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EDITORIAL
Thursday January 14, 2016
Letters... Where your views make the news
Christopher Ram leaves the Working People’s Alliance DEAR EDITOR, In his column of January 9 Mr. Freddie Kissoon stated that he knows that I am “on the WPA Executive”. I wish to make it clear that this statement is incorrect. For the record, I am not a member of any political party in Guyana. Christopher Ram
EDITOR’S NOTE: Mr. Kissoon offers an apology to Mr. Ram. However Mr. Kissoon states that he knew Mr. Ram to have been a long standing member of the WPA executive and was in the WPA’s leadership as recent as the May general elections of 2015.
Mr. Kissoon further states that if Mr. Ram departed from the WPA it would have been after the May election. Mr.Kissoon regrets the error but did not know at the time of writing that Mr. Ram was no longer with the WPA. He would appreciate it if Mr. Ram or the WPA could clarify the timing of Mr. Ram’s exit
DEAR EDITOR, Over the past few days there is this big brouhaha about the police promotions which have now been held back for reasons only known to a selected few. The question is; who is telling the truth, the Commissioner of Police or the Chairman of the Police Service Commission? Additionally I want to thank Mr. Laundry for his piece on this issue but here are some additional facts. I will deal with the individuals at the centre of this melee individually and collectively and show how in the recent past they all contributed to the show that is being played out in the public domain today. At the end of it you the public can ask and answer the question as to if this is not publicity stunt to hide the nepotism and unfair practices that were/are being perpetuated by these very individuals. Former Minister Rohee’s stance that ACP David Ramnarine should not be promoted is an interesting case. Ramnarine’s last two promotions did not follow the procedure of recommendations by the Force’s Administration to the Police Service Commission but rather were facilitated by politics. When Ramnarine was promoted to Senior Superintendent late Commissioner of Police Henry Greene was not in agreement. Greene broke tradition and did not host the promoted officers but rather sent their appointment letters to the Divisional and Department Heads for distribution. Ramnarine superseded a host of deserving officers for promotion
on two occasions. The Commissioner of Police Mr. Seelall Persaud stated at his swearing in that he will seek to be democratic in administering of the Force but his management of the Force has been far from democratic but rather he reminds many of Caesar after defeating and deposing his friend Pompey. I urged readers to take a close look at the last promotions, placements and appointments in the Force since Seelall became Commissioner. For your information the last senior promotions
saw a high number of (unfair) supersessions. The Chairman of the Police Service Commission pointed out that the same was being done again which contributed to the delay. Under Seelall’s reign C.I.D Headquarters became hosted with Subordinate Officers The Office of Professional Responsibility has capable and competent Detective Officers and Inspectors investigating police wrong doings and their reports are being (Continued on page 23)
MODERN TECHNIQUES NEEDED Three way fight on police promotions
The society in which the Guyana Police Force exists and functions has changed over the past few years. It has presented certain challenges in terms of training, crimesolving and the type of people it can recruit. Today, most of the criminals are more dangerous and armed than members of the Police Force. Many do not respect the sanctity of life and will rob and kill innocent citizens at random. Guyana is still the predominantly lowincome agrarian society it once was, where occupations like police officers would be seen as an avenue to escape from poverty and move up in status in society. But the relatively higher paying civil service salary and promises of advancement for ambitious young men or women have made it difficult for the force to recruit skilled and qualified persons. Society has become more advanced through technology. The reality is society’s values have changed due largely to a decline in regard for traditional social institutions such as the Police Force. The result is that people have gravitated to lawless and reckless behavior. The perception that many police officers are corrupt, brutal and often generally unprofessional, has helped fuel the lawlessness. And there are police ranks who aid this perception by their general behaviour. There are many rogue cops who have given the entire force a bad name. It is now up to the officers to change such negative perception of the force. Despite its tarnished reputation, the Police Force still attracts a level of respect and admiration from the public that continues to influence and encourage many young aspirants to join. So even with its low salary scale and the perception that the force is a tainted institution, yet it continues to be inundated with thousands of applications from all across the country at each recruitment cycle. And this is because of the work that the force’s administration has been doing to change the image. It is crucial for the force to revamp its image; become a highly professional and impartial institution equipped with the skills and tools to solve crime in the modern era. The force must set high standards in terms of what it expects from its law enforcement officers. It must maintain decorum and this, hopefully, will flow outward to the communities as its ranks execute their duties impartially and without fear or favour. The Government must demonstrate that it regards the Police Force as a very important and special organization. In fact, the relationship between the administration and the police has never been better. And this is due to more than the renovation of buildings, establishing more out-posts or having joint patrols with the army. It has had to do with a policy of non-interference. In these difficult times when more is demanded of the Police, it must only recruit persons with a certain quality or caliber. And for its push to change how people view it, the Police Force must be paid decent wages so that the Force can attract skilled and qualified personnel. This will improve its image and help it to regain even more of the trust of the people. It must be given the appropriate tools and training to combat crime and to recapture the glimmer it has lost over the years. It cannot be disputed that the force continues to do a superb job fighting crime and keeping the population safe. It has captured many hard-core criminals, disbanded many gangs and has maintained stability and orderliness in society. It is working; it is changing with the times. It has moved away from the days when it sought to be more violent that the criminals. It now has a human face. How else will it attract people from the society?
Sugar workers waiting for their promised money DEAR EDITOR, I write to express my total disappointment with findings and recommendations of the Commission of Inquiry (C01) into GUYSCO. After spending millions of tax payers’ dollars, the first recommendation is to privatize, for this to “start as early as practicable and aim to be completed within a threeyear period.” In the mean time all the other recommendations are basically to fatten the goose for its eventual slaughter. During the election campaign APNU/AFC were busy wooing sugar workers. They promised many of these workers 20% increases in their salaries. They also promised in their Manifesto, “Significant salary increases for government workers, including nurses;
teachers in primary, secondary and tertiary education; security personnel; civil servants on the traditional payroll.” As promised, these categories got an increase, albeit not a significant one. But the sugar workers have not received their annual wages increase or their Annual Production Incentive. In the meantime, Commissioner Nowrang Persaud, chairman of the Human Resources and Industrial Relations Subcommittee has shamelessly proposed a wage freeze for all sugar workers. In his words, “the prevailing levels of wages, salaries and fringe benefits should be held at their current levels for at least this year.” As if this was not enough, on page 27 of Volume 1 of the (Continued on page 23)
That canal between Goedverwagting and Sparendam DEAR EDITOR, A canal exists between the villages of Goedverwagting and Sparendaam in the lndustry/Plaisance District. That canal stretches - north to south - from the Public road to a little beyond the Railway embankment. It then takes a westerly course parallel to the Railway embankment. For several years now, the section of the canal between the Public Road and the Railway Embankment has not drained and may be better referred to as a reservoir. The single contributory factor is that the railway embankment cave and the culvert serving the canal became non functional. The caving of the embankment had also resulted in the
interruption of the smooth flow of traffic. Authorities responded by simply filling the caved section so that the smooth flow of traffic could resume. There was no attempt to make the culvert functional. Representation to have this anomaly corrected has been made at the levels of both the Regional authorities and the Neighbourhood Democrat Council. The Regional Chairman had assured people that he had had a missive dispatched to the Ministry of Public Works (at the time) to have the non functioning culvert fixed since. This development required the intervention of that authority, he had advised. The result of several engagements
with the NDC included assurances that the creation of an alternative channel to drain the canal would happen. Neither a fixed culvert nor an alternative channel exists to date. A very major concern that has existed for the more than twelve (12) years is the public health risk to the surrounding communities. Thankfully, it does not appear that things have advanced beyond the public health risk stage. Factors like regular cleaning activities by residents, the NDC or by others (like fishers etc.) who stand to benefit by a clean ‘canal turned reservoir’ may have assisted in mitigating the public health risk. Gavin Houston
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Arguments justifying action Is there evil behavior at the Hosororo Primary School? against Kurshid Sattaur DEAR EDITOR I refer to a letter by Christopher Ram (SN 2016-01-05 “Treatment of Sattaur by persons from the GRA is not acceptable;” KN, 2016-01-05 “Christopher Ram is concerned about treatment of Kurdish Sattaur”). Mr. Ram laments, protests and reprimands. I, too, am concerned. But I am more concerned about the real danger to the public interest from the imputations, insinuations and aspersions (if they remain unrebutted) in, inter alia, such language in Mr. Ram’ s letter as “seven months into a new government ... apparent inconsistency ... basic rights which no government and no employer should violate”. Mr. Ram protests the “humiliating treatment” Mr. Sattaur “is reported to have received from persons from the Revenue Authority”. He puts on his Lawyer’s hat and contends that Mr. Sattaur’s leave amounts to “constructive dismissal”; he laments about “political direction and control” to the detriment of independence/professionalism in the operations of the GRA, with what he warns, as dire “irreparable consequences”. He closes his case with a veiled and implicit reprimand of Finance Minister Winston Jordan that he “... must ensure that that the reputation and integrity of the GRA are maintained.” In all of this, I would suggest that the Attorney has trivialized and diminished two profound and fundamental political and legal truths - (1) in political democracies such as ours, the removal (temporary or absolute) of political appointees upon a change of Government is a legitimate constitutional expectation; (2) article 8 of our Constitution (supremacy) means that statutory ministerial responsibility, cannot, and does not preclude the subject Minister from taking the matter to Cabinet for its deliberation and decision under the doctrine of Cabinet-collective responsibility [article 106(2)] which is no less fundamental in our constitutional architecture than the separation of powers doctrine. The Minister is a statu-
tory conduit. Put differently, “Minister in the Revenue Authority Act means Cabinet as the context requires (see Blackman (1994) 45 W.I.R 94,PC). Readers having an interest in this matter are entitled to be presented the case on the other side if they are to take an informed dispassionate position on this matter. So, what is the argument on the other side? I hold no brief for the GRA, or the Minister, I argue out of public interest. Here are my five (5) arguments: Firstly, the Commissioner General appointed and “removal” from office by the Governing Board (the “GB”)”subject to the approval of the Minister” holds no autonomous office, is not a public servant, so enjoys no security of tenure under the Revenue Authority Act (“RAA”) and is in that sense a political appointee, uninsulated and vulnerable to the vicissitudes of Cabinet politics. If he was removable permanently, without any legal opprobrium whatsoever, (the most adverse or severe option) what is there to complain or lament about when the GB opts to take the patently less adverse option of sending him on leave. We who are not privy to the deliberations of the GB must do the decent thing and attribute to the GB a rebuttable presumption of regularity and propriety, rather than open the matter to unsupported insinuations and aspersions and negative nuances one associates with the notion of “constructive dismissal”. Secondly, the veiled reprimand of the Minister of Finance is wholly unjustified. The maintenance of the “reputation and integrity of the GRA” must be related to its purpose as a taxing agency. Taxation is purely a matter of prescribed laws (practice may compliment them) to be strictly applied. So, does sending the in-
cumbent Commissioner General on leave and/or his deprivation of the GRA’ s properties inherently compromises, or, is detrimental to the efficient application of those laws? Not at all. Has the Minister been shown to have given “policy directives” (section 12 of RAA) inimical to their application? Not at all. How has he discharged his ministerial responsibility improperly? Not an iota of evidence; even assuming, without concluding his involvement in this leave matter. Thirdly, relying on the CCJ’s decision in the Brent Griffith case in 2006, the RAA does not insulate appointees of the type of the CG from “political direction and control”. When the RAA vests ministerial responsibility of that type in the “Minister”, it creates a constitutional linkage with the Cabinet [see the case of Blackman, and our IGCA, Cap 2:01, and article 232 (9)], and ipso facto the Constitution becomes relevant. It is the Minister (and by operation of constitutional law, the Cabinet) who decides questions or matters of necessity or expediency. So, here too, the decent thing must be to attribute to the Minister a rebuttable presumption of regularity and propriety to any extent that he was involved in this matter. Indeed, Parliament could have opted in sections 12, 21 and 22 to exempt the GB and by extension the CG from the exercise of any subjective discretion of the Minister (and his politics). Instead, the very opposite obtains (the “subject to” effect), with all of cabinet’s political predilections. Fourthly, our (constitutional) jurisprudence (and I would stress this point) permits and indeed sensibly expects the removal of political appointees (temporarily by leave, or permanently) as the removing authority sees fit (Continued on page 23)
DEAR EDITOR, The new school term has begun. I must thank you for high lightening what the Hosororo Primary School administration is doing with parent’s money. While it may be true that the Minister of Education would like every public school to have an active P.T.A body. I think that special emphasis should be in place on the manner in which the Hosororo Primary School head teacher is administrating the affairs of the school. Let me start by saying that she has been using the office as the head teacher in a conceited and dictatorial manner, and using the Regional Education Officer’s name to assist in her to intimidate and dictate for the P.T.A executive committee and consequently open the flood gate for the many wrong things that her involved under her watchful eyes. e.g. 1. The treasurer for the school feeing program is not purchasing greens and fruits from the parents who are farmers, living in the community and have children attending the school, but is purchasing these items from Georgetown in large quantity to supply both the Hosororo Primary School and wauna Primary School. 2. A canteen was established five years ago to help sustain the school kitchen by the government with a total of $400.000. That canteen is now running $50.000 and is selling food twice a week to the children at four hundred dollars ($4.00) per box whereas the school kitchen ought to be cooking good food for the children. 3. Each school term the teacher are demanding that each parents give $1.000 to the school to purchase ink for the
school printer, and two hundred dollar ($2.00) each month to pay for the cleaning of the school toilet and the head teacher office with an additional $400 for other miscellaneous work. When you total up the amount that the 350 parents which have children attending the school it is $2,100.000, just to sustain the school, not including Christmas party, and the Mashamani celebration. Is this the policy of the government that teacher must exploit parents? While on the other hand, the head teacher is using her office to hinder the P.T.A from putting mechanisms in place which will be able to sustain and develop the welfare of the school and also bring a closer relationship between the school and home. Since 2014, complaints were made to the Department
of Education in the region, and also the regional administration concerning what is taking place within the school system including the letter that was sent to the Minister of Education with seventy six parents name attached, seeking his intervention. But it seems as though all these complaints fell on deft ears. It is not right to exploit the poor and unlearn Amerindian people. It is always right to do the right thing. It is never wrong to expose wrong especially specific wrongs. No apology is needed for doing the right thing. So am asking for you to do the right thing, that the Minister of Education, will be able to do the right thing. Evil will prevail when good people see and choose not to do that which is right. Concerned citizen
Correction to article on eGovernment in Kaieteur News DEAR EDITOR, An unfortunate error appeared in Kaieteur News on January 12, 2016 written by Yannason Duncan, titled “Free Internet looms for Essequibo”. It included misleading information about the eGovernment Unit providing free Internet access to homes in Essequibo. I would like to inform you that the eGovernment Unit is in the process of identifying communities across the country in which to locate public ICT hubs. These public ICT hubs are meant to assist in bridging the digital divide by pro-
viding free access for those citizens without computers and Internet connections. The old Charity hospital is being considered as a potential site for a community ICT hub on the Essequibo Coast. The eGovernment Unit wishes to correct the misinformation that it will be providing free Internet to homes on the Essequibo Coast. Floyd Levi Advisor on eGovernment
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Berbice teens charged with brutal murder of Bush Lot couple
Thursday January 14, 2016
VAT reduction unlikely to feature in 2016 budget - Tax Reform Committee yet to submit report to Finance Minister
Nazamadeen Raffick Two teens who sent shock waves in Guyana by executing two brutal murders within seven days, have been remanded to jail. They have been charged with murder. The teens, Gocoul Madanpaul, 18, called ‘Clown’, of 175 Block B Bath Settlement, West Coast Berbice, and Nazamadeen Raffick, 19, called ‘Shazam’ of Bush Lot, West Coast Berbice appeared on Wednesday before Magistrate Rhondell
Gocoul Madanpaul
Weever, in the Fort Wellington Magistrate’s Court, West Coast Berbice . They were charged with the grisly murders of Doodnauth Rajkumar, 81, a businessman and his reputed wife, Dianne Chammanlall, both of lot 93A Bush Lot, West Coast Berbice. The two youths who are known to the authorities, stood expressionless when the charge was read to them.
They are accused of between Friday January 8, and Saturday January 9, last, of murdering the couple, Rajkumar and Chammanlall, at their home in furtherance of a burglary. They were remanded by Magistrate Weever until February 3, when the matter is expected to be heard again. Further charges are pending against the duo who are also fingered (one has confessed) in the brutal murder arson committed on Anita Baichan, 49, whose home was torched following a burglary at her Bath Settlement home on January 3. The third suspect, Rooplall Abrahim, who was captured on Tuesday in the number four swamp and has confessed to being part of the trio that murdered Rajkumar and Chammanlall is expected to be charged soon. He has also confessed to the murder/ arson of Ms Baichan at Bath Settlement. He was up to yesterday being held pending charges.
The way forward on the reduction of Value Added Tax (VAT) is unlikely to be heard when Finance Minister, Winston Jordan, presents the 2016 budget in a few weeks. Kaieteur News understands that the Tax Reform Committee which was established in August 2015, had until December 2015, to produce an interim report from which provisions/ announcements could be made in the 2016 National Budget. However, the report was not submitted. A further extension for the first week in January was requested and granted. But even this was not met. With Jordan’s ambitious plans to produce the 2016 budget this month, he noted that it is not likely that the findings of the Committee would make its way into the budget. However, Jordan explained that even if the Committee recommends that VAT be reduced, Government would not take the decision to immediately implement this proposal as a number of economic implications would have to be taken into consideration. He said, “I know that (the Committee) had some difficulties in terms of meeting and timings but I do not have a new date when they would be submitting the report. They have not come back to me with a new date.” “I was looking forward to it and the intention was to start implementing at least some of their recommendations starting from this budget, but I c a n’t see it happening because we are already in the second week in January. “But one has to press on. It will come some time…There
is no time to stick (the recommendations) in. Even if they make a recommendation to reduce VAT, that is something that still has to be carefully looked at and decided at Cabinet and examine the ramifications and so on.” The Tax Review Committee is chaired by Economist, Dr. Maurice Odle, and includes tax specialists Christopher Ram, Godfrey Statia and Dr. Thomas Singh. Minister Jordan had told the State media that the Committee has been given its Terms of Reference (TOR) to guide its work which includes investigating and inquiring into the state of taxation, to review the taxes with a view to achieving a number of objectives and to look at the administration of taxes with a view to bringing about efficiency, and rationalization. “We are aiming to look after all taxes, their structure, their functions, objectives, equity, i n c i d ence and fairness, and essentially how these taxes are administered because that’s a major issue. “I want taxpayers to feel that they can pay taxes because they have a friendly tax service. “We want a system that is fair and firm and one that doesn’t exempt friends of the Government, friends of the tax commissioner. It should be seen by all as fair as it is applied all across the board. It has a rigorous legal system in place that can go after tax dodgers, tax cheats,” the Minister had stated. According to the Minister, the committee will not only be looking at how to reduce the Value Added Tax, but will also be examining all taxes with a view of relieving the burden on the population. “We are going to do tax administration and taxation in a systemic way, informed by evidence, and not necessarily being pushed by moral and
Finance Minister, Winston Jordan other considerations, so this committee represents the first step in doing that,” Minister Jordan said. Jordan had explained that while Government promised to reduce VAT it was found that it could not be done so immediately. “It would have been highly irresponsible for us to just come in, take a major tax category like VAT and just proceed to reduce it, in the hope that it would meet some objective or criteria earlier stated,” the Finance Minister had said. Opposition Leader, Bharrat Jagdeo, intimated to Kaieteur News during a recent interview that he believes that the government’s manifesto promises, one of which includes the reduction of VAT, were positive and designed to bring benefits to the people. “We will not stand in any way against benefits going to the ordinary Guyanese.” However, the Opposition Leader said that he is disappointed that Government is yet to reduce the Value Added Tax (VAT). He reminded that Government said it would be guided by a Committee which was established to look at this, but it has been some five months now since the establishment of the Committee, and not a single word has been said on it.
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Iran frees U.S. sailors swiftly as diplomacy smoothes waters
U.S. sailors are pictured on a boat with their hands on their heads at an unknown location in this still image from video taken January 12-13, 2016. (Reuters/Irinn via Reuters TV) (Reuters) - Iran freed ten U.S. sailors yesterday a day after detaining them aboard two U.S. Navy patrol boats in the Gulf, bringing a swift end to an incident that had rattled nerves shortly before the expected implementation of a landmark nuclear accord. Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) said it had released the sailors after determining they had entered Iranian territorial waters by mistake. IRGC Rear Admiral Ali Fadavi said earlier the boats had strayed due to a broken navigation system. The quick resolution contrasted with previous cases in which British servicemen were held by Iran for considerably longer, in once case almost two weeks. Iran expects the U.N. nuclear watchdog to confirm on Friday it has curtailed its nuclear program, paving the way for the unfreezing of billions of dollars of Iranian assets and an end to bans that have crippled oil exports. “Our technical investigations showed the two U.S. Navy boats entered Iranian territorial waters inadvertently,” the IRGC said in a statement carried by state television. “They were released in international waters after they apologized,” it added. Iranian state television later released footage of one of the detained men, identified as a U.S. navy commander, apologizing for the incident. “It was a mistake, that was our fault, and we apologize for our mistake,” the sailor said on IRIB state TV. U.S. Vice President Joe Biden rejected reports Washington had offered Iran an apology over the incident. “No, there was no apology, nothing to apologize for ... and there’s no looking for any apology,” Biden said on CBS’s ‘This Morning’ program. COOPERATION A carefully worded statement did not explain how the sailors and their two riverine command boats ended up being detained by Iran, saying only that “the Navy will investigate the circumstances that led to the sailors’ presence in Iran”. The sailors were later taken ashore by U.S. Navy aircraft, while other sailors took charge of the boats and headed towards Bahrain, their original destination. The Pentagon said there were no indications the sailors were harmed while in Iranian custody. U.S. Defense Secretary Ash Carter said he was pleased the sailors had been freed
and appreciated “the timely way in which this situation was resolved”. He added: “I want to personally thank Secretary of State John Kerry for his diplomatic engagement with Iran to secure our sailors’ swift return.” Kerry thanked Iran for its cooperation in the release of the sailors. “I think we can all imagine how a similar situation might have played out three or four years ago, and the fact that today this kind of issue can be resolved peacefully and efficiently is a testament to the critical role diplomacy plays in keeping our country safe, secure, and strong,” Kerry said. Kerry spoke to Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif several times as the United States sought to win the release of the sailors, a U.S. official said. Zarif said on twitter that he was “happy to see dialogue and respect, not threats and impetuousness, swiftly resolved the sailors episode”. Four photographs published by Shargh Daily, a Tehran newspaper, and posted on Twitter, purportedly show the moments after one of the U.S. boats was stopped by the IRGC. Iranian state television released footage of the arrest, showing the sailors as they knelt down with hands behind their heads and their two vessels being surrounded by several IRGC fast boats. The video showed weapons and ammunition confiscated from the sailors, who were seen eating food provided by the Iranians. There were also images of American passports being inspected. The incident raised tensions between Iran and the United States, which, along with other world powers, reached a deal last year under which Iran will curb its nuclear activities in exchange for the lifting of economic sanctions. Some conservatives in both countries, enemies since Iran’s 1979 Islamic revolution, have criticized the deal that is due to be implemented in the coming days. NUCLEAR DEAL Iran’s armed forces chief, Major General Hassan Firouzabadi, said the incident should demonstrate Iranian strength to “troublemakers” in the U.S. Congress, which has sought to put pressure on Iran after the nuclear deal. And at a presidential campaign rally in the United States, Republican front runner Donald Trump, who accuses President Barack Obama of being weak on foreign policy, described the detention of the sailors as “an indication of where the hell we’re going”.
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Vendors meet city officials Days of illegal, unhealthy vending are over, we got a city to run and we will run this city”- Deputy Mayor “We are drawing the line against the many unacceptable and illegal practices of vendors in this city, you have voted for change; change has come and you will be a part of the new change and it has started.” So declared Deputy Mayor Patricia Chase-Green during an address to hundreds of vendors yesterday in the Municipality’s compound. The vendors had gathered for an official meeting aimed at restoring Georgetown to a city of order and cleanliness. She noted that there will be no more vending and living at the vending spots. “When you are finished vending go home.” This statement was greeted by celebratory applauses of agreement from the vendors. The Deputy Mayor also noted that the list of more than 20 cosmetologists on street corners is not a good sign. It has to be stopped since it is against the public health laws. “While we admire your need for independence in our 50th year of independence you must also have some respect for yourself and your trade and hire a station
somewhere. We will also not allow obstruction through vending in front of a n y b o d y ’s business premises.” After many years of silence, hundreds of vendors met with several city fathers and mothers as well as the Mayor Hamilton Green in the Municipality’s compound. There, the sometimes very vocal group drawn from every conceivable vending location in the City, listened to the many g r a n d p l ans that the municipality has as part of efforts to bringing order to the Nation’s capital. Their input was also sought to make the plans a reality through cooperation. While the meeting was mostly cordial, when given a chance to respond and make recommendations, the issue of City Constables’ alleged harassment and exploiting of vendors was a major one which Town Clerk Royston king promised to remedy with support from Chief Constable Andrew Foo. Littering and unkempt surroundings which pose serious public health problems in addition to the many dos and don’ts were reiterated. The consensus from the presenters, including
Dem boys seh ...
Police pull in Jagdeo people Not so long ago when Soulja Bai been in prison and loose dem scamps he ask de rest of dem what was their goals in life. De number one answer was to get rich like Jagdeo. De second priority was to get famous like Brassington. Soulja Bai tell dem that all dem got dem priorities mix up. He went on to say to dem “If you get famous like Brassington you gun end up wid pumpkin jumpsuit behind Uncle Sam iron bars. And if you get rich like Jagdeo you ain’t going nowhere but right here.” Dem boys hear plenty of dem who wuk under Jagdeo gun follow right behind him. De police already asking dem questions. See-all call Gail and ask she wha part she hide she money. She tell he ask Jagdeo. Then he send and call Irfaat. From de time de police tun up he start to smell funny. He still smelling funny because dem tell him dem gun question him again. Poor Sam who never know fuh thief but who can beg get pull in too. Dem boys hear when he was about to lef he house he tell Yvonne that if he don’t come back bring he pajama and de long foot shorts. Nigel Dharm Shala get pull in too. Dem boys hear he go wid a three-piece suit and tell dem how he gun represent heself. Brazzy deputy and she husband change dem telephone number. Wha dem don’t know is that See-all tell dem boys that both of dem pass question stage. Dem got de answer. See-all tell dem boys last night that all of dem big one got to get pull in. De only one who wouldn’t get pull in is Donald Dumb. He like go to Sleep out and sing karaoke. He would sing fuh all of dem from he verandah and C fuh Satar gun hear him. Talk half and see how dem going to jail one by one.
councilor Oscar Clarke, is that the days of lawlessness and unhealthy vending practices as well as disrespect for City constables have come to an end. Most were in agreement and through celebratory applauses and shouts of “Amen” they greeted the many presentations. A bone of serious contention was the unnecessary harassment of vendors by some city police ranks even at the senior level. This Town Clerk Royston King promised to investigate. The Chief Constable promised to remedy the situation amidst calls for the return of respect for constables in the execution of their duties to restore law and order to the Nation’s capital. Foo said, “The City Constabulary is not unique when compared to other law enforcement agencies and from time to time we have cases of allegations being leveled. “What I would advise victims to do is come in and make an official report against ranks who are unethical in the execution of their duties so that we can investigate and take the appropriate action. Bring the evidence and complaints and we will investigate.”
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SOCU IS BEING GIVEN A BASKET TO FETCH WATER The Special Organized Crime Unit (SOCU) was formed to fight organized crime. It was established to fight terrorism, drug trafficking and criminal cartel, not to investigate malfeasance in public office. It is a distortion of the functions of SOCU to have been asked to investigate the operation of NICIL. This is a task better suited to a financial fraud unit. It is not clear whether the Guyana Police Force has such a unit. But when the government sent the socalled forensic audit report of NICIL to the police for them to undertake investigations, the police did say that they have the capability to investigate financial crimes. The Criminal Investigative Department had under the PPP administration investigated major financial crimes such as the pension fraud at the Treasury. Those investigations led to successful prosecution. The Guyana Police Force had the capability to investigate financial crimes. It is difficult to contemplate then having lost that capability seven months into the rule of APNU+AFC. This throws into focus the
role of SOCU and just why at this stage it is being saddled with the responsibility of investigating the actions of NICIL. This will only lend credence to the PPP’s claim that agencies of the State are being manipulated to pursue political agendas. It is for SOCU to explain why it is undertaking this investigation which is clearly not consistent with the public’s perception of the type of crimes that SOCU should be investigating and dealing with. There are a number of pitfalls involved here. When an organization begins to undertake work that is not seen as part of its normal mandate, this detracts from its core function which is to break the backs of organized crime. Guyana was once described as a narco-state. It was even said at one time that the economy was running on the proceeds of the narcotics trade. Why then would SOCU be wasting valuable time and resources and attracting unwarranted attention to itself by undertaking investigations that really have nothing to do with drugtrafficking or terrorism. At one time the complaint
was that no single prosecution of any drug lord has occurred in Guyana. So how come instead of pouring all of its resources into dismantling the nacrogangs of Guyana, SOCU is tying itself down with what will be an interminable investigation into the operations of NICIL. By the time SOCU is ready to concentrate its full energies into fighting drug gangs, it may find that it would have lost considerable time and the sort of international support for its work which it would have enjoyed in these the early days of a new government. SOCU is on a wild goose chase. The PPP calls it a fishing expedition. There is no bait. SOCU is being given a basket to fetch water. It is being asked to follow up after months- long forensic audit during which time none of the senior officials of NICIL was asked to proceed on leave. Just what is SOCU investigating? What breaches of the laws was unearthed by the forensic audit. Where is the evidence? If it is there why does SOCU have to dig it up?
Alleged killer arrested while reporting threats to his life Police are preparing to charge a B Field Sophia man, who was on the run for more than four months for the murder of Brazilian gold miner Josi Mar Perriera Silva. The man, Joel Letlow was held on Tuesday by alert police ranks at the Turkeyen Police Station where he had gone to report that someone was threatening to shoot him. Silva, 51, of Boa Vista, Brazil was found dead in a Mining camp at Mowasi Backdam on September 6th last year. Silva was reportedly severely beaten and robbed of a quantity of gold. Kaieteur News understands that Letlow
turned up at the station, thinking that he was not known to the authorities. He was so mistaken. One of the ranks there recognized him and a message was relayed to the Criminal Investigations Headquarters, Eve Leary as well as to the F Division. The ranks at Turkeyen managed to delay Letlow long enough for detectives from CID headquarters to come to arrest him. According to a source, Letlow has implicated another person in the killing, but in the meantime, he will have to face the music alone. Last year, there was a
sharp increase in the number of miners, particularly Brazilians, who were violently attacked and robbed. In most cases, the incidents resulted in deaths. In August last year, the body of 40-year-old Domingo Rodrigues Santos, of Quamina Street, Beterverwagting, East Coast Demerara, was discovered in Mahdia with a single stab wound to his chest. In July, another Brazilian
national, Antonio Rodriguez Da Silva, 57, of Turkeyen was chopped to death during an argument with another man. The incident occurred at Chinese Creek, Puruni. According to reports, Da Silva and the suspect, who escaped after committing the act, had an argument during which he was chopped about his body. Due to the severity of his injuries, Da Silva lost a lot of blood and subsequently died.
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=== The Freddie Kissoon column ===
Donald Trump does better than Rohee We may not like Donald Trump but as a politician, Trump is way ahead of Clement Rohee in the adumbration of his beliefs and the willingness to defend those beliefs. I saw Rohee do an act a few days ago that was sheer political ignorance, sheer political incompetence, sheer political stupidity. Most unfortunately, the media allowed him to get away with it. I would suggest every editor review the tape and instruct reporters on a fixed response I almost didn’t catch it but I know the nonsense that characterizes the political life of Rohee. It was a repeat of one of the television newscasts from the previous night. My wife was watching
it in the living room and she had the newspapers with her. I went to have the newspaper and there was Rohee at his press conference talking about the Simona Broomes ministerial transfer. And I glanced at the TV set. Trust me, I would look and listen attentively to any press conference by any PPP personality except two Charles Ramson Senior and Clement Rohee. Jagdeo, Lucheon, Teixeira, Ramotar all come across more credibly than Rohee. They would be lying; they would be barefaced; they would irritate you but the shape of their delivery is presentable. Not Rohee. After describing how he
felt about the Broomes transfe r, h e p o s i t e d a conspiracy in the Government. One of the reporters then asked him to expand. As he did millions of times before, he directed the reporter to the Government. This is crass and immense ignorance that embarrasses this country, because the folly is coming out of the mouth of the leader of the opposition party that has almost half the seats in Parliament. If you say that I left the country illegally through one of the smaller airports and the reporter asked you to elaborate, how can you point the journalist to speak with me when it is not
me that is saying I committed an offence but you. The onus is on you to expand, not me. M o s t h o r r i f y i n g l y, Rohee has got away with this identical posture countless times, and not one of the journalists would follow up and tell him, “but Mr. Rohee why should we ask the Government when it is you w h o are making the accusation and it is you that should provide details.” This is where Donald Trump, as funny, comical and buffoonish as we find him would not do that silly act that Rohee loves. If Trump says that Hilary Clinton’s campaign is in conspiracy with the Obama
administration and you ask him to give details, he may mislead you; he may lie but he will not tell to go and ask Clinton. I don’t think Trump will be as foolish as Rohee When the PPP leadership looks at Rohee, does it think that in 2020 it c o u l d showcase such a blistering, blundering, bloody incompetent to its supporters in the election campaign? Does it think Guyanese deserve such intellectual dwarfism from the PPP? How does Jagdeo feel about Rohee’s public relations? It was Jagdeo who told a meeting in an East Coast Demerara village that the PPP lost the 2015 elections because (a) leaders lost touch with the PPP constituencies and (b) arrogance took hold of the party’s supporters. But what about competence? Could the AFC, PNC, WPA, PPP and other organization win a general election using strategies based on those they invented in the fifties to the eighties? The answer is a pyrotechnical no. Forty years ago, race was the crucial factor in winning. That is not guaranteed today. Secondly, today‘s generation is deeply conscious of what qualities leaders must possess. They look at deportment, intellect, rhetoric even paying
Frederick Kissoon attention to what you wear. Thirdly, the internet connects the world in a tight labyrinth. There is no country on the globe anymore but a global village. When a rumour about Jagdeo first surfaced soon after he became president, Guyanese all over the world, as far as far-flung countries began to e-mail friends and relatives to ask if there was any truth to the rumour. My relatives would pester me to find out if it was true or false. This is what politics does to a country in the age of social media How would young voters view Rohee when they watch him on television and they see the display of a politician that is hopelessly irrelevant in modern times? Of course the APNU-AFC bandwagon would hope Rohee continues in that mode. But they too should be careful about the Rohees in their own camp. I heard Hamilton Green will be a candidate in local government elections.
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Kaieteur News
Zika virus fears force Health Ministry to offer priority care to pregnant mothers …reports say virus causes deformities in fetuses
Public Health Minister, Dr. George Norton
Although no case of Zika virus has been reported in Guyana, Minister of Public Health (MOPH), Dr. George Norton, has announced that priority care is being given to pregnant mothers across the country. This is in light of the fact that the virus may lead to babies being born with abnormally small heads. Health officials in Brazil said that the virus may be responsible for causing under-developed brains and small skulls in newborns. This has prompted local health workers to closely monitor pregnant mothers. “The virus affects the mother who is pregnant and it can be passed down to the baby. We can only treat the mother while she is pregnant but from the time the baby is born we would start looking for those signs,” Dr. Norton explained. In a report, Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) said that in some Brazilian states where the virus has been circulating in recent months; there has been a marked increase in cases of newborns with microcephaly. Brazilian health authorities said that the greatest risk of microcephaly and malfunctions is associated with infection during the first trimester of pregnancy. Health authorities, with support from PAHO and other agencies, are conducting research to clarify the cause, risk factors and consequences of microcephaly. Microcephaly is a congenital condition
associated with incomplete brain development. PAHO recommends that countries continue to provide access to prenatal care for pregnant women. The health organization also advised that women of childbearing age take measures to avoid mosquito bites, which in addition to Zika, can also transmit diseases such as dengue and chikungunya. While there is no vaccine or specific treatment for Zika virus infection, this newspaper was told that like chikungunya, the virus can he treated symptomatically, usually with bed rest, fluids, and medication to relieve symptoms of fever and aching. Medications such as ibuprofen, naproxen or paracetamol are often recommended. According to the health minister, there are health workers at the Cheddi Jagan International Airport and the Ogle Airport monitoring
incoming passengers. He urged people travelling from Zika virus-affected countries to keep an eye on their health condition. The virus is spread by the same mosquito which spreads chikungunya and dengue viruses. The species of mosquito is called Aedes. The most common symptoms of the virus are fever, rash, joint pain and conjunctivitis (red eye). The illness is usually mild with symptoms lasting from several days to a week. Dr. Norton recommends that people should take measures to reduce the breeding of mosquitoes, such as covering all containers of water to prevent mosquitoes from breeding, disposing waste such as bottles, vases, coconut shells, and used tires and tubes. Until last year, the Zika virus was mainly confined to Africa and Asia but last year the disease made the leap to the Caribbean, affecting more than a million people in Brazil. It has since spread to Venezuela and Puerto Rico.
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Guyana winning ‘war on crime’ - but much more work to be done
While there is still a lot of work to be done, President David Granger believes that Guyana is beginning to win the war on crime. The Head of State made these comments in response to questions from members of the media corps, who were at the Ministry of the Presidency yesterday morning for the Accreditation of Kuwait’s non-resident Ambassador to Guyana. President Granger said that he is pleased with the progress that the Guyana Police Force (GPF) is making at the moment. “There are several measures; one of the most important thing that is not visible to the naked eye, is that our Criminal Investigation Department (CID) has been strengthened. Though we may not be able to prevent crimes from occurring in all those cases, we could detect those crimes and bring those people to justice very quickly. “That has been one of the achievements of the Police Force over recent months,” the President said. Other areas of strengthened crime fighting activity include the deployment of mounted police in the Rupununi and
aerial surveillance of the coastland, which is having an impact on the incidence of piracy. Recently, there have been a number of arrests made soon after criminal acts were perpetrated. Noting that his Administration inherited a situation characterised by gun running, smuggling and narco-trafficking, President Granger said that these problems did not begin in 2015. He said that there has been for over two decades, a tradition of disorder in the country, which the Government is working hard to arrest. He said, “Early in our administration I set up the National Security Committee. I’ve met with the Commissioner of Police, the Minister of Public Security and the Prime Minister every week under the National Security Committee. We have committed ourselves to strengthening the police
force, not only Operation DRAGNET but also enabling the police to have greater reach.” Prior to the launch of O p e r a t i o n D R A G N E T, which is currently being executed to tackle external and internal security threats, President Granger had indicated that the security of the nation’s citizens is a priority for the Government. This approach includes ensuring that the police force is strengthened by putting a lot of emphasis on equipment and training, ensuring the police officers are well-paid, deploying more police ranks to the hinterland and more patrols in vulnerable communities. Additionally, the President continues to lobby the British Government to have Security Sector Reform Action Plan restored. President Granger has said that he is committed to making Guyana safe for all Guyanese and visitors to this country.
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GWI helping to address water woes at Mabaruma Hospital The Guyana Water Incorporated (GWI) is throwing its water providing support behind the Ministry of Public Health. According to information from the Ministry a new arrangement between the Regional Health Authorities in Region One (BarimaWaini) and GWI will now see 8,500 gallons of water being pumped daily from a special overhead tank to the Mabaruma Regional Hospital. The assistance by GWI materialized yesterday. According to Regional Health Officer of the Region, Dr. Cerdel Mc Watt, the hospital commenced utilizing the arrangement at 09:00 hours. The strategic collaboration is one that was made public by Director of Regional Health Services, Dr. Kay Shako, who explained that the new arrangement was made after efforts to rectify the problem by the technical personnel on the ground were unsuccessful. “GWI will pump 8,500 gallons of water daily into a special overhead tank which will supply the Mabaruma
Hospital only. The hospital will distribute the water as needed within the complex,” Dr. Shako explained. The collaboration is one that was prompted into existence after the hospital well stopped working on December 15, last. This was due to the fact that the pump connected to the well was discharging sediments which caused the water to be contaminated. Moreover, the hospital reservoir, which can accommodate approximately 54,000 gallons of water, was not full at the time of the breakdown. This resulted in large sums being channeled towards the purchase of water for the doctors’ quarters. This development commenced on December 18, 2015. But according to Dr. Shako, the purchase of water for the entire hospital complex, which included for hospital and staff quarters, commenced the following day (December 19, 2015). In the meantime, the hospital reservoir was washed and prepared to be
Dr. Kay Shako refilled during the period of December 27 – December 28, 2015. The private arrangement for the purchase and transport of water, which saw an incurred cost of $1.4M to date, has been discontinued as a result of the new arrangement with the GWI. Meantime, the RHS Director in addressing the issues faced at the New Amsterdam Regional Hospital in Region Six (East Berbice- Corentyne) asserted that there is no “true” shortage of medical supplies. “The Materials Management Unit (MMU) had experienced some difficulties in the timely filling of Combined Requisition and
Issue Vouchers (CRIVS), which consisted of drugs and medical supplies. This should not be considered as a ‘true’ shortage, but a delay in the delivery of these important items,” Dr. Shako stated. She spoke with the Director of the MMU who said that the CRIVS were due in December, but due to an emergency request from Region One, same were delayed. “Some CRIVS for the New Amsterdam Regional Hospital will be finished packing today (yesterday) and can be uplifted. More supplies are still outstanding a n d w i l l be given on a monthly basis to Region Six,” the RHS Director explained. According to her, too, the MMU did not have Reagents and Insulin Syringes, which both had to be outsourced. However, the MMU is still to procure X-Ray films, not only for the New Amsterdam Regional Hospital, but nationally. Dr. Shako said that if there is an urgent need for medical supplies, authorities in that region could have made contact with the Regional Health Services Department at the Ministry, where there is a bond in which those items could be procured.
Thursday January 14, 2016
Assault on Land Court judge ...
Husband recalls brutal beating, assault on his wife
Commissioner of Title, Nicola Pierre and her husband Mohammed Chand Mohamed Chand, the husband of Land Court Judge Nicola Pierre has positively identified two of the men that beat him and his wife during a vicious home invasion, last July at their home in the gated community of Felicity, East Coast Demerara. Due to the severe beatings by the intruders, Chand, a businessman received extensive injuries to his right eye and was forced to have it removed even after he had done three surgeries in Miami, Florida USA. His wife, Pierre, flew to Canada, where she had a surgery done on her face. She also received injuries to her right hand. Warren Mc Kenzie, 22, of Lot 18 Brutus Street, Agricola; Damien Millington, 22, of Lot 118 Caesar Street, Agricola; Nicholas Narine, 18, also of Caesar Street Agricola; Premnauth Samaroo and Anthony David, 28 of 63 Hadfield Street, Stabroek, are jointly facing three charges— two counts of robbery under arms and a charge of
discharging a loaded gun with intent. Yesterday, the businessman told Magistrate Zamilla Ally- Seepaul that he had participated in two separate identification parades, during which he identified two of the men, (Millington and Narine) who took part in the robbery. The witness however, noted that the identification was done via Skype (video calls), since he was in Miami, Florida US seeking medical attention. Chand recalled that he was contacted by Assistant Superintendent of Police “ASP Reid” a rank attached to the Criminal Investigation Department, (CID). He explained that on both parades, the ASP informed him that the men who invaded his home may or may not be on display. On the first ID parade Chand stated that he was shown nine men holding numbers one to nine respectively. He said that he was able to pick out the individual holding the number seven. When asked by Prosecutor Nigel Hughes, whether he sees that persons in court, Chand replied “yes” and pointed to (Millington) the number two defendant.. Millington, Chand said, was one of the men, who stood in the closet of the master bedroom, the night his family was attacked. A second ID parade was conducted and according to the witness, there were 13 men in the lineup. The men, he said, were all brown in complexion, medium built and like the first ID parade; the men on display were holding numbers. Chand stated that he was able to identify the man holding number one. He pointed out the individual in (continued on page 24)
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Trial begins for Cool Square murder accused Justice Priya SewnarineBeharry is set to hear the case against Leon Duncan for the murder of businessman, Intaz Roopnarine. Duncan, called ‘Whistle’, was indicted for murder in the course or furtherance of a robbery. The incident is said to have taken place on January 24, 2013, at Cool Square Hotel in Marigold Street, West Ruimveldt. Roopnarine called ‘Bobby’, of 169 Mandela Avenue, was reportedly robbed and shot in the head during the ordeal. The victim was reportedly wearing several pieces of expensive jewellery at the time. He ran to the back of the hotel, where he collapsed and died near to a septic tank after being shot. Roopnarine
Businessman Intaz Roopnarine was preparing to leave the hotel moments before the shooting. The assailant reportedly escaped with a gold and diamond chain worth
$500,000, one gold band worth $700,000 and other jewellery, all priced at a total of $2,200,000. Duncan, of Lot 1977 Willemstaad Road, Festival City, North Ruimveldt, Georgetown, was subsequently arrested and charged for the murder. He pleaded not guilty to the charge before the Judge and a 12- member mixed jury which was empanelled at the Georgetown High Court, on Tuesday. The case is being presented by State Attorneys Stacey Goodings, Tuanna Hardy and Orinthia Schmidt. Attorney at law Mark Waldron will be representing the accused in the trial, which is scheduled to commence today.
Linden benefits from street lights Eighty-four street lights were recently installed and activated between Burnham Drive, Mackenzie and the Wismar section, in Linden, Region Ten. Kester Hinds, Senior Project Engineer within the Ministry of Public Infrastructure with responsibility for maintenance, traffic and safety, recently told the Government Information Agency (GINA) that the government expended $13M to improve safety and security within those areas. He said that the scope of works included
the installation of 84 lights on wallaba poles along with the running of interconnecting cables. Hinds added that whilst persons would have varying responses to the longevity of the wallaba poles, the ministry uses them because they are procured at an affordable cost, thereby allowing for more installations to be done. It is expected that 2016 will see the continued installation of street lights countrywide, along with the maintenance of lights in other areas.
Hunt on for ex-GPL employees ...
Kevon Goodluck From page 13 arrested, several persons have since come forward to identify him as collecting large sums of cash from them. He remains in custody and will soon be charged for obtaining monies by false pretence with intent to defraud. The group has also been bold enough to remove a customer’s meter in Dennis Street, Sophia, and from another customer on East Bank Demerara. The GPL investigating team is also trying to ascertain if there is an insider providing information to the illegal team resulting in them targeting specific and unsuspecting customers.
Michael Lall Lalman
Metayne Leslie Curtis
Carl David Fraser
Ronell Crandon
Anyone with information that may lead to the arrest of this gang is asked to contact the nearest
police station or the GPL lost reduction team on 2255251, 2310507, 6001586 or 6037507.
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Cummings Lodge man goes berserk
Cummings Lodge residents are fearful for their lives and the lives of their children as a resident of the area has gone berserk, assaulting and threatening to kill persons. John Phillips, a security guard attached to Medicare Pharmacy, began behaving disorderly some time Tuesday morning. He even ran over to the home of his neighbor where he choked a woman and lashed the on duty guard with a chain. Jacqueline Smith, of 10th Street, Cummings Lodge, said that the people are fearful
for their lives. On Wednesday, he commanded his pit bulls to kill three of his sheep and several fowls in his yard. On Tuesday, when he first acted out, he began breaking up things in the house. He threw wares onto the streets and forced residents to retreat to their homes for safety. The police were summoned, and the man’s father in law, Norman Brady, who is also a member of the Community Policing Group went along with the police to see what could be done. However, Phillips reportedly attacked the police
and went into a bushy area aback his home to hide. When contacted, Commander of ‘C’ Division, Marlon Chapman said he was unaware of the matter since it was never relayed to him, and that he would have to enquire. Brady said that he does not know what triggered his son in law’s behaviour since he is a good man, and would not want to see him get hurt. When this publication visited the scene, as soon as Phillips saw the media he quickly hid. He was even seen and heard throwing wares in the house. The windows to the home were also broken.
2013 Old Year’s night murder ...
Victim’s relatives recall deadly shooting Relatives of Old Year’s night murder victim, Carlissa Mathews, have testified to witnessing the shooting incident which resulted in her death. Mathews was allegedly shot in the head in the vicinity of Kentucky Fried Chicken, (KFC) by her exboyfriend, Jermaine Maynard, on December 31, 2013. Reports had indicated that minutes before the shooting, Maynard approached the 20-year-old woman, and requested an audience with her. Matthews refused and was shot to the head. She was rushed to the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation, (GPHC) where she succumbed early New Year’s Day, 2014. Reports also indicated that the accused who fled the scene after the shooting was nabbed at the ‘back track’ crossing at Springlands, Corentyne on January 2, as he was about to board a boat. Maynard, 44, is currently facing a trial at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court for the murder. He pleaded not guilty to the charge before Justice Navindra Singh and a mixed jury on Tuesday. The accused is being
Murder accused: Jermaine Maynard represented by Attorney Adrian Thompson. Yesterday, State Counsel Siand Dhurjon, Narissa Leander and Michael Shahoud, called six witnesses to the stand. Among the witnesses were the dead girl’s mother, aunt and her mother’s fiancé. The mother, Carol Kennedy, recalled that she was present on the night her daughter was shot. The woman told the court that her daughter had shared an abusive relationship with the accused. The witness said, however, that her daughter had severed the relationship with Maynard six months
Dead: Carlissa Mathews
before the shooting. She said that on the night of December 30, 2013, her daughter, Carlissa, was with relatives (herself included) outside the KFC outlet on Water and Croal Streets Georgetown, when Maynard showed up. She recalled that her daughter spoke to her former boyfriend briefly before turning away from him. Kennedy told the court that shortly after, Maynard pulled out a gun from his side and shot her daughter. The woman recalled that her daughter collapsed and she immediately ran to her side. She said that she picked her (continued on page 24)
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Wholesale & Retail quantity of all types of belts –Call: 670-2343 2 Complete 6" land dredge with 320 DL CAT excavator 2900hrs, everything needed for mining included. Call owner: 621-1404; 667-1967 ADORABLE PUPPIES FOR SALE. CALL: 6004212 One 15 Cu.Ft Frigidaire Chest Freezer, like new, great for home or business –Call: 6222899 One Power mate 3000 watt portable generator, like new $80,000 negotiable- Call: 6222899, 666-6592 Lots @ Blankenburg behind the gas station- $3.9M- Call Us Today: 650-0402 Ryobi & AB dick, printing m a c h i n e s , cutter, plate burner, photocopy machines, transformer & paper/cardboard. Call: 2332725 Household items: wall dividers with wares, plus many more items, owner migrating-Call: 688-5446 ask for Allison.
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One- two bedrooms flat concrete house for rent. Call: 265-3616 or 643-0782
Wing’s Car & 4WD Vigo pick up rental- Call: 690-6494 Continued on page 23
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Letters... Where your views make the news
Incident in Ithaca is reason to postpone LGE DEAR EDITOR, On a daily basis the newspapers and the television stations supply the people of Guyana with news covering aspects of their own concerns. I cannot help but noticing the fact that our President David Arthur Granger is always prominently featured sometime showing his efforts to improve the wellbeing of the people in Guyana. A favorite advertisement is the script on local Government Elections which is very interesting. This advertisement has left me with the feelings and perhaps rightly so that the majority of the people in Guyana are not fully aware of the purpose of having Municipal Elections and as a result show very little interest. It is important however for every single individual to be fully aware of the purpose of Municipal Elections and how important it is to be provided with such knowledge. While the present Government must be congratulated for their efforts at ensuring that Municipal Elections are held as soon as possible, I am not too sure that holding such Elections in March 2016 would provide the Electorate
with the full information to properly enable them to wisely exercise their vote. In the meantime the PPPC is doing its level best to frustrate the electorate with a lot of political nonsense. My own view after careful consideration is to suggest that Municipal Elections should be postponed until August/ September 2016. A postponement would give the electorate a better opportunity to become more fully aware of all the issues surrounding Municipal Elections and this would provide a better opportunity for the electorate to properly exercise their vote. Let me give one example of the power of the Municipality. Take Ithaca the village on the West Bank of the Berbice River and not far away from Blairmont Sugar Estate. Many years ago the PPP/C Government made available a large piece of land next to Ithaca to a certain large rice Farming unit to plant rice and this position prevailed for quite some time but certain circumstances caused that unit to shut down its activities. Quite recently some people from Ithaca supported
by relatives living in the United States of America started to plant rice on a somewhat large scale Immediately as they started they began to experience a water problem. Blairmont Sugar Estate with the assistance of the MMA blocked water from flowing from the Estate’s conservancy to the Ithaca rice farmers. At present police with guns patrol so as to ensure that the Ithaca rice farmers do not attempt to get the water that is needed for effectively growing their rice. The result would be that this coming rice crop will be a failure and the people who would suffer will be those people in Ithica who are of a particular ethnic group which are not usual rice farmers . The point I am making is that when usual rice farmers groups were planting rice in the area water was flowing. Now that a new group is attempting to earn a living the MMA and Blairmount Sugar Estate are deliberately preventing this from happening. This needs to be looked at urgently. A similar situation had been happening at Mocha on the East Bank of Demerara where the sugar
estate that control the water system in the area has made sure that water is not properly controlled so that the Mocha residents can succeed in farming. While the Government on a broad basis is looking at the development of the entire Guyana which is a very good idea, the local council has to take charge of the local activities in the villages. Now most people do not fully realize or recognize how important it is to be involved in Local Government Elections and -my advice is that people need more time to be educated and it will do the present Government more good than harm in extending the time to August/ September, 2016 for the holding of Municipal Elections so as to give the electorate a better opportunity to make their choice. The 50th Anniversary of Guyana’s Independence is just around the corner and a lot of effort and time is being put into this event. Please do not overburden the people of Guyana by forcing a Municipal Elections on them in March, 2016 Jonas M. F. Coddett Attorney-at-law.
Arguments justifying action against Kurshid... From page 5 upon a change of Government. Lord Diplock eruditely and poignantly explained this constitutional truth in the well known Thomas case (1980) P.0 when positing the justification for insulating public servants (the CG is not a public servant) from dismissal at pleasure by attributing to them security of tenure and removal for cause only. Kurdish
Sattaur’ s employment is no exception. His temporary removal carries no political or legal opprobrium. And it would be the strangest thing if in the “terms and conditions” of his appointment, the GB/Minister/Cabinet unwittingly purported to fetter its exercise of this constitutional discretion. Fifthly, what “basic rights” is Mr. Ram advocating? The GRA as employer
has an implied right to go to wherever its properties are wrongly detained. The firearm and computers etc. taken from Mr. Sattaur were all GRA’ s property (and not his personal property). He was a bailee by licence of them for the purposes of and incidental to the performance of his duties as CG (there are old English law cases on this point). As such a bailee, had Mr. Sattaur acted
From page 4 mis-analyzed by a retiree. Cases in point —Colwin Harding Investigations and the Sparendam Torture case. These proven competent men should be at Divisions where their knowledge and skills will best serve the Force and by extent the nation. Finally the Police Service Commission and its Chairman have turned out to be a disappointment. The chairman is politically biased He began his stint under former Minister Clement Rohee. As touched on earlier, he and the Commission facilitated a host of supersessions at the last promotions and would have done the same if there wasn’t a change of Government. It is nice to see the three way fight between Rohee, Seelall and the Police Service Commission. They are equally culpable for the poor morale and the bad state the Guyana Police Force is in at
present. I urge President Granger to hold wide ranging sessions with the Officer Corp of the Guyana Police Force to see what is going on and he will see what/why their morale is at an all time low. Can you imagine the Officer who was best graduating student at the recent University of Guyana Convocation did not get an honorary mention at the Force’s award ceremony
but a man who the entire Force knows is not up to scratch received a special award for an essay that is intellectually poor. Mr. President since your Government is in the mode of auditing how about auditing the Police Force for all purchases done over the past two years particularly office (household) articles. Senior police officer (name supplied)
Three way fight on police...
Sugar workers waiting... From page 4 COI report under the caption, “Consideration for reducing cost” we are told of retrenchment of workers or as they put it, “the rationalization and the cut back on the staff in various areas including security, field staff at WI estate and head office staff.” Another measure would be to reduce benefits, as stated in the following, “to rationalize custom and practice.”
APNU/AFC regime needs to stop playing hide and seek. They must expressly state whether they will give the sugar workers their increases and the benefits that are due or if they have imposed a unilateral wage freeze. We the workers will like to know, because the regime’s action will determine what happens next. We await a response. Christopher Singh
with administrative probity and propriety he ought to have relinquished possession of them upon being sent on leave as the licence became suspended by such leave; and this “humiliating treatment’ could never have happened. The GRA as employer — bailor has “basic rights” too — rights at law; inter alia, the right to demand the return or handing over of its property by not acquiescing in their wrongful detention. An employee — bailee “violate” these rights at his own peril, if by assuming to himself rights of ownership and detaining the properties he deprives the GRA as owner of the use of them. A fortiori, where there is an appointed CG (ag) and Mr. Sattaur is for the time being (the de jure); not the de facto CG who ipso facto assumes rights of user of those properties. The GRA cannot be faulted. Idiosyncracies ignited by professional comity apart, upon detached reflection critics may yet concede that the GRA acted with both legal aptness, and administrative accountability and rectitude; that Mr. Sattaur is the victim or casualty of his own mis-arrogation and indiscretion; and that not even equity (that court of mercy and conscience) would be on his side for equity demands that “he who comes to equity must come with clean hands”.. Maxwell Edwards
VEHICLE FOR SALE
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1 Toyota IST, PLL series, alarm, rims, etc. Price $1.350M negotiable –Call: 666-2027, 673-7652 Toyota Fortuner 2012 yearCall: 624-6702 Venus Auto Sale New Year Sale! Unregistered 2004 Toyota Premio- $2.250M-Call: 624-5617 One Toyota new model Avensis, fully loaded and in excellent condition. Call: 6153595; 264-2870
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STAR CARSAUTO SALE: 3006 PREMIO, 03-07 FIELDER, NEWRAUM,IST,BLUEBIRD, We buy & sell vehicles for AXELA, PIT-BULL. CALL: cash, also parts available & 30 seater buses; Extra Cab 679-3140; 268-3509 pickups; 2006 Tacoma- Call: One Accent Hyundai - 680-3154 $225,000.Call: 695-1744 212, Allion, 1 Toyota NZE Corolla -$1M, AT192, unregistered Premio, Hilux 1 BMW 318I -$2.5M –Call: Surf, BNN, RZ & Pit-bull, 7 643-2403 seater super custom. Cash / BMW 318i- $2.9M, BMW terms- Call: 680-3154 320i- $4M, Audi A4- $4M, Suzuki Escudo- $4M, new Fantasy Auto Sales: Xmodel Premio- $3M- Contact# trail 2008, Mitsubishi RVR 2010, Audi A4, pre-ordered 650-0402/260-4988 vehicles & get $100,000 discount. Call: 611-1833 LAND FOR SALE Land at La Grange –Call: 661- One Toyota Fielder in 9111 excellent condition, AC, Parfaite Harmonie -$ 1.6M, Remote, start alarm, TV, deck1.8M, $1.5M, 1.3M, Tuschen 11 $1.6M. Call: 611-6632; 664street -$3M with foundation, 3488 Phase 2 – $1.4M, Uitvlugt -$3M, Terms available –Call: 604-6724 One Toyota Mark 2 Grande for sale. PKK series, Gold & Diamond mining land excellent condition, price for rent in the Ekereku, Puruni $1.5M negotiable. Call: & Siparuni area- Call: 668- 601-4163 3100 or 615-8810 New model Premio 2007 Prime corner lot @ Main model $3.1M negotiable. PreRoad (85ftX50ft) -$1.3M, order Allion, Premio, Bluebird Pafarfaite Harmonie - suitable 2006 model- Call: 655-3400 for church-Call: 611-7223; 604-2207 1 RZ Mini bus, BJJ series22 Acres@ Silver Hill, 5 Call: 678-5887; 677-3177 minutes from Highway, land cleared and planted, good for 2005 Silver Audi (A4) black leather interior, owner leaving mix farming. Call: 689-0003 country, great price-Call: 231House lot for sale, located at 1762; 642-2713 246 Mon Repos, E.C.D. Foundation and columns 2008 Fielder- fully loaded vehicle, never registered completed-Call: 233-2486 $2.5M- Call: 617-2891 House lot 50X100, for sale in Gated Community, Land of Mercedes Benz C250, 2014 Canaan -$4M negotiable-Call: Model , 223-5273/4 694-7817; 668-0306 Noah & Voxy in ‘G’ series, 50X100 houselot at Uitvlugt, fully loaded, never registered De Groot Housing Scheme -$1.7M –Call: 617-2891 W.C.D, price $3M negotiable1-Toyota 4WD extra cab, Call: 698-8617 pickup LH drive –price TO LET $1.2M negotiable –Tel: 668Alberttown (business or 8431 dwelling) -$75,000, Toyota Ipsum, fully loaded, Campbellville -$US900, Bel- music system – 5,800 watt, Air Park -$US650, Atlantic excellent condition – Call: Gardens -$US850. Call Diana: 653-1003 227- 2256; 626-9382 1 Toyota Hilux Surf, 3RZ Fully furnished luxury engine, alarm /rims, price apartment: 3 bedrooms for $2.850 negotiable. Call: 666rent- Call: 603-6351 2027; 673-7652 3 Bedrooms upper flat for rent at Vreed-en- Hoop - Call: 661-0162 One Toyota ISIS, 7 seats, alarm, chrome rims, DVD, rev. 1- Two bedroom fully camera, price -$3.2M furnished apartment for negotiable- Call: 666-2027; overseas rental-Call: 682-9021 673-7652
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New Year’s morning Husband recalls brutal beating ... murder accused remanded The suspect in the brutal killing of a Corentyne man, which occurred just 10 minutes into the new year, has been remanded to jail. Moses Samuel, 55, a labourer of Lot 72 Grant 1780, Crabwood Creek, Corentyne, Berbice, who was wanted for the murder of Asif Hafeez, 24, turned himself in to the police on Sunday. Samuels appeared before Magistrate Rabindrnauth Singh on Tuesday at the Springlands Magistrate’s Court and was not required to plead. He was not represented in court. The man had turned himself in around 08:20 hrs at the Springlands Police Station, claiming that he was tired of hiding. He has since reportedly confessed to killing the younger man. Information is that on the day in question, the New Year’s celebrations were just beginning to soak in when it was reported that Hafeez was stabbed to death following an altercation with Samuels. According to reports, the now dead Hafeez and his wife lived on the upper flat of the two-storey building while Samuels, who is a relative of Hafeez’s wife, was dwelling in the lower flat. The situation
Murdered: Asif Hafeez
Remanded: Moses Samuels
started from a misunderstanding between Hafeez and his wife in the upper flat of the house. According to Prosecutor Inspector Godfrey Playter, Hafeez and his wife had just returned from an Old Year’s Night party next door when an argument erupted between them. It is alleged that Samuels, who was downstairs, got involved and Hafeez reportedly promptly told him to “mind his own business”. This infuriated the situation and the two men became involved in a heated argument. Hafeez reportedly went downstairs and an
altercation began. Hafeez reportedly slapped Samuels, who, reportedly was under the influence of alcohol, grabbed a knife and stabbed Hafeez in the neck. The injured man was picked up and taken to the hospital where he was pronounced dead on arrival. After committing the act, the perpetrator walked out of the yard and went into hiding. A post mortem examination performed on the body revealed that Hafeez died from shock and hemorrhage due to incise wound. He has to return to court on January 18.
Victim’s relatives recall deadly ... From page 21 up and held her in her arms. She recalled telling her injured daughter, “Girl, you can’t die now!” even as the shooter stood over them pressing on the trigger of the silver pistol; the gun clicked three times. At one point, Kennedy said that she started to advance toward the shooter but her fiancé keep her back, telling her that Maynard was still armed and could shoot her as well. Kennedy said that after Maynard left the scene of the shooting, she followed him
leaving her fiancé, Collis Bruce, to take her daughter to the hospital. The woman recalled that she trailed Maynard, who walked until he was in the vicinity of City Hall, on Regent Street. There, the woman told court that she saw Maynard brandish the gun at Rasta man, who was passing on a bicycle and the man dismounted his cycle and handed it over to Maynard. And he took off. Bruce was next to testify. He told the court that after witnessing the shooting he
took Carlissa Mathews to GPHC. While at the hospital, the man said that the doctor showed him Matthew’s injury; a single gunshot wound to the head and a silver looking article was stuck in the back of her head. Police Witness Phillip Bowman testified that on January 3, 2014 he contacted Maynard and put the allegation of murder to him. Bowman said that the accused immediately denied saying “Me ain’t shoot nobody.” The trial continues today.
Sam Hinds, Irfaan Ali, Teixeira ... From page 3 board from 2012 to 2014. Goolsarran had also said that disciplinary action is provided for under the following sections of the FMA Act: (a) Section 48 — Misuse of public moneys; (b) Section 49 — Liability for loss of public moneys; and (c) Section 85 — Liability of an official. Goolsarran also called for the institution of criminal and/ or disciplinary actions against all those responsible for violating Article 217 of the Constitution, by causing expenditure to be incurred without parliamentary approval. He said that charges are in order for all those respon-
sible for ignoring National Assembly Resolution No. 32 of December 17, 2012, requiring NICIL to pay over to the Consolidated Fund “all revenues and proceeds from the sale of all State properties, except for those necessary administrative costs for maintaining and running its operations annually.” The Chartered Accountant also recommended that his report be forwarded to the State Assets Recovery Unit, with a view to recovering any State assets/properties that might have been improperly and illegally transferred to third parties. The report had high-
lighted that Brassington bypassed internationally recognized and credible companies only to engage criminal entities for the construction of the Marriott Hotel. It also stated that he failed to justify how millions of dollars were spent in the Linden Mining Enterprise and to properly account for their assets. Goolsarran had also highlighted how Brassington, on behalf of NICIL hid $1B in a secret account which was intended to aid in the construction of the Marriott Hotel, then paved the way for NICIL to fund the preparation of the Pradoville Two scheme.
From page 12 the courtroom and the Magistrate asked the number three defendant, Nicholas Narine to stand. The witness told the court that Narine was the man who beat his wife and tied her up. He reiterated that he was able to view the men properly since there were no interruptions during the call. He also added that at no time did he give the men permission to enter his home, assault him or take his belongings. Chand completed his evidence and the defendants declined to cross examine him. The trial for the five men began on Monday at the Sparendaam Magistrate’s Court. According to the first charge on July 9, last at Montrose, East Coast Demerara (ECD), the defendants, while armed with a handgun, robbed Mohamed Chand of five wrist watches, a Samsung Galaxy S5 phone, US$8,000, a wedding ring, four Oakley sunglasses and one leather wallet. The second charge alleges that the intruders robbed Pierre at gunpoint on the same day. She was relieved of several gold rings, diamond jewellery, a clump of gold, and a quantity of gem stones among other items. In addition, the men are also charged with discharging a loaded firearm at Roy Peters, a security guard, with intent to maim, disable, disfigure or cause him grievous bodily harm. They have all pleaded not guilty to the charges and are currently on remand. AWAKENED BY GUNMAN The Commissioner of Title and her husband survived the grueling home invasion, approximately six months ago. Over the past three days, the couple has been detailing the brutal attack and robbery which occurred at their home before Magistrate Ally-Seepaul. On Tuesday, Chand had testified that he secured his three-storey house before retiring to bed hours before the men invaded. He recollected that around 01:00hr the following morning he was awakened by a man, who stood over him with a gun. The man, he said, was
about five feet tall and dark in complexion. Chand told the court that the man ordered him to “get up” and that he attempted to push the gunman away but was dealt several lashes to the head with the firearm the man was holding. “He choked me from behind. At this point the same man proceeded to tie me up,” the witness recalled. Chand went on to say that the same man taped his mouth with brown tape and tied up his hands while another man entered his master bedroom. He identified the man who dragged him into the closet as Warren McKenzie, the number five defendant. While in the closet, Chand recalled that McKenzie shoved him to the ground before briefly leaving to return with his wife. “He brought her (Pierre) into the closet and shoved her to the ground while one of the accused, Nicholas Narine, entered the room.” According to Chand, Damien Millington also entered the closet even as Narine tied him and his wife. The victim noted that McKenzie asked him, “Where is the f@#%ing money”. He continued, “My wife showed them the jewellery in a box and our valuables in a safe.” McKenzie, Chand said, then asked him, “This can’t be it. You got a big house like this, you got to have more.” He stated that after his wife explained that there was “no more”, McKenzie slapped her to the face “real real hard” with a gun. “At this time Narine hit her. I attempted to get up to stop them but McKenzie hit me to the face with his gun. At this point he asked me where is the little boy (his son).” He told the court that he
Warren McKenzie and his wife were dragged out of the master bedroom and then back into the room. He stated that the bandits found a bag with US$8,000. Chand said that he was repeatedly gun butted to the face for about two minutes, before he collapsed. The next thing he remembered was going to the bathroom for a pair of scissors. Attempts were made by the couple to contact the police. However, he told the court that they were unsuccessful. Chand said he later made contact with a friend who arrived at his home some 15 minutes later. The witness recalled that after the attack his wife’s face was swollen while he bled from facial wounds. Chand pointed out that the men carted off five brand name watches, five pairs of Oakley sunglasses, his wedding band and a Samsung Galaxy S5 cell phone. He stated that he was able to see the faces of his attackers because they were unmasked and lights were on in his home at the time. So far, the Land Court Judge has also positively identified two of the men; Mc Kenzie and Narine. The trial continues today in the Sparendaam Magistrate’s Court.
Guyana's solar energy ... From page 20 to bid for projects. The Ministers urged Greenheart Tree Energy to partake in this process when the time comes. “This administration is one that prefers green energy,” Minister Patterson stressed. To this end, he said, Bartica will be Guyana's first green town and from there the Government will move to other
areas, including Berbice, Essequibo and Linden. “There has been tremendous interest from stakeholders for a green economy and we are committed to doing, at the end of the day, what's best for our energy consumers.” The team from Greenheart Tree Energy will depart from Guyana this Sunday, January 17.
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Rowley during debate on Finance Bill…
‘$400,000 in alcohol left behind at PM’s residence’ hold.” This prompted Government MPs to shout “wooooh”. Rowley said: “When Christmas was over, we had a valuation done on what was left... $400,000 worth of liquor was on the compound there and that is what they left when they went.” He repeated: “That is
what they left and that should tell you what the priorities were for those who were there before the PNM. That should tell you where there priorities were.” He said: “Right now in that compound up there is $400,000 in alcohol and the interesting thing about it is
that in the records we can’t find how it was sourced. “There is no paper trail towards its sourcing. So it leaves us to wonder how all that alcohol got into that compound but if I understand how they ran the country it might have even been paid for by XYZ or Mr ABC.”
United States criticizes St Lucia over alleged extra-judicial deaths Dr. Keith Rowley Trinidad Guardian - Alcohol valued at more than $400,000 have been discovered at the official residence of the Prime Minister, St Ann’s. This was revealed by Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley during his contribution to the debate on the Finance Bill 2016, which was approved in the House of Representatives Tuesday morning. The debate on mea-
Kamla Persad-Bissessar
sures to remove items from the zero-rated list, reduce the 15 per cent rate of VAT to 12.5 per cent, increase the Business Levy and Green Fund and increase personal allowance from $60,000 to $72,000 were presented for debate by Finance Minister Colm Imbert shortly after 2 pm on Monday and the measure was approved by legislators at about 12.10 am Tuesday.
Rowley moved into the official residence last month. He told legislators there were a series of functions, including one for children. He said there was an alcohol bar at each of those functions except the one for children. He quickly added: “You’ll be surprised to know that all the alcohol for those functions... we didn’t buy a bottle. We used from the house-
CASTRIES, ST. LUCIA (Reuters) - The United States criticized the government of the Caribbean island nation St Lucia on Tuesday for failing to prosecute police accused of keeping death-lists and killing suspected criminals during a misguided campaign to attract tourists. Twelve people were fatally shot between 2010 and 2011 under a previous government dealing with a crime wave it believed was damaging the tourism industry that drives the economy of the tiny nation famed for verdant mountains and pristine beaches. The government of Prime Minister Kenny Anthony has made “no meaningful progress” towards criminal prosecution in the 10 months since the investigators from Jamaica delivered a report on the killings, the U.S. embassy for Barbados and the eastern Caribbean said in a
statement. The embassy commended St. Lucia for introducing a new “use of force” policy designed to help protect human rights, and praised the police for taking rights training, but said the government needed to do more to uphold the rule of law. After the killings, the United States suspended assistance to the police department on the island of 163,000 inhabitants and top police officers have been barred from traveling to the United States. In parts of the report made public by Anthony last year, the investigators concluded police had worked from a hit-list and staged shootouts in several of the killings. Anthony previously admitted he saw such a list while he was in the opposition.
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Brent crude hits near 12-year low as market wrestles with weak demand Brent crude ended 2 percent lower yesterday after falling below $30 a barrel for the first time since April 2004 as a growing stocks of oil in the United States stoked market fears about demand. Both Brent and U.S. crude futures saw highs early in the day of more than $1 above Tuesday’s closing price on upbeat Chinese economic data earlier in the session. But U.S. government data showing builds in crude, gasoline and diesel supplies augmented fears that demand will stagnate as global markets contend with oversupply. Concerns about U.S. economic uncertainty also amplified the declines, the Standard and Poors 500 index dipped below 1900 for the first time since early October. Brent fell to a new 12-year low at $29.96 a barrel before settling at $30.31 a barrel, down 55 cents or 1.8 percent. U.S. crude settled at $30.48, up 4 cents or 0.1 percent after dropping as low as
$30.10. On Tuesday, it dropped as low as $29.93, which was last seen in December 2003. Brent, which normally trades at a premium to U.S. crude, flipped into a discount just after 2:00 p.m. EST (1900 GMT), as it tested and broke beneath the $30 level. Data showing that crude inventories rose 234,000 barrels last week, much less than expectations, was overshadowed by reported builds of 8.4 million barrels in gasoline and over 6 million in distillates, which includes diesel and heating oil. “Overall, it’s a bearish report. I think today’s inventory report is all about products...The long awaited massive decline in crude production is not starting again,” said Dominic Chirichella, senior partner at Energy Management Institute in New York. This was a second week of huge builds in refined fuel with gasoline surging the most since 1993 in the previ-
ous week. “Last week’s build was massive, and this week’s was much larger than the seasonal norm,” said John Saucer, Vice President at Mobius Risk Group in Houston. The dynamics of supply have shifted as diesel stockpiles have surged past yearago levels, indicating a products surplus, Saucer added. Analysts at Morgan Stanley also warned that a rise in demand for crude could be lower than previously expected. “Any slowing in the rate of demand growth could delay the timing of rebalancing and ultimately a price recovery,” they said in a research note. The potential for the calling of an emergency OPEC meeting also weakened yesterday when Iran’s oil minister was quoted as saying he had not received any request for such a gathering. Nigeria’s oil minister said on Tuesday that a “couple” of OPEC members had asked for an emergency meeting.
Al Jazeera America to close by April 30: network
(Reuters) - Al Jazeera America, the cable television news outlet owned by Qatar-based Al Jazeera Media Network, is shutting down less than three years after its high-profile launch, the network said yesterday. The U.S. cable network will cease operations by April 30, the network said, citing economic challenges in the American media market. Al Jazeera bought Current TV, a U.S.-based television network owned by former U.S. Vice President Al Gore and his business partner Joel Hyatt, to launch Al Jazeera America for $500 million in 2013.
However, the network almost immediately hit challenges as distributors, including Time Warner Cable Inc and AT&T Inc, argued that they had contracted with Current TV and not Al Jazeera. The company said it will instead expand its existing international digital services in the United States, as consumers ditch traditional media and move to mobile devices such as smartphones and tablets for news. The network will provide more details about the expansion of its digital services in the United States over the coming months, it said.
Special U.S. targeting force ‘now in place’ in Iraq: U.S. A new U.S. force of special operations troops has arrived in Iraq and is preparing to work with Iraqi forces to go after Islamic State targets, U.S. Defense Secretary Ash Carter said yesterday. Carter disclosed the deployment in a broad speech to U.S. soldiers that sought to underscore American efforts to accelerate the campaign against Islamic State, both in Iraq and Syria. “The specialized expeditionary targeting force I announced in December is now in place and is preparing to work with the Iraqis to begin going after ISIL’s fighters and commanders,” Carter said at Fort Campbell, Kentucky. While the force was expected to number only about 200, its deployment marks the latest expansion of U.S. military pressure on Islamic State. It also exposes American forces to greater risk, something President Barack Obama has done only sparingly. The force is separate from another deployment last year of up to 50 U.S. special operations troops in Syria to coordinate on the ground with U.S.backed rebels fighting in a civil war raging
since 2011. Carter said that smaller group of forces had already established contact with rebels, as well as new targets for airstrikes and “strikes of all kinds.” “These operators have helped focus the efforts of the local, capable forces against key ISIL vulnerabilities, including their lines of communication,” Carter said. Republicans have sought to portray U.S. President Barack Obama’s strategy to defeat Islamic State as flawed and insufficient, as the militants plot or inspire attacks far beyond their self-declared caliphate in Iraq and Syria. Obama, in his State of the Union speech on Tuesday, warned against overstating the fight against Islamic State militants, but said his administration is focused on destroying the extremist group. Carter’s speech emphasized advances by Iraqi forces - including retaking control of the city of Ramadi - and by U.S.-backed rebels in Syria. “President Obama is committed to doing what it takes - as opportunities arise, as we see what works, and as the enemy adapts until ISIL is delivered a lasting defeat,” he said.
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NIS At Risk Of Failing, Fraud Billions Issued In Overpayments - Auditor General The Gleaner - The government’s multibilliondollar National Insurance Scheme (NIS) is at risk of failing because of poor governance, which has contributed to the disbursement of billions in payments to ineligible people. The Auditor General made the disclosure in an activitybased audit that was tabled Friday in the House of Representatives. In her report, Munroe Ellis said for the five-year period, 2010-2015, the Labour and Social Security Ministry, which manages the NIS, paid $32.5 billion to the Post and Telecommunications Department to facilitate the encashment of pension cheques, without checking to see if the right people were getting the money. She says her office has been unable to determine the accuracy and conditions under which the ministry paid over about $240 million in service charges as the ministry did not carry out the required reconciliations or present any
Munroe Ellis formal contract. Meanwhile, because of alleged poor due diligence, the Labour and Social Security Ministry overpaid 152 pensioners by more than $10 million. The Auditor General says about $5.3 million or 50 per cent of the overpayments, were made to people who were not eligible for a pension benefit. In the meantime, the ministry is being accused of failing to account for 334 pension vouchers valued at $1.3 million. According to the Auditor General, the NIS is exposed to a high risk of errors
and irregularities. She says the situation is made worse because despite being confronted by fraudulent practices in previous years, the ministry has not implemented strategies to protect the pension process from fraudsters. The Ministry has also reportedly ignored the findings of its own internal audit unit, resulting in weak systems of control. The Ministry of Labour and Social Security pays pension benefits of over $14 billion to over 109,090 persons annually.
Jamaica moves ahead with oil and gas exploration KINGSTON, Jamaica – An offshore two-dimensional seismic survey will be conducted over the next 30 days to determine Jamaica’s potential for commercial oil and gas, as the country moves full steam ahead with its exploration plan. Tullow Jamaica Limited, a leader in independent gas and oil exploration and production, is undertaking the 3,000 kilometre survey as part of the work programme outlined in the Production Sharing Agreement (PSA) the company signed with the Petroleum Corporation of Jamaica (PCJ) back in November 2014. Exploratory work is to be carried out on the south coast of the island, which has been identified in the past as having good frontier for exploration. Tullow has contracted seismic vessel BGP Challenger to conduct the exploration and collect the data. Addressing the media during a tour of the technologically sophisticated seismic vessel Tuesday, Science, Technology, Energy and Mining Minister Phillip Paulwell said that works valued at US$70 million is being under-
taken by Tullow under the contract. He said that already US$10 million worth of work has been done. Following the data acquisition phase of the seismic survey, there will be a data processing period of six to nine months, then data interpretation. “A decision will then take place as to whether we go to the next phase, which will be a three-dimensional seismic programme, which will be an extensive operation taking six
to nine months to acquire,” said Sustainability External Affairs (SEA) Manager of New Venture Business for Tullow Oil plc, John McKenna. The PCJ’s Group General Manager Winston Watson said the search for oil and gas is a long-term undertaking but it is encouraging to be at this phase of the Production Sharing Agreement with Tullow, “which will help to guide us on the way forward”. (Caribbean360)
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Crandon hits 68 in heart-breaking... From page 30 Charles and at 25-5 the handful of fans in the stands were expecting an early night. Skipper Leon Johnson stroked a fluent 29 before he was trapped LBW to Shillingford and at 50-6 the Jaguars were badly wounded and desperately looking for a place to hide from the erupting Volcanoes. Crandon, who played his only ODI match in South Africa in 2009, was playing one of his better innings and along with Jacobs, were in the middle of ‘operation rebuild’ when Jacobs (27) hit a return catch to Liam Sebastien in the 31st over to leave the Jaguars on 95-7. The hallmark of their partnership was the excellent running between the wickets and dispatching any loose deliveries. It is said that a Jaguar is at its most dangerous when wounded and the 100 was posted off 196 balls as the Jaguars clawed their way back into the fray. Permaul was caught in the deep off Shillingford at 141-8 to break the eight-wicket stand but the Jaguars were not going down without a brawl. Wintz played some delightful shots and brought up the 200 with a brutal pull off Sebastien for four. The DCC seamer, who hails from Berbice launched into Sebastian in the penultimate over which cost 18, as the Volcanoes struggled
to polish off the tail before Crandon was run out off the fifth ball of the last over. When the Islanders began their run chase they began pugnaciously with Andre Fletcher and Charles going after the bowling of Wintz and Permaul. But Charles (5) who started with boundary off Permaul threw his wicket away with an impetuous drive off Wintz and was taken at third man at 19-1 in the third over. Devon Smith, who made 91 the last time these teams met, edged Wintz to the Keeper after making three and Wintz was following up his good evening with the bat with impressive work with the ball as the Volcanoes slipped to 25-2 in the third over. Fletcher (19) was bowled by Permaul at 29-3 and with the three West Indies batsmen all back in the pavilion the Jaguars were back in the game. The runs dried up and Miles Bascombe succumbed to the pressure and ran himself out at 34-4. Theophile and Sunil Ambris took the score to 68-5 before Theophile (25) hit a full toss back to Jacobs, but Ambris (56) and Sebastien (27) kept hopes alive and their sixth wicket partnership set up the exhilarating finish from their ninth wicket pair. Guyana Jaguars remain on 10 points and play CCC Marooners in their next match at Warner Park tomorrow from 13:30 hrs.
Thursday January 14, 2016 ARIES (MAR. 21APRIL 20) Try to convince a good friend to take a holiday with you. If possible, rely on coworkers to back your objectives, and talk to superiors in order to get approval. TAURUS (APR. 21MAY 21) You may find that your generosity has been taken for granted. Opportunities to show your worth will enhance your reputation and bring possible advancement. GEMINI (MAY 22JUNE 21) Take care that arrangements to spend quality time together are made in advance. In-laws or older individuals may give you a bit of a hard time today. CANCER (JUNE 22JULY 22) Be ready to explain your actions. Your personal life will be under the gun and you may want to avoid the questions your lover is going to want to ask you.
LIBRA (SEPT. 24 -OCT. 23) You will have no problem getting along with clients. You will enjoy physical activities more than you think. SCORPIO (OCT. 24 NOV. 22) Pleasure trips should be on your agenda. Your doubt could lead to insecurity. Avoid letting family get involved in your personal life. SAGITTARIUS (NOV. 23 -DEC. 21) Cultural activities open your eyes to new ways of doing things. If possible, rely on coworkers to back your objectives, and talk to superiors in order to get approval. CAPRICORN (DEC 22.- JAN. 20) Don’t let relatives get the better of you. Romantic opportunities will be plentiful if you go out with friends. You will have problems with coworkers if you are too extreme about doing things perfectly.
LEO (JULY 23-AUG 22) Use discrimination and play hard to get. Your home environment may be volatile if precautions aren’t taken. Don’t get involved in other people’s problems.
AQUARIUS (JAN. 21 FEB. 19) Be sure to take care of the needs of your immediate loved ones first. They won’t pay you back and you’ll be upset.
VIRGO (AUG. 23 -SEPT. 23) Sit back. Romance will develop through work related activities. Things have been moving so quickly that you need to do something physical to release your tension.
PISCES (FEB. 20-MAR. 20) You may get upset with peers or relatives. Those you live with may be experiencing problems. Your accomplishments could exceed your expectations if you mix a little business with pleasure.
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Umar Akmal suspension put on hold
Umar Akmal will now be available for Friday’s T20 against New Zealand © AFP ESPNcricinfo - Umar Akmal’s one-match suspension has been put on hold, which means he will be available to play the T20 against New Zealand in Auckland tomorrow. The decision was made after the player appealed against the suspension; the PCB confirmed to ESPNcricinfo that his penalty stands suspended till his appeal is decided upon by a tribunal. Umar was handed the onematch suspension last week for a clothing breach in Pakistan’s domestic first-class tournament, the Quaid-eAzam Trophy. He had been reprimanded twice earlier for the same offence, before being given the ban, which was applicable to his very next game any official level of cricket - scheduled to be Friday’s T20. All through, Umar had pleaded not guilty to the charges. “Umar has advised PCB that he wishes to appeal against the ban,” the PCB said. “Since Umar has opted to appeal against the decision, hence as per the PCB’s regulations, the penalty of one match will remain suspended until the decision of appellate tribunal.” The PCB had found a flaw in procedure days after the team management was informed not to play him in the opening game of the New Zealand tour. It is understood that there is a procedure in place that requires a match referee to conduct a formal hearing in any case where the player pleads not guilty to the offence. However that procedure was not followed, with the match referee handing out the penalty and taking the signature of team manager without hearing out the player. He was officially found to have breached the PCB code of conduct for players, relating to “abuse of cricket equipment or clothing, ground equipment or fixtures and fittings during a match”.
Martin Agard (4 for 15)... From page 35 putting on 50 for the 5th wicket, but after Lyte fell for 28, Pearson found no other support and Raiders were bowled out for 98 in 22-Overs with Pearson left on 37 N.O. Martin Agard ended with 4 for 15 from 5-Overs and
Lance Gillard 3 for 16. Kimbia in response, did not encounter much problems and were able to make 99 for 4 in 18-Overs with Bevon Smith leading the way with 39 and Lance Gillard 23, while Peter Grant took 2 for 30 for Ebini Ranch Raiders.
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Trophy Stall supports GTTA National Championships Trophy Stall in Bourda Market has given support to Guyana’s Table Tennis Association (GTTA) ahead of its National Championship, which serves off tomorrow at the National Gymnasium and concludes on Monday at the same venue. “Proprietor of The Trophy Stall, Ramesh Sunich came on board to support the GTTA effort in hosting the flagship Championships,” the association said in a press release, adding that Trophy Stall has sponsored three of six categories.
Sunich indicated that he and his company are happy to partner with a sport that has been making the effort and doing fairly well in the international arena. “We are happy to be supporting the efforts of our table tennis talents in Guyana and the Guyana Table Tennis Association since the smaller sports need more support,” Sunich said. In addition, Sunich indicated that he is currently in discussion with the Executive Committee of the GTTA to partner for a junior project in February.
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Huth’s 83rd minute strike puts Foxes level with Arsenal
East Bank Demerara/Upper Demerara Association honours top league performers Jermain Defoe (front centre) celebrates one of his goals as he struck a hat-trick as Sunderland beat Swansea 4-2. (Getty Images)
Executives of the East Bank Demerara/Upper Demerara Association with prize winners and coach strike a pose. Danny Narayan copped the best batsman prize, while Ershad Ali was adjudged best bowler when the East Bank Demerara/Upper Demerara Cricket Association held their first awards ceremony recently. The East Bank Demerara/ Upper Demerara Association failed to win a match in the just concluded Cricket Guyana Inc. Local Franchise League, but the executives felt it was a great idea to get the players socially together and reward some of the outstanding performers at a simple ceremony held at the Sumintra Singh Players Pavilion at Farm Community Centre Ground. Danny Narayan scored an even century and accumulated 169 runs from 6 innings, while Lindener, Leonard Caleb with 106 runs from seven innings was also rewarded. Shivram Persaud with 87 runs from seven innings was given the trophy for the third highest aggregate. In the bowling department, the lanky Ershad Ali, who took 5 for 37, pocketed the best individual bowling performance trophy and
Shivram Persaud also received a prize. Bhojnarine Singh, a 15 year old and highly talented all-rounder, was deemed the Most Improved Player. In offering brief remarks, the President of the Association Anand Kalladeen urged the players to pick themselves up in the various departments and then they will do better as a team. Kalladeen said that the executives are looking for sponsors and grounds to have cricket played continuously on the East Bank of Demerara. The Chairman of the Herstelling/Little Diamond Sports Committee Lloyd Ramessar said he was happy to see cricket returning to the East Bank of Demerara especially at Farm adding that he will do his part to upgrade the facility. Coach of the East Bank Demerara/Upper Demerara Association Clive Grimmond pointed out that there are lots to be done but the social event for comradery among the guys is a good start”. The coach recognized that the league team had little preparation going into the compe-
tition but it is not an excuse for the performance and urged the players to see the bigger picture of being one step closer to the national team. The association’s first vice president Rohan Sarjoo told the players that discipline, attitude and self-belief are important to reach higher heights. Sarjoo said that the East Bank Demerara/Upper Demerara Association has retained the services of Coach Grimmond for 2016 and although the association is not doing well financially he will stand the cost for the services of the coach for the first and second months on the job of developing the cricket talents along the East Bank of Demerara and in Linden. Sarjoo noted that the association has a bowling machine that needs utilization and encouraged the players to make full use of it. The executives of the East Bank Demerara/Upper Demerara Association presented a thigh pad to Ershad Ali, a pair of batting pads to Stephan Browne and a pair of batting gloves to Danny Narayan to help with their cricket development.
Robert Huth (83) scored a late winner as Leicester beat Premier League top-four rivals Tottenham. The Foxes, who are now level on points with leaders Arsenal, looked like they were heading for a fourth league game without a goal until unmarked Huth headed home Christian Fuchs’ corner. Harry Kane had Spurs’ best chance when his effort was touched onto the bar by keeper Kasper Schmeichel. Foxes striker Jamie Vardy returned from groin surgery but had a quiet game. Allen’s late equaliser earn a point for Liverpool Substitute Joe Allen scored a 90th-minute equaliser to earn Liverpool a point against leaders Arsenal victory in a pulsating match at Anfield. Roberto Firmino (10’) gave the Reds the lead after Petr Cech parried Emre Can’s shot into his path before Aaron Ramsey (14’) levelled with a cool finish. Firmino’s (19’) 25-yard curler restored Liverpool’s lead but Giroud (25’) equalised again, touching in from a corner. Giroud’s (55’) shot on the turn gave Arsenal the lead before Allen volleyed in. Defoe scores hat-trick as Sunderland beat Swansea Jermain Defoe (3’, 61’, 85’) struck a hat-trick as Sunderland dragged 10-man Swansea closer to the bottom three in a game packed with refereeing controversy. Defoe pounced on Lukasz Fabianski’s mistake score, before Swansea equalised with Gylfi Sigurdsson’s (21’) penalty. Kyle Naughton was controversially sent off for a foul on Yann M’Vila but Andre Ayew (40’) put the Swans
ahead by half-time. Patrick van Aanholt’s (49’) deflected shot levelled and Defoe struck twice to secure a second successive league win. Stoke see off Norwich with three second half goals Stoke City moved up to seventh in the Premier League as three second-half goals saw off a Norwich side which played over an hour with 10 men. The game was goalless when Canaries midfielder Gary O’Neil saw red for needlessly clattering through the back of Ibrahim Afellay on the touchline. Stoke’s Jon Walters (49’) slid in the opener at the far post, only for Jonny Howson (55’) to level with a 20-yard half volley. Joselu’s (67’) low drive and Ryan Bennett’s (78’) headed own goal sealed the home win. Southhampton 2-0 Watford Goals from Shane Long (17’) and Dusan Tadic (73’) earned Southampton only their second league win in nine games as they saw off Watford at St Mary’s Stadium. The Saints were exceptional and outshone their inform visitors on a wet and cold night on the south coast. Long opened the scoring when he directed his header past Heurelho Gomes from a excellent Matt Targett delivery. Dusan Tadic made it 2-0, two minutes after coming on in the 73rd minute, when he fired in from eight yards. City fail to make ground after drawing with Everton Manchester City missed the chance to make up ground in the Premier League title race as they were held to a goalless draw by a stubborn Everton.
Manuel Pellegrini’s side dominated the second half, but were repeatedly denied by away keeper Tim Howard. It was a supreme defensive display from the Toffees, who had been the better attacking side in the first half. They also rode their luck, as City were denied a late penalty for a foul on Raheem Sterling by John Stones. For Everton, it is a point won - and a confidenceboosting one, following a run of seven games in which they have won just once. But it is two key points dropped for City and they remain three points behind joint league leaders Arsenal, held 3-3 by Liverpool, and Leicester, 1-0 winners at Tottenham. McClean’s late winner earn West Brom a share of the points James McClean’s (86’) late equaliser earned West Brom a share of the points as they refused to accept defeat at Chelsea. The Blues went ahead when Cesar Azpilicueta (20’) turned in fellow full-back Branislav Ivanovic’s low cross. Craig Gardner’s (33’) skimming low shot levelled, but it seemed Chelsea had done enough when Gareth McAuley (73’) prodded Willian’s low cross into his own net. But when the home defence failed to clear McClean made them pay with a pinpoint low shot into the corner. The Republic of Ireland international’s leveller was the final twist in an often ill-tempered game with Chelsea striker Diego Costa at the centre of several flashpoints, including a confrontation with several West Brom players after the final whistle.
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Leonora Primary Itwaru (73), Ayana (5-10) see No. 64 remains unbeaten in Fighting Marines through to play-offs GSL Minor League 10/10 2015 New Building Society Second Division 40-Over Cricket Competition in Berbice...
- Tucber Park and Young Warriors also advance In a match reduced to 20Overs-a-side due to rain, Jason Itwaru hit 73 (5 fours and 3 sixes) to help No. 64 Fighting Marines reach 183 for 5 against No. 59 in Zone M of the New Building Society Second Division 40-Over Cricket Competition in Berbice. No. 59 in replying, gave good chase with Rajin Persaud hitting 73 (2 fours and nine sixes) but with Marines offspinner Ramesh Ayana picking up 5 for 10 from 2-Overs at the end, they were bowled out for 171 in 19Overs scored. With this win No. 64 Fighting Marines ended their preliminaries tied with No. 48 Challengers but having the superior run rate, they earned the right to advance to the last 16 play-offs of the competition. Former Berbice Under-19 batsman Hakeem Hinds scored 67 (6 fours) to help Tucber Park to 184 for 7 in 40Overs against Fort Canje Warriors whose former Berbice allrounder Balram Samaroo gave them a fighting chance with a sensible 72 (5 fours and 2 sixes) but after he fell, the innings folded for 155 in 37.4 Overs. This win enabled Tucber Park to emerge as winners of Zone E and thus going forward to the play-offs. Also advancing was Young Warriors, who gained a walk over from Betsy
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Ground Strykers to emerge as winner of Zone F. Wayne Richards made 85 N.O(6 fours and 2 sixes) to steer Police to 242 for 8 in 30Overs and after that, Guyana Under-17 offspinner Kevin Sinclair took 6 for 6 from 4Overs to bowl out Canefield for a paltry 54 in their reply. Also scoring a half century was Jorm De Freitas of Guyana Eagles. In summarised scores: At No. 59, No. 64 Fighting Marines beat No. 59 by 13 runs. No. 64 Fighting Marines 183 for 5 in 20-Overs with Jason Itwaru 73 and NS Kumar Chand 26. No. 59 scored 171 in 19Overs with Rajin Persaud 73 and Ramesh Ayana 5 for 10.
At Cumberland, Tucber Park beat Fort Canje Warriors by 29 runs. Tucber Park 184 for 7 in 40-Overs with Hakeem Hinds 67, Linden Austin 2 for 18 and Royden Phil 2 for 45. Fort Canje Warriors 155 in 37.4 Overs with Balram Samaroo 73, Dion Sinclair 2 for 19 and Nial Smith 2 for 25. At Rose Hall in Canje, Police beat Canefield by 188 runs. Police 242 for 8 in 30Overs with Wayne Richards 85 N.O, Robert Barrington 44, Kevin Sinclair 25 and Vijay Balgobin 4 for 25. Canefield 54 in 18-Overs with Kevin Sinclair 5 for 6, Martin Singh 3 for 6 and Michael Campbelle 2 for 17. At Lochaber, Guyana Eagles beat Angoy’s Avenue
Achievers by 196 runs. Guyana Eagles 215 for 9 in 30-Overs with Jorm De Freitas 75, Kellon Henry 41, Mark Barker 3 for 35 and Jamal Rose 2 for 40. Angoy’s Avenue Achievers 109 in 21.4 Overs with Chris Sulker 33, Glendon De Cunha 27, Fiaz Latif 3 for 17, Michael West 2 for 2 and Andy Hidar 2 for 17. At No. 48, No. 48 Challengers beat No. 43 Scorpion by 110 runs. No. 48 Challengers 184 in 22.4 Overs with Monesh Kalu 44, Balram Persaud 30, Satesh Baldeo 2 for 38 and Devin Singh 2 for 50. No. 43 Scorpion 84 in 16.5 Overs with Balram Samaroo 2 for 14 and Balram Persaud 2 for 16.
The Minor league 10/10 organized by the Guyana Softball League, sponsored by Rohan Furniture Establishment and Parbhu’s General Store, saw two tournament matches and one exhibition match involving teachers from the various schools competing in front of a fair size crowd from all the schools and areas represented with Leonora Primary School remaining unbeaten in the tournament. The first match saw Leonora Primary taking on Windsor Forest Primary and the match see- sawed back and forth in a low scoring affair. Windsor Forest taking first strike and making their first appearance in the
ZURICH (Reuters) World football body FIFA said on Wednesday it had fired Secretary General Jerome Valcke, a move that comes amid alleged corruption involving World Cup ticket sales and a number of swirling scandals at the sport’s governing authority “The FIFA Emergency Committee decided, on 9 January 2016, to dismiss Jerome Valcke from the position of FIFA Secretary General with immediate effect,” the Zurich-based organisation said in a statement. It gave no reason for the dismissal but Valcke’s lawyer in New York, Barry Berke, was defiant on behalf of his client. “Jerome Valcke is proud of all that was accomplished for
the game of football during his long tenure as Secretary General, including two of the most successful World Cups in history in South Africa and Brazil,” he said. “He remains confident that he will be fully vindicated and history will recognise all of his contributions to the sport he loves.” Valcke was once one of the most powerful men in FIFA and responsible for ensuring that preparations for the last two World Cups, in South Africa and Brazil, were completed in time. An ethics investigation into the case recommended a nine-year ban for the Frenchman, former right-hand man to FIFA President Sepp Blatter who himself has been banned
for eight years. Last week FIFA’s ethics judges announced they had opened formal proceedings against Valcke, who has denied wrongdoing in the past. Valcke was placed on leave by FIFA in September following the allegations and initially suspended for 90 days in October when the ethics committee started its investigation. That suspension was extended for another 45 days last week and a ban from all football activities remains in effect. The secretary general’s duties will continue to be carried out by Acting Secretary General Markus Kattner, FIFA said. Valcke has now been sacked twice
by FIFA. He joined the organisation in 2003 as marketing director but was fired in December 2006 for his part in botched sponsorship negotiations with credit card firms MasterCard Inc and Visa Inc. His case has been overshadowed by the turmoil which has engulfed FIFA in
the last year, with criminal investigations into the sport in both the United States and Switzerland. Altogether, 41 people and sports entities, including top FIFA officials, have been indicted by U.S. prosecutors for offences including corruption, fraud and money laundering.
Tushen celebrates a wicket as skipper Ezekiel Renee strikes.
Scandal-plagued FIFA dumps its once-powerful secretary general
tournament, made 54 all out in 6.5 overs with Hemchand Bisnauth top scoring with 14 (1x4). Vicky Singh with 3-12 from 2 overs and Shahid Veira with 2-4 were the top bowlers for Leonora Primary. In their turn at the crease, Leonora Primary replied with 56-2 in 4 overs, Skipper Aryan Persaud making 26 (2x6; 1x4) not out, guided his team to victory. Sachin Balgobin with 2-5 was the pick of the bowlers. In the second match, Tuschen defeated Windsor Forest by 8 wickets to record their first victory in the tournament. Windsor Forest batted first and made 42-6 in 10 overs with Julius Williams top scoring with 19 not out. Trevlange Chichester 2-5 was the pick of the bowlers. Tuschen in reply raced to 463 in 6 overs with Captain Ezekiel Renee leading the way with 18 not out and supported by Trevlange Chichester 12 not out putting in a good all round performance. In the exhibition match, Leonora Primary teachers triumph by 6 wickets as Tuschen batting first rattled up 61-6 in 10 overs and Leonora Primary replied with 63-2 in 4 overs. Meanwhile, the tournament continues this weekend with several teams making their first appearance.
GCA competitions resume this weekend
The Georgetown Cricket Association (GCA) will resume their first and second division tournaments this weekend. In the Trophy Stall/GISC and Star Party Rentals first division two-day, which starts at 09:30 hrs on Saturday, Georgetown Cricket Club will host Transport Sports Club (Cyril
Garnath and Pritipaul George) and Demerara Cricket Club will be at home to GNIC SC (Javed Persaud and Hortence Isaacs). In the New Building Society second division 40-over at 10:30 hrs on Saturday, Malteenoes SC will entertain University of Guyana (Zaheer Mohamed and Reginald Grant), while on Sunday at the said venue Muslim Youth Organisation will play UG (Abena Parker and Ragushwar Latif).
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GSL launches Essequibo 10/10 Escape artist Serena will struggle to match 2015 feats - Chris Evert challenge cup this Saturday Four top Essequibo teams to clash The Guyana Softball League in collaboration with the Essequibo Softball League will launch the Essequibo Challenge Cup this Saturday 16th January, 2016 under lights. The tournament is part of the 10/10 format which the GSL will take around the country and will be known as the Challenge series. Six matches are slated for Essequibo and will see two female teams clashing in the first encounter, while two maters teams will battle in the second match. The evening will have four of Essequibo Top Teams playing against each other in the open category for a grand prize and trophies. The last match of the evening will see West Coast taking on a strong Essequibo team for a monetary prize. The Open teams will have the cream of Essequibo Softball Players representing the entire coastal area. The two female teams will be from the Pomeroon area and both teams have a history of grudge matches played with the series tied at 3-3 and this will break that deadlock. The Masters teams will have the players that have represented the Essequibo in the past battling for pride as both teams, which have players of great talent, will look to be in
the winning row. Additionally there will be more entertainment as Chow Pow, Granny Ivelaw, Shorty and others invade Essequibo to show the spectators some of their talent. The music will be in the hands of Dee jays from Slingers, Chinee Assassin and 71 sounds. The one ball manto will be introduced to Essequibians and the spectators will have a chance to compete against each other in the action packed day and night event. There will also be ring games, Trampoline and merry go around for the family and other attractions as the organizers intend to give the Essequibians a once in a lifetime show. The trophies for this event are beautifully carved specially for this series and will be on display at each event. There will be added prizes for the spectators to win. Meanwhile, the area that brings out the biggest crowd will be rewarded with the quarter finals after all the areas have been completed. The buzz around Essequibo has been heartening and all Essequibians are asked to support the event. The next stop in the 10/10 Challenge series will be East Coast and they are asked to prepare for this as the show moves from area to area.
Serena Williams of the U.S. holds her trophy while flanked by tennis greats Martina Navratilova (L) and Chris Evert after Williams defeated Caroline Wozniacki of Denmark in their women’s singles finals match at the 2014 U.S. Open. (Reuters/Mike Segar)
Farfan & Mendes maintains relationship with RHTY&SC U-15 team Nineteen years and counting, agricultural tool giants, Farfan and Mendes Ltd. is maintaining its support of the Rose Hall Town Youth and Sports Club Under-15 cricket team branded Farfan & Mendes, the investment worth $240,000. Branch manager at its Urquart Street location, Mr. Lawrence Mingo, handed over the sponsorship cheque to the club’s Executive and member of its Cricket Development Committee, Mr. Mark Papannah, earlier this week. Papannah stated that the company has been sponsoring the RHT Farfan and Mendes team since 1997 and over that period of time it has won four Berbice tournaments and is waiting to contest another final, the 2015 Tenelec tournament, against Blairmont. The team have produced over 20 national junior players for Guyana including Assad and Abdel Fudadin, Royston Crandon, Shawn Perriera, Murphy LaRose, Kevlon Anderson, Junior Sinclair and Plaffina Millington and a total of 72 for Berbice. The club, Papannah stated, also won four Guyana Club of the Year awards during the course of Farfan & Mendes’ sponsorship, while the members of the Farfan and Mendes Under-15 team have also completed over 600
Ms. Novella Perriera, Cashier at Farfan and Mendes Ltd. presents the cheque to Mark Papannah of RHTY&SC. personal/community outreach programmes under the name of the sponsorship since 1997. Club Secretary/CEO Hilbert Foster in an invited comment, noted that the sponsorship of the U-15 team is unique and special as it is on the verge of 20 years, a period unheard of in the sponsorship of sports in Guyana. Foster attributes this to an unmatched record of maintaining the trust and support of sponsors based on the club’s activities and achievements along with its honesty, hard work, visionary leadership and remarkable record of
fulfilling its commitments. Special mention was made of Mrs. June Mendes, Amanda Richards, Andrew Mendes, Mrs. Barker and Onai Vasconcellos of the company for their cooperation over the years. Farfan and Mendes every year also co-sponsor a number of other club programmes. Marketing Executive of the Company, Onai Vasconcellos stated it was a special privilege to be associated with Guyana’s leading youth and sports organization and stated that the Farfan and Mendes Ltd logo and brand has been well represented over the years by the
Under 15 team. He congratulated the club on the announcement of its national award and expressed confidence that they would uphold the high standards it has set itself over the years. The RHT Farfan and Mendes Under-15 team in 2016 would be captained by Chanderpaul Govinda with Vijay Gopilall as his deputy, while Collis Butts will be the coach. The team would also be involved in 40 personal/community programmes including the construction of a 16 feet x 40 feet concrete cricket pitch in the Area ‘H’ ground.
LONDON (Reuters) Serena Williams must stop giving opponents head starts if she is to come anywhere near emulating last season’s feat of winning three of the year’s four grand slams, according to former world number one Chris Evert. Williams, 34, has hardly struck a ball in anger since a shock semi-final defeat by Italian Roberta Vinci at last year’s U.S. Open dashed hopes of a rare calendar year grand slam. The American will begin as favourite for next week’s Australian Open, despite slight concerns over a niggling knee injury, but Evert believes she cannot afford the slow starts to matches that were a feature of 2015. Despite compiling a 53-3 win-loss record last year, she often found herself behind in matches. At the French Open she fought back from losing the opening set four times on her way to the title while at Wimbledon, where she went on to claim her 21st grand slam crown, she flirted with a fourth-round defeat by Briton Heather Watson. “There’s so many matches in the first set she played like listless tennis, lethargic, like she was going through the motions with no energy,” Evert, who will be commentating for U.S. broadcaster ESPN at the Australian Open, said in a conference call. “She’d get it when she got mad in the second set. She would finally pull these matches out. I would like to see her start out from the first point and play some motiva-
tional tennis, then I think she won’t put herself in those dangerous positions. “She can’t have another year like she had last year. She narrowly escaped so many matches, down a set, down a set and a break. It can’t happen again like that. That would be like immortal for that to happen,” Evert added. Williams, who beat Russian Maria Sharapova to win last year’s Australian Open, decided to call time on her season after losing to Vinci. While she is used to lengthy breaks as she manages her schedule, Evert says Williams will find it increasingly tough to keep the chasing pack at bay, particularly the likes of a rejuvenated Victoria Azarenka. The Belarus player, twice an Australian Open champion, breezed to the Brisbane title last week without losing a set and appears to be benefitting from some time off towards the end of last year when she worked on her movement. Evert says the world number 16 will be one of the chief threats to Williams in Melbourne. “I think she’s a player we should be talking about and focusing on right now,” Evert said. “She certainly loves Australia. She’s won it twice. She definitely last year played really well, but kept bumping into Serena. She challenged her more than any other player. “She’s got to be one of the two or three favourites for winning the Australian Open. I always thought she has a champions’ mentality.”
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West Indies announces female squad for South Africa and ICC T20 series T. JOHN’S, Antigua – The Selection Panel of the West Indies Cricket Board has announced a 15-member squad for the Tour of South Africa from February 12 to March 10, and the ICC Women’s World Twenty20 Tournament from March 15 to April 3 in India. The squad reads; Stafanie Taylor (Captain), Shakera Selman (Vice Captain), Merissa Aguilleira, Shemaine Campbelle, Shamilia Connell, Britney Cooper, Deandra Dottin, Afy Fletcher, Stacy-Ann King, Kycia Knight, Kyshona Knight, Hayley Matthews, Anisa Mohammed, Shaquana Quintyne and Tremayne Smartt. Team Management UnitVasbert Drakes (Head Coach), Ann Browne-John (Team Operations Manager), Ezra Moseley (Assistant Coach), Oba Gulston (Physiotherapist), Hector Martinez-Charles (Fitness Trainer) and Trent Sargeant (Data Analyst). The team has worked hard over the last year and the Selection Panel is very happy with the combination and the work that the players and
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management has put in,” said WICB selector Courtney Browne. “They have made good progress and this squad has a lot of variety with a number of quality allrounders that should serve the team well throughout the period they will be travelling.” Browne said: “To highlight a few players – Stafanie Taylor has taken up the captaincy and has maintained her high performance standards and we are very happy to see this. “Former captain Merissa Aguilleira made good progress during the past series against Pakistan Women and has added value to the team with her batting, and Hayley Matthews is a young, exciting prospect as an all-rounder, so we are quite satisfied with how the team has progressed over the last year.” The 15-member squad, plus five reserve players, will be part of a training camp from January 28 to February 8 at the West Indies High Performance Centre in Barbados. The five reserve players are: Leeann Kirby, Natasha McLean,
Chedean Nation, Karishma Ramharack and Vanessa Watts. In addition to the on-field training programme, the players will also undergo mental skills and media training before the touring party departs for South Africa on February 9 and 10. On arrival in South Africa, they will continue their preparation from February 12 to 19 in Port Elizabeth with a one-week training camp that also includes a practice match against Eastern Province Women before playing the home team in three ICC Women’s Championship One-day and Twenty20 Internationals. Following the trip to South Africa, the team flies directly to the ICC Women’s World Twenty20, where they have been drawn in Group “B”. They will face Pakistan Women, Bangladesh Women, England Women and hosts India Women in the group stage, looking to reach the semi-finals which are carded on Wednesday, March 30, at the Feroz Shah Kotla Stadium in Delhi and Thursday, March 31, at
the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai. The Final is on Sunday, April 3 at Eden Gardens in Kolkata. Fixtures – February: Mon 22: Eastern Province Women vs West Indian Women – University of Fort Hare, Alice. Wed 24: 1st ICC Women’s Championship One-day International – Buffalo Park Cricket Stadium, East London Sat 27: 2nd ICC Women’s Championship One-day International – Buffalo Park Cricket Stadium, East London Mon 29: 3rd ICC Women’s Championship One-day International – Buffalo Park Cricket Stadium, East London March F r i 4 : 1 s t Tw e n t y 2 0 International Sahara Stadium Kingsmead, Durban S u n 6 : 2 n d Tw e n t y 2 0 International – Bidvest Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg We d 9 : 3 r d Tw e n t y 2 0 International - PPC Newlands, Cape Town ICC Women’s World Twenty20
Group “B” Matches Wed 16: West Indies Women vs Pakistan Women – Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai Sun 20: West Indies Women vs B a n g l a d e s h Wo m e n – Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai Thu 24: England Women vs West Indies Women – HPCA Stadium, Dharamsala Sun 27: West Indies Women vs India Women – PCA Stadium, Mohali
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Crandon hits 68 in heart-breaking loss as Shillingford blasts Volcanoes into semis
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n a match of fluctuating fortunes, the Windwards Volcanoes beat the Guyana Jaguars by two wickets in a heart-breaking last over win in the fourth round of the NAGICO Super50 match at Warner Park last evening in St Kitts to provide the Volcanoes (14 points) with a spot in the semis in Trinidad. With eight to win from the final over, Shane Shillingford clobbered Royston Crandon out of the ground before smashing him for four as the Volcanoes won with three balls to spare in spectacular fashion. The 32-year-old Crandon, who scored a debut century against the Windwards in Grenada in 2007, played responsibly as he spearheaded the Jaguars to 209-9 in 50 overs with a fighting 68, his second 50-over halfcentury. The Berbician shared in three important partnerships, adding 45 with Steven Jacobs (27) for the seventh wicket, 46 with Veerasammy Permaul (12) for the eighth and 65 from 57 balls with Paul Wintz (38*) for the ninth to rescue the Jaguars from a precarious position of 25-5. Mervin Matthews (2-31), Kyle Mayers (2-44) and Shane Shillingford (2-22) bowled well for the Volcanoes, who responded with 210 off 49.3 overs. Sunil Ambris (56) and Liam Sebastien (27) shared in a half-century stand before Shillingford (21) and
Royston Crandon.Photo by WICB Media Ashley Allen,Paul Wintz (flickr.com)
Keron Cottoy (23) snatched victory from the jaws of defeat with explosive
hitting to put together 54 in last 24 balls of a thrilling contest. Veerasammy Permaul (2-26), Wintz (2-16) and Crandon (2-26) were the most successful Jaguars’ bowlers before two sixes in the 48 over bowled by Crandon and cost 17 reduced the target to eight from six balls. This was after the penultimate over was bowled by Raymon Refier and cost 10 runs. Shillingford clobbered Crandon out of the ground before smashing him for four in the last over to condemn the Jaguars to their second heart-breaking loss in the competition following their one-run defeat to the same team on D/L system in the opening round. The Jaguars were asked to bat on a good track in scorching heat and began in horrendous fashion when Assad Fudadin, Guyana’s leading batsman in the tournament, was caught by Tyrone Theophile, looking to steer Matthew before they had scored. Matthew also removed Anthony Bramble at 7-2 and when Guyana’s most experienced batsman Shiv Chanderpaul was caught off Mayers for three the Jaguars were in dire straits at 7-3. With Matthew and Mayers getting prodigious movement, Vishaul Singh (5) was trapped leg-before as he tried to work a full ball to the leg side off a pumped up Myers, with Guyana on 164. Reifer (3) was yorked by Johnson (Continued on page 29) th
Crawford retained as DCUSA President S
hannon Crawford was re-elected unopposed as the President of the Demerara Cricket Umpire and Scorers Association (DCUSA) when the entity held its Annual General Meeting on Sunday at Lusignan Community Centre, East Coast Demerara. Nigel Duguid returned un-opposed as the Vice President, Nolan Hawke Secretary, Edward Nicholls Treasurer, Arleigh Rutherford Assistant Secretary Treasurer and Zaheer Mohamed Public Relations Officer. The committee members are Gyananand Sookdeo, Nandkumar Shivsankar, Javed Persaud and Joseph Jeffery. Speaking after the elections, Crawford thanked the respective sub associations for their confidence and urged the executive to work together for the development of the association. He stressed the need for fund raising activities. Crawford stated that the DCUSA will assist Upper
Members of the DCUSA executive sitting from left Gyananand Sookdeo, Pres. Shannon Crawford, Nolan Hawke and Edward Nicholls. Standing from left are Javed Persaud, Joseph Jeffery, Arleigh Rutherford and Zaheer Mohamed. Demerara Association in strengthening their association and will conduct training for umpires in the area. He stated that the DCUSA will advise the Guyana Cricket Umpires Council to apply to the National Sports Commission for funding through sub-vention and the issue of umpires being
released to officiate is looked at in the national sports policy. The president explained that training sessions will continue and he will host a work shop for umpires on Friday at 14:00 hrs at the Mayor and City Council union building at Woolford Avenue; the seminar is open to all umpires.
Red Force roll past Jamaica Scorpions
He took the opportunity to congratulate Duguid on his selection to officiate in the ICC U19 world cup in Bangladesh. He thanked director of sport Christopher Jones for his assistance in 2015 and do look forward to his continued support as well as East Coast Demerara Cricket Umpires Association for hosting the meeting.
Red Force opening batsman Evin Lewis pulls for a boundary against the Jamaica Scorpions (PHOTO:WICB)
(ttcb.co.tt) The Trinidad and Tobago Red Force stayed unbeaten in the NAGICO Super50 tournament with a comfortable seven wicket win over Jamaica Scorpions at Shaw Park, Tobago. Man-of-the-Match, Evin Lewis stroked an unbeaten 102 before cramps force him to retire hurt as the Red Force closed on 177 for three from 38.5 overs to clinch victory, after Jamaica were dismissed for 176 from 47.4 overs. Off-spinners Jon Russ Jaggesar and Narsingh Deonarine did the damage, taking four for 32 and three for 34 respectively for the hosts. The youthful and relatively inexperienced Red Force squad continues to repay the faith invested by the national selectors with a series of impressive performances. Guyanese import Deonarine who was acquired by the Red Force in a trade with the Leeward Islands Hurricanes dismantled the Jamaican top order. He accounted for Scorpions captain John Campbell (17), Jermaine Blackwood (10) and Andre McCarthy (6). Jaggesar playing in only his third List A match for the Red Force continued to perform like a veteran, making easy work of the tourists’ lower order. The 29-year-old ensured that there was no rearguard fight back by the Jamaicans with an expert spell of spin bowling. He capped off an outstanding performance in the field by running out Devon Thomas who top scored with 70 runs for the visitors. Opening batsman Lewis then blasted the Red Force to victory with his maiden List A hundred. His century came off 100 balls and featured eight boundaries and six towering sixes. Kyle Hope was the perfect foil to Lewis’ aggression and was eventually dismissed for 43, caught by Damion Jacobs off McCarthy’s bowling, leaving it to Yannick Ottley (10 not out) and Deonarine (8 not out) to see the Red Force to victory. In other NAGICO 50 results: Barbados beat ICC Americas by 4 wickets. Barbados 206/6 in 36.3ovrs with K. Brathwaite 86*, Roston Chase 1*, Shane Dowrich 40 replying to ICC Americas 202. Carter 9.4-0-37-4 was the best bowler for the Bajans. Result: Barbados win by 4 wickets. Leewards beat Combined Campuses by 14 runs. Combined Campuses 228/10 49.1ovrs. Bonner 79 M. Hodge 66 Jeffers 32 Hamilton 19*. Deyal 6 o 3/32. Hinds 10 o 2/46. Leewards 242/8: Mohan 79, Walton 39. Cornwall 9.1 o 4/21. Cruickshank 6 overs 3/28. Result: Leewards win by 14 runs! MOM: Nkrumah Bonner.
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Scotia Bank renews relationship with RHTY&SC for another year
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he Bank of Nova Scotia has renewed for another year, its partnership with the Rose Hall Town Youth and Sports Club (RHTY&SC). Executive Mark Papannah earlier this week received a cheque from the Bank’s Marketing Executive Ms. Jennifer Cipriani valued $365,000. The sponsorship covers support for the club’s annual Youth Review Magazine, Tribute to Teachers, Inter School Essay Competition and Annual Awards Ceremony. Papannah, in remarks observed that the club last year completed a record of 302 programmes/activities for its Silver Jubilee anniversary year and has committed itself to completing 300 programmes for 2016 under the sub-heading of sports, education, charity, awards/honours, religious, jobs among others. Scotia Bank over the past six years has become a major sponsor of the RHTY&SC and Papannah hailed the Bank for its support. The club’s executive has expressed gratitude to Cipriani and Scotia Bank for being one of the foundation pillars of its success over the years. Secretary/CEO Hilbert Foster disclosed that special emphasis would be placed on the promotion of sports and education in 2016 along with making sure that deserving Berbicians are honoured for their
contribution to the development of the ancient county and Guyana. The Tribute to Teachers programme would see 10 teachers in the Lower Corentyne area being recognized while the essay competition would be opened to all schools across Berbice with the topic related to Guyana’s 50th Independence Anniversary celebrations. Foster further disclosed that the club’s 2016 Youth Review Magazine would be a special edition as it would focus mainly on the club’s Silver Jubilee celebrations last year. The announcement of the Medal of Service award has renewed the passion of the club’s executives and members and they are working hard to achieve the projected target of 300 programmes/activities by midOctober. Scotia Bank Marketing Executive Jennifer Cipriani stated that the Bank was proud to be associated with the RHTY&SC, an organization which has a remarkable history of achievements. The bank strongly believes in investing in youths, education and sports as part of its corporate responsibilities and hailed the club as a role model organisation which gets things done to the satisfaction of sponsors. Cipriani congratulated the club on its Medal of Service award and urged its executives to redouble their commitment to always strive in pursuit of excellence.
Scotia Bank Marketing Executive, Ms. Jennifer Cipriani hands over cheque to RHTY&SC’s Executive, Mark Papannah.
BCB/NSC/Berbice River Cricket Association second division cricket competition...
Martin Agard (4 for 15) bowls Kimbia into the finals Kimbia beat Ebini Ranch Raiders in their final preliminary match of the Berbice River Second Division 40-Over Cricket Competition to end up as runners-up to Friendship Youngsters thus earning the right to meet with them in the
final of the competition. This competition to promote the game in the area, was organised by the Berbice Cricket Board with balls provided by National Sports Commission. In the match which was played at the Ebini Ranch
Raiders ground, the host choosing to bat first, ran up against Kimbia’s opening pacer Martin Agard who took the first 4 wickets in quick time to have them 24 for 4. Irving Lyte and Andrew Pearson stopped the slide by (Continued on page 29)
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SECRETARY GENERAL File photo of FIFA Secretary General Jerome Valcke addressing a news conference after a meeting of the FIFA executive committee in Zurich September 26, 2014. (Reuters/Arnd Wiegmann)
Proprietor of Trophy Stall, Ramesh Sunich (left) hands over one of the trophies to President of GTTA, Godfrey Munroe.
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Robert Huth (right) scored a late winner as Leicester beat Premier League top-four rivals Tottenham. (Reuters)
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