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Thursday November 03, 2016

Matters to be addressed on GuySuCo’s operations DEAR EDITOR, What motivated me to pen this letter was the result of statistics from the Ministry of Finance on a $2b subsidy for Guysuco in Kaieteur News of 28 October 2016. It had quoted that “for the first half of the year, Guysuco recorded an operating surplus of $2.9b, down from an operating surplus of $3.0b for the same period last year. The surplus, it said, was inflated by a $9 billion transfer from the Central Government to finance operations. Without this transfer, the Ministry of Finance noted that Guysuco’s true position would be a deficit of $6 billion.” Guysuco needs to understand that it should be complying with International Financial Reporting Standards in the preparation of its financial statements. In determining its income or loss from operations, Guysuco’s income is determined from the use of its assets, and I repeat the use of its assets to manufacture its sugar which is then marketed to earn income. Under no accounting standard can a subsidy be included as operating income. Hence its Comprehensive Income Statement (CIS) should be showing its true income or loss from its operations, then record its subsidy as financing its operations in order to determine its net income or loss. Hence the CIS will show a two part statement, i.e. income or loss from operations, then its net income or loss after accounting for extraordinary

transaction(s) such as a subsidy. It is imperative that financial statements be prepared in compliance with IFRS since they are used to determine an organisation’s performance. One way of measuring performance is by way of using Key Performance Indicators (KPI). KPIs enable an organisation to define and measure its progress towards its goals. They are quantifiable measurements related to goals and objectives; for they to be of any value, they have to be accurately measured. Back to Guysuco; if its Income Statement is flawed, then KPIs such as Net Operating Income Margin, Net Operating Expense Ratio, Payroll Expense Ratio would be incorrect and be misleading to the users of its financial statements. Many leading companies in the private sector have been publishing in the media their audited and interim unaudited financial statements. I have not seen any financial statements of Guysuco published in the media. Taxpayers in Guyana need to know about its performance. The tendency is for a senior official of public corporations to mention in an interview or an announcement about the operations of their entities. However, in the absence of published audited financial statements there is no credibility in those pronouncements. And this applies not only to Guysuco but also to other public corporations such as Guyana Water Inc, Guyana

Power and Light, Marriot Hotel, NICIL only to mention a few. It is not for me to say who should be on Boards and I am not in possession of the names of members on the Boards of Public Corporations. If we are to follow the trend globally, the financial success of such entities is, among others, having competent, skilled and experienced finance/accounting oriented personnel on their boards. On the Guyana situation our Public Corporations’ Boards appear to need such personnel in order to analyse at the professional level their financial statements and advise accordingly on their performances. Before I close, I need to mention another phase on Guysuco’s operations. Taking into consideration from what I have read in the media, Guysuco is apparently bankrupt but we need to keep this entity in operation due to the thousands of workers on their payroll. Is there a Turn Around Strategic Plan over a ten year period with the expectation that ‘down the road’, it will become a profitable entity again? If there is one, then it should be published, and its KPIs and the financial and non-financial benchmarks to be attained annually, among others, should be highlighted. On the other hand, if there isn’t one, then urgent action should be taken to have one. The Government cannot continue, year after year with the granting of subsidies. I say no more at this point of time. John M. Seeram

GTT’s Essequibo service is not satisfactory DEAR EDITOR, I would like to register my disappointment and frustration over the years with the service provided by GTT on the Essequibo Coast. I have been a loyal customer of GTT’s landline service for over 20 years, cellphone service since the inception and data service for close to a year now and all have been far from satisfactory, compounded with the fact that there is no recourse but continued disrespect , unprofessional and unfair practices. Over the years the landline service has never effectively worked, most of the time they are out of service and now there is no equipment to replace the defective ones, yet you have to pay the monthly rental. The broadband internet service can never stream even a low definition video or download an average file without timing out. Customer ser-

vices and technical support is very poor and leaves much to be desired. The latest disregard is the notice given to renew a data plan - 15 MINUTES (to roll over any unused data). How practical is it for an average person to go to the shop to top up or get a phone card in 15 minutes? This notice can come at any hour of the day or night –even if you are awake or sleeping. The irony of it all is I would normally top up online when I am at home. If I receive the notice when I am on the road and I try to use my GTT data plan to access the top up website I would often try continuously for more than an hour and still cannot load a page. Every day I receive a number of annoying promotional texts and it keeps repeating daily. Why can’t GTT send a reminder the day before so that there will be enough time to renew the subscription? I

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think this is a ridiculous practice that probably only happens in Guyana. Due to the fact that I could not have accessed the internet from my cellphone, I never could have used my data even though I took out the monthly plan every month. I could only access Whatsapp, which I use for my personal and business purposes and which is free on any data plan. As such, I should have had over 15 to 20 GB of data available since I started to subscribe to your GTT’s plan of which I couldn’t have ustilised due to GTT’s slow connection speeds. I am humbly requesting that GTT restore all data withdrawn and reconsider how and when notices are sent out so that it will fair and practical for GTT’s subscribers. Thank you for your kind consideration. DISATISFIED CUSTOMER

I support Cabinet decision to shift to Camp Ayanganna DEAR EDITOR, A letter was published in Kaieteur News dated Saturday October 29th, 2016 under the caption “IAC Calls For A New Location For Cabinet Meetings”. To my surprise the IAC (Indian Action Committee) said that they are shocked and extremely disappointed that the GOG has taken such a decision to use the GDF headquarters. WHO IS THIS IAC REALLY REPRESENTING? The writer who claims to be the secretary said that they were made to understand that a large section of Guyanese is very concerned. Were public interviews or polls done? And if so, who are the ones that were involved in carrying out such? Was it done in all the Regions or a few that were handpicked? Was the information provided earlier before the same was carried out? When was it done\carried out? The IAC said it was disappointed by such a decision made by the government. Why are they disappointed? It seems that the IAC is upset that the GOG did not opt to

use its own conference rooms within the various ministries. This would have allowed for them to have a crease to the happenings at the cabinet meetings, so that the information could be leaked to their head group. The writer went on to say that the population is very concerned about the militarization of the government and its agencies. Well the IAC needs to answer the questions above, because the GOG or its agencies is not militarized to my knowledge. Moreover if it was, then some of the former ministers and officials would have already been spending their vacations on a daily basis under guards at a correctional facility in Guyana. The writer said that the GOG needs to quickly change the venue that is acceptable to all the people of Guyana. The IAC must answer if there is instability amongst the people of Guyana? If yes, since when? Or are the IAC and its allies trying to create instability in Guyana? If the answers to the questions above cannot be

offered by this so-called IAC, then they need to stop fabricating stories to gain attention. IAC needs to understand that there are all races, religions, sex and status in the GDF. So for them (IAC) to join with the PPP to discriminate against the GDF is very bad, espically for the people they are representing (if they are). We all know that the Arthur Chung International Conference Centre would have been ideal, but it is under repairs. The PPP came out and condemned the move by the government to change the venue We all know that if Cabinet was to use any of the ministerial boardrooms, it would not have been secured and confidential. In every ministry the PPP has its contacts that pass information on a daily basis. That is why the PPP is so upset about using the GDF headquarters. The manner in which the PPP and its associates are behaving, it’s like the GDF is a foreign agency and the GOG Continued on page 6

DEAR EDITOR, Just before 2015 elections, the PPP embarked on a major clean up and had put forward $1billion. They said that $500m was for Georgetown and the remainder for other regions. The new government gave City Hall $300m and look at the vast difference. Where is the report on the PPP spending of the $500m in the city? I would not even go as far to ask about how the other $500m was spent in the other regions and what evidence is there to verify it, but I noticed that the Auditor General completed a recent audit of City Hall over the $300m spent, but there was no word on the larger sum

which was previously spent on the capital by the PPP. That really got me thinking. If Georgetown can look the way it does now with $300m, what exactly was done with the $500m the PPP spent? There was little to no physical evidence that $500m was spent in Georgetown. The PPP had even denied the council’s access to the money claiming they were too corrupt. The then Local Government Minister, Norman Whitaker did not even have the courtesy to hand over financial records to the council so that they who are really responsible for Georgetown would be aware of what was done and where, so they

could continue where the government left off. Even though they did not want to give the money to the Council, they could have collaborated with the municipality. Instead the ministry was directly responsible for hiring and paying workers and it was even rumoured that the ministry made out cash payments, allowing for very little evidence of who actually received this money. I would like the Auditor General to release this report so citizens can see what was done with the $500m that went to Georgetown and if he could, the other $500m spent elsewhere. Akeem Bennons

What was done with the 500 million dollars?

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This man called an illegal strike at Albion Estate DEAR EDITOR, I have always written on behalf of sugar workers supporting their just cause. A few days ago I wrote again calling on the Coalition Government to subsidize the sugar workers, specifically in relation to their electricity bill and water bills in light of an unconscionable wage freeze by Guysuco and which seems to have the support of the government. The Government so far seems to have a hands-off approach when it comes to the workers in the Sugar Industry but not so with regards to public servants whom they have offered at least a 10% wage increase which can at least offset the rate on inflation. Is there a political reason for this? The public servants are no doubt poorly paid and with even that increase and should have been given more. On the other hand, the sugar workers were promised on the campaign trail that they will be given 20% increase but unashamedly they are being given zero since the Coalition took office. Are we to believe that the Coalition is unaware of what was happening then in Guysuco? If so then they were a very poor opposition and it seems with the present scheme of things that they are even a poorer government. They were fully aware of every negative issues affecting Guysuco but yet they were willing to lie and deceive in order to get the sugar workers and the public servants’ votes. The sugar workers are

now expendable However, another grave concern is the calling of the recent strikes by the union even before the wage talks went underway with Guysuco. Was this a sensible move by the Union? Was this a strategy used to force Guysuco to capitulate to their demands? If so it will only serve to create an atmosphere of hostility prior to the negotiations. Strike actions should be the last resort since it can only further hurt an already feeble industry which has already seen its production drastically falling by 30% or by 23,624 tonnes. It must be noted that the strike actions came at a time when the sugar industry was beginning to gain momentum and was producing to expectations. Unfortunately, this momentum was lost at Albion Estate which had successfully achieved its target two weeks preceding that strike. In those two weeks the sugar workers at Albion took home two extra days pay something which seemed unachievable since the beginning of this crop. The workers were very ecstatic about this. But what is more unacceptable is the fact that after the strike called by GAWU on 17th October, an illegal strike was called at Albion Estate which was not sanctioned by the Union and workers were deceived into believing that it was called by the Union. This was on Thursday 20thOctober. This illegal strike made it impossible for the Estate to achieve its target for

Customer thanks Digicel for its response DEAR EDITOR, I refer to my letter about unsatisfactory customer service at a Digicel store published October 31st, 2016. I must commend the relevant authorities from the Digicel head office who contacted me and looked into the matter expeditiously -having my issue resolved by convert-

ing the money spent for my sim cards into minutes which was added to my phone. Thanks to you for allowing my letter to be published. And also to the manager and customer service head which dealt with the matter professionally. “Now that’s best for Business”. Happy Customer

the week causing it to lose in excess of 300 tonnes of sugar for that particular day. It also caused more than 2,500 workers to lose a day’s pay in addition to a bonus day’s day which they would have received if the target was achieved. According to information received this illegal strike was called by a GAWU Representative who is also an NDC Councillor and this was not the first time that this particular individual has done this illegality. On all previous occasions and this time as well, the Estate Manager simply called this individual and warned him. This is highly ludicrous! How can GAWU tolerate this man acting in this totally irresponsible manner? How can Guysuco tolerate this man for so long? I am calling on the CEO, Mr Hanoman to conduct an investigation into this matter as to the reason why this man is receiving management’s favour. It is a fact that workers have been dismissed by management for committing far lesser crimes. This man has committed a crime against his fellow workers, against Guysuco and against his country. Such unpatriotic actions should be dealt with condignly. Illegal strikes must not be tolerated! In conclusion, I would like Guysuco’s management and the Union to sit at the negotiating table and sensibly work out at least a minimal differential wage increase. There are some workers who are barely taking home a wage which can take care of themselves and their families and these workers can be treated with some preference. Then there are some workers such as the cane-cutters who have to toil very hard to eke out a reasonable day’s pay. Therefore, it is time that differential wage increase takes the place of across the board increases in view of the terrible financial position of Guysuco. Moreover, this does not hinder the Government to come forward and do its part; the bailouts do not end up in workers’ pockets and that is what their primary concern ismoney in their pockets! Haseef Yusuf

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IAC calls for restoration of ERC following swearing in of PPC DEAR EDITOR, The Indian Action Committee (IAC) wishes to congratulate and commend President Granger for swearing in the members of the Public Procurement Commission (PPC) which he said he would do by the end of October 2016. The IAC also wishes to congratulate the newly sworn-in members of the PPC: Ms. Carol Corbin, ac-

countant; Ms. Emily Dodson, attorney-at-law; Mr. Ivor English, engineer; Dr. Nand Kishore Gopaul PhD, veteran trade unionist; and Mr. Sukrishnalall Pasha, University of Guyana lecturer. The IAC wishes them well in their endeavours and hopes that a level playing field can be established in the field of competitive bidding for projects that are required to transform Guyana and deliver

benefits to all of its citizens so that better living standards can be realized. The IAC is encouraged by this timely action and calls upon President Granger to restore the Ethnic Relations Commission which he said that he will do during this current sitting of Parliament. Saira Alli Secretary Indian Action Committee

I support Cabinet decision to shift... From page 5 should not have used their space. We shouldn’t be surprised by the statements coming from the PPP, because over the years they were dictators. The PPP corrupted every government agency in Guyana. That is why Rohee and his cabals formed the Community Policing Groups (CPGs) because the CPGs were empowered to stamp out opposition members from the villages and the Neigbourhood Police (which are based at the Police Stations) will take back information to the PPP officials. Under the PPP, the police were taking instructions as to who must be charged and cannot be charged. We all know of the story of Mr. Paul

Slow. We know of the past problems of the current Commissioner of Police (ag.) Mr. David Ramnarine with the PPP. I can go on but that’s a little teaser for all to wonder. What has the PPP done for the armed forces? What has the PPP done to those bright minds in the armed forces? The GDF Headquarters have the security and parking area that will be best for the members of Cabinet. If the GOG should have used another venue and block the roadways, then that will be an emergency issue for the PPP and its associates. Why should we discriminate against the GDF? They are part of our armed forces and have to protect our nation if under threat. They are the

ones that we should be working close with to ensure that our borders are secured and safe. They are the ones that Guyanese look to in taking to the battlefield if there is a disaster. And there is so much more that the GDF does that benefit this nation. The PPP should remember that it was the armed forces they used against our brothers and sisters of Linden a few years back. The GOG has done the right thing by using a well secured place for its high level talks, in taking Guyana forward, in a positive and bright future. Abel Seetaram APNU+AFC Regional Councilor Region 5

I am shocked at the ignorance... From page 4 government from central control – was passed in the National Assembly on August 7, 2013. President Ramotar refused to give his assent. Again, we see evidence that the PPP regime has a philosophy of centralising power in the executive branch of government and denying people their constitutional right to enjoy local democracy and to manage and develop their communities. Correcting this wrong, the new administration brought back the identical Bill to the National Assembly and following its passage on July 30, 2015, it immediately received presidential assent. Editor, the difference in political philosophies could not be clearer. The Local Government (Amendment) Act 2015 (Act

No. 5 of 2015), signed into law on August 5 by President Granger is proof positive of the administration’s desire and determination to ensure that the system of local government is enacted and rehabilitated. I cannot overemphasize the extent to which the administration is committed to empowerment of local government organs. The Local Government (Amendment) Act 2015 is revolutionary in scope. No longer do NDCs require ministerial approval to employ their own staff (officers and servants) or to approve their budgets (amendments to Sec 42 and 54). Furthermore, the obnoxious and offensive provisions that allowed a Minister to remove an elected council and appoint an Interim management Committee (IMC) have been excised from the legislation. Mr. Whittaker’s letter, perhaps unwittingly, reveals the mindset of the former regime: one of hoarding power at the centre while keeping local

government weak. On the other hand, this administration is committed to empowering local democratic organs so that they can function maximally. Although we know that this cannot be achieved overnight, because it is required by law and it is the correct way to go in order to push development, the administration is bound to this strategic direction. I wish to iterate government’s commitment to working with all stakeholders, including the parliamentary opposition. I interpret Mr. Whittaker’s letter to indicate a willingness of the opposition to discuss the issues faced by Guyanese. I welcome such discussion and assure that the administration remains receptive to dialogue. There is much to be achieved by us working together and there are many constructive suggestions in Mr. Whittaker’s letter that can lead to better management of communities. Ronald Bulkan Minister of Communities

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Public Service COI Report, controversial projects take centre stage in National Assembly tomorrow Members of the political Opposition will have their turn tomorrow to raise matters they deem to be of national importance and have them considered by the National Assembly. Up for discussion this time around will be the report on the Commission of Inquiry into the Public Service and two controversial projects; namely the Durban Park Development Jubilee Project and the Parking Meter venture. Scheduled to move the motion on the Public Service COI report will be Opposition Chief Whip, Gail Teixeira. According to her motion, the Commission of Inquiry into the Public Service was appointed by President David Granger on August 17, 2015. It was expected to examine, advice, and report on the salaries, conditions of service, training and other

Opposition Chief Whip, Gail Teixeira matters pertaining to the improvement of the efficiencies of the performance of the public service and the well-being of the public servants. Teixeira in her motion notes that the report on the Commission of Inquiry into

Opposition MP, Juan Edghill the Public Service was tabled in the National Assembly on May 24, last. Teixeira wants this report to be placed on the Order Paper for a Sitting of the House before the next recess so that its contents can be debated and

PPP Executive Member, Irfaan Ali recommendations made. As regards the motion on the contentious Parking Meter Project, this will be moved by Opposition Member, Irfaan Ali. In his motion, Ali notes that the Georgetown Mayor and City Council, represented

Bartica residents receive home improvement subsidy The Central Housing and Planning Authority (CH&PA) yesterday held its second home improvement subsidy distribution in Bartica, Region Seven at the town’s community centre. Minister within the Ministry of Communities, Valerie Adams-Patterson, expressed her joy in being at the newly established town of Bartica to present the subsidies. The Minister reminded that the subsidy is part of giving back to the people of Guyana for the 50th Independence anniversary. Adams-Patterson noted that this project was started in Georgetown last Friday. She told the residents of Bartica that “they are a lucky set of people,” but the only disappointment that she had was that only 12 persons were receiving the subsidy in the newly formed town. “Which means that either some people did not know about the promotion or some people did not pay attention.” Adams-Patterson also highlighted that giving the subsidies in Bartica is part of the “Good Life which Government promised”, adding that the residents will be hearing from the Ministry as it relates to the Duplex Homes soon.

The Ministry is currently examining this initiative.. Meanwhile, Regional Chairman Gordon Bradford told the gathering that he can relate to the pains and struggle they went through under the previous administration, but noted that the present Government will definitely make the change. “I want to ask you to be patient with us, be patient

with the CH&PA and be patient with Minister AdamsPatterson,” the Regional Chairman pleaded with the residents. Minister Adams– Patterson also told the recipients of the subsidies; that it can be used to repair their steps, doors, paint the exterior or interior of their house or even fix their roofs. Senior Community Devel-

opment Officer, CH&PA Donell Bess-Bascom explained that the vouchers for hardware supplies to effect repairs to their homes will be redeemable at pre-approved suppliers from December 1 to January 31, 2017. The programme was announced earlier this year to ease the plight of mostly low income families whose homes are unfinished.

by the Mayor and Town Clerk, have entered into a contractual arrangement with a company (Smart City Solutions) for the installation of Parking Meters in Georgetown. He noted however that the Mayor and City Council has held no public consultations with national stakeholders or the citizens of the city. As such, the Parliamentarian states, “the citizens of Georgetown and those who drive into, and, must traverse through the Capital to reach other areas of the country, have appealed to the Mayor and City Council to abandon this parking meter project because of the financial hardships it will inflict upon the people.” He goes on to state that the Government of Guyana, through the Ministry of Finance, the Ministry of Communities and the Ministry of Legal Affairs, has reviewed the parking meter contract and found that the contract may have violated tender procedures; that the contract is too much in favour of the parking meter party and that the cost is burdensome. Ali said that the Mayor and some councilors, in the face of the public opposition, have been adamant that the project will proceed. He also noted in his motion that the company contracted to implement the project has been proceeding, full steam ahead

with its implementation plan, with aggressive promotion, importation of equipment and the hiring of staff. The Opposition member is of the firm belief that there are many legal hurdles and protocols to address, including the yet unresolved critical issue of whether the Mayor and City Council has authority over public roads such as Regent Street, Water Street and Avenue of the Republic. He said, too, that there are other legal issues involved with granting policing authority to a private company. Given the aforementioned, Ali wants the National Assembly to call on the Auditor General of Guyana, Deodat Sharma, to immediately conduct a forensic audit into the Georgetown Municipal Council, including the Parking Meter Contract. The former Housing Minister told Kaieteur News yesterday that his motion will also be a test on the integrity and morality of Public Security Minister, Khemraj Ramjattan. “I think this motion will test the credibility of the politicians in the Government’s camp. AFC members, particularly their Party Leader, Ramjattan, had called for the project to be recalled, publicly advertised and to be investigated. This motion is seeking to do just that; bring transparency. So it would be very Continued on page 8

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Leaking of procurement information...

Board starts major probe at the Ministry of Public Health Retired Assistant Commissioner of Police, Winston Cosbert, was last evening given the Terms of Reference (TORs) by Minister of State, Joseph Harmon, to probe into the allegations of unauthorised disclosure of information, mismanagement and malpractices in the procurement of pharmaceuticals at the Ministry of Public Health. In handing over the TORs, Minister Harmon said that Government eagerly awaits that report and the findings, so that appropriate action can be taken, a Ministry of the Presidency release said. “I have the confidence in your ability; I have seen your work before and you have done inquiries before. I look forward to the report. This is an important inquiry … and when you have to go after these things, you have to have evidence and facts [be-

cause] Government cannot act on innuendos and hearsay. We have to have an investigation and based on that, the Government acts,” the Minister said. The Board of Inquiry (BoI) will commence today and is expected to render its written report and findings to the Minister of State on or before November 30, 2016. The inquiry is expected to take place at the Department of Public Service and at any other place, in which the Commissioner deems fit. The board is expected to investigate, examine and report on the “procurement and management processes by which the Ministry of Public Health awards contracts for the procurement of pharmaceuticals, services and supplies to bidders; whether there was unauthorised disclosure of any information on the procurement of pharma-

ceuticals by the staff of the Ministry of Public Health and the facts surrounding such unauthorised disclosure; the facts surrounding the allegation that Ms. Kandasie Aaron, without prior consent from the Ministry of Public Health, divulged any information on the procurement of pharmaceuticals; to what extent this specific disclosure is an isolated incident and if not, does it represent a more general practice at the Ministry of Public Health.” It is also expected to investigate the procedure which exists to identify and control the unauthorised disclosure of price sensitive information in the procurement of pharmaceuticals and how and when did the Ministry of Public Health become aware of these disclosures and what actions, if any, were taken by the Ministry. According to the Minis-

Minister of State, Joseph Harmon, last evening, shaking hands with the Commissioner of the newly established Board of Inquiry, Winston Cosbert. try, after the investigation and findings, recommendations must be made for measures that could strengthen information management systems within the Ministry to improve the handling of protected information and deter any unauthorised disclosures; and remedial actions, or any other actions, against staff who are found to have acted improperly in the discharge of their public duties and those persons who have benefited from the actions of the public officials and for criminal prosecution or other actions, if any, against any such person

found to have engaged in criminal or improper conduct. Last month, it was disclosed that a major probe would be launched at the Ministry after disclosures that confidential procurement information, which could give a bidder an edge in the tendering process, was leaked. Over the years, under the previous administration of the People’s Progressive Party/Civic (PPP/C), there were widespread allegations of wrongdoing with the procurement of pharmaceuticals to the tune of billions of dollars annually.

Public Service COI... From page 7 difficult to see Ramjattan not supporting this motion on Friday. It will be a test of his credibility, ethics and morality,” he said. As for the Durban Park Development Jubilee Project, this will be taken before the House by PPP Executive Member, Juan Edghill. In his motion, Edghill says that no public disclosure or consultations were held with the citizens or national stakeholders. The Parliamentarian said that architectural designs and overall projected costs for its construction and completion were not made public. Importantly, Edghill goes on to state that Supplementary Financial Paper No. 1 of 2016 provided for an additional $407.6M from the Contingency Fund on this project. He said, too, that the Minister of Public Infrastructure, David Patterson, during the scrutiny of this Supplementary provision, was unable to provide the National

Assembly on August 8, last, with the final costs of the project, or information on the funds raised and materials etc., donated prior to his April takeover of the project. In the interest of public accountability, transparency and good governance, Edghill wants the House to call upon the Government to make full disclosure on several fronts. He wants the Government to disclose the names of the individuals and the private organization who were in charge of this project from its inception to the April takeover by the Ministry of Public Infrastructure; the donors and their contributions in cash and/or kind who contributed to the initial phase and completion of the Jubilee Durban Park Development Project; the list of contractor/ s and the process of procurement used to secure those engaged. He also wants the Government to reveal its plans for the sustainable use of this facility.

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GPL should compensate consumers The spate of blackouts which electricity consumers have to endure cannot be caused by maintenance problems. The lengthy period with which consumers have to be without power and the fact that all three counties in Guyana are subject to extended power outages, suggests that there is a major shortfall in generation. The public should not feel comforted by GPL’s promises that line maintenance in the coming days will alleviate the problem. If the cause of the problem is a shortfall in generation – as is suspected then no amount of line maintenance will alleviate the spate of blackouts which are affecting all consumers, but particularly those in Berbice, Essequibo and East Coast, which are the most affected areas. Blackouts caused by interruptions due to accidents in the transmission of power are not a major cause of worry, because such problems are usually remedied very quickly. Power outages result-

ing from such sources tend to be for short periods. The public is usually understanding about such problems. The present crisis in the energy sector, however, does not seem to be a passing phenomenon. The intensity of the power outages, the fact that load-shedding schedules appeared in the newspapers a few weeks ago, and the failure of the problem to be resolved by now, is cause for concern. The situation will naturally lead to persons equating what is now being experienced with what was experienced in the past when consumers, for years, were subject to daily eight-hour power outages. Anyone who has lived through that period will appreciate how adaptable Guyanese people were. There were no major protests over the matter. The letter pages of the newspapers were not crowded out with persons complaining about the effect on their meat and fish, or on the slowing down of produc-

tion. People accepted because there was no toleration for dissent. People learned to live with the power outages. If this nation owes the bauxite industry anything, it is the fact that many households got power at nights only because after ten o’clock, the demand for power in the bauxite industry fell and the excess was channelled into the national grid. The present spate of blackouts is taking place just as the power company has signed a billion-dollar management consultancy contract. That contract is not likely to reduce the present blackouts. The power outages are taking place just after there was an adjustment of the arrangements between GPL and Wärtsilä, a traditionally reliable supplier of electricity. Guyana is not going to go back to those days, even though some people have premonitions of a return to dark times. The electricity sector has the generating capacity to satisfy demand. The

Dem boys seh...

Some people don’t use wha dem mekking Nuff people don’t use wha dem mek. Is like if dem know that dem got to do everything fuh people. De result is that a shoemaker don’t repair he own shoe; a carpenter don’t fix he step or he house and a farmer wouldn’t sit down and sell he vegetables. That is why all of dem is wholesalers. Dem boys notice this thing and dem start to look around at wha does happen around dem. Errol de GuySuCo man don’t use sugar. He does use Splenda and he mekking all de sugar Guyana produce. Van West don’t drink de water that de Shelter Belt does produce. People sit down and see Van West drinking Tropical Mist. None of de people wukking in de Shelter Belt does use that water. Badal don’t use power from GPL. He is de head of de power company. That is only part of de story. When Vic Oditt was de head of LIDCO he never used to drink milk although he did own de milk plant.

If people didn’t know better dem woulda seh he cheap and that he want sell every drop. De truth is that dem got some secret to de business. Dem boys point to de Obeah man. He always poor and he never got a good house to live in. But he does collect money from people and promise dem to get rich. Dem boys been checking pun dem car dealers. Not one of dem does drive de cars wha dem bring in. Is like if dem know something wrang wid dem car and dem don’t mean to get found dead inside one of dem. Imagine PrettiPaulo don’t eat fish and he does ketch fish and sell all over de world. But de biggest shock is that Glenn Lall don’t read de Waterfalls Paper just like how Babbie and Jagdeo don’t read de Hard Times paper. Of course, Babbie and Jagdeo does read de Waterfalls paper because dem want to know wha happen in dem own paper. Talk half and don’t ignore wha you does produce.

demand may not be satisfied at the moment, but there is capacity to satisfy national demand, unlike in the past when the country could not generate enough power to satisfy 25% of peak demand. As a result, businesses were forced to scale back on production, and this hurt the national economy. The Guyana Power and Light is quick to disconnect consumers when they do not pay their bills on time. They do not bother to call you to advise that your bill is outstanding. The disconnection crew turns up and switches off your power. Households have to pay a reconnection fee of $3,500 and you have to wait until the connection crew is available to reconnect your power. GPL should not be surcharged for the failure to supply electricity on a reliable

basis to consumers. If consumers are disconnected for not paying their bills on time, then the accounts of consumers should be credited whenever GPL fails to supply them with power. The Public Utilities Commission should open a hearing into compensation for consumers as a result of the failure of the power company to meet its obligations to its customers. GPL has failed to

satisfy its obligations to consumers, who should be entitled to compensation for hours upon hours of blackouts, for the loss of food items, for the shortfall in production and for the inconvenience of not having power.

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=== The Freddie Kissoon column ===

Mr. Evelyn must know it’s a stupid country with unthinking leadership There is a letter carried in the Wednesday edition of the Stabroek News signed by Keith Evelyn. I am assuming it is the insurance guy who had a good working relation with Bharrat Jagdeo, when he was President. Mr. Evelyn has taken objection to the ongoing depravity (my choice of word) of persons being arrested and brought before the courts for overstaying their time in Guyana. He gave some examples that are indeed depraved. He mentioned the appalling conditions these people were kept in without being specific; no doubt referring to

police lock-ups. I can tell Guyana and the world about that. Mark Benschop and I were in the Brickdam remand for three days and nights for a mere traffic offence. The physical conditions were semi-civilized. Mr. Evelyn did not mention the case of the 14 Nepalese men. They were fined for illegal entry and couldn’t raise the bail and were languishing for months in the Camp Street lock-ups. This was under the presidency of the man who writes frequent letters to the newspapers complaining about rights violations – Donald Ramotar. The decent thing for any

decent government to do was to buy the people’s plane tickets and let them go. But we have neither decent nor thinking leadership in every sphere of life in this country. When I read Mr. Evelyn’s letter, I could not help but wonder why when he was close to President Jagdeo, he didn’t raise the issue of a simple amendment to the law. Since the PPP administration lost power in 2015, people from foreign lands continue to be charged for overstaying their time and illegal entry, including hungry people from Venezuela. When I read about these situations, I feel guilty when I laugh. It is a tragedy, and I should know better, but I do laugh. Why would anyone want to take up residence in a country where modern life is absent, technology is very low,

medical science is wanting, bureaucratic rules are outdated, university education is barely surviving, the economy offers the lowest wages and salaries across CARICOM minus Haiti, water does not come to the second floor of the houses, blackouts are a daily occurrence; the mere application of the renewal of a driver’s licence takes an entire day; motorists will encounter a bribe-taking traffic cop at least once a day, and the breakdown is ubiquitous? You cannot help laughing. Are these people crazy? Why do they want to enter illegally or overstay their time in, of all places, Guyana? Interestingly, quite a number of those officials involved in the arrest, charging and sentencing of these accused would gladly leave Guyana if they get a permanent visa to the US, Canada, UK etc. Why not try for more modern and civilized lands. I can easily predict reaction to this column, as I have with my advocacy of harsh sentencing for small grams of marijuana. People would say that

you cannot blame the police and the magistrates. The law compels the police to charge and the magistrate to sentence. It is the leaders that have to make the change. But where is the thinking and capacity to change of our leadership since Independence? There isn’t one leader in the PPP, when they had 23 years of power, that cared about changing the sentencing structure for marijuana possession or for illegal entry and overstaying. There is none in the present APNU-AFC administration. Let’s revisit the issue of dress code and what President Granger said on the anachronism. He did concede it was an atavistic return to primitive times (my choice of words) in a television interview. But since he made that intonation, the dress code backwardness remains in many public buildings. Franklin Wilson, a journalist at this newspaper, told me about six weeks ago his wife was turned away at GECOM office in Diamond, because of that silly dress code.

Frederick Kissoon President Granger should have shown leadership and taken the bull by the horns, by letting the country he leads know that the monstrosity of that dress imposition has outlived any usefulness it had, and he would like to see it discontinued. The news would have filtered across the country, and important state officials would have known that the President wants this thing removed. That obnoxious dress code thing still exists, even though the First Lady loves to don sleeveless dresses like the First Lady of the US. Actually, I love to see my wife in sleeveless dresses. Putting foreigners in putrid lock-ups for overstaying their time is unconscionable. But then again, who has conscience in Guyana?

Thursday November 03, 2016

Four GRA staffers dismissed for role in duty free scam Four staffers of the Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) have been dismissed for their roles in a duty free concessions scam. The decision was reportedly relayed to the staffers yesterday and would come more than two weeks after news of a major probe into a fraud. And there is likely to be more sackings in the coming weeks, a well-placed source confirmed yesterday. The news of the dismissals would come as no surprise, as it was just recently that CommissionerGeneral, Godfrey Statia, warned staffers of a tough stance against corruption. Two employees were taken into custody last month after a forgery was detected using the name of Deputy Comptroller of Customs, Hema Khan. The matter had to do with the importation of two All Terrain Vehicles (ATVs). The two employees allegedly forged documents purporting to show that the ATVs were subjected to duty free concessions. The police had also been questioning the persons who brought in the ATVs. Already, GRA has taken a decision to post notices at its locations warning the public to desist from paying staffers any forms of inducements. GRA, through its Customs and other departments, has been battling corruption in its midst for years now. Following a report of the fraud, the CommissionerGeneral in a general meeting told staffers that staff found taking bribes would be immediately fired. “Having

GRA’s Commissioner General, Godfrey Statia been at the helm of the authority for just about twelve weeks and being translucently clear at the onset that he has a no-nonsense approach to bribery and other forms of corrupt practices, Mr. Statia reiterated that in addition to honesty and integrity, professionalism must be paramount, especially in an organisation where officers are sworn to secrecy,” GRA had said in its statement. According to Statia, he intends to rid the GRA of the wrongdoing that has tarnished its reputation in the past by dealing “condignly” with those who insist on bringing the Revenue Authority to disrepute. GRA had appealed for members of the public to play their part in the process by avoiding any form of collusion with staff, such as payment of monies for services offered by the authority. ”Members of the public are just as guilty should they aid and abet the commission of an offence by willingly participating in any clandestine act and may also be subject to prosecution.”

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After seven years …GPL, GuySuCo repay less than 1% of debt due to Govt. - Report - Power company identified as only state organization to benefit from PetroCaribe Fund By Kiana Wilburg The Guyana Sugar Corporation (GuySuCo) and the Guyana Power and Light (GPL) are yet to fully honour their debt owed to the Government of Guyana. This is according to Finance Minister Winston Jordan. The economist made this and other pertinent statements in his historic Annual Public Debt Report. The report, which was prepared with the help of the Debt Management Division of the Ministry of Finance, is the first of its kind in Guyana. The report presents an overview of debt developments during the last five-year period (2011 to 2015). According to the report, the two major state-owned enterprises benefitted from a process called “on-lending”. The document explains that this arrangement is one whereby the Government obtains a loan; usually concessional financing from an international financial institution such as the World Bank or the Caribbean Development Bank, then passes on the loan principal to another entity, usually a State Owned Enterprise (SOE). The SOE is thereafter known as the beneficiary. The document said that the loan between Government and the international financial institution is often referred to as a primary loan. The on-lent loan between Government and the beneficiary is called the subsidiary loan. The report said that onlending is a means by which the Government can support

strategically important projects that aid national development. The Government enters in an on-lending arrangement, given that the primary loan proceeds are earmarked to fund capital expenditure for the SOEs. The terms and conditions of the primary loan agreements differ typically from those included in subsidiary loan agreements. Interest rates are usually higher in subsidiary loan agreements than in primary loan agreements, but the rate is generally lower than the rate that the beneficiary could otherwise negotiate from commercial lenders, the report explained. By improving their financial viability, the report goes on to state that on-lending can facilitate the delivery of development projects that are expected to provide broader economic benefits to Guyana. With the aforementioned understanding in mind, the report highlighted that the two beneficiaries of on-lent loans were the Guyana Power and Light Incorporated and the Guyana Sugar Corporation Incorporated. At the end of 2015, the report said that the Government had on-lent some US$282 million to these two entities. Of that amount, the document said that 54.8 percent was on-lent to the GPL. It said that there are 11 onlending loan agreements,

Finance Minister, Winston Jordan seven of which are between the Government and the GPL and four between the Government and GuySuCo. Of the 11 on-lending agreements, the report says that six of them were financed directly from the PetroCaribe Fund. The Report said, “Over the review period, all new onlending agreements were contracted with the GPL in the amount of US$80.1 million. The source of funding for these agreements was the PetroCaribe Fund. GPL has been the only SOE that benefitted from the PetroCaribe Fund. The transfer of funds to GPL, financed several projects aimed at improving the services provided by this entity.” It was noted as well that at the end of 2015, GPL and GuySuCo had repaid less

than one percent of their debt due and payable to the Government. “These SOEs have over the years been billed for the debt service payments falling due, but have not made payments to the Government. Many SOEs do not appear to have the resources to service their debt obligations to the Government,” the document said. It continued, “Of the main beneficiaries of on-lent loans, GuySuCo was the only SOE covered by a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU), which was specifically for loans on-lent in relation to the Skeldon Sugar Modernization Project (SSMP). The MOU states the all payments due within three (3) years after 2008 will be deferred. The MOU came to an end on December 31, 2011.” However, it was noted that GuySuCo has not resumed repayment of its obligations to the Government. The report shows that its total On-lending Loan Agreements at the end of December 31, 2015 amounted to US$127.6M. The process of reconciling the debt outstanding by SOEs to the Government commenced in 2015. At the end of 2015, this process was still in progress and the Government is expected to make arrangements to recover the debt from the SOEs.

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Suriname says IMF programme is helping PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – Suriname said Wednesday it is beginning to emerge from the economic problems over the past two years and is seeing some light at the end of the tunnel as the Dutch-speaking Caribbean Community (CARICOM) country continues with a two-year multi-million dollar Stand By Agreement with the International Monetary Fund (IMF). “What we are seeing developing in our economy, our fiscal deficit is coming under control, our current account…has been improving especially in the last quarter. We think that with the two years…we should be out of the trouble that we had been into,” Finance Minister Gillmore Hoefdraad told the Caribbean Media Corporation (CMC). The Washington-based financial institution provided Suriname with a US$478 million loan to facilitate country’s adjustment to the fall in the prices of major commodity exports,

restore confidence, and pave the way to economic recovery. The programme also includes reforms to the exchange rate and monetary policy framework, to enhance Suriname’s resilience to the current and to possible future shocks, and allow a steady rebuilding of foreign reserves. Hoefdraad said that the revenue from the revenue from the mining sector in 2015 was 10 per cent of what it is used to be in 2010. He said Suriname sought to deal with the matter through its own home-grown adjustment programme which meant a “very sharp cut in expenditure, especially in goods and services, efficiency bringing in subsidies, eliminating a great part of subsidies in water supplies, increasing the fuel tax. “We did an evaluation in November last year and with some other …measures on the expenditure side…we went to the Fund and said we are looking for financing,” he added.

Caribbean finance ministers discussing economic problems facing the region

Caribbean prime ministers from left Allen Chastanet, Andrew Holness, Dr. Keith Rowley, Dr. Keith Mitchell with IMF deputy managing director Tao Zhang (center) and other delegates to Caribbean Forum P O RT O F S PA I N , Trinidad, CMC – A senior official of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) said yesterday that the current global financial environment with low interest rates provides a window of opportunity for Caribbean countries to pursue adjustment, undertake liability management to lower financing costs, and reduce debts to safer levels. But Tao Zhang, IMF Deputy Managing Direct o r, t o l d t h e o n e - d a y 2016 High Level Caribbean Forum that fiscal a n d b r o a d e r m a croeconomic stability are necessary, but not sufficient, conditions for growth. He said additional country-specific structural

reforms have to go handin-hand to reap the growth dividend. “The incremental nature of the progress made on boosting growth, diversification, competitiveness, energy efficiency, financial sector vulnera b i l i t i e s, fiscal adjustment, and other recurring themes from past Caribbean Forums speaks mainly to the complexity of these problems. Their solution will require a sustained policy effort,” Zhang told the Forum being held under the theme “Shifting Tides: Challenges and Opportunities”. The Forum is being attended by several Caribbean Community (CARICOM) leaders in-

cluding Jamaica’s Prime Minister Andrew Holness, his Antigua and Barbuda counterpart, Gaston Browne, St. Lucia’s Prime Minister Allen Chastanet as well as Central bank Governors from the region. In his address, Zhang told the delegates that the global outlook continues to be shaped by a subdued recovery from the global financial crisis and weak trade and that 2016 is proving to be another year of lackluster growth. He said in the World Economic Outlook released early October, the IMF had projected global growth at 3.1 per cent this year, with risks weighted to the downside.

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AIDAN’S CAR RENTAL: 4WD PICKUP,. CHEAPEST RATE & SPECIAL RATE FOR LONG TERM. CALL: 698-7807

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Prolonged exposure to estrogen can lead to cancer – Oncology Surgeon While some men are at risk for breast cancer, all women are at risk, since some of the risks associated with the latter group contracting the disease are not controllable. This assertion was recently made by United Statesbased Oncology Surgeon, Dr. Theophilus Lewis. At a recent seminar held at the National Library which was spearheaded by United States-based Non Governmental Organisation (NGO), Organisation for Social and Health Advancement in Guyana (OSHAG), Dr. Lewis revealed that age and family history are among the biggest risk factors for contracting the disease. According to Dr. Lewis, he currently has five patients in his care receiving treatment for breast cancer. All of these patients are in their 30s. But treating persons for the disease at such an age is rather unusual. He pointed out that the incidence of a young woman contracting the disease in her 30s is very small – 0.4 percent. The focus on breast cancer usually starts when a woman turns 40. According to Dr. Lewis, “the reason that we concentrate on 40 and above is because once you hit 40 your incidence doubles...it goes from 0.4 to 1.46 and each decade it becomes more and more of a risk factor, that is why age is one of the primary risk factors for breast cancer.” Dr. Lewis emphasised, too, that estrogen is a driver for breast cancer. This therefore means that if a woman has a long exposure to estrogen,

Oncology Surgeon, Dr. Theophilus Lewis which is not interrupted by pregnancies, there is a greater risk factor for breast cancer. Estrogen can be defined as a female steroid hormone that is produced by the ovaries and, in lesser amounts, by the adrenal cortex, placenta, and male testes. Estrogen helps control and guide sexual development, including the physical changes associated with puberty. The Oncology Surgeon moreover revealed that “those (female) patients who have their periods very early, like at age nine or 10, and they menstruate into their 50s, they have had many, many years of estrogen exposure...” But if those years of exposure are broken up by pregnancies, this increased risk is considerably reduced, Dr. Lewis said, even as he pointed out that a pregnancy is regarded as a protective period. However, he informed that a woman who conceives and

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gives birth after the age of 34 or 35 will likely lose the protection from estrogen by that age, and will also be at high risk of developing cancer. Since it is not usual for young women to develop breast cancer at a young age, Dr. Lewis sought to explain the process, pointing out that when a woman is young, estrogen stores in the fat. The more obese a woman is, the more fat she is likely to be able to store. But although a woman stops making estrogen when she is older and begins menopause, the estrogen already stored in the fat makes them more at risk for developing cancer. For this reason, Dr. Lewis noted that the developing breast cancer is not necessarily impacted by what you eat, but due to the amount of estrogen you are able to store because of overweight. Other risk factors include family history. Added to this, Dr. Lewis said that a woman’s susceptibility to breast cancer will be high if she had cancer in one breast in the past. In fact he disclosed that a woman is five times more at risk of developing cancer in the other breast. In order to safeguard against developing breast cancer in both breasts over time, Dr. Lewis said that some women have requested that both their breasts be removed. But this practice is one that society often frowns upon, he noted. This is in light of the fact, he related, that “there is no clear cut evidence that taking off both of your breast is going to increase your life expectancy.”

Media sensitised on how to report on sexual offences The Ministry of Social Protection hosted a sensitisation workshop on the Sexual Offences Act in recognition of the critical role the media plays in reporting sexual offences cases. The Gender Affairs Bureau of the Ministry of Social Protection facilitated the sensitisation of media personnel workshop yesterday, at the Regency Hotel, Hadfield Street. Manager of the Gender Affairs Bureau, Jason Shepherd said the exercise sought to clarify how reporting is done in relation to the Sexual Offences Act. “We want to ensure that aspects of the Sexual Offences and Domestic Violence Offences Acts…that certain sections are made clear especially for your reporting, your court reporting and y o u r e veryday reporting where these might come into play,” Shepherd said in opening remarks. Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP), Shalimar AliHack, who outlined the provisions of the Sexual Offences Act, urged reporters to use the Act to guide their reporting about cases so that vic-

tims are protected. The DPP said it is important not to state the address or the name of the perpetrator since it can lead to the identification of the victim. “Do not put addresses. You can go in to what are the general facts,” Ali-Hack urged. Many reported incidences of domestic violence and sexual offences in the media are of women and children, and Ali-Hack said it is for this reason that their identities must be protected. The DPP said it is particularly important to ensure that reporting and publication on children who are victims or perpetrators of crimes are not in conflict with the Rights of the Child Convention to which Guyana is a signatory. Ali-Hack added that while it is the media’s role to sensitise the public as to what sexual offences are, the DPP cautioned editors of media houses to be aware of the law and use it to guide their reportage. The caution to stick to the provisions of the law was also raised by executive member of the Guyana Press Association (GPA) Dennis Chabrol who noted perceptions of

Carpenter found on roadway likely victim of hit-and-run A post mortem examination conducted yesterday on the body of No 70 Village carpenter Faiyaz Narinedatt has revealed that man died from a fractured skull and had other injuries. Narinedatt was found with multiple injuries on the Number 70 Public Road on Tuesday afternoon. According to police

sources they are treating the matter as a hit-and-run but have not ruled out other possibilities since relatives would have suspected foul play. Relatives said that at the time he was discovered, the man’s body had what appeared to be marks of violence when they visited the scene. Narinedatt had left home early that day and

suddenly close. She then stepped out of the bathroom and made checks around the lower flat of her home where she discovered that some of her household appliances were missing. She then saw Alleyne leaving her yard pulling a suitcase behind him with articles from her home. An alarm was raised and the defendant dropped the suitcase in front of the yard and began running. Jeffers told the court that Alleyne was soon caught by public-spirited persons and handed over to the police. An investigation was carried out. Alleyne told the court that on the day in question he was passing the yard when he saw some “thirsty pit bulls” and decided to enter the yard to give them water. The Chief Magistrate then asked him how he knew

the pit bulls were thirsty, to which he responded that he could tell, because he knew. The Magistrate then asked Alleyne whether he knew the Virtual Complainant and he responded in the negative. He continued to tell the court that he just went to give the pit bulls water and was nowhere in the Virtual Complainant’s house. He went on to say that after he provided the dogs with water they then rushed him and bit him. “I feel guilty to myself because I don’t know why the pit bulls bite me and I gave them water. I went downstairs all the time, I did not trouble nobody thing. Me ain’t even know dem people.” Based on his explanation, a not guilty plea was entered, and the barefooted prisoner was remanded to prison. He will make his next court appearance on December 7.

Alleged thief says he went into yard to quench pit bulls’ thirst

A man who told the court that he was giving water to thirsty pit bulls when he was apprehended on someone’s premises was yesterday remanded to prison on a break and enter and larceny charge, after he appeared before Chief Magistrate Ann McLennan in the Georgetown Magistrate’s Courts. It is alleged that on October 31, at Bel Air Park, Georgetown, Junior Alleyne broke and entered the dwelling house of Angelica Singh and stole a quantity of household appliances, all totalling $491,240. The 26-year-old pleaded guilty with explanation to the charge when it was read to him by the Chief Magistrate. According to the facts presented by Police Prosecutor Neville Jeffers, which stated that on the day in question, the Virtual Complainant was in the upper flat of her home in the bathroom taking

REMANDED: Junior Alleyne a shower when she was cided to look through her alerted by her barking dogs. bathroom door, when she saw As a result, the woman de- her bedroom door open and

what are “unethical”, and what can often lead into “grey areas” when reporting on such issues. “We ought to stick to the application of the law and see to what extent they have infractions and how those ought to be avoided in the future,” Chabrol cautioned. The Ministry of Social Protection believes that there is need for robust sensitisation on the legislation governing sexual offences and domestic violence. The workshop was facilitated to ensure that those who play a critical role in the process have a better understanding of their roles, Karen Vansluytman-Corbin, Senior Labour from the Ministry of Social Protection’s Office of Occupational Safety and Health pointed out. Section 62 of the Sexual Offences Act states “every person who publishes in any document, or broadcast, or transmits in any way, any information that could identify the complaint or a witness contrary to Subsection (1) commits an offence and is liable on summary conviction to a fine of two million dollars.” (GINA)

ended up at a party in the village that was hosted by an overseas based-Guyanese. Relatives are suspicious of the events leading up to Narinedatt’s death, after his shirt and slippers were discovered in the street where the party was held. Relatives also noticed broken paling staves in the street which they claim were used to beat the man. Narinedatt leaves to mourn his parents, wife and two children.

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Amnesty International evicted from its Moscow office Amnesty International, a campaign group which has accused the Kremlin of violating human rights with its bombing campaign in Syria, was evicted from its Moscow office yesterday. The Moscow city government, from which Amnesty leased the premises in the Russian capital’s center, said the group was behind on the rent. But Amnesty said it had documents to prove it was up to date with payments. Staff at the Amnesty Moscow office told Reuters they arrived at work to find the locks had been changed, official seals had been placed over the doors, and the electricity had been cut off. John Dalhuisen, Amnesty International’s Europe director, said the eviction may be

part of an official crackdown on civil society groups that criticize the Kremlin, but he said there were other possible explanations. In a statement sent to Reuters, the Moscow city property department said it had sent written warnings to Amnesty that it was in rent arrears. “This complaint was ignored by the unscrupulous tenant,” the statement said. The department said it voided Amnesty’s lease on the grounds that the tenant was violating the terms of the rental agreement. “In this connection, the premises were closed and sealed off,” the statement said. Amnesty’s Dalhuisen said: “This bizarre claim is simply not true.” He said the

group received no warning and had documents showing the property was paid for up to and including October. “As an organization, along with others, that has criticized the Russian authorities, it is possible this fits into the context of the squeeze on civil society,” Dalhuisen said in a telephone interview. “It is equally possible, however, that this is a genuine administrative mix-up, or that other interests are at play within the municipality. At this stage I do not want to speculate until we have had the opportunity to try to resolve this with the municipal authorities.” Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said he was unaware of Amnesty’s office problems. (Reuters)

Trump, Clinton blast each other on character; Clinton rises in poll Democrat Hillary Clinton and Republican Donald Trump attacked one another’s character as they pushed their closing arguments six days before the U.S. presidential election, while the latest Reuters/Ipsos poll showed Clinton’s lead over Trump rising back to the margin she held last week. Many national polls have shown Clinton’s lead over Trump narrowing since the reemergence Friday of a controversy over her use of a private email while secretary of state. But the latest Reuters/ Ipsos daily tracking poll released on Wednesday showed Clinton’s lead over Trump rising back up to six percentage points, the same advantage she held before the FBI announcement related to her email practices. Signs of a tightening race have rattled financial markets as investors started to factor in the possibility that the New York businessman might pull off a victory on Nov. 8. World stocks, the dollar and oil fell on Wednesday, while safe-haven assets such as gold and the Swiss franc rose. Clinton has been regarded as the candidate who would maintain the status quo, an important factor to financial markets, which generally do not like uncertainty. Campaigning in Orlando, Trump argued that Clinton was unqualified to lead the country and insisted he was winning. “She has become totally unhinged,” he said. “What she’s saying and what she’s doing, actually, it’s un-

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believable.” Speaking to supporters in Las Vegas, Clinton blamed Trump for pitting Americans against one another, citing his rhetoric on groups like Muslims and Mexican-Americans. Trump, she said, is “out of his depth,” and she called his proposals on foreign policy issues “incredibly dangerous.” “He doesn’t have a clue,” Clinton said. Investor anxiety has deepened in recent sessions over a possible Trump victory given uncertainty about his stance on issues including foreign policy, trade relations and immigrants. Trump, who has never previously run for elected office, has run an unorthodox campaign, with policy proposals including reviewing trade pacts such as the North American Free Trade Agreement and imposing a temporary ban on Muslims seeking to enter the country. Currency traders have

sold the dollar this week in part because they suspect Trump would prefer a weaker dollar given his protectionist stance on international trade, and in part because the uncertainty surrounding a Trump win might lead to a more dovish stance from the Federal Reserve in the months ahead, instead of the interest rate hike that many expect by year-end. A rise in U.S. interest rates would make the dollar, and dollar-denominated assets, more attractive to investors. A Reuters equity market poll last month showed a majority of forecasters predicted that U.S. stocks would perform better under a Clinton presidency than a Trump administration. An average of polls compiled by the RealClearPolitics website showed Clinton just 1.7 percent ahead of Trump nationally on Wednesday, with 47 percent support to his 45.3 percent. (Reuters)

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National Geographic’s ‘Afghan Girl’ denied bail in Pakistan

Islamabad, Pakistan (CNN) The Afghan woman known internationally as the “Afghan Girl,” thanks to her appearance on a famous National Geographic cover, has had a bail request turned down. Sharbat Gula, now in her 40s, is under arrest in Pakistan for falsifying documents and staying illegally in the country. “The petition filed in the special court was dismissed,” her lawyer Mubasher Nazar said. Gila, whose striking green eyes in a National Geo-

graphic cover photo made her face known around the world, was 12 when photographer Steve McCurry captured his iconic image of her living in a refugee camp for Afghan nationals in Peshawar, Pakistan. Gula — also known as Sharbat Bibi — was arrested in Peshawar last week. If convicted, she could be jailed for up to 14 years or be deported, said Zia Awan, a human rights lawyer based in Karachi. Naseem Kakad, an official at the Afghan consulate in Peshawar told CNN: “We will

follow our lawyers instructions, we will take this case to every court possible.” Last year, Gula was arrested on similar charges, but was later released. McCurry, the photographer, said he is committed to helping her legally and financially. “I object to this action by the authorities in the strongest possible terms,” he said in a statement. “She has suffered throughout her entire life. Her arrest is an egregious violation of her human rights.”

Philippine President rails against US Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte chided the United States on Wednesday for halting the planned sale of 26,000 rifles to his country, calling those behind the decision “fools” and “monkeys” and indicating he might turn to Russia and China instead. Duterte’s tirades against the former colonial power are routine during his speeches. He said yesterday he once believed in Washington, but had since lost respect for the Philippines’ biggest ally. I n Wa s h i n g t o n , U .S. State Department spokesman John Kirby said he regarded Duterte’s latest salvo as “inexplicably at odds with the

close relationship that we continue to have with not just the Filipino people, but the Filipino government.” The State Department halted the sale of the assault rifles to the Philippine police after staff from U.S. Senator Ben Cardin’s office said he would oppose it, Senate aides told Reuters on Monday. Aides said Cardin, the top Democrat on the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee, was reluctant for the United States to provide the weapons given concern about human rights violations in the Philippines during Duterte’s bloody, four-month-old war on drugs. More than 2,300 people

have been killed in police operations or by suspected vigilantes as part of Duterte’s anti-narcotics effort, which was the linchpin of his election campaign. Duterte has vented his anger at the United States for raising concerns about the extrajudicial killings. “That’s why I was rude at them, because they were rude at me,” he said. According to procedures in Washington, the State Department informs Congress when international weapons sales are in the works. Aides said the State Department had been informed Cardin would oppose the deal during the prenotification process, thus effectively halting the sale.

2 Iowa police officers killed; suspect in custody (CNN) A suspect in yesterday morning’s apparent ambush killings of two Iowa police officers was taken into custody hours later, after he flagged down a natural resources officer a county away from where the killings occurred, police said. Investigators believe Scott Michael Greene, 46, shot Urbandale police Officer

Justin Martin and Des Moines police Sgt. Anthony “Tony” Beminio while they sat in squad vehicles at intersections roughly two miles apart shortly after 1 a.m., authorities said. Greene, of Urbandale, was taken into custody later that morning after he flagged down a state Department of Natural Resources officer while walking on a gravel road in Dallas County

and asked him to call 911, police said. Greene was not charged in the killings as of noon, but he is “suspected of doing this,” Des Moines police Sgt. Paul Parizek said, citing unspecified tips and leads. Urbandale police said they had interacted with Greene before, including about two weeks ago, when they told him to leave a high school football game.

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Teen shot dead in food protest

PORT-AU PRINCE-, Haiti, CMC – Yesterday, authorities were investigating the latest case in which a teenager was killed as Haitians protested the delay of distribution of food supplies following the passage of Hurricane Matthew early last month. Mayor Jean Gabriel Fortune said the teenage boy was killed as police clashed with protesters when they tried to climb aboard a boat that had arrived from Puerto Rico late last month carrying supplies. He told reporters that an investigation is underway into the second killing after a young woman died during a

similar protest last week in the nearby village of Dame Marie. Five other people were also injured when a fight broke out as authorities distributed food to hurricane victims. The Mayor said that the police are trying to ease the tension, “but they are in a very difficult position”. He said that he was also frustrated by what he called the inability and weakness of the central government of Port-au-Prince to act on aid streaming into Haiti after Hurricane Matthew hit the country’s southwest region nearly a month ago. “We don’t even have the ability to move aid off a boat.

The food has been there for days,” he added. The death of the teenager on Tuesday resulted in protestors demanding revenge and setting up road blockades with burning tires, tree branches and downed utility lines. The Barbados-based Caribbean Disaster Emergency Agency (CDEMA), which is coordinating the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) response to the destruction caused by Matthew when it clammed into the country on October 4, has also indicated that several people, mainly in Les Cayes and Jeremie, have been seriously affected by the storm.

ANTIGUA-FINANCE–PM promises 5,000 new jobs over the next two years ST. JOHN’S, Antigua, CMC –Prime Minister Gaston Browne says over the next two years his administration will create 5,000 new jobs in addition to the more than 3,000 it has created since coming to office two years ago. In his Independence address to the nation on Monday, Browne said his government, which came to office in June 2014, had been able to reduce unemployment significantly and the “proof of the number of jobs is measured by the number of additional contributors to the Social Security and Medical Benefits schemes”. He told the nation celebrating its 35th year of political independence from Britain, that a number of projects will be undertaken over the next two years including the creation of 500 jobs next year at the Expert Global Solutions, a call centre that will also partner with Amazon, a publicly traded conglomerate and the government to construct a new training facility at the Five Islands Campus.

Gaston Browne “The US$25 million investment by Call Centre Services, in a new multi-story facility at Woods will create another 800 jobs. Construction of this facility has commenced and it will provide up to 150 con-

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struction jobs,” Browne said, adding that within the next few weeks, housing construction at the Paynters and Cooks housing sites will be scaledup, causing openings for new employment; “In 2017, my government will spend in excess of EC$100 million (One EC dollar =US$0.37 cents) in the repair and expansion of our decrepit roads, curbs and drains. “ Browne said that the programme will also generate a few hundred jobs and that “several thousand jobs will be created from new hotel investment projects, including US$100 million Valley Church Resort in which our Government will be investing up to US$30 million”.

Facebook warns growth will slow, shares dip Facebook Inc (FB.O) shares tumbled seven percent in after-hours trading on Wednesday as the world’s largest online social media network warned that revenue growth would slow this quarter, offsetting strong earnings that handily beat Wall Street estimates. The slip reflected doubts among investors that the company can continue its runaway success, even as it reported strong mobile ad numbers and steady growth in its enormous network, which ticked up to nearly 1.8 billion monthly users in the latest quarter. Facebook reported a greater-than-expected 56 percent rise in quarterly revenue, to $7.01 billion, showing the

company is claiming an evergrowing share of the online advertising pie. Google’s parent Alphabet Inc (GOOGL.O) last week also announced strong revenue and profit growth, while traditional media companies like the New York Times Co (NYT.N) are struggling to stem ad revenue declines. However, in a call with analysts, Facebook Chief Financial Off i c e r D a v i d Wehner said ad growth would likely slow “meaningfully” due to limits on “ad load,” or the number of ads that Facebook can put in front of customers without alienating them. He also said 2017 would be a year of aggressive investment with a substantial

increase in expenses. “They have reached the limit of the ad frequency on news feed, so they are going to have to find revenue growth from other areas like pricing, user engagement, user base growth,” said Josh Olson, an analyst at Edward Jones. However, he said investment in the business should benefit Facebook in the longer term. “We have been down this road before with Facebook, they have invested something like this in mobile and we have seen it pay off. So we are looking at it as an opportunity,” said Olson. Facebook shares were down 7 percent in after-hours trading, at $118.21.

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Windies eye rare win after Holder career best From page 26 of those wickets to end with superb figures of five for 30 while leg-spinner Devendra Bishoo picked up three for 46. Pakistan safely navigated the first hour, with Azhar raising his 22nd Test half-century in the fifth over with a glance to the fine leg boundary off speedster Shannon Gabriel. With the pair still entrenched at the first drinks break, West Indies made their first breakthrough two overs following the resumption when Bishoo had Sarfraz caught at slip by Darren Bravo, at 134 for five. The right-hander faced 90 deliveries and struck four boundaries. Azhar then combined with Mohammad Nawaz (19) in a 41-

run, sixth-wicket partnership which took Pakistan to lunch at 159 for five and frustrated West Indies for half-hour following, before the collapse set in. Nawaz had occupied the crease for 63 deliveries when he inside-edged a catch off Bishoo to Leon Johnson at short leg, at 175 for six. The right-handed Azhar, unbeaten on 80 at lunch, followed four offers later, taken at slip by Bravo off Bishoo after striking six fours and a six off 234 balls, leading to a slide that saw the last four wickets tumble for 19 runs. MohammedAmir was comically run out for eight after Roston Chase jumped high at long on to foil a six and then sent an accurate return to the non-

striker’s end to catch Amir short. And Holder then cleaned up Wahab (1) and Yasir (0) in successive overs, to seal his fivewicket haul, 45 minutes before tea. Pakistan then did themselves no favours, twice letting off opener Johnson inside the first three overs. The left-hander was put down off the fifth ball of the innings by captain Misbah-ulHaq at third slip off Amir before he had scored, and also watched as Sami Aslam grassed another opportunity at point in Amir’s next over, when on three. Unbeaten on 12 at tea with the Windies on 23 without loss, Johnson’s luck ran out in the second over after the break when he missed a pull at Yasir and was lbw in the bowler’s first over with-

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hane Dowrich drives into the legside, Pakistan v West Indies, 3rd Test, Sharjah, 4th day, ©Getty Images out adding, and Bravo completed a poor game when he departed in Yasir’s next over for three, caught behind as he played down the wrong line. Marlon Samuels (10) halted the slide when he put on 22 for the third wicket with Brathwaite, but once he holed out off Yasir four overs before the drinks break, West Indies went into freefall again. Eleven balls later, Jermaine Blackwood was comprehensively bowled by Wahab for four and Chase followed in the seamer’s next over for two, clipping a catch to mid-wicket. Tottering badly, West Indies were bailed out by Brathwaite’s composure and Dowrich’s energy, in a stand that put them on course to break their 13-Test winless run and grab their first win in nine outings on tour. Scoreboard PAKISTAN 1st Innings 281 WEST INDIES 1st Innings 337 PAKISTAN 2nd Innings (overnight 87 for four) Sami Aslam c Joseph b Holder 17 Azhar Ali c Bravo b Bishoo 91 Asad Shafiq c Bravo b Holder 0 Younis Khan c wkp Dowrich b Holder 0 *Misbah-ul-Haq c Bishoo b Chase 4 +Sarfraz Ahmed c Bravo b Bishoo 42 Mohammad Nawaz c Johnson b Bishoo 19 Mohammad Amir run out 8 Wahab Riaz c Johnson b Holder 1 Yasir Shah lbw b Holder 0 Zulfiqar Babar not out 15 Extras (b2, lb1, w6, nb2) 11 TOTAL (all out, 81.3 overs) 208 Fall of wickets: 1-37, 2-41, 341, 4-48, 5-134, 6-175, 7-189, 8-192, 9-193, 10-208. Bowling: Gabriel 15-1-36-0

(w1, nb2), Joseph 14-3-41-0 (w1), Holder 17.3-5-30-5, Brathwaite 1-0-5-0, Chase 151-47-1, Bishoo 19-2-46-3.

36 Extras (lb2, nb1) 3 TOTAL (5 wkts, 36 overs) 114

WEST INDIES 2nd Innings (target: 153 runs) K Brathwaite not out 44 L Johnson lbw b Yasir Shah 12 D Bravo c wkp Sarfraz Ahmed b Yasir Shah 3 M Samuels c Zulfiqar Babar b Yasir Shah 10 J Blackwood b Wahab Riaz 4 R Chase c Mohammad Nawaz b Wahab Riaz 2 +S Dowrich not out

Fall of wickets: 1-29, 2-35, 357, 4-63, 5-67. Bowling: Mohammad Amir 8-0-29-0 (nb1), Wahab Riaz 8-0-30-2, Yasir Shah 13-4-30-3, Zulfiqar Babar 3-1-3-0, Mohammed Nawaz 4-0-20-0. Position: West Indies require a further 39 runs for victory with five wickets intact. Toss: Pakistan. Umpires: M Gough, P Reiffel; TV – R Illingworth.

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GCB/MOE National Secondary School’s Cricket

Tutorial High are East Zone Champs By Sean Devers An important 68-run fifth wicket stand between Devon Allen (37) and Osaffa Green (29) spearheaded Tutorial High School to a three-wicket win against St Joseph’s High in the East Zone final of the GCB/MOE National Secondary School’s 30-over cricket tournament at Bourda yesterday. In hot conditions on a track with some bounce and turn for the spinners, Allen struck three fours and six in his 46-ball 37, while Green hit two fours in 29 from 27 balls to see Tutorial to 146-7 in 22.3 overs in reply to the 144-9 in 30 overs made by St Joseph’s. Yesterday’s game failed to attract the kind of atmosphere created in Tuesday’s North Zone final between Chase Academy and Christ Church when students from both schools turned out in their numbers. Urged on by a contingent of St Joseph supporters comprising mostly females and parents, Ameer Singh (25) and

Looknauth Karran (7) added 20 for the first wicket before Karran was LBW by Brandon Matthews. The 16-year-old Asif Daniels played every shot in the book and a few that were not in it as he swung his bat lustily. But when his, at times, wild swings connected willow with hard leather the ball was sent racing across the fast outfield. His innings of 47 was the highest score in the entire game, and lasted 63 balls, decorated with five brutally struck boundaries but only Skipper David Marshall (12) who was bowled by Zion Gray, of the remaining batsmen got into double figures. At 85-6 Tutorial were in the ascendency but Daniels, who was willing to charge down the track to bowlers, found a useful partner in Zackary Mootoo and together they took the score 132 before Daniels was bowled by Joel Spooner who also got rid of the technically correct but not too aggressive Mootoo

Asif Daniels misses a mighty swing during his top score of 47 in a losing cause for St Joseph’s High at Bourda yesterday. (Sean Devers photo) as St Joseph’s lost their last four wickets for 12 runs. Spooner (2-29) and Gray (2-27) bowled well for Tutorial who lost Brandon Matthews (10) bowled by pacer Marshall at 23-1 before off-spinner Mootoo removed Wayne McPherson (4) two runs later. Allen, Tutorial’s most accomplished batsman, was put down at point off Mootoo early in his innings and al-

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though Keshan Thomas (6) was bowled by Singh and Mootoo induced Spooner (0) to edge a catch to the keeper in the space of a run to leave the score on 53-4, Allen and Green joined forces to repair the damage. When Allen was bowled by Reshan Clementson at 121-5 and Green was dis-

missed by Marshall two runs later Tutorial still needed 22 to win with four wickets in hand. Eyitwoyo Pilgrim (2) had his stumps rocked back by Clementson at 137-7 and nine runs were required to win. But crucial wides and the strange decision by Marshall to take the ball himself instead of allowing Mootoo, who had

three overs left in his spell, let Tutorial off the hook. With eight to get, Gray (7*) and Travis Hendricks (6*) saw their team home with Gray cutting Marshall for four off third ball of the over. The Georgetown Zone of the competition continues today with the South Zone final at Bourda.

Windies eye rare win after Holder career best SHARJAH, United Arab Emirates, , CMC – West Indies were on the verge of their first Test win in 19 months and the first on foreign soil in four years but a nervous final day lay ahead of the unpredictable Caribbean side in their quest to capture the third and final Test against Pakistan. Set a modest 153 for victory on the penultimate day of the contest at the Sharjah Cricket Stadium here Wednesday, the Windies produced one of their now familiar implosions to slump to 67 for five on the stroke of the first hour after tea, before recovering to reach 114 for five at the close. Once again, vice-captain Kraigg Brathwaite was at the heart of the West Indies’ enterprise, stroking an unbeaten 44 in an unbroken 47-run, sixth wicket stand with wicketkeeper/batsman Shane Dowrich who was not out on 36. Brathwaite, who carried his bat in the first innings for 142, has so far faced 88 deliveries and counted four fours while Dowrich has consumed 61 balls and struck three fours and a six. Together, the Barbadian duo propped up the innings which looked like coming apart at the seams when legspinner Yasir Shah ripped through the innings after tea, to finish with three for 30.

Left-arm seamer Wahab Riaz also snapped up two quick wickets for 30 runs as West Indies stumbled, jeopardizing their pursuit of a first Test win since they beat England in Bridgetown last year May. West Indies require another 39 runs for victory on Thursday’s final day. On a day when 11 wickets tumbled, captain and seamer Jason Holder captured his maiden five-wicket haul in Tests as Pakistan were dis-

missed for 208 in their second innings after resuming on 87 for four. Opener Azhar Ali converted his overnight 45 into a top score of 91 while wicketkeeper/batsman Sarfraz Ahmed, unbeaten on 19 at the start, made 42. The pair extended their fifth wicket stand to 86 before being separated as the hosts surrendered their last six wickets for 74 runs. Holder claimed two (Continued on page 25)

Kraigg Brathwaite comes out to meet the ball, Pakistan v West Indies, 3rd Test, Sharjah, 4th day, ŠAFP

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High Handedness of GFF would not be accepted – Elite League quartet Maintains stance for arbitration By Franklin Wilson Resolute that the Guyana Football Federation (GFF) Executive has tinkered with the rules and regulations of the Stag Elite League (SEL) without due consultation and respect for the involved clubs, four of the eight original clubs are maintaining their stance that arbitration is necessary to resolve the impasse. The four clubs, defending champions Slingerz FC of West Demerara, which has since sent a letter to the GFF on November 1st indicating that they are withdrawing from the league; Alpha United (on the verge of withdrawing); Pele FC and Georgetown Football Club (which stated it will follow the two leading clubs), yesterday hosted a press conference in the boardroom of Sambora Communications, West Ruimveldt to clear up a number of misconceptions that have been flying around. Sharing the head table were Slingerz FC’s General Manager Colin Aaron, Odinga Lumumba – President and Owner of Alpha United, Faizal Khan – General Secretary GFC, Robbie Rambarran – President of Pele FC and chairperson of proceedings, Kareem Jones. All the clubs reps were unanimous in stating that they are not against the expansion and in general changes to the SEL but they are all against the high handed approach being used by the federation in imposing such changes. According to them, “Dictatorship would not be allowed.” The clubs are firm in their stance that a two-year agreement was signed which constitutes a contract between the two parties in relation to on and off the field matters of the league. They noted that under the Normalisation Committee (NC) which was headed by Clinton Urling, consultation was beyond imagination. Aaron noted that under the NC, every time they wanted to improve on the rules and regulations, there would be a meeting, however often noting that the GFF President, who was a part of Fruta Conquerors at the time, was very much involved and also signed off on the rules and regulations. ”So it’s strange now that Mr. Forde and Daniel from Conquerors are saying they have never signed anything other than some other document, that is lying blatantly, that is lying blatantly.” All we are asking for is to consult, use the same process

From right Robbie Rambarran, Colin Aaron, Kareem Jones, Odinga Lumumba and Faizal Khan at yesterday’s press conference. we went through in the initial stage for us to agree and disagree and come to common ground and move on from there.” Reference was made to a private meeting that Forde held at his request with the clubs at Grand Coastal Inn of the East Coast of Demerara a few weeks ago. Aaron informed that at that meeting Forde said they were there to try and work out a compromise. Forde informed that he was bringing in two teams but the clubs said that would not work. Lumumba, Aaron said, suggested that a playoff among the association champions including the two Forde was suggesting take place to give everyone an equal chance. ”He said no, no, no play off. We said well then it would be difficult for us to just accept two teams just like this. We said we wanted the tournament to play as we had agreed to in the first place, we do not want any modifications we will play just like this.” When the suggestion was made, Aaron said that Forde told them that he can even better the existing prize money which was four million at the time. ”Four million, I can give you all five million, that’s two by five because its two halves but, you all have to give me the two teams, so I said no sir, we are following the constitution. The constitution is not up for sale.” The GFF boss had read an extract of a document that was sent to him by Marco Leal of the CONCACAF legal department but Aaron is contending that Leal offered his opinion based on what the GFF had sent to him to solicit his views. The Slingerz GM went as far as to say that FIFA and CONCACAF have not officially to date communicated with the GFF on this matter. From the Grand Coastal interface to date, Aaron reported that there has not been

any correspondence received from the GFF despite numerous correspondences to the federation from the aggrieved clubs. ”We’re being treated as four clubs or six clubs but not members. The parent body is showing total disregard and disrespect to the children, why? We wrote another letter asking for arbitration. I read in the papers that the same president said he don’t see no need to engage in mediation.” Aaron explained that the GFF constitution makes provision for arbitration and this is a case where four members of the said federation are having a dispute with the executive. “The executive committee cannot make pronouncements on the dispute.” There is no dispute that the GFF Exco has some amount of authority over, according to Aaron, who further emphasized that they {GFF} must also consult and they cannot operate as a power unto themselves. Lumumba in his statement noted that football is an industry and once managed properly can become a multimillion dollar industry. He too said that they are not opposed to change but again, the process has to be above board. The Alpha United owner posited that this is not football, it is politics. “The teams around here today have involved themselves in millions of dollars of sacrifice or investment to support and develop their club. When they signed the agreement whether it’s a contract, an agreement or promise, it was with the understanding that the organization would benefit substantially from the investment and that the rules and regulations that were agreed to would stay in place for a period of two years.” Underlining the importance of the league, Lumumba said that no country in the world that dominates at the international level is without a top level league. He com-

pared success at the highest level to the days when the likes of Clive Lloyd were produced out of first class cricket in those days. ”I don’t have a problem with change, the world is about change, life is about change, change must come and we can’t be opposed to change, we have a problem with the process. Why is it for the second year coming up, we suddenly want to disrupt the formula and bring in two clubs which look like they assure me would give you two votes? This is not football, this is politics because if it is football then you would go through a process to identify teams, you have Riddim Squad, you have Western, you have Den Amstel, you have Grove. You can pull 8 or 10 clubs together and in two, three weeks have a short tournament and let two teams come to the top if that’s what you want.” Lumumba stated that it is obvious that they {GFF} want to handpick two teams to get two votes. “And this is bad for the process; it is bad for the leadership.” He also put forward that football should not be played for the remainder of the year.

When asked how this would affect Alpha ahead\of next year’s CFU Club Championship, he said that this is unchartered waters and he too thought of the impact this current impasse would have on his team as well as Slingerz, Guyana’s two representative teams. ”Instead of trying to be bullies, let us try to resolve this matter, bring in back Urling, bring in back the CONCACAF people who draft up the agreement to make sure we have an understanding of where we want to go. See if we can make compromises, see how we can work together.” Khan made a call for Chairman of the GFF Disciplinary Committee Mr. Sanjiv Datadin to review the ban on president of the Slingerz FC which was imposed by the GFF president. ”Based on the context of the meeting, which if those that were present were honest would agree was very heated from the top table as well as those invited members.” The GFC reminded that investments were made by the SEL based on agreements that were made before and these must be honoured.

”It’s very sad and it’s very disappointing to see the process in which these decisions have been made. Nobody is opposed to an expansion of this league; however, it’s the process in which this has happened, the massive losses that took place in year one, the players of the elite league are owed, clubs, those that worked around it.” He suggested that making high handed decisions without consultations isn’t the way to go. Rambarran, who looked closely at the financial aspect, informed that the losses after year one was a huge amount to some $35.6M in the preliminary stages and there is a projected loss of 12 plus million dollars for year two. He alluded to the FIFA President suggesting that he wants to see a bigger World Cup but consultations will take place before any change to the number of teams are decided upon. The clubs are of the view that the GFF executive is out of sync with the reality of the importance of community football pointing out that Forde’s explanation for the additional teams is more geographic than football.

Young Warriors CC continues... From page 28 latest being young West Indies winning captain Shimron Hetmyer. Leonard Baichan was the first and only test cricketer coming out of the area. Seon Hetymer, Gajanand Singh, Damodar Daesarat, Richard and Kevin Ramdeen, Balram Samaroo, Kwesi M a l t a y, L i n d e n A u s t i n , Boodnarine Sumair and Kassim Khan are among many others that represented Guyana at the various levels. Even though most of the players came through T h e Yo u n g Wa r r i o r s Cricket Club programme, they live in different vil-

lages in the Canje district. This leads to regular fierce competition among the village teams. Some of the teams expected to take part are Canefield, Gangaram, Canje Pathfinders, Betsy Ground, Goed Bananen Land and Rose Hall Estate. The cricket competition will be of five overs aside and will involve second division players. H o w e v e r, t h e t e a m s are allowed to buy the first division players in the area with the starting b i d being two thousand dollars with the exception of Shimron Hetymer whose

starting bid will be ten thousand similar to IPL style. In addition, there will be sprint races, lime and spoon, bag race and a feature football game involving players from #2, Palmyra, Sheet Anchor and Cumberland versus the other villages in East Canje. Attractive incentives and gate prizes are up for grabs w i t h t h e oldest male and female f a n r e c e i v i n g a hamper each. Proceeds from this event will go towards the host to help continue promoting cricket in the area. The first cricket match bowls off at 9.30.

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Bounty GCC clobber Saints 9-2

Digicel 2016 Guyana Open Golf Classic launched - record number of entries anticipated

Players from Old Fort and the 20/20 National Junior team battle for possession of the ball during their clash on Tuesday evening. Playing in the feature game of the night, First Division powerhouse Bounty GCC showed no mercy on their opponent Saints who they clobbered 9-2 during the second night of action in the GTT National Indoor Hockey Championships which continued on Tuesday evening, at the National Gymnasium. Former national standout Kevin Spencer was the star of the show, combining a very explosive offensive exhibition of scoring prowess with an equally dominating defensive performance for GCC. He netted five goals to continue his fine run of form so far in the competition and even though the tournament is still in its infancy seems to be a strong candidate for the Most Valuable Player award. In the opening game of the night, a Second Division encounter between Hikers and Saints, the latter produced a scintillating display to emerge victorious by a 3-0 margin thanks to a heroic performance from Hilmar Chester,

who fired in a brace. The second match was also Second Division, as Old Fort Supersonic went up against Phoenix and they prevailed by a 6-2 margin. Supersonic dominated the first half with three goals (the first by Omar Hopkinson in the very first minute of play), while Phoenix only managed to put one goal on the scoresheet. The second half mirrored the first, as Supersonic added three more goals in comparison to Phoenix’s one, making Omar Hopkinson and Orin Singh the top goal scorers with two apiece. Sheer skill was showcased by the Supersonic in that match, making their victory a simple task. Saints tackled GCC Pitbulls in a Second Division tie and the former won 3-2 in what many felt was a nail-biting encounter. In a Veterans matchup, Antonio’s Hikers battled Old Fort’s Let’s Get Tropical and they came away with a 5-3 win aided by a hat-trick from

Kevin Spencer former national Captain Devin Munroe. Old Fort then took on 2020 National Junior Men’s team in a First Division clash and scraped a 3-1 victory thanks to a double by Askofu Simon, while Jason De Santos netted the other. The action continued last evening, at the National Gymnasium at 17:30hrs.

Wakenaam Farmers Cup bowls off on Sunday The inaugural Wakenaam Farmers Cup T20 tournament is set to bowl off on Sunday with several matches. At Belle Plaine, G Square Cavaliers will take on Good Success at

09:00hrs, while at the Wakenaam Community Centre ground, Sans Souci will face Maria’s Pleasure at 09:00hrs and at 13:00hrs Sans Souci Jaguars will tackle Zeelandia. Secretary of the

Wakenaam Cricket Committee Nazeer Mohamed thanked the farmers for their support and said that this competition will be played on an annual basis. The farmers who contributed are; Ganesh Narine, Alex Chung, Farook Azad, Mohamed Kalam Zafrul, Loakram, Satnarine Singh, R. Lokram, Kishan Ramratan, Khemraj Surujpaul, Heera Munesh Sukram, Rabbie Nandalall, Azam Mohamed, Vickram Ramdhani, Julian Ramotar, Lakeram Kubeer, Rajnarine Singh, Anil Makeram, Kampta Persaud, Morty Whyte, Matthew Whyte, Sheik Ahmad, Navishal Pooran, Ajay Ghansham, Ronnie Gangaram and Andrew.

With the number of entries anticipated to exceed 80, defending champions Avinash Persaud (Men) and Shaunella Webster (Ladies) will be hardpressed to retain their individual titles in this year’s Digicel 2016 Guyana Open Golf Classic scheduled to be played over the weekend, at the Lusignan Course, East Coast Demerara. During the official Launch which was conducted yesterday, at the Club’s location at Lusignan, Club Captain Chatterpal Deo announced that this year’s Championship could see a record number of participants including golfers from the USA, Canada and Suriname. The occasion was graced by the presence of Platinum sponsor Digicel Marketing Executive Jacqueline James, Communications Manager Vidya Bijlall-Sanichara, Club President Oncar Ramroop and Secretary Guy Griffith and overseas-based players Roger Rajkumar and Ray Ramroop out of Canada and Mo Shaffie from the USA along with members of the media. Deo in brief remarks outlined the format of the C/ ships, disclosing that unlike last year when they had an-

nounced that there will be a Fligh for seniors which did not occur, this time there will be such a category, while the men’s division will be decided on the Gross and Ladies the Net. He also revealed that there will be daily prizes for outstanding individual performances, adding that general conditions are expected to be sunny and the Greens fast, making it very competitive for golfers. James in her presentation thanked the Club for once again inviting Digicel to be part of the prestigious event, while emphasising the Company’s committment to the sport which has seen them partner with the entity for over eight years. She encouraged the youths to not only come out and watch the C/ship, but participate as well, adding that she is certain the LGC doors are always open to those who would like to learn the game. James shortly before extending thanks to all the visiting participants for renewing their commitment to participate in the C/ships, urged more women to get more involved in the sport. Club President Ramroop

in his opening presentation spoke of the wonderful relationship that exists between the two parties, referring to Digicel as a strong contributor to the sport. According to Ramroop, the Company has been the epitome of what good corporate responsibility is and commended them for being such. He also spoke of another sponsor Grand Coastal; an entity he said has remained steadfast in their vow to assist the club and the sport’s development over many years. Meanwhile, the visiting players all thanked Digicel and the LGC for ensuring that the sport remains relevant on the national sports calendar, adding that they are elated to see the support being offered by prominent members of the corporate community. While one member (Ramroop) is participating for the first time, Rajkumar and Shaffie, both former champions of the tournament, told the media that the trek to their homeland every year to participate in the C/ship has become somewhat of a pilgrimage, an event they greatly look forward to Tee-off time is 05:30 hrs.

Young Warriors CC continues to attract sponsors for Day of Sports A. Ally and Sons Showroom of Sheet Anchor, Ansa McAl, Berbice and Gas Man of Palmyra, East Canje, Berbice are the latest sponsors on board with The Young Warriors Cricket Club of Cumberland, East Canje, Berbice who will hosting the “East Canje Day of Sports” on November 6 at the Cumberland Ground. The day’s events will be cricket and football and will see villages competing against each other. Waqar Sahid of A. Ally and Sons Showroom, who made cash donation to the event, said that over the years he has supported the cricket club which continues to keep the game alive in the area. He added that he is please to be part of this event and will continue support community development. Receiving the cheque was President Rafeek Kassim who thanked Sahid for his generous contribution and promised that every dollar will be accounted for. He also thanked Mark Bhikhai

President Rafeek Kassim right collects sponsorship cheque from a staff member of A Ally and Sons Showroom in the presence of Managing Director Waqar Sahid. and ANSA McAl and Gas Man for their sponsorship. Over the years, the East

Canje area produced many talented cricketers with the (Continued on page 27)

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Rose Hall Town Pepsi ‘A’ take inaugural NY Business group U19 cricket title

The winning Rose Hall Town Pepsi A team proudly display their tokens in the presence of the members of the NYBG and BCB. The first ever New Yo r k B u s i n e s s G r o u p Under-19 Two-Day, two innings cricket tournament for teams in Berbice concluded last Saturday at the Albion Sports Complex ground with Rose Hall Town Pepsi ‘A’ being crowned champions. The two day final was witnessed by a fair size crowd made up of mainly the sponsors and their families and Berbice Cricket Board officials. Albion made a paltry 95 all out in their

first innings and never r e c o v e r e d f r o m that position. At the beginning of the second day, Rose Hall Town Pepsi ‘A’ resumed on 78/1 in pursuit of the crucial first innings points and national juniors cricketers Kevin Sinclair and Kevlon Anderson knocked the wind out of the sails of Albion with a 184-run partnership for the second wicket after Junior Sinclair was dismissed for 14 in the afternoon session of day one. Sinclair hit 15 exquisite boundaries on the lush Albion

sward in compiling 111, while Anderson was very busy and picked the gaps nicely on the huge outfield in his workman like top score of 138. He added 23 runs for the third wicket with Bhaskar Yadram and a further 42 for the fourth wicket with Berbice under 19 captain Brandon Prasad. Yadram and Prasad both made 14. After seeing the lead go past the 200-run mark and the total at 306, Anderson perished after hitting 14 fours. Keith Simpson was left not out on

RHT Gizmos and Gadgets First Division team named for Tenelec 50 overs The Management of the Rose Hall Town Youth and Sports Club, MS has named a strong squad for the upcoming Berbice Cricket Board/Tenelec INC 50 overs first division tournament. The team would be led by former national junior cricket captain Shawn Perriera while Berbice Senior player Clinton Pestano would serve as his deputy. Former national player Delbert Hicks would serve as the coach while Club Secretary/CEO Hilbert Foster would continue to serve as Manager. The full squad of 20 players are: Assad Fudadin, Royston Crandon, Kelvin Sinclair, Jason Sinclair, Eon Hooper, Clinton Pestano, Junior Sinclair, Kevlon Anderson, Delbert Hicks,

Keon Sinclair, Collis Butts, S y l u s Ty n d a l l , K e i t h Simpson, Khemraj Mahadeo, Troy Mathieson, Shawn Perriera, Shemaine Campbelle, Erva Giddings, Chanderpaul Govindan and Brandon Corlette. The team would start their defence of the Tenelec INC 50 overs title against Port Mourant on Saturday 5th of November at the Area ‘H’ Ground. Club Secretary/CEO Hilbert Foster stated that emphasis would be placed on the promotion of the Club’s younger players like Kevlon Anderson, Kelvin Sinclair, Junior Sinclair, Keith Simpson and Sylus Tyndall. These players, the long serving Secretary/CEO stated are the future of the RHTY&SC, MS and would

be exposed to the highest level in an effort to assist them in the development of this game. As part of the clubs’ massive cricket development programme, other junior cricketers would also be included in the team. These players like promising ten years old Matthew Pattaya, twelve years old left arm spinner Lucas Arthur and fourteen years old Mahendra Gopilall would be given the opportunity to share the dressing room with West Indies players like Fudadin, Crandon, Campbelle and Giddings. The RHTYSC has a m a s s i v e j u n i o r development programme consisting of over 120 youths.

6 when the declaration came with a lead at 211 half way through the second session. Wi t h j u s t a b o u t a session and a half remaining in the day’s play, Albion CC began positively in their second turn at the crease with Captain Adrian Sukwa and Ritesh Umroa looking to brighten the day’s proceedings. Sukwa showed his class briefly for 20 (2×4) in the opening stand of 32 while Omroa went on to make 61 not out when the players shook hands and called the game off one ball after the final hour began. Matthew Hardyal (6), Joshua Harrychand (9) and 11 year old Reaz Karim (02) all fell to smart bowling from Rose Hall Town Pepsi ‘A’ bowlers. Kevin Sinclair picked up two wickets for 22 while Prasad had one for 27 and Simpson one for 26. Simpson who picked up 3-9 in the first innings was later named best bowler of the final while Kevin Sinclair copped the best batsman award and Kevlon Anderson the Most Valuable Player. T h e N e w Yo r k Business Group was responsible for the lavish presentation ceremony that followed. There were plaques for administrators, trophies and cash prizes for outstanding individuals and medals for all participants of the final including players, scorers and match officials. Eighteen grade-A bats and a pair of wicket keeping pads were also presented. The tournament which

started in March was jointly organized by the Berbice Cricket Board and the Albion Cricket Club and fully sponsored by the New Yo r k B u s i n e s s G r o u p (NYBG) who comprises a group of hard working and patriotic Guyanese that now reside in New York, USA. Ralph Tamesh, Hafeez Ali, Bhola Ramsundar, Ajit Mootoo and Insaf Ali assisted with the presentation of prizes and collectively stated that the NYBG will continue with the success story next year while spreading their wings to include Essequibo and Demerara. Speaking on behalf of the Berbice Bricket Board, President Anil Beharry expressed gratitude to the NYBG while stating that the tournament was well run and was seen as a tournament to improve the competitive skills of the county’s under 19 team so that they can have a better showing next year at the inter county level. 2016 was not a good one for the Berbice under 19 team.

Beharry also congratulated both teams for reaching the final and Rose Hall Town Pepsi ‘A’ for winning the championship. Executives of Albion Cricket Club; Imtiaz Baccus, Vemen Walters and Orvin Mangru also expressed their gratitude to the NYBG for the sponsorship. Vemen Walter also spoke of the positives that can be derived from the tournament but called on the cricket administrators to put cricket first and bring back some normalcy to the running of the game in Guyana. He added that if this does not happen, then all the hard work and money invested will go to waste. Walters, a cricket administrator for more than two decades called on the authorities to stop playing ‘cricket-politics’ and allow the game to flow without hindrance. A certificate of appreciation was presented by the BCB and Albion CC to the NYBG.

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PCL four-day practice match

Hooper (5-76), Chanderpaul (74) & Reifer (69) shine By Sean Devers Eon Hooper continued from where he left off in the Guyana Jaguars Franchise League where he was the leading wicket taker by grabbing 5-76 on the third day of the PCL Four-Day practice match yesterday at Everest, while Shiv Chanderpaul (74) and Raymon Reifer (69) also got fifties. Chanderpaul faced 214 balls and seven fours and two sixes and added 136 for the fourth wicket with Reifer who reached the boundary four times and cleared it three times in his 165-balls knock to help Vishaul Singh’s X1 to 368 in reply to Christopher Barnwell’s X1 325. By the close, Barnwell’s X1 were 63-2 in their second innings with Kandasammy Surujnarine unbeaten on 23 and Chanderpaul Hemraj undefeated on 16. Left-arm spinner Anthony Adams followed up his 3-100 in the first innings with 2-9 so far. Hooper bowled 57 overs of which 26 were maidens and took 5-76. He removed both overnight batsmen Chanderpaul and Reifer to

Eon Hooper, who took 5-76 from 57 overs yesterday at Everest bowls to Rajendra Chandrika. (Sean Devers photo)

stake a strong claim for a debut National call-up with spinner Devendra Bishoo likely to be unavailable for the first game which starts next Friday at Providence and Steven Jacobs nursing a back injury. When play began with Singh’s X1 on 189-3, Chanderpaul, 49 overnight, reached his 50 from 166 balls with six fours and a six

and celebrated by hitting left-arm spinner Gudakesh Motie for six over long-off before fellow left-hander Reifer, who added one to his overnight 68, departed at 190-4. The 42-year-old Chanderpaul whipped Motie off his legs for six as he and Anthony Bramble pushed the score to 226 before Chanderpaul, who batted sedately on the slow track

and heavy outfield, fell as Hooper, from the Rose Hall Town Youth & Sports Club, continued to impress. Bramble hit four fours in 30 before he was bowled by t h e G C B ’s F r a n c h i s e League’s leading fast bowler Tucber’s Park and Berbice pacer Romario Shepherd at 250-6. At Lunch, Rajendra Chandrika, forced retire hurt

on four on Tuesday after being struck on his ankle by a return from the bowler, was eight and National U-19 lefthander Sherfane Rutherford, troubled by the turn from Hooper, on 11. After the interval, Singh’s X1 lost Rutherford (27) at 289-7 before Chandrika, just back from the West Indies’ ‘A’ team tour of Sri Lanka, added 46

with Akshaya Persaud by taking the score to 335-8 when Chandrika whose 36 lasted 109 balls and included three fours departed. Persaud’s 35 included four boundaries and lasted 80 balls, while Clinton Pestano chipped in with 18 before he was last dismissed. Today is the final day and play is scheduled to commence at 09:30 hrs.

NPG Packaging & Plastic Inc/UCCA T20

Semifinals action on this Sunday The NPG Packaging and Plastic Incorporated T20 cricket competition for teams in the Upper Corentyne/Black Bush area has reached the semifinals stage with No. 48 Challengers, No. 69 Vikings, No. 70 A and Yakusari Caribs through. The semifinal matches which will be played this Sunday November 6, at the No. 69 Red Rose ground beginning at 9:30hrs. Results of quarter final matches play saw In quarterfinal No. one which was played at No. 48; the host No.48 Challengers defeated Skeldon by 7 runs. No. 48 Challengers batted first and scored 151 for 8 off their allotted overs. Akshay Homraj 41, Balram Samaroo 32, Satrohan Singh 17 and Munesh Lalu 15 were the top scorers. Bowling for Skeldon, Mahendra Chaitnarine picked up 2

wickets, while there were one each for Victor Pedro and Javid Ali. Skeldon in reply were restricted to 144 for 7 off their allotted overs. Allan Bowling 51, Christopher Jaundoo 26 and Junior Blair 11 were the top scorers. Bowling for No. 48 C h a l l e n g e r s , To t a r a m Persaud took 4 wickets, while Munesh Lalu 3, while Rayon Anier and Balram Persaud took one each. In quarter final No.2 which was played at the No.70 ground. Ya k u s a r i C a r i b s defeated No.70 M.Y.O by 18 runs. Batting first Yakusari Caribs posted 205 for 9 off their 20 overs. Terrence Budhu 73, Ramesh Lyana 33, Churmanie Lyana 30 and Naipaul Lyana 23 did the work with the bat. Bowling for No. 70

M.Y.O Jameel Assad took 3 and Rajindra Deonarine 2 wickets. I n r e p l y, N o . 7 0 M.Y.O were restricted to 187 for 7 off their overs. Alim Haniff 41, Jameel Assad 27, Alim Khan 27 and Ahmed Khan 20 were the top scorers. Bowling for Yakusari Caribs, Naipaul Iyana lead the way with 4 wickets, Ryan Bownauth, Ramesh Iyana and Churmanie Iyana supported with one each. In quarter final 3 at No. 70A ground: No. 70 A whipped Corriverton b y 8 w i c k e t s . Corriverton batted first and were bowled out for 130 in 19.1 overs with Eric Byass making 56, R. Singh 17 and Deo Ramdat 14. Bowling for No. 70A Thameshwar Ramoutar snared 3 w i c k e t s , w h i l e Thameshwar Kumar and Omesh Khemraj 2 apiece supported. In

Viendra Gooniah

Thameshwar Ramoutar

reply, No. 70A reached 134 for 2 off 17.1 overs with Ramoutar blasting 51 not out, Omesh Kumar 38 not out, Rayan Yacoob 20 and Naeem Yacoob 13. Bowling for Corriverton Eric Byass and Amzan Appalsammy took one wicket each. In quarter final 4 played at No. 72;

No.69 Vikings defeated No. 72 All Stars by 7 wickets. Batting first No. 72 All Stars scored 136 for 8 with Permashwar Chaterpal 28, Trishan Ramdass 26 and Devendra Jaggernauth 25 top scoring. Bowling for No. 69 Vikings, Deraj Bramdit took 3 wickets,

while Viendra Gooniah and Sachin Ramrattan picked up 2 each. I n r e p l y, N o . 6 9 Vikings raced to 138 for 3 off 15 overs. Gooniah 5 2 n o t o u t , Tr i s h a n Narinedat 25 and Vivendra Gooniah 14 not out did the work for No. 69. Bowling for No. 72 All Stars Chaterpal and P. Gobin took one wicket each. Semifinal No one will see No. 48 Challengers taking on N o . 6 9 Vi k i n g s a t 9:30hrs. Semifinal No two will bring together Yakusari Caribs against No. 70A at 13:30hrs. This competition is sponsored by Mr. Surendra Ganesh, proprietor of NPG Packaging & Plastic Inc o f We l l i n g t o n P a r k , Corentyne, Berbice and is being organized by the UCCA. (Samuel Whyte)

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Soldiers within striking distance of third straight ISAAC title

Soldier, Domon Williams descends into the pit to complete his triumphant sojourn in the Men’s Triple Jump yesterday at Leonora. By Edison Jefford Unless something dramatic happens tomorrow on the final day of the 2016 I n t e r- S e r v i c e s A n n u a l Athletics Championships (ISAAC), also known as Joint Services, to turn the fortune of Guyana’s Police Force (GPF), the soldiers will become repeat champions. The Guyana Defence Force (GDF) is within striking distance of a third straight ISAAC title, and fourth outright in six years

after extending their 42point second day lead to 83 points, amassing a total of 520 points on another dominant day at the National Track and Field Centre (NTFC) at Leonora. Police trail on 437 points after turning in performances that were way below their best. It was as if the Force had already surrendered the title with a day and half left in the competition, placing the Soldiers within range of an emphatic title defence.

GDF’s Tiffany Pilgrim powers her way to the Women’s Shot Putt title yesterday at the NTFC at Leonora, completely ostracising the opposition. The Soldiers seemed purposeful from the first events yesterday when two seasoned campaigners, Ornesto Thomas and Wayne Harlequin took the top podium places in the Men’s 800m race with Thomas winning in 1:54.0 and Harlequin (1:54.2) second. Police’s Winston Dummette (1:55.0) was third. In the Women’s 800m, Jevina Sampson won in 2:21.4 and team-mate, Shonsell Adams finished second in 2:25.3; Soldier,

Collia Row (2:26.5) was third. Taniesha Cort put the Soldiers back on top of the podium in the Women’s Javelin Throw with a best mark of 38.75m with Police’s Natasha Alder second with 34.82m and Soldier, Wonette Wayne (31.77m) third. Troy Lewis, who won the Discus the day before, completed a double with a Javelin win for the Defence Force. Lewis threw 61.40m to top Police’s Clarence

Wayne Harlequin (left) and Ornesto Thomas Greene (58.88m) and Kleon Spelling (56.03m) respectively. The Soldiers marched to two more podium places in the Women’s Triple Jump when Natrena Hooper leaped 12.45m ahead of team-mate Aniqua Powley (11.31m). Police’s Cindy Fraser was third with 11.01m. GDF then swept the Men’s version with Domon Williams completing a double with 15.58m. He had won the Long Jump the day before. Team-mates Lurex

Stewart was second with 14.74m and Lloyd McCurdy (14.57m) third. The dominance of the Soldiers became even more emphatic when Tiffany Pilgrim tossed 13.15m to claim the Women’s Shot Putt ahead of Police’s Saphina Vanderstoop (11.58m) and team-mate Taniesha Cort (11.01m) respectively. The battle continues tomorrow with today designated as a day of rest for the Armed Forces in the 2016 ISAAC showdown.

North Georgetown overcome Marian Academy North Georgetown Primary school defeated Marian Academy by 21 runs when action in the Georgetown leg of the Guyana Cricket Board Scotiabank kiddy progression cricket continued recently at the National Resource Centre play field. North Georgetown batted first and scored 127-3. Shiloh Adams slammed nine fours and two sixes in a top score of 67, while Naomi Barkoye hit 27. Marian Academy made 106-6 in reply. Kyle Chung cracked 58 with three fours and six sixes. Smith Memorial beat St. Sidwell’s by three runs. Smith Memorial took first strike and scored 31-3 with Sharis Permaul getting 20; Ronaldo Haynes took 2-12. St. Sidwell’s were bowled out for 28 in reply. Titanna Caesar claimed 2-4.

Wi n f e r G a r d e n ’s overcame St. Margaret’s. St. Margaret’s made 68-5 off 14 overs taking first knock, while Winfer Garden’s responded with 69-9 in 11.2 overs. Nityanand Mathura got 14. F.E. Pollard got the better of J.E. Burnham by eight runs. Batting first, F.E Pollard and got to 85-7 with Shemar Smartt scoring 17 and Shaquane Favourite 12; De Shawn Oliveria took 2-5. J.E. Burnham managed 77 -7 in reply. Mario Allicock struck one four and four sixes in scoring 28. Redeemer defeated Rama Krishna by 25 runs. Redeemer took first turn in the middle and scored 92-9. Shurton Millington made 27, while Miguel Alexander got 13. Rama Krishna were restricted for 67 in reply. De Andre and Keenan Tyrell made 14 and 11 respectively.

The Georgetown zone of the GCB Scotiabank kiddy tournament continued recently.

Bel Air beat Comenius Primary. Comenius got to 834, taking first knock with

Antwon Simon scoring 58 and Alvin Beckles 10; Shania Smith took 2-7. Bel Air

responded with 84-7. Jerome Adams and Shivanie Small made 18 each, while Kymani

Missigher got 16. Akeela De Souza claimed 3-8. (Zaheer Mohamed)

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Digicel Marketing Executive Jacqueline James (4TH right) and Communications Manager Vidya Bijlall-Sanichara (on her right) pose with Club President Oncar Ramroop (3rd left), club officials and overseas-based golfers yesterday. A player from Old Fort advances towards the Hickers goal area in their encounter on Tuesday at the National Gymnasium.

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