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EDITORIAL
MASS KILLINGS IN AMERICA It seems that mass shootings in the United States have become routine—a new norm to the extent that nowhere in America is safe anymore, not even schools or places of worship. The use of assault rifles and high-powered revolvers to kill innocent people has become a common phenomenon in the US. It is eating away at the fabric of the country. Already battling the ghastly murders of lone-wolf terrorists, America is caught up in a random, senseless and in some cases targeted mass slayings. Yesterday’s mass shooting in a suburb of Los Angeles by a 28 year-old U.S. Marine veteran, killed 11 students and a sheriff’s deputy and wounded many others. It was the third mass shooting in the U.S in less than two weeks. It occurred six days after a gunman killed two women at a yoga studio in Tallahassee, Florida and 12 days after an anti-Semitist murdered 11 Jewish worshippers in a synagogue in Pittsburgh. These latest grisly murders came on the heels of a series of explosive pipe-bomb devices being mailed by a Florida man to prominent democratic politicians, including former U.S. Presidents Bill Clinton, and Barack Obama and Vice President Joe Biden, among others. While Americans mourn these horrific murders, they must be cognizant that there will be more of these mass shootings if U.S lawmakers do not change the existing gun laws in the country. More action means less mourning. Studies have shown that mass shootings have occurred in a few other countries, but not with the same frequency as in the U.S. With only 4.4 percent of the world’s population, the U.S. has had more mass murders and more people killed or injured by gunmen in mass shootings than the other countries combined. And with 42 percent of the weapons in the world, the U.S, Guatemala and Mexico are the only three countries in which people believe that they have an inherent right to own guns. This may be the reason for the high rate of mass shootings and murders in America. Americans are growing wary of mass murders, which have left many to believe that gun violence, which is inherently ingrained in American culture, could result in a dismal future for the country. While foreigners see America as a country filled with opportunities, they also see it as a violent society where the regulation of gun ownership is the weakest among the developed countries. Two examples will suffice. Shortly after Britain had a mass shooting in 1987, it instituted strict gun control laws and Australia did the same after a mass shooting in 1996. But the United States had several mass killings with one of the worst being in 2012 at an Elementary School in Connecticut, when 20 students between 6 and 9 years were killed. Yet American lawmakers have decided not to change the existing gun laws. That choice has set America apart from the other countries. In 2013, America recorded 21,175 gun-related deaths by suicides, 11,208 homicides and 505 deaths caused by an accidental discharge of a firearm. In that year, Japan, with one-third of America’s population had only 13 gun-related deaths. America’s gun ownership rate is 150 times higher than Japan. Switzerland has the second-highest gun ownership of any developed country, but its gun laws are more stringent for anyone to acquire and keep a gun licence or purchase or sell guns. The U.S is the world’s leader in the number of guns with an estimated 370 million in the hands of civilians, which is more than the combined number of firearms in the other advanced countries.
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Battle for the Bridge- The majority wants the Govt to win this one. Dear Editor, I take umbrage to a letter written by Anil Nandlall in SN. Nov 6th, “Taking over Berbice Bridge is an act of compulsory acquisition”. The BBCI investors were contemplating a 365% increase in toll on commuters. This audacious increase could be justly considered an act of terroism perpetrated against commuters. The Government had a moral duty to step in and protect the innocent bystanders (commuters). For Nandlall to refer to the Berbice Bridge as “private property” is an act of profane p o l i t i c a l e x p e d i e n c y. Nandlall in his tirade conveniently omits the fact that the investors or concessionaire with the controlling rights to the Bridge only supplied 5% of the cost of the Bridge. How does the counsel justify his statement? “This is nothing short of the state compulsory acquiring private property. Private property!” The Bridge, being a public/private venture, where the private shareholders only paid 5% of the cost of the Bridge and were granted an unusually lucrative 23% return on their
investment and controlling rights for 20 years by a Government in which he was a major player. How does that coincide with his use of the term “private property” in relation to the bridge? Yet this man had the audacity to say, “Rather than negotiate from a position that recognizes and respects private property, this government has chosen the big-stick method of bullyism.” Only Anil, with his perceived ingenuity can possibly explain this mathematical fallacy- 95% public plus 5% private = private! I hope he does. Through his charade, Anil identified a moment that the Coalition and the Country should take note of. Anil wrote, “It wasn’t until 1999-2001 constitutional reform process that the constitution was amended to provide for prompt payment of market value for properties acquired by the state.” The Government should offer to repay these investors the monies they invested. This impasse begs a question. Why didn’t Jagdeo approach the international financial institutions for a mere $400 million that was needed to complete the
Bridge? The fact that he didn’t and allegedly sacrificed the career of Maurice Arjoon on the Bridge, reeks of sinister motives. So Nandlall is pontificating that “this act of the Government taking over the Bridge will certainly cause irreversible damage to Guyana’s image as an investment destination.” If the true story is told about all the graft-the secrecy clausethe guaranteed Stanford like 23% returns on investmentthe victimization of a banker, all of which Anil will not dare out of his politically convenient shell , to speak of, investors will understand. The last time I checked,
investors only come here for resources. That has been the case since the time of the PPP because it is not logical to go where it could not be found. Taking that as a known, maybe Anil in his next missive can explain his Government ‘s logic of buying them with sweetheart concessions, while the locals are not granted any concessions. The Battle for the Bridge will rage on. The public watches in high anticipation. The majority wants the Government to win this one. It is a struggle against heartless capitalism orchestrated by the PPP on the nation. Rudolph Singh
What is this talk of “Burnhamism” about? Dear Editor, The former Attorney General wrote a very interesting letter that appeared in the KN on November 6th as a comment on the news, that government has taken possession of the Berbice River Bridge in the interest of public safety. The author of that missive is of the opinion that the State is thereby acting in breach of
Article 142 of the Constitution, which is designed to protect private property against expropriation by the State. It ought to be recalled that back in the 70’s and 80’s the PPP, as it then was, supported the then PNC policy of nationalization, the commanding heights of the Guyana economy – a clearly (Continued on page 5)
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Nandlall’s verbal assault is ‘brassfaced’ Dear Editor, I read with consternation a letter titled‘ Taking Over of Berbice Bridge is act of compulsory acquisition,’ Stabroek News, Nov 5, 2018, written by an Honourable Gentleman, Mr. Anil Nandlall. His initial verbal assault claimed that Government action must have shocked the conscience of law-abiding citizens.All that the Government sought to do was to save travellers over the bridge the trauma of those massive increases by this private ‘sic’ company. My mother would have referred to Mr. Nandlall’s letter as being written by someone who is brass-faced. We can name scores of action by Mr. Nandlall’s Government (PPP/C) that shocked the conscience of all of us. For brevity, I will not repeat the many instances but to refresh the Gentleman’s memory just a few. Under the tutelage of his colleagues, police deaths increased by one thousand percent, yes (1,000%). On this bridge company
being a private entity, the largest investment was money suborned by his Government from the National Insurance Scheme (NIS). This and other financial acts of bullyism represented snatching money from the poor to give to the rich. He ignored state assets, GPC, among them, Pradoville I and II, handed to selected private persons for a pittance. The PPP so plundered the NIS that it was completely destabilized and could not deliver on its promises to help the ordinary people as was intended by the architects of the National Insurance Scheme (Burnham and the PNC).He refers to Echillibar Villas, Hope Estate and Takuba Lodge. As a member of the Government then, I am aware that in every instance there was cordial dialogue with the owners, which led to mutually satisfactory financial arrangements.He also mentioned Citizens Bank…What is he talking about? Is this a figment of his imagination? I expect in a response Mr. Nandlall to explain how it is or why it is that NIS Management was never part of the
decision-making mechanism of the Berbice Bridge. Mr. Nandlall should also let those whose consciences were shocked to explain that the cost of constructing the said Berbice River Bridge was double because the then Government ignored an earlier engineering recommendation that the Berbice Bridge should be built from Ithaca on the West Bank to Stanleytown on the East Bank of the Berbice River. It is no secret that the PPP Government did not identify that location because notwithstanding the shorter distance and better soil conditions, those communities were regarded as not PPPfriendly communities. A sad sorry situation! I marveled at the boisterousness and boldness of some members of the PPP hierarchy, and I repeat some members of the PPP hierarchy.The people who use the Berbice Bridge have been spared the trauma of having to pay these massive and unconscionable increases proposed by this private company whose only aim was to make More Mighty Money. Hamilton Green
What is this talk of “Burnhamism”.... From page 4 consensual ‘unbridled arrogance’ at the time, that viewed the country as the private property of and for Guyanese. We live in a different world today. Communism and its offshoot socialism are no longer in vogue – and both Russia and China present current economic models that for all practical purposes are versions of capitalism. The only real socialist country today is Cuba, which has in many ways adapted its economics to fit in somewhat with the rest of the trading world. So what is “Burnhamism” in the context in which the former AG wrote? No sensible answer can be extrapolated from that 6th November letter. The writer could not reasonably be suggesting that the cross-party will to nationalize foreign enterprises coupled the unbridled arrogance in so doing, can now be labelled “Burnhamism”!
There is, however, a continuing arrogance exhibited by those now in power – exemplified by the way the early salary increases to government ministers was handled, the Simona Broomes debacle and the way GECOM has unapologetically left me disenfranchised in the run up to the LGE’s but all of that is part of a continuing arrogance that was unashamedly practised by the former government that was in power for 23 years. The CHPA ought to be saluted for its current policy of cancelling Transports and Certificates of Titles held by persons who are unable or unwilling to construct buildings on house lots sold to them years ago. This should
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not be viewed as a party political matter. Surely, the policy is about enforcing a pivotal condition under which those properties were allocated in the first place. The CHPA is in the business of facilitating the means whereby citizens may acquire a property to build their own homes – not to facilitate greedy speculators who already own a home whether in Guyana or abroad! Regards Ronnie Karim
The government and cricket Dear Editor, I would like to share a story from my days in Cricket. A regional national team was encamped and a former West Indian player was employed to give technical assistance. The man was impressive in the conference room; he laid out a plan to ensure success. His language was that of Cricket and he stressed that the bowlers had to bowl in ‘good areas’ to opposing batsmen. This, he stated, was the key to success. He beamed as his audience of first-class players nodded and applauded. We then went onto the field to practice; it was here I spoke my first words of the day, I suggested to the semi-legend that he observe only as I asked the players to indicate with chalk, where exactly on the pitch was the aforementioned ‘good area’. Editor, only Paul Keens Douglas could do justice to the ensuing geometric confusion. Suffice it to say, we spent a productive session explaining ‘good areas’ to players who had been at the pinnacle of the game for many years. The lesson I learned from that ‘good areas’ session was that we often expect persons at the top of the game to know the specifics related to the generalities used to describe their functions. However, in reality, even the professionals need to be guided.The reason for my lengthy preamble is that I have noticed that the APNU+AFC Administration seems not to understand their function in the governance of Guyana. APNU+AFC has been elected to administer the executive arm of Government; the functions include governance of Guyana. The President is the Head of State, the supreme executive authority. The President appoints the Prime Minister and
other Ministers and assigns responsibilities to them. The Cabinet consists of the President, Prime Minister and any other Ministers His Excellency sees fit to include. As a collective, they formulate policy, promote ideas and projects for the betterment of the country. Sadly, much like the cricketers, this Cabinet is caught up in geometric confusion, going in aimless circles, providing very little by way of vision other than talk about a ‘good life’ that is on the pitch somewhere. Editor, APNU+AFC has been in Government as part of the legislature for some time, albeit on the opposition benches, and oddly they appear to be stuck in opposition mode, playing politics with every issue; the transparent orchestration of the ‘temporary’ nationalization of the Berbice Bridge Company is only the latest in a long string of events. The use of government agencies and departments for political purpose has led to serious undermining of the integrity of those agencies, SOCU and the DPI being the most glaring examples. These agencies will struggle to regain credibility in the future. Oil is looming large and no one is quite sure who or what entity represents the interests of the People of Guyana. Is it the Department of Energy with its director who is ‘learning on the job’ or is it the responsibility of the President as he articulated a week before his departure for Cuba. Is Acting President Nagamootoo our Oil czar? We know it is not the Ministry of the Presidency,
having been told quite explicitly that he had no reason to meet with Oil executives. Editor, this team with or without its captain, is a poor one. The active ministers have no idea where to bowl the ‘good life’ ball and the ceremonial ones such as Social Cohesion, Education and Sports are not in fielding position. They are scattered all over the field like free range chickens. The Burnham administration rewrote the constitution in 1980; the PPP made 192 amendments to that 1980 constitution in 23 years, at an average of nine per year; these included the establishment of an Ethnic Relations Commission, A Public Procurement Commission and the introduction of Presidential term limits. Editor the APNU+AFC Executive is yet to make a single amendment to our Constitution. Of course, our Executive President has seen fit to ignore Article 161 (2) of the Constitution of Guyana and thereby rendering it useless. This may well end up being his legacy to the nation, that and D’Urban Park and its humongous tattered Golden Arrowhead hanging listlessly.Editor, it is my fervent wish that His Excellency makes a healthy return to Guyana and steps up to the crease and delivers a ball that hits a ‘good area’ and delivers the ‘good life’ for all Guyanese, one that changes his legacy from negative to positive; that’s a ball we can all cheer. Respectfully Robin Singh
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A way to reduce the shopping Legalising marijuana could be woes disastrous Dear Editor I am pleading with the Minister of Communities, the NDCs, the mayors and members of the Local Democratic Councils to open up Guyana. An example of what I mean is the 24-hour medical facilities that are spread around the country. Just imagine if these were not in existence, many on the outskirts of Georgetown would have had to travel to Georgetown Public Hospital for medical care. I am pleading for the authorities to expand that vision to include other services. Right now Georgetown and Vreed-en-Hoop are overrun by shoppers and sellers. Imagine someone living in Linden, Timehri, Parika, Wales on the WBD; Crane, Dem Amstel, the Ruimveldts, Lodge, Kitty, Diamond, Grove, just to name a few communities have to travel to Big Market, Bourda Market, Vreeden-Hoop Market, Regent and Robb Streets to obtain groceries, kitchen utensils, fruits and vegetables etc. Why are they not obtaining these in their own com-
munities? Many of our leaders visit Florida, New York and other cities. Do they see such vending as seen in Guyana? In Florida, the answer has been strip malls. There is no pavement vending. The Big Apple got rid of this menace that was hamstringing 14th, 23rd, and 42nd Street and Liberty Ave in Richmond Hill, Queens many years ago. Our leaders should start making these strip malls in every community. They do not have to be sophisticated as those in Florida. Lands should be cleared and paved and a range of one-storey buildings be built forming a crescent then rent these out to sellers of perishables and other supermarket items. Each strip mall must be able to accommodate at least 10 buildings and parking for at least 20 cars. They must be accessible to both pedestrian and vehicular traffic. They do not have to be lining the main roads ‘hugging’ the communities. Now, if these are built wisely and offer excellent service and good products, then shoppers working in Georgetown wouldn’t have buy certain
NDC ignores garbage in Enmore Dear Editor, I wish to highlight a very obnoxious and disgusting issue in the village of Enmore, which is located on the East Coast of Demerara. Mr. Editor, the NDC is responsible for the collection of garbage within the village. However, over the last two weeks there has been no garbage collection within the Logwood, Enmore area. I cannot say if garbage has been collected in the other areas of Enmore. The garbage tractor that usually collects the garbage can be seen at various intervals doing private errands for persons closely connected to the NDC, so it’s not a case of a broken tractor.
Mr. Editor, as a resident of this village, I pay my fair share of rates and taxes and so do the other villagers. We also have our kids who have to be exposed to a dirt-filled environment, thanks to the Enmore NDC. What is more obvious is that local government elections are due in a few days from now and the NDC is controlled by the PPP/C elites who will be rallying for the residents to vote them in again.I do hope my fellow villagers don’t fall prey to the PPP/C elites and put them back in control of the village affairs because if they do, I do hope they have conditioned their minds to endure the next three years of crass incompetence. Deo Persaud
items in Georgetown when these same items can be had in their communities cheaper. Eventually, the congestion and lawlessn e s s t h a t ’s n o w t a k i n g place around Bourda, Stabroek and Vreed-enHoop will cease. What will become of these itinerant vendors congesting Bourda, Stabroek, Regent and Robb Streets, etc? When shoppers cease buying from them in these areas their only alternative will be to vend in these strip malls. Because there will be more than two strip malls in each or every other community, many will decide to stick close to home and still earn a living. What then are the advantages of these strip malls apart from those stated above? (i) Moms and Dads do not have to travel long distances to obtain basic commodities. (ii) The authorities gain income from leasing out renting space in these malls; (iii) Local producers do not have to travel long distances to sell their produce; (iv) there will be a more equitable distribution of goods and services. Wholesalers will be birthed. (v)They will get rid of all the street side vending springing up all across the landscape. This is where enforcement of local laws will stop the free for all that has been taking place. The disadvantages are (i) the possibility of big money / political influencers grabbing the spots in the malls and then renting them or leasing them sky high. To offset this, a renter/lessee should be living in the community, not have a home in the community. (ii) Noise pollution. There is an open and close time. (iii) Crime. The remedy is continual police patrol. More can be said, but trust me if strip malls are enacted, we will plunge ourselves into the 21st century and are prepared for the influx the oil boom will create. John Williams
Dear Editor, There are a few things in life over time that become like staple to you, and your daily routine is surrounded by them. From the time David De Caires brought a second newspaper to Guyana to accompany the Chronicle and my friend Freddie Kissoon was a columnist, I gained interest in his writings. When I came to UG in the late 90s as a freshman, I met Freddie for the first time through his good friend Vadis (Lisa) Wilson. I said to him then, “I enjoy your columns, sir”. He smiled and went away as usual. We became closer through my classmate, Leonard Craig. We always have healthy debates when Lenno is around. Despite his informative analysis at times, I bluntly refuse to accept some of his findings. He rants daily about our prison system being filled because of a MARIJUANA JOINT, and AFC’s Michael Carrington’s impending piece of legislation to legalize the drug. I don’t think in my humble opinion and seeing what is happening to our youths, Guyana is anywhere near to legalizing GANJA. Attorney General Williams may have a , let the Guyanese populace decide. Ian Mc Donald, on Sunday, caught my attention. He penned a very important article about our time on earth. As we get older each day, a friend of ours will pass away and before you know it, all of the friends from that era are gone and a next generation takes over. The RASTA fraternity is trying to tie the hands of this current administration to pass legislation to legalize GANJA. They cite Canada, the US and other First World countries to add value to their argument together with the legendary Peter Mc Intosh’s LEGALISE IT, as their mantra, extolling the virtues of this wonder drug. It’s good for glaucoma, asthma and the list goes on. None of the arguments so far mentioned the damaging
effects to our youthful population where there is a definite rise in its use. I was travelling from Port Kaituma to Baramita a few years ago and the police were doing what is referred to as routine checks. Believe me, all the young males averaging age 17 to 35 had little scissors, an officer made attempt to confiscate them; all hell broke loose. The scissors were to cut up weed. When these young men reach the mining camp, they must smoke before work begins. I have a friend who is a prominent building contractor, I met him one morning and he was furious. He was expressing himself with expletives. He said, ‘Shep, I get some young man wokkin’ wid me. Them gah fuh smoke weed before them wok. When the weed wok out by 9-10, wok done, them can’t go mo’. I gave him a scenario that I encountered a few years ago being a member of GuySuCo Training Centre /Port Mourant. A buddy of mine Dion ‘Salt Poke’ Gordon, a former student of St. Stanislaus College, had to have his weed before any test. He got 94 and I got 96 in a Mettalurgy examination. I told him there and then smoking weed to study is a myth. The last time I saw my friend, a young budding engineer, because he did Fitting and Machining, he was washing cars behind his alma mater on Hadfield Street with his new found friends, a set of JUNKIES from Leopold Street. It pained my heart. Here is where my utmost respect for President Granger comes in. When pressed about the impending Marijuana legislation and comparisons were made to other countries, his reply was clever. He said, ‘ WE NEED TO BE CAREFUL WHAT LEGISLATIONS WE ADOPT FROM OTHER COUNTRIES.” Our president was saying that not everything that we see other countries do is applicable to Guyana, and he is absolutely correct. The countries that are now legalizing the drug are practising what I term CONTROLLED AGRICULTURE.
All systems are in place for any negative impact. Guyana is nowhere near to that, and there is a far way to go. Some of the RASTA pundits want a whole ounce to be walking around with and smoke without a care in the world. A few days ago, I saw a headline, MAN DECAPITATED IN DIAMOND. At first I took it for nothing, maybe a family feud went wrong. My phone started to ring off the hook, ‘Hi Sheppy, you hear what happen to Peto? I said no. One of our colleagues broke the bad news to me. Sheppy is you partner Peterkin get killed, bai. As an electrician, he simply knew his trade. All the electrical work at my home he will do. Peterkin would say ‘“All y’all went UG and thing after training school, but one contract, and I make your month money in a day.” I was reading the papers yesterday, and his father-inlaw said a mouthful when interviewed, he said “JUSTIN AND HIS BROTHER-INLAW ARE REGULAR MARIJUANA SMOKERS, AND HE MAY HAVE TRIPPED. HE KNEW OF NO FEUD BETWEEN THEM”. There are many prominent people in our midst that are weed smokers. Lawyers, doctors etc. will indulge at the beginning of their daily routines. As you move around the city, every group of unemployed youths you see becomes jumpy and jittery when a police van approaches; a stash is somewhere around. Legalizing ganja has catastrophic effects for Guyana. There will be more incidents like these if we don’t control the supply of this substance on the streets of Guyana. As I say farewell to a comrade and friend, on behalf of the entire apprentice fraternity, let this be a lesson to the people who are trying to bring legal chaos into Guyana. To his mother, wife and children and his extended family, the Paradise community, REST IN PEACE, PETO. You did it your way. Sincerely yours Ronald R. Shepherd
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Charges dismissed against Attorney Gunmen terrorize, rob woman, two children in C’tyne home accused of perverting the course of justice The house that the bandits invaded
Bandits on Tuesday night stormed the home of a 37year-old woman who lives with her 18-year-old daughter and 19-year-old son at lot 127 Bushlot Farm, Corentyne, Berbice. According to Sasewattie Singh called “Pamo”, she was resting in her bedroom while her son was in a hammock in the bottom flat off their small two-storeyed wooden home when two masked men, dressed in dark clothing and armed with guns, jumped the wooden picket fence and confronted the teenage boy just around 22:35 hrs. “Me hear me son and people talking, so me jump out me bed and was heading downstairs, but de man dem done come upstairs and one point de gun on me,” she recounted. Singh said that they tied up her son and while pointing the gun at her, they demanded cash and jewellery. “They pointed the gun at me and dem had me son and daughter lie down flat on the floor and one get me searching, he seh he want all the jewel and all the money, so he get me searching. Me bin get a cup with jewel inside, he pull off a pillow case and he seh lemme throw every-
Victim: Sasewattie Singh
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ttorney-at-law Chandra Sohan was yesterday cleared of all charges that were made out against him, whereby it was alleged that he had perverted the course of justice by persuading a witness in the murder trial against Marcus Bisram and others, to recant his story. He was also accused of telling the witness, Zubair Ally, what to say. The charges were dismissed by Magistrate Alex Moore at the New Amsterdam Magistrate’s Court. In submissions submitted to Magistrate Moore at the conclusion of the Prosecution’s case, the Defence team had stated that there was no evidence that pointed to any wrongdoing on the part of Mr. Sohan. His Counsel, Sanjeev Datadin, said that it was clear that Ally made a statement to the Police in the very beginning of the investigation that corresponded with his evidence before the Magistrate. In an invited comment Sohan said he always knew he would be vindicated and that he had done nothing wrong. Sohan was dragged before the court and slapped with a charge of attempting to obstruct the course of justice in the preliminary
Chandra Sohan inquiry (PI) of the murdered carpenter, Faiyaz Narinedatt in June 2018, and was represented by a team of lawyers lead by Datadin, and included Mursaline Bacchus, Ryan Crawford and Horatio Edmondson. In October 2017, Sohan was arrested, (Continued on page 9)
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thing in the pillow case, and after then he bring me downstairs. Me had little bit money in three different purses, so he make me open dem purse and give he,” the woman disclosed. Singh also remembered one of the men telling her that they were sent by “the milliondollar man to kill me” but this she said seemed strange and opined that if they were indeed sent to kill her, they would have done just that and robbed the home as well. The woman who admitted that she is still scared, told this publication that in the 20 years she lived in Bushlot
Farm, she never expected to become the victim of a robbery. She however praised the police for their swift response when they were contacted. Close to $500,000 in gold jewellery was carted off along with five cellular phones and $45,000 cash. No one has since been arrested as police continue to investigate. Over the weekend bandits pounced on three families at Maida Farm, Corentyne, Fyrish Village and Bushlot, Corentyne. Prior to that, two homes in Black Bush Polder were also robbed of cash and valuables and no one has been arrested or charged.
(From page 3) Against HIV/AIDS (PANCAP)’s Youth Steering Committee, Dennis Glasgow, said that such issues are not solely the government’s responsibility; that society “must own up to social issues”. However, he said that government could equip youth with more knowledge on their Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights (SRHR) by implementing Comprehensive Sexuality Education (CSE) in the education system; a programme which he said, should consider the intersection of maternal and adolescent health. Non-Governmental Organisations, like ASPIRE and Guyana Responsible Parenthood Association (GRPA) have been advocating for the inclusion of Com-
prehensive Sexuality Education in public schools, to replace the Health and Family Life Education programme, as they have opined that it is not comprehensive enough to provide youth with the tools they need to care for their sexual health.Also important to SRHR providers and advocates is the provision of safe, affordable medical abortions. It was only in 2015 that GRPA appealed for second level care professionals to be allowed to administer medical abortions. Since then, they have been providing affordable abortion services. Before then, public hospitals only provided abortions for women with ongoing complications, while private clinics provided the service at a high cost.
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Five witnesses remaining in Campbellville double murder PI Police Prosecutor Shellon Daniels is expected to call five remaining witnesses to testify in the Preliminary Inquiry (PI) into the murder of a Pandit and his son whose bodies were found in their Campbellville home with multiple stabs wounds last July. Thirty-year-old Orlando Douglas is currently on remand for the two murders. The PI is being heard before Principal Magistrate Judy Latchman in the Georgetown Magistrates’ Courts. Yesterday when the matter was called, Constable Kevin Noel, a crime scene videographer, testified to
visiting the crime scene when the bodies were discovered. He told the court what he did with the video evidence he took from the scene and those video recordings were shown in court to be part of the Prosecution’s case. The Magistrate after listening to the witness adjourned the matter. Prosecutor Daniels is expected to call five remaining witnesses to testify on behalf of the state. According to reports, Deonarine Liliah, a 61-yearold Pandit and businessman, and his 28-year old-son Gopaul Liliah, were found dead last July, in their Lot 25
Craig Street, Campbellville home, with multiple stabs wounds about their bodies. The father and son were discovered after a tenant who lives downstairs made a report at the Kitty Police Station after neighbours complained about a stench coming from the upper flat of the home. The bodies were subsequently discovered. An autopsy revealed that the victims had been stabbed 66 times. Police reportedly recovered CCTV footage, which showed a man jumping the western fence and entering the home, through the northern front door.
Dead: Deonarine Liliah and his son Gopaul Liliah
Charged Orlando Douglas
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How can I vote for someone that I do not know? How can I vote for someone that I do not know? A friend of mine was relating that one of the candidates for local government elections came knocking at his door, soliciting his vote. My friend explained that before he can give him his vote, he has to know the candidate, and whether he has a track record of personal accomplishments. My friend was clear that he does not support failures or persons who are now getting their feet wet politically. My friend asked the candidate who he was, since he did not know him, had never heard or read anything about him, and did not know what he had accomplished in life. The candidate had much to say about who he was. But he sidestepped the question as to what he had achieved in his personal and professional lives.My friend wished him well, but told him frankly that he cannot see how the candidate deserved his vote since he had no notable accomplishments to his name and seemed to be contesting the elections to further his career, rather than providing the expertise which is needed by the community. In last Wednesday’s column, it was mentioned that the APNU+AFC Coalition trumped all other political parties, groups and individuals in all constituencies in Georgetown in the 2016 local government elections. That statement was not fully accurate. An independent candidate did win in the Albouystown-Charlestown constituency. The individual concerned was a popular radio announcer. His popularity, and the fact that he was well-known within both wards, would have allowed him to secure a win in that constituency. People voted for him, over that of the APNU+AFC candidate, because they knew him and his public track record. Residents should be familiar with those who are vying for public office. The candidates must have some track record of accomplishment. Why would you vote for somebody who has little or nothing to show in terms of achievements?Many citizens are complaining that the persons who are contesting for office are unknowns within their communities. Therefore, they are questioning what skills and leadership these
persons are going to bring to the various councils. The PNCR has erected a huge billboard near to the headquarters of Guyana Water Inc. The billboard displays the party’s 15 candidates for the Georgetown municipality. One man, who has lived all his life in the city, said he does not know or has ever heard of any of these persons. This is in stark contrast to the past, when those selected as councillors were well-known and popular personalities, drawn mainly from the professional and business classes. In fact, it would have been inconceivable for some of those persons who were recently elected as mayors to even be considered for such high office under colonial Guyana.Under British rule, you had to be either a lawyer or a businessman to even have a chance of becoming a mayor. Among the mayors of Georgetown were persons such as Forbes Burnham, then a prominent lawyer; Francis Dias, solicitor and member of the Executive Council; Joseph Gonsalves, solicitor and member of the Executive Council; Edward Gonsalves, businessman and member of the Executive Council; Percy Claude Wight, businessman and member of the Legislative Council. These persons were household names in Georgetown. One cannot say with certainty whether the same can be said of the present crop of prospective mayors.How did Georgetown move from that position to the one in which it now finds itself? The answer is politics. The emergence of massbased political parties – the PPP and its splinter, the People’s National Congress – changed the face of local government representation. The policies of both of these parties scared the business and professional classes. These classes have ever since stayed clear of running for local government office. These mass-based political parties deprived citizens of local government elections between 1970 and 1994 and then from 1994 until 2016. Local government requires quality leadership. That leadership cannot be fully satisfied by the massbased political parties – the PPPC and the PNCR. The professional and business classes need to be encour-
Charges dismissed against... From page 07 based on statements that were given by a suspect who was detained. The eyewitness had reportedly identified Sohan as the individual from the legal fraternity who influenced him to persuade another witness to change his story. The witness reportedly was told to tell the court that the police had forced him to sign the statement. Sohan had denied the allegation at that time. Also, in July 2017, Sohan was arrested at the Springlands Court for attempting to pervert the course of justice.
aged to be involved in local government. Georgetown is a town with strong business and professional sectors. It should have more businessmen and professionals on the City Council.Unfortunately,
the present electoral system does not encourage individuals and groups to contest. The proportional representation component of local government elections favours the mass-based political parties.
Unless this changes, there will continue to be billboards featuring candidates who are not well-known. And the political parties will continue to scrape the bottom of the barrel to find sufficient
candidates to contest local government elections.
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THE FREDDIE KISSOON COLUMN
Bibi Shadick is the reason the PPP should never rule this country again Both election blueprints – proportional representation (PR) and the constituency system (first-past-the-post FPTP) have strengths and weaknesses. The Lib-Dem party in the UK wanted a referendum between PR and FPTP. They got it, but lost it. Britons rejected PR. Lib-Dems argued that they were picking up enormous votes spread over the entire UK, but because of FPTP, they acquired very few seats.It is easy to understand. Your votes in all the constituencies are wasted, because only the person who brings first in each constituency wins the seat to parliament. One of the great sins of FPTP is that a party can get more votes overall than its competitors yet lose the election. That is because it did not bring first in every constituency. This is where PR comes in. There is no constituency. All the votes you get at election time in the entire country are counted then divided into seats. Lib-Dems argued that if the UK had PR, they would have acquired in past elections, substantial numbers of
seats. But once there is an election system whereby people vote for parliament, FPTP will remain a popular choice among people. What is good about FPTP? What is bad about PR? Let’s answer the second question first. In Guyana, we vote for a list. I voted three times (2006, 2011 and 2015 in the form APNU+AFC) for the AFC, but I cannot say I was happy with all the names on the AFC lists, but I wanted the AFC to win. I voted for the party of Khemraj Ramjattan and Nigel Hughes. I had no choice about the other names, because I voted for a PR list. FPTP will always be attractive to people because of two reasons. There is a constituency, and a political party has to put someone that the residents know or admire. The party cannot take the gamble and put a jackass to run in a constituency. The competing parties will field likeable candidates. The second thing about FPTP is if you do not like big parties and you want to give a small guy a chance, FPTP allows for independent can-
didates. I voted for Brian Mackintosh, an independent candidate in Turkeyen in the 2016 LGE. This year, I will vote for Mr. Hermanstein, another independent candidate. If this country had FPTP in national elections, I doubt the PPP would have advanced the name of Bibi Shadick. Two GECOM commissioners have published letters this week very critical of Shadick. The first one is by Vincent Alexander. He made a deadly accusation against Shadick. He asserted; “Ms Bibi Shadick, has taken it upon herself to report weekly in the newspapers and other media, on the statutory meetings of GECOM. I consider her action unethical…. Given the nature of GECOM’s undertakings and what is chosen to be reported on, such reports may well put Commissioners and staff in harm’s way of overzealous political activists as well as they may discredit and undermine the work of the organization. In my 11 years of service at GECOM, I have never seen GECOM reduced to such a crass level of politicking.”
When the APNU+AFC came into power, Vincent Alexander became advisor to the Education Minister for tertiary education. At that time Bibi Shadick was prochancellor of UG, an appointment made in January 2015. Alexander sat in the UG council as the representative of the APNU+AFC government itself and spent three years in the Council, with Shadick as Pro-Chancellor. The expectation was that with the change of government, the Education Ministry would have advised Cabinet on Shadick’s termination. Her appointment was received with shock and dismay throughout Guyana. The pro-chancellor of any
university is a highly qualified academic. This was what the PPP had done to Guyana. Alexander took not one step to have Shadick removed from UG. But people with higher qualifications and who served Guyana for better and longer than Shadick were removed from state employment.Here is yet another GECOM Commissioner on Shadick; this time Desmond Trotman. In a wideranging condemnation of Shadick, Trotman exclaimed; “Something is seriously wrong with this individual.” The PPP knows this. The PPP knows many things are wrong with many of its cadres that it has foisted upon the Guyanese people. But
Frederick Kissoon Guyana has a situation that is far worse than the Republican Party under Trump. There are people in the Republican Party that criticize some of Trump’s appointments. Not so in Guyana. Bharrat Jagdeo controls the PPP and has no reservation in advancing some of the most untenable names ever seen in Guyanese politics. This is Guyana’s ongoing tragedy.
DEM BOYS SEH
De Chat-3 seh lock up Jagdeo and not Brassington and Ashni Crooks does look fuh every means to avoid going to jail. Some does pretend dem sick and got to go overseas fuh medical treatment. Some does blame odda people because dem does tell a judge or magistrate dat is somebody else tell dem to do wha dem do. Yesterday, de Chat-3 go to court to tell de court how Brassington and Ashni not responsible fuh giving away government property like Pradoville and de Sanata Complex and some odda thing. De magistrate blink when de Chat-3 seh SOCU should charge de whole Cabinet and dem should charge Marcie who was Brassington Secretary. De man know dat Jagdeo can’t get charge while he was president but de Chat-3 probably want to see him in jail because he suspect Jagdeo wouldn’t nominate him to be presidential candidate. Then de man tell de magistrate how Marcie Nadir use Brassington because she is de secretary fuh NICIL. De Chat-3 seh she should be one of de people charged, not Brassington and not Ashni. Dem boys hear Jagdeo call him as soon as
he lef court and ask him wha stupidness he saying. He ain’t answer up to now. But is unfortunate dat dem magistrate got to sit down in de court and listen to all dem impossible things wha de lawyers does seh. De Chat-3 tell de magistrate how Ashni and Brassington had to act because de Cabinet tell dem to. Dem boys want to know if de Cabinet did send Brassington and Ashni to bun down a house whether dem would have run to do it. De Chat-3 now mekking out Brassington and Ashni to be robots without brain. But then again, dem boys seh he might be true. De Magistrate mek she notes while de Chat-3 was talking and she wonder if all of Jagdeo Ministers use to do wha he tell dem. Dem know dat Jagdeo send Satira Gyal to cuss out de Ambassador from Uncle Sam and she go and do it. Chat-3 know wha he was saying but then again, nuff people does do wha people tell dem but dem got to get a cut. Talk half and wait fuh de Chat-3 blame somebody else.
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Life sentence for ex-cop, 53, who raped girl, 3 An expressionless Deon Aaron, a former policeman and firefighter was yesterday sentenced to life imprisonment with the possibility of parole after 20 years, having been convicted two weeks ago for raping a toddler. The jury, after hours of deliberation found that between March 01, 2016 and October 20, 2016, Aaron, 53, engaged in sexual penetration with a three-year-old girl. The incident occurred on the East Bank of Demerara. According to information, the little girl was left in Aaron’s care when he violated her by inserting his finger into her vagina. Upon returning home, the girl complained to her mother who reported the incident to the police. Investigations were carried out and Aaron was arrested and charged. However, even after the conviction, Aaron professed his innocence. A victim impact statement which was presented by Counsellor
Renasha Calendar detailed the victim’s reaction to the crime. The girl, who is now five years of age, told the Counsellor that what Aaron did to her made her feel bad and that he is a bad man. The child further told the Counsellor that Aaron hurt her and made her cry and that God will sin him. Nevertheless, a Probation report revealed that Aaron held no stable employment and worked in several posts to sustain himself. According to the report, he worked as a pump attendant, bus conductor, labourer, and most recently as a security guard. Furthermore, it was stated in the Probation Report that Aaron’s children and neighbours are shocked at the crime for which he was convicted, since to them, he is an exemplary father, wellrespected man and a disciplinarian who would not harm anyone. During a plea in mitigation, Attorney-at-Law Maxwell McKay asked the court to consider the fact that the
Deon Aaron (centre, in white shirt) being escorted from the courtroom yesterday probation report highlighted that children were left in Aaron’s care, and never had they accused him of being abusive. Despite the jury’s verdict, Aaron had maintained his in-
nocence. When asked by Justice Jo Ann Barlow if he had anything to say, Aaron noted, “I am innocent of this.” However, Justice Barlow told Aaron that he had already been found guilty of the of-
fence and that the court is not concerned with his lack of remorse. In the circumstances, she imposed the life sentence, and informed Aaron that he would not become eligible for
parole until after serving 20 years. The judge also ordered that Aaron be exposed to any programmes facilitated by the prison service for persons who have been convicted for sexual offences. The case for the State was presented by Prosecutors Tiffini Lyken, Abigail Gibbs and Seeta Bishundial. Attorney-at-Law Madan Kissoon, who represented Aaron throughout his trial, requested a probation report. The case for the State was presented by Prosecutors Abigail Gibbs, Seeta Bishundial and Tiffin Lyken. Trial Judge Jo Ann Barlow adjourned sentencing for Aaron until November 8, when the probation report and views of the victim will be presented to the court. Aaron was committed to stand trial for the offence in March of this year, after Principal Magistrate Judy Latchman found there was sufficient evidence against him.The convicted had been released on $200,000 bail pending trial.
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Guyanese dies in Suriname crash - American passenger also killed A
n accident that oc curred yesterday afternoon in the district of Saramacca, Suriname, some one hour drive from Paramaribo, has left two men dead, one of them Guyanese, after the car they were traveling in, with Guyana registration plates, PVV 3080, went head-on into a truck. Seventy-four year-old Patrick Tulsie of Cornelia Ida, West Coast Demerara, and 78year-old Tim Manning, an American who is said to have been visiting from New York, were said to have died instantly after the accident. DAGonline a Surinamese media outlet, first broke news of the fatal accident, and showed photos of the gruesome scene. Initial reports reaching DAGonline indicated that a blue Toyota Wish motorcar with Guyana license plates was heading towards Paramaribo at a fast rate of speed, when the vehicle began to swerve, seemingly losing control and running into a truck that was heading in
The motor car that crashed and killed the two men
74-year-old Patrick Tulsie the direction of Nickerie. The truck driver reportedly attempted to avoid a collision with the car, but his vehicle was struck, just before running off the road into a utility pole.
Tulsie, the driver of the Toyota car, ended up in a ditch, while the other passenger, Massing, lay motionless on the side of the road. Kaieteur News received reports from Guyanese living
in Suriname of what they witnessed, one man said, “when I stop to help, the two a dem de done dead, and someone cover one of them with an
umbrella”. The man said the police later came and moved the bodies to a nearby hospital. When Kaieteur News reached out to the family members of the man, they
were still in shock, and had little to say, but did indicate that they were going to Suriname today to retrieve the victims’ bodies. The two men were said to be apostles of a church.
Tax avoidance schemes by ... (From page 3) the Inter-American Centre of Tax Administration, an international agency that is versed in detecting any petroleum scheme used by oil operators. This was confirmed recently with GRA’s Commissioner General, Godfrey Statia. Kaieteur News understands that the Centre will provide GRA with a general overview of the oil and gas industry, information on tax regimes and tax models. As it relates to tax and contractual issues, GRA will be given a crash course in tax and contractual compliance, commodity pricing, ring fencing and transfer pricing. Other issues to be discussed include: tax administration structure and procedures, tax risk assessment and evaluation and tax audit procedures.
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Nandlall raises contention over State’s role in sale of Pradoville lands Attorney-at-law Anil Nandlall has raised contentions over the role of the State in the sale of Pradoville lands. The lawyer also argued over the basis on which criminal charges were brought against former Minister of Finance Ashni Singh and former Head of National Industrial Commercial Investments Limited (NICIL), Winston Brassington for the sale of prime state lands. Nandlall stressed that by legal definition the men conducted no criminal deed, but were only acting in the execution of their duties. He noted that both Singh and Brassington had acted on behalf of a government. “It was a cabinet decision; a policy of the government under which these two officers operated and which the lands were sold,” Nandlall said yesterday as he continued his legal submissions before Chief Justice (ag), Roxane George at the High Court. Nandlall is seeking to terminate the criminal charge brought against the two men in relation to the sale of Pradoville lands. As such, in his arguments before the High Court yesterday, Nandlall emphasized that both Singh and Brassington were acting on behalf of the Government. He suggested that if the charges were properly placed, then members of government would have been held accountable for the sale of the lands. “These two persons have not profited personally. Why are the beneficiaries (purchasers) of this deal not charged? Why are the intellectual authors not charged? Why is the board of NICIL or the company secretary not before the Court?” The attorney had previously disputed that the charges implicated Singh and Brassington for the sale of lands at Pradoville when there is nothing in the file to substantiate the claims. “Neither Dr. Singh nor Mr.
Brassington sold anything. It was NICIL that sold it,” the lawyer said, adding that the men were merely acting on decisions made by an Executive Cabinet. Nandlall noted too that there is no evidence to show that the men personally benefitted from the sale of the lands. “There was no evidence that my clients benefitted personally from the sale of these lands. The properties were advertised for sale. There is no wrongdoing or misconduct, or dishonesty here, to attract a criminal sanction.” Additionally, the Attorney told the court that the case is premised on a contention that the lands were sold without valuation. “Which law was offended by selling the lands without obtaining a valuation?” Nandlall asked. The lawyer also sought to challenge the valuation done by realtors Rodrigues Architects and Associates. According to Nandlall, the figures produced by Rodrigues Architects are mere opinions. He therefore questioned the basis of the Misconduct In Public Office charges. Solicitor General Kim Kyte said that the court must be presented with credible information before it rules to overturn the criminal charges against former Finance Minister and Head of NICIL. Kyte in her submission noted that a high bar is set for the interference of the powers of the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP).
“There are contentions that the DPP was interfered with politically. Where is the proof?” The Solicitor General noted that there is also the contention that Singh did not sign anything so he cannot be charged. She said however that the DPP decided to charge based on the facts presented before her. Kyte emphasized that unless evidence can be provided to the court to discredit the facts, the charges against Singh and Brassington must be sustained. Kyte contended too that the men must be held culpable for sale of State land. “State land should not be sold at just any price.” Last month, the court was told that the former Finance Minister and former Head of NICIL merely acted on the instructions of an Executive Cabinet in the sale of prime State lands. However, their attorneys, Nandlall and Ronald BurchSmith had raised contentions as they made oral submissions before Chief Justice George, on the decision to charge the men for the offence of ‘Misconduct in Public Office’ contrary to common law, saying that it is an abuse of process, malicious, biased, capricious, arbitrary, and without proper evidential basis. Further, the lawyers said the charges were made in bad faith, unreasonable, discriminatory, unlawful, and influenced by irrelevant and improper considerations and motives, null, void, and of no effect.
Former Head of NICIL Winston Brassington
Attorney-at-law Anil Nandlall
Former Finance Minister, Ashni Singh
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Appointing AG as external auditor for Natural Resource Fund a wrong move Guyana should hire recognized international firm for the job – NRGI By Kiana Wilburg At present, the Audit Office has been earmarked as the External Auditor for the Natural Resource Fund (NRF). But international agencies such as the Natural Resource Governance Institute (NRGI) are of the firm view that this is a wrong move. The Institute made it clear that the Audit Office is subjected to applying for annual funding which is often subjected to cuts, thereby limiting its independence. Considering this and other factors, the NRGI called on the coalition administration to hire an internationally recognized and experienced auditing firm to be the external auditor of the Natural Resource Fund. It was stressed that this move would not be an abnormal one, since nations such as Chile, Norway and Timor-Leste, and U.S States such as Texas, Alaska, North Dakota and Wyoming, each require that an independent external auditor that
meets international standards audit their funds. It was suggested too that financing for external audits could be part of the Fund’s annual operating budget. The NRGI said that at this point, Guyana cannot afford to make mistakes or leave anything to chance. It said that given the circumstances, Guyana would be placing itself in the best position by appointing an international firm as the external auditor for the fund and not the nation’s Audit Office. SCRUTINY OF RESOURCE FUND In addition to the advice from the NRGI, one of the leading financial institutions and development partners for Guyana, the World Bank, has noted that the scrutiny of a nation’s Natural Resource Fund cannot rest with the government alone. It stressed that oversight bodies which are independent of political influence must also have a
role in ensuring transparency of the Fund. The institution’s advice is predicated on the well documented cases of resource funds which are not properly managed due to lack of oversight by independent actors. The Bank said that too often, Natural Resource Funds are only accountable to only a few persons, who are political appointments. It said that in most countries, constraint and accountability are ideally spelled out in legislation. And most governments know that independent and regular audits are also essential. It stressed however that these are oftentimes not practiced. For nations interested in ensuring accountability of their NRFs, the World Bank
advised that good governance practices must several layers of transparency mechanisms. It said that these would include both vertical and horizontal accountability. The World Bank explained that vertical accountability comes with management reporting that leads, ultimately, to a minister. Horizontal accountability, however, is provided by regular reporting on the Fund’s performance to elected officials who are independent of government. The Bank said that this type of accountability also includes widely available and readily accessible public information on the Fund. “Transparency with respect to all aspects of fund operation and performance is generally regarded as indis-
Auditor General, Deodat Sharma pensable to achieving good governance. This can be achieved through press releases, publications and audits which are available on the internet.” Further to this, the Bank said that the presence of watchdog non-governmental organizations (NGOs) strengthens horizontal accountability. As with most Funds, the World Bank said that the management process will often involve the use of asset managers as well as internal and external managers. It stressed, however, that the recruitment of any asset manager should be made as independent as possible. It stressed too that regular, in-
dependent audits are essential if confidence in the Fund is to be established and maintained. The World Bank said that Norway is a prime example of the independent process that is needed to manage a Fund. In the case of Norway, an external performance audit is carried out and published. This is in addition to the internal audit on the country’s NRF. The Bank said that these systems of control are essential to making any NRF a success. (See link for more details http: //www . eisourcebook . org/uploads / files / 146340875221568 . 3ResourceFundsandtheir Popularity EISB . pdf)
Audit Office wants follow-up probe on possible fuel racket at Education Ministry The Office of the Auditor General has found that six vehicles not registered as property of the Ministry of Education were used to uplift 4,351 litres of diesel valued $788,773 from Guyoil’s Regent Street location. The Audit Office’s 2017 report noted, “This situation occurred in December 2017. The fuel was uplifted on thirteen instances. This indicated that on average, in excess of one ‘45 gallons’ drum was uplifted on each occasion. We could not determine the basis on which such quantities of fuel were uplifted, and whether it was in the public’s interest.”
The Audit report noted that the Ministry wrote the Police in January 2017 to investigate the matter. The Ministry also sent a follow-up letter to the Police in February 2018, seeking a status of the investigation. However, nothing was stated in the Audit report about the feedback that the Ministry would have collected, if any. However, the Ministry acknowledged the Auditor General’s finding and stated that the matter is currently being investigated by the Police. The Audit Office recommended that the Ministry followup with the Police to expedite the investigation.
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Energy Dept. to complete roadmap for oil sector by month end - Dr. Bynoe Yesterday, the Department of Energy (DoE) held its first press conference since its establishment on August 1, this year. There, head of the department, Dr. Mark Bynoe gave a detailed breakdown of both the mandate of the department as well as the progress made thus far. Perhaps, one of the more notable achievements to date is the fact that the department is almost finished designing a roadmap to guide the development of the local oil and gas sector. Dr. Bynoe told the media that the department has been established to manage the hydrocarbon resources, “while simultaneously seeking to increase the net benefit accruing to the Cooperative Republic of Guyana. His Excellency President (David) Granger has also indicated his desire for this Department to ultimately morph into a Ministry, being responsible for all
forms of energy within the Republic.” Dr. Bynoe recalled that before the establishment of the Department, there was the Petroleum Directorate within the Ministry of Natural Resources that was staffed by four individuals (two petroleum engineers, one legal officer and one paralegal). He said that similarly, the Petroleum Unit within the Guyana Geology and Mines Commission was staffed with three technical officers. D r. B y n o e s a i d t h a t since the establishment of the Department, the officers from the Natural Resources Ministry have been absorbed within the e n t i t y, a u g m e n t e d , b y the recruitment of a Director, an Energy Advisor, two accountants, a procurement specialist, one office manager, one confidential secretary/ a d m i n i s t r ative assistant and two drivers. D r. B y n o e i n d i c a t e d
that the structure of the Department will evolve in a fit for purpose manner, with “a heavy focus on taking a minimalist approach to resource management in collaboration with mandated agencies like the Environmental Protection Agency, Audit Office of Guyana, and the Guyana Revenue Authority.” Further, Dr. Bynoe said that the vision is for the department to become a Ministry with semi-autonomous regulators, such as the Petroleum Commission, reporting to it. However, “we are cognizant of the need to build strong institutions, such that they are designed for success. It is therefore essential that any discussion around best practices be contextualised.” This being the case, Dr. Bynoe said that the department has taken a pragmatic approach in responding to immediate issues while addressing the entity’s medium and longer term strat-
Head of the Department of Energy, Dr. Mark Bynoe egy. He said that this approach emphasizes the need to recruit short-term external consultants, with local capacity embedded with these external consultants aimed at building local expertise to take on a
greater management role within the sector going forward. In accordance with its mandate, Dr. Bynoe said that the Department continues to seek ways to streamline operations occurring within the sector
and which are essential for private sector participation and confidence building. “This streamlining continues to focus on five broad principles: efficiency, transparency, predictability, balance, and evidence-based decisionmaking as I have outlined at other fora. Early DoE successes better contextualize what the Department has been doing. These initiatives are being financed mainly from the multilateral donor partners,” said Dr. Bynoe. Dr. Bynoe then indicated that the department has drafted a roadmap outlining Guyana’s management framework for the hyd r o c a r b o n s e c t o r. T h i s framework, he said, outlines the pillars for the evolution of the Department and government institutions, “while simultaneously allowing for focused donor support. We hope to finalize this document by the ending of November 2018.”
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GPHC has no guideline for sterility checks of NICU There is currently no guideline at the country’s premier health institution – the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation [GPHC] – which stipulates that environmental sterility checks must be performed routinely. Admitting to this state of affairs in the National Assembly recently was Senior Minister of Public Health, Ms. Vo l d a Lawrence. The Minister was at the time responding to questions posed by her colleague on the opposition s i d e o f t h e h o u s e , D r. Vindyha Persaud regarding the hospital’s Neonatal Intensive Care Unit [NICU]. Sterility checks are performed when nosocomial organisms [hospitalacquired infections] are identified so that the sources of transmission can be addressed. In order to ascertain the presence of such infections, medical personnel are tasked with assessing blood cultures. Blood culture is the culture of micro-organisms from blood for the laboratory diagnosis of bacteraemia, infective en-
docarditis and other conditions associated with pyrexia [fever] of unknown origin. Since the manifestations of such conditions have been known to have fatal outcomes, health workers have long been advised that early positive results from a blood culture can provide valuable diagnostic information on which appropriate antimicrobial therapy can be based. Health facilities are usually expected to have bottles in place for blood cultures to be collected and assessed. Recognising the importance of blood cultures in safeguarding the wellbeing of young pat i e n t s , D r. P e r s a u d e n quired of the Public Health Minister whether the Public Health Hospital even had enough blood culture bottles to identify infectious organisms. Minister Lawrence assured the House that for the period June to December 2017 blood culture bottles were available 100 percent of the time, but noted that for January to June 2018 they were only available 39.2 percent of
Senior Minister of Public Health, Ms. Volda Lawrence. the time. The Minister was required to provide an answer to concerns about the identification of multi-drug resistant organisms in the cases of sepsis. Indeed, she shared that a multi-drug resistant organism, Klebsiella pneumonia, was isolated. In fact she disclosed that of a blood sample size of 578, a total of 19 were required to be isolated. According to the Minister, while there were oc-
casions when prescribed medications were not available, substitutes were used
to ensure good patient outcomes. She shared too, in responding to questions about death by infectious organisms, that “it is difficult to determine the time of infection of a baby, since infections in newborns occur prenatally, perinatally or postnatally. It is therefore challenging for doctors to diagnose an infection that a baby had because of the care that they received while in hospital.” Referencing a suspected death by infectious organisms, Minister Lawrence maintained that “the cause of death due to Iatrogenic infections could not be determined.” She however disclosed that sterility checks were conducted on equipment and surfaces when nosocomial
organisms were identified through patient cultures. Additionally, the Minister related that thorough cleaning with soap and water and disinfection with a bleach solution as well as 70 percent alcohol was used to deter these organisms. According to her, slides were set strategically in the NICU, tested at the GPHC laboratory, and results obtained were analyzed. Further, she disclosed that based on findings, appropriate actions were taken to sanitise the NICU and cleaning was done in accordance with the GPHC Infection Control Manual and the Centre for Disease Control [CDC] guidelines for environmental infection control for health care facilities.
Construction worker remanded for robbery under arms construction worker was yesterday remanded to prison after he was slapped with three charges in the Georgetown Magistrates’ Courts. Charles Stoby was not required to plead to the indictable charge which alleged that on 22 October 2018, at Gordon Street, Kitty, armed with a knife, he robbed Kester Joseph of one gold chain valued at $130,000 and other items, all totalled at $536,000. It was further alleged that on 5 November 2018, at Alexander Street, Kitty, Stoby had in his possession two 9mm ammunition
while not being the holder of a firearm license. Also it was alleged that on the same day, at the same location, Stoby had in his possession one 9mm pistol while not being the holder of a firearm license. After listening to the charges that were read to him by Chief Magistrate Ann McLennan, Stoby entered a not guilty plea. Stoby, who was unrepresented by an attorney, informed the court that he is 30 years of age and resides at Hadfield Street, Georgetown. The Police prosecutor objected to bail given the
seriousness and prevalence of the offense. It was also pointed out that a firearm was used and the defendant was positively identified by the victim. It was highlighted that the defendant was cautioned where he admitted to the crime and signed to the statement. It was also noted that at the time of the arrest the victim’s cell phone and watch were retrieved from Stoby. After listening to the prosecution, the Chief Magistrate instructed that Stoby be remanded and that he make his next court appearance on November 23.
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22 years for former death row inmate convicted of manslaughter Former death row inmate Terry Kissoon, 41, was yesterday sentenced to a term of imprisonment of 22 years and 10 months by Justice Sandil Kissoon after he was convicted for manslaughter at the end of his second trial. Back in 2013, Kissoon was tried and convicted and subsequently sentenced to death for the July 30, 2010 murder of Troy Smith. He appealed the sentence and conviction, and same was overturned by the Court, which ordered that he face a new trial. Based on reports, Kissoon had visited the Lot 108 Thomas Street, Kitty, Georgetown home of Smith and accused him of stealing his motorcycle. During the confrontation, Kissoon reportedly told Smith that he had one day to return his property. According to information, this led to a heated argument between the two, during which Smith was shot to the abdomen. Kissoon reportedly fled the scene after, and the injured man was pronounced dead at the Georgetown Public Hospital. At the new trial which commenced last month at the High Court in Georgetown, State Prosecutors Lisa Cave and Orinthia Schmidt called several witnesses to the stand. After the case was put to a 12-member mixed jury for deliberation, Kissoon was convicted for the lesser
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Wheelchair user perishes as fire destroys home Firemen douse the rubble and sift through debris
Murdered: Troy Smith
Jailed: Terry Kissoon
offence of manslaughter. Yesterday, Social Services and Probation Officer Brooke Barclay presented a probation report which detailed the early life and background of the convict. The probation report revealed that Kissoon was previously convicted for robbery under-arms and unlawful wounding for which he was jailed four years and fined respectively. According to the report, Kissoon, a father of four, and a miner, resided at Laing Avenue, Georgetown, where he was forced to become involved in fights due to his ethnicity. The Probation Officer said that she conducted investigations in Kissoon’s community, and while some residents spoke well of him, others classified him as a bully who used force to resolved
conflicts. The Probation Officer related that officials at Camp Street prison described Kissoon as the leader of riotous inmates. It was disclosed in the probation report that Kissoon wrote the Secondary School Entrance Examination (SSEE) and was not awarded placement at any school. As a result of intervention by his parents with the Ministry of Education he gained entry at the Tucville Community High School. The convict, however, dropped out of school in Grade 8, since he did not view himself as academically on par with the rest of his classmates, the Probation Officer said. As such, he pursued vocational skills and later ventured to the interior where he worked as a miner. (Continued on page 27)
The aftermath of the deadly blaze
A one-storey wooden house on the squatting area in Freeman Street, East La Penitence was yesterday destroyed by fire, which also claimed the life of one person suspected to be the owner of the house, Arlene Moses, a 48year-old wheelchair user with one leg. According to nearby residents, smoke was seen billowing from the building at around 13:15 hrs. The residents were in the south eastern section of the house closest to the woman’s grocery shop. They said that they soon realized that the house was on fire, and a call was made to the fire station. This publication was told that the woman lives with her nephew and would operate a grocery business. Persons gathered at the scene related little about the woman as she did not have many friends or acquaintances.
Other than her nephew, she was known to have had a male friend identified as Paul, and her father who would visit her occasionally. The woman’s nephew, Dillon Moore said that he left his aunt at home at around 08:15 hrs yesterday to go to work. The young man said that around 2 o’clock he was at work when he received a call from his cousin telling him that a house was on fire in the area, and that he suspected it to be that of his aunt. Upon arriving at the scene his worst fears were confirmed. It took approximately two hours for firefighters to completely extinguish the blaze and to locate the missing woman’s body. Two neighbouring houses sustained minimal damage. The fire services have not yet been able to determine the cause of the fire..
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Motorcyclist dies after crashing Suicide is the leading cause of death for people 15 to 24 - PAHO into cow on Corentyne road A welder from Number 56 Village, Corentyne, Berbice, is now dead following an accident with his motorcycle along the Number 55 Public Road. He was heading home from his parents’ residence in Number 54 Village when the accident occurred. Dead is Ravindra Nazamoodeen called ‘Akash’. Reports are that Nazamoodeen saw a canter swerve from a cow that was sitting in the middle of the public road. The cow reportedly ran as a result and Nazamoodeen panicked on his motorcycle, resulting in him slamming into the cow, bringing the bike to an abrupt stop while the cow ran off in a nearby street. Loknauth Nazamoodeen aka ‘Tariq’, a brother of the dead man, said sometime around 20:45 hrs Wednesday, he received the dreadful news - that his brother was involved in an accident with his motorcycle. “When I get the message, I run out and go and when me reach, me next brother and two other friends were there and the motorcycle alone was on the road. We end up going
Dead: Ravindra Nazamoodeen called ‘Akash’ to the hospital but while on our way we get a call that he passed away.” He said that when they arrived at the hospital, he noticed that his brother had sustained injuries to his head, arms and other parts of his body. He told this publication that the cow involved in the accident was issued a brand from persons in Number 56 Village. He recognized it, he said, “because me remember making the brand for the
people sometime last year”. He disclosed that the police, who later found the cow dead in a ditch in a back street of Number 55 Village, sliced off the brand number from the cow and took it to the Number 51 Police Station. It could not be confirmed if the owners of the animal were contacted or detained by the police for allowing the animal to stray on the public road. Notably, the stray catchers in Berbice are known for impounding animals found in the access roads, but have failed to remove animals off the public roads. Persons in the village questioned the purpose of the stray catchers, since they only grab the animals from in the ‘side streets’. One resident who requested anonymity argued, “dem does want run in dem street and pound abee animal dem, but when you see dem ting deh ah road you don’t see these people nowhere. Dem ah pound you animal and tek your money and now watch, somebody dead because a cow went in the middle of the road. What is the purpose of these people?”
The motorcycle Nazamoodeen was riding
22 years for former death row... From page 26 Relatives of Kissoon, according to the Probation Reports, expressed shock at his involvement in the crime, since he was a very law-abiding citizen and was described as a role model to many males in his community. While the Probation Officer noted that Kissoon had maintained his innocence and denied knowing the victim, she said he extended sympathy to the dead man’s relatives. She said that he was pleading for a second chance and had promised to become an advocate for persons, especially those experiencing domestic issues. The Probation Officer pointed out that the family of the deceased was pleading for justice, since the untimely demise of Smith had led to a broken family. During a plea in mitigation,Attorneyat-Law Damion DeSantos, who appeared on behalf of Senior Counsel Bernard DeSantos, asked the court to consider that his client has four children. The lawyer pointed to the fact that Kissoon was convicted of manslaughter, indicated that the jury must have found that Smith contributed to his own demise. Prosecutor Lisa Case, however, asked
the court to consider the fact that a life was lost and that a firearm was used in the crime. Prosecutor Cave also asked the court to consider that Kissoon had two previous convictions. When asked by Justice Kissoon if he had anything to say, Kissoon stated, “I am sorry for what happened to the deceased and how it happened. I know it is a life. I know that his (Smith’s) family has lost a loved one, and I have departed from my family.” Kissoon told the trial Judge that he accepted full responsibility for his actions. This led the judge to question him as to why he caused the court to conduct a trial, when he could have adopted a certain course and be given a much lighter sentence. The question was also put to Kissoon’s lawyer who informed the court that he was just holding for Senior Counsel. However, the lawyer said that he is certain that the option was put to Kissoon, since multiple preliminary meetings were held between him and Senior Counsel before he was retained.
Suicide – a societal ill that is to be held culpable for the loss of a vast number of the younger demographic- is presently showing an alarming trend within Guyana. According to PAHO’s 2017 Adolescent and Youth Health Report suicide was cited as the leading cause of death amongst persons within the age range 15 to 24 years, an alarming number that accounts for more than half of the deaths in persons between 20 and 24. However, once delved into, the report revealed that the higher percentage of these suicides was found in males. Guyana’s Mental Health Unit on combating these figures is implementing a litany of measures that are expected to greatly reduce the suicide statistics within Guyana. In an interview with Senior Psychologist of the Ministry of Public Health’s Mental Health Unit, Dr. Balogun Osunbiyi, the concept of suicide as a national issue was explored. Dr. Osunbiyi elucidated that the statistics was quite disheartening, as death by suicide for persons at such a young age can beg the question of the future of a country. He added that the efficacy of suicide could be quite extensive, affecting not just family members but society as well. Dr. Osunbiyi added that the commonality behind most individuals committing suicide would be weak coping skills, explaining that an individual’s coping mechanisms may not always be adequate for the stressful situations that they are facing. He further added that as different persons might have different tiers in coping skills, each person is much more likely to handle various issues in a myriad of ways. Dr. Osunbiyi added that multifaceted factors with very different individuals might reflect the tiers of coping in persons. “For some reason persons are not sufficiently coping… Life
Dr. Balogun O. Osunbiyi- Senior Psychologist asks you some existential questions, and if you answer these questions timely and sufficiently, you are well. However, if you answer them insufficiently, you are going to have a challenge. “If you cannot answer them at all, then you will have challenges...Nonetheless, we at the Mental Health Unit have been teaching coping and refusal skills.” It should also be noted that female cases of attempted suicide were four times more than men, with the male demographic being more likely to follow through. Dr. Osunbiyi asserted that, by contrast, the female demographic is more likely to report or talk about their intentions of self harm as opposed to men. When asked about the major contributing factors to the suicide statistics within the given populace, Dr. Osunbiyi noted that depression is one of the leading causes for the societal ill. He added that the social stigmatism attached to mental health illness often deters persons from seeking help. With this in mind, the Unit is seeking to normalize mental health as any other illness; they
have sought to provide mental health services at the various health centres across Guyana. Patients are also given unique identification numbers on their medical cards, with the covers being neutral, without indicators or labeling of ‘Mental Health’ that would attach stigma to the individual. Dr. Osunbiyi explained that the Unit, which works in conjunction with Child Protection Services and the Police Force, provides psychosocial support for adolescents who may be struggling with self-harm issues. Furthermore, it was conveyed that there is also spiritual support for persons across the religious spectrum. When asked about mental health resources within the rural communities, Dr. Osunbiyi explained that the Unit currently deploys mental health social workers, psychologist and other skilled medical health personnel in every area. He added that persons at the various health centres are also trained to identify and counsel individuals with mental health illnesses. The programme, which is known as MH Gap, is geared to train non-specialized health care professionals to recognize, assess and refer mental health patients. The unit also has a selfharm programme, which can be recognized as a major contributing factor for the reduction of Guyana’s suicide rate, which is currently at 24.6 percent. “While Guyana is not where we should be in terms of its suicide rate, it has made great strides and is continuing to do so.” Dr. Osunbiyi asserted that mental health illnesses are often misconstrued by society’s preconceived notions of it , he then stated that a mere five percent of the patients that he sees are for insanity, while the latter are persons who are just overwhelmed and would need someone to open up to.
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Civil society groups have been increasingly advocating for mechanisms to address issues that affect key populations and increased accountability. Amplifying this development recently was Sannia Sutherland, Programme Coordinator, Caribbean Vulnerable Communities Coalition (CVC). Sutherland was at the time delivering remarks at the recent regional meeting on AIDS convened by the PanCaribbean Partnership against HIV and AIDS [PANCAP] and the Pan American Health Organization [PAHO] in Kingston, Jamaica. At the forum, Sutherland spoke of assiduous efforts being made to promote the legal empowerment of key populations to improve access to health and justice and reduce human rights violations with a view to promoting an enabling environment as we join fast track efforts. Sutherland underscored that throughout the Caribbean, Community-based organizations [CBOs] and the communities they work in, are key players in the delivery of health services, as they have unique advantages in advocacy, demand creation and linkage of communities to services, building an understanding of what treatment, prevention, care and support are, and keeping governments, and donors accountable. However, she added, they often deliver services without stable and predictable funding or systemic linkages to formal public health facilities. As such, Sutherland noted that building effective responses to priority health challenges with Key Populations, particularly in the face of the 90-90-90 commitments, is a key priority for all civil society groups that work in the trenches contributing to the HIV response in the region. Through the 2016 Political Declaration on ending AIDS, the community of nations [Caricom] agreed to adopt a Fast-Track strategy that in-
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volves increasing prevention, testing, and treatment services while working to eliminate stigma and discrimination. Central to this goal, has been the 90-90-90 Treatment Targets. This proposes that by 2020 at least 90 percent of people living with HIV infection should be diagnosed, at least 90 percent of HIV-infected patients should be on treatment and at least 90 percent of those on treatment should achieve virological suppression. It is believed that by achieving the target by 2020 it will allow for a 90 percent reduction in AIDS-related mortality and HIV incidence by 2030 and help to eliminate this disease as a public health threat. According to Sutherland, the goal could be achieved with the input of stakeholders. She related that current actions by stakeholders to end AIDS include: strengthening linkages throughout the Treatment Cascade, improving linkages to reach Key Populations, defining further and implementing task shifting and task sharing policies, considering the added value of CBO interventions at each step in the Treatment Cascade and reaching underserved youth. “A range of human rights violations impact key populations,” stated Sutherland. “Multiple reports have documented how states have failed to protect key populations, from violence and other human rights violations, undermining their own HIV prevention efforts.” She emphasized that despite the interventions, stigma and discrimination in health services is widespread, limiting key populations’ access to services. “Weak justice systems and a limited culture of rights litigation result in impunity. More generally, the application of laws and policies allow the use of arbitrary interpretations of laws to affect operational policies, which in turn limit access to services,” Sutherland added.
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Guyana aiming to phase out HCFCs by 2030 Agriculture Minister, Noel Holder is currently participating in the 30th Meeting of the Parties (MOP) to the Montreal Protocol on Substances that deplete the ozone layer in Quito, Ecuador. The MOP, which is being hosted by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) aims to mobilize officials and other key stakeholders to engage in meaningful dialogue and update their counterparts on their country’s progress in meeting the target of phasing o u t Hydrochlorofluorocarbons (HCFCs) by 2030. While there Minister Holder, who is accompanied by Chief Hydromet Officer (ag) Dr. Garvin
Cummings, will be participating in a series of meetings and give presentations on Guyana’s progress thus far in its HCFC Phase out Management Plan (HPMP). During yesterday’s session, Minister Holder presented Guyana’s case and said the need for sound management of our environment is now more urgent than ever before. “Guyana, as a member of the global community, rose to the urgent call for collective action to better manage substances that destroy the ozone layer. More than two decades ago, Guyana embarked on this journey that, though not without challenges, has provided many lessons on good environmental
governance to guide the implementation of other national environmental policies and other Multilateral Environmental Agreements,” Minister Holder said. In 2008, two years ahead of schedule, Guyana successfully phased out the use of Chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs), one of the first groups of substances scheduled to be phased out under the Montreal Protocol. Guyana is currently in the second stage of the HCFC Management Plan to phase out the consumption of these ozonedepleting substances. The call for viable, affordable and commercially available alternatives in the refrigeration and air
Prosecution closes case in casino robbery trial
After calling 56 witnesses to testify in the trial against three men charged with a multimillion-dollar robbery at the Princess Casino on April 29, 2016, Police Prosecutor Shellon Daniels yesterday closed the case for the state. Wayne Griffith, 29, of Bagotville, West Bank Demerara; Junior Stuart, 30, of Thomas Street, Kitty, Georgetown; and Andre Blackman, 35, of Middle Street, McDoom, East Bank Demerara, are accused of robbing Daniel Roberts and Alfea Gajadhar of $8,951,000 – property of the Princess Casino. The three men pleaded not guilty to the charge and are currently out on bail. Several weeks ago, Griffith, one of the men charged with the robbery, told the Magistrate that he would like to review the entirety of the witnesses’ evidence before the State closes its case. The Magistrate had granted him time to peruse the evidence, however yes-
terday when the matter was called Griffith told the court that he is still in the process of perusing the file and would like to be granted more time to complete doing so. However, this statement by Griffith did not sit too well with Prosecutor Daniels, who told the court that she will not be held accountable for the lengthy delay in the trial because of Griffith. The Prosecutor opined that Griffith is using a tactic to delay and drag out the matter. She then pleaded with the Magistrate to allow her to close her case, citing that the Prosecution team had already called all 56 witnesses in the matter. Magistrate Latchman after listening to both sides allowed Prosecutor Daniels to close her case. Hence the matter was adjourned until today for the defence to lay over submissions in the case. According to police, four men arrived at the Ramada Princess Hotel in a white mo-
torcar bearing a fake number plate. They were armed with guns and entered the Princess Casino, discharging several rounds in the process. They relieved a security guard of his shotgun and ordered patrons and staffers to lie on the ground. It was reported that the gunmen held a cashier at gunpoint and made off with local and foreign currency. Three of the bandits reportedly escaped on foot, while police were able to apprehend one of them who was reportedly trapped in the casino. One of the men was reportedly arrested in a house a few days after the robbery with a large quantity of wet money and other valuables. Another defendant, who was a former security guard at the Casino, allegedly provided the gunmen with vital information about the gambling spot’s operations. During the ordeal, Police Lance Corporal Andrew Richardson and four hotel staffers sustained gunshot wounds.
conditioning sector is even more crucial for Guyana as government has committed to pursuing an accelerated phase-out of HCFCs, that is, to completely phase-out the importation of HCFCs by 2030. Guyana is a party to the Vienna Convention for the Protection of the Ozone Layer and the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer. I n 1 9 8 5 , t h e Vi e n n a Convention established mechanisms for international cooperation in research into the ozone layer and the effects of ozone depleting substances. On the basis of the Vienna Convention, the Montreal Protocol on substances that deplete the ozone layer came into force on 1st Jan 1989. This Protocol commits all Parties to phase-out the use of ozone depleting substances which contribute to the thinning of the ozone layer and consequently, allow larger quantities of harmful ultraviolet rays to reach the Earth. Minister Holder, while congratulating the parties of Montreal Protocol on successfully negotiating the Kigali Amendment, explained that as a country that is vulnerable to sea level rise and which has witnessed the devastating effects of extreme climatic conditions, Guyana welcomes this amendment to the Protocol. “Guyana looks forward to meeting this new chal-
lenge in the coming years with the same enthusiasm and commitment that we have demonstrated in the previous and current phase-out programmes. We commit to ratifying the Kigali Amendment to the Montreal Protocol in the shortest possible time, while ensuring that national processes are fully satisfied,” Minister Holder said. Since the enforcement of a ban on HCFC-based equipment in 2013, HFCbased air conditioners have been primarily imported into Guyana and remain the only commercially available alternative to HCFCs. Mobile and commercial refrigeration systems are integral to Guyana’s expanding agricultural sector for the supply of fruits and vegetables as well as fisheries and livestock products to the local, regional and international markets. T h e M inister also stated that progress being made with zero ODP, lowGWP (global warming potential) technologies for domestic refrigeration that are also energy efficient is laudable. “This development is well-timed since Guyana, through our national Green State Development Strategy, has been taking steps to reduce our carbon footprint through the transitioning of the national energy sector to renewable energy and energy efficient technologies,”
Minister Holder said. The team is expected to participate in a number of key discussions with representatives from the Ozone Secretariat and Multilateral Fund to access information on recent decisions of the Montreal Protocol and Multilateral Fund Executive Committee that will inform implementation in Guyana. In an invited comment, Chief Hydromet Officer (ag) Dr. Garvin Cummings said that Guyana remains committed to the preservation of the ozone layer while maintaining compliance under the Montreal Protocol. “The successful phasing out of HCFCs, by 2030, requires that all the necessary information and tools to assist our local industry in transitioning smoothly from ozone de pleting technology to newer alternatives that are in keeping with our o b l i g a t i o ns under the M o n t r e al Protocol and Guyana’s thrust for sustainable development bec o m e s a c c e s s i b l e , ” D r. Cummings said. Areas such as alternatives to ozone-depleting substances in various sectors and sub-sectors, the economic costs, implications and environmental benefits of various scenarios of avoiding highglobal-warming-potential alternatives to ozone-depleting substances are also other key areas that will be discussed during the meetings.
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Mixed results for Imam Bacchus Sports Club on tour of Suriname
Imam Bacchus SC team Imam Bacchus Sports Club of the Essequibo Coast recently returned from their trip to Suriname where they encountered mixed results. In first game, Imam Bacchus
defeated Amar Shakti Cricket Club by 36 runs. Winning the toss and batting, Imam Bacchus SC made 160 for 7 in 20 overs with Parmesh Parsotam scoring 41 (3×6,2×4), Nathan Persaud
34 (2×6,3×4) and Neiland Codogan 24 (2×6). Bowling for Amar Shakti, Ravi Persaud and Mahendra Boodram had two wickets each.
Amar Skakti could only
Friday November 09, 2018 ARIES (Mar. 21–Apr. 19) A longing for comfort and the small, simple pleasures in life is likely to cripple your initiative today, Aries. TAURUS (Apr. 20–May 20) For the past several days, you've been fairly lucky in financial and material terms. But the day ahead will be an exception. If you're planning to make an investment, sign a contract, or purchase a major item, postpone it until another day. GEMINI (May 21–June 20) The way you act when you first meet people is typical of Gemini. What is it that you do? You try to teach them something. CANCER(June21–July22) Your philosophy of life comes naturally, Cancer. Others need to study, listen to experts, or sign on to various allegiances. LEO (July 23–Aug. 22) It isn't because your new projects demand such precision that they're causing you problems. You tend to think details keep you from having a global vision, but that simply isn't true. There's no conflict between the long-term view and short-term needs. VIRGO (Aug. 23–Sept. 22) Yes, Virgo, this is a good moment to abandon old beliefs and moral values. Your view of life has changed and, above all, you're more aware of how your outdated, preconceived ideas sometimes poison your life.
LIBRA (Sept. 23–Oct. 22) If you aren't careful to keep your eyes straight ahead and focused on the future, the past is likely to catch up to you, Libra. Don't look back, even if you don't see anything in front of you. SCORPIO (Oct. 23–Nov. 21) This would be the moment to say yes to your destiny, Scorpio. You're a little frustrated because things haven't been moving forward the way you'd like. SAGIT(Nov.22–Dec.21) Don't expect to meet the partner of your dreams today, Sagittarius. Rather, your romantic hopes are likely to meet with frustration. CAPRI(Dec.22–Jan.19) There's some likelihood that a recent meeting with an influential person has put a damper on your hopes for your projects. Will you abandon them and live with regret? AQUARIUS(Jan.20–Feb.18) You will have to expect a few disturbances in the harmony that has reigned over the past few days. For example, your needs may not match those of your mate or close friends, or you may feel restless. PISCES (Feb. 19–Mar. 20) As a person who embodies affection and tenderness you may feel especially resentful about today's mood. It will be difficult to charm a smile out of anyone or achieve any semblance of harmony.
reach 124 for 6 when their overs expired with Mahendra Boodram making 59, while extras contributed 30. Bowling for Imam Bacchus Latchman Rohit claimed 2 for 25 and Lallbachan Narine 2 for 30. In the second game which was reduced to 15 overs due to rain. A selected Suriname team defeated Imam Bacchus by five wickets. Batting first, Imam Bacchus made 135 for 6 in 15 overs. Nathan Persaud struck 47 (2×6,5×4) and Latchman Rohit 46 (3×6,3×4). Ishwar Singh snared 3 for 26. Suriname Select XI replied with 136 for 5 in 14.5 overs. Imran Khan made 35 (7×4), Ramjohn Singh 33 (2×6,3×4) and Khemraj Lall 25 Not Out.(1×6,3×4). Ganesh Mangal took 2 for15 and Navendra Persaud 2 for 25.
Friday November 09, 2018
GT Beer/Candy Boss and Antics Promotion 8-a-side Football tourney
Action continues today with two matches Play in the second edition of the GT Beer/ Candy Boss and Antics Promotion 8-aside Football Invitational tournament will continue today with two more matches under lights at the All Saints Scott Church g r o u n d i n Princess Elizabeth Road, New Amsterdam, Berbice. The games scheduled will see Georgetown Police taking on Pouderoyen FC of West Demerara from 19:00 hours, while in the second encounter Santos of Georgetown will do battle with Timehri Panthers of East Bank D e m e r a r a . Thirty-two teams from Berbice, Georgetown, East Coast Demerara and West
Demerara are battling for supremacy and a chance to win cash prizes and trophies in excess of $1.2 million. Two matches were played when the tournament commence on Sunday last with Paradise FC swamping Black Sharks 12-1 and Rosignol United defeating Corentyne All Stars 4-1 to advance to the round of 16. Among the sponsors on board are Banks DIH Limited under the GT Beer Brand, Fly Jamaica, Regional Health Services, Foot-soul, Bobb and Sons, National Sports Commission and Integrated Security. The coordinator is Tito “Candy Boss” Sancho. (Samuel Whyte)
Three matches set.. From page 33 runs. India took first strike and scored 144-6 in 20 overs. Harmanpreet Kaur slammed 62; Heather Knight had 2-9 and Anya Shrubsole 2-28. England were limited to 1338 in 20 overs in reply. Danielle Wyatt stroked 54; Poonam Yadav captured 3-20, Radha Yadav 221 and Deepti Sharma 2-28. The tournament has been divided into two groups and will
be played on a round robin format within the groups with the top two in each group qualifying for semi-finals. Group A includes Bangladesh, England, Sri Lanka, South Africa and the West Indies while Group B contains Australia, India, Ireland, New Zealand and Pakistan. Meanwhile free shuttles will be on hand to get spectators to the matches and then return home.Tickets are available at offices at Guyana Cricket Board and Guyana National Stadium. Tickets are priced from just US$3. The matches will be graced by live concerts. The tournament will be broadcasted live, with the Decision Review System being used in an ICC World T20 for the first time. Australia have won the tournament three times while England and defending champions the Windies have won it once each.
Guyana football... From page 35 clubs can say they received a donation from Petra? How many of our youths can say they have or had an opportunity to play overseas compliments of Petra Organization? I believe in being balance. What goes for one should go for all. I believe the Guyana football fraternity owes K&S Organization an apology for the way WE treat them after these men had dedicated over twenty years of their lives toward the development of football in this beautiful country. For the love of this beautiful game. Lomell Johnson.
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Coach Levi Nedd makes a pitch for President of the Guyana Volleyball Federation The Guyana Volleyball Federation (GVF) will be holding its Annual General Meeting tomorrow, Saturday 10th November, at Olympic house, Lilliendaal and high on the agenda will be the election of office bearers. From reports, incumbent president John Flores will not be seeking reelection. President of the Berbice Volleyball Association (BVA) Levi Lawrence Nedd is making a pitch for the presidency of the GVF. A look at Mr. Nedd’s fact file shows that he has a long and successful career in the area of Sports as a player and administrator and has reached the highest heights in both as a player and administration especially in Volleyball. From 1976 when he attempted to pass his first ball and sprained his right pinky finger to date, Nedd has been involved in the sports of volleyball. Now after some 42 years, his conquest has been great. In volleyball he represented Guyana at various stages, rising to the heights of becoming the National Captain. Now he holds the position of head coach, head selector, President of the BVA and Vice President of the GVF. Among some of his other achievements was being the best graduating student in the International coaching course held at the Felix Austin Training College. Nedd was the
valedictorian when he attended the Semmiel Weist University in Hungary where he graduated with a Diploma for Sports Sciences and Technology. Students from some 38 countries participated in the course. He also pursued studies in volleyball coaching in Cuba. He has so far travelled to some 29 countries in pursuit of the sustenance of VOLLEYBALL in the land of many waters. He was the recipient of the Golden Jubilee Award by the GVF for Contribution to The Development of Volleyball in Guyana (1966 - 2016). Nedd is the head coach of the Port Mourant Training Center and Guysuco Training Centre Volleyball Volley Clubs. Apart from his volleyball prowess, Nedd brings to the table a tower of experience is other sports. He is a certified football coach and played in the professional league in Martinique in the French Federation as a goal keeper. He is also a certified athletic coach and national athlete, his area of competence being Shot Putt, Javelin and Discuss. He still competes and medals in the teacher’s category. He also represented Berbice at table tennis and was adjudged Sports Personality on three occasions for Guysuco. Mr. Nedd also plays cricket and is a competent all-rounder. He is a composer and singer and represented
Levi Nedd Guyana in the USA, Suriname and Trinidad at Chutney singing. As head of the BVA he has taken the association to the top of volleyball in Guyana. His quest now is to take Guyana’s back to the days of yore. Nedd hopes to follow in the footsteps of past presidents the likes of Lennox Schuffler, Basil Williams, Reggie Bhagwandin and incumbent John Flores. The task is now his to take up the mantle. As such he has pledged to arduously continue the works similar to
what is being done in the BVA, for all of Guyana to benefit. Nedd is calling on the volleyball family to support him in his quest. With his intended Mission statement being “A non-profitable organisation committed to developing the socio-cultural life style of any Guyanese by way of participation in all forms of volleyball, through the support of any one person/persons or entity/ entities, with a strict dependence on the government of our dear land of Guyana.”
Three matches set for Providence as ICC Women’s World T20 bowls off today - Defending champs Windies face Bangladesh tonight By Zaheer Mohamed The West Indies will begin the defence of their title against Bangladesh from 20:00hrs, while New Zealand will tackle India in the tournament opener at 11:00hrs and Australia will play Pakistan from 16:00hrs as the sixth edition of the ICC Women’s World T20 tournament commences today at Providence. It is the second time the tournament is being held in the West Indies. Windies will be led by Stafanie Taylor while allrounder Hayley Matthews, has been named Vice Captain. Matthews was one of the star players when the Windies lifted the championship in 2016 and has established herself as one of the leading all-
rounders in the team. Matthews stated, “I am very delighted that the hierarchy of Cricket West Indies (CWI) see me as a good fit for Vice Captain. I think the added responsibility will be of great benefit to my overall game. It will be an amazing feeling to play in front of home fans.” 17-year old fast bowler, Qiana Joseph has replaced Guyanese Sheneta Grimmond who has sustained an injury. Joseph has been with the squad in the recent training camps held in Antigua was part of the Windward Islands team for the Women’s Championship earlier this year. The Bangladeshi players are in fine shape and will be looking to start off with a win.
Anisa Mohammed They have notched up wins against Pakistan and India in the Asia Cup en-route to lifting the title. Windies defeated New Zealand by seven wickets in their final warm up game on Wednesday night. New Zealand managed 122-9 in 20 overs, batting first. Maddy Green made 35 not out and
Amy Satterthwaite got 28; Anisa Mohammed grabbed 422 and Afy Fletcher 2-33. Windies responded with 1233 in 18.1 overs. Hayley Matthews struck 50 while Deandra Dottin contributed 35 and Stafanie Taylor 26 not out. India beat England by 11 (Continued on page 32)
Several Teams register victories as NBS 40-Over Second Division Cup continues in Berbice The very popular New Building Society 40-Overs Second Division Tournament continued over the last weekend at venues across Berbice. The Tournament is being contested by over eighty teams divided into seventeen zones. Listed below are scores from recent matches played over the last two weekends: 1. Hopetown Spartans defeated Bush Lot United by 6 wickets. Bush Lot 84 all out in 21.4 Overs. A. Matabeer 15, Emmerson Behjamin 3 for 10, Steffan Adams 3 for 19. Hopetown Spartans 87 for 3 in 12.3 Overs. Clairmont Drestings 15, Steffan Adams 17 not out. Christopher Bissoon 2 for 18. 2. Edinburgh Cricket Club defeated Tucber Park ‘B’ Cricket Club by 36 runs. Edinburgh 196 in 30.1 Overs. Z. Hussain 51, Danny David 59. K. Michael 3 for 26. D. Thuesday 2 for 39. Tucber Park ‘B’ 160 all out in 34 Overs. J. Davis 26, R. Rose 73. D. David 4 for 26, B. Ragbeer 3 for 36. 3. At Betsy Ground: Goed Bananen Land defeated Betsy Ground Cricket Club by 68 runs. Goed Bananen Land 271 all out in 39.2 Overs. W. Sobhai 47, D. Emanden 66, Emran Hosein 3 for 26. Deveanand Cyril 2 for 60, Mark Persaud 2 for 55. BetsyGround 203 in 32.2 Overs. Devanand Cyril 52. Dinesh Raneshant 52, Anthony Arjune 23. Lakeram Jugisteer 4 for 36, Mohin Rampersaud 2 for 45. 4. Ramnarine Memorial Cricket Club defeated Tain Block 4 Cricket Club by 58 runs. Ramnarine Memorial Cricket Club 186 in 33 Overs. Raul Tyndall 70, M. Tyndall 39, Mahindra Rabindranauth 6 for 51, Mahendra Mangal 2 for 23. Tain Block 4 Cricket Club 128 all out in 32.5 Overs. Besh Singh 24, Ian Nunes 20, Lakeram Mooklall 23, I. Gray 3 for 26, R. Pottaya 5 for 13. 5. Permaul XI Cricket Club defeated Fyrish Road Cricket Club by 3 wickets. Fyrish Road 84 all out in 20-Overs. I. Ramotar 30, H. Hussain 3 for 13. H. Naidoo 2 for 8. Permaul XI 86 for 7 in 14.3 Overs. D. Rengasammy 23. A. Naidoo 30. D. Persaud 3 for 34, Z. Hamid 3 for 8. 6. Fyrish Road Cricket Club defeated Belvedere
United Cricket Club by 4 runs. Fyrish Road 182 all out in 35 Overs. Dilon Persaud 80, Imran Nasir 20. R. Sudesh 3 for 30. Belvedere United 179 all out in 29.5 Overs. M. Mickal 55, K. Sudesh 25. Jai Ticka 4 for 29, Dilan Persaud 2 doe 28. 7. Guymine Cricket Club defeated Flying Star by 12 runs. Guymine Cricket Club 127 all out in 27.2 Overs. A. Sinclair 55, Joel Seitaram 27 not out. M. West 15. R. Campbelle 3 for 25, K. Grumble 3 for 39. Flying Star 115 all out in 34 Overs. S. Semple 23, G. Barran 21. Joel Seitaram 3 for 21, K. Ramsarran 2 for 14, G. Crandon 2 for 7. 8. Rose Hall Canje Cricket Club defeated Mental Hospital Cricket Club by 84 runs. Rose Hall Canje Cricket Club 200 in 38 Overs. Sasenarine Sukhu 53, Michael Campbelle 58. S. Bess 3 for 30. Stephen Latcha 4 for 33, Jevaughn Stephen 2 for 43. Mental Hospital Cricket Club 116 all out in 26.4 Overs. Zaheer Moakan 26, Kellon Henry 26, S. Mc Kenzie 25. Martin Singh 3 for 35, Ameer Rahaman 3 for 17. 9. Flying Star Cricket Club defeated Tucber Park ‘B’ Cricket Club by 6 wickets. Tucber Park ‘B’ 94 all out in 18 Overs. J. Davis 27. S. Lookpaul 20 not out, C. Fraser 5 for 33, G. Barrow 4 for 27. Flying Star 97 for 4 in 11.3 Overs. K. O’Brien 37, S. Semple 28. D. Mc Donald 2 for 9. 10. At Sisters: Tucber Park ‘B’ Cricket Club defeated Sisters Cricket Club by 5 wickets. Sisters 190 all out in 35 Overs. M. Alert 61, M. Lewis 43. J. Davis 3 for 30, J. La Fleur 2 for 25. Tucber Park ‘B’ 194 for 5. J. Davis 75, N. Veren 42. 11. Young Warriors Cricket Club defeated Police Cricket Club by 101 runs. Young Warriors 177 all out in 38 Overs. Sudesh Dhanai 40. Mortimer Fraser 26, Kevlon Anderson 4 for 44, O. Higgins 3 for 50. Police 76 all out in 21.4 Overs. D. Kewley 20, Ameer Khan 5for 18, Trevlon Stanislaus 2 for 22.
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Concacaf U-20 Championship USA 2018
Own goal makes the difference in Guyana’s 3-4 loss to Curacao in exciting duel By Franklin Wilson in Florida, USA Compliments of Industrial Safety Supplies, Secure Innovation & Concepts and Fitness Express Even their best performance to date did not produce the desired win as the young Guyanese team lost to Curacao after scoring first yesterday when action on day eight of the Concacaf Under-20 Championship USA 2018 continued at the IMG Academy, Bradenton Florida, USA. Playing on Field #11 for the first time and coming up against Curacao who, like the Guyanese were chasing their first win after two matches each, the young Golden Jaguars made five changes to their starting X1 from the last match with Jamain Cumberbatch (Goalkeeper), Javier Smith (defender), Lionel Holder (defender) and Chris Macey (midfielder) replacing Johnathan Vaughn, Nixon Robertson, Ryan Hackett and Ryan Dowding. The plan was to be attacking against the more stocky Curacao boys and it paid early dividends for the Guyanese who, like in the Cayman Islands match, got on the scoring sheets first. Again it was Kelsey Benjamin playing up front who fired in the first goal in the 7th minute, his second of the tournament. It capped a fine period for the Guyanese who were very positive up to that point. But three minutes later, poor work at the back by Guyana al-
lowed Curacao’s Carolith Fermina the chance to pull his team level in the 10th minute. Indecisive work in the defensive third has been one of Guyana’s biggest challenges in the tournament so far and yesterday was no different. On 27 minutes, an uncalled infringement perpetrated by Nicholas McArthur which resulted in a free kick saw the Curacao team taking full advantage of the set piece to score the go ahead goal, this time it was Mgehon Valpoort who slapped the ball past Cumberbatch between the uprights. Two minutes later, Guyana were forced to make its first substitution when Kwai Marsh-Brown who was brought into midfield for the match from his usual defensive role replaced by Job Caesar. Marsh-Brown was on the receiving end of a tackle which resulted in him suffering an ankle injury about two minutes before being replaced. Curacao by then were in control of proceedings, putting together passes in bunches as they swung the ball from the flanks to the middle. Guyana, on the other hand were seemingly content to give the ball away quite easily. Being called for yet another infringement not far away from goal in the 33rd minute saw the Guyanese again paying for the lapse in concentration. The only difference this time was that they scored against themselves. The throw into the box re-
Thair Britton nets the first of his double for Guyana against Curacao yesterday. sulted in Cecil Jackman slicing the ball past his countryman to the dismay of himself and teammates, a goal which gifted Curacao a 3-1 lead. Some solace came the way of the Golden Jaguars on the stroke of halftime, when, on the end of a forceful period they were able to reduce the deficit to a single goal. Admirable work by Kelsey Benjamin who constantly took on the Curacao defenders with encouraging success saw him working his way into the box and with the goalie, Kevin Juliana advancing, passed to fellow forward Thair Britton who completed the job clinically; Guyana 2 Curacao 3. In their two previous matches, Guyana have been scored upon on the stroke of
Mix Up cop Stag Beer dominoes title - Barbara Marshall to host event from tonight Mix Up chalked up 51 games to win the final of the Stag Beer four-game dominoes competition which concluded on Tuesday night at Turning Point. OPKO finished second on 48 games, while Phantom placed third on 44. Gilbert Mendonca made 11 and Ewie Gordon nine games for the winners, while Richard Chase got nine for the runner up team. Rawl Peters and Tyrone Ambrose made 11 and nine games respectively for OPKO. Meanwhile, Barbara Marshall will be hosting a dominoes competition starting at 19:00hrs tonight at Thirsty Fox, Cemetery Road and D’ Urban Street. The winning team will take home
Barbara Marshall a trophy and $150,000, runner up a trophy and $80,000, third place a trophy and $50,000. Entrance fee is $15,000 and the tournament will be played on a two in one out basis.
Teams can contact Barbara Marshall on 663-8280 or Mark Wiltshire on 665-5855 for more information. The competition will conclude tomorrow. On Sunday, Wiltshire will be staging Sunday in the Country competition starting at 12:00hrs at Roop Rum Shop, Old Road, Unity, Mahaica. Entrance fee is $15,000. The feature game involves Georgetown, East Coast and Berbice. The winning team will pocket a trophy and $150,000 and a trophy, runner up $70,000 and a trophy and third place $30,000 and a trophy. Teams can contact Wiltshire on 665-5855 for more information.
half time by Guatemala and Cayman Islands but this time around, turned it around the other way. The half time period brought some much needed respite for both teams in very humid conditions, during the half players from both teams capitalized on the many breaks to keep themselves hydrated; the match kicked off at 14:45hrs Florida time, one hour later in Guyana. Head Coach Wayne Dover, took the time to refresh the players memories of the tactical plan and the need for awareness in the various positions. On resumption, Curacao again made Guyana pay for poor work at the back in the 56th minute. The last post was left unattended which presented Jaron Vicario the opening to tuck the ball into the back of the nets which he did happily to restore his teams two goal
cushion at 4-2. It was a period that Guyana were dominating when they gave up another goal. However, the young Jaguars were not daunted and almost immediately rebounded when their third goal came on the end of aggressive playing by Thair Britton who achieved his double in the 57th minute. Britton belligerently ran down goalie Juliana after a ball was played back to him and in his haste to clear the ball before Britton got to him, blasted the ball into the Guyanese strikers body and the ball rebounded back into the open goal much to the dismay of Curacao but the joy of Guyana; Guyana 3 Curacao 4.The plan of the Guyanese was clear as they continued to run down their opponents coming close on numerous occasions. Ryan Hackett was introduced to the match in the
64th minute at the expense of Nicholas McArthur to add fresh legs to the attack. But yet again, even as Guyana dominated, indecisiveness in the attacking third and midfield put paid to their chances of pressing for what would have been a well deserving draw and even full points since their opponents displayed signs of vulnerability.But that was not to be, Curacao held on to their narrow one goal advantage to walk away with full points and their first win of the tournament. Guyana remain at the bottom of the five team group without a point going into their final match tomorrow against El Salvador (current group leaders with 9 points from 2 wins) at 19:45hrs at the IMG Soccer Stadium. Meanwhile in other results yesterday, Cayman Islands drew 22 with Guatemala and St Kitts beat Canada 2-1.
Kelsey Benjamin (#11) being pursued by teammates after scoring the first goal of the match against Curacao.
Friday November 09, 2018
Hamilton Green 9-a-side Inter-Ward KO Cup
Twelve matches to highlight penultimate day of action - hosts Den Amstel to appear in feature Following the postponement of last Sunday’s round of matches due to the inclement weather, play in this year’s Hamilton Green 9-a-side InterWard/ Village KO Cup is set to resume on Sunday with twelve matches, at the Den Amstel Community Centre ground. The former Mayor of Georgetown celebrates his 84th Birth Anniversary today and is an avid sports enthusiast who played football while attending Queens College. He also held the posts of Prime Minister and Minister of Sport among other high ranking portfolios under the Forbes Burnham administration.According to Co-ordinator Lennox Arthur, who is a former national player/Head Coach, Sunday’s round of matches will mark the penultimate day of action with the final set to be staged on November 24, at the same venue.In the opening game at 15:00hrs, Mahaica take on Kuru Kururu and this encounter will be followed by the clash between Central McKenzie and Wolves at 15:30hrs.In the third game,
Hamilton Green to commemorate his birthday today. Sophia ‘B’ tackle Wales, while Charlestown and Vergenoegen collide from 16:30hrs.Zeelugt then go up against Mahaicony from 17:00hrs, while Sara Lodge and Agricola square off immediately after. Stewartville then match strides with Sophia ‘A’, while Goed Fortuin and Newtown, Kitty meet at 18:30hrs. In the encounter to follow, Crane battles Plaisance from 19:00hrs, before Pouderoyen and West Side Masters take to the field at 19:30hrs. The penultimate game is between Uitvlugt and Jetty, before hosts Den Amstel and De Kindren bring the curtains down at 20:30hrs. Prize monies in excess of
$700,000 and lots of prizes, including the coveted first prize of $400,000 and the championship trophy compliments of the Ministry of Citizenship are up for grabs. The runner-up will be awarded $200,000 and trophy through the goodwill of John Fernandes Ltd, while third and fourth place finishers will receive $60,000 and $40,000 respectively along with the Techno Mills and Courtney Benn Construction Services trophies in that order. Top finishers will receive hampers compliments of Ricks & Sari Industries, while the Highest Goalscorer will walk away with a Lazy Boy Chair courtesy of AH&L Kissoon and a Dinette Set compliments of China Trading.The Most Valuable Player will be awarded a special prize from Techno Mills. Among the other sponsors on board are: IPA, Alfro Alphonso, Sattaur Gafoor, Ansa McAl, Top Brandz Distributors, MACORP, Starr Computers, Cummings Electrical, Ready Mix, BK International and New Thriving Restaurant.
BCB/Da Silva Motor Spares Under-13 Inter-Club Tournament
Rose Hall Town Poonai Pharmacy, Port Mourant CC claim first innings points The Berbice Cricket Board under the Presidency of Hilbert Foster continues to break new ground with the start of the Da Silva Motor Spares Under-13 Tournament. The Eight teams participating in the Tournament are: Achievers Cricket Club, Blairmont Community Centre, Tucber Park Cricket Club, Rose Hall Canje Cricket Club, Albion Community Centre, Port Mourant Cricket Club, Rose Hall Town Poonai Pharmacy and Kendall’s Union Cricket Club. This is the second of its kind to have ever been organised by the Berbice Cricket Board. Rose Hall Town Poonai Pharmacy obtained first innings points from Kendall’s Union, while Port Mourant Cricket Club got the better of archrivals Albion Community Centre to also get first innings honours. The Rose Hall Canje vs Tucber Park Cricket Club and Blairmont Community Centre vs Achievers Cricket Club matches were postponed for various reasons. At the No. 19 Ground,
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Kendall’s Union batted first after winning the toss. They amassed 76 for 6 from their allotted first innings quota of 25 Overs with M. Kashi 13 and G. Harris 13 being the topscorers as extras contributed a healthy 39 runs. Offspinner Matthew Pattaya 2 for 14 and medium pacer Nyron Hicks 2 for 15 were the main wicket takers. Rose Hall Town Poonai Pharmacy in reply reached 107 for 5 with Pattaya 30, Stephen Allicock 14 and Nyron Hicks 12 topscoring. D. Victor and R. Victor both took two wickets apiece for 17 and 19 respectively. With a first innings deficit of 33 runs, Kendall’s Union were bowled out for 91 in their second innings from 31 Overs. G. Harris 21 and V. Victor 10 were the only batsmen to reach double figures. Berbice Under-15 offspinner Matthew Pattaya took 7 for 15, while Nyron Hicks took 3 for 18. Needing to score 58 runs in 30 minutes to claim first innings, Rose Hall Town Poonai Pharmacy ended on 45
for 3 when time ran out. Albion Community Centre batted first and with extras contributing 35, were able to reach 81for 9 from 25 Overs. J. Mangal topscored with a stylish 31. S. Khan 3 for 18, R. Ramnauth 2 for 6 and T. Shaundeo 2 for 16 were Port Mourant Cricket Club best bowlers. The visitors then batted well to reach 107 for 8 to obtain a crucial 26 runs lead. Rampersaud Rampertab topscored with 20, while extras contributed 31. L. Deopersaud 3 for 13 and R. Nankoo 3 for 2 were the best bowlers for Port Mourant Cricket Club. Batting a second time, Albion Community Centre reached 101 for 7 as Damien Cecil struck the first half century of the Tournament. Albion declared with a lead of 75 runs but failed to bowl out Port Mourant who batted with discipline to end on 37 for 1. The Tournament continues this weekend with four matches.
Several teams register victories as BCB/Pepsi 50-Overs Tournament continues The Round Robin Pepsi 50-Overs First Division Cricket Tournament organised by the Berbice Cricket Board continued over the last two weekends. The Pepsi Tournament is the 4th First Division Tournament to be organised by the vibrant Berbice Cricket Board, while the Busta Champion of Champions 40-Overs Knockout Tournament would start shortly to round off a busy season for Berbice Players. National Senior Players Romario Shepherd and Clinton Pestano turned out for their respective clubs after completing duties at the Regional 50-Overs levels and played major roles. Scores from the matches played: 1) At Bush Lot: Tucber Park defeated West Berbice by 123 runs. Tucber Park made 188 all out in 40-Overs with Romario Shepherd topscoring with 88 and Nial Smith batting at number nine clipping in with 20. Keon Joseph, Krisnadat Ramoo, Stefan Adams, Andrew Dutchin and Sherwin McPherson took two wickets apiece. West Berbice in reply were bundled out for 65 as national Under-17 all rounder Leon Swammy returned his best ever First Division figures of 6 for 17, while offspinner Kwesi Mickle took 3 for 23. 2) At Port Mourant: Rose Hall Canje defeated a winless Police Team by 37 runs to close off their Pepsi Campaign with a second victory. Rose Hall Canje made 119 all out in 31 Overs with Michael Campbelle 40 and Ameer Rahaman 20 being the principal scorers. Left arm
spinner Michael Tyndall took 3 for 23 for Police, who in return were bowled out for 82 with T. Drakes 35 and Grisean Grant 25 offering resistance. Pacer Michael Campbelle returned with the ball to take 4 for 15, while the experienced Ameer Rahaman took 4 for 15. 3) At Bush Lot: Blairmont Community Centre defeated Rose Hall Canje by 138 runs. Blairmont 236 all out in 45-Overs with Nigel Deodat 57, Seon Glasgow 37 and Devendra Lalsa 28 top scoring as Michael Campbelle 2 for 29, Isiah Thorne 2 for 38, Martin Singh 2 for 42 and Joel Seitaram 2 for 36 bowled well for Rose Hall Canje. Javed Karim 3 for 22 and Hemraj Heeralall 4 for 20 then bowled out the visitors for 88 as only Sasenarine Sukhu 21 and Martin Singh 17 reached double figures. 4) At Area ‘H’ Ground: Albion Community Centre defeated Rose Hall Town Gizmos & Gadgets by one wicket. Rose Hall Town Gizmos & Gadgets 139 all out in 38.1 Overs. Kevin Sinclair 60, Kevlon Anderson 34, Junior Sinclair 22, David Latchya 2 for 32, Sharaz Ramcharran 3 for 27. Albion Community Centre 140 for 9 in 39.2 Overs. Sharaz Ramcharran 59, Kevin Umroa 18 not out, Sylus Tyndall 5 for 31, Shawn Pereira 2 for 26. 5) At Area ‘H’ Ground: Rose Hall Town Gizmos & Gadgets defeated Port Mourant Cricket Club 99 runs. Rose Hall Town Gizmos & Gadgets 236 for 9 in 45-Overs; Kevin Sinclair 32, Clinton Pestano 58, Eon Hooper 32; P. Chatterpaul 4 for 31, Doorsammy Mahadeo 2 for
43, Loyydel Lewis 2 for 38. Port Mourant Cricket Club 137 all out in 30.1 Overs; Kellon Carmichael 41, Samuel Kistasammy 16, Sylus Tyndall 2 for 28, Kevin Sinclair 2 for 20, Shawn Pereira 6 for 20. 6) At No. 70 Ground: Port Mourant Cricket Club defeated Upper Corentyne by 148 runs. Port Mourant Cricket Club 236 in 44 Overs. Loyydel Lewis 46, P. Chatterpaul 43, Samuel Kistasammy 28, Shimroy Barrington 25. D. Cameron 5 for 25, Lindon Kewis 2 for 9. Upper Corentyne 88 all out in 27.8 Overs. T. Ramoutar 28, Lakeram Latchman 4for 14, A. Mohamed 2 for 20. B. Samaroo 2 for 16. 7) At Cumberland Ground: Blairmont Community Centre lost to Young Warriors Cricket Club by 61 runs in a match reduced to 25 Overs due to rain. Young Warriors Cricket Club 156 for 6. Vishal Mohabir 25, Linden Austin 27, Alex Algoo 60. Shabeer Baksh 5 for 34. Blairmont Community Centre 96 all out in 24 Overs. Shabeer Baksh 22, W. Inshan 22, Trevlon Stanislaus 3 for 21, Kassim Khan 2 for 8 and Devendra Ramoutar 2 for 16. 8) Albion Community Centre defeated Skeldon Cricket Club by 166 runs. Albion 245 for 8 from 40 Overs. Kandasammy Surujnarine 57, Adrian Sukhwa 38, Sharaz Ramcharran 32. Errol Byass 3 for 40, Victor Pedro 2 for 42. Skeldon Cricket Club 79 all out in 24.3 Overs. D. Edwards 22, Sharaz Ramcharran 6 for 12, Kevin Umroa 3 for 26.
Letter to the Sports Editor
Guyana football has suffered in the absence of K&S tourney Dear Sports Editor, As we approach the Christmas season my mind reflects on the most prestige and well organized football tournament that ever graced these shores; “The Kashif & Shanghai yearend knockout tournament”. I remember once you hit November the talk around the country by the young, the old, male and female was the New Year’s Day finals. These guys knew how to organize a tournament and it’s the only football event that I’ve seen packed the stadium to capacity.
This tournament, which lasted over twenty years, was sabotaged by persons who had their personal agendas. The Banks Beer Cup, which lasted for three years, leaving the GFA with loads of expenses was the knockout punch for the K&S and many rejoiced. While K&S may have felt the punch do you know who suffered the most? GUYANA FOOTBALL. Our fans have lost the passion for football. Go to our outfield tournaments (especially the Elite league) and you would find it wouldn’t take you long to count the fans.
Ego can carry you so far but vision will take you a long way and that’s what I believe the K&S organization had. I remembered during the hosting of the K&S tournament there was a lot of noise by the GFA for fees to have their teams participate. Today the Petra Organization is hosting tournaments and no one is saying anything about fees but ours clubs are participating. Petra is controlling most of the football in Georgetown, from peewee to senior and no one is making any noise. How many (Continued on page 32)
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GMRSC’s Ignite
DIWALI KIDS CHESS TOURNEY
Team Barbados arrive for second place fight Reigning Group 4 and 2 Champions Mark Maloney and Mark Thompson and the rest of Barbados team arrived in Guyana yesterday for the final round of the 2018 Seaboard Marine Caribbean Motor Racing Championship (CMRC) which speeds off tomorrow and Sunday at the South Dakota Circuit at Timehri as they prepare to battle for country points. Champion in 2016 & ’17, Maloney will compete in Group (Gp) 4 where he is currently in fourth place; 52 points off leader; Guyana’s Mark Vieira (RX-8), while fourtime title winner Thompson will race in Gp2, accompanied by brother Kurt, who won the Gp2 crown in 2013. Neither of the Thompson brothers have any good chance of winning their Gp2 class with only 75points from the three races to be competed on offer. Top points-scorer at the Williams Digicel International Race Meet at Bushy Park in September, Team Barbados moved from fourth to second in the Country standings with 618 points; while there is no chance of catching Trinidad & Tobago that have 1,299 points, the twin-island state is a shoo-in for a third consecutive title, while the Bajans
have a realistic chance of staying second, ahead of Jamaica (526). Barbados also arrived in last year’s final in second place but Guyana had overhauled their total to finish as runners up to T&T by just three points. The fourthplaced Guyanese will again aim to build on its current total, but Barbados has a significantly higher cushion in the standings this time around, with an advantage of 422 points over the host nation, compared with 274 last year, while Jamaica will not be fielding a strong team. In individual terms, Maloney (RX-3) won’t have a realistic shot at retaining his 2WD Gp4 title but since he is the Gp5 leader he has automatically won that class’ inaugural championship since it won’t be competed at South Dakota. The GP4 battle will be one to watch this weekend with Vieira’s countryman and GP4 AWD defending champion Andrew King (RX-7) second and Quinian Lall (Mazda Miata) of Team CAMS third. These drivers will be joined by 2014 & ’15 champion Kristian Jeffery. Vieira was the highest points-scorer of the day at
South Dakota last year; Maloney won the opening race but failed to finish the second outing when his engine’s kill switch malfunctioned before finishing second in race three. Although Mark Thompson has an outside chance of claiming the Gp2 crown, it will call for catastrophic bad luck for points leader, Trinidad and Tobago’s Marc Gill (Honda Civic) to not usurp the current Champion, Thompson. Gill, the only non-Bajan to have won Gp2 when he lifted the cup in 2015, does not have the strongest of records in Guyana but, for Thompson to succeed, Gill will have to retire from all three races with the defending champion winning them. This weekend’s 27-race programme also features the final round of the Radical Caribbean SR3 Cup, alongside the GMR&SC’s National classes. Leading the much buzzed about Radical cup is Mark Maloney’s brother, Stuart of Barbados but he will face tough opposition from seasoned Guyanese campaigners Calvin Ming and Jeffrey who both missed the entire season due to racing commitments in North America and Europe.
Concacaf U-20 Championship USA 2018
Commendable fight and spirit displayed by players – Head Coach Dover By Franklin Wilson in Florida, USA Compliments of Industrial Safety Supplies, Secure Innovation & Concepts and Fitness Express It was their third defeat in as many matches for Guyana when they opposed Curacao yesterday, day eight of the Concacaf Under-20 Championship USA 2018 at the IMG Academy, Bradenton Florida USA. And while Guyana remains the only team in the group to register a point in the Group F encounters, Head Coach Wayne Dover acknowledged that it was the best performance his charges have pieced together to date. ”This is really the spirited effort we were looking forward to in the matches so far. We saw a better approach to the game, a bit more fight and the effort was commendable and I think we should have gotten something from the game.” Commenting on the de-
Wayne Dover - Guyana’s U-20 Head Coach fending of the team which has allowed in 11 goals whist scoring 5, Dover said there is so much they could have done during the six weeks of preparation; his technical team tried to make the defensive organization as simple and precise as possible for the players. ”But at this level, the simple mistakes is what you would be punished for and every time we have made elementary mistakes we have been on the receiving end. So this comes down to individual management of the ability to play the ball and getting into the right position to play the ball.”
Dover stated that the approach for their final match tomorrow would be a positive one as they aim to end the tournament on a high. ”We’ve scored some goals and conceded a lot but we want to at least end this tournament with a win so we’ll give everything in the last game to see how best we get that win. We will try to see how best we can correct the awareness of the players in the next training session and hope that they can be disciplined defensively and we can score some goals so we can come out with three points.”
QC’s Rajiv Lee wins U-20 section, School of Nations Joshua Khan takes U-12
Prize winners of the Diwali Junior Chess tournament. Last weekend, the Wendell Meusa Chess Foundation hosted yet another tournament for kids, this time it was the Diwali Kids Chess Tourney. The Diwali Kids Chess Tourney was hosted in celebration of Diwali and once more brought together most of the top local juniors again. However, it was rising star, 13 years old Rajiv Lee of QC, who played undefeated in the Under-20 section with 5.5 points from 6 games and School of the Nations young but talented 11 years old Joshua Khan won Under-12 section with 4 points from 6 games. Rajiv Lee, former member of Marian Academy Chess Club, made his debut into the local chess fraternity last July and is already showing that he has what it takes to be the next National Junior Champion. Just a few weeks ago at the Marian Academy Scholastic Chess Competition, he played undefeated as well when he played in the team section for his school, Queen’s College. His only draw came against Guyana’s number 4 Junior National rank player Ethan Lee of Marian, who should have lost, however, played stubbornly to savage half of a point from a classical and theoretically drawn hpawn and King endgame. However, he defeated Guyana #3 ranked national junior Jaden Taylor of St. Stanislaus College in a highly anticipated match. Rajiv only game, which he probably should have lost, was against 13 years old Ronan Lee of Marian Academy who superbly sacrificed his mighty Queen for 3 passed pawns (g4, f5 & e6) with a Rook on e4 to gain a dangerous initiative. This was a massive advantage, however under time pressure, Ronan made an illegal move which resulted in a deduction of 5
mins from his clock which resulted in him losing. Ethan Lee continue to have a great 2018 chess year this by taking 2nd place with his only loss to Jaden Taylor who finished third. It was young and promising Savir Gookul who drew his last game against Jaden that resulted in him dropping to 3rd place even though both Taylor and Ethan finished on 4.5 points each. Savir Gookul, Chelsea Juma (both St. Stanislaus College students), Ronan Lee and Jonathan tied in 4th position with 3 points each, followed by Odit Rodrigues and Samirah Gobin. In the U-12 section, Joshua Khan of School of the Nations fought back in round 4, 5 & 5 to take 1st place. Even though it was a 4 way tie with Noah Rahaman, Milan Ramautarsing and Joel Wo n g , the Swiss programme placed Khan in first position with the better progressive rating. Joshua took his first tournament win in style with 3 beautiful check mates in the last 3 rounds. Noah, Milan and Joel all from Marian Academy Primary Department played well to gain 4 points as well, however, they had to settle for 2nd, 3rd & 4th places respectively. A keen eye must be kept on the lone female in the section, Italy Ton-Chung who played some beautiful games even sacrificing pieces as well.
This young girl showed that she is a promising chess player, especially in her game against Milan when she scarified her minor pieces to carry out a brutal King side attack. Also, Arysh Raghunauth managed to obtain 3 points to finish 6th, however he should have won more games. Jibril and his brother Kaiden Alli continues to show a lot of improvement only after learning chess last August at the summer chess camp. Prize Winners: U-20 1st Place - Rajiv Lee (Q.C) - Trophy 2nd Place - Ethan Lee (Marian) - Medal 3rd Place - Jaden Taylor (Saints) - Medal Best Girl - Chelsea Juma (Saints) - Cash Prize Youngest Player - Ronan Lee (Marian) - Cash Prize U-20 1st Place - Joshua Khan (Nations) - Trophy 2nd Place - Noah Rahaman (Marian) - Medal 3rd Place - Milan Ramautarsing (Marian) Medal Best Girl - Italy TonChung (Marian) - Cash Prize Youngest Player - Jibril Alli (Marian) - Cash Prize Special Prize - Joel Wong (Marian) - One (1) Month Free Chess Training. This event was hosted by the Wendell Meusa Chess Foundation which wishes to thank the National Sports Commission and Mr. Lee (Coordinator Marian Chess Club) for their assistance.
Rising Stars triumph Rising Stars Cricket Club defeat Met-en-Meer Zorg (MMZ) by six wickets when the inaugural MPL T20 competition continued recently. Rising Star Cricket Club (RSCC) won the toss and elected to field, restricting MMZ to 115 all out in 19.3 overs. Marvin Cheong claimed 3-20 and Shane Persaud 2-19. In reply, RSCC cruised to 120 for 4 of 16 overs with Sachin Singh scoring 54 from 45 balls ( 4x4 and 4x6) and Nickosi Major 20 from 9 balls (1x4 and 2x6).
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Mohamed’s enterprise strengthens GMRSC Ignite Platinum sponsor of motor racing in Guyana, Mohamed’s Enterprise has come to the rescue of the Guyana Motor Racing and Sports Club’s (GMR&SC) Ignite race meet. With less than 24 hours before the event, the company has swooped in to sponsor the remaining races that had previously gone unsponsored. According to the club, the company has been an avid supporter of motor racing locally, having chipped in at crucial times in the past. A comment from the club stated that they continually have seen unwavering support from Mohamed’s Enterprise regardless of the event, and their input this t i m e a r o u n d i s unquantifiable. A comment from the company stated that they value motor racing heavily and their support comes from their love of the sport. Mohamed’s Enterprise is h o m e t o t h e Te a m Mohamed’s Enterprise which features the National Drag Strip recorder holder Godzilla, the Nissan GTR.
Shazaad Manauf from Mohamed’s Enterprise hands over the sponsorship cheque to GMRSC’s office Executive Cheryl Gonzalves. Having won the 2018 drag racing championship as well, the team is no stranger to the spotlight, having won the 2017 Seaboard Marine Caribbean Motor Racing Championship super stock class. Apart from that, Mohamed’s holds the super stock lap records in Jamaica, Barbados, and Guyana as well as the circuit record for
motorcycles here. This time around, they look set to retain that title with South Dakota record holder Matt Truelove and his brother Harry aboard their Yahama R6. The third rider is factory Suzuki rider Richard Cooper, who is aiming to reset the record set by Truelove last year. Ignite, which will double
Under-performing Pollard still valuable: Law CHENNAI, India, CMC – West Indies head coach Stuart Law has defended under-performing all-rounder, Kieron Pollard, contending the player’s value to the Twenty20 could not be assessed purely on the basis of numbers. Pollard is one of the biggest names in the T20 format but has struggled over the last two years for the Caribbean side, scraping only 124 runs in his last 11 innings at an average of 12. Pollard has scored only two half-centuries in 58 matches, with the last of those coming six years ago against New Zealand in Florida. “Pollard brings a lot, both on and off the field. With the youngsters in the squad, it’s someone like Pollard who motivates them in the dressing room,” Law said of the 31-year-old who has scored 14 and six in the ongoing three-match series
a g a i n s t I n d i a . ”He’s a senior member of the squad, and we all know what he’s capable of when he gets going. Pollard isn’t in the side only because of what he brings inside the ground. He’s one of the biggest motivators of the youngsters, and he’s just a game away from reminding us why he’s such a T20 force. “Pollard himself would not be pleased with his show on the tour so far, and he’ll be itching to finish the series in a blazing manner.” West Indies are without their first-choice squad for the series, missing the likes of Chris Gayle, Evin Lewis, Andre Russell and Sunil Narine. In response, selectors opted for five debutants and also included several players with minimal experience at the T20 level. The Caribbean side have been no match for the powerful Indians, losing the first match in Kolkata by five wickets and the second in Lucknow on Sunday by 71 runs. Law, who will quit as head coach at year-end, called on the more experienced players in the squad to take responsibility. “The team does have a lot
of potential and potential is a horrible word because talk is cheap and actions speak l o u d e r, b u t i t ’s t h e experienced guys who need to stick their hands up and do the bulk of the work,” the Australian argued. “They’re supposed to usher the youngsters in but they’re not quite doing that. It’s a young team, though, and they’re learning on the job. Regardless of being the current T20 champions, we don’t have the same team here and learning on the job against India in India can be mighty tough.” As expected, the tour has been chastening one for the Windies. They were swept 20 in the Test series, lost the ODI series 3-1 and are behind in the T20 series. Law said Sunday’s finale in Chennai was a matter of pride for the tourists. “We have got some fantastic T20 players. But, now it’s just about playing for pride,” he said. “It’s time for them to dig deep and play for pride and give it everything in the last game. If we play anywhere near to our potential, we can beat any team on the day. We need to improve a lot to get to that stage.”
as the final leg of the Seaboard Marine Caribbean M o t o r R a c i n g Championships (CMRC) will feature competitors out of Trinidad and Tobago, Barbados, Jamaica, United States and Europe. The two days of racing action will feature competition in the Street and Sport Tuner class as well as the CHOKE Starlet Cup, street Cross Motor-Cycles and the 125cc Lightweight Bikes. Tickets for the 27-race programme are on sale at the cost of $2500; children $1000 at B.M. Soat Auto Sales, Croal Street office. Meanwhile, VIP tickets are available at Parc Rayne and Rent-a-tent at the cost of $17,500 for Adults, $9000 for kids. On Saturday time trials for all classes begin at 10:00hrs followed by official races in the Street Cross Motorcycle, 125cc Motorcycle, Street Tuner, Choke Starlet Cup and Sports Tuner from 13:20hrs. The feature race on Saturday will be the SR3 Radicals Caribbean Cup.
Top order shuffle crucial in absence of specialists, says Brathwaite CHENNAI, India, CMC – Captain Carlos Brathwaite said experimenting at the top of the order was necessary, as West Indies searched for a solution to their opening woes in the ongoing Twenty20 International series against India. In the opening match in K o l k a t a , t h e Wi n d i e s partnered Shai Hope with Denesh Ramdin but then opted for Shimron Hetmyer and Hope in last Sunday’s second match in Lucknow. Neither combination brought rewards and Brathwaite said without any specialist openers on tour, management had been forced to experiment. “We didn’t come on tour with an out-and-out opener so we’re still trying to find that best opening combination,” the all-rounder said. “There were a few theories in the first game as well as this [second] game about how we wanted to send the order for different reasons.
Ultimately, none of the two really worked because we never got off to a great start in the first six [overs] in the first two games but working with the players we have on tour, it was difficult to choose the perfect batting pair.” Hope and Ramdin put on 16 off 13 balls in the opening match while Hope and Hetmyer could muster just seven in the second game. West Indies suffered a fivewicket and 71-run defeat in the two matches, to concede the three-match series. West Indies have been hamstrung by the unavailability of their frontline opening pair for the series, with veteran Chris Gayle making himself unavailable for the tour and Evin Lewis withdrawing from the squad just days before the series. With the final T20 set for C h e n n a i o n S u n d a y, Brathwaite said hopefully the Windies could come up with a successful pairing to end the series on a high note.
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2nd annual Turbo Football tourney
Santos and Police win on match night 2
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antos Football Club and Buxton United played to the third consecutive 3-1 result of the 2018 edition of the Turbo Energy drink football tournament for Second Division clubs being competed at the Ministry of Education (MOE) ground, while last year’s finalists, Police FC rolled over Beacons 7-2 in the night’s feature clash. Police FC, fresh off their win in the just concluded Limacol football tournament, disposed of Gordon ‘Ultimate Warrior’ Braithwaite’s Beacons FC in enterprising fashion, spearheaded by a helmettrick from Manasseh Primo. Primo added a brace in both halves with his goals coming in the 34th, 44th, 70th and 74th minutes. Anthio Wallace and Stephan Ramsey added one goal each for Police in the 39th and 83rd minutes respectively, while an own goal in 37th minute helped the final tally to seven goals. Deon Alfred (27th) and Kiefer Brandt (60th) scored the consolations for Beacons. Meanwhile, in the opening match, Samuel Dey (22nd), Ronaldo Dover (49th) and an own goal in the 25th minute accounted for Santos’ three goals that were superior to Buxton United’s one which was scored by Tyron Harper in the 60th minute.
Police FC’s Anthio Wallace (second left) celebrating after scoring. Santos and Police will join Riddim Squad and Northern Rangers as the first four teams to have qualified for the quarterfinals in this knockout competition which has seen a total of $1.5 million in cash prizes up for grabs with the winners pocketing $800,000, second place $400,000, third $200,000 and fourth $100,000. The tournament continues on Monday with two more matches at the same venue from 18:30hrs with Limacol finalists Pouderoyen playing Buxton Stars in that opening clash. The feature match will kick off at 20:30hrs and will see Mahaica Determinators
matching skills with Fruta Conquerors. See full scores from Wednesday’s play below. Match #3 Santos FC 3 vs Buxton United 1 Goal scorers Santos Samuel Dey 22 Own Goal 25 Ronaldo Dover 49 Buxton United Tyron Harper 60 Match #4 Police 7 vs Beacon FC 2 Goal scorers Police Manaset Primo 34,44,70,74, Anthio Wallace 39 Stephan Ramsey 83 Own Goal 37 Beacon FC Deon Alfred 27 Kiefer Brandt 60
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Own goal makes the difference in Guyana’s 3-4 loss to Curacao in exciting duel
Golden Jaguar, Thair Britton (#9) working his way in the attacking third late in yesterday’s encounter against Curacao.
GMRSC’s Ignite Mark Maloney ahead of Guyana’s duo of Mark Vieira (right) and Andrew King (third) during the third CMRC leg at Bushy Park in Barbados.
Three matches set for Providence as ICC Women’s World T20 bowls off today - Defending champs Windies face Bangladesh tonight
Team Barbados arrive for second place fight
Coach Levi Nedd makes a pitch for President of the Guyana Volleyball Federation
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