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Midwives being denied their Blacks did not turn up in their numbers for Mrs. Clinton salaries 10 months now DEAR EDITOR, Kindly permit me a small space in your newspaper to express my frustration and that of some of my colleagues. I am a midwife, registered in the month of January, 2016, after completing three years of training. It has now been ten (approaching eleven) months and we are being pushed around for our hard earned salaries. I have made several calls, reports, and wrote letters to the relevant personnel, including the Ministry of Health, the Regional Health Officer, the Regional Executive Officer and the Sister in charge of my location, and to no avail. There was one occasion when I contacted the Permanent Secretary’s Office at the Ministry of Health in
Georgetown and I was allowed to talk to a woman to whom I explained my plight and in an arrogant response, she said “I don’t know about that, you have to wait until they are ready’’, and she hung up the phone on me. I was left to wonder if this is the way you treat your professionals who are investing their time to save lives in this country. Are we the midwives of this country invading an unauthorized space that is causing us to be treated this way? We were given up to December, 2016 to pay for our license, we are in the month of November and we are not being paid. Now can the Ministry tell us when will we get the money to fulfill such demand and how are we going to take
care of our hygiene and our financial responsibilities? It is very sad to know that a country that is looking to improve its’ health care services are still treating the health care workers like VOLUNTEERS/ BEGGERS. It is very DRACONION that the relevant personnel are sitting in their offices watching us being treated like this, while they are enjoying the praises for our work. Is it that we have to go and stand at the Ministry of the Presidency’s gate or at the Minister of Health door with PLACARDS with slogans demanding our money? Editor, this is a simple call to the relevant authorities to let them know that there are midwives in regions 10, 9 and 1 to be paid what is due to them. Frustrated Midwife
City Council announces amnesty for defaulters of rates and taxes DEAR EDITOR, The Mayor and City Council wishes to inform your readers of an amnesty on interest ascend on property rates to all property-owners, in the City of Georgetown. This facility would be available for a very limited period from November 15-30, 2016. This amnesty provides a great window of opportunity for all defaulters to settle their outstanding accounts with the Council. Simultaneously, it allows the Municipality to recover large amounts owed
to the council, for many years. These sums are urgently needed to sustain current works in the City including drainage, road repairs, cleaning and greening of parks, gardens and open spaces, garbage collection and disposal and enforcement of compliance to our by-laws and building codes, and public health and environmental services, in all local communities. Council is urging all property-owners, particularly those, who have been default-
The result was the will of the American people DEAR EDITOR, Donald Trump has been declared winner of the US Presidential elections in what will go down in history as one of the most gruelling and acrimonious elections. Mrs. Clinton who was favoured to win has graciously conceded defeat and extended congratulations to Mr. Trump on his victory. History seems to have eluded the American people many of whom had been hoping to have the first woman president in Mrs. Clinton. Trump’s victory took the entire world by surprise and has already created some jitters in the financial markets in the United States and abroad including the Asian markets. It is interesting to see what changes will emerge from this new development in
US politics and what impact it will have on the global economy. The newly elected Trump in his victory speech promised to be a President of all Americans and congratulated Mrs. Clinton for a spirited and well fought campaign. However, he will need to do much more than that when he assumes the Presidency early next year, to allay fears by a significant number of the population regarding his stance on immigration and the economy. As he predicted in the campaign, the US elections would throw up another ‘Brexit-style’ outcome. It certainly did. It was a victory that defied the polls and to a fair degree rational thinking. But at the end of the day what matters is the will of the American people. Hydar Ally
ing on payment of their rates, to make optimum use of this limited facility and liquidate their debts, at the City Treasury. According to a report by the City Treasurer, Council is owed about 22 billion dollars, in outstanding property rates, by property owners, in the City. Council hopes to recover a substantial portion of that amount during this period. Debra Lewis Public Relations Officer (ag) Mayor and City Council
DEAR EDITOR, Many of us in the West Indian community do not realize the importance of the Trump victory for Black people in the US. I know from where I live in New York, many West Indians did not go out to vote. Many of us went in record numbers to vote for Barack Obama because we wanted a Black President. There was nothing wrong with that. In fact everything was right about that. But we stayed home when the fight was between two white candidates. This was a crucial mistake. I believe Mrs. Clinton lost because non-white voters did not go out in record numbers as they did for Barack Obama. I am not concerned with Asian and Hispanics but how my own people voted. I know at least seven West Indians
This is an insult to Black people after all that Obama and his wife have taught us. The rise to power of a Black president was the final chapter in the struggle of Black people for their rightful place in the US. Oprah Winfrey and Jessie Jackson cried when Obama gave his victory speech. They didn’t cry for Obama. The cried for what the Obama presidency symbolized – the final acceptance of Blacks by the US. Now we are poised to let ourselves down and the Obamas too. I am so deeply worried about this new attitude to America by Black people. I have migrated here since I was a child. I campaigned for Obama and Mrs. Clinton but did I waste my time? Only time will tell Margaret Forsyth- Inniss
Ministry of Communities must do more for Georgetown DEAR EDITOR, British royalty, Prince Harry will be here in Guyana in a matter of weeks and I wonder what kind of a country will we be offering? It’s a bit soothing to know it will not be the filthy, lawless Guyana that we were sadly becoming accustomed to under the PPP government. Georgetown has changed drastically but there is so much more that can be done. Instead we hear of the Mayor
Hamilton Green offers the poems of Kahlil Gibran DEAR EDITOR, As we dwell in the penultimate month of our Golden Jubilee year of Independence, I ask that you share these selected pieces composed by the Prophet Kahlil Gibran. Some of these verses we recited at the start of certain functions some years ago. Should we do so once more to provide some illumination on our path to the next step of this period of our journey to Unity, Goodness and Glory, perhaps it can help motivate and give guidance to our young people and
who told me that it is a fight between two whites and that is of no concern to them. This was a mistake that will cost Black people dearly. Mrs. Clinton would have continued the policies of Barack Obama. The Clinton family is a friend to Black people. Look at the support she got from Jay-z and Beyonce. Yet Blacks did not go out in their numbers. I admit Blacks do not see her as a champion of the working people as they do with Obama but much to the surprise of many who read this letter, she is. What I am afraid of is that we Black people may be going back into our shells as we did many moons ago in the US until Obama came into power. With Obama gone, the average Black will lose interest in the US presidential race.
those in our Parliament. “Pity the Nation that is full of beliefs and empty of religion. Pity the nation that wears a cloth it does not weave and eats a bread it does not harvest. Pity a Nation that despises a passion in its dream, yet submits in its awakening. Pity the Nation whose sages are dumb with years and whose strongmen are yet in the cradle. Pity the Nation divided into fragments, each fragment deeming itself a nation.” Hamilton Green OR., JP.
and City Council pleading with property owners and business people to pay their taxes. This should upset any citizen. It is clear that regardless of the issues facing the council a genuine effort is being made to restore Georgetown. The council is trying to raise funds to carry out its affairs and citizens should honour their obligations. I think the government through the Ministry of Communities should do more for the city also. Instead of having pedestrian crossings and charging people for driving above 50 km/hr on the only thoroughfare that takes citizens to the only international airport and numerous destinations along the east bank, what about overhead walkways, round-abouts in the city, more social spaces, parks and economic
spaces? What about the new road linking the city to the east back to ease traffic? There is so much that has to be done yet citizens are not paying their dues. There should be no questions about the need for large sums to be pumped into the capital. The Mayor and City Council must continue the best way it could to generate funds. This is our capital and the image of our country. City Hall must also devise ways to sanction those who fail to make payments and to recognize those who honour our city with their various contributions. I mentioned in an earlier letter that too much money is going to the sugar industry. It is time to add greater focus to the micro structures and systems while fixing those macro ones. Akeem Bennons
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White-collar crime is not given the attention it deserves to get DEAR EDITOR, Many Guyanese have developed a rather distorted and one-sided conception of crime. They see crime as something that is intrinsically evil, as something that threatens individual rights, civil liberties and perhaps the very foundations of society. They seek to protect themselves by locking their doors and windows, insuring their possessions and avoiding dangerous places and situations. They think of crime as something alien, something that exists outside of organized society. In actuality, crime goes well beyond the street crime, violence, and theft portrayed in the popular media. Moreover, the volume and rates differ considerably from what conventional wisdom suggests. Although violence and theft may appear to be most typical forms of law breaking, crime includes thousands of different types of offences and the majority rarely comes to our attention. White collar crime is associated with the illegal activities of business people that take place alongside the legitimate day to day
activities of their business or profession. It involves billions of dollars annually in price fixing, embezzlement, restraint of trade, stock manipulation, misrepresentation, bribery, false advertising and consumer fraud. The economic toll from white collar crime exceeds the dollar losses from all know robberies, burglaries and other thefts, yet it is rarely considered. Also important is the fact that many activities are considered crimes in some jurisdictions but not in others, and in some nations but not in others. There are activities that once were viewed as crimes but are no longer considered as such and some behaviour that many people consider normal and common are nevertheless defined as criminal under the law. What then is crime? Crime has been subject to a variety of definitions and interpretations. For the scholar crime can be drama, a conflict between good and evil like those portrayed in the Greek tragedies, Shakespeare’s Macbeth and Dostoyevsky’s crime and punishment. To the moralist and reformer, crime is
a manifestation of spiritual depravity. It is a pestering disease of the soul that must be eradicated by the powers of restraint and virtue. Crime has also been equated with sin. It has been associated with violations of a natural law, the Ten Commandments or the proscriptions embodied in the Bible, the Quran, and the Talmud. For others crime has different meanings. To the reporter it is news, to the detective it means work, to the thief it is business and to the victim it suggests fear and loss. But to most individuals crime is no more than the violation of a generally accepted set of rules that are backed by the power and authority of the state. While these and many other conceptions of crime maybe important for particular purposes they are of little help at arriving at an explicit definition of crime. Nevertheless the notion of crime as sin suggests a standing point. For the evolution of criminal definitions is linked to historical images of right and wrong and the precepts of natural law. Allan. R. Gates
My America which did not vote for Donald Trump DEAR EDITOR, The talk all over the world is that America has spoken. I find that to be nonsense. Parts of America have spoken. The news media need to be careful with their broad brush. Blacks, Asians, Caribbean people did not vote for Donald Trump. White America went out and voted to make America white again. And by ‘again’, they were referring to the Black President, Barack
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Obama. Florida was the largest indication that Trump was rejected by non-white Americans. He got the white votes in Florida, Clinton got the Latino votes. Make no mistake, this election was about race. Trump knew it, he wanted it to be so and he campaigned on race-baiting issues. Trump knew if white people came out to vote, he would have won. I have heard lots of people in my neigbourhood in New
Jersey saying that Trump was silly to target Hispanics, Blacks Muslims etc. But Trump was far more realistic than we gave him credit for. Trump’s strategy was if he appealed to white voters and they came out in their numbers then he did not need to appease any other ethnic group in the US. The results showed that Trump did not need the votes of non-white Americans. So sooner rather than later, the networks have to stop this nonsense about “America has spoken.” Which America are they referring to? Certainly not my America. Andrew Cummings
The President getting wrong advice on the Carvil Duncan case DEAR EDITOR, Many persons have asked me to respond to President Granger’s latest statements on Carvil Duncan. I attempt to do so now. Speaking on the dismissal on the fraud charge against Duncan, the President is quoted as saying “There is a slight difference between insufficient evidence and innocence therefore, insufficient evidence is not equal to innocence…” The President goes on to say that he will await the decision of the tribunal established and that he will not withdraw his suspension imposed on Duncan. I am sure that the President is being advised by his legal advisors. I am equally sure that his legal advisors are at sea. As I stated earlier Duncan, like every other person charged with a criminal offence, is presumed innocent until proven guilty. This is a constitutional protection. It means that Duncan is as innocent as the prosecutor is; that Duncan is as innocent as the magistrate is; that Duncan is innocent as
the President is. Those who charged Duncan must produce the legally admissible evidence to establish beyond a reasonable doubt that he is guilty of the offence for which he is charged. Only when that evidential threshold is met, is the presumption of innocence which Duncan enjoys, rebutted. He is then said to have been proven guilty. Therefore, if those who have charged Duncan fail to adduce the required degree of evidence then Duncan remains as innocent of the charge as the prosecutor is, as the magistrate and indeed as the President is. Applying these elementary legal principles, it ought to be excruciatingly clear that it was wrong to establish the tribunal to remove Mr. Duncan from office before the criminal legal proceedings were determined. This is so because the tribunal is attempting to remove a legally innocent person from office. It should also be equally clear that the imposition of the sanction of suspension upon
Mr. Duncan is premature and wrong because it constitutes an imposition of a penalty upon an innocent man. The dismal of the fraud charge against Mr. Duncan has compounded these wrongs. Having regard to the foregoing, the statement attributed to the President that “There is a slight difference between insufficient evidence and innocence therefore, insufficient evidence is not equal to innocence…” is quite unfortunate. Immediately, it must be pointed out that insufficient evidence is certainly not equal to guilty, either. More fundamentally, I say with deep respect that the statement demonstrates a lack of appreciation of the constitutional doctrine of presumption of innocence. In fact, the statement erroneously implies that there is some obligation on Duncan to prove his innocence. The law imposes no such obligation. I blame, not the President, but those who have illadvised him. Anil Nandlall
The mistreated stepchild of UG’s Turkeyen Campus DEAR EDITOR, It is graduation time again for the students at the University of Guyana, and while I understand that this is a celebratory time, I cannot help but feel angered by the realization that the Berbice Campus, after more than fifteen years of existence, continues to be the mistreated stepchild of the Turkeyen Campus. I refer specifically to two concerns. The first is the unfair treatment of the Berbice Campus students with respect to the granting of top/ special awards for excellent performance. The students of the Berbice Campus have never been considered for a number of top/special awards even though many of them would have earned such awards had they been students of the Turkeyen Cam-
pus instead of the Berbice Campus. The fortunate students of the Turkeyen Campus are the ones who would, once again, be considered for awards such as the President Medal, the Chancellor Medal, the Prime Minister Medal, the Vice-Chancellor Special Awards, and the Council of the University Prize. If the University of Guyana is truly “one university”, shouldn’t all graduating students be vying for the same awards? Why, then, does it appear as though the students of the Berbice Campus are receiving the short end of the stick? Perhaps, I can answer my own question and yes, it is because they are receiving the short end of the stick. My second concern is the obvious difference between the quality of graduation-re-
lated communication produced by the two campuses. I recently saw the graduation invitation that my niece received from the Turkeyen Campus, and I was shocked because the one my daughter received from the Berbice Campus is not nearly as elegant. It is quite obvious which of the two invitations received substantial financial support in its production. Again, if the University of Guyana is really “one university”, shouldn’t the quality or standard of anything produced by the campuses be very similar, if not exactly the same? It saddens me to think that even with a new Vice Chancellor, the Berbice Campus remains the mistreated stepchild. I guess the idea of “one university” is just a neat cover-up for “one campus is more equal than the other”. Melissa Singh
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Embattled Rice Board chief proceeds on one week leave GMC court case…
Embattled General Manager of the Guyana Rice Development Board (GRDB), Nizam Hassan, has applied for and was granted one week vacation leave. Hassan, who was slapped with fraud charges on Monday and had appeared in court, would have been facing a possible decision by his board which met yesterday. However, from indications, Hassan went on one week leave, starting yesterday. Contracted, Chairman of GRDB, Claude Housty, said that the General Manager has applied for and has been granted vacation leave. The official would not be drawn into whether the board has taken any decision. “It is up to the powers that be to do what they wish based of whatever advice they get from whatever source after that leave is finished.” Hassan is expected back at work next week. Hassan, a former General Manager of the Guyana Marketing Corporation (GMC), appeared in court on Monday slapped with fraud charges relating to transactions that happened while he was in charge of that entity. Hassan is also facing investigations into a multi-milliondollar fertilizer programme, launched by the last two administrations of the People’s Progressive Party/Civic and handled by GMC. There were a number of questionable payments and transfers that the forensic audit of GMC unearthed. That probe is still ongoing. His appearance in court raised questions as to what would happen now as he is currently in charge of GRDB, the body that oversees rice production and trade in the country. Rice has been among the top three foreign currency earners in Guyana with GRDB a key agency of the Ministry of Agriculture. On Tuesday, Minister of Agriculture, Noel Holder, could not immediately say whether Hassan would be asked to proceed on leave pending the outcome of the criminal charge. “I will have to be guided by Cabinet. What I can tell you is that the GRDB board is to meet (today) to discuss the issue. The discussions will guide the way forward,” the Minister said. Hassan’s case is generating significant interest as it is one of the few that came out of the forensic audits into state agencies ordered by the administration when it came into office last year. The audits have unearthed at the least poor management with criminal intentions and negligence in some instances. There have been many criticisms over the pace of investigations and sloth in bringing charges, despite evidence of wrongdoings. Hassan’s case would also bear sharp undertones of the Carvil Duncan case. Duncan, Chairman of the Public Service Commission and member of a number of other constitutional bodies, was suspended after he was charged earlier this year for monies he allegedly approved for himself while he was a director of the Guyana Power and Light Inc. One of the cases was dismissed recently, but he is still
GM, Nizam Hassan before the courts on another charge. The charges against Duncan stemmed also from the forensic audits. The general feeling has been that executives of state agencies should proceed on administrative leave once they are facing criminal charges. On Monday, Hassan and Felecia De Souza-Madramootoo, the wife of Hanniel Madramootoo, an engineer at the Ministry of Agriculture; appeared before a City Court charged in relation to a scandal that involved the GMC headquarters at Robb and Alexander Streets, Bourda, Georgetown. They are jointly charged with Madramootoo; his brother Phillip Madramootoo and his friend, Nizam Ramkissoon, both Directors of Constantine Engineering and Construction Services Limited, of Trinidad and Tobago, with conspiracy to commit a misdemeanor of procuring money to be paid by false pretence with intent to defraud. The Special Organised Crime Unit had approached Trinidad and Tobago for help with prosecuting the Trinidadians. This help has not been forthcoming. The charges were reportedly instituted on the advice of the Director of Public Prosecutions. It was alleged that between October 28, 2010 and April 25, 2012 they conspired with each other to commit the offence by continuously approving payments which were made to the contractor of the engineering firm for works that were incompetently and incorrectly done with inferior materials to
Voir dire in Bartica massacre nears conclusion The voir dire in the trial for three men charged for the 2008 Bartica Massacre may finally be at its end. After almost two weeks of the (trial within a trial) Justice Roxanne George will rule on the admissibility of the statement procured from accused, Dennis W i l l i a m s Williams, called ‘Anaconda’; Mark Royden Williams, called ‘Durant’; and Anthony Simon, called ‘Goat Man’ are on trial for 12 counts of murder. The men are being represented by Attorneys Roger Yearwood, Peter Hugh and Saphier Hussein. The accused faced a lengthy cross examination from State Counsels, Diana Kaulesar and Stacy Goodings. He has since called witnesses to testify on his behalf.
Last week, state witness, Jaiwantie Singh, detailed testimony of how persons stormed her home at First Avenue Bartica, kicking down doors and firing gunshots during the 2008 Bartica massacre, in which a dozen persons were killed. According to reports, on
the night of February 17, 2008, several gunmen attacked Bartica, slaughtering a dozen people, including three police officers, during an hour-long attack. It was reported that the armed men attacked the police station killing the policemen before freeing prisoners.
They then left with the vehicle assigned to the police station and went on a rampage, terrorizing the community. The gunmen arrived in the area by boat and departed in a similar fashion taking firearms they grabbed from the police station and a mining company.
rehabilitate the GMC; despite knowing that such works should not have been approved. Hassan, 50, of Good Hope, East Coast Demerara and De Souza-Madramootoo, 34, of Lusignan, East Coast Demerara were the only ones present for the court hearing. They were not required to plead to the indictable charge read to them by Chief Magistrate Ann McLennan in the Georgetown Magistrates’ Courts. They were each released on $250,000 bail and instructed to report to the Special Organized Crime Unit (SOCU) Headquarters, Camp Street, Georgetown. Arrest warrants have since been issued for the others. Charges were recommended against the former GM and several other persons after SOCU completed its report into the investigations of the multi-million dollar construction of the GMC office building. A forensic audit report submitted back in April by auditor, Saykar Boodhoo, had flagged the construction, citing several worrying things at GMC, an agency of the Ministry of Agriculture. The forensic audit report was sent to Cabinet where it was decided that the findings of the report were serious enough to warrant a deeper investigation into not only the construction of the building but also into the handling of hundreds of millions of dollars of fertilizers. De Souza-Madramootoo was represented by Attorney Glenn Hanoman while Attorney Marcel Bobb entered an appearance on behalf of Hassan. Both lawyers told the court that their clients had fully cooperated with the investigation conducted by SOCU. Police Prosecutor, Neville Jeffers did not oppose bail for the accused. However, Jeffers requested that reporting conditions are applied and that they lodge their passports. The police file is still incomplete in this matter which has been adjourned until December 7. According to Government sources, investigations found that the principals of the contracting company are close relatives of the engineer. Investigations reportedly also found that Madramootoo allegedly used his wife to conduct transactions at the Tender Board relating to the project. The forensic audit which triggered the recommendations for the charges would tell a worrying tale of how things were at GMC between January 1, 2012 and May 31, 2015, the time under review. With regards to the construction of the building, in 2011 a contract was awarded to Constantine Engineering and Construction Services to build a new head office for GMC and the Guyana Shop, which it runs. A contract in the amount of $23.96M was awarded by the National Procurement and Tender Administration Board (NPTAB). The auditor could not review the bidding documents as NPTAB could not find any information that it was involved in the tender process even though the contract indicated otherwise. Hanniel Madramootoo, an engineer attached to the Ministry of Agriculture was assigned to oversee the construction of the building.
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Fourteen women killed in 11 months
Fourteen women have lost their lives in domestic dispute between January and October 2016. According to data, compiled by the Ministry of Social Protection Documentation Centre, that figure represents three fewer women who were killed by their husbands, boyfriends or ex-partners, for the same period last year. The victims were between the ages 28 and 75 years old. Representatives of the documentation centre noted the slight decline in the number of women killed in domestic violence scenarios will easily go unnoticed since it has become a norm. They pointed to the 2015 Latin American Public Opinion Project (LAPOP) survey which showed that domestic violence is relatively accepted in Guyana. According to surveys carried out between 2006 and 2014, respondents were asked whether they would or would not approve of a man hitting his wife if she had been unfaithful. They were also asked whether they would not approve but understand the abuse. LAPOP recorded 10.2% of respondents approved while 25.4% of respondents did not approve of the abuse but understood. Further, 64.4% of respondents neither approved nor understood the abuse. “This has been the cultural norm and the nation needs to move away from this. Try to eradicate domestic violence killing and genderbased violence.” The information compiled by the documentation centre outlined that the first domestic murder for the year was committed against Hafeeza Rohoman, 28 of Helena Mahiachony on January 7, 2016. The next act was committed against Leolyn Sullivan, of Wismar Linden. She was stabbed 31 times in a neighbour’s yard after she had jumped through a window in an effort to escape. She died while receiving treatment at the Linden Hospital. Her reputed husband, Lawrence Carter, was taken into custody shortly after.
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On January 21, the battered body of 41year-old Bibi Zabida Khan was found in a trench at Zeelugt, East Bank Essequibo, one day after she went missing from her Seaview, Stewartville home. A postmortem revealed that the woman had been beaten and strangled. Her reputed husband, Randolph Williams, who disappeared after the woman went missing, committed suicide a few months later. On April 18, the partially decomposed body of 23-year-old Simone Hackett was discovered in a trench at Cummings Lodge, East Coast Demerara, a few days after she left her home to collect a package which her reputed husband had reportedly sent from the interior with a friend. Her throat was slit and she was stabbed at least twice to her back and neck. A few days after the discovery was made, her reputed husband, Clevon Hamilton, and an alleged accomplice were charged. On May 9, 50-year-old Bagwanttie Persaud, called “Kamini” of 196 Mangroo Street, Rose Hall was chopped to death, allegedly by her reputed husband, 52-year-old Desmond Gordon. On May 31, security guard Latchmin Shivpujan called “Radika” of Lot 3233 Crane Old Road, West Coast Demerara (WCD) was found murdered in her home. Her body bore several stab wounds. Neighbours said that they heard the woman screaming for help the night before the gruesome discovery was made but no one saw anyone entering her home. A male security guard, with whom she had a relationship, is among four taken into custody for questioning.
Interim report on deadly Puruni mining pit cave-in handed over Minister of Natural Resources, Raphael Trotman, yesterday received the interim report on the Commission of Inquiry (CoI) into the mining pit collapse, and subsequent death of a miner, at Rock Creek, Puruni, Cuyuni-
The Minister noted that he is confident that Advisor Best’s report will provide a better understanding of the circumstances that lead to these occurrences and how to prevent them. “I had no hesitation in my
start after we would have gone through the recommendations to see how we can implement them,” he said. Meanwhile, in an effort to bring some context to his report, Advisor Best said this preliminary report has exam-
Minister of Natural Resources, Raphael Trotman (left), receives the interim report from Presidential Advisor on the Environment, Rear Admiral (retd) Gary Best. Commissioner (Ag.) of the Guyana Geology and Mines Commission (GGMC), Newell Dennison is also pictured (partially) behind Advisor Best. Mazaruni, Region Seven. The death occurred on October 8, last. Presidential Advisor on the Environment, Rear Admiral (retd) Gary Best, who had been commissioned to probe the incident, presented the report to the Minister at his Brickdam office. In accepting the interim report, which was originally due on Friday November 4, the Minister said that every death in the mining industry is regrettable and its frequency is particularly concerning as the Guyana gold industry has taken off and is poised to make a high declaration this year. “Every death in the mining sector is painful and His Excellency, [President David Granger] takes these [deaths] very personally and so it is the rule that… in the event that there are deaths that we will have an inquiry,” Minister Trotman said in the release from the Ministry of the Presidency.
mind that Rear Admiral would do a thorough job and I know, even before I can read it, that it would take us into areas beyond just the death because I believe it is important for us to understand more [about] why this is happening, rather than just the circumstances of this individual death,” he said. The Minister further said that he believed that Acting Commissioner of the Guyana Geology and Mines Commission (GGMC), Newell Dennison, shares his and President Granger’s view that more must be done to bring deaths in the mining industry to zero. “For the year… we’ve had six deaths, including this one. Each one is one too many,” he said. Minister Trotman said that his Ministry remains committed to supporting Advisor Best’s probe into the matter. He hopes to engage him after he has submitted his final report. “The real work has to
ined the regulators in the industry and a probe into other aspects of his mandate, starting with the operators, was set to begin yesterday. “We want to be as thorough as we can and, so far, we have had good cooperation at the upper management level, but it was quite difficult getting the evidence from the mines officers in the field. I think that was quite tough and we’ll have to go back there again and meet with some rangers to try to understand exactly what occurred,” he said. The final report of the COI is due on Monday, November 21, 2016. On Tuesday, October 18, Advisor Best was sworn-in by Chief Magistrate Ann McLennan, at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court, to lead a probe into the incident that resulted on the October 8, death of 33-yearold miner from Ann’s Grove, Keon Wilson. The ceremony followed closely on the heels of a mandate given by President Granger that a CoI be established to probe the incident under Section Two of the Commission of Inquiry Act, Cap. 19:03. Geeta Chandan-Edmonds, Legal Advisor at the Ministry of the Presidency; Joslyn McKenzie, Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Natural Resources; and Derrick Lawrence, Director of Compliance at the Ministry of Natural Resources attended the presentation.
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Guyanese have nothing to lose under Trump Guyanese are ‘worked-up’ about the outcome of the elections. It is as almost as if the outcome of the elections mattered to them. Whatever happens in the United States is not going to affect much what happens locally in Guyana. The United States is not a major contributor to the development of Guyana. They give us less money than most other countries of the world. The US is more interested in what they can get from Guyana than what they give. Guyanese have always been pro-Democratic Party. They have tended to support the Democratic Party (DP) and their candidates in elections. They expect immigrant communities to do better under a Democratic leadership. They expect the Caribbean to get more help under a liberal rather than a conservative government. They are wrong on all these scores. The DP has done little for Guyanese in the USA. They have disap-
pointed the Caribbean. No Democratic leader has been more disappointing to the Caribbean than Obama. He has done nothing, absolutely nothing, in his eight years as President for the Caribbean. It is time for the Caribbean to pin its hopes in a conservative President. Guyanese will never admit that it was Obama, a historic president, whose poor performance as a president, has led to the loss of power by the Democratic Party. They will never concede that Trump was only able to win because of the disaffection amongst large sections of the working class with the failures of the Obama administration. Guyanese, at home and in the USA, supported Hillary Clinton not because she is a woman or because they liked her policy. They supported her because they feared Trump. Hillary Clinton is an unimpressive politician. She could not beat Obama; her
party used dirty tactics against Bernie Sanders and she failed the ultimate test against Donald Trump who is not someone that it takes much to dislike. Everybody loses at some time or the other. Hillary lost in the past. She has lost now. Trump lost in the past. He has won now. It is his time. The world should respect the fact that, according to the rules, he won the elections. You cannot say you support democracy and be not accept the outcome of elections. And when it comes to not wanting to accept the results of elections, Guyanese stand in a league of their own. If anything it is the Americans who seem to be adopting the Guyanese attitude to elections - refuse to accept the results if the party you support does not win. Guyanese are the least people who should be criticizing the Americans for failing to elect its first woman President. Guyana did have a
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Americans tun Guyanese and protesting elections results People wake up vex like if dem live in de States. Donald Trump win de elections and some Guyanese cry. Dem was de people who was getting visa like when people ketching rain water. Dem frighten that de good run is over. Donald Trump set a new stage fuh elections campaign. He cuss, he seh what he want. He treat women like how Jagdeo treat he wife. And he win. But is de polls that mek Guyanese end up in trouble. Bisram conduct a poll and it show that Hillary win huge. Is de same kind of poll he use to conduct in Guyana. He poll seh one thing and de result is something else. Anyhow, Guyana got company. When we got elections and we protest we does hear how we can’t accept democracy. Now de elections done and dem got protest in America. Dem didn’t have observers. Dem boys willing to bet is Guyanese protesting. Dem tek dem bad habits till over there. Trump gun deport dem. But life got to go on. Guyana gun still
complain how it got to pour money into sugar and if it try to close down de sugar estate it gun be one big political situation. People might even see a riot. But then again people seh that Guyana either got to be a stupid place or it had a leader who was every smart. Dem sugar factory last fuh more than 100 years when de white people like Trump build it. De one that Jagdeo build barely last 10 years and it cost 100 times more. Dem boys seh that is either Jagdeo tek de money and put it elsewhere or de people he pay to build de factory kok him. Dem boys don’t believe he get kok. So wha really happen? It can’t be that dem Chinee build a bogus factory. Thing fuh cry got people laughing. De factory falling down and nuff people watching how dem job falling down wid de factory. Dem would not blame Jagdeo. That is why dem boys want to know why Soulja Bai tek de president wuk. He gun get cuss. Talk half and wait fuh de plane load of deportees,
woman President. And look how she was treated. There was an opportunity for Guyana in 2015 to elect its first ever female Prime Minister. The treatment that was meted out to this woman was far worse than what Hilary got at the hands of the Republicans. The shock that greeted Trump election was because Guyanese people were misled by the polls. It is not that the polls were wrong. Guyanese were looking at the wrong numbers. They were judging the outcome based on the popular vote which consistently had Hilary ahead. Trump won comfortably in the end despite narrowly losing the popular votes. The outcome of the elections was about who would win the 270 votes required in the electoral college, not about who would win the popular vote. The result of the elections in the USA, on November 8,
2016, was closer that the Guyanese elections of 2015, judged solely in terms of the popular vote. But in terms of the Electoral College, Trump won by a fair margin but in almost all the swing states, the race was too close to call. The Democrats have to accept that they lost the elections. They cannot be sour losers. The results should not surprise anyone. The Republicans, it should be mentioned, also had a big night in the Congressional elections. The national elections more or less, therefore, mirrored the national mood. The Democratic Party, under Clinton, sent home their supporters last night without conceding. They did not want to face them. This is a shocking respect. You send home your supporters who were there all day and all night standing by your side? Guyanese, however, have
an interest in the elections because of the large Guyanese population in the United States. The population is large relative to Guyana standards but in terms of minorities in the USA, the Guyanese community is small grouping with little or no socio- economic impact. Guyanese, living in the United States, are not a problem group. They work hard, generally abide by the law, pay their taxes, save a lot of their money and send their children to school. They are not going to be affected by any anti-immigration policy. Guyanese are model immigrants. They are the kind of immigrants that even a Donald Trump would support for America.
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=== The Freddie Kissoon column ===
The White race and failed capitalism failed Hillary Clinton I do not live in the US so I have to rely on analyses I have seen from people whose erudition I respect. But never mind that; we live in a global village and we can monitor happenings from far away and arrive at original conclusions. The rest of this commentary is my opinion on why Mrs. Clinton failed. In offering my viewpoint, I relied on some graphical statistical outlays that are incontrovertible. First, the electorate in the US in this election was 70 percent White. Obama took a majority of that. His percentage of that section of the electorate decreased when he ran the second time (against Mitt Rom-
ney but again he took the majority). In this election, Trump took the majority. There is widespread assessment among political observers all over the world that there was a white backlash in the election results. As I type this article, I am seeing that very point being made from commentators at CNN, columnists from the British Guardian newspaper, Yahoo News etc. Secondly, the Trump victory reminds me so vividly of my studies as a history freshman at the University of Guyana when I concentrated on doing research on Germany under Hitler. Germany was devastated after the First
World War, Poverty and hopelessness were ubiquitous. Hitler came on the scene and promised to make Germany great again. Every child and his/her parents wanted Hitler to do that. He won the 1933 elections. By the time the 2016 election came, capitalism had failed a substantial percentage of American citizens. For reasons that cannot be explained here, the excitement about Obama was that he would help reduce the inequalities that set America apart from all other rich, developed states. In the US today, there are far greater equalities among classes than any other post-industrial society. Statistics show that over the last 50 years in the US, the income gap has relentlessly widened between lower and richer classes. In many ways Obama did curtail this
expanding culture of inequality but the expectations of the poor, the working people, blue collar employees and the middle classes were so large that they felt Obama did not do enough. The past one hundred and fifty years, Americans have been fed a diet of American exceptionalism and the American dream of getting rich that it became a fixed part of their psychology. The average American believed that America was so rich, powerful and great that there is a place for economic advancement for every citizen. This myth exploded from the sixties onwards and was driven by the counter-culture revolution known as the age of the hippies. From the eighties onwards, Wall Street took over the US and President Reagan became its chief servant. By the time Obama promised the return to the Promised Land, the, working people and the lower and middle classes were yearning for the results of American exceptionalism and the American dream. The entire coun-
try saw Barack Obama as its saviour. It wasn’t to be. The trouble with American exceptionalism was, it was no longer exceptional, the dream faded and the money was no longer there. The American low income and middle classes were looking for another saviour; this time, someone who had absolutely nothing in common with the great Barack Obama. His name was Donald Trump. He told the suffering classes that he can bring back the exceptionalism, the dream and make them get a part of the pie that they were entitled to. He reminded the historian so vividly of the 1930s and the demagoguery of Adolph Hitler. Mrs. Clinton failed because the nature and style of American capitalism has failed the US. Voters saw her as a symbol of elite capitalism. The poor classes see the US as one big, rich Wall Street Company where the elites are in the driving seat. When Bernie Sanders descended upon the scene and took a position more leftist than Obama, he was a lightening
Frederick Kissoon rod. He almost took away the nomination of the Democratic Party from Mrs. Clinton. Here now is where the election campaign was an unimaginable irony. Trump and Sanders had absolutely nothing in common but they were appealing to the same disgruntled classes. The more embrace Sanders got from the American people, the more emboldened Trump became. How ironic – both men were courting the same dissatisfied constituencies. Trump reasoned that if Sanders was so successful, then, the small American wants changes desperately so he tapped into their psychology the same way Hitler did to the German people. The loss of Sanders and Clinton is a tragedy. But equally tragic is Trump’s victory.
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Electricity theft costs GPL Region Six REO targets questionable contracts, improved transparency US$370M in last decade The Public Utilities Commission (PUC) has dealt with 366 complaints for the first nine months of 2016. These statistics were revealed by the Chairman of the commission, Justice Prem Persaud. The Chairman said
commission. Additionally, the Chairman pointed out that the PUC receives numerous complaints from GPL customers. However, he explained that often times when meter readers visit homes, these are
Over the years, the company has been reducing these losses in small increments and by 2015, non-technical losses has been reduced to 15.9 percent. Justice Persaud stated that non-technical losses cost
GPL lost US$370M in last 10 years because of electricity theft. that 300 were from the Guyana Telephone & Telegraph (GTT) customers; 63 from Guyana Power & Light (GPL) customers; three from the Guyana Water Authority (GWI) customers and none from Digicel’s customers. Justice Persaud said that the month of July recorded the highest number of complaints -47; with 40 coming from GTT customers, six from GPL, one from GWI, and none from Digicel’s customers. The most recent recorded data revealed that for the month of September, 42 complaints were received; 38 were from GTT customers, four from GPL customers and none from GWI and Digicel, according to Justice Persaud. The Chairman explained that from the 42 complaints for the month of September, four were resolved and 38 are actively being pursued by the
not accessible due to the family being at work and the gate is locked or the dogs are loose, thus estimation occurs. The estimation is often times in excess of the actual consumers’ consumption, the Chairman said, thus resulting in complaints from customers. Justice Persaud said that GPL is incurring losses due to stealing averaging about 15 percent yearly. “GPL also suffers from what you call technical losses in the system. If something happens over the weekend, something trips off, you have to replace the wire, replace the generator, which adds up to losses, hence the Government has to supplement the cost,” the Chairman said. He pointed out that in 2006, non-technical losses stood at 26.1 percent. Converted to monetary value this was equivalent to $7.7 billion.
the company $73.961 Billion (US$369.8M) in the last 10 years, and this has taken into consideration the opportunity loss from electricity theft that should have been translated to sales. This loss, in conjunction with technical losses, and high fuel prices over the years, hindered the company from making significant upgrades to its current infrastructure, resulting in major investments being put on hold for years. Last year, GPL lost $2.6 billion to stealing and tampering with meters and lines; while $4.8 billion was lost in opportunity costs (high fuel prices etc.), which amounted to a total loss of $7.4 billion. From 2006 to 2015, GPL has seen $73,961,132,091 in losses; $38,716,824,689 was from commercial loss and $35,244,307,402 from opportunity loss. (GINA)
Recently appointed Region Six Executive Officer (REO), Kim WilliamsStephens, said that the council is working hard to iron out many of the pressing issues dogging the area. Williams-Stephen explained that a number of changes have been implemented to address concerns relating to questionable contracts, staffing, timely payments and fairness in the public procurement process. The REO noted that since she assumed the position in the region, she has been mindful of all the complaints and has been working feverishly to address them. According to her, there has been vast improvement in tender board procedures in keeping with the principles of accountability, transparency and community involvement, a Ministry of Communities release said. “The council has since taken a decision to ensure that everyone is involved in the process and there is equitable distribution of projects among contractors,” Williams-Stephens said. She disclosed that the national procurement manual was made available and distributed to all the relevant
New REO, Kim Williams-Stephens stakeholders. “So we shared it before we actually did the tenders, so if they didn’t know we have to educate them. All of our awards are based in accordance with the manual.” Commenting on the status of projects in the region, Williams-Stephens, who was appointed less than two months ago, reported that when the allotment report was compared to the expenditure it amounted to about 80 percent. She explained that this
could mean that 80 percent of the capital work program has been completed once engineers are paying only for services that were provided. In terms of staffing, Williams-Stephen said the council has written to the Public Service Commission (PSC) to fill several vacancies. “We have sent out vacancy notices for House Mother and House Father at Orealla to strengthen the work of the administration by ensuring we get the full complement of staff and although we are not there yet, we have put systems in place,” the REO stated. William-Stephen said that sweepers and cleaners are also being paid in timely manner. She pointed out that there are challenges due to a shift in policy and a pervasive resistance to change, but expressed confidence that persons will get on board once the changes are in keeping with the spirit and administration of the law. Government has been appointing a number of REOs and Town Clerks across the country following local government elections being held for the first time in two decade this year.
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Govt to look into multiple gun licences
Government says it is clamping down on persons who have been granted multiple gun licences. Minister of Natural Resources, Raphael Trotman, has criticised the political opposition for its claims that the responsibility for the spate of criminal activities rests wholly and solely with Government. During the Parliamentary sitting on November 4, Trotman noted that many of the youths who are involved in committing crimes grew up under the previous administration. “We inherited much of the lawlessness that was allowed
to thrive. I don’t understand, as a lawyer myself, what is happening. When I first came to the Bar, a criminal with respect was an identifiable person. Now there are 14-year olds who are killing. They weren’t born when the APNU/ AFC Government took over!” The Minister, in a government release, explained that President David Granger does not need to be lectured on security as he is world recognized and has even been invited to give lectures.
The recent statements by the Head of State on crimes, he said, have been deliberately misinterpreted. President Granger had called for a reduction to the issuance of many private gun licences, saying that he preferred that they are in the hands of the police and military. Minister Trotman stressed that there are persons who carry licences for 10, 15 and 20 firearms. Those Continued on page 23
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School symposium for National Disability Week 2016, after four years National Disability Week 2016 will be observed from Sunday November 27 - Saturday December 3, 2016. International Day for Persons with Disabilities will be observed on Saturday, December 3, 2016. The theme for this year’s activities is: “Education is the Path to Inclusion and Rehabilitation”. The Guyana Council of Organisations for Persons with Disabilities, at a symposium in relation to National Disability Week 2016 activities, on Tuesday 8th November, 2016, at Queen’s College Auditorium, Camp Road, Georgetown, established three categories— primary schools, secondary schools and Special Needs schools respectively. The schools were asked to submit essays of not fewer than 450 words before October 24, 2016. Only Queen’s College and the Grahams Hall Primary school presented essays, yesterday. The participating schools in the symposium were Queen’s College, St. Joseph High School, the Grahams Hall Primary School and the David Rose Special Needs School. Topics for the competi-
tion; “The ultimate goal of inclusive quality education is to end all forms of discrimination and assist in improving the lives of persons living with disabilities”, for Secondary Schools; “Do you think that if parents and teachers cooperate, persons living with disabilities would enjoy a better quality of life?” for Primary Schools; “In what ways can young people provide support for persons living with disabilities” and “In what ways can your community play an important role in empowering persons living with disabilities”?, for Primary and Special Needs schools. The patron of the event was the Chairman of the Guyana Council of Organisations for Persons with Disabilities, Leon Walcott. Walcott stated that the symposium is supposed to be an annual event, but the support from the public and other schools fell short. Funding was also short, he said. The last essay competition held as part of Disability Week would have been in 2012. An invitation would have been sent to a number of schools, including
primary, secondary and specials needs. The Symposium Essay winners for the primary school category are Mahendra Pooran in third position, Rebekah Seepersaud, in second position, and the first place winner, Hadiyah Mcbean. Queen’s College students, Analisa Versammy, Stephen Lewis in second place and the winner Omari Joseph were the top three finishers. They were presented with trophies by Walcott. The essays were judged on structure and organisation, development of essay, clarity of expression, use of language, writing style, originality, creativity and imagination, relevance to the theme and accuracy of information. The Guyana Council of Organizations for Persons with Disabilities was established in 2008 under Walcott. The objective was to be an advocate for persons living with disability in Guyana. Persons with disabilities continue to face barriers in their participation as equal members of society and violations of their human rights, not just in Guyana but in all parts of the world.
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Caribbean reacts to election of Donald Trump as new US President BRIDGETOWN, Barbados (CMC) – Caribbean politicians and academics yesterday reacted to the election of billionaire Donald Trump as the 45th President of the United States, expressing hope for continued good relations with Washington even as they acknowledged that the region should be prepared for an influx of nationals returning home. Chancellor of the University of the West Indies (UWI), Sir Hilary Beckles warned the Caribbean to be prepared for returning nationals and other migrants from North America. Sir Hilary said that Trump’s philosophies and policies could lead to a demographic change in the Caribbean over time. Speaking on a post-US presidential analysis on the implications for the Caribbean at the Mona campus of the UWI, the Barbados-born academic said “you will also witness, I am sure a migration of Hispanics out of North America. “You will witness the return of many Caribbean
UWI Chancellor, Sir Hilary Beckles
Guyana’s President David Granger
Jamaica’s PM, Andrew Holness
Grenada’s Prime Minister Dr. Keith Mitchell
citizens out of North America and we have to prepare ourselves for return migration. Understand that these are going to be the forces that will be unleashed,” he said, telling the symposium “this is not the first time this has happened” He said there was a similar situation when Margaret Thatcher won the elections in Great Britain and became prime minister in 1979 saying she came to power ‘with very similar philosophical constructs and that was the beginning of the net
migration of Caribbean peoples out of Britain”. Sir Hilary said Trump’s victory will also have an effect on the global recession, predicting it will “have an adverse impact on the global economy. “My expectation as an economic historian is that we are going to see the deepening of the world recession because three quarters of humanity will assume that the United States no longer possess a moral authority to direct the world economy. “World trade has always
been driven by certain kinds of multilateral and bilateral ideologies and philosophies. Their assertion of these value systems in the current space will have an adverse impact on global trade. I think in the Caribbean we have to prepare for that,” Sir Hilary said. “We have to prepare for the consequences of a return to diminish levels of international trade as a result of this construct,” he added. In a stunning upset, Trump defied the odds and defeated the Democrat Hillary Clinton, who was seeking to become the first woman to be
elected President in the United States. Trump, who led a controversial campaign in which he spoke about building a wall to prevent illegal migration, deport Muslims and vowed to make America stronger again, has since said he would be President for the whole the United States. He will be sworn into office on January 20, next year. Jamaica’s Prime Minister Andrew Holness in extending congratulations to the 70year-old President-elect, said that Jamaica has always
welcomed “the longstanding friendship and cooperation, which has shaped our bilateral relationship with the United States for more than 50 years”. Holness, who won the general elections in his country in February spoke of a shared commitment to achieving and maintaining economic growth and development for the benefit of the peoples of both countries and for the peoples of the hemisphere. He also called for exploring new opportunities, as well as the desire to strengthen US/Caribbean and Jamaican relations. Guyana’s President David Granger told reporters he was looking forward to working with the new US administration. Granger said the US elections were conducted in a transparent manner and it is now an issue for the American people and Guyana will respect the democratic choice of the American people. “This is a matter for the American people. America (Continued on page 27)
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Teen granted bail on attempt murder charge …even as victim remains hospitalized in critical condition The family of a man, who was seriously injured when he was ambushed and severely beaten by four men, is up in arms after the mastermind was granted bail in the Springlands Magistrate Court. And this happened even as the victim lies critically ill in an unconscious state in the Georgetown Hospital. The injured man is Aslam Gaffour, 22, a cane harvester and father of two of Lot 235 No77 Corentyne, Berbice. He has so far undergone three surgeries. Gaffour was ambushed and beaten around 17:30 hrs on October 21, last, by the men with pieces of wood and a lug spanner which was subsequently flung at him and left stuck in his head. The incident occurred in the No77 housing scheme area. The four men were subsequently arrested, but only Haresh Persaud 19, of Lot 5 No 75 Village Corentyne Berbice was charged. He appeared before Magistrate Rabindranauth Singh in the Springlands Magistrate’s Court on a charge of Attempted murder and was granted bail in the sum of $500,000. He is being represented by attorney at law Krisendat Persaud. This was after vigorous objection by Prosecutor Inspector Bernard Brown. Brown in his argument stated that the victim is still hospitalized in a critical condition in the Intensive Care Unit of the Georgetown Hospital. However despite Brown’s objection, the Magistrate granted the man his pre trail liberty. According to the man’s mother, Bibi N Shakemohamed, the accused began threatening her son over a year ago. This was after he was warned not to interfere with
Aslam Gaffour still hooked up in hospital. her daughter. The accused began to threaten to kill her son. On two previous occasions the accused and his cohorts attacked Gaffour and damaged his motorcycle in the process. The matter was reported. However the police advised him to forget about the matter since the case will take a long time in the court. The man’s wife, Tarzanna Nazrudeen, stated that her husband was at a school sports at Skeldon when the accused, his brother and two others approached him to fight. The man refused and left the sports on his motor cycle with the men trailing him in a car. Gaffour sought refuge by a relative in the housing scheme. The men attempted to damage his bike which he left on the road. In an attempt to retrieve his bike he was attacked and beaten, when he tried to escape a lug spanner was thrown at him. The spanner got stuck in his head. He
was floored as the perpetrators escaped. The woman said that her husband was picked up in an unconscious manner with blood oozing from his body and rushed to the Skeldon Hospital. He was immediately transferred to the New Amsterdam Hospital and then to the Georgetown Public Hospital Intensive care unit for emergency surgery. The man has since undergone three surgeries on his head due to internal bleeding and swelling on his brain. The family has retained attorney at law Mursalene Bacchus to look into their affairs. Mr Bacchus, during a hearing on Monday, requested that the Magistrate revoke the bail on the ground that Aslam is on a life support and should he die there a possibility the accused might want to escape. The Magistrate refused and set the matter for today.
Govt to look into multiple gun... From page 12 are the persons, he said, who will be targeted. “Statistics show that many of the firearms recovered are firearms that are stolen from households and from people who have been given licences, and have left the firearm carelessly and they have been lost.” He questioned, “Why do you need 16 firearm licences if you are one person? Why do you need, Mr. Speaker, high-calibre assault rifles in this country? We have a military. We have a police force. It is our duty to protect citizens, but we will not be lectured to or allow private armies to reign in this country.”
President Granger recently stated on the television programme ‘Public Interest’ that, “We would like to see fewer weapons in the hands of private citizens; it is my personal view that weapons should be used by law enforcement agencies – the Guyana Police Force and the Guyana Defence Force.” The President stated that Government will try to detect people coming into the country with illegal firearms. There is a plethora of measures which will be implemented and “the whole policy is aimed at getting guns off the streets, and leaving guns in the hands of the police and the army.” The issue of guns has
been dominating in recent times with a surge in related crimes being reported. While police and authorities have pointed to statistics, there appears to be an increase in the number of daring robberies. Residents have been flooding social media with their concerns and fears. In recent years, there has been accusations of top police officials and the Home Affairs Ministry (now Public Security Ministry) being paid off thousands of dollars to expedite and positively influence the granting of gun licences. Farmers and others have been complaining of being given the royal runaround.
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Donald Trump elected 45th US President in stunning repudiation of the Establishment
President-elect Donald Trump speaks at his election night rally in Manhattan, New York. REUTERS/Carlo Allegri
Mr. Trump greets his running mate Mike Pence. REUTERS/Mike Segar By Matt Flegenheimer and Michael Barbaro (Republished from The New York Times) Donald John Trump was elected the 45th president of the United States on Tuesday in a stunning culmination of an explosive, populist and polarizing campaign that took relentless aim at the institutions and
long-held ideals of American democracy. The surprise outcome, defying late polls that showed Hillary Clinton with a modest but persistent edge, threatened convulsions throughout the country and the world, where skeptics had watched with alarm as Mr. Trump’s unvarnished over-
tures to disillusioned voters took hold. The triumph for Mr. Trump, 70, a real estate developer-turned-reality television star with no government experience, was a powerful rejection of the establishment forces that had assembled against him, from the world of business to government, and the consensus they had forged on everything from trade to immigration. The results amounted to a repudiation, not only of Mrs. Clinton, but of President Obama, whose legacy is sud-
denly imperiled. And it was a decisive demonstration of power by a largely overlooked coalition of mostly blue-collar white and working-class voters who felt that the promise of the United States had slipped their grasp amid decades of globalization and multiculturalism. In Mr. Trump, a thricemarried Manhattanite who lives in a marble-wrapped three-story penthouse apartment on Fifth Avenue, they found an improbable champion.
“The forgotten men and women of our country will be forgotten no longer,” Mr. Trump told supporters around 3 a.m. on Wednesday at a rally in New York City, just after Mrs. Clinton called to concede. In a departure from a blistering campaign in which he repeatedly stoked division, Mr. Trump sought to do something he had conspicuously avoided as a candidate: Appeal for unity. “Now it’s time for America to bind the wounds of divi-
sion,” he said. “It is time for us to come together as one united people. It’s time.” That, he added, “is so important to me.” He offered unusually warm words for Mrs. Clinton, who he has suggested should be in jail, saying she was owed “a major debt of gratitude for her service to our country.” Bolstered by Mr. Trump’s strong showing, Republicans retained control of the Senate. Only one Republicancontrolled seat, in Illinois, fell (Continued on page 25)
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Donald Trump elected 45th US President in stunning repudiation... From page 24 to Democrats early in the evening. And Senator Richard Burr of North Carolina, a Republican, easily won re-election in a race that had been among the country’s most competitive. A handful of other Republican incumbents facing difficult races were running better than expected. Mr. Trump’s win — stretching across the battleground states of Florida, North Carolina, Ohio and Pennsylvania — seemed likely to set off financial jitters and immediate unease among international allies, many of which were startled when Mr. Trump in his campaign cast doubt on the necessity of America’s military commitments abroad and its allegiance to international economic partnerships. From the moment he entered the campaign, with a shocking set of claims that Mexican immigrants were rapists and criminals, Mr. Trump was widely underestimated as a candidate, first by his opponents for the Republican nomination and later by Mrs. Clinton, his Democratic rival. His rise was largely missed by polling organizations and data analysts. And an air of improbability trailed his campaign, to the detriment of those who dismissed his angry message, his improvisational style and his appeal to disillusioned voters. He suggested remedies that raised questions of constitutionality, like a ban on Muslims entering the United States. He threatened opponents, promising lawsuits against news organizations
that covered him critically and women who accused him of sexual assault. At times, he simply lied. But Mr. Trump’s unfiltered rallies and unshakable self-regard attracted a zealous following, fusing unsubtle identity politics with an economic populism that often defied party doctrine. His rallies — furious, entertaining, heavy on namecalling and nationalist overtones — became the nexus of a political movement, with daily promises of sweeping victory, in the election and otherwise, and an insistence that the country’s political machinery was “rigged” against Mr. Trump and those who admired him. He seemed to embody the success and grandeur that so many of his followers felt was missing from their own lives — and from the country itself. And he scoffed at the poll-driven word-parsing ways of modern politics, calling them a waste of time and money. Instead, he relied on his gut. At his victory party at the New York Hilton Midtown, where a raucous crowd indulged in a cash bar and wore hats bearing his ubiquitous campaign slogan “Make America GreatAgain,” voters expressed gratification that their voices had, at last, been heard. “He was talking to people who weren’t being spoken to,” said Joseph Gravagna, 37, a marketing company owner from Rockland County, N.Y. “That’s how I knew he was going to win.” For Mrs. Clinton, the defeat signaled an astonishing end to a political dynasty that has colored Democratic politics for a generation. Eight years after losing to President Obama in the Demo-
cratic primary — and 16 years after leaving the White House for the United States Senate, as President Bill Clinton exited office — she had seemed positioned to carry on two legacies: her husband’s and the president’s. Her shocking loss was a devastating turn for the sprawling world of Clinton aides and strategists who believed they had built an electoral machine that would swamp Mr. Trump’s ragtag band of loyal operatives and family members, many of whom had no experience running a national campaign. On Tuesday night, stricken Clinton aides who believed that Mr. Trump had no mathematical path to victory, anxiously paced the Jacob K. Javits Convention Center as states in which they were confident of victory, like Florida and North Carolina, either fell to Mr. Trump or seemed in danger of tipping his way. Mrs. Clinton watched the grim results roll in from a suite at the nearby Peninsula Hotel, surrounded by her family, friends and advisers who had the day before celebrated her candidacy with a champagne toast on her campaign plane. But over and over, Mrs. Clinton’s weaknesses as a candidate were exposed. She failed to excite voters hungry for change. She struggled to build trust with Americans who were baffled by her decision to use a private email server as secretary of state. And she strained to make a persuasive case for herself as a champion of the economically downtrodden after delivering perfunctory paid speeches that earned her mil-
lions of dollars. The returns Tuesday also amounted to a historic rebuke of the Democratic Party from the white blue-collar voters who had formed the party base from the presidency of Franklin D. Roosevelt to Mr. Clinton’s. Yet Mrs. Clinton and her advisers had taken for granted that states like Michigan and Wisconsin would stick with a Democratic nominee, and that she could repeat Mr. Obama’s strategy of mobilizing the party’s ascendant liberal coalition rather than pursuing a more moderate course like her husband did 24 years ago. But not until these voters were offered a Republican who ran as an unapologetic populist, railing against foreign trade deals and illegal immigration, did they move so drastically away from their ancestral political home. To the surprise of many on the left, white voters who had helped elect the nation’s first black president, appeared more reluctant to line up behind a white woman. From Pennsylvania to Wisconsin, industrial towns once full of union voters who for decades offered their votes to Democratic presidential candidates, even in
the party’s lean years, shifted to Mr. Trump’s Republican Party. One county in the Mahoning Valley of Ohio, Trumbull, went to Mr. Trump by a six-point margin. Four years ago, Mr. Obama won there by 22 points. Mrs. Clinton’s loss was especially crushing to millions who had cheered her march toward history as, they hoped, the nation’s first female president. For supporters, the election often felt like a referendum on gender progress: an opportunity to elevate a woman to the nation’s top job and to repudiate a man whose remarkably boorish behavior toward women had assumed center stage during much of the campaign. Mr. Trump boasted, in a 2005 video released last month, about using his public profile to commit sexual assault. He suggested that female political rivals lacked a presidential “look.” He ranked women on a scale of one to 10, even holding forth on the desirability of his own daughter — the kind of throwback male behavior that many in the country assumed would disqualify a candidate for high office. On Tuesday, the public’s verdict was rendered. Uncertainty abounds as Mr. Trump prepares to take office. His campaign featured a shape-shifting list of
policy proposals, often seeming to change hour to hour. His staff was in constant turmoil, with Mr. Trump’s children serving critical campaign roles and a rotating cast of advisers alternately seeking access to Mr. Trump’s ear, losing it and, often, regaining it, depending on the day. Even Mr. Trump’s full embrace of the Republican Party came exceedingly late in life, leaving members of both parties unsure about what he truly believes. He has donated heavily to both parties and has long described his politics as the transactional reality of a businessman. Mr. Trump’s dozens of business entanglements — many of them in foreign countries — will follow him into the Oval Office, raising questions about potential conflicts of interest. His refusal to release his tax returns, and his acknowledgment that he did not pay federal income taxes for years, has left the American people with considerable gaps in their understanding of the financial dealings. But this they do know: Mr. Trump will thoroughly reimagine the tone, standards and expectations of the presidency, molding it in his own self-aggrandizing image. He is set to take the oath of office on Jan. 20.
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Jamaica welcomes EU extension of sugar transformation programme KINGSTON, Jamaica (CMC) – The Jamaica government has welcomed the decision of the European Union to extend by one year, the island’s sugar transformation programme. A statement issued by the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries quoted the Minister, Karl Samuda, as saying that the Sugar Transformation Programme, which should have ended September 2016, will now be extended for an additional period to September 2017 to facilitate completion of some of the projects being implemented. Expressing and encouraging optimism for the future of the industry, Samuda said that, it would be foolhardy to believe the challenges in the sector will disappear overnight. But he said “it’s very encouraging to know that the
Appleton sugar factory” will commence operations in January once again. The programme, managed by the Sugar Transformation Unit at the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, has been funded to the tune of J$15 billion (One Jamaica dollar =US$0.008 cents) to date and has facilitated the planting of 11,560 hectares of cane with loans from the Cane Expansion Fund; loans for drip irrigation for over 350 hectares and for the purchase of equipment such as tractors, ploughs, boom sprayers, and cane loaders. The programme has also funded a pilot project for green cane harvesting and has implemented social infrastructure projects in sugar-dependent communities to include drain cleaning, rehabilitation of some 200 km of cane roads,
upgrading of schools, community centres and the provision of 397 housing solutions for residents from dilapidated sugar barracks in St Thomas, Clarendon, Westmoreland, and Trelawny. Meanwhile, Cabinet has decided to remove the General Consumption Tax on a list of agricultural inputs, Samuda, told Tuesday’s sitting of the House of Representatives. He said some of the agricultural inputs include semi-trailers, chain wire fencing; cooling and storage tanks, multipurpose fish-feeding machines, artificial insemination equipment, laboratory equipment, and medicaments and supplements. Samuda said the amendments seek to ensure that farmers have access to modern equipment and inputs.
Caribbean reacts to election of ... From page 21 is a democratic country and the elections were conducted in a transparent manner. I think there is no country in the world that is not aware of what was happening over the last six months, so even if some Guyanese had to vote, they were fully aware of the programme of the two major candidates”, President Granger said, noting that the United States plays a key role in hemispheric security in this part of the world and over the years, the US government has provided billions of dollars to Guyana and other Caribbean governments in the area of security. Grenada’s Prime Minister Dr. Keith Mitchell said he wanted to congratulate the people of the United States for “for their robust participation in a democratic process that has been the beacon of the world for many years. “It is indeed noteworthy that there was a record engagement of the people of the United States, and that Mr. Donald J Trump has earned a sweeping mandate,” he said, adding that St. George’s was “looking forward to continued strong relations with Washington” under the new administration. “We understand that Mr. Trump will be sworn in as the 45th president of the United States at a time when the challenges for his nation, and indeed the wider world, are indeed real and complex. We expect the continued
engagement of the United States in matters of mutual interest to Grenada and the Caribbean, especially in areas of trade, security, immigration and climate change. “Grenada looks forward to continuing the Caribbean and Latin American dialogue with the United States that involves the deepening of engagements with nations of the region, and the continued respect for sovereignty of states, large and small,” Mitchell said, hoping for “a positive continuation of the leadership of the United States, among the community of nations under the new President”. His St. Kitts-Nevis counterpart, Dr. Timothy Harris said he was looking forward to building upon the longstanding relationship between the two countries. In a congratulatory message sent to the President elect, Harris said that Trump had attained a “decisive elector victory…particularly during a presidential race that saw record voter turnout, rally crowds and debate viewership throughout the campaign cycle”. He said it was also noteworthy that Trump has had no “political or military experience, but rather strong business and negotiating skills that have been honed from a background in multinational real estate development and licensing, as well as television production. “My Government and I
are looking forward to seeing you govern as the 45th President of the United States of America, as you work to execute your mandate of bringing jobs and prosperity to your country and protecting its interests around the world. Your stirring message of change has energized and electrified the American electorate and changed the political playbook,” he added. Jamaica’s Opposition Leader Portia Simpson Miller urged Trump to “quickly reach across the political divide in the US and try to build bridges in the global space so that we can continue to foster peace and development around the world”. In her congratulatory message, Simpson Miller, who lead the People’ National Party (PNP) into defeat in the February general election in her country, extended “sincere congratulations” to Trump saying “he joins a select group of men who have attained the distinction of becoming Leader of the Free World. “This job carries with it an awesome responsibility, as the President of the United States has a major influence on global affairs,” she said. Antigua and Barbuda o p p o s i t i o n l e g i s l a t o r, Joanne Messiah said women has always had to fight more to achieve political power and praised Clinton for her achievement.
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Windies eyeing World Cup qualification From page 27 in any area. However, with the squad returning to the country where they won their maiden T20 World Cup, Taylor believes the Windies can and inspired to turn their form around. “We are pretty much settled at the moment. We had two days of net sessions. I think the players are really pumped and ready,” the Jamaican explained. “It’s a great feeling to be back. We have great memories here and I think we did awesome, fantastic, and I think it would be really nice just to repeat that and seeing we really want these points to qualify for next year’s
World Cup, would mean a great deal.” The 50-overs World Cup will be the next big prize on the horizon for the Windies Women. In the last tournament in India four years ago, they reached the final before losing to six-time champions Australia Women. And Taylor said beating India in the series and gaining automatic qualification, would give her charges a huge bounce heading into the June 26 to July 23, 2017 World Cup. “It’s just like when we won the T20 World Cup, we did it for the Caribbean and we definitely want to do it for them again,” Taylor stressed. “It’s always about them
so whatever we do here would reflect in such a way that we get more people on board supporting women’s cricket. “To know that we had great moments here earlier in the year and to actually repeat that. Coming here again and winning, it is more like you are giving yourselves more confidence going into next year’s World Cup.” The game bowls off at 9:00 am (11:30 pm Eastern Caribbean time). SQUADS: INDIA – Mithali Raj (captain), Ekta Bisht, Rajeshwari Gayakwad, Jhulan Goswami, Thirush Kamini, Harmanpreet Kaur, Veda Krishnamurthy, Smriti Mandhana, Mona
Thursday November 10, 2016 ARIES (Mar. 21- April 20) Your changing attitudes may be causing concern for your partner. Unexpected bills will be impossible for you to pay.
LIBRA (Sept. 24 -Oct. 23) Satisfy your passionate mood. Unexpected bills may set you back. Make changes that will heighten your appeal.
TAURUS (Apr. 21- may 21) Look into ways that you can make extra cash. Your partner will be emotionally unable to cope.
SCORPIO (Oct. 24 - Nov. 22) You may want to put everyone to work on a project that will keep them all too busy to complain. Any renovation or decorating to your home should include the whole family.
GEMINI (May 22-June 21) You can make money if you are careful not to let it trickle through your fingers. Opportunities to meet new lovers will evolve through your interaction with groups or fundraising functions. CANCER (June 22-July 22) Your ability to talk circles around your colleagues will help you forge ahead in the workforce. It may be a disappointing day emotionally. LEO (July 23-Aug 22) Depression may result if you don't get to do things your own way. You may be tired of working for someone else. Focus your efforts on your work. VIRGO (Aug. 23 -Sept. 23) Make changes that will enhance your appearance. Your business sense will be leading you in a direction that indicates more travel and communication.
SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 23 -Dec. 21) You will have to watch out for minor health problems related to stress. You may be tempted to spend too much on entertainment or luxury items. CAPRICORN (Dec 22.- Jan. 20) You will have a problem sorting out your true feelings when it comes to your relationship. If you haven't already, consider starting your own business. AQUARIUS (Jan. 21 -Feb. 19) You can bet that someone in a higher position is watching to see how busy you are. Question your mate if you must. PISCES (Feb. 20-Mar. 20) You should put your efforts into creative projects. Don't let the moods of those you live with get you down. Use your charm, but don't be phony.
Meshram, Shikha Pandey, Sukanya Parida, Poonam Yadav, Deepti Sharma, Devika Vaidya, Sushma Verma. WEST INDIES – Stafanie Taylor (captain), Anisa Mohammed, Merissa Aguilleira, Shemaine Campbelle, Shamilia Connell, Britney Cooper, Deandra Dottin, Afy Fletcher, Kycia Knight, Hayley Matthews, Chedean Nation, Shaquana Quintyne, Shakera Selman, Tremayne Smartt.
Inter Guiana... From page 31 tournament but asked that Brazil is included also. Since then there has been little communication from French Guiana. However, in an effort to fast track the organisation of the competition, Suriname and Guyana met and the two sides would be signing an agreement later this month when Guyana visits its eastern neighbour for an international engagement there. Director of Sport Christopher Jones has already given his thumbs up to the hosting of the event which according to Ninvalle would be a youth tournament and will be included in the American Boxing Confederation (AMBC) list of events for 2017.
West Indies Women’s skipper, Stafanie Taylor.
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Root, Moeen put England on top against India
England’s Joe Root (R) plays a shot during the First Test cricket match Saurashtra Cricket Association Stadium, Rajkot. (REUTERS/Amit Dave) RAJKOT, INDIA (Reuters) England’s Joe Root hit a sparkling century and Moeen Ali was unbeaten on 99 as the tourists finished the opening day of the first test against India in a strong position on 311-4. Root was out for 124
after putting on 179 for the fourth wicket with lefthander Moeen after England were 102-3 at lunch. Moeen was one run short of his fourth test hundred at the close yesterday with Ben Stokes unbeaten on 19. England captain
Alastair Cook won the toss and had no hesitation in batting first on a Rajkot pitch he regarded as a traditional Indian wicket that would assist the slower bowlers as the game progressed. A nervy Cook lived a charmed life against India’s
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England’s Moeen Ali plays a shot. (REUTERS/Amit Dave) new-ball pace duo of Mohammed Shami and Umesh Yadav when the lefthander was dropped twice in the first two overs behind the wicket. The opener seemed to have overcome his jittery start and moved to 21 by the end of the first hour ’s play before he was adjudged out leg before wicket to spinner Ravindra Jadeja. Cook was unfortunate to be given out off an incorrect decision from the umpire, with replays showing the ball missing leg stump, and his new opening partner Haseeb Hameed offered little assistance by advising against asking for a review. FAILED REVIEW It was the first time the Decision Review System (DRS) was being used for a bilateral series in India and England erred a second time when they even-
tually opted to use the technology. The 19-year-old Hameed, who became E n g l a n d ’s youngest opener on his debut, wasted one of the two reviews available to his team when he failed to overturn a leg before decision off Ravichandran Ashwin after compiling a composed knock of 31. Ben Duckett, who opened for England in last m o n t h ’s series in Bangladesh, was pushed down the order to accommodate Hameed and made a brisk start by hitting Ashwin for three boundaries in four balls. But India’s spearhead gained revenge in his next over when Ajinkya Rahane stooped to complete a smart low catch at slip to send Duckett back to the pavilion for 13 and bring the players in for lunch. The 25-year-old Root
hit 11 boundaries and a six in his 180-ball knock and looked largely untroubled until Yadav struck his pad in the penultimate over before tea with the batsman on 92. India captain Virat Kohli made his first use of DRS but failed to overturn the on-field not out decision after replays showed the ball was clipping the leg stump. Root, whose ton was his 11th in tests and third against India, was finally o u t t o Ya d a v t h o u g h i t needed confirmation from the television umpire after the paceman seemed to have lost control of the ball while celebrating the return catch. Moeen provided good support and hit nine fours in his unbeaten knock in the first test of the five-match series. Scores: England 311 for 4 (Root 124, Moeen 99*) v India.
FIFA Ethics Committee asks for life ban for Rafael Callejas (Reuters) FIFA’s Ethics Committee yesterday called for Rafael Callejas to be banned from soccer for life, alleging the former president of the Honduran Football Association breached the scandal-hit soccer govern-
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Herath spins Sri Lanka to the... From page 29 runs for victory. Only Craig Ervine, who was 65 not out at the close of play, offered any resistance. Sri Lanka started the fourth day on 102 for four with opener Dimuth Karunaratne falling 12 runs short of a century as he was trapped leg before wicket by Chris Mpofu.
They declared on 258 for nine when Kusal Perera was dismissed for 62. Zimbabwe captain Graeme Cremer was again the pick of the home bowlers with figures of 4-91. Scores: Zimbabwe 272 and 180 for 7 (Ervine 65*, Herath 5-45) need another 311 runs to beat Sri Lanka 504 and 258 for 9 dec (Karunaratne 88, Kusal Perera 62, Cremer 491, Mumba 3-67).
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Rosberg is one step away from his first title SAO PAULO (Reuters) Win in Brazil on Sunday, win the Formula One title: Nico Rosberg’s task sounds simple enough but is a lot harder to achieve. The German is one step away from securing his first championship, which he will do if he wins at Interlagos regardless of where Mercedes team mate, triple champion and title rival Lewis Hamilton finishes. The odds are in Rosberg’s favour — he has won for the past two seasons from pole position in Sao P a u l o whereas the anti-clockwise circuit has yet to reward Hamilton with a victory. And yet the pressure of being within touching distance of a lifelong dream can play on the mind, and increase the pressure, while the fickle Sao Paulo weather can wreak havoc with the best laid plans. Last year, Hamilton had
already won the title and his focus was elsewhere. This time he comes on the back of two successive wins and, like Rosberg, seeking a hat-trick. Another win for the Briton would take the battle down to the wire at Abu Dhabi’s Yas Marina and, if Rosberg were to fail to score in Brazil, a potential ‘winner takes all’ scenario. “I’ll wait until the end of the year,” said Formula One supremo Bernie Ecclestone when asked whether he felt Rosberg looked a ‘fairly safe bet’. Rosberg will not be changing his ‘one race at a time’ approach. “There are still two races to go and anything can happen in this sport, so I need to focus my energy on the factors that I have in my control,” he said. Hamilton is in unfamiliar territory, with the title outcome out of his hands even if
he wins in Brazil and Abu Dhabi, but needs no reminding that it is not over until it’s over. Reliability, or lack of, can swing the momentum either way and Mercedes will be doing all they can to ensure both drivers have no mechanical issues. The memory of his first championship with McLaren in 2008, secured in Brazil with an overtake on the last corner of the last lap just when it seemed local favourite Felipe Massa had clinched the title, is always there. “It’s an unusual scenario to be in — fighting for something and not knowing for sure that what you do will guarantee you’re able to make it,” said Hamilton. “One outcome would be painful and the other would be a great achievement. “Regardless, I’m going to
keep pushing. Since the beginning of my Formula One career I’ve seen that everything can change even at the very last moment, so you have to fight to the bitter end. I’ve never won in Brazil, so I go into this weekend focused on changing that.” Away from the title battle, both Mercedes drivers will have to watch out for Red Bull’s Daniel Ricciardo and Max Verstappen and Ferrari’s Sebastian Vettel and Kimi Raikkonen. Vettel must also watch his language, after turning the air blue in Mexico with his radio rants. Massa meanwhile will soak up the atmosphere one last time, with Sunday being his home farewell before retirement from Williams. McLaren’s Jenson Button will also be making what could be his last appearance at the track where he won the 2009 championship.
Mercedes driver Nico Rosberg (6) of Germany waves to the crowd after he comes in second place during the United States Grand Prix at the Circuit of the Americas. (Jerome Miron-USA TODAY Sports)
WICB makes plea over talent drain ESPNcricinfo - The West Indies’ shallow talent pool is being drained by the loss of players to lucrative overseas T20 leagues, the WICB has said in its second media statement on the release-fee concept. The board has asked other ICC Full Members to understand its predicament and the implications for cricket in the region. The WICB decided to levy a release fee of 20% of a player’s contract fee before issuing a No-Objection Certificate (NOC) for the player’s participation in any overseas T20 league. The release fee would need to be paid by the host board of the relevant league. “WICB is seeking to encourage other ICC Full Members to recognise the impact that players leaving the West Indies to play in domestic T20 leagues has on West Indies cricket, and to work with WICB in finding a solution to the challenge of securing the best cricketing talent with the limited resources available,” the WICB media release said. The WICB added that it had made “numerous appeals” to various member boards and would pursue the matter till it was resolved. “We will continue to have these discussions with the Full Member boards to resolve [the matter] as soon as possible. We would like them to follow the precedent already set.” Many Full Member boards expressed surprise at the WICB’s decision and
some, like CSA and CA, made their objections public. The issue surfaced after Kieron Pollard was stranded in Trinidad, unable to secure the NOC to participate in the South African domestic T20 tournament. Having initially refused clearance, saying it wanted a 20% levy on Pollard’s contracted fee, the WICB granted the NOC on Tuesday. The WICB has said its decision should not be seen as directed against the players. Instead, it said, the global cricket industry was a changed environment and both domestic and international cricket in the Caribbean was directly competing with T20 tournaments overseas. “We are aware that, over the last three years, the number of domestic Twenty20 leagues has increased and there are now eight, including our own Caribbean Premier League,” the WICB said. “This means that there are now year-round lucrative opportunities around the world for West Indian cricketers, c o m p e t i n g w i t h We s t Indies regional competitions and sometimes even with West Indies international cricket. At present, there are 18 players in seven leagues.” The WICB said it did not have the financial strength to pay large sums to its players in order to keep them from playing overseas. In its initial letter to Pollard, sent on No-
The WICB asked for other Full Members to work with it to find “a solution to the challenge of securing the best cricketing talent with the limited resources available” © BCCI vember 3, the WICB had said that the funds generated from the release fees would be utilised for creating contracts for West Indies players featuring only in T20s. However, yesterday’s release stated the money would be utilised for the development of regional cricket. “The release fees form part of an overall contribution to the continued development of: the six franchises and clubs represented, High Performance programme, training and development of technical officials, women’s cricket, A-team tours, a comprehensive under-19 programme, and are split between WICB, the Territorial Board and the club within the territory with which the player is registered.”
Windies eyeing World Cup qualification VIJAYAWADA, India, CMC – West Indies Women will look to turn the page on a disappointing recent series against England and sew up qualification for next year’s ICC World Cup, when they take on India in the first of three One-Day Internationals starting here today. The Caribbean side, the reigning Twenty20 World champions, can grab six ICC Championship points from the outings which would all but secure their automatic qualification at the showpiece in England.
However, captain Stafanie Taylor urged her side not to look ahead to qualification but to focus on each game and executing in each department. “I don’t want us to put ourselves under too much pressure. It’s just about going out there and being relaxed at the start and playing your natural game,” Taylor said on the eve of the contest at the Mulapadu cricket Ground. “We do need to play as a team. I think that’s very important, [we have to] keep supporting [each other]. And
we have to really get our batting, bowling and fielding to click in order to win the series.” West Indies currently sit third in the championship on 22 points, one behind England Women and six adrift of leaders Australia. India Women lie six on 13 points but have only played 15 games to West Indies Women’s 21. The Windies Women were erratic in the recent Caribbean series against England, failing to produce consistently (Continued on page 25)
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Peruvian, Trinidadian to 10th MACORP Golf tourney fixed for Saturday headline South American 10k race Some of the nation’s top Golfers are expected to showcase their talent when the MACORP Golf tournament commences on Saturday at the Lusignan Golf Club. The competition which was launched yesterday at MACORP, Providence, East Bank Demerara will see about 50 players taking part. The event received a sponsorship cheque of $500,000. Chief Executive Officer of MACORP, Jorge Medina related that he is pleased to be associated with the competi-
tion adding that golf is not only a sport but a lifestyle and could contribute to tourism. “This is out tenth year of sponsorship and we are pleased to stage such another tournament. Some countries like Barbados have packages for tourism, not only the beaches and resources but for golf as well,” he added. Meanwhile, President of the Lusignan Golf Club, Oncar Ramroop, stated that it is a privilege to show delight on behalf of his club for MACORP’s contribution. “It
is indeed a privilege to speak on behalf of the Lusignan Golf Club and to show appreciation for the contribution that MACORP is giving to golf and to Lusignan Golf Club. They have been supporting golf at the Lusignan golf club for a decade now and that’s an achievement.” Besides winners in the male and female categories, there will be prizes for top three finishers in the various flights and Nearest to the pin.
Agents for T20 stars blast WICB plan to impose 20 percent levy PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC-The company that manages several of the Caribbean’s leading T20 stars, has blasted an unprecedented move by the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) to impose a 20 percent levy on their contracts for overseas T20 tournaments. Insignia Sports, who manages all-rounders Kieron Pollard, Darren Sammy, Dwayne Bravo and Chris Gayle among others, also plans to challenge the WICB move. “It is a blatant restraint of trade on a player who has not been selected by WICB for the upcoming tri-series, does not have a contractual tie to the WICB permitting such a restriction,” said Eddie Tolchard, one of the partners at Insignia Sports. “Applying an unreasonable and unjustifiable fee and requesting CSA pay it in order to provide a NOC is a re-
straint of trade.” The new WICB policy was disclosed by Chief Executive Michael Muirhead in an email to Pollard last week. The WICB has written to various boards around the world asking them to comply with the new policy. WICB has said that so far India and Bangladesh have agreed to the release fees. However they are reports that the new policy has been rejected by Cricket South Africa and there has been no response yet from the Pakistan Cricket Board and Cricket Australia. The Federation of International Players’ Association (FICA) has criticized the move to slap a 20 percent levy on T20 players’ contract fees and is threatening to take legal action against the WICB. However, Muirhead has defended the WICB position as justified. “WICB however, having invested in develop-
Associated Press - OKLAHOMA CITY — Enes Kanter had 24 points and 10 rebounds to help the Oklahoma City Thunder beat the Miami Heat 97-85 on Monday night. Kanter made 10 of 12 shots in 21 minutes off the bench. Victor OIadipo scored 17 points, rookie Domantas Sabonis had a season-high 15 to go with 10 rebounds, and Russell Westbrook added 14 points and 11 assists for the Thunder. Oklahoma City improved to 6-1, the best seven-game start for the franchise since moving to Oklahoma City in 2008. Miami’s Hassan Whiteside, who entered averaging 20 points and 14.2 rebounds, finished with five points on 1 for 9 shooting and 12 rebounds. James Johnson led Miami with 18 points. The Heat shot just 36.9 percent from the field. Bulls 112, Magic 80 In Chicago, Jimmy Butler scored 20
ing a player’s talent, is not able to realise a return on its investment if the player is not available to play in local tournament, which would allow lesser experienced players the opportunity to face a more experienced and skilled opposition, thereby improving on the standard and competitiveness of the domestic tournaments,” he wrote. “In the end, it compromises the standard of the WICB’s international team and that team’s performance internationally. The primacy of international cricket is threatened.” WICB has promised to redistribute fees collected for an NOC in contracts to players who only play T20. “It is our expectation too, that the accumulation of these fees will facilitate the offer of contracts to players participating only in the short format of the game,” Muirhead said.
points, Taj Gibson had 16 points and 11 rebounds, and the Bulls routed Orlando. Dwyane Wade also scored 16 points and Doug McDermott finished with 11 for Chicago, which had dropped three in a row. Hornets 122, Pacers 100 In Charlotte, N.C., Kemba Walker had 24 points and 10 assists to help the Hornets (5-1) to their best start in franchise history. Jazz 109, 76ers 84 In Philadelphia, Derrick Favors had 16 points and 14 rebounds and Rodney Hood scored 18 points to lead Utah to a victory over the winless 76ers. Rockets 114, Wizards 106 In Washington, James Harden set aside a rough first quarter to finish with 32 points and 15 assists, leading Houston to victory. Washington’s John Wall broke the franchise record for career assists before getting ejected in the final minute.
Peruvian, Yerson Orellana and Trinidadian Tonya Nero are expected to feature in this year’s South American 10km Road Race, which was officially launched yesterday at the Guyana Olympic Association (GOA) Headquarters, High Street, Kingston. President of the Athletics Association of Guyana (AAG), Aubrey Hutson, informed that while registration is still ongoing, the usual high turnout is expected in the Guyana leg of the race, which will for the first time follow the Panama stage on November 20. Hutson explained that the event was originally set for last Sunday, but was moved to accommodate one of the sponsors, Banks DIH, which had another event planned for that date. He said the change of date was a welcomed decision for many of the participating countries, which signaled the need of more time to get their athletes together. Athletes from several countries are expected, including those from Colombia, Trinidad and Tobago, Suriname, Peru, Grenada, and St Vincent. Orellana and Nero are the defending champions of the men’s and women’s open category, respectively. Orellana and a team-mate forced
Guyana’s top distance runner, Cleveland Forde into fourth place. Hutson indicated that bringing overseas athletes to Guyana to participate is an important part of the development of Guyana’s distance athletes. “To improve on what we do in track and field our focus is on bringing in athletes that are of a higher caliber. It’s not fair to our sports to have Cleveland Forde running and winning with just 33 (minutes). The Guyanese public deserves better because when he crosses the border and goes on the international scene the times (in 10km events) are sub-30 (minutes).” Hutson mentioned. Forde was unhappy last year that the race was decorated with international talent, which stopped his reign over the event. Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Fitness Express, Jamie McDonald, whose company is one of the event’s sponsors, spoke of his company’s support for the event. “We are happy to be lending our support to the South American 10K. Since the inception of Fitness Express in 2010 we’ve always looked to lend support to athletics and sports in general, and over
the last three years, personally, I’ve ran in the South American 10K, and I’ve always been impressed with the organisation, how it’s structured and how well the race usually goes, so this year I thought Fitness Express should offer some tangible support,” McDonald said. The South American 10K Road Race is a three-part event with Suriname, Panama and Guyana each hosting one of the races. The Suriname edition was completed on October 30 with Forde and fellow Guyanese Euleen Josiah-Tanner, winning the male and female titles, respectively. The Panama component is usually the final stage, but that has been reversed this year with the Panama leg set for Sunday and Guyana’s participation doubtful. The AAG made it clear that Guyana will not be sponsoring any athlete’s attendance to Panama. However, athletes wishing to attend the event at their own cost will be given the necessary due diligence from the association. Hutson cited Panama’s continual refusal to send athletes to participate in the Guyana event as the reason why the AAG will not send athletes to Panama.
Pacers’ George fined for kicking ball into stands
Paul George (USA) of the USA reacts after a turnover. (REUTERS/Shannon Stapleton) (Reuters) Indiana Pacers forward Paul George has been fined $15,000 for kicking the ball into the stands that hit a fan in the face, the National Basketball Association said on Tuesday. The three-time NBA All-
Star was given a technical foul and ejected from the game for the incident, which occurred late in the third quarter of the Pacers’ home win over the Chicago Bulls on Saturday. George, who won a
m e n ’s b a s k e t b a l l g o l d medal with Team USA at the Rio Olympics in August, is averaging a team-leading 20.4 points for a Pacers team that have struggled to a 3-4 start to the NBA’s 2016-17 season.
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Gold medalist Usain Bolt (JAM) of Jamaica reacts on the podium. (REUTERS/Stoyan Nenov)
Long-serving, GOA President, K. A Juman-Yassin (second left) hands over the support to team manager Mayfield Taylor-Trim, as from left, Kenisha Phillips, Tyrell Peters and Aubrey Hutson share the moment at GOA Kingston Headquarters. The Guyana Olympic Association (GOA) handed over financial support to the four-member national team that will compete at the South American (SA) Youth Championships, which is scheduled for Concordia, Argentina, November 12-14. GOA President, K.A
Juman Yassin made the donation to the team’s manager Mayfield TaylorTrim. Apart from TaylorTrim, the team comprised of Daniel Williams, Tyrell Peters, Kenisha Phillips, Chantoba Bright and Coach Johnny Gravesande. The budget for the tour
was in excess of $3M. Peters will compete in the boys’ 400m and High Jump. Phillips will run in the girls’ 100m and 400m with the CARIFTA Games silver medalist, Bright competing in the girls’ triple and long jump events. Daniel Williams will be
in the 100m and 200m. The athletes were part of the Guyana team that participated in the CARIFTA Games earlier this year. AAG President, Aubrey Hutson said that the association is trying to expose the athletes as much as possible.
Herath spins Sri Lanka to the brink of victory against Zimbabwe Gold medalist Elaine Thompson (JAM) of Jamaica reacts. (REUTERS/Leonhard Foeger)
Rangana Herath took yet another five-wicket haul, Zimbabwe v Sri Lanka, 2nd Test, Harare, 4th day, ©AFP (Reuters) Sri Lanka spinner Rangana Herath took five wickets for the second time in the match as they moved to the brink of victory on the fourth day of
the second and final test against Zimbabwe yesterday. Zimbabwe were left teetering on 180 for seven in their second innings, 310
runs behind the tourists, who need three wickets on the final day at the Harare Sports Club to wrap up a series sweep. Herath, who claimed 10
wickets in a test match for the seventh time, exploited a turning pitch after Zimbabwe were put into bat just before tea, chasing 491 (Continued on page 26)
(Reuters) Jamaican Usain Bolt and Elaine Thompson both made the shortlists for the IAAF’s World Athlete of the Year awards yesterday after cleaning up the sprint golds at the Rio Olympics. Ethiopian distance runner Almaz Ayana made the shortlist in recognition of her stunning 10,000 metres victory in Rio. Bolt, a five-time former winner of the award became the first person to win three consecutive 100 and 200 metres Olympic golds in Rio de Janeiro in August. He also holds the world records in the two disciplines, 9.58 seconds and 19.19 seconds, respectively. Thompson matched Bolt’s feat by also winning the 100m and 200m golds in
Rio. Ayana broke a 23-yearold record to win the 10,000 metres after clocking 29:18.45 at the Rio Games where she also took the bronze in 5,000 metres. Bolt was joined on the men’s list by two-time 5,000 and 10,000 metres Olympic champion Mo Farah of Britain and South African Wayde van Niekerk, the double 400m Olympic champion. Anita Wlodarczyk of Poland also made the women’s list after retaining her hammer title in Rio. The finalists were determined by the IAAF Council, the IAAF Family and the public vote via social media. The winners will be announced in Monaco next month.
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GFF/NAMILCO Thunderbolt Flour Power Nat. U-17 League GOA performance must become a Buxton United solidify top spot; Mahaica stun concern for Associations, stakeholders BA Paradise; Ann’s Grove flay Buxton Stars
By Rawle Welch As time approaches for the Guyana Olympic Association (GOA) to hold its elections, many observers are watching keenly the modus operandi of local associations affiliated to the Body. Many believe that because of the little financial goodwill that these associations receive they feel obligated to payback through the vote and this comes at the expense of being able to secure real development within their respective organisations. Over the past months there has been an intense examination of the current GOA’s performance while in office over the past 20 years and the strong reaction from the general public has been one of ineffectiveness which has unquestionably resulted in poor returns over the corresponding period. While the majority, which include persons of high repute both in the corporate and sports arenas, have supported the call for a change at the GOA, it is the associations that will have to make the ultimate decision through the ballots, but sadly it is clear that their evaluation of the GOA sharply contradicts that of their constituencies, general public and sports aficionados. These members seem
to make their case for continued support of the status quo based on the financial buttress that they get from time to time, palpably ignoring the full catalog of assistance that could be derived from the GOA, thereby sacrificing real development. The GOA has the ability to do more and by this I mean procuring more expertise required for real development and not just offering the customary financial support and sporadic opportunities to athletes. It is clear that the Body has become selfsatisfied with its p e r f o r m a n c e with too many afraid to honestly assess its performance or even publicly rebuke the administration. They prefer to w h i s p e r a m o n g themselves or just plainly overlook the state of affairs as it relates to Sport Development and this uncaring attitude will be put to the test once again come December. It will be the sole responsibility of the individual associations to right the wrong that has gone on too long at the expense of our young athletes who continue to put in the hard work, but somehow always seems to be holding the dirty end of the stick. There are many instances of sports
personalities who have n o a d m i n i s t r a t ive positions, but because of their deep understanding of the study of Sport are quietly responsible for the development of many outstanding athletes. Then there are those in administrative positions whose sole purpose contradict the above and this may explain why we haven’t won an Olympic medal since 1980. They seem more anxious to preserve their term in office and benefit from the various trips than to reward those deserving athletes with another option in life. The success stories are too few and anyone who attempts to challenge this observation must be a stranger to the truth. Too much talent has gone to waste and while the responsibility of harnessing talent is not the sole responsibility of the GOA, because there is an apparent lack of eagerness on its part to exert the time and energy to pull out all the stops to bring to a halt the embarrassment that we face as a nation habitually, the current administration time in office must become a concern for association heads and other stakeholders. It is plain and simple they’ve failed this nation miserably.
Ryan Crawford Memorial Turf Club meet now set for November 27th at Alness After being postponed on a few occasions the horserace meet organised by the Ryan Crawford Memorial Turf Club and Sports Facilities (RCMTC&SF) has been fixed for Sunday 27th November. According to organiser Marcel Crawford J r. t h e f e w h i c c u p s experienced over the past month have been sorted and all systems are now in place for the meet to be held at the club’s track at Alness, Corentyne, Berbice. Over $3M in cash, trophies and other incentives are up for grabs with eight races listed on the day’s card.
The events listed are the Alness open classic which will be contested over 600M for a first prize of $600,000 a n d t r o p h y. T h e r e i s expected to be a G and lower event which has a first prize of $300,000 and trophy over 1300M. The Guyana bred two-year-old horses will compete for $200,000 over 1100M. The H and lower 1400M even will see the animals racing for a $200,000 and winner’s trophy. The animals in the ‘J1’ class event will be competing for $140,000 winners over 1300M. The K and lower event will fetch a winning prize of $80,000
over 1100M. There is a race for L1 animals over 1100M for a first prize of $60,000 and trophy. The unclassified event will see the horses galloping over 1100M for $30,000. There will be trophies and other incentives for outstanding individual performers including top jockey, trainer and stable compliments of Trophy Stall of Bourda Market and the RCMTC&SF. Interested persons can make contact with Marcel Crawford Jr. on 678-5342 or Compton Sancho on 602-1567 for further details. (Samuel Whyte)
Buxton United have continued to tighten their hold on the GFF/NAMILCO Thunderbolt Flour Intra A s s o c i a t i o n U n d e r- 1 7 League in the East Demerara Football Association leg with another solid win last weekend. The points’ leaders led by a hat-trick from Troni Semple brushed aside Golden Stars 5-0 at the Ann’s Grove Ground on Saturday. In other matches played at this venue, Mahaica Determinators sprung an upset win over EDFA U-17 c h a m p i o n s B a c h e l o r ’s Adventure Paradise Sports Club, whipping them 3-0 led by a brace from Orland Adams. Ann’s Grove romped to a comfortable 4-0 win over Buxton Youth Developers, thanks to a double each from Maurice Adams and Yohance France. In the lone match on Sunday at the Golden Grove ground, Buxton Stars battled back from a 2-goal deficit to draw with Plaisance Panthers. Buxton secured their 7th win in eight matches with one draw in another dominating display against Golden Stars which couldn’t get on the score sheet. Joshua Liverpool opened the winners account in the 25th minute as Golden Stars stood solid against the constant raids from the Buxton United
players. It was not until the second half that Buxton were able to double their advantage and this was done by the competition’s leading goal scorer, Kobe Durant who blasted his 16th goal of the league. Thereafter, it was the Profitt show as he netted in the 68th, 72ndand 75th minute to maintain his side’s unbeaten run as they move to 22 points from their 8 matches. Golden Stars suffered their fourth loss in eight matches to remain on 8 points. Mahaica, in handing BA Paradise SC their third loss of the league, maintained their unbeaten run and along with Buxton United are the only two unbeaten sides in the league. They {Mahaica} also knocked off BA Paradise from the second spot in the table which they now occupy with 17 points, one better than Paradise. Mahaica’s win
was crafted by Orlan Adams’ double which he achieved in the 20th and 55th minute. Rickford Profitt sealed the deal in the 60th minute. Ann’s Grove hammered Buxton Youth Developers on account of two goals each from Maurice Adams (42nd and 44th) and Yohance France (50th and 52nd). In Sunday’s lone match, Plaisance Panthers ran out 20 leaders over Buxton Stars with Emanuel Hamer scoring both goals in the 3rd and 13th minute. But while Plaisance thought that that was probably enough to see them home, Buxton Stars had other ideas. Buxton first pulled one back before the halftime whistle when Shemar Scott rocked the nets in the 21st minute to halve the deficit. The equalizer came off the boot of Kenaz De Cambra in the 73rd minute as both teams walked away with one point each.
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More support for Mohamed’s Enterprise New Era Futsal tourney Sankar Auto Works and Bumper to Bumper on board
Adiola Curtis and Janet Alphonso of Bumper to Bumper present the sponsorship cheque to Shareef Major, while Kenrick Noel shares the moment. Sankar Auto Works and Bumper to Bumper are on board as sponsors for the N e w E r a , M o h a m e d ’s Enterprise Futsal tournament which will be played from November 25 with action for the Mackenzie Hard Court in
Linden and running for nine nights, concluding on December 26. Ye s t e r d a y a t t h e respective business houses, Directors of the New Era Entertainment ground visited and received valuable support to aid a successful
staging of the tournament. Chandran Kumar of Sankar Auto Works handed over their contribution to Shareef Major, Director of New Era and stated their pleasure at supporting the event set for the Mining Town of Linden. They are
Inter Guiana boxing tournament taking shape
Chandran Kumar of Sankar Auto Works hands over their sponsorship to Shareef Major, while Kenrick Noel Co-Director of New Era looks on. pleased to be associated with not only the development of the sport but to support the promoters in providing entertainment for the Linden community during this festive period. Adiola Curtis and Janet Alphonso did the honours for Bumper to Bumper expressing similar sentiments as both entities
maintain a trend of assisting sports. The event is open to all Futsal teams and has an entry fee of $5,000. Registration forms and the fees must be submitted by November 10. Game nights are set for November 25 with the opening, followed by action on November 26, December 2, 3, 9, 10, 17, 23
and 26 the grand finale. The first prize is $400,000 along with trophies and replicas. The second placed team will collect $150,000 and trophy, third $75,000 and trophy and fourth place will get a trophy. Other prizes are on offer for the MVP, Best goalkeeper and Best young player.
WICB PCL 4-Day 2016/17...
Hooper replaces Bishoo in opening match
Remie Burke (right) and Steve Ninvalle having discussions during the recently staged Terrence Ali boxing championships. The prospect of an Inter Guiana boxing tournament is looking brighter following a recent meeting in Georgetown of president of the Suriname Boxing Association Remie Burke and his Guyanese counterpart Steve Ninvalle. The two presidents agreed to “aggressively” pursue the issue and a follow
up meeting is planned for later this month when a team from Guyana visit the former Dutch colony. “ We a r e b o t h enthusiastic about making this a reality and Guyana has offered to host the first edition in October of next year. Our next step is to reengage French Guiana. I am highly optimistic that
this tournament will come off and become an annual event on the regional calendar,” Ninvalle declared. L a s t y e a r, F r e n c h Guiana, while here for the first Caribbean Development tournament, had given the thumbs up to the creation of the (Continued on page 25)
After an impressive outing with the ball in the recent Jaguars 3-Day Professional Cricket League, off-spinner, Eon Hooper, has been selected as the replacement for leggy, Devendra Bishoo, for the opening round of the WICB PCL 4-Day 2016/17 between Guyana Jaguars and Jamaica Scorpions, a release from the Guyana Cricket Board (GCB) informed. Devendra Bishoo, who had wrecked Pakistan in their second Test against West Indies and finished with 18 wickets in the 3-match series, has been called up for the triseries in Zimbabwe among the hosts, West Indies and Sri Lanka. The tour is scheduled for November 12 to 30 and contains seven ODIs. Bishoo’s departure led to the selection of Hooper who accounted for the most wickets (44) in the Jaguars 3-
Day Professional Cricket League. He had five fivewicket hauls with his best figure being 6/46 against Georgetown. The off-spinner also had a five-wicket haul in the Guyana Jaguars first practice match at Everest Cricket Club ground in preparation for the Regional 4-Day League. Hooper showed great control, was consistent and witty in his approach to bowling and demonstrated high levels of confidence and positivity. He hails from Berbice and is a product of Rose Hall Town Youth and Sports Club. He represented Upper Corentyne in the Jaguars 3-Day League. The Jaguars versus Scorpions match would be played at the Guyana National Stadium from November 11 to November 14, starting from 9:30 hours each day.
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AAG President, Aubrey Hutson (centre), speaks to the media yesterday at Olympic House with from left AAG Council Member, Silus Brummel, CEO of Fitness Express, Jamie McDonald, Event PRO, Tamica Garnett, Assistant Competitions Director of Road Race, Yvonne October sharing the occasion.
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