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AIETEUR NEWSK Guyana’s largest selling daily & New York’s most popular Guyana’sweeklylargest weekly Online: www.kaieteurnews.com August20,2022-Vol.16 No.31 Online readership yesterday, 75,569 Saturday Edition Price $100 arrangement with Exxon to allow for costs monitoring …Jagdeoindicates country'sinvolvementafterspending usefair,transparentprocurementrules PSERIESOILart2… VP Jagdeo says: “Too early to think about insurance for US$1.3B gas pipeline” VP Jagdeo open to Guyanese participation in upcoming oil blocks auction demandsforeigncompanies Local Content Law Freed: Jarvis 'Barry' SmallBibi Shareema Gopaul 17p. No co-management >>See story on page 3<< CCJ frees stepfather, mother to now serve 30-year sentence Neesa Gopaul's murder… PPP/C will not allow businessmen involved in “illegal activities” to tarnish - Jagdeoits reputation

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The Vice President explained that the arrangement it currently has with ExxonMobil and partners to develop the country's oil endowment, does not afford the nation a “co management” position which would allow the country insights into the companies' spending to ensure beforehand, that Guyana is not being given bills with inflated costs for goods and services needed withinthesector The VP said that currently it is a group of Guyanese companies, along with a foreign entity, that is conducting audits for previouscostshandedtothe country,andoneofthemain objectives is to build incountrycapacitythroughthe transfer of skills so that people who are more nationalintheiroutlookwill look out for the interest of Guyanese and be vigilant in ensuring the financial protectionofthecountry This is extremely importanttheVicePresident indicated because when it comes to the authorisation and monitoring of spending by the oil companies, Guyanaisnotinvolvedsince the agreement with the US oil giant does not cater for such involvement. Instead, thatiswheretheauditscome in,theVicePresidentsaid. “Thereisnoprovisionin the contract for co management,” Jagdeo clarified.“Although we are entitled to 50 percent of the profit;theymanage. There is an operator that operates on behalf of the shareholders that run the company So assuming that the cost are inflated, when theauditisdone-(and)thisis a post expenditure control and they find i n f l a t e d c o s t s o r unreasonable procurement practices that have led to inflated costs, they can then flag those and have them adjustedandthenExxonhas toexplainthose.” Thatisthecontrolwhich the Vice President said currently exists where cost monitoringisconcernedand thatispreciselywhynow,by regulation, the Local ContentActwasmandated. The matter of cost monitoringandprocurement of oil and gas goods and services has been one of discussion for stakeholders given that Guyana is responsible for all costs associated with the development of its oil wealth.Thebillsassociatedwith the development of each field are handed to Guyana after the sum is removed as an expense and before the country gets its 50 percent cut of profit. In receiving revenue from the sale of the commodity, Guyana gets a twopercentroyaltyfromthe total income, then operational expenses up to 75 percent is removed by Exxon,beforetheremaining sumissplitbetweenGuyana andtheoilassociates. The bills Guyana receives have a two-year timeline in which the countryhastoscrutiniseand make objections against illegitimatecosts. The argument therefore is that Guyana is left to lose whenitsonlysayisafterthe oil companies would have donethe Thatspending.isespecially so since stakeholders have pointed out that even if Guyanaflagsacostthatmay look unreasonable, the companies do have the opportunity to reject and declare the expense legitimate.Thiswould thus require legal involvement to make the determination, keeping in mind that the money would have already been deductedbytheoilcompany and Guyana would be left at themercyofthelitigation. Exxon requires various goods and services for the developmentoftheStabroek Block offshore project, whetheritbeshorebase (Continuedonpage14)

Vice President Bharrat Jagdeo believes it is “commonsense”forthetotal cost of the Gas-to-Energy (GTE) to be decided on before any insurance policy is pursued, even though he has calculated the financial viabilityoftheprojectinthe absence of that very final cost.Duringathree-hourlong press conference on Friday at the Arthur Chung Conference Centre, Liliendaal, Georgetown, he debated the need for insurance, prior to the pipeline becoming operational.Inresponding to a question by this newspaper on whether the People's Progressive Party (PPP) has entered into discussion with ExxonMobil Guyana for the pipeline aspect of the project,whichisestimatedat someUS$1.3billion,Jagdeo stammered,“Howwegonna do, it's like how you gonna starttheinsurance,firstofall thepeoplearegonnasay,the insurers, where is this pipeline?Haveyoubuiltthis pipeline, no. We are now procuring material. We are procuring the material to startlayingofit.Wearenow mapping the route; we are still mapping the route. We are completing the environmental studies and we have to put in place, they'd say well when you have done that, when you know the final cost then we cantalkaboutinsurance.” He insisted, “It's reasonable It's common sense.Youcan'tnotknowthe cost of the total pipeline as yetandseektoinsureit.You understand. If you have a houseandyoubuildahouse for $20 million, you don't knowthehouse,youstartthe foundationandyougotothe insurance company, they'd saywhatareweinsuring?” Earlier, Jagdeo was asked if the government is also considering any of the risks in its analysis of the projectandconclusionthatit willbeviable.Tothisend,he acknowledgedthatwhilethe possibility of an explosion exists, it simply does not change the commercial viability of the US multibillion-dollarproject. Accordingtohim,“With a power plant at Kingston, wecouldhaveanexplosion. That's not an excuse for not building a power plant Billions of gigawatt hours are generated from gas projects in the world so you would have to have a mitigation plan for everything… in an event of thatnaturetoaddressitbut (Continuedonpage20)

The role Guyana p l a y s i n m o n i t o r i n g spending in the capital intensive oil industry here comes after the oil companies would have expended large sums of moneyinthedevelopmentof the oil fields; after which Guyanaishandedthebillsto scrutinise.ThisisaccordingtoVice President Bharrat Jagdeo when he explained during hislatestpressconferenceat the Arthur Chung Conference Centre on Friday,thatitisforthisvery reason that the country is working on building capacity in the area of cost auditandverification.

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…Jagdeoindicatescountry'sinvolvementafterspending ‘Too early to think about insurance for US$1.3B gas pipeline'

Vice President Bharrat Jagdeo – VP Jagdeo

No co-management arrangement with ExxonMobil to allow for costs monitoring

DEAR EDITOR, The current disciplinary process and procedures in the Public Service should be revisited and revised with a view to provide for a speedier due process and natural justice for public servants as outlined hereunder. Disciplinary actions relate to an employee’s capacity or conduct which may breach the obligations in the employment relationship i.e., to render faithful and honest service. Disciplinary matters should be promptly addressed by the management in the public service and should be separate and apart from any criminal investigation and consequent action therefrom. The Public Service Management and Administration, the Ministry of Public Service, the Public Service Commission, and the Public Service Appellate Tribunal should be concerned with the conduct of the employee in the employment relationship, and act independently, and not rely DEAR EDITOR, When we enter into a contract, we expect that whatever was agreed would be executed, whilst simultaneously holding the firm reassurance that the law would sort things out with reference only to what was agreed, should either party fail to perform or seek to evade performance. This understanding is often referred to as the sanctity of contracts.Nobody would bother to commit their resources, property or labour to a contractual undertaking if the terms agreed could be adjusted willy-nilly at the request of either party after signing. It might be argued that this is more so the case when the contractual consideration is significant –as in the financial commitment made by ExxonMobil and its partners, Hess Corporation and CNOOC/NEXEN who have invested in excess of GY$3T to date. In my opinion, this seeming imbalance has certainly evened out since the consideration given by Guyana has within a very short time significantly increased in value – as in becoming way more than anticipated at the time of entering into the contract.Todate, ExxonMobil has drilled 33 successful wells Why is this word ‘renegotiation’ so feared by the PPP/C Government?

Revisiting and Revising the Public Service Disciplinary Process and Procedures on the outcome of any court case.The following process and procedures are proffered for consideration and debate. When it appears to senior staff, heads of departments or permanent secretaries that there is reasonable cause to believe that a staff member may have committed gross misconduct, or dereliction of duty, or is unable to perform the functions of his/her position as might warrant disciplinary action, the concerned head of department and permanent secretary, on their own initiative or upon receipt of a complaint from any source, in consultation with the head of personnel of the Ministry of the Public Service, should conduct a full investigation and hearing into the alleged misconduct or inability to function. A committee comprising the relevant head of department, head of the ministry’s personnel department, and the permanent secretary of the relevant ministry, should investigate the complaint within fourteen working days of the receipt of the complaint or from the date of initiation of disciplinary action, with due regard to natural justice principles. During the investigation and hearing, if it is considered expedient, the concerned staff member should be suspended from duty on half pay for fourteen working days and should be paid the amount withheld, only if exonerated. The staff member to whom the investigation relates should be free to represent himself/ herself and to be allowed representation by any person at the investigation and hearing. The investigating Committee should recommend to the Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of the Public Service, such fair and appropriate disciplinary action, by the end of the fourteen working days. The Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of the Public Service shall, within 14 working days, consider the matter and make the appropriate recommendations to the Public Service Commission (PSC). The Public Service Commission should consider the recommendations of the Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of the Public Service and shall institute appropriate disciplinary action including suspension without pay for up to two months, or immediate dismissal for good and sufficient cause, or termination of the employment contract. The affected staff member may appeal any decision of the Public Service Commission to the Public Service Appellate Tribunal which shall review the decision of the Public Service Commission in keeping with the principles of fairness and natural justice. The Tribunal should consider and render its decision within 28 working days from the date of appeal. The decision of the Appeals Tribunal shall be final and binding on all parties.

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There is good practical justification for ExxonMobil to now consider making some negotiated fair-play adjustments to the contract with Guyana’s estimated reserves consequently increasing by tens of percentage points beyond all initialIndeed,expectations.according to Schreiner Parker, Senior Vice President and Head of the Latin America Division of Rystad Energy, the independent Norwegian consultancy specialising in energy research and market intelligence, if measured on exploration success rate, the Stabroek Block “probably does not have an equivalent in the world”. In business, like in life generally, things can turn out to be significantly better or conversely much worse than initially expected. Still, the law of contract makes allowances in some cases where the parties were of uneven standing – for example, where the parties’ bargaining power was years.oilExxonMobilinternationalinfirstcontractsubsequentlyofinoneshoulddisproportionatesignificantly–anditbenotedthatGuyana,ofthepoorestcountriesthehemisphereatthetimeenteringintoandrenewingthein2016,onlypumpedoilnotquite3yearsagoDecember2019,whereasmajorhasbeeninthebusinessformorethan150TheLondon-basednonprofit ofintosinceoperationsreportscoupledExxonMobilremorsefulGuyana,andtermsbecausecompaniespartnershiporderisthat,ChathamwiththeproducersbeingsuchHouse,outlook.(UNDP)Developmentrenegotiation.whatincludingofclausesinsertioncurrentmajorpromotemissionInternationaltheorganizationnon-governmentalChathamHouse,RoyalInstituteofAffairs,whoseitistoanalyseandtheunderstandingofinternationalissuesandaffairs,supportstheofrenegotiationinfutureGovernmentGuyanaoilcontracts,termsthatspecifywouldtriggerTheUnitedNationsProgrammealsosupportsthisAccordingtoChathamnewcircumstancesasamajordiscoverymademaypromptmanytoseektochangetermsoftheircontractsforeigncompanies.Houseconcludes“renegotiationoftermssometimesnecessaryintomaintainalong-termbetweenoilandgovernmentstherefusaltoreviewcouldbedestabilizingunfairtosomecountries”.withthealmostdailycriticismoftheoilcontractwithfrequentofficialofsuccessfuldrillingofthatcompanyfirstoil,fitsperfectlythisprecariouspositionpotentialinstabilityanda national feeling of being hard-done by, as ExxonMobil’s estimated profits mushroom with each new discovery. It is anticipated that Guyana’s relationship with the company will last some 30 years at the very least. All that having been stated, Guyana’s deal will work out to somewhat more than 50-50 including royalties after cost recovery is complete – and that’s certainly not a bad deal at all – whenever cost recovery is eventually completed. Unavoidable questions remain, however, like why should Guyana be paying ExxonMobil’s income tax to GRA out of Guyana’s share of the profits whilst also paying ExxonMobil’s insurance premiums and the interest on loans that company took on to finance its operations?Theshortexplanation of the unique tax deal is that ExxonMobil is making a no sense of the purpose of any double taxation treaty. A Guyana tax waiver means that the company would still be liable to pay US taxes – so to avoid this, inevitability ExxonMobil gets GRA to certify for presentation to IRS, the fiction that ExxonMobil did not simply benefit from (Continued

We are baffled by how leaders in the PPP/C Government bend over backwards, twist themselves into knots, and try every trick in the book to hide from renegotiation of the odious oil contract that Guyana has with ExxonMobil. One of the latest acrobatics from the PPP/C Government with this oil contract was presented by us recently: “VP Jagdeo, President Ali at odds over renegotiation of Exxon contract” (KN August 18). President Ali swiftly distanced himself from any talk involving renegotiation, which is strange coming from a national leader. President Ali said, “I don’t think you are quoting the Vice President correctly because the Vice President would have said that future (Production Sharing Agreements) PSAs would be different from this.” He also noted that this is “completely different” from what the Vice President would have said, and claims that renegotiation is on the agenda of the PPP/C Government are just not so. This gets more curious by the moment, which we will revisit later, but first here is an extract from Vice President Bharrat Jagdeo’s own words at a gathering in Patentia, West Bank Demerara: “on the one hand, you see Rystad Energy and Exxon trying to prove that they are the best thing for Guyana, which is not so. The contract was bad, we have to change it in the future but we are not going to renegotiate now.” We at this publication are mystified, and troubled, that the two most senior national leaders would go into these verbal contortions so as not to touch this most feared word in Guyana, which is RENEGOTIATION. “Would be different from this” (what currently exists) and “we have to change it in the future” both sound like renegotiation under different covers. These are exercises in semantics, and raise a bundle of probing questions, to which only President Ali and Vice President Jagdeo can provide satisfactory answers. The ongoing problem is that we are almost certain that both of them will not be forthcoming with any answers, since their first priority is to keep up this sham of being for the Guyanese people, while the real story is to conceal how much they are in cahoots with ExxonMobil in the gouging of Guyana. Why is it that renegotiation of the oil contract creates such shivers running up and down the spines of President Ali and Vice President Jagdeo? What is it that both of them find so fearful about the mere mention of the word ‘renegotiation’? What devilish bargains have they worked out with ExxonMobil that necessitate, indeed command, their frights and frailties where renegotiation is concerned? In what ways have they possibly compromised themselves that they now find themselves beholden to the American oil giant and, therefore, enslaved from having anything to do with renegotiation of the abominable contract, and renegotiate it now? Why, when the opportunities were available with the Payara and Yellowtail Projects were those allowed to go abegging without so much as one new development of substance for the benefit of Guyana? Many questions, but nobody is daring to answer. Moreover, we find it strange that the President is shying away so much from the word renegotiation. He has been known to be harsh and wrathful and oppressive, when any little citizen gets in his way, or interferes with his manufactured stories of how Guyanese have it with this oil, through its downstream developments. On those occasions, President Ali is a full head of steam, and the anger flares through his nostrils, as he unloads on some hapless Guyanese raising innocent inquiry about their future and the role of this oil contract. What hostile spirit takes over him that he vents blasts of fury at locals? Similarly, what formidable spirit overtakes him that he whimpers pitifully, and scampers away quickly, when the word ‘renegotiation’ is put in the centre of the national discussion table? We hope that he is not afraid of the foreign masters who come here to rule over us again, and dictate to him, as to what he must say, how it must be said, and when to say it, where renegotiation is concerned. Though this could explain much of the mystery, we just hope that it is not so.

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PaulRegards,Slowe CCH, DSM, Assistant Commissioner of Police (Ret’d)

Debunking the evil of ‘Cuffy 250’

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DEAR EDITOR, Appalling it is to read, ‘Resisting the emerging apartheid state.’ So, I am elated that Floyd Haynes has distanced himself from the ‘Cuffy 250’ forum, that has chosen such a topic, ludicrous and vexatious at its best. Haynes was candid and firm, declaring that he wrote the Chairman of the Committee, Norman Ng-A-Qui, “… protesting his inclusion in the line-up of speakers at the forum scheduled for August 21, and calling for the immediate removal of his name.” He also noted that he had not been asked, formally or informally, to be a part of the programme. In fact, so upset and uncompromising the man is that he “… expressed consternation that his name was included on a list of speakers at this “Resisting the emerging apartheid state” forum, organised by the ‘Cuffy 250’ committee.

Now outside of lending my support to Haynes for his bold stand, I feel compelled to hit at this ‘Cuffy 250’ group. They are a mere agent provocateur, and the actual topic is not just a blatant denial of reality, it is very inciting and can only be for the purpose of resurrecting fading angst, that was in the first place unjustified. First, let me inform the perpetrators of this fallacy, that Apartheid, as we know it, was rampant during 1948 to the early 1990s and only in South Africa. Guyana, at no time supported this kind of evil, and for sure, never came close to practising it. As regard the ‘now’ and what this quack forum is seeking to do, it will not succeed, as it is clear that the PPP/C is most nondiscriminatory.Forexample, in the Apartheid system, Black South Africans could not own property. I ask now, “What is Guyana’s current drive? Is anyone being left out? I remind all that very soon, residents of Golden Grove, East Coast Demerara, will have legal right to lands they occupy in the backlands. This commitment came from Attorney General and Legal Affairs Minister, Anil Nandlall, SC, and Commissioner of the Lands and Survey Commission, Enrique Monize, just recently. In fact, it has already been agreed that residents will work along with the Government to get leases for the lands they occupy, a process that the Government enacted sometime ago, but which was not continued by the APNU/AFC leaders during 2015-2017. As a matter of fact, pre-1992 PNC Governments never even gave something like this a modicum of consideration. So, what will happen now (Continued page

DEAR EDITOR, I watched the Guyana Police Force “Press Conference”, which was held on Wednesday August 17, 2022. My reaction was ‘WOW, are these people for real!’It was very clear that the Press Conference was held to discredit detective Sergeant Dion Bascom and to “debunk” the allegations that there is a cover-up by the police into the murder investigation of Ricardo Fagundes aka “Paper Shorts” and the payment of a large bribe to a named senior officer who headed that investigation.Havinglistened to the presentation by the Crime Chief, Assistant Commissioner Wendell Blanhum, and the responses by him and the Acting Commissioner of Police, Clifton Hicken to the few questions, which were allowed, I cannot help thinking that they did more harm than good in their effort to discreditSomeoneBascom.once said “I think if there were some mystery or unsolved problem, and somebody gave some “unsatisfactory” explanation, then we could claim “this [just] creates more questions than answers”, implying that the explanation is not sufficient or not complete. We might be better off without thisDuringexplanation”.hissocial media disclosures, Bascom made several damning allegations and provided evidence to support some of them. The Crime Chief and the Acting Commissioner failed to address several of the “Better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to speak out and remove all doubt” allegations; instead the Crime Chief was very selective of the ones he flippantly addressed. His demeanour and tone prompted a journalist to ask him why he appeared to be so dismissive of the allegations. I find it astonishing that the Crime Chief in response to the question relating to Bascom’s claim that he was instructed by the Head of the Major Crime Unit, Superintendent Mitchell Caesar, to make a report at the Brickdam Police Station about threats made to him (Bascom) by one of the main suspects in the above mentioned murder, would nonchalantly state that he was aware of the report made but that was not a matter for the theandherespondedGuyanastillheCommissionerForceandmoraletheabsolutelyandreportmurdermainthreatenedallegesexecutioninvestigationwasunderhaveUnbelievable!theDepartment,InvestigationsCriminalofwhichheishead,todealwith.Hereyouacasewherearankhiscommand,whoinvolvedintheofanstylemurder,thathewasbyoneofthesuspectsinthesaidcase,makesapoliceaboutthatthreat,theCrimeChiefshowsnointerestinmatter.NowondertheofranksoftheCIDtheGuyanaPoliceisatitslowest.TheActingwasaskedifthinksthatBascomisfittoserveinthePoliceForce.HebysayingthatdoesnotprejudgeissuesthatthereisaprocessinGuyanaPoliceForceand that process must be followed before any rank can be dismissed for the Force. What a revelation! Was that process followed before the unlawful dismissal on July 13, 2022 of Sergeant Dameion McLennon, Lance Corporal Thurston Simon and Lance Corporal Kirstoff DeNobrega? Maybe the process he refers to has only been implemented since those unlawful dismissals. The statement by the Acting Commissioner doubt”.toanditLincolnofBascommadeInquiryShorts”intoindependentsupportsanswersraisedtheduplicitous.characteristicallyseemsItismyopinionthatPressConferencemorequestionsthanandactuallythecallforaninvestigationthemurderof“PaperandaCommissionofintotheallegationsbySergeantDionaboutthecover-upthatmurder.Abrahamisquotedassaying,is“bettertoremainsilentbethoughtafoolthanspeakoutandremoveall

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ExxonMobil runs a virtually ‘no-risk’ operation in Guyana. Small wonder that production costs in Guyana are its lowest worldwide! By continuing to pass on to the Guyanese people costs that should fairly be borne by the company, and by also continuing to burden the Guyanese citizen with paying its due taxes out of There is good practical justification... Guyana’s legitimately earned oil profits, ExxonMobil would continue to sow seeds of destabilization in the fertile soil that is Guyana – a state of affairs that is inimical to a long-term partnership between oil company and government.Yes,adeal is a deal. The sanctity of contracts is a fundamental principle for business efficacy. Nobody but an enemy, however, would want ongoing instability and an entire nation harbouring feelings of ill will against a company that in fact brings so much that is of benefit, and indeed pivotal, to the onastonishinglyplaymakinginExxonMobilpracticalrichdevelopmenttransformationalofourresource-country.Thereisgoodjustificationfortonowconsider,theutmostgoodfaith,somenegotiatedfair-adjustmentstowhatwasconfirmed27June2016.

Debunking the evil... we’re not asking about your ethnicity. This morning, whether you are Muslim, Christian, Hindu, Rastafarian, nothing or Bahá¼í, once your children are in school, you will leave here with the cash grant.” She went on to state that, “We are here to give every single nursery, primary, secondary age child who’s in a public school, or applied to come to a public school, this grant.”Icontrast, let us recall what took place in November 2018. That was when erstwhile Minister of Public Health and Chairwoman of the People’s National Congress (PNC), Volda Lawrence, sounded the warning that, “The only friends I got is PNC so the only people I gon give wuk to is PNC… And right now, I looking for a doctor who can talk Spanish or Portuguese and ah want one that is PNC.” Lawrence later apologized, but that apology did not erase her and her party’s duplicity and discrimination, reflective of their hidden Apartheid. I think my point is well made, although I can pull more examples of PPP/C’s ‘One Guyana - No Discrimination’ policy and drive. So, in closing, I affirm the fact that Haynes detailed that he “… completely reject (s) the phrase, ‘resisting the emerging apartheid state’ to describe conditions in Guyana.” He stated that, “In my view, this statement is a disservice to all Guyanese. As such, I wish to categorically disassociate myself from it. More importantly, I am a firm supporter of His Excellency, the President of Guyana and I am absolutely convinced that it is not part of the President’s agenda to create any disparity based on race.” Yours Henrytruly,Singh

From page 4 a waiver but effectively paid Guyana taxes due. The absence of ringfencing is also questionable as being unfair both to Guyana and indeed all ExxonMobil’s competitors. Whereas Tullow Oil will lose the money it invested in unsuccessful drilling activities, ExxonMobil and associates simply carry such costs over to successful drillings and bills Guyana as legitimately claimed ‘cost recovery’. The Guyanese people thus pay those costs, extending the cost recovery period during which Guyana’s takeaway is just 14½% including royalty!

I hope someone stuff this down the throat of those making the claim that Guyana is an emerging Apartheid state, in effort to cast aspersions on the PPP/C Government. Now, another example and I hope this will settle the issue. I visit the Education Sector, where this was segregated in South Africa. Not so in Guyana. I recall when the PPP/C took office in August 2020, that there was the resounding policy of ‘No Discrimination’ in the distribution of the ‘Because We Care’ cash grant.This sentiment was expressed by Minister of Education, Priya Manickchand, as she vowed that each child in the public school system will benefit from this yearly and everincreasing rollout. I raise up to the ‘Cuffy 250’ people that Priya emphasized that “Whether you’re African, Chinese, yourmixed,Amerindian,Indo-Guyanese,Portuguese,youwillleaveherewithcashgrantbecause

PAGE 6 Kaieteur News Saturday August 20, 2022 DEAR EDITOR, No marches or protests from victims including the driver, locked in the trunk of the vehicle, carjacked and used in the recent robbery spree committed by the gang of five, four having been

From page 5 is that since the process had already begun, all that needs to happen is an updating of the claims’ list, and I guess it is just a matter of time when the residents will be fully empowered.Howabout Melanie Damishana? It is the same. The AG, on behalf of the Government, made a promise to start the regularisation process for persons who are occupying untitled lands on the East Coast. Some even asked about what will happen when the process is completed and there are vacant lands. In response, the Minister said that “… once the process is completed and lands are available, persons from the area can apply for the vacant lands.”

Gang terror in swift succession captured. What a night of gang terror carried out on innocent citizens in swift succession.Goodwork by law enforcement. It is hoped the fifth member of the gang will be apprehended soon. Likewise, it is hoped, the carjacked driver and other victims will be able to overcome the trauma of their respective ordeal in the shortest possible time.

ShamshunRegards, Mohamed DEAR EDITOR, Another increasing virus is on the rise called Monkeypox. Monkeypox is transmitted to humans through close contact with an infected person or animal or with any material Monkeypox is on the rise in Brazil! contaminated with the virus. Monkeypox is a zoonotic virus which means it spread from animals to humans. In addition, Monkeypox can be found in other primates and certain rodents in Africa but people can also transmit it to each other too. The first known symptom usually includes fever, severe headache, muscles aches, back pain low energy, swollen lymph nodes and skin rashes or lesions.Guyana is on a risk of getting this virus. So therefore, our neighbour Brazil border will have an immediate effect on closing its border fromNotGuyana.only Brazil carries infected people but there many outbreak in the United Kingdom and Nigeria. The outbreak of this virus happened May 2022.

Yours sincerely, Sassy Sawh

Yours Ronaldtruly,Bostwick

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Now, Detective Sergeant, Dion Bascom has made some claims of corruption and the police have denied these allegations, given the most recent track record of the Guyana Police whose report will you believe? report will you believe?

Then 34-year-old Kevin Andries was shot by the police, during what they described as an exchange of gunfire but the evidence, or lack therefore, tells a different story. In fact, the Force admitted that no gun was recovered from the scene. What then did Mr. Andries use to shoot at police ranks?

Then there was the Orin Boston killing. The police first statement was that Boston fired at them, during a raid on his house. A subsequent investigation found that Boston was in his bed when he was shot dead in cold blood.

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The initial statements by the police alleged that Mr. Bacchus fired at them and that he was caught in a sting operation. An investigation by the Police Complaints Authority proved this to be untrue and several ranks were charged with the killing of Bacchus.

For this year alone, there have been several cases when the police came out publicly to deny specific allegations and following investigations, the Force was found to be lying. The most recent case was with Quindon Bacchus.

The Guyana Police Force will find it difficult to convince anyone, including the government, that the allegations of collusion between the killers of businessman Ricardo 'Paper Shorts' Fagundes and the Force are not true, suffice to say that there have been fierce rebuttals on all sides.

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Two COVID 19 patients were receiving intensive care treatment on FridayevenastheMinistryofHealth,via itsdashboard,revealedthatithasrecorded 44newcases. Atthesametime,451individualswere inhomeisolation,12wereininstitutional isolationandonepersonwasbeingquarantined institutionallyWiththe passing of two unvaccinated Region 10 men on August 13 and 16 respectively, the country's death toll stands at 1278.Todate,atotalof69,045individualshave recovered.

People calling fuh a hearing of de 2020 elections petition. But dem nah realise dat de court case over whether it can be heard or nat. And is de CCJ gan have to decide whether it gan be heard or not.De petition did get knack out on procedural grounds. Dem did serve notice too late pon one man. But de matter deh in front de CCJ. Suh dem boys nah want pronounce too much pon wat is likely to happen.

Dem boys seh...

People talking about petition!

If by chance de court rule dat it gat to get a hearing, den de APNU+AFC gan gat to produce de evidence of all dem jumbie and migrants wah dem claim bin vote right under de noses of dem polling agents. Yuh remember de CARICOM report did seh how de Opposition bin deh pon a fishing expedition. But yuh gat people out dere who really believe dat dem had hanky-panky in de elections. If de petition hear, it gan tek a lang, lang time. By de time dat case done, de 2025 elections gan come and gone. So wat sense it mek fighting battle in court fuh hear petition. Dem boys remember dat by de time de 1997 petition did finish, it was time fuh de 2021 polls. De PPP/C gat a petition outstanding too. Dem gan ask fuh dem petition fuh get a hearing too. Is since 2015, seven years ago dem file dem petition. And de 2020 election come and gone and dem petition nah hear yet. Talk half. Leff half. In Guyana, both of the main political parties want to win elections. Each of these two main political parties draws the bulk of its support from one ethnic group. As such, a political contest invariably descends into an ethnic competition. As such, a win for one side is seen as a loss for the other; in other words, win for one side is seen as a win for one ethnic group and a loss for the Thereother.used to be a time when the supporters of the PNC felt it could never win an election because of the then ethnic arithmetic. But it was able in 1968 to join with The United Force (TUF) and to secure political office. The marriage did not last long. Declassified documents point to the emergence of serious differences between the two headstrong leaders of the PNC and The United Force. The United States embassy in Guyana intervened directly to avoid a split in the 1964 Coalition government.Burnham eventually had enough of Coalition politics. He decided to go it alone in the 1968 elections and went ahead and rigged all the elections from then until his death in 1985. The government under Desmond Hoyte continued this shameless practice. Many of the PNC supporters turned a blind eye to the rigging because it saw

The PNC/R is facing its Waterloo the victory of the party as an ethnic victory. And it felt that rigging was the only way to get power since the ethnic arithmetic was against it. The PPP/C came to power in 1992 but over time, the ethnic arithmetic changed. By the time, the 2011 elections came around, the ethnic arithmetic had changed enough to allow for the possibility of a change in government. The PPP/C narrowly held on in 2011 to the Presidency but lost its once assured majority in the National Assembly. In 2015, the tables were turned. The APNU – which was a thin partnership of the PNC/R and other parties –joined forces with the Alliance For Change and they secured the reins of government by the narrowest of margins. Those elections pointed to the changing demographics of the country. Parties could no longer count on the support of any one ethnic group for However,victory.APNU made the same mistake which was made by Burnham. It had a rocky relationship with the AFC. It even went to the 2018 local government elections without the AFC as a coalition partner. It was hammered by the PPP/ C which swept more than 60 percent of the votes cast. But still the APNU did not learn its lesson. It created more problems with the AFC in the run-up to the crucial 2020 polls. It lost those elections to the PPP/C but tried to benefit from attempts at rigging the results. This was a major misstep of the APNU because the world had changed. The western countries which had turned a blind eye to Burnham’s and Hoyte’s rigging could not do so any longer. The new world postCold War world order which was being constructed was being built on respect for free and fair elections and the western nations could not and did not turn a blind eye to the attempt to foist a rigged election on the nation. For the first time ever, travel sanctions were imposed on individuals for their alleged involvement in the attempt to rig the elections. The APNU+AFC did not need to do what it did. Had it gone into the elections as a more united front and had its economic policies not imposed hardships on the people, it could have won reelection.Theethnic arithmetic of the country is not the same as it was in the past when the PPP was assured of a victory once there was ethnic voting. The situation at present is that no ethnic group by itself can deliver a victory to either of the two main political parties.But the PNC/R shot itself in the foot and is now imploding. It has destroyed its credibility by the attempts to benefit from rigged elections. It has virtually assured itself of a long stay on the opposition benches because it will take a long time for it to regain the ground and the support which it lost. The PNC/R would need to reinvent itself if it is to have any chance of ever regaining political power. But instead of reinventing itself as a democratic force, the PNC/R seems keen to continue to perpetuate the same old discredited narrative which it used to justify its loss. Local government elections are going to be held later this year whether the PNC/R likes it or not. The PNC/R continues to make demands for a new voters’ list. It has made these demands because it is part of the discredited narrative as to why the Coalition lost the elections.ThePNC/R is boxing itself into a corner from which it will not be able to contest the elections. The Georgetown municipality has long been a bastion of the now Opposition PNC/R. The PPP/C will never win Georgetown. But what will happen is that smaller parties and groups are going to take advantage of the PNC/R’s likely absence from this year’s local government elections to seize control of the municipality, and that will be the end of PNC/R’s domination of city politics. (The views expressed in this article are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the opinions of this newspaper.)

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Kaieteur NewsPAGE 10 Monday May 02, 2022 THEFREDDIEKISSOONCOLUMN FrederickKissoon SaturdayAugust 20, 2022

Walter Rodney titled, “A whohasacquiredadegreein Wednesday,October7,2020, explained that this party was incomplete. revolutionary for our time” economics or international titled, “Election 2020: I deeply intertwined with the No one knew by the South African relation would have discovered Charlene most radical thinker of the Rodneyascloseas academic, Leo Zeilig. Mr consulted that journal. It is Wilkinson and I have 20th century Walter these names. The Zeilig is the editor of one of standard reading for Third something in common,” Rodney – in the Caribbean book consists of 14 the longest, outstanding Worldstudents. there are these words: “She anditdidnotdojusticetohis chapters of the academic journals dedicated Let'srewindthetapetoan remarked that she is legacy She requested I use evolution, politics and to Third World affairs, interviewIdidwithAfrican- profoundly disappointed the word “degeneracy” in life of Rodney Yet “Review ofAfrican Political rights activist, Charlene with the WPA's role during describinghowshefeltabout there was no input “Today the WPA is a fallen the WPA's behaviour. She from those personalities giant. Although there is nosaid the WPA degenerated listedabovewhowouldhave spaceheretocharttheparty'sintoadogeatdogsituation. angles on the substance that degeneration, a few words What was not carried in Rodney was made of. This are in order.” In those few thatcolumn,weresomeother makes the book not only words, Zeilig tore into thoughtsontheWPAbyMs. incomplete but short on the RoopnaraineandThomas. Wilkinson. fullrecordingofhistory There is a disturbingAt the end of the Onecanonlyassumethat questionZeiligaskedonthatinterview, she told me the Dr Zeilig was completely page He noted that WPA's name in the contemptuous of the Roopnaraine was very close Caribbean is now damaged. survivors of Rodney that he to David Granger but Zeilig

The recent book on Rodney felt mentally uncomfortable was at pains to describe showsthatthedestructionof interviewingthem. Granger's relation with thenamegoesfarbeyondthe Itmeantthereforethathe Burnham. CaribbeanSea. knew his work would have Here are some words on In the acknowledgement this conspicuous weakness Granger: “Granger worked page of his book, Mr Zeilig butwaspreparedtolivewith intimatelywithBurnhamand cites a number of persons it. theentirebrutalapparatusof whoeithercontributedtothe One of the missing links the one-party state, duringmakingoftheworkorthathe in the book is Rodney's and after Rodney'sconsulted. failure to form an alliance assassination.”

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Banks DIH Limited has opened a Diplomatic Duty-Free Shop on the ground floor of the MovieTowne Mall. The outlet, according to a release, targets all persons who are entitled to duty-free purchases withinthediplomaticcommunity Customers have the opportunity to choose from a wide variety of local and international beverage brands in a comfortable shopping environment. Added to this, the mall offers ample secured parking,thereleaseadded. The Diplomatic Duty-Free Shop opens MondaytoSundayfrom10am–10pm. DIH's opens Diplomatic Duty-Free shop at MovieTowne

From left: Mr. Maxwell Denny (Finance Manager Demico Division), Ms. Devika Singh (Marketing Assistant of MovieTowne Mall), Ms. Cindy Ramnarine (Marketing Manager of MovieTowne Mall) and Mr. Carlton Joao (Sales and Marketing Executive Banks DIH Limited)

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Six Guyanese nationals of Indian origin have been selectedforthe60thEdition of the Know India Programme (KIP) from August 25 - September 14, 2022whichhasGoa–astate onthewesterncoastofIndia –asthepartnerState. The announcement was made via a press release issued by the High CommissionofIndia. Those selected for the programmeare:Ms.Theresa Jaikishun, Ms. Rameshwari Dharamdat, Ms Indera Hoorilall, Mr David Papannah, Mr Albert Inshanally and Mr C h a n d r a k u m a r Poorannauth; all hailing from various regions of Guyana.Theparticipantsare from various backgrounds –including three teachers, a dentist, forest official and a journalistbyprofession. High commissioner Dr KJ Srinivasa interacted with the selected participants, briefed them on the programmeandwishedthem to make full use of the initiative to connect to their roots in India – the land of theirTancestors.heparticipants expressedappreciationtothe Government of India for the chance to visit India and conveyedtheirexcitementto know more and experience thegrowingeconomicgiant. KIP is a flagship programme of Ministry of External Affairs for engagement with Indian originyouth(between18-30 years) to enhance their awareness about India, its cultural heritage, art and to familiarise them with various aspects of contemporary India This programme is open to youth of Indian origin (excluding non-resident Indians) from all over the world with preference to those from Mauritius, Fiji, Suriname, Guyana, Trinidad and Tobago, South Africa and Jamaica The programme has been in existence since 2003.Know India Programme is a 25 day programme (excluding international travel) during which the participants will visit Delhi, Agra and a selected state (in thiscaseGoa)inIndiaalong with visits to places of historical, cultural, religious s i g n i f i c a n c e K I P participants will also have a two day orientation programme in New Delhi. Participants will meet opinion makers, leaders, officials to get an overview of India's economy, society and ongoing growth and developmentParticipantsstoryareprovided local hospitality like boarding and internal transportation in India, and return air tickets from their countryofresidencetoIndia.

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The six selected participants flank High Commissioner Dr. KJ Srinivasa

T h e m i n i m u m qualification required for participating in KIP is graduation from a r e c o g n i s e d University/Institute or enrolled for graduation and ability to speak in English. The applicant should not have visited India through anypreviousProgrammeof (Continuedonpage19) th

6 Guyanese selected for 60 Edition of 'Know India Programme'

VP Jagdeo open to Guyanese participation in upcoming oil blocks auction

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A s g o v e r n m e n t authorities continue to iron outanumberofvariablesfor the nation's first oil blocks auction now slated for year end, Vice President, Dr Bharrat Jagdeo said he is not opposed to locals being part oftheprocess.

The Vice President said the government is trying to put all of this together into a framework that is fair to the investor, so that they get a decent return on their capital while also promoting acceleratedexploration. The decision on the foregoing is expected this month.

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D u r i n g a p r e s s conferenceheldattheArthur Chung Conference Centre (ACCC) on Friday, Dr. Jagdeo said the involvement of locals is a very important pointfortheStatetoconsider. He was keen to remind, however,that Kaieteur News was at the forefront of criticisms against locals who were able to access the KaieteurandCanjeoilblocks in2015.The initial owners for Kaieteur Block, Ratio Energy Limited (renamed Cataleya Energy) and Ratio G u y a n a L i m i t e d subsequently sold majority interest to ExxonMobil Corporation's subsidiary, Esso Exploration and Production Guyana Limited (EEPGL). The owner of the Canje Block, Mid-Atlantic Oil and Gas Inc. would follow the same path. Criticismsfromstakeholders locally and abroad were centred on the fact that the companiesinquestionhadno experience in deepwater exploration or the wherewithal for the exploration activities needed to be carried out for the blocks but they were nonetheless awarded the offshoreconcessions. If the auction is open to Guyanese, Jagdeo said he anticipates criticism that the governmentisallowingafew people to enrich themselves. If locals are excluded, the Vice President said there could be concerns that Guyanesearenotbeinggiven theopportunitytogrowtheir knowledge in terms of being leaders in the upstream industry Meanwhile,foreign entities are being allowed to exploittheresources.Hesaid adebateontheprosandcons of Guyanese participation would be of particular interest.Shouldlocalsbeinvolved in the auction, he said there would have to be an examinationofhowtoavoid the blocks landing in the hands of Exxon and other playerssincetheintentionof thebidroundistoalsoavoid more concentration of the nation's offshore assets with thoseHiscompanies.personal position is that a consortium of Guyanese could be given a chancetoprovethattheycan get the capital, give the country better fiscal terms and make a profit for themselves.Astothe timeline for the auction,hesaidthishasbeen moved from the September deadline to year end, as they are a number of matters that arestillunderconsideration. The Vice President said, “We have all of the areas potentiallythatwearegonna put out to auction. We have 3D seismic for some areas; wehave2Dseismicforsome areasandwehavenodatafor someareas.Beforetheendof August, we have to make a determinationonwhetherwe will pursue the strategic partnership idea or whether wewillputouteverythingto auction or do a combination of both. Also, we have to decide on the blocks – how we want to split these potentialareas and what size theseblocksshouldbesowe are going to get technical adviceonthat.”

Dr Jagdeo added, “We also have to make a decision on whether we will allow existing oil companies in Guyana, particularly ExxonMobil,toparticipatein the auction and if so, will therebealimittothenumber of blocks one person could have or not. We have to also work swiftly – and this is where we may have some delay because we now need to determine the fiscal terms for the new prospecting licencesandthisbringsmeto that very, very contentious issuethatwehavehadinthe public domain, which is the fairness of the contract and what the future take for Guyanawillbe.”

Frompage3 facilitation, drilling and subsea equipment, rental of oil ships (FPSOs), among numerous other needs; and these run up millions and billions of US dollars in costs. For example, just last month, Dutch based company SBM Offshore, one of Exxon's prime contractors, secured financing to the tune of U S $ 1 7 5 B f r o m a consortium of 15 banks to build Guyana's largest floating production storage and offloading called 'One Guyana', whichwilloperate in the Yellowtail Project. That sum is a cost Guyana willAbearccording to former Finance Minister Winston Jordan, all Guyanese should be concerned with how Guyana is receiving these billswithoutmonitoring.He charged that “Nowhere alongthechaindowehavea 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 otherWprojects.earebarely being told by Exxon certain things but otherwise we are in the dark.” So far, Guyana has r a c k e d u p a n o i l development bill more than US$9.4B which is currently being audited by the consortium, and is expected tobecompletednextmonth.

ByShervinBelgrave Vice President Dr Bharrat Jagdeo at a press conferenceonFridaymadeit clear that three businessmen willnotbeallowedtotarnish hisgovernment'sreputation. One of the names he publicly mentioned was Azruddin Mohamed, a businessman who came under the spotlight earlier this month after a detective, Police Sergeant Dion Bascom, made accusations that he was involved in the murder of Ricardo Fagundes better known as 'Paper Shorts' on March 21, 2021. Bascomhadalsoaccusedthe businessmen of being involvedinanallegedpolice cover-upofthematter Mohamed has since publicly denied the allegations and has said that 'Paper Shorts' was his friend and he would never want to harm him. The businessman has since threatened to sue Bascom millions for defamationofcharacter At Jagdeo's press conference, he was asked to comment on the back and forth that has been playing out publicly between investigators working on the 'PaperShorts'murdercase (Continuedonpage21) Crime Chief, Wendell Blanhum Vice President, Dr. Bharrat Jagdeo PoliceDionSergeant,Bascom “illegal its reputation

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PPP/C will not allow businessmen involved in

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US$2M air bridges for CJIA arrive

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RamotarHowever,whentheDavid Granger administration took over in 2015, it said that the very defective plan needed adjustments and changes wereThmade.edecade-old project wasawardedtoCHECforthe sumofUS$150million:$138 million from the China Exim Bank and $12 million from the consolidated fund taxpayers'money W h e n t h e P P P administration took office in August 2020, Minister Edghill stated that they were not satisfied with the work that was done by the contractor and as such, they had negotiated and gotten CHECtodoadditionalworks at the airport at no cost to Guyana.Theadditional works that were done by the contractor included a superstructure, corridor and curtain wall. It wasonlyrecentlythatCHEC completedtheworksonthe (Continuedonpage20)

- expected to be installed next monthOne of the air bridges [DPI photo]

ir bridges valuedAatUS$2Mforthe Cheddi Jagan International Airport (CJIA) havearrivedandareexpected tobeinstalledsometimenext month.CJIA's Public Relation Officer (PRO), Shunza Samuels shared this development with the Department of Public Information(DPI). ItwasinSeptember2021, when the Ministry of Public Worksawardedacontractfor US$2M to a local company, TotalSolutions,forthesupply of two additional air bridges fortheairport. Kaieteur News had reported that the Ministry paid some US$350,000 more for two air bridges when compared to a similar purchase made by the previous ChinadisclosedPublicBritishtransatlanticbaircraft.larthatHoweveradministration.,itwasclarifiedthenewairbridgesareforgercodeDandEsizeThesearethewide-odiedaircraftusedforflightsliketheAirways(BA)aircraftthatareexpectedtoflyherefromMarch2023.Recently,MinisterofWorks,JuanEdghillthatconstructionattheairportwillcontinueeventhoughChinesecontractor,HarbourEngineering Company (CHEC) has completed its part under the US$150 million(+) airport expansioncontract. The airport expansion contract was signed in 2011 under then President, Bharrat Jagdeo, and was passed through the truncated presidency of Donald

Freed: Jarvis 'Barry' Small Bibi Shareema Gopaul will now serve a 30-year sentence

30-year

CCJ

Neesa Gopaul's murder…

The Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) on Friday overturnedtheconvictionand 45-year prison sentence of murdered teenager, Neesa Gopaul's stepfather, Jarvis Small calling the evidence proffered against him in the lower courts “greatly prejudiced”. Thismeansthat Small is freed of the 2010 murder, some eight years after he was found guilty of the crime The Court, however, upheld the guilty verdict but reduced further the 45 years sentence for the girl's mother, Bibi ShareemaGopaul called 'Nari' to 30 years, ordering that she will be eligible for parole not before 15 years. Gopaul, 50, had been jointly chargedwithher , Jarvis Small called 'Barry', 44, for the murder of her teenagedaughter The duo was initially sentencedto106and96years' imprisonment respectively after they were found guilty unanimously of the teen's murder following a trial before Justice Navindra Singh at the High Court in March 2015. Since then, the twohavefiledappealsagainst their convictions and sentences.Indelivering a summary of the majority judgment on Friday, CCJ's Justice Denys Barrow said that the case against Small should have been dismissed since there wasnocaseforhimtoanswer duetothelackofevidence. Thecourtalsoagreedwith the contentions of Small's Attorney, Nigel Hughes that he should have been tried separately at the High Court since the evidence led in the trialwas“greatlyprejudiced” againsthim. He noted that there were three pieces of evidence proffered to tie him to the crime – reports that he had sexually assaulted Neesa, a pair of dumbbells that reportedly belonged to him found at the scene of the murder, and a statement by Small that he did not murder Neesabutheknewwhodid. The CCJ rejected the State's argument that the report of sexual assault was motive enough for Small to want to kill his teenage stepdaughter The court dismissed the argument as “pure speculation.” With regard to the dumbbells, the courtfoundthattherewasno evidence to show that Small had a hand in tying the dumbbells to the suitcase found with the body at the sceneofthecrime. In relation to Small's statement that he knew who killed Neesa, the court found that it was impossible to concludethatbecausehesaid heknewofthekilling,hewas thekiller TheCCJfoundalso some serious investigative flaws and noted that other supportive evidence was weakorequitableinthecase. The judge noted that Small should not have been convicted on the strength of the testimony of Prosecution star witness Simone DeNobrega since what she hadtosayrelatedtoGopaul. DeNobrega had testified that Gopaul confided in her that she had an extramarital affair with Small and that he encouraged her to poison her husband. She claimed that Gopaul told her that her teenage daughter found out aboutthepoisoning,reported it to the police, and was planning on following up on the report. As a result of a desperateattempttocoverup the crime, DeNobrega testified that Gopaul told her thatsheandherloverplanned togetridofherdaughter She claimed that the woman told her she and Small took her daughter to the SoesdykeLindenHighwaywhereSmall attempted to strangle Neesa witharopeasheryounger frees stepfather, mother to now serve sentence

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Murdered: Neesa Gopaul (Continued page 23)

Staff and Proprietors of Henvil Farm with the certified products.

Certified products from Pomeroon Oil Mill Inc.

(L-R) GNBS Technical Officer Mr. Latchman Mootoosammi, Communication Officer at MINTIC Cordell McClure, Executive Director (Ag) at GNBS Ms. Ramrattie Karan handing over the Certificate to General Manager Mr. Ronald Abrams, President of the GMSAMr. Rafeek Khan, Technical Advisor at Pomeroon Oil Mill Inc. Mr. Dindial Sookhoo and General Manager Eric Gomes General Manager Ronald Abrams (R-L) Executive Director (Ag) Ms. Ramrattie Karan hands over the Made in Guyana Certificate to proprietors of Henvil Farm Mr. Henry DaSilva and Mrs. Vilma DaSilva.

'MadecompaniesmoregetinGuyana'certification

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TwocompaniesinRegion Tw o ( P o m e r o o n Supenaam)arethelatesttobe inducted into the Guyana National Bureau of Standards' (GNBS) Made in Guyana Certification Mark Programme.OnThursday,August 18, 2022, the companies Pomeroon Oil Mill Inc. and Henvil Farm – receivedtheir certificatestousetheMadein Guyana Standards Mark on their locally manufactured products.Executive Director (Ag) at the GNBS Ms. Ramrattie Karan lauded both companies for meeting the quality requirements of the programme. She added that they will enjoy competitive advantage on the local and internationalmarkets. “At a time when businesses are grappling to demonstrate quality and remain competitive in a steadily expanding local economy, this programme providesaframeworkforthe development of quality systems to enhance our local content, ” the Acting ExecutiveDirectorsaid. Minister of Tourism Industry and Commerce Oneidge Walrond was r e p r e s e n t e d b y Communication Officer CordellMcClure.Atasimple ceremony held at Pomeroon Oil Mill at Lot 109 Charity, Pomeroon, Essequibo Coast, Mr McClure noted that the Made in Guyana Standards Markwilladdtobrandingof local products. “It allows the product to be identified as onethatisconsistent,onethat is exemplary and one that is representative of the kind of standard that is expected globally,”he Pomeroonsaid.Oil Mill Inc. was granted certification to use the prestigious mark on its Golden Brook Coconut Oil and its JUV Fragrance Oil. Also present at the event was President of the Guyana Manufacturing and Services Association (GMSA) Mr R a f e e k K h a n w h o congratulated the company for moving to produce value added products which meet quality requirements. “The mark will help this company and certainly any other company which are consideringit,”hetoldthose gathered at the simple ceremonyThecompany's General ManagerMr RonaldAbrams on receiving the certificate notedthattheachievementof certification is a proud moment for all employees. “This here is just the beginning,” he stated as he signalled intention to pursue the implementation of more standardsandquality The coconut industry is anexpandingbusinessinthe Pomeroon The second company to receive certification –Henvil Farm –is located at Malbrough, Lower Pomeroon River. HenvilFarmwasestablished in2011andproducesbottled coconut water which it also packages for other companies.There,proprietor of the business Mrs. Vilma DeSilva noted that her company also continues to push for the implementation of more Standards and Qualityinitsbusiness.“This presentation means a lot to me because I have worked…and the quality of coconut water speaks for itself,”shenoted. The event was also attended by the Prime Minister's Representative in Region Two Mr Arnold Adams, President of the Essequibo Chamber of Commerce and Industry (ECCI) Ms. Sueann Sewnarayan, Vice Chairman of the Region Two Regional Democratic Council Mr. Humace Oodit and Communications Specialist atGMSAMr TravisBruce. The certification is valid for one year and the GNBS will conduct surveillance visits to ensure the approved qualityismaintainedthrough the period of certification in keeping with the respective termsandconditions. T h e G N B S i s encouragingmorebusinesses to sign up to be a part of the M a d e i n G u y a n a Certification Mark Programme to give their products a competitive advantage on the local and international markets Application forms can be a c c e s s e d a t certification/.ohttps://gnbsgy.org/certificatin/madeinguyana

(L-R) GNBS Technical Officer Mr. Latchman Mootoosammi, Prime Minister's Representative in Region Two Mr Arnold Adams, Vice Chairman of the Region Two Regional Democratic Council Mr. Humace Oodit, President of the Essequibo Chamber of Commerce and Industry (ECCI) Ms. Sueann Sewnarayan, Staff and Proprietors of Henvil Farm, Communication Officer at MINTIC Mr. Cordell McClure, Executive Director (Ag) at GNBS Ms. Ramrattie Karan and Communications Specialist at the GMSA Mr. Travis Bruce

Saturday August 20, 2022 Kaieteur News PAGE 19 From page 13 Government of India. Those who have not visited India before will be givenTherepreference.aretwo more upcoming KIPs in 2022: The 61st KIP Edition - Septem6 Guyanese selected for 60th Edition of 'Know...' ber 26, 2022 to October 16, 2022 in Gujarat and the 62nd KIP Edition - November 01, 2022 to November 21, 2022 in Rajasthan. The High Commission of India invites all eligible youths to apply in order to benefit from an excellent opportunity to visit and learn about India.The Guidelines for the KIP can be downloaded areguidelines.http://kip.gov.in/home/atApplicationstobefilledonlineat dia.tographscentForm,Applicationregister,http://kip.gov.in/home/printedandsignedandAnnexurealongwithtwore-passportsizephoto-aretobesubmittedHighCommissionofIn-

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Vice President Bharrat Jagdeo responds to a question during Friday's press conference filed that study with the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) without addressing this risk. As such, former EPA Head, Dr. Vincent Adams had questioned, “How does it make sense that the highest hazardous risk is a leaking pipeline but it is not addressed in the EIA?” He was keen to note that this GLMP must also consider natural disasters which can potentially cause damage to the pipeline. “Are you looking at earthquakes below the ocean? Volcanoes, are you looking at mudslides below the ocean in terms of damaging the pipeline? You have to look at that and then you got to cater for that to say the pipeline may rupture so how are you going to address that? You have to say if you are going to monitor that remotely, so you have to address that in the EIA.” VP Jagdeo is however adamant that securing insurance for this project up front just does not fit into the sequence in which the steps should be taken. In fact, he told this newspaper: “It seems as though you just want a plan” and “you just have to find stories to write because it doesn't sound logical to me” since “if you don't build the house as yet how you gonna get insurance?”

He also pointed out that the objective is for Guyana to own the pipeline eventually and that the contractor's cost to put in the structure will be repaid by the citizens of Guyana through their monthly electricity bill. Given that the estimated US$1.3 billion expense will ultimately be on the backs of Guyanese, citizens have been questioning whether this investment will be safeguarded with a sound insurance policy. It must be noted too that seven years after oil was first discovered in Guyana, the country is yet to secure full liability coverage from the parent company, ExxonMobil, which is only ready to offer a US$2 billion guarantee if its subsidiary, Esso Exploration and Production Guyana Limited (EEPGL) fails to cover the costs associated with a spill. Gas leak impacts Though gas leaks, and worse yet, explosions or fires are all listed as likely 'unplanned events' that can take place, as a result of the pipeline, the oil company has completely glossed over how it would respond to such a disaster in its EIA. In an earlier article, this newspaper reported that gas releases from the planned GTE project can result in explosions which can pose grave risk to human and environmental health. In the EIA document, the developer explained that a loss of integrity of the offshore pipeline, resulting in a natural gas release can be caused due to corrosion, objects striking the pipeline, and a buildup of stress in the pipe wall, causing buckling. The EIA goes on to say that if an unplanned release of gas from damaged subsea pipelines occurs, the released gas will generate a gas plume that rises from the seafloor to the sea surface. Therefore, “Fire or explosion accidents can occur when the released gas disperses into the atmosphere and encounters ignition sources, which could have an adverse impact on human life and environment in the immediate vicinity of the fire.” Exxon's Consultant added that the consequences of a release would likely be less severe offshore as it “is extremely unlikely that there will be an ignition source to cause a fire, and the gas will passively disperse without affecting any resources” rather than an onshore occurrence. However, a release close to the Floating, Production, Sharing and Offloading (FPSO) vessel could result in a fire onboard the FPSO. Exxon said that to reduce the likelihood of a gas release, the offshore pipeline design and installation will vary depending on the pipeline depth.

From page 16 airport.Kaieteur News had reported that with over US$166 million already pumped into the expansion of the airport –citizens should expect more of their taxpayers' dollars going towards the 'continued modernisation' of the airport. While the contract cost with the Chinese contractor remains at US$150M, the government revealed that it is undertaking several multimillion upgrades to the airport which were separated into three Ministerparts.Edghill had stated that in relation to the works being undertaken by the government at the airport, most of it should be completed within the next 18 months.Notwithstanding, the current additional projects at CJIA, Minister Edghill said the government has to continue making more accommodation.Hesaid, “We have to continue to make more accommodation, I think sooner or later with the oil and gas sector growing and tourism growing and bringing in high profile tourists, we will have to have facilities for corporate jets, luxury lines…people coming here with private planes to go and do things; we have to keep expanding…”

From page 3 that doesn't change the commercial viability of the project and so we are not skimping corners on safety provisions.” Jagdeo assured that there will be no shortcutting of the safety provisions in this project, yet when he was asked about a Gas Leak Management Plan (GLMP) for the pipeline, his excuse was, “We have probably about a year and stuff like that. Over a year before we actually bring the gas in, it's 2024.” Experts have argued that this document should be inserted in the developer's Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA). However, Exxon has already

‘Too early to think about insurance for US$1.3B gas pipeline...'

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Bascom alleges that man on bicycle staked out his house - claims Force ordered him to resume duties Police Sergeant, Dion Bascom and his lawyer, Nigel Hughes, on Friday held a press conference to clear up accusations made by his superiors in the Police Force that he was lying about their alleged cover-up of Ricardo Fagundes’Fagundesmurder.better known as ‘Paper Shorts’ was gunned down in March 2021 along Main Street, Georgetown by two men in a tinted white ToyotaDuringFielder. the press conference, Bascom maintained that he has seen evidence implicating a suspect, Mark Richmond and businessman, Azruddin Mohamed in the crime and that his superiors covered-up the Bascomcase. is now fearful for his life because of the allegations he made and even alleged at the press conference that on Thursday, a man on bicycle was staking out his “Yesterdayhome. a guy come with a haversack and a flap hat in he face, he ride pass the house, as he ride pass, he was watching at the house he then stopped, fix the bicycle, act as if he fixing the bicycle chain, watch at the house and then ride away.”

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He claimed that his relatives and neighbours traced the strange man to see where he was heading but the individual had disappeared. Based on his expertise as an investigator, he believes that the man was staking out his Bascomhouse. claimed too that moments before the press conference, a policeman visited his home and related to his wife that he must report for duties immediately at the Leonora Police Station. Bascom is suspicious that it could be another ploy to harmHugheshim. has written a letter to President Mohamed Irfaan Ali requesting witness protection for his client. Ali had stated that he is not against granting Hughes’ request but he has not yet seen the letter. The President is presently attending an AgriForum in Trinidad and Tobago and Bascom is hopeful that his request will be granted when he returns. At the press conference, Hughes said that if the President does not grant the protection then other options would be looked at to ensure the safety of his client.

Call solution“humanitarian”fortoLIATpaydispute

From page 15 and Bascom who has accused them of taking a bribe to cover-up the findings. Jagdeo in his response said that President Mohamed Irfaan Ali has instructed police to conduct a comprehensive investigation into the case with international help. The VP, however, pointed out that the opposition has an agenda and in its call for an independent probe would seek to hint that the government cannot be trusted to ensure a fair investigation is done.Even as he questioned the credibility of Bascom and his allegations, the Vice President mentioned the names of three businessmen –Azruddin Mohamed, Tamesh Jagmohan, and Roger Khan –stating emphatically that his party will not allow them to tarnish its Speakingreputation.inhiscapacity as General Secretary of the People's Progressive Party, Jagdeo said, “Tamesh Jagmohan, Azruddin Mohamed, and Roger Khan… Roger Khan was abroad while the two others were busy working making money and their concerns do not preoccupy me at Accordingnight.”to Jagdeo, “…their concerns are also not the concerns of the party” because they were not the ones “going house to house” looking for election votes. He then continued, “…the PPP will not condone any illegal act on the part of any of those individuals that I mentioned or Althoughothers.” inferred, Jagmohan's name had not been publicly called in the BascomAccordingmatter. to, Jagdeo, if they are found involved in illegal activities, they must face the consequences for their actions, adding that they will not be allowed to tarnish his party'sTheimage.acting Top Cop, Clifton Hicken, and his Crime Chief, Wendell Blanhum, had held a press conference on Wednesday calling Bascom's accusations of a corrupt Police Force false and malicious. While reportedly attempting to debunk the accusations, they named Roger Khan as the person who had tipped them off about suspects Mark Richmond and Ronald Bacchus allegedly being involved in the 'Paper Shorts' mondusingdeniedEssequiboacquaintedHughes,daypressself.patingthesettingtotion.”nesscompetitorcoplevelledposthimbusinessmanworkingevenThemurder.highranking-officersaccusedBascomofforanEssequibowhowasusingtovictimiseRichmond.MohamedinaFacebooksaidthataccusationsagainsthimbytheisanattempt“byhisinthegoldbusi-totarnishhisreputa-Mohamedalsosoughtaccusethecompetitorofupindividualstotakefallforcrimesandpartici-inillegalactivitieshim-Meanwhile,BascomataconferenceheldonFri-byhisattorney,NigeladmittedtobeingwiththebusinessmanbutthattheindividualwashimtovictimiseRich-andMohamed.He

(BARBADOS TODAY)The head of one of LIAT’s shareholder governments wants to see a “humanitarian” resolution to the ongoing pay dispute involving former empl oyees of the cashstrapped regional carrier. Dominica’s Prime Minister Roosevelt Skerrit made the call as former employees of the airline –which is owned by his government as well as the governments of Antigua and Barbuda, Barbados, and St Vincent and the Grenadines – continue to demand severance and otherThepayments.employees’ unions say they are disappointed that the IindividualhaveforthesomefindandDBSspeakingposition,”LIAT,ofopinion.occur.ofweispayment2020.scheduleoperatesworkers,paymentsaddressedgovernmentsshareholderhavenotseverancetotheformerevenastheairlineareducedsinceNovember“TheissueoftheofseverancepayamatterofthelawbutbelievethatsomeformcompromiseshouldThat’sourpersonalItisnotthepositiontheentireshareholdersofbutourpersonalSkerritsaid,onthestate-ownedradio.“SomethinghastohappenIamhopingthatwecanawayofaddressingitatpoint,especiallyduringdiscussionstakingplaceanewentity.Butthiswilltobedealtwithbygovernmentsandamnotinapositionto indicate what position each government should take. But I believe that we should find a solution. I know some governments have made some proposals to some of the unions. I believe that all of us in it must come to a point of compromise.“Wewill have to look at the laws in the respective countries and I don’t want to speak about the issue of the law; I am speaking purely from a humanitarian standpoint,” Skerrit added. Earlier this week, the general secretary of the Antigua and Barbuda Workers’ Union (ABWU) David Massiah said he would continue efforts to have a meeting with Cleveland Seaforth, difficultfindinginternationalthatCaribbeantransportationsituationleaderswayofformerliquidationtoadministratoryear.whodollarswhichtoshareholderbeissuesadministratorcourt-appointedthefortheairline.HesaidamongthetobediscussedwillthedecisionbythegovernmentsliquidatethecompanyowesmillionsoftoformeremployeesweredismissedlastMassiahsaidthemustexplaintheunionwhatthemeanstotheandpresentemployeestheairlineinadditiontotheforward.Lastmonth,regionalmettodiscusstheregardingairintheamidstconcernsbothregionalandtravellersareitveryexpensiveandtocommute.

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maintained that he had first learnt of Richmond after one of his superiors, Mitchell Caesar – a police superintendent he accused of accepting a $30M bribe to destroy evidence in the case – instructed him to arrest the suspect. The issue between Bascom and his superiors began in February this year after Kaieteur News had reported that an arresting officer was threatened by a suspect called “Shop Man” in the Fagundes' murder and police were doing nothing about it despite a report was lodged. The officer was later taken off the case and transferred to another location but the Crime Chief, Blanhum, had told Kaieteur News that it had nothing do with the media report.He had claimed that the rank was promoted and because of his ascension in the Force, he was transferred. Bascom, months later, in a Facebook live accused his bosses at CID of taking a bribe to cover-up 'Paper Shorts' murder. He'd identified himself as the officer who was threatened by the suspect and laterHetransferred.alsorevealed that when the Kaieteur News report surfaced, the Force had accused him of leaking information to the media which he denied and still continues to deny.However, it is the details that Bascom gave about the Fagundes' murder investigation to support his claims of an alleged cover-up that raisedBascomeyebrows.alleged that with the use of technology, investigators were able to place one of the suspects, Mark Richmond at the crime scene. Phone records, he had further alleged, show that the suspect was in contact with Mohamed during and after the time of the murder. When this information was handed over to his superiors, Bascom further claimed, they did not act on it. Blanhum has since confirmed that Richmond was listed as a suspect in the murder and that the senior ranks at CID were aware that he had allegedly threatened Bascom. Blanhum, had, however, denied that the Force was given or in possession of evidence implicating Mohamed or the suspect in the crime. He even denied that police have in their possession an equipment to provide that kind of Bascom,evidence.during the press conference on Friday, maintained what he had said and confidently related to the press that he has evidence to back up his allegations. More allegations were also brought to Kaieteur News' attention that detectives were tipped off by an informant about a suspected get-away driver in the hit but police never made any attempts to arrest the individual. The individual later landed in hot water after he was remanded for the illegal possession of gun and ammunition. It is unclear if detectives had ever questioned the suspect or if he remains behindAsbar.relates to the investigation into the murder of 'Paper Shorts', police have claimed that they had received international assistance and are currently awaiting overseas analysis on evidence collected from the crime scene.Fagundes was riddled with more than 21 bullets moments after stepping out from a popular bar on Main Street, Georgetown.CCTVcameras had captured his shooters emerging from the back of a tinted white ToyotaPoliceFielder.were able to trace the car from North Road to Main Street prior to the shooting. They also believe that it was the car that was discovered burnt out at Swan along the Soesdyke-Linden Highway moments after 'Paper Shorts' was murdered.

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PETITION NO. FD- 787 BETWEEN: - BLYDEN (MICHELLE ANN) nee LEWIS Petitionerand BLYDEN (RAWLE CLIFTON) Respondent TO: RAWLE CLIFTON32 Pike Street, Kitty, TAKEGeorgetownNOTICE that on the 3" day of June, 2022 a Petition for Divorce was filed against you by MICHELLE ANN BLYDEN nee LEWIS the Petitioner in the Family Division of the High Court in Georgetown, Demerara. AND FURTHER TAKE NOTICE that as part of an Order made on the 28 day of July, 2022 the Petitioner was directed to effect service of her Petition on you by publication of this Notice in two (2) consecutive Saturday issues of the Kaieteur Newspaper, a newspaper published and circulated in Guyana and on the Worldwide Web (online). AND FURTHER TAKE NOTICE that if you desire you may appear or attend in person or by your duly authorized agent or Attorney-at-Law at the Registry of Family Division of the High Court at Georgetown, Demerara where you will be issued with a certified copy of the Petition together with related documents. AND FURTHER TAKE NOTICE that if you desire to Defend this Divorce, then upon receipt of the certified copy of the Petition, you must file an Acknowledgement of Service, Notice of Intention to Defend (Forms are available at the Registry), Answer and/ or Cross Petition in the Registry of the Family Division of the High Court at Georgetown, Demerara within 35 (thirtyfive) days from the date of the final publication of this Notice.

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TAKE NOTICE that the divorce is fixed for Directions Hearing on W KurtziousMadambefore_12"day_of_Octoberednesday_the,_2022_at_9:15_amtheHonourableJusticeSandra via Zoom Meeting ID: 648 772 9256 and Password: 5hRiHf. IN DEFAULT of your filing an Acknowledgement of Service/Notice of Intention to Defend, Answer and/or Cross Petition the Court may proceed in your absence and may make any Order it considers appropriate, including granting the Divorce. The Registry of the Family Division of the High Court is located at the Law Courts [Georgetown, Demerara]. The office is open to the public between 8:00am and 3:30pm Mondays to Thursdays and 8:00am to 2:30pm on Fridays except on public holidays and on such other days as the Registry is closed. Dated the 5th day of August, 2022. LEGAL

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AND FURTHER TAKE NOTICE that if you desire you may appear or attend in person or by your duly authorized agent or Attorney-at-Law at the Registry of the Family Division of the High Court at Georgetown, Demerara where you will be issued with a certified copy of the Petition together with related documents. AND FURTHER TAKE NOTICE that if you desire to Defend this Divorce, then upon receipt of the certified copy of the Petition, you must file an Acknowledgement of Service, Notice of Intention to Defend (Forms are available at the Registry), Answer and/or Cross Petition in the Registry of the Family Division of the High Court at Georgetown, Demerara within 35 (thirty¬five) days from the date of the second and final publication of this Notice.

TAKE NOTICE that the divorce is fixed for Directions Hearing on Thursday the 13th day of October, 2022 at 9:00 am before the Honourable Madam Justice Fidela Corbin-Lincoln in High Court 12 via Zoom Meeting ID: 817 2463 7445 and Password: Court12 of the High Court at Georgetown IN DEFAULT of your filing an acknowledgement of service/ Notice of Intention to Defend, Answer and/or Cross Petition the Court may proceed in your absence and may make any Order it considers appropriate, including granting the Divorce. The Registry of the Family Division of the High Court is located at the Law Courts [Georgetown, Demerara]. The office is open to the public between

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AND FURTHER TAKE NOTICE that as part of an Order made on the 29 day of July, 2022 the Petitioner was directed to effect service of her Petition on you by publication of this Notice in two (2) consecutive Saturday issues of the Kaieteur Newspaper, a newspaper published and circulated in Guyana and on the Worldwide Web (online). AND FURTHER TAKE NOTICE that if you desire you may appear or attend in person or by your duly authorized agent or Attorney-at-Law at the Registry of Family Division of the High Court at Georgetown, Demerara where you will be issued with a certified copy of the Petition together with related documents. AND FURTHER TAKE NOTICE that if you desire to Defend this Divorce, then upon receipt of the certified copy of the Petition, you must file an Acknowledgement of Service, Notice of Intention to Defend (Forms are available at the Registry), Answer and/ or Cross Petition in the Registry of the Family Division of the High Court at Georgetown, Demerara within 35 (thirty-five) days from the date of the final publication of this Notice.

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FD-691DIVISIONJURISDICTIONMATRIMONIALDIVORCEJUDICATURETHEIN2022-HC-DEM-CIV-FD-691NOTICETHEHIGHCOURTOFSUPREMECOURTOFFAMILY,ANDFAMILYPETITIONNO.BETWEEN: - SINGH (THEONAANN) nee IMRAN Petitioner -and SINGH (DYAL) Respondent TO: DYAL SINGH 1898 Diamond Housing Scheme, Diamond, East Bank Demerara, Guyana TAKE NOTICE that on the 18" day of May, 2022 a Petition for Divorce was filed against you by THEONA ANN SINGH nee IMRAN the Petitioner in the Family Division of the High Court in Georgetown, Demerara.

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TAKE NOTICE that the divorce is fixed for Directions Hearing on Wednesday the 19 th day of October, 2022 at 11:00 am before the Honourable Madam Justice Fidela CorbinLincoln via Zoom Meeting ID: 817 2463 7445 and INPassword:Court12.DEFAULTof your acknowledgement of Service/ Notice of Intention to Defend, Answer and/or Cross Petition the Court may proceed in your absence and may make any Order it considers appropriate, including granting the Divorce. The Registry of the Family Division of the High Court is located at the Law Courts [Georgetown, Demerara]. The office is open to the public between 8:00am and 3:30pm Mondays to Thursdays and 8:00am to 2:30pm on Fridays except on public holidays and on such other days as the Registry is closed. Dated the 5th of August, 2022. that on the 8 day of June 2022 a Petition for Divorce was filed against you by RUSSHEL AYANA NELSON nee CRAWFORD, the Petitioner/ Applicant in the Family Division of the High Court in Georgetown, Demerara. AND FURTHER TAKE NOTICE that as part of an Order made on the 3rd day of August, 2022, the Petitioner/ Applicant was directed to effect service of her Petition on you by publication of this Notice of Petition in two (2) consecutive Saturday issues of the Kaieteur News Newspapers, a daily Newspaper printed, published and circulated in and around Guyana and on the Worldwide Web (online).

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However, the President of the CCJ Justice Saunders was among the presiding judges who disagreed with the points proffered by the DPP. The CCJ judges noted in the absence of proper evidence, particularly against Small, the jury could not have logically found him guilty of murder beyond a reasonable doubt. “It is unfortunate that there was not any serious forensic evidence to provide proof as to who committed this crime…” Justice Saunders had said.

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8:00am and 3:30pm Mondays to Thursdays and 8:00am to 2:30pm on Fridays except on public holidays and on such other days as the Registry is closed. Dated the 10th day of August, 2022 From page 17 daughter was sleeping. She claimed that the mother was driving the car at the time, stopped in a trail where Small dragged her out of the car and bludgeoned her on the head with a piece of wood. She claimed that Small then placed Neesa's body in the trunk of the car and they left the scene of the crime. The body was then left overnight in the trunk at Gopaul's home. It was revealed too that Gopaul said that on the advice of Small, she took from her home, personal items belonging to Neesa such as her bank book, passport, a Muslim robe, and suitcase to make it look like Neesa had run away. She and Small also took a pair of dumbbells that Small had given her and a length of decorative rope to attach the CCJ frees stepfather, mother to now serve 30-year sentence... weights to the suitcase in which they would place the body to keep it submerged. They returned to the scene of the crime and placed the body in the suitcase along with the personal items, they submerged it into a creek by weighing it down with the dumbbells and robe. On October 2, 2010, the partially decomposed body of the teenager who attended Queen's College was found stuffed into a suitcase, which was anchored in a creek with several dumbbells at the Emerald Tower Resort at Madewini, Soesdyke-LindenInHighway.delivering the judgment summary, Justice Barrow said the court had rejected the argument that the jury was not adequately warned about DeNobrega's testimony and that this rendered Gopaul's conviction “unsafe” since there was no other material evidence tying her to the crime. The judge pointed out, among other things, that the 106 years sentence imposed by Justice Singh on Gopaul in the High Court was manifestly excessive since it exceeded the life expectancy of any human being.The CCJ judge said that the court found too that the reduction of her sentence granted by the Court of Appeal could be taken further, hence the CCJ granted a second reduction bringing the sentence to 30Atyears.theCCJ, the bench is comprised of President Justice Adrian Saunders and CCJ Judges Maureen Rajnauth-Lee, Jacob Wit, Denys Barrow, and Peter Jamadar. Attorneys-at-Law Ronald Daniels also represented Small while Shareema-Gopaul was represented by Attorn ey-atLaw Arudranauth Gossai. Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP), Senior Counsel Shalimar Ali-Hack, appeared on behalf of the State of Guyana.During the CCJ trial, the lawyers arguing on behalf of Gopaul and her former lover raised contentions over what they termed “prejudicial evidence” that led to the trial against their Attorneysclients.for both Gopaul and Small claimed that the trial judge erred and misdirected the jury on several issues brought out in the trial including the evidence led by the DeNobrega, who shared a lock-up cell with Gopaul. Small's Attorney (Hughes) spoke of inadmissible evidence which was used to convict his client. Hughes told the panel of CCJ judges that an injustice was carried out against his client by having the prejudicial evidence of DeNobrega, the prosecution's main witness, admitted in a single trial for bothHughespersons.and his team also raised an issue with DeNobrega's credibility, arguing that she could not be trusted nor taken at her word since she herself had been in the lock-up for fraud. But Ali-Hack submitted that there was no miscarriage of justice. She urged the CCJ to consider that even without DeNobrega's testimony, there was other circumstantial evidence that links Shareema Gopaul and her co-accused to the crime.TheDPP had repeatedly implored the CCJ to uphold the convictions and sentence.She said, “This was a very serious case. It concerned a mother betraying her [daughter's] trust with her lover killing… The daughter was sexually molested by that lover and later suffered a brutal murder…” the DPP said.

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US Treasury official to visit India amid Ukraine tensions Bank of India, and the Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas. And as India is set to lead the Group of Twenty intergovernmental forum in 2023, Treasury says Adeyemo will “discuss key shared priorities such as bolstering energy security, addressing food insecurity globally, and combatting illicit financialIndiaflows.”hasn’t shunned Russia despite its membership in the regional Quad alliance with the U.S., Australia and Japan, Instead, it has maintained its business ties with Russia, depending on the Kremlin for energy and other exports. The nation has boosted its purchase of Russian oil, buying roughly 60 million barrels in 2022 so far, compared with only 12 million barrels in all of 2021, according to commodity data firm Kpler. The U.S. and Europe, however, are moving away from Russian energy — with Treasury officials promoting a price cap on Russian oil. A Treasury statement says Adeyemo will meet with financial services and energy sectors executives in Mumbai and will speak about strengthening economic ties between the U.S. and India.

Fagundes’ relatives stage protest at CID Headquarters - Called for police to arrest suspects

On Friday, relatives of Ricardo Fagundes better known as “Paper Shorts” protested in front of the Criminal Investigation Department (CID), calling for justice.Fagundes was gunned down on March 21, 2021 moments after stepping out of a popular bar on Main Street. Among those who prostested was Fagundes’ mother; she told reporters that she believes the recent claims made by Police Sergeant, Detective Dion Bascom about the suspects involved and wants police to arrest them. The protestors also protested against the alleged police corruption to cover up key evidence pertaining to the murder. claiming the de facto boundary did not exist, fired missiles over Taiwan itself, and challenged established norms by firing missiles into Japan’s exclusive economic zone. “I think we are in for a risky period of testing boundaries and finding out who can achieve escalatory dominance across the diplomatic, military and economic domains,” said David Chen, an analyst with CENTRA Technology, a U.S.based consulting firm. Pelosi was the highestlevel member of the U.S. government to visit Taiwan in 25 years, and her visit came at a particularly sensitive time, as Chinese President Xi Jinping prepares to seek a third five-year term as leader of the ruling Communist Party later this year. Under Xi, China has been increasingly forceful in declaring that Taiwan must be brought under its control — by force if necessary — and U.S. military officials have said that Beijing may seek a military solution within the next few years. Tensions were already high, with China conducting regular military flights near Taiwan and the U.S. routinely sailing warships through the Taiwan Strait to emphasize they are international waters. China accuses the U.S. of encouraging the island’s independence through the sale of weapons and engagement between U.S. politicians and the island’s government. Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Hua Chunying called Pelosi’s visit a “serious provocation” and accused Washington of breaking the status quo and “interfering in China’s internal affairs.”“China is not the old China of 120 years ago, and we are not Iraq, Syria or Afghanistan — we will not allow any foreign force to bully, suppress or enslave us,” she told reporters in Beijing. “Whoever wants to do so will be on a collision course with the Great Wall of steel forged by the 1.4 billion Chinese people.”

BANGKOK (AP) — China’s response to U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s visit to Taiwan was anything but subtle — dispatching warships and military aircraft to all sides of the self-governing island democracy, and firing ballistic missiles into the waters nearby.The dust has still not settled, with Taiwan this week conducting drills of its own and Beijing announcing it has more maneuvers planned, but experts say a lot can already be gleaned from what China has done, and has not done, so far. China will also be drawing lessons on its own military capabilities from the exercises, which more closely resembled what an actual strike on the island claimed by Beijing as its own territory would look like, and from the American and Taiwanese response.During the nearly weeklong maneuvers that followed Pelosi’s early August visit, China sailed ships and flew aircraft regularly across the median line in the Taiwan Strait,

China’s response to Pelosi visit a sign of future intentions

The U.S. continues to insist it has not deviated from its “one-China” policy, prosecutors in counties where there are abortion clinics have said they will not enforce the ban, Republican prosecutors in Kent, Jackson and Macomb counties have said they should be able to enforce the 1931 Cunninghamlaw.listened to arguments Wednesday and Thursday in Pontiac before granting the preliminary injunction, which is expected to keep abortion legal throughout the state until the Michigan Supreme Court or voters could decide in the fall. In his ruling, Cunningham found all three of the state’s witnesses “extremely credible” while dismissing testimony from the defense witnesses as “unhelpful and biased.” The 1931 law in Michigan, which was triggered after the U.S. Supreme Court decision to overturn Roe v. Wade, bans abortion in all instances except the life of the mother. The dormant ban was retroactively blocked from going into effect in May when Judge Elizabeth Gleicher issued a preliminary injunction.Thestate Court of Appeals later said that the preliminary injunction only applied to the attorney general’s office, meaning that providers could get charged with a felony by some county prosecutors. While Kallman said during closing arguments Thursday that granting a preliminary injunction isn’t how laws should be changed, attorneys representing Whitmer argued that allowing county prosecutors to decide whether to enforce the 1931 ban would cause confusion. “I’m relieved that every one in this state knows that it doesn’t matter what county you live in now, you are not as a provider going to be prosecuted,” Oakland County Prosecutor Karen McDonald said following the ruling. A ballot initiative seeking to enshrine abortion rights into the state’s constitution turned in 753,759 signatures in July and is expected to ultimately decide the status abortion access in Michigan. The amendment awaits final approval for the November ballot by the state’s Board of Canvassers.“Thiscourt finds it is overwhelmingly in the public’s best interest to let the people of the great state of Michigan decide this matter at the ballot box,” Cunningham said Friday. The status of abortion in Michigan is expected to drastically impact the battleground state’s November general election, where Whitmer and Attorney General Dana Nessel, also a Democrat, have made abortion rights a centerpiece of their reelection campaigns. “Absent t his preliminary injunction, physicians face a very real threat of prosecution depending on where they practice,” Nessel said in a statement issued following Friday’s ruling.

— A Michigan judge on Friday blocked county prosecutors from enforcing the state’s 1931 ban on abortion for the foreseeable future after two days of witness testimony from abortion experts, providers and the state’s chief medical officer.The ruling comes after the state Court of Appeals said earlier this month that county prosecutors were not covered by a May order and could enforce the prohibition following the fall of Roe v Wade by the U.S. Supreme Court.“The harm to the body of women and people capable of pregnancy in not issuing the injunction could not be more real, clear, present and dangerous to the court,” Oakland County Judge Jacob Cunningham said during his rulingDavidFriday.Kallman, an attorney representing two Republican county prosecutors, said an appeal is planned.“Thejudge ignored all of the clear legal errors and problems in this case, it appears to me, simply because the issue is abortion,” Kallman told The Associated Press following the Cunninghamhearing. had filed a restraining order against county prosecutors hours after the Aug. 1 appeals court decision and following a request from attorneys representing Democratic Gov. Gretchen Whitmer. While a majority of WASHINGTON (AP) — A top Treasury Department official is set next week to make his first official trip to India since the start of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Amid tensions over India’s neutral stance on the invasion that began in late February, the U.S. wants the meetings to focus on how to deepen ties with the South AsianTreasurynation. Deputy Secretary Wally Adeyemo will travel to Mumbai and New Delhi for meetings that include Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s office, the finance ministry, the Reserve

In this week's installment of the Kaieteur News' Oil Series, the spotlight is placed on what the Local Content Legislation requires of foreign companies with respect to their procurement rules.

Kaieteur News PAGE 25SaturdayAugust 20, 2022 OIL SERIES Part 2…

To ensure fair and equal treatment in the tendering process, the law states that contracting companies and their subcontractors must ensure the rules governing the bid process are fair and transparent. They must also be clearly articulated in their Request for Proposals or Request for Quotation.

Local Content Law demands foreign companies use fair, transparent procurement rules

(d) Mode of communication for submission of bids, issue of bid clarifications, communication of awards, etc.

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The legislation also preserves the right of Guyanese companies to bid clarifications. The law states that in all cases, responses to queries/feedback, updates and clarifications shall be communicated to all bidders in a bulletin at the same time.

At minimum, the law said foreign entities shall include in their requests:

(a) Contracting strategy; (b) Bid evaluation criteria which should clearly explain the local content requirements; (c) The methodology/approach for bid evaluation (knock out or weighting approach) and the stages of application during bid evaluation; and

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The Act also serves to enable local capacity development and provide for the investigation, supervision, co-ordination, monitoring and evaluation of, and participation in, local content in Guyana.TheLocal Content Secretariat is mandated to ensure that the provisions of the Act are implemented. It functions as the regulatory arm for the monitoring, evaluation, coordination and reporting of local content in the petroleum operations of Guyana.

Guyana's Local Content Act prioritises Guyanese nationals and Guyanese companies in the procurement of goods and services for the enhancement of the value chain of the sector.

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From Page 28 was disappointed to leave us about 10 overs short. I thought there were stills a few runs out there which we could have put on the seal the deal a bit more.”TheNew Zealand innings again lost direction in his absence, though Mitchell Santner made an effort to rally the tail. He found an able partner in Boult who stayed with him for five overs during which the pair added a valuable 31 for the last wicket, guiding New Zealandpast their total of 190 which proved inadequate in the first match. Boult finally was out for 16, giving offspinner Sinclair his fourth wicket of the innings. Sinclair finished with 4 for 41 as spinners shared six wickets. Scores: New Zealand 212 (48.2 Ov) Finn Allen 96, Daryl Mitchell 41, Mitchell Santner 26; Kevin Sinclair 4-41, Jason Holder 3-24, Akeal Hosein 2-51: beat West Indies 161 (35.3 Ov) Yannic Cariah 52, Alzarri Joseph 49; Tim Southee 4-22, Trent Boult 318, by 50 runs on D/L Method. Cariah and...

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. SAGIT(Nov.22–Dec.21) This is a great day to start new enterprises with others, Sagittarius. Possible gatherings with friends or group activities could lead to ideas for new projects that fire your energy and enthusiasm.

SportsMax - World championships gold medallist Shaunae Miller-Uibo and Commonwealth champion Sada Williams have both advanced to the final of the 400m of the 2022 NACAC Open Championships that got underway in Freeport, the BahamasChristopheryesterday.Taylor and Nathon Allen also advanced to the men’s final after the completion of their 400m heat Miller-Uibo, the 2022 400m world champion, was a comfortable winner in the Miller-Uibo, Taylor fastest into 400m finals at NACAC Championships in The Bahamas

Shaunae Miller-Uibo and Christopher Taylor. opening heat clocking 50.84 to finish ahead of Jamaica’s Stephenie-Ann McPherson, who ran a comfortable 51.65. Canada’s Kyra Constantine is also through to the final when she finished third in the opening heat in 51.93. Gabrielle Scott of Puerto Rico was the fourth qualifier having finished fourth in 52.22.Meanwhile, Williams, who after winning the bronze medal in the 400m at the world championships in a personal best of 49.75 and then claimed gold at the Commonwealth Games in Birmingham, England, cantered to a time of 51.48 to win heat two ahead of Cuba’s Calderon Roxana Gomez who crossed the finish line in 51.57. Canada’s Natasha McDonald finished third in 51.65 just ahead of Jamaica’s Junelle Bromfield, whose time of 51.75 also saw her advance to the final as a non-automatic qualifier. Among the men, Taylor was fastest into the final having run 45.50 to win the second of the two heats. Also through from that heat were Trinidad and Tobago’s Asa Guevara (47.08) and Aymeric Fermley of Guadeloupe (47.24). All the other finalists advanced from the opening heat that was won by Allen in 45.85. Bryce Deadmon of the USA (46.63) also advanced along with Kinard Rolle of the Bahamas (47.86). Allan LaCroix of Guadeloupe (48.27) and Cuba’s (7.43m).NairnGames(7.47m)Tristanspectively.marksroundadvancedseason’smonweamissedShawn-DWorlders.advancedRodriquezReneilPintado(49.22)alsoasnon-automaticqualifi-Inthemen’slongjump,2019ChampionTajayGayleandThompson,whojustoutonamedalattheCom-lthGameswithabest8.05m,bothfromthepreliminaryofthelongjumpwithof7.83mand7.76m,re-AlsoadvancingwereJamesofDominicaandCommonwealthgoldmedallistLaquanofTheBahamas

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PAGE 28 Kaieteur News Saturday August 20, 2022 (Reuters) - Ukraine’s defending world champion Oleksandr Usyk and British challenger Anthony Joshua hit the scales heavier than before ahead of their heavyweight title rematch in Saudi ArabiaUsyktoday.weighed in at 100.5kg (15st 11lbs and 10oz), barely changed from before although still the heaviest of his career, while Joshua was 110.9kg (17st 6lbs and 8oz) — four pounds more than when he lost the titles last September in FormerLondon. undisputed cruiserweight world champion Usyk weighed 15st 11lbs last time around but the 35year-old had been expected to bulk up considerably for his first defence of the WBA, Usyk and Joshua hit the scales heavier for their title rematch WBO, IBF and IBO belts in Jeddah. “You see, your expectations are not always met,” the unbeaten champion said unsmilingly when asked if he had been tricking everyone ahead of the ‘Rage on the Red Sea’ clash. Joshua went first, keeping on his trousers and socks, before the two big men stood face-to-face after the weigh-in, staring fixedly at each other with Usyk looking up at his taller Askedopponent.whathe had seen in Joshua’s eyes, the Ukrainian replied: “Myself. It was the reflection of Joshua,myself.”32,shrugged off the pre-fight psychology when asked what went through his mind. “Not much. Just a faceoff. For me personally faceoffs don’t mean nothing. Faceoffs don’t win fights,” he said. “All this stuff doesn’t matter. It’s just about the fight. Real talk. All this stuff, weight and face-offs, none of it matters to me. I’m just looking forward to the fight. “I’m just ready for 12 rounds. 100%. Anything short of that is a bonus.” British bookmaker William Hill has Usyk as the 4/7 favourite on Saturday night, with 80% of customers backing the Ukrainian to win by knockout or stoppage. Joshua was down as a 13/8 underdog, with a draw at 16/1. Usyk is also carrying the hopes of a nation, one scarred by battle and fighting a real war for survival after Russia’s invasion, while another defeat for Joshua would pose big questions about his future.

ESPNcricinfo -Finn Allen made 96 and Tim Southee took 4 for 22 as New Zealand beat West Indies by 50 runs in a rain-affected encounter in the second ODI to level the three-match series. New Zealand made 212 batting first and the West Indies were in dire straits at 27 for 6, potentially facing their lowest-ever total in an ODI, until a long rain break and bold late-order batting changed the course of the match.When the rain stopped late in the evening at Kensington Oval, West Indies, who were 63 for 7 at the break, were left to chase 212 from only 51 overs. They found an unusual hero in Yannic Cariah who

Cariah and Joseph’s late fightback in vain in rain-reduced game as NZ level series posted his first half-century in an ODI and shared an 85run partnership with Alzarri Joseph (49) which raised the hopes for the home team. Joseph fell with the total at 157 for 9 and Cariah was the last man out for 52 with the total at 161 to make Sunday’s third ODI the series decider.Trent Boult and Southee combined to crash through the West Indies top and middle order, leaving the home team six wickets down in the 10th over. Southee finished with 4 for 22 and Boult 3 forEarlier,18. Allen fell four runs short of a maiden century as New Zealand overcame the loss of its captain and a stuttering start to post 212 in 48.2 overs.Skipper Kane Williamson was ruled out with a quad muscle strain suffered in the first match of the three-match series which the West Indies won by five Stand-inwickets.captain Tom Latham was among three batters to fall early as New Zealand struggled to 31 for 3 in the 10th over. He was out for a three-ball duck while Martin Guptill fell for 3 and Devon Conway for 6. Allen revived the innings with an 84-run partnership with Daryl Mitchell (41) for the fourth wicket. The pair stayed together for 20 overs to steer New Zealand into a stronger position at 115-4 when Mitchell top-edged an attempted slog over midwicket and was caught at square leg. New Zealand failed to build from the promising position. Allrounder Michael Bracewell (6) and the power hitters Phillips (9) and Neesham (1) came and went quickly.Allen finally was out for 96 on the first ball of the 41st over when New Zealand were 165 for 7. He had faced 117 balls and hit three sixes and seven fours. “It was nice to get the team off to what we thought was a competitive total,” Allen said after the match. “I (Continued on page 27) Tim Southee celebrates with team-mates after dismissing Shamarh Brooks. (Associated Press) Finn Allen swings for the leg side. (Associated Press)

spinner Keshav Maharaj struck twice before fast bowler Anrich Nortje followed up with a superb spell of three wickets for no runs in 10 balls as the Proteas, leaders of the World Test Championship table, took a 1-0 lead in a three-match series. England had won all four of their previous Tests under a new leadership of captain Ben Stokes and coach Brendon McCullum, after whom ‘Bazball’ is named. Each of those wins, however, came after batting aggressively in the fourth innings, rather than having to set a total and before this match South Africa captain Dean Elgar questioned whether a policy of all-out attack would work against his formidable bowling line-up.

Russell scores unbeaten 23-ball 64 as Manchester Originals crush Southern Brave by 68 runs in Southampton missed Salt was the best of the Brave bowlers with 1-28 from 20 balls while Michael Hogan took Buttler’s wicket to finish with 1-48 from his 20 ballFacedallotment.with a daunting target, Southampton crumbled under the scoreboard pressure, capitulating to 120 all out.Openers Quinton de Kock (21) and James Vince (20) gave them a good enough platform with an opening stand of 36 but Southampton Brave were simply unable to maintain the scoring rate of 1.88 runs per ball.

Andre Russell smashed the Southern Brave bowling to all parts in his unbeaten 23-ball 64.

George Garton’s 25 from 14 balls and Ross Whiteley 21 from 12 attempted a shortlived late-order revival that would invariably come to nought. Russell picked up the wicket of the dangerous Tim David, who made a run-a-ball 10 to finish with figures of 1-7 from five balls. It was Paul Walter, though, who did the most damage with 3-20 from 15 balls. Mark Pattinson and Tristan Stubbs took two wickets each for the Manchester Originals.Forhis heroic efforts with bat and ball, Russell was named Player of the Match.

AFP - South Africa inflicted England’s first defeat of the ‘Bazball’ era as they won the first Test at Lord’s by a crushing innings and 12 runs with more than two days to spareEnglandyesterday.weredismissed for 149 in their second innings before tea on the third day, with the Proteas effectively winning the game in six sessions after most of Wednesday’s first day was lost to Left-armrain.

Maharaj, who didn’t bowl at all in England’s meagre first innings 165, sparked Saturday’s slump by removing Zak Crawley and Ollie Pope during a remarkable prelunch spell of 2-6 in three oversMaharaj, brought on for the seventh over in a tactical coup by Elgar, struck with just his third ball when he had Crawley plumb lbw for 13 after the struggling opener missed a sweep. Pope, whose 73 was the lone fifty of England’s first innings, was then lbw to Maharaj off the last ball of the session as he looked to work the ball legside, although it needed a South Africa review to overturn an original not out decision. England, 38-2 at lunch, were 57-3 soon afterwards when Lungi Ngidi, the only one of South Africa’s four quicks not to take a wicket in the first innings, had star batsman Joe Root caught in the slips by Aiden Markram for just six with a ball that angled in and move down the Lord’s slope. Jonny Bairstow came into this match having scored four hundreds in as many Tests this season, whereas South Africa have managed just four between them in their last 11 matches.

However, he became Nortje’s first wicket of the innings, caught behind for 18, the edge so clear that Bairstow did not wait for the umpire’sLeft-handeddecision.opener Alex Lees, dropped on four, had ground out an unconvincing 35 when he too edged Nortje to wicketkeeper Kyle Verreynne.-Simple chanceTwo balls later, England’s 86-5 became 86-6 when Ben Foakes fell for a duck, a careless waft outside off stump presenting opposing gloveman Verreynne with another simple chance. Broad, with little to lose, hit out and managed to hook Nortje for six in sunny conditions ideal for batting despite taking his eyes off a bouncer after smashing two fours off successive balls earlier in the over. It was just a matter of time, however, before Broad fell. Fast bowler Kagiso Rabada, who had taken an excellent 5-52 in the first innings, got Broad with a clever slower ball the tailender chipped to Elgar at mid-off to end an entertaining 35 — the joint top score of the innings. England then lost two wickets in two balls, Matthew Potts bowled by Marco Jansen before Stokes (20) was brilliantly caught in the deep by Maharaj off fast bowler Rabada, the player of the match.Towering left-arm quick Jansen, who earlier on Friday made 48 in South Africa’s 326, ended the Test in emphatic style by clean bowling last man James Anderson. Scores: South Africa 326 (Erwee 73, Jansen 48, Elgar 47, Maharaj 41, Broad 3-71, Stokes 3-71) beat England 165 (Pope 73, Rabada 5-52, Nortje 3-63) and 149 (Nortje 3-47) by an innings and 12 runs.

South Africa thrash England as ‘Bazball’ era comes back down to earth

SportsMax - Andre Russell has once again demonstrated why he is among the most sought-after players in short-form cricket when has blasted a quick-fire half-century and took a wicket as Manchester Originals crushed Southern Brave by 68 runs in Southampton on Thursday.Russell, 34, smashed an unbeaten 23-ball 64 that included six fours and five sixes in Manchester Originals’ mammoth score of 188-2. He was given the perfect platform after openers Joss Buttler (68) and Phil Salt (34) gave the side a solid start with a stand of 64. Buttler clubbed three fours and five sixes in his 42-ball knock while Salt found the boundary ropes on four occasions and cleared it once is his innings that lasted 22 balls. However, while both knocks were impressive, they paled in comparison to the mayhem that Russell produced scoring at a rate of 278 per cent to drive Manchester to within 12 runs of the 200 mark. Jake Lintott, who dis-

South Africa players walk off after registering a win inside three days. (AFP/Getty Images)

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PA Media - Emma Raducanu’s sci ntillating early run at the Western and Southern Open has ended in a 7-5 6-4 defeat to Jessica Pegula. The British 10th seed opened her campaign in Cincinnati with impressive victories over WTA Tour veterans Serena Williams and Victoria Azarenka. But the top-ranked American proved too tough a mountain for the defending US Open champion to climb. Pegula took control early AFP - Paris Saint-Germain coach Christophe Galtier said yesterday there is no bad blood between star forwards Kylian Mbappe and Neymar. Neymar insisted on taking the team’s second penalty against Montpellier last Saturday after Mbappe had missed the Mbappefirst.did not celebrate after Neymar converted the spot-kick.Galtier called the apparent differences between the two an “epiphenomenon”, suggesting the spat was not a symptom of any deeper problem.“We saw each other quickly the next day to iron out all that, to say what we had to say to each other,” said Galtier told a press conference ahead of Sunday’s Ligue 1 visit to “WeLille.had a very pleasant week at work. Everyone worked well. I enjoyed all the sessions this week and this epiphenomenon disappeared very quickly, that is to say the day after our meeting.”

Galtier said after the game that instructions “had been

Russell eager to be part of World Cup plans but insists Windies must respect his terms

respected” regarding penalty takers.“There was a precise order in this game, Kylian as number one and ‘Ney’ as numberOthertwo.”potential penalty takers include Lionel Messi and Sergio Ramos, said Galtier, adding that it was “important for our strikers to score goals, to keep the confidence”.Against Montpellier, in his first competitive game since opting to stay in Paris rather than join Real Madrid, the 23-year-old Mbappe scored in a 5-2 win but cut a frustrated, unhappy and even isolated figure. Last season, Mbappe was PSG’s outstanding performer, scoring 39 goals in all competitions, while Neymar struggled.Yetthe 30-year-old Brazilian has seemed rejuvenated this season, scoring five goals in three games. Kylian Mbappe (right) and Neymar.

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SportsMax - West Indies all-rounder Andre Russell insists he remains very interested in being part of the team’s ICC T20 Cricket World Cup plans but expects Cricket West Indies (CWI) to also respect his terms. The 34-year-old has been one of the most controversial names when it comes to West Indies cricket team selection over the past few years. The player has not represented the team since last year’s ICC T20 World Cup, with the unit having played several series since. Despite taking part in several T20 leagues around the world, Russell has not been available to represent the West Indies. The issue has been a source of frustration for fans as well as Windies coach Phil Simmons who recently expressed his discontent with the issue. While insisting that he remains eager to represent the team, Russell pointed out that there is also the interest

Andre Russell of both himself and his family to consider.“Ialways want to play and give back. But at the end of the day, if we are not agreeing on certain terms...they (CWI) have to respect my terms as well. At the end of the day, it is what it is,” Russell told Sky Sports. “We have families and we have to make sure that we give our best opportunity while we have one career. It’s not like I can start over again. I’m 34 and I want to win another World Cup — or two more — for West Indies because at the end of the day, I’m here now, and I’m just taking it day by day,” he added. “Of course, of course. The maroon is all over. Honestly, I have two franchise hundreds and I wish those hundreds were actually playing for West Indies. I don’t regret saying this just now. I really enjoyed playing for Jamaica Tallawahs but those two hundreds, it would be more special coming in internationalRussellcricket.”isexpected to return to the Caribbean to take part in the upcoming edition of the Caribbean Premier League (CPL). It remains to be seen whether the player will then be included as a part of the T20 World Cup squad for the tournament in Australia later this year.

PSG coach denies bad blood between Neymar and Mbappe

Jessica Pegula stops Emma Raducanu’s run in Cincinnati Emma Raducanu in the match, dictating ground play and converting two break-point opportunities to clinch the first set. Another break early in the second then gave world num ber eight the momentum she needed to secure her place in the rorsoldmatches,exhibitedclinicalprowessPegula’squarter-finals.technicaldisruptedthetennisRaducanuinherearlierwiththe19-year-givingup21unforceder-intheloss.

The National under-15 team left Guyana for Grenada Thursday August 18 for CWI Rising Stars Under15 Super50 tournament which is set to begin today, Saturday, August 20. The squad, which is coached by Latchman Yadram, is confident of doing well in this tournament after recently completing an eight (8) day encampment in which they played three practice matches. This allowed the players the opportunity to fine tune their games after a prolonged rainy season which affected the preparation of all previous national team’s encampment.

Confident of winning regional tournament

Indies Senior Team batsman, Shimron Hetmyer. Prior to the team’s departure, President of the Guyana Cricket Board (GCB), Bissoondyal Singh, paid them a visit where he interacted with the players. Mr. Singh encouraged the team to do their best and be great ambassadors for the country. He further stated that cricket can be a career for those who take the game seriously, work hard, remain humble and discipline.Guyana open the tournament against Windward Islands today at the Grenada National Stadium. On August 21, they tackle Barbados at Lasagesse in the second-round, while on August 23, they will face Leeward Islands at the Grenada National Stadium. Guyana will take on Jamaica at Progress Park on August 25 then close off the tournament with their final match against Trinidad and Tobago at Lasagesse. The other players are Dave Moh abir (Captain), Romario R CoachagerJonathanLovell,RazamKoobir,NavinBoodwah,ArunDhaneshDarwinPrince,(Vice-Captain),amdehollShaneZandonRose,LaRose,Persaud,Gainda,ArifKhan,NicholasSohilMohamedandMentore.Theman-isElroyStephneyandLatchmanYadram.

India’s women footballers have defied scant investment to make inroads, but they have gained only muted recognition in a country better known for its frenzied obsession with cricket. The national team are ranked 58th in the women’s global rankings — the men are 104th — and Gokulam last year became the first Indian women’s team to qualify for the an AFC club competition.National referee Rachana Kamani said the FIFA suspension would throw the sport’s bright future in the country into jeopardy and make it less appealing for budding talent. “In the last few years we have seen a rise in women’s football, but the rise could come only if we see top football being played on a constant basis,” the 23-year-old told AFP.“With the ban, the activities might reduce and the willingness to play in women might reduce because they will not see a future in the game.” The AIFF’s troubles saw former chief Praful Patel remain in office beyond his term without fresh elections.The Supreme Court ruled his presidency invalid and appointed administrators to stage fresh elections, to be held on August 28. The FIFA suspension will remain in place until the AIFF regains full control of its dailyWomen’saffairs. football in India was already struggling with a lack of resources and the ban will increase financial pressures, said Jamshed Chenoy, who runs Sharpshooters FC in the city of Ahmedabad.“Thelevelof support for the women’s game in terms of sponsorships will take a hit,” he told AFP.“Even today the players are hampered by a lack of facilities. A lot needs to be done for women’s football.”

The Guyana U-15 cricket team.

National Under-15 Team off to Grenada…

Guyana’s Under-15 Captain Dave Mohabir.

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Britain’s Bigham sets men’s Hour record if I could get to 20 minutes to go and then push on a little bit.”Former national champion Bigham, a team pursuit silver medallist for England at the Commonwealth Games, has forged a reputation as one of the best in the business in cycling aerodynamics having graduated in Motorsport Engineering from Oxford Brooks University.Herode and worked for British Cycling before being recruited by the Danish cycling federation and helping their track team pursuiters smash world records. Bigham, 30, owns cycling performance business Wattshop and joined the technical staff of Ineos Grenadiers in January. His fiance Joss Lowden England’s Dan Bigham in action. (REUTERS/ Jason Cairnduff) broke the women’s Hour record l ast year, although that is now owned by Ellen van BighamDijk.said he had “played it safe” in the final minutes to avoid any mishaps.“Ijust fo cussed on line, breathing and head position,” he said.“It was really enjoyable as I knew I had a safety net. “I wanted to get 55.5km so to put another 48 metres on that I’m pretty pleased with that.”Bigham’s new record might soon come under attack, however, with Ineos’s world time trial champion Filippo Ganna confirming he will mount an assault on the Hour.

Indian women footballers face uncertain future after FIFA ban India on October 11, will not currently take place as planned. It was supposed to be a first FIFA tournament in the country since 2017. The punishment also coincided with the Asian Football Confederation Women’s Club Championship in Uzbekistan, where Indian league winners Gokulam Kerala FC were chasing a maiden title. They only learned about the FIFA suspension when their flight landed in Tashkent and have been barred from competing. “We have put in so much hard work for the last two months and all the players were preparing to win the AFC trophy as well,” club captain Ashalati Devi, also skipper of the national women’s team, told India News.“It remains our dream to lift the title,” said Devi, describing the team as “distressed by all this”. Gokulam put out a statement lamenting that it had been stopped from playing through “no fault of ours”. “Our women’s team is the pride and jewel for all (of) us and these players have proved themselves to be the best in India,” it said.Lavanya Verma, who was short-listed for the U17 World Cup squad, pointed the finger at the AIFF.“The main reason for the ban is due to poor governance, but us innocent players have to suffer,” the 17year-old said. “It is sad to see that the players are working so hard and this is what they get. “I still hope the World Cup happens in India, but if it doesn’t, it will be a huge blow to everybody.”-‘Alotneeds to be done’

Dave Mohabir, brother of national under-17 and under-19 captain, Alvin Mohabir, has been selected to lead the team while his deputy is talented batsman Romario R amdeholl. The squad also includes Adrian Hetmyer, the nephew of West (Reuters) - Britain’s Dan Bigham smashed the Hour record when he completed a distance of 55.548 kilometres around the Tissot Velodrome in Grenc hen, Switzerland yesterday.Bigham, an aerodynamics specialist and race engineer for British cycling team Ineos Grenad iers, paced himself to perfection on his prototype Pinarello track bike, going almost half a kilometre further than Belgium’s Victor Campenaerts in 2 019 — a hugeCampenaertsmargin. managed 55.089.Five riders had tried and failed to beat the record since then, most recently Alex Dowsett in NovemberBigham2021.collapsed to the track after his record-breaking ride before being congratulated by his family who were watching inside the empty velodrome. “I was trying to ride 16-second laps for the second half and that’s a bit daunting as I’ve not done 16.0s for half an hour before,” Bigham said after recovering his breath.“It’s a bit mind-blowing. The support I’ve had around me (from Ineos) was second to none and that made it a whole lot easier. Everything you would expect from the team. “I knew I was on pace but you still have to complete the distance. I knew AFP - India’s women footballers are in despair and uncertain about the future after a FIFA ban saw the country stripped of a major international tournament and left its best team in limbo. The sport’s world governing body this week suspended the national federation “due to undue influence from third parties” — member associations must be free from legal and political

Spain’s Paula Badosa in action during her fourth round match against Romania’s Simona Halep. (REUTERS/Paul Childs) for women than those for men, adding that the female players make more mistakes while playing with them, and she doubted it was “nice to watch“Veryvisually”.much agree,” Spain’s Badosa said, hailing the words of the Polish world number one on Instagram yesterday, placing her comments over a screenshot of Swiatek’s statement. “Very unfavourable conditions for the players and for the spectacle,” she wrote, even adding a poop emoji for emphasis.“Then we complain that there are a lot of errors and there’s a loss of tactics and intelligence on points. (While what we deal with is) faster courts and balls impossible to control.” The 2022 U.S. Open will begin on Aug. 29 and will end on Sept. 11.

Trinidadian contingent involving Sheldon Bissessar, Miguel Pustam and Kervin Ribeiro had the opportunity the visit the 1320 Strip and were very impressed with the facility and preparations. They anticipate running their cars pretty hard because they are very well prepared for tomorrow.The competitors from the Twin Island Republic believe their hands will be very full on race day; they do not expect it to be a walk in the park because they are competing against professionals. The visitors commended the Guyanese and Surinamese contingent for having very well built cars, good drivers and tuners, so they will expectantly be putting the best footMeanwhile,forward.

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Badosa joins Swiatek as she hits out at U.S. Open balls

The Petra organised Exxon Mobil Boys and Girls Under-14 Football Tournaments resume today with a total of ten matches being contested at the Ministry of Education (MoE) Ground. For the Girls Division, the action gets underway at 10:00 hrs between New Central High and Tucville. The other two matches that will run simultaneously in the same division com-

ExxonMobil Boys and Girls U-14 football Tournaments…

For those desirous of getting an early glimpse of the action slated for the Guyana Motor Racing Sports Club’s (GMR&SC) International Drag Racing meet before the day of reckoning tomorrow, today is the day. With over 120 registered machines for the event, the club will be hosting the mandatory qualifying rounds for the 16, 15 and 14 second classes from 11:00 hrs at the South Dakota’s 1320 Strip, to ensure a smooth flow of the programme.Qualifying/Dial In continues tomorrow, Sunday, from 8:00 hrs while the elimination races which are scheduled to speed off from noon, are expected to last the entire afternoon.According to executives on the club, preparations for the two-day Meet are progressing swimmingly with the more logistical aspects already molded to perfection. The drivers’ briefing was also recently held earlier this week with an encouraging turn out geared for competition. Local drivers along with competitors from Trinidad and Suriname are expected to put forth some intriguing battles.

Hans Yzer, Raymond John, Marvin Djojopawiro and Michael Namchand are the Surinamese competitors already here. Numerous other competitors for the neighbouring country have already registered, some of which arrived on yesterday with the remainder left to arriveTicketstoday. for the event cost $2000 for adults and $1000 for kids, while VIP and VVIP (both all inclusive) cost $30,000 and $40,000, respectively. Tickets will also be on sale at the venue on race day. Persons are reminded that the club’s office will not be open today. The VIP package features reserved secured parking, cocktails and shots, Igloo Products for all, Burgers, Buffalo Wings, BBQ, Grilled Beef & Chicken and other finger foods. The VVIP package includes more of the same, but better placement to witness the VIPaction.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 (Vreed-En-Hoop), M&R Auto Sales (Cornelia Ida), Vick’s Fix It Cellphone Repairs (Parika), Dada’s Grill (Tuschen Public Road), Tropical View Hotel (Campbell Avenue), S&S Supermarket (Lusignan), KK Gas Station (Unity), Choke Gas Station (LBI), Choke Gas Station (Strathspey), Big B (UG Road), Poonai’s Pharmacy (Rosehall Town), Pharmcare Pharmacy (Evil Eyes, N/A).

(Reuters) - World number four Paula Badosa has supported Iga Swiatek’s critical comments regarding different tennis balls being used at the U.S.Open between men’s and women’s competitions, saying it counts against both the female players and the show. Swiatek said on Wednesday she did not like the balls set to be used at the U.S. Grand Slam, which are lighter

mences at noon (12:00 hrs) and will see West Ruimveldt battle Tucville and New Central High face Charlestown.

Sheldon Bissessar’s rail car will be one trying to reset the Strip record.

Ten matches on the card today

The tournament enters its third day off action today.

The Boys Division also gets underway at 10:00 hrs as Charlestown and Tucville kick things off before the first pair of male matches being run concurrently.At11:00 hrs, Freeburg will go up against New Central High while New Campbellville will tackle Cummings Lodge. At 13:00 hrs, Westminster will lock horns with Lodge, while Dolphin meet East Ruimveldt.Thefinal two matches of the day that both kick off at 14:00 hrs will see Ann’s Grove versus Tucville and Charlestown Secondary versus St. Winefried.Thetournament is also sponsored by Pepsi.

Qualifiers on today at the 1320 Strip

GMR&SC International Drag Race Meet 2022…

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Canada based G u y a n e s e Ganesh Ramraj and former Guyana youth player Raakesh Gobardhan struckmassivecenturieslast weekend in the continuation of the 2022 Canadian Premier Softball Cricket League Regular Season 20overscompetition.

Guyanese Ramraj (195*), Gobardhan (170*) hit centuries in Canada Raakesh Gobardhan

Playing at Blacksmith Public School ground in North York, Toronto, the right handed Ramraj slammed 23 sixes and seven fours as his team Lightning piled up a massive 276 2 from the 20 overs and then kept Apollo to 143 alloutinthe penultimateover Mukesh Jaglall also in the run-fest with 41 not out. In Apollo's innings, Brian Seiwdyalofferedafightwith 29 as Ramraj, who created history in Canada too by becoming the first softball batsman to score over 7000 runs, Kevin Gooroocharran and Muni Budhram grabbed twowicketseach. And across at Glen ForestvenueinMississauga, Gobardhan clobbered 20 sixesandfivefourswhilehis teammate Riaz Kadir also notched up an aggressive hundred (128) as VP Boys rattledupaformidable337-3 from the 20-overs and then restrictedHorizonto89-9at the completion of the game. AdarshPrashadmade34for the losing side as Sharaz Hamid snatched 4-18 from hismaximumfouroversand Kadir taking 2-9 in two overs.Detailsfromtheother gameswerenotavailablebut the competition is set to continue this Sunday with theplayoffsegment.

Ganesh Ramraj

Printed and published by National Media & Publishing Company Ltd., 24 Saffon Street, Charlestown, Georgetown. Tel: 225-8458, 225-8465, 225-8491 or Fax: 225-8473/226-8210. Cariah Joseph’sJoseph’sandlatefightbackinvaininrain-reducedgameasNZlevelseriesCariahandlatefightbackinvaininrain-reducedgameasNZlevelseriesAlzarri Joseph and Yannic Cariah added 85 for the ninth wicket to frustrate New Zealand. (AFP/Getty Images) nudgesnudgesYYannicannicCariahonhiswaytoamaidenODIfifty.(GettyImages)YannicCariahonhiswaytoamaidenODIfifty.(GettyImages) Kevin Sinclair commemorates his first wicket with gravity-defying acrobatics. (AFP/Getty Images) Qualifiers on today at the 1320 Strip GMR&SC International Drag Race Meet 2022… Sports Will anyone be capable of resetting the 1320 Strip Sheldonrecord?Bissessar’s rail car will be one trying to reset the Strip record.