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Fighting old demons DEAR EDITOR, I had previously suggested that the solution to gaining control of Guyana’s national sovereignty may reside in our démarche at attempting to fight our old demons. Maybe the answer lies in overcoming the possibility of history repeating itself by educating the people, so that they themselves may partake in the strategic orientation of the country. Those who don’t know their own history are prone to repeating the past. Whereas the reference to Guyana’s history might make some people uncomfortable to the extent of labeling it futile rhetoric, it remains the mould that shaped Guyanese politics and shouldn’t be ignored or rewritten. Casting history aside has caused many young Guyanese to become misinformed if not uninformed, although the role that actors play in the development of Guyana is entwined in the events which marked our country for the past 49 years. How can one elect a government without a record, a history, and why would one choose to ignore the historical record of a government it elects? I haven’t thrown this problematic to the reader with the intention of questioning the legitimacy of any government but rather, I wish to shed light on the important role that historical knowledge plays in the electoral process of a country. Whether it is for an ideological cause, enhanced development, foreign, human rights, social or economic

policies a party has promoted in a country, electors would remember that party’s historical record. A party campaigning for national elections with the intention of governing a country will add to its record a strategic plan for the future. One cannot be unraveled from the other. But the 2015 elections have been the reflection of a young Guyanese generation seemingly reluctant to evoke history, because it is primarily believed to be one of ethnic cleavage. What many fail to see is that our history, however nasty it may seem, has never been Guyanese only and we were never the sole perpetrators of our own fate. Because of this we have steered clear many times over to give ourselves and the country we uphold the proper analysis it deserves. We have overlooked our own importance in ensuring that national sovereignty is secured and we have surrendered our contribution in deciding what place Guyana holds on the international scene. What the last elections would have proven is not that Guyana is an ethnically divided society, but rather that it is undermined by an ethnically divided electorate. The APNU/AFC coalition is in itself a vivid indication of ethnic division in the electoral base, and crusading for “Unity” and “healing the nation” is quite contradictory to its deliberate refusal of acknowledging history. For how can one heal and unite a people who are plagued by historical demise if inspecting the cause for today’s troubles is met by

From page 4 of emergency. In sum, the thing I disliked the most about the Giftland Mall is the shiny tiles, I feel far too many Guyanese retail facilities use high gloss tiles which afford poor traction and can result in slippages and falls. Finally, if the Giftland Mall is to properly protect its assets, patrons and reputation, from the myriad threats which

abound, then it needs to establish a professional safety and security department soonest. A good starting point would be to recruit persons with experience in aviation security. Clairmont Featherstone

Professional safety and...

reticence? How can there be “unity” if the fundamental wrongs were not corrected? If history is the foundation of any country’s future, then what future will a Guyanese society build if it refutes its own history, and what future will it build if it refuses as a nation – a single entity – to address the past mistakes and injustices which still remain buried in the foundation of our structures of governance? Can an emerging country, without making amends with its own history, succeed in building a future and securing its rightful place in international affairs? History cannot be corrected, but the future of the Guyanese electorate depends on how much we are willing to understand and concede that which to date still profoundly harms us, so that we may finally be able to turn the page and break those barriers which we ourselves have erected in the past, with and without the help of those who claimed to be our friends. Should we choose to dismiss the importance of acknowledging our own history, we would find ourselves, whether willfully or not, abandoning our future to the obscure powers lurking in the shadows of our route to development. Subsequently, until we have learnt from our past experiences as a young nation, the only wrong thing about Guyanese history would be its repudiation by the Guyanese people. De Sá

Joey Jagan was unduly harsh on Ralph Ramkarran DEAR EDITOR, Joey Jagan was unduly harsh in assailing Senior Counsel Ralph Ramkarran (KN Jul 1) for not publicly endorsing and supporting the APNU/AFC coalition during the election campaign. Many felt Ralph did the right and honourable thing not to publicly support either political force. Ralph is a lawyer par excellence. He is a man of integrity and decency and a gentleman. He is nonconfrontational and supports amiable solutions to a problem. He believes in national unity and power sharing. And it would have been a conflict of his view to come out and support either party. It is also noted that when he was Speaker of the National Assembly, Ralph was fair and balanced and highly regarded for his impartiality and professionalism. He was viewed as being too impartial, so much so that he ran into confrontations with and received attacks from MPs from his own party. The PPP questioned his

rulings and judgments as Speaker. But he responded in equal measure, asking them if they were prepared to challenge his ruling using their majority in parliament. He was prepared to step down from the Speaker’s chair to have his rulings challenged. I heard him challenge MPs in the chamber. The PPP MPs backed down. It should be noted that the fact that Ralph did not come out publicly on the side of the coalition does not in and of itself mean that he was not supportive of the coalition or did not want the coalition to win. One does not have to reveal a public posture to demonstrate support for a cause or movement or outcome. Publicly, he sat on the fence. But privately, his views in confidential conversations must have been different. After all, Ralph was insulted and demeaned by the hierarchy of the PPP.

One must also examine closely the contents of his commentaries – he pilloried certain figures in the PPP suggesting how people should vote – that is a greater endorsement than coming out publicly telling people to vote coalition. One must not forget that Ramkarran was/is a public, highly respected figure, objectively commenting on matters of public interest. As such, many people felt it would have been inappropriate for the former Speaker, former Ex CO Member of PPP turned critic and op-ed commentator, to endorse any party during the vicious electoral campaign. He has presented himself as profound, matured thinker and people look forward for his weekly views. He rightly chose to be unaligned, providing constructive critique of both parties. Vishnu Bisram

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Jagdeo’s return as Opposition Leader will reopen wounds - Chris Ram With the imminent return of former President Bharrat Jagdeo to the parliamentary fray as leader of the People’s Progressive Party/Civic (PPP/ C), Chartered Accountant and one of the state’s Auditors, Christopher Ram has questioned how the former leader’s return will help with several outstanding controversies swirling about him. Over the past week, rumours of Jagdeo’s impending return as leader of the Opposition when the PPP/C does take their seats in Parliament were put to rest following revelations that he had received twenty six votes versus nine for former President Donald Ramotar. In addition, Jagdeo’s candidacy has received vocal support from PPP/C General Secretary Clement Rohee and former Attorney General Anil Nandlall, who described Jagdeo’s selection as leader of the Opposition as part of the PPP/C’s ‘rebranding’. However, the former Head of State has been making the news for the wrong reasons in recent times, including being cited for ‘racially divisive’ campaign speeches, a charge that earned him a spot in the prisoner’s docket at the Whim Magistrate’s

Chartered Accountant Christopher Ram court. While acknowledging that Jagdeo could not return as President and that nothing constitutional stood in the way of his return as Opposition leader, Ram, in a recent interview with this publication pointed to the statements that the exPresident made in recent times. “One would wonder how his return in the National

Former President Bharrat Jagdeo

Assembly to active engagement will help deal with the serious social, economic and ethnic issues.” Ram said. “Jagdeo made serious statements about the Army and African Guyanese and other issues that did not go down well.” Ram also expressed the view that Jagdeo’s return

would precipitate these unresolved issues coming into the open again. “His return to the fray will just make those things surface again.” Asked about the current amendments being put forward to the Presidential benefits, Ram expressed certainty that the former President would oppose the amendments.

Jagdeo, who served as President of Guyana from 1999 to 2011, played a prominent role on the 2015 National and Regional elections campaign trail for the PPP/C, but his bombastic and sometimes controversial speeches landed him in hot water when at a commemoration ceremony for late President Dr. Cheddi Jagan on March 8 at Babu Jaan, he made a speech that caused a public outcry and was cited by the newly convened Media Monitoring Unit (MMU) as being an obvious case of racial mobilization. Ram subsequently filed criminal charges against the former Head of State over the matter, forcing Jagdeo to appear in the Whim’s Magistrate’s Court on May 25 to answer a charge of making racially divisive statements in contravention of Section 139 ‘D’ of the Representation of the People’s Act. Under the Act, if found guilty, the former President faces a fine of $100,000 and two years’ imprisonment. There is also a stipulation that a prospective Member of Parliament could not enter Parliament if convicted of the

offence making racially charged statements. Under title 9, Chapter 1:01, Section 227 of Guyana’s constitution refers to penalties prescribed to Parliamentarians for racially divisive charges and convictions, reads as follows, “Notwithstanding any provision of this constitution relating to the making of appointments to, removal of persons from, the vacation of, any office, Parliament may provide for the imposition of disqualification for any office prescribed by Parliament on any person convicted by a court of an offence relating to the excitement or ill-will against any person or class of persons on the ground of his or her or their race.” Meanwhile, former Prime Ministerial candidate for the PPP/C Elisabeth Harper has also confirmed her exit from the political fray, affirming that she will not enter parliament as a PPP/C MP. Harper, who was Director General of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs before resigning to pursue her candidacy, has also denied accusations that she was sidelined by the central committee.

Agricola teen freed of drug possession charge Mark Flavius, 18, of 130 Fourth Street, Agricola, was given a second chance on Friday after he pleaded guilty to a drug possession charge. Flavius, a former Guyana Technical Institute (GTI) student, had in his possession 2.2 grammes of cannabis on July 2, 2015. Police Corporal, Deniro Jones, informed the court that on the day in question ranks

from the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) acting on information around 3:00 hrs went to the home of the defendant and conducted a search. The search was carried out in his presence and the articles were found on him. Flavius told the police that the cannabis was his; he was then cautioned about the danger of the drug

by the Police Force and subsequently arrested. Flavius’ Attorney, Paul Fung-a-Fat, requested that his client be released on reasonable bail because he has no knowledge of the alleged marijuana. He contended that his client has an unblemished criminal record. During the brief court hearing, Magistrate Ann McLennan asked the

defendant what he had to say for himself. The young man pleaded with the Magistrate to be lenient with him. He said that he was sorry for his mistakes and that he has learnt from them and would go forward in the future to respect the laws of the land. Magistrate Ann Mc Lennan eventually dismissed the case.

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Germany, France press Greece to make credible proposals France and Germany told Greece to come up with serious proposals in order to restart financial aid talks, raising pressure on Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras to compromise a day after his country voted overwhelmingly against more austerity. After a meeting in Paris, German Chancellor Angela Merkel and French President Francois Hollande said Athens must move quickly if it wants to secure a cash-forreform deal with international creditors and avoid crashing out of the euro. Raising the stakes on the Greek leader ahead of a eurozone summit today, the European Central Bank decided to keep a tight grip on funding to Greek banks, which have been closed for more than a week to avoid a massive outflow of money that could lead to their collapse. The ECB also decided to raise the amount of collateral Greek banks must post for any loans. The move doesn’t affect the lenders right away, but it was a warning shot by the ECB to Greek banks that their fate lies in its hands. And a German finance ministry official dismissed the idea that Berlin would be willing to concede some debt relief to Athens, a position

Greece’s new Finance Minister, Euclid Tsakalotos that Tsipras’ government has long sought.Still, in a sign that Athens is keen to seek a new deal, Greece’s combative finance minister, Yanis Varoufakis, resigned, apparently under pressure from other euro zone finance ministers who did not want him as a negotiating partner. Tsipras had earlier promised Merkel that Greece would bring a proposal for a deal to an emergency summit of euro zone leaders on Tuesday, a Greek official said. It was unclear how much it would differ from other proposals rejected in the past. “The door is open for discussion,” Hollande told reporters, standing next to Merkel after talks at the

Elysee Palace. “It’s now up to the government of Alexis Tsipras to offer serious, credible proposals so that this will can be turned into a program which gives a long-term perspective, because Greece needs a long-term perspective in the euro zone with stable rules, as the euro zone itself does.” Hollande stressed that there is not much time left while Merkel urged Greece to put proposals on the table this week. Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte said Greece must accept deep reforms if it wants to remain in the euro. He told the Netherlands parliament that creditors had no plans to draft a new proposal after the “No” vote and Greece had to come up with a new proposal ahead of Tuesday’s summit. “They must make a decision, this evening or tonight, what they are going to do,” Rutte said. If the Greeks went to Brussels demanding changes because they felt supported by the “No” vote and refused reforms “then I think it is over”. After the Greek ‘No’ vote, gloomy officials in Brussels and Berlin said a Greek exit from the currency area now looked ever more likely.

Oil crashes 8 percent as Greek vote, Iran talks set off exodus Oil prices suffered their biggest selloff in five months yesterday, falling as much as 8 percent as Greece’s rejection of debt bailout terms and China’s stock market woes set off a deepening spiral of losses. Adding to the pressure on oil, Iran and global powers were trying to meet a July 7 deadline on a nuclear deal, which could bring more supply to the market if sanctions on Tehran are eased. The self-imposed deadline could be extended again, officials at the negotiations said. A slump that began last week gathered pace through the session, taking four-day losses to more than 10 percent, the largest rout since early January, as weeks of range-bound trading abruptly ended. Global Brent prices collapsed below the $60 a barrel mark for the first time since mid-April. “With the number of bearish elements weighing on the market now, the only support has been the seasonal demand in gasoline,

and even that will be going away soon,” said John Kilduff, partner at New York energy hedge fund Again Capital. U.S. crude settled at $52.53 a barrel, down $4.40 or 7.7 percent, from its settlement on Thursday and below the 100day moving average. It was the biggest percentage drop in a day for U.S. crude since early February, and more downside momentum could push it to test the six-year low of $42.03 set in mid-March, technical analysts said. Brent crude settled down $3.78, or 6.3 percent, at $56.54, also below the 100-day average. Greeks voted a resounding no to a referendum on an international bailout that also put in doubt its membership in the euro. The euro fell against the dollar, weighing on demand for dollardenominated commodities from holders of the single currency. Commodities were also sucked into market turmoil that has seen Chinese shares fall as much as 30 percent

since June due in part to the economy growing at its slowest pace in a generation. In Vienna, a dispute over U.N. sanctions on Iran’s ballistic missile program and a broader arms embargo were among issues holding up a nuclear deal between Tehran and six world powers. Iran is seeking to restore oil exports that have dropped from 2.5 million barrels per day in 2011 to about 1 million bpd in 2014. Morgan Stanley analysts said up to 700,000 bpd in new Iranian exports were likely to arrive between late 2015 or early 2016, delaying the recovery in oil prices and U.S. output by 6 to 12 months. Oil prices were also weighed down by signs that U.S. shale drillers were returning to the field, as the rig count for oil rose last week for the first time since December. It is unclear whether the latest price decline will give drillers pause, though, as many oil producers had been counting on $60 or $65 prices to support new wells.

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Obama: U.S. to increase support for Syria opposition

U.S. President Barack Obama (2nd L) sits down to a meeting with Defense Secretary Ash Carter (L) and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff U.S. Army General Martin Dempsey (3rd L), for an update on U.S. efforts against the Islamic State (ISIS), at the Pentagon (REUTERS/JONATHAN ERNST) President Barack Obama yesterday pledged to increase U.S. support for the moderate opposition in Syria’s civil war and said the United States needed to do more at home to prevent attacks and combat Islamic State efforts to recruit followers. Obama, speaking at the Pentagon, said the United States would continue to

crack down on Islamic State’s illicit finance operations around the world. There are no current plans to send additional U.S. troops overseas, he said, repeating that the fight against the militant group would not be quick. Obama emphasized, as he has before, that with a strong partner on the ground in Iraq, the United States and its

partners would be successful in defeating the militant group, which is also known as ISIL. He said training of such forces had been ramped up after a period that was too slow and that the fall of Ramadi, the capital of the predominately Sunni western Anbar province, had galvanized the Iraqi government.

“More Sunni volunteers are coming forward,” he said. “Some are already being trained and they can be a new force against ISIL. We continue to accelerate the delivery of critical equipment, including antitank weapons, to Iraqi security forces. “And I have made it clear to my team that we will do more to train and equip the moderate opposition in Syria.”

Obama did not give details on what more the United States would do in that regard. He noted the threat of smaller attacks within the United States and said more needed to be done to prevent Islamic State from recruiting followers within the U.S. homeland. “Our efforts to counter violent extremism must not target any one community because of their faith or

background, including patriotic Muslim Americans who are our partners in keeping our country safe,” he said. “We also have to acknowledge that ISIL has been particularly effective at reaching out to and recruiting vulnerable people around the world, including here in the United States. And they are targeting Muslim communities around the world.”

A dispute over U.N. sanctions on Iran’s ballistic missile program and a broader arms embargo were among issues holding up a nuclear deal between Tehran and six world powers yesterday, the day before their latest self-imposed deadline. “The Iranians want the ballistic missilesanctions lifted. They say there is no reason to connect it with the nuclear issue, a view that is difficult to accept,” one Western official told Reuters. “There’s no appetite for that on our part.” Iranian and other Western

officials confirmed this view. The foreign ministers of the six powers - Britain, China, France, Germany, Russia and the United States - met on Monday with Iranian Foreign Minister Mohamed Javad Zarif - and were expected to meet again soon - to try to strike a deal by tonight. “The Western side insists that not only should it (Iran’s ballistic missile program) remain under sanctions, but that Iran should suspend its program as well,” an Iranian official said. “But Iran is insisting on its rights and says all the sanctions,

including on the ballistic missiles, should be lifted when the U.N. sanctions are lifted.” Separately, a senior Iranian official told reporters in Vienna on condition of anonymity that Tehran wanted a United Nations arms embargo terminated as well. A senior Western diplomat said a removal was “out of the question”. The deal under discussion is aimed at curbing Tehran’s most sensitive nuclear work for a decade or more, in exchange for relief from sanctions that have slashed Iran’s oil exports and crippled its economy.

Iran demands end to U.N. missile sanctions, West refuses

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THE OLD TRICKS OF LAURIE LEWIS The new government in Guyana has been greeted with an unholy baptism of criminality. Without any doubt, there has been an unnerving and at times, frightening increase in crime since the new government took office. Right now the real fear in Guyana is not Venezuela, as ominous as that threat is. The real fear is about those little boys with guns in their waists, waiting to pounce of citizens in their homes and after they leave the banks. These boys are driving fear into the hearts of Guyanese. The situation has reached the stage where it seems as if these criminals are almost baiting the authorities. The actions of the criminals are suggesting that if there is one area in which there will be no change, it is with crime. The criminals are on the loose and the police are going to have their work cut out to deal with these elements which over the past two months, have been, with impunity, pulverizing the Guyanese people. The public has a right to

demand better security. That security must, however, at the minimum, require a complete metamorphosis in the way the police operate. Things cannot work in the same way they used to. But as our editor pointed out recently, certain habits die hard. One of the habits of the police when faced with a violent crime is to blame the victim. So certain imputations are dropped to suggest that the person killed was involved in certain nefarious activities. In other words, instead of aiming for justice for the victims, the police criminalize the victims. People who worked hard for their living are killed and instead of justice their reputations are criminalized simply because the police force is unable to solve the crimes. This is an old trick that the police learnt from Laurie Lewis, a former, now deceased, Commissioner of Police. Laurie Lewis should have been a magician. He was the master of the art of illusion. When businessman Bhim Singh was murdered, it was

Laurie Lewis who suggested that the victim was involved in underhand activities. In other words what Laurie Lewis was suggesting was that Bhim Singh was a victim of his own financial dealings and therefore his death did not represent a threat to the wider society. This sort of argument also suggests that the victims get what they deserve and therefore the public needs not worry at all. This is an old trick resurrected by Laurie Lewis. He handed it down to the Guyana Police Force and it is still employed today. When someone dies and the police know that they are not likely to be able to solve the crime, they often invoke the idea that the person had a shady past. The subliminal suggestion is therefore that the victim got what was coming and therefore is undeserving of public sympathy or concern. This is why there are so many unsolved cases in Guyana. If the police know that someone was involved in underhand activities and they

Thirty-two- year- old Eldon Richardson of North Ruimveldt Squatting area was remanded to prison, when he made his court appearance before Magistrate Ann Mc Lennan on Friday to answer a wounding charge.

It is alleged that on July1, last, at Georgetown, he unlawfully and maliciously wounded Sherwin James with intent to maim, disable or disfigure him. Richardson pleaded not guilty to the charge.

Police Corporal, Deniro Jones, informed the court that the defendant dealt several chops to the victim’s body. He noted that the victim is still hospitalized. Richardson was remanded until July 20, 2015.

Man remanded on chopping charge

Dem boys seh...

Wheh money deh nobody tekking leave Wheh dem got bees, dem got honey; wheh dem got money dem got nuff greedy people. Dem suh greedy that dem don’t want lef. Some of dem don’t tek leave. Dem like porkknockers whenever dem find a spot that got gold dem don’t even stop wuk fuh sleep. Dem does forget dem got family—all because money mekking. Customs officers don’t tek leave when cheese coming their way. As soon as dem get transfer to somewhere wheh dem can’t mek nutten, like DDL liquor bond, dem does tek all dem leave. Some of dem does even ask fuh advance leave. Dem boss is de same thing. He never tek leave. Dem boys could even imagine wha coming he way. Dem boys seh that police is no different from Custom people. Whenever dem deh at locations wheh money passing, like traffic, nobody ain’t want leave or transfer. Dem don’t ever care fuh promotion once de dough coming. De Top Cop, like de Customs boss, don’t tek leave too, even if dem sick and deh pun dem dying bed. Dem prefer dead on de wuk like Henry Greene. Then dem boys seh that you got those in de public sector. Dem boys gun only give one example—Wordsworth. He wuk wid Rob de Earth fuss, ten he wuk wid Leslie wha always sickly but none of de three of dem ever tek leave. De two of dem gone fuh channa and lef Wordsworth.

He name, like Brassington, get call in nuff things. Government change and he, like Brassington again, hear de key turning in de jail door lock in dem sleep. He hear de new bosses asking questions and checking up on some things that he name call in. Is only that mek he apply fuh he leave, plus de other leave wha he never use to tek. Is de fuss time anybody in Guyana got more than 300 days leave. But dem boys seh that dem got people who does tek leave every month because dem don’t get perks, drawback or kickback from anybody. Tek de firemen and women and dem boss who always deh pun leave. As fuh de firemen and women dem does follow dem boss. That is how de house in Alberttown bun down. De Fire Chief and de people behind him don’t get nutten except cuss from every property owner who house bun down. De people right fuh cuss dem. Imagine de fire right behind de fire station back fence and de house bun down. Dem claim dem didn’t have a driver fuh de fire truck. Dem boys seh dem coulda stay right in de fire station and run de hose from de truck and save de house. But sadly, all of dem tek dem leave suh nobody was there to man de hose much less de truck. Talk half and think hard about wha dem boys saying.

did not take action to charge this person then they are incompetent. They should not be waiting until the person dies to report their suspicions. They should have been taking action. But regardless of what underhand activities a person is involved in, the police have a duty to solve the crime. Too many times persons are shot and killed and the police are not bringing the killers to justice. The second trick used by the police happens just after the crime. The police announce that they have held some suspects who are helping them in their investigations. The public is left with the impression that the police are swift in their investigations and have held the killers. This is just a ploy by the police. They hold a few neighbours and other known characters and deem them persons of interest. The public outrage is allowed to simmer. It is a policy of appeasement. This is another of the old tricks that the police inherited

from Laurie Lewis. Unknown to the public is that a few days after these suspects are released for lack of incriminating evidence and the case joins the long list of cold cases. Just a few weeks ago we learnt that the police were making headway in the case involving the gunning down of a woman. We were told that persons were arrested and that the case was about to be cracked. This took the heat off the police for not solving crimes. But it seems as if the police have now fallen through that crack because no charges have been leveled as a result of the new developments. Another old trick employed by Laurie Lewis. Make the public believe that there is a breakthrough and

in so doing take the heat and attention off the Guyana Police Force. It is time for change. It is time for a new approach to crime. If this new approach has to begin by instilling discipline in our country by asking bars and clubs to stop selling drinks and turn off their music at 2 a.m., then so be it. But let it also bring a new discipline into the Guyana Police Force by refusing to accept the old tricks that they were taught by the master of illusion.

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== THE FREDDIE KISSOON COLUMN ==

Jagdeo gave it; Jagdeo took it back Mr. Ralph Ramkarran informed us that in the vote in the PPP Central Committee to choose the Opposition Leader, Mr. Ramotar secured nine votes out of 35 and thus was defeated by Mr. Jagdeo. It meant that Ramotar got eight other votes since obviously he voted for himself (I hope). Knowing how Mr. Jagdeo controls the PPP, there would not have been an open vote with members raising their hands. Secret ballots never took place in the PPP’s internal elections in its 35-member Central Committee and its 15member executive committee. But even if there was a visible voting system Mr. Ramotar would have lost anyway. Three reasons explain this. When Mr. Ramotar was President it would have been foolish to kowtow to Ramotar and be openly hostile to Mr. Jagdeo because the Ramotar presidency was controlled by Jagdeo. So if Mr. Jagdeo wanted to get you transferred from your job or put someone over

you it would have happened even though you were a Ramotar stooge. In other words, if you were looking for perks under the Ramotar presidency it was best to seek out Jagdeo than the President himself. Those central committee members who raised their hands and chose Jagdeo over Ramotar acted out of selfpreservation. If Jagdeo had lost, he would have become vindictive to those he knew rejected him and there was nothing Ramotar could have done. The Central Committee decided that a vote for Ramotar was a vote for Jagdeo anyway so why not go for the real McKoy. Secondly, with the exception of Komal Chand of GAWU, the sugar union and Desmond Kissoon, the other 33 members of the Central Committee (including Ramotar himself) owe their social elevation and financial standing to Bharrat Jagdeo. Rohee, Gail Teixeira and Luncheon were all there before Jagdeo became

President but Jagdeo retained all three, even elevating Teixeira by upping her salary with the new title of Presidential Advisor on Governance. During the 2014 budget debate, it was revealed that Ms. Teixeira’s salary was over a million dollars a month, less than what she would have been paid as a Cabinet Minister (see Kaieteur News, April, 16, 2014) There was every reason for 32 of those 35 members of the Central Committee to vote for Jagdeo over Ramotar. Ramotar himself should have given way to Jagdeo because he owes it to Jagdeo for making him President of Guyana. Ramotar will get a handsome pension package because of Jagdeo. It was silly for Ramotar to have competed with Jagdeo to become Leader of the Opposition because he simply did not have the votes even if the balloting was secret. There was every practical reason for those 32 mandarins to select Jagdeo because they have benefited

Miner drowns in Pomeroon Thirty-two-year-old Rawle Boyan, a Friendship Scheme Canal miner, lost his life Saturday evening after he attempted to urinate in the Pomeroon River. A relative of the dead man said that Boyan, who worked in the Interior, came out on Friday. On Saturday Boyan and his brother left their Friendship Scheme Canal home for Charity where they

were said to be imbibing. The relative added that during his journey home Saturday evening, Boyan asked his brother to slow down his boat to allow him to urinate and in doing so, Boyan fell into the Pomeroon River where he subsequently drowned. Reports of the incident were quickly filtered to the deceased’s family who

orchestrated a desperate search for him. Boyan’s body was eventually recovered and taken to the Suddie Funeral Parlour awaiting a post mortem examination. Two years ago Boyan lost a brother who died in the interior. More recently another relative lost his life when his boat crashed into a tree. (Yannason Duncan)

some immensely, from his twelve-year-old presidency. Important to note is that after Jagdeo left the presidency, all of his Cabinet colleagues were retained by President Ramotar. So identical was the Ramotar Cabinet to Jagdeo’s that Guyanese came to accept that Ramotar was just a figurehead. From the time of the PPP’s 30th congress at Port Mourant in August 2013 to the day he lost, power, Ramotar relied on the Jagdeo appointees to help him run the government. In fact, many of these Jagdeo appointees were making policies under the Ramotar presidency that were

independent of the President himself. During his three years of the presidency, Mr. Ramotar produced not even one gifted protégé or invented any breath-taking policies. It was three years of exasperating mediocrity. Finally, for 32 members of that Central Committee there were sound political reasons to choose Donald Ramotar over Jagdeo. They saw Ramotar’s performance for decades as the GeneralSecretary of the PPP and three years as President. They knew this was not a politician without any kind of quality. He was boring, inane and completely lacked

Frederick Kissoon leadership qualities. The PPP Central Committee wants someone to make the PPP strong and to shape it to reacquire power in 2020. When they looked around for such a person, they would have accepted anyone except Ramotar. Can you blame them?

Police Constable crushed in freak accident

Police Constable 22349 Eldon Williams attached to the Brickdam Police Station was yesterday crushed to death by a motor Canter in what some describe as a “freak accident” just along the Providence Access Road, East Bank Demerara (EBD) road. The officer was placing barricades on the road at the time in preparation for traffic control at the new Hits and Jams water world, for the Sand, Water and Sun (SWS) soca on the beach event when the incident occurred around 09:45 hrs. It was alleged that he was struck down and run over by the said Canter. The driver failed to comply with signals to reduce speed. Constable

The Driver of the vehicle that caused the death of the officer Williams was pronounced dead on arrival at the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC). The driver of the motor vehicle is in police custody assisting

with the investigations. M e a n w h i l e investigations are being conducted into a fatal accident that occurred at about 01:45h yesterday morning, on the Railway Embankment at Liliendaal, East Coast Demerara (ECD), and which resulted in the death of Shawn McPherson of Goedverwagting, ECD. Shawn McPherson was an occupant of a motor car that struck a horse. The driver lost control of the vehicle which collided with an oncoming motor vehicle. McPherson was pronounced dead on arrival at the GPHC. Several other persons received injuries and are receiving medical attention at the GPHC.

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KN journalist breaks silence, refutes Nandlall’s claim of friendship Nandlall recording…

As he finally faced a topic that he desperately ran from in the past, former Attorney General, Anil Nandlall did not deny that his was the voice heard on the recording warning of a possible attack at Kaieteur News. Nandlall had said that the attack could result in the loss of “innocent” lives. This time, he repeated that he was talking to an old school friend and had no idea he would have been betrayed. Nandlall said this on Sunday afternoon as he appeared on a radio programme ‘Hard Talk’ aired on 90.1 Love FM. The programme is hosted by Chris Chapwanya. Last October, a profanity laced recorded telephone conversation between Nandlall and senior Kaieteur News reporter. Leonard Gildarie, was released to the public and went viral. The recording prompted a criminal investigation and also saw calls and protests for Nandlall to resign as Attorney General or be fired. This was a call that was echoed by Courtney Crum-Ewing who was subsequently killed in Diamond Housing Scheme. At the time when the recording was released, the then People’s Progressive Party/Civic (PPP/C) government attempted damage control. It made several pronouncements including that the then Minister was illegally recorded. At one point the government said that it would have checked the authenticity of the tape insinuating that it was manipulated. But when he appeared on the radio programme on Sunday the former AG did not mount such defence. Instead, he clung to what he said was a classic case of betrayal. He said that the situation was made bigger than it really is. The betrayal line of defence pushed the journalist who stayed quiet all along to

Senior Kaieteur News reporter, Leonard Gildarie finally come out and say otherwise. Nandlall had told Chapwanya, “The persons who have spun that out of control are persons who would not vote for the PPP – they are not my supporters.” He said he did not fathom that his remarks would have been made public since he presumed he was speaking to a former classmate and not a journalist. “I was having a conversation with this gentleman whom I have known for several years; yes

Former Attorney General, Anil Nandlall

he is working at the newspapers but I wasn’t calling him in that capacity. It’s as if I call you one day and you and I are friends …I’m not speaking to you in your capacity as a reporter but that was the spin that was put to it.” Nandlall dubbed the remarks as “unfortunate” and said that he is not of the opinion that he should have abandoned his post as Attorney General and Legal Affairs Minister. “We all make unfortunate remarks, we all have

conversations that we all hope will never see the light of day…We have our private conversations, I never thought this thing would be taped. I never thought it would be released as a news item and going to be all over the world,” he stated. Yesterday, the journalist who Nandlall keeps acknowledging to be his friend and former classmate totally disowned the former Minister. He posted on his Facebook page, “I am getting a little tired of this classmate

thing. I stayed quiet throughout this entire episode.” Gildarie noted, “Nandlall again says I am his classmate and the DPP (Director of Public Prosecution Ali) Hack used the argument of classmates also…My statement to the police who came to my home to arrest me last year never mentioned anything of a best friend.” The journalist questioned, “Could Mr. Nandlall say which classes we were in together at QC? We were best friends...where did we ever go for a drink? Who was my form master or mistress? Which (school) year was I in? Does he know my parents? The answers will speak for themselves.” Gildarie continued, “The DPP erroneously concluded that because I was a school chum of Mr. Nandlall then the statements had to be taken as such. How did the learned DPP arrive at that decision? Again I believe as a journalist I should not be making the news but rather writing it.” Nandlall was heard saying that there are plans afoot to kill “innocent people” working at Kaieteur News in reaction to the many exposing stories the paper had been

carrying. He was also heard admitting that he used taxpayers’ money for personal reasons. The Attorney General, in the recording referred to a female Kaieteur News reporter as a “lil thing” and advocated that his uncle, Kamal Mangal, got an opportunity to “f**K de girl.” Nandlall said, “I told Adam [Adam Harris, Editor, Kaieteur News] everybody don’t have a newspaper to use as a weapon, I told Adam people got weapons. If they continue to attack people like this and they [people] have no way of responding, they will just walk with their weapon into that same F**king Saffon Street office and wah come shall do.” He further said, “Innocent people got to pay for f**king Paul… I tell you honestly, man to man, that will happen so the quicker you get out of there, the better for you.” “There is a simpler way of dealing with this situation you know, I tell Glenn already. He knows I have capacity and I know his. I don’t have to go to Court every day and issue press statements, I don’t have to resort to those methods…there are far more effective measures to which I can resort.”

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GPHC revives Eye Bank discussions - necessary measures could be in place in a year Guyana’s potential to harvest its own corneas to facilitate transplants is a subject that is currently being discussed. This is according to Director of Ophthalmology at the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC), Dr. Shailendra Sugrim. The discussions come at a time when the hospital is getting overseas support from international experts to facilitate corneal transplants. Just last week a team led by renowned surgeon Dr. Rahul Jindal, who is also a kidney transplant surgeon, completed close to a dozen corneal transplants at the GPHC. But corneal transplants are not a new undertaking at the GPHC, as such procedures have been undertaken previously by Dr. Jindal, and even former Head of the Ophthalmology Department and current Minister of Health, Dr. George Norton. There are reports that there were even earlier corneal transplants done at the public hospital. However, the shortcoming that remains constant over the years is the availability of corneas. The cornea is the transparent layer forming the front of the eye. Dr. Sugrim said that it is his hope that efforts to address this limitation could be realised within a year. With the establishment of an Eye Bank, which has been a recommendation by the Jindal-led team, Guyana is expected to address a protracted shortcoming. “This is the second time that the team is coming to Guyana...the first time they didn’t make any headway but this time they brought the same proposal and we are going to work on it,” said Sugrim of plans to bring into being a local Eye Bank. Reiterating that the establishment of such a facility would require time to put certain needful measures

GPHC’s Ophthalmology Director, Dr Shailendra Sugrim. in place, Dr. Sugrim shared his optimism that the end result would be an Eye Bank that serves not only Guyana, but also the entire Caribbean. “It might take about a year to get it off the ground but we are now going to start the ball rolling. We need to set up an area; we need to buy equipment; we need to train people to go out and harvest corneas...and once this gets off the ground, we can supply corneas to other countries so if anybody else wants to send (corneas) they can ship these to us, and then we can make it available for use,” informed Dr. Sugrim. Another important aspect of the process, he noted, would be to commence a process of advertising for people to become organ donors. Once a person who is an organ donor becomes deceased, for example by way of a vehicular accident, trained technicians would be dispatched to remove their corneas. This process would have to be conducted within about two or three hours of an

individual’s demise, according to Dr. Sugrim. But even before all this could be effected, he highlighted the need for legislations to be put in place to allow for Guyana to harvest, store and by extension, transplant corneas. Ophthalmologist, Dr. Stephen Waller, who made up part of Jindal’s team, emphasised at a Continuing Medical Education (CME) session at the GPHC last year the importance of having an Eye Bank. At that forum Dr. Waller disclosed that while donation laws and certification will have to be put in place, Government must also have the “political will” to make such a decision. And in doing so, he is convinced that Government will first have to see the value that could be made available to the citizenry with such a facility. Dr. Waller is of the firm belief that putting a crucial system as an Eye Bank in place, will not only be a plus for the Guyanese people but he too stressed the possibility of it benefiting the entire Caribbean. “I think it could be a winwin situation for everybody and yet not cost a lot of money to the Guyanese people…You can get a lot of blind people back on the streets and even working again,” said a confident Dr. Waller. Instead of simply burying persons with their corneas intact, Dr Waller is convinced that they could be stored by an Eye Bank, similar to what is done for other transplanted organs, with the view of helping those who may have various visual impairments. However, engaging the process of corneal transplant should never be allowed without first thoroughly analysing and fully knowing the medical history of the donors, Dr. Waller insisted.

Tuesday July 07, 2015

AG Report shows…$$$M in expired drugs at hospitals, warehouse, clinics The 2013 Auditor General Report has flagged large quantities of expired drugs and medical supplies discovered at locations throughout Guyana. The value of these products is reportedly undetermined. The Report indicated that there were 940 expired items. At the Diamond Warehouse, 346 expired items were discovered while at the Linden Hospital Complex and Ruimveldt Offsite there were 205 and 115 items respectively. Additionally, West Demerara Regional Hospital (112 items), the Agricola Health Centre (81 items), the Diamond Hospital (67 items) and the New Amsterdam Regional Hospital (14 items) were also flagged. Previous verification exercises have revealed large numbers of expired stock. In 2013, exercises conducted at a number of bonds and warehouses showed that there were 327 items of expired stock with an approximated

value of $208.090M. “In this regard, there was no evidence that the Ministry took action to have them destroyed by the competent authority,” the 2013 AG Report stated. According to the extensive Report, verification exercises carried out during July and August last year revealed that indeed there were “large quantities” of expired pharmaceutical and other medical supplies. These locations, the Report said, included hospitals, a warehouse and a health centre. The Report also explained that the value of the expired stock could not have been readily determined. This was due to the fact that the Ministry of Health failed to provide the relevant information, the AG said. The Audit Office went on to recommend that the Ministry embarks on a country-wide survey to determine the realistic needs of pharmaceuticals and other medical supplies in order to

reduce losses through expired drugs. This recommendation is one that has been given in the past from the AG’s office. In response, the Ministry said that the expired medicine must be analysed as a portion of the quantity received and issued. It added that the World Health Organisation’s standard for developing countries is five per cent of the total value of purchases. “It should be noted also that the Ministry is currently working to ensure that accurate information is received from the Health Facilities requesting supplies,” the Ministry said. It said too that it is currently in the process of making arrangements for the destruction of the expired drugs. The Report had also showed 202 instances of expired drugs valued at $58M had been discovered at the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC) during the period under review.

Man chopped in land dispute

Leslie Harry displays his wound. After a prolonged dispute over land boundary, one man is now nursing a large chop to the left side of his head while another is in police custody. Woodcutter, Leslie Harris, 37, of Linden, was chopped last week at his home by a man

who is into the same trade. Harris, now a patient at the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC), said that the man, whom he was not able to name, walked up to him and chopped him. He denied sharing an argument with his assailant but admitted that

the chopping was fused by a long time grievance over the boundary line between the two businesses. “The boy li’l stupid, but them get him lock up in one ah them stations in Linden.” “He telling me that I should take my border line more into my side,” said Harris as he tried to recount what had happened. He added that he is having a hard time remembering things fast enough. “I get li’l stupid, like I know things but it isn’t coming fast enough for me to express it.” Harris received 14 stitches to his wound.

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Multiplex Mall owner’s killing… President Granger convenes high-level Cops yet to secure major lead meeting to craft crime-fighting strategy - $5M REWARD OFFERED

Ganesh ‘Boyo’ Ramlall Police say they are pulling out all the stops as they continue to probe the murder of businessman, Ganesh ‘Boyo’ Ramlall, who was slain by gunmen at his La Jalousie, West Coast Demerara home early on Sunday morning. So far investigators are treating the matter as a robbery/murder. Senior official on the west side are tightlipped, only saying that the investigations are in progress. However, close associates of the businessman are also making desperate efforts to assist in bringing Ramlall’s killers to justice. They are offering a whopping $5M reward for information leading to the arrest of the killers. Anyone with information can contact 624-6456 or the nearest police station. Ramlall, 48, was shot about seven times, including

to the head, a few minutes after he had returned to his home Saturday midnight. Ramlall is the proprietor of the popular Regent Multiplex Mall on Regent Street as well as other business interests. From all indications, the attack was a robbery, which was prematurely aborted when an alarm was raised by the businessman’s wife, and neighbours began responding. Neighbours reportedly fired warning shots, but by then Ramlall was already dead and his killers had fled. A traumatised Monica Ramlall, the businessman’s wife of 24 years, told Kaieteur News that her husband had gone out on Saturday evening to a barbecue and a wake house. At about midnight, he called and said he was coming home. The wife said she opened the door and he entered the home. He told her

Amidst the heavy rainfall and winds that rocked the city last week, business proprietors in the Croal Street, Stabroek area are calling on the Guyana Power and Light (GPL) to remove a decayed utility pole they deem a hazard to their businesses. The pole which is located in front of the SINO Restaurant (just in front of the

route 40 bus park) has since been infested by termites and completely rotten. According to the proprietors, the power company seems to be reluctant to deal with the issue as they have been making several complaints about the pole since last year. The area is usually a busy thoroughfare on a daily basis,

From page 15 Solomon Blackman, who was said to have been of unsound mind, walked into the Brickdam Police Station, disarmed a rank and opened fire killing two policemen before he was finally restrained. According to the police official, the police will always get the short end of the stick. “If they don't respond to

reports of mentally ill persons behaving in a certain manner, they will be criticized. And when they do and have to resort to the use of force when they come under attack, the same people who called the police in the first place, will turn back and accuse them of acting unprofessionally,” the officer declared.

he had brought barbecue chicken for her. The businessman remained alone downstairs and after grabbing a bite, he went outside to use the outdoor bathroom. It was then that the bandits struck. His wife recalled hearing shouts. “I hear Boyo shout “thief, thief!” she said. There were rapid gunshots and realising that something terrible was happening, the businessman’s wife quickly shut the door at the end of the inner stairway that led from the bottom flat. By this time, one of the two teenage daughters, who was aroused by the commotion, contacted a relative a few houses away. A neighbour who heard the gunshots and who is also a licenced firearm holder reportedly fired several shots in the air to scare away the gunmen. “I called for Boyo but there was no answer,” the neighbour said. Apparently, his initial intervention caused the bandits to prematurely abandon their mission and escape, but only after they had stripped Ramlall of a gold chain and a band. They had also snatched a bag which they thought had contained money but later threw it away when they realized that it contained nothing of worth. They also left behind a ring that was on Ramlall’s finger. The businessman’s wife said when the shooting had died down, she ventured downstairs and saw the back door open and her husband slumped by the doorway. He was motionless and there was blood on the ground.

President David Granger will convene a high-level meeting today to craft a crimefighting strategy in the wake of the recent upsurge in violent crimes. A release issued yesterday stated that “as his first order of business, on his return from the CARICOM Heads of Government Meeting, President David A. Granger will convene a highlevel security meeting to craft a crime fighting strategy in light of the recent hike in violent crimes.” The meeting will commence at 9:00 hrs today at the Ministry of the Presidency. Those to attend include Prime Minister Moses Nagamootoo, Minister of State Joseph Harmon, Minister of Public Security Khemraj Ramjattan, Commissioner of Police Seelall Persaud and Chief of Staff of the Guyana Defence Force, Brigadier Mark Phillips. Statistics compiled by Kaieteur News for the first six months and six days of this year, show that there have been at least 80 murders during this period. Twenty-eight of the victims were shot dead, and of this number, 14 appeared to be clear-cut execution-style killings. Some of the victims of brazen killing include Patricia Sanasie, who was gunned

Cops remain under close arrest...

down outside her Atlantic Gardens, East Coast Demerara home; former policeman Beepat Taijram, called “Biggs,” who was shot dead in broad daylight and relieved of jewellery after stopping his bus near Campbell Street, Grove, on the East Bank Demerara Public Road; Randolph Singh, owner of Airmax Vulcanizing Tyre Shop, shot dead near his place of business on South Road; Guyana Geology and Mines Commission employee Trevor Abrams, riddled in his car while driving in the day along the East Bank Demerara Public Road. There was also the killing of teenage gang member: 19year-old Ryan Sooklall, gunned down in a shop; Jermaine Giles, shot in the head in his Barnwell North, Mocha, home; shopkeeper Randy Persaud, riddled with bullets in Second Street, Agricola, by a gunman who calmly walked away from the scene; political activist Courtney Crum-Ewing, gunned down in Diamond, East Bank Demerara with a loud-hailer in his hand; Nabaclis resident Dwayne Kennedy, shot dead by a gang of men near the Golden Grove Market; clothes vendor Quincy Bowman, shot

in the back of the head on a Festival City Bridge; rice farmer Hardat Kissoon, shot dead in a minibus and relieved of cash he had just withdrawn from a city bank; Manu Durant, killed in a gunfight in the Barroombar night club; Colin Kendall, riddled with bullets in Sophia by gunmen in a white car; Rubis Accounts Executive Jason Cort, shot dead by robbers in his Meadow Brook home; alleged gang member Travis Rudder, riddled while sleeping near his fiancée and baby son in Nandy Park, East Bank Demerara and Regent Multiplex Mall owner Ganesh ‘Boyo’ Ramlall, shot dead and robbed in his Lot C La Jalousie, West Coast Demerara home just after midnight last Sunday. Statistics released by the police for the first five months of the year showed a 12 percent rise in homicides, and a 10 percent rise in serious crimes within the past five months. The Force’s Public Relations Department stated that 66 murders were recorded at the end of May 2015, in comparison to 59 murders at the end of May 2014. Up to June 11, 2015, eight more murders have been recorded, compared to six for the same period in June 2014.

Death of 11-month-old at PK hospital...

CMO receives letter of complaint from bereaved parents

GPL neglects to replace rotten utility pole despite several complaints with vehicles traversing back and forth. Proprietor of SINO restaurant said that he is fearful that the pole which is leaning would fall and cause injuries to passersby and damage vehicles parked in the area. He also stressed that it is a danger to several businesses in the area since it can collapse at any time and cause fires. He added that it can even electrocute vendors selling in the vicinity should it fall. As such, the business owners believe that the entire situation could have been avoided if GPL had paid attention to their complaints. The frustrated business owners are questioning why GPL is allowing weakened and rotten poles to remain in service.

-80 murders in six months, 28 gun homicides; 14 execution-style killings…

Chief Medical Officer, Dr. Shamdeo Persaud Chief Medical Officer (CMO), Dr. Shamdeo Persaud, has confirmed receipt of a letter of complaint from the parents of 11-month-old Reuel Albert who passed away earlier this year at the Region One, Port Kaituma Hospital. Dr. Persaud said that he received a written complaint from the parents and assured that “we will respond to the

family accordingly once a final decision is made.” He informed that since learning of the child’s demise he had requested that reports from the relevant officials be forwarded to his office. “I have received those very recently and I am in the process of evaluating those to see what will be the next step, to see if there is any reason to believe there was malpractice or misconduct on the part of the health workers (but) as far as I see there weren’t any,” asserted the CMO. However, the parents – Robin Albert and Onica Atkinson – are convinced that their son could have still been alive if earlier moves were made to evacuate him to the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation. The child who was initially diagnosed with a heavy cold passed away at the Port Kaituma airstrip while awaiting a medical evacuation on April 28, 2015. A post mortem examination conducted on the child’s remains revealed that

the cause of death was pneumonia. The senior Albert who was so perturbed by his son’s death shared a detailed chronology of his son’s hospitalisation period with this publication, as he stressed his belief that enough was not done to save his only child’s life. According to Albert, the attending doctor had even related at one point that he wasn’t even aware of what was wrong with the child. The man recalled that “they bore my son up about 20 times trying to get a vein...even the doctor boring and boring and the nurses boring and boring and can’t find a vein...it was hard to watch what they do me son,” said Albert who disclosed that the nurses’ inability to find a vein seemed to frustrate the doctor. “He started saying he ain’t even know what wrong with this child and how he gon transfer him to Mabaruma (hospital),” added the man who said that he Continued on page 24

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Letters... Where your views make the news

POOR POLICE RESPONSE

DEAR EDITOR, I have argued elsewhere that the efforts of the Minister of Public Security to reform the Guyana Police force and enhance the public security environment will go for naught if he continues to rely on the same people at the helm of the organization. Imagine the police took two hours to arrive on the scene Ganesh Ramlall’s murder, just two days after the Minister handed over eleven vehicles appropriated from the Community Policing Groups to the force. I refuse to accept that vehicles from that set were not allocated to the West Demerara police for patrol and emergency response purposes. If they were then my original point stands since I cannot see what prevented an earlier physical response at that crime scene. Incidentally, there seemed to be confusion on the part of the police when

they issued a release which asserted that the bandits had stolen victim’s licenced firearm, when in fact the man’s weapon was in his home. This was a clear indication that no proper initial investigation by way of interviews not to mention preserving its integrity was conducted by the first responders. Yet we are constantly reminded that ranks are participating in various local and overseas courses. Apparently no one is the least bit interested in knowing if the knowledge those ranks acquire is shared for the benefit of the organization. Editor we are told that the Minister ’s decision was prompted by information provided by the Commissioner of Police, and therefore it would be unbelievable if indeed the patrol capability of the Divisional was not addressed in the allocation. This brings

me to a related issue; one wonders if vehicles are just sent to an area just on someone’s say so, or whether there is some quasi-scientific model which informs the allocation of resources. I rather suspect that the latter is not a feature of the strategic thinking of the Commissioner and his management team. It is important to note that the patrol function consists primarily of two activities (i) calls-for-service; and (ii) administrative and crime prevention activities. The latter category includes the presence of patrol units as a crime deterrent, and the availability of emergency units to provide reasonable response times for high-priority calls-for-service. The demand for services provided by the patrol function varies among divisions as a consequence of the geographic and demographic factors that are

peculiar to each division. If the Force really is to move away from rhetoric to reality then the Minister, and by extension the Guyanese people must be afforded a high level of comfort if data can be provided which will be useful for policy making including but not limited to the time taken to answer the phone from the time it starts to ring; time taken before patrol is dispatched to scene with details; time taken from time of dispatch to arrival at scene; analysis of how the foregoing are impacted e.g. temporal variations of hour, day, weather etc.; analysis of locations and roads across police divisions and patrol shifts. We need serious action to back assurances; no more nice sounding hollow phrases which are increasingly becoming an insult to our collective intelligence. Edmund Syfox

Good try, Mr. Hicken DEAR EDITOR, I refer to Wesley Hicken’s letter, “Anand Goolsarran and Christopher Ram should not conduct these audits” (KN July 5th 2015) I suspect that Mr. Hicken is not an accountant for if that were so then he would know that accountants deal in hard facts. The reference to Lord Hoffman, quote “the appearance of bias was sufficient to cause the decision of the court to be set aside”, could not in the wildest of accounting matters have any bearing on audits and the more detailed ones, forensic audits. Audits are reviews and verification of financial matters, which are concrete figures relative to income, its sources and to expenditures, with supporting documents thereto. Unlike the Courts where facts and evidence are presented and these are weighed vis-à-vis the law and precedents established by prior decisions, and a final decision given in the form of an opinion based on all of the above, audits are conclusions based on factual evidence. The paper trail is the generic term given. There can be no bias by any auditor appointed to do any audit, for at the end of the audit, the report has to be based on the factual evidence presented. The moment the auditor starts to give verbal explanations on missing documents, and inexperienced staff not fully knowing how to treat various monetary items, antennae are raised, and much more

detailed work is done. It is a time-consuming job where the records are deficient, such as cheques issued without no supporting invoices, funds transferred from one account to another and no reason given for such transfers; and accounts closed and no documentation existing to follow the location of those funds. It is hard evidence. The paper trail is still an integral part of any audit and greater so in forensic audits. Mr. Hicken raises two matters regarding the currently appointed accountants: 1. Potentially not qualified 2. Lack of impartiality One can easily discard the suggestion of potentially not qualified, as these accountants have the full academic qualifications, have been in that occupation for many years and have the public faith and trust that they will perform as well as they have in the past. In terms of being the best among the best, they well fit that description and Mr. Hicken would be best advised to read the curriculum vitae of these two accountants and see how much they have excelled. How can there be lack of impartiality? At the end of their assignments, they have to give an opinion based on the hard evidence presented to them. This has nothing to do with previous comments and opinions they might have made during the reign of the past government on that government’s activities, which at that time appeared to lack proper support. That

was then. This is now and if perchance as auditors they have to pursue the financial details of those activities, their final opinion will be based on the hard evidence found and produced. Therefore where is the lack of impartiality? Only but a figment in the imagination of Mr. Hicken Finally Mr. Hicken, these accountants are professionals and have a duty to do their jobs fairly, efficiently, and in keeping with their training and skills.

Their opinions and conclusions have to be based on factual evidence. I am eagerly awaiting the results of their audits. If as a result of these audits, any individual is taken before the courts, then Lord Hoffman’s, “the appearance of bias” could be invoked if the paper trail is absent. But it won’t be absent, for these auditors would have given opinions based on hard evidence, viz, the paper trail! Carl Veecock

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Venez. recalls ambassador, reviewing diplomatic relations with Guyana Territorial, water claims…

-Maduro accuses Granger of making racial statements to Venezuelans - wants E’bo through peace

Venezuela has recalled its ambassador and has threatened to reduce the number of Embassy staffers here as a simmering border claim took a turn for the worse, yesterday. Hours after CARICOM leaders collectively called on Venezuela to withdraw a May 28 decree which lays claims to not only lands in Essequibo but also the waters of Guyana and a number of Caribbean territories, President Nicolas Maduro, in an address to his National Assembly late yesterday afternoon, ordered his Chancellor, Delcy Rodriguez, to review diplomatic relations with this country. The age-old land claims and now the waters have angered not only Guyana but a number of CARICOM countries which over the weekend discussed the issue,

lending support to President David Granger who complained Friday of Venezuela’s aggression, during his inaugural address to the Heads. According to a report in Venezuela’s online news, El Universal, Maduro took his entire executive to the National Assembly for the 4pm address, during which he also called on the Opposition for support “because it is the destiny of the country that is at stake. This is an issue that departed from the internal electoral confrontation, the electoral political confrontation…” Maduro is facing severe troubles at home with food shortages and economic turmoil and the territorial claims have been seen in some quarters as a mere distraction, until yesterday when his language took on serious intent. His government recently assured that a concessional oil deal under the PetroCaribe arrangement will continue. Guyana itself has a good thing going supplying rice and paddy in return for oil. It is unclear what happened now to the rice-foroil deal in which about 30 percent of the rice and paddy exports from this country goes to Venezuela, with the prices among the best being offered.

He insisted yesterday that Venezuela was sincere to the people of Guyana in its friendship, but at the same time asked for support from across his country to exercise “a set of actions”. Without naming anyone, he said that there have been attempts to take up the issue of Essequibo, a large part of which Venezuela is claiming, so that there can be a provocation against the dignity of the Venezuelan people. The address was broadcast on live national television, the El Universal report said. The Venezuela leader, who is known for his trademark closed fist held high in the air, made it clear that “the development of the history of the Essequibo has been like a wound in the heart of the country for over two centuries.” He added that it is “a painful wound” caused by “the British empire”, which ruled Guyana until its independence in 1966. Racial Granger “Our goal is national peace, our victory is the regional peace, regional and national union. Once we control the threat, partially dissipate, neutralize… they were activating” in other areas, he told the National Assembly.

From page 21 instead asked of the doctor to transfer his child to the GPHC. The man said that while the doctor eventually agreed to transfer the child to Georgetown, he noted that the case was not being treated as an emergency. It wasn’t until the child developed a breathing problem, Albert noted that the infant was administered oxygen and his case deemed an emergency. “Suddenly the

doctor say prepare to medevac the child...by then he couldn’t breathe,” disclosed Albert. But according to the CMO, the approach that the public health system embraces for dealing with such cases is one where the district doctor is expected to remain in contact with the Paediatric Unit at the GPHC. “If the child is under one (year old) they (the attending doctor) would

t a l k w i t h doctors in the (GPHC) Paediatric Unit and give them a description of what is going on...after which they would decide on whether a transfer is important,” said Dr. Persaud. As such, he pointed out that a decision to transfer an ailing child is not only based on the decision of the attending doctor. “This is a bad impression parents are having...it is not a case where you see a child and you don’t know what is going on and you transfer the child. Dr. Persaud had also earlier disclosed that an investigation is on-going to a point where it was at the level of a Child Health Committee. He had revealed that once he had received the relevant documents relating to the child’s death, efforts will be focused on a comprehensive review. “That is why these things take a little while and it isn’t always easy to get all of the relevant information,” added Dr. Persaud.

Venezuelan President, Nicolas Maduro

CMO receives letter of complaint from...

Maduro warned that the stage that has been set, with the complicity of major political and economic sectors of Guyana, and is a serious and dangerous scenario that must be dissipated with the national union. Venezuela will follow up forcefully by way of international law and reconquer the path of peace. “Therefore, my first word is a national union.” He denounced a “serious campaign” that in his opinion promotes hatred, mistrust, negative elements about Venezuelans and their history. He said that there is a major plot-- political, diplomatic, media and economic-- to cause conflict within Venezuela. Turning his attention to US-owned ExxonMobil which recently announced that it has found significant evidence of oil offshore Guyana, Maduro said that this development has had a major impact in the campaign and election of David Granger as President of Guyana, who he said has made “hard” statements since coming to office. These include making “racist statements” on Venezuelans. Maduro referred to the “courage” of US President Barack Obama who said that Venezuela is not a threat and that North American country is now working to improve relationship. Withdraw Decree! Meanwhile, in a communiqué issued yesterday following its recent summit in Barbados, CARICOM Heads of Government yesterday called on Venezuela, “in the spirit of friendship and cooperation, to withdraw those elements of

Decree 1787 insofar as they apply to the territory and maritime space of CARICOM states.” “CARICOM Heads of State and Government reaffirmed the longstanding, deep and wide-ranging friendship between CARICOM and the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela. They recalled the numerous agreements in the area of trade, investment, tourism and people-to-people contacts which bind the Governments and peoples of CARICOM and Venezuela together.” The communiqué noted that the complaint about the recent decree making claims on CARICOM waters and lands belonging to member states, was discussed over the weekend. “Heads noted in particular the negative implications which the Decree has for the peace, security and development of the Cooperative Republic of Guyana.” The communiqué noted that it was only a year ago, on September 8, 2014, that Gaston Browne, Prime Minister of Antigua and Barbuda, in his capacity as Chairman of Conference, had written to Maduro encouraging Venezuela to redouble its efforts at an early delimitation of the maritime boundary between Guyana and Venezuela. “Heads of Government further noted the negative implications of the decree for several other CARICOM countries. Heads of Government called for adherence to accepted principles of international law in relation to the delineation and delimitation of the Exclusive Economic Zone

and Continental Shelf in the region. CARICOM states do not accept any unilateral proclamation which is inconsistent with international law.” The CARICOM leaders said that they emphasized that CARICOM states have legitimate territorial and maritime entitlements that conform to international law and that must be respected. “As a result of these concerns, and in an effort to have the rights and entitlements of the affected Community Member States fully respected, a delegation of Heads met with the Vice President and Foreign Minister of Venezuela to express the Community’s grave concern about Decree 1787.” The CARICOM leaders called on Venezuela, in the spirit of friendship and cooperation, to withdraw those elements of Decree 1787 insofar as they apply to the territory and maritime space of CARICOM states. In recent days, the United Nations has promised to send a team to Guyana to assess the situation with several countries including Trinidad and Barbados coming out openly in support of this country.

By Sharma Solomon (Yesterday) marked 51 years since that fateful day when more than 40 of Linden’s own were blown to bits on the Demerara River, as they travelled home on the Son Chapman launch at 16:00 hours on Monday, July 6, 1964. It has been said that ‘To live in hearts we leave behind is not to die.’ How very true! The men, women, and children who died on the Son Chapman 51 years ago live on in the hearts and minds of their families and friends AND the people of Linden. Many alive today never

knew the men, women, and children of the Son Chapman massacre. Yet, we remember them and reflect on their experience because - by their deaths - we have an example of what hatred and brutality can lead to...senseless loss of life and endless suffering. Incidents such as the Son Chapman massacre and the July18 Tragedy of 2012 must never again occur. We must take the lessons taught by tragedies such as these to guide our actions in the here and now. For our society to allow such tragedies to reoccur would be indicative of our collective

unwillingness to learn and grow as a society. The survivors of the Son Chapman - six crewmen and 26 passengers - must also be remembered for they represent God’s never ending mercy and the resilience of the people of Linden. This experience has made us stronger. The people of this Region are known for staring adversity in the face and to overcome them May God rest the souls of the men, women, and children of the Son Chapman. And may God bless the people of Linden and Region Ten.

President David Granger

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Economic decline, increased crime define PNP Gov’t - Holness (Jamaica Observer) MANCHESTER, Jamaica – Leader of the Opposition Andrew Holness on Sunday night described National Security Minister Peter Bunting as the most “callous” Government minister, for his characterisation of the current increase in murders as a “bump in the road”. Holness told a packed meeting at the Somerset Primary School in the Johns Hall Division of North We s t M a n c h e s t e r t h a t , “while your brothers and sisters are being killed in the most brutal way, the minister is being very casual about it, calling the increased murders

a bump in the road”. The Opposition leader said that whenever the People’s National Party is in power, murders rise. He pointed to murder statistics from 1971, to every time afterwards that the PNP has been in government. Holness explained that the JLP administration that went into governance from 2007 to 2011 brought murders down to 1,125, a decrease of 28 per cent, adding that the murder rate to date at 601 – which he said is 19 per cent ahead of where it was last year. Holness also expressed concern that if this trend continues, then murders

could pass the 1,200 mark by year end. He further told the audience that murders were rising because whenever the PNP is in power, the economy declines, noting that several studies have shown that there is a direct inverse and reinforcing relationship between crime and economic growth. “Low economic growth means high unemployment, particularly among youth. This drives them to gangs, which in turn drives an increase in crimes, especially murders, and further reduces economic growth in a vicious cycle,” he stated.

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‘Thank God! My wife could have been killed’, says man (Jamaica Gleaner) Richard Lindo’s only child flew in from the United States on Sunday for summer vacation with her parents. Her arrival home may well have saved the life of his wife. Lindo’s wife, Norma, was not in her usual seat outside her husband’s business place early Sunday morning. She had instead stayed home to be with the couple’s daughter who had just returned to the

…after tanker crushes minivan shop. Although he was clearly shaken up by the incident, Lindo is grateful for one thing; his wife decided not to accompany him to work on this particular day. “She always want to come with me and when she comes she sits in the van every morning and read her bible,

out here sometimes.” Lindo has been working in the fishing village for more than 40 years, first as a fisherman and then for the last ten years as a middleman of sorts selling marine oil to fishermen in the village. The irony of his vehicle being damaged by an oil tanker struck him as he shared

Richard Lindo island. Norma’s usual seat would be in her husband’s minivan that was crushed by a Jamaica Urban Transit Company (JUTC) oil tanker which overturned on Port Henderson Road yesterday morning. “I sit down here ... and the van park up outside and I just hear a loud sound and when me go out there, I see that the van mash up,” Lindo told The Gleaner while sitting in his

she will be in the van till up to nine o’clock,” he said. Lindo went on to explain that his wife did not accompany him to the fishing village because she wanted to stay at home to cater to their daughter who had returned home. “She come with me every morning you know. Sometimes me have to beg her not to come because I don’t like the attitude of the people

this information with The Gleaner. He was jolted from silent reflection when asked to describe his wife. “She is a God-fearing woman and very active in church. She is always in church. I don’t go more than so, but she is always there and is very active in the church. She make sure I pray before I leave the house every morning,” Lindo said.

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Caribbean leaders undecided on Commonwealth nominee

Sir Ronald Sanders

Baroness Patricia Scotland

Dr Bhoendradatt Tewarie

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados — Caribbean leaders have still not decided on a consensus candidate for the soon-to-be vacant post of Commonwealth SecretaryGeneral. CARICOM chairman and Barbados Prime Minister Freundel Stuart stated that a decision had not been made regarding the choice of a candidate to be put forward for the position of Commonwealth secretarygeneral, as there were currently three candidates nominated by various member states in the region. Speaking during a press conference on the final day of the 36th regular meeting of the Conference of Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), Stuart claimed that other issues, namely the Venezuela/ Guyana land dispute, dominated discussions and “we were not able at this conference to make that decision; in fact we did not even get to the issue”. What Stuart apparently failed to point out was that the matter of candidates for the Commonwealth secretary-general at the election in Malta in November was, in fact, never on the agenda for the Barbados summit, and it could not have been because not all

CARICOM members are Commonwealth states — Suriname, Haiti and Montserrat are not members of the 53-nation Commonwealth. Any discussion of the Commonwealth secretarygeneral’s post could therefore only have taken place in the margins of the CARICOM meeting and then only with the agreement of all the heads of government. Nevertheless, while reassuring the media that the issue was not a “dead one” due to the inability to come to a conclusion, the prime minister stressed that it was a decision “that cannot be made lightly”. The conference chairman added that although “in an ideal world we should not have been in this situation…”, as it was the reality, strategies must be put in place to solve the current predicament. Currently nominated and vying for the position of Commonwealth secretarygeneral are Sir Ronald Sanders (Antigua and Barbuda), Baroness Patricia Scotland (Dominica) and Dr Bhoendradatt Tewarie (Trinidad and Tobago). According to the Barbados Government Information Service (BGIS), Commonwealth regulations require that a candidate must

be put forward by the region by the Commonwealth Heads of Government Conference, to be held in Malta in November this year. However, in fact, there is no Commonwealth regulation that a candidate for the post of secretary general has to be nominated by a region, contrary to the factually incorrect statement on the Barbados government website. Indeed, only individual member states can nominate candidates. In the entire history of the Commonwealth, candidates for the post of secretarygeneral have been nominated only by their own countries. While regional support would be useful, it is certainly not a Commonwealth regulation. As an example, in the current contest for the post, it is Botswana alone that has nominated its candidate, not the African region. In fact, much of what Stuart had to say on the matter, as reported by BGIS, is misleading. In Cuba, on December 8 last year, at a meeting of the Commonwealth Caribbean countries in the margins of a Cuba-CARICOM conference, nine of the 12 Commonwealth Caribbean countries indicated clearly that they would stand behind the Antigua and Barbuda

ATHENS, Greece (AFP) – Former Cuban president Fidel Castro yesterday congratulated Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras for his “brilliant political victory” in the country’s referendum, which saw voters deliver a resounding ‘No’ to more austerity. Castro wrote to Tsipras saying he had “closely followed this victory” on Venezuelan TV station Tele Sur, according to a statement

from the Tsipras office. The letter from the 88year-old, released to the media, described Greece as a country well-known to Cubans for its history and famed contributions to “the most complex of all human activities, art and political science”. Castro wrote that Greece has “the admiration of the Latin American and Caribbean peoples” for the way in which it “defends its

identity and its culture against external aggression”. He signed off by wishing “the greatest success” to his “esteemed colleague” Tsipras. Several South American leaders on Monday hailed the Greek referendum result, including current Cuban President Raul Castro — Fidel Castro’s brother — and his Argentine and Bolivian counterparts Cristina Kirchner and Evo Morales.

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Mackenzie High, Marian Academy open with big NSBF U-14 wins By Edison Jefford Mackenzie High School and Marian Academy opened their 2015 National Schools’ Basketball Festival (NSBF) Under-14 campaign with huge wins yesterday at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall that are likely to set the two teams on a collision course. Mackenzie High surprisingly dismissed any challenge from Kwakwani Secondary School with a 5312 victory. Yonnick Tappin

scored 17 points while Isaiah Adams and Kareem Roberts scored eight points each for Mackenzie High. Isaiah Hintzen was the leading scorer for the defending champions, Kwakwani with six points and 10 rebounds. Marian escaped a run from Bishop’s High School to eventually win 37-19 in another U-14 clash yesterday. Josiah Daniels scored 16 points and grabbed nine rebounds while Corey

Graham had six points and 11 rebounds and Kellon Dundas six points. For Bishop’s High, Royston Glasgow scored seven points as both Shemar Greaves and Timothy Richmond added four points. The pint-sized guard, Ethan Fernandes drilled a huge three-point jumper to give Marian the early lead 133, following a fast-break layup from Graham. Bishop’s, however, went on a 6-2 run that helped them close out the first half down 9-15 at the

Younis, Masood tons put... From page 32 inconclusive about whether there was an inside edge, the third umpire had to go with the on-field call. Sri Lanka’s spread-out fields helped Masood and Younis to keep rotating the strike. Masood reached his maiden Test hundred stepping out and lifting Kaushal for a straight six. Younis never allowed the offspinner to settle, trying the reverse sweep now and then, and made it 30 Test centuries with a swept four in the last over of the day. He also became the first man to make five fourth-innings hundreds. In the morning, Mathews’ fifth Test century had stretched Sri Lanka’s lead to 376, even as Imran Khan picked up his maiden fivefor with the second new ball.The overnight pair of Mathews and Dinesh Chandimal had furthered their rebuilding act to strengthen Sri Lanka’s position, adding 50 runs more to

extend their sixth-wicket partnership to 117. The lead was nearing 350 when Imran finally got reward for his accuracy in the 16th over of the day, Chandimal going leg-before for 67. Prasad bagged a king pair, feathering one to the keeper. Imran, who had bowled lucklessly in the first innings, wrapped up proceedings to herald lunch, when Mathews chased a wide one on 122, and became the fourth successive man to be caught by Sarfraz Ahmed. By then, he had left Pakistan the task of mounting the second-highest successful chase in Asia to win the series. Masood and Younis’ 217-run partnership seems to have put Pakistan firmly on that path. Scores: Pakistan 215 and 230 for 2 (Masood 114*, Younis 101*) need 147 more runs to beat Sri Lanka 278 and 313 (Mathews 122, Chandimal 67, Imran 5-58).

Tuesday July 07, 2015 ARIES (MAR. 21APRIL 20) Include the whole family or those you love. You have done all you can to sort things out a personal level. TAURUS (Apr. 21- may 21) You will be inclined to make unwise investment choices. Make sure that you get legal matters checked out thoroughly. GEMINI (MAY22-JUNE 21) Family trips or projects should be on your mind. Don't get talked into get rich quick schemes. CANCER (JUNE 22JULY 22) Sign up for courses or join fitness clubs. False information is likely if you listen to idle chatter or gossip. LEO (JULY 23-AUG 22) Residential moves will be favorable, and larger quarters the most probable direction. VIRGO (AUG. 23 SEPT. 23) Overindulgence will mean poor health. You will have the discipline and fortitude to accomplish what you want today.

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break. Cruising comfortably at 19-9, a jumper from Greaves initiated yet another run before Richmond entertained the small but vocal crowd with a lethal crossover and floater in the lane. He made it a four-point game when he scored again from the baseline. Bishop’s continued on an 8-0 run that brought them to within two (17-19) with 11 minutes left to play in regulation time. It was, however, the last hoorah from Bishop’s as Graham led his team in another fast-break to give Marian a 10-point lead. Marian finished the game on an 18-2 run as Bishop’s struggle to finish easy

attempts contributed to a meltdown in the closing minutes. Earlier in the day, Kwakwani girls thrashed New Amsterdam Multilateral School 52-2; Kenesha Leacock scored 18 points, while Jenna DaSilva added 12 points. Jenelle Belle had six points. The lone scorer for Multi was Annalesa Barker. On Sunday, Kwakwani had beaten Marian Academy 28-8 with Leacock pouring in 13 points and three rebounds with four steals. Jada Mohan had three points for Marian. In the U-19 category of the male competition on Sunday, St. Roses High School won against the

Wi s m a r / C h r i s t i a n b u r g Secondary School 35-22. Nathan Saul scored 12 points as Anfernee Jervis added 10 points and eight rebounds. Daniel Lee and Akinni Wilson scored six points apiece for Wismar/ Christianburg Secondary. J.C Chandersingh Secondary defeated Mackenzie High School 41-37 with Osafo Profit scoring 13 points and 10 rebounds. Daniel Anthony had 13 points and 10 rebounds for Mackenzie High with Tyrese Mitchell putting up 12 points. New Amsterdam Multi gained a walkover Plaisance Secondary School in the U16 competition Sunday night.

Serena proves she is leading... From page 30 enjoying “the moment” on Monday. Mum Oracene, a regular in the players’ box for all of her daughters’ battles, was missing from Centre Court. And the match lacked the usual roars and swinging fist pumps that have long been Serena’s hallmark. Instead, the 68-minute blur started with Serena rattling through the first eight points, which prompted one male voice to shout “Come on Williams” to laughter from the Centre Court crowd. It was no laughing matter for the two sisters, however, as they maintained their poker

faces - even opting not to challenge close calls they would have against any other rival - while nervously trading breaks before the world number one moved 4-2 ahead. Even when Serena hurled down three aces in the 10th game to bag the set, she failed to test her vocal cords and greeted the moment with a stony silence. The letdowns continued for Venus in the second set. She surrendered her serve in the seventh game with a double fault, could only watch in wonder as a 121mph ace whizzed past her outstretched racket and produced a

backhand error to fall to a 15th defeat against her sister. “She’s a champion. What else could you say about that? The ultimate,” summed up seven-times grand slam winner Venus. The result extended the top seed’s grand slam winning steak to 25 matches and put her just three wins away from winning a fourth successive major and completing the “Serena Slam” for the second time in her career. With their rivalry now into its 17th year, do the sisters enjoy playing each other? Serena, meets Victoria Azarenka in the quarter-finals.

SHARAPOVA THROUGH... From page 30 Govortsova , 26, of Belarus 36 6-4 6-1 and will now face Poland’s Agnieszka Radwanska, who beat Serbian former world number one Jelena Jankovic 7-5 6-4. Two-time Australian Open winner Victoria Azarenka from Belarus eased past Switzerland’s Belinda Bencic 6-2 6-3 and now faces fivetime Wimbledon champion Serena Williams in the next round after her win over sister Venus. Sharapova’s match against Diyas was her longest yet at this year’s Wimbledon and she said it was her toughest challenge so far. Diyas saved two set points in the first, and broke and held for a 3-1 lead in the second, before the Russian prevailed. “The further you get, the tougher it gets, so I really had to be ready for her,” Sharapova told BBC Sport. “Coming into this tournament I didn’t have a warm-up event, so I wanted to start off strong to give myself a good chance. I know

it only gets tougher from here. “It’s a great position to be in. I lost at this stage last year so I’m happy to go a round further and I hope it continues.” With Williams, Keys and Vandeweghe progressing, it

means there are three American players in the ladies’ quarter-finals for the first time since 2004. Jennifer Capriati, Lindsay Davenport and a then 22year-old Williams were the last US trio to achieve the feat.

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Murray through as giantserving Ivo comes unstuck LONDON (Reuters) Like the archetypal outlaw in a Western, Ivo Karlovic sprayed bullets around Centre Court before being driven out of Wimbledon to raucous cheers as local hero Andy Murray reached the quarter-finals on Monday. Karlovic’s serve, which arrows out of the ether from his giant 2.11 meter frame, is one of tennis’s most terrifying weapons, but it was not enough to stop the third seed moving on comfortably with a 7-6(7) 6-4 5-7 6-4 victory. Modern grasscourt tennis these days requires so much more than just a fearsome opening delivery, and Murray, who has now reached the last eight for the eighth consecutive year, is one of the game’s most skilled returners. Although he did drop a set, he never looked truly troubled by the Croat, whose allround skill set is lacking in some key departments. Karlovic was hardly an unknown quantity for Murray. At 36, he has been around a while and is the oldest player to reach the last 16 at a grand slam since a 39-year-old Jimmy Connors did it at the U.S. Open 24 years ago. The pair had also met five times previously with Murray winning every one, which included a skirmish at Wimbledon three years ago. Yet knowing what to expect when facing Karlovic, does not make him any easier to master. “It was an incredibly difficult match, it was mentally tiring because you just have to be ready when the chances come,” Murray said having teed up a clash with Canada’s Vasek Pospisil. The towering Croat fired down 29 aces, which by his standards was a poor return given he had walloped 136 in his first three matches. From the start, he was launching 130mph missiles, but Murray’s keen eye was picking them up in the afternoon sun, and the Briton moved quickly into a two-set lead. However, a cat-and-mouse third set was decided when Karlovic broke in the 12th game, dampening the glee of the locals on Centre Court but injecting some much-needed life

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Serena proves she is leading lady in Williams sister act Serena Williams of the U.S.A. hits a shot during her match against Venus Williams of the U.S.A. at the Wimbledon Tennis Championships in London, July 6, 2015. (Reuters/ Toby Melville)

Andy Murray of Britain hits the ball during his match against Ivo Karlovic of Croatia at the Wimbledon Tennis Championships in London, July 6, 2015. (Reuters/Toby Melville) into the match. With his enthusiasm rekindled, Karlovic then dug in, holding serve comfortably until Murray sniffed his chance and broke for a 4-3 lead in the fourth. After passing up a chance to break back, Karlovic was swiftly facing match points, saving one on his own serve before Murray closed it out in the following game as the Croat swiped a forehand long.

LONDON (Reuters) It was yet another awkward encounter that is unlikely to live long in the memory but Venus Williams showed that she was no sore loser when she whispered some “sisterly words” into Serena’s ear as they embraced at the net at Wimbledon on Monday. A contest featuring siblings, who between them

have hoisted the Rosewater Dish 10 times, should have been a blockbuster but, as has been the case in the majority of their previous 25 meetings, it turned out to be an anticlimax that ended in a 6-4 6-3 fourth round triumph for younger sister Serena. “It’s hard to feel excited about (beating) someone you root for all the time no matter

what and you love so much and is your best friend in the world,” Serena said as she inched closer to a sixth Wimbledon title and a 21st major. “It’s never easy but you just play for the competition and enjoy the moment.” No one named Williams, however, appeared to be (Continued on page 29)

Novak Djokovic fights back against Kevin Anderson

SHARAPOVA THROUGH AS WOZNIACKI EXITS Maria Sharapova had lost in the fourth round in two of the past three years. (Getty Images)

Novak Djokovic fought back from two sets down to level his match against Kevin Anderson before bad light. (GETTY IMAGES)

BBC Sport - Maria Sharapova reached the quarter-finals of Wimbledon as fifth seed Caroline Wozniacki bowed out. Sharapova, 28, has yet to drop a set at this year’s tournament but was tested by unseeded 21-year-old Zarina Diyas of Kazakhstan before eventually progressing 6-4 64 in 97 minutes. The Russian fourth seed

will now face 23-year-old American Coco Vandeweghe. Dane Wozniacki, 24, was looking to reach the last eight for the first time but lost 6-4 6-4 to Garbine Muguruza. The Spanish 21-year-old, seeded 20th, will now face Switzerland’s Timea Bacsinszky , who beat Romania’s Monica Niculescu 1-6 7-5 6-2. Vandeweghe booked her

meeting with Sharapova with a surprise win over sixth seed Lucie Safarova. Czech Safarova, 28, finished runner-up at the French Open this year but was outplayed by Vandeweghe, who won 7-6 76 to reach a Grand Slam quarter-final for the first time. Fellow American Madison Keys , 21, overcame Olga (Continued on page 29)

BBC Sport - Defending champion Novak Djokovic fought back from two sets down to level his match against Kevin Anderson before bad light stopped play at Wimbledon. The world number one and top seed looked in trouble on Court One as the big-serving South African took the first two sets of the fourth-round tie. But Djokovic fought back to level 6-7 (8-6) 6-7 (8-6) 6-1 6-4 after three hours and four minutes. Play stopped at 21:03 BST and will resume for the deciding set on Tuesday. Djokovic, 28, was keen to play on but must return to try

to complete his comeback on the same court at 13:00 BST. The Serb had not dropped a set in any of his first three matches but struggled to live with the power and precision of his 6ft 8in opponent in the opening exchanges. Anderson’s serve is his biggest weapon and he fired down 32 aces against Djokovic, but also backed up those thunderous deliveries with some aggressive groundstrokes. Djokovic was rattled and unable to find any sort of rhythm, and his double fault at 6-6 in the first-set tie-break allowed Anderson, 29, to fire down an ace to take the set. Anderson has never

reached the quarter-final of a Grand Slam but he moved closer to that goal when he repeated his success in the second-set tie-break, this time taking it thanks to a deft drop shot. Only then did Djokovic begin to get to grips with Anderson’s serve and ambitious approach, and he ran away with the third set. Anderson continued to attack in the fourth set but a re-energised Djokovic broke him again to maintain his momentum and force the fifth set. Djokovic and the Court One crowd were eager for that to happen immediately but instead Anderson will have a chance to regroup overnight.

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FIFA bans former 2018-2022 Blatter to limit travel W/Cup inspector for 7 years until things clear up ZURICH (AP) - FIFA has banned the official it chose to inspect 2018 and 2022 World Cup hosting candidates for breaking ethics rules. Harold Mayne-Nicholls was suspended for seven years by FIFA’s ethics committee which gave no reason in its decision published on Monday. The former Chile football federation president has previously spoken to some media of conversations he had in 2010 with officials in Qatar about possible work placements for relatives at the Aspire youth academy. Mayne-Nicholls was considering standing in the FIFA presidential election when his ethics case was reported last year. Instead, he is barred ‘’from taking part in any kind of football-related activity at national and international level for a period of seven years,’’ the ethics panel said in a brief statement. FIFA ethics judge Joachim Eckert chaired the panel which conducted a personal hearing for Mayne-Nicholls, who can appeal to FIFA and then the Court of Arbitration for Sport. Eckert’s statement said

Harold Mayne-Nicholls, speaks during a news conference in Santiago, Chile. (AP Photo/Luis Hidalgo, File) ‘’more detailed information will be given after this final decision becomes effective.’’ Challenges to FIFA’s appeals committee and subsequently to CAS typically take around one year. Mayne-Nicholls was appointed by FIFA in 2010 to lead a six-member team evaluating the 2018-2022 World Cup bidders. All nine candidates were visited between July and September 2010. In the technical report,

Mayne-Nicholls flagged eventual winners Russia and Qatar as presenting the most risk to FIFA as potential host nations. The FIFA executive committee largely ignored his report, and a FIFAcommissioned analysis of the commercial prospects for each bidder’s World Cup project, in a December 2010 vote. Mayne-Nicholls was voted out of office in Chile soon after completing his task for FIFA.

BERLIN, Germany (AFP) — Sepp Blatter, the head of FIFA which is mired in corruption allegations, told a German newspaper Sunday that he won’t take travel risks until the situation is “cleared up”. “As long as not everything is cleared up, I will not take any travel risk,” Blatter, 79, said, without giving details, in comments reported by Welt am Sonntag newspaper. He announced on June 2, just days after being reelected, that he would step down from the FIFA presidency at an extraordinary congress to be held between December this year and March 2016. The decision followed a crisis that engulfed FIFA with 18 people indicted in the United States on footballrelated corruption charges involving millions of dollars in bribes. Blatter has repeatedly pleaded his innocence and that of FIFA. Blatter was not set to attend the final of the Women’s World Cup in Canada Saturday, his US lawyer said last week. It is the first time since

Sepp Blatter

Blatter’s election as FIFA president in 1998 that he has missed the climax of the showpiece event. However Blatter indicated to Welt am Sonntag that he did plan to travel to Russia at the end of the month for the draw for the 2018 World Cup qualifiers. He also told the German newspaper that there had been “political interventions” over the awarding of the 2018 and 2022 World Cups to Russia and Qatar. “Before the assignment of

the World Cup to Russia and Qatar there were two political interventions,” Blatter said. “The Misters (Nicolas) Sarkozy and (Christian) Wulff tried to influence their electoral delegates,” he said referring to the former French and German presidents. He claimed that the German Football Association (DFB) had received a recommendation from the former president “that Germany vote for Qatar because of economic interests”.

Ex-German president Fury to meet world champion dismisses Blatter’s claims KLITSCHKO IN OCTOBER on World Cup votes

Former German President Christian Wulff presents his book ‘’Ganz Oben. Ganz Unten’’ (At the Top. At the Bottom), in which he chronicles the events surrounding his resignation, during a news conference in Berlin, June 10, 2014. (Reuters/Thomas Peter) BERLIN (Reuters) Former German president Christian Wulff on Monday rejected allegations by the embattled president of world soccer’s governing body, FIFA, that Wulff tried to exert political pressure before the World Cup was awarded to Russia

and Qatar. “The statement by Mister (Sepp) Blatter regarding former President Christian Wulff is false,” Wulff’s office said in a short statement. Blatter has become entangled in a corruption investigation of the sport’s

governing body that involves the decision to hold the World Cup in the two countries. Blatter has not been accused of any wrongdoing, but he has retained an attorney. In an interview with German newspaper Welt am Sonntag, Blatter said that Wulff and former French president Nicolas Sarkozy had tried to influence their voting representatives before the World Cup was awarded to Russia and Qatar. “Therefore, we now have a World Cup in Qatar. The people who decided this should also take responsibility,” Blatter was quoted as saying. There was no immediate reaction from Sarkozy’s office. Europe soccer chief Michel Platini has repeatedly said that nobody had asked him to vote for Qatar. “Neither Sarkozy nor anyone,” he told the newspaper L’Equipe a year ago. Blatter announced in June that he would step down as FIFA president after an election that is likely to take place late this year or early next year.

Wladimir Klitschko reacts after defeating Bryant Jennings (not pictured) during their world championship heavyweight boxing fight at Madison Square Garden. (Brad Penner-USA TODAY Sports) LONDON (Reuters) Unbeaten British boxer Tyson Fury will get a shot at the world heavyweight title in October after agreeing terms for a meeting with champion Wladimir Klitschko. The 39-year-old Ukrainian’s WBA, WBO, IBF and IBO crowns will be on the line when the pair meet in the German city of Duesseldorf. “Don’t matter where this fight is, Ukraine,

Deutschland, Japan, it will be the same outcome,” Fury said on his Twitter account on Monday. “The Gypsy King will come out of this fight as the best heavyweight on the planet.” The 26-year-old has a 24-0 record while Klitschko has not lost for 11 years. “Done deal,” said Klitschko on his Twitter account. “Looking forward to the fight on October 24th.”

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Froome in charge after crashmarred Tour de France third stage

Chris Froome (right) finishes second behind Joaquim Rodriguez. (Getty Images) HUY, Belgium (Reuters) Chris Froome seized early control of the Tour de France, the 2013 champion snatching the yellow jersey after a crash-marred third stage won by Spain’s Joaquim Rodriguez on Monday. Katusha rider Rodriguez had the best kick up the punishing Mur de Huy, where the Fleche Wallonne classic ends, beating Team Sky’s Froome by a narrow margin while France’s Alexis Vuillermoz ended up third, four seconds back. Rodriguez, who won the Fleche Wallonne in 2012, attacked about 400 meters from the line and held off Froome. “It is very unexpected, I was hoping to be up there today and to put more time on my rivals,” Froome told reporters at the end of the 159.5km ride from Antwerp, Belgium. Overall, Froome leads German Tony Martin (Etixx-Quick Step) by one second with American Tejay van Garderen in third place 13 seconds off the pace after losing 11 seconds on the day. Swiss Fabian Cancellara, in yellow at the start, was caught in a massive crash that forced organizers to neutralize the race for about 10 minutes. Colombian Nairo Quintana (Movistar) and defending champion Vincenzo Nibali (Astana) also lost 11 seconds but they are still in the game 1:56 and 1:38 behind Froome respectively. Spain’s Alberto Contador lost 18 seconds but lies only 36 seconds off the pace before Tuesday’s tough fourth stage that features much feared cobbled sectors. “Froome is very strong, he almost won the stage. There are a lot of days left, we have to stay positive. Tomorrow we’ll have to survive,” said Contador. “It’s an incredible Tour with every day a lot of stress, a lot of tension, it’s very

nervous.” Frenchman Thibaut Pinot’s hopes of a podium finish in Paris took a major blow when he finished one minute 33 seconds behind. The FDJ rider is now 2:58 off the pace. Pinot explained he was shaken after a huge crash took down a couple of dozen riders with less than 60 kilometers left. His team mate William Bonnet fell off his bike after seemingly touching a wheel in front of him and others all around him were brought down on a gently descending stretch of road. Cancellara was one of several top names to hit the tarmac, along with Australian Simon Gerrans and Dutchman Tom Dumoulin who abandoned the race. Bonnet was taken away by the race medical staff on a stretcher but he was conscious. His team said he was to undergo surgery on a broken cervical vertebra, although his condition was not serious. “We were riding at high speed, about 8590 kph, and we heard a huge noise,” said Rodriguez. “For the race to be neutralized it has to be pretty serious.” General classification: 1 Chris Froome (GB) Team Sky 7hrs 11mins 37secs 2 Tony Martin (Ger) Etixx - Quick-Step +1sec 3 Tejay van Garderen (US) BMC Racing +13secs 4 Tony Gallopin (Fra) Lotto +26secs 5 Greg Van Avermaet (Bel) BMC Racing +28secs 6 Peter Sagan (Svk) Tinkoff - Saxo +31secs 7 Rigoberto Uran (Col) Etixx - Quick-Step +34secs 8 Alberto Contador (Spa) Tinkoff - Saxo +36secs 9 Geraint Thomas (GB) Team Sky +1min 03secs 10 Zdenek Stybar (Cze) Etixx - Quick-Step +1min 04secs

Team Sky rider Chris Froome of Britain celebrates as he wears the race leader’s yellow jersey on the podium of the third stage of the 102nd Tour de France cycling race from Anvers to Huy, Belgium, July 6, 2015. (Reuters/Eric Gaillard)

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Younis, Masood tons put Pakistan ahead ESPNcricinfo – Shan Masood and Younis Khan came together at 13 for 2 in a chase of 377, and responded with the highest fourthinnings partnership ever for Pakistan, leaving the visitors 147 runs adrift of achieving the highest successful chase ever in Sri Lanka. The duo had to contend with a charged up three-man pace attack running in with a new ball. Masood had to overcome considerable nerves in general in his first Test outside the UAE, and discomfort against the short ball in particular. Their ally was the pitch, having slowed down enough for the ball to lose nearly all its threat along with its shine. Their pressure release was the inexperienced offspinner Tharindu Kaushal, who went for 92 in 20 wicketless overs. The first ball of Pakistan’s innings had summed up the task that lay ahead, when Dhammika Prasad squared up Masood with a ripper. Suranga Lakmal bettered that testing first over, beating Ahmed Shehzad with one that moved away and then uprooting his off stump with one that came in. Misfortune added to Pakistan’s worries when Azhar Ali nicked behind down the leg side off Prasad in trying to whip a wide one. The scoreline of 13 for 2 would not have helped Masood’s jittery beginning, but the arrival of Younis did. Younis was eager to move across and solidly got behind the line of deliveries. He was also keen to look for the single. Slowly, Masood started to find some confidence. He was still not comfortable against the

Shan Masood is congratulated by Younis Khan after he reached his fifty, Sri Lanka v Pakistan, 3rd Test, Pallekele, 4th day, July 6, 2015 ©AFP shorter lengths but moved forward to drill a few drives down the ground when the seamers overpitched. The introduction of Kaushal in the 14th over changed the situation. The offspinner could not control his lengths, and repeatedly served up short balls and full tosses. Masood stepped out to lift him for fours, Younis pulled powerfully. By tea, Kaushal had conceded 43 from seven overs and the partnership had grown to 86 in 22. Younis had been in no trouble till tea; he became almost imperious after the

break. He started jumping across and thumping the fast bowlers on the up through the covers. He whipped Prasad through midwicket and coverdrove him for successive fours to march past fifty. Masood had settled down, and though he was still getting beaten on the cut, he was also working the ball into gaps. With his fast bowlers flagging, and his offspinner leaking runs, Angelo Mathews tried himself, and almost broke through. Sri Lanka reviewed for leg-before against Masood, on 79, but with replays (Continued on page 25)

Raj, Mandhana keep India alive ESPNcricinfo - Half-centuries from captain Mithali Raj and Smriti Mandhana helped India Women complete a comfortable eight-wicket win over New Zealand Women with 34 balls to spare in the fourth ODI in Bangalore. The teams will go into the fifth ODI on July 8 with the the series tied 2-2. Needing 221 to win, India ensured there were no early jitters, with Thirush Kamini and Mandhana raising 49 runs for the first wicket. After Amy Satterthwaite sent back Kamini, Mandhana joined hands with Raj to add 124 runs in 22.5 overs. Raj, during the course of her unbeaten 81 off 88 balls, her 37th half-century, became the second player after Charlotte Edwards to score 5000 runs in Women’s ODIs. After Mandhana was dismissed by Anna Peterson in the 38th over, Harmanpreet Kaur smashed an unbeaten 25-ball 32, including four fours and two sixes, to bring an early finish to the game. New Zealand, after electing to bat, didn’t enjoy a good start, losing Rachel Priest

in the third over. Sattherthwaite and captain Suzie Bates, however, rebuilt the innings with a 65-run stand before Bates perished to Poonam Yadav. Three overs later, the visitors’ momentum was dented further when Satterthwaite, who scored 43 off 55 balls, was bowled by Kaur. But, New Zealand fought back again through Sophie Devine, who scored 89 off 102 balls, including 10 fours and three sixes. She put on 58 runs for the fourth wicket with Maddie Green, and proceeded to rally the middle and lower order around her. Devine was the last batsman out off the penultimate ball of the last over. For India, Rajeshwari Gayakwad and Niranjana Nagarajan picked up three wickets each. Scores: India Women 221 for 2 (Raj 81*, Mandhana 66) beat New Zealand Women 220 (Devine 89, Satterthwaite 43, Gayakwad 3-25, Niranjana 3-35) by eight wickets.

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12th Wheat UP CARICOM Day Cycling Classic

GERON WILLIAMS CANTERS TO exciting win on sun drenched day

NAMILCO and RBC executives are seen with the winners and other recipients of prizes following yesterday’s presentation at the Seawall Bandstand.

By Franklin Wilson Guyana’s lone Pro rider Geron Williams, a member of Champion System-Stan’s NoTubes rode a strategic race to win the feature 30-lap battle when the 12th annual Wheat Up CARICOM Day Cycling Classic sponsored by the National Milling Company of Guyana

(NAMILCO) under the Wheat Up brand came off yesterday around the Sea Wall Bandstand. Facing an experienced field, Williams staved off a spirited last gasp effort from Michael Anthony to cart off the top prize and trophy. It was sweet revenge for Williams who had to settle for the third place to Anthony

the day before at the Baker’s Memorial Classic in Linden. Williams also won three sprint prizes while Anthony took 2, they were followed to the line by Raul Leal, Akeem Wilkinson, Christopher Holder and Silvio Inniss. Holder pocketed 3 sprint prizes, Leal, Wilkinson and Paul De Nobrega 2 each with one to Inniss.

FOLLOWING ARE THE FULL RESULTS OF THE DAY: Event Laps Placing BMX (10-14 years) 2 Jonathan Jagdeo, A. Hodge, Turan Garbarran BMX (6-9 years) 2 Simon Chee, Jessica Mohabir, Alexander Leung Females 2 Marica Dick, Whitney Poyer Points Race 12 Geron Williams (20), Alanzo Greaves (9), Paul De Nobrega (8) Veterans Under-50 5 Warren Mc Kay, Stephen Fernandes, Jaikarran Sukhai Veterans Over-50 5 Kennard Lovell, Linden Blackman, Kevin Jeffrey 12-14 years/juveniles 3 Keomo Logan, David Sampson, Brighton John Juniors/Category 4 5 Raul Leal, Jamal John, Mario King Categories 1-3 5 Geron Williams, Michael Anthony, Alanzo Greaves Mountain Bikes (open) 5 Keon Thomas, Seon Budhan, Ozia Macullay Win and Out (open) 8 Alanzo Greaves, Christopher Holder, Silvio Inniss Wheat-Up Classic (open) 30 Geron Williams, Michael Anthony, Raul Leal, Akeem Wilkinson, Christopher Holder, Silvio Inniss

The top six riders and De Nobrega established the early advantage from lap eight (8) and never looked back as they held a consistent lead of over 60 seconds on the second pack until the end of the contest. Yesterday’s event saw 12 races being contested and was witnessed by NAMILCO’s Financial Controller, Mr. Fitzroy McLeod, Assistant to the Managing Director Mr. Atomaram Lakeram and Patron of Organising Club, Roraima Bikers Club, George Humphrey. Williams warmed up for the big race by pedaling to victory in the Points Race where he accumulated 20 points to second place Greaves who managed 9 points, while De Nobrega took third place with one point less. Apart from cash incentives to the top

NAMILCO’s Financial Controller, Mr. Fitzroy McLeod hands over the feature trophy and prize to Geron Williams.

performers as listed below, the top six in the feature race also received trophies, while

Wheat Up was also distributed to the cyclists compliments of NAMILCO.

P&P Insurance Brokers and Consultants joins list of sponsors for... From page 35 played at the historic Albion Sports Complex and will see eight top first division teams in Berbice taking part in a ten over knockout competition with the final of 20 overs to be played under lights for a top prize of $80,000 and trophy. The runner up will receive $40,000 and trophy with the losing finalists $15,000 each. Man of the

match in every game will be rewarded. The teams will don coloured clothing and white balls will be used. Action begins at 10am sharp with the top Berbice cricketers on show. Young Warriors/Rose Hall CC/Edinburgh Combined will tackle Upper Corentyne/Skeldon Combined in the opening. Game two will see Albion CC taking on

Bermine/ Police Combined. Game 3 is Port Mourant vs Bush Lot/D’Edward Combined Game 4 will see Blairmont/ West Berbice Combined vs Rose Hall Town. The preliminary games will play in a festival format to create nonstop action. The winners of game 1 and 2 play in the first seminal and the winners of game 3 and 4 play in the

other. The BCB would like to thank the following sponsors so far: ANSA MCAL under the Carib Brand, Sentinel Security, East Coast Cricket Board/Georgetown Cricket Association, Republic Bank Berbice Branches, Massy Industries, The New Building Society Ltd, Balram Shane of Rose Hall Town, Sandeep Ramdass of Ishmail Poultry, popularly known

as Pampey, Asheik and Sons Motor Spares and Auto Sale, Safraz Photo Studio, Rocky of Palace Taxi Service, Restaurant and Bar, D Harricharran of Beauty and Home Design, Sheik Mohamed of Tiger Sports Club, Office Express, Trophy Stall, Bourda Market and Price is Right Supermarket of No 79 Corriverton. Entrance is $300 for adults, children under 12 free.

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Berbice thump Demerara to retain GCB senior female inter-county title

Members of the victorious Berbice team display their hardware alongside officials of the GCB. By Zaheer Mohamed Berbice had little trouble in retaining their Guyana Cricket Board (GCB) senior female inter county 50-over title; they defeated Demerara by seven wickets in the final round game yesterday at the Guyana Defence Force ground. Exciting pacer Subrina Munroe trapped both Laushana Toussaint (00) and Latoya Smith (02) lbw to reduce Demerara to 16-2 after they decided to bat on a slow pitch. Mandy Mangru

a n d K a v i t a Ya d r a m attempted to repair the early damage, but their 21-run third wicket re-union ended after Yadram took off for an ill advised single and was run out after hitting two fours in scoring 15. Mangru followed shortly, caught and bowled by off-spinner Plaffiana Millington for eight to leave the score on 42-4. Their departure activated a collapse as Demerara, without some of their key players, who opted not to play in the competition for personal reasons, found

the opposition bowling, which was well marshaled by skipper Shemaine Campbell, too difficult to handle thereafter. Spinners Natasha Gangoo and Steffi Rodney removed Odessa O’Neil (07) and Akaze Thompson (04) respectively, courtesy of two brilliant catches by Treymaine Smartt on the mid-wicket boundary. Gangoo, Rodney and Sheneta Grimmond then combined to knock over the rest of the batting as Demerara were sent packing

for 67 in 41.2 overs. Gangoo was the pick of the bowlers with 3-10, Rodney claimed 2-9 and Munroe 2-11; Millington and Grimmond had one each. Katana Mentore and Melanie Henry set Berbice on course with an opening stand of 22 before Mentore was run out for four. Henry soon followed, given out caught and bowled off Hassena Mohamed for 13 (1x4) after she shared in a second wicket stand of 26 with Grimmond who went soon after for 13 (1x4).

Gangoo, who was named player of the match, showed her all-round prowess, smashing three fours in an unbeaten 13 to see her team home as they ended on 68-3 in 21.4 overs; Campbell was on four. Mohamed took 113. Speaking at the presentation ceremony, territorial development officer of the GCB Colin Stuart said there were some challenges in getting the competition off. He explained that they had hoped to have four teams competing, but had some

issues with the weather soon after their youth tournaments ended. Stuart stated that they are looking at the possibility of using eight teams in future competitions (male and female), adding that the issue of not having an assigned coach for female cricket will now be erased since they will now fall under the male coaching staff. The selectors will shortlist a 26- member team from which the national team will be named.

CM Drayton wins Caricom Rapid Chess Tournament C

andidate Master (CM) Anthony Drayton played undefeated to win the Caricom One Day Rapid Chess tournament last Sunday at the National Resource Center. Drayton the highest fide rated player locally with rating points of 1947, was unstoppable, securing seven points from seven games. Drayton’s toughest challenge came against Loris Nathoo, Alexander Duncan and Errol Tiwari, but still was able to secure wins with his endgame knowledge and

experience. Chino Chung ended second with five points after he suffered losses to Drayton and Tiwari, while Loris Nathoo ended on four and half points to secure the final podium position. Alexander Duncan and Errol Tiwari ended on four points apiece. In the junior category, St. Stanislaus College Joshua Gopaul got the better of Davion Mars and Roberto Neto to secure the top podium position. Gopaul and Mars finished on four points apiece, but got the win on the progressive score tiebreaker. Neto finished on three and a half points. The tournament was organized by the Guyana Chess Federation. The GCF would also like to thank the Director of Sports and the National Sports Commission for the use of the National Resource Center.

Anthony Drayton (seated right) with the other top performers following the presentation of the Caricom Day Rapid Chess tourney.

Tuesday July 07, 2015

Kaieteur News

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GUYANA RECORDS FIRST OUTRIGHT WIN AT INTERNATIONAL DRAUGHTS

Jiaram of Guyana and P. Mahabier being interviewed by SBS Television.

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four member Draughts team lead by their captain Mr. Jiaram travelled to Nickerie Suriname last Friday (3rd July2015) to compete in a two day Goodwill game in that country. The team was Jiaram, Mark Brathwaite, Khemraj Pooranmall and S t e v e B a c c h u s . Te a m Manager was Balleram Ramdeen. The Tournament was organized by President of the Guyana Draughts Association Mr. Jiaram and

Jiaram with team receiving the winning trophy from P. Mahabier. O rg a n i s e r o f D i s t r i c t Nickerie Mr Naresh Ragho. In the opening game on the same evening of the team’s arrival played at the Kweesischool in Imego Nickerie, Guyana defeated Nickerie 4-0. Steve Bacchus who played Nickerie’s champion P. Mahabier was the first player to win his match against this strong opponent. Mark Brathwaite made good of R. Harkisoen, while Khemraj Pooranmall defeated S. Oemrowsing. Oemrowsing had the leading

edge over Pooranmall with one piece to his advantage but the clever Pooranmall regained the piece and did not look back. Jiaram seeing his team ahead took no chances to spoil the board. He applied experience and tactics to defeat P. Harkisoen. The opening game was recorded live by SBS Television Station. In an interview with SBS, Jiaram expressed his gratitude to Mr. Ragho, Organiser of Nickerie for the invitation extended to the Guyana

Draughts Association. Jiaram also said that by doing so it strengthens the friendship between the two countries. He also reminded t h a t G u y a n a ’s c l o s e s t neighbor in that geographical region is Nickerie. Mr. P. Mahabier, spokesman for Nickerie, also extended warm friendship to the Guyana team and Guyana as a whole. He congratulated team captain Jiaram and his players for their outstanding

performance. The second game was played at the same venue the following day. Nickerie strengthened their team with two changes, O. Julius and N. Ragho. Jiaram confident from Friday’s win was the first to dispatch the crafty O. Julius, while Steve Bacchus took care of S. Oemrowsing Khemraj Pooranmall defeated newcomer N. Ragho, while Mark Brathwaite took care of P.

Mahabier. Guyana won again 4-0. Guyana won the overall Tournament 8-0 giving them their first outright win at International Draughts. President of the GDA extends sincere thanks and gratitude to Mr. Omadat Samaroo C.E.O Berbice Bridge Inc. for assisting the Guyana team and Guyoil for sponsoring Balleram Ramdeen, Manager of the team.

P&P Insurance Brokers and Consultants joins list of sponsors for BCB fundraiser P&P Insurance Brokers and Consultants Limited of 35 North Road and King Streets, Georgetown has joined the long list of sponsors for the Berbice Cricket Board Fundraiser, “Caricom Championship 2015”. The tournament will now be played on Sunday July 19 at the Albion ground. The funds presented will cover the cash and trophy for the runner up team. Proceeds from this event will be used mainly to organise a three day first division cricket competition for teams in Berbice. At a simple ceremony held recently in Georgetown, Chief Executive Officer Bishwa Panday, former long serving executive of the Guyana Cricket Board, said, when he received the request and learnt that proceeds from this event will go towards the hosting of three day first division cricket for teams in Berbice, he did not hesitate to support the cause. He said that he is convinced that the Berbice Cricket Board is the best run Board in Guyana and is an organisation that is highly respected. He wished the BCB well in the tournament and promised that whenever possible, he and his family through their business will always help. He closed by saying that he is delighted

that the BCB is working feverishly to bring back three day cricket after several years and is certain that better cricketers will come out of this. In response, former Vice President of the GCB and Former President of the BCB, Malcolm Peters speaking on behalf of the Berbice Cricket Board, thanked Panday, his family and business for their kindness. He said that God will always bless the P&P Insurance Brokers and Consultants Limited for they always give back to charities and sports. Their record is a testimony to it. Peters added that even though the BCB was able to play cricket at all levels over the years, three day competition was missing due to lack of sponsorship. He added that as a result, this new initiative of fundraisers and seeking help from Corporate Guyana, private individuals and former Berbice cricketers/administrators will make sure that such an important cricket competition will return. The BCB is aware of the importance of the longer version of the game for proper development of the young players by helping them to concentrate for long periods thus toughening their mental strength. The Caricom Championship will be (Continued on page 33)

Malcolm Peters, former GCB Vice President and former BCB President, receives the sponsorship cheque from P&P Accounts Executive Mrs Melinda Sammy-Alli in the presence of former national coach and chairman of senior selectors Albert Smith.

t r o Sp 12TH WHEAT UP CARICOM DAY CYCLING CLASSIC DONE AND DUSTED! Geron Williams eases to the line ahead of Michael Anthony (partly hidden) to win the feature 30-lap race. (Franklin Wilson photo)

Geron Williams canters to exciting win on sun drenched day Mackenzie High, Marian Academy open with big NSBF U-14 wins Marian Academy U-14 forward, Josiah Daniels (right) puts up an uncontested floater in the paint at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall yesterday. Printed and published by National Media & Publishing Company Limited, 24 Saffon St.Charlestown, Georgetown.Tel: 225-8465, 225-8491 or Fax: 225-8473/ 226-8210