Guyana’s largest selling daily & New York’s most popular Guyana’sweeklylargest weekly Online: www.kaieteurnews.com August30,2022-Vol.15No.34 Tuesday Edition Price $100 AIE NEWSK Online readership yesterday, 75,148 Govt. can influence Exxon, procurement strategy Natural Resources Ministry has authority to do real-time monitoring of costs ...several opportunities are at its disposalAccountantCharteredChrisRam ...caneasilyaddresslatepayments,unbundlingof contracts -T&TContentLocalExpertother oil companies' Guyana records 2nd case of Monkeypox Man chopped to death trying to save relative SelmonSelmonDeceased:KingDeceased:King from cutlass attack Alexander$50MJagdeothreatenswithlawsuit for 'libelous' statements Contractor gets two years for gambling school project money ...hadreportedtopolicethathewasrobbed “We cannot eat oil and gas” ...South Africa fishermen, environmentalist force Govt. engagement over oil and gas impacts @11:00hrs 99.1/99.5FMonKaieteurRadio Guyana has the right to and all bills from EM on a MONTHLY basis according to the contract,DEMAND CHECK monitoring of costs. Brace yourself Guyana to pay whatever inflated bills thrown at us. but Jagdeo who is running this US trillion dollar sector is saying that it does not provide for real time
Local Content Expert, Anthony Paul
Then, there is the monthly Production Statement, the quarterly Production and Pricing Statement,theQuarterly-or monthly if requested by the Minister statement of expenditure and receipts and the Quarterly Cost RecoveryStatement.
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Natural Resources Ministry has authority to do real-time monitoring of costs ...several opportunities are at its disposalAccountantChartered,ChrisRam
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MinisterFormerChristopherandAccountantCharteredLawyer,RamFinance&Economist,WinstonJordan
“Asforrealtimemonitoring,modernlarge firmsandgovernmentsemployEnterprise ResourcePlanning(ERP)softwaresystems tointegrateandmanagetheirday-to-day activities,suchasaccounting,procurement, projectmanagement,riskmanagement, complianceandoperations.Thiscanbe customizedanditalsoallowsforaccess bytoorreportingtopartners,suppliers andregulatorsonareal-timebasis.”
- T&T Expert, Anthony Paul
According to Ram, these are statements which the oil companies have to submittotheMinister,notto the Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) or the Environmental Protection Agency(EPA)orsomeother imaginary person. And for good measure, there is the annualauditpermittedunder theAgreement.Ramsaidthe onlyliveoversightwhichthe GRAexercises is in relation toimportswhichcomeunder theCustomsAct.Inaninvited comment, Ram said, “The function of the revenue authority is to administerthetaxlawsofthe country and that this in no way relieves the Ministry of Natural Resources from exercisingstrictoversightof the activities of the oil companies.Therehavebeen persistent calls for a Petroleum Commission but the Government refuses to see this as a priority…I thoughtthiswouldhavebeen socriticalifwewereserious about overseeing the management of the petroleum operations.” Be that as it may, theAttorneyat Law insists that the government has the opportunitywhenitreceives statements under the agreementtoraisequestions immediately “That is the real-time monitoring it can do, but which it is either unwilling or unable to do. It has the authority to do realtime monitoring, meaning, as we get it, we query it. It has a duty to do this instead of waiting until it is the auditingFormertime.”FinanceMinister and Economist, Winston Jordanhasalsoexpressedthe viewthatthecountrycando early tracking, querying and even disclosure of costs being incurred by ExxonMobil's affiliate and operator, Esso Exploration and Production Guyana Limited He noted for example that the country could know early on, what are the costs for the exploration wells before they are drilled. “This is somethingverybasicthatthe countryshould know and be monitoring. It is also one of thepiecesofinformationthat should be part of regular reporting to the National Assembly.”Trinidadian Energy Strategist, Anthony Paul who is also very familiar with Guyana's oil discovery andproductionhistorysince 2015, noted that the country has the power to request comanagement documents among the joint venture partners. “The Joint Operating Agreement indicates how the parties make decisions, authorize projects, spending, budgets, etc and keep and share information Governments typically request and get access to this. As for real time monitoring, modern largefirmsandgovernments employ Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) software systems to integrate and managetheirday-to-day (Continued
While it is true t h a t t h e G u y a n a RevenueAuthority(GRA)is empowered with the accounting systems to do real time tracking of the declaredcostsforallimports b y E x x o n M o b i l Corporation's affiliated companies, its sub contractors and its joint venture partners to support their multibillion dollar operations here, that is only one part of the equation of monitoringAccordingcosts.to Chartered Accountant, Christopher Ram,theMinisterofNatural Resources, Vickram Bharrat has the authority and the opportunity to review costs at several stages in the process beginning with the detailed Annual Work Programme and Budget to be supplied to him no later than December 1 of each precedingyear Ramsaidthe Minister has the further power to set conditions in each licence he approves. Anditisherethathecandeal with the matter of ringfencing as well (Ring fencing provisions ensure thatthecostsassociatedwith one oil project cannot be carried over or deducted from the revenues of another This is absent in Guyana's 2016 Stabroek Block Production Sharing Agreement). Ramaddedthattheseare not the only such opportunities.TheMinister receives detailed records of property in use and of all assets acquired and disposed during each year Moreover, the Minister can send a representativetoobservethe annual and triennial inventories of the moveable andimmoveableassetsofthe contractingcompanies.
“Sothegovernmentsays you must procure certain services from Guyanese and that is one way they influence the supply chain. Thentheycangofurtherand saygiventheconditionsthat exist in Guyana, we require that all payments be made withinx
Guyana records 2 case of Monkeypox
government'sclpowerstatedgetphilosophys“SocontentcompaniesthetogovernmentregulatorGuyanadisseminated.wphilosophytprojectsearlyprocurementinputsalsofromthatjointtheaprocurementacompanieswhavingthatImportantlyshareholders.,PaulsharedGuyanacanconsideraStateCompanyhichpartnerswithoilandisthereforebletoinfluencephilosophy“IfstatecompanyispresentinmixoftheoperatorandventurepartnersthenStateCompany,asidethegovernment,willhavearighttomakeintotheshapingofthestrategyatanstage.”Hewaskeentonotethathavealifecycleandoinfluenceprocurement,itcannothappenhentendersarebeingThatistoolate.Ifoptstostaywiththerolealone,hesaidcansayitwantsmakeinterventionsalongway,specificallywhensubmittheirlocalplansforapproval.youhavethepowertohapetheengineeringandstrategyandthatishowlocalcontentcandoneorundone,”Paulasheconcluded,“Thetobesuccessfulwithocalcontentismostertainlywithinthegrasp.”
ByKianaWilburg
Gu y a n a h a s recorded its second case of the dreaded Monkeypox disease, Minister of Health Dr Frank Anthony confirmedonMonday During his daily update on Monday, he told the nation that a patient is in a stable condition and has been admitted at the Infectious Diseases Hospital at Liliendaal, East CoastWhileDemerara.theminister did not give any details on the patient, he said that health officers have already engaged in contact tracing forpossiblevictims. Kaieteur News waslater informed that the second victim is a woman in her 30's from Region Four who hasnoconnectiontothefirst case of the disease. On August 22, Guyana recordeditsfirstcaseofthe virus, a taxi driver whom health authorities claimed hadnottravelledoverseasor comeintocontactherewith someone who had the disease.Monkeypox is a disease which causes pus filled blisters that crust over and fall off It spreads by someone coming into contact with a person or an animal infected with the virus. Last May, the World Health Organization (WHO) declared the growing Monkeypox outbreak as a global health emergencyAssuch, Health Minister,Dr FrankAnthony is appealing to Guyanese to take all precautions and reportsuspectedcasesofthe disease. During his update on Monday, Minister noted that, “The treatment for Monkeypox is basically symptomatic, if you experience fever; we are going to treat you for fever, if you experience pain, we are going to treat you for pain, in some countries like the United States, and they have specific antiretroviral medicines that they give to very severe cases. Those medicines are under E m e r g e n c y U s e authorization license, we don't have access to those medications in Guyana and it will be quite difficult for ustoaccessthose.”
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He explained, “If you had small pox vaccination, that vaccination helps to preventMonkeypox,butwe haven't administered those vaccinessincethe1980's,so there is a large group of people in the country, who wouldnothavereceivedthat vaccine, you have a large group of vulnerable people.”Atthe interim, Dr. Anthony said that Guyana hasactivateditsresponseto fight the disease by raising the capacity of laboratories, trained laboratory personnel,andphysiciansto identifythedisease.
Thatperiod.isthegovernment's power,” expressed the industryexpert. Hesaidoneofthestrong points about Guyana is that some oil companies will haveadifficulttimetryingto convince their shareholders that they should fight a law stating that locals should be paidfairlyandtimely Inthis way, he argued that Guyana caninfluencetheconscience offoreign
Monkeypox is a disease which causes pus-filled blisters that crust over and fall off, is spread by coming into contact with an infected person or animal.
The Energy Strategist said, “So the procurement strategy of a company can really frustrate the local content process instead of maximizing it Until governmentsgetinvolvedin that and influence procurement strategies, and there are ways to do that, then the oil companies will havetheupperhand.Inspite of what they say, their interest is to protect their shareholdersbutthecountry must do the same for its people.”Paul was keen to note that governments have the potential and the power to implement regulations that enforce how legislation is followedthrough.
Taking this point into consideration, Paul said project engineers can structure contracts in such a way that only the suppliers they know and trust would getthrough.Onthe issue of late payments, Paul said it is sometimes used as a mechanism by some companies to frustrate the local content process because they know small, start-up companies run very thin capital bases, and therefore,dependonlending institutions.Additionally, he said oil companies tend to issue stiff requirements for participation which makes t h e p o o l o f people/companies who are acceptabletodothejob,very small. He said it therefore meanslocalcompanieshave to compete with foreign entities on price. Paul said the locals are then forced to push their price down in order to compete. In such a case, locals are not able to grow and invest from the moneytheymake.
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Two of the main challengesthusfarpertainto late payments for small and medium sized companies and the bundling of contracts. On both matters, Trinidadian Local Content Expert and Energy Strategist, Anthony Paul firmly asserts that Guyana can take steps to mitigate these issues while adding that the country, with its significant oil wealth, can influence the procurement strategies of Exxon and others.Paulsaid,“Companiesin the industry operate major projects with massive investmentsand many risks. Major projects are designed byengineersandtheirroleis toreducerisks;bringingina new supplier is a risk and engineers tend to find ways to remove those hurdles.”
While Guyana has armed itself with a robust Local Content Legislation, it is becoming quiteevidentthatauthorities are experiencing teething problems as they seek to implement the law which demands the prioritised use of local goods and services byoilcompanies.
Govt. can influence Exxon, other oil companies' procurement strategy ...can easily address late payments, unbundling of contracts - T&T ContentLocalExpert
EDITORIAL PrintedandPublishedbyNationalMedia& PublishingCompanyLtd. 24SaffonStreet, Charlestown,Georgetown,Guyana. Publisher:GLENNLALL-TEL:624-6456 Editor:SHARMAINGRAINGER Tel:225-8465,225-8491. Fax:225-8473,226-8210 Kaieteur News Editor’sNote;Ifyoursentletterwasnotpublishedandyoufeltitscontentswere validanddevoidoflibelorpersonalattacks,please contactusbyphoneoremail. Kaieteur NewsPAGE 04 TuesdayAugust 30, 2022 erevisitanoldsubject. Sinceourleaderstalk a lot, and do very little about it, nationalWhealing belongs on the front burner of consideration again. We have managed to get by up to this timeinonepiece,throughlimpingalongasanation. It would be our biggest error in judgment, the worst foolingofourselves,ifwestillthinkthatwecancontinueto crawlaroundsohandicapped,andbelievethatwewillgetthe bestfromwhatisinourhandstoday Wehavehadsugarandbauxite,andhobbledalonginthe lastdecadesofthelastcentury We have gold and timber, and though the sources of much dispute, we go from day to day, and count our blessings. But now that we have the mother of all rich discoveries, oil, we just can’t keep going on in our divided state, and hope for the best or that it will happen because leadersmakebeautifulspeeches,supportersclaptheirhands, and there are hopes that we will all live happily ever after Whatworkedwithsugar,bauxite,gold,andtimber(andfrom the rest of our rich resources) is simply not going to work withouroilwealth. Thehistoryofoilislitteredwithconflict,withpain,with incrediblehostilityeverywherethatithasbeenfound.Third Worldandotherimpoverishedsocietieshavelivedwiththe worstbrutalitiesandagoniesthatfollowinthediscoveryand ownership of oil riches. Long local histories, bitter memories,anduglydivisionsallhaveahabitofconsistently rising to the surface whenever oil shows its face.We didn’t have oil, but we already had, lived with, those animosities and intolerances that wrench societies apart, make enemies ofcitizens.Wenowhaveoil,andwelivewithourdemonsweighing heavilyonheads,wedesperatelyneednationalhealingifwe aregoingtogetthemostfromthisgiftthatisours.National healing is not going to occur because PresidentAli and the PPP/Csaysounderthebannerof‘OneGuyana.’ Onpaper, andasanechointheear,OneGuyanadefinitelyhasasweet and soothing sound, but it is only a start, and not enough, never will be considered to be enough, embraced by all Guyanese. National healing will not come about because Mr Norton and the Coalition Opposition calls for it, no matterhowstronglyandsincerely,ifsuchwerethecase. As both major political groups and their leaders well know (their supporters also), there is just too much rancor, rancidness, and rage in this society for any authentic and enduringnationalhealingtoregisterthroughoutthissociety, and in all of its political strongholds and tribal corners. To say this differently, a system and practice that embodies bonafide national healing will only be deep-down, broadbased, and spiritually empowering when all of our peoples are made to feel and believe that they have a stake in developingGuyana,andcontributingtotheconversationson ourcombinednationaldestiny National healing, to give the strongest, most unmistakable emphasis, cannot and will not be a Guyanese reality without both the PPP/C and the Coalition and their leadersbuyingintothevisionofaGuyanathatisshared,and onethatisinclusive,indeedsthatencircleall,inviteall,and offerallaseatatthetable. Itmustbemorethanappearance, national healing must be about both sides taking the first tortured steps to look beyond the past, to rise above the present,andtowalktogetherintowhateverthefuturebrings. This oil can bring the most glorious of futures to Guyana. Butnotiftwo-fifths,orone-third,ofthepopulationalonecall theshots,makethemostconsequentialdecisions. And not if the remaining sizable fractions of Guyana’s demographic believe that their utility is solely to be manipulated pawn or convenient buffer in the political visions of the larger groups in this country Real national healing can bring about the much-desired ‘oneness’ that equips citizens to confront and combat the internal and externalforcesthatdivideus,weakenus,andexploitusfor theirbenefitonly
National healing
Apartheid in Guyana, like underworld invisible, like phantoms deniable
DEAREDITOR, nor mud are present. When today The shoe fits maintained publicly that he Apartheid We must donetoday,Imayhavefewer Remember: nobody owns was for all Guyanese, even neither fear nor suppress friends, perhaps none. If phantoms, admits to while the flights multiplied. c o n v e r s a t i o n s o n that’s the final verdict, let it membership in the invisible Therefore,aLittleGuyanain perceptions, possible be. underworld. Richmond Hill, pockets existence, and extents of Westoppedgoverning60 PNC loyalists will rage, elsewhere. The stormy 60s, apartheid in Guyana years ago. Leaders and and PPP fundamentalists 70s, and 80s, birthed the Though dangerous to speak citizens abandoned just, w i l l p r e e n ( b o t h unicorn, that Sphinx, of ofsuchtruthinGuyana,this inclusive governing, and hypocritically)foritdefuses mostly Black Guyanese, must occur, with honest instead seized on dividing the former’s narratives, and which attracted despairing probing. For this is more a n d d i m i n i s h i n g : powers the latter’s rank Indians, who had nothing than the welfare of Black m i s i n f o r m a t i o n , partisanship. Fromthetime else, nothing to lose, Guyanese involved; it is the mismanagement, and of Burnham, apartheid was something possibly to gain character of the national misleading. Only those present. for their citizenship. It was well being ultimately. knowing what it is like are I worked at Atkinson theWPA. There must be neither fear trulyequippedtospeakofits Field and even in my Lestweforget,aheavily norshame. torturing agonies, naked unrefined teenaged BlackGuyanesegrouprising I discern broad, deep despairs,cruelimpotencies. observations, there were the up to battle against a paranoia in merely In apartheid systems - planeloads of Indo maximum leader, a Black mentioning this word, legal, formal, and official - Guyanese fleeing by the leader Saiddifferently,their ‘apartheid,’-theprofanest4- there is first discrimination hundreds and thousands tribal chief. But that didn’t letter word The most and segregation, last daily, weekly, for years deter, because of character, accursed of caste systems is isolation. When outside of There was BOAC, Pan Am, and the great indefinable subtly present in Guyana and unsaid in the law, via Air Canada, Air France, conscience. They had the today, but unlike South informal and unowned KLM, Lufthansa, and courage to say: No! Not Africa or Israel, it has no conduct, it is still apartheid, BWIA, ferrying Guyanese right! Notacceptable! Bad owner,nosponsor,norabbi. other than by constitutional Indian exiles, who couldn’t leadership,badgovernance. Those who should know sanction. And when there find work or inclusion, felt From those, I know better, were themselves are broad stretches of commercially squeezed, apartheid’s palpable victimized in earlier compellingly bonafide lived insecurely, shuttered realities. Just as is present apartheid seasons, in all but human objects, who claim theirfarms. todaywiththePPP,nomatter name, are now ostriches genuine victimhood, then They left. In Toronto, how denied, nuanced, burrowingforwisdoms(and there is a not so secret they filed for refugee status. camouflaged. Given today’s cover) in deep mud, where systemofapartheidatwork, Fromwhat? Guyanaofnow,it neither wisdoms nor cover, which is where Guyana is Nevertheless, Burnham (Continuedonpage5)
DEAR EDITOR, Persuadable powers using Jagdeo’sstatementissuedby leaders will require a Allan A Fenty says: f a c t s , r e a s o n a n d DPI under Kemol King’s separateletter). ‘Mind you re negotiation commonsense, as well as byline (Nov 2021) is a Now what happens if oil can happen if ever an oil powersofcoercion. Itisnot classic fool’s statement prices enter a period giant knows it will still be in the interest of the articulating manufactured averaging$90abarrel(that’s reaping whirlwinds of profit Guyanese nation to have a reasons not to renegotiate. a huge windfall gain $90oninvestments.Ihavesome “coerciverenegotiation”,but One would think such a $65)?Isitnotreasonablefor gutfeelingthatExxonandits ifitcomestothat,letitbe.A statement could only have GoG to invoke that same subsidiaries are not such” r e c a l c i t r a n t a n d come from a VP of Exxon, clause for the benefit of the (SNAugust26th). unreasonable Exxon is to notaVPofGuyana.TheDPI Guyanesepeople,namely,to Mr Fenty’s statement is blame. statement stated three share in the windfall profit? filledwithambiguity,wishy- What does that phrase reasons why the contract (Today’s Oil price on the washy;veryuncharacteristic mean, “both parties must could not be renegotiated: world market - WTI crude of him. Do not doubt what a agree”? Sanctity of contract; $96, Brent crude $104 a UnitedGuyanesepeoplecan It certainly does not Previous govt. should have barrel). do. Yes, they can rise up - mean it cannot, under any negotiatedapropercontract; To Mr Allan A. Fenty, I Parking Meter protest is a circumstances, be Believing it can be say, The Guyanese people good example - and force renegotiated. Cannot under renegotiated is “wishful must start to believe in Exxonbacktothetable. any circumstances? That is thinking” All false and themselves, in the power Theoilcontract-unlikea very likely the “Sanctity of incomprehensible. they have.Agood example: contract to purchase a house contract” folks talk about – Let’s reason something. thesuccessfulParkingMeter (consummated in 3 6 but that principle is not Ifoilpricesdroppedto$35a protest. And, of course, we months) - goes on for 30+ mentioned anywhere and barrel, do you think Exxon need Better Leaders. Fenty years That’s why the does not apply to this oil will invoke that clause that should tell Mr Jagdeo, “He contractspecificallysays:‘it contract. says the contract can be VPofGuyana,HenotVPof can be renegotiated, Itsimplymeansitcanbe renegotiated”? I have no Exxon”. providing both parties renegotiated We need a doubt Exxon will. Exxon Stabroek Block with agree’. leader who has the understands the “power reserves of 11 bb must be A strong leader of any conviction that the contract imbalanceof the two parties renegotiated On royalty nation faced with a lopsided is lopsided -Trotman was to the contract” – and have alone, it is a $42 billion loss contractcausinghisnationto compromised when he always exploited it to their (11 billion barrels, times lose billions of dollars has a signed it - and who will advantage. (Statingthecase 4.25%, timesAv price $90). lot of powers and leverages articulate reasons for toproveExxonhasexploited Can be renegotiated! Must to force Exxon back to the renegotiation. Not reasons the weak laws of the State berenegotiated! renegotiation table not to renegotiate Mr. andhasmanipulateditsweak MikePersaud
A UNITED GUYANESE PEOPLE CAN FORCE EXXON BACK TO THE NEGOTIATION TABLE
From page 4 is surprising – indeed, remarkably startling – that IndoGuyanese refuse to see, numb their senses, turn their backs on principle (and own experience), regarding what exists here today. The biases, the subtle bigotries, the separatist results. No! that conversation must never be had. Indo-Guyanese consider talk about apartheid as undermining and menacing their status quo (just like Burnham reIacted).contend that it may be unsettling, but it is insightful to observe the reflexive defensive tribal outpourings. On issues that require national self-examining and unraveling, we suppress the capacity, character, conscience, and courage to face our racial demons with honesty and rawest frankness. Many deny earlier rigging. Today, apartheid brings flinching, same sturdy deviousness. I dive deeper, assert that there must be Indians with what it takes to stand for truth and justice, given our apartheid circumstances today.
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Washington and Beijing committed to accommodating Guyana’s legitimate concerns and national interests
DEAR EDITOR, It all began with the arrival of the Robertson Commission of 1954 following the suspension of the British Guiana constitution in 1953. ‘The Commission was established by the (British) colonial office not to determine whether the suspension of the constitution was justified, but merely to indicate what was to be done’ (Cheddi Jagan: ‘(The West on Trial’ pp. 164) Dr. Jagan went on; ‘its (the Commission’s) report white washed the suspension of the constitution, posed the idea of racial antagonism by subtly referring to Indian domination, and sowed the seeds of a split in the PPP. It recommended an indefinite ‘period of marking time’ so long as the PPP maintained its leadership and policies, and suggested that the Burnham wing must break-away from the party if British Guiana was to have an early resumption of constitutional life.’(ibid pp 164). That was the first of such insidious messages. There is no other chapter in our political history where one can find a more glaring example where the colonial office, through its representatives, sent such a blunt message calling on certain members of the then PPP to break-away from the party.The Commission’s message revealed how alert its members were to the prevailing ethnic, political, ideological and class differences, not yet divisions, amongst the leaders of the national movement at that time.The Commission apparently reasoned that a split in the PPP would be in the best interest of the Empire because it would, on the one hand, separate the more accommodating and moderate elements in the party from those who they identified as the ‘extremists or communists’ and on the other hand, that a period of marking time would help spawn the break-away faction. The strategy of establish‘BurnhamandinternalcommissionColonial-sponsoredthewastoallowdifferencestofestertoencouragethewing’ofthePPPtoapoliticalparty whose leaders would be cultivated in such a manner that they would see eye-toeye with the colonial authorities at home and abroad.LFS Burnham, one of the leaders of the PPP at that time, took the Commission’s message seriously and began in earnest to transform the message into a living reality. Thus, in pursuance of that goal Burnham engineered a split in the PPP in 1955 and, after a number of failed manoeuvres, established his own People’s National Congress (PNC) in 1957. The split in the national movement was the first manifestation of a message from external forces aimed at persuading gullible Guyanese who were favourably disposed to act as local Quislings in support of an externally driven policy to manipulate the ethnic, political and ideological differences within the PPP and to set the future Guyana on a path that could by Vishnu Bisram “Inappropriate threats against GECOM Chair” (Aug. 29), why is the opposition leader and PNC upset with Chair Claudette Singh (ret’d justice)? Have the PNC and its leader forgotten that Ms. Claudette Singh was the choice of then President Granger who proposed her name and Opposition Leader Jagdeo accepted and nominate her as the chair. And Granger accepted! Was she expected to do any party’s bidding? Was the PNC leadership misled? Are Norton and the PNC angry because of the election debacle involving Chair Claudette with the final outcome going against them on August Several2?other questions come to mind relating to Ms. Singh’s behaviour and actions. What was that disappearing act all about a couple days after the election? Weren’t guards and security officials alerted and prepared and appeared for a swearing in of Granger as President just days after the election? Wasn’t the Chancellor of Judiciary placed on standby and the President on the ready for the swearing in? Didn’t Granger dress
Why?
GHKSincerely,Lall
My brother Indians, from painful wilderness, must have conscience to say something, take some stand, and admit that what goes on in Guyana today is an informal and unofficial system of discriminatory and segregationists’ practices, the offshoots of illegalised apartheid. When fellow Indians do so, they are just like the mainly Black Guyanese in the early WPA who went against the grain, because what Burnham was doing could not be lived with anymore, and still claim proud manhood and prime citizenhood. It was what led to the destruction of the Black middle class, and Guyana’s wider middle class, with the best and brightest departing. I point to tender awards, contracts. I identify who is favoured (passes) versus those made examples by law enforcement. I direct attention to the public service and its ethnic oppressions (hiring, promoting, firing). Last, I refer to relief monies, who received, those igApartheid in Guyana, like underworld... nored. Besides circumstances prompting billions in aid, the rest featured prominently in Burnham’s era. Indians know this. I persist with my interpretation, position, and conclusion that apartheid lives in the PPP’s Guyana, with Burnham’s parallels present. If this makes me a hated race traitor, I’m unmoved. When self-serving conclusions are that a PNC man speaks, I stand. I remind them of PPP parliamentarians chastising the PNC that one of their own (guess who?) speaking critically; and the occasions during Coalition governance, that I called publicly for sitting ministers to be fired. Has any PPP supporter ever done that to their leaders, government, party? We defeat ourselves when we cower before truth and reality, including apartheid’s injustices.Either we face honestly and constructively what we live with, or we risk ultimately falling by our own hands.
(Continued on page 17) End attack on Chair and focus on professionalising GECOM DEAR EDITOR, In reference to article
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In other instances, messages seeking help were dispatched from Georgetown at a time when the country was mired in political crisis and had to be resolved in the end, by both bearers and recipients of the message. President Ali’s recent visits abroad and his conversations with his counterparts were no exception to the ebb and flow of messages between capitals.Messages reflecting Guyana’s and other friendly country’s individual interests could be discerned partially from interviews given by the President himself as well as from the those emanating from his counterparts. These messages should be neither overestimated nor underestimated.SowhenGHK Lall writes in S/N edition of August 24, 2022 that ‘there is clear and convincing evidence the Americans are on the move, and the Chinese are being moved out of contention,’ one is left to wonder how his conclusion jives with the Ali administration’s publicly stated interest in attracting investors from all countries from both the east and west. We Guyanese did not need GHK Lall to tell us that since our independence as a nation, the US continues to be one of our country’s valued partners in development. Suffice it to say the relationship has had its up and downs, though at this historic stage, our country’s developmental thrust should be viewed in a totally different context.The GOG has highlighted its interest in partnering with all countries in pursuit of its development goals including the strengthening of democracy and good governance, establishment of a knowledge-based economy, food security, public safety and security, climate change, a development mix that includes infrastructure and economic transformation, as well as investment in health andTheeducation.Americans it would seem want to play a greater part in Guyana’s economic development through increased investment in social and physical infrastructure. And, as we all know, the strategic objective is to counter China’s growing influence in the Caribbean.
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Mr. Lewis paints a picture that African Guyanese are being marginalised and actively prevented to enjoy what is rightfully theirs and are being marginalised which, in my view, is complete unsupported nonsense. I encourage Mr. Lincoln Lewis and also the Leader of the Opposition, Mr. Aubrey Norton who have made a somewhat similar call to present evidence here in the public domain where African Guyanese have been barred from
and discrimination meted out against Guyanese East Indians including myself that I simply do not wish to describe here. In a 24 x 7 panel that included a silent Dr. Baytoram Ramharack, Dr. David Hinds said that any balancing of the ethnic composition of the law enforcement and other agency must be guaranteed by equal numbers of African entrepreneurial ownership of business in the nation’s private sector and further that African men were being unjustly targeted and murdered in Guyana; I lived in Guyana at that time and that is completely false and misleading. This type of untruth and nonsense is allowed to fester and divide an already divided Guyanese nation that chooses it’s government primarily on the basis of ethnic allegiance and East Indian and African Guyanese vote not on policies that are completely absent in the national political campaigns but to exclude the other ethnic group from the corridors of power and government. In Mr. Lewis’s nation, there is no attention or reference made to the deprecating levels of institutionalised corruption in the nation’s institutions, the corruption and unprofessional discharge of duty in the law enforcement agency, the rag tag 1980 Constitution, etc. The question is who speaks for the East Indian families who suffer in silence and like the African and Guyanese of mixed ethnicity who vote for the PNC-R Guyana, the East Indians vote for the People’s Progressive Party/Civic in an explicable jargon, the lesser of two evils. A nation divided will always fall and live on its knees.
On the institution of the cane farming structure, to each estate was appointed a Cane Farming Officer who was equipped to advise on the required quality of canes to be planted, timing, and sampling for eventual acceptance by the particular factory.There was of course a very active National Cane Farming Committee at which production targets were agreed, taking into consideration the varying agricultural conditions on respective estates. Price, payment schedule and other related conditions of delivery were agreed at the Committee level – per estate. One implication was the very meticulous record-keeping. It had always to be borne in mind that the ‘agreement’ between ‘Farmer’ and ‘Manufacturer’ was a substantive legal document, the breach of which had consequential implications –up to the Considerationcourts. must now be given to the current relationship between existing individual cane farmers, Cooperative Cane Farming Societies, within GuySuCo’s proposed new (Continued
DEAR EDITOR, To those who have had substantive professional experience in Guyana’s sugar industry, the most recent “Request for Expression of Interest for the cultivation and delivery of sugar canes to the factories at Albion, Rose Hall, Blairmont and Uitvlugt Estates” – by Individual, Company or Consortium provides opportunity to immediately enquire if existing Cane Farming Cooperatives would be considered as eligible, especially since it is declared that agreement with the Corporation will be in accordance with the National Cane Farming Committee Act, CapActually,69:04. the legislation referred to includes: a) National Cane Farming Committee Act (1965) b) Cane Farmers Contract (General Conditions) Rules c) Cane Farmers Special Funds…underAct which cane farmers must be constituted as legal entities. Estates are described under the Act as ‘Manufacturers’. (The Legal Draftsman at the time, Keith Massiah, eventually rose to become Chancellor of the Judiciary).
Kris Kooblall
A Free Press is pivotal and a requirement to hold Governments accountable EDITOR, In economies where the Free Press is allowed to function independently, gross areas of neglect and injustices played out in the court of public opinion have the remarkable effect of being ameliorated if not solved completely and usually and in some cases even influences legal decisions in a court of law. I wish to make reference to a letter written by Mr. Lincoln Lewis and prominently published in both the Stabroek and Kaieteur News where these two newspapers simply will not publish letters from myself and others that are based on proven facts and actual events that occurred.
In addition, the Ambassador revealed in June this year that ‘Trade between Guyana and China increased by 213 percent over the past five years reaching US$710 million in 2021.’
Mr. Lewis as someone of African descent is completely in his right to express his opinion especially in areas that hinges on matters that affect the Guyanese African community.Iquote from the gentleman’s letter: “By virtue of the sheer numbers, Africans have been the single largest group that has not only kept the nation’s wheels of production turning but financed the state’s spending through taxes. I am sure were African leaders attacking East Indians in similar manner, members of the African community would have publicly condemned the conduct. The attacks are insidious, wicked and part of an overarching mindset, policy and programme to justify marginalising a section of society. These persons are ascribing to themselves what they feel should be given to the African community rather than what the community is entitled to. As the public is fed the diatribe that denigrates a race, there are acts presently being conducted to deprive Africans of their resources.”
GuySuCo – In Search of Cane Farmers
In the circumstances, to claim that ‘the Americans are on the move in and the Chinese are on the move out of contention’ seems to be not only a hard sell but a misrepresentation of the facts. The messages from Washington and Beijing to Guyana in respect to partnering with Guyana for development, while competitive in nature, envisages both countries committed to accommodating Guyana’s legitimate concerns and national interests. Yours Clementfaithfully,J.Rohee
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As regard the view that …‘the Chinese are on the move out of contention,’ Mr. Lall should know that from a big picture perspective; ‘China is close to achieving global economic equivalence to the US. It knows that opportunity will follow and that it has a political system that can sustain over decades a hard to match approach that responds to small states’ need to rapidly upgrade infrastructure to support economic growth.’ (D. Jessop: The Long View S/N 9.11.’21) This brings us to the recent signing in May this year of the US$260 million contract between the Government of Guyana and China Railway Construction (Caribbean) Company and China Railway Construction Bridge Engineering Bureau Group Company Limited for the construction of the New Demerara Harbour Bridge, the largest public works project thus far in AccordingGuyana.tothe Chinese Ambassador, ‘The signing of the contract illustrates the fruitful relationship between the two countries and strengthens bilateral ties.’
Washington and Beijing committed to accommodating Guyana’s legitimate...
From page 5 proveWhileirreversible.someofthe national leaders at the time recognised the message as a means to divide and rule, others were dazzled by the tantalising prospect of being catapulted into government. To them, the long-term implications of the message did not matter. Objectively, the splitters fell prey to a larger strategic game that was being played out externally.Since then, messages from Washington and London containing various texts pertaining to their exclusive national interests have, from time to time been transmitted to the authorities in Guyana. On some occasions, the messages were returned to sender while in other instances, the messages were received with ‘glad tidings of great joy.’
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Govt. to procure 300,000 cement blocks from South Central Rupununi people,” President Ali announced while engaging scores of residents in Shulinab Village last Saturday. “And we will provide the fuel for the tractors to take those blocks to Lethem and other areas where we have to use it for our housing programme,” he added. The head-of-state stressed that the developmental push must be far beyond rehiring the 2,000 Community Service Officers (CSO) who were fired by the former government. He noted that the economic boost is not limited to the 2,000 persons that will soon be employed in the region through the ongoing part-time jobs initiative. The village of Shulinab also benefitted from one of the four new tractors donated to communities within that part of the region. The remaining four-wheel machines were handed over to villages including Katoonarib and Sawariwau, to expand hinterland agriculture. Moreover, the administration is seeking to implement strategies that could see the reduction in the transportation cost for food. “I have asked Minister Nigel [Dharamlall] to look at whether we can acquire a four-wheel drive canter, and whether from the regional level through the economic fund, we can buy right from Lethem area, the goods that you require in a wholesale manner, provide the transportation, and have it delivered to the different villages, so that it can reduce the transportation cost,” the head-of-stateAdditionally,asserted.some 80 officers who are part of the Community Policing Groups would be employed through the part-time jobs initiative. A number of youths in the South Central Rupununi were also recipients of equipment to upskill their talents in sport. To further push the education sector, the president disclosed plans to train every teacher and healthcare worker across the region. He disclosed that a debating competition will be launched across the communities, and will be coordinated by the regional authority. Subsequently, the winning group will be able to walk away with three laptops for the Meanwhile,village. the president reminded of his government’s promise to construct comfortable living facilities for healthcare workers and teachers in every village where there is the need. “We are going to use local labour and materials to get this programme started from this year,” he emphasised.Dr.Alisaid the PPP/C Government which has always been people centered, continues to work tirelessly to better the future for all Guyana. He noted that this can only be achieved if government has direct dialogue with residents. The president had announced Friday last, that some 600 persons who have (Continued
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Government is looking to start a $10 million project by procuring some 300,000 cement blocks from communities across South Central Rupununi, through the hinterland housing programme.Theadministration wants to create as much economic activities in that part of the district, allowing residents there to enjoy a more enhanced quality of life. “Through the region and the Ministry of Housing, we are going to put our first order in for 300,000 blocks that would be produced right here and made by the
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The amendments also allowed for the establishment of a number of previously non-existent commissions. The powers of the Executive President were also pared. The Constitution now allows for a no-confidence motion to trigger the dissolution of parliament without the President having the option of dissolving parliament before any such motion is heard. Some of the powers of the President have been reduced. A number of other changes were enacted to the 1980 Constitution. These have allowed the PPP/C to claim that the present Constitution is one of the most progressive in the Caribbean. However, the fact that the PPP/C can make such a boast does not in any event make the Constitution of Guyana, a PPP Constitution. No Sir! It does not! The Burnham touch is still very much in evident. What we have is not a PPP constitution but an amended 1980 Constitution whose skeletal features are still very much Burnhamite in nature. The Executive presidency has not been dismantled. The provision that was part of the 1980 Constitution that allows the party with the most votes to secure the Presidency still remains intact. The powers of the President though pared remain powerful. The Headof-State is still Commander-inChief of the Armed Forces.
The present Constitution is not a PPP Constitution because the PPP did not have its own way with the Constitutional Reform Process; it had to deal with the PNC/R and with the other forces.The PPP did not recreate a new Constitution. The reform process, instead, involved amendments to the 1980 inConstitutionfreedomThelabelledConstitutiondocument.thesweepingsignificantamendmentsConstitution,thatwerebutnotdeeporenoughtodislodgebackboneofthe1980Assuch,thepresentcannotbeaPPPConstitution.PPPdidnothavethetoremaketheasBurnhamhad1980.
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The PPP did not have a two-thirds majority to amend the Constitution in the way it may have wanted, not that it may have wanted to touch certain of the highly criticised provisions of the 1980 document.Burnham, on the other hand, was able to table a new Constitution which was drafted by a Constituent Assembly that was the product of a fraudulent referendum. Burnham thus had his own way with the 1980 Constitution which made him the supreme Emperor of Guyana.This 1980 Constitution satisfied Burnham’s ambitions for absolute power. It also created a number of organs that were consistent with a socialist political system modelled after the Cuban system and a presidency that was patterned after the Presidency of Zambia. The PNC/R was never, in the Constitutional Reform Process, going to give the PPP a blank cheque to dismantle the foundations of the Constitution that was created by its founder-leader Forbes Burnham.Itwas not going to delete some of the socialist rights such as the right to work. Incidentally, there is now the right to leisure. It was not even prepared to change the name of the country to the Republic of Guyana rather than the misnomer of the Co-operative Republic of Guyana. Guyana is not a cooperative republic now is it in transition to socialism. However, to change that was unthinkable in so far as the PNC was concerned.Todismantle these social and economic rights would have been an insult to Forbes Burnham. The PNC/R was never going to hand to the Constitutional Reform Process its support to dismantle the constitutional framework that was the handiwork of Forbes Burnham.Yeah, the PPP is comfortable with the new Constitution. The party was, in fact, very comfortable with the powers of the Presidency of the 1980 document to the point of arguing that the PPP holding these powers was not the same as the PNC holding them.The PPP lacked a twothirds majority in parliament to change the 1980 Constitution. The demands of economic reconstruction were so great that they had not the time to delve into contemplating a referendum so that they could gain the majority to change the Constitution. Constitutional reform was never their priority until the Herdmanston Accord. (The views expressed in this article are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the opinions of this newspaper.)
It is true that the PPP/C once described the present Constitution of Guyana as one of the most advanced in the Caribbean by virtue of the many provisions that allow for greater political inclusiveness.However, this inclusiveness does not go as far as power sharing in the sense that the opposition parties now want. It must be recalled that at the time of the Herdmanston Accord, which led to the reforms of the Constitution, the then opposition leader, Mr. Desmond Hoyte was not yet a convert of powersharing.The provision within the present Constitution allows for greater oversight by parliament, for certain appointments to require consultations with the Opposition leader and others for there to be agreement.
Dem boys seh... Let dere be a competitiondominoesfuhdempoliticalleaders!
The Constitution of Guyana is not a PPP/C creation
Prezzie is a down-to earth man. He is a humble man as he showed recently when he join some fellas fuh a game of bone dominoes. He turn out to be wan all-conquering hero during de game, supposedly winning de other players. According to reports, Prezzie bin love a person he bin playing dominoes with in de upununi. Dem boys watch de decisive game. But nobody nah see de winning domino up to now because Prezzie slam down de dominao pon de table and scatter all de other dominoes. Suh dem boys gat to tek de Prezzie at he word dat he had de winning domino in he hand. Dem boys use to play a round-about game of dominoes. Is wan game dat depend pon both luck and decision-making. Dat is why dem Opposition politicians nah like play dominoes: dem nah gat luck nor dem nah good at matching cards. Dem boys feel it would be a nice thing if Prezzie invite Aubrey to a game of dominoes. In fact, elections does cause suh much worries in de country and bring about suh little change in de fortunes of de poor man, dat it mek mo sense fuh gat a domino competition instead of elections fuh decide who gan be President. But de Opposition likely fuh claim dat de pack ah dominoes bloated and dat dem need a new pack. But who gan referee de game because de opposition gan wan claim how de PPP/C rap with ticket in dem hands. Talk half, leff half.
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Bear in mind that Jeffery of the Guyanese believe that
h e G u y a n a the Joint Services, the Women, Peace and Security Defence Force Judiciary as well as military workshop held between theT( G D F ) i n personnelfromtheU.S.and Guyana Defence Force and collaboration with the several Caribbean countries U S Southern Command United States Southern including Jamaica, St. Kitts following Tradewinds, the Command and Florida and Nevis and Trinidad and U S Southern Command NationalGuardwillhostthe Tobago. combined and joint exercise Caribbean, Women, Peace According to GDF heldinJune2021inGuyana. and Security conference on release, the conference aims The conference will Tuesday, August 30 and to increase Force address an array of issues Wednesday, August 31, effectiveness by providing includingpeaceandsecurity, 2022. anunderstandingofWomen, strategies and policies for The conference, which Peace and Security gender integration, formspartoftheGuyanaand implementation, operational recruitment, training and Florida State Partnership p l a n n i n g a n d r e t e n t i o n , g e n d e r Programme, will see interoperability throughout discrimination, women in participation from several theCaribbean. leadership, disaster relief government and non The conference is a operations,sexual governmentalorganisations, follow on from the bilateral (Continuedonpage17)
Kaieteur NewsPAGE 10 Monday May 02, 2022 THEFREDDIEKISSOONCOLUMN FrederickKissoon TuesdayAugust 30, 2022
In2022,14yearsafterhis againstAfricanGuyanese. behalf. press got wind of my was a minister exit from government, Dr Last Sunday marks the In a commentary titled: resignation from the PPP/C during the period Henry Jeffrey explained last firsttime,Jeffreyhasspoken “Jagdeo's Legacy,” here are government as of the 31st 2002 and 2007 Sunday the circumstances indetailonthereasonheand thewordsofJeffreyhimself: December, 2008, they began whenthemayhem thatledtohisdeparturefrom the government parted ways “The president and I finally to bombard me with a n d v i o l e n t thePPPgovernmentin2008. in 2008. I will ask African fell out over the position he suggestions that I was insanity took over Mr Jeffrey is part of a broad Guyanese to read carefully t o o k o n t h e sacked.IexplainedthatIwas Buxton.Bearinmind anti-government thrust that what Jeffrey wrote and Caricom/European Union required to resign from the that allAfrican related argues that the PPP reflect on the advocacy of Economic Partnership government and was offered o r g a n i s a t i o n s government rigs elections certain African Guyanese Agreement (EPA) In thepositionasambassadorto including the PNC, the PPP government isandthePPPisdiscriminating whopurporttospeakontheir December 2008, after the Suriname. I said I would ACDA, WPA, Cuffy 250, democratic.”thinkabout.ThisIdid,made IDPADA G, Overseas This is interesting stuff some requests that were Friends of the WPA, the that has destroyed Jeffrey'srejectedandsodidnotaccept Trade Union Council, have credibility. He quotes thetheposition.” accusedthePPPgovernment International RepublicanA n y o n e w i t h of murdering over 400 Institute(IRI).Obviously,he commonsense, not African males as part of findsthereportcredible.Buteducation, can understand extra judicial operations the very organisationthose words. Nothing about during the period 2002 accepted the results of thethem is complicated 2007. 2020 election as free andEverything about them is Here is Jeffrey once legitimate. The very Jeffreysimple to grasp. Here is an more: “He (Bharrat Jagdeo) picks and chooses whichexplanation of what that came to the presidency in reportshewillaccept.quote means.As Minister of 1999 and between then and ButJeffreyisnotaloneinInternational Trade, Jeffrey 2005, Guyana's economy this picking and choosinggot into a disagreement with stagnated.Duringhistenure, business. The gamut of anti-PresidentJagdeoandafterhe over400Guyaneselosttheir PPP propagandists does notleft Cabinet, he was offered livesasheandtheotherPPP recognise the reports of anythe post of ambassador to oligarchs tried to establish international organisationSuriname. ethnic dominance in that designated the MarchIn Jeffrey's own words, Guyana.” 2020 election free and fairhe could have stayed on but L e t ' s r e s o r t t o They do not recognise anyhis requests on the commonsense once more voice other than the PNC'sappointment to Suriname During the time the PPP that cries out that the PPP were rejected. He did not government was killing 400 rigged the March poll. Westate what the requests were. Guyanese and was trying to await Jeffrey's explanationI know what the requests achieve racial hegemony, why he stayed in the were. It was about financial Jeffrey was a senior Cabinet government when 400conditions To conclude, minister killingstookplace.
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The case against beautician, Onika Pompey, who was charged for making a derogatory Facebook post about singer Kwasi 'Ace' Edmondson, was dismissed followingapublicapology Earlier this year, Pompey, 32, of Lot 479 Corriverton, Berbice, made her first court appearance in the Georgetown Magistrates' Courts before Chief Magistrate, Ann McLennan The beautician had denied that, between October29,2021andNovember8,2021, she made a derogatory Facebook post about Edmonson and was put on $200,000bail.OnFriday,Pompeymadea publicapologytotheEdmondsonandthis ledtothechargebeingdismissedagainst heronMonday Intheapologyshesaid,“Afewweeksago,I publicly made untruthful and disparaging statements about Mr Edmondson…This is no excuse for my actions but an apology for them.” Pompey added, “Though my intention wasnottohurtMr Edmondsonoroffendhim,I madeapoordecision,anddidso.Forthis,Iam sincerely sorry and I do hope that we can put this behind us and move forward in a positive light. I am sorry for the way my actions have impactedyouandIwishyouallthebestinyour endeavours.”
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An evening of fun turned deadly at Kimbia, Upper Berbice River after a 22year-oldmanwaschoppedto death when he tried to save his18-year-oldrelativefrom the said cutlass attack Dead is Selmon King of Wairuni, Berbice River His relative, 18-year-old Shane Osborne also of the said village suffered a severed hand from the wrist and a chopwoundtothejaw Heis currently hospitalised at the NewAmsterdamHospitalin a critical state and is expectedtoundergosurgery Father of the injured teen, Vanwest Osborne, of Wairuni, said he got a call Monday at around 03:00hrs fromaboatownerinforming him that his son's hand was choppedoffduringanattack atKimbia.Hesaidtherewas a wedding reception in Kimbia Village that his son and King attended. Osborne said that based on what he was told, King and his son left the wedding reception andheadedtoadrinkingspot in the same village. While there,twopersons,knownto them were arguing over a cutlass."M y s o n S h a n e intervenedandsaid,“Itcan't be both of you cutlass, it gotta be one person,” Osborne related He continued: “And my son againtelldem,youthinkme isoneofdemboysyoudoes deh slapping up and the boy (the murder suspect) chuck he and he fall into the water and the boy start the chopping," the senior O s b o r n e r e l a t e d According to Vanwest Osborne,Kingheardhisson screams from the chopping and ventured to where they wereinanefforttosavehim buthetoowasattacked.The suspect dealt King a chop to thebackofhisneckandother parts of his body before he escaped.King collapsed and Osborne's son suffered a severedhandwithotherchop wounds. The father of the injured teen is calling for justice to be served and mentioned that the suspect reportedly committed murderinpast. Up to press time, police were still in the Berbice River investigating and searching for the suspect sincehehasgoneintohiding followingthebrutalattack.
Tucker said, “we are just in the processofreachingouttoMarriott to have a discussion with them, to seewhatexactly,istherealityofthe situation.”Tuckerrelatedthatthechamber had decided last week to write to Marriottforameetingandtheyare currentlyfollowinguponthis. Outside of this, the newspaper understands that taxi drivers currentlyemployedatMarriottwill be seeking an audience with the MinistryofTourismtoseehowthe administration could intervene Onetaxidriverwhospokewiththis publication said that the Marriott situationisaseriousonefordrivers who have been operating at the hotel for years “even through the Covid,”tonowbediscarded. The driver who provided his name said there are several issues wrong with the current matter, especially where fears about the Trinidadian company being solely responsible to service the entire Marriottchainisconcerned.
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Beautician, Onika Pompey
Man chopped to death trying to save relative from cutlass attack SelmonDeceased:King ShaneInjured:Osborne
GCCI to seek clarity over Marriott taxi service contract to “foreign” company Marriott Hotel, Kingston
Th e G e o rg e t o w n Chamber of Commerce & Industry (GCCI) will be seeking clarity on the process used by the Guyana Marriot Hotel toselectanoperatortoprovidetaxi servicetothefacility GCCI President Timothy Tucker told the newspaper yesterday that the agency will be seekinginformationfromthehotel sincesomeofitsmembershadalso submitted bids for the taxi service contract. Local taxi operators had complained that a “foreign” company was selected to service Marriott, while locals are being pushed out as the contract was handed to the Trinidadian companyWhencontacted,Tuckerrelated that GCCI was not aware of who got the Marriott contract when the agency'snamewasputtohim. Tucker noted however that the named Trinidadian company is a member of the GCCI, “as well as we have members within the chamberthatwouldhavebidforthe contract.” Based on what was highlighted in the newspaper,
Additionally, the driver continued, the hotel is seeking certainrequirementsfromthelocal drivers.One of those is for drivers to upgrade their vehicles, and currently, some operators would havealreadyupgradedtoCRVsand X trails among other high end vehicles.“Theyaretellingustoholdon for the next two months (when the new company comes on stream), butwhatgonhappenthen,”theman questioned.Heexplained that taxi drivers spend large amounts of money to upkeep their vehicle. For instance, he said he pays full insurance for his vehicle and provides full insurance coverage for his passengers which increase payments to maintain his livelihood. Other drivers, he said, could not afford to upgrade their vehicles and they would not have beenallowedtoparticipatewiththe newTagencyothat, the taxi operator said, “Guyanese should not be allowed tobetenantsintheirowncountry.” He said this is not a highly skilled tradesoGuyaneseshouldbe
Case dismissed against beautician following apology to singer over derogatory post Singer, Kwasi 'Ace' Edmondson
The driver, who said he had beenoperatingatMarriottsinceits inception, continued that taxi operators do not believe the bid processwasdonefairly He expressed that a local taxi agency had applied to service Marriott and won the bid, but later withdrew He said that taxi agency had engaged him as well as other drivers to conduct work under the new contract, and was in the processofmakingtheadjustments. However, he said, when the named taxi service withdrew their service,thebidwasnotretendered, and then it was heard that the “foreign” company would be providing the service. The taxi driver's argument however, is that even if the local company withdrew,therewereotherpersons interested in bidding, including himself.When asked, the driver said he did not bid the first time because many drivers were not aware that thehotelhadputoutabid.Hesaid “certainpeople”wouldbeawareof suchinformation.
A US$50M Marriott AC Hotel isslatedandthedriverbelievesthat the Trinidadian company will be utilized,furtherpushingoutlocals.
Contractor gets 2 years for gambling school project money
A lawyer's letter has been issued t o V i c e President, Bharrat Jagdeo over statements of alleged libelhemadeagainstVincent Alexander in his capacity as chairman of local non-profit, International Decade for People of African Descent Assembly Guyana (IDPADA-G).Theletter written by lawyer, Eusi Anderson, demands an apology, retraction as well as a $50M compensationforthedamage toAlexander'snameasresult of the libel. Anderson said that Jagdeo defamed Alexander by claiming that he had a personal financial interest in the administration of the affairs of IDPADA-G. According to Anderson, Alexander was never paid a penny and acted purely as a volunteer“You defamed his characterbyclaimingthathe is a beneficial owner of IDPADA-G Inc. when he is neither a shareholder nor named beneficiary of same…There are no records, public or otherwise, to contradictthis.Thedefinitive evidence of beneficial ownershipissharecertificate and share issuance resolution, which are public documents No such document exists,” Anderson asserted in the letter to Jagdeo.The lawyer advised that there has not been a shred of evidence to support the Vice President'sclaim.Asaresult, the lawyer said it is most suitable that Jagdeo issues a public apology, retraction as well as the monetary compensation by September 3, 2022 According to Anderson if Jagdeo fails to actuponthedemandsbythat date,hewillfacefurtherlegal proceedings.OnAugust 19, during a press conference Jagdeo accused the organisation's leaders of pocketing State f u n d s t o s u p p o r t Afro–Guyanese. Jagdeo had alleged that the agency's Board of Directors were personally benefitting from an almost $500M State allocation, and singled out Alexander, as one of the beneficiaries who have done little to nothing for AfroGuyanese. Jagdeo stated too that while the agency is registered as a private agency, receiving State funding, it has not been accountable to the Government and has been conducting private audits in relationtoitsspending. Jagdeo posed the questionsinhisstatement,on how much of the $100M per year IDPADA G received since 2019 was spent on salaries and details on those that were paid. “First off let me state that I have absolutely no intention of apologising to Vincent Alexander and he is free to take whatever course of action he wishes Afro Guyanese still remain in the darkasitrelatestothe (Continuedonpage17)
Forty four year old Doorman Henry, who had reportedtothepolicethathe wasrobbedof$1.7Mhehad receivedforaschoolproject, wasonMondaysentencedto twoyearsimprisonmentafter he pleaded guilty to gamblingthemoney Henry appeared in the Georgetown Magistrates' Courts before Senior Magistrate Leron Daly who read the charge to him. The charge stated that onAugust 17, 2022 at Main Street, Georgetown,whileentrusted with $1.7 million by the Ministry of Amerindian Affairstopurchasematerials for a school project, he converted same to his own useand Thebenefit.courtheard that on the day in question, the money was handed over to Henry by the Toshao of Yarakita Village, Region One, to purchase building materials to construct a hall at the Yarakita Primary School However, after receiving the money, Henry went to a casino in Georgetown, where he lost themoneythroughgambling over a three-day period. The defendant later went to the Ruimveldt Police Station where he made a report that he was robbed by an armed bandit.
Chairman of IDPADA-G, Vincent Alexander
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Alexander threatens Jagdeo with $50M lawsuit for 'libelous' statements
Jailed, Doorman Henry
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An investigation was launched into the matter but Henry subsequently admittedthathegambledand lostthemoney ...had reported to police that he was robbed
Secretary General of the United Nations, António Guterres has called for the full respect of the human rightsandotherfundamental freedoms of people of Africandescent. TheUNchiefalsocalled for redress when these are violated, and for formal apologiesandreparationsfor the egregious wrongs of slaveryandcolonialism.Ina m e s s a g e t o m a r k InternationalDayforPeople of African Descent, the UN Secretary General said, the occasion celebrates the diverse heritage and culture of people ofAfrican descent and their enormous contribution to our societies throughout history “Yet, aroundtheworld,millionsof peopleofAfricandescentare still subject to racism and deeply entrenched and s y s t e m i c r a c i a l discrimination. That is why theUnitedNationscontinues to call for the full respect of their human rights and fundamental freedoms, for redress when these are violated, and for formal apologiesandreparationsfor the egregious wrongs of slaveryandcolonialism,”the messageread.
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Agriculture Minister commissions $24 million grader in Region 6
He added that in December, the Permanent Forum of People of African D e s c e n t , w h o s e establishment is an important achievement of the International Decade for People of African Descent, will hold its first session. “I urge all stakeholders, i n c l u d i n g p e o p l e , c o m m u n i t i e s a n d organisations of African descent, to participate and drive the work of the Forum forward.TheUnitedNations General Assembly has r e q u e s t e d t h e Intergovernmental Working Group on the Effective Implementation of the Durban Declaration and ProgrammeofActiontodraft aUnitedNationsdeclaration on the promotion and full respect of the human rights ofpeopleofAfricandescent. TheForumwillcontributeto this critically important work.” “It is essential that we continue to speak up –loudly and without fail –against any notion of racial superiorityandthatwework tirelessly to free all societies fromtheblightofracism.”
Rice farmers in Region Six (East Berbice Corentyne)willsoonbenefit from a more efficient access d a m m a i n t e n a n c e programmewiththeaddition ofanewmotorgradertothe region'sfleetofmachinery Agriculture Minister, Zulfikar Mustapha commissioned the grader on Sunday,August 28, 2022, at the ministry's sub-office at Tarlogie on the Corentyne Coast The machine was procured for $24 million undertheNationalDrainage and Irrigation Authority's (NDIA) 2022 capital expenditure programme While offering remarks, Minister Mustapha said that the government, through the Ministry of Agriculture, is working to double rice production within the next threeHeyears.alsosaidthatinorder to achieve this, the ministry has expended large sums of money to execute muchneeded rehabilitation work to access dams in the rice cultivationareas. “We have to use the infrastructure more responsibly.$34millionwas allocated initially for this region for dam maintenance worksundertheministry By the end of the year, roughly $84 million will be spent to rehabilitate access dams in the region because more workwasneeded. Theseare temporaryworksbecausewe have to do them every crop. This is why the government is looking to construct allweather roads but those are large projects that require a lotoffunds,butwillbedone over time, ” Minister Mustaphasaid. While there, Minister Mustapha also met with farmers to listen to some of their concerns Many farmers present told the minister that a number of access dams in the cultivation areas needed urgent rehabilitation Several farmers from ManchesterVillagealsotold the minister that several trenches needed to be cleaned for some time now While responding to the farmers' concerns, Minister Mustapha indicated that the regional engineers had submitted a list of access dams that need upgrading. While listing some of the areas submitted, Minister Mustapha assured the farmers that all the access damsinthecultivationareas would be fixed. He also told the farmers that a machine will be sent to the area to clearthetrenches. “I want to assure you; a list of dams was submitted andwewillrehabilitateallof thosedams.Inotherpartsof thecountry,wehavefarmers who have contracts to maintain these access dams. We can look at that for Region Six. If there are farmerswiththecapacity,we can have that system set up sothatthedamscanbemade toyoursatisfaction. Instead of bringing persons from out of the regiontodotheseworks,the beneficiarieswoulddothem, Thefarmers,especiallyfrom Manchester, have raised the issue of trenches needing to becleanedanddamsneeding to be fixed. I've asked the NDIA to designate a machinefortheareauntilall those works in th (DPI)pptWavailablepoolManchester/Lancaster/Livereareaaredone.Themachineshouldbeinthenewweek.ewillworkwithyousohatwecandeveloparioritizedworkrogramme,”henoted.
Agriculture-Minister Zulfikar Mustapha and other representatives from the ministry at the commissioning UN calls for full respect of human rights, freedoms of people of African descent Secretary General of the United Nations, António Guterres
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(right) Public Works Ministry Permanent Secretary, Vladim Persaud and Technocon Investments signing the road contract for Capoey Lake on Sunday. (Photos: Ministry of Finance) Representative from Mohammed Ramzanali Khan and Public Works Ministry Permanent Secretary, Vladim Persaud signing the contract for the Lake Mainstay/ ETI road project.
Map showing the outline of Capoey Lake main access road from Essequibo Coast main road.
The Ministry of Public Works has signed a contract worth $219 million for the upgrading of 3,000 metres (1.8mile)ofroadatCapoey Lake located on the Essequibo Coast, Region Two The simple signing ceremony which was witnessed by Senior Minister with the responsibility for Finance, Dr Ashni Singh saw the Public Works Ministry Permanent Secretary, Vladim Persaud signing the contract with contractor TechnoconInvestmentswho would be executing the works.The project, Kaieteur News understands, was opened last month at the National Procurement and Tender Administration Board (NPTAB) office and some 21 contractors had placed bids to do the works which was estimated to cost $228,134,512.Thescope of works, accordingtoareleaseposted on the Minister of Finance's Facebook page includes 3,000 metres of road upgraded to asphaltic concrete, road edge markings and speed humps. The road which is in dire need of upgrading when completed is expected to reduce travel time and transportation cost for students and residents residinginCapoey Also, the upgraded road will serve as a tourism boosteraswellasaidinother economic activities which the road is used for, such as rice and cash crop farming, thereleasestated. While in RegionTwo on Sunday, Minister Singh also witnessed another road contractsigned. This time, it was for the upgradeoftheroadbetween the Essequibo Technical Institute(ETI)accessroadto Chinese Lock. The $246 million contract which was handed to contractor, Mohammed Ramzanali Khan would see the upgradingof3,400metresof road to asphaltic concrete, inclusive of road edge markingsandspeedbumps. Similarly, when this projectwasopenedinJulyat the NPTAB office a total of 21 contractors had placed bids for the project which was estimated to cost $268,600,526.Theupgraded road is expected to reduce travel timeandtransportationcost, with main beneficiaries being students and residents of Mainstay/Whayaka Village, Lima Sands HousingScheme,Tapakuma Mission and Feather Beach, the release stated As reported on, in this year's budget some $15.2 billion was allocated for the c o n s t r u c t i o n a n d rehabilitation of urban and community roads across the country.
$219M to upgrade 1.8 mile road in Essequibo lake
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Natural Resources Ministry has...
From page 2 activities, such as accounting, procurement, project management, risk management, compliance and operations. This can be customized and it also allows for access to or reporting to partners, suppliers and regulators on a real-time basis.” It was about two weeks ago, Kaieteur News had asked the Vice President, Dr. Bharrat Jagdeo to say what mechanisms are being utilised to ensure realtime monitoring of costs being racked up by ExxonMobil which is now pursuing the development of its fourth project, Yellowtail. Jagdeo said, “Right now, the contract provides only for audit and it's a post process. If you have to be involved in realtime monitoring, it means comanagement; that's the only way that Guyana will be managing the oil company, that's the only way you can deal with it now in real time. We don't have co-management that is why there is a mechanism that provides for the audits.”Should the audits find unreasonable costs or those procured through insider trading or related companies at inflated costs, Jagdeo said those could be disallowed. If successful, the VP said they have to be removed from cost oil and therefore result in a higher share of profit oil. He said however that there is no co-management arrangement and therefore Guyana is left only with the audits. In May last, the Guyana Government had signed a contract for a four-month review or audit of ExxonMobil's expenses between the years 2018 to 2020. Importantly, the audit will cost Guyanese some US$751,000.Thisisa discounted price from the US$1 million that was being sought by the consortium to undertake the review. The consultancy was awarded to VHE Consulting which is a registered partnership between Ramdihal & Haynes Inc.; Eclisar Financial; and Vitality Accounting & Consultancy Inc. The local consortium is supported by International firms - SGS and Martindale Consultants. The country is still to see the outcome of the audit conducted on the US$460M pre-contract costs incurred by Exxon pre2016. That audit was undertaken since 2019 by IHS Markit. The contract with the UK firm had cost US$300,000.
Call centre to recruit 500 Guyanese
Itel, a business process outsourcing provider (BPO) founded in the Caribbean, has announced plans to recruit more than 500 employees in the next few weeks, to support its expanding operation at its Guyana customer engagement centre. The company has already started to recruit, and will have a job fair on the 3rd September from 9am to 3pm at Itel’s offices on 81-82 Camp & Robb Streets. These new hires will assist Itel in fulfilling the needs of some of North America’s most renowned brands in retail, Tech Support and Healthcare, the company said in a release. Itel plans to hire Guyanese who are customer-service oriented to ramp up local operations and who have a desire to learn. Itel’s retention culture fosters career growth and development through training and mentorships, while offering employees the opportunity to explore various career paths within the inflow,talentwithfriendlycountry,internationaloptimisticthecomingexplosiveuntappedcrucial“GuyanaCountrysaid.programmes,incentivisedalsoinsurancesalary,willSuccessfulorganisation.candidatesreceiveacompetitivetraining,healthbenefits,andwillhaveaccesstoemployeethecompanyKailashRao,Guyana’sManager,noted,ispoisedataveryjunctionbetweentalentandgrowthintheyears,especiallyinBPOsector.Itelisaboutbringingtopbrandstotheandwithaninvestor-governmentcoupledawell-educatedyoungpooltosupporttheGuyanaissetto become the ‘go-to destination’ for all major players in this sector.” Itel acquired Emerge BPO in 2021 and has continued with its USD$4M business expansion plans, offering new upgrades and infrastructure developments. These improvements will pave the way for massive external and internal modifications including modern fixtures and designs, state-of-the-art workspaces and a vibrant internal company culture.
Thank Frustratedyou,ResidentGCCI to seek clarity over Marriott taxi... help us, how will we develop and grow like the others. How will locals be able to rise if you don't give them a chance?”
From page 12 allowed to capitalize on the sector.He insisted too that authorities should ensure Guyanese are not “pushed out” in this manner. “If they don't coach the small man and social media, you can see the Ministry of Housing and water rewarding squatters with house lots and in some cases house and land, while ignoring the discomfort and inconveniences posed to the legit landowners. I am a former headmistress, who went through all the hoops and stood in line at 2am just to see the then minister, who is now president, he unequivocally decided where I should get land, telling me it is a nice neighbourhood.WellMr.President if you are reading this, I would like to encourage you to spend a week living in this neighbourhood and tell me what is nice about this neighbourhood, or will you reimburse me for all my investment?
“With respect to the encouragement of the movement of capital in the country I trust that the population of Trinidad and Tobago will view the investment of Jamaica as welcome as Jamaica welcomes Trinidad and Tobago’s investment whether it is baking food preparation or food distribution,” he said.
When Kaieteur News made contact with the local who placed a bid to provide the Marriott taxi service, he told the newspaper that he withdrew from the bid because the returns could not pay.He said if he could not make a decent return from the job neither could the men employed under him.
(TRINIDAD EXPRESS)
“In following the Trinidadian press, one of the statements that caught my attention was Prime Minister Rowley’s declaration that violence is a public health issue. We have been saying this in Jamaica as well. It is important that the Jamaica and Trinidad and Tobago’s public come to a realization that countries like ours, at our stage of development, our economic profile and our culture and historical factors play a role and probably explains why violence is used so often or is the choice of action to resolve conflict in our “Wesociety.”need to take a public health approach in looking at why it is violence features so heavily in our social transactions. To this end Prime Minister Rowley and myself shared notes on what our respective Governments are doing… Prime Minister Rowley did something similar and we are going to be collaborating more closely on this issue in addition to much more collaboration and information sharing to deal with the issues of crime across borders and transnational. On the issue of national security, I would report we are making significant progress,” he said. Holness added that both countries would see collaboration in the arts and sporting sectors, with young local athletes to be invited to participate in Jamaican competitions.“Wealsodiscussed areas where we have natural talents, culture and sports, music, Carnival and athletics, and we have agreed we are going to collaborate much more closely. We would be inviting schools from (Trinidad and Tobago) to participate in our sporting competitions in Jamaica,” he said. In addition to this, he said there were discussions on increasing bilateral relations and trade, through the process of business registration. He said both parties would review respective legislation on the matter.“We also spoke about bilaterally enhancing corporations with regards to our process of business registration. I think that is an area that will really create an explosion in trade and commerce between our countries. There is absolutely no reason why a company registered in Trinidad and Tobago should not be noticed as registered in Jamaica and when we go back, we will be looking at our respective legislation. Generally, I would report that aside from my visit being in recognition of the 60th anniversary of your independence and participating in your celebration, it was also designed to bring our cooperation together,” he said.Also speaking at the conference, Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley said that the country intended to continue initiatives that hold, “the CSME (Caribbean Single Market and Economy) as a front burner item.” He said the region was moving towards removing non-tariff barriers and welcomed Jamaican investment in Trinidad and Tobago.“Caricom is receiving the inquisitive support from the largest component of the Caricom market outside of Haiti. We expect that the commitment that we made recently in Suriname to remove non-tariff barriers given the energy we are putting into that now and the role non-tariff barriers play in suppressing the effectiveness of this single market and economy, we could now see some peeling away of those things and work is going on there and work is going on there.”
Squatting Good Hope, ECD
the right thing on Aug 2? Is PNC upset because the Chair change course on a declaration mid-stream? Was this due to diplomats (read US Ambassador) and media commentaries on her behavi our throughout the saga? Instead of attacking From page 5 up for a swearing in and was put on hold at Princess (one day) waiting for the right time (or the phone call) for the swearing in? Didn’t the court block the swearing in from an opposition petition after Lowenfield had prepared election results from Mingo’s bogusDidn’tcount?Granger repeatedly say that he would not swear in as President unless the Chair make the declaration that he was elected as President? Why the sudden anger with her when she did End attack on Chair and focus... the Chair, why not focus on how to ofwithalienatedsupportersGECOMprofessionaliseandwinoverwhowerefromthepartyfailedimplementationpromises! Yours Calvintruly,Braithwaite
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The following months will see increased collaboration between Jamaica and Trinidad and Tobago as the region continues to move towards regional integration. This according to Jamaican Prime Minister Andrew Holness and Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley who hosted a joint news conference on Monday afternoon.Speaking at the conference Prime Minister Holness -who indicated he was in the country to participate in the 60th Independence celebrationsstated that he supported Rowley’s declaration of crime as a public health issue earlier thisHolnessyear. said that there was shared sentiment in Jamaica, with the Government recently establishing a Commission for the Prevention of Violence intended to study the issue and coordinate governmental responses.Hesaid that he and Rowley had shared noted on the issue and that both Governments would be collaborating on responses
Jamaica and T&T’s shared problem: Crime
DEAR EDITOR, It has been over five years I am writing about squatting in Good Hope Phase three, East Coast Demerara. Once again, I am appealing for help as these squatters continue to terrorize this neighbourhood, Editor, I do not know where to go or who else to talk to because this Government is encouraging and allowing squatting. It seems like every day on From page 11 benefits of the close to half a billion dollars utilised. He should therefore provide details on the following.” He also questioned how many persons benefitted from capacity training, the types of training offered, who conducted the training, and what process was used to select both the trainers and beneficiaries of the training. But Alexander refuted much of what Jagdeo said at a press conference. Among Alexander's assertions was that he is not paid for his work with IDPADA-G, that Jagdeo is trying to vilify the Alexander threatens Jagdeo with... organisation and that the organisation has been spending money in the AfricanGuyanese community. “We are proud of the fact that we are able to fund the night schools which have brought back children into the loop of the education system. This we do in Georgetown and in the Corentyne. So that's another instance of the outreach.”“And many people would know of the work that was done in the Mocha Arcadia market day, which we also funded. Many people would know of the exhibitions we have had, at Square of the Revolution and the avenue,” Alexander said, describing this as physical manifestations of their work. The organisation also sent out a statement in which it further defended itself and detailed more of its work.
From page 6 dispensation – which is a critical investment that would require experienced management at both ends of the production process. Of the estates identified, Blairmont is the one totally without any related experience, while Rose Hall is in the process of considerable reconstruction.Whatobtains in terms of skills and experience is for a rather uneven playing fieldindeed to work on. There will have to be a very expansive GuySuCo – In Search of Cane... (and indeed expensive) search for the right leadership capabilities.Forthemany, including in GuySuCo, who may be unfamiliar with the history of Cane Farming, the following Table may just be of some interest:All the foregoing anticipates a most comprehensive training and researchAndprospectiveprogrammedevelopmentfortheparticipants.ofcourse,anexpertcentrewillbemost needed – to advise on the application of appropriate fertilisers; not to mention the identification of disease, for example.Itwould be most instructive to observe GAWU’s reaction to this combustion of the sugar industry. E.B. RetiredJohn Human Resources Director Initial Coordinator of CorporateCane Farming Development
The keynote speakers at the event include First Lady, Arya Ali, Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs and Governance, Gail Teixeira, U.S. Ambassador Sarah-Ann Lynch, Commander U.S. Southern Command General Laura Richardson, Chancellor of the Judiciary, Justice Yonette CummingsEdwards and Chief, Justice Roxane Geor ge-Wiltshire. The partnership between the Florida National Guard, United States Southern Command and Guyana is a critical component of the security cooperation between the U.S. and Guyana.
Guyana to host Caribbean women, peace...
IDPADA-G falls under the United Nations designated International Decade for People of African Descent (2015-2024) under the theme 'People of African descent: recognition, justice and development.' It requires all nations with African descendants to put in place mechanisms that provide support for the marginalized ethnic group.
From page 10 harassment, trafficking in persons and migration.
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Among those stakeholders were representatives of large and small scale fishers The chairperson for Fish South Africa (FishSA) Loyiso Phantshwa who represented commercial fisheries gaverousinginputintothelackof sufficientresearchontheimpactof theongoingoilandgasexploration projectsonmarineecosystemsthat theydependedon,thereportstated. SA United Fishing Front founder Pedro Garcia representing smallscale fishers “advocated the need for a Grassroots Communications Framework to ensure actual meaningfulconsultationprocesses could be held around these projects.”FirstIndigenous Nation of Southern Africa (Finsa) leader Gregg Fick also brought attention “to the lack of representation and deliberateexclusionofthevoiceof the first Indigenous people on the panel of speakers ” Fick was reportedassayingthat“Indigenous people were the first to fish and careforthesensitiveoceanthatso manynowlaidaclaimto,yetthey were still not given a seat at the table in these discussions and on theseTplatforms.”othatconcern, the South African Mineral Resources and Energy Ministry said it will be “criss crossing the country consulting all stakeholders” as he does not wish to be selective or to discriminateandexcludeanyone.
The co existence of the fisheries industry and the developmentofoilandgasremains a topical issue for any oil and gasproducing nation. So much so that even Guyana has had its share of contentionregardingtheimpactof theoilandgasdevelopmentonthe fishingOperatorsindustryhereinGuyanahave continued to claim that oil operations off the Stabroek Block has dwindled fish numbers. The matter even forced a Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) study that was provided to the governmentwhichsaidthattheoil andgasdevelopmentbyExxonand partners was not the cause of the dwindlingfishnumbers. Thisinformationwasprovided despite the oil company in its impact assessment document clarifying possible effects its operations could have on fishes. The Ministry of Agriculture provided information from the FAO report which was done in earlyMay;butthedocumentisyet tobereleased.
Taking into account the activities of oil and gas development and its impactonthefishingsector,South African fishers and environmental activistsinCapeTownhaveforced their government to meet and provide information regarding the vulnerability of their industry in relationtothepetroleumupstream sectorReports out of the African nation by Independent Online (IOL) stated that civil society, environmentalist and other stakeholders protested their government yesterday using sloganssuchas'peopleoverprofit' and 'we cannot eat oil and gas' to highlight their concerns regarding the energy business It was reported that civil society and fisher organisations held the symbolic demonstration outside the Cape Town International Convention Centre where Energy Minister Gwede Mantashe met fishing communities to discuss their concerns about the development of the upstream petroleumindustry Yesterday'smeetingcamedays after a pre-colloquium that sought to hear stakeholders' fears concerning upcoming oil and gas activities, was held. The minister had said that the meeting formed part of a process started earlier in the year to “…engage with all interested and affected parties on the development of the upstream petroleum industry in South Africa. We need to explore and exploit the minerals that our country is endowed with to grow oureconomy,”Mantashesaid. It was noted however that the fishing communities and environmental activists called for more meaningful engagement between “the government, stakeholders from the oil and gas industry and fishing sector”. The engagement to discuss “the coexistence of upstream petroleum and fishing industries” was also held last Thursday after mounting pressurefromthestakeholders.
The pre-colloquium event on Thursdaywassaidtobeorganised by “the Department of Mineral Resources and Energy (DMRE), Department of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment (DFFE), and the Petroleum Agency of South Africa (PASA) to engage the fishing sector and rising concerns abouttheeffectofoffshoreoiland gas exploration activities on the environment, seismic surveys, coastal community development and how these sectors could coexist.”Stakeholders highlighted the lack of information regarding oil and gas impacts on the fishing industry and thus noted the need for increased and regular stakeholderinvolvementtoensure an all-inclusive approach to the sectorsco-existing.
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While the sessions form part of the engagements with various stakeholders aimed at providing clarity and crafting solutions to the challenges experiencedinthedevelopmentof theUpstreamPetroleumIndustry,a final joint energy colloquium by the Department of Mineral Resources and Energy (DMRE) and Department of Forestry, Fisheries and Environment (DFFE) is expected in October where environmental impact considerationsofupstreamoiland gas activities will be further addressed.Itwasreportedthat,TheGreen Connection, South Durban Community Environmental Alliance, SA Fishers Collective, Coastal Justice Network and KZN Subsistence Fisherfolks among otherstakeholdershave“expressed their opposition towards oil and gas extractive activities.” It was said that these organisations believe the engagement sought to “pacify and weaken the message some small scale fishing communities have been sending outagainstthepillagingofcoastal waters and their belief that oil and gas development and fishing activitiescouldnotco-exist.”
The pre colloquium saw marine and mining experts engaging representatives of the fishing communities on matters relatingtotheupstreampetroleum industry
“We cannot ...SouthAfricafishermen,environmentalistforceGovt.engagementoveroilandgasimpacts eat oil and gas” Civil society and fisher organisations symbolic demonstration outside the Cape Town International Convention Centre (Picture: Masifundise Development Trust) (Picture: (Picture:DevelopmentDevelopmentMasifundiseTrust)TMasifundiseDevelopmentTrust)
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From page 22 next year on a grander scale as you have heard the Honorable Minister (Charles Ramson Jr.) said that this facility will be ready for a larger influx of countries. I am saying that this tournament in the near future will become such a marquee tournament that we will have boxers not only from the Caribbean but further afield,” Ninvalle professed in conclusion.a From page 23 maintain their skills, and we had a very good build-up leading up to the tournament. It was the first time for all of them at the regional level, but they were able to adapt, and they did very well to come out and win. We are very proud.”
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The referee raises the hand of Guyanese Gravel Hyman following his win against Paul Newallo of T n T. (Zaheer Mohamed photos)
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Guyanese James, Hyman, Greenidge, Bancroft record wins the Bahamas in the 57-60kg class.Hyman won by unanimous decision against Paul Newallo of Trinidad and Tobago in the 64-66kg class semi final.Greenidge defeated his fellow Guyanese Arlington Johnson by unanimous decision in the 51-53kg division, while Ezekiel Bancroft won against fellow Guyanese Keyon Britton by a unanimous decision in their 34-36 kg bout.Chris Persaud of Trinidad and Tobago defeated Guyanese Jahuan Haniff by a unanimous decision in the 6063kg semi final, while Shamaria Isaacs won against Okenwa Stuart after the referee stopped the fight in the second round in their 38-40kg contest.Inother contests, Jadon King beat Khamunda Alexander, Rondell Croft won against Roopesh Balgobin, Shaquain Marshall defeated Adellie Peters, Matthew Thorne overcame Travis Sancho and Juilen Young beat Neraj Singh. (Zaheer Mohamed)
Wakenaam Masters will take on Royal Strikers U23 in T20- fixture today at the Wakenaam Community Centre ground in Good Success. Wakenaam Masters will be led by Mustak Mohamed and include Nazeer Mohamed, Navishaul Pooran, Heera Sukhram and Vickram Ramnarine, while Ricardo Adams will appear as a guest Guyanese Shakqain James, Gravel Hyman, Malchi Greenidge and Ezekiel Bancroft registered victories in their respective categories when the 5th Winfield Brathwaite Caribbean boxing championship continued on Saturday night at Cliff Anderson Sports Hall. James forced the referee to stop the contest after 1 minute 28 seconds in the third round against Keano Cox of Winfield Brathwaite C’bean boxing c/ships...
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Wakenaam Masters to face Royal Strikers U23 today player.Royal Strikers will be captained by Mohandass Surujpaul and comprise of Tushall Su rujpaul, Devon Ramrattan, Shahid Mohamed, Kumesh Sudin, Gladewin Henry and Nazam Mohamed. The game is being sponsored by Mustak Mohamed and action commences at 13:00hrs.
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Guyana successfully defended their team title, while Guyanese Jeremiah Duncan took the best Boxer award when the curtains came down on the threenight Winfield Braithwaite Caribbean Schoolboys and J u n i o r s B o x i n g Championships on Sunday night at the Cliff Anderson SportsHall. In the four team Championships Guyana registered23pointstoeasily take top honours in the fifth e d i t i o n o f t h e Championshipswhichbegan in2016.TheGuyanesewerehead and shoulders above the visiting contingents, Bahamas (nine points), Trinidad and Tobago (eight points) and St Lucia on five points.The talented Duncan played a big part his Country’s success and earned the Best Boxer trophy,whileotherslikeEon Bancroft and Emanuel Pompey contributed to Guyana’s unbeaten streak since the inaugural
Guyana retain Winfield Braithwaite C’bean Boxing title Guyanatitleretain - Duncan cops best boxer trophy
overcameSdBaptistetheirtheBahamasEsGuyaneseiinGuyaneseuBround.Lucia;HarveBancrofticontesthandedminutestclass.winCurtisChampionships.DuncandefeatedAndrewofTheBahamastothefinalofthe50-52kgHeforcedtherefereeostopthecontest57intothethirdround.JoshuaThambaranGuyanaanotherwinwhenhebeatPrinceCharlesofTrinidadandTobagototakethe57-60kgtitle.Therefereeputahalttothe1minute31secondsnthefirstroundEonJrofGuyanawonthe60-63kgfinalagainstCharlenagneofSt.therefereestoppedtheboutintheopeningJailenYoungeofTheahamaswonbyananimousdecisionoverTiquanSampsonthe54-56kgfinal.Inthenternationalsegment,EmanuelPompeytormedtovictoryoverlijahSmithofThewhodidn’ttaketoringaftertworoundsinscheduledthree-round91+kgbout.JadenYoungeofTheBahamasbeatDwayneofGuyanabyasplitecision,whileKeybertimilienofStLuciaJoshuaLewisof Trinidad and Tobago in the 57-60kgSean(15-16yrs).Grahamof Guyana beatChrisPersaudinthe6063kgexhibitionbout. Speaking with Kaieteur Sport during the event, Minister of Culture, Youth and Sport Charles Ramson Jr said Guyana has a lot of young talent, but the weakness is being able to take it to the international level, not only in boxing but all the sporting disciplines. This is something we are working on so we can reap success at the elite level consistentlyHeadded that this event, helpstogiveexposureatthe nursery level and it’s something which he will continuetosupport. “Thetruemeasureofour successishowwellwedoat the international level, we know where we are, that’s why the academy had to start.Icouldn’tseeandknow wehavethetalent,butweare underperforming at the international level. So that’s whyIamsokeentoseethat everystageoftheacademyis implemented,andattheNSC levelIhaveputinplaceafew p e r s o n s w i t h k e y responsibilities that they have to monitor, evaluate andreporttothecommission and of which I am also monitoringthosereportsand being involved,” Ramson pointedTheout.Ministerstatedthat theyarenowputtinginplace a formal structure (which was done on Thursday) that becomes an agenda item on theNSC “Whenmeeting.itcomes to the elitelevelthatissomethingI am going to take on a very serious responsibility for I am going to engage the ambassadors, where I can bring in elite coaches and haveourlocalcoacheswork with them while they are trainingoureliteplayers.We havethetalentbutwehaveto convert it into international success,”he Presidentexplained.oftheGuyana Boxing Association and brainchildofthetournament, Steve Ninvalle underscored itsimportance.“Ithinkit’s the most importanteventforboxingin the Caribbean.As I said our nursery is of immense importance.Thishas also been echoedbyeverycountrythat hascomehereandasamatter of a fact, people are saying that those that are not here stand not to gain.” Ninvalle, who is also the Director of Sport, added, “From a personal standpoint, I am extremelyhappyforwhatwe havebeenabletoachieve. At one point we were sayingthatthisissomething thatwewillnotbeabletodo but because of its importance,weknowthatwe cannot fail with this nursery.”Ninvallewasenthusedat the overwhelming success andstatedthatnextyear,the tournamentwillbeheldona “granderscale”.“Wewilldo it(Continued Guyanese Emanuel Pompey in action against Elijah Smith of The Bahamas.
Jeremiah Duncan accepts his MVP prize from DOS Steve Ninvalle.
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The powerlifting contingent following the day’s event Lalita
FemaleWinners
Romeo Hunter, Gonsalves shine as 33 records shattered
1st76kgWomen’sOpenRaw-AshlieAbraham,Squat127.5kg,Benchpress65.0kg,Deadlift 152.5kg,Total345.0kg 2nd 76kg Women’s Open Raw - Lalita Bridgemohan, Squat 127.5kg, Benchpress 57.5kg, Deadlift137.5kg,Total322.5kg
Abrigo, Angel
1st 74kg Men’s Sb-Jr Raw - Romeo Hunter, Squat 240.0kg, Benchpress 160.0kg, Deadlift 205.0kg,Total605.0kg 1st120+kgMen’sJuniorRaw-YogaishawarSeecharan,Squat223.0kg,Benchpress110.5kg, Deadlift215.0kg,Total548.5kg 1st 66kg Men’s Open Raw - Romario Gonsalves, Squat 222.5kg, Benchpress 122.5kg, Deadlift272.5kg,Total617.5kg 2nd66kgMen’sOpenRaw-NavindraTamasar,Squat165.0kg,Benchpress97.5kg,Deadlift 227.5kg,Total490.0kg 3rd 66kg Men’s Open Raw - Dwayne Welch, Squat 130.0kg, Benchpress 87.5kg, Deadlift 150.0kg,Total367.5kg
ByZaheerMohamed h e G u y a n aTA m a t e u r Powerlifting Federation RAW nationals’ championship which was held at on Sunday at St. Stanislaus College saw 33 recordstumble,whileCarlos Petterson Griffith and Keisha Abrigo were crowned overall male and female champions respectively Displaying their passion for iron sport, PettersonGriffithandAbrigohadtotal lifts of 825kg and 415kg respectively, while Angel Chappelle, Romario Gonsalves, Romeo Hunter andMarlonWilson,Sherene WilliamsandFaroukAbdool were among the record breakers. Petterson-Griffith hadasquatof320kg,benchpressof170kgandadeadlift of335kgwhileAbrigohada squat of 160kg, bench-press of 70kg and deadlift of 185kg. Angel Chappelle totaled 267 kg which consistsofasquatof107kg, benchpress of 47.5kg and a deadliftof112.5kg. Hunterchalkedatotalof 605kgwhichincluded,Squat 240.0kg, Benchpress 160.0kg, Deadlift 205.0kg, Total605.0kgBelowarethe Winners in each weight class:
Petterson-Griffith, Chappelle,
GAPLF Raw Nationals Championship
1st 74kg Men’s Open Raw - Romeo Hunter, Squat 240.0kg, Benchpress 160.0kg, Deadlift 205.0kg,Total605.0kg 2nd74kgMen’sOpenRaw-NoelCummings,Squat140.0kg,Benchpress90.0kg,Deadlift 182.5kg,Total412.5kg 3rd 74kg Men’s Open Raw - Demetri Chan, Squat 190.0kg, Benchpress 132.5kg, Deadlift 25.0kg,Total347.5kg 1st93kgMen’sOpenRaw-CarlosPetterson-Griffith,Squat320.0kg,Benchpress170.0kg, Deadlift335.0kg,Total825.0kg 2nd 93kg Men’s Open Raw - MarlonWilson,Squat190.0kg, Benchpress132.5kg, Deadlift 273.0kg,Total595.5kg 3rd 93kg Men’s Open Raw - Joseph Stoll, Squat 150.0kg, Benchpress 77.5kg, Deadlift 175.0kg,Total402.5kg
1st105kgMen’sOpenRaw-BjornWilliams,Squat237.5kg,Benchpress177.5kg,Deadlift 302.5kg,Total717.5kg 2nd 105kg Men’s Open Raw - Paul Meusa, Squat 215.0kg, Benchpress 130.0kg, Deadlift 275.0kg,Total620.0kg 1st120+kgMen’sOpenRaw-YogaishawarSeecharan,Squat223.0kg,Benchpress110.5kg, Deadlift215.0kg,Total548.5kg 1st93kgMen’sMaster1Raw-MarlonWilson,Squat190.0kg,Benchpress132.5kg,Deadlift 273.0kg,Total595.5kg 1st 93kg Men’s Master 2 Raw - Joseph Stoll, Squat 150.0kg, Benchpress 77.5kg, Deadlift 175.0kg,Total402.5kg 1st74kgMen’sMaster4Raw-NoelCummings,Squat140.0kg,Benchpress90.0kg,Deadlift 182.5kg,Total412.5kg
1st69kgWomen’sOpenRaw-KeishaAbrigo,Squat160.0kg,Benchpress70.0kg,Deadlift 185.0kg,Total415.0kg
1st52kgWomen’sOpenRaw-AngelChappelle,Squat107.5kg,Benchpress47.5kg,Deadlift 112.5kg,Total267.5kg
Ramario Gonsalves performing deadlift Bridgemohan
on the podium
1st52kgWomen’sSb-JrRaw-AngelChappelle,Squat107.5kg,Benchpress47.5kg,Deadlift 112.5kg,Total267.5kg
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1st76kgWomen’sMaster1Raw-LalitaBridgemohan,Squat127.5kg,Benchpress57.5kg, Deadlift137.5kg,Total322.5kg MaleWinners
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SportsMax - Barbados are winners of the West Indies Rising Stars U-15 Championship after they defeated Leeward Islands in thefinalroundofmatchesat the Grenada National StadiumonFriday The Bajans won the 15over-per-side match by 16 runstotopthetablewith18.4 points.They finished the tournamentBarbadosunbeaten.battedfirstand made73-0off15overswith solid knocks of 31 from Shem Sargeant and 29 from KemarDixon. In reply, the Leewards ended on 57-8 with the top score of 22 from Tanez Francis, which came off 26 balls.Jakeem Pollard (2 7), RJaiGittens(2-9)andAkobi Crichlow-Byer (2-6) led the way with the ball for the Bajans.Speakingafterthematch, Coach Rohan Nurse said he was pleased with the teamwork which led to the side’s triumph.“Weareveryhappywith the way the team played throughout the entire tournament.Overthe past two years we didn’t have any competitive cricket at this level,duetothepandemic.In that time, they (players) workedreallyhardto (Continued
The Guyana Hockey Board (GHB) will kick start its indoor calendar today, August30,from18:00hrsat the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall (CASH) with the Lucozade Indoor Hockey Tournament.Thistournament will be integral for the local hockey playing clubs in preparation for the National and International Indoor Tournaments scheduled for thelastquarterofthisyear For the first time ever, a blend of senior and junior talent will be showcased as an under-20 category for both boys and girls will be introduced.This6-dayeventwillrun daily from today to Sunday, September 4, with matches beginning at 17:00 hrs on weekdays and 10:00 hrs on theweekend.Fanscan expect an interesting and exciting tournamentasouryouthsare eager to display their skill andrepresenttheirclubs. Atotalofseven(7)teams intheunder-20ineachofthe junior categories have registered, while there will befivewomenandseven(7) male teams for the seniors. The participating clubs are GCC,Saints,HikersandOld Fort. Six matches are scheduled for the opening night with the U20 Girls kicking things off in a showdown between GBTI GCC Spartans and YMCA Old Fort Samurais then the boys take the court from 18:25 hrs with Bounty GCC War Dogs versus SHC Scorpions.ThefirstWomen’smatch at18:50hrsisbetweenGBTI GCC Spartans and YMCA Old Fort Igniters then the men take centre stage at 19:40 hrs with Pepsi Hikers versusSHCS’Team. Thefinaltwomatchesof the night are in the Women and Men category as Saints take on Woodpecker Hikers andBountyGCCTheSequel battleHikersCadetsat20:30 hrs and 21:20 hrs, respectivelyTheGHB wishes to thankAnsaMcAlforalways supporting hockey and particularly this tournament under their Lucozade brand. The board wishes to invite the general public to come and witness some top class hockey by our youths, men and women who will be competing for the Lucozade Championcrown. For more information, visit the Board’s social m e d i a p a g e s @guyanahockeyboard to keepposted. p o r t s M a xSBarbados Royals women were crowned champion in the inaugural SKYEXCH 6IXTY at Warner Park Shakera Selman produced a magical spell to stun the Trinbago Knight Riders women and help her team become the first to lift the women’s Universe Boss SKYEXCH 6IXTY trophy With the Knight Riders alreadyontheropes,Selman claimed three wickets in the penultimateovertocleanup the Knight Riders’ batters and ensure a 15-run victory Batting first, Royals’ openers captain Hayley Matthews and Aaliyah Alleyne set the foundations before Matthews fell for 15. Their troubles continued when the in form Chloe Tryon was stumped without adding to the score and Alleyne not long after, both thanks to the bowling brilliance from Anisa Mohammed in the middle overs.Chinelle Henry put up resistance with her 15 and the batting side reached 64 before Cooper was stumped for6andtheRoyalswereall out65off56balls. It had been an all-round effort in the field by the Knight Riders and with the Deandra Dottin opening the battingandinfineform,they looked confident as they cameouttochasetherunsin pursuitofthetitle. When Lee Ann Kirby fell in the first over it was clearthechasewouldnotbe easy Then in a shock twist, Dottinchoppedontoherown stumpsinthesameoverand suddenly the Knight Riders were 13/2 at the end of the second.TheRoyals continued to keep a lid on the run chase and remained disciplined in theirThebowling.boundaries dried up and there was a spell of 37 balls before the ball found the rope. The game was in the balance with the batting sideneeding19from12and itlookedlikeanailbiterwas brewing.However,itwasherethat Selman produced her incredible over claiming Jensen caught by Matthews for7beforeLuuswascaught atmid-offandKyciaKnight wascaughtbyJosephtoseal thevictoryTheBarbadosRoyalshas secured the title in the inaugural women’s SKYEXCH 6IXTY and the partycouldbegin. Later in the day the St KittsandNevisPatriotsbeat Trinbago Knight Riders in the final in the men’s tournament to crown an excitingdayofcricketaction forthefans. It truly was a groundbreaking tournament full of all the thrills and spills and everything in between and what better way for it to finishthanwiththeimageof theUniverseBossliftingthe UniverseBossTrophy
Lucozade Indoor Hockey Tournament starts today
TheUnder20matcheswillrunfor20 minutesintheRoundRobinstage.
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Barbados Royals crowned women’s champion in SKYEXCH 6IXTY Barbados Royals win first ever SKYEXCH 6ixty Women’s Tournament. (SKN Pulse Media facebook)
Barbados beat Leewards to take Rising Stars U-15 crown The winning Barbados team.
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“As some of you may know, I recently lost my fathertocancerthisyearand it has been a very difficult time for me and my family He was my biggest fan and I’mhappyhegot[to]seeme live my dream as a professional cricketer I will continue to make him proud,”headded.
Fabian Allen ready for return to international cricket after “difficult time” for him and family Kazaquah Uzzi was crowned female overall champion.
Ebo McNeil (centre) receives his prize from organizer Dexter Garnett in the presence of Lucozade Brand Manager Triston Freeman.
Uzzi, McNeil crowned with an - FabianSAllen has made himself available for international selection againaheadoftheT20World Cup, six months since his last appearance in a West IndiesAllen,shirt.the left-arm spinbowlingallrounder,declined a retainer contract with Cricket West Indies earlier thisyearandhasbeenabsent for “personal reasons” throughout West Indies’ homeseason. He revealed in a statementthathehadlosthis father to cancer earlier this year,thankingCWIfortheir support throughout “a very difficulttimeformeandmy family”, and confirmed that he is available for internationalselection. “I’d like to thank my family, friends and fans for their support over the past fourmonths,”Allensaid.
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inaugural champions TheOneGuyanaBackto School Fitness Challenge 2022wasthefirstofitskind in Guyana and was held at theNationalParkonSunday, August28,2022. The activity which was sponsored by Ansa McAl under their Lucozade Brand had a total of fourteen (14) schoolsthatparticipated. Students competed in Jumping jacks, Squats, Tyre flips, Push ups, Burpees, PlankandaFitnessrun. The winners of the categories were North Georgetown’s Michelle McKay - 124 points (12-14 Females),MackenzieHigh’s Ebo McNeil - 136 points (12 14 Males), Queen’s College’s Kazaquah Uzzi134 points (15-17 Females) and St. Stanislaus’ Jabari Lovell(15-17Males). McNeilwascrownedthe male overall winner, while the female overall winner was Uzzi. Both champions were rewarded
undisclosedsumofcashand abrandnewbicycle. Organiser Dexter ‘Bushman’Garnettwishesto thankthesponsorforcoming onboardandalsomentioned that the event will be an annualone. One Guyana Back to School Fitness Challenge 2022… portsMax
Allen also thanked CricketWestIndiesfortheir support while reiterating his desire for an international return.“CricketWest Indies has been supportive throughout theentireprocessandIreally want to thank Johnny Grave [chiefexecutive]andJimmy Adams [director of cricket] for their consideration I want to use this opportunity to make it clear, I’ll always wanttorepresentmycountry andtheWestIndies,”hesaid. “Even though I did not necessarily make it clear why I made myself unavailable for selection during the recent summer schedule, it was important for me to finish my grieving processandspendsometime withmy Mostfamilyimportantly, I’ve been getting myself physically and mentally ready for the CPL and hopefullytheT20WorldCup (if selected) later this year The best of Fabian Allen is yet to come. I know I have the ability to be one of the best batting allrounders in theworldandIlookforward to showcasing it for all to see,”he Allenadded.was the leading run-scorer in the inaugural seasonofthe6ixtylastweek and he will represent Jamaica Tallawahs at the CPL, where he will hope to push for a place in West Indies’ T20 World Cup squad.
PrintedandpublishedbyNationalMedia&PublishingCompanyLtd.,24SaffonStreet,Charlestown,Georgetown.Tel:225-8458,225-8465,225-8491orFax:225-8473/226-8210. SportsGuyana retain Winfield Braithwaite C’bean Boxing title Petterson-Griffith, Abrigo, Angel Chappelle, Romeo Hunter, Gonsalves shine as 33 recordsshine 33Petterson-Griffith,shatteredshattered shattered GAPLF Raw Nationals Championship - Duncan cops best boxer trophy P. 20 P. 21 Keisha Abrigo in action. The Guyana contingent after their success. (Zaheer Mohamed photos) Carlos Petterson-Griffith in action (Zaheer Mohamed photos)
