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Barticacouplediesaftermotorcyclecrashesintocar

A couple lost their lives RegionSeven. Potaro Road, her reputed bearing registration number based on information on Thursday afternoon after Dead are 23-year-old husband.

PRR 5669 owned and driven received, the car was the motorcycle they were Felicia Lewis, a mother of According to the police, by 66-year-old Byron travelling south along the traveling on crashed into a two of Mora Camp, Bartica the accident occurred Pearson, a Taxi Driver of eastern side of Fourth motorcar on Fourth Avenue and 26-year-old David sometime around 15:50hrs MongrippaHill,Bartica. Avenue, at a speed of 20 and Fifth Street, Bartica, Hugginsof1/2MileBartica- and involved motorcar Police revealed that KmPh and failed to stop at

the ‘stop sign’ on Fifth Street, while the motorcycle was proceeding east along the northern side of Fifth Street at a fast speed and collided with the right-side frontportionofthemotorcar

As a result of the collision, the couple was flung from the motorcycle and fell onto the roadway, where they received injuries to their heads and bodies. They were picked up by residents in the area in an unconscious state and taken to the Bartica Regional Hospital.

There,policestatedthata doctor pronounced Lewis deadonarrival.Hugginswas admitted as a patient in a criticalconditionintheMale Surgical Ward. He suffered from head trauma and lacerationsabouthisbody

The injured man was subsequently air dashed to Georgetown by the Guyana Defence Force (GDF) Air Corps for further treatment. However, police reported that he died around noon on Friday while receiving treatment.

Meanwhile, the police said that the driver of the car was given a breathalyzer test andtheresultswererecorded at .000 BAC. He remains in custody assisting with investigations.

Dead: Felicia Lewis

Dead: David Huggins

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potential health risks to wastewater (Gray water and wastewater streams in order Turbine(CCGT). Conservancyandagriculture facility which will generate humans and wildlife during Sewage) accumulated to reduce the volume of The CCGTs will be lands to the west; the Canal lean gas that will be used to construction and operation during the construction wastewater to be treated capable of combusting rich No. 2 Road to the north and fuel a power plant that will of the facility to be phase. priortodischarge.” and lean natural gas as their agriculture lands to the

constructed at the Wales As such, GPL indicated Additionally, surface primary fuel. The primary south. “A section of this electricity into GPL’s Development Zone (WDZ) that Earthworks related to runoff from process areas or fuel will be supplied by an planningarea,categorizedas existing power grid, the aspartofalargerinitiative. construction of the access potential

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A perusal of the eroded, “From cooling summary’s reference to water; Oily water from Potential Environmental maintenance process; Runimpacts from construction offsfromstormwater.” and operation of proposed ThisGPLCsaidwilllead project and Mitigation to contamination of ground measures, it was noted that water sources, pollution of as it relates to the air quality surface water in addition to in the vicinity of the WDZ damagingtheecosystems. will in fact be affected by In addressing such a emissions. situation, GPL said the plant

As it relates to emissions is to have oily wastewater f r o m c o n s t r u c t i o n processed in an oily water equipment and generators, it separator was noted that, “air Additionally, the emissions resulting from the discharge from the oil/water Project have the potential to separator shall be collected affect ambient air quality in in a sump and pumped to a the Project area on a storage tank before being localized basis and to disposedof. contribute to greenhouse gas

“The site storm drainage (GHG)emissions.” system shall include all the

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In an attempt to the site shall be graded to downplay the levels of drainstormwaterawayfrom emissions however, GPL buildings and equipment, said “Emissions from and to prevent localized vehicles and generators are ponding and that the site toominimaltomanage.” drainagesystemshallconsist

In light of the expected of site grading, catch basins, depletion of air quality as a manholes, piping, oil/water result of emissions, GPL separators and detention said, persons involved in ponds, as necessary to construction will be collect and treat site storm equipped with Personal water prior to discharging to Protection Equipment such thereceivingenvironment. as respirators and masks, A s i t r e l a t e s t o wherenecessary Hydrocarbon-contaminated “Combustion from stormwaterrunoff,that,GPL hydrocarbons can contribute said, “shall be treated t o g r e e n h o u s e g a s through oil/water separators emissions,”GPLadded. to achieve oil and grease

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MELINDA JANKI

MelindaJankiismorethananattorney-at-law Attorney Janki is more than one who takes up difficult challenges in difficulttimesinfrontofdifficultpeople,whoareconsumed with power, deaf to any hearing, reasoning. Ms. Melinda Janki is an activist with a heart, an energy level that is admirable and incredible, one with the courage to take on from chumps to champs, and walk away not only a winner, butwithheadheldhigh.

A prestigious international award is now hers, this daughterofGuyana’ssoil. Now,shehasbeenrecognizedfor her years of dedicated service to those thankless issues that other legal eagles fly past at low altitudes, so that such concernspassovertheirheads,arenotpartoftheirrangeof interests, possessing any vision that personally compels. Any award for a body of work executed under varying circumstances that could come from a grouplike the CommonwealthLawyersAssociation,actinginconjunction withLexisNexis,hastobeworthmorethantheweightofits accompanyingaccumulationofaccolades.

Ms. Janki’s work has been long, committed, and multifacetedinthemanystreamsthathavebeentouchedand traveled. It compiles into a record that will endure for the peoplethatwerethoughtof,theissuesprioritizedandfought for,andtheprogressthathasbeenmade. Thiswasbecause onelawyer,onewomanofsubstance,foundthetimeandthe passionforeachsuchissuetobeelevatedbeforetribunalsof justice. Itwassothatdoorscouldbeopenedacrack,sothat opportunity for the small, the underrepresented, the forgotten, the scorned and the misused could grasp at a chanceforabetterlife,amoredignifiedone.

The removal of the death penalty for heinous crimes is notacausethatmanyfightforinthiscountry Guyanesemay berecognizedfarandnearforbeingahospitablepeople. On theotherhand,theyarenotaswidelyknowntobeaforgiving people,oraforgetfulone,whentheissuesandcircumstances are of the impassioned kind. The battle against the death penaltyisonethatMelindaJankihasmadeintoasignature concern of hers. It is not one with much of passionate followinginGuyana,butforthisGuyaneselawyer,itisright uphereamongwhatdriveshertotheheights.

The welfare of Guyana’s indigenous community has so manyadvocates,somanyinplacesofpower,andthepower to makethings happen,thatmembersof thatdepressed and abusedsegmentofthiscountry’spopulationshouldberuling theroostinvariousplaces,ineventsthatcount. Therealityis the opposite, with a native people largely powerless and endlessly manipulated, while left to fend for themselves to getbyanywaythattheycan. MelindaJankihasmadetheir fightherfight,withtherecordtoprove.

She has been the advocate for those who alarm locals because of the almost limitless freedoms given to ExxonMobil in Guyana (Esso). Court cases filed, the Goliath of ExxonMobil confronted and challenged, and hard-earnedlegalvictoriesekedout. Therewasthesingular achievement of getting the ExxonMobil (Esso) permits reducedby75%from20yearstofiveyears,pursuanttolocal lawsinoperation.

There is something called law, and it comes into the fullest flower, when justice is served. If only there were more Guyanese lawyers, who cared less about money and personal prestige and prosperity, then not even oil superpowerExxonMobilcouldbeontheunfetteredrampage thathasbeenitsdefiningattributeinthisweakandprostrate country Weatthispublicationhavebeenpleasedandproud to feature many profound contributions from Ms. Janki on wherewearegoingwrongintherichoilsector,thepotential calamitiesrelativetotheenvironmentandclimatechange. It isourbeliefthatMelindaJankiisbattlingfornoblecauses, while the majority of Guyanese men are retreating, if not schemingorhiding.

The Commonwealth - LexisNexis LawyersAssociation RuleofLawawardhasacertaintranscendentresonancetoit. Thanks to Melinda Janki for being there, leading the good fight. Welldone,deserving:takeabow,Melinda.

The funeral of Edmond Cooper, the hypocrisy of some

DEAREDITOR,

It appears as though the high command of the GuyanaPoliceForceandthe Ministry of Home Affairs have mastered the art of hypocrisy On Friday, February10,2023,Iwentto the Police Sports Club, Eve Leary to pay my respect to theearthlyremainsofformer Senior Superintendent Edmond Cooper and to express words of comfort to members of his bereaved family at his funeral I received a big shock. There was a ceremonial funeral in progress for Edmond Cooper Present at the funeral was the Minister of HomeAffairs who, in 2020, had communicated with Nigel Hoppie who was performing the duties of Commissioner of Police to proceed with criminal charges against Senior Superintendent Edmond Cooper and several other senior police officers when there was no evidence against them. This was an effort to prevent the Police Service Commission from promoting them because they had criminal matters pending against them, according to the Minister of HomeAffairs.Todatenoone wascharged.

The following were also there: the acting Commissioner of Police, senior officers, junior officersandotherrankswere present. They were decked out in their ceremonial uniform.Also on show were the Guyana Police Force

DEAREDITOR,

There are some small countries, states and territories globally Guyanese haven’t heard of, they are not known for richness of oil and valuable resources and they don’t makeworldnewsastheyare not big players in geopolitics.

Those places, however, have some key things workingforthem,thepoorin these countries have access to the basics for a comfortable life like, food, clothes, shelter, education, healthcare, freedom, justice andlittlecrime.Theseplaces are good because their governments abide by the principles of democracy, accountability and transparency and most

Military Band MS, Police Mixed Voice Choir, the firing, mourning, bearing andescortpartiesasdetailed i n t h e a c t i n g

Commissioner’s Special Operational Order dated February 6, 2023 The Minister of Home Affairs andtheactingCommissioner of Police paid glowing tribute to Cooper That was hypocrisy at its best. The funeral arrangements shocked me because I am aware that a ceremonial funeral is held exclusively for a member of the Force who died while serving, not formerorretiredmembersof the Force. Did the police or Home Affairs unlawfully tweak the well-established protocolinrelationtofuneral of serving, retired, and formermembersoftheGPF?

Cooper was a civilian at the time of his death According to the police official records - Force Orders 47/2022 dated December 2, 2022 approval was given for Senior Superintendent Edmond Cooper to retire from the Guyana Police Force on medical grounds with effect fromDecember1,2022.Was this announcement high class efficiency, or was it intendedtoquicklygetridof Cooper? Imagine according to the police, Cooper was found medically unfit with effect from December 1, 2022 and the Force Orders publication was made on December 2, 2022 Therefore, he ceased to be a memberoftheForceandwas

not entitled for a ceremonial funeral.

There are many issues and concerns about the publication in the Force Orders in relation to the retirement on medical grounds of Senior Superintendent Edmond Cooper and what took place athisfuneral.Didthepolice follow the established procedure prior to Cooper beingmedicallyboardedand after the Medical Board recommended that Cooper was medically unfit for the job? Was the not lawfully and duly constituted Police ServiceCommissionledbya Bishopandotherkeyplayers including Cooper informed of the recommendations of the Medical Board? If as a matter of fact, the unlawful Police Service Commission hadacteditwouldhavebeen in flagrant violation of the sacrosanctrulingoftheHon. actingChiefJustice.

The Hon. acting Chief Justice ruled that the current Police Service Commission is not lawfully and duly constituted unless the Chairperson of the Public Service Commission is appointed a member of the Police Service Commission, and that the Commission in itspresentstatecannotcarry out any function of the Commission. There is no Public Service Commission. Hence,noChairperson.

Didthehighcommandof the Guyana Police Force usurp the powers of the Policewhenitpublishedthat Cooper was medically unfit

for duty? The power to remove from office any member of the police Force holding the rank from inspector to assistant commissioner is the sole responsibility the Police Service Commission as enshrined in article 212 (3) oftheConstitutionoftheCooperative Republic of Guyana. Is it that the police afterrealisingthattheywere wrong to pronounce Cooper medically unfit decided to holdaceremonialfuneralfor h i m a s a s e n i o r superintendentofpolice? Is it true that the police will rescind Force Orders 47/2022 in relation to the retirement of Edmond Cooperonmedicalgrounds? Is it that the holding of a ceremonial funeral for Edmond Cooper was a horrible attempt by the police to coverup or make a m e n d s f o r t h e unprofessionalandunethical way they treated him while he was serving? Why the Commander, Regional Police Division 3, did not provide smooth and orderly interment arrangements at BestCemetery? Itwastotal chaos at that burial ground. Thecamerasdonotlie. There are numerous other burning questions that are crying out for answers. However,Ithinkthatthisisa good point for me to stop. May God help the Guyana PoliceForce.

Yourssincerely, ClintonConway Assistant Commissioner ofPolice(Ret’d)

importantly, they have wise financial, economic and business leaders who manage their economies by studying global economic trends and changes in real time and make their decisions from this to managetheireconomies.

Question is where are Guyana’s financial, economic and business leaders who will be taking Guyana forward? It looks like there is none who study global economic trends and changes in real time or have competentadvisorswhocan educate the decisionmakers inGovt.

AsIcan’tsee,anypolicy made on global economic trends and changes from Guyana’s leaders and their financial advisors since

independence, all they seem toknowaboutfinanceisdebt accumulation Now more than ever Guyana needs real andwisefinancial,economic and business leaders based on global economic trends, changesandchallenges.

ThewarinUkrainehave had a significant impact on oil, gas, food and precious metals; countries are now holding gold instead of the US dollar for security, the restarting of economies globally from Covid-19 has created a demand for minerals and lumber which Guyanahave.

There is a growing demand for passenger airplanes requiring aluminum, as Guyana has bauxite, the foreign companies’ financial

advisors in Guyana know this, where are Guyana’s financialadvisors?Guyana’s Govt. continues to hide and lie about mining contracts. The financial plan that comes from Govt. include fish cages, shrimp ponds, planting rice, fruits, vegetable and ground provisions The oil companies will use not use food and water produced in Guyana fully well knowing that they are contaminated and polluted. The financial planmustcometheBusiness Community, not from the you-take-all, give-menothing, pay-no-taxes politicians running the economy in deals with foreigners Alistair Routledge,Presidentof (Continuedonpage5)

Guyana’s politicians are not weak and naïve, they are compromised and corrupt

Sexualabusebyreligiousleadersmustbeexposedandprosecuted

DEAREDITOR,

Theshockingstoryabout aGuyaneseteenagegirlwho was sexually abused by her uncle who is a Bishop in his congregation in Barbados has caught the attention of several child rights and protectionadvocates.

This is a grave situation as two family members of the girl and the Bishop indicated that several other girls were sexually abused bythisBishop.

Thetwofamilymembers of the Bishop shared that he was transferred to another congregation in Barbados when it was discovered that he was sexually abusing young girls in his congregationinGuyana.

The mother of the teen victim spoke out about the matter in a heart-wrenching live Facebook video that is currently circulating on the socialplatforms.

The mother indicated thatherbrother(theBishop), who lives in Barbados, invited both her and her daughtertolivewithhim.

Itwasduringtheirstayin Barbados that her daughter endured10monthsofsexual abuse at the hands of her uncle (the Bishop), the mother’sbrother Thisyoung

girl was possibly abused by theBishopandhiswife.The mom claimed that she trusted her brother, and did not expect him to commit such a heinous act against herdaughter

Also speaking out in the video was the mother’s cousin,whoclaimedshewas also sexually abused by the Bishop when she was younger Both adults claimed that the perpetrator hasbeenabusingyounggirls foryears.

Themomisseekinghelp and justice for her teenage daughter, who she said was andstillisdeeplyaffectedby thesexualabuse.

To make a report to the police about the abuse, the mom and her daughter need to travel to Barbados where the abuse took place, however, due to financial constraints this is being delayed but some support is beinggarneredbythepublic andhostoftheconversation.

This case is a reminder that many children and youngpeoplearesufferingat thehandsofsexualpredators in faith-based organizations and many congregants join in covering up this crime againsthumanity

Children Rights are

Human Rights and Guyana as a signatory to the UN ConventionontheRightsof Childrensince1989havean obligation to uphold these rights.

Further in keeping with itsConstitutionalobligations to report on all the Articles enshrined within the UNCRC when filing the Statutory Periodic Report to the UNCRC Committee Hence, this case is a reminder that children need to be protected against this crime, which has serious long-term effects both physicallyandmentally

As advocates for children’s protection, we urge the relevant agencies and authorities and in particular families to get involved, offer support and assistance to report sexual abuse.

Sexual abuse is a criminal matter, and it is not forfaith-basedorganizations to take an approach to addressthiscrimeinternally It is a crime to cover up sexual abuse and to blame the young person or child which is exactly what this Bishop is doing; he told his sister that her daughter seducedhim.

He is over 40 years old,

Dump the WI cricket team, time for our own Guyana team

DEAREDITOR,

Nowthat we Guyanese arerich from oil fundsfor a few years, it is time for our own national cricket team. You are hearing me clearly saying ‘dump the WestIndiesCricketteamfor thesakeoftalent.’

Letus startwithbuilding a world class cricket academy employing world class coaching that will result in topnotchcountyor

major towns cricket competition. As an old boy of Saints, we had our own cricket ground, producing high quality cricketers who were stymied by regional politics that the “poor “ Guyana accepted what allotment the other countries of the region handed out. However, we had some smart guys that took upKerry Packeroffer to make money and

andtheyounggirlis15years old.Theperpetratorsofsuch abuseshouldnotbeallowed to hide behind excuses or in thiscase,powerandstatusin religion and get away with theiractions.

The Sexual Offences

Legislation places a responsibilityonalladultsto report sexual abuse to the Police.

Asadvocates,weremind all adults that children by their very nature are vulnerable and have a right to protection from all forms ofabuse.Itisimperativefor us to acknowledge that crucialeffortsmustbemade immediately to ensure everyone knows how and where to report cases of sexual abuse. Adults should also know that sexual abuse predators are usually from within the family and or knownbythechildoryoung person.

Everyone should know the importance of their role in protecting every child in their care against sexual abuse and exploitation and u n d e r s t a n d t h e consequences of not stopping abuse includes more abuse being perpetrated against the child or young person, victims

self-harming, thoughts of suicideandsuicide.

F a i t h - b a s e d organizations and their supporters must do more to prevent abuse by not coveringitupandremoving theshameandstigmaaround reporting, encourage open discussions including on the requirementsofthelocallaw and the responsibilities of those who are placed in a position of trust, such as Reverends/Bishops,Pandits, Imans, Priests and Elders. We all have a responsibility tocreateaGuyanesesociety whereeverychildislivingin asafeandsecurefamilyand community

This letter raises many questions about child sexual abuse in faith-based organizationsandthelackof accountabilityfortheactions of faith leaders and their congregations in reporting sexualabuse.

We call on faith-based leaders to demonstrate a complete zero tolerance against abuse and call for champions within faithbased organizations to protect children and young people.Silenceisviolence!

Allactsandsuspicionsof childabusemustbereported to the closest police station,

or by calling the Childcare and Protection Agency (CPA) on 227-0979 or 914 hotline.

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Dalgetty-Dean Child Rights Alliance (CRA)

Akash PersaudEducators’Pride

Samantha Hutson –OneLifeII

Ashome Clarke – One ThousandBoys

SamanthaKhan

TieannaJordon

SadiaPersaud

ParbattieRanglallPatentiaAchievers

Juanita Burrowes –UnitedBricklayers

Maureen Hope – Youth WithPurpose

CSNRG

Omattie MadrayChildLinK

RenataChuck-A-SangWomen and Gender EqualityCommission

GaneshSingh

NicoleCole–RCC

Bibi Ahamad – We Care Guyana

KeanTrotman

Beverley BraithwaiteChan

SASOD–JoelSimpson

Yo u t h B r e a k i n g Boundaries - Prianka Hutson

showcase their talents, despite being blacklisted. Imagineiftheyhadaccessto today’soilmoney...!

Lastly, if you don’t know , investing in sports team provides handsome returns and lots of wellpaying jobs Moreover, some teams even trade as Public Companies on stock exchanges.

Yourfaithfully, Keith

Bernard

Guyana’s politicians are not weak...

Frompage4 Exxon Operations Guyana was President of Exxon Operations, Qatar before comingtoGuyana. InQatar, the Qataris made the oil and gas agreements and Exxon signed; in Guyana, Exxon makes the agreements and theGuyanaGovt.signs. Can Exxon’s Routledge and spokespersons explain why Guyana and Guyanese have to be treated like doormats unlike Qatar and other countries?

I don’t believe Guyana’s politiciansareweakandthis naïve.

I think they have

shackles compromising them to stop the abuse of Guyana and Guyanese, or they are just downright evil andcorrupt. Soit’suptothe Business Community in

Guyana to show they like, know, and mean real businessforthebestinterest ofGuyana.

Yourstruly, R.David.

AboutArts and Culture - recollections of a nonagenarian

DEAREDITOR,

One reflects on memories growing-up, albeit in random sequence.

First there was what I regarded as the national Anthem – The Legend of Kaieteur by Arthur J Seymour Next, came the cacophony of folksongs, someofwhichwereincluded in more formal concerts, mostly at the Town Hall, Georgetown, where there werefeaturedgroupslikethe Woodside Choir and the PoliceMaleVoiceChoir But therealsowerewellattended recitations from the well recognised St George’s Cathedral Choir, Brickdam Roman Catholic Cathedral Choir, as well as the Trinity Methodist Church Choir Dorothy Tait who promoted t h e G e o r g e t o w n

Philharmonic Orchestra led the Bedford Methodist ChurchChoir

Calypso appeared to have such status that Lord Canary was made a Junior MinisterinthethenMinistry ofTrade.

Programmes of

Classical Music were consistentlyrenderedbythe: - G e o r g e t o w n

PhilharmonicOrchestra, - P r i n c e v i l l e

PhilharmonicOrchestra, - the -British Guiana Police Band on Sundays afternoons – after Sunday School, in the Botanic Gardens and selectively on full moon nights on the Seawall Bandstand Even TheChronicleAtlanticSteel SymphonyOrchestraupheld its name with appropriate classical renditions The

DEAREDITOR,

ThepublicnoticeputoutbytheSocialSecurityMinistry regarding the budgeted increase to the Old Age Pension, effective January 2023, did not state what mechanism is in place for persons, who already cashed their January and February 2023 vouchers, especially at money transfer locationsandpostoffices,beforetheappearanceofthenotice, toreceivetherespectiveincreaseamountforthosemonths.

Yoursfaithfully, ShamshunMohamed

internationally acclaimed Rudolph Dunbar of BBC fame (he was the youngest person to conduct the BBC Philharmonic Orchestra) came from the U.K. and conducted the Hundred VoiceChoirincelebrationof our Independence, at the Q u e e n ’ s C o l l e g e Auditorium. It was then that w e m i s s e d t h e internationally recognised accompaniment of the brilliant Joyce FerdinandLalljie also then resident in theU.K.AtQueen’sCollege, wehadaregularArtsMaster who prepared us for the Oxford & Cambridge O’Level Examinations I actually took extra lessons from the artist E R Burrowes whose sculpture of Hubert Nathaniel Critchlow, leader of the first Labour Union to be recognised officially in the BritishEmpire,standsinthe compound of Parliament Buildings Brickdam. His daughter Barbara sang opera, as did her elder counterpart Madame Alice Fraser-Denny, both acclaimed by Italian audiences. Berbician Philip Moore, after his extended residence at Princeton University, USA, returned home to create, amongst other acclaimed works, the well-exposed 1763 Monument.

In the milieu, there were Aubrey Williams’paintings, whichwerelaterelidedfrom the reconstructed Timehri Airport Building (now the Cheddi Jagan International Airport).

Thentherewasartistand anthropologist Denis Williams who established theBurrowesSchoolofArt.I recall vividly my early introduction, at the

hereditary New Market Street home of my mentor Harold Davis to the inimitable Stanley Greaves, some of whose early paintings adorned Herdsmanston House (now Lodge), and who continues to display his immeasurable talent as both artist and litterateur

For a time also I related to the exceptional couple, Guyanese Donald and English born Leila Locke, both of whom adorned our landscape with measurable paintings, with Leila indulgingindistinctivelocal scenarios such as Kitty District, Red Water Creek a n d A m e r i n d i a n communities. Life others, some of her works were exhibited at Carifesta Guyana1972.

There was also the inspirational period when our earliest writers gained international recognition –Edgar Mittelholzer, Jan Carew, Wilson Harris, the latter when as an ‘Interior Land Surveyor’ of the Drainage and Irrigation Section of the Public Works Department in 1950s I, as a Class11AccountsClerk,had to process his financial requirements Certainly, there were others who thrived overseas, like a former colleague of the Government Information Services in the late 1950s, Ivan Van Sertima acclaimed for his epic ‘They Came BeforeColumbus’.

But, of course, the most memorable must be Martin Carter, Poet extraordinaire so inspired by those explosive days and nights Guyana then experienced. While he was employed at thethenBookersStoresandI at Booker Sugar Estates

Head Office, we would collaborate in producing weekly radio broadcasts material on behalf of the wholeBookerGroup.

Most productively we wouldsocialiseafterworkat thehistoricWoodbineHotel.

Ian Mc Donald also of Bookers Sugar Estates Ltd and already of international fame for his writings was always an interested colleague.

In the same breath it must be remembered that it was sugar in the person of Frank Thomasson, Chief Personnel Officer, and ArthurHemstockofthethen British Guiana Sugar Producers’Association who created the Theatre Guild. There was spawned a range of the most talented actors and actresses, and of course directors and producers Fading memory recalls Wilbert Holder, Ken Corsbie, Christopher Dean, Pat Cameron, Margret Lawrence, Clairmont Tait, Marc Matthews Ron Robinson’s ‘No Big Thing’, which originated there, is still maintained by Gem Madhoo’s Group at the NationalCulturalCentre.

But long before, there was the historic Assembly Rooms where plays were performed to exclusive colonial audiences. It was destroyed in the great fire thatravagedtheGeorgetown Business district in the 1940s.

TherestandstheBankof Guyana, alongside the formerhistoricartgalleryof the Royal Agricultural and CommercialSociety Opportunity is taken here to fast forward and remindofthecriticalneedto revive the celebration of those cricketing heroes formerly identified at the equally historic test cricket ground at Bourda where recognisable were pavilions named for CLIVE LLOYD, LANCE GIBBS, ROHAN KANHAI. There must be determinationtorevivetheir memorial! The National Stadium is but a sterile edifice. But perhaps my most climatic experience in relation to Indian music, more specifically ‘Dance’. I

recall that while a young Personnel Manager in the early 1960s I would attend the cinema at Rosignol Village next door There I becameenamouredofIndian films, especially those of handsome young Amitabh Bachan.

In one of them I became so entranced with the outstanding dancing of Nargis (hope the name is correct),thatwhensoonafter she came to British Guiana on tour, I excitedly arranged for her to perform at the B l a i r m o n t E s t a t e Community Centre, where anxious crowds were mesmerised. I myself was particularlyhypnotisedmore by the delicate movements ofeyesandhands,thanfeet.I have since continued to be a devotee of Indian classical music,sothatwhenourown national dance troupe made annual presentations, including at the Chinese Sports Club (now Cosmos), but more regularly at the National Cultural Centre, where I lamented their farewellperformance.

ItwasthereIrecallbeing enthralled by young Gora Singh and his spiritual performance of Kathak dance.

In an entirely other breath,Iamremindedofthe Lavinia Williams breathless DanceGroup.

It is in relation to all the foregoingandmore,thatone anxiously awaits the restoration of the National History and Arts Council, which would enlighten the current Minister of Culture, YouthandSports.

Its membership must include such spiritual contributors as Amena Gafoor, Ian McDonald, Al Creighton, not to the m e n t i o n t h e w e l l experiencedGailTeixeira;as well an Amerindian Representation,ofcourse.

This authoritative group m u s t b e a s k e d t o reconceptualise and recreate a most comprehensive development plan for Arts andCulturethatmustoutlast well past the current portfolio.

Yourstruly,

E.B.John

Ministry must give pensioners more details about mechanism for increase

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GUYANESE WOMEN DOING MEN’S WORK

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The men of Guyana are missing. This forces the women to fill the gaps.

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They rose up in Houston against Schlumberger.

They stand again, this time against Exxon in Wales.

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In both instances, waiving of EIAs was the problem.

Guyanese men lost their marbles, their mojo, and more (unmentionable)!

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Guyanese women are left to carry the load…

This is not a country of the manly, but one of the mousy!

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Canadian company to reduce Colombia’s carbon footprint by powering oil field with solar Colombia

By Shervin Belgrave

Frontera

operationscleanandassistin and gas resources and reducing Colombia’s carbon reducing its carbon

Energy, a emissions. emissions.

Canadian oil Company, “Firstly, I don’t know if “Is oil going to come to presently conducting oil you remember President an end? And I think the exploration activities in Duque [Ivan Duque, former response to this is ‘no’; it is Guyanawithitsjointventure Colombian President] not going to come to an end. partner, CGX Energy Inc., is showing a picture yesterday But that doesn’t mean that obligated to reduce its of an oil field and a solar we are going to deny that we carbon emission in farm, as we speak, we are need to continue advancing Colombia,acountrywhereit building a solar far in in reducing emissions hasassets. Colombia which is 10 becausethatisacompromise

Inordertomeetitssocial megawatts, which will for the world and our responsibility the company satisfy the energy needs of countries need to take this has chosen to power one of one of our fields far away decision,”Duquesaid. its Colombian oil fields fromthenationalgridsothat However, in order to entirelybysolar isoneoftheinvestmentsthat maintain the balance regularly see when it comes

The Canadian Company wearedoingthisyear Aswe between developing a to solar and wind but we has majority interest in speak, that will help us to country’s oil and gas sector have to advance in those Guyana’s Corentyne Oil reduce the carbon foot print forthebenefitthepeopleand typesoftransitions.” blockandwasinvitedtogive of the company”, the reducing the carbon output The former Colombian an update on its well drilling FronteraCEOsaid. to save the planet from a president even suggested to campaign in the country at Ivan Duque, Former major climate crisis, Duque Guyana that it can invest in the Guyana International Colombian President was opined, “It also requires that solar to assist reducing its Energy Conference and told the conference, “In the dependentonoil.” one of the guest speakers at w e u n d e r s t a n d t h e Carbon emissions while still Expo,2023. areas where we operate in The company has been the conference and he spoke complexity of new forms of developing its oil and gas

During the presentation, Colombia, we have the doing this by investing in a of the steps Colombia has energy, the reliability the sector. “You (Guyana) have its Chief Executive Officer social responsibility to have number sustainable energy taken to maintain a balance frequency, the supply, the landstoproducewithsolar (CEO), Orlando Cabrales the communities less projects to keep its between developing its oil uncertainties, things that we (Continued on page 9)

Former Colombian President, Ivan Duque speaking at the second annual International Energy conference held at the Marriott Hotel, Guyana.

CEO of Frontera Energy, Orlando Cabrales

RENT IS NOW MR. RENT

Inthe1970’s,eventhe poorest of couples couldfindaffordable housing in the city The housing conditions may not have been the best but personsmigratingfromrural areas could always find a cheap place to rent since there was an abundance of flats, and always some familywillingtotakeyouin.

In the 1980’s, when the economy went into free fall, therewasmassivemigration from the villages along the coast and from the countryside. Many young persons, including girls flocked to the city in search o f e m p l o y m e n t opportunities.

They found housing difficult to obtain. Because of the hard times and high demand for urban housing, many landlords became unscrupulous. The practice of sub-letting became more pronounced.Ownersofflats wouldrentoutroomsathigh premium of working boys andgirls.

The rent and food absorbed, in many cases, as much as 75% of their salaries, leaving very little for transportation and clothing and almost nothing to remit to their families in the villages and rural

countryside. Agreatdealof exploitationtookplace.

At the same time, there was high outward migration and the cost of real estate rose tremendously high, making home ownership selective Some tenants could not meet their rentals andtieduplandlordsincourt when notice was given for possession. As such, there was a reluctance to rent properties.

It was this shortage of housing unit and the rapid exploitation of the working class which led Cheddi Jagan to launch his government’shousingdrive. The programme was supposed to be aimed primarily at low-income families. But the bourgeois class found ways to cash in andtousetheprogrammeto acquirefurtherassets.

There is well known storyofaformerengineerin the government who obtained house lots for himself and for each of his children Since the PPP/C (People’s Progressive Party Civic) has been in office, tens of thousands of house lots have been distributed. Thereisnoreliableestimate ofthetotalnumberofhouse lots distributed and the number of housing units

estimated that the housing stockhasincreasedbysome 40,000housingunits.

This should have closed thegapbetweenthedemand for housing the housing stocks and led to steep declineinrentals.

Buttheveryoppositehas happened Thousands of Guyanese are still scampering to obtain government house lots and the cost of rentals has skyrocketed to the point where no young couple can afford housing rentals in Georgetown.

In colonial Guyana, times were tough for working class families. But youcouldstilldreamof,over time, of owning your own home in the city Today it is impossible for a workingclass person to dream about owning their own home within the city and even in sub-urban areas. The prices which land and buildings fetchareastonishing.

The bourgeois class is buying up all the real estate in the city and is converting these into commercial properties This has artificially driven up the price of land and putting it even out of the reach of the

Canadian company to reduce Colombia’s...

Frompage8 panels. Lands that can be above 100 megawatts connecting to the grid and start transforming the composition of the grid you maythinkthatreliabilityisa question mark but you can also advance on storage but youneedtostartaccelerating thatchange”,Duquetoldthe energyconference.

Tosupporthistheorythe formerColombianpresident shared Colombia’s success story in reducing its Carbon

Emissions by not only investing solar and even having its national oil company, Ecopetrol power itsoperationatthecountry’s “San Francisco oil camp” withsolarenergy

“The Colombian case thatIwanttodemonstrateis that things are possible... You have one of the most important oil fields in our country where more than 20 percentoftheoilproduction takesplacebutthatsameoil fieldisoneofthelargestauto

Dem Boys Seh...

consuming sites with nonconventional renewable energies” Duque said while adding that in 2018 Colombia had only 28 megawatts of “installed c a p a c i t y i n n o nconventional renewable energy but has since upgraded that amount to 2800 megawatts within four years.

The transition has since placed Colombia among the countries with the cleanest energymixintheworld.

Elections are not fuh everybody

Elections are about democracy And if yuh nah believe in democracy, you should stayclearofelections.

De last General and Regional Elections reveal a lot about who is democratic, autocratic and authoritarian. And people should stay clear of dem who is not democratic. Dem should treat dem like de plagueandkeepdemdistance.

Itmekdemboysrememberdedaysofde Founder Leader. Imagine people turn up at depollingstationfuhvoteandweretoldhow dem done vote already Imagine de ballot boxesdidgatsomuchballotsdatitwasmore dan de number of voters assigned to dat pollingstation.

It mek dem boys remember de Recount

of de last election results. One side was so into protesting dat dem protest a result in which dem get all de votes wah cast at a polling station. It was not such a serious matter,thatwouldahqualityascomicrelief.

Demboysdidwantpostajokeaboutfree and fair elections. But dem nah think de APNU+AFCgangetit.

Before de elections wan man go into de USEmbassy,hetelldemdathewantavisa. He tell de consular officer dat is de APNU+AFCwindeelections,heleavingde country He tell dem if de PPPC win de electionsheleavingdecountry Deconsular officerwasbaffledandaskhewhy Hetellde manhowhejustwanttotravel. Talkhalf.Leffhalf!

middleclass.

It is now also almost impossible for low-income earners to find affordable decent housing in the city Rentshavegonethroughthe roofandpartofproblemhas been the conversion of residential residences into business premises This means that there are less unitsavailableforrental.

With more and more businessesbeingestablished andwiththecentralizationof businesses in urban areas, the possibility of finding, much less affording, an apartmentinthecityissmall andthesituationisnotmuch betterinsub-urbanareas.

In government housing schemes, there is not much rental taking place Homeowners are not necessarily disposed towards having tenants as muchasinthepast.

Despite the tens of

thousands of housing units erected in government housing schemes, there is still an acute shortage of apartments and flats to rent and those available for rentalsarefetchingafortune which is out of the reach of ordinarycitizens. Allofthis is happening at a time when there is a lack of economic opportunities in rural communities. And so many young persons are looking forworkintheurbancenters andthenewcommercialand industrial areas which are developingalongthecoast.

But where will these youngpeoplefindaffordable and decent rentals? It is simply not there, one of the p a r a d o x e s o f t h e government’shousingdrive.

The government seems to be addressing housing needs only through the distribution of house lots. They do not seem to

understand that equally important is ensuring sufficient and affordable rentals.

Until such time as government begins to limit commercial development in urban areas and until they also stop allowing the e s t a b l i s h m e n t o f commercial businesses in residential areas, and until they take deliberate steps to drive down the cost of rentals, the poor will continue to be locked out of economicopportunities.

(The views expressed in this article are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the opinions and beliefs of this n e w s p a p e r a n d i t s affiliates.)

Exxon to produce additional 20,000 barrels per day beyond Liza 1 & 2 full capacity

D e s p i t e a l r e a d y work which are ongoing; theProsperity,issettodepart story is way beyond pace. (COO), Greg Hill, had producing 380,000 barrels Exxon will be able to reach Singapore this quarter, It’s also about developing d i s c l o s e d t h e per day (bpd) which is 400,000 barrels per day For havingbeendedicatedbythe responsibility.” aforementioned Exxon’s 40,000 barrels above the those unfamiliar with the First Lady at its naming “We’re also executing an speedisalsoinlinewithVice Liza Destiny and Liza Unity term, debottlenecking is the ceremony two weeks ago, extensive exploration and President, Bharrat Jagdeo’s Floating Production Storage process of identifying and is planned to start up appraisalprograminthearea request for the oil and gas and Offloading (FPSO) specific areas and/or laterthisyear.” around the Fangtooth companies to accelerate vesselsnameplatecapacity– equipment in oil and gas H e a d d e d t h a t discovery to define a explorationandproduction.

ExxonMobil Guyana is facilities that limit the flow construction is already p o t e n t i a l s e v e n t h Kaieteur News recently making preparations to ofproduct(otherwiseknown underway on the fourth development, underpinned reported that during produce an additional as bottlenecks) and FPSO, the ONE GUYANA by the recent success of the Mallon’s address at the 20,000 barrels bpd over the optimizing them so that which is for the Yellowtail Fangtooth-SE-1 well,” energy conference, he vessels’fullcapacity overall capacity in the plant development and the startup Mallonsaidtoo. boasted about the breakneck

President of ExxonMobil Upstream Company, Liam Mallon

This was revealed by canbeincreased. for that project is planned by Exxon’s effort to go s p e e d w i t h w h i c h President of ExxonMobil The Upstream President theendof2025. beyond the nameplate ExxonMobil was able to cut productionrate–itshouldbe Upstream Company, Liam said, “We now have two AccordingtoMallon,the capacity of the two FPSOs is thetimeinhalftomovefrom noted that the country is Mallon, on Tuesday during state-of-the-art Floating fifth and sixth Stabroek in line with what it plans to exploration to production in without full liability his address at the second Production and Storage Block projects namely Uaru run each of the 10 planned adeepwaterproject. insurance from the oil and annual Guyana International Vessels operating offshore, and Whiptail are planned to FPSO vessels above its full Mallon underscored that gasmajors. Energy Conference and theLizaDestinyandtheLiza bring more than 1.2 million capacity since the first discovery in In fact, Exxon is Expo 2023 held at the Unity, producing 380,000 bpd of production capacity B a c k i n 2 0 2 1 , 2015, the estimate of currently producing 380,000 MarriottHotel,Georgetown. barrels per day with by the end of 2027 ExxonMobilStabroekBlock Guyana’s resource has barrels per day, with Guyana Mallon explained that exceptional safety and However, he highlighted, “It partner, Hess Corporation’s grown to nearly 11 billion having a mere US$600M with further debottlenecking reliability …a third FPSO, is not just about pace. This Chief Operating Officer barrels, which makes it the insurance policy in place largest in industry in the past with ExxonMobil’s local decade. “In total, we’ve subsidiary to cover costs in made more than 30 the event of an oil spill. discoveries, and we’re still N o t a b l y, G u y a n a ’s exploring Guyana’s vast Environmental Protection potential,”Mallonadded. Agency (EPA) disclosed last Importantly, while the year that a parent guarantee Government has been f r o m E x x o n M o b i l pushing for the oil Corporation is still in the companies to go faster and discussionstage. Exxonlookingtoincreaseits

CARICOM,Canadastrengthenbilateralrelations

Diplomatic relations reached $3.9 billion, Prime b e t w e e n C a r i b b e a n Minister Trudeau told Community (CARICOM) CARICOM heads as he a n d C a n a d a w e r e highlighted the strong trade strengthened on Thursday, tiesbetweenthetwoparties. 16th February with an Heads of Government engagement between the commended Prime Minister Conference of Heads of Trudeau for continuing the Government and Canada’s legacy of strong relations Prime Minister, Rt. Hon. between CARICOM and Justin Trudeau, in The Canada. Bahamas.

They advocated for his

T h e t w o p a r t i e s country’s support to discussed the situation in concessional funding for Haiti, climate change and climate change related loss climate financing, trade, and damage, recovering increased people to people from disasters, and contact, regional security development financing amongotherissues. Heads also emphasised the

In his address to need for increased people-

CARICOM Heads, the Caribbean Biodiversity applauded the Bridgetown On the trade side, he said 1985 and Prime Minister to-people contact between Canadian Prime Minister Fund to improve marine and Initiative led by Prime Canada is seeking a renewal Trudeau said it is “only CARICOM and Canada announced a new funding c o a s t a l e c o s y s t e m Minister Mia Mottley of of a waiver from the World fitting” that CARICOM- through the restoration of initiative totaling $44 8 management, increased Barbados It has “re- Trade Organisation for C a n a d a H e a d s o f visa-freetravel. million to tackle the climate water security and to help energised the conversation goods from the Region to Government renew their In response to the latter, crisisintheCaribbean. governments respond to the on International Financial enter Canada duty-free commitment to the trading Prime Minister Trudeau said He said the fund will impactsofClimateChange. Institutions’ reform to the beyond 2023, through the agreement during their that Canada will in the support projects within Acknowledging the overlapping health, climate, CARIBANprogramme. meetingThursday coming days, announce new regional organisations like challenges CARICOM debt, and liquidity crisis C A R I B A N w a s CARICOM-Canada measures to simplify access the Caribbean Community countries face with affecting many CARICOM announced in Nassau during reciprocaltradereached$1.9 to “trusted travelers” from Climate Change Centre accessing concessional countries,” the Canadian a CARICOM Heads of billion in 2021, while CARICOM and other ( C C C C C ) , a n d t h e development financing, he PrimeMinisterstated. Government Conference in bilateral trade in services countriesintheRegion.

CARICOM leaders take a photograph with Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau (center) (Photo courtesy CARICOM Secretariat)

Duo arrested for brutal beating of Bartica gold miner MOE, GTU and UNICEF sign partnership compact to improve education quality

T h e M i n i s t r y o f Education, the Guyana Teachers’ Union (GTU) and United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) on Thursday signed a statement of Endorsement of the Guyana Partnership Compact at the National Centre for Educational Resource Development (NCERD)onThursday

The signing follows a two-dayworkshophostedby the Ministry According to a release from the Ministry, t h e s t a t e m e n t o f endorsement is a very general declaration and a symbolic act of public system transformation leadership and improved commitment to strengthen reform to strengthen accountability at district and Guyana’s education system instructional leadership at school levels, the release throughcompactsupport. district and school levels, noted.

With support from the and to promote equitable In brief remarks at the Global Partnership for learning by strengthening s i g n i n g c e r e m o n y, Education (GPE) funds, the culturally responsive and PermanentSecretaryofthe Ministry is launching a effective instructional (Continued on page 18)

Two persons have Williams’ reputed wife with a piece of wood, been arrested for reported that the victim and causing him to receive

badly beating a two of the suspects, who are injuries.

Bartica, Region Seven gold brothers (the 20-year-old Pereira said following mineronThursday and 25-year-old), are the attack, she took her The victim, Ryan neighboursandfriends. reputed husband to the Williams of Byderabo She said on Thursday, Bartica Regional Hospital, Village, Bartica had to be Williamswhowasunderthe where he sought medical medevac on Thursday influence of alcohol had an a t t e n t i o n b u t l o s t evening to a city hospital argument with the young consciousness. following a severe beating brother’s 17-year-old He was admitted to the hereceivedbythreepersons girlfriend The argument hospital but had to be airearlierthatday simmeredbutlaterescalated dashed to the Georgetown Police said they are when the man’s brother Public Hospital for investigating an alleged returned home and heard of emergency medical a t t e m p t e d m u r d e r theargument. treatment.

committedonWilliamswho It was reported that the Areportwasmadetothe was attacked sometime two brothers and the young police and the 20-year-old around 16:00hrs at woman then went to and 17-year-old suspects

B y d e r a b o R o a d Williams’ house and w e r e a r r e s t e d Investigators revealed that confronted him, during Investigations are ongoing he was attacked by three which they reportedly as efforts are underway to persons,ages17,20and25. lashed him several times arrest the 25-year-old

his

suspect.

Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Education, Mr. Alfred King on Thursday signing the Statement of Endorsement of the Guyana Partnership Compact.

Lawyer challenges Govt. to come clean on suite of legislation, institutional systems in place for US$2B gas-to-energy project

Attorney-at-Law, Exploration and Production Wales Development Zone pipeline inspectorate before government of its duty to million standard cubic feet

E l i z a b e t h Guyana Limited (EEPGL) and environs. The lawyer theintendedexecutionofthe subject itself to public of gas being piped from the

Deane-Hughes, and its Stabroek Block also demanded answers project to ensure the scrutiny, adding that the Stabroek Block to onshore onbehalfofherselfandother partners, Hughes said there regarding the existing installation of any proposed deafening silence and facilities which include a concerned citizens, is urging ismuchabouttheprojectthat statutory regulations that pipelines are aligned with arrogance to questions from Natural Gas Liquids (NGL) the People’s Progressive isyettobeclear willgovernthegaspipeline. national regulations and the public is contradictory to facility to treat and separate Party Civic (PPP/C) Her list of almost 30 Thelawyeralsocalledon internationalstandards. the principles that ought to the gas and a power plant to Administration to cut the questions to the officials government authorities to The lawyer also called be obtained in a democratic generate 300 megawatts of arrogance and opacity and sought to ascertain for say what international codes for the government to say society electricity submit the US$2B gas-to- example, under which and standards would be what formula and/or She called on the Exxon’spipelinesofaris energy project to greater national legislation and adopted to ensure the safety methodology was used to government to be more expected to cost US$1 3 scrutiny regulatory institutions will of design, manufacturing, determine costs/debts/loans transparent and bring much billion, while the other two

In a letter addressed to theupcominggasprocessing c o n s t r u c t i o n , andownershiparrangements needed clarity to the aspects to be developed by President, Dr Irfaan Ali; sector be regulated She c o m m i s s i o n i n g a n d forthepipeline. governance structure for the government are now pegged Natural Resources Minister, contended that it is critical operation of offshore and She said too that the project. atUS$759M. Vickram Bharrat; Head of that citizens be told of which onshorepipelinesystems. government has a duty to The Wales GTE project Government will be t h e G a s - t o - E n e r g y e x i s t i n g s t a t u t o r y

Significantly, she said state how soon the public is being developed between taking a blend of loans, Taskforce, Winston regulations will govern the Guyanese ought to be told if would be able to see the gas theGuyanaGovernmentand budgetary allocations and Brassington; as well as gas processing industry in the government will salesagreement. a n E x x o n M o b i l - l e d other financial streams to Exxon’s subsidiary, Esso Guyana within the proposed establish a hydrocarbon The lawyer reminded the consortium. It will see 50 payofffortheproject.

Essequibo woman arrested for possession

of 441 grams of cocaine

…servedcopscocaineonceramicplate

Police on Thursday arrested an Essequibo woman who was found with 441 grams of cocaine at her Bounty Hall, Essequibo Coast,RegionTwohome.

When ranks arrived at Brenda Charles’ home, the woman presented the drugs in a red and white ceramic plate and a plastic bag she had hidden under her sofa. According to police, ranks arrivedatthewoman’shome at around 17:25h and informed her of a search for illicit items. Charles agreed but did not wait for the ranks to search her home. Instead, she walked to her sofa and gave them the plate with the drugs.Sheevenhandedthem aplasticbagfilledwithmore cocaine.

While being cautioned, C h a r l e s a c c e p t e d man”.

Police Station where she responsibility and said, “Sir The woman was arrested remains in custody pending is me own, a buy it from a andtakentotheAnnaRegina charges.

Kailash Yaatra Ashram devotees celebrate Maha Shivratri today

Fire destroys house at Kwakwani Waterfront

Scenes from Kailash Yaatra Ashram 21 days of celebration.

In observance of Maha there is a natural upsurge of Japam, Agnihotra and 1008 Shivratri, the Board of energy in a human being. Shivlinga Puja. Of the 21 Trustees and members of the Thisisthedaywhennatureis days, five nights were Executive Committee of the pushing one towards one’s dedicated to: praying for Kailash Yaatra Ashram spiritual peak. To allow this universal peace, unity, would be hosting a natural upsurge of energies harmony and togetherness devotional worship starting to find their way, one of the for all beings, a spiritual from today at Cornelia Ida fundamentals of this nightofLordShivaBhajans, (CI), West Coast Demerara nightlong festival is to a night of Harekrishna (CI). ensure that you remain devotional chants, a 108

The event which will be awake with your spine Havan Kund Yagya and held at Lot 23 Tract Y, CI vertical throughout the AbhishekamtoLordShiva. begins today at 04:00hrs and night.

At the devotional endsonSundayat04:00hrs. Leading up to this worship Havan, singing of MahaShivratri‘thegreat festival, devotees of the bhajans and chanting of the night of Lord Shiva’is being Kailash Yaatra Ashram has Lord’s name is being done celebrated and is of most been on a spiritual journey continuouslythroughoutthis spiritual significance to the which included 21 days of period and there will be Hindu community On this fasting without consuming twelve Prahaars (which is night, the northern meat and salt, daily pujaandofferings).Aspecial hemisphere of the planet is devotional chanting, Shiva Satsangwillbeheldfrom positionedinsuchawaythat Maha Puran Katha, Shiva (Continued on page 19)

Fire destroys Ericka Gonsalves’ Kwakwani Waterfront home.

Afterleavingherhometovisithermother waslocated. located a few houses away, a Kwakwani Gonsalves said that she immediately left woman returned to a burning house at the her mother’s house and ran towards her Kwakwani Water Front, Upper Berbice home. River,Region10.

A call was made to the Guyana Fire

Thirty-oneyearoldErickaGonsalvestold Service (GFS) in the district and firefighters police that she left her home at about 06:00h were sent to the location. They managed to tovisithermother Thewomanreportedlyleft extinguish flames, but according to police, the lights and a fan on in her home before were unable to save the house from being leaving. completelydestroyed.

At about 18:30h, the woman recalled Investigations are ongoing to determine seeing smoke rising from the area her home thecauseofthefire.

The plate of cocaine served to the ranks

Protesters storm Suriname’s parliament, over cost of living crisis

The protest demonstrations, announced well in advance, on Independence Square against the government’s austerity policies, turned into complete chaos. (De Ware Tijid photo)

Cattle farmer set on fire for helping police during Hopetown protest

A 51-year-old cattle farmer, Trevor Jameer, was on Friday set on fire by a fellow villager for allegedly assisting the police during protest actions on February 5, 2023 at Hopetown, Berbice,RegionFive.

Hopetown residents had reportedly blocked the road and set a car on fire after a businessman’s son lost control of the vehicle and k n o c k e d d o w n t w o villagers.

Speaking with reporters, Jameer’s daughter, Travene McAlmont alleged that her father was attacked and burnt Friday morning by a “boy” and claimed that it might be because he (her The suspect then doused burns to his face, neck, back, father) helped police to Jameer with the liquid from legs,armandside. remove the car from the the bottle and used the lit “This incident stem from trenchaftertheaccident. sticktosethimonfire. an incident from last month.

“...The boy come and “...He had a bottle with The police ask my father to stopandtellmyfatherthat“I something like gasoline help pull out the car from the hear you seh you gon burst insideandhethrowitonhim trench and they say that is up me head”, so my father and he had a stick light with betrayal, ” McAlmont turn and ask him where he fireandhejustpushthestick alleged noting that the got that news from and he to the man and he catch on protestors were angry with told my father wait right fire,” McAlmont told her father for assisting the there and that he coming reporters. police. In fact, the woman back,”McAlmontsaidwhile The attacker then left the said that her father has been addingthatherfatherdidnot scene while, residents labeleda‘traitor’. take what the man said closeby rushed to assist Additionally, the woman seriously and remained Jameer by extinguishing the alleged that one of the wherehewas. flames that engulfed his persons who called her

Shortly after the suspect body father a traitor threatened returned with a bottle Jameer rushed to the himonThursday containing a liquid and a New Amsterdam Hospital Investigations are stick that was lit with fire. where he was admitted with ongoing.

Reuters - Dozens of Others started fires and protesters forced their way looted city shops, many of into Suriname’s parliament which had closed as a as hundreds more rampaged precautionamidtheunrest. through the nation’s capital The government of Paramaribo on Friday, President Chan Santokhi clashing with police as condemned the violence and demonstrations against the said it had set up a task force government descended into to track down those chaos. responsible for attacking

Thousands took to the parliament. streets of the capital “Vigorous action will be Paramaribo in initially taken against the individuals peaceful demonstrations who instructed, carried out againstgovernmentausterity and caused destruction in measures, including these attacks,” it said in a eliminating subsidies, statement. against a backdrop of high Suriname, a former inflation. Dutch colony in northern But the protests turned South America with a ugly when demonstrators population of 610,000 throwing rocks and bottles reported inflation of 54.6% a t p o l i c e s t o r m e d for2022. parliament’s grounds, with The protests come in the some making their way into same week that the smallest the building before being party in government left the forced back, a Reuters ruling coalition, citing witness said Police fired disagreements over poverty teargasinreturn. andsocialpolicies.

Three Guyanese on scholarships to India

Three Guyanese nationals have been selected by the Indian High Commission in GeorgetowntotraveltoIndiaforscholarships beingprovidedbytheGovernmentofIndia.

The trio are: StateAuditor, Delon Turpin, Captain Wyette Nestor of the Guyana Defence Force (GDF) and Elon Sooknanan, the Head of Public Infrastructure Transportation Tourism at Environmental ProtectionAgency(EPA).

Turpin, who resides in Georgetown is currently studying Auditing in IT Environment at the International Center for Information Systems & Audit in Uttar Pradesh,India.Hiscoursewilllastonemonth under the Indian Technical and Economic Cooperation(ITEC)program.

Captain Wyette Nestor of West Coast Berbice(WCB)wasalsoselectedtostudythe Officers Transport and Management Course Management at the Environment Protection at the Army Service Corps and College in TrainingandResearchInstituteinHyderabad Bangaluru, India. Captain Nestor will be forthreeweeks. awayinIndiaforapproximatelytwomonths.

The participants met and interacted with Similarly, Sooknanan, the Head of Public H.E. High Commissioner, Dr. KJ Srinivasa Infrastructure Transportation Tourism at the beforetravellingtoIndiatobegintheir EPA who residing on West Coast Demerara (Continued on page 19) (WCD) is studying Environmental

Trevor Jameer is nursing burn wounds at the New Amsterdam Hospital

Indian High Commissioner to Guyana, Dr. KJ Srinivasa (center) with Captain Wyette Nestor (to his left) and Mr. Delon Turpin (to his right) and other officials of the Indian High Commission.

Indian High Commissioner to Guyana, Dr. KJ Srinivasa with Mr. Elon Sooknanan, the Head of Public Infrastructure Transportation Tourism at Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

VEHSI shore base on track for December delivery

Vreed-en-Hoop Shore Director of VEHSI, Base Inc (VEHSI) has Nicholas Deygoo-Boyer in outlined plans for the his presentation outlined the delivery of a fully pace of works and the longoperational, Exxon leased term vision of the project shore base by December whichwilleventuallyseethe 2023. full Port of Vreed-en-Hoop

The announcement was completed with as much as made at the International 800acresofportfacilities. Energy Conference where He also explained that the company said that the Guyana needs deeper first phase of 10 acres maritime accessibility and remains on track to be VESHI can deliver this completed, and to be made along with the additional operational by December benefit of reducing shipping 2023, with an additional 10 cost by 10 to 12% of what acres by July 2024 and the currentlyobtains. remainder in December

“Once fully realised, the 2024. Port of Vreed-en-Hoop will

Works ongoing at the Vreed-en-Hoop Shore Base Inc (VEHSI)

The silver sponsors of tie into the country’s vision this year’s oil and gas to expand Guyana’s c o n f e r e n c e , i n i t s development,” Deygoopresentation said that the Boyer said while noting that operations in Guyana noting that without the rapid theexistingnauticalchannel, US$300Million. works on the sand key there is space for expansion unnecessary pace of responses and the berth pockets, and turning According to the project reclamation continue at a and VEHSI can facilitate VEHSI also praised the outpouring of support the basin. directors, the support and rapidpace,withworksonthe other shore base builds support they received from project could not have

This phase has been encouragement given by the artificial island being done thereby making the need for the Government of Guyana, proceeded at such an hailed a success by the GovernmentofGuyanahave roundtheclock. foreign bases to support acceleratedpace. project managers and the been reassuring and augur

IEA Head urges countries to reduce reliance on oil and gas

- Calls on companies to use ‘big profits’ to invest in clean energy transition

IEA stats on global oil and gas industry income 2015-2022

“The company would upgraded channel has been well for additional like to particularly recognise handed over to the Maritime investment and the future of the rapid speed at which Administration Department Guyana.

President Irfaan Ali (MARAD) VEHSI started The project is expected r e s p o n d e d t o t h e this year with the first signs to become operational in development plans for this of land emerging from the 2023. project and the support Demerara River as it Vreed-en-Hoop Shore receivedsofarinhelpingthe accelerated its reclamation Base Inc. is a joint venture company to build out this phase to now a working site between NRG Holdings world class facility,” a in the river with full Inc a 100 percent statementfromVESHIsaid. construction facilities and a G u y a n e s e - o w n e d

The shore base project Quay consortium that is the started the first step in June, VEHSI is currently the majority shareholder –and which entailed the dredging largest Guyanese private Jan De Nul, an international of the access channel in the sector investment in the oil maritime infrastructure Demerara River including and gas sector and is company headquartered in the deepening/widening of expected to cost over Luxembourg.

MOE,GTUandUNICEFsign...

Head of the International Energy Agency (IEA), Fatih Birol

Head of the International Energy Agency (IEA), Fatih Birol on Tuesday advised countriesaroundtheworldto reduce their reliance on oil and gas. The IEA Head was 2022, which he said, is a ExxonMobil for ‘making at the time delivering his huge rise from recent moremoneythangod.’ keynote address on, average of US$1.5T Citing Like Exxon, other oil

‘Navigating a world in the profits made by the oil majors like Shell and British turmoil’ at the Oslo Energy and gas majors, Birol said, Petroleum also raked in big Conference in Norway when “The sector has a unique profits last year. As a result, hemadetheappeal.

From page 13 compact. and Suriname, Irfan Akhtar Ministry, Mr Alfred King He added that the IIEP is noted that it is important for stated that the compact was committed to supporting the UNICEF to endorse the developed by the local achievement of the priority partnership compact He education group under the identified in the compact of stated that now is the time to l e a d e r s h i p o f t h e strengthening culturally ensure that the education Government to address key responsive leadership at the system is more inclusive, constraints which affect the district and school level as climate resilient and educationsector w e l l a s i m p r o v i n g accessible to every child,

opportunity to invest a President Biden accused oil

Birol underscored that significant chunk of this in majors of war-profiteering countries can no longer be clean energy transitions, and had threatened to runonoilandgasforspecific especially in emerging & increasethewindfalltaxesin reasons “You cannot developingeconomies.” his country to tax the big- anymore run a country Amidst the Russia- profits. whose economy is 90 Ukraine war which sent oil The British Government percent reliant on oil and gas prices soaring, oil and gas had increased the windfall revenuesbecauseoildemand companies saw record- taxes in their country to use willgodown.”

shattering profits. Last year, the monies to alleviate the

He added that the global US President, Joe Biden had high cost of living crisis that oil and gas industry income slammedAmericanoilgiant, wascausedbythewar jumped to almost US$4T in

“Weasrepresentativesof accountability as it is critical everywhere. the local leg, having read, to the success of the M e a n w h i l e , t h e discussed and participated in transformation. President of the GTU, Mark the partnership compact, Global Partnership for Lyte expressed support for hereby fully endorse the Education Senior Education the initiative noting that it compactanditscontents.We Specialist, Ms. Talia will have a great impact on also commit to mobilize and Miranda de Chaisemartin in theeducationsector. align available resources to her remarks said that the This he said, will see successfully implement the partnership compact will Guyana moving in the priority reform and to be serveasGuyana’sgameplan direction where children can active participants in the to implement culturally benefit for the rest of their monitoringandevaluationof responsive instructional lives and can change the theinitiative,”Kingsaid. leadership, remove barriers modalities which are seen UNESCO- International and provide necessary aroundtheworld. Institute for Educational conditions and support so T h e P a r t n e r s h i p Planning (IIEP) Director, that schools can better use Compact aims to achieve Jordon Naidoo in his the resources they receive improved quality, equitable remarks noted that the IIEP and transform those into p a r t i c i p a t i o n , a n d was honoured to participate learningforallstudents. achievement in basic as a technical partner to U N I C E F D e p u t y education for the sustainable advance the partnership Representative for Guyana developmentofGuyana.

Kailash Yaatra Ashram devotees...

From page 15 come. Guruji Budhu hails embrace truth and peace 7pmto9pmthiseveningand from a traditional Madras instead. all are encouraging to come, familyandismaintaininghis Ideally, the Commission celebrate, worship with the roots through the promotion behooves every Guyanese to Kailash Yaatra Ashram and of traditional Goddess traverse similar pathways to experience the pure bliss of worship and aim to remove achieve national harmony Lord Shiva. The Kailash misconceptions about such andpeace.Theobservanceis Yaatra Ashram is a non- worship and hope to inspire a major festival in Hinduism profit organization that was devoteestoleadideallivesof and reminds devotees to founded by Guruji Balram loveandservice. overcome darkness and Persaud Budhu and is in Meanwhile, the Ethnic ignorance, practice selfCornelia Ida, WCD Relations Commission, restraint and grant Founded in the year 2004, (ERC), extends greetings to forgivenesstoothers. this Ashram consists of a thousands of Hindus across The ERC supports the Shree Maha Kalika Mandir, the country on observances continuous freedom of all a Ganga Dhaam, and a Shiva tomark‘MahaShivratri’, Guyanese to celebrate their Dhaam. The Shiva Dhaam In a release, ERC said it respective traditions and includes the largest sitting is cognizant that the annual observances in our multimurti of Lord Shiva in the auspicious occasion on the religious society and ‘Maha Caribbean, 12 Jyotir Lingas Hindu calendar is marked by S h i v a r a t r i ’ f u r t h e r and1,008Lingas. fasting, prayers and paying consolidates the country’s

The Ashram’s mission is homage to Lord Shiva, a religious diversity The body to provide devotees with a central figure of the Hindu is certain that all the ethnic communal place of worship Trinity The ERC further groups can learn from each whilst preserving the Hindu recognizes that the occasion other’s cultural practices to Madras faith through our demands of Hindus to move promote tolerance in one youths, for generations to away from conflict and multi-ethnichomeland.

ThreeGuyaneseonscholarships...

From page 16 partnership and cooperation that are being offered by the respective training. “Each for mutual benefit via Government of India in participant expressed their scholarships help to military, technical, medical, gratitude and excitement for strengthenthebondbetween entrepreneurship, cultural, the opportunity to study in India and Guyana,” a etc More details and India. statement from the Indian eligibility criteria can be High Commissioner HighCommissionsaid. foundonourFacebookpage discussed with them how The High Commission https://wwwfacebook com/ sharing India’s own recentlyreleasedanupdated indiaingeorgetown or development experiences list of the ITEC and Indian w e b s i t e : with fellow developing Council for Cultural https://www.hcigeorgetown countries on the basis of Relations (ICCR) courses .gov.in/.

Maha Shivraatri 2023 observation period

School tours must be done at 'acceptable and usual' places –EducationMinistry

TheMinistryofEducation on Friday announced thatallschooltoursmust be conducted at “acceptable and usualplaces”.

In a memorandum issued by the Chief Education Officer to the Regional Education Officers and Principal Education Officer, the Ministry said it observed that some schools are conducting educational tours at locations that do not contribute to better student outcomes.

Based on the new policy, the Principal Education Officer and all Regional Education Officers, with immediate effect, must implement the following: Withdraw all permission granted for visits and tours to places outside the accented andusualtourdestinations.

The ministry said if schools have any doubt about what those places may be; they should make contact with the Office of the Chief Education Officer by email ceoofice@moe.gov.gy

Further, the Ministry said that for permission granted henceforth, schools are required to state in writing that “any amendment to the approved list of places to be visited will result in disciplinary action being recommended against the Headteacherandallteachersonthe schooltour.”

The Ministry is adamant that it will not accept any excuse for a breach of this directive such as, “I didn't know.”“If you have already granted written permission for a tour that is yet to be conducted, you aretoimmediatelydoanaddendum to that permission and ensure it is delivered and signed for by the Headteacher,”theMinistrystated.

Decomposed body of man found in Berbice home

Policeareinvestigatingthe circumstancessurrounding the death of a 53-year-old Palmyra Village, East Canje Berbice man The man, identified as Heeralall (only name),decomposingbodywas foundinhishomeonThursday reportedlybyhisniece.

According to the niece, her aunt who lived with the man left for Georgetown on February 12, 2023 and she visited her uncl e o n Monday. The woman told police that her uncle was in good health but after she did not hear from or see him for a couple of days, she decided to visit him onThursday

She told police that when she entered the yard, there was a foul smell and upon further inquiries and checks in the house, she found her uncle in a decomposedstate.

The police were contacted and upon their arrival, checks were made for marks of violence but none were visible due to the extent of the decomposition.

Police reported that based on their investigations, Heeralall frequently used cannabis sativa and consumed alcoholregularly

Heeralall

The memorandum issued by the Chief Education Officer.

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LEGALNOTICE1

TO:ROYSTON TREVORSEMPLE

Formerly of Lot 161 South Better Hope, East Coast Demerara, Guyana

TAKENOTICEthaton the 4th day of August, 2022 a Petition for Divorce was filed against youbyPETALHANA YASMEENSEMPLE

nee ALI the Petitioner/ ApplicantintheFamily DivisionoftheHigh Court in Georgetown, Demerara.

ANDFURTHERTAKE

LEGALNOTICE1

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TOLET

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NOTICE that as part of an Order made on the 5thday of October, 2022 thePetitioner/Applicant was directed to effect service of her Petition on you by publication of this Notice in two (2) consecutive Saturday issues of the Kaieteur News, a daily newspaper printed, published and circulated in and around Guyana and on the WorldwideWeb (online)

ANDFURTHERTAKE

and may make any Order it considers appropriate,including granting the Divorce. The Registry of the Family Division of the High Court is located at the Law Courts [Georgetown, Demerara]. The office is open to the public between 8:00am and 3:30pm Mondays to Thursdays and 8:00am to 2:30pm on Fridays except on public holidays and on such other days as the Registry is closed. Dated the 27thday of January, 2023.

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NOTICE that if you desire you may appear or attend in person or by your duly authorized agent or Attorney-at-Law at the Registry of Family DivisionoftheHigh Court at Georgetown, Demerara where you will be issued with a certified copy of the Petition together with related documents.

ANDFURTHERTAKE

LEGALNOTICE2

2023-HC-DEM-CIV-FD-25 INTHEHIGHCOURTOF THESUPREMECOURT OFJUDICATURE

FAMILY,DIVORCEAND MATRIMONIAL JURISDICTIONFAMILY

DIVISION

PETITIONNO.:FD-25

BETWEEN:-JAMES (OMALLEODINGIE)

LEGALNOTICE1

Filing Attorney: MS. SHAMEKATAITTGUY ANALEGALAID CLINIC“Maraj Building:” 185 Charlotte & King Streets

Georgetown, Guyana. Tel: 225-9238/ 225-9246

Email: legalaid@networksgy.com

2022-HC-DEM-CIV-FD1093INTHEHIGH COURTOFTHE SUPREMECOURTOF JUDICATUREFAMILY, DIVORCEAND MATRIMONIAL JURISDICTIONFAMILY DIVISION

PETITIONNO.FD-1093

BETWEEN:-SEMPLE (PETALHANA YASMEEN)neeALI Petitioner/Applicant -and-SEMPLE (ROYSTONTREVOR) Respondent

NOTICE that if you desire to defend this Divorce, then upon receipt of the certified copy of the Petition, you must file an Acknowledgement of Service, Notice of Intention to Defend (Forms are available at the Registry), Answer and/or Cross Petition in the Registry of the Family Division of the High Court at Georgetown, Demerara within 35 (thirty-five) days from the date of the final publication of this Notice.

TAKENOTICEthatthe divorce is fixed for Directions Hearing on Tuesday the 28th day of March, 2023 at 9:15 am before the Honourable Madam_Justice_Fidela_CorbinLincoln via Zoom Meeting ID: 817 2463 7445 and Password: Court12.

INDEFAULTofyour filingan Acknowledgement of Service/Notice of Intention to Defend, Answer and/or Cross Petition the Court may proceed in your absence

Petitioner/Applicant -andJAMES(DENISE)nee RAMPERSAUD

Respondent

TotheRespondent

DENISEJAMESnee RAMPERSAUD

Last Known Address Lot578#29Village, West Coast Berbice, Guyana

TAKENOTICEthatonthe 5thdayofJanuary,2023a PetitionforDivorcewas filed against you by OMALLEODINGIE

JAMES,thePetitionerin theFamilyDivisionofthe HighCourtinGeorgetown, Demerara. ANDFURTHERTAKE

NOTICEthataspartofan Order made on the 27th day ofJanuary,2023the Petitioner was directed to effect service of his Petition on you by publication of this Notice in two (2) consecutive Saturday issues of the KaieteurNewsNewspaper, a daily Newspaper printed, published and circulated in and around Guyana and on the Worldwide Web.

ANDFURTHERTAKENOTICE that if you desire you may appear or attend in person or by your duly

8companiesbidtosupplyNaturalResourcesMinistrywithtwomotorpick-ups

Duringtheopeningoftenders on Tuesday, eight firms have applied for the contract to supply and deliver two double cap pick-ups for the Ministry of Natural Resources. The Guyana National Bureau of Standards (GNBS)isalsolookingtoprocureapick-upwhichsixcompanies have bid for

Meanwhile, the Ministry of Culture, Youth and Sport is seeking security firms to provide services at the Guyana National Stadium, National Sports Commission andatotherlocationslocated in Regions Three, Four and Six.

Belowarethecompanies andtheirbids:

MinistryofCulture,YouthandSport Procurementofsecurityservice-GuyanaNationalStadium.

MinistryofNaturalResources Supply and delivery of two double cab pick-up.

Procurement of security servicesNationalSportsCommission.

LEGALNOTICE2 authorized agent or Attorney-at-Law at the RegistryoftheFamily Division of the High Court atGeorgetown,Demerara where you will be issued with a certified copy of the Petition together with related documents.

ANDFURTHERTAKE

NOTICEthatifyoudesire to Defend this Divorce, then upon receipt of the certified copy of the Petition, you must file an Acknowledgementof Service,Noticeof Intention to Defend (Forms are available at the Registry),Answer and/or Cross Petition in the RegistryoftheFamily Division of the High Court atGeorgetown,Demerara within35(thirty-five)days from the date of the second and final publication of this Notice.

TAKENOTICEthatthe divorceisfixedfor DirectionsHearingon Mondaythe27thdayof March,2023at9:15am beforetheHonourable MadamJusticeSandra Kurtziousinthe DirectionsHearingRoom viaZoomMeeting1D:648

Procurementofsecurityservice-Region3,4&6

7729256andPassword: 5hRiHfattheFamily Division of the High Court atGeorgetown.

INDEFAULTofyourfiling anAcknowledgementof Service/Notice of Intention to Defend, Answer and/or Cross Petition the Court may proceed in your absence and may make any Order it considers appropriate,including granting the Divorce.

The Registry of the Family Division of the High Court is located at the Law Courts [Georgetown,Demerara]. The office is open to the publicbetween8:00amand 3:30pm Mondays to Thursdays and 8:00am to 2:30pmonFridaysexcepton public holidays and on such other days as the Registry is closed.

Dated the 30thday of January, 2023

IDBurgesGuyanatolearnfromother oilnations’mistakes,adopt“gold standards”tokeepcorruptionatbay

While Guyana is consideredtobeinamostprivileged position given the quality of its reserves, securing the mostvaluefromthatresource would not be possible without effective regulation. In recognitionofthisreality,the Inter-AmericanDevelopment Bank(IDB)inaspecialreport called,“TraversingaSlippery Slope:Guyana’sOilOpportunity,” it was recommended that Guyana takes note of the many ways Mexico was able to transform its oil industry into one that is effectively regulatedforthebenefitofits people. The IDB document notedthatMexico’soilindustry was closed to foreign investment for almost eight years and only saw the sole participation of its National OilCompany,Pemex.

Things changed in 2013, where it was agreed that the sector would open up and al-

low for foreign interests but notuntilMexicoimplemented asector-widereform.

After severe legal changes, the IDB noted that Mexico established three entities for the sole purpose of regulating operations in the industry The National Hydrocarbons Commission (CNH as per its acronym in Spanish), was established as an independent regulatory agency responsible for the regulation of oil and gas exploration and production activities,aswellasfortheacreage bidding process; the EnergyRegulatoryCommission (CREasperitsSpanishacronym) was set up to regulate mid-anddown-streamoperations and issue permits for the storage, transportation anddistributionofoil,gas,oil productsandpetrochemicals; and the Agency for Safety, Energy and Environment

(ASEA as per its Spanish acronym) was developed and tasked with the responsibility of ensuring health, safety and environmental standards and regulations in the oil and gas sector, including upstream,midstream,anddownstream operations.

Withthisinmind,theIDB report said that Guyana should consider Mexico’s best practices regarding its regulatoryframework.

The financial institution was keen to note that as part oftheenergyreform,Mexico strengthened the CNH and the CRE and created the ASEAwithwell-denedindependentmandatesandproper separation of spheres of inuence to avoid conicts of interest.

The IDB also sought to highlight that Mexico made numerous efforts to ensure that it had a licensing frame-

work that promotes high levels of transparency and accountability

The Bank said that these best practices among others which have been established in successful petroleum-producing countries undoubtedly represent the international ‘gold standard’ in the sector Asanemergingcountry, it stressed that Guyana can benet from the experiences of such countries in developing best practices for managing petroleum resources and creating good governance model frameworks. While such practices mayworkwellforestablished, well-resourcedproducers,the IDBcautionedthatcaremust be taken to ensure the suitability of these practices for Guyana as an emerging producerwithlimitedexperience inregulatingandadministrating these types of activities.

SupplyanddeliveryoftwoAll-TerrainVehicles.

GuyanaNationalBureauofStandards ProcurementofLegalMetrologyEquipment.

Procurement of one pick-up.

DON'T WINE ON COPS

Be safe, but Police Commissioner advises masqueraders: “Don't wine on my officers”

TrinidadExpress-While the T&T Police Service (TTPS) is promising a safe Carnival this year, they also have a word of advice for masqueraders—do not wine onofficersonduty

“I would want to ask our masqueraders, particularly our scantily dressed ladies, to desist from dancing, wining or gyrating on my officers. It is disrespectful and unwelcome,” Police

C o m m i s s i o n e r E r l a Harewood-Christopher said yesterday at a news conference at the Police Administration Building in PortofSpain.

Earlier this month, the

Government released 2023 Carnival regulations, which included a regulation that stated individuals could be arrested and hauled before thecourtsiffoundsingingor reciting lewd and offensive songs or indulging in behaviour or gestures which are immoral, lewd or offensive.

And while discussions have been raised in public spheres as to what defines lewd behaviour or gestures, C h r i s t o p h e r s a i d masqueraders should not danceonherofficers.

“I believe I lead a very professional organisation and I doubt very much my

officers will consent to or even return a wine,” Christopher said when pressed on the issue by reporters.

GoldCommanderforthe Carnival season Assistant Commissioner of Police (ACP) Collis Hazel supported the police commissioner,saying:

This is the new dimension taking place under the astute leadership of the police commissioner, and the briefing will include what we will inform and educate about what is to be executed.”

Eyeseverywhere

ACP Hazel also noted

that he had already met with the various heads of the ten policing divisions in the TTPS to ensure safety and security for all law-abiding citizens this Carnival MondayandTuesday

Among these initiatives included the calling-out of all police officers currently onleavetoreportfordutyfor this period to bolster the availabilityofpersonnel.

Additionally, the TTPS would be assisted by officials from the Municipal Police,theDefenceForce,as well as traffic wardens to ensure the upcoming days of festivities were among the safest in the country's history

Hazel revealed that 800 officials, including 300 soldiers, will be within the capital city to ensure the safetyandsecurityofall.

The TTPS has also ensured its operational centres through the country, fed with live footage from select CCTV cameras, were working and available so that nothing -escapes their attention.

It was also noted that police body cameras were being checked as well to ensuretheywereoperational and in use during this ¬period.

TheTTPSalsointendsto plan with private citizens, especially in residential communities, to create a n e t w o r k o f C C T V surveillance which would be availableduringthisperiod.

“I will say categorically, the Police Service is out in numbers to ensure a safe Carnival, and as such I want

NOT ALLOWED: Masqueraders take a wine on two police officers at a Carnival event.

to advise citizens and visitors alike to enjoy all the activities and celebrations, butinaresponsibleway

“Your behaviour must be responsible and I implore you to obey the laws and directions of the police officers on duty They are here to ensure your safety and to ensure that Carnival 2023 is an enjoyable one for everybody,” Christopher stated.

Secureyourguns

ACP Winston Maharaj alsoadvisedcitizenswhoare theholdersofFirearmUser's Licences (FULs) to lodge t h e i r w e a p o n s a n d ammunition at the police station nearest to them, and not to bring weapons into areasofrevelry

While he noted that it was not illegal for them to carry their weapons, he advised it would be more prudent to have them securedawayfromevents.

“There is nothing preventing them from walkingwithit.

They were lawfully issued firearms. Permission was granted, and they can carry it on their person in a safemanner

If they lose it, there will be questions to answer, and we may look at liability, and negligence as the case may be. If they use it, there will also be questions to answer But to just apply a commonsense approach, rather than having a right to carry a firearm because it's mine, it wouldsuggestthatyouavoid going into an environment where a significant amount of alcohol is being consumed,alargenumberof persons gather, and the behaviour is one, for want of a better word, liberally expressive.

“You would want to avoidhavingafirearminthat kind of environment, particularly if your intention as a person is to go have a goodtime.

You can hardly see a firearm making a difference to you enjoying the merriment and revelry of Carnival,”Maharajsaid.

Citizens were also warned to park in designated areas and to have all n e c e s s a r y d r i v i n g documentation on their person, as wreckers and licensing officers will be on dutyforbothdays.

Man critical after police crashes into his boat

A boatcaptainispresentlybattlingforhis life in a Venezuelan Hospital after a Guyana Police Force's speed boat crashed into his balahoo (wooden speed boat) on Friday The boat accident reportedly took place around 11:00hrsintheCuyuniRiveratEteringbang, RegionSeven.

Sufferingfromafracturedskullandjawis Vergil Brown, a boat captain of San Martin, an Indigenous community located on the VenezuelanShoreoppositeEteringbang.

Kaieteur News understands that Brown was crossing over the Cuyuni River in his Balahoo from San Martin to Eteringbang when the police boat attached to Eteringbang slammedintohim.

Theimpactshatteredhisboatandlefthim severelyinjured.Hewasquicklyrescuedand rushed to a health center in San Martin but was referred to the nearest city hospital in neighbouringVenezuela.

The man's relatives told Kaieteur news

An injured Brown being transported for emergency medical attention in neighbouring Venezuela.

that Brown is in a “bad shape” and are demanding a full investigation into the boat crash.

strengthen border and maritime

Canada to provide $1.8M to fight drug trafficking and security in the Caribbean

Canada’s Prime Minister, Rt. Hon. Justin Trudeau will provide the Caribbean Region with $1.8M to

“target illicit drug trafficking and strengthen border and maritime security in the Caribbean.” Prime Minister Trudeau made this announcement on Thursday at the 44th Regular Meeting of the Conference of CARICOMheadswhereheisaspecialguest.

The Canadian leader said that criminal elements are becoming “more sophisticated” and therefore, “more support is needed.” He told the Region’s leaders that “Together we can build a safer, better future, for the people ofourcountriesandaroundtheworld.”

Additionally, the Canadian Prime Minister announced a $10M support to the International Office on Migration (OIM) to strengthen the protection and resilience of Haitian women and children, along the Dominican Republic border and in migrants’ place of origin, the Caricom Community (CARICOM)saidinastatementFriday

Guyana calls on Venezuela to respect Geneva Agreement

th …on 57 Anniversary of its signing

Gu y a n a o n controversy,” the statement and independent upholding T h u r s d a y issuedbytheMinistrysaid. of the rule of international

celebrated its The Foreign Affairs law Guyana has absolute h 57 anniversary of the Ministry said that the confidence. signing of the Geneva Geneva Agreement is a Venezuela has sought Agreement and calls on binding international over the years to undermine Venezuela to return to the agreement between parties the Agreement and judicial process of the and noted that the signing specifically to frustrate the Geneva Agreement in was concluded on the eve of r e s o l u t i o n o f t h e abandonment of its earlier Guyana’s independence controversy by judicial imperial goal, the Ministry between the United process even when, as now, of Foreign Affairs said Kingdom, Venezuela and itisobligedtoparticipate. Friday BritishGuiana. “As Guyana’s lawful

The Ministry said that “ I t g o v e r n s t h e development of its “There could be no greater r e s o l u t i o n o f t h e resources proceeds, it is mark of respect for the controversy which had p e r t i n e n t t o d a y t o A g r e e m e n t b y t h e arisen as a result of emphasise that the Geneva Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela’sbaselessandill- Agreement imposes no Venezuela.” chosen contention that the obligation on Guyana to

Addressing CARICOM Heads of Government in The Bahamas, the Canadian helping rally partners, around the globe, to Prime Minister said his country plans to provide much-needed assistance for Haiti,” invest an additional $12.3M in humanitarian PrimeMinisterTrudeausaid. assistance.

In this regard, the Canadian leader said

Highlighting the lead role CARICOM Canada recognises the establishment of the should play, he said: “CARICOM must be an High Transitional Council as a positive step integral leader on this crisis, including towards political stability, and it is one that through convening political dialogues and mustbebroadened.

“On this Anniversary Arbitral Award of 1899 is refrain from economic Day of that historic ‘null and void’. It removed development activities in Agreement, Guyana the roadblock to Guyana’s any portion of its territory, considers that no greater i n d e p e n d e n c e t h a t or any appurtenant homage can be paid to it by Venezuela had, with maritime areas,” the our sister Republic than full imperialambition,soughtto Foreign Affairs Ministry compliance with its terms, erect, ” the Ministry said while noting that any including Article IV reminded. unilateral attempt by paragraph 2, pursuant to Under the Geneva Venezuela to restrict the whichtheSecretaryGeneral A g r e e m e n t , t h a t exercise by Guyana of its of the United Nations has controversy is now, with the sovereignty and sovereign chosen the International approvaloftheinternational rights will be wholly Court of Justice as the community before the inconsistent with the means for final and binding International Court of Geneva Agreement and the s e t t l e m e n t o f t h e Justice in whose impartial ruleofinternationallaw

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau (Photo courtesy of CARICOM Secretariat)

Shamar Joseph receives support from “Cricket Gear for young and promising cricketers in Guyana”

Guyana Senior Cricket team latest selectee Shamar Joseph recently got support from this joint initiativeofKishanDasofthe USA and Anil Beharry of Guyana. A few months ago, this young fast bowling all rounder was basically unknowninthecricketcircle.

The Tucber Park Cricket Club player announced his presence by his outstanding performances in the 2022 Guyana Cricket Board Inter County Senior 50 Overs Tournament, which returned afterclosetoadecadeandthe recently concluded National Senior Cricket Trials. As a result, he was selected for the Senior Team which is in Antigua to participate in the

R e g i o n a l f o u r - D a y Tournament.

At a simple ceremony held recently, Joseph was thankful for a pair of cricket shoes. We wish him well and the initiative is happy to be part of his development. We advise that he stays fit, focused, disciplined and stay grounded.

Totalcricketrelateditems collected so far: $310,000 in cash, two trophies, thirteen cricket boots, twenty one pairs of batting pads, twenty five bats, eighteen pairs of batting gloves, twenty thigh pads, one pair of wicket keeping pad, three arm guards,twoboxes,sixcricket bags and three helmets. In addition to the above, $600,000 worth in gear was

donated by Sheik Mohamed, former National wicket keeper/batsman.

To date, fifty young players from all three counties of Guyana have already benefited from three junior gear bags, two trophies, three arm guards, nineteen bats, two boxes, three helmets, eighteen pairs of cricket shoes, eleven pairs of batting pads, one thigh pad, one bat rubber and sixteen pairs of batting gloves.

In addition, two clubs in the Pomeroon area benefited from two used bats Pomeroon, Leguan and Wa k e n a a m C r i c k e t Committees and Cotton Tree Die Hard also received one box of red cricket balls each

Saturday February 18, 2023

ARIES(Mar.21–Apr.19

Miscommunication with someone far away could lead to bruised egos, heightened emotions, and angry phone calls. Don't get sucked into a quarrel,Aries.

TAURUS (Apr. 20–May 20)

Your psychoanalytical talents could be put to work t o d a y w h e n misunderstandings come up. Your friends aren't likely to be thinking clearly and may not respond to reassurances, Taurus.

GEMINI (May 21–June 20)

A person you're attracted to may seem to be interested in someone else. This could bringupyourinsecuritiesand jealousy Don't make yourselfcrazy,Gemini.

CANCER (June 21–July 22)

Someone is keeping secrets fromyou.Weallhaveprivate issues we don't wish to share, Cancer, but this affects you. Your intuition will probably tellyouwhothispersonis.

LEO(July23–Aug.22)

Perhaps you planned to attend a group event but circumstances beyond your controlgotintheway Maybe itwascanceled.

VIRGO (Aug. 23–Sept. 22)

A visitor who needs a little sympathycouldvisityoutoday. Your friend probably wants some advice about some problems He or she could also bringinformation.

LIBRA(Sept.23–Oct.22)

Some important plans, perhaps for a vacation or involving education in some way, could be temporarily blocked by circumstances beyondyourcontrol,Libra.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23–Nov. 21)

A letter or phone call could bring upsetting news about money, Scorpio. Your first reaction may be to blame yourself or someone else, but the circumstances are probably beyond anyone's control.

SAGIT(Nov.22–Dec.21)

Jealousy could rear its ugly head today, Sagittarius. This may involve a romantic relationship. Jealousy is often groundless. If you want to avoid an upset, try a little communicating.

CAPRI(Dec.22–Jan.19)

Nervous tension could cause a temporary malaise that keeps your energy low today Tasks and chores need to be done, Capricorn, so you will probablydragyourselfup.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20–Feb. 18)

A group with which you're affiliated may be temporarily torn apart by politics and quarrels.

PISCES (Feb. 19–Mar. 20)

Changes in your home could cause temporary frustration thatcreatessometensionwith familymembers Perhapsyou're movingandeveryoneisgetting ineveryoneelse'sway

while RHCCCC received two boxes, fifteen white cricket shirts, one pair of junior batting pads, one pair of wicket keeping gloves and a set of stumps and bails.The Essequibo Cricket Board and the Town of Lethem also benefited.

Cricket related items, used or new, is distributed free of cost to young and promising cricketers in Guyana Skills, discipline and education are important characteristics of the recipients.

Talent spotting is being done across the country and club leaders also assist to identify same. Progressive and well managed clubs with youth programmes will also benefit.

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and the

be contested are Open, Juniors andVeterans.

event is being sonsored bytheBurnhamFoundationand supervised by the Flying Star CyclingClub.

Matthews leads from front to keep West Indies alive in World Cup

BBC Sport - Captain Hayley Matthews struck an unbeaten 63 to help West IndiesbeatIrelandwithone ball to spare to keep their slim hopes of making the Women's T20 World Cup semi-finalsalive.

Matthews hit the penultimate ball for four as West Indies chased down their target of 138 in a thrillingfinish.

E a r l i e r , O r l a Prendergast had hit 61 off 47 balls as Ireland posted 137-9.

Ireland, who looked like favourites at the halfway stage, were eliminated with the defeat inCapeTown.

West Indies must beat Pakistan by a large margin in their last game on Sundaytoimprovetheirnet run-rate-andalsoneedone of England or India to lose both of their remaining games to have any chance of qualifying in second place.

Ireland were hoping to record their first ever T20 WorldCupwin,havinglost all of their previous 14 matches, and were anchored by Prendergast and Gaby Lewis' (38) 90runpartnership. At 115-2 after 15 overs they looked set for a menacing total, but added just 22 more runs for seven wickets across the final 30 deliveries.

Orla Prendergast and Gaby Lewis put on 90 runs for the second wicket Feb 16, 2023. (ICC via Getty Images)

West Indies' Matthews wasdroppedonninebyAmy Hunter at backward point in the fifth over and it was an error which proved to be costly

Alongside Chinelle

Henry (34) Matthews built a 74-run partnership before Ireland rallied in the final overs.

Needing two runs from the final two deliveries

Matthews carved Ireland skipper Laura Delany through the covers for four toendWestIndies'15-match T20 international losing streak.

Scores: Ireland 137-9 (20 overs): Prendergast 61, Lewis 38; Connell 3-24: West Indies 140-4 (19 5 overs): Matthews 63*, Henry 34 Result: West Indies won by six wickets.

Si x b a t s m e n r e g i s t e r e d centuries last Sunday in the final preliminary round of the Essequibo Softball Cricket League's (ESCL) Over-40, T20competition.

At Hibernia ground, stalwart player Ramesh Narine slammed 159 to follow up his 118 the previousweek.

Narine struck 13 sixes and 11 fours to help Invaders Masters piled up a gigantic 308-3 from the 20-overs, while Hibernia Strikers replied with 283-8 when the 20-oversranout.

Gopaul Deen chipped in with 77 to support the flamboyant left-handed Narine.When

Hibernia Strikers batted, Sidieque Ramjohn was the other centurion in the match by hitting 106 as Richie Bishop and Raj Rambarack claimed two wickets apiece, delivering for Invaders Masters.

Across at Queenstown ground, former Essequibo Senior Inter-County wicketkeeper/batsman

Prashad Mahadeo struck a belligerent 144 to spur defending champions

CaribbeanCricketClub2toa comprehensive 90-run

victory over Devonshire CastleSportsClub.

Prashad got useful support from Patrick Rooplall with 77 as their team raced to 296-3 at the expiration of the 20-overs while Devonshire Castle SportsClub,inreply,reached 206alloutinthe20thover.

Vishwanauth Lall offered adecentfightwith100,while Latchman Singh made 32 as Rooplallprovedhisall-round capability by grabbing four wickets for 40 runs from his maximumfourovers.

Yaseer Mohammed picked up two for 36 off four overs as well bowling for CaribbeanCricketClub2.

And at the same venue, Lloyd Inniss' 115 for Queenstown Tigers went in vain as his team suffered a thrilling eight-run loss to SunrisersMasters.

Sunrisers Masters tallied up a challenging 255-5 from t h e 2 0 - o v e r s w h i l e Queenstown Tigers, in response, were left stranded at 247-6 when proceedings cametoanend.

Motielall Deepnarine made 50 to offer Inniss support as Paulo Narine took 4-40inhisfour-overouting.

For Sunrisers Masters, another Ex-Essequibo Intercounty player, Ravi Beharry

withanevencenturytobethe other batsman getting to the landmark Shivsankar Bissoon was also in the runscolumn for the winner with animpressive50.

Seow Sankar and S e e p e r s a u d S a n k a r (unrelated) were the wickettakers for Sunrisers Masters withtwoeach.

Meanwhile, the first semi-final is set for this Sunday at a venue to be announced.

Caribbean Cricket Club 2 will clash with Sunrisers Masters while the second semiisbilledforFebruary26 also at a venue to be announced.InvadersMasters willtackleDevonshireCastle

Prashad Mahadeo

After being delayed

d u e t o t h e i n c l e m e n t weather the second finalist in the Upper Corentyne Cricket Association (UCCA) / Vishnu

Super Store 50 over cricket competition for teams in the Upper Corentyne area has beendecided.

No70 MYO will now join No68Turn team as the second teaminthefinalwhichwillbe playedshortly

In their semifinal game which was delayed for a lengthy time due to the inclement weather No70

MYO defeated No73 Young Warriors who did not show much fight in the game and lostby6wickets.

The No73 Warriors batted firstandwereheldto136with Lakeram Latchman 61(6x4, 2x6)andAzadMohammed33 beingthemainscorers.

Bowling for the No70

MYO Azad Mahadeo led the way with 4 wickets while Mohammed Khan and Salim

Khanpickeduptwoeach.

In reply No70 MYO made lightworkofthetargetasthey canter to 137-4 with

MohammedKhanreturningto scoreanunbeaten43,N.Khan supported with 33, Rasheed Ali 20 with A. Khan being 17 notoutandextrascontributing 23.

Four bowlers picked up one wicket each for the Warriors.

The final will be played shortly between No70 MYO andNo68TurnTeam.

The competition, which started as a 50 over affair, was then played as a T20 competition after rain severely affected the matches. Now the organizers have reverted to the 50 overs format.

The competition began with 30 teams participating. The competition is being coordinated by former Guyana wicketkeeper batsman Sydney Jackman. (SamuelWhyte)

SportsClub. Again this

competition is being played

year's

brother Vo Tajeshwar continues to be one of the mainsponsors.

Six batsmen record centuries in ESCL's Over 40 T20 tournament

Ramesh Narine

Peter Handscomb tracks the ball after a late cut Feb 16, 2023. (Getty Images)

Khawaja, Handscomb lead Australia fight in 2nd India Test

AFP - Gritty halfcenturies from Usman K h a w a j a a n d P e t e r

Handscomb guidedAustralia to a fighting 263 all out against inspired Indian bowlers on yesterday's opening day of the second Test.India reached 21 for no loss at stumps with the hosts still trailing Australia by 242 runs in New Delhi. Skipper Rohit Sharma, on 13, and KL Rahul,onfour,werebatting. Australia worked with spin right from the second over with debutant Matthew Kuhnemann and Nathan Lyon bowling six overs betweenthem.

Handscomb (72 not out) andKhawaja(81)playedkey knocks to boost Australia's total after the tourists, who lost the opener of the fourmatch series inside three days, again elected to bat on anotherturningtrack.

Fast bowler Mohammed Shami took four wickets while spinners Ravichandran Ashwin and Ravindra Jadeja hadthreeeach.

Shami wrapped up the Australian innings in the final session as he bowled Kuhnemannforsix.

Khawaja's innings came to an end before tea, with a stunning one-handed catch

from KL Rahul giving leftarm spinner Jadeja his 250th Testwicket.

Rahuldivedfullstretchto his right to grab the ball on a reverse sweep from Khawaja, who fell to his kneesinabsolutedisbelief.

HandscombandKhawaja had put on 59 crucial runs in the second session and the two put on 59 runs before the latter'sdeparture.

He kept up the grind and reached his fifth Test halfcentury in an eighth-wicket stand with skipper Pat Cummins, who made 33 before being trapped lbw by Jadeja.

EarlierAshwindismissed wicketkeeperAlex Carey for a duck for his third wicket of the day as India once again called the shots after a mini Australiafightback.

The off-spinner struck twice in one over before lunch including Marnus Labuschagne, for 18, and Steve Smith, for a duck, to putthetouristsintrouble.

David Warner, who scored one and 10 in Nagpur in the first Test, was the first togoafterhegothisfirstruns

Usman Khawaja used the reverse sweep to good effect. (Getty Images)

offthe21stballhefaced.

He had faced a barrage of short balls by seamer Mohammed Siraj and took a couple of blows, on the elbow and the back of the helmet.

Just when it looked like the left-handed opener had settled in, Shami produced a peach of a delivery that pitched and held its line from around the wicket, with the keeper taking the edge behind.

T e s t s p e c i a l i s t

Cheteshwar Pujara was presented with a special cap on his landmark 100th match and entered the field through a corridor created by the players.

The hosts haven't lost a Test at the venue -previously called Feroz Shah Kotla--since1987.

Scores: India 21 for 0 (Rohit 13*, Rahul 4*) trail Australia 263 (Khawaja 82, Handscomb 72*, Shami 460, Ashwin 3-57, Jadeja 368) by 242 runs.

The Guyana Police Force has thrown its support behind two of its staff members who willbeparticipatinginthisSunday'sGuyana Motor and Sports Club (GMR&SC) Drag Race meet at the South Dakota Circuit at Timehri

Led by Acting Commissioner of Police, Mr. Clifton Hicken, the GPF has committed itssupportbehindthebrotherandsisterduo.

The duo is Special Constable Shem Chattersingh of theTransportWorkshop and Constable Sarah Chattersingh of the ImmigrationDepartment.

Shem, who will be competing in the motorcycle category, has participated in the GMR&SC activities before with good success and was the champion rider in his categorybefore.

Sarah will be manning a motorcar and willbemakingherdebutassheansweredthe call for more females to participate in motor racingactivities.

TheGPFiswishingthebrotherandsister duo best wishes in the GMR&SC's Drag Wars1.0attheSouthDakotaCircuit. (SamuelWhyte)

Guyana Police Force supports staff in quest for supremacy at GMR&SC drag race meet

Frontier Pharmacy onboard with Sebai Primary School Mash Cricket and Football

Frontier Pharmacy has supported the Sebai Primary School Mashramani cricket and football competitions which are set for Sebai Recreationalground.

BothPrimarySchoolsare in top form and according to Port Kaituma Primary School sport representative teacherMs.AnetaBlair,"this initiative will provide great exposure and experience for her children adding that it's a long timewe haven't had any Schoolgames."

This activity is part of Sebai Primary School and its vibrant Parent Teachers Association work plan for thisterm.

PTA Chairman Mr Sherlon Rodrigues, who is nostrangertoorganizingand promoting sports in Matarkai, said he will continue to promote activities which will give youngsters an opportunity to showcase their skill and to instill discipline at school a n d w i t h i n t h e i r communities.

The PTA Chairman would like to thank the following persons and businesses for their unwavering support for the

PrimarySchoolevent.

Hon Collin Croal

Minister of Housing, Gailann's Variety Store, Peter De Freitas of Frontier Pharmacy, Dennis Peters of Beacon'sInternationalHotel,

Eon James, Kevin Ritchie, Maureen Rebeiro DEO, Sir Leon Smartt HM Port Kaituma, Vikram Allen, C. Kooldeep Officer in charge of Matarkai and Port KaitumaPoliceStation.

Representative of Frontier Pharmacy (L) donating Trophy, thrill and water to HM Karen Benjamin.

Alex Arjoon and Jason-Ray Khalil continued their winning ways DayTwoofMashHandicapSquashtournament

Returning to the Georgetown Club Court (GTC) for Day Two action of the Bounty Farm's 2023 Mashramani Handicap Squash tournament, which was deemed an even more exciting day for squash; starting off the day with the first two Open-category matches between Dennis Dias and Zackary Persaud, also Daniel Ince and AshleyDeGroot.

Incepickeduphissecondwinin the 2023 Mash handicap competition coming back from a 10 deficit; to command the second and the third games, winning 5-15, 15-10, 15-9 over a well poised De

Groot, as Dennis Dias copped his first win against Persaud defeating him15-7,11-15,15-10.

Followed by four Category A matches, Brenno De Silva defeated Jnae Singh 15-8, 8-15, 15-8, Blake Edwards defeated Emily Fung-AFat two games to love, Justin Ten Pow came from behind to defeat AvianWade5-15,15-14,15-14and Demetri Lowe held Justin Gorbedan2-0(15-11,15-9).

Anna Perreira out of Canada, suffered her second loss in the competitionagainstKirstenGomes as he (Gomes) left 'no room for error' winning the first two games

in delightful manner in another Open-category match (15-12, 1511).

However, the experienced Ashley Khalil proved to be too good for Avinash Oditt, trashing him two games to love (15-6, 1510) While Louis Da Silva orchestrated an easy win over her seniorChadDeAbreufromCanada (15-12, 15-11). Alex Arjoon also had a good night defeating veteran DavidFernandes15-13,15-12.

At this stage there were one Category A match left for the evening, followed by ten Open matches; first up in the Category A

match between Jeremy Ten Pow and Jacob McDonald, Jeremy got the better of McDonald after commanding the first two games (15-11,15-10).

While Nicholas Narain was triumphant over the skilled Jason vanDijktodeliveramasterfulthird game win, Narain winning 15-10, 8-15, 15-7. Lydia Fraser defeated Nickita Hicks 14-15, 15-12, 15-13 and Jonathan Antczak nailed Demetrius De Abreu two games to love.

Deje Dias picked up his second win over Brian Edwards (15-13, 15-12), while Shiloh Agedago and Lloyd Fung-A-Fat captured their

firstwinsofthecompetition. Meanwhile, both Taylor Fernandes and Josh Verwey came backondaytwoto'settlethescores' as Fernandes defeated Steven Xavier(15-10,15-11),whileyoung Verwey defeated Tian Edwards (15-13, 15-11). Javid Rahaman and Jason-Ray Khalil closed the evening in fine style; both parties defeated their opponent's two gamestolove.

Thetournamentissponsoredby the Bounty Farm Limited. The tournament continued with Day Three action from 14:20hrs yesterday It concludes tomorrow, Sunday

'Fireworks in the gym' at tonight's 'Legendary Cup' semi-finals

The National Gymnasium on Mandela Avenue will be a hive of activity this evening when Sparta Boss take on Back Circle, and Bent Street oppose Tiger Bay in the semi-final round of the inaugural RocksAuto Trans and Spares Parts 'Legendary Cup' Futsal Championship.

The first semi-final match at 20:00hrs will pit powerhouse Bent Street against the re-emerging TigerBay

The Bent Street outfit, littered with senior national players including Daniel Wilson, Clive Nobrega, Marcus Wilson, Akel Clarke, and Trayon Bobb, defeated Vengy4-0inthequarterfinalround.

On the other hand, Tiger Bay, which features quality players such as Deon Alfred, Keoma Gravesande, Solomon Austin, and Alpha Fletchman, brushed aside Gold is Money 3-0 in their quarterfinalfixture.

Meanwhile, the second semifinal at 21:00hrs will add another chapter in the titanic rivalry between Back Circle and Sparta Boss.

Back Circle, comprising the likes of Selwyn Williams, Stephon Reynolds, Jermaine Beckles, and Stephon McLean, edged Stabroek Ballers 4-3 in the previous round to setupthismouth-wateringcontest.

On the other side, Sparta Boss, led by the experienced line-up of Sheldon Shepherd, Eusi Phillips, Jermin Junior, and Pernell Schultz, battled past Team Cruel of BV 3-1 tosealtheirappearanceinthesemifinalsection.

Wayne 'Harry' Griffith, the

reassured that systems are in place forwhathedubbedas“fireworksin thegym.”

“The event has exceeded expectations, and the quality of play that has been exhibited must be commended. The teams have certainly delivered, and the fans have been very supportive and appreciativeofthecompetitionand couldn't have asked for a better grouping of matches of the semifinalsection,”Griffithsaid.

He further stated that, “These fourteamshavebeenthebestinthe event to date so it's fitting that they remain in the business end of the tournament and have the chance to be crowned the maiden champion of the competition. It's been an incident-freetournament,theteams and the fans have exhibited discipline and patience and we are very appreciative as we aim to end theeventonahighnote.”

The resulting winners will progress to the final, pencilled for

February 25th. The losers will competeinthethird-placeplayoff.

The winner of the tournament will pocket $500,000 and the championshiptrophy

On the other hand, the second, third, and fourth-place finishers will receive $250,000, $150,000, and$100,000respectively.

Ontheindividualside,theMost ValuablePlayer(MVP)willreceive one motorcycle. Similarly, a patron will receive one motorcycle on the nightofthefinal.

Nicholas Narain (left) reaches for a shot ball, as Anna Ferreira (right) watches.

Ashley Khalil (left) serves to Avinash Oditt (right).

Recent action in the inaugural Rocks Auto Trans and Spares Parts 'Legendary Cup' Futsal Championship.

West Indies players celebrate the dismissal of Amy Hunter Feb 16, 2023.

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Matthews leads from front to keep West Indies alive in World Cup keep

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GBA host press conference ahead of tomorrow's Patrick Forde Memorial championship

Guyana Police Force supports staff in quest Force for supremacy at GMR&SC drag race meet

'Fireworksinthegym'attonight's 'LegendaryCup'semi-finals

Special Constable Shem Chattersingh and Constable Sarah Chattersingh pose with acting Commissioner of Police Clifton Hicken.

Hayley Matthews brought up her seventh

fifty Feb 16, 2023 (ICC via Getty Images)