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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
The newest Presidential Candidate The candidate appears to have it all. There is local history, political pedigree, personal integrity, and physical durability. All of these ingredients are direly needed here. All of this should combine to make Mr. Ralph Ramkarran, a presidential candidate of viability, credibility and solidity. It reminds that Guyana is not like most places. It could be argued that it is not like any other place. For there comes the first confrontation with stony reality in this country: do they matter? Do those sterling qualities that Mr. Ramkarran bring to the political arena, through his candidacy and his party’s presence really matter? Do they mean anything at that point where all elections roads converge? By force of circumstances, culture, that converging point is the fateful local political reality embodied in the final counting. In any issues-based, thought-driven, concernspowered elections of national breadth and significance, someone of the calibre of a Ralph Ramkarran just might stand a chance; an outside chance to upend what has been the barrel of barbarities, failures, social wickedness, personal political calumnies, and much more. A torn and struggling society, a weak and wasted people, might find it in itself to discover an Obama moment. And what would such a moment encompass? That here is something and someone, which could be out of the norm, the dismal, tiring norm. Something and someone that should be representative of the promises and visions laid on the bare table, and that would offer a genuine flicker (one flicker) of the awesome possibilities. After all the changing and interchanging, any honest examination compels to one hard, pathetic place --there has been no changing at all. There has been retreading and recycling, and retracing and reliving, too. One would think that most of this, or some of it, would goad the Guyanese electorate to a different thinking, a new place, perhaps a fresh culture, such as the governance systems, of which Mr. Ramkarran spoke. Every Guyanese, with some semblance of sobriety and cerebral power left, knows that what is there is not working. Moreover, it is recipe and contributor, foundational basis and Machiavellian architecture for the majority of ills and woes that bedevil this nation and its peoples. Voting citizens clamor that they desire change most fervently. But they will not move one centimeter to dismantle the underpinnings that empower the unchanging character of things in this country. Voters cherish their political heroes, despite their cowardice, notwithstanding all of their retreats before the daunting circumstances that menace and corner and render impotent. Mr. Ramkarran and his group may still have a fighting chance of being spoiler and difference maker. Yet for that to occur, the Guyanese electorate must discover its sanity, its dignity, its own integrity and its authenticity. The outlook is not encouraging, as those are alien to the Guyanese mentality, run counter to that which courses through the skin and sinew of a people, and what stand in formidable objection and resistance through the unmoving rigidity of racial routines. Because if, on the one hand, there is untainted interest and unswerving commitment to an evolutionary--even revolutionary--enhancement of existing governance systems, then there cannot be, on the other hand, the clashing accompaniment of the old expectations of depending upon, looking towards, and demanding for the sum of the rewards that are part and parcel of the winnertake-all-system. It is as simple as that. Now who wants that? When Guyanese stand ready to give up a piece of their pound of the pie, to share some of it with those not of victorious comradery, then there is change: in governance systems, in constitution, in GECOM, in the judiciary, and in parliamentary representation. There is so much more.
Installation of elevators on the EDB overpasses will prove to be a tragic and costly error DEAR EDITOR, In an article which appeared in KN on Sept. 30 on the above captioned subject, it was reported that the Ministry of Public Infrastructure (MPI) under Minister Patterson had awarded a contact for ten elevators attached to five overpasses located at various locations along the East Bank Demerara Roadway (EBDR). Contracts were also awarded for construction of five overpasses. The elevators were supplied by a Swedish manufacturer through its Trinidadian agent while construction of the overpasses were awarded to local contractors. No information was given on inspection of the equipment during installation nor supervision of construction of the overpasses to ensure that the work met specifications. The project should have been completed by June 18 but as of September 19 only one of the overpasses has been working
but with ‘teething’ problems. This project is evidently in a mess as apparently the elevators have been installed but the overpasses are in various stages of completion. It was stated that the elevators have a one-year warranty period but it was not clear when or if the warranty period has commenced since this will determine which party is responsible for theft and vandalism of the equipment which have occurred. It was further stated that a quarterly maintenance package was bought for the elevators. Does this mean that every three months the elevators will be inspected and serviced or repairs to them will be carried out whenever breakdown occurs as it is not unusual for elevators to breakdown between service intervals. Elevators are complex and costly equipment to operate and maintain in accordance with set standards particularly when they are exposed to the
elements. The technicians who service and maintain them have to be trained and licensed. Critical spares have to be kept in stock for quick replacement to prevent serious incidents from occurring like people being trapped in them for long periods. The installation of elevators on overpasses along the EBDR will prove to be a tragic and costly error of judgement by Minister Patterson for several reasons. Firstly, elevators are complex equipment which require skilled technicians which Guyana does not have to service them. secondly, Solar energy to power the elevators could be erratic because of battery storage and other factors. If the electricity is supplied by GPL this could be problematic also because of regular blackouts to users. Thirdly, the overpasses will have to be provided with 24/ 7 security as the level of thefts and vandalism of
unguarded equipment by some segments of the society could be overwhelming as was evidenced by the Moco Moco and Tumatumari hydro-power plants as well as the recently installed elevators. Minister Patterson has realised that MPI does not have the expertise, management and technical to handle this project so he has passed its execution for completion to personnel of Demerara Harbour Bridge (DHB) which has no experience with elevators. This passing of the buck from MPI to BHD should be cause for grave concern. This project has well passed its completion date and it is unlikely to be fully functional any time soon as DHB personnel and others grapple with a technology which at this point of time, they are incapable of handling and the snafu will cost the country dearly. Yours truly, Charles Sohan
Lennox Shuman was refreshing DEAR EDITOR, The diaspora was most impressed with a speech given by The Liberty and Justice Party leader Lennox Shuman who came to New York on Saturday and met with the diaspora in Queens and Brooklyn. He recognised that Queens is Indo-Guyanese and Brooklyn is Afro-Guyanese and pointed out this fact that the racial division in the home country is transplanted in the diaspora. Shuman noted that the Amerindians are the only group that doesn’t vote race and that don’t migrate (in mass numbers) abroad. They are also the most marginalised and neglected community abroad and has the highest percentage of poverty rate in the country if not all of the Americas. Politicians come among them with gifts for votes and don’t return till the next election cycle. Shuman was given a cordial welcome at both meetings, something very unusual given ethnic politicking in Guyana and America. Africans were not pleased that an Amerindian party leader was brought into their communities to fish for support; a few PPP supporters also queried why Indians were involved in organizing the talk by Shuman. They fear a split in votes from their party. The attendance was small at both meets, slightly more in Queens than in Brooklyn. But the attendees seemed “unaligned” — disappointedAFC-ites, former PPP-ites, and disgruntled PNCites. Those who thought despondent AFCites are returning to the base, better think again. It was an impromptu
meeting.A small amount of funds was raised at both meetings – four times more in Queens than in Brooklyn. This was the first time I heard Mr. Shuman given a live political speech. His remarks and body language, pitch and delivery were all good and have the hallmarks of a decent politician. Shuman was praised as a man of integrity and decency and someone who could be trusted as a third force unlike those who betrayed their followers. Shuman was refreshing. I like his plan to make politicians and government accountable and to empower the population to put away rascals whose only purpose in seeking office is self enrichment. He showed a compassionate streak about him and he seems people oriented rather than selfcentered or egoistic. Shuman was very articulate, well spoken, direct, forceful, clear, concise, sharp, grammatically correct, coherent, balanced, versatile, quick-witted, and eloquent in his remarks. Unlike some other politicians, Shuman seemed learned and knowledgeable on domestic issues and global politics. It seemed to me that Shuman had a very sound educational background and as someone who read a lot because he was familiar with economics and political terms. He also displayed background knowledge in sociology (race relations) and anthropology of Amerindian communities. And he is well versed in
Guyana’s history and geography. And Shuman has an attractive voice making you want to listen to him unlike some politicians whose voice you would prefer not to hear – boring lacking style and substance and a turn off. Shuman was so different from other Guyanese politicians who I heard in Guyana and in the diaspora. He did not say what people wanted to hear to fool them as career politicians do. But he spoke from the heart. He described the most critical problems in the country and suggested solutions. He did not bury the race problem under the carpet as politicians from both major parties do. Racism and corruption are the two elephants (biggest problems) that he feels are holding back Guyana’s development. Unlike other politicians who tend to avoid addressing these two intractable problems, Shuman addressed them head on. And he charged both major parties of playing the race card and condoning corruption and of violating the constitution. If given a chance, he will stamp out corruption and take measures to end race politics. He will adhere to the tenets of the constitution. And he supports major constitutional reform and the restoration of a national carrier that served the interests of the country. Right now, he said the two airlines are leeching Guyanese as the government stands by and do nothing about it. He talked about the problems facing indigenous communities explaining how
marginalised and neglected they are, and he offered some ideas how to tackle this problem – building cheap accessible infrastructure to link the hinterland with the coast and creating jobs for them. He also noted that Amerindians and East Indians have the highest poverty rate in Guyana with East Indians constituting the largest number of Guyanese living below the poverty line. He said the government should not have closed the sugar estates until there were alternative jobs for those who would be unemployed. He also chastised the PPP for not taking measures to modernise Guysuco and or adopting creative measures to save the industry. He said PPP should have granted sugar estate land to the sugar workers to engage in agro industries. He supports land reforms to help former sugar workers get into agro industries. He feels the private sector should be empowered to address major problems facing the country. He also said that government has no business in running businesses. Government should facilitate business (with appropriate infrastructure) and not compete with business or get into business. He suggested ideas of employment creation and on enabling the poorer classes to own their (small) businesses. Shuman gave a lot of food for thought of why Guyanese should vote for him. He describes himself and his party (Continued on page 5)
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Let 1000 Campaigns Bloom DEAR EDITOR, Democracy, it is generally understood around the world, is a form of government in which the supreme power is vested in the people and directly exercised by them, or their elected representatives, under a free electoral system. It is indeed ironic, and immensely instructive, that the process (NO Confidence Vote) set in motion by the unethical, treacherous and anti-democratic conduct of a Member of Parliament whose appointment was deemed unconstitutional by the courts is the most celebrated political development in our country with its proclivity to generate political and social instability and retard development in service of achieving political ambitions unrealised through elections. The intended, and actual, victims of the No Confidence Vote (NCV), which was advertised as a triumph for parliamentary democracy, were the people whose rights to parliamentary representation were abridged, the National Assembly itself which has been declared dead and buried, and the executive (President and Cabinet). Any negative impacts on the offices of Head of State and Commander-inChief of the armed forces are merely collateral damage. Our constitution
proclaims that “the supreme organs of democratic power shall be 1) the Parliament; 11) the President; and 111) the Cabinet” (Article 50). Article 70 (1, 2 & 3) mandates that Parliament shall continue for 5 years unless sooner prorogued or dissolved by the President, who shall “ unless his or her office sooner becomes vacant under article 178, continue in office until the person elected to the office of President at the next election held under Article 91 assumes office” (Article 92). Also, the Cabinet, inclusive of the Prime Minister, VicePresidents and Ministers, (Article 104) shall continue to function up until the date of the election. For the supporters of the NCV, Article 106 (6) is seemingly venerated as the pre-eminent article of the constitution which subordinates and contradicts these earlier provisions by unceremoniously and abruptly demanding the resignation of the Cabinet, including the President (who is also Head of State and Commander-in-Chief of the armed forces) if the government is defeated in a NCV though the following Article 106 (7) makes clear that the Government shall remain in office and only resign after the President takes the oath of office following the next elections. These seemingly
contradictory and irreconcilable provisions, and the subsequent conflicting interpretations, caused the majority government to approach the Courts for a determination and not to frustrate the NCV, disrespect the Constitution or to occupy power illegally and to implement a dictatorship as alleged by the opposition; and the final court (the CCJ) has upheld the validity of the NCV without compelling the resignation of the President and Cabinet. The President, with overwhelming justification, has maintained that he remains faithful to his oath of office and respectful of the Constitution and the Courts, which support his government’s continuation in office until the next elections. I state these facts to emphasise that the NCV does not, and cannot, withdraw legitimacy, authority or legality from the President and his government in spite of the wild utterings and provocative, insightful and disrespectful actions of the opposition; it can only advance the time by which elections, the only democratic, legal and constitutional mechanism, can do so. The failure to hold elections within 3 months of the passage of the NCV is as much a failure of the NCV itself
Lennox Shuman was refreshing... From page 4 as a true balance of power unlike another one. And he has committed that he will never betray voters unlike another party that promised to be a balance of power force but betrayed those who supported it. It was one of the finest meetings I attended. As someone pointed out, at no time were there scuffles or arguments in the room unlike when other parties held political meetings. Shuman listened to all views and respected all opinions. He answered all questions. He censored or silenced no one. No one was thrown out. (No one challenge anyone to a fight as happened at a meeting earlier this year when it was reported that someone sitting at the dais who was criticized for his poor performance at managing a state
enterprise challenged a questioner to a fistfight outside the hall). The audience was allowed to engage Shuman. There was a give and take. The audience was impressed with his presentation and calm attitude with some pointing out that he is not the typical run of the mill politician who seeks to deceive listeners. Some in the audience like his plan for Guyana and like the idea of his party or other minor parties denying the two major behemoths a majority in parliament. They like the idea of minor parties serving as a balance of power and expressed their disappointment that AFC has betrayed the spirit of the idea of a balance of power party. They describe Shuman as humble, confident, intelligent, charming and charismatic. He was fluent, emphatic,
coherent, balanced, inspiring, persuasive. And he was courageous. The LJP leader impressed his Queens audience so much that they invite Shuman to return to New York for a follow up exchange and some commit to raising funds for him. Yours faithfully, Dr. Vishnu Bisram
as it is a failure of GECOM or the President since the construction of this provision made no arrangements to command the preparedness and readiness of GECOM. It could not by itself, produce a properly constituted and functioning Commission or provide the necessary resources for the conduct of elections, and, in recognition of this inadequacy the constitution (through Article 106:7) provided for a parliamentary mechanism, and the CCJ agreed, to determine an alternative, consensual and more appropriate date for elections. This mechanism is not a weapon in the hands of the Opposition Leader to grant, or withdraw, legitimacy or constitutionality from the government, credible elections are still the only democratic, legal and constitutional method to do so and therefore I welcome the President’s proclamation that elections will be held on March 2, 2020 and the joint statement by the representatives of the USA, UK and EU that “it is now essential to ensure free and fair elections which we are pleased to support with elections assistance and monitoring along with other colleagues in the international
community.” Unfortunately, those who have previously claimed to have championed the “return of democracy” to Guyana seem on a mission to destroy it at this time and are aggressively enlisting supporters to their antidemocratic crusade. Their first and most infamous adherent, who was never elected directly (the Guyanese electorate vote for a political party or grouping and its Presidential Candidate), but was selected to represent the interests of a particular political party, chose to renege on his sworn affiliation and responsibility to that party and their supporters and gifted their vote to the minority party to assault their interests. It would seem that the constitution failed the people and provided no protections against such brazen prostitution and trafficking in democracy but was more concerned with protecting his treacherous ability even though the Courts (all of them) found that his membership of the National Assembly was unconstitutional. The duly elected government, on the other hand, has been vilified, condemned and threatened on a daily basis and some members of the international
What are the authorities doing about these situations? DEAR EDITOR, The front page photograph in KN October 6 of a truck parking in a pedestrian walkway is graphic and tells an everyday occurrence of vehicles parking on pavements, forcing
pedestrians onto the roadway, and to borrow a phrase, in competition with moving steel. I asked before and do so again, what are the authorities doing about these situations? Shamshun Mohamed
community, Canada and the Caribbean Community in particular, have been chastised and browbeaten for not joining the chorus of condemnation and threatened sanctions. It is my suspicion that were CARICOM to emulate others in the diplomatic community that this would be a signal and justification for the intensification of the subversive campaign against the government and claims of victimization in myriad imaginative ways justifying serious and severe international sanction and even intervention. It is quite possible that Canada and CARICOM, like a majority of Guyanese, recognise that there is no constitutional crisis or political vacuum and no threat to democracy or rule of law and that there remains a President, government, and Parliament constitutionally empowered though some may claim, and wish, that none existed and chaos was the order of the day. The demand for early elections has been satisfied and WE READY. Sincerely Oscar Dolphin
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Lennox Shuman’s visit to NYC raises hackles among PNCites DEAR EDITOR, Mr. Lennox Shuman, leader of the Liberal & Justice Party (better known as the Amerindian Party) visited New York City over the weekend – and addressed two Guyanese Town Hall meetings (Saturday Oct 5th): one in Richmond Hill, Queens and the other in Brooklyn. He was well received. Several people in the Queens audience told me he made a very good case for better representation of the Indigenous peoples of Guyana at the national level. Schuman told the audience the politicians think of Amerindians as a people to visit at election season, shower gifts, collect their votes – and then leave. Only to return at the next election cycle with their gift bags. Mr. Shuman said his people don’t’ need gift bags. They need sustainable
programmes and long-term planning to help them achieve the same standard of living as the coastland people. And, this is the raison d‘etre for him entering politics. He said his people have been shut out for too long at the executive level in national politics. One anecdote resonates. For centuries, the “Indigenous peoples” (his favourite term) grew food crops, fish and drink the water from the creeks and rivers. Now they cannot eat the fish nor drink the water. All the creeks and rivers have been poisoned with mercury from gold mining. Gold mining is a riverain industry, but the riverain areas are also the home of the Indigenous peoples. Filtered water costs $700 (US3.50) a bottle. Not having much of a cash economy they cannot afford clean drinking water.
Meanwhile, there is another newsworthy story surrounding Mr. Shuman’s visit to New York City. Professor Rose who organised the meeting in Brooklyn used an email chain containing a hundred names to send out notice of Mr Schuman’ meeting. It appears this email chain is considered the exclusive property of a PNC group based in Brooklyn. (Email chain considered private property?). Professor Rose’s handiwork raised hackles among PNCites. One wrote this: “I refrain from getting into debates politically, but since you are re-using a list that I sent out announcing a town Hall meeting by Guyana’s Foreign Minister on her visit to the US, and I have just seen on this mail an acrimonious and divisive statement that was
made with blatant disregard for the truth. I am forced to reply so that no one on this list would unwittingly feel that I am in support of this charade. “If this is your platform, let me state that Guyana is a land of six peoples. The president of Guyana serves All the people of Guyana; therefore, this hateful stance of INDIAN and AFRICAN Parties is a poor ploy to Disrupt instead of Codify. Guyana does not need another race baiter. Guyana is on the move to a homogeneous Nation. I do not know who your advisors are but Please DO NOT INCLUDE MY NAME on any correspondence”. Several persons responded by asking their names to be dropped from the list. Were they so offended to receive an invitation to attend a meeting of the leader of the
Indigenous people’s party? Editor, please indulge me to make this point. Guyana is a land of extreme race politics. Indian and African peoples vote at extremely high levels (at least 94% strong) for their respective ethnic parties. So, what is so wrong if the Indigenous peoples do the exact same thing the Indians and Africans have been doing for the last 60-years? The PNCite wrote: “Guyana is on the move to a homogeneous Nation”. If anything, the opposite is true. Guyana has become a more hardened racially divided nation in the last 4-years. Reading the national papers and scanning the pictures will provide you ample proof. The other races that inhabit this nation are literally squeezed out, shut out from the social, economic, political life of this nation. When “almost every last
man votes for his own ethnic/ racial party” – that system is called consociational democracy. Same thing is called Apanjhaat democracy. Lots of PhD dissertations on this type of democracy have been done at Universities in the Netherlands. The problem in Guyana is that we have a deformed type of Consociational democracy – the people vote race alright, but the benefits and resources are not distributed proportionally or equally to all the races. The party that wins the elections wins an ethnic prize – and the National Treasury is generally utilised mostly for the benefit of that victorious group. The question that needs to be debated seriously at the national level in Guyana is: How do Guyanese people by themselves, of themselves change that type of politics? M. Persaud
This level of ‘unbothered’ by a President is unmatched DEAR EDITOR, David Granger launched his bid for re-election in Linden by striking his ‘unbothered’ pose for an audience he rented from Georgetown. I remember a time when it was Linden who used to come to town for the PNC with the refrain ‘Linden different’ but that is not my focus; rather, it is the significance of the ‘unbothered’ stance held by the leader of an unconstitutional Executive. Everything you need to know about David Granger is caught in his state of repose. Granger has never been
bothered about the problems of the ordinary Guyanese, even when he caused the woes, he remains unbothered. Seven Thousand Sugar workers lost their livelihoods; this has caused untold suffering for their families. Unlike David Granger, when I saw stories of suffering like this, I got bothered and I am still extremely bothered. “My Name is Devina Budwah, I am 13 years old and I really want to go back to school, but sugar plantation close down…when I was in school, I always wanted to become a nurse, the estate is closed
now, so my dream is fall apart.” This young girl’s dreams are shattered, her life is in pieces, how can the President of a nation be unbothered? Another Gordon Thomas said: “the government make so many promises and they are not fulfilling the promises, they said when Wales closes, so many things they would’ve done for the people them, that they would have a livelihood, that Wales would be a launching project for them…with 10 people employed, what they are saying is not factual, here is a ghost town.”
These stories and others were part of a British Broadcasting Corporation documentary, not sure that Granger has ‘bothered’ to look at it. These are but stories from two families, there are six thousand nine hundred and ninety-eight other families. Ordinary citizens are doing all they can to assist these families by way of donations, jobs, and other subsidies, but our caretaker President is unbothered by their plight. It is not just the Sugar belt affected by ‘President Unbothered’, I was on a walkabout in Buxton recently sharing flyers chock-full of
information about PPPC programmes and job creation plans, I was surrounded in Barrel street by a group of 20 plus people, young and old, all wanted to know about our plans for jobs, business assistance, and education. This has been the same in areas as diverse as Sophia, Better Hope, Plaisance, and Mon Repos. Others report similar queries and sentiments from all 10 Regions in Guyana, it was no surprise that a renta-crowd was taken to the mining town once regarded as the citadel of the PNC. Stay unbothered. David Granger is unbothered that Guyanese do not have high-quality medical care; plans for a Specialty Hospital floundered under his watch. Granger remained unbothered even after his battle with Cancer, as Headof-State, he had his choice of specialty hospitals the World over, his care is entrusted to the very best Cuba has to offer and costs of his travel borne by our treasury, there are others afflicted with Non-
Hodgkins Lymphoma and other diseases, it bothers me that they are not afforded the same options of treatment and that Granger has not even made a promise to assist or construct a specialty hospital in Guyana if reelected. This level of ‘unbothered’ by a President is unmatched and unparalleled in our nation’s short history. Editor, Granger has met almost every revelation of corruption with a blank stare and an unbothered silence. A grab of 20 thousand acres of prime land and even encompassing half of the Demerara River itself was not enough to bother Granger. Ministers continue to award Contracts for self/family or cronies with impunity, as emboldened as Granger is unbothered. Human suffering; Hunger; Feelings of hopelessness pervade; suicide; murder; home invasions; street shootings; assault and armed robbery are now commonplace in broad (Continued on page 22)
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This crazy place we live in! A man was murdered when bandits invaded his Festival City home this past weekend. They took away his television set and a small amount of cash. They also took his life in an incident which shows how dangerous it is to live in Guyana and how vulnerable citizens are even in their own home. The dead man was described as a tout at the magistrate courts. Now this one had me baffled. I have heard of touts at the minibus parks and I recall the days of old when there were touts at the cinema. But what service can a tout be providing at the courts? I hope someone explains. In the old days, the main form of public entertainment was the cinema. When a popular movie was being shown, touts would somehow find a way to
purchase a stack of tickets. This would reduce the number of tickets available to be sold to regular patrons. When the rest of the tickets were sold out, these touts would offer the tickets they had. But at a far higher price (black market price). This was what was called “touting” at the cinema – buying tickets and selling them back at a higher price. After many complaints about the operations of these touts, which was depriving regular cinema goers from being able to gain admission to the cinemas, the police clamped down and arrested a number of the touts. But it was only for a time because afterwards they continued their practice. Earlier this year, the police arrested a number of touts at the minibus parks. The police claimed that the soliciting of
passengers was unlawful. More than one hundred touts were arrested. The newspapers did not report a single case of any of these alleged lawbreakers being placed before the courts. And touting is back in full force at the minibus parks. Last week, there was CPL cricket at the National Stadium. Many persons were unable to attend because they did not obtain tickets. But from the Demerara Harbour Bridge to the entrance to the stadium, there were touts reselling tickets at higher price. They were racketeering these tickets. There were at least twelve persons reselling tickets. Some had large stacks of tickets. It has been suggested that some of them bought these tickets early and were
Dem boys seh
CPL mek Guyanese forget elections Who seh sports and politics don’t mix? If anybody seh suh dat person don’t live in Guyana. Dem boys was watching de cricket pon TV when dem see political advertisements. One set of political ads had some serious message fuh de government. De other set inviting people to enjoy de game. When one country beating anodda country is politics. Dat does mek good friends tun enemies. Dem boys remember when Guyana was playing Trinidad in de old days. Dat was before CPL. Was a four day match and at de start things was going good fuh Trinidad. Then de table turn and Guyana start to win. Dem in de crowd start to celebrate and mek nuff noise. Dat was when de police charge. Nuff illegal Guyanese was living in Trinidad. Dem boys seh if you see scatter. People run and lef dem lunch basket. When dem reach de gate, dem see de police outside and dem couldn’t go in de toilet because all was full of people who hiding. Yesterday was a special day in Guyana. Guyana was playing Barbados. Dem boys wasn’t worried dat not everybody pun de team was Guyanese. We in Guyana quick to adopt people. Was celebration like old times. Dem boys remember when Guyana use to play a competition named Shell Shield. At first was only four countries but it later expand to six. Just like yesterday Guyana play Barbados. Dat was when a man mek de calypso. “Dem pray fuh rain but dat was in vain. We beat dem Bajans again.” Is a funny thing. When de cricket was playing nobody in de ground didn’t have time fuh politics and de elections. Some people seh dem gon think bout elections when CPL done. And some people get rich. De ticket people sell out dem tickets pon de road suh when people try to get, dem hear all sell out. De road men sell at a hot price and people actually buy. Yesterday, dem boys see dem splitting de money wid de official ticket sellers. Talk half and remember ‘no tricks; no living.’
GPHC implements initiatives to... (From page 3) yesterday that, the GPHC is now collaborating and working closely with the regional hospitals to ensure persons in the ten administrative regions first seek medical attention in the communities, and will only visit the GPHC in cases of referrals. The CEO indicated that the hospital has also been concentrating in the areas of cleanliness and has such
beefed up personnel in the areas of ‘around the clock’ washroom cleaners. He added that they have also carried out extensive training sessions with porters and attendants to ensure they deliver timely and professional service, emphasising persons in the security department have also being trained to be courteous and pleasant when executing their duties.
Before time, the hospital was bombarded with complaints from patients and the public, and the lengthy periods and hassle encountered to obtain medical services at the institution. The CEO said it is in this regard that the hospital’s management has decided to implement new techniques in their drive to create a better image for the facility.
then selling them at a high markup. It was also claimed that in some cases tickets, which were procured by employers for distribution to their staff, somehow was being resold at a higher price by unscrupulous staff. But what was most interesting was that the police was right there near to these illegal ticket sellers who were plying their trade openly. And the police did absolutely nothing to stop this racketeering of tickets. There are lots of others things that the police are not doing. A few days ago, two men stabbed each other to death following an argument in Alberttown, Gegorgetown. The weapons that these men had in their possession were like bayonets. So what were they doing with these weapons?
In the old days, if you were a grass cutter, you invariably walked around with a cutlass. But you had to wrap it either in newspaper or have it in sheath to conceal the blade. If the colonial police caught you walking with a cutlass openly, they would stop and question you and advise you to ensure that the blade was concealed. Presently, there are persons walking around our streets with ice-picks and bayonets in their waists. It is not hard to imagine what they are going to do if they get into an argument. Yet, the police are not stopping these persons and questioning them why they have a weapon in their possession. But let the police spot an opportunity to stop a motorist, they will quickly jump into action.
Bandits and assassins are moving around in cars. Not so long ago, youths on motorcycle were involved in robberies, including robbing persons after the left commercial banks. Right now, there are young hooligans riding around in gangs on bicycles and molesting and robbing persons. But it does not end there. Persons who went to the cricket at the National Stadium were robbed by flatfooted bandits. What’s next? Will the bandits next come by helicopter or drone?
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PPP/C is not opposed to cash transfers Leader of the People’s Progressive Party, Bharrat Jagdeo, has stated that his party is keeping an “open mind” on the issue of cash transfers from the oil and gas sector. During his weekly press briefing on Thursday, he said that at this stage, he will refrain from stating that the PPP/C will not consider cash transfers. “The PPP/C has to keep its mind open to any method that would reduce poverty, that would get more jobs for people, get our children to school, getting the best quality education and healthcare,” he said at his Church Street office. The Opposition Leader accused the A Partnership for National Unity + Alliance for Change (APNU/AFC) Coalition Government of spewing a “misleading narrative” to Guyanese about cash transfers. He continued, “I was right in Sophia one evening and people said that we were told by some of the activists that from APNU that they will get money from the oil sector—every person will get some money when oil comes. “[Clive Thomas] suggested that the implicating could be done almost immediately. We had to look at the number… and pointed out that it [was] unrealistic. The US$5,000 per household would cost us in excess of US$1.5 B per year, and we were only going to collect, at maximum or so US$300M per year for the first four years. You can’t distribute
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Opposition Leader, Bharrat Jagdeo per year, US$1.1B if you’re only collecting US$300M. That three times more that the amount,” Jagdeo explained. He further stated that in some other countries, for instance the United States of America and Finland, they have been exploring the concept of a universal basic income, where every person in the country would receive a cash grant from the treasury. Jagdeo said that this is done with the aim of alleviating and/or eliminating poverty, “and it would probably reduce crime,” Jagdeo added. “The results of employment have not been great. It didn’t show any major shift in employment after the cash grant in some countries. Let us don’t be ungenerous to the results—The results have been mixed about universal basic income. “Now Alaska gave people a cheque every year for a sum of money from the fund that they have,
because they produce oil. Now the thing about Alaska is that sum is variable. “If the oil prices are high in some years you might get a bit more, and it could get down to as low as US$700 or so if the oil prices are low.” The former president went on to say that the political opposition is going to continuing look at all of the technical issues “to see that you have enough money to actually do this and that it is sustainable in the long termthat it doesn’t lead to the Dutch disease, that it doesn’t lead to the killing of work ethic,” he concluded. However, the Government shares a different view on cash transfers the oil and gas sector. On October 2, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Dr. Karen Cummings, made is clear that educating is where the Coalition Government prefers to invest in. Thus, they are not looking to dole out oil proceeds into the hands of Guyanese.
19 years later Prison Service continues fight for risk allowance and insurance Director of the Guyana Prison Service (GPS), Gladwin Samuels, made a call for risk allowance and life insurance to be made available to his staff. According to Samuels, the working environment for the prison staff is not favourable, based on the hostility they are exposed to on a daily basis. He added that despite the conditions they are placed to operate under, no risk allowance is made available for the dangers they are exposed to. Additionally, a life insurance plan is also absent for these very individuals. The fight to have this implemented have been ongoing for a very long time as the director noted that he has been in the service for 19 years and the issue at hand have been in existence before his coming. In a recent statement to the media in observance of their 36 years of service to the country, the Director said, “If we are going to be successful, Government must continue to recognise the Guyana Prison Service for its contribution to society. “Improvement of working conditions is a work in progress; much more is required.” Director Samuels indicated that since the destruction of the Camp Street Prison, the prisoners and staff are in makeshift offices and holding cells. He further stated that most
Director Gladwin Samuels of the offices are now tents, which expose workers to the elements. Recently, there was an additional 12 houses for the lodging of its staff at the Mazaruni Prisons. However, there is still a need for more housing as the GPS is seeking to have the old homes either rehabilitated or demolished. The Director of Prison Services also called for “comparable increases in our take-home pay. This would be highly appreciated.” Moreover, the director noted that the cost of living is very high and a lot of their staff operate far from homes. For example, he said the majority of workers hail from Berbice and they are stationed at the Mazaruni
Prison. This places a huge strain on the staff as they have to provide for their family all the way in Berbice while maintaining themselves with resources from Bartica, which is considered to be the gateway to the interior. “When you see some of these prison officers, you can know they have a lot on their heads because so many expenses are accumulated and yet a hardship allowance, which I know is granted in a lot of countries, is not offered here,” Samuels mentioned. While commending the Government for implementing safety gear, which were added last year and this year, he pleaded for more to be done.
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Empowerment, Director of the Board of Industrial Training (BIT), Mr. Ganesh Singh, revealed that in 2016, the then Minister of Social Protection, Volda Lawrence, initiated a meeting with the Disability Committee to get persons with disabilities involved in skills development for employment. The Guyana Disability Act clearly stipulates that the Ministry of Labour under the Ministry of Social Protection is required to provide skills training for persons with disabilities, and I can honestly tell you that that has been done since 2016 through the BIT,” he explained. “In a matter of weeks, that relationship started to bear fruits because in 2016, training for persons with disabilities started at the Board of Industrial Training,” the Director stated. Over the decades, persons with disabilities have been a marginalised population in our society and they are faced with multiple challenges, he added. Singh adds that poverty is still prevalent and attributes it to lack of employment for persons with disabilities. “Still, that is the case today but we have seen significant strides,” the Director admits. Through the Board of Guyana Council for Persons with Disabilities, they have trained approximately 400 persons with vision
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himself with a quarter-mile radius for public appearances and even his presence in State House is evidenced by barricades and heavy police presence in the busy main street of the capital, inconvenience to others be damned. I am sure that David Granger will continue to be unbothered by the issues that affect the lives of Guyanese until the results of the March 2020 Elections are announced. Granger may become hot and bothered then, but I can assure him that many will be unbothered by his exit from the national stage. Respectfully Robin Singh
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Golf: Record-breaker Rahm successfully defends Spanish Open crown in Madrid
Spain’s Jon Rahm. Reuters/Paul Childs
Reuters - World number five Jon Rahm of Spain carded a five-under 66 in the final round of the Spanish Open to finish with 22-under overall, winning by five shots to defend his crown in Madrid yesterday. The victory made Rahm the quickest Spaniard to win five European Tour titles in his 39th start — 10 fewer than former Ryder Cup captain Seve Ballestros, who has a record 50 tour titles to his name. The 24-year-old sank an eagle on the par-five fourth and four more birdies, offset by a bogey on the 17th, to win his fifth title on the European Tour and his second of the year after clinching the Irish Open in July. The final putt from less
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than a foot out drew loud cheers from the home crowd as Rahm also moved to the top of the Race to Dubai rankings. “In front of a home crowd, it’s always really hard for me to keep everything under control and to play the weekend that I did for them, it’s always really fun,” an ecstatic Rahm said. “I can’t wait to come back next year and hopefully do it
three times. It was unlike anything else. Spanish crowds love golf, they love us coming back. It’s hard to believe how many people come out here.” Rahm’s third round score of 63, which equaled the course record at the Club de Campo Villa de Madrid, had given him a five-shot lead and the 24-year-old maintained that overnight lead to finish above compatriot Rafa Bello
Cabrera. Spain’s Samuel del Val finished third, seven strokes behind, while three others — compatriot Adri Arnaus and Denmark’s Jeff Winther and Joachim Hansen — were tied for fourth a further two shots behind. Sergio Garcia, who won the KLM Open in Amsterdam last month, could only finish tied-seventh — 10 shots off the lead.
King hit royal unbeaten 132 as Warriors... From page 28 cover boundary like a scud missile. King was not yet done and clobbered JP Duminy for a monstrous six; the colourful crowd roaring happily as the Tassa drummers and the Sound System provided plenty of entertainment beyond the boundary in the biggest party in sports. Hemraj skied Walsh ‘miles’ into the sunny sky for the bowler to run back almost 30 yards to hold a stupendous catch diving full length with the score on 73 and Hemraj on 27. King reached his fifth T20 fifty with his sixth four. He also hit two sixes from 36 balls. Shimron Hetmyer (3) who seemed addicted to hitting the ball in the air early in his innings, played an impetuous pull and was taken at deep mid-wicket as Holder struck at 83-2 in 10.5 overs. Malik, who has played the most T20s in the world (355) joined the inform King and caressed Holder into the VIP stand. King used his feet to Walsh and lifted him into the Media and the runs flowed fast and furious before King flayed Harry Gurney over
cover and smashed him back past his ankles for four. The 150 was posted in 16.1 overs while Gurney was clobbered by King for six to move into the 90s and it was carnage at Providence. King hit Reifer for six to reach the second century for the season following Chris Gayle’s 116. His ton came from 60 balls with nine fours and seven sixes. The six was caught one handed by a spectator. King playing a royal innings, lofted Reifer for
second six in the over and repeated the dose in the next over off Walsh who bowled Malik at 180-3 in 18.4 overs. But Nicolas Pooran going with consecutive sixes as 19 came from the over before King hammered Gurney for six and smashed for four. The team now travels to Trinidad where Tridents and TKR will face-off on Thursday in the second qualifier. The winner of that match will face the Warriors in their fifth final on Saturday in the 2019 CPL final.
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India can emulate basketball’s popularity in China: NBA executive Mumbai (Reuters) Basketball can become as popular in India as it is in neighboring China and bringing pre-season games to Mumbai can prove a timely catalyst, a top NBA executive has told Reuters. Cricket-mad India, with its population of 1.3 billion, has been for years on the radar of the National Basketball Association, which has arranged the visits of 35 current and former players in the country since 2006. The NBA also runs an academy near New Delhi and opened an office in Mumbai in 2011 - one of its 12 offices outside the United States. On Friday, Indiana Pacers and Sacramento Kings faced off in Mumbai in the first of the two pre-season games in India. “I have been with NBA for 20 years, I was at those very first games played in China. It reminds me very much of our early days in China,” NBA deputy commissioner Mark Tatum said in an interview.
Jump ball at the first-ever NBA India Games 2019. (NBA Getty Images) “Today in China basketball is the number one sport. 300 million people play the game of basketball in China. “It is very reminiscent of the early days of the NBA in China. And I think that basketball has the same potential here in India.” Since 2004, 17 NBA teams have played 26 games in Beijing, Guangzhou, Macao,
Shanghai, Shenzhen and Taipei and LeBron James’ Los Angeles Lakers will play a pair of exhibition games against the Brooklyn Nets in China this month. The Lakers, 16-time champions, and Nets will play in Shanghai on Thursday followed by a game in Shenzhen on Oct. 12, extending the trend of NBA
squads competing in China. According to the annual report on the teams’ digital performance, the NBA franchises gained a cumulative 47 million new followers on Chinese social media platforms last season. The popularity of Chinese basketball icon Yao Ming, who played nine seasons in the NBA with the Houston
Rockets, opened the doors for the NBA in his native country but Indian players are yet to make a mark in the league. “There is no doubt that the presence of Yao helped accelerate our interest in the game of basketball there,” said Tatum, who is also the chief operating office of the NBA. “And now even after Yao has stopped playing, that passion has been fueled in Chinese fans and they continue to follow the game in record numbers.” Besides its academy, the league launched the Reliance Foundation Jr. NBA Program in 2013 to develop the game at the grassroots level in India and Tatum said the NBA was deeply invested in developing talent in the country. “It’s not to put a time frame on it. There is no doubt that I think in the next five to 10 years we will see an everyday starter in the NBA from India and hopefully an all-star starter in that time frame,” he said. India is set to overtake
China and become the world’s most populous country by 2022 and with its young population and economic growth prospects, the south Asian country is one of the most important markets for the NBA, Tatum said. More than 3.1 million fans follow the NBA India Facebook page while nearly 100 million people watched the NBA games last year on its broadcast partner Sony Pictures Networks India. While regular-season NBA games are not yet a realistic possibility due to logistical issues, pre-season games might be a regular feature in India. “So for us we see all of that growing interest and the big macro factors around the country, we see that as a great time to continue to invest in India,” Tatum said. “I think depending on what we have seen so far, such a tremendous response and a very, very successful trip and experience for our players and the fans, I’d hope there will be more and more pre-season games here.”
Marc Marquez clinches eighth MotoGP world title MailOnline - Marc Marquez of Spain passed Fabio Quartararo of France on the last lap to win the Thailand Grand Prix and clinch his eighth MotoGP world title at the Chang International Circuit yesterday. In a typically inspired performance the defending champion chased down the Frenchman but left his decisive move until just
before the end. ‘I planned from the start of the weekend to win the race, not worrying about winning the championship or the battle between me and (Andrea) Dovizioso. My target was to try to find the best way to win the race,’ said the 26-year-old who also produced a late burst to win the same race last year. It was a stunning
performance by the Spaniard who crashed on both Friday and Saturday. It was Marquez’s ninth win of the season, which propelled him to his eighth world title with a total of 325 points, putting him beyond Dovizioso’s reach at 215 points with four races remaining this season. ‘Fabio was really fast in most parts of the race. I wasn’t
The Spaniard chased down Fabio Quartararo in the final lap to seal a thrilling victory.
able to grab the lead in the middle of the race. I caught up in the last lap and took it from there. It’s been an amazing year. It’s now time for me to enjoy and celebrate the eighth title,’ added Marquez who has won titles in 2010, 2012-14, 2016-19. In another dominating year, Marquez has finished on the podium 14 times in 2019. The 20-year-old rookie
Quartaroro, the youngest to secure four pole positions in a season including yesterday’s race, appeared to be on his way to a maiden victory before the late charge from Marquez. ‘I can’t say anything except that I’m so proud of the work of my team and myself. I couldn’t be happier as I fought until the last corner. I already tried everything. If I
didn’t try to make a move in the last corner, I would have gone up unhappy. My time will come,’ said the French rider who had to settle for second for the third time this year. He finished in a time of 39 minutes and 36.394 seconds with Maverick Vinales of Spain third just over a second behind. Dovizioso just missed out on a podium finish in fourth.
Marquez is lofted in the air by his Honda Team as they celebrate in jubilation after the win.
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Golovkin regains IBF middleweight title via tight unanimous decision victory against Derevyanchenko MailOnline - Gennady Golovkin is a champion again, though just barely. The powerhouse who used to look invincible looked beaten up by the end of Saturday night. Golovkin held on to regain one of his old middleweight titles, edging Sergiy Derevyanchenko in a unanimous decision to take the IBF championship at Madison Square Garden. Golovkin knocked down Derevyanchenko in the first round, opened a cut near his right eye in the second, and then held on from there in a fight where the longtime 160pound ruler absorbed plenty of the type of punishing shots he used to deliver. ‘This was a tough fight,’ Golovkin said. ‘I need a little bit more. I need to still get stronger in my camp. Just more serious. I need to work hard. I need a little bit more focus.’ But the 37-year-old did just enough to win 115-112 on two cards and 114-113 on the other, claiming the belt that was vacated by Canelo Alvarez, who handed Golovkin (40-1-1, 35 KOs) his only loss. Derevyanchenko (13
wins, two defeats) fell just short in his second attempt to win the middleweight title, having lost by split decision to Danny Jacobs last year, also at Madison Square Garden. Many of the same fans who cheered Golovkin wildly before the fight and chanted ‘Triple G! Triple G!’ when it looked as if he needed a boost in the 10th as Derevyanchenko rained combinations to his head booed the decision. Golovkin was credited with a 243-230 advantage in punches by Compubox, which said Derevyanchenko landed the most punches in any of the 25 Golovkin fights it had tracked. ‘Right now it’s bad day for me. It’s a huge day for Sergiy, his team,’ Golovkin said. ‘This is huge experience for me. Right now I know what I need exactly.’ It was Golovkin’s second straight win after he had a draw and a loss in his two fights with Alvarez, close bouts in which many people thought he won at least one of them. But plenty more thought he could have lost this one, after Derevyanchenko rallied
strongly from a bad start to the fight. Golovkin wants a third fight with Alvarez but he would have to be much sharper if he gets it - or if he has a rematch with Derevyanchenko - than he was on Saturday. He was frequently beaten to the punch by Derevyanchenko, who ignored the cut and Golovkin’s vaunted power to nearly pull off the upset. Golovkin started cautiously, seemingly willing to just establish his jab in the first round, before suddenly unleashing a flurry of punches that sent Derevyanchenko to the canvas. Then he had another good round in the second, when the cut opened that would be frequently checked by doctors between rounds. Derevyanchenko got himself into the fight with a good third but took some more punishment in doing it, then kept up the good work in the next couple rounds while wiping away the blood around his eye that was staining Golovkin’s white shorts. Golovkin landed some
But despite his opponent sustaining a cut in round two, Golovkin was forced to go the distance. hard shots late in the sixth to slow the Ukrainian’s momentum a bit. Golovkin then seemed to get the better of a great exchange at the end of the seventh as the area under his left eye swelled. Derevyanchenko landed a good three-punch combination in the eighth and Golovkin just shook his head, then landed one of his patented body punches later
in the round to slow down the Ukrainian, but only temporarily. Derevyanchenko resumed the pressure again in a back-and-fourth ninth round but didn’t have enough for the finish, losing the 12th on all three cards. Golovkin defended the middleweight title 20 times, tied for the record, during his lengthy reign. He first vacated the IBF
belt when he wouldn’t agree to face mandatory challenger Derevyanchenko when the original date for the second match against Alvarez had to be scrapped in May 2018 after the Mexican failed a drug test. Golovkin then left without any belts after falling to Alvarez when it was rescheduled. He’s got one again, but plenty of work to do if he’s going to keep it for long.
Djokovic claims 76th tour title Simone Biles has two new moves by defeating Millman in named after her & reaches six finals straight sets to win Japan Open World Championships
BBCsport - Simone Biles performed two original skills in qualifying as she made all six women’s finals at the World Gymnastics Championships in Stuttgart. The American became the first woman to complete a triple-double move on floor, which will be called the “Biles II” in the gymnastics code of points. She then did a doubledouble dismount on beam, to be named the “Biles”, as she totalled a massive 59.432. Biles’ score helped USA’s women top
qualifying for Tuesday’s team final. Should the 22-year-old win four medals she would become the most decorated gymnast in World Championships history. That would take her one above Vitaly Scherbo of Belarus, who won 23 world medals throughout the 1990s. Great Britain’s women will also take their place in team final despite a mixed qualifying performance. Britain counted falls on bars and beam but progress as the
seventh of eight finalists - with other nations, including Japan and Brazil, enduring difficult evenings and missing out. Britain’s placing in the top 12 nations also guarantees their participation at next year’s Tokyo Olympics. As well as the team event, Briton Alice Kinsella reached the individual all-around final in 14th place. Ellie Downie qualified fourth best for the vault final, while her elder sister Becky was fifth into the uneven bars final.
World number one Novak Djokovic secured his 76th tour-level title by beating John Millman in straight sets at the Japan Open. The Serbian had not played since he retired with a shoulder injury in the fourth round of the US Open last month but, on his tournament debut in Tokyo, stormed to a 6-3 6-2 win over the Australian. Djokovic managed to break Millman’s serve at the second opportunity in the first
set to take a 3-1 lead, which his opponent struggled to recover from. In the second set, Djokovic took an early break point in Millman’s first service game after forcing an error from the world number 80. Towards the end of the match, Millman made more errors as Djokovic continued to serve well, losing just four first-serve points. The 32-year-old won in one hour and nine minutes and did not drop a set in the tournament. (MailOnline)
Simone Biles
The Serbian star defeated John Millman in straight sets in the Tokyo showdown.
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Jadeja and Shami wrap up huge win for India ESPNcricinfo - India shot through South Africa on the final day, taking seven wickets in the first session before going on to win by 203 runs, their third consecutive Test win by a margin of greater than 200 runs. Mohammed Shami was central to the collapse, accounting for Temba Bavuma, Faf du Plessis and Quinton de Kock - Nos. 4, 5 and 6 - to open up the lower order, who were softened by Ravindra Jadeja before Shami returned to take the last two wickets. A 91-run stand between Senuran Muthusamy and Dane Piedt kept India out longer than they would have expected when they reduced South Africa to 70 for 8, but the pair’s efforts were not enough to undo the damage caused by the top-order collapse. South Africa began the day with a potential 98 overs to play out, through which they’d have to score at nearly four an over if they harboured thoughts of a win. In the spirit of positivity that helped them put up 431 in the first innings, they got seven off the first over the day, with Theunis de Bruyn picking up a boundary
Ravindra Jadeja celebrates a successful review BCCI against Shami. In the next over, that approach - and a similar waft outside off to his first-innings dismissal - turned a relatively innocuous R Ashwin delivery into a wicket-taking one. It stayed low and this time the inside edge went onto the stumps. It was Ashwin’s 350th Test wicket, and came shortly after Aiden Markram had been put down by the wicketkeeper. The third wicket also came from a ball that stayed low, off the very
next over, Shami sneaking a length ball under Bavuma’s defences and having him tumbling on the floor. Markram delighted with stylish boundaries through the off side and straight down the ground, and captain du Plessis looked comfortable once again. That was until he shouldered arms to an incoming delivery from Shami. To be fair to du Plessis, the ball had started well outside off stump. But Shami got the ball to dip back a long way and, with marginal help
from a crack in the pitch, hit the top off of an exposed off stump. India barely had to break a sweat or rely on cunning strategy for the next few wickets. Shami got another one to come back in, this time to Quinton de Kock, who was rooted to the crease as he looked to push through the off side on angle. With only the allrounders and lower order to come, at 60 for 5, Markram let loose, using his feet nicely and looking deliberately more
Osaka battles hard in comeback victory over world #1 Barty to win China Open MailOnline - Japan’s Naomi Osaka fought back from a set down to beat Australian world No 1 Ash Barty 3-6, 6-3, 6-2 in the final of the China Open in Beijing yesterday. It was world No 4 Osaka’s second title in the Asian swing after clinching the Pan Pacific Open in Japan last month and she is yet to lose a match since her fourthround exit at the US Open, extending her run to 10 victories. In a battle between two of the year’s Grand Slam champions, Australian Open winner Osaka broke the reigning French Open champion Barty three times and dropped serve only once in the one-hour-50-minute encounter. It was Osaka’s second win over a fellow Grand Slam champion at the tournament after she beat US Open winner Bianca Andreescu in another threesetter in the quarter-finals. The opening set went with serve until Osaka made three double faults in one game to give Barty a 4-2 lead, after which the Australian served out the set, saving a break point along the way. ‘Basically I was telling myself to keep fighting
even though my attitude was really trash - “this is a final, I’m really privileged to be here in the first place, so keep fighting!”’ Osaka said. ‘I feel like I wasn’t that calm here (at the tournament). I threw my racket, like, once every match. I really wanted to win here, I felt like I had something to prove.’ The Japanese turned the tables in the second set when she broke back to take a 4-2 lead. At 30-30, she unleashed a backhand return to bring up a fourth break point and then forced Barty to hit her forehand long. Osaka did not concede a single break point in the second set and took it into the decider after closing out on her serve. She then upped the tempo right from the opening game of the third set with long baseline rallies which forced Barty into making mistakes, earning the fourth seed a break of serve. A poor service game from Barty when she was down 42 in the third saw her broken to love as Osaka won eight points in a row to take a 5-2 lead and serve for the title. Barty managed to save one
Naomi Osaka fought back from a set down to beat Australian world No. 1 Ash Barty in Beijing.(REUTERS) match point in the final game but Osaka took to the baseline again to out-rally her
opponent, wrapping up the encounter and levelling their head-to-head record at 2-2.
compact in defence, having been bowled through the gate in the first innings. His preferred route was to loft the spinners, and that brought him two boundaries and a six over long-on. He was left open-mouthed soon enough, however, trying to drive Jadeja over his head only for the bowler to stick his left-hand up and time his jump to perfection to hold on to it. By the end of that over, Jadeja spun the ball past two batsmen’s leading edge, trapped them lbw in front of middle, nearly took a hat-trick and left the visitors on 70 for 8. Then came the stand between Muthusamy and Piedt, which kept India on the field well past the 15-minute extension to the first session. In fact, they lasted well past the opening of the second session too, as Piedt’s crisp, clean driving down the ground put India on the defensive. At many points, as Piedt and Muthusamy casually drove India’s spinners through the line, Kohli had two or three fielders out on the boundary. Muthusamy was as resolute as Piedt was free-
flowing, scoring at a strike rate in the 30s while Piedt used the extra pace of Jadeja to notch up some goodness in an otherwise difficult Test for him. His six, a swat over midwicket, was the 36th of the match, a new record for Test cricket. Driving through the line did end up costing him in the end, when Shami returned and found some late swing in the corridor to take the inside edge onto the stumps. There was some more frustration for India - Rabada had a few successful swings against Jadeja too, and Muthusamy’s outside edge drew him closer to the fifty on debut that he eventually did not reach, having run out of partners. That said, India’s frustration perhaps couldn’t compare to that felt by South Africa’s frontline batsmen, who had to sit through yet another period where batting suddenly seemed to become easier once they had left. Scores: India: 502-7 dec (Agarwal 215, Rohit 176) & 323-4 dec (Rohit 127) South Africa: 431 (Elgar 160, De Kock 111, Ashwin 7145) & 191 (Piedt 56, Shami 535)
Comeback king Thiem rallies to subdue Tsitsipas in Beijing final Reuters - Austrian top seed Dominic Thiem overcame a sluggish start and clawed his way back from a set and a break down to beat Greece’s Stefanos Tsitsipas 3-6 6-4 6-1 in the final of the China Open in Beijing yesterday. The win secured Thiem’s fourth title of the year after triumphs at Indian Wells, Barcelona and Austria. Thiem, who was forced to dig deep and come back from a set down in the semifinal against Karen Khachanov, broke Tsitsipas five times while dropping serve three times to lift his first ever title in Asia. “Honestly I think this was one of the best matches I’ve played so far in my whole career,” Thiem said. “I know it’s hard for you, Stefanos. You played amazing and I really hope that we have a lot more finals in the biggest tournaments. “Last year we had a great rivalry going on and I hope it continues with many more finals to come.” This was the first time the pair had competed in a
final after playing each other five times in 2018. Thiem now leads Tsitsipas 4-2 in headto-head meetings. The top seed dropped serve twice in the opening set to give Tsitsipas the advantage while the Greek fired four of his seven aces to take the lead. Tsitsipas, 21, was clearly the more fired up player, taking out his frustration on his racket after losing a point in the first set. However, Thiem recovered in the second set, saving three of four break points while converting two himself. In the deciding set, it was Thiem who dominated, breaking twice to take a 5-0 lead. Tsitsipas won a game back but only delayed the inevitable as Thiem wrapped up the match for his 15th ATP singles title.
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King hit royal unbeaten 132 as Warriors qualify for 5th final
Brandon King being recognised for his innings.
Alex Hales is bowled by Imran Tahir. (Zaheer Mohamed Photo) By Sean Devers In a fantastic atmosphere with Warriors flags being waved joyously and a raucous capacity crowd dancing in the stands, Warriors romped to a 31-run win against Tridents at Providence to advance to their fifth CPL final. A majestic unbeaten 132 from 72 balls with 10 fours and 11 sixes from 24 year-old Jamaican Brandon King, 32 from Skipper Shoib Malik from 19 balls with three sixes and 27 from 23 balls with two fours and a six powered Warriors to
218-3. It equals the Warriors highest total this season and is the highest total in a Playoff game in the seven-year history of CPL while King’s innings overtook Andre Russell’s 121. Leading wickettaker leggie, Hayden Walsh Jr. had 2-41 for his 19th wicket for the Tridents who were restricted to188-8 despite 49 from Jonathon Carter from 26 balls with five fours and three sixes, 36 from Alex Hales from 19 balls with three fours and three sixes and a 15-ball 29 from Skipper Jason Holder
who hit three sixes before fell off the last ball of the match. Romario Shepherd had 350 from four overs, 40-yearold leg-spinner Imran Tahir took 2-13 from four and Odean Smith captured 2-25 from two overs. Needing 219 to book a place in the final, Johnson Charles (15) and Hales took Tridents to 32 in 4.2 overs before Tahir removed them both and when Malik dismissed the dangerous Shakib Al Hassan (5) Tridents had slipped from 57-1 to 59-3 in 7.5 overs. After 10 overs, Tridents
were 78-3, needing 141 from 60 balls but JP Duminy (12) was bowled by pacer Odean Smith at 92-4. Shai Hope drove Smith for four after hitting Chris Green and Malik for sixes while Jonathon Carter upper cut Smith for four to post the 100 in 12 overs. Hope was dismissed by Romario Shepherd for 21 at 104-5 to bring Jason Holder to the crease and along with Carter took the score to 151-6 before Carter was taken on the mid-wicket boundary off Shepherd. Raymon Reifer was
bowled for a duck by Smith without addition to the score before Holder took consecutive sixes off the lively Smith to keep Bajan hopes alive but in the end it was too little too late. Earlier, with the Hero CPL record of 10 consecutive wins in a single season under their belt, Warriors opted to bat on a slow track and Hemraj dabbed left-arm spinner Shakib for four to third man. King nonchalantly deposited Holder for four consecutive boundaries; the first going for six. In the
fourth over, King played an imperious off drive which galloped along the lush green and lightning fast outfield for four. Holder came back into the fray and Hemraj greeted him with a glorious one-bounce four over extra cover, then followed it up with a disdainful six over long-on as the openers played with positive intent. Their fifth 50 stand was posted from 6.1 overs before King launched into Walsh Jr. and smashed him to the extra (Continued on page 24)
All Blacks score 11 TRIES in Tokyo rampage after a tricky start against Namibia Defending champions New Zealand racked up the biggest points tally of the Rugby World Cup so far by running in 11 tries to hammer a spirited Namibia side 71-9 and charge back to the top of Pool B yesterday. The bonus point was secured before half time and although there might be concern at yellow cards shown to Nepo Laulala and Ofa Tuungafasi for high tackles, the All Blacks look in ominous form heading into their last pool match against Italy. Outstanding centre Anton Lienert-Brown, flying winger Sevu Reece and fullback Ben Smith all scored two tries and Jordie Barrett, making a first test start at flyhalf, also crossed and kicked eight conversions. Namibia, who have never won a World Cup match in 22 attempts, opened the scoring and drew within one point at 10-9 after half an hour but bridging the huge gulf in class was beyond them and their physical challenge waned as they tired. After proving hard to put away in their only other meeting at the last World Cup when the All Blacks won 58-14, the Africans again proved competitive for much of the first half.
Hooker Torsten Van Jaarsveld and Captain Johan Deysel gave them momentum while they also frustrated New Zealand at the breakdown by slowing down their ball or interfering with Aaron Smith’s delivery to the backs. The crowd of more than 48,000 also had plenty to cheer about with Damian Stevens slotting three penalties and bringing Namibia to 10-9. Laulala was then sinbinned and while the crowd might have thought they could be witness to one of the great World Cup upsets, the All Blacks went up a gear. They controlled the ball better through phases and replacement prop Angus Ta’avao and Smith both crossed to give them a 24-9 lead at halftime and momentum well and truly shifted. The All Blacks, who scored four tries in the opening 10 minutes of the second half against Canada on Wednesday, added three inside the first 12 yesterday with Joe Moody smashing over before LienertBrown and Reece added their second tries. Captain Sam Whitelock, who had not scored an international try in three years, then brought up the half century when he planted the ball at the bottom of the posts. The effects of their physical
New Zealand’s TJ Perenara manages to squeeze the ball over the line despite being in mid-air. efforts in the first half began to take its toll in the second on Namibia’s players with several being taken off with upper body injuries. The All Blacks scored three further tries in
the final 12 minutes with Smith adding his second before Barrett crossed and took his personal tally to 21 points. TJ Perenara then finished off the
try of the match with a sensational dive in the corner from a sweeping movement that he started inside the All Blacks’ 22-metre area. (MailOnline)
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Lennox Blackmore Nat Intermediate C/Ships
FYC’s Halley shines, as GDF dominate
PRBG’s Orlando Grenville took a pounding from Soldier Jermain Jones before the Referee stopped the fight. Story and photos by Sean Devers Talented 18-year-old Shemar Halley, the best boxer at July’s National Novices Boxing Championships, continued to impress when he handed the GDF its only loss on Saturday night at the National Gymnasium on the penultimate evening of threenight Lennox Blackmore National Intermediate Boxing Championships. The Soldiers, with largest contingent in local boxing tournaments have dominated the sport for close to two decades and were in similar form in this championship winning five of their six bouts on Saturday. Among the fans attending was Caribbean Bantamweight
Champion Keevin Allicock whose Forgotten Youth Foundation (FYF) stablemate Halley fought GDF’s Anthony Lustal in the third bout of night. In their Lightweight match-up, Lustal came out the more aggressive of the two but as the round progressed, Halley began to find his rhythm and the skilful south-paw used his superior reach with jabs to Lustal’s head and followed with some good shots to the body. The soldier tried to retaliate with shots of his own but it seemed the youth from the heart of Albouystown h a d w o n t h e o p ening stanza. The second round saw Halley scoring to the midsection with wicked body
digs which resulted in the GDF fighter being administered a standing eight count. In the final round, a series of clinical combinations sent Lustal on the ropes but he counter punched his way back to center of the ring. The two traded punches before another stinging straight right to the head which staggered Lustal resulting on another eight-count being given. And when the dust had settled it was of little surprise that Halley was declared the winner, even for Lustal’s vocal supports who urged him on in futility. In another fast pacer fight in the Junior/Welterweight division, Jevon Gomes of the Ricola Boxing Gym in Agricola went toe-to-toe with GDF
GDF’s Lincon Murray (left) is all over Raphael Sebastion from Rosehall Jammers.
Jevon Gomes of Ricola and GDF’s Orlando Grenville produced a slug fest before Gomes lost by disqualification due to unmarked bandages. pugilist Orlando Grenville in an action packed encounter. The boxers punched and counter punched before Grenville was caught with a sneaky upper-cut and Gomes seemed to take the opening round. The second round began with Grenville firing some big swings which Gomes evaded with plenty of antics as most of Grenville’s shots hit air. But Grenville delivered some good shots and Gomes, beginning to look tired, was back up on the ropes and was
given an eight-count. The third round saw the boxers going at each other with some telling punches with the GDF fighter getting the better of the exchanges and Gomes was given another standing eight-count and eventually lost on disqualification due to unmarked bandages. In the other fights Andrey Best of Rosehall Jammers beat PRBG’s Russzen Blair and GDF’s Lincon Murray defeated Rosehall Jammers’ Sebastian in Bantamweight bouts. In the Middleweight
division, GDF’s Jermain Jones defeated PRBG’s Uriel Amsterdam who kept ducking into upper cuts and received three standing eight counts while in an all GDF battle, Lyndon Bennett stopped Corlette Greenidge in the third round. And in the final bout of the night in the Super Heavyweight division, Andre Shepherd got the better of Tyron Blair. The championship was scheduled to be concluded last night.
Lord Coe defends hosting event in Doha IAAF chief Lord Coe once again defended the hosting of the World Championships in Doha as the 10-day competition headed towards its close. There has been criticism of the poor attendances and scheduling, while issues of alleged human rights abuses in Qatar were raised. “It’s important that sport can rise above political structures,” the Briton said on the championships’ final day. “Fundamentally, I believe sport is the best diplomat we have.” The former 1500m Olympic champion added: “I went to the Moscow Olympics in 1980 - I felt really it’s important that sport plays that role.” Poor attendances were one of the major talking points with only the second Friday having crowds of more than 40,000 inside the Khalifa Stadium, which holds 48,000. That day home favourite Mutaz Barshim won high jump gold for Qatar.
Lord Coe and the IAAF have been under the spotlight over the decision to hold the championships in Qatar. Last Sunday - the day of the women’s 100m final, where Britain’s Dina AsherSmith won silver - only 7,266 were present. The average attendance during the first eight days was 20,000. It was also announced that tickets had been bought by the organising committee, partners and public institutions and distributed to “embassies, employees, schools and higher education”.
Doha 2019 organising chief Dahlan Al Hamad said: “Filling the stadium is the challenge for all sports. “The first two days were hectic and difficult. I hope you saw in the past few days the stadium fill up because people had started to see results of athletes. “We are really thrilled we received these championships and expanded the horizon of athletics in the Middle East region.”
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Eliminator 1 Hero CPL T20
TKR advance to Qualifiers with six-wicket win over Patriots
Pollard and Ramdin taking their team to victory @CPL. By Sean Devers Defending Champions Trinbago Knight Riders will have to do it the hard way if they hope for a successful title defence and began their journey to a fourth possible final with a six-wicket win over St Kitts & Nevis Patriots yesterday at Providence in the first Eliminator of the 2019 Hero CPL T20 tournament. Led by a one man show from Englishman Laurie Evans who stroked eight fours from 47 balls in his 55 the Patriots were restricted to 125-7 as Bajan Chris Jordon who has played eight Tests and 31 ODIs for England, finished with 3-30. He was supported by Man-of-the-Match Sunil Narine (2-10) and American Pacer Ali Khan (2-22). TKR in reply reached 128-4 with eight
balls to spare to win by six wickets as Lendl Simmons hit three fours and three sixes in a 47-ball 55. Skipper Kieron Pollard, whose nine-ball 26 was decorated with a four and three sixes and Denish Ramdin who ended on 32 from 38 balls with two fours and a six, featured in a 50-run unbroken fifth wicket stand off 19 balls. TKR began their chase positively with Narine pounding Sheldon Cotterell for two boundaries with Simmons dispatched Alzarri Joseph for four in the second over. Narine (8) clipped Joseph to deep square leg at 15-1 and Colin Munroe was bowled for a duck by Cotterell at 16-2. Simmons dumped Skipper Carlos Braithwaite for six
before Daren Bravo (1) pulled Cotterell to backward square at 31-3 before Simmons chipped into Braithwaite and smashed him past mid-off for four. But after 10 overs TKR were 43-3 as the Patriots kept them contained. Simmons soon reached 47th T20 fifty but he was soon removed by Braithwaite at 784 in the 16th over and the crowd fully against TKR danced in the stands. Pollard arrived to chorus of boos but he and Ramdin took TKR when Pollard dumping Braithwaite for two sixes before finishing the game with a bullet-like four as Braithwaite’s final four balls leaked 18 runs. Earlier, TKR invited the Patriots to bat in overcast conditions and watched by a small crowd, 38-year-old
Mohammed Haffiz got going with a cover driven boundary off left arm spinner Khary Pierre off the day’s first ball. After a boundary from Evin Lewis off Pierre, Ali Khan removed Mohammed for 11 at 22-1 to bring Shemar Brooks to the crease. Brooks (5) was bowled by Jordon at 30-2 which was the score at the end of the power-play. Without addition to the score, Lewis (9) was caught and bowled by Narine, back in the TKR team after recovering from a finger injury. Devon Thomas joined Evans and 50 came up in the 10th over; 30 was scored in the next three overs as Evans put his foot on the gas. Thomas (10) played back to Narine and was LBW at 81-4 in 14 overs as the sunshine returned in all its glory.
Sunil Narine (man-of-the-match) picked up two wickets. Evans kept going with a spanking square driven boundary off Jordon but soon lost Brathwaite (3), taken in the deep off Jordon at 102-5 - his poor run with the bat continued. After posting his 21st T20 fifty, Evans was removed by Ali Khan at 108-6 in the
Republic Bank Invitational – Suriname
Guyana’s golfers were looking good after opening day The opportunity was still there for the eight male and three female Guyanese golfers to chase glory as champions on day one of two of last weekend’s annual Republic Bank Invitational Golf Tournament in Suriname. Yesterday would have been the second and final day. In the A Flight, Avinda Kishore was 3rd along with four others; Avinash Persaud was therefore 8th along with two others while Aleem Hussain, the Lusignan Golf Club President was 11th along with one other. In the B Flight, Rakesh
Laurie Evans top scored for St. Kitts and Nevis Patriots.(Zaheer Mohamed Photo)
Chris Jordon picked up four wickets for Trinbago Knight Riders.(Zaheer Mohamed Photo)
penultimate over to the dismay of the crowd which had built up nicely and most of which were supporting the Patriots. Keron Cottoy (16*) hit Ali Khan for a couple of boundaries before Fabian Allen (6) was taken at longoff to Jordon his third wicket in the final over.
Harry was 2nd along with 1 other golfer; Philbert London was the only 4th, George Bulkan was 6th along with two others, Lakram Ramsundar was 9th along with one other and Ronald Bulkan was 16th along with two others. In the C Flight, Troy Cadogan was 3rd; his performance was outstanding as he was the only golfer to bag three eagles on the opening day. In the D Flight, Shanella London was 3rd with two others while Joaan Deo was 6th with two others. In the E Flight, Eureka Giddings was 9th.
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Courts Pee Wee Football Tourney
Final round of group matches completed
Timehri (on the ball) lost to St. Agnes 3-0 on Saturday during the final round of group play in the ninth Courts Peewee football tourney at the MOE ground. Defending champions St. Pius Primary that had racked up 17 goals in their opening two round-robin matches did not get a chance to exercise that form on match day three last Saturday at the Ministry of Education (MOE) ground on Carifesta Avenue after their opponents were a no show. St. Pius were scheduled to match skills with Enterprise Primary in the feature game
Play between St. Ambrose (on the ball) that beat Plaisance Bosco 3-0 on Saturday.
at 17:10hrs, Pius gained three points without having to flex a muscle due to the walkover and they have secured their place in the knockout round that kicks off this Saturday at the same venue. In other results of the day, St. Ambrose brushed Plaisance Bosco 3-0 while Ann’s Grove got past Redeemer and St. Agnes beat Timehri, both by similar 3-0 score lines.
Criag Primary’s dismal form continued with a 3-1 loss to Genesis before St. Stephen’s handled Mocha in a similar 3-1 fashion while Mae’s finally got a win under their belt after beating Smith Memorial 4-2. West Ruimveldt, looking to regain the title won in 2017, may have sneaked into the knockouts after beating South Ruimveldt 2-0 but the official point’s table will revealed
soon and will show which teams have made it a step closer to the title. North Georgetown also secured a 2-0 victory against Uitvlugt Primary while Marian Academy and Soedyke registered the lone drawn match of the day’s play. Tucville were the other recipient of a walkover victory with their three points being gifted from J.E. Burnham Primary.
Limacol Football Tournament
Santos and Fruta Conquerors to contest the final
Riddim Squad (on the ball) had Fruta Conquerors on the ropes on Saturday night before Conquerors prevailed via kicks from the penalty mark.
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he final of the fourth annual Limacol football tournament will be contested on Saturday at the Ministry of Education (MOE) Ground, Carifesta Avenue when it would be a clash of the Under-20s, Santos Football Club matching skills with their counterparts from Fruta Conquerors FC for the grand cash prize of $400,000. On Saturday night last, both
semifinals were contested and both finalists prevailed via kicks from the penalty mark. The feature matchup between Santos and Pele finished 1-1 at full time and after no goals were netted in extra time, the game was decided from the penalty mark which Santos won 4-3. During normal time, Mark Jhalu had fired Pele ahead in the 10th minute after converting a
Fruta Conquerors’ Ryan Hackett (left) tries to get to a loose ball during his team’s semifinal win against Riddim Squad on Saturday night at the MOE ground.
penalty, Rondel Peters then equalised after converting a penalty as well in the 42nd minute. In the opening game, Fruta Conquerors, who were without their talisman Nicholas McArthur, were given an early scare when Orville Stewart shot Riddim Squad ahead in the 27th minute. Conquerors youth’s didn’t fail to create chances but they lacked the finishing touch and it wasn’t until
the 76th minute that Jermaine Garrerre equalised after Conquerors were awarded a penalty. Like the feature match, the game remained locked at 1-1 after full and extra time and Fruta Conquerors eventually won 4-1 via kicks from the penalty mark to make it to the final. This Saturday play will begin at 19:00hrs with Riddim Squad
playing Pele in the third place match while the final is schedule to commence at 21:00hrs. The losing finalist will cart off $200,000 while the winner of the third place playoff with receive $100,000 and the fourth place finishers will walk away with $50,000. The event is also supported by W.J. Enterprise through their Croxley paper brand.
Guyana Amazon Warriors acknowledge the support of fans following their win against Barbados Tridents. (Zaheer Mohamed Photo)
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Guyanese came out in numbers to support the Warriors. (Zaheer Mohamed Photo)
King being congratulated by his Captain on reaching his century @CPL
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