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EDITORIAL
Sean Hinds’s firearm licence Whether the putative Town Clerk’s bodyguard was granted a firearm licence before or during the current Minister of Home Affairs’ tenure is really immaterial. What citizens who digest a daily dose of crime and criminality, and constantly live in the shadow of the fear of crime must be told is whether the character at the centre of attention is in possession of a licenced firearm. Was a firearm licence ever approved for Mr. Sean Hinds (on what grounds); and if so was the said licence ever considered for revocation in light of the issues he has had with the law? It is bordering on the ridiculous for the Ministry of Home Affairs to introduce into an important public safety issue the question of timing of when someone with a seeming propensity for alleged involvement in criminal escapades would have been granted a licence to have a firearm in his possession. Let us examine the firearm licencing procedure to arrive at a clear understanding of the factors involved. John Harry goes online and completes an application form to be a licenced holder of a firearm. The application is sent to the commander of the relevant police division accompanied by documentation including national identification, and tax identification numbers. The applicant would have responded to questions aimed at determining her/his antecedents, and would have been the subject of a background investigation by the police in the station district. The completed file would be reviewed by the Divisional Commander and forwarded with her/his recommendation(s) and comments to the Commissioner of Police for review and the necessary approval/disapproval. What all of the foregoing is intended to do is provide the final police destination with the appropriate level of comfort that an application can be justifiably approved or rejected; so back to Mr. Sean Hinds. Does he possess a licence to carry a firearm? The remarks attributed to the Minister to the effect that the Town Clerk is free to ensure her personal safety in the event that she has no confidence in the City Constabulary (CC) is a point that is not so well taken. If the Town Clerk lacks confidence in the City Council’s ability to protect her, then this brings into question the twin issues of professionalism and leadership of the enforcement arm of the Mayor and City Councilors of Georgetown. Will the current configuration of the City Council be affected at the end of the litigation in which the Town Council is embroiled? We just will have to wait and see because there is no way that one cannot attempt a makeover of a dysfunctional system inherent in a vote of no-confidence. However, what does all of the foregoing say of the judgment of the principal actors in what is clearly a comedic farce? Moving on! If it is discovered that Mr. Hinds after all the allegations of criminal conduct is licenced to carry a firearm, and in the face of public concern, what are the next steps? It is reasonable to accept that there is only one course of action open to the Commissioner of Police (ag.) and that is to immediately revoke such licence and cause the weapon to be lodged with the police. To do any less would be a travesty in light of the possibility that many less colourful characters with just claims have been denied the opportunity of protecting their life and property by those means. It might be recalled that many years ago the firearm licence of an alleged human smuggler was revoked by the Commissioner of Police although the individual was his good friend. The general view was that the obvious preemptive strike was intended to avoid inconvenient questions from an influential sector. It is debatable that any person who is habitually on the wrong side of the law (and this is no reflection on Mr. Hinds) can be permitted to be a licenced firearm holder. Just cause must be shown, and if the police administration genuinely wants to send the right message to the populace then it needs to stop hiding behind the minister and come clean with definitive statements to assuage public concerns. Law abiding persons need to be reassured that the system is working for all.
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Patriotism, nationalism and Guyana DEAR EDITOR, Please permit me the opportunity to comment on what is a very important aspect to the development of Guyana’s society, to wit, its national culture. No one, or at least not too many people, likes to be criticized, even if that criticism is constructive in its nature. Our egos, as Sigmund Freud, the noted Personality Theorist, for want of a better term, called it, has to be very strong indeed, in order for the average human being not to be upset by comments or unsolicited advice. The successful political leader then, must have an ego as thick as an elephant’s hide, so to speak, in order to not show displeasure at the myriad comments, constructive or destructive that is hurled his or her way.
I have to make it clear that my reasons for this article are weighed far more by my feelings of patriotism, and a willingness to offer some advice towards improving same, than any other. Not that such postulations are a guarantee that it would be believed. After all, Guyana is a nation made up of disparate religious, ethnic, and societal groups, whose leaders reflect the unease and suspicion with which these groups relate. But it is the Government, who has the awesome responsibility for creating activities involving all of Guyana’s citizens! Last Independence Day, Kaieteur News reported that President Donald Ramotar chided the nation for its lack of patriotism and nationalism. What I believed President Ramotar was
reflecting on, was the lack of patriotic activities involving many Guyanese. Patriotism and nationalism are abstract feelings of love, and loyalty, and defense of one’s country. Patriotism, like nationalism are not heritable traits. We do not pass these behaviors, from one generation to another, through our genes, but through learning of the behaviors that we were taught. These behaviors are either mandated through enacted laws, by the national government, like Independence Day, for instance, or through historical precedent, and constitutes the national culture, as opposed to the various subcultures resulting from differing ethnicities, religion, superstitions, etc., which all fall under the umbrella of the (Continued on page 5)
NAREI’s response riddled with inaccuracies DEAR EDITOR, The response by the Deputy C.E.O. (Extension and Training) to my letter that I ignored N.A.R.E.I’s recommendations as published in Friday’s issue of May 16, last, is just a presumptuous “cover up” riddled with inaccuracies and very much misleading with its conclusion of me being deemed mischievous very much baseless. In his letter two days later to mine concerning a mystery disease affecting my crops, mention was made of a team of Extension staff from the National Agricultural Research and Extension Institute (NAREI) visiting my garden plot located at Lot 19, Section “B”, Suddie. A specific date being
Sunday 20/10/2013 was also given when the visit was made but all that transpired on that day was that two men in company with a young lady who gave her identity as a district correspondent for Guyana Times did visit me. According to the men they were in the Region in connection with a booth sponsored by the Ministry of Agriculture for Essequibo night which was held at the Anna Regina Community Centre ground. Reference was then made of having read in the newspapers about a mystery disease affecting my crops and they would like to make an on the spot inspection. The lady stayed back and in a jiffy, just watching around, the men left with the only advice to do rotation
planting and to avoid planting tomatoes, pepper and boulangers on the same spot all the time. It is quite manifest that the two men could not have comprised the team when judging from the tone of his letter that several persons had made the visit. There is no truth whatsoever as stated by him that I claimed that his technical staff cannot help me and refused them access to my garden. With me being the victim, help was always welcomed and anxiously awaited to bring about improvements whichwould lave been to my benefit. ‘From all appearances, the publication of my letter one year later after the first one was responsible for a response as none was ever
given before to the many complaints made in writing to the Ministry about the problem affecting my crops with help being requested during the more than two year period. There was not even an acknowledgement to my letter. What continues to bother me is that even when tomatoes, pepper and boulangers are planted for the very first time on another spot, the same problem occurs which is in direct contrast to the advice given to avoid continuous planting of these crops. Only the Ministry of Agriculture can know whether the speculative findings by the two men was the best and only way in dealing with the problem in the absence of any test being conducted. Baliram Persaud
Roger Moore was a gallant radio and television personality THE EDITOR, It is with deep regret and shock that I learnt of the passing of Roger Moore a gallant radio and television personality. It was only Wednesday last that I had the opportunity of conversing with him via telephone, where in spite of being hospitalized he spoke with strength and in a spirited manner. I was impressed with his frankness, he would have represented himself well, ‘his own words he did it his way’ One person who possessed such natural talent and ability to sell a story to complex audiences was Roger Moore, with his deep, resonant voice, possessed boundless energy and a big enthusiasm over Guyana’s future. He was a class act who worked hard to shift the
one-sided narrative on our beloved country. Broadcasting is a natural talent, and those who have it, they easily become household names. As we bid him farewell we know that he has gone to join the great
broadcasters like Matthew Allen, Christopher Dean, Johnny Barrow, Ayube Hamid, Pancho Carew, Ian Willabus, Wordsworth Mc Andrews, Bertie Chancellor, Hugh Chomondeley, Moses Hussain, Oswald Singh,
Terry Holder, Clem David, and Pat Cameron, among others. Our prayers and thoughts are with the family, friends and colleagues that he left behind. Rest in peace my brother! Hamilton Green, J.P., Mayor
Not passing this Bill will affect all of Guyana!! DEAR EDITOR, All of Guyana seem to be on the edge of concern as it relates to the Combined opposition’s unwillingness to pass the Anti money laundering bill(AML) in parliament if their demands are not met ,and we all have a right to be on the edge, simply because of the negative effect that the none passage of this bill will have on all Guyannese, regardless which political party you are affiliated to. For Guyana be blacklisted by the Caribbean Financial Action Task Force
(CFATF) would mean hardship, and difficulty for this entire nation. It seems to me that the MPs of the opposition have allowed their egos to get bigger than the needs of the people in this country. I would like to appeal to the combined opposition which has the power in their hands to do the honorable ,right, responsible , and moral thing and put Guyana first by passing this bill, because this nation is paying much attention to this whole scenario. Mark Constantine
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Patriotism, nationalism and Guyana From page 4 national culture. Giving national recognition through legislation of the sub-cultures does not lend itself to societal harmony, and places the government in the unenviable position of seeming to be partisan. The national government has the awesome responsibility to not only enact laws designed to foster and reinforce a national culture, but must support, though wellthought out programs and activities, created by the Ministry of Culture, possibly through a National Culture Council, that are supported by a cross-section of the nation. How then must the Government of Guyana accomplish this task? I make no pre-
tense of knowing how much of my recommendations are not already in effect, since I am an expatriate patriot at the moment, but the following comes to mind: - Reciting a pledge of loyalty to the country, at the start of meetings, by the national, city, town, village and regional governments. - All students, regardless type of school, public and private, should recite the ‘pledge’ at the start of the school day and collectively sing the National Anthem at the end. - All students should be required to take the following mandated classes,every year, from kindergarten through high school: English, History of Guyana. Science and Mathematics.
- College students should be required to study two years of English and/or History of Guyana, and Studies in Guyana Government, in the first two years. - Founders’ Day should be a legislated holiday (Do students in Form One, know who are our Founders?) - I would like to propose a Founders Square or
Founders Park with appropriate monuments or statutes to these dedicated men and women. I am sure, if given the opportunity, that Guyanese will have many more suggestions for recognition of events that are worthy of the nation celebrating them as a whole. Albert R. Cumberbatch, Ph. D
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Minister Edghill admits un-operationalized accounting modules have critical functions - But insists Ministry lacks capacity to use them Minister within the Ministry of Finance, Juan Edghill is saying that even though his ministry failed to operationalize two of the seven important features of the Integrated Financial Management and Accountability System (IFMAS), they are still able to obtain “comprehensive” financial reports. IFMAS was implemented in January 2004 under former President Bharrat Jagdeo. It is responsible for recording all financial data generated by the Government. These include the issuing of cheques, the recording of warrants; contingency fund advances and the generation of the annual financial statements. The five IFMAS modules which are currently in place are; Controls, Appropriations, General Ledger, Expenditure, and Revenue and Treasury Management. The two which are not in place are the Purchasing and Inventory/Assets Modules. Edghill via a notification, highlighted the critical functions of the very two modules his Ministry failed to utilize, although it paid approximately US$ 660,000 for the “specially tailored system.” The Purchasing Module he explained seeks to provide the ability to create purchase requisitions and purchase order with self-creating commitments to reserve the necessary funds (fully
integrated with the Appropriations Module currently installed). It also provides the ability to record the receipts and return of goods and automatically updates the purchase order to reflect the transactions. This module also completes integration with the payment process to reflect payment for goods ordered and received and provides the ability to create an asset record when goods are received. As for the Inventory/ Assets Module, The Member of Parliament said that it seeks to do the following; provide the ability to create inventory and asset entries when entering a new record based on the requisitions, provide the ability to have automatic stock ordering when the system hits a user-defined reorder point and provide the ability for tracking issues and receipts. It also allows for the
entering of receipts for deliveries to stores via the Purchasing module and to make adjustments to reflect inventory average and shortages. And lastly this module provides queries and reports on current inventory, stock activity and receiving reports. Based on the crucial functions highlighted by the Minister, he still insists that in the absence of the two modules, its financial systems are operating effectively. However, the Auditor General’s report is fraught with reports of goods that go ‘missing’, budgetary excesses by numerous Government agencies, and the constant cry of procurement inconsistencies across the board in every single facet of Government. Financial analysts have opined that in the absence of the two modules, it opened up the floodgates for
mismanagement and lack of proper accountability with regard to assets and consumables acquired by the government. Former Auditor General and anti-corruption advocate, Anand Goolsarran told this publication that IFMAS was expected to ensure that there would be a more accountable mechanism for recordkeeping as it relates to government’s procurement. Goolsarran said that in the absence of the modules, there are several implications. He stated that in the absence of the modules, Guyana has a less than desirable accountability framework and as such, billions of dollars in assets and consumables can go untracked. “Those two modules are very important as they allow for the tracking of the physical assets. In their absence, it means that monies
Minister within the Ministry of Finance, Juan Edghill
can be spent to acquire, for example, equipment or vehicles, and there would be no effective measures in place to trace them and to ensure that they are properly accounted for. In addition, when you expend funds to maintain those very assets, you would need a system in
place to ensure that value for money is achieved and that money is not wasted.” The anti-corruption advocate emphasized the urgent need for the two modules to be in place and operationalized to ensure proper accountability for all State assets.
Street dweller on trial for murder - Witness claims police forced him to give statement An inmate of the Georgetown Prisons was the second witness to testify in the murder trial of street dweller, Omesh Chaitram called “Black boy,” Chaitram was indicted for the unlawful killing of his colleague Wendell Fresco called “Country,” which occurred on July, 10 2012. He is on trial at the High Court before Justice Navindra Singh and a mixed twelvemember jury. Fresco, 35, of Yarrow Dam, Ruimveldt was reportedly stabbed following a bitter row over money. The victim, a vagrant for more than fifteen years, was reportedly murdered while he slept on a pavement at Alexander Street, Georgetown. State witness Keith Tuesday told the court yesterday that the accused had a weapon in his hand on the day of the murder, but later claimed that the police forced him into giving his statement. “Dem say that dem gon
lock up down to meh dog if I aint give a statement.” Tuesday is currently serving a sentence for possession of a utensil used in connection with narcotics. He claimed to have known both the accused and the virtual complainant for a number of years. “We used to fetch pallets together.” Tuesday said that on the day of the incident, he met the accused at “Pallet yard.” “I see black boy de morning and he tell me that Country bore he up…He raise up he armpit and show me it had a stab… I tell he report it to the station.” State Prosecutor Judith Gildharie Mursalin inquired of the witness, whether the accused had anything in his hand, at that time. “He had a knife,” the man replied. However, under cross examination by Defence Counsel, Raymond Ali, the witness told the court a totally
different story. “I tell de police that me aint know nothing but dem threaten me to give de statement, dem tell me if I don’t talk dem gon lock up down to meh dog …my wife everybody, when I tell them that I only know that Black Boy tell me that Country tek advantage pun he.” He said that he never told the police that the accused had a weapon in his hand because “the truth is that Black Boy aint had nothing in his hand.” He claimed that while giving evidence at the Magistrates’ Court, the Prosecutor told him what he needed to say. “The Prosecutor put it me what to say because I can’t really read and write. He tell what fuh say everything, de colour of de knife and everything…I don’t even know nothing. Is till I go to court for me story then I hear that an arrest warrant out for me for dis story.”
The accused: Omesh Chaitram Prosecutor Mursalin later asked the witness to explain why he had given conflicting statements. He responded “Black boy is had a knife in his hand…” His response met with murmurs from the court audience. The Judge then asked the man whether he was telling
the truth. “Right now, me head aint dey on right I in jail so sometimes I get confuse,” Tuesday said. Justice Singh then asked the witness whether he knew the implications of lying under oath, (perjury). “If you weren’t serving a sentence already, I would have sentenced you … However, that brings us to the end of your testimony in this trial… you may step down from the witness box.” To this the prisoner replied, “oh so I done hay. Meh aint got to come back, good thanks.” On Thursday, a voir dire was conducted to determine the admissibility of a caution statement which was procured from the accused. Yesterday, police witness, Detective constable, Chaitram Seeram read the statement aloud to the court. “On the morning I went sleeping under de pavement at Robb Street with me eight hundred dollar in ma pants pocket, Country come and search me up and I wake up. Meh ask Country what he doing. He said boy rest ya f**king self and he stab me with a piece ah steel. Meh get up and run away. Meh went at Tuesday yard and I buy two bag, I smoke one and put me knife in meh waist. I went by Alexander Street and I see Country I give he one stab and run away … Country shoulda dead long but meh sorry meh stab he.”
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Minister: New mapping system Brazil’s Rousseff loses voter to locate children at all times support on economic woes Trinidad Express - A new mapping system to help pin point the exact location of children at all times was announced Thursday morning by Minister in the Ministry of the People and Social D e v e l o p m e n t , Ve r n e l l a Alleyne-Toppin. At the time, Alleyne-Toppin was paying a courtesy visit to the relatives of murder victims nine-year-old Jadel Holder and 15year-old Jamal Braithwaite, at their home at Petunia Avenue, Morvant. Alleyne-Toppin expressed condolences to the grieving relatives, including the boys’ mother Michelle Holder, for their loss and officially informed them that the Government would be prepared to provide assistance and counseling to the family. Holder accepted the offer from the Minister, saying she was very “happy and thankful” for
Vernella Alleyne-Toppin the offer and the gesture of kindness. Speaking to members of the media following the visit, Alleyne-Toppin revealed the news of the mapping system. “ We h a v e s p o k e n t o the Minister of Education so that we can have markers on children so that from the time they are born right
through early childhood, we will always know where they are. The Ministry of the people will be doing the biometric survey, where you would be marked so that we would know where every child is at any given time. It is a system that will, for instance, track whether or not a child is in school when they ought to be,” A l l e y n e - To p p i n revealed. On S u n d a y, the brothers had just had lunch at their home at Petunia Av e n u e , Morvant, when at about 3 p.m. two gunmen broke into their home. Within minutes the brothers were killed. Their 16year-old cousin Glendel A l e x a n d e r, w a s a l s o wounded in the incident. The attackers then escaped. The two brothers are expected to be laid to rest sometime early next week.
(Reuters) - President Dilma Rousseff has lost ground among voters on worries about Brazil’s faltering economy ahead of the Oct. 5 election, which will likely go to a tighter secondround vote, according to a poll published yesterday. Rousseff is still the favourite to win re-election, but support for the leftleaning president has dropped to 34 percent, from 37 percent in a poll last month, and 10 percentage points since February, polling firm Datafolha said. The poll helped propel Brazil’s benchmark Bovespa stock index to its biggest gain in over a month, of over 2.6 percent, as shares of state-run firms rallied. Investors in those companies, which include oil producer Petroleo Brasileiro SA, known as Petrobras, hope a new administration will enact policies more favourable to business interests. Rousseff still has a large though shrinking - lead over her closest rival, Aécio Neves
Dilma Rousseff of the centrist Brazilian Social Democracy Party. In the poll, Neves slipped one percentage point to 19 percent. Behind him was Eduardo Campos, the Brazilian Socialist Party candidate, whose share of voting preferences fell to 7 percent from 11 percent in May. Rousseff must win at least 50 percent plus one of the
valid votes cast on Oct. 5 or the election will go to a runoff. Her lead over Neves in a second-round vote has shrunk to 8 percentage points from 11 points in May. Pessimism about the economy is focussed on concern inflation will rise and employment will fall, the poll showed. Thirty-five percent of voters say they will never vote for Rousseff (up from 31 percent a month ago), while Neves’ negatives have come down. In a sign of rising concern in the governing party, former president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, Rousseff’s political mentor, challenged one of her senior economic officials during an event in southern city of Porto Alegre. “One day you will have to explain to me why, if we don’t have demand-driven inflation, why we are curbing credit,” he told Treasury Secretary Arno Augustin, according to O Globo newspaper.
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THE NATIONALIZATION OF THE ASSETS OF THE GUYANA CRICKET BOARD The government of Guyana was long forewarned that the West Indies Cricket Board would not countenance any political interference in the administration of local cricket. Matches were pulled in the past from Guyana over this very issue. It was therefore no surprise that the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) has acted in the way it did following the passage of the Cricket Administration Bill. The WICB has been merely
consistent. The West Indies Cricket Board’s position all along was that there should be no political interference in the administration of cricket. The WICB and the International Cricket Council (ICC) recognize the right of private sporting associations to control their own affairs and be free of government meddling. The government has tried to argue that the Cricket Administration Bill does not hand over the administration
Dem boys seh...
How Jagdeo pick de Shaat Scamp Old people seh that wha you do in de dark does come to light one day. Wha that mean is that anything you do and you think is a secret, people does end up knowing. That is how dem boys know wha criteria Jagdeo use to pick some of de people who got this nation crying pun dem. Dem boys wish that all dem people tears fall pun dem in a damning way and dem boys have no bones about that. When Jagdeo knock off de Kow as Finance Minister he had to get another one. He start fuh shop around. Dem boys hear that he ask Chris de Ram if he want de Finance wuk. Chris tell he, “Yeah.” He tun and ask Chris, “Ten and ten is how much?” Chris seh, “Li’l boy. What kind of nonsense you asking a big man like me? Me and you been to de same damn classes and we both know ten and ten is twenty.” Jagdeo seh, “Alright man. Nah knock me. You gun hear back from me.” Dem hear Jagdeo then go to de shaat scamp and ask he de same question. De scamp tun and tell Jagdeo, “Boss is how much you want me meek it.” To this day he still got de wuk, confusing de whole nation wad he data jiggery piggery accounting system. He even meek Donald don’t know what is he rightful salary. De poor man had to call de Waterfalls paper boss man to ask how much he really waking for. Rob de whole Earth get de wuk because he teak de Rat family. Arafat get de wuk because de Rat teak he and he family. De Rat go in de chair and meet de fat crook. He go and meet am and he go and left am. Dem boys want fuh know wha going on between dem two. Dem boys not talking about how de Rat choose he friends yet. That story will nevah done wheh dem boys and this nation concern. He did plan to go back in de chair. He put some of de thiefing Bees to put up Third Term Billboard. He nah get none way because dem boys start lash he and de board lef, right and centre. Some people even throw kaka pun some of de board. When he realize that ee nah gun get ee own way he had no other choice but to tek a pick. Everybody know that his first choice was de li’l scamp, Rob de Earth. That didn’t wuk. He had to decide pun one from de old school. He tek Donald because de rest openly seh he and his own team will end up in jail if dem get pick. Talk half and hope Donald don’t use de Rat method of picking he new wardrobe.
of cricket to the government. But that is not the point of contention. The issue is the freedom of private associations to control their own affairs. The government cannot dissolve a private association that is concerned with the administration of cricket. This is what the legislation seeks to do. It seeks to dissolve the Guyana Cricket Board without its consent and create a new entity. It matters not whether this new entity is free of government’s control. The Guyana Cricket Board is a private association. The court has ruled that it had legal standing. But even if did not, like most political parties in Guyana, the government cannot simply dissolve private bodies as they please. The Guyana Cricket Board is recognized by the West Indies Cricket Board. It is in fact a constituent member of the West Indies Cricket Board and therefore to dissolve the Guyana Cricket Board has ramifications for the West Indies Cricket Board. The WICB had made it clear ever since the government foisted an IMC on local cricket that it would not recognize any body imposed on the administration of local cricket. The Cricket Administration Bill also seizes the property of the existing Guyana Cricket Board. Under
our constitution if this happens then compensation at market value has to be paid. Seizure of property without compensation amounts to nationalization. The government now finds itself in the invidious position of having to defend these actions at the same time that it is claiming that the former President of Guyana would have had legitimate expectations to certain benefits and therefore to reduce those benefits, which the opposition parties have done through the passage of a Bill, would be unlawful and require the payment of compensation which is tantamount to restoring the benefits reduced. The President has refused, and rightly so, to assent to the Bill passed by the opposition parties reducing the benefits due to former Presidents. The refusal to assent is based on the principles enunciated above, that is, that any such reduction would amount to a denial of property and unless compensation is offered would be unconstitutional. It is respectfully argued that the same applies to the Cricket Administration Bill. Not only does it dissolve the Guyana Cricket Board without its consent, but it also seizes the property of the Guyana Cricket Board and hands it to another entity
without offering the affected party compensation in accordance with the Constitution of Guyana. The Cricket Administration Bill was passed with the support of one of the parliamentary opposition parties, APNU. The government did a number on APNU by dangling a carrot in front of APNU. The opposition grouping bit the bait. The carrot was the granting of association status, under the new Bill, to Region Ten. APNU got all excited and seemed to have forgotten that it is not the duty of parliament to create associations within private sporting bodies such as the Guyana Cricket Board. That is a responsibility for the membership of the Guyana Cricket Board. It is the members of the Guyana Cricket Board who have the right to decide whether they will accept a new association. It is not for the legislature to determine that Region Ten must be an association in any new cricket board. Suppose another Region in Guyana decides now that it too wants associate status
in the Guyana Cricket Board. What happens? Will APNU now demand that the government create a new association? This is what is meant by meddling in the affairs of private entities. It is for this reason that the West Indies Cricket Board has decided, as it did in the past, to act. And it has acted by withdrawing the Third Test match from Guyana in the forthcoming cricket series between New Zealand and the West Indies. The government has to assume responsibility for the loss of the Third Test Match between Guyana and New Zealand. And APNU has to explain how it allowed itself to be goaded into supporting this travesty.
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Govt. still to pay US$6M fine to Surinamese company By Gary Eleazar The Guyana Government is yet to pay the US$6M fine that the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) had ordered be paid to a Surinamese
company, Rudisa Beverages. This was confirmed by Head of the Presidential Secretariat, Dr. Roger Luncheon, during his weekly post Cabinet press briefing this past week.
…to repeal discriminatory tax laws - Dr Luncheon He also announced that Government will be returning to the House with an amendment to the Customs Act which had caused the court case in the first place. Rudisa had taken Guyana to court over the environmental tax imposed under the Customs Act requiring that a $10 tax be paid on each bottle of imported beverage into Guyana. The Company argued that it was discriminatory and a breach of the Revised Treaty of Chaguaramus and the CCJ agreed. Dr. Luncheon during his press engagement, whilst agreeing that the tax was discriminatory, confirmed that it was still being charged given that “the law is the law.” According to Dr. Luncheon, in wake of the CCJ ruling that so adversely affected Guyana and, “in the context of the denial by the opposition of being responsible for such an outcome”, Cabinet has reiterated its intention to have the once disapproved Customs Amendment Bill resubmitted for the House. He noted, too, that the focus of the Bill on addressing Guyana’s treaty obligations should not be diverted or confused with other issues such as the Environment. Dr. Luncheon stated that the sole purpose of the once disapproved Bill is to correct the discriminatory nature of the tax laws with regard to obligations under the revised Treaty of Chaguaramas. He noted that work is being done currently with a specific mindset, the law is the law and the tax law currently
includes the discriminatory feature that still has to be enforced until such time that it is repealed. According to Dr. Luncheon there are some looking for administrative ways for avoiding the collection of the tax but that would be inconsistent with the law and whoever makes such a decision to not collect the tax, may very well face the wrath of the law. This, he said, underscores the urgency of the return of the once disapproved Bill at the next sitting of the House. Following the ruling Attorney General, Anil Nandlall, said that the Guyana Government will have to return to Parliament to amend the discriminatory Environmental Tax which recently caused the CCJ to award a judgment in the favour of the Surinamese company, Rudisa Beverages. The court awarded US$6M to be paid by the Guyana Government. Guyana passed the Act in 1995 permitting the Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) to charge a tax of $10 on each bottle of the drink imported into Guyana. Nandlall said that in 1995 when the law was introduced, it was not discriminatory but this changed when the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) revised the Treaty of Chaguaramus. He said that this was the case across the region in that, several other countries also had to amend their laws to be compliant with the revised treaty. According to Nandlall, when the Guyana Government moved to the
Head of the Presidential Secretariat Dr. Roger Luncheon
Parliament to amend the law, it was shut down by the political opposition. The CCJ ruled in Rudisa’s favour, citing that it had to honour its treaty obligations and ordered that the claimants are entitled to repayment. Rudisa argued at the CCJ that the legislation violated the trade policy contained in the Revised Treaty of Chaguaramas, in particular the free movement of goods and the prohibition on import duties on goods that are of CARICOM origin. Both Guyana and Suriname are members of CARICOM. Rudisa, through CIDI, has been in Guyana since 2007. According to the CCJ, in its judgment, Rudisa’s application was based on the provisions of the Customs Act of Guyana which imposes an environmental tax on all imported nonreturnable beverage containers. The legislation does not contain any exemption in relation to CARICOM goods. The Surinamese company claimed that no similar tax is imposed on local producers of non-returnable beverage containers and, by the definition of “Import Duties” laid down in the Revised Treaty of Chaguaramas, the levy must be
regarded as an import duty. The issue of the environmental tax was first raised with the Council on Economic Trade and Development (COTED), the trade arm of CARICOM, by the Government of Suriname in a series of meetings spanning the period 2001-2012. COTED concluded that in so far as it applied to CARICOM goods, the levy was in breach of the Treaty which governs how the member countries would operate in a trade environment. Guyana, in turn, committed itself to take the necessary action to eliminate the discriminatory effect of the environmental tax. The Government of Guyana brought legislation to the National Assembly in 2013 to amend the Customs Act but the proposal was rejected. The claimants filed an application with the Court alleging that the imposition of the environmental tax is a breach of the Treaty. They argued that the tax is inconsistent with CARICOM trade policy which provides for the free movement of goods and prohibitions on the imposition of import duties on CARICOM goods. According to CCJ, (Continued on page 24)
Five boys from orphanage in protective custody Five boys from the Berbice Anjuman Orphanage have been removed from the facility and placed into protective custody. The measure is to facilitate an investigation into sexual assault and other allegations, the Ministry of Labour, Human Services and Social Security said in a statement, yesterday. The Ministry and the Guyana Police Force, are conducting an investigation into reports of sexual abuse and misconduct at the New Amsterdam orphanage. The Ministry received a report of a child running away from the Berbice Anjuman Orphanage in New Amsterdam to his parents because he said that he was sexually abused at the institution. This report was received on May 28, last, and the Child Care and Protection
...caretaker arrested and placed on $100,000 bail
Bakkar showing the bed that Akash slept in the male quarters of the facility Agency responded immediately, the Ministry stated yesterday. Both the owner and caretaker of the Berbice Anjuman Orphanage have denied reports of child
molestation and sodomy at the Philadelphia Street, New Amsterdam institution. A number of students were reported to have fled the institution after they were
unable to tolerate the molestation any longer. The Orphanage houses both male and female students-about 45 in number. There are reports of both sexes being molested.
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Witness questions authenticity of documents tendered
Walter Rodney Commission of Inquiry...
A document given by a close source to Godwin McPherson shows his correct signature By Latoya Giles Several documents which have been tendered to the Walter Rodney Commission of Inquiry appear to have been forged. One of the documents is an “account form” which Major General Norman McLean was questioned about on Thursday when he was giving evidence. The document which allegedly shows the movement of several high profile weapons from the Guyana Defence Force to the People’s National Congress and ultimately to the House of Israel religious group, has raised eyebrows. The signature attached to the document was that of former Army Major Godwin McPherson. McPherson died several years ago. McLean, after seeing that document had immediately asked that a “handwriting” expert be summoned to determine its authenticity. Yesterday Kaieteur News managed to get a copy of the “account form” which was tendered. The document was
part of a police file which was submitted by Crime Chief, Leslie James. The document which is dated June 24, 1979 claims that the army handed over 19, G3 Rifles, 19, G3 Bayonett snipers, 1500 rounds of, 7.62 ammunition, ten browning pistols and 500 rounds of 9mm ammunition. These items according to the document were chargeable to the PNC for the House of Israel. However several sources close to the now dead Mc Pherson are refuting that he signed the document and have produced other documents purportedly signed by him on which the signature is different. This has now caused some amount of concern about whether the documents have been willfully submitted to the Commission to publicly embarrass the officer and his family. This has also brought into question the authenticity of other documents which have been provided to the Commission by the police. On Thursday, Major General McLean said that he
Bandits strike twice in three hours at Tuschen - Five in police custody Five persons are in police custody assisting with information in the wake of two armed robberies which occurred in the space of almost three hours at Tuschen Housing Scheme, East Bank Essequibo, last Thursday. Police ranks believed that the robberies were carried out by the same two men and hope that they would be able to determine who the suspects are soon enough. They are convinced though that the robbers are two of the five persons in police custody and hope that someone will soon “spill the beans.” According to the police, about 04:15 hrs on Thursday two men armed with a handgun and a knife entered the home of Michelle Boyer and held her up along with
two other family members. They took away jewellery, two cell phones, a bicycle and a pair of boots, and then escaped. Then, about two and a half hours later, two men armed with a handgun and a knife entered the premises of Gracie Ghanie, 31, and held her up while she was outside washing clothes. The perpetrators took her into the house which they ransacked and took away jewellery, four cell phones, $15,000 and US$25 before making good their escape.
was familiar with the signature of the late army officer and denied that the signature attached to a document shown to him was that of McPherson’s. McLean immediately asked that the Commission summon a handwriting expert to determine the authenticity of the document. McLean was also shown a payroll document with the name “Smith” attached to it. That document was dated May 24, 1979. According to McLean, the document speaks directly to something that looks as though it was “cut and pasted”. McLean again said that the payroll document failed to state who collected salaries and was devoid of signatures. Lawyer for the Commission, Glenn Hanoman, claimed that the “payroll” document was acquired from
McPherson’s correct signature on another document seen by Kaieteur News.
A totally different signature attached to a document tendered to the Commission. the GDF and said it is his intention to call the officer who supplied the documents at a later date to testify. PNC lead counsel Attorney at Law Basil Williams and Guyana Trades Union lawyer Selwyn Pieters had argued on Thursday that
the Commission should make available, original documents and witnesses’ statements. Pieters questioned why documents relevant to Walter Rodney’s death were not in the Commission’s possession before witnesses were called. According to Pieters, all
the relevant documents should have been handed over to the Commission in all fairness to witnesses. As such, Pieters suggested that McLean should not be questioned further on army records since the original documents weren’t presented.
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Increased maternity No evidence of cows leave being discussed Paramakatoi plane incident...
on the runway- GCAA
Regulators of aviation industry have warned that pilots landing at uncontrolled hinterland airstrips must circle first. Pilots landing at uncontrolled aerodromes in the hinterlands should circle the area first before landing, the Guyana Civil Aviation Authority (GCAA) warned yesterday. The authority was speaking on an incident earlier this week in which a Cessna 206 veered off the runway at the Paramakatoi Airstrip, Region Eight, and ploughed through a barbed wire fence. The plane is owned by Air Services Limited (ASL). The pilot who escaped unhurt reportedly blamed the incident on cows that were on the airstrip. GCAA in a statement said that it was investigating the incident. However, there are no indications that cattle were present in the area, the authority said. “The facts uncovered in the preliminary investigation do not suggest that there was cattle present on or in the vicinity of the airstrip at the time of the incident. The Authority wishes to make it clear that there are established procedures which govern operation into and out of uncontrolled aerodromes such as Paramakatoi that require the pilot to pass over in the vicinity of the aerodrome to ensure that the runway is clear
of all obstacles prior to landing.” The aircraft was at the time transporting cargo with only the pilot in command on board. According to GCAA, the most recent Advisory Circular on Standard Operating Procedures at Uncontrolled Aerodromes was issued to the industry in September 2013 and describes actions to be taken by a pilot to ensure that a proper assessment of conditions at the airstrip are made before landing. ASL’s General Manger, Annette ArjoonMartins, had told this newspaper yesterday that the 8R-SUP Cessna 206 was shuttling food from Mahdia when on approach to the airstrip, the pilot encountered a strong cross wind. She said that as the pilot prepared to land the plane, cows then began to run across the runway. In an attempt to avoid the cows the pilot veered off the runway and came to a stop in a barbed wire fence. Arjoon-Martins was firm that more needs to be done to ensure safety, especially in the interior locations. She said that cattle and airstrips don’t mix and much more has to be done to keep the animals off the airstrip since this is an existing problem for aircraft operators.
as Sexual Reproductive Health Strategy is crafted Exclusive breastfeeding, for at least six months, has long been recognised as the optimal method of feeding infants. This World Health Organisation recommendation has been adopted by many health sectors around the world, including Guyana. However, there are some limitations associated with this recommendation since according to Chief Medical Officer (CMO), Dr. Shamdeo Persaud, “we are setting goals under health for exclusive breastfeeding for six months but we are not providing the conditions.” He pointed out that Guyana currently has in place legislations that cater to a one-month confinement ahead of delivery and another two month after delivery. “It is three months in all but a lot of women push this confinement down to after the delivery so they end up having three months with their newborn babies,” said Dr. Persaud who went on to note that “we are saying for the benefit of the child and mother this should not be the case.” “I keep opening this issue every now and then that at least six months is adequate for breastfeeding and for adequate infant care,” said Dr. Persaud. This issue, according to him, is one that is gaining the attention of a technical committee, of which he is a part, which is currently in the process of crafting a Sexual and Reproductive Health Strategy. The committee just last week held one of its meetings at the East Coast
Chief Medical Officer, Dr. Shamdeo Persaud Demerara, Grand Coast Inn. “This Strategy will look at policy areas among maternal health and one of the issues that came up in the technical meeting is the whole facilitating of women who are pregnant, first by ensuring that they have the one month of confinement prior to the delivery and the adequate number of months for infant care,” said Dr. Persaud. Moreover, he disclosed that it is expected that the strategy currently being put in place will examine existing legislations, be it within the National Insurance Scheme (NIS) or under the Labour Act. This examination process, according to Dr. Persaud, should be one that incorporates the goals that speaks to ensuring that mothers are given the recommended time to offer adequate infant care. He pointed out that “if you follow the rules, the
mother goes home and is back to work at two months, because she takes a month before delivery and then in two months she has to return to work. How are we going to ensure that exclusive breastfeeding happens without introducing other forms of feeding and of course, the risk of them being given sweetened porridge which now has consequences of NonCommunicable Diseases?” questioned Dr. Persaud. He pointed out that as part of the life course approach to health, there is need to avoid the occurrence, as far as possible, of factors that can eventually lend to the development of uncomplimentary effects such as diabetes. Moreover, Dr. Persaud reiterated the importance of promoting “six months exclusive breastfeeding or breastfeeding as far as possible, even up to a year or two years as the case may be. So that is an issue that we will try to put in the policy document,” Dr. Persaud noted. But before such a policy can be implemented it must first be developed by the Ministry with the support of its partners, including the United Nations Population Fund, the Pan American Health Organisation, the United Nations Children Fund and the Guyana Responsible Parenthood Association, among others. This collaborative process is expected to be followed by a period of consultation among stakeholders including the media, according to the Chief Medical Officer. “Once we finish consultations this will be taken to Cabinet and then they will decide if it meets their standard and decide what the next step is,” disclosed Dr. Persaud. The crafting of the Strategy commenced about one year ago and it is expected that it will be completed by this month end and gain the attention of policymakers before the end of the Tenth Parliament.
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New Timehri carriageway 40% complete B.K international slams GT&T for 18-month delay By Rabindra Rooplall Telephone cables and poles are still to be removed from the Timehri construction zone as Contracting firm B.K International paves a threekilometer roadway from the Timehri Police Station to the entrance of the airport, according to B.K International Project Manager, Lionel Kandasammy. B.K International had previously lamented that Guyana Water Incorporated (GWI) and Guyana Telephone and Telegraph Company (GT&T) are responsible for the slow works on Lot 3 of the East Bank Demerara four-lane expansion project which stretches from Providence to Diamond. On Friday, media operatives were given a tour of a construction zone in Timehri where GT&T has been accused of hampering the works for the past 18 months. The company yesterday reiterated that the Public Works Ministry should ensure that the infrastructure for the utilities are removed immediately, to avoid damage, the inconveniencing of citizens and to ensure the completion of the work. According to B.K International Project Manager, Lionel Kandasammy, the project was initiated some three years ago. This project deals with the construction of a new carriageway leading from the airport. “This project is consistently delayed because of issues with the removal of utilities. For more than 18 months we have been stuck where we are at the construction site. We don’t seem to be going forward in any direction. As such, the
B.K International Project Manager, Lionel Kamdasammy company has no alternative but to raise the alarm since only 40 per cent of the project is completed.” The project manager added, “This is as a result of the underground telephone cables not being removed by GT&T which is hampering the construction, in addition utility poles with overhead cables are on the carriageway and have not been removed, so whichever way we go we cannot proceed, we have done all we could have done in putting in the drains, the medians and whatever else is needed to be done.” B.K International has been consistently writing the Ministry of Public Works, the project manager explained. More than 60 letters and other correspondence were sent to the Ministry reminding the agency of the issues pertaining to works being stymied. “To hold the project back and have 60 percent incomplete for 18 months is a very worrying factor. Material costs have risen tremendously over the last year. In addition, human
resources are up since we have skilled people in our employ. “If we demobilize we don’t know if we can get them back and retain them, and the price tag has escalated tremendously. The security and materials placed on site if quantified would keep getting higher daily.” Noting that if the company demobilized, Kandasammy said, then the company has clauses and procedures in the contract on how matters should be resolved and as such, the company is following those procedures. “But 18 months is a long time to follow procedures.” It was explained that GT&T has sent invoices to the company as recently as May 6 stating that another cable was damaged and that the repairs would cost $396,652. “When they (GT&T) lay the cable there was no proper supervision and the As-built drawings-which are the final drawings produced at the completion of a construction - project says that cables are laid 30 to 36 inches below the surface. “Then if machine operators dig down 20 inches
A utility pole stands at the centre of the site where the carriageway is supposed to be built to the entrance of the airport.
and come in contact with cables then there is a big difference. Then there are occasions when cables are not laid where the As-built says it is,” another B.K employee noted. The initial project to construct a new access road to the Cheddi Jagan International Airport was estimated to cost $764M. However, B.K International
Inc. won the bid to construct the carriageway at a cost of $558M. The project entailed that the road will see two additional lanes north to the
existing road each separated by medians. There will also be a paved sidewalk with concrete drains. This project was supposed to run for 12 months.
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FOR SALE/RENT American Pool tables - Call: 277-0578 Two mining claim in Omai Area – Contact: 672-8749
Dressed and mill cut lumber: Kabukalli, Silverballi, Greenheart, Purpleheart etc – Call: 688-6579 One Taxi Base with antenna and radios- Call:619-2800 City Printery: Rubber Stamp & Sign at 22 North Road & Camp Street, Imported & Local invitation -$1500 per 100pcs-Call:225-4968/ 621-3345 Prestige Car Alarm remote start - $24,000, USB Pioneer car deck – $22,000 – Tel: 6616793 1 Frigidaire 15 cu ft Gallery Freezer and 1 Ultra Chef 13 cu ft Display Cooler, (both like new) Call 622-2899. 1 Titan fully loaded 4 Wheel Drive, $2.6M Negotiable – Tel:699-2322 or 678-2814. Must go urgently! Executive houses located @ Ogle, Foulis E.C.D, Diamond, Parfaite Harmony etc – Contact: 223-8479/ 6473768, www.spaceseek.gy Games for PS2, PS3, XBOX360, WII, consoles also available - Call: 6722566, 265-3231 One house lot, in Butcher Shop Street, Parika. Contact # 650-0402 Three lots at Blankenburg behind the gas station Contact # 650-0402 House lots in Schoonord Contact # 650-0402 PSP games for sale - $800. New blackberry 9370 $34,000 Contact: 675-2239 5000 gas fuel tank - Call: 6013194
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Furnished four bedroom house A/C, automatic generator, auto garage etc $30M negotiable @ Grandville Park – Tel:6004409, 623-8172
Drivers, visiting & security officers. Apply within NM Security Solutions Inc, Lot “O” Ruimveldt Georgetown Tel: 225-5773/76
Make Up Courses, Artist Trained & Certified in Trinidad. Call: 660-5257, 647-1773
2006 Blue Nissan Titan. Fully Loaded GSS Series. Contact: 604-6108.
Earn a certificate in cosmetology, wig designs or nails alone, limited spaces Call Abby: 619-7603, 666-5241
2009 Red Nissan Titan. Flex Fuel GRR Series. Contact: 604-6108.
For Sale by Owner: Twostorey property at 91 Third Street, East Meter-MeerZorg – Contact Mr. Basant: 277-3743/ Cell: 626-0150 Apartment building for sale at William Street, Kitty - Call: Shalini on 674-9266 or 6869248 1 Large double stall with overhead storage in Stabroek Market, Georgetown & 12 Acres Cane Land in Canal No1 W.B.D – Tel: 619-7925; 225-7759
Ford F150 in excellent condition – Tel: 676-0706 or 660-8260
Prime Property for sale Light Street, Alberttown Contact: 639-3619, 619-7299
Pure Rottweiler pups, parents are imported pedigree dogs - Call: 2642870 or 672-6402 after 6pm 665-9140 or 639-1431
Property at 139 Lindley Ave. Nandy Park E.B.D, Size 55X35Ft. - $80M negotiable. Contact: 646-0336; 231-5876 Lot 1064/65 Aubrey Barker Street, South Ruimveldt Park, Gauling St . – Serious Offers only- Call: 619-7299 Nandy Park - $24M, Kitty $32M, Charlestown - $9.5M, AA Eccles - $55M - Contact Diana:227-2256, 626-9382
Model ‘M’ truck with winch, working order GPP series, $2.8 Million or nearest offer . Call: 679-5161 Dell computers with 17" Leds -$59,000, laptops from $64,000, Blackberry 8310 $9,000 @Futuretech – Call: 231-2206; 644-6760 Tibetan Terrier Puppies for sale – Telephone: 226-4166, Cell: 641-8571 Cobra 800W inverters $18,000 & Sun force 12V 30Amp charge controllers $17K purchased from USA – Call JD: 693-1752/ 226-7742 Established business place, 3 storey building @ Lot 220 South Road – Contact: 2271042, 601-3399, 676-5450 2 Months old Rottweiler pups & 7 months old female German shepherd – Tel:6834832, 263-5755 (Second hand) 26½”X4", lower window panes with tracks 6 frames – Tel: 2332182 One fridge, one radio set with power supply – Tel: 673-5882
Sandy Babb Street Kitty – 2 Storey business property for sale, no repairs needed. Price: 75M – Call: 692-4223 for more information Two storey concrete house (26X45 ft), 4 bedrooms, 3 washrooms, grilled with electronic security @ Grandville Park, Beterverwagting - Tel: 6726169 House at Lot 97 Fourth Street Pearl E.B.D – Tel: 223-9362 1– 2 storey wooden & concrete house with 5 bedrooms, upper flat & lower flat 4 apartments located@ Shell Road, kitty - $38.9M – Tel:642-7898 Three bedroom flat house @ Belle West Canal #2 – Call: 601-1912.
Used pedicure chair, hair dryer and salon chair – Tel: 668-9583, 698-5272 Spares for washing machine, microwaves, fridges, stoves, timers, gearbox, pumps, etc call: 225-9032, 647-2943
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Canadian rebuilt Perkins Duetz engine, Lincoln generator welder, Model M with winch, 320 excavator – Call: 691-2921
Happy Touch Day Spa: Come & Experienced heaven in its many forms by our masseuses: Abby, Lisa & others –Contact: 697-2011
48 Feet boat for sale – 9000lb seine - can be sold separately Call: 609-0783, 683-3379 Price negotiable
DRESS-MAKING Jean offers courses in dressmaking, curtains, floral, cake decoration at 153 Barr Street, Kitty - Tel:670-2653, 618-1706
Pit bull pups. For more info call: 600-2819.
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LAND FOR SALE Farm: East Bank Demerara , New Scheme: land (58X110) (front corner lot) - Tel: 603-9700 High income land (100FtX50ft) @ La Parfaite Harmonie -$1.4M, New Grove (corner lot) with foundation -$2.6M – Call: 2185591, 675-7292 Concrete fenced, house lot @ Ann’s Grove Village, E.C.D 140ftX50ft – Price: $4.5M. Tel: 641-4677
24 Hour East Coast Guyoil needs night pump attendants, salesgirl, office assistant & handyman- Call: 670-8893/684-2838 Office clerk senior/junior, CXC English, Mathematics & computer knowledge an asset- Call: 225-0188/225-6070
Signature Sensation wedding special, do any service over $5,000 & get 20% off – Tel: 6222643, 225-8701
Salesperson to write bills & cashiers (experienced) to work in cosmetics/general store on the East Coast, age 25 plus – Tel: 629-8469 Straight Stitch Machine operator to work at Garment Factory between 8am to 4pm Tel: 222-2541 Exists for one motor grader operator and one Bob-Cat operator- Call:652-2777 Counter Girls & cleaners with experienced. Apply @ Hot & Spicy 112 Third & Albert St. Alberttown, G/Town. Accounts Clerk, must have pass in English & Maths. Apply within Alabama Trading Georgetown Ferry Stelling, Stabroek. Driver/Porter must have lorry license. Office clerk, minimum 3 CXC (maths included)- Telles Steel & Hardware- Call:2313265/226-6771 Virgin Atlantic Airlines is hiring females to become flight attendants - Call: Mr. Davenport: 672-5189, 651-5260 Part Time pedicure & manicure young lady between age 18-25years Call: 618-8536, 696-2295 Exist for female Accounts Clerk, please bring written application to Mike’s Pharmacy @ Lot 56 Sheriff Street. Live – In housekeeper to take care of infant, long term - 3045yrs – Tel: 697-8797 Exist for a Chef at Hibiscus Restaurant – Tel: 231-5857
LEARN TO DRIVE Soman Son & Outar Driving School at Maraj BuildingTel:644-5166; 622-2872; 6150964; 689-5997; 660-7511
CAKES & PASTRIES Courses in cake decoration, pastry making & cookery; also edible images and Wedding dresses for sale. Call: 670-0798
SERVICES PLANNING AN EVENT? BIRTHDAY PARTY, GRADUATION,WEDDINGS, ANNIVERSARY,ETC.–CALL DIAMOND TENTS: 2161043; 677-6620 Guyana Passport & Visa Forms Application, USA, Canada and England. Tel: 626-7040; 265-4535. COOL TECH : Repairs Services & Installation of all types if homes appliances: Air Condition & Refrigeration units - Tel: 233-2008; 675-4959 Permanent & Visitors Vi s a Applications, Professional Immigration Consultant Room D5 Maraj Building Call Sabita: 2256496, 662-6045 For low cost refrigeration & air conditioner repairs – Call: 225-4822/ 629-4946 HOUSE PLAN DRAFTING AND ESTIMATES FOR ONLY $10,000- CALL:6949843/227-2766 Ultimate Designs: Special on Vinyl Banners from $600 per SQ foot, etc – Tel:645-3293, 225-2380 DaSilva’s Welding & Fabricating specializes in: Grills, Gates, Pontoon, Lavador etc. Best prince in townCall:647-6880/ 219-1680 Repairs, sales & spares, air conditioning, microwaves, washer, fridges & stoves. Ultra Cool, call: 225-9032,6472943 House plan drafting from$10,000 electrical works and estimates services available. Tel: 667-2189,646-6572, 6298750 VEHICLE FOR SALE Toyota Rav4 in great condition, woman driven $2,750,000 negotiable – Call: 609-8425 2006 – PREMIO - $2.3M, 2008 – BLUEBIRD - $3M, 2005 – SPACIO - $2.1M. ALL VEHICLES ARE FULLY LOADED & UNREGISTERED – CALL: 642-7295
Unregistered Toyota Noah with TV, 15" Rim, camera – Tel:663-2700, 629-2619 Honda CRV, Toyota AT192, AT212, Raum, L-Touring Wagon, AE100 Corolla, EP82 Starlet, Fun Cargo, IST – Tel: 644-5096, 697-1453 First Class Auto: Allion, Premio, Spacio, IST, 212, Fielder, Raum, Allex, Runx, Bluebird, Axela - Tel:6098188, 638-3045 One Toyota Land cruiser Prado, PMM Series Call: 225-0188, 223-7500, Mon-Fri 8:15-4:15pm, Sat - 8:15-1:15PM Toyota Avensis 2003, PRR series 18" Rims, leather interior, HID, A/C, Alarm, TV, $3.250M, immaculate condition! Tel: 609-7257, 602-5974 One [1] Ford Driven 60HP Tractor 600hrs, almost new -$2.2M. Contact Junior: 6654611; 261-5304 1 – 212 Toyota - $700,000, 1Honda pressure pump 2700 PSI (100,000) 1-AC Split system 9000 BTU brandnew - $100,000 whirl pool – Tel: 664-0825 Unregistered 2006 Premio TV/DVD -$2.8M neg. Mirror covers available – Tel: 6772482; 616-4661 2002 unregistered Toyota Regius 8 seats, fully loaded Tv/Navi/AC/PW/PS, alloy wheels - $1.8M - Tel: 624-5617 AT192, 212, Allion, unregistered Premio, Hilux Surf, BNN, RZ & Pit-bull, 7 seater super-custom. Cash / terms- Call: 680-3154 4x4 Nissan pick-up King Cab, full power, 5 speed, U.S made, Left hand drive – Tel: 699-4577 One Leyland DAF container rice truck- Call:602-0393/ 6291497 Smart Choice Auto: Unregistered 212, Allex, old & new model Spacio, 05 & 03 Allion, Voxy- Call:6523820/ 665-4529 One Hilux Surf, fully loaded, music set, mag rims, PLL series- Call:678-2298/6186659 We buy & sell vehicles for cash, also parts available & 30 seater buses; Extra Cab pickups; 2006 TacomaCall:680-3154 15 Seater Diesel Turbo minibus late ‘NN’ Series, never used for passengers - $1.6M negotiable – Tel: 617-3124 (Continued on page 23)
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Police treat orphans at Convalescent Home CAR RENTAL
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FOR RENT PLANNING AN EVENT? BIRTHDAY PARTY, GRADUATION,WEDDINGS, ANNIVERSARY, ETC. CALL DIAMOND TENTS: 216-1043; 677-6620 Newly built one bedroom apartment for rent at VreedEn- Hoop – Call: 657-8335 One upper flat @ 6th Street Cummings Lodge, ECD – Call: 622-3580
The officers share lunch to the little ones at the Convalescent Home The Number Two subdivision of the Guyana Police Force, which includes Ruimveldt and the East La Penitence Police Stations respectively, hosted 28 orphaned and abandoned children to a luncheon. The children, residents of the Red Cross Children’s Convalescent Home, were treated to a luncheon and distribution programme. The officers interacted with the children, some as young as two months to children around eight years old. There were some children with special needs but they sang nursery rhymes much to the delight of their peers and the little ones. Afterwards the officers served lunch to the children and presented items such as pampers, toys, sweets and juices to the caretaker of the institution. This initiative, according to inspector Beverly Wilson, is a part of the new strategic
reformation of the Guyana Police Force. She said, “Today, we are here to build our good community/police relationship. We have chosen here because it is a place for the less fortunate, the children who are without parents because those parents have abandoned them. We are here to show our appreciation to them.” The officers said that to determine the items they asked what was needed and when a list was provided they supplied items from the list. The inspector said that the two police stations have combined their resources to provide the charity for the home and they did this under the command of Deputy Superintendent Khali Pareshram. The officers outlined that their programmes are ongoing and will see the Guyana Police Force giving back to the community on a
continuous basis. Caretaker of the home, Joan Stevens, expressed thanks to the officers on behalf of the home. Meanwhile in keeping with their resolve to build good community police relationship the same officers were also at the Agricola Primary School to handover a sign to the school. They had earlier contributed materials towards the building of a playground for the children. Elders are set to benefit next week from hampers that the force will be distributing.
TO LET 1 three-bedroom apartment in a gated community at Versailles - For more information: 618-5070 One top flat 3 bedrooms apartment- Call:687-0835/ 6818058 2 Bedroom lower flat @ A43 East La Penitence - $70,000 monthly – Call: 693-9179, 657-8122, 223-1538 2 Bedroom apartment available for couple at Diamond New Scheme – Call: 225-3269, 621-9741, 227-8004 Studio apartment semi furnished: light and water included - $40,000 per month. Contact: 227-3196 Furnished and unfurnished two bedrooms apartment in Eccles, for short or long term. Tel: 690-6494 Three bedrooms apartment situated @ Ketley St, Charlestown, G/Town, Preferably a family of 3. No parking space! $45,000.00 monthly – Call: 226-4120
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Improved immunisation in 2013 lands Georgetown health centres award In a fervent attempt to reduce vaccine preventable diseases, a number of public health facilities across the country have been diligently embracing the Ministry of Health’s Expanded Programme on Immunization (EPI). However, when a meeting was held earlier this year at the Grand Coastal Inn, East Coast Demerara, it was found that health centres in Georgetown were the most productive in terms of the provision of immunisation. These include those at Sophia, Campbellville, Lodge, Kitty, Industry, North East La Penitence, Agricola, the No. 1 Dispensary and the Vaccination Centre.
Moreover, the immunisation efforts exhibited by the health facilities allowed for Georgetown to be awarded for “outstanding improvement in EPI coverage” during the course of last year. According to Senior Health Visitor, Veronica Rodrigues-Douglas, who has responsibility for the Georgetown facilities, the health centres “worked tirelessly to gain the award.” Detailing the immunisation performances of Region Four for the past year, Rodrigues-Douglas outlined that there were: 96 per cent coverage for Bacillus Calmette-Guerin (BCG); 100 per cent coverage for third
dose Pentavalent; 100 per cent coverage for third dose Oral Polio Vaccine (OPV) plus Inactivated Polio Vaccine (IPV); 100 per cent coverage for third dose Pneumococcal (PCV13); 95 per cent coverage of 12 months vaccine for Measles, Mumps and Rubella (MMR); 100 per cent coverage for MMR-Three years, Nine months, and four years; 100 per cent coverage of first dose Human Papilloma Virus (HPV) vaccine; and 100 per cent coverage for Tetanus Toxid Vaccine (Td) for pregnant women. Rodrigues-Douglas was the one who accepted the award which came in the form of a plaque on behalf of
Georgetown during the meeting held over the period February 6 through 7, 2014. She with pride yesterday conspicuously displayed it when a belated Nurses’ Day observance was held for the Region Four nurses at Ramphal House, Shiv Chanderpaul Drive, Georgetown. In congratulating those in attendance (Nurses, Nursing Assistants, medexes) yesterday RodriguesDouglas stressed the need for efforts to continually be directed towards achieving the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) Four and Five which speaks specifically to maternal and child health. The Expand Programme on Immunisation is designed to provide immunisation for all target populations in order
to eliminate the occurrence of vaccine preventable diseases. Yesterday’s belated observance offered a rare forum for the health care professionals in attendance to highlight some of their sterling contributions towards the improvement of health care. They were all presented with tokens of appreciation for lending their respective support towards the achievement recorded by the Region Four health facilities. In brief remarks, Chief Nursing Officer, Tarmattie Barker, who graced the forum, said that nurses are engaged in a profession in which they can be celebrated all year long. “We have a whole year where we can celebrate our nurses; our nursing personnel and all those who work in the
health system throughout the country,” asserted Barker. Nurses’ Day is annually observed on May 12 across the world and according to Barker this year the Day embraced the theme “Nurses - a force for change: A vital resource for health.” “You who are sitting here are our vital resources for health...” she told the gathering yesterday. The nurses were also addressed by Senior Nurse of Georgetown, Wendy Edwards, who also lauded the contribution of each health centre in Region Four over the past year. “You have been doing a wonderful job in your communities,” Edwards complimented as she also insisted that “there is always room for improvement.”
Hit and run driver nabbed after rear... From page 13 Hospital, from where he was transferred to the Georgetown Hospital. He underwent surgery at the GPHC. The impact of the accident caused the rear view mirror of the car to break off. It was retrieved with the number PRR 8081. The driver was later tracked down and arrested. He subsequently admitted to the crime. He was released on station bail. In court on Friday Pollard pleaded guilty to all three charges, and will have to return to court for continuation. According to Prosecutor Sergeant Godfrey Playter, on the day in question the man
drove motor car PRR 8081 in a manner dangerous to the public thus causing injuries to Basdeo. He was placed on $30,000 bail on that charge. He is also charged with, on the same day in question, he failed to stop after the accident contrary to section 62(C) of the
Road Traffic act. The other charge read that on the day in question, after being involving in an accident whereby injuries were caused to Basdeo, he failed to render assistance to the injured man. He was placed on $10,000 bail each on the latter two charges.
Govt. still to pay US$6M.. From page 10 Guyana had admitted that the tax is inconsistent with their obligations under the Treaty but notes that the Government has proposed legislation to rectify the discriminatory effect of the environmental tax, but the
proposed amendment was rejected by the National Assembly. The government also argued that the aim of the legislation is environmental protection, which is a fundamental right under the Constitution of Guyana.
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Buggery could dominate Journalist, Roger Moore dies at 54 review of sex laws Jamaica Observer GOVERNMENT is about to start a review of the Sexual O ff e n c e s A c t , w h i c h i s likely to affect other legislation and raise questions about how the Buggery Act will be treated in the process. Justice Minister Senator Mark Golding told the Jamaica Observer last night that although it is very likely that issues such as the buggery law will be highlighted during the discussions, the intention is not to introduce changes to the buggery law through the back door. “There is a provision for reviewing the Sexual Offences Act every five years, and the Act was promulgated in 2009,” Senator Golding explained. He said that it was always his intention to have the review started this year. He added that when Opposition Senator Kamina Johnson Smith’s motion, seeking to have the legislation covering sexual offences against women and children was passed by the Senate recently, he was convinced that it was the right time to do the review required under the law. But the minister acknowledged that since the review would be open to public submission it is likely that issues like repealing the buggery law, as well as the treatment of what he called “sexual minorities”, including lesbian, gay, bisexuals, and t r a n s g e n d e r s ( L G B Ts ) , would dominate much of the deliberations. Golding said that he expects that issues such as the common approach to sexual deviance in the region, and its effect on public health programmes, including HIV/AIDS, and laws, such as the buggery provisions which are considered by some g r o u ps to be hampering efforts to deal effectively with these diseases, would
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Mark Golding be highlighted during the review. Announcement of the formation of the joint select committee, which starts today with the appointment of members of the Senate to the committee and is likely to be completed next week when the House of Representatives meets, follows a number of contrasting developments in the debate over the issue of homosexuality in the region, fuelled by the recent dismissal of U n i v e r s i t y o f t h e We s t Indies (UWI) Professor Brendan Bain. The UWI said it sacked Bain because he had lost the confidence of the gay community and other rights groups and would be constrained in continuing to lead t h e C a r i b b e a n HIV/AIDS Regional Training Network. In addition, American L G B Ts staged a demonstration against Prime Minister Portia Simpson Miller in Pennsylvania last month when she went there to be conferred with a honorary degree by Lafayette University, The LGBT community has often criticised Simpson Miller for failing
to deliver on her 2011 election platform pledge to r e v i e w t h e c o u n t r y ’s buggery law. Golding said that he would not be surprised if the contending parties use the opportunity, provided by the review, to make their cases for and against repealing the buggery legislation, but made it clear that this should not be seen as the aim of the exercise. Opposition Leader Andrew Holness recently suggested a referendum to decide the issue, contending that a conscience vote in Parliament would not be effective. H o w e v e r, c o n c e r n s about the Government’s intention in holding the review at this time was heightened by statements made by Senator Golding last December. He stated that he had dialogue with representatives of the United Nations Development Programme to assist with the case for the reform of the provisions for intimacy in private among consenting consulting adults, with particular focus on public health disadvantages and the fight against HIV/AIDS. Golding said then that in addition to reviewing the current provisions of the Act, the House committee would look at protecting the rights of all Jamaicans, including sexual minorities. H o w e v e r, h e a d m i t t e d that the majority of Jamaicans do not approve of a homosexual lifestyle and modifying the law would therefore be controversial. “ We have to acknowledge this,” G olding said then. However, he insisted that the Government hoped to bring all sexual offences, involving both males and females, under a single Sexual Offences Act after the joint select committee completes its work.
NIS will struggle to pay benefits to Barbadians Barbados Nation - The National Insurance Scheme (NIS) will struggle to pay benefits to Barbadians who lose their jobs within the next two years unless Government urgently injects cash into its Unemployment Fund. That is the startling scenario facing the Freundel Stuart administration, which has received an actuarial recommendation to either increase contributions or transfer $50 million from the much healthier NIS Severance Fund to plug the financial hole.
But even if i t t a k e s s u c h a c t i o n , Derek Osborne, chief actuary at Bahamaian company Horizonow C o n s u l t a n t s , i s w a r n i n g that given Barbados’ struggling economy a more long-term fix will be required. Investigations revealed that Osborne made the recommendations in the 14th actuarial review of the National Insurance, Unemployment And Severance Funds which he completed in December 31 last year and submitted to the National Insurance Board (NIB).
By Abena Rockcliffe Veteran Guyanese broadcaster, Roger Eamonn Floyd Moore said his final goodbye yesterday morning after a prolonged illness. Moore, 54, died in the United Kingdom where he had resided for the last nine years. Roger was born in London, England but lived in South Ruimveldt Park, Georgetown, when his parents migrated. He attended Queen’s College and did his A levels at St. Rose’s High School through the then Hinterland Development Programme. Popular, for his TV show, “At Home With Roger,” aired on HBTV, Moore used his voice as one for those who had not. Before his stint as a TV host, Moore worked as a broadcaster at the Guyana Broadcasting Corporation (GBC) from 1982-1995, where he hosted a number of programmes. He was however fired from that entity
Roger Moore reportedly because he voiced concerns about the People Progressive Party administration soon after the 1992 General elections. He worked at Channel 9 from 1995-2005, where he also read the news and produced documentaries. Moore migrated to the United Nations in 2005
reportedly because he felt his life was at risk. This was soon after the murder of Ronald Waddell and the imprisonment of Mark Benschop for “treason”. Moore lived well in England for a year and in 2006 found out he was seriously ill. He was a diabetic and had developed renal failure. Kaieteur News understands that he “recovered” for a short time during which he had a presence on www.blogtalkradio.com . Yesterday, in an invited comment, Mark Benschop— who interviewed Moore two days ago, told Kaieteur News, that Moore will be remembered as “a friend, a dedicated broadcaster and someone who wanted the best for his fellow Guyanese. Moore’s brother, Edward, said that he was a lover of music and anything Guyana. He played the guitar and was an avid videographer and family man.
Wood factory was rejected by... From page 3 the website says. NICIL had denied that it was not aware of the change of land use. Rather, it acted as a mere agent when the transaction was done between Ahmad and GuySuCo. NICIL said that GuySuCo entered into a Restrictive Covenant as set out in the terms and conditions of the sale, published in the Vesting Order, effecting the transfer of title, that “the property shall not be used for any other purpose other than for the construction and operation of a wood processing facility with the option of future development in manufacturing, industrial and commercial activities including the construction and operation of a shopping mall, providing that the construc-
tion of the wood processing facility is commenced first” and that construction of the wood processing facility commences within one year of the agreement. The project had come in for scrutiny when Ed Ahmad's name came up as part of the transaction. A close friend of former President Bharrat Jagdeo, Ahmad is also no stranger to negative publicity. He was charged by US Federal authorities for his involvement in a massive fraud scheme and in 2012, he entered a plea deal with US agents, and was found guilty of knowingly and intentionally conspiring to defraud several lending institutes over a 15-year period.
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Afghan election front-runner escapes assassination attempt KABUL (Reuters) Abdullah Abdullah, frontrunner in Afghanistan’s presidential election, escaped assassination yesterday when two bombs blew up outside a hotel where he had just staged a rally, killing six people. The midday blasts, one caused by a suicide bomber, destroyed a car in Abdullah’s convoy, police spokesman Hashmat Stanekzai said. One of the dead was a bodyguard. Twenty-two people were injured. Television images showed the charred remains of the car alongside shattered shop fronts in a densely populated western district of Kabul. “When I was leaving the rally from the People’s Islamic Unity Party, our car was hit by a roadside bomb and destroyed,” Abdullah said at another rally soon afterwards. Abdullah, a former leader of the opposition to the Islamist Taliban, came first in the largely peaceful first round of the poll to replace Hamid Karzai, winning 45 percent of the vote. Former Finance Minister Ashraf Ghani scored 31.6 percent and the run-off between the two leaders is set for June 14. No one immediately claimed
Abdullah Abdullah responsibility for the attack on Abdullah but the Taliban, seeking to set up an Islamic state, have vowed to disrupt the election. They could not be reached by phone. It was the most serious attempt on Abdullah’s life since the start of the presidential race and the first such attack close to a rally. In February, he survived an assault on his convoy as he was traveling between the capital and the eastern city of Jalalabad. By law, the elections must start again from scratch if one of the candidates is killed. Such an event could place the country in an extremely difficult position just months before the pullout at the end of the year of most foreign
forces. The election’s first round won praise as an unexpected success after the Taliban, removed from power in 2001 by a U.S.-led invasion, failed to deter millions of voters from turning out in major cities to vote. The run-off is likely to prove more difficult as the Taliban summer offensive will be in full swing. The number of weekly attacks rose by around 10 percent to more than 350 incidents - including suicide attacks, gun battles and roadside bombs - in the final week of May, according to a Western security firm. And recruitment at radical Islamic schools in places like Quetta in Pakistan has intensified as part of the Taliban’s campaign to disrupt the vote. It was unclear whether the attack near the rally represented a change in tactics following the removal of Taliban commander Mullah Abdul Qayoum from the group’s military leadership. The Taliban denied suggestions that Mullah Qayoum had been dismissed for failing to disrupt the first round and said he had stepped down because of longstanding health issues.
Putin, Ukraine leader break crisis ice at D-Day event COLLEVILLE-SUR-MER France (Reuters) - The leaders of Russia and Ukraine held their first talks yesterday since Moscow annexed Crimea, airing ways to end their four-month conflict in a brief encounter during commemorations in France of the World War Two D-Day landings. French President Francois Hollande and German Chancellor Angela Merkel brought together Russia’s Vladimir Putin and Ukrainian president-elect Petro Poroshenko for a 15minute meeting before they joined other dignitaries for lunch. Putin went on to have an equally short meeting with Barack Obama in which, according to a White House official, the U.S. President urged him to recognize Poroshenko as Ukraine’s leader and to cut off arms supplies to pro-Russian separatists. French officials have been plotting for weeks to use the 70th anniversary of the DDay landings - a key event
helping to end World War Two - to try to break the ice in the most serious European security crisis since the end of the Cold War. Hollande’s office said Putin and Poroshenko shook hands and agreed that detailed talks on a ceasefire between Kiev government forces and pro-Russian separatists in eastern Ukraine would begin within a few days. Poroshenko, brought to power by pro-Western protests which Putin has termed a coup, was photographed looking unsmiling and earnest as he stood with the Russian leader and Merkel. “It was a normal, serious exchange between two leaders,” an official in Hollande’s office said. “This marks tentative progress which he (Hollande) welcomes, particularly given this occasion so symbolic for peace,” the official said, adding they also discussed steps such as Russian recognition of Poroshenko’s election and economic relations. Putin told traveling
reporters he welcomed proposals set out by Poroshenko for ending the conflict. However he declined to say what they were and said Ukraine must halt what he called “punitive” military operations against proRussian separatists. But he added: “I felt the attitude was right as a whole ... If this (plan) happens, then it creates conditions for the development of relations in other areas, including the economy.” Interfax in Ukraine cited Poroshenko as saying he expected a Russian representative” to come to Ukraine to discuss his ideas for a settlement plan. He added that he saw “good chances” of it being implemented. Hollande had invited Poroshenko to Normandy as his personal guest at the last minute in an effort to break the ice between Moscow and Kiev even as fighting continued in eastern Ukraine between government forces and pro-Russian separatists.
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Obama, Putin meet; 1st time since Ukraine crisis BENOUVILLE, France (AP) — After keeping his distance in an awkward diplomatic dance, President Barack Obama came together with Russian President Vladimir Putin Friday for a brief discussion on Ukraine, face to face for the first time since the crisis over Ukraine erupted earlier this year. The roughly 15-minute conversation on the sidelines of a lunch for world leaders in France was casual and didn’t rise to the level of a formal bilateral meeting, the White House said. Still, the surprise encounter, coupled with the news of the first meeting between Putin and Ukraine’s new president, offered new hopes for an easing of tensions in a crisis that’s revived East-West tensions left over from the last century. The U.S. and Russia offered few immediate details about what transpired in the lunchtime chat on the sidelines of commemorations in Normandy marking the 70th anniversary of D-Day. But Putin’s spokesman, Dmitry Peskov, said the two had exchanged opinions about Ukraine and the situation in the nation’s restive east, where Ukrainian forces have been fighting with pro-Russian insurgents. “Putin and Obama spoke for the need to end violence and fighting as quickly as possible,” Peskov said. Only minutes earlier, Obama to be dodging Putin deliberately as leaders attending the festivities posed for a group photo outdoors. Separated by three others — including Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II — Obama and Putin traded no words as the photographer snapped away. Later, as leaders strolled casually into a nearby building for lunch, Obama winded up directly behind
U.S. President Barack Obama watches as Russian President Vladimir Putin walks to his position before a group photo as they take part in the 70th anniversary of D-Day in Benouville in Normandy, France, yesterday. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak) Putin and within arms-length, but averted his gaze, underscoring his reluctance to engage with the Russian leader he’s refused to meet with since Russia annexed Ukraine’s Crimean Peninsula in a sharp escalation of tensions. The Obama-Putin meeting followed a gathering earlier in the week in Brussels of leaders from the Group of Seven wealthier nations who pointedly met without Putin. Afterward, the leaders said the Russian president could avoid tougher sanctions in part by recognizing the legitimacy of the government that takes over in Ukraine on Saturday and ending support for an insurgency in eastern Ukrainian cities that the U.S. has said is backed by the Kremlin. Obama and Putin have spoken multiple times by phone since the crisis erupted, but not in person, until their mutual interest in paying tribute to the bravery of Allied forces 70 years ago brought them both to the shores of France.
Obama told reporters Thursday that if he and Putin ended up speaking, he would tell the Russian leader that he has a new path to engage with Ukraine through Presidentelect Petro Poroshenko, who is scheduled to take office Saturday. “If he does not, if he continues a strategy of undermining the sovereignty of Ukraine, then we have no choice but to respond” with more sanctions, Obama said. Obama, who said his relationship with Putin is “businesslike,” expressed hope that the Russian leader is “moving in a new direction” on Ukraine since he didn’t immediately denounce Poroshenko’s election on May 25. “But I think we have to see what he does and not what he says,” Obama said. Putin and Poroshenko also met in France on Friday, their first such meeting since Poroshenko was elected last month. The Kremlin said Putin and Poroshenko spoke of their desire for a quick end to hostilities in southeastern Ukraine.
Obama advisor hints at ‘lethal’ aid to Syrian opposition Colleville-sur-Mer (France) (AFP) - President Barack Obama’s top foreign policy advisor Susan Rice yesterday said Washington was providing “lethal and non-lethal” support to select members of the Syrian opposition, offering more detail than usual on US assistance. Top Obama administration officials typically decline to say exactly what equipment, arms or ammunition the United States is providing to
moderate Syrian opposition forces. But President Barack Obama said in a major foreign policy speech last week that the United States would “ramp up” support for rebels fighting President Bashar alAssad. National Security Advisor Susan Rice said in an interview with CNN while she was traveling with Obama to D-Day 70th anniversary celebrations in Normandy that she was heartbroken about the carnage in Syria’s civil war. That’s why the United
States has ramped up its support for the moderate vetted opposition, providing lethal and non-lethal support where we can to support both the civilian opposition and the military opposition.” Officials normally publicly refuse to comment on exactly what they are doing to train opposition groups. National Security Council spokeswoman Caitlin Hayden declined to say whether Rice was announcing a new US policy by apparently being more open on US assistance.
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GCA cricket washed out for this weekend
On the back of torrential rain over the last few days i n t h e C i t y, a l l o f t h e Georgetown Cricket A s s o c i a t i o n ’s (GCA) Hadi’s World Incorporated and City Mall division one two-Day and Noble House Seafoods second division two-Day matches, scheduled for today and t o m o r r o w, h a v e b e e n shelved. In the Hadi’s World City Mall Inc first division, Police were set to take on Georgetown Cricket Club
with Pritipaul George and Gavin D’Aguiar officiating while Everest were scheduled to entertain Malteenoes SC with Zaheer Mohamed and Edward Bowen doing on field duties. In the other two divisionone matches set for this weekend, Gandhi Youth Organisation were set travel to Demerara Cricket Club with Yosef Yisreal and Ryan Banwarie being the umpires and Transport SC should have faced GNIC at
Malteenoes SC with Hortence Isaacs and Cyril Garnath being fixed to do duties on the field. In the second division Noble House two-day competition GNIC were to play Transport at GYO, Police were to oppose Everest at MYO and Sophia were to clash with GDF at UG. H o w e v e r, t h e g a m e s were called off yesterday after most of the venues were waterlogged up to late afternoon.
Saturday June 07, 2014 ARIES (Mar. 21–Apr. 19) You may be looking forward to talking on the phone with someone dear who lives far away, Aries, but circumstances beyond your control could get in the way. TAURUS (Apr. 20–May 20) Although business and money matters continue to go well, some rather unsettling news regarding either your finances or the economy in general could reach you today, Taurus. GEMINI (May 21–June 20) You may have been looking forward to a social event, group activity, or perhaps a get-together with a lover today, but circumstances beyond your control throw some unexpected obstacles in your way. CANCER (June 21–July 22) Although you've been feeling especially strong physically over the past few days, Cancer, today you might feel a little under the weather. You could even experience some giddiness.
LIBRA (Sept. 23–Oct. 22) Today you might take up some sort of occult study, such as astrology, numerology, or alchemy that seems like Greek to you at first, Libra. As a result, you could be tempted to abandon it. Don't! SCORPIO (Oct. 23–Nov. 21) A friend might be in such a dour mood that you wonder if this is the same person you know and love, Scorpio. During the day you might be tempted to try to analyze what's going on, but this is apt to raise more questions than answers. SAGIT (Nov. 22–Dec. 21) A friend or romantic partner might need your advice, Sagittarius, and want to discuss a few things that you don't really understand. CAPRI (Dec. 22–Jan. 19) Today you might read a book on exercise or nutrition that seems a bit unsettling, Capricorn. According to the book, you're doing everything wrong!
LEO (July 23–Aug. 22) Emotional matters could hit the fan today at a social event or group meeting of some kind. Those around you are apt to be feeling especially stressed and volatile, Leo, so be prepared for anything.
AQUARIUS(Jan.20–Feb.18) YMemories and emotions welling up from the past might excite your creative impulses today, Aquarius. You may not quite be able to understand what all of this means, but the pictures should keep coming to you nonetheless.
VIRGO (Aug. 23–Sept. 22) Stress might be getting the better of a household member today, Virgo. This person feels emotionally volatile. The least irritation could set off a temper tantrum. Try to ease the pressure by staying out of the way.
PISCES (Feb. 19–Mar. 20) A subject you're researching, perhaps for a class or workshop, might prove more difficult than you expected, Pisces. The resources you consult might be very scholarly and thus difficult to read.
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Our doors are always open to have dialogue - Matthias “Our doors are always open to have dialogue,” were the comforting words of President of the Guyana Football Federation (GFF), Christopher Matthias to the disgruntled members whose no-confidence motion against him failed to gain recognition by the world governing body for the sport after FIFA General Secretary Jerome Valcke dispatched a letter to that effect on Thursday to the Guyana Football Federation. Speaking at a press conference on Friday in the
Spurs prove stronger... From page 30 “I need it, I need it, I need it.” When he left the game with the Heat trailing 94-92, James said “the best option for me to do was not to move.” “I tried and any little step or nudge, it would get worse,” he said. “It would lock up worse and my muscles spasmed 10 out of 10. Best thing for me to do was just not to move, and, you know, it was frustrating.” San Antonio’s 14-time AllStar Tim Duncan, a native of the Virgin Islands, said it was “pretty close” to being the most uncomfortable he’s ever been on a basketball court. “I don’t think I’ve ever played in anything like this since I left the islands,” he said. “It was pretty bad out there.” The NBA’s Thorn said he feels “very strongly that the condition will be taken care of, and we’ll be able to play on Sunday without any problem.” Perhaps the only player that didn’t mind the heat was the Spurs’ Tony Parker, a Frenchman. “Me personally it didn’t bother me, felt like Europe,” he said. “Felt like I was playing in the European Championship. We never have AC in Europe, so it didn’t bother me at all.”
Boardroom of the GFF Head Office in Section ‘K’, Campbellville, Matthias issued an invitation to the rebels and all Guyanese interested in seeing the development of the sport continue to link with the Federation to pool their efforts and resources and work in the best interest of the sport. He, however, was quick to remind the deserters that the development of the sport will not wait on them, but rather the team of hard working officials will forge ahead with its development. “We at the GFF have forgiven you [aggrieved members] for the measures of lies which you would have told to this nation, and let me assure you that if our efforts are directed as regards the development of football our nation would be a better place in which to live,” he said. Matthias, whose short tenure in office has been plagued by distractions and open rebellion has been able to survive all the challenges to his rein and told this newspaper that he is determined to stick to the promises made during the historic staging of the General Congress in 2013, while also adhering to the mandates
prescribed by FIFA / CONCACAF. “We have been reaching out to them. On May 12 we invited them to a meeting in this very room. They are the ones with the issues and they have not adopted a posture which indicates that they are interested in resolving any issue whatsoever. In fact, we cannot forget that a motion was moved against the president and an executive member and no reason was given in that motion. To date we don’t know the reason or reasons for the motion of no-confidence,” Matthias noted. Remaining resolute in his pursuit of football development, Matthias also used the opportunity to restate his purpose as head of the GFF. “My mandate is clear which is to develop, improve, promote, regulate and control and there’s no condition attached to that if there are two or three persons or five persons who are uncomfortable or disgruntled as regards you fulfilling your objectives,” Matthias reminded. Matthias was also joined by Acting General Secretary Abiola Howard at yesterday’s briefing.
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NACRA Men’s 15’s Championship Fourth Annual Digicel Schools Football Guyana ready for today’s showdown Tournament launched in Linden
- $1M to winner, smartphones for quarterfinalists The auditorium of two-peat champions Christianburg/ Wismar Secondary School was abuzz with delight when Marketing Director of Digicel Jacqueline James announced some of the incentives that will be given away this year at the 4th Annual Nationwide Schools Football Tournament which was launched yesterday in the Mining Town of Linden. James told the audience which included Digicel CEO Gregory Dean, tournament coordinator Lavern Fraser, Events and Sponsorship Manager Gavin Hope, Communications Manager Vidya Bijlall-Sanichara, Head Master of the CWSS Cleveland Thomas, Regional Chairman Sharma Solomon, IMC Chairman Orin Gordon, Head Coach Anthony Stephens, players, students and the media the winning team will cart off $1million, runner-up- $600,000, 3rd place-$400,000 and 4th place$250,000 which will go towards projects that will benefit the school, while regional winners will receive $100,000 and schools making it to the national quarterfinals will see teachers, coaches and students receive smartphones. James then gave an outline of this year’s tournament, disclosing that twelve (12) new schools have entered the competition, while also pointing out that additional venues will be used this time as well. “It’s appropriate that you being the double defending champions, that we launch this
tournament here, so I must say thanks to all the students and teachers along with well-wishers for coming out here this afternoon and be a part of this event. Of course as you know, this tournament is being played under the theme, ‘Unite, Develop, Excel’ in terms of Uniting communities, friends family and students who share a common passion, Developing our players in becoming stronger and focused individuals who creates bonds and friendship through the teams they would have formed and even those they would have played against,” James stated. James said from all appearances this year’s competition promises stiff competition, especially with 12 new schools coming out of Region 1, 3, 5, 6, 9 and 10 along with East Bank, East Coast and Georgetown, to compete, bringing the number to 124 schools to have confirmed their participation to date. She also spoke of the four coaching sessions that were held around the country for teachers and coaches of the various schools, while we will be playing games in new areas such as Annai, Orealla, Waramadong and Moruca are also part of this year’s plans. Thomas’ remarks was inspirationally charged as he urged his students to ensure that the beautiful trophy remain at the school forever. He reminded them that the entire community is proud of
their achievements and the focus this year is to go out on the field of play and win the trophy outright. The seemingly energetic Thomas expressed tremendous confidence in his team and thanked Digicel for making the changes in the lives of youths in Guyana through the hosting of the tournament, while Solomon informed that 90% of his upward mobility was garnered from the playing of football. In her opening remarks, Fraser-Thomas said Digicel, throughout the tournament will be providing opportunities for youths in Guyana to participate and do so competitively in football, while fostering camaraderie among the participants and strengthening friendships with teammates and opponents. “Over the years, minus the initial one which was experimental, we have been able to grow, with that growth being shown this year by the hosting of workshops for teachers, referees and coaches who will be attached to the schools. This tournament has also been able to instill in the youths who are participating, the ability to know what is right from wrong and to that extent, we are all looking forward for keen competition,” she said. According to her, the tournament is set to get underway on June 16 with matches being played across the length and breadth of Guyana with August 3 set for the final at a venue to be announced later.
against T&T at National Park
Guyana and Trinidad and Tobago have a long history of intense rivalry and when they clash today in the NACRA Men’s 15’s Championship to determine the winner of the Southern Zone it will be another day of rejoicing for one team and a period of heartbreak for the other. Last year it was Trinidad and Tobago’s (T&T) turn to rejoice at the expense of calamity for Guyana and heading into today’s important fixture, the local ruggers have been singing one tune that of revenge. The Trinidadians arrived yesterday morning and the members looked fit and ready
to battle the Guyanese in their own backyard. Earlier in the week, Kaieteur Sport caught up with Head Coach Clinton Clarke and he exuded confidence ahead of today’s encounter at the National Park, starting from 16:00 hrs. “We are coming off a morale boosting win against Barbados and all that is on our minds right now is revenge against the Trinis who beat us last year,” Clarke stated. The experienced former Captain and Coach Theodore Henry, who has returned a s a player also gave his take on the upcoming encounter against the Trinidadians.
“We are not afraid of them and I’m confident that come Saturday we will dethrone the defending regional champions and reclaim what rightfully belongs to us.” Guyana will be at full strength for the game with T&T-based players Richard Staglon, Ronald Mayers and Peabo Hamilton along with US-based Vallon Adams, all making themselves available for the showdown. Meanwhile, the Guyana Rugby Football Union is urging all Guyana to wear green and come out and support the national team in their quest to defeat the Trinidadians.
Spurs prove stronger than Heat in the heat SAN ANTONIO (Reuters) - LeBron James may have been the only casualty but the sauna-like conditions in Game One of the NBA Finals caused a lot of pain, frustration and dehydration. Even the fans were not spared from the steamy conditions when an electrical outage caused the air conditioning to fail at the AT&T Center on Thursday. James, the MVP of the finals the last two seasons, was forced from the game in the fourth quarter with leg cramps with his Miami Heat trailing by two. With the world’s best player on the sidelines, the San Antonio Spurs rolled to a 110-95
victory. “I could tell at mid-court seven minutes left in the first quarter that it was very, very warm,” Rod Thorn, the NBA’s president of basketball operations, told reporters. “The people sitting around me said they thought it was warmer certainly than normal. “Once the game starts, it’s in the hands of the referees. I was sitting the second row midcourt - were such that the game shouldn’t be continued, then they would have come over and said something to me. “Never did, I never said anything to them regarding the fact that the game should
be canceled.” Temperatures reached near 32 degrees Celsius courtside. While the players wilted, the 18,000 fans grabbed anything they could find to fan themselves. HAPPY TO REST “It was probably tough on both teams,” Spurs head coach Gregg Popovich said. “Players were pretty dead. So we tried to get guys in and out a little bit more than we usually do. “Kind of screws up the rhythm a little bit but it was mighty hot out there.” James was thankful for the two days’ rest until Sunday’s Game Two, saying: (Continued on page 25)
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Letters to the Sports Editor
Is the Berbice Cricket Board above the law? DEAR EDITOR, We have seen the Berbice Board continuously acting as a law onto themselves and their parent bodies, the Guyana Cricket Board and the WICB seem to not care or are totally powerless to deal condignly with this Board. It is general knowledge now that the Berbice Board has some serious issues with the GCB and has decided not to attend meetings of that Board but still prepares teams for the different levels of cricket administered by the GCB, albeit, reluctantly. BCB has realized that they cannot use the cricketers as their pawns in any fight that they want to pursue with the rightful cricket authority in Guyana, GCB. They have challenged their parent Board in court several times and have their cases thrown out and the GCB just allows them to have their way without any sanctions. They now have another injunction against the GCB which was halted by the courts. Why doesn’t the GCB
sanction this Berbice Board for all the atrocities that they have committed ever since 2011? Why does the GCB sit idly by and allow its member to continue flexing its muscle against it in a most insubordinate manner? Just recently, we witnessed the BCB hosting a cricket tournament involving players from around the country in full violation of the rules and regulations of the GCB and the WICB. Public announcements were made by both parents about the unauthorized and unapproved nature of the tournament but the BCB still went ahead with their plans and tournament is full violation of the rules of these entities. I am waiting with bated breath to see what will be the outcome of this scandalous situation. It is as if the GCB and the WICB are toothless poodles and incapable of dealing with this elephant in the room. What the BCB has in effect said here is that they
do not have to subscribe or honour any rules of any organization whatsoever that they do not agree with once they are in bed with the right politicians and they are the duly elected administrators for cricket in Guyana, not Berbice alone. Obviously, they are a law unto their own selves! The next thing we may see is that the BCB may apply for direct membership with the WICB or better yet the ICC as they are not too respectful of the WICB either. The Executive Committee of BCB should be sued for the loss of revenue to the many hotels and service providers that have suffered over the years because of the turmoil BCB created in our cricket. Mr. Anil Beharry and company should pay the Guyanese people. The GCB should learn from Christopher Matthias, GFF and FIFA, ban the delinquent officials and Associations. Yours in Sports, Ardent Cricket Fan, Eon Washington.
It’s an aberration the GABF pays to use CASH for National team’s preparation - GABF President DEAR EDITOR, We are at a crucial juncture at it relates to the administration and development of basketball in Guyana. The stage is set for the very best overseas based Guyanese to arrive in Guyana between June 8th and June 21st to attend National Squad Basketball Practice at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall. Guyanese will have the opportunity to see world class basketball players who were born in Guyana or who are Guyanese by heritage showcase their talents for selection to the National Basketball Team. However, we have issues to resolve in putting Guyana First and respecting the statutes and responsibilities of the Guyana Amateur Basketball Federation (GABF): We are now in the midst of preparing Guyana’s Men and Women’s Team for participation in the Caribbean Basketball Confederation 2014 Championships. At substantial costs through donors and patriotic Guyanese we have secured world class players to represent Guyana including
former NBA player, Rawle Marshall and currently playing in European Professional League. Other top players coming to compete for a selection on the Guyana National Basketball team are Delroy James, Gordon Klaiber, Andre De Florimonte, Tyler Persaud, Steffon Farley and Keron McKenzie, among others – most of them professional basketball players. Guyanese giants in size and basketball skills will be invading Guyana during June 2014 to ensure Guyana wins the CBC 2014 Championship. It is an absurdity and an aberration that the GABF is currently paying fees to the National Sports Commission (NSC) for Guyana National Basketball Squads to train at a state facility re: Cliff Anderson National Sports Hall. It is akin to His Excellency President Donald Ramotar paying to occupy the State House. We call on the Minister of Sports, Honourable Dr. Frank Anthony to ensure that this irrational practice is discontinued, whereby the GABF is singled out to pay NSC for National Squad
training sessions at the National Sports Hall. We have to honour our National Athletes and Ambassadors who seek to represent Guyana and proudly hold aloft the Golden Arrowhead. Their presence in Guyana over the forthcoming weeks requires all stakeholders on board to create a solid platform for success. We ask all in the sports community to pronounce on the myriad issues contained in this correspondence in an objective and thoughtful manner. Even as we are very appreciative of the G$2 Million from Office of the President committed to fund Guyana’s teams to participate in the CBC 2014 Championships in Tortola, BVI, and we reach out to the Ministry of Culture, Youth & Sports for much needed additional funding; we feel it is vitally important now more than ever that we place principle first, especially principles that are consistent with Guyana’s National Interest. Yours Sincerely, Nigel Hinds
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Crown Mining Supplies Golf Tournament set for today The inaugural Crown Mining Supplies Golf Tournament will take place today at the Lusignan Golf Club course from 12:00pm. Managing Director of Crown Mining, Mr. Pur Persaud, in his statement said he goal is to promote golf in Guyana and is keen on seeing youths take an interest to the sport. Some 45 golfers have
already registered to take part in the tournament including Mr. Persaud. The tou r n a m e n t w i l l award players in all 3 flights and also an overall b e s t n e t a s t h e w i n n e r, closest to the pin and longest drive will also be awarded. Crown Mining Supplies also indicated that there will be other prizes up for grabs.
Meanwhile, the LGC has announced that Guy Griffith has been appointed Public Relations Officer. The club wishes him well in his new position as he promotes golf in Guyana. And following this weekend action another tournament will be staged the following weekend at the Lusignan Golf Club on June 14th.
Djokovic sets up another tilt at career slam in Paris Novak Djokovic of Serbia reacts during his men’s semi-final match against Ernests Gulbis of Latvia at the French Open tennis tournament at the Roland Garros stadium in Paris June 6, 2014. REUTERS/ Jean-Paul Pelissier
PA R I S ( R e u t e r s ) Novak Djokovic eventually wore down mercurial Latvian Ernests Gulbis 6-3 6-3 3-6 6-3 in the French Open semi-finals on Friday but only after suffering a sudden loss of form in the process. The Serbian world No.2 was cruising at two sets ahead but his level dipped suddenly allowing Gulbis to make a real match of it before he managed to finish the job and remain on course for the only grand slam title to elude him. Djokovic was overpowered by Gulbis in the third set and seemed to be lacking energy but some errors by his opponent in the fourth spared him being dragged into a decider. The number two seed displayed ice cool efficiency in the first two sets, more consistent from the baseline and clinical when the chances arose in the pair’s first match since 2011. But moments of casual brilliance from 18th seed Gulbis stunned Djokovic in the third which he sealed with an ace after breaking the serve of his worried-
looking opponent. Suddenly what had looked like a straightforward afternoon on Phillipe Chatrier court for Djokovic, last year ’s runner-up, threatened to turn ugly. H o w e v e r, h e u p p e d his level in the fourth as Gulbis started to wilt, earning the right to take on king of clay Rafa Nadal in Sunday’s final. Gulbis, who had reached the last four of a grand slam for the first time after 27 attempts, mostly matched D j o k o v i c ’s a t h l e t i c i s m scrambling around the
court but neither appeared to really hit top gear on the hottest day of the tournament. Djokovic will have to draw deeper on his stamina, belief and weapons if he meets Nadal who is looking for his ninth title on the Paris clay. R e a c h i n g S u n d a y ’s c l a s h m e a n ’s D j o k o v i c becomes just the sixth man since tennis turned p r o f e s s i o n a l i n 1968 to reach multiple finals in each grand slam. Djokovic will reclaim the world number one spot if Nadal fails to win the title.
Olympic champion Usain Bolt will not compete at the Paris Diamond League meeting or the Golden Spike in Ostrava after his training was slowed by a now-healed foot injury, the Jamaican sprinter said on Friday. The races were scheduled to be the 100 and 200 metres world r e c o r d h o l d e r ’s f i r s t competitions of the year. “I had to miss some training in late March and early April due to a foot i n j u r y, ” B o l t s a i d i n a posting on his website. “Thankfully my foot is
100% healthy now and I am back in full training.” “Unfortunately due to the training that I missed I am behind where I am at normally at this time of year and will not be ready to race in the (June 17) Ostrava Golden Spike meet or (July 5) Meeting Areva in Paris.” The six-times Olympic champion said he definitely planned to compete later this year, but did not say when. “I hope to be back in competition soon but how soon will depend on my training in the next few weeks,” Bolt said. “It is important for me to take my
time this year as I have three tough years ahead in 2015, 2016 and 2017 as I attempt to defend my world and Olympic titles.” The next world championships are scheduled for Beijing in 2015 and London in 2017 with the 2016 Olympics in Rio. Bolt, the Olympic champion at 100 and 200 metres and the 4x100 metres relay at both the Beijing and London Games, increased his world title haul to eight at last year’s Moscow championships with victories in the 100, 200 and relay.
Bolt to miss Paris and Ostrava meetings (Reuters) - World and
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Annai United demolish Splashing Stars; more matches today Annai United demolished Splashing Stars of Yakarinta 9-0 when action in the North Rupununi Football Association (NRFA) division one championship continued at the Annai Sports ground. Peter Parks opened the scoring for Annai United in the 6th minute with a long range strike which he drilled into the top right hand corner of the net. Splashing Stars struggled to come to terms with Annai’s slick passing game but were still able to create some early chances which they failed to capitalize on. A strike in the 35th minute by Shawn Browne ensured that Annai doubled the advantage by the halfway mark. Upon commencement of the second half, Annai ran riot as Peter Parks blasted the nets again in the 46th, 53rd, 61st and 75th minute to register a tournament high five goals which propelled him to the top of the goal scoring chart. Shawn Browne scored his second of the match, a powerful left foot shot in the 81st minute and this was followed with a trademark power shot from beyond the area in the 83rd minute. Substitute Jason McRae got onto the score sheet as well with another long range strike in the 87th minute as the dispirited Splashing Stars team was ripped apart. In results from the other matches on the day, Crashwater lost to Three Hills with Digicel’s Schools competition and Annai Secondary School’s 16 year-
Peter Parks old Garville Daniels starring for the winners. In a bruising and physical encounter Basin FC male team managed to hold on for a 2-2 draw against Net Rockers as both teams picked up a point each in their first game of the tournament. Lenny Moses put Net Rockers in the lead in the 28th minute with a superb strike from the edge of the eighteen yards box. Shurland Davis was fastest to a loose ball in the penalty area to slot home in the 33rd minute to give Net Rockers a 2-0 lead. Basin FC found themselves in deeper trouble when Reynoldson Benjamin was shown a red card in the 36th minute for dissent. But goals from Travis Franklin in the 41st minute and Ralfton Jacobus in the 73rd helped Basin FC to a hard fought draw.
In female competition, Annai United on account of a goal in the 23rd minute by Shannon Williams defeated Net Rockers. In the tightly contested match, both teams played with purpose and determination but Annai United ended up deserved winners as they defended tightly to the end and was the fitter of the two teams in humid conditions. They now lead the point standings with six points from two matches with qualification to the semifinals already guaranteed. Meanwhile, action now moves to Rupertee Sports Ground today where Crashwater male team will try to make a drastic turn around in fortunes when they on Wowetta Premier Conquerors who themselves have not picked up any points after a defeat in their only game of the tournament so far. Another loss for Crashwater would mean early elimination from the tournament. In the only female match of the day Annai United will play their last preliminary match against last year’s losing finalist, Three Hills in a hotly anticipated grudge match. In the feature match of the day, Three Hills male team will be depending on Garville Daniels to lead their forward line as they look to pick up their second win on the trot but will have to overcome the experienced Kwatamang team led by the commanding Zico Walcott Farias in defense and forward Kensman Cambridge.
Holder added to Windies 1st Test squad
WICB Media KINGSTON, Jamaica – The WICB Selection Panel has added fast bowler Jason Holder to the squad for the 1st Test Match against New Zealand. The tall 22-year-old travelled to Jamaica following the two-week camp in Barbados. The opening Test match will be played at Sabina Park from Sunday, June 8 to Thursday, June 12. Holder made his ODI debut against Australia at Perth in February 2013. He has so far played 17 ODIs and one T20 International. FULL SQUAD Denesh Ramdin (Captain) Sulieman Benn Kraigg Brathwaite Darren Bravo Shiv Chanderpaul Kirk Edwards Shannon Gabriel Chris Gayle
Jason Holder (WICB) Jason Holder Shane Shillingford Kieran Powell Kemar Roach Marlon Samuels Jerome Taylor TEAM MANAGEMENT Ottis Gibson (Head Coach) Sir Richard Richardson (Team Manager) Sir Curtly Ambrose
(Bowling Consultant) Stuart Williams (Assistant Coach) Andre Coley (Assistant Coach) C.J. Clark (Physiotherapist) Hector Martinez Charles (Strength & Conditioning Co-ordinator) Richard Berridge (Video & Statistical Analyst) Philip Spooner (Media Manager) Virgil Browne (Massage Therapist) SERIES SCHEDULE June 8-12: First Test – Sabina Park, Jamaica June 16-20: Second Test – Queen’s Park Oval, Trinidad June 26-30: Third Test – Kensington Oval, Barbados July 5: First T20I – Windsor Park, Dominica July 6: Second T20I – Windsor Park, Dominica
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CULT/EBFA U-17 League Top players to contest in rapid chess competition Two matches slated for today Local chess players have been somewhat inactive recently but are scheduled to resume duties when the Guyana Chess Federation (GCF) stages a one day rapid chess tournament at the Friendship Village, East Bank Demerara office of the sponsor, Engineering & Construction Inc, Sunday June 7. Local Senior Chess Champion, Wendell Meusa is expected to resume the keen rivalry with his predecessor, Taffin Khan, while other players will nurture similar ambitions of carting off the spoils. Players to watch are veteran, Errol Tiwari, junior chess king, Haifeng Su, his predecessor, Anthony Drayton, Rashad Hussain Ron Motilall and Cecil Cox among others. The tournament will consist of seven rounds played under the Swiss System and, with a time
GCF Executive Wayne Browne collects the cheque from ECI Rep Naiomi Williams. control of 20 minutes per player. The registration process will start at 9:30 hours, with the first pawn being moved at 10:30hrs. The registration fee is $500 and the sponsors will be
providing transportation for all interested players. Those desirous of taking advantage of this service are asked to assemble at the Linden Car Park at 09:00hrs for a prompt departure.
Emotional Gayle delivers cryptic message during academy launch Jamaica Observer Emotional and teary-eyed as his academy was launched Thursday at Lucas Cricket Club, West Indies player Christopher Gayle, known for his hard-hitting style when batting, aimed a few mysterious blows in the direction of the Jamaica government. Near the tail-end of a substantial speech, relating boyhood stories and his early years at Lucas CC, the Jamaican left-handed opener, who is on the verge of playing his hundredth Test match, changed the pace of proceedings with a cryptic message. “I’ve only asked my country for two things ever. I’ve asked for two simple, simple things from the government and they told me ‘no’... and I’m not going to get into details of what it is,” the 34-year-old told those in attendance. Continuing, Gayle, said he will not make a third request, while adding that the late West Indies and Jamaica all-rounder Laurie Williams had also been refused a favour before he died in a car crash at age 33 in 2002. “I’ve done so much for hospitals here, schools and everything, and I ask my country for a small favour.
“I remember another national cricketer, Laurie Williams asked for a favour from the government, he died and didn’t get it, and that’s a man who represented his country. “I’ve seen people who haven’t done much or anything at all for the country getting a lot of privilege, and that’s very, very disappointing. And I’m saying this now, it’s for all you bigger heads [those in charge] out there. I’m disappointed in you all.” When the Jamaica Observer spoke to Gayle after the launch, he again refused to say what requests were turned down. Asked if he believes the Government has done enough for sport persons in Jamaica, Gayle’s response was quick: “ Ye s , t h e y h a v e , honestly. They are making progress, it would be unfair to come here and say they haven’t done things to help sports.” Persons close to the big left-hander also appeared unwilling or unable to explain the reason for the unusual outburst from the normally laid-back Gayle. Efforts to contact Minister with Responsibility for Sports Natalie Neita Headley proved futile up to
press time Thursday. The Chris Gayle Academy, in association with the England-based charity organisation Cricket For Change (C4C), was launched through a 28,000 pounds scholarship from the British Airways’ Community and Conservation Bursary Programme, and additional support from bat-maker Spartan. The resources will be used to train young people, using sport as a development tool in communication and leadership skills. The three programmes to be run over the next three years through the academy are the Gayle Academy Team, Gayle’s Big 6 Schools Programme and Gayle’s Big 6 Club Programme. “Giving back in this sense is fantastic because last year’s launch was overseas and I had to get one here where it all began. I’m really happy with how things panned out today and I hope the guys put it to good use and hopefully they’ll respect each other and coaches can guide them,” Gayle said. Andy Sellins, the chief executive officer of C4C said “the plan is to engage atrisk youth” in aiding them to be employment prospects.
Competition in the CULT Energy Drink sponsored East Bank Football A s s o c i a t i o n U n d e r- 1 7 league is set to continue today at the Grove Community Centre Ground with two matches. Grove Hi Tech will be going after their third win in as many matches when they face off with Kuru Kururu Warriors who have also won their only game to date. Both sides boast’s some promising players in their line-up. Grove will be enjoying home support but will be cognizant of the prowess of the Warriors who turned back the challenge of Diamond United in their first game a few weeks ago. An enthralling match-up is anticipated. The Warriors will look to the duo of Joshua Grant and Brian Daniels who took them to their win coming from a goal down. Leading the home team’s challenge will be Captain Trevor Jones, Joel Dick,
Action on day one of the league between Agricola Red Triangle and Timehri Panthers. Threvon Pluck and Nickoloy Matthews. Opening play will see the ever improving Herstelling taking on the Soesdyke Falcons in what is expected to be an interesting contest. Herstelling with a win and a draw under their belts will no doubt hope to maintain that record against the Falcons who lost their
first game to Grove and will be looking to redeem themselves. Leon Alfred and Rickey Debydial will be at the helm for Herstelling while Falcons will bank on Shane Meusa, Colin Sobers, Kevin Marshall, brothers Tyrell and Tyrone Khan and their cousin, Raymond Khan. Kick off time is 14:00hrs.
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WHAT CRICKET MEANS TO WEST INDIANS By Sean Devers When Jamaican Robert Karl Nunes led the West Indies onto Lords on June 23rd 1928 to face England, it marked the birth of one of the most colorful and exciting teams to play test cricket and provided a major opportunity for West Indians to gain international acclaim. In the early days the West Indies team comprised players from the British Federation along with British Guiana, located in South America. Today the team is made up of players from the English speaking Caribbean Islands and Guyana. West Indies was the fourth team to play test cricket after Australia, England and South Africa. In a region dominated by ‘whites’ in the days of slavery and indenture-ship, cricket has played an important role in the social, economic, cultural and political development of Caribbean people.
The slave rebellion in the 1790s in Saint-Domingue resulted in Haiti becoming independent in 1804 to become the first black republic in the Americas. Four years later Britain abolished the slave trade while slavery itself was abolished in the British West Indies in 1833. By 1838, the agriculture production in British Guiana (now Guyana) had fallen by 60 percent and plantations were being shut down since most of the freed slaves refused to work for plantation owners who had mistreated them. With most of the freed slaves heading for towns or forming villages of their own, the plantation owners, in search of cheap labor, turned to immigrants from England, Germany, Ireland and the British West Indies; starting the indentured system. However, due to the tough working conditions, these workers did not last long.
Sonny Ramadhin and Alf Valentine in 1957 (Photo ESPN Cricinfo) During the days of slavery when the British were growing sugar cane in Guyana, they were also powerful in other parts of the world and had entered an Indian Province called Uttar Pradesh in 1765. Under British rule in India, thousands of Indians were unemployed and living in poverty. Many who wanted to escape the poor living conditions opted to go to the ‘new world’ to work as
indentured servants on the Sugar cane plantations in Guyana and later (1845) Trinidad and Jamaica. By the 1860s Indians also settled in smaller numbers in St. Lucia, Grenada, St Vincent and St Kitts. The first batch of 244 Indians arrived in British Guiana on a British ship named Whitby on May 5th 1838 and up to today many of their decedents still work on the sugar Estates in Guyana, St Kitts, Barbados and Trinidad. Those early days exposed the freed slaves and the indentured servants to cricket, played mainly by British Military teams. Since then cricket has played the biggest role in uniting West Indians from different Islands, giving them a sense of pride and self worth. Cricket for West Indians goes way beyond the boundary in a region populated by over ninety percent non-whites. It was the only opportunity for most people in the British West Indies and British Guiana in the early days to gain recognition. Cricket in the West Indies was a tool to gain
respect and equality for a people desperately trying to emancipate themselves from the mental slavery that still engulfed their daily lives. The whites, although being the population’s minority, still controlled cricket in the West Indies long after slavery ended at a time when the class and status structure was still strong in the region. It was not until the 1950’s that nonwhites were given leadership roles in regional cricket teams. Black players like Frank Worrell, Clive Lloyd, Viv Richards and Brian Lara, along with those of East Indian decent like Rohan Kanhai, Alvin Kallicharran, Shivnarine Chanderpaul, Ramnaresh Sarwan, Daren Ganga and Denesh Ramdin were to eventually assume leadership roles of modern West Indies teams. It was in fact on the Sugar cane plantation of Port Mourant in British Guiana that Walcott (who worked with the Bookers Sugar Estate in 1950s & 60s) discovered test batsmen Kanhai, Basil Butcher and Joe Solomon. Today most of the West Indians of ‘White’ ancestry have gravitated to sports like Hockey, Motor Racing and Squash and the West Indies team is made up of mostly blacks and a few Indians. A lot has changed since those dark days of the 19th century but cricket is still the ethos around which West Indian society revolves. The 1950 victory against England at Lords for instance, still remains the single most satisfying moment in the history of West Indies cricket. It was the first victory over their former colonial masters on English soil and signaled the coming of age
of the ‘calypso cricketers’. The famous win inspired Lord Kitchener to lead a crowd of Calypso singing West Indians around the ground at Lords. So great was the triumph by John Goddard’s team for all West Indians that Lord Beginner wrote a calypso to celebrate. “Cricket, lovely cricket At Lords where I saw it Yardley did his best But Goddard won the test With those little pals of mine Ramadhin and Valentine” The song said it all as two 20-year-olds, Trinidadian Sonny Ramadhin (26 wickets) and Jamaican Alf Valentine (33 wickets) destroyed England. The highs and lows, those who excelled during the glory years when the regional team was not beaten in a single series for 15 years, the Calypso cricketers becoming professionals under the leadership of Sir Frank Worrell and later Clive Lloyd, the first ever tied test, the Kerry Packer affair in 1978, the rebel tour to apartheid ruled South Africa in 1983, the fall from grace in 1995 and the new breed of West Indies players, many of whom seem to comprehend very little about the significance of wearing the prestigious Maroon cap, are all a part of the rich and exciting history of West Indies cricket. West Indies cricket faced tough times both on and off the field as we ended the 1990s but let us be inspired and motivated by what began several decades ago on a cold English day in London and the blood, sweat and tears that have flowed to keep the most celebrated sport in the West Indies alive since the 18th century.
Chunnelal Sannasi’s 7 for 29... From page 35 runs for the fourth wicket before Sannasi struck again removing Wilson for 6 and Murphy Ward for 0 to leave them tottering at 15 for 5. Miller tried hard to hold the innings together but got no support from the other end as Sannasi picked up two more wickets. Former Berbice under-19 leg spinner K e v o n J a w a h i r supported with two w i c k e t s a s G o l den Elprabell folded for a paltry 72 in 19.2 overs. Miller made
a fighting 23. When D’Edward responded, they got a good start in the circumstances with Lakeraj Sookra and Jawahir putting on 23 runs. They lost Jawahir for 12 and Devendra Lalsa for 0 in quick succession to slip to 25 for 2. The destroyer was former Berbice Senior Inter County pacer, Nigel ‘Train’ Wilson. Another former Berbice player, allrounder Eon Abel joined Sookra and put on 14 for the 3rd wicket.
Pacer Glenroy Fraser then got into the act with 3 quick wickets – Sookra for 19, Abel for 9 and Davendra Singh for no score to place D’Edward in a shaky position of 48 for 5. However, the captain Jaipaul Heeralall with 13 not out with support from Hoolsarran Lalsa (8) and Navendra Rampersaud (4 not out) saw their team home by 4 wickets. Bowling for golden Elprabell, Fraser took 3 for 20 from 6 overs and Wilson 2 for 19.
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Wolf’s Softball Tournament Berbice Teachers recognized by RHTY
to bowl off June 20 &SC under Scotiabank Tribute Awards
A grand softball tournament sponsored by Wolf ’s Furniture World of Leonora West Coast Demerara is scheduled to commence at Banks DIH ground, Thirst Park on Friday June 20 at 18:00 hrs. This tournament promises to be an exciting one with lots of incentives for the players involved. A trophy will be presented after each game to the man of the match who will be chosen by the
two scorers, umpires and captains. There will also be individual incentives for the batsman with the highest aggregate, bowler with the most wickets in entire tournament, highest individual score and most wickets in single match, Man of the series, Man of the match in the final, best bowler and batsman in final. Each team will be given 12 balls free per match. Sizeable trophies and cash will be
presented to winning and runner up teams in the final. Entrance fee is $20,000 per team. Matches will be played in open (10 overs) and over35 (15 overs) categories. A limited number of teams will be accepted and no form of indiscipline will be tolerated. For more information teams can call Imran Hussain (Wolf) on 647-2884/2683914 or Samuel Kingston on 614-9536.
2nd Ansa McAl Tribute to Excellence Awards
Nominations invited for sports, education and community development The Rose Hall Town Youth and Sports Club (RHTY&SC), later this month is set to host the second edition of the Ansa McAl Tribute to Excellence Awards which will see the entities honouring persons who have made outstanding contributions in the field of sports, education and community development
over the years and have been positive role model to youths. Berbicians are being encouraged to submit nominations for persons who they believe have contributed under the mentioned headings. All nominees must be based in the ancient County and have over twenty years of unblemished contribution. Nominations can be
sent to the RHTY&SC Office at Area ‘H’ Ground, Rose Hall or by e m a i l t o foster_hilbert@yahoo.co m by Friday June 20, 2014. Meanwhile, last year awardees were Carl Moore (Sports), Marilyn La Rose (Community Development) and Rosaline Garnett (Education).
EBFA Division One League
Second round kicks off tomorrow The battle for supremacy and the first place prize of $300,000 will resume tomorrow when the second and final round of the Stag Beer sponsored East Bank Football Association division one league starts tomorrow at the Grove Playfield. Two matches will be contested and fans can look forward to pulsating action as the teams’ eye points that will set them apart for championship honours.
Facing off in the feature game will be Soesdyke Falcons and Mocha Champs. The Falcons are second in the point’s standings behind leaders Grove Hi Tech and will be thinking of taking full points against Mocha, the only team not to register a point to date. Teams had a few weeks off to refocus and reassess their performances in the first round and will no doubt be energized and coming at each other full
steam from tomorrow. Opening play at 14:00hrs pits Kuru Kururu Warriors and Herstelling, the fifth and seventh placed teams. While the exploits of the Wa r r i o r s a r e f u l l y documented, new kids on the block, Herstelling have been causing their opponents quite a few challenges and have shown that with every game, they are on the improve. This match-up is anticipated to be a keen contest. First Round Points Standings
The awardees take time out for a photo following the presentation by the RHTY&SC. Eight outstanding Teachers from the Lower Corentyne area were recently honoured by the cricket teams of the Rose Hall Town Youth and Sports Club (RHTY&SC) under the club’s sixth Scotiabank T r i b u t e t o Te a c h e r s programme which recognizes the outstanding roles they are playing in the educational development of youths. Recognized were Debbi Marks (Rose Hall Town Nursery), Narayari Rambilall (Rose Hall Town Primary), Arlene Allicock ( C o r e n t y n e Comprehensive), Neela Persaud (Port Mourant S e c o n d a r y ) , Va n e s s a Williams (Port Mourant Primary), Sheik. A. Abrahim (J.C Chandisingh) and Marsha Wong (Central Corentyne Secondary). Each of the awardees received a certificate of excellence and a special gift. RHTY&SC Secretary/CEO Hilbert Foster at the presentation ceremony described the awardees as molders of the country’s future since they are the ones that produce doctors, engineers and lawyers among other professionals. Foster noted that an educated mind is the most important asset a human can obtain while he urged the awardees to always uphold
One of the awardees collects their certificate the high traditions they have set themselves and to make sure that they remain positive role models to their students. The club’s long serving Secretary/CEO stated that they are very passionate about the pursuit of education for students and would continue to invest heavily into that sector annually. President of the Guyana Teachers Union, Pastor Mark Lyte congratulated the awardees, also noting that they were excellent ambassadors of a noble profession. Lyte also expressed gratitude to the RHTY&SC and cricket teams for the role they are playing in the promotion of the importance of education.
Lyte, who once served as an Executive member of the club urged other clubs to emulate his former club as Guyana strives to develop its young minds. T h e c l u b ’s C r i c k e t Manager, Moonish Singh expressed gratitude to Scotiabank for its continued support of the club’s ProEducation programmes while acknowledging the support of Marketing Manager, Ms. Jennifer Cipriani. The teams organising the programme were the RHT Farfan and Mendes Under15, Bakewell Under-17 and Second Division, Pepsi Under-19 and Intermediate, Gizmos and Gadgets Under21 and First Division and the Metro Females.
2014 Hand in Hand Insurance Company Second Division 40-Over Knockout Cricket
Chunnelal Sannasi’s 7 for 29 put D’Edward the semifinals A destructive spell of medium fast bowling from Chunnelal Sannasi enabled D’Edward to advance to the semifinal of the 2014 Hand in Hand Insurance Company Second Division 40-Over Knockout Cricket Competition for teams in West Berbice, knocking out Golden Elprabell in their
second round clash. In the match which was played at the Paradise Ground, Golden Elprabell took first strike and immediately ran into trouble losing their first three wickets to the nippy Sannasi to be 3 for 3. Troy Miller and Delroy Wilson then added 12 (Continued on page 30)
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Head Master of defending champion Christianburg/Wismar Secondary School Cleveland Thomas (with trophy) poses with Digicel CEO Gregory Dean (on his immediate right), Regional Chairman Sharma Solomon 3rd right sitting), Marketing Director of Digicel Jacqueline James (2nd left standing), Tournament Co-ordinator Lavern Fraser (far right standing) and the winning team yesterday.
Our doors are Guyana ready for today’s showdown always open to have against T&T at National Park dialogue - Matthias NACRA Men’s 15’s Championship
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P.33 President of the GFF Christopher Matthias and Acting General Secretary Abiola Howard seen at yesterday’s Press Briefing.
Spurs prove stronger than Heat in the heat (Flashback)- Guyana in action against Barbados in the opening round clash in Barbados recently.
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Annai United demolish Splashing Stars; P.28 more matches today
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