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Tuschen Family of four gets new semi-furnished home from First Lady

Afamily of four from Tuschen, We s t B a n k

D e m e r a r a (WBD), Region Three are now in high spirits after receiving the keys to a brand new semi-furnished home fromtheFirstLady,AryaAli onFriday

Mrs. Ali had committed to rebuilding the home after learning that the family was living in deplorable conditions after the father, the sole breadwinner, was diagnosed with cancer and became bedridden for the past three years. As a result, Dolly Ward, 53, was unable to work because she had to prioritise attending to the needs of her husband and children The family reportedly depended on the father’s pension along with their small poultry business toprovidefortheirneeds.

Ward teared up during the simple handing over ceremony and thanked the First Lady for fulfilling her promise while adding that thegesturemeansalot.

“Iwanttosaythanksalot becauseitmeansalottous,it means a lot to me, my

children, my husband, it being committed by the first you to generate an income means a lot becausewe were lady. foryouandyourfamily.” struggling all the time and Mrs.Aliwhiledelivering She also thanked those now, we get a breakthrough brief remarks said she hopes who contributed to making because our First Lady … that the new home will help the home a reality for the came out and give us this thefamilytremendously family Ward’s two children help,”sheexpressed.

“Not only we would will also be provided with Ward also expressed have built a home but we scholarships through the gratitude to all those who alsobuiltachickencoopthat First Lady’s Office after played a part in ensuring the can house 100 chickens at a completing high school home was built weeks after time and that should help (DPI)

villages submit plans

135 Amerindian to access funds from sale of carbon credits - NTC Chair

DPI - Some 135 Amerindian communities have submitted the outlines o f t h e i r V i l l a g e Sustainability Plans (VSPs) to the National Toshaos’ Council(NTC),aspartofthe process of accessing their respective allocation from the $4 6 billion (US$22 million)earnedfromthesale ofGuyana’scarboncredits.

Communities including Kamarang, Orealla, Karrau, Moraikobai, and Bethany, among others are on the submission list, after which the document will be endorsed by the council and then forwarded to the governmentforapproval.

NTC Chairman, Derrick John made the disclosure we give them that technical during an interview with the support but the ideas have to Department of Public come from the villages Information(DPI)onFriday themselves,” the chairman Amerindian leaders are pointedout. requiredtoconsultwiththeir The villages have communities to arrive at a outlined several priority consensus concerning their areas and, “It varies from village development plan village to village because before they can access the some communities focus on monies, allowing for e c o - t o u r i s m , s m a r t a c c o u n t a b i l i t y a n d agriculture, some focus on transparency regarding how infrastructure, so it varies thefundswillbeexpended. fromvillagetovillage,”John Each community has toldDPI. already created separate He explained that once bank accounts, where the thecouncilreceivesarequest fundswillbedeposited. for assistance from village ChairmanoftheNational leaders, technical support is Toshaos Council (NTC), provided in developing the Derrick John speaking with plans.

DPI on Friday, “We play two Over 240 Amerindian roles, we help them [and] we communities across Guyana guide them because at the will be receiving up to $35 end of the day, it’s a million and no less than $10 community that has to milliondependingonits develop their own plans, so (Continued on page 3)

The new house that was constructed

53-year-old Dolly Ward expressing her gratitude at the simple handing over ceremony

Chairman of the National Toshaos Council (NTC), Derrick John speaking with DPI on Friday

All Govts. must now show EITI steps taken to curb corruption in oil and mining sectors

The Extractive that the letter does not Transparency Initiative civil society organisations I n d u s t r i e s present additional evidence (EITI), countries commit to and investors agreed the Transparency that would merit revising the disclose information along EITI Principles, establishing

Initiative (EITI) Board’s decision. The Board the extractive industry value the EITI as a multihas launched a revised set of reaffirmed Guyana’s chain – from how extraction stakeholderorganisationand standards which will require temporary suspension, rights are awarded, to how underpinningitsmission. member countries to do noting that the deadline for revenues make their way

The momentum for the deeper reporting on a range the publication of the through government and EITI came in part from a ofissues. outstanding report remains how they benefit the public. growing body of research,

T h e n e w E I T I December31,2022. Through participation in the which described how the requirements now explicitly ABOUT EITI EITI,morethan50countries potential benefits of oil, gas state the need for nations to TheExtractiveIndustries haveagreedtoacommonset and mining activity were not address corruption risks in Transparency Initiative is a of rules governing what has being realised and mapped the oil, gas and mining global standard for the good to be disclosed and when – their association with sector, including outlining governance of oil, gas and theEITIStandard. increased poverty, conflict requirements on licensing mineralresources.Itseeksto The EITI was formed in a n d c o r r u p t i o n and beneficial ownership in address the key governance London in June 2003, when Transparency and public these multi-billion dollar issues in the extractive 140 delegates from dialogue were identified as industries. sectors. governments, companies, an important starting point

The responsibilities have

By becoming a member i n d u s t r y g r o u p s , for remedying this “resource also increased for Multi- of the Extractive Industries international organisations, curse”. Stakeholder Groups, which rigorous due diligence theEITI’sstrategicpriorities i s a c o l l e c t i o n o f processes to strengthen the while remaining true to the representatives from the integrityoftheEITIprocess. organization’smission. respective industries, civil State-owned enterprises The consultations also society and government are also encouraged, under aimedtocapturestakeholder That group is responsible for the new standards, to views on improving the crafting the country’s disclose the identity of the c o h e r e n c e , c o s tperformance report, in line beneficial owners of their effectiveness and ownership withtheEITIStandards. agents or intermediaries, of EITI implementation

In the preparation of suppliers or contractors, among the EITI’s nearly 60 those reports, those new wherefeasible. implementingcountries. EITI Standards now require EITI believes these EITI implementing the MSG to consider issues disclosures will help to countries will be assessed related to extractive sector uncover connections to against the 2023 EITI governance – including politically exposed persons Standard from 1 January issues related to corruption. (PEPs) and other conflicts of 2025 To facilitate the This is intended to place interest.

transition, EITI said more focus on ensuring that The 2023 EITI Standard countries are encouraged to EITI implementation notably places greater integrate the changes in their strengthens anti-corruption emphasis on the role that nextEITIwork. efforts and addresses other national multi-stakeholder Guyana was this year nationally relevant groups play in addressing temporarily suspended from governanceissues. andsupportingpublicdebate the EITI Group due to its

The 2023 EITI Standard on key governance issues failuretosubmitakeyreport also introduces new thatarealignedwithnational for fiscal year January 1, requirements that shed light priorities. It also addresses 2020 to December 31, 2020 on companies’ safeguards artisanal and small-scale sinceDecember2022. against corruption. Kaieteur m i n i n g m o r e In accordance with News understands that all comprehensively Article10 of Section4 of the reporting companies, The process of refining E I T I S t a n d a r d , a n including state-owned the EITI Standard is the implementing country may enterprises, are now result of extensive petition the EITI Board to expected to publish an anti- consultation across the reviewitsdecisionregarding corruption policy that sets EITI’s constituencies and suspension Minister of out how they manage deliberation by the multi- Natural Resources Vickram c o r r u p t i o n r i s k s stakeholder EITI Board Bharrat subsequently Additionally,companiesthat This process sought to appealed the decision participate in multi- ensure that the EITI throughaddressingtheChair stakeholder groups are Standard remains relevant of the Board in a letter The expected to engage in and responsive by reflecting Board concluded however

135 Amerindian villages submit plans to...

From page 2 will deliver support through a new phase of population size. This follows the historic the Amerindian Development Fund (ADF); agreement signed with Hess Corporation for support for participation in reducing Guyana’scarboncreditsin2022thatwillsee emissions from deforestation and forest the country earning US$750 million for its degradation (REDD+) and ART-TREES; as forest, of which 15 per cent will go towards well as the completion of the land titling Amerindiandevelopment. programme. Amerindian communities are

Itmustbenotedthatthisdedicated15per also benefitting from presidential grants cent is not all that the Amerindian totalling up to $1.2 million to pursue communitieswillbenefitfrom. sustainablecommunityprojects.

In fact, these parties will be direct In 2023, the government through the beneficiaries of all aspects of the Low Ministry of Amerindian Affairs in its Carbon Development Strategy (LCDS) national budget earmarked $4.7 billion 2030, from renewable energy and climate towards advancing development and adaptation and mitigation projects. From improving the livelihoods of Indigenous consultationswithresidents,thegovernment people.

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EDITORIAL

HIGH COST OF LIVINGANYBODY IN GOVT. CARES?

Guyanese at the bottom of the economic ladder are gaspingforbreath. Highcostoflivingisslowlysuffocating them. The ‘small’money that citizens have in their hands buys less and less when they go shopping. Shopping for essentials,especiallyfoodandmedicines,canbeaparent’s worst nightmare, a state of intensifying fearfulness since higher prices could be what awaits, have to be paid. The PPPCGovernmenthasmoremillionsinitshands,butitdoes notprioritizewhatishelpfultohurtingpeople,butismore about projects, where underhanded activities have drained thenation’scoffers,andenrichpoliticaloperators.

Strugglingcitizenshavescantinterestinanotherproject thatinvolvescementandsteel,andthemanymillionsthatgo into them, to erect new monuments to our prosperity Whoseprosperity,certainlynotthemanycitizenslivingin poverty, and often hungry? Guyanese learn of more loans taken, and more millions borrowed for building road and educational and health capacity, and they wonder what abouttheyawning,gnawingcapacityintheirstomachsthat cannot be half-filled almost daily Why is it with all the sweetpoliticalspeechesfromleadersthatcitizensstilllive at the same standard (perhaps worse) as eight years ago, whenthefirstannouncementscameaboutoildiscoveries?

ThestatisticssaythatGuyaneseareincrediblyrich,yet there are all these citizens of Guyana that struggle to buy greensandvegetablestoputasimplemealonthetablefor their families. The PPPC Government, an unequalled master at propaganda, has said that it cares. The question thatcanbeaskediswhatdotheGovernmentanditsleaders really care about, aside from the self-enriching interests of both. When everything else becomes a distant second, whenthestrugglesofpoorandweakandvulnerablecitizens amounttomoreopportunitiesforpoliticalgames,thencare isnotafactor Butonlyanotherinstanceoftheconceitsand corruptions that control the minds of the government specifically,andlocalpoliticiansingeneral.

Handingoutmoneyasanexpressionofcareforchildren and the plight of their parents is not only helpful, but also inspired When, however, there is the taint of encouragement for elections purposes, because of the timing,thentalkaboutcarecomesacrossascircumstances of hardship converted into circumstances of political expediency and convenience. A good thing, what was believedtohavestartedoutasmeaningfulandhelpful,falls flatonitsface.

Whataboutwhentherearenoelectionsonthecalendar? Arethoseinneedthencallouslyleftontheirown,togetby however they can, by whatever means? Caring that is genuine is full-time, and it has no strings that tie it to anything. There is nothing that links it to the politically suspect, what could be interpreted as the calculating underhandedness of politicians with no heart, most likely littlebywayofintegrityandplainhumandecencyleft. Tens of thousands of Guyanese across the various regions are grappling with cost of living, especially in the remote hinterlandcommunitiesofourfirstpeoples,andalltheyare useful for is to fulfill some role that keeps politicians in business,andenrichthemfurther

WecanbeproudofthehundredsofbillionsinGuyanese dollarsthatspentforwoodandglass,sandandasphalt,but ourleftbehinddonothaveenoughtobuyfood. Highcostof living is not a big table with numbers on it; high cost of livingisatablewithoutenoughfoodonit,itisahousewith lessandlesserhope,asthedaysgoby

WhensomanyGuyanesearefaintwithhope,soinfirm offeet,whenforcedtofacevendorsandsellers,thenallthis chatter about caring and world class richness makes a mockeryoftheirpainfulexistence. Nogovernmentshould be pleased to stand over such a situation. No President of authentic leadership attributes should preside over what Guyaneselivewith,leavingthemunabletocope. Onlythe sustained and the materially significant in hand is going to make a difference and not the usual politicking and selfcongratulatingbythisPPPCGovernmentatthecontrols.

Ashort history from memory by Hamilton Green for Donald Ramotar

DEAREDITOR,

Ilearntofaletterwritten byFormerPresidentDonald Ramotar, a person I enjoy a cordialrelationshipwithand regardasafriend.

I was somewhat disappointed at the vitriolic language impugning my character and the attempt to suggest my knowledge and calling into question the accuracy of my recollection of previous events and asseverating among other thingsthatIamonamission t o , i n h i s w o r d s , ‘misrepresent, distort, falsify and deliberately mislead.’ The matter referred to I can attest to from personal knowledge andnotasitappearstobethe case of my friend Donald from writings and documents of doubtful authenticity

First, is the use in our political environment of the word “ApanJaat,” a Hindu phrase saying vote for your ownrace.InotedthePPPdid not coin this phrase but clearly did little to subdue it as it consumed and divided our Country and to suggest furtherthatBurnhamandthe PNCusedApanJaatfortheir own purposes is absolutely ridiculous and an unfortunatedistortionofthat

period I lived through. Let me set the records straight,I publicly said that from the best of my knowledge, neither Burnham nor Jagan were racist, but clearly others in the Party sought to use others with different ideasandtodaythisdemonis stillwithus.

I grew up in the south of the city, where my father owned the first drugstore in Albouystown and he also started the People’s Benefit Scheme,thefirstIndigenous Bank in the City He was therefore a very popular figure I recall Daniel Prahabudas Debidin invited him to chair a meeting at St. Thomas’ School in Ketley Street; opposite where my godmother and her husband (half white, half Indian) lived. He took me with him tothemeeting,attendedbya large number of IndoGuyanese and Afro

Guyanese During the Meeting, Debidin and another man addressed the gathering in Hindi My father took me by the hand, as he walked out of the meeting. Later, a Mr Singh o f S c h o o l S t r e e t , Albouystown told my father that it was there “ApanJaat” gained currency Fast track tothe1953Elections,where

as a teenager I helped the United PPP win the Electionsof1953.

AfterthePPPsplit,along with my parents, we came out on the side with Burnham. At that split, two prominent Indo-Guyanese supported Burnham; Medical Doctor, JP

Latchmansingh and Lawyer

Jai Narine Singh My understandingisthatthisset off alarm bells within the ranks of certain PPP topbrass because of the demographicsofthecountry, ApanJaat was allowed to flourish and the rest is history Ramotar’s obsession, like others, to blame Burnham for everything that went wrong inGuyanaiswellknown.His statement that Burnham and the PNC used ApanJaat to scare black people as a reverse racism is absurd and ludicrous. The next issue was Guyana’s cold shoulder to the West Indies Federation.Therealconcern ofcertainpoliticalfiguresin Trinidad and Guyana was that these were the only two territorieswhichhadseveral Indian groupings and hence their concern that the Federation of Antigua, St. Kitts, Barbados, Jamaica, etc. would mean a

p r e p o n d e r a n c e o f Manumitted Africans. The OldFolksusedaterm,which I now use, “Not what my friend may see written or rewritten but these are the truefacts.

The question of the initiative to bring in thousands of Indians from Kerala. As is known, even before India’s Independence in 1947, prominent Indians traveled to Guyana to hold discussions and I recall that in 1964, in conjunction with the widening rift between ChinaandtheSovietUnion, a large leftist faction of the CPI Leadership, based predominantlyinKeralaand WestBengal’ssplitfromthe PartytoformtheCommunist PartyinIndia.

Recall, after SirWinston Churchill’s Iron Curtain speech at Fulton in the presence of US President Harry S. Truman that the Cold War was red hot in the late 50s and 60s and membersoftheGovernment of India were willing to support this suggestion by elements within the PPP to bring Indians from Kerala because it was regarded as a Communist enclave. Not New Delhi nor Bombay to Guyanabecausetheywere

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Nakema Deonauth was an exceptional person who would be greatly missed

DEAREDITOR,

The loss of Nakema YoungDeonauthakaDimitri and Damendra, has been devastating and very hard to come to terms with especially given the circumstances surrounding hisunnaturaldeath.

Therewassomuchmore to him than what has been statedinthemedia.

He was a Systems DevelopmentCoordinatorat the Ministry of Education where he played an integral role in several crucial projects and he had an impressive academic record too. He graduated from the UniversityofGuyanawitha degree in Computer Science and later went to India on a GoG scholarship where he successful completed his Master’s Degree in Computer Science. Still with an unquenchable thirst for knowledge and passion forthesubjecthemostloved Nakema won a scholarship toundertakehisPhDstudies

in China. While there, he taught university students which he found utterly fulfilling. He often told me how he missed teaching and the interactions with his students.

Apart from his academic a n d p r o f e s s i o n a l accomplishments, Nakema was a really humble, compassionate, dedicated andcaringindividual.

He was a true animal loverandlifelongvegetarian not due to religious beliefs butphilosophicalstanceand the firm conviction that all animals are sacred and should not be killed or consumed. I’ve never met anyone like him; several timesheevenberatedmefor killing a few insects that bit orbotheredme.

Ifabuggotintohisplace from the balcony, he would pick it up and place it outside.Helovedpeopletoo; didn’tholdagrudgeandwas quick to forgive and forget. Heonlysawgoodintentions

in others often to his detriment and even when he was not treated fairly, he wouldn’t engage in confrontations.

Although not an extrovert but a simple and quiet man who enjoyed listeningtopodcasts,playing video games and immersing himself in the world of technology in his free time, he was thoughtful and romantic Dudu (my nickname for him) touched the lives of all who knew him; he was like an immoveable, ever-present rock that one could rely upon.Althoughhehadafulltime job, he still assisted his parentseverydayafterwork and on weekends with their business.

The death of Nakema Deonauth who held dual citizenship (American and Guyanese) is untimely, tragic and horrific For someonewhoseidentitywas so cemented to the preservation of life and the

strong stance against violence it is extremely heartbreaking that death came for him cloaked in cruelty, horror and anguish in his own home. I weep for himandamdevastatedatthis unimaginable loss Even though Nakema and I had very different personalities andphilosophicalideologies we had mutual respect and love.

Editor, hopefully all avenues would be explored and resources utilised especially in the forensic aspect of the investigation into the death of Nakema Deonauth so that the human monster (s) responsible for his untimely and horrific death face the full force of thelawandthosewholoved and cared for him can have closure especially his biological mom (Reba Young in Washington DC), parents in Guyana and other familymembersandfriends.

Yourssincerely,

NarissaDeokarran

DEAREDITOR,

June 13 marked yet anotherdeathanniversaryof Dr Walter Rodney I am somewhatdisappointedthat, except for a mention by NigelWestmass(Facebook), there was nothing in the public space to honor the memory of this true son of Guyana – indeed a national hero. Those of us who were contemporaries of Walter should not forget; the youngershouldbeaware.Of course, there is always anothersideofthestory But letthereadermakeinformed judgement. In June 2013 I wrote the following in the MemoryofWalterRodney

The Memory of Walter Rodney THE E-ID CARD PROJECT IS LACED WITH INCONSISTENCIES

I stood at the corner of Barr and Alexander Streets, Kitty, listening to Dr.Walter Rodney and others speak. I was at the Bourda Market Mall, Georgetown, among the massive crowd taking in the logics of Rodney when hisresonantvoicewouldfill the air I stood on the sidewalkinTigerBayeasing a passage as the WPA meeting was halted with the arrival of the Rabbi Washington’s goons from the House of Israel in government vehicles, armed with lengths of sugar cane, sticks,andguns.Iran,scared for my life, into a yard in Charlotte Street, unable to scale the high, corrugated zinc fence We (Zinul Bacchus, Rahim Bacchus andI)felttrapped.

We were spared that day because the attackers fled past. But Father Darke was not so lucky that fearful day when he was stabbed to death I was present at probably all the meetings, protests and marches in Georgetown and environs.

So these flashbacks came rushing to me as the motion in parliament to set up a Commission of Inquiry into his death was being debated onWednesday,June292005 – when the WPAwas siding with the PNCR for an amendment to substitute the key word “assassinated” with“killed”. Those were times when fear stalked the land, when dictatorship was being legitimized by the PNC doctrine of “party paramountcy”. We should also recall repeated rigging of elections by the PNC. Manylivesweresnuffedout untimely, which can only be described as political murders Remember the “ballot box Martyrs”, the Arnold Rampersaud jailing, the killing of Shirley FieldRidley, Vincent Teekah, Edward Dublin, Othene Koama,theshootingofJosh Ramsammy, and numerous h a r a s s m e n t a n d

incarcerations The

maximum maniacal

comradeleaderBurnhamdid not mince words when he declared: “Our steel is sharper.” But there was a bright ray of hope… when the taste of freedom and democracy was becoming almostpalpable.This,inmy view,wasbecomingareality because of the presence of Walter Rodney – his brilliance, his ability to analyze,hisquietbutriveted demeanor,hissimplicityand humility, charisma and eloquence.Hispresencewas

a breath of fresh air He was Guyana’s messiah The masses understood his language of politics in the WPA booklet “Peoples’ PowerNoDictator”.

Theory was gripping the masses,becomingamaterial force. When he referred to “king kong” the people understood. When he spoke of the “Midas touch” the people understood A nationwide political c o n v e r s a t i o n w a s developing rapidly among all the people, for he did not appeal to race or color, or religion.

Walter Rodney was consequentlymurdered,yes, assassinatedonJune131980 because he was seen as a seriousthreat.Hedidnotdie by “misadventure” as concluded by Desmond Hoyte. That is why Hoyte’s Inquirydidnotholdground; hence the new Commission of Inquiry into his death, which Walter’s widow, Dr PatriciaRodney,pointedout is “essential for the truth to emerge, is consistent with democratic principles, and will be an instrument of reconciliation” and which will “bring closure, not only for our family, but for the Guyanese people.” ‘Truth and Reconciliation’ is essentialforclosure,andfor people and a nation to move on. The PNC government failed the Guyanese people duringtheirtermsinoffice.

Apart from the political harassment, human rights infractions and denial of

democracy,thePNCreduced Guyana to be among the poorestnationsintheworld, second to Haiti of the West. The PNC has never made a statementoftheTruth;ithas not apologized to the Guyanesepeople.

The party is still in denial How then is it p o s s i b l e t o h a v e Reconciliation without Truth!The process will be a charade,meaningless,unless the PNC is prepared to engageincatharsis.

It is thus baffling to figure out the grotesque and wickeddallianceoftheWPA with the PNC. Dr Rupert Roopnaraine shared the same platform with Walter Rodney, and he was as fearless as Walter when he spoke. After so many years, whathaschanged?Sadlythe WPAofWalterRodneyisno more Many so-called ‘advocates’ have become Afro-centric and Indocentric racists; some are opportunistic;andonlyafew good ones have remained faithfultothespiritofWalter Rodney ThetrueRodneyites mustnotallowthatdimming flicker to be blown out by sinisterforces.Letusalways honor the true heroes of Guyana.

Yourstruly, Gary

Girdhari

DEAREDITOR,

Contracts in Guyana havethetendencytosweeten the palate and plunge headlong into the labyrinth of misuse and inflated costs to outright theft of state funds.NowcomesthePPP’s decisiontoissueanewbrand of ‘hi-tech’ Identification cards The electronic citizenship card project standsasanotherexampleof this government’s autocracy i n b y p a s s i n g t h e constitutional channels in spending taxpayers’ dollars foraprojectthatshouldhave beenevaluatedinsteadofthe fait accompli decision. This isaconstantreminderofthe unfettered powers of FreedomHouseasexhibited severaltimesonallissuesby the honcho and de facto president who believes he knows it all and who wants thingstobedonehisway,or the highway for those who refusedorobjected.

Simple logic would dictate that if Guyana were interestedinanelectronicID system that would allow entry into the country and a range of other hassle-free interventions, then it would issue invitations for public tender,andthesewouldthen be tendered to the National

Procurement and Tender Administration(NPTAB)for an evaluation committee to m a k e t h e f i n a l determination. Now this is not a matter of urgency so there is no justification becausetheprojectcannotbe classified as being one of national security so why did the government do its own procuring thereby trampling on its own procurement brother?

However, the real catastrophe emanates from thedatabaseofallGuyanese names – the National Registration Records – a highly flawed, diseased documentwhichcannoteven produce an accurate Voters’ List 57 years after Independence! President Ali’s defense of the contract was, as usual, flaccid, and lackinginsubstance.Hetold the virtual signing that the Government’s commitment to promote e-governance is to improve the productivity ofbusinessesanddeliveryof government services through e-health, eeducation, e-security, eagriculture, electronic permits, and licence processing. So here is the HeadofStatesquashingthe (Continuedonpage6)

THE E-ID CARD PROJECT IS LACED WITH...

Frompage5 purpose of the Procurement Commission which leaves many to believe that the EIdentification cards project i s l a c e d w i t h inconsistencies..

So here is another potential casualty brewing, exposing the propensity of the de facto President and honcho for ill-conceived projects like the white elephant Skeldon sugar factory, the ill-advised and

mis-guided Amalia Falls, andthesillyandunthinkable SurendraHospital. Such a huge expenditure could be better used to improve the poor conditions

at all the hospitals throughout the country, repair the wide and deep potholes on the roadways including the so-called poorly constructed highways,andthecollection ofgarbageintherat-infested Capitalandothercitiesinthe

country where a few inches of rain would cause severe flooding.

The time has come for thetaxpayersandthepeople in general to question how the PPPC government headed by the honcho and the de facto president is spending their dollars. For example, it has been ten years and counting since construction of the Cheddi JaganAirporthasstartedand today, it is still not

completed. Lousy work by the Chinese contractor who are friends of the de facto president is still being paid bythegovernmenttocorrect theirownmistakes.

In Guyana, the PPPC government is wasting billions of dollars to build roads,bridges,andastadium atPalmyrainBerbicewhich only a handful rich persons will use because of the high costoftransportation.

No one, except the

honcho and de facto president, knows how much thestadiumwillcostorhow the contractor was awarded the contract. Were there any kickbacks and if so, who it was paid to. So, while the government is investing heavily in hi-tech ID cards and infrastructure which are of little importance to the people,morethat60percent of the population are poor and are struggling to put food on the table or send

theirchildrentoschool.

Benjamin Franklin, one of the Founding Fathers of theAmerica, and who many Guyanese has held in their hands on the US $:100 bill, has said “where all men think alike no man thinks at all.”Wehopethehonchoand de facto president understands the wise and well thought out words issuedbyFranklin.

Leyland Chitlall Roopnaraine

Ashort history from memory by Hamilton Green for...

Frompage4 happy to get rid of these communist in India. This was, therefore, more an ideologicalissuethanoneof race or caste, but because of analreadyraciallypolarized society in Guyana, we viewed this as an effort to increase the Indian population and therefore Indian vote, The artful contention of a denial of the above by some officials in andfromTrinidadisagainan absurdity

Other issues, such as CARIFESTA, require no debunking since the 70s shouldbewithinthememory bank of this generation of Guyanese. If we are to unite this country, we must put an end to old myths and propaganda, share with this generation the truth of our history, the enormous influence of the Cold War andhowasanationwewere caught,andwestillareinthe

middle of two warring elephants.

We must remember that when President John F Kennedy had the famous RockingChairMeetingwith Dr Jagan,Dr Jaganfailedto give an outright reply then Kennedy asked him are you a Communist? We must not ignore the relationship between these issues in the all-consumingColdWar

Unless we put an end to this back-hand or should I say, this bacchanal of our history, we deny this generationanopportunityto profit from the mistakes of the past, disallowing them the opportunity to remove the blanket of darkness and more than that to recognize that even during slavery to nowthetricksoftheforeign and local Massa.It is that lackofunderstandingofour history and the need for authentic unity that has allowed Massa and the new

oligarchy who has replaced Massatoprevail.

If National Service was allowedtoflourish,itwould have been effectively diminished if not destroyed existingfears,suspicionand distrust.

On the Berbice River Bridge, I stand by every word in my statement, that is, that the initial study showedthatthebestlocation would have been a point between Stanleytown and Rotterdam on the East to Ithacaonthewest.

The PPP, when they got into office, made a political decisionpost1992,tolocate the bridge further north, where the river was wider andthatisthereasonmydear Donald,whytheIDBdidnot provide the promised funds for the construction of the BerbiceBridge.

ThePPPGovernment,no matter what Jagdeo is now saying, could not offer a

satisfactory explanation for the decision and subsequent Engineer’s study to shift the Bridge from Palmyra on the East and D’Edward Village on the west, and with the seed-money taken from the NIS, weakening this initiative of the PNC and Burnham in the interest of workers.

This report should be in the Ministry of Works’ file, thatis,ifitwasnotdestroyed in the many bonfires of records, documents after 1992. The biggest of these bonfires was outside of NCN; courageously Ave Brewster who is alive was able to save a few tapes beforetheywereconsumed.

You see Dear Donald; I speak from personal knowledge and not the figment of the imagination o f c e r t a i n f o l k s Additionally, I was Minister of Works, Hydraulics and Supply when the idea of bridging the Berbice and Demerara Rivers was conceived and ordered by Forbes Burnham.I suppose sincewe’reinWestBerbice, someonecantelluswhythe billion dollar hospital announced recently could not be cited at Fort Wellington but will now be

builtatBathSettlement?

Onthequestionofhisoft time repeated slogan of Indians being beaten etc., between 1992 and 2015, more Afro-Guyanese were beaten and murdered than any other group in this country and similarly 1960 and 1964. So let us stop this charade about one ethnic group being victims of communal strife in our country

Inoticedhehasignoreda pointIhadmadeearlier,that it is unfair to demand ethnic balance in one sector, and where he got this nancystory, that the test for recruitment in security forces differed, is beyond belief and certainly not during my public life of seven decades. Where is the evidence? This is another nancystory

On the security forces, the PPP had twenty-three yearstocorrectallthewrong doings but nowhere in the world can you in just a few generations change the proclivities and preferences of people.I close on a light note, as you noticed how, with few recent exceptions, Indian boys and girls shied away from playing steel pans, playing football and

track and field events and evensingingcalypsos.

Finally, I appeal to my friend Donald and others to emerge from this belief that their side consists of the saints and angels and the other side consists of the devil and demons Incidentally, this week marks the anniversary of Former Permanent Secretary, Arthur Abraham ofthefirethatkilledhimself and seven children in Hadfield Street Maybe Donald’sresearchcantellus who is responsible for this horrible fire/arson. I expect the Chronicle, which published Ramotar’s letter, would uphold the lofty principles of journalism and publishthisresponse.

I agree with him that I havearoletoplaytohealthis country I am prepared to discuss this and other matters anywhere, anytime on the conditionthatwebeallowed equal time to share our experience with young people and offer them an opportunity to acquire that moral and spiritual strength so that we can benefit from thebountythatbeckons.

HamiltonGreen Elder

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SEXUAL PREDATORS MUST BE HUNTED AND JAILED!

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Under no circumstance should we ever turn a blind eye to men who prey on our girls and boys.

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It is the duty of every citizen to denounce such sickening members of society.

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It is also incumbent on our government to issue stern comments of condemnation backed by a wave of unrelenting action to put behind bars, anyone who dares to rape our children.

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As a society, it is our duty to extricate sexual predators from our midst, and punish those who seek to silence the oppressed.

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Govt. tells High Court scrapping Gas-to-Energy Permit would jeopardize the interest of Guyana

The Government of to-Energy(GTE)project. the gas, along with a 300- General, Anil Nandlall, on Guyana (GoG) has joined The pipeline is a critical megawatt power plant to behalf of the State, reasoned EssoExplorationProduction component of the GTE generate electricity to power that quashing the Permit Guyana Limited (EEPGL) project that is intended to thenationalgrid.

and the Environmental reduce the cost of electricity In its application to the country’sinterests. Protection Agency (EPA) in by 50 percent. Separately, High Court, requesting to The applicants, Vanda defending a Permit granted thegovernmentispursuinga join the matter which was Radzik and Elizabeth to the oil company for the Natural Gas Liquids (NGL) filed on March 27, 2023 by HugheshaveaskedtheCourt pipeline aspect of the Gas- facility to treat and separate two citizens, the Attorney to issue an Order of

Certiorari to quash the plant which could attract decision made by the EPAto litigation. grant the Permit on the

According to him, “The grounds inter alia that the public interest and the decisionwasinbreachofthe State’s fiscal interests would p r o v i s i o n s o f t h e be adversely affected” while Environmental Protection the State’s development Act (Cap. 20:05), and more trajectory to reduce the price p a r t i c u l a r l y , t h e of electricity and the Environmental Protection realization of a lower cost of (Authorisation)Regulations. living for Guyanese would They argue that the Permit bedisrupted. was granted by the EPA T h e A G f u r t h e r without proof that the contended that the issue in developer owns the land contention that is the through which the pipeline issuance of the land use passes. permit by the EPA is

T h e A G i n h i s inextricably linked to the Application told the Court acquisition of land by the that the reliefs sought by the State for the purposes of the applicants to quash the project and creates a nexus Permit will directly impact between the GOG and the the GOG in its capacity as a EPA. party to several contracts The Permit in question awarded under the project. was issued by the EPA to Further, he contended that EEPGL for the pipeline on the government “ought not November 25, 2022. Radzik to be deprived of its rights and Hughes have told the and interests pursuant to the High Court that Pursuant to several contracts already Regulation 17 (2)(c)(iii) of entered into or of its rights t h e E n v i r o n m e n t a l accruing therefrom without Protection (Authorisation) dueprocessoflaw”. Regulations, an application

He contended that if for an environmental judgement is granted in authorization must contain favour of theApplicants and “proof that the applicant theGTEprojectisstymiedor eitherownsthefacilityorhas halted “the interest of the a lease or other agreement State will be placed in with the landowner or jeopardy and the public occupier to enable the interest at large stands to be applicant to conduct the severelyaffected”. activity without the consent

The AG told the High of the landowner or CourtthattheGoGwouldbe occupier.” forced to breach contracts The matter is before already entered into for the Justice Priya Sewnarine construction of the power Beharry

Attorney General, Anil Nandlall

TIME TO TAKE BACK THE PPPC!

It will take a sacrificial lamb for the PPP to be returned to the bosom of the working class – the place where the original umbilical cordofthePPPisburied,and to which the working class partyofCheddiJaganhasto return.

T h e P P P C w a s established as working class party Throughoutthetenure of Cheddi Jagan it was unapologetically a working class party At the party’s congress in 1966 held at Land of Canaan, Cheddi wentasfarassayingthatthe PPP should aim to be the country’sonlyworkingclass party.

Sincehisdeath,however, the bourgeois class has seized control of the PPP It isthisclassthatisexertingan overwhelming influence on theparty,throughitscontrol ofcertainleadersofthePPP

It will not be an easy task to liberate the PPP from the clutchesofthosewithmoney who believe that because they finance the party, they ownit.

Whoever decides to step forward and take a stand in favour of decoupling the party from the bourgeois class must be prepared to be vilified to the point of being demonized. Those persons will have to be prepared to suffer persecution and even expulsion, but that is the price which will have to be paid if the PPP is to be restored as a working class party Therecanbenoreturn to the PPPC’s working class roots without persons being

punished.

So who will step up to help retake the party on behalf of the working class? Whoispreparedtomakethe sacrifices needed to redeem the party and return it to its roots?

Do not look towards the old guard. They have been putouttopastureanddonot havethestrength,willorthe wherewithal to instigate change even though they havelittletolose.

The younger brigade of thepartyisnotideologically developed,atleastnotinthe working class ideology of the party. It also lacks the supportandpowertoremove thosewhohavehijackedthe party And make no mistake about it, the PPP has been hijacked by the bourgeois class and it will take some doing to uproot this class dominationfromtheparty

But there is hope. The party now has a new momentum following its successes at the local governmentelections.These successes, however, must notbeexaggerated.

ThePPPCstartedoutasa multiracial party But the subsequent split in the party also split the working class. A return to the party’s working class roots must therefore involve efforts to reunite the working class. What took place during the local government elections wasbutasmallsteptowards amoremulti-racialparty

WhetherornotthePPPC madesignificantinroadsinto thePNCR’sstrongholdswill

Dem Boys Seh...

havetoawaitamoredetailed analysis of the election results.Butfornowitcanbe safely said that a relatively fair number of AfricanGuyanese teamed up with the PPPC to contest and campaign for the 2023 local governmentelections.

Those vibrant AfricanGuyanese activists must not allow themselves to be left onthesidelinesnowthatthe electionsareover Theymust mobilize themselves at two levels: the first by coming together as a distinct and unique caucus, within the party; and secondly by organizing themselves into party groups within their neighborhoods and communities.

They must not allow themselves to be absorbed into the existing groups of the party This will dilute their influence within the PPPC They must see themselves as a powerful new force within the PPPC andretainthatidentity Inthe next few months, they must work to have a presence at thenextPPPCCongressand a place within the Central Committee and Executive Committeeoftheparty

The increased AfricanGuyaneseelementwithinthe party must also establish their own groups in the communities which they represent They should demand the right to do this and to have a say in the decision making of the party’s regional groupings. Theyshouldavoidbeingcoopted into existing party

Keep de wife name out yuh mouth!

Dem boys gat some advice fuh dem wah trying fuh win de affections of another woman’s husband. Keepdewifenameoutyuh mouth and yuh gat a better chanceofdemanleavinghe wife. But de more yuh criticize de man wife, de more she will cling to him even though he is a cheat andaliar

Dehgatnuffwivesdoes turn a blind eye to dem husbands’ infidelity Some of dem does know but pretend it is not true. Some ofdemdoesknowanddon’t

care because dem cheating too. Cheating on a cheater nahcanceloutwrong.Datis what de proverbs man used toseh.

But deh come a time whenenoughisenoughand when de wife does seh is time fuh put an end to de relationship. And nuff side chick does be happy when demheardatdemloverand he wife gan divorce. Dem hopingtoreplacedewife.

But dem wife does changedemmindifdeside chick start fuh bad mouth dem. Is one thing fuh de

groups.

T h e 2 0 2 3 l o c a l governmentelectionswasan eye opener The PNCR showed that big bucks are not needed to do well in elections. The PNCR ran a lackluster, low-keyed and low-budget campaign. But the results were telling. The PNCR held on to its strongholds in Linden, Georgetown and New Amsterdam and tied in MahdiaandBartica.

T h i s w i l l s e n d shockwaves through the ranks of the bourgeois class

which controls the PPPC because they will realize now that their money is no longer essential to the electoral fortunes of the PPPC.Butthisalonewillnot loosentheirgripontheparty

It will take bravery to restore the PPPC as a working class party, including leadership changes. And this why the campaign for change within the PPPC has to begin now and not wait until the bourgeois class executes its plans to control and manipulate the party’s

forthcoming and longoverduecongress. (The views expressed in this article are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the opinions and beliefs of this n e w s p a p e r a n d i t s affiliates.)

husband fuh lie and cheat. Butisanotherthingwhende sidechickwantteksheeyes andpassyuh.

Dat is why some wife does cling on to dem cheating husband. Dem want to teach de sweet woman a lesson. So if yuh find yuh self in de role of a sweet woman, desperate to keep yuh lover, keep de man’s wife name out yuh mouth. Because when yuh start to criticize de man’s wife, it gan only bring dem closertogetheravailable.

TalkHalf.LeffHalf!

H@RD TRUTHS

GHK LALL

JUSTICE CLARENCE THOMAS

It is still difficult to absorb, harder to believe. I observe US Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas and his shocking dissent in theAlabamavotingcasethat allegedly discriminated

against Black voters by the redrawing of boundaries, and lumping them into a single district. As asserted, itisastartlingdissent,when even two conservative justices, one of whom was

Chief Justice John Roberts, voted against Alabama’s gerrymandering.

To think that the descendant of slaves and sharecroppers could turn so decisively against his own

people, when they are so strikingly discriminated against,victimizedyetagain by the power and class structure. A man as learned as Justice Thomas has to be intimately familiar with the post-Civil War and postReconstruction periods, when the Plessy decision effectively reduced African Americans to outcasts and second-class citizens; but yet he dissented as he did. He has to know about the Jim Crow era, and how legislation was used as a weapon to bludgeon Black Americans into a state of distressed nonexistence, no politicalpower;buthevoted as he did in Allen v Milligan. Hehastoknowof what the spirit of theVoting RightsActof1966intended, andtherangeofwhatwasto be resolved; yet he went against the majority, which included two of his judicial brethren possessing his ideologicalstreak.

In a case as sensitive as Allen v Milligan, with so much at stake, with what wasgainedthroughsomuch trial and sacrifice, and with what could signify a major retreatinBlackprogressand presenceinAmerica,Justice Thomas saw matters only through his now rock-hard ideological prism. I ask myselfwhetherthatgiantof American jurisprudence, Justice Thurgood Marshall, would have dissented as Justice Clarence Thomas did. Never! I recall with some distaste what the late archconservative Supreme CourtJusticeAntoninScalia had to say when asked to compare his judicial philosophy to that of

Clarence Thomas.

Scalia’sresponseis scorching: “I’m an originalist, but I’m not a nut ” As dismissals go, there wasnonesharper,and what makes it more contemptuousisthatJustice Thomas is of the same conservative bent held by Scalia.

Taking where Justice Thomasstands,whathehas projected, despite being a beneficiary of the once helpful things he now fiercely condemns, I begin to get a clearer, and greater, understanding of how abandonment of one’s own under inexplicable reasonings,throughshallow constructs, can assume ascendancy in the lives and practices of those who shouldknowbetter Whatis inarguable is that the company of enslavers and those who historically exploited are much preferred over that of one’s own, and their justifiable interests. It is that old saying coming to life: the converted has to prove himself as being purer and stronger every day, with little room for deviation, abstention,orconsideration.

I examine the judicial record of Justice Thomas, particularly as it relates to affirmative action, and all thatisencounteredisaman, a jurist, who is boiling mad atitsexistence. Thisiswhat emerges from a man who owes his education, and all the powerful relationships that came about through it, as well as the sponsorships of political godfathers. I detect a debt of gratitude being paid and repaid over and again. Or, to present differently, their passions andtheirvisionsareadopted byhim,becomeinseparable fromhim.Icontendthatthis is what we are seeing, experiencing,andstruggling to come to grips with in Guyana. Thatis,whereone politicalleaderafteranother

inthisrichcountryrushesto stand in cherishing embrace of the priorities that are the most pleasing to those who once held the whip hand. Theystilldo,butundernew guises. The planks in place and the practices in operation that are most profitable are what must remain as they are. In the grand manner of Justice Clarence Thomas, a man of distinctive color, there are Guyanese men and women of the same distinguishing coloration (in its broadened sense), that sets them apart from the yearnings and dreamsoftheirown. There are those Guyanese-leaders, ministers, religious worshippers, private sector operators, and civil society schemers-whohavemadeit their mission and mantra to tell the stories, fight the battles, and pauperize their own peoples, on behalf of alien self-enrichers and plunderers. They do these things, so that their a s s o c i a t i o n s a n d collaborations with the remorselesspillagerswillbe well recognized and well rewarded They have, haven’tthey?

Lookatwhatwehavein Guyana today from our cleverpoliticalpractitioners and their bands of similarly sickbrothers.

There is sifting and parsing, and straining and sanitizing, so that certain narratives, ongoing practices continue untouched and unabated Clarence Thomas fervently desires for affirmative action to go and the death penalty to stay The brown and black and paler Guyanese ClarenceThomas (es) want recent history to remain as it is; and what holdstheprospectsofgiving lowlyGuyaneseafootinthe door to be banishedforever Somebody is aiding and abetting, and it is not I. Someareselling,andIhave nothing to sell, none to please.

(The views expressed in this article are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the opinions and beliefs of this n e w s p a p e r a n d i t s affiliates.)

Contract for $12 million smart classroom at Kuru Kuru Primary awarded smar

A$12Mcontracthasbeenawardedfortheconstructionof asmartclassroomattheKuruKuruPrimarySchool.

According to the National Procurement and Tender Administration Board (NPTAB), the contract was awarded following a competitive bidding process. On its website, the NPTAB stated that the contract was awarded to OB General Constructiontothetuneof$12,587,352.

When bids were opened last month for the Ministry of Education project, OB General and KPLBuildering Concept Inc. were the only two contractors that bid for the works.This project, according to the ministry’s engineer was estimated to cost $10,671,675. This year, with $12 billion has been set aside to improve educational infrastructure, and some 25 smart classrooms are scheduled to be constructed at various schoolsacrossthecountry

The smart classroom initiative initially started back in 2014 when the first was constructed at the North Ruimveldt Secondary School. The initiative is in keeping with the Ministry’svisionofincorporatingtechnologytotransformthe educationsector

Kaieteur News understands that the smart classrooms are usually equipped with an interactive board, audio system, smart cameras, a wireless television for remote access and motion and voice-activated cameras complete with a face recognitionfeature.

Soldier remanded for killing colleague

Remanded for allegedly killing colleague, Private

Dead Soldier, Tevon Daymon

A soldier was on Friday He is scheduled to return remanded to prison for tocourtonJuly31,2023. allegedly killing one of his According to reports, colleagues at the Guyana M o r r i s o n a l l e g e d l y Defence Force’s (GDF) discharged some 27 bullets CampStephensonbase. at Daymon during a fight at The accused was Camp Stephenson, Timerhi. identified as Private Brian Daymon had allegedly Morrison, of Lot 841 of lashed Morrison to his head Crane Housing Scheme, with a magazine from his West Coast Demerara riflecausingsevereinjuries. (WCD).Morrisonisaccused TheGuyanaPoliceForce of shooting Tevon Daymon (GPF), stated that the 25with an AK -47 rifle last year-old suspect was armed Monday with a AK rifle and 30 On Friday, he appeared matching rounds and had before Senior Magistrate discharged 27 rounds in Sunil Scarce at the Diamond Daymon’sdirection. / Grove Magistrates’ Court Daymon was struck and andwasnotrequiredtoplead was subsequently rushed to to the indictable charge of the Diamond Hospital where murder helaterdied.

The Smart Classroom which was launched at Queen’s College back in 2021.

Brian Morrison

Police arrest two in $18 million narcotics bust at Republic Park

Two men were on contained several bulky the motorcar was weighted Wednesday arrested by plastic bags wrapped with and amounted to 2,900 police on the East Bank of transparentscotchtape. grams while the narcotics Demerara (EBD), after they The parcels when found in the storage room were found with $18 7 examined, contained a were weighed and amounted million in narcotics in their quantityofleaves,seeds,and to 48,750 grams. The total possession. stems suspected to be street value of the narcotics

According to reports on cannabis. policesaidis$18.7M. Wednesdayaround17:30hrs While there, police said An investigation is Commander of Regional they observed motorcar ongoing. Division 4 ‘B’, Senior PVV 810 which was parked Superintendent Mahendra on the bridge in front of the Singh led a party of property which was also policemeninanintelligence- searched. Ranks discovered led operation at Republic a bulky plastic bag Park, EBD where the large containing a quantity of amount of narcotics was leaves, seeds, and stems found. suspected to be cannabis in Reports are that a search thevehicle. was conducted in the storage Police said the men were room of a property in told of the offence and Republic Park in the remained silent. They were presence of the two men. arrested and taken to the There, the police found four Diamond Police Station 45-gallon barrels which There the narcotics found in

Grenada plans to increase pension

age to 65

from500to750by2028.

The reforms proposed bythegovernmentwillalso

Loop Caribbean - see the pension scheme Grenada has no choice but to move away from being an increase the pension age and ageentitlement. contribution minimums for If approved by the islanders to receive parliament, the first change retirement benefits from the willtakeeffectin2024when National Insurance Scheme the minimum contribution to (NIS). qualify for a pension will

This was the message increaseto550. conveyed today by Minister Persons, who do not of Social and Community make the required payments, Development, Philip will not be left to suffer in Telesford, and NIS Director, their old age as Telesford Dorset Cromwell as they said they would receive a justified the government’s governmentgrant. plans to make amendments

Cromwell noted that totheNationalInsuranceAct recommendations to next week to raise the increase the pensionable age pensionableageto65. w e r e m a d e t o t h e

“If the government fails government since 2002, but to make the legislative successive administrations changes, the NIS will come chose to “cherry pick” the crumbling down in a few reformstheywantedtomake years,”Telesfordstated. while leaving the tough

Telesford revealed that choices for another the pension fund contained administration. approximately EC$953 “Over our history of 40million. something years, the

Cromwell said: “To save changes that we have made our social security system, have fundamentally hurt the we must increase the NISandnothelpedtheNIS,” pensionable age as a matter heremarked. ofnationalurgency.” He said the country is

“If you are in your 20s already seeing the effects of and your 30s and if we as a failing to make changes to country and as a people the social security scheme as continue to do nothing, you currentcontributionsareless wouldnotgetapension.And thanpay-outs. if you do get a pension, there “The reality of the will be days when you have situation is that we are towaitforit. already in that position

The government is Because in 2021, in order to seeking to increase the pay pensions and other pension age to 65 by 2029 benefits, we had to break and the contribution rate to termdeposits. 16percentby2031. In 2021, we broke 8 term

h e m i n i m u m deposits totalling 14 3 contribution rate will move million.

The narcotics which was discovered at a property and vehicle in Republic Park, EBD.

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Wanted Diesel Mechanic, attractive salary offered. Call: 223-5273/74, 688-0417.

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Reputable transportation service is seeking experienced Chauffeur with mini bus and hire car licence. Call: 645-0025. Cleaner and Porters needed. Apply at Lens, 136 Sheriff Street next to Buddys/ Pizzahut. Call: 227-2486/ 2271511.

One Housekeeper needed from Soesdyke- Timerhi area. Must be able to prepare meals. Call: 698-8225.

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Accounts Clerk, office Clerks, Sales Supervisor, Cashiers, Sales rep, Porters & Bond Clerks needed. Apply @ Survival, Sheriff St. Call: 2275286-9/ 609-2995, Email: survivalhumanresources2@ gmail.com

VEHICLES FOR SALE

One CRV Honda, $3.3M negotiable and 1 Toyota Allion, $3.350 M, fully loaded immaculate condition, low mileage . Contact: 649-0956.

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For all land clearance (grubbing), sand fill, housing plan and estimates. Call K. Lakeram Building Contractor: 692-8464 or whatsApp: 622-0267.

FOR RENT

Business place for rent at Vreed-en-hoop junction. Call: 603-6400.

Fully furnished 2 bedrooms apartment in Albert Street, Alberttown. Preferably students, no smoking and no pets allowed. Call 231-5695/ 611-9134.

One large Upper Flat situated at Cumberland, East Canje Berbice. Ideal for restaurant and other businesses. 65ft x 44 ft. Contact Bobby Reality: 679 2497.

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AND FURTHER TAKE

NOTICE that if you desire you may appear or attend in person or by your duly authorized agent or Attorney-at-Law at the Registry of Family Division of the High Court at Georgetown, Demerara where you will be issued with a certified copy of the Petition together with related documents.

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Vacancy for a night Cleaner man. Call: 637-6700.

Certified Accountant needed, must be 40 years and older. Apply at Agri Parts, 202 Mandela Ave.

Receptionist required, must be 40 years and older. Apply at Agri Parts, 202 Mandela Ave.

Mixed breed pups, vaccinated and dewormed. Call: 632-0350.

Pure breed German Shepard puppies for sale. Call: 6153595/ 665-9140.

Pure breed German shepherd pups for sale. Call: 680-1828, 632-9022/ 639-4966.

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2023-HC-DEM-CIV-FD1547

IN THE HIGH COURT OF THE SUPREME COURT OF JUDICATURE FAMILY, DIVORCE AND MATRIMONIAL JURISDICTION FAMILY DIVISION PETITION NO. FD-1547 BETWEEN:(PATTERSON) NORMA nee DOVER also known as NORMA WILLIAMS Petitioner/ Applicant -and-(PATTERSON) CEDRIC Respondent

TO: CEDRIC PATTERSON 4303 Church Avenue, Brooklyn, New York 11203 United States of America

TAKE NOTICE that on the 10th day of November, 2022 a Petition for Divorce was filed against you by NORMA PATTERSON nee DOVER also known as NORMA WILLIAMS, the Petitioner in the Family Division of the High Court in Georgetown, Demerara.

AND FURTHER TAKE

NOTICE that if you desire to Defend this Divorce, then upon receipt of the certified copy of the Petition, you must file an Acknowledgement of Service, Notice of Intention to Defend (Forms are available at the Registry), Answer and/or Cross Petition in the Registry of the Family Division of the High Court at Georgetown, Demerara within 35 (thirty-five) days from the date of the final publication of this Notice.

TAKE NOTICE that the divorce is fixed for Directions Hearing on Wednesday the 12th day of July, 2023 at 9:00 am before the Honourable Madam Fidela CorbinLincoln via Zoom Meeting ID: 817 2463 7445, Password: Courtl2.

IN DEFAULT of your filing anAcknowledgement of Service/Notice of Intention to Defend, Answer and/or Cross Petition the Court may proceed in your absence and may make any Order it considers appropriate, including granting the Divorce.

The Registry of the Family Division of the High Court is located at the Law Courts [Georgetown, Demerara]. The office is open to the public between 8:00am and 3:30pm Mondays to Thursdays and 8:00am to 2:30pm on Fridays except on public holidays and on such other days as the Registry is closed.

Dated the 24th day of May,2023.

STAYSIA ALISIN HINDS nee DARLINGTON Petitioner -v-

DELMAR AKIEEM HINDS Respondent

TO: DELMAR AKIEEM HINDS Address Unknown

TAKE NOTICE that on the 8th day of February, 2023 a Petition for Divorce was filed against you by STAYSIA ALISIN HINDS nee DARLINGTON the Petitioner in the Family Division of the High Court in Georgetown, Demerara.

AND FURTHER TAKE

NOTICE that as part of an Order made on the 11th day of May, 2023 the Petitioner was directed to effect service of her Petition on you by publication of this Notice in two (2) consecutive Saturday issues of the Kaieteur News, a daily newspaper printed, published and circulated in and around Guyana.

AND FURTHER TAKE

NOTICE that if you desire you may appear, or attend in person or by your duly authorized agent or Attorney-at-Law at the Registry of Family Division of the High Court at Georgetown, Demerara where you will be issued with a certified copy of the Petition together with related documents.

AND FURTHER TAKE

NOTICE that if you desire to Defend this Divorce, then upon receipt of the certified copy of the Petition, you must file an

Acknowledgement of Service, Notice of Intention to Defend

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NOTICE that as part of an Order made on the 10th day of May, 2023 the Petitioner was directed to effect service of her Petition on you by publication of this Notice in two (2) consecutive Saturday issues of the

(Forms are available at the Registry), Answer and/or Cross Petition in the Registry of the Family Division of the High Court at Georgetown, Demerara within thirtyfive (35) days from the date of the final publication of this Notice. TAKE NOTICE that the divorce is fixed for Directions Hearing on Monday the 24th day of July, 2023 at 9:00 am before the_Honourable

Greece boat disaster: Up to 500 people still missing says UN

BBC - Up to 500 people are still missing from a migrant boat that sank off Greece, the UN human rights office says.

Large numbers of women and children were among those missing in the “horrific tragedy” that left 78 people dead, said spokesman Jeremy Laurence.

The appalling loss of life underscored the need to bring people smugglers to justice, he added.

But it also made clear that search and rescue at sea was a “legal and humanitarian imperative”.

LEGAL NOTICE 2

Madam Justice Sandra Kurtzious via Zoom Meeting ID: 648 772

9256 and Password: 5hRiHf

IN DEFAULT of your filing an Acknowledgement of Service/Notice of Intention to Defend, Answer and/or Cross Petition the Court may proceed in your absence and may make any Order it considers appropriate, including granting the Divorce.

The Registry of the Family Division of the High Court is located at the Law Courts [Georgetown, Demerara]. The office is open to the public between 8:00am and 3:30pm Mondays to Thursdays and 8:00am to 2:30pm on Fridays except on public holidays and on such other days as the Registry is closed. Dated the 19th day of May, 2023.

In a joint statement with the International Organization for Migration, the refugee agency said any search and rescue action had to be conducted to prevent loss of life..

Since the fishing boat carrying up to 750 people went down 50 nautical miles of Pylos in southern Greece, the role of the coastguard has come under increasing scrutiny.

Greece’s caretaker prime minister, Ioannis Sarmas, said a “thorough investigation of the real facts and technical judgements” will take place to determine what had caused the boat to sink.

Greek officials have denied a series of reports that suggest it went down after 02:00 on Wednesday because a rope was attached by coastguards.

Two of the 104 survivors of the wreck have described how the highly crowded boat had veered from side to side.

Initially the coastguard said it had kept a “discreet distance” from the boat. But then Greek newspaper Kathimerini quoted a source saying members of the coastguard had tied a rope to the boat so its crew could check on conditions, and those on board had then untied it to continue heading for Italy. That incident is understood to have taken place at around 23:00, three hours before the boat went down.

Government spokesman Ilias Siakantaris confirmed on Friday that the coastguard had “used a rope to steady themselves, to approach, to see if they wanted any help”.

But he stressed: “There

was no mooring rope,” suggesting that there was no attempt to tow the boat or tether it for any length of time.

“They refused it, they said ‘no help, we go to Italy’ and continued on their way.”

The question of whether a rope had been tied to the migrant boat was first raised by a refugee activist who said people on board had told her they feared it could prompt their highly crowded boat to turn over. The coastguard emphasised that its patrol boat had for a few minutes “dropped a small rope on to the fishing vessel to find out the current condition of the boat and passengers”.

Some of those on board then untied it in order to continue their route northwards to Italy and the patrol “moved away to watch from a close distance”. But since the tragedy unfolded, its timeline and account have been challenged. The coastguard has stressed that from the first moment it was in contact with the crew no request for assistance was made and further repeated offers of help were turned down.

One organisation which provides support for migrants at sea, Alarm Phone, sent an email on Tuesday afternoon warning the coastguard and others that as many as 750 people were on board and that they were urgently asking for help.

Two accounts from survivors have suggested that tying a rope to the fishing boat may have led to it going

down.

One has come from a local councillor in the port city of Kalamata who had earlier spoken to a 24-year-old Syrian.

“The coastguard boat tied them with some rope and tried to tow them to the left. For an unknown reason the boat veered to the right and suddenly sank,” said Tasos Polychronopoulos.

Another survivor gave a similar version to former Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras during a visit to Kalamata on Thursday.

“The Greek coastguard asked the vessel to follow them, but they couldn’t,” a translator told Mr Tsipras. “The coastguard then threw a rope but because they didn’t know how to pull the rope, the vessel started dangling right and left.”

“The coastguard boat was going too fast but the vessel

was already dangling to the left, and that’s how it sank.”

Nine people, including several Egyptians, have been arrested on suspicion of people trafficking, Greek TV is reporting.

Georgios Vasilakos, a volunteer rescue doctor for the Hellenic Red Cross, told the BBC that no women and children were among the survivors.

He said survivors reported that “all women and children were isolated below deck”.

“This is why, bec ause of the rapid unfolding of events and the rapid capsizing of the boat, they were unable to get out in time,” he said.

People on the boat had been drinking sea water for at least two days before it sank, he said. Families of some of the missing have arrived in Kalamata in search of their loved ones.

“My relatives were on the boat,” said Aftab, who had travelled from the UK and said at least four of his relatives from Pakistan were unaccounted for.

A Syrian man from the Netherlands broke down as he revealed his wife and brother-in-law were missing.

“The authorities are looking for their bodies in the sea... They’re looking in hospitals, they’re looking among dead bodies, and among the survivors,” Kassam Abozeed said. Greece is one of the main routes into the European Union for refugees and migrants from the Middle East, Asia and Africa. Last month the Greek government came under international criticism over video reportedly showed the forceful expulsion of migrants who were set adrift at sea.

Haiti humanitarian aid needs to come to terms with gangs, says Caribbean leader

Reuters - Humanitarian aid to Haiti will need to take into account the influence of heavily armed gangs who control large parts of the country, the president of a regional bloc said ahead of planned talks with the European Union next month.

can and Caribbean States (CELAC), said in an interview.

He did not give more details on how the gangs should be addressed.

Médecins Sans Frontières have shut down operations saying they cannot guarantee the safety of their patients or staff.

LEGAL NOTICE 3

Legal Notice:

To: MERESSA GHANIE

last known address 560 South Ruimveldt Gardens, Georgetown.

Take Notice that you are required to attend the Diamond/Golden Grove Magistrate’s Court 1 on Friday 7th July, 2023 at 9:00hrs in the matter of Akima Sandiford-Simmons -VS- Meressa Ghanie for Claims.

“If anybody wants to deliver humanitarian assistance to Haiti, they have to come to terms with the gangs,” Ralph Gonsalves, prime minister of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines and current president of the Community of Latin Ameri-

Gonsalves will travel to Brussels for an EU-CELAC summit on July 17-18, expected to cover the volatile security situation in Haiti, where powerful gangs are driving a crisis that has displaced over 160,000 people, according to United Nations estimates.

Local activists are among those who have fled the violence while international aid organizations such as

“There are gang leaders who are also political operatives, who control important communities,” said Gonsalves, warning that “you have to be careful you don’t set about to engage with gangs in Haiti and provide some legitimacy to them.”

Gonsalves said people with ties to gangs were likely present at talks between representatives of

Haiti’s civil society and government in Jamaica this week, at which Prime Minister Ariel Henry pledged to broaden the country’s transition council to make the government more inclusive.

Henry has since October called for an international force to help police restore security and establish conditions for long-awaited elections, but no country has offered to lead such a force.

Meanwhile, Gonsalves said, Haitian migration is threatening security in neighboring Caribbean countries.

Gonsalves said his coun-

try could help Haiti run eventual elections, and once stability is established, countries would need to coordinate a “Marshall Plan” of foreign aid.

This would involve serious talks about reparations from France, Gonsalves said.

Haiti spent over a century paying France a costly “debt” as plantation owners demanded payment for property - including slaves - lost in the Haitian Revolution, often described as the world’s first and only successful slave rebellion.

This picture of the fishing boat in the hours before it sank was released by the coastguard on Thursday (Hellenic Coast Guard)

Report alleges ‘coup’ documents found on Bolsonaro aide’s phone

Bolsonaro aide Mauro Cid is accused of h a v i n g ‘ g a t h e r e d documents’tosupportacoup against Brazil’s President Lula.

Aljazeera - Brazil’s FederalPolicehavereleased a report detailing evidence that an aide to former PresidentJairBolsonarowas involved in a plan to stage a military coup, following the far-right leader’s defeat in the2022elections.

Released on Friday, the report alleges that the aide, Lieutenant Colonel Mauro Cid, “gathered documents with the objective of obtaining ‘legal and juridical’ support for the executionofacoupd’état”.

Those documents were recovered from Cid’s cellphone, according to the report, and they outlined potentialstepstopreventthe transfer of power to Bolsonaro’s successor, currentPresidentLuizInacio LuladaSilva.

Bolsonaro’s narrow defeat had proven divisive, fuelling far-right protests andthreatsofviolenceinthe weeks leading up to Lula’s inauguration. A week after Lula was sworn into office, Bolsonaro supporters converged on the Three

Powers Plaza in the capital Brasilia on January 8, attacking government buildings in an apparent attempt to spark a military coup.

Friday’s report is the latest revelation to suggest that some of Bolsonaro’s innercirclewereinvolvedin opposing or disrupting the peacefultransferofpower Bolsonaro himself has never publicly conceded defeat, and well before the first ballot was cast, he suggested without evidence — that the vote wouldbemarredbyfraud.

In the month after

Bolsonaro’s loss, his farrightcoalitionsoughttohave electronic voting machine ballots “invalidated”, alleging “malfunctions” that ultimately were never proven.

The head of Brazil’s Superior Electoral Court, Alexandre de Moraes, ultimately threw out the coalition’s challenge, describingtheeffortasbeing in “bad faith”. The coalition was also fined $4.3m for a “total absence of any evidence”.

Nevertheless, groups on the far right have continued to reject the election results,

which marked Lula’s third successful presidential run, following victories in 2002 and2006.

The left-wing Lula has openlyaccusedBolsonaroof participating in coup attempts,sayinginFebruary: “I am certain that Bolsonaro actively participated in that

and is still trying to participate.”

But Bolsonaro and his lawyershavemaintainedthe former president’s innocence Bolsonaro currently faces several investigations, including i n t o h i s p o s s i b l e “instigation”oftheJanuary8 attack.

Friday’s report echoes similar allegations about Anderson Torres, who formerly served as Bolsonaro’sjusticeminister

A police raid on Torres’s home in January revealed a draft decree that proposed steps for the “correction” of October’s election results, according to current Justice MinisterFlavioDino.

Thedocumentsallegedly recovered from Cid’s phone likewise suggested steps to overturn the election, includingthedeclarationofa “state of siege” to restore “thedemocraticstateoflaw”

According to the documents, an “intervener” would be named in the

interim to lead Brazil’s armed forces and federal securityagencies.

Anotherstepproposedin the documents was to investigate and possibly remove several Supreme Court ministers, including De Moraes, who has encouraged efforts to prosecute alleged January 8 conspiratorsandattackers.

De Moraes authorised the declassification of Friday’sreportafterportions ofitscontentsweredisclosed inBrazilianmedia.

The magazine Veja first brokethestory

Cid currently is under arrest as police investigate his alleged participation in another scheme: to falsify COVID-19 vaccination recordsforBolsonaro.

The far-right president and former army captain hasvowednevertotakethe shot, but health reports released in February showed him listed as vaccinated, prompting yet anotherfederalprobe.

Ukraine war: Putin confirms first nuclear weapons moved to Belarus

BBC-Russiahasalreadystationedafirst batchoftacticalnuclearweaponsinBelarus, VladimirPutinsays.

Russia’s president told a forum they would only be used if Russia’s territory or statewasthreatened.

The US government says there is no indication the Kremlin plans to use nuclear weaponstoattackUkraine.

“Wedon’tseeanyindicationsthatRussia is preparing to use a nuclear weapon,” US SecretaryofStateAntonyBlinkensaidafter MrPutin’scomments.

Belarus is a key Russian ally and served as a launchpad for Mr Putin’s full-scale invasionofUkraineinFebruarylastyear

Mr Putin said transferring the tactical nuclearwarheadswouldbecompletedbythe endofthesummer

Answeringquestionsafteraspeechatthe St Petersburg International Economic Forum,Russia’spresidentsaidthemovewas about “containment” and to remind anyone “thinking of inflicting a strategic defeat on us”.

When asked by the forum’s moderator aboutthepossibilityofusingthoseweapons, he replied: “Why should we threaten the wholeworld?

Ihavealreadysaidthattheuseofextreme measuresispossibleincasethereisadanger toRussianstatehood.”

Tactical nuclear weapons are small

nuclear warheads and delivery systems intended for use on the battlefield, or for a limited strike. They are designed to destroy enemy targets in a specific area without causingwidespreadradioactivefallout.

The smallest tactical nuclear weapons can be one kiloton or less (producing the equivalent to a thousand tonnes of the explosive TNT). The largest ones can be as bigas100kilotons.

Bycomparison,theatomicbombtheUS dropped on Hiroshima in 1945 was 15 kilotons.

Could Russia use tactical nuclear weapons?

TheRussianleaderisduetomeetAfrican leaders in St Petersburg after they visited Kyiv on Friday as part of a peace initiative theyarepresentingtobothcountries.

However, while they were in the city it cameunderRussianmissileattack.

South African President Cyril Ramaphosa called for de-escalation on both sidesandnegotiationsforpeace.

“We came here to listen and recognise what the people of Ukraine have gone through,”hesaid.

But Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky said instead of making diplomatic overtures to Russia it should be frozen out diplomatically to send a message that the international community condemned its invasion.

Brazil’s President Jair Bolsonaro, right, talks with Mauro Cid in Brasilia, Brazil, on June 18, 2019 [File: Adriano Machado/Reuters]

Reg. 2 RDC signs $53.4M in contracts for road, revetment works

Some sections of Second Cross Street, Old Housing Scheme, Charity, Region Two. (Photos: Region Two RDC Facebook page)

The Regional Democratic Council (RDC) of Region Two onThursdaysignedthreecontractstotalling$53.4millionfor theupgradingoftworoadsandtheconstructionofarevetment intheRegion.

The contracts were signed by the Region’s Regional Executive Officer (REO) Susanah Saywack under the RDC’s capitalworksprogramme.

Of the three contracts, the RDC signed one with R.I.V.A Investment for the construction of a revetment at Golden Fleece, Essequibo Coast. This contract, which is worth $31.9 million,isexpectedtobecompletedwithinfourmonths.

Asfortheroadworks,theREOsignedacontracttotalling $10.7 million with A. Bacchus Contracting and Trucking ServicefortheupgradingofTomeshStreet,WindsorCastle.

This project, the RDC said will see the construction of a new concrete structure coupled with concrete drains on both sides, and the construction of walkways to allow for easy access for the residents. This project is expected to be completedwithinthreemonths.

Finally, a $10.8 million contract was signed for the upgrading of Second Cross Street Old Housing Scheme, Charity The project which was awarded to Golden Key Construction and Supply is expected to be completed within three months. This project will see the street upgraded using concrete which will allow residents better access to their homes.

The signing of the contracts was witnessed by Regional Engineer, Mr Kawan Suchit, Civil Engineer, Mr Harindra Nandalall, Engineer from Anna Regina Town Council, Mr Brian Alves and Superintendent of Roads, Mr Saywack Persaud. The RDC noted that in the coming weeks more contractsareexpectedtobesignedforinfrastructuralworks.

Herdmanston Lodge’s GM elected as THAG’s President

The Tourism and H o s p i t a l i t y Association of

Guyana (THAG) on Friday elected Mrs Omadele (Dee) George, General Manager of Herdmanston Lodge, as its newPresident.

The elections were held during the Association’s 30th Annual General Meeting (AGM) held at the MarriottHotel.

Mr Eduardo Reple, General Manager of the Guyana Marriott Hotel, has been appointed as the Vice President of THAG, responsible for supporting thePresidentandassistingin driving the association’s initiatives forward and Mr. SalvadordeCaires,Manager ofTourism & Hospitality for Evergreen Adventures & Baganara Island Resort, will serve as the Treasurer, overseeing the financial mattersofTHAG.

The committee members electedareasfollows:

· Abigail Ally – General GuyanaInc sectors of the industry, actively seeking new alliances, we aim to elevate advocating for the interests Manager, Bimichi Eco

Manager, Ansa Motors professionals from various existing partnerships while partners and fostering new valuable support and

In a statement to the bringing a wealth of collaborations to enhance the tourism and hospitality ofitsmembers. Resort media THAG said that knowledge and expertise to the association’s brand and sector in Guyana, promoting “Through fostering

· Carla Vantull – General “undertheleadershipofMrs. theirroles.” drive further growth in the its unique offerings to a partnerships, promoting

ss George, the newly elected Meanwhile, George said industry globalaudience.” sustainable practices, and Explorers executive committee will that she is committed to “Our main objective will The THAG said that as facilitating the development

· Dion Inniss – Sales work towards advancing the continuing the “excellent be to work tirelessly for the the leading association o f t o u r i s m - r e l a t e d Executive, Guyana & tourism and hospitality work” of the previous b e t t e r m e n t o f o u r representing the tourism and initiatives, THAG continues

Guyana The executive committee. She association’s members,” hospitality industry in to contribute to the growth

ttee emphasized the importance said Mrs George “By Guyana; it remains and success of the sector,”

THAG’s collaborating with our dedicated to providing thestatementsaid.

Some sections of Tomesh Street, Windsor Castle, Region Two.

Persaud

comprises experienced of leveraging

Business Development

The newly elected executive of THAG

Shepherd rejuvenated ahead of World Cup Qualifiers

(CMC) – All-rounder

Romario Shepherd believes his rest for the recent United Arab Emirates series was pivotal in his preparation for the ICC World Cup Qualifiers starting this weekend.

The 28-year-old displayed an early glimpse of form, blasting a swift 53 off 34 deliveries in Tuesday’s opening warm-up, as West Indies easily brushed aside Scotland by 91 runs at the Harare Sports Club here.

“[The rest] was more mentally. When the skipper called me and told me I was going to get an opportunity to take a

rest for a couple days, it was really refreshing for me to go home and spend some time with the family,” Shepherd said.

“I really enjoyed those 10 days and to come back here on the grind again, I’m ready.”

Shepherd appeared on top of his game against the Scots, producing a typically flamboyant innings laced with five fours and three sixes at number nine.

He helped rally the Caribbean side in a 73-run, eighth wicket stand with Roston Chase (30) after the

Saturday June 17, 2023

ARIES (Mar. 21–Apr. 19)

A heightened level of intuition and understanding of others might catapult you to the center of attention at a gathering, Aries. Knowledge combined with experience results in wisdom today.

TAURUS(Apr.20–May20)

Communication with friends who have traveled widely could have you hankering to make a future visit to a distant place that you've always wanted to experience.

GEMINI (May 21–June 20)

Dreams or visions could put you in touch with deep feelings that you may not have been aware of before, Gemini. This could enable you to release traumas from your past and give you a new sense of lightness.

CANCER (June 21–July 22)

Relationships of all kinds are likely to be strengthened by an increased level of understanding today, Cancer. Your thinking is greatly enhanced by your emotional intuitiveness.

LEO (July 23–Aug. 22)

Today your emotional intuition intensifies your mental abilities, Leo. Friends and family members are likely to grow closer to you.

VIRGO (Aug. 23–Se pt. 22)

Relationships with those closest to you, particularly friends and love partners, should be enhanced by an increased understanding of their emotional world, Virgo.

innings slumped to 154 for seven in the 36th over.

“I came out looking to spend some time in the middle because I’ve been playing a lot of T20 cricket and this is my first opportunity to play 50-over cricket in a while,” Shepherd said.

“So, basically when I went out to bat with like 15 overs remaining, I said if I can set myself up to get some runs at the back end [that would be good], and I did that easily today because the pitch dried out, and it was quite easy to bat at the back end

Minister of Sport addresses...

there.”

He continued: “Also with the ball, I wanted to bowl more overs but unfortunately I didn’t get to get the amount of overs that I wanted because we all had to participate in the match.”

Shepherd sent down three overs of pace which cost 10 runs.

Shepherd was one of two players with half-centuries, Captain Shai Hope top-scoring with 57 in a 77run, fifth wicket partnership with Keacy Carty (32) which helped pull West Indies around from danger at 45 for four in the 12th over. And Shepherd praised Hope’s leadership, both with the bat and in the dressing room.

From page 22 challenges and obstacles as stepping stones and turning points for greater advancement in the creation of a legacy for not only themselves but the country which future athletic aspirants can inculcate and embrace.

“It is the orientation of your mindset in a positive direction whether in training in competition or in life that will determine your trajectory in sport and in life. This approach is applicable to sports and in your everyday life. The most successful persons in life and sports are the ones that see challenges as an opportunity for growth”, he affirmed.

sion Ms Christy Campbell extolled the delegation on being selected to represent Guyana and assured the gathering of the NSC’s unwavering commitment to the development of all athletes and the sports sector.

Moreover, Chef-de-Mission Dr Karen Pilgrim confirmed on behalf of the GOA, that all structures, protocols and systems are in place to ensure that Guyana’s delegation is provided for and that she will work assiduously with the coaches, managers, and other support personnel to ensure that the athletes have a fruitful engagement.

LIBRA (Sept. 23–Oct. 22)

Dealing with the ups and downs of other family members could be easier for you today than usual, Libra. You're less inclined to be logical and more apt to identify with what other people feel.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23–Nov. 21)

Today your mind is strongly influenced by feeling and intuition, Scorpio, so you'll be able to communicate especially well with others. You might sense what they need to hear before.

SAGIT(Nov.22–Dec.21)

You generally like to think of yourself as someone who faces life logically and rationally, Sagittarius, but today your intuitive side could prove a valuable resource.

CAPRI (Dec. 22–Jan. 19)

Your intuition is usually very strong, Capricorn, and your level of empathy enhances your relationships. Today, however, a burst of logic could enable you to see many things.

AQUARIUS(Jan.20–Feb.18)

Your intuition is heightened almost to the point of telepathy today. Aquarius, you may be able to sense what others want and need even before they know it themselves.

PISCES (Feb. 19–Mar. 20)

Getting in touch with your closest friends could bring about some intense communication, with many revealing some of your deepest concerns, Pisces.

“First of all, as a leader and as a captain, the guys have been buying into all the plans that he’s set out so he’s leading on and off the field, because he’s a hard worker and everyone tries to follow him,” said Shepherd, who has played 18 One-Day Internationals and 26 T20 Internationals.

“And also with the bat, he’s been our best batsman over the past couple of years and also one of the leading batsmen in the world, and some of the young batsmen coming up can take a page out of his book.”

West Indies face United Arab Emirates in their final warm-up on Thursday before taking on United States on Sunday in their first group game of the qualifiers.

Paruima wins Upper Mazauruni...

From page 23 ladder, ever higher.” President Franklin Wilson stated.

Gratitude is again extended to the following for making Carlos PettersonGriffith’s trip a reality.

The Honourable Minister of Culture, Youth and Sport Charles Ramson Jr., National Sports Commission, Guyana Olympic Association, MVP Sports, Fitness Express, Superior Concrete, Space Gym, and other private supporters.

Athletic coaches were also provided with the opportunity to have forthright discourse on the challenges encountered. Nevertheless, numerous managers and coaches expressed their gratitude and thanked Minister Ramson Jr for his decision to meet with the CAC delegation prior to their departure, which was a novel development and not a reality of the past.

Meanwhile, Vice-chair of the National Sports Commis-

A 69-member contingent will represent Guyana at the CAC Games.

The team comprises 52 athletes, 13 technical officials, two medical officers, a Chefde-Mission and Deputy Chefde-Mission. Marisha Fernandes is the Deputy Chef-de-Mission.

The 10 disciplines that will feature at the championship are Archery, Athletics, Badminton, Basketball, Boxing, Fencing, Hockey, Swimming, Table Tennis, and Weightlifting.

Munisar to lead strong U19 team in CWI Regional U19 Girls tourney

Th e G u y a n a Cricket Board (GCB) named a strong 14-member team which will compete in the upcoming Cricket West Indies(CWI)GirlsUnder-19 RegionalTournament.

The competition will bowl off in the Twin Island Republic of Trinidad and Tobago from July 2-July 16 andwillfeatureanumberof strongteamsfromacrossthe Caribbean.

Led by all-rounder Ashmini Munisar, the team features Vice-Captain Realeanna Grimmond, Tia

I s s a c s , T i l l e y a Madramootoo, Ciana Retemiah and Melanie Dover who were all members of the recent Guyana Senior Women’s team. Both Grimmond and Munisar will bring tons of experience to the young team, having come off good showings at the CWI Blaze

T20 and Women’s Super50 tournament, which ended lastmonth.

Theteamwillbecoached by Tremayne Smartt while Heema Singh will perform dutiesastheManager

Guyana U19 Women team: Ashimini Munisar

(Captain), Realeanna Grimmond (V/C) Cyanna Relemiah, Nya Latchman,

Tilleya Madramootoo, Naomi Barkoye, Melanie Dover, Sarah Amin, Jamie Campbell,LavinaRagobeer, Emlissa Whyte, Tia Issac, Laurene Williams and DenellieLindie. Standbys are: Aliah De silver, Tamica Simon, Chelsea Latiff, Cristal Durant, Tamara George and QzelSampson.

Minister of Sport addresses

CAC Games contingent

Aspartofthenewsports protocol, the Honourable Minister of Culture, Youth andSportCharlesRamsonJr met with the representative teams at the National Cultural Centre last evening from the 10 disciplines that will represent Guyana at the 24th Central America and Caribbean (CAC) Games scheduledforJune20th-July 8th in El Salvador and the DominicanRepublic.

The novel regulations, which is a collaborative apparatus between the Ministry of Culture, Youth and Sport (MCY&S), the NationalSportsCommission (NSC),theGuyanaOlympic Association (GOA), and the relevant National Sports Federations, were conceptualized and implemented to the ensure symbiosis of structured systems and regulations for national programmes, contingents,anddelegations representing the Golden Arrowhead.

Established on the premise of ensuring that nationalsportingdelegations representing Guyana are providedforandhaveattheir disposal, the relevant and requisite structures such as but not limited to welfare,

uniforms, per diem, medical provision and support, transport and travelling insurance, accommodation arrangements, flight provisions, and emergency protocol.

Minister Ramson Jr applauded all the athletes from the respective disciplinesforbeingselected to represent Guyana, declaring that representing one’s country is truly the highest honour that can be affordedtoanindividual.

TheMinisterthankedthe athletes on behalf of the MCY&S, the NSC, and the Government and people of Guyana for their impending serviceandinitialsacrifices, and outlined that the aforementioned cadre inclusive of himself, will remainanunwaveringally.

Enthused by the improved relationship and budding partnership that existsbetweentheMCY&S, the NSC, the GOA and the respective National

Federations, Minister Ramson reiterated and assuredoftheGovernment’s continued development of the sports fraternity, emphasizingtothegathering which also included managers, coaches, a

physiotherapist, doctors, Chef-de-Mission, and Deputy Chef-de-Mission, of the many infrastructural projects, programmes, and investment currently being undertaken,asatestamentto the visionary leadership of the Government of Guyana to develop the sports ecosystem and its human capital.

He further explained, “Theprocesswillnotchange overnight but you have our commitment that we are workingandwillcontinueto work to ensure that the necessary investments in developing the trajectory and key pillars for sports development and positive transformation of sport in Guyana are strategically made.”

Minister Ramson Jr further implored the representative delegation to be great ambassadors, teammates,andexamplesof the nation and urged that despite the unique challenges that they might face and encounter, to be supportiveoftheburgeoning p r o c e s s , t o g r a s p opportunities that are afforded,todevelopthrough perseveranceandutilizethe (Continuedonpage21)

Ashmini Munisar

Realeanna Grimmond

Paruima wins Upper Mazauruni U-18 Football Tournament

Paruima became the inaugural champions of the tournament on Thursday evening

Paruima completed an intriguing campaign against five other teams to be crowned the inaugural champion of the Petra Organisation’s Upper Mazaurni Under-18 InterVi l l a g e F o o t b a l l Tournament, which took place over consecutive days from June 11 – 15 at the EdwinUnitedSportsClub.

The tournament, which also had the support of Trophy Stall and MVP Sports, concluded on Thursday evening as Paruima held their nerves todefeatKamarang,3–2

Paruima’s Kimron Thomas, the tournament’s highest goal scorer, drew first blood for his side in

the 15th minute but

Raydon Krammer found the equalizer five minutes later from the penalty spot. In the 36th minute, Kamarang were elevated t o t h e l e a d w i t h Krammer’s second goal as thesideledatthehalf

When play resumed, Paruima made it a leveled game once again when Arlindo Williams found the back of the net in the 65th minute.

WorldClassicOpen PowerliftingChampionships...

However, with the nail-biter approaching the regulation time w h i s t l e , T h o m a s completed a double in the third minute of injuries and stoppages time (90’+3’) – a goal that wrote them into the history books. The Milo Under1 8 C h a m p i o n , Waramadong, had to settle for fourth after they were outplayed by Jawalla, 4 – 2, in the third-place showdown Bevon Jones (6’& 58’), Didan Hunter (34’) and Lebron Hunter (60’) were

Petterson-Griffith powers to Deadlift silver, Squat bronze - finishes sixth in the World

Guyana’sleading strongman,Carlos‘The Showstopper’PettersonGriffithpoweredhisway tosilverandbronze medalsandraisedthebar onanumberofnational recordswhenhecompeted attheWorldClassicOpen Powerlifting Championshipsheldat IntercontinentalArena ConferenceCentre, IntercontinentalHotel,St George’s,Bay,StJulians, Malta,June11-18.

Contesting the 93kg category which attracted the most athletes of all the categories, 42 in total, Petterson-Griffith displayed his ability amongst the best and in some instances, more accomplished athletes in theworld.

LiftinginFlightBofthe three flights, the Guyanese was the standout lifter, poweringhiswaytothetop ofthegripinboththeSquat and Deadlifts but was outdone in the Benchpress, a n a r e a h e h a s acknowledged that he has worktodoin.

He equaled his squat record of 320 0kg (705.48lb) set on August

22 at Saint Stanislaus College with his second attempt and challenged for the world record of 331.0kg when he attempted334.0butwasnot successful, on his third and finallift.

His performance was, however, good for the bronze, with two of the liftersinFlightAtakingthe gold (Amar Kanane of Algeria – 325 0kg) and silver (Gustav Hedlund of Sweden–320kg).

Carlos’ achievement in the Benchpress of 172.5kg has equaled the National Benchpressrecordwhichis held by Wazim Mohamed 172.5 (380.30lb) achieved onthe24thofOctober2021 at the Life Gym Lusignan, East Coast Demerara. This performance surpassed Petterson-Griffith’s previousbestwas165.0kg.

He capped off a successful sojourn with a classical display in the Deadlift as he upped the ante by 10kg to 355.0kg ( 7 8 2 6 4 l b ) f r o m 345.0(760.60lb)which was setonthe25thofApril2018 atSaintStanislausCollege.

Again,thisperformance outshonehisrivalsinFlight

B and it took a lifter from FlightAto edge him to the silver Additionally, Petterson-Griffithsetanew Total National Record with his 847 0kg(1867 31lb) erasing his own previous r e c o r d o f 825 0kg(1818 81lb) achieved on August 28, 2022,at Saint Stanislaus College. His performance overall saw him ending as thesixth-bestathleteinthis category, in the world, the besteverbyaGuyanese.

The President and Executive Committee of the Guyana Amateur PowerliftingFederationhas already extended congratulations to Carlos Petterson-Griffith on his outstandingperformanceat this year’s edition of the World Classic Open P o w e r l i f t i n g Championships.

“Weknewallalongthat you have what it takes to standupwiththebestinthe world and you have vindicated that belief. We know that this is just a step up to another level and we will continue to give you the necessary support needed,toclimbtheworld

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responsible for Jawalla’s goals that led to victory while Leon Larson (12’ & 58’)scoredtwiceforhisside inaheart-rendingdefeat.

On Wednesday, both semifinal matches were decided by a penalty shootouts as Kamarang

a n d Wa r a m a d o n g played to a 1 – 1 s t a l e m a t e t h e n prevailed 3 – 1 in the s h o o t o u t , w h i l e Paruima and Jawalla were deadlocked at 2 –2 before the former won 6–5insuddendeath

Golden Jaguars hunting ‘spicy’ win tonight against Grenada

ByRawleToney in Miami (Compliments ofTeamMohamed’s)

Inoneofthemosthighly anticipated final matches of the first preliminary round, Guyana and Grenada are set to clash in a historic e n c o u n t e r a t t h e

CONCACAF Gold Cup today at the Drive Pink Stadium in Miami, Florida from9:00pm.

Althoughtheteamshave faced each other 17 times in 43years,thiswillmarktheir first meeting in the prestigioustournament.

Grenada has the upper hand in their head-to-head history, having won 10 matches compared to Guyana’s five victories. In

theirlastencounter,in2017, Grenada earned a 1 - 0 win overtheGoldenJaguars.

Guyana’s last victory overGrenadacamein2012a 2-1 scoreline at the Grenada National Stadium inanInternationalFriendly.

However, the Gold Cup provides a fresh opportunity for both teams to showcase their talent and make their mark on the international stage.

ForGuyana,reachingthe group stage in 2019 was a significantachievement,and they are now making their second consecutive trip to Florida for the preliminary round.

The Golden Jaguars secured their spot through theirperformanceinNations League B, where they

finished with a respectable record of three wins, one

draw,andtwolosses.

WithHeadCoachJamaal Shabazz unable to make the voyageto Fort Lauderdale, his Assistant Wayne Dover will stand on the sidelines in charge of the 23-mansquad

Major League Soccer (MLS) side Chicago Fire

FC’s 19-year-old talisman

Omari Glasgow, who emerged as a standout player during the Nations League, leading the team with three goals, will be key for Dover today upfront

M e a n w h i l e , t h e experienced Neil Danns, at 40yearsold,continuestobe a driving force in midfield. Danns scored three times in the 2019 Gold Cup and will be aiming for a similar impact this time around, drawing comparisons to legendary Cameroon striker RogerMilla.

Dover also leaned on Samuel Cox, Liam Gordon, Emery Welshman, Akel Clarke,KaiMcKenzie-Lyle, Elliot Bonds, Kadel Daniel, Stephen Duke-McKenna,

Trayon Bobb, Omari Glasgow, Curtez Kellman, andDanielWilson,giventhe factthattheywerepartofthe team that played against Guatemala in the last outing of the Gold Cup, in the preliminaryround.

Jonathan Grant, Jalen Jones,MarcusSimmons,Tre Mitford, Deon Moore, Renell McKenzie-Lyle, Leo Lovell, and Daniel Wilson willbehavingtheirfirsttaste of the CONCACAF showpiece.

Grenada, on the other hand,haspreviouslyreached the group stage on three occasions and is looking to secure a second consecutive appearance.

After finishing third in their League A group, trailing behind the United States and El Salvador, the Spice Boyz find themselves inthePrelims.

Jamal Charles, who scoredonceinLeagueA,has beenaconsistentgoalscorer forGrenada,boastingatotal ofsevengoalsacrossthetwo editions of the Nations League.

The Golden Jaguars during the final stages of preparation before their preliminary round Gold Cup matches.

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Buxton United and Den Amstel suffer heavy defeats

Th e G u y a n a F o o t b a l l Federation’s (GFF) National Training

Centre crowd witnessed an intriguing showdown on Thursday evening as the highly anticipated Season

Five of the GFF/KFC Elite Football League continued with a thrilling double header

The action-packed evening featured Western TigersfacingoffagainstDen Amstel FC, while Guyana Defence Force (GDF) clashedwithBuxtonUnited. Both Western Tigers and GDF blew away their respective opponents, Den Amstel and Buxton United,

byidenticalscore-lines.

The first match of the evening between Western Tigers and Den Amstel FC, the eventual victors went ahead in the 44th minute when Malchi Grannum unleashed a magnificent strike,breakingthedeadlock and granting his team the advantage just before the firsthalfconcluded.

As the second half commenced,WesternTigers returned with determination and swiftly extended their leadinthe58thminutewitha goalfromRandolphWagner

However, Den Amstel found themselves in deeper trouble when Kabi Alexander inadvertently

scored an own-goal in the 64th minute, increasing the Tigers’leadto3-0.

Wagner then sealed the deal for Western Tigers with his second goal in the 89th minute, securing a convincing 40 victoryoverDenAmstel.

Simultaneously, the clash between GDF and Buxton United resulted in a mirror image scoreline of 4-0 in favour of GDF

T h e G D F b o y s showcased their dominance early in the game, with Stephen McDonald finding thebackofthenetinthe16th minute.

Kennard Simon further

increased GDF’s lead in the 34th minute while Olvis Mitchell (68') and Chris Macey (71') equally completed the goal tally, ensuring a comprehensive victoryforGDF.

Despite Buxton United’s valiant efforts, the GDF defendersremainedresolute, keeping a clean sheet throughoutthematch.

The league continues today at the same venue,

with another enthralling double header Ann’s Grove FCwilltakeonMilerockFC at 16:00 hours, followed by DenAmstel FC squaring off againstVictoriaKingsFCat 18:30hours.

Paul ready to help West Indies make it through World Cup Qualifier

just about speaking to the rightpeople,gettingtheright motivation, and also motivatingmyself.”

Back in the squad, Paul has now been given an important job to do by selector Desmond Haynes, who holds him up as a match-winner This is no different to how Paul views himself but admits performancestobackupthis belief have been lacking. Ominously for the West Indies’ opponents, he believes a match-winning showingisnotfaraway.

so,Ithinkitisgoingtocome very,verysoon.”

The West Indies open their qualifying campaign against the United States, also facing Nepal, Zimbabwe and the Netherlands in the group stages. They are under the guidance of a new coach in the form of Daren Sammy, the only men’s captain to havewontheT20WorldCup twice.AndPaulbelievesthe 39-year-old has already had animpactontheside.

think we’ll definitely qualify,” Paul revealed. “In life,Idon’tseeanythingasa failure.It’sallaboutlearning and moving forward. I’m pretty confident and that’s themoodinthecamp.We’re upforit,soIdefinitelythink thatwewillqualify (CWI)

Confidenceiskeyforallrounder Keemo Paul as he and his West Indies teammates try to qualify for the ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup 2023. The 25year-old has returned to the West Indies ODI squad for the first time since July last

yearandwillhopetohelpthe two-time champions advance from the Qualifier inZimbabwe.

“I’vebeenoutforawhile and to come back, I’m just really excited to play some cricket and to perform back amongst my friends, people

thatIcallmysecondfamily” the right-arm pacer said. “I’ve always been a hard worker,butIwouldsayI’ve had to dial in more on specifics and get mentally toughtogetbackhere.

“Cricket is all about beingmentallystrong.Itwas

He added: “I definitely think I’m a match-winner, I always try to be positive, I always try to be my own hype man. I just try to motivate myself as much as possible. People may say thatIamamatch-winner,but Iwanttoproveit.

“I’matastagenowinmy career, where I need to do better and where I need to actuallystandupasamatchwinner and put in those performances.Everygame,I go there with that mentality now to be a match-winner,

Hesaid:“It’sreallygood to have a legend like Daren Sammyaround,hehasavery calm demeanour He is a very cool guy The players feel really, really good and really, really comfortable. Healsobringsalotofenergy andmotivationtothecamp.”

The confidence Paul feels in himself also spreads to the wider team, with the Guyana-born player not willing to consider anything otherthanqualification.

“I wouldn’t say not qualifying would be a failure, but I wouldn’t look down that road because I

FULL SQUAD: Shai Hope (captain), Rovman Powell (vice captain), Shamarh Brooks, Yannic Cariah,KeacyCarty,Roston Chase, Johnson Charles, JasonHolder,AkealHosein, Alzarri Joseph,Brandon King, Kyle Mayers, Keemo Paul, Nicholas Pooran, RomarioShepherd West Indies Match Schedule

All matches start at 9am local time (3am Eastern Caribbean/2amJamaica)

Sunday 18 June: v USA atTakashingaCricketClub

Thursday 22 June: v NepalatHarareSportsClub

Saturday 24 June: v Zimbabwe at Harare Sports Club

Monday 26 June: v Netherlands at Takashinga CricketClub

GDF’s forward (on ball) on the move against Buxton United defenders during Thursday night’s encounter night’

Keemo Paul

Minister of Sport addresses CAC Games contingent

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Petterson-Griffith powers to Deadlift silver, Squat bronze - finishes sixth in the World

The Golden Jaguars during the final stages of preparation before their preliminary round Gold Cup matches.

Minister of Sport, Hon. Charles Ramson Jr., members of the GOAand the Guyanese contingent for the 24th edition of the CAC Games met at the National Cultural Centre

Carlos ‘The Showstopper’ Petterson-Griffith placed second in Deadlift in his category.