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By Abena Rockcliffe Minister of Finance, Dr. Ashni Singh has called for unanimous support in Parliament for two pieces of legislation that will directly affect the Amaila Falls Hydro Project. According to Singh, lack of “timely” Parliamentary support, will most likely threaten progress as critical deadlines are looming and expiration dates on certain commitments expire this year. The two legislations to be debated that are being dubbed critical for the progress of the Amaila Falls project are a motion to increase the debt ceiling and Amendments to the Hydro Electric Act. A Partnership for National Unity (APNU) has noted that it has to carefully inspect the pieces of legislations. Therefore, no definite decision has been made yet on whether or not support will
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APNU says it is still to inspect and decide AFC to await green light from IDB be given on Thursday. On the other hand, “Absolutely not,” is what the Alliance for Change (AFC) is saying as it stands by its position not to support any legislation linked to the Amaila Falls project until it is given the green light from the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB.) Leader of the AFC Khemraj Ramjattan told Kaieteur News yesterday that his party will not budge from the decision made to await the IDB’s approval. He said that the due diligence study undertaken by the bank will be completed by the end of October and then and only then will AFC either support or withhold its support from the Amaila Falls project depending on what is reflected in the report. “If IDB
gives the reorganization we will piggy back on that.” That report will include an economic feasibility study, an environmental study, one that will project if the country will be able to manage. Ramjattan said that in the absence of that document, he does not see the importance in “changing laws and all of that.” The Attorney at law told Kaieteur News that the Finance Minister, with all his persuasion techniques, should try influencing the President to implement the Procurement Commission, which he noted is ordered by the law. That was a sentiment also shared by APNU’s Joseph Harmon who also noted that the Finance Minister should urge the President to assent
to the Bills he rejected and adhere to the “reasonable” demands made by the APNU, including the call for the Procurement Commission. Harmon had also noted that the APNU is not too enthused with regards to the way the Government is seeking to “amend the amended over and over again.” He pointed out that, at the last sitting of the National Assembly, the Government opted not to proceed with the Amendments. Harmon said that he has heard that further Amendments have been made. “So with all these things happening, we have to be really careful on how we are moving ahead.” He said that APNU knows not whether or not it will support
Kurupung residents call for Minister’s intervention on mining lands Residents of Kurupung in Region Seven, who depend generally on mining for their daily bread, are calling on the Minister of Natural Resources and the Environment, Robert Persaud to issue them a plot of land, which is just about a five mile radius from the village. According to residents, the said plot of land was utilised by the Diamond Mining Company for many years. But, they renounced ownership in 2009, and the plot of land was declared opened for miners of Kurupung to put in their claims. After the land claims were put in, the residents said that they were told by the Guyana Geology and Mines Commission (GGMC), that the land was closed. And unknowingly to them, it was subsequently given back to the Diamond Mining Company. “After we done put in our claims and so, GGMC come
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and say that the land is closed, and that we can’t operate on it. We didn’t make a fight over that, but now suddenly, the Diamond Mining Company come and they take over back this land,” one resident said. It was noted that the small scale miners of Kurupung were looking forward to the mining lands as a means of developing their somewhat faltering community. “We really need that piece of land. It gun help us to build our community. And this community needs improvement. The school here has been closed for a whole school year, and we need to fix this, and the health sector, among other areas. We need this
place. We are begging for it,” the resident said. “That company can go somewhere else. Our community cannot. They don’t need it as much as we do. We are in a bad state, and we need help. We need this plot to make a good living,” he added. The residents are asking for the land to be given to them as a gift as Kurupung celebrates 100 years as a community this year. “We weren’t able to make a formal complaint, or request, because of how far away from the city we are, but we the residents of Kurupung are calling on the Honorable Minister to look into our situation. We just want an ear. We called GGMC several times,
but they couldn’t give us a definite answer.” The residents have already drawn up a petition to send to both the Minister and the GGMC. Meanwhile, when contacted yesterday, Assistant Commissioner of GGMC, Newell Dennison said that he is not aware of the matter, but urged that a formal complaint be made. However the residents noted that they are not very confident with the GGMC, and just need to speak with the Minister once.
but is prepared to fine tune the Amendments. Dr. Singh had indicated that government over the last few weeks has maintained a close engagement with the Opposition, particularly APNU. A multitude of critical documents have been shared on a confidential basis. It was said that despite repeated invitations, the AFC has declined Government’s overtures on the Amaila project. However, last Thursday, a group of AFC members engaged the GPL Board and management on matters relating to GPL and Amaila Falls. Singh also noted that decisions on the matters at the upcoming Parliament meeting are critical to ensuring that the IDB timetable for the Board’s consideration of the transaction is achieved. Government officials have indicated that key documents pertaining to the environmental studies of the project have been published on the Bank’s website in keeping with the mandatory 120-day Pelosi requirement before being voted on by the
Finance Minister, Ashni Singh US chair on the board. This requirement satisfies one of the key conditional ties for the project to be voted on by the Bank’s Board of Directors at the end of October. Kaieteur News understands that government has engaged key stakeholders including the opposition during key points of the project’s development. In early last year, Sithe Global made presentations to the media, private sector groups, and opposition parties. Various meetings were also convened at the Office of the President for presentation to the opposition in March 2012, March 2013 and most recently, in June of this year.
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Trafficking in Persons There is some degree of confusion on the substance of the charges by the US State Department that Guyana is not taking effective steps in confronting Trafficking in Persons (TIP) in this country. The US annual report is an undertaking consequent to a UN initiative in 2000 to supplement the UN Convention Against Transnational Organisational Crime. The expanded approach was signed in the Italian city of Palermo (hence the name “Palermo Protocol”) and its name is very explicit in its aims: “UN Protocol to Prevent, Suppress and Punish Trafficking in Persons, especially women and children.” While the original Convention spoke to “transnational organisational crime”, the Protocol also concerns itself with human trafficking within countries. In our case, the US reports allude to both transnational instances (e.g. “ Brazilian women”) and intra-national (“women from the Coast trafficked into the interior”). Article 3 of the Palermo Protocol attempts an exhaustive definition of “Trafficking in Persons”: “The recruitment, transportation, transfer, harbouring or receipt of persons, by means of the threat or use of force or other forms of coercion, of abduction, of fraud, of deception, of the abuse of power, or a position of vulnerability, or the giving or receiving of payments or benefits to achieve the consent of a person having control over another person, for the purpose of exploitation. Exploitation shall include, at a minimum, the exploitation of the prostitution of others or other forms of sexual exploitation, forced labour or services, slavery or practices similar to slavery, servitude or the removal or organs.” There are three main elements to the crime that should be noted: the movement of the persons, the “control” over them and the purpose for their movement. The element of “movement” includes recruitment, transportation, transfer, harbouring or receipt of persons. In Guyana, for instance, women and girls are routinely recruited to work in the interior as cooks, shop assistants etc. to service the gold mining camps. As we have heard in several publicised cases recently, once in the interior, these females are then told to engage in prostitution. This is the classic case of “TIP”. In Guyana, most citizens, and evidently members of the government’s enforcement agencies operate on the premise that these recruited women “should have known what is going on”. That postulate is irrelevant to the crime: once the person was recruited for one job and then given one in the prohibited categories, the requisite “consent” is missing. “Exploitation vulnerability” is standard in the poor communities - especially Amerindian villages - and also vitiates purported “consent”. It is important to note that children cannot give consent: the situation is analogous to “statutory rape”. As far as “purpose” is concerned, prostitution is not the only prohibited purpose to constitute TIP: there is the clause that forbids recruitment and movement resulting in “forced labour or services, slavery or practices similar to slavery.” There are many instances of individuals being moved that would qualify under his clause especially in the forestry and mining industries. We need to be educated to the implications of moving individuals into isolated working conditions and then forcing them to work in sub-human conditions: this is tantamount to involuntary servitude and constitutes TIP. Finally there is the “control” element of the crime. Once the individual has been moved, and subsequently threats, use of force, coercion, abduction, fraud, deception, abuse of power or vulnerability, or the giving of payments or benefits to a person in control of the victim are being employed, this will satisfy the requirement for TIP. The most egregious instance is the “abuse of power” by individuals in positions of authority such as business owners or law enforcement officials that might cow victims into “accepting” their exploitation. There is also some confusion between TIP and “human smuggling”. In the latter case, the element of exploitation is missing, which, if it occurs, would convert the smuggling of the persons into TIP. It is obvious that all Guyanese ought to be aware of the nuances of TIP and do their part to combat it.
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Our Govt. should be able to protect our common interests from any new business partners DEAR EDITOR, Please let me respond to Tony Vieira’s letter (July 10) on proposed joint projects with Brazil. I think we have —justifiably— developed a sometimes excessive suspicion of our government’s decisions on public funds. No doubt our Cabinet is aware that several of Brazil’s neighbours have lost territory to that superpower in the course of very ordinary activities over the last century. The Federal Government has never
renounced the policy of living frontiers, but Guyana should have little to fear if we keep our eyes wide open. I live in a part of Guyana where it is almost essential to speak and read Portuguese for day-to-day business; where the social life is infused with Brazilian commerce, news and culture; where hundreds of my neighbours have dual citizenship, to maintain which they have to take part in Brazilian elections; and where it’s sometimes hard to distinguish the GuyBraz from
the BrazGuy. I don’t say that this reality is a bad thing for us or for the rest of Guyana. It is for every Government to safeguard the national security, geopolitical and territorial, against economic seductions from all suitors. And this government did not take power by force of arms: our executive is in place through elections certified free and fair, under a constitution guaranteeing democratic representation to all Guyanese. We elected a Parliament to
protect all our national interests. At the same time as we scrutinize and secondguess decisions taken or deferred in our name, maybe we should remind both government and opposition who they are working for, and which is the highest constitutional authority in our land. Under a functioning Parliament, our Government should be able to keep our common interests safe from any new business partners, South or East. Gordon Forte
We have to return to basics in the sugar industry DEAR EDITOR, Agricultural activity, accounts for about 30 per cent of GDP in 1991 according to the World Bank. In 2012 according to the Bank of Guyana the agricultural sector only contributed 22 per cent to GDP. In spite of this shrinking of the economic contribution the agricultural sector still remains of crucial importance to the socio-economic wellbeing of rural Guyana with some 100,000 mouths alone feeding from the sugar belt. In 1991, the agricultural sector accounted for 48 per cent of merchandise exports and 40 per cent of the employment. In 2012, the agricultural sector accounted for 32 per cent of the merchandise exports and 30 per cent of the employment, based on the latest credible estimates. Although it has lost its place as the primary driver in the Guyanese economy, the importance of the sugar industry cannot be over emphasized, especially from a socio-economic point of view with respect to rural Guyana. Sugar in intertwined in whether rural parts of Demerara and Berbice does well or not and if rice is added to the equation all of coastal Guyana. It is therefore imperative that the Ramotar administration wake up and tackle the policy and institutional constraints of the sugar sector head on, if these 100,000 mouths eat or starve. It is not today that we know that Guyana has a low lying topography which presents a whole range of challenges concerning the water table and its direct impact on the sucrose content in the sugar cane, yet we continue to not give adequate attention to this key factor that determines whether Guysuco succeeds or fails. We have to return to basics. It was Jock Campbell, the principle owner of
Bookers who produced 334,441 tons of sugar in 1960 using three fundamental principles (1) an increase in the efficiency in the water system, factory and field; (2) stable prices and (3) an improvement in the human relationship between the managers and the workers. It is vitally important that Guysuco accelerate the technological innovations (no we are not talking of Chinese help) and social reform in the sugar belt. That means mechanization in the field, it mean rehabilitation of the factories, it means getting more specialist into the sugar industry and most importantly getting the Government to drill down into the sugar households and find out what is really keeping them back socially – is it the education system; the health care system, the water distribution system, the roads, their access to land, crime, etc. According to Clem Seecharran’s book “sweeting bitter sugar”, Jock Campbell as a sugar leader had a mantra – “producing the greatest tonnage of sugar from the smallest acreage in the shortest time at the lowest cost”. Everything in the industry revolved around achieving this objective; that was their goal and every decision was coin in how it achieved that goal. Now ask yourself, can Mr. Raj Singh, the Chairman, motivate the 15,000 cane cutters to give their all towards such a dream? Jock Campbell was quoted in that book as stating that the qualities of sugar leaders must include competence and experience to achieve the above objective while at the same time understanding how and when to access and structure request for new capital and minimize the cases of hydrological deficiencies. Campbell assured “one ignores this dismal reality of coastal Guyana at one’s peril. But Campbell was not done;
he put aside money under the Sugar Industry Rehabilitation Fund (SIRF) to facilitate planning, maintenance and mechanization to reduce unit cost of production. Jock Campbell intimate knowledge of the industry always brought him to the Venn report which revealed that “every square mile of cane cultivation involves the provision of 49 miles of drainage canals and 16 miles of high level waterways. In the Bookers days they had some 5,000 miles of canals and the mileage today is not significantly less. It was Jock Campbell who reminded us that if we think maintaining the water ways in the sugar belt was expensive try neglect since in his words “trenches left to themselves rapidly silt up and become choked”. This is a recipe for floods and the associated low sucrose content that feed directly into the productivity of the industry. It is all about the size of the production and the productivity level down to the granular level. Since the Jock Campbell
days, the land has not changed and we have to accept the fact that we have to maintain the field and the waterways, we have to flood fallow and we have to rehabilitate our factories. Unfortunately the biggest distraction to this process is the “Jagdeo backhoo” at the Skeldon Sugar Mill. I firmly recommend that a special team of international sugar professionals from South Africa (they are already there) take over the Skeldon factory and field for a fixed period of time with clear deliverables that will be funded directly by NICIL (the holding company for all state owned entities) and allow the Guyanese team to fix the rest of the industry. Honestly, can a human resource manager do all these things? I am sorry but this postJagan imposition on Guysuco of Mr. Raj Singh will not bring confidence into the process of expanding the cultivation, maintain that cultivation and enhance the efficiency of the factories. At the end of the Continued on page 5
Waiting for months to have telephone fixed DEAR EDITOR, Allow me a little time in your newspaper to air my concern. For months now my family’s landline has not been working properly in Buxton. Over a month ago the phone stopped receiving and sending out calls. We have been calling the telephone company since May 2nd reporting this problem and the farthest we have gotten is that ‘technicians are working on it’. We were told that it’s a data cable problem so it has to be fixed underground. Last week I spoke with someone who said the men would be working in the village this week. When they were called Wednesday and Thursday of this week to ask the progress
we got the famous five words ‘technicians are working on it’. To say we are frustrated would be putting it mildly and we are not the only family in the village encountering problems with our landline service. I question if this phone company really cares about their customers. I have no doubt in my mind that their incompetence has to do with the fact that there is no competition when it comes to landline service in Guyana. It is beyond ridiculous that in a country with such a small population, customers have to wait for months on a phone company to have their phones fixed. Mosa Mathifa
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Letters... Where your views make the news... Letters... Where your views make the news Dabydeen’s pathetic excuse for his nonappearance to present Burnham’s speeches DEAR EDITOR, I find Mr. Dabydeen’s explanation for his non appearance to present the volumes of the Speeches of Forbes Burnham wholly disgusting. In essence, excuses for both days are flat and unbecoming for an Ambassador. To add to the attempt at blindfolding us, Mr. Dabydeen starts his explanation by mentioning that (Quote) “Although the
PNC are subject to international academic boycott over the death of Walter Rodney..” (Unquote) – this is hilarious! We want our young people to have the opportunity of accessing some of the greatest speeches ever delivered by a great Guyanese. If proper protocols were in place, then the Foreign Affairs Ministry would have had an Itinerary prepared before the learned Professor/
Ambassador even reached Guyana. Sorry, Mr. Dabydeen, but your excuses for both days are unacceptable and disrespectful not only to Parliament but to all decent minded Guyanese. Editor, do we have to be taken on this walk of tardiness or could we access these speeches without the ceremonious tomfoolery? Please advise me. Concerned Guyanese
I commend Casivis for writing a book that all Guyanese should read DEAR EDITIOR, Unlike Freddie K i s s o o n ’s personal ramblings (via his article in the Sunday, July 14, 2013 edition) about “The Thomas Carroll Affair” book written by David C a s a v i s , I ’ d like to congratulate Mr. Casivis for his bravery on writing a book that all Guyanese should read. David Casavis did what no Guyanese wanted to do (apart from the usual bottom house who seh, she seh, dem seh etc) he wrote about corruption at the US Embassy, and how Thomas Carroll employed senior police officers a s h i s
enforcers. Some of these corrupt individuals (including businessmen) are still around, one particular individual holds a senior position at the Ministry of Home Affairs. Anyone with the ability to be objective after reading this book (leaving out the bitter stick and personal gripes with certain names being mentioned in the book) should understand that the contents are far more important than whether a sentence was constructed properly or not. When s o m e o n e ’s objectivity is clouded with
emotions, bitterness and gripe, then it becomes easier for readers to determine w h a t ’s ‘nonsense’ from what’s not. In any democracy, people should have the choice to decide on whether to buy the book or not, after which they will d e c i d e o n w h e t h e r i t ’s ‘Nonsense.’ The book is available at Austin’s Bookstore (on Church Street) or you can contact me for your copy on 227-8113. Mark A. Benschop
That dress code debate DEAR EDITOR, Interesting, the recent ‘From the Diaspora’ piece about the ‘so called dress code enforced by the Guyana Government and its agencies’. One hopes such ‘enforcement’ is not general. I think one should be conscious of one’s surroundings, have a sense of occasion and exercise judgement. Some of us, particularly from the old school, may not be comfortable, dressed informally or casually in a dignified, ‘serious’ courtroom or in a room of young children, men wearing short pants, women in hot pants. I was a bit surprised to read that people from America going to the Caribbean “want to wear casual clothes”. I always assumed otherwise, at least where women visitors were concerned - those I have met always seemed dressed up and bedecked in chunky, jangly jewellery. The Brits, on the other hand, always seemed comfortable, dressed casually. I always bore in mind the briefing of a tour guide while visiting a poor
African country. He told us to ‘remember you are visiting a poor area of the world, try to look casual, leave your designer bags at home, it is rude to appear to show off.’ But, in the 1990s, when holidaying in Guyana, I always got the impression that ‘casual’ dress plus not splashing money around
meant near poverty to the locals. People felt the UK brethren were the poor relations. No doubt by now they have learnt that ‘it ain’t necessarily so’. I think it all boils down to a sense of dignity, decorum and self-respect and is related to what one has been used to most of one’s life. Geralda Dennison
We have to return to... From page 4 day all Guyanese want a world class sugar industry but there is little hope the post-Jagan PPP has a firm idea of how to execute the technical innovations, enhance the productivity in the fields and improve the efficiency in the factories, to achieve this. Does Guysuco have a professional plant pathologist or field agronomist or certified agricultural machinery engineer? I rest my case. I am now overwhelmed with classified internal reports after reports being sent to me by people who really care about the sugar industry and the more I read and decipher, the more scared I am for those 100,000 mouths that feed from the sugar belt. These people in the post-Jagan PPP who are in charge of Guysuco are operating like strategic novices. As a final point in this letter, I want to personally apologise to Mr. Rajaindra Singh, the current Deputy CEO of Guysuco who is unduly being mixed up with Mr. Raj Singh the current Chairman of Guysuco. For the record, the person under the microscope is Mr. Raj Singh – Chairman of Guysuco, not the Deputy CEO. Sasenarine Singh
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Guyana and Suriname preparing for decline of funds from Int’l Agencies Even as collaborations between Guyana and Suriname expand in the area of Health, both Governments are cognizant of the fact that bold moves will soon have to be made for a transition that will see them having to fill a void that will be left when international partners reduce and eventually cease to render financial aid to certain health programmes. Moreover, Minister of Health, Dr. Bheri Ramsaran, hypothesised, during a press conference at the Guyana International Conference Centre (GICC) on Friday that Guyana, like Suriname, will have to be budgeting for the inevitable transition. However, he noted that efforts are being made to work with international funding agencies to ensure that the situation is managed in such a way that the funding is not discontinued abruptly. The Minister outlined this move as crucial in order to ensure that the gains made over the years are not lost. And according to Suriname’s Minister of Health, Dr. Michel Blokland, the plan to withdraw funding is one premised on the fact that international funding agencies, such as the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank, have decided to classify the Caricom Region as middle income countries. Though the status is one that speaks to development, it however puts the organisations in a position to “say we can give you less money for your programmes because you can look after yourself,” Dr. Blokland underscored. “In some areas, that is true, but we have to recognise that although as a whole, the
Region does better...within the country themselves, there are certain areas, certain populations where we need to have that kind of help from our international partners.” “There are certain issues where our own Governments cannot provide resources to sustain and to fund the help that they need; so that is one of our biggest challenges, to get the money flowing,” asserted the Surinamese Health Minister. As part of its efforts to gear for the transition, Dr. Blokland said that moves have been made by Suriname to put HIV, for instance, in the category of chronic diseases. According to him, “We urge other Governments to treat it as that and to put it in the budget of their Ministries of Health to see it as a chronic disease and not a special entity any longer that has to be treated with only funds from abroad.” He observed though that the Region is doing well as a whole in the fight against HIV, whereby there has been a decline in the death rate for
From left: Suriname Minister of Health, Dr. Michel Blokland and Guyana Minister of Health, Dr. Bheri Ramsaran people that are on antiretroviral therapy, and also, the transmission of motherto-child has reached zero in several territories. “I think that the Caribbean area is doing well but we have to be very watchful and not sit back and think that’s it...We still have to allocate money on our own budget and I think that it is our prime
responsibility that we don’t wait for our partners. We are glad if they are willing to help us and we encourage them to keep helping us because there are certain problems that need extra money...” noted Dr. Blokland. But according to Dr. Ramsaran, the gains that have been made with the support of international funding is certainly not limited to issues
that are HIV-related but rather it also includes challenges such as teenage pregnancy. “Teenage pregnancies tend to be complicated and high-risk and that creates certain demands on the Health Sector and at the same time it raises the possibility of teenagers dying in childbirth or related p r e g n a n c y
incidents...Therefore this is a gain, a quiet gain...and we should celebrate.” With support over the years, the local Health Sector has been able, in an evidenceinformed manner, to address certain areas of weaknesses including maternal mortality, according to Dr. Ramsaran. And since several areas of challenges have been addressed, the Minister said that Guyana will be in a better position to prepare for the transition. “Those are areas where it would allow us to have savings because you will not have to be expending resources to deal with certain issues...With better management, we will hopefully have the transition but administrations will have to put in the national budget more resources and that is where the countries will have to gradually graduate to,” said Dr. Ramsaran. He noted that already the local Health Ministry is hoping and negotiating to have the antiretroviral, the main prop in the fight against HIV, be transferred to the national budget.
National Competitiveness Strategy …
PSC Chairman urges speeding up of process While appreciating the need to speed up the implementation of the National Competitiveness Strategy, Chairman of the Private Sector Commission, Ronald Webster believes tremendous work is being done to increase Guyana’s competitiveness. “I don’t think it (the Council) is moving slothful. Certainly, when I came on as Chairman of PSC, I was a little worried. But there is
tremendous amount of work being done. I would like to see it move faster,” Webster said. The Georgetown Chamber of Commerce and Industry (GCCI), in its Competitiveness Manifesto, listed the need to accelerate the implementation of the National Competiveness Strategy (NCS). According to GCCI, “Guyana’s NCS came into being in 2006, shortly after extensive consultations at the Presidential Summit.
The NCS represents a comprehensive strategy for making Guyana a highly competitive global economic power; in fact, many of the recommendations contained in this document forms part of the NCS.” “However, while some initiatives have been implemented, many still have not been operationalised. We urge the National Competiveness Council to ensure that the goals of the
strategy are fast tracked and implemented,” GCCI stated. The Council is chaired by President Donald Ramotar. Other members include Finance Minister Dr. Ashni Singh; Tourism, Industry and Commerce Minister Irfaan Ali and Chairman of the Private Sector Commission Ronald Webster. According to Cabinet Secretary, Dr. Roger Luncheon, members’ responsibilities are enormous because competiveness in Guyana depends on a wide range of implementable sequences, including legislative, administrative, revenue (GRA), and the considerations of stakeholders have to be solicited. “And if there is any sloth, believe you me, a lot of it has to do with differences between stakeholders. Government might say, ‘you see that provision in the law, we think it should be changed’. But, we are not going to do that unilaterally. We call the Private Sector and say ‘what you think?’ One element of the Private Sector may say no, another element would say yes. The long and short of it, a conclusion is not arrived at until all these differences are reconciled and we move forward,” he said. While members of the
Council are working in various Committees towards implementing the strategy, the lack of competiveness remains one of the big problems facing Guyana. According to Webster, for Guyana to attract investors and be competitive, the economy needs to be efficient with proper i n f r a s t r u c t u r e , communication, processing of documents and affordable energy. “This strategy is about identifying key elements that we need and this is where you have the government and Private Sector Commission working together to achieve these key objectives,” he added. Referring to the work of the Council, Webster said regular meetings with the Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) are held to improve the system to process import and export documents within minutes, rather than weeks. He said the Council is looking closely at the creation of an automated single window processing system. “We have to be careful that we don’t have something so complicated that it is not workable or we go to something that is so simple that you have to constantly modify it and it runs out of (continued on page 19)
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Mr. Vincent Alexander, a much respected gentleman, must not flatter himself into believing that because this column opted to publish a response to his views that he has somehow forced a change in editorial policy in respect to the Peeping Tom column. In the Peeping Tom column of May 16, 2013 it was explained that it is not the general practice for this column to respond to its critics. However, there are obvious exceptions to this rule such as instances where inaccuracies are alleged. If Peeping Tom is being accused of an inaccuracy, then Peeping Tom is within editorial policy to respond to such charges. Peeping Tom has been accused of being wrong in relation to the controversy over the declaration of the results of the elections of 2011; and thus reserves the right to offer clarification and, I daresay, enlightenment, to those concerned. What Mr. Alexander has done in his letter, ‘Peeping Tom’s Second Response Was Equally Wrong” published in this newspaper’s edition of July 14, 2013, is to merely confirm that the mistake that arose in relation to the computing of the seats for the 2011 General Elections could only have been a calculation error and was not due to the wrong formula being employed. Indeed from the example and facts cited by Elections’ Commissioner Alexander in his response, it is clear that the problem arose because of a mistake in the value of one of the variables used and not because of any change in the formula. The formula for apportioning the seats remained the same throughout. The total number of votes cast is divided by the requisite number of seats to be apportioned to find the
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electoral quota. The votes for each party is then divided by this electoral quota to determine how the seats are apportioned using the largest remainder Hare quota formula, which was explained in a previous column. This formula requires only two variables, the votes cast and the seats to be apportioned. If the charge is that the formula was altered it would mean that some other variable would have to be substituted. What has however been revealed is that the mistake occurred not because of the substitution of any variable but because the incorrect divisor, that is the value of a variable, was used. To give an example of how the wrong divisor can result in a mistake without changing the formula, take the case of a batsman who bats for twelve innings and scores a total of 144 runs. In two of those innings he was left not out. To find his average, you have to divide total runs by the total times he was dismissed. This means his average is supposed to be 144 divided by ten. His average is 14.4. However, if because of a mistake, the person calculating the average does not deduct the two times the batsman was left not out it would mean he would divide instead of by ten by twelve, which would give an average of 12. Now this is not a problem with the formula for calculating average. It is problem with the value of the divisor used which in this instance would not change the formula but only the derived result. In other words this is a calculation mistake by virtue of the use of the wrong value in the divisor. In the case of the 2011 elections, we are told that what happened was that in determining the results of the elections, the constituency seats (25) were first calculated
and then the national top- up seats were calculated. As such, instead of dividing the national vote by sixty five, the CEO divided by forty, which is the total of the national top up seats. Why could that not be an inadvertent mistake considering that there are indeed forty top -up seats? This is not a mistake that can be hidden because if the total votes cast were divided by forty it would affect all the parties since only forty of the sixty five seats would be allocated under this latter computation. And the mistake would be obvious to all the Commissioners. These Commissioners are required to certify the results before they are released and therefore the responsibility for the accuracy of the declaration rests with the Commissioners. It is easy for the Commissioners to determine whether there is a problem. They know the total votes cast; they know this has to be divided by sixty five and they are supposed to know the largest remainder Hare quota formula. With this information, it is a simple task for them to calculate the seat allocations. They do not even need to know the assignment of geographic seats because the number of seats to be allotted in the National Assembly requires one to know the total votes cast nationwide and the total number of seats, sixty five. If a party gains twenty six seats when the total votes cast is divided by the number of seats in the National Assembly, and ten seats when the total votes in the geographic constituency is divided by the seats assigned to that constituency, what it means is that from the 26 seats, ten persons must be chosen from their constituency list. What Mr. Alexander is suggesting happened was
Reparations Coalition concerned about CARICOM’s approach to reparation KINGSTON, Jamaica CMC – The Pan–Afrikan Reparations Coalition of Europe (PARCOE) has voiced concern about the approach being taken by the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) in establishing National Reparations Committees. At the recently concluded CARICOM Heads of Government Conference in Trinidad, the leaders agreed to set up national reparations committees in each of the 15 member states as a first step toward tackling an issue that was previously ignored.
While lauding the decision, PARCOE says “that the top down approach being taken to this issue will end up not achieving the reparations aspirations of the masses of Afrikan descendant and indigenous citizens in the Caribbean.” “In our humble opinion this may happen unless concerted efforts are made to enable the facilitation of constructive engagement, dialogue, debate and deliberation within and between civil society, nong o v e r n m e n t a l organisations and social
movements across the respective Caribbean nations in the region to allow for the negotiation of the best reparations common interest,” PARCOE said in an open letter to CARICOM Heads of Government. PARCOE also voiced concern about the decision to enlist the services of law firm, Leigh Day & Co to provide a legal brief in order to present a case for reparations for Caribbean slavery and Native genocide to the International Court of Justice (ICJ).
that the seat allocation (25) for the geographic seats was first determined, then the other forty remaining seats were determined and the two numbers added. This is not a case of using the wrong formula; this amounts to splitting the overall seats into two components, 25 constituency seats and forty top-up seats and determining each separately. I am suggesting to him that this mistake could not have passed muster. Once the total votes are known, all Commissioners would be able, with a simple calculator, to determine how many seats each party would have in the National Assembly. They therefore cannot be hoodwinked. It is precisely because someone did his calculations that the original mistake was corrected before it became fatal. The system was therefore self- correcting. But let us assume for argument sake that there was
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an attempt to give the PPPC an extra seat. In short let us indulge in the conspiracy theory. If this was known then why is action only being taken now? The issue is not about whether this mistake was known publicly. From the reaction of the media, it would seem that the revelations of Mr. Alexander took the nation by surprise. Perhaps there were persons who knew about this mistake but chose not to make it widely known. The issue however is why, if there was this conspiracy, is action only now being taken, almost 20 months after the elections? Why was the CEO allowed to have his contract run to its end? Why no investigation to determine whether this “mistake” was deliberate? Why only now and only when the contract of the Chief Elections Officer is due to be renewed? Let it be recalled that
there was once in this country a Chief Elections Officer who the then Opposition had accused of being involved in producing bogus and fraudulent results. Yet, this same man saved the day in a subsequent election by having done a manual count of the total votes cast, rather than relying on the computer tally. Experience matters! With checks and balances, mistakes can be caught before they present problems. When the verdict is arrived in relation to the contract of the Chief Elections Officer, it may be time for the parties to decide the fate of the Commissioners in regard to what is alleged to have happened in the process leading to the declaration of seats. Perhaps, it is time for a completely new Commission.
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Dabydeen holds successful playwriting Mayor urges City Constab. workshop with Drama School students Officers to “resist evil” at 176th anniversary service
Professor Dabydeen poses with the Students of the Guyana National School of Theatre Arts and Drama On Thursday last, the University of Guyana held a playwriting/screenwriting workshop for students of the Guyana National School of Theatre Arts and Drama at the National Cultural Centre. The featured guest tutor of that event was none other than the acclaimed writer,
novelist, critic, academic and General Editor of the Caribbean Press, Dr. David Dabydeen. The students who were a part of the writing experience included, Keron Bruce, Mark Luke-Edwards, Nickose Layne, Marise Morgan-Bonie, Melanie Sampson, Ray Wiltshire and
Malinda Primo Solomon. The enthused students described the workshop as extremely insightful and beneficial, one which has inspired them to be bold and adventurous when writing. The two hour session saw Dr. Dabydeen engaging the students in discussions
about the background of some celebrated plays, accompanied by brief commentary and some tips on what is expected of a great playwright among other topics. However, what was most fulfilling to the students was when they were each given the opportunity to relate to the distinguished professor their ideas for the plays they have written or intend to write. At the end of this exercise, the professor was certainly pleased and all too excited just hearing the ideas of the young writers. “It was really refreshing to meet the young and upcoming writers of drama who were very imaginative and I learnt a lot from them,” Dabydeen stated.
Georgetown Mayor Hamilton Green, yesterday urged City Constabulary officers “to act in the interest of justice and dignity but resist evil” in all forms. The Mayor was addressing a gathering during an interfaith prayer service held at City Hall yesterday to commemorate the Constabulary’s 176th anniversary. The Mayor, reminded the workers of the City Constabulary Department, to be cognizant in performing their duties. The Mayor told the officers that the City Constabulary Department was designed by colonists, with the objective of smothering the economic prospects of freed slaves and indentured workers; however, he pointed out that this sort of imperialistic behavior should not continue to plague the city.” He noted that the City Constabulary was established in 1837, several years before the Guyana Police Force and the Military. “Thus during the indentureship period, the city officers were used to pressure and intimidate slaves who came to Georgetown to market
their goods. As long as I am Mayor this will not continue…” he assured. Green promised that the harassment against persons who are in pursuit of economic opportunities and objectives in the nation’s capital will cease to exist. Chief Constable, Andrew Foo outlined some challenges. He says that over the years, lack of human resources and equipment continues to be a challenge. “Over the last years, because of the constraints, be it manpower or equipment, the Georgetown City Constabulary Department has not been able to fully execute its functions. We therefore hope that the challenges we face in relation to policing and patrol which is vital to our role will be dealt with,” Foo said. Meanwhile, representatives of several religious bodies at yesterday’s ceremony urged the officers to be sincere, united and focused while maintaining order in city. This year, as City Constabulary Department commemorates 176 years of existence, a week of activities will be hosted in commemoration of the observance.
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THE FRENCH CONNECTION A few weeks ago, I had one of my major illusions shattered. It concerned France and Frenchmen and their infallibility in certain matters not of the heart but of other organs almost as important. I need to be very circumspect in how I phrase this as the subject matter while important, requires some delicacy of treatment. Put it this way, “soccer” and “sucker” are homophones. A homophone is not an electronic apparatus containing a receiver and transmitter connected to a telecommunications system and used exclusively by someone who is sexually attracted to members of the same sex. It is a word that is pronounced in the same way as one or more words but is different in meaning and sometimes spelling like “male” and “mail”. Soccer is
the official English name for what we know as “football”. A “Sucker” can be the type of gullible person of whom the famous showman, PT Barnum said, there’s one born every minute. It can have other meanings some more “lingustic” than linguistic. For example, in France even though one belonging to the masculine gender might enter the world every sixty seconds, there is a cut-off point at 60 million. Calypsonian, the Mighty Sparrow, postulates that in matters of this nature, “Sixty Million Frenchmen cannot be wrong.” For a long time we thought of some things as being essentially French. A kiss using the tongue, for instance, is a “French” kiss. Condoms were “French letters”. To trim fat from meat or cut it into thin strips is to “french” it. There is “French” bread, “French” bean and
what the British call the “French” disease and the French call the “British” disease – syphilis. In a way France and England are two countries that are geographically close but culturally and linguistically poles apart. Even Americans have problems with both French and the French. Billy Wilder, the film director, described France as “a country where the money falls apart in your hands and you can’t tear the toilet paper.” Mark Twain did not like the French because of their superior airs and general haughtiness. Twain was once told by a Frenchman that life can never be dull for an American because when he has nothing to do he can always spend a few years trying to discover who his grandfather was. Twain replied, “Right, but I reckon a Frenchman’s got a little
Corentyne piracy incident ...
Suspects transferred to Paramaribo...charges soon
Deodat standing next to the boat which he and his team used to execute the attack on the pirates last Tuesday. By Leon Suseran The pirates in custody in Suriname for last Tuesday’s daring daylight hijacking of four fishermen and their boat along the Corentyne River have been transferred to a special police unit in Paramaribo which deals with piracy crimes This is according to Chairman of the Upper Corentyne, Number 66 Fisheries and Head of the Berbice Anti- Piracy Squad (BAPS), Pravinchandra
Deodat. He stated that the four men are expected to be charged soon in the Dutch speaking Republic. “I was made to understand that they took them to a special [police] station that deals with piracy. They will be charged soon; they got to get charged because they confessed they robbed the people them.” Deodat and three other members of BAPS had ventured out to the high seas on Tuesday afternoon after
he claimed he made several appeals and calls to the local Coast Guard and police in Guyana, which were allegedly ignored. The men were armed to deal with the pirates who had hijacked two fishing boats off the Eversham coast. An exchange of gunfire ensued and Deodat and his team were able to gain control over the pirates, after which he summoned the Surinamese Coast Guard, which arrived and took the men into (continued on page 16)
standby for a dull time too. He can turn in and see if he can find out who his father was.” There are some ways of simultaneously avoiding fatherhood and providing great pleasure. One of them has now sadly been linked with cancer of the throat and my great illusion that sixty million Frenchmen cannot be wrong has been irretrievably shattered. According to Fox News, “Actor Michael Douglas taught the world at least one thing Monday: Oral sex can sometimes cause cancer.” Quoting an interview in Britain’s Guardian newspaper, Fox says, “Douglas appeared to blame his own battle with throat cancer on oral sex — although that interpretation was later disputed by one of his representatives.” The Guardian quoted Douglas as attributing his illness to the HPV virus spread through oral sex. When asked about his cancer, Douglas said that without wanting to get too specific, the particular cancer from which he is suffering is caused by HPV (human papillomavirus), which actually comes from oral sex.” Adding another dimension to
the issue is that the ex-wife of Douglas (with whom he broke up in 2000) made it clear that she does not have HPV. At almost the same times as Douglas revealed the possible cause of his cancer, the Telegraph ran an article by Rebecca Holman (a writer on women’s issues) entitled, “Why are women going to oral sex lessons?” According to the article, “Sex salons are growing in popularity but it’s mainly women in attendance… These oral sex lessons are £70 a class and everyone who attended seemed fairly affluent.” Ms. Holman revealed, “I attended ‘Playing the Flute with Master Dominic’, one of several sex salons Coco de Mer runs. And you know what? Despite my aforementioned reservations, I actually really enjoyed it. Master Dominic is, as his name suggests, a dominant, who by his own admission is apparently well placed to teach the class…This was followed by a champagne break, before we all paired up to practice our techniques on the aforementioned ice lollies, and ended the class with a Q&A (which some of my more studious classmates
produced notebooks for).” The key point made by Ms. Holman was, “I’m banging on a very tired drum by pointing out that if we had better sex education in schools, and did more to boost young women’s selfconfidence and self-esteem at a young age, then none of these things would matter – people could just choose their own paths based on their own, very personal preferences when the time was right. But that’s not really where we are right now. And to be honest, I don’t know what the alternative or the answer is. All I know is that my foray into the world of sex salons was a positive experience – much more than I was anticipating. I’m just not sure I want it to become a rite of passage for young women everywhere.” I suppose the moral of the story even for the amoral is that sex education in schools is not the issue, it is the homework.” *Tony Deyal was last seen saying that knowing sixty million Frenchmen can be wrong is enough to drive any man in Seine.
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Village leaders are responsible for ensuring land, resources are sustainably utilised - Minister Sukhai Indigenous leaders from Region 9 were urged by Minister of Amerindian Affairs Pauline Sukhai to fully utilise the measures and procedures outlined in the Amerindian Act to address concerns about various issues they may have. On Friday, she joined Minister of Natural Resources and the Environment Robert Persaud and officials of the Ministry’s sub-agencies at a workshop to address moving their communities forward along the path of sustainable development especially as it relates to mining and natural resources. “There is a full list of procedures that need to be followed by the GGMC and the Village Council also,” Minister Sukhai said at the close of the workshop at the St. Ignatius benab. She urged the community leaders to remember that their respective village councils have a key role to play in dealing with various issues and challenges that may arise. “The village council has a function to ensure that land and resources therein are sustainably used and that there is a mechanism developed for the protection and conservation of those resources.” She noted that within the Amerindian Act, there are many guides and tools to deal with some of the concerns raised during the workshop’s
interactive session. She said that if stakeholders stay true to the Act which serves as a guide with respect to land use, resources and governance issues, many of their fears would be abated. One of the issues raised was that of the extension of the boundaries of several hinterland communities, but she reminded them that these requests were not automatically granted. “It depends strongly on the application, strongly on the justification and when an application is made, that extension has to be investigated and validated”. A main factor during this process is the condition of occupation, she added. Focusing on the application by the Nappi community for an extension, she said that within the LCDS agreement with Norway, finance is expected to be made available later this year, under the overseas funded Amerindian and Land Demarcation Project. “We were expecting it last year, but the combined Opposition slashed it. This year because of all the furore and chaotic issues over the budget, and the land titling exercise not being able to be kicked off, Guyana has taken $77. 8M, obtained through cuts to other institutions, to kick start this project. The Kato issue was also addressed by Minister Sukhai. This, she said, was a
Region Nine Toshaos at a workshop at the St. Ignatius benab. case of obstruction to a claim which was approximately 24 miles upriver from the boundaries of Kato. Noting that there is a three- mile buffer zone between the community and any mining concession, she said it was the obstruction o f a n i n d i v i d u a l ’s f r e e passage through a public waterway that caused the case to be brought before the courts. “We have to be careful when we ask these questions. The GGMC has not issued a single block in the Kato Village that I know of or even that the Toshao knows of or he would have complained
Missing Rastafarian’s body found floating in Canje River The missing body of Calvin Osborne also called ‘Haywood’ or ‘Ras’, 26 of Savannah Park Housing Scheme was fished out of the Canje River late on Saturday evening in the vicinity of the Canje River Bridge. This was after he disappeared in the Canje River on Thursday afternoon. Osborne reportedly went to have a bath in the river after completing some chores at the nearby Nyabinghi Headquarters in Tucber Park, New Amsterdam, when he encountered difficulty and disappeared. According to relatives, the man, who was a heavy duty operator, was away from the area for a period of time. They told the media that he had left the area in January for the Interior where he practiced his trade. He only returned to the area early last week and went and joined his Rastafarian brothers at the Nyabinghi
Calvin Osborne compound, where they indulged in sprucing up the compound in preparation for an upcoming event. One of his “brethren” explained that they would usually go to the river to bathe. While they would not swim, they would usually go
into a small boat in the corner of the river and dip water to bathe. They could not say how he ended up in the river because he was alone. But after hearing him cry for help, they hurried to the river only to see him “fighting up” in the middle. “His hands were in the air and he was fighting up, hollering for help,” an eyewitness recalled. Two “brethrens” immediately plunged overboard in an effort to save him, but by the time they could reach where he was, he had already disappeared. Relatives and police had formed a search party and combed the river after he went missing but it was only after more two days that his body was recovered. A Post Mortem examination is expected to be conducted soon. Investigations are continuing.
already to me”. The issue of titling for communities that wanted titles, such as Shiriri which describes itself as a satellite community of Potarinau and existing for more than a century, was also addressed by Minister Sukhai. She noted that the Amerindian Act also caters for such communities that may not otherwise meet the regular requirements for becoming titled. “It says that if a village
council or community council is established prior to December 31, 2003, the Minister may cause an order to be done and recognise you as a community council. The community council has two major tasks and that is to govern the affairs of that settlement and or course, once you become eligible, you can become authorised to advance your land claim so there is in the Act, a mechanism for dealing with that. Sometimes, we tend to
close our eyes because we don’t want to hear about the Act because we have some pre-conceived notions”. She added that leaders must read and understand the Act, then ask the hard questions, because “If you stay silent and leave the Act on the shelves of the bookcase or elsewhere, definitely you will feel it is not catered for, but it is catered for, and so we have to not worry too much so long as we do the right things, I believe that the process will flow in a direction that will be able to resolve many of the concerns and our apprehensions and we will be able to proceed with our quest for developing our villages”. There is close collaboration among agencies which serve the Ministry’s interests and, she urged community leaders to follow the p r o c e d u r e s outlined in policy documents. Going outside of what is agreed to and expected will result in their issues taking longer to be resolved. “Remember that it is government that has all the levels of authority to resolving issues that are affecting not only Amerindians but all stakeholders in this country and all Guyanese”. (GINA)
Suspects transferred to ... From page 15 custody. The fishermen and hijackers as well as the boats are all still in Suriname. Speaking with Kaieteur News on Sunday, Deodat related his disgust when in March his boat was hijacked. He was in the USA at the time when he was notified about the incident. He stated that he had to leave the U.S immediately and come to Guyana. Imagine his frustration when local police at Springlands told him that the incident did not h a p p e n i n G u y a n a ’s waters. “And I knew who did it and I took them to the station, and next thing you know, the police loose the men and never notified me. There is a Piracy Act that if you commit any crime in any territorial waters, you treat it like if it happen in Guyana’s waters—Section 14—but some police even say they don’t even know about it.” Deodat noted that Berbice has the most piracy attacks. “Eighty per cent of piracy is happening in Berbice, because most of the fisher activity is in Berbice. The police make pirates getting more privilege to do
things, and they encouraging pirates because a lot of them at Springlands Police Station are corrupt…when you go there, they take a lot of money from the pirates and loose them.” He said that the local Coastguard need not be annoyed that Suriname is handling the matter. “Why should they be worried? …they must be happy and glad,” he said. “Did they do anything or respond?” he questioned. “The phone continued to ring and nobody answered. The government is trying its best, but the people who have to execute the work—they are lapsing. Many times, they get their boats doing joyride in the Berbice River—from N/A to Rosignol. You don’t do patrol like that. This thing don’t work like you are modeling out there. I am recommending that the government put a marine base at Eversham…so you can get fast response.” He stated that he risked his life on Tuesday. “Who knows when the pirates done with these men, they might have killed them...they even threatened
the men in the boats [to kill them].” “I won’t tolerate this nonsense! Fishermen [are] supposed to go out there and make a decent living. And to the people in authority, they get paid for this work, they must do it! The police and Coastguard a r e w a s t i n g time. They need to get a boat here at Number 61 Village, so this nonsense they talking about border issue, it’s stupidness.” He stated that while there is heavy traffic and other police presence on the roads to catch speeding drivers, police are also needed on the risky waters of the Corentyne River. “A lot of activities are going on there—people working and we are feeding the nation with high quality nutrition and proteins and we contribute to the national economy in this country and we deserve a service!” He switched from his attack on the police to the Coastguard. “They only have a vehicle and driving speed on the road whole day—drawing taxpayer’s monies and they are not serving the people.”
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Monday July 15, 2013 ARIES (Mar. 21- April 20) Today brings you a kind of recognition of who you really are, particularly with regard to how you appear to others in the business as well as the social world. You are wise to make plans toward securing your professional and financial life. TAURUS (Apr. 21- may 21) You have a great love of the written and spoken word and ideas are what you like to work with best. Your enthusiasm for the mind, the intellect and the world of ideas makes it easy for you to communicate to others. GEMINI (May 22-June 21) You look to home and family for support and encouragement. You trust in the more experienced person when you seek advice. There could be opportunities to discuss or hear past experiences-amusing stories--perhaps your own childhood events. CANCER (June 22-July 22) You may find the unexpected as well as the usual lineup of fun things to do but your main interest are with some of the games, the swimming and the yummy meal. You will certainly feel like you are getting away from your routine. LEO (July 23-Aug 22) You will act as a minister to others, like it or not. People seek you out for all sorts of answers. Religious and psychological ideas are natural. You can sense and see the unity of life. VIRGO (Aug. 23 -Sept. 23) Insight into how to please people may extend to the culinary arts. Your vision into what unites people as well as the understanding of the mystical regions of the mind is profound. You may be working and communicating with others in these matters.
LIBRA (Sept. 24 -Oct. 23) Your use of words will grab the attention of many readers and over time you may be surprised at the quantity of stories you will be able to write. You could feel great support from those around you. SCORPIO (Oct. 24 - Nov. 22) You have a natural appreciation for the past, personal as well as world history--all that is traditional. There is an opportunity to head an organization that has to do with a club or church celebrations. SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 23 Dec. 21) With a tablet in hand you may decide to walk around inside your home to find the changes you want to make this summer. This may amount to paint, shelving, pictures, window treatment, etc. Instead of traveling this year, you seem to be looking forward to a little updating or upkeep to your home. CAPRICORN (Dec 22.Jan. 20) In-depth discussions and probing conversations find you at your mental best. Your analytical abilities are at a high point. You can really get your thoughts and ideas over to others. This is a good time to think or study--you have a real appreciation for ideas and thoughts. AQUARIUS (Jan. 21 -Feb. 19) A sentimental journey begins now, emphasizing a need for security and a sense of roots. You are inamoodofself-enjoyment and can appreciate your own better qualities. You may see value in or feel love for an older person or someone in authority. PISCES (Feb. 20-Mar. 20) This is a good day to relax and become involved in some creative project. By using your creative energy you will find it much easier to solve problems. Writing may be another area in which you could excel.
New CDC group with the Chairman Dexter Hartman (left) next to Vice Chairman David Adams. From page 14 Coomacka. With the litany of woes facing this small community, it is understandable that Region 10 Chairman S h a r m a Solomon would advise its residents to forget their minor disagreements, petty grievances and political affiliations and work together as one for the common good and development of the community. Those sentiments were echoed by all the Councilors, who also made the trip to Coomacka. During the visit residents gathered at the community pavilion for the installation of a new Community Development Committee by national Director of CDCs Philomena Sahoye-Shury. The new CDC was installed on June 5th, by Shury, but eleven days later, a few residents, including members of the former CDC, reportedly visited the Regional Chairman, and requested that he visit the community, and install another CDC, as they were not in favour of the new body. Saturday's meeting was the last of three meetings held between Solomon and the community. The Regional Chairman told residents that there is no time that anyone should come to a community and “isolate a few persons and select a few persons, as that is what is creating the problems in Coomacka right now.” While the members of the new CDC claimed that the former one was doing nothing, some residents expressed dissatisfaction with the process of selecting the new group, saying that the process was not transparent. That conviction led to Solomon requesting that residents vote by a show of hands for whichever group they wished to run the affairs of the community.
The new CDC group garnered 23 votes, while the former scored 13. “The decision will stand despite the disagreement,” Solomon declared. After Solomon acknowledged the new CDC, the Chairman Dexter Harding introduced himself and pledged
to work with his team for the development of the community. The new CDC is made up of, among others, its Chairman Dexter Hartman, Vice Chairman David Adams, Secretary Bernadette Torres and Assistant secretary Bernadette Jones.
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PSC Chairman.... From page 6 capacity.” A consultant is currently reviewing various options, and a model has been finalized and is now out to tender. In the end, a series of agencies would be linked with systems being used at GRA. However, this new programme would not replace the one at GRA. “That is one factor that would be of tremendous assistance because time is money. And if you have to have people sitting all day in front Customs House or chasing after some Customs Officer, that is money wasted and that adds to the cost of what you are importing or exporting,” he said. Webster said the strategy depends heavily on infrastructure with emphasis on interior airports, coastland and interior roads, and docks. This would enable the widening of the economic base that needs to move away from commodity products, such as, gold, bauxite, sugar, and rice. He suggested that Guyana hasten moves towards becoming more involved in value added industries. One step towards this breakthrough would be affordable energy. As such, the Private Sector has been pushing for the Amaila Falls Hydropower project. “If energy cost drops, we pay higher wages and employees in turn spend money on commodities such as building houses and buying televisions. So, it creates more jobs and has tremendous trickledown effect on the economy,” he added. Webster emphasized that there are many ventures the business community would like to get done and finds it disappointing with the footdragging of the hydropower project that would be beneficial to everyone. “The thing analysts probably don’t understand
about hydroelectric schemes is when you put it in, it last about nearly 100 years or more. When you put in Wärtsilä generators, they last for about 18 years and then they are replaced,” Webster stressed. He pointed out that neighbouring Suriname has companies that engage in similar operations like Guyana but they face a fraction of the cost because of energy. In fact, Suriname is becoming increasingly competitive and moving a little faster than Guyana. According to the Private Sector Commission Chairman, Guyana is part of a competitive world and if strides are not made to execute projects quickly, the country will lose out on countless opportunities. He pegs the Amaila Falls Hydropower and the construction of the Lethem to Georgetown Road as the two most important projects for Guyana. “Our real market is south to the border because there are millions of potential customers. Some of those things are critical and calls for money. So you cannot do it alone and the Private Sector in Guyana does not have the wherewithal to do it and government not does have the financial capacity to do it,” he said. He noted that the National Economic Forum is coming up and the Opposition Parties in the National Assembly are involved. It would focus on energy, tourism, infrastructure, human resources and manpower planning, non-Caribbean trade, manufacturing and standards, aquaculture, agro processing, aviation and land use. Webster said that aquaculture appears to be an element slipping on the wayside and is something that needs to be built on because it’s controllable like poultry rearing.
Victims say Police seem... From page 11 portion of the area, might have had an agreement with a Water Street businessman whose associates had visited them last December, claiming that the entire lot was owned by the businessman and that they should remove from the premises. The woman said that she hired a lawyer to look into the matter and to have it resolved “once and for all”. She added that although most of her personal documents were destroyed in the blaze, she still has the documents for the property. Almost 10 days ago, 17 persons, among them eight children, were left homeless following a suspicious fire which ripped through two wooden houses and scorched another on Camp Street. The parking lot which is next to the homes was the scene of another fire a few years ago and the victims were the same owners of the properties that went up in flames this time around. The Guyana Revenue Authority uses the parking lot. An eyewitness to the last fire, Dillon Frazer, said that he was riding along the street, when he was startled by the sight of smoke billowing from both houses and a woman calling for help at the other house. He added that a young woman and baby wrapped in a white cloth were rescued from the house while other persons, including a number of young children were also saved from the building which had already been engulfed in flames. A woman who lived in the house where the fire started said that all she was able to save was a bag with some clothes and the attire she had on. Efforts to contact officials from the Fire Service yesterday proved futile.
LAND FOR SALE At Blankenburg W.C.D: 50ft×350ft- Tel: 265-6019, 696-3505, 261-6501, 718-7571106, 718-629-5141 100 Acres on the left Bank of Mahaica River suitable for cattle or rice- Call:617-5406 Grove/Diamond $5M, $5.5M, $4M, $6.5M, $3.5M: 6727390, 225-0854, 2250843 Eccles New Scheme 50 x 100 $5.5M: 6727390, 2250854, 2250843 Parfait Harmonie- $1.5M, $2M, $2.5M: 2250843,2250854,6727390 Tuschen- $1.5M, $1.8M, $2M, $2.5M2250843,2250854,6727390 Vreed-en-Hoop- 1.1 Acre $13M- 2250843,2250854,6727390 Grove Fully Fence 50x100 $5.5M (neg) 2250843,2250854,672-7390 Republic Park 7 Bedrooms, 2 Story Concrete: Fixed kitchen very spacious $40M: 2250854,2250843,6727390 Tuschen 5 Bedrooms, 2 Story concrete $29.5M: 2250854,2250843, 6727390 Tuschen Flat house 2 Bedroom concrete double lot $9.5M: 2250854, 2250843, 6727390 Middle Street Poudroyen 2 Bedrooms Flat house 39x150: 2250854,2250843,672-7390 3 houses in the yard La Grange Public Road, West Bank Demerara $32M: 2250854,2250843,6727390 La Grange Old Road head of no#1 Canal 2 story concrete 7 bedrooms huge yard $35m: 2250843,2250854,6727390 New 2 storey 4 Bedrooms building, suitable for residential/commercial, Tuschen main road $22.5m: 225-0854,225-0843,672-7390
EDUCATIONAL SUMMER CLASSES: July 15th – August 15th: Phonics, Mathematics, Language, Spanish, Craft, Tours & Fun day: Garnett St. KittyCall:654-8650 Advance Diploma in Computer Technology for students completed CSEC 2013: Register now @ MicroGraphics Technology, Vreed-En-Hoop- Call:2643057 Get trained as a live-in Caregiver to live and work in Canada, under Canadian curriculum- Call:227-4881/ 416-674-7973 CXC Maths, English, Business and Science, January/ June 2014- Call Imperial College at 227-7627/ 683-5742 Summer Computer Classes: Ages 5-13: Starting at $6,500 and up @ MicroGraphics Technology, Vreed-En-HoopCall:264-3057 SUMMER CLASSES: Phonics, Language, Mathematics, Art & Craft & Fun day: (4-12 years)- July 15th- August 15th: Roxanne Burnham: Call 619-4355/ 2182076 Caribbean First Class Elementary: Strong on literacy, Nursery-Grade 6, Micro-Teaching: Evening Classes, register now! Call:684-7403 Caribbean First Class Read Guyana through literacy & phonics: July 15th – August 23rd, 2013: Limited seatsCall:684-7403 Learn how to read with hooked on phonics for children and adults private sessions- Call:694-0689
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Versailles 5 Bedroom House with modern facilities and beautiful landscape- Call: 592-684-9203 / 592-624-8704 House and Land @ D’Edward, W.C.B.- Call: 6892973/698-3703 3 two storey houses- 3 rooms each, 1 master $40M each Grandville Park- Call:6287605/676-5537/611-7004/6215327/223-5204/223-8059 3 Properties with pool, residential area. Regent street US$600,000- Call:628-7605/ 676-5537/611-7004/621-5327/ 223-5204/223-8059 Grove public road $50M, $27M: Bel-Air $60M, $45M- Call:628-7605/6765537/611-7004/621-5327/ 223-5204/223-8059 Grove public road $50M, $27M: Diamond $34MCall:628-7605/676-5537/ 611-7004/621-5327/2235204/223-8059 Prospect $13M, West Bank $18.5M, Diamond $40M, AA-Eccles $70M- Call Diana:626-9382/227-2256 Lodge H/S 2 Storey Concrete (needs repairs) $14M neg: 672-7390, 225-0854, 225-0843 Town & Country Real: 5bedrooms concrete, 2 storey $35M: 225-0853, 225-0854, 672-7390 2 Bedroom Flat House Diamond $9.5M Neg: 6727390, 225-0843, 225-0854
VACANCY Vacancy for 1 general domestic must able to prepare Vegetarian mealCall:225-5800 Operators, general workers (female/male), securityApply to: B.M. Enterprise Inc. GPL Wharf Houston, E.B.D- Call:227-8176/7 Guards, Males, Land of Canaan location. Accommodation Available for Males. Salary $15,000+ per 6 day week. Call:266-4427 Fish cleaners @ Lot 80 Eccles Industry- Call:2332546 One Upholster & two Joiners- Call:219-1342/6107005 Vacancy exists for 1 Parts Sales Clerk: Sound Secondary education with knowledge in Japanese vehicles spare partsCall:231-7839 PROPERTY FOR SALE Parfaite Harmony 2 Bedrooms Flat house: Unfinished $6.5M (neg) 2250854,225-0843,672-7390 3 bedrooms corner lot business front Charlestown $33M: 2250854, 2250843, 6727390
Mandela Ave 2 Storey Hadfield Street 3 houses in Concrete 4 bedrooms yard $6.5M-225-0854,225$19m(Neg): 672-7390, 0843,672-7390 2250854, 2250843 2 Storey concrete house, 2 Herstelling 2 Storey wooden families house Blackenburg house: 40x120 (needs repair) $17.5m: 225-0854, 225-0843, $14.5m: 672-7390, 225-0854, 672-7390 2250843 2-bedrooms flat house, on Diamond Concrete Upper land 35x150, Poudroyen, Flat 3 bedrooms $13m: 672- W.B.D $6.5M: 672-8569, 6867390, 225-0854 ,225-0843 9888, 609-8132 Newly built Kitty 7 bedrooms Versailles W.B.D. new 2 Storey concrete: 2 apt Exclusive large 2 storey 5downstairs $48 (neg): 672- bedroom house with extra lot, 7390, 225-0854, 225-0843 (Gated Community) $122M: New Built Concrete La 672-8569, 686-9888,609-8132 Grange 1 Master bedroom,2 W.B.D, current operational Bedroom and Entertainment Business Property, Land $65m: 225-0854, 225-0843, 200’x25’.Ideal Location $50M 672-7390 (Negotiable) 672-8569, 686Diamond/Grove 2 Storey 9888 / 609-8132 Concrete Newly Built: Land 50’x90’, with foundation, Automatic Gate/Garage, Posts, Roof etc. Building Spacious Kitchen & 4 30’x50’, Parfaite Harmonie, Bedrooms $36M: 6727390, WBD $6.8M (Negotiable) 2250854,225-0843 672-8569 /686-9888/ 609-8132 3 Stores, 6 Apartments, 8 bedrooms Corner house, Commercial/ Residential Charlestown $32M: 6727390, property 150’x45’ Building 70’x30’ Kitty ($4M. per year 2250843, 225-0854 income) (Negotiable) 672Diamond 6 bedrooms, 2 7390 /672-856 / 609-8132 families House $26M: (Continued on page 21) 2250854,2250843,672-7390
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Syrian troops advance against rebels in Damascus DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) — Government troops fired tank shells and artillery in heavy clashes between Syrian forces and rebels yesterday on the edge of Damascus, where the military has been pushing its offensive to retake key districts that have been in opposition hands for months. The Syrian army has seized the momentum in the civil war over the past three months, wresting back territory lost to rebel forces and solidifying its hold over contested areas, particularly on the fringes of Damascus. Two of the embattled districts are Jobar and Qaboun, from which rebels frequently launch mortar rounds on the heart of the capital. A Syrian military commander said forces loyal to President Bashar Assad have recaptured 60 percent of Jobar, south of Qaboun, and were trying to retake the rest. The commander talked to reporters yesterday during a military escorted tour of Jobar organized by the Information Ministry. His claim could not be independently verified. An Associated Press reporter on the tour saw
widespread destruction that pointed to heavy fighting in the neighborhood. Marble tile factories were destroyed. Reporters made their way in the devastated area by climbing through holes knocked in walls because of warnings of rebel snipers in the area. At least two bodies, apparently those of rebel gunmen, lay on the floor of a bunker described by the official as a “terrorist” hideout. “The army is advancing rapidly in Jobar ... the area will be secured in the next few days according to a wellstudied plan,” the commander said. He declined to be named in line with regulations. Jobar is near the road linking Damascus with its eastern suburbs known as Eastern Ghouta. Rebels have been using the road to transport weapons and other supplies to the capital, the seat of Assad’s power. The commander said the Jobar-Qaboun axis was important to “cleanse Ghouta from terrorist groups.” Assad’s government routinely describes the rebels fighting to overthrow him as
terrorists playing out a foreign conspiracy hatched by Israel, the United States and some of its Arab allies in the region, like Qatar and Saudi Arabia. During the tour of Jobar, reporters were taken to a hideout the army said it seized a day earlier after killing 30 rebels and their leader there. Reporters were shown RPG mortar rounds and explosive devices, as well as an alleged chemical material with a strong odor. Arabic graffiti on the walls read: “The al-Tawhid Brigade,” and “the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant” — names of militant groups fighting to topple Assad. Sunday’s tour came as Syria’s main Western-backed opposition group claimed that 200 civilians were trapped in a mosque in Qaboun as fighting raged outside between rebels and Assad’s army. It warned that thousands of civilians in Qaboun could be “massacred” by Assad’s army as armored vehicles and elite forces move in. The U.K.-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, which relies on a network of activists on the
Syrian soldiers cheer after battling with rebels during the tour for journalists organized by the Syrian Information Ministry in Damascus yesterday. (AP Photo) ground, said dozens of people were held captive Saturday by regime forces in the basement of the al-Omari mosque, but they were able to escape when clashes broke out between rebel and regime forces in the perimeter of the mosque, and the troops retreated. It said 13 people, including seven fighters, died in the shelling of Qaboun Sunday. “They (troops) are using tanks and artillery and are trying to break into Qaboun. The shelling is very intense and there is a lot of smoke,” said an activist in the area, speaking via Skype on condition of anonymity, fearing retribution.
“This is day 26 of a bombing campaign, and they still haven’t been able to break Qaboun,” he said. Later yesterday, a powerful bomb explosion rocked the Deir Atiyeh town north of Damascus, killing and wounding a number of people, activists said. The bomb went off near a police station in a densely populated area, but most of the casualties were civilians, according to the Observatory and the Military Council for Damascus and its Suburbs, a rebel group. In Washington, U.S. officials said Israel targeted advanced anti-ship cruise missiles near Syria’s principal port city in an airstrike earlier
this month, according to a report by The New York Times. It cited the officials as saying the attack on July 5 near Latakia targeted advanced Russian-made Yakhont missiles that Russia sold to Syria. There was no immediate comment from Assad’s government, whose key political ally and arms supplier is Russia. Asked about the reports on the CBS-TV show “Face the Nation,” Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu refused to confirm or deny Israeli involvement. He insisted that he will not allow “dangerous weapons” to reach Lebanon’s Hezbollah militants.
Kuwait sends $200 million worth of oil to Egypt: newspaper KUWAIT (Reuters) - Kuwait has sent two oil tankers carrying crude and diesel worth $200 million to Egypt, a Kuwaiti newspaper said yesterday, part of a $4 billion aid package pledged by the Gulf Arab state last week after the ouster of Islamist President Mohamed Mursi. Kuwait last week joined other oilproducing Gulf states in pledging a massive aid package worth $12 billion to Egypt in a show of support after the army toppled the Muslim Brotherhood government. Most U.S.-allied Gulf monarchies regard the Brotherhood as a threat. Kuwait’s Arabic-language al-Rai newspaper quoted oil sources as saying that an oil tanker carrying between 90,000 and 100,000 tons of diesel that happened to be travelling through the Suez Canal was diverted to Egypt. A second tanker with 1.1 million barrels of crude was ordered to sail towards Egypt, it said. The newspaper estimated the value of the cargo on each ship at $100 million. Kuwaiti officials were not immediately available to comment on the report. The state news agency KUNA said last week that Kuwait’s aid package would comprise a $2 billion central bank deposit, a $1 billion grant and $1 billion in oil products. It did not say when the aid would be delivered.
Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates had earlier pledged a total of $8 billion in aid to Egypt. The rise of Mursi’s Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt since 2011 had unsettled most Gulf Arab states, including the UAE, which feared it would embolden Islamists at home. Mursi became president a year ago in Egypt’s first freely contested election but was ousted by the military after mass protests against his rule, which critics said was marked by creeping authoritarianism and mismanagement of the economy. Kuwait has in the past coordinated policy with Saudi Arabia and the UAE by pledging financial aid for Gulf neighbors hit by social unrest such as Bahrain and Oman, but also Arab states further afield such as Morocco and Jordan. The aid to Egypt from the three Gulf Arab oil producers is expected to help Cairo avoid a balance of payments crisis and overcome fuel shortages that were partly responsible for increasing public anger towards Mursi. It will also ease pressure on Cairo to conclude long-running talks with the International Monetary Fund on a $4.8 billion loan. However, a widening fiscal gap and political turmoil following Mursi’s toppling last week will remain a pressing challenge for Egyptian authorities, analysts said.
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WANTED Live In Live Out Babysitter Domestic - Call: 225-6070 Office Clerk: CXC English/ Mathematics- Call:225-0188/ 225-6070 Live in waitress- Call:6439007/ 697-2978 One experienced female cook to cook for family in Interior- call:697-6747 One experienced Female domestic and sales clerk Call: 227-0557. One experienced Hair Dresser- Contact Magic Touch Beauty SalonCall:225-6492 One experienced driver for the Interior - Call:681-8384/ 660-7756 Driver: Car/Van, mechanical repairs an asset- Call:2271830 One attractive waitressCall:678-1481 Skilled Carpenter and Mason, must be able to work with limited supervisionCall:602-9469/625-0930 City Taxi Service: Contract Cars Needed- Call:6601100 Working female to share house- Call:694-0689 Reliable receptionist & room attendants (shift work)Call:223-6284/225-9211 1 Qualified cook (East Bank area)- Call:614-4358 1 Driver/Salesman needed: Clean drivers record & police clearance needed: Reference required- Call: 642-1141
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One experienced Shop Assistant to work in InteriorCall:697-6747 1 Whole day domesticCall:667-5717 or 650-4761 Workers for Land DredgeCall:667-5717/623-2728 1 Weekends Dispatcher, full time cars: De General Taxi Service, 120 Regent StreetCall:231-8888/ 231-2900 One live-in or live out maidcall:668-3985/264-3355/6837936
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Ford super duty/ power stoke truck, Massey Loader, Many tools, Yanmar Vegetable tractors, Roto Tiller- Call:675-9314
2004 Ford F150, unregistered: Accessoriesrims- Call:682-8817/649-4265
500 Ton Cargo Ship with Contract- call: 687-6174 Spare for washing machine, microwaves, fridges, stoves, timers, gearbox, pumps, etc call: 225-9032, 647-2943 5 Month Male RottweilerCall:220-6879 Male Enhancement Viagra: 4 in a Pack For $3000- Call: 642-6664/ 638-1627 1 Baby Play Pen & diaper changer; 1 Baby swing; 1 Imac computer; 1 printer; 1 Whirpool dryer; 1 Welding plan. Tele: 662-6045 Male & Female English Mastiff dogs: $300,000 for both- Call:678-2814/699-2322 Desktop Computers: Lenovo, Windows 7 $40,000Call:223-1719/600-0036 2 Bedford MJ trucks, price negotiable. Call Kim:658-5193 1 Hiab Truck- Call:618-1967 or 698-4321 6" & 8" Flood control pump with engine, tool sets, ploughs, chippers, slasher, massey ferguson loaderCall:675-9314 Pure bred German Shepherd puppy, 2 months oldCall:231-9419/617-7577 Used Massey TractorsMF175, 275, 1100, 1130, Ford 5000, Yanmar Vegetable Tractors square axle & wheel- Call: 675-9314
FOR RENT Business place located @ 94 Tushen New Scheme main road- Call:655-6945 Two bedrooms bottom flat: Location 148cc Eccles H/SCall:662-3837/670-0878 Two bedrooms house @ Haslington, E.C.D-Tel: 6639816 Luxury house, 5 bedroom self-contained, maid quarters & lovely patio, security $2600us :225-0854,2250843,672-7390 Short Term Furnished Apartments/ Rooms available - Call:687-3017
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One (1) 8 months old female German Shepherd dogCall:656-6407 1 Hand Sanding Machine, 1 De Walt Saw 7 inch, 1 Extension Pressure Washer Pole & 1 Set Hanging Ceiling Lights- Call:223-5641
S & N Mining Inc. Large Quantity Of Virgin Mining Mercury: Best In Guyana: $14,500LB, Wholesale Negotiable- Contact Carol: 649-8505 Original games for sale call: 265-3231 Games for PS 2, $900,PSP $900, Xbox360 $2600, PS 3 $2600, call:672-2566 One Food cart with built-in stove, cupboard and BBQ grill, painted, medium sizeCall: 690-9534 (1) CG150 Motorcycle: CG3371: Top condition- Call: 675-0724 Flock Goats- Call: 696-8103
Household furniture, bedroom set, sofa set, dining set, 55" Toshiba TV- Call:648-6444
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Israel’s Netanyahu says Iran Obama calls for calm after closer to nuclear ‘red line’ Zimmerman acquittal in Martin case WA S H I N G T O N (Reuters) - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said yesterday that Iran was getting closer to the “red line” he set for its nuclear program and warned the international community not to be distracted by the crises in Syria and Egypt. Tehran was continuing enrichment activities and building inter-continental ballistic missiles, which could give it a military nuclear capability, he said on CBS’ “Face the Nation.” At the United Nations in September, Netanyahu drew a red line across a cartoon bomb to illustrate the point at which Iran will have amassed enough uranium to fuel one nuclear bomb. He said Iran could reach that threshold by mid-2013. “They haven’t yet reached it but they’re getting closer to it and they have to be stopped,” Netanyahu told CBS. He said the West’s sanctions against Tehran needed to be intensified and
Benjamin Netanyahu backed up with the threat of a credible military option. Netanyahu also said Iran was building faster centrifuges that could allow it to speed up its enrichment activities. Israel, widely believed to be the Middle East’s only nuclear-armed power, has issued veiled warnings for years that it might attack Iran if international sanctions and diplomacy fail to curb
Tehran’s nuclear ambitions. Israel has long insisted on the need for a convincing military threat and setting clear lines beyond which Iran’s nuclear activity should not advance. “I think it’s important to note that we (Israel) can’t allow it to happen. Our clocks are ticking at a different pace. We’re closer than the United States, we’re more vulnerable, and therefore we’ll have to address this question of whether to stop Iran before the United States does,” Netanyahu said. The Israeli prime minister said he was concerned that the military conflict in Syria and the political crisis in Egypt had pushed the Iran nuclear issue lower on the international agenda. “There are many important issues that we have to deal with and I have a sense that there is no sense of urgency on Iran and yet Iran is the most important and the most urgent matter of all,” he said.
(Reuters) - President Barack Obama called for calm yesterday after the acquittal of George Zimmerman in the fatal shooting of unarmed black teenager Trayvon Martin, saying his death was a tragedy and that the country should seek ways to stem gun violence.Cleared by a Florida jury late on Saturday, Zimmerman walked free from criminal charges in the shooting death of Martin, but still faces public outrage, a possible civil suit and demands for a federal investigation. The six women jurors who deliberated for 16 hours over two days found Zimmerman not guilty of second-degree murder and manslaughter in a case that has polarized the U.S. public. Zimmerman said he acted in self-defence while civil rights activists said the shooting was racially motivated. “We are a nation of laws and a jury has spoken,” Obama, the first black U.S.
President Barack Obama president, said in a statement. “I now ask every American to respect the call for calm reflection from two parents who lost their young son.” Obama, who last year said that “if I had a son, he’d look like Trayvon,” added that he was aware the Florida case has elicited strong feelings. “And in the wake of the verdict, I know those passions may be running even higher,” he said. The president urged Americans to broaden “the circle of understanding and compassion” in their communities and put some of the emotion the case has aroused into curtailing gun violence. “We should ask ourselves if we’re doing all we can to stem the tide of gun violence that claims too many lives across this country on a daily basis,” he said. “We should ask ourselves, as individuals and as a society, how we can prevent future tragedies like this.” “That’s the way to honour Trayvon Martin,” he added. Critics contend Zimmerman wrongly suspected 17-year-old Martin of being a criminal because he was black, making it civil rights issue, while gun rights supporters saw Zimmerman as a persecuted hero who was exercising his right to bear arms assured by the U.S. Constitution’s Second Amendment. Zimmerman’s lawyers argued he acted in selfdefence the night of February 26, 2012, when he and Martin
met inside a gated community in the central Florida town of Sanford. They accuse civil rights advocates of wrongly injecting the issue of race. “It was such a shame. The whole case nearly destroyed George from Day One. ... That they put a racism spin on this prosecution just hurt him very deeply,” said John Donnelly, a close friend of Zimmerman who testified in the trial. In Sanford, Valarie Houston, pastor of the Allen Chapel A.M.E. Church, dedicated a Sunday morning prayer service to Martin. “I am hurt. I am sad. I am disappointed and my heart is overwhelmed with pains,” Houston said. “I thought in my heart that justice would be served.” Civil rights leaders including Jesse Jackson, Al Sharpton and Benjamin Jealous, president of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), urged the Justice Department to pursue federal civil rights charges against Zimmerman. Jealous said Martin’s family may bring a civil suit against Zimmerman but said federal criminal charges must be filed because evidence suggests race was a factor in the case. He told CNN the black community is upset with a situation in which “our young people have to fear the bad guys and the good guys. The robbers and the cops and the self-appointed community watch volunteer who think that they’re keeping folks safer.” Sharpton, who called the verdict “a slap in the face to the American people,” cited the exampl e o f R o d n e y King, the man whose videotaped beating by Los Angeles police triggered rioting two decades ago after a state criminal trial found the police officers not guilty. Later, the Justice Department brought a federal case that resulted in the conviction of two officers. The Justice Department has not commented on the case.
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DOJ urged to press civil rights charges against Zimmerman The NAACP, the Rev. Jesse Jackson and other civil rights activists are calling on the U.S. Department of Justice and Attorney Gen. Eric Holder to press federal civil rights charges against George Zimmerman, the former neighborhood watchman who was acquitted by a Sanford, Fla., jury Saturday in the shooting death of 17-year-old Trayvon Martin. “The most fundamental of civil rights — the right to life — was violated the night George Zimmerman stalked and then took the life of Trayvon Martin,” NAACP President Ben Jealous wrote in a letter to Holder shortly after the verdict was announced. “We ask that the Department of Justice file civil rights charges against Mr. Zimmerman for this egregious violation. Please address the travesties of the tragic death of Trayvon Martin by acting today.” “This verdict represents a tragic miscarriage of justice,” Barbara Arnwine, president of the Washington, D.C.-based Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law,
said in a statement. “Yet, there is still the potential for justice to be served through a civil suit brought about by Trayvon Martin’s surviving family members, and also through civil rights charges being b r o u g h t a g a i n s t M r. Zimmerman by the Department of Justice.” The Justice Department, which launched a probe of the Zimmerman case last year, released a statement Sunday afternoon. “Experienced federal prosecutors will determine whether the evidence reveals a prosecutable violation of any of the limited federal criminal civil rights statutes within our jurisdiction, and whether federal prosecution is appropriate in accordance with the Department’s policy governing successive federal prosecution following a state trial,” the statement read. In a keynote speech at Al Sharpton’s National Action Network c o n v e n t i o n l a s t y e a r, Holder — the nation’s first African-American attorney general — said, “If we find evidence of a potential federal criminal civil rights
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crime, we will take appropriate action. And at every step, the facts and law will guide us forward.” But he cautioned in subsequent public comments that there is a “very high barrier” when seeking to bring federal charges in such cases. A Justice Department official told CNN late Saturday night that it “continues to evaluate the evidence generated during the federal investigation, as well as the evidence and testimony from the state trial.” On Sunday, Jackson called on the Justice
Department to “intervene” and “take this to another level.” “I remain stunned at the decision,” Jackson said on CNN’s “New Day.” “That the grown man, armed, murdered the unarmed boy going home.” “I think that we clearly must move on to the next step in terms of the federal government and in terms of the civil courts,” Sharpton said on MSNBC Saturday. “Clearly, we want people to be disciplined, strategic. This is a slap in the face to those that believe in justice in this
Egyptian army chief says no group barred from politics CAIRO (Reuters) Egypt’s army chief Abdel Fattah al-Sisi said in a speech yesterday that no movement would be barred from participating in politics, as he sought to explain his decision to oust elected President Mohamed Mursi amid fierce criticism from Islamists. Addressing an armed forces gathering in Cairo, Sisi said Mursi had lost legitimacy because of mass demonstrations against him. “Every political force without exception and without exclusion must realize that an opportunity is available for everyone in political life, and no ideological movement is prevented from participating,” he said. Sisi said that in the days running up to Mursi’s ouster on July 3, the military had urged the former Islamist president to hold a referendum on his rule. It was the first official confirmation of details of the days before the dramatic overthrow, first reported by Reuters. “I sent delegates to the former president...to call for a popular referendum, and the response was total rejection,” the army commander said.
Abdel Fattah al-Sisi Sisi said the military had a duty to maintain “a distance from politics” but that its national responsibility forced it to act against Mursi, who it says did not represent the will of the Egyptian people. Supporters of Mursi’s Muslim Brotherhood are furious at the military intervention, and some foreign governments, including the United States and Germany, have criticized the army’s crackdown on the movement. “The guy is either lying or his troops are operating without his knowledge, because the only thing we’re seeing from him are arbitrary
arrests, confiscation of assets and killing of our protesters,” said Brotherhood spokesman Gehad El-Haddad, in response to Sisi’s speech. On Monday, 53 Mursi supporters were killed at the Republican Guard compound in Cairo when troops opened fire. Four soldiers were also killed in a clash the military says was provoked by an attack and which the Brotherhood calls a “massacre”. In his speech, the army chief said his role was temporary and blessed by some of Egypt’s most prominent religious and opposition figures. “The Egyptian military is preparing to complete its work and is apolitical. It has laid down a future plan which facilitates the right of free choice and this plan was blessed before the Egyptian people through its main representatives,” Sisi said. “I don’t want to dwell long on the past, but on the present and on the future, because that is what we are able to choose and we deal with it in a way the people want,” he said. “All the political powers of the people now stand at a crossroads,” he said.
country.” “The trial happened, the verdict came in,” Sharpton said on “Meet The Press” on Sunday. “That does not exhaust the legal options o f t h i s f a m i l y, a n d t h e bigger community issues of civil rights. We now have a position on the books, in the State of Florida, where an unarmed teenager who committed no crime can be killed and the killer can say selfdefense. That is dangerous. That is an atrocity. And I think that must be addressed. I think every American ought to be afraid that, ‘My child can do nothing wrong and be killed, and you can use self-defense,’ and tell four or five different stories that end up being inconsistent, and still walk away.” Eliot Spitzer, former New York governor and attorney general, called the verdict a “failure of justice.” “An innocent, young man was walking down a street, was confronted by a stranger with a gun and that innocent, young man was
shot,” Spitzer said on “This Week With George Stephanopoulos” on ABC. “The criminal justice system should be able to deal with situations like that. It didn’t.” The Justice Department, Spitzer added, is “in a very dicey position because there has been a criminal case. Double jeopardy is a fundamental principle in our American judicial system, as it should be. And so it’s going to be hard for them to come back at the defendant, and, boy, this is just, understandably, a hugely emotional moment for many people who say, ‘That could have been my kid. It could have been my son.’” Some Republicans, though, criticized the administration for inserting itself into a state-level crime. “The evidence didn’t support prosecution and the Justice Department engaged in this, the president engaged in this and turned it into a political issue that should have been handled exclusively with law and order,” Iowa Rep. Steve King said on “ F o x N e w s S u n d a y. ” (Yahoo News)
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Opposition MP concerned Region to benefit from new UN framework for HIV-AIDS anti-retroviral treatment about rule of law in St. Vincent NEW YORK - CMC – In the wake of the re-arrest of an opposition senator in St Vincent and the Grenadines, an opposition Member of Parliament has expressed grave concern about the rule of law in the country. Senator Vynette Frederick was arrested and slapped with nine charges hours after the court dismissed six charges against her on Thursday. In addressing a town hall meeting on Saturday in Brooklyn, New Democratic Party (NDP) Member of Parliament for West Kingstown, Daniel Cummings, said the magistrate “did the only logical thing” in dismissing the “ridiculous” charges against Frederick. “You have a vehicle with eight police officers going to arrest a Member of Parliament on some frivolous charges, which again was just thrown out by the court of law in our country. That is what passes for open transparency and the rule of law,” he said sarcastically. Cummings likened the rule of law in St. Vincent and the Grenadines to that in St. Kitts and Nevis, where the Speaker of the House is yet to adopt an opposition motion of no confidence motion in the Denzil Douglas
Vynette Frederick administration. “That is democracy of Labor (governments) in the Caribbean,” he charged. “Where are the international organizations that jump when some economic interest is being threatened?” Cummings asked. “Where is the outcry from the international community about the clear removal of our way of life in the Caribbean? “I join you in saying to Vynette Frederick, ‘she is on the right side,’ she’s on the Lord’s side,” he said, stating that no government will be allowed to “trample on the legitimate rights of us as a people. We will not remain silent. We will make sure that the days of these…are numbered.”
Trinidad-based attorney Keith Scotland confirmed that the charges had been laid against Frederick but did not detail the allegations. “We wouldn’t want to speak too much about the charges because they are now before the court,” he told the Caribbean Media Corporation (CMC) shortly after Frederick was released on bail. But Barbadian Queen Counsel Andrew Pilgrim, who is also a member of the defence team, said, “we could say they are alarmingly similar to those that were before the court before.” The six charges dismissed on Thursday, relate to evidence that Frederick submitted as part of private complaint against Prime Minister Dr. Ralph Gonsalves after the December 2010 general elections. Those matters were thrown own; and, in September 2012, Frederick was charged with making a false declaration before a magistrate on January 10, 2011. Frederick, an attorney and former candidate for the opposition New Democratic Party (NDP), was also charged with making false declarations on June 16, 2011 and May 23, 2012, before Faye James.
Tewarie: Governmentt tackling population imbalance Trinidad Guardian - Planning Minister Dr Bhoe Tewarie says Government has a 20-year development plan for T&T that will finally see the introduction of zoning systems introduced to efficiently manage the use of the country’s spaces. Vision 2033 is the name given to the National Spatial Development Strategy for this country that will seek to address the nation’s population imbalance and aims to focus on proper usage of the nation’s land, air and sea real estate. Major considerations will include allotments for agriculture, tourism, light commercial, heavy industrial and mixed use spaces he said. In a interview, Tewarie said no longer will people be allowed to build what they wanted and where they liked, and that his ministry will meet groups such as the T&T Manufacturers’ Association (TTMA), the T&T Chamber of Industry and Commerce before the final policy document is determined. Already, studies have been done to determine how T&T can manage construction in relation to earthquake belts, while establishing building codes, first for simple buildings and then a stricter code in order to develop the country’s need when constructing a multi-storey buildings, Tewraie said. “Ninety-two per cent of the population lives on the western side of the island in Trinidad and 82 per cent of the businesses. Only eight per cent of the population and 18 per cent of the businesses exist on the eastern side.
That is what the growth pole development is about, to spread the opportunity for development and the transportation system needs to be linked to that and the devolution policy through Local Government to use the corporate entities in Local Government as a means of developing the local communities that already exist. So what you will have is the western part of the country which we are intensifying development in,” the minister said. He added, “You are going to have the growth poles which are the new poles of development. You are going to areas like Chaguaramas which are specific poles of development which has been under developed and you are going to have the 14 centres in Trinidad and two in Tobago that are going to be developed around specific strategies that have to do with Local Government and House of Assembly capabilities Tobago. The future of this country is very, very bright and that development in this country has really not been serious in term of involvement of the people.” While growth has occurred nationally in terms of improvements to the skyline, said the minister, the potential for the advancement of the people remains quite limited. He said small things that Government has done like the implementation of a water taxi service from Port-of-Spain the Chaguaramas were part of a bigger plan and not part of a pie-in-the-sky vision.
UNITED NATIONS CMC – The United Nations says the Caribbean will be among several countries to benefit from a new framework that seeks to give 15 million people with HIV/AIDS access to anti-retroviral treatment by the year 2015. In launching the new framework, Treatment 2015, on Saturday, the UN said it offers countries and partners “practical and innovative ways to increase the number of people accessing antiretroviral medicines that will enable those living with HIV to live longer and healthier lives, as well as help prevent new infections.” The Caribbean is second to sub-Saharan Africa in the prevalence of HIV, the virus that causes AIDS. “Reaching the 2015 target will be a critical milestone,” said Michel Sidibé, the executive director of the Joint UN Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS). “Countries and partners need to urgently and
Michel Sidibé strategically invest resources and efforts to ensure that everyone has access to HIV prevention and treatment services,” he added. The UN said Treatment 2015 takes into account the new consolida t e d guidelines on the use of antiretroviral drugs for treating and preventing HIV infection released last month by the World Health Organization (WHO),
w h i c h r e c o m m e n d that people living with HIV start antiretroviral therapy (ART) much earlier. Nearly 10 million people living with HIV were accessing antiretroviral treatment last year. Accorinding to the UN, the target to reach 15 million is “a push to achieve the Millennium Development Goal (MDG) that seeks to have halted and begun the spread of HIV/AIDS by the 2015 deadline.” The new strategy emphasizes the importance of HIV testing and counselling as a gateway to expand access to antiretroviral therapy in 30 unidentified countries, and outlines three pillars essential to reaching the 2015 target, which consist of: increasing demand for HIV testing and treatment services; mobilizing resources and improving the efficiency and effectiveness of spending, and ensuring more people have access to antiretroviral therapy.
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Reparations Coalition concerned about CARICOM’s approach to reparation KINGSTON, Jamaica - CMC – The Pan– Afrikan Reparations Coalition of Europe (PARCOE) has voiced concern about the approach being taken by the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) in establishing National Reparations Committees. At the recently concluded CARICOM Heads of Government Conference in Trinidad, the leaders agreed to set up national reparations committees in each of the 15 member states as a first step toward tackling an issue that was previously ignored. While lauding the decision, PARCOE says “that the top down approach being taken to this issue will end up not achieving the reparations aspirations of the masses of Afrikan descendant and indigenous citizens in the Caribbean.” “In our humble opinion this may happen unless concerted efforts are made to enable the facilitation of constructive engagement, dialogue, debate and deliberation within and between civil society, non-governmental organisations and social movements across the respective Caribbean nations in the region to allow for the negotiation of the best reparations common interest,” PARCOE said in an open letter to CARICOM Heads of Government. PARCOE also voiced concern about the decision to enlist the services of law firm, Leigh Day & Co to provide a legal brief in order to present a case for reparations for Caribbean slavery and Native genocide to the International Court of Justice (ICJ). PARCOE believes that the decision was based on the law firm’s role in securing compensation for thousands of Kenyans from the nationalist Mau Mau movement, who were tortured in the anti-colonial uprising in the 1950s. According to PARCOE, the agreement reached with the British Government represented a “paltry sum and is not commensurate with the torture and suffering of the Kenyans. “It is therefore our firm contention that what is mistakenly being heralded as a ‘historic victory’ for the Mau Mau can be seen as a well orchestrated imperialist swindle, apparently hatched by Leigh Day & Co with their usual Afriphobic racist arrogance, in collaboration with British state authorities behind the back of the Mau Mau community of reparations interest in and beyond Kenya, including PARCOE. “We fear, what we in PARCOE consider to be, a dubious move on the part of Leigh Day & Co, whereby without any visible and
transparent engagement with the Caribbean community of reparations interest in the UK, (where they are based), they appear to have wormed their way into the confidence of Caribbean state authorities in order to once again misrepresent Afrikans and people of Afrikan descent on an issue of vital importance to our very survival.” PARCOE is also concerned that CARICOM Heads were unable to secure the expertise of “outstanding legal brains that have come out of the Caribbean and stood firmly, proudly and successfully in the front ranks of our struggle against chattel, colonial and neo-colonial forms of enslavement. “In the case of reparations to the descendants of the enslaved in the Caribbean, it is important to ensure that law firms retained have the proven track record of being able to effectively work with and respect the political and legal self-determination of Afrikan and Afrikan Caribbean communities by adopting litigation strategies that these communities of reparations interest themselves have fashioned,” PARCOE added. The organisation urged Caribbean leaders to engage in the necessary consultations with all Afrikans and people of Afrikan descent in the various countries of the Caribbean as well as with Afrikans and people of Afrikan descent living in the British Isles and other countries in Europe. “The simple point being that what Britain owes the descendants of the enslaved in the Caribbean is not just a matter for those currently living in the Caribbean to determine.”
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Criminals, cops extort, rob businessmen at will Jamaica Observer - The Chinese community in Jamaica is reeling under pressure from law enforcers and the lawbreakers. On the one hand, thieves and extortionists have been having a field day with Chinese businessmen, particularly expatriates, fleecing them of millions of dollars. On the other hand, some of the people who swore to serve, reassure and protect, are themselves putting their hands in the till, oftentimes going away with hefty sums of money, as reward for an extended extortion scheme. “We are meeting hell from both criminals and the police,” one high-ranking member of the Chinese community told the Jamaica Observer. The Chinese are not talking publicly, believing that if they were to do so, their lives could be placed further at risk. But a Sunday Observer investigation turned up cases of robberies against expatriate Chinese in recent weeks, two of them occurring in the upscale gated community of Long Mountain, Eastern St Andrew. One night, members of one family were at home watching television and playing games when three men barged into their house, brandished guns, and tied up the occupants. The robbers raided the refrigerator, stuffed themselves with food and drink and then emptied the garbage on the beds. One was heard to have commented: “Oonu Chiney people live good eeh … oonu have plenty food and plenty drink.” The men then took a large sum of money and left the scene. Days later, another Chinese expatriate was watering his plants outside
his townhouse, when he was held from behind by the throat. Thinking that it was a neighbour pulling a prank, the man spun around only to see a man aiming the business end of a 9mm pistol at his face. Three other men were standing beside him. The businessman was taken inside the house by four men, tied up and robbed of money. When he eventually broke free, telephoned the nearby Chinese Embassy, which in turn contacted the police, investigators held the occupants of a car that fitted the description. One of the four men turned out to be a policeman. However, the men were not charged, as the victim refused to identify them, for fear of reprisals. That same week, a Chinese expatriate who runs a wholesale establishment in downtown Kingston was robbed of over J$2 million in cash, which represented proceeds from the sale of phone cards. Chinese business people are known to run successful enterprises across the island, most of them profitably. The growth in their commercial activities has spread like Australian bush fires and even in communities where they never before visited, their presence is now being felt. Apart from the cities of Kingston and Montego Bay, towns like the Clarendon capital of May Pen, Highgate in St Mary, Falmouth, Trelawny, Port Antonio in Portland and the Manchester capital Mandeville have all seen an upturn in activity of Chinese entrepreneurs. The skulduggery involving police personnel though has a wide concentration in the downtown Kingston zone. According to police
sources, on any given day, uniformed members of the constabulary rip off Chinese businessmen, many of whom cannot speak English properly. “This situation has been going on for long and the commissioner is aware of it,” one senior officer told the Sunday Observer. “Many of the Chinese businessmen come to Jamaica with a culture of not opening bank accounts … they much rather like to handle hard cash, and so they become easy target for unscrupulous cops. “They will leave their business places downtown, on the way to their uptown homes, travelling with large amounts of cash. “Sometimes they are stopped on the road by policemen, who upon searching their vehicles, find these large amounts of cash. The Chinese usually cannot explain clearly how they came in contact with so much money, or their immigration documents are not in order, and usually have to bribe the policemen to allow them to leave, because many of them cannot speak English. This happens almost daily,” the constabulary official said. Deputy commissioner of police in charge of crime, Carl Williams said that he was aware of the problem, but referred the Sunday Observer to Assistant Commissioner in charge of the Criminal Investigation Branch (CIB) Devon Watkis, whom he said was taking the lead on the matter. This tabloid was unsuccessful in getting a response from ACP Watkis. Some expatriate Chinese businessmen spend short periods in Jamaica, and so do not go through the formal system of paying taxes despite operating profitable enterprises.
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Doping scandal grips athletics…
Sprint stars Gay, Powell and Simpson test POSITIVE for banned substances Daily Mail - American sprint star Tyson Gay and Jamaicans Asafa Powell and Sherone Simpson have each tested positive for banned substances. Gay, the fastest man in the world this year, has pulled out of the World Championships in Moscow next month in the wake of the positive test. After the news broke earlier on Sunday of Gay’s failed drugs test, it was confirmed that former world record holder Powell and countrywoman Simpson also failed a drugs tests. Powell’s agent Paul Doyle confirmed in an email to Press Association Sport that the former 100 metres world record holder had tested positive for a banned substance. Powell, 30, has won gold medals in the 4x100m relay at the Olympics and World Championships and held the world record before his compatriot Usain Bolt. Gay, the American recordholder, has told news agencies he was notified by the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency on Friday that a sample came back positive from an out-ofcompetition drugs test on May 16. Gay, also 30, says he will have his ‘B’ sample tested to verify the findings, but has already admitted his guilt. Speaking from Amsterdam, the sprinter told AP: ‘I don’t have a sabotage story. ... I basically put my trust in someone and was let down.’ The positive test will send shock waves around the world of track and field, given Gay has run the three quickest 100m times of 2013 and was expected to be a genuine challenger to Usain Bolt in
Moscow. A statement from USA Track & Field read: ‘USA Track & Field is strongly opposed to doping, and we respect the work that USADA has done as a leading agency globally in the fight against drugs in sport. ‘We do not know the facts of this case and look to USADA to adjudicate it and handle it appropriately. It is not the news anyone wanted to hear, at any time, about any athlete. As we approach the World Championships, we will remain focused on the competition at hand and winning the right way.’ Gay has been involved in the fight against doping, having participated in a US anti-doping programme called ‘Project Believe’, for which he submitted voluntarily to extra testing. The 30-year-old, whose 9.69seconds clocked in 2009 is second only to Bolt in the all-time rankings, won the sprint double at the 2007 World Championships in Osaka, but has been plagued by injury problems in recent seasons. He has been back to full fitness this year, though, and leads the rankings with 9.75secs. Indeed, he has run the three fastest times of the year, with Bolt’s best 9.94s. The news, should it be confirmed, would be a hammer blow to the credibility of the sport, with Gay one of its biggest names. Shortly after the reports about Gay emerged, the Jamaican Gleaner newspaper reported several positive drug tests from the country. Bolt’s agent Ricky Simms confirmed, though, that the
Olympic champion was not among them. He said: ‘I was just with him in Jamaica and we’ve had no information and we’ve not been contacted by anyone. It is not anyone that I’m connected with.’ Powell’s fellow Jamaican, Simpson, also tested positive for a banned stimulant. ‘This is a very difficult time for me,’ Simpson said in a statement to Reuters. ‘I was notified on July 14, 2013 that my urine sample taken at the National Senior Championship, June 21, 2013 after the 100m finals returned a positive analytical finding for a stimulant, oxilofrine (methylsynephrine).’ Paul Doyle, who is the agent for both Jamaican sprinters, confirmed that the pair tested positive for the stimulant oxilofrine at the Jamaican championships and were just recently notified. Meanwhile, MVP Track Club stars Sherone Simpson and Asafa Powell have released statements confirming that they have tested positive for a banned substance. In their statements both athletes said the substance a stimulant called oxilofrine (methylsynephrine) – was found in their samples taken at the National Trials in Kingston in June. “This is a very difficult time for me,” said Simpson, a 2004 Olympic relay gold medallist. Meanwhile, Powell, a member of Jamaica’s Beijing Olympics gold-medalwinning relay team said he was surprised at the finding. “This result has left me completely devastated in many respects,” he said.
Super 50 to be played separately... From page 31 decided to form a retired player’s foundation. We need to utilize our past players, this will be a separate foundation from the West Indies Cricket Board and jointly with the West Indies Players Association (WIPA),” added Cameron. He also indicated that a Permanent Fund Committee will be shaped and it will be chaired by Conde’ Riley. Anther body which will be fashioned is a Corporate Governance Committee. “The Government can play an important part in developing our cricket and we need their support. I must thank the Government of Guyana for their backing in the Guyana leg of this series and the Guyanese for turning out in their numbers.” The WICB head also indicated that a new entity which will be known as a commercial entity will be set up. He stated that the board will support the Caribbean Premier League (CPL). “West Indies cricket will get stronger with the advent of the CPL,” he said.
Chief Executive officer of the WICB Michael Muirhead stated that International cricket has taken a new phase. “Just look out side, it is uplifting to see cricket is moving with the fans, we are looking at a significant amount of cricket in the next two years,” he pointed out. Meanwhile Secretary of the Guyana Cricket Board Anand Sanasie affirmed that the people of Guyana are happy that international cricket has returned to Guyana. He said that the local board received full co-operation from all parties. Corporate Communication Officer of the WICB, Imran Khan, informed that the Scotia Bank Kiddies and the Digicel Grassroots cricket have taken a new phase. He said that the board signed a new contract for four years for the Kiddies cricket and Scotia Bank is pleased with the progress it has made. “We are also looking to expand the Grassroots programme and it will be more effective. A lot of clubs have benefitted from the grants,” said Khan.
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England win first Test against Australia BBC Sport - James Anderson was England’s final-day hero as the hosts held their nerve to complete an astonishing 14-run victory over Australia in an unforgettable climax to the opening Ashes Test. Amid unbearable tension, Australia’s final pair of Brad Haddin and James Pattinson took the tourists to the brink of victory with a partnership of 65. But when Haddin was caught behind off Anderson for 71 via the thinnest of inside edges - and given out following a painstaking review - England could celebrate one of the closest wins in Ashes history. It was Anderson’s fourth wicket of the day, fifth of the innings and 10th of the contest, earning him the manof-the-match award. The victory, which for sheer drama almost matched their incredible two-run triumph in the 2005 Edgbaston Ashes Test, puts England 1-0 up in the fivematch series going into the second Test at Lord’s, which begins on Thursday. This time Australia started the day needing a further 137 runs to win with four wickets in hand
and when Anderson removed Ashton Agar, Mitchell Starc and Peter Siddle - all caught at slip by Alastair Cook England looked certain to win. But that was to discount the abilities of Haddin and Pattinson, a tail-ender with a highly respectable Test average of 28.77 from 14 innings going into the match. The departure of Anderson from the attack after 13 consecutive overs presented them with an opening and they took full advantage as Haddin cracked three consecutive fours off the bowling of an off-colour Steven Finn, who conceded 25 runs in two overs. Pattinson nonchalantly lofted Graeme Swann over mid-off for six and suddenly Australia were within 31 runs of their target. There followed a frenetic period before a delayed lunch interval as Haddin was dropped at deep square leg by Finn, almost run out by Jonny Bairstow and very nearly played Swann onto his own stumps. Lunch was eventually taken with Australia only 20 short of victory, giving Anderson 40 minutes to
shake off the cramp that had forced him off the field in the latter stages of the previous session. And the England seamer returned to strike the decisive blow in his second over as Haddin drove away from his body and Prior claimed a catch behind. When umpire Aleem Dar declined to raise his finger, Cook sent for a review. As replays on the stadium screens revealed a faint Hot Spot mark on Haddin’s bat, the festivities could begin. The final wicket released the valve on the pressure that had been building since the start of the day as Australia’s seventh-wicket pair survived the first 55 of minutes of play to add 31 runs. England needed a catalyst and they found one in the shape of the new ball, which Anderson sent down with extra pace to induce a nick from Agar, which Cook snaffled sharply at first slip. Scores: England 215 (Siddle 5-50) and 375 (Bell 109, Broad 65, Pietersen 64, Cook 50) beat Australia 280 (Agar 98, Hughes 81*, Smith 53, Anderson 5-85) and 296 (Haddin 71, Rogers 52, Anderson 5-73) by 14 runs.
Over 50 entered so far for RCMTC&SF and PMTC horserace meet Preparations are continuing for the much anticipated Ryan Crawford Memorial Turf Club and Sports Facilities (RCMTC&SF) and the Port Mourant Turf Club (PMTC) one day horserace meet on Sunday 21st of July at the Port Mourant Turf Club. The meet, which will herald the start of the second half of the 2013 horserace season, has nine pulsating events listed on the day’s programme. As the weather continues to play a cat and mouse game most of the top stables are busy making use of whatever dry days and spaces are available to get their animals in shape for the big meet which has more than $6M dollars at stake in cash incentives and trophies. A recent check with the organisers have shown over 50 animals already entered for the meet with stables such as -The Shariff Racing stable, Habibulla, Jumbo Jet, Colin Elcock’s Delmur and P&P Syndicate Racing stable, Jagdeo Racing stable, Asrafalli racing stables, Simple Royal and Senior Council Marcel Crawford Racing stable, Night Eyes, Mahaicony, Jagmohan,
Bacchus, Sukdeo and Singh racing stables among others indicating their willingness to enter their animals to be a part of the day’s activities. The events listed on the days programme are the B and lower 1200M event with a first prize of $700,000 and trophy up for grabs from a total purse of over $1.5M. There will be a race for 3yrs old Guyana and West Indies Bred horses, for a winning take of $350,000 over 1300M. The E and lower 1300M sprint will have a first prize of $400,000. The race for Two Year old Guyana and West Indies Bred Horse will have a winner’s purse of $300,000 over 1000M. The horses running in the G1 and lower class race will have an opportunity to race away with a first prize of $300,000 over 1300M. The G3 and lower even will see the animals racing for a $300,000 winners money over 1200M. Two-year old Guyana Bred horses will be competing for a $220,000 first prize over 1000M. The ‘I’ and lower race will be a 1200M affair with a first prize of $200,000, while the J and K class event will fetch a
winning prize of $150,000 over 1200M. Outstanding individual performers, including top Jockey, trainer and stable will be presented with accolades compliments of the Trophy Stall Bourda Market and the organisers. Among the sponsors on board so far are Banks DIH Limited, Omai Transportation, Trophy Stall of Bourda Market, Toolsie Persaud Limited, South Land Incorporated, Balram Shane General Store, Friends of Port Mourant, Bobby and Indranie and R&C Poonai and Delmur Shipping Company among others. Interested persons can contact the club’s office at Number 13 Hermitage East Coast Berbice (19 Road). Bobby Vaughn can be contacted on telephone number 624-6788 or Loresa Mohabir on numbers 3330290 or 333-0301. Francis Chichester on Telephone numbers 233-2984 or 6901943 or Rajendra Jagdoo 6187278, or 322-0369 or any member of the PMTC. The race will be run under the rules of the Guyana Horse Racing Authority (GHRA). Race time is 12:30 hrs. (Samuel Whyte)
Monday July 15, 2013
Kaieteur News
Alex Arjoon and Nicolette Fernandes are Digicel Senior Squash champs The Guyana Squash Association in collaboration with its number one corporate sponsor Digicel ran off the fifth and final day of the Digicel Senior National Squash Championships at the Georgetown Club Courts yesterday and when it was all over Alex Arjoon and Nicolette Fernandes emerged as the respective Men’s and Women’s champions. Starting things off in the men’s plate final, Deje Dias cruised past Nicholas Narain in straight games 11-4,11-3, 11-5. In the play off for third place in the plate, Alan Downes and Jo Jo Mekdeci had a marathon match. Both players pushed themselves to the limit and the match went the full five games. Downes came out victorious 6-11,1917,7-11,11-8,11-3. In the men’s classic plate finals Steven Xavier surprised Nyron Joseph and won in straight games 11-3,11-9,11-4. In the classic plate third place playoff Raphael DeGroot played extremely well to dispose of Ben Mekdeci in five games 611,11-4,8-11,11-4,11-6. The women’s classic plate final saw Victoria Arjoon having to use all of her experience to get past Akeila Wiltshire. This match also went the full five games as Victoria won 11-5,4-11,11-9,711,11-4. In the third place playoff in the women’s classic plate, Kathy Ten-Pow again prevailed against Larissa Wiltshire. This time around
Larissa seemed determined to win the match and after having won the first game at seven, lost the second at three, won the third at five and up six one in the fourth this seemed as if it would happen, but Kathy dug deep and came back to win the fourth at nine and then won the fifth game 11-5. The matches then came down to the main draws. In the women’s third place play off Ashley DeGroot showed that her game is improving all the time as she prevailed over Mary Fung A Fat 11-9,3-11,11-8,7-11,11-7. In the women’s final Ashley Khalil was no match for Nicolette Fernandes. Even though this match was played immediately after the men’s final match Fernandes still won comfortably 11-1,119,11-6. In the men’s third place play off Jason-Ray Khalil ran former national champion Regan Pollard to all four corners of the court and even though Pollard never seemed out of the match Khalil was still able to win in straight games 11-9,11-9,11-5. The main action saw defending Men’s national champion Alex Arjoon pitted against Women’s World number 26 Nicolette Fernandes. Both had won their semifinals fairly comfortable and both had trained fairly hard over the past few weeks for this particular match. The match lasted just about an hour. Both players started
well but it was Nicolette who took the first game 11-7. Alex came out blazing in the second and jumped out to an early lead, was up five love and then seven one before Nicolette finally settled down in the game. Alex however closed out the game 11-5. The third was even more exciting as both players were moving each other around the court and displayed amazing retrieving abilities. The game got extremely close with several long and extremely brutal rallies. Fernandes got to game ball with Arjoon at six points but just could not close out the game as he got to as close as nine but she was finally able to win the game on her fourth game ball. Game four was just as good, or even better than game three with both players exerting a lot of energy and the afternoon heat started to take its toll. Nicolette seemed to be getting more tired than Alex and after one of those long brutal rallies it seemed to take all of the energy from her as she was never the same player after that. Alex won the fourth game eleven seven and the fifth was not close at all as Nicolette had no energy left and Alex won it easily eleven points to one. The squash displayed by both of these players was amazing. Presentation of the prizes followed immediately after the finals and was done by Digicel representative Ms Tandika Johnson, Junior Marketing Manager.
Italy police arrest Asafa’s trainer over banned substance Jamaica Gleaner - Police in Italy have reportedly detained a physical trainer that had been living with Asafa Powell and providing him with supplements that may have contributed to his positive drug test for Methylsynephrine, The Gleaner understands. The trainer whose name has not been released was detained and evidence removed from his residence. Powell has also reportedly handed over supplements he had in his possession that were given to him by the trainer. Some of those same tainted supplements may also have been supplied to Sherone Simpson, sources said. News broke today that Powell and Simpson, Olympic and World Championship medallists were among five Jamaican athletes who returned adverse analytical findings during the recent National Championships held at the National Stadium from June 20-23. Two other senior athletes and a junior athlete also returned positive tests in their ‘A’ samples. The Jamaica Anti-Doping Commission (JADCo) confirmed that it had received the reports of the but was unable say much more on the matter, according to JADCo Chairman, Dr Herb Elliott. “The process of results management has commenced in accordance with JADCo anti-
doping rules.” Powell subsequently released a statement in which he declared his innocence. “I want to be clear in saying to my family, friends, and most of all my fans worldwide that I have never knowingly or willfully taken any supplements or substances that break any rules. I am not now—nor have I ever been—a cheat,” he said. “My team has launched an internal investigation and we are cooperating with the relevant agencies and law enforcement authorities to discover how the substance got in my system. I assure you that we will find out how this substance passed our rigorous internal checks and balances and design systems to make sure it never happens again,” Powell said. Simpson, who Gleaner sources say may have also been an unwitting victim of the suspect taken into custody, also declared her innocence. “I would not intentionally take an illegal substance of any form into my system. I want to sincerely say to my family (especially my parents, grandparents and siblings), Paul Doyle (agent), MVP track club, fellow athletes, former sponsors and the rest of Jamaica, that l am deeply sorry for any hurt or embarrassment this positive test may have caused, she said.
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Chris Froome wins stage 15 to extend lead
Chris Froome powered to victory on Sunday to extend his overall lead in the Tour de France. (Getty Images) BBC Sport - Chris Froome produced a blistering ride up Mont Ventoux to win stage 15 of the Tour de France and extend his overall lead in the 100th edition of the race. The British rider attacked his main rival Alberto Contador around 7km from the
summit finish at the end of the 242.5km race the longest of the Tour. He quickly caught Colombian rider Nairo Quintana, who made his move earlier and then rode clear with 1.2km left. Froome won by 29 seconds to extend his lead over Bauke Mollema and Contador. The Team Sky rider, who also won the mountaintop finish on stage eight in a similarly domineering fashion, strengthened his grip on the race leader’s yellow jersey as he beat Mollema, who is second in the overall standings, by one minute, 46 seconds and third-placed Contador by 1’40". Dutchman Mollema, who rides for Belkin, is now 4’14" behind Froome, while SaxoTinkoff’s Contador is 4’25" back with six stages remaining in the three-week race. Froome said: “My main objective was to get more of a buffer on the general classification riders but I didn’t see myself winning the stage. “I expected Quintana to go further out than he did but I wasn’t expecting it to be that hard to catch him and when I did I thought he was going to win the stage. The ascent of Mont Ventoux achieved notoriety on 13 July 1967 when it claimed the life of Britain’s first world road race champion Tommy Simpson, who died close to the summit after taking a cocktail of amphetamines and alcohol. Hopes of a French winner on Bastille Day rested on the shoulders of Sylvain Chavanel after the Omega Pharma-Quickstep rider raced clear of a breakaway group of nine riders as they hit the bottom of the final climb. The 34year-old, who has won three Tour stages, opened up a lead of 90 seconds over the main bunch but he was slowly reeled back in and caught with 12km of the climb remaining. Monday is a rest day and racing resumes with stage 16 on Tuesday - a hilly 168km race from Vaison-la-Romaine to Gap.
Fruta Conquerors U-13 Football League
Fruta Conquerors defeat Fruta ‘A’ to assume top of the table rankings Fruta Conquerors defeated their junior club mates, Fruta Conquerors ‘A’ 3-1 to lead the point standings with an impeccable 18 points from 6 games when action in the Fruta Conquerors U-13 Football League continued at the Tucville Ground, Saturday morning last. Strikes from Jermaine Garrett (13th), Erwin Garraway (22nd) and Diarra Thomas (39th) did the trick for Fruta Conquerors with Gideon Dazell narrowing the margin of defeat with a 10th minute strike. Also on Saturday, GFC and Santos battled to a 2-2 stalemate after Joshua Forte netted a double for the former team in the 36th and 47th minutes with Randy Roberts (8th) and Naseem Algenon (37th) bringing the situation back to equilibrium. The action continued yesterday with Renaissance defeating Western Tigers 2-0 on the back of strikes from Travis Ramnauth and Teon
Vankenic in the 9th and 32nd minutes respectively, while Camptown FC was gifted a walk over after Pele FC failed to turn up for their encounter. Meanwhile, Renaissance sits in the second place with 15 points having lost just one game, while Western Tigers have so far won 3 of their 6 games, lost 2 and drew one to occupy the third place on 10
points. When the action continues on Saturday July 20th next, Fruta ‘A’ will go head to h e a d w i t h Camptown FC while GFC will tackle the other Fruta Conquerors team. Western Tigers will then come up against Santos in the final game that day. There will be no games on Sunday 21st.
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Monday July 15, 2013
Afridi’s stunning return sinks woeful Windies By Sean Devers Jason Holder captured 413 from 10 overs of incisive seam bowling before Shaid Afridi returned to ODIs for the first time since March with an explosive 76 and a mesmerizing spell of leg spin to bag a career best 7-12 to send the West Indies crashing to a 126-run defeat against Pakistan at the Providence Stadium yesterday. Afridi’s fireworks contained six fours and five sixes and lasted just 55 balls as he shared in a 120-run sixth wicket stand with Skipper Misbah ul Haq who hit a patient 52 from 170 balls as Pakistan reached 224-9 when their 50 overs expired. Man-of-the-match Afridi, dropped for the Champions Trophy, grabbed his 9th ODI five-wicket haul to dismiss the home team for 98 in 41 overs. It was their lowest total against Pakistan and only their 8th double digit total in ODIs. This was the first International match in Guyana since May 2011 when Pakistan were last here and West Indies could not ask for better support as a capacity crowd of raucous, flag waving fans produced a Kaleidoscope of colour beyond the boundaries and a
Mashramani-like atmosphere. But the West Indies, with an array of poor shot selections managed to spoil Holder’s effort and the fans party by conjuring another heartbreaking performance for the Sell-out crowd. West Indies began their run chase in horrendous fashion when Johnson Charles (0) missed a low, swinging full toss and had his stumps uprooted at 1-1 as Mohammed Arfan made the break-through in the first over to silence the raucous, flag waving, sell-out crowd. Darren Bravo joined Gayle but the left-handed pair was soon separated at 7-2 after Bravo (5) had gotten going with a deft late cut for four but was soon caught behind as Arfan struck twice in two overs. It was soon 7-3 when the dangerous Gayle (1) was run out by a long way attempting an ill advised single and 39year-old Pakistan Skipper Misbah ul Haq scored a direct hit from cover. Marlon Samuels and Lendl Simmons, who scored an unbeaten 77 in the home team’s 10-wicket win against Pakistan in the last ODI in Guyana, got together to engineer a brief West Indies recovery. Samuels, who had a
Hearts of Oak Masters Football Club 16th annual summer camp kicks off today The 16th edition of the Annual Hearts of Oak Masters Football Club “Teach them Young” football summer camp kicks off today at the Scot Church ground, Princess Elizabeth Road, New Amsterdam and the nearby Prison Officers Sports Club. The activity will be held from today to Friday 16th August 2013. The programme will be held five days weekly from Mondays-Fridays from 09:00hrs -13:00 hrs. During the camp the youths will be taught the finer points of the game which include both theory and practical. The programme also caters for the developing of their interpersonal skills and relationship. The practical sessions will entail showing the youngsters the various ways in passing, shooting, taking, dribbling, Goalkeeping and throwing the football among other points. The youths are also expected to be schooled in discipline, etiquette, good table manners and general education which will also include session on HIV and AIDS. Physical fitness is also expected to be an integral part of the sessions. According to coordinator Neil ‘Grizzly’ Humphrey, the main aim of the programme is to have the youths better able to appreciate the rules and regulation of the game, improve their knowledge and skills and understand general sportsmanship and have a better human relationship with others and improve their discipline generally. He is expecting a good response as school is out and the programme has now become a part of the youths annual out of school package. Some of the personnel and coaches that will be involve in the sessions are former national players Adrian Forde, Kendrick Bowry, Neil Humphrey along with Randy Sears, Nigel Felix among others. Other resource personnel will be incorporated to impart their specific knowledge during the programme. Interested persons can still make contact with Humphrey on 333-5525 or 687-8764 or Secretary Kenrick Bowry on number 333-4451 or any member of the club or turn up at the All Saints Scott Church ground. (Samuel Whyte)
wretched time in the TriNations series, stroked Asad Ali fluently for successive boundaries to boost his confidence while Simmons (10) and Skipper Bravo (0) were removed with successive deliveries to leave the pumped up Afridi on a hat-trick and sink West Indies to 41-5 in the 23rd over as the runs dried up. Kieron Pollard with five ODI ducks already for the year, joined Samuels against an all spin attack of Mohammed Hafeez and Afridi and Pollard (3) soon played a brainless drive and was taken at long-off to give the ‘red hot’ Afridi his third victim as the hosts, who have not beaten Pakistan in an ODI series since 1988, catapulted to 60-6. Afridi continued to befuddle the batsmen and soon trapped Samuels (25 from 75 balls) LBW at 51-7 as he enjoyed a memorable return to International cricket. It was soon 55-8 when Kemar Roach (1) was caught and bowled by the virtually unplayable Afridi. Sammy (21*) and Sunil Narine (14) came together with their team one run more than their lowest ODI total (54 v S/Africa 2004) and carried them to 98 with a 47-run ninth wicket stand before Narine punched Afridi to cover and Holder was LBW to Afridi for a duck to finish the contest in emphatic fashion. Earlier, West Indies elected to field in overcast conditions. Holder struck in
Holder’s heroics with ball in vain the fourth over when he bowled Ahmed Shehzad (5), after being cut elegantly for four in the same over. Shehzad played no shot to a length ball just outside the off stump and got an inside edge onto his stumps and the visitors were in early trouble at 15-1. Two overs later Hafeez (1) who will represent the Guyana Franchise, was bowled by the towering Holder when he misjudged the line, offered no shot and had his stumps disturbed to leave the tourists on 18-2. Pakistan, who were bundled out for 139 in the last ODI to be played here, slumped to 23-4 when rain stopped played after 9.1 overs at 09:56hrs. Nasir Jamshed (6) and Asad Shafiq, who was stupendously caught behind by Charles for a duck were both removed as the 21 yearold Holder, with just three previous ODIs to his name, struck twice in the space of two runs. When played resumed half hour later, Umar Akmal back in the side, flicked Sammy for six over squareleg. But when the wicketkeeper who replaced his brother Kamran in the side, reached 19 he fell to a well judged catch running back from mid-on by Dwayne Bravo off a Roach ‘slower ball’ to leave Pakistan in further trouble at 47-5.
The sun returned in all of its glory and so did Afridi. He joined ul-Haq and the 50 was posted in the 21st over with a six over long-off from the entertaining ‘Boom Boom’ Afridi off Roach. Afridi pounced on Bravo and clobbered the West Indies Captain for a six and a four off consecutive balls in the 25th over before being dropped next ball on 20 as Gayle at slip floored an offering high to his right off the leading edge. The captain reversed swept off-spinner Narine for his only boundary while Afridi was on fire and brought up the fifty run partnership with ul Haq from just 45 balls by lofting Narine for a six back over his head. He then backed away and smashed the Trinidadian, who will play for Guyana in the CPL, to the cover boundary off successive balls as the pair orchestrated a Pakistan revival. The 33-year old Afridi galloped to his 35th ODI fifty from just 35 balls with consecutive boundaries off Sammy. His half century was decorated with five fours and three sixes. The batting power-play was taken in the 36th over with the score on 141-5 and Afridi dumped off-spinner Marlon Samuels over long-on for his 5th six to post the 150. Afridi then smashed a wide half volley from Pollard
with one hand to the point boundary. But Pollard gained revenge a few balls later when Sammy, on the deep midwicket boundary held a tumbling catch to get rid of Afridi at 167-6. Afridi was his usual explosive self while ul Haq played the supporting role with level-headed batting on a slow track which made free scoring a tedious task until Afridi’s arrival at the crease. The sixth wicket stand was worth 120 runs but although ul Haq’s contribution was only 28 his occupation of the crease was vital for Pakistan as Afridi ‘boomed’ away. After Afridi’s dismissal, Wahab Riaz joined his Skipper who reached his 50 from 120 balls and together they took their team to 183 before Riaz (7) fell to Roach. Bravo then removed ul Haq and Ali (11) as the 50 overs expired with the last pair at the crease. Bravo supported Holder with 2-52 from his 10 overs for the West Indies who slumped to their in fourth defeat at Providence in seven ODIs and 16th against Pakistan the Caribbean. It was also their heaviest defeat at Providence, surpassing the 113-run loss to Sri Lanka in the 2007 World Cup and a vastly improved performance is anticipated tomorrow when they play the second ODI in the five match series.