Monday July 24, 2017
For decades the PPP Govt. was bankrolling a dead industry DEAR EDITOR, GuySuCo is not indispensable. There has been much clamour about “sugar is what brought us here” and from the PPP/C’s perspective that sugar is too big to fail. What really brought our forefathers here were profits - the real driving force of any business. We live in a dynamic world, change is inevitable. What was good four decades ago is no longer good today. While we must be thankful to the sugar cane for giving birth to our nation, we must not condone its inability to make a profit. GuySuCo has failed to make a profit for over a decade incurring a debt of over 80 billion dollars in that while. It is of little wonder that what was a national asset in the seventies has now become our most accursed liability. GuySuCo has become a political football. While the coalition seems interested in phasing it out, the opposition is crying foul. The PPP/C while in power poured billions into GuySuCo on a yearly basis at the expense of the entire nation and were unable to make it profitable; not once through those years did they attempt to give GuySuCo any ultimatum such as “produce or perish” as the late LFS Burnham would have done. It
is criminal for any Government to tolerate failure of a state own company producing a commodity for so long and not do something drastic to arrest such a sad situation. I can understand a Government making a loss on say the ferry service from Essequibo because sometime in the future every Guyanese might for business or pleasure travel on that ferry and benefit from a low fare. How does dumping billions in GuySuCo benefit a citizen from the Essequibo Coast or the North West district? Most of our Caribbean neighbours had closed their factories a long time ago. This is testimony that cane sugar is no longer a lucrative crop. Yet the PPP/C remains adamant, saying that they would not have closed the industry. Imagine GuySuCo made a loss for almost two decades .This is unheard of in any commodity business on an international scale - the equilibrium for desperation of the most idiotic entrepreneur would have long been broken. Yet the PPP/C would have kept the industry. This is a testimony of the degree of betrayal Guyanese had to endure at the hands of the PPP/C and an acknowledgement that they had wanted to keep GuySuCo
for political expediency. I have no problem with that. My point is, if you can’t make it profitable you shouldn’t be allowed to keep it. At a rally in Whim on their election campaign in 2015, Ramotar promised that they were going to “to pump 20 billion dollars to mechanize the industry” and the crowd cheered. That was audacious! GuySuCo’s factories are mechanical- to mechanize the industry further means to get machines to plant, cut and manure cane. To do that would have made 12,000 jobs redundant. I guess no one at the rally saw it that way. They had no plans to extricate GuySuCo from its vampire mode. Internationally some private companies continue to plant sugar cane and are making profits while GuySuCo sinks deeper in the red zone. Here the economist will tell you to look at the ownership and management of the industry. The answer would be the state and the government respectively. GuySuCo remains in the communist mode of production which has been tested and proven inefficient in the motherland of communism (Russia). There is a popular saying in business-”nothing beats the Continued on page 6
Guyana - oil, gas and corruption From page 4 seems showering himself with material riches is not his definition of a successful life, his emphasis seems to be focused on personal spiritual growth. So, while the PPP is rotten from the head down and therefore offers ideal conditions for white collar crimes to flourish, in the case of the APNU/AFC government the accommodating of such crimes comes from the wider community of its governing group. . Remember Sutherland’s theory did not focus on the behaviour of the leader but on the wider leadership – colleagues who are one’s “reference group.” It is their acceptance of criminal behaviour that offers the accommodating environment for such crimes. Support for the correctness of Sutherland’s focus on leadership rather than the leader can be seen in the fact
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that even during the presidency of a simple man like Dr. Jagan white collar crime was said to be rampant among senior PPP officials. So, under the APNU/AFC government when we recall the drugs bond scandal, the mystery surrounding the purchase of millions of dollars of drugs, are we not seeing a culture in the government which suggests support for messing with the peoples’ money? And what are we to make of a government which see no harm in taking from the public purse to award themselves 50% raise in salaries while telling poor workers “all we can afford to give you is 10% or below?” A government that uses poor taxpayers’ dollars to
provide ministers with rented houses, costing half a million dollars each month? When a government could look out for itself in this brazen manner, at the expense of workers, what are we to conclude? Isn’t it, based on its behavior, giving credence to Sutherland’s contention that white collar crime flourishes where persons in position of authority share a favorable definition of law violation? With all the above as our reality, tell me, why should we believe that this government and its senior appointees will not also use oil money in the same selfish manner and that white collar crime will not continue to plague the nation? Claudius Prince
America: denial on trial DEAR EDITOR, The recent shooting in Alexandria, Virginia of Republican members of Congress and others while playing baseball, should be viewed as only a part of the problem that currently ails the great nation. This fact may not be aptly stated or politically correct but America—the land of the Free and the Home of the Brave is on the brink of political anarchy. Yes, the continued spewing of vitriolic rhetoric, the undying quest and ceaseless prayers to have the President removed from Office has reached fruitiongiving birth to bloodshed. Basically, America is raising her own genre of terrorists. Please do not misquote or misconstrue my train of thinking and writing, but I wholeheartedly agree that the killer bears full responsibility for the act committed. However, it would be asinine at best not to address the rapidly spreading anti-Trump malignancy that has sadly engulfed the nation commencing from November 16, 2016. Sowing is logically followed by a corresponding harvesting. On June 11,three days prior to the shooting, Huffington Post, contributor Jason Fuller in an op-ed stated that impeachment and removal from office was no longer enough, that Donald
Trump should face justice. In addition, let us not for the briefest of moments forget the following gestures, though made in jest but nevertheless with the primary intent of clearly conveying the message of repugnance for the president—the comedian who beheaded the President; the video by rap musician and artist Snoop Dog where he places a fake gun to Trump’s head, fires it, and a “Bang” sign comes out the barrel; the production funded by taxpayers called ‘Killing Republicans’; the Shakespearean drama by the New York Central Theatre summer production where Julius Caesar was portrayed as Donald Trump; the secondary school teacher who wagered as to whether the President would be assassinated; the teacher who inside her very classroom pretended to execute the president; the professor who clearly stated that House Republicans should be lined up and shot. Well, ironically prayers and wishes are oftentimes heard and answered, and on June 14, 2017, James Hodgkinson believed to be a supporter of Bernie Sanders almost succeeded in converting a baseball field into a killing field. Now the FBI and the ATF are acting as if they’ve
discovered Yukon gold, and obsessing on the fact that the now-deceased shooter was bitterly against the policies of the president, and had also volunteered for the presidential campaign of Bernie Sanders. Clearly caught up in the anti-Trump frenzy, America has once again missed the mark, seemingly by resent rather than intent. Blatantly evident political biases has caused distraction from the undeniable reality, that on the very same day that the Republicans were targeted in Virginia, three UPS employees were killed in a workplace shooting in San Francisco. Their deaths in no way politically motivated, and failed to arouse undue media attention. The issue of gun control was totally avoided, and in its place was a call for Americans to pray for the recovery of wounded Congressman Steve Scalise and the other four injured, to unite and put aside political differences. After a mass shooting thoughts and prayers expressed on social media are meaningless, rote responses that creates the illusion of a caring compassionate nation. America must stop and take a hard look at what not only her politicians but everyone is saying and doing. Pray tell Continued on page 6
Treat inmates humanely; they are humans too DEAR EDITOR, Reading continually about the recent unfortunate happenings at the prison in Georgetown, convinced me that idleness in the prison population has a lot to answer for. In the 1950s, while working as a typist in the government probation service, a few of us were taken on a tour of some of the workshops at ground level at the prison. I remember most of all the lovely smell of bread being baked or just baked. We saw the beautiful furniture made by inmates, under instruction and supervision. My friend, who worked there at the time, now living in London, recently told me of the beautiful desk prisoners made for her typewriter to sit on. Before leaving each afternoon, she pressed a ‘button’ under the desk, and the typewriter descended to rest overnight on a shelf below, the surface above merging into a desk once more. To me, innovative, sheer
magic. Like me, she remains impressed with the capability of people who dwell behind the scenes; nuns, priests, researchers of various kinds. I can speak about myself. I am lucky to have a retentive memory and every now and then when a radio presenter is stuck for an answer to a listener’s question, I can often point him/ her by email in the right direction. Great fun and a feeling of “OAP being useful”. Remember the saying “Satan finds mischief for idle hands”, and treat inmates more humanely - they may be wicked, but they are human too. Years ago I read that in one Eastern country, prison inmates put together the meal trays for use on their country’s airlines. Of course, all articles for such use were plastic. Perhaps business places in the community may have ideas for work that could be done off-the-premises. Every little bit counts. “Great oaks from tiny acorns grow”. Geralda Dennison
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Jagdeo was wrongly advised on the construction of Skeldon factory DEAR EDITOR, Since 2005, the Skeldon Sugar Factory has been the source of main concern to many because their future relies heavily on that factory or it could somehow affect them directly or indirectly and its problems automatically deflect on estate factories and affect them also. It all began when the then President Jagdeo was either ill-advised or with his own devious scheme contracted a Chinese firm to handle the development of the Skeldon Estate. This was even though the
proof was there to be seen that it would be a disaster and there are better firms that could have handled that burden and make it a success; especially bidder/s from India that have a more decent track record. Some twenty-two odd years later many are still treading cautiously, because they are fearful of waking one day to hear that the factory is closed. Now the future of many, the factory and the outcome with all its faults should be blamed directly on Jagdeo should anything disastrous happen.
Editor, I am not blaming Jagdeo for all the problems GuySuCo is facing because there are many other issues that could be dealt with, but because of ill advice we are seeing the demise of various estates. In previous letters I’ve spoken about workers’ attitudes and the effects of their attitudes toward their duties. Since the closure of the Wales Factory, the affected workers there were given the offer of being employed at Uitvlugt Estate but it seems that they are being advised by some destructive
Attorney-General replies to the Bar Association
DEAR EDITOR, The Ministry of Legal Affairs said it believes that the Guyana Bar Association’s expectation that the President will conform with the recent ruling by Chief Justice (ag.) Roxanne George-Wiltshire in the Guyana Elections Commission chairman appointment case is premature, owing to the fact that the applicant, Marcel Gaskin and Leader of the Opposition, Bharrat Jagdeo have shown public dissatisfaction and signalled their intention to appeal it. Since the CJ’s ruling, both Gaskin and Jagdeo said they will challenge aspects of the ruling. In a statement reacting to the Chief Justice’s ruling Gaskin had said, “in my view, the Honourable Chief Justice went beyond what was asked by me of the court in addressing the proviso to Article 161 (2) which only applies if the Leader of the Opposition fails to submit a list. This was never an issue for us since the Leader of the Opposition submitted not only one but two lists of persons for nomination as Chairman of GECOM.” He argued that Justice George-Wiltshire by “extending beyond the requirement of my case,” made a “gross error” in ruling that the President is not obliged to select a person from the six names on the list unless he has determined positively that the persons thereon are unacceptable as fit and proper person for appointment. “This is a non sequitur and creates unnecessary misunderstanding and confusion,” said Gaskin who noted that “in the circumstances, and despite the Honourable Chief Justice’s otherwise helpful ruling, I have instructed my attorneys to immediately lodge a Notice of Appeal.” For his part Jagdeo said
“…I am informed that in the course of her ruling, the Honourable Chief Justice is interpreted to have said that if the President deems every name on a list as unacceptable, then the proviso to Article 161 applies. If this report is correct, we respectfully take issue with this aspect of the Chief Justice’s ruling. We maintain most resolutely that the proviso only applies when no list has been submitted. That once a list has been submitted, the proviso has no applicability.” He said the proviso to Article 162 of the Constitution had not been placed before the court for its interpretation, nor was it part of any of the questions posed to the court, nor was it the subject of any legal submissions, neither from the Applicant’s, or the Guyana Bar Association nor his Attorneys-at-Law. “It is therefore rather strange that such a proposition appears to form part of the ruling in the case. I await a copy of the written decision and if that statement is in fact in the written decision, then I will have no alternative but to support any appeal filed by Marcel Gaskin in the matter.” The Ministry of Legal Affairs questioned given the foregoing statements by both gentlemen whether it would not have been prudent for the Bar Association to call on them to conform with the CJ’s ruling, rather than directing its message to the President who has not expressed any public dissatisfaction with the judgment or stated any intention to appeal it. Additionally, the Legal Affairs Ministry asserted that in any event, the CJ’s ruling is not a final binding one as the applicant has six weeks to appeal and the case can go
all the way to the Caribbean Court of Appeal for a final decision. The Ministry also referred to Attorney General, Basil Williams SC initial comments on Justice GeorgeWiltshire’s ruling, saying that her decision confirms it is the President who must determine that the list is acceptable. The Chief Justice also confirmed that it is the President acting in his own deliberate judgment who must determine whether a person is fit and proper, the AG has said. “The Chief Justice also advised that there is no legal requirement for the President to state reasons for rejecting a list, though modern thinking suggests that he should. The Chief Justice further advised that the President is not obligated to select a person from the six names on the list unless he has determined positively that the persons thereon are unacceptable as fit and proper persons for appointment.” The AG had said too that the Chief Justice advised that each person must be considered by the President unless the President provided the Leader of the Opposition with guidelines of who is unacceptable. President Granger did provide the Leader of the Opposition with a list of criteria for a Person to be qualified for the position of Chairman of the Guyana Elections Commission. The Leader of the Opposition did not object to those criteria and submitted a second list. The Attorney General said that the President did not have to receive a second list and could have gone ahead and appointed a chairman having rejected the first list. Hon. Basil Williams Attorney-General
elements with sinister intentions for the future of the sugar industry and Guyana’s economy as a whole. Cane-cutters in Guyana enjoy benefits that a majority of workers in Guyana cannot even come close to enjoying, like transportation to/from work sites, transportation from/to home when they have to collect salary, medical benefits, working hours etc., but still they seem to be heeding the advice to seek more. Many of us have family/ relatives/friends in other countries and would hear that whilst the money might be better, chances are that the conditions are worse off than what we are complaining about here. Whilst many from the Wales Estate refuse to travel to work at Uitvlugt Estate because of the distance
which is roughly one-hour drive, many in other countries especially in the USA have to travel for hours to and from their jobs and when they call home to Guyana to find out about the well-being of Guyanese, they are being told that ‘things hard’. I’ve learnt that whilst many from the Wales estate refuse to work at Uitvlugt, some went and their work methods are more efficient than the workers of Uitvlugt. In the estates, some are being paid a day’s pay of approximately two thousand dollars to catch rats in the cane fields with the promise of bonus/incentives if the catching of rats exceeds certain amounts. Over the years, many working there never earned the bonus/incentives. However the Uitvlugt workers were amazed when
the Wales workers came and caught more rats in one day, than what the rat catching gang from Uitvlugt would in one whole week. These actions make me wonder if they are serious about the future of the sugar industry and if their action is not effecting the industry directly or are they just being foolishly led to the downfall of the industry by others? That is just one issue that I choose to write about but there are many others that need to be dealt with. For example, the worker who is supposed to be working but is not going to work and still being paid. Perhaps the managers could go by his bar in Uitvlugt and join the Supervisors/ Foremen going there almost daily to consume alcohol and query from them. Sahadeo Bates
AMERICA: DENIAL ON TRIAL
From page 5 how many more shootings must take place before America stops dodging the bullet and focus on guns and gun control? Will the shooting of the Congressman serve as a turning point? Hardly likely! While we continue to devote our attention in bashing and trashing the elected President, prematurely ensuring that he does not serve his full term, or be re-elected, the proliferation of guns in America continues. While we continue drawing and shaping seemingly false conclusions about the race, background, political views, affiliation and motives of shooting suspects, the next set of victims have already been targeted. While we disregard the
incident itself and focus more on singing the praises of Capitol police and first responders, we fail to see the imminent apocalypse in a nation that has been permanently transformed. Never in the history of America has a president been so despised, but whether America continues to fight or unite, faces the facts and alters her acts depends on how much value is placed on the lives of her citizens. Rational and sensible changes are called for, in fact they are long overdue, and there is no harm in revisiting the citizen’s Second Amendment right to bear arms. Denial can no longer be on trial; too many lives have been lost. Yvonne Sam
For decades the PPP Govt. was... From page 5 eyes of the master (owner)” meaning that no one can look over your business better then yourself. Ask the politicians who own GuySuCo and they will tell you - the people of Guyana. What nonsense! The PPP/C was running our GuySuCo at a loss for two decades and not once had they tried to get our opinion on what to do. Now the coalition wants to close or sell out without consultation too. The Coalition having spent some 80 million on a COI on GuySuCo that has failed to reveal the findings and recommendations for the way forward for the entity. The opposition is of the belief that their present action-closing of Wales and others to follow is not what the COI recommended. It should be considered a criminal act; for any government to spend 80 million dollars of tax payers monies to garner advice to salvage an ailing state owned company that is so intricate to the lives of almost half of a Country’s population; to subvert that information and proceed with an agenda that is contrary to what it had promised that segment of the electorate in its election campaign. If this is not deceit-what is? It might be prudent to install a clause in our constitution, where the manifesto of a presidential candidate should be a signed legal contract to society. Failure to comply after acceding to the presidency could result in impeachment. Obviously we would not want one for something as vague as “the good life beckons.” We’ll take one for something as concrete as- “I will not close the sugar industry.” Something needs to be done to hold the politicians to their promises.
We may have been better off if the PPP/C had the wisdom to recognize failure and close the industry a long time ago and put it up for divestment using the monies spent to keep it afloat and the US 200 million spent to build the Skeldon factory to continue paying workers half their salary for a five year period to offset the social consequences of unemployment. I was heartened to learn that labour cost constitutes 55 to 60% of GuySuCo’s cost of production. This is huge. This is evidence that GuySuCo could only be profitable with slave like or cheap labour. The PPP/C should have acted on this information. The ball is in the coalition’s court to consider this option. Desperate situation requires desperate solutions! There is also a case for diversification. Hemp has the potential to rescue GuySuCo but the Government doesn’t seem interested. It seems as if they are being held at ransom by the US drug enforcement agency on this issue; the Minister telling the Hemp Association to find out how the law could be changed to facilitate the growing of Hemp is ludicrous. Can’t the Ministry of Foreign Affairs get that information? Given the bureaucratic controls and the attitude of workers, I would recommend divestment ahead of diversification. I do not believe a state own managed company producing any commodity -even one deemed to be as profitable as hemp - can turn a profitexcept there is a preferential market for that product Governments should keep in the business of providing services and facilitating progress and not in the production of commodities. Rudolph Singh
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Harmon assures Govt. working to reduce corruption - not unduly worried by int’l perceptions
By Abena RockcliffeCampbell Although the coalition is not unduly worried about the international perception that high levels of corruption still exist in government, Minister of State Joseph Harmon says that the APNU+AFC government is working hard to remove, or at least minimize, this perception. “The corruption perception index has moved in the right direction. There is nothing that says we are more corrupt than we were before. In fact, all indicators point towards a better administration,” Harmon said at a recent press conference. “The perception of corruption is as it says; a perception.” The Minister said that government continues to put out the “facts” about the levels of corruption in government “but sometimes there is a gap between perception and reality; and, depending on where you stand your perception becomes your reality.” He said that from where the government is standing, it is doing the best it could to ensure that “our processes are clean and that there is transparency in what we do and that where ever corruption is found action is taken against it.” Harmon boasted about the improvement that Guyana has made on the Transparency International Index. In 2015 Guyana was ranked 119/168, but in 2017 with a score of 34, Guyana has managed to improve its ranking to 108/176. But with a ranking of 34 out of 100—100 being very clean—Guyana is still deemed very corrupt. Nevertheless, Harmon
Minister of State Joseph Harmon said, “We have done so much to move us up the ladder that I can say to you if there is apperception it was there before and we are now trying to do our best to work our way out of it. Under the previous government our ranking was far much lower and we are doing several things to ensure that it goes higher.” Some of the measures noted by Harmon are the production of a half yearly report on the economy and the preparation of the National Budget prior to the fiscal year. Also, Harmon spoke of the many Commissions of Inquiries (COI) that have been held under the new administration. “These COIs are all geared at ensuring that any corruption or any perception of corruption can be corrected but depending on point of view and who is writing, from which country, they will have a different view. ” The Minister of State said that the majority of people living in Guyana believe that the government is doing an excellent job “in terms of making Guyana bet-
ter and accountable.” Transparency International has over the years been placing Guyana among the most corrupt countries in the world. The APNU+AFC government has not been able to remove that perception. However, now that oil is on its way, the country will be placed more under the microscope, attracting attention from organizations and countries that probably never knew of the country’s existence or perhaps just never paid it any attention. In fact, Guyana has caught the attention of one of the largest business magazines in the world—The Economist. That newspaper has labelled the government of Guyana “far from strong” in an article published a few weeks ago. The Economist is a weekly magazine-format newspaper owned by the Economist Group and edited at offices in London. The Economist offers authoritative insight and opinion on international news, politics, business, finance, science, technology and the connections between them. The article on Guyana appeared in the Americas section of the print edition under the headline “The gusher of Guyana. Will oil corrupt a small Caribbean State?” It was noted in the strap line of the article, “It will take better politicians to resist the corrosive power of petrodollars.” The magazine described Guyana as one of South
America’s poorest countries. “But perhaps not for much longer: Guyana has struck black gold.” The article that was anonymously written noted that by 2020 ExxonMobil, the world’s biggest private oil firm, expects to be pumping oil in Guyanese waters, with Hess and Nexen, its American and Chinese partner firms. The article reflected Min-
ister of Natural Resources, Raphael Trotman’s desire to have Guyana sign up to the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI), which monitors mineral revenues to stop them being stolen. It noted, too, that the Guyana Oil and Gas Association (GOGA), a recently formed coalition of private firms and individuals, aims to promote transparency in the industry. “But oil tends to corrupt weak governments. And Guyana’s is far from strong; the country has a history of corruption and its politics are
bitter and racially polarized.” The Economist said that Guyana faces a risk of its petrodollars being squandered on more sugar subsidies and pay rises for the “unproductive public sector. The next election is due in 2020 just when the oil starts to flow. The victor could enjoy a well-lubricated quarter-century in office.” The original article can be read at: https:// www.economist.com/news/ americas/21724385-it-willtake-better-politicians-resistcorrosive-power-petrodollars-will-oil-corrupt
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Cabinet approves appointments of Diplomats Cabinet on Tuesday last approved the appointments of Her Excellency Ms. Lilian Chatterjee, High Commissioner of Canada to the Cooperative Republic of Guyana and His Excellency Dr. Alfonso Munera Cavadia, Non- Resident Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Colombia to the Cooperative Republic of Guyana. CANADA Ms. Chatterjee will be replacing H.E. Mr. Pierre Giroux whose tour of duty recently ended. Ms. Chatterjee has had a long career within Global Affairs Canada. She most recently served as Director General of the Strategic Integration, Europe, Middle East and Maghreb Branch. Prior to that, Ms. Chatterjee held the position of Director General of the Social Development; Partnerships for Development Innovation Branch. In 2003, Ms. Chatterjee joined the Canadian International Development Agency, where she later became the Director General of the Canadian Partnership Branch. Ms. Chatterjee attained both a Bachelor’s degree in Journalism (Honours) and a Master of Arts from the Norman Paterson School of International Affairs while studying at Carleton University. Diplomatic relations between the Cooperative Republic of Guyana and Canada were established on May 26, 1966 and since then both countries have collaborated at bilateral, regional and international levels.
Canada has extended technical assistance through the Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA) for economic and social programmes as well as the electoral process, while Guyana and Canada continue to collaborate at a regional level through the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) and the Organization of American States (OAS). Interaction at the level of CARICOM includes the Summit of Heads of CARICOM and Canada and the Canada-CARICOM Technical Assistance: Caribbean Community Strategic Programming Framework for the Period 2007/2008 – 2017/2018. Canada is the third major destination of exports from Guyana and is a leading foreign investor in Guyana, with investments approximating $600 million. Canadian companies are pursuing investment in the forestry sector, construction, banking and mineral exploration. COLOMBIA Prior to this appointment, Dr. Cavadia served as Resident Ambassador of the Republic of Colombia to the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago. Before that, he held the position of Secretary General of the Association of Caribbean States (ACS) and from 1999 to 2003, as Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Colombia to Jamaica. He was also Vice Chancellor of Research, Director of the International Institute of Caribbean Studies and Dean of the Faculty of Human Sciences at the University of Cartagena. The Ambassador has written several articles in relation to
history, race and geography. Born in Cartagena, Colombia, Ambassador Cavadia studied Law and Political Science at the University of Cartegena and obtained a Master’s and PhD in Latin America and Caribbean History from the University of Connecticut in the United States in 1991 and 1995 respectively. Diplomatic relations between the Cooperative Republic of Guyana and the Republic of Colombia established diplomatic relations on December 18, 1970. Recently an emphasis has been placed on bilateral relations with a focus on sovereignty and territorial integrity among other topics. Guyana has benefited from a number of programmes through the South-South Bilateral and Regional Cooperation implemented by the Government of Colombia through the exchange of knowledge and expertise; capacity building and technical cooperation in the areas of security, promotion and protection of social culture, sports and education. Currently, Guyana exports calcined bauxite and rice, textile material, tropical wood and alcoholic beverages to Colombia. An Agreement for the waiver of entry visas for holders of Diplomatic and Official Passports was signed in 1997 and on June 21, 2017, an Agreement for the Mutual Exemption for Visa Requirements for Ordinary Passport Holders was signed within the margins of the 47th General Assembly of the OAS in Cancun, Mexico. The agreement will enter into effect once internal legal procedures are completed by both sides.
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GPHC honours overseas-based Pre-Med students
From left: Crystal Griffith, Secretary of the Board of Directors, Karen Lindore and Kelly Hyles Two young overseasbased Guyanese scholars were honoured on Friday by officials of the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation,
(GPHC) for successfully completing attachments at the institution. During a simple ceremony, officials of GPHC gathered at
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the hospital’s Resource Centre to honour Kelly Hyles and Crystal Griffith, both of whom are currently pursuing medical studies at Universities in the United
Don’t tek Soulja Bai fuh granted When old man seh he gun pelt you he got brick in he hand. Dem boys find that out when de WPA seh it gun challenge Hap New because Hap New was keeping it out of de loop. D party had de brick because as soon as it talk Roopnaraine resign. Right away dem had a big meeting. Soulja Bai cheer it. De man can talk sweet and dem boys now know how he ketch Sandra. De man call Roopnaraine and de next thing is Roopnaraine didn’t bother to resign although he write de letter. People hear when Soulja Bai ask if he resign because he know that nobody can resign unless he seh suh. But that wasn’t de only thing that mek people know Soulja Bai does talk soft but he not soft. Bharrat decide to bully him by
selecting a list that he think Soulja Bai got to pick one person. De list had a lot of Jagdeo friends. Soulja Bai reject it. De story didn’t done deh. Soulja Bai set a trap and he got Jagdeo to prepare a second list. Soulja Bai reject that one too. Dem boys seh that Jagdeo should put he own name pun de list because Soulja Bai want him to be de GECOM chairman. Contractors use to do kak wuk and laugh because dem know de government wouldn’t do nutten. Soulja Bai mek Kares build a proppa school at he own expense. And he do it simple. He mek Kares realize that he wouldn’t get another contract and he know if he don’t get no more contract all he equipment gun stall up.
De man fix de school so fast that people want to know how this can happen now when it couldn’t happen in de past. Dem business people holler how de can’t get foreign currency. Soulja Bai tell dem that there is no shortage suh couple of dem decide to hoard de money. Minutes later de money come out because Soulja Bai give a hint that he gun put measures in place to check who buying what and wid how much. Is only Jagdeo still talking how Soulja Bai don’t know nutten but de man telling people that is only when de coalition come into power that Cubans coming to spend real money every week. Talk half and don’t underestimate Soulja Bai.
Bandits shoot businessman, load valuables into victim’s vehicle Bandits shot and beat a North Success, East Coast Demerara businessman at around 03:00hrs yesterday before fleeing with valuables they had loaded into his vehicle. Khemraj Tula, 58, was shot to his left hand and struck with a cutlass after two men, one carrying a handgun and the other armed with a cutlass pounced upon him and his wife when they were about to enter their home. According to information the businessman and his wife arrived home sometime around 03:00hrs in their Toyota Rav4, number PLL 1392 and was about to enter the house when they were confronted by the two men. One of the men shot Tula in the left hand, while the other struck him repeatedly with a cutlass. The robbers then took the injured man and
his wife into the house where the gathered the family’s valuables. They then escaped with the loot in the businessman’s vehicle. Police said that the stolen vehicle has since been recovered. After the incident family members rushed the businessman to the Woodlands Hospital. No arrests have been made. Police on the East Coast of Demerara also reported at least two other robberies on Saturday night and early yesterday. Kaieteur New was told that a group of men invaded a Better Hope residence shortly after midnight where a group of women were having a birthday gathering. After scaling a fence and invading the home, the intruders beat the occupants, and relieved them of cash, jewellery and mobile phones.
States. The two students understudied doctors and nurses at GPHC for six weeks. They were therefore presented with certificates of appreciation on Friday in the presence of officials of GPHC including Chief Executive Officer of the hospital, Brigadier George Lewis. Griffith, a former student of Queens College, is currently a pre-med at the University of South Florida and Hyles is a Guyanese teenager, who became renowned after she was accepted by 21 top Universities across the United States following her completion of high school. Hyles, an aspiring neurosurgeon, is currently a rising sophomore at Harvard College on the Pre-Medical track. In her remarks, Chairperson of the Board at GPHC, Kesaundra Alves expressed appreciation to both Hyles and Griffith for choosing to render their services at GPHC. “I am thrilled that GPHC
has been able to play a part in helping Kelly and Crystal along the path to fulfilling their dreams of becoming doctors. Kelly would like to become a neurosurgeon, a rare specialization in Guyana and the Caribbean. I hope that their interest in Guyana never wanes and that in years to come, we can look forward to their contributions in the medical field,” Alves said.
During their remarks, both Hyles and Griffith expressed gratitude to the GPHC board and staff for accommodating them. Hyles said for the past six weeks, she had the privilege of shadowing various physicians at Georgetown Public Hospital. Hyles said , “I must thank the CEO (Ag), Brigadier George Lewis, and the Continued on page 23
Petroleum Commission, GRA to... (From page 3) the importance of the Government putting in place, mechanisms to ensure the transparent spending of the oil revenue to come. In this regard, Directors attached to the global organization emphasized that sound fiscal practices suggest saving a share of the oil revenue for future generations. They said, “Oil-financed spending should be transparent and channeled through the budget toward projects that enhance the economy’s physical and human capital”. On a related note, the IMF commended the local authorities for drafting a Natural Resource Fund legislation and requesting the Fund’s technical advice on this topic. IMF Staff still stressed the importance of transparency and good governance in the management of the oil industry and even welcomed the authorities’ plans to join the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative and adhere to the Santiago Principles for Sovereign Wealth Funds.
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Reduction in technical, commercial losses would strengthen GPL’s resilience – IMF The International Monetary Fund (IMF) is of the firm opinion that the reduction in technical and commercial line losses would strengthen the resilience of the Guyana Power and Light (GPL) against adverse oil price shocks. The body made this statement in its 2017 report on the review of Guyana’s economy. While it hopes that moves would be made to improve this state of affairs at GPL, IMF staff nonetheless acknowledged improvements in Guyana Power and Light’s (GPL) performance in recent times. Furthermore, in collaboration with key stakeholders, local authorities have recently completed a draft national energy policy (NEP) which provides a roadmap for Guyana to transition towards its 100 percent renewable energy target by 2025. This was also acknowledged by the IMF which stated that initial plans consist of two medium-sized hydro-electric dams (100 megawatt capacity each) and initiatives to encourage solar farms to provide electricity to isolated hinterland communities. Additionally, the IMF
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noted that the Guyana Power and Light has embarked on a programme to enhance its institutional capacity, improve operational efficiency and upgrade its infrastructure to increase the reliability of domestic electricity supply. With the help of a loan programme sponsored by the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), the issue of line losses was expected to be drastically improved since 2015. Minister of Public Infrastructure, David Patterson, who also shares responsibility for the energy sector, had told this newspaper that GPL has all intentions of “significantly reducing” losses way below 23 percent at the end of the loan programme. Patterson had said, “With the IDB loan programme, there will be some managerial reforms and capacity building. The programme will assist us in being more efficient in tackling the line losses which as you know occurs through electricity theft but at the end of the programme we are expected to bring the line losses below the short term target of 23 percent. It will be significantly reduced.”
Patterson reminded that this IDB loan programme of about US$54M was started since 2013. “However, of the US$54M only $300M was disbursed because of slothfulness of the previous administration in getting this programme completed. But I have now put this on the front burner and we are moving expeditiously with it. This programme was actually taken on during the saga of the Amaila Falls Hydro Project,” the Minister said. He continued, “IDB had indicated to the then government that should such an energy project be pursued then a condition of the loan programme would be to effectively address the capacity problems facing GPL, one of which was the line losses. They stressed on this condition because they wanted to ensure that the real benefits that would accrue from such a project would be enjoyed by the consumers.” The Minister with responsibility for energy said that this programme will not only deal with the technical and commercial line losses but pave the way for government to move ahead with projects for alternate energy sources in the future.
Former T&T Energy Minister tells Guyana…
Invest heavily in your human resources to protect your natural resources Former Trinidad and Tobago Minister of Energy, Kevin Ramnarine has advised the government of Guyana to invest heavily in its human resources for the protection of its natural resources. He said that the government should provide scholarships to enthused locals with the ability to do well so that they can in turn serve the country’s oil industry whether directly or indirectly. Ramnarine gave this advice when he appeared at one of the lectures being hosted by the Guyana Oil and Gas Association (GOGA). At that forum, Ramnarine, who studied Geology, spoke of how Guyana can learn from the mistakes of Trinidad and Tobago as well as how the country can benefit in patterning the things Trinidad got right. “One area that I give Trinidad good marks is in developing talent. This has taken place through the UWI (University of the West Indies), UTT (University of Trinidad and Tobago), NESC (National Energy Skills Center) and MIC (Metal Industries Company).”
Former Trinidad and Tobago Minister of Energy, Kevin Ramnarine Ramnarine said too, “We have also used monies collected from Production Sharing Contracts to fund scholarships for nationals to pursue studies in geosciences, petroleum engineering, petroleum economics, and, very importantly, petroleum law.” He stressed, “Guyana must have an obsession to develop its nationals in these areas.” Speaking to one of the mistakes Trinidad and Tobago has made, Ramnarine said that Guyana should make sure, from the onset, that
it pays its citizens working in the oil industry very well. The former Minister said that one of the weaknesses of Trinidad and Tobago’s Ministry of Energy is that it sits as part of the wider public service. He said that this means that salaries for the professional staff at the Ministry are much lower compared to their peers in the oil and gas companies, which is a “big mistake.” Ramnarine said that as a result, the Ministry of Energy is constantly losing its geologists, engineers, commercial analyst and lawyers. He told those who gathered at the lecture, “I recommend that Guyana seek to cure this from the onset.” Ramnarine said that the salaries paid to Government and state sector workers in the Oil and Gas Sector should be comparable to what obtains in the wider industry. He predicted, “If Guyana does not deal with this upfront, you will end up with the best and brightest Guyanese working for Exxon, when they should be working for the Government.” (Abena Rockcliffe-Campbell)
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Extension of Mangrove Restoration Project in Region Two Two additional structures have been included to the mangrove restoration project in Region Two, which will be located at the Land of Plenty/ Three Friends and Reliance. The contracts for the construction of the additional structures have been advertised and will be evaluated within another two weeks. Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the National Agricultural Research and Extension Institute (NAREI), Dr. Oudho Homenauth told the Department of Public Information (DPI) in an interview, that the action taken was due to research carried out on the use of the spartina grass, especially due to receive enhanced support of the mangrove restoration project. “Studies would have shown that once you have these structures which are basically low-cost groynes, they can lead to restoration exercises like we would have seen currently in Lima on the Essequibo coast; where the structure there, over the last
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year or two would have shown that mangroves, you can actually not necessarily plant them but you get natural regeneration,” Dr. Homenauth explained. He noted that though spartina grass is not native, it is suitable for those environments. Spartina grass, commonly known as salt-water cord grass is noted for its capacity to act as an environmental engineer. It grows out into the water at the seaward edge of a salt marsh, and accumulates sediment and enables other habitat-engineering species, such as mussels, to settle. This accumulation of sediment and other substrate-building species gradually builds up the level of the land at the seaward edge, and other, highermarsh species move onto the new land. Dr. Homenauth noted the vision proposed, earlier this year by the Ministry of Agriculture, will be recognised within the next quarter (October). “I know for sure that what we would have proposed
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in terms of the beginning of the year would be realised within the next quarter. At least, by October we expect those structures to be in place and then provide the benefits… in terms of restoring the shoreline with mangroves, obviously to prevent or to provide additional support to the seeding fences in terms of reducing over-topping”, Dr. Homenauth explained. Over $40M was allocated for financing the mangrove management/restoration and NAREI will use the funds for planting, monitoring and creating structures. The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) has dedicated July 26 as International Day for the conservation of mangroves towards recognising its importance and value to the environment. During Minister of Agriculture, Noel Holder’s 2017 budget speech, he praised the performance of the mangrove management/restoration project of 2016, noting that it contributed to the overall performance of the agriculture sector and will continue to do so in 2017.
CH&PA aims to provide 5,000 housing solutions within three years The Central Housing and Planning Authority (CH&PA) is hoping that it can provide housing for 5,000 households over the next three years. This will include house lots and housing units. This was disclosed by Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Lelon Saul during a recent press conference. He said that the CH&PA is currently working on a plan to address the demand for housing and that there will be several solutions. “We know that some people are desirous of getting a service lot but I can assure you not only service lots we will be providing. Of course, we will provide built units also, and we hope in the near future to provide approximately 5,000 solutions over the next 36 months (three years) or so at a minimum.” In November of last year, it was explained by former Chairman of the CH&PA, Hamilton Green, that it would take about $60B to complete and regularise 380 housing and squatting areas across Guyana. At that time, the CH&PA had on file, 25,000 applica-
tions for house lots and turnkey homes. Of that number, 17,851 were classified as low income households. Green had it would cost around $50 billion for CH&PA to create communities instead of issuing house lots by constructing 10,000 housing units/apartments and duplexes inclusive of infrastructural works. He also said that government may have to add $60B to complete infrastructure in existing schemes. Asked to provide an update on the squatter regularisation exercise, Saul said the issue is currently being addressed and that data is still being collected. He said that a plot of land in Industry Village, East Coast Demerara has been identified as a place where squatters can be relocated. Saul explained that in the new year, the CH&PA will begin to specifically deal with the movement of squatters to that location. He also said that the Authority is examining the likelihood in some cases of building core homes or core houses
for squatters. Based on data provided on the CH&PA website, there are over 216 squatting areas across Guyana and 154 of these have been brought under the Authority’s regularisation programme. The other locations cannot be regularised since they are on road reserves, sea-defence reserves and drainage reserves which have been classified as zero tolerance areas by the CH&PA. Additionally, as it relates to the monitoring of infrastructure that is constructed and installed within communities controlled by CH&PA, Saul said that the Authority will be recruiting rangers to ensure that there is no abuse of the infrastructure or vandalism of infrastructure in CH&PA communities. Saul said that the CH&PA is very concerned about vandalism of infrastructure. He mentioned that along the East Bank of Demerara, the water network that was installed by the CH&PA was vandalised and would have to be rehabilitated to the tune of about $40M.
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Deyalsingh: No soft drinks in new school term
Zobida Ragbirsingh, Datt Camp committee member, second from left, poses for a photo with Reema Carmona, third from left, and President Anthony Carmona, Minister of Health, Terrence Deyalsingh, and attendees of the Datt Camp. PHOTO: TONY HOWELL Trinidad Guardian - When the new school term opens in September, all sugary drinks including soft drinks will be banned from schools across the country. Health Minister Terrence Deyalsingh said the move was aimed at converting schools to healthy zones. Deyalsingh was speaking to the media after addressing attendees at a one-week residential camp hosted by the Diabetes Association of T&T at the Preysal Secondary School Saturday. President Anthony Carmona and his wife, Reema Carmona, also attended the event, where she delivered the feature address. “We have to recognise that we have a crisis on our hands when it comes to juvenile diabetes and childhood obesity, one of the drivers of that is an unhealthy lifestyle,” Deyalsingh said. “An awareness campaign will be part of the Non-Communicable Diseases (NCD) programme we are rolling out. It has started already, we have already conducted the Body Mass Index (BMI) study of over 5,000 students which started last year and we have banned the sale of sugary drinks in schools, we are already doing the Diabetes in
Pregnancy programme, so all of these things have already started and more and more initiatives will be rolled out. “So a part of the Non-Communicable Diseases programme is to encourage children to lead a healthier lifestyle, which includes what they drink, what they eat and how they exercise or don’t exercise.” Deyalsingh said healthier options are to be introduced in schools instead. Through the programme, the Health Ministry will also seek to change the menus of free school meals provided by the Ministry of Education. He said energy drinks are also going to be banned. “It also includes the banning of the sale of energy drinks, we have to recognise that too many of our young people are drinking too many of these energy drinks which are not good for them, so we are also banning that from school cafeterias, especially for our secondary school children.” While energy drinks will remain for sale on the open market, Deyalsingh said the ministry will be launching a public education to show the dangers of consuming those drinks.
Tufton orders review of security arrangements at public health facilities KINGSTON, Jamaica — H e a l t h M i n i s t e r, D r Christopher Tufton, has asked the permanent secretary in the Ministry of Health to lead an immediate review of security arrangements at the i s l a n d ’s health facilities, in particular those that are vulnerable to incidents that could have traumatic and dire effects on health care workers. Tufton, in a release from the ministry yesterday, said he views with deep concern, the upsurge of reports of public health staff coming under undue pressure by rogues who seek to impose their will on the medical staff. The review, he noted, is intended to examine internal security
Dr. Christopher Tufton arrangements, the role of the police and counseling for affected staff members. According to Tufton, “our health care professionals sometimes have the very arduous task
of saving lives in very stressful environments. They do not need the additional pressure from those who could seek to disrupt the standard procedures at our facilities.” He added that, “the medical staff should at all times be able to operate in environments where their training and expertise decide what are the appropriate measures to take in any given case and not any external influence.” In directing that there should be a review, the health minister sought to make it clear that the security and safety of health care workers have always been a priority. (Jamaica Observer)
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AMMAN (Reuters) - One Jordanian was killed and two people were wounded, including an Israeli, in a shooting incident yesterday in a building within the Israeli embassy complex in Jordan’s capital Amman, a police statement said. It said two Jordanian men working for a furniture firm had entered the embassy before the shooting. The dead Jordanian was killed by a gunshot, while the two wounded people were taken to hospital, the statement said.
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ARIS (Reuters) - French President Emmanuel Macron’s popularity rating has slumped by 10 percentage points this month, according to an Ifop poll yesterday - the biggest decline for a new president since 1995. The poll, published in the Journal du Dimanche newspaper, said 54 percent of people in France were satisfied with Macron in July, compared with 64 percent in June. It added the last time a newly elected president had lost ground in that way was Jacques Chirac in 1995. The Ifop poll echoed a similar finding in a recent BVA poll. Macron has had a tough month, marked by a public row over military spending cuts with top armed forces chief General Pierre de Villiers that led to de Villiers’ resignation. Macron also ending up overruling his own prime minister by vowing to press ahead with tax cuts in 2018, while plans to cut housing benefits have also come in for criticism.
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GPHC honours overseas-based... Group on a mission to help From page 9 Director of Medical and Professional Services, Dr. Amir, as they were instrumental in my being here.” Hyles said that her experience at GPHC has reaffirmed her desire to pursue a career in Medicine. “I was allowed to observe doctors and surgeons in the Medical and Surgical OutPatient Departments, Internal Medicine Clinics, Pediatrics Ward and finally, the OB/ GYN clinics. “Though I enjoyed each department that I rotated in, my experience would not have been the same without Dr. Dukhi and his team. After hearing of my interest in neurosurgery, Dr. Dukhi personally invited me to accompany his team on ward rounds and in the theater. I aspire to remain as composed and humble as Dr. Dukhi always is, as I, too, remove my patients’ frontal meningioma in the next fourteen years.” In her remarks, Crystal Griffith said that given her goal to attend Medical School she
decided to engage in voluntary work at the GPHC. “My overall experience has been nothing short of extraordinary. The kind of exposure that I was afforded, beyond the classroom, with Dr. White and her team in internal medicine, has helped to acquaint me a little more with a career in medicine. It has challenged me and moreso increased my passion for medicine. I had a chance to witness doctor-patient interactions, the teamwork among doctors in diagnostic problem-solving and I think the most exciting/ peak in all my experience was having the chance to witness two thoracic surgeries. Overall it was an excellent occasion for me to gain some practical skills as I continue my educational journey. I consider it a headstart on my course to medical school, perhaps when I return to University I will be able to make crucial connections between what I was exposed to here, and my theoretical classroom lectures.”
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White House says open to legislation toughening Russia sanctions WA S H I N G T O N (Reuters) - The White House said yesterday it was open to legislation toughening sanctions on Russia as momentum increased in the U.S. Congress for stronger action against Moscow. Two U.S. senators said they believe the legislation that allows for new sanctions against Russia would pass with enough votes to override a veto should U.S. President Donald Trump decide not to sign the bill. Republicans and Democrats reached agreement allowing new sanctions targeting Russia, Iran and North Korea in a bill that would limit any potential effort by Trump to try to lift sanctions against Moscow. “We support where the legislation is now and will continue working with the House and Senate to put those tough sanctions in place on Russia until the situation in Ukraine is fully resolved and it certainly isn’t right now,” White House press Secretary Sarah Sanders told ABC’s “This Week with George Stephanopoulos” programme. Many lawmakers hope the bill will send a message to Trump to keep a strong line against Russia. “I think (it) will pass probably overwhelmingly again in the Senate and with a veto-proof majority,” Senator John Thune, a member of the Republican leadership, said on “Fox News Sunday.” Senator Ben Cardin, the top Democrat on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, said the bill has “broad support in the Senate and in the House.” “If (Trump) vetoes the bill, we will override the veto,” Cardin said. In recent weeks, Trump administration officials have met with lawmakers to argue against parts of the Senate
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version of the bill, including the requirement that Trump obtain Congress’ permission before easing sanctions. The Countering Iran’s Destabilising Activities Act, which was passed by the Senate a month ago, was held up in the House of Representatives after Republicans proposed including North Korea sanctions in the bill. A White House official said the administration’s view of the legislation evolved after changes were made, including the addition of sanctions on North Korea. The official said the administration “supports the direction the bill is headed, but won’t weigh in conclusively until there is a final piece of legislation and no more changes are being made.” In Brussels, the European
Union has sounded an alarm about the U.S. moves to step up sanctions on Russia, urging Washington to coordinate with its Group of 7 partners. The European Commission, the EU’s executive body, warned that there could be “wide and indiscriminate” unintended consequences, notably on the EU’s efforts to diversify energy sources away from Russia. Anthony Scaramucci, Trump’s new communications director, said Trump has not yet decided whether he would sign the sanctions bill. “My guess is ... that he’s going to make that decision shortly,” Scaramucci told CNN’s “State of the Union.” The House is set to vote on Tuesday, according to House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy’s office.
Removing Govt. ‘not unions role’ Daily Nation - Take the fight with Government to Parliament and not in the streets of Bridgetown. That was the exhortation of the only Opposition leader in the island’s history to stage a successful no-confidence motion in a Prime Minister. Independent MP Owen Arthur, who three years ago abandoned the Barbados Labour Party (BLP) which he led for 14 years as Prime Minister, blasted what he viewed as attempts to bring down the Freundel Stuart administration through non-parliamentary means. In 1994, Arthur moved a censure motion against then Prime Minister Erskine Sandiford that was approved. Rather than resign, Sandiford, now Sir Lloyd, called a general election two years before the constitutional deadline that resulted in the Arthur-led Barbados Labour Party (BLP) coming to power.
Councillor of Constituency Albouystown and Charlestown Malcolm Ferreira is on a mission to empower the youths in those areas and other surrounding communities to join the Ambitious Future Leaders youth group to help them stay away from crime. Ferreira said that after he was elected, he realised that the youngsters in these areas had no proper structures in place to teach them, so he decided to start the club. Ferreira noted that the group has over 400 youths between ages 6-19 years old. “They will be starting their youth camp next month because they are currently cleaning the Albouystown community.” He said that the main objective of the youth group is to create a safe space where
youths can be allowed to have their creativity put forward and acted upon. “Too many workshops are happening and nothing is coming out from them, so my team and I would like to create a safe place where the creativity of children could be enhanced, nourished, encouraged and be presented to those in authority.” Ferreira said that the group has so far conducted numerous activities in and around various communities and they will be focussing more on technology and science. Also the team on July 14 launched the Mahaicony Future Leader Club and the organisers were able to allow members of various clubs to interact and engage in sport activities.
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Private Sector Divide in Barbados over Protest March with Unions BRIDGETOWN, Barbados – While the Barbados Private Sector Association (BPSA) is joining trade unions in the country in a call for citizens to set work aside and join a protest march today, it appears the entire private sector is not on board. After the BPSA chairman Charles Herbert and president Anne Reid met with trade unions last Friday, the association sent out an email, signed by Reid, to all private sector organizations, urging them to support the joint effort to show their dissatisfaction with Government’s refusal to return to the negotiating table in response to their calls to review the July 1 controversial increase in the National Social Responsibility Levy (NSRL) from two to ten per cent. “The purpose of this march is to show massive support for our call for immediate meaningful dialogue of the Social Partnership. It is critical that this march have full support if we are to avoid prolonged union action,” the email stated in part. “We ask that all members do their utmost to ensure full support of this march. As such, where possible, we ask that you close your
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businesses to allow employees to attend.” But the move by the umbrella agency of private sector organisations does not seem to h a v e t h e f u l l support of the Barbados Chamber of Commerce and Industry (BCCI), according to an emailed response to Reid’s correspondence, published by the Nation newspaper. It indicated that Reid’s communication would be circulated to the BCCI membership, but president Carlos Wharton stated that “while the BCCI’s council is in agreement that dialogue with the other social partners is important, we do not believe that this march should
have been the first course of action taken”. However, several companies have already indicated they will heed the BPSA call and give their staff permission to be off the job for the 10 a.m. march. Over the course of last week, workers across the public service engaged in goslow or sickout action, affecting public transportation and operations at the island’s two main ports of entry – the Grantley Adams International Airport and the Bridgetown Port. Today’s march will not affect either port, the Queen Elizabeth Hospital, or hotels. (Caribbean360)
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malware and other computer hacking tools, firearms, and toxic chemicals throughout the world. The prime minister added, “In fact, the [online] payments [to his site] were made using bitcoins and not the usual currency systems that are backed by governments so it was one of those unusual situations. Clearly, we have to build our capacity to monitor cybercrimes. But, I believe that due to the very nature of the crime, it is one of the very reasons it was not picked up.” Browne however, said he is not worried by the development with the investor’s arrest as he dismissed it as a “collateral issue”. “I do not see any significant consequences for Antigua & Barbuda or for the CIP programme. First of all, you have to understand that the very nature of the CIP programme is that you will have one or two of these issues from time to time but it does not necessarily say that there is anything fundamentally wrong with the programme,” he said.
PM says CIP needs stronger vetting processes
Daily Observer - Prime Minister Gaston Browne has admitted that evolving crime has created a major weakness in the background investigative process for applicants of Antigua & Barbuda’s citizenship, under the Citizenship by Investment Programme (CIP). His statement comes just days after US authorities cracked down on an alleged cybercrime mastermind, Alexandre Cazes, who recently obtained Antigua and Barbuda’s passport under the CIP. Twenty-five-year-old Cazes who killed himself earlier this month while awaiting extradition from Thailand to the US to face criminal charges, allegedly operated the world’s largest criminal marketplace for cybercrime on his site called Alpha Bay. Browne told reporters in Dominica weekend, that given the weaknesses in the vetting process, more has to be done to strengthen the system. “He only got Antiguan citizenship a few months ago and he never committed any crime in Antigua and
Barbuda. In any event, I understand that they were cybercrimes and those are not the easiest crimes to detect. I believe there would have been some failure in the due diligence as a result of the nature of the crime,” he said. Cazes, who, along with his wife obtained citizenship by investing US $400,000 in real estate in Antigua in February this year, allegedly ran a website which the US Department of Justice said was used to sell deadly illegal drugs, counterfeit goods,
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Iran and Iraq sign accord to boost military cooperation
Iranian Defence Minister Hossein Dehghan (R) and his Iraqi counterpart Erfan al-Hiyali (L) at the signing of an accord to boost military cooperation between the two countries yesterday in Tehran, Iran [Iranian Ministry of Defence] DUBAI (Reuters) - Iran and Iraq signed an agreement yesterday to step up military cooperation and the fight against “terrorism and extremism”, Iranian media reported, an accord which is likely to raise concerns in Washington. Iranian Defence Minister Hossein Dehghan and his Iraqi counterpart Erfan alHiyali signed a memorandum of understanding which also covered border security, logistics and training, the official news agency IRNA reported. “Extending cooperation and exchanging experiences in fighting terrorism and extremism, border security, and educational, logistical, technical and military support are among the provisions of this memorandum,” IRNA reported after the signing of the accord in Tehran. Iran-Iraq ties have improved since Iran’s longtime enemy Saddam Hussein was toppled in 2003
and an Iraqi government led by Shi’ite Muslims came to power. Iran is mostly a Shi’ite nation. U.S. President Donald Trump has voiced concern over what he sees as growing Iranian influence in conflicts in Syria, Yemen and Iraq, where it is aligned with Shi’ite fighters. Tensions between Iran and the United States have heightened since the election of Trump, who has often accused Tehran of backing militant groups and destabilising the region. Earlier this month, Trump said that new threats were emerging from “rogue regimes like North Korea, Iran and Syria and the governments that finance and support them”. The U.S. military has accused Iran of stoking violence in Iraq by funding, training and equipping militias. Iran denies this, blaming the presence of U.S. troops for the violence.
New Trump communications director promises crackdown on media leaks WA S H I N G T O N (Reuters) - Anthony Scaramucci, President Donald Trump’s new communications director, said yesterday that one of his first tasks will be to halt leaks and that staff on his team would be fired if the leaks do not stop. “If we don’t get the leaks stopped, I am a businessperson, and so I will take dramatic action to stop those leaks,” Scaramucci said on Fox News Sunday. Scaramucci told CBS’s Face the Nation that leakers are “actually un-American,” and that he would lead a team meeting today. The hiring of Scaramucci, a Wall Street financier and Republican fundraiser, brings a combative style to the White House press office as President Donald Trump lashes out at probes into whether his campaign colluded with Russians during the 2016 campaign.Special counsel Robert Mueller is looking into any relationships or contacts between Trump campaign officials and Russia during the election, but Trump has not been accused of any wrongdoing by federal
Anthony Scaramucci investigators. New White House Communications Director Anthony Scaramucci addresses the daily briefing at the White House in Washington, U.S., July 21, 2017. White House press secretary Sean Spicer, who became a household name in his short and turbulent drama-filled term, quickly resigned after Scaramucci’s appointment. Sarah Sanders, Spicer’s deputy, was promoted to press secretary. Scaramucci was forced to deal with leaks on his first days on the job after The Washington Post reported
last week that Trump and his legal team had examined presidential powers to pardon aides, family members and potentially himself. Trump wrote on Twitter on Saturday that leaks against the administration are a “crime” and that he has “complete power to pardon.” Scaramucci said Trump only tweeted about the issue of pardons in reaction to the leak. Trump “doesn’t like the fact that he has a two-minute conversation in the Oval Office or in his study and that people are running out and leaking,” about the administration examining legal options of pardons, Scaramucci, who reports directly to Trump, said on CBS. “There’s no need for him to pardon anybody,” he said. And Scaramucci, who has at times supported Democrats, spent part of the weekend deleting some of his own past tweets on subjects that run counter to Trump administration policy, such as taking action on climate change. Explaining the deletions, Scaramucci wrote on Twitter that “past views evolved & shouldn’t be a distraction.”
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Eight suspected migrants found dead in Texas truck, 30 others ill San Antonio (AFP) - Eight suspected migrants were found dead early yesterday inside an overheated truck in a Walmart parking lot in Texas, and 30 others were hospitalized, in what police said appeared to be a “horrific” human trafficking crime. Seventeen of those taken to area hospitals after the discovery in San Antonio — about a two hour drive from the Mexican border — were in critical condition, suffering from heat stroke and dehydration, authorities said. City police chief William McManus said the truck driver had been arrested. At least 38 people were in the trailer including at least two school-age children, Fire Chief Charles Hood said. McManus later told CNN that the dead were all adult men. It was not immediately clear how many might have escaped and were unaccounted for. “We got a call from a Walmart employee about a welfare check in a tractor-trailer that was parked on the lot here,” McManus told a news conference. “He was approached by someone from that truck, who was asking for water.” The employee returned with the water and then called the police who “found eight people dead in the back of that trailer,” the police chief said, calling it a “horrific tragedy.”
Someone once said that division is caused more by impatience than by a conflict in creed.
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WHO estimates cost of reaching health Venezuela congress going ahead targets in the Caribbean by 2030 despite ‘imperial’ threat – Maduro CARACAS (Reuters) Defying pressure from abroad and at home, Venezuela’s President Nicolas Maduro said yesterday that an election would go ahead next weekend for a controversial new congress his foes fear will institutionalize dictatorship. “The imperial right wing believes it can give orders to Venezuela, the only ones who give orders here are the people,” Maduro said in reference to a threat from U.S. President Donald Trump to impose economic sanctions if the vote is not aborted. “This time next week Venezuelans will vote for a Constituent Assembly,” the leftist leader added in his weekly TV programme. Venezuela’s opposition has been protesting in the streets since April against the unpopular Maduro whom they accuse of wrecking the OPEC nation’s economy and crushing democracy. Opponents are boycotting the Constituent Assembly vote, which they see as a farce designed to ensure a majority for a government with minority popular support, and demanding instead conventional free elections including for a new president. The European Union and major Latin American nations have also stated their
Nicolas Maduro opposition to the constituent body, which will have power to rewrite Venezuela’s 1999 constitution and override other institutions. “We need the support of other democracies to avoid turning into another Cuba,” said Julio Borges, who leads the opposition-led National Assembly legislature that officials say will be replaced by Maduro’s new constituent body. Opposition leaders are planning a week of protests, including a two-day national strike on Wednesday and Thursday, to try to force Maduro’s hand. He says they are “terrorists” working for Washington to try to control Venezuela’s oil. More than 100 people have died in four months of
anti-government unrest. Hundreds have also been injured and arrested. Venezuela’s political showdown is playing out against the backdrop of a crippling economic crisis, with many going hungry and suffering shortages during a fourth year of deep recession. In his lengthy TV show, Maduro urged the opposition to let Venezuelans vote in peace next Sunday, but also said special election centres would be set up to accommodate those blocked by “fascists” at their local vote point. Transport would be provided free to maximize turnout, Maduro added, dressed in a red shirt and dancing with his wife to publicity jingles for the Constituent Assembly vote. “They have not toppled me nor will they topple me,” he said. Maduro also vowed that members of a new alternative Supreme Court panel appointed by the opposition in defiance of the government would be imprisoned: “They are all going to jail, one by one. And all their property and accounts will be frozen.” One of the 13 opposition appointees, lawyer Angel Zerpa, was arrested by the state intelligence service on Saturday.
GENEVA, Switzerland (AFP) — The United Nations’ World Health Organization (WHO) says that the Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) Health Price Tag has estimated the costs and benefits of progressively expanding health services in order to reach 16 SDG health targets in 67 low- and middleincome countries, including those in the Caribbean, which account for 75 per cent of the world’s population. The analysis, published in the British medical journal – The Lancet Global Health – shows that investments to expand services towards universal health coverage and the other SDG health targets could prevent 97 million premature deaths globally between now and 2030, and add as much as 8.4 years of life expectancy in some countries. “While most countries can afford the investments needed, the poorest nations will need assistance to reach the targets,” the Washingtonbased Pan American Health
Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus Organization (PAHO) also said. “Universal health coverage is ultimately a political choice. It is the responsibility of every country and national government to pursue it,” Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, WHO Director-General, wrote in a commentary accompanying the paper in The Lancet Global Health. PAHO said the SDG Health Price Tag models two scenarios: an “ambitious” scenario in which
investments are sufficient for countries to attain the health targets in the SDGs by 2030, and a “progress” scenario in which countries get two thirds or more of the way to the targets. In both scenarios, health systems investments such as employing more health workers; building and operating new clinics, hospitals and laboratories; and buying medical equipment account for about 75 percent of the total, PAHO said. It said the remaining costs are for medicines, vaccines, syringes and other commodities used to prevent or treat specific diseases, and for activities such as training, health campaigns and outreach to vulnerable communities. Under the “ambitious” scenario, PAHO said achieving the SDG health targets would require new investments increasing over time from an initial US$ 134 billion annually to US$371 billion, or US$58 per person, by 2030.
Erdogan visits Gulf in bid to defuse Qatar row
DUBAI (Reuters) - Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan travelled to Saudi Arabia and Kuwait yesterday, the Gulf states’ official news agencies reported, as part of a diplomatic tour aimed at healing an Arab rift with Ankara’s ally Qatar. Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain and Egypt cut ties and imposed sanctions on Qatar last month, accusing it of supporting terrorism. Doha denies the charges. The boycotting countries want Qatar to close down a Turkish base, curb relations with their arch-foe Iran and shutter the Al Jazeera TV channel. Kuwait is seeking to mediate in the crisis.
Saudi King Salman and Erdogan discussed “efforts to combat terrorism and its sources of funding”, the Saudi press agency reported, without elaborating. Erdogan arrived in Kuwait in the evening and is scheduled to visit Qatar to conclude the two-day trip. Under a 2014 agreement, Ankara maintains a military base in Qatar which is set to eventually host as many as 1,000 troops. The two countries also maintain ideological ties, as Erdogan’s party has Islamist roots and Doha is a main backer of the Muslim Brotherhood, which its Arab opponents deem a terrorist organisation.
CREDITORS SEEK TO RECOVER DEBT FROM CL FINANCIAL
Trinidad Express - The creditors of CL Financial (CLF) are calling in their debt. First Citizens Investment Services (FCIS) and CLICO Investment Bank (CIB), which is in liquidation, have both written to CLF demanding that their debt which totals about $2 billion be repaid by this week. The demand letters come after the Government lost its petition to appoint joint provisional liquidators to CLF, claiming it was
insolvent and could not repay its debt. First Citizens Investment Services (FCIS), formerly Caribbean Money Market Brokers (CMMB) which was acquired from CLF for $1, is a subsidiary of banking group First Citizens which is majority owned by the State. CIB is currently in liquidation by the Deposit Insurance Corporation (DIC). The Minister of Finance appoints the board of management of the DIC.
SAO PAULO (Reuters) - Brazil’s government is putting the finishing touches on a decree changing toll-road contract requirements in a move that could unlock billions in infrastructure investments, according to yesterday’s edition of newspaper O Estado de S.Paulo. The government’s plan, designed to avoid a cancellation and rebidding for the licences, would introduce an amendment in existing contracts, giving more time for investors to extend the roads
they operate under the terms of their concessions, the paper said, citing unnamed sources. The new rules, however, would only benefit companies which rid themselves of partners involved in the Lava Jato corruption investigation, in a bid to bring in new money and operators, O Estado said, citing the same sources. The extensions for expanding roads would be conditional on reducing tolls or shortening overall concession periods, O Estado said.
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El Salvador duo suspended Fernandes says Wilshire for biting U.S. players has excellent Squash IQ (Reuters) - Two El Salvador players have been handed suspensions for biting American opponents during the Gold Cup quarterfinals, soccer’s regional governing body CONCACAF announced on Saturday. Henry Romero was given a six-game ban, while Darwin Ceren received three for separate incidents that occurred during the United States’ 2-0 win over El Salvador on Wednesday. Romero bit U.S. striker Jozy Altidore on the back of his shoulder, while Cerin
bit U.S. defender Omar Gonzalez in the second half. CONCACAF announced the sanctions for the players’ “anti-sporting behavior” just before the U.S. kicked off its semi-final match against Costa Rica which the Americans went on to win 2-0. El Salvador has been eliminated from 2018 World Cup qualifying, so the suspensions will likely be served during the next Copa Centroamericana or qualifiers for the 2022 World Cup when they begin in 2019.
Shomari Wilshire watches as Nicolette Fernandes plays a backhand shot. (Sean Devers photo)
Second half goals take USA into Gold... From page 34 who rarely troubled Tim Howard in the US goal. U.S. forward Jordan Morris hit the post after 13 seconds but that was the highlight in a dire first half. Both sides improved in the second period, but the home side were far hungrier, with
Howard, Altidore and Dempsey, three players who joined the squad after the group games, proving key additions. The win takes Bruce Arena’s run to 13 games without loss since taking over from Jurgen Klinsmann last November.
They now face either Mexico or Jamaica, who meet in the second semifinal on Sunday, in next Wednesday’s final in Santa Clara, California. The United States have won the tournament five times since it was first held in 1991.
Waramadong blank Uitvlugt to earn...
Reon McNaughton (right) and Colin Edwards – Waramadong scorers
From page 35 up the ball in the opposition half and put the game beyond doubt when Colin Edwards received a timely pass, turned and coolly patted the ball past Smith in the 78th minute to knock the little wind that was left out of the sails of the home team. The win for the Region 7 kings of Digicel schools football earned them a return match with Sir Leon whom had defeated them in last year’s quarter final in a ding dong battle at the Bartica Community ground which was affected by persistent rainfall. Tomorrow’s clash at Leonora from 15:30hrs presents an ideal opportunity for revenge as well as another chance for the Sir Leon boys to prove that last year’s win was no fluke.
Fernandes dethrones Khalil, Arjoon... From page 37 the fourth game 0 - 11 and then after leading 4 - 2 in the fifth lost the next nine points as Nyron won the fifth game 11 - 4. In the Women’s third place match former national champion Mary Fung-A-Fat secured the victory against Caribbean U- 19 champion Taylor Fernandes. Fernandes won the first game 11 - 8 and then had game ball 11 - 10 to take a two games to love lead but just could not win the next point as Fung-a-Fat won the game 14 - 12. The loss of this second game seemed to take the fight out of Fernandes as Fung-a-Fat always seemed in control after that as she won the third game 11 - 4 and then the fourth
game 11 - 5. In the next classic plate playoff Shomari Wiltshire was matched against Jean Claude Jeffrey. Jeffery easily won the first game 11 - 4 but then dropped a close second game 8 - 11. Jeffery again went one game up when he won the third game 11 – 5, but Wilshire rebounded to win the fourth game 11 - 9. The fifth game went right down to the wire with Wilshire eventually winning the game 11 - 9. In the Men’s Plate final Ben Mekdeci had a straight set win against Nicholas Narain. Scores were 11 - 4, 11 - 2, 11 – 2, while Steven Xavier beat Javed Rahaman 11 - 9, 11 - 7, 11 4 to finish third. In the Veterans 35 – 49, Joe Mekdeci captured this category when he beat Allan Downes in straight games 11 - 4, 11 - 8, 11 - 8. Finals results: Men’s Open: Alex Arjoon – Winner, Richard Chin – Second, Nyron Joseph – Third, Kristian Jeffrey – Fourth. Women’s Open: Nicolette Fernandes – Winner, Ashley Khalil – Second, Mary FungA-Fat – Third, Taylor Fernandes – Fourth.
By Sean Devers Just after she defeated 13year-old Caribbean U-15 Squash Champion Shomari Wilshire in the Men’s Open of the Digicel 2017 National Senior Squash Championships at the Georgetown Club on Friday night Nicolette Fernandes, who played in the Women’s and Men’s categories, said she was impressed by the talent of the youngster. Wilshire played clever Squash and used the angles of the Court to exchange lengthy rallies with the former Caribbean Squash Queen, prompting Fernandes to say that at such a young age Wilshire demonstrates excellent Squash IQ. “He played unbeaten in the recent Caribbean Junior Championships which speaks volumes about his talent. He understands Squash,” said the 34-year-old Fernandes. “He is just 13 and can only get better. Once he continues to work hard and remain focused and committed he has the potential to develop into one of Guyana’s best Squash players as he gets older and more experienced,” stated Fernandes, whose highest ranking on the Professional Circuit is 19. President of the Guyana Squash Association Robin Low shared Fernandes’ view about Wilshire promising future. “If he continues to play like this there is no doubt that he will one day be one of Guyana’s best ever players. He is so level headed, thinks
a lot on the court and plays smart Squash and once he gets older and bigger and put on some muscle he will be able to strike the ball with more power and has the ability to dominate for a long time at Caribbean level,” Low noted. “Young Shomari has a special ability to quickly read what happening on the court and in Squash muscle is not as important as skill and knowing what to do in pressure situations,” Fernandes informed.
Shomari is the son of former National and Southern Caribbean Champion Garfield Wilshire and seems to follow in his father’s footsteps and many feel that if he continues to progress at the rate he is doing he could surpass his father’s success in the high intensity sport. Shomari made his senior National Squash debut in this tournament and began with a win in the Men’s Open with a hard fought win against Nicolas Narain.
LABA meets tonight to plan for its Open League With the aim of staging its Open league soon and other age category competitions, the Linden Amateur basketball Association (LABA) has planned a meeting for this evening from 18.30hrs at the Mackenzie Sports Club pavilion. The meeting will be chaired by LABA President Lawrence Simon and will be looking at the promotion of this year’s Open League where they are in discussion with the Mackenzie Sports Club Management in relation to collaborating to have this important championship staged jointly this year at the MSC hard court. Secretary of the LABA, Joe Chapman, reported that yesterday the proposal for this Open League was to be presented to the MSC Management Committee, which met at Shangahi’s Residence for a retreat to deal with their own plans for this year.
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Dr. Scotland urges RHTY&SC Shrubsole six-for snatches to share secrets of its success World Cup for England
Speaker Dr. Barton Scotland speaking at the function. Speaker of the National Assembly of Guyana, Dr. Barton Scotland on Friday last congratulated Guyana’s leading Youth and Sports Organisation, the Rose Hall Town Youth & Sports Club, MS, on its remarkable success since its formation in 1990 and urged the dynamic club to share with other organisations, the secrets of its success. Delivering the Feature Address at a massive Presentation Ceremony at the St. Francis Community Developers Training Hall, the Speaker noted that Guyana needs more organisations like the Rose Hall Town Youth & Sports Club as the country strives to develop and noted that it would be a blessings if the Rose Hall Town Youth & Sports Club, MS, can share its formula of success with every organisation in Guyana. Dr. Scotland was at the time addressing a capacity audience of hundreds as the Rose Hall Town Youth & Sports Club held its presentation ceremony for its Patron Fund, Gregory Gaskin Memorial Berbice Sports Award, Ansa Mcal Award of Excellence, 27th Annual CricketAcademy, DolphinAward of Excellence and Top Ten Grade 6 Outstanding Students. The Club also during the ceremony handed over 13,000 exercise books as part of a massive Say No to Suicide Campaign with the National Milling Company (Namilco). The Speaker also spoke widely on the linkage between youth and sports, while urging the attentive audience which included hundreds of youths, to use education as the root to success. The highly respected Attorney-atLaw and former Diplomat also used the opportunity to inform the audience of the work of the National Assembly in the development of Guyana, while several schools in Berbice received information packages on Parliament. Secretary/CEO, Hilbert Foster, in response
to Dr. Scotland stated that there was no secret to the Club’s success but there was a simple formula that is followed on a daily basis. The formula consists of sheer hard work, visionary and forward thinking leadership, investment in young leaders, faith in God, honesty, belief in the work it does and a strong passion to make a difference in the lives of youths, the elderly and less fortunate. The long serving Secretary/CEO stated that the Rose Hall Town Youth & Sports Club, as a general rule, strives to come up with a new visionary idea every month and then work as a unit to make it into reality. Its success on the cricket field, he stated is due to massive investment in every cricketer to make sure that they fulfill their true potential not only in cricket but in the classroom as well. Noting that the Rose Hall Town Youth & Sports Club is the only youth and sports organisation to have ever received a National Award, Foster stated that the Club as a matter of policy assist others as much as possible to fulfill their mandates. The Club, he disclosed also shares its vast experience with other organisations if asked and would continue to do so in the future. What the Rose Hall Town Youth & Sports Club achieves in one week, Foster stated others do not do in a calendar year. The Rose Hall Town Youth & Sports Club, MS, up to the 21st July, has successfully completed 394 out of the 500 programmes/ activities it had set itself for 2017. With over five months remaining in the year, Foster expressed confidence that the Club, its eight cricket teams and Over 35 Group would finish 2017 with close to 700 activities. The Speaker was accompanied by a delegation of fifteen staff members including Clerk of the National Assembly, Sherlock Isaacs and the Sergeant at Arms.
Ninvalle for AIBA Moscow meeting President of the Guyana Boxing Association (GBA) Steve Ninvalle was expected in Russian last evening to attend a meeting of the Executive Committee of AIBA. The decision making body of international boxing will meet in Moscow today and tomorrow to iron out issues relating to the governance of the sport. Ninvalle traveled to the world’s largest country armed with a dossier of issues affecting boxing in the region. AIBA has named 2018 as the Year of the Caribbean and plans to place much more emphasis on the development of the sport in the archipelago. The International Boxing Association (AIBA) is a nonprofit international organization that succeeded the former Fédération Internationale de Boxe Amateur in 1946. Since 2006, it has been led by its President Dr. Ching-Kuo Wu and has 200 member federations. Ninvalle became the first CARICOM national to be elected to the prestigious Executive Committee at the 2014 Congress in South Korea.
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Anya Shrubsole struck in her first over, England v India, Women’s World Cup final 2017, Lord’s, ©Getty Images ESPNcricinfo - A transformative World Cup for women’s cricket ended with the final it deserved: A near full-house at Lord’s, a tense finish, and every imaginable thrill and spill. In the end, of all the heroes of an overcast and occasionally drizzly day, it was Anya Shrubsole who stood tallest. With India needing 10 to win with their last pair at the crease, Shrubsole gestured to her team-mates to calm down when Jenny Gunn put down a sitter, off her bowling, at mid-off. Shrubsole had no doubt the wicket ball would come, soon, and off her own bowling. She ran in again, knocked back Rajeshwari Gayakwad’s off stump, and finished with the best ever figures in a Women’s World Cup final: 6 for 46. The experience told in the end. This was England’s fifth final. India were playing only their second; the last one had come 12 years ago. And bit by bit, India let slip a chase that was in their control for most part. A thirdwicket partnership of 95 between Punam Raut and Harmanpreet Kaur had brought the equation down to 91 off 100 balls when the latter picked out deep square leg with an airborne sweep. Then, after Shrubsole’s slower offcutter sent back Raut for 86, India promoted Sushma Verma - a wicketkeeperbatsman with an average of 6.40 after 13 innings - ahead of Deepti Sharma, who has seven fifties and a 188 in ODIs. Then Veda Krishnamurthy, who had lived on the line between enterprise and recklessness in scoring 35 at over a run a ball, slogged at Shrubsole and holed out when India needed 29 off 33. The gates were wide open, and Shrubsole stormed through, yorking Jhulan Goswami two balls later to tilt the match decisively England’s way. That wicket was symbolic, one bowling hero surpassing another. Goswami, playing what was perhaps her last World Cup match, had been instrumental in restricting England to what seemed a below-par 228 for 7. Her new-ball spell - 5-2-9-0 - had kept England’s run rate in check even while their openers scored at eight an over at the other end. Her second - 5-1-14-3 - had ripped the heart out of England’s innings. When Goswami began her second spell, Sarah Taylor and Nat Sciver had put on 70 for the fourth wicket, and England, at 133 for 3 after 30 overs, may have set their sights on 270. When she ended her second spell,
England were 168 for 6 after 40. Thanks to their batting depth, they continued to fight, and Katherine Brunt, Gunn and Laura Marsh scrambled 60 off the last 10 overs to set India a testing target. Shrubsole gave England their first breakthrough, nipping one back off the seam to bowl the left-handed, and thoroughly outof-sorts, Smriti Mandhana through the gate. Then Mithali Raj came in and played two gorgeously timed square drives that suggested the pitch - which had belied its grassy look and turned out slow and decidedly low - was beginning to get easier to bat on than at any point during England’s innings. With Raut stepping out of her usual, orthodox shell and slog-sweeping the seamers three times over wide mid-on, the second-wicket partnership was growing ominous until a misjudgement aborted it at 38. It was an iffy single but Raj, running from the non-striker’s end after Raut played the ball to the right of midwicket, perhaps judged it calamitous when it was merely risky. Giving up prematurely, she slowed down and ended up yards out when a sprint and dive could have saved her. India weren’t unduly rattled. Kaur, fresh off her 171 not out in the semi-final, played herself in with unwavering straightness refusing to close her bat-face to anything in line with the stumps - while every now and then going over mid-on or midwicket. Raut, using her feet nimbly to go forward and back, explored a wider area of the field, driving the slower bowlers inside-out and late-cutting. Even as their partnership swelled, England never made it easy. They bowled straight lines to Kaur, wary of giving her any room to free her arms, and perhaps as a consequence, only one of her 51 runs came through the off side. They kept mixing their pace, and Gunn, particularly proficient at the art, conceded only eight in her first five overs. The gap between balls remaining and runs required narrowed, and the pressure began to tell on India as soon as Kaur fell. Verma’s promotion, Krishnamurthy’s slog, and Shikha Pandey’s run-out - when she and Deepti had brought the equation down to 11 off 16 with three wickets left - were consequences of this pressure. It all added up to India losing their last seven wickets for 28 runs. Scores: England women 228 for 7 (Sciver 51, Taylor 45, Goswami 3-23, Poonam 2-36) beat India women 219 (Raut 86, Kaur 51, Shrubsole 6-46) by 9 runs.
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Keevin Allicock cops silver medal NEAR PERFECT FROOME at Commonwealth Youth Games CLAIMS FOURTH TOUR TITLE Guyana’s Keevin Allicock claimed the Flyweight (52kg) division silver medal at the Commonwealth Youth Games Boxing Championship in the Bahamas yesterday. The Albouystown youngster lost to 16 year old Englishman M.A. James in the final 5-0. Allicock had stormed to a commanding 41 victory earlier over British fighter Kian Bittles on Friday, while Saturday Allicock dominated
Canadian fighter Jordan Mathieu 5-0 in the semifinals. James also showed his ability, winning 50, beating Taylor Hamilton of Scotland in his semifinals bout and maintained his impressive showing over the Guyanese. Congratulations to Allicock for a job well done as his, is the only medal won by Guyana at these games to date.
The St. Romain 10th Annual Memorial Games set for Port Kaituma July 30 to August 1 I Movement Promotion & Eddie in Collaboration with Conrad St Romain in an effort to promote health and wellness through sports, social and cultural interaction will be hosting the St Romain 10th Annual Memorial Games during the period Sun 30th July to Tue 1st August 2017 at the Fitzburg Community Center Sports Ground, Port Kaituma, North West District, Region 1. The main feature will be a football tournament involving 8 teams from various locations in the Region 1 area. Matthews Ridge, Mabaruma, Maruka, Port Kaituma, Hosororo, Sebai, 5 Star and Arakaka will all be represented on this glorious occasion, a release from the organisers informed. The winning team is expected to receive $1000 USD, 2nd place $500USD and 3rd place $250USD. Among the sponsors supporting the event are the Chinese & Daughter General Store, Les General Store, Ronaldo Barber Shop, C/S General Store & Boutique, Payne Guinness Bar, Johnny Philis & Craig Transportation Services, Sandy’s Transportation Service, Odessa Boutique, Dallo, Rallo Mining, Simone
Boutique and Red Neck Groceries. Organiser I Salam believes that with this type of promotion lots of talent will be unearthed in the North West District. He further went on to say that the Indigenous Community has lots of talent and with football being played on a regular basis and at a high level the players will develop their individual skills, talent and technique. I Salam also noted that his Organisation is in line with the principles of the GFF of promoting football throughout Guyana. Meanwhile, President Wayne Forde of the Guyana Football Federation has donated a number of footballs towards the success of the tournament and has strongly endorsed the playing of organized football in the outlying districts. President Forde, who is expected to be present in Port Kaituma during the period, emphasized that the vision of the GFF is to have football played regularly in the far reaching communities and he thanked the Organisers for hosting such a massive promotion which will see teams travelling miles across rough terrain just to be present. This, the
President noted, makes football the most passionate sport in the world, with hundreds of thousands of dollars being spent in the Organising of such events. The Ministry of Indigenous Peoples’ Affairs has recently appointed a Sports Organiser to assist the Indigenous Communities in Organising Sports and these types of activities are in keeping with the vision and projection of the Ministry of Indigenous Peoples’ Affairs and the GFF to ensure that the outlying and remote districts are kept intact with sports and football development. On Sunday July 30, action opens from 4:30pm with Moruka vs 5 Star, to be followed at 6:00pm by Mabaruma vs Sebai, then at 7:30pm P. K. United vs Arakaka and Matthews Ridge vs Hosororo in the nightcap. The respective winners collide in the semis on Monday 31, while the third place and final games are set for Tuesday August 1 from 7:00pm. There will be a march past of all participating teams before the commencement of the Tournament. GFF President, Mr Wayne Forde is expected to be in attendance.
GFF President Wayne Forde (left) presents footballs to Organiser I Salam this past week for the tournament.
Second-placed Rigoberto Uran of Colombia (left) shakes hands with third-placed Romain Bardet as Britain’s Froome, looks on. (AP) PARIS (Reuters) - Chris Froome put on a near-perfect performance to claim his fourth Tour de France and move within one title of cycling’s greatest yesterday as Team Sky tightened their grip on the classic race. The Briton suffered a few wobbles throughout the 3,540-km race but was always in control over the three weeks thanks to his highcaliber team mates who sheltered him when it mattered in the mountains, leaving the lanky rider to make the difference in the time trials that book-ended the 104th edition. Sky, who have the biggest budget of the peloton, have now snatched five of the last six titles and came within a whisker of placing two riders on the podium as Spain’s Mikel Landa missed out on the top three by one second. Froome is now one title behind all-time greats Belgian Eddy Merckx, Spain’s Miguel Indurain and French duo Jacques Anquetil and Bernard Hinault. He is the first to win three consecutive titles since Indurain, who prevailed from 1991-95. The disgraced Lance Armstrong’s seven titles since then have been erased from the record book. “I’m speechless, it’s amazing,” Froome said after getting off his bike and hugging his wife Michelle and son Kellan. “The Champs Elysees never disappoints, there is something magical when you have spent three weeks thinking about this moment,
it’s just so rewarding every time. “Each win has been so unique, such a different battle and this will be remembered as the closest and most hardfought.” Colombian Rigoberto Uran finished second overall, 54 seconds behind, and France’s Romain Bardet, runner-up last year, was third, 2:20 off the pace after both riders lost time to Froome in Saturday’s final time trial. Sky’s team principal Dave Brailsford said there was no reason Froome could not add to his tally and become the most successful rider in the race’s history. “I think Chris can go on, there is no reason to think that he can’t,” he said. “Physically he has got what it takes and I don’t think that’s going to diminish in the next year or so.” Sunday’s largely processional stage from Montgeron — where the first Tour started in 1903 — to the Champs Elysees in Paris was won by Dutchman Dylan Groenewegen in a bunch sprint. The 103-km ride was the occasion for Froome to sip rose Champagne with his team mates as the real racing began only when the peloton, who went through the Grand Palais, reached the Champs Elysees and the sprinters wound it up. Froome’s victory was the first one achieved with a gap of less than a minute and while there was no repeat of last year when he had to run up Mont Ventoux without a bike, he did have mechanical scares that his rivals failed to
exploit. Slowed Down In the ninth stage, they slowed down for him after Fabio Aru attacked near the top of the final climb with Froome waiting for assistance. A week later his main rivals did not go for the throat when the Briton broke a spoke in his rear wheel and found himself trailing by 45 seconds. He also lacked his usual dominance in the climbs and was beaten in a brutal uphill finish in Peyragudes as the 26-year-old Bardet won the stage to fuel hopes of a first home champion since 1985. Froome always had the safety net of Saturday’s 22.2km sprint around the streets of Marseille where Bardet cracked and almost lost his podium place. France had a great Tour with five stage wins, including a double by Warren Barguil, who won the polka dot jersey for the mountains classification, reviving memories of Richard Virenque. Australian Michael Matthews’s versatility earned him the green jersey for the points classification, helped by the fact that world champion Peter Sagan was kicked out of the race for causing a crash that ended Mark Cavendish’s race. Germany’s Marcel Kittel won five stages but crashed a few days before the finish. Britain’s Simon Yates won the white jersey for the best under-25 rider after finishing seventh overall, one year after his twin brother Adam achieved the same feat.
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Ms. World Guyana Vena Mookram thrills residents during visit to RHTY&SC
Ms. World Guyana Vena Mookram handed out snacks and exercise books with RHTYSC Vice President Mark Papannah during her visit. Hundreds of residents of Guyana’s smallest township Rose Hall Town were thrilled on Friday last when Ms. World Guyana Vena Mookram paid an official visit to the Rose Hall Town Youth & Sports Club, MS. The Queen, accompanied by an official team from the local organising Ms World Committee, used the opportunity to meet residents of t h e t o w n s h i p w h o waited for hours to meet her at the Independence Arch Square. Ms. Mookram, who would be representing Guyana at the Ms World Contest in China later in the year, was clearly delighted at
the warm welcome she received from residents, especially the little children. She assisted in the distribution of 1000 (one thousand) Say No to Suicide exercise books to school children and also was involved in sharing out snacks prepared with Namilco products. The elegant Queen spend a great amount of time advising youths to Say No to Drugs, Crime, Suicide, Alcohol and spoke on the importance of staying in school to complete their educational career. She also advised residents to eat healthy and to exercise regularly so that they can
enjoy a stress free and healthy lifestyle. Club Secretary/CEO Hilbert Foster expressed gratitude to the National Milling Co. Ltd for sponsoring the visit of the Queen, who was the official representative of the Company at the launching of a RHTYSC,MS/Namilco Say No/Say Yes Exercise Books Programme. RHTYSC Vice President Mark Papannah wished the Queen future success at the International level and expressed confidence that she would be an outstanding representative of our Country. Residents of the
Township expressed gratitude to the Rose Hall Town Youth & Sports Club, MS, and Namilco for arranging the visit, the first of its kind to the small township. Many residents took the opportunity to take photographs with the beautiful Queen and to offer words of encouragement. Ms. Mookram was hosted by the eight cricket clubs of the Rose Hall Town Youth & Sports Club during her visit Farfan & Mendes Under-15, Bakewell Under-17 and Second Division, Pepsi Under-19 and Intermediate, Metro Females and Gizmos & Gadgets Under-21 and First Division.
Second half goals take USA into Gold Cup final (Reuters) - The United States breezed into the final of the 2017 Gold Cup after second half goals from Jozy Altidore and Clint Dempsey secured the hosts’ 2-0 win over Costa Rica on Saturday. Altidore broke the deadlock after 72 minutes when he clipped the ball past advancing keeper Patrick Pemberton following a lovely through ball from substitute Dempsey. Dempsey himself got the second 10 minutes later with a sublime free-kick that curled low round the wall and inside Pemberton’s left-hand post. It was Dempsey’s 57th goal for his country, taking him equal with Landon Donovan on the United States’ all-time leading goalscorers’ list. The goals, however, were rare moments of excitement in what was a poor game, particularly for Costa Rica, Continued on page 31
National youth opener Alex Algoo gets sponsorship from friends in New York
Alex Algoo proudly displays the gears received. The progress of National Under 17 and Under 19 hard hitting opener Alex Algoo caught the eyes of Guyanese living in New York. As a result, he was gifted a bag of cricket gears to assist with his development. The gears consist of one gladiator bag, one HS boots, one thigh pad, one CA bat, one batting pad and bat rubbers. The opener is one of few cricketer ever selected in two junior teams from Guyana in the same year. He is from the Young Warriors Cricket Club, East Canje, Berbice. The donors are: Chin Singh, David Sookrah, Ramo Singh, Chris Ganesh, Brodo Kunjal, Mukesh Matai, Goordial Matai, Valdat, Buddy Permaul, Katch, Pampo Karan, Wally Bascom, Devan Ramlall, Shan and Dowlatram. Speaking on behalf of the donors, Anil Beharry, former Berbice Senior Allrounder, Berbice Cricket Board President, GCB and Young Warriors executive, said that these honorable gentlemen
follows closely the progress of young cricketers in Guyana, Berbice in particular with the hope that sometime the West Indies Cricket team can once again dominate world cricket. They wished Algoo well in his future and hope that this can motivate others to do the same as they will continue to make significant contributions to young cricketers based on the recommendation of Beharry. Algoo, in response, thanked the donors even though he didn’t know most of them personally and promised to care the gears and make full use of them. He added that the gesture is very timely as his career is moving a pace. This follows assistance given to national player Gudakesh Motie Kanhai, sponsored by Bobby Deonarine of Tenelec and National youth allrounder Kevlon Anderson who was sponsored by Lower Corentyne Secondary School Old Students of the USA.
3rd Annual Table Tennis camp begins today at Mackenzie High School auditorium
Clint Dempsey (28) celebrates scoring against Costa Rica as United States won their semifinal encounter. (Jeffrey McWhorter AP)
The third Annual Table Tennis camp in Linden organised by the Linden Table Tennis Committee (LTTC) is set to start today and end on August 4 at the Mackenzie High School’s auditorium in Linden. Three International Table Tennis Federation accredited coaches, Howard James, Maurice Cummings and Shavin Green will be conducting this year’s clinic, which is being staged under the theme ‘Building the Future’. Green stated that the Ministry of education in Region Ten (Upper Demerara/ Berbice) and the National Sports Commission are in support of this year’s activity. The camp will cater for children between the ages five and 16 years who are invited to attend the event which will be held Mondays to Fridays from 9.00hrs at 12.00hrs. The contact persons for the camp are coaches Shavin Green and Maurice Cummings.