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GRA sees increased payment with dishonoured cheques

- says imprisonment, blacklisting for guilty culprits

New terms and conditions being finalised to maximise gains in upcoming oil blocks auction - Natural Resources Ministry

Guyana’s offshore blocks

Acheques to the Guyana Revenue dishonoured cheques due to insufficient Authority (GRA) and the agency, in hopes of funds will be blacklisted and not allowed to quelling the practice, has warned that the make payments by personal cheques for a culprits could find themselves before the minimum period of six months in the first court of law In a press release issued on instance, 12 months in the second instance Friday, the GRAmade it clear that taxpayers andpermanentlythereafter and their representatives making payments Payments effected by such defaulters byusingdishonouredchequesmaybesubject must thereafter be by cash if less than $2 to prosecution under the Criminal Law million(inkeepingwithAMLregulations)or (Offences Act) Chapter 8:01, with those by Manager’s drafts for any amount. Such found guilty in a court of law subjected to defaultingtaxpayerswillberequiredtomake imprisonment. This warning, it noted, is all future payments by either Manager’s necessary in view of the increasingly chequeorcash,dependingontheamount. prevalent practice of uttering dishonoured Furthermore,taxpayersareremindedthat chequestotheAuthority GRA will not accept cash payments

Taxpayers are also advised that exceeding $2 million as a result of security notwithstanding the penalty outlined, concerns for both the Agency and general associated interest and penalties continue to public. accruefromtheduedateofthepaymentuntil “The Authority again entreats taxpayers theliabilityissettledinfull. to take advantage of the convenient and

Consequently, the Authority advises that secure electronic payment options available entities making payments to GRAby cheque through MMG, Bill Express and any of the must ensure that the information detailed bill payment facilities at Demerara Bank, thereon is accurate and that sufficient funds Guyana Bank for Trade and Industry and are available in their respective bank RepublicBank,”thereleaseadded.

The Government of sufficient time to prepare conducive investment Guyana (GoG) said on their competitive packages e n v i r o n m e n t w h i l e Friday that it is preparing to and bid to win the available maximising value for the launchitsfirstbiddinground acreages offshore; which peopleofGuyana. for offshore exploration and will be done in an open and In this process, the production of hydrocarbon transparentmanner government said it will seek blocks. It said Cabinet is Since the discovery of to ensure the country gets a finalising the new fiscal Liza in 2015, the Guyana fairershareofrevenuesfrom terms and conditions which offshore basin has seen oilandgasresourcesthrough will allow for the country to unprecedenteddevelopment, i m p r o v e d f i s c a l gainthemaximumeconomic with Guyana setting a new arrangements to benefit the benefits as it advances the paradigm for expeditious peopleofGuyana. e x p l o r a t i o n a n d development of oil and gas Further, government said development of the Guyana resources.AccordingtoS&P itwillsafeguardthesafetyof offshoreblocks. Global,“thefour-and-a-half- people and the environment

The 2022 bidding round, year time frame from by following international which is expected to be discovery to first production best practices in offshore oil officiallylaunchedsoon,and places Guyana first among andgasdevelopment. will be open for several g l o b a l d e e p w a t e r It also said that it intends months, is expected to give jurisdictions in terms of the to maintain a competitive interested companies average time to bring major position in the region and discoveriesonstream.” globally as key to continued

With the upcoming success.

b i d d i n g r o u n d , t h e A d d i t i o n a l l y ,

Government of Guyana government said it will be expectstochartanewpathas embarking on an intensive the Guyana offshore areas promotingcampaignwithall emerge as a potential super necessary technical data and basin with over 11 billion requirements which will

boe (barrels of oil ensure that the competitive equivalent) discovered to bidding round is successful date. With substantial forthefuturedevelopmentof exploration activities the offshore exploration and ongoing, this figure is production of hydrocarbons

expected to increase forGuyana’seconomy significantly Further, it said this

In light of this, Cabinet process will be done in said it is concluding a keeping with international definitive terms of reference b e s t

for the competitive licensing t r a n s p

round which will foster a accountability

nincreasingnumberoftaxpayers accountstoprocesssuchpayments. have been uttering dishonoured Persons effecting payment by

Refusal to renegotiate ExxonMobil 2016

By Kiana Wilburg

such moments,” the lawyer the best alternative to a send the wrong signal to expressed. negotiated agreement is investors as regards the h e G u y a n a

Expounding further, he more valuable than the best stabilityofcontracts.

Government has said experts on negotiations possible offer from

TheGuyana-bornlawyer

Tremainedresolute have identified specific negotiation. sought to shed light on a in its position to not conditions when negotiation Dr Williams asserted different side of the renegotiate the 2016

shouldbeavoided.Theseare that the Government of government’s argument. Dr Stabroek Block Production asfollows:(a)whenthecosts Guyana has not adequately Williams said the refusal to SharingAgreement(PSA).It of negotiation exceed the shown that any of the pursue renegotiation sends hasarguedthatitrespectsthe b e n e f i t s ; ( b ) w h e n foregoing conditions the wrong signal, to the sanctityofcontract. negotiation would send the informed its decision not to extent that the government

Vice President, Dr wrong signal; (c) when seek renegotiation of the would quietly accept poorly BharratJagdeohas,inrecent potential harm to the contract. At best, he said the negotiateddeals. times, said while the relationship exceeds administration’s position is While the Guyana governmentagreesthatthere expected value from premised in condition (b) in governmenthasoften are clear weaknesses within negotiation; and (d) when that, renegotiation would (Continued on page 16) the agreement, it would remain untouched The o f f i c i a l w h o h a s stakeholder

In an invited comment, responsibility for policies

a Dr Williams said reaching within the oil sector said renegotiation is not possible consensus to modify a government would instead or plausible. In fact, New- contract with a powerful seek to claw back value York basedAttorney-at-Law

through the improvement of Dr VivianWilliamsbelieves ExxonMobil could be a provisions within permits thegovernmentismakingan daunting endeavour for a and production licences, and economic mistake by not newcomer like Guyana ensure enforcement of other renegotiating the 2016 deal However,thelawyerisofthe mechanisms such as the that was signed with firm conviction that LocalContentLegislation. ExxonMobil affiliate, Esso governments are elected to

Though the government Exploration and Production take up challenges for their holds this view, several GuyanaLimited(EEPGL). people. “Heroes are born in

Kaieteur News PAGE 03Saturday October 01, 2022 Girl, 12, travelled to Berbice to meet boy she met on Facebook

- reportedly tells aunt she was abducted

Apolice investigation has found that the tripandshemadethejourneyonMondayvia 12-year-old girl who went missing on publictransportation. Monday last from the West Bank of Things worked out as was planned but Demerara (WBD) had travelled to Berbice, when she was reported missing, persons Region Six to meet a boy she met on recognised her in the area and soon alerted Facebook. She was found close to 01:00hrs policeaboutherwhereabouts. on Thursday by police in the boy’s home at However, since her return home, the girl WhimVillage,Corentyne,Berbice. hasreportedlychangedherstoryandtoldher

The school girl had reportedly gone auntthatshehadbeenabducted. missing on Monday after leaving her Speaking with Kaieteur News on Friday, grandmother’s home at Sister’s Village, the aunt said that the girl seems to be WBD According to reports, she was traumatised and so she chatted with her to heading to her aunt’s house located not too findoutwhathappenedMonday farawaybutshenevershowedup. “She she, she went coming by me and he

Relatives had gotten worried and a pull up in a car and ask she way she going,” missing person report was filed with police theauntsaid. andthesearchbeganforher The girl reportedly responded that she

Investigators and relatives soon began was heading to her aunt’s place and he receiving calls that the girl was spotted in offered her a drop but she refused by saying, Berbice. Police there were alerted and a “Ihavemaowntwofoot”. rescue mission was set up because She alleged that the boy stepped out of detectivesdidnotknowwhattoexpect. thecarwhichwasbeingdrivenbyamanand

They decided to make a move after grabbed her by the hand. The girl claimed midnight and made their way to the boy’s that she was then forced into the vehicle and home where they conducted a search and when she started “hollering”, he “wind up” found her alive and well. Police began their thecarwindowsandthreatenedtobeatherif investigation and arrested the boy and his she continued. Fearful of the beating, she parents. remained quiet and the car drove them

The investigation revealed that the girl straighttoBerbice. had met the Berbice boy on Facebook and “Iasksheifsheain’tseenopoliceonthe they‘fell’foreachother way to inform them that she was being

Infact,asourceclosetotheinvestigation abducted and she seh, ‘the road de clear; we told Kaieteur News that this was the initial drivestraightthrough’,”theauntrelated. statement the girl had given to police after The aunt said too that she even asked the she was found. So far, detectives have been girl if she had made any attempts to escape abletocorroboratethisversionofherstory. from her abductor’s home. In response, the Thetworeportedlyplannedtomeetup.It girl reportedly said that she did not get the was decided that the girl would make the chance because the boy never left the house. long trip to Berbice so that she could see the However, she reportedly told the aunt, that boy and spend the night there. The boy her plan was to seek help from neighbours reportedlyprovidedherwiththecashforthe whenevershegottheopportunitytoescape.

…signals to investors that country will roll over and accept unscrupulous conductdeal an economic mistake

Attorney-at-Law, Dr. Vivian Williams

Vice President, Dr. Bharrat Jagdeo

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EDITORIAL

PROTESTS IN IRAN – GUYANA BEWARE

Peel back the layers and it is more than about quarrels overashawloverthehead,ahijab. InIran,theflareofsharp protests has attracted the attention of the world, with many womenintheforefrontofthedemonstrations(“Womentake centrestageinanti-governmentprotestsshakingIran”-New York Times, September 26). Though violence has seeped intotheprotestsagainsttheIranianGovernment,thewomen havekeptupthefight. Itinvolvessomuchmorethanabout compulsoryheadwearforwomenventuringoutintopublic spaces.

The first thing to be said is that it takes a lot of force to shakeupthingsinIran. Thegovernmentofclericsandtheir guardsmen are usually very good at keeping things under wraps,lockingdowndissent,inahurry Insummary,thereis neitherpatiencenortoleranceforthoseessentialingredients sohighlyprizedbytheWesternworld. Thingslikepeaceful protests, and daring to raise an assertive and courageous voice,againstthepowerofgovernment. InIran,engaging oneself in such activities in a high-risk one, for the men in chargecanbeunmovingandruthless.

Thisiswhattheprotestorsareupagainst,andthecostcan be steep at the individual and family levels.Though the world may be fixed on the protests as an expression of objectionandresistanceagainstthelegalrequirementonthe wearing of the hijab, they (protests) involve much more. This was what was conformed by the strapline to the New YorkTimescaption,whichnotedthat,“grievancesagainsta repressive regime go far beyond the hijab.” These grievances include: “ a collapsing economy, brazen corruption, suffocating repression and social restrictions handeddownbyahandfulofelderlyclerics.”

Twoofthosegrievancescaughtoureye,onebecauseitis thenorminGuyana,andtheotherbecauseitisfeared.

The“brazencorruption”inIran,andthecauseoflengthy protests, is what Guyanese have lived within government aftergovernment,butneveratthelevelthatitistoday We are further intrigued that there is this development of “brazen corruption”inacountryrunalmostexclusivelyby highlyreligiousmen. Ifthey,orasismorelikelytheircircle ofinsiders(alsodevout),canbetargetedandexposedinthis global fashion for something like massive corruption, then theprospectsforincorruptibility,orsomethingclosertoitin Guyana,looksratherfarfetched,meaning,outofreach. In other words, if “brazen corruption”, which sounds like openlyrampantcorruption,canoccurintheocraticIran,then a more secular oriented place like Guyana, with its own historyofchroniccorruption,isdoomedtofailure.

Weatthispaperarenottoooptimisticthatcorruptionin Guyanawillabateanytimesoon. Itisnowtoowidespread and too deep-seated. The oil, with its host of enriching offshoots, has made that possible, and because we already had, and presently have so many, politicians who are scoundrels of the first order, the corruption outlook in Guyana looks particularly grim. It is how the new day-todayrealityofGuyanaservesupampleproof. Forwehave politicians deceiving, concealing, and sliding all over the placewhenpushedtoprovidestraight,simpleanswers. Itis usually a powerful indication that matters are not being handledinanhonestandcleanmanner

The second aspect of the grievances that we noted was that Iranians exist in “ a collapsing economy”. This is staggering in an oil rich country, and one that has been producing oil for decades, and which still has some of the largest reserves of crude. As much as we understand that American sanctions have put a huge dent in the Iranian economy, our thinking is that sanctions alone cannot be responsible, but mismanagement, and the same “brazen corruption”spokenofearlier,andwhichhasbedeviledother oilproducingnationsinAfricaandLatinAmerica.

Almosteverywhere,thereisoil,corruptionisaleading byproduct,andnationaleconomiesaredevastated.

ThisiswhatwehopethatGuyanawouldavoid,whatwe protestdailyabout,fightagainst,inthispaper

Weprefertocall-out,sothatmattersandrelationsdon’t deteriorate,asinIran.

Sexual Deviance Movement in Guyana pushing hard to promote agenda

DEAREDITOR, strategic in its work and speak against the State forcingthemtousepronouns

I noticed a news report, seeks to influence public policies, which require that conflict with their “Majority of Guyanese opinion while the parental permission before religious beliefs regarding accept or tolerate LGBTQ churches/temples/mosques trans identifying students sex and gender Recently, a persons, study finds” (SN, are silent and not affirming can be addressed by names Virginia teacher had to sue Sept. 29, 2022). The sexual our values and countering or pronouns that do not to get his job back after he deviancelobbyinGuyanais thedeviantpropaganda. match their assigned sex at was fired for not using a well funded and active to Guyanese should note birth. transgender student’s promoteitscausewithlotsof that in the recent election in “preferred”pronouns. support from the ABC/EU Italy,afar-rightpartythatran The Virginia Education One elementary school countries.

onacampaignbasedonanti- Department policies restrict physical education teacher,

So,apro-gayoutfitfrom LGBTQthemes,ispoisedto participation in certain Tanner Cross, was the UK called the Human form the next government. schoolprogramsandtheuse disciplined after stating DignityTrustthatfocuseson This should tell us that of school facilities based on during the public comment strategic litigation maybe right thinking students’ assigned sex at period at a school board c h a l l e n g i n g t h e Europeans have seen the birth,althoughtheydoallow meeting that his religious criminalisation of damage deviant practices schools to make special beliefs prevent him from homosexuality around the have done to undermine accommodations for referring to transgender world, provided US$31,000 good family values. This transgenderstudents,suchas students by names or for this “flawdulent” study, week in Virginia, USA, the use of single user pronouns that do not match thatwantstomakethepublic students from 100 schools bathrooms - the details of their assigned sex at birth. feel there is widespread were protesting for which must be worked out TheVirginiaSupremeCourt support for buggery and “transgender rights, ” betweenschoolofficialsand reversedhissuspension. sexualdeviantpractices. wherebyifyouwerebornas parents (“Virginia Students So, take warning, do we

The sexual deviance a boy and you choose to be Protest Anti-Trans Policies want our schools to be the movement (SDM) is notaboyandwanttousethe With Walkouts, Metro battleground for these kinds working hard at promoting girlsbathroom,itisa“right.” Weekly,Sept.28,2022). of problems or do we want its sexual deviance agenda, And if schools don’t go Supporters of the State Ms. Priya to fix historic andwantstochangeourlaws along with that, you protest policies have hailed educationalinequities?Ifthe to give legal protection to foryour“rights.”

provisions that protect religious groups and family deviant behaviours that If a boy tells you he school employees and values groups continue to destroy the traditional wants to be called “her” and students from being remain silent, the SDM marriage and family values. “she” and the teacher compelled to refer to would overrun our beautiful We have enough problems, refuses, that teacher can be transgender or nonbinary country as is, than to adopt certain fired.Isthatwhatwewantto students in a way that Stand up Guyana for westerndecadentvaluesthat adopt in Guyana? In v i o l a t e s t h e i r traditionalfamilyvalues! would destroy our country Virginia,“Studentsstreamed constitutionally protected Sincerely, The SDM is extremely out of their classrooms to right to free speech, or Dr.JerryJailall

Indigenous Heritage Month 2022 is over and Indigenous and hinterland villages once again face their realities

DEAREDITOR, attention is being paid to ‘serviceproviders’. Thereis The issue of the

As September comes to theirtroubles. need for vigilance and construction of a new wharf an end and the celebrations In the MATARKAI Sub- awareness in the area of intheMabarumaSub-region wind down across the region, there are major health and counselling for brings with it more of the Indigenous Villages and allegations of inequalities brokenfamiliesandsexually Rosignol tale of economic hinterland communities of regarding a number of exploited youths, both male destruction of persons in a Guyana, there is a certain issues, not least of which is and female. The authorities particular geographic space. sobering process which the distribution of cash are numb to the realities. Although this falls within a ushers in a swift, if not rude grants Reports in this Even the police appear to municipality (Mabaruma) awakening to the realities regardhaveallfallenondeaf forget that prostitution is an and not an Indigenous whichwereconvenientlybut ears. offense. Village, it is worthy of temporarily set aside. The T h e l e v e l s o f In the Mabaruma Sub- mentionsinceitwillaffecta situations vary in levels of prostitution, primarily region, the treatment of numberofVillages. severity from Village to among the Venezuelan migrant Indigenous Warrau The government has Village. immigrant population people leaves a lot to be decided, reportedly without

In Region One, for presents both health and desired. adequate consultation, to instance, there are serious other societal challenges Thereisalsotheissueof construct a wharf at issues which range from Families are shattered, jobsanditsattendantscheme Independence Road, a few s o c i o e c o n o m i c t o young teenage boys leave of rewards. Foreigners who miles up river from the allegations of corruption school to work in the accept less than fair rates of current site of the T&HD Indigenous peoples and ‘backdams’toraisemoneyto pay are preferred to wharf at Kumaka. They otherresidentsofthisregion enjoy the pleasures of life Guyanesewhodemandafair citedflimsyexcuses believe that, absolutely no made available by the wage.

The 1872 Devonshire Castle Uprising, Guyana

DEAREDITOR, On 11th October 1838, horrible deaths on 30th British Guiana and

Muslim resistance in they took matters into their September 1872. Based on indenturedtoplantationHoff Guyana dates to early times own hands and decided to the bio-data extracted from: VanAurichthenafterserving when enslaved Africans run away from the (a) the 1872 Register of oneterm,wastransferredon were shackled and forcibly plantation. DeathsinBritishGuiana,(b) 29th September 1870 to brought to Guyana. These Unfortunately, shortly the ships’ register of Indian Devonshire Castle only to freedom fighters wanted after their fight for freedom, Immigrants introduced into meet his death two years nothing but dignity for all the bodies of two men were theColonyofBritishGuiana lateratage31. peoples. found at Mahaica that were and (c) the ship’s log from 2.Becarro(Bakaro/Bakr,

In the very first slave believedtobethatofthefirst the SS Far East, here is a Mullah) was a teenager, just rebellion in 1763, several two Indian rebels. The 30th snapshot of these lost souls, 18yearsoldandapassenger Kofi’s lieutenants (Atta, of September marks the they were not just names on on the Earl Russell which Accara, Quabi etc.,) were 150th anniversary of the paper but they were arrived in British Guiana on Muslimsfightingagainstthe Devonshire Massacre of the someone’s son, brother, 12thApril1865. brutality of the Dutch five East Indian indentured uncle,husbandorfatherand He was sent to the Zorg plantationowners. workers during the many of their dependents plantation. Afterservinghis

Also, in the 1823 Devonshire Castle uprising who relied on them would first term, Bakaro was Demerara Rebellion, there in 1872 Not surprising, pay a bitter economic and transferred to Devonshire were several Muslims several Muslims were mental health price for their Castle in 1870, only to be involved. involvedintherebellion. loss. gunned down exactly two

Then, among the first The cause of death was 1 M u c k s o o d a l l y yearslateratage25. batch of East Indian gunshot wounds (to rioters). (Maqsood Ally, Musalman) Assuming from his immigrants, two Muslims, This all started when almost was24yearsold,standingat immigration certificate, Jumun and Pultun from 300 plantation workers 4feet10.5inches,veryshort Bakaro/Bakr caste stated, Bihar, indentured to beganprotestingonthe29th for his age, but certainly ‘Mullah’and he was age 18. Gladstone Plantation at of September for better stood tall against the It would be accurate to Vreed en Hoop, were the working conditions and injustices being inflicted on assume that he had first to rebel against the equitable pay for the high the sugar workers by the memorized the Holy Quran slave like treatment and workload the Gora Sahib Britishcolonialpolice. ataveryyoungageandwas conditionsunderwhichthey (Whiteman)demanded. He came on the Earl taughtthe“Sunna,” wereforcedtowork. This culminated in their Russellon12thApril1865to (Continuedonpage6)

Indigenous Heritage Month...

Frompage4 residents are peeved. They (VGM) the Toshao, Stavros affiliation of those allegedly which many business contend that the Minister of StanleyandtreasurerPhillip involved in this suspected persons at Kumaka have AmerindianAffairs is aware Bess were called upon to financial impropriety, rejected. The move is ofthesituationbutrefusesto accountforthecoffeeproject residents feel that an intended to and will kill the act. fund. investigation may never economy of Kumaka which The Santa Rosa Robusta The report was thatALL happen. from the inception of its Coffee Project was of the Santa Rosa Village There are a number of existence has been the established and financed by funds had been withdrawn allegations of financial business capital of the Sub- the Coalition while in from the account. Villagers irregularities in many region. government. Reports say are alarmed. There was no Villages. However, in the The move will relocate the that, the sum of 9.5 million consultation with the coffee not so distant past, the focus businesscentretoHosororo. dollars was deposited in the

The voting pattern at Village Council’s account withdrawal or use of funds. Amerindian Affairs was the national and regional with Republic Bank Further, farmers have not e s t a b l i s h m e n t o f election informs that (Essequibo Coast Branch). benefited from the funds InvestigatingCommitteeson Kumaka voted almost It was reported that, the withdrawn. missions to remove elected exclusively APNU+AFC Santa Rosa Village Council Thereareallegationsthat officials believed or known while Hosororo voted wasgiventotalcontrolofthe a particular Village official to be supportive of the mostly PPP Readers can funds.TheVillageCouncilis since having been elected APNU+AFC while ignoring drawtheirownconclusions. charged under the law, to has purchased at least one the blatant indiscretions of

Over at Moruca, there is manage the assets of the motor vehicle among other others who are known much disquiet regarding the Villageinthebestinterestof assets. Residentsarecalling supportersofthePPP Santa Rosa Village Council itsresidents. for a thorough criminal Fuelling inequality and with respect to issues of In the month of April investigation and demand the discriminatory treatment accountability 2022,thesumoftwomillion, that the elected official be ofcitizensappeartobehall-

Information received two hundred thousand causedtoprovethesourceof marks of the PPP’s One suggeststhattherecouldbea dollarswaswithdrawn. funds used for purchasing Guyanapolicy majorshadyoperationtaking At a recently convened assetsafterbeingelected. Sincerely, place at that Village and Village General Meeting Given the political MervynWilliams

The President is in a pickle

DEAREDITOR, As seen, President Ali

Guyana is watching, has a golden opportunity to waiting. They are watching demonstratehowmuchheis and waiting to absorb what about the vaunted happens next in this transparency on which he shadowy, slightly messy, loves to make dogged matter of the NRF and tax speeches. I humbly suggest payments made by the to the President that he Government of Guyana on proves how much about behalfofExxon. accountability he is. He

Itwouldenlightenallon must make good by passing how well this national oil theinstructions.Thereisone fund is overseen.As matters hiccup, and it has to do with stand currently, the starting these troublesome audits, gun is in the President’s and those quarrelsome hands. voices in civil society that

The Audit Office issued will not take no for an its opinion that all is well, answer It is one of the while the Auditor General difficulties of democracy, made clear where he stood. thisbusinessabouthaving His position, through a to furnish answers, and nifty handoff, was check having any sonny, with the GRA since it is dummy, and jumbie the entity that has calling for what should responsibility for issuing not be their business, the related tax receipts. anyway My concern is There is a problem: the not so much of what the GRAhaslaryngitis. President does or doesn’t

Since theAudit Office do. Iammorefocusedon balked at retracting its how auditors sometimes original questionable operate in their auditing world. To put sweetly, inreport, and issuing a theirfailuretocheckastheysanitizedone,ontheNRF, should,theyoverbalance.whateveritspeopledeemed

To tender morefit to do, and the GRA isn’t unsparingly, I think that thespeaking publicly, civil A u d i t O f f i c esocietyraisedthebarseveral overcompensated regardingnotches to the highest level what would please thein this land. Article 13 government, by giving it aappealed to His Excellency, pass.President Ali in writing for

There was the basis forhim to consent to use the correction,buttheauditchiefauthorityofhisgoodoffices, is not going into thoseand order the release of all muddywaters;hepassedthattheassociateddocuments. baby onto the GRA. More

The President has not broadly, it is peculiar howresponded; most likely he is audits operate on occasion.busywiththedemandsofhis History is the best teacher,office. Hopefully, he will andfromitsaddress this sticky issue

soon.

The Guyana Police Force is unprincipled and untrustworthy

DEAREDITOR, believe or trust the police should be able to produce a

How much longer can force. copytothecourt. the public tolerate police On September 28, the However, Senior clumsiness, incompetence, Police Legal Advisor and Magistrate Daly repeatedly cover ups, and alleged Special Prosecutor, Mandel asked Prosecutor Moore for corrupt practices in the Moore was unable to the recording but he country? It is time for us to produce evidence in the informed the court that he have a professional, cybercrime case against does not have a copy of the competent and anti-corrupt Detective Sergeant, Dion recording. Believing that policeforceinthecountryto Bascom.

Prosecutor Moore was not investigate crime and other Theevidenceinquestion cooperating, Senior illegalactivitiesfairlysothat is the recording of a press MagistrateDalywouldhave the public can have conference by Bascom none of it and held the confidence in the force which was streamed live on prosecutor in contempt of Except for those in the multiple media platforms thecourtandorderedthat government, few Guyanese and as such, the prosecutor (Continuedonpage16)

The 1872 Devonshire Castle...

Frompage5 toDevonshireCastleserving indentured to Devonshire (the teachings of the Holy threemoreterms.KalaKhan Castle, he served just three Prophet (OHBP) for him to spentmanyhardyearsonthe years of his first term when have achieved this status so plantation to support his he was also brutally gunned young. family Khan too was a down at age 32. We honour Maqsood Ally and leader in the uprising and the memory of these brave Bakaro/Bakr were Jahajis wasmassacredafterabout20 men who made the ultimate (shipmates).

years on the sugar sacrifice on the 30th of

Initially sent to different plantations in British September1872. plantations but were later Guiana. Kala Khan was 43 A conversation to bring reunited in 1870 when they whenhewasgunneddown. closure of this and many were both transferred to 4. Akloo (Dhanook) age other fatal uprisings should Devonshire Castle. These 32 came on The Apelles on commence between the twomenwhoprayedandate 4th February 1866 and British and the descendants together would also die indentured to Devonshire ofthesevictims. fighting together for a just Castle.

T h e s e m e n h a d cause.

He completed his first immediate and extended 3 Kaula Khan (Kala term and had just started his familiesinGuyanaandIndia Khan, Musulman) age 25, second term when he was that depended on them. The came to British Guiana on alsomurderedatage38. trauma and pain resonate theShandon28thMay1854 5 Buldewo (Baldeo, among their descendants to and was indentured to Gowala) was 29 when he thisday Taymouth Manor There arrived in the colony He Sincerely, Kala Khan served his first came on the SS Far East on ShabnamAlli term, and he was transferred 20th July 1869 and was RayChickrie

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Keep your eyes on the prize Guyanese!

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No doubt we need the break.After the COVID-19 pandemic and being lockdown for long periods, of course Guyanese are happy to be outside and with events to provide the much needed release.

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But in all the fanfare and excitement, we must not lose sight of burning issues. Do not be carried away by the plethora of events that seek to take us away from our daily struggles, but does not remove or address the hardships that we are bound to return to.

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After the cricket carnival, look forward to the handouts of the Christmas season. They will be plentiful. The customary arbitrary increase in wages will be among the distractions.

But again, keep your eyes on the prize; we are still being shortchanged by our government and oil companies who want us to be satisfied with a contract for 1.1 billion barrels of oil when they have found 10 billion more. The government will give what could be doubled and even tripled if they renegotiate and put meaningful measures in place.

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OilSERIESPT8…

Oil companies required to detail how Guyanese businesses will have first consideration at each phase of operation

- must also facilitate alliances with appropriate partners

Kaieteur NewsPAGE 08 Saturday October 01, 2022 By Kiana Wilburg W

nationals and Guyanese companies; and

and Guyana’s Content Contractor, ensure strict Sub-Contractor,andLicenseeintend localsand to align transfer of procuring goods for with Bid Evaluation Procurement

In this regard, companies must provide a detailed annual course of Guyana’s Local Content Secretariat action to be implemented to ensure has laid out strict requirements which alliancesbetweenlocalsandforeigners oil companies must now follow when for the transfer of knowledge and to procuring goods and services for their promotecapacitybuilding. operations.

(iv) How the Contractor, Sub-Contractor,andLicenseeintend to align their procurement activities with the guidelines for Bid Evaluation and Procurement BACKGROUND developed, published, and amended fromtimetotime,bytheSecretariat.

According the developed, amended are required fromtimetotime,bytheSecretariat. prioritises the Guyanese produce an also to nationals provide description parameters services for outlines their and criteria to utilised measure value following and capabilities, sector also

According to the Secretariat’s

(i) How local content is to be includedforeachphaseofpetroleum operations;

Guyana’s Local Content Act guidelines, companies are required to prioritises the use of Guyanese produce among other documents, an Oil companies are also required to nationals and companies in the Annual Local Content Plan which provide a description of the parameters procurement of goods and services for outlines their procurement plan with and criteria to be utilised to measure the enhancement of the value chain of thefollowingdetails: and compare the capabilities, the oil sector The Act also serves to qualification, and certification of the enable local capacity development and skills, goods, and services of a national provide for the investigation, orcompany(Guyaneseorotherwise). supervision, coordination, monitoring

(i) How qualification, the local skills, of national the or

(ii) How the Contractor, Sub Contractor, or Licensee will ensure that Guyanese nationals and Guyanese companies can actively participate and gain experience so as toattaintherequisitestandards;

(ii) How shall participation Licensee include whether is distinction by Secretariat nationality, scope/type or provisions and so serviceprovided,sector, are implemented and

(iii) How first consideration will be given to goods and services supplied or provided by Guyanese

These parameters and criteria shall and evaluation of, and participation in, includeinformationonwhetherthereis localcontentinGuyana. distinction of measurements by The Local Content Secretariat is nationality, scope/type of the good or mandated to ensure that the provisions serviceprovided,sector,size,etc. of the Act are implemented and

The Secretariat see the regulatory first programmes the monitoring, given to formation joint local by venturesorother

The Secretariat also demands to see functions as the regulatory arm for the programmes for facilitating the monitoring, evaluation, coordination formation of partnerships, joint and reporting of local content in the venturesorotheralliances. petroleumoperationsofGuyana.

Why there are no mass protests over the oil deal?

No one likes to be things would have been 10 supporters of the PPP/C variouscriticsoftheoilteam the political parties and the Stabroek Block,

robbed A person would timesbetterinthecountry know fully well that the oil are operating in different government to confront the Guyanese would not haverather drop accidentally or So why, given the contract should be spheres andthereisnoplan critics Instead, the oil benefittedmuchfromtheoillose a $1000 bill than be magnitude of the pick renegotiated but to go to bring them together to companies make smart revenues. The oil would bemugged and deprived of pocketing which took place, against the wishes of their trigger a mass movement interventionswinningpublic gone and the only persons$500. that persons are not party, and especially after against the exploitation of support by their donations smiling all the way to theThere is something marching on the streets what happened with the thecountry’soilwealth. and other acts of corporate bank would be the

humiliating about being demanding that the oil elections, would in their F o u r t h , t h e o i l socialresponsibility shareholders of the oilrobbed. No one wants to companies leave Guyana or estimation be weakening companieshavebeenastute. The truth, however, is multinationalcorporations.experience being mugged that the government their party to the benefit of Theyunderstandthissociety thatsolongasthisstatusquo

(The views expressed inand robbed of their

renegotiates the oil deal? the opposition Similarly, in which they operate. They exists, the Guyanese people this article are those of thepossessions There is Whyisitthatonlyahandful many of supporters of the have stayed clear of public aregoingtoberobbedblind. author and do notoutragewhenthishappens of persons are prepared to APNU+AFCbelievethatthe confrontation on the oil By the time the oil necessarily reflect theButthisappearstoapply publicly stand up and say Coalition blundered when contract.Theyhaveleftitto companies finish draining opinionsofthisnewspaper.)only to personal and that Guyana got a bad deal they signed that agreement. businesstransactions.Ifyou anddeservesbetter? But, like the PPP/C, buy something from a store Thefirstreasonhastodo supporters, they too do not and you are shortchanged with what was mentioned want to be seen to be you would naturally be before. There is no direct publicly opposing upset But when the impact of the deal on something which their party government or foreign citizens. The oil companies signed and defended for a multinational pickpockets did not impose a tax on longtime. you, the same degree of citizens’ earnings or forced The country is therefore outragedoesnotoccur pricesupanddemandedthat caught in this partisan vice.

One reason has to do individuals hand over Andtheoilcompaniesknow withthedirectimpactofthe property All they did was thisalltoowell.Thisiswhy transaction. Where persons shortchange us with the oneofthetacticswhichthey are directly impacted by an royalties, the taxes, the have traditionally employed act of robbery, they feel concessions, the stability istokeepthepeopledivided. violated But when the clause, the lack of ring The third reason why impact is indirect, they do fencing, the absence of full there are no mass protests nothavethesamestrengthof liabilitycoverage,etc.Those againsttheoilcontractshave outrage. This accounts for have an indirect impact of to do with the lack of one of the reasons why citizens. leadership. Outside of the someone will be more When matters directly PPP/C and the PNC/R the inclinedtoprotestsomething impactoncitizens,thenthey country is really barren of which directly affects them are likely to be taken more persons with substantive rather than some policy seriously Acaseinpointwas popular support. The nonwhich shortchanges the the parking meters. Many governmental organisations country and by implication professionals were affected and civil society groupings everycitizen. bytheinstallationofparking are generally elitist and

No one needs much meters in the city because therefore would be convincing that the oil they could not afford the disinclined to oppose the oil companies which signed the parkingfees.Theytherefore companies Those civil Production Sharing took a stand against parking society groupings that are Agreement with the meters willingtodosoarestillinan GovernmentofGuyanadida The second reason why embryonic stage of number on the country. massive protests have not development and do not Guyana got the short end of taken place over the oil havestrongsupportbasesor the stick. The people were contractshavetodowiththe are petrified of the robbed almost blind. Had political divisions in the Americans who are Guyana gotten a fair deal, country. Many of the watchingExxon’sback.The

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State of mind: Naim Chan, David Hinds, African people

Indian could NaimChanwastheguestlast to meet often at his mother’s own position tenable? I can Former Barbados Prime theorists like week on the Gildarie place in Queen Street, Kitty answer those two questions Minister,OwenArthurwasa David Hinds Freddie Kissoon Show and inthe1970s. with extensive clarity competent and successful explain why Ms. in passing made a reference Then David began his because my attitude during Prime Minister but he lost Wilkinson said toDavidHinds. twisted analysis of Naim’s the five-month disaster was powerbecausetheelectorate what she said?

Chan said that when he mind.Hesaidthatduringthe identicalwithNaim’s. felt leaders should not be in Could minds like saw Guyanese cricketers five month election saga, IvotedintheMarch2020 powerforsolong. David Hinds explain from different ethnic Naim took an Indian electionforLenoxShuman’s David’s analysis of the public rejection backgrounds embracing position. He went on to add party From 2015 to 2020 Naim’s motive becomes of the election each other during the recent that Naim’s approach to the when the APNU+AFC convoluted within the conspiracy by the election fraud foolishly, CPL tournament, he thought five-monthdramawasbased regime was in office, this context of how countless current Vice-Chancellor of b a r e f a c e d l y , a n d of how persons like David on race. I didn’t know that page was critical of both Africans from Guyana and the University of the West hypocriticallysaidhecannot Hindshinderracialunity David had said those words major parties. I took no beyond Guyana pronounced Indies Professor Hilary remember what position on

The next day, David until Naim called me to ethnic or party line from on the rigging And be Beckles. He is the chairman theelectionGaskintook. replied to Naim in a very enquire if I knew how David 2015to2020. advised that none of the o f t h e C a r i b b e a n What I am about to write harmless way without using had portrayed him. Naim I denounced the election namesthatwillnowbelisted Reparations Committee. In now is going to shock toxic or demeaning words. was upset by the accusation rigging because it was an here have had or has even a holding that position, he is countlesspersonswhodidnot But his analysis of Naim’s of racial profiling He assault on my right to vote distant relation with the PPP endorsingarightandaclaim know this fact The fact is expression though without exclaimed in the telephone and have it counted I beforeMarch2020. that Afro-Caribbean people there is nothing spoken or vexation portrays the conversation that he didn’t condemned the election One of the most visible embrace, therefore he is no written by Professor Clive corrugated perspective of take any racial position but a rigging because it meant that names in African rights pro-Indian academic but an Thomas since March 2020 many African Guyanese pro democracy stance in once the PNC got back in politics before March 2020 Africanrightsscholar that is in support of the leaders on the attempted March2020. power, Guyana had returned was UG lecturer, Charlene Then there is Dominic attempts to rig the 2020 rigging of the March 2020 I calmed Naim assuring to election fraud and Wilkinson Ms Wilkinson Gaskin. His is a name that election Now I agree that election. him that he must expect permanentpower gave an interview to me (see the PNC, the AFC and their there are no words from Dr David acknowledged words of attack once he is in The PPPlost in 2011 and my column of Wednesday, surrogates avoid like the Thomas conceding that the that Naim is his friend and the public eyes. So what is 2015. Changing government October 7, 2020 “Election COVID-19. These groups of PPP won So there is silence has a WPA background wrong with David’s is the right of voters and 2020:IdiscoveredCharlene people never, never, never on both fronts This is Naim on the show described characterizationofNaimand voters must be allowed to Wilkinson and I have touch Gaskin’s name and importantgiven thelargeness something in common”) in behaveasifhedoesn’texist, of Dr Thomas’ presence in which she did not support the PNC propagandist, theoppositionsphere attempted rigging and spoke Ganesh Mahipaul was a (The views expressed in outagainstit. guest on the Gildarie this article are those of the

If Chan rejected the Freddie Kissoon Show and a u t h o r a n d d o n o t conspiracy to tamper with when asked to comment on necessarily reflect the the results because he was Gaskin’s denunciation of opinions of this newspaper.)

Cricket commentator, how WPA’s big leaders used is Naim’s explanation of his change governments

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Court orders GPSCCU to adhere to members call for Special General Meeting by Oct. 24

…respondents to pay $1M in cost, face jail time for non-compliance

By Zena Henry beheldnolaterthanOctober orders sought by GPSCCU 24, and that the respondents

After feuding factions of pay $1M in cost, while McAlmont,KeithMarksand the Guyana Public Service threatening jail time for Natasha Duran, to have the Co-Operative Credit Union thosewhodon’tadheretothe

(GPSCCU) failed to host a ruling.

Committee of Management special general meeting on In

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om hold the special meeting request of their members, Attorney at law Roysdale which is in keeping with the Regulation 16 of The satisfy Regulation 16. “The Court ruled, therefore, thatHigh Court Judge Justice Forde, SC, who represented law He explained that Cooperative Society Act Court also rejected the

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Navindra Singh has ordered the applicants, states that the

permitted the Applicants as Respondents argument that Management issue a newthat the special engagement High Court granted the

members of the cooperative the issue of a special general notice within 10 days of the society to demand a special meeting constituted a dateoftheOrder(September generalmeeting.Hesaidthat dispute and it was therefore 30th) scheduling a Special in making their case, the caught by section 49 of the General Meeting to be held cou

Cooperative Societies Act. no later than the 24th applicants had satisfied the TheCourtstatedthatSection October, 2022.” Forde said requirement for the number 49 clearly did not cover the that the Court also ordered of members necessary for issue of a special general $1 million in cost to be paid the holding of the special meeting,” Forde said. He by Rajdai Jaganauth, Leslyn meeting;thatismorethan25 said that the Court submitted Noble, Ruth Howard and names which were secured further that the Respondents Karen Vanslutyman by the asperthelegalrequirement. cannot be allowed to subvert 22ndOctober,2022.

the legislation, neither are The court ruling comes defence’s case, Forde said they allowed to stop short just months after dissatisfied the Court highlighted that and appoint a new Chairman members of the GPSCCU the Respondents were being and then say that the challenged the Management disingenuous by stating that Applicants must start the Committeeforignoringtheir the Applicants had failed to process all over again. The (Continued on page 16)

Senior Counsel Roysdale Forde, SC, (second from left) stands with Trevor Benn (third from left) and other members of the GPSCCU

Trevor Benn protesting with some GPSCCU members who supported the special general meeting petition

Politicians should not negotiate contracts on Guyanese behalf

By Davina Bagot

International Lawyer, Melinda Janki does not believe that politicians should negotiate contracts

…says leaders look after their own interests

- International Lawyer

…questions giveaway of bauxite, diamond, gold and oil wealth

magnitude of losses and these firms versus what the Mr Glenn Lall when the VP movingtochangeitwhereall framework to manage the giveawaystheoilcompanies country would get in return. again promised to make the of that, the administering of country’srespectivesectors. arebenefittingfrom. In light of this, Guyana’s contractspublic. duty free concessions would

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She made her position

In the meantime, this t h i r d E I T I r e p o r t Jagdeo said, “I don’t be done by the GRA and not clear on Monday evening newspaper reported in June recommended that a work think these agreements by a political individual and while appearing as a panelist last that the country’s third plan be drafted for the should be secret Right, secondly, they would be on a Globespan 24x7

International Lawyer, Melinda Janki

Extractive Industries electronic publication of all because the concessions are based on legislation ” He discussion. Janki argued, Transparency (EITI) report mineral agreements in the standard many people therefore indicated, “I don’t “Governments are not the made yet another call for the miningsector don’t remember this but the see the reason why many of right people to negotiate is the money from the government to release all In August of this year, Minister of Finance used to these are not in the public anything. Governments are bauxite? Where is the mining contracts, especially Vice President Bharrat sign every duty free letter domain already I’ll find out not business people, wealth? This is not a poor those dealing with large- Jagdeo was asked for an that was when I was there aboutit.” governments are not country.

scaleoperations. negotiators, governments This is an extremely rich Since becoming a shouldinfactnotbetryingto country with a lot of poor member of the global body, do business. Their job is to people in it because we got a the report notes that the settheregulatoryframework set of politicians who have governmentagreedtoadhere andtoensurethatthelawsof absolutely no concern to the to several requirements. In the country are kept and to people of this country and this case, EITI requirement ensure that they obey the are only there to look after 2.4 (a) of the 2019 Standard laws of the country and that theirowninterest.” states that Guyana should they allow the business While there has been a publicly disclose all mineral sector to decide what callforarenegotiationofthe agreements entered into business they are gonna go oil deal, the lawyer pointed force prior to the reporting into and what business they out that Guyana must be period,inthiscase,2019. arenotgoingtogointo.” careful in who is appointed Importantly, the report

To explain her position, to conduct the renegotiation highlights that the country’s the environmental lawyer astheremustbeanassurance Mining Act (1989) does not said government officials that the government will not include any expressed should not be sent to tie up “give away even more” in restrictions on the public contracts, especially with the petroleum agreement disclosure of mineral regard to our natural “that is absolutely rotten and agreements and licenses by resources. In fact, she told dangerous.” thegovernment. listenersthat“allyouhaveto F o r m o n t h s , It goes further to state do is to look at the history of transparency watchdogs that even the mineral negotiations in this country have been calling on agreement signed on and you would see government to release the November 18, 2011 for g o v e r n m e n t a f t e r contracts inked between A u r o r a G o l d M i n e government, official after Guyana and the various developed by Guyana official giving away mining companies operating Goldfields is silent about Guyana’s resources to the inGuyana. restrictions on the public lowestbidder.”

In the case of the oil disclosure of the mineral Shecontinued,“Whereis contract, this deal with agreement. Be that as it may, Guyana’s gold? Where are ExxonMobilwasreleasedby that very agreement, along Guyana’s diamonds? Where former President David with many others, is not

Granger It was only after it available online for citizens update on the release of the and we changed it when I on behalf of Guyanese but was made public that to understand what mining contracts by became President and even shouldsticktoinstitutingthe Guyana understood the concessions were granted to Kaieteur News Publisher, before that we started c o r r e c

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Refusal to renegotiate ExxonMobil...

From page 3 invoked the sanctity of contract doctrine as its premise for not renegotiating the deal, the lawyer categorically stated that it is not absolute.

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Dr. Williams said it is tamed by “fairness and conscionability.” Expounding further, he said courts commonly go behind the protective wall of sanctity of contract in the absence of provisions of contracts that are patently unconscionable.

“For example, though the U.S. Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) recognises the sanctity of contract as a general policy, (but) the Natural Gas Act gives it the authority to modify contracts within it re-

mit that are unjust, unreasonable, unduly discriminatory, or preferential. In the case of the PSA between ExxonMobil and Guyana, there is a head-on collision between the sanctity of contract doctrine and the principle of unconscionability if one accepts the position articulated by the ruling party when in opposition,” noted Dr. Williams.

Further, he said the consensus from global experts is that the contract is lopsided and grossly unfair to Guyana. Dr. Williams recalled that the current government agreed with this characterization while in opposition. He said too that the players in the former APNU+AFC adminis-

tration initially pushed back on this characterization but now seems to join the call for renegotiation.

Overall, he posited that, “A country that has persistently encountered exploitation of its natural resources by foreign actors, should not elevate sanctity of contract above conscionability and fair dealing.

In doing so, the government is escalating the error of its predecessor.”

At a time when the country is a magnet for foreign investment, Dr. Williams said he agrees that the government must send the right message. He said that message should not be that investors who obtain unconscionable and

unfair contract terms, whether through corruption or power asymmetry will be able to get away with it.

Furthermore, Dr. Williams said the current narrative about sanctity of contract sends the wrong message. “It is saying to foreign investors – if you succeed in duping us, we will roll over and accept your unscrupulous and unconscionable conduct.”

Dr. Williams said this is likely to invite enterprising foreign investors to extract unconscionable deals either through corrupt practices or power and information asymmetry.

He reiterated that is not the message the government should be sending.

Court orders GPSCCU to adhere to members...

From page 14 call for the special meeting.

The issue all started with the removal of Trevor Benn as the chairman of the Committee.

It was noted that the majority of Committee members had voted to have Benn removed as head of the Board; a decision that was said to be taken in the absence of the then chairman.

The Committee had highlighted a few reasons for their decisions, which the members felt were frivolous to warrant the removal of the chairman.

The Management Committee had said that Benn became hostile towards them when t hey refused to allow him to merge the office of the chairmanship with that of the organisation’s Chief Executive Office.

They claimed that he had also

made public sensitive information relating to the organisation.

Their excuses were obviously not enough for the members of the cooperative body because Benn was later able to secure over 200 names of members, way more than the 25 that is required, to call for a special general meeting. During the signing of the petition which was done in the vicinity of the GPSCCU building, several members expressed dissatisfaction at the removal of Benn as chairman. They were especially upset since they submitted that Benn’s position on the Committee had seen numerous changes effected.

Apart from some physical and operational upgrades at the organisation, members were particularly excited over the availability of loans for housing and vehicle purchases; opportunities which they said were not so easily available to public servants who the body serves.

Several persons spoke of the benefits of the new provisions.

They spoke about upgrading and expanding their homes, while others spoke about being able to finance their homes for the first time.

Since the removal of Benn from the Committee, the Kaieteur News was told that the provision was removed. The new chairman, Karen Vanslutyman-Corbin said that the loans were put on pause as it was being reviewed.

Patrick Mentore, while acting as chairman in Benn’s removal, had issued a date for the special general meeting after the Committee received the member’s signatures asking for the meeting within 14 days.

Another faction of the Committee rescinded the notice for the meeting, which forced the organisation’s members to approach the court.

It should be noted that the members have already stated their intention to vote out the entire Management

Committee.

In their petition, the members’ advised that the objective of the proposed meeting “shall be to vote for or against the recall of the Committee of Management of the GPSCCU…” Further, without prejudice, the petition said, it recommends that “the following nine officers not be reelected to serve on the Committee of Man agement: Ms. Gillian Pollard – Secretary, Ms. Karen VansluytmanCorbin, Ms. Ruth Howard, Ms. O. Saskia EastmanOnwuzirike, Mr. Charles Ogle, Mr. Kirwyn Mars, Jermain Hermanstyne, Ms. Leslyn Noble and Mr. Arthur Gibbs.”

The members demanded that the meeting be held virtually and inperson in all 10 Administrative Re gions, utilising the same mechanism used to conduct the 2021 Annual General Meeting at which the present Committee of Management members were elected, and that the same e-voting service provider be utilised.

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The Guyana Police Force is unprincipled...

From page 6

he be placed in custody in the lock-ups. The Police was quick to declare that Prosecutor Moore was never placed in custody which is false!

This is an ongoing scenario in a litany of the bungling of a number of cases by the police with seemingly no end in sight.

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despite several efforts by Bascom’s lawyers to do so. Further, many felt that the report issued by the Ministry of Home Affairs is meant to mislead the nation into believing that the police have done nothing wrong and that there is no attempt to cover-up the case. This is far from the truth; most Guyanese believe that the Police Force is indeed corrupt and that some bribery took place to cover-up the case. The Police Force is unprincipled and untrustworthy. However, the truth will be revealed sooner rather than later.

PAGE 16 Kaieteur News Saturday October 01, 2022 Regards, Leyland Chitlall Roopnaraine

Opposition seeks Full Court decision to send suspended MPs back to Parliament

ByZenaHenry

While the High Court is set to make a decision regarding its jurisdiction to hear the case concerning the eight suspended oppositionMembers of Parliament (MPs), Senior Counsel Roysdale Forde has approached the Full Courtseekingaconservatoryorder that would allow the disciplined MPs to return to their functions at theNationalAssembly

Forde told the Kaieteur News thatsinceHighCourtjudge,Justice Damone Younge had refused to issuetheconservatoryorderinlight of a planned November 1, 2022 decision that will determine whetherthecourtshouldbehearing the case; he has sought the intervention of the Full Court to have the order in place. Forde is seeking the conservatory order to allow the suspended MPs to maintain their status quo in Parliament until the substantive matteroftheirsuspensionreachesa conclusion.OppositionChiefWhip ChristopherJones,SherodDuncan, Natasha Singh Lewis, Annette Ferguson,VinceroyJordan,Tabitha Sarabo-Halley, Ganesh Mahipaul, andMaureenPhiladelphiawereall suspended on July 21 during the 48th sitting of the National Assembly

The House officially approved a report of the Committee of Privileges, which recommended the suspension of eight Opposition members given their action during

the controversial passing of the NaturalResourceFund(NRF)bill, including the removal of the ceremonial mace, a representation of the House’s constitutional power

The opposition lawyer is seeking an urgent hearing of the Notice of Appeal filed against the decisionofJusticeYounge.

The application is asking the court that pending the hearing and determination of the Appeal, “a Conservatory Order, Injunction Order or other Order suspending theeffect,operationandorvalidity of the Report of the Parliamentary Select Committee of Privileges on thePrivilegeMotion-24thJanuary, 2022 and adopted by the said Committee on the 9th day of June, 2022,” be issued. Pending the

hearing and determination of the Appeal, “a Conservatory Order, InjunctionOrderoranyotherOrder suspending any decision, resolutionorotherdeterminationof whatevernaturewhatsoeverbythe National Assembly to suspend the Applicants’ Membership of the National Assembly”, is being requested as well as an order that the Applicants be allowed to performtheirdutiesasMembersof the National Assembly until they have been afforded the right to be heard before the Parliamentary Sessional Select Committee of PrivilegesonthePrivilegeMotion24thJanuary,2022.

TheMPsareseekingfurtherthe order to maintain the status quo while the court determines the validity of the Report of the

Parliamentary Sessional Select Committee of Privileges on the Privilege Motion - January 24, 2022 and adopted by the said CommitteeontheJune9,2022.The appeal to the court seeks an order suspending any decision, resolutionorotherdeterminationof whatevernaturewhatsoeverbythe National Assembly to suspend the Applicants’ Membership of the NationalAssembly

The document insists that the oppositionMPsbeabletofunction as per normal until they have been affordedtherighttobeheardbefore the Parliamentary Sessional Select Committee of Privileges on the Privilege Motion – January 24, 2022 The opposition parliamentarianshaveclaimedthat they were not given the right to a hearing following claims of misconduct during the passing of the NRF bill in December of last year

The MPs had charged that the People’s Progressive Party/Civic government was hurriedly moving ahead with the passage of the amended NRF bill despite their request to view and submit their input on the reworked legislation thatdealsdirectlywiththehandling of Guyana’s oil and gas revenues. Theyclaimedthatthegovernment, among other things, weakened the oversightprovisionswithinthelaw that was passed by the previous administration, and they were unwillingtohaveitgothroughthe

House without a fight, especially sincethegovernmenthasaone-seat majority that would see them outvotingtheoppositionmembers.

After protesting the passage of the bill by banging their desks and chantingloudlyagainstthepassage did not work, some opposition members sought to remove the ceremonialmacewhichmustbein place for the passage of any legislation and causing much uproar

ThereportoftheParliamentary committee showed that the Opposition MPs were invited to showcausewhytheyshouldnotbe punishedfortheiractions,butthey instead denied having committed any illegal act and asked that the Committee point them to the specificstandingorderswhichthey wouldhaveviolated.

This, the MPs said, was not done, but the government side of theHouseproceededtovoteforthe adoption of the report and its recommendeddiscipline.

Giventhesignificantnumberof opposition MPs that would be out of Parliament for several sittings, theyaresayingthatthesuspension does not sit well for transparency andscrutiny

Attorney for the applicants, Selwyn Pieters had said during an earlier hearing of the matter, that thesuspensionoftheMPsinhibited the democratic process by removing duly elected representativesofthepeople.

Oral arguments begin on Nov. 23 in President’s anon-appointment of

Oral arguments over the non appointment of permanent holders to the office of Chief Justice (CJ) and Chancellor of the Judiciary will commence in theDemeraraHighCourton November23,2022.

The Constitution mandates that there be consultation and agreement between the President and theLeaderoftheOpposition onthetwotopjudicialposts. Opposition Leader Aubrey Nortonhasalreadyindicated his full support for the two judges who are acting in the positions to be confirmed. The Opposition Leader had written a letter to President Irfaan Ali indicating this. However, so far, President Ali has put the confirmation for the top judicial posts on hold.

Asaresult,thePresident is facing legal action for not initiating consultation A

case brought by Vice Chairman of the People’s National Congress Reform (PNCR), Vinceroy Jordan is seeking, inter alia, an order directed to the President through the Attorney General compelling the Head of State to forthwith initiate the process contemplatedbyArticle127 of the Constitution to make permanent appointments to thetwooffices.

Presidingoverthecaseis

Justice Damone Younge The parties in the case are exp

matter

appointment, August 2, 2020,tothepresenttimehas refused to initiate any

permanent office holders to thetopjudicialposts.

The applicant alluded to the list of excuses given by the President as basis of not initiating the process to appointthepersons.

a

d e x c h a n g

n submissions on or before October 25, thereafter, the oral argumen

commenceinNovember C

Yo

Cummings-Edwards is the acting Chancellor and Roxane George-Wiltshire is theChiefJustice(Ag).

ThelastconfirmedChief Justice was Desiree Bernard

from 1996 to 2001 and the last confirmed Chancellor was Bernard as well from 2001to2005.

Several sections of societyhavebeencallingfor the substantive office holders of the two key positions.

Kaieteur News had reported that as part of his application,thePNC/RVice Chairman and Opposition MP also seeks a declaration from the court that the

Presidenthasnovalidreason not to initiate the process to appoint permanent holders to the office of the Chief JusticeandChancellor

Healsowantsthecourtto orderthePresidenttoconsult with the Opposition Leader on having permanently appointedjudicialofficers.

Inadocumenttosupport his application, Jordan pointed to reports in which he said that President Ali from the date of his

Among them, he noted that Ali had said that then Leader of the Opposition Joseph Harmon and the Opposition must recognise himandhisGovernmentasa legitimate Government before he consults with him ontheappointment.

In addition, Jordan noted the Caribbean Court of Justice, through its presidents, has repeatedly called for permanent appointments to be made to theofficesoftheChancellor and Chief Justice of Guyana

Senior Counsel Roysdale Forde (centre left) with Opposition Leader Aubrey Norton and the suspended MPs during the filing of the court matter against their removal from Parliament

President Irfaan Ali PNCR’s Vinceroy Jordan

Chancellor of the Judiciary (ag), Yonette Cummings-Edwards

Chief Justice (ag), Roxane George -Wiltshire

Opposition seeks Full Court decision to send suspended MPs back to Parliament

ByZenaHenry

While the High Court is set to make a decision regarding its jurisdiction to hear the case concerning the eight suspended oppositionMembers of Parliament (MPs), Senior Counsel Roysdale Forde has approached the Full Courtseekingaconservatoryorder that would allow the disciplined MPs to return to their functions at theNationalAssembly

Forde told the Kaieteur News thatsinceHighCourtjudge,Justice Damone Younge had refused to issuetheconservatoryorderinlight of a planned November 1, 2022 decision that will determine whetherthecourtshouldbehearing the case; he has sought the intervention of the Full Court to have the order in place. Forde is seeking the conservatory order to allow the suspended MPs to maintain their status quo in Parliament until the substantive matteroftheirsuspensionreachesa conclusion.OppositionChiefWhip ChristopherJones,SherodDuncan, Natasha Singh Lewis, Annette Ferguson,VinceroyJordan,Tabitha Sarabo-Halley, Ganesh Mahipaul, andMaureenPhiladelphiawereall suspended on July 21 during the 48th sitting of the National Assembly

The House officially approved a report of the Committee of Privileges, which recommended the suspension of eight Opposition members given their action during

the controversial passing of the NaturalResourceFund(NRF)bill, including the removal of the ceremonial mace, a representation of the House’s constitutional power

The opposition lawyer is seeking an urgent hearing of the Notice of Appeal filed against the decisionofJusticeYounge.

The application is asking the court that pending the hearing and determination of the Appeal, “a Conservatory Order, Injunction Order or other Order suspending theeffect,operationandorvalidity of the Report of the Parliamentary Select Committee of Privileges on thePrivilegeMotion-24thJanuary, 2022 and adopted by the said Committee on the 9th day of June, 2022,” be issued. Pending the

hearing and determination of the Appeal, “a Conservatory Order, InjunctionOrderoranyotherOrder suspending any decision, resolutionorotherdeterminationof whatevernaturewhatsoeverbythe National Assembly to suspend the Applicants’ Membership of the National Assembly”, is being requested as well as an order that the Applicants be allowed to performtheirdutiesasMembersof the National Assembly until they have been afforded the right to be heard before the Parliamentary Sessional Select Committee of PrivilegesonthePrivilegeMotion24thJanuary,2022.

TheMPsareseekingfurtherthe order to maintain the status quo while the court determines the validity of the Report of the

Parliamentary Sessional Select Committee of Privileges on the Privilege Motion - January 24, 2022 and adopted by the said CommitteeontheJune9,2022.The appeal to the court seeks an order suspending any decision, resolutionorotherdeterminationof whatevernaturewhatsoeverbythe National Assembly to suspend the Applicants’ Membership of the NationalAssembly

The document insists that the oppositionMPsbeabletofunction as per normal until they have been affordedtherighttobeheardbefore the Parliamentary Sessional Select Committee of Privileges on the Privilege Motion – January 24, 2022 The opposition parliamentarianshaveclaimedthat they were not given the right to a hearing following claims of misconduct during the passing of the NRF bill in December of last year

The MPs had charged that the People’s Progressive Party/Civic government was hurriedly moving ahead with the passage of the amended NRF bill despite their request to view and submit their input on the reworked legislation thatdealsdirectlywiththehandling of Guyana’s oil and gas revenues. Theyclaimedthatthegovernment, among other things, weakened the oversightprovisionswithinthelaw that was passed by the previous administration, and they were unwillingtohaveitgothroughthe

House without a fight, especially sincethegovernmenthasaone-seat majority that would see them outvotingtheoppositionmembers.

After protesting the passage of the bill by banging their desks and chantingloudlyagainstthepassage did not work, some opposition members sought to remove the ceremonialmacewhichmustbein place for the passage of any legislation and causing much uproar

ThereportoftheParliamentary committee showed that the Opposition MPs were invited to showcausewhytheyshouldnotbe punishedfortheiractions,butthey instead denied having committed any illegal act and asked that the Committee point them to the specificstandingorderswhichthey wouldhaveviolated.

This, the MPs said, was not done, but the government side of theHouseproceededtovoteforthe adoption of the report and its recommendeddiscipline.

Giventhesignificantnumberof opposition MPs that would be out of Parliament for several sittings, theyaresayingthatthesuspension does not sit well for transparency andscrutiny

Attorney for the applicants, Selwyn Pieters had said during an earlier hearing of the matter, that thesuspensionoftheMPsinhibited the democratic process by removing duly elected representativesofthepeople.

Oral arguments begin on Nov. 23 in President’s anon-appointment of Chancellor, CJ matter

Oral arguments over the non appointment of permanent holders to the office of Chief Justice (CJ) and Chancellor of the Judiciary will commence in theDemeraraHighCourton November23,2022.

The Constitution mandates that there be consultation and agreement between the President and theLeaderoftheOpposition onthetwotopjudicialposts.

Opposition Leader Aubrey Nortonhasalreadyindicated his full support for the two judges who are acting in the positions to be confirmed. The Opposition Leader had written a letter to President Irfaan Ali indicating this. However, so far, President Ali has put the confirmation for the top judicial posts on hold.

Asaresult,thePresident is facing legal action for not initiating consultation A

case brought by Vice Chairman of the People’s National Congress Reform (PNCR), Vinceroy Jordan is seeking, inter alia, an order directed to the President through the Attorney General compelling the Head of State to forthwith initiate the process contemplatedbyArticle127 of the Constitution to make permanent appointments to thetwooffices.

Presidingoverthecaseis

Justice Damone Younge

The parties in the case are expected to file and e x c h a n g e w r i t t e n submissions on or before October 25, thereafter, the oral argumen

commenceinNovember C

Yo

Cummings-Edwards is the acting Chancellor and Roxane George-Wiltshire is theChiefJustice(Ag).

ThelastconfirmedChief Justice was Desiree Bernard

from 1996 to 2001 and the last confirmed Chancellor was Bernard as well from 2001to2005.

Several sections of societyhavebeencallingfor the substantive office holders of the two key positions.

Kaieteur News had reported that as part of his application,thePNC/RVice Chairman and Opposition MP also seeks a declaration from the court that the

Presidenthasnovalidreason not to initiate the process to appoint permanent holders to the office of the Chief JusticeandChancellor

Healsowantsthecourtto orderthePresidenttoconsult with the Opposition Leader on having permanently appointedjudicialofficers.

Inadocumenttosupport his application, Jordan pointed to reports in which he said that President Ali from the date of his

appointment, August 2, 2020,tothepresenttimehas refused to initiate any p

t permanent office holders to thetopjudicialposts.

The applicant alluded to the list of excuses given by the President as basis of not initiating the process to appointthepersons.

Among them, he noted that Ali had said that then Leader of the Opposition Joseph Harmon and the Opposition must recognise himandhisGovernmentasa legitimate Government before he consults with him ontheappointment.

In addition, Jordan noted the Caribbean Court of Justice, through its presidents, has repeatedly called for permanent appointments to be made to theofficesoftheChancellor and Chief Justice of Guyana

Senior Counsel Roysdale Forde (centre left) with Opposition Leader Aubrey Norton and the suspended MPs during the filing of the court matter against their removal from Parliament

President Irfaan Ali PNCR’s Vinceroy Jordan

Chancellor of the Judiciary (ag), Yonette Cummings-Edwards

Chief Justice (ag), Roxane George -Wiltshire

BV/Triumph NDC refunds $20M to shipping company after controversial land sale

- says will not be bullied to commit any illegality

ByAllyiahAllicock

NDC officials learnt that the land proceed,”hesaid. was not owned by the NDC but Cumberbatch maintained that

The Beterverwagting/Triumph rather by a number of residents in when the Council looked at the Neighbourhood Democratic thecommunity. proposal, “we thought that it would Council (NDC) on Friday made it The councillor said that when have offered tremendous benefit to clear that it has refunded John theysawtheproposal,theythought theresidentsofBV.” Fernandes Limited (JFL) a total of it was one of the best proposals “Nevertheless, even though the $20 million for a 143-acre plot of since it entails the development of proposal was sound what we land it had illegally sold to the that area. “…that arrangement we recognised is that the land had a company in November last year thought it was kind of the best numberofowners,weimmediately sinceitwasnottheNDC’sproperty proposal coming out to us and so embarked on an avenue to have the tosell. we embarked on the sale with them salerescinded,”hebriefed.

This is according to the NDC for the sale of the land,” he Meanwhile, Chairman Bagot Chairman, Jimmaul Bagot who explained. expressedconcernbecausepersons provided an update on the issue Cumberbatchfurtherstatedthat are now trying to bully the Council during a press conference on beforeanythingwasdone,theNDC regardinglandsalematter Friday Mr Bagot was joined by had sought clarity from the Deeds “Unfortunately, it has not come one NDC Councillors Mr Neville Registry as to the ownership of the to an end… I don’t know if you Daughter by JFL, and that the consideration , no value attach toCumberbatch who provided a brief land and was informed that, “the guys can recall a while back that “DeedofAssignmentwasbasically it Mohamed’s Sons and

overviewofthematter

NDCisstillincontrolbywayofthe John Fernandes would have handingallinterestandrightstothe Daughter…is claiming to have a

AccordingtoCumberbatch,last crown grant that was given to the published a notice in the Stabroek land located in section ‘G’, legal document signed by senioryear, the NDC received a proposal NDC.” newspaper where they would have Beterverwagting to Mohamed’s personswithinJohnFernandes andfrom JFL the plot of land at the However, he noted after a indicatedthattheyhavenointerest, SonsandDaughter.” registered at the court who arebacklands of the Beterverwagting number of persons indicated to the they are distancing their selves

He further stated that pursuing these lands,” Bagotcommunity The land in question is Council, some by way of from any agent or anyone Mohamed’sSonsandDaughterhad informedthemediaoperatives.a 143 acres plot located at Section transport, that they have lands at whatsoever who are claiming to sent the Council a fixed date Bagot said that with the new‘G’, Beterverwagting (BV), East Section ‘G’, Cumberbatch said have some vested interest in the application last Friday, where they development, he is making it clearCoastDemerara.

that the NDC made further checks lands located in Section ‘G’ are indicating that they want to go to the people of BV and Triumph

Itwasrevealedthatthelandwas attheregistry Beterverwagting. through with the sale of the land that, “the land issue with Johnbeingsoldforsome$34millionbut “And this time, we sent one of To our surprise here at the BV locatedinSection‘G’. Fernandes has not been airedaccording to the agreement, the our staff to verify the information NDC, we receive a court document

“What is imperative to note is out…the BV/Triumph NDC wouldcompany had to pay $20 million to and after verifying the information from Mohamed’s Sons and that in the Deed ofAssignment that not be bullied to commit any act ofthe NDC on signing the agreement that we cannot go on with the sale, DaughtersTrading,”heexplained. was granted to Mohamed’s Sons illegality.”and the remainder was to be paid we did ensure that we pass the According to the Chairman, the and Daughter by John Fernandes, The Chairman noted too thatwhen the transport was processed. necessary information to John document the NDC received is the consideration for the portion of should this matter reach the courts,However, the agreement for the Fernandesastothereasonswhywe where a Deed of Assignment was land is zero, so there is no theNDCwilldefendittotheend.saleofthelandwaswithdrawnafter would not have the ability to granted to Mohamed’s Sons and

$24M spent to upgrade Mibikuri Magistrate’s Court

The upgraded Mibikuri Magistrate Court

h e M i b i k u r i units and an automatic Magistrate’s recording system was Court at Black procured for the court room.

Emergency Fund (UNICEF)

T Bush Polder, Repairswerealsodonetothe Corentyne, Berbice, Region court’s roof that was Six was on Thursday re- reportedly infested with bats commissioned by Attorney and the building received a General (AG) and Minister fresh paint job. The of Legal Affairs, Anil government also partnered Nandlall, SC, after it with the United Nations received some $24M in International Children’s upgrades.

Themonieswerespentto toaddanewhearingroomat Court, equipped with an AC computersystem.

opportunitytoannouncethat because access to justice is install air condition (AC) the Mibikuri Magistrate’s unit, a sofa set and a At the re-commissioning new court houses are being important as access to any ceremony, Nandlall noted constructed at Mabaruma, important service. The AG that the government’s Region One; Vigilance, also related that there are p

long term and short term judiciary is to ensure that the Mahaicony on the East projects that are currently administration of justice is Coast Demerara (ECD); La “unravelling” for Berbice maintainedinthecountry Parfaite Harmonie on the and it will ultimately create Nandlall mentioned too West Bank of Demerara major opportunities for the that he is quite impressed (WBD) and also at Timerhi people.

and Friendship on the East Also attending the recourthouses being built BankofDemerara(EBD). commissioning ceremony across the country and said Nandlall added that was Chief Justice (ag) that Black Bush Polder will government has its eyes on Roxane George Wilshire, continue to be a focal point building a modern complex Chief Magistrate Ann foradvancement. to be the headquarters of the McLennan, Chancellor of

H

judiciary the Judiciary (ag), Justice community, “you are as The headquarters, he Yo

important as any other detailed,will house all of the Edwards, Senior Magistrate communityacrossthelength High Courts, the Court of Alex Moore, Magistrate a

AppealandtheLandCourt. Rabindranauth Singh, country...” He pointed out that such Magistrate Renita Singh, The AG also took the investments are being made amongotherofficials.

Beterverwagting/Triumph Neighbourhood Democratic Council Chairman, Jimmaul Bagot

An automatic recording system that is now installed in the courtroom

Rebel Junior Tennis C/Ships Semi-finals set for today

The semi-finals of the Rebel Junior Tennis Championships Girls U-14 are set for today at the GBTI Court in Diamond on the East Bank of Demerara in what is anticipated to be riveting action among the four Girls.

Paula Kalekyezi, who topped the round robin competition, will battle Kayesha Harding for a spot in the Girls 14s final, while Renola Jordan will meet Malia Maikoo in the quest to be the other finalist.

The semi-finals were contested yesterday, while the finals will be held today and tomorrow when the curtains come down on the tournament.

In other results in the latest action in round robin segment, Shaqiel Murray defeated Denzel Luthers 6/2,6/3 in the Boys U-18s while in the Girls 14s Round Robin Renola Jordan defeated Niomi Erskine 4/1,4/0. (Sean Devers)

Saturday October 01, 2022

ARIES (Mar. 21–Apr. 19)

A powerful bond between you and a romantic partner could have you walking around with your head in the clouds, Aries. Things between you seem to be improving by leaps and bounds.

TAURUS(Apr.20–May20)

Taurus, love of all kinds - the love of friends, the affection of family members, romantic love - flourishes in the home today as you hear from a great deal of people, perhaps unexpectedly.

GEMINI (May 21–June 20)

A small gathering of friends, relatives, and neighbors could take place in your neighborhood today, if possible, Gemini. You might run into a few old friends you haven't seen in a long time.

CANCER (June 21–July 22)

If you've asked your employer for a raise recently, Cancer, the astral energy indicates that you can expect to receive one soon. Your employer is greatly impressed with your efforts,.

LEO (July 23–Aug. 22)

A rising tide lifts all boats. When someone close experiences a windfall or especially good luck, Leo, the ripple effect reaches you. Change is in the air

VIRGO (Aug. 23–Se pt. 22)

Happiness reigns in the home right now, Virgo. Money comes pouring in from bonuses, salary from extra hours, or gifts. You may be considering spending some of this money.

UDFA Senior League double header on this afternoon

- GFF/ NAMILCO U-17 kicks off at MSC ground, Linden

LIBRA (Sept. 23–Oct. 22)

Are you single, Libra? If so, today you might fall in love at first sight. You may have been frustrated lately by the lack of available, interesting people, but today you could meet someone who seems too perfec.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23–Nov. 21)

A strong attraction to someone could take you by surprise today, Scorpio. This person could be involved in the arts in some way, perhaps film, television, or recording.

SAGIT(Nov.22–Dec.21)

Are you involved in a creative project that involves modern technology, Sagittarius? If so, progress could be made by leaps and bounds, starting today.

CAPRI (Dec. 22–Jan. 19)

If you own your home or have any kind of investments in real estate, Capricorn, you might hear some great news today about the value of that investment. It's likely to be increasing.

AQUARIUS(Jan.20–Feb.18)

Are you technically single but very deeply involved with someone, Aquarius? If so, don't be surprised if today you extend or receive a proposal of marriage. Recent events have brought you very close together.

PISCES (Feb. 19–Mar. 20)

Exciting news could come to you today that could bring a lot of joy into your life, Pisces. Your income may soon skyrocket, and more opportunities to advance yourself professionally .

From page 25 team are due to have a training camp and trial matches in Trinidad in October, before playing an away series against India in November as part of the preparation plans for the ICC Women’s U19 World Cup South Africa in January 2023.

PROVISIONAL WEST

INDIES WOMEN’S U19

PLAYER POOL

·Asabi Callendar

·Kenika Cassar

·Jahzara Claxton

·Naijanni Cumberbatch

·Destiny Edward

·Jannillea Glasgow

·Realeanna Grimmond

·Trishan Holder

·Zaida James

·Djenaba Joseph

·Maria La Foucade

·Namiah Marcellin

·K D Jazz Mitchell

·Ashmini Munisar

·Niveena Ramnath

·Cyanna Retemiah

·Selena Ross

·Shalini Samaroo

·Shunelle Sawh

·Lena Scott

·Abini St Jean

·Kate Wilmott

Two more matches will be played as the Upper Demerara Football Association’s (UDFA) Senior League tournament resumes after a short break, while the Guyana Football Federation / NAMILCO Flour Power Under17 tournament gets cracking with the opening game of that championship from 12.00 noon today at the tournament venue, the Mackenzie Sports Club ground. Today’s double header will be preceded by the U-17 NAMILCO sponsored game to kick start that championship with Milerock facing Capital FC. That game will be followed with the senior league battle between Eagles United the reigning

champions as they face the challenge of Kwakwani Strikers from 2.00pm.

The second game of the senior league will bring together Amelia’s Ward Panthers and Net Rockers from 4.00pm.

Tomorrow three more football games will be played at the Mackenzie Sports Club ground with the first being the under17 game between Amelia’s Ward Panthers and new comers Golden Stars from 12.00 with the second game bringing together Blueberry Hill United and Topp XX, while the other senior match is between Silver Shattas and Hi Stars from 4.00pm.

Renola Jordan (left) and Paul Kalekyezi

West Indies Rising...

Chess Federation to form panel to look into cheating allegations

(Reuters) The International Chess Federation (FIDE) said it will convene a three person panel to look into world champion Magnus Carlsen’s allegations that AmericanplayerHansNiemannhadcheated.

Carlsen, 31, withdrew from the Sinquefield Cup in St Louis, Missouri earlier this month after losing to the 19 year old, who lags him by almost 200 Elo points the rating systemusedtocalculate therelativeskilllevelofplayers.

The surprise defeat and Carlsen’s withdrawal from the over the board tournamentsparkedafuroreofcomments and allegations that Niemann had cheated,includingfromU S grandmaster Hikaru Nakamura. The Norwegian then resigned at the Julius Baer Generation Cup after just one move against Niemann in an

onlinegame

Niemann has previously been banned from chess com for cheating online after admitting he had not played fairly in non competitive games on the website inhisyouth

However, he has denied any wrongdoinginover the boardgames

Carlsen on Monday said that he believed Niemann had “cheated more and more recently than he has publicly admitted” twofold: checking the world champion’s claims of alleged cheating by Niemann and Niemann’s self-statement regarding online cheating

“The panel will ensure a fair ruling, protectingtherightsofbothpartiesduringthe investigation.”

King’sregalunbeaten83givesTallawahs...

Frombackpage whatwasfeltbymanytobe underPartotal.

The Tallawahs, in the third final, started badly when Kenner Lewis was bowledbyMayersforaduck at 1-1 but Brooks and King joined forces and played an array of audacious shots to bring up the 50 in 7.2 overs

and the 50 partnership was posted from 40 balls with Brooks on 29 and King on 17.

With the score on 87 in the 11th over, Brooks, who madeanunbeaten109inthe last match against the Warriors, was removed by Holder Rovman Powell joined

the elegant King, who also got a century against the Warriorsandthe50-runthird wicket stand was posted in 30 balls as King flayed the bowlingtoreachhis50from 39ballswithninefours.

King closed off the matchwithasixoffSkipper Mayers and the celebrations began.

GuyOil/TradewindTankers

footballLeague…

CWSS lead ahead of today’s third round

Christianburg/Wismar Secondary School (CWSS) FootballTeam have already begun to separate themselves from the competition as the only teamwithtwowinsaheadof the third round of the GuyOil/Tradewind Tankers Under-18footballLeague.

The Petra organised event which continues at the Ministry of Education Ground, today, October 1, willseeanotherfourmatches being contested, with the firstfromnoon.

President’s College and Friendship are billed to contest the first match thatkicksoffat12:00hrs

The President’s College teamentersthecontestwith the upper hand after securing a win and a draw

from two matches while the intended opposition has suffered consecutive defeats.

Inthematchthatfollows, tournament leader CWSS spring into action against NorthRuimveldtfrom13:30 hrs.TheLindenunitentersas thefavouriteswithsixpoints from two wins while North Ruimveldt are one 1 point fromawinandadraw

The third encounter of the day will see West Ruimveldt go head to head with Golden Grove from 15:00 hrs Golden Grove tastedvictoryintheopening round but battled to a stalemate in the second round while West Ruimveldt are yet to taste victory WestRuimveldt’sefforts

havegottenthemadrawand aloss.

Theday’sfinalmatchhas a scheduled kick off time of 16:30 hrs and pits Dolphin

Secondary against C u m m i n g s L o d g e Cummings Lodge are currently in the tournament front runners bracket with a win and a loss under their belt, while Dolphin suffered alossandbattledtoadrawin thesecondround.

CWSS are on top the pointstablewithsixpoints, while Cummings Lodge, President’s College and Golden Grove are all on fourpoints.

North Ruimveldt,West RuimveldtandDolphinare all on one point while Friendshipareyettogeton theboard

Guyanese Rutherford happy to finish season on a high

ByZaheerMohamed Guyanese left hander

Sherfane Rutherford was named player of the match after sc

ng 78 fo

defending champion St Kitts and Nevis Patriots against Trinbago Knight Riders in a CPLT20

preliminary round match at the Guyana National

Green Machine in preparation mode for RAN 7s

ByRawleToney

Stadi

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dence, Rutherfordstatedthathewas happytofinishtheseasonon a high and noted his team always back themselves to playgreatcricket.

The Guyanese left handed batsman pummeled five sixes and six fours during his entertaining 50ballinnings,helpingPatriots reached a winning target of 163 6 from the 20 overs while Riders replied with 156-7.

“I think Patriots always back themselves to play greatcricket;weplayedasa teamanditwaswonderfulto be in the Patriots setup,” the attackingleft-handerstated.

Before this game, Rutherford was somewhat inconsistent, but was elated to bounce back against one ofthetopteams.

“It was memorable because my family was here

and it feels good to end the season on a high as well,” Rutherfordrelated.

Patriots were left in number five position with eight points which weren’t enough to take them to the playoff segment, but Rutherford expressed satisfactionwithhisgame.

“I am happy I made a contribution and Patriots ended off with a win, but it was tough a competition from the start,” Rutherford commented.

He also shared his thought on batting at Providence, in familiar

conditions.

“Itisatoughtracktobat onbutIthinkitsinksintomy head,Icameouttodayunder pressure, but I want to give mebest,”Rutherfordsaid.

Apart from Rutherford, off-spinner Kevin Sinclair was the other Guyanese on thePatriotslist.

The talented Guyanese all rounderthankedhisfans for supporting him, especially in the tough times He says that he appreciates the messages they sent him and that he loves them and will see themaround

The Green Machine, the country’s National Rugby team, are in full preparation mode for the Rugby Americas North (RAN) Sevens tournament, set for November 11 13 in Mexico The three day tournament, according to RAN,willactasaqualifying tournament for the Centro Caribe Games in 2023 and the 2023 Pan American Games.

While it has yet to be confirmed how many teams from RAN will qualify to compete in the Centro Caribe Sevens, the top two Senior Men’s and Women’s teams from the Competition willcompeteinthe2023Pan American Sevens in Chile, along with the USA and Canada who have already pre-qualified.

Guyana Rugby Football Union (GRFU) president, Ryan Dey, highlighted that the team trains weekdays under the watchful eyes of National Coach, Theodore HenryattheNationalPark.

“We’re basically using threecoachesbasically,with Theo as the Head Coach. He’s being assisted by Laurence Adonis,” Dey explained.

Asked about the team’s

preparation and chances, Dey added, “It’s still a work inprogress.

We’re working hard and the GRFU is doing everything we possibly can to ensure that the guys are properlyprepared.Wehavea young bunch of guys and some guys who have been there before, so it’s just putting the right pieces togetherandIknowtheywill givetheirbest.”

Guyanaoncestoodatthe helm of RAN Rugby for many years, particularly in theCaribbeanregion.

The Green Machine, in 2010, won Guyana’s first and(sofar)onlyGoldmedal inateameventattheCentral American and Caribbean (CAC)Games.

However, since losing thetitletoJamaicain2017in thefinals,andagainlosingto the ‘Reggae Ruggerz’in the 2018 Finals, the Green Machine fell further down theladder

Deysaidit’shishopethat this team better their showingatthetournamentin April, where they finished ninthoverall.

Osei McKenzie in action for Guyana during the RAN Sevens.

Sherfane Rutherford (L) rehydrates during the Patriots and TKR game at Providence. (Zaheer Mohamed photo)

Chess Federation to form panel to look into cheating allegations

Kaieteur NewsPAGE 24 Saturday October 01, 2022 PEDALS ON TODAY

(Reuters) The International Chess

Federation (FIDE) said it will convene a three-person panel to look into world championMagnusCarlsen’s allegations that American player Hans Niemann had cheated.

Carlsen, 31, withdrew from the Sinquefield Cup in St Louis, Missouri earlier thismonthafterlosingtothe 19-year-old,wholagshimby almost 200 Elo points - the rating system used to calculate the relative skill levelofplayers.

The surprise defeat and Carlsen’s withdrawal from the over the board tournament sparked a furore ofcommentsandallegations that Niemann had cheated, including from U S grandmaster Hikaru Nakamura.

The Norwegian then resigned at the Julius Baer Generation Cup after just one move against Niemann inanonlinegame.

Niemann has previously beenbannedfromchess.com for cheating online after admitting he had not played fairly in non competitive games on the website in his youth.

However, he has denied

Magnus Carlsen of Norway looks on during a game at the 2018 World Rapid and Blitz Chess Championships.

(REUTERS/Anton Vaganov/File Photo)

anywrongdoinginover-theboardgames.

Carlsen on Monday said that he believed Niemann had “cheated more - and more recently - than he has publiclyadmitted”.

FIDE said in a statement on Thursday: “The focus of the investigation would be twofold: checking the world champion’s claims of alleged cheating by Niemann and Niemann’s self statement regarding onlinecheating

“The panel will ensure a fair ruling, protecting the rights of both parties during theinvestigation.

Fireworks/Golden Mile

- Cyclists to battle before athletes

Guyana’s top cyclists and distance athleteswillassemblelatertodayforthe Kaieteur Attack Racing and Team United organised, Fireworks/Golden MileAthleticsRaceMeet.

TheIrvingStreet VlissengenRoad circuithasbeenidentifiedasthevenue fortheeventswiththestartpointbeing infrontoftheGuyanaDefenceForce’s (GDF)CampAyangannabase

The cyclists will take the course first from 16:00 hrs as juniors, veterans and female divisions battle for a total of 45 minutes while the senior males are billed to compete for onehourand15minutes

The top three cyclists in the senior maledivisionwillcartoffwith$50,000, $35,000 and $20,000, in that order, while fourth to sixth place pockets

$10,000each.

Someofthebignamesexpectedto turnoutincludeJamaulJohn,Brighton John, Kemuel Moses, Dimitri Jean Pierre, Deeraj Garbarran, Curtis Dey, Andre Green, Paul DeNobrega, Romello Crawford and Christopher Griffith

After that, athletics takes centre stagefromascheduled18:00hrsasthe senior males and females along with the junior male and females and the veterans, compete in the much anticipatedGoldenMileathleticsrace.

Among the senior males to compete for the first place prize of $20,000 are Winston Messenger, Devaughn Barrington, Odwin Tudor, ClevelandThomas,MarionNickerson, Jonathan Fagundes and Kennard

Romello Crawford

Second to fourth place will have to settle for $17,000, $15,000 and $10,000,respectively

Theseniorfemalesarecompeting for $15,000, $13,000, $10,000 and $8,000 while the junior males purse composition is $15,000, $10,000 and $8,000forthetopthreefinishers.

Thejuniorfemalesandveteranswill be competing for the exact prizes, whichare$13,000,$10,000and$8,000, forthepodiumfinishers.

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Winston Missinger

West Indies Rising Stars Women’s U-19 Tournament develops pool of future cricketers

Twenty-two (22) of the best U-19 women’s players from across the West Indies have been shortlisted.

ST JOHN’S, AntiguaTwenty-two (22) of the best Under-19 women’s players from across the West Indies have been shortlisted as a provisionalpoolfromwhich theWestIndiessquadforthe ICC Women’s U19 Cricket World Cup, South Africa 2023willbeselected.

All six Regional Under 19 teams returned to competition in the West IndiesRisingStarsWomen’s U19 Championship held in Trinidad in July, following two years without any regional age-group cricket due to the coronavirus pandemic Following the tournament, fifteen (15) of the twenty-two (22) players identified, played a historic five match U19 T20 International (T20I) series against the USA at the Broward County Stadium in Lauderhill, Florida in August.

TheCWISelectionPanel hadtheopportunitytoseethe teamatplayforthefirsttime anddespitethe4-1losstothe USA, werepleasedwiththe opportunity for West Indies Women’s Under 19 players to get international match experienceandforthePanel to better understand the talent within the group.This teamishistorical,asitisthe firsteverWestIndiesUnder 19 Women’s team. CWI’s Lead Selector for Women’s cricket, Ann Browne-John said: “The Rising Stars Under 19 tournament saw a welcome return to

competition for young women in the region Following the tournament, these twenty two (22) playershavebeenshortlisted topreparefortheWorldCup inJanuaryinSouthAfrica,as well as some additional preparationmatches.

Afterthelongpandemic disruption, it was refreshing for the selectors to see some newtalentwhichaugerswell forfuturedevelopment.

This pool, apart from WorldCupparticipation,can

alsoserveasafeederforthe senior team. It contains a great mix of players both right and left-handed and a variety of up and coming bowlers.”

The Rising Stars agegroup tournaments within CWI’s Future Stars programme play a crucial role in the growth and development of the next generation of cricketers in the region These tournaments are a key componentinthesystemfor identifying the West Indies U19 Men’s and Women’s teams.Thisprovidesthebest opportunity for our most talentedplayerstothriveand developfurtherwiththegoal ofultimatelyfeedingintothe West Indies Senior Men’s andWomen’steams.

One of the players shortlisted is opening righthanded batter and captain of Trinidad and Tobago women’s U19 team, Shalini Samaroo. Samaroo was part of the squad to play in the five-match T20I Series in Florida and she emerged as the Player of the Series.

Speaking to CWI Media, Samaroo said, “It was a dream come through to be selected to play for theWest Indies,becauseitwasoneof mygoalsasacricketertobe able to wear the Maroon colours.”

Samarooadded,“Itwasa learning experience for me, new coaches, new teammates, understanding different personalities and abilities. I am happy that we gottoplayintheRisingStars tournament again after the delayduetoCOVID-19.We have all been working hard onourgameswaitingforthis tournament to put our skills on show to the selectors and coachesandIamhappythatI wasoneofthetwenty-twoto beselectedasthebestUnder 19 women cricketers in the region.”

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Hero CPL T20 Final

King’s regal unbeaten 83 gives Tallawahs CPL Crown

BySeanDevers

A magnificent unbeaten 83 decorated with 15 fours and two sixes from Hero of the Match Brandon King and an attractive 47 with six fours and two sixes from Shamarh Brooks along with threewickethaulsfromFabionAllenand Nicholson Gordon powered Jamaica Tallawahs to an emphatic eight-wicket win over Barbados Royals at Providence last night to lifttheirthirdHeroCPLtittle.

King finished with 422 runs (theonlybatterwith400runsinthe tournament) and was one of three batterstoscoreacentury;allmade

againsttheWarriors.

Themajorityofacrowdofover 10,000 fans which included PresidentDrIrfaanAliandMachel Manteno were supporting Jamaica andlustilywavedJamaicanflagsas they danced to pulsating music in thebiggestpartyinSports.

Barbados Royals, arguable the strongest team in the tournament were restricted 167-7 as 24-year old Azam Khan struck four fours and three sixes in a 40-ball 51 to reach his ninth 50 and third at Providence.

But only Rakeem Cornwall, with 36 from 21 balls with two fours and fours sixes and Kyle

Mayers who hit six fours in a 19ball28reached20.

The pair had galloped to a 63 run opening stand in just 36 balls before left arm spinner Fabian Allen(3-24)andNicholsonGordon (3-33) restricted the Royals to just 61inthelast7.3overs.

Kingledthechaseandsharedin fifty stands with Brooks and RomanPowelltoleadtheirteamto 162-2with23ballstospare.

BarbadosRoyals,whowonthe lastoftheirtwotitlesin2016,won the toss and batted on a good pitch and lightning fast outfield, burly Antiguan Cornwall and Mayers provided Barbados with a royal start as the as Cornwall was the butcherandMayersthesurgeon.

The pugnacious Cornwall clobberedfourmassivesixeswhile the left hander Mayers stroked SouthAfricanMigaelPretoriusfor

an imperious drive to the extra cover boundary…it was arguable theshotofnight…especiallyinthe T20format.

The 50 was brought up in 26 balls with Cornwall, who smashed Imad Wasim over the Red Stand, doing the bulk of the scoring with 36 while Mayers was content to playthesupportingroleon18.

But with the score on 63 Cornwall was removed by Allen and at the end of the first six-over power-play, the Royals were 63-1 aseightfourandfoursixeswerehit.

Mayers was soon bowled as Allenwhostruckintheeighthover at69-2afterwhichKhanandJason Holderjoinedforces.After10overs thescorewas82-2.

The100waspostedwhenKhan deposited Ramon Reifer for a massivesixinthe13thover

Holder (17) struck a couple of

boundariesbeforehefelltoWasim at117-3togivehimhis17thwicket (Mostinthetournament).

Khan, the son of former Pakistan Keeper Moin Khan, kept goingbigbutNajibullahZadran(6) didnotlastlong,fallingtoGordon at140-4.

The150cameupoff19.1overs when Devon Thomas pulled Gordon for six before Khan pulled Allen for four to reach his 50 from 39 balls, but walked past one that turned away from him next ball, and was stumped at 146-5 in the 19thover.

Gordon stuck twice more; removingThomas(7)andtrapping CorbinBosch(7)lbwsixoffthelast ball of the innings.At the halfway stage, Barbados, in their fourth final, had been restricted from a rollickingstartto (Continuedonpage20)

Jamaica Tallawahs celebrate after the presentation. (Zaheer Mohamed)

FabianAllen collects his Hero man-of-the-match prize from former Jamaica PM PJ Patterson. (Zaheer Mohamed photo)

Azam Khan made 51 for Barbados Royals. (Zaheer Mohamed photo)