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Exploration and P r o d u c t i o n Guyana Limited (EEPGL)commonly referred to as ExxonMobil Guyana continue daily work in preparation of a US$1 3 billion pipeline to transport natural gas from the Liza Fields in the Stabroek Block toWalesontheWestBankof Demerara, a local insurance firm has underscored the needforapolicytobesetup to cover any liabilities that may occur during the construction phase of this massiveventure. The company spoke off the record to this newspaper on Saturday during a telephone interview. It was explained, “Everywhere in the world once a project is engaged, what happens is that you have insurance that literally covers the project whileitisintheformofbeing carriedout.”
ByDavinaBagot Map depicting the Offshore Component of the Gas-to-Energy Project.
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'Insurance coverage crucial during construction of massive gas-to-shore project' -localinsurer …as Jagdeo claims 'too early'
“Similarly, if you got subcontractors coming on site,youwouldwanttomake sure that they are covered as well,”thesourcenoted. Tothisend,thecompany outlined, “Essentially, the minute a project is engaged, what happens is that the contractorwhoisgoingtobe workingontheprojecthasto secure himself. In fact, what wearetryingtoexplaintothe oil and gas contractors is whattheirobligationsareasa contractor so if I pick up the phone and say I have this project we are working on what happens is theminuteI give you this project, I am going to ask you to give me certain levels of coverage. I want to make sure all of the assetsthatarelocatedonthat site while they are in your care, custody and control if they are destroyed that some insurance is going to come along and ensure you are r e i m b u r s e d a n d consequentially, I am reimbursed.”Eventhough this is the position of the insurance body,Vice President Bharrat Jagdeo has dismissed the need for insurance at this stage of project. Currently, ExxonMobil is engaged in preparatory works for the pipeline, after being granted an approval by the Environmental Protection Agency.Works on the actual projecthavenotcommenced yet as the operator is still awaitingthegreenlightfrom theregulatorybody To this end, Kaieteur News askedtheVPonFriday whether the administration has entered into discussion with ExxonMobil Guyana forinsuranceofthataspectof the project Jagdeo responded to say, “It's reasonable It's common sense.Youcan'tnotknowthe cost of the total pipeline as yetandseektoinsureit.You understand. If you have a house and you build a house for $20 million, you don't knowthehouse,youstartthe foundationandyougotothe insurancecompany,they'd
According to the insurance company, this coverage is called 'ConstructionAllRisk'andis taken out by the contractor that has been hired to complete the job. The credible source explained, “Technicallyit'sinyourcare, custodyandcontroluntilyou hand it to me as a finished product. You have problems and your problems are the construction while you are working, that material is worth money so if that materialisdestroyedwhileit is in your care, custody and control, you have a problem and your problem is to reimburse me, the owner (if something goes wrong). So howwouldyoudothatunless youhavecoverageforit?” It is for this reason that the insurance firm stressed the need for coverage at all p o i n t s d u r i n g t h e construction phase to ensure alloftheassetsaresecured. In addition to covering the materials, it was also noted that it is more importanttoinstituteapolicy that caters to workers on the site. “You have workers on sitesoconsequentlyifoneof them is injured, you need to make sure there is coverage thatlooksafterthemsothat's called 'Employers Liability'. Onceyouhavethatworksite as well, anybody who goes onthatworksite,becauseits underyourcare,custodyand controlitmeansthatliability could arise against you so that's insured by something called public liability,” the sourceexplained. This coverage, the company noted, was especially important as an employee who becomes injured during construction cansueagainstthecontractor and owner of that project.
Jagdeo addressed however, recent statements by Opposition Leader Aubrey Norton, who expressedtheconcernsofthe A Partnership for National Unity (APNU) to have a freshvoters'listheadinginto local polls. The Opposition has argued strongly that the current voters' list is bloated and provides room for electionsfraudandrigging;a claim they have intensified since the difficult 2020 elections. The Opposition, through its GECOM representatives has thus calledfortheimplementation ofbiometrictechnologytobe utilised in time for the local governmentelections. During his press conference last Friday, Jagdeo made it clear that therewillbenocleanlistfor the LGE given a High Court ruling regarding the manner in which persons names could be removed from the voters' list. Jagdeo said that the Opposition's call is seeking to have the government act illegally by going against the ruling of the High Court and dismissing the Constitution whereremovingthenamesof voters from the list is concerned. Jagdeo said that the Opposition will soon have to “backtrack” on them not going to elections without a clean voters' list because, “…trust me there cannot be a new voters' lists before the local government elections ” he told the media.On the matter of biometrics, the Vice Presidentisadamantthatthe Opposition is trying to place the PPP in a trap by getting them to make official a procedure, and then turning around to call the act illegal.
Jagdeo said that the government supports the use of biometrics to improve polling day controls “However, we will not supporttheuseofbiometrics on people's right to vote.”
The VP suspected that the push for the implementation of the biometric system may very well be a move similar to the 1997 Esther Pereira case where he said, the government and Opposition hadagreedonaprocedureto use identification cards for voting and when the Oppositionlosstheelections, filed a petition claiming that the new procedure was illegal. As a result of that, Jagdeo said the PPPhad two yearsinofficecut. “I think this is precisely thetraptheyarehopingtoset onceagain,”Jagdeocharged, “that should we go to Parliament,wepassalawon biometrics to prevent people fromvotingonlyonthebasis ofthesebiometrics,andthen they (Opposition) lose the electionsandtheygobackto court again using the same challenge that they did in 1997... We are not going to fall into that trap again,” the VPdeclared.Inresponse to the Jagdeo'sstatements,Shadow Minister of Local Government and Regional Development Ganesh Mahipaul said that Guyana's priority at this point, should be to ensure that credible electionsareheldincountry, and sees this occurring through the use of biometric technologyandanewvoters' list. Mahipaul said that the PPP, the international community and the APNU+ Alliance For Change Coalitionhaveallrecognized the need for a clean voters' list.Hesaidthattheelections 2020 was marred with anomalies,abnormalitiesand irregularities as documented in the observation reports following the recount of all ballot boxes and “everyone that participated in the National Recount would agree with me that the bloated voters' list is responsible for what I concluded was systemic fraudinelections2020.” Mahipaul said it is thus “dishonestandduplicitousto hear Second Vice President Jagdeobasicallysayingnoto house to house registration which will guarantee our nationacleanvoters'list.”He charged that “Yes Local Government Elections are long overdue, but why must we compromise the integrity of the elections by having a bloated and faulty voters' list?” Mahipaul asked. The Oppositionmembersaidthat
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The Vice President was answering questions about the location of the oil spill policy duringamediabriefinglastFriday when he indicated that Guyanese insurancecompanieswouldhaveto reinsurethelargeoilspillpolicyifit were handled here Jagdeo explained that (for a foreign company) insurance policies exceeding a particular threshold have to come through a local broker He indicated that given the US$600MsetasidebytheStabroek Block operators to cover oil spills per disaster, “it means a lot of money for one broker.”To that, he feltthatthepolicy:“Itisbeyondthe capability of the local insurance industry to provide such coverage they would have to reinsure and that means going through a broker,” he told the media.Jagdeo was at the time weighinginontheinsurancematter which has been in the public domain.Itinvolvestheavailability of an oil spill policy that covers a disaster but includes also, a parent company guarantee where ExxonMobil covers all oil spill liability above what its subsidiary, Esso Exploration and Production Guyana Limited (EEPGL) can handle.Despite the Vice President's beliefthattheinsurancepolicymay be too big for Guyana, local stakeholders insist that it is government's obligation to ensure the Guyanese are involved in the business,andtofacilitatethemasis required by law The commentator charged that in the insurance business, it is absolutely common for insurers to reinsure as part of splitting risks and ensuring coverage beyond what the insurer could afford. “Reinsurance is very common,” the newspaper was told by a major local insurer “Even (London's well known) Lloyd's syndicatehaslimitationofcapacity and they have reinsurance. So, to sayinsurancehastogetreinsuredis tantamounttosayingacarhastoget oiltorun,”thesourcesaid. It was explained that what should have already happened is that a local consortium of insurers should have been created and they discuss among themselves what they could handle and what has to bereinsured.Thenewspaper heard that in providinganinsurancepolicy,there are amounts that an insurance company can handle. In other cases,wherethepolicyishigh,the insurance company will seek to share the risk by asking other insurerstocoverpartsofthepolicy The insurer in turn shares the premiumpaidonthepolicywithall thoseTheinvolved.sourcetold the newspaper that it is in that manner that the oil spill coverage is supposed to be handled by local companies if the policy is too big for one agency to handle.The source reiterated that it is the duty of the administration to seek ways to facilitate Guyanese participation.Itwasnoted that if this is the continued posture of the government,thenlocalpersonswill nevergetanopportunitytoconduct business is this area It was highlighted that Guyana should follow the steps of Ghana as they created a consortium of insurance companies in that country and was abletohandletheoilspillpolicyincountry As it relates to the parent company guarantee that ExxonMobilmustpresentGuyana, Jagdeosaidnosidewillhavetoface costsupfront.Hesaid, “If it's a parent guarantee, it does not cost the company any money therefore the premium, nor does it cost us because we are a part of this.” In relationtothesaidparentcompany guarantee, Petroleum engineer and former Environmental Protection Agency head, Dr Vincent Adams hasbeenarguingforGuyanatoget a written commitment from Exxon that it will cover all liabilities pass thatofTheEEPGLcapabilities.governmentand Exxon andcurrentlydiscussinghowever,a US$2B parent company guarantee sum that will provide coverage abovethatofEEPGL.
“Guyanese deserve honesty, t r a n s p a r e n c y a n d accountability within this democratic process in this democracy, and with a clean voters'list,therealwillofthe peoplewillbereflectedinthe LGE and General and R e g i o n a l Elections ”Mahipaul urged that the voters' list must be cleaned. “Let us have house to house registration and head to the polls so that the realwillofthepeoplecanbe r e f le c te d in th e ir representative and government.”In2015, while in
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The People's Progressive Party/ Civic (PPP/C) government said it is preparedtodeclareadatefor the holding of Local Government Elections (LGE)assoonastheGuyana Elections Commission (GECOM) indicates its readiness.Second Vice President and PPP General Secretary Bharrat Jagdeo told media operatives Friday that his party is ready to head to the polls,butwillnotbegranting some demands of the Oppositionaheadofthelocal elections. “The PPP will be contesting elections,” the Vice President said. “LGE shall take place. We don't know the timing because we don'tcontrolthat,butthePPP will participate ”The VP went on to explain that, “We have already gone on an elections footing (and) we will be ready, whether electionsareheldthisyearor next year. We don't control when that happens…but we willbereadyanytime.”
In wake of calls for the oil spill insurance policy for ExxonMobil and partners' offshore operations being in country by legal requirement,Vice President Bharrat Jagdeo said that the multi million US dollar coveragethatiscurrentlyavailable for Guyana is beyond what inhouseinsurerscanhandle.
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The Vice President held a three-hour long press conference last Friday, and by his own words manifested that he himself is in the beginner’s stage of his highly touted GTE baby. When pressed on the existence of insurance coverage for the pipeline aspect of the GTE project, this is what the Vice President had to offer the Guyanese taxpayer: “We are now procuring material…We are now mapping the route. We are still mapping the route. We are still completing the environmental studies.” And, of note, the Vice President also said this: “It’s reasonable. It’s commonsense. You can’t not know the cost of the total pipeline as yet, and seek to insure it. You understand.” Indeed, we fully understand what the Vice President is saying, but there are some things that he said that are not so reasonable, and not what pass for commonsense. We use his own standards about full knowledge, proper sequencing, and timing, and it is clear that there is much that he himself and the PPP/C Government do not know at this stage about this most expensive GTE project. By his own words, the PPP/C Government does not know the route (as finally mapped). The Government does not know what the environmental study is going to say, or at what stage it is currently. The Government does not know the amount of pipeline that would be required. And we are all but certain that there are range of other things and components that both the Government and the Vice President do not know, or have the fullest grasp of at this time, including the crucial final cost of this GTE project. Yet this nation’s Vice President of Oil (in reality its Oil President) is barrelling ahead with the project, and dragging along, willingly or unwilling, both his captive Government and the rest of the nation along for the ride. It could prove to be the most dangerous and damaging of rides. To repeat our longstanding position, we are interested like every other Guyanese in the exciting prospects of much cheaper and far more reliable supply of electricity for our homes and businesses. We welcome such a development, but only if it makes sense, and is backed up by independent expert studies. This has also been the longstanding position of this paper, and it is one from which we have not deviated by a millimetre, or for one second. Again, we find it fit to use the Vice President’s own words from his Friday press conference: it is because it is reasonable. It is reasonable because the Vice President, when he was President, was the spearhead for what has turned out to be costly and heavy white elephants in Berbice and elsewhere. This nation has been burnt repeatedly by the suspect project selection and decisionmaking of Vice President Jagdeo (when President), and we don’t have the stomach to be a part of such again.
Gas-to-shore, a project mystery or more PPP/C sorcery?
What does this Government know about the US$1.3B gas-to-shore (GTE) project? What does the man in charge of the nation’s crucial oil and gas business know about this costly GTE project?
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Apartheid - A stinging sensation at work in Guyana serve for one kind, with a thin smattering of other colour. The Hon. AG has his legalese; I give him regular Guyanese. Look at that prime real estate carved out for certain types of folks, and those of like mind. They may be darker, but it is not from the heat of the fields, for they are not of the fields if my drift is grasped. Segregation yesterday! Segregation today! Segregation forever (if allowed to be)! A mindset at work: superiors and inferiors. I make the case that the tendering facilities in this country are dedicated to the continuation of economic apartheid, by clumsy means sometimes. Wars can be fought by different means, under different flags; so also, it can be for economic warfare, in terms of who is included, who excluded. For the cheerleaders and defenders, I point to the winners. Seems to me that there is some culling going on there, heavy configuring for specific outcomes that favours the fittest, strongest, cleverest. And who are they? There is the public service, and it is about who is denied unjustifiably, those for whom the doors are held wide open inexplicably, and with the entire system geared to oftentimes crude doctoring, occasionally skilled manipulations. People from my church are part of the arrangements and gamesmanship. Like South Africa, it is about those given free “pass” and those who shouldn’t show up. The word spreads from a variety of solid sources, including those experiencing the brunt of rejections, the victimised; players and orchestrators have known texture, careful coding. Remember I lived in Burnham time. There was precedence, and the wisdom to glean insights, even if one was only halfawake and a certified halfwit. In essence, I know what it was to live in apartheid conditions back then, to be on the outside, the receiving end, and that is what I detect is present right now. Who is in, who is out. Hence, that little homage Editor,earlier. policing and complaint and crime resolution are other extensions of the apartheid state in Guyana. For the new political masters and their kith and kin, policing represents the discriminating, segregating state: it is what the book says that it should be about; while the other is about who is protected, and who is not. Following the outgoing ripples, it is of who is pursued, who is given short thrift, who and what are dealt with professionally, and what falls into the box of the politically mandated, or untouchable. To say otherwise: different folks, different strokes, and as centrally directed, or believed to please controllers. Botha and Vorster had their police criminals in charge of the legal, and so also did Orville Faubus and George Wallace.Ithink that one more area should highlight the occasionally subtle, but frequently flagrant, system of apartheid in this country. It is of redistribution of Guyana’s wealth. It seems that only one kind of Guyanese-colour, politics, standing-are identified to partake. I go deeper, and identify Regions 4 and 10. Targeted sectoral and regional relief has succeeded (Continued
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Focusing on the GTE project alone, it would have helped all Guyana immensely, if the Government and Vice President Jagdeo had come with a project with a full slate of information. As examples, what does a credible feasibility study say, and share it. Also, what are some of the variables (route, pipeline type and quantum, environmental study results, genuine consultation reception, final cost, and such). Most, if not all of these components are either mysteries or state secrets purposely withheld from the people who, ultimately, have to pay for the project. To complete Vice President Jagdeo’s house example, rarely is a house started unless the cost and whether it is viable for purposes intended have been conclusively answered. Regrettably, it has not been so, but we are still racing ahead, regardless.
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Does Vice President Bharrat Jagdeo really know as much as he is making a big show of knowing, when he doesn’t appear to know much about the substance of this GTE project? Why has he set his heart on bringing it into existence, with so many unknowns and so many unanswered questions?
DEAR EDITOR, Growing up in Guyana, I heard this saying many, many times “Boat don gan a fall e can’t tun back”. I am in sympathy with my fellow Guyanese who are crying and hollering for changes to be made in the terrible oil contract signed by the Coalition Government and Exxon, it is so lopsided in favour of Exxon, it smells of corruption and clumsiness. When my fellow Guyanese who are now screaming and hollering in Georgetown about this ridiculous oil deal, they are so loud, I can hear them all the way in New York City. The screaming, hollering, and protesting should have been done during the time of the Coalition Government before Raphael Trotman signed this awful agreement with Exxon. I am wondering what had happened to my Bros. David, Mark, et al during the Coalition Government giveaway of Guyana’s oil wealth. Was the energy level in their bodies so low that they couldn’t speak or was it okay for the Coalition to giveaway the oil but it is not okay for the PPP to continue with that agreement? What is good for the goose must be good for the gander. This terrible oil contract is signed, sealed, and delivered; it will not be changed. If the PPP Government tries to change the current oil contract with Exxon, they will be out of government in a hurry either through a soft coup or hard
The terrible oil contract can’t change coup or something in between, but they will be out of government. When we hear about the “Deep State”, Exxon is part of that structure and the “Deep State” does not only run the United States of America but most of the world is controlled by the “DeepTheState”.“Deep State” consists of players like Exxon, British Petroleum (BP), Lockheed Martin, Northrop Grumman, Boeing, Raytheon Technologies, Citibank, Morgan Stanley Chase, Merck, etc., and what these companies want, they get. Their masters in Washington DC, London, Paris, Montreal, Brussel, and other Western European capitals accede to their demands. British Petroleum, Obama, Biden, Hilary Clinton and their stooges in Canada and Western Europe got rid of Muammar Gaddafi and destroyed Libya. Slave trade is back in Libya. During the overthrow of Gaddafi, dark skin Africans were beaten and driven out of Libya. Libya is now a failed nation state. When Prime Minister Mohammad Mosaddegh of Iran was trying for a better oil deal for the people of Iran from British Petroleum in 1953, United Kingdom together with the United States of America overthrew Mosaddegh and replaced him with the Shah, Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, who squandered the wealth of Iran.
City DEAR EDITOR, I gather that employment of the word ‘apartheid’ in Guyana has fanned the imagination, set ablaze some sensitive nerves. Something tells me that it has meaning, notwithstanding the rising expressions of righteous indignation. It seems that the PPP Government got caught in a #Metoo (Me too) moment, and flagrantly so. It is what pierces, is responsible for this unleashing of storming outcries.Before proceeding, I honour those Africans (particularly), Indians, and others who aided when it was not favoured, helped courageously. I speak for them. I go where gods hesitate. I think the word ‘apartheid’ has meaning, substance, traction in today’s Guyana. Beneath the oral and written smoothness, the efforts of the weavers and spinners, there is that other Guyana that is exclusive, the preserve of the new masters. I share that the Virginians, Georgians, and Texans used extracts from the Holy Bible itself to rationalise slavery. Hold in mind, please. I start with Pradoville, a re-
Believe you me in cricketing lingo, the PNC is waiting patiently in the “slip” to join with any entity including the same Exxon who they made the terrible deal with to replace the PPP Government. It is poor judgment, in my opinion, of the Guyanese population to think Exxon will change the sweet deal they got from the Coalition Government without making huge waves in Guyana. The leadership of the PPP knows the terrible consequences that will be meted out on them if they push Exxon hard on changing the oil contract to be fairer to the Guyanese population. The PPP is moving caref ully on this issue with Exxon and I agree with them, knowing what British Petroleum did to Iran andSoLibya.when my Bro. Glenn Lall and others are screaming and hollering on Kaieteur Radio and other media outlets about changing the oil contract with Exxon, my advice to them is “Boat don gan ah fall e can’t tun back”. Any Guyanese Government that tries to change the oil contract with Exxon, “cat eat they dinner.” I would like to commend my Bro. Glenn, for a person who came from the Island of Wakenaam without much formal education made a beautiful analogy on his show about what Guyana is getting from the bad oil contract. He broke it down like this, if Exxon was picking coconuts from a person’s property, for every hundred coconuts that Exxon picked, Exxon will get eighty seven and a half coconuts and the person who owns the property and coconut trees will only get twelve and a half coconuts. So by Bro. Glenn’s argument, I can infer that for every billion dollar worth of oil pumped out of Guyana, Exxon is getting a fat eight hundred and seventy five million and Guyana is getting a meagre two hundred and twenty five million.With a divided society like Guyana, “Deep State”, companies like Exxon will use the racial division or border dispute that Guyana has to force any Guyanese government into submission. All those who are running their mouths off, please follow the history of big oil companies, what they did with many governments around the world. The Coalition Government signed the giveaway of Guyana’s oil and there is nothing that can be done to change it. The same way Guyanese are living with the destruction of the railroads in Guyana by the PNC in 1975, the same way, they will have to live with the giveaway of Guyana’s oil wealth in 2016 by the PNC under the guise of the Coalition Government.
brief ing and get his “disclosure” clearly before rushing to press.
DEAR EDITOR, The African Cultural & Development Association (ACDA) notes with alarm a cartoon in your Sunday August 21 e dition of your newspapers in which your cartoonist depicts ACDA as receiving over Guy$300M.Webelieve this depiction is meant to slander and bring our Association into disgrace and disrepute.ACDAand IDPADA-G are two very distinct and separate organisations. Our Organisation is funded by our members, kind friends and fundShouldraising.we have been so blessed to receive such largesse from any governme nt, ACDA’s presence and work in our community would have multiplied exponentially. Despite our limited resources, we built our headquarters, provide all-day as well as part-time education programmes, offer counse lling services, have a monthly hamper distribution programme that has been operational for over 12 years, run com munity cultural, farming,entrepreneurial,aviationand
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now be formed by individuals the authority feels is best suited and the defense of “no one showed up” would be the excuse/justification for this act?If full cooperation/working together for ‘One Guyana’ is the mantra of our leaders why alienate the people from their own project? Is it about the money or kick back? We know employment is germane to the youth population, we know of the underprivileged situation of many within our community. Wouldn’t it be best to let them labour and earn honestly instead of pondering about their next meal or Avenue of providing?
Editor, don’t you agree that no one but the community will best be able to take care of the community? There is a saying “only the man who lives in his house knows where the leaks are”; when put into context, can we not say the same about where we live? So before any decision is made on the way forward with any CDC, especially the one within North Sophia, I’m pleading for good sense and conscience to prevail, and I’m asking our vibrant and passionate Minister, to rethink the strategies, consider our pleas and engage us directly in dialogue so collaboratively, we will can achieve the ‘One Guyana’.
Two very distinct and separate organisations many other free programmes all through the kind efforts of individuals.Your newsp aper, its journalists and its cartoonist need to familiarise themselves with the work of our organisation before attempting to slander and sully our name. A retraction is sought immediately in a prominent part of your PresidentlistenSuggestnewspaper.thecartoonistandreadtheViceDr.Jagdeopress
AfricanSecretaryRobertaSincerely,MaceyCultural & Development Association Editor’s N ote: Kaieteur News notes and regrets the publication of the cartoon which mistakenly depicted ACDA suggesting an intent to smear its repu tation. We sincerely apologise for the disparaging offering and hereby retract same.
AnonymousRegards, DEAR EDITOR, I watch on with disgust the mockery that is being called and depicted as a local content legislation to benefit the people of Guyana. In truth and in fact, this is simply a tool being used to ensure party financiers all get their return on investment. Which honestly is fine, as they are largely Guyanese companies and will ensure our people get to afford some mutton curry and make some home renovations after they get their fill buying land, boats and Prados.My issue is the blatant disrespect that is even stifling that election promise. We are all clear on why Western Logistics got theirs first, thanks to Deodat. And naturally secLocal Content legislation is a mockery ond place was GLASS. However, how did a Trinidadian company like Aronco Services or Vista trading come to the front of the line? Now we are seeing an onslaught of other foreign companies bypassing local companies once again because they got the right “partner” helping them or did they just go to the spruce and pay the 10k or 15k USD (depending on who you go to, the price varies)? How can this be for Guyana or Guyanese if it is being sold? How can this be for Guyana if these local partners are getting a raw deal and just dummy investors bringing their citizenship and connections only? What money is going to stay in the country for us the people?
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DEAR EDITOR, Please permit me space to address both the issue of the selection of the CDC in North Sophia as well as an appeal to the Hon. Nigel Dharamlall, Minister of Local Government to allow a fair selection of who the CDC representatives are in communities where these active groups are. The CDC, as it suggests, is a community development council which aim is to primarily offer services that aid in community development and enhancement, as such influential and standing members, should be considered in leadership and decision-making policies since they are the ones who are aware of the community needs as well as the ones who will impact positively and have cooperation from the populace within the Recently,demographic.twomembers of our community were contacted by representatives from within the local government ministry and informed about a meeting scheduled to discuss community development strategies and a way forward for the area. A time of 17:00 hours was given for such meeting.Representatives turned up and were told that the meeting had already happened. Now we are not saying that it is politics at play but that’s exactly what conclusion many have decided to settle with since none can understand the reason of same. Therefore, here are my questions: Why inform us of a meeting, and show up two hours earlier to conduct same? Was it intentional so that the CDC will us directly to achieve the ‘One Guyana’
DEAR EDITOR, It was appalling, the damming revelations in the IDB Report on the state of the NA Hospital Complex (KN August 21). The revelations were made more damaging, as successive administrations for almost two decades, neglected a basic medical facility. One wonders what the response of Damaging IDB Report successive RHOs and the regional administration to this indictable situation would be or for that matter, the health min isters? Now the Bank has made a loan for critical upgrades at hospitals. This in an oil-producing economy where the thrust is on mega infrastructural projects.
A concerned and disappointed Guyanese
From page 2 say what are we insuring?”
State should use services of economists to review data especially the lag in making available various indicators. I encountered difficulties in obtaining realistic data when I wrote my MA thesis and PhD dissertation on Guyana. Since independence, data supplied by government on practically everything, especially during the dictatorship, has been ‘suspect’. Scholars felt and feel the data was manipulated for political purposes during the dictatorship. One can’t wholly rely on data provided by certain agencies of the state (but treat them as estimates) especially if an agency wishes to make government look good or bad depending on political loyalty or instructions. In recent years, data seems more realistic than say during the dictatorship. Data was unavailable or had huge errors as Dr. Ramesh Gampat explained in his latest book on Downsizing of the Economy. It is remembered, however, the state agencies provide data to economists, researchers, and policymakers, and one must accept them even at face value and work with them. There were shocks (like pandemic, war, natural calamities) to the economy during the last two years. Estimates or accuracy of data must reflect the effects of these shocks. It seems incredible that inflation is only eight percent when one’s (working class) salary can’t make ends meet. Prices or inflation data, in particular, are problematic in recent years. Prices have increased between two and four times for every item except for a few goods. While rentals, mortgage, and transport have gone up modestly, all of which are factored in measuring inflation, food prices have skyrocketed. Is the services sector under and or over represented in the basket of goods to calculate inflation. Prices of many services have risen and expenditures on them have increased dramatically. Is their weight in the consumption basket accurate? How about health and education expenditures — are they accurately represented given that government has s ubsidized education and aspects of health?When inflation is given at say eight percent and income is up by 10 percent, one concludes that the working class is in the driver’s seat. But that has not been factual. Inflation has eaten way all raises in the minimum wage and increments for state employees. Sugar workers have also been suffering, perhaps the most among all state workers.
'Insurance coverage crucial during construction of massive... for example, the full coverage language was put in place before the project even started up. I believe it was in June 2019 but that project just started up.” He pointed out that the GTE Project Manager from Exxon, Friedrich Krispin, said during a public consultation that the oil company will not walk away from any damages, yet the operator is reluctant to sign onto a guarantee letter to simply say they will cover all liabilities caused by them. To this end, the Specialist argued, “Why wait until everything is finalised? All this is part of the negotiations as part of the entire package. Exxon needs to commit in writing for that gas pipeline that they will cover all liabilities whether it is with insurance or company guarantee that they will cover all cost attached to all liabilities if something happens. What's so unfair about that?”
Yours Vishnutruly,Bisram
DEAR EDITOR, We hang the petty thieves and appoint the great ones to public office. So says Aesop, the Greek storyteller several centuries ago that holds true to this very day. Such an apt description of reality for families in my native land Guyana for both of the two ethnic pariahs that stalk the land.When a people are divided either on the basis of ethnicity or political beliefs, thieves reign and co rruption is instituti onalised. The absence of real public discourse as legislation circumvents and archives laws that are in the interest, of in this instance, the Guyanese nation. And everyone plays along not understanding that we are all our brothers’ keepers. It has a force so powerful that it transcends time and lays bare the very fabric on which our society is w oven. There are many who side with evil in a blanket wall of silence and when the consequences are upon them, they recede in the dark recesses of their minds loudly excla iming, where did I go wrong?
GHKSincerely,Lall It will include among other things, the splitting of Region 4 i nto sub-districts, reduced discretionary power of the Chief Elections Office, polling places being identified ahead of elections day, and among others, a manual on the conduct of elections publicized three months before the elections.
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There are many who side with evil Apartheid - A stinging sensation...
Instruments that afforded 2020 election fiasco still... was party card. In Ali’s hour, it is party identity, and identify politics. Don’t be blind.
KrisToronto,KooblallCanada visive follies. They were always accompanied by willing henchmen perfecting verbal farces to justify all many horrors. In Burnham’s time, it From page 3 be compiled on the basis of a fresh house to house enumeration.Theycalled for enhanced bio-metrics and electronic voting among other reforms.
He stammered, “How we gonna do, it's like how you gonna start the insurance, first of all, the people are gonna say, the insurers, where is this pipeline? Have you built this pipeline, no. We are now procuring material. We are procuring the material to start laying of it. We are now 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 can talk about insurance.”Already, former Head of the EPA, Dr. Vincent Adams have outlined his disagreement with the VPs position. Dr. Adams believes, “That doesn't make any sense. I mean we can't wait until the structure is put up. You already have a design, and as a matter of fact for Liza Two
DEAR EDITOR, Accurate socio-economic data is critical to addressing inflation and other problems facing the country. Workable policy has to be based on accurate data to address socioeconomic issues. Without accurate data, effective policies can’t be planned to address persistent problems. Poor data make predictions and solutions difficult. If data is deficient, it introduces errors and uncertainty in planning, causing policies to fail as we saw during the Burnham and Hoyte dictatorship.Scholars and researchers have complained about data,
Accurate data or consideration for the above points in calculating inflation will give a truer picture of real inflation. It will give a real picture of the economic state and also the economic conditions of the workforce especially their loss of purchasing power making it possible for state intervention to help the workforce.Thestate should consider the service of skilled economists to review data so we get a realistic or more accurate picture of macro-economic and social indicators and how to address them.
From page 4 beautifully in doing just that: target those who should be excluded, without relief. Like South Africa and the South (American), they must be subhuman. Punished. Kept yearning.Other than for my American journey, I very well could have found myself among the Guyanese scavenging for survival, resentful at the authors of my plights. I persist that what we have here is a nuanced system in its m any forms of apartheid sheathed in glossy politically correct speech, cheerleading squads, leadership marketing. Stalin’s worst held enemies were those who contradicted his blatant falsehoods, his flagrant societal fouls, and his destructive, di-
Following Parliament's recess, Vice President Jagdeo said that changes will be made to the Representation of the People's Act (RoPA) come October.
To drive home his point on the need for proper safeguards to be instituted, the former EPA Head reminded that an oil spill in Peru forced the government to sue the operator as there was no provision in place. As such, he reasoned, “Is that where we want to be? To wait until something happens to start putting all this in place or will we just ask them to sign a letter of guarantee where they can safeguard the operation?”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 insuranceJagdeopolicy. explained that the cost of the project will be repaid through the monthly electricity bills of Guyanese. He has calculated that the cost of power will be slashed in half from the current $30 cents per kilowatt hour to $15 cents per kilowatt hour.
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From time immemorial, citizens of this country have had to endure the anxiety of national elections. Whether it is the fear of violence or threats of violence, for many, it is a traumatic experience whenever elections time come around and this ought not to be. We witnessed the indignity not so long ago when the Guyana Elections Commission took five months before it could have declared the results of the 2020 elections. Thankfully, during that period, there were not many violent episodes.
No other person in this country seems to have problems with these proposals if they are to be put in place and managed properly, other than the PPP/C Government. We heard the Vice President making all kinds of excuses at a news conference last week, although acknowledging that biometrics is a good anti-fraud method. These gaffes from our leaders only confirm what many think of them - power grabbers by any means necessary, while we the citizens must suffer.
One would have thought that after such debacle, our leaders would sit together to fix whatever problems exist in the administering of elections here with a view of easing the tension citizens face. Instead, the government seems more contented in hauling persons to court and fashion changes to the electoral laws that suit it best. We have seen two commonsense proposals for better elections management coming from the Opposition - biometrics and a new voters list.
Towards clean elections
AsVicePresident, Bharrat continuesJagdeotofail on promises to publish monthly oil production reports; this newspaper has been reliably informed that theExecutiveDirectorofthe Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Kemraj Parsram has transported all files regarding petroleum productiontohisoffice. Sources within the agency explained that the entire cabinet containing information on ExxonMobil and its partners- was shifted to Parsram's office recently Jagdeopromisedjustover18 months ago that there is no reasonforthedatatoremain hidden and that he would seek to ensure it becomes available However, no report has been published since then, rather moves have been reportedly made tofurtherguardthedata. Thispublicationwastold that the files containing information on the offshore activities have been relocated from the agency's filing room to Parsram's office, which means that no officerwillbeallowedtoadd or remove a document withoutthepermissionofthe Chief. Kaieteur News understands that this change has made the employees uncomfortableastheywould havetoawaithispermission before making a necessary filing.More importantly however is the suspicion of the employees that the files contain information that should be hidden from the public
Cuffy 250 Committee defers forum to August 28
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Director's office when explained, “With regards to environmental matters only I have no knowledge of anythingelsewithregardsto thatHematter.”declined to say what prompted the relocation of the documents Bharrat however noted that the oil production reports are published on the Ministry's website. When the Minister was asked to share a link to thesaiddata,heassuredthat his staff would do so by today(Monday).
Executive Director of the EPA, Kemraj Parsram Minister of Resources,Natural Vickram Bharrat
The National Drainage and Irrigation Authority (NDIA) plans to conduct maintenance works on fixed and mobile pumps across threeRegionsinthecountry The engineer attached to the department has so far estimatedthattheworkscan cost $877.5 million. In an Invitation For Bids (IFB) published in the Sunday edition of this publication, it was explained that the servicesaredividedintofour lots. Lot 1 will address the pumpsinRegionThreeatan estimated$203,805,000.Lot 2 is estimated to cost some $158,929,000 in Region ThreewhileLot3willcover thepumpsinRegionFourat an estimated cost of 365,585,000 Lot 4 will address the needs of the capital city alone to the tune of149,220,000.Thebids for the “maintenance and services” of the NDIA pumps will be opened at the National Procurement and Tender Administration Board (NPTAB)onSeptember6.In presentingthisyear'sBudget to the National Assembly, Finance Minister, Dr Ashni Singh noted that the government will continue to strengthen the drainage and irrigation network across all Regions.Tothis end, he announced that $13 billion has been budgeted to upgrade drainage and irrigationsystems. Of this sum, over $1 billionisbudgetedtoprocure 37 new mobile pumps to be installed along the coast, in Regions Two, Three, Four, Five and Six, in areas vulnerable to flooding. The Minister noted that another 100 tractor driven pumps will be purchased to be utilised in all coastal Regions.“T h i s w i l l b e complemented by the c o n s t r u c t i o n a n d rehabilitation of pump stations at Canal No. 1, ALine sluice WBD, Charity and Cozier, which will benefit over 9,500 acres of coastalfarmlands. These interventions, along with the development of drainage improvement in the Mahaica Mahaicony area,willbenefitover36,300 acres of farmlands,” Dr Singhexplained.
NDIA engineer estimates close to $1B to fix drainage pumps sources
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Former Executive MemberoftheTransparency InstituteGuyana Inc (TIGI), Mr Alfred Bhulai for examplehasbeenrepeatedly making his views known regarding the hiding of the data.BackinApril,hewrote a letter contending, “The farmer must know how much of which crops he reaps, and the shopkeeper howmuchofwhichitemshe sells.”Bhulai, a former University of Guyana (UG) Lecturer,whoholdsadegree in Applied Chemistry and Engineering, explained that Guyanese are paying for the LizaDestinyandLizaUnity Floating Production Storage and Offloading (FPSO) vessels operating in the Stabroek Block but are completelyunawareofwhat value they are getting for their dollars, as information pertaining to the levels of production among others, are not readily available for public scrutiny Presently, thepublicisfreetoviewthe revenue accumulated from oil production, through the Ministry of Finance's website. However, there are no reports on how much of the resource is being removed from below the seafloors, as well as other technicalBhulaidata.hasbeenvocalon severalmatterspertainingto the environment, but while serving on the watchdog organization,hedetailedthat aonehourmeetingwasheld withthesubsidiarycompany of ExxonMobil, Esso Exploration and Production Guyana Limited (EEPGL), onFebruary12,2021,during which the Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Alistair Routledge pointed out that the company wanted to be t r a n s p a r e n t However, when questions were put to the company, it saidthatthedetailswouldbe sharedwiththegovernment. Unfortunately, after waiting for a full year for those details, Bhulai detailed that his hopes of accessing the sameHefaded.saidonMarch26last year,afterwaitinginvainfor EEPGLtosendtherequested recording of the Zoom meeting, TIGI directed questions in writing to the Minister of Natural Resources, which were copiedtotheEPA.Oneyear later,theadvocatesaidheis (Continuedon
The basic question is simply this: “Is it now unconstitutional and illegal toholdavirtualforumonthe state of African Guyanese titled Resisting the EmergingApartheidState?”
Cuffy250 Committee saiditisfullyawareofviews about the title that follow parallel but widely separate tracks.“Onetrack,forahostof reasons, holds the view that thetitleisTOOHARSHand totallyTheinappropriate.othertracksees the title as TOO WEAK and unfocused. It could have been, for a different set of reasons, “Resisting the Existing Apartheid Conditions.”According to the committee, the forum since 2013 has had panelists fully discuss the state (condition) ofAfricanGuyanesewithout censure.“The unexpected threat implied by the Office of the AG signals that something has emerged that was never therebefore2022. Inlightof theAG's threat, Cuffy250 is consulting its lawyers on whether the AG's letter jeopardizes the right to free speech Given this development, Cuffy 250 announces that the conference is postponed until August 28, 2022 to clarify this basic question,” thestatementadded.
One of the NDIAs mobile pumps (Ministry of Agriculture photo)
In a statement, the committeesaidalettertothe editorfromtheOfficeofthe Attorney General has raised aseriousquestionwhichthe organisationhasneverhadto dealwithsinceitsfirstforum in 2013 on the state of AfricanGuyanese.
F o r m o n t h s , transparency activists have been lobbying for the oil production reports to be madepublic.
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The source said, “This is not how we should be operating. Moving this cabinet to his office means theyhavesomethingtohide. We know that there should be full transparency This databelongstothepeople.” The source said this strategicmovewastoensure that the data is monitored to preventitfrombeingshared to the public without authorization of the agency and the government by extension. Efforts to contact Parsram yesterday were futile. Text messages to his c e l l w e r e a l s o unacknowledgeduptopress time.The Natural Resources Minister, Vickram Bharrat later confirmed that some “environmental” files were relocatedtoParsram'soffice. He was asked whether he was made aware that a cabinet containing all oil related information was shifted to the Executive
Oil production data reportedly under guard of EPA Head
....TheCuffy250Committeehasdeferreditsplannedforumtitled: 'ResistingtheEmergingApartheidState”.
This is advantage imported items; they are all locally-grown commodities. The farmers and the vendors are making a mockery of President Irfaan Ali’s food security campaign. If the prices of locally-grown commodities are skyrocketing, as they are at present, then Guyana has no moral authority to lead the Caribbean’s efforts at food security.President Ali has to take a serious look at what is happening before he goes jetsetting to ask the Caribbean to grow more food and to buy more food from Guyana. Charity begins at home. But there is nothing charitable about the prices which the local farmers and vendors are demanding for locally-grown produce. Nor is the problem the seasonality of production. The prices are increasing in and out of season.The farmers and vendors are overdoing it. No doubt, they too are affected by rising prices, including for fuel and fertilisers.They too have to pay double the normal price for cooking oil and pay higher amounts for dry goods at the grocers and supermarkets. But the increases which they have foisted on the public are excessive and disproportionate to the increased input costs and higher cost of living which they have to bear. Nor is the problem a shortfall in production. The May-June rains of this year did not affect the agricultural sector as much as it did last year. Production therefore ought not to be a problem. The government in fact is boasting about success in increasing the production of swamp shrimp. Y et, the price for a bucket of this shrimp is $22,000 when during period of glut had before the government invested in expanding production, a bucket of the same shrimp used to retail for as low as $9,000. What is really going on in this country? Why are the farmers and fruit and vegetable vendors taking so much advantage of citizens? The increase in fish and chicken prices is understandable because the fishers have to pay much higher fuel costs and their catches are much smaller than before.The higher price for stockfeed has also pushed up chicken prices. As for duck and mutton, the average man can only afford to eat this once in a blue moon. All of this has left consumers in a quandary. Consumers however have power! They are not hapless and helpless. They have the power to decide whether they will pay higher prices. What Guyana needs is a one week, in which the entire country decides that it will not eat fruits and vegetables. One week without this will not kill anybody but it will force the farmers to bring down their prices. All it will take is for Guyanese to stop buying fruits and vegetables for one week. This will force a reduction in prices since the produce will spoil in the vendors’ hands and they will be forced to reduce their prices the following week. The present situation is the markets amounts to extortion.Theprices of locally produced vegetables and fruits are stretching the wallets of Certainly,consumers.thereis a need for action to be taken to reduce road carnage. Whether three days of fasting and prayers are the answer is debatable.Butwhen it comes to prices in the markets, one week of not buying or purchasing fruits or vegetables will help drive down prices and prevent further exploitation.
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(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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A man on the social media platform Tik Tok has said that Guyana needs three days of fasting and prayers. He was responding to the spate of motor vehicle accidents on our Well,roads. if Guyana needs three days of fasting and prayers to help address road carnage, then it needs a week of fasting and prayers to address the unconscionable prices vendors are charging for vegetables and fruits. On Friday last, three small boulangers were being sold in the markets for $500. Not even during the Great Flood of 2005 were prices so prohibitive. A small bundle of bora was retailing for $300. A small parcel of ochroes was going for $200. The prices of callaloo and same beans have all increased despite the improvement in the weather for weeksSquash,now.the cheapest of all vegetables and which is usually sold for $100, is now $500. Tomatoes were retailing at G$700 per lb. On the bright side, plantains were retailing at $120 per lb, down from a high of $250 per lb a few months ago.Fruit prices are as high as the trees on which they grow. Pineapples which previously were selling for $500 each are now retailing for $800 each. Apple bananas were selling at $240 per lb and five black spice mangoes were fetching $1000. A amount.spendentirefruits$5,000couldnowableitemscanform$1,000.watermelonmedium-sizedwastoppingThereisverylittle,intheofvegetables,whichyounowbuyfor$100.Allthewhichyouusedtobetopurchasefor$100are$200,evengenip.Wheninthepast,yougotothemarketwithandcomeawaywithandvegetablesfortheweek,younowhavetomorethantwicethisAndthesearenot
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“ We w a n t f u l l cooperation of the residents.”Theministersaidthatthe unpriced bill of quantities willbemadeavailabletothe communities so that residents can keep track of their road projects C o n s t r u c t i o n a n d rehabilitation of the Canvas City Back Road will be undertakenbyJKEnterprise Inc.atacostof$13.9M,and rehabilitation of Bonus Street,Amelia'sWardwillbe undertaken by Legalize Trucking & Contracting Service at a cost of$42 9Million, while another Amelia's Ward Street, City Gates, will cost $48 million and will be undertaken by Deodat S e w k u m a r
25 roads in Region 10 for major upgrade
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TheHighCommissionof India has announced that Corporal Deron Jermin Harvey from the Guyana Defence Force (GDF), has been selected for the Young Bandsmen Course at Army Education Corps Training College and Centre, in Pachmarhi, India, from the 10th August 2022 to 20th J u n e 2 0 2 3 This is part of the ITEC Defence courses which are designedforFriendlyArmed Forces across the world by the Indian Ministry of Defence, the High Commission said in a press r e l e a s e Corporal Harvey joined theGDFin2014andisnow partoftheBandCorpsofthe Army Military Band. He residesontheWestCoastof Demerara During his courtesy call on the High Commissioner of India, Dr KJ Srinivasa Corporal Harvey was briefed on the course and the ongoing collaboration between GDF and Indian armed forces on training. India and Guyana partnership across various sectors now includes a strong collaboration in defence training also According to the High Commission, in early 2021, the Government of India announced 19 defence training slots to Guyana Defence Force under its Indian Technical and Economic Cooperation (ITEC) Programme. These training slots include: 10 Army Courses, 4 Naval Courses and 5 Air Force Courses. These courses of different durations, 3 to 6 months, are spread over multiple months that are being conducted in different time periods during the 2021-2022cycle.Thisisthe first time that Guyana has access to these military trainingprogrammes.Under ITEC Programme, the Government of India covers all expenses related to this training and provide the trainees return air ticket, (Continued on page 16)
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“Overheating is when there is over expenditure in the system, and there is no mopping up from the monetary side. So, this is something that we are managing, that we are very cautious about,” President Aliexplained.Headdedthat,“Youcan get carried away very easily when you have resources comingyourwayandgoona massive expansion plan or expenditure plan, that can cause hyperinflation, overheating and especially operating in the conditions that we are operating under now, where globally you haverisingcostoffood.The Guyanese leader said there are some expenditures that cannotbeavoided. “We are ensuring that whatever we do, we are not overextendingourselves,we are not overextending the financialsystem,andwe are k e e p i n g t o t h e transformativeinvestment.”
The Head of State was speakingonFridayduringan interview with Trinidad and Tobago's CNC3 Television while on a State Visit to the TwinIslandRepublic.
With these essential investments in the national transformative agenda, comes the responsibility to put more money into the pockets of ordinary Guyanese through job creation or other measures, Dr.Ali posited. He said that the PPP/C Government has beenabletocreatethousands of jobs in various sectors, since it assumed office in August 2020, in keeping withitsmanifestopromise.
President Dr Irfaan Ali s a y s G u y a n a ' s transformational agenda makes provision for increased government expenditure in areas such as housing, healthcare, education, agriculture and other critical sectors, and therefore,thereneedstobea balance in the management oftheHoweverresources.,President Ali noted that while the economic development will continue,expenditurewillbe managed to prevent an overheatingoftheeconomy
“So, what we require of youistwothings,makesure we tell everybody in the neighbourhood the road start, they have to give full cooperation because the machinetoclearawayandto digupwillbeinthewayand it means that while the men are working, we can't have taxidrivinginbecauseevery time they have to stop for a taxitopass,theworkwillnot getdone.”Minister Edghill has urgedresidentstoendurethe temporary inconvenience, fortheultimatedevelopment of their own communities. He has also urged the contractors to work quickly, to put out quality work, and toalsoemploypersonsfrom those communities on the variousroadprojects.
Contractors will begin rehabilitation of 25 roads in Region 10 to the tune of some $800 million, the MinistryofPublicWorkshas said.On Friday, last Juan Edghill, Minister of Public Works, held a meeting with the contractors who would be undertaking the projects, before making several site visits to meet with residents and speak with them about theupcomingworks. The minister's first stop was at Block 22 Wismar, Linden where he told residents: “Now we have a $25millioncontractthatwill begin on Monday, it would take about two weeks Where the region would have ended their work, the Region's piece will connect to the Ministry of Public Works piece, and this long overdue fixing would have beenRdone.”oadrehabilitation in this area would benefit both residentsfromBlock22and from Wisroc as well. “I noticedthatacertainMPhad put on his Facebook page thatit(roadrehabilitation)is not being done because of the arrogance of the Minister, but I don't know why anyone would say anything that is easily verifiable This road deteriorated under the APNU+AFC, of which that MPis a member, and here it is President Irfaan Ali, who came from the PPP/C is comingtoBlock22justlike we developed it because Block 22 was developed under President Jagdeo, as a developmentscheme. We put in all the roads, but the roads deteriorated, they were not maintained properly and now we are getting those fixed,” Minister Edghill stated Contractor, Morris Jeffery Enterprise will be undertaking the Block 22 project.Minister Egdhill and a team, including Ministry of Public Works Engineer, Dwayne Roland and Regional Executive Officer, Dwight John, visited a n u m b e r o f o t h e r communities where rehabilitation works are slated to begin. During his visit to Canvas City Back Road, Minister Edghill said he is well aware that rehabilitating these 25 roads would not alleviate all those communities' issues; however,henotedit'sastart and that much more development is planned for thefuture.“TheGovernment is not running and going anywhere, President Irfaan Ali will be here for a long time,andourcommitmentis to bring development to all thepeople.Wedid not look to see howpeoplevote,welookto seewherepeopleliving,and the fact the people living at Amelia'sWard andAmelia's Ward is a scheme that was developed under the PPP/C, oneofthebiggestschemes,it was clear that no maintenancewasbeingdone and so we are making some interventionsnow We would have to come backwithsomenewwaveof interventions later because theyhaveothersectionsthat needtobedone.”
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In fact, the booming housing programme currentlyunderwayhasseen thousands of Guyanese gainingemployment,aswell as the Government's parttime“Ourjobs.costforenergywill come down by 50 percent, thatwillcreateanewwaveof jobs in the industrial and manufacturing sectors…we have six new hotels coming onstream,wehavetoscreen 6,000peopleatleasttowork in the hospitality sector,” he said.The President asserted that while the emerging economy is creating enough opportunity for jobs, there comes the issue of skilled labour In this regard, the Administration is working on building the capacity and knowledge of the local workforce in preparation for the jobs to come. This is being done through the expansionofthescholarship programme and the expansion of the local technical and vocational programmestocaterfornew andemergingsectors.(DPI)
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From page 8 yet to receive an answer to his email.Importantly, he shared that the body was seeking continuous data on production, storage, and offloading of oil and water, and on the reinjection of water and gas, which are the business of the FPSOs, being paid for by Guyana. Additionally, TIGI was reportedly under... seeking production quantities, since oil, gas and associated substances can endanger the environment for Guyana and the Caribbean, he said, adding that as responsible business owners, we must not only a ssess the danger but also prepare for it. Similarly, the former EPA head, Dr. Vincent Adams reasoned in a letter earlier this month, that since the EPA seems to be making strides towards becoming transparent, it w ould be prudent for the agency to provide the Guyanese public with monthly data on the exploitation of its oil resource.For instance, he noted that monthly reports on the amount of oil produced; the amount of water produced; sea water injected and the total amount of produced water being dumped into the sea should be made public.Further, Dr. Adams said that citizens also deserve to know the amount of gas produced, re-injected and used for other purposes on the two Floating Pro duction Storage and Offloading (FPSO) Vessels, currently in operation.Meanwhile, Jagdeo at a press conference on Friday was again asked about the pro duction reports when he appeared appalled at the fact that these repo rts are yet to be made public. It was the Kaieteur News boss, Mr. Glenn Lall who followed up with him on his promise made since February 8, 2021, when he said he is not sure why the reports have not been made public. Jagdeo fumbled, “Oh the production reports, yeah they come out, I told them at least every week and stuff like that we can put that (out) that's not secret data or a nything like that so let me find out again.”
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Asked why he chose to call Bascom, Bacchus said that it’s because he is a police off icer and he was not a stranger to his home. “I call him to take me in knowing that he is a police officer, so a situation with this calibre… I needed somebody to take me in and I did call him to take me in”, insisted the ex-convict.
Bacchus refutes Crime Chief’s claims lawyer took him into CID - insists Detective Sergeant Bascom was the one him. I am going down there. Then after words, I jump pon the phone and I call Bascom. I call him and say, watch a bulletin issued for me and he come and he pick me up and we go in there”, Bacchus told Chase. He explained that shortly after they arrived at the CID headquarters, his lawyer showed up to represent him as the detectives grilled him about the Fagundes’ murder.
As it relates to why Bascom frequents his home, Bacchus said, “Bascom has been coming to my home a very long time. Bascom is a friend… the woman with whom I am in a relationship with, her son and B ascom is close friends… I come out of prison and meet Bascom coming to this home. Bascom is no stranger to this home.Heknow all the woman children them.”
In response to claims made that he is a police informant, Bacchus said that this is not true. Police had listed Bacchus as their prime suspect in the murder of ‘Paper Shorts’ on April 6 and he turned himself in an hourWithafter.no evi dence in their possession to link him to the crime, police released him. Bacchus back then during an interview with Travis Chase, had claimed innocence and said that he had nothing to do with the murder.Hemaintained his innocence in the recent interview and said he has put his past behind him. In the ongoing back and forth between GPF and Bascom, Blanhum had said that it was Roger Khan, a close friend of ‘Paper Shorts’ who had tipped them off that he was involved in the killing.Bascom has since implicated a prominent businessman, Azruddin Mohamed and a security guard with Mohamed’s Enterprise, Mark Richmond in the murder and has accused his superiors, one of them, Superintendent Mitchell Caesar of taking a bribe to cover-up the case and alleged that they wanted Bacchus to take the fall for Mohamed,it. Richmond and Caesar have since denied Bascom’s allegations and have threatened to sue him for millions for defamation of GPFcharacter.ontheother hand wants to charge him for breaching its code of conduct.They have already submitted a case file with recommendations to the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP), Shalimar Ali Hack. Rondell Bacchus known as “Killa”
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Rondell Bacchus known by his alias “Killa” has refuted claims made by Crime Chief, Wendell Blanhum that his lawyer had turned him in at the Criminal Investigations Department (CID) after the Guyana Police Force issued a wanted bulletin for him in connection with the murder of Ricardo Fagundes better known as ‘Paper Shorts’.Heis now insisting that it was Police Detective Sergeant Bascom, who had picked him up from his home and took him to the police stat Bascomion.had alleged in a Facebook live that senior ranks at the CID wanted Bacchus, an exconvict, to take the fall for the murder of ‘Paper Shorts’ as part of a massive cover-up plan. The detective claimed that he was the one who decided to take Bacchus in just to save his life. In the live video, he alleged that part of the cover-up plan was to send out ranks to arrest Bacchus and then make it look as if he had died during a confrontation with police. The Crime Chief, Wendell Blanhum and the Guyana Police Force (GPF), have called Bascom a liar and stated that his allegations are concocted and malicious in nature. In his arguments, the Crime Chief in a press conference stated that it was Bacchus’ La wyer who had turned him in to police for ‘Paper Shorts’ murder and not TheBascom.Force did not stop there in its campaign to discredit Bascom and had moved to publish a photo of CID investigators interviewing Bacchus in the presence of his lawyer, DamienHowever,DaSilva.Bacchus himself has come forward to say that the Crime Chief’s statement is not entirely true and that Bascom was speaking the truth when he said that he was the one to take him in. In a recent interview with journalist Travis Chase, Bacchus related that when he learnt of the bulletin, the first person he called was his lawyer but it was Bascom who picked him up and took him to CID. “When I learn of the wanted bulletin issued for me, the first person I jump pon meh phone and call is my attorney Damien DaSilva and tell he that I am going down at Eve Leary with or without
‘Paper Shorts’ murder…
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LEO (July 23–Aug. 22) The day's general mood should fit quite well with your agenda, Leo. There's no need to fixate on the negative. Keep things light and upbeat and worry about the consequences later.
TAURUS(Apr.20–May20) Take yourself on a mental adventure today in which you explore new aspects of your world. Discuss philosophy and religion. Get to the core of a matter that seriously interests you.
ARIES (Mar. 21–Apr. 19) There's an extra spark in your eye that people won't be able to ignore. Today's a good day to get your point across, because you'll find people more open and receptive to new things than usual.
SCORPIO (Oct. 23–Nov. 21) You could be asked to make some spontaneous decisions today that you might not feel entirely comfortable making, Scorpio. You could feel you don't have enough facts.
LIBRA (Sept. 23–Oct. 22) Use your power resources today, Libra, as you have a great deal of dynamic energy at your dispo sal. You have the ability to transform and conquer anything now.
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SportsMax - A century from Guyanese batsmen Rampertab Ramnauth and a half-century and Shamar Yearwood were the star performances of day one of the third round of matches in the West Indies Rising Stars U19 Championship.AtArnosVale, Jamaica, currently third in the standings with 21 points and Guyana fourth with 19.8 points, entered this thirdround encounter seeking to push up the standings for the first and second-placed positions ahead of the final round. After Jamaica won the toss and sent Guyana into bat, the Guyanese openers got a solid start before Tonnani Ceasar (19) was dismissed with the score on 49 in the 16thHowever,over. Ramnauth with 107 (170 balls, 11x4, 2x6) controlled and steadied the Guyanese innings. He shared in a crucial 114-run third wicket stand with Shamar Yearwood before he was dismissed with the score on 195 in the 54th over. Rain interrupted play initially and action was extended until pm. After the tea interval, Jamaica got two quick wickets on resumption as Guyana slipped from 195-3 to 225-5 in the 76th over. Guyana eventually closed on 281-6 in 89 overs.The left-handed Yearwood whose unbeaten knock of 86 (194 balls, 7x4) quickly resurrected control of Guyana’s innings sharing in a 51-run sixth wicket alliance with Alvin Mohabhir (19). The highlight of Yearwood’s unbeaten knock so far was in the 78th over when smashed four boundaries off medium-pace bowler JustinLeft-armWalters.spinner Alex Hinds with economical figures of (25-7-53-3) was the pick of the Jamaican bowlers.
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Rampertab Ramnauth, Shamar Yearwood stars of opening day of round three of Windies U19 Rising Star Championship
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Meanwhile, at Park Hill, a fighting half-century from Windwards opener Stephan Pascal (52) and a patient innings of 43 by middle-order batter Kirk Murray, could not prevent the Windward Islands from being routed for 152 runs in 62 overs by Barbados.The Bajans, who are currently the competition table leaders ended the day on 110. They did not let the regular rain intervals affect them as a complete team bowling performance in utilizing bowlingfriendly conditions combined to skittle the Windward IslandsJaydenbatters.Roberts 3-42 and Tariq Oneale 3-21 were the primary destroyers while Johann Layne 2-38 and leftarm spinner Nathan Sealey 212, also contributed. At Cumberland, Trinidad & Tobago entered this third round needing a strong performance to move up in the pointsHowever,standings.onthe rain-interrupted day, it was second placed Leeward Islands in a game watched by Leeward Islands Cricket Board (LICB) president and CWI Director Enoch Lewis, that have taken earlyAfteradvantage.winning the toss and sending Trinidad into bat, they restricted the young side to 122-5 after 62 tight overs. Rampertab Ramnauth
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Bagnaia takes third straight win, Quartararo storms to second
Dottin’s unbeaten 68 in vain as Northern Superchargers defeat Manchester Originals by seven wickets can batter clubbed 13 fours and two sixes to propel her side to what seemed like an unlikely victory. Alyssa Healy contributed 28 from 18 balls and Hollie Armitage 24 from 20 also made useful contributions. Dottin proved a tad expensive with the ball conceding 34 runs from 19 balls. Kate Cross 1-26 from 20 balls and Emma Lamb 1-23 from 15 were MO’s best bowlers. (Reuters) - Ducati’s Francesco Bagnaia made it three MotoGP wins in a row at the A ustrian Grand Prix yesterday, while world championship leader Fabio Quartararo stormed to second on his Yamaha with a late surge in Spielberg.Bagnaia, who also won the British GP and the Dutch GP, finished 0.492 seconds ahead of Quartararo, while Jack Miller completed the podium.He became only the second Italian rider in the modern MotoGP era to win three consecutive races after Valentino Rossi, who retired last year after winning nine world titles.“It was a long race... I did too many mistakes in the first p art of the year, so it was time for me to be more smart,” Bagnaia said in a post-race interview.“When I looked at the gap, I tried to be very cautious with the time laps because I was sure that my pace was good enough to open the gap and in the last two laps, I just tried to be calm. I am very happy with my team, they have done an incredible job.”
Ducati Lenovo’s Francesco Bagnaia in action during the race. Leonhard(REUTERS/Foeger)
KING!… of the strip - Team Mohamed’s masterfully reclaims strip record of the action and were treated to a few impressive warm up runs, including the record breaking run, before the heavens opened up. Despite the day’s forecast which had overcast conditions and rain for the entire afternoon, a few lower classes of cars were asked to take centre stage when there was an ease in the weather after the three-hour interruption. However, the ease lasted only minutes as a light consistent downpour started when the 16 and 15-second competitors began to line up. The plan prior to the resumption may have been to use those classes to assist with the drying of the strip. But with a confirmed list of 140 competitors and a late start on a track without lighting, it was certain the GMR&SC would have been unable to complete all the elimination races. At one point, the deliberation was contesting races based on the severity of the weather since sunshine became a rarity. Some good fortune floated by for those who persisted and the organisers were able to complete the 16, 15, 14 and 13-second classes and were in the midst of the 12-second class when bad lighting became the decider. There was an unfortunate and almost tragic end to the meet after an audacious attempt to reset the strip record by Trinidadian Kervin Ribierio resulted in him losing control of his 1jz RX-7, on the still wet surface, skidding in his launch and did a turtle roll onto the roof where it came to an immediate halt. Fortunately, the driver walked away in good health. Detailed results of the event will be published in a later issue with the confirmation of class winners.
SportsMax - Deandra Dottin’s unbeaten 68 proved to be in vain as Manchester Originals’ Women went down by seven wickets with a ball to spare against Northern Superchargers (Women) in a thrilling encounter at Leeds yesterday.Dottin’s 30-ball 68 that included five fours and six sixes helped MO to 160-3 from the hundred balls. Opener Lizelle Lee’s 27-ball 40 and Sophie Ecclestone’s 17-ball 24 were significant contributions to what seemed like a winning score.However, Northern Superchargers recovered from 1063 with 24 balls remaining to snatch victory at the death thanks to a whirlwind knock from Laura Wolvaardt, who smashed an unbeaten 90 from just 49 balls. The South AfriDeandra Dottin smashed 68 from just 30 balls but Manchester Originals went down by seven wickets to Northern Superchargers.
Starting second on the grid, Bagnaia made a lightning start at the Red Bull Ring as he overtook pole sitter Enea Bastianini of Gresini Racing on the opening lap. Bastianini dropped further down to fourth on the sixth lap when Bagnaia’s team mate Miller and Pramac Ducati’s Jorge Martin moved up before he was forced to end his race due to a deflating front tyre after running his bike into the gra vel. Martin had looked set for a podium finish but he ran wide at the chicane on the 17th lap, surrendering third spot to Yamaha rider Quartararo, who started fifth on theQuartargrid.aro then piled pressure on Miller for second and succeeded with less than three laps to go after pulling off a stunning move in the middle of the chicane at turnThetwo.Frenchman now has a 32-point lead over Aprilia’s Aleix E spargaro in the riders championship, while Ba gnaia is third, 44 points behind the leader.
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Less than 24 hours after the South Dakota’s 1320 Strip was reset by Trinidadian Sheldon Bissessar in his Spritzer Dragster rail car, it was reclaimed in the morning session of the Guyana Motor Racing and Sports Club’s (GMR&SC) International Drag Racing Meet, yesterday. The feat was achieved during the continuation of the qualifying/dial-in sessions as Team Mohamed’s Pro-mod, driven by Clint Satterfield, clocked 7.036s in the ¼ mile run to eclipse Bissessar’s benchmark of 7.208s, set on Saturday.Bikes and cars lined the track quite early to spark rivalry of the highest order, but the unfortunate arrival of inclement weather forced a stoppage of activities for just over two hours after the event’sThousandscommencement.offans also arrived early to get a glimpse GMR&SC’S International Drag Race Meet…
City dominated possession in the final stages but had to settle for a draw that left them second in the table on seven points, two behind leadersNewcastleArsenal.are sixth on five points. “We scored the third goal in the 64th minute, it was very early. I’m a bit disappointed we didn’t score the fourth, but still, a good react ion from the team,” Silva told the BBC.Trippier was disappointed his side only came away with a point. “We want to go toe to toe with them and I thought we did that throughout the match, but Man City are a top side and they have the quality of the players to get themselves back into the game,” he told Sky Sports.
Manchester City’s Erling Braut Haaland celebrates scoring their second goal. (REUTERS/Scott Heppell)
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados (AP) — Four batsmen posted half centuries as New Zealand overhauled the West Indies’ total of 301-8 to win the third one-day international yesterday by five wickets and clinch the series Tom2-1. Latham scored 69 and put on 120 for the fourth wicket with Daryl Mitchell (63) in a stand which paced the run chase and carried New Zealand in sight of victory. Martin Guptill (57) and Devon Conway (56) had earlier combined to add 82 runs for the second wicket to give New Zealand a platform for a demanding chase. Mitchell was out with the total 248 in the 42nd over and Latham at 259 in the 44th, still with New Zealand requiring 43 runs. Jimmy Neesham settled the issue with a decisive innings of 34 from 11 deliveries, taking 18 runs from the 45th over bowled by Yannic Cariah. Neesham hit a six from the bowling of West Indies captain Nicholas Pooran to end the chase with 17 balls remaining. “It was obviously nice to make a contribution,” Latham said. “I think the partnership that Daryl and I were able to make put them under pressure. We set a target of getting to that 40-over mark where we needed a run a ball.” Latham appeared to have erred when he chose to bowl first and as the West Indies flourished in good batting conditions. Kyle Mayers made 105 in a 173-
“I took my time in the powerplay and it gave me the chance to get in. The last two games I got out in the powerplay,” Mayers said in a television interview. “It’s not every day you bat the powerplay for 20 runs but it worked out well in the end.”
Man City fight back for thrilling 3-3 draw at Newcastle
New Zealand beat West Indies in 3rd ODI, clinch series 2-1 Mayers and Pooran fireworks in vain run opening partnership with Shai Hope, and Pooran smashed nine sixes in a rapid 91 for the West Indies. The pitch proved much better for batting than those on which the West Indies won the first match by five wickets and New Zealand won the second by 50 runs. The highest previous total in the series was New Zealand’s 212 in the second match. Mayers and Hope stayed together for almost 35 overs to shape the West Indies innings. Their partnership ended when Hope was out for 51 and, as often happens with large partnerships, partner Mayers was out two balls later and without addition to the total. Brandon King fell soon afterwards with the total 181-3 in a sudden reversal for the West Indies. But Pooran picked up the pace again, posting a half-century from 33 balls. He had hit nine sixes and four fours from 55 balls when he was out in the 49th over. Mayers and Hope made a cautious start to the innings as they found the pace of the new pitch, crawling to 24 after 10 overs, negotiating a short rain break in the seventh over.
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West Indies 301-8 (50Ov.) Mayers 105, Pooran 91, Hope 51; Boult 3-53: New Zealand 307-5 (47.1 Ov.) Latham 69, Mitchell 63, Conway 56; Holder 2-37, Cariah 2-77. Result: New Zealand won by 5 wickets (with 17 balls remaining) take series 2-1. Kyle Mayers accelerated after starting cautiously. (AFP/Getty Images) Tom Latham brings out the pull. (AFP/Getty Images)
NEWCASTLE, England, (Reuters) - Quickfire goals by Erling Haaland and Bernardo Silva helped Manchester City recover from two goals down to draw 3-3 with Newcastle United in a riproaring Premier League clash at St James’ Park yesterday. Neither side had conceded a goal in the league this season but Ilkay Gundogan opened the scoring for champions City in the fifth minute, ghosting in and catching the Newcastle defence flat-footed before finishing from close range.City should have gone two up in the 16th minute when Phil Foden attacked down the right, but he chose to shoot from a tight angle rather than squaring the ball to Haaland and the chance was wasted.
The home side levelled through Miguel Almiron in the 28th minute as he bundled a pinpo int cross from Allan Saint- Maximin into the net before enduring a nervous VAR check that allowed the goal to stand. Saint-Maximin tormented City full back Kyle Walker and he put Newcastle in position to pull off a huge upset when he set up Callum Wilson to make it 2-1 before halftime. A brilliant free kick by Ki eran Trippier nine minutes after the break put them 3-1 ahead.That sparked City into life, however, with Haaland hitting a post before pulling a goal back on the hour mark and Silva converted a glorious pass from Kevin De Bruyne to make it 3-3. Newcastle’s challenge looked set to come unstuck when Trippier was shown a straight red card for a cynical high trip on De Bruyne, but after a VAR review the decision was overturned and he was given a yellow.
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PAGE 24 Kaieteur News Monday August 22, 2022 (Reuters) - Oleksandr Usyk turned his sights on rival heavyweight world champion Tyson Fury yesterday after beating Britain’s Anthony Joshua on a split points decision to retain his WBA, WBO, IBF and IBO belts in Jeddah.The “Rage on the Red Sea” in Saudi Arabia was a rematch of a fight in London in September, which the Ukrainian won on a unanimous decision to take Joshua’s belts, but with more intensity and emotion.Thepressure was on both former Olympic champions, with Usyk this time representing a country fighting for its existence after a Russian invasion while Joshua was battling for his boxing future. Usyk appeared comfortably ahead as the final bell rang at the King Abdullah Sports City Arena but the American judge surprisingly awarded the fight 115-113 to Joshua.
Anthony Joshua in action against Oleksandr Usyk. (Action Images via Reuters/Andrew Couldridge)
At the final bell the two embraced and the Ukrainian, who had entered the ring in a yellow and blue “Colors of Freedom” top while Joshua was dressed all in black, dropped to his knees.Usyk’s thoughts then turned to the next chapter and another Briton to beat, although WBC champion Fury has declared himself retired. “I am convinced he wants to fight me. I want to fight him. And if I’m not fighting Tyson Fury, I’m not fighting at all,” Usyk told the crowd through a ringside
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Joshua, who had held aloft the Ukrainian flag with Usyk as they waited for the decision in what seemed an acceptance of defeat, then had an uncharacteristic meltdown.He took two of the belts, dropping them as he left the ring and headed for the dressing room before turning around and stepping back between the ropes to take the microphone and address the crowd.“Usyk is one hell of a fighter. That’s just emotion,” declared the Briton. “For this guy to beat me tonight, maybe I could have done better but it shows the levels of hard work he must have put in, so please give him a round of applause as our heavyweight champion of the world.“I was studying Ukraine and all the champions from your amazing country. I’ve never been there. What’s happening there, I don’t know but it’s not nice ... under those circumstances he’s managed to becomeSWEAT-SOAKEDchampion.”
Usyk targets Fury after beating Joshua on split decision
“In the ninth round I thought we had him,” said Joshua’s promoter Eddie Hearn. “The 10th round was one of the best rounds I’ve“Whatseen. Usyk did in the 10th, the 11th and the 12th was incredible and that was the difference tonight because AJ didn’t start fast enough but he fought a much better fight. “He hurt Usyk badly in the ninth and I felt like he was going to come on strong. But Usyk came out like a train.”
Oleksandr Usyk celebrates with his team after winning his fight against Anthony Joshua. (Action Images via Reuters/Andrew Couldridge)
The British and Ukrainian judges decided 115-113 and 116-112 to Usyk. The victory took the 35year-old’s professional record to 20 fights undefeated while Joshua, 32, suffered a third defeat in what could prove a watershed in his career.
CANVASThe opening round was tentative, with Joshua’s corner calling for him to adjust his rhythm, and the bout continued with Usyk using his jab and body shots to good effect. Round eight was briefly halted for towels to mop the slippery, sweatsoaked canvas but round nine raised the heat again, with Joshua enjoying his best before Usyk came back hard in theNeeding10th. a knockout and running out of time, the taller and heavier Joshua was unable to land the telling blows against an agile and elusive opponent who hit back hard.
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A five member Rebel Tennis Club team are in TrinidadtorepresentGuyana in the Trinity Cup Tennis Championships.TwoGirlsU-14, two U14 and one Boys U-18 are competing for Guyana in CarnivalCountry In yesterday's Round Robin's,YeshowahCampbell of Trinidad & Tobago beat Nathan DeNobrega 4/1, 2/4, 4/2 Guyanese Navindra Arjune defeated Zhade Leonceof TrinidadandTobago4/2, 4/0.InSaturday'actionwhich was marred by rain which causedadelayedstart,inthe U-18 qualifiers Trinidadian Deron Dumas defeated GeraldScotland6/3,6/3. In the Boys U-14 Round Robin Daniel Rahaman of T & T b e a t N a t h a n DeNobrega4/1,5/4(7-3). StLucianMCcarvyCyril got the better of Guyanese Navindra Arjune 5/3, 0/4, 4/1.Navindra Arjune defeated Trinidadian Darious Rahaman 4/2, 4/2, while Nathan DeNobrega beat Travis Licorish of Barbados for back-to-back wins for the Guyanese Club whoisjustofftheirtriptoSt Lucia.Tr i n i B r i a n n a Haricharran defeated Paula KalekeyziofGuyana4/22/4, 4/1,whileinthelastmatchof day one Emma CampbellSmith (T&T) beat Guyana's RenolaJordon4/2,5/3, Guyana's Renola Jordan had also defeated Cyra RamcharranofT&T4/0,4/0.
GCB's President Bissoondyal Singh hands over gear donation to President of West Demerara Cricket Association Troy Khan.
The Guyana Cricket Board (GCB) continued its gear distribution with a valuable donationofoveronemilliondollars worth of cricket equipment for players on West Demerara. The gears include the provision of a number of gear bags, bats, batting pads, wicketkeeping pads, balls, and stumps. The distribution is an integralaspectoftheGCB's5-Year Strategic plan which aims to transform Guyana's cricket structure to one of a highly professionalizedculture.
commendthe executivesfortheirenthusiasmand proactive approach to effectively addressing the administrative and development needs of West Demerara.Singh pointed out that like many Associations and Committees, West Demerara has a wealth of talent, and the Guyana Cricket Board is committed to purposefully assisting this Association and others, Committees and Country in meeting their obligations to administer, develop and promote cricketintheirjurisdiction.
President of the GCB, Mr Bissoondyal Singh was elated aboutthedonationtotherespective Association.Heremarked that though the West Demerara executives have onlybeeninofficeforlessthanone year,theyhavebeenabletoidentify a number of talented players that caneasilyprogresstohigherlevels given the required supportive cricketSinghprogrammes.wentonto
Trinity Cup Tennis C/Ships Rebel TC follow-up St Lucia tour with trip to T&T Navindra Arjune (left) defeated Zhade Leonce of T&T 4/2, 4/0. Guyana's Renola Jordan (right) defeated Cyra Ramcharran of T&T 4/0, 4/0. Yeshowah Campbell of T&T beat Nathan DeNobrega (right) 4/1, 2/4, 4/2. Emma Campbell-Smith (T&T) beat Guyana's Renola Jordan 4/2,5/2.
President of West Demerara Cricket Association Troy Khan stated that the donation was historic,anditwasreceivedbythe members present with great applause.Heposited that, “The entire executives of the West Demerara Association as well as the players who are here today, are happy to receive this substantial donation. Webelievethatitwillgoalongway in assisting us to effectively carry out our coaching education programme.Playersgear is needed and a number of players will now have the liberty to use the gears and explore the level of skills they possessinthegame.”
GCB presents over one million dollars worth of cricket gear to West Dem Cricket Association
Khan went on to assure the GCBPresidentandExecutivesthat the gear will be accounted for and wellutilized.
Singh further commented that, “Team work is the key to effectively implement and sustain cricket development programmes acrossthecountry These programmes must have theappropriatestructureswhichall affiliate members are apart Therefore, how well we work togetherwillbeimportant. The GCB has given the West Demerara a subvention for 2022 and will also do so for 2023 along with another provision of gear Given your commitment shown, theGCBisconfidentthattheWest Demerara CricketAssociation will be able to solely fund your programmesinthenearfuture. However, we, the GCB executives are very pleased with the cooperative approach being employed by the West Demerara CricketAssociation.TheGCBwishes that you continue to produce competitive players for our domestic and nationaltournaments.”
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