o m e n e w competitions and urged Clubs to inform their players and to strive to get their grounds ready. (SeanDevers)
VIP package features reserved secured parking,cocktailsandshots, Igloo Products for all, Burgers, Buffalo Wings, BBQ, Grilled Beef & Chicken and other finger foods. The VVIP package includes more of the same, but better placement to witnesstheaction.
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Tickets for International Drag Meet made easily accessible GCACricketto resumeonAugust27
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MinisterMinister Ramson says practice makes ndperfect at 2
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Cindy Forde is pictured with Coach Sampson Gilbert and some of the attendees of the Fruta Conquerors Summer Camp following her presentation to the club.
Prudential Technologies continues to support Fruta F Conquerors Summer Camp
Canada-based Guyanese Riaz Kadir produced a fine all round performance to help his team VP Boys win the 2022 Canadian Premier Softball Cricket League 100 ball tournament last Saturday at Andrew McCandless Park, Brampton,Ontario. Kadirtookthreewickets for 22 runs from two overs (20 balls) asTriCity Ravens were restricted to 109 7 fromthe100-balls. He then hit an unbeaten, impressive 44 to ensure VP Boys safely and gleefully reached110-2off47balls. The right-handed Kadir hit six sixes and a four after arriving at the departure of Royston Crandon (06) Crandon's opener Avish Rukhram was also in a belligerent mood slamming anenterprising46lacedwith sixsixes.ForTriCity Ravens, Essequibian Gavin Prashad scored 44 not out which counted two sixes and three fours, while skipper Roopnarine Lalbehari made ablistering41(4x6,4x4). With the victory, VP Boys dethroned Young Warriors who were eliminated at the semi-final stageatthehandsofTriCity Ravens. VP Boys got the betterofApexPredators. VP Boys have now won threetrophiesfortheyearin the same League. They claimed the inaugural 100ball Rapid and also dethroned Young Warriors forthe10-10trophy OnSaturday,bothteams received medals, trophies and cash incentives. Kadir was named player-of-thematch.
The victorious VP Boys strike a pose with their trophies, medals and supporters.
Canada-based Guyanese Kadir guides VP Boys to 100-ball trophy
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Alongtimepartner of the Fruta Conquerors Football Club annual Summer Camp, Prudential Technologies,locatedat255 Thomas Street, Georgetown has maintained its support forthecontinuedgrowthand development of youths within the Tucville area and itsenvirons.OnMonday last, the M a n a g e r o f t h e establishment, Mrs. Cindy Fordemadeapresentationto theHeadCoachof theClub, Linsworth Gilbert aka Sampson or Coach Bonia towards the successful hosting of this year's Camp which is taking place at the TucvilleGround. An average of forty (40) youths are currently attending the activity between13:00hrsand17:00 hrs, Monday to Friday The Camp kicked off last WednesdayTheglobal covid 19 pandemic put paid to the Camp for the past two years but according to Coach Gilbert, the club is very pleased to have the Camp back up and running and they are equally happy that long time partner, Prudential Technologies had no hesitationincontinuingtheir commitment to the developmentoftheyouths. The Forde's family has been contributing to the FrutaConquerorsFCannual summer camp from its inception, Mrs Forde, reminded.“Weare delighted to support this impactful programme and to see many kids from the Tucville community and other adjoining areas mature before our very eyes and go on to represent Guyana. I would like to commend Coach Bonia for his fatherly attention and dedication to theseyouthsandtoassurethe Fruta Conquerors FC family ofourCoachsupport."Gilbert conveyed thegratitudeofthePresident, executive, and members of Fruta Conquerors to the Forde family for their continued commitment and investment in the young people.Persons wishing to join the summer camp can contact Coach Sampson Gilbertontelephonenumber, 682 6416 for further information.
TSC rewards
Kaieteur News PAGE 29WednesdayAugust 17, 2022 (CWI)-TagenarineChanderpaulmadea masterfulcenturywhichwasthehighlightof the fourth and final day of the second four day first-classATeam Test match. The lefthanderbattedresolutelytoendon109notas West Indies A were 277-5 in reply to BangladeshA's 300-9 declared at the Daren SammyCricketGroundinSaintLucia. WestIndiesstartedthefinaldayon43-2 andneededtobatwelltoavoidanyhiccups. They did exactly that, led by Chanderpaul, who was at the crease for just under seven hours, faced 337 balls and hit nine boundaries.Headded 120 for the fourth wicket with fellow left-hander Alick Athanaze, who playedseveralexcitingstrokesasheracedto 82 off 121 balls, which included seven boundaries. Before that, captain Joshua Da Silva(37)andkeeperTevinImlach(21)also keptthescoreboardticking. It was his third first-class century of the year for Chanderpaul as he followed up on the great form in the regional first-class tournament. Back in May, he made 184 against Jamaica Scorpions and 140 not out againstBarbadosPridefortheGuyanaHarpy Eagles.Speaking after the match, Da Silva said he was happy with the team's performances in both the first and second “Tests”–whichbothendedindraws.Healso praised Chanderpaul for his heroics, which alsoincludedatopscoreof49off120ballsin thefirstfour-daycontestlastweek. “Today, especially, Brandon (Chanderpaul) showed his batting ability as wellashisimmensepowersofconcertation. Hefoughtreallyhard,anditwasreallygood towatchhim.Hedidexactlywhathedoesin first-classcricketandwefollowedhislead.I was there at the crease with him for a while anditwasactuallygoodtobatalongsidehim and learn a few things from him as well… Was also great the way Alick (Athanaze) played,withsuchfreedom,ashealsobatted verywell,”DaSilvasaid. “Itwasagoodseriesforus,eventhough the rain interrupted a few times. I was also happy with the way the bowlers performed. They kept running in and bowled well and always kept the Bangladesh batsman under pressure. They got the rewards or the hard work ”In the Bangladesh innings, fast bowlers Anderson Phillip (3-72) and Colin Archibald (3-48) were the most successful. BothTestmatchesendedwithdrawnresults (0 – 0).The two teams will now meet in the three-match 50-over series at the same venue.Thefinaltwomatcheswillbeplayed on Thursday and Saturday First ball is 9:30am(8:30amJamaicaTime).
ChanderpaulTagenarineTransportSportsClub(TSC)onThomas RoadThomasLandsrecentlycreatedhistory whentheMohabirbrothers;DaveandAlvin wereappointedasCaptainoftheGuyanaU15andGuyanaU-19teamsrespectively Alvin,theolderofthesiblingispresently in St Vincent where Guyana's U-19s beat Trinidad & Tobago in the opening round of the 2022 Regional U-19 three-day cricket tournament.Dave will lead the National U15s to the 50 overs Regional U 15 Tournament which is set to commence this weekendinGrenada. The brothers, who represent TSC and resideinKitty,aretheonlypairofbrothersto CaptaintheirCountryintwodifferentlevels ofWestIndiesyouthcricketatthesametime.
TSC player/Coach and GCB competitions Committee Chairman Shawn Massiahrecentlypresentedthebrotherswith atokenofappreciationfortheirachievement withsomethingfortheirrespectivetripstoSt VincentandGrenada. ThepresentationwasdonebyMassiahon behalfoftheTSCmembers.(SeanDevers)
Guyana U-15 Skipper Dave Mohabir collects reward from Shawn Massiah.
Chanderpaul stands tall with unbeaten 109 – third ton of the year
achievement
TSC siblings create history in regional cricket Alvin Mohabir is presented with a token of appreciation for his selection as Guyana U-19 Captain.
ThesquadsfortheMassy Women's Caribbean Premier League (WCPL) and the Women'sSKYEXCH6IXTY havebeenconfirmedwiththe best players from across the region joining up with overseas stars Both tournaments will take place atWarner Park, St Kitts with SKYEXCH 6IXTY from 24 to 28 August and the Massy WCPL running from 31 Augustto4September.
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FiveCarsforBalramAuto MechanicandTeamTransPacific GMRSC International Drag Race Meet… Balram Ramdeo is confident his machines will dominate their respective classes.
Women's squads for WCPL and 6ixty confirmed
Leguan Warriors advance to OMSCC's semis Skipper Andy Monasar of Leguan Warriors and Abdool Azeez celebrate their team's victory just after the game. (Photo: Courtesy of Ravendra Madholall) Canada based G u y a n e s e players Andy Monasar and Abdool Azeez struck plucky half-centuries lastSundayintheoneofthe quarter-final matches of the 2022 Ontario Masters Softball Cricket Clubs (OMSCC)over-40,Division 220-overPlayingcompetition.atLittlesground in Scarborough, Toronto, skipper Monasar hit 68 and Azeez scored 59 as their team piled up a formidable 255-3 from the 20-overs, while Helena Sports Club only responded with 125-7 whenthe20-oversranout. Monasar struck five sixes and four fours while the other right handed batsmanAzeezslammedsix sixes Opener Imtiaz Badshaw was also flamboyant with 50 while FaoudMohamedwasleftnot out on 33. Vishal Balram made20atthetop. When Helena Sports Club batted, Raymond Seecharan offered a fight with 26 not out as Jeff Banasar grabbed 3-12 from three tidy overs and Balram supported with 2 18 (3) Detailsfromtheothergames were not available but the semi-final segment is slated forSunday LeguanWarriors willclashwithUnitedSports at Ashtonbee Park, Scarborough. Balram Ramdeo; the principal of Balram Auto Mechanic,hasdeclaredthat he will walk away with the accolade for 'Best Mechanic'whenthecurtains fall on the 2022 Guyana Motor Racing & Sports C l u b ( G M R S C ) Internationaldragracemeet which is scheduled and confirmed to see drivers from at least four countries contesting.Theformer 'Best Mechanic'winner,Ramdeo, during an invited comment with this publication, disclosed that his camp, in partnership with Team Trans Pacific Motor Spares & Auto Sales, will be fielding a total of five cars come Sunday at the South Dakota1320strip. Ramdeohasconfidently guaranteed that his machines will dominate their respective classes. His garage boasts a formidable lineup; all locally built, and includes an unlimited class Alteeza with a 2Jz powered enginethatwillbedrivenby RameezPrincipalMohamed.ofTeamTrans P a c i f i c , K r i s h n a Ramseywack, will be behind the wheel of the 2Jz Toyota Versosa, while Romeo Singh will take control of one of two 5e ToyotaTheGlanza.fifthcarisaMarkII 1Jz.“As long as everything goeswell,wewillgetagood r a c e a n d a g o o d showdown,”headmechanic BalramRamdeosharedwith this publication during a visittohisgaragelocatedat Lusignan, East Coast Demerara.Ahead of most drag racing meets, Balram often touts exceptional performanceswiththeTrans Pacific sponsored Toyota Altezza Unfortunately, mechanical issues have curtailed the machine unleashing its true power However, Balram ensured thatwillnotbethecasethis outing as Team Guyana lookstoaggressivelydefend their turf against the T&T andSurinameinvasion. M e a n w h i l e , Competitors are advised that the registration for this weekend's event closes on WednesdayTickets for fans cost $2000 for adults; $1000 for kids, and are on sale at the clubs' Thomas Lands' office.
The three teams will be captained by Hayley Matthews (Barbados Royals), Stafanie Taylor (Guyana Amazon Warriors) and Deandra Dottin (Trinbago Knight Riders) Each squad will have three overseas spots with players from SouthAfrica, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, New Zealand and theUSA.TheRoyals will feature Pakistani bowling all rounder, Fatima Sana, who has played 40 times for her country Sanawaspartofthe Pakistansquadthatlookpart in the recently concluded Commonwealth Games tournamentinBirmingham. Joining Sana at the Royals is South African allrounder Chloe Tyron who brings a huge amount of experience to the Barbados franchise having played 174 timesforhercountry. Thefinaloverseasplayer fortheRoyalsisUSAunder 19 player Snigdha Paul. An all rounder, Paul has impressed in the recently concluded series against the West Indies U19 side, claiming four wickets witha neconomyrateof2.92. The Guyana Amazon WarriorswillbejoinedbySri Lankan captain Chamari Athapaththu who has played in almost 200 internationals. An opening batter, Athapaththu has made six international hundreds with anODIhighscoreof178*. Also with the Amazon Warriors is South African seam bowler, Ayabonga Khaka. With a T20 International bowling average of just 24.02 and an economyrateof6.43,Khaka will bring wickets and controltotheWarriorsteam. The final Amazon Warriors overseas player is 16 year old Isani Vaghela who has already represented theUSAnationalteam. The Trinbago Knight Riders will feature New ZealandseambowlerHayley Jensen who has 75 international caps and who has played for both Melbourne Renegades and HobartHurricanesintheBig BashinAustralia. Joining Jensen at the Knight Riders will be South African captain Sune Luus who has made major contributions at the highest level as a spin bowling allrounderWith 17 fifties and four five wicket hauls at the internationallevelshebrings real balance to this Knight RidersThesquad.lastoverseasspotfor the Knight Riders goes to USA international medium pacer Geetika Kodali who was impressive at the recent FairbreakT20tournamentin theUAE. PeteRussell,HeroCPL's CEO, said: “We are really pleased with the quality of internationalsigningsforthe inaugural Massy WCPL and S K Y E X C H 6 I X T Y tournaments and we look forward to welcoming these players in St Kitts for these twoexcitingcompetitions.”
Paul, who played in last T20 Series against New Zealand, told the excited young boys of the importance of hard work, dedicationanddiscipline. MinisterRamsontoldthe gatheringtoalwaysaimtobe t h e b e s t w i t h o u t compromisingtheteam. “If someone scores more runs or takes more wickets than you it does not mean they were born with skill to do that. It means that he has practised more than you When you were born you couldnotwriteandwhenyou were leaning to write your handwriting was 'scrawly' andnotneatbutafterdoingit overandoveryougotbetter If you engage in consistent practice a particular skill you improve in it. When I was 18 I could not bat higher up in the Everest line-up because of the quality of the batters. I was a good bowler and I concentratedonbowling.IfI knewthenwhatIknownowI wouldhavepracticedmore (Continuedonpage27)
Sports Minister Charles Ramson Jnr presents Gear to one of the participants from QC. (Sean Devers photo) By Sean Devers
Minister Ramson Jnr interacts with the participants at Everest yesterday. (Sean Devers photo)yesterday
Backin1914when J.A.Veerasammy founded the British Guiana East Indian Cricket Club (EICC) which was renamed the Everest Cricket Club 1971, little would he have known that 108 years later the upgraded Everestwouldbecomeoneof themostprogressiveClubsin Guyana.This week, Everest launched its second youth camp this summer as the Camp Road Club, one of threeclubsintheCitytohost First-Class Cricket, opened its doors to 50 young boys between the ages of 7-18 which included 16 from the SophiaWard. The one week Camp, which commenced on Monday, was officially launched yesterday with Minister of Culture, Youth andSports,CharlesRamson, a former first division leftarm spinner at Everest, delivering the feature address.Also speaking were Speaker of House and President of Everest Manzoor Nadir, Everest's Treasurer Ramdeo Kumar and West Indies all-rounder Keemo Paul who plays for Everest.Nadir stressed on the importanceofteamworkand discipline and told the wideeyed youngsters that apart from Paul, who hails Saxacally in Essequibo, Chanderpaul Hemraj, Matthew Nandu, Junior Sinclair, Gudakesh Motie and Shimron Hetymer, who recentlyjoinedtheclub,were the Everest players in this season's Guyana Amazon WarriorsFranchisetoplayin the therecentlyforwhoCoachCPLtournament.Assistant'Warriors'ShaheedMohammedplayedinStanfordT20theCaymanIslands,alsoscoredacenturyforEverestMasters.
Minister Charles Ramson Jnr makes a point yesterday as ECC's Ramdeo Kumar, Speaker of the House and ECC President Manzoor Nadir and West Indies player Keemo Paul listen. (Sean Devers photo)
Minister of Culture, Youth & Sports Charles Ramson with Paul, Kumar, Sophia's rep with the participants at Everest yesterday. (Sean Devers photo)
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France has expressed gratitude to their sponsorsEshimaWilliamsofCanada, Dr Iamei Aowmathi of Guyana Association for Alternative Medicine, Dr Bowman of Mocha, Dr Phillip De Freitas of Da SilvaOptical,Mr.Frenchof Pritipaul Investments, Peaches Taxi Service of Mocha,NeilKumar,Stanley Ming, Humphrey Bakery, Ramchand's Auto Spares a n d B a n k s D I H De Abreu has expressed gratitudetotheGovernment ofGuyanaforthehouselots that were allocated to membersoftheclubandthat she is looking forward to continuous support The club has expressed gratitude to Kaieteur News and the general public for t h e i r i n p u t
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B R I D G E T O W N , Barbados–TheCricketWest Indies (CWI) Senior Men's Selection Panel yesterday announced changes to the West Indies squad for the three-matchCGUnitedOneDay International (ODI) Series against New Zealand which starts today, Wednesday 17 August. All threeODIswillbeday/night matches played under floodlights at Kensington Oval with the 2nd and 3rd CG United ODIs on 19 and 21August.Fromthe original squad, left-handed batter Shimron Hetmyer is unavailable due to personal reasons; allrounder Keemo Paul is ruled out with an injury and left-arm spinner Gudakesh Motie has failed to recover from the hand injury sustained during the CG United Series against India lastTmonth.hereplacements are middle order batter Jermaine Blackwood and leg spinning allrounder YannicCariah.Blackwoodis called up for the ODI squad forthefirsttimesince2015. Cariah earns his first squad call-up for the West Indies after being promoted from theWest IndiesAsquad that has been playing against Bangladesh Cariah captained the West Indies Emerging Players team that wontheCGUnitedSuper50 Cup (then the Colonial Insurance Super50 Cup) in 2019 Odean Smith, the seam bowling allrounder, hasbeenaddedasareserve. CWI's Lead Selector, TheMostHonDr Desmond Haynes, said: “Hetmyer has toattendtoafamilymatterin Guyana Unfortunately, Motieisnotyetabletorejoin the squad and Keemo is struggling with an injury However, it provides an opportunity for Yannic Cariahtogetachance.Heis someone that has been performing well on the regional circuit and we feel now is the right time to integrate him into the senior team set-up. Odean Smith has been added on the back o f s o m e n o t a b l e performances in the T20I Series. He has displayed the all-round ability to change games and we look forward t o h i s c o n t i n u e d development.”Thethree matches are West Indies' last remaining threefixturesintheICCODI SuperLeagueasWestIndies aim to automatically qualify forthe2023ICCWorldCup in India.West Indies will be seeking to win the CG United ODI Series to secure one of the automatic qualificationplacesreserved forthetop7teamsintheODI Super League table, excludinghostsIndia. Fans can purchase their t i c k e t s a t tickets windiestickets com o r v i a wwwwindiescricket com/ti ckets avoiding the need to queueortravelandtochoose their preferred seat The Windies Tickets service, presented by Mastercard, provides advance tickets for every West Indies home fixture, delivering tickets securelyanddirectlytofans' ticket accounts to store on their mobile devices or to printoutforentryintotothe stadium. The stadium venue box office, located along FontabelleRoadclosetothe Kensington Oval gates, is also open daily from 9am to 5pm for patrons to make inpersonticketpurchase. For all matches, adults can purchase half price ticketsforchildrenunderthe age of 16 and seniors can also benefit from half price ticketsaswell. Fans in the West Indies can watch the CG United ODI Series exclusively live onESPNCaribbeanorlisten to liveradio commentaryon the West Indies YouTube channel Fans in New Zealand can watch exclusively live on Sky Sport.FULL (CaptainNicholasSQUADPooranShaiHope(ViceCaptain) Blackwood ShamarhBrooks YannicCariah KeacyCarty Jason CG United ODI at Kensington Oval, Barbados. Local start time 2pm/1pm JamaicaFriday 19 August: 2nd CG United ODI at KensingtonOval.Localstart time2pm/1pmJamaica Sunday 21 August: 3rd CG United ODI at KensingtonOval.Localstart time2pm/1pmJamaica Motie Indies make forced changes for CG United ODI Series vs New Zealand in Barbados
The West Indies A team drew first blood against BangladeshAfollowinga4wicket win in the first of threeOneDayInternationals played at the Daren Sammy CricketGroundinGrosIslet, St.LuciaonTuesday It was a day ruled by the pacersafterWestIndieswon the toss and gave the oppositiontheopportunityto bat first. The move soon proved an excellent one by the home team that rattled the Bangladesh batting up, to restrict them outin23.1overs. Justin Greaves pincher attack for inMaroonwithfigures –25fromsevenovers was supporte Anderson Philip 15),ShermonLewis 24), Prest McSween (1 – 10) a n d S h a m a Springer(1–4). At one breelingBangladeshpoint,wereat50–8,utthehosts' inability to finish off the opposition when in an advantageous position, cost them30runsforthefinaltwo wickets.Ali Jaker Anik was Bangladesh'stopscorerwith 25 down the order while opener Soumya Sarkar (15) andMohammadMithun(12) weretheonlyotherbatsmen totouchdoublefigures. TheWest Indies captain, J oshuaDaSilva,hadatotalof sixcatcheswiththeglovesas an otherwise disciplined bowling effort allowed only nineNeedingextras. 81 to win from 50overs,WestIndiesrallied tothetargetwiththelossof6 wickets.JustinGreaves(6*) and Bryan Charles (3*) steered their side to victory following the departure of top order; Tagenarine Chanderpaul (23), Da Silva (17) Teddy Bishop (0), Imlach (5) and Alick (19) and Springer the opposition, medium pacer Mrittunjoy Chowdhury was the pick ofthebowlersbagging2 He was supported Mukidul Islam (2 –33),RakibulHasan(1 21)andSarkar(1–2). The second ODI takes place on Thursday, August 18, at the samevenuefrom 9:30hrs.
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Hosts barely hold on to win first ODI as pacers claim the bounty Bangladesh A Tour of the West Indies… GreavesJustin William France AbleDifferentlyAthletic Club is set to participate at this year's Terry Fox run which is slated to be held from September 11-13 in C a n a d a The club which was founded on August 1, 1998 and is based at Mocha, East Bank Demerara, will field fiveathletesattheevent.The teamwillbeledbyPresident of the club William France MS, while the other members are Yvonne De Abreu,AjohnAntoo,Shaliza Antoo and Shamir N a n d a l a l l TheTerry Fox Run is an annual Canada wide event thathelpstoraisemoneyand awareness for cancer r e s e a r c h France, who is also the local sports organiser for Paralympics, has taken part in the event 16 times and along with other members are looking forward to this y e a r ' s r u n He told Kaieteur Sport that three members of the club had passed away recently and they have recently elected a new e x e c u t i v e b o d y Theclub'sVicePresident is John Antoo, De Abreu is the Secretary, the treasurer andPROisYolandaFrance. France MS, who also received the Walter Rodney award, indicated they are still soliciting funds for the tripandiscallingforsupport since they have to raise a further $140,000 Theteamissettodepart GuyanaonSeptember9and willreturnonSeptember14.
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The first youth cricket Camp s i n c e t h e pandemic bowled off on MondayattheRegion'sthird Test venue, Georgetown CricketClub(GCC),Bourda. The 10 day Event is catering for participants betweentheagesof6-15who are being taught the skills of cricket by Coaches Garvin Nedd, Orin Bailey and Peter Persaud.According to officials of the Club, which hosted the first ever Test match win in 1930, the approximately 50 youngsters will be provided withsnacksandrefreshments during the camp which is being held from 9am to 1pm fromMondaystoFridays. Founded in 1858, GCC was first located at Parade Ground opposite the Promenade Gardens before being moved to its present locationinDecember1885. On day one, the exited Studentsweretakenonatour of the second storey where photos of every GCC Test player from West Indies first TestinEnglandin1928tothe last;Vishal Singh who made his debut in 2017 is on display.Ontheground,whichhas hosted 30 Tests before Providence Stadium was constructed for the 2007 World Cup, Former Guyana U 19 left hander Peter Persaudwaswiththe'babies' of the Camp (6-10) while former First Class off spinner Garvin Nedd was giving the older boys some batting drills, while Orin Baileywasteachingtheonly female at the Camp how to usehertophandtocontrolan off-drive.GCC's Manger Rudolph Singh disclosed that the female was a relative of the late Ivor Mendonca who played two Tests against Indiain1962andmade76on debut.Mendonca,alsoaKeeper, was one of GCC players to play Test cricket before he died at age 79 on June 14, 2014.Singh, the long time Manager of GCC, explained the main aim of this camp wastoreplenishtheclub'sU15department.“Thepandemic has robbed the youngsters of close to three years of their youthThosecareers.whowere15atthe start of the pandemic would be almost 18 now which means that the Club do not have any U 15s and I hope we could get some of the 11 to 15 to join the club,” said Singh, who attended the Richard Ismael Secondary which produced WestIndiesTestbatterFaoud Bacchus who is also a GCC player“WearehopingthatU-15 playerswilljointhecluband the good ones will pay a smallfeeof$2,000peryear.”
The kids were taken to see the photos of the history of GCC. By Sean Devers GearedatreplenishingGCC'sU-15section
Coach Garvin Nedd conducts a batting clinic. (Sean Devers photo)The 6-11 in action at the GCC camp. (Sean Devers photo)
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Coach Orin Bailey shows the lone female Student how her left hand controls her off drive. (Sean Devers photo)
The criteria for registration are they must be attending school, produce a recent form and must be accompanied by a parent or guardian.
GCC Youth Camp began on Monday
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