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EDITORIAL
LOUD LEWD MUSIC It is time that the police traffic department moves to enforce the regulations pertaining to the playing of lewd and loud music on public transportation namely minibuses. For far too long commuters who have no other option but to endure the jostle and other forms of inconvenience have been assailed by the most obscene lyrics when using this particular mode of public transportation. The decision a few years ago to have owners and operators of minibuses remove slogans and names from their vehicles, was thought to be a step in the right direction, because the conventional wisdom at that time was that these lent themselves to lawlessness in many respects. However, with hindsight that action seems not to have made any significant difference in the number of crashes involving minibuses where speeding was identified as the major causal factor. Additionally, the intention to deprive primarily female students of the practice of waiting for hours after school for particular brand name buses again has not had the desired effect. The explicitly sexual lyrics played in minibuses plying all routes have become the attraction so much so, that school age youths and even younger can be observed gyrating to the suggestions from the DJs who lend their voices to the recorded music. It does not end there because adult passengers have watched in horrified amazement at the motions on girls wining down in the laps of grown men. Of course the adults say nothing for fear of a hostile reaction. One therefore is left to wonder if the efforts and energies of the authorities are focused in the right directions, or if these so far unsustainable interventions, are parts of a larger practice of knee-jerk reactions to appease the concerned Guyanese people. The police by themselves cannot halt the level of road traffic lawlessness and therefore, the collaboration with other stakeholders is needed to determine and develop solutions to address the attendant psycho-social issues surrounding this social phenomenon. Research has shown that loud hard core music played on public transportation has a direct bearing on the increase of sexual activities and violent behaviour on those forms of transport. It also impacts negatively on teenage behaviour. In addition to the foregoing, the psycho-social response of juveniles to dancehall genre should be seen as a national and public health concern. That factor should not be taken in isolation but located within the wider context of public policy debate in terms of teenage pregnancy, sexually transmitted infections (STIs) and human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) transmission susceptibility and vulnerability. This conclusion does not negate the reality, that there would be young people who are not unduly swayed by the actions of their contemporaries because of the strong influence of parents and role models in the various communities. But care should be taken, as far as is practicable, to monitor the behaviour of children in so far as their traveling conduct can be observed, because of the likely negative spinoffs including healthy lifestyles and the contracting of communicable diseases. Disc jockeys and media personalities can play an important role in molding the behaviour of the impressionable youngsters and there is no plausible reason why the positive contribution of these categories of workers should not be invited. Schubert 2007 writing on the influence of emotion and familiarity and preference in music argues that music tends to evoke intense pleasure. The gender question is one which also should not be ignored, since the issue of sexual violence may very well resonate with the school which points to the male as being more likely to be impacted by sexual messages in the lewd songs since these are usually delivered from a masculine perspective. We need to actively address our responsibilities in the interest of our young people and as a nation. To risk ignoring the link between exposure to sexual content via the media and the sexual behaviour of the school age youth is something that we do at our peril and that of a productive future for our children.
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The PPP unashamedly used the 1980 Constitution to prorogue Parliament DEAR EDITOR, The current constitutional crisis created by the President and his cabal, plus the ongoing problems with the Commissioner General of GRA coupled with the vulgar and obscene language of the Attorney General and his threats against Kaieteur News Publisher Glenn Lall and his staff, have brought unprecedented shame and disgrace to our beloved Guyana. This is not a reflection of the nation but that of a low, barefaced, shameless and discredited regime that is unfit to govern. Nearly all of these disgraceful and embarrassing developments have been witnessed in the wider Caribbean and most of the world. The President’s insistence that the Attorney General has done nothing wrong and his (President’s) prorogation of Parliament
speaks to his lack of leadership skills. By supporting the Attorney General, the fanatics at Freedom House have proved that they are blind to wrongdoing and this could set a dangerous precedent for the youths. This is also true of his entire cabinet, except the Minister of Education, Miss Manickchand, who vehemently and publicly condemned the vulgarity and the shame that the disgraceful Attorney General has brought on the nation. Most importantly, however, the prorogation of Parliament and supporting the vulgar behaviour of the Attorney General expose the limitations of the inept PPP cabal who lack some of the intangibles and sensibilities that make for wise leadership. These dictators who criticized the 1980 Constitution have now
unashamedly coveted it and have used it to fire the people’s representatives and to circumvent the democratic process in Parliament. To them, image, honesty, morality and good governance, do not mean anything. Further, truly deep and intelligent leaders would have done all they could to ensure that they never presided over the proroguing of Parliament which is the seat of democracy. But the dictators at Freedom House do not care about or value the work of Parliament, democracy or the people’s freedom. Instead, the people have been greeted with smug utterances of one of the socalled superior caste in the regime, and with arrogance and hatred for the opposition, Parliament and democracy. Sadly, the PPP administration (Continued on page 5)
The Constitution is not so ‘anti-democratic’ after all
DEAR EDITOR, I am attempting to take up the challenge posed to Opposition MPs by Christopher Ram in his letter ‘The opposition should display more interest …’ (SN, November 15, 2014). In this letter and in a recent article on his blog, which was the subject of an article in the Stabroek News on November 13, 2014, Mr Ram asserts (the latter) and interprets (the former) that article 219. (1) of the Constitution (automatically) gives interim spending authority to the Government on expenditure necessary to carry on its services up to 30th April, 2015 if necessary. Re-reading the above article of the Constitution, I do not share Mr Ram’s opinion and my interpretation is that Parliamentary approval is required for any interim spending as stated. While it may have been the practice in years gone by that the Government acted on the assumption that Mr Ram does, it must be noted that firstly, it was in an environment where the Government enjoyed a parliamentary
majority and secondly what may have been a tolerant Opposition in the current Parliament. The latter situation cannot now be assumed. If my interpretation is correct, the Government’s authority to spend would end on December 31, 2014 (excluding of course the unlawful spending they are engaged in –‘What about the unconstitutional spending that is currently taking place (SN, November 15, 2014). Spending beyond that date, therefore, would require either compliance with article 219. (1) or an Appropriations Act 2015. There is, as well, nothing in the Fiscal Management and Accountability Act 2003 that impinges on this imperative. Article 219. (1) is explicit in the need for an Appropriations Act to be in place at the beginning of the financial year (1st January) but in the absence of same ‘Parliament may make provision’ for the Finance Minister to authorize conditional withdrawals from the Consolidated Fund for a period of up to four months. Should the President, however, dissolve Parliament anytime
before December 31, 2014 which he is empowered to do, then the Government can lawfully access the Consolidated Fund for up to three months thereafter ‘for the purpose of meeting expenditure on the public services’ (219. (3). The implications of the above I believe are clear. In the current situation, article 219. (1) will ensure that the tyrannical action of President Ramotar in suspending parliamentary democracy will not last beyond 31st December, 2014 and not the potentially extended timeframe that many commentators are suggesting. The Constitution is not so ‘anti-democratic’ after all. The President may believe that by telling the media to forget about the ‘Nandlall issue’, where the Attorney General in a recorded phone conversation, reveals knowledge of a planned murderous attack on Kaieteur News during which innocent lives would be lost and of other disgusting and possibly illegal acts, that it will go away (KN,16th November). He can be (Continued on page 5)
Prorogation equals Dictatorship DEAR EDITOR, What a short distance the PPP has traveled from decrying all over the world about the evils of the “Burnham Constitution”, getting President Jimmy Carter to pressure President Desmond Hoyte to hold free and fair elections resulting in his ouster and the PPP’s assent to office, to where Guyana stands today on the precipice of becoming a failed state. How ironic that yesterday’s oppressed have now become today’s oppressors. All pretense of being the president of all of Guyana was stripped bare when Mr. Ramotar and the PPP realized that their tenuous hold on power would have vanished had the no-confidence vote against the minority government been allowed to proceed in parliament. Only the willfully ignorant and those feeding at the trough of government corruption and depravity will refuse to admit that the PPP has ceded the moral authority to
govern Guyana. There can be no more equivocation about the rectitude of the PPP as the long-tired comparison to Burnham’s PNC no longer holds a scintilla of evidence of the difference between these two anachronistic parties that have taken turns in under-developing Guyana. The fact that Guyana remains a country deeply stratified and dived by race after almost fifty years of independence is reinforced by a badly compromised Attorney General who views Guyana through the narrow prism of an East Indian caste system. Make no mistake, Guyana’s constitution remains the biggest obstacle to national unity and it is now clear that the PPP was never opposed to this obscenely flawed document but was opposed to the ethnicity of the person who crafted it and wielded the powers contained therein. This is borne out by the fact that after gaining power,
they never scrapped it but tinkered with the edges and are now cloaked in it to cling to power, strangling the voice of the majority by proroguing parliament. Even more stunning is the combined opposition not being able to predict this outcome and be ready on day one with a plan in place to counter the president’s undemocratic act. Recently Stabroek News cartoonist Paul Harris depicted the PPP government as Hannibal Lecter and the population as the lamb in an ode to the movie ‘Silence of the Lambs’. A truer comparison cannot be found, where the people behaving as “sheeple” uncaring about their own interest, spoke volumes about the current circumstance and the inexorable day of reckoning. If history serves as a guide, it’s only a matter of time those who have become overnight millionaires along with their supporters are held to account Nigel Jason
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Things that bother DIRECT DEMOCRACY DEAR EDITOR, Many moons ago, a popular column in the Daily Argosy newspaper was titled “Things that bother me” written by one of our true greats —writer, Head Teacher and political activist, Robert Burchell Oclave Hart. For this week his pen may very well have noted as follows:1. Why is the President attempting to make the issue of his Attorney General’s unacceptable behaviour acceptable? Anywhere else the AG would have been sent packing. 2. When will the truth about the Marriott deal be told? And if, as we now hear about wanton spending of public funds, this a private or
personal matter, then say so. 3. We hear that the Umana Yana incident was no accident, but related to the needs of the said Marriott, if this is not the case then fix a timeframe for the rebuilding of this national treasure 4. So Hon. Minister Whittaker tells a gathering of RDCs etc., “Let us account for the People’s money” but he has the G/T Town Clerk waive $27 million without the M&CC’s approval or knowledge, not to mention other anomalies. 5. Hats off to the Roman Catholic Bishop for speaking out against the outrage of the prorogation. But where are our other religious leaders? Their silence gives consent. Is this so with some of my
friends? Those who daily from their pulpits use the Bible to guide their followers, let them be reminded of what is contained in the first of the four Gospels of St. Matthew 18, verses 15 to 17. Or are those who mount the pulpits or speak in their Masjids and Temples blind or unconcerned about the obvious moral turpitude and spiritual weakness taking place in Guyana? 6. It appears M. F. Khan was murdered. He gave a statement after an earlier attempt on his life. The statement pointed to certain folks who seem to be ‘sacred cows’. These are things that bother me. Hamilton Green
The reality of Guyanese youth DEAR EDITOR, As young people, we are idealistic in our philosophical view of life and we romanticise about taking the world on, transforming the structures as well as revolutionising the cultural behaviour of the people that exist in our spaces. Sad to say, as the years roll by and responsibilities pile on, we move from being idealistic to realistic. Our romanticised ideas are replaced with keeping our heads down and trying to survive. It does not take a trip beyond the iron gates of the Ivory Castle (Parliament), for our leaders to discern the reality of the average Guyanese. Homeless people sleep on the paves in front of the highest decision making body of the land, clogged drains, damaged roads and a twisted sense of normalcy operates. There is obviously a clear detachment between our leaders and citizens. Leadership should be
proactive and not reactive to the fluidity of events that shape Guyana. The moment that our people are empowered to demand and make it clear to our elected officials that “it is no longer business as usual and that they work for us” then it will be a bright day for Guyana. WE deserve better, given the population size and resources that are available. Persons are not asking for things beyond the state’s capabilities but what is within our rights as a citizen and by extension a human being. What we expect is not manna from heaven but what we are “entitled” to. Yes, I used the word entitled because it seems we have been beaten down psychologically to believe that which is handed out to us is the best thing and that we are being done favours by those who were elected to the highest offices. The evidence of development is not only written in the GDP or the
The Constitution is not... From page 4 assured that it will not; the public will not forget this and numerous other scandals which this administration is guilty of and which Kaieteur News has bravely brought to light. The public is fully in support of Kaieteur News and the PPP is fooling itself that the public believes the propaganda that is peddled in the state media. The PPP will pay a heavy price for insulting
the public and for their attempts to victimize the private media for their role in exposing the industrial scale corruption and raiding of the treasury, at the upcoming general elections. Finally it hardly needs saying that both Mr Ram and I are at one in his further caution as to the inherent risk in leaving any ‘principled work’ to the person who is now the Attorney General. Ronald Bulkan
growth of an economy, but it also written in the social and human development of the nation. I resolve to think that we are a hopeful people and shall continue to be such a people. It is evident in our resilient spirit and survivalist mentality. The single parent who makes it possible for their children to gain an education, the vendor that works tirelessly, the aged retiree whom has returned to the labour force among the many hard working Guyanese trying to build a better life. These are the unsung heroes. We must etch in our hearts, “We are All sons of one Mother, Guyana the free.” Therefore, no matter our religious, ideological, political, sexual orientation or the nuances that uniquely sets us apart from the other, our common bond is that we are Guyanese. In closing, the simple yet inspiring line of the Iana Seals column needs to resonate with everyone that we mustResist! Resist! Resist! Resist the temptation of just surviving. Jamal Goodluck
DEAR EDITOR, I look at the conflict between the government and the opposition in Guyana with much interest, and see it as the result of a adversarial Westminster system. I would like to promote direct democracy instead of Representative Democracy under a Westminster model which Guyana presently has. In Guyana, voter turnout in parliamentary elections has generally decline from a high of 96.98% in 1964 to a low of 68.82% in 2006. This suggests that the populace is getting disillusioned with the political process. Having a constitutional mechanism where the people decide and can challenge any law if enough support is garnered will help to defend democracy in Guyana. The political leadership should execute the will of the people, but under the Westminster model, politicians often carry out their own will or the will of their financial backers. If the political leadership of Guyana was carrying out the will of the people, the poverty rate would not be so high - about 43% of the population fall below the poverty line. The evidence of widespread poverty suggests that
the government of Guyana has not generally served the best interest of the people, because living in poverty means fighting for survival. Direct democracy will let the people decide what is in their best interest; not just a few people with special interest and who are beholden to financial supporters. If the trend in Guyana continues, the Westminster system will eventually become unworkable in Guyana because of the historical conflict of the past and present political tension which will eventually escalate. Direct democracy is a way to break the deadlock and let the people decide. Switzerland is a country that has such a system. Such a system can be modified to suit Guyana. The Westminster System has not been able to deliver a prosperous life for the majority of Guyanese. It is time that Guyana part with it and move towards a direct democracy or be hindered by a system that is designed to divide-and-rule the people. The choice is clear, either Guyana changes its system of governance or goes around in circles like a dog chasing its tail. Brian Plummer
The PPP unashamedly used the 1980... From page 4 appears unable to understand that those who hold power have the foremost responsibility to improve the lives of the people, elevate the standard of office, and to raise the level of governance. Part of this inability to understand this reality is their innate deceitfulness, which is concerned mainly with raping the treasury to enrich themselves, friends and relatives, and to covet the best oceanfront lands for themselves. It is significant for the public to understand the seriousness and depth of the Constitutional crisis to which the PPP regime has placed on the nation; the level that they have descended to, while studiously avoiding to tell the people the truth. Similarly, despite the obvious failures of the minority regime, their opportunistic leaders continue in office, apparently oblivious to the massive suffering of the poor and the working class and intent on avoiding any sincere, open dialogue with the people, including their own supporters. This corrupt and dictatorial government is bent on
ruling by decree to avoid any scrutiny of how they have and continue to recklessly spend the taxpayers’ money on bogus contracts. Despite the painfulness and shamefulness of the current state of affairs, the low depths to which the PPP cabal has now descended has provided the people with some comfort that this surreal period is nearing its end. Their obvious challenges at holding on to power are increas-
ing by the hour. They can no longer be masked by their propaganda, distortions and untruths as in the past. Guyanese are wise to see through these hypocritical actions. Asquith Rose and Harish Singh
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Dentist asks patient for Malaysian state reads riot sexual favour as payment act to logging companies A prominent dental surgeon is currently at the centre of a police investigation, a state of affairs that is linked to an alleged incident of sexual assault. This publication has been able to confirm that Dr. Bertrand Stuart who operates privately at Charlotte Street, Georgetown, was yesterday released on bail after he was invited to the Brickdam Police Station to assist police ranks in their investigation of the matter. According to reports Dr. Stuart has for the past few months been providing dental services to a 26-yearold woman. The woman disclosed that she became aware of Dr. Stuart’s practice through a male friend who had benefited from excellent dental work. The woman said that her primary reason for visiting the dentist was in order to have her teeth aligned with the aid of braces. “I have been going back and forth to him since August to check my teeth...it was a little strange at first, because each time I went back it seemed that I had to pay more,” said the woman. She informed that the dentist had installed what he eventually described as temporary braces. “He did not tell me this at first... What he told me was that he was giving me a type that was best suited for my situation; I wanted to get rid of my overbite.” She recalled the doctor telling her that she will have to endure monthly check-ups. The woman noted that although having the dental service done attracted much of her income, she was determined to have it done
- tells police ‘it was a joke’ nevertheless because of the nature of her job. Her job, she said, is one that requires her to stand in front of a room and train several persons thus her image is often under intense scrutiny. “My belief is that, if you are not comfortable with something about yourself try to change... It has to do with helping to build your confidence...and this was just something that I wanted to change for myself.” “When I visit he would check the braces to make sure that it was coming along well...For some reason I didn’t think he was doing the right thing but he was the doctor so who was I to question him?” The temporary braces, she disclosed, was a wire tightly cemented on either side of her jaw line in order to realign her teeth. Saturday November 15, 2014, was the last day that the woman would visit the dentist’s office. During that visit he informed her that another brace would have to replace the one she was originally wearing. This was in light of the fact that the existing brace had become damaged and had come loose. “He told me that I had to pay $5,000 to basically fix it but then he looked at a tooth at the back and told me he has to extract it and also put a permanent brace too...I started to question why he didn’t do all that from the inception,” said the woman. She was told of a cost of some $75,000 for the proposed procedures. The cost, of course, was shocking to the woman and she wasted no time informing the dentist that she could illafford to pay. At this point she related how the dentist started telling her of a possible compromise. He reportedly told her to offer him sexual favours instead of cash for any amount of procedures. Before long, the woman said that the dentist started to touch her breasts and the
region of her stomach. Added to this she disclosed that the dentist started telling her “ ‘You can just lay there for me naked, and you coming here and do that after hours when my staff leave will convince me you are willing to do anything’.” Recognising that the man was up to no good, the woman said that she responded with a bout of profanity before storming out of the dentist’s office. “As I walked out I stopped and asked his staff (two women) if this is how they treat people...and they just smiled and looked at each other...I even overheard one saying ‘I never heard any patient complain before’,” disclosed the woman. Accompanied by a friend the woman travelled to the Alberttown Police Station to make a report but was instead asked to do so at the Brickdam Police Station as the matter was of a sexual nature. The woman said too that she was told to return on Monday (yesterday) as efforts would be made then to “bring in” the dentist. Yesterday, both the woman and the dentist were required to visit the Brickdam Police Station and relate what transpired. The dentist casually informed the police in her presence, “I was only joking.” According to the woman while “I don’t want a big story” I want to ensure that what happened to me doesn’t happen to anybody else. “I don’t have much money but there is no way I am going to stoop so low...to offer sexual favours to get my teeth done...no way.” The woman said that she was especially disgusted when two female ranks had no less than derogatory remarks to offer. One rank, according to the woman, kept asking “What do you want?” suggesting that she was hoping for some financial gain. Another rank, she said, categorically told her “If was a young man you wouldn’t ah mine...”
Malaysia - For the first time in the history of Sarawak, which has been part of Malaysia since 1963, a Chief Minister has taken on the timber industry. The timber industry has for long been the state’s economic backbone but is currently facing decreasing yields due to non-sustainable harvesting practices in past years. According to Malaysian media reports, Chief Minister Adenan Satem gathered the tycoons of the state’s big six logging firms- KTS, Rimbunan Hijau, Samling, Shin Yang, Ta Ann and WTKfor a meeting in which he publicly accused them of using “corrupt” practices and warned them not to “mess with me.” Adenan also said that he will “put the fear of God into people who are dishonest” and described the state of corruption in Sarawak as “very bad, a reflection of what enforcement officers have not been doing.” “Some, of course not all, pretend they don’t know. The reason is very simple; either they are stupid, cowards or corrupt.” Adenan carefully avoided not mentioning his predecessor and current governor, Taib Mahmud, under whose 33-year tenure as Chief Minister corruption became endemic in Sarawak. Taib had abused his public office to enrich his family members who became
Chief Minister, Adenan Satem billionaires during his time in office. “Today is a day of celebration for Sarawak and Malaysia”, Lukas Straumann, the executive director of the Bruno Manser Fund said in a first reaction. “These are the clearest words ever we have heard from a leading Malaysian government minister to combat corruption as a root cause of deforestation and underdevelopment.” “We commend Chief Minister Adenan Satem for his courageous stance and important leadership in this question”, Straumann said in Berkeley (US), where he is currently on tour to promote his book Money Logging: On the Trail of the Asian Timber Mafia. ”The international community and civil society are ready to assist Sarawak in the badly-needed reforms not only of the forestry practices
but also its governance and institutions in a wider sense.” Adenan Satem became Sarawak’s fifth Chief Minister last March after long-term Chief Minister Taib Mahmud was forced to resign by the federal government under graft allegations and an investigation by Malaysia’s Anti Corruption Commission, MACC. As the first minister ever in Sarawak, Adenan Satem signed an integrity pledge in which he committed not to award public contracts to his family members. Logging in Sarawak, for long the world’s largest exporter of tropical timbers, has been controversial since the mid-1980s. Some of the world’s largest timber conglomerates, including Rimbunan Hijau and Samling, have their origins in Sarawak and are currently active all over the globe.
Prison gang member hospitalized following brawl over music A brawl in the Georgetown Prisons over music ended with alleged gang member, Colwyn Cort, called ‘Dutchie’ being rushed to the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation with head injuries. Reports indicate that Cort and other inmates were watching television in the North Dormitory around 17.00 hrs when a row broke out over what type of music the prisoners should listen to. The row escalated into a fight and Cort sustained injuries to the head. While hospital sources
Colwyn Cort said that he was chopped a prison official stated that the inmate was beaten.
He was treated at the infirmary before being transported to the GPHC’s Accident and Emergency Unit. His condition is listed as stable. Colwyn Cort, Randolph Rodrigues, called ‘Shoulders’, and Jason Mc Kenzie, called ‘Psycho’, were charged with attempted murder last September for allegedly chopping four other prisoners and dousing them with acid in the New Amsterdam Prison. The assailants and victims were said to be members of separate gangs.
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U.S. targets Islamic militants with more airstrikes in Syria, Iraq: Central Command U.S. targets Islamic militants with more airstrikes in Syria, Iraq: Central Command (Reuters) - U.S. military forces conducted 11 air strikes against Islamic militants in Syria and 20 in Iraq since Friday, Central Command said on Monday. Nine of the Syria strikes were near the Turkish border
city of Kobani and destroyed seven Islamic State positions and four staging areas and struck one unit, the command said in a statement. Two near Dayr Az Zawr hit an Islamic State crude oil collection facility and destroyed a tank, it said The U.S.-led strikes in Iraq were concentrated in the west and north of that
country, with five near Baiji, four near Rutba and three near Kirkuk and three around Mosul and the Mosul Dam, Centcom said. The strikes in Iraq destroyed nine trucks, two excavators, two bulldozers and two front-loaders used by the militants and hit their tactical units and fighting positions, it said.
Thousands of Greeks march against austerity to mark 1973 uprising ATHENS (Reuters) - Tens of thousands of Greeks poured into the streets to march against austerity on Monday in one of the biggest anniversary protests in recent years to mark a bloody 1973 student revolt against the then-ruling military junta. About 40,000 students, workers and pensioners waving red flags and chanting “EU, IMF out!” marched near parliament to the embassy of the United States, which protesters accuse of backing the 196774 military dictatorship. Clashes broke out as the march ended, and police fired teargas at groups of youths who hurled stones and plastic bottles. The annual protest is a focal point for Greeks protesting against government policies and in recent years has directed anger at wage and pension cuts imposed under a 240billion euro bailout by the European Union and International Monetary Fund. “These policies are disastrous,” said 68-year old dentist Panagiotis Viglas. “We want elections now!”
Protesters take part in the protest march About 7,000 police officers were deployed to the capital, mainly around the Polytechnic University where dozens are believed to have been killed when tanks smashed through the gates to crush the 1973 revolt. The city center was shut down and riot police guarded the main Syntagma square. Tensions were running high even before the march began. Minor clashes broke out last week when police preemptively blocked the entrance to the Athens’ Law School to prevent students from occupying the premises ahead of the anniversary. Greece emerged from a
crippling six-year recession this year, data showed last week. But the economic crisis, the country’s worst during peacetime, has forced thousands out of work and eroded living standards. The main opposition, the anti-bailout Syriza party, is leading in opinion polls. Prime Minister Antonis Samaras’ government hopes to exit the bailout by the end of 2014, a year ahead of schedule. Greece’s main labor unions have called a 24-hour strike on Nov. 27 to protest against planned layoffs and pension reform demanded by the EU and the IMF.
Accused Mexican drug boss pleads not guilty WASHINGTON (AP) — A man accused of being the leader of a Mexican drugtrafficking cartel pleaded not guilty Monday in federal court after being extradited to the United States. Alfredo Beltran Leyva was held without bond and faces a detention hearing on Friday. U.S. and Mexican authorities say the Beltran Leyva gang was responsible for trafficking drugs to the United States and Europe including cocaine, marijuana, heroin and methamphetamine. Prosecutors say Beltran Leyva led the drug trafficking organization with his brothers.The 43-yearold was extradited to the U.S. on Saturday and made his first U.S. court appearance before Magistrate Judge Alan Kay. A one-count indictment accuses Leyva of conspiring to import to the U.S. more than 11 pounds (5 kilograms) of cocaine, 110 pounds (50 kilograms) of methamphetamine, 21 pounds (10 kilograms) of heroin and 2,000 pounds (907 kilograms) of marijuana. He entered the not guilty plea through his court-appointed lawyer. When Beltran Leyva was arrested in
2008, he was alleged to be a top lieutenant of the powerful Sinaloa cartel, commanding squads of hit men and organized drug shipments north. The gang split from Sinaloa and later had its stronghold between Acapulco and the south of Mexico City, while retaining some drug routes in western Mexico. They were known particularly for infiltrating or buying off government officials and police.Leyva’s alleged participation in the conspiracy began in 2000 and continued until his indictment in 2012. The Beltran Leyva gang started to split apart in late 2009, when one brother, Arturo, who took over for Alfredo, was shot dead by Mexican marines and another brother, Carlos, was detained two weeks later. Another brother, Hector, was arrested in San Miguel de Allende in October. The Levya cartel has distributed tens of thousands of kilograms of dangerous narcotics and engaged in a campaign of violence that sparked drug wars and jeopardized public safety across North America, said Assistant Attorney General Leslie Caldwell.
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Jamaica health authorities report progress in the fight against Chikungunya KINGSTON, Jamaica, CMC - Chief Inspector at the Kingston and St. Andrew Public Health Department, Everton Baker, says progress is being made with the vector control programme to tackle the outbreak of the Chikungunya virus.He says the Health Department checked more than 41,000 homes between June and last month. Seven thousand were found with breeding sites for the Aedes Aegypti mosquitoes.Baker is urging the public to take care of the environment, as the country continues to deal with the effects of Chikungunya. The Chief Inspector says
community based organisations can also play a part in assisting with the clean-up to get rid of mosquito breeding sites. In recent weeks there has
been a significant decline in new cases of Chikungunya in the eastern parishes of St. Thomas, Kingston and St. Andrew and the central parish of St. Catherine.
NY mayor signs bills limiting deportation of Caribbean immigrants NEW YORK (CMC) – With United States President Barack Obama vowing to proceed on immigration reform by executive order, New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio on Friday signed two bills that would drastically limit the federal government’s ability to deport undocumented Caribbean and other immigrants from New York City. Under one of the new laws, the city will, in many cases, refuse to hand over immigrants in the criminal justice system to federal agents, according to the New York Daily News. In the past, the city sometimes had to turn over people whose cases had been dismissed or who had been arrested on minor charges, the paper said.Now, it said the city will only
cooperate with US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) if the agency has a federal warrant, or if the person has been convicted of a serious crime or is on a terror watch list. Another bill gets rid of ICE from its offices on Rikers Island jail in Queens, New York. “We’re signing legislation that will have a really meaningful effect on the lives of immigrants,” said de Blasio, as he signed the bill, flanked by City Legislators and Carlos Rodriguez, who was mistakenly arrested for trespassing and detained by federal law enforcement authorities for eight months even though the charges were dropped. Rodriquez is still fighting deportation to the Dominican Republic, the Daily News said.
“Sort out CARICOM first” before abandoning UK Privy Council - Holness KINGSTON, Jamaica,– Leader of the opposition Jamaica Labour Party (JLP), Andrew Holness, has reiterated his party’s stance on the establishment of the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ), as Jamaica’s final court of appeal. Just two days before the House of Representatives begins debate on three bills on the CCJ, Holness told supporters at the party’s annual conference on Sunday that the JLP has no interest in abandoning the UK based Privy Council at least for now. “This is an example of how not to use foreign policy. One of our greatest assets is that our final court is an internationally recognised court of arbitration and appeal and we want to take ourselves from it.” “We are not serious about investment, things not going so well in CARICOM, our citizens are being treated with disrespect and yet we want to go and further intensify our ties with CARICOM. I say no to that!” Holness said.
He pledged that instead, the JLP would use its foreign policy to influence economic growth and development in Jamaica. “Mek (let’s) we sort out CARICOM first, mek (let’s) build our economy first before we start to pretend that we big, bad and politically independent. We must now seek to secure our economic independence because it is in our economic independence that we will truly be able to secure our political independence,” he added. The statement from the JLP leader follows a call from Foreign Affairs Minister A.J. Nicholson for support towards the island going the CCJ. On the weekend, Nicholson told CMC that the administration of Prime Minister Portia Simpson Miller would not support the idea of a referendum on the issue. The JLP had previously called for a national referendum to decide on the country’s move towards the CCJ as its final court of
Andrew Holness appeal.Nicholson said the reasons for moving away from the Privy Council “are so relevant, easily understood and everybody ought to have known that. “But the most important of all is affordability. In Jamaica and I rather suspect for the rest of the CARICOM, no more than perhaps one per cent o our population can afford going to London to have their case heard at the final level and yet in Jamaica it appears as if our opposition doesn’t seem to understand that.
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THE OPPOSITION GET FLAP-UP The Opposition parties get “flap- up”. They set a trap for the government; but they fall into their own trap. They now feel shame bad because instead of their supporters having a big party and jumping up because the government would have had to resign, the planned noconfidence motion was nullified. Instead of the government resigning, the government remains in power while the opposition has to protest the fact they fall in their own trap. How the opposition parties never saw prorogation coming is unexplainable. After all there has always been in the Constitution a back door exit for any President facing impeachment. Under the 1980 Constitution, Burnham could have prorogued or dissolved the National Assembly if faced with an impeachment.
That has always been a reserve power and therefore the opposition ought to have known that it could have been used to prevent the noconfidence motion. From day one therefore, they should have told the people what was possible since from as early as Saturday night people were in high spirits waiting for the passage of the no-confidence motion. The people were fed false expectations. The opposition should not have expected the President to roll over and accept defeat so easily. The President is an office holder. If as an office holder, he sees someone coming to lawfully unseat him, what should he do more so if he has a constitutional power to circumvent that person from unseating him? Why would he not use that constitutional
power at his disposal to prevent his government from being toppled? You coming to unseat me and I must sit down and do nothing about it when there are constitutional means at my disposal? Come on guys, did you really think that it was going to be that easy? What sort of President did the opposition think they were dealing with? Did they really believe they were dealing with a lame duck President? They played their cards and they tactically played it wrong. They get flap-up by the President and all they want to do now is to say that the President acted undemocratically. Well how were they acting? How come it is democratic for them to use a constitutional power to remove the President but it is not democratic for the
Dem boys seh...
Donald got age but no experience Dem have an old saying that experience come wid age but dem boys don’t agree wid this. Dem got nuff example. Dem had de races Sunday and a young boy beat nuff old man who had nuff experience. De young man win de Caribbean Motor Racing Championship and he do it in style. Was he fuss season ‘gainst men wha’ been racing fuh years. Some of dem coulda been he fadda. He prove that skills mo’ important than experience. Which brings dem boys fuh seh that it gat nuff people wha deh in the govament wha gat nuff experience but dem don’t have the skills. Tek fuh example, Donald Duck deh ‘round before the Man wha resemble the Devil born. In fact, Donald coulda be he daaady. But de li’l boy tek ovah and run rings round Donald and all of dem. Up to today, although Donald, de man wid de age and experience suppose to be in charge, he tekking instruction from de li’l devil. Dem boys always know that he slow to
learn and quick fuh open he mouth and put he foot inside. One man seh Donald ain’t know he foot from he tail. He own Ministahs dem talking how he surprise dem. Imagine Non Lall admit he pay back money wha he tek and Donald seh that de reportahs must ask he wha mek he pay back. Non Lall nah deny de recording but Donald Duck seh that he got to send de recording to test to see if is Non Lall voice in truth. Can anybody believe that this is de president? Dem boys did always believe that he was haanest, he decent and he was not a crook. Dem boys did also know that he didn’t dabble in skullduggery. Of recent he actions and de things coming out he mouth mek dem boys change dem mind about he. He love de seat more than the devil who been before he and like he want to gather de same kind of wealth like de other one and Babbie. Talk half and pray fuh Donald Duck see de light that de nation want him to see.
President to use a constitutional power so as to prevent them from removing him? Give me a break! What were the opposition thinking when they threatened the President with a no-confidence motion, only to have him tell them to “bring it on?” What were they thinking? Did they really believe that when the President said “bring it on” that he was going to have every one of his Ministers get up and speak in the National Assembly against the noconfidence motion? Did they realistically think that the PPP was going to defend its record? They hold the cards in the National Assembly because they have a one-seat majority. Were they hoping that in the end there would be a vote and the government would be forced to resign? Is that what they were hoping? Or were the opposition thinking that after the noconfidence motion was passed that the President
would run to the Courts to have it deemed unconstitutional? Is that what they were thinking? Or were they assuming that an action would have been filed to prevent debate on the noconfidence motion and then the Speaker would rule that parliament controls its own internal affairs and therefore no such action could prevent the debate? Is this what the opposition parties were assuming? It is bizarre that with all the legal resources at their disposal, the opposition parties did not see prorogation coming? How could they not see that? Or were they hoping that at the last minute the government would make a grand concession to the opposition? This certainly could not have been the expectation since the AFC is particular had signaled that there was no turning back? It is embarrassing that the opposition parties should find themselves in this quandary.
They are now presenting the decision of prorogation as a rape of democracy. But they want everybody to accept that their no-confidence motion was democratic? Yet they will now come to the Guyanese people and ask them to protest the decision of prorogation? Why should the Guyanese people follow an opposition which did not see prorogation as a response to the noconfidence motion? Why should anyone follow this opposition anymore? To be let down again! To face another flap-up.
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== THE FREDDIE KISSOON COLUMN ==
Can the opposition stop Ramotar’s ramapithecus? I attended the APNUsponsored rally at Square of the Revolution on Friday evening and the first thing that came to my mind as I walked from my parked car outside St. Sidwell’s School and across the tarmac of the Square, is how ironic that these PNC rallies for freedom are always held at a place that have the word “revolution” in its name but sadly no revolutionary action emerges. I remember in December 2011, I was asked to speak at an evening meeting of the now defunct Youth Coalition for Transformation, the youth
arm of the APNU coalition. The subject was the controversy of the 2011 election results. The attendance was prodigious. Guyana’s youth were plentiful and angry. To date it is the second largest rally after last Friday’s APNU anti-prorogue demonstration. Sadly no revolutionary action emerged. It was with that irony in mind, that the thought came to be about the revolution thing as I walked on the tarmac Friday night. What will become of that mammoth gathering of human bodies after Friday? If nothing happens to create a national government in the coming months, would it be a wise policy to continue to use that site that has the word
revolution in its name? It has been one week since Ramotar’s ramapithecus rampaged through an elected Parliament decapitating the sacred principle of one person, one vote and only two forms of protest were held – demonstrations on the very day the ramapithecus entered Parliament and Friday night rally. When you saw that ocean of bodies last Friday then the opposition has the capacity to fight. Will it fight? What are Guyanese to expect in the coming days? Whatever happens, one thing is certain – the opposition fears about, Georgetown street action will be a huge factor in any configuration. The fear about the reaction of East Indians to PNCsponsored street action has reached both surreal and pathetic levels. Is there a way out? There is. Inside the thinking of both the PNC and AFC is that street demonstrations are used by the PPP to plant agent
provocateurs among the protestors. The infiltrators then loot Indian stores, attack Indian folks and assault Indian women. This stratagem is used to scare Indian people who then harden their belief that African Guyanese are violent and that their leaders do not like Indians. This PPP trick has worked and has worked for one essential reason – the opposition goes into an election and loses because the fear sends Indians back into the arm of the PPP. This evil will continue to be successful because it is devised with the electoral mathematics as its main ingredient. Sadly, the opposition is masochistic in that it walks right into the trap with eyes wide open. If in the coming weeks, the PNC is going to flex its muscles, it cannot expect the PPP to fold its arms and cry. The Guyana Times gave the game plan away. Long before any opposition strategy was
announced, its front-paged images of violence supposedly done by the opposition in earlier periods. The Times let the cat out of the bag. The usual game plan is to scare Indians. I told Tacuma Ogunseye at the rally that I have a theory about why Parliament was prorogued. But I couldn’t discuss it because the noise level was tremendous. Here is it now. The PPP is waiting for street action. It will wait for a few weeks, then, dissolve Parliament and call elections. Ramotar wants his full term but that is no longer there. The PPP is going into an election, using the traditional fear factor hoping to win a majority. Can they? I believe the PPP can pull off the plurality thing again if it can successfully soak up the Guyana Times front page into the clothes of Indians. It will try to. Both opposition parties have top class political thinkers. Ramjattan, Nigel Hughes, Nagamootoo, Rupert
Frederick Kissoon Roopnaraine, Clive Thomas to name a few. They must know that if the PPP whips up race hysteria, the PPP may clinch the plurality again. This country’s “demographic sociology” is weird and bizarre unlike any other in the world. It doesn’t take much for the PPP to play on the Freudian monster inside the soul (not the head or mind but the soul) of the Indian population. The numbers favouring an opposition victory are too thin at this time. It needs a few more years for that to change. Of course, there is the large percentage of absentee voters and if they vote they can ensure an opposition victory. But who says they will turn up this time? So what is my solution? Constitutional change before elections.
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Independent Ombudsman takes on Minister Gopaul Days after an explosive report that raised serious questions over the manner in which charges were laid against three top managers of the New Building Society (NBS), Ombudsman, Justice Winton Moore, has taken on a Government Minister who criticized him. According to the Judge, who has sweeping, independent powers to investigate complaints against public officials, he read statements attributed to Dr. Nanda Gopaul, Minister of Labour, that the NBS Board of Directors was not afforded a hearing by the Ombudsman. Moore, in a statement, said that he spoke to Dr. Gopaul by telephone on Friday “advising him to read or re-read my report and to point out where in the report I made any finding on anything done by the NBS Board.” The Ombudsman noted that the only mention he made of the NBS Board is in one sentence of the report, and in which he said that “I have no jurisdiction to pronounce on the action of the NBS Board in firing the managers and I therefore refrain from any comment.” Justice Moore urged Minister Gopaul to now do what is “honourable”. The report had angered Government officials. NBS Chief Executive Officer, Maurice Arjoon, and his two managers, Kent Vincent, and Kissoon Baldeo, were all charged in June 2007 for a
- tells him to “re-read” report on NBS fraud charges $69M fraud at the bank. The charges were later dismissed, but not before the three were sacked for what NBS Board of Directors said was “dereliction of duty, negligence and serious misconduct”. In January shortly after Justice Moore was sworn in, Arjoon who had been insisting that he was framed, filed a complaint with the Ombudsman’s office insisting that he was deliberately and maliciously charged. He claimed that he was set-up after refusing to illegally
wrongdoings given an opportunity to be heard, it would have been revealed that all the accusations made by Mr. Arjoon are baseless.” Gopaul also said that the Ombudsman’s report on the complaint, which was released earlier this month, implicates a number of persons who were never afforded an opportunity to respond to the allegations made against them and therefore, it violates the principles of natural justice and most basic requirements of fairness and due process.
“I repeat that anyone affected by the report is at liberty to communicate with me in the proper manner and also the opportunity can be taken by that person to remedy any default.” endorse a proposal to lend Government $2B for the construction of the Berbice River Bridge. The board later voted for a reduced, $350M investment in the bridge. NO FAULT Gopaul on Friday said that media reports on the Ombudsman findings gave the impression that senior Government functionaries, including Jagdeo, had a hand in some form of victimization against Arjoon. “I wish to categorically state, that had there been a proper investigation done and persons who have been accused of certain
Gopaul went further. “Importantly, the learned Ombudsman does not have the mandate and jurisdiction to review the decision of a private company to dismiss its employees. “The fact that the company (NBS) was not even consulted simply compounds the wrong.” According to Justice Moore yesterday, he noted the statements in the press allegedly made by Dr. Gopaul and Shalimar Ali-Hack, Director of Public Prosecutions. DOOR OPEN “The Ombudsman’s
report was sent by me to Dr. Roger Luncheon, Head of the Presidential Secretariat for transmission to his Excellency the President Mr. Donald Ramotar, Dr. Ashni Singh and Dr. Nanda Gopaul. I also sent copies to Mr. Anil Nandlall, Attorney-General, Mrs. Elizabeth Harper, DirectorGeneral, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Director of Public Prosecutions, the Commissioner of Police and Mr. Maurice Arjoon, Complainant and to no other person.” The Ombudsman said that he sent letters with the report to persons named in the report and invited them to make such comments as they see fit. “In other words, anyone affected by anything said in the report was and is at liberty to write me expressing their views and to dispute any statement or any erroneous finding. “The Ombudsman Act requires me to submit the report to anyone affected by anything contained in it and in all fairness, to allow that person to dispute anything in the report affecting him or her. I did not release the report to the press. The stage for that is still to come.” Justice Winston Moore said that should anyone affected by the report make any comment or dispute anything contained in the report, he has to consider the comments and if necessary, revise any finding or statement affected.
File on Nandlall’s reported threats to K/News complete - Crime Chief Director of Public Prosecutions, Shalimar AliHack, is expected to advise the police soon on the way forward with regard to the allegations brought against Attorney General Anil Nandlall by publisher of the Kaieteur News, Glenn Lall. Yesterday, senior police officials, including Divisional Commander Clifton Hicken and Crime Chief Leslie James, confirmed that the file on the matter has finally been completed and it was expected to reach the DPP’s office by today. It’s been more than three weeks since the Kaieteur News Publisher filed a complaint with the police alleging that the Attorney General had knowledge of a plan to attack the newspaper offices on Saffon Street. The Attorney General, in a recorded conversation with Senior Reporter Leonard Gildarie, a few weeks ago, hinted at a plot to attack the
Kaieteur News in retaliation to the newspaper’s exposure of corrupt activities by persons close to the ruling administration. In the conversation with the Kaieteur News senior reporter, Nandlall told Gildarie that Kaieteur News had become a very dangerous place and that he should leave to avoid being at the wrong place at the wrong time. Initially the police appeared to have been stalling the investigations into the matter and this approach was criticized by certain sections of society, which accused them of abandoning all pretence of impartiality and neutrality. Lall in an invited comment said that he is surprised that such a straightforward issue would take such a long t i m e . “Right now I am beginning to lose faith in our police force and that is sad,” Lall stated.
Attorney General Anil Nandlall
Crime Chief Leslie James
Minister of Labour, Dr. Nanda Gopaul
Ombudsman Justice Winston Moore
Former President Bharrat Jagdeo
Former NBS CEO, Maurice Arjoon
“After observing the procedure outlined above, I may then lay a special report before the National Assembly. I may also in the public interest release the report at that stage for public consumption.” He suggested that there is a mechanism for affected persons at his office. The
Ombudsman made it clear that he “cannot and will not at this stage debate the report in the press. I repeat that anyone affected by the report, is at liberty to communicate with me in the proper manner and also the opportunity can be taken by that person to remedy any default.”
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Jagdeo touted as official State advisor …as PPP/C elections “A team” takes shape While a premature General Election appears ever more possible with the prorogation of Parliament, the People’s Progressive Party/Civic (PPP/C) seems to have already put its elections machinery into motion. President Donald Ramotar has already confirmed his intention to run as the party’s presidential candidate, while it is being peddled that current Foreign Affairs Minister Carolyn Rodrigues-Birkett will emerge the Prime Ministerial candidate and former President Bharrat Jagdeo as State Advisor. Information out of the PPP camp is that the shakeup will come following the expected resignation of Prime Minister Samuel Hinds who has served in that capacity from the inception of the PPP reign in 1992. Rodrigues-Birkett’s position also comes across as the PPP’s ticket to win over Amerindian support in their bid to balance ethnic composition. Jagdeo was part of the
so called “A team” for the 1997 General Elections. The 1997, general elections saw Janet Jagan as the PPP Presidential candidate, Sam Hinds as the candidate for Prime Minister and Bharrat Jagdeo as the candidate for Vice President. The trio was popularly called the ‘A’ Team during the election campaign. The PPP/Civic was victorious at that election, capturing some 55 percent of the vote. With much public opinion against Ramotar, his fight to regain the Presidency seems to be an uphill task since under his watch, the PPP/C has given the poorest performance of its existence, with a definite no confidence motion looming against the Ramotar Regime. The President, despite the combined opposition’s utterances, has again revealed his intent to hold discussions with the other side. He has stated however that if talk does not work, he will be calling elections.
Tuesday November 18, 2014
Drug dealer’s suspended sentence…
Imprisonment is mandatory -BAR ASSOCIATION HEAD The recent decision of a Magistrate to grant a confessed drug trafficker a suspended sentence has raised many eyebrows. Numerous questions are being asked about the possible justifications for such a verdict. The decision taken by Sparendaam Magistrate Alex Moore on Tuesday last is being described by Head of the Guyana Bar Association, Ronald Burch-Smith as “highly unusual.” Speaking to Kaieteur News yesterday, Burch-Smith emphasised that Magistrates, often referred to as ‘creatures of statute’, are bound by the law and cannot act outside of it. The sentence, which has largely been condemned, was handed down to Leonard Bacchus who admitted to trafficking 67 kilograms of cocaine. Three years ago, Bacchus was arrested after a police raid netted the $300M worth of narcotics, which was concealed in the false bottoms of kunds (receptacles used in Hindu religious functions). The drug was found in Bacchus’ Enmore, East Coast Demerara home. Bacchus was consequently given a fiveyear suspended sentence and ordered by the court to pay a fine of $2.5M; Magistrate Moore also gave Bacchus up to June 30, 2015 to pay. Burch-Smith contended that under the Narcotics Act, if found guilty or pleading guilty, the penalty for the offender is a fine not less than $30,000 or three times the market price of the narcotics, together with a jail term of no less than three years and no more than five years. The Bar Association Head said “According to the Act,
Leonard Bacchus
Ronald Burch-Smith
jail is mandatory.” The attorney commented that having examined the sentencing of courts across board, this is almost consistently applied. “The law refers to three years in jail being the minimum mandatory. All Magistrates are bound by law as are all courts,” he said. There is no room for a suspended sentence on a drug trafficking charge. Burch-Smith admitted that there was difficulty in trying to discern exactly what Magistrate Alex Moore did or didn’t do. “It is highly unusual. I don’t know what he heard or what the situation is exactly, but the normal course of things, this (the suspended sentence) would not happen.” “The section specifies and would have at least made way for some jail time and the fine is mandatory – here the sentence is highly unusual…Mr. Moore seems to be breaking new ground here,” the Attorney-at-Law commented. Burch-Smith agrees with the decision of the Director
of Public Prosecutions (DPP) to appeal the case. “It is certainly worthy of further examination.” The drug was found in Bacchus’ Enmore, East Coast Demerara home. Bacchus was charged, too, with being in possession of 125 12-gauge shotgun cartridges and 115 .32 rounds of ammunition, without a licence. Magistrate Moore granted him a two-year suspended sentence for the unlawful possession of firearms and ammunition charges. Furthermore, the lawyer questioned why is it that large cases of drugs and ammunition are being prosecuted in Magistrate’s Courts where the maximum imposable sentence is five years. He opined that such offenders should be charged and dealt with before a Judge who is allowed to impose lengthier sentences. According to reports, the case of the cocaine in kunds attracted much public interest when it first came to light in 2011. The Bacchus family members were remanded to prison when they made their first court appearance on August 23. They were, however, able to secure high court bail to the tune of $1M each on November 23, the same year. Prosecutor, Inspector Stephen Telford who is attached to the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) Chambers prosecuted the case. In his address to the court, he asked for consideration to be given to the quantity of the illicit substance involved.
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Enough not being done for the GPSU ups pressure for disabled - Disabled Fraternity re-establishment of Public Service Appellate Tribunal
Mr. Omar Cooper (second from left) displays a copy of the Disability Act. He is flanked by representatives of the Demerara Charitable Foundation (Mr. Mike Singh (left) and Mr. Keith Park) along with Founder of the Monique’s Caring Hands Centre Dr. Dawn Stewart-Lyken.
While some factions of society are of the belief that sincere efforts are being made by the relevant authorities to ensure that the rights of persons with disabilities are adhered to, there are however, some within the disabled fraternity who are otherwise convinced. And this was particularly evident when representative of the Guyana Disabled Organisation, Mr. Omar Cooper, shared his conviction that enough is not being done for the disabled in the society. Cooper, whose disability was the result of a vehicular accident in 1991, said that since he recuperated he has been involved in the disabled organisation. Cooper during an interview with this publication related that he was a passenger in a minibus that collided with a Guyana Sugar Corporation truck. The accident resulted in three persons dying and him suffering the worse injuries. His injuries included damaged hands and feet among others. Although he has mostly recovered, Cooper’s deformed hands and feet still remind of that horrific accident. But instead of merely indulging in self-pity, he decided to take matters into his own hands by advocating for the rights of the disabled. “Ever since I have been trying to mobilise, stabilise and galvanise my fellow people with disability...It was not for pity, but to draw attention to the disability situation in Guyana,” explained Cooper. He noted, though, that despite sustained efforts to amplify the need to respect the rights of disabled persons even with the realisation of the Disability Act, “we are not getting things the way they should be, especially employment and other
societal attention.” “There are a lot of people with disabilities who are qualified, but people are not interested in them simply because they are disabled in one way or another...They are not giving us the opportunity to prove ourselves in spite of the passage of the (Disability) Bill,” said Cooper. The Disability Act of 2010 is one that speaks to the need for employment for persons with disabilities, access to transportation and public buildings, and access to information among others. “The Act is there but it has turned out to be just a pamphlet because it ain’t doing nothing...People with disability still going through a lot of things; we’re still having difficulties getting through at the hospitals, transportation wise, and disable people are verbally abused and treated with scorn by some members of the public,” disclosed an evidently concerned Cooper. But while he is not satisfied with the efforts currently being made, Cooper nevertheless, shared his belief that a great deal was done for disabled persons when Minister Priya Manickchand held the portfolio of Minister of Human Services. “To me when she was there, there was more action, there was more seriousness, there was more caring...but she is no more there and Amen, story done.”
“The Disability Commission needs to do more, not just talk; we need to see action...There is too much waste talk,” said Cooper as he noted that the 58member strong Disabled Organisation has however, been gaining some support from the Central Islamic Organisation of Guyana and a few other humanitarian organisations. Cooper’s disclosures were mirrored by another member of his organisation, Yvonne DeAbreu. DeAbreu, like Cooper, shares the belief that “the legislation has not made much of a difference. It made a difference to a point; there is improvement in the area of education but that’s just the first stage.” According to the young woman who was born with cerebral palsy, there is still a great need for focus to be directed to issues such as health care and housing. She was particularly perturbed by what she deemed convenient attention. “When they are ready to give focus to disabled persons in December, then you hear about all the plans for persons with disability...After that they just slide us along into the corner.” It is her firm belief that there is need for sustained efforts to ensure that disabled persons are properly and comfortably integrated into the society.
President of the Guyana Public Service Union, Patrick Yarde, has upped calls for President Donald Ramotar to appoint the long-overdue Public Service Appellate Tribunal (PSAT). According to the union in a statement, a letter was sent to the Head of State earlier this month. “The PSAT has been nonfunctional, since the resignation in 2004 of the Government’s nominee on the tribunal, the late Mr. George Fung-On. The Union previously wrote to the President on this subject on 12th September, 2013. “On this occasion, apart from receiving an acknowledgement from the Office of the President, there has been no positive or conclusive response.” GPSU insisted that the absence of the PSAT has left a significant void causing public officers to be denied the right to have grievances with decisions of the Public Service Commission redressed. The other option was through the High Courts. “This in essence, is also a breach of the provisions of the Constitution of Guyana, which are intended for their protection.” GPSU said that it was at its insistence that the PSAT was established in 1984. “Further, it is concerned that public workers, who fall under the jurisdiction of the tribunal, the union and the Guyanese citizenry as a whole have been disrespectfully treated, in that they were not extended the courtesy of an explanation for the failure to establish and/or reactivate this crucial constitutional tribunal for in excess of ten 10 years.”
GPSU’s President, Patrick Yarde The union said it has been raising the concerns time and again with the administration. “The union’s doubts, regarding the claims by the Government to working class credentials, have repeatedly been conveyed to this Administration, given the spate of evidence to support its unconcerned and nonresponsive attitude to the rights and need of workers.” GPSU also said that it is of the firm view that there is
an orchestrated plan within Government to obstruct the appointment of the PSAT so that they could freely and uninterruptedly proceed with the politicizing of the public service and trample the rights of workers. “Such conduct is in conflict with the provisions of the Constitution of Guyana and compromises the efficiency and effectiveness of public servants, who exist to provide quality public service in the public’s interest.” The union urged President Ramotar, “who was sworn to uphold the Constitution”, to initiate urgent measures to correct the unsatisfactory state of affairs. “If this is done, Public Servants would be assured of some measure of justice and security of tenure. Such an action would also be a move in the right direction for a Government that currently has as its hallmark a consistent record of trampling the rule of law and to some extent, the principles of democracy in Guyana.”
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Spacio for parts - Call: 6836438 Sheep for sale - Call: 6956139 House for sale 3 bedroom, master room, self contain, down stairs, bar rest room, pools hall & 1 bedroom apartment. Call: 669-0366 Home Hardware item: Fast Efficient & Courteous Service, Discount for “small time” contractors @ Sheriff Street. Phone: 227-1363 Mobile wheelchair by Invacare, excellent condition, new charger & batteries, large rear wheels Call: 225-0271 AMERICAN BULLY, REMYLINEPUP.CONTACT: 667-4845, 220-7933 One 14 inch dredge / draga Call: 663-0742 One complete water shop with 3 white tanks, 1 pressure pump & ultraviolet lamp (items can be sold separately) Call: 622-5986 Quality imported pups, Hale German Shepherd for sale. Call: 660-2024 Yamaha outboard engines, various sizes, tundra wheels, boat trailer - Tel: 220-1981, 690-1945 One pop corn machine – Call: 222-4708
LAND FOR SALE ECCLES: Build your own home in a modernize gated community, lot size 60X100 - $7.5M – Call: 227-2913, Cell: 689-3033 ECCLES: Commercial Lots - $14M – Call: 227-2913, Cell:689-3033
Diamond/Grove, New Scheme, land with foundation & post, corner lot, $7M (neg) - Call: 603-9700 FOR SALE One 9th Slate Pool table – Coin Operated. Call: 610-6322 1 Cupboard, imported wall divider, imported 4 piece table & chair, stainless sink , freezer, microwave, tank 450 gal, good quality- Call:686-8343
SALON
WANTED
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Make Up Courses with Mac, Bare Minerals, Black Opal and Sacha cosmetics. Call: 647-1773/660-5257
One Live in maid to work in home in Georgetown – Call: 669-6030
PLANNING AN EVENT? BIRTHDAY PARTY, GRADUATION,WEDDINGS, ANNIVERSARY, ETC. CALL DIAMOND TENTS: 216-1043; 677-6620
One shop attendant to work in the Interior- Call: 681-6044 Live in waitresses to work in a bar – Call: 604-6606
Permanent & Visitors Visa Applications, Professional Immigration Consultant Room D5 Maraj Building Call Sabita: 225-6496, 662-6045
Mechanic Technician with 7 years of experienced, needed in Tortola B.V.I. Call: 1-284447-1075 One farmer to work in B.V.I Tortola - Contact: 1-284-4471075
Guyana Passport & Visa Forms Application, USA, Canada and England. Tel: 626-7040; 265-4535.
VEHICLE FOR SALE
Repairs & spare, fridge, freezer, A/C, washers, stoves. Contact Nick: 683-1312, 6273206
Pitbull Bus ($3.1M) unregistered, Noah, Regius ($2M) unregistered - Call: 603-9700
General domestic maid @ Diamond –Contact: 626-8003, 227-8529
Repairs, sales & spares air conditioning, microwaves, washer, fridges & stoves. Ultra Cool, call: 225-9032, 647-2943
1- 2001 new model 212 stick shift - $2M, 1 -2000 year model Tacoma with 3RZ engine- $2.1M – Call: 6165974, 618-8703
Mature & experienced cashiers, delivery clerks & Salesperson to work on commission + salary, Business located @ E.C.D, age 25-50 – Call: 601-3679
We repair fridge, freezer, AC, washer, dryer Call Omar: 231-0655, 683-8734
Toyota Prado, Price$5.5M Neg. Call: 643-2403 2004 Toyota Avensis, new tyres, i n t e r i o r w e l l maintained, 75,000 KM, Excellent paint job, seat covers, asking $3.2M Contact: 651-3000
For professional and affordable landscaping services, grassing, leveling, perorated & drainage, system, supply of earth- Call: 626-1044, 656-1326 Repairs to refrigerators gas stoves washing machine, A/ C units – Call Lindon: 6411086, 694-2202, 227-8907 Guywiz Technology, I-phone unlocking sale, starting from $5,000 – Call: 616-8230, Lot 47 Russell Street Charlestown FOR LOW COST: REPAIRS TO FRIDGE, FREEZER, A/ C UNIT, MICROWAVES, TV & WASHING MACHINE CALL: 629-4946 OR 2254822 Thinking about where to get some healthy, tasty food? Call Khana’s Kitchen. Tel:614-2461. You Will Want More!!!
AT 192 Carina - $900,000, AE100 Sprinta - $600,000Call: 641-4192 or 229-6515 2005 Honda Airwave, Mint Condition $2.6M negotiable Call: 592-6851231, 592-670-2343 Unregistered Spacio 2004, camera, rims, body kit, Fielder 2003, black interior, fully loaded. Call: 617-5536 One Belta Vehicle for salePSS 2700 – Call: 684-4627 Toyota Fun Cargo Sports Car, Excellent condition, first owner, price $1.25M. Call: 613-3160 2003 Toyota Premio - $2.3M, New Model Spacio $2.150M, fully loaded, unregistered. Call: 617-2891
One truck driver, over 30yrs, preferably from Soesdyke area - Call: 219-0468 between 08:00am -04:00pm 1 Second hand, Skid Steer to purchase. Call: 219-0468 between 08:00am-04:00pm Tree feller & saw men – Call: 683-2575 We buy land in Parfait Harmonie, Schoonord, Eccles, Uitvlugt, Providence, Herstelling, Cornelia Ida & Nonpareil – Call: 675-7292, 218-5591
LEARN TO DRIVE Soman Son & Outar Driving School at Maraj BuildingTel: 644-5166; 622-2872; 6150964; 689-5997 PEN PAL Indian Male from USA is seeking female age 30/33 with good personality. Call:6653246 (no texting) TAXI SERVICES City Taxi Service (1968), 8 Vlissengen Road, Newtown -24hrs service –Call: 2258600, 226-1088, 227-1101, 226-7150 Eddie’s Taxi Service, 6 Vlissengen Road, Newtown. Call: 226-0606, 225-1513
AT192, 212, Allion, unregistered Premio, Hilux Surf, BNN, RZ & Pit-bull, 7 seater super custom. Cash / terms- Call: 680-3154 Prado Land Cruiser, Automatic Diesel, PHH Series, $5.8M. Call:233-2546, 688-5554 Just arrived Allion $2.3M, Premio - $2.4, Late PLL RAV4 $2.65M, Bluebird, fielder available – Call: 616-3413, 692-6159 Toyota IST 2003, $1.5M Neg. PNN series, Toyota Allion 2006 - $1.950M Neg. PRR Series. Call: 609-2815 Mitsubishi Lancer - $750,000. Call: 647-0271
GT TOOL RENTALS: COMPACTOR; CHIPPING HAMMER RANSOM & FLOOR SANDER, (SALE) AND MORE, SAWS & DRILLS -$10,000 - CALL: 675-0767, 667-2535 Sawmill at Linden to rent with Woodmizer Mill, reasonable land space and licensed Contact: 648-5022 Kitchen to rent for bar & restaurant – Call: 684-3371, 684-5976 4 Bedrooms house- AC, Security camera, GEB alarm, phone, 2 vehicle parking, etc @ Friendship, E.B.D. Call:674-6363 Fully furnished apartment with TV, Air- Condition, hot & cold, cable in South - Call: 689-5877 Two bedroom apartment at Stewartville West Coast Demerara, 1 Business place at Stewartville opposite Primary & Secondary School – Call: 613-5261
Ladies to do cleaning, canter drivers - $22,000, porter to work on W.C.D – Call: 6848231, 622-9341 1 Female to work in snackette & bar , must know to cook, age 20-35yrs – Tel:647-7432, 223-5798 Live in waitress to work in Liquor Restaurant – Call:6863116
We buy & sell vehicles for cash, also parts available & 30 seater buses; Extra Cab pickups; 2006 Tacoma- Call: 680-3154
Parika (Butcher Shop Street) – One (1) Lot 38' X 150' $ 7m - Contact 650-0402 - for serious inquiries Blankenburg @ The Back Of Gas Station (3) Lots @ 75' X 76' Each. $20M for all 3 Lots. (1) Lot for $10m - Contact 650-0402 Blankenburg Public Road, W.C.D, 38X150, 37X150$16M Each. Call: 666-3619
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TO LET Furnished 2 bedroom apartments, in linden for shop for short term, local and overseas guest. Call: 444-4704/ 614-4415 Fully furnished 2 bedrooms apartment, with hot & cold @ AA Eccles. Call: 686-5625 or 665-6099 Three bedroom house to rent in South Ruimveldt $47,000. Call: 685-3971
EDUCATIONAL CXC Classes for adults/ students, repeater, Grade 6, slow learners in Mathematics, All Science & Business Subjects – Call: 2315678, 690-5008 Pre-Xmas Give away $20,000 OFF 9 Course Computer Diploma, Conditions Apply. Micrographics, Vreed- En-Hoop. Call: 2643057 Limited Space ACCOMODATION SIGNATURE INN: Luxury Suites & Apartments. Free Wi-Fi & Breakfast; AC & Self Contained Rooms @ 83 Laluni Street Queenstown. Tel: 592-226-2145
Two bedrooms bottom flat apartment, Lot 1220 Diamond, Housing Scheme, 6th Avenue, 4th corner in. Call: 663-2855 One exquisite 2 rooms top flat apartment, in Amla Ave. Prashad Nagar. Call Bernard on: 621-6366, 226-7023 2 Bedrooms house for rent at 499 Block, A Section Y Kaneville - Contact: 6746213 Eccles Furnished top + bottom flat include A/C Cable, internet Access etc. Call: 233-2770 2 Bedrooms apartment for couple, preferably with no children. Tel: 671-8457 (Continued page 23)
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Letters... Where your views make the news Letters... Where your views
The Lacuna in the organisation of the National Cane Farming Committee Dear Editor, From a distance, but not too distant, I have noted what purports to be a contretemps surrounding one of my areas of special interest – cane farming-amongst membership of what is styled the National Cane Farming Committee. As the pioneer in organising the development of the ‘small’ cane farming sector in the sugar industry, beginning in the participation of the framing of the relevant Act, the Regulations; and more specifically overseeing the legal contract to be executed between Manufacturer (Estate) and Farmer. I can claim to have more institutional memory of its operations than any of the current farmers, whether or not they are members of the
extant concocted Committee. The following Table tells of those farmers, mostly Cooperative Societies which were established with my active help and direction. The relevance of the above is to confirm whether
or not cane farming activity is diminishing. So far the evidence suggests that Uitvlugt is the one estate where actual progress has been recorded. Therefore such simple factual verifiable data need
not be accompanied by the vitriol expounded by one combatant, to wit the Chairman who would appear to have lost balance in his presentation, and consequently in his status. It is not the normal
International Conference on Indian Diaspora DEAR EDITOR, The Indian Council for Cultural Relations has announced it is organizing a three day international conference on ”Indian Diaspora & Cultural Heritage: Past, Present & Future” in Delhi. The conference offers a platform to researchers and scholars, particularly the younger generation, to share the Indian Diaspora experiences of preserving Indian cultural heritage and develop strategies for promoting it in the future as also strengthening their ties and linkages with India in a contemporary framework. In a release the organizers note that the Indian Diaspora has conserved varied aspects of Indian cultural heritage that their ancestors had taken along with them during the 19th Century. Today, “this heritage is a part of living culture in many countries across the globe. In the former colonies, the Indian community had to struggle for the retention of its cultural heritage, and often faced different kinds of onslaughts. And yet, they jealously guarded their heritage which is now conserved and practiced with pride by the present generation”. The organizers note that there is “a strong urge and need for strengthening the ties between the people of Indian origin in foreign countries and the present Indian generation”. The conference organizers feel “in depth research into the way the Indians sought to preserve their natural environment and culture linked to their inherited religious or cultural
beliefs will go a long way in strengthening the existent bonds and ties for the future. In this regard, this Conference will enable the researchers and scholars, particularly, the younger generation to share their history, experiences and efforts with scholars and researchers India and develop strategies for strengthening the ties”. The conference will be inaugurated by Hon’ble Smt. Sushma Swaraj, Minister of Government of India. Eminent scholars have been invited to deliver Key note addresses including several Guyanese, Trinis and Surinamese. A variety of sub-themes will be explored including: - Indenture and Forced Migration, - Identity Crisis and Identity Formation - Adaptation to new Environments
- Diverse Colonial Environments – Comparative Assessment - Conservation and Retention of Cultural Heritage - Modes of Resistance - The psyche of grief and longing for ancestors/ homeland cultural heritage - Search for roots and family genealogies - Reviving memories - Perceptions about each other - Religion and religious practices: Continuity and Change - Festivals, Customs and Life-Styles: Continuity and Change - Cultural Assimilation: Jahazi Bhai to Modern Generation - Dance, Music and Folklore over the years - Cultural Exchanges in Performing Arts, Education, Religion and Philosophy
- Yoga and Ayurveda - Role of Indian Cinema & Sports - Analyzing the present policies, identification of new areas Retention and Promotional Strategies Contacts: Shri Sunil Mehdiretta, Director, Indian Council for Cultural Relations, 011 23379463. Email: iccrconference@gmail. com Academic Coordinator; Prof. Kapil Kumar, Chairperson, Faculty of History, School of Social Sciences, and Director, Indira Gandhi Centre for Freedom Struggle Studies , Indira Gandhi National Open University.01191910058434, 011918826158434 Email: iccrconference @gmail.com; For queries etc. Email: iccrconference @gmail.com Vishnu Bisram
expectation in groups established to work towards consensual decision-making to publicly expose even private animosities. It not only reflects a malfunctional organisation, but often insights into the quality of management they are designed to effectuate. At this distance one wonders too as to whether the extant rules governing membership of the NCFC are being complied with, to the extent that its membership is supposed to comprise of representatives of Cane Farmers’ District Association (if these exist). So that a query about the preponderance of officials would have been justified even in the time when once I was Vice-Chairman of the Committee, as a representative of Bookers Sugar Estates. The debate, or rather the argumentation surrounding the efficacy of the NCFC would appear to be resolved, rather than be confounded, if there were a genuine attempt by the Guyana Sugar Corporation to have the NCFC Act and related legislation comprehensively reviewed, so that amendments can be enacted to address current issues affecting both parties, particularly those the Manufacturer hopes to engage in the future. From this distance there appears to be a substantive organisational lacuna which critically needs to be addressed with the attributes of professionalism. For information of all relevant stakeholders the law titled ‘Cane Farmers Contract (General Conditions) Rules’ include the Rules listed at Annexe 1 hereto. E.B. John
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PROPERTY FOR SALE 1-2 Storey business property with running taxi service services, 1 apartment, 1 office located @ 3 Norton Street, WerkEn- Rust- $45M negotiable - Tel: 689-0065 Property @ Kersaint Park, LBI, E.C.D. Contact: 6985713 or 664-1865 One commercial property located at Diamond/Grove, New Scheme- $24M Negotiable. Call:216-0147, 6619796 Six acres prime roadside land and metal workshop in Corriverton, can be sold with or without workshop. Call: 626-6245 Diamond Section “A”, 274 Great Diamond, E.B.D, 56’ by 40’ building on 111’ by 60’ land- $17.5 Million- Call: 233-2546, 233-5859
VACANCY Insurance Claims Investigator, Sales Manager, Sales Representative. Send CV to P.O.Box 101666, Georgetown Work from home; earn $5,000- $20,000 dailyContact: 233-6517, 6221957,www.jobfair worldwide.com International Cruiseline Purser officer, waitresses, waiters, cooks, receptionist, storekeeper, cleaners, electrician, carpenter, plumber, musicians etc – Tel: 231-6296, 650-9880 Cashiers @ Shell Service Station Providence EBD. Must be able to work shift (5am-3pm & 3pm-12pm) – Tel: 265-7306 Experienced cashier; apply with written application & passport size picture @ Survival Shopping Complex, 173 Sheriff Street, Campbellville. Call:2275286/9
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Two arrested, Waldron accomplices Two on trial for murder at Better remanded for armed robbery Hope Community Centre Ground
Two men who were detained during Friday’s confrontation between police and slain robbery suspect, Royston Waldron, were yesterday remanded on two counts of armed robbery. Ronley Rampersaud and Seon Grant were charged with conspiring to commit a felony and robbery under arms yesterday at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court. The men appeared before Magistrate Ann McLennon. It is alleged that on November 10, they conspired to commit a felony, and on the same day at Sherriff Street at Georgetown, armed with a gun robbed Leoni Sammoogan of $20,000. Although the matter was
indictable and they were not required to plead, the Magistrate thereafter applied the Administration of Justice Act (AJA) and then reread the charges to the defendants to which they pleaded ‘not guilty’ and the pleas were entered. When asked by the Magistrate if there were any objections to bail, Police Prosecutor Dinero Jones noted the nature and gravity of the offence. Prosecutor Jones also told the court that similar charges were likely to be made against the defendants. Rampersaud, 28, told the court that he works as a DVD vendor. He gave his address as 124 Middle Road, East La
Penitence, Georgetown and was convicted for a similar offence. Grant, 26, said he is a selfemployed clothes vendor who hails from Eccles, East Bank Demerara. The two were remanded until November 28, and the matter has been transferred to Magistrate Judy Latchman’s court. Rampersaud and Grant were detained last Friday after police intercepted a car at Thomas and Alexander Streets, Kitty. The vehicle was being driven by ex-policeman Royston Waldron, who was shot dead and who police said was a suspect in several armed robberies.
Two men accused of icepick robbery Two men, Kevin McPherson and Charles Stoby appeared before Magistrate Ann McLennon at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court to face the charge of robbery under arms yesterday. It is alleged that on November 15, at Robb Street, Georgetown Demerara, while armed with an ice pick Stoby robbed Edward McCoy of one Blackberry torch and cash. Stoby, who was represented by Attorney-
At-Law Paul Fung-A-Fat, said that Stoby was employed by Guysuco as a cane cutter, resided at Lot 15 Uitvlugt, West Coast Demerara and had no previous brushes with the law. McPherson, 23, was unrepresented and hails from 70 Belfield Housing Scheme, East Coast Demerara and is a miner. The two men have been remanded to prison until November 28.
Linden porter’s ‘Bottle threats’ lead to 4 months in jail A Linden porter was apologetic but that did not spare him a jail term. He appeared before Magistrate Ann McLennon at the Georgetown Magistrates’
Court, yesterday. It is alleged that on November 16, at Waterton Road, Mackenzie Linden, Arlon France threatened Paulette Powell.
Police Prosecutor Dinero Jones told the court that on the day in question Powell was going through her exercise routine around 5:00hrs when France approached her. He reportedly had a broken bottle in his hand and ordered Powell to lie on the floor. While she was on the floor they had a scuffle, causing the bottle to fall from France’s hands. The woman ran away but the defendant continued to run behind her. She made her way to the Mackenzie Police Station and made a report. The defendant was identified during a police patrol, he was arrested and investigated further and then charged. France pleaded guilty and was sent to jail.
Deceased: Javid Mohamed
Accused: Christopher Singh called Chris
Accused: Davindra Bushram ‘bird brain’
Christopher Singh, called ‘Chris,’ and his friend Davindra Bushram, called ‘Bird Brains’ are currently on trial at the High Court for the murder of Javid Mohamed. The duo allegedly robbed and killed Mohamed following a floodlight cricket match at the Better Hope Community Centre Ground on September 11, 2010. The victim was beaten and stabbed multiple times about his body. The matter is ongoing before Justice Navindra Singh and a mixed 12-member jury. State Prosecutor, Judith Gildharie-Mursalin is presenting the case. Attorneys- at- Law George Thomas and Raymond Ali are representing the two accused. At the opening of the trial the prosecutor GildharieMursalin told the court that on the night of the incident,
the two accused and the victim were among spectators at a cricket match at the Better Hope Community Centre Ground, East Coast Demerara. According to the Prosecutor sometime around midnight, the two accused, Christopher Singh and Bushram, along with Mahadeo Mangal and Mangal’s brother-in-law, Jonathan Bacchus, were all on the Public Road. Singh took a knife from Mangal and told him that he was going to rob somebody. The Prosecutor said that Singh wrapped the knife in his left forearm with his T-shirt as Mangal and his brother-inlaw stood on the road, they saw ‘Bird Brains’ arguing with an East Indian man who was later identified as Mohamed. According to Mrs. Mursalin, the men saw Mohamed who was standing at the northern
side of the road and heard someone shout out “thief.” They observed two little boys robbing him. The boys ran off. She said that Mohamed had picked up a piece of wood which was lying nearby to defend himself from the thieves, Singh approached him and pulled out the knife from under the wrapped Tshirt and started to stab the man, as Bushram reached for the piece of wood which the victim held and began hitting him with it. Mursalin said the victim was later picked up from the side of the road and taken to the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC) where he was pronounced dead on arrival. A Post Mortem examination revealed Mohammed’s cause of death to be haemorrhage and shock due to multiple stab wounds.
“Impact Albouystown Project”... From page 19 from the various types of training courses. He said that a number of persons were able to benefit from the cosmetology exercise, which recently concluded. “A batch of about 10 individuals recently commenced training in making of concrete blocks… and another group will take part in agricultural
training exercise where they will learn about gardening and rearing of cattle and poultry. There will also be training in leather craft, sewing, cookery sessions and so forth.” As a representative of the IAP, Imam Muhammad has been actively involved distribution of food hampers and other items to members of the community.
He said that the food items are donated to the project by the GPF and other support groups. “We are encouraged to continue to the work. Given our success with the project in Albouystown we have seen the similar project was developed in other communities such as Beterverwagting/ Truimph and Agricola.”
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US Coast Guard makes US$5.1M New bird flu outbreaks hit Europe cocaine bust in Caribbean Sea FLORIDA, , CMC – The United States Coast Guard says crew members aboard the Cutter Alligator offloaded cocaine valued at US$5.1 million in St. Petersburg, Florida on Thursday. The Coast Guard said the cocaine was seized in support of Operation Caribe Venture. During a routine patrol last week, a Customs and Border Protection Office of Air and Marine aircraft detected a 25-foot “go-fast” vessel in the Caribbean Sea. Coast Guard officials report that an armed Coast Guard helicopter crew aboard observed suspicious packages on board the gofast vessel. “After the suspected vessel failed to heave to, the
Coast Guard Cutter Alligator conducts drug offload in St Petersburg, armed helicopter crew employed warning shots and then disabling fire to stop the vessel,” the Coast Guard said. The Coast Guard said
three suspected smugglers aboard the go-fast vessel were detained and later turned over to law enforcement officials.
Japan re-thinks aid policy to developing countries including the Caribbean TOKYO, Japan, CMC – Japan Monday has said it is reviewing the aspects of its Overseas Development Assistance (ODA) programme for developing countries, including the Caribbean, with emphasis now being placed on development cooperation rather than on assistance. Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida, addressing a symposium commemorating the ODA’s 60th anniversary, held under the theme “Growth and Poverty Reduction-The role of Japan’s ODA,” said that the Tokyo is also facing financial constraints that have also led to a drastic reduction in its overseas aid package. He told the symposium that as a result, Japan would now be targeting its aid programme along the lines of peace, prosperity, human rights and involvement of the private sector. “I think in an age like this, the ODA has its role to play which is not just the distribution of funds,” he said, adding that private sector led growth would be necessity given the fact that there would be no sustain development without private sector assistance. “The future of ODA is to link private sector to quality growth,” he said making reference to the various problems including globalisation, the development of new technologies and the spread of infectious diseases affecting socio-economic growth in developing countries. In her address to the symposium, Helen Clarke, the former New Zealand prime minister, who is now the administrator of the United Nations Development
JICA president Dr. Akihito Tanaka Programme (UNDP), said that Japan has been a leading player in the global partnership for development. She said despite the progress made on the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) “progress has been uneven across countries with many left out of the loop”. She said the UNDO, like Japan, is building new relationships around partnerships. “Japan’s solidarity with developing countries is very very important and as UNDP we look forward to continued development with Japan for many many years to come.” Following the symposium, President of the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JIICA), Dr. Akihiko Tanaka, told journalists that Tokyo’s aid would also be guided by the requests from developing countries. With specific reference to the Caribbean, Tanaka said Japan had been using the per capita gross domestic product (GDP) for providing aid “and in that respect some of the CARICOM (Caribbean Community) countries are
already beyond the scope of aid. “But that does not indicate that we neglect the need of the countries,” he said, noting that regional countries were now receiving assistance in dealing with the impact of climate change and natural disasters. “Japan continues to explore how we would utilise the concept of human security for our activities. In a way from your view point to slow, but we are beginning to realise the importance of cooperation, particularly with the small island nations. “So we are in the process in a way reformulating our approach to island nations including the Caribbean. There may be specific needs and so we have to be attentive to the needs of specific countries, but then as a while, particularly after Prime Minister Abe declaration when he visited the Caribbean, we are now in the process of formulating how we should do our efforts of development cooperation”. “Our approach has long been emphasising the ownership and self help of our partners and our basic approach is what we call request principle, this is a principle to all countries of the world that we will not come forward and tell our partners this is what we are going to do in your country. What we would like to do is to ask you what you would want us to do and that is what we call the request principle, so I think with the Caribbean we are now in the process of having the request from the partner countries in the Caribbean, but that does not mean we are simply waiting.
Dutch authorities have found a highly contagious strain of bird flu at a poultry farm in the central Netherlands and set about destroying 150,000 chickens. As Hayley Platt reports the strain, H5N8, has never been detected in humans, but an outbreak in South Korea meant millions of farm birds had to be slaughtered to contain the outbreak. It’s the world’s largest egg exporter and the discovery of a highly contagious form of bird flu at this farm in the Netherlands has prompted swift action. 150,000 birds in Hekendorp are being culled and a three-day ban on shipments of all poultry products out of the country has been imposed. A 10-km
exclusion radius has also been set up around the infected premises - it will be stay in place for 30 days. The Dutch Health Authority says although humans can’t die from the strain, they can become ill. “People can develop a flu, and that’s what you want to prevent. It could make those with existing health problems worse which nobody wants.” There are 700 poultry farms in the Netherlands and the Dutch export around 6 billion eggs a year - three quarters of them to Germany. The virus isn’t the strain that can infect humans but it can easily spread to other birds. Ducks at a farm in Northern England have also tested positive for avian flu -
the first UK outbreak since 2008. It’s not the deadly H5N1 strain that effects humans either - but a cull is also underway. Nigel Gibbens is the UK’s chief vet. Nigel Gibbens, UK Chief Vet, saying (English): “People shouldn’t be concerned about the risk to public health and the Food Standards Agency have confirmed that they don’t see this as a risk through the food chain. “ The outbreaks follow one in Germany two weeks ago. And Rabobank’s Jane Foley says they are being watched by markets. “A month or so ago there was some interesting charts in that every time Ebola was mentioned in the news we saw US Treasury yields for instance react.
Sierra Leone doctor dies of Ebola at Nebraska hospital Reuters) - A surgeon who contracted Ebola while working in Sierra Leone died early on Mon d a y o f t h e disease at a Nebraska hospital, medical officials said, the second death from the virus out of 10 known cases treated in the United States. Dr. Martin Salia, a native of Sierra Leone and a permanent U.S. resident, had been in very critical condition when he arrived at the Nebraska Medical Center on Saturday afternoon, Dr. Phil Smith, director of the biocontainment unit, said at a news conference. “He had no kidney function, he was working extremely hard to breathe and he was unresponsive,” Dr. Daniel Johnson said. Salia was put on dialysis within hours of his arrival and required intubation and mechanical ventilation within 12 hours. He was given plasma from an Ebola survivor and the drug ZMapp provided by Mapp Biopharmaceutical on Saturday, said Dr. Chris
Kratochvil, associate vice chancellor for clinical research at the University of Nebraska Medical Center. Salia, 44, who was chief medical officer at United Methodist Kissy Hospital in Freetown, Sierra Leone, tested positive last week for Ebola, the United Methodist Church’s news service said. The news service said it was unclear how or where Salia contracted Ebola. Salia,
who had trained as a doctor in Sierra Leone’s College of Medicine, also worked at several other medical facilities. “Our hearts go out to his grieving family,” Bishop Warner H. Brown Jr., president of the United Methodist Council of Bishops, said in a statement. “Dr. Salia was a dedicated Christian physician who was living out a calling to serve others.”
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GCA/Banks Malta Supreme U-13 tourney
Victories for GYO, Bel Air, DCC and Everest
From left Zechariah Mootoo, Ghansham Premchand, Krishna Singh and Kishan Bhola of Everest
Tuesday November 18, 2014 ARIES (Mar. 21–Apr. 19) You will have to expect a few disturbances in the harmony that has reigned over the past few days, Aries. For example, your needs may not match those of your mate or close friends, or you may feel restless. TAURUS (Apr. 20–May 20) As a person who embodies affection and tenderness, Taurus, you may feel especially resentful about today's mood. GEMINI (May 21–June 20) A longing for comfort and the small, simple pleasures in life is likely to cripple your initiative today, Gemini. Have you decided to withdraw from the career whirl for the time being? CANCER (June 21–July 22) For the past several days, Cancer, you've been fairly lucky in financial and material terms. But the day ahead will be an exception. If you're planning to make an investment, sign a contract, or purchase a major item, postpone it until another day. LEO (July 23–Aug. 22) The way you act when you first meet people is typical of Leo. What is it that you do? You try to teach them something. VIRGO (Aug. 23–Sept. 22) Your philosophy of life comes naturally, Virgo. Others need to study, listen to experts, or sign on to various allegiances.
LIBRA (Sept. 23–Oct. 22) It isn't because your new projects demand such precision that they're causing you problems, Libra. You tend to think details keep you from having a global vision, but that simply isn't true. SCORPIO (Oct. 23–Nov. 21) Yes, Scorpio, this is a good moment to abandon old beliefs and moral values. Your view of life has changed and, above all, you're more aware of how your outdated, preconceived ideas sometimes poison your life. SAGIT (Nov.22–Dec.21) If you aren't careful to keep your eyes straight ahead and focused on the future, the past is likely to catch up to you, Sagittarius. CAPRI(Dec.22–Jan.19) This would be the moment to say yes to your destiny, Capricorn. You're a little frustrated because things haven't been moving forward the way you'd like. AQUARIUS(Jan.20–Feb.18) Don't expect to meet the partner of your dreams today, Aquarius. Rather, your romantic hopes are likely to meet with frustration. energy, the rewards are more likely to be forthcoming. PISCES (Feb. 19–Mar. 20) There's some likelihood that a recent meeting with an influential person has put a damper on your hopes for your projects.
Dwayne Dick
Michael Pooran
By Zaheer Mohamed Gandhi Youth Organisation (GYO), Bel Air Rubis, Demerara Cricket Club (DCC) and Everest recorded victories when the Georgetown Cricket Association (GCA)/Banks Malta Supreme U-13 competition continued last weekend at the Muslim Youth Organisation ground, Woolford Avenue. On Sunday, G Y O overcame TSC by two runs. TSC batted first and scored 281-6 in 25 overs. Adrian Hinds scored 14 and Anthony Hetsburger 13. GYO replied with 283-3 in 25 overs. El Nathan Suknanand made 12 and Mohindra Dindyal 11. Bel Air Rubis thumped Diplomats by 83 runs. Bel Air Rubis took first strike and rattled up 253-8 in 25 overs. Azandee King got 13; Ntini Permaul and Joshua Campbell grabbed two wickets each. Diplomats managed 170 but suffered 15 dismissals in 25 overs in reply. Permaul made 11 as left arm spinner Michael Pooran bagged 515 and Damien Mohamed 28. On Saturday, at the said venue, DCC beat Georgetown Cricket Club by 83 runs. Batting first, DCC posted 319-5 in 25 overs. Dwayne Dick led with 36 (2x4,4x6), Sachin Singh made 19 (2x6) and Nicose Beaton 11. GCC were restricted for 236-6 in 25 overs in response. Yohance Angoy and Rahual Singh made 11 each. Elijah Bobb, Beaton, Dick, Triston Rodrigues and Dario Thomas took one wicket apiece. Everest got the better of Malteenoes Sports Club (MSC) by 107 runs. MSC mustered 178-9 in 25 overs, taking first knock. Extras contributed 21 and Wayne
Bollers eight. Zechariah Mootoo, Ghansham Premchand, Kishan Bhola and Krishna Singh picked up two wickets each. Everest scored 285-4 in 25 overs in reply with 37 extras. Stephon S a n k a r, K y l e S o l o m o n , Akeem Critchlow and
Reshaan Clementson had one scalp apiece. According to the competition regulations, the batting side shall be divided into five pairs and each pair shall bat for five overs. Batsmen shall have unlimited “lives” but each dismissal shall result in 10 runs being deducted from the team’s total. Batsmen shall change ends after each dismissal except on the last ball of the over. Each player on the fielding side must bowl at least two overs, with the exception of the wicketkeeper. Each team shall commence its innings with a score of two hundred runs. The winning team shall be the side scoring the higher number of runs after deduction for dismissals has been made. If the event of a tie the players on each side shall bowl one delivery to the stumps and the team scoring the most hits shall be the winner.
Alpha, Rhythm Squad... From page 33 final whistle sounded simultaneously with the ball settling aback the network. A similar display of guts and skill is highly anticipated when both teams clash for championship honours and the $400,000 first prize on offer Sunday November 22; the loser pockets half that amount. Consequently, Santos FC will tackle Western Tigers in the third place playoff with the winners and runners up receiving $125,000 and $75,000 respectively. Action on the final night gets underway at 18:30hrs.
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Letter to the Sports Editor
The Kashif and Shanghai tourney did a lot for football DEAR EDITOR, In 1990, approximately 24 years ago Greg Charles (Kashif Muhammad) and Aubrey ‘Shanghai’ Major came up with an innovative idea to fill a void that was evident in the mining town of Linden. Every Boxing Day in Georgetown, there was Professional Boxing at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall where the likes of Brian Muller, Winfield Braithwaite, Michael Reid, Mark Harris, Reginald Forde, Patrick Forde, Lennox Blackmore, just to name a few entertained Guyanese to top class boxing. Because Linden was starved for entertainment these two gentlemen decided to run off football in their community. They were both supporters of clubs, Major was Eagles FC and Charles was Milerock FC. They decided to have football played during the Christmas Period. So they agreed to involve two other teams and they were both matched against their teams on Boxing Day with the two winners meeting in the finals on New Year’s Day. Can’t say how it happened but Milerock and Eagles both emerged victorious hence
they met in the Finals and with that was the birth of the Greatest Show in these parts, Guyana, the Kashif & Shanghai Xmas Football Tournament. The period was reserved for the Annual K & S Tournament and it was an unwritten rule that was accepted by all with no reservation. As the years grew the teams also grew, supporters, sponsors, government all joined the band wagon. K & S become a household name. Overseas support became numerous, persons came home for this occasion, they came from Holland, USA, Canada, Trinidad, Suriname, Bahamas, London, Europe and even Africa and Asia. Overseas players were eager to be a part of this tournament; K & S was the envy of the Caribbean. Other more established football countries in the Caribbean were amazed with the type of support this organisation got, the crowd was superlative. They wanted to know how so many spectators attended these matches. The organizing was top notch. Foreign teams wanted to visit Guyana to play in the tournament even funding
The Annual Flying Ace Cycle Club ‘Track Attack’ cycling and athletics event was successfully held on Sunday at the Area H Ground Rose Hall Town, Corentyne, Berbice. The day’s activity was intense and very competitive. In the end it was the inform Romello Crawford that dominated proceeding with victory in the 10,000M and the Devil take the hindmost races. Results of the day saw Romello Crawford winning the 10,000 meters cycle race as he got the better of Jamal Jarvis with Andrew Green third. The Devil takes the hindmost event saw Crawford again peddling home in first place as he won this time from Elijah Brijader with Ray Millington crossing the line third. Ray Millington however was in winner’s row in the unknown distance race as he won from Curtis Dey and Andrew Green. The beginners’ five-lap male cycle race was won by Curtis Dey ahead of Kelmon
Logan and Kerron Griffith. On the distaff side top female cyclist Marica Dick continued her dominance with an easy victory over Destine Lewis and Whitney Poyer in the female open event. The six-lap cycle event for school girls was won by Destine Lewis. In the athletics event the boys 100 meters race was taken by Jason Hope who had the better of Nevor Steel with Damien Beancal third. The boys 200 meters event was won by Chester Lewis with Jamal Evans second and Jason Hope third. Jamal Evans won the boys 400 meters race. Participants were drawn from all over Berbice including New Amsterdam, Canje, West Berbice and Corentyne. While a number of the participants who are presently preparing for the national school athletics, championship this week in Georgetown used the opportunity to warm up by putting in some good performances during the day.
their own stay. The atmosphere was superb, grandeur and splendorous. These two gentlemen received National Awards, they were featured in Magazines. They made Guyana become a household name. The Gold Medal Award was when they brought the Greatest Footballer to ever walk the earth to Guyana, the Great King Pele came to Guyana. The Guyana Tourism Authority features the Kashif & Shanghai Tournament as the place to be for the Xmas period where well organised tournament with entertainment unmatchable. The level of football was very high and entertaining. This tournament was so well structured and attended that it out grew the MSC Gd, the organizers were reluctant to move but space was unavailable so they went to the National Stadium, this was the first time where no National Team was playing in any type of sport that the National Stadium was packed to capacity with 2 local football clubs competing against each other. Another outstanding feature that prevailed with
this tournament is the awesome and lucrative prizes that are distributed by the K & S Organisation. Persons won car, motor cycle, pedal cycle and even an pound of Gold. Gone are the days where outstanding performance is rewarded with trophies and medals only that is being offered once again by the other stakeholders. The standard of play was very high with the best teams in Guyana competing with allowance given for Guest Players to strengthen their team with what they already had. Every conceivable Guyanese knew of the Kashif & Shanghai Tournament, the old, the young, the differently able, the incarcerated, you name them and they knew. The tournament was discussed in all corridors. But the inevitable happened, people got jealous and greedy. There were rumors that the K & S Organisation made millions for themselves but that was far from the fact. Preparing for a tournament of such magnitude takes almost an entire year to plan and prepare. It takes up lots of time and time is money. Football is a business and at the end of the
day many will benefit. The teams and players receive large prize money and expensive gifts, the community benefit, small businesses flourish, the mini bus and taxis benefits, the food and clothing vendors benefit, the playing venues benefit, the bars benefit, the medical personnel benefit, the referees benefit, the gate men and ticket sellers benefit, the sponsors gain considerable benefit, the hotels benefit, the speed boat operators benefit, the plantain chip man benefit, the hot dog girl benefit and the list goes on and on. Guyana’s Football was the biggest beneficiary. The football standard was higher than usual and more competitive. Players were given the opportunity to travel overseas and play professionally; links were made in the outer football world. Eventually Guyana was able to qualify for the Semi Final of the 2014 World Cup Qualifier playing with the likes of Mexico, Costa Rico, & El Salvador. Guyana was eventually ranked in Nov 2010 at 86 in the World at the end of 2011 we were 91, at the end of 2012 we were 124 and at the end of 2013 we were 150 we are now
152. Enter some unscrupulous persons who are trying to railroad the process by organizing mediocre tournaments with the pretext that the money will be going to the club. The GFA is in the red by 23 million dollars and persons are boasting that they made hundreds of thousands of dollars for themselves and clubs and players are owed. Never in the History of the K & S Organisation has such negative publicity happened. The GFF should take a grip of the situation and ensure for the sake of football development and accountability ensure that the K & S Organisation be given back that slot to reignite the passion for football which is in a comatose state. I will continue to write until those bent on destroying historical events that contributed to sports tourism that assist in some measure with the growth of the economy and the growth and development of the sport here that help propelled the Golden Jaguars to its historical achievement in World Football. Thank You, Paul Jones
Flying Ace Cycle Club one day Track attack cycling and athletics successful
The outstanding participants along with coach Randolph Roberts (left) take a photo op after the presentation. The top performers received cash and trophies. The coordinator was cycling coach Randolph Roberts. Roberts stated that he was pleased that he was able
to give the athletes an opportunity to compete a few days before the National Schools Athletic Championships. A number of businesses contributed
towards the staging of the event, among them were GT&T, Mings Services Limited, Amerally Company, Kings Jewelry World, Hand In hand, Boston Bakery, Tony’s
Grocery, Water Chris Hotel, Courts, GEB Security, Lewis general Store of Rose Hall Town and Lloyd’s and Kim’s Fashion among others. (Samuel Whyte)
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Sizzling boxing cards in Berbice and Georgetown geared to entertain fight fans Ever since Derick Richmond had dealt him a wicked left hook that left him with a broken jaw, World Boxing Council Caribbean Boxing Federation (CABOFE) champion, Edmond DeClou had taken a self imposed sabbatical from the square jungle while engaged in introspection. He is now sufficiently recovered and will square off against Gladwin Dorway in a card promoted by the Guyana Boxing Board of Control (GBBC), scheduled for the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall (CASH) on Saturday December 6. Dubbed ‘The Big Brawl’ the card also features top amateur boxer, Keeve Allicock making his professional debut against David Thomas in a 4 rounds lightweight clash while there will be a female heavyweight clash between Shelly ‘The Boom’ Gibson and another debutant, Simone Hoyte. Another attractive fight is the catchweight 6 rounder between Quincy ‘Destroyer’ Gomes and Dexter ‘The Kid” Marques. Jones has earned the right to challenge Marques after he stepped up to the plate as a substitute at short notice and soundly whipped his more seasoned opponent, Richard Williamson, into submission to take a lopsided unanimous verdict. This should be a defining fight for him and could possible determine his advancement or otherwise. The night’s opening bout will see another debutant,
Edmond DeClou Barbadian, Jermain Eswick, trading punches with veteran fighter, Eversley Brown, in a 4 rounds middleweight scrap. Meanwhile, one week later, boxing buffs in Berbice will also enjoy some fistic action when Mark Thom Promotions presents the ‘Rose Hall Town Showdown’ at the Rose Hall Community Centre Ground Saturday December 13. This card will consist of three professional and several amateur bouts and the promoter assures fans of a night of keen fistic action. The main attraction will be the 12 rounds fight between Berbician, Richard Williamson and his Georgetown counterpart, Dillon Allicock for the vacant local super/ bantamweight title while another Berbician, local middleweight champion,
Derek Richmond, will step up one division to square off with Romeo Norville over 6 rounds in a super/ middleweight affair. The former pugilist has drawn first blood when the two squared off at the CASH last year and would be out to prove that it was no fluke while the latter boxer is eager to reverse his fortunes and is currently engaged in intense training in the Ancient County. Berbician, Kishawn Simon, also on the redemption trail after losing his last bout to veteran, Cassius Matthews, is bent on winning his bout when he faces Mark Murray in a 6 rounds jnr/welterweight affair. A bright prospect when he entered the professional ranks, Simon has suffered a surprise loss to Patrick Boston and the Murray fight is regarded as a stepping stone to bigger things and might just be the tonic needed to boost his flagging fortunes and revive his career. The promoters have also included several amateur bouts on the card but while they have hinted at several action-packed bouts, they have not yet released the names of those pugilists. Eon Jardine is the matchmaker and he intimated that the boxers would be engaged in the contract signing rituals today at the Avenue of the Republic office of Abdool and Abdools Insurance Brokers at 13:00hrs.
NBA round-up... Cavaliers rout... From page 33 points and Courtney Lee had 12 for the Grizzlies, who maintained the best record in the NBA (9-1). Kyle Singler scored 21 points, going five of seven from three-point range to keep the Pistons close. Greg Monroe had 16 points and 11 rebounds for Detroit, while Brandon Jennings scored 14 points and Josh Smith finished with
11. MAVERICKS 131, TIMBERWOLVES 117 DALLAS (AP) — Monta Ellis scored a season-high 30 points as Dallas handed road-weary Minnesota their fifth-straight loss to finish a six-game trek that included a stop in Mexico City. Dirk Nowitzki was another of eight players in double figures with 15 as Dallas had a season-high in points, two
nights after setting a club record with a 53-point win over Philadelphia. The Timberwolves finished a two-week trip covering more than 5,600 air miles on a back-to-back that started with a franchise-worst, 48point loss in New Orleans. Kevin Martin scored a season-high 34 points for Minnesota, who getthree days off before starting a fourgame homestand.
Srinivasan ignored player’s... From page 32 Rajasthan Royals, has been accused and charged with being in touch with bookies about betting. By not reporting contact with the bookie he had violated BCCI/IPL anti-corruption code and, according to information available, he had also been placing bets.” Interim BCCI president Shivlal Yadav said “action will be taken”. “In the case of Meiyappan and Raj Kundra, action will be taken
against them,” he told Times Now. “If there is evidence against Mr Sundar Raman, [about speaking] to a bookie then action will be taken. The BCCI will not spare anybody.” Along with presenting an interim report in May, the committee had handed over a sealed envelope containing allegations against 13 individuals which called for further investigations. The Mudgal committee was then greater investigative powers by the court to look into the allegations
against the 13, and submitted its report after four months. The court was also handed over a detailed report of the investigation as an annexure, along with a “summary” of the findings over 25 pages, which was made available to the media. According to the Supreme Court’s order dated November 14, “Certain findings recorded by the Mudgal Committee apparently indict some of the individuals [on] whom the Committee was asked to conduct a probe.”
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AIBA President congratulates Steve Ninvalle International Boxing Association (AIBA) President Ching-Kuo Wu has extended congratulations to President of the Guyana Boxing Federation (GBA) Steve Ninvalle following his election as an Executive Committee Member of the World Amateur Boxing body. He expressed the desire to work with Ninvalle to improve the sport, citing his efforts here in Guyana and the Caribbean. Ninvalle clinched the AIBA spot at their recent Congress in South Korea. Caribbean members hailed the election with joy, noting that with Ninvalle in the decision making process of AIBA,
Looks forward to working with him boxing, especially in the Caribbean will benefit. Here’s the full text of the letter: Dear Colleague and Friend, Steve Ninvalle, I would like to extend my sincere congratulations upon your recent election as a member of the AIBA Executive Committee. This important result is the right recognition for the unshakable devotion to the development of boxing followed by the exceptional results achieved in the past years. Therefore, I am confident
that with your support and dedication we will continue to implement all the necessary reforms for the betterment of our beloved sport. Once again, I congratulate you for this accomplishment and look forward to working with you for the next four years hand to hand with the other members of the Executive Committee. Wishing you the very best in your future endeavours, I send you my warmest and most heartfelt regards. Yours sincerely, Ching-Kuo Wu
Captain Crook stays straight to win feature event at Bush Lot United Turf Club By Samuel Whyte Captain Crook of the Jumbo Jet stable led stable mate Rosetta in a one two finish to take top honours in the Feature F and Lower 1400M event when the Bush Lot United Turf Club held their highly successful one day horserace meet on Sunday last at the Club’s venue Sea View Park, Bush Lot West Coast Berbice. With the experienced Randolph Richmond on its back, Captain Crook trained by Carlton ‘Black Mouth’ Pluck ran a straight race as it took flight early and was never caught. With Richmond giving it full reign down the homestretch the racehorse picked up speed, cantering home over the line ahead of Rosetta with Colin Ross on the perch to take the $500,000 and Bharrat Sukdeo Trophy. Top contenders Right to Rule and Mission King rounded out the money. The Jumbo Jet Stable again was in winner’s row in the G3 and lower race with Settling Jet ridden by Colin Ross settling in from early before gathering speed down the homestretch to take the 1000M race from Top of the Lime, Weekend Surprise and Silent Night. For the win the animal raced away with the $400,000 and the Que Trex International Shipping trophy. The two year old Guyana and West Indies 1000M event was again taken by the Jumbo Jet stable with Its My Choice ridden by Colin Ross beating Gold De Kova, She Running Hard and Storm Bird to win the $400,000 first prize and Lakeram Buddy Sookdeo trophy. Mary Ann of the Lenny Singh stable with Paul Delph
Jumbo Jet Stable dominates proceedings
Champion jockey Colin Ross aboard one of the racehorses after being declared top jockey. on the perch won the I and lower 1200M event from Red Jet, Famous Pride and Romeo. The win was worth $250,000 and the Sandro’s Indian Fashion Trophy. The Gump of the Night Eyes stable, trained by A. Solomon and ridden by Junior Sookhan, won the J and lower 1400M event and the $200,000 money ahead of Red Jet and Another Storm. Top jockey Colin Ross rode to his third victory when he piloted Grey Boy to winner’s row in the K and lover 1200M event ahead John Causeway, Royal Passion and Another Storm. The Win was worth $150,000
and the Dr Love Trophy. The Jumbo Jet stable ran away with the champion stable award. Jockey Colin Ross was again adjudged the top jockey. Trainer Carlton ‘Black Mouth’ Pluck was the top trainer on show. They received trophies compliments of the Bush Lot United Turf Club and Coordinator Lakeram “Buddy” Sukhdeo. Over 60 horses took part in the day’s activity where close to $6M in prizes and trophies were distributed. The day’s activity was incident free with the police coming in for special commendation for doing an excellent job in keeping order.
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The quest for supremacy at Nationals begins today The quest for supremacy at Nationals begins today when 15 Districts from all across Guyana will vie for honours over the next four days of competition with the 10km road races, 40km male cycle race and 25km female cycle race all set for today. In addition, by the end of today, we will know who takes an early overall lead in the competition, since the swimming championship, which is set for the Olympic-sized pool at Liliendaal, will be completed and a champion known. The overall winner in the annual championships that is now 54 years old is tabulated from teams placing in the cycling, swimming, track and field and teachers’ competitions. North Georgetown, District 11, is the defending champion. President of the Guyana Teachers’ Union, Mark Lyte, said yesterday that all systems are in place
administratively and otherwise to host the competition. Lyte indicated that they are ready to host what he believes will be a successful championships. “As you know we had some rain this morning (yesterday) and we are hoping that the rain would go away and allow the national championship to really take a strong footing. But apart from that most of the facilities are in place relating to the event,” he said. “I wouldn’t say everything is 100 percent, but we’re working with what we have; we’re working with those on board and I’m sure that the National Championships will be a good one because we’re doing all within our power,” he continued. A c c o r d i n g t o Ly t e , facilities in the games’ village along Woolford Av e n u e have been completed and athletes
have been arriving between Sunday and yesterday. He informed that steady presence from the police is a method being used to protect the nation’s youth. “Security is being handled by the Guyana Police Force, ‘A’ Division, to provide patrols through the games village, also security at the ground will be provided the Guyana Defence Force and the Police Force,” the new GTU President informed. The 10km male and female races will begin at 6am, using the South American 10km route and finishes in the National Park. The Cycle Road Races will start at 10am outside the Ocean View Hotel and makes their way up the East Coast to finish at the place it started. The swimming will begin at 9am at the National Aquatics Centre.
Adams to lead Wakenaam in ECB/Busta Festival All-rounder Ricardo Adams will lead Wakenaam in the upcoming Essequibo Cricket Board (ECB)/Busta 50-over Festival which starts on Friday on the Essequibo Coast. Adams, who played for Guyana at the U-19 level and performed creditably in the recently concluded Guyana Cricket Board senior inter county tournament, will have talented national U-19 allrounder Keemo Paul as his deputy. The full squad reads; Ricardo Adams (capt.), Keemo Paul (v.capt.), Wayne Osborne, Oyono Sampson, Seon Venture, Imran Khan, Chandrika Ragnauth, Navishaul Pooran, Moin Khan, Ryan Adams (wk), Bernard Lewis, Nazeer
Thirty-two teams for Guinness ‘Greatest of the Streets’ which opens tonight at Banks Car Park The popularity of the Guinness ‘Greatest of the Streets’ Futsal Competition is simply unmatched and just to place some emphasis on its growth is the fact that the Organisers have increased the number of teams participating in this year’s Georgetown Zone to thirtytwo instead of the customary twenty-four. Yesterday, during the Launch of the tournament which was conducted in the Boardroom of Banks DIH, sponsors of the annual tournament, the news of the rise in teams’ participation was announced by CoDirector of the Petra Organisation Troy Mendonca, the entity charged with supervising the event. Mendonca, who was joined by Guinness Brand Manager Lee Baptiste, Aqua Mist Water Brand Manager Errol Nelson and Banks DIH Communications Manager Troy Peters, explained to the media the reason for the increase in the amount of teams, pointing to the growing popularity due to the international exposure for the
winners as the primary motivation for the upsurge. “We basically wanted to give every street team the opportunity to represent Guyana and because of our open policy we now have fifty-one teams registered,” Mendonca said. He added that because of the large entry of teams, they had to stage two nights of preliminary action to arrive at eight teams who will then join the traditional twenty-four for the commencement of the tournament which openss tonight with eight matches, at the Banks Car Park. According to Mendonca, the tournament will run from November 18 through to December 13 at various venues across Georgetown with the final set for the National Park. Baptsite in his remarks said that last year’s performance combined with Guyana’s representative at the Caribean finals has certainly made a huge impact in terms of the tournament’s growth. He said in excess of $1million will be up for grabs
with the winning team set to take home $400,000, runnersup- $200,000, 3rd place$150,000 and 4th place$75,000along with trophies. Baptiste added that there will once again be the Skills segment with the winner to represent Guyana in the Caribbean finals in Trinidad and Tobago in May-June 2015. There will also be Fair Play award for one of the teams to be adjudged by a panel. Among the venues identified for action are: Banks Car Park, National Cultural Centre, East Ruimveldt Municipal Centre, National Park, Burnham Court and Albouystown. The Guinness Brand Manager also stated that while promises were made in the past to host similar tournaments in Berbice, West Coast and West Bank Demerara, the Company is planning to do so this time. Starting time tonight is 19:00 hrs and Queen Street of Tiger Bay is the defending champion. Meanwhile tonight’s fixtures are as follows:
Teon Sancho is Flex Night Berbice 2014 Ricardo Adams
Keemo Paul
Mohamed and Gurnauth Khemraj. The coach is Nandkishore Andrews and Looknauth
Persaud is the manager. Wakenaam will play Bartica on Friday in their opening game at Pomona.
MCYS/NSC coaching programme commences tomorrow Several Schools from the Mahaicony area will be involved in the Ministry of Culture, Youth and Sport/ National Sports Commission cricket coaching programme which commences tomorrow. A c c o r d i n g t o C oach Daniel Richmond the schools are De Hoop, Carlton Hall, Zealand, Novar, Mahaicony, Mortise and Calcutta Primaries along with Novar &
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Mahaicony Secondary’s. The clinic is for both Girls and Boys and is part of the ministry’s efforts to continue to enlighten the pupils of the basics of the game, self confidence and discipline. The venue is Fairfield Community Centre Ground and the session starts at 9:00am. After the programme a competition will be organized among the schools.
Daniel Richmond
Anthony Baynes takes Mr. Corriverton crown A large crowd turned up last Saturday evening at the Skeldon High School Annex in No. 78 village, Corriverton to watch musclemen compete for the coveted titles of Mr. Corriverton and Mr. Flex Night Berbice. After a slight delay at the beginning the action became more and more intense as bodybuilders in the 132 lbs, 143 lbs, 154 lbs, 176 lbs and over 176 lbs traded pose for pose to catch the approval of the judges. By the end of the night it was Teon Sancho from Melba Lagadoue’s Fitness Zone at New Amsterdam who would stride proudly on to the stage to collect the overall Mr. Flex Night Berbice
2014 title. The Mr. Corriverton title was won by Anthony Baynes of Tej Mohall Gym. The huge Corriverton audience enjoyed every moment of the showdown and was vocal in their appreciation. In the 132 lbs class a young muscle titan named Zallim Bacchus from Tej Mohall gym at Skeldon dominated the scene, winning both the Mr. Corriverton and Mr. Flex Night Berbice titles in his division. In second position was Chaitram Nagessar of the same gym, while the third spot went to Farod Mohamed of Back Centre Gym at Skeldon. In the 143 lbs class Raymond
Rabindranauth from House of Pain Gym easily won his class in the Mr. Flex Night Berbice. Leon Benjamin was the lone competitor in the 154 lbs class while Anthony Baynes defeated a game Alex Hamilton in the heavy, over 176 lbs class. The event was principally organized by Mr. Lyndon Murray, Manager of Back Centre gym and judged by Mr. David Gomes, Ms. Fiona Harris and Ms. Nadina Taharally of Flex Night Incorporated. Special guest poser was Caerus Cipriani of Fitness Paradise Gym. Flex Night International is set for December 7 next at the National Cultural Centre.
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ECCB’s Elizabeth Styles 40-over cricket Guyanese referees to Barratt (136), Sattuar (100) officiate in C/bean Cup finals feature in record stand
Guyanese referees Venton Mars and Sherwin Moore has been appointed to officiate in the Caribbean Cup finals set for Montego Bay in Jamaica. T h e l o c a l o ff i c i a l s departed Guyana on November 8 for the tournament which started on November 11 with Mars selected to officiate in Group A, while Moore was assigned Group B fixtures. According to an e-mail received, Mars will be officiating in the final along with a Costa Rican, Salvadorean and Surinamese, while Moore will be involved as a fourth official in the third place playoff between Cuba and Haiti today.
Destroy Mon Repos by 345 runs
Local referee officials Venton Mars (right) and Sherwin Moore pose for a photo op recently.
Pepsi Sonics, Colts remain unbeaten Pepsi Sonics and Colts remained unbeaten while Ravens and Pacesetters enforced separate beatings Saturday nigh t o n t h e Burnham Court when the Phillip George Legacy Basketball tournament III continued. Sonics defeated Knights 7969 with Jason Squires dumping in 22 points while Jermain Reid added 16 points and Bevon Spooner 11 points. For Knights, Yannick December scored 21, Jacob Lowe 19 and Owan Walton 15 points. Ravens then beat Rockers 89-72 with Dominic Vincente pouring in 23 points and Winston Chapman supporting with 14 points. Darion Lewis also pitched in with 13 points while Ryan Gullen and Tyron Hamid had 10 points each for the all-round team effort. Neil Wills had 24 points for Rockers while Jason Fraser and Michael Beavan had 16 and 15 points respectively for the Berbice team that sunk to its third straight loss. Pacesetters then dished out a beating on the Georgetown Masters in a 92-61 win that saw Stephan Gillis landing huge three-point missiles in a 24point performance as Michael Turner added 16 points, Travis Williams 15 points and Travis Burnett 14 points. Master guard, Lugard Mohan scored 26 points while D. Muir had 13 points for the Masters, who had beaten Rockers last week. Colts then brought the curtains down on the night with a
- as Phillip George Legacy III heats up
From left Somnauth Barratt, Tameshwar Motilall and Brian Sattaur. Two first division first division cricket records were shattered at the Lusignan Community Centre ground on Sunday as National under-19 captain Brian Sattaur and Somnauth Barratt of Lusignan, launched a brutal assault on a hapless Mon Repos unit in the East Coast Cricket Board (ECCB) Elizabeth Styles 40-over cricket competition as the visitors were mauled by 345 runs in one-sided affair. Barratt clobbered 14 fours and nine sixes in an explosive 136 and shared in an East Coast record opening partnership of 270 with the
left-handed Sattaur, who smashed 11 fours and cleared the large boundaries four times in an even century. The attacking openers propelled their team to a massive 415-6 when their 40 overs expired before Mon Repos were bundled out for 70. Sattaur, known for his pugnacious batting, was outscored by the belligerent Barratt, who hit medium pacer Ravi Zaman to long-on to separate the openers in the twenty seventh over. This was the first time that both openers had scored centuries in an East Coast first division game. Lusignan won toss and elected to bat
first and after Barratt, who flayed an innocuous Mon Repos bowling attack to all parts of the Lusignan sward, Demerara left-hander Krishna Deosarran (51) and Rajendra Naikbaran, who ended on 47 not out, continued the carnage. Ravi Persaud finished with 2-67 off eight overs for Mon Repos, who were outclassed with no batman reaching 20. Under-15 leg-spinner Tameshwar Motilall spun webs around the batsmen to capture 5-8 in a destructive 2.3-over spell. Leon Morgan supported with 3-24 off five overs.
Srinivasan ignored player’s code of conduct violation - Mudgal report
Courts Pacesetters’ Travis Williams beats GT Masters’ Dale Phillips to the basket for a right-handed layup he made look easy Saturday night on Burnham Basketball Court. 76-57 triumph to also remain unbeaten with Rayon Cummings scoring 20 points. Shane Webster and Nikkoloi Smith also pitched in with 16 points apiece as
Dave Causway added 14 points. Marlon Pollydore and Chris Williams had 17 points each for Royals. The tournament will continue this weekend.
ESPNcricinfo - The Mudgal report has found ICC chairman and sidelined BCCI president N Srinivasan not guilty of either betting or fixing, or of having tried to prevent the investigation into the IPL 2013 corruption scandal. However, the report does state that Srinivasan, along with four other BCCI officials, knew about an IPL player violating the code of conduct, but took no action. The name of the player and the details of the IPL code of conduct violation are not yet specified. The Mudgal committee report on the IPL 2013 corruption scandal, which was presented to the
N Srinivasan Supreme Court of India earlier this month, lays out the misdemeanours of the “non-playing individuals”
who were issued notices on Friday. The report says that IPL chief operating officer Sundar Raman knew a contact of a bookie and had contacted him eight times in a season. Of the other two individuals served Supreme Court notices, it has been established that Gurunath Meiyappan, who is Srinivasan’s son-in-law, was an official of the Chennai Super Kings franchise - and not just “an enthusiast”, as he was made out to be - and had indulged in illegal betting. The report also says: “The fourth individual Raj Kundra, a co-owner of the (Continued on page 29)
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Jamaica’s Mattocks has clear goals Jamaica and T&T to meet in Caribbean Cup final today
For Jamaica, Darren Mattocks has found his scoring boots — laces and all. Three goals in many games is perhaps more than he bargained for, but the Va n c o u v e r W h i t e c a p s striker is not complaining. He has taken his good fortune in the 2014 CFU Caribbean Cup in stride.
Cuba and Haiti battle for third
As Jamaica powered into the final with a 2-0 win over Haiti in the decisive Group B match on Sunday night at the Montego Bay Sports Complex, Mattocks was again on the scoresheet, nailing down the game for Jamaica in the 20th minute. His strike followed that of Derby Country’s Simon Dawkins seven minutes earlier. In its previous outings, Jamaica was held to a 1-1 draw by Martinique, before posting a 3-0 victory over Antigua & Barbuda. With only the championship match to be played on Tuesday night against Trinidad & Tobago, Mattocks’ appetite for goals remains as ravenous as ever. “I am never satisfied whether I score one, two or three goals,” said the 24year-old. “I am never satisfied whether I score single or double digit goals in a season, I always feel like I can do more. “But coming from the Whitecaps and coming to Jamaica and scoring goals is good for me, and hopefully when I go back to Vancouver, I can transfer
Darren Mattocks (#21) has scored in each of Jamaica’s three games, thus far, in the 2014 Caribbean Cup. that form.” Mattocks believes his Montego Bay success is due in the main to the support h e ’s r e c e i v e d f r o m teammates on and off the field. “I am not going to take all the credit for my goals, I have to give credit to my teammates,” he expressed. The second overall pick by Vancouver in the 2012 MLS SuperDraft also spoke glowingly of his on-field partnership with B o d o / G l i m t ’s D a n e Richards, which has been evident throughout the Caribbean Cup. “Dane and I are very close
friends and when he left (New York) Red Bulls and came to the Whitecaps in my very first year, I think from there we had a very good chemistry,” the former Waterhouse FC player recalled. “But also we have a very good friendship and I think our friendship off the field transfers to the field. I told Dane at the hotel that whenever you get behind, play it across early and I am going to get there, and that’s what he did in the Antigua game and I scored.” Mattocks has scored six goals for Jamaica in 17 a p p e a r a n c e s . (CONCACAF)
Action from the Caribbean Cup match between host Jamaica and Haiti (white jersey) on November 16, 2014, in Montego Bay. Jamaica defeated Haiti 2-1 on Sunday to earn a place in the Caribbean Cup final and qualify for the 2015 CONCACAF Gold Cup. The Group B winning Reggae Boyz will meet rival Trinidad & Tobago today in a battle for regional supremacy, while runner-up Haiti – which also booked a Gold Cup ticket – will face Cuba in the match for third place. French Guiana finished with the best third-place record and will face Honduras next year in a playoff to determine which will
seize the last of 12 Gold Cup berth. The host netted twice in the first half to seize the upper hand at the Montego Bay Sports Complex. Simon Dawkins opened the scoring in the 13th minute off a pass from Darren Mattocks, who got on the score sheet for a third consecutive game only seven minutes later. Haiti looked to be on the comeback trail late in the match, but Jamaica goalkeeper Andre Blake saved a penalty kick in the 89th minute. (CONCACAF)
Gray day in Indianapolis as Patriots pound Colts (Reuters) - Unheralded New England running back Jonas Gray scored four touchdowns to spark the Patriots to a 42-20 victory over the Indianapolis Colts on Sunday. In what had been billed as a showdown between marquee quarterbacks Tom Brady and Andrew Luck, Gray stole the show with 199 rushing yards and the first scores of his career. The 24-year-old was signed as an undrafted free agent in 2012 and had appeared in just three previous games for New England this season before his breakout performance. Gray said he took his cue from the leaders in the Patriots locker room. “All (I) do is follow, and if you follow their lead they’ll rely on you, and they’ll trust you,” Gray told reporters after
finishing with 38 carries. “We got a lot of positive gains. If it’s working don’t change it up.” It was the sixth straight win for the Patriots (8-2), who took sole possession of first place in the AFC after the Denver Broncos (7-3) lost earlier in the day. The Patriots’ rushing attack took the pressure off of Brady, who shook off two first-half interceptions to finish with 257 yards passing and two touchdowns. The Patriots quarterback said each opponent presented different kinds of problems and the key to winning was to adapt week by week. “You have to be able to find different ways to win depending on matchups,” Brady said. “Tonight we showed great toughness on both sides. It was a great road win against a good football
team.” Luck threw for 303 yards with two scores and one interception for hosts Indianapolis, who were playing catch-up for most of the game. New England led 14-10 at the half and scored on the opening drive of the third quarter to pad their lead to 14. The Colts twice pulled within eight during the second half but Gray rumbled over for a one-yard touchdown midway through the fourth, and tight end Rob Gronkowski scored on a 26-yard touchdown reception two minutes later to put the game away. The Colts, who fell to 6-4 but remain top of the AFC South, a game ahead of Houston (5-5), also lost running back Ahmad Bradshaw in the second half with a leg injury.
New England Patriots running back Jonas Gray (35) is tackled by Indianapolis Colts linebacker Jerrell Freeman (50) at Lucas Oil Stadium. (Brian Spurlock-USA TODAY Sports)
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GFA/Stag Beer 2014 Futsal Football tournament
Alpha, Rhythm Squad overcome opponents to set up potentially electrifying finals By Michael Benjamin Weeks of intense and competitive rivalry will climax delectably when Alpha ‘The Hammer’ United FC face off against counterpart, Rhythm Squad FC, when the GFA/Stag Beer 2014 Futsal Football tournament concludes at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall on Sunday November 22. Had football fans nurtured any doubts of the treat in store, those doubts would have been dispelled after witnessing the semifinal matches at the same venue, last Saturday evening. Rhythm Squad swamped Santos 3-0 compliments of goals by Sceyon Hope (18) and Stefon Ramsay (26 & 30) while Alpha advanced after steamrolling Western Tigers 5-1. The winning team’s goals came off the boots of Dwight Peters who scored a brace in the 6th and 9th minutes, Christopher Camacho (10), Daniel Wilson (20) and Paredes Aldair (29). Phillip Rowley
Alpha’s 4 marksmen l-r Peters, Camacho, Paredes and Wilson made the difference for their team.‘Football alpha winners’ (19) scored Western Tigers’ lone success, albeit inconsequentially. Alpha started their quest for the top spot in the final at a fast pace and it was not long before Peters extricated himself from a tussle in front of the opposition’s goal and shot past their custodian, Dereck Carter. The dapper Alpha striker starred again three minutes later after he was fed a dolly of a pass from Paredes and sunk the effort.
Camacho joined the party one minute later and pushed the advantage to 3 nil for his team at the half time whistle. Rowley retaliated for the ‘Tigers’ just after resumption when he stabbed in a powerful left foot shot from the centre of the court but Wilson retaliated one minute later with a pinpoint shot for Alpha to maintain its dominance. Thereafter, with the clock ticking away the
minutes, the game assumed a ferocious pace and both goalies, Carter and Ronson Williams, were peppered with wicked shots which they expertly kicked or punched out. The final chapter of the exciting duel was played out when Aldair’s power shot zoomed past Carter moments before the final whistle. The players of Santos and Rhythm Squad battled during the initial exchanges,
Stefon Ramsay (l) and Sceyon Hope were the Rhythm Squad marksmen that sent their team to the finals ‘Football rhythm squad players’ albeit unsuccessfully, as both sides exhibited astute defensive skills. Sceyon Hope broke the pattern when he sent in a zipper from mid court in the 18th minute that sped past everyone including the goalkeeper, Dervin Bennet. Bennet made amends for the lapse less than one minute later when he correctly judged a shot from Teon Jones and sprang to his right, intercepting the
s t i n g i n g o ff e r i n g a n d averting sure disaster but Stefon Ramsay corrected the play when he slammed in a fierce left foot shot from the right flank that steamed past the Santos custodian. With two goals in arrears and time against them, Santos’ players upped the ante but were effectively denied when Amos Ramsay sent a dolly of a pass to his namesake, Stefon, and the (Continued on page 25)
NBA round-up... Cavaliers rout Hawks 127-94 CLEVELAND (AP) — LeBron James scored 32 points and the Cleveland Cavaliers made their first 11 three-point attempts, including nine in the first quarter, to rout the Atlanta Hawks 127-94 on Saturday night. The Cavaliers became the first team in NBA history to go nine for nine or better from behind the arc in a q u a r t e r, a c c o r d i n g t o information provided to the team by the Elias Sports Bureau. James hit three threepointers in the period, while Kevin Love and Joe Harris had two apiece. The Cavaliers set a team record by going 19 for 31 on threes. Cleveland, who rallied from a 19-point deficit in the fourth quarter to beat Boston on Friday, needed no dramatics this time. The Cavaliers, who have won four straight, scored 41 points in first quarter, including 11 by James in the opening 3:34. Paul Millsap scored 16 points for the Hawks, whose
Atlanta Hawks’ John Jenkins (12) fights for a loose ball with Cleveland Cavaliers’ Tristan Thompson (13), Joe Harris and Dion Waiters (3) during the third quarter of their NBA game on Saturday, in Cleveland. The Cavaliers won 127-94. (PHOTO: AP)
four-game winning streak ended. Atlanta Hawks’ John Jenkins (12) fights for a loose ball with Cleveland Cavaliers’ Tristan Thompson (13), Joe Harris and Dion Waiters (3) during the third quarter of their NBA game on Saturday, in Cleveland. The Cavaliers won 127-94. (PHOTO: AP)
RAPTORS 111, JAZZ 93 TORONTO (AP) — DeMar DeRozan scored 27 points, Jonas Valanciunas set season highs with 17 points and 14 rebounds, and Toronto beat Utah for their sixth win in seven games. Kyle Lowry had 19 points, Patrick Patterson added 16 and Lou Williams
scored 10 of his 13 in the fourth quarter as the Raptors won their third straight over the Jazz and scored 100 or more for the ninth time in 10 games this season. Enes Kanter and Derrick Favors each had 18 points, and Gordon Hayward and Trey Burke both scored 12 for the Jazz, who dropped to 0-3 on the second night of
back-to-backs as they wrapped up a five-game Eastern Conference road trip. Alec Burks had 10 points and 10 assists for Utah. WIZARDS 98, MAGIC 93 WASHINGTON (AP) — Nene and reserve Kris Humphries scored 16 points apiece, John Wall had 15 points and 10 assists, and Washington improved to 7-2 with a victory over Orlando. Reserve Otto Porter added 13 points as the Wizards won their third straight and moved to 7-2, their best start since opening 7-1 during the 1974-75 season. Washington’s bench o u t s c o r e d O r l a n d o ’s reserves 48-13. All five Orlando starters scored in double figures, led by Tobias Harris with 19 points and Victor Oladipo with 18. Orlando Magic forward Maurice Harkless (21) shoots the ball as he gets past Washington Wizards guard John Wall (2) in the first half
of their NBA basketball game on Saturday in Washington. The Wizards won 98-93. (PHOTO: AP) PACERS 99, BULLS 90 CHICAGO (AP) — AJ Price, Luis Scola and Solomon Hill all scored 21 points, and injury-plagued Indiana beat Chicago. Chris Copeland added 13 points for the Pacers, who were without six injured players. Jimmy Butler had 32 points for the Bulls, who played without the injured Derrick Rose. The Pacers had lost seven of nine and fell 10887 to the Nuggets on Friday after trailing by as many as 33. The Bulls had won six of seven. GRIZZLIES 95, PISTONS 88 MEMPHIS (AP) — Marc Gasol scored 23 points, Zach Randolph added 17 points and 22 rebounds, as Memphis beat Detroit. Mike Conley added 18 (Continued on page 29)
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