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Kaieteur News Printed and Published by National Media & Publishing Company Ltd. 24 Saffon Street, Charlestown, Georgetown, Guyana. Publisher: GLENN LALL Editor: Adam Harris Tel: 225-8465, 225-8491. Fax: 225-8473, 226-8210

EDITORIAL

The hammer has fallen on the GRA It seems that the hammer has fallen on the Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) which continues to have a series of problems ranging from bribery, poor services and inefficiency to the misuse and abuse of the tax collection process. Its senior staff is in for a rough ride as its Chairman, Rawle Lucas, has taken a tough stance against all illegal activities and misconduct of some senior officials at the nation’s premier tax collection agency. However, attempts to change the work culture and habits at the GRA are not going to be an easy task. The GRA has a flawed structure and too many political appointees. Negative reports in the media have demoralized its senior management staff. In the wake of Commissioner General Khurshid Sattaur’s firing last January after twelve turbulent years at the helm of the GRA, three of his cohorts have now been dismissed in what has been described as a major shake-up at the agency. Citing poor performance and inefficiency, the public firings of three senior officers clearly shows that the Chairman is serious about changing the image and the work culture of the organization by stamping out bribery and other corrupt practices at the agency. It has been alleged that some customs officers were ordered to seek bribes from the clientele so as to provide a certain amount of money on a weekly basis to their bosses as a way of taking bribes for themselves. In announcing the dismissals and the major shake-up, the GRA Chairman said, “We are not satisfied with the extent to which our revenues were being collected with respect to our customs operation (so) we felt it was in the best interest of the organization to make some changes.” Indeed, changes are needed but they should not be done in such high handed and crude manner. For the Chairman to make such major changes without consulting with the Acting Commissioner General (ACG) and senior management shows a complete lack of respect for them. And for him to ask the ACG to proceed on leave without her requesting it is impolite and painful. It seems that the ACG has become the scapegoat for the past ills committed at the GRA. The acting Commissioner General is expected to return to her substantive position after her leave. There is no dispute that changes are needed at the GRA, but they must be accompanied by a strategic plan to improve services across the board and the collection of revenues as well as the synchronizing of services in all the regions. While some believe that that shake-up is a start in the right direction for the agency which is out of control, others are of the view that it is tantamount to putting the cart before the horse because there is no leadership at the GRA. And there is nothing in place to prevent a recurrence of the past illegal activities. The GRA is leaderless and it seems to be having difficulties recruiting a high level professional to fill the substantive position of Commissioner General. The Chairman appears to be in a quandary as to future direction of the GRA. In the past, the appointment of unqualified and inexperience political appointees have transformed the organization into a partisan and discriminatory tax collection agency. While some business leaders and senior public officials with political contacts were given tax reprieve, others without such contacts were not given any. The GRA is supposed to be a professional and independent organization, but it is not. It became a political football under the last administration which not only had full control of it but some of its members also used it to punish those who had opposed and criticized them. The release of private tax information of the publisher of this newspaper by the former Commissioner General of the GRA to the former Attorney General and the former President is a case in point.

Editor’s Note; If your sent letter was not published and you felt its contents were valid and devoid of libel or personal attacks, please contact us by phone or email.

Price is not the only factor in winning a bid DEAR EDITOR; Reference is hereby made to the article with heading “Bidders Protest $7.5M Generator Contract Award” published in Kaieteur News on June 25, 2016. The article refers to a procurement process conducted by the Hinterland Electrification Company Inc. (HECI). As the head of the HECI, I would like comment on our procurement processes in general, and not address the specific issue in the article. I previously attempted to address the issue of bid-price when I wrote a letter that was published in the Kaieteur News paper on October 24, 2009 under the heading “Invariably, price is not the only criterion for winning a bid”. So, I would repeat some of what I wrote in that article. Some contractors and suppliers believe that a contract should be awarded to the bidder with the lowest price, while others believe the contract should be awarded to the bidder with the price closest to the engineer’s estimate. What those persons do not realise is that the procuring entity looks for the best value, not necessarily the lowest or the price closest to the engineer’s estimate.

Generally, in a procurement process, bidders are expected to meet certain stated requirements, which are used as the criteria for evaluating the bids. Bidders are, therefore, expected to submit sufficient, relevant information from which a determination will be made as to whether or not they meet those requirements. However, very often, bidders ignore some or all of the requirements and just concentrate on offering the lowest possible price for their goods or services. A bidding process usually have: i. a financial requirement to ensure that a bidder has access to sufficient funds to successfully complete the contract; ii. equipment and skill requirements to ensure that a bidder has the capacity to perform the contract; iii. an experience requirement to ensure that a bidder has successfully performed similar contracts in the past; and iv. strict technical specifications that items must meet, in the case of the procurement for equipment. In a bidding process, bidders are expected to meet the stated requirements even before their prices

are considered and compared. In other words, a bidder’s price is irrelevant if he does not meet the requirements, even if his price is the lowest or closest the engineer’s estimate. In the case of the procurement of equipment, it is particularly important that the goods meet the technical specifications. This is to provide some level of assurance to the procuring entity that the equipment can serve the purpose (for which it is being procured) in an effective, reliable and efficient manner. As such, bidders should pay special attention to the bidding requirements when participating in a bidding process. If a bidder cannot meet all the requirements, that bidder should consider partnering with another contractor/supplier in order to do so. I would like to reiterate that price is not the only criterion for winning a bid. Using price as the primary basis for awarding a contract could result in the w r o n g c o n t r a c t o r, s u p p l i e r o r equipment being selected, and this could have serious repercussions for a project. Horace Williams CEO, Hinterland Electrification Company Inc.

Do not play politics with people’s lives and future DEAR EDITOR; United Kingdom (UK) Prime Minister David Cameron lost his job, after losing the UK Referendum to leave or remain (the Brexit vote) in the European Union (EU). There are real consequences when populists and demagogues play politics with people’s emotions, and there are many other lessons for the political class, the media and voters everywhere. First is the conundrum caused by democracy? On the one hand is the right of individuals to vote which needs to be honored. On the other hand is how the few, in the name of democracy, will decide the fate of the many. On a major constitutional question,

‘Brexit politicians’ have persuaded just over 17 million voters, mainly Welsh and English, to directly decide the fate of nearly 65 million citizens of the United Kingdom (UK) including Scots who voted to remain in the EU. Indirectly, given the repercussions, Brexit impacts over 435 million other Europeans and possibly many millions more from African, Pacific and Caribbean Countries who have nothing to do with the political infighting within David Cameron’s ruling Tory government. How could such a monumental matter be decided merely on the basis of a simple majority? Second, and following on from the first, we live in an age when the world is

very interconnected politically, economically, legally, electronically and even culturally. For example, forty years of UK law has evolved within the framework of European Union (EU) law, and EU law is connected to international trade, finance, telecommunications and security arrangements. The UK is not some little inconsequential banana republic. It has enormous global reach and influence, being the world’s fifth largest economy and London, its capital, the world’s premier financial center. Estimates are that about 2.6 trillion dollars was erased from the value of assets held worldwide, on (Continued on page 6)

Misleading article on Trafficking in Persons DEAR MR. EDITOR; The Ministry of Social Protection is disappointed at the misleading article published by your newspaper on the 2016 US State Department Report on Trafficking in Persons. The article quoted sections of a Media Release issued by the Ministry, but omitted key words and sentences in such a way that it embarrasses the Ministry and Government of Guyana. Specifically, the Ministry’s Media Release quoted the Coordinator of the Counter-Trafficking Department at the Ministry, Mrs. Tanisha WilliamsCorbin in paragraphs four and five. Paragraph four was completely omitted in your article, as well as a part of paragraph five. The end result is that it reflects negatively on the Coordinator; the Ministry’s stance on TIP in Guyana; and the Ministry’s response to the US

State Department Report. We do believe that this harms our efforts to counter TIP and are therefore seeking a published correction from the newspaper. Please see below the text sent to the media, including the Kaieteur News, versus the printed text. The Ministry’s press release: paragraph four and five with omissions highlighted The problem with this omission is that it then noted that “the improved status is encouraging. Being off the watch list is a vindication of our efforts to counter Trafficking in Persons, especially those efforts to bring greater awareness about TIP and to have increased prosecution of TIP cases.” Nevertheless, she said that countering TIP in Guyana remains a tall order and noted that the 2016 report highlights some of the challenges while

making recommendations. The printed text in Kaieteur News, p 18" Coordinator of the CounterTrafficking Department at the Ministry, Tanisha Williams said, “TIP in Guyana remains a tall order and noted that the 2016 report highlights some of the challenges while making recommendations.” Please allow me the opportunity to record the ministry’s elation with the new development. It is a motivation for us not to become complacent and for us to continue to work harder to totally eradicate Trafficking in Persons from Guyana. For ease of reference, we are resending a copy of the media release issued earlier, highlighting the parts the Ministry wishes to emphasize. Whentworth Tanner Director of Social Services Ministry of Social Protection

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The sight of human misery Minorities and the American justice system around Georgetown DEAR EDITOR; A lingering question permeating the minds of American Blacks is how many more not guilty verdicts can the community take especially when it comes down to police officers and the shootings of unarmed Black males. Yet, another devastating blow was dealt to the black community when Judge Barry Williams handed down the not guilty of all counts verdict against Baltimore Police Officer Caesar Goodson the driver of the police van that transported Freddie Gray. The 25 year old black man was detained after taking flight, apparently unprompted in a poverty ridden neighborhood of West Baltimore, and put into a police wagon, handcuffed, shackled and unrestrained. The wagon made six stops in West Baltimore before finally arriving at the Western District Police station where the occupant in the back of the van was found to be unresponsive and not breathing with a devastating spinal injury, and to worsen matters was not afforded prompt medical attention. Despite these heart rending and tear jerking facts another mournful community goes without justice. Are Blacks expected to resort to their well rehearsed and well-known chorographical form of response, knowing full well that the cards are always stacked in favour of the police? Haven’t we learnt anything thus far? The U.S is not for US, and when it comes to justice and the justice system black folks have again known all the way and all too well that all we have is Just Us, not Justice. Each time we hold our collective breath, praying and hoping for a different response only to have our hopes once against dashed further against the rocks. In the case of Freddie Gray, one of America’s most closely watched case of police misconduct, the first Police officer’s trial ended in a hung jury, followed by the second officer, Edward Nero, which also ended in a total acquittal of all charges a glaring fact came once more into play. Yes, sad but true it is extremely rare for police officers anywhere both in Canada and America to be criminally charged in connection with homicide, and even more rare for them to be convicted. Plainly stated convictions are unprecedented. Constable James Forcillo in 2015 went on trial for the shooting of an 18 year old teenager Sammy Yatim who was brought down in a hail of bullets, moments after he had exposed himself and pulled a small knife on unwary passengers on a Toronto streetcar. A jury found the officer guilty of attempted murder and not second degree murder. One can easily reach the conclusion that police shooting of civilians while awful is lawful, for it is rarely that indictments let alone convictions follow for on –the-job deaths regardless of the situation. The recently rendered verdict brought in its wake once more a wakeup call for reexamination of race and policing, and the reality that there are two Americas -Take it or Leave

it. The efficacy of some pills are not minimized or compromised due to their acerbity. There is a white America that is always right in due to the lack of melanin, and Black America where there is lack and one is always kept back. Even video evidence of police wrongdoings, overkill, mishandlings, brutality, brings no weight to bear on the possibility of justice being eyed rather than denied. What exactly took place in the police wagon once Freddie Gray became an occupant is a question that perhaps not even time would reveal? Granted, Freddie was not the victim of police homicide but then again the police are the principal agents behind his tragic demise. Bias on the part of the police may be a problematic factor, but then again why do so many of these encounters between civilian and police turn deadly? If the majority of those killed by the police are African Americans, then we must look at the underlying reasons as to why so many African Americans are stopped by police. Granted, police officers decide whom to stop and whom to arrest, and the ubiquitous presence of guns further exaggerates the inherent risks, but could racism be playing a subtle but major role? The underlying answers to these seeming enigmas lie dwarfed within societal structure and the existing laws and policies. Renowned criminologist Robert Staples in a disputatious article titled “White Racism, Black Crime and American Justice” points out the presence of pervasive discrimination in the criminal justice system. According to him the legal system was constructed by white men to protect white interests and keep blacks down. He further charged that the system was characterized by second-rate legal help for black defendants, biased jurors, and judges who discriminate in sentencing. In current day America there are no situations that make Whites poor for the same reason as Blacks. African Americans are poor because of racism. The most effective tool and perhaps the only one for changing and establishing the course of justice for African Americans is to affect the bottom line of the white majority. Believe it or not if Black folks strike the white folks in areas that touch their pocket books, they will make some changes. If Blacks truly desire justice then it is imperative that they firstly take control of their educational institutions. Of all the things most understood by the white society power tops the list. When you have the power the whites will talk to you. Most decisions affecting the minority take place behind the scenes, over drinks and cocktails within the confines of exclusive country clubs etc., places from which blacks have long been excluded. If Blacks are to make any progress in the arena of justice and equality, then they must start using the period of exclusion to their collective advantage. Yvonne Sam.

DEAR EDITOR; Georgetown is the Capital City of Guyana but it’s in a very bad state because of the amount of vagrants, touts, beggars, thieves, and white collar crooks. I wish to begin my discourse with the vagrants. The word vagrant can be defined as: ‘’One who has no established residence and wanders idly from place to place without lawful or visible means of support.’’ As I walked around the Guyana Post Office Corporation building I counted over twenty vagrants sleeping on card boards boxes. They eat there, sleep, urinate and defecate that makes that place a living hell for shop-owners, citizens and those who worked at GPOC. But they don’t stop there they extended their living quarters down to Fogarty’s building doing their same filthiness but the Administrators at City hall put a blind eye to all this filthiness from these vagrants. Their urine and faces stinks from a distance and it attracts lots of flies. Near GPOC have places that sells food and snacks and Fogarty’s still have their Rose Bud Cafe. How insanitary is this for those who sell food there to inhale the stench from these vagrants worst yet to sit and eat while smelling the stench. It makes us looks really bad when foreigners visited the Rose Bud Cafe to eat. We have a large number of new Ministries with lots of competent educated ministers but none seem to see these vagrants and a building to house these vagrants that makes the city worst than a pig pen. If it’s the Ministry of Social Protection or the Ministry of Social Cohesion or The Ministry of Human Services they need to build a living quarters for these vagrants to keep the city clean. They will clean them up, train them and put them on a

rehab center since most of them are very young and they can work their lives are destroyed by drugs and alcohol. City Hall is very busy with parking meter to suck every dollar out of the citizens of Georgetown they should now be busy to build a house for these vagrants and women who begs with over six children on the pave for us to have a good and green clean environment. We have endless beggars all over Georgetown most of whom are women with children these same children from unwanted fathers and poor mothers grow up to be bandits and criminals. Millions were wasted on the Jubilee; why not waste tax payers’ money by building homes for the poor and needy and help them and their children who beg to be a better citizen of this beautiful land of ours? I hope the Minister of Finance will put housing for vagrants in his next budget. Guyana is a nation dying slowly in poverty and human degradation while our leaders drive Hummers and Cadillac’s. Now I come to the touts they make the bus and car parks a living hell and they rob people from time to time or set thieves to rob people. They need to be picked up by the police and be given jobs to clean the city. These touts are all over from the courts, GRA, Immigration, Banks and other Ministries they always seem to be connected to a white collar criminal in an office who can get you a document instantly for a nice fat price. So we can still see corruption is still the order of the day you are pushed around daily at offices for a document all

because you have to ‘’grease somebody palm with some greens’’ Is this the good and green economy we want for Guyana? The thieves lurk all over from banks, courts, Embassies, Ministries watching like a vulture from a mountain who to pounce on next. We now run out of jail space for young thieves who just want to live like parasites on innocent citizens who work hard for their money. If we enforce more serious laws in Guyana we will live in a better society it’s very sad those who make the laws break the laws. Drugs destroy people it drives them to be thieves and vagrants yet many law makers calling to legalize marijuana smoking. Guyana needs a new vision of honest political leadership that will take us into this new contemporary era for us to compete with the world. We must have a vision to eradicate poverty from our society, begging, stealing, corruption and crime. Crime has plagued this nation for a very long time. What Guyana needs is a better economic policy, by implementing better salaries for her citizens of at least $140,000 per month for the average government worker. The police, teachers, public servants, and labourers will live in Guyana and not run out for better jobs and living standards. We have to learn to keep our people. If the politicians can eat turkey and steak then we ought to be able to afford the same. A true leader will put others before himself because of his love and concern for his people. Rev. Gideon Cecil

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That IDB Report on housing Praise for the community policing group in Region 5 in Guyana DEAR EDITOR; During a meeting last week of representatives of the Caribbean Diaspora with officials of the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) part of the discussions focused on the findings of a study by the bank entitled “The State of Social Housing in Six Caribbean Countries.” One of the countries is Guyana and one of the report’s authors, Michael Donovan was among the panelists. According to the study/ report “the Government of Guyana’s goal is to provide accessible and affordable housing in sanitary and safe communities with the necessities for wholesome and dignified living for all citizens.” The overarching policy objectives of the program include a focus on the poorest communities in the hinterland, the completion of necessary infrastructure prior to allocation of lots, integrated development planning and squatter regularization and contain-

ment, among others. The study estimates that Guyana faces a housing deficit of 20,000 units for low income families while an additional 52,000 homes are over 30 years old and need improvement and points out that construction by owners and non-profit organizations cannot keep up with the need. It would seem from the report that the new APNU/ AFC coalition government will maintain the policy of the former government of encouraging private sector involvement and investment in housing and that a number of incentives including the use of a revolving low income housing fund; the construction and sale of houses by private developers on lots allocated by the government and the granting of blocks of land to private developers for the development of housing estates and the sale of houses in an open and competitive manner. All this is great news. The Guyanese popu-

lace is however well aware of the lack of transparency regarding such programs not so long ago. It is my hope, as I am sure it is on the part of a majority of Guyanese at home and abroad that these programs will be fully transparent and fairly allocated and administered. There should be no room for skullduggery as the nation moves to fulfill one of the basic requirements of human beings…..a roof over their heads. There must be no more sub-standard construction, no more favoritism in the distribution of house lots and no discrimination against any particular race in choosing developers, contractors and house lot awardees. Further, our banks must be conscionable in determining mortgage rates for low income home owners and both public and private sector employers should design financial housing assistance programs including guarantees for their lower level workers. On another point related to housing development the IDB report indicated that one of the initiatives it funded was the Housing in the Hinterland Pilot. This pilot addressed the housing needs in eight communities in regions 1 and 9 and involved the disbursement of 208 subsidies totaling one million US dollars for roof replacements and where necessary a complete house. Mr. Donovan, in reply to a question from Capt. Gerry Gouveia informed that the roof replacement program involved the use of zinc sheets. Gouveia questioned the use of zinc sheets for these homes arguing that this was interfering with the customs and culture of our Amerindians and Guyana’s tourism product. A debate followed which touched on the need to address housing needs in consort with the vulnerabilities of climate change and sustainable development. This is a debate that must continue among stakeholders in Guyana among stakeholders, foremost with our indigenous people themselves who must enjoy no less safe, sanitary and affordable housing conditions than the rest of us. Wesley Kirton

DEAR EDITOR; I hope the opportunity can be given to me to have that space in your daily to accommodate my letter. I have living on the West Coast Berbice all my life and now a budding entrepreneur always fearful of being attacked and robbed. In the advent of fear, I have realized that there was a new development with my business community. Almost on a daily basis I would observe either two (2) jeeps marked Community Policing Patrol, sometimes carrying police and smartly dressed uniformed personnel whom I later learnt to be Community Police. One day as I was at my business place, I was visited by a member of this organization who was very professional and who explained that they are conducting their routine patrol and whether I have any concern of a security nature and if I do she would furnish me with a mobile

number as well as the police number. What strikes me most was the unique approach and method of conducting their business. I have never had such a pleasing experience. It was enough to remove any degree of fear. I continue seeing the patrol jeep. Another day as I was at my business place, I was approached by a well spoken elderly man who identified himself as the liaison officer. I entertained this man who spoke at length on his Ministry’s concerns pertaining to security. I was also offered some valuable security advice of which I will soon take on board, for the safety of my business. As we wrap up our discussion, I enquired whether there’s a cost attached to the service and was told NO and that the Community Policing is a voluntary organization and one of its objective is to promote safe communities. I was almost blown apart

by this fundamental change. As the officer left I came to the realization that this have never occurred. I never knew of such an organization. Subsequently, to my meeting with the Liaison officer, one Saturday morning I was in the market place and I saw the presence of the Community Police. I felt so good that on my return home, I briefly spoke with someone about this organization. From my discussion, though brief, I have learnt the organization is one behind the scene and have been contributing immensely to our stable situation. It’s said that good things come in small parcels. I am now awaiting other small parcels. The Community Policing is a unique show of a government concern, for the safety of its people. I congratulate this organization and would always be an eye for them. Continue the good work! Miranda Jaigoor

Do not play politics with... From page 4 Friday 24 June 2016 alone. Further, Brexit could not come at a worst time, since the world economy is teetering on the edge of further weakening. Yet some of this seems to have evidently escaped the attention of the Brexit leaders. It is not enough therefore for politicians to hide behind sovereignty, since actions can have earthshaking repercussions worldwide. The outrage among mainland Europeans is therefore understandable. They have nearly 66 years of concrete investments in the EU integration project to protect. Third, the pertinent lesson of Brexit is not only the lack of discriminating judgement among sections of an electorate who decide the outcome of an election; rather it is more about the consequences which flow from the behavior of the political class. One assumes that people in a highly literate society are fully capable of understanding the world in which they live. Evidently however large sections of all populations

vote based on their emotions. Many are clearly uninformed. UK media played a decisive part in this story. The most important lesson is that impartiality and the duty to inform and educate people was ignored, as many chose to actively engage in the most reprehensible demagoguery. Therefore, many did not vote based on understanding of the world around them and events proceeding therein. Politicians know and exploit this by inflaming emotions and people’s fears surrounding immigrants and loss of jobs, race, and nationalism and sovereignty. Fourth, and very telling, is that Brexit leaders have no remedies to offer UK citizens for the immediate negative fallout, much less the long term consequences of what they have set in motion. The UK’s only EU Commissioner with responsibility for Financial Services said, on Saturday 25th June 2016, that ‘Brexit leaders created no plan before, during and since the Referendum’. The Brexit Referendum reveals

how irresponsible the political class actually is. It is as if to say, we will win first and think about the repercussions and what to do later. Is anyone surprised at Boris Johnson’s political maneuvering? Finally, behavior of the political class is one of the root causes of society’s problems, and dangerous demagoguery has won in a major European country, again. The last time demagoguery won in Europe it precipitated a major war, destroyed 1000 years of European material progress and other forms of its civilization and strengthened communism. Could it happen again? Integration and cooperation is less likely to lead to belligerence and strife than separation. Given that a political crisis is now taking hold in the UK, compounding market instability,Intra-European cooperation is needed now more than ever to prevent further instability. The vote to leave the EU is both regrettable and distressing. A key lesson, for voters and the media in Guyana as elsewhere, is the necessity to always be wary, not only of those who put themselves up for leadership but especially some of the moves they try to make while in power. Ivor Carryl

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Permanent Secretary’s $10B in bank accounts…

This must represent start of corruption cleanup campaign -WPA Executive Member Executive Member of the Working People’s Alliance (WPA), Dr. David Hinds, insists that the recent arrest of a Permanent Secretary (PS) allegedly found with billions of dollars in different bank accounts must represent the beginning of Government’s corruption clean-up campaign. It was on Thursday that Omar Shariff, the PS in the Ministry of the Presidency, was taken in for questioning by officials from the Special Organized Crime Unit (SOCU). Investigations by the officials revealed that Shariff allegedly had over $10B in several bank accounts. It is believed that the money was deposited over a five-year period. Dr. Hinds said that news that Shariff is being probed

by SOCU and has therefore been relieved of his post in the Ministry, must be welcomed by those who have been concerned about the sloth of the government in moving against those who have been fingered in improprieties during the last administration. “Many have been wondering whether the government had changed its mind. The decision to retain Mr. Shariff as PS at the Ministry was puzzling to many observers, and most of the staff at the Office of the Presidency who were aware of the allegations against him. I welcome this development and hope that it is not an isolated move,” Dr. Hinds expressed. He added, “I am convinced that official corruption has developed a life of its

own and has corrupted a large slice of the citizenry of Guyana. For me, this is not about moving against individuals or political persons. It is about correcting a national injustice and sending a signal to the society at large that official corruption would not be tolerated.” The WPA Executive Member said that when individuals who are charged with managing national affairs utilize common resources for personal enrichment, they are robbing children of a proper education and the elderly and the poor of better health care. The politician also opined that there is a linkage between corruption and underdevelopment here. Dr. Hinds said, “I hope this is the beginning of a larger process of cleaning up this

national mess. There will be the continued charges of witch-hunting and racism from elements associated with the previous government, but this administration must demonstrate strength and adherence to principle in the face of these charges.” “More members of the Indian Guyanese elite must now lend their voices to this anti-corruption crusade; they must not allow narrow sentiments to influence their attitude to this national disgrace. In the end, official corruption benefits no group and taints all groups.” The WPA Executive Member said that those ordinary citizens who may have wittingly and unwittingly benefited from corruption must look beyond short term gain and instead think about the

‘Picture Boy’ double-murder retrial for summing up Tuesday Justice Priya SewnarineBeharry is expected to sum up the trial of Cyon Collier called ‘Picture Boy‘ who is indicted for the 2006 double murder of Victoria residents Ray Walcott called ‘Sugar’ and his brother Carl Andrews called ‘Alo’, on Tuesday. Yesterday, Defence Attorney Lyndon Amsterdam and State Prosecutors, Tuanna Hardy, and Narissa Leander presented closing arguments before the Judge and the mixed panel of jurors. In his submission, Amsterdam essentially highlighted what he deemed inconsistencies presented in the testimonies of the state witnesses. But Ms. Hardy argued

that the prosecution has proved its case beyond reasonable doubt. The Prosecutor held that the accused could not have debunked the testimonies of state witnesses when he led his defense, because the evidence against him is undeniably clear. On Wednesday, in his unsworn statement the accused detailed to the court his account of the day in which the brothers lost their lives. He claimed that he was not even in the vicinity of the East Coast when the incident took place but he was in Linden. This is Collier’s second retrial for the murder of Victoria, East Coast Demerara residents. The previous trials

ended in hung juries. According to reports the accused allegedly rode up on a motorcycle and began chatting with a group of domino players in Victoria before pulling out a gun and shooting at them. Walcott and Andrews sustained gunshot wounds. Andrews was shot at least three times. He died as a result of perforation of the lungs from a single gunshot wound according to the post mortem report presented in court. Both brothers died as a result of the gunshot injuries. The trial has been taking place for weeks before Justice Sewnarine Beharry and a mixed 12-member jury. During the trial the pros-

ecution called a number of witnesses, including Mohan Singh and Sherwin Marshall, who are said to be eyewitnesses to the crime.

Thirty-year-old, Orin Caines of “B” Field Sophia, succumbed at the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC) minutes after he and other individual were rescued from a vehicle that ran into a Sophia Canal last evening. According to reports, Caines and the driver, Dereck Wilson, 49 of Fourth Street, Alberttown, were proceeding east along Dennis Street, Sophia, when the driver swerved from an oncoming motorcycle. Eyewitnesses recalled that this caused one of

the car wheels to blow out, resulting in the car overturning into a nearby trench. Wendell Duncan, who was heading home at the time, said that he saw several cars parked on the street, causing massive traffic congestion. He stopped to enquire what was causing this backup, only to notice that motor vehicle, PNN 6517, was almost submerged in the canal north of the street. Duncan said that he immediately enquired if anyone was in the vehicle and bystanders responded in the af-

firmative. “I jump in and couple other banna jump in with me and we pull out the driver first and when I pull out the other man, I see is me brethren,” the shivering Duncan said as he stood outside of the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation last evening. After I pull he out and put he on top, dem banna start do mouth-to- mouth (resuscitation) to bring he back and he was breathing and thing. I run call he mother and dem carry he and the driver to the hospital. I just come out from deh

(hospital) and meh bretheren didn’t look too nice,” Duncan said. Just as he was about to return into the Accident and Emergency (ER) area to check on his friend, he was stopped by an individual - presumably a hospital staff - who told him that his friend had died. Duncan punched the hospital wall and hurried out of the compound. Caines’ mother, who was also at the hospital, was too distraught to even identify herself to Kaieteur News reporters. The police are investigating the incident.

Murder Accused: Cyon Collier called ‘Picture Boy’

One dead, another injured after car somersaults into trench

future of the country. How Shariff ended up with that amount in the accounts is what investigators want to know. From indications, they are not buying a story that Shariff owned a business that raked in almost $100M annually for the last seven years. There seemed to be little evidence that taxes were paid. A statement from the Ministry of the Presidency said that Shariff was sent on his annual leave effective July 1, by Minister of State Joseph Harmon, to facilitate a major probe into what might turn out to be a money laundering case. Officials said that investigators met Shariff at his office at the Ministry of the Presidency on Thursday morning where searches were carried out. In its statement, the Ministry said that Minister Harmon in a letter to the Permanent Secretary reminded him that he is now the subject of an investigation by SOCU of the Guyana Police Force. The Minister informed Shariff that he should proceed on his annual leave from July 1, 2016, to enable him to fully cooperate with the investigation. Deputy Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Com-

WPA Executive Member, Dr. David Hinds munities, Abena Moore, will take up the role of Permanent Secretary (Ag) at the Ministry of the Presidency. Shariff reportedly retained Attorneyat-Law Sanjeev Datadin as his legal counsel and was placed on $200,000 bail. Shariff was a former Chairperson of the Steering Committee of the Progressive Youth Organization (PYO), an arm of the People’s Progressive Party (PPP), the current Opposition, and was a candidate for that party in last year’s General Elections. He was appointed as Permanent Secretary during the last administration shortly after former President Donald Ramotar was sworn in late 2011. The David Granger-led administration retained him after taking office in May last year.

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Saturday July 02, 2016

Kaieteur News

Harmon invites Jagdeo to formulate economic plan Minister of State, Joseph Harmon, has invited the Leader of the People’s Progressive Party/Civic (PPP/C) Opposition, Bharrat Jagdeo, to develop an economic plan that is suitable to take Guyana forward from the state PPP/C left it. Harmon extended the invitation to Jagdeo through the media at the most recent post Cabinet briefing held on Thursday last. Harmon was asked to respond to Jagdeo’s statement that the current economic development plan rolled out by the coalition government is nothing but an “insult to the Guyanese people.” Jagdeo had criticized the fact that there is yet to be a complete plan. Harmon responded, “That is his perception. I do not know when Dr. Jagdeo wakes up in the morning what goes on in his head, but I know you can expect anything to come out based on what he is randomly thinking. “ “How can he (Jagdeo) say it is an insult when his

young government. “Where was his plan?” Harmon then sought to explain the view of his government. He said, “A plan emerges from a strategy. We (the government) said that there are some elements of

Opposition Leader, Bharrat Jagdeo party was in government for 23 years. Did he leave a workable plan? Is this plan something the Guyanese people bought into? Did he leave a plan that a new government can take and run with?” Suggesting that the answer to all his questions is no, Harmon said that Jagdeo should be ashamed to criticize the plan which the APNU+AFC government is working with after just a year in Administrative Office. “So you can’t, just because you are opposition,

just sit and oppose everything being done without at least offering some kind of alternative,” said Harmon. It was then Harmon belted out the challenge, “Since you (Jagdeo) were in government for such a long time, say how you would have done it.” Harmon expressed his view that it is not fitting for a former President who was also a Minister of Finance but never came up with a viable economic plan, to now try to put down one that is being developed by a

Minister of State Joseph Harmon

the plan that are being rolled out and some are being worked on. But it must be part of a strategy for economic development. If he (Jagdeo) feels that a Greening Guyana is not viable for economic development, then he is free

to gather his party and put forward a model which the Guyanese people can view and criticize. Just sniping at the edges every week for some attention will not determine how this country is developed.

Newspaper vendor suspected killed

Shock and disbelief gripped the Wismar, Linden community of One Mile as news spread of the suspected murder of popular newspaper vendor, Albert Ashby, popularly known as ‘Finny’. The body of the middle aged man, was last evening removed from his residence and taken to the Linden Hospital Complex. According to sketchy reports Ashby was earlier robbed by a youth, who ran away leaving his slippers behind.

The man had been vending newspapers for more than two decades, according to reports. “Finny was a simple easy going chap. At first was he and he wife used to sell papers, then she died and he continued the business alone. But he never used to trouble nobody, so I don’t know who would want to kill him”, one man pointed out. A former employer said that Finny once worked with him as a security guard, before he became involved in the newspaper business.

Guyana will be setting own... From page 3 had made mistakes, but added that it was paramount that the UK passed on advise that would ensure that Guyana did not follow the same mistakes. In relation to oil, United States Ambassador Perry Holloway had made it clear

that the arrangement that Guyana was entering into was a private/public one, and that even if the USA wanted to dictate terms and conditions, which it did not, there was no mechanism for this. Minister of State, Joseph Harmon, had on Thursday

shot down Jagdeo's claims that Government has been taking instructions from key Western diplomats on how to run Guyana. He had stated that all Government did was consider suggestions and recommendations.

Saturday July 02, 2016

Kaieteur News

House passes refined Insurance Bill to prevent recurrence of CLICO disaster By Kiana Wilburg Guyana’s insurance industry took a serious blow when the infamous CLICO disaster came its way. However, to prevent a recurrence of such financial whirlwinds, the National Assembly on Thursday passed a refined and strengthened Insurance Bill that is geared to protect the sector and restore accountability and transparency. Taking the Bill before the House was Finance Minister, Winston Jordan. He acknowledged that the Bill was one which had its genesis with the former regime. He said that to his government’s credit, they had taken it to an advanced stage. He is proud that the new government was able to take up the mantle and bring it to its final stage. In his introductory remarks, Jordan said that the Bill is crucial to the nation’s financial architecture as international consultants found that there were a number of gaps in the sector. These gaps included the lack of regulatory requirements relating to governance, lack of risk management guidelines, absence of minimum capital levels, weak supervision and the absence of information sharing.

The Finance Minister said that these gaps or loopholes are all closed with this refined Bill. He noted, too, that the Bill seeks to align the industry with international best practices and is modified to take into account, the current development structure of Guyana’s insurance industry. Jordan said that the overall approach is to include risk based approaches consistent with sound business and financial practices. The Finance Minister said that based on assessments by the World Bank and other international consultants, it was found that Guyana’s systems for monitoring the insurance sector were in some regard, primitive. Jordan said that when the APNU+AFC took office, another round of consultations was held on the draft legislation in October 2015. After some amendments, the draft was then presented to stakeholders within the industry. He said that the final draft received the stakeholders’ blessings and it was subsequently sent to the Chambers of the Attorney General. He commented that the Bill is very comprehensive and committed it for passage in the House.

Dem boys seh...

Bee Kay write love letter to Donald Old people always seh that cuss don’t have back door. De other thing that old people seh is that when shame sharing is more shame does come up. Donald Dumb open he mouth and pick pun a man because de man seh he stupid. Of late Donald always writing something. If he ain’t defending Cheddi he cussing Gee Come. From time to time he does cuss de coalition and de coalition does cuss him back. Dem boys seh he step out he crease. Jagdeo use to buy people. He use to give dem certain perks and dem use to stick dem nose up de place wheh de sun don’t shine. Elections was coming and like when you light mosquito coil, people start to move away from Jagdeo and Donald. Of course de two of dem get vex. That is how Donald ask de coalition to explain why it give Bee Kay all de steel wha Surendra did buy. Bee Kay get vex and he tell de whole world how he see why Donald get kick out from every post in de party. Then he ask Donald if ants eat out he brains, if he can’t remember that de whole transaction wid de Surendra steel was when he, Donald, was president. Bee Kay produce de court paper to show that he get de steel as compensation in de court so de coalition ain’t got to explain nutten to Donald. Who tell Bee Kay to do that? Yesterday Donald send a letter wha Bee Kay write couple years ago to Donald telling him how he like Donald. Dem boys wanted to know if it was a proposal letter wha old people use to call write home letter. If you see de words. It was enough to mek a big man cry. Bee Kay pledge he heart, he soul and he behind. That is de letter that Donald release to embarrass Bee Kay. Well this Bee Kay seh that he was born PPP but he now get sense. De story now start. Talk half and wait fuh de rest of de story.

Following the Finance Minister’s presentation, several Members of Parliament gave their thoughts on the Bill. Leading off from the Opposition’s corner, Irfaan Ali sought to make a case for the Bill’s passage to be put on pause and instead, be sent to a special select committee. He contended that the Bill consisted of a number of irregularities and oversights. The Opposition member said, “We have to ensure that this Bill allows the local insurance companies to have fair competition alongside larger companies that are now coming in. Those things have to be taken into consideration and we have to ensure that the adjustments are as smooth as possible.” Ali’s arguments however failed to make a believer of Junior Finance Minister, Jaipaul Sharma. Sharma told the House that the Bill is not only comprehensive but rather “a best seller.” He stressed that there is no reason why the passage of the Bill should be delayed any further. To strengthen his arguments, Sharma made reference to the CLICO saga which he said underscores the need for the Bill to be passed forthwith. It was on January 2, 1994, that CLICO International Life Insurance Limited opened its doors taking over the life insurance operations in Barbados and the Eastern Caribbean of Colonial Life Insurance Company (Trinidad) Limited. CLICO served the Caribbean for over 60 years. Its mission was to become the company of choice among life insurance buyers in Barbados and the Eastern Caribbean. At the helm was Leroy Parris, former Chairman of CLICO Holdings Barbados Ltd., which included services such as CLICO International Life Insurance Ltd. With 60 years of service under its belt, the company became one of the largest local conglomerates in the region, encompassing over 65 companies in 32 countries worldwide, with total assets exceeding US$100 billion. By the turn of the century, rumblings of fraud and money laundering at CLICO were felt. In 2005, there was talk of naive and greedy managers. There was talk of failure of government, regulators and auditors; of incompetence and failures at every level and at the highest levels within the company; and finally, fear and talk of CLICO needing taxpayers’ bailout. Understanding the situation from his bird’s-eye view within the company, the

Chairman decided to protect his interest and before the mess hit the fan, CLICO was presumably being looted. By 2007 to 2008, there was no hiding the fact that CLICO was limping financially as well as its branches in other Caribbean territories, including Guyana. CLICO Guyana had approximately $6.9B invested in the Regional Insurance Company. The Junior Finance Minister stressed that many who invested in CLICO are still to receive their monies. He noted that only a few were able to get compensation when the company flopped. “Our biggest claim in this fiasco is that NIS is still owed $5.2B. So this is serious and people were asking what the then government did during this. Well I will tell you what they did. In 2009, they rushed through a piece of legislation called ‘The Insurance Supplementary provision 2009’ in Parliament and then passed a resolution to send the matter to the Economics Services

Committee…,” The Minister explained. He added, “Then, former Finance Minister, Dr. Ashni Singh, in his 2014 budget said that this legislation would have been passed before end of 2014. It was not…So yes, I guess according to them they did a lot…But this insurance giant (CLICO) represented a massive fraud against the people of this country.” With this in mind, Sharma reiterated that the Bill must be passed to bring needed protection to the sector. Jordan in providing closing statements thanked the various speakers for their contributions on the matter. The Finance Minister in support of Sharma’s position stressed the Bill is one which benefitted from four years of consultations and therefore believes that since it also enjoys the approval of several international consultants, it should be passed. In spite of this, Opposition Chief Whip, Gail Teixeira held firm to her position. She

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Finance Minister, Winston Jordan insisted that the Bill should be sent to a Special Select Committee. She then placed a motion before the House to this effect. Teixeira’s motion was however shot down by Government’s side of the House. Even her usual call for a division did not change the faith of her motion. The House then resolved itself into a Committee and considered the Bill clause by clause. After it was passed, the House was adjourned to July 18 where other matters of national interest will be addressed.

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=== The Freddie Kissoon column ===

At times, I feel sorry for rural East Indians Here is a brief quote from a letter in yesterday’s Kaieteur News from Mr. Hydar Ally, who is one of the longest serving members of the PPP. He currently holds the position of Secretary of the Executive Committee, the highest policy-making body of the PPP; “It is no secret that the University Council is

made up of several persons who enjoyed the confidence of the political directorate and who influence the decision making process in a way acceptable to the party in power. “Several qualified and distinguished individuals were denied employment during the days when the UG Council was dominated by known

PNC members and supporters. Among those was the late Dr. Walter Rodney who was denied a teaching job at the University of Guyana by the PNC dominated Council.” Any stranger unfamiliar with Guyana would not know, after reading Mr. Ally’s letter, that the very party of Mr. Hydar Ally ran the government of this country for 23 years which would have given it 23 years of domination of the university. The very Ally himself represented the PPP on the UG Council for 12 years. When you compare the PNC Government’s control of UG from 1964 to 1992 and the PPP’s from 1992 to 2015, the comparison is like a serial killer and a pick pocket. During the reign of the Forbes Burnham Govern-

ment, there wasn’t a sitting PNC Parliamentarian on the Council of the University. There wasn’t a sitting Parliamentarian from the PNC on the Council of the University during the presidency of Desmond Hoyte. In 1995, the Cheddi Jagan Government amended the University of Guyana Act and created enormous scope on the Council for PPP’s hegemony at the university. The Council was now made up of representatives from various stakeholders all of whom were selected by the PPP. During my time on the Council, representing the union, there were five PPP Parliamentarians and eight card-bearing members of the PPP. Gail Teixeira became the marshal of the PPP troops on the Council and literally ran the University along with her fellow PPP Parliamentarian, Bibi Shadick, after there was a hiatus between the refusal to renew Professor Lawrence Carrrington’s contract and the installation of a new ViceChancellor In two General Elections, the Vice-Chancellor of the university ran as an election candidate for the ruling PPP. Dr. James Rose was on the PPP list of candidates for both the 2001 and 2006 General Elections. There is no way, President Burnham and Hoyte would have allowed that. Such a vulgarity would be unthinkable in the Caricom

countries. President Jagdeo’s press liaison, Dr. Prem Misir, was appointed Pro-Chancellor of the university. And in 2013, the very PPP-dominated Council made PPP Bibi Shadick, the Pro-Chancellor. I remember writing a letter in the press, as a reaction to this appointment, with the opinion that this was the final PPP insult to this nation. A 10th rate lawyer who has no higher qualifications and who never functioned in academia, Ms. Shadick was made the boss of the Council in the absence of the Vice-Chancellor, Lawrence Carrington. At the moment, we have the comical situation that only a comical country like Guyana can produce. Ms. Shadick is the PPP representative on the Guyana Elections Commission and she remains Pro-Chancellor of the University of Guyana. What a tenth rate, banana republic this county is. It is the poor rural folks who will bear the brunt of these indecencies, vulgarities and semantic diseases of PPP leaders like Hydar Ally. At the bottom house meetings, the contents of Ally’s morbid fictions will be gospel. The rural Indians will walk away from these meetings thinking it was only the PNC Government that interfered with UG and their state institutions, not ever knowing that their own party’s dictatorship

Frederick Kissoon made the PNC’s reign look like child’s play. The most horribly shocking thing about Hydar Ally’s letter was that it was written by a PPP leader who spent twelve years on the University Council and whose essential task on the Council was to ensure PPP’s control of the university. My mother use to say something long before Walter Rodney wore long pants. She would say she doesn’t understand why God would not choke people when the lying words come out their mouths. Decades after I heard my mom said that, Walter Rodney mentioned a similar sentiment about oppressive politicians that fool their citizens. Where was God when Hydar Ally’s fingers were moving on the keyboard as he typed his vile, dirty, yellow letter? Why didn’t God cause his fingers to go bent?

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Jagdeo’s utterances just like Donald Trump’s - Ramjattan Grenade attack on KN...

Following statements by Leader of the Opposition, Bharrat Jagdeo, at a press conference, that the botched grenade attack on Kaieteur news could have been orchestrated by the Government and Publisher Glenn Lall, Minister of Public Security Khemraj Ramjattan, took the former President to task. Ramjattan likened Jagdeo’s behavior to Donald Trump, a United States Presidential hopeful who has made several controversial statements at public fora, which have been heavily criticized by many political commentators and observers as being divisive. Pointing to the loss of the People’s Progressive Party (PPP) support base and the unrelenting criticism which Jagdeo faces from former PPP officials like himself and Prime

Minister of Public Security, Khemraj Ramjattan

US Presidential hopeful Donald Trump Minister Moses Nagamootoo, Ramjattan said that vexation and frustration have pushed the Opposition Leader over the edge. “Jagdeo is an idiot. He is very vexed that some (like me) have criticized him. One who

never bought (into his propaganda) and left (the party) and who he had to expel. Another is Moses Nagamootoo. And one is a newspaper called Kaieteur News, which has been criticizing him.” “So he is going to do ev-

Labour Dept hands over Occupational Health report to City Hall

…Council has one month to rectify problems

At right, Chief Labour, Occupational Safety and Health Officer Charles Ogle looks on as Town Clerk Royston King (left) receives the report An official report containing the findings of an investigation into the working conditions at the Georgetown Mayor and City Council was presented to Town Clerk, Royston King, on Thursday. The investigation was conducted by the Labour, Occupational Safety and Health Department at the Ministry of Social Protection. The working conditions at City Hall and all other council buildings were inspected. The investigations took place between April and June 2016. The Council has been given until July 29, to rectify the problems which the report would have highlighted. King stated that the Council will study the report and will take neces-

sary action. “We will follow the guidance of the recommendations in the report.” Regarding the investigation of businesses particularly in Georgetown, Chief Labour, Occupational Safety and Health Officer, Charles Ogle, said, “The inspections are routine, we carry them out on a regular basis.” He stated that in some cases the department is informed of a situation through the press or an employee would call into the department. He noted that the entity usually receives reports on a weekly basis. Ogle said that the job of the department is a work in progress as they continue to make recommendations to businesses to improve their working environment.

Former President Bharrat Jagdeo erything to talk nonsense and make ridiculous statements,” Ramjattan stated. “Quite frankly he is behaving like (Donald) Trump right now.” The attack occurred on June 4. As staffers and friends of Kaieteur News congregated for the wake of late senior crime reporter and Sunday Editor, Dale Andrews, someone in a passing car threw a live fragmentation grenade that landed near the vehicle, a Lexus. The government had immediately condemned the attack, calling it an act of “domestic terrorism”. Former President Donald Ramotar had also expressed condemnation. During a press conference on June 23, however, Jagdeo called on the Police to investigate Mr. Lall, Minister Ramjattan and the Prime Minister. “This could be done by Glenn Lall, Nagamootoo and

Ramjattan because they have a conspiracy to taint (Minister Joseph) Harmon’s character,” Jagdeo, President from 1999 to 2011, claimed. He had even gone as far as to speculate that the Publisher planned the attack to “get attention.” When asked about his thoughts on the statements made against him by Jagdeo, Kaieteur News Publisher Glenn Lall had said, “Jagdeo’s only place in this country is behind bars. Further, during Jagdeo’s presidency, a grenade was thrown at the Kaieteur News press in Eccles. I have nothing else to say.” It will not be the first time that Jagdeo has been flagged for making controversial public statements. While he was campaigning for his party for

the 2015 General and Regional Elections, he reportedly made statements at Babu Jaan which earned him a private criminal charge of racial incitement. Both Ramjattan and Nagamootoo are former PPP party members, with Nagamootoo, one of the party’s early members. Their interactions with the top officials of the party, such as Jagdeo, have always been tense. Ramjattan, who was a PPP Parliamentarian at the time of his expulsion from the party in 2004, had been critical of the party executives. He had called for an inquiry into reports of links between former Home Affairs Minister Ronald Gajraj and death squads, just one month before he was forced out.

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I’ll not allow anyone to drag my name through the gutter Mayor of Georgetown, Patricia Chase-Green on Tuesday, quoted William Shakespeare to members of the Council. “He who steals my purse steals trash and he who steals my good name steals it all.” She continued, “I will not allow anyone, Councillor or other, to drag my name in the gutters.” This was in reference to the controversial MexicoPanama trip that she and three other City Hall officials recently undertook at the invitation of the parking meter company, National Parking Systems (NPS)/ Smart City Solutions. The three other City Hall officials on the trip were Town Clerk Royston King, Finance Committee Chairman Oscar Clarke and Councillor Junior Garrett. “I have been here since 1994. I have never been called in any form of corruption or

- Mayor Chase-Green anything and they say I’m defiant because I said if you have any information on that take it to the police, but I will continue to say that.” She reiterated that the Mexico-Panama trip was tabled at a past Statutory meeting and noted that after the team’s departure, persons took the opportunity of alleging corrupt dealings and dragged her name around. Chase-Green said that it is unfair that within three months of this new Council, of which she is the Mayor, those individuals should cast allegations of corruption. She furthermore stated that if anyone has a problem as a Councillor, they should deal with it at the Council instead of going to the media with “all sorts of things”.

The Mayor noted that the media is not the place for answers. She said that maybe “You’d get some support from the citizens, but you have to get your answers from the Council.” Speaking about the reported questioning of Town Clerk Royston King’s teenage daughter by a city Councillor, Chase-Green said that it is “unacceptable for any Councillor to play a CID Detective to investigate into the Town Clerk or any Councillor’s personal life.” She stressed that to “Invade the Town Clerk’s personal space, his family, his teenage daughter? Come on! How much worse can we get?” The Mayor continued that after questioning the Town Clerk’s daughter, the

individual not getting a satisfactory answer, asked the teenager not to mention to her father that she was questioned. Chase-Green added that it is unethical and highlighted that as she said at the Statutory Meeting, “The Town Clerk will be taking the necessary actions to address this issue.” She noted that the best course of action would have been to question the Town Clerk directly or “To write a letter to the Town Clerk and as is decreed by law; the Town Clerk is bound to give an answer. “I will not sit as Mayor and condone such actions.”

Saturday July 02, 2016

Mayor Patricia Chase-Green

House approves $800M in supplementary spending Despite fierce scrutiny, the National Assembly on Thursday evening approved almost $800M in extra-budgetary spending that was put forth by the Government for the period September 1, 2015 to December 31, 2015. Minister of Finance, Winston Jordan, had tabled a Financial Paper, totalling $799,897,637. This amount was approved around 20:30hrs after much enquiry

by Members of the Parliamentary Opposition - the People’s Progressive Party/Civic (PPP/ C). Among some of the expenditures for which government sought approval, was the $11M supplementary provision that was being sought by the Office of the Prime Minister – Prime Minister’s Secretariat to offset partial liability to the Guyana National Newspaper Limited (GNNL) that was incurred by the Government Information Agency. This expenditure received the green light after several exchanges between the Prime Minister, Moses Nagamootoo and Members of Parliament (MPs) on the opposite side of the House.

Also, the $48,626,038 that was being sought for the provision of furniture and equipment for the Ministry of the Presidency and State House; and the installation of 6000 solar systems, was also approved by the House. The Ministry of Agriculture – Ministry Administration, supplementary provision of $8,103,793 for additional security guards due to the frequency of break and enter incidents, was also approved. Some $49M that was spent for the provision of assistance to coconut farmers affected by the Red Palm Mite (RPM) and for the National Drainage and Irrigation Authority (NDIA) to facilitate the maintenance of equipment, to increase labour cost for the supervision, monitoring and operation of pumps, pontoons, excavators and dragline - to the tune of $24,469,680, were also approved. Ministry of Tourism Tourism Development had expended some $102M and sought and secured the House’s approval yesterday. This amount was paid by the Tourism Authority Board for the settlement of outstanding payments to the Caribbean Premiere League (CPL). $77,303,817 supplementary that was being sought by The Post Secondary/Tertiary Education Department of the Ministry of Education for the salary increase and one off tax free payment for the University of Guyana; Turkeyen and Tain Campuses, was approved by the House. Monies totalling $410M was also sought and approved for last October’s “Exercise Greenheart” which was initiated to test the preparedness of the Guyana Defence Force (GDF).

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Former T&T PM Manning Jamaica Gov’t moves to save high income earners from retro taxes diagnosed with cancer (Trinidad Express) Former Prime Minister Patrick Manning has been diagnosed with Acute Myeloid Leukemia, an aggressive form of bone marrow cancer. The news was shared Thursday night by Manning’s wife Hazel in a social media post. She wrote “After conducting the appropriate tests, Mr Manning was diagnosed last evening as having Acute Myeloid Leukemia and is being prepared to undergo treatment. We ask for everyone for their support and prayers and ask that you continue to pray for him as he undergoes treatment”. Manning was admitted to hospital on Monday, in a private suite of the San Fernando general Hospital.

Former T&T PM Patrick Manning In December 2008, Manning, then prime minister, had a cancerous tumour removed from his left kidney during surgery in Cuba. Before leaving the country, he held a press conference, and

said: “I have no fear of death and therefore I have no undue concern in this matter”. In 2012, he suffered a stroke at his San Fernando home and was hospitalised at the San Fernando General before undergoing treatment in the US. During that time, the constituency office held prayer vigils for their MP and many said it was time for him to retire from politics. During the People’s National Movement screening for San Fernando East candidates in 2015, Manning did not offer himself as a candidate to be screened. He continues to undergo several forms of therapy. Manning, who entered Parliament in 1971, is the longest-serving MP in Trinidad and Tobago.

IMF paper provides advice for C’bean on dealing with corresponding banking relationships WASHINGTON, (CMC) – Caribbean countries that have been complaining about the impact the decision of the international banks to end their banking relationships with local banks, have been told there is need for collective and coordinated efforts by public and private sector stakeholders to ensure continued access to financial services. Regional countries have warned that correspondent banking relationships (CBRs), which enable the provision of domestic and cross-border payments and terminated in some jurisdictions, could adversely affect their economic development and have been making representations to countries such as the United States in a bid to reverse that situation. In a paper released here on Thursday, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) said that policy responses to CBR withdrawal need to be tailored to the specific circumstances of a country or a region, and take into account the complexity of the CBR withdrawal. The Washington-based financial institution said that they could include continued effort to build understanding of the causes and implications of this phenomenon. “To that end, it is key to go beyond surveys.

Authorities need to reach out directly to financial services providers to further improve their data collection to better understand this phenomenon,” said the IMF, indicating that the paper presents responses from the international community to address this phenomenon, and explains the role that the IMF has been playing in this global effort, especially with regards to supporting member countries. The IMF paper noted that there is need for further clarification of, or outreach on, international standards including by the Financial Action task Force (FATF) and national regulators’ expectations. “This would assist in leveling the playing field, thus reducing the risk of precautionary behaviour or strategies,” the paper stated, noting that the need to facilitate cross-border information sharing and data collection by removing domestic legal barriers from

countries’ banking secrecy and data privacy laws. “This would allow banks to conduct effective customer due diligence on their respondent counterparts. In some instances, improving identity verification systems within a country may be warranted.” The IMF acknowledged that in recent years, several countries have reported a reduction in CBRs by global banks and that pressure on CBRs has been associated with restricted access to financial services by certain categories of customers, business lines, jurisdictions or regions. It said survey and other available evidence indicates that smaller emerging markets and developing economies in Africa, the Caribbean, Central Asia, Europe and the Pacific as well as countries under sanctions may be the most affected. The paper noted that individual banks may decide to withdraw CBRs based on a number of considerations.

(Jamaica Gleaner) The Finance Ministry says it’s moving to change the law to prevent the retroactive implementation of a higher tax rate on earnings above $6 million a year. Effective today, the tax rate moves up from 25 per cent to 30 per cent on the portion of earnings above $6 million. However, Tax Administration Jamaica said the new rate would apply to the full calendar year in

keeping with the ministerial order for the income tax changes. This means people making more than $6 million a year would owe the government income taxes on salaries earned between January and June. The Private Sector Organisation of Jamaica had raised strong objection to this. However, the Finance Ministry now says it will treat July to December as a distinct

period for the application of the new tax. It also says already the revenue administration system is being reconfigured and the relevant amendments to the legislation are being undertaken. However, the ministry says come January 2017, the income tax rate will be normalised and the full 30 per cent rate will be applied to the portion of earnings above $6 million a year.

‘CARICOM needs more activist role in Haiti’ (Jamaica Gleaner) The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) should take a more “proactive diplomatic interest” in Haiti, Dr Jermaine McCalpin, lecturer in transitional justice and political integration at the University of the West Indies (UWI), has said. The CARICOM Secretariat has said that when political leaders of the region meet in Guyana next week for a summit, they will “revisit the long-standing, unresolved matter” of the plight of persons with Haitian descent rendered stateless in the Dominican Republic. However, McCalpin says the political instability in Haiti, the first colony with African slaves in the Western Hemisphere to gain Independence, must be given priority at the heads of government conference. “There’s a lot of political uncertainty, (and) I think it needs to be tabled as a significant part of the heads of government meeting in terms of how to address this as part of a regional security and a political stability problem for the region,” he said. The associate director of the Centre for Caribbean Thought, who recently participated in the Caribbean Studies Association conference held in Haiti, says from his own assessment, “There’s not a clear activistoriented presence from CARICOM (in Haiti). It has been primarily a little more hands-off than I would have anticipated.” McCalpin argued that the United Nations, the United States, along with the Organization of America States, were more involved politically with Haiti than CARICOM. Noting that Haiti was a full member of CARICOM, McCalpin asked whether “this would have been our approach to dealing with this crisis” had it been another

Dr Jermaine McCalpin CARICOM country. McCalpin is supported by Dr Clinton Hutton, UWI political philosophy and culture lecturer, who told The Gleaner that “Haiti needs to be more central in the operations and in the philosophy of CARICOM. We owe Haiti!” DEEP-ROOTED PROBLEMS Clinton argued that any approach to helping Haiti, however, must understand that Haiti’s development problems run the length of their more than 200 years of Independence. “Haiti’s development problems stem from the fact that they dared to be free, for which they had to pay reparation (to France). It has had a serious division along not just class, but colour lines,” he said, pointing to the decades of political and economic turmoil that have affected the country’s prosperity. CARICOM, Hutton said, needed to respond by “involving Haiti more in its own

organisations, opening up Haiti to its own institutions, including institutions like universities. There are serious problems with their education system that we could do a lot to help”. The 15-member regional bloc is also being called upon to examine how it can change the ‘occupation’ of Haiti, which Hutton says has resulted from the devastating earthquake in 2010. Haiti was readmitted to CARICOM in 2006 as a full participating member following a two-year suspension over issues surrounding how the presidency of Jean Bertrand Aristide ended and the instalment of a new administration. The latest crisis hitting Haiti involves the delays in the completion of a presidential election, which has resulted in several demonstrations by Haitians. A nine-member Provisional Electoral Council has said it was pursuing an election timetable for presidential elections on October 9 to be contested by approximately 54 candidates.

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Land to buy in: Zeelugt, Uitvlugt, Eccles, Herstelling, Farm, La Parfaite Harmonie & Bartica –Call: 611-7223; 604-2207 One truck driver/tractor driver with valid license, apply in person at Alabama Trading. Male and female to work in the interior as shop attendants, between ages 2530. Call: 661-5992; 661-8673 Customer Service representative to work at Mon Repos Mall, must have Maths & English (1-3) age 25-40, apply @ 38 Ketley Street, Charlestown. Tel: 2310497 Night Manager, Security, DJ, waitresses, bartenders, 1 experienced secretary between ages 18-25, must have CXC –Call: 668-8332; 638-5303 Experienced driver/salesman and porter to drive & sell beverages. Experienced is an asset. Call: 226-9800 One experienced hire car driver. Call Mrs. Z. Khan: 6888660 or 226-7948 General domestic age 25yrs to 45yrs old, from East Bank Area. Call: 629-9450 Two experienced bar girls attractive salary. Interested persons call: 601-1479 3 Wash bay attendants – Contact: 227-5169 Female between ages 2025yrs with international personality to do business. Call: 651-1969; 611-7223 VACANCY Cashiers, Sales clerks & cleaners, apply in person with written application @ Nirva Supermarket. Call: 227-5771/ 49 Sheriff & Craig Street (Continued on page 23)

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First Lady praises 28 Mahdia-Self Reliance workshop graduates First Lady, Mrs. Sandra Granger was greeted by an exuberant group of businesswomen at the closing ceremony of the “Self-Reliance and Success in Business Workshop”. The venue was the Community Centre at Mahdia. The First Lady congratulated the 28 women, who persevered and completed the programme, despite their initial apprehensions. “I am sure [they] would have benefited tremendously from an exercise, which not only taught them how they could conduct a business and how they could succeed, but also gave them a sense of community,” Mrs. Granger said. The First Lady encouraged the women to use their newly-acquired skills to make a difference in their communities and in Mahdia as a whole. She noted that via the ‘quality of life’ aspect of the training, the women would have garnered techniques, which they “can take back to their communities and infuse in their groups some sense of pride in the community and, of course, run very successful businesses… with the ideas that they have and the support that they ought to get from their fellow participants”. Mr. Johann Sanjay Puran, representative of Interweave Solutions, said his organisation is pleased to partner with the Office of the First Lady, the Ministries of Social Protection and Indigenous People’s Affairs to empower women and transform their lives, that of their families and communities. “We are pleased to see the development of specific business skills. When they are taught, they are applied, they are accepted and these women are more than excited to return to their business environment and apply the new skills; apply the new principles, which they have learnt during the course of the training,” Mr. Puran said. The women were high in praise of the workshop. They repeatedly extended gratitude to the First Lady for reaching out to their far-flung community. They also expressed gratitude to Ms. Rajcoomarie “Gloria” Bancroft, Regional Councillor and Member of Parliament, for organising the sessions. While presenting her project plan, Mrs. Jennifer Alphonso, owner of E&J’s Tasty Corner, Frontline Road, Mahdia, said she was never quite able to get her business “off the mark”, but she has learnt a few key skills from the workshop that will aid her growth. “I learnt for success in business you’ve got to have

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a plan…After practicing the ‘Six Ps’ I can now be more involved in making my community a better place. I can now make a plan to help myself and help others as we accomplish more when we work together,” she said. Another graduate, Ms. Alisa Mootoo, of Alisa’s Variety Store said, “This has been a really, really good experience. I think I speak for all the participants when I say this [was] a really good experience for us and we have learnt so much and…we will put what we have learnt into practice.” In fulfillment of the community enhancement aspect of the training, the women have already formed themselves into groups that will meet often to brainstorm solutions to social and other problems plaguing their communities. Ms. Mootoo said her group plans to meet next week to find solutions to curb the school dropout rate. Ms. Paula Bastiani of Juice Plus and her group, “Saving the Future Generation”, aim to find solutions to stamp out human trafficking in the region, while Ms. Julie Singh and her group, “The Texas

Rangers”, will meet next week. The First Lady invited other business persons or organisations, who may have an interest in supporting programmes aimed at empowering women, to emulate this exercise. She also expressed gratitude to Ms. Bancroft, Minister Volda Lawrence and the Ministry of Social Protection, Interweave Solutions and regional officials for supporting the event and for making their offices available for the training. The women presented several tokens of appreciation to the First Lady and facilitators for giving them the opportunity to participate in the workshop. This latest workshop included women who hailed from five Region Eight communities: Tumatumari, Micobie, Campbelltown, Princeville and Mahdia Central. Over the last few months, workshops have been held in Lusignan, Demerara-Mahaica Region; Linden, Upper Demerara-Berbice Region; the Upper Takutu-Upper Essequibo; Mahaica Berbice, Barima-Waini regions in Bartica, CuyuniMazaruni.

LEGAL NOTICE 2013-HC-DEM-CIV-D-1151 IN THE HIGH COURT OF THE SUPREME COURT OF JUDICATURE DIVORCE AND M AT R I M O N I A L JURISDICTION(DIVORCE) BETWEEN: COUCHMAN (LINDON GILLAN) Petitioner -and COUCHMAN (CAMILLE ANDREA) nee LYNCH Respondent CITATION: TO: CAMILLE ANDREA COUCHMAN nee LYNCH 1904 Cordola Street, University Park, Chicago, Illinois, 71904, United States of America. WHEREAS LINDON GILLAN COUCHMAN of 744 South Amelia’s Ward, Linden, Demerara, Guyana, claiming to have been lawfully married to you CAMILLE ANDREA COUCHMAN nee LYNCH of 1904 Cordola Street, University Park, Chicago, Illinois, 71904, United States of America has filed his Petition against you in the Registry of the High Court praying for a dissolution of marriage wherein he alleged that you have been guilty of Malicious Desertion. AND UPON APPLICATION in person or by letter to Ms. Shaunella Glen, Attorney-atLaw of Lot 35 North Road & King Street, Lacytown, Georgetown, Guyana (email: shaunellaglen@gmail.com Tel: 592:226-2256) a sealed and certified copy of the said petition and sealed and certified copy of the citation will be delivered or sent to you. NOW THIS IS TO COMMAND you that within 42 (forty-two) days after the service thereof on you, inclusive of the day of such service, you do appear in the said Court, and then to make an answer to the said Petition, a copy whereof sealed with the seal of the said Court is herewith served upon you. AND TAKE NOTICE that in default of your so doing the said Court will proceed to hear the charge proved in due course of law to pronounce sentence therein your absence notwithstanding. AND TAKE FURTHER NOTICE that for the purpose aforesaid you are to attend in person or by an Attorneyat-Law at the Registry of the said Court at the Law Courts, Georgetown, in the County of Demerara and State of Guyana, and then and there to enter an appearance in the book provided for that purpose without which you will not be allowed to address the Court either in person or by Attorney-at-Law at any stage of the proceedings in this cause.

Dated at Georgetown, Demerara. This 26th Day of February 2016

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British minister denies treachery as he pitches to be next PM (Reuters) - Justice Secretary Michael Gove pitched yesterday to be the prime minister to take Britain out of the EU, a day after he destroyed the chances of another frontrunner in what some colleagues called an act of treachery. Gove’s decision on Thursday to throw his hat in the ring to replace David Cameron, who is standing down after Britons voted to leave the European Union last week, upturned British politics after he had previously said he would back Boris Johnson. His comment that Johnson, with whom he had campaigned across the country to secure the vote for Brexit, was not fit to lead effectively ended the popular former London mayor’s hopes. Five candidates are now hoping to replace Cameron, with interior minister Theresa May the favourite with bookmakers. Ruling Conservative Party lawmakers will whittle the field down to two, before a final decision is made by party members with the new leader in place in early September. The decision to quit the EU has cost Britain its top credit rating, pushed the pound to its lowest level against the dollar since the mid-1980s and wiped a record $3 trillion off global shares. EU leaders are scrambling to prevent further unraveling of a bloc that helped guarantee peace in post-war Europe. “I have to say I never thought I’d ever be in this position. I did not want it, indeed I did almost everything not to be a candidate for the leadership of this party,” Gove said in a speech in central London as he launched his campaign. Colleagues in the ruling Conservative Party who backed Johnson have poured oppobrium on Gove. Johnson himself hinted he saw it as treason, hiding a quote from Shakespeare’s play about political murder, “Julius Caesar”, in his speech announcing his decision not

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Britain’s Justice Secretary Michael Gove to stand on Thursday. Britain’s biggest-selling tabloid the Sun said Johnson had been “Brexecuted”. “There is a very deep pit reserved in Hell for such as he. #Gove”, Conservative lawmaker Jake Berry wrote on Twitter in a message he later deleted. Attempting to reach out to his party, Gove said he was driven by conviction and not ambition, and he had concluded Johnson was not the right man for the top job. “NO CHARISMA” “I was so very reluctant because I know my limitations. Whatever charisma is I don’t have it,” he said. “Whatever glamor may be, I don’t think anyone could ever associate me with it.” As one of the leading Leave campaigners, Gove said the next prime minister should be someone who supported exiting the EU, a swipe at May who, like Cameron, was in the Remain camp. May now says she will implement the voters’ will and negotiate to leave: “Brexit means Brexit,” she said at the launch of her own bid on Thursday. A party stalwart whose six years in charge of the lawand-order portfolio is the longest tenure for a century in what is often described as the trickiest cabinet job, May has swiftly emerged as the favorite in a field without Johnson. Britain’s Daily Mail newspaper, a strong voice for

Brexit, backed her on Friday as the only one out of five candidates for Conservative Party leader who was up to the job. The other three are the pensions secretary, a rightwing former defense secretary and a junior minister in the energy department. Gove said if he were leader, he wanted extensive preliminary talks before Britain invoked article 50, the formal process for leaving the EU, and did not expect this to occur before the end of the year. He also promised to cut immigration with the introduction of a points system and to end free movement of people from EU countries. European leaders say Britain must retain free movement if it wants access to the EU single market. Alongside the battle to lead the Conservative Party, the main opposition Labour Party has also turned on itself, with most of its lawmakers in parliament having voted to withdraw support for party leader Jeremy Corbyn, a leftwinger. Party opponents accuse him of leading a half-hearted campaign to stay in the EU, and say he is too weak to win a general election if the new Conservative leader’s government falls. He says he draws his mandate from grassroots activists and will not step aside. The political vacuum in both major parties has added to the chaos at a time when Britain is facing its biggest constitutional change since its empire dissolved in the decades after World War Two. Labour politicians had been expected to mount a challenge to Corbyn’s party leadership this week, but the announcement appears to have been postponed until next week, with some hoping he can be persuaded to step aside.

Putin hints Russia will react if Finland joins NATO (Reuters) - President Vladimir Putin suggested yesterday Russia could move its troops closer to the Finnish-Russian border if Finland joins NATO and called for measures to improve conflict prevention over the Baltic. Finnish armed forces “would become part of NATO’s military infrastructure, which overnight would be at the borders of the Russian Federation”, Putin said after meeting Finnish President Sauli Niinisto. “Do you think we will keep it as it is: our troops at 1,500 (kilometers, 900 miles) away?” Putin’s first visit to Finland since the Ukraine crisis erupted in 2014 comes amid increased Russian and NATO activity in the Baltic region, and with the militarily neutral Finland and neighboring Sweden increasing their co-operation with NATO. It also comes a week before a NATO summit in Warsaw. “NATO perhaps would gladly fight with Russia until the last Finnish soldier,” Putin said. “Do you guys need it? We don’t. We don’t want it.

Russia’s President Vladimir Putin gestures during his joint press conference with Finland’s President Sauli Niinisto yesterday in Naantali, Finland. (Reuters) But it is your call.” Airspace over the Baltic has been the arena for a rash of close e n c o u n t e r s b e tween Russian and Western aircraft in recent months, and the former Soviet Baltic states have called on NATO to step up air defences in the region. Putin and Niinisto called for measures to improve security, with the Finnish president urging that no military planes should fly over the Baltic with identification devices switched off.

“We all know the risk with these flights and I have suggested that we should agree that transponders are used on all flights in the Baltic Sea region,” Niinisto said. Putin said Russian planes flew at times with identifying transponders off, but NATO planes did it much more often. He said Russia would talk to NATO about increasing mutual trust and improving conflict prevention at the Russia-NATO council meeting that will take place after the NATO summit.

Australia votes in dead-heat polls as PM seeks mandate for reform Australia votes in a deadheat general election today, with Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull warning of economic chaos if his gamble on an early poll backfires and leaves him without the outright majority he needs to enact major reforms. The leader of Australia’s conservative Liberal Party-led coalition prompted the election by dissolving both houses of parliament in May, blaming intransigent independents in the upper house Senate for blocking his agenda. Turnbull, acknowledging that the contest was “really close”, on Friday urged voters not to make a protest vote. “This is a time to treat your vote as though that is the single vote that will determine the next government,” he told reporters in Sydney. Turnbull argued that minor parties, possibly in a coalition with center-left Labour, could not be trusted to manage an economy hampered by the first mining downturn in a century and balance public finances after years of deficits. Turnbull’s coalition is facing a strong challenge from Labour, as well as from inde-

Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull pendents and minor parties like the Greens which could win enough seats to hold the balance of power in the Senate or force a minority government in the lower house. A Fairfax/Ipsos poll published yesterday showed Labour and the coalition locked in a dead heat at 5050, well within the 2.6 percent margin of error for the survey of 1,377 respondents taken between June 26-29. The Murdoch-owned Galaxy polling agency showed a similar outcome, with the government faring slightly better on 51-49 on a first party-preferred basis after the

distribution of preference votes from minor parties to the two main contenders. Turnbull’s own grip on power appeared tenuous, with the Fairfax poll showing 27 percent of voters intended to vote for a party other than the coalition or Labor. Independent Senator Nick Xenophon, whose party is fielding almost 50 candidates, could also emerge with influence. So, too, could far-right parties, including Pauline Hanson’s One Nation, which have campaigned on anti-immigration, anti-Muslim agendas.

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Commission report into CLICO finds ‘serious allegations of criminal misconduct” PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad (CMC) – Prime Minister Dr. Keith Rowley yesterday said that the report of a Commission of Enquiry into the failed regional insurance giant, CLICO, has found “very serious allegations of criminal misconduct” by persons associated with the company and is urging the Director of Public Prosecution (DPP), Roger Gaspard, to give the matter his “urgent attention”. But Rowley told Parliament that he would not give an indepth detail of the report pending the legal advice from Gaspard to whom a copy had been sent. Rowley said it would be “wholly irresponsible” to publish or release the report of the one-man Commission that probed the circumstances that led to the collapse of the CL Financial Group (CLF) that also included CLICO in 2009. The collapse led to many policy holders not only in Trinidad and Tobago losing much finances, but also those in other Caribbean countries where the policies totalled millions of dollars. “A number of adverse findings of criminal misconduct …were found and recommendations made which would be for the DPP to consider. I make no further comment with respect to these areas in the report,’ Rowley told legislators, adding that the sole Commissioner, Sir Anthony Coleman, had submitted a number of recommendations which were now being dealt with by the government. But while he did not divulge the contents of the Commission’s report, Prime Minister Rowley said that the Commission had found several factors had contributed to the collapse of

T&T Prime Minister Dr. Keith Rowley CLICO resulting in the Trinidad and Tobago government having to pump “many billions of dollars’ in a bailout plan. He said the Minister of Finance, Colm Imbert, is now carrying out an audit of the bailout that would also include the payments made to lawyers. “This country should rest comfortably in the knowledge that the Government of Trinidad and Tobago, which I have the honour and responsibility to lead will do nothing to impede the flow of justice in this or any other matter and will do everything within its duty and authority to facilitate the holding to account any and all persons who may have been found to have questions to answer. “Like every other citizen it is our expectation that as rights to fair treatment are protected, justice must also take its course, swiftly, under the probing of the long arm of the law,’ Rowley said, noting that in his letter to the DPP, he asked that the matter be given

“his urgent attention”. Rowley said that having perused the report himself “I can advise the population that it contains very serious allegations of criminal misconduct on the part of a handful of privileged individuals who were associated with the CLICO/ CLF group of companies. “Accordingly, these findings of the report, must of necessity, require the attention of law enforcement through the office of the DPP and therefore pending the receipt of the specific advice that has been requested of the DPP, it would be wholly irresponsible of this government to publish or provide copies of the report, at this stage. It has been sent to the DPP and we shall await the receipt of his guidance and advice.” But Rowley said that given the “great public interest” in the collapse of CLICO, there were some aspects of the report he could relate to, including the fact that there was over leveraging and unacceptable, inter-company transactions that seriously, negatively, affected CLICO, CLICO Investment Bank (CIB) and the British American Insurance Company. “CLF paid high premium prices in acquiring various assets – thereby resulting in overall prices being more than originally anticipated,” he said, noting that “CLF’s auditors expressed disquiet in the course of 2008 at the rapidity with which the Group was acquiring new companies…at the growth of inter-company balances, particularly the indebtedness of CLF to CLICO and CIB, as well as the limited ability of CLF management to operate a much enlarged group”.

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O.J. Mayo banned from NBA NBC Sports - O.J. Mayo won’t cash in on the windfall of 2016 free agency. The former Bucks guard has been banned from the NBA. NBA release: “The NBA announced today that free agent O.J. Mayo has been dismissed and disqualified from the league for violating the terms of the NBA/NBPA AntiDrug Program. Under the Anti-Drug Program, Mayo is eligible to apply for reinstatement in two years. The NBA, NBA teams, and the Players Association are prohibited from publicly disclosing information regarding the testing or treatment of any NBA player under the Anti-Drug Program, other than to announce a player’s suspension or dismissal from the league.” Mayo was suspended 10

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O.J. Mayo (Maddie Meyer/Getty Images) games for using a steroid in 2011, but the typical sequence of punishment for steroid violations is 20 games, 45 games, dismissal from the league. Testing positive for a

drug of abuse — amphetamine, methamphetamine, MDMA, cocaine LSD, opiates heroin, codeine, morphine or PCP — can trigger an automatic dismissal and disqualification.

Saturday July 02, 2016 ARIES (Mar. 21–Apr. 19) Your own small business on the side could ease your financial stress. Your input into their activities will help bring you closer together. Uncertainties about your living arrangements may be unnerving. TAURUS (Apr. 20–May 20) Don't push your mate if you want to keep this union going. You can expect to face opposition on the home front. Take some time out. GEMINI (May 21–June 20) Do not force your opinions on others the connections will be short lived. Try to stay calm and do the best you can. Try to channel your energy into professional endeavors. CANCER (June 21–July 22) Minor accidents are likely if you take risks. You will have the stamina and the know how to raise your earning power. Adventure will result in added knowledge. LEO (July 23–Aug. 22) You can pick up information that will give you an edge. Spend some time on yourself. Put your efforts into moneymaking ventures. VIRGO (Aug. 23–Sept. 22) Make the necessary changes that will enable you to advance financially. Plan events like camping or white water rafting. Your competitive nature will enable you to win any contest you enter.

LIBRA (Sept. 23–Oct. 22) Camping, swimming, and biking expeditions should all be considered. Your lover may not understand your needs so you must figure out a way to communicate them. SCORPIO (Oct. 23–Nov. 21) Do something constructive outside. Confusion regarding other people's money and joint ventures will come to a head. You may find your self a bit frazzled if you allow someone to goad you into an unsavory debate. SAGIT(Nov.22–Dec.21) If they're really interested, they'll wait. Get out and have some fun. Be aware of deception when it comes to your position, and be sure not to jump to conclusions. CAPRI(Dec.22–Jan.19) Remember that no one can walk through your door if there's someone standing in the doorway. Work diligently and you will get ahead today. AQUARIUS(Jan.20–Feb.18) Group endeavors will provide you with entertainment. Don't push your mate away. Hassles with your boss are sure to erupt if you speak your mind. PISCES (Feb. 19–Mar. 20) Travel will lead you in new directions. You will have the discipline to make changes you feel are necessary. Disputes on the home front may be hard to avoid.

Beaten Rudisha named in... (From page 26) champion Eunice Sum was beaten into second place by Margaret Nyairera to second place with the winner timing 1:58.27 and Sum 1:59.63. Defending Olympic 3,000 metres steeplechase champion Ezekiel Kemboi toyed with the field, deliberately slowing down as he approached the finish line and allowing 2008 Olympic champion Brimin Kipruto and Conseslus Kipruto to pass him. World javelin champion Julius Yego produced a throw of 81.04 metres to win the event. Kenyan Olympic athletics team: WOMEN: 400 metres

hurdles: Maureen Jelagat400 metres: Margaret Nyairera, Maureen Jelagat800 metres: Margeret Nyairera, Eunice Sum, Winnie Chebet1,500 metres: Faith Chemngetich, Nancy Chepkwemoi, Viola Cheptoo Lagat 3,000M steeplechase: Hyvin Kiyeng, Beatrice Chepkoech, Lydia Rotich Chebet 5,000 metres: Vivian Jepkemei Cheruiyot, Hellen Obiri, Mercy Cherono 10,000 metres: Vivian Jepkemei Cheruiyot, Betsy Saina, Alice AprotMarathon: Jemima Sumgong, Visline Jepkesho, Hellah Kiprop.20 kilometres walk: Grace Wanjiru. MEN: 200 metres: Kevin Nkanata, Mike Mokamba400

metres Hurdles: Nicholas Bett, Boniface Mucheru, Aron Koech400 metres: Alphas Kishoyan, Raymond Kibet, Alex Sampao, Boniface Mweresa800 metres: Alfred Kipketer, Ferguson Rotich, David Rudisha1,500m: Asbel Kiprop, Elijah Manangoi, Ronald Kwemoi3,000m steeplechase: Brimin Kipruto, Conseslus Kipruto, Ezekiel Kemboi5,000m: Caleb Ndiku Mwangangi, Isaiah Kiplangat10,000m: Paul Tanui, Charles Yossei, Bedan Karoki, G e o f f r e y KamwororMarathon: Eliud Kipchoge, Stanley Biwott, Wesley KorirJavelin: Julius Yego20 kilometres walk: Samuel Gathimba, Simon WachiraHigh Jump: Mathew Sawe.

Defending Men’s Open Champ... (From page 31) Javed Alli beat Alec Melville 11/6, 11/4, 9/11, 0/11, 12/10 Results in Women’s Open: Ashley Khalil defeated Rebecca Low 11/3, 11/1, 11/0 Akeila Wiltshire beat Victoria Arjoon 12/10, 11/7,

Teams begin...

(From page 28) and Dominica. The tournament tomorrow bounces off at 1pm with Bahamas taking on Antigua and Barbuda in a Group A showdown, while Barbados play BVI in the second game and Jamaica take on Su r i n a m e i n t h e t h i r d game before the Opening Ceremony and Guyana game. Jamaica and Suriname arrived in Guyana yesterday while all the other teams are expected in the country today.

11/6 Taylor Fernandes beat Makeda Harding 11/8, 11/3, 11/2 Larissa Wiltshire beat Maya Collins 11/3, 11/2, 11/2 Results in Men’s Veterans: Javed Alli defeated David Fernandes 11/3, 11/4, 11/2 Medhi Ramdhani beat

Douglas De Groot 9/11, 11/8, 11/9, 11/8 Garfield Wiltshire beat Robin Low 12/10, 11/6, 11/4 Matches were scheduled to continue at 18:00hrs last night. After tonight’s games which begins at 18:00hrs, the finals set is set for Sunday from 11.00hrs and will include a fund raising Bar-B-Q.

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Cricket in 2024 Olympics if Rome wins hosting bid ESPNcricinfo - Cricket will be included in the 2024 Olympics if Rome wins their bid to host the games, the president of the Italian board has said. Rome is one of the cities bidding to host the Olympics in 2024 - alongside Paris, Los Angeles and Budapest and, under new regulations, will have the opportunity to add five sports to the games as they see fit. France Cricket is attempting to win a similar commitment with the Paris organising committee. “If Rome hosts the Olympics, cricket will be included,” Simone Gambino, president of the Federazione Cricket Italiana (FCI) told ESPNcricinfo. “We have had a firm commitment from the organising committee.” It is likely that, if Rome does host the game s , cricket would be held in Bologna. The city hosted World Cricket League Division Four matches in 2010 and though the availability of turf pitches may be an issue, there would be time to overcome that should the bid be successful. Which nations would be involved remains open to debate. There would probably be a maximum of 16 teams invited to take part, though there is a possibility of just 12, with Olympic regulations suggesting they

will be spread across the globe. So, if only 12 teams were included, three might come from Europe, three from Asia, two from Africa, two or three from America and the Caribbean and two or three from the South Pacific area. It could well be that some well-known cricket nations notably England, who are part of the UK in Olympic terms - miss out. “Roma 2024 would welcome new sports, such as cricket, in the Olympic program also in consideration of the increasing number of people that are actively playing it in Italy,” a spokesman for the Rome 2024 organising c o m m i t t e e t o l d ESPNcricinfo. “We are however fully aware that such a decision belongs to the International Olympic Committee and therefore our planning is exclusively based on the indications received from the IOC in Lausanne.” The news emerged as the ICC continued its annual conference in Edinburgh. Having started the week with high hopes of winning agreement on a number of fairly radical proposals - the introduction of promotion and relegation in Test and ODI cricket, the return of a World T20 every two years and a change in the manner in which revenues are pooled and distributed among other

Cricket may move from the opening ceremony, as seen here in 2012, to the actual games in 2024 © Getty Images things - it now appears it will take longer than anticipated for all the strands to come together. As a result, the press conference planned for Saturday (at which the ICC hoped to unveil their agreements) has been cancelled and an extra meeting has been arranged for late August in Dubai. The next ICC board meeting takes place in South Africa in October. While tangible progress has been limited, the mood of the conference has been notably more optimistic than in previous years. After years

of being “bullied” (in the words of one Associate delegate) by a couple of dominant Full Member nations, the talk now is of “family” and “consensus.” Plans have not been derailed as much as given a more realistic timeframe for completion. One intriguing suggestion from the meeting concerns qualification for future World Cups. While Associate members will likely be disappointed by the proposal that the tournament remains a 10-team event, some discussion has taken place

around the possibility of only the top six teams in the ICC rankings qualifying automatically with the other four gaining qualification through a play-off tournament. Such criteria, even if accepted, is unlikely to be introduced until the 2023 tournament. Other matters dealt with the unanimous election of Saudi Arabia as the 39th Associate member, and the unanimous ratification of the suspensions of the USA Cricket Association (USACA) and the Cricket Association of Nepal (CAN).

They were suspended in June 2015 and April 2016, r e s p e c t i v e l y. A n I C C delegation, including board members, will visit both suspended nations shortly. “Both Nepal and the US are important Members of the ICC as they have tremendous talent and potential,” ICC chairman Shashank Monohar said. “The ICC, as part of its game and market development strategy, will continue to provide the countries with as much support as possible so that they can put in place good governance and cricket structures.”

Beaten Rudisha named in Kenya Olympic team ELDORET, KENYA (Reuters) Olympic and world 800m champion David Rudisha scraped into the Kenyan team for the Rio Olympics after finishing third in the east African nation’s trials on Friday. Rudisha, enduring a poor season, was passed on the final bend by youngster Ferguson Rotich and surprise winner Alfred Kipketer. Rudisha, also the world record holder, finished third in 1:44.23 after getting boxed in. Kipketer’s time was 1:43.73 and Rotich ran 1:44.05. “My plan was to run from behind but I was caught on the back stretch and boxed in,” Rudisha told reporters. “I was only able to come up in the last 150 metres and kicked to make the team.” Rudisha has had a poor season by his standards after

Alfred Kipketer (C) competes against David Rudisha (083) and Nicholas Koech (092). (REUTERS/Thomas Mukoya) winning the world title last year. “To make the team was

the most important thing today,” he said. “More so, after the semi-final race took

a lot of energy from me yesterday. I have nothing to complain about.

“I feel that my body is coming back pretty nicely and I am in better form than

last year. I am focused and determined to defend my title,” World half-marathon champion Geoffrey Kamworor and Bedan Karoki were named in the Olympic team at 10,000 metres despite both failing to finish the race at the trials. Kamworor had a stomach upset and Karoki was injured. Paul Tanui won the race ahead of Charles Yossei and both were named in the team for Rio. Wo r l d 4 0 0 m e t r e s hurdles champion Nicholas Bett, who did not run in the trials, was also named in the Games team along with African champion Boniface Mucheru. The second and final day of the trials produced other upsets. Former world 800m (Continued on page 25)

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Digicel Schools Football Championships

Three Miles Sec. thump Bartica Sec. to set up Zone final date with Waramadong By Franklin Wilson Two goals either side of play was enough for Three Miles Secondary to silence home team Bartica Secondary when the two schools collided in the ongoing Digicel Schools Football Championships at the Bartica Community Centre ground, yesterday afternoon. In blistering sunshine and watched by their Headmistress Ms. Carmen Williams and dozens of students, Bartica Secondary could not deter their rivals from Three Miles who came with a plan and executed same brilliantly to win the match 4-1. Three Miles’ win sets up a potentially mouthwatering Zone Final clash with the exciting Waramadong on July 13th at the Bartica Sec. School ground. Proceedings got underway with both teams seeking to stamp the early initiative by controlling play and while it was somewhat

even, Three Miles gradually took control to the extent that they fired in the first goal in the 13th minute, Cobi Rhys Jones heading into the back of the nets on the end of a well directed cross from McQuaine Smith. It was the perfect start for the visiting team which never looked back as they wrested full control of the match. The host team came close to equalizing in the 19th minute but the shot was calmly taken by the goalie. On 25 minutes, Three Miles doubled their advantage when a 22 yards shot from DeAngelo Fiedtkou evaded the defenders and Bartica Secondary custodian, Marlon Cain. But eight minutes later, Bartica Sec. injected some life in their bid for victory when they were able to reduce the deficit through a Lonzo Narine goal which brought his fellow students and teachers to their feet in delight. With new life injected

Three Miles Secondary goal; scorers from right, Cobi Rhys Jones, DeAngelo Fiedtkou, Rockcliffe Parris and McQuaine Smith. back into the attack of the Bartica side, Three Miles did not allow that level of confidence to gain any momentum as they restored their two goal cushion just before the half time whistle. Excellent work up front by Smith saw him working his way into the area on the left side before squaring to Rockcliffe Parris in the six yards box; all he had to do was help the ball into the

back of the nets in the 43rd minute with goalkeeper Cain already beaten at the first post. The second half saw the home team putting up stiffer resistance even as Three Miles continued to dictate proceedings. Only one goal was scored and that was duly scored by the busy McQuaine Smith three minutes to full time. Smith, who controlled

the left side with speed and good control, was a constant threat to Bartica; for his hard work he put the icing on the cake with a well executed goal which he scored with a powerful left foot shot from 25 yards out. The win for Three Miles earns them a shot at one of the most successful teams in the Digicel Schools Football C h a m p i o n s h i p , Waramadong in the Zone

Final in July 13th. Wa r a m a d o n g h a s reached the national finals on three occasions whilst reaching the final four on two occasions. Both teams would no doubt have their eyes set on going all the way, but only one will be endowed with that honour. Who will it be? July 13th is the date that this question will be answered.

Playing catch-up, Tsonga and Berdych finally negotiate round two LONDON (Reuters) JoWilfried Tsonga was in no mood to hang about on Friday, racing to a one-set lead in just 18 minutes against Argentina’s Juan Monaco some three hours after they first warmed up on another raininterrupted day at Wimbledon. The pair were among eight matchups at the bottom of the men’s draw waiting to play their round two matches at the start of day five, while players in the top half, like Novak Djokovic and Roger Federer, were scheduled to play round three. Mon a c o p u t t h e brakes on the Frenchman in the second and third sets a n d Ts o n g a ’ s service level dipped, but the 12th seed won t h r o u g h 6-1 6-4 6-3 in one hour 23 minutes - the third fastest m e n ’s m a t c h o f t h e

Czech Republic’s Tomas Berdych celebrates winning his match against Germany’s Benjamin Becker. (REUTERS/STEFAN WERMUTH)

France’s Jo-Wilfried Tsonga celebrates winning his match against Argentina’s Juan Monaco. (REUTERS/TONY O’BRIEN)

tournament s o far. The rain delays, which had also held up eight women’s second round ties, have prompted organizers to consider playing matches on Sunday, usually a rest day.

in earnest. Speaking of his relief at finally reaching the third round, he said: “... especially because now today I’m waiting for m y m a t c h . So, yeah, I’m really happy the way

Tsonga, twice a semifinalist at the grasscourt major, and Monaco, a former top-10 player, warmed up in drizzle aroun d n o o n b u t t h e match was suspended before a ball was struck

it goes today because it’s better to go back home tonight than stay here.” Czech 10th seed Tomas Berdych also sped through to beat the rain, downing G e r m a n y ’s B e n j a m i n

Becker 6-4 6-1 6-2 and taki n g j u s t a m i n u t e longer than Tsonga to secure his place in round three. Berdych was sanguine about how the rain dice rolled. “I think it’s fair. In the first round I was ... I about to finish a couple of points and then get rain delay overnight. Came next day and he was obviously better at the start,” he told reporters, referring to his four-set first-round win over Croatian Ivan Dodig. “So that one was, I would say, unlucky. This one I was lucky.” France’s Lucas Pouille, seeded 32, also made it through, defeating American D o n a l d Yo u n g a n d comeback king Juan Martin Del Potro stole the headlines by beating fourth seed Stan Wawrinka on Centre Court.

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Del Potro returns from CBC Youth C/Ships to start tomorrow at CASH wilderness to knock out Wawrinka ‘Reds’ back home to help promote the Event For the first time ever Guyana will be hosting the Caribbean Basketball Confederation (CBC) U-16 Championships which starts tomorrow and runs up until July 17 at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall (CASH). Joseph ‘Reds’ Perriera, who has been invited by the Guyana Amateur Basketball Federation (GABF) to help promote the event, says it is a developmental tournament. Perriera, a former GABF President for 1969-1975, informed that new Backboards, scoring equipment and clock have been bought while adding the Government has contributed $2Million and there was also financial support from the private sector. Reds informed that GABF President Nigel Hinds said the new equipment is a tremendous investment in developing the future for Basketball in Guyana. Reds, who arrived in Guyana on Thursday

Joseph Reds Perriera evening, also informed that a Referee’s Seminar will be held during the tournament. Guyana’s Male team is grouped with Aruba, Suriname, Jamaica and Trinidad & Tobago and faceoff with Aruba tomorrow night from 20:00 hrs in a zone ‘B’ clash while BVI, Bahamas, Barbados, Dominica and Antigua are the teams in zone ‘A’. On the distaff side host Guyana, Antigua & Barbuda, Barbados, BVI, USVI are in Zone ‘A’ while only three teams make up zone ‘B’, with Bahamas, T&T and Suriname playing in that zone. The Sports Hall can accommodate 2,000 and admission is $2,000.

LONDON (Reuters) There is a reason why Juan Martin del Potro went under the knife — over... and over... and over again. Three wrist operations since his last appearance at Wimbledon in 2013 meant Del Potro had more appointments with surgeons and physiotherapists than on-court engagements with tennis professionals over the past 27 months. On Friday, the gentle g i a n t f r o m A rg e n t i n a showed why all the pain and scars — both physical and mental — were worth it as he toppled fourth seed Stan Wawrinka 3-6 6-3 7-6(2) 6-3 under a closed Centre Court roof in the second round of Wimbledon. “It feels amazing. I beat one of the guys who is playing great tennis this season and I couldn’t have expected this before today,” a trembling Del Potro said. “I was really sad for the last two years and now I am enjoying playing tennis again. My hands shaking is a great sensation for me because I’m playing tennis again and I feel alive,” he added.

Del Potro, world number 165, was feeling “so alive” that by the time the match hit the mid-way point of the second set, Wawrinka did not know what had hit him. The Swiss, who won grand slam titles in Melbourne and Paris in the last 2 1/2 years, was probably left wishing Del Potro’s surgeon had not done such a good job of fixing the stricken left wrist which he uses to belt his trademark double-handed backhand. A break for 3-1 was enough for Del Potro to bag the second set and he marked the moment with a clenchedfist salute to his supporters. SOGGY FANS While punters on the outside courts had to make do with watching an army of groundstaff dragging the green covers on and off with comical frequency, Del Potro’s flowing racket skills lifted the spirits of the soggy fans sitting atop Wimbledon’s Henman Hill and following proceedings on the giant TV screen. By the time the players swapped serves for four successive games at the start of the third set, Wawrinka knew he was in for a torrid afternoon against the 2009 U.S. Open champion.

A forehand long handed the 6-foot-6 Del Potro the third set tiebreak and the A rg e n t i n e p r o v e d h i s patched-up wrist could go blow-for-blow with Wawrinka’s thundering groundstrokes in the fourth as he finished a 21-shot rally with a nerveless volley. Wawrinka saved two break points in the sixth game, with an ace and a beautiful backhand winner, but his luck ran out two games later as an erratic backhand handed Del Potro the break. When the Swiss whipped a backhand wide on match point to complete another miserable outing at the only

major in which he has yet to reach at least the semi-final, it completed a remarkable comeback from the tennis wilderness for his opponent. “After my third surgery, I’ve been trying to play tennis again. It is like my second or third career in my short life,” said Del Potro who will next face Lucas Pouille. “I didn’t know if I could be in the top position again... after all the injuries,” the 27year-old added. “To be in the third round in my first grand slam after three years, it means a lot to me. I’m excited to go far in the tournament.”

Tomorrow evening at 19:00 hrs the Demerara Cricket Club (DCC) at the club’s pavilion in Lance Gibbs Street in Queenstown, will hold its Annual Awards Ceremony to honour their Junior cricketers who excelled in both cricket and Academics in 2016/16. The Club, which produced Clive Lloyd, Lance Gibbs and Roger Harper among other prominent cricketers, will

induct a new Patron to succeed the late Aubrey Bishop and will be staging an Investiture Ceremony of its new Patron DCC will be recognizing and presenting Awards to a number of its players who have been selected to represent Guyana at Under15, Under-17 and Under-19 levels of the 2016 Regional Cricket Competitions. These junior players include Kemo Paul and Tevin Imlach, both

products DCC who made us and the Region proud at the recently held ICC under -19 C r i c k e t Wo r l d C u p Tournament in Bangladesh. Also featuring in the proceedings will be their cadre of promising players who displayed tremendous potential and whom we wish to encourage. This event will also commemorate the induction of distinguished Members/Parents. A cocktail reception will follow.

Argentina’s Juan Martin Del Potro celebrates winning his match against Switzerland’s Stan Wawrinka. (REUTERS/PAUL CHILDS)

Serena survives scare to beat McHale in three-set thriller DCC’s Annual Awards Ceremony set for tomorrow

(Reuters) Serena Williams composed herself after a first-set loss and a burst of anger to vanquish tenacious fellow American Christina McHale 6-7(7) 6-2 6-4 in a nail-biting secondround match at Wimbledon on Friday. The defending champion finally ran out a winner against the world number 65, marching on in her quest to emulate Steffi Graf’s Open era record of 22 grand slam singles titles. Williams thought she had won the first set and was walking back to her chair after a McHale forehand was called long with the world number one 5-4 and 40-30 up. To her chagrin, however, a Hawkeye challenge showed the ball brushing the baseline. McHale went on to win the game and force a tiebreak in which a rattled Williams made a string of errors, including two double faults, before burying a forehand into the net to lose the set. Furious as she sat down, she hammered her racket

Teams begin to arrive for CBC U16 Championships USA’s Serena Williams celebrates winning her match against USA’s Christina McHale. (REUTERS/PAUL CHILDS) into the ground in frustration before hurling it behind her. But the 34-year-old put the disappointment behind her and showed the battling

form that has won her six Wimbledon crowns to take the next two sets, closing out the two-and-a-half hour match with three aces.

Some of the teams that will compete in the Caribbean Basketball Confederation (CBC) Under-16 Championships that will be held at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall, July 3-16, 2016 have began to arrive in Guyana to seek Caribbean honours.

The top three teams in both male and female championships will qualify for the International Basketball Federation ( F I B A ) U - 1 7 Wo r l d Championships. Guyana is in Group B with Aruba, Jamaica, Suriname and Trinidad and Tobago.

Guyana will play Aruba in the featured game tomorrow night after an opening ceremony that is scheduled for 7:45pm. Group A features Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, The British Virgin Islands (BVI) (Continued on page 25)

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BM Soat Auto Sales on board Guyana Cup 2016 As preparations continue for the 10th anniversary Guyana Cup Horserace meet. The organisers have decided to pour more resources in the staging of the event. Although a final figure has not been decided it is projected to increase by millions. Organized by The Jumbo Jet Businesses in Association with the Port Mourant Turf Club, the event is slated for Sunday 14th August at the Port Mourant Turf Club. The mega horserace meet which is one of the largest locally organized sporting event in Guyana was originally tagged at $20M. However, with this b e i n g G u y a n a ’s 5 0 t h Anniversary celebrations, the Jumbo Jet and Friends of Jumbo Jet have decided to throw a few million dollars more to make it a thoroughly Golden Jubilee anniversary Horserace spectacle. With that said another major Sponsor, BM Soat

Auto Sales has once again rolled on board early. The company, which has been with the event for a number of years, will once again be having a number of bargains and giveaways on race day. Details of which will be released later. Already other sponsors on board are Jameel Bar and entertainment Lounge on the East Coast of Demerara, the Muneshwar Store on The East Coast Demerara and the Hyper Malt beverage company. A number of incentives have so far been announced with the winning horses in the A class, the three year old event and the two year old races collecting an extra $500,000, $400,000 and $200,000 bonuses respectively. The jockeys riding the respective animals in those events will all ride away with an extra $50,000 bonus. Eight races are slated for the day and so far most of the top Horses in the country

Mona Rohoman representing BM Soat Auto sales presents the sponsorship cheque to Rovin De Souza of the Guyana Cup Organising Committee. have begun training for the day’s programme. The feature “A” and lower event will this year fetch $1M more money than last year with the winning amount tagged at $4M and the Guyana Cup Trophy

from a total package of $8M over 1600M. The other placers in that event will also be handsomely rewarded. In the Co-feature 1600M event for 3 yrs. old horses, bred and born in Guyana and t h e We s t I n d i e s , t h e

organizers have put up a mouthwatering $2M and trophy. The Two year old event for West Indies Bred horses which has its first prize tagged at $1M and trophy, will be run over 1000M. The

horses running in the E class and lower event also has a lucrative $1M first prize money available over 1300M. The G3 and lower race is also a 1300M gallop with the winner getting an encouraging $700,000 and trophy. The H and lower 1400M race has a winning pocket of $500,000 and trophy. The animals classified J and K and lower will race for $350,000 and trophy over 1100M. The L class 1000M race has a winning purse of $250,000 and trophy. The top Jockey along with the runner up, the top stable and champion trainer will all be presented with trophies and other incentives compliments of the organizers and Trophy Stall. The coordinator is Nasrudeen (Jumbo Jet) Mohamed Jnr. Bugle time is 12:00 hrs. (Samuel Whyte)

Wales down Belgium to reach first ever semi-final LILLE, FRANCE (Reuters) Wales produced a stunning upset to reach the Euro 2016 semi-finals after H a l R o b s o n - K a n u ’s superbly fashioned goal and Sam Vokes’s late header secured a 3-1 comeback win over Belgium on Friday to set up a clash with Portugal. Robson-Kanu left three Belgium players for dead with a ‘Cruyff’ turn and calmly stroked the ball home to put Wales ahead in the second half, while substitute Vokes’s header ensured they reached their first major tournament semi-final. It was a crushing blow for heavy favourites Belgium, who had taken the lead in the 13th minute when Radja Nainggolan rifled a shot into the top corner from distance only for Wales captain Ashley Williams to level with a header from a corner. “I said before we kicked the ball today, we’re not here to enjoy it, we are here to compete,” Wales manager Chris Coleman said. “Don’t be afraid to have dreams. Four years ago I was as far away from this as you could imagine. I’ve had more failures than successes but I’m not afraid to fail. We deserve this.” Wales, playing in their first quarter-final, and major

tournament, since losing to Brazil at the 1958 World Cup, next have a match that pits the world’s two most expensive players P o r t u g a l ’s C r i s t i a n o Ronaldo and his Real Madrid team mate Gareth Bale - against each other in a mouth-watering clash. C o l e m a n ’s s i d e , however, will have to cope without their inspirational midfielder Aaron Ramsey and defender Ben Davies who both picked up bookings that ruled them out of the semi-final in Lyon on Wednesday. Belgium coach Marc Wilmots was left to rue an injury and suspension in defence that robbed him of the experienced Jan Vertonghen and Thomas Vermaelen as their younger replacements, Jordan Lukaku and Jason Denayer, were frequently exposed. The manner of the defeat, however, is likely to increase the scrutiny on Wilmots, who has faced criticism for failing to make the most of what many believe to be a golden generation of Belgium players. “This Belgian team is a team that demands respect, but we let things go a bit today and we paid for that in

Wales’ Sam Vokes scores their third goal against Belgium at EURO 2016 in their Quarter Final at the Stade Pierre-Mauroy, Lille, France. (REUTERS/CARL RECINELIVEPIC) cash,” he said, before adding he would take time to consider his future. FRENETIC OPENING There was a frenetic opening to Friday’s match, which many had predicted would be a cagey encounter, as Belgium took the early initiative and would have grabbed the lead after seven minutes but for some superb last-ditch Wales defending. Wayne Hennessey saved superbly from Yannick Carrasco before efforts from Thomas Meunier and Eden Hazard were blocked by lunging defenders as Wales, looking to talisman Bale for an outlet, sought to stem the

early Belgian tide. The Welsh were undone, h o w e v e r, w h e n Nainggolan’s powerful shot from 25 metres thundered past Hennessey’s outstretched fingers into the top corner to give Belgium the lead. Strangely, the goal swung the momentum back in Wales’s favour, with Coleman’s side fluffing a chance to level when Neil Taylor sidefooted at keeper Thibaut Courtois from six metres. The equaliser arrived five minutes later in the 31st, though, and was clearly crafted on the training ground. Having won a

corner, Wales’s players lined up behind each other, before breaking from the pack as Aaron Ramsey whipped the ball in. Wales captain Williams, who had recovered from a shoulder injury to make the starting lineup, found himself unmarked to head down and past Courtois for the first goal the Belgium keeper had conceded since their opening defeat by Italy. While Belgium began the second half stronger, with Romelu Lukaku glancing a header wide and Hazard flashing a shot just past the post, it was not long before

Wales struck again with Robson-Kanu producing a sublime piece of individual skill. Ramsey’s cross found the striker in the area with his back to goal but he sold three Belgium players a dummy with a trademark ‘Cruyff’ turn and then sidefooted the ball powerfully past the helpless Courtois in the 55th minute. Belgium pushed hard for an equaliser but Wales were resilient and then broke with four minutes remaining as Chris Gunter crossed for Vokes to leap and angle his header across goal into the net, sparking wild Welsh celebrations.

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Director of Tourism pledges full support for RHTYSC Town Week The plans of the eight cricket teams of the Rose Hall Town Youth and Sports Club (RHTY&SC) to host the best ever Town Week in the history of Guyana, last weekend received a major boost from the Guyana Tourism Authority. Director of Tourism MR. Indranauth Haralsingh paid a courtesy call on the Club and during a two hour discussion with Club Secretary/CEO Hilbert Foster pledged the entity’s full support for the Town Week activities which would be organised in observance of Rose Hall’s 46th Anniversary. Foster informed that the club and teams were proud to be citizens of Guyana’s smallest Town and as such took a discussion to make this year’s anniversary a

Director of Tourism Mr. Indranauth Haralsingh and Secretary/CEO of RHTY&SC Hilbert Foster with the delegation after the meeting. memorable one for residents. The main objectives would be to promote Rose

Hall Town as a place for business investment, to highlight its achievements in Sports, Culture, Business,

Banks DIH supports Caricom 10K Road Race

Economic Development and Education; to attract tourists to Rose Hall Town, to promote the Say Yes to Education and Sports Message and to promote Social Cohesion among residents. A total of 16 activities would be organised between

September 14-25 including what is anticipated to be an impressive opening ceremony, Day of Sports featuring T20 cricket, football and basketball, public exhibition, launch of a 40-page booklet on the history of the town, Career and Business Fair, Medical

Outreach Programme, Steel Band Concert, Rose Hall Town Cuisine Competition, Open Air Family Concert and the opening of a Family Recreational Playfield. Haralsingh said he was quite impressed with the plans of the club and its cricket teams for the Town Week including plans to transform the appearance of the town. The organisers were asked to submit a broad based proposal to the Guyana Tourism Authority for sponsorship. The Director was accompanied by Tourism Officer Raj Roopnarine, while the Rose H a l l To w n d e l e g a t i o n included Mayor Vijay Ramoo, Deputy Mayor Dave Budhu, RHTY&SC Assistant Secretary Franklyn Ross, Executive Member Mark Papannah and Zakir Ali of the St. Francis Community Developers. An Organising Committee is set to be named, shortly.

MoH Soft Shoe football

Sparta Boss, Tucville, Globe Yard and Broad Street advance

Dr. Douglas Slater Assistant Secretary General of Human and Social Development of Caricom Secretariat receives the donation from Rain Forest Water Brand Manager Clive Pellew, while Sherwin-ToyneStephenson of the CAIRCOM Secretariat looks on. Banks DIH Limited is partnering with the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) in support of the 12th Annual CARICOM 10Km athletic Road Race slated for Sunday. The local beverage company made a donation of its branded Rainforest Water for the event which will attract a large field of athletes from Guyana and across the Caribbean region. The presentation was made during a simple ceremony at Thirst Park where Dr. Douglas Slater, Assistant Secretary General of Human and Social

Development of CARICOM Secretariat received the donation from Rain Forest Water Brand Manager Clive Pellew. Also present at the ceremony was Sherwin To y n e - S t e p h e n s o n ( P r o g r a m m e M a n a g e r, Crime and Security, of the CARICOM Secretariat). The race will be run under the theme “Promoting Peaceful and Healthy Societies” for the prosperity of our Region” and will coincide with the thirtySeventh Regular Meeting of the Conference of Heads of

Government of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) which will be held in Georgetown, from July 4-6. The race will be organised and implemented in collaboration with the Government of Guyana and the Ministry of Education – Department of Culture, Youth and Sport and the Athletic Association of Guyana. There is also a planned 5km event for locally based junior athletes and will also include a special category for athletes with disabilities.

Defending champion Sparta Boss, Tucville, Globe Yard and Broad Street marched into the quarterfinal round following the start of the round of 16 stage in the Ministry of Health/Petra Organization Soft Shoe Championship football tournament on Thursday. Sparta Boss edged Albouystown 4-2 at the Square of the Revolution. Devon ‘The Tormentor’ Millington scored a brace in the third and 31st minute, while strike partner Gregory ‘Jackie Chan’ Richardson netted a double in the second and 33rd minutes. Scoring for the Albouystown unit was Kemo Scott in the 22nd and 25th minutes. Meanwhile, Tucville brushed aside Campbellville 6-2. Tefon Daly booted in hat-trick in the 12th, 14th and 25th minutes. Support came from Dennis Edwards in the fourth and 13th minute with a double, while sibling Rafael Edwards netted in the 28th minute. For

Campbellville, Marlon Nedd and Ozeal Small scored in the second and fifth minutes respectively. Globe Yard brushed aside North R u i mveldt 3-1. Delon Lanferman fired home a double in the ninth and 11th minutes, while Andrew Murray Jr, scored in the 10th minute. For the losers, Gerald Gittens scored in the 27th minute. And Broad Street got the better of Channel-9 Warriors 3-1 compliments of a Jamal Cozier brace in the 21st and 22nd minutes. He was supported by Jimmy Gravesande who netted in the 25th minute. For Channel-9 Stephen McLean found the back of the net in the 18th minute.

The winner of the event will collect $300,000 and the Championship trophy, while the second placed side will receive $200,000 and the runners-up accolade. On the other hand, the third placed side will receive $100,000 and the respective trophy while the fourth place finishers will pocket $50,000 and the corresponding title. Prizes will be awarded to the event’s Most Valuable Player (MVP) and Highest Goal Scorer. Among the sponsors of the event are the Ministry of Public Health, GTT, L u c k y D o l l a r, N i g e l S u p e r m a r k e t , J u n i o r ’s Jewellery, Star Party Rentals and 2-J’s General Store.

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Powell double leads Stewartville to comprehensive victory

Goal scorers from left Mark Powell, Shane Martin and Judah Albert. By Zaheer Mohamed Mark Powell netted twice to lead Stewartville to a 5-2 victory over Windsor Forest when the Digicel National Schools’ Football Championship continued yesterday at the National Track and Field Centre, Leonora. After a slow start to the

proceedings, an own goal by Windsor Forest’s Terrence Barton handed Stewartville the lead in the 21st minute. Stewartville extended their lead two minutes later when Shane Martin shot from outside the area bounced out of the goalkeeper hands and found the back of the net. Stewartville continued to

attack Powell made it 3-0 with his first goal in the 31st minute after receiving a pass from Shane Martin on the left side of the area. Windsor Forest hardly had a shot on goal and when they did Mario Huston shot was ruled offside as Stewartville enjoyed a healthy advantage at the

Stewartville’s Judah Albert (red shirt) fights for the possession against a Windsor Forest player. break. Judah Albert slotted home one minute into the second half as his powerful shot some distance from goal gave the keeper no chance. Windsor Forest found it difficult to keep up with Stewartville’s pace whose defence stood firm. Powell then scored his second from

inside the 18-yard box in the 60th minute after Mickale Small shot rebounded off the goalkeeper. Thomas pulled one back in the 65th after he won the ball just outside the area and beat the keeper to his right. Windsor Forest defence took some credit for not conceding further as

Stewartville created several chances. While Stewartville attacked almost at will, they made some defensive errors in giving Windsor Forest some space at the back, and Thomas capitalized, scoring his second from just on the edge of the area in the 72nd, however the writing was already on the wall.

Digicel Senior National Squash Championships 2016

Defending Men’s Open Champ Joseph moves a step closer to retaining title Action on day two of the Guyana Squash Association (GSA) Digicel Senior National Squash Championships at the Georgetown Club Inc courts on Thursday night saw compelling performances in the Men’s and Women’s Open matches, while competition continued in the Veterans category. In the Men’s Open round of sixteen, number one seed Alex Arjoon easily disposed of Rithew Saywack 11/5, 11/1, 11/4, while defending

champion Nyron Joseph was a comfortable winner over Darren McDonald 11/4, 11/3, 11/1. Kristian Jeffrey made light work of Jonathan Antczak only conceding one point and winning 11/0, 11/0, 11/1. Jason Ray Khalil outplayed Anthony Islam 11/4, 11/2, 11/8. In the match of the evening, former Caribbean junior champion Javed Alli had to call on all of his years of experience when he turned back the challenge of

President of GSA David Fernandes (left) ran out of gas against Javed Ali who had beaten Douglas DeGroot on the opening night. (Sean Devers photo)

Taylor Fernandes clobbers the ball into the wall against Makeda Harding at the GT Club on Thursday night. (Sean Devers photo) current national junior player Alec Melville in five tough games. Javed won the first two games 11/6, 11/4 but Alec won a close third game 11/9 and then breezed through the fourth without

dropping a point winning 11/0. At 10 all in the fifth it was anyone’s game but Javed won the next two points to take the match 12/10. In the Women’s Open

Nyron Joseph (left) and Darren McDonald in action. (Sean Devers photo)

Ashley Khalil (left) dominated Rebecca Low to win 11-3, 11-1, 11-0 in the ladies Open on Thursday night at the GT Club. (Sean Devers photo quarter finals, number one seed Ashley Khalil dominated Rebecca Low winning 11/3, 11/1, 11/0, while in the contest between former Caribbean junior champions Akeila Wiltshire a n d Vi c t o r i a A r j o o n , Wiltshire won 12/10, 11/7, 11/6 and Taylor Fernandes beat Makeda Harding 11/8, 11/3, 11/2 In the Veterans division, GSA President David Fernandes, who celebrated his 49th birthday on the opening night of the five day tournament, ran out of gas and suffered a 11/3, 11/4, 11/2 defeat at the hands of Javed Alli.

Results in Men’s Open: Alex Arjoon beat Rithew Saywack 11/5, 11/1, 11/4 Nyron Joseph defeated Darren McDonald 11/4, 11/3, 11/1 Kristian Jeffrey defeated Jonathan Antczak 11/0, 11/0, 11/1 Jason Ray Khalil beat Anthony Islam 11/4, 11/2, 11/8 Regan Pollard beat Medhi Ramdhani 11/3, 11/2, 11/6 Raphael De Groot defeated Daniel Islam 10/12, 11/3, 11/1, 11/2 Ben Mekdeci beat Alex Cheeks 11/3, 11/1, 11/2 (Continued on page 25)

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Teams begin to arrive for CBC U16 Championships

The Jamaican U16 Basketball Team and delegation pose for a photo opportunity at Windjammer International Hotel shortly after arriving in Guyana.

Digicel Schools Football Championships

Three Miles Sec. thump Bartica Sec. to set up Zone final date with Waramadong

Rockcliffe Parris (#10) of Three Miles Secondary scores the third goal for his school on a cross from McQuaine Smith (left), Bartica Sec. GK Marlon Cain, already floored after failing to stop the cross. (Franklin Wilson photo) Printed and published by National Media & Publishing Company Limited, 24 Saffon St.Charlestown, Georgetown.Tel: 225-8465, 225-8491 or Fax: 225-8473/ 226-8210