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An offensive comment The fishermen and their families abandoned by their own government DEAR EDITOR, It is unforgiveable the total lack of empathy that our government has shown towards the families of fishermen who were victims of yet another piracy on the high seas. The government’s timid and uncaring posture is painfully unacceptable, even as this tragedy is still eliciting disbelieve in the population. Our fishing folks and their families deserve better. It has been ten whole, long, agonizing days since the story of a masacare at sea in which 16 missing fishermen were feared dead shocked Guyanese and Surinamese. Some of the dead bodies have been discovered and some of the fishermen are still listed as “missing, feared dead”. The chances that any of the missing fishermen are still alive are minimal to nonexistent. The families of the fishermen are traumatized, seeking any kind of information and support. In Guyana, no organized response has been activated to provide any support to the families. In Suriname, Guyanese
families have no support from Guyanese authorities and must rely totally on the Surinamese authorities. In the meanwhile, the Surinamese authorities have arrested a number of persons. From all reports, the Surinamese authorities have been very active in their response to the tragedy. We must express our gratitude to the Surinamese authorities. Truly, this is a tragedy befitting a national urgent response, one that the President and his leading Cabinet ministers should be upfront leading. Instead, the government has been essentially silent, AWOL, missing in action. The Guyanese people have been in total shock as they continue to be largely in the dark, since the Government has been silent. This is the kind of tragedy in which the government should have immediately established a centralized support u n i t o n t h e Corentyne, not only to liaison with various stakeholders, but with the family. This is the unit to which family members can
seek information and support. Instead, the government has been silent, content to say that the police are in touch with the police in Suriname. Not a single Cabinet member has made himself or herself available to the families and none have found it necessary to show up in the area on the Corentyne that is the focal point of this disaster. The first word out of the government was when the reporters confronted the President at an event at the Pegasus Hotel, when President Granger described the incident has a “massacre, a tragedy and Guyana is grieving”. That was last Thursday, seven days since the incident was first reported. The Public Security Minister reportedly quipped one week after the news broke that there is “nothing government can do”. In the meanwhile, the Minister of Agriculture has been shamelessly silent and his silence is scandalously deafening. The Prime Minister who
IN DEFENCE OF FAMILY DEAR EDITOR, The Buddha said, “If you propose to speak ask yourself is it true, is it necessary, is it kind” My attention was drawn to a letter published in the Kaieteur News dated May 4, 2018 captioned “A Bishop Edghill never seen Before.” I will not attempt to defend my elder brother, Bishop Juan Anthony Edghill, since I am certain that he is capable of doing so adequately. My response is based on an attack on my family, the children who were raised by a hard working woman who taught us that there is honour in hard work, honesty and integrity and pushed us all with her limited means to strive for excellence. On reading the missive I was wondering the reason for the letter as it appeared to me to be an effort to create mischief and I was tempted to ignore its contents but I am aware of the potential this letter has to create disaffection within our family and among friends and colleagues of the family
some of whom are unaware of all the history of the family and may very well have varying political persuasions and as the dear “Bishop” Fisher states “may be swayed and misled by his utterings” In his effort to create whatever mischief he has in mind Bishop Fisher has failed to heed the advice of Buddha and has sinned in his effort to create disaffection between people some of whom he has never met. Other than the letter being riddled with inaccuracies on events in Guyana and about the level of involvement of my mother with the PNC and my brother, I ask the question why now? Was this letter necessary? It definitely is not kind, not to my mother whom this “Bishop Fisher “has
never met but seems to give the impression that she is driven by malice. She is not in Guyana to defend herself and I am unsure if she is up to date with the politics of Guyana at present. But personal relationships can be damaged by these false utterances by Bishop Fisher. Even if I were tempted to believe that there was some truth in what he reported to have transpired he got so carried away with his lies that he exposed himself. Bishop Fisher I think you should do the decent thing and recall this letter and apologise for the mischief contained therein. Bishop Fisher you have failed to heed the 9th commandment. Rev’d Fr Raymon E Cummings Youngest Brother of Bishop Juan A Edghill
during the 2015 elections campaign was known to extol his fishermen credentials has himself been totally silent. Now ten days later, the Minister of Public Security has decided to travel to Suriname with a team of senior police officers. But his trip is being made only after word began to circulate that the Leader of the Opposition and a PPP team are on their way to Suriname. As a nation, it is right for people to demand a more sensitive and caring response from the government. In this regards, we commend the Leader of the Opposition for the empathy and support he has shown in the circumstance. He has provided leadership, when leadership is absolutely necessary. From within minutes of the first report ten days ago, the PPP urged a national response and has been in close contact with family members of the fishermen, both here in Guyana and in Suriname. Bharrat Jagdeo has met with family members in Guyana and, at this time, he and a team are traveling to Suriname to provide comfort and support to the families who must navigate these difficult circumstances. I am encouraged that the Minister of Public Security has finally decided that it is also appropriate for him and his team to visit Suriname. It is late in the day, but better late than never. A National Day of Grief is appropriate and must be considered. But a mechanism to provide counseling and support, including financial support, to the families is even more appropriate. Even though they have been missing in action, the time has come for the President and his government to demonstrate that they are responsive to the plight of ordinary Guyanese citizens. The fact is, however, up to this point, the response of the APNU+AFC government has been nothing less than shameful and a national disgrace. Dr. Leslie Ramsammy
DEAR EDITOR, There is a very visible, and I might even add, popular individual who is aligned to a certain political party, who I have heard on more than one occasion, on the party’s weekly TV utterings, refer to our country as being backward. I find this comment offensive and unpatriotic. Sure we have our problems at all levels, but backward? I don’t think so! What is laughable it is the same backward country he and his party are trying to win elections to govern! Regards Shamshun Mohamed
Hinds and Lewis make a team DEAR EDITOR, I read with joy in my heart the columns of Mr David Hinds and Mr Lincoln Lewis in today’s edition. There is a greater force at work here when these two gentlemen and true professionals were barred from contributing to the Chronicle. The clowns that made the decision are the narrow minded people who are causing Guyana to remain stuck in the ethnic divide. These people are cut from the same cloth as Jagdeo. Mr Hinds and Mr Lewis are now teamed up with Freddie to reach a wider audience. WHAT A TEAM. Colin Grant
GCB President’s remarks most unfortunate DEAR EDITOR, I was privileged to be a cricket administrator for once a youthful and disciplined organization called the Packer Cricket Club, housed at the Guyana Teacher’s Union, Woolford Avenue, Georgetown. At that time three youngsters - Travis Dowlin, Lennox Cush and Sean Devers— enrolled and started their cricket career. Records proved that their punctuality, performance and potentials were of a high standard. My organization was affiliated to the Guyana Cricket Board of Control and took part in second division competitions. Our ratings were very good at that level. Because of not having the scope / improvements for Dowlin, Cush and Devers my committee advised them to join first division clubs, so that they could represent our country, Guyana and move on to West Indies team. That was successful. I read with astonishment, that one Mr. Fizul Bacchus who is the President of Guyana Cricket Board, made some damaging remarks about Guyanese / West Indian fast bowler, Ronsford Beaton, who was called for throwing by the International Cricket Council. On Tuesday 2nd May, 2018, the ICC issued a release, indicating that the 25-year-old has failed on independent assessment and will not be permitted to bowl in international cricket. This president seems to be ignorant of the fact and should not ridicule a potential international player on that kind of problem. A player cannot be indisciplined and then go all the way to the top. Guyana need players on the West Indies team. A complete overhaul of the Guyana Cricket Board is coming, thanks for the recently appointed Ombudsman. Yours -in- Sports, Parmanand Ram
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No action against corruption DEAR EDITOR, Why hasn’t President Granger taken any action against the corruption involving Joe Harmon and other corrupt individuals in his Government? All over the world top government officials have been fired or jailed because of corruption. Except in Guyana. After three years of Granger’s presidency, no member of his cabinet or government has been fired or jailed. In addition, the halfhearted fight on corruption by Granger consists of forming bodies like SARA and SOCU and placing the corrupt Joseph Harmon to manage these
bodies. This is a big joke and this president has misled Guyanese about honesty in his government. The entire population of Guyana knows about Harmon’s trip to China with some of his retired GDF “squaddies” where he breached anti-corruption rules by accepting an expensive business jet transportation within China paid for by the notorious company Bai Shin Lin. In his China conspiracy late January 2016, Harmon used a Ministry of the Presidency certificate and appointed Brian Tiwarie as a Business Advisor. Tiwarie of BK International, a former
Bharrat Jagdeo insider, with no experience in International business, joined Harmon on his ill-fated China trip. When the press asked tough questions to Harmon about his China trip, he shut down any investigations by threatening lawsuits. Jagdeo did the exact same thing. Hundreds of thousands of Guyanese who voted for change, justice and so on, feel betrayed by Granger. It appears Granger is directly encouraging corruption and Guyanese will not experience the good life under this corrupt government. Sincerely, Anthony Moore
The AG’s notice smacks of crudity DEAR EDITOR, It is with grave concern and great level of disappointment to read a notice on page 12 of the Saturday 5thMay edition of the Kaieteur News, with caption URGENT PUBLIC NOTICE that emanated from the Attorney General’s Chambers. Notices of such nature readily create some level of anxiety and embarrassment for the persons mentioned and also for their families. More so because of the organization they served, an element of suspicion could be entertained by the reading public. Concerns are now raised
about the intent and purpose of the insensitive and unethical procedure adopted. It must be noted that most, if not all of the persons mentioned are now senior citizens, who have honourab l y s e r v e d t h e organization for most of their adult working life, and have retired more than twenty years ago. The Guyana Police Force has however maintained contact especially with former Senior Officers. If perchance the AG’s Chambers encountered difficulty in contacting these persons, which seems doubtful; would it not have been the prudent thing to
seek the assistance of the current Commissioner of Police and/or the Ex Police Association to so do? In instances where some persons now reside overseas with assistance from the Guyana Ex Police Association, I am sure with their networking they would have been able to assist. The suggested course of action surely could have been effective, would have been far less traumatising and less costly than unwarrantedly placing the names of these persons (a wanted list?) in a newspaper advertisement. Yours truly, Name withheld
Nandlall sets record straight DEAR EDITOR, The Kaieteur News, on S u n d a y, M a y 6 , 2 0 1 8 , carried an article under the caption ‘Three years, billions of dollars later, Attorney General tries to get a handle on outsourced state cases’. In that article, the following passage appeared: “It has been reported that under the People’s Progressive Party/ Civic government, several litigations that were brought against the state were outsourced to various private lawyers. This is while Anil
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Nandlall was Attorney General.” I served as Attorney General and Minister of Legal Affairs from December 5, 2011 to May 15, 2015. During my tenure in Office, I retained the service of only TWO lawyers from the private bar, namely, Stephen Fraser and Roysdale Forde. Mr. Fraser was retained to represent the State in certain legal proceedings in relation to cricket administration. He also represented the State in the constitutional challenge filed by Cedric Richardson. Mr. Roysdale Forde was
retained to represent the State in the trial of two cases: one filed by NH Construction Ltd and one by Dipcon Engineering Services Ltd. Both of these cases were filed over a decade prior to my assumption to Office. The above represents the entirety of the “outsourcing of cases” during my tenure in Office. I hope I have set the record straight. Yours faithfully, Mohabir Anil Nandlall MP Former Attorney General & Minister of Legal Affairs
Redundant records versus knowledge to students in Schools DEAR EDITOR, There could be no denial that the Public education system is not delivering to expectation. The rush by parents in the lower income bracket to enroll their children in private schools is testimony of their lack of confidence in the Public Education System. In 2017, the Government rather than try to improve the standard of Public Education pursued a policy of applied VAT on private education as a method of persuading the less fortunate parents to put their Children through the public system. Some may argue otherwise but I don’t see the expectation of collecting $400 million on taxing private education in a budget of over $100 billion for 2017 as anything other than a policy to get parents to send their children to public Schools—considering that it was the PNC in a previous era that had coined the phrase “education molds a nation”. That tax has been rescinded by popular demand. Parents are cognizant of the fact that only people with the good jobs can enjoy, or come closer to enjoying any semblance of a good life in Guyana-the huge disparity in pay between the gutter cleaners and clerical workers paints a vivid picture. Parents are prepared to make the ultimate sacrifice—pay for their children to have a good education. The slide in Public education was gentle but visible. As the work load pertaining to records increased on teachers, it seems the instruction to the pupils decreased. It has reached a point now where the records are more important than the instruction of the children. The two organizations in the Ministry of Education (Regional Dept of Education and NCERD) that ensure teachers comply are always vigilant in the collection and storage of records. Added to that, the department of education and NCERD and school heads are swift to cite teachers for dereliction of duty, requiring teachers to write a letter or letters explaining their failure to comply. Teachers are of the opinion that most of the records teachers are required to keep are redundant. The Dept. of Education and NCERD both seem to require some of the records done differently—it is monotonous and confusing to teachers and shows a lack of coordination between the two policing groups. Rule number one-Lesson plan is a must. Teacher could be fired for not having it on a daily basis. It should not be written at School.
Who is there to police that? Why should teachers do something that they detest in the comfort of their homes? They wouldn’t mind taking some test papers home to mark occasionally, because the children matter. If for some reason a teacher does not get to teach because of sports or some other activity, the lesson plan is invalid for the following day, the teacher has to write a new plan just for the sake of changing the date on the lesson plan—this is torture. Teachers who have been around since the good old days are praying for their time to retire because they hate being buried in records, instead of imparting knowledge to students as they were accustomed to doing, back in the old days. There was a time when school heads taught occasionally. Not anymore! The volume of records they have to keep, they cannot find time to teach, despite delegating some to senior teachers. While the teachers should be enjoying July/ August holiday, they have to produce a scheme of work for the next School year. This is rubbing salt into their wounds. The Ministry has to know if teachers are traveling overseas for the holiday. For teachers to complain might be seditious. The parallel market for labor has nothing to offer. Rather than stultifying themselves in ascertaining the correctness of all these redundant records, Department of Education and NCERD should sit down and decide what should be taught to our children at every level and pass it on to Schools. They should set tests at intervals to find out how well the curriculum is being delivered. Why demand a lesson plan from the teacher daily? They have been taught the concept of teaching at CPCE. Spare them the time and monotony of writing about all manner of objectives (lesson plan) at School or home on a daily basis. A lesson plan is not a sign that a teacher is prepared to teach, it is an insult to the teacher’s intelligence. School libraries should be stocked with all kinds of books, comics, fiction, nonfiction and subject books and great emphasis should be placed on reading. Our children are leaving School without knowing to read. Some who can read find it difficult to understand what they read. They are unable to create mental images in their minds. There should be essay competitions for every grade, every term of the School year. The ability to read and write will improve performance in all subject areas. Rudolph Singh
Training is critical to the police From page 4 change. Reform is about change. Change is inevitable. No person or organisation can stop it. View it as opportunity. Don’t be afraid to go out on a limb. That’s where the fruit is. Managers must pay attention to change in their environment and adapt-or perish. The boiled frog phenomenon is very instructive. A classic experiment was done. A frog is dropped in a pan of boiling water and immediately jumps out, saving its life. Next a frog is placed in a pan of roomtemperature water that is gradually heated to boiling point. Because the temperature rise is so gradual, the frog does not notice it and sits contently in the bottom of the
pan. The gradual rising temperature initially makes the frog comfortable but eventually saps its energy. As the water becomes too hot, the frog has no strength to jump out. It boils to death. The boiled frog phenomenon suggests that leaders must pay attention to change in their environment and adapt-or perish. I do not know what the Strategic Management Unit of the Guyana Police Force and the Reform Process have in place to deal with change. The former has been quietly doing some excellent work, but not sharing it with the stakeholders while the latter went into labour recently. We expect an excellent delivery. Their plans appear to be top secret. I may be jumping the gun, but I have
been on the starting block for some time now and am a bit nervous. Many reform projects fail because a heavy emphasis is placed on the agents of change while the victims of change are neglected. Organisational change takes centre stage while little or no attention is paid to personal change. I hope that the movers and shakers of the GPF will ensure that those who will be affected by the imminent change will be given the necessary coping skills to grapple with the situation. Inculcating people skills in the minds of the police is a sine qua non. Yours faithfully Clinton Conway Assistant Commissioner of Police (Retired )
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Guyana lacks lawyers in oil and CSEC, CAPE gas, other specialty areas - study exams begin today Guyana has the fourth highest population of lawyers among countries in the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), but lacks lawyers in specialist areas of oil and gas, energy, agriculture and intellectual property. The deficiency was highlighted in the final report based on a Survey of Legal Education System in CARICOM Member States. Guyana has an estimated 1, 120 lawyers and a population of 735,909. This works out to about one lawyer per 657 persons with between 25 and 30 new lawyers qualifying annually. The report highlights that among the CARICOM member states, there is an insufficiency in criminal defence lawyers which leads to delays in trial; shortage of lawyers in the areas of aviation, cybercrime, insurance, marine, telecommunications and intellectual property. The report pointed out that in a particular country about five lawyers are added to the profession annually and are likely to find places in the private sector, leaving the government and judiciary to find it necessary to recruit lawyers from outside the coun-
…over 13,000 expected to sit
try. The report highlighted the scarceness of lawyers in rural areas and insolvency, too few insolvency and financial services practitioners and other specialized areas. According to the report, there are situations “in which magistrates are now dealing with increasingly serious cases are not legally qualified. There are times when criminal law specialists are being seconded to civil work; lack of senior lawyers in Government service. The report establishes that there are an estimated 10, 900 lawyers in CARICOM between 2015 and 2016 with Trinidad and Tobago topping the list with approximately 3,000, followed by Jamaica
with 2, 642, the Bahamas with 1, 317. Guyana was fourth. Fifth was Barbados with 972, followed by Belize with 251. In St. Lucia there is an estimate of between 100 and 200 lawyers while in Antigua and Barbuda there is an active cohort of 138 lawyers. Over in St. Kitts and Nevis there is an estimate of 129 lawyers; while in St. Vincent and the Grenadines and Grenada there is an estimate of 100 lawyers respectively. The report highlighted that in Dominica there is actually an estimate of 30 lawyers but 100 of them are on roll. There is an estimated 21 lawyers in Montserrat. The Report is the result of a survey conducted between
2016 and 2017 by the Improved Access to Justice in the Commonwealth Caribbean (IMPACT Justice), a regional justice sector reform project being funded by the Government of Canada and being implemented from within the Caribbean Law Institute, Faculty of Law, University of the West Indies (UWI), Cave Hill, Campus, in Barbados. The Consultants Ching and Watson visited Guyana in October, 2016 and held meetings with members of the judiciary, representatives of the University of Guyana (UG), a senior practitioner, the Attorney General and members of his staff and the Minister of Education.
The sitting of the 2018 Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate (CSEC) and the Caribbean Advanced Proficiency Examinations [CAPE] are set to begin today. According to information received from the Superintendent of Examinations within the Ministry of Education, Ms. Sauda Kadir, 12,266 candidates have been registered to sit the examinations this year as compared to 12,684 candidates in 2017. Further, she said that this year 923 candidates will be writing the CAPE examinations while 851 wrote it in 2017. As such, the total number of candidates writing both examinations will amount to 13,189. According to Kadir all systems have been put in place to ensure the smooth sitting of these examinations. The CSEC subjects to be written today are Visual Arts 2 [General], Music 2 [General], Electronic Document Preparation and Management 2 General, Chemistry 3/2 General and Textiles, Clothing and Fashion 2 Technical. English A and Mathematics will be written on Tuesday May 8 and Wednesday May 9 respectively. The CAPE subjects to be written on Monday are Literatures in English Unit 1 Paper 2, Physics Unit 1 Paper 2 and Integrated Mathematics Paper 2. It was Michael Bhopaul of Queen’s College [QC] who secured the most number of grade one passes, when Minister of Education, Ms. Nicolette Henry, officially announced the results of the 2017 CSEC examination. Bhopaul, according to the Minister of Education, secured a total of 24 grade ones [with 21 distinctions] and one grade two. But he wasn’t the only QC student in the spotlight. Among the others recognised for their outstanding performances were: Rawleeta Barrow (19 Ones), Roshawn Cummings (16 Ones), Jelena Arjune (14 Ones, 4 twos), Sydney (Continued on page 19)
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Auditors probe payment for unfinished health centre The construction of a concrete health centre and living quarters at Wiruni, Berbice River has attracted the attention of state auditors following reports of major financial discrepancies. Kaieteur News understands that Region Ten Regional Democratic Council (RDC) contracted JPM General Contracting Services to build the centre at a cost of $14.3M.
Reports are that the region paid the contractor $5.9M in 2016 then $3.27M in July 2017. The latter payment attracted the attention of auditors since the construction bond, which is usually utilized when contractors default, expired on June 11, 2017. The bond expired a month before the contractor received the $3.27M payment. Regional engineer, Clive Peters, was recently ques-
tioned on the project by the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) of Parliament. The Committee had concerns about the region’s decision to offer a contract extension for three months in December 2016. Peters related to the PAC that he did not approve the extension. He said that 70 percent of the work on the building was completed. The Acting Regional Ex-
The unfinished health centre at Wiruni along the Berbice River ecutive Officer at the time, Maylene Stephen, claimed to have written the contractor to offer the three-month extension without a written approval from the Region’s Pub-
lic Works Department. When regional officials learned that the bond had expired they moved to terminate the contract. While there are concerns
about the project, residents continue to await the opening of the much-needed health centre. The building should have been completed since December 2016.
Security guard dies in early morning accident A security guard died following an accident yesterday morning at Land of Canaan, East Bank Demerara. The dead man was identified as Garfield Mc Pherson, 47, a security guard attached to Federal Management System. According to reports, at about 06:00 hrs, Mc Pherson was in a car driven by his twenty-eight-year-old friend of Anna Catherina, West Coast Demerara. The car was proceeding north on the Land of Canaan Public Road, when the driver
allegedly swerved to avoid colliding with another vehicle, which was travelling in the opposite direction. The driver then lost control of the car and drove into a trench. McPherson, the driver and Diana Mc Garrell, 28, of Bachelor’s Adventure, who was also in the car, were taken to the Diamond Diagnostic Center. Mc Pherson was pronounced dead on arrival. Mc Pherson’s body is at the mortuary awaiting postmortem examination. The driver is currently in
Dead: Garfield Mc Pherson custody assisting with investigation.
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THE PROBLEM WITH DENIAL It is not the practice of this column to respond to criticisms, except where there is gross misrepresentation or the need to clarify issues. The public is smart enough to determine sense from nonsense and to weigh and assess arguments. An April 19, 2018 Peeping Tom Column entitled “The guessing game” pointed to the problems of economic forecasting by the Ministry of Finance. The column advised the Ministry to obtain the services of an econometrist. The column showed where not only had the economy failed to meet the Ministry’s projected growth rates but even mishit when it came to achieving its revised growth rates. The column seems to have riled the Ministry, so much so that its public relations officer responded. That response typified the art of propaganda. Joseph Goebbels would have been proud of such a response. The Ministry defended its failure to satisfactorily forecast real growth by arguing, firstly, that in making economic forecasts, the Ministry has to source information from a wide range of entities and sectors. In other words, the Ministry was diverting the blame for its poor forecasting to others. This is lame excuse because by the Ministry’s own admission, the economy has for a long time been reliant on a small band of commodities. The Guyanese economy does not have a
complex production structure and even if it did there are economic tools available for pre precise economic forecasting. For the Ministry therefore to blame the quality of data and information received is inexcusable. It is the Ministry’s responsibility to establish a framework for credible data collection and transmission from the economic sectors, to aid in economic forecasting. The Ministry inherited such a system from the previous administration. It benefitted from substantial technical assistance to improve budgeting and forecasting. Second, the Ministry pointed to the problems of economic forecasting, arguing that it was not an exact science. No one ever said it was. It is for this reason that governments revise their targets based on real time performance. The problem with the Ministry is that even its revisions follow a pattern of poor forecasting. Finally, the Ministry argued that Peeping Tom got his numbers wrong. It pointed out for example that the growth rate for 2016 was 3.4 % and not 2.6 %; and in 2015 it was 3.2% and not 3.0%, as reported by the Peeper. What the Ministry did not state was that these ‘wrong’ numbers quoted by the Peeper were in fact numbers which were provided in the Budget speeches. But these do not negate the central argument that the Ministry is
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Jagdeo and Ram Jattan gone to Suriname Since he tun Opposition Leader Jagdeo doing everything to mek people notice him. He calling steady press conference. When he was president fuh thirteen years he call four press conferences. Nowadays he calling four in one week but most time is one a week. Dem fishermen get kill in Suriname. This was a man who probably visit Suriname one time to meet wid Desi Bouterse. Now he gone to meet wid dem fishermen family. He showing interest. But dem boys notice that he decide to go as soon as he hear Ram Jattan going. And he walk wid de Chat-3. Dem boys seh that dem sure he tek money from de party to pay fuh he and de Chat-3 because wid all de money he got he refusing to spend any to help de party. De Chat-3 also got a bright small piece. He was de one who seh he was rich before he become Attorney General and how de wuk mekking him get poor. All of dem coulda push dem hand in dem pocket and help dem poor fisherman family but dem ain’t want help nobody; dem want dem photo in de papers. Dem send photos to de Waterfalls Paper. De thing get suh shameful when de people tell him that dem use to vote fuh him and dem want he help dem out. Before de man tell dem when he go home he gun send money, he tell dem how he ain’t walk wid money. But politics aside, people don’t really know how serious de situation is. Imagine a fisherman fight against all de odds jut to live. He refuse to dead pun de water top; he walk through thick bush wheh snake coulda bit him. He survive. Now he wife dead. De pressure wha he face kill she. That is wha dem boys call old house pun old house. Talk half and watch how people trying fuh use people sorrow.
missing even its revised numbers. It should be noted that the Budgets for a fiscal year are usually presented one month before the end of the previous fiscal year. The 2018 Budget would be presented in November 2017; the one of 2017 would be presented in November 2016 etc. What this means is that one month before the end of fiscal years 2015 and 2016, the Ministry could not accurately forecast the growth rate for those years. In 2016, the revised growth was tagged at 4%. One month before the
end of that year, the Ministry announced that the predicted growth would have been 2.6%. It ended up being 3.4%. In 2015, the revised growth rate was set as 3.1 %. One month before the end of the year, the Ministry said that the rate was 3.0%. It ended being 3.2%. The arguments of the Ministry support, rather than contradict, the contention that the Ministry has a problem with forecasting. The economy failed in 2016 to achieve the Ministry’s revised target. It failed in 2017 to do the same.
One month before the end of fiscal year 2017. The Ministry projected an end of year growth rate of 2.9%. This is what is stated in the Budget speech of 2018: “Mr. Speaker, the overall real growth rate for 2017 was projected at 3.8 percent. By mid-year, an economic growth rate of 2.2 percent was achieved, up from 2 percent for the same period the previous year. In the Mid-Year Report, laid in the National Assembly, on August 4, the projection for 2017 was revised downwards to 3.1 percent, on account of
expected weak performance in the mining and quarrying sector, and the sugar and forestry industries. The projected outturn for real growth of the economy, in 2017, is 2.9 percent” The growth for 2017 ended up being 2.1%. The Ministry also failed in 2015, 2016 and 2017 to achieve its original growth targets. These are serious deviations which Continued on page 22
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More calls for controversial Cybercrime Bill to be withdrawn …No fear of sedition if Govt. governs fairly and justly - says WPA Group Two more established groups have openly opposed the sedition clause in the Cyber Crime Bill which has stirred public debate in the past week. The Working Peoples Alliance (WPA) Overseas Associates and the Guyana Human Rights Association (GHRA) are opposed to Article 18 of the 2016 Bill. The WPA is part of the coalition Government. According to the political entity, the sedition clause appears geared towards repression. “If a government governs fairly and justly they should
have no fear of sedition,” the WPA group stated. The WPA affiliates pointed out that Guyana has had bad experiences at the hands of authoritarian regimes attempting to suppress political dissent and must condemn any act under any guise that would take away freedom of expression. “No legislation should be employed to deprive citizens of their constitutional rights of freedom of conscience, action, expression and the absolute right of legitimate dissent and the right to remove a government not lawfully
Section 18 of the Cybercrime Bill (2016) elected or a government lawfully elected that destroys the foundation of our democracy. The right to agitate for the removal of such governments should not be abridged,” the WPA group noted. The GHRA labeled the Bill as profoundly undemocratic. “Its fundamental premise,
is perverse, namely that social peace will be secured by protecting the reputation of elected officials from public scrutiny by criminalizing opinion, destroying principles of plurality, freedom of expression and the human right to access the internet. The GHRA believes this Bill should be withdrawn in its entirety,” the GHRA stated. Clause 18, according to the GHRA, is only one of many obnoxious features of the Bill. The GHRA pointed out that the sweeping negative
character of the Bill is sustained throughout, pointing to Clause 30 which states that a person who has knowledge about the functioning of a computer system or computer data storage medium, or security measures applied to protect computer data, that is the subject of a search warrant shall, if requested by the police officer authorised to undertake the search, assist the police officer to access the computer. “It seems not to have occurred either to Government or Opposition parliamentarian
involved in the Special Committee that reviewed this Bill that ‘exciting disaffection’ and ‘contempt’ has been a central feature of Guyanese politics thanks in no small part to the contributions made by both major political parties. Were this Bill passed into law any form of ‘disaffection’ expressed by militants in their ranks in a tweet, a post, or other form of public social media statement, could trigger application of the above penalties to themselves and their party leaders,” the GHRA warned.
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GWI acquires motorcycles, canters for faster response to complaints
The motorcycles and the two trucks that have been acquired. The procurement of six motorcycles and two Canter trucks will see the Guyana Water Inc. significantly boosting its response time to customers and improving its overall operations in Regions Three, Four and Five. The vehicles arrived Friday at GWI’s Corporate Complex, Vlissengen Road and Church Street, Georgetown, where Managing Director, Dr. Richard Van West-Charles, and other senior officials gathered for a photo opportunity. Dr. Van West-Charles said the motorcycles “will allow the staff to move very fast and these are only the first set of 12”. He pointed out that the additional motorcycles will be allocated to Regions Six, Seven and Ten. Meanwhile, the trucks will be used in Georgetown. “This will enhance the process in terms of how we respond to the number of leaks that
are occurring or problems with customers or our pumps,” the Managing Director explained. He added that without adequate transportation, GWI cannot function effectively. The vehicles will also aid in transporting the emergency crews. Dr. Van West-Charles posited that management is striving to ensure that the operational aspect of the company is equipped with the necessary tools required to enhance the efficiency of its services. Further explaining the reasoning behind the purchase of the vehicles, Executive Director of Operations, Dwayne Shako, said, “Region Four has a very specific challenge where we have a number of meters that are not functioning and many times moving through traffic is really difficult to get to customers, and we’re wasting a lot of time in traffic so the initiative was really to get to the customer as quickly as possible.”
Opposition launches campaign with promise to fix social woes BRIDGETOWN, Barbados - CMC – Leader of the main opposition Barbados Labour Party (BLP), Mia Mottley says her party will tackle several social issues if elected to govern the country in the May 24 general election. Mottley, in an address to hundreds late Saturday as the party official launched its campaign “Lift Off”, said issues related to transportation, problems plaguing the South Coast Sewerage Project and free tertiary education would be solved immediately should her party win at the polls. “They keep asking how we are going to do it. We will show them how to do it,” Mottley said. The BLP leader also promised that noncontributory pensions would be increased, should the BLP regain the government. “The days of pensioners getting BDS$77.50 (One Barbados dollar=US$0.50 cents) will be no more. From June 1 pensioners will get BDS$225 every two weeks,” she said. Supported by candidates who will be representing the party, Mottley said her team has the innovation and ingenuity to come up with
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Mia Mottley solutions to simple economic problems the current Democratic Labour Party (DLP) administration could
not solve. Mottley, who could become the first woman here to head a government, said the country still faced a direct date with destiny when a foreign debt of BDS$120 million would be due, but she was confident a BLP administration could get the country’s economy back on track. Mottley, an attorney, will go up against Prime Minister Freundel Stuart who in the last general election of 2013, led the DLP to win 16 of the 30 seats with the remainder going to the BLP. Nomination Day is set for today.
Dozens of birth certificates distributed in Region One
Several residents of Sebai, Eclipse Falls and Citrus Grove in Region One uplifted their birth certificates over the weekend, April 28-29; some, for the first time. A team led by Minister within the Ministry of Indigenous Peoples’ Affairs, Valerie Garrido-Lowe and Region One Member of Parliament (MP), Richard Allen distributed the documents during an outreach in the Barima-Waini region, according to a Government statement. The exercise is part of an ongoing operation by the Ministry of Citizenship to
- residents of Sebai, Eclipse Falls and Citrus Grove now documented ensure every Guyanese is registered and properly documented. It follows a visit conducted by the General Registrar’s Office and guided by MP, Allen to the three communities in February. Basil Williams, a resident of Sebai, uplifted a birth certificate for his grandson who was never registered prior to this. “I am very happy to get this for him because all the
time, his mother has been looking forward to this.” MP Allen said the process will continue until every person in the region is registered. In August 2017, over 200 birth certificates were distributed to residents of Baramita, Region One, with priority being given to children who would require their birth certificates to register for the new school term.
A resident of Sebai, Region One, Basil Williams collecting the birth certificate of his grandson from Minister within the Ministry of Indigenous Peoples’ Affairs, Valerie Garrido-Lowe
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Murdered beauty salon woman laid to rest in Guyana
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KILLED: Onica King welfare is not an official case of the Child Care Board,” she confirmed. Crawford also said the care and education of the children would now be the aunt’s responsibility. She noted, however, that Jones would have had to seek custody of the children through the law courts if she wanted to take them back to Guyana, where the family originates. Jones was finally able to obtain Onica’s body from local authorities the final week of April, and the 36-year-old was taken back to the land of her birth, and buried last Thursday in the capital of Georgetown. The maternal aunt was contacted recently through an intermediary, but indicated she and the family would not be conducting any media interviews and simply wanted to move on with their lives after Onica’s gruesome death. Meanwhile, Onica’s
estranged husband David King remains at large. Rumours have run rampant that a body discovered off the rocks near the Bridgetown Fisheries Complex a fortnight ago was that of the wanted man, but police still have not officially released an identification of the body. “There hasn’t been any change in that matter. Other forms of identification such as dental records are being considered by the pathologist who conducted an autopsy on the body,” said police public relations officer Acting Inspector Rodney Inniss. According to the lawman, they are waiting on DNA results which could also confirm the identity. King was attacked and stabbed several times by the husband in mid-April. The incident is said to have been witnessed by the couple’s two children.
Guyana loses billions $$$... (From page 3) can be evaluated. And I do agree that this is something we should be doing on a more immediate basis…” Chairman of the Guyana Gold Board, GHK Lall told Kaieteur News that the Guyana Gold Board is also unaware of the details regarding local content efforts by foreign companies in the mining sector. He stressed that it is indeed a matter which needs more attention, especially when one considers the magnitude of the concessions which are granted on an annual basis. Commissioner General of the Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) Godfrey Statia also bemoaned the fact that there continues to be gross distortions between the concessions granted to local mining companies as opposed to foreign ones. The tax chief said that he has considered time and again, just how much the nation is benefitting from the billions of dollars in concessions granted yearly. He said, “There is a distortion to big miners versus small miners…But the story of gold is a web of problems and many unknowns which I agree should be highlighted.” The Commissioner General said that being the patriot he is, he can certainly understand anyone’s call for equal opportunity in the mining sector as well as a strong dose of transparency and accountability.
The problem with... From page 9 affect economic predictability and therefore investment decisions. Far from contradicting the Peeper’s contention, the Ministry’s own arguments confirm them. But when it comes to fact-checking, perhaps the PRO of the Ministry of Finance would wish to fact-check her contention that in 2008 the growth rate was 1.8%. Budget 2013 of the Ministry reported the 2008 growth rate at 2.0%.
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Finance Ministry contradicts Trotman on creation of Cost Recovery Committee
GUNS, DRUGS AND MONEY – the profile of a suspected pirate Tony Asram (Extreme left)
Finance Ministry PRO, Wanita Huburn
Natural Resources Minister, Raphael Trotman
Four months ago, Natural Resources Minister, Raphael Trotman told the media that a joint ministerial committee was established to examine matters related to cost recovery. He went as far as to say that the head of the committee is Finance Ministry Budget Director, Sonya Roopnauth. But when Kaieteur News challenged the Finance Ministry recently for an update on the work of that committee, one could not be provided. It turns out that all the members of the committee are still to be appointed. This was revealed by Public Relations Officer for the Ministry of Finance, Wanita Huburn. The
official informed this newspaper that the Ministry of Natural Resources is still working on the Terms of Reference for the cost recovery subcommittee as well as membership. She also clarified that it is not headed by the Budget Director. Bilateral partners such as the International Monetary Fund (IMF) have made strong calls for local authorities to implement a robust cost recovery committee and commence auditing of all exploration, development costs by USA oil operator, ExxonMobil. The Fund made this recommendation to the Government in a report it handed over since last year.
Wife of pirate attack survivor dies mysteriously
Asram Facebook post of money.
Pirate Attack survivor, Sherwin Lovell
Michelle Anthony, Sherwin Lovell’s now deceased partner
Michelle Anthony, the spouse of surviving fisherman Sherwin Lovell, died mysteriously yesterday around 6:30 hrs at their Suriname residence. Lovell made contact with this publication with the sad news, after he did not know where to turn, since his recent brush with death left him without anything. He said that his partner took sick after hearing that he was missing and that he might have been dead, after the pirate attacks. She had also been bitten on her hand by something unknown. This bite caused her to spend all their savings, on hospital bills. Lovell was very emotional while recounting what he said seems like a never ending nightmare which began when himself and crew were attacked by pirates. Lovell told Surinamese reporters of the harrowing tale in an interview after he was rescued and released from hospital. Such was the impact of the experience he had that he now fears for his life, only to now lose his partner. Lovell said that his partner was from Mocha, East Bank Demerara. Lovell is making attempts to contact Michelle Anthony’s family in Guyana, since he feels they would want to see her for one last time.
Last Thursday’s arrest of suspected pirates has led to some startling discoveries. Troy Asram, who originally hailed from La Bonne Intention (LBI), East Coast Demerara and has been living in Suriname for several years, was arrested following pirate attacks that have left 12 fishermen missing. A search of Asram’s Facebook page reveled photos of him with guns, drugs and money. Until recently, Asram, whose posts should have been flagged by law enforcement agents, was just another Guyanese working in Suriname in the fishing industry. After being arrested and having his photo circulated on social media, the tale of guns, drugs and money which he has been documenting on Facebook, unraveled. While Asram is only a suspect at this time, his Facebook posts go back a few years. When the Facebook page known as Guyanese Critic first posted the photos of Asram with the guns, drugs and money, comments started to come in, with persons expressing surprise as to how his posts could have gone unnoticed for so long. There was even one person who claimed that one of the suspected pirates arrested last week had been previously arrested and charged for hijacking his boat, a case that was eventually dismissed as a result of the evidence which reportedly went missing.
Asram Facebook Post sleeping with Gun.
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Alleged triple murderers listed for trial Two men who are accused of murdering a father and his two daughters in 2014 are expected to go on trial during the ongoing sitting of the Demerara Assizes, according to a list of cases published by the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP). The ongoing session of the Demerara Assizes commenced on April 3, with Justice Sandil Kissoon, Justice James BovellDrakes and Madam Justice Jo Ann Barlow slated to preside. A total of 242 cases including those for murder, manslaughter, rape, abduction and robbery under-arms among other offences are included on the list. Ganga Kishan, called Buddie, 73, of Bourda, Georgetown and Avishkar Bissoon, 25, of Sheriff Street, Campbellville, Georgetown are charged with three counts of murder in the deaths of Theresa Rozario, 15 and her 12-year-old sister, Feresa Rozario, and their father Hilrod Thomas, 63. The indictment against the two men, both of whom are welders, alleged that between November 16 and December 21, 2014, in Georgetown, they murdered Thomas and his daughters in the course or furtherance of arson in relation to a dwelling house.
Ganga Kishan (left) and Avishkar Bissoon Theresa Rozario, 15 and her 12-year-old sister, Feresa Rozario, were burnt to death after an early morning fire destroyed a Robb Street, Georgetown building they occupied with their father. The two sisters, who were reportedly asleep, were trapped in the inferno. Thomas, 63, managed to jump through a window to escape the flames. He, however, sustained second and third degree burns and later succumbed while receiving treatment at the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC). A drug addict reportedly confessed to police that he was offered money to set fire to the building which was part of a dispute. Police believe that the building was torched to drive out individuals who
were also claiming ownership of the property by prescriptive rights. It took detectives, mainly those stationed at the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) Headquarters, Eve Leary, Georgetown two years to crack this case. Following the breakthrough, Kishan and Bissoon were arrested and charged with the capital offence. They were later arraigned before Chief Magistrate Ann McLennan who conducted a preliminary inquiry (PI) by way of paper committal. During the PI, Police Prosecutor Neville Jeffers called a number of witnesses to testify. These consisted of several police officers attached to the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) Headquarters, Eve Leary, Georgetown and
From left: Theresa Rozario, Feresa Rozario and Hilrod Thomas civilians. Also among them were Assistant Superintendant of Police (ASP) Mitchell Caesar, former officer in charge of the Major
Crimes Investigations Unit, along with Police Inspectors Suraj Singh and Devon Lowe. At the end of the PI, the Chief Magistrate ruled that
there was sufficient evidence against Kishan and Bissoon for them to stand trial at the High Court in Georgetown for the murders.
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TRUMP TREMORS! CARICOM Jittery Over Washington’s Lack Of Engagement With The Region
Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade Minister Kamina Johnson Smith (left) speaks with then United States Secretary of State Rex Tillerson. Johnson Smith is expected to lead Jamaica’s delegation to the regional foreign ministers meeting in The Bahamas starting today. The Gleaner - Caribbean Community (CARICOM) leaders are being urged to again push for a meeting with United States President Donald Trump amid growing fears about the “unpredictable” nature of American policies and the diminishing of regional interests to Washington. CARICOM-US relations will top this week’s meeting of regional foreign ministers in The Bahamas, starting tomorrow, with reinvigorating relations with Canada also expected to be on the agenda. A statement last Friday from CARICOM did not suggest anything about the possible request to meet with Trump, neither did it speak to the regional anxieties. But a report of April 3 preparatory talks for this week’s meeting, has laid bare the fears threading throughout CARICOM about the state of relations with the Trump administration. Although noting that the US “had been a strong and long-standing partner of the region”, the report, obtained by The Sunday Gleaner, said that the CARICOM Secretariat representative “outlined several recent developments that raised questions about the future and nature of the relationship”. The CARICOM Secretariat team that participated in the meeting was led by Ambassador Colin Granderson, the assistant secretary-general, foreign and community relations. Jamaica’s delegation was led by Alison Stone-Roofe, under secretary, bilateral and regional affairs, at the foreign ministry. “The unpredictability
surrounding the implications of the Trump administration’s policy position of ‘America first’, which had resulted in adversarial immigration and trade policy decisions (and) its withdrawal from leadership on global matters” were among the concerns noted in the April 25 report. Adding that there is a “reticence” on America’s part to improve assistance to poor countries, the CARICOM Secretariat representative said that the developments “had caused uncertainty as to the future of the small advances” made in CARICOM-US relations under the previous Barack Obama administration. In June 2016, the US Congress approved the United States-Caribbean Strategic Engagement Act, but with little engagement under Trump on regional concerns like derisking, energy, and crime, the representative told the meeting that CARICOM should “review its approach in its engagement with the United States”. The foreign ministers are also being asked to approve another request for Trump to meet with CARICOM heads of government. But not even a response is assured for leaders in a region sometimes called America’s ‘third border’. According to the report, the Trump administration did not respond to a previous request. “Correspondence had been sent to President Trump and former Secretary of State Rex Tillerson indicating CARICOM’s readiness to engage, but no response was received. Another submission should be made,”
the report said. While in The Bahamas, the foreign ministers are scheduled to meet Ambassador Kenneth Merten, the acting US principal deputy assistant secretary for Western Hemisphere affairs. But another document obtained by The Sunday Gleaner said that the “US Government has not indicated any specific issues that it wishes to discuss” during the breakfast meeting to be hosted by Merten. CARICOM as a group has had no political engagement with the Trump administration though there have been country-level talks, including February’s visit by Tillerson to Jamaica. Tillerson, who was dumped by Trump days later, told Prime Minister Andrew Holness that “Jamaica is our closest partner in this region”. That declaration may have been reward for controversial positions taken by Jamaica at the Organisation of American States over Venezuela last year and December’s abstention at the United Nation over America recognising Jerusalem as Israel’s capital. At July’s meeting of CARICOM leaders in Jamaica, Holness will take over the chairmanship of the bloc for six months. The US-CARICOM concerns and a Jamaica report recommending limiting its role in CARICOM if key reforms not done are set to dominate that meeting. The US, a key trading partner for most regional states, had a trade surplus with CARICOM countries of US$4.17 billion in 2015.
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EU launches regional facility for development in transition BUENOS AIRES - CMC – The Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) says the European Union (EU) has launched the Regional Facility for Development in Transition for Latin America and the Caribbean. ECLAC said the tool was presented by Stefano Manservisi, General Director of International Cooperation and Development of the European Commission; Mario Pezzini, Director of the Development Center of the Paris-based Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), and Mario Cimoli, Deputy Executive Secretary a.i. of ECLAC. The Regional Facility for Development in Transition for Latin America and the Caribbean is an EU-led initiative, developed with the support of OECD and its Development Centre and ECLAC.
“The objective of this Facility is to promote sustainable development in Latin America and the Caribbean, while countries transition to higher levels of income,” Manservisi said. “It will support the design and implementation of public policies to fulfil the Sustainable Development Goals.” ECLAC said the concept of ‘development in transition’ is particularly significant in Latin America and the Caribbean, where most countries are reaching higher income levels but continue to face structural challenges. “The challenges are linked, amongst others, to inequalities, regional disparities, domestic resource mobilization (DRM), weak social frameworks, as well as weak innovation capacities and diversification.” “In this transitional process, whilst countries work to address internal
vulnerabilities, they also face a new landscape crowded with global risks, which require national and coordinated regional and international responses,” ECLAC said. Through this Facility, the EU will strengthen its engagement with partner countries in Latin America and the Caribbean, as well as with multilateral organizations to adapt and offer adequate support. The Facility will assess how transitions to higher levels of income can benefit from improved strategic and policy capacities to achieve the United Nations’ 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, ECLAC said. It said the Facility will also pilot tailored initiatives to offer new responses to changing realities and challenges. The EU has allocated an initial EUR 9.5 million to the Facility.
Govt. considers live streaming select court cases
Justice Minister, Delroy Chuck (left), presents the keys for the Port Maria Justice Centre to Custos Rotulorum for St Mary, Lt Colonel Errol Johnson, at the facility’s official opening. Looking on is Permanent Secretary in the Justice Ministry, Carol Palmer. KINGSTON, Jamaica — The Government is contemplating live streaming select criminal and civil court cases to the public, in what it says is a bid to make the judicial system more transparent, while enhancing its accountability. Justice Minister Delroy Chuck, who made the disclosure at last Friday’s opening of the Port Maria Justice Centre in St Mary, informed that discussions are underway with Chief Justice, Bryan Sykes; Acting Court of Appeal President, Dennis Morrison, and several parish judges island-wide in furtherance of this consideration. “This (accountability) must exist in the courts (so) that they function efficiently and that people can see how justice is being delivered,” the minister said. Chuck added that the live streaming will enable more persons to see what obtains in trial proceedings in the matters for which this facility would be used, as against to persons
being in courtrooms which, he argued, offers limited access. The minister said persons could log onto the designated website to gain access to the proceedings, noting that a similar arrangement “(is already) taking place at the (United Kingdom) Privy Council (level) and in other courts across the world”. Meanwhile, Chuck advised that there are plans to equip justice centres with free Wi-Fi, “so that persons can have access to the Ministry of Justice website to see some of the services being offered”. He stressed the need for more speedy delivery of justice through the courts, noting that cases must be dispensed of within three to six months rather than being prolonged for protracted periods. Chuck also reiterated the call for greater trust and confidence between the police and citizens, citing these as “essential in the fight against crime”. (Jamaica Observer)
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Short-sighted underinvestment in UWI Jamaica Observer - The countries that achieve a significant leap in economic development are those that increase productivity and international competitiveness through technological change driven by innovation. This has been the experience from the Industrial Revolution, to China, to Singapore. In today’s globalised world, rapid technological change based on innovation and adaptation derives from knowledge and research which emanate from universities. Investment in higher education is the key to future economic development. In the same way that parents who are poor sacrifice to educate their children, governments — particularly in developing countries — must make every effort to educate their populations. In these days, with an eye on the future, it means increasing the percentage and
number of young people attaining a university education. The University of the West Indies (UWI) is undoubtedly the premier institution of higher learning in the English-speaking Caribbean, and a globally recognised brand in higher education. Its stakeholders are the governments of the Caribbean in trust for the people of the region. For most of The UWI’s 70-year history, the governments have provided financial contributions to sustain it. Recent economic difficulties have put regional governments in serious budget problems, making it a strain to maintain their pledged commitments to The UWI. The Government of Trinidad and Tobago was magnanimous and paid off its arrears. Barbados has paid what it could manage and acknowledges the arrears as part of its national debt to be
reduced in better times. The Government of Jamaica, since 2012, has paid a sum it determines but which is less than what The UWI had programmed in its budget, based on the traditional formulae. The rest is not acknowledged as a debt to The UWI because of debt limits established by the International Monetary Fund. This is an expedient but shortsighted approach since the contribution could have been paid in non-cash ways which would be better for The UWI’s balance sheet. As far as we are aware, The UWI is not unsympathetic to the economic plight of governments. Vice Chancellor Sir Hilary Beckles has established a group led by Professor Densil Williams to formulate options that allow governments to reduce the arrears and design a new financing model for the university.
Turkey’s Erdogan says has never given up on goal of joining EU ANKARA (Reuters) - Turkey has never given up its goal of joining the European Union, President Tayyip Erdogan said yesterday as he announced his manifesto for
next month’s snap elections. Speaking to thousands of supporters in Istanbul, Erdogan said that Ankara’s counterparts in Europe did not show the same determination on the matter. Turkey began talks to join the EU in 2005, 18 years after applying. While a series of factors slowed negotiations, notably the Cyprus issue and resistance in Germany and France to Turkish membership, since 2016 membership talks have all but collapsed.
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LeBron James crushes Raptors’ hopes yet again as Cavaliers take 3-0 lead
Justify wins sloppy Kentucky Derby, Baffert takes 5th title
Justify crosses the finish line. (Michael Reaves/Getty Images)
LeBron James remained in firm command of the Cavaliers-Raptors series in a Game 3 win. (Getty Images) Yahoo Sports - The Raptors entered the NBA Playoffs with more promise than ever. The No. 1 seed. An exciting, cohesive roster with established veterans and promising youth. A Cavaliers team that looked vulnerable all season. It has meant nothing, and that is thanks to LeBron James. After going 59-23 in the regular season, the Raptors now stand on the brink of elimination, down 3-0 to those supposedly vulnerable Cavaliers with little reason for fans to expect this series will be going back to Toronto. It was James who ended Game 3 with a thrilling buzzer beater, ending the hopes of a Raptors team that had just tied it at 105 thanks to a 3-pointer from rookie OG Anunoby. The Raptors managed to claw back from commanding Cavaliers leads multiple times, but were never able to follow through and reverse the course of the series. Their last chance was the most heartbreaking, coming up short after a comeback throughout the fourth quarter.
James finished with 38 points, seven assists, six rebounds and one ice-cold gamewinner. The Raptors tried to shake things up before the game, inserting guard Fred VanVleet into the starting lineup in place of Serge Ibaka and trying to go small. That specific decision at least seemed to work out with VanVleet finishing as the only starter with a positive plus/minus rating, but it didn’t really matter as DeMar DeRozan posted his worst game of the playoffs. DeRozan finished with eight points on 3of-12 shooting, inefficient across the board, and zero points in the fourth quarter. His defense wasn’t much better, lowlighted by a moment where he landed an elbow on James’ head while the star was driving to the basket. Kyle Lowry was the main source of hope for Toronto through the game, leading the team with 27 points and 15 in the fourth quarter as well as seven assists.
LOUISVILLE, USA (AP) — Justify splashed through the slop to win the Kentucky Derby by 2½ lengths Saturday, becoming the first colt in 136 years to wear the roses after not racing as a two-year-old. The chestnut colt who began his career in February improved to 4-0 — winning his races by a combined 21½ lengths — and gave Bob Baffert his fifth Derby victory. It snapped a tie and left the 65-year-old trainer trailing only Ben Jones with six. Apollo in 1882 was the last colt to win without racing as a juvenile. Mike Smith earned his second Derby victory. The 52-year-old jockey crossed the finish line at Churchill Downs with only a few specks of mud on his white and green silks, in the rainiest Derby in the race’s 144-year history. Nearly three inches fell on the crowd of 157,813 throughout the day. “Amazing horse,” Smith said. “He’s got that ‘it’ factor; he is so above average. He’s got unbelievable talent and he’s got a mind to go with it. He was loving this stuff.” Smith’s silks were nearly spotless after he kept Justify near the lead throughout the race. He gunned Justify out of the number seven spot in the starting gate — something Baffert
said had to happen — and the colt’s early speed helped hook leader Promises Fulfilled from the start. “When he got away clean then I thought we had a chance,” Baffert said. “We had to get away, then Mike took his time.” They set a blistering pace through the muck, going a half mile in 45.77 seconds. Entering the final turn, Justify took the lead and kept on going to the finish under Smith’s left-handed whip. Justify, the 5-2 favourite in the field of 20, ran 1¼ miles in 2:04.20. Good Magic was the only horse to have a serious shot at Justify turning for home. Good Magic, under Jose Ortiz, drifted out while Justify and Smith kept a clear and straight inside path. Now, Baffert is in position to make another run at the Triple Crown. Three years ago, he trained American Pharoah to the first sweep of the Derby, Preakness and Belmont in 37 years. The other Triple Crown races: Preakness Stakes: Saturday, May 19 in Baltimore, Maryland Belmont Stakes: Saturday, June 9 in Elmont, New York
Marc Marquez wins Spanish MotoGP, Real’s Bale denies... takes over lead in standings
With his victory yesterday, Marc Marquez leads MotoGP with 70 points after four races. (JAVIER SORIANO/ AFP/Getty Images) Associated Press JEREZ, Spain — Marc Marquez won the Spanish MotoGP to take the overall points lead after several of his rivals crashed out of the race yesterday. Pole sitter Cal Crutchlow wiped out before a three-rider
crash involving then points leader Andrea Dovizioso, Jorge Lorenzo and Dani Pedrosa. That left Marquez free to increase his lead and never be challenged as the four-time MotoGP champion cruised to his
37th career victory in the top category. “Dani was the fastest, but a race is not only about being the f a s t e s t , ’’ Marquez said. “You have to overtake, be aggressive in certain moments. I hope they are OK, but I won’t lie,
[it means] more points for me.’’ Marquez steered his Honda across the finish line in 41 minutes, 39.678 seconds, more than five seconds before Johann Zarco, who finished second. Andrea Iannone completed the podium. Marquez leads the competition with 70 points after four races. Zarco is second with 58, followed by Maverick Vinales with 50. Lorenzo Baldassarri won the Moto2 race ahead of Miguel Oliveira and Francesco Bagnaia, who leads the category with 73 points. Baldassarri is second with 64. In Moto3, Philipp Oettl got his first career win after edging Marco Bezzecchi at the line. Bezzecchi leads the standings with 63 points, ahead of Jorge Martin with 55.
From page 32 which had no bearing on the title race but the game was still played with all the usual passion and tension which makes it the most famous club fixture in Europe. Referee Alejando Hernandez Hernandez showed a total of eight yellow cards as well as the straight red for Roberto. Bale was eventually booked as was the usually even-tempered Messi, who made an uncharacteristically aggressive challenge on Sergio Ramos after the Real captain had an ugly confrontation with Suarez which led to both players getting yellow cards. Suarez appeared to have fouled Raphael Varane in the build-up to Messi’s goal and the Uruguayan forward had a goal ruled out for offside three minutes later. “Clasicos should be played like this, it was a beautiful game,” Suarez told reporters.
“We wanted to win it, S e rg i ’s sending o ff damaged us, especially against a team like Real Madrid. But a draw also isn’t a bad result for us given how the game went.” Both sides pushed for a winner and Real could have had a penalty when Jordi Alba caught Marcelo but Barca clung on to remain unbeaten in the league with three games to go. B a r c e l o n a ’s p l a y e r s remained on the pitch after the game to celebrate their double success with the home fans, having clinched the title last week at Deportivo La Coruna and won the King’s Cup final against Sevilla on April 21. Real refused to offer the traditional guard of honour to the champions before the game so Barca defender Gerard Pique asked the Catalan club’s coaching staff to form two lines either side of his team mates as they left the pitch.
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Elia Viviani secures back- Golovkin easily takes care of business to-back stage wins in Eilat with second-round KO of Martirosyan Gennady Golovkin reacts as Vanes Martirosyan is counted out in the second round Saturday night. (Getty Images)
Viviani won a second sprint in two days to earn his third ever stage victory at the Giro d’Italia. (Getty Images) BBC Sport - Italian rider Elia Viviani won a second consecutive stage of the Giro d’Italia in Eilat yesterday, as Australia’s Rohan Dennis retained the overall lead. Having claimed victory in a dramatic sprint finish on Saturday, Viviani again left it late to win the 229km third stage from Be’er Sheva. The Quick-Step Floors rider pipped fellow Italian Sacha Modolo on the line to assert his sprint dominance. BMC Racing’s Dennis keeps the pink jersey after finishing in the peloton. Ireland’s Sam Bennett was a challenger once again in the final sprint as he came off the last corner in the lead. But Viviani, 29, was right on his wheel and, despite almost being pushed into the barriers by a veering Bennett, kept his nerve to take the third Giro stage win of his career as the Irishman was forced into third. “I won and so don’t want to start a polemic. He moved big time,” said Viviani. “We made contact but I went through. He went on the left and so I went on the right but then he moved across the road.” Defending champion Tom Dumoulin of the Netherlands is second in the general classification, one second behind Dennis. British Team Sky rider Chris Froome, who is looking to become just the third man to win three Grand Tours in a row, finished safely in the peloton alongside his rivals for the overall victory. Fellow Briton Simon Yates, riding for Mitchelton-Scott, continued his good start to
the race and came through another day without any hiccups to sit sixth overall. Team Katusha Alpecin rider Alex Dowsett is the highest-placed Briton in fourth, courtesy of his performance on the stage one time trial, but he will not challenge for the general classification title. Three riders made an early break on stage three and Guillaume Boivin of Israel Cycling Academy, who rode out the front on stage two, was involved once again. This time he was joined by Marco Frapporti of the Androni-Sidermec team and Enrico Barbin of Bardiani - and the trio established a two-minute lead. They spent almost 225km in the lead in temperatures in well over 30C before they were swallowed up by a charging peloton with 6km to go. The tour has a rest day today as it heads to Sicily for stage four, which sees the riders tackle 198km from Catania to Caltagirone. General classification after stage three: 1. Rohan Dennis (Aus/BMC) 9hrs 05mins 30secs 2. Tom Dumoulin (Ned/Team Sunweb +01secs 3. Jose Goncalves (Por/Katusha-Alpecin) +13secs 4. Alex Dowsett (GB/Katusha-Alpecin) +17secs 5. Pello Bilbao (Spa/Astana) +19secs Selected: 6. Simon Yates (GB/Mitchelton-Scott) +21secs 19. Chris Froome (GB/Team Sky) +38secs
GSSF Practical Pistol Shooters compete... From page 33 consideration to ideal shooting positions, even where to reload because of the rounds required was a factor while dealing with the pressure of the clock. Some shooters were observed to be very creative while moving to various shooting locations in the stage prior to a number of the five poppers and four plates. Scoring was tallied by the official scoring software for the sport and done by Stats Officer Mrs. Vidushi PersaudMcKinnon who released the results as follows: Overall match Results
are as follows: Production Division: 1st Place 365.0000Points Ryan McKinnon 2nd Place 256.8107 Points –Michael Blake 3rd Place 204.6491 Points –Andrew Phang Limited Division: 1st Place 353.3000Points – Rajiv Latchana 2nd Place 312.8991 Points –John Phang 3rd Place 276.0648 Points –Mohamed Qualander Mr. Ryan McKinnon delivered the Vote of Thanks at the end, thanking the sponsors and Mr. Rajiv Latchana, Managing Director of NVR Security Services Inc.
Special thanks were extended to Mr. Harold Hopkinson for participating and for the kind loan of the props and targets for the Match. The GSSF would like to extend its sincerest gratitude to the GPF, Deputy Commissioner Ramnarine, the OC TSU and the ranks of the GPF Armoury and TSU. Additional thanks are extended to Brigadier Patrick West and the GDF for the use of their range facility at Timehri. More information on the GSSF is available on its website www.GuyanaSport Shooting.com.
Yahoo Sports - CARSON, Calif. — This was Canelo Alvarez’s crowd. These were his people. And yet, on the night when he was supposed to be facing his archrival for all the marbles, he was nowhere to be found. When his name was mentioned, the crowd booed lustily. And when the fight they’d come out to watch ended with a devastating knockout, his fans loudly chanted, “Triple G! Triple G! Triple G!” Because of a pair of failed drug tests, Alvarez was forced to withdraw from his megaCinco de Mayo rematch in Las Vegas with Gennady Golovkin. Golovkin, angry at Alvarez for what he believes was the intentional use of performance-enhancing drugs, came out with something to prove against Vanes Martirosyan, who was signed to replace Alvarez. Martirosyan landed a few hard shots in the first and connected on a good combination just before the devastating final sequence. Golovkin caught Martirosyan with a jab, a double right hand, a left hook, another right hand and a crushing left. Martirosyan fell face first in his own corner as referee Jack Reiss tolled the count. He got to his knees but was in no shape to continue and Reiss waved it off at 1:53 of the second. It isn’t going to be one of Golovkin’s most memorable bouts. Martirosyan isn’t Alvarez, and he hadn’t fought in nearly two years. In addition, the bout Saturday was his first at middleweight. There wasn’t much for Golovkin to gain by beating Martirosyan, as odds better than 20-1 showed. But he came out and not only won
the fight but won over the heavily Hispanic crowd that had long worshipped Alvarez. Alvarez, though, clearly wasn’t embraced by this crowd, who booed every time his name was mentioned. Golovkin has often said he fights “Mexican style” as an homage to the many great brawling Mexican and Mexican-American fighters, and he did so again on Saturday. On a night he’d hoped would be the crowning achievement of his career, when he figured he’d make an eight-figure purse and definitively establish himself as the best middleweight in the world, Golovkin essentially had to settle for a tune-up. After scoring a decision win over Daniel Jacobs and a disputed draw with Alvarez in September, Golovkin got back to his finishing ways. He pounded Martirosyan, a 2004 U.S. Olympian, with crushing blows he simply couldn’t withstand. “It was like being hit by a train,” Martirosyan said. “It wasn’t one punch. It was all of his punches. It’s the hardest I’ve ever been hit.”
That’s often how it is with Golovkin, who is now 38-0-1 after scoring his 34th knockout. More than 20 minutes after the bout ended, he climbed back into the ring with his long blue robe on and waved to what remained of the crowd, basking in the glory. “It feels great to get a knockout,” he said. “Vanes is a very good fighter. He caught me a few times in the first round. In the second round, I came out all business after I felt him out in the first round.” Before the fight, he pegged the odds of facing Alvarez in September, when Alvarez’s suspension will have ended, at 10 percent. He seemed opened to it Saturday after the fight, though. “I want everyone,” he said when asked who is next. Asked specifically about Alvarez, he spoke in the affirmative, without mention of his now bitter rival’s name. “Absolutely,” he said when asked about Alvarez. “I have lots of belts. I challenge anyone to come and take my belts. I don’t care who it is. Let’s clean the division out.”
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Army continues dominance on Semi-final night
A dazed Jamal Crawford is attended to by medical staff after he was knocked out by fellow GDF Boxer Corlette Greenidge on Saturday night. By Sean Devers The exhibition bout between 2017 Commonwealth Youth Games Silver Medallist Keevin Allicock and Delon Charles was cancelled, while two Boxers won by Walkovers when GBA’s Andrew ‘Six heads’ Lewis Novice Boxing Championships continued on Saturday night with Semi-Final action at the National Gymnasium. Defending team Champions the Guyana Defence Force (GDF), boasting the largest contingent in the Championships, continued their dominance in local
Amateur Boxing with their pugilists winning three fights by TKO, while Corlette Greenidge won by knock-out in 45 seconds of the second round of his Welterweight Semi-final against Gym mate Jamal Crawford. The Army’s fifth win came by way of a walk-over after Shekeal Damon of Forgotten Youth Foundation apparently forgot he had to turn up for the Weigh-in to give Astion Niles a place in last night’s Light Heavyweight final without throwing a punch. Angel Anys from Young Achievers (YA) had the other
walk-over after GDF’s Montel Fraser pulled out due to a shoulder injury and is also through the last night’s final in the Middleweight division. Although the atmosphere was not as charged as it was on the opening night of the three-night ‘Nuff Cuff ’ Championships and fans struggled to hear the Ring Announcer, the Army’s drummers were again in the house, while former Guyana’s World rated Lennox Blackmore was again among the fair sized gathering. The action began with Christopher Moore gaining a points decision over fellow
Edwards shines again but Hants face uphill battle
Former West Indies pacer Fidel Edwards.
NOTTINGHAM, England, CMC – Ex-West Indies speedster, Fidel Edwards, took his wickets-tally for the season to 20 from four matches with a three-wicket haul here yesterday, but Hampshire were left facing a mammoth task to beat Nottinghamshire in their Division One County Championship match. Resuming the penultimate day at Trent Bridge on 136 without loss, Notts piled up 389 for nine declared in their second innings with captain and opener Steven Mullaney top-scoring with 130 and New Zealand batting star Ross Taylor hitting an entertaining 83 from 69 deliveries. Mullaney, on 82 overnight, put on 155 for the first wicket with Jake Libby who made 54 while Taylor and Samit Patel (36) added a further 96 for the fourth wicket. The 36-year-old Edwards, who played 55 Tests, finished with three for 60 to post match-figures of seven for 144. It was he who got the breakthrough when he removed Libby to a diving catch at slip by Jimmy Adams. Edwards returned near the end to help restrict Notts as four wickets tumbled for 18 runs before the declaration came. Set a massive 469 for victory, Hampshire ended the day on 111 for three, still requiring a further 358 runs for victory.
GDF’s Troy Miggins floors REPs Deon Samuels as Referee Ramona Agard rushes in to stop the fight in the final round. VBG’s Shaquel Wright in the Lightweight Youth Final before VBG’s Trevon Elcock beat Akeil Mounter on points in an all VBG Welterweight Youth Final. The two best fights were in the Elite Semi-finals in the Bantamweight (56kg) division between GDF’s Andrew Griffith and Republican’s Romano Hamblin and the Lightweight (60kg) match-up involving GDF’s Troy Miggins and REP’s Deon Samuels. The other two fights on the card saw GDF’s Orlando Grenville dishing out a sound beating on REPs Adrian Robertson in a Junior Welterweight contest which he won by TKO in the first round and Jamal Crawford being knocked out and falling flat on his face in the 45th second of the second round against Greenidge after Crawford, with several good
combinations, had things his own way in the opening stanza. In the Bantamweight bout, Hamblin started in aggressive fashion and backed up Griffith as he executed a couple of uppercuts, but Griffith fought back towards the end of the round with some good shots of his own. Griffith was all over his man with a flurry of telling shots and Hamblin buckled under the onslaught and was given three standing 8 counts before the fight was stopped in 2: 08 seconds of the second round. The Lightweight battle epitomised the tag line for the Event with ‘nuff cuffs’ being thrown from all angles in a slug-fest that had the spectators jumping in the stands. Miggins began with all guns blazing and nice jabs to
the head were followed up brutal shots to mid-section causing Samuels to endure a couple of standing 8 counts in the first round. A resurgent Samuels answered the bell for the second round and counterpunched as the two fighters traded shots from close range. Miggins seemed hurt and employed the tactics of tying up his man with the Republican fighter enjoying the better of the exchanges in the second round. Despite showing signs of fatigue, both Boxers continued go after each other with booming shots but when seemingly ahead in the fight Samuels was backed up on the ropes and got hit with crunching shots to the body resulting in Referee Romona Agard rushing in to halt the entertaining contest one minute and 41 seconds into the final round.
Referee Derrick Young saves REP’s Adrian Robertson from further punishment at the hands of GDF’s Orlando Grenville who won by TKO.
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Bellew stops Haye in 5th round in all-British grudge rematch
Britain’s Tony Bellew, right, knocks down his countryman David Haye during the boxing heavyweight rematch bout between Tony Bellew and David Haye at the O2 Arena in London, Saturday. (AP Photo/Frank Augstein) LONDON (AP) — Tony Bellew might have sent David Haye into retirement after stopping the former world heavyweight champion in the fifth round in a rematch in London on Saturday. Bellew, a cruiserweight, knocked down Haye three times before the referee brought a stop to the fight, with Haye leaning on the ropes and apparently injured with an ankle problem. “It didn’t feel that great in there tonight,” said the 37-year-old Haye, who insisted before the all-British fight he would retire if he didn’t beat Bellew comfortably. “I’ll have to review the tapes and see what went wrong.” Bellew beat Haye in an 11th-round knockout in March 2017, but the victory came with an asterisk as Haye was clearly hampered by an Achilles injury sustained in the sixth round that night. This time, Haye appeared to be struggling with a right ankle injury that flared up at the end of the third round, during which he was sent to the canvas twice by Bellew. “David Haye is an amazing fighter,” Bellew said of his opponent, who was the WBA heavyweight champion in 2009 having previously been world champion at cruiserweight. “I was hurt in the fight. He is a crazy fighter ... with his style, age is a factor. “He’s a better fighter, a legend of the sport.
I’m just happy I won against the odds.” Bellew was in tears after the fight and said he dedicated the win to his late brother-inlaw, who died last year. “I seriously came to the ring and was willing to be finished,” Bellew said. “I’ve cried every night in my hotel room this week.” Haye had slightly the better of the first two rounds. He connected with a sweet right in round two, only for Bellew to react by standing upright with his arms outstretched. It began to unravel for Haye in the third round, when he was floored with a straight left and then a right — only to be saved by the bell. He clearly fought injured after that — even though he denied it in his post-fight interview — but held on for another two rounds with Bellew still wary of a counterattack. The 35-year-old Bellew said he didn’t know what was next for him in a turbulent boxing career that has included playing the role of world champion “Pretty” Ricky Conlan in “Creed,” the seventh installment in the “Rocky” series that was released in 2015. He used to be a doorman at a nighclub in his home city of Liverpool and worked in a pillow factory to supplement his income early in his career. This was his 30th win in 33 fights. There won’t be another one against Haye.
Chelsea close on top four with win over Liverpool
Olivier Giroud has scored six goals in 11 appearances against Liverpool. (Reuters) LONDON, England, (Reuters) - - Chelsea moved within two points of fourthplaced Tottenham Hotspur in the Premier League after a 1-0 victory over Liverpool thanks to an Olivier Giroud header at Stamford Bridge yesterday. Spurs’ surprise loss at relegation-threatened West Bromwich Albion on Saturday opened the door for Chelsea to close the gap on the top four and they capitalized on that lifeline with an assured performance over the Champions League finalists. Frenchman Giroud headed what proved to be the winning goal in the 32nd minute, meaning the striker has now scored 17 league goals with his head since the start of 2015-16, more than any other player in Europe’s top five leagues. Liverpool pressed but Chelsea held on to move within three points of the visitors who are third. On Wednesday, Chelsea have a
game in hand over the Merseysiders at home to Huddersfield Town as they bid to set up a thrilling final day next Sunday. “One month ago, it was impossible to imagine we could fight for a place in the Champions League,” Chelsea manager Antonio Conte said. “Now, there is hope.” Liverpool manager Juergen Klopp handed fullback Nathaniel Clyne a rare start, with Trent AlexanderArnold moving into midfield, while there was no Alvaro Morata for Chelsea. Liverpool started on the front foot with Roberto Firmino and Sadio Mane forcing goalkeeper Thibaut Courtois into smart saves. But somewhat against the run of play, Giroud climbed highest to nod home Victor Moses’ cross and give Chelsea the lead. The goal rejuvenated Chelsea and they could have had a quick-fire second, but Cesc Fabregas drilled the ball wide.
Things were not going to plan for England’s Player of the Year Mohamed Salah on his return to his old club, with the Premier League top scorer booked for diving in the 39th minute. After the break Chelsea did have the ball in the net again through Antonio Rudiger, but the defender was flagged offside. Liverpool almost found an equalizer late on, but substitute Dominic Solanke could only manage to head over. The result blows the top four race wide open. Chelsea and Tottenham have two games to play, while Brighton are Liverpool’s only remaining opponents. If the trio all win their remaining games, Chelsea would miss out on the Champions League next season but any slip up could see them sneak in at the last. “We have a final next Sunday,” Klopp said looking ahead to the visit of Brighton. “That is how life is.”
Real’s Bale denies 10-man Barca win in feisty Clasico
Gareth Bale has scored eight goals in his past nine games for club and country.
BARCELONA (Reuters) - Real Madrid forward Gareth Bale lashed home to deny La Liga champions Barcelona victory in an illtempered ‘Clasico’ which finished 2-2 at the Nou Camp yesterday after the home side had Sergi Roberto sent off at the end of the first half. Luis Suarez volleyed unbeaten Barca into the lead after 10 minutes following a gutbusting run and cross from Roberto while Cristiano Ronaldo levelled for Champions League finalists Real five minutes later from close range. However, the Portugal forward’s ankle was trodden on by Gerard Pique in the process and he was substituted at halftime. Coach Zinedine Zidane said the injury was “a small thing” and Ronaldo will be fit for the Champions League final. Bale had risked getting sent off for raking his studs against Samuel Umtiti’s leg but escaped without a booking on that occasion and Roberto was sent off moments later for
hitting Marcelo following an off-the-ball tussle. Lionel Messi scored a mesmerising, record-extending 26th Clasico goal to put 10man Barca back in front after 52 minutes but Bale, who had contributed little, silenced the Nou Camp with a thumping strike from the edge of the area in the 72nd. Champions Barca have 87 points while Real are third in the Liga standings with 72 after 35 games. Atletico Madrid, who lost their unbeaten home record in a 2-0 defeat by Espanyol earlier on Sunday, are second on 75 but have played one game more. “This was a Clasico with nothing at stake but we saw a great game,” Zidane told reporters. “We both went out to play well and win. We both played a great game and football is always the most important thing, not the controversy.” EIGHT YELLOWS This was the first ‘Clasico’ in a decade Continued on page 29