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Kaieteur News Printed and Published by National Media & Publishing Company Ltd. 24 Saffon Street, Charlestown, Georgetown, Guyana. Publisher: GLENN LALL Editor: Adam Harris Tel: 225-8465, 225-8491. Fax: 225-8473, 226-8210
EDITORIAL
Guyanese had better learn The OPEC picture is multifaceted: the Russians and Saudis are together; they hold some cards, have some control. The Venezuelans and Iranians are hurting; sanctions condemn them to the bottom. Add supply cuts, strong demand, stubborn price thresholds/ceilings, and shale, and it is trouble all around. The canvas is a kaleidoscope of clashes; depending on the outcomes, this could be good (or disappointing) for a hovering Guyana. According to a June 30 article in Bloomberg titled, “Shale fight makes OPEC accept lowest market share since 1991” it was noted that the co-leaders of OPEC, Russia and Saudi Arabia, have agreed to extend supply cuts until March 2020. Nine months is an eternity in the oil world. Amrita Sen, chief analyst at consultant Energy Aspects Ltd, had this to say: “For Saudi Arabia, the oil policy right now is 100% revenues, but if inventories don’t fall, and prices don’t rise the policy is not sustainable.” The problem for the Saudis is manifold: prices not cooperating ($85 minimum needed); cuts are not what it agreed to (600, 000 barrels per day more); its inventories are not falling; and its market share is not growing (could be lowest in 30 years). The policy decision to “sacrifice market share to lift prices” is not working. Conflict with Iran, with the ensuing tanker dangers, looms as a tempting incentive; by itself, Iran is not flinching from confrontation. How much more can that hurt? Moreover, there is more trouble for the Middle East giant. The Russians could live with a price of $40 per barrel; so, while current prices represent some gravy for its partner, the Saudis are hurting, as they need a price of $80 a barrel to meet budgetary requirements. Thus, the current ongoing production/supply curbs may not be sustainable. Because as consultant Wood McKenzie suggested: OPEC might be aiming for a price that is too high. More ominously, as Bloomberg noted, “by pursuing that price, it’s boosting not just shale, but deep-water exploration.” That is a worrying part of the oil puzzle. Shale is the gushing devil that undermines menacingly. But all is not rosy. According to the New York Times (June 30), “U.S Oil Companies Don’t Find Energy Independence So Profitable.” The encouraging news for the Saudis (and OPEC) is that US “companies themselves are finding little to love” not with “a global glut driving down prices.” The article elaborated that in the US, “many are losing money and are staying afloat by selling assets and taking on debt.” However, there is this reserve card: “the US is set to become an even bigger factor because another five million barrels or so of daily crude oil production are on the way in the next few years.” More supply promised; more downward price pressures possible. Something or some side is going to have to give. The experts forecast that the OPEC supply cuts may have to go into 2021, with the risk of further market share erosion. Mistakes and misjudgments make men mad: they take risks; lash out at competition (and enemies). The Middle East tinderbox and the Straits of Hormuz unnerve. Trade war, economic slowdown, and softening demand all add to an unpromising mosaic. As indicated by the New York Times, there are “concerns that electric cars and hybrid cars are going to get more popular.” Yet another concern is that “climate change prompts restrictions on environmental drilling or a shift to alternative fuels.” The Guyana government identifies with going green. Foreign investors look for profits. At the edge of this maelstrom, stands Guyana with its big bag of liquid gold. The timing could be fortuitous, if this country can get its oil business flowing. There are huge expectations, amidst the contradictory (and confrontational) creole chatters. At close to $60 a barrel, that is a sharp shave. Then again, the Saudis can open the supply spigots and drown all comers. Guyanese better learn.
Remaining humble is a true mark of greatness DEAR EDITOR, It is indeed sad to learn of the passing of Guyanese-born British businessman, Robert William Collymore, who rose to the top of the corporate ladder as Chief Executive Officer of telecommunications giant Safaricom based in Kenya. I first learnt of his passing whilst viewing the CCTV world news and it struck me that a Guyanese-born had risen to such great heights in the field of global telecommunications. I have always held the view that Guyanese are as talented as any in every field of human endeavour. The late Robert Collymore had certainly lived up to such
expectations. He made it right up to the top of the corporate ladder for which he gained the recognition and respect of the Government and people of Kenya and beyond. It is a good feeling to know that Guyanese are making it to the top of the professional ladder and even though I cannot say that I knew of the late Robert Collymore prior to his passing, I do experience a sense of loss given the high quality of his contribution in the field of telecommunications. According to media reports, despite his achievements, he remained humble, a true mark of greatness. May his soul rest in peace! Hydar Ally
POLITICAL APPOINTEES PRETENDING TO BE COMPETENT MANAGERS DEAR EDITOR, Recently I saw a post by Ian Mangal on Facebook in which he states that “None of them (Consultants including those of the World Bank) were prepared to challenge (Guyana Executive) power and (our) Ministers, when it was the Ministers themselves who were the danger to the country” Exactly! Its what I have been saying, these ministers are political appointees not competent managers as they are pretending to be, and as a consequence our institutions are practically nonexistent, with Permanent Secretaries who are selected for their compliance and not competence which is contrary to the concept of the post they occupy. This Government in June 2019 even announced that they will be shuffling the PSs, which is utter stupidity. One former Permanent Secretary, Hydar Ally, actually writes political opinions in the newspapers and he campaigns with the PPP, its an extreme case but it highlights the problem and brings it into focus. On 2003-09-25 Ally even wrote a viewpoint telling us how wonderfully well the PPP government was doing in the 11 years since coming to power in 1992. The fact is that after coming to power in 1992, the PPP destroyed the advances made by Hugh Desmond Hoyte, and here is the evidence from Wikipedia “Economy of Guyana” “The economy made dramatic progress after President Hoyte’s 1989 economic recovery program (ERP). As a result of the ERP, Guyana’s GDP increased six percent in 1991 following 15 years of decline. Growth was consistently above six percent until 1995, when it dipped to 5.1 percent. The government reported that the economy grew at a rate of 7.9 percent in 1996, 6.2 percent in 1997, and fell 1.3 percent in 1998. The 1999 growth rate was three percent. The unofficial growth rate in 2005 was 0.5 percent. In 2006, it was 3.2%, so most of Ally’s glowing viewpoint were in fact not true, it was Hoyte who turned
our economy around not the Jagans they enjoyed the Hoyte momentum for a few years, then they turned it down after 5 or 6 years. Now I have to say that the PPP of today is not the PPP of the Jagans, it is much more kind to its business class which it sees as our engine of growth. However unbelievably in August 2015, according to the newspapers, “a large crowd gathered at the Public Service Ministry’s Training Division, Vlissengen Road, to show appreciation to former Permanent Secretary of Ministry of the Public Service, Hydar Ally. The event, organized by current Permanent Secretary of the Public Service Ministry, Reginald Brotherson, was also attended by Minister of Citizenship, Winston Felix, and Minister of State Joseph Harmon.” The two Ministers Felix and Harmon attended and praised PS Ally’s performance. Editor, quite contrary to what is normal practice elsewhere, Ally was on the platform with the PPP during the 2015 election campaign when he was still a Permanent Secretary, which is the last thing we should accept our Permanent Secretaries to be doing, and in 2017 a letter appeared in the newspaper by Ivor Carryl in which he states in the last paragraph of his letter that “People like Mr. Ally remain stubborn in the face of the
evidence. Fortunately for Guyana, he and his ‘MarxistLeninist party’ are now the opposition and hopefully the poor will keep them there until they depart from this failed ideology”. So Apparently Mr. Carryl, like me, views Mr. Hydar Ally, a former permanent secretary, as an open member and activist of the PPP! In 2017 he was even selected to be the secretary for education on the Central Executive committee of the PPP, to prove it. A situation such as this, where a PS, was openly political, whilst still holding a position as a PS, would never be allowed elsewhere. I would never stand up anywhere and declare that Hydar Ally was an outstanding Permanent secretary, it is my belief that he is the worst type of PS, i.e. a man unapologetically politically aligned to a major political party, and is allowed to operate as a PS in a country where people even at the highest levels don’t understand what he is supposed to do, and not do. Any Permanent Secretary who is a member and activist of any political party must resign. They can of course vote at elections which is their right as citizens, but they cannot be openly aligned to, or be an activist of, any political party, and the reason is simple because the normal citizen must
be assured that which ever side is in Government their Permanent Secretaries, and therefore the entire Public Service of the country, will be focused on serving all the people of Guyana not just one group. A blatantly political PS like Ally could never convince any afro Guyanese in this country that he will deal fairly with them. And again I am saying that this goes for both sides. They are both guilty of politicizing and compromising our Permanent Secretaries, here is an example from Wikipedia of what we should want to see happening here, to rebuild out institutions starting with the Ministries, they are the key to everything Editor, since if the Ministry of Education [no reflection on anyone there, just an example] is run by competent people, the standard of education will improve. “In the 1960s the permanent secretary to Tony Benn when he was Secretary of State for Industry [Great Britain] was Peter Carey. After Benn spent government money on worker cooperatives, notably a motorbike company (Meriden Motorcycle Co-operative), Carey went before the Public Accounts Committee and expressed the opinion that his minister’s expenditure had been ultra vires. Benn [the minister] was (Continued on page 5)
We must stand up against those who trample upon our democracy DEAR EDITOR, The plight of Guyanese continues to escalate to a level that is quite unbearable, while this APNU/AFC coalition Government refuse to resolve these issues of Guyanese. Most persons who voted for this coalition Government are awaiting the “good life “, promised by this Government, and it must be noted that only the ‘cabal’ of the APNU/AFC that is enjoying the ‘good life’, in Guyana. The ‘Good life’ that is being created for the APNU/ AFC cabal and the fright of
losing it seems to be the sole reason why President David Granger refuses to announce a date for the Regional and General Elections that was constitutionally due since the 21st March 2019. While the farce of house to house registration is being used to delay the elections, President Granger should be held responsible for the disrespect of the constitution and stifling of democracy. The situation in Region Five, where an elected tier of government is being allowed to trample upon by the coali-
tion, since its formation in 2015, it can be considered an ideal example to convince Guyanese that we are not dealing with a ‘Church Boy’ for democracy but an individual who join with the forces to ensured that democracy continued to be disregarded. As Guyanese, we must not allow them to derail democracy in Guyana. We must ensure that we stand up against any individual or forces that would try to trample upon Democracy. Regards Zamal Hussain
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AN OPEN LETTER TO THE SECRETARY GENERAL OF CARICOM AND Halimah DeShong: St. gently address accounts of and other politically targeted what appear to be politically attacks, and by calling for Vincent & the Grenadines, CARICOM HEADS OF STATES Karen de Souza, Guyana, motivated attacks, killings and those involved to be held to DEAR EDITIOR On April 24, 2019 Congresswoman Maxine Waters (CA43) led a delegation to Haiti, which included actor and human rights activist Danny Glover; journalist and Barbados national Margaret Prescod of Pacifica Radio’s “Sojourner Truth” and Women of Color/Global Women’s Strike; civil rights lawyer Walter Riley; Haitian diaspora leader Pierre Labossiere; and human rights lawyer Brian Concannon of the Institute for Justice & Democracy in Haiti. During this visit the delegation received extremely troubling reports of gross violations of human rights, including killings. Testimony of massacre survivors was taken in Lasalin by an earlier human rights delegation. According to information received by US Congress-
woman Maxine Waters, victims, human rights groups and journalists claimed that the attacks were organized by Haitian political authorities in order to punish those neighbourhoods for organizing protests against corruption and brutality. Margaret Prescod, a delegation member, recounted “As a mother and a campaigner on women’s rights, it was heartbreaking to hear the victims describe the killings of their children and spouses, and the burning of their homes with everything they own inside.” Human rights lawyer Brian Concannon, who has been involved in 24 years of investigating political violence cases in Haiti, “noted the similarity between the La Saline massacre and other prominent attacks, including the 1987 attack on the St. Jean Bosco church [where Jean Bertrand
Aristide was priest] in La Saline, attacks by the Duvalier dictatorship and the 1994 Raboteau massacre. With the Ton-Ton Macoutes, FRAPH [Front for the Advancement and Progress of Haiti] and now the violent groups under the Moïse administration, the motives have been the same—silencing calls for justice and democracy—as have the brutal methods. If we do not assure justice for La Saline now, there will be more victims.” On May 2nd, 2019 in Washington, DC, following Maxine Waters’ visit to Haiti, Haitian parliamentarians confirmed the human rights organizations’ account of the extrajudicial executions and attacks on Haitians in Lasalin. We consider these reports to be credible and are calling on CARICOM and the heads of Government Meeting to ur-
Political appointees pretending... From page 4 soon moved to the Department of Energy, while Carey (the PS) received a knighthood in the following honors list. And the fact that we don’t have proper institutions even the Judiciary is contained in a 2016 USAID report on Guyana entitled “DEMOCRACY, HUMAN RIGHTS,AND GOVERNANCE ASSESSMENT OF GUYANA” in its final report in March 2016. This is what is written in its executive summary, “The coalition government faces deep-seated legacies o f single party domination; politically driven ethnic divisions; and a centralized patron-clientelist system with weak, unaccountable,
and unresponsive government institutions. Changing this system will not be easy”. So Editor since 2016 did this government do anything to strengthen our institutions? Let the public decide, but on the face of it, until we have judges who are not prepared to compromise themselves by declaring in 2019 that 34 and not 33 is the majority of our 65 seat parliament, for a government which since 2015 was using its 33 seat majority to run this coun-
try, select the executive, make laws and pass budgets but embarrassed us all by ruling that 34 is the majority of 65 required to remove them from Government is unacceptable!
I went to Trinidad recently and as a Guyanese who had written on the ridiculous nature of the 34 seat majority matter in the newspapers here, before the CCJ decision, I had to leave one gathering because of the abuse by my “friends” in Trinidad, who since my college days in Trinidad used to call all Guyanese mudheads. They now have just reason to do so. Because all Guyanese are now seen as making that ridiculous ruling! Tony Vieira
burning of homes carried out against Haitians living in the areas of La Saline, Cite Tokyo and Cite Vincent and further documented reports of at least 70 extrajudicial executions (there are reports that the numbers are higher), as well as multiple assaults, arsons and rapes. We note that in the communiqué issued at the conclusion of the 40th regular meeting of the Conference of Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community, Gros Islet, St. Lucia, 3-5 July, 2019, Heads of Government agreed that a delegation “comprising the Chairman and the Prime Ministers of The Bahamas and Jamaica and the Secretary-General would visit Haiti in order to inform the Community of the situation in that country.” We call on the delegation to ensure that the visit is one that can inspire the trust of the Haitian people, by meeting with grassroots leaders and survivors of the massacres
account. Additionally, we call on CARICOM to press for accountability for the use of billions of Petro Caribe dollars. Haitain people must be assured that their political engagement will be guaranteed and respected. Since 2004 there have been consistent reports about problems with Haiti’s elections; we call on CARICOM to work with the Haitian people to ensure free, fair and credible elections that reflect the will of the Haitian majority. Peggy Antrobus, Barbados/Canada, Marion Bethel, Bahamas, Roberta Clarke, Civil society advocate for a socially just Caribbean regionalism, Trinidad & Tobago, Hazel Da Breo, Director, Sweet Water Foundation, Grenada, Hazel Brown, Network of NGOs of Trinidad and Tobago for the advancement of Women,
Amina Doherty, Antigua & Barbuda, Honor Ford-Smith, Jamaica/Canada, Asha Kambon , Chair Emanciaption Support Committee Trinidad and Tobago, Khafra Kambon , Chair Emanciaption Support Committee Trinidad and Tobago, Kamala Kempadoo, Canada/Barbados, Alicia Mondesire, Dominica/Canada, Danuta Radzik, Help and Shelter, Women & Child Rights Activist & Advocate, Guyana, Vanda Radzik, Guyana, Rhoda Reddock, Trinidad & Tobago, Rev. Patricia SheerattanBisnauth | Chief Executive Officer, Caribbean Family Planning Affiliation (CFPA), Alissa Trotz, Guyana/ Canada, Josephine Whitehead, Help and Shelter, Guyana, Alexandrina Wong, Women Against Rape(WAR)Inc.
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Dissecting the “National Registration (Amendment) Act 2007” in context DEAR EDITOR, The Saga of the unconstitutionality of the GECOM chair coupled with the validity of the NCM which entails elections within three months as ascertain by the CCJ, versus the call by the Coalition for house
to house registration, is nothing more than a continuous delaying tactic of the Coalition. The fact that the CCJ ruled that the appointment of Patterson by the president was unconstitutional, makes every decision that
Patterson made during his perceived tenure as Chairman null and void. This would include his initiation of the start of house to house registration. The president thanking him for his contribution at GECOM when he demitted office a while ago is a “thank you” for nothing. The “National Registration (Amendment) Act 2007”, had clauses instituted to: “obtain as far as practicable the application for registration of every person, who is on the appointed date of the age of fourteen years or above for the purpose of ascertaining every person qualified for registration to have his name included in the National Register of Regis-
trants.” Why have citizens name on the “national register of registrants” at age 14 when one can only vote after attaining the age of 18? Clearly, the intent was to have a system of continuous registration to update the Official list of Electors from the “national register of registrants”. The amendment to the 2007 Act further added, “(1) The Commissioner shall establish a central register which shall consist of a computerized database of the information of the originals of the registration records and the originals of all persons registered under the house to house registration process mentioned in section 6, and the data so generated shall be utilized to effect the continu-
ous registration process.” Meaning to update the OLE from the 14 to 18 years age group, when an election date is set, as they become eligible to vote. It is ludicrous for the government to construe, “to effect the continuous registration process” as meaning house to house registration when nothing of this sort was done for the last four elections. The last two general elections and two local government elections were held without any house to house registration and any complaint from any of the political parties after 2007- on OLE’s updated from the” National Register of Registrants”. The fact that the last OLE from the 2018 LGE was deemed by GECOM’s CEO, Keith Lowenfield, to be valid up to March 31st 2019, makes it evident that the OLE now sought for the impending general elections could be updated without house to house registra-
tion. How many youths will be attaining the age of 18 after March 31st 2019 to 3 months from the date of CCJ’s decision that the NCM was validly passed? Fifteen to twenty thousand is a conservative estimate! The names of the dead on the list is of no significance, since the dead has no power to exercise their franchise. The CCJ should take note of the National Registration (Amendment) Act and not the spending of $720 million so far on house to house registration as pontificated to the CCJ by one of the Coalition’s Lawyer in seeking leniency in the CCJ consequential decisions. The decision to unnecessarily spend $4.5 billion on house to house registration to lengthen the life of the Coalition was the work of an illegal and unconstitutional chairman of GECOM. The president remark that the list contains some 200,000 incorrect entries is simply blowing hot air towards his grand purpose - delaying elections by calling for house to house registration. Rudolph Singh
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Everyone should be part of the Roundtable When I was in school, one of the books which was recommended but not required reading was Knights of the Roundtable. Even before I read the book, I knew what about a ‘knight’. The idea of ‘roundtable’ always baffled me. Then I read the book. And it came to me that a roundtable was a sort of fraternity, gathering, a group; it could even be clan or a cabal. The Knights of the Roundtable were some of King Arthurs most trusted and loyal subjects. The roundtable is an exclusive group whose members share common interests. Yesterday’s edition of the Kaieteur News reported that there is actually a local grouping which calls itself the Africa Business Roundtable (ABR) Oil and Gas Exploration. It was also reported that this grouping has filed an application for a deep-water oil block. Nothing is illegal or wrong with persons forming a group in order to acquire rights to the few remaining oil blocks. But one would expect that before any oil block is
awarded that it is given to persons or entities which have experience or expertise in deep-seas oil drilling and that the award is made on the basis of demonstrated financial and technical capability. What is more important also is that any process of awarding future blocks is transparent and that no favoritism or cronyism is involved. The petroleum resources belong to all Guyanese and every Guyanese should benefit. One way for this to happen is to establish a state –owned oil company which would own the remaining oil blocks and to lease them out on terms and conditions which benefit the Guyanese people. Kaieteur News deserves the Pulitzer Prize for journalism. Glenn Lall and his reporters have provided yeomen service to the people of this country, under the PPPC regime and now under the APNU regime. This newspaper has been in the forefront of exposing the shoddy deal which Guyana got from Exxon Mobil. That experience must not be
repeated. Guyana must ensure that it gets the best deal, including through royalties and signing bonuses. The government must guard against possible and potential conflicts of interest. It would be a conflict of interest for someone who has an interest in an oil block to be part of any investigation concerning the award of other oil blocks. A few weeks ago, this newspaper broke the story about the awards of the Kaieteur and Canje blocks. It has now unearthed an application – at this stage only an application – for an adjacent block, known as Block C. The Department of Energy has placed a hold on the award of new oil blocks. But as reported yesterday, the Department had indicated that Guyana may be ready for a next licensing round of its offshore blocks, come the first quarter of 2020. The head of the Department of Energy has indicated that the licensing round would be subject to an open bid process, that is, the
new blocks would be auctioned, as has been proposed by the Leader of the Opposition. There are however certain impediments to the processing moving forward. The first is that there is the investigation into the award of the Stabroek, Kaieteur and Canje blocks which it has been reported is being undertaken by the State Asset Recovery Authority (SARA). That investigation is likely to determine whether greater acreages will be available for future awards in addition to acreages which are voluntarily relinquished. Secondly, there is the issue of elections. It is inadvisable for any oil blocks to be farmed out at this stage when the country is preparing for general and regional elections. It is a political
convention that an incumbent regime does not enter into any major deals in the run-up to elections. Thirdly, there is the stated need for the updating of the Petroleum (Exploration and Production) laws so that any new license is granted under upgraded legislation, rather than the old archaic laws which presently exist. Until and unless these laws are passed no new blocks should be granted. Until and unless, Guyanese are made aware of just how many other blocks are available in the Guyana Basin, no new blocks should be given out. Until and unless, Guyana’s establishes a state –owned State Petroleum Company, no new blocks should be awarded. Guyana petroleum belongs to every citizen. Ordinary Guyanese
should therefore be allowed to buy-in to the remaining oil blocks, through the establishment of a National Petroleum Company. This would allow for every citizen to have shares in this entity and to be paid dividends from the proceeds of oil exploration and production. These dividends can take the place of the proposed cash transfers floated by the Working People’s Alliance There is therefore a need for another Roundtable, one at which every citizen will sit. And from which every citizen will benefit directly through the issuance of shares and the receipt of dividends.
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Antonio Guterres last week. In a speech in which he highlighted the uniqueness of the Caribbean islands as well as their tremendous vulnerability to a variety of threats, Guterres called on the international community to work with the Caribbean to counter these threats. He recalled his visit to the region just two years ago to survey the significant damage done by Hurricanes Irma and Maria, noting that in just days these systems can change the course of a country. This, he added, confirmed the need for nations to “reduce global emissions and work collectively to ensure that global temperature rise does not go beyond 1.5 degrees above pre-industrial levels”. At the same time though, the UN chief praised the Caribbean for its strong history of supporting the work of the international organisation. Incoming CARICOM chairman, Allan Chastanet, Prime Minister of St Lucia, in his address, took a similar tone to the UN chief, but with a message largely directed at his colleagues. He emphasised the need for them to work together on a number of critical issues that range from crime to regional air travel. He noted that across the Caribbean, for many generations, one of the challenges has been that the features “that bind us” also had traditionally been “the things that speared us”. But to succeed as a region, he warned, we have to be “all in”, while noting that it did not mean we would always agree. He referred to the issue of individual countries being targeted and blacklisted, and pointed out that the voice fighting against such injustices would have been much
louder had the islands spoken together. An example of how the region could work together to achieve big things, he said, was the election of St Vincent and the Grenadines to the UN Security Council. This, he said, was achieved because the region spoke with one voice. The St Lucian leader told his colleagues too that the challenges that will be presented by Brexit in the coming months would require the region to come together to strengthen traditionally good relations with the United Kingdom, while at the same time forging new bonds with Europe. And with a new hurricane season now on, he referred his colleagues to the destruction caused two years ago, pointing out that all indications were that weather systems would become more destructive, while the countries causing the environmental conditions that spawn them were less incline to “compensate us” for the losses suffered. This, Chastanet said, means again that the region would have to work much harder together to achieve greater resilience. Meanwhile, Chastanet told the opening ceremony he was inspired by the renewed vigour for promoting regional integration that had been brought to the movement by Prime Minister of Barbados, Mia Amor Mottley. He noted that with her “energy and sense of urgency, I believe that we are well on our way to reinvigorating the CARICOM Single Market and Economy”, adding that during the conference he expected meaningful discussion and progress on the free movement of goods, skills, labour and services across the region.
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Cops working on video footage of moneychanger, daughter’s killers
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olice information technology experts are reportedly working to enhance security camera footage of the gunmen who killed moneychanger Aaron Latchman and his 18year-old daughter, Arianna, last Thursday. Kaieteur News understands that CCTV images that were gleaned of the killers are unclear. They will have to be enhanced to enable positive identity of the suspects. The Force has Video Enhanced software which enables investigators to enhance CCTV images that are of poor quality. Yesterday, C Division Commander Calvin Brutus said that investigators were following a number of leads in their bid to apprehend the killers. Aaron Latchman, 47, and his daughter, Arianna, were shot dead on Thursday at the family’s North Better Hope, East Coast Demerara home. The killers escaped in a white car with an undisclosed sum of cash. Warheads retrieved from
Dead: Aaron Latchman Dead: Arianna Latchman the slain father and daughter confirmed that the killers had used pistols.A postmortem indicated that Mr. Latchman had sustained multiple gunshot injuries, while his daughter sustained a single gunshot injury.He was shot thrice while scuffling in his yard
with one of the bandits. His 18-year-old daughter, Arianna, was shot while she was in the family’s kitchen. The bandits appeared to have been familiar with the moneychanger’s routine, and were reportedly waiting near his home.
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Guyana Goldfields workers prepare for Labour Minister’s visit, today
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n anticipation of a visit by Minister of Labour, Keith Scott, rank-andfile workers at the Guyana Goldfields Aurora mine are mobilizing to send a strong message to Government about their specific grievances. They have been having back-to-back meetings, since yesterday, to strategise how their meeting with the Minister would go. The visit was sparked after the workers organised a strike on Tuesday, which resulted in work coming to a standstill for days. In multiple interviews with Kaieteur News, many of those workers relayed that their biggest concern is getting union representation, since efforts to be recognised previously had proven futile. President of the National Mine Workers Union (NMWU), Sherwin Downer, said that the union has been trying to have the workers covered since 2016. A recent attempt by Downer to have Aurora’s Buckhall rank-and-file workers recognised by the Trade Union Recognition Certification Board (TUR&CB), of which Chief Labour Office, Charles Ogle, is the head, proved unsuccessful. This is because Human Resources Manager at Guyana Goldfields, Peter Benny, told labour officers
that the process would be more complicated than recognising workers at one unit, since workers are regularly transferred, depending on the needs of each unit. Downer told Kaieteur News that the argument Benny made, which had effectively halted the application process, has no merit. Downer had alleged that the Department of Labour has allowed Guyana Goldfields to act somewhat with impunity. There are several units, including Aurora, Tapir on the West Bank of the Cuyuni, and Buck Hall on the Essequibo. There’s also a Georgetown office at Turkeyen. When the Aurora workers started their strike, the company had cut off the internet connection in an attempt to prevent them from communicating with the outside world. But Kaieteur News managed to contact several persons and reported on the strike, forcing Guyana Goldfields to make a statement, announcing a suspension of its work, due to the strike. Even then, the company had blamed the strike on a ‘misunderstanding’. On Wednesday, the day after the strike started, a group of workers had begun traveling to Georgetown. A team met with several officials at the Department of Labour, including Scott, Ogle and
Minister of Natural Resources, Raphael Trotman. It was at this juncture that Scott promised to have the union application process resumed and expedited. The next day, Government met with representatives of NMWU, the union the workers had overwhelmingly indicated as their choice for representation. The Labour Department will have to conduct a survey of workers to ascertain whether 40 percent or more of the workers – the minimum requirement – has chosen NMWU to represent them.
Aurora gold mine, Region seven
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Kiwis hold no World Cup mystery for us, say India MANCHESTER, England (Reuters) - India may have been denied first-hand experience of the threat posed by New Zealand when their World Cup group game was washed out but Virat Kohli’s men say there will be no mystery for them when the teams face off in their semi-final tomorrow at Old Trafford. The June 13 contest at Nottingham, featuring the only two unbeaten teams of the tournament at that stage, was called off without a ball being bowled but India assistant coach Sanjay Bangar said his players would not be concerned. “It’s not too long ago that we played a full series in New Zealand,” Bangar pointed out. India, in imperious form, registered a 4-1 victory in the
one-day series and prevailed 2-1 in the Twenty20 Internationals in New Zealand earlier this year. New Zealand did see off India by six wickets in a World Cup warm-up match at The Oval but Bangar said India, who saw off Sri Lanka by seven wickets on Saturday to top the group stage, would continue to focus on themselves rather than their opponents. “We are just keen to get on and play the semi-final as soon as possible. We need to keep doing the things we are doing at the moment. “We have always maintained that we are looking at our internal parameters. If we are hitting our internal indicators, then we will be playing at our best and that is what we aspire to do.”
Tuesday’s contest, intriguingly, will be a repeat of the semi-finals of the 2008 ICC Under-19 World Cup in which a Virat Kohli-led India defeated a Kane Williamsoncaptained New Zealand in Kuala Lumpur. India’s success at this World Cup has been built on the heavy scoring of a Rohit Sharma-led batting top order, but Bangar rejected suggestions the team’s middle order was undercooked. “I don’t think so,” the former test all-rounder said, highlighting the cameos played by Rishabh Pant, Hardik Pandya and Mahendra Singh Dhoni during the group stage. “Of course the middle order hasn’t got to bat for a longer period of time, except for the Afghanistan game. But
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General view during nets at Old Trafford. (Action Images via Reuters/Jason Cairnduff) Hardik has done a role, Mahi has done a role and Rishabh has had a few good knocks. “As long as we are getting the job done it really augurs
well for the team.” The second semi-final takes place on Thursday between Australia and hosts England at Edgbaston.
Santos FC are GFF National ... From page 29 game. Tyrell Lewis put Botofago ahead in the 30th minute before Ravon Bayley found the equaliser eight minutes later. An own goal from Nergal McBean sent Botofago ahead in the second minute of added time in the first half. Following the break, Ryan Hackett found the equaliser in the 57th minute before Shane Haynes put Botofago FC ahead once again one minute later. Nicholas McArthur drew Fruta Conquerors level in the 84th minute before Leon Richardson handed them the lead for the first time in the 86th minute, while Wayne Baker slotted home in the 88th minute to further seal victory.
Rapinoe and Lavelle give ... From page 28 were more relaxed and the Dutch appeared to lose not only their cohesion but also their energy. Perhaps sensing that dip, Lavelle took the game directly to the Dutch - bursting out of midfield toward the heart of the defense and dropping her shoulder to the left before unleashing a sweet shot into the bottom corner to make it 2-0. The Americans were suddenly swarming all over the Dutch, Tobin Heath, Morgan and Crystal Dunn all threatened to add a third goal. If the Dutch were going to get back into the game a set-piece looked the most likely route and Spitse went close with a free-kick in the 80th minute that flashed just wide.But that was their last attempt at making a comeback that, in truth, never looked likely.The Americans had outlasted the Dutch and a fourth World Cup crown was theirs to celebrate with their adoring fans.
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Jesus takes centre stage as Brazil win Copa America RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) - Brazil’s Gabriel Jesus made one goal, scored another and was sent off in the second half as they beat Peru 3-1 yesterday to win the Copa America for the ninth time in a pulsating contest at the Maracana stadium. The hosts took the lead after 15 minutes thanks to some brilliant skill from Jesus on the wing. The Manchester City forward bamboozled two defenders and crossed for the unmarked Everton to fire home from close range. Peru had not won this tournament since 1975 and they bounced back quickly with an equaliser a minute before halftime when Paolo Guerrero scored from the penalty spot after Thiago Silva was adjudged to have handled the ball. The goal was the first Brazil had conceded in six games since the Copa America began but it did not shake their confidence and they retook the lead moments later after a well worked move from midfield.
Brazil players celebrate after the match against Peru at the Maracana Stadium in Rio de Janeiro. (REUTERS/Luisa Gonzalez) Roberto Firmino showed some nice skill on the right touchline and he fed Arthur who strode forward and fed Jesus, who coolly slotted the ball past a helpless Pedro Gallese. Peru pushed forward in the second half and were thrown a lifeline with 20 minutes re-
maining when Jesus was sent off. He had been felled by Carlos Zambrano a few minutes earlier and when Jesus dealt out his revenge he was immediately shown a second yellow to follow a first half caution for a bad tackle.
Gauff faces toughest challenge at Wimbledon as Halep awaits (Reuters) - American teenager Cori ‘Coco’ Gauff has captured the hearts of fans with her dream run to Wimbledon’s fourth round but a stern examination awaits in the form of seventh seed Simona Halep today. The 15-year-old’s popularity has soared off the charts in a memorable week at the All England Club, with organizers also recognizing her potential to grab attention and giving her a Centre Court match-up in the third round. Gauff did not disappoint, saving two match points to beat Polona Hercog 3-6 7-6(7) 7-5, and similarities with compatriot Jennifer Capriati, who broke into the top 10 at the age of 14, became harder to ignore. Although Capriati struggled with fame at a young age, Gauff appears to have both feet firmly planted on the ground, drawing praise from 23-times Grand Slam winner Serena Williams who has been impressed by her maturity.“I would be wrong to... give her advice. She’s doing great,” Williams said. “There are some 15-year-olds, like me, who wouldn’t know what to do at Wimbledon. “Then you have Coco... (who is) on a different level. She’s totally capable and ready. Not every 15-year-old is the same.” Eight-times Wimbledon champion Roger Federer also took notice of the youngster’s
This was Brazil’s ninth Copa America title.
Cal Crutchlow third in Germany four days after breaking leg as Marquez wins Crutchlow (left) is ninth in the world standings. (Getty Images)
Cori Gauff of the U.S. during her first round mixed doubles match against Sweden’s Robert Lindstedt and Latvia’s Jelena Ostapenko. (REUTERS/Hannah McKay) mentality in her debut Grand Slam. “I was terrible at 15, couldn’t be on a court for longer than an hour-and-ahalf. I would walk away,” Federer said. “She seems developed, she’s moving great. It’s one of her great strengths. And her mind, which is not usually the case when you look at younger players.” Gauff’s success has been put down to her on-court thinking and ever-changing strategy, an inherent ability to try different things when the going gets tough. But in former world number one Halep, she faces a potentially daunting task. Halep’s baseline play could prove difficult for Gauff to overcome as some of her forehand returns have been punished in the first week, while the Romanian’s back-
hand is a force to be reckoned with. Halep said she had never watched the teenager play before and had expected Hercog to go through but Gauff has already done her homework on the 2018 French Open champion. “I watch her a lot,” Gauff said. “I’ve never... practised with her. I don’t know how the ball would feel when I actually play but I’m really familiar (with) how she plays just from watching her a lot.” While Martina Hingis and Monica Seles won Grand Slams at the age of 16, the level-headed Gauff has paid little attention to suggestions that she is the next big thing in women’s tennis. “I don’t really believe in fate and destiny... you can change your own world,” she said. “I take it just one tournament at a time.”
BBC Sport - Britain’s Cal Crutchlow finished third at the German Grand Prix, just four days after breaking his leg while out cycling. Honda rider Crutchlow, 33, fractured his tibia and damaged knee ligaments in the incident on Wednesday. He finished 7.741 seconds behind MotoGP champion Marc Marquez, who won his fifth race of the season, while fellow Spaniard Maverick Vinales was second. Marquez has stretched his
lead at the top of the championship to 58 points. He is on 185 points after nine of the season’s 19 races with Italian Andrea Dovizioso his closest rival on 127 points after finishing fifth in Germany. It was also Marquez’s 10th win at the Sachsenring circuit across all classes. German Grand Prix results 1. Marc Marquez (Spa/ Honda) 41 mins 8.276 secs 2. Maverick Vinales (Spa/ Yamaha) +4.587secs 3. Cal Crutchlow (GB/
Honda) +7.741 4, Danilo Petrucci (Ita/ Ducati) +16.577 5. Andrea Dovizioso (Ita/ Ducati) +16.669 Overall standings (after round nine of 19) 1. Marc Marquez (Spa/ Honda) 185 points 2. Andrea Dovizioso (Ita/ Ducati) 127 3. Danilo Petrucci (Ita/ Ducati) 121 4. Alex Rins (Spa/Suzuki) 101 5. Maverick Vinales (Spa/ Yamaha) 85
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Rapinoe and Lavelle give U.S. fourth World Cup title LYON, France (Reuters) The United States won a record-extending fourth women’s World Cup with a 20 victory over the Netherlands yesterday as secondhalf goals from Megan Rapinoe and Rose Lavelle confirmed their status as the leading power in the women’s game. The defending champions struggled to gain dominance for an hour before a Rapinoe penalty, her sixth goal of the tournament, broke the deadlock and a fine individual effort from Lavelle in the 69th minute put the outcome beyond doubt. The Dutch, who are the European champions, ran out of steam after Rapinoe opened the scoring in the 61st minute, having done more than any team to frustrate the Americans. A perfect occasion for Rapinoe, whose outspoken views have been prominent especially on the pay disparity between men and women players, was capped when FIFA chief Gianni Infantino was greeted with chants of “equal pay, equal pay” by American fans. At 34, Rapinoe is unlikely to be back on this stage in four
years’ time, but it is hard to imagine her walking away from the battles she has led with the U.S. Soccer Federation and world governing body FIFA over fairer terms for the women’s game. However, amidst the firework celebrations after the final whistle, Rapinoe’s thoughts were on her team’s triumph — their second in a row after the 2015 victory in Canada. “It’s like history. I don’t know how to feel right now. It is ridiculous,” said Rapinoe. “We’re crazy that’s what makes us special. We just have no quit in us. We are so tight. We will do anything to win.” RAPINOE RETURNS The purple-haired winger was back in the starting lineup after sitting out the 2-1 semifinal win over England with a slight muscle strain. Rapinoe’s place in the side came at the expense of Christen Press while Netherlands left-winger Lieke Martens was fit to play after overcoming a toe injury. The Dutch made an aggressive start, with some strong challenges, and midfielder Sherida Spitse picked up a booking in the
10th minute for a lunging challenge on Lavelle. The U.S, who had scored in the opening 12 minutes of every previous game at this tournament, were struggling to settle as their opponents harried and closed them down quickly. The Netherlands looked to hit the Americans on the counter-attack and that approach almost bore fruit in the 26th minute when Vivianne Miedema released Lineth Beerensteyn through the middle but U.S. keeper Alyssa Naeher was alert. However, as the half wore on, the U.S. gradually gained the upper hand and Dutch keeper Sari van Veenendaal did well to parry a fierce firsttime drive by Julie Ertz in the 28th. Then Alex Morgan turned a low cross from Rapinoe goalwards and Van Veenendaal tipped the ball against the post before safely gathering it. The pressure was mounting as Morgan brought the Dutch keeper into action again with a fine shot on the turn in the 40th. U.S defender Kelley O’Hara had to be substituted at halftime, following a clash
Guinness ‘Greatest of the Streets’ Georgetown zone
Elimination matches kick off this weekend
The fixtures for this Friday and Saturday’s elimination matches in the annual Guinness ‘Greatest of the Streets’ Georgetown zone street football tournament has been set following last weekend’s playoffs at the Burnham Hard Court on Middle and Carmichael Streets. The official competition that kicks off this Friday will be staged over the course of seven days across three venues. The National Racquet Centre is scheduled to make its debut in the event, while games are also slated to be held at the National Cultural Centre Tarmac and Burnham Court. The other playing dates are July 13th, 19th, 20th, 26th and 27th, with the grand final scheduled for August 3rd. The first two nights will utilize an elimination format, with the resulting victors advancing to the group round. The group stage will be contested in the following three match-days. The top two finishers from each pool will advance to the quarterfinal round and subsequent semi-final. This will be held on the penultimate date.
Meanwhile, the eight teams that failed to advance from the groups will compete in the Guinness Plate Championship. Presently, 16 teams have secured automatic qualification to the event due to their performances in the previous edition. They are defending champion Gold is Money, GTI Ballers, Queen Street Tigerbay, Upsetters, Rising Stars, North Ruimveldt, Future Stars, Kingston, California Square, Trap Squad, Leopold Street, Ol-Skool Ballers, Bent Street, North
East La Penitence, Sparta Boss and Norton Street. The eventual winner will automatically seal their place in the National Championship in August.To date Beacons [Bartica Champion], MelanieB [East Coast Demerara winner], Brothers United [West Demerara/East Bank Demerara winner], Trafalgar [Berbice champion] and High Rollers [Linden champion] are the teams to have secured automatic berths to the national championship. See the complete list of fixtures for this weekend’s play in the Georgetown Zone.
Elimination Fixtures Friday Fixtures-July 12th (1)Trap Squad vs LA Ballers (2)Upsetters vs Albouystown-A (3)North Ruimveldt vs John Street (4)California Square vs Alexander Village (5)North East La Penitence vs Stabroek Ballers (6)Norton Street vs Back Circle (7)Sparta Boss vs Judgment Yard (8)Gold is Money vs Globe Yard Saturday Fixtures-July 13th (1)Rising Stars vs Good Over Evil (2)Ol Skool Ballers vs Sophia (3)Albouystown-B vs Berlin (4)Kingston vs Broad Street (5)Bent Street vs Charlotte Street (6)Future Stars vs Sophia United (7)Leopold Street vs Pike Street (8)Queen St Tiger Bay vs Smyth Street
Netherlands goalkeeper Sari van Veenendaal (1) makes a save against the U.S. during the first half of the Women’s World Cup final at Stade de Lyon. (Michael Chow-USA Today Sports) of heads with Martens, and Ali Krieger came on at rightback. VAR PENALTY Encouraged by their first half resilience, the Dutch stuck with the same tenacious approach after the break but their aggression proved to be
their downfall. Stefanie van der Gragt’s foot caught Morgan’s upper arm after a high challenge in the box and the American fell to the ground. After initially awarding a corner, the French referee turned to the video review and then gave a pen-
alty. Rapinoe took the responsibility and coolly slotted the ball past the almost stationary Van Veenendaal to bring to life the large American contingent in the capacity crowd of 57,900.Suddenly the U.S. (Continued on page 26)
Guyana finish sixth in RAN Sevens Championship
Play between Cayman Islands and Guyana at the RAN Championships at the Truman Bodden Sports Complex over the weekend.
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t was not an easy open ing day of the Rugby Americas North (RAN) Sevens Championship for Guyana, as the country’s ‘ruggers’, also known as the ‘Green Machine’, went down hard to Jamaica, Trinidad and Tobago and the Cayman Islands at the Truman Bodden National Sports Complex on Saturday. In their opening game, Guyana went down to Trinidad and Tobago 19-7, and later narrowly lost to
Cayman Islands 14-12. Playing Jamaica in their final game of the day, Guyana, who lost to the ‘Reggae Ruggers’ in the 2017 and 2018 finals, went down hard to the men from the ‘Land of Wood and Water’ 42-7. By virtue of finishing at the bottom of the table in Pool B, Guyana faced the undefeated Canadians in the quarter-finals yesterday. Canada then continued their dominance with a commanding 475 over the Guyanese.
Guyana tasted some success when they got past T&T 17-12 in the plate semifinal but had to settle for sixth place in the competition after losing to hosts Cayman Islands for the second time in the plate final. The top team in the Men’s category of the tournament will qualify for the Olympics directly. The second and third-placed teams will have another opportunity to qualify through the Repechage tournament in 2020.
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Kwakwani, St. Stanislaus, Marian Academy earn final spots
Action between St. Stanislaus College and President’s College. Kwakwani Secondary (male and female), St. Stanislaus College and Marian Academy have secured their places in the final of the Youth Basketball Guyana National Schools festival U14 category following victories in their respective semi final games played on Saturday at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall. Led by a game high 13 points from Mathew Pand, including five rebounds and five assists, Kwakwani defeated The Bishop’s High 45-27 in their boys U14 encounter. Kwakwani romped to a massive lead at half time, 26-07. They continued to dominate in the second half and Pand was supported by nine points each from Travis Lewis, Kellen Phillips and Geon Ross. Matthew Amirlall scored 17 points for The Bishop’s High, including 11 rebounds, while Laram Austin scored five points. St. Stanislaus overcame President’s College 28-17 in their match up. Ramal Bailey and Brandon McKoy turned in 10 points apiece for the winners while Jamey Bascom sup-
Matthew Pand (3rd from left) made a game high 13 points for Kwakwani Secondary.
ported with 12; St. Stanislaus led 15-11 at half time. Romel London scored nine points each including eight rebounds for President’s College who failed to keep up with the tempo in the second half while Daniel Isaac contributed five points. Kwakwani defeated Queen’s College 2518 in their girls’ U14 semis. Both teams provided some excitement in the opening exchanges as Queen’s College fought hard to stay in the hunt despite trailing 10-12 at the break. Kwakwani picked up the pace in the second stanza in which they scored 13 points, while Queen’s College managed eight. Kwakwani were led by nine points from Shania Sears including four rebounds and four assists. Molly Grimond, Talade Kim and Natalya Clarke scored four each. Naiomi Barkoye and Luanna Mohan scored 11 and seven respectively for Queen’s College. Marian Academy gained walk over from St. Stanislaus College. The finals are set for Saturday. (Zaheer Mohamed)
Ciara Solomon (#03) of Kwakwani attempts to get pass Queen’s College defence.
Santos FC are GFF National U20 Independence Cup champs By Zaheer Mohamed Santos of Georgetown were crowned champions of the Guyana Football Federation (GFF) National U20 Independence Cup with a resounding 3-1 win over Dynamic FC of East Coast Demerara in the final which was contested yesterday at the GFF National Training Centre, Providence. Shortly after Malachi Grannum had his long rage shot kept out by Santos goalkeeper Joel Yhap, Dynamic FC went ahead when Julius Hamilton netted in the 12th minute after collecting a pass from mid field and worked his way past a defender and an advancing Yhap before sending his shot in an empty net. The goal did not deter Santos and six minutes later Orin Moore drew them level when he slotted home from inside the area. Santos’ Stephen Reynolds then had his shot well saved by a fullstretched Dynamic FC keeper Samuel Adonis from the edge of the area as the game gathered momentum.
Julius Hamilton (right) scored for Dynamic FC.
Ronaldo Rodrigues stretched Santos lead in the 45th minute when the calmly headed home a floated ball to give his team a 2-1 lead at the break. One minute into the second half, Reynolds, who was named the tournament’s most
valuable player, put Santos further ahead when he collected a pass from midfield and beat Adonis with his angled shot from the right side of the box. Moments later, Reynolds forced a saved from Adonis after working his way past two defenders before Rodrigues
Stephen Reynolds (2nd from right) was voted the tournament’s MVP.
was denied by a diving Adonis. Santos were clearly the better team in the second half and were denied once again by Adonis when Rondel Peters free kick from the edge of the area was kept out. Dynamic FC continued to press forward in search of
goals and had several shots sent wide before Moore was given marching orders by the referee following a foul committed on the edge of the area, which impeded a dangerous looking move by Dynamic FC. The resulting free kick from Malachi Grannum hit the
woodwork. Shortly after Tyrese Jame of Dynamic FC has his shot from the right side of the box saved by Yhap. Earlier, Fruta Conquerors of Georgetown defeated Botofago FC of Linden 5-3 to win the third place playoff (Continued on page 26)
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Local Olympians recognised DPI, Guyana - Several Guyanese Olympians were given the recognition they deserve after representing Guyana on the biggest stage for sports. Through the hard work and dedication of these athletes, Guyana has been placed on the map in the area of sports. Some of those athletes participated in the Olympics as far back as 1976. The Olympians celebrated at the Pegasus Hotel Friday evening. Those athletes honoured include some household names such as Michael Parris, Aliann Pompey, Winston George and James WrenGilkes. Some of the other Olympians were Aliyah Abrams, Jennifer InnisStephens, Adam Harris, Geoffrey Sankies, Jeremy Bascom, Gordon Carew, Evan
Parris and Andrew Harry. Missing from last night’s event were Niall Roberts, Richard Jones and June Griffith. Sankies was present at the 1976 Olympics but did not participate due to a boycott of African Nations. He was slated to represent Guyana in the discipline of Judo where he was expected to do exceptionally well. Nevertheless, he said being there and carrying the Golden Arrowhead at the march-past was an unbelievable feeling. Sankies said the recognition is a good thing for all those who were forgotten. “I hope they can get the recognition and be held as role models for school children who can look up to them and learn from them.” Aliann Pompey has represented Guyana on
Minister of Social Cohesion, with responsibility for Culture, Youth and Sport, Dr. Georg Norton, Director of Sport, Christopher Jones along other officials and the Olympians at the event. (Keno George) several occasions at the prestigious games. However, she said it was always a proud moment to represent the ‘land of many waters’ on such
13th Guyana Cup 2019
Organisers promises biggest edition with 4 International Artistes The JJTRC Guyana Cup will see over $20million in cash and prizes up for grab come August 18.
a big stage. Pompey, who is a 400 sprinter, competed in the 2000, 2004, 2008 and 2012 Olympics. She said the pride felt when competing is wonderful but being recognised by her home country incomparable. “I am actually very emotional because nothing like this has ever happened for us as Olympians. There are 15 Olympians here and being able to share our stories, our glory days, I am very glad that this has happened.” The only Guyanese to have medalled in the Olympics is Michael Parris who copped a bronze medal in boxing at the 1980 Moscow Olympics. Parris said he took pride in what he did and being recognised was just the icing in the cake.
Jennifer Innis-Stephens participated in the 100 metres sprint and long jump at the 1980 Olympics. InnisStephens noted that she was always confident of herself and while being at the Olympics “was a big deal”, she was not overwhelmed by the bright lights and large crowds. However, being recognised by her home country for her efforts is another ball game. “I appreciate being honoured and recognized after so many years of service as an athlete,” she stated. Aaliyah Abrams, a force to be reckoned with in the 400 metres was a part of the 2016 Olympic in games in Rio. While she did not medal, Abrams said she has much more to give and is excited to keep on going.“It feels good
to be recognised. It is a lot of hard work and mentally taxing competing in sporting events. It is wonderful to have people who enjoy watching you compete, also celebrate you,” Abrams said.Minister of Social Cohesion, with responsibility for Culture, Youth and Sport, Dr. George Norton along with Director of Sport, Christopher Jones and President of the Guyana Olympic Association (GOA) K.A. Juman Yassin was also at the event. They commended the athletes for their contribution to Guyana and assured them that the recognition will not be a oneoff event. The Olympians received their certificates at the 4th Aliann Pompey Invitational at the National Track and Field Centre.
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The 13th annual Guyana Cup 2019 is scheduled for August 18th at the Rising Sun Turf Club, Rising Sun Village in West Coast Berbice (45mins from Georgetown) and according to the organisers, Jumbo Jet Thoroughbred Racing Committee (JJTRC), this edition will be the biggest ever in the much subscribed event.Anticipated to register for the meet, which is one of the marquee events for horseracing in the region, are some 80 animals from Guyana, the Caribbean Region and North America with over $20million in cash and prizes up for grabs. According to chairman of
the JJTRC, Nasrudeen Mohamed Jr., the event usually sees as many as 9,00010,000 fans approximately and they will have extra entertainment this year with the inclusion of four international artistes slated to perform. Although Mohamed Jr. didn’t disclose the name of the performing artistes, he hinted that they are the two most trending artistes of Jamaica and Trinidad & Tobago (T&T), respectively. Some of the top animals expected to be on show come race day will include Just Call Me Bass, Crown the King (Jamaica), Doublin Fashion (USA), Chameli (Jamaica),
Safara (Jamaica), Southern Express (T&T), Silver & Things (T&T), Sitarr (T&T), Kentucky Woman (T&T), Super Easy (T&T) and She’s a Princess.Apart from the foreign contingent of horses to be on show, several leading jockeys from overseas are also expected to participate, which will add that international flavour to the day’s event. The top five finishers in all 10 races would receive cash incentives with the total prize purse being increased from 15 to $20million. The details of the races and individual prizes will be released by the organisers during the week.
From page 33 among the three who would face unseeded players until the semi-finals, where he could take on Federer. The Spaniard, who faced his biggest test so far against mercurial Australian Nick Kyrgios, is up against a familiar rival in Portugal’s Joao Sousa. “We know each other very well, practised plenty of times together. He’s a player that when he’s winning matches, he’s a super dangerous opponent against everybody,” Nadal said.
Sebria’s Novak Djokovic celebrates winning his third round match against Poland’s Hubert Hurkacz. (REUTERS/Hannah McKay)
Carmichael’s ‘six for’ carries... From page 31 seven in 41.4 overs (Giovonte Depeiza 68, Kevin Wickham 61; Tyran Theodore 339).At Brian Lara Cricket Academy: Leeward Islands defeated Jamaica by eight wickets.JAMAICA 146 all out in
46.2 overs (Steven Wedderburn 58 not out; Jaden Carmichael 6-17, Akadianto Willet 3-28). LEEWARD ISLANDS 150 for two in 38.1 overs (Anderson Armudan 55, Rasheed Henry 48 not out).
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Panthers’ Tyrone Burnette’s 5-For; Swan’s Dellon Joseph’s hat-trick; Grove win punctuate day-three Timehri Panthers recorded their second win led by an energetic offensive display with forward Tyrone Burnette leading the way with five goals when the East Bank Football Association leg of the GFF/NAMILCO Thunderbolt Flour Power U-17 League continued on Saturday afternoon at the GFF Facility, Providence, EBD. Timehri Panthers followed up their 4-0 win over Mocha Champs on the opening day with a powerful display of finishing against a young Diamond United outfit, they prevailed 13-1. In the other matches played, Swan, based on the Linden Soesdyke Highway, trounced Samatta Point/ Kaneville 9-0, while defending champions Grove Hi Tech opened the day’s proceedings with a 3-1 triumph over Friendship All Stars. The young Diamond United side, which drew 4-4 with Herstelling Raiders Football coming from behind on CARICOM day at the same venue, found the Panthers in a hungry mood but still tried their best which was not good enough. Tyrone Burnette banged in five goals scoring in the 1st, 10th, 23rd, 54th and 66th min-
Kerwyne Hoyte (left), Nickosey Gordon and Rasheed Evans – Grove Hi Tech FC. utes. He was well supported by Ishmael Pulsaram who netted a brace in the 27th and 30th minutes whilst there was one each for Neron Barrow (22nd), Captain Shannon Samnauth (29th), Colin Charles (35th), Tyrell Henry (42nd), Shaquan Caleb (57th) and Tyrell Khan in the 60th minute. Diamond United did not
Barbados, T and T, Jamaica triumph as Guyana lose again
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efending champi ons Barbados, Trinidad and Tobago and Jamaica registered second round victories when the Cricket West Indies (CWI) Regional U17 50-over tournament continued yesterday in Trinidad and Tobago. Barba d o s d e f e a t e d Guyana by seven wickets at Brian Lara Stadium. Batting first, Guyana managed 141-9. Opener Matthew Nandu struck seven fours in a top score of 71 which came off 160 balls and added 41 for the first wicket with Sheldon Charles who made 21 from 42 balls. Following their separation, only C. Balgobin (19) managed double figures in an otherwise inept batting display. J. Layne claimed 4-33 and T. O’Neale 2-24. Barbados responded with 146-3. H. Perryman made 38 not out while J. Leacock scored 35
and K. Wickham 26 not out. Charles, Nandu and Ramsammy took one wicket each for the Guyana side which contained seven players without previous national experience. Given that the Guyanese performance has been below par in the both games so far, the selectors should take a fair share of the blame, since a number of talented players were omitted, including Isai Thorne, Jonathan Rampersaud, Daniel Mootoo who was outstanding in the U19 inter county competition, Shamar Ye a r w o o d , Abdul R a m s a m m y, Ricardo Ramdial and Trevon Charles. At Gilbert Park, Tr i n i d a d a n d To b a g o scored 91 and restricted Leeward Island for 85, while at Couva, Windward Islands managed 81 against Jamaica who responded with 82-7.
walk away without scoring a goal and this was achieved in the 18th minute compliments of a smart finish by 12 yearold Shaquan Joseph, the smallest in stature on the field but he stood tall with his second goal of the league.
L-R standing, Azeem Calistro, Kevin Daniels and Simeon Welcome. Front row L-R, Joshua Williams, Mark Loncke and Dellon Jopseph – Swan FC. His first was the equalizing goal against Herstelling Raiders which tied the match 4-4 to earn his team an equal share of the spoils. Swan FC’s win over Samatta Point/Kaneville was orchestrated Dellon Joseph’s hat-
trick (23rd, 45th, 51st) and a single strike each from Simeon Welcome (11th), Joshua Williams (18th), Ryan Cameron 51st (Own Goal), Azeem Castello (54th), Mario Lonke (65th) and Kevin Daniels in the 70th minute.
Grove Hi Tech got their goals from Kerwyn Hoyte in the 3rd minute, Rasheed Evans (13th) and Nickosey Gordon in the 15th minute. Marlon Dey netted Friendship’s consolation goal in the 68th minute.
Carmichael’s ‘six for’ carries Leewards to victory, wins for T&T and Barbados COUVA, Trinidad, CMC – Led by Jaden Carmichael’s spectacular six-wicket haul and Anderson Armudan’s half-century, the Leeward Islands produced a dominant display to post a comfortable eight-wicket win over Jamaica in the opening round of the West Indies Rising Stars Under-17 Championship here Saturday. Carmichael took 6-17 from ten stingy overs to help bowl Jamaica out for 146 in 42.3 overs. Armudan then starred with the bat, scoring 55, as the Leewards easily achieved victory, romping to 150 for two in 38.1 overs. It was actually Akadianto Willet who started the rout for the Leewards, claiming three wickets in quick succession. He accounted for the wickets of Oneil Roberts for four, Oshaun Ennis for a duck and Nicholas Lewin (12), to leave Jamaica 32 for three. From there on, it was the Carmichael show. So destructive was he that he accounted for all of the remaining wickets except Andel Gordon who was the last man out. Had it not been for Steven Wedderburn, who rescued Jamaica with an unbeaten knock of 58, things could have
been much worse. Struggling on 98 for nine, Wedderburn and Gordon (7) put on 48 runs for the last wicket to get Jamaica within touching distance of 150. Wedderburn batted for 78 minutes and faced 82 balls, striking six boundaries and two sixes. Apart from him, only three other Jamaican batsmen scored in double figures. In fact, the 29 extras conceded by the Leewards were the second highest contributor. The Leeward Islands then made light work of their target, thanks mainly to an opening partnership of 59 between Amurdan and T’Jhari Clarke, who made 25. Once Clarke was dismissed, Amurdan and Rasheed Henry, who finished unbeaten on 48, added 81 runs for the second wicket to put them on track for victory. There were also wins for Trinidad and Tobago and Barbados over Guyana and the Windward Islands respectively. T&T produced a wellrounded bowling effort to dismiss Guyana for just 91 in a match which was delayed due to rain. Sion Hackett and Darren
Samuel took three wickets each, while Chadion Raymond and Isiah Gomez supported with two wickets apiece. Mavindra Dindyal, who made 46, was the lone Guyanese batsman to score in double digits, as Guyana capitulated from 78 for three to lose their last seven wickets for 13 runs. Jeremiah Cruickshank (42 not out) and Kyle Roopchand, who made 36, then effectively decided the outcome with an opening stand of 88, before Roopchand lost his wicket with just four more runs needed. Barbados, the defending champions, were led to victory by Giovonte Depeiza and Kevin Wickham who both scored half-centuries. Bolstered by their middle order, Windward Islands recovered from the perilous position of 15 for four to reach 173 for eight from their 50 overs. They owed that effort to O’Jay Matthews who topscored with 43 and Jedd Joseph (39) who shared a 60run partnership for the sixth wicket. Barbados found themselves in early trouble when Tyran Theodore claimed the
wickets of Hakeem Perryman and Jaden Leacock, both for ducks, as they faltered to 7-3 and then 38 for five. But Depeiza (68) and Wickham who made 61, saved Barbados with a 127-run partnership for the sixth wicket. Even though both were dismissed before they reached the eventual target, Che Simmons, who finished unbeaten on eight and Tariq O’Neale, took them over the line. Scores: At the National Cricket Centre: Trinidad and Tobago defeated Guyana by nine wickets. GUYANA 91 all out in 38.3 overs (Mavindra Dindyal 46; Darren Samlal 310; Sion Hackett 3-20). TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO 92 for one in 19.5 overs (Jeremiah Cruickshank 42 not out, Kyle Roopchand 36). At Gilbert Park: Barbados defeated Windward Islands by three wickets. WINDWARD ISLANDS 173 for eight in 50 overs (O’Jay Matthews 43, Jedd Joseph 39; Jaden Leacock 225, Che Simmons 2-45). BARBADOS 175 for (Continued on page 28)
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GBA’s Andrew Lewis Novices Boxing C/Ships
GDF’s Lewis beat Worrell by RSC in 2nd round Mark Crawford is rocked backwards by a right from Fitz Haywood.
Referee Ramona Agard is about to stop the contest as a left hook from GDF’s Azeemul Lewis connects to the head of VBG’s Jason Worrell on Saturday Night. (Sean Devers photos) By Sean Devers The GDF drummers again made their presence known as Soldier Boy Azeemul Lewis beat Jason Worrell by RSC (Referee Stops Contest) on night two of the three-night GBA’s Andrew Lewis Novices Boxing Championships on Saturday night. In the last fight of the night which climaxed just after 10:00PM when Referee Ramona Agard stepped in to halt the contest in 2 minutes, 55 seconds of the third round of their Flyweight bout to save VBG’s Worrell from more punishment from Lewis. With the Kwakwani players, who are participating in the ong oing National
Schools Basketball ChampionshipsandtheBikiniBoxers, whowillbeinactionatanup-comingEventinSouthRuimveldtand vocalGDFsupportersurging their man on, Lewis looked the fighter, while Worrell was the Boxer. Things were going well for Worrell, who danced out of range of Lewis’ big shots in the early periods of the first round with both Boxers testing the water. Lewis threw more punches but Worrell, who retaliated with shots of his owned evaded most of the missiles but Lewis got the better of the exchanges in the opening stanza. At bell to start the second round, Lewis, his confidence high from his dominance in the closing stages of round one, advanced for the kill with a flurry of big booming shots which had Worrell on his bicycle. The Soldier, a part of a team which has dominated local Boxing at all levels for the past decade, unleashed a pun-
Travis Inverary scores to the head Malachi Jones on Saturday night. ishing left-right combination to the body followed up by a crisp straight right to head of Worrell causing the referee to Administer a stand 8 Count on the pugilist from the West Demerara. Lewis kept moving forward and backed Worrell up on the ropes with some crunching body digs as Worrell tried to counter punch before a thunderous left cross caught Worrell flush on his Head Guard staggering him for a second standing 8 count before the referee called a halt to the bout much to the delight of GDF’s raucous supporters. With pulsating music emanating from the sound system and former World rated Boxer turn Coach, Clive Atwell, doing a very good job as announcer, four exhibition bouts preceded the night’s main attraction.
According to the GBA’s technical Director and GDF’s Coach, Terrence Poole, the exhibition bouts are being used as preparation for the Caribbean School Boys Championships slated for Guyana next month. The exhibition bouts pitted the Forgotten Youth Foundation pair of Travis Inverary and Malachi Jones coming up against each other, Mark Crawford Boxing his Gym Mate Fitz Haywood in another all FYF affair. The other two bouts were all done by Boxers from the defending Champions GDF, with Kevin McKenzie going toe to toe with Julius Kesney and Quincy Boyce and Colin Hinds showing off their skills. The last night of the Championships was scheduled for last night when the largest crowd was expected to attend.
The GDF drummers were in full force on Saturday night.
The Bikini Boxers who will be in action at an Event in South Ruimveldt were a part of the gathering on Saturday night.
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‘Big Three’ in ominous form as Wimbledon moves into second week Switzerland’s Roger Federer during a practice session. (REUTERS/Tony O’Brien)
(Reuters) - The ‘Big Three’ of Roger Federer, Rafa Nadal and Novak Djokovic head into the second week of Wimbledon carrying the flag for the men’s game after a number of young upstarts failed to live up to their potential on the grandest stage. The trio, with 14 Wimbledon titles between them, have been in blistering form while players such as Alexander Zverev and Stefanos Tsitsipas — younger men touted to end their hegemony at the majors — went out with a whimper. Having dropped only one set each in their three rounds so far, the trio seem a safe bet to advance when they face fourth-round rivals who have never before made it to this stage at the All England Club.
seeking a fifth Wimbledon title. “He’s tall, has a big game from the back of the court, flat backhand, very solid. He can play anything really, he’s an all-around player.” Eight-times winner Federer, who sealed his 350th Grand Slam match win when he dispatched France’s Lucas Pouille on Saturday, has barely been tested so far barring his opening clash against Lloyd Harris where the Swiss rallied from a set down to win. The 37-year-old meets 17th seed Matteo Berrettini who has claimed two titles this season, including one on grass in Stuttgart, and Federer expects a tough challenge. “I don’t know him well so that makes it a bit more tricky,” Federer, who warmed
Spain’s Rafael Nadal during a practice session. (REUTERS/ Tony O’Brien)
Defending champion Djokovic, who endured a hurricane against Hubert Hurkacz before winning in four sets, takes on Frenchman Ugo Humbert for the first time in his career. “I’ve seen him in Roland Garros. I’ve seen him last year (at the) U.S. Open... big serve, very explosive, very dynamic player,” said Djokovic, who is
up for the tournament with his 10th Halle Open title, said. “I saw him play in Halle, saw his run in Stuttgart. Now he’s backing it up here. That’s not easy, especially when you’re newer on the tour.” Third seed Nadal, who has repeatedly expressed his displeasure about the seedings and draw, is the only one (Continued on page 32)
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