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EDITORIAL
The Govt. at 21
Until the law was changed in 1972 Guyanese could not consider themselves adults until they had attained the age of 21.That was the age when an individual was deemed to be capable of making his own decisions. He could marry without permission and for this reason, the more affluent among us would give the child the symbolic key to freedom. It was the age when young people fashioned jewellery in the form of a key, when they also looked forward to voting. In fact, voting was the real essence of being an adult and there could be no more serious thing than choosing the people who would be the national leaders and who would be responsible for the welfare of the country. That changed when the age of majority was changed to 18 and the argument was that young people were allowed to work and to open bank accounts at 18. They could become soldiers who would risk their lives for the country or policemen who are called on to protect everything within the borders of the country. The ruling People’s Progressive Party Civic has been in power now for 21 years—the old age of majority. When one looks at this achievement one must also look back at the demographics of the country. A lot has changed in the 21 years since the People’s Progressive Party Civic acceded to office but then again many things remain unchanged. The bulk of the population know no other government than the one in place because the statistics show that about 65 per cent of the population is below the age of 35 and more than fifty per cent is below the age of 21. And that explains why the population takes things like the Demerara Harbour Bridge, the Soesdyke/Linden Highway and free education for granted. These are things that have been around for more than the 21 years that the government has been in office. The young people are also taking things like the telephone, television and computers for granted. Nearly all of them were born when these things were already common features in the country. Most people in Guyana are not aware that there was a time in the not too distant past when people relied on telephone booths placed at road corners to make calls; when a call to North America took three days or when keeping abreast with what was happening abroad was an impossible task. Today there are more schools but the teachers seem to be less skilled than their predecessors. This is because migration is taking its toll on the country. A recent study showed that 85 per cent of the people who complete their tertiary education migrate, leaving Guyana poorer for its efforts. Migration began a long time ago, even before ethnic politics began to be a factor in Guyana. What else has remained the same is the confrontational nature of the politicians. Governments developed the attitude that they were not responsible to anyone. The president is still the maximum leader and parliament is still the most confrontational place there is. Simple debates have become causes for hostility and developmental efforts are state secrets until the government opts to make an announcement. The result is that most Guyanese do not know what local government elections are because none has been held in their lifetime. The new government came on the scene with the slogan ‘a return to democracy’. Because of the attitude of a government not listening to people the previous government under Forbes Burnham was deemed by the opposition to be a dictatorship. There was ethnic insecurity in the wake of allegations that each government tended to favour those of its own kind. These allegations remain as do the criticisms of Forbes Burnham who died nearly thirty years ago and who most of the country never had a chance to meet. At 21 an individual is expected to change some aspects of his life; he is expected to demonstrate responsibility; he is expected to be mature and so put aside childish things. Can we expect to see changes in the government at 21?
Saturday October 05, 2013
Letters... Where your views make the news
October 5 - A defining moment in the political life of Guyana DEAR EDITOR, October 5 can be justifiably regarded as a defining moment in the political life of Guyana. For one thing, it marked a break from nearly three decades of authoritarian rule by a regime that was foisted initially on the backs of the Guyanese people by western imperialist powers which eventually morphed into one of the worst forms of quasimilitary and dictatorial rule in the English-speaking Caribbean. This month, the month of October, marked twenty-one years since the end of authoritarian rule in Guyana following the election to office of the PPP/C administration after some twenty-eight years of minority rule. It is a well established fact that all elections, national and regional, were blatantly and massively rigged by the PNC regime in order to perpetuate its life in government. I propose in this article to focus on the factors that led to the return of democracy to Guyana and the impact of such renewal on the socioeconomic and political life of the country. It would be useful to make mention of the fact that the democratic reforms which took place during the elections of October 5, 1992 did not come about as a result of the altruistic intentions of the then PNC regime, but due to intense pressures both from the democratic forces within the country led by the PPP and from the international donor community led by the Carter Centre. The cumulative effects of these two forces forced the PNC to grudgingly cave in to demands for democratic elections which resulted in
the end of dictatorial rule and the dawn of a new day in the body-politic of the country. The PPP became the main victim of the democratic rupture which took place in the elections of 1968, a mere one year after the PNC kicked out its junior coalition partner, the United Force, but only after it had taken total control of the electoral machinery of the state, including that of the Elections Commission. It is pertinent to note also that in the elections of 1964, the PPP was engineered out of office by Anglo-American vested interests. Actually, the United States administration applied pressure on Britain not to grant political independence to the colony of British Guiana under the leftist PPP government. Buckling under pressure, the British government introduced a new electoral system of Proportional Representation which replaced the First-past-the Post or Constituency model which saw the PPP winning a majority of the seats in the Legislative Assembly in the 1961 general elections even though it failed to win a majority of the popular votes. The plan hatched by Anglo-American vested interests in collaboration with local reactionary elements worked out well, thanks to a combination of racial tension and other acts of political destabilization fomented by opposition elements with support from the CIA and other reactionary overseas bodies. Space will not permit a detailed exposition of the intrigues and political machinations that led to the removal of the PPP from the seat of government in 1964. Suffice it to say that the
Pioneering the Past DEAR EDITOR, In 1958 I bought my first Frigidaire for my mother from Bookers Stores, the price payable on an instalment basis, even though I was relatively flush with funds – one set from paid terminal leave of six months prior to leaving the Civil Service as a Clerk II, to join the Booker Group of Companies as a Cadet. Since the leave approval also included permission to work during the period, I found myself also earning salary simultaneously in my
new position. Then again some years after Bookers Garage facilitated by selling me a Wolseley car (comparable then to today’s Toyota Crown) that had to be retrieved from a deceased owner. Once more I paid for it on an instalment plan. Now six decades after we are learning that this type of transaction was pioneered in this country in this century? I n c i d e n t a l l y, t h e Frigidaire lasted into the 1990s. E.B. John
country suffered immensely from the democratic ruptures that followed from the institutionalization of oneparty rule and the suppression of fundamental human rights which included the right to elect a government of one’s choice. It is indeed a sad narrative of failed governance that spawned the entire period of PNC misrule which led not only to the impoverishment of the Guyanese people, but at a more fundamental level, to the degeneration of the nation-state to a point where the country was reduced to almost the poorest country in the western hemisphere, slightly ahead of Haiti in terms of per capita income. Guyana became a laughing stock among CARICOM nations and at one time was deemed ‘uncreditworthy” by the International Monetary Fund (IMF) It was against the above background that the struggle for free and fair elections has to be situated. The country had reached a point where
the regime had become a national liability and a brake on the country’s development. The PPP and other democratic forces formed a broad alliance, the Patriotic Coalition for Democracy (PCD) which comprised a number of political parties, civil society organizations and prominent individuals which, along with the Carter Centre and other international donor agencies, turned on the political heat on the PNC regime which forced Hoyte, then President, to agree on democratic reforms. (Hoyte replaced Forbes Burnham as Executive President following his demise in August 1985). National and regional elections which were constitutionally due in 1990 were postponed by two years to allow for a new Voters List and other democratic changes to the elections process. The most significant of these changes were a new Elections (Continued on page 5)
I hope all police officers read this DEAR EDITOR, Permit me a few lines on the recent cabinet approval to establish a SWAT team. I hate to state the obvious but believe I must do so to the Government and your reading public; “A SWAT Team will NOT prevent or reduce crime.” Nowhere in the world has a reduction in crime been positively correlated to the performance or inclusion of a SWAT team as a crimefighting mechanism. This shows again that our Government is either not interested or inadequately informed on crime-fighting. In fact, the Government asked the Inter-American Development Bank for weapons during negotiations on the Citizen Security Programme, which would have constituted the bulk of the loan from the Bank. This is another indication of the thinking of the Government in relation to crime reduction and prevention. These measures are reactive rather than proactive and with the continued interference in the daily operations and strategic decisions of the Guyana Police Force, may result in more “accidents”
and extra-judicial killings. Interference with the Guyana Police Force is a deliberate attempt to weaken the force by bringing disharmony and divisions among ranks, so the force is not only ill-equipped to address crime and violence, it also weakens the ability of the force to stand as a collective voice and body in the interest of officers and our country. Proven methods for reducing and preventing crime include: (1) more intelligent policing; (2) adequate organizational structure and remuneration of the police; (3) no political interference and (4) enhanced relations built on trust, respect and understanding between the police and public. Once again I repeat, a SWAT team is just another stunt at best or lack of knowledge at worst on behalf of the Government. We have to look at the whole picture, identify root causes and also ask ourselves why is the police profession not respected and has become synonymous with corruption. In whose interest does this serve? Mike Archer
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Heavy traffic in New Amsterdam DEAR EDITOR, The town of New Amsterdam is growing rapidly and as such traffic has been a major issue. Many persons are now buying vehicles and the roads are becoming too congested for pedestrians. In the morning hours between 7 and 10, the traffic would normally build up causing traffic jams and several accidents. School children and workers would use the road, too, and sometimes it takes hours to get to where you are heading. The same thing occurs from around 2 pm to 4 pm from Monday to Saturday every week. There are hardly traffic cops on the roads to control pedestrian crossing or stopping of vehicles. Sometimes when you want to cross
the road you either wait for a lengthy period or run across the road. As such I am fearful for my life when using the main road. Much more needs to be done to protect our fellow citizens, especially those who use the road daily. More traffic signs should be erected and pedestrian signs should be painted regularly so that persons can identify the crossings. There should also be lights at these three main access junctions mentioned - Princess Elizabeth Road, Pitt Street and Philadelphia Street. Let’s help protect the safety of our people in New Amsterdam where heavy traffic is concerned. Garfield Pollydore
Nava-raatri is a call for spiritual awakening DEAR EDITOR, Hindus are currently observing one of our very and perhaps most sacred and auspicious festivals—Navaraatri. In its literal sense, it is nine nights of worship, prayer, introspection and scriptural recommitment. Religious observances, traditional worship have, at times, more than one significance. Apart from them being the adoration of the Divine, they are commemorative of thrilling bygone events, allegoric when interpreted from the occult standpoint, and are significant pointers guiding man on the path of God-Realization. Nava-raatri is one such event. Outwardly, the nine days of worship are featured with wide performances of ritualistic worship. It is dedicated to worship of God as Mother—the feminine aspect in three prominent names, viz, Durgaa, Lakshmee and Saraswatee. However, underlying all outward engagements during this occasion, there must be a more sublime and profound inward transformation of life, that every spiritual aspirant seeks to undergo. This deeper purpose of Nava-raatri is captured in its division of three sets of three nights each, to which the spiritual aspirant in his life of spiritual pursuits adore the different aspects of the Supreme Goddess. This has got a very sublime, yet thoroughly practical, truth to reveal. In its cosmic aspect, it epitomizes the stages of the evolution of man into God, from manhood to Godhood. In its individual import, it shows the course that his spiritual pursuits should take. The central purpose of existence is to recognize your eternal identity with the Supreme Spirit. It is to grow into the image of the Divine. The Supreme One embodies the highest perfection. It is
spotless purity, “Niranjana”. To recognize your identity with That, to attain union with That, is verily to grow into the very likeness of the Divine. The spiritual seeker has, therefore, as the initial step, to get rid of the countless impurities and the un-divine elements that have come to cling to him in his embodied state. This transformation is to be had during the first three nights (first segment of Nava-raatri), where the Supreme is worshipped as Mother Durgaa. Then he has to acquire lofty virtues and auspicious divine qualities. This happens in the second three nights of the season, wherein the Goddess as Lakshmee is adored. Thus purified and rendered full of purity and goodness, Knowledge flashes upon him like the brilliant rays of the sun upon the crystal waters of a perfectly calm lake. This is to be had in the final section of Nava-raatri in which Saraswatee is worshipped. This arrangement has also a special significance in the aspirant’s spiritual evolution. It marks the stages of evolution which are indispensable for every seeker of spirituality, through which everyone should pass. One naturally leads to the other, and to short-circuit this would inevitably result in a miserable failure. Nowadays, many ignorant spiritual seekers aim straight at the appropriation of Knowledge without the preliminaries of purification and acquisition of divine qualities, and complain that they are not progressing in the path. How can they? Knowledge will not descend till the impurities are washed out and purity is developed. The pure and good plant can grow on no impure soil. Therefore, Nava-raatri if observed as pointed out above brings man to realize his higher self and to feel the
Supreme Spirit within— all of which helps in the journey of realizing the Ultimate Goal— to merge with the Supreme. There are two birds on the same tree. One is perched at the top and the other below. The bird which is sitting on the top is perfectly serene, silent and majestic at all times. It is ever blissful. The other bird, which is perching on the lower branches, eats the sweet and bitter fruits by turns. It dances in joy sometimes. It is miserable at other times. It rejoices now and weeps after some time. Sometimes it tastes an extremely bitter fruit and gets disgusted. It looks up and beholds the other wonderful bird with golden plumage which is ever blissful. It also wishes to become like the bird with golden plumage, but soon forgets everything. Again it begins to eat the sweet and bitter fruits. It eats another fruit that is exceedingly bitter and feels very miserable. It again tries to become like the upper bird. Gradually, it abandons eating the fruits, and becomes serene and blissful like the upper bird. The upper bird is God— the Supreme Spirit within. The lower bird is the individual who reaps the fruits of his deeds, viz., pleasure and pain. He gets knocks and blows in the battle of life. He rises up and again falls down as the senses drag him down. Gradually he develops dispassion and discrimination, turns his mind towards God, practices meditation, attains Selfrealisation and enjoys the eternal bliss of God, which is the end goal of life. Navaraatri must foster and help in meeting this end. In essence, Nava-raatri is a call for spiritual awakening. Pandit Charranlall Nandalall Secretary of Sanatan Vaidic Dharma Pandits’ Sabha, Region 3
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$130,000 contract killing…
Ex-lover detained, denies plotting to kill rival - victim was warned of previous attempt on her life An ex-wife has denied promising two people $130,000 to kill her former husband’s 32-year-old companion, but Linda Phillips, the victim, says that she was warned a year ago about a similar plot to take her life. The alleged mastermind, who is from Princes Street, Wortmanville, turned herself into police on Thursday in the company of her attorney, Sanjeev Datadin. Kaieteur News understands that the woman gave police a typed statement in which she denied that she had plotted to kill Phillips, who survived a brutal attack in her home last Thursday. However, the suspect declined to speak to the investigators. The woman’s attorney, Sanjeev Datadin, told Kaieteur News that his client “absolutely denies” any involvement in the attack on Phillips. “We deny absolutely any involvement in the stabbing of that woman. We have no involvement, no participation, and we are doing everything to assist the police in their
investigation,” the attorney said. Datadin said that his client turned herself in after receiving information that the police were looking for her. The attorney confirmed that the suspect knows the UG graduate who has implicated his client. “She knows her (the UG graduate), but denies being involved in any way or form.” But police said that during a confrontation with the woman and a female UG graduate who was detained on Thursday, the former student identified the ex-wife as the individual who had hired her to kill Phillips. The student was nabbed by residents shortly after she and a youth known as ‘Shawn Boy’ had stabbed Phillips in her Industry, East Coast Demerara home. Linda Phillips was attacked in her home around 11:00 hrs on Thursday, allegedly after the UG graduate and a male companion visited her under the pretext that they were medical personnel checking on residents. She was stabbed twice in
Victim: Linda Phillips the back; her screams alerted residents who captured the female attacker and handed her over to the police. The male accomplice remains at large. WARNED OF PLOT TO KILL HER Phillips, who is still hospitalized, told Kaieteur News, yesterday, that she believes that the hit was planned about a year ago. It is around that time that a man arrived at her home with the news that someone was hired to kill her. “A day a man turned up at the gate with a black car and he ask me if a Negro man does live here, so I told him yes. Then he asked me if the
Reputed husband, Gary Carrington man been with a red woman before me so I told him I don’t know,” Phillips said. Phillips added that the mysterious man told her that a friend of his was offered $150,000 to murder. The plot was reportedly hatched while Phillips was still pregnant, and the killer was reportedly instructed to get rid of his victim before she delivered. However, by the time she received the warning, Phillips had already given birth to a son. “He said ‘Girl I got a mother and a sister and I won’t like anybody fuh do dem nothing so I just decide fuh come and shine you on what going on’,” Phillips said. The woman said she
Anti-Money Laundering Bill
Guyana’s compliance dependent on passage of legislation Ninety percent of Guyana’s compliance with the Caribbean Financial Action Task Force (CFATF) to fight money laundering and the financing of terrorism is
dependent on the passage of the Anti-Money Laundering and Combating the Financing of Terrorism (Amendment) Bill that is before a Parliamentary Special Select Committee.
This is according to Paul Geer, Director of the local Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU), situated in the compound of Ministry of Finance. Even if the Bill is passed in the National Assembly before November, when measures taken by Guyana to comply with CFATF’s recommendations will be reviewed, Guyana can be referred to CFATF as a country that has not taken sufficient steps to address its deficiencies. It has missed the August 26 deadline set by Caribbean Financial Action Task Force (CFATF). That date was given so that all documents could have been reviewed and assessed for relevance and appropriateness by the CFATF. These findings will then be translated into Spanish and issued to the 28 other countries so that at the November 2013 plenary in the Bahamas, the plenary will decide on Guyana’s efforts to address these deficiencies. Pointing out that the FIU is an Administrative Model
FIU as defined by CFATF, it is an autonomous body as defined in the AMLCFT Act of 2009. He provided a brief history of the FIU and the draft Bill that is before the parliamentary Special Select Committee. Geer emphasized that the FIU operates in accordance with international fixed procedures set out by FATF recommendations. The body gathers intelligence from various reporting entities such as commercial banks, cambios, money transfer agencies and other authorities and entities. The intelligence information is available to law enforcement that are tasked with investigations and converting this intelligence into evidence which can then be used for prosecution. This information must be associated with a serious or predicate crime to constitute money laundering. He said that when CFATF, in the person of sister countries, visited Guyana in (Continued on page 9)
The female assailant became more afraid after the man told her that the mastermind knew the couples every move, including their regular trips to a city bakery. “I believed everything he said because it was exactly what we did every day,” Phillips said. The injured woman said that the man told her that he had recorded the female plotter saying how she had planned the murder. Phillips said the man promised to return the next day but he never did. Although she feared for her life Phillips said that she did not report the matter to the police. She said that about 11:00 hrs last Thursday, she was washing inside her house when she saw a woman trying to remove a chain from the back gate. “I thought it was Jehovah Witness people come, because she had on a straw hat and a bag so I say ‘Jehovah Witness now?’ And then I run and hid in the bathroom,” Phillips said. She said that the welldressed young woman then came at the kitchen window and repeatedly called for “inside”. Phillips said that the woman then went to the front door and began knocking while a male companion sat on a septic tank in the yard. The woman said that she eventually came outside but did not see the visitors. She then resumed her washing inside, but left the front door open. PRETENDED TO BE A NURSE It was then that the female visitor came to the door and identified herself as a medical staffer. “She said she lately come back from Cuba and she doing blood pressure and sugar testing,” Phillips explained. After she agreed to participate in the testing exercise, Phillips said the visitor’s male companion entered the house and sat in the kitchen, while she and the ‘nurse’ sat in the living room.
“She tell me sit in the chair and cool off because I been in the sun washing and my body temperature gon be high before she do the actual test,” Phillips said. Phillips said that the ‘nurse’ advised her to use coconut oil instead of soya oil. “She told me that I should do regular checks and go on a diet. I didn’t (suspect) anything wrong because she was very good at what she was doing.” Phillips said that ‘nurse’ then asked her companion to go to the car in which they had arrived to collect a blood pressure tester. But then the man then got up and punched Phillips in the face. He then began to stab her in the back. “I felt a numbness in my back because he stab me all over and then I fall to the ground and start holla for help. I run to the front door and she ask me where I going and push me back,” Phillips said. But after a brief struggle the victim managed to escape and run outside. She was then rescued. EX-HUSBAND SURPRISED ATATTACK The man at the middle of the saga told Kaieteur News yesterday that he never expected his former spouse to have planned the vicious attack on his wife. From his Industry, East Coast Demerara home, Gary Carrington told Kaieteur News that he started his relationship with the suspect after his previous wife died of cancer in 2008. He stated that in October 2009, the alleged female plotter moved in with him, but, in December of the same year, the relationship turned sour. They then agreed to go their separate ways. Carrington said that he met Phillips shortly after and rented an apartment for the woman and her three children. During their three-year relationship, the man said that the ex-lover kept calling him on his cellular phone until he was forced to block her number. Carrington remembered that on Thursday morning around 11:00 hrs, he received a frantic call from his reputed wife, who said that she had been attacked. The man said that he immediately went home where he found the alleged female assailant bound and sitting on a bench just outside the gate. Carrington said that initially, he thought that the father of one of Phillips’ children had planned the attack, since the two are currently in court for custody of the child.
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Learn the skill of Impromptu Public Speaking—says First Lady Students from eight secondary schools located on the West Bank and West Coast of Demerara got a motivational speech from Guyana’s First Lady, Deolatchmee Ramotar, on the value of learning the ability to speak publicly, yesterday. The First Lady was at the time speaking at the opening of the Secondary Schools Impromptu Speech Competition at the West Demerara Secondary School. She noted that the competition came at a time where much focus is being placed on education and literacy. More than literacy however, Mrs Ramotar said, public speaking and by extension, impromptu public speaking, is a much more important and valued skill. “Without that ability we would be unable to get many things done,” she told the Fourth Form students. It was advised that the public speaking skill be possessed by all students and cultivated at a very young age so that they are prepared to give an impromptu speech at any time should the need arise. “The best way to prepare is to always be prepared,” the First Lady urged. The competition, noted to be the third of its kind, was hosted by the Lions Club of Demerara Lioness ( L C D L ) a n d t h e We s t Demerara Lions Club (WDLC) in collaboration with the Ministry of Education. It was held under the theme, ‘Developing confidence through communication.’ In keeping with the word impromptu, which speaks of an event unplanned, the event was seen as a platform for students to showcase their
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UN team to assess Guyana’s work on anti-laundering measures A seven-member UN team is coming Monday to assess Guyana’s work on anti-money laundering measures.
First Lady, Deolatchmee Ramotar and Allea Phoenix a b i l i t y t o g i v e an oral presentation based on a topic that they had only just received. Further, it tested their ability to be spontaneous and sensible in delivering their thoughts in an organized and comprehensive way although given a limited time to prepare. According to the LCDL Presiden t , Blossom Manbodh, the competition was conceptualized with the primary aim of developing the communication and public speaking skills of students. Parikhan Ram, Senior Subject (Language) Specialist representing the National Centre for Educational Resource Development (NCERD) and also a judge at the competition, further noted
that the competition came as there was recognized need to integrate spoken language skills into the school system. “In schools we tend only to focus on the writing because that is what the students are tested on in the National and Regional examinations and the oral aspect is neglected,” he said. The competition was prepared e s p e c i a l l y t o develop “students’ speaking skills. Following oral presentations by students of each of the eight secondary schools, Allea P h o e n i x , o f t h e We s t Demerara Secondary School was adjudged Best Overall Speaker. She was followed by Melinda Persaud of L’Venture Secondary School.
A seven-member United Nations team is expected to start a two-day visit Monday to assess what Guyana has done to implement measures to fight terrorism. According to the Ministry of Home Affairs, the experts from the United Nations Counter-Terrorism Committee Executive Directorate will see several senior government officials as well as other law enforcement officials present during an opening session at the Guyana Police Force Officers Training Centre. The Ministry said that visit will see the officials conducting “an assessment of Guyana’s efforts in the implementation of the United Nations Resolution 1373 “Anti-Terrorism: Calling for Suppressing Financing, Improving International Cooperation”. Guyana has been under pressure to update its antimoney laundering laws which
force banks and other financial institutions to submit mandatory reports and flag suspicious transactions. However, two critical Bills have been delayed passage in the National Assembly after the Opposition sent it to a special committee to fine tune. Guyana has deadline of next month to pass the legislations or face sanctions. Already, businesses have complained that their banking transactions are being affected with Trinidad and other countries writing Guyana for more information regarding the origin of the monies. Coming to Guyana will be Weixiong Chen – Deputy Director of the United Nations Counter-Terrorism Committee Executive Directorate (CTED); Elisabeth Joyce – Section Chief, CTED, Coordinator of delegation;
Sue Takasu – CTED Senior Legal Officer; Enrique Ochoa – Committee Expert from ‘1540 Committee’; Henrik Juhl Madsen – Associate Professional Officer, Maritime Security and Facilitation, Maritime Safety Division; Yuen Chi-Kin Luke – Interpol Officer and David Alamos Martinez – Terrorism Prevention expert, United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime. The two-day itinerary will commence with an address by Minister Clement Rohee.
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CCJ rules in favour of Shanique Myrie - Case sets framework for CARICOM travel Barbados (Go-Jamaica) In a landmark ruling yesterday morning, the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ), laid out clear rules for the treatment of Caribbean nationals travelling throughout the region. The CCJ has also outlined the grounds on which immigration and border officials across the region can deny access to CARICOM nationals. The declarations formed part of the ruling in the Shanique Myrie case, which was handed down at the CCJ headquarters in Trinidad and Tobago and streamed live by video conference in the Supreme Court in downtown Kingston. In awarding Myrie
pecuniary damages totalling J$3.6 million, the CCJ said it found that she was
wrongfully denied entry into Barbados by border officials in 2011.
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad - CMC – Caribbean Community (CARICOM) countries will have to change its modus operandi and the way it thinks about integration in order to deal with a changing global environment, CARICOM Secretary General Irwin La Rocque has said. Delivering the “Distinguished Open Lecture CARICOM Lecture Series” at the St. Augustine campus of the University of the West Indies (UWI) Thursday night,
La Rocque said that the region now finds itself at another juncture in the progression of its regional integration movement. “Our capacity to respond to the various challenges and to exploit such opportunities as they may bring, depend in significant measure, on the extent to which our arrangements can be strengthened. It will require first of all consistent and positive engagement in the areas selected for priority action; secondly, effective
decision-making machinery; and thirdly, the capacity to deliver.” He told the audience, including former CARICOM Secretary General Sir Edwin Carrington, UWI Pro Vice Chancellor and Campus Principal Professor Clement Sankat as well as various European diplomats that instituting change is never easy and it is more difficult if it is attempted in the face of entrenched attitudes and structures. “That notwithstanding,
Shanique Myrie
“In all circumstances the Court made a declaration that Barbados had breached Miss Myrie’s right to enter Barbados. The court ordered Barbados to compensate Ms Myrie in pecuniary damages in the sum of BDS2,240 (One Barbados dollar = US$0.50 cents) and non-pecuniary damages to the tune of BDS$75,000. “The Court also ordered Barbados to pay Ms Myrie’s reasonable costs. The Court refused all other declarations and orders sought by Ms Myrie and Jamaica,” the CCJ ruled.Attorney-at-Law Michelle Brown, who represented Myrie, says this ruling by the CCJ sends a very clear signal to regional governments. Myrie had claimed that she was subjected to a painful
and humiliating body cavity search by Barbadian border officials. She also claimed that she was held overnight in an unsanitary cell before being deported to Jamaica the following day. Th e s e c l a i m s w e r e , however, denied by the Government of Barbados. Although agreeing that Myrie was wrongfully denied entry, the Barbados government dismissed her claim that she was denied entry solely because she was Jamaican. Attorneys for the Barbadian government had argued that Myrie was rightly denied entry because she was untruthful about the identity of her host in Barbados. IThe CCJ acknowledged
that it does not have the jurisdiction to grant some of the orders Myrie sought, particularly on the grounds of human rights violations. President of the CCJ Dennis Byron, in handing down the ruling, said the court was fully satisfied that its findings were fully supported by the objective evidence, the testimony of witnesses and the reasonable inferences it was able to make. Myrie’s attorney says the ruling by the CCJ vindicated her client, but more importantly it has wider implications for the treatment of CARICOM nationals travelling throughout the region. Brown points out that the CCJ’s decision is final and cannot be challenged.
of its operations. In short we are changing the way we do business,” La Rocque said, noting that regional leaders last year had agreed it was necessary to re-examine the future direction of the regional integration movement and the arrangements for carrying this forward. Speaking on the topic “The Status of the Regional Integration Process and His vision for the Future of CARICOM,” La Rocque said this would also include the
role and function of the Guyana –based CARICOM Secretariat and the various institutions within CARICOM. La Rocque who discussed the 40 year history of the integration movement, said that a change facilitation team has been recruited to assist him with this process of change. The team is now undertaking consultations in member states on the first ever Strategic Plan for the Community.
Warning for Caribbean countries
Irwin La Rocque the Community is engaged in a three year reform process that encompasses every facet
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PRESIDENT OBAMA SHOULD NOT BUDGE Obamacare is highly flawed. It is one of the worst pieces of legislation that has ever been passed in the US Congress. Yet, it has been presented as allowing affordable health care for all, including those who were previously unable to enjoy medical insurance in the past but would now under the Affordable Care act be able to do so. The truth is that those persons may now be entitled to medical insurance but will they be able to afford it. One of the underpublicized criticisms of Obamacare is that it will deliver a windfall to the insurance companies by guaranteeing to them a larger premium base, regardless of who has to pay the premiums and the prohibitive cost for even the most basic of plans. The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act will present young people in particular with serious financial burdens by having
to take out medical insurance at a time when they may not need it. Businesses are already finding ingenious ways to avoid the financial burden of this obnoxious piece of legislation even though they have until 2015 to fully comply. And it is the workers that are feeling the pain. Businesses are circumventing the regulations to provide health care protection to their workers by employing their employees as part time. This goes beyond medical instance and affects the stability of incomes in many families and thus their capacity to even borrow from the banks in view of the fact that they only have part time jobs. In the end, the insurance companies will benefit from a tremendous fiscal burden being placed on the Treasury as persons such as former Budget Director, David Stockman and others have been suggesting.
Dem boys seh...
Donald swearing fuh some crooks Donald don’t done. In fact, dem boys believe that he want start a war wid dem. He go to a forum and he throw out a challenge to dem boys who really want to ignore but de man doing things that dem boys finding hard to ignore. Everybody know that Brazzy crookish but Donald claim how people attacking de man wrongfully. He seh that Brazzy is a good man because he got a shop and a restaurant pun Lamaha Street. He does even send some food fuh Donald and a bottle of wine every now and then. He got to be a good man, according to Donald. De man get suh vex that he tell dem boys fuh attack he, Donald, and lef Brazzy. Well dem boys got a plan fuh Brazzy. Dem gun lef he when he stop planning fuh rob dem fuh satisfy dem other big ones in de country. Is de same Brazzy who help set up de big money fuh de Amaila project. Now Donald telling people how he ain’t gun give up till de Amaila Falls project done. Dem boys complain bout de project and at no time Donald get Brazzy and dem fuh review de project. Is not that dem boys don’t want hydro but dem believe that de project that Brazzy put together too dear. And fuh all de talk even Donald ain’t talking bout a cheaper hydro and dem boys know why. If de price cut is less money fuh dem pocket. That is why dem got all this kicking up fuh de project and Donald ain’t understand. He ain’t getting nutten but he trust de others so much that he can’t believe that dem crookish. Well dem old people seh show me you company. And Donald company in which he pushing heself ain’t good. Talk half and watch wheh you putting you foot Donald.
Despite it being irredeemably flawed and in need of revision, the way that Congress has gone about doing this is totally unacceptable in any democratic society much less one that boasts about being the world’s foremost democracy. Obamacare is the law of the land. It was successfully piloted through the two houses of Congress in 2012 and was given assent by the President. Its constitutionality was challenged and the challenge was dismissed. It is therefore the law of the United States
of America. Its revision should not be forced by holding the American government hostage to a shutdown. It is unethical and unprincipled for Congress to use the issue of funding the federal Budget to force changes to the legislation. That is totally unacceptable and President Obama is right in refusing to be held hostage to what is being done in Congress. The Republicans continue to insist that the President is not willing to negotiate. There is nothing to negotiate. Congress has an obligation to accept a law that
was passed in both houses three years ago. If Congress wishes to amend the law, it is well within its powers to do so but it will have to go through the normal legislative process by seeking consensus on a new plan. The president has the option, even if that plan is passed, of vetoing such a plan but this veto can be overturned by a specified majority within Congress. The problem is that Congress is taking a shortcut to a measure that goes to the heart of its democracy. Instead of tabling its own medicare bills, Congress is
attempting to hijack an existing law by starving the federal government of resources. If the President gives in to this type of conduct, he might as well forfeit his presidency because he will become a political football to be kicked around by Congress. He should stick to his guns and refuse to budge on reforming Obamacare.
Guyana’s compliance dependent... From page 6 January 2010 one person was employed in the operations of the FIU. That has since changed with five additional staff. The report from that evaluation was presented to Guyana 18 months later in July 2011. Guyana responded to the deficiencies in November 2011. Geer said that Guyana responded to the deficiencies again in May 2012 and semi-annually since. “At that point in time most of the deficiencies were directly associated to the flaws in the 2009 Act…And, by November 2012 it was confirmed by CFATF that 90 percent of the deficiencies were related to legal amendments,” he said. The AMLCFT 2009 Act and Amendment Bill 2013 were guided by the FATF 49 recommendations and tailored to be relevant to Guyana’s laws. The draft Bill with amendments was presented to the National Assembly in April. The amendments were done to tighten the Act, making it more specific to close weaknesses in the country’s laws as identified by the
CFATF, he noted. The National Assembly controlled by the Opposition wanted to scrutinize the draft Bill and sent it to a Special Select Committee. But, because of political dramas with walkouts from the Committee by Opposition Members of Parliament nothing has happened to the Bill. Government and the body’s hope of having the Bill amended in time for May 27, 2013 deadline when Guyana was expected to present its Act and relevant documents to CFATF were shattered. However, a new deadline of August 26 was given by CFATF. Again, Guyana failed to meet this deadline and already two countries have raised their brows at Guyana. According to Roger Hernandez, Financial Advisor of CFATF, Guyana’s position in relation to CFATF’s requirements is being assessed in preparation for a report which will be presented at the CFATF Plenary in The Bahamas in November 2013. He said, “If Guyana does not take specific steps by November 2013, then the CFATF will identify Guyana
as not taking sufficient steps to address its AML/CFT deficiencies and will take the additional steps of calling upon its Members to consider implementing counter measures to protect their financial systems from the ongoing money laundering and terrorist financing risks emanating from Guyana, and at that time CFATF will consider referring Guyana to the Financial Action Task Force International Cooperation Review Group (FATF ICRG).” He noted that the period of blacklisting will depend on the country’s ability to implement the requisite remedial measures in as short a period as it can. These measures will then have to be assessed for compliance and only when these assessments have indicated that the deficiencies of the law have been sufficiently addressed will a recommendation be made for Guyana to be removed from any list. Please be advised that it has been the experience that the minimal period for removal is approximately two years, he
said. He said that if Guyana is blacklisted, countries will be required to implement counter measures against Guyana to protect their financial systems. Such measures could range from outright prohibition on financial institutions dealing with transactions from customers or corporations from Guyana, to the imposition of stringent requirements for handling such transactions. Hernandez explained, “Either way these measures will have a detrimental effect on the economy. The immediate impact will be felt in the financial sector and the country’s trade. And will then ripple through the rest of the economy. “Additionally, it will affect Guyana’s ability to access funds in the international market, and deter foreign investors due to the restrictions on financial institutions dealing with the country. Technical aid and assistance will also be affected as donor organisations have said that they will take note of such listing.”
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Guyana gears for marketing intelligence system Geared towards improving the trade sector, Dameon Sorhaindo, advisor on Competitiveness at the Caribbean Export Development Agency (CEDA), announced recently, at a business development forum at the Guyana International Convention Centre at Liliendaal, Greater Georgetown that it is soon to launch a Regional Trade and Market Intelligence Development System. The meeting held was a collaborative effort of the Guyana Manufacturing & Services Ltd (GMSA) and the GuyExpo committee. Sorhaindo said that the system will provide key stakeholders; both from the private sector and the Business Support Organization level with special data and information on trade markets which will serve to inform better decision-making. He said that the system will explain through an indepth analysis, the European market, and equip exporters with tools to identify business opportunities by providing the following: Analysis of economic and trade statistics, Tariff and Non-Tariff analysis, Market entry requirements, Business and Trade
Regulations, Buyer, supplier and distributor databases, Database of Business Support Organization in the market and Market outlook, as well as sector profiles and consumer reports. He noted, too, that the key features of the system will include: the development of an actual market intelligence portal and the regional trade information network. “The network will provide and disseminate trade information on the varying companies. This system is really the key to the sustainability of a regional trading information network as well as to build in the capacity of organizations to provide and enhance trade information. We are now in the testing stage of the portal and once that it is over it will provide tons of data on international trade and regional trade etc. It will be launched very soon,” the representative explained. Customized studies have also been done on market opportunities and one of the studies being done is a Guyana/Brazil/ Suriname study, the results of which will be ready by the end of October. He said, “The study will look at enhancing trading strategies among the countries and looking at investment opportunities. It will also identify specific market areas which will enable a high level of market penetration thereby leading to the prospect of yielding more benefits.”
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NIS was used as PPP ‘cash cow’ …these are things that should get people angry - APNU With the continued financial debacle of the National Insurance Scheme (NIS) on full display, and as the entity celebrates its 44th anniversary, Joseph Harmon, of A Partnership for National Unity (APNU) believes that the entity was used as a ‘cashcow’ for the ruling administration. In recent years the expenditure has been more than the NIS revenue and its contribution base has declined by as much as 25 per cent. Harmon believes that it is because of the way the Scheme was managed by the ruling People’s Progressive Party Civic (PPP/C) Administration that it has found itself in the current financial woes. He told media operatives, yesterday, that several years
ago some managers at NIS had indicated that they did not agree with the kinds of investment Government was making of the NIS funds According to Harmon, “NIS is a social safety net and what has been happening is that the PPP Government had no regard for the social safety net of the people of this country.” He said that the PPP/C is a party that deals with a certain set of people which is demonstrated in its issuance of contracts, “so the sufferings of the ordinary people of this country seem to be of little concern to the PPP/C administration.” Harmon said that the NIS is a social safety net created under the People’s National Congress (PNC) regime. “When the PPP/C came into office, that party saw it
as a cash cow; the PPP did not see it as an institution that was to basically deal with the social issues of ordinary people; it was a cash cow so the PPP started making loans.” Harmon said that loans were made to companies “which I understand they haven’t repaid as yet.” He said that NIS under the stewardship of Dr Roger Luncheon also made several poorly advised investments in projects, “which I understand there have been no repayments as yet…huge loans to corporations which are still to be repaid.” Harmon reiterated, “NIS became a cash cow for the government. Anytime it wanted money from somewhere it just put its hands in the pot and take (money) out …What has
happened now is that it’s now coming home to roost so that you have expenses that far outweigh revenues.” He stated that the practice of repeatedly dipping into the funds of NIS to make loans or ill advised investments has now led to a state of affairs where people are at risk. According to Harmon, “These are things that should get people angry. It is your money, which under the chairmanship of Dr Luncheon that this PPP/C government over the last 21 years took and spent in a manner which was inimical to the interest of Guyanese people.” NIS had lost some $6B that it had invested in the failed insurance company CLICO (Guyana) when that company was ordered liquidated 2009.
Media important for promoting C’bean food security Efforts to utilize the media to highlight agriculture as an attractive sector for employment opportunities to advance food security in the Caribbean Region have been successful with vast improvements in coverage. Wesley Gibbings, a Trinidadian journalist, said that the media has absolutely no choice than to be part of this phenomenon as faced with the reality of being unable to feed the Caribbean Region. He chaired the opening
session of the media workshop on Inclusive Evidence Based Coverage of Agriculture and Rural Development in the Caribbean at the Guyana International Conference Centre, yesterday. He referred to Guyana and Trinidad and Tobago’s bilateral collaboration for the promotion of food security. Gibbings emphasized said that for some time Governments have been bandying around a US$4B food import bill but he believes that amount has increased. Hence, Caribbean territories need to come out
of their comfort zone. As such, application of basic journalistic principles must be used to “wake and shake our communities”, he said. The important role of the media in making the agriculture sector an attractive opportunity was also emphasized by Maurice Wilson of Caribbean Agriculture Research and Development Institute (CARDI). He said the significant importance of the agriculture sector in the context of food, fiber and fuel is constantly underestimated. Though, many persons know about
this there are those who appear to be unaware, lending to the relationship between journalism and agriculture. Wilson urged the Caribbean media to highlight agriculture in an attractive manner using journalistic skills. He recalled that at a meeting in Antigua last year a list of recommendations was made but sadly nothing has happened. Focus should be placed on understanding why those recommendations were not implemented since “some progress is better than no progress”.
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Cabinet approves Brumell was best choice equipment for vet lab for Top Cop - Granger “Confirming Brumell for the position of Commissioner of Police was better than not confirming him, since there was no one else available for that position,” said Leader of the Opposition, Brigadier David Granger. Granger made this statement yesterday during a press conference held at A Partnership for National Unity (APNU)’s office to call on the ruling party to “reset” its policies. On Thursday, President Donald Ramotar and Leader of the Opposition, Granger held a consultation in keeping with the Constitution clearing the way for Leroy Brumell to be confirmed as the Commissioner of Police. Brumell has been the acting Commissioner of Police for the past two years. Yesterday, the APNU Leader said that it would have been “damaging” to the
Leader of the Opposition, Brigadier David Granger Guyana Police Force to have a person serving as the acting Commissioner of Police for so long. “It is not my choice to appoint the Commissioner of Police; I was invited for consultation. Brumell is the most senior person for that
post and he is the better qualified person and he was already acting in that position,” Granger said. Meanwhile, the Opposition Leader is pointing fingers at the ruling party for failing to address the country’s most pressing problems. “The party (People’s Progressive Party) has not accepted responsibility for the high rate of armed robberies, murderous maritime piracy, rampant gungunning, trafficking in persons and other violent crimes,” Granger stressed. He also blames the party for the performance of the police force. “I am dissatisfied with the performance of the entire police force but I am also aware that the force’s performance has been limited by the quality of policy direction from the Minister of Home Affairs, Clement Rohee.
Hundreds of children on heart surgery waiting list Guyana currently has a waiting list of a few hundred children who are in dire need of heart surgery. And although some of these children have survived infancy, there have been others who die within the first three to nine months of life. However, 60 per cent of those who survive the first year of life often go on to have chronic diseases which ultimately threaten their existence. The foregoing information was highlighted on Thursday during a press conference in the boardroom of the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation GPHC. The press conference was in fact intended to highlight plans between the public hospital and the International Children’s Heart Foundation (also known as the Baby Heart Foundation) in Memphis, Tennessee, United States, to offer paediatric heart surgery here at no cost to patients. Speaking at the press conference Founder and Medical Director of the Charitable Organisation, Dr William Novick, said that Guyana was targeted for the strategic support since there is a recognised need for cardiac care for children. And although there are some shortcomings in terms of the surgical facility at the GPHC, Dr Novick said that the Foundation is prepared to donate needful equipment and make some necessary re-arrangement.
Dr. William Novick The surgeries are expected to start next year for the many children on the existing waiting list. However, Dr Novick noted that there are probably between 50 and 70 children born every year who will need heart surgery before their 18th birthday in order to survive. The Medical Director anticipated that the programme with the public hospital, once in place will cater to the operation of 100 – 125 children per year. The operations will be undertaken even as moves are made to train local personnel to eventually take up the reigns of the programme. “In principle we have agreed to start a programme in Georgetown next year...Our plan would be to come at least twice a year to operate on children,” said Dr Novick. The heart operations will initially be undertaken by a
voluntary team from the Foundation, and according to Dr Novick, each operation would attract a cost of about US$2,500. And while there is expected to be no cost to patients, Dr Novick noted that the Ministry of Health is likely to face limited expense in terms of supplies, such as medicines, that are necessary to perform paediatric heart surgery. This, he noted, is in light of the fact that Guyana has not been providing the crucial operation to young patients over the years. “When you look at cost as a total component...there are some important components that you may not actually have at the hospital right now,” said Dr Novick. He said that among the necessities for the operation is a cardio-pulmonary bypass machine. This machine, he explained, is necessary since during operation it is required that the patient’s heart be stopped. And since the heart must be stopped, the machine must therefore function in its place in order to ensure that the patient does not die. Another aspect of the expenditure to set up a sustained paediatric programme here will be the training of personnel to operate the machine. Dr Novick said that getting all the necessary measures in place for Guyana to manage its own programme could take as long as one decade.
Early last month, construction of the Vet lab was 50 percent completed.
Contracts for the delivery, installation and commissioning of equipment for the Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory at Mon Repos, East Coast Demerara, have been approved. This was according to Cabinet Secretary, Dr. Roger Luncheon, who said that this would be in the form of four lots valued at Euros 265, 825. Dr. Luncheon was at the time addressing media operatives during last Thursday’s post Cabinet press briefing. Early last month, construction of the vet lab was 50 percent completed. There is a November deadline. Agriculture Minister, Dr. Leslie Ramsammy who visited the site last month is confident that that date will be met. At a cost of US $2.5M, Dr. Ramsammy said that the lab will have the capability to test, detect, and diagnose diseases affecting animals. This ability will ultimately improve the livestock sector. The laboratory is being built where the Animal Health Laboratory once stood, and because the old facility was hardly ever used, and had not been functioning as a full-
fledged lab, it was demolished and redesigned. Dr. Ramsammy explained that the Animal Health Lab was operating as a sample holding facility, and that tests had to be done overseas. However, with the new diagnostic lab, the Minister explained that the resources will be made available to allow for testing to be done locally. He noted that when the laboratory is commissioned November month end, it will be equipped to test for brucellosis which is caused by bacteria, and affects mainly sheep, goats, pigs, cattle, and dogs; bovine (cattle) diseases; leptospirosis; and tuberculosis among others. The Minister noted also that his Ministry is working to have the laboratory accredited, so that the tests done here can be recognized abroad. Dr. Ramsammy had told
Kaieteur News that the Veterinary Diagnostic Lab is critical as Guyana moves towards consolidating its food security and lowering its high importation cost. Kaieteur News was told that there will be a database on the Veterinary Practitioner’s Act, and a Veterinary Council will be set up to register all veterinarians and veterinary technicians across the country. Dr. Ramsammy had said that just wanting to improve the quality of meat produced locally, especially for exports, would call for healthy animals, thus, a credible animal health lab is necessary; an investment that will be very beneficial, he said. The Veterinary Diagnostic Lab will remain under the supervision of the Guyana Livestock Development Authority (GLDA), which is headed by Dr. Dindyal Permaul.
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IMMIGRATION INFO: Immigration News For Our Community Attorney Gail S. Seeram, Gail@GailLaw.com Through this “Question & Answer” column, our goal is to answer your immigration questions. We appreciate your comments and questions. If you have a question that you would like answered in this column, please email: Gail@GailLaw.com. Question #1: My aunt went into the embassy and got a 10-year visa, but due to certain circumstances she would not be able to travel this year until next year. Would the visa expire if she does not travel? Answer #1: The visa does have an expiration date – check the visa. However, there is no policy that if you do not travel on the visa, it will expire automatically. All non-immigrant visas are subject to revocation by U.S. Immigration officials if the holder becomes ineligible for the visa, such as having immigrant intents through a Form I-130 being filed by a family member or working with a B-1/B-2 visa or any other grounds specified under the laws. Question #2: My mom
and dad are both permanent residents for four years now. However, my mom applied for myself and sister who are both over 30 years old and unmarried. My mom completes her 5th year December 9, 2014. She had applied for us since she went over to the US and petitioned on December 3, 2009. My sister and I both have 10-year visas to the US. My question is how long dowe have to wait for our immigrant visas. We have gotten a confirmation letter and a document receipt that were paid for our visas. Answer #2: Right now for unmarried child of a permanent resident (F-2B), visas are being issued for petitions filed on or before 2006 – so you have about a three- year wait since your mother filed in 2009. If your mom becomes a U.S. citizen, the wait is the same time as visas are being issued for unmarried child of a U.S. citizen (F-1) for petitions filed on or before 2006. Visit www.myorlandoimmigrationlawyer.com/ visa-bulletin to view the October 2013 visa bulletin. Question #3: M y grandparents are US citizen. They migrated to Guyana to live. However, when I was 6 yrs old, they filed for me, my mother, cousin. We got a 10-
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Gail S. Seeram year penalty because my mom was taking my cousin as her own child. This Tuesday I’ll be 21 yrs. Do we still have a chance to migrate to the US? And what are the procedures? Answer #3: Y o u r grandparents would have to re-file sponsorship petition for your mother and when visa available (6-8 years) then your mother can try filing a waiver for re-entry. However, since you are over age 21, you would not benefit from this petition if it is approved. Question #4: My mom and dad got visa in 1997 went in New York and over stayed. Now I’m married has four kids and wanted to apply for a visitor visa. Do you think it will jeopardize my chance for getting a visitor visa? Answer #4: M o s t likely, yes. The Embassy may have records of your parents overstaying in New York and may feel you will overstay also if granted a visitor visa in an attempt to be reunited with your parents.
Following the recent controversy at Ogle Airport, with the temporary disruption of aviation fuel to Air Services Limited, General Manager of Air Services Limited (ASL) Mrs. Annette Arjoon-Martins has announced that the approval for the commercial operation of the ASL fuel farm appears imminent. This development comes after an emergency meeting convened by the Minister of Public Works and Communication, Robeson Benn. “Air Services Limited is deeply appreciative of the recent intervention of Minister Robeson Benn under whose portfolio the aviation industry falls. An emergency meeting had been convened at the Minister’s instruction involving the Guyana Civil Aviation Authority (GCCA), Ogle Airport Inc. (OAI), Caribbean Aviation Maintenance Services (CAMS) and ASL. “The GCCA came to the meeting tasked with a mandate from the Minister to address and resolve the aviation fuel supply irregularity at Ogle Airport, and I am happy to say that the road map to achieve this was clearly identified,” Arjoon-Martins stated. However, the ASL General Manager expressed concern that even as those efforts are being made to clarify and resolve the issues at Ogle Airport, the Public Relations Consultant for OAI, Christopher Nascimento, chose to mis-inform the media immediately following the
meeting. According to ArjoonMartins, “It is beyond unfortunate to see Mr. Nascimento’s flippant remark to the media that ASL was making a mountain out of molehill on the fuel supply interruption. Mr Nascimento, who neither owns nor operates a single aircraft, cannot possibly understand the distress felt by ASL when faced with the possible grounding of our fleet of 21 aircraft and two helicopters, moreso, as a result of an issue completely beyond our control.” Citing further examples of mis-information by Mr. Nascimento, Arjoon-Martins pointed to explanations by Nascimento about the comingling of fuel. “Mr. Nascimento says the comingling of aviation fuel is nothing new, but yet, in 2011, when ASL, with Government approval, imported its own aviation fuel in ISO-approved containers from Chevron, Miami, CAMS cut off ASL’s fuel supply because of their serious comingling concerns.” The fuel had been brought in directly from Chevron USA in ISO-approved containers conforming to international standards. “What Nascimento omitted to say was that a few months later CAMS followed ASL’s example and commenced importing aviation fuel in the same ISO containers as the savings were substantial.” She quoted Mr. Nascimento as saying that ASL had decided to build its own fuel farm because
ASL General Manager Annette Arjoon-Martins “Government had intervened and told ASL to comply with the international standards.” “This is also false. When ASL first imported its fuel, OAI went to court to prevent ASL from bringing any further fuel onto the airfield, on the contention that ASL did not have permanent storage facilities. ASL therefore immediately applied to OAI for land to build its own permanent storage facilities, but received no acknowledgement of its application by OAI. “It was only when Government intervened, months later, following a request from ASL, that approval for land was granted,” Arjoon-Martins explained. She also took umbrage to Nascimento’s contention that the “construction of the ASL farm has been completed and sits on the airport, unused”, which implied an ASL failure. She said that among the reasons was that ASL followed the procedures for fuel management in the Ogle Airport Operations Manual 2007, Section 4:22 which was approved by GCCA, during the construction of its fuel farm. According to her, while construction was going on, during December 2011 to December 2012, at no time during that entire year did OAI advise ASL of additional requirements for compliance. However, between March and August 2013, OAI provided ASL with several versions of undated and unsigned copies of fuel farm licence applications with varying insurance values. She said that her company’s lawyers reviewed the documents, deemed them inequitable and not transparent, and advised against signing. Mrs. Arjoon-Martins said, “As this matter moves to resolution, it is more important than ever that all the parties come to our discussions with both the relevant authority to speak and with an adherence to facts instead of innuendo.”
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Guyana/Trinidad land deal
Agriculture Minister Dr. Leslie Ramsammy
- Further assessment of lands to be conducted - Ramsammy A Technical team from Trinidad and Tobago (T&T) will likely visit Guyana within the upcoming weeks, to conduct further assessment into the prospect of developing 10,000 acres of lands for agricultural purposes. Minister of Agriculture, Dr Leslie Ramsammy, recently disclosed that the Trinidadian team and their Guyanese counterparts are currently in dialogue to finalize the process of developing the lands. “It’s a process based on an MOU, which is based on the Jagdeo initiative, that the Trinidadian Government will facilitate investors to come to Guyana to invest in Agriculture. “The Trinidad Administration is interested in reducing the Island’s import of food from outside the Region, a technical team should be in Guyana within the upcoming months …
“I don’t have a date but it will be before the year ends, to finally decide what agriculture crops they will want to invest in and where some of the suitable areas to do it are.” The plan by the Trinidadian Government to grant permission to investors from the Island to develop 10,000 acres of Guyanese lands for improved food production was unveiled by the Trinidadian Finance Minister Larry Howai during a budgetary debate last month. Howai said that Guyana and Trinidad had secured a deal for the initiative after signing a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU). Minister Ramsammy explained that three technical teams from the Twin-Island Republic had visited Guyana on the prospects of rice, aquaculture and livestock farming. This visit resulted in
Trinidadians expressing interest in aquaculture and harvesting corn. “At the previous visit, the team from Trinidad took trips to Regions Two and Five as part of a feasibility study but they have definitely expressed an interest in developing aquaculture and corn production. “However in this next visit the team will identify and determine some of the other agricultural options that are available for possible investment.” He added that although no land has so far been identified for the Trinidad plan, local farmers will not be affected by the project. “The project is similar to the one at Sante Fe in Region Nine, where a Barbadian company is overseeing the development of rice, beans and other vegetables on mega scale.” Minister Ramsammy had
previously stated that local officials will decide whether the 10,000 acres of land will be given in one location or split up among different locations. As it relates to guidelines, Dr Ramsammy said that Trinidad will be buying produce from Guyana even though lands will be leased by Trinidadian farmers under the same conditions as Guyanese. The Trinidad Guardian newspaper, had reported that the MOU between the T&T and Guyana Government will provide 10,000 acres of land in Berbice for immediate agricultural production. Revelations about the joint venture earlier last month incited disturbance among Trinidadian stakeholders as well as their Guyanese counterparts. The Trinidadians expressed concerns that the 10,000 acres of land provided by Guyana could increase to
some 100,000 acres. Trinidadian agriculture stakeholders also argued that “there was more than 10,000 acres of fertile agricultural land in T&T,” so the Guyana initiative was not necessary. The President of the T&T United Farmers Association had called on the Trinidadian government to name the procedure for the land’s acquisition and the farmers proposed to benefit from the Guyana project. Further concerns were raised in Trinidad over the cost that will amount to planting in Guyana. It was suggested that some $50,000 TT would be needed to develop
one acre of Guyanese land. Meanwhile, Minister Ramsammy affirms that the venture will benefit both commonwealth nations as in keeping with the process of regional integration. He says that the cultivation of only 10, 000 acres of land was agreed to, but no location has been agreed to for the project. While agricultural associations and unions from the Twin Island Republic reported that they were never consulted in relation to the deal, it is expected that investors will be applying to the Trinidadian Ministry of Food Production for approval to farm in Guyana.
GTU makes clarion call for teachers’ upgrade Teachers of the country are being urged to upgrade their qualifications even as World Teachers Day is observed today. This clarion call was made by President of the Guyana Teachers Union (GTU), Colin Bynoe, who during an interview with this publication emphasised, among other things, the importance of teachers being particularly qualified in the area of Information Communication Technology (ICT). And this move, according to Bynoe, will certainly aid teachers’ effort to offer quality education to the nation’s children. “I think it is the responsibility of the Guyana Teachers Union to make sure that we call on them (teachers) to do that (upgrade) and as a responsible President I must do that,” said a passionate Bynoe. Moreover, he emphasised that the GTU is advocating for the use of ICTs in the country’s classrooms. This is imperative, Bynoe noted, since it has been recognised that “the children who we are teaching today are digital natives.” “We (teachers) are like immigrants,” said the GTU President even as he alluded to the fact that in many cases children are more tech-savvy than adults who are tasked with delivering the education curriculum. In fact, he noted that children are entering the education system with knowledge of ICTs and have been found to have a liking for it. It is for this reason, Bynoe said, that “I feel if we use such technology in the
- As World Teachers’ Day is observed
GTU President, Colin Bynoe classroom we will be able to get their attention.” He is of the firm view that once the notion of ICT is fully embraced in the classroom it will cater to effortless teaching while at the same time helping to decrease indiscipline. And this move, the GTU President intimated, will further make the teacher into a facilitator who can give children more opportunities to explore and thereby help “our take-off in education...” Most importantly, Bynoe is confident that ICTs have the potential to remedy the challenges the education sector currently faces as it relate to Mathematics and English at the level of the Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate (CSEC) examination. He speculated that if ICTs are used in teaching Mathematics for instance, it could make it a bit more interesting to students and thereby encourage them
to do better which by extension will lend to improved performances. But despite the GTU’s call for teachers to adopt ICTs in the classroom, Bynoe noted that it will be the responsibility of the Ministry of Education to ensure that all primary and secondary schools are equipped with the necessary ICTs. Added to this the GTU President said that such a development will also require that Education Officers upgrade their knowledge in the use of ICTs with a view of them being more supportive. “They are the ones who have to supervise these teachers in the schools...therefore if we are asking teachers to upgrade themselves it behoves the Ministry to ensure that education officers could come up to scratch as well,” added Bynoe. World Teachers’ Day was first celebrated on October 5, 1994, an observance which has been ongoing annually since. This year the auspicious day is being observed under the theme ‘A call for teachers.’ On this day, United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) and Education International, encourages the celebration of the important role that teachers play in providing quality education at all levels. It also commemorates the anniversary of the 1966 signature of the “UNESCO/ International Labour
Organisation (ILO) Recommendation, concerning the Status of Teachers”. On this special day too, everyone has the opportunity to observe the
significant and sometimes complex task that teachers play, both in and outside of the classroom. Moreover, World Teachers’ Day is devoted to appreciating, assessing and improving the lives of the Educators around the world, and Guyanese teachers are
certainly not exempted. In fact Bynoe vocalised that “it is a time when we can not only look at issues affecting the profession, but address them” even as he observed that “strangely this vital profession does not receive the respect it deserves in Guyana.”
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FOR SALE
FOR SALE
PROPERTY FOR SALE
Fire side, Barbeque grill and hand truck- Call:627-7835
LARGE QUANTITIES OF HIGH PURITY MERCURY (QUICK SILVER) 99.99995% PURITY $19,000 PER POUND CALL: 592-227-4754.
Kitty $30M, Queenstown $26M, Robb Street $125M, Prashad Nagar $39M- Call Diana 227-2256/626-9382
Games PS2 $900, PSP $900, X-Box 360 $2600 & PS3 $2600- Call:672-2566 Seven weeks old Pitbull pups. Ideal for breeding, security and show purposes- Call Krishna 6225717 Original Games- Call:6722566 1 New Samsung LCD 51" TV $195,000, 1 new Westing house LCD 46" TV $180,000- Call:696-9702/6727194 Pork wholesale only $300 per LB- Call:266-2711/6094594 Farm at Yarrowkabra, over 300 citrus trees, cash crop and creek running throughContact Paul 602-7740 Cellphone accessories at Halema’s Fashion 104 Regent street next door to the Multicomplex MallCall:622-7740/696-4008 Pure bred German Shepherd puppies, fully vaccinated and de-wormed- Call:6822148/655-8674 2 Bed side stands, 2 glass center tables, hanging plants, 1 pair wooden clutches and other household articles - Call: 218-1376 One complete Sawmill operation with large spaceContact Swamee 614-1466 Dell laptops & desktops complete computers from $45,000 Futuretech call: 2312206 One new model Tacoma, one 12ft Aluminum boat & one 14ft Aluminum boatCall:220-1981/641-6162 Hifi Sound Connection: Car Audio, Pro Audio, complete sound system powered boxesCall:610-1230/673-5828 New Kenmore stainless steel French-door-bottom refrigerator 25cuft and 30" Gas stove- Call:629-2404/ 623-8172 Live/pluck chicken-Call:6504421/220-9203 Diving Suits- Call:265-3449/ 613-5158
Spare for washing machine, microwaves,fridges, stoves, timers, gearbox, pumps, etc call:225-9032,647-2943 Mining operation for sale, 20 claims, 1 excavator (2011 model) and one 6inch dredge- Call:625-1796. Owner migrating Pumpet and Tibetian Terrior pup. Call: 619-6086/699-7077 Potting Soil and quality cow mould- Call:656-1326/6780058 One stall at La Penitence market. Price $600,000 negotiable- Call:695-4062 1 German Roller & 1 Hauler Truck (Low bed)Contact:681-2995 1 Honda ATV 450 bikeCall:626-3817 Video recording spy pen $6,500- Call:671-6177 Attention Miners!! On sale: Insect treated mosquito nettings for hammockCall:690-5461
Pitbull pups- Call:683-6674 Plastic fuel drums (55 gal)Contact Nicky:226-7948/ 646-6000
One Charlestown property with business potential- Call: 673-5882 ‘BB’ Eccles- Concrete house 3 bedrooms upstairs, downstairs 2 self contained apartments, 2 bedrooms each toilet & bath $28M- Call:2278409/660-4764 Prime property with business potential close to Leonora Primary School public road- Call:652-0709/ 268-3572 At 1045 Kaneville Grove, E.B.D (18x24) $13,000,000Call:686-7766/685-8934 Two storey concrete building 24x58ft, land size 50x131ft @Chateau Margot, E.C.D. price $33M negotiable- Call:661-9431
One 80HP Perkins on bed with 6" gravel pump & one Nissan gear box, perfectCall:688-2479/218-2043
Alberttown double lot with 2 huge buildings $90M. Queenstown 2 storey concrete $80M, ‘AA’ Eccles $55M- Celebrity Homes Tel:668-3100/ 615-8810
Kubota 4cyl diesel engine. 2001 Ford F150 pickup $1.2M- Call:676-1290/6601514
Kitty- $50M (neg), $30M (neg), $55M (neg) Tel:2250854, 2250843, 6727390
1- 29" Daewoo TV $75,000 neg- Call:684-0020
Diamond- $7.5M, $8M, $13.5M, $13M. Main road $25M , $32M (neg)Te:2250854, 2250843, 6869888
Blackberry cell phone model (9650). Excellent condition (like brand new)- Call Keith 624-6464 1 Gold land @ PotaroCall:628-7605 One AT192 Toyota Carina. Price negotiable- Call:6841512/614-2477 Land size 132x400 section ‘A’ Cumberland East Bank Canje, Berbice- Call:2260772/644-9088 For sale: ladies clothes, sewing machine, stroller, play pen & novelsCall:699-6342
Parfait Harmonie- $17.5M, $5.5M, $6.5M, $7.5M2250854, 264-0146 ,602-0011 Sophia- $14M, $6.5M2250854, 264-0146, 6869888 Eccles- $35M (neg), $10M (neg), $32M (neg)2250843,2250854 Herstelling$14.5M2250854,2250843,686-9888 Charlestown- $32M, $33M (neg) - 2250843, 2250854, 686-9888 Quamina Street- $55M (neg)2250843, 264-0146, 672-7390 Versailles- $65M (neg)2250854, 264-0146, 602-0011
One 16"/14" trailer irrigator pump (new). One 4 wheeler trailer- Call:610-2978/2271830 1 American Akita puppy female 8 weeks old $200,000Call:639-8924/227-4674
VERSAILLES: Furnished 5 bedrooms, self-contained rooms, modern facilities, g e n e r a t o r, beautiful landscape, gated community- Call: 592-6248704/ 592-684-9203
Enmore- $25M (neg) 2250854,2250843,686-9888 PEN PAL Female seeking male companion for serious relationship. Must be honest, understanding etc. Call:698-6869/686-0536
Coverden Road to River $37M (neg) 2250854,2250843 Henry Street- $32M (neg)2250854,2250843,672-7390 Benn street double lot $25m neg, $21M neg- 2250854,2640146,602-0011
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FOR RENT Lessons or storage bond @ Vreed-en-Hoop junctionCall: 680-9905 Business place to rent @ E.C.D- Call:678-9413 Rooms- Call:225-9223 Fully furnished apartment in Nandy Park, suitable for a single person or coupleCall:619-4824 for further information.
WANTED One experience hairdresser to work at P&P Beauty Salon, Eccles. Contact: 645-3010, 639-7672, 619-0007.
FOR SALE/RENT
Experience Taxi driversCall:667-9013/627-9424
American Pool Table - Call: 277-0578
One three bedrooms house to rent- Call:617-4055 Contract Cars @ Gem’s TaxiCall:667-9013/627-9424 Female worker needed, 3 CXC subject or sound secondary school education- Call:612-1595
Thomas Cummingburg$90m -2250854,2250843
Urgently needed 1 plot of land to buy in Parfaite Harmony, Eccles & Herstelling- Call:675-7295/ 218-5591
Prashad Nagar- $65M (neg), $126M (neg) -2250854, 2250843, 672-7390
Salesgirl for shop on E.C.D age 17-24. Text or call 6158121
Essequibo 93x22- $37M (neg), $38M Town to country Realty 2250854
1 car to work taxi preferrably Raum or wagan- Call:6825798
Ogle Airport- $65M (neg) $45M (neg) $30M (neg). South Ruimveldt- $35M (neg)- 2250854, 264-0140, 672-7390
Urgently needed live-in waitresses to work in Bar reasonable salary offeredCall:259-0574
PROPERTY FOR SALE
Patentia- $28M (neg) 2250843, 264-0140, 264-0146, 602-0011 Tuschen- $28.5M, $29.5M, $22.5M- 264-0146, 264-0140, 602-0011 La Grange- (neg) $26M, $32M, $30M- 264-0146,2640140,602-0011 Mon Repos2250854,264-0146
$14M-
Independence Bolvard$17M (neg)- 2250854, 2250843, 686-9888 Republic Park - $34M (neg) $42M (neg) $30M (neg)- 2640140, 2250854, 686-9888 Mandela Ave - $17.5M2250854, 264-0146 La Penitence 2 storey front building $7.5M- Call Diana 227-2256/626-9382 Property for Contact:699-9926
sale-
One 2 storey 3 bedrooms 20x40 newly built concrete house situated in Parfaite Harmony $9M- Call:6385778/656-6407 House and land price $10M @ Grove H/Scheme 4th bridge- Contact Farida 6774404 Property for sale- Call: 627-5416
Bill writers and porters to work in Grocery stall, Stabroek market- Tel:2269800/683-9500 House lot between BV & L.B.I, E.C.D. Size 36/40ft in width & 80-100ft or more in length- call:641-3258/6752803
WANTED Drivers & day guard for supermarket on the E.C.DCall:680-3863. Cleaner to work on W.C.D- Call:6848231 One room mate to share apartment. Preferably working person- Call:6825798 2 Persons to work in kitchen- Please call 2336765 between 18hr-19hr Attractive live in waitressCall:327-0252/674-4665 1 Experienced butcher between ages 30-50. Attractive salary offered. Must be physically fit. Call:679-1904 (serious inquiry only) Contract cars @ Atlas Taxi Service, South Ruimveldt Gardens- Call:661-3043 Live In Waitress to work in a bar- Call:665-7865 Attractive live in WaitressCall:228-5129 Live-in domestic must know to cook and live in waitress $50,000 monthly- Call:6105043 Live In Live Out Babysitter Domestic- Call:225-6070 One live in maid age 24-45Call:697-2129
One experience mechanic to work in interior must know to repair minibus & solid DEF vehicle- Call:681-6044 Live in waitress- Call:6439007/ 697-2978 One experience driver to work in interior age 25 and up- Call:681-6044 One live in & one live out babysitter from 12-8pmCall:225-6070 Sales Representative. Apply in person with written application @ Rite Price Wireless stall 13&14 ‘A’ Bourda Market
EDUCATIONAL Electronic Course- hands on training. Starting 2nd October. Abdul electronicsCall:226-655/225-0391 Institute of Academic Supremacy East Street forms 1-5. Adult CXC classes: Maths, English A, Science & BusinessCall:226-8468/ 690-5008
Minibus driver living in Georgetown for contractCall:675-3093 Contract cars- Contact City Taxi Service- 660-1100/2267150 One experience sales girl & one porter for a grocery shop, age 30 to 35 @ Diamond New SchemeCall:691-9212 or 216-1420
LEARN TO DRIVE Soman & Sons Driving School , First Federation Building Call 225-4858, 6445166,622-2872,615-0964 (Continued on page 23)
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VEHICLE FOR SALE We buy & sell vehicles for cash, also parts available & 30 seater buses - Call:680-3154 2008 White Tacoma 4x4 automatic, 32,000 miles, 4" lift kit with big rims & tyres. Excellent condition - Call: 610-5370 Hilux D4D pick up extra cab, GPP series- Call:644-5096/ 697-1453 1 Leyland DAF 60 single axle & dump - Call: 216-1315/ 613-6615 1- AA60 Carina- Call:6895254/643-0332 (2) AT 170 Carina and Corona both EFI automatic, fully powered $580,000 eachCall:619-1047
LAND FOR SALE Parfaite Harmony $1.2MCall:675-7292 50x200 Land for sale @ 46 Friendship, E.B.D $18.5M Call: 216-2654/ 1-917-622-5810 Waiakabra, Linden Highway: 1,409’x403’ or 13.73 acres. Concrete house thereon. 1,100 feet from HighwayCall:619-4152 At Blankenburg public road, W.C.D. 38x150 & 39x150 $16M each- Call:666-3619 Eccles 50x100- $19M (neg). Eccles new scheme double lot-$12M (neg) - 2250854, 2250843, 672-7390 Land In Canaan-10 Acres, $8.5M (1 Acres)2250854, 2250843, 602-0011
Sand truck for sale- Call:6861616 or 255-0690
East Coat Land-3.5Acres -$22M (neg)- 2250854, 672-7390
Green Toyota Allion, PNN series $1.9M- Call:669-2650/ 677-5559
Highway Land- 10 Acre,15 Acre,21Acre,41 Acre 2250854,2250843,686-9888
Mitsubishi Galant $1.1MCall:645-3605
Diamond4.5 With Foundation, double lot first avenue $7M, $15M, $7.5M2250843,2250854,686-9888
1 Low Bed (hauler & trailer), 1 Freight Liner Hauler, 1-48ft trailer- Call:613-6979 Smart Choice Auto: Premio, Allion, IST, Runx, FielderCall:652-3820/665-4529 Best 2007 Nissan Titan flair, trunk cover, 22" mags, air brush $3.5M- call:674-9593 AT192, 212, Allion, Premio, Audi, BNN RZ mini buses, AT170, Marino. Cash or terms- Call:680-3154 One Bedford model M lorry with winch installed (unused). New reg $6M negotiable - Call Selwyn 625-9263 ALYEA’S AUTO SALE: PREMIO 2002/2003, AXIO 2008. ALL PRICES ARE NEG. 40 CROAL STREET STABROEK- TEL:2317284/622-3823 1 Toyota Hilux single cab. Excellent condition, first owner- Call:657-3707 2007 Toyota ‘BB’ $2.5M, 2007 Rav4 $6.4M, Spacio $2.1M, Premio $2.5M. vehicles fully loaded- Call: 617-2891 1 Toyota- IST, Fun Cargo, AT212, AT192, AT170, Ceres, G-Touring Wagon & Tundra- Call: 644-5096 or 697-1453 2008 unregistered Toyota Premio for sale- Call:615-4114 Suzuki Escudo (Vitara): White, 2000cc, gas, engine, full- featured SUV in excellent condition-Call: 629-2404/ 623-8172 1 Toyota 192 $600,000call:669-4676/699-6342 One Premio PNN series $2MCall:677-4404
Moblissa Highway - $1.4 (neg) 2250843,2250854,6869888 Crane H/Scheme 50x100$4M -2250854,2250843,6727390 Highway Title Land-500 Acre-$700, $50us 2250854,2250843/672-7390 Vreed-en-Hoop -1.1 Acre$13m -2250854,2250843,2640140,602-0011
VACANCY One professional seamstress & one frame builder- Call: 610-7005/ 2191342 Car wash attendantCall:694-4148 or 225-6296 24 Hour East Coast Guyoil needs night pump attendants, salesgirl & office assistantCall: 663-1751/684-2838 Evening Salesgirls (1:15pm10:30pm), Cashiers & cleaners. Send application & passport sized photograph @ Survival Shopping Complex 173 Sheriff St. Call:227-5286-89 Pump Attendant & Cashier @Shell Service Station Providence, E.B.D. Must be able to work shift (5am-3pm & 3pm-12pm)- Call:265-7305 (1) Customs Clerk (3) subjects CXC (English, Mathematics & must be computer literate). Due 11-1013. Contact 669-6874/6823481/ windsortechhomes @gmail.com Operators (Technical minds will be an asset) & Driver (Lorry license is an asset). BM Enterprise IncCall: 227-8176/7
Providence housing lots. Neighbouring to the Guyana National Stadium & Princess Hotel. Infrastructure works ongoing- Contact 668-3100/ 615-8810
TO LET Harmony Inn: Apartments fully furnished, airconditioned apartments: As low as $5000 per night- Call: 668-0306/ 602-8769/694-7817 Campbellville $100,000, Bel-Air $80,000, Lamaha Gardens US$1200, Atlantic Gardens US$900- Call Diana 227-2256/626-9382
Double lots located at 5 Rosetta, Canal #2, W.B.D. Price $10M neg- Call:6893413
Two bedrooms bottom apartment @ C/villeCall:650-0716/223-1051
Fully furnished Va c a t i o n home with all a m e n i t i e s - C a l l during working hours- 227-1218 Fully furnished short term apartments, Eccles call: 679-7139
Repairs, sales & spares air conditioning, microwaves, washer, fridges & stoves. Ultra Cool, call:225-9032,647-2943 We repair fridge, freezer, AC, washer, dryer call:2310655,683-8734 Omar HOUSE PLAN DRAFTING FOR ONLY $10,000CALL:694-9843/227-2766 Cellphone repairs at Halema’s Fashion 104 Regent street next door to the Multicomplex MallCall:622-7740/696-4008 Tattoo & body piercing @ Halema’s Fashion 104 Regent street next door to the Multicomplex MallCall:622-7740/696-4008 We Refill HP cartridges for $1800 call: 650-7699
We repair LCD, Plasma, LED TV, Microwave, Washer & Dryer, Amp etc. Call:6472677/693-3277
Prime Business Land for sale by: owner located on Regent Street 120x40- Contact: 2251831
SALON Make Up Courses, Artist Trained & Certified in Trinidad. Call: 660-5257, 647-1773 TO LET
Professional and affordable landscaping and tree trimming services. Budram’s Landscaping ServicesCall:656-1326/678-0058
Repairs to Fridge, Freezer, AC, Washers, Stoves: Call 683-1312,627-3206 (Nick)
Tuschen- $1.5M, $1.8M, $2M, $2.5M, $3.5, 50x80 -$2M -2250854, 264-0140, 602,0011 Parfaite Harmonie - $1.5M, $1.8M, $1.2M, $2.5M, $1M2250854 / 264-0146/ 602-0011
SERVICES Permanent & Visitors Visa Applications, Profressional Immigration Consultant Room D5 Maraj Building Call:225-6496,6626045,223-8115
One- 3 bedrooms upper flat at Zeeburg, W.C.D- Call:6138928 Stabroek new 4 storey concrete for hardware, bond, offices & apartment. Contact Celebrity Homes Reality- Tel: 668-3100/ 615-8810 1,2 &3 bedrooms furnished & unfurnished apartments in Georgetown. Contact Celebrity Homes Reality- Tel: 668-3100 or 615-8810
HOUSE PLAN DRAFTING STARTING @ $9,000CALL:674-0725
CAR RENTAL Fab’s Rental: Cars to RentCall:671-6051/609-6890 Premio, vitz call: 679-7139 Dolly’s Car Rental- Call: 225-7126/ 226-3693dollysautorental@yahoo.com/ www.dollysautorental.com First Choice Car Rental: Cars as low as $5,000 per day- Call:668-0306/6947817/225-6337 Wings Car Rental- Call:6431131
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Guyanese implicated in road-rage US incident New York – (New York Post) - Police have finally identified the most vicious of the “motor psychos” — the man who allegedly ripped a driver out of his car and beat him in front of his family after a wild chase on the West Side Highway, The Post has learned. Reginald Chance, 38, of Brooklyn, has lawyered up and is expected to surrender by Friday, according to two lawenforcement sources speaking on condition of anonymity. Chance is the top target from Sunday’s shocking motorcycle road rage attack, an assault that left Alexian Lien, 33, pummeled and bleeding on the pavement as his wife and two-year-old daughter cowered in their black Range Rover. Video taken by the helmet-mounted camera of biker Kevin Bresloff shows Chance allegedly committing the bulk of the violence once Lien’s Range Rover is forced to a stop near 178th Street. Bresloff, 37, of Bellport, LI, had his camera rolling as Lien’s car is surrounded by revving motorcycles and as
Chance removes his chromecolored helmet and uses it to bash the driver’s side window. Just before Chance allegedly pulls Lien from the car, Bresloff’s video abruptly ends - turned off, cops say, so as to avoid creating an incriminating record of the ensuing assault. Cops aren’t buying Bresloff’s claim that his camera “accidently” shut off, another law enforcement source said. Chance’s Facebook page says he is from Guyana and that he works as a driver and supervisor for Bimmy’s sandwich shop in Queens. Meanwhile, newly surfaced videos and photographs, taken at the scene of the attack by neighbors and drivers, could incriminate other bikers - including some who told cops they were not involved in the attack. One new photo, which ran on The Post’s front page Thursday, has become key evidence contradicting the claims of several bikers who had previously claimed to cops they were not involved, a source said. Meanwhile, mayoral
hopeful Joe Lhota blamed the stop-and-frisk crackdown for so impeding cops that outlaw motorcycle gangs are able to rampage freely. “These anti-police laws have had a chilling effect among the NYPD,” the Republican candidate told The Post Thursday. Recent City Council action and a ruling by federal Judge Shira Scheindlin - both hamstringing cops in the name of fighting racial profiling - have “emboldened criminals and made us less safe,” Lhota said. “We have seen an increase in shootings, rapes and in the past few days a horrific attack on a father in front of his family and five people stabbed on the Upper West Side,” Lhota said. “These anti-police laws have had a chilling effect among the NYPD,” he added. Democrat Bill de Blasio, meanwhile, has urged that cops visit motorcycle clubs and talk to bikers. “We have to be very tough on this one - this is an unacceptable state of affairs,” de Blasio said.
“Cave Man” charged for attempted murder of Surinamese Travis Porter, 20, of Lot 504 West Ruimveldt, Georgetown, who is also known as “Cave Man” was yesterday remanded to prison by Chief Magistrate Priya Beharry at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court. He was answering an attempted murder charge and was not required to plead to the indictable charge. The court heard that on September 23 at West Ruimveldt, the accused attempted to murder his 16year-old cousin, Shamar Porter, who is a Surinamese. Court documents revealed
that on the date in question, at about 21:00hours, the accused and the complainant had a fight over a cellular phone. Investigations later revealed that the fight started after victim had accused the defendant of stealing the said phone. It was also noted that the defendant and his cousin had to be parted by a family member during the fight. The defendant, who was not satisfied, then went for an object that still remains unknown to investigators, and slashed the complainant on the left side of his hand
just as he turned his back after being parted from the scuffle. After committing the act, the assailant fled the scene and went into hiding for several days. The victim, however, was hospitalized for more than a week. After a search was conducted for the accused, he was eventually captured, and charged for the said offence. He later admitted to police officers, whilst in their custody, that he did wound his cousin. The unrepresented defendant was denied bail and is expected to return to court on October 18 for report and fixture.
Teen charged with murder of man found floating in Princes Street canal A teenager faced Chief Magistrate Priya Sewnarine Beharry, at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court yesterday charged with murder. According to the charge, Delon Glasgow, 18, of Lot 687 East Ruimveldt Housing Scheme, murdered Jules Walker between August 10 and August 11, last. Glasgow was not required to plead to the charge. The court heard that the deceased was last seen in the company of the accused on August 10. The following day, Walker’s body was seen floating near the koker at Princes and High Streets, Georgetown. The corpse bore
Jules Walker several marks of violence. Police investigations were carried out and the accused was arrested. Subsequent investigations led to him being charged with the offence.
Walker was missing a days before residents of Charlestown, first spotted a corpse floating in the Princes Street canal. Heavy rainfall and strong currents pushed the body further to a koker that facilitates drainage into the Demerara River. On August 11, 2013 the body of Jules Walker, 33, of Lot 7 Ogle Front, East Coast Demerara was pulled from the canal several hours after relatives and friends of the deceased conducted a meticulous search of the area. The matter is adjourned until November 4, 2013 for the commencement of the Preliminary Hearing.
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Letters... Where your views make the news
Racial politics in Guyana must end, and this must begin with the people DEAR EDITOR, Racial politics in Guyana must end, and this must begin with the people. The Stabroek News, October 3, 2013 piece entitled “Nagamootoo accuses PPP of race-baiting,” [sic] raises a serious issue that has long stood in the way of the Guyanese people. Being GuyaneseAmerican, and having seriously studied the effects of race and its role in politics in Guyana, I believe that all attempts by politicians at race-baiting the people in the country should not be permitted. Instead, racial politics and race-baiting should be seen as criminal acts, since they frequently undermine Guyanese democracy and the people’s choice, thus, indirectly, violating Guyana’s constitution and its contractual commitment to its people. Race-baiting by politicians in Guyana is nothing new and is usually brought about when one or more of its political parties senses that it is failing the country economically. They
then bring up race to distract the population from the real issues. I applaud AFC ViceChairman, Mr. Moses Nagamootoo, in denouncing a practice that should not be tolerated in Guyana, and raising awareness in a public manner. When racial politics arise in the country, it constitutes an attempt by the Guyanese government to divide and rule the people for its own benefit. To make matters worse, when racial violence occurs as a byproduct of political race-baiting, the world sees Guyana as a “racist” and “corrupt” society— which I know it is not. Earlier this year, when I conducted research on Guyana, I found that Western scholars and organizations believe that racial or ethnic violence is the reason for the country’s weak economy and weak government. By looking at Guyana’s history and the years of “apan jaat,” their viewing of the nation seems accurate, but does not capture the full picture. Guyana is weak because its government and
economy are. Because the nation is weak, the people are more susceptible to political race-baiting. But there is hope. Guyanese scholars, and ordinary citizens that I have freely interviewed, understood that poverty is a bigger issue in Guyana and that racial conflict or racebaiting is only present when politicians definitively are benefiting from it. If the majority of citizens understood this, political figures attempting to hide their destruction behind racebaiting would not be tolerated. If Guyanese are able to stop electing corrupt and racist political individuals into government, policy outcomes could greatly improve. After all, if one sector or one racial group of people are benefiting more than another sector or group of people in the nation, Guyana will not grow and its people will continue to suffer as a nation. Tamanisha John, Research Associate at the Council on Hemispheric Affairs
October 5 - A defining moment in... From page 4 Commission made up of an equal number of representatives from the government and opposition sides, a new voters’ list, and the counting of votes at the place of poll. Hoyte refused to agree on the latter, on the ground that it would be a “logistical nightmare” to count votes at the place of poll! Elections held on October 5, 1992, as widely anticipated,
led to the end of PNC dictatorial rule and the election to office of the PPP/C. Immediately prior to the 1992 elections, the PPP entered into an alliance with a group of individuals from civil society made up of intellectuals, businessmen and other members of civil society, some of whom were active in the PCD. Dr. Cheddi Jagan became Guyana’s first democratically elected Executive
President and Mr. Samuel Hinds from the Civic component became Prime Minister, a position which he continues to hold until this day. The PPP/C, despite predictions by Hoyte that the new government could not survive one year in office, is this month celebrating twenty-one years in office, having won successive elections in certified free and fair elections. During this period, the Presidency changed hands following the death of Dr. Jagan in 1997 to his wife Janet Jagan, and following her passing, to Mr. Samuel Hinds, Dr. Bharrat Jagdeo and Mr. Donald Ramotar, who is the current President after the PPP/C won the elections in the November 2011 general and regional elections. One common denominator of all the Presidents that served at the helm of the PPP/ C administration was their ability to take the country along the development continuum as the country soars to higher and higher levels of achievement and recognition as a proud member of the international community. Congratulations are in order for His Excellency President Donald Ramotar, all former presidents of the PPP/ C government, Cabinet Members, both present and past, the leadership and entire membership of the ruling PPP and all those who have contributed in one way or the other to the growth and development of this beautiful and great country of ours. Hydar Ally
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Italian Senate panel recommends Berlusconi’s expulsion ROME (Reuters) - An Italian Senate committee yesterday recommended that former Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi be expelled from parliament after his conviction for tax fraud, paving the way for a final decision this month that could seal his political fate. The recommendation to kick out the man who has dominated Italian politics for the past two decades was taken by a cross-party committee of 23 Senators dominated by the centerright leader’s political opponents. It will have to be ratified later this month by a vote of the full Senate, where Berlusconi’s supporters are also in a minority, before he loses his seat. Berlusconi did not attend Friday’s hearing, denouncing the procedure as a maneuver by his political enemies to remove him. His allies remained defiant after the vote. “This is clearly a political decision to get rid of the leader of Italy’s center right by judicial means,” said Renato Brunetta, lower house leader of Berlusconi’s People of Freedom party.
“The axmen shouldn’t delude themselves, what is rolling on the floor is the title of senator, not the head of the man and the politician Berlusconi, who remains the leader and point of reference for half of the Italians.” The Senate proceedings cap a disastrous week for the 77-year-old billionaire, who was forced into a humiliating climb-down on Wednesday by a party revolt which made him back center-left Prime Minister Enrico Letta in parliament. After pulling his ministers from the coalition government at the weekend and calling for new elections, Berlusconi had to reverse his decision to bring down the government and, instead, backed Letta in a confidence vote after dissenters in his own party threatened to tear the center right apart. The revolt left Berlusconi’s PDL divided into two blocs, with 42-year-old party secretary Angelino Alfano heading a group of moderates while a hard core of loyalists remain with Berlusconi, although a formal split has not yet been confirmed. Even if Berlusconi is expelled from the Senate as
expected he could still lead the center right, or the part of it that remains loyal to him, from outside parliament. However, his position would be weaker and he would be robbed of the protection from arrest which parliamentarians enjoy, which could be important as he faces many other legal cases. Financial markets have reacted positively to the survival of Letta’s government, with yields on Italian 10-year bonds falling to 4.3 percent, the same as before the crisis erupted. Berlusconi’s political future has been under threat since early August, when Italy’s top court rejected a final appeal and found him guilty of a massive tax fraud scheme at his Mediaset television empire. It sentenced him to four years in prison, commuted to one year under house arrest or in community service, making him ineligible for parliament under a law passed last year. Berlusconi loyalists insist this law should not apply in his case because the offences occurred before it was passed.
(Reuters) - Washington headed into the fifth day of a partial government shutdown with no end in sight even as another, more serious conflict over raising the nation’s borrowing authority started heating up. The U.S. House of Representatives prepared for today’s session but with no expectations of progress on either the shutdown or a measure to raise the nation’s $16.7 trillion debt ceiling. Congress must act by October 17 in order to avoid a government debt default. Republican House Speaker John Boehner tried yesterday to squelch reports that he would ease the way to a debt ceiling increase, stressing that Republicans would continue to insist on budget cuts as a condition of raising the borrowing authority. O n t h e s h u t d own, Boehner said Republicans were holding firm in their demand that in exchange for passing a bill to fund and reopen the government, President Barack Obama and his Democrats must agree to delay implementation of Obama’s health care law.
The launch date for Obamacare health insurance exchanges came and went on October 1, meaning Republicans are now in a more difficult political position of trying to stop something that has already begun. Although essential government functions like national security and air traffic control continue, the economic and policy effects of the shutdown are amplified the longer hundreds of thousands of federal workers remain at home and unpaid. Negotiations on tax and free trade treaties are on hold, enforcement of sanctions against Iran and Syria are being hindered, and a government tester of dangerous consumer products spends his days at home. Nerves and sometimes tempers frayed yesterday after several weeks of long sessions of Congress and non-stop posturing. “This isn’t some damn game,” said Boehner, responding to a Wall Street Journal article that quoted an unidentified White House official saying Democrats were “winning” the shutdown battle.
The Democratic president reiterated that he was willing to negotiate with Republicans, but said, “We can’t do it with a gun held to the head of the American people.” “There’s no winning when families don’t have certainty over whether they’re going to get paid or not,” Obama told reporters when he visited a downtown Washington lunch spot that was offering a discount to furloughed federal government workers. The shutdown began on Tuesday when the Republican-led House of Representatives refused to approve a bill funding the government unless it included measures designed to delay or defund key provisions of O b a m a ’s signature legislation, the 2010 Affordable Care Act, which are now being implemented. Obama again appealed to Boehner to bring a “clean” funding bill - without reference to the health reforms - to a vote in the House, where many Democrats believe it could pass with a combination of Democrats and a few of the majority Republicans.
Washington still deadlocked on shutdown and debt ceiling
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At least four killed in Egypt as Islamists mount bold protests
Egyptian supporters of ousted President Mohamed Morsi shout slogans during a protest in Cairo, Egypt, yesterday. CAIRO (Reuters) - At least four people died in clashes yesterday as supporters of deposed President Mohamed Mursi mounted their boldest marches since troops crushed their protest camps demanding his reinstatement on August 14. An Egyptian army vehicle fired live rounds in the direction of Brotherhood supporters who had been pushed back by security forces when they tried to enter Cairo’s Tahrir Square, the symbolic heart of Egypt’s 2011 uprising. Four people were killed in clashes in two neighborhoods of Cairo, an interior minister spokesman said in comments published by state-run newspaper AlAhram late yesterday. All four were Brotherhood supporters, security sources said. Major General Sayed Shafiq, assistant interior minister for public security, denied any protesters had died in the southern city of Assiut. Medical and health sources had earlier said four people had been killed in Assiut, without saying which side they were on. In Cairo, onlookers threw rocks at pro-Mursi protesters, who hurled them back. Riot police earlier fired tear gas to push back the march. Thousands of protesters headed toward the site in northeast Cairo of one of the former Brotherhood protest camps crushed by security forces in August. By late afternoon, protesters had retreated from the area. Members of the Brotherhood, which has been banned by court order, tried to reach the presidential palace but were turned back by police.
The state news agency said protesters failed in attempts to reach the defense ministry and a Republican Guard facility. Fighting also erupted in Egypt’s second city Alexandria and two Nile Delta cities. The Brotherhood won every election after a popular uprising ousted autocrat Hosni Mubarak in 2011, but became deeply unpopular under Mursi’s rule. Mursi was accused of trying to give himself sweeping powers and entrenching the Brotherhood - allegations he denies. Egypt has been gripped by political and economic turmoil since army chief General Abdel Fattah al-Sisi overthrew Mursi, the country’s first freely elected president, on July 3 after mass protests against his rule. On August 14, Egypt’s military-backed authorities smashed the two pro-Mursi sit-ins in Cairo, with hundreds of deaths, and then declared a state of emergency and imposed a curfew. Many of the Brotherhood’s top leaders have been arrested since. “They (the government) want a country without religion,” said protester Rasha al-Malky. Yesterday’s violence came a day after European Union foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton held talks in Cairo with top government officials, Sisi, and two Brotherhood politicians and urged both sides to pursue reconciliation. There was no sign either side was prepared to heed her call. Sisi has promised that a political road map will lead to elections in the Arab world’s most populous nation. The Brotherhood, which says the military staged a coup, has
refused to take part in the political transition. Yesterday’s clashes in Cairo broke out as Mursi supporters tried to enter the centre of Tahrir Square, the rallying point for hundreds of thousands of protesters during the popular uprising that toppled autocrat Hosni Mubarak in 2011. The protesters chanted slogans calling for the removal of Sisi and waved Egyptian flags. State news agency MENA said the army fired warning shots and tear gas to prevent Brotherhood supporters from crossing a bridge leading into the square. Protesters wrote graffiti on the wall of a building near Tahrir reading “Egypt is Islamic.” Others chanted “You coward Sisi” as tear gas billowed in the air. Political tensions have decimated investment and tourism, a pillar of the economy. Attacks by militant groups based in the Sinai Peninsula have risen sharply since Mursi’s ouster, with almost daily operations against soldiers and police. Two Egyptian soldiers were killed by masked gunmen in a drive-by shooting yesterday morning on a road near the Suez Canal city of Ismailia, security sources said. The city borders the Sinai. Fears are growing that an Islamist insurgency will take hold beyond the Sinai, which borders Israel and the Gaza Strip. A Sinai-based group claimed responsibility for a failed suicide bombing attack on the interior minister in Cairo last month. Yesterday, the Salafi Jihadi militant group warned that any local Bedouin leader who cooperated with the Egyptian authorities would be targeted.
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Tambe, Rahane take... From page 33 company of Shane Watson, with whom he put on 59 for the fourth wicket. He found gaps in the covers often, and when the ball suited him, Rahane hit inside-out above the infield as well. An advancing drive over extra cover in the ninth
over was followed three overs later by a graceful blow that carried the ball well over the cover rope and a fluent drive in the same direction. In between, the wayward yorkers were glanced to the fine leg fence and the short balls dispatched square on the
leg side. The Super Kings attack was disciplined at the finish however. Royals were placed at 141 for 4 at the end of the 17th over, looking set for a score in excess of 170, but could only muster 18 more runs, surrendering three wickets in Dwayne Bravo’s final over. (ESPN Cricinfo)
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LIBRA (SEP 23 - OCT 22): Social events, especially those unrelated to business, could bring exciting new contacts. Relationships with partners should be mutually beneficial, particularly when the people you're dealing with are friends. *************************** SCORPIO (OCT 23 NOV 21): Your efficient and practical abilities are operating at a very high level. A long-term goal that you've been working toward could finally be reached today, bringing good fortune and open acknowledgement. *************************** SAGITTARIUS (NOV 22 DEC 21): Your strong business head and practical skills couple with imagination and innovation to bring advancement your way *************************** CAPRICORN (DEC 22 JAN 19): Business colleagues or prospective partners could visit today. The meeting promises to be cooperative, rewarding, and fruitful. *************************** AQUARIUS (JAN 20 - FEB 18): A social event in your neighborhood, perhaps in your home, could bring practical information your way that you can put to use to advance your business. You could meet some valuable contacts. Information received from neighbors can prove enlightening. You should feel optimistic, enthusiastic, and motivated. *************************** PISCES (FEB 19 - MAR 20): Your business and financial interests could suddenly take a turn for the better. Any difficulties you've been having may disappear as if by magic. Whatever your work, either related to career or projects of your own, it should suddenly run a lot more smoothly.
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Media told that more awareness needed in Agriculture From page 19 the reporters and agricultural specialists. He recalled that the region once held what he said was the “proud record in Agriculture research”. He pointed to faltering research with the “departure” of the Imperial College of Tropical Agriculture. “We have a poor agriculture capacity research in this region and we need to change that paradigm…I am not ashamed to say we have a poorly coordinated research agenda; we have the elements of it together…” The Minister listed CARDI, the University of the West Indies, St. George's University in Grenada and the locally based University of Guyana, Guyana School of Agriculture and N.A.R.I. The Minister said that a poor job was done; there were constraints recognized by the Jagdeo Initiative.
Recognizing the importance of the media workshop to promote coverage of the agriculture issues was Maurice Wilson of CARDI. “Constantly we have underestimated in many ways the overriding importance of agriculture…It is linked to health, manufacturing, provides food to the mining sector.” Agriculture has been described as not being attractive enough to for media coverage but Wilson believes that it is important enough to warrant coverage. “We collectively must make agriculture a significant important element in our lives… and bring it to the attention of all the stakeholders that matter.” Thierry Doudet of the CTA noted that the media workshop can be used to strengthen reporting on Agriculture and Rural Develop-
ment Issues. The CTA is known for its technical capacity that has been able to provide specialized information on a range of issues including agriculture, climate change and food and nutrition.
ECCB 40over 1st Div. re-starts tomorrow Five grounds will be hosting matches when the East Coast Cricket Board (ECCB) 40-over cricket competition continues tomorrow from 11:00hrs. Fairfield Cricket Club plays Perseverance Cricket Club at Fairfield, Unity Cricket Club take on Helena Cricket Club at Unity, Lusignan (B) battle Mon Repos at Lusignan, Better Hope (A) face off with Lions XI at Better Hope and Ogle Cricket Club come up against Plaisance Cricket Club at Ogle.
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GFF/Banks Beer 2013/14 Nat’l Premier League launched - double-header to kick things off in Linden tomorrow
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Victor Macedo Mem. Cycle Road Race set for tomorrow Cyclists will take to the streets tomorrow, Sunday October 6, 2013 for the annual Victor Macedo Memorial Road Race which will commence using the rolling start at 07:30hrs from Peter Rose Street in the City.They will proceed to Homestretch Avenue then to Dora on the Linden Soesdyke Highway before returning for the finish on Homestretch Avenue. Senior
and junior riders will go the full course while all veterans and ladies will turn back at Splashmins. The event is sponsored by the Family and Relatives of the Late Victor Macedo and is organised by the Flying Stars Cycle Club. Only cyclists complying with the Guyana Cycling Federation (GCF) regulations will be eligible to participate.
Afghanistan secure World Cup berth Afghanistan are overjoyed at qualifying for their first 50-over World Cup
Associations representatives and GFF officials at yesterday’s Launch at Thirst Park. The evident absence of the pomp and ceremony that is typically associated with the launch of a major event was quickly overshadowed by the enthusiasm and harmony displayed by member associations’ representatives, players, officials and more importantly representatives of the sponsor. Yesterday, in the lobby of the Banks DIH Sports Bar at Thirst Park, the Guyana Football Federation (GFF) / Banks Beer 2013/14 National Premier League was launched before a large turnout that included GFF President Christopher Matthias, VicePresident of Competitions Collie Hercules, Banks Beer Brand Manager Brian ChooHen, Company PRO Troy Peters, GFF Vice-President Ivan Persaud, players and associations representatives from the sixteen (16) clubs selected to participate in the event. Peters, who chaired the proceedings shortly after apologising for the absence of Deputy Chairman George McDonald, referred to the occasion as another significant day for Guyana’s football which heralds one of the biggest tournaments to be played. He expressed thanks on
behalf of the Chairman Clifford Reis, Board of Directors of the Company and the Staff and Management for allowing the Company to be associated with the League. Hercules, whose responsibility it is to run the League first acknowledged the job done by the Organising Committee who according to him worked tirelessly to produce the Plan that will govern the League, while emphasising its importance in shaping the future of Guyana’s football. He cautioned the clubs that there will be winners and losers in every game and that he believed will challenge teams to be creative and take more risks. Hercules encouraged the teams to be disciplined, play hard and help develop a brand of football that will be pleasing to the fans. Matthias in his remarks spoke of the objectives that the GFF would like to achieve through the staging of the League and urged teams to adhere to the rules that have been set up to govern the event. Choo-Hen for his part welcomed all those present and echoed the earlier sentiments expressed by Peters, adding that the
Dove flies off with honours in St Stepen’s School Athletic C/ships From page 35 performances and even the teachers joined in the frolic, egging on their respective athletes. An especially entertaining race occurred in the Girls U-8, 200M event when Shania King blaze away from her competitors and was the first to brace the line. Monella Johnson and Jada O’Brien finished behind her in that order. The sportsmanlike environment continued right up to the end of the prize giving ceremony when the tots from the winning unit broke into song; “Dove is the best, better than the rest; any other house, is a no contest.”
Company will remain steadfast in their commitment to assist in the development of the sport. He called on the community of Linden, the location for tomorrow’s double header to come out and support the initiative which according to him will certainly reinvigorate interest in the sport once again. Teams were later presented with the rules and fixtures that will govern the League. Close to $7million in prize monies and trophies will be up for grabs while there will be incentives for individual outstanding performances as well. The winning team will receive $3million, runner-up $2million, 3rd place $1million and 4th place $500,000. Also, there will be a daily gate prize of $25,000 for a lucky fan along with other special prizes. Meanwhile, the two matches tomorrow will see the Guyana Defence Force tackle Linden’s Silver Shattas in the feature clash at 20:00 hrs and that will be preceded by an encounter between host Milerock and Riddim Squad from 18:00 hrs. The following are the teams that will be participating in the competition: Georgetown - GDF FC, Riddim Squad FC, Alpha United FC, Santos FC and BK Western Tigers FC Upper Demerera Milerock FC, Winners Connection FC and Silver Shattas FC East Demerera - Buxton United FC, BV/Triumph and Mahaica Determinators Berbice - Rosignol United FC and NA United FC West Demerara - Den Amstel FC and Young Achievers FC East Bank Demerara Grove Hi-Tech
Afghanistan secured their passage to Australia and New Zealand in 2015 by beating Kenya comprehensively for the second time in succession in Sharjah, sealing their maiden World Cup qualification. They finished second in the World Cricket League Championship - nine wins in 14 matches - and joined Ireland as the second Associate team in the 2015 World Cup, while the remaining two spots for Associates will be decided by a qualifying tournament in New Zealand in 201 4 . Afghanistan had to beat Kenya to prevent UAE from gaining qualification and their bowlers delivered once again. Having dismissed Kenya for 89 on October 2, Afghanistan skittled them for 93 today, ensuring their batsmen had a facile target to achieve their World Cup goal. They did it in 20.5 overs to reach their third global tournament, having a p p e a r e d i n t h e Wo r l d Twenty20s in 2010 and 2012. Before their wickets began to tumble, however, Kenya had been stifled: their run rate was less than one during the first 15 overs. Karim Sadiq provided Afghanistan their first wicket, trapping Irfan Karim lbw in the sixth over for 3 off 27 balls. The second came one over later, with Mohammd
Nabi bowling the debutant Gurdeep Singh for 1 off 23 deliveries. Gurdeep, at 15 years and 258 days, was the second youngest player to appear in an ODI. Morris Ouma had just struck the innings’ first boundary, off the last ball of the 16th over, when he lost his partner Collins Obuya the next ball. Their partnership of 9 had taken seven overs, leaving the innings with no momentum. Kenya then had their largest stand - 53 between Ouma and Rakep Patel for the fourth wicket - but after that was broken when Patel missed a cut off Hamza Hotak, there was no more resistance. Ouma followed for 39 an over later - run out by Samiullah Shenwari - and Hotak and Hamid Hassan made short work of the lower order. Afghanistan took seven wickets for 24 to dismiss Kenya in 43.3 overs. It was Kenya’s third sub-100 score against Afghanistan in five days; they had been routed for 56 i n t h e Tw e n t y 2 0 o n September 30. Needing only 94 to join cricket’s elite at the World Cup, Afghanistan’s chase began poorly when they lost the opener Mohammad Shahzad for 1 in the second over. They scored slowly too, but their bowlers had given them the luxury of being able to do so while seeing off the new ball. By the time the umpires took
the players off for lunch, Nawroz Mangal and Asghar Stanikzai had taken the team to 24 for 1 in nine overs. Mangal found the longoff boundary in the first over after the resumption, which went for nine runs to give Afghanistan impetus. However, they were jolted severely in the 11th, Shem Ngoche bowling Stanikzai with the first ball and trapping Mangal lbw with the last to reduce Afghanistan to 34 for 3. Any worries of a collapse, however, were allayed by Mohammad Nabi and Hashmatullah Shaidi, who shared a 62-run stand for the fourth wicket to kill the contest. Nabi was aggressive, scoring at nearly a run a ball and accelerated towards the finish with two huge sixes. He sealed the World Cup berth with a smash to the midwicket boundary. They will join Pool A at the World Cup along with Australia, Bangladesh, England, New Zealand, Sri Lanka and another qualifier. Afghanistan’s progress means that Netherlands, UAE, Scotland, Kenya, Namibia, Canada, Uganda, Hong Kong, Nepal and Papua New Guinea will have to compete for the last two Associate berths. Final scores: Afghanistan 96 for 3 (Nabi 42*) beat Kenya 93 (Ouma 39, Hotak 3-19) by seven wickets. (ESPN Cricinfo)
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Banks Premium Beer /Friends T&T look to gatecrash Inc. Grass Track Meet on IPL teams’ party today at Better Hope Gr. - face Mumbai Indian’s in 2nd semi today
Riders at the starting line at a previous Meet. Dirt bike lovers are in for a treat this evening when the exponents of the sport take to the Better Hope Community Centre Ground where they will exhibit their skills competing for attractive prizes in the Friends Inc. organised Fund Raising Grass Track Meet, sponsored by Banks DIH Limited under their Banks Premium Beer brand. The scheduled races are anticipated to be fiercely
contested with the likes of 2012 champion rider, Andy Wong and veteran Steven Vieira set to be revving up their throttles at the starting line.Lucrative prizes are at stake for the first to third place finishers in each race at an event which will see all proceeds going towards charity and the less fortunate. This is the third such event that is being put on by organisers, Friends Inc. which is the fund raising affiliate of
Mount Olive Lodge. Throttling time is 18:00hrs this evening which will see a total of 11 races being contested; three for professional riders, a similar amount for novices, two for those in the choppy class, one for 100cc bikes while the final race of the evening will be the handicap classic that is open to all categories. Admission is $1000 for adults; children will pay half that amount.
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Shaan Baksh (66), Shazam Azeez (59 & 3-35) Fiaz Latif (6- 17) shine The New Building Society (NBS) Second Division 40-over competition organised by the Berbice Cricket Board (BCB) for clubs in the Ancient County continued recently. Sisters did well to tally 158 for 9 in 25 overs against Overwinning Bible Church whose off-spinner Shazam Azeez took 3 for 35, former Berbice Under-19 batsman Shaan Baksh slammed 66 (4x4 5x6) and Azeez 59 (3x4 3x6) the pair put on 120 for the opening stand in just 9 overs to engineer the Church team attaining victory with 159 for 2 in just 16 overs. Andre De Freitas scored 56 to help Bristol Warriors reach 185 in 33 overs against Canefield and his team-mate, off-spinner Fiaz Latif then took 6 for 17 from 6 overs to see Canefield bowled out for 108 in reply. No. 1 Road did well to restrict Courtland All Star to 105 in 17 overs but after that Courtland opening pacer Keon Sinclair took 5 for 11 from 5 overs and off-spinner
Troy Mathieson 4 for 25 from 5 overs to leave them in shambles at 50 all out in just 11 overs. SCORES At Sisters, Overwinning Bible Church beat Sisters by 8 wickets. Sisters 158 for 9 in 25 overs; Gordon Sam 32, Matthew Maltay 28, Leroy Bennett 26, Shazam Azeez 3 for 35, Shaan Baksh 2 for 3, Richard Henry 2 for 28. Overwinning Bible Church 159 for 2 in 16 overs; Shaan Baksh 66, Shazam Azeez 59. At the Rose Hall Welfare Ground in Canje, Bristol Warriors beat Canefield by 77 runs. Bristol Warriors 185 in 33 overs; Andre De Freitas 56, Ameer Rahaman 27, Hardat Singh 26, Khemraj Sumair 2 for 27, Leon Sunthgolam 2 for 33. Canefield 108 in 28 overs; Leon Sunthgolam 37, Satanand Mohabir 30, Fiaz Latif 6 for 17, Jorim De Freitas 3 for 13. At Courtland, Courtland All Star beat No. 1 Road by 55 runs. Courtland All Star 105 in 17 overs; Vejai Seecharran 3 for 2, Rayan Monya 3 for 22, Joel Johnson
2 for 5. No. 1 Road 50 in 11 overs with Keon Sinclair 5 for 11, Troy Mathieson 4 for 25. At Shieldstown, Shieldstown beat D’Edward Warriors by 5 wickets. D’Edward Warriors 83 in 24.3 overs; Kris Bridgelall 3 for 12. Aftar Gani 3 for 19, Riaz Imam 2 for 16. Shieldstown 84 for 5 in 16 overs; Heeralall Bridgelall 44 N.O, Gansham Lalsa 3 for 26. At Albion, Albion Community Centre beat Jai Hind by 52 runs. Albion Community Centre 138 in 30 overs; David Latchaya 45, Balchand Baldeo 31, Vicky Veerasammy 3 for 14. Jai Hind 96 in 28 overs; Vicky Veerasammy 27, Joshua Ramsammy 27, Balchand Baldeo 3 for 17, David Latchaya 2 for 16, Sharaz Ramcharran 2 for 18. At Albion Front, Fyrish Road beat Albion Travellers by 6 wickets. Albion Travellers 126 in 24.3 overs; Avinash Sookraj 28, Zamin Hamid 4 for 26, Isaac Kamaludin 2 for 20, Hassan Hussain 2 for 27. Fyrish Road 130 for 4 in 24.4 overs; Joseph Kamaludin 49.
After making the inaugural Champions League T20 final against New South Wales in 2009, Trinidad & Tobago have not reached the tournament’s knockouts again. In this edition, the group stage got better and better for them. After a four-wicket loss to Sunrisers Hyderabad in their second match, they held on helped by a late shower - in a must-win game against Titans, before shocking tournament favourites Chennai Super Kings in their final game. Their eight-wicket win against Super Kings was so comprehensive they catapulted them into top place in Group B. T&T’s strength remains their bowling, specifically mystery spinner Sunil Narine who was the highest wickettaker at the end of the group stage with eight scalps. While they’ve had the occasional sparkle from their batsmen like Evin Lewis’ quickfire 70 against Titans - it is primarily Narine, with some help from seamers Ravi Rampaul and Rayad Emrit, who has brought the team so far. Still, T&T, the only nonIPL team left in the tournament, are the underdogs in their semifinal encounter, as they face a star-laden Mumbai Indians line-up. Mumbai’s progression to the semifinals was far trickier. A humbling seven-wicket
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loss to Rajasthan Royals followed by a washout against Otago meant they faced an uphill task to go through. Upon securing a much-needed victory against Lions, they showed just what their power-packed batting is capable off, mowing down 150 in 13.2 overs (they needed to do so in 14.2) against Perth Scorchers to bump their net run rate over Otago and qualify. They are the reigning IPL
champions and, as their Captain Rohit Sharma said after the win against Scorchers, seem to be peaking at the right time. Should T&T complete another giant killing, though, there’ll be a footnote to the game: Mumbai’s last game in this tournament is likely to be Sachin Tendulkar’s last in limited-overs cricket. Also, Tendulkar is 26 runs short of 50,000 runs in all recognised cricket.
Tambe, Rahane take Royals to final Pravin Tambe scripted the most remarkable chapter in his brief Twenty20 career, as he scuttled the Chennai Super Kings chase with a canny spell of leg spin bowling that reaped 3 wickets for 10 in four overs. Super Kings began poorly in pursuit of 160, failing to eclipse the required rate in the Powerplay, as both openers were run out, but Tambe ensured the dangerous men below would not prosper, as he and the seamers gleaned a wicket per over between the 9th and 13th overs of the innings. At the innings break, Royals may perhaps have felt their 159 for 8 was at least ten runs light at a traditionally high-scoring venue, but despite a desperate R Ashwin salvo towards the finish, the hosts extended their winning streak at home to 13 victories. A fluid Ajinkya Rahane
scored 70 from 56 balls, which helped set up the 14-run win, with the Royals finishing the year unbeaten in Jaipur. Tambe extracted no alarming turn from the hard surface, but succeeded instead by pushing his legbreaks through quickly at the batsmen’s legs. The Super Kings batsmen were tentative in his first over, and when Badrinath ran past one that kept low in Tambe’s next over, the visitors were even more reluctant to take him on. He trapped Dwayne Bravo in front with a slider in the following over, after Rahul Shukla had done MS Dhoni in with a beauty at the other end, then effectively delivered the coup de grace by removing Suresh Raina, who had been the only top order batsman to produce a start. When Tambe began his spell, Super Kings were 41 for 2 after 6 overs, and when he
finished, they were 73 for 7 after 13. Ashwin swung bravely at the seam bowlers, whose standards dipped after the middle overs, but his team had already surrendered too much ground. He and Chris Morris got Super Kings to within 23 runs off victory before the 20th over, and although Ashwin struck the first ball for six, he fell on the fourth delivery, having struck three fours and three sixes in his 28-ball 46. Rahane arrived with consecutive fifties behind him, and his abiding fine touch was plain to see in the first over, when he strode down the pitch to send Ravindra Jadeja into the sightscreen. He lay low for several overs after that, as he collected runs into the outfield, but unfurled his attacking strokes again in the (Continued on page 31)
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India A lower order minimises WI A lead
At the end of each day’s play, long after the players have left the Jawaharlal Nehru National College of Engineering Ground in Shimoga, around 200 people gather outside the West Indies A pavilion. These are mostly volunteers - only a few of them as college employees are paid extra for this - waiting for their work in the day to be accounted for. One by one, a certain committee’s name is called up on the microphone. “Sight-screen committee,” you can hear, “today was okay, but in the 27th over, just before lunch, you let a man cross the screen as the bowler was running in. You can get better tomorrow.” There are 18 such committees formed only for these six days. There is a food-for-players committee, there is a food-for-others committee, one committee looks after the police’s needs, and another committee liaises with the BCCI and Karnataka State Cricket Association. Some of these 200 volunteers are either college students, doctors, board officials or friends. Except for the college workers who have been paid extra to work here, nobody is getting paid. This is only the fourth first-class match the city is holding, and the second for this particular venue. Shimoga isn’t quite the seasoned pro, but it doesn’t want to leave much to chance. Over the last three days, the committees and the volunteers have been rewarded with healthy crowds, but the actual cricket has fallen prey to a slow and flat pitch. When, at 11.04am on the final morning, Mohammad Kaif flicked one past midwicket, India A had successfully avoided the follow-on. The pitch was not going to break up, and this
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match was reduced to a glorified net session. The lower order enjoyed it and batted without pressure or direction. By the time the last India A wicket fell, only 47 runs separated the two teams, and there was only a day and 14 overs left to force a result. India A had no incentive to go for quick runs. West Indies A - missing Fidel Edwards, who bowled just four overs - couldn’t find enough in the pitch to blast their way through the lower order. Nor was there a brilliant innings to watch because of the slowness of the pitch. At least in Ranji Trophy, the teams still continue to fight for first-innings points. Here the ceasefire was declared after a little over halftime. The only way to get close to a result was a followon or some really inept batting. A-team cricket is meant to prepare you for international challenges through simulation, but if it is played on dead pitches, half of it tends to be less intense than a Ranji Trophy match. The only batsman who managed to dictate on the pitch was Abhishek Nayar, becoming the sixth halfcenturion to fail to get to the century. He fell to a reversesweep when on 89 off 88. He said the pitch was “difficult to score runs on, though there
isn’t much happening there. It’s a slow pitch so I think sometimes having more sporting pitches may give results. But I also felt both teams batted pretty well”. When Nayar fell, following VA Jagadeesh’s dismissal for 86, India A were 12 short of making West Indies A bat again. That task was duly achieved, and after that everybody sort of went through the motions. Wicketkeeper Uday Kaul managed to stick around for a half-century. Miguel Cummins managed to produce a yorker to consign Zaheer Khan to a golden duck, but the big crowd didn’t have much else to write home about. Zaheer followed up with an economical five-over spell, but the West Indies A openers saw him off with ease. A pretty innocuous day’s play ended with 87.1 overs producing seven wickets and runs at 2.25 an over. Another such day was in store, but the volunteers still waited for their committee’s name on the microphone. Scores to date: West Indies A 406 and 28 for 0 (Brathwaite 18*, Powell 9*) lead India A 359 (Nayar 89, Jagadeesh 86, Kaul 64, Miguel Cummins 3-58) by 75 runs. (ESPN Cricinfo)
Shivnarine Chanderpaul confirms return to Derbyshire in 2014 Shivnarine Chanderpaul will return to Derbyshire in 2014 and is expected to be available for the whole season. The West Indies veteran scored 1,298 runs in all competitions last season, 884 of them in Division One in which he averaged 38.43. Only skipper Wayne Madsen scored more in Derbyshire’s unsuccessful bid to avoid relegation. Chanderpaul is heading back home ahead of the West Indies’ tours of India and New Zealand, but he will then return to Derby to prepare for
the 2014 campaign. “I’ve really enjoyed my first year with the club,” he told the club’s website. “Everyone, the players, coaches and staff have all made me feel welcomed and I’m happy that I am returning for a second year. We have got a lot of talented guys here. “The young guys who came in all did well. They have all developed their games this season and with the experience gained they should be firing next year. But you can say that about all the guys. LESSONS
“They have all learnt something this year - and it will be evident at the start of the new season that they will be better off because of it. “As a team, we discussed our desire to return to Division One as soon as possible and there’s no reason why we can’t do it next year - and I’m looking forward to being part of that. “I go back to Orlando this week where I will have a few days off before I begin training with the national side in Miami on October 20th. (Sky Sports)
Saturday October 05, 2013
Universal DVD 1st Div. T20 B’ce
D’Andrade, Ramdeen and Bissoondial slam 50s; 4-wkt hauls for Joseph and Johnson The Universal DVD First Division T20 cricket competition in Berbice continued over the last weekend with some outstanding individual performances. Berbice opening batsman Anthony D’Andrade hit 59* which included 5 fours and 3 sixes and together with 44 from Joemal La Fleur helped Bermine post 122 for 2 in 15 overs against Skeldon Community Centre. The two then featured in an opening stand of 102 in 12.2 overs. Skeldon could only respond with 94 for 8. Kevin Ramdeen scored 55 (4x4 4x6) to steer Young Warriors Universal DVD to 134 for 4 in 15 overs against Edinburgh, Linden Austin chipped in with 38. Ramdeen came back with his offspinners and took 2 for 6 from 3 overs to restrict Edinburgh to 61 in 14.3 overs. Karamdat Bissoondial hit 54 (3x3 3x6) in Blairmont Community Centre’s 85 for 7 made in their 10 overs against D’Edward who struggled to 28 for 9 in response in the face of tight bowling led by Under-19 left arm spinner Kevon Jawahir (2-4 from 2 overs). Raun Johnson grabbed 4 for 14 from 4 overs and Brendon Bess 3 for 15 from 4 overs to help West Berbice restrict Young Warriors Universal DVD to 116 for 8 in 20 overs. The consistent Keith Fraser hit 41 (1x4 5x6), Krishnadat Ramoo 37* and Raffle Estriado 28 to steer West Berbice to a 6 wicket win. Bush Lot Rising Star pacer Dellon Joseph picked up 4 for 17 to help restrict Upper Corentyne to 118 for 9 in 20 overs. His efforts however went in vain as Bush Lot could only respond with 100 for 9 in 20 overs; Upper Corentyne off spinner Jameel Azad with 3 for 7 and Lakeram Latchman 2 for 15 did the damage. The match between Young Warriors Universal DVD and Skeldon Community Centre at Cumberland was rained out without a ball bowled. Scores: At Skeldon - Bermine beat Skeldon Community Centre by 28 runs. In a match reduced to 15 overs a-side due to the late preparation of the pitch, Bermine made 122 for 2; Anthony D’Andrade 59*, Joemal La Fleur 44. Skeldon Community Centre 94 for 8 in 15 overs; Gajendra Nauth 26, off
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spinner Kevin Pellew 2-8 from 2 overs and Nial smith 2-10 from 3 overs. At Cumberland - Young Warriors Universal DVD got past Edinburgh by 73 runs. Young Warriors Universal DVD sent in to bat in a match reduced to 15 overs because of a late start due to a time mix-up, made 134 for 4 in 15 overs; Kevin Ramdeen 55, Linden Austin 38. Edinburgh were limited to 61 in 14.3 overs; former Guyana all rounder Hubern Evans 3 for 17 from 3 overs, Kevin Ramdeen 2 for 6, Karamchand Ramnarine 2 for 10 from 3 overs. At Blairmont - Blairmont Community Centre thumped D’Edward by 56 runs. Blairmont Community Centre 85 for 7 in 10 overs; Karamdat Bissoondial 54, medium pacer Marcus France 3 for 19 from 2 overs. D’Edward 28 for 9 in 10 overs; Kevon Jawahir 3 for 4, Waqar Hassan 2 for 10. At Cumberland - West Berbice got past Young Warriors Universal DVD by 6 wickets. Young Warriors Universal DVD choosing to bat first made 116 for 8 in 20 overs; all-rounder Suresh Dhanai 44, Khemraj Sumair 22, Raun Johnson 4 for 14 from 4 overs, Brendon Bess 3 for 15 from 4 overs. West Berbice 117 for 4 in 17.2 overs; Keith Fraser 41, Krishnadat Ramoo 37*,
Raffiel Estriado 28, Kevin Ramdeen 2 for 26 from 3.2 overs. At No. 69 - Upper Corentyne beat Bush Lot Rising Star by 18 runs. Upper Corentyne choosing to bat first made 118 for 9 in 20 overs; Chris Bollers 31, Fiaz Mohamed 22, Monesh Lalu 20, Dellon Joseph 4 for 17, offspinner Cohen Ismond 2 for 18 from 2 overs. WEEKEND FIXTURES Final round of preliminary matches will be played this weekend, semi final slots are at stake. Today (Saturday) in Group A 13:30hrs - Albion Community Centre vs D’Edward at Albion and Blairmont Community Centre vs Rose Hall Town Gizmos & Gadgets at Blairmont. In Group B 09:00hrs - Bermine vs Bush Lot Rising Star at Albion and West Berbice vs Upper Corentyne at Port Mourant Sunday October 6 Group A 13:30hrs - Blairmont Community Centre vs Police at Blairmont Group B 13:30hrs - Young Warriors Universal DVD vs Bermine at Cumberland and Edinburgh vs West Berbice at Edinburgh Bush Lot Rising Star 100 for 9 in 20 overs; Asif Khan 22, Keyron Fraser 21, Jameel Azad 3 for 7, Lakeram Latchman 2 for 15.