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KAIETEUR NEWS Printed and Published by National Media & Publishing Company Ltd. 24 Saffon Street, Charlestown, Georgetown, Guyana. Publisher: GLENN LALL Editor: ADAM HARRIS Tel: 225-8465, 225-8491 Fax: 225-8473, 226-8210
EDITORIAL
The power of compromise If there is one thing that can be gleaned from last week’s agreement on a Gecom chair it is about the power of compromise for consensus. Agreement is given birth by compromise, which does not arrive early or smoothly, even satisfactorily when finally realized. But this much can be said for what compromise does: it moves from nothing and gives something. The jumping off point is usually sharp disagreement, which intensifies into hard stagnation, which descends towards irreversible confrontation. When men cast away minds and prioritize mass and might; mischief is spawned, unmanaged mayhem follows. This is that grinding, unprogressive place to which many a smart person and sometimes not-so-thoughtful leader have surrendered. The brute surging physical overcomes the abandoned cerebral. It could be from pressure applied through the now many incarnations of the press; more accurately, the many media offshoots, sometimes severely partisan and mostly unbridled. Or it could be through people mobilized for peaceful picketing near strategically selected pavements for maximum exposure and value; this is rational, practical, and constitutional. Yet even as that is in motion, associated tactics must be consistently visited with responsible rhetoric and continuing conversations; conversations that search honestly for compromise towards consensus. This is worth repeating as often as is required, if only so that there would be more listening, more responding, more delivering a la Gecom chair. This is what should be blessed with more interest and energy by leaders (and advisers and supporters) to solidify form and substance, as to the specifics and sinews of mutually acceptable compromise. All of this enjoys some involvement even as measured public positions are advanced in continuously tempered manners. In a supersensitive place, a reactionary territory, such as Guyana, all of these components of public and political engagement and discourse are mandatory. There has to be personal and group adaptations recently severely missing. No one could argue that it has not been this way, and that movement towards compromise is made infinitely more backbreaking. Moreover, there can be no disputing that the issues at hand nor the players enmeshed nor the power strategies, tactics, and objectives are unfamiliar or unexpected. All have been seen and experienced before. Admittedly, there is a touch of the modern, through a powerful presence in the world of cyber country and the untraceable footsteps of proxies. But it is the same bulldog mentality at the core, because the face paints and eye shadows fall short of hiding the scars and deformities of old and unchanged political outlooks. Since these predominant characteristics have failed to register any positives, almost all of the huffing and puffing and blustering should-and could-be slashed through in quick, efficient strokes. These negatives impede compromise; they are time-wasting and undermining. Mindsets are then not geared towards compromise; merely the obvious further hardening of animosities and positions. This is the beating heart of Guyana that is visible to all, in its swollen, lesioned, fatigued state. There is much dead tissue that has to be cut through. Looked in a different way, the incurable pains of this country are best compared to the old quarrels of an old couple with the old bitterness leading to the old resignations and leaving with the same old emptiness. It is of going nowhere new, doing nothing different; but simply adding to the well-tended storehouse of memories of mutual malice and mistakes. Compromise suffers in such an atmosphere. On the other hand, willing, principled compromise converts, at the end of all the poisons, to so much time saved, so much bad blood avoided, so much radically different social and racial thinking prompted: things are possible. In sum, compromise and results stand as monuments of good intentions, good sense, good faith, and goodwill that follow. The power of compromise towards consensus is way more than about politics; it is of life itself. And of giving self and society a chance to emerge reborn.
The Georgetown Municipality should conduct itself as a true business entity DEAR EDITOR, As someone who has been an avid fan of the new Mayor of Georgetown and supporter of his efforts to clean up the mess at City Hall, disappointingly I would like to express my disenchantment at his ‘mendicancy initiative’ in which he invited the members of the diplomatic community to view the derelict and sordid municipal facilities of our capital. First, I would like to know whether this activity was organized through the Ministry of Foreign Affairs as would be formally required, and approved by that agency or whether in breach of protocol the municipality is reach-
ing out ‘cap in hand’ to the foreign missions in Guyana. Second, I am hoping that the Mayor is aware that the capitals and other cities in the countries from which this come and represent, do have fiscal, infrastructural and other challenges of their own, which their federal governments must first address before giving out aid to foreign cities. Third, is the Mayor aware that no agency, neither local nor foreign will be prepared to pump money into a municipality or engage in a business arrangement that has not allowed itself to be fully audited and its accounts presented for inspection by the public
for at least the last seven years? Prudent fiscal management is a prerequisite for every funding agency. It is time that the Georgetown Municipality stops cloaking itself in this veil of poverty, and conduct itself as a true business entity like many other cities in the world. It should create and issue municipal bonds to citizens the proceeds from which can be used to rehabilitate its existing dilapidated infrastructure and develop new cuttingedge facilities. It should invite and create conditions for foreign companies to site their headquarters and other facilities in Georgetown from
which it will garner property rates and other taxes rather than see them lured out of the capital as has recently happened with a major oil company. It is time for the Mayor to wake up and smell the coffee, it is time for him to do some load shedding of some of the useless departments and employees at City Hall which he himself identified as unnecessary. It is also time for him to understand that it would be better for his municipality to be given a rod and taught how to fish rather than to wait every day to be given a fish. Regards Jermain Johnson
GECOM under its new leadership must ensure that Guyana remains a democratic state DEAR EDITOR, The internal dynamics of Guyana is in a potentially explosives political crisis, emanating from who is in control. Many intelligent and sincere people are convinced that the taking of or continuation in power by the APNU/AFC coalition Government will be destructive for the nation, as they seem bent on satisfying their own self interest. The most troublesome and worrying development is the Guyana Electoral Commission, (GECOM) which was explicitly created to prepare and conduct elections (which the constitution specified could be held anytime) and which exists to continuously update the voters registry and otherwise prepare for elections at anytime. The GECOM is acting in defiance of the constitution, and continue to be partisan in its behaviour, when making critical deci-
sions. It is factual that the GECOM is an autonomous body that is being financed by taxpayers, and must ensure that its constitutional mandate is being fulfilled despite of any external political forces. The drastic action by GECOM to embark on the House to House registration cannot satisfy all stakeholders in the holding of a credible elections, since obligations to hold genuine elections have not be addressed comprehensively or systematically by GECOM. However no two electoral systems are exactly alike, there is no single model of democracy, there is no one size democracy that fits all. While it differs, the range of democratic systems does share one important similarity, that is, intricate link to everyone’s civil rights and obligations. While each country sovereign rights is to choose how
to conduct its elections, UN members states have agreed by a set of obligations and commitments, to protect and promote electoral rights of their citizens which is basically to ensure that all citizens have the effective rights and opportunity to participate in elections on an equal basis. If a Guyanese goes out of the country for six months and returns to Guyana after the final voters list is being compiled by GECOM, (but their name was on the last voters list), return to be told that there names are no longer on the voters list, that would deny this person an opportunity of their constitutional rights to vote. Therefore the on going registration is not only denying people their rights but many other Guyanese you are holidaying overseas. Guyanese therefore must ask:
- why is it that GECOM presently don’t have a valid voters list ? - why GECOM allow the voters list to be expired ? - what happens if there should be by-elections in the Local Government System ? - billions is being spent by taxpayers yet officials who are mandated to execute their functions are failing. We must not continue to pay officials for FAILURE and INCOMPETENCE in GECOM . GECOM under its new leadership must act professionally to ensure that Guyana remains a democratic state. The UN, OAS, Carter Centre, etc. must be asked to assist in the preparations for elections before 18 September 2019.Congratulations to the new Chairperson of GECOM. Regards, Zamal Hussain
We need to take back our city from this unlawfulness DEAR EDITOR, As an earnest tax paying citizen of Georgetown, can the Council inform us when the current Mayor and Councillors of the City of Georgetown will embark upon correcting the wrongs and repairing the extensive damage that was wilfully done to our capital city by a former senior administrative municipal staffer. If one were to take a stroll in the Bel Air Park neighbourhood along where the empty lots known as R3 and R4 are located, one can still observe the remaining evidence of the venal attempt
at land grabbing by the ‘Fantastic Four’. There is an old shipping container and a dilapidated and teetering guard hut defacing one side whilst the other side has been made into a swamp that breeds mosquitoes and cultivates copious amounts of wild brush, weeds and trees due to it being recklessly excavated when the gang was trying to illegally convert this dedicated open space into a dedicated upscale housing plot for themselves. The area needs to be restored into an aesthetically pleasing open space. The
same goes for the Farnum ground in the Subryanville area where another illegal land grab attempt was made. In the downtown area there are old cut up railway tracks that have been placed along some sidewalks, which serve no useful purpose other than to have given ‘the boys’ some jobs and some free money to cut up and bolt down this scrap metal. This should be removed and sold to the scrap metal dealers. And then there is the unfinished and now derelict ‘Presidential Park’ at the eastern extremity of Church Street and North Road, which was an unrefined attempt to pan-
der to the politicians. This eyesore needs to be either completed by the relevant agency or torn down. Should this area not be returned to a green space as part of our city and country’s green agenda? And further west of these same two roadways there is the area that was assigned to street barbers, cosmetologists, and beauticians many of whom are unlicensed which is now nothing short of a shantytown with a number of rickety makeshift tents barely standing, adorned with scraps of multi coloured plastic, cloth, and canvas, and (Continued on page 5)
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Who really has been obstructionist and acting in bad faith here? DEAR EDITOR, So four lists and three court cases later, the Opposition Leader finally submits a list of names for the GECOM Chairperson acceptable to the President. It is significant how those six names stand in sharp contrast to those on the first and thus show t h a t O pposition Leader,
Bharrat Jagdeo, was simply being provocative in what is supposed to be a consensual process with the best interests of the country at heart. So who really has been obstructionist and acting in bad faith here? It is also of interest that the final list reveals how ethnically centric the PPP/
C has become under his tenure. For the majority of peace loving Guyanese, Mr Jagdeo remains a divisive and disruptive force. The upcoming election will be a referendum on him and the corrupt and dangerous days he wants Guyana to return to. Yours sincerely, Albert Russell
The PNC, all by itself, has squandered the opportunity given to it by the citizens DEAREDITOR, I refer to a letter by one Gerhard Ramsaroop in the Kaieteur News captioned “AFC has squandered its opportunity”, it should not have the PM position. While I can agree with him that the AFC squandered its chance, I want to remind Mr. Ramsaroop to take off his blinkers and also recognize that the PNC, all by itself has squandered the opportunity given to it by the citizens to rule Guyana after the next elections. Mr. Ramsaroop also has the audacity to state, “the PNC retains goodwill thanks largely to Granger”. What has this man been smoking lately? Is he so desperate to be the PM Candidate of the PNC that he spews such rubbish? If one is to look at the credentials of the PNC over the last 4 years, it is one populated with prejudice against another group outside of Mr.
Granger’s group. This PNC led administration has been one buried in corruption so much so that the Auditor General in his latest report implored this Granger administration to produce the evidence on the G$600 million missing from the Durban Park Project? BOYO must be turning in his grave to be watching down on what his son has emitted here and Gerhard must not be given a free pass since he has now entered the political arena with this piece from him. So the question to ask, what do we do with someone who rolls from the PPP to the AFC to the PNC? We should treat him exactly like how we treat his arch-nemesis, Mr. Khemraj Ramjattan and Mr. Moses Nagamootoo… After Mr. Granger offered him a big job, Mr. Ramsaroop pick up his “paridhan” (belonging) and ran away from Mr. Granger and now he wants to
walk into the PNC camp and they must all clear the way for him to be Mr. Granger’s PM Candidate? What happened to people like Mr. Khemraj Ramjattan who has stood side by side with Mr. Granger, covering up his incompetence and deflecting for all the allegations of corruption against the regime? What I see from Mr. Gerhard Ramsaroop is the embodiment of one who is a naked political opportunist equal in caliber to two others who can be readily named. What I see is someone seeking a job from his old friend Mr. Granger. Well, it is too late now since, under a caretaker/ interim government, even Mr. Granger cannot hire him and soon Mr. Granger could become a private citizen on a pension if the voters are allowed to vote in free and fair elections. Lisa Ally
We need to take back our city from... From page 4 which is ironically named ‘The Beauty Promenade’. In the interest of developing our tourism industry this area should be cleared and cleaned in addition to the dog kennel type structures that
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were constructed a little further west supposedly a ‘Farmers Market’ for wholesalers who bring their produce for sale on Thursdays and Fridays from the rural areas should also be torn down. Surely this depravity
should not be allowed to continue so long after the ‘King and Queen’ were sent packing. We need to take back our city from this unlawfulness. Sincerely Anu Bihari
This needs to become the rule rather than the exception DEAR EDITOR, WPA welcomes the appointment of Justice Claudette Singh as the new chairperson of the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM). In the end, the two principal leaders did what the constitution and the CCJ required of them—arrive at an outcome through a process of cooperation and consensus. That they arrived at this consensus without any overt external intervention is an indication that Guyanese are capable of solving their problems on their own. This needs to become the rule rather than the exception. WPA is not blind to the fact that given the underlying distrust between the two major political forces, consensus is not automatic. But we believe that more could be done in this area if the leaders recognize the enormous responsibilities that are placed on their shoulders. We hope that this decision is a signal that hyper-partisanship is giving way to political maturity. There are
more challenges to navigate as the country moves towards the most important election since 1953. WPA wishes to chide sections of the Civil Society elite and the media for encouraging the Opposition Leader to ignore the recommendation of the CCJ and to insist on unilateralism over cooperation. This stance was unhelpful and may have been partly responsible for the gridlock over the last few weeks. WPA respects the right of all organizations to speak up on national political issues but thinks that Civil Society organizations and individuals should also serve as mediators. The display of partisanship and their stance against cooperation and consensus were not their most shining moments. As we welcome the new GECOM chair, it is clear that her tenure would not be an easy one. With no known affiliation, she begins her job with some needed capital. She will be overseeing an
Is this for real? DEAR EDITOR, There we go again!City Hall is putting its feet in its mouth. On its sacred ‘no sell area’ on the Tarmac in front of the Stabroek Market (next to the Digicel booth) an established bakery has it’s bread truck parked, selling Bread wholesale and retail. On enquiring from the small bread vendors and the City Constabulary Ranks, they were both told that per-
mission was given from City Hall. Is this for real? Eon Andrews President Guyana Market Vendors Union
election which from all indications would be keenly fought. WPA hopes that in the final analysis, her stewardship would take the Commission further along the road of impartiality. Because she holds the casting vote in an institution that reflects the political divide, she has the dual role of leader and mediator. Having said that, WPA calls on the political forces to tone down the political pressure and allow GECOM to do its work. GECOM should not be the arena for settling political scores. Compromise and consensus should drive the deliberations and decision-making. Guyana can illafford a dysfunctional elections body at a time when the stakes are very high. Justice Singh’s first task has to do with the contentious issue of what to do with the Voters List. She takes up office in the middle of a fierce debate over the House to House registration which was ordered by her predecessor. There would obviously be enormous pressure on her to discontinue that exercise. But she must withstand those pressures. WPA hopes her decisions would be guided by the CCJ’s doctrine of “ marrying principle with practicality.” David Hinds
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When the books fix, you owe me I met a man who kept repeating that the forthcoming elections is the “mother of all elections.” I asked him why and he said that whoever wins will have control of the oil revenues. But what oil revenues is he speaking about? If production in the first year is going to be around 120,000 barrels per year, how much revenue is Guyana going to earn when one considers the deplorable deal which was signed by the
government with the oil companies? Guyana gets a mere 2% royalties and a 50/50 split of profit oil, that is, after expenses have been d e d u c t e d . We a r e n o w told that the absence of ring fencing is a feature of the agreement which means that the costs of non-productive wells can be added to the costs which have to be deduced from Guyanas receipts. Guyanese are daydreaming about riches. It
reminds me of a story of the owner of a company a deal which seemed initially to them to be like winning the lottery. The owner of a business called his staff to a meeting where he informed them that he would like to offer them half of the shares in his company. He told them that instead of being employees, he was offering them joint ownership in the company; instead of receiving salaries they would receive a half of
DEM BOYS SEH
Ministers responding to Facebook Facebook is de new thing fuh mek dem Ministers talk. Now-a-days when people want to know something all dem got to do is write wha dem feel pun Facebook. A man tek out an advertisement in de newspapers claiming how business slow down. De man didn’t fight up wid too much English but he get de message across. He write how business was good when de Cubans was coming and spending. De man claim how nuff planes use to come in wid de Cubans. Now dem planes carrying de Cubans to Suriname. De man claim how de government tax de Cubans suh dem go to Suriname wheh things cheaper. When
de Minister see that right away he respond. Dem boys seh if de same thing been in de newspapers de Minister wouldn’t seh a word. He seh if people did only ask dem woulda see how de man lie. He seh more people coming to Guyana and de planes coming more full. And is true. Once upon a time in Guyana you couldn’t find a store open pun a Sunday. Now Sunday is a normal shopping day and all den Chinee stores open. If you see how dem Cubans flocking. Is only de Guyanese can’t even get a share. That is why de man seh business bad. Dem boys seh that now is elections time and people gun mek all kind of claim. One man claim how every day
planeloads of Haitians coming to Guyana to mek up de voters’ list. People believe this. De truth is that even when Guyanese coming home and dem land in Trinidad dem got to wait fuh plane. And none of dem don’t see these Haitians. Dem boys seh fuh dem Haitians come to Guyana dem got to get visa to Miami fuh ketch Copa or Caribbean Airline or American Airways. Dem boys want to know which Haitian gun get a visa to America and come to Guyana. But is de time when people seh anything and people does believe anything. Talk half and watch out fuh more strange things.
Stabroek stall holder denies selling unlicensed liquor
The owner of this stall has denied selling unlicensed alcohol A female stall holder is refuting that she is engaged in the illegal sale of liquor at her Stabroek establishment. The woman issued the denial after Kaieteur News published a photograph of her stall in an article head-
lined “Illegal rum shop and open toilet behind Stabroek cafeteria. The article dealt with the plight faced by Abiola Fung, who operates a cafeteria in the area. Mrs. Fung had complained that individuals who
visit a stall that sells unlicensed liquor urinate behind her cafeteria, and that vagrants and others defecate there also. Mrs. Fung never identified the female stall holder as having operated an illegal rum shop.
the profits of the company. The staff got real excited. This was all too surreal for them. One of them could not stop leaping up and down like a jumping jack. They all agreed to the arrangement. Then the owner explained to all of them why it was a stupid choice. He explained to them that by the time he was finished fixing the books, the companys profit would be so small that it would not be enough to compensate them for the loss of their salaries. He told them that when he is finished fixing the books, instead of him owing them, they will owe him. There is a lesson in that story for Guyanese. Many of them are getting excited about profit oil. They admit that the country got a rotten deal when the government agreed to a 2% royalties. But they feel that the 50% profit oil will still ensure a huge take away for the government. What they have fac-
tored into their assessment is who determines the profits. Oil companies can find a million ways to inflate prices. They can procure supplies from countries whose law restrict them from giving information to third parties. Therefore, there is no way that
Guyana would ever be able to verify some of the costs which have to be deducted from the sale of oil to give profit oil. How are these costs going to be audited?
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New investment team acquires Calls for Legislative intervention operation of Fly Jamaica Airways for TT law students KINGSTON, Jamaica CMC – A team of investors including Jamaican aviation veteran Glenn L o g a n , l e d b y Ya n n LeProvost of the French based company W&Y SAS, has taken over the operations of the problem plagued Fly Jamaica Airways. The new owners, who took over the reigns on Friday from Guyanese operators Paul and Roxanne Reece, have promised to address issues affecting the carrier, including the payment of salaries, ticket refunds and the payment of outstanding debt. “This is significant for many different reasons, to restore confidence in the Jamaican people, the flying public and the tourism industry in Jamaica. I want to say that we are not just going to concentrate on the ethnic market, but also
Glenn Logan
the tourism market. It is essential for the survival of the tourism market, for use to concentrate on this. This is the key component for the survival of the airline,” said Logan in an interview with the Caribbean Media Corporation (CMC). He said plans are underway for flights to resume in
September. Logan comes to Fly Jamaica with over years of experience in the aviation industry, including that of working with Air Jamaica, Air Canada and other airlines in Canada. He also started Canada 3000 airlines and established a small airline out of South Florida.
NEWSDAY - Congress of the People (COP) political leader Carolyn SeepersadBachan has called for “immediate legislative intervention” for citizens affected by a recent High Court decision blocking them from using section 15 (1A) of the Legal Profession Act (LPA) to enter the local legal profession. Justice Vasheist Kokaram, in a 125-page decision last Friday, deemed the section to be unconstitutional as it discriminates against non-nationals who want to practise law in TT. The Section allowed TT law students to enter the profession without the requirement of a legal education certificate from the Hugh Wooding Law School, if they underwent six months of in-service training under a practising attorney, once they had the LPC and BPTC (Legal Practice Course and Bar Professional Training Course). Kokaram held that the sec-
Carolyn Seepersad Bachan tion placed an additional burden on non-nationals seeking admission to the Hugh Wooding Law School, who must write an entrance examination, or wait additional years to be called to the bar in England and then seek to get their certificate of fitness before being admitted to the local Bar.
In a media release, Seepersad-Bachan who was recently called to the local Bar said while she is not making any comment on the judgment, she notes there are several unanswered questions which need to be addressed including the “possibility of obstructed access to practice in the local courts.”
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(From page 15) how it feels to be part of such a cherished tune SAINt JHN said “It’s hard to describe.” “I actually started in Jamaica. The record started in Jamaica. Beyonce had asked me to be a part of the project. She had asked me to be a part of Lion King and they gave me a beat to write on but I couldn’t catch it. That‘s the truth I couldn’t catch it. “They heard it. They said it was cool but they didn’t use it, but then they heard Brown Skin Girl, it was record I had started in Jamaica and it just resonated. In fact, it was the only record I ever sent to my mom… “For me, it was important for her to hear that. I had made lots of records, lots of other songs but I felt like it was important for my mom to know that this is something that I felt was important for her to hear… “And when Beyonce heard it, she made it even bigger. She got on the record and scaled it up in a way that I couldn’t even imagine. “But in my mind when I made the record, there were only two people on the planet that were the right people, the right vessels to communicate this—she at the top of the list.” The soundtrack which features the lyrics "Brown skin girl; Your skin just like pearls ;The best thing in the world; Never trade you for anybody…" encourages young girls to love their skin—particularly in a culture that often upholds lighter skin as the standard of beauty. Sung over an Africaninfused beat, it's the standout track on the soundtrack album, and also the kind of song that young black girls fighting issues of colourism need to hear.
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Iran says meeting with parties to nuclear deal ‘constructive’ VIENNA (Reuters) - An emergency meeting with parties to Iran’s 2015 nuclear deal was constructive but there are unresolved issues and Tehran will continue to reduce its nuclear commitments if Europeans fail to salvage the pact, Iranian official Abbas Araqchi said yesterday. “The atmosphere was constructive. Discussions were good. I cannot say that we resolved everything, I can say there are lots of commitments,” Araqchi, the senior Iranian nuclear negotiator, told reporters after the meeting in Vienna. Parties to the agreement Britain, Germany and France plus Russia and China - met Iranian officials for talks called in response to an escalation in tensions between Iran and the West that included confrontations at sea and Tehran’s breaches of the nuclear accord. “As we have said, we will continue to reduce our commitments to the deal until Eu-
Iran’s top nuclear negotiators attend a meeting of the JCPOA Joint Commission in Vienna, yesterday. REUTERS/Kirsti Knolle ropeans secure Iran’s interests under the deal,” Araqchi said. The parties have been trying to salvage the pact since the United States withdrew from it in May 2018 and re-imposed and toughened sanctions on Iran, crippling
an already weak economy. The Europeans say further breaches of the agreement by Iran would escalate confrontation at a time when Tehran and Washington are at risk of a miscalculation that could lead to war. However, their efforts to
Russian opposition leader Navalny may have been poisoned – doctor MOSCOW (Reuters) Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny was hospitalised yesterday after suffering an acute allergic reaction which one doctor said may have been the result of him being poisoned with an unknown chemical substance. Navalny, 43, was rushed to hospital yesterday morning from jail where he is serving a 30-day sentence for violating tough protest laws, a day after police in Moscow detained over 1,000 people for an illegal demonstration which Navalny called for. His spokeswoman Kira
Yarmysh said Navalny had signs of an acute allergy with “severe swelling of the face and skin redness.” Doctors at the hospital treating him have yet to publicly disclose their diagnosis and the precise cause of his symptoms remains unknown. But one doctor who has treated him in the past and was able to briefly speak to him and look at him through the crack of a door yesterday said she could not rule out that he had been poisoned. “We cannot rule out that toxic damage to the skin and mucous membranes by an unknown chemical substance
was inflicted with the help of a ‘third party’,” Anastasia Vasilyeva, the doctor, wrote on Facebook. Vasilyeva, who said Navalny had a rash on his upper body, skin lesions, and discharge from his eye, called for samples of Navalny’s bed sheets, skin and hair to be tested for chemicals. She said she found the fact that she had not been allowed to examine him properly suspicious. The Moscow hospital where Navalny’s spokeswoman said he was being treated could not be reached for comment.
protect trade with Iran against the U.S. sanctions have yielded nothing concrete so far. Earlier this month, Tehran followed through on its threat to increase its nuclear activities in breach of the agreement. Iran has said it will with-
draw from the pact unless the Europeans find ways to shield its economy from the U.S. sanctions. “All our steps taken so far are reversible if other parties to the deal fulfil their commitments,” an Iranian diplomat told Reuters ahead of the
meeting. In response to the sanctions, Iran said in May it would decrease its commitments under the nuclear pact. Under the deal, most international sanctions against Tehran were lifted in 2016, in exchange for limitations on its nuclear work. So far, Iran has breached the limit of its enriched uranium stockpile as well as enriching uranium beyond a 3.67% purity limit set by its deal with major powers, defying a warning by Europeans to stick to the deal despite U.S. sanctions. The U.N. nuclear watchdog, policing the deal, has confirmed the measures announced by Tehran. Fu Cong, director general of the Department of Arms Control of the Chinese Foreign Ministry, who lead the Chinese delegation, said: “All sides have expressed their commitment to safeguard the JCPOA (nuclear deal) and to continue to implement the JCPOA in a balanced manner.
Protesters clash in Hong Kong as cycle of violence intensifies
Assuming EU will not budge, Britain ramps up preparations for no-deal Brexit LONDON (Reuters) - The British government is working on the assumption that the European Union will not renegotiate its Brexit deal and is ramping up prepa-
rations to leave the bloc on Oct. 31 without an agreement, senior ministers said yesterday. Boris Johnson, who took over as British prime minister on Wednesday with a prom-
ise to deliver Brexit by the end of October “no ifs or buts”, plans to seek a new exit deal with the EU. The EU has said repeatedly that the deal cannot be reopened.
Faulty interrogation causes many... (From page 13) top of that, an apparent lack of integration and cohesion among team members “Some, at times, would lost their connection with each other, and appear to be working independently and not effectively collaborating to achieve common goals.” Green posited that the child
victim tends to be the only eyewitness in their abuse, besides the perpetrator. Hence, the child report is extremely important to the evidence-gathering process. “Great care must be taken in getting the child’s report so that the best quality of evidence could be had for the trial to bring more perpetrators to justice, and
to protect the child at the same time. There must be social change to prevent the revictimisation and non-prosecution through lack of child friendly and faulty interrogation practices. Child sexual assault can last a lifetime and spans generations. This sexual assault of our children must stop at all costs.”
Demonstrators take cover under umbrellas as they face riot police, yesterday. REUTERS/Tyrone Siu HONG KONG (Reuters) Hong Kong police clashed with thousands of protesters yesterday, as they sought to defend China’s main representative office from crowds seething over what many see as an increasing cycle of violence against them. Protests over the past two months spearheaded by anti-government activists against a proposed bill that would allow people to be extradited from the city to stand trial in courts in mainland China have
grown increasingly violent. A march on Saturday against an assault the previous weekend by suspected triad gang members ended in violent turmoil as riot police waded in to disperse crowds. Yesterday, a peaceful gathering in a park in the city’s central business district rapidly morphed into a march, as tens of thousands of black-clad protesters set off in several directions, clogging up major thoroughfares. Thousands of people
headed east, towards the shopping district of Causeway Bay, while another large contingent headed west, towards the Chinese government’s representative office, known as the Central Government Liaison Office. There, hundreds of riot police blocked activists from advancing towards the building, which had been heavily fortified with barricades after it was surrounded and defaced a week earlier. A clear plastic shield had been erected around a national emblem above its front doors.
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Harold Bascoms How to get better reviews for your first novel - a must-read for aspiring writers If you are struggling to complete your first novel, which you hope to self-publish, you will find several great tips in an excellent online book on writing. It is aptly titled: “How to Get Better Reviews for Your First Novel: 11 Convos on the Basics of Fiction Writing For New Self-publishing Authors.” This manual, which can be accessed via Amazon, is the most recent work by novelist, graphic artist and Guyana Prize-winning playright Harold Bascom. Bascom, who also reviews self-published fiction, makes it clear that his manual is only for those who are willing to put in the hard work. Then, in an easy, conversational tone, he offers up eleven chapters that cover practically every aspect of writing; from dialogue to points of view, to finding story ideas and plots, to the daunting chore of re-writing. Bascom explained what inspired him to publish his manual. “I now do reviews of selfpublished novels and short story collections. In the course of it, I continually come across stories that carry
Harold Bascom weak plots, and with underdeveloped characters. Above all, I keep coming across books obviously written by individuals who lack a basic understanding of fiction writing. In this, I mean that many new writers seem not to understand how to write effective scene descriptions; how to put together arresting dialogue; how to show and not tell; how not to be the victim of clichésthings like that. So, I decided to put together a series of articles, conversations convos, to help new
writers get a leg up, so to speak, and the book, “How to Get Better Reviews for Your First Novel: 11 Convos on the Basics of Fiction Writing For New Self-publishing Authors,” was born.” His own experiences as a struggling writer have also served as a guide. “My very first incursion into fiction writing took place many, many years ago in Guyana during the time when Alan A. Fenty used to read local short stories on GBC. I enjoyed them and wanted to become a short story writer too. So, I penned one and submitted it to GBC. Someone there, thankfully, responded to me, and even though what that person wrote was humiliating, I can say it was a good thing. The response said that what I submitted was too short and didn’t really constitute a short story; that I didn’t understand what fiction writing was. “What did I do? Did I tuck my tail between my legs and disappear? No. I went to the Library and borrowed a few books on writing in general and writings short stories. Within a month after that, I submitted another story, “Buddy Swaaku and the Stars.” It was an amusing story of a man whose days were guided by whatever his
astrology for the day said and suffered for it after his effeminate nephew read the wrong prediction to him. The story was a national hit. I followed up with the story, “Putooks Last Run,” the story of a man obsessed with being a marathon runner, but who was insistent on always running in his dhoti, and whose demise as a runner came apart after his wife (fearful of his safety on these athletic excursions)
purposefully tied his dhoti in a way that it would come apart while he ran. “After that, I became a hit as a writer. I went on, of course, to become a novelist in 1986 and a writer in the Heinemann Caribbean Writers Series for my book, “APATA: The Story of a Reluctant Criminal.” It earned me the sad distinction of becoming the first Guyanese writer to ever had a novel published
by Heinemann Educational Books of London without leaving Guyana. I went on to become a playwright/director and a four-time winner of the Guyana Prize for Literature, which has been sadly postponed, for the third consecutive year under this present administration. “After the mind breaking experience of completing a 560-page manuscript, and (Continued on page 22)
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The big goal for Felix remains next year and the Olympics DES MOINES, Iowa (Reuters) - The fire is still there for Allyson Felix and so is the dream. Americas most decorated track and field athlete may have missed out on a medal at this weeks U.S. national championships as she returned to competition for the first time in 13 months after having a daughter in November, but the quest goes on for the six-time Olympic champion. “This is a stepping stone,” the 33-year-old mentioned several times at the meeting at Drake University that doubled as the U.S. world championships trials. “I want to be back in the Olympics,” said Felix. “I want them more than anything. I want to go out on my terms.” Her best time in the championships, 51.45 seconds in the 400 metres semi-finals, was two seconds slower than her personal best of 49.26 seconds in 2015 and she finished sixth in Saturdays final in 51.94. Yet Felix said she found a new spark.
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“Being in this environment and being back in a final, it kind of got the juices flowing,” she said. “Its going to be a lot easier going into next year and getting a full year of training.” Not that the 2019 work year is over. “I think Bobby still has some training for me,” said Felix of longtime coach Bob Kersee. “I dont think he is done with me yet. “I think we want to get in a position to train. I might race a little bit more.” There is also a potential spot on the U.S. 4x400 metres relay team for late Septembers world championships in Doha. “If I feel like Im in, you know, good form to be able to help the team, yes,” Felix said when asked if she would accept a spot. “If Im not, Ill be a cheerleader.” But with or without the relay, this year is about what Felix called the “big goal” - the 2020 Olympics in Tokyo. “This gave me a taste,” she said of the U.S. championships. “The fire is there. I will be back next year.”
Allyson Felix places sixth in the women’s 400m in 51.94 in her first competition since giving birth her daughter Camryn Ferguson on Nov. 28, 2018 during the USATF Championships at Drake Stadium. (Kirby Lee-USA TODAY Sports)
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Mexico celebrates on Peru Independence Day at Pan Ams
Wimbledon teen star Coco reaches Washington main draw AFP - Coco Gauff, the 15year-old American who breezed into the Wimbledon last 16 earlier this month, adv a n c e d i n t o t h e WTA Wa s h i n g t o n O p e n m a i n draw with a qualifying triumph yesterday. Gauff defeated Japan’s Hiroko Kuwata 6-1, 6-2 in 64 minutes to reach the women’s field of 32 in the US Open hardcourt women’s tuneup event played along-
Mexico’s Daniela Campuzano celebrates with her gold medal during the medal ceremony for the Women’s Cross Country. (REUTERS/Pilar Olivares) LIMA (Reuters) - It might have been Perus Independence Day but it was Mexico doing much of the celebrating at the Pan Am Games yesterday as they continued their spectacular start in Lima, claiming gold in the womens mountain bike and taekwondo. Heading into the evening sessions, Mexico was sitting top the medal table with eight golds and 20 medals overall, ahead of the U.S. on five golds and 15 medals. For Peru the big national celebration actually came a day earlier on Saturday when the hosts opened the Games by sweeping both the mens and womens marathon gold. Peru added to their medal haul on Sunday grabbing a bronze in mixed pairs poomsae taekwondo but the country was still basking in the glow of marathon wins by Gladys Tejeda and Christian Pacheco. “This was a perfect start for all of us at athletics,” said Perus athletics competition manager Jorge MacFarlane on Sunday. “Starting with two gold medals for Peru is very exciting and very important for us and for the Games. “We expect the rest of the competition to receive a huge boost from this. “We really want to put on another great show in the race walks and invite everyone to join us for another party at Parque Kennedy next weekend.” Mexico got Sunday off to a golden start with Daniela Campuzano winning the womens mountain bike.
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Campuzano, who narrowly missed out on a medal in 2015 placing fourth in Toronto, made sure she would be on the podium in Lima, breaking free of the pack on the second of six laps around the Morro Solar Circuit and powering home ahead of Argentinas Sofia Gomez Villafane. “I wondered this week whether I was ready for the competition, and I was very nervous when I started today, but it didnt take long for that to go,” said Campuzano, who was Mexicos flagbearer at the 2016 Rio Olympics. “I have learned not to stress
and just enjoy the racing and when I saw the opportunity to jump out in front of the pack early in that second lap (of six), I took it. “I beat very good competitors here today, and I am very proud of that.” Mexico also took gold in the mixed pairs poomsae taekwondo event and picked up silver in the womens K4 500m canoe sprint and bronze in the mens K4 500m. Canada, who finished second in the medal table at the 2015 PanAm Games in Toronto, finally picked up their first gold in Lima by winning the womens K4 500m.
side an ATP men’s tournament. It was not immediately known who her first-round opponent would be or when she would appear in her first main draw match since Wimbledon. Gauff stands 143rd in the world rankings after arriving last month at Wimbledon ranked 313th before she zipped through qualifying into a first-round match on the
England grass against childhood idol Venus Williams. Gauff defeated 44thranked Williams in her opener and rolled into the fourth round before losing to eventual champion Simona Halep. Gauff also dispatched Slovakia’s Magdalena Rybarikova and saved two match points in defeating Slovenia’s 60th-ranked Polona Hercog.
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Sri Lanka seal series against Bangladesh with easy win
Avishka Fernando’s impressive performance was supported by Kusal Perera’s 30 run-haul. (AFP / Ishara S. Kodikara) AFP - Avishka Fernando hit a quick-fire half-century as Sri Lanka eased to a sevenwicket win over Bangladesh in the second one-day international to seal the threematch series in Colombo yesterday. Opener Fernando made 82 off 75 balls, helping Sri Lanka reach 242-3 in 44.4 overs after Bangladesh were restricted to 238-8, despite wicketkeeperbatsman Mushfiqur Rahim making an unbeaten 98 runs. Fernando and skipper Dimuth Karunaratne set the tone for Sri Lankas run chase with 71-run stand before Bangladesh had their first success through off-spinner Mehidy Hasan. Mehidy bowled Karunaratne for 15 but Fernando and Kusal Perera continued the hosts’ onslaught to put Sri Lanka, who won Fridays opening game by 91 runs, firmly in control. Mustafizur Rahman dismissed Fernando and Perera, who made 30 off 34 balls, in quick succession to revive
Bangladeshs hopes but Kusal Mendis and Angelo Mathews denied them further success. Mathews struck occasional leg-spinner Sabbir Rahman for a four to complete Sri Lankas win. He was unbeaten on 52 runs facing 57 balls. He was well supported by Mendis, 41 not out, in an unbroken 96-run fourth wicket stand. “I am disappointed to not get to the three-figure mark and hopefully I can convert my starts into bigger knocks in the future,” said man-ofthe-match Fernando. “The track was a bit slow and also spun a bit. I am glad that I was able to make a contribution,” he added. Mustafizur finished with 2-50 for Bangladesh. - Mushfiqur falls short Bangladesh had Mushfiqur to thank for providing them something to fight with after their top-order crumbled for the second time in the series. Mushfiqur slammed six
fours and a six in a 110-ball innings to bail out Bangladesh who lost their first six wickets for 117 runs. Mushfiqur and number eight Mehidy shared 84 runs, a seventh-wicket record for Bangladesh against Sri Lanka to give the visitors’ innings some respectability. Mehidy made 43 off 46 balls with six boundaries before he was caught by Sri Lankan skipper Dimuth Karunaratne at mid-off off
Mushfiqur Rahim missed out on a century by two runs. (AFP / Ishara S. Kodikara) Nuwan Pradeep. Pradeep, fellow pace bowler Isuru Udana and legspinner Akila Dananjaya claimed two wickets each for Sri Lanka. Bangladesh were in trouble soon after skipper Tamim Iqbal won the toss and elected to bat at the R. Premadasa Stadium. Pradeep trapped opener Soumya Sarkar leg-before for 11 before Tamim dragged an Udana delivery onto his
stump after making 19. Dananjaya removed Mohammad Mithun for 12 and bowled Mahmudullah Riyad for six before Sabbir Rahman’s run out for 11 compounded Bangladesh’s woes. Mushfiqur began his fight back with Mehidy after Udana had Mosaddek Hossain caught by Kusal Perera for 13. Mushfiqur went off the strike in the fifth ball of the final over to miss out on his
eighth ODI hundred by just two runs. The third and final match of the series will be held at the same venue on Wednesday. Scores: Sri Lanka 242 for 3 (Avishka 82, Mathews 52*, Kusal Mendis 41*, Mustafizur 2-50) beat Bangladesh 238 for 8 (Mushfiqur 98*, Mehidy 43, Dananjaya 2-39, Pradeep 253, Udana 2-58) by seven wickets.
Security scare delayed GT20 Canada fixture ESPNcricinfo - A bomb threat delayed the start of the GT20 clash between Montreal Tigers and Winnipeg Hawks on Friday in Brampton. While little information has been forthcoming about the 90minute delay that truncated the fixture to 12-overs-a-side, ESPNcricinfo spoke to a number of players from both squads. Global T20 Canada organisers said, “play has been delayed due to some technical reasons” through their Twitter account in a tweet posted at 4:50 pm local time, 20 minutes after play was scheduled to begin. However, a running scroll on one of the official TV broadcasts said “security issues” were the reason for the delay. A number of fans tweeted images of standing in long queues outside the ground, after being denied entry by the police. The players ESPNcricinfo contacted confirmed they weren’t allowed to enter the makeshift ground at the CAA
Saad bin Zafar was the hero of the inaugural Global T20 Canada final won by Vancouver Knights GT20 Canada. Centre after a suspicious package had been left unattended at the venue. The police then closed off the venue to perform a sweep of the facility, by employing bombsniffing dogs. “Routine sniffer dogs checks found a substance that alerted security,” one player told ESPNcricinfo. Another source also said that
alarms were raised after a hole was found in a temporarily constructed perimeter fence that surrounds the cricket portion of the facility, contributing to the precautionary measures taken by local police. The players were eventually let in to warm-up and begin the match after the package was deemed not danger-
ous. The reduced-overs match went off without any further hiccups. When the match finally began, the only other mention for the delay came through one of the commentators, who said a “security situation” was the reason without elaborating further. Montreal Tigers won by 24 runs, courtesy Sunil Narine’s 30-ball 59.
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Bernal claims Colombia’s first Tour de France title
Team INEOS rider Egan Bernal of Colombia celebrates at the finish of the Tour de France. (REUTERS/Christian Hartmann) PARIS (Reuters) - Egan Bernal became the first Colombian to win the Tour de France when he retained the overall leaders yellow jersey after yesterdays 21st and final stage won by Caleb Ewan of Australia. The 22-year-old Bernal, the youngest rider to win the race in 110 years, gave Team Ineos formerly Team Sky their seventh title in the last eight editions. He beat team mate and defending champion Geraint Thomas of Britain by one minute 11 seconds, with Dutchman Steven Kruijswijk coming home third, 1:31 off the pace. “Its incredible, I dont know what to say. Ive won the Tour but I dont manage to believe it. I need a couple of days to assimilate all this,”
said Bernal. “Its for my family and I just want to hug them. Its a feeling of happiness that I dont know how to describe it. “This is the first Tour for us, Colombians. Many Colombians have tried before, weve had great cyclists in the past. But Im the first one to win the Tour! Colombia deserves it.” Also the winner of the white jersey for the best Under-25 rider, Bernal did not win a single stage, but he was first at the top of the Col de lIseran when the decisive 19th stage was stopped because of hailstorms and landslides in the Alps. Kruijswijks Jumbo-Visma team shone throughout the race, winning four stages through Dylan Groenewegen,
Team INEOS rider Egan Bernal of Colombia celebrates at the finish of the Tour de France 128-km Stage 21 from Rambouillet to Paris Champs-Elysees. (REUTERS/Christian Hartmann) Wout van Aert, Mike Teunissen and the team time trial. Briton Adam Yates failed to impress but his MitcheltonScott team also claimed four stages. Yates twin brother Simon won two stages while Matteo Trentin and Daryl Impey took one apiece. Frances Julian Alaphilippe, who wore the yellow jersey for 14 days but cracked in the Alps and ended fifth overall, was the races most exciting rider. The world number one, who had been fighting to become Frances first winner since Bernard Hinault in 1985, was voted this years most
aggressive rider after also winning two stages. “Alaphilippe changed the deal of this Tour de France, no question about it,” said Tour director Christian Prudhomme. “There was also the absence of (four-times champion) Chris Froome, which gave hope to many riders.” Slovakian Peter Sagan wrapped up a record seventh green jersey for the points classification, surpassing the previous mark he held jointly with German Erik Zabel. Frenchman Romain Bardet won the polka dot jersey for the mountains classification, a consolation prize
after he dropped out of overall contention early on. Sundays stage, a mostly processional ride from Rambouillet that ended on the Champs Elysees, as it has done every year since 1975, was won by Ewan, who snatched his third stage win on his Tour debut. Ewan burst through on the right side of the cobbled avenue to beat Dutchman Groenewegen and Italian Niccolo Bonifazio, who were second and third respectively. Final general classification standings: 1. Egan Bernal (Col/Ineos) 82hrs 57mins 00secs 2. Geraint Thomas (GB/
Emrit and Bravo carry Hawks to easy win BRAMPTON, Canada, CMC The Trinidadian duo of Rayad Emrit and Dwayne Bravo both produced solid performances as their Winnipeg Hawks rebounded from defeat to trounce the Vancouver Knights by eight wickets here yesterday. The Hawks, who fell to the Montreal Tigers on Friday, produced a sensational batting performance to easily overhaul the Knights challenging total of 208 for five from their 20 overs. Led by a scintillating, unbeaten knock of 77 from 38 balls from JP Duminy and 77 from Chris Lynn, the Hawks romped to 210 for three off just 15.2 overs. Bravo also made a worthy contribution of 36 not out from 17 balls, to take his side over the line. Earlier, Chris
Gayle had topscored for the Knights with 45 runs from 27 balls at the top of the order, as they posted what appeared to be a formidable total. Gayle hammered two sixes and seven boundaries, and he was well supported by fellow Jamaican Chadwick Walton who made 30, as well as Rassie van der Dussen (39) and Shoab Malik, who finished unbeaten on 28. Medium-pacer Emrit was the best Hawks bowler, snaring three wickets for 40 runs from his four overs. Needing over 10 runs an over for victory, the Hawks found themselves in early trouble, losing the quick wickets of Shaiman Anwar for four and Umar Akmal for nine to slump to 15 for two. However, Lynn and Duminy launched a savage attack on the Knights bowlers during a 143run stand in only nine overs.
Dwayne Bravo scored an unbeaten 36 as the Winnipeg Hawks won their game against the Vancouver Knights.
Ineos) +1min 11secs 3. Steven Kruijswijk (Ned/ Jumbo-Visma) +1min 31secs 4. Emanuel Buchmann (Ger/Bora-Hansgrohe) +1min 56secs 5. Julian Alaphilippe (Fra/ Deceuninck-Quick Step) +3mins 45secs 6. Mikel Landa (Spa/ Movistar) +4mins 23secs 7. Rigoberto Uran (Col/EF Education First) +5mins 15secs 8. Nairo Quintana (Col/ Movistar) +5mins 30secs 9. Alejandro Valverde (Spa/Movistar) +6mins 12secs 10. Warren Barguil (Fra/ Arkea-Samsic) +7mins 32secs
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Pan Am games 2019
Allicock fights tonight By Calvin Chapman in Peru Keevin Allicock will begin his quest for Pan American glory when he enters the ring tonight in the 56kg mens division quarterfinal. The young pugilist will be up against Uruguayan Lucas Fernandes-Garcia in the second bout of the division which punches off at 18:30hrs at the Miguel Grau Coliseum in the Callo District of Lima. Allicock has noted that he is remaining focused and confident of the task at hand and he expressed gratitude to everyone back home that is supporting him and sending him best wishes. “I will be going into the ring with God, I am not afraid of any opposition because we are all on the same level,” the commonwealth silver medalist shared with this publication. Yesterday, the Green Machine continued their campaign with two plate matches that they both lost. First, Guyana fell to familiar foe Jamaica 33-19 in a much improved performance. Patrick King was the stand out for Guyana with two tries, while Dwayne Schroeder dived home with the other try against the Jamaicans. The outspoken Godfrey Broomes managed two conversions in the match the Green Machine would have definitely been disappointed that they lost. Guyana surrendered possession in some dangerous positions but it was a much better performance in the 5th & 6th plate match. The 7th & 8th clash against Uruguay didnt go
Keevin Allicock at the Pan Am Games. Guyana’s Taylor Fernandes (stroke) during women’s team squash action against Colombia yesterday. according to plan; the Green Machine finished the game 24-0 to finish last in the tournament. Meanwhile, the womens squash team went down 30 to tournament number three seed Colombia yesterday as well. Canadian based Guyanese Justin Choy lost 21-4 to Canadian Hervan Nkogho in the mens 68kg Taekwondo contest. In addition to Allicock, badminton siblings Priyanna and Narayan Ramdhani will have to contest three matches tomorrow, one each in singles and then the mixed doubles against Cuba. Guyana play two games i n t h e w o m e n ’s t e a m squash at 10:00hrs and 16:45hrs against Canada and Peru, respectively.
Priyanna Ramdhani during a training session in Videna, Lima.
Narayan Ramdhani will also be in action today.
Hungarian swimmer banned from leaving South Korea for sexual harassment probe - police GWANGJU, South Korea (Reuters) - South Korean police have banned Hungarian swimmer Tamas Kenderesi from leaving the country as they investigate allegations of sexual harassment against the Olympic bronze medallist, authorities said yesterday. Kenderesi, who was competing at the world championships in Gwangju, about 330 km (205 miles) south of Seoul, was arrested in the early hours of yesterday and questioned over an incident at a nightclub, an offi-
cial at the Gwangju Seobu Police Station told Reuters. A Hungarian team official confirmed Kenderesi had been questioned and that he had been released and returned to the Athletes Village. However, Kenderesi would not be allowed to leave South Korea for the next 10 days, the police official said, requesting anonymity due to the sensitivity of the matter. Yonhap News Agency reported earlier that the athlete had
denied the allegation. The 22-year-old finished last in the final of the mens 200 metres butterfly in Gwangju on Wednesday. Organisers of the event declined to comment as it is a private matter not related to the competition. On Saturday, a deck at a Gwangju nightclub collapsed, injuring several foreign athletes competing at the World Aquatics Championships, rescue officials said.
Tamas Kenderesi of Hungary competes Men’s 200m Butterfly Heats. (REUTERS/Kim Hong-Ji)
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Brathwaite expects stern T20 test from India BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC West Indies T20 captain Carlos Brathwaite is expecting a stern challenge from India when the two sides meet in the US for their upcoming Twenty20 series. The Windies will meet India in the first T20 in Lauderhill, Florida on Saturday and then again on Sunday. The third and final T20 will be played on August 6 in Jamaica. In recounting the last time the two teams met in the US, Brathwaite said the contests were fiercely contested, with 400 runs being scored in one game. “Im expecting similar fight, similar grit, similar competition between the two teams. Obviously, West Indies and India have had good battles in the past and I expect nothing less in the two games in Florida,” the skipper said. Brathwaite said he was excited to have the services of Sunil Narine and Kieron Pollard at his disposal and would be counting on their knowledge and experience The two Trinidadians were recalled to the 14-man squad after a hiatus from the regional outfit. “They are two leaders in the dressing room and its a joy to have them back with their vast experience and ability. They are winners both have won the ICC T20 World Cup for West Indies and they have also won franchise tournaments around the world,
13th Junior Caribbean Cycling Championships
GCF name 7-member team & 3-alternates; Five presented with cycles The Guyana Cycling Federation (GCF) has released the names of its team along with alternates for the Junior Caribbean cycling Championships set for August 10-11 next in the Green Town of Bartica. At a simple yet significant gathering in the National Park on Saturday last where most of the cyclists were present along with parents, five of them were presented with cycles by President of the GCF, Horace Burrowes. They also received helmets, shoes and some other items, all compliments of the Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI) which for the first time
West Indies T20 skipper Carlos Brathwaite is expecting some fiercely contested matches against India. including the Caribbean Premier League. “So, we are hoping to portray that positive flair and brand of cricket and for them to share their knowledge and ideas and also bring that energy to the team,” Brathwaite added. The skipper said he was also looking forward to the addition of newcomer Anthony Bramble. He said the exciting wicketkeeper/batsman was exactly what the West Indies were looking for. “We needed a second keeper … Shai Hope has been
rested and Nicholas Pooran has been elevated to the lead keeper for this series … so, Bramble came into the reckoning and Im happy to see him get an opportunity. “We wanted to find someone who is young and who can fit into the role. He led the West Indies B Team and he also plays all three formats. He had some performances in Canada and from all reports his performances were good. If he does get a chance to express himself and show the world why he was the man selected to do the job,” Brathwaite said.
New York Cosmos advance to NPSL National Final
David Diosa and Junior Burgos scores in the victory NEW YORK Midfielders David Diosa and Junior Burgos scored second-half goals to boost the New York Cosmos to a 2-0 victory over ASC San Diego in the National Premier Soccer League National Semifinals at Mitchel Athletic Complex on Saturday night. The Cosmos will host the winner of the Miami FCSC Cleveland semifinal on Saturday, Aug. 3 at 7 p.m. Diosa latched onto a through ball from midfielder Ricardo Bocanegra on the right flank and raced through the San Diego defense before beating goalkeeper Jean Antoine from 10 yards for his first goal of the season and a 1-0 lead in the
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53rd minute. The 26-year-old midfielder also had a role in Burgos’ goal as he was taken down in the box by San Diego’s Khadim Seye. The Salvadoran stepped up and fired a shot into the lower left corner for a twogoal advantage in the 76th minute. Goalkeeper Paul Blanchette, who was never severely tested, recorded the shutout. San Diego, the West Region Champions, had won its three playoff games on the road. The Cosmos owned the opening half, but had nothing to show for it. They enjoyed greater possession than the visitors and made Antoine work on occasion.
Antoine made three saves in the first half to keep the game scoreless. He stopped Isaac Acuna’a close-range volley off Junior Burgos’ long free kick in the 25th minute. He denied Burgos on a 30-yard free kick in the 38th minute before he saved Acuna’s point-blank header a minute later. When ASC San Diego ventured into Cosmos territory, either the back line or midfield broke up passes or Blanchette scooped up a rare cross. It was more of the same in the second half as New Yo r k f o r c e d t h e i s s u e . Acuna came close again in the 52nd minute as his header bounded off the right post.
donated cycles and other equipment to the local federation. The team is as follows: Juniors Ajay Gopilall and Ralph Seenarine. Juveniles David Hicks, Mario Washington and Jerimiah Joseph. Ladies Clivecia Sepncer and Selena Stephen. Alternates Steve Bhimsen, Sherwin Sampson and Elisha Rutherford. In handing over the items to the cyclists, Burrowes informed them that it was as a result of the UCI that they were able to benefit stating that the cycles would remain the property of the GCF. ”This is a great opportunity for all of you and one
of historical importance as Guyana has never before hosted any Caribbean championship. You have an opportunity to ink your names in the history books by doing yourself and country proud. Discipline, sacrifice and commitment are key pillars of your journey in this sport and as long as you can positively build on those, you can conquer your opposition.” The GCF is working on taking the entire team to Bartica this week to train to intensify training whilst still in the hunt for sponsorship. Not present at Saturdays activity were Gopilall and Stephen.
Flamengo beat Botafogo 3-2 in fiery Rio derby
Flamengo’s Pablo Mari in action with Botafogo’s Diego Souza during the Brasileiro Championship at the Maracana Stadium, Rio de Janeiro. (REUTERS/Ricardo Moraes) RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) - Flamengo came from behind to beat city rivals Botafogo 3-2 in a fiery contest in Rio d e J a n e i r o y e s t e r d a y. Botafogo took the lead in the 13th minute when Cicero scored from a corner but Gerson equalised for Flamengo 11 minutes before halftime. Gabriel Barbosa put the home side 2-1 ahead eight minutes into t h e s e c o n d half only for Diego Souza to draw Botafogo level 13 minutes later. Ye t B r u n o H e n r i q u e finished off a nice team move from two metres out to give Flamengo who had five men yellow carded - all three points, as they finished the week in third place in the Serie A table. Santos went top of the league after beating Avai 3-1.
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2nd Annual Run for the Money 5K Road Race & Fund Day set for Thursday The second annual Run for the Money 5k Road Race and Fun Day is set to unfold on August 1st, this Thursday in the Soesdyke / Timehri area with the Timehri Red Ground set to host the majority of the action. The Road Race will set the pace for the remainder of what is anticipated to be a packed day of activities including 5-a-side football ($50,000 at stake), volleyball, table tennis and some track events which includes races for the kids.
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According to Coordinator Rawle July, the event is a collaborative effort between the Timehri Panthers Sports Club and the Titans Athletics Club and is used to bring the community closer. ”We use the funds raised to assist the less fortunate as well as our children in school by assisting them with uniforms and school supplies. We also lend a helping hand to those who have dropped out of school by helping them to get back on track since we
Mangal, Dinanauth and Adams are Champs in Laparkan Invitational Golf Tourney
put a high premium on education.” Attractive cash incentives apart from trophies will be up for grabs on Thursday; clubs and individuals are being encouraged to support this activity. The 5K Road Race will start at 07:30hrs at the Soesdyke Junction and end at the Timehri Red Ground. Following this race, there would also be a Keep Fit Race for those who might not wish to try their feet in the road race.
Mandolall, Chattergoon hit centuries in Canada Two former Guyana Under-19 cricketers registered impressive centuries when action continued recently in the 2019 Ontario Softball Cricket League Regular Season 20-over cricket competition at two different venues. At Dean Park in Scarborough, the righthanded Mandolall cracked twelve fours and three sixes in his attacking, unbeaten 111, while another right-hander Chattergoon stroked his way to 106. The former Essequibo senior Inter-county skipper Mandolall represented Carr Tec who whipped Smashers by 120 runs. Carr Tec tallied up a formidable 188-2 from the allotted 20-overs, while Smashers only replied with 69-9 when the overs expired. Apart from Mandolalls knock, Rawl Scott also displayed ominous form with 58. When Smashers batted, Khemraj Rama and Anil Singh were the only two batsmen to offer token resistance with 15 and 13 respectively. Preim Singh, an ex-Canada under-19 player, grabbed four wickets for 18 runs from his four overs, while veterans Terry
The Prize winners with their accolades and Club Public Relations Officer, Guy Griffith. From left: Alfred Mentore, Paton George standing in for Pope Emmanuel London, George Bulkan, Guy Griffith, Mike Mangal, Deoram Dinanauith and Carlos Adams.
Rovendra Mandolall
Hemnarine Chattergoon
Mathura and Lalchan Shivraj supported with two scalps each. At Ashtonbee Park also in Scarborough, Chattergoon, the elder brother of former West Indies opening batsman Sewnarine Chattergoon, led Wakenaam Island to a commanding 53-run victory over Scarborough Angels. Chattergoon, who featured for Canada at the highest level, hit five fours and three sixes as Wakenaam Island reached a satisfactory 161-2 from the 20-overs while
Scarborough Angles could only respond with 108-7 when the overs ran out. Ramo Malone, an experienced softball player in both Guyana and North America, scored 37 to assist the flamboyant Chattergoon. In Angels innings, Kenny Girdharry and his younger brother Anil Girdharry made 37 runs apiece as Ravin Babulall and Ryan Beepat picked two wickets each. The competition continues on Sunday.
Starting under fair weather, the eager golfers took to the Course at Lusignan at 12:45 p.m. on Saturday last, but it was Mike Mangal, Deoram Dinanauth and Carlos Adams who emerged as the champions in their flights. To the players dismay, a heavy downpour halfway during the tournament caused play to cease after only 9 holes were accounted for. Nevethelss, golfers utilised the afternoon with review of the days play and being coached on improvement of their game by veteran former Captain Patrick Prashad. In the 20 28 Flight, winners were 1st - Carlos Adams (31/13), while 2nd place was a tie between Pope Emanuel London (33/11)and Paton George (33/10), with Pope Emanuel winning on the last 6 holes countback.
In the 11 19 Flight, Deoram Dinanauth (33/9) placed 1st, while George Bulkan (36/9) placed 2nd.In the 0-9 Flight, both Mike Mangal and Alfred Mentore tied at 36/5 for the winning spot, but Mike scored better on countback of the last 6 holes giving him the 1st place, and giving Alfred 2nd place. Dr Joaan Deo, representing Captain Chatterpaul Deo, was heartened at the performance of the golfers, and noted that the support, skill level displayed and camaraderie augur well for the development of the game in Guyana. Sponsors Laparkan, of 29, Lombard St, Georgetown, phone592-226-1095 or 592226-1097,with over 30 years of service to the Caribbean and the largest network of offices and agents in the Caribbean,
has over 6000 agents worldwide to serve you through their international partners. The company providies solutions for your transportation and logistics needs, and.has membership in over 6 (six) international freight forwarder organizations. Laparkan has several agencies that enable its efficeint operations including an Air and Cargo division, Freight Forwarding division, Office Equipment and Supplies division and a Shipping division. The company has been a contributor to the Lusignan Golf Club especially in areas of freight/cargo delivery. For more information on golf in Guyana, Lusignan Golf CLub tournaments, activities etc. please contact the Club at 220-5660 or visit their Facebook page- lusignan golf club.
GMR&SC International Drag Championship
Verstappen wins crazy German DEL ICE CO sponsors 12, 11 second class GP as Hamilton extends lead From page 31 any tires ready. Rubbing salt into his wounds, Hamilton was hit with a five-second time penalty for entering the pits on the wrong side of the bollard marking the entrance. “How has this gone so bad?” the Briton asked on the team radio. Leclerc had crashed on lap 29 while looking likely to take the lead after taking advantage of safety car periods to pit for astute tire changes.
HORROR MOVIE Kvyat meanwhile put in one of the drives of the afternoon to give a timely boost to his standing within the Red Bull family. “Its amazing to be back on the podium,” said the Russian, who last finished in the top three in the 2016 Chinese Grand Prix while driving for Red Bull. “To bring one back for the team after so many years is special. It
was a horror movie with a bit of black comedy out there.” Canadian Lance Stroll was fourth for Racing Point, after making a brave early switch to slicks that catapulted him briefly into the lead, with Spaniard Carlos Sainz fifth for McLaren. Thai driver Alexander Albon gave Toro Rosso more points in sixth place with the two Haas cars of Romain Grosjean and Kevin Magnussen moving up to seventh and eighth.
Local Ice Company DEL ICE CO is another company that has joined the party for the upcoming Guyana Motor Racing and Sports Clubs (GMR&SC) International Drag Meet. The company came on board in a big way by sponsoring $100,000 cash prizes for the winners of the 11 and 12 second time bracket. A statement from the GMR&SC read, “We are pleased to re-welcome DEL ICE CO on board for our in-
ternational drag race meet 2019.” “They continue to be major sponsors in the motorsport world and we continue to thank them for putting their faith in us a club.” “They will come on board to sponsor the winner of both the 11 and 12 second classes with cash prizes of $100,000 dollars. The executive committee of the GMR&SC is proud to be associated with the brand.”
Meanwhile, the August 25 event is already gaining traction with competitors from Suriname and Trinidad indicating their interest in being a part of quarter mile run. As many as six cars are in talks with the GMR&SC over shipping logistics for the event while Suriname has not indicated how many cars would be willing to make the voyage. Admission to the event for spectators has not been (Continued on page 24)
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Verstappen wins crazy German GP as Hamilton extends lead HOCKENHEIM, Germany (Reuters) - Max Verstappen made five pitstops, spun and then won a crazy German Grand Prix yesterday, while Formula One champion Lewis Hamilton had a nightmare afternoon but still stretched his overall lead to 41 points. Five-times champion Hamilton finished 11th on track before a final twist lifted the Mercedes driver to ninth after post-race penalties elsewhere. In a wild race of changing fortunes and endless drama, punctuated by crashes and safety car periods, Ferraris home crowd favorite Sebastian Vettel charged from last on the starting grid to second place. Russian Daniil Kvyat, who became a father overnight, was an even more astonishing third to hand Red Bulls junior team Toro Rosso their second-ever podium and engine partners Honda a day to savor. “It was an amazing race to win in the end, it was really tricky out there to make the right calls, and we really had to be focused,” said Verstappen, who took the checkered flag 7.333 seconds ahead of Vettel. The 21-year-old Dutch driver also took an extra point for the fastest lap of the race. He is third overall but 63 adrift of Hamilton and 22 behind Mercedes Valtteri Bottas, who crashed out six laps from the end while pushing for the podium. Vettel, who had failed to set a time in qualifying due to a turbocharger issue, could scarcely have expected such a turnaround. “It was a long race, at some stages it felt like it would never end and it was very tough with the conditions and I m just happy. It was a lot of fun,” said the four-times world champion. While Verstappen kept his head, and his car on the road, it all went wrong for Hamilton. The Briton, under the weather already before the start, led from pole position
but smashed his front wing, served a five-second time penalty and survived a wild spin to cross the line out of the points. Stewards then imposed 30-second penalties on the Alfa Romeos of Kimi Raikkonen and Antonio Giovinazzi for starting data irregularities, dropping them from seventh and eighth to 12th and 13th respectively. LATE TWIST The race was shortened by three laps after the safety car had led the field away before a standing start. The safety car would be kept busy, making four appearances as conditions went from wet to dry but leaving patches of treacherous standing water. “Overall it was for us a bad day, it was for the drivers a bad day and it simply cannot go much worse,” said Mercedes boss Toto Wolff, whose team had been celebrating 125 years in motorsport and their 200th start as a constructor. “It shows that you shouldnt fool around with stuff, you should concentrate on the job,” added the Austrian on a weekend that featured a one-off livery with employees dressed in retro clothing. “We are not superstitious but we believe in karma and its a day to learn.” Verstappen, the only man to beat Mercedes and now with seven career wins, had made a slow getaway alongside Hamilton on the front row. He was soon back up to third, behind the two Mercedes, and even a 360 degree spin in the middle of the race did not faze him. Hamilton looked in control early on, reeling off fastest lap after fastest lap, but his race began to unravel when he ran off the track and hit the barriers at the penultimate corner that also claimed Ferraris Charles Leclerc and others. The front-wing broken, the champion dived into the pits where he spent nearly a minute with Mercedes caught unawares and milling about in confusion without (Continued on page
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rt o p S Pan Am games 2019
Allicock fights tonight
Keevin Allicock at the Pan Am Games.
Canadian-based Guyanese Justin Choy (right) in action against Canadian Hervan Nkogho in the men's 68kg Taekwondo contest yesterday.
13th Junior Caribbean Cycling Championships
GCF name 7-member team & 3-alternates; Five presented with cycles
The Guyana Team for the Junior Caribbean Cycling Championships posing with GCF President Horace Burrowes (left) and Assistant Racing Secretary, Joseph Britton, right; following the presentation of cycles and other equipment on Saturday last. Printed and published by National Media & Publishing Company Ltd., 24 Saffon Street, Charlestown, Georgetown. Tel: 225-8458, 225-8465, 225-8491 or Fax: 225-8473/226-8210.