FormerEPA Director:
FormerChronicle chiefphotographer foundguiltyofsexual assaultofcolleague
Woman doused with acid discharged from hospital, regains sight in one eye ...onremand,pendingsentencing Hughes says remains dedicated to AFC; throws support behind Patterson
The United States (U.S) government could haul Guyanese officials in for questioning as part of a possible investigation into the 'false' tax receipts issued to American oil giant, ExxonMobil.
This is according to former executive director of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Dr Vincent Adams. During an Alliance For Change (AFC) press conference on Friday, the petroleum engineer raised concerns overtheletterissuedtoChief Executive Officer of Exxon, Darren Woods on Tuesday, which requires the company to share information on its taxpracticesinGuyana.
Inaccordancewithterms of the 2016 Production Sharing Agreement (PSA), Exxon and its partners, CNOOC and Hess (now Chevron)paynotaxestothe country Guyananonetheless issues a tax receipt, indicating that those obligationsweremetlocally
Consequently, Senators
Sheldon Whitehouse, Chris VanHollenandJeffMerkley in a statement, said American taxpayers could b e s u b s i d i s i n g ExxonMobil's foreign oil productioninGuyana.
On Friday, Dr. Adams noted that Guyanese have been highlighting this issue for years only to be ignored by the Government of G u y a n a A f t e r representatives of a nonprofit organisation in the U S, Oil and Gas
Governance Network (OGGN) met with the Senators, the arrangement was immediately placed under the microscope. Dr Adams, who is also a member of the Guyanese contingent, said Mike Persaud and Dr Kenrick Hunte were the OGGN representativesthatmetwith the Senators in February 2025.
D r A d a m s w h o functioned in the U S Department of Energy describedthematteras“very serious” which may be
investigated by the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), which is responsible for taxesintheUSA.
“The big issue is that of courseit'snotaboutGuyana, it's about what they believe to be a loophole that Exxon,
even beyond the loophole is very questionable as to whetherthisislegalornotas to when they submit a certificate that they did not incur expenses for Exxon,” hesaid.
The former EPA boss noted that it is Guyana's government that is responsible for paying taxes on behalf of Exxon. The company then presents that receipt to the US government to claim tax credits which amount to billionsofUSdollars.
“What the senators are saying this here is robbing the taxpayers of the United States of America,” Dr Adamssaid.
According to him, “Several options could be taken by the senators within thelawsoftheUnitedStates andofcourse,Iamnotinthat
area but I am very sure they could very well be a possibility, especially with government officials who s i g n e d t h e s e receipts…(they)mayhaveto comeintoanswerquestions eventually, depending on whereitgoesintermsofthe investigation.”
Hecouldnotsaywhether Exxon is likely to face penalties in the US for the likelihoodoftaxevasion.
In 2024, ExxonMobil Guyana Limited (EMGL) the operator of the Stabroek Block was granted a tax waiver by the GoG amounting to over US$1.3 billion. This is according to the company's financials whichindicateataxexpense of GY$260,155,788,763 for lastyearalone.
TheExxonDeal
The sweetheart deal
Exxon signed in 2016 states in Article 15 1 that the contractor (ExxonMobil Guyana Limited) as well as its affiliates shall not be subjected to tax, valueadded tax, excise tax, duty, fee, charge, or impost in respect of income derived from petroleum operations, propertyheldortransactions exceptasspecifiedunderthe agreement.
Further, Article 15 4 states that the sum equivalenttothetaxesowed bythecompanywillbepaid by the minister responsible for petroleum to the Commissioner General of the GRA. The contract also allows for the issuing of a receipt to ExxonMobil, indicatingthatithasmetthe local tax requirements to avoid the burden of double taxation.
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Is there still
Putting ear to the ground for the last few months, and somethingbecomesapparent. Itwasthesamewhennews headlines were viewed, when the political positions were made by the various groups, with one exception. Using from paper to people as guideposts, one has to wonder if Guyanahasoil. Forevenwhenoilwasspokenof,itwasin asmallmouthfulhereandthere,andappearedtobethelast thingthatpoliticalpartiesandtheirspokespeoplecaredto speak about. There is so much oil in Guyana, and the groups that were wrestling for power, for the right to controlit,wantednothingtodowithit.
From the government to the opposition parties, there wasonecommonthread,whichwastosaynexttonothing aboutoil,unlesstheywereforcedtosaysomethingabout it. Theyallhadpartymanifestoesthatpromisedtheworld, but yet was so sparse on what was intended to be done about the national patrimony The one exception in this regard was the AFC, which had a comprehensive and inspiringplanfortheoilandgassector Themanifestoesof the other parties with a focus on oil were nothing to talk about. It was more of what looked like fluff and what soundedsoblandthatwecouldnothelpbutthinkthatwhat thepartiesofferedrelativetooilwasproforma,anexercise merelyintendedtofillupspace.
Thereisoil,thisgreatnaturalresourcebonanza,andthe last thing that political parties competing for power had anyinterestinstatingtheirpositionsonitsmanagementin a clear and robust manner was the same oil. The parties andtheirleadersallhadstacksofrhetoricandspokeatthe highestvolumesofhowmuchtheyweregoingtospendon this and that programme to make the lives of Guyanese better But on the source of their spending, and how oil wouldcontributetothat,therewascomfortinsilence. The hard fact is that Guyanese politicians know that if they speaktooaggressively,orimproperly,aboutoil,thereisa strong chance that they will offend ExxonMobil, the American oil supergiant that virtually runs Guyana. OffendExxonMobilandtheyknowwithabsolutecertainty that their political days would be numbered. So, they played it safe, said little to nothing, other than the AFC, which put before Guyanese an oil and gas plan that had morethanafewelementsofthepersuasiveaboutit.
TheAFC itself could be looked at with a critical eye, thatoilandgasplanthatitcrafted.
Itwasclearfromearlyintheelectionscampaignsthat theAFC had nowhere to go, was out of the running. We have no issue with its plan but, as almost everyone in Guyana had concluded, the AFC didn't matter in the politicalcalculus,whichmeansthatitsoilandgasplan,as solidasitwas,hadnomeaning. Onerecommendationthat we would make to the other political parties is that they study thatAFC plan and learn from it, if they are serious aboutoil.
It was a concern long before the elections came into play Weatthispaperknowfromexperiencethatthemajor political parties, the PPPC Government and the APNU opposition, tiptoed around, and hedged their language, when the issue at hand was about oil and ExxonMobil. Week after week, and for years, their press conferences were full of details about what they were going to do to address various issues across Guyana. But when the subject was oil, both the PPPC and theAPNU went into theirshells. Theyweresofearful,andalsosocareful,that itwasararedevelopmentforonetocriticizetheotheron what had to be done to get more from the nation's oil wealth.
The elections are over, but the oil is still there, as part invitation and part challenge to the politicians of Guyana forthemtoprovethemselvesbygettingmorefromit. No onehasindicatedthatanythingwillbedifferent,whichis partofthetragedyofGuyana'soiltreasure.
Should we be concerned that many voters (314,941) did not take part in the 2025 elections?
DearEditor, Critics have raised concerns about the 2025 voters list, which includes 757,490 names—more than the total estimated population of Guyana (746,955) as per 2012 census. Residency does not exclude any Guyanese from registering, irrespective where they reside (whether inGuyanaorabroad). What complicates the matter further is that voter registration has grown steadily, rising by 15.8% between2015and2020,and another 14.6% from 2020 to 2025, resulting in 96,492 more registered voters since 2020 Despite this huge increase, voter turnout in 2025 dropped numerically by21,471comparedto2020.
Of 757,490 registered voters in 2025, 41 8% (314,941) did not vote. But does this necessarily mean voterturnoutinGuyanawas low?Away from the official voters' list, if a crude estimateofvotersresidentin Guyana is computed from the existing population (est. 825,000) in 2025, that will putthenumberofvoting-age populationatabout501,600. With 442,549 votes cast at 2025 elections, this means that 59,051 resident voters did not vote. But assuming that 10,000 overseas Guyanese returned home to vote, the total resident Guyanese that voted would be 432 549 (442,54910,000) which means that 69,051 (or 13.8%) resident
Guyanese did not vote and 86.2% voted. The rest of voters(245,000)whodidnot vote (314,941-69,051) are likelytobelivingoverseas.
Mostpost2025elections analyses have focused on APNU's poor performance (obtained only 12 seats) which has been partly attributed to low voter turnoutamongitstraditional supporters in Regions 4 (Greater Georgetown. East Bank East Coast) and 10 (Upper Demerara/Berbice (Linden).
While empirical evidence on turnout rate did not vary much across regions,itisonlyRegions4, 10, and 6 (Corentyne) that show notable differences in the national average voter turnout rate (58.4%). This apparent low turnout rate in the three Regions (4,6,10) was not just because of
p o l i t i c a l apathy emigration has considerably reduced the number of voters in these areas.
In contrast, Regions 1 (Barima)8,(Siparuni)and9 (Rupununi) with majority Amerindianpopulationsthat have been minimally affected by emigration, reported a voter turnout above 63%, higher than the national average of 58.4%.
PPPC gained some crossover votes in Linden (region 10), but the increase was marginal (1,098 votes); Region 4 provided a significant boost of 6,618 votes for the PPPC, largely attributed to crossover voting according to anecdotalaccounts.
The main story of the 2025elections,however,has been the dramatic rise of a new party called WIN (We
Invest in Nationhood) headed by billionaire Azruddin Mohamed, who was able to successfully mobilize the disenchanted, disgruntled, and working class APNU supporters, particularlyinRegion10and Region4andwhoalsomade significant inroads in Amerindian areas of Region 1, Region 7 (Bartica) and Region 9. WIN captured 16 seats and has displaced APNU as the official Parliamentaryopposition. The PPPC and WIN are expected to continue their efforts to consolidate their electoral support, while the APNU, AFC, and smaller parties face greater challenges in restoring their politicalviability Butnoone must underestimate his opponent!
Sincerely Dr TaraSingh
Dr. Hinds' interview highlights the seriousness of racism in Guyana and the world at large
DearEditor,
As a current student of International Relations, it is importantthatallandsundry understand the “dogma of politics” including its complexities before understanding the political ideologies of Dr David Hinds. While I may not agree with everything Dr Hindssays,Imustcommend him for being candid and pragmatic in his interview with my media colleagues Abena Rockcliffe and KemolKing.
Dr Hinds a staunch member of the Working People'sAlliance(WPA)has franklysaidthatheheldboth the People's National Congress before its Reform in 1997 now PNC/R and the People's Progressive Party Civic(1992)accountablefor what he described the
oppression of Indo and AfricanGuyanesesaystome commonsensically that he (Dr Hinds)cannotbearacist as many accused him of being. A racist doesn't fight those in authority for perpetuatingsuchprejudices whichisthecaseofracism.
Itisimportanttonotethat one who criticises his own race for neglecting or maltreating its own race is not a racist but is rather a pragmatistandidealist.
Former Prime of the People's Democratic Republic of Congo Patrice Lumumba ad nauseum criticised his people which are Africans alike for being blinded by the doctrines of the Western World to the extent that they are victims ofwhitesupremacy,willyou sayheisaracist?
His statements at times
canbebluntbutifyoustudy politics, you'll understand that what Dr Hinds an academic in this field, is saying is nothing new and should be an eye opener to us. It is Aristotle who said thatthenatureofmanistobe a “political animal”. In my readings for Politics 1100 (Theory and Practice of Politics), his interpretation translates to this being that “it is only within a certain category of society or politicalcommunitythatyou canhavethe"goodlife".
Wecannotnegatethefact thatClassismcontinuestobe a global problem. Where there is Classism, there is Elitism and Racism perpetuates We must understandthatourIndoand African Guyanese have experienced similar struggles of ethnocentrism and oppression not only locally but in the global sphere. The question is how do we address the issues of racism when they are so many misconceptions about the cultural and social challenges of our major ethnic groups. As much as weareaculturallydiverseor multi-ethnic society, the harshrealityisthatracismis an extant problem, and we mustconfrontitbyknowing its root cause. Dr David Hinds, a political scientist, delivered an outstanding analysis of race relations in Guyana, illuminating the complexities both pre and postcolonialism. Hisinsightsareessential for understanding the historical context and its lastingimpactonsociety Bestregards, AntonioDey
“Cricket is in our blood and it brings us together”
DearEditor,
Several well-placed Guyanese acknowledged and celebrated this with passionandsincerityduring thejustfinishedCPL
Can we not take the samesentimentsthatcricket provides and shape the United(One)Guyana?
P l a y e r s a n d contributors to a cricket team can be: Tall and short Fair-skinned and darkskinned Handsome and not so handsome Skinny and not so skinny players Christian, Hindu, Muslim Chinese, Portuguese, Afro, Indo, Amerindian, Mixed players Fast, medium-pace
and slow bowlers
Aggressive and nonaggressive batsmen Quick
and slow runners Fantastic and not so-fantastic fielders
Temperamental and calm players Players from all kinds of backgroundRich and poor players Academic andnon-academicplayers.
Individualswho:
Ÿ Traintogether
Ÿ Learn from one another
Ÿ Help to identify and correctweaknesses
Ÿ Work on developing newandbetterskills
Ÿ Encourageeachother
Ÿ Consoleoneanother A p p l a u d g o o d performances
Ÿ Celebratetogether
Ÿ Learn to respect authority
Ÿ Accept and abide by theestablishedrules
Deareditor,
This writer wishes to respondtoaletterpublished in yesterday's edition of the Kaieteur News under the
headline “ C a l l f o r Independent Local Content Reporting”, by what many term as the recentlyconceivedAPartnership for National Unity (APNU), member, Mr Sherod Duncan.
I am led to believe that the assertions made by the authorarenothingmorethan a mischievous attempt to misleadthepublicandscore cheap yet again blundered political points.
Had the writer been genuinely concerned with properly edifying himself, rather than indulging in distortion, he would have known that the Local Content Secretariat, the unit legislatively empowered to monitor local content activitiesinGuyana,already preparesthedetailedreports whichheisaskingfor Editor, these reports are not hidden, nor are they subject to partisan whim. A
simple perusal shows that the documents are compiled inaccordancewiththeLocal ContentAct,passedin2021. This is a matter of public record. The data from this report has been publicly shared via annual press conferences held by the principal ministry, budget speeches and other press material.
Rather than feign ignorance and misrepresent facts, this writer believes thatMr Duncanshouldably redirecthisenergiestowards salvaging what is left of the APNU—apoliticalparty,as weallwitnessedattherecent polls, was decimated and justly lost more than half its seats in the National Assembly.
I am confident that the respective government bodies responsible for the prudent management of our patrimony will continue to do just so Attempts to discredit this process through mischief and misinformation should not gounanswered.
Respectfully, Mrs.
JuneFerreira
Committoperformtothe bestoftheirabilitiestoreach thecommongoal
Yet retain their personal identity
As an aspiring united nation, we need to seek opportunities,nomatterhow small, to give everyone, whatever their status, the senseofbelongingandvalue t o T E A M ( O N E ) GUYANA.
W h e t h e r a s
Government, Opposition or Civic... we have the same wish...a better Guyana for ALL!
Let's play Gentleman's poly-cricket
Faiya
Z.Alli
DearEditor,
Guyanese and in particular cricket fans must not only face the humiliation of yet another loss staged at the Guyana National Stadium, to compound this heartache, is a stadiumthatis,toputitmildly,adisgraceto theCaribbean,andinacountrythatisblessed withanabundanceofgas,oil,gold,andother naturalresources.
The reason for this disgraceful state is simple,managingtheaffairsofanimportant sector,oursportingculturaldépartement,are personsandapersonwhocanbedescribedas culturebarbarians.
When World Cup 2007 was proposed to be hosted in Guyana, I was consulted by Guyanese patriot Mr Neil Singh who was then president of the GCC. We had, with experiencedengineers,identifiedaportionof the northeastern section of Merriman's mall and the agreement of the GFC, determined that there was enough space for the new facility, including parking facility, to host WorldCup2007andbeyond.Whenthisplan was revealed, the central PPP government
stepped in and announced that the Indian Government will build a new facility at Providence.
Listening to informal discussions it was clear that the Government did not, for whatever reason, wish that this facility be in Georgetown.
Onemostnowaskthequestion;whygood sense did not allow the routine maintenance of this facility, instead of the embarrassing condition we now have at Providence? A basic requirement of any public facility is functioning toilet and sanitary facilities, check with patrons, even these facilities are notproperlymaintained.
InGuyana,wearenotshortofmoney,but the problem is an unwillingness to put the rightpeoplewithcompetenceandexperience to manage these facilities. Of course, the other problem, as one cricket enthusiast observed, is an obsession by this administrationthateverythingofimportance must carry their stamp of origin. May the godssaveusfromthisconundrum.
ElderHamiltonGreen
Attorney, Nigel Hughes, w h i l e t a k i n g f u l l responsibility for the defeat of his party at the recent General and Regional Elections, said he remains dedicatedtotheAllianceFor Change(AFC)andwillfully support party chairman, DavidPatterson. Hughes appeared on the panel Friday during his party's press conference and declared, “if you're the captain of the ship and the ship sinks, you're responsible.” He said further, “It
doesn't matter whether the forcematedidn'twakeupor the groundsman didn't serve thebreakfastintime,youare responsible. And perhaps, where I come from…that's the reality of it. You don't barely lose a match. You either lose a match or win it
TheAllianceForChange (AFC) has given its members the go ahead to assist parliamentarians and regional councillors from theWeInvestinNationhood (WIN) and the People's Progressive Party Civic (PPP/C) who have reached outformentorship.
This was revealed on Friday by former party leader, Khemraj Ramjattan andinterimleaderandchair, DavidPatterson.
Patterson told reporters that several persons have reached out to him for guidance.Whilehechoseto withholdthenamesofthose persons, he revealed that persons, especially at the regional level have reached out to members of the National Executive Committee(NEC)forhelp. “ several of our
members have reported since the very first NEC meeting,thattheyhavebeen contacted primarily by members of WIN who are first time regional councillors and the party, this is at the meeting on the th September the 17 , has given them the go ahead to meet and assist in any way
possible,”hesaid. Patterson reasoned that the AFC is looking to have effective opposition representation and he believes that this is across the board. “But I know for sure… though, in what I wouldn't call the regions, becauseyoucouldprobably (Continuedonpage17)
and in the legal profession, sometimes you win, sometimes you lose, but at the end of the day, the responsibility is mine,” he toldthemedia.
Hugheslamentedthatfor the first time since its existence, theAFC does not have a single seat in parliament, a situation, he believes is an outright rejectionofhisleadership.
Clarifying some aspects of the resignation he tenderedlastweektogeneral secretary, Raphael Trotman, Hughes said he “takes complete and absolute responsibility”fortheresults oftheSeptember1polls.
“I appreciate the gracious comments that came from the party in relation to collective responsibility I continue to be dedicated and a member of the Alliance For Change, andmyfullsupportisbehind David Patterson in his position as leader of the party, and I am certainly going to be around to assist the party in its analysis of whathashappened,butitisa time for the change of regard,”hesaid.
Affirminghissupportfor Patterson in his new role as leader, Hughes extended his thanks to all who supported him and the party over the
past year He noted that the t i m e f o r r e b i r t h , reassessmentandanewtime for Guyana's future has arrived.
Meanwhile, in a release following the press conference, the party said it maintainsitscommitmentto improving governance in Guyana and despite the results at the 2025 polls, remains a viable and valuable player in the politicallandscape.
“We have initiated an analysis of our present situation and over the weekend, we will be engaging our broad membership on an analysis of our present situation and the way forward… As we rebuildourbelovedparty,we do so in a political environment that has changedmuchsincetheAFC wasbirthedin2005.Wehave afairlyyoungelectorate;we are now an oil producing nation with revenues that outstrip anything we have seenbefore.Butwhilemuch has changed, too much remainsthesame,”theparty reasoned.
Itsaidthe2025elections cycle showed clearly, the u r g e n t n e e d f o r constitutionalreform.Citing the reports of the observer missions, AFC reminded
that there is need for campaign financing legislation, an independent media landscape and very importantly, changes at the G u y a n a E l e c t i o n s Commission.
“While these are gray times for the AFC, we see light on the horizon. Our membersremainloyaltothe party, our supporters have been calling to re-engage, local and international agencies continue to engage theAFC.Wearestillseenas a vital player in Guyana politics. We will learn from our past and come back stronger and better As we havesaidbefore,theAFCis heretostay.”
The AFC contested the elections and acquired a mere 3,610 votes, upsetting any chances of securing a single seat in the National Assembly
Italian multinational oilfield services company Saipem, hasreceivedauthorisationto proceed with work for ExxonMobil Guyana Limited's (EMGL) seventh development offshore Guyana, the Hammerhead project.
The authorisation follows Monday's approval by the Government of Guyana (GoG) of a Petroleum Production Licence (PPL) for Exxon's US$6.8billionHammerhead project in the prolific StabroekBlock.
In April, Saipem announced that it had received Limited Notice To Proceed (LNTP) agreement f o r E n g i n e e r i n g , Procurement, Construction, And Installation (EPCI) works for the Hammerhead
project. While the project was not approved at that time, the LNTP allowed Saipem to commence activities like detailed engineering and the procurement of long-lead equipment.
execution of the contractual activities with the offshore campaign currently planned tobeginduring2028.
According to Saipem, the contract is valued at US$500 million. Saipem's scope of work includes the engineering, procurement, constructionandinstallation Riser
In a release on Friday, Saipem said following the receipt of the necessary government and regulatory approvals,aswellasthefinal investment decision by Exxon, it has now received authorisationtocontinuethe
d ow e (SU ) structuresfortheproduction facility and the gas export system related to the Hammerheadproject.
The company noted that it will carry out the operationsusingavarietyof construction and support equipment, including the
and the Shen Da, which is part of the company's fleet as a charteredvessel.
The logistics will be entirely executed and managedinGuyanathrough the Vreed-en-Hoop ShorebaseInc. (VEHSI) yard. Saipem noted that VEHSI will generate employment and other opportunities for Guyanese Moreover, Saipem reiterated its commitment to Guyana and strengthening its presence and relationship here. The company was already awarded six additional contracts for projects in the same region: Liza Phase 1 and Phase 2, Payara, Yellowtail, UARU and
Whiptail by ExxonMobil Guyana.
The Hammerhead developmentislocatedinthe south-western portion of the Stabroek Block offshore Guyana and targets the Hammerhead reservoir H a m m e r h e a d w a s announced as Exxon's ninth commercial discovery in August2018.
TheHammerhead-1well was drilled in a new reservoir, encountering approximately 197 feet (60 metres) of high-quality, oilbearing sandstone reservoir The well was safely drilled to13,862feet(4,225metres) depth in 3,773 feet (1,150 metres)ofwater
First oil from the Hammerhead project is
expected by 2029 The projectwilluseaVeryLarge Crude Carrier (VLCC) conversion-type Floating Production, Storage, and Offloading (FPSO), which will be built by Japanese shipbuilder,MODEC.Some 445 million barrels of oil is expected to be produced with an estimated daily production capacity of 150,000barrelsofoilperday (bpd) Hammerhead oil productionwillbefacilitated through 10 production wells andeightinjectionwells. Hammerheadisexpected to boost Guyana's overall production capacity at approximately 1.5 million bpd,withtheFDPprojecting thisbythesecondquarterof 2029.
Attorney General and Minister of Legal Affairs, Anil Nandlall, SC is set to lead a delegation from GuyanatoParistotestifyin arbitrationhearinginacase brought against the government over the controversial parking meter project.
A press release posted via Nandlall's Facebook pageoutlinedthatwitnesses from Guyana will testify in the arbitration proceedings between Smart City Solutions Holdings Inc. v Co-operative Republic of Guyana (the Parking Meter Case) The matter is scheduledtobeheardbefore the International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID) in Paris,
The United States wants deeper military cooperation with Guyana. It wants to work with our Defence Force on counter-narcotics, transnational crime, and regionalstability
It wants our diplomatic supportininternationalfora, our endorsement of initiatives in Haiti, and our
alignment against governments it considers adversarial.Whatitdoesnot want to do is loosen its grip on the trade barriers that suffocateGuyana’sexports. That contradiction is untenable. Guyana cannot afford to play the role of junior partner in a lopsided relationship where Washington dictates the terms. Military cooperation must be linked to economic concessions specifically the removal of the onerous 15%tarifftheU.S.continues to impose on Guyanese exports. The United States cannotplayhardballontrade and then expect open doors insecurityrelations.
Forfartoolong,wehave deluded ourselves into believing that U.S. security
a s s u r a n c e s a r e indispensable, particularly inrelationtoVenezuela.This i s a d a n g e r o u s miscalculation. The United States is not a benevolent protector; it is an opportunistic force in internationalrelations.
Its primary interest in Guyana is neither our sovereignty nor our security—it is our oil, our geographicposition,andour utility in advancing U.S.
strategic
Whether those objectives involve regime change in Caracas or suppressing narcotics flows, Guyana is useful only so long as it servesWashington’sagenda. LetustestU.S.sincerity
If the United States genuinelyvaluespartnership with Guyana, it must show that commitment where it matters most: in trade. By conditioning military cooperation on tariff relief, Guyana would send a clear signal that its sovereignty is not for rent and that cooperation must be mutuallybeneficial.
Consider the facts
Bilateraltradehitanall-time high of US$4.7 billion in 2024. Yet Washington still imposes a 15% tariff on Guyanesegoods,downfrom a threat of 38% earlier this year.This reduction was not aconcessionoutofgoodwill. Guyana’sgovernment,while pleasedwiththeadjustment, is still negotiating for a rollback to 10%. Or so we are told because no one knows for sure who are the negotiators in this process and whether the local business community is involved in these negotiations.
The question that needs to be asked is why are we negotiating from a position of weakness when the U.S. has as much, if not more, at stakeinthisrelationship?
American oil companies already have significant investments in Guyana’s offshore sector Billions of dollars are flowing into
exploration and production, most of which will be recoverable U S firms stand to profit handsomely fromGuyana’sresourcesfor decades Exxon’s imports enter Guyana mostly free to tariffs. It is therefore only right that Guyanese exporters should enjoy reciprocal access to U.S. markets without punitive tariffs.
Trade therefore should be high on our cooperation agenda.Yetourdelegationto the recent meeting with Secretary of State Marco Rubio included no representative from the Ministry of Tourism, Industry and Trade. This omissionisnotjustpuzzling; itisalarming.
Military cooperation cannot be separated from trade fairness. Every time a U.S.delegationlandshereto discuss “regional stability,” Guyana should be asking: Where is the economic stability for our exporters? EverytimeWashingtonasks for our support in Haiti or against Cuba, we should be asking: Where is your supportindismantlingunfair trade barriers that hurt Guyanesebusinesses?
Some will argue that Guyana needs U.S. military cooperation to deter Venezuelan aggression. But Washington’s stance on Guyana’sterritorialintegrity is not charity It is a convenient alignment of interests. If tomorrow the calculus shifts, the U.S. will adjust its position accordingly
Dem boys seh trade plates was never supposetobefreepassfuheverymanandhe dawgponderoad.
Deh was invent fuh one simple ting—whenamandehatacardealerandhe eyeketchashinyride,hecouldtekalilspin before he sign he life away wid loan and instalment. But now? Trade plates turn into licencefuhdoasyuhplease.
Dem boys see one truck load wid sand, dust flying like Sahara, and pon de back? Trade plate hanging like Christmas decoration.Whichcustomergontestdrivea truck full a sand? Unless dem planning to buy de truck, de sand, and de quarry one time.
Nexttingyuhknow,demboysgonseea minibus wid trade plate, hustling passenger from Berbice to GT, conductor hanging outside shouting, “Only trade plate inside!”
Demboyswouldn’tbesurpriseifsoondem see hearse wid trade plate, carrying load from de hospital to de burial ground—because apparently every vehicle inGuyanasuddenlyundertestdrive.
Tobelieveotherwiseisto placeournationalsecurityin thehandsofanopportunistic ally Our best safeguard is not blind reliance on U.S. assurances but building leverage in every sphere of engagement economic, military,anddiplomatic.
Guyana must therefore adopt a new doctrine: no militaryconcessionswithout economic concessions. If Washington wants cooperation, then it must dismantle the tariff wall blocking Guyana’s exports. Thelogicissimple:security cooperation must serve the interests of Guyanese farmers, manufacturers, and traders not just the interests of U S oil companies and military planners.
Ininternationalrelations,
sincerity is measured not by words but by actions Washington’s words about “partnership”ringhollowso long as Guyanese products facediscriminatorytariffs.If theU.S.wantsGuyanatobe a reliable ally, then it must first become a reliable trade partner Until then, Guyana should resist being drawn into military entanglements that serve U.S. goals but deliverlittletoourpeople.
P r e s i d e n t A l i ’s administration must take a firmer line. The absence of trade expertise in the delegationto NewYork was a missed opportunity The next engagement with Washington must be different A trade expert should sit across from Secretary Rubio, making it clear that there can be no
deepening of military cooperation without a simultaneous deepening of economicfairness.
The U.S. cannot expect Guyana to help fight narcotrafficking or to endorse its hemisphericstrategieswhile at the same time strangling our exports with tariffs Partnership must be a twoway street. If Washington wants our cooperation in security, it must give us cooperation in trade Nothing less should be acceptable.
(The views expressed in this article are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the opinionsofthisnewspaper.)
De truth is, trade plate system getting abuseleft,rightandcentre.Dealers,hustlers andfly-by-nightoperatorsusingitlikeisallaccesspass.
Nobody checking, nobody asking question. And is de taxpayers who getting play for fool, because while some people paying all de fees fuh registration, others cruising scot-free pon “temporary” plates thatturnpermanent.
Dem boys seh is time fuh clamp down ponthisnonsense.Tradeplatesshouldcome wid strict rules—short time use, limited distance,andonlygenuinecustomersbehind de wheel. Not no trucker hauling half a quarry, not no rice farmer tekking load fuh market, and certainly not no minibus hustlingschoolchildren.
If de authorities don’t tighten up, trade plates gon become de new national ID card everybody got one, everybody flashing it, and everybody abusing it. Dem boyssehregulateit,beforedewholesystem turnonebigjoke. Talkhalf.Leffhalf.
Ifinditdifficulttogo a route against a Guyanese that has the political pedigree of Mr. Vincent Alexander. He is a citizen whose political historyisaslongasGuyana's many rivers arranged in a straightline.Icanabsorbthe riskofthatexaggeration.Mr Alexander took the position t h a t G E C O M commissioners were meant to be independent and permanent.
I am taken aback by Mr Alexander, because he shouldknowthateventhose who carry the weighty designation of 'permanent secretary' are anything but, dependingonthewhimsand caprices of their political masters In the emerald swards of the British Isles, maybe. But definitely not in Guyana.
Why, even the selection andoftentheoperationofthe chair of GECOM have been hijacked by the major parties,whichMr Alexander shouldbemorefamiliarwith thanI.Itsurprisesthataman
of the caliber of Vincent Alexander is given to humour. It helps, so I recommend as conducive in overcoming ringing ears, those violent, disruptive hiccups that can convulse. But, come, come, Mr Alexander, GECOM commissioners were meant to be independent? Who threw up their name in the GECOM ring? Whose i n t e r e s t s d o t h e commissioners represent first, then forever? I would rathernotbeinsultedbyany position that the Guyanese peoplefeaturesomewherein there, and that their position arewithoutequal. What is good for the party, what is good for patrons, that's where this peculiar claim of independent settles and solidifies.
I suppose that an argumentcouldbemadethat asfarascommissionerswere intended to be independent goes, there is some unique type of in operation Independent within the
boundaries of orders, independent through set plays, independent via fixed postures.
I take another tack. GECOMcommissionersare so independent, that there is the calamity and paradox of the chairperson Blinding that pivotal presence has been, and blind to reason, too.
The chairperson isn't a creation of civil society, nor anagentofthepeople,butof thedictatesandexpectations of the sponsor, whoever holdsthewhiphandintense, demandingsituations.
Dictates don't have the b l u n t n e s s o f sledgehammers. There must be that ballet flitting across the floor first, for the appearance of process, of procedures followed, of being one's own man or woman.
There is subtlety Then there is comedy that Guyaneseendurerepeatedly Some chairs have struggled to appear independent, only to abandon that farce
clumsily. So, what's this brand of independent that Mr. Alexander would have Guyanese know? If chairs can be made to wrestle so nakedly,laboursomightily,I recommend that Mr Alexander revisits his political scrapbook and locateanotherword.Inbrief, when GECOM and commissionersareutteredin that same sequence, independentisthemostunfit and improper word that has ever been dug up, given a polish, and put-on display
Thecontextiswrong.
The substance is unconvincing. The reality is grinding and jarring No way,sir
Permanent has its place. But the last area that should apply to is GECOM and its commissioners. Because I am thinking of people who are now out of place due to theirseasonhavingpassed. The PPP has the luxury o f r e t a i n i n g i t s commissioners, having claimedthecrownofvictory
But what claim the now
minor opposition, when it's a shadow of its former self?
Even if the role of
commissioners were independent and permanent, I would assert that the times have changed and things have changed, as supported by developments on the ground.Candidly,whoisthe loser representing? Any position of permanency, however that is derived, comeswithabroadtaint,and ahighodour
It's the equivalent of a third-place contestant, insistingthatthegoldmedal isduehimorher Allowance may be made for a close reading of the final voting numbers,whichmayprompt the principals to agree on a formula for splitting the three seats. It may be a hard sell for the people with the lion'sshareoftheopposition seats.
Finally, some argument will be heard about environment, custom, and practice.
There is a superior way ofthinkingthattrumpsthose
three considerations The law of recognising what the writing on the wall imprints in the minds of most Guyanese. It is time to go. Do the honourable thing, makethegraciousmove,and give way to those who took the town by storm, and wrested the mantle of the leading opposition presence intoday'sGuyana. Independent was always going to collide with scorn, objection, even dismissal. Permanentonlyenjoyedthat statusbecausetherewereno other contenders to challenge that grip on GECOM.
It's no longer the case. Thelongerthisdragsout,the greater the disservice to Guyana,withabadsituation growingworse.
(The views expressed in this article are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the opinionsofthisnewspaper.)
The governments of Guyana and R w a n d a o n Fridaysignedan'openskies' Air Services Agreement to encourage and facilitate airlines operating air services between the two countriesandothernations.
Accordingtoastatement issued by Minister of Public Utilities and Aviation,
Deodat Indar on his
Facebook page, the agreement was signed in Montreal, Canada, at the ICAO's 42nd Assembly by Lt.Col.(Ret'd)EgbertField, Director General of the Guyana Civil Aviation Authority and H.E Prosper Higiro, High Commissioner of Rwanda to Canada on behalfofRwanda.
According to Indar, alongside the standard articles on grant of rights,
d e s i g n a t i o n a n d authorisation, recognition of certificates and licences, safety, aviation security,
Director General of the Guyana Civil Aviation Authority, Lt. Col. (Ret'd) Egbert Field (left) and H.E Prosper Higiro, High Commissioner of Rwanda to Canada signing the agreement on Friday
commercial activities, code sharing, operat
onal flexibility, and others, both parties expressed a keen desire for the agreement to create opportunities for airlines of both countries to expandtheirairconnectivity Rwanda is home to RwandaAir, which operates a fleet of Boeing andAirbus aircraft out of the Kigali International Airport to 22 cities in Western, Central,
EasternandSouthernAfrica, the Middle East, Asia and Europe.
During his brief remarks at the signing ceremony, High Commissioner Higiro said,“Thisisnotjustanother bilateralagreementonpaper, but signifies the spirit of where our two countries are going. We look forward to the operationalisation and implementation of this (Continuedonpage15)
and cannabis
Detectives of the Guyana Police Force (GPF),onThursday,discoveredeightpounds ofmarijuanainasuitcaseataD'UrbanStreet shippingcompany
According to the police, the suitcase was shippedinaboxfromFlorida,UnitedStates, and addressed to a resident of Lamaha Park, Georgetown.
“During the search conducted at around 16:30hrs yesterday (Thursday), the police
found an orange suitcase inside the box.The suitcase was opened, and inside were eight compressed parcels with leaves, seeds and stems suspected to be cannabis,” the police statement said.The suspected cannabis and the suitcase were taken to the Criminal
) Headquarters, where it was processed, photographed and weighed, amounting to 8 lbs.Investigationsareongoing.
A 17-year-old boy was killed Friday morning along Mines Road, Kwakwani, Region10.
Dead isAdrianWelch, of KwakwaniPark.
Policeinastatementsaid that the accident occurred at 11:35h and involved a truck bearing registration number GAD5603withtrailer#TZZ 9525 driven by Teyon Rogers, a 26-year-old resident of Kwakwani, and a car driven by Welch bearing registrationnumberPPP449.
The truck involved in the accident
F o r m e r c h i e f photographer of the Guyana Chronicle, Vishwanauth “Adrian” Narine, was on Thursday found guilty of sexual assault committed against a colleague at the state-ownednewspaper
“Enquiries disclosed that the lorry with a trailer was proceeding west along the southernsideofMinesRoad, Kwakwani, while the car, which was proceeding east alongthenorthernsideofthe road, collided with the rear wheelofthelorry,”thepolice statementsaid. Investigators said that both vehicles were badly damaged because of the accidentandthecarendedup onthenortherngrassparapet.
“The 17-year-old driver wastakenoutofthevehiclein
an unconscious condition by public-spirited persons and taken to the Kwakwani Hospital, where he was seen and examined by Dr Thomas, who pronounced him dead on arrival,” police said.
Narine was arraigned in August 2024 before senior magistrate,FabayoAzoreon two counts of sexual assault, to which he pleaded not guilty The allegations stemmed from incidents in December 2023, after one of Narine's colleagues reported to the Alberttown Police Station that he had sexually assaulted her twice that month.
Following the report, Narinewasimmediatelysent on administrative leave by the management of the Chronicle, which also launched an internal inquiry and cooperated with the policeinvestigation.
Aftermonthsofhearings, Magistrate Azore on Thursday ruled that Narine was guilty of one of the charges, specifically relating
to an incident that occurred on December 22, 2023. He wasremandedtoprisonuntil October 9, 2025, when he is scheduledtobesentenced. Whenhefirstappearedin courtinAugust2024,Narine had been granted $100,000 bail. His attorney, Jermaine Jarvis, argued that his client had been consistently reporting to police, was not being paid while on leave, andshouldbegrantedbailin areasonablesum.Thepolice atthetimerequestedthatany bail granted be conditional, barring Narine from contacting or approaching thevictim.
Twenty-five-year-old
Jilicia Leitch, who was doused with a corrosive substance on September 3, hasbeendischargedfromthe GeorgetownPublicHospital Corporationandissaidtobe recoveringwell.
Leitch and 26-year-old
Nirmala Sukraj were attacked while walking alongEastStreettopurchase lunch, when a man approached them and threw the liquid on them. Both women sustained injuries, with Leitch losing her sight and undergoing multiple surgeries during her treatment.
Speaking with Kaieteur News on Friday, Leitch confirmed she underwent three surgeries and was deemed stable enough to be discharged “I'm getting dischargedtoday Sofar,my face and skin are healing well. The surgeries were a successanddoctorssaidIam stable enough to go home,” shesaid.
Leitch revealed that she
Jilicia Leitch recovering well from acid attack
has regained vision in her lefteyeafterdoctorsinitially feared her cornea was permanently damaged
“When I first came to the hospital, the eye doctor told me the cornea was damaged andwouldneedatransplant.
ButonWednesday,whenthe doctorcamebacktoseeme, he said the cornea is no longer damaged, it had improved,”shesaid.
President Irfaan Ali and Secretary-General of the United Nations (UN), António Guterres
President Irfaan Ali on Friday engaged in bilateral talks with the SecretaryGeneral of the United Nations (UN), António Guterres, during the 80th UN General Assembly in New York.According to the Department of Public Information (DPI), the meeting focused on a range of issues, including the ongoing Guyana border
c o n t r o v e r s y a n d developments in the South Caribbean Sea DPI said Gutteres congratulated Ali onhisrecentre-electionand wished him continued success in the country's remarkableprogress.
According to the government information
However, she stated that thereisalowpossibilitythat she can be able to see from botheyesagain.
Despite her progress, Leitch expressed fear about returning home while the alleged attacker remains out on bail. “I want to go home but I'm frightened. I don't really have anyone,” she said.
The accused, 32-yearold Keron Merin Daniels, was charged with Throwing
Corrosive Fluid with Intent
Magistrate Faith McGusty on September 18, where he was granted $500,000 bail. The decision drew sharp criticism from the Guyana Police Force, which described it as “gravely disappointing”giventherise in violent attacks against women.
In response, acting chief magistrate, Faith McGusty condemned what she called “inaccurateandmisleading”
police statements, noting thatprosecutorshadfailedto present critical CCTV evidencedespiteclaimingto possessit.
While prosecutors initially asserted that video footagelinkedDanielstothe crime, his attorneys argued that the masked attacker could not be clearly identified.
As a result of the prosecution's failure to produce the footage, bail was granted at $250,000 for
each of the two charges Daniels faces He is scheduled to return to court onOctober22,2025. Daniels, of Uitvlugt Pasture, West Coast Demerara, turned himself in to police and reportedly confessed to the attack Investigators believe the incident stemmed from a love triangle involving Daniels, Leitch, and his partner, which allegedly created tensions within his householdearlierthisyear
agency,PresidentAlishared astatementonsocialmedia, updating the Secretary General about the border controversy, including the case at the International CourtofJustice(ICJ),which will be heard in a few months The leaders also exchanged views on other topics, including artificial intelligence, gender equality, and Guyana's initiatives for forest and biodiversityconservation. DPI said Gutteres also praised Guyana for its 'robust and principled contributions' in the UN Security Council. Guyana's tenureasanelectedmember of the council comes to an endinDecember
(Reuters) - Israeli Prime
Minister Benjamin
Netanyahu sharply
denounced Western countries on Friday for embracing Palestinian statehood, accusing them of sending the message that "murderingJewspaysoff."
Speaking at the U.N. General Assembly, the Israelileaderpushedbackin his harshest terms yet againstaflurryofdiplomatic movesbyleadingU.S.allies that deepened Israel's
international isolation over its conduct of a nearly twoyear-oldwarinGaza.
"This week, the leaders ofFrance,Britain,Australia, Canada and other countries unconditionally recognized a Palestinian state," he said.
"They did so after the horrors committed by Hamas on October 7 -horrors praised on that day by nearly 90% of the Palestinianpopulation."
Calling it a "mark of shame," Netanyahu said:
"You know what message the leaders who recognize the Palestinian state this w e e k s e n t t o t h e Palestinians?It'saveryclear message: murdering Jews paysoff."
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu addresses the 80th United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) at U.N. headquarters in New York City on Friday. REUTERS/Jeenah Moon
With more countries joining the list of those endorsing Palestinian independence, the most right-wing government in Israeli history has made its strongest declaration in years that there will be no Palestinianstateasitpushes on with its fight against Hamas following the
militants' October 7, 2023, rampage in Israel. Hamasled fighters killed some 1,200 people, according to Israelitallies.
Israel'smilitaryresponse has killed more than 65,000 peopleinGaza,accordingto localhealthofficials,andleft much of the territory in ruins.
S C O R E S O F
DELEGATES WALK OUT AHEADOFSPEECH
Scores of delegates exitedthehallasNetanyahu took the stage while some attendees in the balcony gavehimastandingovation. Atthesametime,thousands of pro-Palestinian protesters blocked traffic near Times SquareinNewYork.
"Over time, many world leadersbuckled. They buckled under the pressure of a biased media, r a d i c a l I s l a m i s t constituencies and antisemiticmobs.
There'safamiliarsaying, when the going gets tough, thetoughgetgoing.Well,for many countries here, when the going got tough, you caved,"Netanyahusaid.
"Behind closed doors, many of the leaders who publicly condemn us privately thank us.They tell me how much they value Israel's superb intelligence servicesthathaveprevented, time and again, terrorist attacksintheircapitals."
The Hamas-run Gaza government media office said in a statement that Netanyahu's speech was "filled with lies and blatant contradictions" and condemneditasa"desperate attempt to justify the war crimes and acts of genocide."
Frustration over Israel's military siege and U S President Donald Trump's unwillingness to rein Netanyahuinhasspilledinto the open at the annual New York gathering where, in a dramatic shift, Australia, Britain, Canada and France and several other nations embracedaPalestinianstate. They said such action was needed to preserve the
prospect for a two-state solution to the IsraelPalestinianconflictandhelp bringthewartoaclose.
Netanyahu followed to the rostrum Arab and Muslim leaders who, one after another, strongly condemned Israel's military assaultinGaza.
Addressing the U N shortly after Netanyahu, Prime Minister Micheal Martin of Ireland, which recognized Palestine last year, called Israel's actions inGaza"anabandonmentof all norms, all international rulesandlaw.”
The International Criminal Court has issued a warrant for Netanyahu for alleged war crimes in the Gaza war Israel rejects the court's jurisdiction and denies committing war crimes.
Netanyahu rebutted on Friday what he called "the falsechargeofgenocide."
Hamas has offered to release all remaining hostages – only about 20 of whomaresaidtobealiveout ofatotalof48--inexchange forIsraelagreeingtoendthe war and withdrawing from Gaza.
FROM ROSTRUM
"Much of the world no longer remembers October 7 But we remember," Netanyahusaid.Speakingin Hebrew, the Israeli leader directed his remarks to the hostages still held in Gaza: "We've not forgotten you -notevenforasecond."
Netanyahu said he had loudspeakers placed at the Israeli side of the Gaza border to broadcast the address into the Palestinian enclave in hopes that hostageswouldhearhisvow thathisgovernmentwillnot restuntiltheyarefree.
On Friday, Trump told reporters for the second straightdaythatadealtoend the war and bring the remaining hostages home wasclose-thoughheoffered no explanation for his optimismaboutovercoming (Continuedonpage17)
The Ministry of
Education has received seven bids for the rehabilitation of the
main roof to the Main Theory Classes Building at the Essequibo Technical Institute (ETI) in Region
Two. Bids were opened at the office of the National Procurement and Tender
Administration Board (NPTAB). The project is estimated at $18.3million.
MinistryofEducation
Supply,delivery,installationandtestingofnetworking fornurseryschoolsinGeorgetown.
Bidder AmountTendered
Chenoa'sConstruction&EngineeringEnterprise
ExpressEnterprise
MBNGroupofCompaniesInc
MeditronInc
DigitalTechnologyGroupofCompaniesInc
WesternScientificCompanyLimited
Ramesh'sEnterprise
MAECEnterprises
Bidder
$10,197,414
$15,579,000
$76,796,000
$14,776,560
$14,048,100
US$52,416.69
$13,213,800
$13,499,400
GuyanaSugarCorporation
Supplyofoilandlubricantsandgreases.
Massy Motors Guyana Limited
Amount Tendered
$282,258,941
A&N Enterprise $126,969,500
Farm Supplies Limited $48,181,593
Cornerstone Aggregates Inc
$109,030,420
Jumbo Jet Auto Sales $232,363,056
RAPS Investments $214,847,585
Industrial Supply of Guyana Inc $233,868,687 Supplyanddeliveryofrefractorymaterials forIndustryGUYSUCOLBIEstate.
Bidder
ConstructionofNorthGeorgetownSecondarySchool.
Bidder AmountTendered
SuperiorSupplies&GeneralConstruction
WestbrookCaribbeanInc
KhemrajNauthInc
HolisticContracting&ProcurementInc
TheDependableConstruction&GeneralServices
AmaGeneralConstructionServices
A&KConstruction&Ma intenanceServices
BMPropertyInvestmentsInc
DigitalDesignConstruction,Logistics&Supplies
D DavidInternational
DijirisEngineering&Construction
APlusConsulting&GeneralServiceInc
NabiConstructionInc
KNSGeneralContractorsInc
NavensConstruction
Carter'sConstruction
K&KBoatBuilding&GeneralSupplies
MBNGroupofCompaniesInc
EmeraldsGeneralContracting&Distributors
D Chowkai&SonsConstruction
MSRInternationalEnterprise
AngadGaneshBuilding&GeneralConstruction
SovereigntyInvestmentsConstructionServices (SICSBuilders)
M&DInvestments
Singh&SonConstruction
JKEnterpriseInc
TerraformSolutions
Engineer’sEstimate
GuyanaLivestockDevelopmentAuthority ReadymixconcreteforPoultryFacilities inRegion3,4and5(Lots1-6).
Bidder
$378,940,000
$408,469,690
$423,285,975
$429,646,350
$459,176,550
$460,188,957
$443,358,824
$449,200,000
$393,049,650
$407,667,881
$473,376,750
$418,020,120
$472,567,052
$367,886,500
$410,447,100
$420,903,525
$427,350,000
$421,691,235
$426,824,055
$414,830,850
$399,086,756
$422,932, 650
$427,292,250
$401,435,500
$459,927,825
$423,047,625
$350,000,000
$429,297,750
RehabilitationofmainrooftoMain TheoryClassesBuildingatETI.
Bidder AmountTendered
RandolphTaylorConstruction
HolisticContracting&ProcurementInc
IMSConstruction&LogisticsServices
ThePropertyExperts,Supplies&Services
DChowkai&SonsConstruction
Lot1 $10,080,000
Lot2 $9,855,000
Lot3 $9,855,000
Lot4 $9,855,000
Lot5 $9,855,000
Lot6 $9,855,000
DreamChaserContractingServices&Stationery Supplies
APlusConsulting&GeneralServiceI nc.
$17,067,600
$22,294,800
$17,526,300
$16,255,800
$19,896,800
$18,313,900
Frompage8
GuyanaareformerMinister of Communities, Ronald B
Georgetown Mayor and City Council councillors Malcolm Ferreira and B
Chancellor of the Judiciary willalsotestifyasanexpert witness
The case was registered with ICSID on December 22, 2021 Atribunal to hear the matter was constituted
on September 20, 2022, comprising Dr Campbell Alan McLachlan KC of New Zealand as president, with arbitrators Stephan Sc
y, appointed by the claimant, and Marcelo Kohen of Argentina,appointedbythe respondent Guyana is
Washington-based law firm
Chambers
Frompage11 agreement ” In his remarks, Director General Field stated that, “The African continent is at least five hours away from Guyana, and we must work diligently to operationalise air connectivity between Guyana and Africa, as this was done during the war daysinthe1940s.
The signature of this agreement builds on the spirit of cooperation, committed between H E
President Dr IrfaanAli and H E Pa
Ka
, PresidentofRwanda.”
Indar said the signing of the air services agreements
brings Guyana's vision of becoming an international hub for air connectivity closer
The statement said the agreement complements the more than 50 air services agreements Guyana has establishedwithotherICAO States to develop air connectivityamongstates.
“Guyana and Rwanda established diplomatic ties onAugust24,2022.
T h i s a g r e e m e n t demonstratesPresidentAli's c o m m
Guyana and Rwanda,” the statementrelayed
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NOTICE that as part of an Order made on the 17 day of July,2025thePetitionerwas directed to effect service of her Petition together with related documents on you by the publication of this Noticeintwo(2) Consecutive Saturday editions of the Kaieteur newspaper, of general circulationinGuyana.
ANDFURTHERTAKE
NOTICEthatifyoudesire you may appear or attend in person or by your duly authorized agent or Attorney-at-Law at the RegistryofFamilyDivision of the High Court at New Amsterdam,Berbice,where you will be issued with a certified copy of the Petition together with related documents.ANDFURTHER
TAKENOTICEthatifyou desire to Defend this Divorce, then upon receipt of the certificated copy of the Petition, you must file a Form4:Acknowledgmentof Service, Notice of Intention toDefend(Formsare available at the Registry) Answer and/or Cross Petition in the Registry of theFamilyDivisionofthe HighCourtatNew Amsterdam,Berbicewithin 35(thirty-five)daysfrom the date of the final publication of this Notice.
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The Forward Guyana Movement (FGM) on Friday renewed its call for the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) to provide clarification on the registration and participation ofCommonwealthcitizensin the 2025 General and RegionalElections.
In a statement, the party expressed concern over GECOM’s failure to respond to its initial request on the matter. FGM has now given the Commission seven days to formally acknowledge the request and provide a comprehensive response.
According to FGM, its leaderAmanza Walton-Desir wrote to GECOM Chair Justice (Ret’d) Claudette SinghandallCommissioners on September 10, 2025, seekingdetailedinformation. To date, the party said, only Commissioner Vincent Alexanderhasacknowledged the correspondence, while the Secretariat of the Chairperson confirmed receipt but has not issued a formalresponse.
The party’s request seeks clarity on several key points, including: The total number of registered voters qualified as Commonwealth citizens resident and domiciled in Guyana; a breakdown of these voters by country of origin; the number of Commonwealthcitizenswho voted, disaggregated by country of origin; the statutory or regulatory
provisions under which they wereregisteredandpermitted tovote;copiesofanyinternal guidelinesordirectivesissued by GECOM staff regarding the registration, verification, or voting process applicable toCommonwealthcitizens.
Walton-Desir stressed that the request is rooted in FGM’s commitment to transparency, accountability, and strengthening public confidence in the electoral process.
“Timely clarity from GECOM on these questions is not only important to political stakeholders, but also to the Guyanese public at large, who deserve assurance that all aspects of the electoral process are conductedwithinthelawand with fairness,” she said.
FGMconfirmedthatcopies of the request were also forwarded to international
electoral observer missions, including the European Union, Commonwealth Secretariat, OrganizationofAmericanStates (OAS),andCarterCenter
TheMovementreiterated its intention to continue engaging institutions “in a respectfulbutfirmmanner”to safeguard electoral integrity and uphold democratic credibilityinGuyana.
In its earlier letter, WaltonDesir underscored the significance of the issue: “The integrityofourelectoralsystem dependsonclarity,transparency, and accountability. Guyanese citizens must be assured that their democratic will is not frustrated or diluted by the participationofforeignnationals. The people of Guyana deserve to know under what authority Commonwealth citizens were registered and how their participation was administered.”
Contractors executing works on the Nismes SecondarySchoolinRegion Three,havebeengivenupto December this year to completetheproject.
According to the Ministry of Education, subjectMinisterSoniaParag and team visited the project site on Friday and issued a stern warning to contractors that all works must be completed.
Toensurethedeadlineis met, Minister Parag has mandatedclose supervision.
“I will be having the consultant every day,
coming to this site, or every other day to monitor and make sure that the progress is happening day-by-day,” sheasserted.
P a r a g a d v i s e d contractors to double their manpower and extend working hours where necessary to ensure early completion.
“They need to do what theyhavetodotobeableto make that happen within threemonths,”shestressed.
With three of the buildingssettobecompleted over the weekend, 11 classroomswillbeavailable
to accommodate students in the new week, the ministry stated.The minister said the school should be fully operational by the new schoolterminJanuary
“We will now be able to move students from the old building at the school to the new complex while we finishtheconstructiononthe dome and other buildings,” Ministerexplained.
Otherbuildingsyettobe completedincludetheadmin office, a library, a Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) wing, andsciencelaboratories.
Frompage14 months of impasse in negotiations.
A senior White House official told Reuters that Trump will meet Netanyahu on Monday in Washington with the aim of reaching a frameworkforadeal.
The right-wing Israeli leader is under mounting pressure from the hostages' families and, according to public opinion polls, a warwearyIsraelipublic.
Netanyahu, who has insistedthefightmustgoon until Hamas is completely dismantled, said the group's "final remnants" are holed upinGazaCityandvowedto "finishthejob"asquicklyas possible.Israel'sarmychief, EyalZamir,toldtroops:"We havecollapseditsgoverning capacity."
Netanyahuiswaryatthe same time of losing the backing of far-right members in his fragile governing coalition if he softenshisapproach.
He has retained the staunch support of the U.S., Israel's most important ally and main arms supplier Trump told the U.N. on Tuesday that moves to recognize a Palestinian state risked rewarding Hamas for “horrible atrocities” and
could encourage continued conflict.
Israeli opposition leader Yair Lapid said in a posting on X that "instead of stopping the diplomatic tsunami - Netanyahu worsened Israel's situation today.”
Still, no matter how many countries recognize Palestine, full U N membership would require approval by the Security Council, where the United Stateshasaveto.
Speaking by video after the U.S. denied him a visa, Pales
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d Israel'sactionsinGazaas"a war of genocide " He thanked countries that recognized Palestinian statehood, pledged that his PalestinianAuthority would be ready to govern post-war GazaandcalledforHamasto be disarmed and have no role. Some of Netanyahu's hardline ministers have said the government should respond to growing recognition of Palestinian statehood by formally
e x t e n d i n g I s r a e l i sovereignty over all or parts oftheoccupiedWestBankto snuff out hopes for Palestinianindependence.
On Thursday, however, Trump said he would not allow Israel to annex the West Bank, which the Palestinians want for their state, along with Gaza and East Jerusalem “It's not going to happen," Trump told reporters in the Oval Office.
Trump's pronouncement could create tensions when he meets Netanyahu at the White House, their fourth time face-to-face since the president returned to office inJanuary.
Analysts say Israeli annexationoftheWestBank could unravel the landmark
Abraham Accords, a signature foreign policy achievement brokered by Trump's first administration in which several Arab countries forged diplomatic tieswithIsrael.
Inhisspeech,Netanyahu made no mention of the annexation issue but went out of his way to praise Trump's self-described crackdown on what he sees asantisemitismintheU.S. T h e T r u m p administration has withheld billionsofdollarsinfunding from major universities it accuses of failing to protect Jewish students from proPalestinianprotesters.
The sod for the $1.3 billionsecondaryschoolwas turned by former education m i n i s t e r , P r i y a Manickchand in November 2024.
Theprojectwasawarded in five lots to ECS
Construction & General Supplies – Lot 1 for $237,050,110; ECS
Construction & General Supplies – Lot 2 for $237,427,608;JKEnterprise I n c – L o t 3 f o r $392,372,526; Mason's Innovative Construction &
Minister of Education, Sonia Parag on Friday visiting the project site of the Nismes Secondary School in Region Three
General Supply – Lot 4 for $154,448,800; and Lot 5 to R&R General Construction & S u p p l i e s f o r
$314,867,740.
The ministry at the time disclosed that lots one, two, threeandfivewereexpected to be completed in eight months, while lot four was slated to be completed withinthreemonths'time.
The school, when completed, will benefit students from Nismes to La Grangeandwillbeequipped to meet the needs of
students, supporting the region's dedication to educational excellence, and a further step towards achieving universal secondary education, the ministrysaid.
This Nismes Secondary School is designed to a c c o m m o d a t e approximately 800 students and will feature over 20 classrooms, science labs, a TVET wing, and other necessary amenities to supportthegoalofuniversal secondaryeducation.
Frompage6 narrow down the persons individually, but in at least four regions, we have actually held meetings, including right in the same building, with members from that party (WIN) to give them… because they'll begoingintototheregional council for the first time, to lend whatever experience that we would have gained overourtimeintheregional councils.”
Former leader Khemraj Ramjattan told reporters
that, “let me just say those seeking mentorship also includes some PPP parliamentarians.”
HeaddedthattheAFCis now hearing from a lot of p e o p l e i n c l u d i n g international and local organisations, and its general membership which, he reminded, has stayed the courseover20years.
Admitting that the party performed poorly at this year's elections, Ramjattan said the AFC will have to incorporateyouthswhohave
been with the party “…and of course, you will need the mentorship to come from somewhere, and it is indeed in that context that I made the statement…And quite frankly, if I may say this, even those who are parliamentarians now have been asking for mentorship from at least myself at a personal level, and in relation to so many others thatareseniorleadersofour party, I'm certain they too will be asking for mentorshipatthatlevel.”
(AL-JAZEERA) Israel’s bloody onslaught on the Gaza Strip continues with more than 60 Palestinians killedanddozensinjuredon Fridayasrescueteamscomb
through the debris attempting to save those buried.
US President Donald Trumpsaidadealtoendthe war in Gaza and secure the releaseofcaptivesisclose.
Heavy Israeli air strikes have been conducted across the Strip. In recent hours, they have hit locations such as al-Wehda Street, Shati Camp, and the Nassr neighbourhood, all in Gaza City Medicalsourcesadded that 13 of those killed on Friday had been attempting to get aid from GHF distributionsites.
Locations including alWehda Street, the Shati camp and the Nassr neighbourhood were struck onFriday Oneattackalsohit the residential Remal neighbourhoodinthewestof thecity
From Remal, Al Jazeera’s Ibrahim al-Khalili reported that the attack happened without prior warning,andthatPalestinian civilians were searching through the rubble of a building looking for survivors while medical teams took away the bodies ofthedead.
“This residential neighbourhood is still packed with many people whohavechosentostay,”alKhalilisaid.
“The situation has gone frombadtoworseinlightof the escalation of Israeli attacks targeting different sites and locations,” he added.
Amid the increased
bombardment, Israel carried out“anairstrikeeveryeight or nine minutes” over the past 24 hours, with “devastating consequences for civilians” , UN spokesperson Stephane Dujarric said at a news conference on Friday, citing the Office of the C o o r d i n a t i o n o f
Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA).
Addedtothedeathsfrom Israeli strikes, Palestinian medical sources confirmed that13peoplewerekilledon Friday as they attempted to get aid from sites run by the controversial Israel- and UnitedStates-backedGHF
The deaths came as Netanyahu delivered a defiant speech at the UN headquarters, hitting out at the countries that have recognised Palestinian statehoodthisweek.
Even before he began
speaking, groups of delegates left the room in protestattheatrocitiesbeing committedbyIsraelinGaza.
During his speech, he said his words were being broadcast by loudspeakers acrosspartsofGaza.
The Israeli prime minister even claimed his speech was being transmitted to the phones of Gaza residents, before he issued a warning to Hamas members to lay down their weapons and release the remainingcaptives.
However, Randa Hanoun, 30, a displaced PalestinianlivinginDeirelBalah in the central Gaza Strip, told the AFP news agencythatthiswasnottrue.
“It’s a lie – we haven’t received any messages or anything on the phone, and we didn’t hear any loudspeakers,”Hanounsaid.
As fighting on the
Smoke rises following an Israeli military strike in Gaza City, as seen from the central Gaza Strip on September 26, 2025 [Abdel Kareem Hana/AP Photo]
ground continues, and despite Netanyahu showing no signs of stopping the offensive, US President Donald Trump claimed on Friday that he was close to forgingadealtoendthewar
andbringthecaptiveshome.
Doctors say the boy’s death underscores the worseninghumanitarianand health crisis in Gaza, where at least 440 malnutritionrelated deaths have been recorded, according to the Palestinian Ministry of Health,whichsaid147ofthe victimswerechildren.
On Friday, the charity Doctors without Borders (known by its French acronym, MSF) announced that it had been forced to suspend lifesaving medical work in Gaza City because Israeli tanks and air strikes near its clinics were causing an “unacceptable level of risk”forstaffandpatients.
“It’s looking like we have a deal on Gaza. I think it’s a deal that gets the hostages back. It’s going to be a deal that ends the war,” Trump told reporters at the White House. He offered no details and gave no timetable.Trumpisexpected to meet Netanyahu on Monday Elsewhere in the Strip, a medical source told Al Jazeera that a 17-year-old boy had died from Israeliinduced starvation and lack of treatment at Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital in central Gaza.
ExxonMobil Guyana Limited (EMGL) has awarded a substantial contract valued between US$250-500 million to TechnipFMC for its seventh development offshoreGuyana,theHammerheadproject.
The company made the disclosure in a statementonThursday
TechnipFMCsaiditwillprovideproject
management, engineering, and manufacturing of subsea production systems supporting both production and waterinjection.
T h e s u b s e a architectur e will include products from the Subsea 2.0® platform, including subsea trees, manifolds,andassociatedcontrols.
JonathanLandes,presidentofSubseaat TechnipFMC, said, “Hammerhead is our seventh greenfield project award from ExxonMobil Guyana since the first development was sanctioned in 2017. Our continuedsuccessstemsfromourabilityto provide schedule certainty, built on our provenexecutionandthebenefitsofSubsea 2.0®.”
He continued, “We look forward to continuing to deliver for ExxonMobil Guyana and strengthening our relationship throughfutureopportunities.”
WhileTechnipFMCdidnotdisclosethe value of the contract, it labeled it as substantial and noted that such contract is betweenUS$250millionand$500million.
OnMonday,theGovernmentofGuyana
announced the approval of a Petroleum ProductionLicence(PPL)forEMGLforits seventhdevelopmentintheStabroekBlock, theUS$6.8billionHammerheadproject. The Hammerhead development is located in the south-western portion of the StabroekBlockoffshoreGuyanaandtargets the Hammerhead reservoir Hammerhead was announced as Exxon’s ninth c o m m e r c i a l discovery in August 2 0 1 8 T h e Hammerhead-1 well was drilled in a new reservoir, encountering approximately 197 feet(60metres)ofhigh-quality,oil-bearing sandstone reservoir The well was safely drilled to 13,862 feet (4,225 metres) depth in3,773feet(1,150metres)ofwater
First oil from the Hammerhead project is expected by 2029.Theproject will use a Very Large Crude Carrier (VLCC) conversion-type Floating Production, Storage,andOffloading(FPSO),whichwill be built by Japanese shipbuilder, MODEC. Notably,atotalof445millionbarrelsofoil isforecasttobeproducedwithanestimated dailyproductioncapacityof150,000barrels of oil per day (bpd). Hammerhead oil production will be facilitated through 10 productionwellsand8injectionwells. Hammerhead is expected to boost Guyana’s overall production capacity at approximately 1.5 million bpd, with the Field Development Plan (FDP) projecting thisbythesecondquarterof2029.
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34inningsinthered-ballformat.Laynerecentlyplayedtwo four-daymatchesforWestIndiesAagainstthetouringSouth AfricaAsideinJune,wherehescored62runsinfourinnings with a best of 34 and took one wicket in each of the three inningshebowledin.
ButhehadalotmoresuccessforWestIndiesAcademyin thelastdomesticfirst-classcompetition,whichheendedwith asix-foragainstWindwardIslands.
Overall, Layne bagged 27 wickets in six matches in that tournament to average an impressive 15.88, with two fiveforsandtwofour-fors.
Layne will join Alzarri Joseph, Jayden Seales and AndersonPhillipinthepaceattack,whichalsohasallrounder Justin Greaves, with Jomel Warrican, Khary Pierre and captainRostonChaseasthespinoptions.
UpdatedWest IndiesTest squad for India series: Roston Chase(capt),JomelWarrican(vice-capt),KevlonAnderson, Alick Athanaze, John Campbell, Tagenarine Chanderpaul, Justin Greaves, Shai Hope, Tevin Imlach, Johann Layne, Alzarri Joseph, Brandon King, Anderson Phillip, Khary Pierre,JaydenSeales.
No 64KnightRidersand RisingStarshavereachedthe inaugural 2025 Unification One Guyana Softball Cup femalecategory15-overfinal
Rising Stars defeated 4R Lioness by seven wickets at Gandhi Youth Organization ground in Georgetown on Thursday and No 64 Knight Ridersdrewthebye Six teams began
participation with No 64 Knight Riders getting better of Invaders in the opening round while 4R Lioness beat Arrowhead Strikers by 55 runs Inthelonesemis,Rising Stars won the toss and opted tobowlfirst
ARIES(Mar.21–Apr.19)
Have you been doing a lot of walkinglately?Ifso,yourfeet may be sore This could affect yourenergylevelconsiderably, not to mention your ability to getanyworkdone
TAURUS(Apr.20–May20)
An event could find a current or potential love partner paying a lot of attention to others You might feel neglected and unloved, as though your friend is doing thistohurtyou.
GEMINI(May21–June20)
Do you sometimes go about thingsbackward,Gemini?Are youcaughtupintheratraceof trying to have more money andsecuritywiththeideathat eventually you'll earn the freedomtodowhatmakesyou happy?
CANCER(June21–July22)
An angry call from someone who lives far away might catch you off guard today, Cancer In your mind, the person has no reason to be angry and is blowing things outofproportion.
LEO(July23–Aug.22)
Todayyoumightspendalotof time looking for a lost object. This item may only have sentimental value. Still, it's importanttoyouthatyoufind it. This isn't a good day to search.
VIRGO(Aug 23–Sept 22)
Aminorquarrelorseparation could take place with a love partner, probably over something that seems trivial. It'slikelytogetyourdanderup to the point where you may never want to see this person again.
LIBRA(Sept.23–Oct.22)
Too much stress from overwork could have your nerves on edge today, Libra. When someone makes an offhandremark,youmightsee insultwherenoneisintended.
SCORPIO(Oct.23–Nov 21)
Squabbles may break out amongmembersofyourgroup, Scorpio. You might wonder whatthebigdealissincewhat they're arguing over seems rathersilly
SAGIT(Nov 22–Dec.21)
Someone may skip out on responsibilities today, Sagittarius,causingextratasks to fall to everyone else, including you. This might stir up some anger and resentment and it's definitely going to causemorestress.
CAPRI(Dec.22–Jan.19)
If you've been planning to set off on a trip soon, Capricorn, makealistofwhatyouneedto do beforehand and check off each task as you complete it. Stay calm even if it seems impossible.
AQUARIUS(Jan.20–Feb.18)
You may have been worried about money lately, Aquarius. Today a family member could make an expenditure that you view as unnecessary and irresponsible Before you become angry know that all maynotbeasitseems!
PISCES(Feb.19–Mar.20)
Today you might find it necessary to turn down an invitationtoasocialevent, and thehostmightforsomereason seem offended. Your friend is probably overworked and stressedandapttooverreactto justaboutanysituation.
4RLionesswaslimitedto an inadequate 121-7 at the expiration of the 15-overs while Rising Stars surpassed the target with 13 balls to spare OpenerMonaDundas ledthewaywithanunbeaten 54 while Alyan Stephen contributed a vital and ferocious 34. Dundas struck four sixes and three fours while Stephen blasted three sixes and similar number of fours.
Earlier, 4R Lioness’ innings was built around a steady38fromopeningbatter Abigail Scott while fellow opener Mathana Cambridge scored an attacking 35 Shonnett Belgraves was the most outstanding bowler for the winning combination with 3-17 from her two overs. Dundas proved her all-round capability by snappinguptwowicketsfor 13runsalsofromtwoovers.
The final is slated to commence at 9:30 am with the winning team taking home$400,000andatrophy
The second-placed side willalsocashinon$100,000 andtrophy
TheMostValuablePlayer willbeawardedwithathreepieceliving-roomsuite
This tournament which alsoincludesthreemen’sT20 categories and there are: legends (over-50), Masters (over-40) and AllStars(Open)
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Kings,scoringa35-ballhalfcenturyfromNo.5inachase of201.Heseemedsettotake Patriots home until he holed outoffthefinalball.
Withtheball,hedismissed Quinton de Kock and Sherfane Rutherford, helping Patriots snatch a one-run win against Royals Prior to CPL 2025, Bidaisee was the jointsecond-highest wicket-taker in the Breakout League, with tenstrikesinsixinningsatan economyrateof625
Lakeram Singh, CEO of Lakeram Singh Contracting Services hands over the MVP prize in the male category to Secretary of the GSCL, Telesha Ousman
The men’s will be in action today until Sunday withallthegrandfinalesalso tobeplayedatBourda For the legends championshipteam,theywill receive $1000,000 and a trophy and the runners-up $200,000 and a trophy as well TheMVPissettodrive offwithToyotaVitzcar
For the Masters, the winner will also collect $1000,000andatrophywith therunners-upsidepocketing $200,000 and a trophy The
MVPis set to ride off with a Motor-Bike Similar prizes fortheMasterscategory M e a n w h i l e , t h e competition is being run by title-sponsor Regal Stationery and Computer Centre and in collaboration withtheGeorgetownSoftball Cricket League Inc and the Ministry of Culture, Youth andSports
After several weeks of preparation, the Petra Organisationissettolaunch the 2025 Boys’ Pee Wee Football Tournament today at the Ministry of Education Complexground.
tournament continues to enjoy the support of the Unicomer Group of Companies through its Courts Optical brand. Chain Manager Richard Simpson will be present on match daystoshowhissupportfor y o u t h s p o r t s a n d development.
teams,alongwithindividual awards for outstanding players.
It’s that time of year again, when aspiring young footballers take to the field with dreams of being crowned champions of the nation’s premier primary schoolfootballtournament.
pm,MarianAcademywillgo head-to-head Georgetown International Academy in match #7, West Ruimveldt will match skills with St AloysiusPrimary
12th Courts Optical Pee Wee Under-11 Boy’s Football tournament gets underway today at MoE
T h i s y e a r ’ s championship features 32 schoolteamscompetingina round-robin format for a chancetoadvancetothenext stage. The action begins at 10:00 AM with 14 exciting matchups scheduled for the opening day As is
customary, the event will c o m m e n c e w i t h a ceremonial March Past, and all players, teachers, and coachesareaskedtobeatthe venue on or before 10:00 AMtoensureasmoothstart.
Now in its 12th year, the
Demerara Mutual will also be on-site, ready to assist with any insurancerelated matters, while Sterling Products Limited, a co-sponsor, will provide refreshments helping to create a welcoming, familyfriendlyatmosphere.
This year’s tournament featuresschoolsfromacross the country, including Linden, Bartica, East Berbice, West Coast Berbice, East Bank, West Coast Demerara, Essequibo, Barima-Waini, and Georgetown. Prizes will be awarded to the top eight
Kicking off this year’s tournament, see Batavia Primary taking on St Mary Primaryinthefirstmatchof the 2025 season, starting at 11:00hours.AfterthatseeSt John the Baptiste going up againstStTheressaPrimary, Potaro Primary will faceoff withWinferGardeninmatch #3 while St Pius Primary battle Agatash Primary in match#4.
Defending champions Santa Rosa will open their campaign against Goed Fortune Primary, Charity Primary will tackle Friendship Primary at 1:00
Later in the day at 2:00pm, Genesis Academy goesupagainstAnn’sGrove, Clonbrook Primary versus Leonora, Stella Marris against Tucville Primary, Redeemer Primary will take onSmithMemorialinmatch #12whileSantaRosa,North Goergetown, St Steven Primary and St Gabriels Primary will also be in action.
Come and witness the excitement as the Petra Organisation presents the Pee Wee U11 Football Championship, running from September 27 to November1.Don’tmissout on the energy, talent, and passionofthenation’srising footballstars!
Thehighlyanticipatedseven-aSideInter-WardKnockoutFootball Championship,dubbedtheDeputy Mayor’s Cup reaches its thrilling conclusion tomorrow (Sunday) at theEveLearySportsClubGround in Kingston, Georgetown. With eight top village teams left standing, only one will walk away asthe2025champions.
With a prize pool of $1.1 million to be split among the top four finishers, the stakes couldn’t behigher Thechampionswilltake home $500,000, while the runnerup claims $300,000. Third and
fourthplacewillearn$200,000and $100,000, respectively Trophies andhamperswillalsobeawarded.
Expectfireworksonthepitchas local football powerhouses collide under the lights in a high-energy, winner-takes-allformat.
Quarterfinal Clashes to watch includes Bent Street versus Uitvlugt. Bent Street a crowdfavouritewilllooktocontinuetheir dominantruninQuarterfinal#3as theyfacearesilientUitvlugtside.
Pele vs Back Circle ‘B’, a titanic battle awaits as Pele, a traditional giant, meets the ever-
competitive Back Circle ‘B’. Both teams are eyeing a semifinal spot andapathtothefinal.
Another exciting quarterfinal will see Stabroek Ballers versus Albouystown Baller Stabroek Ballers, led by standout players Dwayne James, Sean Taylor, and Sherman Welch, have impressed throughout the tournament. But Albouystown Ballers promise a sterntestinwhatisexpectedtobea fieryencounter
While Liliendaal Strikers will hope to stop Soesdyke in what some suggest the last shot at the
title. Liliendaal, considered the darkhorseofthecompetition,enter this clash with confidence after three convincing wins But Soesdyke, known for their energy and tactical sharpness, will be no pushover
One Night. Eight Teams. One Champion.”Come out and support yourfavouritevillageteam!”
This Sunday’s finale promises unmatched excitement as teams battle for pride, prize money, and ayear’sworthofbraggingrights. Witheightknockoutmatcheson thecard,theatmosphereissettobe
electric Whether you’re a die-hard supporteroracasualfan,theaction awaitsyou Kickofftime6:00pm The tournament is made possible through the generous support of; One Communications, Reunion Gold, Pegasus Hotel, SuperBet, Ricks & Sari, Toolsie PersaudLtd.,JohnFernandesLtd., C&CL, NSC, NAMILCO, BK International, Busta, Caribbean Container, Gafoors, Kings Liquor Store, Massy Distribution, E-Net, Ronaldo Alphonso, Patrick ‘Labber’Barton, Eddie Bocat, and manyothers.
West Indies (WI) and Nepal (NEP) are set to lock hornsinthefirstT20Ioftheir three-match series at the Sharjah Cricket Stadium on Saturday, September 27
This will be Nepal’s firsteverbilateralseriesagainsta FullMembernation.
WestIndieswillbeledby left-arm spinner Akeal Hosein in the absence of regular skipper Shai Hope. Their squad features five uncapped players, including Ackeem Auguste and Amir
Jangoo, alongside experienced names like Jason Holder, Fabian Allen, and Kyle Mayers Meanwhile, the Caribbean teamintheirlastT20Iseries suffered a 1-2 defeat at the handsofPakistan.
Ontheotherhand,Nepal has recalled all-rounder MohammadAadilAlamand batter Sundeep Jora for the
series.RohitPaudelwilllead the team, with Dipendra Singh Airee as his deputy. Theattentionwillonceagain be on legspinner Sandeep Lamichhane, while left-arm spinner Lalit Rajbanshi also returns to the squad. Nepal willbecomingafterwinning three of their last four T20 matches.
Nepal’s Kushal Bhurtel couldbethebestbatterinthe upcoming game against the West Indies. The opener in theScotlandT20ITri-Series was the highest run-scorer forhisteam.
In four games,he scored 133 runs at an average of 33 25 Bhurtel will be looking to play the same brand of cricket in the comingseries.
For the visitors, West Indies’ Jason Holder could be the best bowler in the upcoming clash against
Nepal. The veteran allrounder will be looking to make good use of his pace andheight.
The right-arm seamer is c o m i n g o f f g o o d performancesinthePakistan series with six wickets in threegamesandwilllookto continuethesameform.
Meanwhile, the match proves an interesting one with the pitch at the Sharjah traditionally favouring batters, with conditions generally improving as the game progresses The s m a l l e r b o u n d a r y dimensionsmeanthatbatters can clear the rope with relatively fewer efforts and timing.However,thesurface has often shown signs of being double-sided support, which could bring spinners into play during the middle overs and make scoring a challenge.
WestIndies’ProbableXI (WI): Jewel Andrew (wk), Kyle Mayers, Keacy Carty, Amir Jangoo, Ackeem Auguste, Jason Holder, Fabian Allen, Akeal Hosein (c), Shamar Springer, Obed McCoy,JediahBlades
Nepal’s Probable XI (NEP): Kushal Bhurtel, Aasif Sheikh (wk), Rohit Paudel (c), Aarif Sheikh,
Lamichhane, Lalit
Rajbanshi
(ESPNCricinfo)-Witha number of first-choice playerspreparingfortheTest series in India, and the T20 World Cup coming up next year, West Indies have cast their selection net far and wide, picking youngsters fromtheinauguralBreakout LeagueandCPL2025forthe upcoming T20I series
against Nepal in the UAE. WithJediahBladesspending much of the CPL on the bench and the team management seemingly moving away from the likes of Hayden Walsh Jr and Yannic Cariah, the search is onforWestIndies’nextleftarmseamerandwristspinner inT20Is.Hereisalowdown
onthenewbies(andaformer USA international) in West Indies’T20Isquad.
AckeemAuguste
Ackeem Auguste, who turned22earlierthismonth, issettobecomethefourthSt Lucian to play for West Indies men in international cricket after Daren Sammy, hiscurrentcoachatStLucia
Kings in the CPL, Johnson Charles and Garey Mathurin. A sleek left-hand batter,Augustecanslotinat No. 3 or even in the middle order. In 2024, he won the CPL with Kings as an emerging player and more recently, in CPL 2025, he became a regular for the franchise, scoring 229 runs
Ackeem Auguste is set to become the fourth St. Lucian to play for West Indies men in international cricket (CPL T20/Getty Images)
inteninningsatastrikerate ofover160.
Auguste has not played an official game in the subcontinentyet,buthashad exposure to a variety of spinners, including mystery spinners, during his twoweek stint at the Chennai Super Kings Academy last year
AmirJangoo
Another left-hand batter with some eye-catching strokes in his locker, Amir Jangoocanalsodoubleupas a wicketkeeper On his ODI debut against Bangladesh last year, Jangoo looked the partduringhisunbeaten104 off 83 balls, which sealed a chase of 322 in Basseterre. When he did that, Jangoo, who hails from Trinidad & Tobago, became only the second West Indian after Desmond Haynes to hit a centuryonODIdebut.
More recently, in CPL 2025, he made three halfcenturies in four innings for Antigua and Barbuda Falcons He is likely to compete with Jewel Andrew forthesecondwicketkeeper’s spotinthelead-uptotheT20 WorldCup
KarimaGore
KarimaGorewasbornin the Bronx in New York and has played 24 international games for USA, but his Antiguan heritage - he was raised in Antigua and plays forLeewardIslands-allows him to represent the West Indies. An allrounder, Gore wasmoreknownforhisleftarm fingerspin when he was part of USA and San FranciscoUnicornsinMLC, butinCPL2025forFalcons, he refashioned himself as a batterwhocouldbowl.
In his first CPL season, Gore emerged as Falcons’ highest run-getter, with 219 inteninningsatastrikerate of 129.58. Gore had started theseasonwithback-to-back fifties from No. 3, but his form cooled off in the latter stagesofthecompetition.He
iselectricinthefield,which makes him an attractive package.
ZishanMotara
Barbados’ Zishan Motara,whohasplayedjust two T20s so far for just one wicket,hasbeenfast-tracked into the West Indies set-up. The 19-year-old, the youngestinthislist,seemsto have the raw material to succeedintop-flightcricket: he’s tall, generates extra bounceandhasafairlysharp wrong’uninhisrepertoire.
Hewasanetbowlerwith Barbados Royals in CPL 2024 before he broke into their main squad and debutedforthemthisseason. Zishan’s father Zahir, who was a former basketball captainforBarbados,isnow abasketballcoach.Zahirhad also played club cricket in Barbados.
RamonSimmonds
Aleft-armquickwiththe yorkerandafewslowerballs among his variations, Ramon Simmonds was a bright spark in an otherwise gloomy CPL campaign for Royals He was Royals’ second-highest wicket-taker with 13 strikes in nine innings at an economy rate of8.05.
When Jason Holder was withRoyalsin2022,hewas impressed with Simmonds’ variations and his composure under pressure. The 23-year-old left-armer has been a “project player” for Royals, having also turned out for their teamPaarlRoyals-intheSA20.
NavinBidaisee
A legspin-bowling allrounder, Navin Bidaisee could potentially give West Indies the balance that they have been searching for Hailing from Trinidad & Tobago, Bidaisee was draftedbyStKittsandNevis Patriots for CPL 2025. He made an immediate impression on CPL debut, againstformerchampions
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Teachers and students of the Westminster Secondary School made a bit of history with being the first school in Region Three to introduce golf as part of its PE initiative.
WestminsterSecondarySchool has become the first school in Region Three to introduce golf as partofitsPhysicalEducation(PE)
President of the GGA, Aleem Hussain,engagedseveralGrade10
classes with hands-on demonstrations, introducing studentstothefundamentalsofgolf and highlighting the opportunities the sport provides including scholarships, career advancement, andvaluablenetworking
Region Three’s Regional Education Officer (REDO), Mr Chintu, has embraced this new emphasis on golf and announced plans to feature the sport in an upcoming Headteachers’ session, ensuring that all schools in the regionareintroducedtothegame.
“Leguan Secondary has twice been crowned National Champions andfinishedsecondin2025 Witha facilityrighthereinVreed-en-Hoop, we are in an excellent position to giveourlearnersaccesstoasportthat buildscharacterandopensdoors”
The Westside Golf Course, designed and built by Aleem Hussain, has been featured in the prestigious Golf Architecture Magazineasamodelforfuturegolf coursedevelopment.
Itscompactdesignallowsitto fit seamlessly into the heart of the communitywhilestillprovidinga challenging layout for both
beginnersandseasonedplayers Conveniently located just four minutes from the Demerara Harbour Bridge on the new Schoonard Highway, the course is opentothepublicandalsoservesas avibrantcommunityhub.
In addition to golf, it hosts cultural events such as Phagwah and Easter celebrations, as well as familygatherings.
Affordable equipment rentals, professional training, food, and beveragesareavailableon-site.For reservations, call 645-0944, or simply stop by to experience golf—theGuyaneseway
collaboration of the Guyana Golf Association (GGA) and the WestsideGolfCourse
A CWI tweet confirmed that Josephhadbeenruledoutandthat he would be re-evaluated before thewhite-balltourofBangladesh, but did not mention the nature of the injury After theTests in India finish on October 14,West Indies are scheduled to play three ODIs in Bangladesh from October 18, followed by three T20Is from October27toNovember1.
Shamar Joseph used the DRS to get his first wicket, West Indies vs Australia, 1st Test, day 1, Barbados, June 25, 2025 (AP)
(Cricinfo) - West Indies fast bowler Shamar Joseph has been ruled out of the two-Test series againstIndianextmonthbecauseof aninjury Hewillbereplacedbythe uncapped pace-bowling allrounder JohannLayne.
It’s a busy touring season for WestIndiesacrossformatsasthey willthenflytoNewZealandforan all-formattouroffiveT20Is,three ODIs and three Tests. They are currently in the UAE for three T20Is against Nepal starting September27.
Joseph has played 11 Tests so farfor51wicketsatanaverageof 21.66, having started his Test career with a five-for on debut againstAustraliainJanuary2024.
Layne, 22, has played 19 firstclassmatchesfor66wicketswhile averaging22.28andhasscored495 runs at 19.03. He has four fivewickethaulsandthreefour-forsin
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