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EDITORIAL
IT MUST BE FIXED NOW It cannot be ignored any longer. Homelessness has become a major problem in Guyana. A walk around Georgetown should be relaxing, if one ignores the traffic, but traffic is an issue in just about every city in the world. Being in the heart of the city, it is possible to drift off into a locality where all is well with the sophistication of technology in the 21st century. All around the city are beautiful structures designed for a modern ,attractive city in which all can be proud. But then that image disappears in a flash as stench drifts insolently from the pavements and gutters as some poor souls who do not have a place of their own, lie comfortably in broad daylight on pieces of cardboard, either asleep or pretending to be. These unfortunate individuals have found themselves in a situation that is shocking and could happen to anyone. It is humiliation of the worst kind. Whether they are alcoholics or are addicted to drugs, and regardless of what has caused them to descend into the depths of poverty, be it some innate weakness or perverse tendency to self-destruct, we the fortunate should not cast them aside. The speed with which this tragedy can unfold is beyond imagination. Many of the homeless can be seen wandering the streets, rummaging through garbage bins for food. They have little or no idea of the time of day or what is occurring around them. Many are oblivious to reality. We see it in films where the homeless become somebody. But in films they probably would get help from someone. In real life, society is short of heroes. Many are afraid or disdainful of the homeless. They see them as distasteful, filthy, weird and irrational. But if we find ourselves in the same situation, would we be the rational people we like to think of ourselves as? Our Capital City is in a very bad state in terms of the amount of homeless people and beggars. The destitute among us eat, sleep, urinate and defecate on the pavements and in alleyways, and that has become a living hell for businesses. People also sell food and snacks in the vicinity which is unclean. Some even sit and eat while enduring the stench. With respect to its impact on visitors and tourists, one can only imagine. Neither the City nor the government seems capable of solving the problem. And the government at one time had seemed more content to spend hundreds of millions of dollars on celebrations and other peripheral activities, while paying scant regard to the issue of homelessness. We are not sure if there currently is a comprehensive plan to effectively address this ever-growing dilemma. There needs to be a robust strategy to address the plight of the homeless and to eradicate the begging syndrome which has become increasingly disturbing. True leaders will put others before themselves because of their love and concern for their people. Those in authority need to come down from their lofty perches and face these issues frontally. The government must display the willingness to ensure that the homeless are not abandoned. Many are perishing slowly in poverty. We cannot accept the notion that the homeless prefer to live in the streets rather than in a house or a shelter. We must treat the issue of homelessness with utmost importance, since many of the dispossessed or destitute are afflicted by some type of psychological or mental illness ranging from clinical depression, schizophrenia to bipolar disorders. We have a major problem on our hands. It must be fixed now.
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Serious disparities in the performance of hinterland and urban students DEAR EDITOR, I listened quite attentively to the live broadcast and read the news reports that covered the National Grade Six Assessment (NGSA) results 2017 and it dawned on me that the gap between the students of the urban and hinterland regions needs addressing urgently. Before continuing, I would like to congratulate the students and teachers that gave of their best and were successful. Without going into the details of the results, it must be alarming to know that for the Hinterland - Regions 1, 7, 8, and 9, only three (3) students attained places at the top 5 secondary schools. It would be interesting to note the total number of students that sat the exams from these regions.
This tells a story that needs addressing on many fronts but I would like to focus on the effect this level of performance will have on the people of these regions as a collective. It must be noted that this pathetic outcome has been taking place over an extended period of time. It is not a new trend. The hinterland is endowed with natural resources and inhabited predominantly by the First Peoples of this country that many studies suggest are the most economically challenged, lack access to proper medical care and affected by a gamut of social issues that all factor in to have them in a state of poverty. Education is the tool that must be invested in to propel the inhabitants of these re-
gions in order for them to shape their own destiny. This will call for families and community leaders making demands on the policy makers to get it right. We live in a dynamic world where complex issues are discussed that affect the livelihoods of our people and all must be involved. Development must not take place in a vacuum where only a few are in the know and so benefit. We have seen in recent times the negative effects where agreements were inked without taking into considerations the welfare of the people – both government and multinational private companies. Our future engineers, lawyers, agricultural specialist and other technical personnel must be the outputs of our educational system.
As it stands now it will be an uphill battle that can be achieved once we as a people are determined to make it happen. I call on the National Toshaos’ Council, the Indigenous Peoples Commission and other Non-Governmental Organizations to form partnerships that will work towards achieving better educated Indigenous communities otherwise we will be doomed to a state of perpetual poverty. Lobbying must be made by hinterland residents on the system to demand what is a right. It is vitally important that steps are taken urgently to address this slide. I will end with a quote from Eric Allenbaugh, “If you don’t take charge of shaping your own destiny, others will apply their agenda to you” Dexter Glasgow
Justice system should seek to reform not punish prisoners DEAR EDITOR, I think we should all look at the recent disastrous destruction of the Camp Street prison and subsequent escape of convicts, as we human beings should always view any problem that we encounter in our lives, with a deep examination of the conditions and events that may have been the real cause of this fiasco. I have always posited that the system by which criminals are incarcerated for some wrongdoing should be one more geared towards the purpose of reform of these un-
fortunate members of our society, rather than punishment. We must realise that criminals are a product of our own society, and together we have an obligation to attempt getting them back on the path to becoming useful and successful members of this society. The connection I make with this and the destruction of the prison is that the present culture of punishment of wrongdoers must say to all those involved in their incarceration that their duty lies in making this as drastic as possible.
This approach must surely result in inmates becoming more and more aggrieved and desperate to escape at all costs, as well as more hardened in their evil ways. This may be seen as in sharp contrast to a situation where they are treated humanely and can clearly see that they are being taken on the road to reform into useful citizens, and treated as potential contributors to our development. If we, who feel that we are above these unfortunates, lack the will and the ability to implement this system of re-
form, then we will have to suffer the consequences in more unrest in these institutions, and the absence of more and more citizens to help in our nation’s progress and, at the same time, effecting a drain on our scarce resources with much needed funds going towards their upkeep and supervision, as well as continuing the grave risk of disasters like this one. Please let us use our inborn feelings for our fellowmen and this recent debacle to start on the road to this vital reform in our penal system. Roy Paul
The PPP and its affiliate, GAWU destroyed the sugar union DEAR EDITOR, Over the past few months, we saw for the first time since 1992 real-time representation being given to sugar workers. Between the years 1992-2015, we saw a sleeping PPP and GAWU killing the sugar industry, be it by fooling the workers or by not representing them and mismanagement of Guysuco. I was amazed on July 9th, 2017, when I was watching a PPP propaganda program on LRTVS called “In perspective” hosted by PPP’s MP Zulikar Mustapha. This man dictates what he wants to hear from the callers. He disconnects callers that tell him the truth. Well, the man may be doing that to protect himself because of the lies he has been peddling amongst Berbicians and sugar workers. Firstly, this MP needs to educate himself, the leader of
the PPP and fellow MPs, because the sugar industry will not be closing down. The PPP has been spreading the lies amongst sugar workers and their families that the APNU+AFC government will be closing down the sugar industry by the end of 2017. There will be a few estates closed so as to make Guysuco and the sugar industry profitable again. It is really a sad thing to see the manner in which the PPP and its associates are lying to the workers - that the Industry will be closed. Readers, we need to understand that it is the PPP and GAWU that brought the industry to this state. T hey are the ones that failed the workers since 1992. Between 1992 to May 2015 let GAWU (which is an arm of the PPP) tell the nation and the sugar workers, how many strikes did they call? GAWU
must tell us, why they sold the rights of sugar workers during those years? The PPP is so mischievous and wicked that they are using the sugar workers for their personal gain in politics. The MP on his program said that the PPP never closed any estate during their time. Well this MP’s memory is failing him or he has set out to lie because, under the dictatorship of Bharrat Jagdeo, the doors of Diamond and LBI Estates were closed. During that time GAWU never called out workers to protest. GAWU did not fight for those workers. Today GAWU is barefacedly telling the sugar workers it cares. Hell no! GAWU only cares about its union dues every week, even if the poor worker is employed for one day. The PPP knew that the Industry would one day fall to its
knees, because they were mismanaging its affairs. They knew of the cut in sugar prices. They knew that the industry was running at a loss. But, did they attempt to start a diversification program in the late 1990’s and early 2000 that would have seen the survival of the industry? They took billions upon billions of dollars and built a factory at Skeldon and call it the Skeldon modernization project. They told the nation that this project would see the turnaround in the sugar industry and that electricity would be generated there also. They fooled the people of this nation, as they have been doing since 1992. How can you modernise something for the future that has no future? The PPP was playing games with the Continued on page 6
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Stop jailing persons for minor offences Commemorating events like these is important to future generations DEAR EDITOR, With regards to the recent prison fire catastrophe - most people are stifling their conscience because of political slant, or sheer stupidity. These keyboard Generals are not putting Guyana first. They do not have a clue about the criminal mind. While the prison officials plan ways to keep the prisoners in when they are at work, these inmates work at it 24 hours a day, all year round. It is my opinion that it is the flawed judicial system that has caused this. Justice delayed is justice denied. When this phenomenon manifests its ugly head, frustration and desperation set in. These criminals have no option than to do what they did. On the other hand, these are convicts and MUST be treated as such. I have absolutely no compassion for their demise. What started in the prison on Sunday 9th July 2017 was no secret to the other prisoners. So by complicity, they are all guilty due to collusion. I am sure some of them could have alerted the authorities to the impending catastrophe. Then there are the greedy lawyers, who just show up and get postpone-
ments for more fees. The incompetent police on the other hand are never ready to proceed, whilst the Magistrates and Judges allow this to continue. So in reality the causes are not isolated, but are linked to each other. Fix the system and stop imprisoning persons for minor bailable offenses. Prison is a place that contaminates, not a place to rehabilitate humans. Get the system right, and it will ease the overcrowding and bitterness. Get the police sleuths to be efficient or dismiss them. No more than three adjournments must be allowed. Why charge someone and you are not ready to proceed? It is a very complex situation. Solutions are there if the authorities have the testicular fortitude to do and get it right. After a trial and a person is judged guilty by 12 of their peers and a judge has announced the death sentences; let the sentence be carried out quickly! You get caught with an unlicensed firearm; let the bidding start at 20 years hard labor. Small amounts of marijuana should be a fine, not mandatory jail time. A Most Concerned Guyanese
Disappointment with and questions for GTT DEAR EDITOR, As a subscriber to GTT, I was in the middle of research via my mobile device on the late afternoon of Saturday, July 8, 2017, when all of a sudden I realised that I no longer had internet access which was a total shock. I vividly remember opting for a social plan which was sent via a message from GTT at 1:23pm and it was an unlimited offer for a day plan of 24 hrs which would have expired sometime the day after. I responded to the plan by dialing “1” and got a confirmation message at 4:05pm. The offer said I had 15 minutes or an hour to respond. After making some enquiries from the operators, I was informed that I hadn’t
sufficient funds at the time I took the offer. I fully accept the explanation given but I could never understand GTT sending a confirmation message after I opted for their offer. If indeed anyone who does not have sufficient funds to activate an offer, aren’t they supposed to receive a message saying that you don’t have enough or sufficient funds to access the offer? I got a confirmation message. I attach a photo image of the social plan offer and the confirmation message I received from GTT. I am not at war with you, GTT but please educate me further. Are your promotion offers a scam? Trevor Pemberton
Finally, the rebirth of the Ethnic Relations The names nominated Commission represent a workable combiDEAR EDITOR, In spite of all the negatives that have flooded this week’s headlines, a welcoming announcement, published in newspapers, went unnoticed. The nation must commend the Minister of Social Cohesion for finally making moves to table the motion to resurrect the Ethnic Relations Commission. This nation is in dire need of this body, and it’s obvious that there will be lots of work to be done.
nation for the nation. In fact, no other commission in Guyana has seen such diversity. This is good for Guyana. All hands must be commended. The Opposition has been calling for the formation of the ERC for some time now. The motion is tabled; hopefully the two sides of the House can finally agree on something. Let us all together move Guyana forward. Best Wishes to all parties. A. Singh
DEAR EDITOR, Fifty-three years ago more than forty Lindeners were killed on the Demerara River as they travelled home on the Son Chapman launch at 16:00 hrs on Monday, July 06th, 1964 in the vicinity of Hurudia. It has been said that ‘To live in hearts we leave behind is not to die.’ How very true! The men, women and children who died on the Son Chapman 53 years ago live on in the hearts and minds of their families and friends and the people of Linden. Many of us alive today never knew the men, women and children of the Son Chapman massacre. Yet, we remember them and reflect on their experience because - by their deaths - we have an example of what hatred and brutality can lead to.... senseless loss of life and endless longsuffering. Regional Chairman, Region 10, Rennis Morian in his feature address last Thursday told the small gathering at Hurudia that in going back to the fateful day of the tragedy , people were talking, mothers were looking over their children with great expectations, having positive thoughts although in the 60’s there was a period of high tension in Guyana, but people were expecting the arrival of the boat and amidst all the tranquility after leaving Hurudia that tranquility was broken by a loud explosion. “I want us to capture that moment in our hearts, the moment of explosion, the mo-
ment of uncertainity, the moment of fear, the moment of panic, the moment that some persons stared death in the face, the moment when those of us who are alive and can still fear that this is my last. A moment when our brothers and sisters were floating in the river because a group of persons, a perpetrator or perpetrators cannot overcome the hatred because that’s the only thing that can destroy your life - hatred and anger,” Morian said Morian stressed that the history cannot be forgotten and the incident must not die. He said it must be taken into the churches, into schools, street corners and all over so that people will not forget. “It is incumbent on us today to lock hearts and minds that this must never happen again because we are smarter. How can somebody sit with others and plan to take out the lives of others without feeling any sense of remorse, without any sense of saying that is not right. We need to build bridges; too many broken bridges in Linden. This dastardly act needs to bring us together and help us to recognize the wickedness of others.” The Regional Chairman assured the gathering that there will be some different things next year. “We want to see children involved, we want to see Corporate Linden involved, we want to see Corporate Businesses involved.” Chairman of the Commemorative Committee and
RDC Councillor, Charles Sampson in his reflections pointed out that during that time there were racial tension in some communities around Guyana but not Linden. He noted that things had returned to normalcy in Linden after the disturbance when they got the news of the Son Chapman launch tragedy at Hurudia. “It threw the community of Linden in turmoil. The anger was so much. The Son Chapman explosion destroyed Norman Chapman’s economy; he had to be a strong person to withstand that kind of economic impact because he had children, young children and it wasn’t
easy. The river was red with blood and body parts floating.” Sampson noted that Norman Chapman’s wish was to see the site properly developed. “I will be very, very, very disappointed if I have to come here next year to see this place like this. Again I say like I did last year I would like to see a permanent structure built here with toilet facilities and Son Chapman memoribilia and literature and it could even be a tourist sttraction. Where are the representatives from the top? Where are they? I am sure that if the ‘Big Ones’ were here you would have seen them. We the Continued on page 6
The wild life trade exploits its Amerindian employees DEAR EDITOR, Because most of the wildlife exported to other countries comes from Amerindian territories, I think consultation should have been done at a community level before the reopening of the wild life trade. Not all Amerindians welcome this move as the state media seems to imply. I would agree that the trade generates much needed cash in the communities but the negatives outweigh the positives. Wildlife catchers risk their lives to meet quotas for middlemen who grossly underpay them and in many cases abandon them when they are injured or bitten by
snakes. Most communities do not receive royalties for wildlife caught because there is no system in place to monitor this. At the end of the day, Amerindians have nothing to show for partaking in the wildlife trade. A more long term approach should be taken by Amerindians with regard to the use of wildlife as a resource. It would be more rewarding if wildlife reserves and game parks along with seasonal hunting and fishing are pursued by communities as a means of generating income rather than contributing to the extinction of wild animals. Patrick Fitzpatrick
Five facts about GuySuco people need to know DEAR EDITOR, I refer to the news item in your edition of June 29th, 2017- “GuySuCo now produces sugar three times world market price”. In juxtaposing the realities of world sugar trading and market dynamics with Guyana’s vision/strategy for the industry as described in the State Paper, one can only conclude that decision making on the sugar industry is intellectually sterile, a signature mark of its Chief Executive Officer. I wish to support my conclusion by presenting some facts and allow readers to make their own assessment: (1) GuySuCo is recording cane yields at about 52 tonnes cane per hectare (TcH) when it should be over 70 TcH. The low productivity is attributed to poor agronomic management and thus the high production cost. (2) Raw Bulk Sugar for refining has historically been trending as the lowest priced product. With changes in sugar protocols and World Market trade, it is no surprise
that the Raw Bulk Sugar price is hovering at US$275/t though GuySuCo hid from the public that its sugar sales is conducted in markets fetching at the lowest US$475 per tonne. (3) Direct Consumption Sugar is a higher priced product selling at US$550-1,000/t. (4) GuySuCo presently has two (2) factories namely, Blairmont and Enmore capable of producing Direct Consumption Sugars. Of these two (2) factories, Enmore Factory has superior capabilities. (5) GuySuCo will close
the Enmore Factory by end of 2017, a more superior factory that can produce a product which sells at US$550-1000/t. Editor, GuySuCo is now bellyaching to this nation about cash-flow on one hand, because it will earn US$275 per tonne of sugar – an untruth – while, on the other hand, it is closing a factory that can earn US$550-1,000 per tonne of sugar. In effect, the Corporation is reducing its own capacity to earn less. Isn’t this clumsy from a business perspective? The ExMember of GuySuCo’s Board and Ex-Diversification Coor-
dinator, Mr. Anthony Vieira, must to be correct in his recent pronouncements about the Corporation on the television progarmme, Plain Talk (June 7th, 2017) that “in GuySuCo’s case, ignorance and stupidity and incompetence can’t cast out ignorance and stupidity and incompetence”. Sookram Persaud
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Let us celebrate each other’s culture DEAR EDITOR, I read the thought-provoking letter recently written about the race and nationality mix of people born in Guyana. I too would wish that we could “put our hands to the plough and build a “New” Guyana for our children and grandchildren, and begin to celebrate our different ethnic groups and its rich cultures with pomp and glory”. Personally, I think the problem is mainly one of adjusting to different culture patterns, with understanding and appreciation. And I think I am in a good position to speak, having parents of both races - mother “Black”, father Indian. At present living next to neighbours from India, for roughly 40 years now, I have experienced the same ‘puzzlement’, with culture patterns sometimes getting in the way. Some years ago, when we attended the 50th birthday celebrations of the mother of the family, we had to be talked through the rituals, while their ‘own people’ knew instinctively what to do. It was a relief when the promised written invitation to the son’s approaching wedding never materialised. We guessed his bride’s family was not keen on ‘strangers’. However, we thoroughly enjoyed the offered traditional spicy dishes prepared
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for both occasions. By the same token, my Jamaican colleague married a man who was African born and bred. When her female in-laws came to the UK to meet her, they wondered verbally why their ‘boy’ had to marry “a canefield girl”. They did not know that my friend’s companion spoke their language - and reported back. In Guyana in the 1990s when I heard Guyanese ‘Blacks’ speak about their ‘roots’, it brought to mind the African view that Caribbeans did not ‘count’ in African culture, because our people were “descended from slaves”. I held my tongue. Therefore, let us now for the sake of our children, their children and succeeding generations begin to celebrate our different ethnic groups and its rich cultures with pomp and glory. And let us try to get along together, as we did in the pre-mid-1960s days. “Blessed are the Peacemakers....” Incidentally, in 1993, as tourists in the Holy Land, we visited the Mount of the Beatitudes, which overlooks the River Jordan. We spent a few hours there. Very quiet and peaceful. The ‘sheltering tree’ is still there - some of its roots, now above ground, curling back on themselves. Chunks of “the Sermon” came to mind. Geralda Dennison
Why this government’s obsession with arches? DEAR EDITOR, Historically great civilizations produced mind boggling architecture on the earth’s surface. The Egyptians are famed for their pyramids, the Indians for the Tajmahal, the Incas for Machu Picchu-the list goes on. Ancient architecture is seen as the degree of advancement or reflection of the well being of their ancestors, conquerors or simply the people who inhabit the terrain before us. Each generation in every nation live their lives trying to preserve their little wonders or historical artifacts for future generations to relish. All these relics that are preserved around the world were built for specific purposes. The pyramids for the burial of the pharaohs; the statues of Buddha to remind people of a great sage.
The architect of the Saint Georges Cathedral did not set out to build the World’s tallest wooden building - he had just intended a church with grandeur looks. The coalition government led by the historian, President David Granger - having built his cabinet’s bureaucracy by an additional seven ministers - were also contemplating the removal of the artifacts from the Walter Roth museum-the nation’s historical treasure trove-to create more office space for his grandiose cabinet. The National Assembly approved supplementary spending for some things not budgeted for. These include rehab of some roads, construction of some bridges and of note a few pedestrian overpass. There is always need for roads and bridges-these
could miss the human eye before a budget. The pedestrian overpass is something new and should have been in the budget as a capital project. This is evidence that the coalition has recently acquired a newfound obsession with arches. Ansa Mcal had a vision and gave them one and got a nice contract to supply medications. The monies spent on these overpasses could have been better spent by reimbursing the traffic cops who spend hours in the rain and sun directing traffic and assisting pedestrians to cross the road at these crucial points. These over passes will not take away the need for these heroes (traffic cops) of the East Bank road to be there at rush hour despite the weather; it is an injustice to
them on their meager salary. Like Ansa Mcal! I have a vision. The overpasses will be built and out of shame the coalition will make it illegal to cross the road at these points without using the over passjust to prove that it is not a waste of money. Then these monstrosities will take a physical toll on senior citizens and the disabled. It is ironic to contemplate the coalition’s prior intent to dislocate real history (Walter Roth museum) with their new found obsession with arches. Could it be that they are trying to leave a figment of their legacy for future generations to relish? That would be a fitting chronicle. Arches built for no purpose, serves no purpose; a mirrored reflection of themselves. Rudolph Singh
The PPP and its affiliate, GAWU destroyed the sugar union From page 4 workers because they knew if they told the truth about the industry, they would lose votes and support mainly from the sugar workers who are Indians. The MP said that the PPP can’t allow the industry to close its doors because their foreparents are the ones that toiled and laboured on the plantations when they came to Guyana. Well the MP needs to understand that our foreparents would have never allowed PPP and GAWU to “eye pass” the rights of workers. Instead of the PPP spending hundreds of billions on Skeldon Modernization Project, they should have started a sugar worker dependent fund or a revolving fund for the workers. So that they could have started their own little businesses knowing the
industry will one day fall to its knees. But NO! The PPP and GAWU didn’t want that, if that was done they would have empowered the workers to be self-sustainable and then those very workers would not have listened to their lies and deception. So the aim and objectives of the PPP and GAWU was and presently is to keep the workers under their thumbs so that they can use them whenever the need arises. And that has been happening since 1992 to date. When I called into the TV program the PPP MP quickly said he will not listen to me and cut me off. On my second call, he disconnected the call and ended the program. Well, let me say to the PPP and GAWU that workers are becoming aware of the facts and they are now feeling betrayed by both of you and one day will call a spade a spade. Stop calling protest,
marches and rallies and allow the workers to work and earn, so that their families can have a better life. GAWU needs to stop taking union dues from the workers knowing that they helped and worked hand in hand with PPP to kill the industry. PPP needs to accept that the EU monies could have been used to do better things than build the SKELDON FACTORY. I call on sugar workers and their families to educate themselves about the people that brought this downfall of sugar. Guysuco has a future but sugar is bleak and we must remember, although the PPP says that sugar has a future, the EU announced recently that they will not give more monies to the ailing sugar industry. So, where would the PPP find funds (as they are claiming) to turn around the sugar industry should they get back
into government? They had 23 years and all they did was to turn a blind eye to sugar workers and the industry. People, we must not be fooled by the PPP and GAWU. Here is a challenge to the PPP and GAWU if they so care for sugar workers. They have announced a rally to be held in Berbice, I challenge the PPP to announce at that rally, that their MPs will give up all their parliamentary salaries from July to December 2017 and put it towards the welfare of sugar workers. I challenge GAWU to announce at that really, that they will not be collecting union dues from workers during July 2017 to July 2018. Let’s see if the PPP and its partner GAWU care about the welfare of the workers and their families. Abel Seetaram APNU+AFC Regional Councillor
Commemorating events like these is important to future... From page 5 people of Linden have to take stock and correct what is happening here.” Sampson also reiterated his call in 2016 for a monument to be built also at Christianburg at the site where the body parts were buried in a mass grave because this occasion is important in the history of Linden and Guyana. He pointed out that this is the worst act of terrorism in the world. In a statement from former Regional Chairman Region Ten Sharma Solomon read by former MP Vanessa Kissoon he said that incidents such as the Son Chapman massacre and July 18th, 2012 incident
must never be allowed to happen again. “We must take the lessons taught by tragedies such as these to guard our actions. For our society to allow such tragedies to reoccur, will be indicative of our corruptive and unwillingness to move forward. The tragedy must be remembered as the resilience of the people of Linden.” On behalf of the Virtuous Women on a Mission Women’s Group Ms. Kissoon urged the small gathering to never forget July 6th, 1964 and July 18th, 2012. She also noted that more representation was need and noted that the people from Georgetown were not there to commemorate the Son Chapman tragedy and to
show respect for the lives of those who suffered. She noted that every school in Linden should have been represented by students in uniforms and to learn about their history. Also present were daughters and a cousin of three of the martyrs who were too young to remember their respective fathers and cousin. They claimed that they only know what was told to them. Notably absent were the Members of Parliament Jermaine Figueiria and Audwin Rutherford, Mayor Carwyn Holland and Deputy Mayor Waneka Arrindell and other leaders in the Region Jacquey Bourne
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US$8.3M Sea & River Defense Project attract foreign bidders Several foreign companies were among the bidders that submitted bids for a multimilliondollar Caribbean Development Bank (CDB)-funded Sea and River Defence Project here. Three of the eight sites that were revealed earlier this year for works, made it on the agenda at the National Procurement and Tender Administration Board (NPTAB). These three sites came under the “Lot one” category, and include: Site one, Johanna Cecelia/Zorg, Essequibo Coast, Region 2 (Pomeroon/Supenaam); Site two, Success Leguan Island, Region 3 (Essequibo Islands/West Demerara; and Site three, Endeavour/Blenheim, Leguan Island. Below are the names of the bidders and their bid prices (amount):
The then Coordinator of the Work Services Group Geoffrey Vaughn – now Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Public Infrastructure – had noted during the ministry’s End-ofYear Conference last year, that these works will aid in improving flood protection infrastructure in Regions that are most affected by flooding. He noted also that various lengths of work will be carried out at these locations. The other five locations that he would have listed in his presentation last year are: Grove/ Look Out, East Bank Essequibo, Region 3; Crane/Harlem/Rotterdam/Mary, West Coast Demerara, Region 3; Good Success/New Hope, East Bank Demerara, Region 4 (Mahaica/ Berbice); Lonsdale/Sister’s Village, East Bank Berbice, Region 6 (East Berbice/Corentyne); and No. 78 Village to Line Path, Corentyne, Region 6. Meanwhile, tenders were open for the construction of a Maternity Ward at the New Amsterdam Hospital Compound, Region Six. The Regional Democratic Council (RDC) was listed as the procuring entity.
Contractors also vied for the contract to rehabilitate the Main Street, East Canje, Berbice.
The RDC for Region Two (Pomeroon/Supenaam) is the procuring entity for the construction of the Liberty Primary School, Lower Pomeroon River.
Bids were also submitted for the extension of the Charity Secondary School, Essequibo Coast Region 2.
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Residents complain about difficulty accessing homes around G/town Prisons
City moves to acquire own garbage trucks …as contractors agree to return
The security barricade at the corner of Creen and Durban Streets Yesterday, some civilians wanting to gain access to their homes and other buildings located close to the Georgetown Prisons experienced difficulty passing the police barricades at particular corners surrounding the perimeter of the facility. One resident who lives on Durban Street between Creen and John Streets, complained
that he along with others, though allowed to leave their homes, found it difficult to return to their premises during the lunch period. He said that on Monday and Tuesday there was no issue, as persons living beyond the established cordoned off points were allowed re-entry to their homes. However, yesterday the secu-
rity seemed to have beefed up to “an unreasonable level”. The man said that he would have understood if persons were being stopped from conducting business, but residents living in the area should not be barred or given a hassle when wanting to get home. When Kaieteur News Continued on page 11
City Mayor, Patricia Chase-Green and Director of Solid Waste, Walter Narine Cevons Waste Management and Puran Brothers Disposal have resumed their garbage collection services across the city, following talks with the Mayor and City Council (M&CC). Mayor of Georgetown, Patricia Chase-Green made the official announcement during a press briefing yesterday at the City Hall, Regent Street. “I am happy to say that as I speak they have resumed duties, both contractors have resumed work,” the Mayor disclosed. The garbage collectors on Friday, July 7, pulled their services from Georgetown over the Mayor and City Council (M&CC)’s failure to pay them more than $300M owed since 2015. The Mayor explained that the M&CC is still in negotiations with both Cevons Waste Management and Puran Brothers Disposal to-
wards working out a strategy for settling the outstanding debts. She also said that the council is taking steps to avoid having a similar disruption of garbage service in the future. The Council will be seeking to boost its capacity to better deliver the service itself, the Mayor said. “A team has been set up to look at all the details of our new plan into having our own garbage trucks, even if we start with one or two, come 2018, so we can move forward in that direction,” she noted. However, the Mayor stated that several things will have to be in place before this could happen, including the M&CC having its own workshop and employees to maintain the vehicles.Director of Solid Waste, Walter Narine, was in agreement with the Mayor of the need for the City to strengthen its solid waste collection capacity.
“We do not foresee 10 to 15 years from now, private contractors doing garbage collection for the city, because we have to save cost, we have employees and we are paying employees every month. So I do not foresee that in the future” he stated. Additionally, the Solid Waste Director said that persons are producing more garbage than the 45-gallon barrel per week. Narine said this prompted a move by the M&CC to distribute garbage bins to households within the city. “What we are going to do to combat that, we are hoping very soon to give each household an additional garbage bin so that they can store the refuse,” Narine stated. The bins, according to Narine, are available, and will soon be distributed to every household in the city along with garbage bags.
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Radical reform is needed in education Any analysis of the 2017 National Grade Six Assessment (NGSA) which suggests that there was an improvement over the 2016 performance is bound to be flawed, because it ignores an important variable - the standard of the examinations in 2016. The 2016 examinations were prepared in collaboration with the Caribbean Examinations Council. A number of students, including some of the top students, complained that the Mathematics component was extremely difficult. The students were clearly not properly prepared for some of the difficult questions which were set in the 2016 assessment. No wonder there was such a deep decline in Mathematics and a less serious decline in the other subjects. The schools were better prepared in 2017. The teachers would have been able to identify those areas which proved problematic in 2016. As such, the scores in Mathematics improved appreciably
- so much so that it requires investigation as to whether the level of the questions set was lower in 2017 than in 2016. There were improvements in other subject areas, but these did not match the degree of improvements in Mathematics. How then does one account for this dramatic improvement in Mathematics and not in the other subject areas. The reasons being provided by the authorities include the interventions which were made. But these interventions were not in Mathematics alone. So why was the same or almost the same improvement not seen in the other subject areas? The improvements may have had nothing to do with the interventions. It could well be a case of the 2017 paper reverting back to its old standards of “easiness”. It is an issue which should be examined in the analysis of the 2017 results. The government wants to reform the educational sector.
This reform must be based on a flawed analysis of the most important examination in the primary sector. The analysis must correctly explain the disparities in improved performances, as measured in passes in Mathematics as compared with the other subject areas. The educational system in Guyana is ‘hit and miss’. If you ‘hit’ you get a good school and you are likely to do well at the secondary level. If you ‘miss’ you are consigned to a relatively poor school and you end up having a substandard secondary schooling. This is the tragedy of Guyana’s educational system. It is a system in which the top performing students get the best schools and those that do not qualify for the top schools end up at lowly-rated schools. What happens therefore is that at the main secondary examinations, CSEC, the students from the top schools dominate and the students from the lesser schools do not do as well.
Dem boys seh...
Guyana seven races fed up wid tit fuh tat Is only scamps does tek people money and don’t do nutten. In de free world when this happen de people does get fired in de fuss month. But is not de same thing in politics. De politicians does get pay by de people and dem don’t do nutten Jagdeo is one of dem. He never did nutten when he was president although he get a big fat salary plus kickbacks. Now he is leader of de opposition he still ain’t doing nutten and he collecting salary plus perks. Every now and then he calling press conference. Most of de time people don’t understand what he saying. He always criticizing and condemning, but never have a solution fuh any of de problems he put Guyana in. Whenever people ask him how he would deal wid a problem facing de nation, he quick fuh seh he is not de govt. He seh this over and over. Yesterday when one reporter at his press conference ask him how he would deal wid de present prison fiasco, he tell dem he is not de govt. Wha dem boys want he to know is that he and ee party represent a huge chunk of de population. But every time dem hold a press
conference nutting solid, nutting of consequence, nutting substantial, nutting meaningful, nutting assuring. Is sheer negativity and criticism coming out dem mouth. Jagdeo don’t even see that dem boys stop reporting on ee press conferences, because dem don’t want to confuse de people or give dem garbage. Dem boys seh that dem get more upset when dem hear Jagdeo and ee Pee Pee Pee press conference is streaming live so that people can listen. That is a shad, shad, shishuashion. Is a case of confusing and punishing de people. Dem boys want him to know that unless he and he kavakamites seh something positive, enlightening and uplifting to this nation, is no more reporting. Dem cannot continue wid this he seh, she seh, dem seh story; he up, she down, me in, you out nonsense. This back and forth tit fuh tat scenario is something de Guyanese, all seven races, tired of. Dem boys learn in school how Guyana got six races but Jagdeo and de politicians wid dem tit fuh tat mek it seven. And dem boys ain’t gun allow it to remain seven. Talk half and tell de politicians to wuk fuh dem pay.
The top 5% get the best schools; the other 95% get the lesser schools. This is a recipe for national disaster. What it suggests is that interventions are required that do far more than simply look at the percentage passes at the NGSA. The system should not favour the top 5% of students. It should favour all students. The system of performance placements however cannot be dispensed with. The top students should continue to be placed in the top secondary schools. Otherwise students will not be motivated to do well. Attention, however, must be given to raising the standards of the schools that the other 95% of the students have to attend. This requires more than an overnight intervention. It requires a revolu-
tion in the educational system which must begin at the primary level. The rot begins at the primary level. It is at that level that students are being shortchanged by the quality of teachers. There are far too many untrained teachers within our primary school system. These teachers should be rooted out. They cannot be expected to improve the performance of the children at the primary level. But there is equally also a class correlation which may be at work. The better students will most likely be those students whose parents can afford to send them to extra lessons or who are themselves better educated. This leads to another type of problem, in which the ‘haves’ will do better, generally, than the ‘have nots’.
We will, in other words, end up with a system which discriminates against the poor. The present system suits the middle and upper classes. It guarantees them domination. And this cannot be fixed by tinkering. It has to be fixed by a radical overhaul of the educational system, which will not happen if the APNU+AFC middle class remains in control of educational reform.
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=== The Freddie Kissoon column ===
Guyana is on autopilot mode; no one is in charge Why does this country need to spend more than 10 million dollars for an event we can do without – the ceremony inaugurating the 10th Vice Chancellor? The previous nine didn’t have one. One of the union leaders said the projected 10 million-dollar figure is likely to be exceeded. The university’s response is that the money is not coming from the State. But that is nonsense, just like the atrocious explanation for the building of the Durban Park project. The Government said the Durban Park cost was defrayed by donations. This is a silly defence that makes a country’s leadership look foolish. The fact is that the donors gave you money
that could have gone elsewhere. When the CEO of Smith Corporation says, “Hello Mr. President, we would gladly contribute a few millions to the government’s flower show,” you inform him that the Government Technical Institute’s electrical engineering department is without automobiles for the students to learn with, and the money can best be used by buying a few second-hand vehicles. Even if donors are giving the money to the inauguration ceremony, take the very sum and buy what UG doesn’t have, and that which it should have, and that which is shameful because it doesn’t have them – photocopying machines. The vexation in this situation is not the Vice Chancel-
lor. Why beat up on him if he wants to have an inauguration ceremony. It is for the President to step in, have a word with the Vice Chancellor, and let the ceremony be dropped using diplomatic language. President Granger isn’t going to do this, because I don’t think he has the leadership qualities that could influence him to show such type of political finesse. From Granger through to Nagamootoo, right down to the junior ministers, this country is on autopilot control without a skilled captain flying the plane. This government is to be blamed for the worst prison arson in the world that took place in Guyana. No country has seen a prison rebellion
that led to the fiery demolition of the entire central prison in the country. It is responsible because it lacks thinking leaders. Why would a country’s leaders not want to comment on sheer wildness that takes place in the courts? When a court in Miami gave a family permission to pull the plug on a woman who was brain dead, President Bush said publicly he didn’t agree with the decision. It didn’t mean he was intimidating the courts. Granger, Nagamootoo, Ramjattan and the Cabinet shut their mouths on the inhumanities that take place in the magistrates’ courts, and look what it may have contributed to – two prison rebellions. Maybe convicts in the jail for possession of a marijuana cigarette knew about the conspiracies, but were so cynical after how the law (and government by extension) treated them, that they didn’t care about the ensuing inferno. The APNU+AFC regime watched helplessly as the judicial system failed poor people, and they are watching helplessly at other situations, the most egregious being the incompetence of the
City Council. We hated what the PPP cabals did to the environment of Georgetown. The exact scenario is returning, only this time not under Jagdeo, but the great
Frederick Kissoon Moses Nagamootoo with fifty years of activism under his belt. Garbage is piling up again, making the capital the eyesore of the world. City Council owes two cleaning companies over 300 million. How could these companies be so reckless to allow such a sum to climb to such prodigious heights? Maybe they get free money from the skies. This is the same City Council that introduced a diseased parking meter project
that led to the formation of a highly successful movement, which in turn morphed into a pressure group which will inevitably transform itself into a political party by 2020. This group will take the votes that the AFC normally gets, effectively decapitating the AFC. The APNU+AFC autopilot mode has already driven the plane off the runway, paralyzing the AFC in the accident. The dirty capital is not slowly returning but has arrived. I see huge mountains of parapet grass all over Georgetown blocking motorists’ view. I see clogged drains all over Charlestown when I go to Kaieteur News. The incompetence of City Hall has killed off the career of Ronald Bulkan. At the Burnham Institute’s brunch on CARICOM Day on July 3, a very powerful Minister came up to me and David Hinds and chatted. He said Mr. Granger will be running back in the 2020 elections. I looked at David, David looked at me. We both curiously smiled.
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White paper on drainage sees NDIA playing bigger role A committee comprising personnel from the Ministries of Communities, Agriculture and Public Infrastructure is currently working on recommendations to craft a white paper that will aid in addressing the critical drainage issues throughout Guyana. Minister of Communities, Ronald Bulkan, disclosed that six weeks ago the President entrusted the three government ministries to craft this white paper, since the drainage issue across Guyana has become a critical one. The committee has already started working and so far, a preliminary paper was prepared by National Drainage and Irrigation Authority (NDIA) which listed several options; including an expanded role for NDIA. The Minister noted that this initiative is necessary since Regional Democratic Councils (RDCs), Neighbourhood Democratic Councils (NDCs) and Municipalities do not have the capacity and are challenged to effectively manage drainage in their respective areas.
“I engaged all the RDCs, putting the policy paper before them and inviting their responses to the actions, and all of them favoured this recommendation, and it is clear because they recognise they don’t have the technical skills, capacity, resources and machinery to otherwise address the drainage in their regions,” Bulkan said. The Minister noted that this lack of resources by RDCs, NDCs and Municipalities is resulting in hardship and misery for many p e o p l e , especially when there is severe flooding and no systems in place to deal with it. He emphasized that the option recommended is one that would allow for an expanded role for a central authority to be properly resourced by the Central Government to discharge this responsibility. Several communities including communities along the Pomeroon River and communities in Regions Six, Seven and Eight have experienced severe flooding. This resulted
A bigger role for NDIA is being seen as key to help solve the country’s drainage woes. in destruction of homes, farmlands and other livelihoods. Minister Bulkan said the government is working assiduously to ensure that this chronic drainage issue is re-
Residents complain about difficulty accessing... From page 8 visited the scene, ranks of the Guyana Police Force and the Guyana Defence Force were present. However, the ranks said they could not comment on the matter. One female civilian had to plead with the GDF ranks that she just wanted to drop off some food. Eventually, she was allowed entry. Persons that
would have already passed the boundary were told by those on the opposite side that they should not venture out, since it appeared they would have difficulty returning. One resident said that he could not understand why the heightened security since there is no prison and hence no prisoners to guard at the location where the Georgetown Prison once stood.
When Commander for ‘A’ Division, Assistant Commissioner Marlon Chapman was contacted by this newspaper on the developments, he said that he would have received similar complaints and would have sent a senior officer down to the area to have the matter addressed. By the end of the day, residents of the area were not experiencing the difficulty complained of earlier in the day.
solved and flooding is a thing of past. A white paper is an authoritative report or guide that informs concisely about a complex issue. It is meant to create understanding about an issue, solve a problem, or make a decision.
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Mediation among top methods of Alternative Dispute Resolution Mediation is a legal mechanism which can be helpful not only in the resolution of cases, and saving of judicial time, but in most instances, provides a win–win outcome for the parties involved. The method has been listed among the top methods of Alternative Dispute Resolution. According to information printed by Mediation Centre of Guyana, litigants are encouraged to use mediation in resolving a number of civil disputes. The information outlined that mediation can be applied any civil case in the High Court— including contract disputes, property disputes, employer/employee disputes’ and commercial cases.
According to one legal definition, mediation is a tool of negotiation between parties in a dispute, with the assistance from a neutral person or third party called a mediator. A mediator can be a lawyer, social worker, engineer, accountant or agriculturalist. However these persons must be trained in the procedure of mediation and approved by the court. According to information outlined in the New Civil Procedure Rules as successful, mediation is one in which both parties come out feeling that each has won. The Rules and legal forms span 187 pages and contain procedures for the settlement of civil matters and making payments both in and out of court. The document outlined that at the mediation session, when a settlement is reached resolving some or all of the issues in dispute; it must be set out in writing and be signed by the parties.
“Within 7 days of the completion of the mediation, the mediator files a mediation report with the Court, and serves a copy on every party to the mediation. The mediation report notifies the Court of any issues that were settled during the mediation. Where the Mediation Report advises the Court that a settlement was reached on all of the issues, the Court must stay the proceeding, subject to any provision of the settlement dealing with the dismissal or discontinuance of the proceeding. “ During an interview with Kaieteur News last year, John Clifford Wallace, United States Court of Appeals Senior Judge and Chief Judge Emeritus noted that with a backlog of over 10,000 High Court cases, the proper use of case management techniques and increased mediation, specifically for civil cases, will lead to a significant reduction.
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26 percent decrease in road accidents for first half of year The number of road traffic accidents in Guyana has declined by 26 percent in the first six months of this year as compared to the same period last year, according to Traffic Chief of the Guyana Police Force, Dion Moore. Moore, in an interview with the Department of Public Information (DPI,) said that the Force recorded 824 traffic accidents in the first six months in 2017 compared to the 1,120 that were recorded for the same period last year. He said that, of the 824 traffic accidents recorded so far, for this year, 168 were serious, 240 were minor and 48 were fatal, resulting in 51 deaths, of which one was a child. Of the 1,120 accidents recorded for the same period in 2016, 180 were serious, 295 were minor and 65 were fatal which resulted in 64 deaths, of which four were children. The Traffic Chief attributed the reduction in the vari-
Traffic Chief, Dion Moore
ous categories to the Force’s (National Communication several awareness campaigns Network) which traffic plays and security steps which are a major part,” he added. running simultaneously with The National Road Safety the National Road Safety Ac- Plan 2017-2017 was launched tion Plan, 2017-2019. on May 03, 2017, it aims to Moore explained that assist Guyana to meet the there are “daily road safety Decade of Action for Road talks on the radio still ongo- Safety, 2011-2020 plan to ing. We also have the Law reach 50 percent death reducEnforcement and You on NCN tion by 2020. Comparative Figures of Road Accidents from January 1 to July 10, 2016/2017
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Ex-Brazilian President Lula jailed for corruption BRASILIA (Reuters) Former Brazilian leader Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, who rose from childhood poverty to become a two-term president, was convicted on corruption charges on Wednesday in the first of five graft trials he faces. He was sentenced to nine and a half years in prison. He will remain free on appeal. The ruling marked a stunning fall for Lula, Brazil’s first working-class president who left office six years ago with an 83 percent approval rating. The former union leader won global admiration for transformative social policies that helped reduce stinging inequality in Latin America’s biggest country. Former U.S. President Barack Obama once labelled him the most popular politician on earth. The verdict represented the highest-profile conviction yet in the sweeping corruption investigation that for over three years has rattled Brazil, revealing a sprawling system of graft at top levels of business and government and throwing the country’s political system into disarray. Judge Sergio Moro found Lula guilty of accepting 3.7 million reais (930,882 pounds)
worth of bribes from engineering firm OAS SA, the amount prosecutors said the company spent refurbishing a beach apartment for Lula in return for his help winning contracts with state oil company Petroleo Brasileiro. Federal prosecutors have accused Lula, who first took the presidency in 2003, of masterminding a long-running corruption scheme that was uncovered in a probe into kickbacks around Petrobras. Lula’s legal team had previously said it would appeal any guilty ruling. The team has continuously blasted the trial as a partisan witch-hunt, accusing Moro of being biased and out to get Lula for political reasons. Lula’s lawyers did not immediately respond to requests for comment. Senator Gleisi Hoffmann, the head of the Workers Party, lashed out at the ruling, saying Lula was convicted to prevent him from running for the presidency next year. She said the party would protest the decision and was confident the ruling would be overturned on appeal. The Brazilian real extended gains following
Moro’s decision and reached its strongest in two months. The benchmark Bovespa
stock index rose to a session high. Despite the conviction and other charges against
him, Lula remains a popular figure among many Brazilian voters, according to recent
polls, and has said he wants to run again for the top office next year.
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Local teams heads off to U.S. for Global Robotics championship The six players and three adult mentors who will represent Guyana at the First Global Robotics Championship in Washington DC were yesterday preparing to depart Guyana. The team met at the National Sports Hall to crate
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corporate donors. According to STEM Guyana, more than 160 countries, including fifteen Caribbean territories and many developing nations, will be represented at the global competition.
ter particles, and then find a way to make the robot deposit of those particles in specific locations. The robot also has to be programmed to pull itself up off the ground. Teams built their robots with no formal
US$8.3M Sea & River Defense Project... <<<<<<<< Continued on page 23 >>>>>>>>> The RDC was listed as the procuring entity for the extension of Kabakaburi Primary School, Upper Pomeroon River.
Finally, bids were submitted for the supply of 7,500 Tons of Asphaltic Concrete for the East Bank Berbice Road Project.
The Robotics team representing Guyana their robot, receive their shirts, and discuss lastminute details regarding their journey. Team Guyana’s travel was supported by the Ministry of Education which donated $2.5million and the Ministry of Public Infrastructure which donated $500,000. Operational expenses were donated by diaspora members, the Office of The First Lady and several private
The competition encourages cooperation by grouping teams in several different alliances made up of three countries in each of three rounds of competition. Each team will have an opportunity to get to know and work closely with six other teams. Each team was challenged to build a robot which will gather [simulated] water particles, sort the contaminated from the clean wa-
instruction, and limited experience using nuts, bolts, motors, sensors and other parts provided by Vex Robotics. Team Guyana includes 6 students and 3 mentors. The students are Vevekeanand Ramnarace, Ryan Benschop, Christopher Nelson, Anthony Frank, Arianna Mahase and Sahief Poese. The mentors are coach Ricky Chan; team manager Farnaz Baksh and PR Specialist Horace Mosley.
Vendor on attempted murder charge gets $150,000 bail
A 32-year-old vendor yesterday morning made an appearance before Chief Magistrate Ann McLennan in the Georgetown Magistrates’ Courts on an attempted murder charge and was placed on $150,000 bail. Kurt Joseph of 166 Guyhoc Park Georgetown was not required to plead to the indictable charge which read that on June 18, at Tucville, Georgetown, he unlawfully and maliciously wounded Travel December with the intent to murder him. The accused was represented by Attorney Michael Somersall who asked that his client be released on reasonable bail, citing that he is the sole breadwinner for his family. The lawyer in his application to secure bail for Joseph told the court that his client is the father of two and has never been charged before. Police Prosecutor Mansfield told the court that he had no objection to bail being granted to the accused, but asked that conditions be attached to the bail.
Kurt Joseph The court heard that the accused and the virtual complainant (December) are known to each other. Facts presented by the prosecutor stated that on the day in question, Joseph and December were at the Tucville ballfield playing a game of football when they had an argument. The court heard that Jo-
seph became annoyed and took out a knife from his waist and stabbed December to the left side of his chest. December fell to the ground and was then picked up by public-spirited persons who rushed him to the Georgetown Public Hospital, where he was admitted and underwent emergency surgery. The prosecutor told the court that the injury the victim received was life-threatening and had the potential to cause death. The magistrate, after granting the accused bail, told him that the conditions of the bail were that he must not go within 50 feet of the victim; must not contact the victim nor speak with any of the witnesses in the matter; and he must report to the East La Penitence Police Station every Friday until the completion of the trial. The prosecution file is incomplete and the accused is expected to make his next court appearance on August 7.
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Parliament gives green light to new anti-crime bill KINGSTON, Jamaica, CMC – A new anti-crime Bill that will give security officials certain powers, was approved in the House of Representatives on Tuesday. The lower House approved the amendments to the Law Reform (Zones of Special Operations) (Special Security and Community Development Measures) Act, 2017 that was passed by members of the Senate last Friday. The much anticipated Bill also allows the Prime Minister to declare any geographically defined area as a Zone of Special Operations, if the Commissioner of Police and the Chief of Defence Staff agree in writing that the area should be so declared. The legislation also empowers members of the joint security forces to search a person, vehicle or place without a warrant, within a Zone, if they reasonably suspect that an offence has been, is being or is about to be committed. It also provides that a joint command may establish a cordon and declare a curfew in a Zone; promote social and economic development in a Zone through the efforts of the various government agencies and civil society; and provide for the establishment of a Social
Intervention Committee to, among other things, develop a sustainable plan for the Zone. Meanwhile, the Jamaica Defence Force (JDF) has moved to increase the level of Human Rights awareness for its members in the wake of the legislation. The JDF, in a statement earlier this week said 30 members are being trained in the preservation of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms. Major Basil Jarrett, Media Affairs Officer for the JDF, said the training includes certifying soldiers to acceptable international human rights and fundamental freedoms standards. At the end of the training, the soldiers will be human rights instructors.
The bill has also won the support of members of the private sector. Last week Government Senator, Don Wehby urged the private sector to take the requisite action to reflect their support of the initiative. Wehby, who is Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Grace Kennedy Limited, said in order for Jamaica to succeed in the fight against crime “all hands have to be on deck” as “the Government cannot fix the problem alone.” “We have to face the problem with a crisis management response, which means going above and beyond the efforts we have already made. I stand as a leader of the private sector to provide support for any further social intervention programme(s) that will be implemented,” he noted.
Prime Minister orders audit of cell phone bills of Cabinet ministers KINGSTON, Jamaica, CMC – Prime Minister Andrew Holness has ordered an audit of all cell phone bills of Cabinet Ministers. Holness, who issued the order ahead of Tuesday’s sitting of Parliament, said the issue of communication costs and high cellular phone bills being incurred for roaming and data charges, had to be addressed. This comes in the wake of a recent report that Finance Minister Audley Shaw had cell phone bills amounting to J$8.3 million. Coming from the meeting, it was acknowledged that there was no standard, clear and consistent policy being applied across government regarding the treatment of communication expenses for Ministers and Ministers of State. According to Holness, the situation is unacceptable and must be addressed immediately in order to confirm the accuracy of information in the public domain. He has also directed the Ministry of Finance to review and report on the re-
Andrew Holness spective policies for the provision of communication services including cell phones, operating in the various Ministries. The Prime Minister added that this will allow Cabinet to make a comprehensive decision on how communication services and expenses for Ministers are treated. He also directed that cellular phone expenses be capped. The Ministry of Finance has been tasked to advise the Prime Minister, within a week, on the appropriate amount for the cap to be paid by each ministry
for the Minister’s cellular phone bills. Any amount exceeding the cap should be the responsibility of the respective Ministers unless otherwise approved by the Permanent Secretary. During the meeting, the Cabinet members agreed that public concerns about the level of some bills are valid. It was agreed that although most of the costs incurred would have been in pursuit of the Government’s business, the government ministers committed to reimburse the Government retroactively the difference between actual bill and the capped amount to be determined and imposed. Meanwhile, Technology Minister Dr Andrew Wheatley has been mandated to enter into discussions with telecommunications providers to devise standard cell phone and data packages for Government Ministers. The Prime Minister received the commitment of the Cabinet to ensure that the greatest care is exercised in the discharge of their duties and the use of public resource.
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PM confident of victory in upcoming general election ST. GEORGE’S, Grenada, CMC – Prime Minister Dr. Keith Mitchell says he is confident that the ruling New National Party (NNP) , will be returned to power in the upcoming general election. Mitchell, who is also the current chairman of the Caribbean Development Bank (CDB), urged Grenadians to return the party to power to ensure that there is a smooth transition from one chairman of the CDB, to another next year. He informed the House that next May 2018 will be hosting the annual CDB meeting and hopes that Grenadians will understand why his Government needs to be the one handing over to the new chairman. “No changes should take place,” Mitchell told the House . However a date for the general election, that is constitutionally due by March 2018, has not yet been announced. Meanwhile, during Tuesday’s post Cabinet briefing, Mitchell was asked if the ceremonial opening of Parliament which is traditionally
Keith Mitchell held in October or November will see a new Government. “I cannot tell you if the next time we have a ceremonial opening it will be a new government but I know the NNP will be in office,” he said. The Parliamentary Elections Office which is responsible for executing a general election recently disclosed that it’s ready to ensure free and fear general elections. When questioned about the readiness of the Elections Office, Supervisor of Elections, Alex Phillip, in a written
reply, said that his office had used the November 2016 referendum as a preparedness test. He also said that all the new staff and other persons who are required to ensure a free and fear election are participating in continuous training. The consolidated voter’s list as of July 7, contains more than 73,000 names. In the last general election held in 2013, it was a landslide for the NPP that won all 15 seats in Parliament.
Venezuelan minister urges: Know details... From page 19 international laws” there is an “imperial intention to turn the Orinoco into an international space, to seize energy and wealth, plus fresh water.” Torres also emphasized the importance of knowing the details the Geneva Agreement and the 1899 Paris arbitration award, legal instruments that have no expiration and which he claimed are being violated by Guyana with the support of the American government. However, the press statements did not describe these alleged violations. Obviously, Torres' allegation of treaty violations can be easily rebutted by the Guyanese authorities who
can point to the resuscitated claim to Guyana's territory since 1962; the illegal occupation since 1966 by Venezuela of the Guyanese half of Ankoko Island at the Cuyuni and Wenamu border junction; the Leoni decree of 1968 by which Venezuela laid an extended claim to 12 miles of continental shelf off the Essequibo coast; and more recently the Maduro decrees of 2015 claiming almost all of Guyana's offshore economic zone with its huge yet-to-beexploited reserves of petroleum. All of these actions against Guyana's sovereignty remain as flagrant breaches of both the Geneva Agreement of 1966 and the Paris arbitra-
tion award of 1899, especially the latter, which both disputing parties – the Venezuelan and British governments – defined by treaty as “a full, perfect, and final settlement”. (Republished from Caribbean News Now) Dr Odeen Ishmael, Ambassador Emeritus (retired), historian and author, served as Guyana's ambassador in the USA (1993-2003), Venezuela (2003-2011) and Kuwait and Qatar (2011-2014). He is the author of The Trail of Diplomacy – The Guyana-Venezuela Border Issue (in three volumes). He also currently serves as a Senior Research Fellow of the Washingtonbased Council on Hemispheric Affairs.
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Qatar airlifts in cows after Arab embargo cuts milk supplies Qatar has taken delivery of 165 cows that were airlifted into the Gulf state to ease a milk shortage caused by sanctions imposed by its neighbors. They are the first shipment for local dairy company, Baladna, which is ramping up production just weeks after four Arab states — Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain and Egypt — cut off diplomatic ties. The four states also cut transport links with Qatar. Saudi Arabia closed Qatar’s only land border, cutting off vital imports including dairy products. Baladna said it was trying to compensate for a shortage of dairy products. It said it planned to import a total of 4,000 cows
to meet 30-35% of Qatar’s dairy demand. The first cows, purchased from a German supplier, arrived Tuesday on a Qatar Airways flight from Budapest, Hungary. Other cows are expected to be sourced from the Netherlands, the U.S. and Australia. Qatar relies heavily on imported food, a third of which used to come from Saudi Arabia and the UAE. And the gas-rich state has had to move quickly to find alternatives. Within days of the embargo, Turkish and Iranian products filled empty shelves in the supermarkets and local factories ramped up production.
China dissident Liu’s condition critical, breathing failing, hospital says BEIJING (Reuters) Chinese Nobel Peace Prizewinning dissident Liu Xiaobo is in critical condition and his breathing is failing, the hospital treating him said on Wednesday. Liu, a prominent participant in the Tiananmen prodemocracy protests of 1989, was jailed for 11 years in 2009 for “inciting subversion of state power” after helping to write a petition known as “Charter 08” calling for sweeping political reforms. He was recently moved from jail to a hospital to be treated for late-stage liver cancer. Liu’s kidney and liver functions are failing, and he suffers from blood clots, among other ailments, the
hospital in the city of Shenyang said on its website. However, Liu’s family has declined the use of intubation machinery to help him breathe with the aid of a plastic tube in his windpipe, the hospital said. “The patient is in a critically ill condition, the hospital is doing all it can to save him, and his family members understand the situation and have given their signatures,” it added, without elaborating. The announcement suggested a significant deterioration in Liu’s health since early on Wednesday, when the hospital said he was being treated for worsening liver function, septic shock and organ dysfunction.
Rights groups and Western government have urged China to allow Liu and his wife, Liu Xia, to leave the country to be treated abroad, as Liu has said he wants. But the government has warned against interference and has said Liu is being treated by renowned Chinese cancer experts. Liu’s international counsel Jared Genser told Reuters that getting him out of China for treatment was a realistic possibility if approval was granted soon. “But time is of the essence,” he said. “Every moment that passes makes that possibility more difficult. White House spokeswoman Sarah Sanders repeated a call for Liu to be free to travel abroad for treatment.
GM’s judgment day: How two Venezuelan car dealers seized an auto factory CARACAS (Reuters) Venezuela’s government has seized assets from dozens of foreign corporations in nationalizations by the late President Hugo Chavez and the embattled current government of Nicolas Maduro. The man behind the confiscation of General Motors Co’s $100 million assembly plant in April is a much more obscure figure: Kaled Kansao, the owner of two long-defunct GM dealerships. Kansao convinced a court to seize the plant as the remedy for a relatively small-time business dispute - over GM’s termination of his franchises - that mushroomed into a 17year court battle. The legal fight that pushed GM out of Venezuela offers a unique case study in
the struggles of foreign corporations to keep operations afloat - much less turn a profit - amid the OPEC nation’s economic and political chaos. The seizure stands out because it stems from a dispute with private citizens rather than the government, highlighting yet another risk of doing business in Venezuela – the specter of debilitating legal judgments, said Francisco Martinez, president of Venezuela’s main business organization, Fedecamaras. “It would be impossible to say that the legal proceedings against General Motors had any legal logic,” Martinez said. “Venezuela does not provide even the most minimal guarantees with respect to investment or private property.”
The Venezuelan government’s Information Ministry did not respond to a request for comment. Venezuela ranked 187 out of 190 countries in the World Bank’s 2017 Ease of Doing Business report, which evaluates countries’ regulatory systems. Only Eritrea, Libya and Somalia scored worse. Under Chavez, the socialist firebrand who died in 2013, some asset seizures featured gun-wielding soldiers and live television broadcasts. The GM case had its own less publicized drama, including dueling allegations of courthouse misdeeds; recusals by judges citing security concerns; a dispute over 158 vehicles that GM says “vanished”; and mysterious damage calculations awarding the dealers thousands of cars.
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Majestic Federer outclasses Raonic to reach... From page 26 slam champion is capable of. When, to his immense credit, Raonic finally began to threaten in the third set, going 3-0 up in the tiebreak, it was Federer they were cheering for. When he responded with two majestic forehands, one apparently defying physics as it curled around the net post, they were in raptures in the stands and former great Rod Laver smiled in admiration from the Royal Box. “I was sort of moving on, let’s see if he can do it
again. He kept doing it,” Raonic told reporters. “He kept a very high gear the whole entire time without giving many real glimpses. “I think that was the most defeating thing.” There was a slightly subdued atmosphere on Centre Court after home favourite Murray had hobbled to defeat against Querrey. But once the old place filled up and Federer hit his stride the British player’s defeat was forgotten. Federer struck two rasping backhand winners in
the fifth game and raced across the turf to punish Raonic for failing to put away a volley, pummelling a forehand straight through the ducking Canadian to seize a decisive break. Raonic’s belief ebbed away at the start of the second set when a careless forehand gifted Federer another break and the third seed went for the jugular, grabbing another break of serve as he sauntered into a two-set lead. Federer was made to sweat a little in the third set, saving four break points at
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3-4 as Raonic finally began to hit his groundstrokes with menace. When Raonic opened up an early lead in the tiebreak it looked as though Federer might drop his first set of the tournament, but he responded in style to win seven of the next eight points and earn himself a standing ovation.
Boiling-hot Kittel claims... From page 28 in 250 metres from the line before Kittel stole the show yet again. General classification after stage 11: 1. Chris Froome (GB/ Team Sky) 42hrs 27mins 29secs 2. Fabio Aru (Ita/Astana Pro Team) +18secs 3. Romain Bardet (Fra/ AG2R La Mondiale) +51secs 4. Rigoberto Uran (Col/ Cannondale-Drapac) +55secs 5. Jakob Fuglsang (Den/ Astana Pro Team) +1min 37secs 6. Daniel Martin (Ire/ Quick-Step Floors) +1min 44secs 7. Simon Yates (GB/ Orica-Scott) +2min 02secs 8. Nairo Quintana (Col/ Movistar Team) +2min 13secs 9. Mikel Landa (Spa/ Team Sky) +3min 06secs 10. George Bennett (NZ/ LottoNL-Jumbo) +3min 53secs
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GT Beer Keep Your 5 Alive KO Futsal Tourney
A 39 goal blast highlights day 2
Venus preparing for Konta serving barrage
Newtown Kitty, Tiger Bay, Dave & Celina’s All-Stars, Future Stars, Leopold St. advance
Dave and Celina’s Colwyn Drakes in control against North East La Penitence on Tuesday night at the National Gymnasium. A total of 32 teams would have all been in with an equal chance of staking a claim for the top prize of $500,000 dollars but following two nights of action, 11 of those teams have fallen by the way side. Five of those 11 teams were sent packing on Tuesday night last at the National Gymnasium when the GT Beer Keep Your 5 Alive knock-out Futsal tournament continued. Staying alive with wins on the night were Leopold Street, Future Stars, Dave and Celina’s All-Stars of Linden, Tiger Bay and Newtown Kitty. They have joined Sparta Boss, Broad Street, North Ruimveldt, Showstoppers, Rhythm Star and Kitty which were winners on day one, Saturday night last. Contesting the feature match of the night, Leopold Street shot their way past Agricola 5-2 on account of a double each from Omallo Williams in the 2nd and 8th minutes; Okenee Fraser in the 6th and 14th and Shalomo Hunte in the 30th minute. Hitting the back of the nets in a losing cause for
Agricola was Kacy John in the 21st and 24th minutes. The main supporting clash produced a total of 11 goals but it was Future Stars, led by a brace each from Keron Solomon and Akeemo Anthony which clawed their way back after being a goal down to whip Melanie, 7-4. Melanie’s Amoniki Rogers, who also scored twice had handed his team the lead in the 6th minute and that was doubled four minutes later when Dexroy Sullivan nailed his shot past the goalkeeper. But once that advantage was reduced and then cancelled out by Curtez Kellman’s 13th minute effort and Solomon’s opening goal five minutes later, Future Stars never looked back. Solomon netted his second of the night one minute after his first, Kevin Cummings added his name to the score sheet in the 32nd minute, Anthony was on target in the 33rd and 34th minutes, while Jamal Cozier put the icing on the cake in the 36th minute. Apart from Rogers in the 6th and 25th minutes, the other player scoring for
Melanie was Rondell Bowman in the 32nd minute. In a humdinger of a clash, the Bauxite Mining Town of Linden unleashed a star studded Dave and Celina’s All Star side that represented well as they squeezed past City side North East La Penitence in a cliffhanger, 3-2. Carrying the Linden team on his back was Colwyn Drakes who fired in all three goals in the high octane battle. Drakes took the North East side by surprise with two quick goals in the 3rd and 5th minutes but the La Penitence boys quick sought to narrow the advantage when Shaquille Browne pulled one back in the 6th minute. But the two goal cushion was restored by Drakes in the 10th minute as the exchanges continued relentlessly at either end of the pitch. La Penitence through Rawl Audain again reduced the deficit by one in the 14th minute but the Linden side was able to keep them at bay as they rallied to win 3-2. The second match of the night was a walk in the park for Tiger Bay which trounced Bagotstown 5-1,
even the goal for the losers was scored by the winners in the 23rd minute. Leading the Tigers were Orin Moore with a hat-trick (10, 12, 14), Alpha Fletchman touched in a brace in the 4th and 8th minutes. In the opening match of the night, Newtown Kitty were in destructive form, banging their way past Shattaville Gunners, 9-1, they actually scored all the goals, Shattaville’s goal was an own goal in the 12th minute. For Newtown, Allister Holder achieved a helmet-trick (3, 14, 16, 17), Kareem Augustus supported with a double (4, 6), Ray Smith opened the scoring in the 2nd minute, while Daniel Ross in the 8th and Andrew Holder in the 19th minute sealed the deal. Staying alive will be the main aim of the teams that will collide tonight at the same venue from 20:00hrs. Among the corporate entities on board are HJTV, 94.1 Boom FM, The Trophy Stall, Star Party Rentals, Confidential Cabs and GT Beer. The other competition dates are July 18th, 22nd and 25th and August 5th.
Venus Williams of the U.S. waves as she celebrates winning her quarter final match against Latvia’s Jelena Ostapenko. (REUTERS/Matthew Childs) LONDON (Reuters) American veteran Venus Williams was sharpening her reactions for the barrage of big serves she can expect in her Wimbledon semi-final against British favourite Johanna Konta today, going through a relentless practice routine on the eve of battle. The 37-year-old spent 45 minutes on the dusty Aorangi Park practice courts yesterday, hitting back serves delivered at high velocity by a male hitting partner. Williams sent many returns whistling back to the baseline, occasionally getting a thumbs up from her coaching team, while others sailed way beyond the margins of the court. Konta tops the ace leaderboard in the women’s singles with 28, one more than Williams who is the oldest woman to reach the Wimbledon semi-finals for 23 years. Against Simona Halep on Tuesday, Konta offered up only two break points in a match lasting two hours and
38 minutes. “Johanna’s serve is a massive weapon,” her coach Wim Fissette told Reuters this week. “Most woman players would like a first serve as good as Jo’s.” Following her quarter-final victory over Jelena Ostapenko, Williams told a news conference that she would be expecting a close battle with her British opponent. “I think we play a very similar style,” she said. “Aggressive, serve well, return well, very solid off the ground. So really it’s just about playing that game better and see where you find openings on that day.” Williams is bidding to win her sixth Wimbledon singles title and eighth grand slam — nine years after last lifting the aptly-named Venus Rosewater Dish on Centre Court. Konta, who will be playing in her first Wimbledon semifinal, is attempting to become the first British winner of the women’s singles since Virginia Wade in 1977.
Majestic Federer outclasses Raonic to reach semis LONDON (Reuters) - Roger Federer says the key to winning majors is making sure his average is as high as possible - every round. There is nothing average about Federer, though, as he proved again yesterday by turning his 100th Wimbledon match into an exhibition of his magic, outclassing Milos Raonic 6-4 6-2 7-6(4) to reach the semi-finals for a record 12th time. The Swiss maestro, 36 next month, played
his best tennis of the tournament to dismantle the big-serving Canadian - avenging last year’s semi-final defeat in stunning fashion. With defending champion Andy Murray losing earlier on Centre Court to Sam Querrey and Novak Djokovic retiring with an injury against Tomas Berdych, Federer is now overwhelming favourite to become the first man to win the title eight times. “I can’t believe it’s 100 matches, it’s a lot
but I’m very happy my body has kept me going all these years,” said Federer who will face Berdych in tomorrow’s semi-finals. “You have to make sure you average is as high as possible every day and I think I’m doing a great job this week.” Raonic might have had the 140 mph serve in his locker, but Federer owns a magic wand that he used to make the world’s sixth best player look like a lumbering also-ran.
It was hard not feel sorry for Raonic at times. Usually when a player is taking the kind of beating Federer was handing out on a sunlit Centre Court, the crowd throw their weight behind the underdog. That rule does not apply when it is Federer, king of Wimbledon, inflicting the punishment in the silky manner only the 18-times grand (Continued on page 25)
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Sir Garfield Sobers International Schools tourney
Windies U-17 50-over Cricket Tournament
St Joseph’s High & School of the Nations At the MTW ground, register wins Oakville Academy, the only
Guyana looking to rebound against Leeward Islands at Brian Lara Stadium today
The 31st Annual Sir Garfield Sobers International Schools 40-over cricket tournament continued in Barbados on Tuesday with both Guyanese schools being in winner’s row, while defending Champions Antigua Schools defeated Oakville Cricket Academy by five wickets on day two of the competition which is named after Barbados’ only living Legend and the world’s greatest allrounder. At Bank Hall, St Joseph’s High beat Bajan School St Michael’s by seven wickets to record their second win in as many days. Stephon Wilson picked up 3-25 and got excellent back up from Kennard Moonsammy (2-4) and Nkosi Beaton (2-18) as St Michael’s were bowled out in 33 overs for 112. Jared Lovell (30), Kai Patrick (20) and Codie Ramsey (15) offered token resistance before the Woolford Avenue School raced to 1133 from 19.5 overs on the fast outfield. Moonsammy led the way with 33, Wilson made an undefeated 31 and Timothy McAlmont chipped with 27 to see their school to an emphatic win. Kyle Edwards had 2-24 for the home team. At the Wayne Daniel ground, School of the Nations, who lost their first
Mark Ramsammy had a 5-wkt haul in Barbados on Tuesday. game, rebounded to beat St Leonard’s Boys School by 86 runs after being dismissed for 178 in 34 overs. Mark Ramsammy 33, Ariel Tilqu 25, Christopher Kowsilla 20 and Vishal Persaud 19 led the fight as Nigel Desriveres (6-33) and Aleyandro Davis (3-37) shared nine wickets between them. However, St Leonard’s batting failed to cope with Ramsammy who had an excellent day at class by taking (517), the first five-wicket haul by a Guyanese. He got good support from Bheem Hardyal (3-16) and Kowsilla (2-7) as only Kacey Williams (26) and Davis (15) reaching double figures.
team to reach 300 on the opening day, were blown away for 97 in 28.4 overs with Neil Johnson top scoring with 28. Bryan Browne who has the only century so far, only managed 23 on Tuesday, while Guyana’s David Dick, who stroked an unbeaten 76 in the first match, fell for a duck as number 10 batsman Steffaun Griffith (13) was the only other batsman from the North American side to get to double figures. Asher Cornelius ripped the heart out the Canadian batting with 520. Antigua Schools reached 100-5 from 34.1 overs as Marcus Nandu, the son of former Guyana Leg-spinner Arjune Nandu, taking 2-19 and Dick, who’s participation in this tournament was made possible by a collaboration between the Georgetown Cricket Association and the Oakville Academy, conceded just 14 runs from his eight overs. Michael Marcellin (32), Kenny Sutton (18) and Rasheed Henry (18 not out) were made to work hard for their runs but in the end the 2016 champions handed the North Americans their first defeat in the tournament. After a rest day yesterday the tournament schedules to continue today. (Sean Devers)
Fans getting ready to welcome and enjoy... From page 31 glory.With prize monies being increased more than 200% from last year and an anticipated packed stadium, fans are in for some mouth watering action following the opening ceremony on Saturday afternoon from 15:00hrs sharp. Collins along with T&T 2017 National champion Emmanuel Callender, Antigua and Barbuda’s Tahir and Chavaugh Walsh, Dominican Republic’s Yancarlos Martinez, Levi Codogan and Jaquone Hoyte representing the Land of the Flying Fish, USVI’s Fred Dorsey, Bermuda’s Tre Houston and locals boys, Compton Caesar, Jeremy Bascom, Rupert Andel Perry, OwenAdonis, Tevin Garraway and Emanuel Archibald will be battling in the men’s 100m invitational with the winner collecting the gold medal and USD$1000. Silver and bronze medals will go along with purse of $600 and $400 dollars, respectively. The women’s 100m Invitational will feature Guyanese USA based Brenessa Thompson coming up against the likes of fellow Guyanese and
the indefatigable Alisha Fortune, Kenisha Phillips apart from the USA’s Tawanna Meadows, T&T’s Rayare Thomas, Zakiya Denoon and Semoy Hackett; the Barbadian duo of Jade Bailey and Tristan Evelyn as well as the USVI’s Lavern Jones-Ferette, all being in contention. The women’s 400m serves up an interesting multination line-up, Guyana’s Kadecia Baird, Avon Sameuls, Alita Moore and Jenen McCammon lead’s the hometown charge against BVI’s Ashley Kelly, St. Vincent & the Grenadines’ Kineke Alexander, Jamaica’s Dominique Blake, Robin Reynolds of the USA, Puerto Rico’s Grace Claxton, Katrina Seymour of the Bahamas, Janeil Bellille of Soca Country and Yanique Hay-Smith of the Turks and Caicos Islands are all included. On the men’s side, George and fellow locals Stephan James, Arinze Chance, Samuel Lynch, Kelton Cumberbatch and Darrin Henry will be aiming to hold their own against the likes of the USA’s Brycen Sprattling, Sheldon Mason and Kern Alexis of Trinidad
and Tobago, Jamaican’s Rayon Lawrence and Jonia McDonald, USVI’s Rodney Griffin and Malique Smith, Barbados’ Fabian Norgrove and Kion Joseph. The men’s and women’s 200m will be another showcase with a number of the athletes in the 100m repeating as they test their fortunes in both events. The field events will also serve up some interesting rivalry with Andrea Foster, who is currently on break from her scholarship in the USA, being the favourite for the Women’s 1500m in an all Guyanese showdown. The men’s 3000m will be another all local affair as will the men’s javelin. The USVI’s Wanetta Kirby is the lone foreigner in contention for the top podium spot in the women’s high jump and is sandwiched between Natrina Hooper, Tatyanna Blair, Cindy Fraser, Shontel Browne, Virlyn Gibson and Cariesa McBean. Athletes were expected to start arriving last night and will continue to do so today ahead of what is anticipated to be a memorable day for the sport in Guyana, this Saturday.
By Zaheer Mohamed in Trinidad and Tobago In association with V Net Communications, Mike’s Pharmacy, 4R, Regal Stationery and Computer Centre and Ramchand’s Auto Spares. Following their 20-run loss to Windward Islands in their opening fixture on Tuesday at Gilbert Park, Guyana will be looking to rebound when they take on Leeward Islands today at the Brian Lara Stadium as the Windies regional U-17 50-over Cricket tournament continues. Guyana defeated the Leeward Islands in their previous two meetings and played unbeaten in last year’s tournament; winning three games and two being affected by rain. Undoubtedly Guyana are one of the strongest teams in the tournament boasting five players with previous experience, but while there is not much cause for concern with their bowling, the biggest worry for the management team is the batting. Their batsmen are talented and once they get going then Guyana
can be unbeatable, and their title hunt largely depends on how well they apply themselves since poor shot selection resulted in them being bowled out for a meager total in their opening game. Skipper Ashmead Nedd, his deputy Kevlon Anderson, Junior Sinclair, Kevin Omroa and Pradesh Balkishun are more than capable spinners, while their fast bowlers Qumar Torrington, Reaz Khan and Gevon Schultz can hold their own, but they must be backed up in the field which is another worry for the management unit. Windward Islands top scorer Kemani Melius was put down once off Torrington and twice in the same over off Nedd, while a few other catches went a begging. Opener Alex Algoo has the ability to hit the ball hard and looked untroubled in his first game at this level until he gifted his wicket away. A lot will depend on him and Sachin Singh to give Guyana a good start so that the middle order, which includes Anderson, Kevin Christian, Orlando Jailall, Sinclair and Alphius
Bookie to capitalise. The Guyanese team were set to practice at the Brian Lara Stadium yesterday, but the rain prevented the coach from doing any outdoor work with his charges. The pitch at the Brian Lara Stadium, which is hosting its first regional tournament, has been good for batting with club teams here scoring in the excess of 190 in T20s. The Leeward Islands won their opening game against Jamaica by five wickets at National Cricket Centre. Guyana Team - Ashmead Nedd (Capt.) Sachin Singh, Alex Algoo , Kevlon Anderson, Junior Sinclair, Pradesh Balkishuin, Reaz Khan, Alphius Bookie, Lance Roberts, Kevin Umora, Orlando Jailall, Kevin Chritian, Qumar Torrington and Gevon Schultz. Orin Bailey is Coach and Nazeer Mohamed, Manager. Meanwhile, in other games Trinidad and Tobago will play Jamaica at Gilbert Park and Barbados will face Windward Islands at the National Cricket Centre.
Spinners, Lanning power Australia... From page 29 maneuver the ball over the off side. Once the record was out of the way, Raj seemed a little more relaxed. The first sign of intent came three balls later as she waltzed down the pitch to hit a straight six to also become the first batsman in Women’s ODIs to cross 6000 runs. By then, Punam was in her 50s. From time-totime, she resorted to sweeping against the turn and bringing out the delicate paddles to keep the runs ticking. Off the pacers, she was particularly punishing towards Megan Schutt, who she shovelled and lap-swept to pick off boundaries. Yet, at no stage did the pair give Australia any shivers. When Raj mistimed a lofted hit back to Beams in the 41st over, India had barely managed to cross the four-runs per over mark. Over the next six overs, Harmanpreet Kaur brought out the odd big hit
to make a 22-ball 23, but Raut’s wicket in the 47th led to a total breakdown. India lost four wickets for 16, with Deepti Sharma, their second-highest rungetter of the tournament, not coming out to bat until the final over. Early in the chase, India kept things tight, conceding just 34 off the first 10. The situation was ripe for their spinners to mount a challenge. But Bisht’s first over that went for three boundaries led to opening of the floodgates. Poonam Yadav looped the ball up, but by not landing it right on a surface where the turn was slow, gave the batsmen enough time to rock back and pull. Lanning showed intent right from the time she walked out, lofting Yadav over her head for six off the fourth ball she faced. To compensate, the spinners resorted to bowling short and kept getting put away square of the wicket through cuts
and sweeps. India didn’t help matters by fielding as poorly as they did, runs regularly conceded by letting the ball through their legs at the boundary. All of this meant, the chase went cold at the halfway mark. For large parts of the last 15 overs, it seemed as if an extended net session was on, the sense of helplessness in India’s ranks all too evident as what should’ve been a challenging chase turned into a cakewalk. Scores: Australia 227 for 2 (Lanning 76*, Perry 60*, Mooney 45) beat India 226 for 7 (Raut 106, Raj 69, Perry 2-37, Schutt 2-52) by eight wicket. Meanwhile, in other results: ENG Women 284/9 versus NZ Women 209 (46.4/50 ov, target 285). Result: ENG Women won by 75 runs. SL Women 101 versus SA Women 104/2 (23.1/50 ov, target 102). Result: SA Women won by 8 wickets (with 161 balls remaining).
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Banks DIH supports Circle Tennis
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Darren Bravo
Members of the teams involved pose for a photo at the Banks DIH Thirst Park ground. Last Friday was a historical day for our National Game of Circle Tennis as it received the support it has longed for in moving the sport to another level, with Banks DIH giving the approval for the game to be played at its venue under
lights. A friendly match was played featuring Banks DIH United and AL Sport & Tour Promotions mixed team, which saw a number of senior managers including George McDonald the company’s Co-Managing Di-
rector/Marketing Director witnessing the game. Banks DIH United after been invited to take first strike in the day/night match made 148-7, with Troy Mc Rae 25, Roanna Charles 17 and Yonette Gordon 14. AL Sport & Tour Promo-
tions turn in the circle saw them making 244 -3. Michael Trotman made 22, Linden Johnson 23, Patrice Stewart 24 and Francine Nichols 18. Meanwhile, Circle Tennis action will return to the said venue next Friday the 21st, commencing at 5:30pm.
Boiling-hot Kittel claims fifth Tour stage win PAU, France (Reuters) German Marcel Kittel was once again a cut above as he claimed his fifth victory in this year’s Tour de France, winning a crash-ridden 11th stage in emphatic style yesterday. The Quick-Step Floors rider, who now has 14 stages to his name, left it late to launch his sprint but easily beat Dutchman Dylan Groenewegen (LottoNLJumbo) and Norway’s Edvald Boasson Hagen (Dimension Data). Boasson Hagen raised his arms as if he had won but was comprehensively beaten by Kittel and Groenewegen after 203.5km from Eymet. Britain’s Chris Froome retained the overall leader’s yellow jersey on a relaxed day for Team Sky’s defending champion. Some of his rivals did not have a quiet day, though. Three of the main contenders crashed as last year’s runner-up Romain Bardet, third overall, Jakob Fuglsang (fifth) and twice winner Alberto Contador (12th) hit the deck in separate incidents. Fuglsang was involved in a crash at the feed zone and went to the medical car to have his wrist checked while his Astana team mate Dario Cataldo was forced to abandon because of a wrist injury after the Italian also fell. “He was a key rider. He
Nation news.com DARREN BRAVO has finally deleted his “big idiot” tweet almost eight months after he was instructed to do so. The Trinidadian batsman was sent home from the West Indies’ tour of Zimbabwe last November after describing Cricket West Indies president Dave Cameron a big idiot in a social media post. Bravo used his Twitter account to respond to an explanation from Cameron about the reasons why he was downgraded to a ‘C’ retainer contract. “You have been failing for 4 d last 4 years. Y don’t u resign and FYI I’ve neva
been given an A contract. Big idiot @davec51,” Bravo wrote in a tweet on November 11, 2016 that was tagged to Cameron’s account. In addition to cancelling Bravo’s match tour contract, the regional governing body asked the player to remove the highlighted tweet from his account and desist from tweeting about Cricket West Indies officials in the future. While the tweet remained online for the past few months, Bravo had not been considered for selection to the West Indies team. A check on his Twitter timeline Tuesday, however, revealed that the tweet had been removed. (Haydn Gill)
Muller magic runs out as Cilic powers into semis
Marcel Kittel, the German sprinter has won five stages at the Tour de France, building a huge points lead. (AP) would have had an important role in the mountains,” said Astana sports director Dmitry Fofonov. “We have to decide if he undergoes operation in France or in Italy. As for Fuglsang, he already broke the wrist that’s injured today. It hurts, he said.” Frenchman Bardet avoided serious injury. “I escaped unhurt but now I’m happy that the flat stages are over,” said Bardet, who is expected to attack in Thursday’s 12th stage, a
214.5-km trek featuring three major climbs and a summit finish in Peyragudes. Contador, who slipped down the general classification after a bad day in the Jura mountains on Sunday, fell off his bike 25km from the finish but managed to make it back to the peloton with the help of his Trek-Segafredo team mate Jarlinson Pantano. He suffered bruises to his hip and elbow. Contador’s fall was the latest in a series of crashes on the Tour for the Spaniard,
who was forced to abandon the race in 2014 and 2016. “I never believed in bad luck, but this Tour is putting me to the limit, especially psychologically,” he said. “But those who think I will give up don’t know me.” At that point, the main pack was travelling at full speed as the sprinters’ teams rode hard at the front to catch the last fugitive of the day, Maciej Bodnar of Poland. The exhausted BoraHansgrohe rider was reined (Continued on page 25)
LONDON (Reuters) - Gilles Muller’s unlikely Wimbledon run came to an end when he was beaten in five sets by Croatian Marin Cilic in their quarter-final yesterday. Cilic, who triumphed 3-6, 7-6(6), 7-5, 5-7, 6-1 will now face Sam Querrey in the semifinals after the American upset home favourite Andy Murray. The 34-year-old Muller was an unexpected presence in the last eight after he pulled off a surprise, five-set win over Rafa Nadal in the fourth round. A day off ensured decent recovery time from the nearly five-hour battle with Nadal, which included a fifth set that lasted over two hours. And Muller, the journeyman who had not even won a regular ATP Tour event until this year, succeeded in carrying his inspired form against the Spaniard into this last eight contest. Muller broke in the seventh game with a powerful drive down the line, shouting out his delight as he clearly sensed another upset could be on the agenda. He broke again to win the set when Cilic went wide with a return and his small but noisy contingent of supporters from his Luxembourg homeland roared their delight. Cilic was not rattled though
and he went into the second set tie-break looking strong, taking advantage of an ill-timed doublefault from Miller at 6-6, securing set point with a fantastic crosscourt winner. The third set was another tight affair and again it was an unforced error from Muller which gave Cilic the upper hand. Serving to stay in the set, Muller was broken to love, the final point a frustrating volley into the net. The clever serve and volley play and the ice-cool demeanour that put paid to Nadal’s hopes, had gone but Muller was not ready to leave for his home in Leudelange just yet. Cilic’s serve was firing dangerously but Muller held on and then struck to go 6-5 up, breaking with a fine cross-court winner and uncharacteristically dancing across to his chair. He regained his composure quickly and calmly served out for the set but his revival was shortlived. Cilic broke Muller’s first service in the deciding set and the resistance crumbled, the Croat charging through the games to win the final set 6-1. After three straight defeats in the last eight at the All England Club, Cilic tastes the semi-finals for the first time and will surely sense the chance to go even further.
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Novak Djokovic out of Wimbledon Murray dethroned in painful after retiring due to injury Wimbledon exit to Querrey Tomas Berdych progresses to semi-finals
The second seed had just lost the opening set and was down a break in the second. (Getty Images) Daily Mail - Novak Djokovic’s hopes of winning a fourth Wimbledon title were scuppered by injury after the Serbian was forced to retire against Tomas Berdych. Djokovic had lost the first set in a tiebreak and was down a break in the second when he withdrew from his quarter-final, with Berdych up 7-6, (7/2) 2-0. Berdych will face 18-time grand slam champion Roger Federer for a place in the final on Sunday. Djokovic said it was an elbow problem that forced him to abandon the match. He said the elbow had been troubling him
for 12 to 18 months, and that it had been hurting more intensely as Wimbledon progressed. He said he would see a specialist to examine the injury. ‘It’s unfortunate I have to finish the Wimbledon grand slam this way,’ Djokovic said. ‘I tried to get it in the condition where I was able to play. ‘I was able for 30 minutes to play with pain that was bearable. The serve and forehand were the shots where I could feel it the most and after that there was really no sense (in continuing).’
Spinners, Lanning power Australia into semi-final ESPNcricinfo - Australia secured a semi-final berth as they overpowered India’s 226 for 7 with consummate ease on a slow turner in Bristol. India’s inability to bring to the fore their powergame at various stages during the course of the 157run second-wicket stand between centurion Punam Raut and Mithali Raj, who became the leading rungetter in Women’s ODIs, left them shortchanged. They will now have to beat New Zealand in their final group game on Sunday to make it through to the semi-final of an ICC event for the first time since 2010. Beth Mooney and Nicole Bolton added 62 for the first wicket in 15.4 overs to set Australia up. After Bolton bottom-edged a sweep off Poonam Yadav to Sushma Verma, the wicketkeeper, Meg Lanning dug in. Batting with a strapped shoulder, she displayed nimble footwork to negate India’s spin troika of Ekta Bisht, Deepti Sharma and Poonam Yadav, to make
76 not out as Australia eased home with 29 balls to spare. She was complemented by the in-form Ellyse Perry, who finished with 60 not out, her fourth successive fifty to go with two wickets. W h e r e A u s t r a l i a ’s spinners wrested control they combined to take 4 for 129 off 29 overs - partly due to India’s diffidence with the bat, India’s slower bowlers leaked a combined 183 in 34 overs. India’s slow scoring
was largely due to the inability of Raj to hit the ball off the square; she consumed 82 deliveries and limped past the 34 she needed to eclipse Charlotte Edwards’ record. Jess Jonassen and Kristen Beams used angles and flight to cut off scoring options for Raut and Raj. Their protection of the legside boundary kept teasing the batsmen to work against the turn, making it difficult to (Continued on page 27)
LONDON (Reuters) Andy Murray’s Wimbledon title defence evaporated on Centre Court in a painful five-set demise to Sam Querrey yesterday as the hip injury that has dogged the world number one throughout the tournament finally got the better of him. M u r r a y ’s h o p e s o f becoming the first Briton to retain a grand slam title since Fred Perry in 1936 were shredded as he hobbled helplessly to a 3-6, 6-4, 67(4), 6-1, 6-1 quarter-final defeat. The encounter ended in almost brutal fashion, as Murray struggled to move freely around the court in the final two sets and the bigserving Querrey ruthlessly put him to the sword, wrapping up victory with his 27th booming ace. Despite the best efforts of the Centre Court crowd to cajole a miracle recovery from the limping Briton, Murray’s troublesome hip proved beyond help and he was swiftly dispatched, with the final two sets taking just under 47 minutes. Querrey can now lay claim to the title of Wimbledon’s chief giantkiller, after slaying then champion Novak Djokovic last year. He becomes the first American man to reach a grand slam semi-final since Andy Roddick at Wimbledon in 2009. “I’m still in shock myself,” he said after setting up a semi-final encounter with Marin Cilic. “I didn’t start my best but kept with it and kept swinging and I hit my groove in the fourth and fifth sets. “It feels great and it’s a dream come true ... to get to a semi-final and have it happen at Wimbledon makes it a bit more special.” Having toured the game’s most awkward and unconventional opponents in the opening four rounds, Murray finally got to face a more routine tennis archetype. There are few surprises with Querrey’s game. He stands at 6 foot 6 inches (1.98 meters) and uses his giant frame to
Querrey acknowledges the crowd as he celebrates victory and reaching his first Grand Slam semi-final. (Reuters) launch bullets from the sky and backs up his huge serve with an occasional haymaker forehand. His game plan seemed to involve turning Centre Court into a firing range which brought him little success in the opening s e t , b u t a s M u r r a y ’s movement became increasingly pained, the match turned emphatically in the American’s favor. Querrey would have been hard pushed to imagine such a glorious ending as Murray punished him almost at will in the opening set, when it was Murray’s serve that did the greater damage and the 29-year-old seemed wracked with nerves. Murray claimed that in 28 minutes and there was barely a hint of his vulnerability when he broke for a 4-3 lead in the second. There were stunned murmurs of discontent from the home crowd, however, as Querrey broke twice to level the match, wrapping up the second set with a beautiful backhand winner. That still seemed only a momentary blip for the champion, who
broke immediately at the start of the third set to move back into a short-lived ascendancy. Querrey struck back in the 10th game forcing the set into a tiebreak and while Murray held his nerve to move back into the lead, from that point the writing was on the wall. The home fans willed their man to scramble freely around the court, but his grimaces told their own story as he looked up to his box and seemed to mouth “it’s gone, it’s gone” in the fourth set. Querrey won nine games in a row to take the fourth and open up a 3-0 lead in the fifth, before breaking again to move one game from victory. Two Querrey aces helped bring up three match points and one more finished the job off, leaving Murray to salute the home fans with an almost apologetic wave goodbye. “The whole tournament I’ve been a little bit sore,” Murray told reporters. “But I tried my best right to the end, gave everything I had. I’m proud about that.”
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All roads lead to MSC ground tomorrow as Hamilton Green Cup kicks off in Linden The Hamilton Green Cup Knockout Football tournament will kick off tomorrow with a double-header at the Mackenzie Sports Club (MSC) Ground in Linden starting from 7:00pm and fans in the Mining Town have been promised a treat. In what promises to be an exciting tournament, 24 teams will battle for attractive prizes which include $500,000 and trophy for the winner, $250,000, $150,000 and $100,000 respectively for the other top three finishers. A number of the country’s leading players would be on show and fans should be provided with plenty of entertaining action. The MVP will receive the Prime Minister’s Trophy; the Best Goalkeeper collects the Sterling Products Trophy, while winners will be presented with Hampers from Ricks and Sari products. No team from Linden have ever won the tournament when it was played under the Mayor’s Cup handle and now would be an opportune time for the Lindeners to rise to the challenge and stake a claim for the accolade. The previous winners include Pele, Camptown, Alpha, Western Tigers, Conquerors, Victoria Kings, Santos, Slingerz and Police. Four nights of the
Keemo Paul replaces Shimron Hetmyer in Guyana Amazon Warriors squad
Keemo Paul
Denzil Pryce tournament have been slated for the MSC ground in Linden starting with opening night tomorrow. Home side Milerock will open their account against Kuru Kururu from 19:00hrs, while Silver Shattas, also of Linden face-off with Soesdyke from 21:00hrs. More action has been fixed for the Mining Town on July 26, 28 and August 18. After opening night, action continues on Sunday July 16 at the Victoria ground on the East Coast of Demerara with three games starting at 4:00pm. Golden Grove face Riddim Squad, Mahaicony tackle Grove Hi Tech and Buxton Bakewell battle Pele. When the first whistle is blown for the opening game tomorrow, Mile Rock will look to Striker Kevin Beaton
Kevin Beaton up front, while the trio of mid-fielders Denzel Fordice, Nelon Walcott and Lorenzo Miller will be heavily depended on to produce good performances. Custodian Jonathon Copeland will be between the uprights and will hope that defender Oswald Benjamin has a good evening. Kuru Kururu on the other hand will pin their hopes on talented Strikers Micheal Charles and Cordel Johnson with support in the mid-field from Kester Alleyne and Kester Fraser. Goal Keeper Joshua George and defender Cojio Sitholie will hope Kuru Kururu does not concede Goals. The second game on the opening night will see Silver Shattas depending on Kellon Major in Goal, Mid-Fielders
Romel Matthews Michael Wilson and Dexter Garraway along with Striker Damion Wilson to fire them to victory over Soesdyke who will have in their line-up mid fielders Marvin Joseph and Kelson Benson along with defender Dorwin Batson. Among the sponsors lending valuable corporate support so far are: The Ministry of Culture, Youth & Sports, Macorp, BEV Processors, IPA, Techno Mills, Alfro Alphonso, ENetworks, TCL, Dennis Edwards and the Sparta family, EC Vieira, Ready Mix, Col Larry London, BK International, Tent City and Clive Bharatt. The final of the tournament, which has been sanctioned by the GFF, is fixed for Sunday August 27 at Leonora Sports Facility.
Hamilton aims for Silverstone four-timer LONDON (Reuters) Lewis Hamilton will head to Silverstone for this weekend’s British Grand Prix with the circuit as much in the headlines as the home hero. Both have said “no” to Formula One at the start of a big week in Britain — Hamilton the only driver to snub a major event in London yesterday and Silverstone calling time on the race contract after 2019. “We had a fantastic response from all the teams and 19 of the drivers,” said a Formula One spokesman, without naming Hamilton, ahead of the F1 Live London event featuring demonstration runs on the streets of Westminster. Hamilton told his fans on social media on Tuesday that he was going on a break. His Mercedes team confirmed that only Valtteri Bottas would be in London. “Two day holiday before
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Lewis Hamilton the greatest race weekend of the year!” Hamilton told his 4.5 million followers on Instagram alongside a photograph of himself and friends on the steps of his private jet. The Briton will be back today as the focus of attention, bidding to match his late compatriot Jim Clark as the only driver to have won four British Grands Prix in a row and five in total. The triple world
champion is in need of home comforts after setbacks beyond his control in Azerbaijan and Austria left him 20 points behind Ferrari’s championship leader Sebastian Vettel as the season approaches the halfway stage. For the first time since March 2014 Hamilton has been off the podium for two successive races and he has no intention of completing that hat-trick at a circuit that ranks among his favourites. “It is generally when there are adversities that there is an opportunity to grow and to do something pretty special,” he said of his current situation, while recognizing that things did not look great as they stood. “We’ve still got a long, long way to go. It could easily, within one race, switch. But the bigger that gap gets, the more pressure builds.” Vettel, like Hamilton,
has won three races so far this season and will be looking for Ferrari’s first win in Britain since Fernando Alonso in 2011. “I’m looking forward to Silverstone, should be a lot of fun with this year’s cars,” said the German, who missed out on victory in Austria by 0.6 seconds after a storming start by Bottas from pole position. “I think our car has been really strong this year in fast corners, so I think it should be quite nice.” Red Bull, with their factory down the road, will also be fancying their chances of getting in the mix after Australian Daniel Ricciardo racked up his fifth successive podium with third place in Austria. Dutch team mate Max Verstappen, meanwhile, is eager to end his run of bad luck, with five retirements in his last seven races and three in a row.
GEORGETOWN, Guyana – The Management of the Guyana Amazon Warriors has announced that West Indies Under-19 World Cup Champions player Keemo Paul has been selected as a replacement for Shimron Hetmyer ahead of this year’s CPL a release informed. H e t m y e r, w h o w a s initially selected by the Guyana Amazon Warriors as the West Indies Youth Player, will be on West Indies Senior Team duties and as such Paul has been chosen as his replacement. Paul, who was Hetmyer’s deputy when the West Indies Under-19 team won the Youth World Cup in 2016, made his List A debut in January 2015 playing for the West Indies Under-19s in Tobago. In March this year, the 19 year old right-handed all-rounder’s First Class debut was overshadowed by injury at the Queen’s Park Oval but came back with a tournament winning sixwicket haul at Providence for the Guyana Jaguars. The fifth edition of Hero Caribbean Premier League opens on August 4 in St. Lucia and the final is set for
September 9 in Trinidad. M e a n w h i l e , G AW Operations Manager, Omar Khan said on Keemo’s selection: “We welcome Keemo to the Guyana Amazon Warriors Team for this year’s CPL. He is a very talented and promising player with lots of potential and his all-round ability brings more value to our team. This is another of giving young Guyana players opportunities to be part of the biggest party in sport, the CPL, and showcase their skills and talent to the world.” Guyana Amazon Warriors Full Squad 1. Martin Guptill 2. Rayad Emrit 3. Sohail Tanveer 4. Chadwick Walton 5. Christopher Lynn 6. Rashid Khan 7. Jason Mohammed 8. Steven Taylor 9. Veerasammy Permaul 10. Roshon Primus 11. Gajanand Singh 12. Assad Fudadin 13. Steven Jacobs 14. Keon Joseph 15. Steven Katwaroo 16. Keemo Paul 17. Muhammad Ali Khan
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Fans getting ready to welcome and enjoy a string of local and overseas stars Brenessa Thompson
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Yadram, Royal salvage win for Young Windies PIETERMARITZBUR G, South Africa, CMC – Opener Bhaskar Yadram struck a critical half-century but West Indies Under-19 were forced to overcome a late innings slump before pulling off a two-wicket win over South Africa Under-19s in the second Youth OneDay International here yesterday. Set a modest 208 for victory, the Young Windies were coasting along at 165 for three in the 39th over but suffered a collapse where five wickets tumbled for 35 runs in the space of 31 balls. Tottering on 200 for eight in the 44th, the Caribbean side were rescued by the lion-hearted Jeavor Royal who ended unbeaten on 31 off 17 deliveries, to take the team over the line. Yadram had earlier topscored with 81 off 116 balls, while captain Emmanuel Stewart chipped in with 45 off 69 balls. Sixteen-year-old fast bowler Gerald Coetzee led the attack with two for 55. The South Africans had been limited to 207 for eight off their 50 overs, after opting to bat first at City Oval, with wicketkeeper Wandile Makwetu topscoring with 53 and openers Matthew Breetzke (37) and Jiveshan Pillay (36) playing supporting roles. Left-arm spinner Joshua Bishop claimed two for 30 from his 10 overs while Royal, also a left-arm spinner, laid the groundwork for his eventual all-round display with two for 34. The hosts got a healthy
Kadeica Baird,
Opener Bhaskar Yadram … top-scored with 81. start from Breetzke and Pillay, the pair adding 81 for the first wicket before R o y a l ’s i n t r o d u c t i o n triggered a collapse where four wickets perished for nine runs in the space of 38 deliveries. Rocking on 90 for four, South Africa’s innings was repaired by Makwetu who faced 68 balls and counted four fours, while adding 38 for the fifth wicket with Hermann Rolfes (19), 25 for the seventh with Coetzee (7) and 23 for the ninth with Kenan Smith (19 not out). The 17-year-old Yadram then gave the visitors a solid start, putting on 43 for the first wicket with Keagan Simmons (14) and a further 75 with Stewart for the second wicket. Yadram struck eight fours and a six while Stewart counted five fours in knock. They were separated when Stewart was run out in the 31st over and nine balls Cephas Cooper was lbw to Coetzee for two, to leave the Windies on 122 for three in the 33rd over. The right-handed
Yadram found an ally in Kirstan Kallicharan, who made 21, to add 43 for the fourth wicket and put Windies on course again. However, once Yadram perished in the 39th over, the innings went into a tail-spin before Royal arrived on his rescue mission which included five fours and a six. He lashed leg-spinner Jade de Klerk for a four and a six in the 44th over which cost 10 runs and punched two boundaries in the 45th from Coetzee, to finish the game emphatically. The five-match series is tied 1-1, with the next game scheduled for Friday at the same venue. Scores: SOUTH AFRICA U-19s 207 for eight off 50 overs (Wandile Makwetu 53, Matthew Breetzke 37, Jiveshan Pillay 36; Joshua Bishop 2-30, Jeavor Royal 2-34). WEST INDIES U-19s 208 for eight off 44.4 overs ( B h a s k a r Ya d r a m 8 1 , Emmanuel Stewart 45, Jeavor Royal 31 not out; Gerald Coetzee 2-55).
Winston George Athletics fans in Guyana are getting ready to be part of what will be the biggest athletics meet ever to be held in the ‘Land of Many Waters’ this Saturday at the Leonora Track and Field Facility. The 2nd annual Aliann Pompey Invitational (API) will feature a string of local and international stars from 19 nations and led by World Champion, the famed Kim Collins of St. Kitts & Nevis. Guyana’s own, Compton Caesar, the first local to win the Carifta Games Boy’s Under-20 100m final, which he achieved in April this year and followed up with the South American Junior Championship 100m gold on home soil last month and Olympian Winston George, who will contest the 400m Invitational, will headline the local’s challenge for (Continued on page 27)
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