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Kaieteur News Printed and Published by National Media & Publishing Company Ltd. 24 Saffon Street, Charlestown, Georgetown, Guyana. Publisher: GLENN LALL Editor: Adam Harris Tel: 225-8465, 225-8491. Fax: 225-8473, 226-8210
EDITORIAL
Trying to forget OUR HISTORY Yesterday was a memorable day in the history of Guyana but from the amount of attention people paid to it one would never believe that this time in 1976 the nation was shocked and the international police were looking for four men. At the same time, Guyana lost some of its brightest brains, young people who had been proceeding to Cuba to pursue medicine and other skills that the country needed and which Cuba so willingly imparted. Thirteen Guyanese boarded Cuban airline Flight 455 at what is now the Cheddi Jagan International Airport. Two of them were diplomats heading to take up their posts and one was a little girl. The flight landed at the Grantley Adams International Airport before proceeding to Jamaica and finally Cuba. It lifted off from the Barbados airport and somewhere between three miles and 12 miles later it exploded. In addition to the Guyanese there were North Koreans and Cubans. No one survived. That Wednesday was a black day for Guyana and the Caribbean. It also signaled what some now describe as the advent of global terrorism. The people on board that flight had done nothing to the terrorists who planted the bomb but the architects of the explosion wanted to hit Cuba. They did because after that explosion Cubana flights to the region died, not right away, but soon after. Hernan Ricardo and Freddy Lugo, two Venezuelan mercenaries, placed the bomb on the airplane during a journey from Trinidad Tobago to Barbados. Luis Posada Carriles and Orlando Bosch, were the intellectual perpetrators of terrorist crime. They too were arrested and subjected to a “plagued tortuous process of irregularities in the midst of colossal pressures.” Eventually they were sentenced to long jail terms. If that was the end of the story one would have said that justice was served but there were those who supported the terrorists. They helped two of them to escape from jail and they killed the daughter of the judge who imposed the lengthy jail sentence. President Forbes Burnham insisted that the explosion occurred in Barbados territorial waters, a claim that Barbados denied because it wanted nothing to do with the legal process. In fact, it was as if Barbados was saying that it did not want to get into anybody’s wars. Some say that Barbados took that position because the United States was being blamed for the attack and the Caribbean country did not want to offend the US. At the time there was talk about where the men should be tried. Burnham said that Guyanese were killed and that Guyana had every right to try them. Greater powers ignored him. He vowed that the Guyanese would not be forgotten but with each passing year it would seem that Burnham’s vow has become a fading dream. Guyana talked about a monument to the victims. Mayor Hamilton Green attempted to construct one on Camp Street at the junction of Lamaha Street. The government claimed that the site would be a traffic hazard and that a monument would be erected in the compound of the University of Guyana. No monument has been constructed and one wonders about the commitment of the government to recognize those Guyanese who died in the service of their country. It has been 38 years since that disaster and while many Guyanese do not even know of the disaster, those old enough still shed tears for their relatives whom they will never see again. Over the past few years the Cuban Embassy in Guyana has been commemorating what has become known as the Cubana Air Disaster. This provides Guyanese an opportunity to recognize and to honour those who died on October 6, 1976. But what is the nation doing? The United States which sustained a terrorist attack on September 11, 2001 remembers that occasion. It has even
Tuesday October 07, 2014
Letters... Where your views make the news
We must all condemn the vengeful and desperate pursuit of Kaieteur News and Glenn Lall DEAR EDITOR, It is really frightening that in this 22nd year since the so-called restoration of democracy to Guyana, a major Guyanese newspaper and its owner have been targeted for persecution and prosecution simply for reporting the news. Though I am convinced that any eventual prosecution will end in failure, I am concerned that Kaieteur News and Glenn Lall will have to expend valuable time and hardearned money to clear their names against the vengeful frivolities of people who believe that their election or appointment to office has made them immune to
scrutiny. I believe that these demonstrably frivolous actions have no place in even a so-called democratic society such as ours, and must therefore be condemned. So I join right-thinking Guyanese in condemning the various skullduggeries that have been unleashed against Kaieteur News and Glenn Lall by Khurshid Sattaur and his handlers. In their vengeful and desperate pursuit of Mr. Lall and Kaieteur News, Mr. Sattaur and his handlers have disregarded civility, ignored the rule of law, and stomped on our constitution. I urge Guyanese everywhere to join me in
defending Mr. Lall and Kaieteur News so that they can continue to provide us with the information we so desperately need to help hold our politicians and appointed officials responsible to their oaths of office. As this matter unfolds, it is worth observing that Khurshid Sattaur probably didn’t voluntarily pick up the fire-rage of Bharrat Jagdeo and others in their ill-advised battle against Kaieteur News and Glenn Lall. It’s just that he finds himself as head of the Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) at a time when those who appointed him are hell-bent on using the GRA or any other means to destroy Kaieteur News or
any other entity that exposes their disgusting disservice to our nation. So having picked up the fire-rage, Khurshid now finds himself trapped and belittled in a firestorm of public criticisms and selfdelusions, hoping against all hope that the police will rescue him. I hope that the police will act professionally and refuse to allow themselves to be used as anybody’s attack dog. The police must respect their oath of office, respect the independence they preach, and refuse to be used in any effort to deprive Guyanese of a news outlet that is essential in a so-called democracy. Lionel Lowe
When will reports on major projects under construction be available for pick-up? DEAR EDITOR, At the symposium held at the International Conference Centre on Oct. 2, Junior Finance Minister Juan Edghill delivered the feature address and highlighted the government’s concern on the matter of contract variations, which he stated could lead to double the actual contract sum. He further claimed that contractors have been deliberately submitting low bids to secure contracts and then generating variations to supplement their underpriced bids. It is evident that Minister Edghill is not conversant with the bidding/contracting process and as to the reasons
why variations/change orders are issued, since he is of the opinion that all low bids invariably lead to contract variations and hence increases in project costs. A contractor, apart from his bidding strategy, usually submits a bid based on the tender documents drawings, specifications and pricing on a bill of quantities (BoQ). In Guyana, the government’s policy has been to award contracts to the lowest bidders, but in transparent jurisdictions only the lowest ‘evaluated’ bidder gets the job. Once the contract is awarded and work starts, the contractor is paid for work
I will stand by Kaieteur News
DEAR EDITOR, We all yearned for change back in the halcyon days of 1992, and I remember the euphoria I felt when the PPP won the election and I re-migrated to Guyana with the sincere belief that Guyana was going to change and those tiresome days of shortages of every description were over. I even was part of a jingle that went something like this “ . . . . . . G u y a n a ’s o n t h e rise.....” Well instead it sank into a lawless land where the majority are poor and life is
cheap, where the top 2% have unbridled wealth, where fear, violence and victimization stalk the land. Surely dictatorship will be the next horror. In the words of Leonard Cohen, “The light gets through the cracks” and that light was Kaieteur News, who fearlessly reported the wrongdoing of the PPP. So yes Glenn, Adam et al at Kaieteur News, I will stand by you. I will do whatever is necessary. They WILL NOT SHUT Kaieteur News. Rachel Hibbin
rebuilt a monument at the site when two aircrafts crashed into the then twin towers and killed more than 3,000 people. There is another monument in Philadelphia where the passengers on one aircraft that was heading to another national target brought down the plane. They sacrificed their lives. The Americans do not forget.
done based on the itemized list in the BoQ after due certification by the supervising engineer and approval by the Client (Government). Often there are discrepancies up or down between the BoQ and work being done or materials to be supplied, which may require the contractor to temporarily cease operations until a determination is made to clarify the difference, which more often than not is resolved by the issuance of a change order or variation which has to be approved and paid for by the Client (Govt.). Therefore the Government of Guyana is fully aware as to the reasons why variations generated by the contracts it awards are made, and for Minister Edghill to claim that contractors deliberately submit low bids to secure contracts and then generate variations to get the real price for the project and to pay for kickbacks, is somewhat disingenuous.
All major civil engineering projects have variations because of poor design, unforeseen circumstances and site conditions. These variations could result in project costs exceeding the original bid by anywhere from about 5% to over 100% as the Govt. knows only too well. It is unfortunate that in Guyana today all major Govt. contracts have large time and cost overruns because of poor design, bad construction management and ill-equipped and inexperienced contractors. To remedy the situation, the Govt. will have to prequalify those they employ to execute their projects, including consultants and site supervisors, to ensure that they have the qualification, experience and financial resources to undertake the work at hand. Contractors should be selected based on an evaluation of their past (Continued on page 5)
Tax thuggery in Guyana DEAR EDITOR, I condemn in the strongest possible terms the official misuse of personal and confidential tax information obtained from any citizen. Richard Nixon did do, and so did John F. Kennedy. Still, it should not happen-must not happenhere in Guyana. There is no place, and none must be allowed, for this type of lawlessness. Without a doubt, such behaviour rises to the level of felonious conduct and a
deplorable abuse of office and power. It is highly unacceptable, whether politically orchestrated, or boasts a public service source; or both. Clearly, misuse of tax information is expressly intended to intimidate and pummel into submission and silence. It is wrong; it is obscene. It is tax thuggery of the vilest sort. The severest of penalties ought to be levied, if only to deter similar criminal misconduct in the future. GHK Lall
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Letters... Where your views make the news Letters... Where your views make the news
This country’s poor survive mostly on remittances DEAR EDITOR, It is very frightening to even think that despite the high levels of poverty in Guyana, many in the PPP regime are of the view that poverty alleviation is possible if the tens of thousands who are poor have ambition, work hard, and are determined to succeed. They have completely ignored or have totally forgotten the critical role of the State where human, social and economic development is concerned. These charlatans at Freedom House do not seem to understand that poverty has resulted in the lack of good paying jobs. Many who supposedly obtain their wealth through corruption and the use of state resources for personal benefits are empowered to postulate this ludicrous notion because, according to
them, they dreamt big and worked hard. Not true! What is even more dangerous is the fact that those who once lived in poverty or in a poor community are perpetuating this narrow-minded perspective and misguided solution, when the most difficult thing some of them have ever done is to be appointed ministers or to other senior positions in the government. The idea that people are poor because they do not work hard enough is absurd. One does not get rich by just working hard without the means to realize their full potential. We do not deny that hard work is crucial to success, but we must agree and appreciate that it is not the panacea. In Guyana, people cannot rid themselves of poverty without the right
opportunities and support from the government, which has marginalized a large section of the population. Only relatives and friends of the PPP cabal and those with political contacts will have the opportunity to become rich. A thorough knowledge and understanding of poverty is imperative to rid those in the PPP regime of this myopic view. In 2001, the United Nations Economic and Social Council described poverty as a “human condition characterized by the sustained or chronic deprivation of the resources, capabilities, choices, s e c u r i t y, a n d p o w e r necessary for the enjoyment of an adequate standard of living and other civil, cultural, economic, political, and social rights.” The World Bank and
I will not get into personal wars and vendettas DEAR EDITOR, Please allow me space in your newspaper to respond to my name being mentioned in a published opinion piece in the Guyana Chronicle’s Features section under ‘The Observer’ of October 5, 2014. I a p p r e c i a t e Government’s efforts to manage the affairs of State with integrity and I believe in the current administration’s professionalism. But I refuse to become embroiled or involved in any matter involving Government versus any
institution or organization, and cannot allow my name to be bandied about so casually. These are issues that do not in the least concern me, and my personal role would add nothing to the fray. I am not one for disputes, personal wars, strife or dissension. My aim is to play a positive, engaging, cooperative role to build bridges and foster understanding and collaboration. My association with the Kaieteur newspaper and with Glenn Lall in terms of business ended over two
decades ago, and today I am very happy that he has made the newspaper a successful media organ. I have no beef with him. Whatever is going on between him and Government is no concern of mine, and I refuse to be drawn into it. I will forever cherish Glenn Lall as a good friend of mine, and I will not get into personal wars and vendettas. I will not be drawn into personal disputes of this nature. Shaun Michael Samaroo
When will reports on major... From page 4 performance, competency, adequacy of their workforce and financial viability. They should also be bonded (not the Fip Motilall type) for failure to perform, as this will give government the leverage necessary to complete the project in case the contractor defaults. It is indeed reassuring that Minister Edghill has at
long last pronounced that the government will no longer condone skullduggery from contractors and the bidding process for all government work will be fair, free, transparent and depoliticized. He also stated that reports on projects under construction - with details on completion dates, variations, cost overruns and time extensions with causes
therefor - will now be made available to all stakeholders. It will be useful if Minister Edghill could state through this medium when these reports with respect to the Hope Canal, East Bank and East Coast highways, Amaila Falls access road and the Vreed-en-hoop Power Station projects, will be available for pick-up? Charles Sohan
several other international financial institutions have explained that poor people are unable to provide shelter; they are sick and unable to purchase medicine, they lack the power to negotiate, they are without a job and their children do not attend school regularly, and when they do, it is irregular and thereby affects the quality of their output in education. Does this sound like the poor in Guyana? It is time for the Jagdeo/ Ramotar cabal to realize that they must facilitate the necessary institutions and social arrangements needed to provide the poor and the powerless with equal opportunities for their advancement. D e s p i t e t h e unprecedented increases in overall wealth for those in the PPP, the vast majority of Guyanese have remained p o o r, a n d d e p e n d o n remittances from the diaspora to survive. This uncaring minority regime’s obligation to the poor is to create opportunities and institute social-protection initiatives for them to have greater access in order to improve their livelihood. Another important fact for the PPP to consider is that poverty also is the result of inequality between men and women. Although women make up more than half of Guyana’s population, their participation in decisionmaking processes is very low and inexplicably considered less important. According to The European Anti-Poverty Network, “the least unequal societies ... tend to have the lowest levels of poverty.
This is primarily because these governments choose to give priority to ensuring adequate minimum income levels and ensuring good access to services, through the social protection system and through guaranteeing minimum wage levels. They are usually the most effective at redistributing wealth through the tax and other systems.” However, this is not the case in Guyana, where the PPP kleptocrats have taken every penny and every property they can get their hands on for themselves. Under the PPP regime, the institutions of the State have not provided the poor, with equitable access to State resources and opportunities for selfdetermination. They have not ensured the removal of the major factors that have maintained poverty, poor economic opportunities, and systematic social deprivation. The PPP regime needs to stop making false statements that people are poor because they do not work hard. If
they are honest, then they should accept the fact that people who are poor do not have the same opportunities as those in the middle and upper echelons of the PPP. If hard work and ambition are what really get people out of poverty, then Guyana’s poverty rate would have been close to zero, because most Guyanese are hardworking. As decent citizens, let’s use our collective power to ensure that the unrighteous and corrupt cabal provides real opportunities for economic empowerment and self-determination for the poor. Derrick Arjune Asha Balbachan Rohit Misir Harish Singh Chandra Deolall Asquith Rose Vincent Nauth Allison Rutherford Devita Khan Dr. Reginald Watkins Donna Mathoo Noel Moses Vicki Rampersaud Dr. Merle SpenserMarks
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High risk Ebola could reach France and UK by end-Oct, scientists calculate Reuters) - Scientists have used Ebola disease spread patterns and airline traffic data to predict a 75 percent chance the virus could be imported to France by October 24, and a 50 percent chance it could hit Britain by that date. Those numbers are based on air traffic remaining at full capacity. Assuming an 80 percent reduction in travel to reflect that many airlines are halting flights to affected regions, France’s risk is still 25 percent, and Britain’s is 15 percent. “It’s really a lottery,” said Derek Gatherer of Britain’s Lancaster University, an expert in viruses who has been tracking the epidemic the worst Ebola outbreak in history. The deadly epidemic has killed more than 3,400 people since it began in West Africa in March and has now started to spread faster, infecting almost 7,200 people so far. Nigeria, Senegal and now the United States -
where the first case was diagnosed on Tuesday in a man who flew in from Liberia have all seen people carrying the Ebola haemorrhagic fever virus, apparently unwittingly, arrive on their shores. France is among countries most likely to be hit next because the worst affected countries - Guinea, Sierra Leone and Liberia - include French speakers and have busy travel routes back, while Britain’s Heathrow airport is one of the world’s biggest travel hubs. France and Britain have each treated one national who was brought home with the disease and then cured. The scientists’ study suggests that more may bring it to Europe not knowing they are infected. “If this thing continues to rage on in West Africa and indeed gets worse, as some people have predicted, then it’s only a matter of time before one of these cases ends up on a plane to Europe,” said
Pallets of supplies wait to be loaded on a 747 aircraft at New York’s John F. Kennedy International Airport Gatherer. Belgium has a 40 percent chance of seeing the disease arrive on its territory, while Spain and Switzerland have lower risks of 14 percent
Spanish nurse first to contract Ebola outside Africa Madrid (AFP) - A Spanish nurse has contracted Ebola after treating two patients who died from the disease at a Madrid hospital, the government said yesterday, in the first known case of transmission outside of Africa. Health Minister Ana Mato said an emergency protocol had been put in place after two tests confirmed the woman had been infected with the virus, which has claimed almost 3,500 lives in west Africa this year. “We are working to guarantee the safety of all citizens,” she told a televised news conference. The woman was part of a medical team at Madrid’s La Paz-Carlos III hospital that treated two elderly Spanish missionaries who died of Ebola shortly after they were repatriated to Spain from Africa in August and September. She began to feel ill on September 30 but did not go to hospital until Sunday complaining of a fever. The assistant nurse, who is married without children, is being treated in isolation at a hospital in Alcorcon, a southern Madrid suburb. Health authorities are trying to track down all the people she may have come in contact with since she
became infected with Ebola, Madrid’s primary healthcare director, Antonio Alemany, said at a news conference. The woman treated Spanish priest Miguel Pajares, 75, who was infected with Ebola in Liberia and died on August 12, as well as Manuel Garcia Viejo, 69, who was repatriated from Sierra Leone and died on September 25. Both missionaries were members of the Hospital Order of San Juan de Dios, a Roman Catholic group that runs a charity working with Ebola victims in Africa. Pajares was the first patient in the fast-spreading Ebola outbreak to be evacuated to Europe for treatment. He was hailed as a national hero by many in Spain for his work with Ebola patients. The missionary was flown to Madrid on a specially equipped military Airbus A310 on August 7. The Spanish government’s decision to repatriate Pajares prompted concern among health professionals who said that the nation’s hospitals were not adequately equipped to handle the Ebola outbreak. A union that represents Spanish doctors, Amyts, called the repatriation “risky”. “We are working to see if all the protocols which were established were strictly followed,” Pastor told the
news conference. “Spain follows all the recommendations of the World Health Organization,” she added. Both missionaries were treated in isolation at La Paz-Carlos III hospital and the medical team that cared for them were closely monitored. The assistant nurse who is now also infected went on holiday the day after Garcia Viejo died on September 25. The Ebola virus causes fever, muscle pain, vomiting, diarrhoea and sometimes internal and external bleeding. It spreads through contact with the bodily fluids of someone who has the virus and the only way to stop an outbreak is to isolate those who are infected. There is no marketapproved drug for treating Ebola yet, and no vaccine to prevent it. Of several prototype treatments in the pipeline, one dubbed ZMapp has been fast-tracked for use, developed by Mapp Biopharmaceutical in California, in conjunction with the US Army. Ebola has caused 3,439 deaths out of 7,478 cases across five west African nations — Liberia, Guinea, Sierra Leone, Nigeria and Senegal, according to the latest tally from the World Health Organisation.
each, according to the study first published in the journal PLoS Current Outbreaks and now being regularly updated at www.mobs-lab.org/
ebola.html. The World Health Organisation (WHO) has not placed any restrictions on travel and has encouraged airlines to keep flying to the
worst-hit countries. British Airways and Emirates airlines have suspended some flights But the risks change every day the epidemic continues, said Alex Vespignani, a professor at the Laboratory for the Modeling of Biological and SocioTechnical Systems at Northeastern University in Boston who led the research. “This is not a deterministic list, it’s about probabilities - but those probabilities are growing for everyone,” Vespignani said in a telephone interview. “It’s just a matter of who gets lucky and who gets unlucky.” The latest calculations used data from October 1. “Air traffic is the driver,” Vespignani said. “But there are also differences in connections with the affected countries (Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone), as well as different numbers of cases in these three countries - so depending on that, the probability numbers change.”
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Haitians banned from UN Ebola mission in Africa P O RT- A U - P R I N C E , Haiti,– After news appeared on social networks that the United Nations was recruiting volunteers to respond to the Ebola epidemic in West Africa, authorities in Haiti sprang into action. A statement released last week, signed by the ministers of health, interior and defence, effectively banned Haitian volunteers from travelling to Ebolastricken countries in Africa. Citing other diseases that have devastated the impoverished country in recent years, the ministers prohibited any agency – including the UN Mission for Ebola Emergency Response (UNMEER) – from organising the recruitment of Haitian volunteers The ministers appealed to “the common sense of every citizen to avoid other more dramatic situations than what we have experienced in the recent past.” The October 2 statement was described as a “warning” by Minister of Defence Lener Renauld, w h o a d d e d : “ I t ’s a question of public health and security to avoid any
Haitians banned from UN Ebola mission in Africa (Ebola) epidemic crisis happening in Haiti.” This latest development follows a recommendation by the minister of health last month that all international agencies “suspend any rotation of members coming from countries where Ebola cases have been found.” According to Health Minister Florence Duperval Guillaume, the announcement was made “to restore the confidence of our citizens. “It may be much stronger than necessary, but think of those citizens who have been so traumatized, after the earthquake, after cholera, and after chikungunya. We cannot afford to take an
additional trauma,” the minister said. Cholera, which had not been documented in the French-speaking country for almost a century, hit Haiti in 2010, since when it has killed 8,500 people and infected more than 700,000. It may have been brought to Haiti by UN peacekeepers from Nepal, who were stationed there after the catastrophic earthquake. The mosquito-borne virus chikungunya, which is currently sweeping the region, broke out in Haiti earlier this year and has since claimed tens of thousands of suspected cases.
Nevis premier files lawsuit against state-owned media house BASSETERRE, St. Kitts– Premier Vance Amory has filed a lawsuit against the state-owned ZIZ Broadcasting Corporation (ZBC) claiming that he had been “falsely and maliciously” accused of using his office to enrich himself and his family. Amory claimed in court documents that the allegations were made in a news item broadcast on June 23. His attorney, Ted Hobson Q.C. said his client is seeking compensation and “we are also calling for an injunction to stop them from repeating the allegations that they made on that broadcast”. Hobson said prior to filing the suit, attempts were made to have ZBC broadcast a denial letter and apologize for the offensive comments. “My letter asked for…$200,000 (One EC dollar =US$0.37 cents). We thought that it was a reasonable amount bearing in mind the hurt and injury to Mr. Amory and the callousness in which it was done, and of course I made reference to the fact that it is extraordinary that a public
Premier Vance Amory
corporation owned by the people of this country, could embark on such an attack on the Premier of Nevis, without giving him an opportunity to respond to this allegation before they put it on the air…,” Hobson told radio listeners. He said when he did not receive a response from the ZBC he wrote again, but the corporation denied that the news report was slanderous and said it stood by the comments made as being “fair
comments on a matter of public interest.” The lawsuit does not call for an apology, and Hobson said that he has no doubt, the news item and the corporation’s response had been politically influenced. Premier Amory has constantly denied allegations of impropriety over a controversial land sale negotiation with an Iraqi national, calling the allegations outrageous and completely false.
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FIRST ORDER OF BUSINESS The no-confidence motion will be debated immediately upon the resumption of the National Assembly. The AFC has illtimed this motion and has boxed both itself and APNU into a position whereby it is impossible for them to withdraw this motion. The only thing that can stop this motion going ahead is a ruling from the Speaker that the wording of the noconfidence motion does not satisfy the requirements of a parliamentary motion. A motion has to be debated. For any debate to take place it has to be based on some grounds. A motion expressing lack of confidence in the government has to therefore include in its wording the basis for any lack of confidence. The National Assembly cannot be expected to debate a one line motion. The flaw in the wording of the noconfidence motion can force the Speaker to disallow the debate on the motion. There is also the possibility that the government moving a motion of confidence in itself. This has to take precedence over a motion of no-confidence. The government can use this
ploy to delay the introduction of the no-confidence motion. When tabled and debated, the passage of any noconfidence motion is inevitable. The opposition parties believe that the only way to force changes in the governance of Guyana is to change the government. As such, the opposition parties have no other choice but to return to the polls. The problem, of course, is what happens if the PPP returns to the Executive as a result of elections emanating from the no-confidence motion. This would be disastrous for the opposition and they are going to be exposed to the threat of serious victimization. For this and other reasons outlined here, the opposition parties should carefully consider whether their first order of business when the Assembly reconvenes should be the debate on the no-confidence motion. I want to suggest here that there is another important issue, relevant to the fortunes of the opposition parties in elections, which needs to be addressed as a matter of priority when the National Assembly reconvenes. This matter concerns the
E-mailgate revelations published in this newspaper. If the motion of noconfidence is the first order of business, then it means that the allegations that taxpayers’ information being shared with a private citizen would not be debated. This would be unfortunate since this controversy is of such a grave nature and involve serious issues of breaches of the public trust, that it must be deliberated on by the National Assembly. A motion of conconfidence would also mean that the Economic Services Committee, an important oversight body, would be unable to hold hearings on the emails which have been made public. It would be foolish of the opposition parties to not at this stage press for an independent Commission of Inquiry into these allegations. This is a necessary step to help restore public confidence in the Guyana Revenue Authority. Public confidence in that body has been rocked by the publication of emails purported to have emanated from that institution. If the opposition parties are truly interested in ensuring that no public institution becomes an
albatross of oppression around the necks of Guyana’s citizens, it should press for an investigation into the alleged breaches of confidentiality within the Guyana Revenue Authority. Public confidence in the Guyana Revenue Authority has to be restored. And as suggested in a recent editorial within the Stabroek News, this confidence is not going to be restored by resort to appeals to the governing Board of the GRA or to the government. It can only be restored by parliamentary action. While the government can refuse to implement any recommendations or demands made in a motion, a debate would ventilate a number of important issues of national importance, including the perversion of national institutions that should be free of political bias. If a country’s tax institution is subject to political influence, this can undermine political freedom because every citizen in this country is subject to taxation and if the agency administering such taxation is alleged to be operating under political influence then every citizen would be subjected to its oppressive power. This is how serious the
charges are against the GRA. It is of national importance that this institution be freed of any political manipulation and placed on a professional footing. If persons need to be removed for this to happen, it must happen as a matter of critical national importance. The issue of a breach of confidentiality also needs to be enquired into. Such an inquiry is within the remit of the Economic Services Committee and should be at least initiated before any noconfidence motion is passed. Such a committee may also choose to widen the scope of its investigation to determine whether the Guyana Revenue Authority has been efficiently executing its mandate. I will tell you why all of this is relevant to elections. The AFC’s says that it can campaign without raising funds. This is cockamamie talk. Money is needed to win elections and the bulk of election campaign finance comes from the business community. If the private sector feel that they are likely to be victimized should they be associated with or donate funds to any opposition parties, this goes to the very heart of the fairness of an
election. In other words, ensuring that people are not afraid of being victimized by the tax authorities because of their political affiliations or support is a necessary condition for a fair poll. The fairness of the election will also be compromised if the opposition parties do not have access to the public via the media. If Kaieteur News is forced to close down tomorrow because of the trumped up charges and other plots which are being planned for this newspaper, then there will be little left of the independent media because you can bet that once the oppressors are finished with Kaieteur News they will move on to shut down the Stabroek News. This is why, notwithstanding the inevitable passage of the noconfidence motion, it is necessary for the investigation into the GRA to become the first order of business when the National Assembly reconvenes.
Dem boys seh...
City Hall weighs in on Minister’s Cee fuh Satar tap double standard in staff employment he own phone
People don’t trust one another overnight. Is something that does develop and it got to start in people own home. De Muddah and Fadda does set example fuh dem children follow. Dem does tek that habit to de school and then to de wuk place. Cee fuh Satar ain’t certain if anybody teach he bout trust suh he nah certain if he train he children bout trust. Dem boys come to this conclusion because dem hear that he tap he own phone in he house. He get suspicious of everybody in Guyana including dem in he house. He want fuh know how dem boys know everything. Dem know that he jump up pun he bed, then run to de verandah then to de gate and cuss when de vendor late. In he office he use to do similar things wha he does do home and dem boys hear suh he think is he own pickney does talk he name and use he phone. That’s why he put de phone pun trace. Dem boys know wha happen de particular morning when he type all dem dutty things wha got he in trouble. Dem hear he get up in time fuh seh he 5:15 prayer. He even cut short de five minute prayer to four and a half minutes. He beg fuh forgiveness fuh what he was about to do, then he go and start he wickedness. He pick up he phone and type all dem things wha he had in he mind, he heart and he soul. He nah hold back nutten. He let de Waterfalls boss man have it. De whole country does call dem boys, now, and ask dem if is de same man who does pray so steady can have such a wicked, devious and vindictive mind. One man seh that he think was only de Ratroop was like that. But then again dem don’t guh to church. Dem is two strange bedfellas. De fat crook does go to church fuh fool people when in fact he does fool heself like how Cee fuh Satar does fool heself. Dem boys see him smiling like a donkey wha smell pee de other day and when dem ask he wha got he so happy, he seh that de spotlight is off me. Thank de Creatah. Well dem boys want he fuh know that he ain’t escape. Talk half and help de nation pray fuh these bastards.
Acting Mayor Patricia Chase-Green yesterday criticized Local Government Minister Norman Whittaker for what she said is “double standard” in the manner in which staff is being hired. The Deputy Mayor was at the time referring to statements the Minister made about a dispute involving the appointment of the Industry/ Plaisance Overseer. The Plaisance community is against the appointment of Orlando Jardine, who they claim is inexperienced for the position and who is also not a resident of the community. They prefer one Deborah McDowell who they claim has served in various capacities in the Neighbourhood Democratic Council (NDC), and has performed exceptionally well. She displays professionalism in the manner in which she conducts her job, they said. Minister Whittaker during a visit to the community tried to calm down protesting residents. He stated that Jardine was most suitable for the position. He said that Jardine did not have to come from the community to represent them, although such a scenario would have been desirable. The Minister said that
Mayor (Ag) Patricia Chase-Green
Local Government Minister Norman Whittaker
Jardine’s appointment to office followed a standard required procedure implemented in all of the 65 NDCs. He said that the vacancies for other open positions were altogether advertised by the Ministry in many of the national newspapers. He said that the requirements involved applicants having five subjects at the Caribbean Secondary Examination Council (CSEC), Grades One -Three, be at least 25 years of age, computer literate, have previous work experience and a police clearance.
It was explained that although McDowell has 15 years experience within the NDC, she acted in the position of Overseer for a short time. He explained further, that the interviewing panel looked at McDowell’s qualifications and experience before deciding on selecting Jardine. He noted that the woman was not qualified for the position; “We cannot set requirements, set standards and compromise those standards. We cannot repose confidence in a set of people to view potential employees, and having done that say to them without good cause that
we do not respect and cannot accept your recommendation.” The Deputy Mayor said, however, that the Minister’s comments contradict his actions. She said the Local Government Ministry seems to engage in double standards, now talking about qualifications in the case of the Plaisance Overseer and earlier talked about experience in the case of city Town Clerk Carol Sooba. Sooba was rejected by an interview panel which included Chase-Green. They were interviewing persons for the position of Town Clerk and despite Sooba being the least qualified according to the panel, she was still given the job. In the case of former Town Clerk Yonnette Pluck, ChaseGreen said that she applied for the post but never came to an interview, yet still she was given the job. Since Sooba’s appointment, the City Council has been divided with Sooba apparently taking orders from the Minister and the Mayor and Councillors claiming that their orders are not being followed. ‘This unacceptable double standard behaviour must not be accepted from the Minister,” Chase-Green said.
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== THE FREDDIE KISSOON COLUMN ==
The part Stabroek News forgot In a very plausible editorial, on Sunday, the Stabroek News made a virtual mockery, acceptably so, of President Ramotar’s pitch to members of the Guyana Diaspora to return home. The paper observed that Guyana has been waiting for over twenty-two years for this journey and it stated that Ramotar knows that it will not happen in the near future. An unfortunate lapse in this interesting commentary is the fact that not only will they not return, but that even family members and close relatives of the entire PPP edifice have been leaving Guyana since the PPP came to power and are still doing so. The tempo has increased the past ten years. A statistical compilation is difficult to pursue because the immigration records will not have a section listing family members of the PPP. But in a small society like this it is public knowledge of who is related to whom and who has migrated. The names are staggering. The list includes family members and close relatives of every single PPP big wig, without exception. Let me emphasize
– there is no exception in the PPP’s pyramid. The exodus takes in children, spouses, parents, uncles, aunties, nieces, nephews, cousins and girlfriends and boyfriends. What is interesting to note, is that many members of the PPP hierarchy and their children actually hold foreign citizenship and this classification takes in even the circle of Cheddi Jagan himself. Some intriguing dimensions should be noted. Those who had spouses, children and very close relatives in foreign lands when the PPP came to power have not seen the return of these folks. For sure the children born overseas are not returning. Did Ramotar appeal to this category? He should; after all their parents are in charge of a large Caribbean country and their parents do whatever they want to this country and take whatever they want from it. Six years ago, the young son of one of the PPP’s monarch’s enlisted in the US army and did service in Iraq. Surely, his papa couldn’t persuade him that service in Guyana was a better option. There are other
dimensions to analyze in Ramotar ’s plea to the diaspora. Take the Indian supporters in foreign lands that embrace the PPP because Indians are in charge. They aren’t coming back. Dolly Hassan is happy to live with an African president of the US but not an African ruler of Guyana. Ms. Hassan announced recently that the PNC and AFC have not developed the wisdom and maturity to govern Guyana. But the man who evicted his wife from the marital bedroom one week after the union has the maturity to rule. Did Ramotar appeal to Dolly? Yes, but Dolly isn’t coming back. She is happy with her second class citizenship in Little Berbice in New York. Rickey Singh was a consultant to the PPP for the general elections in 2011 but he didn’t come home to be with his Indian acolytes. Singh hasn’t been in Guyana the last twenty years. He has made it plain he won’t live in Guyana again. Did Ramotar persuade him to return? Oscar Ramjeet hides his pro-government sentiments by writing his pro-Ramotar
panegyrics in the Guyana Times and not Kaieteur News and Stabroek News. He will be doing legal work for the PPP soon. But Ramjeet ain’t coming back. Did Ramotar beg him to come home? Ramjeet is an interesting fellow. I went to UG the same time as he. I can still picture him in his immaculate shirt-jac walking along the corridors. Always with books in hand; always with a broad grin on his face; always praising President Forbes Burnham; always proud of his governmental connection. From Burnham to Ramotar, Ramjeet is still on the journey of bedding undemocratic
regimes. And what about the guy who stared in Jagdeo’s eyes and saw Jagdeo’s democratic instincts? Is he coming back? Nah! I doubt it. Did Ramotar ask him to? There are still more dimension about this call to return home. Do you know the most sycophantic support for the Jagdeo/Ramotar combination comes from the business people, especially the circus clowns in the Private Sector Commission? Do you know a majority of parents in this PPP sponsored circus send their kids to foreign universities? Ask them about UG and they don’t know what that is.
Frederick Kissoon Some of them may think that you are talking about United Guyana, an AIDS awareness programme. De Donald cannot be that foolish to interpret courtesy with acceptance. He went to Miami and met Guyanese who were gracious to attend but De Donald knows that they aren’t coming back.
Police Complaints Chairman says…
PM report missing from Albouystown shooting death file Head of the Police Complaints Authority, Justice Cecil Kennard, has said that the post mortem report is missing from the Adrian Bishop shooting death file that police handed over to him two Fridays ago. Perusing this report is crucial to his investigation, since it would confirm whether the circumstances surrounding Bishop’s death are consistent with what is being claimed by the rank who shot him, Kennard said. “The policeman is saying that (Bishop) was shot in a struggle that the gun went off by accident. There are witnesses who are saying differently.” The Chairman said that he had requested the post mortem report from Crime Chief Leslie James since last week Monday, and would make a second request for the documentt. Bishop, 28, was shot in the head on Saturday, September 20, after being taken into custody in the vicinity of Hill Street, Abouystown. He was unarmed at the time and was in a police vehicle. At the time he was being arrested for assaulting a policewoman, with whom he allegedly had a relationship. Police have stated that a mobile police patrol responded to a policewoman’s report that Bishop had assaulted her in Albouystown. The ranks, accompanied by the policewoman, went to Hill Street, Albouystown, where Bishop, of Garnett Street, Kitty, was pointed out to them. Police allege that while he was being transported in a police vehicle, Bishop held on
Adrian Bishop
to a rank who was armed with a shotgun in an attempt to take his firearm. A round was discharged that struck Bishop in the neck, police release said. But some Albouystown residents alleged that the policeman deliberately shot Bishop while he was sitting in the police vehicle. Residents told Kaieteur News that a policewoman, known to them as ‘Big Wig,’ was at a ‘fish fry’ in Hill Street, Albouystown, when Bishop threw a Guinness bottle at her. He also reportedly struck the rank, who was said to be his ex-girlfriend. Kaieteur News was told that the injured policewoman made a report at the Brickdam Police Station. She then accompanied about three of her colleagues back to the scene in a “silver-grey Pitbull bus.” According to some residents, ranks began to assault the suspect before
forcing him into the police vehicle. They alleged that while Bishop was sitting in the bus, a policeman, who was outside the vehicle, pushed a shotgun through one of the windows and shot Bishop. He was pronounced dead on arrival at the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC). Bishop and two others had appeared in court a few weeks ago for allegedly hijacking a businessman’s car in Cross Street, Alexander Village. They were each released on $100,000 bail. In August, Bishop was remanded for allegedly robbing Marlon Henry at gunpoint of a motor scooter and other items. In May, 2008, Bishop was charged with robbing Lester Simon and Kenrick Lawson, respectively, of their cars at gunpoint.
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President Ramotar justifies not holding LGE By Abena Rockcliffe O p p o s i t i o n L e a d e r, David Granger has expressed disappointment that President Donald Ramotar could have even considered denying the Guyanese people their democratic and constitutional rights just to assure political comfort. Granger, Leader of A Partnership for National Unity (APNU), said that this sort of behaviour from the People’s Progressive Party (PPP) administration is unacceptable and can no longer be tolerated. Granger said that President Ramotar acknowledged that he promised in the PPP 2011 election manifesto ¯ that, once his party returned to office, Local Government Elections would be held within the first year. He admittedly failed to fulfill that promise. According to reports, Ramotar, addressing his supporters in Brooklyn, New York at a town hall-style meeting, organized by the P P P ’s A s s o c i a t i o n o f Concerned Guyanese, admitted reneging on his promise and sought to justify him doing so. “I did not anticipate that we would have had a oneseat minority in Parliament and that created political uncertainty…within what we call the politics of the country.” Granger told Kaieteur News yesterday that Ramotar’s comments need no interpretation. They shout clearly that the “President is fully prepared to put
“… I did not anticipate that we would have had a one-seat minority in Parliament and that created political uncertainty… within what we call the politics of the country.”- President Ramotar convenience ahead of the Constitution.” Granger said that in all consideration of the political atmosphere in Guyana, it is inconvenient for Ramotar to comply with the Constitution, “but this is totally unacceptable; the Constitution takes priority over convenience.” Granger said that the President has to realize that his preference takes back seat when it comes to the constitutional rights of the Guyanese people. The political leader emphasized that the entire purpose of having Local Government Election is to provide a platform for inclusionary democracy; but he said that Ramotar’s actions reflect an evasion of such. “It should not be a win or lose case; regardless of a particular Party’s standing, the people should be allowed to run their own affairs…what the President is doing reflects callousness and a brazen denial of democracy,” said Granger. Granger also noted that the President still hasn’t set a date to meet with him as promised. However, the Opposition Leader no longer seems eager to meet with the Head-of-State either. He said, “We indicated our preparedness to meet with him but we don’t need to meet with him for him to announce the date for Local Government Election.”
Recently, President Ramotar and Granger have been exchanging letters in the press about Local Government Elections. The letters exchange started when Granger sent Ramotar a letter urging him to, by September 15, set a date for the holding of Local Government Elections or suffer the consequences. The consequences outlined by Granger included him seeking support from the international community on the issue. Granger, in his letter, sought to “remind” President Ramotar that it is his constitutional obligation to hold Local Government Election. But the President did not take Granger’s ultimatum too seriously. Instead of setting the date, the President responded to Granger’s letter saying that it was quite confusing. The President asked Granger to explain his position he also told Granger that there was no need to “remind” him of his constitutional obligations. But when Granger ignored that letter Ramotar sent him and begun country wide protest actions, Ramotar wrote him again; this time saying that he was prepared to meet with him to sort things out. Ramotar wrote this final letter just before he left for the United States of America and said that he would have met with Granger upon his
Opposition Leader, David Granger
return. However, even though Ramotar has returned to Guyana for some time now, he is still to set a date for the meeting. While the President was still in New York, he told Guyanese residing there that General and Local Government Elections c a n n o t b e h e l d simultaneously and said that it is imperative that Granger be clear on which of the polls he wants. But no call was made for elections to be simultaneously held. The Alliance For Change (AFC) tabled a No-Confidence Motion that once passed will force the government to resign and President Ramotar will have to call General Elections within three months. APNU has given all assurance that it will support the AFC motion but made clear that the coalition’s
President, Donald Ramotar priority is to have Local Government Elections be held as soon as possible. Kaieteur News understands that Local Government Elections and General Elections can be held in close proximity. However, the law says that if there is a clash, General Elections takes precedence and Local Government Elections can be held three months after. Guyanese have not been able to vote in Local Government Elections in just about 20 years. The last elections were held in 1994. Using their combined one-seat majority in the National Assembly, APNU and AFC in February approved an amendment to the Local Authorities (Amendment) (Elections) Bill 2014, even when the government argued against it. That piece of amendment directed that Local
Government Elections be held on or before August 1, 2014. President Ramotar, in May, wrote Speaker of the National Assembly, Raphael Trotman, informing that he was withholding his assent because the Guyana Elections Commission had declared that it is impractical to hold local government elections” by that date. President Ramotar had also dismissed calls by the international community to hold elections. Former United States Ambassador to Guyana Brent Hardt was one who made such a call. This resulted in widely publicized fallout between government and Ambassador Hardt. The PPP/C, when it enjoyed a majority in the National Assembly, passed amendments for 12 consecutive years, from 1997, to defer the holding of local government elections.
Venezuelan female fraudster placed on $175,000 A female fraudster who told investigators that she was born in Venezuela and took over $57, 000 worth of items from a female vendor, but disappeared after, has
been arrested and charged. This was after a warrant was issued for her arrest. The woman Jenelle Wong, 27, who gave her address as Naresh Street,
Canefield, East Canje, Berbice, was charged with obtaining credit by fraud. According to Prosecutor Sergeant Godfrey Playter the defendant between December 2, and February 21, at the New Amsterdam Market, obtained credit of one bottle cream, sandals, underwear, T shirt, finger rings, shoulder bags and other articles to the total
value of $57,000 property of Giselle Simpson a stall holder of New Amsterdam market. The woman appeared on Friday before Magistrate Sherdel Isaacs-Marcus in the Reliance Magistrate’s court and pleaded not guilty to the charge. Playter told the court that the accused knew the woman she defrauded. He stated that
the accused would usually take items from the virtual complainant on a credit basis and would pay later. Between the dates mentioned above, the accused proceeded to credit the items and refused to pay. When contacted she repeatedly forked up various excuses about her inability to pay the debt and subsequently disappeared. The matter was reported to the police and an investigation was launched in the matter and the accused was charged, but failed to attend court. The matter was called more than six times, but Wong failed to attend court. An arrest warrant was subsequently issued for her arrest. Subsequently the police were informed of Wong’s
location and she was arrested and detained. In court she pleaded not guilty to the charge. The Magistrate initially refused bail, citing the woman for disrespecting the court given the number of times the matter was called and she never attended court. However appearing as a friend of the court Attorney at Law Charrandass Persaud in a plea of mitigation, asked the court to grant bail to Wong. He stated that it might have been a genuine case that she might have been unaware of the circumstances. After some persuasions the Magistrate decided to grant bail in the sum of $175,000. Wong was also ordered to lodge her passport. She will have to return to court on October 27 for a continuation of her matter.
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Guyana observes World Teachers’ Day By Leon Suseran The world looked closely to honour teachers as World Te a c h e r s ’ D a y w a s celebrated on Sunday. On October 5, 1994, the first World Teachers’ Day was held by the United Nations Education and Social C u l t u r a l O rg a n i z a t i o n (UNESCO). According to UNESCO, Wo r l d Te a c h e r s ’ D a y represents a significant token of the awareness, understanding and appreciation displayed for the vital contribution that teachers make to education and development. Education International (EI), the global union federation that represents education professionals worldwide, strongly believes that World Teachers’ Day should be internationally recognized and celebrated around the world. Because the observances fall on a Sunday this year, many schools across Guyana would have had appreciation rallies and programmes on Friday where their teachers would have been honoured. Students usually take gifts and other items of appreciation for their teachers at school on World Teachers’ Day. The day is celebrated in over 100 countries worldwide. To mark the occasion of World Teachers’ Day, the Gems of Yesteryear group of retired teachers in Berbice held a special Mass to
Retired teachers with current serving teachers at the special Mass for the Gems of Yesteryear in New Amsterdam honour all teachers yesterday at the Roman Catholic Church of the Ascension in New Amsterdam. Additionally, the same group hosted its fifth Annual Teachers’ Day tribute and function at the Church View International Hotel Conference Hall on Sunday, where retirees will be feted and honoured. The activity is spearheaded by veteran educator and former Regional Education Officer of Region Six, Ms. Rosalind
Garrett. President of the Guyana Teachers’ Union (GTU), Mr. M a r k Ly t e , e x t e n d e d greetings on the special day. “On World Teachers’ Day, we wish teachers in general, the best. The GTU continues to implore on our teachers to have quality education delivered to the students but at the same time we call on our stakeholder, the Ministry of Education (MOE) to support our teachers in terms of proving necessary facilities, equipment and
resources, so we can deliver the quality education we wish to deliver. “ Member of Parliament F a i z a l M . J a f f a r a l l y, extended heartfelt congratulations to all teachers on this special day. “Let me take this opportunity, to applaud and congratulate all those persons who are in the teaching profession. Our teachers have been moulding our children for the future in this country. Over the last decade or so we have seen
our children here in Guyana excel in their performances.” Jaffarally said that this is due to the teachers’ commitment, dedication and love for the job, and it is well- demonstrated. He added that teachers in our country deserve respect and should be applauded. “I think if our economy is to expand, if anyone deserves a better remuneration, it will be our teachers,” he noted. Region Six Chairman, Mr. David Armogan thanked all the teachers of Berbice
and Guyana who are doing a “fantastic job in raising the bar in the last CSEC and NGSA results.” “Had it not been for teachers, I don’t think any of us would be where we are today. They have a very crucial role to play in the development in Guyana and I would like to wish them a happy Teachers’ Day,” Armogan said. Region Six Education Officer, Ms. Vo l i k a J a i k i s h u n a l s o extended greetings to all teachers on the occasion.
relating to the way the present Officer in Charge of Camp Street Prison, Gladwin Samuels, has been terrorizing inmates. “The man (Samuels)
goes into the strong cell division and terrorize the men pulling out his gun and things. This makes prisoners angrier and causes more problems.” “The prisoners crying out how they getting lock down 24/7, and how is pig food they getting serve and is only to the washroom they getting to go and lockdown again. They are saying that they are human beings and have rights.” Randolph Rodriques was accused in May last of chopping four other inmates at New Amsterdam Prison and burning some with acid. Those injured were identified as Davendra Harricharran, called ‘Bara’, 27, of Nigg Squatting Area, Corentyne, Berbice; Quammy Bhagwandin, 32, of Angoy’s Avenue, New Amsterdam; Clarence Williams called ‘Wild Hog’, 41, of Angoy’s Avenue, and Adbussulum Azimullah called ‘Sato’, 31, of Hampshire Corentyne, Berbice.
Protesting prisoners set mattress alight at Camp Street prison
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nmates of the strong cell division at Camp Street Prison yesterday set alight a mattress after protesting the conditions they were being
kept under. They claimed that they were under lockdown 24/7. The concrete facility located under the ‘capital division’ has 10 cells that
houses rebellious inmates. However, according to reports Randolph Rodriques, called ‘Shoulders,’ who was transferred this year from New Amsterdam Prison to
Camp Street Prison, is serving a 20-year sentence for murder. The report is that his sentence is almost completed. He and others have been protesting issues
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One person in custody for Comfort Sleep rebounds Chinese restaurant robbery after two devastating fires
Su Yang Kuan Jing
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ollowing intense investigation, the police have arrested one person in connection with the armed robbery at a Chinese restaurant at Rosignol Village, West Bank Berbice, last Thursday evening. The man was at the restaurant at the time of the robbery. During the ordeal, six armed masked bandits attacked and robbed the Chung Lee Chinese restaurant situated at Lot 89 R o s i g n o l , We s t B a n k Berbice, on Thursday. The bandits who were armed with two hand guns, cutlasses and knives were all decked out in black and were wearing gloves and heavy boots. According to the proprietor Lianggen Su, 49, a father of one, he has been in Guyana for over 23 years and operates two restaurants. Both restaurants carry the same name and are situated in Rosignol. He has been at the present location for 13 years. The man lives at the location with his wife Su Yang Kuan Jing, 43, and his son Zhinengsu Su called, Su G’, 18. He was brutalized during the ordeal and as a result suffered wounds to the head, face and other parts of his body. The man had told the media that around 22:15 hrs, he was in his restaurant watching television while his wife and the waitress was in the inner part of the restaurant attending to other business. The waitress’ husband was also in the restaurant at the time. He suddenly saw the men enter and before he could realize what was happening he was hit on his head with a gun. The men had quickly closed the door and proceeded to beat him in his head and ordered him to lie on the floor. They quickly
Dennis Charran, Managing Director of Comfort Sleep showcasing company products
Lianggen Su accosted his wife, the waitress and her husband and dealt them a similar licking. They were kicked stomped and told not to look. His hands were also tied behind his back. The man said that the bandits put them to lie on the floor with their faces down and placed a chair above them whilst two of them stood on the chair. A gun and a knife were placed to his wife’s head before she was ordered upstairs. She was made to crawl up the stairs during which time she suffered a sprained ankle. They then proceeded to ransack the upper flat and they continued their demand for more gold and jewelry. The woman was then made to crawl down the step and rejoin the others. An axe which was found was also used to terrorize the victims. The man and his family
said that they are very traumatized and are contemplating their next move. Su who underwent surgery a few months ago stated that he has been living in the area for the past 23 years and has never suffered a robbery before. The bloodied man however, remembered that his brother-in-law, Yang Qiyuan, who was 27 at the time and use to live with him, was brutally murdered at Cotton Tree. That incident took place in October 2001. No one was ever caught or held for that incident even though the main suspect was known. His brother-in-law who usually wore a fat gold chain had a girl friend in Cotton Tree and would visit her often. A dispute arose between him and another man over the girl and he was attacked and killed. His chain was missing.
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ising from the a s h e s o f devastation, mattress supplier, Comfort Sleep is like the proverbial ‘Phoenix’. The company, which suffered two fires in quick succession a while ago, was quite a showpiece at this year’s GuyExpo. This is evidence enough that there is a comeback in business operations. On display at the exhibition, were many of their eye catching mattresses and other foam products. The company’s Head Office is located at 49 Eccles, Industrial Estate, East Bank Demerara (EBD). Last October, Comfort Sleep, suffered a major blow when a fire ravaged their storage bonds. It was later concluded by the Guyana Fire Service that the blaze was caused by a chemical reaction due to seepage from one of the containers which contained a highly flammable substance
that is used to manufacture the foam for their mattresses. Less than a month later, on November 28, another blaze destroyed the company’s main building which housed the manufacturing factory. However, the cause of this flame was not determined. M a n a g i n g D i r e c t o r, Dennis Charran assured that the company will get back on track to the quality mattress production services that they have provided for over ten years. In addressing the current status of the company, Charran commented that he was happy with the achievement his company has made in rebuilding and restarting their operations over the past year. “It was very challenging to restart,” said the Managing Director, “but the public response was overwhelming.” He elaborated that public
demand helped the company tremendously in getting back on their feet, which showed a great public loyalty to the company. Charran said that “the public definitely missed us”. While the company has a positive outlook on where it is headed with regard to reestablishing the brand, according to Charran, it still recognizes that it has a long way to go before getting back to where the business used to be. He said that since restarting mattress production the company has added more mattresses to its production line, to keep up with customer demand. The Managing Director reiterated that the business is always receiving calls about the products, even after the fires. He is confident that with such sustained interest from the public, the company will definitely make a full recovery.
Pizza Hut, KFC outlets reopening delayed The Vlissengen Road outlets yesterday
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espite promises of a short reopening, the doors of the four Kentucky Fried Chicken (KFC) and lone Pizza Hut outlets in the city remain closed. The fast-food outlets, which employ about 250
persons, had originally been scheduled to open on August 14 but to date the doors remain closed for business. The reopening date is still uncertain. The branches found closed yesterday were KFC on Water Street, Stabroek;
Vlissengen Road; Mandela Avenue; Bagotstown, as well as Pizza Hut on Vlissengen Road. Pasted on the door of every one of the outlets are signs which state: “”Please be advised that KFC/Pizza Hut will be closed for maintenance and upgrade.
Customers will be advised of our reopening. We apologize for any inconvenience caused, and we do look forward to continuing to serve you.” It was reported that Managing Director of the local KFC franchise, Deo
Singh, had confirmed that the outlets had been temporarily closed for maintenance and upgrade, and will be reopened as soon as works are completed. When Kaieteur News visited the outlets yesterday, market vendors as well patrons confirmed that works had already commenced. Carpenters and construction workers had been seen working at the sites. Vendors complained, however, that the Stabroek Market outlet continues to be infested by rodents. “They need to do something more than just change up the building, it need a complete overhaul; if you see rat that does deh inside there. At nights you see them by the hundreds,” one vendor lamented.
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Police shoot man wanted BRHA/PAHO... for murders, robberies
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man who police say is wanted in connection with at least two murders and a series of robberies was shot last evening at Friendship, East Bank Demerara. According to reports 29 year old Steven Mohamed was shot as police were conducting a roadblock in the Friendship area. According to police sources, it was Mohamed who opened fire at the law men. This newspaper understands that the police were able to recover a .38 revolver, three live rounds and two spent shells from the scene of the shooting. Mohamed was rushed to the Diamond Diagnostic
The injured man being transported to the Georgetown Hospital last evening
PAHO's Dr. Mahli Cho Center for treatment but was subsequently transferred to the Georgetown Public Hospital. Hospital sources said that Mohamed was shot twice and would require
m i n o r s u rg e r y. P o l i c e sources have indicated that Mohamed was wanted in connection with two interior murders. Investigations are continuing into the incident.
From page 17 per cent of total population in Guyana are between 55- 65 years old. A d d i t i o n a l l y, W H O statistics show 5.3 per cent of the population being over
65- years- old. “We need to focus on the elderly and on non- communicable diseases and we need to focus on how this group of people needs to be treated...before developing complications,� Dr. Cho added. A follow- up training session would include the remaining 11 health centres in East and West Berbice. There was an evaluation in the end of the three- day seminar. According to the BRHA, the participants performed very well and were receptive to the knowledge that was disseminated. It is expected that the knowledge gained would boost the BRHA's Mega Geriatric Clinics across the country. At least two more clinics would be held before the year is completed.
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FOR SALE LARGE QUANTITIES OF HIGH PURITY MERCURY (QUICK SILVER) 99.99995% PURITY$19,000 PER POUND CALL: 592-227-4754. Spare for washing machine, microwaves, fridges, stoves, timers, gearbox, pumps, etc call:225-9032,647-2943 Dressed and mill cut lumber: Kabukalli, silverballi, greenheart, crab wood etc - Call: 688-6579 One 2009 Tacoma, 2-3406 Caterpillar for mining/marine purposes - Call: 216-1184, 684-2708 1-LG Smart 3D TV with DVD player - $280,000, 1-PS VITA $60,000, 1-Xbox 360 - $30,000 Tel: 603-8643, 621-7497 One 14" Dredge/Draga in working condition – Contact: 694-4828, 663-0742 DELL/HP Computer complete with LCD’s - $59,000, laptops from $55,000, Blackberrys $15,000 @ FutureTech – Tel: 231-2206 Pure bred German Shepherd puppies – Contact:220-2277, 220-8904, 629-1471 One glass case – Tel: 647-1773 Games for PS2, PS3, XBOX360, WII, consoles also available – Call: 6722566, 265-3232 Epson projector with screen, brush cutter, pressure washer, car accessories, 6 seats dinning set, generator Tel: 669-0366 Salad bar, bar stool, popcorn maker, sesame street baby walker, electric deep fryer – Tel: 669-0366
SERVICES PLANNING AN EVENT? BIRTHDAY PARTY, GRADUATION,WEDDINGS, ANNIVERSARY,ETC.–CALL DIAMOND TENTS: 2161043; 677-6620 Permanent & Visitors Visa Applications, Professional Immigration Consultant Room D5 Maraj Building Call Sabita: 225-6496, 662-6045 Guyana Passport & Visa Forms Application, USA, Canada and England. Tel: 626-7040; 265-4535. Repairs & spare, fridge, freezer, A/C, washers, stoves. Contact Nick: 683-1312, 6273206 Repairs, sales & spares air conditioning, microwaves, washer, fridges & stoves. Ultra Cool, call :225-9032, 647-2943 FOR LOW COST: REPAIRS TO FRIDGE, FREEZER,A/C UNIT, MICROWAVES, TV & WASHINGMACHINE -CALL: 629-4946 OR 225-4822 Offering care giving service direct to patience home, USA Trained & certified, service fee negotiable, no agent – Call: 692-7599, 628-4027 We repair fridge, freezer, AC, washer, dryer Call Omar:2310655,683-8734
Rare old British Guiana Coins - Tel:639-3450
HEALTH Hazel’s Herbal Store, 244 D’ Andrade St Newtown, for herbal supplements, iridology Service available Monday October 13th, 2014 Call: 226-9136
One Toyota Raum with double sunroof automatic, mags, CD, AC, excellent condition - $975,000 – Tel:618-1047 One new model Raum, PRR series - Tel:277-0672 or 696-7341 One Mitsubishi Lancer (good condition), with new engine (EFI) spoiler & rims - $950,000 negotiable – Tel: 644-6999 One Nissan Pick -up GG Series and one (1) mini bus – JJ Series in excellent, road worthy condition – Call: 2335108, 233-5023
HOUSE PLAN DRAFTING AND ESTIMATES FOR ONLY $15,000- CALL:6949843/227-2766
LAND FOR SALE Diamond/Grove New Scheme, First Bridge, Corner lot with foundation and post - $7M - Tel:603-9700 Mining blocks at Omai & Mabura –Tel: 651-9473, 656-3228
ACCOMMODATION Harmony Inn: Furnished apartments and rooms $5,000-$8,000 - Tel:668-0306, 218-1400, 694-7817, your luxury hideaway.
FOR RENT PLANNING AN EVENT? BIRTHDAY PARTY, GRADUATION,WEDDINGS, ANNIVERSARY, ETC. CALL DIAMOND TENTS: 216-1043; 677-6620 GT TOOL RENTALS: 30% OFF COMPACTOR; CHIPPING HAMMER RANSOM & FLOOR SANDER, (SALE) SAWS & DRILLS -$10,000 - CALL: 675-0767, 667-2535 Restaurant & Bar – Tel:6690366 Brand new apartment, in healthy and safe environment - Call: 698-6496. One nails table to rent - Tel: 628-9297, 602-5469 Business place for rent @ West Coast Demerara – 3000 SQ.FT - Call: 690-1740
We buy & sell vehicles for cash, also parts available & 30 seater buses; Extra Cab pickups; 2006 TacomaCall:680-3154 1 New unregistered Mazda Axela 2006 Sedan - $2.350M Negotiable (never used in Guyana), very low mileage – Tel: 649-0956 AT192, 212, Allion, unregistered Premio, Hilux Surf, BNN, RZ & Pit-bull, 7 seater super custom. Cash / terms- Call: 680-3154 One 2008 Toyota Rush – Call: 642-6079 DAF 65 CF220, Dump Truck Call: 602-8453 Honda Civic Car PJJ series Call Jeanna: 655-9789
TCB Construction: we specialize in building, renovating, trowel tex, tiling etc- Contact: Troy YoungTel:680-6504, 218-3274
Hanes, USA: Cosmetics, baby products, sweet oils, hair accessories, etc @ USA Wholesale Outlet, 35 Robb & King Street – Tel: 601-3679 One 6 Head Weinig Moulder, complete with additional blocks, ready to work – Tel: 668-8912
Toyota Premio PNN Series, Clean condition, owner leaving country – Call Laverne: 223-0213
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PROPERTY FOR SALE House & land @ Supply Public Road, Riverside, East Bank Demerara, suitable for business – Call: 698-8100 Diamond - three bedrooms, flat concrete house, Price $10.5M - Call: 623-3348, 2660548 House and land for sale in D’Aguiar’s Park, sale by owner for details - Call: 686-1368 One 3 bedroom upstairs concrete house and land at Pearl E.B.D - Tel:672-2125
LEARN TO DRIVE Soman Son & Outar Driving School at Maraj BuildingTel: 644-5166; 622-2872; 6150964; 689-5997
EDUCATION CXC Adults/Students Day & Evening Classes, all Business and Science Subjects, 3 Street Alberttown – Call:231-5678, 690-5008 New Courses Starting October: Computerized Accounting, 4 courses $35,000.QuickBooks, P.Tree, POS @ MicroGraphics, Vreed-En-Hoop -264-3057 D i d n ’t D o We l l i n Mathematics/English ? Join Us Now! Individual Training @ MicroGraphics -Vreed-En-Hoop Tel: 2643057 9 Courses Diploma In Computers $35,000 Special Deal For 2014, CSEC students MicroGraphics @ Vreed En Hoop- 264-3057
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Cashiers, salesgirl, porters and a domestic maid, Apply to 1E Dennis & Middleton Streets Campbellville 1 Company Secretaryattractive salary offered; 1 filing clerk; 1 computer literate clerk. Send applications via Whatsapp / Messenger: 592696-5603 Experienced cashier, counter, roti cook, cleaner @ Hacks Halaal Restaurant, Lot 5 Commerce Street. Salesgirls and boys to work in shop on E.C.D – Call: 6158121 Live in waitress to work in a bar - Tel: 603-6301 Shop assistant to work in the interior, salary -$80,000, age 25-35, Call: 664-5199, between 9:00-5:00 One day time security guard between 30-50 yrs old, 6 days a week in Georgetown – Call: 623-3231 or 225-3198 Contract cars & experienced dispatcher @ West Site Taxi Service – Tel:600-0680 or 6130419 Diesel Mechanics to work in the interior (Perkins engine) Contact: 226-9768 Professional painters wanted Contact: 622-4899 Experienced drivers with minibus and hire cars license, also contract vehicles – Call: 645-0025 Driver for fielder wagon taxi, work and keep - Call:646-8748
TO LET One furnished self contained, one bedroom apartment in secure parking & centrally located fourth building from American School – Call: 227-1363, 6882464 CAR RENTAL DOLLY’S CAR RENTAL CALL: 225-7126/ 2263693 DOLLYSAUTO RENTAL@YAHOO.COM/ W W W. D O L LY S A U TO RENTAL.COM Aidan’s Car & Pickup rental, cheap rate, low security – Tel: 698-7807/ 690-6494 PROGRESSIVE AUTO RENTAL:CARS&SUV FOR RENTAL- $4,000 & UP PER DAY- CALL: 643-5122, 2193900, EMAIL: PRO_AUTO RENTAL@YAHOO.COM
Salon Stations @ 51 Robb & Albert Streets to rent, must have clients – Call:2314010, 627-8277, 669-6110
VACANCY International Cruiseline Purser officer, waitresses, waiters, cooks, receptionist, storekeeper, cleaners, electrician, carpenter, plumber, musicians etc - Tel: 231-6296, 650-9880 Visiting officers @ NM Security Solutions Inc, Lot “O” Ruimveldt, must be a licensed Motorcyclist – Tel: 225-5773/76 Secretary: 20-30 years, literate in word (internet/ spreadsheet, leadership skills, ability to complete task efficiently) Office in Sheriff Street. Tel: 219-0468 LORRY DRIVER, Clean Driving Record, Residing on East Bank Demerara. Tel 266 4427 ACCOUNTS CLERK, very familiar with DACEASY POS and Accounting, Part Time, Flexible Hours, resident of E.B.D. Tel 623 9889 One experienced Hauler driver, Apply Alabama Trading, Georgetown Ferry Stelling, Stabroek. FOR SALE/FOR RENT American pool table – 2770578 Located @ Lot 5 Block ‘K’ Waller’s Delight W.C.D - 4 bedrooms all self contain. Price $25M / per month $100,000 - Tel: 674-4929/ 662-0187 TO LET Apartment @ 4A Sheriff Street, suitable for residential/commercial , owner willing to redo to suit tenant – Call:227-1363
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Antigua faces climate risks with ambitious renewable target HODGES BAY, Antigua Ruth Spencer is a pioneer in the field of solar energy. She promotes renewable technologies to communities throughout her homeland of Antigua and Barbuda, playing a small but important part in helping the country achieve its goal of a 20percent reduction in the use of fossil fuels by 2020. She also believes that small non-governmental organisations (NGOs) have a crucial role to play in the bigger projects aimed at tackling the problems caused by the burning of fossil fuels, such as coal, oil and gas. Spencer, who serves as National Focal Point for the Global Environment Facility (GEF)-Small Grants Programme (SGP) in Antigua and Barbuda, has been at the forefront of an initiative to bring representatives of civil society, business owners and NGOs together to educate them about the dangers posed by climate change. “The GEF/SGP is going to be the delivery mechanism to get to the communities, preparing them well in advance for what is to come,” she told IPS. The GEF Small Grants Programme in the Eastern Caribbean is administered by the United Nations office in Barbados. “Since climate change is heavily impacting the twin islands of Antigua and Barbuda, it is important that we bring all the stakeholders together,” said Spencer, a Yale
development economist who also coordinates the East Caribbean Marine Managed Areas Network funded by the German government. “The coastal developments are very much at risk and we wanted to share the findings of the IPCC report with them to let them see for themselves what all these scientists are saying,” Spencer told IPS. “We are in a small island so we have to build synergies, we have to network, we have to partner to assist each other. By providing the information, they can be aware and we are going to continue doing follow up….so together we can tackle the problem in a holistic manner,” she added. The United Nations’ Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) has sent governments a final draft of its synthesis report, which paints a harsh picture of what is causing global warming and what it will do to humans and the environment. It also describes what can be done about it. Ruleta Camacho, project coordinator for the sustainable island resource management mechanism within Antigua and Barbuda’s Ministry of the Environment, told IPS there is documented observation of sea level rise which has resulted in coastal erosion and infrastructure destruction on the coastline. She said there is also evidence of ocean acidification and coral bleaching, an increase in the prevalence of extreme weather events -
Portia Simpson Miller leads Jamaica’s clean-up campaign to combat Chikungunya KINGSTON, Jamaica,– Prime Minister Portia Simpson Miller on Saturday led the clean up exercise in her constituency in an effort to control the spread of the Chukungunya virus. Accompanied by Health Minister Dr. Fenton Ferguson, the Prime Minister encouraged Jamaicans to stage a similar exercise in their communities. “I think this is something we should promote across the country in terms of community members keeping their surroundings clean.”
The Health Minister also announced that additional funds have been allocated to help fight the spread of the virus. He said an announcement will be made in the coming week. Meanwhile the opposition Jamaica Labour Party’s (JLP) General Secretary, Dr Horace Chang, says the Prime Minister’s decision to lead a cleanup effort to rid the country of mosquito breeding sites and help combat Chikungunya was too late. According to Chang, the outbreak could have been avoided if the Government listened to calls to be proactive. “If we did not have the money at the time to start an official cleanup. Get the people sensitive that would not have resulted n the panic and fear that has spread through the nation. This is really a limp attempt to recover. It’s a share sign of incompetence,” he said.
extreme drought conditions and extreme rainfall events all of which affect the country’s vital tourism industry. “The drought and the rainfall events have impacts on the tourism sector because it impacts the ancillary services – the drought affects your productivity of local food products as well as your supply of water to the hotel industry,” she said. “And then you have the rainfall events impacting the flooding so you have days where you cannot access certain sites and you have flood conditions which affect not only the hotels in terms of the guests but it also affects the staff that work at the hotels. If we get a direct hit from a storm we have significant instant drop-off in the productivity levels in the hotel sector.” Antigua and Barbuda, which is known for its sandy
beaches and luxurious resorts, draws nearly one million visitors each year. Tourism accounts for 60 to 75 percent of the country’s gross domestic product, and employs nearly 90 percent of the population. Like Camacho, Ediniz Norde, an environment officer, believes sea level rise is likely to worsen existing environmental stresses such as a scarcity of freshwater for drinking and other uses. “Many years ago in St. John’s we had seawater intrusion all the way up to Tanner Street. It cut the street in half. It used to be a whole street and now there is a big gutter running through it, a ship was lodged in Tanner Street,” she recalled. “Now it only shows if we have these levels of sea water rising that this is going to be a reality here in Antigua and Barbuda,” Norde told IPS.
Majority of Jamaicans resolute on keeping buggery law intact Despite a growing acceptance of same-sex unions across the world, an overwhelming majority of Jamaicans are standing firmly against any attempt to change local laws that make it illegal for men to have sex with men. According to the results of the latest Gleanercommissioned Bill Johnson poll, conducted on September 6-7 and 13-14, 91 per cent of Jamaicans believe lawmakers should make no attempt to repeal the controversial buggery law, which makes it a criminal offence for persons to engage in anal sex. The poll, which involved interviews with 1,208 residents of Jamaica, has a margin of error of plus or minus three per cent. Of all the questions asked in relation to homosexuality, it was on the repeal of the anti-sodomy law that respondents were most strident. Only five per cent felt the law should be abolished and just four per cent said they did not know. The findings are likely to leave the local homosexual community crestfallen and could serve as a signal to legislators whenever Prime Minister Portia Simpson Miller makes good on her commitment to have Parliament engage in a conscience vote on whether or not to repeal the buggery act. Simpson Miller first indicated it was time for a review of the buggery law when, as opposition leader, she took part in a leadership debate on the eve of the December 2011 general
election. Simpson Miller, who said her administration would be committed to the protection of human rights, has, almost three years later, yet to bring the vote to Parliament. But with the administration admitting it was focusing more on crime and the economy during its first three years, events in the months before Johnson’s team went into the field have fuelled anti-gay sentiment
was challenging the constitutionality of the buggery laws in that country. The UWI dismissed the professor, but Bain sued the institution and secured an injunction blocking his release while the matter remains in court. The controversy surrounding the Bain case led to demonstrations outside the UWI campus and increased concerns among several
before a vote can come. Earlier this year, a public relations nightmare resulted for gay-rights proponents when it was revealed that the Caribbean Vulnerable Communities (CVC) Coalition authored a letter it claimed was signed by at least 35 groups across the region, urging the University of the West Indies to fire Professor Brendan Bain as head of the Caribbean HIV/ AIDS Regional Training Centre Network (CHART). Bain had raised the ire of the group after he offered expert opinion about the health risks of anal sex in the case of a Belizean man who
individuals and groups that there is a so-called ‘gay agenda’ to foist an acceptance of homosexuality on the Jamaican people. Supporters of gay rights received further backlash when it came to light that human rights lobby Jamaicans For Justice crafted a sex-education programme taught in state-run children’s homes, but which contained material deemed “inappropriate” for some of the children to whom it was exposed. In other poll findings, 82 per cent of Jamaicans said they believed homosexual
men were not treated fairly by either the legal system or the police in Jamaica. Ten per cent said they were treated the same, while eight per cent said they did not know. However, 68 per cent said they should not have the same rights as others, while 26 per cent said they should, and six per cent did not know. At the same time, 79 per cent said lesbians are not treated the same as others by the police and courts, 13 per cent believe they are treated equally, and eight per cent did not know. But 65 per cent believe they should not have the same rights as other people under the Jamaican legal system, 30 per cent said they should, and five per cent did not know. In 2008, in a previously published Johnson poll, it was revealed that 70 per cent of Jamaicans believe homosexuals and lesbians should not be entitled to the same basic rights and privileges enjoyed by heterosexual Jamaicans. In another question related to homosexuality, 85 per cent said they believed transgender or crossdressing persons were not treated the same as others. Eight per cent said they were treated the same, and seven per cent said they didn’t know. Seventy-two per cent felt transgender persons should not have the same rights as other people have under the Jamaican legal system. Twenty-three per cent said they should have the same rights and five per cent said they didn’t know.
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Fast $$ for Chinese nationals in T&T - Roulette machines, whe whe linked to laundering
Trinidad Guardian Chinese nationals operating new businesses in T&T are latching on to a fast and easy money-making venture— gambling through unregulated and unlicenced gaming machines and bush whe whe that can make them targets for ambush and robberies. It is also an easy avenue for money laundering, president of the San Juan Business Association Abraham Ali said. “Some of these people come to the country and look like they don’t have no money at all, and suddenly you see money going into renovations and the purchase of new and existing properties. So then you know there is an aspect of laundering.” Ali said in the last three years, San Juan has become populated with gaming machines which are owned by Chinese people. The machines are strategically placed in bustling shops, where a rent and a small profit is paid to the owner. “The bulk of the winnings are collected by the Chinese,” he said. The most popular machine is the one-armed bandit which can leave the
player penniless, Ali said. Ali said word on the ground is that 90 per cent of the money illegally collected from the machines is converted into US dollars and sent to China. “The US dollars are not purchased from banks but at black market prices. The Chinese (people involved) cannot approach the bank to buy US currency for a number of reasons. For one, they have a language barrier. Secondly, they do not own legitimate businesses to acquire large sums of US currency, so they buy it in an underhand way.”
The Chinese people involved pay as much as $6.50 (TT) for one US dollar, Ali said. “One of our main concerns is the expatriation of funds. There is always a big issue where we, as Trinidadians, fight to obtain US currency from the banks; but it is being sneaked out. This creates a negative effect on the economy.” Ali said Susan Francois, director of the Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU), hosted a seminar for the San Juan business owners last year to sensitise its 200 members about money
laundering and its implications. At the gathering, Ali said he raised the issue of the free movement of US currency out of T&T by Chinese people. He said while Francois assured that measures have been taken to address this, she could not divulge details since they were sensitive and confidential. Meanwhile, president of the Tunapuna Chamber of Commerce David Edwards is pleading with the authorities to take swift action against the illegal operators before it is too late. Edwards and concerned members will discuss the matter at the chamber’s next meeting. He said while the overnight proliferation of Chinese restaurants and supermarkets throughout the country was a matter that needs to be addressed— since many of them violated health laws, refused to hire local labour, and kept the operations of their businesses secretive—what was most bothe r s o m e w a s t h e
unregulated and unregistered roulette machines and placing of illegal bush whe whe bets w i t h i n t h e c o n f i n es of several bars in Tunapuna. He said it was a new trend that the chamber has been monitoring, since the Government was losing thousands of dollars in revenue with these unregulated machines.
“The authorities need to look at this urgently because gambling is already a serious problem in Trinidad,” he said. During the 2014 budget presentation, Finance Minister Larry Howai described gambling as an emerging and substantial industry in T&T, with consistent growth in unlicenced and unregulated gaming.
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Kevin Pietersen claims ‘bullying culture’ in England dressing room BBC Sport - Former England batsman Kevin Pietersen says Matt Prior was a disruptive influence on the team and that ex-coach Andy Flower “ruled by fear”. Speaking for the first time about his sacking by England in February, Pietersen, 34, told the Daily Telegraph he was “marginalised and demonised”. England cricket chief Paul Downton said there has never been a formal complaint about bullying in the England team. Former team-mate Graeme Swann described the claims as “codswallop”. Pietersen’s new book is published on Thursday. The England and Wales
managing director Downton said: “The time is right to rebuild not only the team but also the team ethic.” Part of the termination of his contract included a confidentiality agreement covering all parties, which expired at the end of September. Pietersen accused Flower and some senior players of overseeing “a bullying culture” in the England dressing room where players were forced to apologise if they dropped a catch or made mistakes in the field. “He built a regime, he didn’t build a team. He was the boss. He wanted me to fear him,” said Pietersen.
Cricket Board said it had yet to see the book, adding: “The publishers have declined to provide us with a copy before the official release date.” Pietersen scored 8,181 runs at an average of 47 in 104 Tests and captained England in three Tests. The South Africa-born batsman’s England career was ended following a February meeting with the ECB which also involved captain Alastair Cook. In the wake of the 5-0 Ashes defeat in Australia, Pietersen was told he was no longer part of the national team’s plans and had his central contract terminated. At the time, England and Wales Cricket Board
Tuesday October 07 2014 ARIES (Mar. 21–Apr. 19) The amazing thing about your nature is that, like a good politician, you have just the right tone of voice and catch phrase for every situation. You can put on your smile and charm and talk your way out of just about any pickle you get into. TAURUS (Apr. 20–May 20) You're apt to get the feeling that the grass is greener on the other side of the fence today, Taurus. Try not to get too hung up on this. GEMINI (May 21–June 20) Your mind may wander to a fantasyland full of castles, wizards, and magic dragons today, Gemini. You could find that you're putting yourself in the robes of a beautiful or handsome figure in a tall tower who's waiting for the perfect mate to come along. CANCER (June 21–July 22) Get on the fast track and use your powerful words and creative mind to make quick decisions that are mindful yet spontaneous.
LIBRA (Sept. 23–Oct. 22) If you're having trouble tackling a giant problem, Libra, don't get discouraged or overwhelmed. They key for you is to break things down into smaller chunks, analyze them, and figure out their role within the greater whole. SCORPIO (Oct. 23–Nov. 21) It may seem like everyone around you is happy and getting what they want while you're stuck in the trenches, Scorpio. Don't compare yourself to other people and make judgments based on outside appearances. SAGIT (Nov.22–Dec.21) Imagination and fantasy play a big part in your thinking today, Sagittarius, and you shouldn't hesitate to embrace this frame of mind. CAPRI(Dec.22–Jan.19) Engage more of your rational mind today, Capricorn. If your mind continues on its track into a fantasy world, you might consider enlisting the help of people who can help you bring some discipline to your situation.
LEO (July 23–Aug. 22) Start the day with some vigorous yoga and then some meditation to help clear your mind, Leo. Stretch your body and get the blood flowing through all of your limbs.
AQUARIUS(Jan.20–Feb.18) Suppose you were someone else for a day, Aquarius. How would it feel to be treated the way you normally treat other people?
VIRGO (Aug. 23–Sept. 22) Do something for the community today, Virgo, and really consider how your talents and skills can best be put to work. Consider volunteering at a school or library.
PISCES (Feb. 19–Mar. 20) Today your thoughts may turn to fashion and the different ways in which you can improve your wardrobe. Don't be afraid to create a look that reflects your true inner spirit. If
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Broncos’ Manning emulates Favre with 500th TD pass (Reuters) - Peyton Manning joined Brett Favre in an exclusive two-man club on Sunday when he threw the 500th touchdown pass of his glittering career, then added three more as the Denver Broncos hammered the Arizona Cardinals 41-20. The 38-year-old completed 31 of 47 passes for a total of 479 yards, though his eye-catching display in the mile-high altitude of Denver was marred by two interceptions. “I do think about how many people have helped me throughout my career ... and I just think how grateful I am for that help and support,” Manning told reporters after moving to 503 career touchdown passes, just five short of Favre’s record. “Football is the ultimate team game and so I guess one
Jules Bianchi... From page 31 Hamilton awarded the race victory. Bianchi, who made his F1 debut with Marussia in 2013 and is also a member of the Ferrari young driver academy after previously working as a test driver for the team, lost control close to where Sauber driver Sutil had spun and hit the tyre barrier. As a recovery vehicle was lifting Sutil’s car, Bianchi travelled across the run-off area and hit the back of the tractor. Conditions were wet at the time of the accident and Williams driver Felipe Massa said he had been “screaming” his concerns about the amount of water on the track. Hamilton said the result was incidental in the circumstances, adding: “To hear one of our colleagues is seriously injured is the main worry.”
man kind of has to accept it (an accolade) on behalf of his coaches and team mates. I can’t tell you how grateful I am for their help.” Manning reached the 500mark when he connected with tight end Julius Thomas for a seven-yard touchdown with just under five minutes left in the first quarter in Denver, a pinpoint toss to the right that he celebrated with a fist pump. It was the quarterback’s 101st touchdown pass since he signed with the Broncos before the start of the 2012 season after he began his stellar National Football League career with the Indianapolis Colts. Manning reached the 500 milestone on Sunday in his 244th career regular season game. Favre needed 293 games. The landmark football tossed for that 500th pass was quickly secured by Manning’s team mates and taken to the locker room on his behalf. Asked if he had previously kept footballs to commemorate special achievements on the field,
Manning replied with a smile: “I’ve never kept a football mainly because the receivers always keep them. “I’ll probably keep it in a bag, with a little piece of tape around it. It will have some kind of mark until (his son) Marshall goes and plays with it in the mud before long.” Manning also tossed touchdown passes of 31 and 86 yards to wide receiver Demaryius Thomas in the second quarter against the Cardinals, and his fourth on a sunny afternoon from 12 yards to Julius Thomas in the final quarter. Demaryius Thomas finished with eight catches and two touchdowns for a franchise record of 226 yards receiving. “He’s not in the history books for nothing. The guy is awesome,” said Cardinals cornerback Patrick Peterson after Manning shredded Arizona’s fifth-ranked defense for a Denver franchise record 568 yards in total offence. “He just came out here and lit us up.”
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Former WI seamer Lawson in USA squad ESPNcricinfo - Former West Indies fast bowler Jermaine Lawson could make his USA debut after being chosen in a 14-man squad for the ICC WCL Division Three, which takes place between October 23 and 30 in Malaysia. Lawson, 32, once took a Test hat-trick for West Indies in his 13-Test career, but had not appeared for them since the opening Test in Brisbane against Australia in November 2005. Lawson moved to the USA in 2010 and qualified to play for USA this year based on the ICC’s four-year residency requirement. He becomes the third former West Indies international in the last two years to be selected for USA in an ICC tournament squad, joining Adam Sanford and former USA captain Neil McGarrell, who have both been dropped following USA’s 15th place finish in their most recent event, the World T20 Qualifier last November in the UAE. Lawson has not appeared in a USACA tournament since 2011 and instead has kept busy barnstorming around the country in private T20 tournaments. He has also been playing club cricket in New Jersey and New York, where he now resides. His selection for USA, though, comes at a curious t i m e g i v e n t h a t there are still doubts in
Jermaine Lawson last played an international game for West Indies in 2005 Sena Vidanagama. (Getty Images) local cricket surrounding the legality of his bowling action; he had been called f o r t h r o w i n g i n a local league in Jamaica, in 2006. Three more names who figure prominently as returnees to the USA squad are Steve Massiah, Usman Shuja and Aditya
Thyagarajan. Massiah resigned as USA captain ahead of last year’s World T20 Qualifier in what USACA stated in a press release was a move to allow Massiah to focus on his batting. Massiah was initially named in the squad to tour the UAE, but withdrew prior
GCA/Malta Supreme U-13 tourney
TSC overcome Bel Air Rubis
Transport Sports Club (TSC) defeated Bel Air Rubis by 174 runs when action in the Georgetown Cricket Association (GCA)/ Malta Supreme Under-13 tournament continued Saturday last. At the Malteenoes Sports Clu b (MSC), TSC batted first and rattled up 388-7 from their
allocation of 25 overs. Adrian Hinds scored 19 as Michael Pooran and Omari Lallbachan claimed two wickets each. Rubis suffered 17 dismissals in scoring 314 off their 25 overs in reply. Shivanan Gaskin and Alex Chunilall made 11 each, while Andrew Samaroo and
Michael Pooran contributed 10 apiece. Jamal Michael snared four wickets while Donald Singh, Devon Allen and Ronaldo Fredericks captured two each. Ye s t e r d a y ’s m a t c h e s were abandoned due to rain. The tournament will continue next weekend.
Giro d’Italia & Tour de France double ‘can be done’ in 2015 BBC Sport - Organisers of the Giro d’Italia say the route for the 2015 race could favour a rare Giro-Tour de France double. No rider has won both races in the same year since Marco Pantani in 1998, but Alberto Contador and reigning Tour champion Vincenzo Nibali are expected to target the feat next year. The 2015 Giro, which r u n s f r o m 9 - 3 1 M a y, features five mountain stages, seven ‘flat’ stages
and a time trial. “The Giro-Tour double can be done,” race director Mauro Vegni said. The Giro - one of three Grand Tours in the cycling calendar - covers 3,481km, starting in Riviera dei Fiori and finishing in Milan. Contador, a two-time Tour winner and the 2008 Giro champion, said: “I like the route. It suits the riders who like to race aggressively.” However, the Spaniard, who rides for Tinkoff-Saxo,
added that the inclusion of a 59km time trial on stage 14 could suit his British rival Chris Froome of Team Sky. “A lot will depend on the weather and how it is raced,” Contador said. “On paper, it looks best suited to a rider like Froome.” The three-week Tour de France will start in Utrecht on 4 July 2015. The 2014 Giro was won b y C o l o m b i a ’s N a i r o Quintana for Movistar.
to the squad’s departure for Abu Dhabi, allegedly due to a rift with the touring squad management. Shuja and Thyagarajan were controversially axed from the USA squad ahead of the team’s participation in the last WCL Division Three tournament in Bermuda, in 2013. Shuja is USA’s secondhighest wicket-taker in 50over cricket, and Thyagarajan is the team’s fourth highest run-scorer in the same format. Their experience was badly missed at the event, as USA suffered a shocking upset on the final day of the group phase at the hands of Bermuda, a team they had not lost to in ICC tournaments since 2005. The result put USA in third place and kept them o u t o f t h e Wo r l d C u p Qualifiers in New Zealand. The return of Massiah, Shuja, Thyagarajan and opening batsman Sushil Nadkarni is a plus for USA, part of a big shakeup following a miserable performance last year in the UAE. Besides McGarrell and Sanford, six other players were dropped, including Timroy Allen and Orlando Baker. Baker captained USA to an 8-0 success at the ICC Americas Division One
Twenty20 tournament in Florida last year, while Allen served as vicecaptain to McGarrell in the UAE and stood in as captain for two matches when McGarrell was injured late in the tournament. Allen was named Man of the Match in USA’s only win in the group phase, against Canada. The other four players to be axed were fast bowler Imran Awan, wicketkeeper Akeem Dodson, and allrounders Barrington Bartley and Japen Patel, who captained the South East Region to a share of the tournament title at the USACA Twenty20 National Championship in August. The other two players entering the squad are Adil Bhatti, who earns a recall after being named the best batsman at the USACA Nationals in Florida, and Timil Patel, a former Ranji Trophy representative for Gujarat. Timil rose to prominence at the national level in 2012 when he starred for the Southern California Cricket Association in their championship win at the first American Cricket Federation T20 National Championship. He was drafted into the USA squad for the first time later
that year against Canada in the annual Auty Cup series. Timil captained USA in 2013 against Canada in Toronto but the legspinning allrounder was ineligible to play for USA at ICC tournaments until this year due to the four-year residency rule. Timil moved to Los Angeles in 2010 where he plays for Vijayta Cricket Club, currently undefeated and in first place in the SCCA, which still maintains its status as an ACF league. USACA did not name a captain in the squad release, but sources have indicated that Massiah has a prominent say in the composition of this squad and is in line to take the mantle once again. USACA also stated in its release that the rest of the tour management would also be named at a later date. USA will play their first game of the tournament against Bermuda, on October 23. USA squad: Danial Ahmed, Fahad Babar, Adil Bhatti, Karan Ganesh, Muhammad Ghous, Elmore Hutchinson, Jermaine Lawson, Steve Massiah, Sushil Nadkarni, Timil Patel, Srinivasa Santhanam, Usman Shuja, Steven Taylor (wk), Aditya Thyagarajan .
ESPN, TNT pay up for new NBA multi-year TV rights deal (Reuters) - Walt Disney Co and Time Warner Inc will more than double their annual payments to the National Basketball Association under a nine-year deal that underscores the importance of sports to an increasingly fragmented TV industry. The NBA said on Monday it renewed broadcasting agreements with both Disney’s ESPN and Time Warner ’s Turner Broadcasting System, beginning with the 2016-17 season. It did not disclose financial details. But people familiar with the deal said it will more than double annual payments to the league by the two networks to over $2.5 billion from $960 million in the past agreement. Over nine years, the deal could be worth more than $22.5 billion. ESPN paid a bigger share than Turner because its deal includes international and radio rights, as well as WNBA games, according to people familiar with the matter. The agreement comes just days after satellite provider
DirecTV agreed to pay $1.5 billion a year to extend its exclusive contract to sell its “Sunday Ticket” package of National Football League (NFL) games. Both deals are a reminder of the unique allure of sports programming for broadcasters and cable networks, whose non-sports lineups have been losing viewers to streaming services like Netflix or are being watched on digital video recorders that allow users to skip commercials. At the same time, ESPN is also negotiating with the NBA the launch of an Internet-based network that would allow subscribers to watch games without having a cable or satellite hookup, people familiar with the deal said. ESPN said in a statement that it has a “framework” in place with the NBA for such a service, and that the league would have an equity interest in the future. More details on the service should be available by early next year, sources said. An Internet-only sports
service could undermine the traditional cable and satellite companies and enhance the trend of “cord-cutting” by former subscribers. It could also lead to more content being made available in Internet or “over-the-top” format. “This is the first crack in the structure of the television business than has been in place for decades,” said Forrester analyst Jim Nail. ABC and ESPN, which are part of Walt Disney, will televise 100 regular-season games per year, and TNT, which is owned by Turner Broadcasting, will televise 64, the NBA said. ESPN said it will increase its NBA-focused programming with 750 new hours of content. The NBA’s current eightyear deals with ABC/ESPN and TNT expire at the end of the 2015-16 season. ESPN’s current deal covering NBA games on television began in 2002, when the network won the rights from NBC. TNT has been covering the NBA since 1988.
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Roberts and Ramsingh shine for Media XI Led by some incisive medium fast bowling from skipper Calvin Roberts, backed later by belligerent hitting from opener John Ramsingh, the Guyana Media XI demolished Guyana Floodlights Softball Cricket Association by nine wickets in a T20 fixture at the Demerara Cricket Club ground last Friday night. Batting first after winning the toss, Floodlights, who were rocked early on by the new ball pair of Ishaka Jackman and Jermaine Neblett, were not allowed to recover as Roberts ended with 3 for 18; Floodlights managed 104 for 6. Their final total was due mainly to the batting of the veteran Wayne Jones, who top scored with 42 (3x6, 3x4) after being given a life by Roberts at short cover before he had scored off the bowling of Ravi Persaud, and Arvinda Gainda with 29 (2x4, 1x6). The duo added 72 for the fifth wicket, after Jackman and Neblett rocked their team’s top order to send back Patrick Khan (01) and Khalid Baksh (02), while Roberts sent back Ricky Deonarine (00) and Persaud accounted for Reaz Hussain (05), leaving Floodlights on 26 for 4. Jones hit Persaud for six and four in one over, while Gainda, who opened his account with a magnificent square cut through point off
- blow away Floodlights by 9 wickets
Members of the victorious Media XI. Roberts, proceeded to hit a free hit from the same bowler in his next over, back over his head and onto Crown Street for the first maximum of the night. Keon Blades was introduced into the attack in the 18th over and Jones attacked him like a raging bull, hitting him over long on and long off for maximums, followed by an exquisite extra cover drive for four, before Roberts removed Gainda with the first ball of the 19th over to break what looked like a threatening
partnership. He followed it up with the wicket of Richard Persaud (00) two balls later, but it was the final success for the Media XI as Jones and Rabindra Singh played out the remaining deliveries and the final over from Zaheer Mohamed, who b o w l e d e c o n o m i c a l l y, conceding 15 from his quota of four overs, to see their side to their final total. Jackman, Neblett and Ravi Persaud took a wicket each to support Roberts in the bowling department for
the Media XI, whose openers in Ramsingh and Imran Sharukhan added 73 for the first wicket, with both batsmen hitting boundaries at will. It took the bowling of Gainda to separate the pair, removing Ramsingh who was caught at backward square leg, but at the time, it was not if the Media XI would have won the contest, but what the margin of victory will be. Their wicketkeeper/batsman Daniel Singh joined Khan and steered them home to
105 for 1 off 11 overs, with Khan unbeaten on 23 (3x4, 1x6) and Singh 19 which included two fours. At the presentation ceremony that followed, Ramsingh received accolades after he was adjudged Best Fielder, Batsman and Man of the Match, with Roberts taking home the Best Bowler trophy on the winner’s side. For the losers, Jones was named Best Fielder and Batsman respectively, while Gainda, who took the solitary wicket to fall for the
Media XI, was named Best Bowler. The trophies and balls for the game were sponsored by Ramesh Sunich of Trophy Stall. Prior to the presentation, Deonarine thanked the Media XI for the wonderful showing, even as he felt his team did well to score over 100 and also take an opposing wicket, while Roberts thanked Floodlights for hosting his side, congratulated his players on the win and readily accepted the rematch challenge from the Floodlights Boys.
2014 Dae do International Taekwondo Championships and team trials
Joseph Family duo takes gold and bronze Trini heritage brother and sister duo of Brandon and Melissa Joseph won gold and bronze medals respectively, at the recent Dae do International Taekwondo Championships and team trials held at the Ft Lauderdale Convention Center, in Florida U.S.A Brandon won gold in the boys colored belt cadet middleweight division, fighting against a heavier and more experienced opponent, who was one weight class up over him. Brandon was more the aggressor, bloodying his opponent’s nose in the second round, in which the fight had to be stopped in that round, as well as the third round to check on the opponents bleeding nose, also to clean blood from the mat. It was a
hard fought match between the two in which the finish was exciting, as the opponents coach told his fighter to stay away and work the clock in the last seconds of the match, from a determined oncoming Brandon. Melissa won bronze in the senior girls’ featherweight division but narrowly missed silver, as she was coming on strong in the third and final round. It was a controversial close fight in which many thought Melissa had won. Melissa expressed after the fight, “If I only had another 30 seconds I would have won”. It was however an exciting finish. This now sets up the brother and sister duo for the 2014 Pan Am Open International Taekwondo
Melissa 2014 Daedo Championships & team trials finals
Brandon 2014 Daedo Championships & team trials finals
Championships, in Portland Oregon, U.S.A. which runs from Dec 12 to14th, 2014. Fifteen countries have already been confirmed.
Attendance to this Pan Am event also depends on Melissa’s current medical studies, as she had to pass on the more recent 2014 All Star
This international event earns prestigious graded seeded Olympic points to medals in qualifying for Brazil 2016 Olympic Games.
International Taekwondo Tournament, held at the Gaylord Palms Hotel and Resort in Kissimmee, Florida.
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WICB PCL Franchise cricket off & running Sarwan ignored by Guyana By Sean Devers Tr u e t o p r e d i c t i o n Guyana’s first pick in the inaugural Player Draft which was held from 11:00hrs yesterday at Accra Beach Hotel in Barbados was a non-Guyanese in Raymond Reifer and not former Guyana and West Indies Skipper Ramnaresh Sarwan who snapped up by Trinidad & Tobago’s Red Force for the upcoming regional season which commences on November 14 with three four-day First-Class matches. Since regional First-Class cricket was first played in 1865, this is the first time that a Franchises system is being introduced although the region had a sample of Franchise cricket during the privately run Limacol Caribbean Premier League which was won by the Barbados Franchise. Guyana face the Leeward Islands from November 14-17 at Providence in their opening game before facing the Windward Islands Volcanoes (Nov 21-24) and Barbados (Nov 28-Dec 1) at the same venue. They then oppose Trinidad & Tobago’s Red Force at the Queens Park Oval in Trinidad in their last game for the year from December 5-8. But by virtue of the choice of players yesterday, it seems the West Indies is not quite ready for non-nationals players being incorporated into their regional teams since only Guyana and T&T opted to contract an ‘overseas’ player in the 15-man squad. The Player Draft was organised with the goal of achieving an equitable distribution of the available player talent in the Regional 4-Day and NAGICO Super50 tournaments with each of the six franchises contracting a minimum of 15 players. Ten of those players were pre-selected from the Home Territory and the other five selected from the Player Draft. While Reifer was the first player to be picked by Guyana, Sarwan was selected in the second round of the Player Draft, while all the other four Territorial teams went for all ‘home grown’ which defeated the whole concept of Franchise Cricket. “We have struggled with the all-rounder role and we were glad to get a second player in the all-rounder
position,” said Guyana Chairman of Selectors, former Guyana pacer Rayon Griffith after he picked Reifer, the Barbadian allrounder to play for the Guyana franchise. The Guyana Franchises was represented Griffith and Guyana Head Coach Esuan Crandon another EXGuyanese First-Class pacer. The 33-year-old Sarwan has 15 centuries from 87 Tests and has played 181 ODIs and 18 Twenty20 Internationals and according to former West Indies Test batsman and the Red Force’s Head Coach Gus Logie, Sarwan’s selection on the Twin-Island Republic’s line-up could also be seen as a developmental move. “We felt having a player of the calibre of Sarwan in our side would be invaluable to our squad which includes a number of young players,” the diminutive right-handed Logie said. Apart from Reifer, Guyana added Rajindra Chandrika, Keon Joseph, Paul Wintz and Vishaul Singh to their Initial 10 pre-selected players. The established Test or ODI players, including Shiv Chanderpaul, who have WICB Central Contracts, could also play for their respective regional teams under the Pay-for-Play system with up to 30 players allowed to play for a single team during the course of both the First-Class and NAGIO Super50 limited overs versions of this inaugural WICB Franchise cricket. No team utilized the option of contracting an ‘overseas International’ as was done in the LCPL while Raymon Reifer, Rajindra Chandrika, Keon Joseph, Paul Wintz, Vishal Singh were added to the initial 10 of Christopher Barnwell, Ronsford Beaton, Devendra Bishoo, Anthony Bramble, Tagenarine Chanderpaul, Narsingh Deonarine, Assad Fudadin, Trevon Griffith, Leon Johnson, Veerasammy Permaul to form the Guyana Franchise Squad. Anthony Adams, Ricardo Adams, Robin Bacchus, Kevon Boodie, Rajendra Chandrika, Royston Crandon, Chanderpaul Hemraj, Steven Jacobs, Raun Johnson, Keon Joseph, Amir Khan, Zaheer Mohamed, Ramnaresh Sarwan, Vishaul Singh, Paul Wintz and Gudakesh Motie were the
Rayon Griffith (2nd left) and Guyana Head Coach Esuan Crandon (left) represented Guyana at the event. (WICB) Guyanese in the player Draft. The Windward’s (Volcanoes) and Trinidad & Tobago (Red Force) are the only teams with names other names attached to the Territorial names. The six franchises participated in the Player Draft through a selection panel consisting of the Chairman of Selectors and Head Coach: The Player Draft was televised across the region on the One Caribbean Channel and globally through the WICB’s website, www.windiescricket.com, and was conducted over five rounds. The selection order for the Player Draft was linked to the final league position in t h e 2 0 1 3 - 1 4 W I C B ’s President’s Cup of the Territorial Board’s team affiliated with the franchise. The sequence below was followed and repeated for each round: Guyana Franchise, Leeward Islands Franchise, Jamaica Franchise, Windward Islands Volcanoes, Trinidad & To b a g o R e d F o r c e , Barbados Franchise The squads read: (Barbados) Carlos Brathwaite, Jonathan Carter, Kyle Corbin, Miguel Cummins, Shane Dowrich, Ashley Nurse, Dwayne Smith, Kevin Stoute, Omar Phillips, Jomel Warrican; Tino Best, Shai Hope, Kenroy Williams, Ryan Hinds, Roston Chase (Jamaica): Carlton Baugh Jr, Dave Bernard Jr, Jermaine Blackw o o d , N k r u m a h Bonner, John Campbell, Sheldon Cottrell, Jason Dawes, Damion Jacobs, Tamar Lambert, Nikita Miller; Andre McCarthy, Shacoya Thomas, Horace Miller, Brandon King, Brian
Buchanan (Leewards Islands): Quinton Boatswain, Jahmar Hamilton, Montcin Hodge, Yannick Leonard, Steve Liburd, Jeremiah Louis, Kieran Powell, Devon Thomas, Hayden Walsh, Kelbert Walters; Anthony M a r t i n , G a v i n To n g e , Rahkeem Cornwall, Jacques Taylor, Lyndel Richardson (T&T Red Force): Adrian Barath, Rayad Emrit, Shannon Gabriel, Steven Katwaroo, Imran Khan, Evin Lewis, Jason Mohammed, Nicholas Pooran, Marlon Richards, Lendl Simmons; Akeal Hosein , Ramnaresh Sarwan, Yannick Ottley, Jeremy Solozano, Bryan Charles ( Wi n d w a r d I s l a n d s Volcanoes): Sunil Ambris, Johnson Charles, Andre Fletcher, Delorn Johnson, Keddy Lesporis, Kenroy Peters, Liam Sebastien, Shane Shillingford, Devon Smith, Tyrone Theophile; Mervin Mathew, Nelon Pascal, Lindon James, Dalton Polius, Romel Currency. Regional four-day schedule Round 1 – November 1417 Jamaica Franchise vs Volcanoes – Sabina Park Red Force vs Barbados Franchise – Queen’s Park Oval Guyana Franchise vs Leewards Franchise – Guyana National Stadium Round 2 – November 21 to 24 Guyana Franchise vs Volcanoes – Providence Stadium Leewards Franchise vs Red Force – Leewards venue TBC Barbados Franchise vs Jamaica Franchise –
Kensington Oval Round 3 – November 28 to December 1 Volcanoes vs Leewards Franchise – Grenada National Stadium Guyana Franchise vs Barbados Franchise – Guyana National Stadium Red Force vs Jamaica Franchise – Queen’s Park Oval Round 4 – December 5 to 8 Volcanoes vs Barbados Franchise – Arnos Vale Jamaica Franchise vs Leewards Franchise – Sabina Park Red Steel vs Guyana Franchise – Queen’s Park Oval Break for Christmas Round 5 – February 6 to 9 Jamaica Franchise vs Guyana Franchise – Sabina Park Volcanoes vs Red Force –
Beausejour Cricket Ground Barbados Franchise vs Leewards Franchise – Kensington Oval Round 6 – February 13 to 16 Volcanoes vs Jamaica Franchise – Arnos Vale Barbados Franchise vs Red Force – Kensington Oval Leewards Franchise vs Guyana Franchise – Leewards venue TBC Round 7 – February 20 to 23 Leewards Franchise vs Volcanoes – Leewards venue TBC Barbados Franchise vs Guyana Franchise – Kensington Oval Jamaica Franchise vs Red Force – Sabina Park BREAK Round 8 – March 6 to 9 Red Force vs Volcanoes – Queen’s Park Oval Guyana Franchise vs Jamaica Franchise – Guyana National Stadium Leewards Franchise vs Barbados Franchise – Leewards venue TBC Round 9 – March 13 to 16 Barbados Franchise vs Volcanoes – Kensington Oval Leewards Franchise vs Jamaica Franchise – Leewards venue TBC Guyana Franchise vs Red Force – Guyana National Stadium Round 10 – March 20 to 23 Volcanoes vs Guyana Franchise – Windsor Park Stadium Red Force vs Leewards Franchise – Queen’s Park Oval Jamaica Franchise vs Barbados Franchise – Sabina Park
Ramnaresh Sarwan
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Sophia Secondary triumphs in Trophy Team Coco’s for Beacon Stall Inter Ward Schools Tapeball cricket Insurance Cycling event in T&T Sophia defeated Stabroek to take the honours when the Trophy Stall Inter Ward School, 6 overs Tapeball cricket competition concluded Sunday October 5. Sophia batted first and scored 76-6 before restricting Stabroek to 73-4 when their overs ran out. Stabroek representative, Tr a v i s B e l g r a v e , w a s adjudged Player of the
Tournament while Megial Parks won the Player of the Finals prize. Meanwhile, in earlier semi-finals action, Kingston defeated Charlestown Secondary by 14 runs after the winners had taken first strike and amassing 51-4. They then returned to restrict their nemesis to 37-6. Semi final action saw Sophia replicating their earlier
performance with a win over Cummingsburg. The latter team took first strike and amassed 61-6 which in the end proved inadequate as Sophia lashed off the required total (64) while conceding 5 wickets. In the meantime, Stabroek defeated Kingston after the former unit scored 70-4 and the latter replying with 63-7.
Haile Gebrselassie quits Great Scottish Run in Glasgow BBC Sport - Haile Gebrselassie quit the defence of his Great Scottish Run title after 19 minutes of the half-marathon race. The former world and Olympic 10,000m champion, 41, was having problems with his breathing when he stopped. South Africa’s Stephen Mokoka won the men’s race in a time of one hour, one minute and 25 seconds in Glasgow. Kenya’s Edna Kiplagat took the women’s title in a race record 1:07:57, with Scotland’s 2013 winner Susan Partridge finishing
fifth. Gebrselassie won the men’s race last year in the fastest time ever recorded in Scotland for the 13.1-mile half-marathon distance. His time of 61 minutes and nine seconds was also a world age-group record. “The training I’ve done has been very good but I knew things were not quite right when I did my speed work,” Gebrselassie told BBC Sport. Mokoka, 29, surged clear to win by seven seconds from Stephen Chemlany, with Mark
Kiptoo just behind, while Callum Hawkins was the top British finisher in sixth on his competitive halfmarathon debut. Kiplagat, the two-time world and reigning Olympic marathon champion, was a clear winner of the women’s race, beating her compatriot Caroline Kilel by 56 seconds. Around 30,000 participants of all ages started Scotland’s biggest running event, taking part in either a 10,000m or halfmarathon challenge through the heart of the city.
Jules Bianchi: Marussia driver ‘critical but stable’ after crash
Stephano Husbands (left and inset) outsprints this bunch en-route to 9th in the Junior Road Race. Reigning National Junior Road Race champion, Stephano Husbands, who placed 9th overall at the 9th Junior Caribbean Cycling Championships in Suriname over the weekend, left for the Twin Island Republic of Trinidad and Tobago to compete at the 2nd Beacon Insurance Cycling international night cycling at Ariapita Avenue. Husbands
will be joined by fellow Guyanese and Team Coco’s members Raynauth Jeffrey, Hamza Eastman and Christopher Holder. It is expected that a number of other Team Coco’s members based in the USA and many more in T&T and international riders will grace the event with their presence which will serve as good exposure for the
Guyanese riders. Jeffrey and Eastman have both been selected along w i t h G e r o n Wi l l i a m s , Alonzo Greaves, Marlon Williams and the lone female, Claire Fraser-Green (National female champion) for the Elite Caribbean Cycling Championships in Puerto Rico this weekend. All the riders were issued with US Visas.
Ramdin: CLT20 arrivals will beef up team
Jules Bianchi has completed 11 of this season’s 15 Grands Prix with a best finish of ninth in Monaco. (Getty Images) BBC Sport - Marussia driver Jules Bianchi’s condition is “critical but stable” following his crash in the Japanese GP, world motorsport’s governing body the FIA has told BBC Sport. The 25-year-old was unconscious when taken to hospital and had an operation on Sunday on a severe head injury. The Frenchman was injured when his car left the Suzuka track where Adrian Sutil had crashed the lap
before. Bianchi’s car hit a recovery vehicle that was removing Sutil’s car. Marussia earlier thanked fans for their support and asked for “patience and understanding with regard to further medical updates” about Bianchi’s condition. The team added: “Marussia would like to acknowledge the huge outpouring of affection and support for Jules. “Further medical updates will be
communicated in conjunction with the Mie General Medical Center in Yokkaichi, where Jules is being treated, when they feel it is appropriate. “Representatives of the Marussia F1 Team and Ferrari will remain at the hospital to support Jules and the Bianchi family.” Bianchi’s crash prompted the race to be stopped after 44 laps with Mercedes driver and championship leader Lewis (Continued on page 27)
Cricinfo - Mumbai, India - Denesh Ramdin, the West Indies wicketkeeper, has said the team’s confidence has not been hampered despite consecutive losses to India A to open their tour. Despite a century from Ramdin, West Indians lost the second tour match by 16 runs at the Wankhede Stadium on Sunday. Even so, he said, the team was optimistic ahead of Wednesday’s ODI series opener against India with reinforcements such as ODI captain Dwayne Bravo, Dwayne Smith and Andre Russell due following the end of the Champions League T20. “We are right where we want to be,” Ramdin said. “Bravo, Smith and Russell still have to slot in. That will give [Kieron] Pollard and [Darren] Sammy more finishing power at the
end. Today, we kept losing wickets consistently. But we can take some confidence going into the next game. “It was a very good pitch for batting [today]. With the amount of seamers we have, they came and hit the lengths and the balls carried through quite nicely. They hit a couple of edges and I did what I had to do behind - cleaning up and I got five catches. We could have bowled better with the new ball.” Ramdin starred with an industrious 102, but was unhappy he hadn’t stayed at the crease long enough to finish the chase of 283. “It was a good day in terms of my glove-work and then batting and getting a good score,” he said. “But I wasn’t happy in terms of batting right down to the end and finishing off the game for the
team.” Ramdin also praised Jason Holder and Sammy for their fifties but said the top order needed to support the middle order better. For the second match in a row, both openers fell cheaply. India A’s top order, on the other hand, sparkled once again, with Unmukt Chand scoring a century and Karun Nair a brisk 64 at No. 3. “It’s very important that our batters put runs on the board,” Ramdin said. “We have to get early wickets and put their middle and lower order under pressure.” Ramdin said the seamers would play a crucial role as the tour progressed, singling out Jerome Taylor as a potential trump card. He added that with Sunil Narine out, “guys would have to pull their weight more and come up with the goods.”
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D’Andrade, Johnson on Davis flexes to 3rd consecutive flyweight podium again in Trinidad 42nd CAC Body Building C/ships
gold; welterweight Clarke ends 4th
One of Guyana’s most consistent performers on the bodybuilding stage, Devon Davis of the Guyana Defence Force Gym made himself and country proud once again when he won the Flyweight (Under 132lbs) division at the 42nd Central American and Caribbean Bodybuilding and Fitness Federation Championships which took place over the weekend (October 4-5) in Saint Marten. Davis put his stamp on this category at the CAC with his third consecutive gold to join illustrious company in fellow Guyanese Sylvan Gardner who won three consecutive Bantamweight gold medals in 2002, 2003 and 2004 in Venezuela, Bahamas and Guyana when this nation hosted in 2004. Davis, Mr. Guyana 2012, ever since hitting the bodybuilding stage has presented a well chiseled, toned and balanced physique so it is no surprise that he has been reaping the rewards at this level. Reigning Mr. Guyana and fierce challenger to Davis, Kerwyn Clarke, placed 4th in the Welterweight category coming up against stiff competition. Guyana’s other representatives at the competition, lone female Alisha Fortune along with the USA based duo of Rawle Green and Bruce Whatley did not make the finals in their respective categories at the event which attracted over 260 athletes from 28 countries with competition in the following categories:
Kelvin Johnson and Lionel D’Andrade took to the podium again in Trinidad and Tobago, finishing second and third this time around at the Palo Seco Credit Union annual 5Km Road Race on Sunday. Trinidadian Curtis Cox stopped the clock at 18:59 to win ahead of Johnson, who finished in 19:45, while D’Andrade ran 20:21 for third Sunday morning. The duo had dominated back-to-back 5km races last week. Later Sunday afternoon at the East Asia Society of Trinidad & Tobago Chancellor Hill two miles race, the duo was at it again with Johnson reaching the top of the hill in 12:29 with D’Andrade following in little less than a minute with 13:26;
Trinidad’s Curtis Cox (left) joins Lionel D’Andrade and Kelvin Johnson for a photo opportunity after the Palo Seco Credit Union 5km race. Shane Barran (13:50) of Trinidad & Tobago finished third. The October race calendar remains rigorous in Trinidad. This weekend the
two Guyanese are expected to compete in back-to-back races on Saturday; the TCL 6Km race in the morning and Arcelor Mittal 5Km at in the afternoon.
Hearts of Oak Masters developmental football programme on hold Kerwyn Clarke strikes a pose at the CAC 2014 contest. Men’s: Flyweights (up to 60kg), Bantamweights (over 60kg to 65kg), Lightweights (over 65kg to 70kg), Welterweights (over 70kg to 75kg) Light-Middleweights (over 75kg to 80kg), Middleweights (over 80kg to 85kg), Light Heavyweights (over 85kg to 90kg), Heavyweights (over 90kg to 100kg), Super Heavyweight (over 100kg), Junior’s (up to and including 23 years), Master’s (40 to 49
years, over 49 years,) Men’s Fitness, Men’s Physique – 174cm, 174-178, over 178cm, Classic Bodybuilding up to 175kg, over 175kg. Women’s: Women’s Physique, Fitness Short Class up to 163cm, Fitness Tall Class over 163cm, Body Fitness 158cm, 163 cm, 168cm, over 168cm; Bikini 163cm,166cm,169cm,172c m, over 172cm. (Franklin Wilson)
Windjammer Hotel/Golden Brook/Toney Rugby Sevens League
Hornets in pole position after opening day Pepsi Hornets remained the only unbeaten team at the end of opening day in t h e Wi n d j a m m e r H o t e l / G o l d e n Brook/Toney Rugby Sevens League which is being played, at the National Park. Played last Saturday, the Hornets first registered a hard fought 12-7 win over Yamaha Caribs, before returning to hammer the Guyana Defence Force 22-0. National players Troy Bascombe and Jason Tyrell went over the tryline one each, national Captain Ryan Gonsalves conversion accounted for their tally. Caribs points came from their inspirational Captain Theo Henry, but his
solo efforts were all in vain as no other player was able to duplicate his performance. Blaise Bailey with three tries, a solitary one from Gonsalves and a conversion from Christopher Singh proved more than enough in their demolition of the Army. Results of the other three games played are as follows: GDF 5 vs UG Wolves 31 UG Wolves 7 vs Caribs 29 GPF 5 vs GDF 20 The League resumes this Saturday, at the same venue.
The planned football development programme organized by the Hearts of Oak Masters Football Club in collaboration with the Guyana Teachers Union (GTU) for first form students of secondary schools in the New Amsterdam/Canje areas has been put on hold. The programme which got started on Saturday 13th September and was expected to culminate on Saturday 11thOctober was stopped because a few hiccups have crept in the way. The programme was being conducted from 09:30hrs and 12:00 hrs at the All Saints Scot Church Ground.
A one day tournament involving the participating schools was also planned for Saturday 18th October at the said venue. Each school was expected to send 30 students, 15 boys and 15 girls and at least one teacher to participate in the programme. The schools invited were New Amsterdam Secondary, Berbice High School, Berbice Educational Institute Tutorial Academy Secondary, Vryman’s Erven Secondary and Canje Secondary. One of the main humbugs at the moment is that a number of students lives far from the
school and finds it challenging to attend the sessions away from the venue on Saturdays at the moment. T h e o rg a n i z e r s a r e looking at different alternatives. Either to visit the schools during school hours or after school or have the school visit different venues closest to the school in the afternoons where the coaches will be available. According to coordinator Neil Grizzly Humphreywhilst the programme serves to introduce football to the schools, its main objective is to develop the players’ technique.
Central E’bo T20 cricket
Lall slams ton as Imam Bacchus SC thump Bush Lot Rohit hits 50* Led by an unbeaten century from Yougeshwar Lall, Imam Bacchus SC defeated Bush Lot by 93 runs when play in the Central Essequibo T20 competition continued recently on the Essequibo Coast. Lall stroked eighteen fours and three sixes in a top score of 118 and got valuable support from Latchman Rohit 50 not out (1x4,5x6) as Imam Bacchus posted a respectable 240-3, batting
first after winning the toss at Affiance ground. Nathan Persaud chipped in with 30 (6x4) while Extras contributed 29. Romario Dindayal claimed 3- 50. In reply, Bush Lot were bowled out for 147 in 18.4 overs with Javier McDonald scoring 44 (5x4,2x6), T. Bennon 25 (5x4) and Delmonte Bholo 20 (2x6). Bowling for Imam Bacchus, Navendra Persaud snared 3-30, Zaman Ally 225 and Lall 1-20. Earlier at the said venue, Affiance overcame Cotton Field by eight wickets.
Cotton Field were sent packing for 111 in 15 overs after they were inserted. K. Khan and N. Khan made 20 each, both hitting three fours and one six while K. Persaud made 19 (2x4,1x6). Ganesh Mangal captured 3 - 10, Kumar Kissoon 3 - 15 and Dharmendra Boodnie 2 - 15. Affiance responded with 112-2 in 13.2 overs. Kumar Kissoon smashed 39(6x4, 2x6), Sanjay Rajkumar cracked 25 (4x4) and Mangal 13 not out (1x4,1x6). K. Persaud picked up 2 - 45 and Travis Simon 1 - 25.
Kaieteur News
Tuesday October 07, 2014
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East Demerara Football Association executive hosts Club Management Seminar Football along the East Coast corridor was given a major boost when the executive of the East Demerara Football A s s o c i a t i o n ( E D FA ) conducted a one day Club Management Seminar to brief coaches on managerial structures and other pertinent administrative issues, with an aim of creating the requisite atmosphere for football development. Coaches and other administrators representing 7 of the 9 clubs in that sub association convened at the Buxton Community Centre and engaged in fruitful discussions in several areas of the sport. President of the EDFA, Aubrey Hutson spoke to the participants and told Kaieteur Sport shortly afterwards that the aim of the exercise is to encourage a more qualitative input from administrators of the many clubs in the jurisdiction. He saidthattheeventdealtwith issues comprehensively in a format that was very interactive and the partic i p a n t s w e r e v e r y receptive. Mr. Hutson further explained that discussions also focused on the roles of the respective football affiliates as his executives attempted to clearly define the functions of the various s t a k e h o l d e r s .
President of the East Demerara Football Association, Aubrey Hutson (extreme L) poses with the participating coaches during a break yesterday morning Registration commenced at 9:30hrs and the forum was chaired by Organizing S e c r e t a r y ( E D FA ) , Joseph Wilson. Prayers were offered up by Sparta FC representative, Rawl Jerrick who subsequently outlined the basis of the forum and expectations of the organizers. Mr. Hutson pointed out the present situation to the
participants and urged them to aspire for enhanced performances on the field even as he implored strategies towards the improved management at the club level. Consequently, Assistant Secretary Treasurer and Secretary (EDFA), Ms Dellon Adams and Mr. Gidel Austin respectively, spoke of the role of the executive while Ansa McAl
representative, Joel Lee, b r o a d e n e d t h e participants’ perspective on Marketing issues. Shortly after Mr. Hutson’s presentation, Kaieteur News journalist, Michael Benjamin delivered a presentation on the role of the media. He spoke of the difficulties experienced by media practitioners in their quest to obtain pertinent information and assured
the football administrators that the media shared common objectives with football administrators. He further suggested that both groups should aspire to form alliances towards the developmentofthesport. Both groups examined techniques on the acquisition of pertinent information and eventually committed to promises of more fruitful
interaction with the development of the sport in mind. During the afternoon sessions, Mr. Wilson dealt with the technical structure of the game after which the participants received certificates. Activities were held under the theme, “Knowledge Sharing for Development and were sponsored byAnsa McAl.
Gregory Richardson among six Alpha players disciplined by club Alpha United Football Club has been forced to discipline six players attached to the club, handing down six month suspensions to each of them.National striker Gregory ‘Jackie Chan’ Richardson was the most notable name in the list of defaulters. The others are Richie Richards, Manasseh ‘Ziggy’ Primo, Anthony ‘Natural’ Benfield, Quincy Adams and Andrew ‘Smoker’Murray Jr. Alpha Vice President Steve Ninvalle informed, that the Alpha executive was left with no other alternative than to send a strong message that indiscipline, at any level would not be allowed. “These suspended players have a
history of infractions. There is no more apposite way for us to hammer home the point that indiscipline would not be accommodated in any for,” Ninvalle said. Richardson, fellow striker Primo and midfielder Benfield was found guilty of abandoning the team just before its final match of the CONCACAF Champions League in Portland, Oregon, USA last month. The three players disobeyed orders from Coach Wayne ‘Wiggy’ Dover and left the hotel hours before the game against Portland Timbers to go shopping. Reports state that they could not be found when the team
left for the venue for the match but surfaced later well after the team had arrived. Dover had to start the match without them. Alpha President Odinga Lumumba was said to be livid at the developments. Alpha United lost the game 6-0. According to Ninvalle, striker Murray, goalkeeper Richards and defender Adams have all left for Suriname without informing the club. They have also been handed six month suspensions which will run to April 2015. The suspended players are barred from any level of football. The Guyana Football Federation and CONCACAF have been notified of the
Wayne Dover
Andrew Murray
Gregory Richardson
suspensions. Murray Jr. and Richardson have both had brushes with the administration of the club since transferring from Pele
FC about two years ago. In February 2009, Richardson became the first Guyanese to land a contract in USA Major League Soccer,
with a stint at the Colorado Rapids, competing there for four months before being waived to Carolina Rail Hawks in June.
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Davis flexes to 3rd consecutive flyweight gold; welterweight Clarke ends 4th
Devon Davis (centre) CAC 2014 Flyweight winner, with the other top finishers after the presentation.
Windjammer Hotel/Golden Brook/Toney Rugby Sevens League
Hornets in pole position after opening day
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