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5th oil ship builder paid US$115 million before project was approved

MODEC, the company responsible for building the floatingproduction,storage, and offloading (FPSO) vesselfortheUaruprojectin Guyana,earnedasignificant sumofUS$115Min2022for itsGuyanawork.

This income was generated through contracts awarded for early studies before government approvals were obtained for theproject.

Exxon’s in-country project manager, Anthony Jackson, has said these preliminary studies are necessary to develop a comprehensive field development plan (FDP) The Ministry of Natural Resources (MNR) and the Guyana Geology and Mines Commission (GGMC) collaborated with

ExxonMobilandengagedin pre-submission discussions from May to November 2022 to ensure alignment with regulatory frameworks and international best practices In a statement announcing the approval of

Uaru in April 28, the Ministrysaidtheproduction license application and accompanying FDP underwent an extensive reviewprocessbytheMNR, GGMC, and an independent consultant procured through the World Bank. It said this review process took over four months, and that the entire approval process lastedmorethan11months.

On November 1, 2022, MODEC, Inc announced the signing of a contract to perform Front End Engineering and Design (FEED) activities for the FPSO vessel, which will be named Errea Wittu for the Uaru development project. The FEED contract was funded by ExxonMobil’s subsidiary,EssoExploration and Production Guyana Limited (EEPGL), and it aimed to initiate FEED activities for the FPSO designandsecurethesecond M350TM hull for FPSO service This is where MODEC got its early earnings.

The final investment decisions (FID) and the commencement of the second phase of work were contingent upon the approvaloftheUaruproject by the Ministry of Natural Resources and the Environmental Protection Agency(EPA)inApril.

Under an engineering, procurement, construction, and installation (EPCI) contract, MODEC will construct and install the FPSOinGuyana.TheFPSO will be based on MODEC’s M350 new-build design and will have the capacity to produce 250,000 barrels of

oilperday,treat540million cubic feet per day of associated gas, and inject 350,000 barrels of water per day MODECisalsoexpected to operate the FPSO for an initial period of ten years, with potential options for extension. Kaieteur News is

notinreceiptofinformation about the value of this contract,buttheUaruproject is the most expensive of all Exxon’s development undertakingsintheStabroek Block at a whopping US$12.683B. The Ministry notedthatthisamountiscost recoverable.

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Hurting mothers

It should be a day of rejoicing for the mothers of

Guyana,onthisMother’sDay Therealityisthatitis notformanymothersacrossthelengthandbreadth ofthislandblessedwithrichgifts.Inanerawhenthehopeof prosperity should be an early visitor at the doorstep of Guyanese mothers, that visit has been all but cancelled. Whatmanyofourmotherslivewithisthedailyworry,the lengthy tragedy, of how to cope when there is so much meagerness of hope; what to do when there is so much paltrinessthattheyknownotwhattodo.

Itwouldtheeasiestthingtodointhisplaceofplentiful oil to curse national leaders who have fooled our mothers, then failed them, and do almost nothing for them. But cursingthemwouldinsulttheirmothers,sodecencycomes toletthatpasstoday Toomanythousandsofourwomenand mothersinGuyanahavebeenhurtbefore,arehurtingnow, so it is better, wiser, more dignified to leave leaders alone, the sons of mothers; and let the work of their own hands cursethemfortheirendlesscallousness.Thefactisthatthis shouldnotbe,notwhenthecircumstancesofGuyanaareso brimmingwithmilkandcream,thehoneyandjamofwhat liesbeneathourfeet,belowourwaters.

The grand, mouth-watering reality of this matchless countryisthatabundantoilhasbeenfoundbythebillionsof barrels, with more billions likely out there waiting to be discovered. Yet many of our mothers in this country are pullingtheirhairoutoftheirheads.Ourmotherswringtheir hands at the cruelties of political leaders, who rule with a savage heart, a mind made cruel by selfish, crooked agendas.Itisheinouswhenoursufferingmothersareforced tobeattheirbreasts,duetotheemptinessthatweighsthem down.Theirsistheplightofhavingnothingtogivetotheir children,notenoughtofeedtheirtoilingpartners.

On this Mother’s Day of 2023 in Guyana, our mothers areweepingstreamsoftears.Ourmothersquietlybeartheir pain,whileourleadersandtheircabalsofcriminallyminded chosen ones flaunt the richness of their fancy attire, their expensive toys, their lavish lifestyles. There is the glaring ironyoftheseswaggeringmeninhighplaces,andpowerful offices, surrounding themselves with women of near identicalselfishness.

Therearemanyonthefairerside,whoseenowrongin how their political brothers dash the hopes of weak and neglected mothers outside the favoured circles, how they abusethetrustplacedinthem.Itisnowanacceptedelement of the anguish of Guyana that the women who are on the inside tend to forget their less fortunate, less equipped, sistersleftbehind.Theyarefallingstillfartherbehind.

The reports are of climbing, punishing prices, of the rising cost of living. Both represent the fate that mothers havetoface,dealwith,andsomehowsurviveinanendless roundtrip that repeats itself day after day Which leaders care? Which leader can do the things that are urgently necessary,thataremeaningful,butdoesnothing?Andwho are the leaders who look the other way, ignores the cries coming from countless parts of this country? They are the onesinGovernment,whocanmakeadifferenceembodying significance, but they don’t. They are only powerfully consumedbytheirownsenseofself-importance,theirfirst commitments,whichistotheirownself-servinginterests.

Like the tribal chiefs of ancient Africa, and the Maharajahs of British India, Guyanese leaders frolic and have fun with outsiders, while selling out their own. Foreignerscomehereandpreyuponouroilprospects,rob our people. Our leaders in different governments have helped them every way that they can by making their pathwayseasy

Meanwhile,ourwomen,ourmothers,wonderhowthey will make ends meet, what will become of them, and their families. Though it sounds like a pittance, we still say “Happy Mother’s Day”. Something of substance from leaderscouldprovidesomesuccorinthistimeofcreeping intensifyingdistress.

TheAttorneyGeneralisclutchingatstraws

DEAREDITOR, On May 4, 2023, The AttorneyGeneralofGuyana appealed the decision of Justice Gino Persaud in the challenge to the President’s unlawful suspension of the Police Service Commission, which he did on June 16, 2021.

Let me from the outset state that in a democratic society, government and, ororganisations/agencies/in dividuals, have a constitutional right to have the decision of a judge that they deem unfavorable, reviewed by a higher court. Thatispartoftheconceptof theruleoflaw

Iamalsooftheviewthat in such a society it is of critical importance that the facts of the matter be made known; the public should be apprised and kept informed. I will therefore hereunder highlight some significant

events in the case in question, which I am sure willprovidesomeclarity

OnJune15,2021,Prime MinisterMarkPhillips,MSS advised the President of Guyana that the question of removal of the members of the Police Service Commission from office should be investigated. He also advised the President that the members should be suspended from their constitutional posts The following day, June 16, President Irfaan Ali sent letterstoeachmemberofthe Police Service Commission informingthemthattheyare suspended with immediate effect.

The attorney for the m e m b e r s o f t h e Commission, Mr Selwyn Pieters, by way of letter, informed the President that the purported suspension of t h e m e m b e r s w a s

unconstitutional because the processtosuspendmembers

of a constitutional commission,assetoutinthe Constitution of the Cooperative Republic of Guyana, was not followed. The President ignored the missivefromMr Pieters.

On July 19, 2021, the membersoftheCommission filed an application in the High Court challenging the unlawful suspension The President was named as one oftherespondents.

On July 27, 2021, the Attorney General filed a Notice of Application to have the President removed from the proceedings owing to the immunities that attached to the President of theCo-operativeRepublicof Guyana.

On September 17, 2021, afterhearingargumentsfrom the parties, Justice Gino Persaud ordered that the

President be removed from the proceeding on the basis that it was “impermissible and wrong to add the Executive President of Guyanatocourtproceedings given the immunities that attachtohisoffice”.

Thejudgealsostatedthat “theremovalofthePresident does in no way affect the substance of theApplicant’s case challenging the decision of the President to suspend because the State’s legal representative, the AttorneyGeneral,wasstilla partytotheseproceedings”.

As the Judge was about to set the timelines for the continuation of the matter, the court was informed by theAttorney General that an application was filed on September 16, 2021, for the discontinuation of the proceedings, on the grounds thatthelifeofthePolice

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Manzoor Nadir is not consistent in his actions as Speaker of the NationalAssembly

DEAREDITOR,

I have duly noted the press release issued by the Speaker of the National Assembly, in which he accused me of being mischievous for submitting a motion to discuss oil spill liability coverage, and for grandstanding and playing toanaudience.

Regrettably, the Speaker’s conclusions are based on biased and unfair assumptions.

As someone who is entrusted with the responsibility of upholding the rules and procedures of the National Assembly, it is disappointing that the Speaker would make such unfounded allegations taking into account that he did not give me the opportunity to lay my case before the House to show that it was a matter of definite urgent public importance.

The Speaker’s remarks confirm his bias, and they reveal that he is more interested in grandstanding than ensuring that the procedures of the National Assembly are maintained

and followed in the execution of his duties. His aspersions are indicative of his lack of impartiality and fairness, which are essential qualities for anyone in a position of Speaker of National Assemblies or Parliamentsindemocracies.

The records of the Parliament of Guyana show that since the beginning of the 12th Parliament of the Co-operative Republic of Guyana, theAPNUAFC has attempted on six (6) occasions to seek leave of the Assembly to discuss matters of definite urgent public importance under Standing Order 12

However, all of these motions were disallowed by Speaker Manzoor Nadir He is very consistent with disallowingoursubmissions underStandingOrder12but inconsistent with the procedureofdisallowing.

While the Speaker is entitled to disallow motions that do not meet in his opinion the criteria for definite urgent public importance, the procedure used to disallow the motion to discuss oil spill liability

E-BikeAct -Amost asinine piece of legislation!

coverage was different from the way the other requests were disallowed The Speakerdidnotcallonmeto make my case before the Assembly as to why I believed the matter under consideration met the criteria for definite urgent public importance On previous occasions he invitedthememberstomake their case before the house and subsequently ruled. In this instance, he ruled withoutanyconsideration.

Iattemptedseveraltimes to seek the Speaker’s attention and ask for clarity regarding the court case. However, the Speaker deliberately ignored me and showed no interest in hearing what I had to ask. ForamomentIthoughtIwas inadictatorship.

When I finally had the opportunity to stand on my feet and move a separate motion, I still attempted to seek clarity, but the Speaker disregarded my request and demanded that I proceed withthematterathand.

This incident serves as furtherevidenceofthe

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DEAREDITOR, The amended act governing E-bikes is one of the most asinine pieces of legislation that the sitting Governmenthastabled.

Is Guyana unique in the proliferation and use of Ebikes?

Other countries have no such requirement as is now the case with the passage of this act. This is a very good example of using a hammer to install a thumb-tack While the sale, usage and maintenance of e-bikes require regularization, there is absolutely no reason to categorize them as Motorcycles These now ubiquitousbikesarethepoor m a n ’ s m o d e o f transportation They are cheap, affordable and allow many at the lower rung of society to carry out their dailyfunctionswithease.

Yes,theSubjectMinister stated that there were 7 fatalitiesinvolvinge-bikes.

So what of the hundreds of other deaths that do not involve E-bikes? Yes, it’s unfortunate but there are many more fatalities involving pedestrians cars, trucks etc. The authorities ought to focus on the root

causesofthesefatalities.The most obvious of which are poor road conditions, s p e e d i n g , dangerous/reckless and drunken driving, unfit, derelict vehicles, construction material, equipment and machinery encroaching upon the roadways,overloadedheavy haulers etc. This amended legislationmerelyallowsthe authorities to shift attention away from these factors that contribute to the many vehicular incidents, injuries andfatalities.

Itshouldbenotedthatthe Subject Ministers and the currentandpastGPFTraffic Chiefs have issued numerous warning to those who encroach upon the roadways. Those warnings havenotbeenfollowedwith any real effort much-less sustainedenforcement.

One can only conclude that those warnings were merelyallbarkandnobite.If anything, those so tasked, including the subject Ministersoughttobeheldto account for the mayhem (on the roadways) that are as a result of the less than stellar enforcement.

The buck stops with

those who have direct responsibilities in these areas. What theAuthorities ought to do is launch an educationalcampaignforall E-bike users and retracing for all road users. On the regularization, it would be more fiscally prudent and responsible to establish and enforce a system where sale of e-bikes can only be transacted upon completion ofatrainingprogramonuse, maintenance, rules of the roadetc.Puttheonusonthe vendors to ensure that ebikes are registered with GRAforaone-timefee.

There are many who have expressed gleefulness at the passing of this legislation.Theydosowhile expressing among other things, a deep concern and disdain for the way and mannerinwhichtheE-bikes areusedbysomeriders.Not all riders pose a danger to themselvesorothers.

This carte blanche endorsementofanythingthe Administration does is not healthy It suggests a wilful blindnesstothecontributing factors and in some cases partypolitics

Thankyoukindly,

JayMobeen

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CityHallneedstoensureproperdisposal ofwastematerialsisbeingpracticed

DEAREDITOR, Climate change caused many unpredictable disasters of hit Guyana for several years, and as a result, it puts an economic dent into the average man and whilst held is offered, it cannot compensate forthelossesincurred.

In reality, there’s always the expectation of heavy rainfall, and ironically, sometimes Mother Nature makes her own decision. On Thursday, we experience heavy rainfall, which causes many areas to be flooded, and asaresultofthat,itaffectsusinmanyways.

Editor, I expect to see the authorities manufacturingexcusestodefendthemselves from the responsibilities, but quite frankly, the excuse from the City Hall is very ridiculous.

Theyonlyfigureoutbuilders’wastewas the cause of the flood after it occurs. What

was affecting them from traversing around Georgetown,inspectingthedrainage;ensure they are clean/prepared for the upcoming rainyseason?

City Hall has information about construction occurring around Georgetown, why aren’t officials visiting the location periodically and ensuring proper disposal of waste materials is being practiced? I find it verycommercialthattheysaidthattheysend onemantocleanthecloggeddrainsofwater materials for the whole of Georgetown. If it onlyrequiresonemantodoallofthatwork,it tells me quite a lot about their attitude towards the responsibility their jobs come attached with. As I said before, many hold position/jobs that comes with a lot of responsibilitiesbutcannothandlethem.

Whenwillthisridiculousbehaviorstop?

SahadeoBates

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Frompage04 Service Commission ended on August 8, 2021, and therefore the Commission cannot lawfully continue to maintain the legal proceedings.

Having considered all the arguments, Justice Persaud subsequently ruled that the fact that the life of the Commission ended on August8,2021,hadnoeffect ontheabilitytomaintainthe proceedings.Heorderedthat PaulSlowebesubstitutedin the place and stead of the Police Service Commission. TheJudgedstatedthat“these proceedings were judicial review proceedings directed at the lawfulness of the decisionandnottheparties”.

Dissatisfied with the decision of the Judge, the Attorney General appealed therulingtotheFullCourt.

On May 25, 2022, the Full Court upheld the decision of Justice Persaud. The Full Court ruled that Paul Slowe can be added as an applicant to the proceedings and that it was not necessary to substitute himintheplaceandsteadof the Police Service Commission.

Not satisfied with the ruling of the Full Court, the Attorney General sought leave to appeal the ruling to theAppealCourtofGuyana. The court refused to grant theleave.

On July 5, 2022, the not fully constituted Police ServiceCommissionfiledan application seeking permission to withdraw and wholly discontinue the proceedingsonthebasisthat it“wasinthebestinterestof its constitutional mandate to do so” Justice Persaud refused the application. In doing so he reminded the

Guyana- is the tale of a sad country messed up by PPP/C

DEAREDITOR, Under the British masters, we have endured it all.Itreachedtothepointof seeking independence. But today we are still trapped. Guyanese are uncertain whether it is under the PPP/ C, APNU+AFC or British rule, which is the worst. We areheadingintoafullblown dictatorship where everything revolves around PPP/C It’s an unhealthy democracytothriveinwhere the one country wants to dominateeveryaspect.

government, then you have to be a supporter. This is a sadaffair.

Today, we are worst off under PPPC as we were under British rule All institutionsaredominatedby people. No space is left for those who dare harbor a neutralvoices.

Take a look at the constitutionalinstitutions:

1 GECOM: This is sacked by individuals who where nominated and supported by PPPC Commissioners.

PPPCsupporters.

4.Human Rights Commission: Non existence only to the filled soon by PPPCapologists.

5Parliament:Dominated byPPPC,hencenospacefor properaccountability

6.Police Force: Today, political works such as Men on Mission get the police force parading like ordinary civilians.

lawyer for the not fully constituted Commission, King’s Counsel (KC) Randhani, that Paul Slowe was also an applicant to the proceedings, and they could not withdraw the right of Paul Slowe to have his suspension determined by thecourt.

On September 20, 2022, the Attorney General and (KC) Ramdhani, made an application for a stay of the proceedings pending the appeal of the proceedings before the Chief Justice in Norton v The Attorney General et al That application was denied. In denying the application the judge stated that “the decision in Norton coupled withthereasoningoftheFull Court,madeitpatentlyclear thattheNoticeofApplication to discontinue these proceedings could not be sustained since it was adjudged in the Norton decisionthatthePSCwasnot properly constituted. This therefore meant that the PSC could not actively participate incontinuingordiscontinuing these proceedings”. The Judge further stated “that the application to discontinue was an abuse of process since it had already been determined that the expiration of the life of the PSC did not bring the live issueofthelawfulnessofthe suspension to a close. The FullCourtagreeingwiththis decision on appeal meant that any further attempt t h r o u g h a n o t h e r interlocutory application to achieve the same ends clearlyabusedtheprocessof thecourt.ThePSCcouldnot withdraw Mr Slowe’s right to have the legality of his suspensionchallenged”.

substantive matter (the suspension of the members of the PSC) were made by the respective attorneys on January16,2023.

On March 24, 2023, Justice Gino Persaud ruled that the President violated the Constitution of the Cooperative Republic of Guyana when of June 16, 2021 he suspended the members of the Police Service Commission. The Judge stated that the action bythePresidentwas:

a.Unlawful

b. Ultra vires article 225 oftheconstitution

c.Arbitrary

d.Unreasonable

e.Unfair

f. In violation of the suspended Chairman and C o m m i s s i o n e r ’ s constitutional rights to the protectionofthelawanddue processofthelaw

g. Null, void and of no legaleffect

It is my opinion that in deciding to appeal what is clearly a well-reasoned decision by Justice Gino Persaud, which is fully supported by the relevant Articles of the Constitution oftheCo-operativeRepublic of Guyana, and the many authorities that were cited, the Attorney General is clutching at straws. It is my fervent hope that the appeal will be heard in an expeditiousmanner

I end with a quote from playwright Tom Stoppard “We drift down time, clutchingatstraws.Butwhat goodisabricktoadrowning man?”

Sincerelyyours.

Paul Slowe CCH, DSM, Assistant Commissioner of Police (Retired). Former Chairman of the Police ServiceCommission.

Nothing is free from the shackles of PPP/C. Every institution is crowded with PPP/Csupporters.Thetruth is people have no choice, because at the end if you want to achieve some form of prosperity, then you have no choice If you want contract, if you want government work, if you wantsomethingservicefrom

The Chairman votes majority at time with PPP Commissionersviews.

2 Ethnic Relations Commission: Again, m a j o r i t y o f t h e Commissioners are party commoraidesThisnoneutral position can be ever derived fromthisgroup.

3. Rights of Child and Women.Another filled with

7.MinistryofEducation: School children have to line up in sun, wearing One Guyana to welcome the president.

These are features of a communism state as One China,OneRussia.

What’s the obsession by President to have school children greeting him at his outreaches

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Repaying CUBA- Building One Region

DEAREDITOR: I write to congratulate the President on his w h o l e h e a r t e d acknowledgementofCuba’s meaningful contribution to ournation’smedicalservices over the years. He was speaking recently on the WestCoast. Iamcertainhis opinion is shared by my (former) colleagues at Congress Place who collaborated with Cuban counterparts in various cooperativeendeavours.

P r e s i d e n t A l i ’s presentationremindedmeof being in Cuba on the return of the bodies of their civilians martyred by America troops in 1983, while engaged in the construction of the new airportinGrenada.

The President’s gracious comments also stirred m e m o r i e s o f m y participation in the fateful decision which saw the Cuban planes carrying troopstoAngola,re-fuelling at Timehri. Without this facility, the liberation of Angola and southern Africa

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would have been a much bloodier, and protracted, enterprise.

(Itisunconscionablethat the sacrifice of so many in Angola, Cuba, Guyana and beyond was appropriated by the likes of Isabel dos Santos, the daughter of President dos Santos, to indecently become the world’ssecondrichestBlack woman, while her country remainsmiredinpoverty).

Inthissamepresentation thePresidenthighlightedthe billions of dollars which would be allocated to our fledglinghealthcaresystemhappily,fundingisnolonger aconstraint!

Guyanese, and our regional compatriots, are increasingly hobbled by the s c o u r g e o f n o n communicable diseaseschiefly hypertension and diabetes. Our magnificent petrochemical patrimony will mean little if our people’s well being is curtailed by these and similarafflictions.

Thus,IurgethePresident and his Cabinet to engage

Speaker’sinconsistencyinhisactions.

As a young MP, I have read extensively about the Parliament of Guyana and its history Ihavestudiedtheleadershipqualities of Speakers such as Sase Narain, Ralph Ramkaran, Raphael Trotman, and Barton Scotland, who valued their character and

CARICOM, the Indian Health experts and Cuban authorities in a cooperative endeavour from which the entire region could significantly, and sustainably,benefit. Aligning Cuba’s world classresearchcapacitiesand India’s manufacturing prowess, with our financial resources can produce a medicallyandcommercially profitable enterprise, and s t i m u l a t e a l o c a l pharmaceuticalsindustry In doing this we will be manifesting our gratitude in a tangible manner, while looking forward to a more healthful and progressive r e g i o n Mr President,yourgenerous acknowledgementofCuba’s widow’smitecanbemadea concretelegacybyreigniting ourleaders’historicvisionto free, and now developing Guyana, and peoples of the world!

Withregards,

MalcolmParris,CCH

F o r m e r G e n e r a l Secretary of the People’s

NationalCongress

integrity above their political party affiliation. It is my belief that we need more leaders like them who can uphold the rules andproceduresoftheNationalAssemblyand ensure that all MPs are treated equally regardless of their age, race or party affiliation.

Hon.GaneshMahipaul,M.P.

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This is more than the cart before the donkey.

Approving a US$12.7B project first is signing off blindly.

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Signoff first, then ask to see what the signing off was about.

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ExxonMobil new 35 well campaign in Stabroek Block to run alongside more than 20 other projects

...asGovt.sideswithoilcompanyto blockparentcompanyguarantee

As Guyanese

continue to call o n t h e government of Guyana to secure a parent guarantee from American oil major ExxonMobil for its oil and gasactivitiesintheStabroek Block, the company's most recent Project Summary has revealed that at least 50 simultaneous development projects will be pursued in theresourcerichacreage.

Esso Exploration and Production Guyana Limited (EEPGL), the limited liability company owned by ExxonMobil has applied to the Environmental ProtectionAgency(EPA)for aPermittoconductanew35 well campaign in the StabroekBlock.

While the Permit is still pending approval, Exxon in its Project Summary has highlighted that, “The d r i l l i n g o f t h e exploration/appraisalwell(s) in the Stabroek Block is expectedtopotentiallyoccur simultaneously with other drilling activities, including: TheLizaPhase1Projectwell drilling and production operations;theLizaPhase2 Development Project well drilling program and production operations; The Payara Development Project well drilling program, installation, and start of production; Ongoing exploration/appraisal well drilling operations in the Stabroek Block covered under a 25-well campaign and the Yellowtail Development Project well drilling program and installationoperations.”

The company is also seeking environmental authorization from the EPA for a 12 well exploration/ appraisal programme in the Kaieteur Block and for another12wellsintheCanje Block.

It explained that it manages its Simultaneous Operations (SIMOPs) through a structured process that includes weekly planning meetings to verify that simultaneous activities between different offshore teams (Drilling, Installation,

Production,

and Logistics)

aremanagedsafely

In a recent article this newspaper reported ExxonMobil Corporation's Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer (CFO), Kathy Mikells as saying that the oil giant is sparing no effort in maximising value from Guyana on all fronts, as quicklyaspossible.

Towards this end, Mikells said Exxon has launched an exercise that allows for the simultaneous execution of exploration, appraisal, and development activities in the Guyana basin, specifically at the Stabroek Block which has unlocked11billionbarrelsof oilequivalentresources.

She noted that the company's approach has resulted in tremendous financialsuccess,addingthat there were two new discoveries this quarter, while two vessels continue production at rates that are above the investment basis. Mikells said, “Our technology, integration, and project management capabilities enable us to grow this unique asset at an industry-leadingpace.”

The Stabroek Block 35well exploration/appraisal drilling campaign, pending EPAapproval,isexpectedto commence in the third quarter of 2023. Exxon said ifdiscoveriesaremade,well test(s) may be performed. It is expected to run until the fourth quarter of 2028. Be that as it may, the schedule, accordingtotheoilcompany, could be influenced by new discoveries,determinationof the need for sidetracks, and/or well tests all of which could extend the drilling period for the Project.

EEPGLcurrently has six drillshipsoperatingoffshore Guyana: the Stena Carron, the Stena DrillMAX, the Noble Bob Douglas, the Noble Tom Madden, the Noble Don Taylor, and the Noble Sam Croft. The oil company did not state whetheradditionaldrillships

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The four areas that have been identified in the Stabroek Block as the possible locations for the proposed 35 exploration/appraisal wells

The ‘ban’ on chicken imports

It was Karl Marx who said that the ruling ideas in very epoch are the ideas of the ruling class To put anotherway:therulingclass determines the policies of thegovernment.

Upon its return to office in 2020, the PPPC announced that it was going tozeroratetheentirepoultry i n d u s t r y T h a t announcement signified the tremendousinfluencewhich either existing or new players in the poultry industry were exercising on thegovernment.

Many moons ago, Bharrat Jagdeo announced a special incentive regime for Linden. But who did this special incentive regime benefit? Go and do the homework! When he also announced a special regime for ICT, who did you feel benefittedfromthescheme? Goanddothehomework!

When the PPPC announced that it was going to zero-rate the poultry industry, who did you think thismeasurewasintendedto benefit: the small man with his fowl coop?Think again! This measure was announced at making Guyana self-sufficient in poultry This is a commendable objective.Butwhobenefits?

The price of plucked chicken, before the announced measure, was US$1 per lb (plucked weight) The zero-rating should not have only increased production; it should have led to a decline in prices. The concessions granted to the poultry industry represent a direct subsidy to the industry Today, however, plucked chicken is retailing at US$2 per lb. or twice the price beforethesubsidy

Consumers therefore have suffered rather than benefitted since the subsidy Part of the 100% increase would have been due to the increase in the imported price of fertilizers. But a 1o0%increaseinthepriceof chickenisunjustified.

One week ago, On May 7th, the Guyana Chronicle reported the Guyana Livestock Development Authority as saying that it would not be allowing the importation of poultry productsbecauseofsanitary and other reasons. And chiming it, the Minister of Agriculture was quoted as saying that, “Normally we don’t import poultry and poultry products. We are self-sufficient; we have enoughinthecountry There are a number of areas and farmers, so we don’t have a ban but the GLDA is not giving permits because we haveenoughinthecountry.”

TheMinisterwasfurther quoted as saying, “We have to protect our farmers because we have sufficient [poultry]inthecountry And Ithinkthatthereisnoneedto import poultry product and poultrymeatspresently.”

The Minister ’s statement suggests that the restriction on the importation of chicken has little to do with animal and human health The Minister’s statement suggests that the restriction, which amounts to a virtual ban,isaprotectivemeasure.

But who is being protected?TheMinistersays that it is to protect the farmers. But what about the consumers who are paying double the price for plucked chickeninthemarket?

R e g i o n a l a n d international trade rules do not allow for the imposition

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of such protective trade restrictions. Guyana thereforewillbeinbreachof both the World Trade Organization rules and the Revised Treaty of Chaguaramas if it imposes protectiverestrictionsonthe importationofchicken.

While Guyana is not knowntoimportanypoultry from the Caribbean this latest announcement will affect Guyana’s ability to press for the dismantling of non-tariff measures President Irfaan Ali has made this a focal priority of his efforts to improve regionalfoodsecurity

He had promised to move aggressively to push for the dismantling of barriers to regional trade. Thisiswhathesaidin2021, “We cannot seriously speak of significantly denting the enormousandunsustainable regionalfoodimportbillyet, unwittingly or otherwise erect,andkeepinplacenontariffbarriers(NTBs),which impede regional trade in agriculture produce and products.” On the one hand therefore,Guyanaispushing to have non-tariff barriers across the Caribbean removed. But, on the other hand, it is erecting its own non-tariffmeasurestotrade.

The restrictions on the importation of chicken have grave implications for local consumers. Consumers are nowatthemercyofourlocal poultry farmers. Imported chicken can provide competition for local farmersandthiscompetition is healthy since it can help keeppriceslow

Farmers will not be at a disadvantage from imported chicken The tariff on chicken is high enough to ensure that foreign imports do not undermine the local

Daggers digging deep!

His legs gat to be hurting. His muscles gat to tyingup.Butdemanislike an Olympic champion. He isnotquitting.Hegoingall de way to the finish line whereitishopedhewillbe given a hero’s welcome by thepeopleofCharity

Whether or not you support what Ray Daggers is walking for, you have to admire and applaud this man’s courage, strength andstamina.Thisisnoeasy feat that this man is undertaking It is a strenuous walk and he is doing this without taking a day-off.

Ray Daggers, is no young man. De man is 65 years old and yet he keeping going and going.

Somepeopleatdatagecan hardlywalk.Muchlessfuh walk from Moelson Creek toCharity De man is like an Eveready battery He just keepsgoingandgoing.And people are so inspired by what he is doing that they are joining him along de way Others are giving moralandmaterialsupport.

People want to show their supportandadmirationand they are doing so in more than one way, including

poultry sector. But when you prohibit imports – as is now being done – local consumers are at the mercy of those who control and dominate the local poultry market.

And as we have seen, despite the generous subsidies given to these farmers,thepriceofchicken has doubled. Now with no threat from imports, the price of chicken can well

triple. If the government wants to protect consumers while at the same time limiting chicken imports, it cantiethesubsidiesitoffers poultry farmers, to the retail price of chicken. In other words, the subsidy can be linked to the price at which chickenissold.

economicclasses. D i s c l a i m e r : T h e opinions expressed in this column are those of the author They do not purport to reflect the opinions or viewsofKaieteurNews.

giving water, food and moneyorhailinghimoutor tootingtheirhorns.

From de time de walk start,UncleGlenndehwith de man. But he did not alwayswalkthefulltimeas he is doing now He too deserves applause for supportingDaggers.

Butdehgatanotherman who matching stride fuh stridewithDaggers.Hedeh by Daggers side from de start. Dem boys nah know henameanddemboysnah likegivepeoplefalsename butTallMan, you too area heroindemboysbook. Talkhalf.Leffhalf.

BLUNTNESS ON INDECENCY!

SUNDAY–May7,2023

EPA'sslackness

Guyana'sEPAisguiltyof slackness!

TheEPAhassomesickness…

TheEPAcoveringupGovt's darkness…

TheEPAfunctionsin weakness!

TheEPAisafriendtoExxon's recklessness!

TheEPAisaproxyfor leadershipfeebleness.

MONDAY–May8,2023

Walkingthetalk

AGuyaneseiswalkingagainst Exxon'svilecontract.

Guyanesehaveachanceto showwheretheystand.

Onemanwalkingthewalk fromBerbicetoEssequibo.

It'stimeforGuyanesetostand upandwalkfortheirrights.

Timetostoptalking, timetostartwalking.

Theworldiswatching. Guyanese,areyou moving?

TUESDAY–May9,2023

PPPsmearing journalists

Theworldisprotesting againstsmeartactics; PPPGovt.operatorsaregoing toofar!

TheGovt.isdesperate,lashing outblindly!

ABC&Ecountriesdonottake thistookindly

Whatistheretohide?

Whyallthespiteoverwhatis right?

WEDNESDAY–May10,2023

JagdeoandnewPSA

JagdeosaysGovt.still acceptingcommentsonnewPSA

ExxonMobil new 35 well campaign in...

Frompage10 willberequiredtosupportitsplanneddevelopments.

Sofar,thecompanyhassaidthattheexactlocationsofthe35 wells comprising the Project have not been finalized. The operator said that while some of the wells will be drilled for explorationpurposes,itisalsopossiblethatsomeofthewells may be drilled as appraisal wells within the proximity of previouslydrilledexplorationareas. Appraisal wells are drilled to better define the physical attributes of petroleum resources that have been discovered throughpriorexplorationactivities.

Ifdiscoveriesarefoundatparticularlocations,subsequent wells could be drilled in the same area to further assess the potentialcommercialityofthediscoveries.

The Stabroek Block is located approximately 200 kilometers offshore in Guyana waters, where EEPGL has conducted substantial exploration and development activities todate.

Even though the company is seeking to extract the resourcesfromtheGuyanabasin,itisnotequallypreparedto offerthecountryaguaranteethatstatesitscommitmenttoclean upanoilspillthatmayoccurasaresultofitsoffshoreactivities.

TodowhatwithMr.Jagdeo?

Gothroughthemotions,and dumpinthewastebin?

WhatabouttheStabroek Block,Mr.Jagdeo?

Whynotgoafterthat,where therealmoneyis?

THURSDAY–May11,2023

CanGuyana'sEPAsinklower?

Guyana'sEPAisfillingan appealagainstwhatbenefits Guyanese…

Whatkindofself-respecting Stateagencydoessomethinglike that?

AJudgeruled:“Protect Guyaneseinterests!”

NowGuyana'sownEPAis cuttingthethroatoftheGuyanese people!

Nowthisnationalinstitutionis stabbingGuyaneseintheback!

Nowthistroubledinstitutionis goringGuyaneseinthegut!

DoesGuyana'sEPAhaveno shame?

FRIDAY–May12,2023

Exxoncontractbarefaced

AmansaysExxoncontractis bare-faced.

TheExxoncontractis alsobare-bottom.

TheExxoncontractwill leaveGuyanesebare-foot, TheExxoncontractwill haveGuyaneseeatingbare rice.

TheExxoncontractwill leaveGuyanesebareskin.

SATURDAY–May13,2023

Oilsectorwithoutregulator

Whosehtheoilsectordoesn't havearegulator?

Jagdeoisderegulator

Whahesehiswhagoes Jagdeoischiefcookand bottlewasher

JagdeoisExxon'schiefhelper

JagdeoisExxonchief protector

Jagdeoisoperator,caretaker, andregulator

Oil deal benefits Exxon and gives little to Guyana - Jagdeo tells Linden rally

Vice President Dr Bharrat Jagdeo delivered a fiery speechonSaturdaydenouncingthe lopsided Stabroek Block Production Sharing Agreement (PSA) signed by the previous government with Exxon during a campaignrallyinLinden.

“The oil and gas industry that we left because they found oil beforeAPNU got into office, they made a mess of it and in 2016 signedacontractthattheyhidfrom thepeopleofthiscountry,thatisso lopsidedthattoday,youhearabout iteverydayinthenewspapers.That gave most of the benefits to the investorsandverylittletousandit was a contract signed in 2016…

Here in Linden, you know about that,” Jagdeo said at People's Progressive Party Civic (PPPC) rally in the miningtown.

While he highlighted the unfairness of the deal and outlined hisparty'seffortswithanewmodel PSA, there was a glaring omission—he failed to mention that the new terms would not be appliedtotheStabroekBlock.

“We raised the 2 percent to 10 percent now [We raised] the zero income tax to 10 percent income tax. We have reduced the amount set aside for cost recovery to 65 percent, so that more will come to Guyana, because we are a capable party Weareacapablepartythatis

notcompromised,”Jagdeosaid.

While these changes conceptually mean to ensure a fairer distribution of benefits, they are so far pointless in practice.

Exxon has discovered 11 billion barrels in the Stabroek Block, and those barrels will be exploited at a breakneck pace under the lopsided termsthatJagdeooncedescribedas “shitty”.

Jagdeo stated explicitly when herevealedthenewtermslastyear that they will not apply them to Exxon's deal. This, coupled with the government's opposition to

Guyana getting an unlimited guarantee from Exxon in case ofanoilspill,raises serious questions

about the government's commitmenttoprotectGuyana.

The Vice President also criticised the handling of the US$18M signing bonus by former FinanceMinister,WinstonJordan.

“He said he thought it was a gift,theUS$18M.Sowesaidthisis never going to happen again. We promised in the pre-election period, we said we'd criminalize non-disclosure.Sowhatdidwedo?

Assoonaswegotin,wereformed the Natural Resources Fund,” Jagdeosaid.

Healsodiscussedtheeffortsthe government has made to introduce Local Content Legislation and secure value for Guyanese nationals. He stressed that the government is working hard to defend the interests of the Guyanesepeople.

Jagdeo is involved in

campaigning for Local Government Elections, in which the People's Progressive Party Civic (PPPC) is hoping to make significant in-roads into historical strongholds of the APNU+AFC, including Linden and the city of Georgetown As the campaign intensifies, voters will need to carefully consider whether Jagdeo'swordsmatchhisactions.

Chief Justice throws out ‘Guyanese Critic’ application to stop GPA elections GP

Chief Justice (ag) Roxane George-Wiltshire on Saturday dismissed an application made by Mikhail 'Guyanese Critic' Rodrigues to stop the Guyana Press

Association's (GPA) elections scheduled for noon todayattheTheatreGuild.

Rodrigues prayed the Court to halt the elections until his application for membership to the 78-yearold Association is considered. His action was broughtbyAttorney-at-Law, SamuelGlasgow Rodrigues, who is

considered a social media commentator, approached the court for an urgent hearing of his Fixed Date Application (FDA), seeking an injunction against the elections if his application is notprocessedfirst.

However,inherdecision, Justice George-Wiltshire noted that she had gone through the GPA's constitution and notes that the Association is not a “corporate or any kind of registered entity that has personalitythatcansueorbe sued.”

The Chief Justice upbraided Glasgow for failing to mention anything about the hierarchy of the GPA including President, Nazima Raghubir, and executive members Rawle Toney, Dennis Chabrol, and SvetlanaMarshall.

“It is an unincorporated entity Don't cherry pick, don't cherry pick. Read the legislationproperly,treatitas a whole. Read it properly,” the Chief Justice cautioned Glasglow while noting that the entire application is misconceived, not just the

NoticeofApplication.

Sheexplainedfurtherthat the respondents are not amenabletojudicialreview

“They are private persons, who happen to be the executive of a private body None of them is

c a r r y i n g o u t a n y administrative function or dutythatallowsforJudicial (Continuedonpage17)

Mikhail 'Guyanese Critic' Rodrigues

Sunday–May7,2023 incidents or discharge of unlimited parent company failing to fulfill contaminants conducted at the guarantee and the unlimited andshouldtherefore US$2B parent guarantee instanceoftheAgency affiliate company guarantee toleadtheagency still leaves Exxon in Justice Kissoon noted that this agreements stipulated at Condition Meanwhile, breach of Liza 1 Permit sub-Condition is all-encompassing 14:10ofthePermit.” letter to Kaieteur - the Permit Holder is in several aspects The Judge on May 5, reasoned exclusively and solely outlined that it imposes that Calls mount for dismissal arefundingthe responsible for EEPGL: assumes liability for all of EPAHead over put Guyanese all such liabilities arising costs, assumes liability for any failure to protect Guyana interests of “oil from its operations without damages, and acceptance that no mercy on a poor country limitation or exception liability accrues to the Permit Citizens of Guyana are now the minimum Holder from any discharge calling for the dismissal of the US$300monthly Pull quote: “It is simply not howsoeveritoccurs. executive director of the Jailall said, open to Exxon to say it is engaged Justice Kissoon also ruled that, Environmental Protection Agency is unwilling in a frolic of its own, aided and “Condition 14:01 does not contain (EPA), Mr Kemraj Parsram for job as required abetted by the EPA, to unilaterally, arbitrarily and unlawfully cap its unlimited liability and financial assurance”-JusticeKissoon

Upon examining the provisions oftheLizaPhaseOnePermit,High Court Judge, Justice Sandil Kissoon has ruled that there is an country? Is it difficult to startup in unambiguous requirement for failing to act in the best interest of then they need to resign en masse thecountry?” Exxon’s affiliate, Esso Exploration thecountry and reopen under new leadership

It must be noted that a 2022 and Production Guyana Limited Member of Parliament, David that will place the interests of our Report by IHS Markit has flagged (EEPGL) to furnish authorities Patterson and transparency nationfirst.” the Government’s control of State with an unlimited liability Parent advocate Dr. Jerry Jailall both on He even noted that Vice agencies, particularly those Company Guarantee Agreement separate occasions said Parsram President Bharrat Jagdeo should responsible for the management of and/or an unlimited liability shouldvacatethepost. consider International Lawyer, the oil sector, as being a means of Affiliate Company Guarantee. He

During anAlliance For Change

Melina Janki, advocate Simone fasttrackingandfacilitatingproject has also ordered that this order be (AFC) press conference on Mangal-Joly and Elizabeth Deaneapprovalsintheoilandgassector complied with by June 10 or the Thursday, party member, Dr Hughes or former head of the

The document titled, ‘Guyana permitwouldbesuspended.

Vincent Adams described the agency, Dr Vincent Adams. These aims to strengthen institutions to Justice Kissoon’s ruling was recent High Court ruling on candidates, according to Jailall avoidpetro-statepitfalls’notedthat handed down on May 3, 2022 after insurance for the Stabroek Block would ensure a “ton of bricks” fall though the country’s upstream hearing submissions in a case filed oil and gas production activities as on the operator’s head for failing to regulatory and management by two Guyanese September last. an indictment on the operations of complywiththeregulations. responsibilities are dispersed

It must be noted that while calls across different state entities, the Agency (EPA) which was the anywordortermoflimitationupon In prefacing Patterson’s are being made for the removal of current institutional arrangement respondent to the case had liability, quantum of costs, position on the matter, Dr Adams the EPA Head due to the public’s places these entities under the full introduced draft documents quantum of damages nor told members of the media that this lack of faith in his ability to protect control of Guyana’s executive regarding a US$2B parent restrictionsonthecircumstancesof agency,whichismandatedtobethe the nation due to past actions, the branch. guarantee from ExxonMobil to release or discharge nor on country’s protector against all Government of Guyana (GoG) had

The Environmental Protection theEPA.

Over the past few months, prove compliance. Justice Kissoon containment nor restriction on the environmental hazards, has ceded made it clear that it had taken steps members of civil society have been said such documents are irrelevant sphere of adverse effects caused its responsibility to the oil industry, to ensure the petroleum activities complaining about the ramping up since the amount of US$2B does directlyorindirectly.” sincetheadministrationchanged. arefast-tracked. of oil production activities off the not bring EEPGL into compliance His Court also finds and holds He pointed out, “This is the Last May, Minister of Natural country’s coasts by American withtherequirementsofthepermit. that in the circumstances of the second major ruling that has been Resources Vickram Bharrat at an energy giant, ExxonMobil. In the Justice Kissoon categorically clear, express, unambiguous levelled against the EPA- the first event said, “We had to ensure that meantime, the regulatory body that stated that the Liza Phase One language of the stipulation at being its unlawful decision to the permitting process was not as permits these projects has been the Permit carries a confluence of Condition 14:01 of the waiver the granting of an EIA cumbersome or not as tedious as it subject of criticism for waiving measures at Condition 14 which Environmental Permit (Renewed), [ E n v i r o n m e n t a l I m p a c t used to be in the past without E n v i r o n m e n t a l I m p a c t stipulate and impose full, complete EEPGLassumedunlimitedliability Assessment] for the storage of jeopardizing the integrity or Assessments (EIA) for drilling and unlimited liability upon the for all costs of clean up, restoration radioactive materials in a without compromising anything to projects, which environmentalists Permit Holder for any discharge of and compensation for any damage residential zone - which clearly ensurewefasttracktheapprovalof believecouldnegativelyimpactthe any contaminant into the from any discharge of any demonstrates that the management development coming to our marineenvironment. environment and for all costs of contaminant. of this agency is inadequate and country.” clean up, restoration and any Justice Kissoon said the lack the necessary qualifications to Heexplainedthatitisimportant

Monday – May 8, 2023 damages all of which constitute unlimited liability which is carryoutitsimportantfunctions.” thatthepermittingprocessdoesnot legitimate liabilities under the exclusivelythatofEEPGL,isbyno Dr Adams also noted that serve as a hindrance to School Principal dead after Permit. The Judge said the norm or means unusual in any sense Justice Sandil Kissoon in his ruling development, adding that when the vehicle runs over him standard in relation to activities of Considering all the submissions, thispastweekdescribedtheEPAas People’s Progressive Party / Civic this nature has been and continues Justice Kissoon ruled that, “It is being“submissiveandabdicatedits (PPP/C) took office in August Sir Kirwyn Mars, the to be that the Permit Holder is simply not open to the Permit responsibilities, thereby putting 2020, hundreds of millions were headmaster of the St Mary’s exclusively and solely responsible Holder to say it is engaged in a this nation and its people in grave tiedupbyagenciessuchastheEPA, Secondary School located on for all such liabilities arising from frolic of its own, aided and abetted potential danger of calamitous the Central Housing and Planning Princess Street, was on Sunday its operations without limitation or by the EPA, to unilaterally, disaster” and “an egregious state of Authority (CH&PA) as well as the night found dead underneath a exception. arbitrarily and unlawfully cap its affairs that have engulfed the EPA regional authorities, such as City vehicle at the Perseverance Expounding further, Justice unlimited liability and financial inaquagmireofitsownmaking.” Hall.

Housing Scheme, Providence, East Kissoon noted that Condition 14 of assurance.”

To this end, he urged that “the Moreover, he said the decision BankDemerara,(ECD). the permit titled Financial He further noted that a Parent time has now arrived to address the to fast-track permits was

It is suspected that the educator Assurance and Liability for Company or Affiliate Company running of this agency.” Patterson particularlyimportantsinceforeign and well-known comedian PollutionDamageprovidesat:14:1 indemnity or guarantee to the later in the press conference said investors always check on the popularly known “Sir Mars”, was that:ThePermitHolderisliablefor extentofUS$2Bdoesnotfulfillthe while he does not believe in the length of time a permit takes to be runoverbythecarbutwhoranhim all costs associated with clean up, obligations of the Permit Holder at dismissal of public servants, he approved According to him, over and why, remained a mystery restoration and compensation for Condition 14:10 and, in such doesbelievetheEPAheadwouldbe “…anywhere in the world that you uptopresstime. any damages caused by an circumstances, Esso will remain in better positioned to support the oil go, anywhere you go to an

discharge or any contaminant breach. sector investment forum that is the first gruesomedeathbuttoldKaieteur including the cost of all Justice Kissoon said, “There is He told the media that Parsram question that is asked by investors;

(Continued on page 15) investigations into pollution no hurdle to the provision of the has put the nation in danger by howisthepermittingprocessinthe

High Court Judge, Justice Sandil Kissoon

From page 14

refused to disclose any circumstances, by its that they can’t definitively information during the court decision and omission, sayifitisacaseofmurderor proceedings as to the status committed an illegality, anaccident. of compliance by EEPGL acted unlawfully, ultra vires,

Personslivingclosebyto with its financial obligations unreasonably in the the scene, however, said that in accordance with Wednesbury context of they heard loud arguments

Condition 14 of the renewed unreasonableness, in before vehicle revs and permitandwhetherornotthe defianceoflogic,irrationally crashing sounds. When they oil company has complied a n d w i t h o u t a n y came out, they were greeted with the critical clause. On jurisdiction.” withascenefilledwithblood the two substantive issues, The judge granted a splattersonacrashedvehicle thejudgesaidthattheagency declaration that the EPAis in withoneofthedoorsopened sought refuge in silence, breach of its statutory duty andthelightsstillon. avoidance, concealment and by its failure/ omissions to

The lower half of Mars secrecy, and also turned a enforce compliance by the lifeless body was found blind eye, notwithstanding oil company with its pinned underneath the back the grave potential danger financial assurance wheel of the car with the and consequences to the obligations as stipulated by upper half crushed against a country and citizens if an clause 14, to provide an concreteandmetalfenceofa event occurred at the Liza unlimited parent company two-storey apartment

Phase 1 project – especially agreement and/ or affiliate building. that the oil company has c o m p a n y g u a r a n t e e

December 2019, when yearstofiveyears.Litigation

It appears as if someone been ramping up production agreement to indemnify and production started—to settle is also pending over flaring had reversed the vehicle to there. keep indemnifiedthe agency the final terms of the from the project. Although a run over Mars but that

On the issue of whether and the government against insurance.” 2016 agreement between the individual was nowhere at the EPA has acted in breach a l l e n v i r o n m e n t a l

The court’s decision consortium and Guyana the scene where the body of of its statutory duty, obligations of the EEPGL means ExxonMobil has 30 prohibits flaring, more than Marswasfound. unreasonably, and also and its partners in the days to provide adequate 15.1 billion cubic feet of gas

When police ranks allowingEEPGLtocarryout StabroekBlock. insurancefortheproject. hadbeenflaredbyJuly2021. arrived, they found a trail of petroleum operations in the Another declaration was

Importantly, Sanzillo The oil giant, which blood droplets leading away absence of the compliance granted that EPAis in breach explained that the unlimited recorded US$56 billion in from the scene. The blood with Condition 14, Justice of its statutory duty by its guarantee has specific profits last year, paid an $8.4 trail led one to believe that Kissoon underscored that at failure/ omission to enforce meaning in light of past oil million penalty to the whoever ran over the every juncture from the day compliance by EEPGL to spills. BPhas reported that it Guyana Environmental educator,wasinjuredtooand the renewed permit was provide environmental provided $69 billion in ProtectionAgencyin2022. begantofollowitwithhopes issued to EEPGLto date, the liability insurance of a type payments to meet its The judge’s decision and thatitwillleadtothesuspect.

EPA engaged in a course of and nature stipulated as obligations due to the 2010 order comes shortly before damage that might result K a i e t e u r N e w s action to undermine and stipulated by the renewed Deepwater Horizon spill in ExxonMobil’s May 31 fromawellblowout,oilspill understands a 21-year-old erode the terms and environmental permit and to the Gulf of Mexico, annual shareholder meeting, or other failure in the Liza has been threatening to kill conditions of its own have an independent including response, cleanup, where two resolutions are on Phase One Development Marsrecently environmentalpermit. insurance consultant e c o n o m i c c l a i m s , the docket that would Project in Guyana’s Investigationscontinue.

It was highlighted in the retained by the Agency to government payments, improve reporting on oil StabroekBlock. court document that the review and examine the settlements and restoration. spills and the company’s The IEEFA pointed out Historic ruling against agency carrying out public insurance package to ensure H e n o t e d t h a t t h e risks due to environmental that the May 3 ruling by Exxon, EPAmeans l a w f u n c t i o n s , its conformity with said Environmental Impact litigation. Guyana’s High Court Judge Guyana taxpayers notwithstanding that permit.

EEPGL’s activities are of Notably,theGovernment Guyana project identified 12 “The Environmental found that ExxonMobil - IEEFAfinancial significant impact, failed ofGuyanahassignalledtheir islands with a gross state Protection Agency (EPA) Guyana has failed to provide analysts …says potential severalaspectsofitsduties. intention to appeal the product of US$147 billion has relegated itself to a state adequate insurance for the consequences for

Assessment (EIA) for the EPAIN BREACH Justice Sandil Kissoon, has currently exposed

The EPA failed and court’s ruling, adding that that could be affected by an of laxity of enforcement and costs of recovering from a country “catastrophic” omitted to mandate they do not agree with the oilspill. condonation compounded potentially catastrophic oil compliance by EPPGL with court’sjudgement.

The Institute for Energy its financial assurance produced influential studies putting this nation and its project off the coast of Economics and Financial obligationsofenvironmental ontheoil,gas,petrochemical people in grave potential Guyana. Analysis(IEEFA)inarecent liability insurance together and coal sectors in the U.S. danger of calamitous

Tom Sanzillo has byalackofvigilancethereby spill from a massive drilling

The agency added that statement commented on the with an unlimited parent and internationally, disaster,” those were the the court found too that historic judgment handed companyguarantee;theEPA including company and words of High Court Judge, ExxonMobil “engaged in a down against ExxonMobil also failed to take any credit analyses, facility Justice Sandil Kissoon, disingenuous attempt” to G u y a n a a n d t h e meaningful step or any step development, oil and gas when he handed down his dodge full responsibility for Environmental Protection whatsoever to assess what reserves, stock and ruling. any damage that might be Agency (EPA), citing the was provided to it by the oil commodity market analysis, Justice Kissoon pointed caused at its Liza One field, dangeritspellsforGuyana. company purportedly as the and public and private out that the antecedent part of an offshore project

Two citizens, President environmental liability financial structures. He also circumstances that were that produces 380,000 of theTransparency Institute insurance when it was not in examines such areas as raised in the proceedings barrelsofoildaily.” of Guyana Inc (TIGI) fact in keeping with community and shareholder have exposed the existence “Since the judge found Frederick Collins and Condition 14 of the renewed activism, institutional of an egregious state of that ExxonMobil hasn’t Godfrey Whyte, through permit. investment, public subsidies affairs that has engulfed the provided sufficient their lawyers, Mr Seenath

Importantly, it was also and Puerto Rico’s energy EPA, “in a quagmire of its insurance,Guyanataxpayers Jairam,SC,andMs.Melinda stated that despite failing to economics. ownmaking.” are currently exposed. The Janki, had approached the do the aforementioned, the

Additionally, Sanzillo The judge added that the potential consequences for court to get the EPA to EPA also failed to suspend/ Tuesday – May 9, 2023 highlighted that the ruling EPA has abandoned its Guyana are catastrophic,” enforce a critical clause, cancel EEPGL’s renewed marks the second time that exclusive statutory said Tom Sanzillo, director Condition 14 in the Liza environmental permit even Exxon’s US$600M the deal with ExxonMobil responsibilities entrusted to of financial analysis for the Phase 1 Environmental though the oil company insurance not in keeping has been found to violate it by the National Assembly IEEFA. He continued: “The Permit (Renewed) issued on m a d e p u b l i c with industry norm, never local rules. He highlighted to ensure due compliance by judge found that the May 31, 2022 to EEPGL. p r o n o u n c e m e n t s , scrutinized by EPA that a separate lawsuit ExxonMobil Guyana with unlimited parent guarantee

communicating its intention - Justice Kissoon’s Ruling resulted in a 2020 ruling that Condition 14 in the renewed was clear and well known to ExxonMobil Corporation, to increase production cut the length of the environmentalpermit. the company and Guyana the parent company for levels. A landmark ruling by consortium’s production F u r t h e r , i t w a s EPA The parties had EEPGL,mustcovercostsfor

To this, Justice Kissoon HighCourtJudge,Justice permits in Guyana from 23 highlighted that the EPA t i m e s i n c e b e f o r e all environmental loss and said,“TheAgencyhas,inthe (Continued on page 16)

Justice Sandil Kissoon

Dead: Kirwyn Mars

The Crime Scene

From page 15 liability insurance ‘as is insurance consultant to

morevigilantgoingforward. Sandil Kissoon has found c u s t o m a r y i n t h e guideitsactionsandconduct Janki was also keen to that the country does not international petroleum as it relates to the quality, note her belief that there are have an insurance package industry’ and for the type and nature of the good people in the EPAwho from Exxon’s affiliate, Esso petroleum production insurance demanded by the wanttodoagoodjob.Bethat Exploration and Production operationsunderthisPermit. permit. as it may, the lawyer said Guyana Limited (EEPGL) Further, the insurance has

He said, “The Agency there has clearly been a that meets international not been obtained by the has further abrogated its serious failure of leadership. standards. Permit Holder from an function by simply issuing a “There has been a serious Justice Kissoon made insurance company of letter to Esso and to loss of trust in the EPA. Mr this conclusion after standing that equates to acknowledge receipt of the (Kemraj) Parsram (the Head reviewing documents GradeAPlus.” copy of the insurance. The of the EPA) may wish to presented to his court in a The Judge further noted businessoftheAgencyisnot consider his position going case filed by two Guyanese that Condition 14.05 of the aclericalone.” forward,”saidJanki. applicants last year permit stipulates as to the K a i e t e u r N e w s September In that case, two type of insurance mandated previously reported that the Wednesday citizens called for the court under this Permit, i e EPAhas up to June 10, 2023 – May 10, 2023 to examine EEPGL’s “environmental liability to secure from EEPGL an compliance with the insurance of such type and unlimited liability Parent Shareholder Group insurance provisions of its such amount as is customary Company Guarantee wants Exxon to report LizaPhaseOnePermit. in the international Agreement and/or unlimited on costs of worst-case

The court found EEPGL Petroleum Industry for liability Affiliate Company scenario for oil spill at to be in breach of the Petroleum Operations in G u a r a n t e e t o k e e p Guyana operations provisions which called for relation to this Permit… It indemnifiedtheGovernment - wants to see full details an unlimited parent shall include but may not be of Guyana and the EPA on how Caribbean and Production Guyana do. It’s that simple,” she guarantee agreement limited to insurance in against all oil spill costs for economies would be Limited (EEPGL) until June noted. EEPGL had also sought to respectof: theStabroekBlock.TheLiza compensated if affected 10, 2023 to furnish the State Importantly, Janki said convince the court that (i) Loss or damage to One Permit would be with an unlimited parent the demand for an unlimited Guyana was in receipt of a allassetsusedintheProject suspended if this is not

A key shareholder group liability guarantee from parent liability guarantee credible insurance package (ii) Environmental satisfied. forExxonMobilCorporation ExxonMobil Corporation ensures ExxonMobil and not from ANCON UK Ltd., an damage caused in the course isconcernedaboutthesafety Janki who formed part of the Guyana will have to pay all ExxonMobil subsidiary The of the Project for which Justice Kissoon’s of the oil giant’s Guyana legal team representing the costs associated with any Energy Package Policy EEPGL will be jointly and landmark ruling operations Specifically, case filed last year, said it spill “People should be covers the Liza Phase 1 and severallyheldresponsible, paves way for more Mercy Investment Services now paves the way for more cheering in the streets to Phase2Projects.

(iii) Loss or damage to citizens to hold Govt. Inc. has filed a proposal, that Guyanese to hold authorities know that our economy will JusticeKissoonwaskeen property or bodily injury accountable -Attorney if approved at an Annual accountable on respect for no longer be in danger of to note that such a policy, sufferedbyanythirdpartyin -at-Law Melinda Janki Shareholders Meeting on theruleoflaw collapse from potential oil which is noted in the press to the course of the Project for May 31, 2023, Exxon would Janki said, “Without the spillliability,”Jankisaid. be US$600M per oil spill whichEEPGLisliable, The recent ruling by be forced to prepare a report ruleoflaw,acountryisatthe In addition to such an event, does not satisfy the (iv) The cost of removal Justice Sandil Kissoon on a worst-case scenario for mercy of those who hold the important demand, Janki stipulationandobligationset of wreckage and clean-up ordering ExxonMobil an oil spill in the Stabroek reins of government and said there are two other out at Condition 14:5 of the operations required as a G u y a n a a n d t h e Block. human nature being what it critical points for citizens to Environmental Permit result of an accident Environmental Protection The proposal expressed is, politicians will always notefromtheruling. (Renewed and issued on occurring in the course of Agency (EPA) to comply an interest to have Exxon abuse power. Without the ”His Honour Justice May 31, 2022) Justice permittedactivities with the provisions of the issue a report evaluating the rule of law, a country cannot Kissoon has given a Kissoon said the permit (v) EEPGL’s liability to Liza Phase One Permit is a economic, human, and develop and its people powerful ruling on standing. imposes an express and its employees engaged in the significant win for all environmental impacts of a cannotprosper.” He made it pellucid that all specific obligation on Project citizens says, Attorney-at- worst-case oil spill from its The lawyer also noted citizens have a right to

E E P G L t o o b t a i n ( v i ) A n y o t h e r Law,MelindaJanki. operations offshore in that the demand for challenge unlawful activity environmental liability requirements made by the In her commentary to Guyana. The report would unlimited parent company by a public authority This insurance of a certain Agency Kaieteur News, Janki clarify the extent of the guarantee is not, as some opens the way for more criteria. Justice Kissoon said too reminded that Justice company’s cleanup response p e r s o n s c l a i m , a n citizens to go to court to Justice Kissoon said, “It thattheEPAhasfailedand/or K i s s o o n h a s g i v e n commitments given the impossibility or impractical uphold the rule of law His does not constitute what is omitted to take any step to ExxonMobil’s local potential for severe impact ask.Jankisaid,“...Nobodyis Honour Justice Kissoon has considered environmental hire an independent subsidiary, Esso Exploration onCaribbeaneconomies. asking for unlimited also given a powerful ruling

As long term investors in insurance coverage The on transparency and ExxonMobil, the group said environmental permit accountability The ruling it is concerned that the requires environmental ensures that citizens have company’s existing liability insurance as is access to the information disclosures on increased c u s t o m a r y i n t h e they require in order to production fail to also international petroleum challenge unlawful activity address what are the worst- industry This is an industry by a public authority,” the case spill vulnerabilities in standard. Everybody does it. lawyersaid. itsGuyanaoperations. It is the parent company Equally important, she

It was keen to highlight guarantee which is noted is that Justice Kissoon that the tragic BPDeepwater unlimited.” highlightedtheactionsofthe Horizon disaster is widely

The lawyer explained EPA as it did not enforce recognized as one of the that the EPA in its compliance with the worst environmental professional judgement provisions of the Liza Phase disasters in US history and made an unconditional One Permit. In fact, Justice exemplifies the potential parent company guarantee a Kissoon said the EPAsought reputational and financial c o n d i t i o n o f t h e refuge in silence, avoidance, damage Exxon could be environmental permit. She concealment and secrecy exposed to in the event of a s a i d E E P G L i n i t s Janki said it must be clear to similar disaster The investor professional judgement took everyone that the EPA’s group highlighted that BP a business decision to accept conductisunacceptable. Macondo oil spill has cost the environmental permit She said too that it must drilling partners at least and undertook to provide also be clear to the public US$71billiontomitigatethe that parent company that EEPGL has been disaster’seffects.Thatsum guarantee. “Now Esso has to untrustworthy Janki said

(Continued on page 57) do what they undertook to citizens will have to be even

International Lawyer, Melinda Janki is on the legal team in the challenge against the Permit for ExxonMobil’s Gas-to-Energy pipeline.

Exxon's oil operations in Guyana facing increasing risks as more hurricanes, other natural disasters predicted for Caribbean region

-Exxonshareholderswantdetailedassessmentofloomingimpactstotheirpockets

Exxonshareholders are expressing concerns about the potential risks of increased hurricane activity leading to an oil spill in offshore Guyana Mercy Investment Services, an Exxon shareholder, made a proposal, recorded with the Securities and Exchange Commission, emphasizing theneedforExxontoaddress theserisks.

They highlight the company'sLizaPhaseOne project, which is currently operating beyond its design capacity and safety thresholds.

Mercy proposes that Exxon conduct a worst-case scenario assessment, consideringthepossibilityof an extended uncontrolled releasesimilartopreviousoil spills,likethedevastatingBP Macondo spill. They argue that Exxon's existing spill scenarios only account for releases lasting 30 days, while the shareholder b e l i e v e s a m o r e comprehensiveassessmentis necessary

The proposal also emphasizes the need for Exxon to incorporate the projected increase in severe weather events caused by

climatechangeintotheirspill assessments As climate change intensifies, scientists predict a doubling of intense hurricanes and typhoons worldwide by 2050. With Exxon's operations in Guyana extending until at least2053,Mercyassertsthat the company's disclosures should account for the expected rise in natural disasters in the Caribbean region.

mapping.

They pointed out that increased hurricane frequencycanresultinfaster ocean currents, leading to a larger area affected by oil spillsandfasterspreadingof surface and subsurface oil. The ecological damage to coastlinesandmarinelifeisa significantconcern.

TheproximityofExxon's multiple development projects in the Stabroek Block raises the possibilityofmultiple well failures during extreme weather

financialstability

Shareholders are also concerned about how the potential impact of severe weather conditions can complicatespillresponseand cleanup efforts. Hazardous weather conditions can lead todelaysintheseoperations, asseenduringtheresponseto the BP Macondo disaster whenTropicalStormBonnie approached. Mercy argues that delayed response times can prolong the duration of spills and increase the range ofoildispersion.

A d d i t i o n a l l y , shareholders raised reservations about Exxon's useofoutdatedoceancurrent data in their spill scenario

events Mercy cautions that such a scenario could result in a much larger volume of oil being released intotheCaribbeanthanwhat Exxon's limited single well releasescenarioaccountsfor The financial risks and challenges associated with respondingtoandcontaining multiple well releases would besignificantlyhigher.

Inlightoftheseconcerns, shareholders urge Exxon to address the risks associated with increased hurricane activityandincorporatethem into their spill assessments andriskmitigationstrategies. Failure to do so could have severe consequences for Exxon's reputation and

Chief Justice throws out...

Frompage13

Review None of them!”

Chief Justice GeorgeWiltshiredeclared.

“I am not going to allow this to go further, the entire Fixed Date Application is struckout.Ithasbeentotally misconceived The Court cannotallowamatterthanis misconceivedtoproceed,for a full hearing,” the Chief Justiceadded.

The General Members MeetingandElectionsofthe Guyana PressAssociation is settotakeplaceontoday

A statement issued recently by the Executive of the GPA said that it unanimously reaffirmed that the names of the 110 members who are eligible to voteforofficebearerswould be made known on Sunday, May14,2023attheGeneral Members Meeting and Elections, by the Returning Officer, Attorney-at-Law, RonaldBurch-Smith.

The GPA said that this

will be done to preserve the confidentiality of a number of members who have requested that their membership remain confidential prior to the elections.

“The entire process was discussedopenlyandfrankly by the Executive and no concerns were raised about the integrity of the process,” theGPAsaid.

Further, the Association disclosed that its President, “Ms Nazima Raghubir recused herself from the meeting when the names of the eligible voting members were presented to the ExecutivebytheSecretaryof theGPA,SvetlanaAbrams.”

TheincumbentPresident Nazima Raghubir is seeking re-election, but is being challenged for the post by Neil Marks, who was Raghubir's immediate predecessor

The GPA said that eligible members shall be

allowed to vote in accordance with the GPA's constitution for officebearers to be elected by secretballot.

“Every effort has been made to ensure that the electionswillbefree,fairand transparent.We have invited a number of observers for Sunday's process,” the GPA said.Additionally, the GPA saidthataddedtocontinuous registration, numerous media workers have completed their registration andupdatedtheirdues.

“A membership drive was conducted and direct visits to media houses were done as well as options for bank transfers and payment bymobilemoney

TheGPA'selectionswere delayed due to the COVID19 pandemic and its attendant restrictions, but registration and renewal were always open throughout that period,” the GPAsaid.

Agency(EPA)ischallenging a ruling by the High Court thatcallsfortheprovisionof

an unlimited parent and/or affiliate guarantee for Guyana.

U.S. fugitive suspected of child sexual abuse nabbed in Guyana

AUnited States of

America (U S ) fugitive was on Friday arrested in Guyana after being wanted for months in his home country for allegedly sexually assaultingachild.

BobbyAllenStarkwasarrested on the East Coast of Demerara

(ECD) in the vicinity of MovieTowne. Stark, 52, is wanted on suspicion of sexual assault on a childbyonethatisinapositionof trust.

According to The Gazette, a U.S. news agency, Stark, 52, is wanted on suspicion of sexual assault on a child by one in a

positionoftrust,accordingtocourt records.

The felony charge suggests a patternofrepeatedabuse.

The news report stated that Stark was arrested on April 30, 2022, in connection with the charge. He posted a $25,000 bond onMay2andfailedtoappearfora

scheduled jury trial in El Paso CountyinOctoberthatyear

In March this year, the El Paso Sheriff's Office, Colorado had issued a cash reward of up to US$1,000 for information on his whereabouts.

Efforts are being made to have Starkextradited.

Govt. revokes registration for Rupununi Miners Association

The Government of Guyana (GoG) has revoked the registration for the R u p u n u n i M i n e r s Association Cooperative SocietyLimited.

In a notice published in the Official Gazette, dated May6,2023,theMinistryof Labour's Chief Cooperatives Development Officer(ag), Debbie Persaud said,“Byvirtueofthepower vested in me by Section 38(1) of the Co-operative Societies' Act, Chapter 88:01, after holding an inquiry of Rupununi Miners Association Co-Operative SocietyLtd,Regd.No.2187 andbeingoftheopinionthat

the body, Marlon Johnson wrote a letter to Kaieteur News in which he detailed small miners of the

Rupununi Mining District 6 unitedtohaveonvoiceinthe dispute with Romanex GuyanaExplorationLtd.

Hundreds of small miners had appealed to government to fulfill a promise to address their concerns in the dispute with Romanex over mining access to Marudi Mountain, RegionNinearea.

Kaieteur News had reported that Johnson said close to 500 miners have reallybeenstretchedoutand they are at breaking point

Social Impact Assessment (ESIA) in the area, which Romanex was required by law to complete before fullfledged operations can commence.

Severalblocksofmining landsforminerswhoarepart of the miner's association and former occupiers of RomanexMininglandswere also earmarked, while another was identified for administration by the Guyana Women Miners' Organisation (GWMO) for its members who are operating in Mining District 6.

The new lands made available were alongside the

the Society ought to be dissolvedI,herebyorderthat the registration of the Societybecancelled.”

Theorderalsonotedthat any member of the organization may appeal the decision to the Minister of Labour, Joseph Hamilton within two months from the datehereof.

The Rupununi Miners Associationrepresentssmall miners from a variety of Indigenous villages in the Hinterland region, including Parabara, Wakadanau and Marudi The body was formed around 2012 amid fears that the larger mining companies would stifle their business.

In2018,thenPresidentof

now “The miners have decided that if they cannot get the appropriate approval fromtheGovernmentbythe end of the new week, they will go ahead and start back working, with or without approval,”Johnsonstated.

In 2017, a deal was brokered to regulate mining in the Marudi Mountain, about 70-80 miles from Lethem.

As part of an agreed menu of measures, the Guyana Geology and Mines Commission (GGMC) facilitated the movement of minerstoanewareathatwill accommodate structures and shops, so as to facilitate the smooth conduct of an ongoing Environment and

Romanex concession Romanexacquiredtherights for the concession decades ago.

M a r u d i M i n e r s Association president stated thatthelandstheyhavebeen givendonothaveanysortof g o l d p o t e n t i a l “Thatseemsmorelikeajoke tous.Theonlyplacethathas gold potential is on the two mountains. As such, we are requesting one mountain be given to us and the other to Romanex in order for everyone to earn a living,” Johnsonnoted.

It was reported that Romanex's mining licence was cancelled by the Governmenteffective (Continuedonpage55)

USFugitive,BobbyAllenStark whowascapturedinGuyana. (Photo courtesy of El Paso Sheriff's County)

Members of the Rupununi MiningAssociation during a protest exercise in 2018

Twodead,onecriticalafter gunmeninvadeLindenhome ...2suspectsarrested

Two persons were early Saturday morning killed during an armed robbery at Block 22, Wismar,Linden,Region10.

Deadare87-year-oldJohnson Bowen known as ‘Uncle Johno’ and his 58-year-old son- in- law, Manuel De Santos. The armed robberyoccurredatabout04:00h. Police have since arrested two suspects and are on the hunt for another

According to the relatives, three masked men entered the deceased home during the wee hours of the morning and demandedvaluables.DeSantosis a Brazilian National and a gold miner who recently returned to Linden from the interior It is believed that the gunmen knew that De Santos recently returned toLindenandsuspectedthatgold andmoneywereinthehouse.

Both De Santos and Bowen tried to fend off the bandits with cutlasses but unfortunately they were fatally shot. De Santos’wife said she woke up to noise from the living room and it was then she realized thattherewerearmedbanditsintheirhome.

Her20-year-oldnephew,DenzilRoberts, also heard the noise and ran from his house nextdoor Hewasshottohismouth.Roberts is listed as critical at the Georgetown Public HospitalCorporation(GPHC).

DeSantos’wifetoldPolicethattwoofthe gunmen received chops to their backs. The resulted in the law enforcement officers followedatrailofbloodtothebackofBlock 22,Wismar

Commander of Region 10, Kurleigh Simon has since disclosed that two persons

have been arrested. It is unclear whether the pairthatwasarrestedhaschopwoundsabout their bodies. Commander Simon said that investigators are aggressively pursuing the perpetrators.

Meanwhile, Minister of Home Affairs Robeson Benn and Regional Member of Parliament (MP) Jermaine Figueira visited the relatives of the deceased. The officials calledonpersonswithinformationaboutthe crimetoreporttothenearestpolicestationso thattheperpetratorscanbebroughttojustice.

Additionally, relatives of the deceased said that Saturday’s robbery has left them in additional pain since less than a month ago, Bowen’swifewaslaidtorest. “Godwhynow I lost my great grandmother d other day and thefamilylaidhertorestnowwehavetobury twomore,”Johnson’sgrievinggranddaughter said.

Dead: 87-year-old, Johnson Bowen

Blood stains at the Block 22, Wismar home where two persons were shot dead by armed bandits

The house where the armed robbery and shooting occurred

Ray Daggers completes day ten of walk against “barefaced” Exxon Contract at Parika, EBE …continues today from Supenaam, Region Two

Ray Daggers will today begin the final leg of his cross country walk against the “barefaced and lopsided” ExxonMobil Contract today at Supenaam, Essequibo Coast,RegionTwo.

Speaking with Kaieteur News afterarrivingatParikaondaytenof hiswalkfromRegionSixtoRegion Two, Daggers said that he has a message for the residents of Essequibo as he prepares to enter theCinderellaCounty

“Wearesayingallthetimethat the government has been performing hostile acts against us by teaming up with the oil companies.Wewanttomakethem (residentsofEssequibo)awarethat wehaveacommonenemy Weare fighting against a common”, Daggers said while adding that all Guyanese must put aside their differencesanduniteinthefightfor the renegotiation of the Stabroek Block Contract withAmerican Oil GiantExxonMobil.

Daggers started day 10 of his walk for a change of the contract around 09:00 hrs on Saturday at Windsor Forest, West Coast Demerara (WCD) and ended at Parika around 14:30 hrs after coveringadistanceof14.6miles.

Along the journey, members of the Guyana PoliceForce(GPF)instructed the 65-year-old Daggers to desist from using speakers. Thespeakerswerebeingused by Daggers and Kaieteur News’ Publisher Glenn Lall to inform citizens about the purpose of the walk and to educate persons about the oil sector and how the country has been short changed as wellastoplaymusic.

DaggersandLallstopped playing music but continued to inform persons about the need for the renegotiation of the ExxonMobil Contract Notwithstanding, the law enforcement officers remainedonthejourneywith Daggers and team; they helpedtodirecttraffic.

Daggers began his walk last Thursday at Moleson Creek, East BerbiceCorentyneRegionSix.Sofar hehaswalkedover162miles on his journey to Charity, EssequiboCoast.

Born in Mahaicony, Daggers lived for quite some time overseas but paid attention to key

Ray Daggers with a group of supporters who accompanied him on day ten of his walk from Windsor Forest, WCD to Parika, EBE.

occurrences in Guyana. The 65year-old man said he was inspired to undertake the walk against the Exxon contract by the unrelenting efforts by Lall, who has been

fighting for a change to the Exxon contract.

“Mr Lallhasbeenputtingforth thefactsandhehasdonesowithout any help from government

agencies, but with the help of his staff, and he has been providing a great service to this nation,” Daggershadsaidbeforesettingout onhiswalk.

Second from right, Ms Eshranie Dhori stands next to Minister of Education Priya Manickchand (third from left and other officials as they show support for the 'Little Library' initiative.

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JasmaineAssanahisasaucy21-year-oldContentCreatorandcontestantoftheupcomingMiss GuyanaCultureQueenPageant. Jasmaineispassionateaboutpromotingdiversitythroughperforming Arts.Inhertransitionfrom‘thatgirltoTHISwoman,’GuyanacanexpectJasmainetousethispageant asasteppingstonetolearnmoreaboutherbeautifulcultureandeducateotherslocallyandregionally

Decimation of vulnerable nations inevitable if global warming continues on present trend

BySirRonaldSanders

John Kerry, former U.S. Secretary of State and current U.S. Special Envoy on Climate Change matters, t o l d t h e w o r l d ’s Ambassadorsatameetingin Washington,onMay10,that “thereisnoway”ofkeeping the rise in global temperatures to 1.5 degrees Celsius unless CO2 emissions are drastically reduced.

Over the last 2 years, Kerry has traversed the globe as U S President Joe Biden’s point man in a massive push to stop tipping the world over the edge of a Climate Change d i s a s t e r

The statement he made to Ambassadors accredited to the U S government was not news, but it was sobering to hear it so explicitly told by an influential figure in g l o b a l c l i m a t e n e g o t i a t i o n s

It was especially so for Ambassadors of 36 small states and 48 countries in sub-Saharan Africa, which account for less than 2 percent and 0 55 percent, respectively of CO2 emissions, but which would be devasted ifthetargetof1 5degrees Celsiusisexceeded

Speaking for small islandstates,inresponseto the serious observation by Kerry, I emphasised that at 2 degrees Celsius, many countries would be severely eroded, and any greater warming would drown many islands in the Caribbean and the Pacific

Ialsopointedoutthat,even if all these countries reduced their already low CO2 emissions, it would have little or no effect on the rate or intensity of g l o b a l w a r m i n g

Kerry was well aware of thissituation

He offered ideas on aims that must be pursued in Dubai in December when representatives of the world’s governments gather at the 2023 United Nations Climate Change ConferenceorConferenceof the Parties, more commonly referred to as COP28

Among the goals, he listed wasagreatereffortbythe20 nations that emit 76 percent of warming gases into the atmosphere.

Acknowledging that 10 of these nations are developedcountries,hesaid that many of them, such as

the U.S., Germany, and the U K , are implementing strategies to significantly reducetheiremissions.

But there are 10 other nations with large economies, like China, Russia, Brazil, and India, which are not reducing emissions fast enough to achieve the target of 45 percent reduction in global emissions by 2030. On the current trajectory, in 2030, the world will reach 3 degrees Celsius above preindustrial levels. That is a mere7yearsaway

There is no question that both China and India have recently announced long-term emissions reduction strategies But China’s share of global emissions was nearly 31% in 2020, and it has set 2060 to reach carbon neutrality

However,thatmightbe too late for many small island states as explained earlier

A similar situation exists with India whose government has pledged to reach net-zero emissions by 2070 While the commitments by these two countries are welcome news, they should understand why developing countries, which are devastatingly a f f e c t e d b y C O 2 emissions, would like to see faster reductions Their survival depends on it; this is not a matter of ideological alliances or North-South differences Russia, too, has to assume a bigger role in cutting emissions Hopefully, the current war with Ukraine will not influence this wider globalconcern.

The current strong positionbythepresentBiden administration, on vigorously tackling Climate Change, was not shared by the previous administration of Donald Trump, who has now declared himself as the Republican Party’s candidate for the U S Presidency in 2024

Therefore, there is understandableconcernthat, if Trump wins the Presidential elections, not only would he revert to dismissing Climate Change as a myth, but he might also resume his position of withdrawing from the COP, and halting the current U.S. thrust to reduce its own emissions and to secure funding for global climate mitigationandadaptation.

John Kerry expressed confidence that the Biden administration has won too many allies for the cause of fighting Climate Change, amongbigU.S.corporations with a global reach, for it to bereversed.

Talking at Harvard University on the same day that he addressed Ambassadors, Kerry said, “Given the decisions made by Ford Motor Co., General M o t o r s b y b i g corporationsGoogle,Apple, Sales Force, FedEx — these companies are signed up, they’reonboard”.

And he added, “I don’t think any one president can possibly come in now, from whatever wing of whatever party — there’s no way we’regoingbackward.

Theglobaleconomyhas made this decision and it’s more powerful than any politician.”

Victim states of Climate Change have to hope that h e ’s r i g h t i n h i s assessment The reversal in the U S position would trigger a similar reversal by other industrialised n a t i o n s i n t h e i r competition for larger shares of the global marketfortheirgoods.

All this would have frightening consequences given the importance of maintaining the target of globalwarmingatnomore than1 5degreesCelsius

Looking to COP28 in 7 months’ time, Kerry named 4 priorities for governments:mappingthe road ahead in a genuine agreement; deciding on adaptation and mitigation measures to be taken by all; fulfilling pledges to deliver the financing, including identifying the sources of financing; and dealing with the call by v i c t i m s t a t e s f o r compensation for loss and damage.

The U S government also has obstacles to overcome in its own legislature.

TheU.S.Congresshasas many climate change doubtersasithasadvocates, andthefossilfuellobbiesare hard at work to resist the diminution of the coal and oil industries – something about which Kerry is realistic. He explains that “noonewantstheeconomies of the world to crash, which is what could happen if you begantodrivethepriceofoil and gas up too much and drivethesupplydowntotoo

little”.

In all this, victim countriesofClimateChange have to advance their own interests by strongly joining theadvocacytothe20worst CO2 emitters to recognize thattheywillpaythehighest pricefortheindustrialization of others – severe upheaval intheirlivesandlivelihoods, ifnotextinction.

Responses and previous commentaries: www sirronaldsanders.com

(The writer is Antigua and B a r b u d a ’s Ambassador to theUnitedStates

a n d t h e Organization of American States

He is also a Senior FellowattheInstitute of Commonwealth StudiesattheUniversityof LondonandMasseyCollege intheUniversityofToronto. The views expressed are

e ntirely his own.

Responses and previous commentaries:

SirRonaldSanders

Paul Rodney murder… One walks free, the other jailed for life

Johnson doing something that year-old Paul Rodney of Lot 530 appeared to be shooting, but he West Ruimveldt resident was placed Johnson far away from riddled with bullets outside the where Rodney was killed and East Ruimveldt Secondary withinadifferenttimeframe.Asa School, reportedly during an result of the evidence that was argument. presented to the court, Johnson is

On November 21, 2016, 29-

On that day, a dance was held nowafreeman. at the school and an argument had

JOSHUAMEREDITH ensued between Rodney and his

WhenMeredithwasarraigned killer Rodneyleftthedancebuthe for the capital offence he opted to was followed by his killer and a plead guilty to the lesser count of friend. manslaughter

Rodney was shot several times

On May 3, 2023, Joshua andhewasfoundlyingmotionless Meredith received the life in a pool of blood. While his killer sentence. He was sentenced by escaped, he was rushed to the Justice Jo-Ann Barlow at the hospitalwherehewaspronounced DemeraraHighCourt. deaduponarrival.

By Renay Sambach

Before Meredith was peaceful Similarly, prison

Two men were jointly charged sentenced, a probation report on officials described Meredith as with murder Now, six years after his behalf was read to the court. disrespectful and disorderly and he was killed, one man has been The court heard that in December even shared that he had to be sentenced to life imprisonment for 2020, Meredith was sentenced to placedinsolitaryconfinement. the unlawful killing of Rodney, 15 years imprisonment for the Attorney-at-Law Adrian whileanotherwalkedfree,duetoa ‘WingsandThings’killing.

Meredithwassentencedforthe Meredith in a plea of mitigation

Thompson who represented lackofevidence.

Colvin Johnson, called “Gun unlawful killing of Gregory asked the court to be lenient with Nutt” of East Ruimveldt, was

Garraway, who was gunned down his clients given his upbringings acquitted of the crime while 29- on October 2, 2016 at the bar and added that he was influenced year-old Joshua Meredith was located on Mandela Avenue, byhisneighbourhood. jailed. Georgetown.

COLVIN JOHNSON

According to the probation fromRodney’sunclewasalsoread

A victim impact statement

On Monday May 8, “Gun report, Meredith came from a to the court. It was stated that Nutt” was acquitted by Justice single-parent home and was Rodney was the sole breadwinner Sandil Kissoon at the Demerara labeled as a ‘delinquent’ from an forhisfamilyandhiselderlyfather High Court. He was represented early age. Before he turned 16, –thecourtheardtoothatRodney’s by Attorney-at-Law, Leslie Meredith was before the court for fatherpassedawayaftermourning Sobers.

Preliminary Inquiry (PI) at the failed to establish a prima facie robbery under arms, but due to his the death of his son. In handing He had denied the charge magistracy level, a no-case case against Johnson. It was stated age, he was placed on a two-year down her ruling, Justice Barlow whichstatedthatonNovember21, submission was entered on behalf too that there was no evidence that bond for the offence. The report sentenced Meredith to life 2016, at Avocado Square, East of Johnson but was overruled and Johnson was involved in the also detailed what people from imprisonment. RuimveldthemurderedRodney Johnson was committed to stand shooting. The eye-witness of the Meredith’s former neighbourhood

To s h a r e a n y u s e f u l

According to Johnson’s trial before a judge and jury at the actual killing of Rodney testified had to say about him. He was information you can contact me lawyer, his client had maintained highcourt. that Johnson was nowhere there. labeled as a criminal and others v i a e m a i l : his innocence from the inception. On Monday, Justice Kissoon Notably, another witness for the stated that since he has been naesambach@gmail.com Sobers said that at the end of the ruled that the prosecution had prosecution testified that he saw locked up, the area has been

Killed, Paul Rodney

Sentenced, Joshua Meredith

Acquitted, Colvin Johnson

Friday Music Guide: New Music from Jonas Brothers, Lil Durk & J. Cole, Shakira and More

Check out the must-hear releases of the week

(Billboard) Billboard’s Friday Music Guide Shakira, “Acrostico” servesasahandyguidetothisFriday’smostessential Casual fans might regard “Acróstico,” the releases—thekeymusicthateveryonewillbetalking tender new single from Shakira, as a heat check about today, and that will be dominating playlists this from the Colombian superstar, considering the weekendandbeyond. monumental success she’s already achieved this

This week, Jonas Brothers are back for more year with her Bizarrap collaboration “BZRP summerfun,LilDurkandJ.Coleturncontemplative, Music Sessions, Vol. 53” and Karol G duet andShakiratriestocontinueherhotstreak.Checkout “TQG”bothhittingthetop10oftheHot100.Yet allofthisweek’spicksbelow: Shakira has spent her entire mastering this sort of Jonas Brothers, TheAlbum piano ballad as powerhouse vocal display: Happiness Begins was, for all intents “Acróstico” shimmers with restrained and purposes, Jonas Bro production and technically dazzling comeback album, a wi emotion, as Shakira follows a successful return in 2019 after pair of ostentatious team-ups 10-year gap between full with a gorgeously strippedlengths that brought the trio to downsoloshowcase. the top of the Hot 100 for the

Bailey Zimmerman, first time and launched a Religiously TheAlbum long-running, mega-selling Bailey Zimmerman’s arena tour Four years later, Leave the Light On EP, The Album smartly does not featuring his smash hit try to recapture lightning in a “Rock and a Hard Place,” is bottle: instead of trying to barely six months old at this manufacture another “Sucker,” point, but considering the the project moves briskly across commercial breakthrough that sharedideasandthrowbackmusical country singer-songwriter has interests, as songs like “ experienced since its release, it’s House,” “Summer Baby” and “Montana little surprise that his debut album has Sky” function like retro FM radio offerings stuffed promptly arrived in time for summer streaming. withwarmharmonies.TheJoBroshavelittletoprove Fortunately, Religiously The Album findscohesion at this point in their careers, and the looseness of The in Zimmerman’s songwriting: the Illinois native Album seems to telegraph: this is where the real fun supplements his husky drawl with phrases that cut begins. right to the listener’s core, whether he’s asking

Lil Durk feat. J. Cole, “All My Life” rhetorical questions (“Fix’n To Break”), setting a

“Allmylife,theybeentryingtokeepmedown,”a dimly lit scene (“You Don’t Want That Smoke”), choir of children sings on the new Lil Durk/J. Cole or asserting the “broken roads that I’m tryin’ to team-up “All My Life,” a nod to the doubt that both mend”(“WhereItEnds”). rappers faced from hip-hop gatekeepers as they BTS. “The Planet” evolved their careers over the past decade-plus. A soundtrack single from the actionInstead of a straightforward proved-the-haters-wrong adventure animated film Bastions, “The Planet” anthem, Durk and Cole wisely expand their shared marks a welcome check-in from BTS as the focus on the track, with Durk lamenting the systemic world-conquering K-pop group continues its issues that forced him to turn to rap as a form of breakfromgroupactivities.Andwhileitremains survival, and Cole sounding haunted by the violence tobeseenhowmuchtheBTSmemberscan thattoooftenpervadeshisworld.

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Jonas Brothers, The Album

Lil Durk feat. J. Cole, “All My Life”

Shakira, “Acrostico”

Bailey Zimmerman, Religiously

BTS. “The Planet”

This Day in History - May 14

First American Olympiad opens in St. Louis

May14,1904

The Third Olympiad of the modern era, and the first OlympicGamestobeheldintheUnitedStates,opensinSt. Louis, Missouri. The 1904 Games were actually initially awarded to Chicago, Illinois, but were later given to St. Louis to be staged in connection with the St. Louis World Exposition. Like the Second Olympiad, held in Paris in 1900, the St. Louis Games were poorly organized and overshadowedbytheworld’sfair

There were few entrants other than Americans in the various events, and, expectedly, U.S. athletes won a majority of the competitions and the unofficial team championship. In the field events, the Americans made a near-perfect sweep, winning everything but lifting the bar and throwing the 56-pound weight. Twenty years later, the first truly successful Olympic Games were held in Paris, and since then, with increasing popularity, the games have beenheldinvariouscitiesaroundtheglobe.

State of Israel proclaimed

David Ben Gurion reading the Declaration of Independence of the State of Israel

American’s first space station, Skylab launched

May14,1973 plansforscientificstudy

Skylab, America’s first space Originally the spent third stage of a station,issuccessfullylaunchedintoan Saturn 5 moon rocket, the cylinder orbit around the earth. Eleven days spacestationwas118feettall,weighed later, U.S. astronauts Charles Conrad, 77 tons, and carried the most varied Joseph Kerwin, and PaulWeitz made a assortment of experimental equipment rendezvous with Skylab, repairing a everassembledinasinglespacecraftto jammed solar panel and conducting thatdate. scientific experiments during their 28-

The crews of Skylab spent more daystayaboardthespacestation. than 700 hours observing the sun and

The first manned Skylab mission brought home more than 175,000 solar came two years after the Soviet Union pictures. launched Salyut, theworld’sfirstspace They also provided important station, into orbit around the earth. information about the biological However, unlike the ill-fated Salyut, effects of living in space for prolonged which was plagued with problems, the periodsoftime. activity. On July 11, 1979, the parts of American space station was a great Five years after the last Skylab thespacestationthatdidnotburnupin success, safely housing three separate mission,thespacestation’sorbitbegan theatmospherecamecrashingdownon three-man crews for extended periods to deteriorate faster than expected, AustraliaandintotheIndianOcean.No of time and exceeding pre-mission owing to unexpectedly high sunspot onewasinjured.

May14,1948

On May 14, 1948, in TelAviv, JewishAgency Chairman, David Ben-Gurion proclaims the State of Israel, establishing the first Jewish state in 2,000 years. Ben-Gurion became Israel’sfirstpremier

The Jews were to possess more than half of Palestine, althoughtheymadeuplessthanhalfofPalestine’spopulation. The Palestinian Arabs, aided by volunteers from other countries, fought the Zionist forces, but by May 14, 1948, the Jews had secured full control of their U.N.-allocated share of Palestine and also some Arab territory On May 14, Britain withdrew with the expiration of its mandate, and the State of Israelwasproclaimed.

The next day, forces from Egypt, Transjordan, Syria, Lebanon,andIraqinvaded.

Two trains crashed in Japan, killing more than 40

May14,1991

On May 14, 1991, two diesel trains carrying commuters crash head-on, killing 42 people and injuring over 400 more near Shigaraki, Japan. This was the worst rail disaster in Japan since a November 1963Yokohama crash killed 160people.

Train Crash

Shigaraki, a town near Kyoto, is famousforitsceramics.OnMay14,the WorldCeramicsFestivalwasbeingheld in the town. Passengers filled a train in Kibukawa, which was to run along a 14.7-kilometer single-track rail line away from Shigaraki, at just after 10 in correct: there was another train on the SKR workers for allowing the train to the morning. However, workers on the line, a JRWest commuter train carrying depart without a green signal, an action Shigaraki Kogen Railways (SKR) line passengers toward Shigaraki for the found to be dangerous and illegal. A could not get a green signal in order for festival When a faulty-departure signal engineer was also blamed for the the train to depart the station. The detector failed to work correctly, this defectivewiringthatledtothefailureof system showed that a train was other train was sent straight on a thefaulty-departuredetectorthatshould approaching,buttheworkers,believing collisioncoursewiththeSKRtrain. have prevented the collision. A 1999 thistobeincorrect,overrodethesystem The resulting crash derailed both civil trial resulted in a 500 million yen andsentthetrainout,11minuteslate. trains and cost 42 people their lives. A award to the victims against SKR and Unfortunately, the system had been subsequent investigation faulted the JRWestjointly

Frank Sinatra dies

May14,1998

reinvented himself as a suave swinger

On May 14, 1998, the legendary with a rougher, world-weary singing singer, actor and show-business icon style,andbeganaspectacularcomeback Frank Sinatra dies of a heart attack in inthe1950s.

LosAngeles,attheageof82.

In addition to his great musical Sinatra emerged from an Italian- success, Sinatra appeared in 58 films; American family in Hoboken, New one of his earliest was Anchors Aweigh Jersey, to become the first modern (1945) Playing a cocky Italiansuperstar of popular music, with an American soldier who meets a violent entertainment career that spanned more death in From Here to Eternity (1953), than five decades In the first co-starring Burt Lancaster and incarnationofhissingingcareer,hewas Montgomery Clift, Sinatra won an amasteroftheromanticballadspopular Academy Award for Best Supporting during World War II. After his appeal Actor Hisfilmcareerflourishedafter began to wane in the late 1940s, Sinatra (Continued on page ) Frank Sinatra

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Cabernet Sauvignon: Everything You Need to Know

Cabernet Sauvignon is one of the most widely planted and beloved grape varieties in the world, providing the backbone for wines from Bordeaux, Napa Valley, and beyond

(Food & Wine) When an excellent blending around the world have found be less ripe and powerful considering the great grape partner: In Bordeaux, for success with it. There are, of than their Napa Valley varieties of the world, e x a m p l e , C a b e r n e t course, certain standout counterparts, with more Cabernet Sauvignon is, to Sauvignon is the key to Left regions for Cabernet cedar, graphite, and misquote the old cliché, the Bank blends, playing an Sauvignon, and no two are occasionally herbal notes elephant in the winery importantroleinthewinesof more well-known than Napa thankstothecoolerandmore Virtually no other red grape iconic estates like Château Valley and Bordeaux In maritime climate. In other is as familiar or widely Margaux, Château Latour, Napa, producers leverage countries around the world, known Indeed, Cabernet and others. For all of that warmth and abundant producers leverage their decant only the oldest or with most richer red wines, Sauvignon is so famous that fame, however, Cabernet sunshine to create Cabs of unique growing conditions most expensive red wines, willtastecookedorstewedif it’s more than sufficient to power, generosity, ripe fruit, tocraftCabernetSauvignon- but even a modestly priced servedtoowarm. simply utter a single depth. Many of the top based wines that express Cabernet Sauvignon will 5 great Cabernet — Cab — to convey ornia Cabs are their particular patch of the likely benefit from a stint in Sauvignon wines you’re referencing. ietally labeled, planet. the decanter — or serving it There are countless great makes sense: I eaning that only Why should you drink in large wine glasses and Cabernet Sauvignon wines

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Frank Sinatra dies

From page 31 Three (1962), Four for Texas (1963) and that, as he starred as Nathan Detroit in the Robin and the Seven Hoods (1964).Onscreen movie musical Guys and Dolls (1955) and and in real life, the Pack’s famous stomping played a heroin addict in The Man With the grounds included Las Vegas, Los Angeles Golden Arm (1955), for which he was and New York (notably the Copacabana nominated for the Oscar for Best Actor He Club). also starred in the musicals High Society Sinatra worked steadily in film (1956) and Pal Joey (1957) and turned in a throughout the 1960s, though many of his memorable performance as an Army performances seemed almost perfunctory investigator in the acclaimed film The His last major Hollywood role came in Manchurian Candidate (1962). 1980’s The First Deadly Sin A famous

Bythelate1950s,Sinatrahadbecomethe heartthrob, Sinatra married four times, epitome of show-business success and divorcing his longtime sweetheart Nancy glamorous, rough-edged masculinity He Barbato after a decade and three children evenheadeduphisownentourage,knownas (Nancy, Frank Jr and Christina) to marry the the Rat Pack, which included Sammy Davis actressAva Gardner in 1951. Their marriage Jr., Dean Martin, Peter Lawford and Joey lastedlessthantwoyears,andin1966Sinatra Bishop. The group had originally formed married the 21-year-old actress Mia Farrow, around Humphrey Bogart, who died in 1957. 30 years his junior; they were divorced in The Rat Pack first appeared together on the 1968. In 1976, he married Barbara Blakely big screen in 1960’s casino caper Ocean’s Marx (the former wife of Zeppo Marx), and Eleven Theywouldgoontomake Sergeant’s theyremainedtogetheruntilhisdeath.

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Dumbo Octopuses

ByShervinBelgrave

In the deepest part of the world’s oceans far beyond the reach of fishing nets and even some sea predators live the Dumbo Octopus, an animal with big ear-like fins that slightly resembles the elephant from the Disney moviecalledDumbo.

This interesting creature

measures around eight inches and weighs about 13 pounds and feeds on snails, worms, and other creatures they hoover up from the oceanfloor

DumboOctopusesliveat depthsofupto13,100feetin theoceananduseitsear-like fins to propel them through the water and steer using webbed arms as they move acrosstheoceanfloor

Not many sea creatures canlivesodeepintheocean because there is a complete absenceofsunlightanditis extremely cold at the bottom

Dumbo Octopuses, however, have the ability to survive such extreme conditions putting it at a slightadvantageofnotbeing caught in fishing nets and absent from the menu of

mostseapredators.

It is also the only Octopusthatcanliveatsuch depthsintheocean.

Apart from its ability to liveintheverydeep,female Dumbo Octopuses can store sperm for long periods of time after mating with a male.

According to scientists females have developed this uniquebehaviorbecauseitis

very hard to find a mate in thevastnessoftheoceanand whentheydosometimesthe conditionoftheenvironment is not suitable to fertilize theireggs. So instead of wasting

the opportunity to reproduce, the female Dumbo Octopuses store the male’s sperm after mating and then transfer them to her eggs when she senses

that the environmental conditions are suitable for reproduction

Althoughthesecreatures spend much of their lives suspended just above the ocean floor they lay their eggs on it and they are attached to rocks or other hardsurfacesfoundthere.

Source of information: https://oceana org/marinelife/dumbo-octopus/

Dumbo Octopuses hovering above the ocean floor

Missionary murdered while husband prayed -

Five months later Killer(s) still

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By Shervin Belgrave

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respected individual and devoted Christian, who dedicated most of her life towards the spiritual wellbeing of a community thatisnotevenherhome.

Itistheirviewthat‘Sister Jean’ did not deserve to die thewayshedid.

Almost five months have passed since a Reverend of the Wesleyan Church, located in Paramakatoi Village, Region Eight found his 78-year-old wife brutallymurderedintheirhome.

The woman, Ramdia Balkaran, popularly known as ‘Sister Jean’in the Region Eight village was discovered on the morning of December 29 last battered, bound, and gagged. An autopsy revealed that she died from suffocation and blunt force traumatothehead.

Sister Jean was beaten and whatever was used to gag her from screaming was shoved too deep down her throat that she suffocated as a result Her killer(s) are still at large and at the moment their identity is not known but one thing is certain, theymurderedawomanwhohas been a missionary in the Paramakatoi area for 50 years,

while her husband, Basil Balkaran was praying not only forhimselfandfamilybutforthe entirevillage

According to reports she was lastseenalivearound19:30hrson Wednesday, December 28, 2022 closing a shop she and her husbandoperatedinthearea.

While she retired to bed her husband went to another house located on the property to pray andmeditate.

Hespenttheentirenightthere and at around 06:00 hrs the following day, he went over to where his wife was only to find her dead. No one knows what happened but police suspect that motivemightberobbery

Detectives had arrested two men for questioning but released them after they were unable to obtain any pertinent information tofindthemissionary’skiller Her death angered the villagers because she was a

Following her death villagers started using a hashtag, #JusticeforSisBalkaran and have been repeatedly calling on persons from Region Eight to assist the police with any information they may have about the perpetrators of such a gruesomekilling.

One Person had posted, “If there was a time that Paramakatoi should come together, that time is now Community Members need to come forward with information which can lead to the arrest and eventual prosecution of person(s) responsible for the death of Sis Jean Balkaran She was the most gentle of souls and always greets me with a smile and when she has bananas May her soul rest in eternal peace #justiceforsisbalkaran”

Another person said, “I hope the perpetrators of this evil will be found and the whole Book of Law be thrown at them This

wanton killing is one time, too many, by very wicked and evil people It seems they left something there at the Balkaran’shomeandwentforit Ican’tbegintoimaginewhatthis lady went through before drawing her last breath A womanwhowon’tevenhurtafly waskilled Shetooktimetoserve wholeheartedly the Amerindian People in the interior for many years”

Persons were beginning to

lose hope that Balkaran’s killer (S) will be caught but a recent breakthrough in the three-yearold case of a missing police officerbydetectiveshasrenewed their confidence in the Guyana Police Force (GPF) to find the murderers.

One villager said, “Kudos to the police for solving the Quincy Lewis case but I hope that they divert that same amount of attention to find Sister Jean killers”.

Journalist launches bereavement foundation for young adults A year after losing his mother…

Losing a parent, particularly a mother can be extremely traumatic and heart-wrenching, especially with the absenceofasupportsystem.Thiswasthecasefora24year-old Journalist, Joel Vogt of West Coast Demerara who launched a bereavement support foundation in late 2022 youngadultswhohavelostaparent,afterlosinghis mother,Angela Vogt, to kidney failure in January of thatsameyear

The non-governmental organization, ‘With You Foundation’-isaninitiativethatintendstosharehope throughcounselling,griefguidanceandtheprovision ofcondolencepackagesaswellasofferingadifferent quality of support and connection that comes from people (founder and volunteers) who have also experiencedthelossofaparent.

“Aftermymomdiedearlyin2022,Ididn’thavea full support system that a bereaved child or person deserves or would like to have, although I received some form of comfort from close friends, Godmother and God sisters. That comfort and support only lasted for a period while my grief continues,”thefounderexpressedduringan

Murdered, Sister Jean (Ramdia Balkaran)

Journalist, Joel Vogt

Joel Vogt’s loving mother, Angela

Joel at the burial site of his loving mother, Angela who lost her battle to kidney disease about a year ago.

Michelle & Lyndell: ‘Womenupliftingothers’ Michelle & Lyndell: ‘Womenupliftingothers’

Womenleadersareusingtheir immense power to nurture andshapenotjusttheirown children but countless others who they influence daily within organizations and communities.

Same can be said for Michelle A Nicholas, Founder and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of The NICO Consulting Inc.andLyndellDanzie-Black,Managing DirectorofCeruleanInc.,whoarerealand true nurturers that have successfully created a space for women to be recognisedandappreciated.

In 2019 they collaborated and cocreatedthe25InfluentialWomenLeaders Award (25 IWLA), and three years later they launched the Women’s Leadership Programme (WLP) The award and curated programme is seen as a nurtured space, creating sustainability, safety and empowerment opportunities for women across Guyana, and supporting and advancing women on the journey to nurture, empower, and connect with themselves and others. Both initiatives have continued to garner great success throughtheirannualaward.

During an interview with The Waterfalls, Michelle and Lyndell shared that since the launch of the award initiative,theyhaverecognized75women leaders,fortheiroutstandingcontributions to their country This year, being their fourth year, the duo is looking forward to honoring another 25 women leaders on June10,2023,atPegasusSuites,marking the honoring of one-hundred women leadersacrossGuyana.

They explained that through their collective commitment to advancing and developingtalentedwomenleadersacross practices, roles, locations, the women’s leadership program was created That programmeisnowinitssecondyearandit continues to explore critical areas that includeaccesstonetworks,leadershipand social equity, executive presence and more, all aimed at building new and strengthened relationships internally and externally. By design, the programme is opentoallnomineesandawardees,aimed at supporting women at all stages of their leadership journey, thus, creating an empireofwomenleaders,drivingwomen tothetopandkeepingthemthere.

Michelle underscored, “For me, leadership is always about contribution, andworkthatwealldomustbeintentional and not only focused on advancing ourselves, but the inclusion and advancementofothers.”

HOWTHEPROCESSWORKS

For the awards initiative, each year, invitations are opened for persons to

nominate a woman who they believe deserves the honor. They could be nominating someone, or could nominate themselves.

After the nomination form is submitted, it is reviewed for compliance and once all is satisfied the nominees are alertedofthesubmissionandareaskedto complete their nominee response. This secondstepisvitalasitgivesthenominee an opportunity to also share their journey withthejudgesthroughtheirlenses.Once both steps are completed and submitted, onlythenitisprocessedandpassedtothe judgesforreviewandscoring.

Notably, each year Michelle and Lyndell select five Guyanese judges, as well as individual international leaders who share the same commitment to the advancementofwomen.

The women shared that they are truly happythattheyarenotapartofthejudging panel, “because it is a hard job.” They addedthatthisway,theyareasexcitedlike everyoneelsetolearnwhotheselected25 womenare.

HOWITSTARTED

Nicholas shared that growing up she has seen women (and men) who were

committed to fairness, equity, and inclusiveness. “Some of those folks I still lookuptotoday,becauseIhavelearnedso muchfromthem.Inpayingitforward,Ido the same for individuals like me, women, men,girlsandboys,whoneedsomeoneto openadoorortwo-Iamalwaysexcitedto payitforward.”

She continued: “Hence, it was fate when Lyndell Danzie-Black, Managing Director,CeruleanInc.andImet,backin 2006Ibelieve,aswerealisedthatweboth shared the same passion of paying it forward and the advancement of women and girls Being intentional, we spent months brainstorming ideas, and the 25 Influential Women Leaders Award (25ILWA)wasborn.Anaward,firstofits kind in Guyana, aimed at championing women for their talents, achievements, values and contributions in the public, privateandnon-profitsectors.”

MOTHER’SDAYMESSAGE

Ms. Nicholas and Ms. Danzie-Black are not only mothers, but women leaders, mentorsandsponsorswhocancareforand nurture others. These women champions areonaquesttoencouragewomentolead and with every opportunity they embrace

theirtruevision of creating ‘An Empire of Women Leaders’.

During the celebration of Mother’s Day, Danzie-Black and Nicolas reminded that it is a fact that womenareknowntonurtureasanatural tendency and phenomenon of being motherstotheiroffspringsandtoothers.

In observance of mother’s day, Danzie-Black said, “In extending Happy Mother’s Day, I want to speak to the abusersofwomenandaskthemtostopand respecttheplaceofwomen,mothersinour history and in modern day We are the backboneofsociety,wearethecarers,the home makers, teachers, doctors, nurses, workers We nurture today and tomorrow’s leaders We need care, attention, respect and support. Let us all commit to raising our women up and seeingourownmothersineachwoman.”

For her part Nicholas said, “Because mothers have immense power to nurture andshapenotjusttheirownchildrenbut

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Lyndell Danzie-Black MichelleA. Nicholas

Michelle & Lyndell... Michelle & Lyndell...

2022 International Recognition “Change Maker” Award in the United Kingdom, amongmanyotherachievements.

She is an international mentor for the CherieBlairFoundation,UnitedKingdom andtheWomeninLeadership,Canadaand was a mentor with the Queen’s Young Leaders Programme for youth leaders from Guyana, St Vincent and the Grenadines and Dominica and continues tomentorwomenentrepreneurs.

Her inspirational leadership, vision and commitment to excellence have undoubtedlypositionedhertobeathought

delivery competencies supportive of organizational change and transformation. She holds an MSc in Maritime Transport and BA (Hons) in TourismManagementandisafarmer,who loves the outdoors, youth development andtheenvironment.

Michelle describes herself as always focused on working to positively impact people, culture and community in everythingshe’sapartof.

“As the child of a bauxite industry laborer and a community activist, I understand the importance of service and facilitating so that the journey of finding

purpose ,”

She explained that her work internationallyandinGuyana,speaksto her commitment towards advancing the wellbeing of all. She uses her history in and understanding of the public, nonprofit, and private sectors to secure resources that benefit those most in need

Over the years, Michelle has had the opportunitytoserveinvariousleadership

institutions with the view of curating and leveraging foundations, diversity, inclusion, and cross-cultural competency

engaging agencies various issues including community development.

She said though she has been recognizedacrosssectorsfortheworkshe lovesdoing,andhavereceivednumerous honors for, “I am truly just happy to be positively impacting people, culture and community and seeing this advance daily.”

For more information about the 25 InfluentialWomenLeadersAward,email 25influentialwomen@gmail.com or visit to join the conversation on Facebook @25Influentialwomenleadersaward.

When Is Mother’s Day, and Why Do We Celebrate It?

(Reader’s Digest) This like so many Mom stories, M o t h e r J a r v i s ’s would listen. In 1915, her year, Mother’s Day is on with a powerful bond daughter, Anna M. Jarvis, efforts paid off. President Sunday, May 14, 2023. That between a mother and was her devoted disciple and Woodrow Wilson declared should give you plenty of daughter served beside her mother As Mother’s Day an annual time to come up with a Ann Reeves Jarvis, Mother Jarvis’s health national observance in the celebration that’ll wow her knownasMotherJarvis,was declined, Anna became her United States, to be held on Or, you know, create a a mother and Sunday school caretaker, devoting years to thesecondSundayofMay playlist of mom songs to teacher in rural West herbelovedmom.OnMay8, Why is it called Mother’s bringonthewaterworks. Virginia until the Civil 1905, Mother Jarvis died of Day?

Unlike holidays with a War broke out in 1861. She heartcomplications. Moreperplexingthanthe set date, Mother’s Day has became an activist for Anna, by then a young question “When is Mother’s Mothers’ Day Anna Jarvis honor the best mother who more to do with a specific human rights and mothers, mother herself, was Day?”isthequestionofwhy was adamant that it be everlived:yours.” day of the week than a no matter which side of the devastated by the loss. In the holiday’s name is dedicated to just one mother Somegreatwaysto specificdate. blue-gray divide they were 1906,sheinvitedfriendsand s i n g u l a r , n o t Its purpose, she said, is “to (Continued on page 41)

It falls on the second on. family to a special church plural—Mother’s Day, not Sunday in May each year

To begin, she organized service to honor her mother

Not that good with mental “mothers’ day work clubs.” on the one-year anniversary calendar math? We’ve These clubs taught mothers of her death. She handed out calculated the dates for the basic health, hygiene and carnations, Mother Jarvis’s next five Mother’s Days for child-rearing skills to fight favorite flower, to all the you: the unsanitary living mothersinattendance.

·Sunday,May12,2024 conditions that caused so It was such a moving

·Sunday,May11,2025 much death and disease in tribute that Anna and her

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“women’s brigades” to help They broadened the

What is the history of wounded soldiers and a celebration to include Mother’s Day? Mothers’ Friendship Day to mothersingeneral.

Even though mothers improve relations between A n n a w e n t o n a have existed since the f o r m e r U n i o n a n d campaign to spread her beginning of humanity, Confederate families. After favorite holiday, writing celebrating Mother’s Day as all, if anyone can calm down letters, petitioning a formal holiday is a fairly a heated argument, it’s a politicians and talking about recent invention. It begins, mother her mother to anyone who

Friday Music Guide: New Music from Jonas Brothers, Lil Durk...

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When Is Mother’s Day, and Why Do...

Frompage42

honoryourmomonMother’sDay:

· Create a photo album of mother-child moments and decorate it with mother-daughter quotes, mother-son quotes, tender wordsandinsidejokes.

· Make her a special Mother’s Daybrunch.

· Send her a lovely bouquet of flowers that show just how much you care. Websites offering online flower delivery services have

gorgeousoptions!

Funfactsaboutmoms andMother’sDay

Youcanbreakoutthe mom jokes and Mother’s Day poems during Mother’sDaybrunch,but if you really want to impress Mom with your ability to collect random bits of trivia, share theseMother’sDayfacts:

·Morephonecallsaremadeon Mother’sDaythananyotherdayof

theyear,causingphoneusagetogo upbyasmuchas37%.

· Following its founder’s lead, carnations remain the official flower of Mother’s Day in the

UnitedStates.

· One-quarter of all flowerandplantpurchases madeforaholidayhappen aroundMother’sDay

· Mother’s Day is the busiest day of the year for restaurants in America, withbrunchbeingthemostpopular meal.

· Anna Jarvis tried to stop Mother’s Day just five years after gettingitofficiallyrecognized.She

commercialized and hated it until shediedin1948.

· Cards are the most popular “gift”givenonMother’sDay,with more than 120 million sent each year.Butyourmommayjustwant thegiftoftimespentwithherkids. So take her to lunch, plan a family outing or simply curl up on the couch for one of these mom movies.HappyMother’sDaytoall Mothers!

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Britain's first Black Queen? The real story of Queen Charlotte

(National Geographic)

When 17-year-old Sophia

Charlotte of MecklenburgStrelitz caught her first glimpseoftheLondonpalace that was to be her home in 1761, she turned pale. She was set to become Queen of Great Britain and Ireland within hours, but she had never set foot in England or metherhusband-to-be.

What happened next is the stuff of royal history—and the subject of Queen Charlotte: A Bridgerton Story The new Netflix limited series fictionalizes the life of the timidGermangirldestinedto

HistoriansstilldebatewhethershewasreallyBritain'sfirstBlack queen.ButanewNetflixspin-offofthepopular'Bridgerton'makes clearthatinterestinherlifeisstrongerthanever

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England and who is rumoredtohavebeenitsfirst Black queen. But who was therealQueenCharlotte?

How Charlotte became QueenofGreatBritain

Born in 1744 in Mecklenburg-Strelitz, a duchy in what is now Northern Germany, the p r i n c e s s h a d a n unremarkable childhood in what other members of the

E u r o p e a n aristocracyconsideredtobea mediocre and provincial dukedom. But this would work in the young woman's favor when a far-off prince becameking.

In 1760, George III's grandfather died, making him King of England—and making his unmarried status a matter of national alarm. Georgeneededawife,andhe needed one fast, his advisers

decided and they mounted a desperate search for a Protestant princess to share hislifeandsireanheir Charlotte was unknown and thought to have no politicalconnectionsoraims. This was seen as a plus by George's political advisers, who wanted British interests to prevail after the king's marriage. And so, though George had never met

Charlotte, in 1761 an emissary proposed marriage on his behalf Charlotte accepted, and the arranged marriage took place just six hours after the young princessarrivedinEngland.

Though she spoke no English and had never met her husband before her wedding day, Charlotte was now Queen of Great Britain

and Ireland Everyone wantedtogreetthenewking and queen: At their coronation, so many wellwisherscrowdedthemthatit took two hours for their procession to make it from the street into Westminster Abbey. Soon, Charlotte had herfirstchild,adaughter.She wouldgoontobear15

(Continuedonpage45)

Scottish Painter,Allan Ramsay's portrait of Queen Charlotte in her coronation robes

VACCINES SAVE LIVES

PAT DIAL pandemicsbutwithoutmuch discovery is interesting: He Mumps and Rubella or diseases has greatly in various countries. One of success. noticed that milkmaids often German Measles. By 1980 diminished and thousands of the lead scientists in the

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In modern societies, when Dr Edward Jenner been particularly positive 20th century, tens of andinfectingothers. private hospitals, it would there are a variety of used a weakened cowpox withchildrenwhosechances thousands of people died During the height of the cost them thousands of vaccines available to treat a germ to inject patients, of survival have greatly from Influenza. At present Covid-19 Pandemic, many dollars. Vaccination centres range of diseases. Recently, which resulted in providing improved - from a death rate the country has successfully countries suffered from are Ministry of Health, the world experienced the immunity against Smallpox. of 20% to 25% to about 2% combated the Covid-19 serious vaccine shortages or Brickdam; East LaPenitence deadly Corona Virus Dr Jenner published his to 3%. Vaccines have now Pandemic by the use of had to pay exploitative Health Centre; Sophia (COVID-19) which is only findings in Medical Journals been developed for vaccines and health prices to acquire them. The Health Centre; Ministry of nowreceding. and the procedure became Hepatitis, Diphtheria, precautions.

Government of Guyana is Health Vaccination Centre;

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Britain's first Black Queen?

Frompage43

childrenduringherlongmarriage.

WereQueenCharlotteandKing George in love?By all reports, the king and queen had an unusually happymarriage,andGeorgeIIIwas a devoted father and husband. But court life was difficult for Charlotte, who clashed with her mother-in-lawovertheformalrules oftheBritisharistocracyandfound the expectation to bear plenty of heirs exhausting. By the time she hadborne14ofher15children,she wrote that “I don't think a prisoner could wish more ardently for his liberty than I wish to be rid of my burden.”

Though Charlotte struggled withtheboredomandconfinement of court life, she found her own ways to deal with the crushing expectations of her new role. The year after her marriage, George bought her a large country estate owned by the Dukes of Buckingham. Buckingham House,

nowknownasBuckinghamPalace, was called the “Queen's House,” and there she lived in comfortable domesticity, reading, doing needlework, and playing the harpsichord.She shared a love of botanyandplantswithherhusband, who became known as “Farmer George” due to his agricultural interests.

The'madness'ofKingGeorge

But the couple's happiness did not last In 1765, George experiencedaboutofmentalillness so serious that his ministers proposed having Charlotte temporarily take the throne while thekingwasincapacitated.

Though the king soon recovered, he experienced relapse after relapse, and eventually it became clear his mental illness would not pass The king experienced mania, depression, hallucinations, and convulsions, and historians report that he attacked and even sexually

assaultedmembersofhisfamily

ness devastatedthequeen.“Thequeenis almost overpowered with some secret terror,” wrote Francis Burney, one of Charlotte's attendants,in1788.

“I am affected beyond all expression in her presence, to see what struggles she makes to support serenity.” Over time, the boutsturnedintolengthyepisodes, andthekingwasisolatedandeven incarcerated.

Social stigma and lack of understanding of mental illness meant it was nearly impossible to helpthe“mad”kingorgainthekind ofsupportnowregardedaskeyfor the caretakers and loved ones of peoplewithmentalillness.

Eventually, Charlotte's son, George(laterGeorgeIV)tookover the throne as regent. But her husband would remainillforthe rest of his life, and by 1789 the queen's hair had

“turnedwhiteunderthestressofthe King's illness.” When Charlotte diedin1818,herhusbandwassoill hedidnotunderstandhiswifewas dead.

Was Charlotte really Britain's firstBlackqueen?

Today,Charlotteisremembered asafaithfulwifeandatragicfigure connected with the king's mental illness But some see her as noteworthy for another reason—they claim she was Great Britain's first Black or biracial queen.Fordecades,historianshave debated whether Charlotte's ancestral ties to Portuguese aristocracy mean she had brown skin.

Those who believe she had Black ancestry point to portraits that show what they describe as “African” features and say other

depictionsofthetimethatshowthe queen as light-skinned would have been hiding her ancestry to conform with the era's Eurocentric beauty ideals. But others say the queen's ancestry was so distant it likely did not affect her looks, and argue that modern conceptions of race are what's driving the belief thatCharlottewasblack.

Since it's impossible to determine how Charlotte really looked in real life, the argument willlikelyneverbesettled.Norwill publicinterestinCharlotte'slife,as evidenced by the new Netflix limited-run series which has gained fans, charmed reviewers, and drawn newfound attention to the tragic queen's life. But as narrator Julie Andrews says in the showitself,“Itisfictioninspiredby fact.”

ENSURING MEASUREMENT

TRACEABILITYAND TRANSPARENCY

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Vin Diesel says Fast X might be a trilogy now

respond to EW's request for confirmation.

(Yahoo Entertainment) The Fast & Furious franchise may take longer to reach its destination than wepreviouslythought.

While at the Fast X premiere red carpet in Rome on Friday, star VinDieselletitslipthattheseries' eleventhentrymightnotbetheend of the road, as was previously confirmed. Now, he says, Fast X might be the first in a concluding trilogy.”Withouttippingthehattoo much, I can say this: Going into making this movie, the studio had askedifthiscouldbeatwo-parter,"

Diesel said. "And after the studio saw this Part 1, they said, 'Could you make Fast X, the finale, a trilogy?'""It's three acts in any story," added Costar, Michelle Rodriguez.When the reporter tried

to get an official confirmation, Diesel walked away with Rodriguez."You'regoingtogetme in trouble here," he said with a laugh Representatives for Universal didn't immediately

Diesel previously announced lastmonthatCinemaConthat Fast Xistwomovies,withPart2coming in 2025. Fast X director, Louis Leterrierhasofficiallysignedonto directthenextFast&Furiousfilm, with Universal describing it as a "companionfilm"toFastX.

That clarification makes a lot moresenseontheheelsofDiesel's newclaim.

Diesel has previously said that he expects the 10th and 11th films toconcludethemainstoryline,but nowthatwillreportedlyextendtoa 12th film. Originally, former Fast director, Justin Lin was set to handleFastX,buthelefttheproject

lastApril,afterfilminghadalready started.Leterriercameintoreplace him in May.Fast X brings back franchise stars, Diesel, Rodriguez, Tyrese Gibson, Ludacris, Nathalie Emmanuel,JordanaBrewster,John Cena, Jason Statham, Sung Kang, Charlize Theron, and Helen Mirren. The film follows Dominic Toretto (Diesel) and his "Fast family" as they face off against a new foe: Jason Momoa's Dante Reyes.

Brie Larson and Meadow Walker Thornton-Allan, the daughter of late Fast star, Paul Walker, are also part of the ensemblecast.

Fast X races into theaters May 19.

This easy Mother's Day craft idea for kids starts with the simplest premise: why you love Mom. Cut 1-inch-wide stripsofcolorfulpaper

Oneachstrip,writeareasonyouloveher Roll each strip with the message inside and seal it with a sticker Fill a glass jar with the notes. She'll love this thoughtful Mother's Daygiftidea

Tips for Managing Conflict

Accept conflict

Remember that conflict is naturalandhappensinevery ongoing relationship. Since conflict is unavoidable we must learn to manage it. Conflict is a sign of a need for change and an opportunityforgrowth,new understanding, and improved communication Conflictcannotberesolved unless it is addressed with t h e a p p r o p r i a t e individual(s).

Be a calming agent

Regardless of whether you are being a sounding board for a friend or you are dealing with your own conflict,yourresponsetothe conflict can escalate or decrease the intensity of the problem. To be calming, provide an objective or neutral point of view. Help plan how you are going to workwiththeotherpartyto achieveresolution.

Listen actively. Work through how you feel, what the specific problem is and what impact it is having on you.UseI-basedstatements to help do this (see formula below).

Ifeel(strongestfeeling)

When you (objective descriptionofthebehavior)

Because(specificimpact orconsequences)

I would like (what you want the person to do in the future to prevent the problem)

Analyze the conflict

This will help clarify the specific problem Some questions that you may ask are:

What triggered the conflict?

Whoareyouangrywith?

Whatareyounotgetting thatyouwant?

What are you afraid of losing?

Is your conflict/anger a c c u r a t e o r o v e r exaggerated?

Howcanyourconflictbe resolved?

Model neutral language. When people are in conflict they use inflammatory

language such as profanity, name calling, and exaggerations that escalate the conflict Restate inflammatory language in a more objective way to help make the information less emotionally laden and more u s e f u l f o r f u t u r e discussions.

Separatethepersonfrom the problem View the problem as a specific behavior or set of circumstances rather than attributing negative feelings to the whole person. This approachmakestheproblem more manageable and hopeful than deciding you “can'tstand”thispersonany longer

Work together. This requires that each person stop placing blame and take ownership of the problem. Makeacommitmenttowork together and listen to each othertosolvetheconflict.

Agree to disagree. Each personhasauniquepointof view and rarely agrees on every detail. Being right is notwhatisimportant.When managing conflict, seeking the “truth” can trap you rather than set you free. For example, consider the differing testimony of witnesses that all see the same car accident. Truth is relativetotheperson'spoint ofview

Focus on the future. In conflict we tend to remembereverysinglething that ever bothered us about that person People in conflict need to vent about thepastbuttheyoftendwell on the past. Often the best waytotakeownershipofthe problem is to recognize that regardless of the past, you need to create a plan to address the present conflict and those that may arise in thefuture.

“Movepastpositions.”A position is the desired outcomeofaconflict.Often thepositionis“Ineedanew roommate” or “This person is impossible to live with.”

Positions are not negotiable

UNCLEROY Tellitto

Hello,readers, UncleRoyisagainaskingallofyoutotryinsome way to make a contribution to this page, and thus to the welfare of you and your fellow readers.This contribution can take any form that you feel would be valuable – an account of what is going on in your community and country, any advice you would like to pass on to your fellowteenreadersand,onabroaderlevel,anycommentor recommendation you would like to make to your fellow Guyanese.

Please remit same to my email –roypaul2002@yahoo.com, and be assured that your worthwhilecontributionwillhaveaprominentplaceonour

and result in impasse. To resolveconflict,eachperson has to “move past positions ”Share your interests To solve interpersonal conflict, all parties must talk about their interests or the WHYs behind their positions.They must share their true interests and work together to find a solution that satisfies those interests Common interests for students are to sleep, study, entertain and relax in a comfortable atmosphere Often their interests are more intangible such as respect, belonging, friendship, and fun. When individuals have differing lifestyles, values, and schedules the need to discuss their differences is critical in managing conflict.Youmustdevelopa balanced plan of give and takethatsatisfieseveryone's interests.

Be creative. Finding a resolution to the problem that satisfies everyone requires creativity and hard work.Becarefulnottogive insimplytoavoidconflictor

maintain harmony Agreements reached too early usually do not last. Generate silly options to begin thinking “outside of the box” of original positions.Be specific.When problem solving be very specific.Forexampleifyou are using a roommate agreement to facilitate the discussion make sure that everyone fully understands each point that is written down. Clarify ambiguous terms that each person may interpretdifferently

Maintainconfidentiality Encourageotherswhoarein conflicttodealdirectlywith the person they are in conflict with. Avoiding the conflict and venting to others tends to escalate the conflict and fuels the rumor mill. If rumors are already part of the conflict, encouragethemtoworkout a plan to put an end to the gossip.Doyourparttoquell rumors.

https://wwwclarkeedu/c ampus-life/healthwellness/counseling/articlesadvice/tips-for-managingconflict/

CR OSS FIGURES

Solutions to last week’s Mother’s Day Crytogram

Star battle

Ea c h puzzl e i s divided into 14 different regions. Each region, r o w a n d c o l u m n c o n t a i n s exactlythree stars. Stars may not be adjacent to each other (not even diagonally).

“Start each day with a positive thought and a grateful heart.”

- Roy T. Bennett, The Light in the Heart

Eshranie Dhorie

Canada-based Guyanese

Creating a safe, nurturing space for children in her community to learn and grow… is a ‘Special Person’

friend and fellow businesswoman from Guyana Sophia Dolphin…family, friends and a host of othercontributorsthataretoo numerous to mention are to be credited for theworkwedothroughtheLittleLibrary.”

Besides this, Dhori is also a Rotarian in Toronto Canada who strongly believes that children should be given all the help and guidance possible to ensure their success in life.

SWEETESCAPE

The founder recalled that as a child, books created a natural way of escape and dream beyond the experiences of her little village.

Shesaid“Myonlyaccesstobooksinthe beginning was through her uncle who had a collectionofLouisL’Amourbooks”

Dhori said, “I read and reread them voraciouslyandIlovedeveryminuteofit.It wasanescapeformeintoawholenewworld outside of my small village. That is when I

started dreaming of the myriad possibilities and I have never stopped since. Through reading,myworldgrewbiggerandsodidmy dreams.”

She explained that, “reading has impacted my life and has allowed me to create many milestones. I suddenly had a thirst for knowledge. Coming from a small farmingandfishingvillageandbeingableto graduate high school and move on to university was not an easy feat back then. With the unconditional support and encouragementofparentsandgreatteachers, I was able to accomplish the first of my dreams.”

By Rehanna Ramsay

When she was a young girl growing up in a small village in Guyana, Canada-based GuyaneseEshranieDhorispentalotoftime reading,visualizing,andimaginingherselfin many of the places described in the books. Today,shehascreatedaspacewhereshecan dothesameforchildreninhervillage.

TheCanada-basedGuyanesehascreated a nurturing environment for learning new thingsthroughhernon-profit‘LittleLibrary,’ which was built on her parents’property in BeeHive,EastCoastDemerara.

The ‘Little Library’ serves up to five surrounding communities. Children have access to books five days a week and a safe spacetogoandreadandsocialise.

She noted that “Children who regularly attendthatlibraryhaveshownimprovement intheirgradesatschool.AsIamwritingthis article I am reflecting on how the ‘Little Library’wentfromanideaofmakingbooks accessibletochildrentogettingthebooksto the children, to seeing their faces lit up with joyandwonderismostfulfilling.“

This week’s Special Person told the Waterfalls “The Little Library was established in 2017. I started a registered non-profit organization in Canada called: ‘UniversalSourceofAbundance’and‘Little Library (Guyana) Inc.’ this falls under the umbrella of ‘Universal Source of Abundance.’

Dhori noted, “I am Guyanese birth. Migrated to Canada in 1999 and currently reside there. I attended Cove and John High School and the University of Guyana. I also attended the University ofToronto and I am currently a business owner in Toronto Canada.”

Dhori revealed “I am the founder and executive director of the “Little Library (Guyana)Inc. MyCo-Directoroftheproject is Ferial Khan a Guyanese-born Canadian business owner, and a former teacher of the PeelDistrictSchoolBoardinCanada.”

DhorisaidthatKhandedicatesalotofher timeandefforttotheLittleLibrary

“AlsomyhusbandDamonBudhram,my

ThefounderexplainedthatherGuyanese upbringing gave her the literacy foundation she needed to assist her throughout her academic journey She said that along with her uncle, her teachers particularly her former headmaster, Mr Franklyn Longhorn have all been instrumental in her efforts to establish the community library which has provided a service to hundreds of children since2017.

MIGRATINGTOCANADA

When she migrated to Toronto Canada, DhoricontinuedherstudiesattheUniversity of Toronto and is currently a successful businessowner

The woman explained that she started makingfrequenttripsbacktoGuyanainand around2002tovisitfriendsandfamilyinmy village. She said that it was during one of thosetripsthatshestartedtonoticetheneed forasafeplaceforchildrentolearnandplay

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Canada-basedGuyanese,EshranieDhori

Atleft: Ms.DhorithankstheRotaryClubofBramptonFlower CityCentennialfortheirgenerousdonationtotheLittleLibrary

Childrenengageinareadingexerciseat‘LittleLibrary’

Secondfromright,Ms.EshranieDhoristands nexttoMinisterofEducationPriyaManickchand (thirdfromleftandotherofficialsastheyshow supportforthe‘LittleLibrary’initiative.

ByAllyiahAllicock

Amaya Milk Company products to be distributed by Sterling Products Limited

“After contemplating on this idea for a while, I realised that it was a great opportunity for me to fulfill a dream that I had since I migrated to Canada. Simply put, the idea was coming back to Guyana and doing something meaningful, something that would make a difference, and have an impact on the lives of many while making a meaningful contribution to the Guyanese economy”.

conditions were not quite right at thetime,heknewitwassomething that would not persist. So in the meantime,heusedtheopportunity to started planning how he would go about bringing such a business backtohishomecountry.

“SoIstartedtoplanthisproject in the background as we all waited,”henoted.

According to Sharma, the opportunity then struck when President IrfaanAli was elected to office and he had made an appeal back then to the Diaspora to come toGuyanaandinvestinthecountry

The Amaya Milk Company (AMC) on Friday hit another milestone, as it signed an agreement with Sterling Products Limited to be the distributor of its milkanddairyproducts.

The local milk company for someofyouwhomaynotknow,is owned by Canadian-based Guyanese, Mr Omkaar Sharma, andislocatedinRegionFive.

Atthesigningofthissignificant agreement which was held at Parc Rayne, Rahaman’s Park, Houston, Sharma told a gathering that he brought about this venture to reintroduce a functioning dairy sector in Guyana, which would be abletoofferfreshnutritiousmilkto Guyanese after so many years of sub-standardalternatives.

Sharma on Friday had mentioned that this project has

been a dream he wanted to accomplish since migrating to Canadasomeyearsago.

According to Sharma, this business was conceptualised after he had brought his new born daughter at the time, Amaya, to Guyana and could not source any freshmilkforher

“Asmanyofyouareaware,the idea of this project came when we brought our new born daughter now eight years old, Amaya to Guyana and we wanted fresh milk forherbutwefoundthatfreshmilk was something that was taken for granted, it is impossible to find in any supermarket in Guyana,” he recalled.

At the time he shared he was workinginthedairysectorinNorth America and to him “it felt crazy” thatitwassomethingthathedidnot believeGuyanaofallplacesdidnot

have, that is a functioning dairy sector.

“Wehavealltheconditionsfor asuccessfuldairysectorinGuyana, wehaveland,wehaveGuyana,we havetheskilledpeople,wehavethe knowledge, why don’t we have a dairysector,”Sharmastressed.

Thefatheroftwosaidtheidea hadstuckwithhimforawhile,and afterexaminingallthepiecesallit neededwassomebodytobringitto fruition.

“After contemplating on this idea for a while, I realised that it

was a great opportunity for me to fulfill a dream that I had since I migrated to Canada; that was coming back to Guyana and doing something meaningful, something that would make a difference and haveanimpactonthelivesofmany while making a meaningful contribution to the Guyanese economy,”hesaid.

After deciding to go through with the idea, Sharma mentioned that it was around the time the electionsperiodwasoninGuyana. He said even though the political

“I knew that that time had come,25percentby2025wasand continuestobemusictomyearsit ismyinspiration,whenIsawallthe hardworkputinbyourAgriculture Minister [Zulfikar Mustapha] and by Dr. Peter Ramsaroop of GoInvest to make investing in Guyana easier, I knew that the government meant business, they were standing behind their words, and I knew that this business will succeed,” he told the gathering on Friday

In knowing his business would be a successful one, Mr Sharma recalled that when he initially announcedthis project,he said the supportandenthusiasmhereceived atthetimenotjustfromthepublic sector but private individuals, was overwhelmingandheartwarming.

“In fact our partnership with Sterling today (Friday) that is part of our announcement was as a directresultofoneoftheveryfirst

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CEO ofAmaya Milk Company, Omkaar Sharma alongside CEO of Sterling Products Limited, RamsayAli

Minister of Tourism, Industry and Commerce, Oneidge Walrond delivering remarks at the event on Friday.

Chief Executive Officer (CEO) ofAmaya Milk Company (AMC), Omkaar Sharma

Some of the milk and dairy products Amaya Milk Company has to offer.

began to think of my personal journey and how I can make a difference and supporttheirdreams.”

The businesswoman continued, “That was the eureka moment for me, and that began my journey to making books accessible to allchildren.”

Dhori noted that the journey started with selfreflection on how literacy had a significant impact on her academic and present s u c c e s s “ M o s t importantly,” she said, “seeing a child’s potential and advocating for their success is what makes this endeavorpriceless.”

As a result, she reached out to her headmaster at the community high school I attended, Mr Longhorn Dhori recalled that her former principal saw her potential and strongly advocatedformetoattenda secondaryschool.

“He changed the trajectory of my life at that moment For that, I am eternally grateful to him. Encouraged by my personal

...EshranieDhorie

is a ‘Special Person’

experience with Mr. Longhorn’sadvocacyonmy behalf, I began to envision how I can make an impact notjustforonechildbutfor the whole community That is when the idea of making books accessible to all children in my community wasborn,”shesaid.

LITTLELIBRARY

Shortly after this, the founder recalled that with the help and support of family and friends in Canada, the ‘Little Library’ was built on her parents’ property in Bee Hive East CoastDemerara.

Today, the ‘Little Library’ serves up to five surrounding communities. Children have access to books five days of a week andasafespacetocomeand readattheLibrary

“Whentheyneedhelpto learn how to read, Natasha Baksh our phenomenal Library Keeper helps them.

Inaddition,weprovideahot, healthy meal once per week,”Dhoridisclosed.

Added to this she revealed that for the first time last year, we ran a six weeks summer programme whichIamhappytosaywas

remarkablysuccessfulaswe had over 60 children registeredandattended.

The founder said that, “With the dedication and devotion of my co-director, Ferial Khan, and family and friends, the ‘Little Library’ has grown over the past two years with an expansion of the space: both indoors and outdoors, and with the addition of computers and printers for children to research and print their homework.”

According to her, the

success of the project is reflected by the improved literacyratesofthechildren.

Dhori said, “To know thatachildwhilelearningto readcanalsodreamofmany possibilities makes all the demanding work that goes with this, a worthwhile endeavor.”

“If I could write a letter to my seven-year-old self, it would be to say: “I see you reading,readingforhours,it would change your life Everything will be ok; knowing how to read will

openmanydoorsforyou”.

Thebusinesswomansaid her goal is to establish little libraries in various villages acrossGuyana. Shesaidthat “with our diligence and commitment and the blessings of our supporters, friends, and family our goal is to reach as many small villagesacrossGuyanaaswe can,withspecialattentionto remoteregions.”

Details: The Little Library can be found on the w e b s i t e : www.littlelibrary.ca

ACanadian activity in support of the ‘Little Library’initiative

Ms. Dhori is flanked by children at the ‘Little Library’ located at Bee Hive, East Coast Demerara

PPC rejects Patterson's criticism of work as “wholly unfounded”

Th e P u b l i c Procurement Commission (PPC) has with “deep concern” refuted the criticismleveledagainstitby Alliance For Change (AFC) Executive Member, David Patterson.

Patterson had criticised the PPC for lacking leadershipandfailingtocarry out core functions in an article published recently by theKaieteurNews.

AccordingtothePPC,the article is riddled with inaccuracies, machinations, unfounded personal attacks, i n c o m p r e h e n s i b l e conclusions, spurious allegations, and misleading statements.

“Thereprehensibleattack on the Chairperson and Deputy Chairperson of the commissionbytheirsingling out appears to be of a personal nature and wholly unfounded as there is no minority decision of theirs whichhasbeengiveneffect,” thePPCsaidonFriday

The Commission noted

thatitcomprisesofnominees by the People's Progressive Party Civic (PPP/C), A Partnership for National Unity (APNU) and Alliance For Change (AFC) and were appointed after a rigorous Parliamentary process, securing unanimous approval in the National Assembly

“We take the opportunity to remind that none of the Commissioners have ever been charged with or have pending criminal or other such matters of moral turpitudebeforetheCourtsin anyjurisdiction.”

The PPC statement said that members of the C o m m i s s i o n , a n d particularly, the Chairperson andDeputyChairperson“are professionals in their respective fields with due respectandhaveheadanddo head other bodies, including civil society and charitable bodies,withdistinction.”

The Commission noted the allegation and or insinuationthatthereissome attempt by the Chairperson

and Deputy Chairperson and or the Commission as a whole, to undermine the effectiveness of the PPC is “scandalous, far from the truth, wholly without merit andwithoutanylogicalbasis whatsoever”.

“As previously stated by the Commission by way of public statement issued on 24thApril, 2023, the matters which Mr Patterson has raised with the Commission a r e u n d e r a c t i v e

Govt. revokes registration for...

Frompage18 November 01, 2021, so as to facilitate small miners in Region Nine with an opportunity to engage in small scale mining activities.

Laterthatyearhowever, a similar issue reoccurred when the Ministry of Natural Resources decided to sign away the mining

landsatMarudiMountainto a Canadian gold company without consulting with r e s i d e n t s t h e r e Government in a statement indicated that the new agreement will also allow forsmallscaleminersinthe areatoresumeoperations.

The Ministry of Natural Resources came under fire for signing an agreement

withthecompanytoresume miningactivitiesinMarudi, Region Nine without prior consultations with the villagers.

The MinersAssociation protested the fact that they onlylearntoftheagreement throughasocialmediapost, which resulted in an almost immediatevisitbymembers ofCabinet.

consideration and are awaiting legal advice, the particulars of which Mr Patterson continues to misrepresent in the public domain,” the body said in statement.

Added to this the PPC saidthatithasneverreceived a request from Mr Patterson tomeetinpersonandthereis nothing compelling the Chairperson to meet him in person and privately, particularly while a matter

emanating from him is

pending before the Commission Further, the PPC said that Patterson did not state to what end he wishes to meet personally and privately with the Chairperson.

The PPC said, “We are sensitive that persons may hold the view that their matter and or the function of the commission related to their matter is the most important However, the

commission gives all of its functions equal weight and importance as the constitution does not give precedence to any one functionoveranother.”

Accordingtothebody,all complaints brought to the commission have been addressed some to finality and others still under active consideration.

“WeremindthatthePPC is an independent and impartialconstitutionalbody and is not subject to the dictates, instruction, fancy, intimidation, political control, direction, impetuosity and or will of anyindividualandorbody It is unfortunate that the Commission,inthematterof days, is once again compelled to answer in the public domain, inaccurate, ill-advised and unfounded statements emanating from the same source, as the commission has in the past restrained from so doing, and is not inclined to make a practice,” The PPCsaid.

AFC Executive member, David Patterson

PPC Chairperson, Pauline Chase

Agreement for reconstruction of the Soesdyke-Linden Highway

Senior Finance Minister, Dr Ashni Singh, on behalfoftheGovernmentof Guyana and President of the Islamic Development Bank, Dr MuhammadAlJasseron Saturday signed a US$200Million Framework Agreement for the reconstruction of the Soesdyke-Linden Highway, the Ministry of Finance announced.

The project will see the rehabilitation and reconstruction of 73 kilometres of the Highway with two lanes undivided, nine bridges, six culverts with improved design, qualityandstandards.

Theprojectalsoincludes ancillary works and road corridor improvements providing essential public administration support, improved connectivity with communities, roadside and otherfacilities.

Last September, Dr Singh had indicated that the People's Progressive Party/Civic (PPP/C) Administrationwassecuring approval for financing the upgrade and repair the Soesdyke-Lindenhighway

He had emphasized the importance of this highway and its dire need for an upgrade. The finance ministerreiteratedthePPP/C Administration's policy to improve and maintain the quality of life across the country He also touched on the various projects that demonstrate this including the Mandela to Eccles fourlane highway, and the LindentoMaburaproject.

“My assurance to you is that you have in President Ali, a central government

Senior Finance Minister Dr.Ashni Singh and President of the Islamic Development Bank Dr. MuhammadAl Jasser after the signing of a US$200Million FrameworkAgreement for the reconstruction of the Soesdyke-Linden Highway (Ministry of Finance)

that is firmly and unwaveringly committed to doing all that we possibly can, to continue to improve the lives of the people of Region10,”hehadaffirmed.

The Soesdyke-Linden Highway is a 73 kilometreslong two-lane highway that runs between Soesdyke and Linden in Guyana. The East Bank Public Road connects SoesdykewithGeorgetown.

The US$200 Million Framework Agreement was signedonthesidelinesofthe 2023 Islamic Development Bank(IsDB)Group'sAnnual Meetings currently underway in Saudi Arabia. Dr Singh is leading Guyana's delegation attendingthosemeetings.

On Friday, Minister Singh and Chief Executive

Officer (CEO) of the Saudi Fund for Developmen, Mr SultanA.AlMarshad signed a US$ 150Million M e m o r a n d u m o f Understanding (MOU) regarding the Saudi Fund's Participation in the Financing of infrastructural development works for the Housing Sector and Construction of the Wismar Bridge. Dr Singh also signed a M e m o r a n d u m o f Understanding (MOU) with the Islamic Development Bank (IsDB) concerning the Country Engagement Framework for Guyana for Green, resilient and sustainable infrastructure as well as for supporting economic diversification anddoingbusiness.

Senior Finance Minister, Dr.Ashni Singh and President of the Islamic Development Bank, Dr MuhammadAl Jasser sign a US$200Million Framework Agreement for the reconstruction of the Soesdyke-Linden Highway (Ministry of Finance)

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the national economy coupled with guarantee by ExxonMobil, was is expected to increase as more the good prospect of success of the thrown out by Speaker of the lawsuits have been filed by Appeal is sufficient for the court to House, Manzoor Nadir at hundreds of individuals with late- grant of a stay of execution of the yesterday’ssitting. occurringhealtheffects. order and judgment of the High The Speaker in disallowing the

Takingthefar-reachingimpacts Court. motion told the NationalAssembly of the BP spill into account, the Parsram said that the court that he received an email from the group said Exxon’s operations in ordersarequitecoercive;including MP just after seven on Tuesday Guyana are concerning, especially its mandate to the EPA to serve a evening, to move a Motion for the after noting local media reports of statutory notice on EEPGL, and if adjournment of the Assembly on an increased production at the Liza no adequate response is received “definitemattersofurgentofpublic PhaseOneProject. thenthepermitstandssuspended. importance”.Nadirnotedthatatthe

The group highlighted in its

AccordingtotheEPAHead,the time, he had already seen an online proposalthatthecompany’s design judgment will have severe article stating that the capacityfortheLizaDestinyvessel consequences and the direction of Environmental Protection Agency operating at the Liza Phase One theCourthastheeffectofremoving (EPA) had moved to the Court to Project is 100,000 barrels of oil per entirely the discretion of the appeal the High Court ruling. He day (bopd) with the safety agency said on Wednesday morning, he threshold being 120,000 bpd, an He noted Guyana as a nation received the appeal documents. As entirely different figure than the now earns billions of dollars such, he explained, “So this matter current150,000bopd. annually from the petroleum is now in the Courts and we won’t

Thegroupsaid,“Tobeclear,the activities conducted on the Liza 1 beabletodealwithit.” company is both operating above andLiza2fields;botharesubjectto Noclarity dispersion of oil with greater OnTuesday,aNoticeofAppeal design capacity and exceeding its the permit suspension or At least five attempts by humanandmarineimpacts. was drafted and filed by Attorney- safety threshold for Liza Phase cancellation which will have a Mahipaul to seek clarity on the

Importantly, the group said at-law and People Progressive One, the potential impact and risk catastrophic effect on national Speaker’s decision were ignored, Exxon ought to clarify its cleanup PartyCivic (PPPC) MP, Sanjeev of which has not been assessed by funds for development and also the as Nadir went straight into the next response commitments given the Datadin. itsexistingdisclosures.” private sector which supports the item on the agenda. Mahipaul potential for the severe impact a In the document seen by this

Last year President of the Motion on the agenda, when he

Apart from its concerns activities on the said Liza 1 and 2 however was allowed the floor spill could have on Caribbean newspaper, the EPA is seeking to regarding increased oil production, fields. shortly after to move another economies. reverse the High Court decision on the investor group said a special

“Many Caribbean countries thegroundsthatthetrialcourterred report is needed on Guyana to Transparency Institute of Guyana used the opportunity to raise his rely on fishing and ecotourism to in law in interpretation, consider the economic and Inc (TIGI), Frederick Collins and concerns. He said, “Mr Speaker I support their economies For consideration and application of environmental implications of an another citizen, Godfrey Whyte, was seeking your attention a bit example, statistics indicate that the thecombinedeffectofClause14of oil spill that would last beyond 30 took the EPA to court to enforce a earlier to seek some clarity from tourism industry in the British theEnvironmentalPermitissuedto days. It believes investors ought to critical clause in the Liza Phase you please. So before I go into the Virgin Islands generates an EEPGL, and erroneously know the impacts of an extended

Onerenewedenvironmentalpermit Motion, may I ask Sir if the Court estimated 45% of the national concluded that the financial durationofaspill. thatwasissuedtoEEPGL. matterthatwasfiledconcerningthe income. Given this liability, the assurance must be provided by

The proposal also requests that The case was filed in the High EPA, can you say if a Court date potentialcostsowedtosurrounding EEPGL. the company’s spill assessment Court on September 13, 2022 by andJudgeswereassignedtoit.” countries to clean up a worst-case The EPA argued that the trial consider severe weather

Attorneys Seenath Jairam, SC, The Parliamentarian reminded spill should be clarified for court erred in law and conditions. In this regard, it was Melinda Janki, and Abiola Wong- theSpeakerthatinapreviousruling investors,” the group said in its misconstrued the Environmental noted that as the impacts of climate Inniss. In the case, Mr Collins, a pertaining to sub judice he pointed proposal. Protection Act and its change are manifesting worldwide, former insurance professional said, out that a Court date and the

The group said it is in the Regulations to determine that the scientists estimate that by just “An oil spill would be devastating assignment of a judge to the matter investors’ best financial interests Appellant, a statutory body had 2050, intense hurricanes and forourcountryandRegionasmany are imperative for it be deemed sub that Exxon assesses and disclose specificstatutory powers whichin typhoons could more than double Guyanese and Caribbean peoples judice. Mahipaul therefore asked these potential risks associated factit did not. in nearly all regions of the world. depend on the ocean for their Nadir to explain whether this was with a worst-case spill scenario in The EPA argued too that the

This timeline is well within that of livelihoods. That is why we have thecasefortheEPAappeal. itsGuyanaoperations. trial court erred in law and the company’s Guyana operations, decided that the time has come to In refusing to respond to the misconstrued the substance and with the Payara development takematterstothecourtforrelief.” specific query, Nadir responded, EPAfiles appeal against High effect and wrongly ascribed to it an project operating through at least

The litigants said that their “Point of Order, we are at the Court decision ordering Exxon interpretation superior to the 2053. resort to the court is to make sure ‘honourablememberMr.Mahipaul to provide unlimited parent Environmental Protection Act and The group believes that that the company takes full would move the following company guarantee to Guyana thereby ascribed meaning to it Exxon’s disclosures should financial responsibility in case of Motion’. The honourable member whichwasexpresslycontrarytothe account for the projected increased harm, loss and damage to the Mr Ganesh Mahipaul you may The Environmental Protection specific provisions of the said Act frequency/severity of natural environment. proceed...” Mahipaul thanked the Agency (EPA) has filed a Notice of anditsRegulations. disasters in the Caribbean region

Last Wednesday, the High Speaker for his response and said Appeal against the High Court Further, the EPAsubmitted that resulting from climate change to Court ruled in favour of the TIGI he was very clear in his reply The ruling that is in favour of Guyana the trial court erred in law in adequately assess the potential Head and Whyte granting them National Assembly then spent the receiving unlimited parent directinganddeterminingtheexact impact of a spill. Hurricanes cause severalreliefsrequested. remainder of the first session, over company guarantee from Esso manner of the exercise of the about 25% of offshore platform- three hours, debating the time it Exploration and Production discretion of the EPA in a manner related spills; thus, an increased

Thursday – May 11, 2023 takes for a Motion to reach the Guyana Ltd. (“EEPGL”) and its contrary to established law and prevalence of storm activity could OrderPaper parent company, Exxon Mobil in practice. present a greater risk of spill to the

House Speaker blocks motion Rulingconcerning theeventofanoilspill.

In effect the EPA said that the company via infrastructure compelling Government to Inasubsequentstatementtothe Justice Sandil Kissoon last trial court substituted its own damage. abide by court ruling on press after the Speaker’s decision, Wednesday ordered the EPA to discretion as the decision of the

Theshareholdergroupalsosaid insurance for Exxon operations the Opposition said his ruling was issue an Enforcement Notice to EPA when the Agency at all Exxon’s has yet to consider the ...allows three-hour long concerning. The Opposition noted: Esso Exploration and Production material times, had exercised its potential impact or response for a debate on time motions take to “the role of the Speaker of the Guyana Limited (EEPGL) and its discretion and acted well within it scenario of simultaneous well reach Order Paper NationalAssemblyistobeaneutral parent company, Exxon Mobil to statutoryandregulatorypowers. failures. “In fact, the company’s arbiter and ensures that all voices ensure it provides unlimited parent Asaresult,theEPAseeksastay existing disclosures assess the A motion submitted by areheardinthedemocraticprocess. company guarantee to safeguard of execution of the judgment of the impact of a potential, less severe

Opposition Member of Parliament This Speaker is biased and Guyana against the devastating Courtasitcontendsthatirreparable spill on some aspects of public (MP), Ganesh Mahipaul on unpatriotic. His actions continue to effectsofanoilspillbyJune10. harm would be suffered by the healthandmarineecosystems,”the Tuesday evening for the National undermine the integrity of the Awrittencopyofrulingseenby nation’seconomy group said while adding that the Assembly to call on the executive democratic process. Further, his this newspaper stipulates that Meanwhile, Director of the proposed worst-case oil spill arm of the government, to honour actionserodepublictrustandprove failure to comply with the court EPA, Kemraj Parsram in an assessment would entail a release the ruling of Justice Sandil that he is a puppet of the executive order will result in the suspension affidavit inter alia said that he was for a significantly longer duration Kissoon, regarding oil spill armofgovernment.”Theyalso oftheenvironmentalpermit. advised that the grave disruption to with potentially much broader insurance and the parent company (Continued on page 58)

Speaker of the National Assembly, Manzoor Nadir Opposition MP, Ganesh Mahipaul

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accountabilitytoengendertrustand argued that the issue of protecting confidence of the citizens and the Guyanese people from the members of the public on whose environmental and economic behalf and in whose interest it impacts of offshore oil production carries out its functions as a public is of vital importance, since a spill authorityinthepublicinterest. can have devastatingconsequences

Separately, by Section 4(1) of for the environment, fishing theEPAAct,No.11of1996,Justice industry,andtourismsector,aswell Kissoonsaidtheagencyisrequired asthehealthandwell-beingoflocal “…to maintain and make available communities “It is therefore tomembersofthepublicaRegister imperative that the government of all Environmental Impact takes this issue seriously and Assessments carried out and implementsmeasurestoprotectthe Environmental Authorizations ( Guyanese people. The Speaker of Permits)granted…” the National Assembly is He said too that the agency, in preventing a motion that would its filing before the Court, sought help to achieve this goal. This is a refuge in silence, concealment, serious problem that requires avoidance and secrecy Justice immediate attention, ” the Kissoon said such conduct is Oppositionsaid. “nothingshortofreprehensibleand

According to the opposition, inconsistent with its mandate and both the Speaker and the executive functions.” The Judge has since arm of government “undermine the given the EPA up to June 10, 2023 integrity”ofthedemocraticprocess to secure the relevant parent in Parliament which has serious guarantee from EEPGL. The EPA consequences for the people of filed an appeal on Monday An inGuyana.Assuch,itsaiditiscrucial chambers hearing is set for today at thatthepeopletakeactiontoensure 10am. He said, “The first one (Henry have listened to the Hon. Member, that the democratic process is fair boys’Motion), I ruled that charges Mr Ramjattan, I now have to and transparent, and that measures

Friday – May 12, 2023 had been laid. On the second one disagree with him and ask that we are put in place to protect the (flaring motion), it was not only a proceed with the matter before us,” Guyanesepeoplefromthepotential

TIGI Head files cross appeal filingbutthematterwasassignedto theSpeakerrelated. impactsofoffshoreoilproduction. against EPA’s move to reverse a judge. I have the records of 21st Citizens have a right to know Precedent court decision on parent May, 2022, which indicates that it EPA’s decisions in oil sector, other

On July 21, 2022, the 48th company guarantee wasnotonlyafilingbuthadgonea industries–JusticeKissoonRuling Sitting of the National Assembly furtherwaytowardsfixingdatesfor The landmark ruling by High was convened where the Speaker President of the Transparency hearings, et cetera. In all of that, I Court Judge, Justice Sandil madethedeclarationthatadateand Institute of Guyana (TIGI), Mr do have, as I have said on many Kissoon has fortified the rights of Judge must be assigned to a Court

Frederick Collins has filed a cross occasions,theservicesofoneofthe Guyanese to know of the decisions case for it to be deemed sub judice. appeal against the move taken by most experience Clerks in the being made by the Environmental The Oxford dictionary defines the the Environmental Protection Commonwealth. I do confess also Protection Agency (EPA), whether word as “under judicial Agency (EPA) to have a High that our Library Department has an it is in the oil industry or other consideration and therefore Court decision made for Exxon enormous ability to provide mattersofnationalimportance. prohibited from public discussion Mobil subsidiary’s Esso information to the Speaker Many His declaration in this regard elsewhere.” Mahipaul believes that Exploration and Production times,whenImakearuling,itisout pertained to a case filed last year since there was no date and Judge Guyana Limited (EEPGL) provide of experience, information, sound September by two citizens against ascertain from the agency whether assigned to the appeal filed by the itsparentcompanyguaranteeinthe adviceandadvicealsoofcounsel.” the EPA. The case brought to the EEPGL had provided the financial EPA while the Sitting was in eventofanoilspillreversed. Nadir also pointed out that in fore, the extent to which assurances stipulated (in the session,Parliamentwaswellwithin High Court Justice, Sandil the United Kingdom (UK), ExxonMobil’s affiliate, Esso permit)…as the failure to do so had its authority to debate the subject. Kissoon had issued an order for the Standing Orders on matters of sub Exploration and Production potentialdireconsequences.”

During the 48th Sitting of the EPA to send out an Enforcement judice it states “Civil proceedings Guyana Limited (EEPGL) was in The Judge said the EPA, in the Assemblylastyear,aMotiononthe Notice to Esso Exploration and are active when arrangements for breach of its Liza Phase One course of the proceedings, suspension of the Opposition MPs Production Guyana Limited the hearing, such as setting down a Permit.Itwasfoundthatfor11long acknowledged receipt of such a was raised by the government side (EEPGL) and its parent company, casefortrial,havebeenmade,until months, EEPGL failed to provide request from the Applicants, but and allowed by the Speaker At the Exxon Mobil to ensure it provides the proceedings are ended by authoritieswithanunlimitedparent contended, through its Executive time, the matter was before the unlimited insurance coverage to judgmentordiscontinuance.” guarantee agreement which could Director,KemrajParsramthatthere Court. safeguard Guyana against the

He also told Ramjattan, “I went bind its parent, ExxonMobil, to was no duty or obligation to MP, Khemraj Ramjattan sought devastatingeffectsofanoilspillby to the Republic of Kenya and the covering all costs associated with respond or provide such to point out, “this should not move June10,2023. RepublicofKenyaParliament,The an oil spill. This level of non- information. furtherbecauseofthefactthatthere

However, the EPA filed an National Assembly, Standing compliance was allowed to take Justice Kissoon was keen to have been court actions filed. In appeal against the ruling stipulates Orders at Standing Order 89, placeundertheEPA’swatch. note that the position of the EPA keeping with your ruling – I do not thatfailuretocomplywiththecourt matters of sub judice or secret, rule Justice Kissoon in his ruling and its Executive Director is need to go back to all of your order will result in the suspension as follows: ...(2) A matter shall be also noted that the EPA was not in “ w h o l l y e r r o n e o u s a n d rulings, Mr Speaker – you have of the environmental permit. The considered to be sub judice when it favour of having the case heard misconceived.” He said that as a made it quite clear in the Standing EPA, among other things, is asking refers to active criminal or civil giventhecontentsoftheAffidavitit matteroflaw,evenwherethereisin Order 41(2), once in a court of law theAppeal court to stay or suspend proceedings and the discussion of had filed on November 16, 2023. existence, an expressed prohibition it becomes sub judice.” The MP theorder suchmatterislikelytoprejudiceits Importantly, Justice Kissoon also against disclosure contained in the referenced the Henry boys’and the In his cross appeal which was fairdetermination.” pointed out that the EPA, in unison subject legislation of the public flaring motion urging that they seen by this newspaper, Collins Nadir concluded by informing with EEPGL, agreed that the authority, “such disclosure is were not allowed since it was filed saidthatheisadvisedbyhisteamof Ramjattan that the rulings come proceedings ought to be struck out. construedassubjecttodisclosurein inCourt. lawyers that it is trite law- that to down to his discretion, which in Even before the case made its way the public interest That is,

“The sub judice rule as obtain a stay of execution pending that specific case (suspension of to the court, it was clear that from disclosure in the interest of public indicated by you in two very an appeal an applicant must satisfy MPs) is founded in constitutions. theevidenceprovided,therewasno health, safety or protection of the comprehensive rulings would the court that the appeal has a good “In all of this, throughout all the intent to have the information on environment.” indicate that this is a sub judice prospectofsuccess. jurisdictions, in the end also, it compliance supplied to the Justice Kissoon said the matter which we should not even

The appellant said, “I believe comesdowntothediscretionofthe applicants, namely Frederick approach adopted by the EPA, in move forward,” Ramjattan said. In that this appeal does not have a Speaker I am happy to say, in this CollinsandGodfreyWhyte. the course of these proceedings, response however, the Speaker good prospect of success since the case, my discretion is founded in Justice Kissoon said: “there is was inconsistent with its mandate reasoned that a matter must be judgmentwasbasedontheclear constitutions,inconventionsandin evidence that the applicants, and statutory functions, which is assignedadateandjudge.

(Continued on page 59) commonwealth practices. While I through Counsel, had sought to one of transparency and

President of TIGI, Frederick Collins

From page 58 activities instead of on the EPA‘s rock; the nation owes a debt of fighting for better terms in relation and simple wording of the Esso exclusive statutory mandate to gratitude to Transparency Institute to Exxon’s exploitation of Permit that Esso is responsible for ensure compliance by Esso with of Guyana Inc. (TIGI) President, Guyana’s petroleum resources – he ‘all’ costs and that Esso must condition14oftheEssoPermit. Frederick Collins, Mr Godfrey thanks Kaieteur News, Stabroek providefinancialassurance…”

“The EPA makes inflated, Whyte, and their lawyers, Mr News, Dr Glenn Lall, GHK Lall, He continued, “There are illogical, and spurious assertions Seenath Jairam, SC, and Ms the Oil and Gas Governance specialcircumstanceswhichwould about severe disruption to Melinda Janki for their noble and Network (OGGN), Red Thread, exceptionally justify a stay in a Guyana’s financial well-being and courageous court action against the Ray Daggers, Simone Mangal, matter such as this where the issue economyandthatsuspensionofthe EPA for its gross dereliction of Elizabeth Deane-Hughes, Vanda is not about a money judgment but permit will have a “catastrophic duty Radzik,andDanutaRadzik. inthenationalinterestaswellasthe impact on national funds”. In fact, Bulkansaidthatbyvirtueofthe justiceofthecase.” and on the contrary, it is the stay landmark ruling, Justice Sandil Saturday – May 13, 2023

Further, he claimed, “the which could have a catastrophic Kissoon has secured a place in summons is vague and lacking effect on national funds and Guyana’s and the Caribbean After approving fifth oil project, meritorsubstance.” Guyana’s financial status,” Collins history

Govt. now asks Exxon to study Collins stressed that the justice stated.

“The courage, integrity, and what it will do with excess gas of the case requires that no stay be scholarship inherent in his ruling grantedastheobligationonthepart “Shameful and anti-national” and his fearlessness in standing up Following its approval of Esso of Esso in Condition 14 of the said …Bulkan condemns EPA’s for Guyana against a behemoth, Exploration and Production environmental permit which had appeal against High Court willensurethathewillberespected Guyana Limited’s (EEPGL) Uaru been agreed to by Esso and by its ruling on oil spill insurance and for generations to come,” the Development Project in the flowlines, risers and production President, Mr Alistair G parent guarantee by Exxon formergovernmentministersaid. Stabroek Block, the People’s facilities for the export of gas both Routledge is simply a cost of doing

F o r m e r M i n i s t e r o f EPA’s decision to appeal is nothing Administration is now requiring planned production phase. The

Additionally, Bulkan said the Progressive Party (PPP/C) during and after the currently business.

As a result, Collins said that the Communities, Ronald Bulkan, has short of outrageous and brings into that a gas utilisation study be operator is also required to impact of a stay could be condemned the move by the sharp focus the conduct of conducted. determinethefeasibilityandcostof catastrophic. Environmental Protection Agency President Irfaan Ali and Vice This is specifically outlined in adding more gas export equipment

The TIGI Head noted too that (EPA)toappealtherecentrulingby President Bharrat Jagdeo, the Petroleum Production Licence where needed. Potential gas export “If there is an oil spill, the High Court Judge Sandil Kissoon regarding their pre-elections awarded to the ExxonMobil rates and profiles must also be environment of Guyana and its regardingoilspillinsuranceandthe promise to renegotiate the Oil Corporation affiliate for the project determined at minimum and neighbouringterritories,thepeople parent company guarantee by Contractifelected. last month. The licence states that maximumfeasibleratesverifiedby and taxpayers of Guyana and the ExxonMobil, calling it a “Now ensconced in office and EEPGL shall conduct a gas reservoirmodelling. Government of Guyana, will suffer “shameful” and “anti-national” seemingly intoxicated with the utilisation study, to examine the Notably,theUaruprojectwhich irreparable damage and therefore appealofthe“powerful”ruling. newfound oil wealth, this duo has associated gas and non-associated will produce 812 million barrels of the risk of injustice in granting a On May 3, Justice Kissoon cited “contract sanctity” as the gas available from the Uaru oil is expected to cost Guyana staywillbegreater,thaninrefusing ruled that the EPA must enforce reason for the inability to honour Project.

US$12.7B. astay.”

Condition 14 in the Liza Phase 1 their earlier pledges By their This study would consider over The Environmental Impact

A stay of the Order of Environmental Permit (Renewed). reasoning, contract sanctity applies the short, medium and long term, a Assessment (EIA) for the project

MandamusasrequestedbytheEPA That provision says ExxonMobil only to the Oil Contract and not the forecastofpotentialgasproduction states that it will develop the Uaru, would benefit Esso and transfer the Corporation, the parent company Permit allowing for oil extraction! for export from the floating, Mako and Snoek oil-rich fields risk from Esso and ExxonMobil for Esso Exploration Production This double standard clearly production, storage and offloading with the potential to develop other Corporation to Guyana. There are Guyana Limited (EEPGL), must exposes the hypocrisy and (FPSO) vessel to be used as well as resourceswithinthelicencearea. somerisksthatshouldnotbetaken. cover costs for all environmental duplicity of the government and its theexpecteduseofsuchgas. The project scope includes The risk of a catastrophic event loss and damage that might result leaders,”Bulkancontinued. The study is also expected to drilling approximately 38-63 suchasanoilspillisonesuchrisk. from a well blowout, oil spill or The former minister expressed consider scenarios for the demand developmentwells;installationand He explained that, “If the other failure in the Liza Phase One gratitude to former head of the thatmightbeexpectedforgassales operation of Subsea Umbilicals, unthinkable occurs and there is an Development Project in Guyana’s EPA, Dr Vincent Adams, who l o c a l l y, r e g i o n a l l y a n d Risers, and Flowlines (SURF) event resulting in the release of Stabroek Block. The court also insisted that the clause requiring internationally; along with the cost equipment, and installation and hydrocarbons or contaminants in ruled that the EPA breached its full parent company guarantee for and feasibility of gas exported as operation of a Floating Production, the course of the operations, the statutoryduty all claims and liabilities arising Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) and Storage, and Offloading (FPSO) consequences will be devastating He explained that with from oil extraction offshore Liquefiedpetroleumgas(LPG). vessel. not only to the citizens of this land ExxonMobil drilling through Guyana be embedded in the Additionally, the licensee is A preliminary schedule and the environment but to ~2,000 metres of water (>1 mile) environmental permit Bulkan expected to examine the feasibility anticipates that the FPSO called inhabitants of neighbouring states and ~3,700 metres (>2 miles) of praised the other patriots for of utilising the planned wells, ‘Errea Wittu’ along with other andterritoriesaswell. fabrication and installation works

Hestatedthat,“Ifsuchanevent will begin in 2024 following the occurs and there has been non- completion of engineering compliance with the obligations Development well drilling may contained in Condition 14 by also occur during this period EEPGL, then the potential Productionoperationsareexpected consequences are elevated and to begin in 2027 and will continue bordersoncatastrophic.” foratleast20years.

AccordingtoCollins,everyday

With respect to the FPSO, that Esso operates without the EEPGL’s Environmental Impact financialassurancebeinginplaceis Assessment states that oil a day in which Guyana could be production will average at 250,000 liableforbillionsofUSdollars. barrelsofoilperday Itwaskeento

Hesaidtoothatitiswellknown note that peak rates may be higher that Esso has been using faulty during the lifetime of the project, equipment, that Esso has been depending on multiple factors such operating its Floating Production as reservoir pressure, number of Storage Offloading (FPSO) vessels wells,equipmentreliability,etc. above the safety limits and that Itwasalsonotedthattheproject Esso’s maps show that an oil spill will be producing 540 million couldreachJamaica. standardcubicfeetofgasperday

Itishisviewthat thattheEPA’s I m p o r t a n t l y , focus Affidavit appears to be telecommunications equipment misplaced as it appears to be will also be installed on the FPSO concerned, guided and focused on to enable safe operation of the the continuing economic facilitiesinnormalandemergency sustainability of Esso’s petroleum (Continued on page 60)

Ronald Bulkan

Map showing the Stabroek block

From page 59 pool of semi-skilled and skilled conditions. Kaieteur News workers that can support the understands that this equipment project. will allow communication with the During long-term production offices, shore bases, support operations, the in-country, direct vessels,helicopters,andtankers,as offshore workforce will peak at well as communication within the around 100 to 160 people during FPSO. periods of higher maintenance

EEPGL had previously activity and during offloading of installed the Fibre Optic Cable theFPSO. Project, which provides the fibre The EIA also states that during opticcommunicationinfrastructure periods of regular operations, the from the Stabroek Block to shore, workforcerequirementonanFPSO enabling high-speed, low-latency isestimatedtobe90to100people. communications and data transfer between EEPGL’s FPSOs and Guyana inks US$150M shore. MOU for housing project,

In terms of employment, it was Wismar Bridge construction notedthattherewillbeademandof up to 540 persons required to drill Guyana on Friday inked a and complete the Uaru US$150 million Memorandum of development wells. Kaieteur News Understanding (MOU) for understands that the majority of infrastructural development works these personnel will work in the for the housing sector and offshore environment on drill construction of theWismar Bridge, ships. inLinden,Region10.

In addition, there will be Senior Minister of Finance, Dr between10and15tripsperweekof Ashni Singh signed the MOU on the support vessels that will be behalf of Government of Guyana assisting the different drill ships. (GoG), with Chief Executive Most of these roles will require Officer (CEO) of the Saudi Fund prior offshore oil and gas industry for Development, Sultan A. Alexperience and specialized Marshad. expertise.

The MOU was signed on the

H o w e v e r , t h e p r i o r sidelines of the 2023 Islamic development of the Liza Phase 1, Development Bank (IsDB)

LizaPhase2,PayaraandYellowtail Group’sAnnualMeetingscurrently Projects has resulted in continuous underwayinSaudiArabia. capacity building of the workforce, During the signing Dr Singh, as additional personnel are thanked the Government of the upskilled and given greater Kingdom of Saudi Arabia for its

Senior Minister Singh also Islamic Bank concerning the sustainable infrastructure, as well responsibilities. invaluable cooperation and signed another MOU on Friday Country Engagement Framework as for supporting economic

The EIA states that this will partnership in Guyana’s

That MOU was signed with the for Guyana for green, resilient and diversificationanddoingbusiness. create opportunities to increase the development.

Senior Finance Minister, Dr. Ashni Singh, and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Saudi Fund for Development, Mr. Sultan A. Al Marshad (Ministry of Finance photo)

22 contractors bid to reconstruct St. George’s High School

Scene of the fire which destroyed the St. George's High School back in 2022.

Twenty-two contractors have submitted bids to reconstruct the St. George’s High School. This was revealed on Thursday when tenders opened at the National Procurement and Tender Administration Board (NPTAB) office.

The Ministry of Education project has beendividedintosixlotsandaccordingtothe Ministry’sinvitationforbids:Lot1consistof works on the superstructure of the building, Lot2 includes the block works, Lots 3 is the plumbingworks,Lot4istheelectricalworks, andLot5isfortheexternalworks,whileLot 6consistsofthefinishingworks.

Attheopeningoftenders,itwasrevealed that works at Lot 1 is estimated at

$95,741,770, Lot2 is $47,653,100, Lot3 is $10,944,600, Lot4 is $22,644,400, and Lot5 is$24,772,570,whileLot6is$30,471,800.

Intermsoffundingtorebuildtheschool, thisyearthegovernmenthadallocatedsome $12.4B for the construction, rehabilitation, extension, and maintenance of educational facilitiesacrossthecountry

Kaieteur News had reported that back in July2022thatfirehadcompletelydestroyed theschool.InvestigationsbytheGuyanaFire Service found that the fire was electrical in origin. Some 421 students were displaced andhadtobeaccommodatedatotherschools. This publication understands that the school will be rebuilt at its same location in Georgetown..

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Justice Department secures court order blocking Trump deposition in Strzok and Page lawsuits

Yahoo News - In a win for the Justice Department, a federal judge on Friday blocked a May 24 deposition of former

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“The Court is somewhat surprised to learn that since then, the parties have done nothing more than wrangle over the order of the two depositions,” Berman Jackson wrote. “The government seems chagrined that the Court did not order that the deposition of the FBI Director be completed first, but it may recall that it was the Court’s view that it was Director Wray, the only current high-ranking public official in

The doctrine referenced by the judge says that the lower-ranking government official should be deposed first in case their responses make it unnecessary to interview the higher-ranking official.

The judge also defended her earlier ruling.

“The Court’s ruling was appropriate in light of all of the facts, including the former President’s own public statements concerning his role in the firing of the plaintiff,” Berman Jackson wrote.

Attorneys for Strzok, Page and Trump did not im-

Strzok and Page were both removed from then-special counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation after text messages that were critical of Trump became public in December 2017. As president, Trump often disparaged the two officials.

Page’s lawsuit alleges privacy violations, while Strzok argues that he was wrongfully terminated.

Strzok’s lawyers are seeking Trump’s deposition to determine whether he met with and directly pressured FBI and Justice Department officials to terminate Strzok or told any White House staff members to do so.

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From page 06 are abused. This is a local government election and government is seen tagging supporters while doing government works. Monitors of elections should not this. Now their goal is to win all municipality. More PPPC means less democracy at local level.

9. Interference with the Media: it is sad to see how the government is the invis-

ible but direct hand in causing disruption in the media election. As an arm of government, the media should always be impartial. This doesn’t happened in Guyana. Newsroom parrots, DPI. DPI parrots Guyana Times and the list goes on.

10. Oil: PPPC government is nothing short of being a hypocrite and shameful. Why would the challenge the judge’s decision on EPA.

11. May- Embarrassment: lack of information. Today, after a failed attempt to save May, the PS, Guyanese are still left in the dark. 12. Judge’s Appointment: Still in limbo

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AmayaMilkCompanyproductstobedistributedbySterling...

Frompage53 calls I received after I announcedthisproject.”

He mentioned that Mr AnandBeharry,Chairmanof the Canada-Guyana Chamber of Commerce had initiallycalledandsuggested that Sterling Products Limited was interested in workingwithhiscompany “From that first introduction I talked with Mr [Ramsay] Ali (CEO of Sterling)IknewthatAmaya Milk Company had a bright future in Guyana, the receptionthatIgotfromhim was so encouraging and I havegottentoknowRamsay over the year, I realized that there is much I can learn fromhimnotjustinCEObut as a person,” Sharma explained.

According to him, the cultures and attitudes of a companydoesnothappenby accident but by deliberately

deliveringwordsandactions ofitsleadershipteam.

He noted that Sterling Products Limited stands out to him as a company that cares for its people, the environment and the country Herelatedthatthese are all things that are important to him and things thatheisworkingtoinstillat AMC.

As his products would soonhittheshelvesofmany stores through his partnership with Sterling, in his final remarks Sharma expressed, “So I'm truly excited to be able to stand here today and look to a futureinwhichAMCwillbe producing100percentlocal, high quality nutritious dairy products and Sterling Products Limited will be distributing those products t o t h e G u y a n e s e population.”

Briefly speaking about

their partnership, CEO of Sterling Products Limited andPresidentoftheGuyana Manufacturing and Services Association (GMSA) Mr Ramsay Ali on Friday expressed that his company iselatedtobeonboardwith AmayaMilkCompanytobe abletosellitsproducts.

He mentioned that their collaborationisasignificant one, for the private sector to lookinthatdirection.

“It is a good sign and a nextstepforprivatesectorto follow, significant that companies can work together,”hesaid.

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Speed of multiple Guyana projects will increase mega-profits for company and shareholders annually

With multiple oilprojectsin G u y a n a coming online at industryleadingspeedcombinedwith its robust inventory of highreturndrillinglocationsinthe USA, Hess Corporation believes it is well positioned to deliver highly profitable production through 2027

The American oil explorer projects there will be a production growth of more than10%annually

Taking this into account, the company alluded that significant profits will be flowing into the company's account, as well as the pockets of shareholders, particularly over the next fouryears.

At the Stabroek Block, Hess said operator and ExxonMobil affiliate, Esso Exploration and Production Guyana Limited (EEPGL) currentlyhasalineofsightto

–HessBosstellstheworld

six floating production, storage, and all floating vessels, or FPSOs, operating in 2027 with a gross production capacity of more than1.2millionbarrelsofoil perday

These projects Hess said will not only expand its resource base but ensure it steadilymovesdownthecost curve.

By2027,ChiefExecutive Officer (CEO), John Hess said his company forecasts thatexpenseswilldeclineby 25% to approximately US$10 per barrel of oil equivalent(BOE)andthatits portfolio will achieve a breakeven Brent oil price of approximately US$50 per barrel.

Hess further noted that with the five sanctioned oil

developments on the StabroekBlock,hiscompany will have “an industryleading rate of change story and an industry-leading duration story” providing a highly differentiated value proposition.

The Hess boss said, “Based upon a flat Brent oil price of US$70 per barrel -US$75 per barrel, our cash flowisforecasttoincreaseby approximately25%annually between 2022 and 2027, morethantwiceasfastasour topline growth And our balance sheet will also continuetostrengthen…”

The CEO added, “Successfulexecutionofour strategy has uniquely positioned our company to deliver significant value to shareholders for years to

come, both by growing intrinsic value and by growingcashreturns.”

He said Hess's financial priorities for 2023 will be to allocatecapitaltohigh-return low-cost investment opportunities, maintain a strongbalancesheetandcash position to ensure that it can fund world-class investment opportunities in Guyana and also return up to 75% of annual free cash flow to shareholders through dividend increases and share repurchases.

Lookingahead,Hesssaid his company plans to continue increasing its

regular dividend to a level that is attractive to incomeoriented investors, but sustainable in a low oil price environment.

Hess was keen to remind shareholders that Guyana is key to its growth strategy; addingthatitistheindustry's largest oil province discoveredinthelastdecade, whereithasa30%interest.

Since 2015, Exxon and partners have had more than 30 discoveries on the block, including two since the start of 2023, underpinning a grossdiscoveredrecoverable resource estimate of more than 11 billion barrels of oil

equivalent with multi-billion barrels of exploration potentialremaining.

The partners also see the potential for up to 10 FPSOs to develop the discovered resourcesontheblock.

It must be noted that ExxonMobil Corporation at its first quarter earnings call waskeentonotetheindustryleading pace with which is it movinginGuyana'sStabroek Block.

Just recently, its officials saidtheoilgiantisdeploying the best technologies and expertise to develop its unique asset in the Guyana b a s i n t o d e l i v e r unprecedentedresults.

In terms of operating projects in the Stabroek Block, the Liza Phase One and Liza Phase Two developments produced an average of approximately 375,000 gross barrels of oil per day in the first quarter

The FPSO for the third sanctioned development at Payara arrived on the Stabroek Block earlier this month ahead of schedule and is targeted to start up early in the fourth quarter with a gross production capacity of approximately 220,000 barrelsofoilperday

Hess Corporation's CEO, John Hess

Pooran hammers 44* to help LSG chase down 182

(SportsMax) - Nicholas Pooran and was then led by Mankad, who brought up Prerak Mankad starred as the Lucknow his maiden IPL fifty on the way to a topSuper Giants beat Sunrisers Hyderabad by score of 64* off 45 balls including seven seven wickets in their Indian Premier foursandtwosixes. League (IPL) fixture at Rajiv Gandhi He was joined in the end by Pooran InternationalStadiumonSaturday who smashed the Sunrisers bowling to all South African wicketkeeper batsman parts on the way to a brutal 44* off just 13 Heinrich Klaasen led the way with a 29- balls, hitting three fours and four sixes in ball 47 as the Sunrisers posted 182-6 off theprocess. their 20 overs after winning the toss. Australian Marcus Stoinis also OpenerAnmolpreetSingh(36)andcaptain contributed 40 as Lucknow reached 185-3 Aiden Markram (28) also made good in19.2overs. contributions against 2-24 from Krunal Lucknow are now fourth in the table Pandya.ThesuccessfulSuperGiantschase with13pointsfrom12games.

Sunday May 14, 2023

ARIES(Mar.21–Apr.19)

Todayyoumightwanttothink about getting things straight with the people close to you. It's possible you haven't dealt with any problems you had in yourrelationshipslastmonth.

TAURUS(Apr.20–May20)

You may be asking certain questions about your feelings, Taurus. Do you know about the trap that many people get caught up in - feeling so close totheirpartnersthattheyoften forgetthemselves?

GEMINI(May21–June20)

Nothing can hold back your flame for long. You have a hard time resting your body and recharging your batteries. At the moment, you're probably still going through a deeptransformationthatwon't allowyoutoslowdown.

CANCER(June21–July22)

Youcanbeknownforneeding alotoflove,butyouwillnever admit that to yourself, much lessanyoneelse.Sometimesit seems as if you like feeling emotionallyfrustrated.

LEO(July23–Aug.22)

You probably aren't worried about being conventional in your relationships, Leo. In fact, conventionality is often what causes you problems. If you're wondering what morality is and what it's based on, this is a good day to think aboutthesequestions.

VIRGO(Aug.23–Sept.22)

You may not be very precise. Your motto seems to be "everything is relative " However, paying attention to details doesn't necessarily meanthatyoulosesightofthe fundamentals.

LIBRA(Sept.23–Oct.22)

This isn't a good time to make any big relationship decisions. If you're thinking about starting a relationship, moving in together, or getting married, you may feel a bit troubled by yourdecision,Libra.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23–Nov. 21)

Today you may feel like somethingisholdingyouback. Everything was going just fine until now If you believe the stream of chatter in your head today,youwillberegressingin everyareaofyourlife!

SAGIT(Nov.22–Dec.21)

You may be looking for some new values in your personal life, Sagittarius You're no longer interested in superficial orfrivolousrelationships.

CAPRI(Dec.22–Jan.19)

You may want to take a little trip into your past to visit some old friends, Capricorn. You c o u l d f i n d y o u r s e l f daydreaming through your good and bad memories. This is an excellent period to break withsomeofthemorenegative tiestoyourpast.

AQUARIUS(Jan.20–Feb.18)

If you're concerned about the love that certain close people have for you, you shouldn't try to compensate by being clingy or overly affectionate. This period is about keeping your distance and putting your relationshipsintoperspective.

PISCES(Feb.19–Mar 20)

This isn't the time to make any more of a commitment to your relationship, Pisces. You aren't satisfied with your attitude toward things lately Don't forget that your partner's characteristics may have

Nicholas Pooran

PPP/C One Guyana Linden Beach Football kick starts today

Sometenmatcheswillbeplayedthisafternoon(Sunday) when the People’s Progressive Party/Civic (PPP/C) organized Linden One Guyana $1M Beach Football tournament starts this afternoon outside the PPP/C Linden officeinMackenzie,Linden,from16:30hrs.

Some fifty teams have entered the tournament, which initially was set for six playing days. The winning team will receive$400,000withthelosingfinalistreceiving$100,000, the third place team pockets $75,000 and fourth placed team cartsoffwith$25,000.

While there is no registration fee, players must be 17 yearsandovertobeeligibletoplayinthetournament. TheremainderofplaydatesareMay20,26,27andJune3 and10.

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Reliance Hustlers Sports Club top...

From page 69 trophy The event was again organised by the Reliance HustlersSportsclub.Recently theyheldasimilartournament with same teams in which Affianceemergedvictorious.

Captain of the winning side Trevis Simon thanked all t h e t e a m s f o r t h e i r p a r t i c i p a t i o n a n d congratulated his side along with the outstanding, individualperformers.

Simon reserved special thanks to the Guyana Breweries Inc. for coming on board. He outlined that their contribution was definitely helpful for the continued developmentofthegame.

Distribution Manager Khemela Gherow was on hand to witness the action and also handed over the prizes. She stated her company was delighted to support the event insponsoringalltheprizes.

“Simon it was great working with you and your committee; looking forward to much more future collaborations towards the development of cricket within our communities,” Gherow mentioned.

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Butler, Heat close out Knicks in Game 6

(Reuters) - Jimmy Butler collected 24 percent shooting display from 3-point range points and eight rebounds to help the host (7of27).

Miami Heat post a 96-92 victory over the New York’s Jalen Brunson scored 41 New York Knicks on Friday and win their points on 14-of-22 shooting from the floor, Eastern Conference semifinal series in six including 5-of-10 success from 3-point games. range.

Miami’s Bam Adebayo recorded 23 “How is that dude not an All-Star or Allpoints and nine rebounds and Max Strus NBA?”SpoelstrasaidofBrunson. scored14points.KyleLowryadded11points Julius Randle recorded 15 points and 11 and nine assists off the bench for the Heat, rebounds and RJ Barrett and Josh Hart each who became the first No. 8 seed to reach the had11pointsforthefifth-seededKnicks. conference finals since the Knicks did so in New York coach Tom Thibodeau said, 1999. “There’salwaysdisappointmentintheendof Lowry told NBA TV, “We are just theseason....Takewhatwelearnfromit.Get resilient. We have a great culture. We have a awayforalittlewhileanddecompress.” great coach, a great locker room, we have Adebayo sank a jumper, Strus added a 3great players and we have Jimmy Butler. pointer and Butler converted a three-point ShoutouttoJimmy.” playtopushMiami’sadvantageto85-76with Miami advances to the conference finals 6:25remaininginthefourthquarter. forthethirdtimeinfourseasonsandwillface New York went on a 14-7 run, capped thewinnerofthesemifinalseriesbetweenthe when Brunson made a pair of free throws third-seeded Philadelphia 76ers and second- following a flagrant foul and Hart added a seeded Boston Celtics. That series is tied at layup with 54.1 seconds to play The surge three wins apiece, with Game 7 set for brought the Knicks within 92-90, but Butler SundayinBoston. made a pair of free throws and New York’s

Game 1 of the Eastern Conference finals QuentinGrimesmisfiredona3-pointattempt will be played in Boston or Philadelphia on before Strus converted two at the foul line to Wednesday sealthewin.

Lowry said of the Heat’s break before the Brunson bolted out of the blocks by next round, “It’s time to rest and recover and scoring 15 quick points and Randle capped get our brains off everything.Then watch the NewYork’s16-3runtostakehisteamtoa31game on Sunday and see who we have to 17lead. play.”AddedMiamicoachErikSpoelstra,“It Adebayo completed a flourish by Miami is really frickin’ hard to get to the Eastern withanemphaticdunk,andStrusmadeapair Conferencefinals.” offreethrowswith37.1secondsremainingto

The Heat benefited from a 38-20 edge in give the Heat a 51-50 advantage entering points in the paint to offset a dismal 25.9 halftime.

Miami Heat forward Jimmy Butler (22) pulls up for a shot in the second half during game six. (USA TODAY Sports)

Lakers start fast, eliminate Warriors in West semifinals

LeBron James and Anthony Davis combined for 47 points in Game 6. (Getty Images)

(Reuters) - LeBron very efficient on how I play long and difficult season in James scored 30 points and thisgame.Itwasbig-time.” many ways, but our guys Anthony Davis added 17 Stephen Curry scored 32 hung in there. To be here, to points and 20 rebounds as p o i n t s a n d D o n t e have a chance in the the Los Angeles Lakers’ DiVincenzo added 16 off the conference semis when for dynamic duo returned the bench as the Warriors lost to much of the season we were franchise to the Western a Western Conference team kind of adrift, it shows the Conference finals for the in the playoffs for the first character of our group and second time since 2010 with time since Steve Kerr howtheystucktogether.” a 122-101 victory over the became head coach in the The Lakers came out visiting Golden State 2014-15season. withearlyenergy,leadingby WarriorsonFriday. Golden State guard Klay 17 points just over seven

Austin Reaves scored 23 Thompson struggled for the minutesintothegame. pointsandD’AngeloRussell fourth consecutive game, The Lakers finished the had19astheLakerswonthe going 2 of 12 from 3-point first half on a dynamic conference semifinals in six range, 3 of 19 overall and sequence. Davis blocked a games and eliminated the finishing with eight points. shot inside by DiVincenzo, defending NBA champions The Warriors were 13 of 48 James tapped the ball down by improving to 6-0 at home (27.1 percent) from 3-point court and Reaves drilled a in the playoffs. Davis played range. half-court shot at the buzzer despite a head injury that Draymond Green scored fora56-46leadatthebreak. occurred in the fourth ninepointsandgrabbednine

Amid his first start of the quarterofGame5. rebounds for the Warriors. playoffs, the Lakers’Dennis

The Lakers move on to Green was slowed by a calf Schroder was ejected with face the Denver Nuggets on injury in the fourth quarter, 6:20 remaining in the third the road in Game 1 of the while Andrew Wiggins quarter after receiving his Western Conference finals played with a rib cartilage second technical foul. His onTuesday fracture and scored just six replacement, Lonnie Walker

“Not many (players) on points. IV, scored five quick points our team have been in a “I want to say how proud and Los Angeles went into close-out game,” James said I am of our guys,” said Kerr, the final period with a 91-77 from the court on the ESPN whose team won just 11 lead. broadcast. “After Game 5, I regular-season road games The Lakers pushed their knewwehadtocomeinwith and went 2-5 on the road in advantage to 106-82 with a lot of aggression but be the playoffs “It’s been a 7:17remaining.

Fans flock the fence to get a glimpse of the action during the 2018 Guyana Cup.

Is horseracing moving forward or descending into anarchy in Guyana?

By Samuel Whyte Ministry of Culture, Youth losersattheendofthe

and Sport (MCYS) for the Whilst many

day

reasons are

After tremendous efforts sloth in passing the being presented for the were made during the early necessary legislation. With seemingdisarray,onecannot 2000s to have the sport of that, the sport is left to the escape the lack of proper horse racing regularized, mercy of those who are legislation for the ongoing which saw some semblance willing to do as they please c o n f u s i o n Wi t h o u t of order being return to the and is presently on the cusp legislation persons are SportofKings,thingsarenot ofdescendingintodisorder allowedtodoastheyfeeland sohealthyatthemoment. There are a number of cannotbesanctioned.

Those are the sentiments TurfClubsinthecountry-all Horse owners say that of a number of horse owners located in Berbice. Whilst they are not consulted by and connections, especially some are active others are those involved and are not thoseconsideredasthesmall dormant for various reasons, prepared to continue being o w n e r s a n d o t h e r however, that doesn’t mean treated with this type of connections. that the clubs aren’t disrespect.

Some are now asking if functioning. Theyarelosingandstand the sport is really moving Most of the clubs have to lose further They spend forward or descending to their traditional racing dates millionsontheiranimalsand anarchy which were agreed to over they want guarantees. But at

They say the recent thedecades.Thesecannotbe the moment, persons at meetingheldbytheKennard encroach by other clubs various spectrums are only Memorial Turf Club without getting the interested in their personal (KMTC) for local owners agreement of the other gains and do not want to was very refreshing. They club(s) or sanctioned by the cooperate, much to the got an insight into what is Guyana Horse Racing detrimentofthesport. happening and how they can Authority(GHRA). Somesaythatthepresent get more benefits from the Not much is heard of the state of the sport offers little sport. GHRAthesedays,eitheritis or no guarantees for anyone

The efforts being put in none functional or its and only a few benefits by KMTC and the recent authorityisbeingbypassed. including the many lawless programme release by the A number of clubs have gamblers,whoreapthebrunt Rising Sun Turf Club released dates that encroach oftheprofits.

( R S T C ) a r e v e r y upon another and with no Many are contemplating encouraging. legislations in place and a giving up if nothing tangible

The owners are also dysfunctional GHRA, one is thrown up fast. It is left to blaming the Guyana can only see chaos and be seen how things will pan Government through the confusion and possible out.

Plans in motion for inaugural Emancipation Games Guyana activities

Plans have begun for the staging of the table tennis, volleyball and basketball inaugural Emancipation Games in Guyana. amongothersareonthecards. The event which is being organized by the Athletics,cyclingandswimmingarealso Emancipation Games Guyana Committee expected to play a major part in the willbeheldduringthemonthofAugust. EmancipationGamescalendar Anumberof According to a release, plans are in its athletics events are being planned for both initial stages and more details will follow trackandfieldathletesaswellasroadraces. shortly Organisers are looking toward the Afinal format on how the games will be event staged as an Inter village affair, which held has not be formalized as yet, but willbeheldduringthemonthofAugustwith organizers are looking at a possible inter th th the 4 and 5 set aside as dates for the main village format, using the traditional African activities. Villages.

Anumberofgamesareslatedtobeonthe Winners and other outstanding agendaincludingindoorandoutdooraswell performers will be handsomely rewarded. asringgamesandtraditionalAfricanGames Theorganizersareaskingthoseinterestedto such as Gam and Sal Pass, which are held startmakingpreparationsandsignupforthe bothindoorandoutdoor Gameseitherindividuallyorbytheirclubor Popular games such as cricket, football, villages.

Sunshine aiming for clean sweep at ORSCA

By Ravendra Madholall

Defending Regular

anxious to get on the field as the semi-final juncture, Navin Sookhoo among profound gratitude to all his well,”thevastlyexperienced Mahadeo responded: “I others. teammates for their

right-handercommented. think Masters played good “I think in T20 cricket, dedication last year and also

In the 2022 edition, and aggressive cricket; our the bowling is very much the owner of the team: Paris. Sunshine is aiming for all seasoned campaigner like team played hard as well but vital whether you are He further lauded the threetrophiesthisyearinthe Imran Ali dominated with we might have just lapsed bowlingfirstorlast;wewere ORSCA for another wellOntarioRound-ArmSoftball the bat reeling few centuries somewhere on the field,” on target for most of the organised year which was Cricket Association’s in every version and he is Mahadeopointed-out. time; the guys used their anotherdemonstrationofthe ( O R S C A ) v a r i o u s expected to lead the batting According to Mahadeo, experience well and bowled executives’ continued tournaments. departmentagain. the bowling will hinge smartly too; we just have to commitment to keep the

Season 20-overs champion

Inanexclusiveinterview

Other experienced around the veteran Rajesh be that tactical again,” an grassroots’gamevivacious. with skipper and Canada- players former Guyana and Willie and solid contribution enthusiastic Mahedeo The season is scheduled based Guyanese Anil West Indies youth batsman is anticipated from Ali, related. to culminate in late Mahadeo, the versatile all-

Hemnarine Chattergoon, Chattergoon, Ryan Dhoray, I n w r a p p i n g u p , September Notably, the rounder was full of Riaz Kadir, Jeetendra Beharry, Hemraj Harinarain, Mahadeo expressed his ORSCAwasformedin2011. confidence that his team is Beharry, Anil Etwaroo, ready to churn out some Ramiz Mohamed just to scintillatingperformances. name a few are talented

In 2022, Sunshine was enoughtocometofore. bowl off on Sunday with a dethroned in the 10-over

“Same set of guys from number of matches across version by Brampton lastyearandthatwillgiveus the Greater Toronto Area Gladiators while in the 15- tremendous confidence to with 20-overs round-robin overs,whichwasabsentfora compete but as I said it is competition. while, Masters emerged about good cricket; it is Mahadeospokeabouthis victorious. about playing the best brand team’s balance, their

For the 20-overs format, of cricket and try come out eagernesstogooutthereand Sunshine retained the victorious,” Mahadeo ahostofotherthings. championship in the final reiterated. “Everyone is looking engagementwithMasters. Queried on what might forward to the softball

“Brand new season and have gone wrong in the most cricket season; we would we [are] up for it,” Mahadeo exciting and exhilarating like to have fun again and disclosed. format(10-10)lastyearafter play some competitive

The action is slated to they suffered elimination at cricket; my team is very

Reliance Hustlers Sports Club top honours

The successful Hustlers Sports Club.

Reliance Hustlers Sports Club defeated Another ex-Guyana youth player

Invaders Masters by nine wickets to win the RovindraParasram snatchedtwowicketsfor one-day four-team hardball knockout 20runsfromhismaximumtwomedium-pace competition last Sunday at the Reliance overs. Sportsground,EssequiboCoast,Region2. In the first two rounds, Hustlers got the In the process, they claimed $100, 000 better of Affiance while Invaders Masters and a trophy as the first prizes, compliments beatCharitySportsClubtoadvance. of Guyana Breweries Inc. under the 592 In a specially-arranged 10-overs brand. exhibitionmatchthatprecededthefour-team

Chasing a decent 80 for victory from the action, Sparwin prevailed by three runs over allotted 10-overs, Reliance Hustlers made RelianceSportsClub. light work by surpassing the target in the 8th At the presentation ceremony just after over the championship fixture, the runners-up

Former Guyana youth player and opener teamalsocartedoffatrophywith$50,000. Nathan Persaud led the way with a brilliant, Persaud was named player-of-the-match unbeaten57lacedwitheightfours. and he collected a trophy and chosen as the For Invaders Masters, who won the toss best batsman as well. Rovindra Parasram, of and opted to take first knock, Roy Gonsalves RelianceHustlers,tookhomethebestbowler hitatop-scoreof26notout.

(Continued on page 65)

Anil Mahadeo

WIFBSC 2023 Short Range Team Match…

Guyanese shooters’ near flawless performances reclaim title

Magnificent shooting from the Guyanese

marksmen led by Peter Persaud who dropped three (3) points from a possible 150, including the only possible of the day at 500 yards (50 4), coupled with excellent Coaching by Mahendra Persaud, Captain Dylan Fields, and Lennox Braithwaite, ensured Guyana fired its way to victory in the Short Range Match at the West Indies Fullbore Shooting Council 2023 championships which endedattheCrabbsRifleand Pistol Range, yesterday afternoon.

Persaud’s performance earned him the Wogart Guyanese who had lost to come remotely close and Persaud’s possible, 50 4, competition. advancethesport. Trophy which is for the host nation Jamaica last year from the first range, the dye tallied 378 points along with Next was Antigua & Guyana is slated to host shooterrecordingthehighest by a single point. However, wasvirtuallycast.

21 Vs, the home team again Barbuda 1099.53 followed the 2024 edition of the score for the day It was a this year, the team was Captain Fields and being the closest 6-points by Canada (1091.59), and WIFBSC Championships vintage performance by the determined not to let anyone Roberto Tiwari each back.

KFC Guyana flavours GFF Elite League with $10M sponsorship

Fast food giants KFC have injected a mammoth $10M into this year’s 5th edition of the Guyana Football federation’s (GFF) Elite League competition as itreadiesforkickofftoday

During a press briefing at the fast food chain’s Movietowne, Turkeyen

location GFF President Wayne Forde, spoke of the enduring partnership that “We are elated to be the Federation shares with apart of this momentous thecompany occasion and to be apart of “KFC Guyana and the theexcitementwearesureit Guyana Football federation will generate. KFC Guyana has had a longstanding vows our continued support partnership that started way as a partner of GFF, we are back in 2018 when we did onboard GFF’s vision for the first KFC Under 20 the Elite League and it’s National Development objectivetocreateanational League. Ever since then, we culture of professional have collaborated on many football and football projects, most recent is the management in Guyana,” One Guyana Cup that Manasseh shared with the concluded on the 1st of gathering. Januarythisyear.We’renow The first match of this taking a new journey in a year’s shortened Elite new product that we have League is set to commence both agreed we would work at18:00hrsthisevening,and hand in hand to build over will be a clash between the next couple of years,” Western Tigers and Fordesaid. MilerockFC.

On the other hand, Later on, two-time KFC’s Marketing Manager defending champions Fruta PamelaManassehnotedthat Conquerors will begin their the company looks forward title defense as they lock to an exciting competition horns with the Guyana and pledged their continued Police Force (GPF) F.C at support. 20:30hrs.

Jamaica (1028 41) which which will also include the droppedfive(5)pointsoutof The Antiguans fought eclipsed Barbados on Vs Long-RangeCompetition. the possible 150 and bravely but the deficit was (34), as both ended with the M e a n w h i l e , t h e reigning Individual way too much to overcome, samepoints. President of the WIFBSC, c h a m p i o n L e n n o x the Guyanese being very Director of Sport, Steve Major Nelson, offered Braithwaite six (6) to ensure focused and determined to Ninvalle, on hearing the congratulations to the that from the start, 300-yard reclaimthetrophy news that Guyana won, Guyana team from the range,asolidfoundationwas The 600 yards range immediately called Captain CouncilandJamaica. setwhichtheteambuiltonat produced another fabulous Fieldstoexpressthenation’s Captain Fields spoke on the 500-yards and 600-yards shoot from the Guyanese as delight on behalf of Minister behalf of his charges: “The ranges. they fired their way to 366 ofSport,CharlesRamsonJr result was proof that the

At 300 yards, no points and 15 Vs, another Ninvalle told Fields and programmethatwasdecided Guyanese shooter went unbeatable score that the team members that upon after Jamaica was the below 44 points, and when propelled them to victory at Guyanaisveryproudoftheir correct one. I was confident thefinalshotrangoutandthe this 2023 edition of the achievement in showing the that this team was well scores tallied, Guyana was competition organized by rest of the Caribbean that we prepared and as such, the well ahead with 375 points the Antigua and Barbuda are indeed the best in this result was inevitable. I am and 25 V-Bulls, with the Rifle Association on behalf sport at the individual and happy for Guyana and the closest nation being the host of the West Indies Fullbore Teamlevels. people, the government, and with 365 points and 19 V- ShootingCouncil. He promised that the the companies that have Bulls. Guyana tallied 1119 Ministry and the National stood behind us. This win is

At 500 yards, the points along with 61 Vs, the Sports Commission will for them. I also want to say Guyanese took it up a few most points and Vs by any work closely with the congrats to Peter Persaud on notches, led by Peter nation at this year’s GuyanaNRA to further winningtheWogarttrophy.”

WIFBSC 2023 Short Range champions, GuyanaNRA

KFC’s Marketing Manager Pamela Manasseh

National Women’s

Aliyah Abrams sets new 400m record

Guyanese athlete impress at NACAC

New Life Invitational

GFF/KFC Elite League 2023… Defending Champion begins campaign tonight

Guyanese athlete Aliyah Abrams has made history by setting a new national record in the

400m event The NACAC New Life Invitational Women’s 400m event in The Bahamas witnessed Abrams finish in first place with a remarkable time of 50.20s, breaking Aliann Pompey’s 14-year-old nationalrecord.

The event saw Abrams compete against some of the best athletes in the region, including Charokee Young, RoxanaGomez,andStacey-AnnWilliams.

SadaWilliams of Barbados, who won gold at the 2023 Commonwealth Games and a World Championship BronzeMedal,finishedfifthwithatimeof51.25s.

Pompey had set the previous national record of 50.71s at the World Championships in Berlin, Germany, in 2009. However, Abrams’ impressive performance has now earned her the title of the fastest Guyanese athlete in the 400mevent.

Just last month, Abrams became the first Guyanese athlete to qualify for the 2023 World Championships in Track and Field, after her blistering 50.77 seconds run in theWomen’s400mattheTomJonesInvitational.

WhileAbrams’national record-breaking performance is undoubtedly impressive, she will need to replicate or betteritduringtheOlympicQualificationperiodfromJuly 1, 2023, to June 30, 2024, to qualify for the 2024 Olympic GamesinParis,France.

Thequalifyingtimeforthewomen’s400meventatthe Olympicsis50.95s.

Abrams was the only Guyanese athlete to run the qualifyingstandardtimefortheTokyoOlympicGames.

AThe 2019 Fruta Conquerors football team that won the GFF Elite League. fresh- faced some of the areas that he has explained. Coach Gilbert is coming through are always F r u t a focused on in training, the also unphased about the excitedtodowell.” C o n q u e r o r s Coach underscored the major changes that his team “The average age of our

Football Club importance of cultivating an has seen since 2019 to team is 21 years and so, will, today, begin their title ability to play high- level present, noting that the club because of that, I think defense in the 5th edition of football. is known to develop and players know the sky is the the Guyana Football

“We’re working on, prepare young players for limit and performing well in Federation(GFF)/KFCElite generally, our tactical otheropportunities. this league, means that the League. awareness, developing the He said about the opportunities are endless,”

However, much has youngplayerscapacity,most changes to their roster, “We Gilbertadded. changedsincetherenowned, importantly their mental as a club, we are accustomed The Fruta Conquerors vs Tucville- based club last ability, to be able to to developing players and GPF FC clash will go down lifted the championship in implementthethingsthatare then clubs and football at 20:30hrs tonight on the 2019, including much of taughttothemdayindayout entities from across the Police’s home turf at Eve theirroster at the training sessions, with country and across the Leary The defending

As Fruta Conquerors intensity and using the level Caribbean, really scouting champions will play their prepare to take on the of commitment that is those players out and next league game against Guyana Police Force (GPF) expectedofthematthislevel exposing them to new Ann’s Grove FC, on FCthisevening,HeadCoach of football, to really defend opportunities. As a result of Thursday, May 25th at the Sampson Gilbert discussed their title, ” Gilbert that, the players that are samevenue. the team’s readiness for the game and the major task of retainingtheirtitle.

“I feel delighted to be the defending champions, coming into season 5. It’s obvious that, over the years, we’ve developed a lot of good players that would’ve contributed to us being the back-to-back champs from 2019,” Sampson shared with this publication.The Coach went on to add about the young bunch one can expect to see in action at Eve Leary tonight, “Coming into season 5, we’re having a young group of players We’re looking forward to expose these players to the level of football that we’re expectingattheEliteLeague and from a developmental perspective, we know that the players are looking forward to be exposed and to perform well in this Elite League.”

When quizzed about

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