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AIETEUR NEWSK Guyana’s largest selling daily & New York’s most popular Guyana’sweeklylargest weekly Online: www.kaieteurnews.com August19,2022-Vol.24No.36 Online readership yesterday, 75,689 Friday Edition Price $100 More bills for Guyana as ExxonM signs new contract for subsea exploration services rather than investigating police cover-up, bribery in ‘Paper Shorts’ murder Top Cop more interested in Bascom Nandlall says magistrates not treating elections fraud cases seriously Trinidad & Guyana craft Food Development Plan - lawyer says 4 hijackers captured in police shoot-out after locking taxi driver in car trunk ...dismissesCrimeChief'sclaimsthatequipment wasnotusedin'PaperShorts'probe Slowe phone-trackingpoliceconfidenthavedevice ...had robbed several persons during spree

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Police Sergeant, Dion Bascom Acting Comissioner of Police, Clifton Hicken Crime Chief, Wendell Blanhum

Attorney at Law Nigel Hughes on We d n e s d a y refuted claims made that his client Police Sergeant, Dion Bascom refused to submit himself for an investigation by the force's Office of Professional Responsibility (OPR).Hughes is now claiming that OPR never contacted him or Bascom, for an interview to assist their investigation and is positing thattheactingCommissioner of Police, Clifton Hicken might be more interested in investigatinghisclientrather than the allegations he made that senior ranks in the force have accepted a bribe to cover up the murder of Ricardo Fagundes, better knownas“PaperShorts”. Hicken on Tuesday issued a statement calling Bascom's accusations of a major cover-up by the force “unfounded”.“Sergeant Bascom has refused to submit himself to any investigation by the police of his public allegations, nor provide any evidence in support of the allegations he has made public”,statedtheTopCop. Hickenfurtherstatedthat the accusation made by Bascom while being a servingmemberofthepolice force has placed him in breach of one of its code of conducts.OPRreportedly already has investigated the alleged breachofthecodeofconduct and have submitted its f i n d i n g s w i t h recommendations to the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) for legal advice.The Top Cop in a subsequentPressConference heldonWednesdayreiterated his position and with the Crime Chief, Wendell Blanhum at his side, sought to discredit Bascom's claims by calling them false and malicious.Bascom's attorney later that evening during a Facebook interview with Mark Benschops, contested the Top Cop's claim that his client refused to cooperate withOPR'sinvestigators. “No police has contacted eitherMr Bascom,ormyself or a member of my team to say, that we would like to interview Mr Bascom in relationtothestatementsthat he has made”, Hughes told Benschop.Hughes said that he was the one who had reached out to the OPR and the Top Cop to submit a medical requesting sick leave on behalfofhisclient. The lawyer also opined that the subsequent Press Conference which sought to paint Bascom as liar is making it seem as though Hicken and the force is only interestedininvestigatinghis client rather solving Paper Shorts'murderorprobingthe police cover-up allegations made.Hisexactwordswere,“If youbringallthetoplevelsof the Guyana Police Force (GPF), the Acting Commissioner, the Crime Chief,andtheHeadofMajor Crimes, to attack a police officer whom you have not yetinterviewedinrelationto what he has said, it means that your focus is clearly not solving the real crime, it is clearly not in solving the allegations that this police officerhasmade,itismerely toattackthepoliceofficer”. Bascom earlier this monthhadaccusedhisbosses at the force's Criminal Investigation Department (CID) of setting him up in a recent drug bust because he hadaccusedthemoftakinga bribe to cover up the F a g u n d e s m u r d e r investigation.TheCustoms Anti Narcotics Unit (CANU), the law enforcement arm that madethedrugbust,hasmade a public statement relating that it did not receive any instructions from Bascom's superiorstoarresthim,throw him in the lock-ups, and publishhismugshot. Bascom alleged in a Facebook live after his releasethatoneofhisbosses at CID, Mitchell Ceasar had accepted a $30M bribe to destroy key evidence in PaperShort'skilling. He even implicated prominent businessman, Azruddin Mohamed and a Mohamed Enterprise Security Guard, Mark Richmondwhohadallegedly threatened him, of being involvedinthemurder. Bascom claimed that the evidence linking the men to the gruesome killing that took place in March 2021 outside of a popular bar on MainStreet,washandedover toCeasarCeasar, however, never madeuseoftheevidenceand the suspects were never arrested.InaPress (Continued police cover-up, bribery in ‘Paper Shorts’ claims

Inkeepingwiththeirgoalto reduce their nations' food importbillby25percentin the next three years, Trinidad and TobagoandGuyanahavecrafteda Food Development Plan for collaborationinanumberofareas. DuringajointPressConference in the Twin Island Republic yesterday, Prime Minister, Dr Keith Rowley who was accompanied by President, Dr Irfaan Ali said the plan will see action being taken on rice cultivation, agro processing, aquaculture, development of human resources, shade house and coconut initiatives, aquaculture, livestockproduction,cornandsoya production, among other areas of interests.ThePMsaid,“Alreadysomeof our young people have gone to Guyanafortrainingandourdooris open to Guyanese as well for training too.” The TT official said Guyanahasalsograciouslyoffered to provide 5000 coconut plants to helpitsCARICOMsisterreviveits industry which was devastated in the past by pests and diseases. Dr RowleysaidGuyanawillalsowork withherTTcounterparttodevelop shadehousesforcertainhighvalue crops. Locally, this initiative is already seeing a measured success with carrots, broccoli and cauliflowerDrRowley noted that the foregoing plan of action is in keepingwiththeeffortsandvision of the country some time ago to address food security within the region. The TT Prime Minister said, “In recent months, it has become clear that if we don't do whatwehavebeenpromisingtodo, threatening to do, and required to do to ensure we have proper production capacity and capabilitieswithintheregionwhich can be accessed by CARICOM then we can find ourself in great danger of not being able to feed ourselves in the not too distant future.”Dr Rowley noted that the COVID 19 pandemic and the Russia-Ukraine war drove home how vulnerable the region is and that even if it had the financing, it wouldnotbeabletoaccesscertain food products and raw materials

Some of the nods that will be used subsea

because of supply chain disruptions.Hestatedcategorically thatthecountry'smodelof“import whatweeat”mustchange. He said, “What we have been trying to do is crystallize our situation towards a case where we change the food model to one where we are supplying more of whatweneedintermsoffoodand inputs such as raw materials, increase production and do so by encouraging more youth to head intofoodproduction.”

Norwegian marine seismic survey c o m p a n y , MagseisFairfield,hassigned a 14 month contract with ExxonMobilsubsidiary,Esso Exploration and Production Guyana Limited (EEPGL) for a large Ocean Bottom Node (OBN) project while will be conducted offshore Guyana in the country's lucrative Stabroek Block The company made the announcement Wednesday, expressing excitement over the possibility of accessing other such projects in the region.Magseis in a public announcementsaidthat,“the project is expected to be conducted using our ZXPLR technology and last for minimum 14 months.” Carel Hooijkaas, Magseis Fairfield's Chief Executive Officer (CEO) said that the companyisveryhappyabout the contract awarded. “We areverypleasedtohavebeen awarded this large OBN project, which potentially sets the stage for other projects in this region,” the statement providedcostinformationMagseishighlighted.didnotprovideontheproject'sbutdidsaythatwhatwasisconsideredto includeinsideinformationin accordancetoArticle7ofthe European Union Market Abuse Regulation and is subject to the disclosure requirements pursuant to section 5 12 of the Norwegian Securities TradingAct.Magseis described itself aswritingthebookonocean bottom node (OBN) technology, with their systems having been successfully deployed in the world's most challenging environments, from ultra deep water to shallow transition zones, sub salt, even onshore and urban areas. “We've simplified the logistics behind getting the richseismicdatayouneedto make better reservoir decisions.” OBN technology is said to shoot seismic images more safely and sharper for better data provision as seismic mapping plays an important role in successful offshore drilling The ZXPLR technology, Magseis Fairfieldsaidsimplifiesnode management, maintenance and inventory even further “This hybrid system is suitable for both deep and shallow water via either passive rope or ROV deployment.”Magseisnowfallswithin the large number of oil and gas sector operators being selected by the offshore oil operators to provide various services regarding the budding sector While the work of the companies is necessary to develop the oil resource,contentionremains that Guyana is liable for the billionsoffielddevelopment costs the oil companies' incur, but has no say where thesumsare ExxonMobilconcerned.andpartners areproudoftherecordspeed at which the oil reserves are being developed but stakeholders such as the World Bank and the Inter American Development Bank (IDB) have warned about Guyana's capacity to oversee and manage the sector Ofparticularconcern, is ensuring that the country can protect its profits by managing cost incurred. In other words, Guyana has been advised to pay keen attention to the bills that the Exxonconsortiumishanding over since all invested sums towards the development of the oil resources can be recovered by Exxon as an expense.Just last month, Dutchbased company SBM Offshore, one of Exxon's prime contractors, disclosed that it secured financing to thetuneofUS$1.75Bfroma consortium of 15 banks to build Guyana's largest floating production storage and offloading called 'One Guyana', whichwilloperate in the Yellowtail Project. Following SBM's notice, former Finance Minister Winston Jordan insisted that the critical question all citizens should be asking is whatsaydoesGuyanahasin securing oil and gas related services, since the country willultimatelybehandedthe bills. He said that questions pertainingtheoilbillsneedto be answered with a sense of urgency since to ensure Guyana“isnotbeingcheated on these costs and that the mosteconomicalapproachis beingtaken.

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The Prime Minister also reiterated the need for the removal of artificial barriers among CARICOM States or the goal of increasing production will not succeed. “If a CARICOM country is producing the food or raw material for making food and another CARICOM country has a barrier between us either because thepighasthewrongnose,thecow hasthewrongcolour,themilkisthe wrong colour, whatever the barrier is, then increasing production for CARICOM security will not succeed. If we allow the market to acceptsafelyfromanyCARICOM sourcethentheCARICOMmarket can generate food production businessonascalethatiseffective and significant,” expressed the Prime Minister Dr Rowley said a fierceapproachiswhatisneededas experts have said what has happened in recent times (2020 to 2021 with the pandemic and the war)willlikelybereplicatedinthe future nottomentiontheeffectsof theclimatechangephenomenon. Hesaiditisthereforenecessary that disrupt the current comfort zones of models that rely on imported products. President Ali agreedwithhiscolleagueashetoo noted that the region is faced with thegreatestconsequencesofsupply chain disruption because of two mainfactors.“Unlessweareready tomaketoughdecisionsandcreate anenvironmenttodevelopcapacity to address global challenges then prosperity will elude us. Both nations have therefore committed toadvancingaseriesofactionsthat will position us as leaders in any problematic situation,” the Guyaneseleaderstated. He was keen to note that both Trinidad and Guyana have the chance to leverage their respective talentsandcapabilitiesandbuildon their efforts for food security In this regard, he noted that every stakeholder must be brought to the table.PresidentAlisaid,“Theseare the weighty discussions we have had to ensure we have the right policyframeworkinplaceto (Continued

Trinidad & Guyana craft Food Development Plan

“Nowhere along the chain do we have a Government of Guyana representative to intervene. So we are just being presentedwithmassivebills, just bills upon bills and we don't know how Exxon is accounting for these expenses…” He said, “We don'tknowwhatcostswould end up being carried over to other projects.We are barely being told by Exxon certain thingsbutotherwisewearein thedark.”

More bills for Guyana as ExxonM signs new contract for subsea exploration services

President, Dr. Irfaan Ali and Trinidad and Tobago's PM, Dr. Keith Rowley

Publisher: GLENN LALL-TEL: 624-6456 Editor: SHARMAIN GRAINGER Tel: 225-8465, 225-8491. Fax: 225-8473, 226-8210

There are two ongoing developments involving the application of Guyana’s Local Content law, which are negatively impacting Guyanese hoping to get their share of our oil wealth. The first has to do with bundling of contracts, and the second is about payment delays for goods and services rendered. This negative impacts from both should not be so, as we pointed out in a recent caption, which states that “Local Content law gives Minister Bharrat the power to regulate bundling and payment delays” (KN August 18). Since the Minister has the power, why is he not using it to benefit Guyanese? What is preventing him from doing Specifically,so?

DEAR EDITOR, I have heard sober, mature men object sharply when Guyana’s Hon. Vice President is described as ‘brilliant.’ They agree, however, on incomparably cunning. Others prefer a different qualifier (one with Manichean overtones) but there is settlement for conniver par excellence. Personally, I am more for a combination of magician and sorcerer of a certain kind. I am trying to get away from the diabolical, but confess to not doing so well. Whatever he really is, I tip my hat to the VP for his cleverness in moving men of peculiar character, a common strain, to jump to do his bidding, regardless of what that may be. It takes a special kind of inspiration, I would say exchange, to make men drop whatever they are doing, distance from what they said they stood for, and transform into spineless, mindless, characterless partners of the VP. The first coming to mind in this pantheon of great Guyanese heroes occupy pivotal spots in the National Assembly. Somebody forgot to remind them on that little part about doing duty unbiasedly and honourably. I suspect the conclusion was that it was going to be water on duck’s back anyway, so conserve energy to save the Guyanese planet. The bottom line is that the VP’s wand has them waltzing around the local House of Commoners unashamedly. Virtual sleepwalkers they have become, just ask the Opposition. In my best preacher’s voice, I plead: forgive them, they know not what they do. They did it for what drove Donna Summer crazy.To confirm the reach of the VP’s cunning machinations, he even has a Guyana scholar eating out of his hand. Must be some sweet nectar he is sharing out upstairs. I call it a taste of honey from the VP’s special farm. The man doesn’t even have a proper title befitting a Guyana scholar, but he too is a versatile street dancer and drill rapper for the VP. That’s showing the homeys where it’s at, Andbro.as an indication of his universal appeal, the VP got a Chinese chap to join in the fun. All the VP would admit to (in a rare moment of limited accuracy only) is that the man is a tenant. I love it. The fact is that all Guyanese know by now that Mr. Su has certainly sang a song of sixpence, and a pocketful that does have a rhyme, given the object of his affections. It is, however, more than sixpence, and likely much closer to six billion. Oh, by the way, that is not in traditional Guyanese notes, our local way of counting. But, imagine that, even the foreigners eating out of the Vice President’s hand. Or feeding from his table, might be the better bedtime story.Now the VP’s cleverness takes a twist and turn, and it not a Guyanese or a Chinese involved, but that most curious of creatures: a Guyanese turned American, then miraculously reborn as Guyanese bean counter. I mean all of us could learn a thing or two about bobbing and weaving from this luminary. Not Mohamed Ali (the local political paperweight pretending at substance and presence), nor the real deal, the Louisville Lip from Kentucky, but someone of self-proclaimed learning, and definitely knowing how to jump high. Talk about killing two birds with one stone: one bird is new local bank, the other being American billions deposited in a Texas bank. How the VP keeps coming up with these characters is simply Guyaneseastonishing.Somestrong-mindedemploystrong words to describe this latest star attraction in the VP’s stable of curiosities. I employ stable, others crushed with ‘house.’ I recall those other upstanding Guyanese doing duty in the time-honoured local way in the house of the people. This is the transformational beauty of the honey that has been perfected by the VP, and I gather that he talks with a different kind of currency, and in amounts not normally seen by little people like me. It is set the price, roll the dice, and let the mice play; we do have some overgrown ones here, don’t we? I do hope that when that other merry local legal luminary, the Hon. Attorney General finishes the crafting of his constitutional reform baby that he would have left out that nuisance, that little hiccup, that unwanted stepchild of loyalty to country first. For what I conclude that is happening here every day is nothing but treason, with men handsomely paid for it, and nicely recognised for their national exercises in tragic deceptions. Like it or lump it, but pick a card, it takes an alchemist (wicked, evil, or cunning) to succeed so often in collaring men like these.

‘Don’t care’ attitude by Big People

DEAR EDITOR, A couple weeks ago I had sent a letter to Kaieteur News and the contents of the letter were about the garbage problem we have here in Guyana along with some other issues such as the horrible road conditions. I would like to reinforce my views due to an experience I had recently with littering. A few weeks ago, I had noticed when coming into my neighbourhood there were two plastic bags of garbage under a tree just at the entrance of the area. Right at the entrance there are two houses that are occupied by diplomats and the two bags of garbage are on the side of the road under the tree just outside these two houses. The houses have 24/7 security provided by a security firm located in Barrack Street, Kingston. The security company is the one that parks under the tree where the two bags of garbage are located. No one else in the area parks at that location. That spot is used solely by the security company and any workers for the two diplomat houses located at the entrance to the area. I had observed the garbage there for a few days to see if the security staff or any other staff that use the spot would move the garbage bags seeing as they were parking right next to the bags, coming out walking in the garbage and driving over the garbage. To my disappointment no one moved the bags with the garbage. Eventually, I approached the security agent that was parked under the tree right next to the garbage bags and pointed out to the agent that there were two bags of garbage right next to the vehicle and I told him that they were the only ones that park in this area and if they would be so kind to please clean it up seeing as they use the area daily. The security agent smiled and Approximatelyagreed.15 minutes later the security vehicle and two security agents took their time to drive about 300 ft down the road to my location to cheerfully inform me that they opened the two bags of garbage and that the contents of the bags did not belong to any of their security agents. They told me that the two bags of garbage contained empty cans of dog food. I again explained to the security agents that they were the only ones that use that spot to park their vehicles and other staff from the two houses at the entrance that they are responsible for. The two security agents smiled and drove away. It has been two weeks after that incident and the garbage is still there only it has been spread out all over the grass under the tree.The security agents were so kind to open the bags of garbage do an investigation into the contents then took the time to come and inform me that the garbage is not theirs. They took a workable problem and made it into an even messier situation. The contents of the garbage bags ended up all over the area spread out in the most disgusting manner. Since that day the security vehicle is still driving and parking in the same garbage and no one is cleaning it up. What is the matter with the Guyanese society today? These two men are grown men over the age of 50 years and they operated in such a nasty and don’t care manner and they are the ones using that area daily. If this is the attitude and behaviour of the security agents then it clearly reflects the principles and ethos of that security company. Your staff and their actions are direct reflections of your company values. Shame on those security agents and shame on the security company. How hard was it to pick up the two bags of garbage from your area of operations and put them in a garbage bin? Both houses that the security company is responsible for has many garbageWhatbins.these two grown men did was to make the place even dirtier by opening the bags and leaving the contents there. What does that tell me about their mental capacity and their train of thought? It is a don’t care society we living in. This has shown me that society has really and truly gone unruly. We have become illiterate the more develop we become as a nation. I keep expecting older people to lead by example but that doesn’t seem to be the way things work here in Guyana. Kind Simeonregards,Taylor

Local Content – The Minister has the power

EDITORIAL KAIETEUR NEWS

I tip my hat to the VP for his cleverness

GHKSincerely,Lall

Section 25 of Guyana’s Local Content legislation under the heading of “Power to make Regulations” says: “The Minister may make regulation for carrying out the purposes of this Act.” Reduced to its simplest terms, standing laws are acts of parliament, from which rules and regulations, and policies and procedures are finalized for implementation and enforcement to make the law come to life. In the context of this nation’s Local Content law, the objectives could not have been more literal, for they are aimed at benefiting the citizens of Guyana to the greatest extentYet,possible.wehave these situations involving bundling of contracts, and delays in payments, which put pressure on Guyanese when there should be none, while the Minister is a study in the motionless, a figure of self-inflicted helplessness.Ministerof Natural Resources, Vickram Bharrat, has to know of the problems being experienced by Guyanese with the bundling of contracts, and the glaring disadvantages that such bundling places on Guyanese. He has to have heard the continuing cries of Guyanese citizens, who the Local Content law was created to give an edge, but from which they are still waiting to get the pluses from its presence. Minister Bharrat has it in his hands to preside over the kind of regulations that would compel the unbundling of contracts so that locals are not left out, but are able to participate and profit from their supplying of supporting products and services that are part and parcel of the presence of oil operations. When contracts are bundled to include a range of corporate needs, then micro, small, and medium Guyanese entities have no chance at competing successfully. When contracts are bundled, the playing field is not level at all, and only the bigger company presences are in a position to take advantage of the business coming out of the oil industry. The Minister must know this, for it does not call for any great wisdom. It is why, therefore, we at this publication call upon him to act with energy and determination to use the authority vested in him by the Local Content law to do what is right by Guyanese consigned to the margins, and with no chance of sharing in any aspect of the rich oil action. Minister Bharrat must indicate in the clearest terms, and sooner rather than later, that he is readying to use the full scope of the powers he has in his hands. Along the same lines, Minister Bharrat could not have failed to hear, cannot pretend not to know, of the difficulties faced by Guyanese in that endless wait of 90 days to get paid for either the services that they have performed, or the goods that they have delivered. It is impractical, it is inexcusable, and it is unacceptable that the very people who own this oil are being held to ransom in these cunning ways. Loans are not usually repaid to banks on a 90-day basis, but via a monthly cycle, and it is the same standard for mortgages, salaries, rents, utilities, and similar such things. Any practice that continues to condone this 90-day payment cycle is nothing less than criminal. And both bundling and this 90-day waiting period to get paid should be outlawed. Minister Bharrat holds the keys, so he should not wait any longer, sit on his hands a single day more. Hopeful Guyanese have been hurt, and this has to stop. A start has to be made somewhere, and the proper regulations would be the best place to start immediately.

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DEAR EDITOR, Please allow me some space to express my feelings. I am a chronic diabetic with other complications. I was referred by my Nephrologist at GPHC to join the Guyana Diabetic Association in accessing the services offered there. However, I had great difficulty locating the Association. After moving back and forth, I sought the assistance of the Ministry of Social Services which is located at Lamaha Street. After expressing my frustration with anger (my apology) the kind staff there was able to locate the Guyana Diabetic Association which is situated on Croal Street opposite the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Upon arrival at the Association I was greeted by Madam Glynis Beaton and her courteous staff as if they were expecting me. I felt great relief at the smiling faces there. I instantly joined the Association for a minimal membership fee of $1500 and a monthly subscription of just $500. I had a very healthy interaction with Madam Glynis Beaton and her courteous staff. I was issued with a Glucose test Machine along with test strips. I was further advice about the Association monthly meeting which is held at the Guyana Nursing School on Orange Walk ,which is held every last Wednesday of each month. I was further advised that members can also uplift their medications as well as insulin for those in need. I strongly encourage all persons suffering with Diabetes, especially Public Servants, to come on board and utilise these services there, which is very much time-saving, highly confidential, and efficient.Istrongly recommend that the Honourable Minister of Health, ensures that a conspicuous sign board is erected there so that the building can be easily identified, and as the Government is in the process of preparing the 2023 National Budget, that the Honourable Minister ensures adequate subvention is allocated to the Guyana Diabetic Association so that the services can be decentralised to all of the 10 Administration Regions of Guyana with Madam Glynis Beaton as the Coordinator. As a Person living with Diabetes, I am willing to volunteer my services should this programme be extended to Region # 3. Thank Mohamedyou,Z. Inshan

Yours Tacumasincerely,Ogunseye

Friday August 19, 2022 Kaieteur News PAGE 5 DEAR EDITOR, Permit my brief letter. I have refrained from engaging Mr. Clement Rohee, former Home Affairs and Foreign Affairs Minister and now GECOM commissioner in the public space, to avoid the perception of condoning the targeted attacks on him which had often evoked his past as a city youngster around the Metropole cinema rather than focus on his political conduct and public service. I opted to demonstrate solidarity with Rohee by my silence. Today I depart from that position.The former PPPC General Secretary returned to public political life as his party’s Commissioner to GECOM replacing the late Bibi Shadick, and it is not surprising in the context of the present political situation. Mr. Rohee, a long-standing and Rohee the New GECOM Commissioner experienced politician, wasted no time indicating the context and purpose of his appointment and mission.The Stabroek News article, August 17, 2022 quoted the former minister as stating the Commission’s staff to “reflect what Guyana looks like.” And “See, we know when you go into a polling station or when you go, to do registration certain perceptions which I would not wish to detail at this point in time, tend to emerge. So we need to have staff that reflects what Guyana looks like and this is going to be extremely important...” There is no need for Rohee to detail his position. The message is crystal clear. The PPP/C wants the composition of GECOM staff to change –there are too many Africans. This is not a new position for the PPP/C. Rohee’s appointment (an apparent step down from his former Ministerial status) is to ensure the make-up of GECOM staff reflects the racial and population reality of the country. Even in face of internal and external criticism of its racist policies of exclusion, the party, through its new enforcer of racial quotas, held no hesitation to boldly express and press forward with its agenda of political and racial domination of the country. The PPPC/government, when faced with criticism from the African community and the opposition against its racially discriminatory policies, resorts to its “false reality” denial cry. I conclude with this observation, with the appointment of Mr. Clement Rohee to GECOM, we are in for interesting times.

Excellent services at the Guyana Diabetic Association

Some damning revelations

RyanSincerely,Persad Vehicle concessions

DEAR EDITOR, Freddie Kissoon’s missive about Banks DIH is way off the mark especially about Mr. Clifford Reis being 90 years old and should retire - I grew up knowing Mr. Reis and his sisters and he’s nowhere close to 90 yrs. Banks DIH is nothing like it used to be when Peter D’Aguiar was Managing Director. Following the death of his father, Peter Stanislaus, D’Aguiar became the Managing Director of the family business, D’Aguiar Bros. Ltd. The Guyanese business, which was involved in the production of rum and soft drinks, became the first in South America to bottle PepsiCola in 1942. [1] Under his management Peter D’Aguiar created Banks Breweries Ltd. in 1955, which in contrast to the family business was a public company. However, D’Aguiar Bros. went public in 1966 and merged with Banks Breweries Ltd. In 1969, resulting in the name Banks (D.I.H) Ltd. Mr. D’Aguiar was a humble man and give back bountifully to his workers. He even built a scheme of houses to be repaid at an affordable rate for his executives and thought of ways in which he could share some of the company’s profits with all Guyanese at large by giving away things like trays, table covers, back packs, beautifully made heavy glass ash-trays, dominoes sets made of ivory, and many, many other things especially at Christmas time. Banks (D.I.H) Ltd is nothing like it used to be. The young executives today don’t know anything about Mr. D’Aguiar and what he stood for. The only thing present management is concerned with is how much profit they made for the year. It’s all about profit and more profit, even a basic thing like bread is not spared.So sad, that a once beautiful company has turned into another money grabbing conglomerate.Ishouldknow I was one of its employees.

DEAR EDITOR, My understanding is during the first decade of the 21st century, Guyanese students who were remigrating were eligible for duty-free concessions on their personal belongings and effects, and on a motor vehicle which they would have owned in the country from which they are emigrating.Thestudent would have been required to be overseas for 4 or more years to enjoy those concessions, except that students studying for less than four years but more than 3 years were also eligible. In this latter instance, proof of study was Accordingrequired.to my understanding, the students would have been required to claim the concession within 6 months of resettling in Guyana. In respect to the motor vehicle, it was a requirement that the said vehicle be acquired in the country of the emigree, and this ownership had to be for at least six months prior to remigrating.Thepresent rules now allow for concession on a vehicle purchased locally. Concerned Citizen

DEAR EDITOR, Please allow me space to ask a few questions on a matter of great public interest, for amidst the brouhaha of allegations of his involvement in the murder of Ricardo Fagundes, Azruddin Mohamed made a public post on Facebook attacking a rival gold dealer; the post inadvertently reveals more about Azruddin Mohamed than his target as he speaks with authority on crimes he supposedly knows of but never before shared with his friends in the Guyana Police Force.Incest, murder, bribery, and corruption of members of the GPF, use of grenades to intimidate businessmen, framing for crimes, false imprisonment, and sodomy in jail, are all in the mind of the self-described philanthropist. It will be interesting to see if the GPF sees fit to ask Azruddin Mohamed to share his wealth of knowledge on the crimes he described. Having demonstrated supposed intimate knowledge of the machinations of the criminal underworld, Mohamed then makes the startling claim that he was the friend and financial backer of Ricardo Fagundes. It begs a very serious question of what business Azruddin Mohamed was backing and if he is backing others currently. Azruddin Mohamed describes Sergeant Bascom’s allegations as “some damning revelations about coverups evidence in the murder”. I would use these same words to describe Mohamed’s post on Facebook.

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GloriaSincerely,Holder

A law unto itself

BLUNT...BLUNT...BLUNT

None of what Mr. Bascom disclosed came as a surprise to anyone, including the top brass of the police force, which has been desperately trying to deny them. What is however s hocking is that instead of the force making every effort to properly investigate the allegations made by one of its own, its leaders are busy trying to demean and discredit him.

The hunter becomes the hunted

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This has been the modus operandi of the organisation over the years. It was painful to watch a news conference hosted by the Commissioner of Police, Clifton Hicken and his Crime Chief, Wendell Blanhum on Wednesday as they fumbled over searching questions regarding the case. The pair at times seem confused, offering incoherent responses to media queries and seem contented with just trying to refute the allegations by Bascom. For the sake of good governance, we hope that this matter is fully investigated, and the truth of what is alleged to be a grand cover up comes to the fore.

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A few days ago, Detective Sergeant, Dion Bascom made some explosive allegations of corruption, which include multi-million dollar bribery claims against senior members of the Guyana Police Force, regarding the murder of businessman, Ricardo Fagundes, and the subsequent stalling of the investigations.

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Govt. assessing “strategic partner” model for national oil company ahead of oil block auction

President Irfaan Ali has s a i d t h a t h i s administration is still looking at the business model to allow a strategic partner to operate andmanagethecountry'spotential oilcompanyaheadoftheupcoming oil block auction which was scheduled for next month, but has now been pushed back toward the endoftheyear The Government had set September for the offshore oil blockstobeauctionedtointerested parties, but President Ali has said thatfeedbackonthisisstillcoming in,andtheauctionwillbeheldafter allinformationisconsidered.

President Irfaan Ali

Vice President Bharrat Jagdeo, withresponsibilityforthecountry's budding oil sector, had stated earlier this year that the administration is considering the development of a national oil company (NOC) with the Governmentplayingapassiverole by owning shares in the company, and not taking part in its managementactivities.

TheGuyaneseleaderinformed that while the current situation has delayed next month's event, “the commitment to the auction is fully there.”When considering the NOC with a “strategic investor” verses the auctioning of offshore oil blocks to interested parties, one of themainvariablestobedetermined is whether Guyana will be able to significantly increase its revenue from other streams such as its Production Sharing Agreement (PSA).VP Jagdeo during a press conferencehadsubmittedthatthere seemedtobealotmoreconsanda few pros when examining existing NOCAsmodels.such,hesaidthatthestateis considering a NOC with a model outsideoftheordinaryset-up. Key questions about the benefits of setting up an NOC include the time it would take to developaNOCandhaveitrunning efficiently, the overload on domestic capacity, and the corruption usually associated with theseentities.

The “strategic partner” which the Government seeks, will also take shares and operate the companyonbehalfofGuyana. Thedecisiononthismatterwas setaroundthesametimetheblocks wouldhavebeenauctioned. The President has noted however, that since the announcement of the specific model, several expressions of interest have been received by the Government.TheHead of State said that the Governmenthaspubliclyindicated what type of partnership they are lookingforandhasaskedpotential investors from places such as the UnitedStates,“togiveusanoption of whether they would like to partnerorfindastrategicpartnerin terms of the energy security in the region…”ThePresident explained that one of the models he believes will benefitGuyanaisamodelinwhich some blocks can be developed through a state company He continued however, that a state oil companyisdifferent,“oneinwhich the Government does not have management interest or does not play any part in managing, nor do we put any investment in, but whereGuyanesepeoplearepartof whatcomesoutofthereturns.”“So, thatmodelhasbeenattractingalot of attention and I've been getting a lot of feedback, a lot of ideas from different places,” the President informed.Hesaidhewantstogivehimself “enoughopportunitytogetthetotal feedback on the model, because if we (Government) go to an auction andweauctionouteverything,then we lose the ability to come back withamodellikethis. So, for this model to work, it requiresmegettingallthefeedback whichIamgetting.”

The President said that he is getting a lot of technical feedback from different stakeholders and submittedthattheGovernmentwill wait a bit more to see what other advise comes out in terms of the NOC“Andmodel.then, when I am able to evaluate it all, then we can say it doesn'tmakeanysenseoritmakes sensetohaveasecondmodel.”

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From page 2 Conference on Wednesday, one of Bascom's Superiors, Wendell Blanhum, confirmed that Mark Richmond was initially listed as a person of interest in the case and admitted that he and other senior ranks were aware that the detective was allegedly threatened by suspect after he had gone to arrest him. The Crime Chief made it clear that it is not CID's duty to investigate threats and said that Bascom was advised to make a report at the Brickdam Police Station. Bascom in his controversial live video said that he had lodged the report but no investigation was done and when he complained to his superiors at CID they ignored him. As it relates to the coverup of 'Paper Shorts' murder by police, Blanhum said that Bascom was lying and his allegations are false and very malicious.

Is this a priority right now and if so, a priority for whom? Did the executive of the Chamber have a meeting in which this matter was discussed? Were there any personal interests involved? How did this become an issue at this stage? Did the Chamber conduct an economic analysis before it made this call for the removal of the visa requirement for Guyanese wishing to travel to the United Kingdom? In its statement, the GCCI said that such a removal would augur well for economic relations between Guyana and the United Kingdom. So how exactly would the removal of the visa requirement augur well for economic relations? The visa requirement has never stood in the way of such relations. Removing the visa does make it cheaper to travel. But by no means can it be said that the UK visa application fee is prohibitive. The Chamber speaks for a section of the business class who can more than afford the visa applicationRemovingfee. the visa requirement will have serious implications. At present Guyanese nurses are flocking to the United Kingdom to take up jobs. They and their accompanying family members each require a visa to enter the United Kingdom. If that requirement is removed, there will be serious repercussions. The hospitals in Guyana will empty because hundreds of nurses will immediately take flight, leaving the health sector in a quandary. It is not clear whether the GCCI considered the implications for skilled persons if the UK visa requirement is removed. But why the emphasis on removing the UK visa requirement? What about the US visa requirement? Does the GCCI not also think that it will augur well for economic relations with the USA, if the visa requirement to enter the US is also removed? Does Guyana not do more business with the US than the UK? The GCCI should be concerned about the dramatic decline in the issuance of non-immigrant US visas to Guyanese. The country became an oil-producing country in 2019. Despite this, non-immigrant visa approvals have declined precipitously. In 2016, more than 50,000 nonimmigrant visas were approved. In 2018, it was reported that 70 percent of the non-immigrant visa applications by Guyanese were denied. In that year, less than 5,000 non-immigrant visa applications were issued. For fiscal year 2021, it has declined further to 1,683. In the meantime, the President of Guyana picked up on another visa issue – the Schengen visa. He called for the processing of the visa application to be done in Guyana. At present, persons desirous of travelling to an EU country have to be processed in Suriname, mainly for biometric purposes. The President of Guyana has expressed a genuine concern. It is unreasonable for Guyanese to be asked to travel to Suriname for EU visa processing. But the President fell short of calling for a waiver of the Schengen visa requirement. At the least the EU member states should consider having the processing done locally as is the case with the visa applications for Canada and the United Kingdom. The President addressed this issue at an event hosted by the European Union Delegation to Guyana. The President, however, did not do his homework. Had he done this, he would have realised that consular matters do not fall under the EU Delegation to Guyana but rather to the members of the European Union. He should therefore have his Ambassador to the EU – if there is one – address the need for Schengen visa processing services in Guyana.But there are far more important matters than visas which should have detained the President. Guyana’s rice exports to the European Union are now under threat because of allegations of the discovery of traces of pesticide residue. The Minister of Agriculture has reportedly said that pesticides are not used on exported rice. That may well be so but the EU report is damning on Guyana which exports almost half of its rice production to Europe. The President should have spent time addressing this issue. It is far more important to economic relations than the local processing of Schengen visas. (The views expressed in this article are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the opinions of this newspaper.)

We can do better! and you gat to report a threat at a police station? But wat happens after de report mek? De man gat to follow-up pon de report? Nah, dat nah right. We can do better dan dat. De man nah suppose to follow-up. Is de police gat to follow-up pon de man report. One year after de report, we now hearing dat de CID don’t investigate dem matters. Dat one too is strange. A police investigating a murder get threaten and dis is not a matter for de Criminal Investigating Department? Whew! We gat fuh get things right in DemGuyana.boysremember when a newspaper claim how dem ring a M inister fuh a comment. De next thing dem know is dat de police visiting dem fuh question dem about whether dem gat stolen do cuments. But a police claim he get threaten and he gat to mek a report to de station?Butwat gat dem boys real baffle is how de man who accusing de police of certain things want protection from de State. So who can protect he if nat de police? Talk half. Leff half.

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Imagine a policeman who deh investigating a murder seh dat he get threaten. Yuh would think dat dis woulda matter and get urgent action. But now we hearing dat de policeman gat to mek a report to a police station. Dat is de standing operating procedure.Demboys use to see in movie how de wuss thing a criminal could do is threaten de police. De police does treat dem things real serious. At least in de movies. But like threats against de police in Guyana don’t get tek seriously. You wukin in CID

Dem boys seh...

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We have our priorities twisted. Visa exemptions and the establishment of visa processing centres in Guyana should be secondary to larger economic concerns. Not that the issue of visas is unimportant. It does matter to the average citizen but there are so many other pressing and more urgent matters to be resolved that it is quite befuddling that organisations and even senior government officials can find the time to call for visa concerns to be addressed when there are serious economic threats which deserve greater attention.Yesterday, the United Kingdom reported inflation as high as 10.1 percent. This is the highest level of inflation since 1982. Milk, bread and energy prices are soaring. This has implications for doing business with Britain. Guyana is exporting sugar, rice, rum, gold and wood products to Britain. High inflation is going to impact on the demand for those exports. In the face of this threat, the Georgetown Chamber of Commerce and Industry (GCCI) has issued a call for the removal of visas for travel to the United Kingdom. This is unbelievable!

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Inpolitics,nomatterhow friendship. characteristics that stand out so tight that this column B u t a f t e r far away we are politically In the WPA, I got along formeaboutAmna.Shedoes would have to be filled with s p e a k i n g , and ideologically from each finewithAndaiyelongafterI not relate to people on the ramblingsifIamtocomplete permission was other, there are residual brokewiththeWPA.Shewas basis of race and politics. It 790 words which is my self- not granted to sentiments we have for someone who judged me by would be naïve of me to say imposedlimit. print. peoplewemetalongtheway, whatIwasmadeofandnever that Amna would choose a I am only allowed to So there you andweforeverlikethem. ever persuaded me against PPP applicant in front of a briefly touch on some of the have it; Amna Ally One of those persons is criticising the WPA She PNC candidate All things said. She described has removed herself Anil Nandlall. I believeAnil remainstheonlyhighprofile politiciansfavourtheirown- what I am allowed to put in from politics and the is a good man at heart who political activist that showed the PPP and the PNC are no this column here. Sounding P N C B u t h e r cares for the poor and up in court when Mark differentfromotherpartiesin almosttearfulanddepressed, depression tells the become a monster and one powerless I believe Anil BenschopandIwerecharged everyothercountry she said it was painful when cruel story of life. How can day it will devour its would reach out to people foraninconsequentialtraffic ButAmnawouldnotturn her friends showed her on anyone spend 53 years in an children. It has devoured irrespective of race and offenceafterthreedaysinthe down a request from a PPP their Facebook postings (she entity, reached the pinnacle Amna. politics. Brickdamlock-up. personifshehadthecapacity does have a Facebook and 53 years after become Where does the PNC go During my activism I know for a fact that to help that person. I called account) what many of the persona-non-grata? fromhereaftertheexodusof against the PPPgovernment, across political parties and Amna to be the guest on the current leaders are saying Amna is a PNC icon. David Granger, Joseph I maintained a sentimental e t h n i c a l l y d r i v e n Gildarie Freddie Kissoon abouther How can you explain the Harmon,AmnaAlly and the relation withAnil that began organisations, Amna Ally is Show Thenshesaid,“FreddieI scandalisation of her name many others that helped to longbeforeheeverdreamtof viewed in a very positive She told me she spent 53 am done with politics, and when she never left her shape the PNC the past 40 being in politics. Another light. I know people in the years in the PNC, love her with the PNC, you can write organisation and has never years? One intriguing suchpersonisRonaldBulkan PPP who always liked and partyandwouldnotgopublic that ” I grabbed the bad-mouthed it in public? question I will leave with of the PNC A decent stilllikeAmnaAlly with criticism of her party opportunity to persuade her TheAmnaAllystoryisabout you.IfNortonwastheradical politician whose friendship I I am personally fond of She declined and gave me a to reveal these things on the the fragility of everything in maverickhewassupposedto kept while he was a minister Amna and always was. I telephonicinterviewinstead. show Ipointedoutthatsuch life. Who in Guyana would be,thenhowcomeheopenly and he reciprocated the think there are two Then Amna handcuffed me an interview will have have imagined that Amna fought Desmond Hoyte and unlimited viewership But wouldhavebeentreatedlike Robert Corbin was so silent sentimentswereoceanic.She this even after she helped during the Granger insisted she will not discuss bringthePNCtopower? Presidency? I think Norton's herpartyfaultsinpublic. There is so much Amna reign will be the shortest for I asked if the bad saidthatcannotbepublished. anyPNCleader mouthing was coming from Butasshespokemanythings (The views expressed in current leaders in the PNC broke my heart I never this article are those of the and she answered before I sought membership in a a u t h o r a n d d o n o t could finish. She said: “Yes, political party because I necessarily reflect the Yes!” I asked about Norton. know an organisation can opinionsofthisnewspaper.)

What Amna Ally told me broke my heart

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GDF Credit Union now offering home loans

Chairman of the Committee of Management, Colonel Kenlloyd Roberts, Credit Officer, Ms. Tansy Plowell, Committee Member, Major Nellon McKenzie, Lance Corporal Ahkeen Harry and Warrant Officer Class One Leyland Liverpool.

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The Guyana Defence Force Credit Union, on Wednesday launched its mortgage scheme, allowing members the opportunity to becominghomeowners. Warrant Officer Class One Leyland Liverpool and Lance Corporal Akheen Harry were the first beneficiariestoreceivetheir cheques, which were presented as part of the officiallaunchingceremony, held at Credit Union Headquarters, Base Camp Ayanganna,ThomasLands. In a Press Release the GDF said, Chairman of the Committee of Management, Colonel Kenlloyd Roberts emphasisedthattheintentof this initiative is to facilitate home ownership for its members The Chairman also acknowledged the valuable input by his most recent predecessors, Brigadier (ret'd) Gary Beaton and Lieutenant Colonel Lloyd Souvenir whom he noted were instrumental in the realisationoftheinitiative. According to the GDF release, Colonel Roberts furthernoted,thatinlightof the opportunities which are beingcreatedwithregardsto improving home ownership, the management committee wantedtopositiontheCredit Union and its members to benefit Manager of the Credit Union, Lieutenant Colonel Greasels Hinckson said that she is passionate about the initiative and satisfied with the strides in this regard, moreso the disbursementofthefirsttwo cheques at this occasion of the launch. She called on other members of the Credit Union to make good use of thefacilityMeanwhile, GDF CU Credit Officer, Ms. Tansy Plowell explained that the union has come a long way, since the programme commenced on March 1, 2022.Sheexplainedthatthe process was not without challenges however, she is pleased that all stakeholders will be able to benefit from the initiative. She revealed thatalreadytheCreditUnion has received several other applications which will be processedshortly Warrant Officer Class One Leyland Liverpool expressed gratitude to the union and thanked them for giving him this opportunity Explaining that given his age, it was impossible for him to approach the commercial banks and with this loan, he is now able to achievehomesecurity Lance Corporal Ahkeen Harry, who was granted a house lot since 2018, explained that he is overwhelmed with happiness,tonotonlybeone of the first to benefit from this initiative, but more importantly, becoming a homeowner

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The Attorney General shared that from conversations with the DPP, it was reported to him that “theMagistrateswithinthesystem arenotproceedingwiththematter with the seriousness and expediency in which they should having regards to the importance of the matter and having regard to the length of time the matters are pendingbeforethem.” Nandlallnotedtoothatinsome instances Magistrates have made applicationstorecusethemselves–while others are, “simply not determining whether the cases should be tried summarily meaning in the Magistrates Court or should be taken indictable beforethejudgeandjury.” He pointed out that one Magistratehavemadethedecision forthematterstobetriedbeforea judge and jury but noted that the Magistrate's decision is being appealed.Inclosing Nandlall stated that astheAttorneyGeneral,heisdutyboundtoexpresscertainviewsand highlighted that he does not wish for his statement to be twisted or interpretedtomeanthatheisbeing undulycriticaltoanyMagistrate.

Kaieteur News had reported that the prosecution for the electoralfraudcasehadmadetwo applicationstothecourtseekingto have all the matters consolidated and to make amendments to the charges.OnJuly 15, when the matter wascalledbeforeChiefMagistrate Ann McLennan, the prosecution led by Attorney-at-Law Darshan Ramdhani,QCandincludesGlenn Hanoman, Mark Conway, Ganesh Hira, Arudranauth Gossai, and George Thomas, made the two applications to the court. The State's team asked the court to consolidatethematterstohavethe elections fraud cases tried before onemagistrateinsteadofthree. In addition to the Chief Magistrate, some of the matters were assigned to Principal Magistrate Sherdel Isaacs-Marcus andSeniorMagistrateLeronDaly As it relates to the second application,theprosecutionwants to make some amendments to the current charges that were brought against the defendants. Based on the two applications that were made to the court, Chief Magistrate McLennan adjourned the matter to October 6, 2022, whensheisexpectedtoruleonthe applications in relation to making amendment to the charges Notably, no date has been set for the Magistrate to rule on the application seeking to consolidate thematters

Attorney General (AG) and Minister and Legal Affairs, Anil Nandlall, SC has expressed concernsoverwhathedescribedas theslowpaceintheprosecutionof theelectionsfraudcases. Back in 2020, over 30 fraudrelated charges were brought against, former Chief Elections Officer (CEO) of the Guyana ElectionsCommission(GECOM), Keith Lowenfield, Deputy Chief Elections Officer (DCEO), Roxanne Myers, former Region FourReturningOfficer,Clairmont Mingo,andOppositionMemberof Parliament,VoldaLawrence. Theotherdefendantsthatwere charge include, A Partnership for National Unity and Alliance For Change (APNU+AFC) activist, Carol Smith-Joseph, GECOM's Information Technology Officer, Enrique Livan, and GECOM Clerks, Michelle Miller, Sheffern February and Denise Bab Cummings.Someof the charges the defendantsfaceare,misconductin public office, conspiracy to commitfraud,forgingadocument andforgery–allinrelationtotheir attempttoallegedlyrigtheMarch 2020 General and Regional elections.Owedtoseveralrequestsforan updateontheelectionsfraudcases – on Tuesday night during his weekly show 'Issues in the news' the Attorney General disclosed that he has made strong representation to the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP), ShalimarAli-Hack,SC,andstated that he has expressed his concern about the pace at which the cases are being dealt with in the Magistrate'sCourt. To this end he added, “I have requested of the DPP most respectfully to ensure that the appropriate representations are madetoensurethatgreateralacrity isbroughttothesemattersandthat they are treated with the type of seriousnessthattheydeserve.”

Attorney General and Minister of Legal Affairs, Anil Nandlall, SC

Nandlall says magistrates not treating elections fraud cases seriously

Edghill says Govt. to explore more cost-effective accommodation for UN offices in Guyana

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Un d e r t h e leadership of President Irfaan Ali, the Government of Guyana will be exploring a more cost-effective route to accommodate the United Nations (UN) offices here, Minister of Public Works, JuanEdghillhassaid. This comes weeks after Edghillfirstrevealedthatthe former A Partnership for National Unity Alliance for Change Government (APNU+AFC) had tied government to a 10 year leasecontractat$188million annually to rent the Duke Street Kingston property owned by Guyanese singer EddieEdghillGrant.had condemned the former administration sayingthatStatefundscould have been used more wisely But Patterson and Edghill seem have engaged in a war of words over the issue. WhilePattersonclaimedthat thegovernmenthadsecureda gooddealwiththerentalasit included the payment for electricity and other amenities, Edghill says the lease agreement disproves this.In a letter to the editor, Edghillpointedtosectionsof theleaseagreementwhichhe said disproves inferences by Patterson which suggest the Government got a good deal when this was not the case. He explained that while the Government rented the building for that amount, the United Nations Programme an organization with presence in the Republic of GuyanaaspartoftheUnited Nationssystem,alsoplayeda role in paying the electricity and utilities for occupying that“premise.Soin actuality, the government signed an agreement to pay over $188M just for the occupancy of the building and the UN has to pay for electricityandutilitieswhich means, it costs more for the offices to operate out of the premises,”Edghillsaid. “Citizens, it can also be confirmed and verified that the UN in Guyana has been paying all utilities and security, and all charges as it relates to their obligations in the contract…” the Minister added in his letter In his letter, the Minister went to highlightsectionsofthelease agreement which were later seenbythisnewspaper The Minister noted that while Patterson pointed to parts of the tenancy which state that landlord is responsible for certain maintenance, there are a number of sections which show that the tenants have major responsibilities which are not included in the cost forrent.“While the said (Article 8) in fact states that the Landlord shall, during the term of the Lease, be responsible for all major repairstothestructureofthe building,Article9,statesthat the Tenant is also responsible,”Edghillsaid. He noted that Mr Patterson's statement that “Included in this fee were water rates, rates and taxes, security from (6:00 AM to 6:00 PM) on working days, maintenance of landscaping, car parking, grounds, and other associated external structures, suggests that was theend Quotingall.”othersectionsof the agreement, Edghill continued: “however, I draw yourattentiontoArticle12of the Government of Guyana agreement, which states, 'Water, Electricity, Security, andUtility…Thetenantshall pay directly all sums due during the term of this lease inrespecttohisconsumption of electricity and all utilities consumedorbenefittedfrom the utility company or its agent.”According to Edghill, all theseareresponsibilitiesthat are on the tenant which is in this instance, UN, has the responsibility He stressed therefore that Patterson's claim that this was a good deal is false “The Government is paying over $188M annually for the rent alone while the UN is taking care of electricity and other responsibilities can never be agooddeal…itmeansmore i s b e i n g s p e n t t o accommodatetheoffices,” (Continued

Minister of Public Works, Juan Edghill. The Duke Street Kingston premises that houses the UN offices in Guyana.

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Kaieteur News PAGE 15FridayAugust 19, 2022 assengersheadingtoPMabaruma in the North West District are being asked to exercise patienceasMVKimbiasailed off from Port Georgetown on Thursday full to capacity, resulting in scores of persons beingleft Accordingbehind.toarelease,the Transport and Harbours Department (T&HD) has announcedthatanothervessel, MV Barima, is being made available to transport passengers from T&HD's Goods Wharf on Saturday at 1:00pm. The statement went ontonotethatthedecisionwas (Continuedonpage19) ...T&HD to make another vessel available for travel on Saturday Many left behind as crammed ferry sets sail to Northwest A photo of inside the boundNorthcrammedWestMVKimbia.

The illegal ammunition and suspected ganja found at one of the suspect's mother's home at Sophia

The illegal gun found at the crime scene Gun Found at a West Ruimveldt house

....had robbed several persons during spree Four hijackers captured in police shoot-out after locking taxi driver in car trunk

Three of the captured carjackers, Rawle Franklyn, Hamza Samuels and Emanuel Hale. A shootout on Thursday along Mandela Avenue Georgetown ended with police capturing four hijackers who had locked a taxidriverinhiscartrunk. One suspect in custody later confessed to the crime and named a fifth carjacker whoremainsatlarge. Two of the carjackers, one of them a known character to Police, Rawle Franklyn and his accomplice Andrew Newyer were shot Goergetown. and injured while the others, Patrol ranks in pick-up Emanuel Hale, 18, and from the Georgetown police Hamza Samuels were found district were dispatched hidinginanearbyyard. immediately to track down After nabbing the armed thecar suspects the ranks searched One of the patrol units the car and found Joshua spotted the vehicle, driving Singh, its owner locked along the Agricola Access inside Road on the East Bank of

According to police, Demerara. ranks had received a tip off The ranks trailed the car around02:59hrsthatpersons untilitreachedTwoBrothers inside a white Toyota Allion Gas Station but when they PSS 2705 had robbed triedtointerceptthevehicle someone on Lamaha Street, (Continued

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Customs Petroleum Officers participating in the Tropical OfTTUnderwaterHelicopterEgressraining(THUET)raining(THUET)CustomsPetroleumficersparticipatingintheTropicalHelicopterUnderwaterEgressTraining(THUET)

Customs Petroleum Officers participatingOf in the Tropical Helicopter Underwater Egress Training (THUET)

23 GRA officers receive offshore safety, emergency response training

K a i e t e u r N e w s previously reported that the CPU was established with the mandate to monitor and verifyactivitiesintheoiland gas sector for taxation purposes based on the Petroleum (Exploration and Production) Act and in keeping with the Production SharingAgreement between the Guyana Government, Esso Exploration and Production Ltd, CNOOC Nexen Petroleum Ltd and HESS Guyana Exploration Ltd.Thus far, the CPU and Petroleum Revenue Department (PRD), have benefited from capacity building in the areas such as c r u d e l i f t i n g a n d measurement, S&P Global Platts,caseadvice,boarding officers' documentation,and oilandgasriskmanagement. GRA said support in these endeavours has come throughpartnershipwiththe InternationalMonetaryFund (IMF) and the US DepartmentoftheTreasury's Office of Technical Assistance(OTA).

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Twenty three (23) officers within the Customs PetroleumUnit(CPU)ofthe Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA)completedaTropical Helicopter Underwater Egress Training (THUET) course to develop knowledge and operating proceduresinoffshoresafety andemergencyresponse. The training session conducted at HHSL Safety SystemsLimitedinTrinidad andTobagoismandatoryfor the officers who perform Customs controls and other monitoring functions onboard oil exploration vessels. The first batch comprised of seven officers, including Mr Lancelot W i l l s , D e p u t y Commissioner of CPU, benefitted from the training in January of this year In July, a second batch c o m p r i s i n g o f 1 5 participatedinthistraining. Training at the facility encompassed emergency techniques such as donning an aviation life jacket, preparing for a helicopter ditching on water, evacuation through a nominatedexittoanaviation liferaft,orescapingthrough a window opening from a partially or fully submerged helicopterTheTHUET is one of several escape simulation techniques for CPU and otherofficerswhoboardany Floating Production Storage and Offloading (FPSO) vessel.Importantly, Guyana is building capacity for trainingonlocalshores,with the imminent establishment of the country's first oil and gastrainingcentrebyprivate developers The facility, which is under construction at Lusignan, East Coast Demerara, will reduce the need for locals to travel overseas for accreditation in Basic Offshore Safety Induction and Emergency Training (BOSIET) with Compressed Air Breathing System (CA-EBS).Demand for these skills will increase as exploration intensifies and more vessels are establishedoffshore.

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The Crime Chief said that the Force is not in possession of any device or technology that could make such discoveries. He went on to state that the other investigator who was allegedly using the technology while Bascom was present has since made a statement denying the claims. However, speaking on an online programme on Thursday, Retired Assistant Assistant CommissionerPolice(Rtd)PaulSlowe Crime Chief, Wendell Blanhum

The Guyana Police Force back in 2009 had unveiled a sophisticated devise capable of tracking phone calls and performs other functions, but on Wednesday its Crime Chief, Wendell Blanhum denied that the organisation has such piece of equipment and that it was used in the investigation into the killing of businessman, Ricardo Fagundes.ItwasDetective Sergeant Dion Bascom who had made the revelations that the police were able with the use of technology to place Mark Richmond-one of the suspects in Fagundes’ murder at the crime scene on the night he was shot and killed outside of Palm Court. According to Bascom, phone records had also showed that Richmond was in contact with prominent businessman, Azruddin Mohamed around the time of the killing. When this information was related to the superiors, they allegedly never acted on it, Bascom said. However, Blanhum and his detectives at a news conference on Wednesday called Bascom’s allegations false and even moved to debunk the claims implicating Mohamed in the murder and placing the suspect at the crime scene.

- dismisses Crime Chief’s claims that device was not used in ‘Paper Shorts’ probe

From page 15 taken after Minister of Public Works, Juan Edghill, visited the Goods Wharf on Thursday, to accommodate the remaining passengers. “For today's (Thursday) departure, a decision was also taken to accommodate pensioners, children, and persons journeying from far, on the vessel,” Minister Edghill said. Relating a clear understanding of any inconvenience caused, Minister Edghill added that while he understands the discomfort, he is urging passengers to understand that safety must come first and that everything will be done to ensure passengers returning home to Mabaruma, do so safely.

Edghill said adding that the PPP/C administrative will find a more cost effective solution to housing the UN Offices here.Meanwhile, when contacted Patterson maintained that the rental of building was the best the Government could have done given the circumstances. “We were paying for the building that the UN representatives here selected themselves and they took on the cost for electricity, other utilities and so forth… It could have worked out to more if we had to pay all the other costs for accommodation,” he explained. The Former Minister had explained that when the agreement was signed there were at least seven UN agencies operating in Guyana but they were all housed in variEdghill says Govt. to explore more... ous Pattersonfacilities. noted that the Government of Guyana (GoG) had to start looking for alternative space to collectively house the UN offices. He claimed that with the agreement was therefore reached to have the UN offices housed at the Duke Street facilities. He claimed…“The GoG was able to reclaim three buildings, which were allocated to other ministries (former UNDP offices including one which now house the Department of Energy), and be relieved of the responsibility for payments for security, electricity, maintenance, etc. for the other locations, which amounted to almost US$700,000 per annum.” “At the time, it was estimated that an additional US$500,000 per annum would be saved, due to the reallocation of the reclaimed buildings,” he said.

Slowe confident police have phone-tracking device

The phone tracking ‘spy machine’ was on August 5, 2009 unveiled by the Guyana Police Force at Police Headquarters, Eve Leary. In background, is former Top Cop, the late Henry Greene Police Commissioner, Paul Slowe, debunked the police’s claims, drawing reference to a August 6, 2009 article by the Kaieteur News in which the then Commissioner of Police, Henry Greene unveiled a laptop and a transmitter that they said were seized from convicted drug trafficker Roger Khan and two other men, Haroon Yahya and Sean Belfield back in December 2002 at Good Hope, East Coast Demerara. “The electronic equipment was lodged with the Guyana Police Force by Superintendent Frederick Caesar. This is the equipment lodged with the force,” Greene said while indicating the Panasonic laptop and what appeared to be a (Continued on page 20)

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From receiver with the listing CSM 7806 on the front, the Kaieteur News had reported. The police at the time were trying to dispel claims by US Prosecutors in the then Roger Khan’s case that they had seized ‘Spy’ equipment’ capable of intercepting telephone calls from the office of Robert Simels, who was one of Khan’s attorneys. The police force back then on several occasions, had insisted that they had the equipment they had seized from Khan in their possession. Fagundes was reportedly gunned down by two men seen on a CCTV camera emerging from the back of a white tinted Toyota Fielder. According to Bascom, phone records had also showed that Richmond was in contact with prominent businessman, Azruddin Mohamed around the time of the killing. When this information was related to the superiors, they allegedly never acted on it. Slowe arguing his case the force has tracking devices, related when he was arrested and charged by the police last year , they were even given instructions to arrest me because they even went to the airport in anticipation of my return they went to the airport and waited there I didn’t arrive at that day, they went another day I didn’t arrive there and when I finally arrived to go to court they turned up at the courtyard to arrest me and I am aware and let me say this, in relation to the statement made by Blanhum that they do not have the capability of following people and tracking people. When I returned to Guyana in October of last year to attend court on those trumped up charges, they tracked me, I know that they turned up at two locations where I had just left and the only way they could have known that I was there is that they were tracking me electronically so that is nonsense that he is talking there,” Slowe asserted.Police tipped off Kaieteur News on Monday reported that more allegations have been brought to fore that detectives investigating were tipped-off by an informant about the driver of the getaway car used in the hit but they had never moved to arrest the suspect for questioning.Thesuspected get-away driver is no stranger to law and although the police allegedly did not pursue leads to detain him, he landed in hot-water months after Fugundes was killed for illegal possession of a firearm and ammunition. He was charged and remanded to prison for the offence. It is unclear if the detectives had questioned him about his alleged involvement in death of Ricardo Fagundes. However, according to reports received by this newspaper, police had received details that the suspect could be the one behind the wheels of a white heavily-tinted Toyota Fielder Wagon used in the hit on Fagundes.Despite having an identity of the suspect, no instructions were given for him to be arrested nor did police attempt to detain him for questioning or seek leads about his whereabouts. The alleged get-away driver was the second suspect to be identified in the killing of Fagundes.Thefirst to be identified was an individual by the name of “Shop Man”, a security guard working with a business establishment located in central Georgetown. “Shop Man” was recently publicly identified as Mark Richmond of Mohamed’s Enterprise located on Lombard Street. The business place confirmed that he is part of its security team but not in charge of its security operations.Thisdevelopment came after Bascom publicly accused his superiors and named one of them of collecting a bribe to cover-up the investigation. Bascom was one of the detectives working on the Fagundes murder case but he was later removed from the investigation and transferred to another location after reports had surfaced in the media that the suspect had threatened him. During his Facebook live he implicated Mohamed in the murder and the alleged cover-up of the investigation. Mr Mohamed has since denied the allegations. The detective claimed that with the use of technology, investigators were able to place Richmond at the crime scene on the night of the murder and cell phone records showed that he was in contact with Mohamed. As it relates to the ongoing investigation into the murder of Fagundes, police had publicly stated that they were able to trace the car used in the hit from North Road towards Main Street, Georgetown moments before he was killed. The car parked at Main Street and two gunmen waited inside for their target to step outside of Palm Court and when he did, CCTV cameras captured them emerging from the vehicle and riddling Fagundes will more than 20 bullets. They then went back into the car and it sped in a southerly direction heading towards the East Bank Demerara. A car was later that evening found burnt out along Linden/Soesdyke Highway and police suspected that it was used to carry out Fagundes’ murder.

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During the argument the suspectdrewahandgunfrom his pants waist and shot at Adrianbeforerunningaway The bullet reportedly struckAdrian to his lower lip and he fell to ground and remained in an unconscious stateforawhile. Policewere told that he regained consciousness while he was being transported by his relativestotheTroyResource Medical Center located not toofarAdrianawaywas admitted and d o t o r s h a v e t o l d investigators that his conditionwasserious.

From page 3 support local farmers, the regional trade systems, and logistics framework to advance our plans on food Makesecurityno mistake, we don't have the luxury of time to advance this matter of food security which is not only important from a price perspective but from a productionperspective…”

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Charged: Keron Bruce Mudwata

On September 6, the trial for the photographer who is accused of being disguised under the cartoon character “Mudwata” and cyber-bullying citizens is slatedtocommencenextmonth. The matter involving defendant, 35year-old Keron Bruce, is being heard in the Diamond/Grove Magistrate's Court before Magistrate Sunil Scarce. Bruce is being represented by Attorney-at-Law, Bernard DaSilva.Thephotographerwaschargedfor using a computer system to subject another person to public ridicule, contempt, hatred or embarrassment, Contrary to Section 19 (5) (a) of the Cyber Crime Act No. 16 of 2018.ThechargeallegesthatonJanuary25, 2021 at Soesdyke, East Bank Demerara, Bruce used a computer system to disseminateinformationaboutLeroySmith, ownerof'BigSmithNewsUpdate',knowing same to be false, causing Smith public ridicule, contempt, hatred or embarrassment.Accordingtoreports,avideowasposted by'Mudwata'aggressivelyattackingSmith. Assuch,inJanuary2022,Smithmadea$1 millionrewardfortheidentityofthecartoon characterAftermaking the offer, several persons had come forward with information on the identity of the character The police then obtainedacourtorderforasearchofBruce's house.The Guyana Police Force (GPF) had reported that several pieces of electronic equipmentwereseizedfromBruce'sEccles, East Bank Demerara (EBD) home. It was alsostatedthatseveralvoicemessageswere also collected and when analyzed, matched with the cartoon character 'Mudwata' commentary

Trial for photographer accused of being 'Mudwata' to commence next month

During the President's visit, matters pertaining to energy, youth development mainly in agriculture, and tourism were also discussed at the Diplomatic Centre in Portof TheSpain.Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Hugh Todd, Minister of Agriculture, Zulfikar Mustapha, Minister of Tourism, Industry and Commerce, Oneidge Walrond and other government officials were part of the Guyanese delegation.TheMinister of Agriculture, Land and Fisheries,KazimHosein,the Minister of Energy and Energy Industries, Stuart Young, the Minister of Foreign and CARICOM Affairs, Dr Amery Browne, the Minister of Tourism, CultureandtheArts,Randall Mitchell, and the Minister of Trade and Industry, Paula Gopee-Scoon were among the representatives for TrinidadandTobago.

A row between two men reportedly over a woman on Thursday has left a 20-year old man of Byderado Road Bartica, Region Seven hospitalised and in a serious conditionafterhewasshotto hislowerlipwithahandgun. Police have identified the victim as ShamarAdrian and reported that he was shot around 04:00hrs at 14 Miles Issano Main Road, Region Seven by another man. The suspect remains at large but investigators learnt that he was involved in a heated argument with Adrian over a woman.

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Four hijackers captured in police... abruptly after he heard the car hit into something. A few seconds later he heard loud explosions and when it stopped ranks rescued Investigatorshim. later reported that they grilled Hale and Samuels who gave police a detailed confession and named a fifth suspect, Romario, the driver of the stolen car who had managed to escape.Hale said that he was picked up from a location at Kitty Public Road by Samuels, Franklin and Newyer in the car driven by Romario Hudson calledHudson“Mario”.reportedly drove them to Vryheid’s Lust. Hudson, Franklyn and Samuels were all armed with hand guns, exited leaving him and Newyer behind and approached a white car parked in front of the taxi base with the windows down. He said that they hijacked the car and locked its driver in theThetrunk.three suspects then entered the stolen car and it was driven off by Hudson. Hale continued that Newyer took over the driving of Hudson’s car and drove behind the stolen car all the way to B-Field Sophia, GreaterWhenGeorgetown.theyarrived there, Newyer handed over Hudson’s car to an individual by the name of “Foxy” and together with Hale he entered the stolen car still being driven by Hudson. The carjackers would then proceed to carry out a robbery spree with the stolen car and its owner locked in the trunk.They started by robbing a man of his cellphone at 10th Street Cummings Lodge and then continued their journey to Ogle Airstrip road where they robbed two more victims in their car of cash and cellphones. Those victims have been identified as a 53year-old man and a woman. The suspects then proceeded to rob a Canadian man sleeping in his car in the vicinity of Tropical View Hotel located on Cambelleville Avenue of a haversack containing money and his cell phone.They staged another robbery on Lamaha Street where they robbed a man in his Tundra of $25,000 in cash before heading up the East Bank in search of more victims to rob. However, their luck ran out after police spotted them and chased them to Mandela Avenue where they were eventually captured in a shootout.Haleand Samuels reportedly admitted to participating in several other robbed robberies in the Georgetown district and led police to a house in West Ruimveldt where they handed over a 9mm Taurus Pistol without a magazine and single live 9MM ammunition.The two suspects also took police to Hudson mother’s house at D-Field Sophia where more suspected stolen items were found- Hudson is the fifth suspect still on the run. Police identified the items as four cellular phones, and an HP laptop. Police also found boxes of illegal .32 and 9mm ammunitions along with over 2000 grams of ganja. Hudson’s mom was taken for questioning and the illegal items seized. Meanwhile,Hudson is still to be located.

FOR RENT Bachelors self contained rooms to rent @ 12 Henry Street Werk-en-Rust. Call:Apartments225-9211. & Office space for rent, 6 Bedrooms top floor located @ 25 Princess Street Georgetown. Call: 623-1562/ 612-5296. From page 16 it sped off. Ranks reportedly chased behind in their pickup. As the chase continued on Mandela Avenue, the driver of the car lost control and it crashed into barriers along the road. The car stopped and four men exited and began running away, police reported. Ranks pursued but were confronted by gunshots from the suspects. One of the policemen reportedly returned fire and other patrol units pulled up just in time to offer back-up. After the gunfire died down the ranks canvassed the area and found Franklin lying on the grass parapet and bleeding from gunshot wounds while an injured Newyer was found in a nearby yard. Ranks continued searching the area and located Hale and Samuels hiding in another yard close by. The ranks also found a 9MM pistol and a magazine containing three live matching rounds, the police report added.With the carjackers captured, ranks transported the shot Franklin and Newyer to the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation for treatment while Hale and Samuels were taken into their custody. They then proceeded to search the car and apart from finding a number of suspected stolen items inside, a female purse, a laptop and eight cellular phones, they stumbled upon Singh, its owner locked in the trunk. Singh told the lawmen that the men had hijacked the car from him while he was seated inside at Shamo Taxi Base at Vryheid’s Lust, Railway Embankment, East Coast Demerara. He recalled that three men approached him and one of them placed a gun to his head, ordering him to step outside of the car. Singh told police that he was afraid of being shot and obeyed. The carjackers then reportedly instructed him to enter the trunk and they locked him inside.Singh recounted that during his journey in the car trunk, it stopped once and he heard talking. It drove off again and then the journey ended

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TAURUS(Apr.20–May20) Consider the romantic relationships in your life right now, Taurus. It's important to remember that regardless of how hot and steamy a partnership is at first, GEMINI (May 21–June 20) Today is your day to become a hero, Gemini. You don't have to be dressed in fancy tights and a cape to make an important difference in someone's life.

Venus Williams back in U.S. Open after being given wild card

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CANCER (June 21–July 22) There's a great deal of fun to be had today, Cancer. Money isn't always necessary to make this happen, however. In fact, money isn't a great way to keep score. LEO (July 23–Aug. 22) Remember that the important thing isn't necessarily what you're doing but the people you're with, Leo. There's a great deal of passion in the air today that yo u can latch onto and put to good use. VIRGO (Aug. 23–Se pt. 22) You could learn a tough lesson today, Virgo. More than likely, the harder the message hits you, the more important it was for you to hear. It's important that you accept failure gracefully. LIBRA (Sept. 23–Oct. 22) There's a great deal of fuel to keep your fire raging today, Libra. Powerful situations are apt to come your way in which you're asked to take decisive action. Don't shy away from added responsibility. SCORPIO (Oct. 23–Nov. 21) Remember that one wrong move today could cause you to have a headache for a good long while, Scorpio. Don't take uncalculated risks. There's dynamism and confidence in the air.

NBC Sports - NEW YORK – Venus Williams will be back in the U.S. Open this year after being given a wild card into what could be younger sister Serena’s final tournament.Venus Williams won backto-back U.S. Opens in 2000 and 2001, and this year marks 25 years since she reached the 1997 final in Flushing Meadows as a 17-year-old in her first full season on tour. Now 42, Williams did not play in the U.S. Open last year because of injury, but the seven-time Grand Slam

CAPRI (Dec. 22–Jan. 19) You should always leave a loved one with loving words, Capricorn. Each time you exit a room, consider that you're never going to enter that room again. Perhaps you'll never see those people again.

ARIES (Mar. 21–Apr. 19) There's an important lesson to learn today, Aries, so don't shy away from the classroom. It's important to control your attitude now or it's likely to control you. It could be that your ego is a bit too inflated

AQUARIUS(Jan.20–Feb.18) Just when you think you have absolutely no energy left, you're able to kick into a higher gear. Push beyond your limits today, Aquarius. You'll find that you can achieve a great deal.

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SAGIT(Nov.22–Dec.21) It's a long road to becoming exactly the person you want to be, Sagittarius. You can't change who you are. Input from every person you know and lessons from every bump in the road.

From page 31 be holding a summer camp for young people to learn the basics of golf. This event starts on Monday and lasts four Theydays. currently have several children signed up and more are welcome to contact the club for information on getting involved. VP Paton George, whose company Brusters is kindly sponsoring the summer camp, is available to talk about the event. However, the registration fee is $2,000 and caters for ages 6 to 15. A competition will be held on the final day with attractive prizes to be won by the youngsters. Call 220-5660 or 697-7708 for i nformation. Refreshments will be provided for the participants also.The next few months leading up to the Guyana Open scheduled for October 29-30 will see several competit ive marquee tournaments at the LGC.

The USTA also gave a wild card to Sofia Kenin, the 2020 Australian Open champion who didn’t compete in New York last year because of injury, along with fellow Americans CoCo Vandeweghe, Elizabeth Mandlik, Peyton Stearns and EleanaHarmonyYu. Tan of France –who beat Serena Williams during a run to the fourth round at Wimbledon – and Australian Jaimee Fourlis also received wild cards. Mandlik, the daughter of past U.S. Open champion Hana Mandlikova, earned hers by winning the U.S. Open wild-card challenge. On the men’s side, wild cards went to Americans Sam Querrey, Emilio Nava, JJ Wolf, Ben Shelton and Learner Tien, along with Ugo Humbert of France and Australian Rinky Hijikata. Also Wednesday, 2016 U.S. Open semifinalist Gael Monfils withdrew because of an injury to his right foot sustained last week during his match against Jack Draper in Montreal. Monfils, who missed time earlier this season after a procedure on his right heel, announced he needed further treatment for the Taroinjury.Daniel of Japan moved into the main draw. Lusignan Golf Club restart...

singles champion recently returned to tour after missing nearly a Serenayear.Williams, 40, recently said she is preparing to leave tennis, though she did not specify it would come after the U.S. Open, which begins Aug. 29. Dominic Thiem, the 2020 U.S. Open men’s champion who has since dealt with injuries and fallen to No. 228 in the world ranking, also was granted a wild card by the U.S. Tennis Association.

overs overs done. Captain Devo Ramsawak slammed 58 not out for the victorious combination while Ryan Sookram and Navin Bhup made healthy contributions of 37 and 30 respectively.When Spartans batted, there was some sort of resistance from Ryan Sitaram (23), Asif Ali (21) and Fazil Gani (18).Richie Shivrattan was the most outstanding bowler for the day with 4-18 from his maximum three overs and Rofel Boodhu ably supported him with 2-21 (3) to significantly help their team progress to the championship fixture.Meanwhile, a new champion to be crowned since trophy-holder Shawson is not participating in this year’s edition.

From page 28 hit four sixes. Earlier, Sunshine was asked to take first knock in brilliant sunshine, but that decision seemed justifiable for Masters as Sunshine lost a plethora of wickets quickly reeling at 46-6. However, the experience of for Guyana and West Indies Under-19 batsman Hemnarine Chattergoon prevailed. The right-hander batted beautifully to hit an attractive 67 while Khemraj Harrainarine scored 34 not out. Chattergoon struck seven sixes during his flamboyant display. Skipper Mark Nazir grabbed two wickets for 30 runs from two expensive overs as the leading bowler. And at Elia, the action was quite sedate. Pegasus rattled up a respectable 152-5 off the 15-overs and kept Spartans to 103-9 when the 15Venus Williams

PISCES (Feb. 19–Mar. 20) Regardless of how you feel today, Pisces, it's important to own up to your mistakes. Keep in mind that you're responsible for your actions. No matter how much you might want to shrink away,

AFP - Marco Jansen and Keshav Maharaj took South Africa into a first-innings lead over England of more than a hundred runs in the first Test at Lord’s yesterday following a fine fifty from Sarel Erwee. England captain Ben Stokes had bowled his side back into the game when he removed well-set opener Erwee (73) and Rassie van der Dussen (19) in quick succession to leave the Proteas 1925. But come stumps on the second day, South Africa were 289-7 — 124 runs ahead. Jansen was 41 not out, having added 72 for with Maharaj (41) as the seventhwicket duo cashed in on England’s failure to bowl to increasingly unorthodox fields.South Africa had earlier dismissed England for just 165, with fast bowler Kagiso Rabada taking 5-52 — his 12th five-wicket haul in a Test innings.Ollie Pope’s 73 was the only double-figure score by a specialist England batsman, with all-rounder Stokes’s 20 the next-best Yesterday’scontribution.largelysunny

England resumed yesterday on 116-6, with Pope 61 not out before Rabada wrapped up the innings, having sparked an initial collapse by removing openers Alex Lees and Crawley cheaply on Wednesday.Englandhave won all four of their Tests under a new leadership pairing of Stokes and coach Brendon McCullum after adopting a policy of all-out attack. But the approach was found wanting against a quality attack that has helped South Africa climb to the top of the World Test ChampionshipPopetable.should have been out for 67 when he edged Rabada to first slip, only for Erwee to floor a routine chance despite four juggled attempts to keep hold of the ball.Rabada, however, had Pope chopping on to a fulllength ball to end a 102-ball innings, with England 134-7. And he showed there was more to his game than sheer speed when he undid Broad (15) with a clever slower ball the tailender spooned to Elgar at point.Rabada ended the innings when he had Anderson lbw for aScores:duck. South Africa 289 for 7 (Jansen 41*, Rabada 3*) lead England 165 (Pope 73, Rabada 5-52, Nortje 3-63) by 124 runs.

“Fans living in Qatar, Saudi Arabia, the United States, Mexico, the United Arab Emirates, England, Argentina, Brazil, Wales and Australia led the way and the digital queues by securing the biggest number of tickets,” FIFAThesaid.launch date for the next sales phase will be announced in late September, FIFA added. Over-thecounter sales will also start in Doha after the launch of the last-minute sales phase. The World Cup begins a day earlier than originally scheduled with the opening ceremony taking place before the host nation kick off the tournament on Sunday, Nov. 20 against Ecuador. It will be the first World Cup staged in the Middle East and has been pushed back to later in the year than its typical June-July schedule to avoid the region’s punishing summer heat.

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South Africa’s Jansen and Maharaj punish England in 1st Test conditions undoubtedly made batting easier than it had been on Wednesday’s rainshortened first day.

Kagiso Rabada booked his place on the honours board with five first-innings wickets. (Getty Images)

- Elgar’s freak exitBut South Africa captain Dean Elgar and fellow lefthander Erwee still showed plenty of application while also scoring briskly against an England attack that lacked both the pace and accuracy of the Proteas’ four quicks. Elgar, dropped on seven by Zak Crawley in the slips, was then largely untroubled until, having made 47, he fell in freak fashion when a ball from 40-year-old England great James Anderson deflected off his thigh guard and forearm before trickling onto the Thestumps.32-year-old Erwee reached just his second fifty in his short Test career when he struck Stuart Broad through the covers for a sixth four in 89 balls faced. Aiden Markram hit three stylish fours in his 16 before he was caught behind off Jack Leach — the first spinner used by either side this match. South Africa were still well-placed when Stokes took two wickets for five runs in seven balls en route to stumps figures of 3-53 in 12 overs.He dismissed the resolute Erwee when a superb bouncer from around the wicket lifted off a good length to take the glove before lobbing gently to wicketkeeper Ben Foakes. Stokes, battling a longstanding knee problem, then had van der Dussen plumb lbw for 19 with a ball that jagged back. Stuart Broad then took his 100th Test wicket at Lord’s when Kyle Verreynne (11) edged behind to opposing glovemanMaharaj,Foakes. however, dismissively pulled Anderson for four and Jansen hooked Stokes for six over long leg. And by the time Maharaj holed out off Stokes he had hit seven fours in 49 balls.

FIFA sells 2.45 million tickets for Qatar World Cup

(Reuters) - Organisers have sold 2.45 million tickets for this year’s World Cup in Qatar, world soccer governing body FIFA said yesterday, with more than half a million of them sold in the last sales period from July 5-16. FIFA said the biggest number of allocated tickets were for group stage matches like Cameroon v Brazil, Brazil v Serbia, Portugal v Uruguay, Costa Rica v Germany and Australia v Denmark.

The sun is reflected in FIFA’s logo in front of FIFA’s headquarters in Zurich, Switzerland November 19, 2015. (REUTERS/Arnd Wiegmann) Keshav Maharaj and Marco Jansen shared an 72-run stand for the seventh wicket. (Getty Images)

The Leewards resumed Day two on 114-4 but were bowled within 10 overs of play for 151, although they secured a first innings lead of 78 runs.Fast bowler Isai Thorne, who represented West Indies and the Under 19 World Cup led the rout of Leewards batting with impressive bowling figures of 12-0-36-6. Top order batsman Jewel Andrew 56 (94 balls, 4x4, 3x6) was the only Leewards batsman to resist while Thorne was in his wicket-taking Thatspell. moment of joy was short-lived for Guyana, as their batsmen collapsed in the second innings for 90 all out. Mark McKenzie was once again the Leeward’s main wicket-taker clinching a five-wicket haul to end with a superb match analysis of 13.2-3-27-9.

Leewards defeat Guyana in two days in Rising Stars U19s

Members of the Leeward Islands team celebrate their victory.

India and England Home Series to kick-off West Indies’ new ICC Future Tours Programme 2023-2027 the Richards-Botham Trophy in England in the summer of 2024. Cricket West Indies (CWI) President, Ricky Skerritt, and CEO Johnny Grave welcomed the announcement of the new FTP. Skerritt said: “Cricket West Indies (CWI) is pleased that the new Men’s (2023-2027) and Women’s (2023-2025) FTP have been finally agreed. They provide some operational and financial certainty of our medium-term bilateral tours and matches across all formats, against all other Full Member nations. I want to thank our CEO Johnny Grave, and those several other Executives and Chairmen representing the various other Boards, who put many valuable hours into these negotiations.” Grave said: “The major highlight during the period will be our joint hosting of the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup in June 2024, where we will partner with the USA to deliver an event of the highest quality on and off the field. The hosting of the Men’s T20 World Cup should help to inspire the next generation of young West Indians and re-ignite the cricketing passion of our fans in the Caribbean and around the world. Hopefully it will also provide a legacy and catalyst for growth of the sport within the USA. We are also pleased that we have once again been able to secure full windows for the Indian Premier League and Caribbean Premier League for our players as we try to find a balance between our international commitments and the significant earning opportunities for our players from Domestic Leag ues.”

From page 28 enjoyed a better day with the bat. Sheikh faced 116 deliveries during his top knock and picked up 14 fours and a maximum. Sabbir Rahman also had a good outing with the bat crafting a much welcomed 62 from 58 balls afTigers outplay Windies... ter entering the middle at number 6. The others that got starts for Bangladesh but were unfortunate not to carry on were Mohammad Mithun (28), Shahadat Hossain Dipu (24) and Saif Hassan (19). Zaker Ali Anik played a timely unbeaten cameo of 18 down the order to help register a few more runs at the death of that inning. Phillip (2 – 45), Lewis (2 – 50) and Charles (2 – 45) were the wicket takers for the host team.The final encounter in the three-match series unfolds on Saturday at the same venue from 9:30am. (Kizan Brumell) West Indies to face India in July and August 2023. West Indies to face England in December 2023.

ST JOHN’S, Antigua –The West Indies will commence the International Cricket Council’s (ICC) Men’s Future Tours Programme (FTP) for the period 2023-27 with a full home series against India in July and August 2023 followed by a white ball tour by England in December 2023. These form part of over 150 international matches that West Indies will play home and away within the new FTP. Fans can now start to look forward to planning for home fixtures and away tours over the next five years, starting with India’s all-format tour in 2023 which will feature two Test matches as West Indies’ first home fixture in the new 2025 World Test Championship (WTC). India will also play three One-Day Internationals (ODIS) and five T20 Internationals (T20Is). England will return to the West Indies in late 2023 for an eight-match white-ball series with three ODIs and five T20Is with a second white-ball tour of the Caribbean in 2024. The new FTP features an ICC World tournament every year including the ICC T20 World Cup for the West Indies and USA in 2024 and two World Test Championships. West Indies will be playing India, South Africa and Bangladesh at home, and Australia, England and Pakistan away as part of the 2023-2025 World Test Championship. The full West Indies FTP can be found at: https://bit.ly/ 3QSaIXi.TheICC FTP is a result of a collective effort of Full Members with ICC’s coordination and support. The FTP ensures a level of certainty of bilateral cricket fixtures across the three cricket formats. The exact dates and venues for each Series will be announced in due course by Cricket West Indies (CWI) following consultation with each ICC Member Thenation.West Indies have home fixtures against India, England (twice), South Africa, Bangladesh, Australia, Pakistan before the end of 2025 with an enticing schedule away fixtures around the world including defending

Friday August 19, 2022 Kaieteur News PAGE 27 (CWI) - The Leeward Islands became the first team to secure victory in the second round with a commanding 10wicket victory over Guyana, highlighting the second day of action in the Rising Stars U19 Championship presented by WINLOTT Inc. Playing at Park Hill, wickets tumbled in clusters before the Leewards secured their win against the Guyanese.

Jonathon Mentore whips the ball for on-side

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“I would like to thank my family and the many persons that helped me along the way in particular Coach Garvin Nedd, DCC and the owner of Crown Mining, Mr. Persaud whom I play golf with occasionally,” said Jonathon who plays for a club that has produced several Test players including Maurice Fernandes, Lance Gibbs, Roy Fredericks, Clive Lloyd, Roger Harper and Travis Dowlin. Young Jonathon disclosed that his father, a former President of DCC, was a main factor in helping him with his game, but explained Coach Garvin Nedd has been his coach for as long as he can remember. “At school, I am part of the Basketball team. We do play cricket but the weather played a big part in us not being in the field. I am doing reasonably well at school and is working to have that balance between academics and sports,” concluded Jonathon.

Masters galloped to an efficient eight-wicket win over Sunshine while at Elia facility in North York, Pegasus made light work of Spartans. Masters were indebted to topnotch batsman and Canadabased Guyanese Kumar Doodnauth who fashioned an unbeaten, entertaining 84. Chasing a competitive 155 for victory from the allotment of 15-overs, Masters reached 156-2 with 12 balls remaining. The hard-hitting Doodnauth appeared at the crease with his team in a spot of bother at 34-2 in the fifth over. But his aggressive method proved effective as he slammed a flurry of sixes to take total control of the game. He clobbered 11 effortless sixes and two fours while he was well supported by opener Azam Han iff who helped anchored things with a valuable 40 not out. Ha niff (Continued on page 25)

Masters and Pegasus will collide in the 2022 Ontario RoundArm Softball Cricket whoGeorgetowndeputyJonathon,ishtechniqueKholibringswhenhitpullgame,”utedtwochasing30XI15)matchsport.madepointaswatchedwhotheMarianhe‘Saints’StanislausgraduatedMae’sJonathonandGeorgetowntherounderteam,NationalWindwardsDavemorrowscheduledRegionaltheTrinidadment2016.titleGrenadaCricketSchoolsegment.victoriesteamsfromMcCandlessSaturdaytate(ORSCA)/ImranAssociationAliRealEs-15-overfinaltomorrow,atAndrewPark,Brampton13:00hrs.LastSaturday,bothrecordedcomfortableinthesemi-finalAtRobertLeePublicgroundinBrampton,BySeanDeversAstheGuyanaU-15teamtravelledtoyesterdaytowinatheyhavenotwonsinceTheinauguraltourna-wasstagedin1996with&Tobagowinningfirsttitleandthisyear’sU-15Tournamentistocommenceto-withGuyana,ledbyMohabir,playingtheattheGrenadaStadium.Amongtheplayersintheis14-year-oldDCCall-JonathonMentore.BornonJune,12,2008atWoodlandsHospitalinGuyanatoAlfredSoniaMentore,MentoreattendedprimarybeforehetotheStCollege.JonathonremainedatuntilthirdformwhenwastransferredtotheAcademybecauseofpandemic.ThetalentedJonathon,hasasister,saidheWestIndiescricketachildandfromatthathegothooked,whichhimwanttoplaythe“MymostmemorablewaswhenIplayed(U-intercountyforPresidentagainstEssequibo.Imadenotoutwhenwewereabigtotalandtookwicketswhichcontrib-inourteamwinningthedisclosedJonathon.“MyfavoriteshotistheshotandIlovewhenIthewicketofsomeoneIambowling…thatmegreatsatisfaction.MyfavoriteplayerisViratbecausehehasgreatandisaverystyl-batsman,”continuedthesonoftheMayorofAlfredMentoreplayedforGuyanaatthe Mentore

Bangladesh A Tour of the West Indies… Tigers outplay Windies to level the series - Sheikh hits boundary-filled 103 Bishop (31) and DaSilva put on a 27-run partnership before the latter fell, bringing Justin Greaves to the middle. Bishop was the third wicket to fall with the score on 155 as the equation began to go off balance.Miserybegan to pile up for the West Indies when Greaves (13) was run out with the score still on 155. Six runs later Tevin Imlach departed for 2. At that point, the home side needed 117 from 85 deliveries with Alick Athanaze (7) and Shamar Springer (0) in the middle.Thetail then tried to wag in all its glory but it proved futile in the end. Bryan Charles was left unbeaten on 32, Anderson Phillip contributed 15, Preston McSween chipped in with 10 and Shermon Lewis was left not out on 5 when the overs expired. Mukidul Islam led bowling attack for the Tigers with 3 – 32, Rejaur Rahman Raza supported with 2 – 44 while Khaled Ahmed, Rakibul Hasan and Soumya Sarkar picked up a wicket each. Earlier in the day, Bangladesh’s batting innings was pushed to a formidable score by Naim Sheikh’s fifth List A ton of 103 as the visitors (Continued on page 27) Naim Sheikh

Regional U15 Title

U-19 level as opening batter in Jamaica in Jonathon,1991.who played kiddies cricket at U13, U15, U19 and for DCC ‘B’ Team, also plays basketball and also like playing video games. “My goal for Grenada is to perform individually as a batsman or a bowler to contribute to the team’s success with the hope of bringing home the trophy,” he noted. Asked about his favourite food, he said, “My favourite food is chicken Chowmein cooked by my grandma.”

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Bangladesh A bounced back from being one-down against the West Indies A to level the One Day International series, 1 – 1, following a strong performance that earned them a comfortable 44run win at the Daren Sammy Cricket Ground in Gros Islet, St. Lucia, yesterday. After losing the toss and being inserted to bat, Bangladesh posted a challenging 277 – 6 from their allotted overs. They then restricted the host side to 2339 in their 50 overs with a disciplined bowling effort. West Indies’ reply had a magnificent start as the skipper Joshua DaSilva recorded a stern knock of 68 from 80 balls alongside Tagenarine Chanderpaul (38 from 60). Chanderpaul was the first wicket to fall with the score on 94 which brought Teddy Bishop to the crease. aims to help win

Doodnauth hammers 84 not out for Masters

Jonathonruns.and his Dad share a fun moment.

Shimron Hetmyer has played 47 matches for the GAW since 2016.

Much is expected of Richard who is still actively playing cricket in TT, bats left-handed and bowls right arm fast medium.The team will be captained by Balwant Roy Singh who is indeed a veteran of these World Cups having participated in them all since 2018. Roy was part of the Canadian Over 50s squad in December 2018 during that inaugural World Cup for O50s which was won by Australia. Roy then chose to represent West Indies in the 2nd O50s World Cup held in Cape Town, South Africa in March 2020 which was unfortunately aborted due to COVID. Roy registered a solitary half century in both of these World Cups and had some decent dismissals behind the stumps. Roy has stuck with the West Indies teams and has now graduated to be the captain of the O60s squad for this inaugural World Cup. CWIMA was hoping to feature a few big names at this World Cup in the form of Alvin Kallicharran and Colin Croft, but, unfortunately, Alvin broke his finger in 2 places whilst coaching in North Carolina a few days ago and work commitments did not allow Crofty to be part of the squad. Crofty had toured with the West Indies squad in March 2022 to Houston Texas and had made an appearance at the Marlborough Cup in England last month. Attempts were also made to have Collis King on board with this team. Collis King still plies his trade in the English circuit. The majority of the team will wing out from Los Angeles on Sunday August 28th 2022 with a direct flight out to Brisbane Australia where they will hope to get acclimatized to the weather and conditions a few days prior to the actual tournament. They will then engage in a solitary practice match on Wednesday September 1st, have net sessions on Thursday before the tournament commences on Saturday September 3rd. There will be a grand Opening Ceremony on Friday, September 2nd with the Presentation/Closing ceremony slated for September 15th. The full West Indies squad reads: § Balwant Roy SinghCaptain§Virganand Gossai § Howard JodhanSinghVenkersammyPlayer/Coach§RonaldKhan§KeithLawrence§HafizMohamed§WalterPersaud§KrishendathRamdat§TejnarineRamroop§PrameshSeheult§RichardSeheult§GeraldSingh§PremDeonarineSingh§SunderdatSookram§MontgomeryManagerswillbeRajandDaveNarine.

title. Speaking on his appointment, Hetmyer said, “I’m really happy to be appointed captain of my country franchise, I’m excited to lead this group of men! I can’t wait for the CPL to begin.”

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Explosive left-hander, Shimron Hetmyer has been appointed captain of the Guyana Amazon Warriors team for the 2022 Hero Caribbean Premier League (CPL). The 25-year-old top order batter has been with the Guyana Amazon Warriors since 2016 and played 47 matches with one ton and eight half-centuries under his belt.Hetmyer, a key figure in the West Indies set up, has shown leadership skills from his youth days where he led West Indies Under-19 to their first ICC youth World Cup Masters cricket continues to evolve with its very first Over-60s World Cup being staged in the Sunshine Coast of beautiful state of Queensland, Australia featuring 12 strong teams from around the world, namely: Australia, Canada, India, New Zealand, Pakistan, Rest of the World, South Africa, Sri Lanka, USA, Wales, West Indies and Zimbabwe. These teams have been divided into 2 groups.Theformat for the games will entail each team playing each other in the round robin stage, then the cross over Semi Finals, followed by the World Cup position playoffs then the grand final between the 2 top teams. All matches will be of 45 overs duration with 3 power plays of 15 overs each whereby only 3, 4 and 5 players respectively are allowed outside of the 30-yard circle.Cricket West Indies Masters Association (CWIMA) has now announced its 15man squad to take part in this World Cup with little or no big names featuring therein. Headlining the team is the all-rounder, Richard Sieuchan, who represented Trinidad and Tobago during the period 1986 to 1991. Richard played 7 First Class matches and 9 List A matches and had a highest score of 45. He has 12 First Class wickets with a best of 4 for 45 and 11 List A wickets with a best of 3 for 34.

2022 Hero Caribbean Premier League… Hetmyer to Captain Guyana Amazon Warriors

CWIMA announces its squad for inaugural O-60s World Cup in Australia

Head Coach of the franchise, Rayon Griffith, welcomed Hetmyer’s appointment and said that he was happy to see him get the opportunity to captain a senior franchise.Chairman of the Guyana Amazon Warriors franchise, Dr. Bobby Ramroop stated, “We are pleased to appoint our first Guyanese captain since the 2013 season. Hetmyer has been a main part of our set up over the years and we believe the time is right to have him lead the team.”Guyana Amazon Warriors squad: Shimron Hetmyer (captain), Romario Shepherd, Gudakesh Motie, Shai Hope, Jermaine Blackwood, Chandrapaul Hemraj, Odean Smith, Veerasammy Permaul, Matthew Nandu, Junior Sinclair, Imran Tahir, Colin Ingram, Tabraiz Shamsi, Heinrich Klaasen, Paul Stirling, Ronsford Beaton, Keemo Paul.

Some of the coaches pose with their charges at the Area H Ground. Hetmyer, Travis Hardcourt, Balram Samaroo, Lackram Lathman and Junior Blair. The coaches would be required to work eighty hours per month and Foster stated that fourteen of them have started to work in Region Six at venues including Rose Hall Canje, New Amsterdam, Rose Hall Town, NO73, Skeldon and Port Mourant. Coaching in Region Five would start shortly as soon as some paper work is finished to sign up the coaches. The BCB with the assistance of Minister Dharamlall has attracted some sponsorship and the funds would be used to purchase the necessary items that the coaches would need including flannel and hard balls. The BCB has already provided several coaching aids to the coaches and some more would be handed over shortly including catching cribs.Foster disclosed that the first phase of the project would target members of clubs with junior sections and when school reopens in September, coaches would visit both primary and secondary schools in the most comprehensive coaching programme in the history of Berbice.Hestated that last year, the BCB had set itself a target of producing ten players for the West Indies at all levels in five years and has produce six so far and is confident that the target would be achieved before the end of 2023. The county has also produced a total of forty two players for Guyana this year at all levels and hopes to increase that amount in 2023.

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Both touring Contingents for this weekend’s International Drag Race arrived in Guyana ahead of this weekend’s much anticipated 1320Theshootout.Suriname team cleared port Molson Creek Wednesday afternoon while team Trinidad’s cars were cleared in port Georgetown yesterday; to be later transported to the South Dakota Circuit. The Trinidad team had already confirmed their unit with two rail cars being driven by Sheldon Bissessar and Miguel Pustam with the third driver being Kervin Ribe iro with his 1JZ poweredSurinameRX-7. on the other hand had confirmed Raymond John and his Toyota Chaser, along with Michael Namchand and his Mazda RX7, Marvin Djojopawiro with ‘P ac-man’ and Hans Yzer with ‘Angry Bird’ are confirmed with the club expecting more cars between today and to-

The Berbice Cricket Board with the cooperation of Minister Nigel Dharamlall on Tuesday 16th of August launched another coaching programme for youths across the ancient county. The programme is expected to be a twelve months pilot project with the total of eighteen cricket coaches/ trainers been involved in the county’s most ambitious coaching venture. BCB President Hilbert Foster, who is spearheading the project, stated that the main objectives are to provide regular coaching to youths, to work early on technical problems, to unearth new talents and to provide additional coaching to the most promising talents.The coaches would be under the supervision of Level Three Coach Winston Smith and would include Leslie Solomon, Delbert Hicks, Tremayne Smartt, Ameer Rahaman, Seon

BCB launches countywide coaching programme to benefit hundreds of youths - Minister Dharamlall hailed forMinistercooperationNigelDharamlall

GMR&SC International Drag Race Meet… Suriname, T&T machines arrive as over 100 cars registered Hans Yzer’s ‘Angry Bird’ is also looking for top honours in the 9-second class. morrow.Meanwhile, the Club has confirmed that the event would be over the course of two days, tomorrow, Saturday, being the qualify ing and free runs for the 14 second, 15 second and 16 second classes.That will commence from noon with free runs expected in between the qualifying session. Sunday morning from 08:00 hrs, the remaining groups will be allowed their qualifying and test and tune session with the knockout session commencing at 12:00 Registrationhrs.closed on Wednesday evening with more than 100 competitors signing up for the two-day event. The club had predicted more than 50 competitors at its launch last week, but the latest count doubles that amount.Tickets for fans cost $2000 for adults; $1000 for kids, and are on sale at the clubs’ Thomas Lands-office.Additionally, VIP and VVIP tickets carry a price of $30,000 and $40,000, respectively, and are all inclusive.Tickets will also be on sale at the South Dakota Circuit.VIP and VVIP Ticket are on sale at the following locations: John Lewis Styles (Georgetown), Igloo Ice Cream Shoppe (Providence), Falmboyant Supermarket (Eccles), Joseph Music Store (VreedEn-Hoop), M&R Auto Sales (Cornelia Ida), Vick’s Fix It Cellphone Repairs (Parika), Dada’s Grill ( Tuschen Public Road), T ropical 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 (Rosehall Town), Pharmcare Pharmacy (Evil Eyes, N/A).

Head Coach Winston Smith stated that the coaches were delighted at the positive attitude of the players and hailed the BCB for organising the project.Smith predicted that many promising players would emerge from the project over the next twelve months.Special emphasis is been placed on batting, fast bowling, spin bowling, wicketkeeping and generalThefielding.BCB would shortly hand over millions of dollars worth of cricket gear, balls and uniforms to twenty three secondary schools in the county before several inter zone tournam ents are organised.Tournaments would be played in four sub zonesNew Amsterdam/Canje, West Berbice, Lower Corentyne and Upper Corent yne. The winner from each zone would then move on to play a grand Berbice final.Foster expressed profound thanks to Minister Dharamlall for his cooperation in providing employment for the coaches and for his advice in coming up with the structure of the programme.Fosterhad met the Minister at his Kin gston, Georgetown office and he readily agreed to assist. The new project would join the Dr Tulsi Dyal Singh County wide coaching and mini academies in the BCB Developmental programme.

Ca r i b b e a n Airlines is happy to return astheOfficialAirlineofthe Hero Caribbean Premier League's(CPL)T20cricket Tournament,cardedtotake place from 31st August30thSeptember2022.

The airline last partnered with the CPL in 2019 and is delighted to g on the partnership Caribbean Airlines' CEO Garvin Medera said: “As the official airline of the Hero Caribbean Premier League 2022 (CPL T20), CaribbeanAirlinesishappy to RE-unite the fans and officials, for the region's biggest sports party With the lifting of travel restrictions and the ability to move freely, the excitement around CPL 2022istremendous.”

H e c o n t i n u e d : “Caribbean Airlines understands the value of sport in uniting the region and we look forward to sharing a real Caribbean experience with the talented players, enthusiastic fans and all travellers."JamieStewart, Hero CPL's Commercial Director who also commentedsaid:"It'sgreattobe moving across the islands again in this, Hero CPL's 10th year CaribbeanAirlinesisourtrusted long-term partner in ensuring thatCPLplayersandcrewarrive safely and on time, ceagainforpartneringwithus." The Caribbean Premier League is an annual T20 cricket tournament that simultaneously offersfansintheregionaunique “carnival like” , festive experience.Thisyear there are four host countries for the 2022 League: St. Kitts and Nevis, St. Lucia, Trinidad and Guyana where the finalswillbe Caribbeanplayed.Airlines further congratulates the CPL franchise on celebrating their 10th anniversary and applauds their efforts in building a tremendous legacy around this great sport, which many fans across the regioncherishandenjoy The Guyana Boxing Association (GBA) has named veteran boxing administrator and its assistant secretary/treasurer, Seon Bristol, as manageroftheNationalteamselected to participate at the Winfield Braithwaite Caribbean Schoolboys andJuniorstournament. The disclosure was made yesterday by GBA president Steve Ninvalle. Bristol was labeled as "energetic, knowledgeable, respected and magnanimous" by Ninvalle who added that he was tailor-made for the position.Bristolwillmanagetheteamof17 boxers and six coaches The tournamentisscheduledAugust26to 28 at the CliffAnderson Sports Hall. Guyanaissettodefenditstitleagainst Trinidad and Tobago, St Lucia and Bahamas. he Lusignan GolfTClub (LGC) is set to re-start golf at Lusignan after a prolonged rainyTheseason.firsttournamentatthe re-startisaMedalPlayBetter Ball Scramble over 18 holes and shotgun start tomorrow, Saturday,startingat12:30pm. Contactcanbemadewith the Lusignan Golf Club on 220-5660 to register and this process closes at 3:00pm todayThe Partner Handicap Calculation is: 15% of higher partner's handicap + 35% lower partner's handicap and players will be competing for Prizes (Best Net Score) in positions: st nd rdPlace,2 Place,3 Place. All prizes will be in the form ofvouchers.Playersare reminded to always observe Covid practices and protocols. All participants are advised to contacttheclub'smanageron the day of the tournament to collect their scorecards, pay their tournament fees and proceed to their allocated tee boxes to begin play at 12:30PM Once on their respective tee boxes, players mustawaitthesoundingofthe horn or siren as indication to begin teeing off.Presentation of prizes will be held at the completionofthetournament. Meanwhile,theclubwill (Continuedonpage25) Seon Bristol named manager of the National schoolboys' Boxing team BristolSeon Caribbean Airlines the Official Airline of the Caribbean Premier League 2022

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Lusignan Golf Club restart activities with Club Tournament and Summer Camp

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