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Money is good but a good life is better DEAR EDITOR, As the world transitions away from oil and wars cease in oil rich states, the future profitability of the industry is definitely at risk over the long term. There are times when it is better to join the new direction at its inception rather than go where things are in decline due to hard learned lessons. We must do our part as responsible world citizens, especially given that we sit in the lungs of the planet at the mouth of such a large percentage of its usable water. Money is good, but a good life is better. Tempering of the need to consume and remembrance of how well we did with little is a great teacher of what is important. The world has been fighting for a more sustainable change in how we treat the environment and we must have the courage to embrace this change with the help of those who are leading it. There is still time to join in leading this change and if we are truly committed to helping prevent adverse changes to the Earth’s climate then a careful and responsible approach to our energy policy should be undertaken. The time for change is now and no one should want more of the same short sighted and unjust undertakings that have supported the oil industry during its decline. Jamil Changlee
Some general thoughts on GBTI’s approach to banking DEAR EDITOR, The Guyana Bank for Trade and Industry recently held their 29th Annual General Meeting on May 22, 2017, and it can be described as unprecedented. The Chairman of the Board started the meeting in the role of a Pastor and invoked a Christian prayer. It seems to escape the Chairman that GBTI is a Public Company with over 1,800 Shareholders presenting a very diverse multi-religious grouping. The separation of religion from the institution and a secular environment was undermined. Unless of course, it was the intention to seek guidance from God in dealing with two humongous challenges that GBTI now faces. As reported in the press, the Chairman assured the Shareholders that the Bank would recover the $941M lost in the recent fraud at GBTI. Industry knowledgeable persons have questioned this assertion by the Chairman and to put it mildly I believe the Chairman was overly optimistic. On the other hand, did the Chairman seek to mislead the shareholders? I hope not GBTI has an insurance of US$2M (maximum) to cover frauds of this nature. However, is this fraud, or negligence or naivety? At this point in time there is no guarantee that the insurance company will pay on such a claim. The Government of Guyana has seized all known assets of the alleged perpetrator of this fraud in a separate case. The question for the Chairman — does he not owe the shareholders and the public an explanation of his bold assertion that GBTI will recover funds lost in the recent fraud? I believe that it should be mandatory that in the interim report as at June 30th, 2017 that the Chairman makes a clear unambiguous statement confirming what amounts have actually been recovered at that point in time. “Growth at an exceptional rate is a red flag in banking. It is hard enough to manage an ordinary bank; to control a sprouting weed is nigh impossible. If loans are expanding too quickly, the lending officers have probably been saying “yes” too frequently.”- James Grant. This is apt when one examines the phenomenal growth of GBTI’s loan portfolio over the last few years ($19.3B in 2010 to $45.5B in 2016). However, a study of GBTI’s annual account reveals a disturbing trend of a continuous deterioration in this lending. The mantra that the economy is in decline cannot be used as an excuse for reckless decision making of the Executives involved in the Credit Administration of the Bank. The tools of risk management are wide and varied and credit risk analysis covers economic, business and political. For the Year ending 2016, GBTI Total Loans and Advances were $45.52B while the total impaired Loans and Advances was $11.80B. Included is these figures $8.88B that is past due 360 days and over. Renegotiated Loans and Overdraft was recorded at $6.09B. These figures clearly demonstrates that as at 2016, this is a frightening state of affairs that even at its most minimum GBTI’s loan portfolio is 25% bad. Banks get in trouble for one basic reason, they give bad loans. In commercial banking, if you want to be outstanding, you first have to be the best in risk management and credit quality. Banks fail in vast majority of cases when their Management seeks growth at all cost, driven by profit with no regard to risk or gamble on the future. Latchmi Devi Persaud
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This year marks sixty years of the existence of the PNC DEAR EDITOR, This year marks sixty years since the formation of the People’s National Congress (PNC) and the Party, now once again in the driver’s seat, is going out of its way to rewrite its history and role in the development or some may say underdevelopment of the country’s socio-political and economic architecture. Seven years ago, the PPP observed the 60th anniversary of its formation. The PPP was formed on January 1, 1950 which makes the Party the oldest political party in Guyana and among the oldest in the Commonwealth Caribbean. It is common knowledge that the split in the PPP took place a mere two years after the suspension of the constitution in 1953 following a landslide victory of the PPP in the elections of April 1953, the first to be held under universal adult suffrage. It is an open secret that the split was engineered by the British government following a recommendation of the Robertson Commission which was set up to ascertain the factors which resulted in the suspension of the constitution and to make recommendations to the
British Government on the way forward for the colony. True to form, the Commission justified the suspension of the constitution and recommended a period of marking time until the “communists” and “hardliners” in the party are removed from the party and the more “moderate” elements were allowed to take control of the party. It was against the foregoing background that the split in the PPP in 1955 and the subsequent formation of the PNC in 1957 has to be situated. Burnham, who was Chairman of the PPP at the time of its formation in 1950, was seen by the British as the moderate in the Party as opposed to Dr. Jagan who was seen as someone with strong leftist predispositions. Burnham was encouraged to take over the leadership of the PPP which he unsuccessfully attempted to do by all manner of political subterfuge which included the convening of an extraordinary party congress in early1955 aimed at removing Dr. Jagan as Party Leader and installing himself as Leader. His “Leader or Nothing ultimatum” did not go down well with the vast majority of members both at the
grassroots and the leadership levels. It was as a consequence of his failure to wrest the leadership of the Party from Dr. Jagan that he formed his own party, which interestingly he also named PPP. For about two years the country experienced two PPPs, one led by Dr. Jagan and the other by Mr. Burnham. Both parties fought the 1957 elections under the same name PPP. It was not until the defeat of Burnham’s PPP (B) that Burnham changed the name of his Party to the People’s National Congress (PNC). The split of the PPP in 1955 left deep scars in the body politic of this nation of ours. The working class and ethnic unity that was forged in the early 1950s was shattered and even though Dr. Jagan’s PPP continued to win successive elections in 1957 and 1961, the sad reality is that the monster of race began to raise its ugly head ever since the party split with varying degrees of intensity. Few can deny that the country experienced one of its most painful and turbulent period during the early 1960’s leaving in its wake a fractured and fragmented society the effects of which we are still to fully recover from.
Several motives and explanations for the split were postulated by politicians and academics. There are some who saw the split as ideologically driven within a cold war context; others see it as essentially racial in nature while some see it as rank opportunism on the part of Burnham to assert himself politically and in the process to secure for himself a more rewarding position than he could have otherwise attained. It is not possible in this short letter to go into all the intricacies and complexities of the matter regarding the split. Suffice it to say that both the British and the American administrations badly miscalculated in their assessment and characterization of Dr. Jagan and the PPP in terms of ideological orientation and political philosophy. This was acknowledged by no less a person than a former advisor to President Kennedy, Henry Kissinger who openly apologized to Dr. Jagan for a mistake made when he suggested that President that Burnham would have presented to the US fewer problems than Dr. Jagan in terms of US foreign policy Hydar Ally
The White House, the Supreme Court and religion in the US DEAR EDITOR, As America gradually increases in secularism, and systematically excludes God and the Bible from the educational system, courts and the arts, the citizens have begun to reap the inevitable rewards of sin. Decay has begun to take place at the foundation, as is evidenced from the breakdown of the family, rampant crime and the multiplicity of problems that have emanated from disobeying God. Regrettably what was formerly freedom of religion has now become freedom from religion. Americans have succeeded in getting God out of schools, sporting events, public places and out of workplaces. While she may be counting her success on one hand, the nation has forgotten that the freedom they enjoy was built on the foundation of absolute truth. Once the foundation is removed, the freedom can actually transform into anarchy. America’s politics is poisoned beyond redemption, and the episodes surrounding Trump’s travel ban bear out this statement.
Judge Neil Gorsuch referred to the President’s comments about the judge seeking to overturn his 90 day travel ban on travel to the United States from certain countries, as disheartening and demoralizing. What was so distasteful was what was uttered by the President. “A so -called judge blocked the travel ban,” said Trump. Were President’s Trump remarks to the judges disparaging? Certainly they were. Here we go again, for only persons with absolutely no knowledge or totally ignorant of American history would view the calumny of the judges as frightening, as President Trump holds no monopoly on strange presidential behavior. Thomas Jefferson the third president of the United States and the principal author of the Declaration of Independence did not only refuse to invoke the Alien & Sedition Acts of the second U. S President John Adams, but his party also impeached Supreme Court Justice Samuel Chase who had presided over one of the trials. Andrew Jackson, the 7th U.S president disregarded Chief
Justice John Marshall’s ban against moving the Cherokee out of Georgia to west of Mississippi. In the eyes of President Jackson, the Cherokees had no rights …. they were foreigners just like the Syrian refugees under President Trump President Abraham Lincoln considered sending U. S troops to arrest Roger Taney the fifth Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, after the Chief Justice had declared that President Lincoln’s suspension of the writ of habeas corpus violated the Constitution. Franklin Delano Roosevelt recommended the addition of six justices to emasculate a Supreme Court of “nine old men” whom he castigated for having affirmed some NEW DEAL schemes unlawful. President Eisenhower referred to Earl Warren and William Brennan his Supreme
Court choices as two of the “worst mistakes” he made as president. Clinging halfheartedly to a well-known British proverb, “in for a penny, in for a pound.” Let us compare the remarks made by the President to the tweets of Elizabeth Warren after Jeff Sessions her Senate colleague was confirmed as Attorney General. According to Warren, Jeff Sessions was representative of racial hatred, and if he made the tiniest attempt to bring his racism, sexism and bigotry, into the Department of Justice, all of us will pile on. This is certainly hate speech at its most blatant, an act that certainly endorse Mitch McConnell, the Majority Leader ’s decision to use Senate rules to keep her vocal output minimized. Warren’s language that Sessions is immersed in Continued on page 6
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My name has been placed on the infamous Blacklist Water, water everywhere! DEAR EDITOR, In recent days members of the PPP/C party have been voraciously enlightening the public through the media on the unconstitutionality of Guyanese being prevented from exiting the country and having their names blacklisted at immigration checkpoints now that the elites of the PPP/C feel threatened. Why didn’t Nandlall and Rohee speak up when the PPP/C regime unconstitutionally blacklisted Guyanese? I was prevented from leaving Guyana in September, 2011 at the Cheddi Jagan International Airport. An immigration officer informed me that my name was placed on the blacklist. I had no prior knowledge of this. I was never accused, arrested nor charged with any criminal activity and I did not satisfy any of the few criteria under which I
could have been prevented from leaving the country. I was never served with a court order or appeared in a court of law in Guyana yet I was blacklisted by the PPP/C government. I sought Mr. Nandlall’s assistance in this matter since he was the Attorney General then. I personally wrote to him, after which my presence was requested. I stated my matter and was then shown the door by him without any inclination of his intervention on my behalf. In June 2012 I obtained a court order, Writs of Prohibition, (Articles 40, 142 and 148 of the Constitution of Guyana)from the High Court directed to the Commissioner of Police, which prohibits him to prevent me from travelling out of the jurisdiction at all ports of exit, yet in 2017 I am still blacklisted! I am forced to
produce my court order every time I attempt to leave this country and have been told by immigration officials that without this paper I would not be allowed to exit Guyana. I lost an educational opportunity due the fact that I was unconstitutionally blocked from leaving Guyana when this offer arose and spent precious months of my life in a depressed and anxiety-filled state. I was forced to fork out money to hire a lawyer to prove my fundamental right to freedom of movement which is enshrined in the constitution, something which was conveniently ignored by the elites of the PPP/C. Recently, on my way to Suriname I was treated like a criminal at the immigration checkpoint at Moleson Creek. I was approached by two officers, escorted to an office in the presence of everyone
and had to produce my court order plus leave copies (this was already done on a previous trip). I was told that without the court order I would not be allowed to leave Guyana. I have grown accustom to this form of public humiliation since 2011 due to this scenario being replayed whenever I decide to travel out of the jurisdiction. Editor, Mr. Nandlall should inform the public about the number of persons who were unconstitutionally placed on the infamous blacklist during the reign of the PPP/C. The hypocrisy on display is beyond belief. Only when the sharks feel threatened is the public made aware of injustices, as an inconsequential little fish my rights were trampled upon yet I was forced to suffer silently. Narissa Deokarran
I hope we will see the re-birth of the Bar... From page 4 strengthen public confidence in our judicial system. The organized bar, and for that matter individual members of the bar, can discharge the responsibility by being alert to opportunities to correct misconceptions and misleading criticisms of judges and their decisions,
and the justice system generally” [Judge Phillip M. Pro: the Nevada Lawyer, February, 1999] Even closer to home, Douglas L. Mendes SC, a former President of the Law Association of Trinidad and Tobago, in 1999, posited: “Members of the Bar, and by extension their
I am a public servant in fear of losing my job
DEAR EDITOR, I am a 35 year old woman, presently employed as a Public Servant attached to one of the Ministries in the Co-operative Republic of Guyana for the past nine (9) years. I have a great record for finishing targets on time and maximum attendance. For the past nine (9) years I have been hired as a contracted staff member, however recently I was placed as a Permanent Staff with a stipulation attached. I have been in good health for the past ten (10) years and have been taking good care of myself and was NEVER hospitalized. However recently I was told by my manager that part of the stipulation is that I need to have a medical done. I am gravely concerned since I am a single parent with two (2) children aged 11 & 13 to provide for. My concern is that I will fail the medical and be terminated from my job and face great stigma and discrimination. I am pleading with you to please look into the matter urgently. Worried Public Servant
associations, do have a vested interest in an independent Judiciary. An independent legal profession is generally recognized as being essential for the maintenance of the rule of law and the protection of fundamental rights and freedoms. Executive or legislative violations of constitutional rights will go un-redressed unless lawyers are willing to invoke the judiciary’s powers of review.” Conventionally, judges are not permitted to enter into public debates. They cannot defend themselves from public onslaughts. Our legal system does not permit them the facility to do so. Therefore, they do not and cannot enter into public confrontations. The result is that they are placed in a precarious conundrum. Justice Kirby expressed the dilemma this way: “When judges are submitted to unrelenting attacks by people who should know better, there is a danger that the public will draw from the silence of judges an implication that the criticism was justified. Yet silence is ordinarily imposed by judicial convention. Generally, judges cannot answer back. At least most
cannot do so in effective forums. From inexperience their attempts to respond sometimes result in compounding their problems and demeaning their office.” It is the legal profession, either, individually or as a collective through its association, that is expected and indeed, whose duty it is, to speak out in defence of the Judiciary in these circumstances. Finally, Bar Associations owe a responsibility to educate the public on matters relating to the rule of law and to apprise them of their legal rights and responsibilities. Mr. Mendes SC, explained the issue with this exhortation: “Bar Associations also have the ongoing responsibility to educate the public on the importance of judicial independence to the maintenance of the rule of law and a democratic way of life…in so doing they will also educate the Executive on the boundaries which they find the separation of powers.” It is clear, therefore, that Kamal and his team have their work cut out for them if they are to discharge the conceptual responsibilities of a Bar Association. Are the capable of so doing? Anil Nandlall
But not at Providence Housing Scheme DEAR EDITOR, With an inexplicable degree of frustration, we the residents of Providence Housing Scheme Phase 3, would like the relevant authorities to consider our plight. After over 10 years of application, we were fortunate to be granted a plot of land at Providence Housing Scheme Phase 3. Many of us took out mortgages from lending institutions to build a home where we intended to start our families, while others spent their entire life savings with the intentions to retire. Our homes have been completed, while many are in construction; however, our daily lives have been crippled with a lack of proper water supply. We have made several calls to GWI, who claim that the infrastructure is in place, but they are awaiting authorization from CH&PA to supply water to the residents. CH&PA, however, claims that the responsibility lies with GWI. After 3 years of back and forth between these two organizations (along with our monthly mortgage payments) we live on rainwater and continue with this burden. We are asking the Honorable Minster Valerie Patterson, a Minister of the people to look into our concerns, and please help us so that we can receive water in our homes. Concerned Residents
The White House, the... From page 5 racism, sexism and bigotry, has a similar smell and echo of the campaign of Trump’s former opponent Hillary Clinton, where similar words were employed to describe his deplorable actions. The language reflects the beliefs of one half of America about the other, and rules out any harmonization in America’s social and political life, and also the poisoned character of our politics. It is utterly preposterous that a District Judge would have the audacity to overrule the President of the United States on an issue of border security in wartime. Irregardless of whether Trump’s travel ban was ill prepared or not, and whether or not there is an agreement as to which nations or people should be the recipients of extreme cross-checking, the authority of the president is universally accepted in the matter of border protection and keeping out those viewed as being potentially dangerous. The populist right should unite on a common cause and belief, that elected representatives and executives, neither justices, nor judges should make the laws and rule the nation. Using both the
incompetency and the contemptuousness of the federal judges the President’s White House should present a case for not only the creation of a new Supreme Court but for Congress to put into effect Article 111, Section 2 of the Constitution—to restrict the jurisdiction of the Supreme Court, and to reclaim its stolen powers. America was deChristianized thanks to secular judges, not to mention initiating new rights for vicious criminals. The President has issued a warning to the judges that they would be held accountable for his blocked travel ban and preventable acts of terror occur on American soil. Wing clipping is the process of trimming a bird’s primary flight feathers (“primaries”) so that it is no longer fully flighted. This is the treatment that is long overdue and should be meted out to the Supreme Court. They cannot be allowed to continue becoming too supreme. Donald Trump can follow the path of his predecessor Andrew Jackson who was loved by the common people but hated by his political enemies. He still has remaining choices, which may certainly call for a revoicing. Yvonne Sam
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Findings of IMF, CDB Reports…
Guyana sees major reduction in debt-to-GDP ratio from 2006 to 2016 By: Kiana Wilburg Over the years, the poor performance of Guyanas traditional sectors such as sugar, rice, bauxite and forestry, have birthed concerns about the nations ability to repay its debt. It appears however that the policy makers of the day are not doing such a bad job after all when it comes to managing the nations debt to GDP ratio. While there remains room for improvement, Guyanas debt-to-GDP ratio which speaks to the comparison between what the country owes to what it produces, is at a creditable stage. This is reflected in the statistics provided in one of the latest reports by the Caribbean Development Bank (CDB). According to the report, high and or rising levels of indebtedness remain a challenge for many Borrowing Member Countries (BMCs) with increasing debt servicing payments crowding out productive expenditure that is critically needed to stimulate growth. In this regard, the report said that the Debt-to-GDP ratio fell in Guyana due to continued growth. In 2015, Guyanas debt to GDP ratio was at 48.6 percent. By the following year, this fell to 46.4 percent. Speaking to this issue as well was the International Monetary Fund (IMF). In its 2016 review of Guyanas
Minister of Finance, Winston Jordan economy, the organization noted that total public sector debt has declined from 96 percent of GDP in 2006 to 48.6 percent in 2015. The Staff Report for the 2016 Article IV ConsultationDebt Sustainability Analysis said that under the Multilateral Debt Relief Initiative (MDRI), the Fund, the World Bank, and the IDB provided debt relief amounting to US$611 million in 200607. It said that the Paris Club bilateral creditors and some non-Paris Club creditors granted debt relief as part of the 2004 Paris Club agreement. The IMF said too that negotiations with other nonParis Club creditors about debt relief are protracted with the debt in question amounting to around 15 percent of total debt or 7 percent of GDP. The organization noted
that in the meanwhile, part of the debt owed to Venezuela under the PetroCaribe agreement has been written off against Guyanas rice exports to that country. Furthermore, the non-financial public sector (NFPS) deficit declined from 8.6 percent of GDP in 2005 to 0.2 percent of GDP in 2015. The IMF said, “Over the last six years, total gross public debt has declined by about 19 percent of GDP. The debtto-GDP ratio declined from 67 percent in 2009 to 48.6 percent in 2015.” It added, “Over the same period, external debt declined from 46 percent of GDP to 36 percent, and domestic debt declined from 21 percent of GDP to 12 percent. Multilateral institutionsparticularly the InterAmerican Development Bank, the Caribbean Development Bank and the International Development Associationare the main external creditors. Debt has a long maturity profile and low average interest rates.” Guyanas debt profile was also spoken to by Finance Minister, Winston Jordan in his inaugural report on the public debt over the last five years. This report was present to the National Assembly last year. Jordan said that the compilation of this inaugural Annual Report on the Public Debt for Guyana, clearly demonstrates the deserved and prominent place which debtrelated issues have been
given in the Governments strategic agenda for the development of Guyana. The Finance Minister said that the report also represents an important step to ensuring institutional transparency and accountability. In addition to this, he said that it demonstrates the administrations intention to lead through proactive action, so as to improve Guyanas performance in sovereign debt management and, by extension, the overall quality of governance. With reference to the report, the Finance Minister had said that for the fiscal year 2014 to 2015, Guyanas total debt, as a percentage of Gross Domestic Product (GDP), saw a decline. Jordan said that it moved from 51.9 percent at the end of 2014 to 48.6 percent of GDP at the end of 2015. With this reduction, the Finance Minister said that Guyanas debt profile continues to remain stable and sustainable over the mediumterm. The economist said that noteworthy is the fact that Guyana is now faced with the challenge of maintaining debt sustainability in a volatile and uncertain global economy. The Finance Minister said that in 2015, Guyanas economy, perhaps for the first time in recent history, found itself in a precarious situation where most of the countrys key agricultural commodities, including sugar, rice, and for-
estry, faced headwinds. He said that the slowdown in the global economy, combined with the loss of preferential markets, negatively affected demand for these produce. Jordan said that even remittances, on which so many citizens depend, were a victim of the slowdown in the world economy. With this in mind, the Finance Minister had said it is obvious that the nations excessive reliance on these sources of foreign exchange will continue to expose the economy to volatile external developments, thereby making it more susceptible to external shocks. The Finance Minister had said, “Our recent Debt Sustainability Analysis indicates that Guyana will remain vulnerable to external shocks. Commodity price fluctuations have added to the volatility of our export earnings and tax revenues, and have also affected the financial performance of state-owned agricultural enterprises.” The economist said that borrowing has also become more uncertain, with the recent increases in Guyanas income. He said that this has far-reaching implications for the terms at which Guyana can access financing. “As a result of our higher GDP, concessional lending will become scarcer. To access affordable financing, Guyana has sought alternative funding sources, especially from
our South-South partners such as EXIM Bank of China, EXIM Bank of India, the Mexican Agency for International Cooperation and Development, and the Islamic Development Bank,” the Finance Minister expressed. At the same time, the Finance Minister said that the administration was able to maintain close ties with multilateral agencies, including the World Bank, Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), the Caribbean Development Bank (CDB), and also more traditional western bilateral donors. Based on these developments, Jordan said that Guyanas debt portfolio and the risks associated with it are becoming more complicated. He said, “It thus becomes a policy imperative for us to strengthen the institutional framework for public debt management, including establishing a sound and modernized legal framework for debt management and implementing a comprehensive mediumterm debt strategy that is not only cost- but risk-focused.”
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Sittings to recommence at Springlands Magistrate’s Court from today The Magistrate’s Court Building at Springlands
Almost one year after reports of bat infestation caused its closure, sittings of the Magistrate’s Court at Springlands Corentyne, are scheduled to recommence a t t h e C o u r t H o u s e in Berbice. According to a notice sent out by the Supreme Court of Judicature, sittings at the courthouse will begin from today, Monday June 5, 2017. The regular sittings will be heard at the court building of the Springlands Magistrate’s Court following cancellations since September last year. In September, the court proceedings were postponed due to concerns raised by Presiding Magistrate Rabindranauth Singh over issues of bat infestation and the physical condition of the Springlands Magistrate’s Court. Court staff had pointed out that the daily proceedings were also adjourned as the bats
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Magistrate Rabindranauth Singh dwelling in the ceilings had left an obnoxious scent in the building. Reports reaching this newspaper revealed that the Springlands Court had been plagued by problems of bat infestation for some time. Employees attached to the Court had expressed concern that their superiors
in Georgetown have been ignoring their calls for infrastructural improvements. Court employees had explained “the ceiling is damaged and the bats live there. When you come to work in the morning the place is covered in dust and bat droppings and the smell is just terrible. It causes my skin to itch and break out in rash.” “We would be glad if the relevant persons… the Chancellor or whoever is responsible would pay more attention to the Springlands Court.” Additionally, it was reported that on one occasion sections of the roof in close proximity to where the magistrate sits ha d collapsed. Following the incident in September, the court building was temporarily abandoned and the sittings of the Court were moved to the former office of the Regional Democratic Council (RDC) at Springlands, which is located a few doors away.
Guyana is on the brink of self-sufficiency but much more needs to be done President David Granger stated on Friday that, in a world where one in every nine persons does not have enough to eat and where approximately 795,000,000 people are starving, it is his Government’s mission to ensure that no Guyanese citizen is left hungry. He added that while Guyana is on the brink of selfsufficiency, the country must, as a matter of priority, achieve total food security whereby citizens, at all times, can have physical, social and economic access to sufficient, safe and nutritious foods, which meet their daily dietary needs. The Head of State, who was at the time delivering the feature address at the commissioning of the Ministry of Social Protection’s Self-Sufficient Agricultural Economic Services Project at the Hugo Chavez Centre at Onverwagt,
- Pres. Granger we have the land, we have the labour, we have the fresh water, which will enable us to provide food on a large scale,” he said. Speaking of Guyana’s ‘green state’ agenda, President Granger said that food production is central to this new trajectory as he issued a call to all Guyanese citizens to make a conscious effort to produce more food. He said that the Government spends billions of dollars to provide food for institutions such as schools, the Guyana Police Force, the Guyana Defence Force, hospitals and the Guyana Prison Service, among others and an initiative such as this could be the key for reducing Government’s expenditure in this area. “This project could be the model for other institutions to
through good governance, effective public policies and smart partnerships, cannot be the first country in the Caribbean to zero hunger and poverty,” he said. Meanwhile, Minister of Social Protection, Ms. Amna Ally in her remarks, said that her Ministry is tasked with rendering services to children, adults, persons who are physically challenged, victims of domestic violence and other difficult circumstances as well as having responsibility for the Drop-in Centres, the Night Shelter, geriatric homes and various other homes for children. At all of these places, the Ministry provides among other necessities, food and shelter. It is for this reason that the Ministry moved to introduce this initiative. “Opportunities and development under this Government is sure to give you that
President Granger and Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) Representative, Mr. Reuben Robertson assist United Nations Resident Coordinator, Ms. Mikiko Tanaka in the ceremonial ribbon-cutting to officially commission the Self-Sufficient Agricultural Economic Services Project. West Coast Berbice, called on citizens to ensure that this initiative does not become a side-show, noting that this is the direction the entire country needs to be heading, not just to feed their own families but the entire region as well. The President said that despite the strides that Guyana has made, much more attention must be paid to the availability and accessibility of wholesome food. He noted that no one should go hungry because of poverty, inequality or geographic location. “This is what food security means, the availability of food for all, the accessibility of food to all and acceptability of food for everyone in the country, from babies to young adults to the elderly…we have the climate,
follow. There is no reason why the Guyana Prison Service cannot have a model farm like this…Let us look carefully and closely at this model to see whether it could be replicated around Guyana,” the Head of State said. The President’s sentiments were echoed by Representative of the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO), Mr. Reuben Robertson, who said that this initiative is at the core of his association’s mandate to eliminate hunger, malnutrition and poverty, which are also the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) of the United Nations (UN). “We are elaborating with the Government, the programme for food and nutrition security because we believe that there is absolutely no reason why Guyana
good life that President Granger promised you and with a little effort channelled in the right way, we can make it possible,” she said. In bringing this project to fruition, the Ministry partnered with a number of agencies such as the FAO, the Guyana Livestock Development Authority (GLDA), the National Agricultural Research & Extension Institute (NAREI), Food for the Poor (Guyana) Incorporated, the Mahaica-Mahaicony-AbaryAgricultural Development Authority (MMA-ADA) and a number of private sector companies and individuals. At present, the Economic Centre has three fish ponds with about 2000 fingerlings, a number of pens filled with livestock and poultry including ducks, chicken and sheep (Continued on page 12)
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Professionalism within the public service is about political neutrality The creation of a professional public service has been the stated objective of every government of Guyana. But they hardly pursued this goal with any alacrity. In fact, if anything, the public service has been converted into a political football, with each incoming administration subtly kicking out persons whom they perceived as being political appointees or untrustworthy. It is difficult to imagine how a professional public service can emerge in the context of such harrowing suspicions of others. Apart from the lack of trust, another stumbling block to the creation of a
professional public service has been the fact that incoming governments are under a lot of pressure from their supporters for jobs. As such, professional public servants are often sacrificed on the altar of political expediency. Ideologically, the two dominant political parties, the PPP/C and the PNC/R, would have difficulties in accepting the notion of a neutral public service. Both of these parties have roots in left wing politics. While they may profess that they would like to see a professional public service, in practice they wish to see a public service that is beholden to the ruling party. The political parties talk
the talk, but do not walk the walk. Forbes Burnham, when he took office in 1964, did enunciate principles for the neutrality of the civil service, but he rejected those very principles later when he made it clear not only that the public service must serve the government of the day, but also be beholden to the political party in power. A professional public service has nothing at all to do with competence. You can have the most professional public service which is woefully incompetent. Professionalism within the public service is about political neutrality. A professional public service simply refers to the
employees of government being non-partisan in their work. A professional public service is one in which public servants act impartially, regardless of which government is in power. A professional public service rests on having the right people with the right skills for the job, employment based on merit. These can only be achieved through a competitive and impartial interview and evaluation system. A professional public service means that when one government changes, there is no need for any massive change in personnel in civil service positions when the new government comes in.
IMF Directors commend Guyana’s “sound” economic policies - Finance Minister The political opposition has been extremely critical of the Government’s management of the economy. In spite of these ramblings, the Government recently announced that it has received favourable preliminary reviews from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) which will soon release its latest report on Guyana’s economic health. Minister of State, Joseph Harmon disclosed last week that Finance Minister Winston Jordan was the one who passed on the good news to Cabinet recently. Harmon said that Jordan
specifically briefed Cabinet about the staff report on Guyana 2017 Article IV Consultation and the Financial Sector Stability Assessment (FSSA) that was considered by the Board of the Executive Directors of the IMF on May 24, 2017. Jordan reported that the IMF Directors commended the sound macro-economic policies of Guyana which helped to realize healthy growth and maintaining levels necessary for a sustainable path. The Finance Minister reported that the Directors were supportive of the actions
currently being implemented regarding fiscal accounts, including Value Added Tax (VAT) reform and initiatives to improve tax administration. The Directors also welcomed Guyana’s plans to establish an appropriate fiscal framework for oil revenues and the plan to establish a Sovereign Wealth Fund. The Directors also agreed that the medium for long term prospects for Guyana were positive and encouraged the continued implementation of strong policies that will engender debt and fiscal sustainability while facilitating inclusive growth.
Finance Minister, Winston Jordan
A professional public service means that public servants should not be required to perform or attend partisan political events. In order to have political neutrality, it means that public servants should not be members of the Executive of their political parties nor should they contest elections on the slates of political parties. When the Granger administration took power, it summoned a meeting of Permanent Secretaries and Heads of Government departments and agencies. The President made it clear that he wanted a professional public service and public officials who were candidates for political parties would not be part of such a public service. However, the government never took action against persons who were part of the list of candidates of the political parties that contested the 2015 elections. In fact, persons on the PPP/C list were not dismissed at all.
Some of them are still working in the system. Also, persons on the APNU list were promoted to positions within the public sector but mainly as contract employees. A professional public service means that public service buildings should not be painted in colours suggestive of partisan support or wear uniforms the colour of which approximate or maybe perceived as being identical or similar to that of the colours of a political party. The public service under the APNU+AFC government has gone even further than Burnham. Persons are being encouraged to wear the colours of green and yellow as part of their uniforms. These colours are associated with the coalition with Continued on page 11
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Man struck and killed Bandits shoot woman in in stomach in attempt to steal car by speeding car - suspect custody - attack occurred near police station
Police were last night trying to track down two bandits who shot a 44-year-old woman in the stomach outside her residence at Lot 2, Victoria Road, Plaisance, East Coast Demerara. The attack occurred at around 22.00hrs, about six houses away from the Sparendaam Police Station. The victim was identified as Jewel Gibson. She is reportedly employed as a librarian with the Guyana Defence Force. The robbers made off with Gibson’s cell phone, house keys, and the keys for the Toyota Premio she was driving. The victim was also wearing a gold chain, but an associate of Gibson’s was unable to say whether this was stolen. A woman who lives at the same premises as the victim said that Gibson had just arrived
home and had turned into the driveway when she was attacked. The woman said she was inside when she heard “a popping sound.” She then heard Gibson screaming, and on looking outside, saw a man “leaning into” Gibson’s vehicle. The woman said that she alerted her husband, who went outside. However, by then, the robber and an accomplice had fled. The tenant and her husband took Gibson to the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC). She was said to be conscious and her condition is stable. Kaieteur News understands that the bullet exited through Gibson’s side. The tenant believes that the robbers had intended to make off with Gibson’s car, which she only acquired a few months ago.
Professionalism within the public service... From page 9 APNU’s color being green and the AFC’s colour been yellow, the Ministry of the Presidency bears the colour green and its fence is being painted in the colours of the coalition. The National Sports Hall has also been painted in green. The government finds itself in the calamity of being unable to execute effectively its Public Sector Investment Programme. Every arm of the government has suffered a downgrade in performance since the new government took office with the exception of the Ministry of Education and the Department of Immigration where there has been improvements in the efficiency of the school placements and in the execution of immigration functions.
The reason is that the Ministry of Education has not had the same level of purging as other Ministries. And the Department of Immigration has utilised the services of experienced persons within the immigration system. On the other hand, wherever there has been mass change in personnel, there has been a decline in performance. The government does not need new staffing to make the public service neutral. It simply has to manage the system in a nonpartisan way to ensure a professional public service. But that is hard to do when friends and family are demanding jobs and when they gossiping negatively about the persons they wish to see replaced.
A forty two year old farm labourer was yesterday morning struck down by a speeding car along the Number 19 Road at around 01:30 hrs. Dead is Michael Andre Totaram aka ‘Punk Man’ of Adelphi Village, East Canje Berbice. The driver has been identified as Emanuel Luther, 21, of Lad Lane New Amsterdam, Berbice. According to reports gathered, Luther rented a car from an individual from Fyrish Village and was using it to work for the taxi service he is employed with. He was said to be proceeding to Rose Hall Town when he struck down ‘something’. He reportedly stopped the car, and upon checking observed that his number plate was broken, but didn’t see anything on the roadway. Luther told investigators that he jumped back into his car and continued the journey to Rose Hall to pick up passengers. He stated that on his way back to New Amsterdam his car encountered a mechanical problem and “shut down” in the vicinity where the man was struck down. He made contact with the
taxi service he worked with and requested a new car to transport the stranded passengers to their destination while he remained trying to fix the car. Divisional Commander Ian Amsterdam said that ranks on the police mobile patrol received information of a hit and run. They responded to the scene and saw Totaram lying on the roadway. He was immediately rushed to the New Ansterdam Hospital where he was pronounced dead on arrival. The ranks returned to the scene when they noticed an individual trying to fix his car a short distance away. They then
questioned and detained the driver at the Reliance Police Station. He was driving motor car PSS 6395 at the time of the accident. A sister of the victim, Juliet Mc Pherson of Adelphi Village, stated that two policemen visited her home yesterday morning and informed her that her brother was involved in an accident. According to her, Totaram is an alcoholic and has been working with a cattle farmer for just over three weeks. It is her belief that her brother may have been intoxicated and wandering along the roadway when he was struck. His body is presently at the Arokium Funeral Home.
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Kitty Market repairs 75% complete
Motorcyclist killed, arm severed in horrific Linden crash
- City Engineer
A motorcyclist suffered a horrific death last night during what was said to be a four-vehicle smash-up at Amelia’s Ward, Linden. The victim was identified as Wilbert Sydney. While the circumstances are unclear, photographs on social media showed the wrecked motorcycle, and the biker’s mangled body on the roadway. Another photograph showed a traffic rank holding the victim’s severed arm. The tragedy occurred several hours after a 42-year-old farm labourer was killed by a speeding driver along the Number 19 Road at around 01:30 hrs. The driver in that mishap is in custody.
Guyana is on the... (From page 8) and a shade house where a number of crops are planted. Minister Ally added that the Ministry has already procured a plucking machine but construction of the plucking unit is still ongoing. First Lady, Mrs. Sandra Granger, Minister of Indigenous Peoples’ Affairs, Mr. Sydney Allicock, Minister within the Ministry of Public Health, Dr. Karen Cummings, Minister within the Ministry of Finance, Mr. Jaipaul Sharma, Minister within the Ministry of Social Protection, Mr. Keith Scott, Minister within the Ministry of Public Infrastructure, Ms. Annette Ferguson and UN Resident Coordinator and United Nations Development Programme Resident Representative, Ms. Mikiko Tanaka also attended the commissioning ceremony. (A GINA feature)
Rehabilitation works to the Kitty Market is 75 % complete. This is according to information outlined by the City Engineers Department of the Georgetown Mayor and City Council, (M&CC). Giving an update on the project more than a year after it commenced, City Engineer, Colvern Venture explained that a date cannot be given when works will be completed, since it will depend on the income generated by the council. “The council is funding that project,” Venture disclosed. He noted that the works on the Kitty Market have suffered from setbacks due to a lack of financial resources, and the repairs are now being done by the Councils City
Engineers Department. The market was under reconstruction since February, last year. At that time, the Council had noted intent to seek assistance from the Government and other interested persons for the rehabilitation of structure. At the final statutory meeting held by the Georgetown Mayor and City Council (M&CC) in December 2016, the Mayor, Patricia Chase-Green said that, while the Council would have achieved a number of their goals, they still have not been
able to complete one major goal, which is the re-opening of the Kitty Market. Deputy Mayor Sherod Duncan recently told Kaieteur News that he is unsure of the new reopening date for the market. Duncan said that up until December last, only 30 percent of rehabilitation work was completed. This was also the same stage at which the market was in April 2016. He also said that work was stymied by the inability to procure materials and also because the Council had owed contractors.
The Council embarked on a $250M restoration exercise, on February 12, 2016, of the19th century structure which had suffered massive deterioration over the years The MCC had been adamant that preserving the architectural design of the market, as well as ensuring that the original vendors are not displaced is of chief concern to the municipality. The newly rehabilitated Kitty Market is to feature a traditional health centre, offices for payment of rates and taxes and a space for community councillors.
Young bandits killing victims for gold jewellery a worrying trend Police say they have observed what appears to be an emerging trend in which criminals are killing their victims for their gold jewellery. “The perpetrators are very young persons, and the confessions we get are almost identical, in that the suspects had their victims under surveillance prior to committing the act,” a senior police rank said. “More noteworthy is the fact that they targeted the victims for their gold jewellery and they were brutally murdered. The impression imposed by the suspects is that they are determined to get your property ‘by any means necessary.’ In one case, the suspects confessed that they had earlier observed the victim wearing several pieces of gold jewellery. Hence they hatched a plan to rob him at his residence, and in the process he was shot and killed.” The official also identified Haymant Persaud, the brother of Commissioner of Police, Seelalal Persaud, as a victim of robbers who were prepared to kill their target for his jewellery. Haymant Persaud, of Affiance, Essequibo Coast, was stabbed to death on Febru-
- senior police official
Murdered for his gold chain: Beepat Taijram
Murdered for his jewellery: Andre Alexander
ary 19, allegedly by a 15-yearold, who relieved him of his gold chain before making good his escape in a bus. The suspect has been charged. An even more recent target was Sophia bread vendor Andre Alexander, who was shot dead on May 5 by bandits at ‘C’ Field Sophia, Georgetown. “He was observed wearing three gold rings…and like the other victims, he was targeted and killed in the process,” the police official said. Police have charged two suspects with Alexander’s murder. There are others.
On July 29, 2014, Bernadette Campbell, known for wearing lots of gold jewellery, was sitting in the front seat of a Plaisancebound bus, when a passenger shot her in the stomach and stripped her of her jewellery. Campbell succumbed almost three months after the attack. In February, 2015, minibus driver and ex-policeman Beepat Taijram, 28, known as “Biggs,” was driving in the vicinity of Golden Grove, East Bank Demerara, when he was shot dead and robbed of his gold chain by two passengers.
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AG: MORE ACTION ON PP, PNM CORRUPTION Trinidad Guardian Attorney General Faris AlRawi is promising a lot more action to come as they investigate corruption and allegations of corruption under the under the People’s Partnership government and the present administration. “Wherever corruption raises its head, including under a People’s National Movement (PNM)) Government, we would take action with transparency,” AlRawi said. He said unlike the previous administration where numerous pre-action protocol letters were issued but not one single matter bore fruit, civil actions related to corruption will soon come up in the courts Al-Rawi was giving an update on the raids carried out by the Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACIB) on the offices of five contractors earlier this week. The premises of TN Ramnauth & Company, Motilal Ramhit & Sons Construction, Namalco Group of Companies, Kall Co Ltd
Faris Al-Rawi and Fides Ltd were searched for documents related to the award of some $400 million worth of contracts by the Estate Management Business Development Company (EMBD) under the PP government. While on a tour in San Fernando with Works and Transport Minister Rohan Sinanan and Mayor Junia Regrello Saturday, Al-Rawi did not go into specifics on
the matter. He noted, “T&T has awakened to work which has been going on for a considerable amount of time. We have been telling the population on a continuous basis that action is being taken. There is a lot more action to come to the fore. “What I can tell you is that after $1.2 billion of legal fees being spent by the previous administration, fattened legal fees that cannot be justified, and $444 million spent by Ag Ramlogan in particular, not a single matter commenced by them has borne fruit.” Al-Rawi said the PNM Government was taking a very quiet and educated approach to dealing with corruption. He said they have passed on certain information to the TTPS and some of the work being done is now coming to the public domain. “What I can tell you, is that you will soon see in the civil courts, fruits that have been ripened,” he said.
Trinidad Minister allegedly “patted down” by Jamaican immigration officials PORT OF SPAIN – The Minister in the Office of the Prime Minister, Ayanna Webster-Roy, has confirmed an incident in Jamaica where that it is alleged that she had been “patted down” by immigration officials when she was leaving the country after attending the Regional Parliamentary Forum as part of the follow-up on the UN Declaration on Ending AIDS earlier this week. But Webster-Roy told the Trinidad Express newspaper on Saturday that she did not wish to speak about the incident just yet as she preferred to speak with the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Dennis Moses, before issuing any statement on the matter. However, opposition legislator Dr Fuad Khan, who was among a three-member Trinidad and Tobago delegation that attended the meeting, told the newspaper that the government legislator was “patted down” despite the fact that her diplomatic status was disclosed to the Jamaican authorities. Khan told the newspaper that the trio were returning to Trinidad on Thursday via Miami when the Jamaican authorities pulled Webster-Roy as the group was about to board the aircraft.
Ayanna Webster-Roy He said he expressed alarm and dismay at the treatment accorded to a Trinidad and Tobago Government minister. “We found out that they examined her in the most private of places. That is unheard of and uncalled for. And I believe that she was singled out as a minister of the Trinidad and Tobago Government because that doesn’t happen to anybody with a diplomatic passport, especially a minister,” he told the newspaper. Khan, a former health minister here, said while there was no strip search, she was patted down. He said he was strongly of the
view that Trinidad and Tobago should call for an apology from the Jamaica government or an investigation in the situation. “We cannot treat that lightly. We were leaving Jamaica around 12 noon to go to Miami. Protocol (officer) took us straight through and as we were about to board the aircraft, they (the Jamaican authorities) pulled the lady (Webster-Roy) aside and told her that she was selected for screening. “We said ‘excuse us, how could she be selected and she is a minister with a diplomatic passport’. The (Parliament) protocol officer who was with us kept telling them that she is a minister with a diplomatic passport,” to no avail, Khan told the newspaper. Last year there were allegations by Jamaicans about alleged mistreatment and discrimination by Trinidad and Tobago Immigration authorities following the deportation of a number of Jamaicans. This matter had led to calls by some Jamaicans to boycott Trinidad and Tobago products and Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley visited that Caribbean country to assure Jamaicans that they were not being targeted. (CMC)
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7 killed, 3 suspects dead after ‘brutal terrorist attack’ at London Bridge, Borough Market - 36 victims remained in hospitals, 21 of them in critical condition - Police announced a dozen arrests Yahoo News - Seven people were killed and dozens more injured in a “brutal terrorist attack” in London Saturday night after assailants used a vehicle to plow into pedestrians on London Bridge and attacked others with knives in nearby Borough Market, officials said. Three suspects were shot and killed in the wake of the carnage and all were wearing fake suicide belts, police said. A total of 50 rounds were fired, and one bystander was hit by bullets, police said. “There is far too much tolerance of extremism in our country,” U.K. Prime Minister
Theresa May said at a press conference yesterday morning, calling the carnage a “brutal terrorist attack.” Terror in the UK: A timeline of recent attacks The attack comes in the wake of a suicide bombing outside an Ariana Grande concert in Manchester on May 22 that killed 22. It also comes after another vehicle ramming attack in March on Westminster Bridge that left four dead including the suspect. Yesterday, 36 victims remained in the hospital, 21 of them in critical condition, police said. Some of those injured are foreign nationals,
according to authorities. London mayor Sadiq Khan said the number of casualties could have been higher had EMS workers not been so quick to respond. “The emergency services reacted heroically and brilliantly last night,” Khan said. “Not only did they tackle the terrorist, but they helped the injured.” “This was a deliberate and cowardly attack on innocent Londoners and visitors to our city enjoying their Saturday night,” he added. “I condemn it in the strongest possible terms. There is no justification whatsoever for such barbaric
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acts.” London Metropolitan Police also announced yesterday that a dozen arrests had been made in connection with the attack. “Officers from the Met’s Counter Terrorism Command have this morning, Sunday 4 June, arrested 12 people in Barking, east London, in connection with last night’s incidents in London Bridge and the Borough Market area,” read a statement. “Searches of a number of addresses in Barking are continuing.” London Metropolitan Commissioner Cressida Dick said yesterday that police believe they had killed all of the attackers and that they “believed” that the incident was under control. Still a large police cordon remained in place in the area, south of the Thames, yesterday. May took direct aim at Islamic extremism in recent terror attacks. “While the attacks are not connected, they are connected in one important sense: they are bound together by the single evil ideology that is Islamic
Police officers escort a woman to a police van after raiding a block of flats in Barking, east London, Britain, yesterday. REUTERS/Hannah McKay
extremism. Defeating this ideology is one of the great challenges of our time,” she said. May also cited the
Internet as a breeding ground for extremism, saying: “We cannot allow this ideology the safe space that allows it to breed.”
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Donald Trump (left) and James Comey Reuters - Former FBI Director James Comey will be grilled on whether President Donald Trump tried to get him to back off an investigation into alleged ties between the Trump campaign and Russia, key U.S. senators said yesterday ahead of Comey’s testimony this week on Capitol Hill. Comey, who was leading the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s probe into alleged Russian meddling in last year’s U.S. presidential election, was fired by Trump last month, four years into his 10-year term. The move sparked accusations that Trump dismissed Comey to hinder that investigation and stifle questions about possible collusion between his campaign and Russia. “I want to know what kind of pressure - appropriate, inappropriate - how many conversations he had with the president about this topic?” Senator Mark Warner,
the top Democrat on the Senate Intelligence Committee, told CBS’s “Face the Nation” programme yesterday. The former FBI chief is due to testify on Thursday before the intelligence committee as part of its own Russia-related investigation. After Comey’s dismissal, news reports emerged that Trump asked Comey to end the probe into former national security adviser Michael Flynn during a February meeting in the Oval Office, the day after Flynn was fired for misrepresenting his contacts with the Russian ambassador. The account, first reported by the New York Times, was based on a memo Comey wrote after the meeting. The Comey memo caused alarm on Capitol Hill and raised questions about whether Trump tried to interfere with a federal investigation. “It would be unthinkable
if the president actually did what was reported, asked FBI Director Comey to, in effect, back off of at least the investigation into General Flynn,” Warner said. U.S. intelligence agencies concluded in January that Moscow tried to sway the November vote in Trump’s favour. Russia has denied involvement, and Trump has denied any collusion between his campaign and Russia. Russian President Vladimir Putin said in an interview that he does not have any relationship with Flynn and only spoke briefly with Flynn when he sat next to him at a 2015 dinner for Russian TV network RT. “I made my speech. Then we talked about some other stuff. And I got up and left,” Putin told NBC News’ “Sunday Night with Megyn Kelly” programme. “That’s it. I didn’t even really talk to him. That’s the extent of my acquaintance with Mr. Flynn.”
Reuters - Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei lashed out yesterday against U.S. President Donald Trump and Saudi Arabia’s leaders for their new regional alliance against Tehran, saying it would bear no fruit. Trump singled out Iran as a key source of funding and support for militant groups during his visit to Saudi Arabia in late May, two days after the Iranian election in which pragmatist President Hassan Rouhani won a second term. During Trump’s visit to Riyadh, the U.S. sealed a $110 billion (85.34 billion pounds) arms deal with Saudi Arabia, Iran’s regional arch-rival. Khamenei called the visit a display of brazenness. “The U.S. president stands alongside the leaders of a tribal and backward system and does the sword dance, but criticises an Iranian election with 40 million votes,” the supreme leader said in a speech broadcast live on state TV. “Even with a multi-billion dollar bribe to America, the Saudis cannot achieve their goals in the region,” he said. Khamenei accused Washington of double
Ayatollah Ali Khamenei standards, saying it turned a blind eye to the “killing of Yemeni people in mosques, streets and their homes,” while claiming to promote human rights around the world. Saudi Arabia is leading a Sunni Arab coalition fighting the Iran-allied Houthis in Yemen, part of the same regional power struggle that is fuelling the war in Syria. The Iranian president championed a nuclear deal with the United States and five other major powers in 2015 that led to the lifting of most sanctions against Iran, in return for curbs on its
nuclear programme. The landmark deal, however, has not led to normalisation of ties between the two countries that Tehran hoped for. Trump has frequently called the agreement “one of the worst deals ever signed” and said Washington would review it. European countries, Russia and China have expressed concern that the Trump administration might withdraw from the deal. “European leaders are now saying the Americans are not trustworthy. Imam Khomeini said the same thing more than 30 years ago,” Khamenei said at the mausoleum of Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, marking the 1989 death of the founder of the Islamic Republic. Relations with Washington were broken after Iran’s 1979 Islamic revolution and enmity to the United States has long been a rallying point for hardline supporters of Khamenei in Iran. Khamenei hailed the high turnout in the election, saying that it showed the majority of Iranians still supported the Islamic revolution and its uncompromising values.
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Govt. To Intensify Public Education On Human Trafficking The Gleaner - The Andrew Holness-led administration says it will be intensifying its public education against human trafficking this year. According to Justice Minister Delroy Chuck, the campaign will be “more aggressive”, especially in rural areas where persons are deemed to be more at risk. “We will also focus on targeted interventions for vulnerable groups,” he said. Chuck was speaking at the handover of a bus to the anti-Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Unit of the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) last week. He urged Jamaicans to be on alert for signs of human trafficking. “Pay more than the usual attention to children, who might be victims of forced begging; entities or individuals of dubious character, who are recruiting persons as models to work overseas or in massage parlours, nightclubs,” the justice minister advised. Chuck noted that most of the victims of human trafficking are women and minors, and appealed to parents and guardians to talk with your children about how to make wise decisions and to protect themselves. “It is disheartening to hear of reports of human trafficking, and in particular sexual slavery, where women, mostly
The new Toyota Hiace minibus that was donated to the Trafficking in Persons Taskforce. young and oftentimes minors, are tricked into prostitution and even gang-raped,” he said, adding that the simple caution ‘don’t talk to strangers’ should also apply in the use of social media platforms. “Do not give information about yourself and your family that can be used to harm you. Most importantly, do not agree to meet anyone whom you have met on social media,” he advised. Chuck noted human trafficking takes a tremendous toll on the victims, noting that it takes years for them to recover from the mental and physical trauma. “Sometimes they don’t, because of the horrific experiences associated with human trafficking,” he pointed out. He said the Government is strengthening the support
system for victims through the establishment of shelters and providing psychological support. He also informed that the anti-TIP policy is expected to be completed this fiscal year and thanked the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) for providing the necessary funding support for the sixmonth consultancy to develop the policy. Meanwhile, National Security Minister Robert Montague said the Government will continue to undertake coordinated approaches in addressing human trafficking. “This Government, the Ministry of National Security and other stakeholders collaboratively reject human trafficking as a violation of the fundamental rights to freedom and security of the person,” he said.
U.S. considers possible sanctions against Venezuela oil sector – officials WA S H I N G T O N (Reuters) - The Trump administration is considering possible sanctions on Venezuela’s vital energy sector, including state oil company PDVSA, senior White House officials said, in what would be a major escalation of U.S. efforts to pressure the country’s embattled leftist government amid a crackdown on the opposition. The idea of striking at the core of Venezuela’s economy, which relies on oil for some 95 percent of export revenues, has been discussed at high levels of the administration as part of a wide-ranging review of U.S. options, but officials said it remains under debate and action is not imminent. The officials, speaking on condition of anonymity, told Reuters the United States could hit PDVSA as part of a “sectoral” sanctions package that would take aim at the OPEC nation’s entire energy industry for the first time.
Nicolas Maduro But they made clear that the administration is moving cautiously, mindful that if such an unprecedented step is taken it could deepen the country’s economic and social crisis, in which millions suffer food shortages and soaring inflation. Two months of anti-government unrest has left more than 60 people
dead. Another complicating factor would be the potential impact on oil shipments to the United States, for which Venezuela is the third largest oil supplier after Canada and Saudi Arabia. It accounted for 8 percent of U.S. oil imports in March, according to U.S. government figures. “It’s being considered,” one of the officials told Reuters, saying aides to President Donald Trump have been tasked to have a recommendation on oil sector sanctions ready if needed. “I don’t think we’re at a point to make a decision on it. But all options are on the table. We want to see the bad actors held to account.” The U.S. deliberations on new sanctions come against the backdrop of the worst protests faced yet by socialist President Nicolas Maduro, who critics accuse of human rights abuses in a clampdown on the opposition.
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South Africa’s Zuma denies owning ‘palace’ in Dubai Reuters - South African President Jacob Zuma has denied owning a “palace” in the United Arab Emirates, his office said yesterday, after local media reported that an influential family bought him a home in the wealthy Gulf state. Graft accusations in more than 100,000 leaked documents and e-mails last week heaped more pressure on the scandal-plagued Zuma only days after he survived a no-confidence vote by members of his own party’s top body. South Africa’s Sunday Times newspaper reported that several independent sources had told it that the Gupta family had bought Zuma a retirement home for 330 million rand (19.42 million pounds) in an up market
Jacob Zuma suburb of Dubai. The newspaper did not name the sources, but said they included businessmen, senior officials in the ruling African National Congress and people close to the Zuma
family. It also cited some of the leaked e-mails. The Gupta family, wealthy Indian-born businessmen whose companies have contracts with state-owned firms, have denied all allegations of influencepeddling or improper dealings and through a spokesman last week labelled the e-mails “fake news”. “President Zuma does not own any property outside South Africa and has not requested anybody to buy property for him abroad,” his office said in a statement, adding that the report about a “palace” in Dubai was a “fabrication”. “The president has also not received or seen the reported emails and has no knowledge of them,” his office said.
London mayor ‘has more important things to do’ than respond to Trump tweet
Sadiq Khan
London (AFP) - London mayor Sadiq Khan has “more important things to do” than respond to an “ill-informed” tweet sent by US President Donald Trump after the London terror attack, his office said yesterday. “The Mayor is busy working... to coordinate the response to this horrific and cowardly terrorist attack,” said Khan’s spokesman. “He has more important things to do than respond to Donald Trump’s ill-informed tweet that deliberately takes out of context his remarks urging Londoners not to be alarmed when they saw more police — including armed
officers — on the streets.” Trump tweeted that it was time to “stop being politically correct and get down to the business of security for our people”, and also poured scorn on Khan. “At least 7 dead and 48 wounded in terror attack and Mayor of London says there is ‘no reason to be alarmed!’,” he said in one tweet. Khan had earlier attempted to reassure the public about the increased police presence after three assailants smashed a van into pedestrians on London Bridge on Saturday then attacked revellers with knives.
IMPACT Justice co-sponsors second biennial oil and gas law conference in Trinidad P O RT O F S PA I N , Trinidad — The Canadian government-funded project Improved Access to Justice in the Caribbean ( I M PA C T J u s t i c e ) w i l l sponsor the attendance of five participants – four from Guyana and one from Jamaica – at the UWI, St Augustine Campus, Faculty of Law’s second Biennial Oil and Gas Law Conference. The conference takes place on June 8 and 9 in Port of Spain. It will address the current legal challenges in the energy sector in light of the decline in oil prices and how this scenario affects oil exploration agreements as well as energy exploration and production. The themes for the two days are: • Exploring the legal
framework for oil and gas law; and • The Trinidad experience: Setting the context and lessons learnt. This conference is targeted towards oil companies and other businesses working in the energy industry; key government stakeholders; local, regional and international attorneys-atlaw and paralegals;
academics and law students. I M PA C T J u s t i c e ’s sponsorship of persons to attend this conference falls within its broader public legal education component, which aims to improve legal services, including access to legal education and information, for men, women, youth and businesses in the region. (Caribbean News)
North Korea rejects new sanctions, to continue weapons programme – KCNA Reuters - North Korea “fully rejects” the latest round of sanctions against its citizens and entities by the United Nations and will continue its weapons development, its official KCNA news agency said yesterday. The U.N. Security Council on Friday expanded targeted sanctions against North Korea after its repeated missile tests, adopting the first such resolution agreed by the United States and Pyongyang’s only major ally China since President Donald Trump took office.
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Central Bank to eliminate one cent coin PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad - CMC – Effective July 1, the Central Bank says it will no longer issue one cent coins. In a recent notice, the Central Bank said that in addition to eliminating the one cent, the other coins – five, 10 and 25 cent coins, will be issued with a new metallic composition. The Central Bank said, with the changes, cash rounding guidelines will apply for bills after the one cent coin is eliminated from the financial system – noting that rounding down will apply if a total bill after taxes ends with a one, two, six or seven, then it will be rounded down to the nearest five cent. The Central Bank says the move is expected save Government an estimated TT$15 million (One TT dollar
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=US$0.16 cents) in minting costs yearly. In addition, the bank says that the public will have the opportunity to redeem their one cent coins with the launch of a coin redemption drive. The Central Bank has the exclusive right to issue and redeem currency notes and coins in the twin island republic. With the approval of the Ministry of Finance, the bank
makes decisions on the denomination, substrate and characteristics of local notes and coins. In the past, the bank has issued limited amounts of one dollar coins to mark special events such as the United Nations Food For All campaign in 1979, as well as commemorative coins in celebration of special events and occasions of national significance.
PM TO REVIEW 2% CURRENCY TAX Daily Nation - Prime Minister Freundel Stuart says there may be a review of the controversial two per cent commission on all foreign exchange transactions. Stuart was speaking so during a tour of several small enterprises participating in the annual Barbados Manufacturers’ Exhibition (BMEX) held at the Lloyd Erskine Sandiford Centre. Stating that he was very proud of the products of many local enterprises, Stuart said based on what he saw at BMEX this year there was a quiet revolution taking place in the manufacturing sector in Barbados. Consequently, he was also confident that the sector could once again become robust and significantly contribute to Barbados’ earning of foreign exchange.
Govt senator proposes review of implementation procedures for int’l standards KINGSTON, Jamaica (JIS) — Government Senator, Don Wehby, has proposed a comprehensive review of Jamaica’s compliance rate with international standards in all areas where adoption and implementation procedures are required. This, he said, in order to determine whether these procedures need to be strengthened, thereby ensuring that Jamaica is fulfilling its international obligations. “We need to do more to ensure that we meet implementation deadlines for international standards and best practices we have committed to. In addition, any required updates to those standards and practices should be done in a timely manner,” Wehby said. He has also proposed ongoing peer reviews to effectively monitor the implementation of international standards, the results of which he said should be shared with the public “so that we can have a high level of accountability.” He was making his
Don Wehby contribution to the debate on the Companies (Amendment) Act, 2017, during Friday sitting of the Senate at Gordon House. Wehby argued that Jamaica should not wait until there is “a threat of blacklisting, a threat of losing major investments, severe public pressure (or) other potential backlashes” before taking action to implement the standards. “The implementation of these international standards has implications
for some of the key areas we have to tackle as a c o u n t r y, i f w e a r e t o achieve economic success,” he posited. These, Wehby noted, include: money laundering and terrorism financing; corruption; lack of transparency; and poor corporate governance, which the Companies (Amendment) Act, 2017, is aimed at addressing. The Bill will also provide information relating to beneficial ownership which should be made available for the public record. Additionally, the Bill will require foreign companies, which have their central management corps based in Jamaica, to maintain ownership information, as also provide information on holders of share warrants. It further seeks to address the areas of records maintenance and compliance with international tax laws. The Bill, which will go back to the House of Representatives for further review, was passed with 27 amendments by the Senate.
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Warriors roar to 2-0 NBA Finals lead in Steve Kerr’s return
Kevin Durant had 33 points and hit 4 3-pointers last night. (AP) Yahoo Sports OAKLAND, Calif. – Inspired by the return of head coach Steve Kerr, the Golden State Warriors ran away with Game 2 of the NBA Finals last night, defeating the Cleveland Cavaliers 132-113 to take a 20 lead in the best-of-seven series. “I’m feeling better. I’m feeling more like I did at the end of the regular season,” Kerr said before the game. “I’m excited and it’s good to be back.” It certainly was for the
Warriors, who scored 40 firstquarter points, including 10of-10 free throws by Stephen Curry, to take a six-point lead and never looked back. The rapid pace played right to the Warriors strengths, but they were far from perfect in the first half, turning over the ball 13 times – which led to 17 Cavs points – and having some trouble with cheap fouls. Draymond Green had three fouls, and Curry and Klay Thompson had two each by halftime with the Warriors leading 67-64.
Kevin Durant, the hero of Game 1, was once again excellent, hitting four 3pointers, grabbing 13 rebounds, blocking five shots and scoring 33 points. LeBron James did all he could to keep the Cavs close in the first half, relentlessly attacking the basket, attempting no 3-pointers and recording 18 points, nine assists, six rebounds, two steals and a block. James finished with 29 points, 11 rebounds and 14 assists, tying Magic Johnson’s Finals triple-double record at eight. The Warriors seemed to win the battle for loose balls, exploited their depth advantage by playing seven reserves and had the edge on the glass, finishing with a 5341 advantage. Thompson’s stellar defence on Kyie Irving continued but Thompson showed some life on the offensive end as well, shooting 8 of 12 for 22 points after struggling in Game 1. After a sluggish start that included four points and three turnovers in the first quarter, Irving didn’t get much better, scoring 19 points on 23 shots. Kevin Love hit 12 of 23 shots and two 3-pointers, finishing with 27 points and seven rebounds and continuing a fine postseason in which he entered the game shooting 47.7 percent from 3point range and 44.5 percent from the floor. The series shifts back to Cleveland for Game 3 on Wednesday at 9 p.m. ET.
Windies clinch series with easy win... From page 33 Williams then struck twice in the following over – the first of his spell – to further set back the visitors. First, he had opener Noor Ali Zadran caught at short fine leg by Jerome Taylor for six after being tucked up by a
short ball and off the very next delivery, claimed Samiullah Shenwari without scoring to a catch at the wicket. Tottering on 19 for three, Afghanistan continued to lose wickets steadily. Mohammad Nabi stylishly cut off-spinner Sunil Narine
Prolific Chase gets one-day... From page 33 the three-match series against Pakistan in April. New ball bowlers Shannon Gabriel and Alzarri Joseph have been retained and headlines an attack that also includes seamers Holder and Miguel Cummins. “Our bowling attack remains the same with four seamers and two specialist spinners,” Browne noted. “With Roston now adding an additional spinning option for the captain, this offers further variety to the bowling attack. This gives the team the option of playing an additional fast bowler if required.” Chadwick Walton, who managed just 36 runs from three innings against Pakistan, has been dropped from the side. West Indies face Afghanistan in the first ODI starting Friday at the Darren Sammy National Stadium in Gros Islet, St Lucia. SQUAD – Jason Holder (captain), Devendra Bishoo, Jonathan Carter, Roston Chase, Miguel Cummins, Shannon Gabriel, Shai Hope, Alzarri Joseph, Evin Lewis, Jason Mohammed, Ashley Nurse, Kieran Powell, Rovman Powell.
behind square for four in the seventh over but was then run out five balls in the same over looking for a nonexistent single. And captain Asghar Stanikzai perished two balls later in the following over from Brathwaite when he tugged a short ball to Lendl Simmons running around from mid-wicket to mid-on, after clearing the ropes at midwicket with the previous delivery. Three more wickets fell for 14 runs in the space of 18 balls to leave Afghanistan in danger of their lowest-ever T20 total at 55 for eight in the 11th over. But top-scorer Karim Janat struck a four and two sixes in a 15-ball 20, putting on 30 off 10 balls for the ninth wicket with Dawlat Zadran (9). The charge, however, came a little too late and though the 12th over from Brathwaite leaked 18 runs, the required run rate remained onerous at 13 and in the end proved overwhelming.
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Guyana finish second overall at South American Junior Championships
The Guyana female 4x400 team that won that race enjoy the moment. By Edison Jefford Guyana put in a gutsy performance on the final day of the South American Junior Championships at the National Track and Field Centre, Leonora yesterday to finish a historic second overall behind the defending champions and geographic neighbors, Brazil. Guyana ended the 2017 Championships with 25 medals, which included three gold, 10 silver and 12 bronze medals. Before this weekend, Guyana had only tallied eight medals total in the 42 years of the competition, owed largely to indifferent participation; those included three gold, one silver, and 4 bronze medals. Guyana used its advantage as hosts to improve its performance with 50 athletes. The individual gold medals for Guyana came from Compton Caesar (100m) and Chantoba Bright (Long Jump), while the girls 4x400m quartet also secured a gold medal. Brazil hauled 32 medals to win the Championships with 18 gold, 11 silver and three bronze medals handed to them from top performers Lorraine Martins (100 and 200m gold), Jefferson Al Dos Santos (800m and 1500m gold), Tiffani Marinho (400m gold), Derick De Souza Silva (200m gold, 100m silver), Alencar Perreira (Men’s Hammer Throw gold) and Daniel Nascimento (10k gold). The Brazilians amassed 287 points with Guyana second with 198 points. Colombia (165), Peru (118), Argentina (104), Ecuador (91), Suriname (47), Chile (42), Uruguay (15), Paraguay (11) and Bolivia (four) completed the points table. The highlight of yesterday had to be Guyana’s performance in the male and female 4x400m races that brought the crowd to its feet on both occasions. In the female race, Guyana’s Joanna Archer, who is from West Demerara, ignited supporters with a scintillating third leg that set the victory up for Guyana. Archer collected the baton about 10m behind the Colombians, but eased passed the rivals on the final turn to give Kenisha Phillips, who earlier in the day placed third in the 200m, enough space to bring home the title. Avon Samuels had given the Guyanese a perfect start. Argentina was third in the race.
Guyana’s boys would have also had gold in their race, but a disqualification for a line infringement that suggested the third leg received the baton outside of the takeover zone, denied them that opportunity. Caesar added his second individual medal of the Championships in the 200m with a silver behind Brazil’s Derick De Souza Silva (20.92 seconds). Caesar ran 21.45 seconds nursing an injury, while Enzo Faulbaum (21.55) was third in the marquee event. Guyana was second in the Boys 4x100m relay with Caesar anchoring the team. Brazil won the race with Colombia third. The girls won a bronze in their 4x100m race. Ecuador won with Colombia second. Earlier in the day, Phillips ran 24.26 for bronze in the 200m behind Brazil’s Martins (23.89) and Ecuador’s Romi Cifuentes Ganzalez (24.19) respectively. Archer also continued Guyana’s medal hunt with 800m silver in 2:19.43 seconds. Colombia’s Johana Arrieta Madera (2:10.41) and Suriname’s Davinia Asantiba (2:50.68) placed first and third. Bright added another medal to her collection with a bronze in the triple jump. Bright leaped 12.19m to finish behind Brazil’s Estaili Mirieli Santos (12.71m) and Suriname’s Monifah Djoe (12.33m) respectively. Tremaine Beckles with 51.96m and Timothy Sealey (48.93m) ensured Guyana was second and third in the Javelin Throw behind Brazil’s Pedro Henriqu Rodrigues, who tossed the javelin 69.71m. Kimbily Hilliman was third in the female event with 19.82m behind Ecuador’s Yuleixi Angulo Bonilla (54.00m) and Brazil’s Samir Fabielle Ferreira (51.74m) respectively. Tortque Boyce and Daniel Williams also added two medals in an event in the High Jump with Boyce second with 1.90m and Williams third with a similar mark. Boyce had the next best mark to outdo Williams. Brazil’s Luan Barbosa De Souza (1.95m) won. Guyana did not medal in the girls 400m hurdles, girls 3000m steeplechase, hammer throw, boys 10000m, boys triple jump, boys shot put, 10000m race walk, boys 110 hurdles, girls high jump and girls 5000m though the hosts participated in most events.
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NOT AGAIN! Venus sent King of errors Raonic packing by Bacsinszky in Paris stumbles out of French Open ‘Kiki’ Mladenovic downs Muguruza as impressive run continues
Switzerland’s Timea Bacsinszky shakes the hand of USA’s Venus Williams as she celebrates winning her fourth round match. (Reuters / Benoit Tessier) PARIS (Reuters) Venus Williams’ chances of adding a first French Open title to her collection of seven grand slams faded yesterday after the 36-year-old was beaten 57 6-2 6-1 by Swiss Timea Bacsinszky in the French Open fourth round. It was the second year running that Williams, seeded 10th and competing in her 20th French Open, lost to the Swiss in the Roland Garros fourth round even though she fought back from 5-1 down to rattle off six straight games to win the first set. “She just played well. She just came out with great tennis a lot of the time. The risk was rewarded for her,” Williams said. “I feel I played well today but I did not quite figure out the solution in time.” Williams, whose sister Serena is not playing in the tournament as she is expecting
her first child, ran out of steam in the last two sets. The 27-year-old Bacsinszky, who had wasted two set points in the first set, frustrated the American by playing a string of drop shots and won the next two sets with ease. The Swiss clinched the match with a delectable drop shot. “The first set I had a big lead but I started making catastrophic errors,” Bacsinszky said. “I then threw some cold water on my face and told myself not to finish the Sunday like that. So I came back and played a more versatile game.” Bacsinszky, the only woman to have reached the Roland Garros quarter-finals in 2015, 2016 and 2017, will face local favorite Kristina Mladenovic in the last eight after she eliminated defending champion Garbine Muguruza.
Dominant Barbados maintain winning Netball run over T&T PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – Barbados withstood a strong third quarter surge from Trinidad and Tobago to pull off another convincing 49-37 victory and wrap up their three-Test Netball series with a game to spare here Saturday night. Playing at the National Cycling Centre, Barbados once again dominated from the outset, overcoming just one wobble in the penultimate quarter before executing down the stretch to take a 2-0 lead in the series. For the visitors, it was third win in as many outings after pulling off a shock win over Jamaica’s Sunshine Girls two weeks ago in Kingston and then winning the first game of the current series on Friday night. Goal shooter Shonica Wharton once again led with 45 goals from 49 attempts while goal attack Sheniqua Thomas finishing with four from seven attempts. T&T’s attack was spearheaded by goal attack Joelisa Cooper who shot 22 from 24 attempts before switching to goal shooter in
Goal shooter Shonica Wharton once again led Barbados’ attack. the third and fourth quarters. Goal shooter Tahirah Hollingsworth, meanwhile, scored 13 from 16, before moving to goal attack for the second half of the encounter. Barbados took an early foothold in the game when they led 15-6 at the end of the first half and remained ahead 26-16 at half-time despite a fairly even second quarter. In the third quarter, Trinidad fought back
gallantly, out-scoring the Barbadians 12-2 to tie the scores at 28. However, the visitors responded well to the challenge, sparking a run of their own to end the quarter with a six-goal lead at 35-29. In the final stanza, Barbados re-asserted control staying ahead of the Trinidadians with accurate finishing. The final Test was scheduled for the same venue last night.
PARIS (Reuters) Fifth seed Milos Raonic had only himself to blame after he was dumped out of the French Open fourth round by claycourt specialist Pablo Carreno Busta 4-6 7-6(2) 6-7(6) 6-4 8-6 yesterday, with the Canadian committing a staggering 84 unforced errors. The world number six fired an eye-popping 25 aces in an error-ridden performance and fought off six match points before the Spaniard grabbed victory with a volley to earn his firstever grand slam quarter-final and a matchup with ninetimes champion Rafael Nadal. Carreno Busta, who recorded his first win over a top-10 player after 16 failed attempts, traded sets with Raonic, who had littered the court with errors throughout, before the Canadian grabbed a break to go 3-1 up in the fifth. The 25-year-old Spaniard responded with a break of his own but wasted three matchpoints at 5-4 and another two at 7-6 before carving out his seventh to finally finish off Raonic with a volley after four hours and 17 minutes. Meanwhile, Never mind the 16 double faults, Kristina Mladenovic downed defending champion Garbine Muguruza 6-1 3-6 6-3, sending the Roland Garros crowd into raptures as their darling reached the quarterfinals. After a jittery opening set, Spanish fourth seed Muguruza rallied but 13thseeded Frenchwoman Mladenovic perfectly played the key points in the decider to set up a meeting with Timea Bascinszky. Mladenovic, who has been hampered by back problems, tops the tally of double faults produced at Roland Garros, having served 40 since the tournament started. Even though she won on Sunday, she kept adding to that total. ‘Kiki, Kiki!” yelled the crowd as Mladenovic, who is of Serbian heritage, speaks good English and cheers herself up in Italian, negotiated her way through the tricky fourth-round match. “I love you, too,” she told the chanting crowd after the win on a sunbathed Court Suzanne Lenglen. She paused. “You make me cry,” she continued. “Let me try to speak. It’s a last-16 match against the defending champion. Big match, which I was waiting for.
Canada’s Milos Raonic in action during his fourth round match against Spain’s Pablo Carreno Busta. (Reuters / Benoit Tessier) “It’s not perfect, there are little problems but I fight as I can. I served 35 doubles but it’s good because you give me so much strength,” added Mladenovic, who has been tipped as one of the tournament favorites after reaching the finals in Stuttgart and Madrid on clay this season. With Alize Cornet taking on Caroline Garcia in the fourth round today, two Frenchwomen will be in the last eight for the first time since 1994. That year, Mary Pierce reached the final, losing to Spaniard Arantxa SanchezVicario. Pierce went on to lift the Suzanne Lenglen Cup in 2000, the last Frenchwoman to do so. The absence of Serena Williams, who is expecting a child, and Maria Sharapova, who was denied a wilcard on her return from a doping ban, means the draw is wide open for Mladenovic to finally end the wait for a home champion.
The 24-year-old got off to a flying start against Muguruza, who peppered the court with unforced errors as the Frenchwoman opened a 41 lead. Mixing her powerful game with sliced backhands to slow down Muguruza, Mladenovic was in the driving seat after pocketing the first set. Yet, the Spaniard was not conceding defeat and played tighter in the second set with Mladenovic looking increasingly shaky on serve. But Muguruza was also nervous. “I was a bit nervous and I got more and more nervous,” she said. I could not find my game but I did not do anything wrong. It came from her, she was playing well.” Mladenovic opened a 2-0 lead in the decider and held serve throughout, despite three double faults in a single game. Muguruza dinked a forehand into the net on the first match point after just under two hours.
France’s Kristina Mladenovic celebrates winning her fourth round match against Spain’s Garbine Muguruza. (Reuters / Christian Hartmann)
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India thrash sloppy Pakistan by 124 runs ESPNcricinfo - For what can be significant part of a match against many other teams, India were not at their best in the first match of their title defence. Yet, confirming how far Pakistan have fallen behind modern limited-overs cricket, they won by a whopping 124 runs. Even if Pakistan had not grappled with the age-old problem of dropped catches Yuvraj Singh and Virat Kohli plundered 45 off 24 and 38 off 12 after being reprieved Pakistan might have still had to chase 280, which on the evidence of their batting might have been a handful. Thanks to the fielding lapses, all of India’s top four scored half-centuries - only the third time for them - to set Pakistan 324, which, given their batting, was pretty much game over. The first two to score fifties for India were reuniting at the top after 17 months, having started the partnership four years ago, in the same tournament, in the same country, with instant success. Success was instant on reunion as the two added India’s first hundred opening stand against a top-eight ODI side since they themselves did it last January. The platform of 136 runs in 24.3 overs between Rohit Sharma and Shikhar Dhawan was strong enough to survive a mid-innings slowdown, especially when Yuvraj and
Kohli punished the generous Pakistan by taking 89 runs in the last six overs. At various times, though, Pakistan could have held India back. The match began with Mohammad Amir beating Rohit Sharma’s bat three times in a maiden over, but the next ball was bowled by Imad Wasim and misfielded at point to sum up Pakistan’s day. There is no data to suggest India might struggle against unsubtle left-arm spin early in the innings, but Rohit, Dhawan, and later Kohli, got a soft start to their innings through Imad’s welcome. It might be safe to presume Pakistan wanted to get rid of Imad’s overs when India were taking it easy: since the 2015 World Cup, they had scored 4.95 an over in the first 10. Imad wasn’t hit out of the park - his first eight overs went for 43 - but India’s batsmen got set with no threat to their wickets. And soon enough, both Dhawan and Rohit began to hit. It was, in many ways, a typical Rohit-Dhawan partnership. Rohit started off slowly and took a large share of the early strike, then he opened up, then Dhawan went big, and Rohit then set up his stall for a long innings even as Dhawan perished. Rohit got going with languid punches with Pakistan’s lengths letting him sit back, and Dhawan took a shine to
the error-prone Wahab Riaz, scoring 23 off 12 balls from him. Rohit’s ascent was more gradual than Dhawan’s, who went from 12 off 22 to 50 off 48. He then put a full toss straight down deep midwicket’s throat. Pakistan went back to Imad immediately. A curiously slow partnership - 56 in 12.1 overs - followed between Rohit and Kohli. Having got two more Imad overs out of the way, Pakistan went to Amir and Hasan Ali from the 30th over onwards. This is when India were pulled back. A rain break didn’t help. The bowling was accurate, but India didn’t go out of their way to hit either. These overs - from around 25 to 40 - can be the difference between 300 and 325, which can be crucial in matches against stronger opposition. Here India scored 75 in those 15 overs. In his 90s, Rohit was run out failing to keep his bat down as he dived. For a moment it seemed Pakistan’s out-and-out defensive tactics might work. They had their best bowlers on when India were looking to break free, and the frustration had given them an opening. For defensive tactics to work in modern ODIs, though, you need fielders on your side and you need to keep at it for the duration of the innings. Pakistan couldn’t manage
Djokovic sinks Ramos-Vinolas to reach Paris quarters
Serbia’s Novak Djokovic reacts during his fourth round match against Spain’s Albert Ramos-Vinolas. (Reuters / Gonzalo Fuentes) PARIS (Reuters) Defending champion Novak Djokovic eased into the French Open quarter-finals yesterday after outclassing claycourt specialist Alberto Ramos-Vinolas 76(5) 6-1 6-3. He will next face in-form Austrian, Dominic Thiem, the sixth seed, in a rematch of last year’s semi-final. The second seed, with new coach Andre Agassi absent from the stands, was too good for the Spanish 19th seed. The Serb, bidding to become the first man in the professional era to win each of the four grand slams twice, found some resistance in
the first set with the third game lasting 13 minutes before Djokovic won it. “After that (first set) I started playing with fewer errors and that was good. That gave me a lot of confidence,” Djokovic said in a courtside interview. He finished RamosVinolas off with a crosscourt forehand winner on his first match point. “Now it is the quarters in a grand slam and facing Dominic is not easy,” the world number two said. “He is a one of the best players in the world, especially on this surface. Now I have a day to rest and get ready.”
MS Dhoni shakes hands with Hasan Ali after India sealed a 124-run win, India v Pakistan, Champions Trophy, Group B, Birmingham, © Getty Images either. Yuvraj had just come in, and had been given a couple of short balls before a Shadab Khan wrong’un brought about an easy - by international standards catch for long-off. Hasan dropped it. Mayhem followed. Playing his first ODI in 10 years in a country where he played perhaps his most famous innings back in 2002, Yuvraj unleashed sensational checked drives to beat fielders all over the ground. The endeavour was not to look for power but for timing, and he was not too fussed
about the odd dot ball when the bowlers bounced him. At the other end, though, Kohli still struggled for timing, and would have been out with a strike rate of under 80 but Fakhar Zaman, substituting for Amir who had walked off mid-over with cramps, dropped him off Wahab. Wahab’s nightmare continued as his length remained all over the place. Injury was added to insult as he did his ankle but not before registering the most expensive analysis in the Champions Trophy: 87 in 8.1 overs. Poor Imad had to come back - in the absence of two
frontline bowlers - to be hit for three successive sixes by Hardik Pandya in the last over of the innings. This was all too much for a struggling batting unit, which has been able to win them only one of the last 13 matches against top-eight sides in which their bowlers have conceded over 250. There was hope, but only for about half an hour when it rained. Scores: India 319 for 3 (Rohit 91, Kohli 81*, Dhawan 68, Yuvraj 53) beat Pakistan 164 (Azhar 50, Umesh 3-30) by 124 runs (DLS method).
Nadal moves into French Open quarters in ominous style PARIS (Reuters) Rafa Nadal returned to Roland Garros after his birthday celebrations and showed no signs of slowing up, railroading compatriot Roberto Bautista Agut 6-1 62 6-2 in the fourth round yesterday. In yet another ominous performance, Nadal destroyed his opponent on Court Suzanne Lenglen to move into the quarter-finals and one step closer to a 10th Roland Garros crown. Nadal, who turned 31 on Saturday and celebrated with two cakes, will next face another Spaniard, Pablo Carreno Busta, for a place in the semi-finals. “He’s a friend whom I appreciate very much,” Nadal said of Carreno Busta. “I hope things are going well for him, and he’s someone I really like. He’s a good person. I think he deserves it.” Whether Nadal will be so generous in the quarter-finals is extremely unlikely as he smashes his way through the draw. The supreme claycourter, Nadal has managed to lift his level even higher this year. So far he has lost just 20 games a record only bettered by the
Spain’s Rafael Nadal in action his fourth round match against Spain’s Roberto Bautista Agut. (Reuters / Benoit Tessier)
19 he lost in 2012. “This week was very positive. My level was good throughout the match. I won quite easily. Therefore, this has given me quite a lot of confidence,” Nadal said. “I have the impression I’m doing things well. I’m on the right tracks. “And yet I fully respect
each opponent and I respect the tournament itself, and each situation, as well.” Nadal has not lost a set so far this tournament, and is on track to win the title without doing so, something he did in 2008 and 2010. Only Bjorn Borg (1978 and 1980) and Ilie Nastase (1973) have also achieved that feat.
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8th GBTI Open Tennis Championships Ainslie happy to be becalmed as Lopes, Kalekyezi, Goodlick, America’s Cup race postponed Coggins register wins
(Reuters) Light winds meant the first semifinals of the America’s Cup were postponed yesterday, with Land Rover BAR skipper Ben Ainslie hoping they would not resume until today when more favourable conditions are forecast. “To be really honest we are not too unhappy about the situation right now ... in the very light airs we do struggle,” Ainslie told BT Sport in a televised interview. For racing to go ahead, the America’s Cup rules require a minimum average wind of 6 knots (11 kilometres per hour). Below this level is not enough for the high-tech 50-foot catamarans to lift out of the water and “fly” on their space-age foils. “They (racing prospects) are not great at the moment. The breeze is about 2.2 knots. I don’t believe the prospects over the next few hours are particularly strong,” Regatta Director Iain Murray said in televised comments from Bermuda. The crews in the first scheduled semi-final, Emirates Team New Zealand and Britain’s Land Rover BAR, sat on board their catamarans in Bermuda’s Great Sound waiting to see if the wind would build, trying to stay out of the beating sun. British challenger Ainslie looked relaxed waiting for Murray’s decision on whether to abandon racing for the day or postpone further into the afternoon. “We know that and our competitors know
that so we want to get through today and look forward to better weather forecast for tomorrow and the rest of next week,” he added. Earlier Ainslie, whose crew did just enough to get through the qualifying round but lacking consistency in both speed and the execution of manoeuvres, had said the pressure was on New Zealand as the “in-form” team. As the highest scoring challenger during the qualifier round which ended on Saturday, Emirates Team New Zealand chose Ainslie’s team as their semi-final opponents, leaving Sweden’s Artemis Racing and SoftBank Team Japan to compete in the other. The team which notches up five wins first progresses to the final to decide who will go on to challenge Oracle Team USA. New Zealand’s Peter Burling, at 26 the youngest helmsman in the competition, said they had chosen Land Rover BAR because they thought the conditions would be in their favour. That decision looked to have paid off with yesterday’s light winds, although if racing is postponed to today and the breeze increases so too will Ainslie’s chances of beating Burling. On Saturday, Oracle Team USA won the Louis Vuitton America’s Cup qualifier event in Bermuda, beating Emirates Team New Zealand and giving the U.S. holders a bonus point for the final.
Veltman at the double as Netherlands thump Ivory Coast
Netherlands’ Joel Veltman scores the first goal against Ivory Coast. (REUTERS/Michael Kooren) (Reuters) Defender Joel Veltman scored twice as the Netherlands found form with a record 5-0 win over Ivory Coast in their international friendly in Rotterdam yesterday. Goals from Arjen Robben, Davy Klaassen and Vincent Janssen compounded the misery for the Ivorians, who suffered their heaviest ever defeat in international football. The result is a boost for returning Dutch manager Dick Advocaat, who takes over the side from caretaker Fred Grim after this fixture and is hoping to bring confidence back to the team as they look to rekindle their World Cup qualification campaign. The match provided the perfect build-up to their next qualifier against Luxembourg at the same venue on Friday. The Dutch are fourth at the halfway stage in European Group A with seven points from five matches, six points behind France, three behind second-placed Sweden and two short of Bulgaria. Veltman netted the opener on 13 minutes when he was left unmarked at a corner and
stooped to head past Ivorian goalkeeper Badra Ali Sangare, one of two home-based players in their squad. The Netherlands were given an opportunity to double their advantage when Janssen was up-ended in the box by Sangare and Robben converted the penalty. Veltman’s second also came from a corner as the ball was played short to Robben and his in-swinger to the back post was guided home by the defender. Gaping holes were beginning to appear in the 2015 African champions’ defence and when Janssen got to the byline and pulled the ball back towards the penalty spot on 69 minutes, Klaassen was all alone to side-foot the ball into the net. It was 5-0 six minutes later when Janssen grabbed the goal his performance deserved as Sangare could only parry a shot from Georginio Wijnaldum into his path, and the Tottenham Hotspur forward buried the rebound. Ivory Coast manager Marc Wilmots will expect much better when they host Guinea in an African Nations Cup qualifier on Friday.
Albert Razick (left) and Alexey Almedia US-based Daniel Lopes, Joshua Kalekyezi, Jamal Goodluck and Oswin Coggins were among the winners on opening day of the 8th Edition of the GBTI Open Tennis Championships which served off last Friday, at the Bank’s Recreational facility, Bel Air. The full results are seen below: Men’s Round 32 Lopes squared off against Jordan Beaton, who started strong and had occasions to take the first set, but failed to fend off the 6-4, 6-3 defeat. Kalekyezi defeated Surendra Khayyam 6-0, 6-2, while Goodluck beat Adesh Khayyam 6-0, 7-5. Ronald Murray defeated Alexandre De Almedia 6-1, 61 to set up a clash against Andre Erksine, who looked lethal in his 6-0, 6-0 demolition of Khalid Gobin. Rorima club mates Coggins and Devon Gonsalves battled each other in a tight match. It was to the astonishment of spectators the level of growth Gonsalves had made since his GBTI novice debut last year. He tussled with Coggins and displayed exceptional touch at the net, but was unable to maintain his focus in crucial points allowing Coggins to impress with his style of play and eventually prevailed with a 6-3, 7-6(7/3) win. Khawn Rodney had his challenge against the household name Rudy Grant. It was the joy of the tennis family to see the effort and love for the game displayed by Grant. Knees strapped and passion untamed as he
pushed physically against the hard hitting forehand of young Rodney. Grant deployed his tactical launch of drop shots and lobs that flustered Rodney in a few games, but Rodney was able to shake the nerves off and secure the win at 6-4,6-4 Kalyca Fraser, who has been one to watch, defeated former President, Grace McCalman 6-2, 6-1. Meanwhile, Saturday night primetime had epic matches that lasted until midnight. All eyes were focused on Nicholas Glasgow vs. Sandeep Chand and Alexey Almedia vs. Albert Razick matches. Glasgow showed confidence from the strike of the first point against a fearless Chand. He was able to pull off a 6-4, 4-6, 6-1 win because he was able to utilize his weapons of a big forehand, low slices and consistent play which led to a variety of shots. Chand was able to lift his
game in the second set, but was never allowed to take that momentum into the third. Members of the Diplomatic Corps, Brazilian Almedia and American Razick had a match of class, sportsmanship and quality tennis that lasted over three hours and thirty minutes. The senior players made full use of the court strategically and were examples of mental toughness. However, Almedia was able to get the upper hand to defeat Razick 3-6, 61, 6-4. Almedia in an invited comment stated that the match, “In one word: challenging. Because playing over 45, besides the game itself, we face our own body limitations and, I believe, Al and I were facing a new opponent, playing in a new court surface (my case) with a very high humidity with no breeze at all. Now if you mean psychological aspects, I can say that Al is a very good player and every single point was very important mentally for the result of the match. I was playing for every single point instead of thinking about the match itself. Al was a gentleman and a very respectful opponent. I hope we can have more players like him. Tennis is about friendship and respect.” In the Boys round 32, Dominic Skeete defeated young Buxtonian, Tyrese Trim 6-2, 6-4 after meeting twice in less than a month, while on the girls’ side Kalyca Fraser marched into the semifinal after handling the upcoming junior, Sekai Jones. Alana Chung made her way pass Charlese Adams 61, 6-1, while Sarah Klautky confidently dismissed Margaret Subryan 6-0, 6-0. Nathalie Ramdyhan looked sharp against her best friend, Ciara Pooran as she also booked a semi-final spot at 6-4, 6-4. Matches continue throughout the week at the same venue, starting from 17:00hrs.
Caymans hand Bermuda second defeat HAMILTON, Bermuda, CMC – Cayman Islands beat Bermuda 28-15 in a Rugby Americas North Championship North Zone match at the National Sports Centre here on Saturday night. It was Bermuda’s second defeat at home, having been trounced 59-7 by Mexico last month. Mexico top the group standings having earlier beaten USA South 36-29. The Caymans were beaten 39-5 by USA South in their opener. On June 17, Bermuda are away to USA South in Atlanta while the Caymans take on Mexico in George Town.