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July 12, 2014 - Vol. 8 No. 27 - Price $80 kaieteurnews@yahoo.com Website:http://www.kaieteurnewsonline.com Guyana’s largest selling daily & New York’s most popular weekly

Sweet news as GuySuCo ups its production target - industry asks for $6B to buy more harvesters Five days later…

Raid on Sheet Anchor No clue on camp unearths ammo whereabouts of missing St. and dried marijuana Stanislaus teacher Inquiry into rice industry needed to fix problems - APNU Home Affairs Minister to answer questions on work permits Broadcasting ammendments…

Govt. protests bid to curb Presidential, Ministerial powers

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Intellectual Property rights must be consistent with countries’ realities -AG

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he Government of Guyana has partnered with the World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO) in the h o s tin g o f a tw o - d ay workshop on the use of Intellectual Property (IP) as a tool for growth and development of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs).

The workshop opened yesterday at the Guyana International Conference Center (GICC), Liliendaal.

H e a d o f W I P O ’s Caribbean Unit, Paul Regis explained that the aim is not only to strengthen the capacity of SMEs on the strategic use of intellectual

property tools, but to also focus on the application, innovation and creativity for enhancing national capacity to create branded products; increase revenues as well as market shares; forging alliances, optimising IP tools and polices; and leveraging IP as a tool for promoting some of the inherent and natural resources of countries.

Regis said that a key concern of the WIPO is to work with member states to enhance and facilitate the strategic use of IP assets for development to ensure that the countries are fully able to participate in the knowledge economy by providing programmes reoriented to suit the diverse and changing

needs of countries in the region.

The WIPO has proposed as a holistic solution for the Caribbean region, the carrying out of IP audit and strategy that would allow for stock-taking, and the designing of an IP blue-print for the countries.

Speaking on behalf of the Government, Attorney General and Minister of Legal Affairs, Anil Nandlall said that this initiative is welcomed by Guyana as the country recognises the need for reform of the current legislative framework under which intellectual property, patents, and trademarks operate.

The Minister said that one cannot be oblivious of

globalisation, the level of competition taking place internationally in the commercial world, and the need for intellectual property to be honed to meet the exigencies of the dynamic changes taking place in countries.

He said that often times the view has been expressed in the public domain that Governments in the region have not been paying sufficient attention to the issue of intellectual property.

“Speaking for the Government of Guyana, it is not that sufficient attention has not and will not be placed in this direction… when one is in the position of government in a developing country, there are certain

COPA’s inaugural flight arrives - promises punctual and hassle-free flights

Officials bearing the Guyana and Panama Flags as they disembark the inaugural flight of COPA Airline COPA Airline, the flag carrier of Panama, officially made Guyana its 67th destination after it touched down at the Cheddi Jagan International Airport (CJIA), Timehri yesterday, starting a direct link between Panama and Georgetown, Guyana.

COPA started offering nonstop service, twice weekly between Guyana and COPA’s Hub of the Americas at Tocumen International Airport, Panama with connecting service throughout South Central and North America and the Caribbean.

This new flight which landed with over 100 passengers will provide Guyanese with non-stop service to Panama’s hub of the Americas and connectivity to more than 66 other destinations flown by COPA Airlines and 1,316 airports in 192 countries.

The flight will also expand connectivity for Guyanese throughout Central, South and North America and the Caribbean, and provide citizens of both countries with the opportunity to take advantage of each other’s tourism activities and exchange cultures.

Minister of Public Works, Robeson Benn who welcomed the airline, spoke of the excellent service he experienced with COPA, and said he was amazed with the service and ambience that were offered by this large undertaking. ”The fact that COPA had developed that significant hub for this part of the world with respect to air transport, and the fact that they did it, we too can also do it if we stay the course, if we have the energy and willingness to overcome obstacles,” Minister Benn noted during a simple welcoming ceremony at the CJIA lounge.

Minister Benn underscored that with the arrival of the aircraft, Guyana is poised with the right partner to facilitate and further advance integration in Latin and South America, having new visitors and boosting air transport.

The advent of the airline also paves the way for entrepreneurs, manufacturers, tourists and service providers.

Minister Benn added that this partnership signals opportunities for the two countries to integrate for the development of the

countries, and others in the Americas.

Chief Executive Officer (CEO), CJIA, Ramesh Ghir also welcomed the airline and said that he anticipates that it will be in Guyana on a long-term basis.

Regional Sales Manager, COPA, Diego Bermudez, said that this fresh partnership will definitely establish a new relationship with the two countries, expanding opportunities and sharing cultures.

Bermudez promised that t h e a i r l i n e w i l l o ff e r

Guyanese world class service. “We are happy to be at the start of a new and promising partnership, and we want to assure that we are going to be here for the long haul,” he said.

COPA Airlines and COPA Airlines Colombia are s u b s i d i a r i e s o f C O PA Holdings which is a leading Latin American provider of p a s s e n g e r s a n d c a rg o services.

COPA Airline moved over 11 million passengers in 2013, with 360 daily scheduled flights to 30 countries.

Man shot and robbed in Sophia

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42-year-old driver was shot in the left shoulder and relieved of his valuables by a robber on a bicycle at around 16.00 hrs yesterday in ‘D’ Field, Sophia.

Alim Mohamed, of Lot 521 ‘D’ Field, Sophia, East Coast Demerara, said that he had just exited a bus and was walking home when a man on a bicycle rode up and demanded that he hand over

all that he had. Mohamed said that after he refused, the man drew a gun and again demanded his valuables.

Believing that the gun was not loaded, Mohamed said he again refused and attempted to fight with his attacker, who then shot him, and relieved him of some cash and a cell phone before escaping. The injured man’s wife took him to the Georgetown Public Hospital where he was treated.

considerations to which one cannot turn a blind eye, and one has to be careful that one does not design, implement and execute a system of laws or policies that are inconsistent with the realities of the society in which those rules and regulation are expected to operate,” Minister Nandlall said.

He spoke of the dilemma that could result from the imposition of a law or laws on a nation’s people which will be difficult or even impossible for them to comply with having regard to certain economic realities.

This position is not unique to Guyana; it exists in the entire Caribbean region.

“I would like in your deliberations over the next two days to take matters of this type into account and to address your mind to the possibility of coming up with a regional policy for the Caribbean region, one that can be applied in all CARICOM members states,” the AG urged.

Many CARICOM countries have already made innovative, modern, and commendable changes to

their intellectual property l e g i s l a t i o n ; h o w e v e r, Minister Nandlall said that they have failed abysmally to enforce those changes simply because it is impossible.

He explained that the governments depend on the populace to stay in Office and therefore they will not execute a task that is inconsistent with the aspirations of their citizens, and will not win their support.

He maintained that concepts have to be amended and modified to meet the exigencies and peculiarities of the social, economic and other realities of the region.

Guyana on the other hand, looks forward to the inputs and recommendations that will emanate from this workshop and similar forums which will serve as a guide to chart the way forward.

“We recognise the value of people’s intellectual worth…we recognise how important it is for the human being to grow and therefore that human stimulus must be protected in the strongest possible fashion,” the AG concluded.

Raid on Sheet Anchor camp unearths ammo, dried marijuana

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olice yesterday raided a camp at East Canje, Berbice, and found a significant amount of shotgun cartridges and dried marijuana.

Acting on information received, police said that at about 1400hrs, ranks went to a camp at Sheet Anchor where two men were seen running away.

At the camp, the ranks found 178 of the 12-gauge shotgun cartridges and 4.5 kilograms of dried cannabis sativa (marijuana).

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Gaza toll nears 100, Israel to counter rockets ‘with all power’

Israeli firefighters work to put out fire on burning cars in an apartment building parking lot after it was hit by what Israeli police say was a rocket fired by Palestinians from the Gaza Strip, in Ashdod. REUTERS/ Avi Rokach (ISRAEL GAZA/JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israel said yesterday it would not bow to international pressure to end air strikes in Gaza that officials there said had killed almost 100 Palestinians, despite an offer by U.S. President Barack Obama to help negotiate a ceasefire with militants.

Asked if Israel might move from the mostly aerial attacks of the past four days into a ground war in Gaza to stop militant rocket fire, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu replied, “we are weighing all possibilities and preparing for all possibilities.”

“No international pressure will prevent us from acting with all power,” he told reporters in Tel Aviv a day after a telephone conversation with Obama about the worst flare-up in Israeli-Palestinian violence in almost two years.

Yesterday Washington affirmed Israel’s right to defend itself in a statement from the Pentagon. But Defence Secretary Chuck Hagel told Israeli Defence Minister Moshe Ya’alon he was concerned “about the risk of further escalation and emphasized the need for all sides to do everything they can to protect civilian lives and restore calm.”

A rocket caused the first serious Israeli casualty - one of eight people hurt when a fuel tanker was hit at a service station in Ashdod, 30 km (20 miles) north of Gaza, and Palestinian militants warned international airlines they would fire rockets at Tel Aviv’s main airport.

Medical officials in Gaza said at least 75 civilians, including 23 children, were

among at least 99 people killed in the aerial bombardments which Israel began on Tuesday. They included 12 killed yesterday.

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas urged the United Nations Security Council to order an immediate truce.

But Israel said it was determined to end crossborder rocket attacks that intensified last month after its forces arrested hundreds of activists from the Islamist Hamas movement in the occupied West Bank following the abduction there of three Jewish teenagers who were later found killed. A Palestinian youth was killed in Jerusalem in a suspected Israeli revenge attack.

Israel’s campaign “will continue until we are certain that quiet returns to Israeli citizens”, Netanyahu said.

Israel had attacked more than 1,000 targets in Gaza and there were “more to go.”

Israel’s military commander, LieutenantGeneral Benny Gantz, said his forces were ready to act as needed - an indication of a readiness to send in tanks and other ground troops, as Israel last did for two weeks in early 2009.

“We are in the midst of an assault and we are prepared to expand it as much as is required, to wherever is required, with whatever force will be required and for as long as will be required,” Gantz told reporters.

Western-backed Abbas, who is based in the West Bank and agreed a powersharing deal with Gaza’s dominant Hamas in April after years of feuding, called for international help: “The

Palestinian leadership urges the Security Council to quickly issue a clear condemnation of this Israeli aggression and impose a commitment of a mutual ceasefire immediately,” he said.

After the failure of the latest U.S.-brokered peace talks with Israel, Abbas’s accord with Hamas angered Israel.

The rocket salvoes by the hardline movement and its allies, some striking more than 100 km (60 miles) from Gaza, have killed no one so far, due in part to interception

by Israel’s partly-U.S. funded Iron Dome aerial defence system. But racing for shelter had become a routine for hundreds of thousands of Israelis and their leaders have hinted they could order troops into the Gaza Strip, a 40-km sliver of coastline that is home to nearly two million people. Some 20,000 reservists have already been mobilised, the army says.

Hamas’s armed wing said it would fire rockets at Tel Aviv’s Ben-Gurion international airport and warned airlines not to fly to Israel’s main gateway to the world. The airport has been fully operational since the Israeli offensive began and international airlines have continued to fly in, with no reports of rockets from Gaza largely inaccurate projectiles - landing anywhere near the facility, inland of the coastal metropolis. It is within an area covered by Iron Dome.

The Israeli military said it launched fresh naval and air strikes early on Friday on Gaza, giving no further details.

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Indian prime minister to meet Obama in September NEW DELHI (AP) — India’s new Prime Minister Narendra Modi will meet President Barack Obama in Washington in September during a visit aimed at restoring strained relations between the countries.

At a meeting in New Delhi, Modi told U.S. Deputy Secretary of State William Burns that he was accepting an invitation from Obama, the prime minister’s office said in a statement yesterday.

Modi said ties between the two democracies would be a powerful force for peace, stability and prosperity in the world. “Burns conveyed President Obama’s desire to strengthen economic relations” between the countries, the statement said. Several areas of bilateral interest including new technologies, energy security, counterterrorism and exchange of intelligence were listed in the statement as issues that were likely to figure in the talks between Obama and Modi. Relations between India and the

Narendra Modi

Barack Obama

United States have been strained by the arrest of an Indian diplomat in New York in December over charges of visa fraud. There was widespread outrage in India when it became known that the diplomat, India’s deputy consul general in New York was arrested and stripsearched.

Devyani Khobragade was accused of lying on visa forms so she could bring her maid to the U.S. while paying her a pittance.

Khobragade

returned to India in January, but charges are still pending.

Obama was among the first Western leaders to call and congratulate Modi when his Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party swept into power in May with a decisive election mandate.

Modi’s acceptance of Obama’s invitation also signifies that the Indian prime minister has put behind him any lingering tension over the U.S. denying him a visa to visit in 2005.

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Jamaica sugar industry facing major crisis as drought worsens KINGSTON, Jamaica CMC - The Sugar Industry Authority (SIA), says the multi-billion dollar sugar industry is now under major threat due to the effects of the worsening drought.

SIA chairman, Ambassador Derrick Heaven, says the next crop could be in jeopardy with the forecast of below average rainfall for the rest of the year coincides with replanting of the crop.

“When you drive around and look at fields and you see them literally scorched, and it’s not just the absence of rain, but it’s the high winds that further helps with the evaporation of any moisture.

“So the sugar industry is suffering as a result of the absence of rain and unless we get relief soon then we are in for some serious

dislocation,” Heaven said.

Meanwhile, the government has announced that it will be implementing a J$30 million (One Jamaica dollar = US$0.004 cents) drought mitigation project for farmers across the island next week. Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries, Donovan Stanberry, said the project will involve the Rural Agricultural Development Authority (RADA), the Jamaica Agricultural Society (JAS), farmers and political representatives.

Stanberry said the government is also investing in rainwater harvesting systems, and looking to build micro dams through its climate change programme.

Jamaica has been grappling with a crippling

drought for several weeks and the Water Minister, Robert Pickersgill, recently announced new restriction measures.

“I have instructed the National Water Commission to issue a prohibition notice, by this weekend, on the washing of vehicles, the watering of lawns and filling swimming pools, among other activities,” he told Parliament.

Persons found breaking the rules will be taken to court and could also be fined.

The lack of water also prompted nurses at the Victoria Jubilee Hospital in downtown Kingston to walk off the job on Thursday.

Surgeries at the maternity hospital were also cancelled.

The nurses returned to work when water was restored later.

Bartlett: Time to walk away from CARICOM Jamaica Gleaner - THE PA R L I A M E N TA RY Opposition has restated its position that the time has come for Jamaica to walk away from the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) and move instead to establish a regional mechanism that can e n h a n c e t h e c o u n t r y ’s development.

Edmund Bartlett, MP for East Central St James and Opposition Spokesperson on Foreign Affairs, contributing to the Sectoral Debate in the House of Representatives o n Tu e s d a y, s a i d t h e Caribbean and Jamaica “can no longer spend scarce resources without realising a positive return on investment”.

“Jamaica needs to count its costs in the CARICOM experiment and decide whether it’s the best fit for our situation or whether another construct, a new architecture may instead be the way forward,” Bartlett added.

CARICOM, an organisation of 15 Caribbean nations and dependencies, was created in 1973 with its main purposes being to promote economic integration and cooperation among its members, to ensure that the benefits of integration are equitably shared, and to coordinate foreign policy.

Bartlett argued that with Jamaica importing so much from CARICOM, the trade component of the agreement may not be working in the country’s f a v o u r. H e n o t e d t h a t

Edmund Bartlett

Jamaica’s negative trade balance with CARICOM over the period 2004 to 2011, grew by 54 per cent year on year.

“The aggressive growth in the trade deficit was largely driven by the import of petroleum products from Trinidad and Tobago, while imports of rice, nonalcoholic beverages, breakfast cereals and frozen fish also contributed to the trade imbalance,” Bartlett said.

He added: “On the other hand, other exports to the region, which are mainly non-crude petroleum oils, alcoholic and non-alcoholic beverages, animal feed, juices and food preparations, grew by an average 6.8 per cent annually. Last year, our exports to CARICOM declined by US$67.4 million. The total regional trade balance in 2013 was negative US$881 million.

The opposition spokesman said it is clear that “Jamaica has not benefited much from its membership in CARICOM.” “Maybe now is the time for Jamaica to look to a new arrangement perhaps with the countries of the Northern Caribbean and Central America, for example, the Dominican Republic, Cuba, Haiti, Bahamas, Puerto Rico, Cayman, Turks and Caicos, Costa Rica, Panama, Colombia and Mexico. These are all countries within the Caribbean Sea, but whose collective GDP is well in excess of US$500 billion and a market size of 300 million.”

Bartlett said the new approach to trade within the region would provide Jamaica with a great opportunity for an expanded economic space to drive production and increase growth on the island.

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PLACING THE CART BEFORE THE HORSE The parliamentary opposition is leaving the public extremely confused.

On the one hand, APNU had hinted that in relation to the controversy over the spending by the Minister of Finance, it may have sought resolution through the courts.

But no sooner had the ink dried on the reports of this suggestion that we are now being told that a motion referring the Minister of Finance to the Privileges Committee is being prepared.

That seems a clear case, as is wont with the opposition parties, of placing the cart before the horse.

It would have been much more advisable for the opposition parties to have first sought a ruling on the

legality and constitutionality of the Minister’s action, before citing him for an irregularity which by its own admission can only be established by the courts.

Let it be recalled that it was the very opposition parties who had claimed that it is only the courts that can pronounce on the constitutionality of laws. By extension, it is only the courts which can definitively determine the legality and constitutionality of the spending by the Minister of sums beyond the appropriations passed by the National Assembly.

I fail to see how a prima facie case can be made out to refer the Minister to the Committee of Privileges when

an offence has not been established by the competent authorities. But then again, I must not forget that we are dealing with very unique circumstances in the National Assembly.

My position on this matter is known. I have said before that the Minister has done nothing wrong. And in fact, if the Minister is to be cited for any wrongdoing, the opposition parties will have a great deal of explaining of, why they consented to supplementary provisions and Statements of Excesses over the past two years? If their argument is that the Minister is acting wrongly, then what will they call their act of approving similar spending by the Minister

A 23-year-old East Bank Demerara mason appeared in court, yesterday, and admitted to burgling a Timehri house last week.

Ramesh Haripersaud appeared before Chief Magistrate Priya SewnarineBeharry to face a break and

enter and larceny charge.

Haripersaud was accused of breaking into the dwelling house of Abdool Hakim at Timehri between July 4 and July 5, last, and stealing his digital virtual disc (DVD), a quantity of footwear and clothing as well as $25,000 in

cash.

The accused pleaded guilty and volunteered to compensate the owner for his items.

The Chief Magistrate ordered that a probation report be prepared for him before sentencing. He was remanded to prison and is expected to return to court on July 31.

Mason remanded on burglary charge

Dem boys seh...

Donald love Jagdeo pension package The most unreasonable human this country see since it born is Jagdeo. When he lef de presidency he was a strong young man who coulda go and look wuk anywhere. But he decide that he ain’t gun wuk fuh de rest of he life suh he create a package fuh heself.

He get he party comrades fuh support it. De package suh nice that all of dem seh that dem vote fuh pass it because all of dem want tun president.

Rob de Earth was de first man who jump up and seh he nah see nutten wrang wid de package. Everybody know that he got ambition more than position. He tell heself that he gun be president.

When he drive down de back dam wid he siren blazing and had dem cows running, he seh, “Al you running now.

Wait till I tun president, I gun got alyu S*%^%* flying.”

He go to school and tell dem li’l children that he is de next president after de seat warmer, Donald. Now Donald got he silent. He singing another tune because he nah certain that he gun remain in de party.

As fuh de seat warmer, Donald, when he colleague pass de bill in parliament, he seh that dem unreasonable, how nobody should agree to pass such a Bill giving Jagdeo almost everything he want fuh de rest of he life.

He tell dem boys quietly that when he tun president, he gun change de Bill. To date, although de opposition help he draft de change and send it to he desk fuh he to mek de change he pussyfooting.

It look like he don’t want to change anything because he now see how sweet and lovely de package is fuh expresidents. He see how in two years de taxpayers –including all dem cane cutters—spend $45 million pun Jagdeo light bill, he transportation and he security, alone.

Dem nah count he monthly pension, he gardener, he cook, he maids, he telephone bills and he overseas medical bill. Is these things wha Donald see, especially Jagdeo last medical Bill, pushing him not to sign de Bill to change anything.

Is de medical package wha Donald see wha Jagdeo entitle to that mek he realize that wid he age he shouldn’t have to worry bout paying medical bill. Let de poor taxpayers pay it.

What an unreasonable, unconscionable and unforgivable pair, Donald and Jagdeo is.

Talk half and a lot more got to talk about this package.

over the past two years? See why I am confused!

The better course would have been the legal route. It did seem as if the opposition was contemplating going this route. But there must have been a change of mind if the talk is now about a motion referring the Minister to the Committee of Privileges.

One grouping, the Committee in Defense of the Constitution, has approached the Courts to deliberate on an issue relating to funds not being deposited by NICIL into the Consolidated Fund.

This column had in the past also ventured a position on this issue. The ruling of the court on this question will settle once and for all the legal position as regards funds from corporate bodies and their relationship with the Consolidated Fund. It will end an ongoing controversy over whether sums should be paid

by NICIL into the Consolidated Fund.

And when the decision comes, if there are parties that do not agree with the verdict, they can appeal it all the way to the Caribbean Court of Justice. This is what the legal system is there for. It is there to settle disputes relating to

alleged abuse of the law and the Constitution.

It is beholden on all political parties to as much as possible, demonstrate confidence in our judicial system because that system goes all the way up to the Caribbean Court of Justice which is our final Court of Appeal.

If the Minister did something wrong, establish an offence under the law. Do not drag him in front of a committee without first establishing his guilt.

Establish that he has broken the law and then have him

referred to the Committee of Privileges.

Indeed, if an offence is established, those pushing for the Minister to be referred to the Committee of Privileges need not go that route. They can pressure him to resign.

But first establish that his actions are unlawful.

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Food For The Poor launches Home Affairs Minister to answer stationery drive for needy students questions on work permits

The Donor Relations Department of Food For The Poor (Guyana) Incorporated has embarked on a new Back to School Project for the September School Term.

According to the nongovernmental organisation, the project was birthed after a survey was conducted at the Primary School level in Regions 4, 5 and 6, and it was recognized that 75% of the 9,602 students were in need of assistance.

Stationery bins were placed at locations to garner sufficient supplies to assist the 20 schools.

“The bins will be collected and cleared no later than the second week of August and the items will be distributed to the schools for the re-opening of the school term.”

Among the places where the bins were placed are CCS, Regent Street and Avenue of the Republic; Kojac Marketing, Quamina Street; Metro Computer and Sales,

Minister of Home Affairs, Clement Rohee, is set to provide answers to the National Assembly on questions pertaining to the issuance of work permits over the past four years.

The questions were placed on the Order Paper last Thursday and are likely to appear again for answers before the end of the month.

The questions were posed by Alliance For Change (AFC) Member of Parliament, Catherine Hughes.

Hughes asked the Minister how many work permits were issued to foreign nationals over the period January 1, 2010 to May 31, 2014.

She asked too, that the Minister provide the National Assembly with the nationality of each recipient and the duration of the permit.

In addition, Hughes wants to know what job each permit holder was employed to do as well as the name of the employers.

Yesterday, Hughes told Kaieteur News that she has been curious about the subject for some time now.

She said that she has been seeing more and more “foreigners” dwelling in Guyana and is interested in knowing more about them.

Minister Rohee said that he does not know whether this information will be readily available or if the Member of Parliament will have to wait a long period before her questions are answered.

Former Bacchus store clerk fined for theft One of the bins that Food For The Poor has placed at stationery stores in the city.

Croal and Quamina Streets; and Ashmins, High and Hadfield Streets.

Food For The Poor said it

is also hoping for donations of pens, pencils, crayons, stationery kits, books and rulers, among other items.

After spending months on trial at a city court, a former Bacchus drug store clerk implicated in the disappearance of over $32M, was yesterday found guilty and fined on one count of simple larceny.

Twenty four year-old Raphael Laurie of Supply, East Bank of Demerara faces a possible thirty six months imprisonment if he fails to pay the $100,000 fine imposed by Magistrate Judy Latchman at the conclusion of the trial

yesterday.

Last year July, Laurie was accused of stealing $80,071 from proprietor Mohamed Bacchus’s at Bacchus Drug Store, Saffon Street, Georgetown.

At his first court hearing, he pleaded not guilty at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court.

At the end of the trial yesterday, Magistrate Latchman informed Laurie that he was found guilty as charged. She ordered that he

either post the fine or serve the prison term.

The convicted man is also facing four other embezzlement charges involving his ex-employer, before Magistrate Ann McLennan.

According to reports, Laurie was employed as a sales clerk with Mohamed ‘Bobby’ Bacchus, proprietor of Bacchus Drug Store and conducted business but reportedly never paid in the proceeds.

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CXC to accept Sagicor Local ports adopting Visionaries Challenge anti-terrorism measures projects as SBAs The principles that apply to the Sciences offered by the Caribbean Examination Council (CXC) are not separate and apart from that which governs the Sagicor Visionaries Challenge. In light of this fact, Assistant Chief Education Officer (Secondary), Ms. Doodmattie Singh, disclosed that CXC is prepared to accept projects undertaken by students intended for the Sagicor Visionaries Challenge as their School Based Assessments (SBAs).

However, Singh informed that while these entries can be submitted dually, they will only be accepted if they satisfy the necessary requirements outlined by either entity. “Students sitting the Sciences at the CSEC level will be able to use their Sagicor Visionaries Challenge projects as School Based Assessments once these projects satisfy the requirements and vice versa,” said Singh as she pointed out that, “we must note that knowledge and skills gained in one can be very beneficial in the other.”

The Sagicor Visionaries Challenge is a competition that is intended to target secondary level schools as well as home schooled students between the ages of 11 and 16 who are encouraged to identify a challenge facing their respective school or school of choice. Having identified the challenge, students are tasked with using science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) to develop effective, innovative and sustainable solutions to the challenge identified.

The Sagicor Visionaries Challenge was first introduced in 2012 with Guyana participating in 2013, allowing Zeeburg

Assistant Chief Education Officer (Secondary), Ms. Doodmattie Singh Secondary School to present the winning national project – a solution to a shrimp drying situation on the East Bank of Essequibo.

According to Singh, who on Wednesday was among the speakers at the launch of the 2014 leg of the Challenge here, it has long been established by the partners facilitating the Challenge, that through greater community involvement “we can live more sustainably and build a better future to create more sustainable communities.”

But realising sustainable communities, according to Singh, is dependent on greater local knowledge “of our limited resources and the impact of climate change on our food, health, energy and water security.”

Moreover, she pointed out that innovations in science and technology are recognised among the key factors to play a critical role in overcoming existing challenges.

“Therefore, the call of the day is for all our secondary students to get on board flight Sagicor Visionaries Challenge 2014,” Singh appealed.

The Challenge, according to her, has seen entities the likes of the

Caribbean Science Foundation and the Trinidad based Sagicor Life Inc championing STEM as fun, functional and facilitating innovation. According to the Assistant Chief Education Officer, “the creative application of knowledge and the demonstration of innovation, civic responsibility and problem solving are critical elements of any school curriculum.”

Moreover, Singh emphasised the need for teachers “to forge these elements among students.”

It was for this reason, she said that over the years CXC, the key examining body of the Caribbean School system, has worked tirelessly to ensure that students exiting secondary schools measure up to what is known in the Caribbean as the ‘Caribbean ideal person.’

And ‘the Caribbean ideal person’, according to Singh, is able to identify Challenges facing them and have the will to develop innovative and sustainable solutions to the challenges identified.

Moreover, syllabuses were developed and revised, new subjects were offered, with the newest set; the Green Engineering syllabus, to be introduced shortly.

Added to this, teachers have been trained and School Based Assessments were introduced.

As a result, Singh noted that since the aim of the Sagicor Visionaries Challenge has a mandate that is identical to that of CXC, the body has been only too committed to be involved in the Challenge.

The Sagicor Visionaries Challenge which is set to be kicked off in September is expected to be conducted in eight territories including: Antigua and Barbuda, Barbados, Belize, Dominica, Guyana, St Lucia and Trinidad and Tobago.

Local port facilities have been submitting security plans to the Maritime Administration Department for scrutiny and approval as part of the country’s antiterrorism arrangement with the United States of America.

Claudette Rogers, Director General of the Maritime Administration Department (MARAD) said that following the 9/11 terrorist attack on the World Tr a d e C e n t r e i t w a s recognized that terrorists could utilize different modes of transports. As such, Guyana has partnered with the US in enhancing security of port facilities.

This partnership has conceived a four-phased training programme for Port Facility Operations personnel that will culminate in August 2014. Yesterday, the third in a series of training sessions concluded at Regency Suites, Hadfield Street.

According to Rogers, the four-day workshop was aimed at enlightening locals about the International Ship and Port Facility Security Code.

The International

Maritime Organization stated, “ISPS Code is a comprehensive set of measures to enhance the security of ships and port facilities, developed in response to the perceived threats to ships and port facilities in the wake of the 9/11 attacks in the United States.

The ISPS Code is implemented through chapter XI-2 Special measures to enhance maritime security in the International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea (SOLAS), 1974. The Code has two parts, one mandatory and one recommendatory.”

As a counter terrorism measure, port facilities have to develop five-year security p lan s f o r M A R A D to scrutinize.

Rogers assured that MARAD has specific departments that conduct inspections of port facilities to ensure they adhere to whatever is outlined in the plans.

She said that port facilities are very important for Guyana’s economic development with large vessels bringing in and taking out cargo. As such, ensuring their security and integrity is important.

Surinamese killed after falling off lorry in Berbice

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olice say that they are investigating the circumstances in which a Surinamese national died after he fell out of lorry in Berbice yesterday afternoon. According to police yesterday, at around 16:15hrs, Richie Debideen, 25 years, of Nickerie, was a passenger in a motor lorry transporting equipment along the roadway at No. 51 Village, Corentyne, when he came into contact with a wire across the road. He fell out of the vehicle and was taken to the Skeldon Hospital where he was pronounced dead on arrival.

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National Chess Coach No clue on whereabouts of freed of robbery charges missing St. Stanislaus teacher FIVE DAYS LATER…

Almost one month after his first arraignment, the charge instituted against the national chess coach for a “failed mugging attempt” was yesterday dismissed in the Georgetown Magistrates’ court.

Wendell George Meusa, 25, of Lot 42 Guyhoc Park, G e o rg e t o w n a p p e a r e d before Magistrate Judy Latchman on June 18, last, following claims by the police that he brandished a rusty cutlass and chopped a woman about her body during a robbery bid.

On June 15, last, at High Street, Georgetown, Meusa allegedly assaulted Shaleeza Mohamed with intent to rob her.

At his first court appearance Meusa refuted the claim and was granted bail in the sum of $150,000.

Inspector Joel Ricknauth, the prosecutor, had explained that Meusa and Mohamed were both in a bus when he told the driver to stop the bus. Meusa, he said, tried to take the woman’s bag but she held onto it.

Ricknauth said that the

Wendell Meusa accused pulled out a rusty cutlass and fired several chops at the woman.

The Prosecutor told the court that Mohamed was adamant in her refusal to let go of her bag so she kicked her assailant out of the bus and he ran away.

Ricknauth told the court that Mohamed had sustained wounds to her head and hand as a result of her trying to

block the chops. The matter was reported and subsequent investigations led to the accused being arrested and charged.

As the trial continued, Meusa appeared again before Magistrate Latchman, but the victim stated that she did not wish to proceed with the matter against Meusa.

The case was dismissed.

Speaking with Kaieteur News, Meusa stated that though he was surprised that the woman came forth during yesterday’s court hearing, and stated that she wanted to offer no evidence against him, he was happy that the court ordeal is over.

Meusa affirmed that his case was one of mistaken identity and wrongful prosecution which has done considerable damage to his reputation. He provided evidence that he actually took photographs of the robbery and so could not have been the robber.

However, the police refused to heed the evidence and so allowed the real robber to go free.

Five days have passed and there is still no news of the whereabouts of the 34year-old St. Stanislaus College teacher who disappeared after leaving the National Sports Hall where she took a few of her students to participate in the InterS e c o n d a r y S c h o o l ’s Basketball Championships.

Nyozi Goodman of William Street, Kitty was last seen with another teacher seeing the students off from the event on Sunday evening.

There has not been any news of her since.

A c c o r d i n g t o information, the teacher reportedly told her students that she would be staying behind as she expected someone to pick her up to take her home.

Relatives are however convinced that something tragic has happened to the 34-year-old woman.

They say that she would not just disappear without informing family members and the fact that her phone has been switched off clearly indicates that something is

MISSING: Nyozi Goodman not right.

Nestor Thompson, the missing teacher’s sister said that she and her sister were not close. She said the last time she spoke to her sibling was last Sunday morning.

She says she does not know whether her sister was involved in a relationship.

“My mother called me from Linden and asked when last I heard from her and I

told her on Sunday and then she told me that people were calling her and telling her that they could not get onto my sister,” Thompson, also a teacher, said that she was at school when her mother telephoned her and she immediately left and visited her sister’s apartment which was locked.

The woman said that she asked her sister’s landlord for a spare key and when she entered the house everything seemed to be in order.

She added that the landlord told her that a male visitor would frequent her sister’s residence but he (landlord) could not provide an identity.

The sister related that family members have already contacted all of the woman’s friends who were known to the family but none of them has any clue as to where she might be or who she might be with.

Anyone with information on the missing woman can contact family members on 692-4526 or the nearest police station.

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Tattoo on dismembered body is same one Rodney Commission could never hurt the missing Guyanese mom has: NY police source relationship between PNC and WPA - Granger A New York police source has confirmed that the dismembered body found in a parking lot in Long Island last Tuesday has a similar tattoo to that of 27-year-old Guyanese native, Chinelle Latoya Browne who went missing six days ago.

Browne, a mother of four, originally from Georgetown, was last seen by her landlord on Saturday near her 346 Sumpter Street apartment in Brownsville, Brooklyn.

According to information received, Browne, who migrated to the United States last year May had several beefs with her landlord over an extension cord that powered her room, culminating in a fight.

Detectives are awaiting the results of forensic tests that would identify the woman and also determine if a severed arm found on the front lawn of a home in Hempstead on Wednesday belongs to the body found in the parking lot.

The New York Times reported that a police source revealed that a “distinctive” tattoo on the woman’s torso matches one on the body of the mother of four, based on what her husband, Dale Browne told the NY police.

Asked yesterday whether his wife had any tattoo on her body as was reported, Browne said that he would rather not comment on this because he was advised not to reveal any information to the media.

He said that he was told that the information he divulged can affect police investigations in NY. The devastated husband said that at this point he is just hoping for the safe return of his wife.

Browne had told Kaieteur News that he and his wife spoke briefly around 11:07 hrs last Saturday. He said that they would normally keep in touch via Skype but when he

Chinelle Browne and her husband in happy times called her, he got no response.

Later that day, he said that he called her again but did not get a response so he texted her. He noted that he later got a text message from his wife’s phone, saying that she was going to the hospital with a friend by the name of Michelle.

“I message and asked her if she would sleep at the hospital but I got no response. I continuously message the phone until Sunday and then I received a message saying that the phone was found in Manhattan,” the husband related.

Trying to put the pieces

together, Browne said that he then contacted his wife’s landlord who told him that they had an argument and she (landlord) struck the mother of four with her hands.

The devastated husband said upon hearing this he immediately telephoned his relatives in the US and asked them to check his wife’s workplace since she was supposed to be at work for 13:00 hrs on Monday.

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By Latoya Giles Opposition Leader, Retired Brigadier David Granger said that he does not believe that the ongoing Walter Rodney Commission of Inquiry could or will ever hurt the relationship between the People’s National Congress and the Working People’s Alliance.

Granger, in a recent interview with this newspaper said that the PPP administration is well aware that both political parties have supported an international inquiry and it hasn’t impaired their relationship.

According to Granger, both parties want the truth to be told. However, he said that they have expressed their disappointment with the way the Commission has been going.

“More than four months have elapsed and we have not gotten any closer to say how Dr. Rodney died” Granger told Kaieteur News.

The Commission according to Granger, has been reduced to something more of a “soap opera” where people can tune in and look at live streaming which is being done by the National Communications Network

(NCN). Granger further said that the truth has been elusive and once it’s told he does not believe that the relationship between the PNC and WPA would be damaged.

“These two parties are for a greater objective, which is national unity and there is nothing that will emerge from that Commission that would stop that objective” Granger posited.

The Rodney Commission is costing Government $112M and was set up in February 2014 to examine circumstances surrounding the death of the former leader of the WPA. Dr. Rodney was killed on June 13, 1980, when a bomb exploded in a car in which he was an occupant. He was 38 years old at the time.

His brother, Donald Rodney, who suffered injuries during the explosion, alleged that a former GDF electronics expert, Sergeant Gregory Smith, had given the politician a “walkie talkie” which exploded.

It was alleged that Smith planted the bomb in the device which blew up on Rodney’s pelvic region while he was on John Street, Werken-Rust, between Hadfield and Bent Streets, less than

100 metres from the Camp Street Prison.

Smith died of cancer 11 years -ago in French Guiana where he had gone to live, after he had fled Guyana.

The Terms of Reference which commissioners are using as a guideline includes “examining the f a c t s a n d circumstances immediately prior at the time of and subsequent to the death of Dr. Rodney in order to determine as far as possible, who or what was responsible for the explosion resulting in the death of Rodney”.

The commissioners are tasked with inquiring into the cause of the explosion in which Dr. Walter Rodney died; whether it was an act of terrorism and if so, who were the perpetrators.

Commissioners would also have to specifically examine the role, if any, which the late Gregory Smith, a Sergeant of the Guyana Defence Force, p l a y e d i n t h e death of Rodney and if so, inquire into who may have counseled, procured, aided and or abetted him to do so, including facilitating his departure from Guyana after Rodney’s death.

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Guyanese woman arrested in Inquiry into rice industry Antigua’s 1,000 pounds cocaine bust needed to fix problems - APNU

The seized cocaine. (Photo courtesy ONDCP) Antigua (Antigua Observer) – The biggest drug haul to be made in recent times by Caribbean law enforcement agencies was carried out by The Office of National Drug and Money Laundering Control Policy (ONDCP) in Antigua on Wednesday.

Lawmen swooped down on a property at Old Runway and carted off 480 kilograms or 1,058 pounds of cocaine worth slightly under EC $17 million in Antigua or £24 million (EC $111 million) in the

United Kingdom.

The cocaine, wrapped in over 400 parcels, was stashed in bags.

“Assisting in the investigations are a 41 year old Antiguan male and a 41 year old Guyanese female, both residing in Old Runway,” said an ONDCP release.

“It is expected that relevant persons will soon be charged and will be arraigned before the Court, (yesterday) Friday, July 11, 2014,” it added. The release did not

indicate whether other agencies were involved in the seizure.

“It is the largest by any Caribbean law enforcement agency in recent history, so it is a significant achievement by the men and women of the agency,” Director of ONDCP Lieutenant Colonel Edward Croft said.

The raid follows the seizure of approximately 2300 pounds of cannabis that carried an estimated street value of EC $37 million and the arrest of the Jamaican crew comprising of six (6) men who are presently awaiting trial in the High Court.

In 2010, the ONDCP seized over 900 kilos of cocaine from three Columbian men and a Venezuelan man.

At the end of the trial the captain of the vessel was sentenced to 14 years imprisonment and a record fine of EC $385,675,920.18.

Relatives and rice farmers gathered at the Anna Regina Police Station last Saturday to lend support to several of farmers who were arrested hours earlier.

Parliament’s largest Opposition bloc, A Partnership for National Unity (APNU), is calling for an inquiry into the rice industry, following a fiery day of protests two Fridays ago that ended with tear gas and 20 persons charged.

During a press conference yesterday, APNU, which controls 26 of the 65seats in the National Assembly, says the rice industry is now a major focus of its worry.

“APNU has received numerous complaints from paddy farmers. These complaints indicate that there are sufficient grounds for the PPP/C Administration to convene a Commission of Inquiry to inquire into the impediments to the efficient management of the industry and to make

recommendations for the improvement of the livelihood of the nation’s paddy farmers.

APNU calls on the PPP/C to do so without delay.”

Essequibo farmers started a peaceful protest two Fridays ago over monies they say were still owed to them by millers, months after the first crop was sold. However, the protests between Anna Regina and Land of Plenty turned ugly after farmers continued their actions late into the night. Shortly after midnight on Saturday, police fired tear gas into the residential area of Land of Plenty after clashing with the protestors.

Nineteen persons were arrested as persons complained of the tear gas.

On Tuesday, Chairman of the Essequibo Paddy Farmers Associations, Naith Ram and

19 others, including a prominent rice farmer, appeared at the Anna Regina Magistrate’s Court charged with riotous and threatening behaviour, among other things.

Farmers insisted that they were owed in excess of $1B from millers and that Government and regulators are not doing enough to ease their plight.

The country last year broke production records with rice going pass the 500,000 tonnes mark.

Farmers are now worried about finding markets for this extra rice that they are producing. Many farmers have also been switching from cash crops and cattle rearing to rice, in anticipation of good prices. However, prices have been hovering Continued on page 20

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Guyana moves to protect small scale fisherfolk

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inister of Agriculture, D r. L e s l i e Ramsammy, called on all fishermen in Guyana to be registered and to have their boats registered if the industry is to remain sustainable and viable.

He was addressing a gathering of fisher folk at world Fisher folk Day 2014 at Port Mourant, Berbice.

The celebrations were held under the theme ‘Perfecting our fisheries resources and ensuring our livelihoods’.

During the address to the country’s fishermen and those involved in the trade, Minister Ramsammy commented on several issues. He spoke about several statistics, including Guyana’s fish consumption and the Caribbean’s annual fish- import and export bill.

Ramsammy said that government is working hard to protect the small-scale fisher folk so that their livelihood is not threatened by the larger scale fisherfolk.

“We produce about 90 million tonnes of fish per year, worth approximately US$94.”

“But when we look at the Caribbean, of that 90 million tonnes …the Caribbean produces now only about between 130,000-150,000 tonnes and the question is why?” One important reason for this, he said, is overfishing and over-

exploitation of our fishing resources in the region.

“That is something that we in the Caribbean must work closer together to protect. That is why Guyana is so concerned about how to protect the fishing resources.”

FISHING IN GUYANA AND CARICOM Forty per cent of this amount comes just from Guyana alone, Ramsammy said. Suriname is the nextlargest producer with about 18 per cent, “so when you look at Guyana with over 40 per cent and Suriname in the second place, you see how important Guyana is to the fishing industry of the Caribbean.”

Looking at Caricom’s production of marine resources, he noted that Guyana stands out as being the “most stable producer and by far the largest producer (of fish).”

The Minister said that even though the country produces so much fish, the local employment base is very small, compared to other Caribbean nations that produce fish. Jamaica, he noted, which contributes only 12 per cent of fish to the Caribbean, has a fishing industry that employs about twice the number of people than Guyana does.

The larger importers of fish in the region, he added, are countries like Barbados, which imports about 5.8

million kilograms of fish; Jamaica, 9.8 million kilograms.

The official then discussed the benefits of eating a diet high in fish as opposed to a diet rich in meat, which can be detrimental to our bodies.

“Guyana stands out as a country where fish is important to our dietGuyana’s consumption is about 54 kilograms of fish protein per every person on an annual basis. Globally, the average is only about 14.5 kilograms per person…which means Guyana is about 3.5 times more than the global

average. This is a good thing, because the World Health Organization (WHO) is trying to get all countries to consume fish at a higher rate.”

Guyana, he noted, should be ready to be a part of the increasing demand for fish.

No part in the food industry, he added, is seeing a rise in demand for commodity like the fish industry. Today, fishing has changed its character from the past, when in the past it was seen as a family- oriented smallscale activity. Today, fishing is about creating wealth.

LICENSING & TRACEABILITY

Fishing, with an employment of just 20,000 or so, he said, “is a family thing.” In terms of fishing boats, Guyana has about 2,500 boats. Not all are licensed.”

He then urged all fisherfolks to get their boats registered, noting that the places in North America and elsewhere to which Guyana exports fish, demand higher standards.

“Part of that is something c a l l e d ‘ t r a c e a b i l i t y. ” Without that, our fish will not be able to leave Guyana, which means all the fish we produce, will either have to

be consumed by us, or the industry dies!”

Touching on the issue of new regulations that would allow Guyana some eligibility to export fish into Europe and North America, Dr. Ramsammy noted, “If we pass it, most of you will not be able to continue [in the fishing industry]… anyone without a license cannot sell their catch.”

He reminded those present that their investment in the fishing industry contributes 6.6 per cent to the economy, thus, it should make them feel some sense of pride in what they do.

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Trial for murdered Sophia woman ends in hung jury T

he murder trial of Paul Anthony Lo Hing ended in a hung jury on Thursday, after a mixed panel of jurors failed to reach a common verdict.

Lo Hing was on trial

before Justice Diana Insanally at the High Court, for the murder of his girlfriend, Shoala Gilgeous.

Gilgeous was reportedly strangled during a heated argument in August of 2012 at Block ‘E’ Sophia.

Residents recalled that the incident marked a tragic end to the couple’s one year relationship.

On Thursday, after four hours of deliberation, the jury announced they were unable to reach a unanimous

decision for the offence of murder.

As such, Lo Hing was remanded to prison to await a retrial at the next practical sitting of the Demerara Criminal assizes.

State Prosecutor Natasha

Shoala Gilgeous Backer closed her case on Tuesday, after calling the last witness to the stand.

The witness, State Pathologist, Dr. Nehaul Singh, testified that a post mortem examination determined that the victim died due to asphyxiation owing to manual strangulation, which was co mp o u n d ed b y b lu n t trauma.

The Pathologist recalled during his external examination of Gilgeous’ body, he noticed that the surfaces of her nails had turned blue, which is indicative of a lack of oxygen.

“There was bleeding in the eyes and visible injuries to the head, neck, back and shoulder. There were also marks of compression to the neck, which is consistent with manual strangulation.

Earlier in the trial, Alain Gilgeous, the brother of the murdered Sophia woman told the court that he is certain that the woman’s boyfriend had killed her.

“Somebody can’t walk off the road and kill my sister just so. Paul and my sister were living alone,” Gilgeous stated under cross examination by

Paul Anthony Lo Hing Huckumchand Parag.

The victim’s brother, who is currently in Trinidad and Tobago (T&T), told the court via Skype that he learnt of his sister living with the accused after he returned from the twin-island Republic in February 2012.

The witnesses recalled that the couple would get into constant disagreements and fights during their time together.

He said that at one time, he even got involved in the physical altercation between the two. “I had to part them because they were arguing at first and then they start fight and I had to get in and part them.”

The witness told the court that at the time he resided in the adjoining apartment to the couple’s home.

He said that on the day of the incident, the accused called him to enquire whether he had seen his sister. “I does drive taxi, so I headed up to Splashmins.

When I reach up there I get a call from Paul (accused). He tell me that my sister ain’t moving, that I must come and take her to the hospital. I call we big sister, Alana, and tell she fuh go and check on Shoala” As a result of what the accused told him, Gilgeous said that he returned to Georgetown, where he visited the police station before heading to the crime scene.

“My sister was lying on the bed like she sleeping but blood and slime was running out she mouth,” the witness told the State Attorney, Backer.

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‘B’ Division celebrates police 175th Anniversary

By Leon Suseran Ranks of ‘B’ Division of the Guyana Police Force yesterday celebrated the 175th Anniversary of the Guyana Police Force (GPF) with a thanksgiving service on the lawns of the force’s Divisional Headquarters at Cheddi Jagan Street, New Amsterdam.

Present were the heads of the various branches of the force in the division. Officerin-Charge of Prisons, Mr. Linden Cornette; Officer-inCharge of Fire, Mr. Compton Sparman; Commander of ‘B’ Division, Mr. Brian Joseph, senior ranks and station sergeants and ranks of the Community Policing Group (CPG) were also present.

Pastor Wilbert Daniels, who delivered the anniversary address called for the image of the force to be rebuilt. He said that the various societal ills call for total involvement; for everybody to get involved.

The home should be a part and the school system.”

“As officers, we have got

to change the image of our force. We have got to work assiduously to change the kind of mindset and perception people have of the force.”

The pastor voiced his disgust with the daily of crime. “Guyana seems to be in the headlines in a number of ways-homicide, suicides, you name it, and for us a small nation, I won’t feel very proud of my nation in that regard.”

“When it will all end?

Where do we go in terms of the moral foundation that our lives ought to be built on?” he asked.

Pastor Daniels alluded to the leaders of today who are not setting the type of examples for our children to follow. “People learn by example and people at all levels in our society today present a very poor level of leadership,” he added.

Everyone needs to take their responsibilities, “very, very seriously in order to curb what is happening in society today.” He charged (Continued on page 18)

A section of the gathering at ‘B’ Division’s anniversary celebrations

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Drug dealer changes plea One day after stressing his innocence in drug t r a ff i c k i n g c h a rg e s , a construction worker held for a massive amount of marijuana and cocaine unearthed by police in the Golden Grove/Diamond, East Bank Demerara area, changed his plea and was sentenced to jail.

Forty five year-old Dexter Daniels who hails from Kara Kara, Linden, pleaded guilty to possession of narcotics for the purpose of trafficking before Chief Magistrate Priya SewnarineBeharry at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court

…jailed over massive ganja, cocaine find yesterday.

Charges were formally laid on Thursday last against Daniels by the Customs Anti Narcotics Unit (CANU) which alleged that he had in his possession 4.222 kilogrammes of cocaine and 1,213 kilogrammes of marijuana on July 7 at Lot 922 Golden Grove, East Bank Demerara for the purpose of trafficking.

The convicted man told the Chief Magistrate yesterday that he was

responsible for the cache of drugs and he was willing to face the consequences.

Representing CANU on T h u r s d a y, P r o s e c u t o r Oswald Massiah had explained that acting on information received, ranks from the Unit ventured to a Golden Grove address, where they observed a canter truck parked on a bridge.

He said that the vehicle was locked so CANU agents used force to gain entry.

A quantity of packets

was reportedly found and further checks revealed that they contained what was suspected to be cannabis.

Acting on additional information provided, the ranks carried out a further search of the house where another substance, suspected to be cocaine, was found in a room.

Massiah noted that the owner of the premises was not there at the time and the substances were taken to CANU Headquarters where

they were tested and weighed.

The Prosecutor stated that as investigations continued, on Wednesday, July 9, Daniels “surrendered” in the company of Attorneys James Bond and Roger Yearwood.

Massiah had noted that while under caution the defendant claimed ownership and gave a written statement. During his first court appearance, his lawyers were absent and no bail application was put forth for him and he was remanded to prison.

The case was transferred and was set to be called before Magistrate Leron Daly at the Providence Magistrate’s Court on July 14 but the accused returned to the Chief Magistrate’s

Dexter Daniels court yesterday.

Responding, the Chief Magistrate sentenced Daniels to three years imprisonment on each charge. He is also expected to pay a total of $60,000 fine ($30,000 on each of the two charges).

The jail terms, she said, are set to run concurrently.

Local Gov’t Ministry to inform Cabinet on bids for recycling plant The Ministry of Local Government and Regional Development, is currently in the process of collecting additional information that Cabinet has requested on the seven companies that have been shortlisted to construct Guyana’s first recycling plant.

Minister of Local Government and Regional Development, Norman Whittaker said that an oral presentation on the shortlisted companies was made to Cabinet and that coming out of the exercise, Cabinet determined that it needs additional technical and financial information from the bidders.

The Ministry is in the process of procuring the information, Minister Whittaker said, and some of them have already been forthcoming, whilst for others it is a work in progress. The ministry expects to be able to provide the additional information

Local Govt.

Minister Norman Whittaker that is required in a week.

The Minister also reiterated Government’s position of recycling being integral to dealing with the issue of solid waste management. He noted that recycling will allow the country to take out of the supply chain a significant volume of solid waste.

‘B’ Division celebrates...

From page 17 officers in the GPF “to take personal responsibilities because God has set you there as watchmen and men who will deal with not only service and protection but who will bring direction and control in the area of evil crime and criminal activities around us.”

He also noted the many instances of many Guyanese citizens whose homes are

being intruded upon on a daily basis in the forms of robberies and home invasions.

These things should not be, he noted. We all need to be moved by love. If we are going to be able to do justice to humankind, police cannot allow themselves to have that distinction.

Each citizen is tasked with that responsibility, the religious leader added.

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Govt. protests bid to curb Presidential, Ministerial powers

Broadcasting Act…

APNU’s Joseph Harmon

By Gary Eleazar Joseph Harmon of A Partnership for National Unity (APNU) has re-tabled the Broadcasting (Amendment) Bill in the National Assembly, which was immediately met with protestation from Government.

Harmon had initially tabled the Bill but had asked for it to be withdrawn since there were a number of errors, typographical and otherwise, and as such he wanted to redraft it.

When it was re-tabled on Thursday last for a first reading, Government’s Chief Whip, Gail Teixeira immediately rose to the floor to indicate that the amendments have made the Bill even more problematic.

Teixeira said that from the outset, she wanted to place on record that while they are aware that t h e B i l l w i l l b e passed given the voting strength of the Opposition, “we will not support this Bill at all.”

Teixeira was adamant that Government will not be supportive of the proposed legislation at no stage of its consideration in the House.

Head of State, Donald Ramotar has already publicly stated that he would not be assenting to any legislation, in which the Executive did not

have an input.

According to Ramotar, “I am making it very clear that I will not assent to any Bill that they (Opposition) carry unless it is with the full agreement …and the full involvement of the Executive.”

Teixeira, in lamenting the amendments to the existing legislation brought by Harmon said it completely removes the way in which the Board of the Guyana National Broadcast Authority is constructed.

Under the proposal by Harmon the members of the Board have to be nominated by the Parliamentary Committee of Appointments.

Teixeira also complained of Harmon’s attempt to lob out sections of the law that deal with confidentiality.

A visibly incensed Teixeira, prior to declaring the non support of the proposals, told the House that wherever reference is made to the President and Minister, Harmon has removed them from the equation.

Angoy’s Avenue man on trial for 2008 murder The murder trial of Naresh Ramjohn called ‘Naresh Mahase’ or ‘Sadam’ 35, of 54 Stanleytown is expected to begin in the Berbice High Court before Justice Navendra Singh next Tuesday.

Reports are that Samaroo murdered Anthony Samaroo, called ‘Scar Them’ 28, of Levi Dam, Angoy’s Avenue, New Amsterdam. The offence is alleged to have been committed on July 2, 2008, at Angoy’s Avenue.

Charged: Naresh Ramjohn

She questioned how it is that Parliament would be the body to be making appointments.

Harmon in response said that when dealing with broadcast arrangements, it must be treated as something that is evolving and as such consideration has to be given for 20 years down the road.

According to Harmon, the members of the Committee dealing with the Te l e c o m m u n i c a t i o n legislation are currently experiencing a similar situation.

Harmon suggested that had government gone the route of a Committee when they had a majority before enacting the law in 2011, several of the mistakes in the legislation would not have been there.

According to Harmon the broadcast spectrum is a very important asset to the people of Guyana.

In qualifying his position on the importance of the asset, Harmon pointed to the fact that there is currently a matter before the High Court, seeking to repeal the legislation that was enacted

by former President Bharrat Jagdeo.

Under the explanatory m e m o r a n d u m accompanying the proposed legislation, Harmon explained that the proposed amendments are informed by the provisions of the Constitution of Guyana Article 146 (1) which guarantee the freedom of expression and freedom to receive and disseminate information.

That section of the Constitution reads: “Except with his own consent, no person shall be hindered in the enjoyment of his freedom of expression, that is to say, freedom to hold opinions without interference, freedom to receive ideas and information without interference, freedom to communicate ideas and information without interference and freedom from interference with his correspondence.”

According to Harmon, the amendments also give effect to the report of the 2001 Hoyte/Jagdeo Joint Committee on Broadcast and State Media, the

Govt. Chief Whip, Gail Teixeira recommendations of which were ignored in sections of the substantive Bill.

Harmon notes too that the proposed amendments seek to further reduce the overarching influence of the Minister responsible for Broadcast in the appointment and functioning of the Guyana National Broadcasting Authority.

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Granger denies that Aubrey Norton was ever “sidelined” by party - says party was able to achieve success

Opposition Leader David Granger

By Latoya Giles Leader of the Opposition David Granger on Thursday denied that his party, the PNCR has ever sidelined former Parliamentarian Aubrey Norton.

Granger, in an interview with Kaieteur News said that he wasn’t aware of statements made by Aubrey Norton and Dr. Faith Harding about the party not doing a good job. It was reported that Norton felt that he was sidelined, because of his outspokenness.

According to Granger, he is not aware of that. In fact, he said that Norton has maintained his membership card for the party.

Granger added that Norton knows very well that the party has a constitution and congress. “If he is willing to participate in any arm or organ of the party he will be

allowed, he was never sidelined…he has served in Parliament among other organs of the party and we welcome his participation” Granger told Kaieteur News.

With regards to Dr. Faith Harding, Granger said that since the end of the 2011 election campaign process, he has never seen her.

“Not sure if she is still a member of the party, but nobody has ever prevented her from the party” Granger stated.

According to the Opposition Leader, Dr. Harding’s talents would be definitely welcomed in the party.

Further, Granger said, that the fact that Norton was challenging him for the leadership shows the levels of democracy that exists within the PNCR. “People are free to utter their opinions and the PNCR is the most democratic party” Granger stressed.

He explained that he strongly believes that his party has been able to achieve a great level of success within the last two years. Granger described his tenure as “very good” with him having the opportunity for the first time to combine three positions, mainly the Peoples National Congress, A Partnership for National Unity and the Opposition.

He told Kaieteur News that he has witnessed a higher level of coordination and team

work which made an impact on the national political landscape.

He said that he would in turn continue to bring pressure on the PPP administration.

Recently, it has been reported that Norton was set to contest the leadership of the PNCR. However, the former parliamentarian declined to say whether he would accept the nomination.

It was noted that

nomination begins on July 12, 2014.

The PNCR had sidelined Norton from the National Assembly immediately following the 2011 General and Regional Elections and again with the resignation of Richard Allen in April, 2013.

This happened again following the resignation and subsequent death of Deborah Backer in March, 2014.

Norton had made several comments about how the Opposition has behaved.

Back in February, Norton had said that parliamentarians needed to do more work. He

said that he defined work as going out to the constituencies, meeting with people, understanding their concerns and articulating these at a number of different levels.

Norton, a Member of Parliament during the Seventh and Ninth sittings of Parliament, had emphasized that the Opposition needs to appear like a Government in waiting with clear cut policies on virtually every issue.

“So, when Government speaks the Opposition have an alternative, they can state what elements of the

Government approach they endorse and what elements they disagree with,” he had explained to Kaieteur News.

Zeroing in on what the Opposition should be doing with its one-seat majority in Parliament, Norton stressed that parliamentarians should be writing Government Ministers to get answers for challenges affecting residents across Guyana.

Moreover, they should be developing Motions and other means of getting Parliament to take a position on particular issues, he asserted.

Inquiry into rice industry needed to fix problems - APNU From page 14 just around $3,200 per bag of paddy.

According to APNU yesterday, farmers’ “predicament” cannot be ignored any longer.

“This was the fifth protest by paddy farmers this year. Protesting paddy farmers had converged on the precincts of the National Assembly last year to meet APNU and AFC parliamentarians. They delivered a petition of over 1,000 signatures to the Minister of Agriculture requesting him to ensure prompt payments are made for their paddy.”

APNU said that it is aware of the importance of the rice industry which is spread over five coastal regions – Pomeroon-Supenaam; Essequibo Islands-West Demerara; DemeraraMahaica; Mahaica-Berbice and East Berbice-Corentyne.

“The industry provides employment for at least 20,000 who depend directly on it for their livelihood and, indirectly, for another 40,000 people in related occupations. The industry contributed about five percent of the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) in 2013 and accounted for more than US$240M in export

earnings. The industry depends on paddy farmers.”

APNU pointed out that it is the PPP/C administration that exercises control of the industry through the Ministry of Agriculture, the Guyana Rice Development Board (GRDB) and the Guyana Rice Producers’ Association (GRPA).

“It must, therefore, bear full responsibility for the current and chronic chaos affecting it.”

Some of the most serious issues facing paddy farmers include payment problems.

“The basic issue is that of under-payment, nonpayment or delayed payment to paddy farmers. The GRDB’s duty is to ensure that paddy farmers are paid within 42 days of delivery. The GRDB is empowered to intervene and initiate legal action against delinquent millers.

The GRPA, also, is aware of this problem. Paddy farmers who are not paid promptly face high interest rates at the banks for their loans, high costs of fertilizers and delayed purchase of seed paddy.

Some have suffered from poor pricing and post-dated cheques from millers.”

The Opposition body also noted issues of marketing.

“Guyana’s multi-billion dollar, PetroCaribe ‘rice-foroil’ agreement with Venezuela has fuelled increasing production. It has also fuelled fears that farmers could be left with large surpluses that could push down the price of paddy being offered. It has ignited anger over the management of this trade initiative which is generating wealth for a few.”

APNU said it found that millers in some areas of high production have lowered

their prices, forcing paddy farmers to sell at reduced prices because of limited storage capacity.

“Production problems…

Paddy farmers in the higher lands on the Essequibo Coast, affected by the inability to readily access water through the Tapacuma Irrigation Project – TIP – complain of having been forced to purchase water at a high rate of $6,000 per acre to sustain their crops in addition to having to pay land rental.

Paddy farmers in West Berbice also have faced problems from the MahaicaMahaicony-Abary – MMA – project. Farmers have also been plagued by an infestation of insects. Paddydrying facilities are essential for, without them, paddy must be moved almost immediately to the mills to avoid damage to its quality.”

From page 13 message my wife on Sunday when I was not getting on to my wife and when someone told me they found her phone,” Mr. Browne said.

According to the New York Times, relatives of 27year-old Chinelle Latoya believe she is gone.

“Right now, we are sad and broken-hearted at losing

our beloved sister so soon and so tragic,” said a sister, who asked for her name not be published. “My sister was a decent and hard-working human being who did not deserve to die this way.”

The landlord, whose name is being withheld because she has not been charged with a crime, suggested to the Daily News that she was defending

herself.

“If somebody hit me, I’d hit her back,” the landlord said to the Daily News.

Asked what happened to Browne, she yelled, “Stop assuming! Stop assuming!”

Two police sources confirmed the landlord and another person are considered persons of interest in the case.

Tattoo on dismembered body is same one ...

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Marriott begins recruitment of senior staff …being advertised worldwide

The Marriott Hotel under construction in Kingston, Georgetown

T

he Georgetown Marriott Hotel has begun to recruit staff for its five-star facility, currently in the final stages of construction at Kingston, Georgetown.

Advertisements appeared in the daily newspapers yesterday directing interested parties to the Marriott website which listed the available local positions.

A quick look of the positions available indicates that the Hotel is currently looking to recruit staff at the senior level.

With the advertisement placed on the company’s website, it is clear that the company isn’t restricting itself to hiring Guyanese but rather opportunities are available to persons worldwide.

The positions available include a Director for Sales and Marketing who will hold responsibility for being the leader of the property’s sales department “with bookings of over 300 peak rooms and significant local catering revenue.”

That person will also be responsible for managing the property’s reactive and proactive sales efforts as well as providing day to day leadership to sales associates to achieve property sales objectives with overall responsibility for achieving booking goals and property revenues.

The person is also expected to implement the brand’s service strategy and applicable brand initiatives in all aspects of the sales

process and focus on building long-term, valuebased customer relationships that enable achievement of the hotel’s’ sales objectives, among other responsibilities.

Another of the positions that the company is looking to have filled is that of Executive Chef.

That person will be accountable for the overall success of the daily kitchen operations.

According to the Marriott website, the Executive Chef must exhibit culinary talents by personally performing tasks while leading the staff and managing all food related functions and must work to continually improve guest and employee satisfaction, while maximizing the financial

performance in all areas of responsibility, among other duties.

Marriott is also advertising to fill the position of Director Human Resources, who will report directly to the property General Manager, “with a dotted-line (functional) reporting relationship to the Regional Senior Director of

Human Resources and will be an integral member of the property executive committee.”

According to Marriott, the Human Resources Director will be accountable for talent acquisition, succession/workforce planning, performance management and development for property employees, using technology efficiently, and coaching/developing others to help influence and execute business objectives in the most efficient manner, among other responsibilities.

Marriott has also advertised to fill the position of Finance Director.

That person will function as the property’s strategic financial business leader.

“The position champions, develops and implements property-wide strategies that deliver products and services to meet or exceed the needs and expectations of the brand’s

target customer and property employees…The position provides the financial expertise to enable the successful implementation of the brand service strategy and brand initiatives while maximizing the return on investment…In addition, creates and executes a business plan that is aligned with the property and brand’s business strategy and focuses on the execution of financial activities and the delivery of desirable financial results.”

The company is also looking to fill the position of Director of Engineering who will have overall responsibility for maintaining the building, grounds and physical plant with particular attention towards safety, security and asset protection, among other responsibilities.

A Partnership for National Unity’s (APNU) (Continued on page 22)

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City mechanic fined for dumping derelict vehicles on Govt reserve

Derelict motor vehicles dumped on Govt. reserve along John and Middleton Streets

O

wing to its o n g o i n g campaign to enforce penalties on defaulters for littering, the monitoring and enforcement litter unit, attached to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), has taken legal action against one city businessman, for the alleged dumping of derelict motor vehicles on a Government reserve.

The action is as a result of a formal complaint being made to the Litter Unit by a concerned res ident of Campbellville, Georgetown.

As a result, the alleged polluter, a mechanic by profession, who operates a business at John and Middleton Streets, Campbellville, was contacted by the department on May 16, 2014.

Reports suggest that the mechanic took full responsibility for placing four derelict vehicles on the Government reserve at the said location.

He was then notified of the litter regulations of the Environmental Protection Act and the various fines

attached to non-compliance.

The unit thereafter issued two (2) clean up orders and one (1) litter removal order to the defaulter as a result of him not fully complying with the aforementioned regulations. The orders were issued between May 16 and July 13, 2014.

More so, photographs were taken of the location and derelict vehicles dumped along the road.

H o w e v e r, d u r i n g a subsequent visit to the business place it was observed that the said notices were not fully complied with and as a consequence he was charged for failing to comply with the clean up order and failing to comply with the litter removal order of the Environmental Protection Act of 1996.

Earlier this week, the businessman appeared before the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court, where he pleaded not guilty to charges related to non- compliance of sections of the Environmental Protection Act. He was placed on $ 10,000 bail and ordered to return on July, 29, 2014 for trial.

Marriott begins recruitment of...

From page 21 Shadow Labour Minister, Basil Williams recently said that Guyanese must be given the first opportunity to work at the much touted five-star Marriott Hotel in Kingston, Georgetown.

One section of the media recently questioned where Marriott would be sourcing the requisite quality of staff for the Hotel and noted the possibility of the importation of skills.

Finance Minister Dr. Ashni Singh had recently announced that Marriott would begin its recruitment drive. Singh, during a press conference held at the NCN

Studio, maintained that the Hotel, which is set to open its doors soon, will be directly responsible for providing jobs for hundreds of Guyanese and indirectly, for many more people. “They will recruit persons with some amount of experience and expertise which they will complement with their own personal training in a bid to equip those persons with the necessary skills,�

Guyanese were not involved in the construction of the 197 room hotel in Kingston, Georgetown; a reality which had sparked much criticism and protest.

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Letters... Where your views make the news

Duty to defend Guyana’s sovereignty must not be selective

(From page 23)

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DEAR EDITOR, What a demanding headline in the Chronicle Newspaper of July 11 – Manickchand: Leaders have a duty to defend Guyana’s sovereignty!

Yes, they do, but this duty must not be selective.

Whatever happened to defending our sacred sovereignty when the Venezuelans so regularly invade our land with boldness and gross disrespect?

How vocal have we been over these incursions? On these occasions, we the Guyanese are treated to

blanketed explanations which are tantamount to excuses on behalf of the Venezuelans.

The Venezuelans operate with ‘carte blanche’ and not a Minister speaketh.

The US Ambassador did no wrong. He simply supports a valid call for good governance, for our Local Government Elections (long, long overdue) to be held.

This call is in the interest of all right thinking Guyanese – who comprise the majority.

Since when does Guyana’s sovereignty mean so much to government ministers and officials when

so many of them leave these shores and conduct activities which would eventually deign them to “belongance” to other territories?

Going to the Ambassador’s home to (try) to embarrass him is not defending your country’s sovereignty, it is gross disrespect.

All that was accomplished was more support for the call for Local Government Elections.

Thanks to Ms. Manickchand.

However, we must understand the nature of these people who govern us.

They are not very sensible in

the protocol area.

They would host a memorial event for Cheddi Jagan and arrange for all and sundry to be garlanded.

It is not usually about remembering Cheddi. It is about highlighting themselves!

Even though I was not the perpetrator of this foolish act, I feel terrible as a Guyanese and must offer an apology to the Ambassador. In honour of his forthrightness, we must, in one voice call for LOCAL GOVERNMENT ELECTIONS NOW! Edith Parmanand

From page 4 otherwise. Hitching one’s wagon to one or the other rather than rejecting them outright does no good for Lindeners. Electricity subsidy to Lindeners continues as legal discrimination against the rest of Guyanese nationwide who get none.

Mr. Browne’s resolve of reclaiming what he feels was unfairly lost by democracy‘s free and fair elections must have however brought much good tidings of comfort and joy to many. Should our Amerindians who invited no one to Guyana to lord it over them reclaim their land? Not only have they been conquered but they are on the short road to cultural extinction. They alone possess immense superior rights to demand all interlopers leave Guyana.

Who speaks for them can

only be by the precedent Mr. Browne advocates or not.

Failure to hold local government elections in Guyana for some 17 years has apparently eclipsed fried plantains as a best seller, but it cannot be due to its “Made in USA” production label. Nor is it in compliance with established PNC tradition as followed by both Presidents Forbes Burnham and Desmond Hoyte’s well known record of imbibing the usual “Made in USA” shipped “special products”.

It’s the horrific details at the Rodney Commission of Inquiry (RCOI) that are inflicting a massacre on the PNC’s image and the local government elections chatter is the counter attack to deflect attention from their sins.

Convinced he is absolutely right by his own common sense reasoning, Mr. Browne adamantly reasserts that “I refuse to beg for something that rightfully belongs to me. I refuse to hear your “no”, more than once, to my request for what is rightfully mine.” For Mr. Browne to toss

caution to the wind may open a Pandora’s volcano of misery for everyone.

Any claim that he assumes as his right also legitimizes “outsiders” claims as well. Alcan’s Demba and Bookers would be most entitled to totally retrieve their properties which they built and developed in Guyana.

The Cheddi Jagan International Airport, Timehri, long ago Atkinson Airport, was once US property, courtesy of Britain to America.

They may try but slave descendants, and all others would resist being re-enslaved all over again. Maybe it’s only overzealous youthfulness which motivates such assertions made by Mr. Browne. To be fair to him it cannot be assumed that he is setting the stage for British or Americans warships to invade and overrun Guyana as in 1953.

The idea of Chinese gunboats sailing up the muddy Demerara River to rescue their laundromats, restaurants and fellow Chinese is too much to

imagine. Those across the border who actually believe two-thirds of Guyana belongs to them, ever vigilant, could also become emboldened to make their move while we do our usual brawls. No Guyanese obeah, jahray, jadoo, cumfa or voodoo are any match for such external firepower. Mr. Browne’s earlier aspiration to be chief citizen of Linden is most commendable. With sincere advertisement to hand over power and by good fortune’s aid he could elevate himself as the next AFC leader, just for the asking if they permit.

That party’s commitment to “break the anvil of PPP and PNC witchcraft politics and take local power outside of their control… (and significantly continue) …. taking national power and ridding the country of the two politically destructive entities that gave nothing but a life of misery for half of a century” is a swansong which still has many fans even as it is on the wane.

Sultan Mohamed

From page 4 publish will define the intellect and morals of the writer since literature is about the historical foundation of a nation.

The greatest Greek poet Homer, and Roman Poet Virgil, wrote epic Poetry of great historical significance.

Their poetry in the original Greek and Latin languages contained no sentence or

paragraph of profanity. Why can’t our writers do the same?

Almost every day, I read of domestic violence in our country - men killing and hurting their wives or girlfriends and women killing their husbands and boyfriends. The news in our media makes one sick. As I travel to different parts of Guyana, cuss words ring out like showers of rains in our communities.

There is no respect for one another, even in the churches people can curse. It’s about time we implement laws related to indecent language and indecent behaviour.

The future of this nation lies in the hands of our next generation, but we are just a few years away from becoming a nation of illiterates and profoundly ignorant people

with no future if we don’t change our way of speaking.

Guyana is a nation too young to die, we need to raise our standards higher, our leaders need to set the moral example to our citizens. They need to stop fighting and cussing each other and work with love and unity to build Guyana.

As our National Poet Martin Carter Wrote: All are involved All are consumed.

I do not sleep to dream/ but dream to change the world.

We must have a dream to change: if we change our character and attitude we will change our nation and be a better people in the generations to come.

Rev. Gideon Cecil

Demanding local elections is valid with all its...

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Tax increase results in St Lucia electricity rate hike CASTRIES, St. Lucia CMC- St. Lucians will be paying more for electricity from this month onward because of an increase in the tax government charges on fuel purchased

by St. Lucia Electricity Services Limited (LUCELEC).

The tax came into effect on June 16, when the statutory instrument for that purpose was published in the St. Lucia Gazette.

A statement on Thursday from the c o m p a n y, s a i d a l l f u e l purchased by LUCELEC from Buckeye St. Lucia Terminal Limited since then

has attracted a levy of 50 cents (One EC dollar = US 37 cents) on every gallon, an increase by 30 cents.

“This increase in the levy will be reflected in customers’ bills beginning in July,” stated company spokesman Roger Joseph, who added that the increase will be marginal.

“For July bills that’s a difference of about 0.9 cents per unit (kilowatt hour).

“Despite the adjustment, the fuel surcharge for July is minus 0.1 cents per unit, as the overall price paid for fuel

by LUCELEC during the month of June was still marginally below the average price paid for fuel t h e p r e v i o u s y e a r, ” h e explained.

Joseph said LUCELEC customers can see details of the basic tariff and fuel surcharge on their monthly electricity bills.

The increase in the fuel levy from 20 cents per gallon to 50 cents per gallon was announced by Prime Minister Kenny Anthony during the presentation of the 2014/15 Budget Statement in May this year.

Ukraine says rebels will pay as missiles kill 23 soldiers KIEV/DONETSK Ukraine (Reuters) - Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko vowed to “find and destroy” pro-Russian rebels who killed 23 servicemen and wounded nearly 100 in a missile attack yesterday.

Poroshenko issued his angry statement following an emergency meeting of his security chiefs called in response to the early morning strike by Russian-made Grad missiles on an army motorised brigade near the border with Russia.

The attack, which came as government forces seemed to be prevailing in the threemonth conflict, appeared to be the deadliest on government troops since the Ukrainian military ended a unilateral ceasefire on June 30.

“All those who used the Grad against the Armed Forces of Ukraine will be found and destroyed,” Poroshenko said in a statement on his website.

“For every soldier’s life,

the militants will pay with scores and hundreds of their own. Not a single terrorist will avoid responsibility; each will get what they deserve,” he said.

The pro-Russian separatists launched a volley of Grad missiles at 4:30 a.m. on the border post at Zelenopillya, in Ukraine’s easternmost Luhansk region, military sources said.

Ukraine’s Defence Ministry said 19 servicemen were killed and the border guard service said four of its number also died. Military spokesman Vladyslav Seleznyov said on his Facebook page 93 were injured in the Grad attack.

Authorities had earlier put the death toll at up to 30 but this was later scaled down to 23.

Kiev blames Moscow for fanning the violence and allowing fighters and highpowered weaponry to cross the frontier from Russia to Ukraine.

The attack was a big setback for the government which scored a notable victory last weekend by pushing rebels out of their stronghold in Slaviansk and forcing them back to the industrial city of Donetsk, where they have dug in.

Separatists have been battling government forces for three months since they set up ‘people’s republics’ in the Russian-speaking east of the country and said they want to join Russia.

P o r o s h e n k o ’s government has threatened a “nasty surprise” to drive rebels out of Donetsk, the region’s industrial hub with a population of 900,000, while pledging to limit civilian casualties.

In Donetsk’s main railway station, people said they had been waiting in line for two hours to buy tickets to flee the city, which they feared would suffer the same destruction as Slaviansk did during fighting.

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St Kitts investigating ‘large sum’ of money coming from Iraq – Douglas BASSETERRE, St Kitts CMC – Prime Minister Dr. Denzil Douglas has confirmed that investigations have started as to how EC$1.5 million (One EC dollar =US$0.37 cents) had found its way into an account in bank here, even though the money had been returned to the source of origin in Iraq.

Dr. Douglas, who is also Minister of Finance, said he had become aware that “a large sum of money arrived in the Federation from Iraq for the purpose of purchasing lands in Nevis owned by the Nevis Island Administration (NIA).

“I am aware that the banking system in St. Kitts in particular refused to accept the money and refused to lodge the money into the

Dr. Denzil Douglas account that was supposed to be owned by a company whose ownership is jointly by a high official in the Nevis Island Administration and his wife.”

He said that that even though the money was returned to the place of origin “we have been further informed that what appears to be the very same money – but with an increased amount to it, over $1.5 million – then appeared in the banking system again this time in Nevis and in fact entered into a personal account of persons who were deemed to be ordinary persons who may not have had good reason to have such large sums of money deposited in their account”.

“I understand that some action has been taken by the management of the bank with regard to the staff that might have been involved,” Dr. Douglas said without elaborating.

Putin pledges to help Cuba explore for offshore oil (Reuters) - Russian President Vladimir Putin pledged to help revive Cuba’s struggling offshore oil exploration yesterday at the start of a six-day tour of Latin America as Russia aims to reassert its influence on the communist-ruled island.

Putin was joined in Havana by close ally and socalled Russian oil czar Igor Sechin, the chairman of state oil company Rosneft, to finalise a deal to explore for oil off Cuba’s northern coast.

The Russian president also promised to reinvest $3.5 billion of Cuban debt with Russia into development projects on the island, part of a deal in which Russia forgave 90 percent of Cuba’s debt, or almost $32 billion, most of it originating from Soviet loans to a fellow communist state. Both measures inject much-needed foreign investment into Cuba and demonstrate an act of defiance against the United States, which maintains a 52year-old economic embargo that effectively shuts out many Western companies from doing business in Cuba.

“We will provide support to our Cuban friends to overcome the illegal blockade of Cuba,” Putin said.

Putin’s journey to the back yard of the United States comes as he is under pressure from the West to help restrain pro-Russian separatists in Ukraine and urge them to find a negotiated solution.

Sechin is one of the Russian executives the United States has targeted for economic sanctions over the

Russian President Vladimir Putin (L) stands next to Cuba’s President Raul Castro as they attend a wreath-laying ceremony at the Soviet Soldier monument in Havana yesterday.

Credit: Reuters/Alejandro Ernesto/Pool Ukraine crisis. The United States has blacklisted individuals believed to be part of Putin’s inner circle, and Sechin is among the most influential people in Russia.

Putin will also visit Argentina and Brazil for bilateral talks, and while in Brazil he will participate in a summit of the so-called BRICS nations of Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa on Tuesday and Wednesday.

On his first stop in Cuba, the Cold War ally of the former Soviet Union situated only 90 miles (145 km) from the United States, Putin met with former President Fidel Castro and current President Raul Castro before receiving the Medal of Jose Marti, Cuba’s highest decoration.

Fidel Castro, 87, stepped down in favour of his brother

for health reasons in 2008 after 49 years in power. For an hour he and Putin discussed international affairs, the global economy and Russian-Cuban relations, the Kremlin said.

Any major oil find would radically improve Cuba’s economic trajectory.

Cuba produces about 55,000 barrels per day (bdp) through ageing onshore wells and imports about 110,000 bpd on favourable terms from socialist ally Venezuela.

Following a number of foreign companies whose wells have all come up dry, Russian oil company Zarubezhneft last year began drilling in Cuba’s Boca de Jaruco area. That project has been suspended.

Zarubezhneft also has been helping Cuba extract from existing onshore wells.

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Smalta throws weight behind Junior Squash team Ansa McAl under its Smalta Brand showed its commitment to the Guyana Squash Association when it renewed it sponsorship of the National Junior Squash team that departed yesterday for the Caribbean Championships that will be held in Bermuda.

Guyana is the defending Boys, Girls and overall champions and will be seeking a tenth title to confirm their dynasty in the region.

Ansa McAl’s Public Relations Officer, Darshanie Yussuf, yesterday extended well wishes, on behalf of the company, to the team.

Letter to the Sports Editor

Tappin retracts The National Junior Squash team take a photo opportunity with Ansa McAl PRO, Darshanie Yussuf (right), who officially handed over the sponsorship package.

Guy U-15s...

Saturday July 12, 2014 ARIES (Mar. 21–Apr. 19) You may be looking forward to talking on the phone with someone dear who lives far away, Aries, but circumstances beyond your control could get in the way.

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During the day you might be tempted to try to analyze what's going on, but this is apt to raise more questions than answers.

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VIRGO (Aug. 23–Sept. 22) Stress might be getting the better of a household member today, Virgo. This person feels emotionally volatile. The least irritation could set off a temper tantrum. Try to ease the pressure by staying out of the way.

PISCES (Feb. 19–Mar. 20) A subject you're researching, perhaps for a class or workshop, might prove more difficult than you expected, Pisces. The resources you consult might be very scholarly and thus difficult to read.

From page 29 time spinner, said he is looking forward to his second tournament at this level and was confident that if everyone plays to their full potential Guyana could return home next month with the trophy. “I am depending on the entire team to do well and both of our spin bowlers (Nedd & Hathiramani) have experience of playing last year. Coach (Julian Moore) is working with us to improve our game and fitness. As one of those who have played before I have an idea of what to expect in Jamaica,” Yadram said. “We are hoping to get in some fielding drills tomorrow (today) if the weather is good and possibly a practice match or two,” Yadram concluded.

The U-15 squad: Bhaskar Yadram (captain), Joshua Persaud (Vice Captain/W/k), Kevin Sinclair, Christopher Campbell, Alphius Bookie, Kurt Lovell, Steve Deonaraine, Ashmead Nedd, Sagar Hetheramani, Orlando Jailall, Stephen Kamaladeen, Colin Barlow, Bhojnarine Singh, Kris Ramnarine, (Manager) Andy Ramnarine, (Coach) Julian Moore

DEAR EDITOR, With reference to a letter which appeared in your column titled ‘Public debate on football’ on June 3, 2014, editor allow me space once again to publicly retract all comments captured in the missive which was attributed towards the Guyana Football Federation. For the game for the world.

Rollin Tappin

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Warriors edge through to opening 8th Annual Caribbean Powerlifting Championships – St. Croix USVI Marino Jeffrey & Germaine Snagg powers win in as CPL gets underway Guyana’s Amazon and Permaul. and was comprehensively to gold; Smith settles for bronze on day 2 Warriors squeezed through to Set 137 for victory, the bowled for the first halfa 2-wicket victory over the Antigua Hawksbills in the opening match of the Limacol Caribbean Premier League (CPL) 20/20 cricket tournament at the National Cricket Stadium, St George’s, Grenada yesterday. The Warriors started well by winning the toss and sent the Hawksbills into bat and they looked set for a challenging score as the Hawksbills motored to 40 before the first wicket fell, that of Ben Dunk for 38 caught by Mohammad Hafeez in the sixth over bowled

by Ronsford Beaton. Shacaya Thomas made 20 and he was next to go in the 14th over caught Hafeez bowled Veersammy Permaul with the score on 100.

Danza Hyatt hit 36 before he followed in quick succession, run out by Kishmar Santokie.

A further procession and a miserly spell by Sunil Narine strangled the Hawksbills batsmen as the overs expired, the Hawksbills reaching 136 for the loss of 8 wickets.

Narine bowled his 4 overs for only 3 runs, while Jimmy Neesham picked up 3 for 33 with a wicket each for Beaton

Amazon Warriors started disastrously when Sheldon Cottrell uprooted Lendl Simmons stumps before he had scored. It was soon 8-2 as Martin Guptil, who got off with a boundary, was caught

by Carlos Braithwaite off the bowling of Miguel Cummins.

Hafeez (35) and Skipper Denesh Ramdin (51) rebuilt the innings before Hafeez, when looking well set, mishit one that went straight up off Marlon Samuels.

Wicketkeeper Devon Thomas comfortably held the offering.

Neesham joined Ramdin and hit a few lovely strokes but was undone by Cottrell as he changed his pace to have him caught by Braithwaite with the Warriors at 100 for 4. Christopher Barnwell got things underway with two well struck blows, played a silly shot and was the first of 2 wickets for Ben Laughin.

Navin Stewart fell in quick succession and the Warriors seemed in trouble, but with the skipper there hope was alive. Ramdin hit across the line at one from Braithwaite

century of the tournament and with the score on 117 for 7 the Warriors were in a real spot of bother.

Permaul and Narine joined forces and took the singles before Permaul hit two boundaries, including a maximum. Going for a third he was caught by Hyatt off Cottrell in the 19 over. Narine, with Santokie, faced the last over with four needed and sent the third ball of Braithwaite’s last over straight back into orbit and that was the match. Cue Amazon Warriors celebrations in the dugout. The tournament continues today with the first double for this season’s event at the Grenada Stadium.

Trinidad Red Steel take on the Barbados Tridents at 10:30am and later at 2:30pm St Lucia Zouks oppose defending champions the Jamaica Tallawahs.

Scores: Antigua Hawksbills 136/8 (20/20 ov) Guyana Amazon Warriors 140/8 (19.3/20 ov) Result: Guyana Amazon Warriors won by 2 wickets (with 3 balls remaining)

Guyana’s power-men have continued their excellent showing on the international stage despite continued challenges with another exhilarating performance at the 8th Annual Caribbean Powerlifting Championships currently taking place at the Kings Hill, St. Croix Education Complex in the United States Virgin Islands.

After racking in a gold medal through debutant Osmand Mack in the 74kg class and silver from regular Paul Adams in the same category on day-one, Thursday, the Guyanese increased their medal tally to

5 overall yesterday when another debutant, Marino Jeffrey (93kg division) powered his way to the gold medal with a total of 677.5kgs in the afternoon session.

In the morning session, the gold medal standard was maintained when Germaine Snagg, who bombed out two years ago, made it count this time around c o mpeting in the 83kg category. Snagg flexed his way to the gold medal with a total of 625kg while countryman and another new kid on the block Erwyn Smith achieved the bronze medal, totaling 597.5kg. Puerto Rican

The final day of competition is today and seasoned campaigner Karel Mars will be aiming to maintain the medal standards in the

Jose Matos won the silver medal with a total of 610kg.

Jeffrey was flawless in the squats with positive lifts in all three attempt s , 2 6 0 k g , 272.5kg and 285kg. He got his first attempt in the bench press of 165kg but was unable to lift the bar on his second and third attempts, unsuccessful with 182kg.

It was a similar situation with the deadlifts as Jeffrey made good on his first attempt of 227.5. His second and third attempts at 237 did not materialize but the hard work would have already been done as his rivals failed to better his exploits.

battle of the big guns, the 105kg class.

Medal hall so far; Gold 3, Silver 1, bronze 1, total 5.

Regional U-17 tourney

Rutherford, Sukwah slam half centuries as Guyana beat T & T by 62 runs Sherfene Rutherford and Adrian Sukwah stroked half centuries as Guyana defeated Trinidad and Tobago by 62 runs in the third round of the Regional U-17 50-over tournament yesterday in Tobago. Guyana rattled up 2458 off their allotted 50 overs after they were asked to bat at Shaw Park. Rutherford and Sukwah put together 131 for the second wicket after Ronaldo Renee (16) went with the score on 26.

Rutherford slammed eight fours and three sixes before he retired on 79 which came off 81 balls, while Sukwah belted five fours is scoring 56 from 105 balls. Kemo Paul hit a robust 33 (4x4, 1x6) and Ronaldo Ali Mohamed 29 (2x4,1x6). Kirstan Kallicharran

Jamaica, Barbados register wins grabbed 3-38, Bryan Boodram 2-39 and Emilo Gopaul 2-45 for T&T. Trinidad and Tobago were bowled out for 183 in 43.2 overs in reply. Dejourn Charles (25) and Brandon Maharaj added 42 for the fourth wicket after they were reduced to 31-3 in the eight over before left arm spinner Akieni Adams ended their stand with the wicket of Charles. Off spinner Richie Looknauth then accounted for Sachin Seecharran (04) as the host fell into further trouble at 83-5. Maharaj and Bryan Boodram (20) put together a further 42 for the sixth wicket before Paul removed them both within the

space of 12 runs to leave the score at 137-7. Maharaj top scored with 50 which came off 92 balls and contained two fours. David Williams and Jarlarnie Seales offered some resistance down the order with 24 and 15 respectively, but the efforts of Paul 3-38 and Mohamed 3-58 were enough to give their team a handsome victory. Looknauth, Adams and Travis Persaud had one each. At Bon Accord, Barbados got the better of Leeward Islands by 68 runs.

Barbados took first strike and managed 152 all out in 42 overs.

Yvan Grant slammed 62; Jerrickson Louis claimed 4-18 and Jaidel Richardson 3-16.

Leeward Islands were skittled for 84 in 28.2 overs in reply.

Karima Gore scored 23; Shamar Springer captured 318, Tremaine Harris 3-25, Nicholas Kirton 2-6 and Dominic Drakes 2-18. At Louis D’ Or, Jamaica beat Windward Islands by six wickets. Windward Islands took first turn at the crease and were dismissed for 100 in 34.3 overs. Christian Charlery led with 26 as Michael Frew snared 3-20 and Orane Peterson 2-13. Jamaica responded with 103-4 in 25.3 overs. Jordan Hill cracked 47 not out and Javelle Glenn made 31. Joshua Mann took 2-17.

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Guy U-15s commence one week Camp with early morning training session at CASH

By Sean Devers Guyana will face the Leeward Islands at the Melbourne ground Jamaica in one of three opening matches in this year ’s Regional under-15 cricket tournament from July 22 in Jamaica and the Bhaskar Yadram led side began their one-week encampment yesterday with an early morning training session at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall (CASH).

The Guyanese, who won one of their two titles at this level in 1999, will wing out for Jamaica next Friday for t h i s y e a r ’s 5 0 - o v e r tournament which also involves defending Champions Trinidad and Tobago, Barbados, Jamaica, the Leeward Islands and the Windward Islands.

Manager Andy Ramnarine, a former Essequibian under-15 legspinner, told Kaiteur Sport yesterday that the team was making full use of the limited time and all of the resources available to them despite the adverse weather.

The team had a physical training session at CASH from 06:00hrs to 08:00hrs and are hoping to have some turf sessions to at the GNIC ground in the City once the

ground is in a good enough condition to facilitate practice.

“We had a slight scare last night (Thursday) when Kevin Sinclair had to be rushed to the hospital after showing flu symptoms. We were a bit worried since he comes from Berbice where the Chikungunya virus infection was first noticed and we did not want to take any chances. However, blood tests showed that Sinclair was not infected and participated in some aspects of yesterday’s training

Skipper Bhaskar Yadram bats in the indoor nets yesterday

U-15 Manager Andy Ramnarine

session,” Ramnarine informed.

He disclosed that once the rains continue and no practice match is available, then the morning sessions at CASH will continue everyday for the remainder of the encampment.

“Overall the team is gelling really well and team spirit is very high. We are

also incorporating Social Skills and lectures from various resource persons,” Ramnarine added.

Ramnarine said that the team wanted to thank the Guyana Cricket Board (GCB) and their administrative staff for all the support the team is getting from the Board during their pre-tournament

preparation.

The team had their first practice session yesterday at the Chetram Singh Centre of Excellence at the indoor facility at LBI and although the indoor nets is not conducive for fast bowling practice due to limited ‘runup’ space available, the session went well with the batsmen ‘getting a good

knock’ despite the unplayable condition of the cricket grounds.

Skipper Bhaskar Yadram, left-arm spinner Ashmead Nedd and offspinner Sagar Hathiramani are the three surviving members of last year’s team and Yadram, who is a righthanded batsman and part(Continued on page 27)

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Courts (Guy) Inc benevolent to lucky Junior Maynard is new MHA shoppers with World Cup football lime CARICOM Dominoes King

Courts, Public Relations and Promotions Officer, Roberta Ferguson (2nd left) and, Kenneth Scrubb (extreme right) share the moment with two of the winners, Jhingory’s representative (extreme left) and Azad Mohammed (2nd right).

Local football lovers will eagerly convene at sports bars and wherever a television set could be found to witness the action between Germany and Argentina tomorrow afternoon for the most coveted prize in football—the World Cup. Courts Guyana Inc had earlier put the modalities in place and had staged a promotional initiative dubbed ‘Digital Promotion’ from May 12-June 30 where 8 lucky customers who purchased digital items worth more than $50,000 would be eligible to win a football lime to watch the finals encounter at an identified sports bar.

The lucky winners were selected from various Courts locations and the draw was conducted under the scrutiny of certified external and internal auditors. Those that made the grade are Eleez Jhingory (Main Street), Azad

Mohamed (Diamond), Levina Henry (Parika), Deodat Persaud (Mahaica), Oswald Prince (Linden), Emogene Dainty (Essequibo), Chetram Rambarose (New Amsterdam) and Elroy Narine (Bartica). Yesterday morning a representative of one of the winners, Jhingory, and Azad Mohammed visited the Courts Main Street office where Courts, Public Relations and Promotions Officer, Roberta Ferguson, joined by executive of the furniture store, Kenneth Scrubb, handed over the prizes in the absence of the other winners who, we were told, were scheduled to visit the location to collect their prizes.

During the lime, those aforementioned winners can invite a friend and will be treated to cutters, alcoholic and non-alcoholic beverages at a specified,

popular hangout spot.

Moments after presenting the two winners with their prizes yesterday morning, Ms Ferguson said that Courts was delighted to give back to loyal customers. She said that another aspect of the competition will see another set of customers receiving 14 fridges filled with Coca Cola beverages.

“The Football World Cup is the biggest event in sport and Courts took the opportunity to reward its customers with this thrilling opportunity to watch the finals of the game. This is just another one of the exciting ways that Courts chooses to reward its customers for their loyal patronage. We are pleased to serve and reward our customers, in a way that no other furniture and appliance store is able to match,” concluded Ms Ferguson.

MHA Staff Member Ms. Faneeza Hameed hands over the CARICOM Day King Dominoes trophy to winner, Junior Maynard. Ovid Glasgow is at left.

In a performance that underscored his total disdain for the opposing players, Junior Maynard marked the maximum 18 games to emerge as the new Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) CARICOM dominoes King when the competition took place on Thursday last at the entities Brickdam, headquarters.On his way to taking the top trophy,

Maynard dethroned last year ’s champion Ulric Edwards who could only muster 8 games to take the runner-up position. Rasheed Mohamed, who took a walk down lover’s lane had to be contented with the third place having scored one game less than Edwards.

M H A S p o r t s Coordinator, Ovid Glasgow said that the competition was

well supported by the staff members and activities such as this is aimed at constantly building the camaraderie among the staff members.

Staff members will now be gearing up for the Emancipation competition for the King and Queen trophies. It has been tentatively set for Friday August 8 at the MHA, Brickdam Office.

Police express disappointment over Bryan’s non-selection to Commonwealth Games team The Guyana Police Force yesterday expressed its disappointment over the non-selection of Nigel Bryan to represent Guyana at the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, Scotland, July 22-August 3, stating that the decision might be deliberately aimed at expelling Bryan from the sport.

T h e G u y a n a Ta b l e Tennis Association (GTTA) had named Christopher Franklin, Paul David, Shemar Britton, Idi Lewis on the Men’s Team and Trenace Lowe, Chelsea Edghill, Nathalie Cummings and Jody-Ann Blake on the F e m a l e Te a m . G T TA President, Godfrey Munroe will be attending as Manager/Coach.

Below is the full statement from the Guyana Police Force on Bryan’s nonselection: “Having been made aware of the male players, who comprise the Table Tennis team on Guyana’s delegation for the upcoming Commonwealth G a m e s i n G l a s g o w, Scotland, through a release made by the Guyana Olympic Association (GOA) and which was published in the Guyana Times on

Nigel Bryan Tuesday June 24, 2014, the Guyana Police Force is expressing its concern and surprise at the omission of Nigel Bryan, current National Table Tennis, Under-21 Champion and Men’s Open Champion, and who is also a member of the Police Force. According to information reaching the Guyana Police Force, the available records reveal that Nigel Bryan’s performance on the local Table Tennis scene and at tournaments where he represented the country overseas surpasses that of some of the players chosen for the team. He recently defeated Shemar Britton at the Goodwill Games in Suriname during March this year and also at

the 2014 Independence Tournament.

It should also be noted that Nigel Bryan emerged the Men’s Open Champion at the Goodwill Games where he competed against players from Suriname and French Guiana.

The selection of Christopher Franklyn and Idi Lewis ahead of National Champion Nigel Bryan is also questionable since they have not competed in any local tournament for the past two years.

While we accept that the persons selected are all talented players, we are disappointed that the reigning National Table Tennis Champion of Guyana has been overlooked for the opportunity of representing his country at the Commonwealth Games.

We are of the view that the selection criteria may not have been fairly applied and we are left with the opinion that there may be some collusion aimed at keeping this very talented young player out of the team selected and possibly the sport itself.

Ivelaw Whittaker Public Relations and Press Officer”

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Letter to the Sports Editor

Holder replies to the Essequibo Cricket Board DEAR EDITOR, Please permit me a response to Mr. Nazeer Mohamed’s letter on behalf of the Essequibo Cricket Board dated 2014-07-03 in the Kaieteur News under the caption ‘ ECB RESPONDS TO PRINCE HOLDER’.

Mr. Mohamed as the ECB Public Relations Officer is ludicrously attempting to purposely mislead the public into believing that I had reneged on presenting the facts about the misconduct of Mr. Andy Ramnarine who served as the ECB under 15 Coach in 2013.

The claim that the ECB twice sought to investigate the matter is a blatant lie.

Instead I would have timely and before any investigation could have been conducted, informed Mr. Atto Christiani, Secretary of the ECB that the parents of the affected players did not wish to have their children interrogated since they feared that they would have been victimized.

In fact I was further informed that officials of the ECB had already contacted some of the parents and told them not to cooperate since their children would have been pressured. I however insisted that the ECB still has to do an investigation since it was a serious matter, but this was rejected on the

grounds that I would have been wasting their time.

The ECB wanted me to apologize to Mr. Ramnarine during the statutory meeting which had already decided my fate to silence me, but I bluntly refused as Mr. Ramnarine couldn’t even look at me in the eyes thus cementing his guilt. Mr. Christiani in a previous meeting openly acknowledged that complaints were made to the Board and a letter was also sent to the GCB. Another Executive member, the Marketing Manager at the said meeting chastised the Board for not acting and further claimed that the ECB is placing these issues under the carpet.

Mr. Christiani though, still remains silent on the issue, since he is fearful of relinquishing his much favored position of being a servant and master at the same time, serving as a paid Administrator and Secretary simultaneously of the ECB. Yet the Office is never open but his job is on a full-time basis.

I doubt he would confess to knowing about the issue despite being a Pastor and should be telling the truth.

However, I am maintaining my position and challenging the ECB to prove me wrong. I

have also noted that Mr. Mohamed carefully avoided the other issue, whereby Mr. Ramnarine knowingly played an over-aged relative while serving as Coach during the same time, yet no investigation again.

The player even made the national team but he had to be withdrawn after the discovery was made. Again more dubious collusion among the ECB and executive as Mr. Christiani serves as a national youth selector.

Was I called to provide the evidence Mr. Mohamed?

I will do so once the ECB and GCB are serious about knowing the truth rather than defending the absurdity and wanton disregard for sanity whilst occupying office.

The GCB on the other hand never denied having received neither a letter of complaint by a parent nor knowing about the issue of the over-aged player. Instead Mr. Anand Sanasie, Secretary of the GCB like never before is now interested in the affairs of the ECB. After all it is the ECB that is really governing the GCB until now!

Mr. Mohamed wrote about democracy during the ECB last elections, but was it really democracy or securing a fortuitous legacy? I still remember how imposing Mr. Sanasie was, so that he could

Sarah Lewis sponsored by Hand-in-Hand Insurance for C’bean Squash tourney Hand in Hand Mutual Fire & Life Insurance Company has come to the aid of Sarah Lewis to ensure her participation in the Junior CASA Championships scheduled for July 13-19, 2014 in Bermuda.

Lewis is part of the Guyana Squash Association delegation which left these shores yesterday and will be defending the Boys, Girls and Overall Team titles. The young Guyanese athletes will be aiming to win the overall team championships for an unparalleled 10th consecutive year.

The Hand-in-Hand Mutual Fire & Life Insurance Group of Companies extended their benevolent hand by way of sponsorship for Junior Team member Sarah Lewis.

Hand-in-Hand in a release said that it is committed to the development of sports in Guyana, and sees this as a great opportunity to fulfill its corporate responsibility by supporting positive activities for the youths of our nation.

Hand-in-Hand Human Resource/Administrative Manager, Mrs. Zaida Joaquin hands over the sponsorship cheque to Sarah Lewis at the company’s Avenue of the Republic Head Office.

have served as the returning officer of the last elections, even amid the flooding allegations and court matters surrounding the illegality of the GCB. He just didn’t care about his reputation as a WICB Director, but instead he wanted to ensure at all (cost) that the status quo remained.

After the elections the beneficiaries were predictable since it was dubbed ‘votes for posts’. Let’s examine them since never before did the ECB have so much influence into the functioning of the GCB. The following posts were offered to the ECB officials: 1-Vice President–Fizul Bacchus; 2-Assistant Treasurer–Veren Chintamani; 3-Public Relations Officer– Andy Ramnarine; 4-Senior Manager-Alvin Johnson; 5Under 15 Manager-Veren Chintamani; 6-Under 17 Manager-Nazeer Mohamed; 7-Under 19 Manager-Alvin Johnson; 8-Youth Selector-

Atto Christiani; 9-DEB INC.DIRECTOR-Fizul Bacchus; 10-CEO-DesignateAlvin Johnson. While I am not questioning the integrity of some of these individuals, it poses the question as to how suddenly did the ECB become the main technocrats of the GCB even as history has proven otherwise both administratively and on the field?

Have the results by the various national teams not been a reflection of the ECB performances? After all democracy has prevailed! I have no qualms about being defeated by Mr. Bacchus since my conscience is clear; a belief that cannot be said of some of the executives of the ECB who remain vulnerable towards the offer by the talisman (never held a bat) of GCB and a Board that still remains without a qualified captain (qualified in another field). In other words if General Elections of the GCB

are not held without delay then this ship will not only sink but the occupants may not be found in a thousand years and similar to the famous Titanic.

To alleviate such fear therefore, I am appealing on the Government and the Minister of Sport to have his Excellency assent to the Cricket Administration Bill that was recently passed in Parliament by the majority of elected members.

It is the only way forward for the restoration of transparent, democratic and prudent management of the administration of the game in Guyana. I wish Mr. Mohamed and company well, as I reiterate my vociferous call for the ECB to act on sanctioning their executives who abuse their power. The players, supporters, stakeholders and the game deserve no less.

Yours Faithfully, Prince Holder

Oditt responds to Kennard’s letter DEAR EDITOR, I note that finally the leader of the pack has emerged into the public eye. Mr Cecil Kennard, the former President of the Guyana Horse Racing Authority (GHRA), was soundly defeated at the last AGM, despite engaging in voter padding, and was proud to say that he is a white man who can take his licks. He then resigned as Vice President the following day, while stating that he would only accept the President’s position, apparently his god given right. His provocative actions at the AGM almost caused its abandonment and one Club representative had to remind Mr Kennard that he had never had cause to forge his personal age, a statement which touched a nerve and brought the meeting under control. In fact, Mr Kennard’s management of the AGM made a Parliamentary

Secretary who was present leave in utter disgust immediately after the elections.

His team members have been active recently, passing a useless motion of noconfidence, with the complicity of our now suspended Secretary. Mr Kennard needs to understand that serving in a voluntary position does not give one the right to act in a manner that is inimical to any organization and I am confident that my legal opinion is of a much better quality than his.

Furthermore, we wish to put Mr Kennard on notice that he should not attempt to influence any senior Police officer on approvals for Police presence at race meetings sanctioned by GHRA, since he is not an officer of GHRA.

Mr Kennard needs to realize that his era is over and it is now time for him to ride off into the sunset. Hopefully, he will do so in a manner that preserves the little bit of respect he still has left.

Finally, we have a lot of work to do to improve the standard of racing locally and we need the full cooperation of reputable Club Owners, Horse Owners, Trainers and Jockeys. We can do without persons who are intent on preserving their little morsel of turf and who are prepared to break up an organization to do so.

Unfortunately, this has become the norm within almost all of our sporting organizations.

V. Oditt President Guyana Horse Racing Authority

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Police B Division forms Youth and Sports group in lower East Canje In their continued drive to do things differently and to provide alternatives to tackling the many social ills affecting the society, B Division of the Guyana Police Force (GPF) has formed another Youth and Sports group in the area.

The police B Division (East Berbice Corentyne) Regions Five and Six is under of the command of Assistant Commissioner Brian Joseph and second in charge Senior Superintendent Marlon Chapman who are leading the way in community outreach initiatives.

The latest group was formed following a meeting on Wednesday at the Goed Bananen Land, Community Centre, East Canje Berbice.

This group is expected to cater mostly for the villages of Reliance, Adelphi, Goed Bananen Land and Betsy Ground.

The police delegation that included Chapman, Officer in Charge of No one subdivision Assistant Superintendent Guy Nurse, Chief Inspector Gregory Springer and Corporal Randy Hamilton interacted and held wide ranging discussion with those in attendance including, truancy, noise nuisance, youth development, employment, crime and the promotion of sports among other topics.

There were full participation and interaction by those in attendance.

Among those officiating at the ceremony were Pastor Leslie Hopkinson who did the opening prayer and spoke of the purpose, plans, goals and vision of the organization.

Chief Inspector Springer OC in charge of the Canje District.

Assistant Superintendent Nurse, who was the main

Police officers gathered with the participants at the launch of the East Canje Sports Group. speaker, pointed out that youths have an important role to play in the development of Guyana and they are making use of every opportunity to have them meaningfully utilized. He also looked at the potentials and the opportunities and benefits that can be drived from such a venture. After the discussion the eager residents along with the visiting team of police officers decided immediately to form a youth and sports group in the area. The main aim is to have the youths and other residents meaningfully occupied. The police also promised to assist and follow up on the topics discussed.

There were also many cultural items including skits, dances, poems and other cultural items.

The police officers were

heartened by the response of residents of the villages and told them they would like to see their efforts ‘bear fruits’, so that the residents can achieve great heights and be role model for the youths of tomorrow. The president of the group is Avenash Angad, the Secretary is Coleen Sinclair, Treasurer is Tulseidai Roopnarine, Head Mistress of The Betsy Ground Primary School, while Corporal Hamilton was given full responsibility of coordinating the group.

Four persons were also appointed mentors in Pastor Hopkinson; NDC Interim Management Community Chairman Jaipaul Kuldip, Community activist Jacqueline Rose and Radesh Singh. Corporal Hamilton did the vote of thanks.

(Samuel Whyte)

Shabazz calls CONCACAF World Cup run inspirational Georgetown, Guyana – CONCACAF’s success at the 2014 FIFA World Cup should have a far-reaching and positive impact, says Jamaal Shabazz.

“The performances of the CONCACAF teams at the 2014 FIFA World Cup should serve as a guide for aspiring nations in Caribbean football,” the former Guyana head coach expressed to CONCACAF.com.

Shabazz guided the Golden Jaguars to the semifinal stage of World Cup Qualifying, where they were eliminated after homeand-home matches against Mexico, Costa Rica and El Salvador. Mexico and Costa Rica went on to join Honduras and the United States as the Confederation’s representatives

in Brazil.

“What we have seen from Costa Rica, USA and Mexico must be viewed as an enlightened pathway for all ambitious nations in the Caribbean Football Union,” stressed Shabazz, the Caledonia AIA manager. “Any serious CFU country, or the CFU as a whole, should commission a study of what these countries have done over the last eight years specifically in terms of their national team programs, administration, facilities and refereeing. Their performances at this World Cup is phenomenal and a case of chickens coming home to roost.

“If we are to look at the way these three CONCACAF teams have represented in this World

Cup, and the assertive run especially of Costa Rica, even the most skeptical must acknowledge that indeed CONCACAF has arrived.

“To compete and get good results against the likes of Brazil, Italy, Uruguay and Portugal is by no means guess work and shows that as a Confederation, we have moved from participation in FIFA tournaments to seriously competing.

The only Confederations that have done better than us in this World Cup are UEFA and CONMEBOL. We have out done CAF (Africa) and AFC (Asia). The next step for CONCACAF, in our generation, must be to remain consistent on the world stage.” (CONCACAF.com)

Cleveland Cavaliers return for NBA star LeBron James

BBC Sport - Basketball’s biggest star LeBron James has announced his return to the Cleveland Cavaliers - the team where he began his NBA career 11 years ago.

The 29-year-old made the announcement in an interview with Sports Illustrated on Friday.

James has been a free agent since 1 July after opting out of the final two years of his Miami Heat contract .

“I always believed I’d return to Cleveland and finish my career there,” James said.

James, named the NBA’s most valuable player on four occasions, quit his contract in Miami last month. He would have earned $42.7m (£25.1m) in the two years left on his deal.

His decision sparked a scramble for the player, but he revealed a return to his home state of Ohio was always in his thoughts.

“After last season, free agency wasn’t even a thought,” said James, who hails from Akron, 40 miles from Cleveland. “But I have two boys and my wife, Savannah, is pregnant with a girl. I started thinking about what it would be like to raise my family in my home town. “I looked at other teams, but I wasn’t going to leave Miami for anywhere except Cleveland. The more time passed, the more it felt right.

This is what makes me happy.”

After joining the Cavaliers as the first draft pick in 2003, James rose to superstardom over the next seven years before he was tempted to

LeBron James announced his return to the Cleveland Cavaliers where he started 11 years ago. (AP) Miami in 2010, where he formed a devastating partnership with Chris Bosh and Dwyane Wade.

His announcement on leaving for Miami was made during a staged ESPN television show called The Decision. It led to a backlash from Cleveland fans who burned James jerseys in anger. James, who would have earned $20m (£11.7m) next season, won NBA titles with Heat in 2012 and 2013.

He also led Miami to the NBA Finals in 2011, when they lost to Dallas, and 2014, when they were heavily beaten by San Antonio.

Speaking of his time in Miami, James said: “The hardest thing to leave is what I built with those guys. I’ve talked to some of them and will talk to others. Nothing will ever change what we accomplished. We are

brothers for life.”

The situation could yet get significantly worse for the Heat. Wade and Bosh both joined James in opting for free agency this summer and may now follow their former teammate’s lead by confirming moves away from Miami.

In addition to the Sports Illustrated interview, James posted a photo of himself in a Cavaliers uniform on Instagram with the phrase “I’m coming home”.

He told Cleveland fans not to expect instant success, however.

“I’m not promising a championship. I know how hard that is to deliver,” James said. “We’re not ready right now. No way. Of course, I want to win next year, but I’m realistic. It will be a long process, much longer than it was in 2010. My patience will get tested. I know that.”

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Fitness Express supports Hunte ‘Sunday in the country’ dominoes Fitness Express has supported David Hunte ‘Sunday in the Country’ dominoes tournament which is set to commence on Sunday at Hunte’s residence Middle Street, Pourderoyen.

The entity yesterday donated the trophy which will be given to the winning team. The 18-team tournament will be played on a 20/20 two- in- one –outfour game basis. Entrance fee is $10,000 and the winning team will take home a trophy and $100,000, the runner up $50,000 and third place $20,000. The most valuable player in the final will be given $2,000. Prizes are subject to change and action gets underway at 14:30 hrs.

In a brief remark, Ian Rogers of Fitness Express said they are pleased to be associated with the competition and wished the teams well. Meanwhile, Mix Up and Police have won their respective quarterfinal matches in La Belle Dominoes tournament which continued recently at La Belle Hotel and bar. Mix Up marked 78 games to overcome Providence 71 and Spartan 64. Gilbert Mendonca and Martin Permaul scored 17 each for the winners; Deon Telford made 16 and Junior Smith 15 for Providence.

Leroy Edwards and Desmond Thompson were Spartan leading players with 17 and 14 games respectively. La

McKenzie High blow away Saints in NSBF U-16 contest McKenzie High School blew away Saint Stanislaus College 52-13 in an Under16 contest Thursday night when the ninth edition of the National Schools’ Basketball Festival (NSBF) continued at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall.

Kevlon Cadogan Scored 20 points, grabbed seven rebounds and had five steals in the win for McKenzie High, while Daniel Anthony had a double-double with 15 points and 10 rebounds. For Saints, Kadeem Bowen scored eight points and grabbed three rebounds. St. Roses High also won 43-39 against New Amsterdam Multilateral with Nathan

Saul pouring in 16 points and Shamar Huntley scoring eight points. For New Amsterdam, Ramone Fogenay had 23 points and 15 rebounds. Continuing with the U-16 competition, Marian Academy beat Bishop’s High School 47-41 with Dwayne Obermuller scoring 13 points with seven rebounds and Narryan Ramdhani 13 points. For Bishop’s High, Timothy Thompson scored 27 points with 13 rebounds. In the U14 competition, Saints won 17-3 against Roses with N. Nervais scoring five points with eight rebounds. O. Ghansham scored six points for Roses.

Tour de France 2014: Matteo Trentin wins stage seven BBC Sport - Matteo Trentin won stage seven of the Tour de France after edging out Peter Sagan in a sprint finish in Nancy.

A photo-finish split the pair with the Omega Pharma Quick-Step rider winning by the width of a tyre as Vincenzo Nibali retained the overall race lead. “We came to the Tour for Mark Cavendish to take the yellow jersey and it ended in a crash,” said Italian Trentin of his team-mate’s demise on stage one.

“The next morning he told us we could win a stage. We did it at last.”

There was no change in the general classification, with Astana’s Nibali remaining the overall leader and his main rivals, including Team Sky ‘s Richie Porte and Tinkoff-Saxo

rider Alberto Contador finishing in the leading bunch.

The Italian continues to lead his team-mate Jakob Fuglsang by two seconds in the overall standings, with Sagan third, 44 seconds adrift.

Australian Porte remains the highest-place rider of those likely to challenge Nibali, one minute 54 seconds back, while Spaniard Contador is a further 43 seconds behind.

Andrew Talansky, another of the general classification contenders, crashed in the finishing sprint after he was caught by Simon Gerrans but because the incident happened in the final 3km, the GarminSharp rider was credited with the same time as those in the leading bunch.

Belle chalked up 80 games to beat Police with 75 and R and R on 66. Colin Greene notched up 16 games for La Belle while Claire Benjamin and Andrew Mendonca scored 17 apiece for Police.

Orin Favourite made the maximum 18 and Rafeek Khan 15 for R and R. Mix Up, La Belle and Providence will battle in the semi-final from 16:00 hrs today at the said venue;

Ian Rogers (right) presents the trophy to David Hunte in the presence of player Ashton Clement.

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Sheldon Cotterell salutes after bowling Lendl Simmons . (Randy Brooks, LatinContent, Getty Images)

Mohammed Hafeez hits 4 during the opening CPL game in Grenada.(Randy Brooks, LatinContent, Getty Images)

Denesh Ramdin hits 4 during the opening match between Guyana Amazon Warriors and Antigua Hawksbills in Grenada. (Randy Brooks, Latin Content, Getty Images)

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