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EDITORIAL
Coping with the crisis Guyanese would be hard pressed to accept that the Guyana some politicians speak of is the same country that the rest of the population know and experience on a daily basis. These high government officials are on a mission to convince us poor mortals that we are living in a utopia of their making instead of daily sinking deeper into a morass of hopelessness - again of their making. Regardless of how much some sections of society would wish to ignore their condition, the reality is that the people in this country are in a crises of survival. The unemployment situation does not make things any easier, and therefore each day the Guyanese people are into ingenious legal and illegal methods of coping with their life condition. Depending on one’s perspective an examination of some of the resourceful ways employed by some people may unearth some mundane or even eye-opening strategies. Depressed economic circumstances have forced families to compromise on the quality of their meals, and in many instances, forego at least one meal daily. Although unemployment figures are unknown, the fact remains that unlike their counterparts in other countries, Guyanese do not have the luxury of turning to other jobs or even entering into some informal arrangement to garner the necessary additional income tosurviveatanyappreciablelevelabovethepovertyline. Since independence one surefire way of escaping the socio-economic privation occasioned by bad policies and hardnosed ideologies has been outward migration. Examples are legion about the places where our countrymen can be found giving yeoman service to their adopted homeland. And they seem quite happy despite expressing some nostalgia about the land of their birth which the truth be told, is not enough of a pull factor to ensure their remigration. The Ministries of Education, and Human Services and Social Security have their hands full addressing reported and unreported cases of truancy and parents’ deliberate decision to not send their children to school. No one seems inclined to come to grips with the possibility that such actions are one way of coping with the circumstances people have been forced to accept as their lot. The front page picture of Kaieteur News of Friday July 25 last is enough to make one weep. Readers are shown a structure on the Lusignan Railway Embankment which is home to over 20 human beings. Maybe someone will be telling us that the relevant ministries’ officials were unaware that such a monstrosity existed. The sad fact is that that photograph represents what is normal in other areas across the country. No one should be surprised if suddenly corporate Guyana gets an attack of conscience and descends en masse in some public relations blitz. It goes without saying that East Coast Demerara residents have been looking at that picture for a long time and probably in some perverse way may have gloated at the obvious misfortune of their fellow man. Why else would it have taken so long for this example of social neglect to be highlighted? But even for the employed, the low income that people are expected to accept as a living wage is in itself a stress factor. It is no wonder that many people show signs of severe anxiety and even trauma resulting from an inability to provide adequately for their family and honour their financial obligations. The ready availability of hire purchase agreements touted by annoying letters of solicitation certainly adds to an illusion of affordability; the reality is quite different just ask those who can still be embarrassed by the Agro Siezeman turning up at their door to repossess a item. The dogmatic insistence by the government to maintain the 16 per cent value added tax is enough to drive persons to extreme thoughts. Maybe it is time that the authorities reexamine the reasons why people seem bent on making this country the suicide capital of the region. Arguments about the relationship between crime and economic circumstance do not impress families in crisis trying to surviving under the threat of chronic malnutrition, unacceptable public health care standards, and high levels of stress. These only serve to aggravate an already perilous situation and lend themselves to anti-social behaviors to the discomfort of everyone.
Thursday July 31, 2014
Letters... Where your views make the news
Is it right to create special conditions for certain entities when so much is at stake? DEAR EDITOR, I refer to two letters in yesterday’s Kaieteur News: one is written by Suresh Ganesh captioned “Ansa Mc Al is dodging the issue”. In his letter, Ganesh tells us that “whilst I am all for Caricom, I would give some priority to firms that employ Guyanese in the process or invest in the necessary infrastructure” and that “in Trinidad only Trinidadian forms [does he mean firms?] are accepted to supply the pharmaceuticals for that country’s Health Ministry” In the second letter, captioned “Ansa has no reason to be peeved,” Annalisa Ally opines that “it is known that every government in every country of the world seeks to protect its own business community. It will therefore even pass laws to protect local investment as a whole” If one were of a suspicious mind, one would be forced to find a common link between these two letters -
discrimination on behalf of local businesses. Both of these people seem to have conveniently overlooked, either accidentally or deliberately, the fact that anyone who has been following this matter in the media, should be convinced that the pre qualifications for the supply of drugs to Guyana were tailor-made and biased to allow the government to award the contract solely to the New GPC; and secondly, in 2001, Trinidad and Guyana along with other countries in the Caribbean signed the revised Treaty of Chaguaramas which came about due to the establishment of the Caribbean Single Market and Economy, and which had as its core value, a resolution to establish conditions which would facilitate access by their nationals to the collective resources of the Region on a non-discriminatory basis; and which incorporated the following article 7 into
the treaty which all members of Caricom, including Guyana, signed: ARTICLE 7 Non-Discrimination 1. Within the scope of application of this Treaty and without prejudice to any special provisions contained therein, any discrimination on grounds of nationality only, shall be prohibited. 2. The Community Council shall, after consultation with the competent Organs, establish rules to prohibit any such discrimination. I have not examined the treaty we swore to line by line, but I have scanned it, and I cannot see anywhere that a national or company located in any Caricom member country, who is a signatory to this treaty, can be barred from bidding on any tender etc. within the region, so I therefore question the accuracy of Suresh’s letter that Trinidad is discriminating against its Caricom (Continued on page 5)
Adequate Govt. resources will have to be set aside to cater for drainage interventions DEAR EDITOR, The Conservancy Adaptation Project (CAP) Report with respect to the East Demerara Water Conservancy (EDWC) has been completed and selectively released but the Government has considered its content confidential and despite requests, it has failed to make the document public. However, I have had the opportunity to peruse a summary of the recommendations contained therein and wish to comment on them as follows: The CAP was intended to identify key future drainage and flood control interventions and provide a master plan for pre-designed priority works to increase the drainage capacity of EDWC and prevent catastrophic flooding of the low-lying coastal areas on the East Coast of Demerara (ECD). The investment recommendations to achieve these objectives have been estimated at US$124M, with the donor community expected to provide the financing. The ECD drainage
intervention will require the installation of over eight pumping stations and the separation of urban and agricultural areas, as well as improvements to existing water control structures, and refurbishing outlets to the Demerara River to increase relief capacity of EDWC by 35%. Channels upgrading within the Conservancy to improve flows and reconstructing its dam at selected locations has been estimated at US$65M. The CAP study also found that the Government-funded Hope-Dochfour Canal under construction was due to be operational by early 2014 and stated that it will significantly lower water levels in the EDWC. Unfortunately construction progress indicates that the Canal is unlikely to be fully operational before the end of 2015, and there is no practical evidence to suggest (except analytic projections) that it will achieve its design objectives of rapid drawdown of water levels in the Conservancy to
acceptable limits. The EDWC was originally constructed to provide irrigation for sugar cultivation along the East Bank and ECD. It was later enlarged for flood control and potable water supply for Georgetown and irrigation of the ricegrowing areas at Cane Grove and Mahaica. The CAP never considered the viability of EDWC for agricultural development, particularly so since its major beneficiary - sugar cultivation and production - is rapidly diminishing in this area and sugar per se will never be profitably produced again, despite hollow assurances by GuySuCo and the Government has no plans for utilizing these sugar lands for other agricultural crops requiring large water usage. In the interval, sugar lands are being converted for urban and industrial use. It seems therefore that the EDWC should be de-commissioned or allowed to operate at a lower flood water level (Continued on page 5)
We must pursue the path of compromise DEAR EDITOR, The rift is evident and the harshness is pronounced, the spirit among the supporters of Mr. Aubrey Norton seemed subdued, the supporters of Mr. David Granger were victorious, ecstatic and joyful. It was a race for high stakes, a race to determine the course of their entire life. At the race’s end, the price for winning included compliments and insults, telling glances, pelting glasses, physical assaults, countless violations of body and soul. Extreme nudity splashes itself unchecked. Fear and suspicion on both sides lurk, commitments are tepid, or all too fragile. In the midst of this all, the blogs, the media and most importantly the conscious minority, are in shock and perplexed. The politics of the world is changing rapidly; violence, intimidation and aggression seem to be the factors to
influence. Good people are no longer needed, society is in chaos. Look around the world, the images are heartbreaking. Nevertheless, as bad as it seems there is hope, the good must take the helm. They cannot leave it to the Godless. One of the great minds of all times, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. said, “The ultimate tragedy is not the oppression and cruelty by the bad people but the silence over that by the good people”. My God-blessed country is full of good people; good people in every field. The sad reality is that our politicians of today cannot find common ground on many issues. I hope that I can live to see a real united government and opposition where we can all work together for the benefit of humanity and our nation. I posit this scenario: - An AfroGuyanese leader of the PPP/C and an
Indo-Guyanese leader of the PNC/R and an Amerindian leader of the AFC. Can you imagine? Many prominent politicians, media personnel and letter writers are calling for a more confrontational, militant politics. I am not in favour of this, we must pursue the path of compromise, and we must build on our gains and correct our shortcomings. Let us pardon those who wrong us, reach out to those who cut us off and be nice to those who threat us badly. Let us exude mercy, be sincerely grateful and discern intelligently. Life is full of pitfalls, but I still have confidence in our leaders. May God bless you all and guide you to the path of love and togetherness and cause you to function for the benefit of all the people. Nazar Mohamed
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PNC and PPP members deserve the mistreatment they suffer at hand of party leadership DEAR EDITOR, It is time to tell it like it is. There are rights and wrongs. We must be prepared to state the truth, wherever the chips may fall. The PPP’s congress in 2013 at Port Mourant was a fixed affair. Delegates were prevented from voting by a frivolous last-minute change of the rules and there were more ballots than voters. PPP members, many of whom fought strenuously for a restoration of democracy in 1992, said and did nothing when this travesty occurred. Fast forward to 2014 and the PNC congress was a fixed affair with delegates prevented from voting. The majority of PNC members said and did nothing against this abomination. The excluded group was quick to recommit to the PNC and to the same leadership that disenfranchised its members. This is nothing but the tragedy of immorality rooted deep within these individuals. That immorality is agitated to a large degree by the steady diet of racial politics they have immersed themselves in for a long time. For some, it is rooted in
a basic sickness of racism or racialism. It is fitting that in a single year we have seen the same disease repeat itself within the two race parties. In this day and age of democracy where countries are freeing themselves, the two main race parties of this country, and most importantly their membership, are still buried deep in the ethnoantagonisms that most shamefully define this country. The subservience that emerged from the PPP and PNC congresses to the assault on democracy is dangerous to the future of democracy - the little we are clinging to - in this country. That the members of this party would wilt and accept the authoritarianism does not bode well for Guyana’s future. When the cabal dominating both of these race parties gains power, they will rule like dictators, and they will have weakwilled foot soldiers to always fold and execute their sordid agenda. That is guaranteed. Then there is the hypocrisy involved. PNC members were critical of the PPP’s manipulated congress
election. The PNC used that as a rallying tool to its membership and supporters. Now, PPP leaders will try to use this PNC disaster as a rallying point. In fact, the PPP will use it to blackmail PPP members and supporters, reminding them to remain silent and to not air their grievances. It is nothing but another tactic of Pavlovian psychological domination centred in oldfashioned hypocrisy. When the PPP and PNC members cannot escape the noose of race politics and it forces them to obey the vagabonds, rogues and despots among them, we have a serious problem. It means that democracy cannot thrive, for these individuals will always s a c r i f i c e d e m o c r a c y, transparency and accountability for the sake of the party’s aim of securing power on a racial platform. This act of succumbing to the PNC leadership endangers democracy for the entire nation. It robs the nation of an opportunity to become better. The act of capitulation from those in both the PPP and PNC congresses represents a huge
Is it right to create special... From page 4 partners when it comes to not accepting any bids to supply pharmaceuticals to its Ministry Of Health. If they are doing so, it is probably illegal, and whoever wants to approach the CCJ can do so for redress. And Ms Ally is advised to seek enlightenment on this treaty, since it conflicts completely with what she has written that “we must give protection to our people” the obligation of government is to seek to obtain, for all of their people, the cheapest source of acquisition of the article under question, and not to make one probably uncompetitive Guyanese businessman richer, especially since we have this treaty saying that it is not allowed. This Caribbean Single Market and Economy has given Guyana access to the CCJ, I am sure that there are those in the Guyana Government who would have liked for this Treaty to d i s a p p e a r, s i n c e t h e y enjoyed having all Guyanese justice stop at the Kingston beacon. But it is there now, and they will have to live with
it. And I for one thank the Lord, every day, that it is so. I am advised that since this is a Caricom matter arising out of a treaty, Ansa McAl can approach the CCJ directly - as the Surinamese company did a few weeks a g o r e g a r d i n g discrimination against them for a violation of the Treaty of Chaguaramas, i.e. since they had to pay an environmental tax for the plastic bottles, but the competing Guyana companies did not. The CCJ ruled in their favour. Since it was a violation of a Caricom Treaty, direct access to the CCJ was allowed, and they didn’t have to go through the Guyana courts to establish their rights. I had promised myself
not to write on any matter except on the law, sugar and broadcasting. Frankly, this matter concerns me, since GuySuCo is attempting to sell packaged and other sugars to the Caricom countries under this same CSME arrangement. We as a nation have to ask ourselves if it is right for us to create special conditions, which are probably not necessary, and to overlook the complaints of Ansa Mc Al about discrimination, when so much else is at stake, just to give a particular entity a monopoly in Guyana to supply our drugs at an exorbitant price to our poor citizens, since there will be no competitors. Tony Vieira
stain on this country. The PPP and PNC cannot be trusted with power. If they will manipulate internal party elections, they will certainly try with national elections now that the stakes are higher and majority support is no longer guaranteed. These PPP and PNC members and supporters do not care about country. Immorality has so deeply staked them that they do not even care about self, family and community. They have witnessed the perils and travails of dictatorship, elected and unelected, and how it degrades Guyana. For 50 years, they have seen the unequivocal signs of how unchecked autocracy and the absence of a democratic culture have flattened Guyana. Yet, they allow it to
flourish and remain silent in their own elections. The psychological trap that strangles the race voters of this country is destructive. They are caught in Pavlovian automatism. It would be fine if the country was inhabited by the ethnic tribes that predominantly back the PNC and PPP. But this is not the case. A third of this country is filled with other races, mostly Amerindians and Mixed Races. They have no political representation of their own. When the members of the race parties allow and encourage despotism within their parties, they are allowing the leaders of their party to transfer that destructive totalitarianism to the nation at large, including their own supporters and to the Amerindians and Mixed
Races. Those who vote race and support race parties and autocracy within those parties deserve the dictatorial government they get. They deserve the abuse they receive when they still support these parties despite their abject mistreatment at the hands of that same party leadership. The PNC leadership understands the psyche of the membership and how to manipulate them very well. The Jagdeoites who hijacked the PPP fathom this very well too with PPP supporters. As long as race voting prevails in Guyana, those race voters will deserve the economic misery, social ills, rising criminality, deep class rifts, failed country, broken state and political domination they suffer. They created it. M. Maxwell
Adequate Govt. resources will... From page 4 while still satisfying the water requirements for Georgetown, the ricegrowing areas and whatever is left of sugar, having regard to its economic viability of providing these services when less costly options are available. Lowering the full supply level of EDWC will greatly reduce its flood risks, as its absorption capacity will be lessened, and with proper maintenance of the
system it could easily provide the diminishing irrigation/potable water needs. Hence the large capital outlay proposed by CAP for flood control management of the EDWC would be un-necessary and funding for flood control interventions could then be CAP has not factored in the costs for operation and maintenance of the pumps and other appurtenances it has recommended to be
installed, as well as that for the Hope Canal, as these costs will be substantial and are unlikely to come from donors. The track record of Government providing these services at the required level is not very encouraging and donors should ensure that if they eventually provide funding for drainage interventions, adequate Government’s resources will be set aside to cater for these costs. Charles Sohan
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Carnage at U.N. school as Israel pounds Gaza Strip (Reuters) - Israeli shelling killed at least 15 Palestinians sheltering in a U.N.-run school and another 17 near a street market yesterday, Gaza’s Health Ministry said, with no ceasefire in sight after more than three weeks of fighting. Israel’s security cabinet decided to continue its offensive in the enclave and there was no sign of a halt to a 23-day conflict in which 1,346 Palestinians, mostly civilians, have died. On the Israeli side, 56 soldiers and three civilians have been killed. Some 3,300 Palestinians, including many women and children, were taking refuge in the school in Jabalya refugee camp when it came under fire around dawn, the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) said. “Our initial assessment is that it was Israeli artillery that hit our school,” UNRWA chief Pierre Krahenbuhl said in a statement after agency representatives visited the scene and examined fragments, craters and other damage. Blood splattered floors and mattresses inside classrooms at the Jabalya Girls Elementary School and survivors picked through shattered glass and debris for flesh and body parts to bury. “I call on the international community to take deliberate international political action to put an immediate end to the continuing carnage,” Krahenbuhl said. The Gaza Health Ministry put the number of dead in the school attack at 15, with more than 100 wounded. The United Nations said 16 people were killed. An Israeli military spokeswoman said militants had fired mortar bombs from the vicinity of the school and troops shot back in response. The incident was still being reviewed. The army said three Israeli soldiers were killed yesterday
when a booby-trap bomb exploded in a tunnel shaft they had uncovered in a residence in the southern Gaza Strip. UNRWA said on Tuesday it had found a cache of rockets concealed at another Gaza school - the third such discovery since the conflict began. It condemned unnamed militant groups for putting civilians at risk. Krahenbuhl said the Jabalya school’s precise location and the fact that it was sheltering thousands of displaced people had been communicated to the Israeli military 17 times, with the last notification just hours before the fatal shelling. U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, speaking in Costa Rica, condemned the killing. “It is outrageous. It is unjustifiable. And it demands accountability and justice,” he said. At the White House, National Security Council spokeswoman Bernadette Meehan said: “We are extremely concerned that thousands of internally displaced Palestinians who have been called on by the Israeli military to evacuate their homes are not safe in U.N.designated shelters in Gaza. “We also condemn those responsible for hiding weapons in United Nations facilities in Gaza.” In a separate incident, Israeli shelling killed at least 17 people and wounded about 160 others near a fruit and vegetable market in Shejaia, a heavily bombarded neighbourhood on the eastern outskirts of the city of Gaza, the Health Ministry said. Witnesses said the crowd had gathered to watch a petrol station, hit earlier, burn in the distance. The Israeli military had no immediate comment. “Such a massacre requires an earthquake-like response,” Hamas spokesman Fawzi Barhoum said.
Gaza Health Ministry said rescue workers had recovered 20 more bodies in different areas of Gaza yesterday. It was unclear whether the people found were all killed on that day. The army said 125 rockets were fired from Gaza, some reaching deep into Israel, causing no casualties or damage. Hamas said it fired four rockets toward Tel Aviv. Israeli Communications Minister Gilad Erdan, a member of the security cabinet, said the forum had instructed the military to press on with its campaign to locate and destroy tunnels that militants have built under the Gaza border and have used to launch attacks inside Israel. “In the coming few days we’ll be giving the IDF (Israel Defence Forces) full operational freedom to strike against terrorism and complete neutralizing and destroying the tunnels,” Erdan told Channel Two. The head of the military’s southern command, Major General Sami Turgeman, told reporters the army was “but a few days away from destroying all the attack tunnels”. He added that the offensive against militants in the Hamas Islamistdominated enclave had been broadened to include more targets in the central and southern Gaza Strip. According to the Gaza Health Ministry, 1,346 Palestinians, mostly civilians, have been killed since Israel began its offensive on July 8 with the declared aim of halting cross-border rocket fire and tackling Hamas’s tunnel network. At least 99 Palestinians were killed yesterday alone. Despite the Israeli toll, public support remains strong for continuing the military operation in the hope of preventing future flare-ups. Mohammed Deif, the shadowy leader of Hamas’s armed wing, said in a broadcast message on Tuesday that Palestinians would continue confronting Israel until its blockade on Gaza - which is supported by neighbouring Egypt - was lifted. Israel has balked at freeing up Gaza’s borders under any de-escalation deal unless Hamas’s disarmament is also guaranteed. “We are not looking for a ceasefire, though of course military manoeuvres are supposed to be followed by diplomatic manoeuvres,” Erdan said. “But a ceasefire must fulfil Israel’s terms, a long-term calm and the demilitarisation of Gaza.”
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THE PPP AND BIG BUSINESS
I do not think it would be fair to ask the Guyana Office for Investment (GOINVEST) to monitor and assess the benefits that are accrued as a result of the incentives and concessions that are given to investors in Guyana. That would unduly burden the trade and investment facilitation office and take away from its core responsibility to facilitate the establishment and expansion of business activity. Such a task is better suited to economists within the Ministry of Finance. But why undertake individual studies of each investment that is offered incentives and concessions? It would be more advisable to ensure that the incentives and concessions offered serve the purposes for which they were intended to serve. And it would better to do this sort of study at a broad rather than at an individual level. It would be too onerous a burden on the country’s limited resources to have
studies done on every investment. A better approach would be for the incentives and concessions available in specific sectors and for particular industries to be assessed to see the extent to which these are serving the purposes intended. Thus for example, in the gold mining sector, are the incentives and concessions stimulating gold production? Are they forcing miners to become more competitive? Or are they subsidizing the cost of production? What about the social and environmental costs? Will these be factored into any assessment that is done? In the case of the hospitality sector, are the concessions promoting the industry in terms of increasing tourist arrivals and reducing product costs? Or is it a financial handout to those involved in the sector. In the case of remigrants, are the incentives and concessions being used to
attract skilled Guyanese back home? Or are they being used by the rich in Guyana for tax avoidance purposes? This is the sort of broadbased analysis that needs to be undertaken so that there is a basis upon which to undertake reforms. The same incentives that were necessary at one time in an economy cannot be the same incentives years later when the economy would have been at another stage of development. Yet the PPP has failed to undertake any serious reform of its tax concessions I do not believe that there exist in Guyana the requisite skills to undertake these broad-based assessments. If GOINVEST had to pay someone to do that sort of analysis, it would have been broke by now. What is therefore needed is for the government to seek international assistance to have this sort of study undertaken, a study as to whether there needs to be a
Dem boys seh...
Brazzy sue and get belly wuk Brassy and plenty of dem, including de Hanna Rebel, can’t handle truth and fuh stop de truth from coming out to de nation dem run to court. Brazzy get a pile of de Waterfalls paper and he go to de Fitz man who does run miles. De two of dem sit down and when dem done dem bring out dem boys favourite number 13— lucky 13. Brazzy choose 13 because last month he pass by de mad house and hear de whole place shouting “13, 13, 13.” Knowing how he stay; that he don’t like to be left out of anything he follow de voice and go by de fence and peep through de fence hole. One of de mad man jook he in de eye and start shout, “14, 14, 14.” That is how he wearing thick glasses to this day. Dem boys seh that de day after he file de lawsuit he run out de country. Then he call de Fitz man who does run miles and ask he, “Y’all serve because me belly ain’t serving me too good.” He lef a girl wid a pair of scissors to cut out all dem copy of dem boys seh. De Hanna Rebel doing de same thing. He telling people he got ambition to be de next president of Guyana.
He seh that he is de man. He use to talk Jagdeo name and now he talking Donald name. He seh that de only obstacle is de Waterfalls boss man and he paper. Is de same reason he give why de Waterfalls paper can’t get a radio licence up to this day. De other day dem boys see when he send a surveillance team to de Waterfalls paper. De people drive slow and tek out photo. It look like it didn’t come out good so dem circle and come back within two minutes and stop. Some of de staff get frighten when dem see de men roll down dem tinted window and roll it up back. De Hanna Rebel who is not a Muslim choose to seh that that particular day he use another vehicle fuh go and eat at de Masjid. Fuh a Hanna Rebel man he got to be a fool fuh think dem boys or any idiot would believe that crap wha he seh. Even Jagdeo who resemble de devil wouldn’t buy that. When de Bees hear bout de 13 lawsuit dem smile. When dem hear bout de Hanna Rebel lawsuit dem laugh because dem seh that de Hanna Rebel gun use he haffice fuh jail dem. Dem boys got a message fuh he. Talk half and hold that message.
revision of the incentives and concessions offered in the various sectors. Tax holidays are a form of economic incentives. In the case of tax holidays, this is not offered carte blanche but is doled out to what is considered deserving cases. If for example a business was granted a tax holiday on the basis that it will eventually employ 1200 persons, should its tax holiday be revised if it does not achieve that level of employment? It should. The problem is that it cannot because these tax holidays are often contractually guaranteed by the government and is not linked to employment or even to production levels. It is for this very reason that it makes little sense to monitor the extent to which concessions and incentives granted to individual firms are serving the purposes for which they were intended. What happens if it is found that the incentives and concessions offered to a firm are not serving their intended purposes? The concessions cannot be rolled back because they are contractually guaranteed and unhinged to performance and employment benchmarks.
What is needed is for any future tax holidays to be granted in such a way that the concessions are linked to certain benchmarks. If one set of benchmarks are not attained, then the extent of tax holiday is scaled backwards. The problem therefore is in the design of the tax holidays rather than the tax holidays per se. It is unforgiveable for companies not to have to pay taxes on the basis that they will create a certain number of jobs, yet when they fail to create these jobs, they still enjoy the concessions. But do not expect that the PPPC will roll back any concessions and incentives given to businesses or to tie
such concessions and incentives in the future to performance and employment benchmarks. The business class is happy with the concessions they are enjoying. And once they are happy the PPP will be happy because the PPPC is controlled by big businesses in Guyana and as one famous man once said, the ruling ideas are the ideas of the ruling class.
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=== The Freddie Kissoon column ===
You can squeeze the cow but who says milk will come I wrote yesterday that the PPP will sing the song about the disastrous PNC 2014 Congress until the next general election and will beat it to death at bottom house meetings deep in the Indian countryside. But the question remains – can the PPP successfully milk this PNC disaster? The answer is no. And the reason lies inside the nature of dictatorship. I return once again to the process of irrationality that inheres in dictatorship. At the practical level, the PPP could only weaken the PNC if the PPP keeps the congress fiasco alive while offering itself as a better alternative to APNU and AFC. This is practical politics. But it will not work for the PPP.
It could only work in normal political circumstances. Such a strategy is a non-starter in authoritarian systems because irrationality and practical thinking are opposites in such systems. What will happen then is that the PPP will try to milk the PNC’s congress catastrophe but the cow will not offer the liquid. As soon as the PPP leaders leave the podium after their vivid description for their supporters of how the PNC behaved at their congress, there will be a manifestation of some stupidity, cruelty or depravity thereby knocking out of people’s vision, the PNC’s debacle. Let’s offer an example. The PNC congress fiasco has been making the rounds since
Sunday afternoon. But look at the front page picture on the Tuesday edition of the Stabroek News. When you see that, you are so annoyed that you don’t want to hear about what the PNC did. The Stabroek’s image is of a long and winding line of applicants for Birth Certificates. If there is any group of people in control of a government that is irrational, pompous and silly, it is the PPP. Every major public sector delivery has broken down. You name it; it has extensive functional problems. We can name a few – UG, Guysuco, GPL, the Police Force, and GWI. For decades now, the office dealing with the issuance of Birth Certificates
has been functioning at a minimum. Why would any government want to increase the pressure on such a fragile body by stipulating, that first time passport applicants are required to present a birth certificate that is less than two months old, subsequently changed to two year? Only one word is apt—irrational. The PNC has nothing to fear from the PPP from the fallout of their 2014 congress. Political observers and many other Guyanese will keep talking about it. But the nasty spin the PPP will continue to put on it will not reverberate because the PPP will supplant the currency of the PNC’s troubles by the imposition on the Guyanese nation of their own asininities, immoralities
and bestialities. Take Rohee. Rohee is unable to curb his excessive excursions into shocking nonsense. Come the next press conference, Rohee is going to be so outlandish that the press will give his idiocy much coverage, and immediately one forgets what happened at the PNC congress. Take Luncheon, now given the nickname, “the feral man,’ after his description of Minister Manickchand’s attack on the outgoing US Ambassador as “feral.” Luncheon irritates this nation when he opens his mouth and he does that more than once a week. Luncheon, like Rohee, is locked up in the prison of irrationality. At his next press conference, some feral attack will be made on the opposition or the Guyanese people that will be so upsetting that no one will want to be reminded of what took place at the PNC’s congress. Take Ramotar. It is becoming sad to see what Ramotar is becoming. Surely a President can be evasive or devious when answering the press but at all times he must avoid coming over as a bumbling, unthinking, silly leader. Each time the media
Frederick Kissoon
requests a position of Ramotar on the NCN report, there is a response that makes you feel that this President just doesn’t have presidential qualities. When asked again this week about his attitude to the NCN probe, he replied that the report is on the internet and can be read. Ramotar knows fully well that he is being questioned on what action he will take on the recommendations. Who cares if the report is on the net to be read? It is what the President is going to do with the recommendations against the culprits. When Rohee, Luncheon and Ramotar behave like this in front of the Guyanese people, then the troubles in the PNC fade from memory. And they will keep behaving like that right up to the next general elections.
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FOR SALE LARGE QUANTITIES OF HIGH PURITY MERCURY (QUICK SILVER) 99.99995% PURITY$19,000 PER POUND CALL: 592-227-4754. Spares for washing machine, microwaves, fridges, stoves, timers, gearbox, pumps, etc call: 225-9032, 647-2943 PVC Ceiling Panels (USA Standards), all-purpose joint compound, T h o m p s o n ’s c o n c r e t e water proofer – Tel: 6148564; 639-3675; 680-0862 New American made Wener, aluminum ladder: 17 feet$28,000; 24 feet- $38,000, 32 feet- $55,000 – Tel: 609-7257, 602-5794 View Sonic Projectors & computer monitor - Sizes: 17inches – 27inches (new) – Contact: 623-4919; 646-7768 Nylon Seine 600lbs, 5 inch for $1.2M, cabin boat 44ft, $350,000, ice box, best offer – Call: 267-1563 German shepherd and Doberman mixed pups – Contact: 615-0513 Pit-bull & short fluffy puppies – Contact: 619-6086, 699-7077 Metal Scaffolding with planks – Contact: 332-5426; 603-0000; 628-8008 3 Stalls in La Penitence Market- Can be sold in Single’s, also 1 double door freezer & 2 glass coolers – Contact Ameer: 695-5815 Games for PS2, PS3, XBOX360, WII, consoles also available – Call: 6722566, 265-3231 Dell/HP computers with 17,” 19"& 20,” LCD screens from $55,000, laptops from $55,000. Contact Future Tech: 231-2206
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FOR SALE DRESSES: ONE WEDDING, 2 BRIDESMAIDS 2 AFRICAN, SIZE 12 SILVER SHOE, SUITABLE FOR WEDDING – CONTACT: 264-2498/667-5907 One flock of goat – Contact: 696-8103 Fluffy, loving puppies – Tel:645-0240 or 685-0942 Are you looking for wholesale Advil Cold & Sinus & 1 burner stove wicks (pure cotton)? Contact: 664-0410 22RB Dragline, CAT 428 Back-hoe, 10-Tons compactor, CAT 320 BL Excavator, CAT 120G-MotorGrader. All in working condition – Contact: 6604021; 275-0538 Briggs & Stratton 1000W generator - $26,000 & 6000W generator - $220,000, pressure washers 2500ps $120,000, 32" Samsung TV, GE Washer - $110,000 – Contact: 668-5241 FOR SALE/RENT Mining blocks for sale or lease in Potaro- Call: 6940745
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Yamaha Rigdid, 7125 Watts generator - $299,000, roper (whirlpool) washer - $120,000, Roper dryer- $120,000. Contact: 664-0366; 231-5930 Maytag 2000 series glass door dryer - $195,000, GE stainless steel glass top electric stoves - $195,000 – Tel: 664-0366; 231-5930 1 Whirlpool fridge –ice maker & water dispenser - $199, 000, 1- 19" Flat Screen TV/PC/ Security monitor led - $42,000 – Tel: 664-0366; 231-5930
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VACANCY 24 Hour East Coast Guyoil needs night pump attendants, salesgirl, office assistant & handyman- Call: 670-8893/684-2838 Exist for 2 barbers and two hairdressers, must have their own clients- Contact: 6278277 or 669-6110 Work from home earn $5,000$20,000 daily- Call: 233-6517, jobfairworldwide.com
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Vacancy exists for qualified Grade 9-12 teachers, in Diamond. Send resume to davidsukhdeo@gmail.com
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1 Handyman/woman, 1 Skillful carpenter, 4 able bodied labour, 1 welder – Contact: 265-3586 Vacancy for sales clerk at Plant Shop – Contact: 6462108 Vacancy for porter work in Coverden E.B.D, apply at Alabama Trading, Ferry Stelling Stabroek
FOR RENT PLANNING AN EVENT? BIRTHDAY PARTY, GRADUATION,WEDDINGS, ANNIVERSARY, ETC. CALL DIAMOND TENTS: 216-1043; 677-6620 Executive houses & apartments, Queenstown US$1,800, Bel-Air Springs US$2,500, Shamrock Gardens - US$1,800- Tel: 2238479/ 647-3768. www.spaceseek.gy Houses & apartments: One bedroom @ Kitty - $40,000, Bel-Air Park - US$2,500-Tel: 223-8479/ 647-3768. www.spaceseek.gy Houses & Apartments: Durban Backlands US$4,000, Ogle- US$1,200— Tel: 223-8479/ 647-3768. www.spaceseek.gy Furnished and unfurnished apartment/house in healthy & safe environment – Call: 698-6496 Fully furnished 1 & 2 bedroom apartments located in Georgetown, for long & short term rentalContact:692-6306, 610-6101 for more info. One bedroom apartment for decent working single or couple, available from the 1st of August - $20,000- Tel:2264770; 610-7334 Furnished apartments for overseas visitors – Call: 6685198 TAXI SERVICES GR TAXI: 225-7878; 2271982 or 219-5000
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1 – 2storey wooden & Concrete house with 5 bedrooms upper flat & lower flat 4 apartments located@ Shell Road, kitty - $34M – Tel:642-7898 House located @ Republic Gardens - $45M, Atlantic Gardens - $80M, Enterprise $75M. Tel: 223-8479/ 6473768. www.spaceseek.gy House located @ Foulis $75M, Oceanic Ville - $75MTel: 223-8479/ 647-3768. www.spaceseek.gy Houses located @ Nandy Park - $45M, Diamond- $31M & La Parfaite Harmonie $20M. Tel: 223-8479/ 6473768. www.spaceseek.gy 1-2 Storey House &1 Flat house both for $33 Million, prime location, 1-3 storey building with business - $80M – Call: 6864899 or 684-3718 Property @ GoodHope, E.C.D - Tel:621-1722 Section A, 274 Great Diamond, E.B.D, 56’X40’ building on 111’ by 60’ land. $21 Million – Tel: 233-2546, 233-5859 One 2 Storey house & land for sale 25X58 on the West Bank Demerara - $15MContact:622-1782; 658-5803 Kitty - $35M-$120, Durban Street - $34M, Nandy Park $22M - Contact Diana: 2272256 or 626-9382
SERVICES PLANNING AN EVENT? BIRTHDAY PARTY, GRADUATION,WEDDINGS, ANNIVERSARY,ETC.–CALL DIAMOND TENTS: 2161043; 677-6620 Permanent & Visitors Vi s a Applications, Professional Immigration Consultant Room D5 Maraj Building Call Sabita: 2256496, 662-6045 Repairs, sales & spares, air conditioning, microwaves, washer, fridges & stoves. Ultra Cool, call: 225-9032,647-2943 We repair fridge, freezer, AC, washer, dryer Call Omar: 2310655,683-8734 Repairs to refrigerators, gas stoves, washing machines, A/C units – Call Lindon: 6411086, 694-2202, 227-8907 For low cost: Repairs to fridge, freezer, A/C unit, microwaves, TV & washing machine – Call: 629-4946 or 225-4822 For the best in landscaping, the most reliable & trustworthy landscapers call us @ 219-0468 Design Team Neher. COOL TECH: Repairs Services & Installation of all types if homes appliances: Air Condition & Refrigeration units – Tel: 233-2008; 675-4959
EDUCATION: Individual tutoring available for CXC P.O.A in comfort of your own home – Call today for affordable rates: 688-3538 IAE (Secondary Educational) 194 Camp Street, register for Forms 15, Lessons, CXC Adult Classes for repeaters & beginners – Tel:223-0604; 683-5742 LAND FOR SALE Duke Street – 130 x 21 - $80M, Oceanic Ville – 55 x 95 - $35M -Tel: 223-8479/ 647-3768. WANTED Handyman/security to work at hotel – Call: 602-0945
AT192, 212, Allion, unregistered Premio, Hilux Surf, BNN, RZ & Pit-bull, 7 seater super custom. Cash / terms - Call: 680-3154 We buy & sell vehicles for cash. Also parts available & 30 seater buses; extra Cab pickups; 2006 Tacoma- Call: 680-3154 Smart Choice Auto Sales: unregistered old & new model Spacio, 212, Voxy, BlueBird – Call: 652-3820/ 665-4529 2004 Toyota Spacio- Back & front camera, TV/DVD/ CD, unregistered - $2.2M – Tel: 617-2891 Prado Land Cruiser, automatic, PHH series, $6.8M. Tel: 233-2546, 6885554 2010 Toyota Noah, 13,000Km, smart edition, PSS series, $6.8M – Tel: 233-2546, 6885554 Toyota RAV 4 PMM Series, mint condition. Tel: 602-6986 1600 CC Toyota Sprinter AE100- Contact:645-0240 or 629-3814 Toyota Will VS duty free $1.15M negotiable or duty paid $2.3M negotiable, Corolla AE100 Sprinter $725,000 neg. Contact:6563944 Toyota Glanza PLL series, lady Driven - $1M negotiable – Call: 670-7206 2 FORD 350 Diesel 2006 (4x4), 1 F150 2007 (4x4), 1 Chevy Van 2007, 1 1999 Tacoma, excellent condition – Tel: 610-5370 Toyota Tundra 2003, fully loaded GPP 4554, Bubble back - $3.2M – Contact: 6413812 1 Small pit bull mini bus BPP series, transmission & automatic $2.6M Negotiable, fully loaded – Tel:674-2641 or 664-3053 Toyota AT212, AT192, AT170, Raum, NZE, Fun cargo, AE110 Corolla, Yamaha R1 – 100CC -2009, year model – Tel:644-5096, 697-1453
TO LET 1 Bedroom with toilet & bath - $25,000 @ Vreed-En-Hoop, 2 Storey 3 bedroom, toilet & bath, fence grill - $55,000 – Tel: 685-7566 1 Bedroom @ Campbellville – $45,000, 3 bedrooms @ Campbellville $70,000, 2 semi furnished 2 bedroom @ Campbellville - $90,000 – Contact Diana: 227-2256 or 626-9382
TOURS SURINAME SUMMER TOUR: SHOPPING CASINO, DOLPHIN ETC. AUGUST 1ST-4TH, 7TH 13TH & 18TH -24TH – TEL: 639-2663; 644-0185; 6655171 OR 227-8290 (Continued on page 23)
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Dead jaguar at Berbice...
Thursday July 31, 2014
Berbice doctor says he is responsible
The mystery surrounding the circumstances that led to a large jaguar being found dead on the roadway leading to the Berbice River Bridge has been solved. Following the publication of a photo of the jaguar on the front page of this newspaper on Wednesday 30th, Dr. Syed Mujahid Ghazi contacted Kaieteur News with information as to how it might have ended up there. Dr. Ghazi says he believes he may have inadvertently hit and killed the animal on Monday evening. Dr. Ghazi, who is attached to the Anamayah Memorial Hospital at Corentyne as a specialist in sonology (ultra sound) has been in the country for the past four months. He is also a philanthropist, humanitarian, human and animal rights activist and journalist. He is also a member of the Cancer Institute of Guyana and is involved in hosting cancer awareness campaigns in Regions One, Ten and other parts of the country.
He related that he had spent most of Monday visiting with friends in Georgetown and West Demerara. He said at around 20:15 hrs he was alone in his car heading back to East Berbice and had just crossed the Berbice Bridge, travelling about 50-60 miles per hour when the accident occurred. The doctor related that he was about a half a mile on the dark access road when he suddenly hit something. According to Dr. Ghazi, an animal came out of the bushes with lightening speed and crashed into the right side of his car, a Silver Grey Fielder, with registration number PSS 2007 . He bought the car less than a month ago. Dr. Ghazi said he didn’t know what he had hit, but reckoned that it was a dangerous wild animal and as such was afraid to leave his vehicle to check. He expressed relief that Kaieteur News had solved the ‘mystery’ for him. In fact, he said he received a message via whatsApp from a friend
yesterday morning advising him to check the front page of Kaieteur News which had a picture of the animal he may have hit. He’s suggesting that the
government should fence both sides of the Berbice Bridge access road in order to prevent wild animals from roaming the area and being killed, and more accidents
happening. In the past, farmers in Berbice have shot many of these animals which they said were destroying their livestock.
From page 21 that you still can't get a good job,” pointed out the Minis1 Male to look after layer birds in ter. A circular issued by Chief the Interior – Tel: 669-6030 Education Officer, Olato Sam, Cashier, pump attendants, had instructed that secondand watchman, apply in ary level schools prohibit the person at Shell Mc Doom promotion of students who Gas Station. did not pass Mathematics and One licensed captain to English. operate a mini yacht in the But according to Minister interior, Contact Andre/ Manickchand, at the end of Karen: 666-8730; 690-1216 the school year several parOne Arc welder must know ents had started to protest the to do grill work and able to directive, insisting that they work with limited supervision were not aware of the devel– Tel: 613-3879 opment. One experienced domestic “On July 11th when maid to work in Diamond- schools were closing parents Contact: 626-8003, 227-8529 all over the country were One experienced salesgirl – weeping, wringing their hands, gnashing their teeth Contact: 626-8003/ 2278529 and begging us to please give One (1) driver for route 32 their children another minibus – Tel:629-2302 chance,” informed the EducaHonest, willing & single live tion Minister. in domestic – Call: 646-1758 Although the Minister rebetween 9am-4:00pm, mains adamant that the reattractive salary offered!!
vised Policy is the way to go, she admitted that perhaps not enough was done within the Ministry to ensure that students and their parents were made aware early enough, that those who failed would not be promoted. “So everybody will go over for this year but next year that won't happen...Nobody can say next year 'we didn't know',” Manickchand asserted. The Education Minister's deliberations on the Policy were prompted on Tuesday as she addressed a consultation for education stakeholders at the Bartica Secondary School in Region Seven. In fact, it was former Regional Chairman, Holbert Knight, who attended the consultation, vocalised his objection about the Ministry's intent to temporarily halt the revised Policy thereby, allowing failed stu-
dents to be promoted. According to Knight he was not happy when the Policy was first implemented since he had recognised that it had dire implications for the subject areas of Mathematics and English which have long been of concern. He disclosed that the move by Minister Manickchand to revise the Policy was in fact yielding some positive results as he is aware that there were some students who were working harder towards passing the crucial subject areas. Another resident, commenting on the matter, said that she is however, pleased that the Ministry had taken the decision to temporarily halt the revised Policy as it has given her son a chance to redeem himself. “He has promised me he will do better,” said the woman of her son as she
went on to classify him as a “slow learner.” However, it was the woman's disclosure of her son's promise to her that saw Minister Manickchand coming up with the idea that the Policy could be adjusted so as to allow students to be promoted on probation. “That might be a way that we can tweak the whole Automatic Promotion business; you go over on probation so it is not as though you will go over and you just pass...that is something we will be thinking about,” the Minister told the gathering. The Minister was accompanied by several senior education officials including Deputy Chief Education Officer (Development), Ms.
Doodmattie Singh; Deputy Chief Education Officer (Administration), Ms. Donna Chapman; Chief Statistician (Planning Unit), Ms. Nicola London and Assistant Chief Education Officer (Primary), Mr. Marcel Hutson. The consultation on Tuesday was one intended to solicit comments from residents on the way forward for the Ministry's Hinterland Education Improving Programme (HEIP). The forum saw the attendance of a wide crosssection of Barticians and residents from neighbouring communities, many of whom were able to share recommendations on ways to improve the delivery of education.
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WANTED One handyman/gardener, age:30-50yrs old, preferably living on the E.C.D – Contact:648-3817 Will buy previously used green heart wood from demolished building in Central Georgetown area – Tel: 653-4797 Over edge and straight stitch operator to work at Garment Factory – Call: 2222541 Monday – Friday Salesgirl/boys and porters apply in person, to Avinash Water Street 8:30 to 4:30 Looking for two or three bedroom apartment anywhere in Georgetown – Call: 698-5103 One live in maid must know to cook – Tel: 669-6030 Experienced cashiers, counter clerks, roti/puri cooks, kitchen assistant. Apply in person @ Hacks Halaal, 5 Commerce St.
Hire cars, drivers @ Atlas Taxi Series, VHF NetworkTel: 661-3043 Experienced Taxi drivers at Gem’s Taxi – Contact: 6679013 or 225-4526 Urgently needed two experienced cosmetologist @ Natural Beauty Salon located @ Grove EBD. Contact Ms. Kasharie on 652-5800 Live out domestic babysitter and live in babysitter –Call:225-0188, 225-6070 (Monday to Saturday ) (8:15am-4:15pm) Female Accounts Clerk to work on Distribution Vehicle, Apply Alabama Trading Ferry Stelling Stabroek.
Doctor Syed Mujahid Ghazi points to his damaged car which he says the Jaguar hit.
Revised Automatic Promotion Policy will be effective next...
Tourism officer suspended for criticising...
From page 19 ground handling team Roraima Airways’ Gerry Gouveia had told the media that the company had to fire the ground handling team at JFK since they caused a major screw up when they allowed several untagged bags onboard the flight and therefore, brought unwanted attention from security personnel. The loss of ground handlers caused the loss of gate position and the flight arrived severely late on its first trip to Guyana. On its return to New York from Guyana, Dynamic
Airways was grounded by airport officials and passengers had endured serious security checks since according to the officials, the plane did not have clearance to land there. However, on subsequent flights, passengers bound for New York were taken to other States in the US and then transported by bus to NY. In the tourism official’s case, the flight had taken him to Miami and he then had to pay for his trip to NY. He was also told that the flight could not accommodate him to return to Guyana and again he had to foot the bill,
this time to get home. Kaieteur News was told that Sukhdeo was accused of “misconduct” and was suspended. The GTA is an agency connected to the Ministry of Tourism. That Ministry had hosted the launch of Dynamic Airways and President Donald Ramotar had welcomed the airline saying its services would be good for Guyana. Dynamic pulled out of Guyana earlier this month and promised to return to the Guyanese market in early August.
PNC/R says Congress was... From page 17 embarrassing the PNC/R.” Party Leader David Granger had over the weekend, accused the People's Progressive Party (PPP) of having a hand in what transpired at Congress Place. The Party stated yesterday that while there is no solid evidence to support this, investigations are ongoing. General Secretary Oscar Clarke, when asked, said that the PNC/R is very concerned with the public's perception following Sunday's ruckus. He stated that the Party is bent on clarifying the matter so that there would be no doubt that what took place was well planned to make the Party look bad.
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GOP-led House authorizes lawsuit against Obama (CNN) — The Republican-led House approved a resolution yesterday authorizing Speaker John Boehner to sue President Barack Obama over claims he abused his powers at the expense of Congress and the Constitution. The vote was 225-201. Republicans argue Obama’s executive orders in a number of areas were unlawful because it’s the job of Congress to make or change laws. But they believe his handling of the Affordable Care act gives them the best chance at proving their case, and are basing the suit on that issue. House authorization now allows GOP-leaders to have the unusual challenge filed in federal court. The time frame for that is not clear and many legal experts question whether any judge would take it on. Not a single House Democrat voted for the resolution and five Republicans opposed it. They were: GOP members Paul Broun of Maryland, Scott Garrett of New Jersey, Thomas Massie of Kentucky, Steve Stockman of Texas, and Walter Jones of North Carolina.
The vote takes partisan rancor in Washington to a new level less than four months before congressional midterms with control of the Senate at stake. The focus on Obamacare also magnifies politics around the sweeping health law Republicans didn’t support and have tried to derail since its approval in 2010. It also illustrates Obama’s attempts to act on his own with he and Congress getting nowhere on top-shelf legislative initiatives. Dems claim impeachment coming Democrats quickly seized to turn the debate on the lawsuit, saying prior to the vote that the real desire of the GOP is to ultimately impeach Obama. Boehner, who has repeatedly said he disagrees with those pushing impeachment, attempted to shut down that discussion this week. Insisting that Republicans have “no plans” and “no future plans” to impeach Obama, Boehner denounced the talk of it as “a scam started by Democrats at the White House.” But Democrats seized on polls showing a majority of Americans oppose any effort
to remove the President from office, and aren’t letting go of the issue. House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi said the lawsuit was “on a path to nowhere or maybe among some in your ranks, a path to impeachment.” Apparently not satisfied with Boehner’s assurance, Pelosi directed this at him: “If you don’t want to hear people use the word impeachment, as your people have done, then tell them impeachment is off the table.” CNN poll on suit, impeachment Obama tweaks GOP on impeachment Obama, himself, tweaked Republicans yesterday. In Kansas City, Missouri, he noted the House was about to leave Washington for the month of August, but “the main vote that they have scheduled for today is whether or not they decide to sue me for doing my job.” During debate, Democrats lined up on their side of the chamber and one after the other requested that GOP leaders allow votes on measures to raise the minimum wage, extend jobless benefits, and ensure pay equity.
Kerry presses India on global trade deal as deadline looms (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, who arrived in India yesterday for an official visit, has pressed New Delhi to drop its opposition to global trade reforms, saying it was a test of the country’s commitment to advance economic liberalisation. Kerry made the call in a newspaper article, penned along with U.S. Commerce Secretary Penny Pritzker, published hours ahead of his arrival for talks aimed at revitalising ties that have been mired in disputes over trade, intellectual property rights and climate change. India has threatened to block a worldwide reform of customs rules, saying it must be accompanied by a parallel agreement allowing developing countries more freedom to subsidise and stockpile food grains. The deadline for the deal that the World Trade Organisation says could provide a trillion dollar stimulus to the global economy is Thursday. Kerry said India stood to gain by creating a level playing field instead of erecting trade barriers. “In this regard, as we
work with our trading partners around the world, India must decide where it fits in the global trading system. Its commitment to a rules-based trading order and its willingness to fulfil its obligations will be a key indication,” he said in the article in The Economic Times. India and the United States have already clashed at the WTO, with Washington saying Delhi’s 11th hour resistance could kill a deal that could create 21 million jobs. The row adds to frustration from both sides over the often prickly nature of what U.S. President Barack Obama once called “a defining partnership of the 21st century.” “It will be hard to make a persuasive case...for a larger economic ambition with India if India decides to part ways with the entire WTO membership on the Bali deal,” said Alyssa Ayres, former U.S. deputy assistant secretary of state for South Asia. Yet despite growing concern at WTO headquarters in Geneva, a senior Indian trade official said on Wednesday all was not lost. “I am sure in the course
of the next almost 48 hours there will be suggestions coming from others, and suggestions can come from us also. We will make suggestions. We are very positive and constructive,” the official said. The official said India was committed to trade facilitation, but that its concerns about a lack of progress on food subsidies must be addressed. He also said India was prepared to miss the July 31 deadline if necessary. Diplomats in Geneva said they were pessimistic that Kerry’s trip could provide a breakthrough. Kerry arrived in New Delhi on Wednesday evening for an annual strategic dialogue, the first engagement with the government of Prime Minister Narendra Modi that took power in May promising to put India back on a high growth path. So far, the new administration has moved slowly on reforms, and its hardening stance at the WTO suggests a more nationalist response on key issues than the Congress party’s centre-left government.
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US imposes travel ban on some Venezuelan officials CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — Amid escalating tensions with Venezuela, the U.S. State Department yesterday announced a travel ban for officials of the socialist government it said committed human rights abuses during a crackdown on opposition protests. In imposing the sanctions, the strongest U.S. action yet against the South American country, the State Department jumped ahead of Congress, which has been pondering a similar move since the height of the protests in March. The action targets 24 high-ranking Venezuelan officials including Cabinet ministers, senior judges and high-ranking military, police and National Guard members, said congressional aides, who agreed to reveal those details only if granted anonymity because they were not authorized to speak on the matter. The State Department’s announcement cited the months-long street protest movement that left dozens of people dead earlier this year
and said the Venezuelan government had responded in many instances with “arbitrary detentions and excessive use of force.” The department declined to publicly say who it was targeting, citing confidentiality rules surrounding visa processing. A congressional aide said the department told staffers its list was similar to a list of 23 Venezuelan officials singled out for sanctions by U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio, a Florida Republican, in May. Rubio’s list names governors, judges, Venezuela’s chief prosecutor and the country’s minister of justice and the interior. Yesterday, Rubio, a chief advocate for increased U.S. involvement in Venezuela, called the travel ban a “first step,” and urged the administration to do more. Others on Capitol Hill said Congress should toughen the State Department’s measures by adding family members to the list of banned Venezuelans and freezing assets. The ban comes days after a dramatic diplomatic
dustup between the two countries. On Sunday, Venezuela secured the release of a former Venezuelan general who had been detained in Aruba at the request of U.S. authorities. The U.S. has accused Hugo Carvajal, the former head of Venezuela’s military intelligence, of using his high-level position to protect drug traffickers. Carvajal was expected to face extradition to the U.S. Instead, Aruba released him and he flew back to a hero’s welcome in Caracas. The State Department accused Venezuela of using threats against the Dutch Caribbean territory to circumvent international justice, a charge emphatically denied by Venezuelan officials. Yesterday, Venezuela Foreign Minister Elias Jaua called the new U.S. sanctions a desperate act of a country at sea in a changing world. After Carvajal’s detention, it’s unclear whether top-ranking Venezuelan officials would have attempted to set foot in the U.S. — travel ban or no.
The administration of President Barack Obama had previously opposed sanctions, saying such measures could help the Venezuelan government rally its base and cast the U.S. as a scapegoat for the oilexporting country’s continuing economic crisis. The two nations have not had ambassadors in each other’s capitals since 2010. But mounting pressure from Congress to take a tougher line proved impossible to ignore, said a person briefed on the decision. While frustration with the release of Carvajal may have influenced the timing of the State
Department’s decision, the larger goal is to stunt calls for stronger action, such as freezing assets, said the person, who insisted on speaking anonymously because they were not authorized to discuss the administration’s thinking. After months of slow progress, one of two congressional bills to sanction Venezuelan officials surmounted a significant hurdle this week when a Republican senator dropped his objection, citing outrage about the Carvajal case. This spring, the U.S. imposed similar visa restrictions on Russian officials for threatening the
sovereignty of Ukraine. Despite the tough language the State Department used in announcing the travel ban, the sanctions are likely to help Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro at a time when he faces an ideological split within his own party, said David Smilde, an analyst for the non-governmental Washington Office on Latin America. “The whole thing will be a net positive for Maduro in terms of his ability to get past this crisis,” Smilde said. “Getting into this kind of tit-for-tat is not productive. It’s going to allow Maduro to rally his base just when there’s dissent in the party.”
Disaster agency shot in the foot by CARICOM members’ failure to pay ST JOHN’S, Antigua CMC – The Caribbean Disaster Emergency Management Agency (CDEMA) is experiencing major difficulties meeting objectives because member countries are not paying up. The Antigua Observer newspaper Friday reported the agency’s Executive Director Ronald Jackson saying inadequate contributions by member states are causing a circular negative effect because without that money CDEMA cannot build internal mechanisms to qualify it for international financing. “We have managed to currently negotiate 20 million Euros (one US Dollar = 0.74 Euro) for the next five years of which we are only going to get 4.9 Euros. Why? The European Union did not think
we had the infrastructure internally to manage all 20 million Euros,” Jackson said during a courtesy visit to Minister of Social Transformation and Human Resource Development, Samantha Marshall. CDEMA membership covers a total of 18 Caribbean countries, including all members of CARICOM. “We are looking at accessing additional resources to be able to build on the four-to-one benefit to cost ratio that is now out there and that is being challenged by the level of commitment expressed by our member states. This is usually reflected in the ability of member states to service their contributions,” Jackson said. “That’s an area which is challenging us because it has placed us in a massive deficit
and we are now at a crossroads.” He said international aid organisations and donor countries are moving away from the provision of direct assistance in preference to supporting regional bodies such as CDEMA. “They are gravitating away from bilateral. You will find some bilateral programmes more on crime, but for things as disaster reduction and so forth, they are moving to regional resourcing,” Jackson said. But he explained that placing itself in position to receive that assistance depends on how well the CDEMA can present an adequate internal infrastructure showing it has the ability to live up to obligations which come with fund assistance.
CASTRIES, St Lucia CMC – The St Lucia government says it is reviewing options to use used-tyres piled at the various landfills over the past eight years to generate fuel. Chairman of the St Lucia Solid Waste Management Authority (SLSWMA), Sylvester Clauzel, said that the government is holding talks with a UK-based organization to craft a solution for transforming waste material into energy. “We have begun discussions with the Carbon War Room (CWR), to implement a solution that will convert shredded tires and other waste into electricity,” said Clauzel, who is also and the Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Sustainable Development, Founded by
Sir Richard Branson, also the founder of the Virgin group of companies, the Carbon War Room is an independent nonprofit that accelerates the adoption of business solutions to reduce carbon emissions and advance a low-carbon economy. Clauzel said the use of discarded tyres to create fuel will have a twofold effect. He said tyre derived fuel “will bring in much needed revenue, and significantly extend the life of St.Lucia’s landfills by reducing the volume of material. We view this as an urgent matter and will utilize all resources toward making it a priority”. According to the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), scrap tyres produce the same amount of energy as oil and 25 per cent
more energy than coal. They are used as fuel because of their high heating value. In 2003, 130 million scrap tyres were converted to about 45 per cent of all generated fuel in the United States, an increase from about 26 million tires which generated 10 per cent of fuel in 1991. But a government statement here said that there have been setbacks and the Minister for Sustainable Development, Dr. James Fletcher, detailed those setbacks n his 2013-2014 annual report to parliament. “The island’s waste disposal challenges are due to the lack of adequate financing for the upgrade of the electrical system at Deglos to facilitate the tyre shredder and reactivation of the autoclave,” the report noted.
St Lucia seeking to develop alternative fuel from used tyres
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Govt. scraps birth certificate GUYANA MUST REPORT requirement for passports US TAX EVADERS
Government has reversed the controversial requirements, which mandated applicants to submit a recently issued birth certificate in order to acquire a machine-readable passport. Last month, the Ministry of Home Affairs announced a new requirement mandating first time applicants to present a birth certificate that was obtained no more than six months prior to the date of application. The Ministry of Home Affairs had outlined that the requirement was for integrity purposes. It said “this process is necessary to enable Guyana to comply with international best practices and prevent illegal use of travel documents.” The new policy, however, sparked public outrage and one applicant moved to the courts to have the policy reversed. Attorney-at-Law, Saphier Husain-Subedar, in a court action last month described the requirement as not legal and “unconstitutional.” He, too, like many others had been turned down and asked to apply for a new birth certificate that had not been issued beyond six months Chief Justice (Ag), Ian Chang later made a ruling which commanded the Chief Immigration Officer/ Commissioner of Police, Seelall Persaud, his agent, servant and subordinate officers to accept Husain’s birth certificate, which was
- says process will take longer issued on January 22, 2004, and consider his application for an electronic machine readable passport. The Commissioner of Police was further ordered to pay the applicant costs in the sum of $15,000. The Ministry of Home Affairs then announced that it had shifted the six months birth certificate requirement to two years. However, the policy continued to attract criticisms. On Wednesday, businessman Gainlal Sookraj opted to take Top Cop, Seelall Persaud to court over the new requirement. With yet another court case looming, the Ministry of Home Affairs issued a statement yesterday outlining that persons applying for passports are required to submit a passport application form, birth certificate, one (1) passportsize photograph and a fee of $4000. The advisory made specific reference to previous press statements issued on June 5 and July 16 in relation to the birth certificate requirements to acquire passports. “With the introduction of the machine-readable passport system, there was a requirement by the Ministry that the Guyana Police Force would implement an arrangement where members of the public applying for passports for the first time,
would present to the Immigration Department birth certificates that were issued not more than six (6) months prior to the date of the application.” “The intention was to guarantee the integrity of the newly implemented machinereadable passport system. Unfortunately this arrangement was not implemented by the Guyana Police Force, as required by the Ministry of Home Affairs,” the release stated. The Ministry noted that it is cognizant of the concerns of members of the public, and therefore reviewed the entire system pertaining to the issuance of passports along with the Guyana Police Force. “In relation to lost/ damaged passport the processing fee is $15,000, and additional conditionalities are required to be satisfied to facilitate issuance.” It was explained that given the need for a “more robust” verification process to accompany the production of the travel document, “the five (5) day processing time previously guaranteed by the Guyana Police Force is not likely to be honoured.” The Ministry promised that the Guyana Police Force through its Immigration Department will make all reasonable efforts to expedite the processing of the applications.
Mahdia gold miners to withhold royalties over poor roads Realizing that picketing exercises do not influence changes in Guyana, workers of Mining District No.2 have threatened to stop paying royalties to the Guyana Gold Board until needed infrastructural works are executed in the District. This revelation was made by Mark Crawford, Region Eight Chairman, during an interview with this publication, yesterday. According to Crawford, “The miners in Mining District No.2 have indicated to me that if the Government doesn’t start fixing the water system or the inner Mahdia roads by August, they would not be paying any taxes…They say no water, no road, no revenue.” He said miners were forced to make this decision owing to Government neglecting to develop the area despite constant desperate appeals and protests by residents and miners. As such, they are prepared to be charged rather than to contribute revenue to a Government that is not listening to their cries, he added. “They argue that the Government is spending billions of taxpayers’ money to assist the rice and sugar industries and also carry out infrastructure works in these regions, but very little is being spent in the mining areas which are generating significant revenues,” he said. According to Crawford, after assuming office in 2011, he personally requested miners to sell their gold to the Gold Board believing that a portion of the revenue
collected would have been spent in Mahdia on infrastructural works. The Chairman said from all indications, Government does not have an economic plan for the sustainable development of Mahdia, which is growing to include large businesses and housing schemes. He said Government officials need to visit the area to see the investments. One of the primary concerns of miners is the deplorable roads leading to mining areas. He said rehabilitation of the Bartica to Potaro and Mahdia to North Fork Roads are pertinent. Since 1992, Government has not carried out rehabilitative works on this stretch of road, even though that area generates billions of dollars. He related that improvements to these roads would not only drive gold mining, but support other economic activities. According to him, if the 72 Miles road were to be rehabilitated, residents of the neighbouring Amerindian community would benefit from Mahdia’s lucrative market for their produce. In addition, Mahdia residents would not be faced with such a high food bill. Crawford said that miners are questioning the Guyana Geology and Mines Commission’s rationale for building the Parika to Goshen Road when mining is not ongoing in that area. “When they stop paying royalties it will have an adverse effect on our country’s economy which would not be good for us…So the ball is in Government’s court, they have a golden opportunity now to save our economy.”
Minister of Finance Dr. Ashni Singh yesterday announced that the Government of Guyana has, in substance, concluded with United States an intergovernmental agreement for implementation of the U.S. Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act (FATCA). As a result of the achievement of this “important milestone”, Guyana is now listed by the U.S. Department of the Treasury as one of the jurisdictions treated as having an inter-governmental agreement in effect, a Government statement said. The conclusion of the agreement comes after several months of review and negotiation between the US and Guyana authorities on the text of the agreement, and will see the two countries concluding a reciprocal agreement within the coming months. FATCA provisions of the Hiring Incentives to Restore Employment Act of 2010 (HIRE Act) were enacted in the U.S. on March18, 2010, in order to address concerns
over offshore tax evasion. FATCA generally requires a foreign financial institution (FFI) to enter into an agreement with the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) to report information about certain accounts held by the US, persons or foreign entities owned by US persons. An FFI that does not enter into an agreement with the IRS will be subject to a 30 percent withholding tax on certain payments, including US source interest and dividends, and gross proceeds from sales of US securities. Congress enacted FATCA to target noncompliance by US taxpayers using foreign accounts, and the provision has since become the global standard for promoting tax transparency. It requires U.S. financial institutions to withhold a portion of certain payments made to FFIs that do not agree to identify and report information on US account holders. Governments have two options for complying with
FATCA: they can either permit their FFIs to enter into agreements with the IRS or they can, themselves, enter into IGAs with the US. In Guyana’s case, the latter option was adopted, and an intergovernmental agreement has been entered into with the US. On April 4, 2014, the U.S. Department of the Treasury and the IRS announced that jurisdictions that have reached agreements in substance with the US on the terms of intergovernmental agreements under the FATCA can be treated as having agreements in effect until the end of 2014. Minister Singh indicated that, as of June 24, 2014, Guyana attained the status of having an agreement in substance. This development represents a significant achievement in cooperation between Guyana and the US. The Minister further indicated that Guyana’s authorities will continue to collaborate with their US counterparts through the final signing of the agreement and into its implementation.
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Rodney Inquiry hears of Miner fails to wake up more missing documents after drinking spree By Latoya Giles As the Walter Rodney Commission of Inquiry (COI) continued yesterday, another rank from the Guyana Defence Force (GDF) testified about several “missing” documents which were expected to have been brought to the hearings. Lieutenant Colonel, Cargill Kyte, told the Commissioners yesterday that the Army Air Corps has no records of flights from June 13 to June 17, 1980. This according to reports, was the same time that former army officer, William “Gregory” Smith, was flown to Kwakwani. Smith is accused of handing the “walkie talkie” which reportedly exploded killing Dr Rodney. Kyte, in his testimony said too that the army was unable to find the “flight manifests”. He told the Commission that during searches, he was unable to locate the information. The witness further told the Commission that there is a chain of command when dealing with the Army Air Corps. He explained that there would have had to be a flight request, a documentation of who made the request as well as information related to the time of the flights, among other details. Kyte told the Commissioners that once permission is granted, the information goes back to the Air Corps. “Documents such as the flight plan would be
… R. Corbin received Army weapons sent to the control tower…also the load sheet and flight manifest which depends on the type of flight,” Kyte explained. Kyte was asked about the type of aircraft that the GDF had in its possession during 1979 to 1980. According to the witness, the army had 14 aircraft, with some being unknown for airworthiness. Kyte also recalled that two 206 Bell Helicopters were sold between 1988 and 1991. He also disclosed that one SRGR aircraft was sold to Air Services Guyana in 1991. Further Kyte said that any information such as the “logbook” would be with the owner and not the GDF. A t t o r n e y - a t - L a w, Latchmie Rahamat, interjected and said that an attempt has already been made to have the owner come to the Commission. Guns from Army given…. Moreover, a second senior rank of the GDF disclosed yesterday that the army had distributed weapons to the now defunct Ministry of National Development in 1979. Lt. Colonel, Sydney Charles James, told the Commission that he is the Staff Officer attached to the G2 Branch or the Intelligence Unit. He said that in 2008 after a shootout in Berbice, he was instructed to conduct an investigation to determine whether the weapons recovered at the time were taken from the GDF. His instruction came from
then Army Chief, Gary Best. He said that he conducted an internal investigation and found that several agencies were given weapons from the GDF. James said according to records, on August 10, 1979, 50 pistols, 100 magazines, 20 Berretta SMG’S and accessories, 15 M70 Rifles, ten 879 guns, 4Xha 11 Light machines guns among others, were all given to the Ministry of National Development. James said that one “Comrade Skeete” signed for the weapons on behalf of the Ministry. Further, James told the Commission that 7 Smith and Wesson weapons were issued on May 18, 1976 to R. Corbin, Parliamentary Secretary, Office of the Prime Minister. James said he could not ascertain whether the recipient was Robert Corbin. However as James was going through the list, an objection was made by Attorney-at-Law, Basil Williams, who is appearing for the People’s National Congress (PNC/R). Williams said that the Commission did not set up the “framework” for the line of questioning. He added that the Commission has not even sought to verify the authenticity of the documents and who the authors are. Commission Chairman Sir Richard Cheltenham agreed with Williams that the basis needed to be set. The day’s proceeding was then adjourned to today.
The relatives of a 52 year-old miner whose body was found on Saturday morning, are convinced that they are not being told the truth about how he met his death. Anthony Adrian, called ‘Wakara’, who hailed from Moraikobe, Mahaicony Creek was discovered dead at a mining district located a few miles from Mahdia. Although his body bore what appeared to be marks of violence, relatives were told that he collapsed and died after a drinking spree the previous night. The dead man’s relatives are awaiting the result of a post mortem examination, which they are almost certain will confirm their fears that Adrian was murdered. Amelia Adrian, who returned to the city yesterday with her father’s body, told Kaieteur News that she last saw her father alive, one year ago. She said that last Saturday she was contacted by her brother who told her that he had received word from his father’s employer that Adrian was dead. “He (boss man) tell me brother that we father drink and sleep and ain’t wake up de next morning. I then call the boss man and he tell me a different story,” Amelia Adrian said. According to the dead man’s daughter, his employer told her that her father and another worker had left the camp after working on Friday evening to go to a shop to purchase some much needed items. But only the other
- relatives suspect foul play worker returned to camp the following morning. The other employee reported to his colleagues that when he woke up on Saturday morning, he found Adrian lying dead in a room near the shop. The worker said that he informed the shop owner and then left the scene. “The boss man call me back later Saturday and tell me that my father was sleeping in a tent then he change and said that he was sleeping in a generator room,” the woman told this newspaper. Even if she was not suspicious before, the different versions of how her father died caused her to be very distrustful of his employer. “The shop owner said that he heard when someone got up to get some water and the person was panting for breath but he did not look out to see who it was,” Amelia Adrian said. Her suspicions were further heightened when she spoke to the police at Mahdia. Ms Adrian said that the police told her that her father had been drinking for three days and could not wake up on the last day. This she found very strange since her father had only left his camp the evening before his death, “so I don’t know how they could tell me that he was drinking at the shop for three days.” “I asked them if the body bore any marks and the police told me no. I asked them if the body was smelling and they told me no, that it okay and it was in a freezer. I even asked them when it coming to town and they tell me by Monday or Tuesday.” The dead man’s daughter said that when she did not
hear from the police on Monday, she contacted them and they gave her another date when her father’s body would be brought to the city. She then took it upon herself to travel to Mahdia on Tuesday morning in the company of her cousin. Upon arrival in Mahdia, she went to the police who escorted her to the mortuary to get a look at her father’s body. She observed that his foot was okay, but the upper body was black as if somebody had beaten him. “The same police tellin me, ‘girl, nobody ain’t do you father nothing, dat is just how we find he dead.’ I just walk out,” Ms Adrian told this newspaper, adding that she sensed that the policeman is covering up something, especially when he told her that her father’s employer did not have money to give her. “I did not even mention anything about money. So why did he tell me that?” she asked. The dead man’s daughter also believes that had she not travelled to Mahdia, her father’s body would have been left there to decompose, which would have hidden any possible sign of foul play. “If I didn’t travel to Mahdia, my father’s body would not come out because they have another body in there for two months. They brought it out and carry it back because nobody ain’t identify it. And besides they got the mortuary like a dog pen.” She said that it was only when her father ’s body reached the Lyken Funereal Parlour that she actually got a good look at it, and what she saw convinced her that there was some foul play.
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Chanderpaul (79*), Hetymer (63)... From page 29 Guyana 88-1. Hetymer, with a century to his name in the last round, was batting sensibly when ‘out of the blue’ he played an atrocious swipe at Roopnarine to appallingly top edge a steepling offering to Seetal at point. By Lunch, the Guyanese were 101-1 from 35 overs with Chanderpaul unbeaten on 29. Sattaur, dropped at mid-off on 99-1 off Brian Christmas just before the break, was on three at the Interval. After Lunch Chanderpaul continued to play with an abundance of common sense and delightfully cut Seetal behind point for four before caressing Bootan to the cover boundary. Sattaur made a consorted effort to bat long, while not sacrificing his ‘booming’ shots and seemed set for big score. The left-hander from East Coast hammered Seetal for a bulletlike boundary and punched him gloriously through cover for four before missing a lawless swipe at Roopnarine and was bowled for 21 from 53 balls, 73 minutes with three fours to leave on 130-2. Rose Hall Youth & Sports Club’s Askay Homraj got going with a four and an effortless six back over Roopnarine’s head and the classy Berbician was on his way while Chanderpaul greeted left-arm spinner Justin Joseph with a magnificent straight drive for
four. However, Chanderpaul must have been utterly dismayed when he watched from the non-striker’s end as Homraj played a reckless dab to a delivery straight on his stumps and was bowled by Joseph at 158-3. Chanderpaul reached his second fifty of the tournament with a spanking boundary off Joseph before Balchand Basdeo stroked a ball firmly to mid-off and was needlessly run out at 166-4. Chanderpaul was dropped at long-on off Joseph on 52 with Guyana on 169-4 and the run rate dipped as Tea was taken with Guyana on 170-4 with only 69 runs being eked out in the session. Chanderpaul was 47 away from his second Regional under-19 hundred. After Tea, Chanderpaul was the glue which held the Guyana innings together and along with Sharaz Ramcharran carried the score to 203 before Seetal produced a searing yorker which crashed into the stumps of Ramcharran to end his 100-miunte and 95-ball 20 which included two fours. Paul (13) joined the well entrenched Chanderpaul and got going with a boundary off Phillip while Chanderpaul changed gear briefly and attacked the bowling as he accelerated towards the end. Today is the second day and play is scheduled to commence at 10:00hrs. Admission is free.
Thursday July 31, 2014 ARIES (MAR. 21-APRIL 20) You can develop your creative talents if you take the time to practice your art. Your changing attitudes may be causing concern for your partner. TAURUS (APR. 21MAY 21) Secret affairs may be tempting, but keep in mind that they will damage your reputation if you decide to indulge. Catch up on correspondence. GEMINI (MAY 22-JUNE 21) Art investment will pay big dividends in the long term. Be honest with yourself before getting involved with someone who is likely to lead you on. Problems with your mate will develop if you don't let them have their way. CANCER (JUNE 22JULY 22) Money problems will get worse if your partner hasn't been playing by the rules. Your outgoing, aggressive nature will attract someone you've been eager to meet.
LIBRA(SEPT. 24 -OCT. 23) Limitations at work might set you back. Try not to be too harsh with loved ones; there will always be two sides to an Issue. SCORPIO (OCT. 24 NOV. 22) Try to keep an open mind. Abstain from getting involved with married individuals. Communication must be open, precise, and honest. SAGITTARIUS (NOV. 23 -DEC. 21) You will reap the rewards for your kind actions. You should want to feel good about yourself and your goals. You will meet new romantic partners if you get involved in seminars or travel. CAPRICORN (DEC 22.JAN. 20) Spend time with your lover today. Your involvement in groups will be favorable for meeting new and exciting individuals. Try to get out and socialize.
LEO (JULY 23-AUG 22) Helping children may be rewarding and challenging. You need a break from your daily routine. Opportunities to make advancements through good business sense are apparent.
AQUARIUS (JAN. 21 FEB. 19) Someone you work with could have a personal interest in you. You should regain some of your self esteem if you get involved in organizational functions. Your ability to communicate with ease will win the hearts of those you are in touch with today.
VIRGO (AUG. 23 -SEPT. 23) Don't upset elders in your family who don't understand your present situation. Stubborn about making changes around your home.
PISCES (FEB. 20-MAR. 20) Do not blow situations out of proportion. New relationships could evolve through group activities.Arguments may flare up in your home.
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4th Annual Digicel Schools Football Competition...
Past results will not influence our approach to the game -Thomas Conceding that the defending champion Christianburg /Wismar Secondary School (CWSS) are usually a much fitter and athletically gifted group of players, Head Coach of Waramadong Secondary School Louie Thomas
George, Yaw, Sampson... From page 31 and Abbensetts will set the tone for the Guyanese with the sprint events among them. Garraway and Abbensetts will compete in the 100m, 200m as well as the 4x100m and 4x400m events. Yaw and Quacy Simpson will run in the 400m and makes up the team for the 4x400m. Yaw will also run in the 4x100m while Simpson competes in the 800m along with Orneto Thomas, who is also scheduled to run the 1500m. Grivon Grant will run the 1500m with Thomas and the 5000m. Grant and Thomas are the alternates on the 4x400m team as well. Mathew McKenzie runs in the 5000m with Grant. Clarence Greene, Jbari Joseph and Kade Pearce will lead the male field events for Guyana with Greene competing in the Triple Jump and Javelin Throw. Tremaine Beckles will also compete in the Javelin. Joseph will do the Long and High Jumps with Pearce as his partner in the High Jump event. Samuel Gray does the Long Jump and Triple Jump. Timothy Fullington and Jamal Joseph are to compete in the Discus Throw and Shot Putt. Alisha Fortune, Raymond Daw and Julian Edmonds were identified as the officials for the IGG Athletics team.
speaking with Kaieteur Sport ahead of Sunday’s final showdown revealed that they are working on strategies to negate the opposition’s advantages. Thomas, who was spearheading a practice session yesterday at the BV ground, told this newspaper that the team is not concerned with the previous results that saw them lose thrice to CWSS and was more focused on getting a positive result this time around. “The good thing for us is that this team will not be affected by the previous results against them, we are a new unit and what the other teams did not achieve will not influence the way we approach the game and I can say that we are preparing to give a good account of ourselves and even come out with a positive result,” Thomas said. During the recent session the players were seen intently focused on an attacking style of play which Thomas said was primarily bent on scoring
early goals. “We have to score early goals and get a lead it gives you an advantage and hopefully by doing that we could apply some pressure to the opposition.” Thomas also felt that being aggressive both in attack and defence has to be a priority against a team that is fast and fit and confident in their ability. He reckoned that their intent to be aggressive is the only way to beat the defending champions who play at a consistent pace throughout the game. Thomas, who has been in charge of the team for sometime now, disclosed that he understands CWSS style of play which according to him is to deliver the long balls and have their strikers run on to them and create damage. He assured fans that come Sunday they will see a brand of football that will certainly impress them, adding that they have a large contingent of supporters who will be coming to the game to rally around the team.
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Banks DIH, Trophy Stall galloping Guyana thump Jamaica by 11 with Rising Sun Horserace Meet runs to take Regional U-15 title With the second half of 2014 horseracing season now into full throttle, the bandwagon shifts focus to the Rising Sun Turf Club for its race meet in collaboration with the Inshan Bacchus Hard Runnings Trucking Service, Jumbo Jet Auto Sales and racing stables and Mohammed ‘Nankoo’ Shariff Business Enterprise slated for Sunday 10th August at the Rising Sun Turf Club at Arima Park, West Coast of Berbice. Seven races are listed on the day’s card with over $5M in prizes up for grabs. The D class event over 1600M will see the horses galloping for a first prize of $1M. The three year Guyana and West Indies Bred event
Over $5.5 M on offer
will see the animals battling for the top prize $600,000 over 1400M. The incentive in the F and lower event is worth $460,000 also over 1400M. The race for two year old Guyana and West Indies bred horses is worth $400,000 for the winner over 1100. The G3 and lower race, which will also be run over 1400M, will see the winner taking away a $400,000 first prize. The ‘I’ class event has a winning tag of $260,000 and will be run over 1400M. The final event of the day is for horses classified J and lower
and victory in this event will see the champion taking home $200,000 in the 1100M race. Trophy Stall in Bourda Market will once again be sponsoring the champion jockey and trainer trophies. Entries close on Sunday 3rd of August and interested persons can get in contact with Fazal Habibulla on Telephone No 232-0232 or 648-6522 or Donald or Zaleena Lawrie on telephone no 225-4530. The race will be run under the rules of the Guyana Horse Racing Authority. Race time is 13:00hrs.
Tevez father kidnapped, released after ransom paid
BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) - The father of Juventus striker Carlos Tevez was kidnapped in Buenos Aires on Tuesday before being released following the payment of a ransom, according to local media. Reports said the footballer had initially looked to fly from Turin, where he is in pre-season training, to Argentina on hearing the news of the kidnapping but he remained in Italy. Tevez said on Twitter that his father had been released without harm. “I thank everyone for their support always. I’m able to tell you my father is ok, safe and sound. That’s what’s most important,” he said on
his Twitter account (@carlitos3210). “I also thank... the Buenos Aires and Federal and Anti-kidnapping police (forces) for their support for my family.” The amount paid for Segundo Tevez’s release was not revealed but media reports said it was 400,000 Argentine pesos ($48,900). Tevez’s brother Diego told local radio station La Red that at first his father only had his vehicle stolen and was immediately released, but they went back for him when they saw his name on its registration. “When they realized he was the father (of Carlos Tevez) because of the ‘green card’ they went back for him
and asked for the ransom,” Diego Tevez said. The daily La Nacion, quoting sources close to the police operation, reported that the kidnappers had told Tevez’s father: “We admire your son, but we have to do this to work.” Despite being in brilliant form in Serie A for Juventus last season, Tevez was not chosen by Argentina coach Alejandro Sabella for the World Cup finals in Brazil. Argentina lost 1-0 to Germany in the Rio de Janeiro final two weeks ago. “We’re annoyed with Sabella because he didn’t call him up to the national team,” La Nacion also quoted the kidnappers as saying.
Guyana defeated Jamaica by 11 runs in their fifth and final round game to win the Regional U-15 50-over tournament yesterday. Batting first after winning the toss, Guyana posted 248-7 off their allotted overs at Melbourne. They lost the early wicket of Joshua Persaud (00), but Bhaskar Yadram (13) and Alphius Bookie (37) put together a second wicket stand of 46 to set the foundation. After Yadram was dismissed, Kris Ramnarine and Bookie added a further 28 before Bookie went. Despite the loss of Kurt Lovell (18), Ramnarine continued to play positively and reached the boundary six times in scoring 54. But it was Stephen Deonarine who ensured the Guyanese defended a decent total. Following the dismissal of Ashmead Nedd (00) Kevin Sinclair (08), Deonarine featured in an unbroken seven-wicket stand of 62 with Colin Barlow who made 26 off 26 balls. Deonarine faced 79 balls in his top score of 60. Raewin Senior snared 2-36. Even though Raewin Senior slammed a
century the Jamaicans fell short as they were sent packing for 237 in 50 overs. Left arm pacer Stephen Kamaladeen gave the Guyanese the breakthrough when he bowled Kirk McKenzie (03) with five runs on the board. However Senior hit eleven fours and two sixes in scoring 113, but apart from Dominik Samuels with 27, the rest of the batsmen failed to provide the much needed support. Andre McCarthy made 18 and Bryan Brown chipped in with 15 as Yadram captured 3-46, Sinclair 237 and Stephen Kamaladeen 2-41. At Elletson Road, Windwards beat Leewards by seven wickets. Leewards took first strike and scored 189 all out in 50 overs. Joshua Grant led with 42, Zawandi White made 38 while Marcus Duberry and Shevon Jeffers 23 each. Micah Joseph snared 3-21, Urnel Thomas 3-36, Simeon Gerson 2-27 and Jeron Noel 2-30. Windwards replied with 195-3 ion 36.5 overs with Obadele Joseph scoring 54, Kimani Melius 44, Johnel Eugene 32 and Johann Jeremiah 31. Jerrlious Louis took 2-65.
The New York Blasters Cricket Club will be playing a series of matches throughout Guyana during their tour here in August. The Blasters will play their first match on Thursday August 14 at Rockaway cricket ground, Stratsphey E.C. Demerara. On Friday August 15 they will be playing at the Banks DIH ground in Georgetown in a night game, while on Saturday August 16, Chesney Corentyne Berbice is the venue for their next game. Sunday August 17 the New York team will be at Canal #1 ground, on Wednesday August 20 they will play at Cornelia Ida ground on the West Coast Demerara and
final game of the tour is billed for the Everest cricket ground on Friday August 22. The New York Blasters are winners of the first 20/20 tournament in “New York Big Bash 2014”. Team Manager is Mr. Hafeez Ali of Rockaway Roti Shop & Taxi Service. The New York Blasters team is as follows: Shameer Sadloo, Deryck McDonald, Robert Narine, Shivnan Ramjattan, Sudesh Dhaniram, Zaheer Saffie, Hafeez Ali, Everard Gonsalves, Parsaram Beepat, Hemendra Ramdihai, Saud Hossein, Ameer Khan, Hemraj Chanderpaul, Sanjay Dhaniram and Moin Sadloo.
NEW YORK BLASTERS TO TOUR GUYANA
Guyana’s lone FINA Referee/Starter.... From page 30 the sport splashed off when she was a child in the 1970s through the YMCA Learn to Swim Programme and Life Guarding and Instructor Course. After returning to Guyana in 1986, Lowe said she was invited to view a swim meet at the Castellani House Pool and was asked to assist; ever since Ms. Lowe has been involved with the sport as a Coach/Instructor and Technical Official. Some of the competitions
that Ms. Lowe has officiated at are listed below: - IGG in French Guiana as both Referee and Starter - Pan American Games in 2011 in Mexico as a Judge - CARIFTA Swimming Championships 2013 in Jamaica as both Referee and Starter - All International and National Swimming Championships held in Guyana - Was appointed Referee for the CARIFTA Championships in Aruba this year but
was unable to attend due to the lack of funding. Lack of communication also paid to Ms. Lowe being able to officiate at the South American Games, Chile 2014 and South American Youth Games that were held in Lima, Peru, last year after being selected by CONSANAT and the UANA bodies. Next on the radar for Ms. Lowe is the Pan American Festival to be held in Mexico in September where she will again perform duties as a Technical Official.
Jamarj Assanah’s class on show as... From page 28 up to expectations. With Old Fort clearly hurting from the absence of Aderemi Simon and goalkeeper Tony Cole, the Vikings could not keep pace with the youthful legs of the Blue Steel. Kareem McKenzie was lead marksman for the Blue Steel with five goals to his tally. The Steel were further bolstered by a hat-trick from Eric Hing, doubles from Keon McKenzie and Michael Craig and a single from Marcus Fiedtkou. The score at full time remained 20 – 6 in favour of Blue Steel with Chris Low being the lone marksman for the Vikings with a single goal.
The surprise of the night in the junior division came when the Old Fort Shooting Stars (+15) managed to hold off the GCC Tigers (0) to a 1513 victory. Although the Tigers tore into the Stars defence, scoring 13 unanswered goals, the youthful Stars managed to hold on until full time to defend their 15 goal handicap. Ashley DeGroot slammed home an aggrieve 6 goals, while fellow Tigers mates Ulrica Sutherland, Tiffany Solomon and Trisha Woodroffe scored a hattrick and a pair of doubles respectively. Revelations (+8) managed to get the better of Saints (+6) in their matchup by 11-10. Maria
Munroe scored a double for Revelations, while Kenisha Wills added a single. The Saints goals came through S. Boston with a double and M. Williams and E. Chinian both singles. The final junior division match of the evening saw the Under 19 mix (+7) upstage the Pitbulls (+6) by 12 – 9. Deheron Wilkinson was the top scorer for the Under-19 with a four goal haul while a single was added by Robert Brumell. Rosario Ramsammy, Eon Burke and Samuel Woodroffe each scored one for the Pitbulls. The tournament continues today, Saturday and Sunday with the finals scheduled to begin at 18:00hrs on Sunday.
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Noble House Goals Galore Indoor Hockey Championships
Jamarj Assanah’s class on show as powerhouses play to stalemate GCC and the PEPSI Hikers battled to a thrilling 3-3 draw in the senior division of the annual Noble House Goals Galore Indoor Hockey Championships Tuesday evening at the National Gymnasium. National striker Jamarj Assanah showed his class in just the second minute of the game with an opening goal for the Hikers. Upon launching a swift a counterattack, Assanah outwitted the trailing GCC defenders before sliding his
shot through the narrowest of spaces past goalkeeper Medroy Scotland. Assanah was the creator of the Hikers second goal just one minute later as he executed a pinpoint accurate pass to a sliding Captain Robert France for the deflection goal. GCC, enjoying a 3 goal handicap at the start, took a while to settle and the match levelled off in opportunities for the rest of the half but not before Colonel Heywood capitalised on sloppy
passing by the GCC defence to evade an advancing Scotland and roll a delicate reverse push into the open goal. With scores even at the half, the Hikers were the more effective side after the break and would have pulled off the victory but for some fine goalkeeping from Scotland who appeared a different man in the nets. The draw leaves both teams unbeaten and still vying for top spot in the senior division. Kingston Hockey (+10) surprised Saints (+6) by securing a shutout while
Jamarj Assanah (left) was in impressive form for the Pepsi Hikers.
scoring five goals of their own. Captain Dwight McCalman led the score sheet with a double for Kingston, while teammates
Richard Heyliger, Wayne Warrick and Michael Hawke each scored one. The final score read 15 – 6 in favour of Kingston.
The Vikings (+5) versus Blue Steel (+7) clash that followed turned out to be an anti-climax and did not live (Continued on page 30)
Cato ton rescues Windwards, Lewis bags 7 REGIONAL U-19 3-DAY TOURNEY...
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fine century by skipper Roland Cato prevented Windward Islands from being bowled out for a below par total against Jamaica on the opening day of their third round game in the Regional U-19 3-Day tournament yesterday at the Guyana National Stadium. Cato strolled to the middle with Windwards on 66-3 after they were inserted by the Jamaicans and stroked 127 to push his team to 252 before they were bowled out in 94.3 overs in the final session. Melvin Gordon (27) and Gidron Pope (32) added 55 for the opening stand before they were both removed Ramaal Lewis, leaving the score at 62-2. Lewis continued to make inroads with the wickets of Tonis Simon (12) and Sherman Hooper (00) reducing the Windward
Roland Cato gathers runs off Ramaal Lewis Islands to 86-4 however Cato and Anson Latchman resurrected the innings somewhat with a fourth stand of 44 before Latchman was run out for 16. But Cato rallied his team to a respectable total as he stood
firm with the lower order. He was eventually stumped by Romaine Morris off Lewis. Ryan John chipped in with 17 as Lewis finished with 7-57 off 32.3 overs. Odean Smith and Nicholas Walters supported with one
each. Leroy Lugg (04*) and Odaine Mc Catty (00*) saw Jamaica to the close on five with lost off three overs. Jamaica have so far taken 2.1 points from the fixture and Windward Islands 2.
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REGIONAL U-19 THREE-DAY CRICKET...
Chanderpaul (79*), Hetymer (63) give Guyana upper hand against T&T By Sean Devers He has the temperament of his illustrious father Shiv Chanderpaul and yesterday Tagenarine Chanderpaul demonstrated that asset with a workman-like unbeaten 79 that spanned 360 minutes and 289 balls to give Guyana the upper hand on the opening day of their third and final round Regional three-day under-19 cricket match against Trinidad and Tobago at Bourda. The left-hander, from Unity on the East Coast of Demerara, put together 88 for the first wicket with fellow West Indies under-19 left-hander Berbician Shemron Hetymer, who hammered a swashbuckling 63 from 80 balls and 92 minutes as Guyana ended the day on 285-5 from 97 overs on a flat track and heavy outfield after they were surprisingly asked to bat by T&T. Off-spinner Samuel Roopnarine has so far taken
Shemron Hetymer on the go against T&T at Bourda yesterday.
Tagenarine Chanderpaul cover drives against T&T at Bourda yesterday. 2-44 to lead an innocuous T&T bowling attack as Chanderpaul batted from start to finish yesterday even as Hetymer, Skipper Brain Sattaur (21), Askay Homraj
(22) and Balchand Baldeo (3) all aided in their own demise with reckless and irresponsible dismissals. The Guyanese, hunting their 13 title at this level, th
only managed two batting points from the encounter as they could only reach 178-4 when their first 75 overs expired in a match they must win with bonus points to be
Cyclists receive assistance from Ansa McAl for Ricks and Sari Memorial competition
assured of the title after starting as the final round leaders on the points table. Watched by a handful of spectators, which included
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In this photo Mr. Choo-wee-nam receives the gift from Mr. Maikoo in the presence of other cyclists of the club.
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he management of Ansa McAl was in a generous mood Tuesday morning and shortly after donating a sizeable sum towards the Kennard Memorial Turf Club’s Emancipation Meet, doled out a similar package to the cycling fraternity. This time, Divisional Manager (Ansa McAl), Sunesh Maikoo, handed over a set of uniforms to ‘Team Alanis’ a cycling team headed by top local cyclist,
Paul Choo-wee- nam, currently preparing to compete in the Ricks & Sari Memorial Race from Wales to Parika, West Coast Demerara on Sunday. Moments after the gift e x c h a n g e d h a n d s M r. Maikoo revealed that the sponsorship deal falls under the Lucozade energy drink. The Ansa McAl executive said that his firm is delighted to support the cyclists and Lucozade is the adequate product.
“Lucozade is growing and this event provides a perfect opportunity for us to showcase the product,” said Mr Maikoo. He pointed out that the cyclists are talented and when their talent is juxtaposed with such a great product as Lucozade it makes for a perfect combination. Mr. Choo-wee-nam was indeed grateful for the support and told his benefactors just so. “The
cycling fraternity is in need of this kind of support to move forward and I’d like to thank Ansa McAl for this corporate intervention while imploring similar support from other business entities,” exhorted Choowee-nam. Several other members of the cycling club were at the ceremony including Paul DeNobrega, Andre Abdool, Cleveland King, Jaleel Jackson and Christopher Griffith.
former Guyana leg-spinner Arjune Nandu who is on holiday from Canada and a Trini who kept the gathering beyond the boundary entertained with Guitar music and melodious Calypsos in sunny conditions, the opening pair set a solid foundation for the others to build on. Hetymer stroked Akeel Seetal through the covers for an elegant boundary and whipped him forcefully through wide mid-on for three, next ball while Chanderpaul played the supporting role with levelheaded batting on the heavy and lush green outfield. Hetymer, who was again explosive, thumping the ball around the ground with ferocious power and brought up his 50 with an array of audacious sweeps off legspinner Jessie Bootan before he again threw his wicket away when well set for substantial score to leave (Continued on page 25)
ewly formed female football club of Linden Demerara Queens FC won their first competitive game when the edged out the Little DIVA Flames FC of Georgetown on Sat 19th July 2014 by 2 goals to 1. Playing at the sandy Bayrock Gd, Wismar, the home team used the home advantage to the fullest with some well timed runs that had the local fans screaming and shouting with excitement. Meanwhile, Little DIVA Flames whose players looked more technically equipped than their opponents could not cope with the sandy terrain and at times they were exhausted after a run towards the goal. At half time the score was nil all with both teams squandering opportunities. On the resumption Demerara Queens scored in the 3rd min of the second half with Sherlyn Kingston taking the ball on the left flank and eluded Shania Riley tackle and headed to goal, Jennel Brown came to intercept but
Sherlyn Kingston also evaded her and with only Goalkeeper Alicia Simpson to pass she hit a well placed right foot shot which had goal written all over it - the score read Demerara Queens 1 Little DIVA Flames - 0. T h e D I VA F l a m e s however counterattacked and drew a penalty when Abiose Heywood was fouled in the penalty area and Odessa Romeo calmly scored in the 10th min of the second half. The score was one all. Play continued with both teams entertaining with their dribbling skills and sometimes unorthodox style of play. The DIVA’s were showing signs of tiredness whilst the Demerara Queens were enjoying the sand. With 2 minutes to go in the 58th min, Sherlyn Kingston made another run and scored with a long range shot that beat Alicia Simpson convincingly. Final Score Q u e e n s 2 , D I VA’s 1 . Meanwhile, the return game is set for tomorrow Friday 1st August 2014 at the GFC Ground commencing at 14:00 hrs.
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Surinamese fighters for GBA card Black Sharks devour Jammers as on Saturday at ‘Six Head’ Gym Legend Classic Basketball begins
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wo Surinamese boxers are set to appear on the Guyana Boxing Association (GBA) card at the Andrew ‘Six Head’ Lewis Gym on Saturday starting at 3:00pm. The event is expected to see 12 bouts being staged and some of the top local talent will be on show. GBA President Steve Ninvalle had previously indicated an intent in having boxing a part of the Inter Guiana Games and this event will serve as a precursor for the IGG competition. Following this initial experiment and deliberations among GBA e x e c u t i v e s , recommendations will be made to the National Sports Commission and Ministry of Sport to have the sport included in the IGG with the consent of the sister participating countries.
Steve Ninvalle Ninvalle informed that they will seek to have fighters from French Guiana also come for similar exchange programmes as the Surinamese. Whether or not boxing is included in the IGG, the GBA head plans to work with his counterparts in the two territories, Suriname and French Guiana, to have boxers participate in Goodwill exchanges around the same
time as the games are held. He noted that this sort of interaction is good for the development of the younger boxers and the exposure will pay dividends. L o c a l b o x e r s representing Essequibo, Harpy Eagles, Tiger Eye, Forgotten Youth Foundation and Pocket Rocket gyms will also be on show in Saturday’s event. The international segment of the card will see Suriname’s Samuel Green facing Tyron Lashley of Guyana in a four rounder and Seta Pinas (Suriname) battles Dwon Thomason (Guyana) in a female encounter. Among some of the local boxers on show are Quancy Wright, Leon Moore, Isaiah Moore, Shaquille Wright, Jamal Eastman, Christopher Moore, Junior Henry, Shaka Moore, Travis Hubbard and Joel Williamson.
Guyana’s lone FINA Referee/Starter Joanne Lowe to officiate at World Masters C/ships
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Joanne Lowe
u y a n a ’s o n l y accredited FINA Referee/Starter Ms. Joanne Lowe leaves these shores today to perform Technical duties at the 15th FINA Wo r l d M a s t e r s Championships that will be held in Montreal, Canada, August 2-10. Lowe, an experienced Coach/Instructor and Technical Official dating back to the 70s has kept her abilities relevant to the changing times thus the continued opportunities to officiate at international e v e n t s b y t h e Wo r l d Governing body, FINA. These championships will involve swimmers, divers and water polo
players aged 25 to more than 100 years old from all corners of the world. The vibrant Masters movement actively promotes fitness, friendship, understanding and competition through its five disciplines (swimming, diving, water polo, synchronised swimming and open water swimming). FINA officially created the Masters movement about 30 years ago, the first edition being held in 1986 in Tokyo, Japan. Starting in 2015, the F I N A Wo r l d M a s t e r s Championships will be held in conjunction with the F I N A W o r l d Championships, taking place in Kazan, Russia. Lowe’s involvement in (Continued on page 26)
Perry Cory (in the air) tries to make a pass.
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yrish Black Sharks basketball team w a s i n a devastating mood as they devoured the Rose Hall Town Basket Ball team for a runaway 59-34 win when play in the Legend Classic Basketball Tournament for teams in Berbice began. When the two teams met in the opening encounter played at the Area H Basketball court last weekend it was the Black Sharks that looked hungrier as they made sure that their travel was not in vain to secure the easy win. When the game began the Black Sharks were fast out of their lanes and raced to a seven point lead before the Jammers were off the mark. However, the Jammers were able to steady themselves to be trailing at 9-12 at the end of the first quarter. The Jammers continued to fight back and crawl back into the game to be trailing at 20-21
by half time. The Sharks began to take total control as the second half began with no responses for the Black Sharks second half surge as the totally dominated proceeding, racing to a 48-29 lead by the end of the third quarter. They continued their dominance in the final segment for the 5934 blowout. Leading the way for the Black Sharks were Jewell Fraser, with three shots from down town and Linden Joseph as they scored a game high 15 points each with Desie Douglas supporting with eight. The Jammers were lead by Kevin Deolall with 10 points, Perry Cort with nine and Troy Paul seven. The tournament, which is organized by sports enthusiast Vibert Garrett, is being played for teams in both East and West Berbice with matches slated for both regions. Six teams divided into
two groups are participating in the competition with Group A comprising Jammers of Rose Hall Town Corentyne, Fyrish Black Sharks also of Corentyne and Canje Knights of East Canje. Group B- has Smythfield Rockers, Ithaca Hardliners of West Berbice and New Amsterdam Warriors. The competition will continue next Sunday with a Group B encounter with Ithaca Hardliners of West Berbice being at home to Smythfield Jammers. Incentives will be available for the top teams and outstanding individual players. The competition is being sponsored by Nand Persaud and Company Limited and Poonai Drug Store of Rose hall Town and is being played on a round robin basis at the group stages with the top two teams in each group emerging to contest the semifinals. The winners will meet in the final.
Regional under-19 three-day cricket
Leewards keep title hopes alive with good first day showing against B’dos Leeward Islands, who trailed leaders Guyana by 1.3 points, headed into the third and final round of the 2014 Regional under19 three-day cricket tournament at the Enmore ground on the East Coast of Demerara with their hopes alive. The aim of the Islanders was to win their first title since they took the 2001 championship in Guyana and by the close of the first day’s play they were 240-6 from 90 overs, already with four batting points after being 209-5 after their first 75 overs. Ross Powell, who scored a century in the first round at the Stadium against Guyana, fell
for 19 yesterday but Kasey Carty, son of St Martin’s Radio Cricket Commentator and Calypso singer Keith Carty, stroked the competition’s fourth century with an accomplished 114. He got good support from Anguillan Ashram Hodge who was dismissed two short of a well deserved half century to leave the Leewards, the only team to score a 300 plus total in the competition, well placed to press home their advantage today. Skipper Jousha Drakes picked up 3-66 for the Bajans. Play on the second day today is scheduled to start at 10:00hrs.
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George, Yaw, Sampson, Garraway Rising Sun, Alpha MMA to lead IGG Athletics team dominate grappling category
Jevina Sampson
Jason Yaw
By Edison Jefford
Successful members of the Rising Sun and Alpha MMA Dojos take time out for a photo.
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n Andrew Hooper led combined team of Rising Sun Judo and Alpha MMA bulldozed their opposition in a clinical display to claim all but 2 medals that were up grabs in the Grappling/ Submission category at the 2014 annual Best of the Best Martial Arts tournament held at the National Gymnasium last Sunday. It was the first time that the sister clubs attempted to compete at such a forum
locally and they did not disappoint. Team Captain Andrew Hooper remarked, “We came here to dominate and show everyone that we are the best, it doesn’t matter if it is Judo, Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu or Submission Grappling…we have the best grapplers and instructors period, also we would like to thank the organisers for pulling off a good tourney and thanks too to our supporters.” The results were as follows: Under-145lbs: 1st
place Andrew Hooper, 2nd Corwin D’Anjou, 3rd King Cameron. Under-165lbs: 1st place Randy Phillips, 2nd J. Benjamin. Ladies Open: 1st place Yara Edmond, 2nd Selena Yong, 3rd Leah Hing. Men’s Open-weight: 1st place Randy Phillips, 2nd Rayon Yaw, 3rd Kevin Persaud.
Multiple CARIFTA Games gold medallist, Cassey George amid South American Junior bronze medalists, Jason Yaw and Jevina Sampson with sprint ace, Tevin Garraway, will lead a strong national junior team at the Inter-Guiana Games (IGG) this weekend. The team also features CARIFTA bronze medallist, Andrea Foster and breakout sprinter, Kevin Abbensetts. Guyana will host the IGG 2014 with Athletics slated for the Guyana Defence Force (GDF) Ground Saturday and Sunday. George will compete in the 800m and
Cassey George
1500m as well as the 4x400m with Foster, while Sampson is listed to run in the 200m, 400m, 4x100m and 4x400m along with Avon Samuels. Shoquan Daniels and Shannon Griffith battle in the 100m and 4x100m with Griffith also competing in the Long Jump. The other females on the team include: Claudrice McKoy and Shontel Hinds (3000m, 4x400m), Chantoba Bright (Long Jump, Triple Jump), Irie Cadogan (High Jump), Natricia Hooper (Triple Jump, High Jump), Trystal McAllister (Shot Putt, Javelin), Stephanie Frank (Discus, Javelin) and Khadidja Ba (Shot, Discus). In the male competition, Yaw, Garraway (Continued on page 29)
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GUYANA THUMP JAMAICA BY 11 RUNS TO TAKE REGIONAL U-15 TITLE
The victorious Guyana team
Past results will not influence our approach to the game - Thomas
The Waramadong team seen during a practice session at BV ground yesterday.
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