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The needless problems with Amaila Certainly the most talked about thing at this time is the Amaila Falls project. For the first time we are seeing so many challenges to what the nation originally took for granted. It also exposed the extent to which the government went to ignore legitimate queries from the people who must pay for all these things. Today, the Amaila Falls is bone dry, casting doubts about the feasibility of the hydroelectric project. From as far back as 1999 there was talk about this new hydroelectric project. There were meetings in Prime Minister Sam Hinds’s office with the then proposers of the project. Ever since then there was controversy. Fip Motilall came with a proposal to construct the hydroelectric project and to sell the current to the Guyana Government. The project sounded good because Motilall promised to bring in all the necessary funding. In 2001 he returned with some supposed Canadian financiers and once more the government seemed inclined to support the project. On the basis of his plans the government sold him the rights to the project which should have delivered power by 2005. That Mr Motilall sold his rights to Sithe Global to continue the project is not in the interest of the public. What is of interest is the fact that Guyana now seems to be saddled with the cost of the project. This fact is the major bone of contention. The government must support large loans to the point that the taxpayers would be responsible for the lifetime of their grandchildren and probably, their great grandchildren. Meanwhile Motilall is about US$10 million richer for merely selling a national asset to a foreign entity. The Guyana Government gave Motilall something for nothing and must now pay Motilall for that which it gave away. The argument may be that Sithe Global is paying Motilall but Sithe Global is affixing that payment cost to its bill to the government. But the government went even further to indebt the nation to Motilall. In fact, this is even worse than paying for what it once gave away. It awarded a road building contract to Motilall despite the pleas and admonitions of the nation. Motilall had no road-building experience but people like Winston Brassington insisted that Motilall was qualified and that he could finish the work at a cost of US$15.4 million. We now see that the road is going to cost twice as much; that Motilall was overpaid; and that long after his agreed completion date he finished a mere 28 per cent of the work. The added money now being spent to complete the road is being added to the project cost. The taxpayers must pay for a decision that Brassington and the administration took, knowing that it was a reckless decision. There is another thing that seems to be a worrying factor; each day the project is becoming more expensive. But that need not have been the case. If the contractors were serious then they should have already signed on and the project cost would have been fixed. But there is more to all this. If Sithe Global is bent on having the project and the Chinese are willing to make the money available then why should Guyana have to pay risk insurance? They are the people taking the risk and should be responsible for any such cost. Instead, this insurance is being affixed to the cost of the project and the taxpayers must bear it. It goes without saying that the nation needs hydro power but what the nation seems not ready to accept is the cost burden. The cost without all the trimmings, some contrived by the government and the perceived desire to help friends and comrades as was the case of Fip Motilall and the road contract, then the project would have been much cheaper. And it is the cost that had people complaining. Now they have another look at the project, one that the government never presented to the people—a hydro project without water.

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The Dangerous Consequences of the Geetanjali Singh story DEAR EDITOR, Geetanjali Singh is an attractive but unassuming woman. She initially appears very quiet and will perhaps never be in anyone’s face. She is a dedicated wife to a busy, professional husband. She is easily one of the best young mothers I know whose children enjoy pride of place on her agenda. In fact I aspire to be as good a mother as she is. She is the epitome of the woman of yesteryear. She is the kind of woman where her

husband will take centre stage in her life and where her role is to look after him and their children. This Geetanjali Singh, however, is truly a phenomenal woman. She is all of the above. She is a good wife and a good mother. She is also a Chartered Accountant, and one of two Audit Directors at the Audit Office of Guyana. Traditionally women were seen as good for nursing and teaching and other great but motherly positions. That has

changed. We can now be anything we want to be. Or so we are told. There should be no glass ceilings on our dreams. As a human being, an individual separate and apart from the parents who made her and from the man she married, Geetanjali Singh, like every other woman, ought to be entitled to a career of her choice. She should be entitled to choose where she wants to work and the only obstacles that should be in her way are vacancy, qualifications and ability.

Amazingly, there are other women, seven in total, who serve with her in that office in the capacity of Audit Managers. They too have qualifications in Accounting and Finance. I salute them. Geetanjali Singh is being pilloried by the Alliance for Change, and its cohorts like Anand Goolsarran. Carl Greenidge, the financial shadow of the PNC/APNU has also called for her removal. They insist that she must go as her being in the Continued on page 5

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Kaieteur M@ilbox This so-called Democratic Party wants to fetter the independent press DEAR EDITOR, I refer to an article in your edition of Tuesday 8th October 2013 titled “PPP wants media regulated.” This is a shocking but not unsurprising statement coming from the bosom of the PPP. This is a party which shouts from the rooftop that it brought (single-handedly I suppose) democracy back to Guyana. The PPP has become so corrupt, incompetent and arrogant that they brook no criticism and with a next term of government looking more and more elusive, they are

lashing out like a mad bull at any criticism, constructive or otherwise. Mr. Editor, we lived through the days of Forbes Burnham’s PNC rule when a license was required to import newsprint. That was deemed unconstitutional by Justice Frank Vieira. Now this so called Democratic Party wants to fetter the independent press, maybe secured in the knowledge that few, if anyone, reads the daily rags, the Chronicle and the Times. This is a party that controls the majority of the television stations through

themselves, their cronies and lackeys, but with the tide slowly turning against them, cannot tolerate the truth. It will not surprise me, Mr. Editor if the PPP were to bring a bill to parliament to have newsprint controlled. If and when that is done, I hope the lawyer appearing for the free press will invoke the memory and spirit of the late Doodnauth Singh SC who was the person who opened the arguments for the New Guyana Company before Justice Veira. Trevor Williams MP

The Dangerous Consequences... From page 4 audit office is a conflict of interest because her husband is the Minister of Finance. A conflict of interest is defined by Business Dictionary.com thus : a situation in which a party’s responsibility to a secondparty limits its ability towards discharge its responsibility to a third-party. In other words as an Audit Director, Geetenjali Singh has a responsibility to the state and people of Guyana to audit books or manage that process fairly. If her relationship to Ashni Singh, Minister of Finance, prevents her from doing this, then she would be in an actual conflict of interest position. One may argue that because she is his wife, that relationship could limit her ability to discharge her responsibility fairly as far as it relates to her doing her auditing business regarding the Ministry of Finance. And I think that is a fair argument. It has been made clear, however, that Geetanjali Singh does NO work that involves her husband or any of the agencies he is involved in, heads or manages. She has recused herself and is recused from doing any work (audits, supervision of audits, management of audits, review of audits…) regarding agencies in which her husband is involved. I have asked her and this is what she has said. She has said that all the officers in the office are prevented from auditing accounts of agencies where their spouse or relatives are head or even work. In other words no woman can audit, supervise an audit, manage an audit or review an audit if her husband works at a place that is being audited. I believe her. She is by far more believable than Carl Greenidge who is yet to submit audited accounts for all the years he was Minister of Finance. She is far more believable than Anand Goolsaran who worked for 10

years under the PNC regime in the Auditor General’s office and accepted a promotion to Auditor General and during that time he remained unethically silent regarding the PNC administration’s failure to be accountable and transparent by having updated audited accounts for government offices. But forget what I believe, there is no evidence in the possession of or produced by these parties who are parroting this sensational thing about conflict of interest, to suggest that Geetanjali Singh does not recuse herself from auditing, supervising, managing and/or reviewing work/accounts/ business of which her husband is a part, or that she in any way contributes to any bias in the audits of agencies

that have to do with her Minister of Finance husband. In fact, the work of the Audit Office is subject to oversight by a Parliamentary Committee chaired by the opposition spokesperson on finance, Carl Greenidge. That committee is the Public Accountants Committee (PAC). Ashni Singh became Minister in September 2006 and between then and 2011 throughout the chairmanship of Winston Murray and Volda Lawrence at no point did the PAC have cause to express concerns whatsoever of the function of the Audit Office or Geetanjali’s discharge of her duties. It is only after the assumption of the chairmanship the Carl Greenidge that this has become an issue. Perhaps this Continued on page 6

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Kaieteur M@ilbox Kaieteur M@ilbox Mr. Paul is asking us to support a The Dangerous Consequences... Government that does not support us DEAREDITOR, If my memory serves me right, I can recall seeing a few letters from Mr. Roy Paul, either in the Kaieteur News or Stabroek News or both. His letters are adorned with advice for the Roses, etc on how they should channel their energies. Incidentally, however, Mr. Paul is suggesting that these guys go on bended knee to the Government and beg to offer their assistance. If, as he claims, he knows so much about what is going on in Guyana, then he fully understands that the Government is doing things their way. No constructive criticism is accepted and suggestions or offers from certain quarters are NO! NO! Mr. Paul is trying to tell us who are suffering here that we must support the Government and stop criticizing. Who listens to us? Can you of good conscience say that your Government has the decency to

be minimally broad minded and be inclusive? Come on Mr. Paul, you are sounding like a certain guy from the Private Sector Commission who was advocating for us to accept the results of the General elections long before we the voters knew who would be proclaimed the winner. He let the cat out of the bag. Mr. Paul’s attempt at the verbal bashing is not working. Stop pontificating like you know how to fix Guyana by asking us to support a Government that does not support us. Call a spade, a spade! Stop being the proverbial ostrich. We have to accept where we are, where we want to go and how we will get there. I urge readers to go to the archives and check the trend of Mr. Paul’s letters – all for the Government and all against a developed and decent GUYANA. Concerned reader

From page 5 is evidence that Murray and Lawrence are far more advanced in their thinking about women and their rights than Greenidge. The purpose of this cry from Annan Goolsarran, the Alliance for Change, and Carl Greenidge has very little to do with Geetanjali Singh. They know that she is fully qualified and capable and that in fact she is an asset to the Audit Office. The effort here is to embarrass the Government and governing party, to paint them as corrupt and lawless and hopefully by so doing weaken the Government with the ultimate aim of removing it from office. And if they have to murder the reputation of a good, young, capable, professional woman who put herself through school and became a qualified woman, then so be it. As Goolsarran’s friend and leader of the AFC, Khemraj Ramjattan says, she is simply “collateral damage” in the quest for political power. I suppose all of that would be relatively understandable, acceptable even, in this game of politics. And I wouldn’t be worried at all nor would I feel compelled to write this letter because I know at some point, given that Guyanese are a discerning people, this is going to be exposed for what it is and that would be the end of that. I know that not too far off people are going to start seeing Goolsarran’s own conflict of interest and the duplicity of the Alliance for Change. People are going to wonder how come having publicly declared his friendship with Khemraj Ramjattan and having been nominated by the Alliance For Change to sit on the Public Procurement Commission as their representative, he now presents himself as impartial. People are going to wonder how come he and Transparency Institute of Guyana Inc. (TIGI) know all these things about conflict of interest and transparency but he and TIGI said not a word regarding the Hughes’ glaring conflict of interest in the Sithe Global fiasco, a conflict that the chairman of the party himself admitted, apologised for and offered a resignation, which was refused. People are going to wonder how come this man and his organisation claim to be independent and interested in transparency but we heard not a peep from Goolsarran and his outfit regarding the improper behaviour of the Attorney and foreman of the jury during the Lusignan murder trial. Recall that 11 people including 5 children were slaughtered, many of them in their beds,

and the man accused of the murders, who has a right to a fair hearing that must never be eroded, chose as his Attorney the Chairman of the party that Goolsarran supports. It was subsequently discovered, after an investigation by a Court of competent jurisdiction, that the lawyer and the foreman enjoyed a relationship for many years which they failed to disclose. People would expect to hear loud denunciations from the Goolsarrans and other who claim to be upholders of Guyana’s conscience and from all bodies calling themselves anything with the word “transparency” in their name. Yet weeks later we have heard nothing. People are going to know that Goolsarran is really speaking as a partisan person on behalf of the AFC but hiding behind the skirt tail of the TIGI. People are going to know he does that only to appear impartial. But when people find out that he has personal interests to serve in getting rid of the Government because if he does so his friend and relatives who appeared on the AFC’s candidate list would be more likely to be in office then his cover as independent and interested in transparency will be blown. I know this and would have left this exposure of hypocrisy and duplicity up to fate and others if the consequences to all women of this country of what Goolsarran and his bosses are trying to do, were not so dangerous. My real complaint lies in the fact that this course of action against Geetanjali Singh to pitch her out of her employment just so that they could bring down the Government has far reaching, dangerous consequences for women all over in Guyana and every woman, every women’s rights group and every person who believes in the equality of women and promotion of their rights and freedoms must rise up against this barbarism. In the world today a large per cent of the top positions are held by men. In Guyana, while no law stops women from holding these positions, it is mostly men you will find at the top of agencies. A research done by the documentation centre MHLSSS says that 95 % of all private companies are headed by men. This picture is only slightly better in the Public Agencies. So, it follows and indeed is true that most state agencies are headed by men. I have already said that Geetanjali Singh does not audit/supervise/manage any accounts or do any work that

involves her husband, Minister Ashni Singh. But if we say, as Goolsarran and the AFC and Greenidge are asking, that she can do no other work in the office because one or more of the Agencies audited by other staff in the department is/are headed by her husband, then we are in effect saying women who have husbands in top positions or indeed spouses who work in state agencies, cannot choose to work in the Audit Office of Guyana. We can say further that, young girls who may have or want to have partners in men who reach their zenith in the country and be the top of a particular auditable Agency, are immediately denied the choice of a profession. Or they can choose. They simply cannot want to be an Auditor, Audit Clerk, Audit Superviser, Audit Manager or Audit Director in the Audit Office of Guyana. That dream must die for them. If we allow Goolsarran to have his way regarding Geetanjali Singh, we are saying that the other woman Audit Manager whose husband works in the Army, although she is recused from auditing, supervising or managing the Audit of the Army and its business, cannot work in the Audit Office irrespective of what her dream is and how qualified she is. And we would be saying that the next female Audit Manager whose husband works at Lands and Surveys, that she too cannot work in the Audit O ff i c e , irrespective of her achievements, because the agency that her husband works at is being audited by the Audit Office. It matters not how good an auditor/ supervisor/manager/ a woman is, if her husband works at or heads up an a u d i t a b l e a g e n c y, t h a t woman would be disallowed from working in t h e A u d i t O ff i c e o f Guyana. We would in effect be saying that it is alright for a man to dream to be head of an agency, go to school, study for that, work and get there and be the head of an Agency but a girl or woman cannot dream to work at the Audit Office because if she chooses a partner who works at or heads an auditable agency, she would have to sacrifice her ambition and dreams and stifle her ability. This would be her fate simply because of who she married/partnered with. How backward is that? If we let Goolsarran and Greenidge, TIGI and the AFC have their way, this is exactly what we would be saying to the women

of Guyana. One may want to argue that men too would not be able to work there if their wives head an agency but in today’s world, where it is mostly men who occupy top positions, women are more likely to be the victims of this backward decision than men. If we were to let Goolsarran, Greenidge, AFC and TIGI have their way we would have just placed a glass ceiling on women yet again. The glass ceiling is “the unseen, yet unbreachable barrier that keeps minorities and women from rising to the upper rungs of a particular ladder, [such as an Audit Director] regardless of their qualifications or achievements.” To the aged and unenlightened, Carl Greenige and Anand Goolsarran, I say awaken. Crawl out of the cave. It is a new world where women count and where they are encouraged to work and work in a field of their choice. They should be able to dream both of having a partner who can fulfil his dreams by being whatever he wants to be as well as dream to be and themselves be, whatever they want to be. They should not be punished for being married to a man who heads up or works at an auditable agency. To the political parties who are pushing for this woman’s resignation and/or re-assignment, I say stop and embrace the rights of women to enjoy a profession of their choice. I call on the women of the parties to quietly speak to your men who you have allowed to lead this process so far and tell them that this is simply not acceptable. The AFC has not really done anything on the front of fighting for women’s rights, and, in my considered view seems more likely to support a call if, and only if, their leaders could make some money in the form of fees, off that support. On the other hand, the women in the PNC have fought for change on the women’s rights front and indeed have gotten change from which we have all benefitted and for which we are all grateful. I plead with you not to let these anachronistic men in your party snatch the gains we have made as a gender and as a country. On this International Day of the Girl Child, I would expect all the women and people who love women to stand behind Geetanjali Singh. If we do not, and we let these unenlightened men steal from us the gains we have made, the consequences would be dreadful. Priya Manickchand

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Kaieteur M@ilbox Kaieteur M@ilbox The UGBC is like a sinking ship No one has approached me to be DEAR EDITOR, I am a Berbician and a teacher. I started attending the Berbice Campus of the University of Guyana in September, 2011 to study for a degree in Social Studies, a four year programme. After two years of study, now in September 2013, I am told that there are no classes at UGBC anymore for me to

continue my studies for the next two years and I can continue by attending classes at the University of Guyana, Turkeyen, Georgetown. Editor, for many reasons I am unable to do this. I was told that I may be able to continue my studies at UGBC in September 2014. So Sir, I am left feeling very disappointed at this situation

as I will be sitting for a year waiting and hoping that classes for me will be there in 2014. Berbicians were very glad when the doors of UGBC were opened to facilitate Berbicians but many have now come to realize that UGBC is like a sinking ship, especially with the departure of the former Director Professor Daizal Samad. Berbice Student

a witness in the Rodney Inquiry

DEAR EDITOR, I first read in GuyanaOnLine the statement that I had been approached to be a witness in the long delayed Rodney Inquiry. I wondered then who had spoken in my name. I protested to the Editor and I now know why he ignored my protest. I did not know until now that there was a September 30

Kaieteur News editorial on my letter to the press. The claim that I had been approached came from that editorial, not from my letter. My letter said that I was willing to be a witness in the Rodney Enquiry. Either I expressed myself badly, or there was a misreading of my letter. No one has approached me about being a witness in that process. I am of my own

will anxious to contend with those who seek to blame the victim. My letter said that I learned from an email that the Enquiry would take place soon. The email came from an ordinary citizen of Guyana in the USA trying to make sense of the situation at home. I wanted to assure the public that Walter Rodney’s old colleagues have not vanished. Eusi Kwayana

Brazil’s Rousseff seen beating likely 2014 challengers: poll SAO PAULO (Reuters) Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff would win reelection against her most likely challengers without a runoff if ballots were cast today, according to a

Datafolha opinion poll published by newspaper Folha de S.Paulo on Saturday. Rousseff, a pragmatic leftist expected to seek a second term next October, won 42 percent support in a

hypothetical matchup against Senator Aecio Neves of the traditional opposition party PSDB and Pernambuco Governor Eduardo Campos, whose center-left PSB party recently bolted the governing

coalition. Neves and Campos, who are still introducing themselves to a national audience, took 21 percent and 15 percent in the poll, respectively. Their higher-profile party colleagues fared better, underscoring the long shadow cast by more established politicians a year ahead of the 2014 elections. Jose Serra, the PSDB candidate who faced Rousseff in 2010, and Marina Silva, a former presidential candidate for the Green Party who joined the PSB a week ago, would push the vote to a runoff, according to Datafolha. In that matchup, which is seen as unlikely, Rousseff polled at 37 percent, Silva took 28 percent and Serra won 20 percent. The Datafolha poll of 2,517 people had a margin of error of plus or minus 2 percentage points. In 2010, Serra took about 33 percent in the first round of voting and Silva earned nearly 20 percent. Rousseff won the election in the second round with 56 percent of the vote. Silva’s strong showing in the Datafolha poll also highlights why Campos is expected to share the PSB ticket with her in 2014. Campos runs the national party and has been considered its likely candidate since last year. S i l v a ’s p o p u l a r i t y w a s bolstered by nationwide protests in June over poor public services, as well as her ill-fated attempt to register a new party known as the Sustainability Network. The unexpected alliance between the two has s h a k e n u p n e x t y e a r ’s presidential race, although they have said the PSB ticket will not be determined until 2014.

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Ailing child amongst Fly Jamaica ticket winners

Fly Jamaica representatives with winners including Raphael and father. A secondary school child in need of medical assistance is among several persons who received free tickets to travel to a destination of their choice yesterday. Raphael Williams and his father Shawn received two tickets to travel to the United States where the teen is expected to undergo medical examination and possible treatment after sustaining injuries at school. The youth was wounded after he was accidentally struck in the head with an iron desk.

Since then, young Williams has been experiencing severe seizures his father said. A plea was then made to Fly Jamaica for assistance with travel tickets. The other winners were those who tried their luck at the recently held GuyExpo. These are Shawndelle DeCruz, Windell Nelson, Jack Farley and Vernon Pompey. Fly Jamaica which is new on the scene, currently flies Guyana, Jamaica and New York, with Canada flights expected soon.

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Dem boys seh

A housing man selling wha he ain’t got De English people does talk about carrying coals to Newcastle. What they mean is that somebody carrying something to a place wheh de thing deh plenty. Well in de same way if dem boys see two men carrying two bucket of water to a waterfalls dem gun seh that dem two men mad. If only dem know is that dem two men doping de right thing because de waterfalls ain’t got water. Even de river that supply de falls ain’t got water. Now de people who been pushing Amaila telling people that de dry falls is a regular thing. Well dem boys want to know why dem woulda spend so much money fuh get blackout. Dem got other people who spending money fuh things that dem ain’t even getting. A man lef de States because he see money in Guyana. How he get de land dem boys don’t know but he get a chance to sell house. De man smart. He get somebody to draw a design wha de place gun look like. He put in swimming pool; he put in all kind of fancy thing including a fountain. De design was so good that he ketch people fuh buy dem house. But old people does seh that all that glitters ain’t gold; that wha you see is not wha you get; or like de three card man, now you see me now you don’t. People see one house and when dem go to buy is another story. Some of dem house De ordinary man can build he house fuh half de price wha this man charging. It got to be that people paying fuh de name— Windsor Estates. It got to be that dem paying fuh de name of de queen house. Dem boys invite de developer to give he some free publicity and de man hiding. Which businessman gun refuse free advertising? Dem boys seh that he got something to hide. He is just like de water and Amaila. Talk half and don’t see what ain’t exist

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Traveling under advance parole does not lead to inadmission By Attorney Gail S. Seeram, GailLaw.com Under U.S. Immigration laws, individuals who depart the United States after having lived there without lawful status for one year or more are barred from returning for 10 years. The “10-year bar” is a statutory penalty for having accrued one year or more of unlawful presence in the U.S. The bar is triggered upon departure from the U.S. If an individual with a 10-year bar seeks to return to the U.S., before remaining outside the U.S. for 10 years, then that person must file a waiver in order to be lawfully admitted into the U.S. Individuals who depart the United States while their application for adjustment of status is pending incur an additional problem. Normally, when one leaves the U.S. while his adjustment of status application is pending, that application is considered abandoned. To avoid abandoning the application, the applicant must apply for and obtain advance parole prior to leaving the US. Noncitizens who had one year or more of unlawful presence in the U.S. but had received advance parole from U.S. Citizenship & Immigration Services (USCIS) reasonably believed that they would be readmitted into the U.S. upon their return without having incurred a 10-year bar. Unfortunately, USCIS did not agree. USCIS had taken the position that a person who obtains advance parole and returns lawfully is subject to the 10-year bar. The position was based on the conclusion that the person “departed”

the U.S. However, recently, that position has been overturned by the Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA) in the case, Matter of Arrabally. This important decision by the BIA, in essence, established the following conditions under which certain noncitizens who are not legal permanent residents could travel abroad, while awaiting adjudication of their adjustment of status application in a situation in which they would have been otherwise inadmissible as legally barred from being admitted into this country. To travel, such an individual needs (1) to have his or her bona fide adjustment of status application pending before the USCIS; (2) be otherwise not inadmissible or have a prima facie eligibility for a waiver of such inadmissibility; (3) to have been granted a d v a n c e parole by the USCIS; (4) travel abroad temporarily; (5) be returning to the USA in order to continue pursuing this very application for adjustment of status. If all of these conditions are met, such individuals, the BIA held, do not make a “departure” from the USA for purposes of triggering the overstay bars. This is a significant victory for individuals who need to travel during the pendency of their adjustment of status application. Matter of Arrabally is also a significant victory for those who have previously been denied adjustment based on their ineligibility for an unlawful presence waiver after departure under advance parole. These individuals may now have grounds to reopen

Gail S. Seeram their adjustment of status application, pursuant to new case law. The Board of Immigration Appeals cautioned that the decision did not protect an applicant of other grounds of inadmissibility. Applicants who are subject to inadmissibility for prior criminal convictions or misrepresentations will still need to obtain waivers in order to obtain their green cards. Moreover, if for any reason, the pending application for adjustment of status is denied, the applicant could be placed into removal proceedings as an “arriving alien,” which could significantly affect their eligibility for relief. Leaving the United States, where one has accrued unlawful presence is a very intricate issue. Many different factors play a part in determining whether a bar is in effect, and if so, if any relief is available from that bar. Therefore, it is imperative to consult an experienced and knowledgeable immigration attorney before leaving the country to find out the risks of departure and the possibility of return.

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APNU dismisses calls for early general elections …no intention to bring no confidence motion against Govt. - Granger Leader of A Partnership for National Unity (APNU), David Granger, says that his party has no intention of tabling a ‘no confidence motion’ against the Government in Parliament thereby forcing General Elections. Granger made the disclosure this past week while responding to an earlier position voiced by Head of the Presidential Secretariat, Dr. Roger Luncheon. Dr. Luncheon had said that the government would call elections before any such motion could be debated in Parliament. According to Granger, the only elections that APNU is preparing for is the Local Government Elections. He said that he did not believe that the statement uttered by Dr. Luncheon represented a serious government policy to pursue elections ahead of the 2016 deadline. “Dr. Luncheon is on a fishing expedition…He is just fishing for a response,” said Granger. He said that Dr. Luncheon was probably seeking to put the idea of a return to the polls in public domain, to see if there is a favorable response. According to Granger, APNU is not worried that this constitutes an intention on part of government to proceed with early General Elections. Granger said that APNU is

more focused on, and is committed to local government elections. He said that it would be a serious error in judgment to go to national elections without going to Local Government Elections. APNU is preparing for that election, according to Granger, who said that the party is looking forward to the President’s assent to the four pieces of legislation. He said too that the party is concerned that after eight weeks, there has been no assent and as such he wonders if there is an ulterior motive on the part of the President. Granger suggested that it is either the President does not intend to assent to the Bills or that there is a deliberate ploy to delay the holding of the elections. “There is no intention now to bring a vote of no confidence…On the matters before us now we don’t have any plan to bring a motion of no confidence against the government.” During his post-Cabinet press briefing this week, Dr. Luncheon said that he believes that a return to General Elections is the only way to solve the impasse afflicting Guyana’s Parliament for the last two years. “I strongly believe that what has occurred over the first two years of the tenth Parliament, particularly in Parliament, may not be a phenomenon that could be

Opposition Leader, David Granger resolved any other way than by General Elections.” Dr. Luncheon said that the President has made his position public, in that there exist two options, “I (Donald Ramotar) do it, or they do it.” Asked to respond to the possibility of the political opposition moving to Parliament to execute a vote of no confidence in the government forcing an election, Dr. Luncheon stressed that the ruling party has never resorted to an election held under threat.

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GuySuCo in shambles Guyana’s sugar producing level is at an all time embarrassing low as reports have indicated that the Guyana Sugar Corporation (GuySuCo) is unable to meet its target supply for Europe-Guyana’s biggest customer. Finance Minister, Dr. Ashni Singh, has also been reported in some parts of the media as saying that while Guyana’s economy may be the most robust yet, the average contributions of the sugar industry has dropped significantly. The corporation which was referred to by Minister of Agriculture, Dr. Leslie Ramsammy, as the lifeblood of the country had set a production target of 240,000 tonnes. Of that, 190,000 tonnes was intended for the European market. However, it appears as though Guyana will be unable to meet the European order. This newspaper was advised by seniors within the company that production is currently at150, 000 tonnes.

The company is in jeopardy with such a low level of production - Ramon Gaskin The source said, “GuySuCo needs serious revamping; Skeldon is also taking blows. The company is not producing as it should. It is something that needs to be looked at. The political prongs need to be removed from the company if we are to get anywhere. It is sickening that when you make decisions to effect a change and a simple call from a government official changes that.” “Even the directors need changing. One in particular holds so many positions that he is oblivious to what is really going on in the company. GuySuCo, like the Amaila Falls, will soon run dry if the necessary changes are not made.” Keith Burrowes, one of the directors for the company, asked to ascertain the actual production figures so far, among other inquiries, told

this publication that the sugar corpo r a t i o n c a m e t o a n agreement that it will not be providing any information to members of the media and as such he is unable to give any useful information. According to Financial Analyst, Ramon Gaskin, “This is the worst year for sugar. Considering the figures, the losses at GuySuCo will run into billions of dollars. The very survival of the company cannot be assured when it is producing that amount of sugar. They will have to go back to the National Assembly to get more subsidies and with the way they are producing they cannot stay in business. Once you fall under 200,000 tonnes your very existence is in question.” “GuySuCo is simply in shambles.” Government invested $5B in the form of a cash boost to the state entity last year but the company only managed to produce 218,069 tonnes for last year which was recorded as the lowest over the past two decades.

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$83M Mahaica market officially handed over The newly constructed Mahaica Market.

Minister within the Ministry of Local Government and Regional Development, Norman Whittaker, on Friday officially handed over the GYD$83M Mahaica market to the area’s Neighbourhood Democratic Council (NDC). At the official ribbon cutting ceremony were Region Four Chairman, Clement Corlette, and other Local Government officials

including Chairperson of the Unity/Vereeniging NDC Chairperson, Anoopwattie Veeren and vendors. Minister Whittaker, according to a Government statement, told the gathering that the market was another example of Government’s support to bring order to the manner in which people vend and to provide healthy, safe and hygienic conditions for buyers and sellers. The Minister challenged the appointed Market Committee which comprises vendors, and NDC, RDC and Local Government Ministry officials, to work along with the vendors to optimise the use of the market by

encouraging them to vend within its boundaries and off the road sides. He further emphasised the need for accountability with respect to the earnings realised from the use of the facilities. The market which was constructed by Dookie Contracting Services, complete with washrooms and water supply facilities, can accommodate 120 stalls of dimension eight feet by 8 feet on its ground floor with staffing facilities and meeting room on the top floor. Corlette commended Government for financing the project and urged the vendors to utilise and to care the facility.

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New lawyers vow to upkeep profession’s integrity

Attorneys-at-Law from left: Ms. Simone Ramlall, Denise Onica Hodge, Madame Justice Roxanne George and Sandia Rebekah Harold-Ramnarine. Two newly admitted Attorneys to the Bar have vowed to serve in their positions with much integrity. Attorneys Sandia Rebekah Harold-Ramnarine and Denise Onica Hodge have said that they are committed to serving their profession in a respectful and diligent manner. Mrs. Harold-Ramnarine was admitted to the Bar on

October 10 and her Petition was presented by Mr. Bernard De Santos (Senior Counsel) and granted by Justice Nareshwar Harnanan. The former student of St Joseph’s High is a Certificated Accountant Technician (CAT) and an Association of Chartered Certificate Accountant (ACCA) affiliate.

At the Hugh Wooding Law School, Trinidad, she was elected and served as the Treasurer for the Student Representative Council. Mrs. Harold-Ramnarine played an active role in the planning and execution of various school activities such as Guyana Night which displayed the rich Guyanese culture and heritage to the other contingents of the Law

School. The Attorney has however expressed that she isn’t “all work and no play.” She is the Director of WIST Dance Ministries International and a former member of the National School of Dance and Nitrageet Dance group. And, the petition for Denise Onica Hodge was presented by Ms. Simone Ramlall on October 3 and

granted by Madame Justice Roxanne George. The 31-year-old attended Sacred Heart Primary and received her secondary education at St. Rose’s High School. She attended the University of Guyana and obtained a Bachelor’s of Arts Degree in History before embarking on her legal studies. After securing a Bachelor of Laws (LLB) Degree, she later successfully concluded studies at the Hugh Wooding Law School. She said, “After graduating from Law School, I worked briefly in the Chambers of Mr. Melvin Duke and also worked as a Legal Research Attaché at the Legal and Institutional Framework Unit, CARICOM Secretariat.” “I am very pleased to be admitted into this prestigious profession. It is a great achievement resulting from hard work. I vow to uphold the morals and standards of it and to provide legal

representation and advice to the people of Guyana, to the best of my skill and ability.” “I am grateful for many persons who have been supportive throughout my studies. I thank Jesus, my Lord and Saviour for the fortitude to do it. I also thank my mom for her steadfast support as a single mother. I thank my father, other relatives and friends.”

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Housing and You…

The new schemes: A chicken and egg situation By Leonard Gildarie Last week we spoke on the issue of gated communities and I did promise to attempt to get one of the major developers to shed some light on this addition to the housing boom. The newspaper would have done an interview and we are carrying that piece separately, based on what we learnt from Windsor Estates. Kaieteur News had some hard questions for Windsor Estates, a US-owned initiative that is currently building a gated community behind the Republic Park area. I hope it will answer some of the questions being asked. Windsor is saying that more than 30% of lots have already been snapped up. However, I want to return to this in more detail later. We have also been receiving complaints about the long time it takes for critical infrastructure to be put in place. Things like water, roads, electricity and even phone lines. I remember Diamond over a decade ago. There was a little track and canefields. We used a dam behind Grove to get to a place called “Achie Duck”…where we use to swim after sneaking out from home. I never could have imagined that in 2013, the area would evolve into one of the largest housing schemes in the country that is proving a logistical nightmare for Government. Initially, nobody wanted to live there. There was skepticism that it could become a place to live. A few years later, I had to stay with a close family member after he built his home almost to the back of the scheme. There were roads built, but lots of empty lots were evident with side streets unpaved. It was 2005. There was no electricity and a water main that came all the way from the one in Grove provided water, but at a low

The drug trade is stuttering and people are becoming more and more inventive. The police are going to make another huge drug bust, but only because someone who recently lost a shipment would squeal on a colleague. Of interest would be the manner in which this shipment would have been made and the kind of support the shipper was getting. ** Another road fatality would occur and speeding

pressure. We were fortunate to have had an inverter system that provided some lights and worked on two large batteries. Not many families were that fortunate. Those batteries had to be lugged every few days to the home of an enterprising businessman one mile away who provided charging services. Today, there are phone lines, a well, a fire station, several Chinese restaurants and even a call centre and a Busta drink warehouse. Many of the homeowners knew of the difficulty they would have faced in moving in initially. Taxis were refusing to traverse some of the unpaved side streets. There were numerous reports of break-ins and robberies. But the homeowners were more than happy to have a roof over their heads. Looking back, one could not help but wonder if the homeowners had waited until all the infrastructure was in place to move in, what would have happened. House lots and homes in Diamond and its neighbouring new Golden Grove housing scheme are selling for millions and people are buying. I know of one man buying a mere structure at a corner lot in Golden Grove for $9M. Some very beautiful homes have been built in the area. Housing schemes on the whole cost hundreds of millions to create. In addition to preparing the lands for house lots, there are a host of preparatory works that have to be done before it even reaches the stage of being ready for allocation to qualified applicants. The last things on the list are power lines and phones. I have been living in La Parfaite Harmonie for the past two years and waiting for when an announcement would be made that we would have phones lines so I can apply for the DSL internet

connection. I am forced to use a wireless that limits me. Every so often, Government has been issuing contracts for roads, bridges and drains to be done in certain new housing schemes. From talks with the housing ministry, the staffers there are struggling to meet demands. Preparing the designs, contract documents, going to tender and awarding the contracts all take time, they say. GPL is now complaining it does not have the wallaba poles for its expansion. I am not sure what is happening to the telephone company. The Housing Ministry, in what it says is an effort to encourage faster occupation of the land allotted for housing, has taken a policy of only paving roads when there is 75% occupancy rate of a particular street. The argument for this is that resources are limited. So the issue comes up

would be the cause. A minibus would be travelling along the eastern corridor when a speeding car would clip it. Public spirited would rush to aid the injured among whom

would be a child. ** A hectic political climate is the best distraction from the harsh life that prevails. The main parties are going to accuse the government of discrimination but the government has a prime weapon. It knows who the cheats are and to silence the critics, it is going to expose these cheats. But then again, some of these cheats would be in the ranks of the very government.

Should a new homeowner move in without the necessary infrastructure being completed in the new housing schemes?

whether a homeowner allotted a piece of land should start building and move in. In my situation, almost three years ago, I took a mortgage, and was renting while the building was under construction. It was unthinkable to continue paying a rent while the home was completed. I just could not afford it as the mortgage payments would have been due. The day we moved in - the tiling was not completed- was the day that the rent would have been due. I had to make a conscious

choice. Should I have waited until the roads are paved? The power was already there. The water was hooked up. I could not wait. So what happens in the newer housing schemes? I am aware that a few persons, without any paved roads, power and water, are already living on the land. A chicken and egg scenario. What comes first? I believe that the circumstances of the individual would dictate what happens. My hat is off to the family who moves in with no neighbours in sight; no shops

nearby and no utilities. Imagine leaving your home in the middle of the housing scheme, and it is the only one, and going to work? I would continue to wish for the day when Government would be in a position to have housing schemes fully complet e d w i t h o u t a homeowner having to worry about when the roads will be paved or when water and light will be made available. Enjoy your weekend and don’t forget to drop your comments as usual to gildarie@yahoo.com

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By Michael Jordan I can’t believe that it’s already five years since a cowardly gunman dragged Alicia Foster out of her own car and shot her dead. James Foster relives that moment every day…the pressing of the front gate buzzer…his daughter on the parapet…the blood on his clothing…the frustration of having no closure. And when I visited him, two days shy of Alicia’s fifth death anniversary, Mr. Foster still couldn’t talk about Alicia without struggling to hold back tears. He almost certainly would have shed more tears when he visited her tomb yesterday. Five years is a long time to wait for closure, but Mr. Foster still hopes that someone with a sense of justice and who understands his pain would step forward with the evidence that would lead to Alicia’s killers. He strongly believes that person is out there. Mr. Foster’s agony began on Sunday, October 12, 2008, with the persistent sound of the front gate buzzer. He had heard the gate being opened, a signal that his daughters, Alicia, 26, and her younger sister, Marissa, had returned to their David Street, Kitty home after attending a wake. He knew that Marissa was the one who was opening the gate so that Alicia could park her car in the family’s driveway. It was close to 10:00 p.m., but Foster was feeling slightly feverish and decided to rest early. But the way that buzzer was being pressed told him that something was wrong. Mr. Foster and his wife rushed to the verandah, but

Alicia’s car was recovered in North Ruimveldt. Only the keys were missing

Alicia Foster before they could reach they heard a loud, explosive sound. The couple then heard their younger daughter scream: “Daddy, they just shot her!” Mr. Foster and his wife reached the verandah in time to see someone heading east along David Street with Alicia’s gold-coloured Toyota Corolla. But something else caught their attention. Alicia lay on the southern parapet, with a gunshot wound to the right side of the face. Mr. Foster rushed outside to his daughter’s aid. A mobile police patrol was passing at the same time and the ranks took Alicia to the Georgetown Public Hospital, where doctors pronounced her dead. Early the following day, Alicia’s car, PHH 2263, was found near the Holy Spirit Catholic Church in Well Road, North Ruimveldt. Apart from the keys, nothing else had been taken from the vehicle.

That seemed to suggest one thing: Alicia Foster was not the victim of a random carjacking. She had been executed. From eyewitness reports, the killers had been watching the young woman for some time. They knew where she lived. They knew she had gone out that day. They were waiting for her to return home. Some persons reportedly saw a red car parked on the northern parapet of David Street, about two houses away from the Fosters’ residence. A man was standing near the car, while another was standing under a nearby tree. When the two sisters arrived, and while Marissa was opening the gate, one of the men, described as tall, slim, and wearing glasses, approached Alicia, who was sitting in the car. The man pointed a handgun at Alicia and ordered her to exit the vehicle.

Alicia reportedly said: “For what?” and refused to leave the vehicle. She was reportedly heard shouting “Don’t touch me,” when the man grabbed at her. The gunman then dragged Alicia out of her own car and shot her in the head. He then dumped the mortally wounded woman onto the parapet. The gunman and his accomplice then drove off with Alicia’s car. A North Ruimveldt resident later told me that he saw someone drive Alicia’s car into Well Road, around 10:30 p.m. that Sunday. That would have been about 30 minutes after she was slain. He said that the vehicle stopped in front of the Holy Spirit Catholic Church and two men exited. He claimed that the men then headed in different directions. The day after Alicia was killed, police officials revealed that they had a possible motive. The former Bishops’ High School student was a senior officer with the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). She was the EPA’s representative on the Board of the Guyana Geology and Mines Commission and the National Water Council. She had coordinated activities on the monitoring and closure of Omai Gold Mines Limited, and had also done a considerable amount of work in the forestry and mining sectors. From information detectives gathered, about two months prior to her murder, Alicia had been threatened while investigating an alleged violation by a business entity. But police apparently drew a blank while following that lead. Police also arrested an individual who appeared to match the description of the man who had shot Alicia Foster. He was placed on an identification parade, but the victim’s younger sister failed to pick him out of the lineup. Mr. Foster says that the attack occurred on a dark night and that his daughter, Marissa, had said that she did not see the killer’s face. STRANGE CALL He’s not confident that the police have been making as great an effort as they should in finding his daughter’s killers. He disclosed that the first week after her murder, an unidentified male contacted the family by telephone. Mr. Foster, who was out at the time, said that his young son took the call. According

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to Foster, the caller indicated that he knew “who had committed the act.” The lad put the caller on hold while attempting to call another family member to the phone. However, by the time the family member came to the phone, the caller had already hung up. He never contacted the family again. COLLEAGUES SILENT Mr. Foster said that he passed this information on to the police. “But as far as I know, no attempt was made by investigators to trace the call,” Foster says. According to him, the last contact that he had with the police was in December 2009, when he visited Commissioner of Police, Henry Greene (now deceased), to find out if there had been any progress in identifying his daughter’s killers. “His words to me were ‘I thought you come to me with information’. He promised to get back to me, but since then, I have had no word from anyone. “The Commissioner (Greene) took three telephone numbers from me, but he never contacted me. I went to the Commissioner’s office and the guy who I was told was in charge of the investigation did not offer any explanation about the stage of the investigation. After the initial statement by my (younger) daughter, none of them ever came back.” Could the apparent lack of vigour in pursuing this investigation have anything to do with the fact that the person who ordered the killing may be someone influential? ”That’s the million-dollar question…There are a lot of questions in my mind left unanswered, and that is one of them,” Foster said. ”Was this a case of a stolen car, or a cover-up for something else? That’s the big question; whether the car was the target or she was the target. When you look at the area where she had worked, all the staff resigned a couple of months after (her murder.) Why? Even the head of the organization was transferred. There are questions that should be answered.” And Mr. Foster did seek answers from Alicia’s former colleagues at the EPA. ”I tried asking questions. When I asked what was the last project she was working on they just looked at one another and never answered,” he said. “As far as I am concerned the case has been dropped. What they (the police) have

been saying is that we have not been cooperating.” But he insists that the family has assisted the police in every way possible. “We are still baffled about a motive. Nothing in (my daughter’s) attitude suggested anything unusual.” According to the couple, the family is closeknit, and Alicia would have confided in them if there was anything amiss in her life. “The way we lived, we would have known. The relationship we shared was a very open relationship.” Mr. Foster says that the anniversaries of Alicia’s stillunsolved murder are “always a difficult time” for the family. “I have lovely memories of her. She was a wonderful child. She was involved in a lot of social activities at the church, and the Leo Club.” As difficult as this may be, he’s appealing to any individuals with information about Alicia’s murder to come forward. “There are people who are aware of what took place. I would ask them to supply the information to the right authorities so that closure could be achieved.” And he’s convinced that someday, Alicia’s murder will no longer be a cold case. “Someday it must come to light. But at present, with no faith in the police, we’ve just left everything in the hands of the Almighty. He will deal with them in his own time, if He hasn’t already started to deal with some of them.” *** On behalf of the Foster family, I am making a personal appeal to anyone with information on this heinous and cowardly act to contact the police or any figure in authority they feel they can trust. *** You can write to us at our Lot 24 Saffon Street, Charlestown office. We can also be reached on telephone numbers: 225-8465, 2258491 and 225-8458. You need not disclose your identity. You can contact Michael Jordan at his email address: mjdragon@hotmail.com. THE NOTORIOUS NACET GANG Kaieteur News is seeking assistance from anyone who can provide information about the notorious ‘Nacet Gang’ who preyed on women at Linden during the seventies. You can contact me on 645-2447 and at my email address: mjdragon@hotmail.com. (Michael Jordan)

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== THE FREDDIE KISSOON COLUMN ==

Sex and skin colour: India confronts its white-skin obsession The popular, international television channel, Al Jazeera, has done what no other network ever contemplated doing. It featured a documentary exposing the insane obsession India has with whiter skin, not light hue but white complexion. For those interested in its content, please go to the online edition of Al Jazeera and do the search. It is simply incredible that the world’s best media in every aspect, be it news reporting, documentary, investigative journalism has not touched on this infamy in India. I am referring to the BBC. The thing is now wide open, thanks to Al Jazeera. The documentary is revealing in that though it was known throughout the world the white skin thing exists in India due to its film industry, what was not know was the extent to which India has become obsessed with this cultural hedonism, philosophical nihilism and colonial sickness. The first attempt at fighting this man-made cancer, according to Al Jazeera, was

the formation of Women of Worth (WOW). Based in the southern city of Chennai, in August it promoted a campaign called “Dark is Beautiful.” Al Jazeera went on to state that though WOW wooed many sections of India when it started in 2009, its “Dark is Beautiful” campaign was boosted to the skies when it interview Bollywood actor (actor not actress, the latter word is gone from the English language), Nandita Das. Not only was Das a supporter of WOW, but Das herself got actively involved in a campaign committee that saw advertisements ringing out with the catchy phrase, “Stay Unfair, Stay Beautiful. In her interview with Al Jazeera, Das intoned, “As the issue impacts so many people, young girls in particular, by default I have become a champion of it.” Then Das spoke the unspeakable. Yes, this is India, a great country, an enduring democracy and a nation whose judicial independence is second to none. Here is

Nandita Das talking about her country, India. “I have had directors and camerapersons telling me that it would be good if I made my skin lighter as I was playing an educated, upper class woman.” Al Jazeera interviewed Kavita Krishnan, Secretary of the All India Progressive Women’s Association. She indicated that it stems from the caste system. When I read that aspect of the analysis of India’s insane pursuit of white skin, I thought of the famous book by Guyanese academic, Kean Gibson. Gibson’s book on the racist nature of Hinduism based on its inherency of the caste system (the great Mahatma Gandhi is on record as saying that the caste system is an essential Indian value that should be accepted) makes for good reading. The Al Jazeera documentary found that because of the colour bias arising from the caste system, certain professions are exclusively reserved for Indians with lily white skin. They include aviation,

films, and white collar occupations. Al Jazeera quoting from the popular newspaper, Indian Express, found that in the state of Maharashtra, a hundred low caste girls were selected for training on a government scholarship programme to be flight attendants (not air hostess, that word like actress is gone from the English language) and cabin crew. But 92 were refused employment because none was white as snow which is the requirement in the flight industry. Only eight who were brown-skinned were given jobs, but only as ground staff. According to Al Jazeera, the lightening cream industry is one of the fastest growing profit areas in the Indian economy and in 2014 it is set to raise about US$3.6 billion. Indians buy lightening cream the way parents buy chocolate for their kids (I

wonder if Indians prefer white chocolate to the normal, phenomenal dark Cadbury’s?) The Bollywood superstar, Shah Rukh Khan has come under the radar of WOW and other campaigners. He is featured in a white skin advertisement in which he tosses a tube of fairness cream to a youth telling him that white complexion is the success to life. WOW has filed court papers against the cream company, Emami, requesting that the ad be pulled and the campaigners intend to ask Khan to distance himself from the depravity. But if you think the Khan placement was bad, there was a huge outcry in India last year when a cosmetic company launched a fairness product with the words, “lighten your skin around the vagina.” Bollywood filmmaker, Shekhar Kapur joined the outcry when he

Frederick Kissoon tweeted against it and according to Al Jazeera, within a day millions had supported the anger of Kapur. But let’s end on a curious note. Why would sex be more enjoyable if around the vicinity of a woman’s vagina, the skin is white? Are orgasms and skin colour related? Over to the Sigmund Freud scholars.

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Book Review Review:: Critic: Dr Glenville Ashby God vs. Judaism and Christianity is a cleverly written treatise. Panamanianborn Theo Chambers, of Jamaican heritage, uses his distinguished military and legal experience to fashion a thesis based on Socratic enquiry. He demands evidence, not blind faith in Judaic and Christian beliefs. He assails the Church for failing to accept new evidence that proves the spurious foundation of its divine truths. Here, two of the world’s great religions are hauled before an imaginary Supreme Court of World Spiritual Justice to answer questions on their authenticity, if not, their moral and ethical standing. Chambers serves as defence attorney, shielding God from the gross dogma, edicts and statements made in His name. Chambers’ argument is pointed. In God vs. Judaism and Christianity, his client has been misrepresented and relegated to the role of

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A Provocative challenge to mainstream religion Book: God vs. Judaism and Christianity puppeteer, deciding the fate of the world. The crux of Chambers’ position centres on Genesis and the Tree of Life. JudeoChristian doctrines are deemed tenuous, at best. The reader must wrestle with the author’s persistence. Why does God give us free will only to castigate those who exercise this divine gift? This is a nagging question that has elicited questionable answers from religious pundits. That we have free will with the power to ensure life’s continuity through procreation may force us to reexamine Psalm 82:6 and John 34:10. We are unique, no doubt. “Ye are gods,” no less. Such a truth turns Western religion on its head and strips the sacerdotal class of their unrivaled power. Surely we are not created to bend to the will, tirades and vengeance of a human-like God. Chambers has touched a nerve. At the same time he questions the infallibility of sacred books, many of which he argues, have been purposefully doctored. Of the

Christian manuscripts which eventually formed the Bible, he cites the 3rd century Church Father Origen: ”The difference among the manuscripts have become great, either through the negligence of some copyists or through the perverse audacity of others: they either neglect to check over what they have transcribed, or, in the process of checking, they made additions, or deletions as they please.” Chambers’ work is exhaustive and multilayered, forming a brew of science, philosophy, metaphysics, history and logic. He advocates a bare form of deism that bleeds with the ambassadorial refrain of Jane Robert’s New Ageism and Channeling: “We create our own reality…our own heaven and hell.” It is a message long proliferated by channeled spirits. Indeed, Chambers is an unapologetic proponent of God’s immanence and the natural laws that have been set in motion. Humankind has, and will continue to pay a hefty fine for violating the sanctity of

God’s creation. It is an anthropomorphic God that Chambers rejects. God, he asserts, has regrettably been given human attributes. We have created a dreadful, jealous and spiteful deity, to our detriment. This impedes our ability to question, reason and grow spiritually. He cites Thomas Paine:”The word of God is the creation we behold, and it is this word which no human invention can counterfeit or alter that God speaketh universally to man.” Chambers’ thesis is hardly original and reads like a corollary of the far more cryptic, ”Isis Unveiled” by Madam Blavatsky. Neither does it mirror the academic rigor of Professor Yosef Ben-Jochannan’ signature work, “African Origins of Major Western Religions.” It is far more concise and didactic. Admirably, Chambers congeals a mountain of data into a compelling literary gestalt, and does present a convincing case, albeit with some hiccups. To Judeo-Christian apologists, this work will p r o v e a n t a g o n i s t i c , o r, even vexing. On the symbolic witness stand, Judaism’s origins are questioned, and the polemics over the messianic nature of Jesus and his virgin birth are introduced. Chambers proceeds to question the contradictions between the Old and New Testaments and the pagan

origins of Christian lore are also outlined. In his cross examination of the Pope, Christianity’s representative, Chambers is unrelenting, almost contemptuous with a prosecutorial display that is intimidating. He barrels through history, impugning the Church for its judicial and canonical excesses. The infamous sex abuse scandals that have r a v a g e d t h e institution’s moral standing are fair game. Chambers’ pen is sword-like, edgy and biting. His righteous indignation is palpable. The Pope’s testimony, transmitted via satellite, is aborted by his handlers, supposedly caused by some technical problems. The Church’s history is indefensible. Admittedly, the author’s arguments are plausible, at times, irrefutable. However, Chambers’ target is Judeo-Christian fundamentalism, a movement that does not represent the multiple strains of the faith. It’s a one size fit all approach that offers a provincial view of quite a complex subject. Further, in favouring spirituality over religious dogma, the author has ignored the many cases of psychological, moral and spiritual bankruptcy that have blighted New Age movements. Yet, one cannot dismiss or devalue the relevance of this work, especially at a time when every major global

conflict is cloaked in religious dogma. Surely, the sacred books are fodder for sectarianism and internecine barbarity. Yes, religious apologists will respond that atheists have been equally d a s t a r d l y, c i t i n g t h e genocidal rampages of C a m b o d i a ’s “Killing Fields,” and Mao’s Cultural Revolution as examples. But never have these villains vouched for God’s love and compassion. Can Judeo-Christian Thought ever be vindicated? Interestingly, the Dalai Lama, one of Chambers’ mentors, offers this much: The best religion is the one that gets you closer to God. It is one that makes you a better person...whatever makes you more compassionate, more humanitarian...” Countless Christians and Jews would concur with his every word, thereby shielding their faiths from Chambers’ withering indictment. Then again, “if ignorance is bliss, ‘tis folly to be wise.” Feedback:glenvilleashby@gmail.com( /www.glenvilleashby.com Follow me on Twitter@glenvilleashby God vs. Judaism and Christianity: Venue –The Supreme Court of World Spiritual Justice Case # 3 Truth 2012 Author: Theo Chambers( Publisher: Temple of Inner Peace, Panama ISBN 0-9779716-0-0( Available: Amazon.com( Rating: Highly recommended

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My column

For the want of a healthy kidney Not so long ago, people in Guyana rarely heard of renal failure. This was because we simply did not treat the disease. I suppose many people simply died and they did not have to be old people. For a fact, diabetes and hypertension are common among Guyanese largely because of lifestyle. I would suppose that since there were not so many fast food outlets there would have been fewer cases of renal failure, although the number would have still been high. Those who had money went overseas while those who could do no better simply stayed at home and waited for death. Today, dialysis is almost commonplace, with no fewer than five locations offering the service. The first of these was the 5G Dialysis centre in South Ruimveldt. When I visited the centre, I learnt that many people who lived overseas and wanted to come home could not because they needed dialysis and if they came then they would have been sentencing themselves to death. That first dialysis centre opened the floodgates. Today even the Georgetown Public Hospital, which a former Health Minister said could not offer such a service because of the high cost and limited shelf life of the reagents, has a dialysis centre. People were getting a new lease on life. As I saw the

improvements in the health sector, memories came flooding back. I remember Bibi Narine seeking a kidney and getting no help from the government she had served so faithfully. The year was 1993. In the end she got the help she heeded and she is alive today. I make this point because one of the people involved in kidney transplants today said that those who get transplants often get to live for an additional ten to fifteen years. This really got my attention; I started to appreciate life even more and saw that people were prepared to go to any length to live. At present, kidney transplants are being done at Balwant Singh’s Hospital, having started at the Georgetown Public Hospital. I noted the cost and was stunned that there were families that were prepared to risk poverty than to let a loved one die. Then I learnt that sometimes the cost of a transplant in Guyana could be as high as five million dollars and only because the doctors who perform the surgery do so as my friend George Subraj said, for free. But for all this, some things are lacking. Guyana needs legislation to ensure that people do not do unethical things to secure an organ. Already people have been advertising for kidneys and getting donors willing to

sell one of theirs. The Chronicle actually ran an advertisement for a West Demerara man who ended up paying $1.5 million for his kidney. Sadly, he died a mere ten weeks after the transplant. I asked myself whether it was worth the time, the money and the pain. Another bought a kidney for eight million dollars, had a transplant, and died about two weeks later. That was when I learnt that there is no law to prevent someone from selling organs and body parts. I learnt an attorney at law actually researched the issue and advised the man who paid $8 million for his kidney. I then asked George Subraj about the ethics of people selling organs, and he said

that should his team find out that people were buying kidneys then there would be no transplant. That was when I asked myself how the team could not know that the donor is in no way related to the recipient. Tests had to be conducted and of course, one criterion was that a donor should in some way be close to the recipient, thus reducing the extent of rejection. I propose to talk with the surgeon, Dr Rahul Jindal, when he comes back, but until then I must try to tell people that they may wish to consider healthy eating. I see dialysis patients as young as 21. All of them are a bit woozy after a session, because what we take for granted is left to a machine to

do in three hours. The rigours on the body are unexplainable. They say he who feels it knows it. I am always saddened when I see the suffering of others and more saddened that people do not take advice only to suffer later. It is as if they believe that they will escape any ill effect because such things are for others. This past week I was at a dialysis centre and I saw that renal failure does not discriminate. There was the wife of a former Permanent Secretary, a senior public servant, and of course ordinary people who struggle to put food on the table. There they were, side by side, trying to feel better and knowing that the difference between life and death is the machine to which they are

Adam Harris hooked up. Another transplant team is prepared to come to Guyana and probably bring down the cost of a transplant even lower. But the team leader is saying that nothing will happen unless there is legislation. I propose to approach the decision-makers on this subject.

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This past week a Mission from the Organisation of American States (OAS) would have been in Guyana gathering opinions, possibly data, and generally looking into corruption in Guyana as well as following up Guyana’s implementation of the InterAmerican Convention Against Corruption. The importance of such as visit must be taken in the context of the real impact of corruption. Corruption can take many forms and includes fraud, embezzlement and bribery and these are all closely related. While in the past corruption

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may have been seen as a transaction between the corrupter and the corrupted, it is now realised that other persons suffer as a result of corrupt transaction and those persons are usually the poor, vulnerable and innocent. Corruption can damage an entire economy and widen the gap between the ‘haves’ and ‘have nots’. When incompetent and inept contractors are awarded billion-dollar contracts because they can bribe public officials, the cost goes beyond substandard work: 1- Additional money has to be found to fix the

substandard work. 2- Where the original money was obtained from an international financial institution there is the matter of repayment. 3- To cover these additional costs, the government must slice into the national pie and it is here that the burden on the ‘have nots’ becomes heavier. Every dollar that is taken to fix a substandard project means one dollar less for an essential public service such as education or health and it is the poor and vulnerable who have the greatest need for these services, as they lack

the financial resources to access similar private services. Multiply this by the billions we see wasted on substandard projects all across the country and we begin to understand not only the magnitude of the corruption, but also why so many thousands of ordinary Guyanese are disenchanted (if they ever were not) with this government. But it is not only the poor who are at the losing end in a corrupt society, the ‘corrupter’ also finds himself in a vulnerable position. As soon as he pays, he begins to lose control. If he does not get

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what he paid for he is in no position to complain, and having broken the law, he is vulnerable to blackmail. If he tries to break the corrupt relationship he may face a variety of threats, including the threat of violence, no more contracts, loss of ‘favoured’ status and quite possibly, victimisation. Corruption in not a faceless crime, it infringes on our fundamental right to fair treatment. When a person or a company can bribe a public official they become a ‘favoured’ entity, resulting in decision-making being biased in their favour to the detriment of the person who cannot afford to pay a bribe. There again we see the widening gap between the rich and the poor. The mix of politics and business can create the perfect breeding ground for corruption. Where we find a government breaking the rules in favour of a business entity; for example where a business is granted concessions not provided for by existing law and that government subsequently amends the law to accommodate its illegal act, that business would have to repay the favour by writing big campaign financing

cheques in favour of the government. When that ‘unholy alliance’ created through state-sponsored illegality is fed and allowed to flourish by laundering off chunks of donor funds or tax dollars into private purses; for example where an item is procured for five or ten times its cost on the open market, such actions feed into the cesspool of corruption and legitimate companies operating on the right side of the law are forced out of business. Guyana has been ranked as one of the most corrupt countries in the Region and with good reason. It is accepted globally that the process of public procurement gives wide scope for corruption, through paying bribes to secure contracts, over-priced contracts, insider dealing, claiming payment for goods which have not been delivered and such. However, despite having the necessary Constitutional provisions to minimise the opportunity for corruption in public procurement, the Guyana government refuses to enact the provisions, thereby leaving the door open for continued corruption such as can be engaged in through an ‘unholy alliance’.

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SUNDAY SPECIAL FATHER, SON SHOT DEAD…EXECUTIONSTYLE Fear has gripped the Wauna community in the North West District following the execution-style slaying of a Guyanese miner and his son by men believed to be Venezuelan military personnel. The killing occurred near the Guyana/ Venezuelan border. Orlando Fitzpatrick, 52, and his son, 17 year old Jesse, were shot dead two Thursdays ago while they were returning from their mining operation at a place called Tocopita on the Venezuelan side of the border. Kaieteur News understands that although Munroe and his son were robbed of their earnings by the Spanish-speaking “soldiers”, their deaths bear all the marks of an execution. It is reported that two other men who were with the father and son were spared. TEACHER COLLAPSES, DIES ON WORLD TEACHERS’DAY MARCH A 50-year-old teacher attached to Grove Primary School, East Bank Demerara collapsed and died on Friday (October 4) while participating in a march to celebrate World Teachers’ Day 2013. Dead is Carlotta Blair of Lot 13 Walker Terrace, West Ruimveldt. Blair dedicated 23 years of her life to teaching. According to reports, teachers from several schools on East Bank Demerara were on the march. MONDAY EDITION “JAGDEO, BRASSINGTON HAVE LED US INTO A CUL DE SAC FROM WHICH THERE IS NO EASY EXIT”- CHRIS RAM The framing and financing of the Marriott Hotel, Berbice Bridge and the Amaila Falls Hydro Electric Plant, represents a scandal of national proportion. This is the view of Financial Analyst, Christopher Ram, who in his latest writings on the US$58 Marriott Hotel Project on his website chrisram.net, said that Winston Brassington, is clearly abusing his power as sole Director of Atlantic Hotel Inc (AHI), and is displaying contempt for the people of Guyana. Ram was at the time making reference to the selective bits of information that Brassington has made available when he released aspects of the feasibility study that was done by a Miami-based firm for the project. Ram said that the Marriott project is one where former President Bharrat Jagdeo and Winston Brassington, “have

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Head of State Donald Ramotar

Former President Bharrat Jagdeo

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led us into a ‘cul de sac’ from which there is no easy exit.”

RAKE IN US$46M ON US$8M MARRIOTT INVESTMENT - GRA TO GET NOTHING FOR 10 YEARS The unnamed private investor that is scheduled to put in US$8M in the Georgetown Marriott Hotel is expected to rake in approximately US$46M by the end of 10 years. This is documented in the extract of the feasibility report undertaken by Miami-based HVS Consulting and Valuation and was recently released to the media. At the same time Atlantic Hotel Inc will be exempt from corporation tax, withholding tax and property tax, as a result of a 10-year tax holiday. This will increase the gross revenue for the investors. According to the report, during the first three years of the hotel’s operation, Atlantic Hotel Inc (AHI) will pay the still to be named private investor US$1.3M. From year four of the hotel’s operation, the unnamed private investor will be paid US$1.2M each year for the next six years. According to the report, in year 10 of its operation, that unnamed private investor will be paid a whopping US$37.2M setting the rate of return over the 10-year period at 22.2 per cent. This publication had recently reported that five years after the hotel opens its doors, AHI will have to secure another loan of almost US$2M. That loan will be repaid in a five-year period, earning a seven per cent rate of return.

PSC, GTUC NOTABLE ABSENTEES FROM OAS CORRUPTION REVIEW The Organization of American States (OAS) Tuesday commenced its fourth round of investigations into corruption in Guyana and met with civil society representatives. Notably absent from the ‘closed door’ discussions were the Private Sector Commission (PSC) and the Guyana Trades Union Congress (GTUC). The meeting was organized to review Guyana’s compliance with the InterAmerican Convention against corruption of which Guyana is a signatory. The visiting team included a representative from Trinidad and Tobago, two from Haiti, and was led by Luiz Marcelo de Azevedo, a Legal Officer from OAS’s Secretary for Legal Affairs in Washington. Among the bodies that did represent civil society at Tuesday’s discussion were the Guyana Bar Association, the Guyana Association of Women Lawyers (GAWL), Transparency Institute of Guyana, the Institute of Chartered Accounts, the Georgetown Chamber of Commerce and Industry (GCCI) the Federation of Independent Trade Unions of Guyana (FITUG) and the Consultative Association of Guyanese Industry (CAGI). Each of the groups, with the exception of the Bar Association, made presentations to the visiting

TUESDAY EDITION EMOTIONAL BRUMELL SWORN IN AS 30TH POLICE COMMISSIONER “I took the oath to serve and protect the citizens of this country almost 36 years ago with the ambition to one day become the Commissioner of Police of the Guyana Police Force. Today that dream has become a reality.” Leroy Brumell, the newest Police Commissioner, said that the journey has been long and hard. Monday, before President Donald Ramotar at the Office of the President, Brumell was sworn in as the country’s 30th Commissioner of Police since the establishment of the Police Force on July 1, 1839. He is the 10th Guyana-born Commissioner of Police. Witnessing the occasion were Brumell’s wife and children, Prime Minister Samuel Hinds, Dr. Roger Luncheon and the top brass of the Guyana Police Force among other well-wishers. Brumell, who took over the helm of the Force in early 2012 when his predecessor Henry Greene was forced to resign in the face of rape allegations, was sworn in at a time when Guyana is in the midst of a mini crime wave. In tears, the new Commissioner of Police Monday assured the citizens living within the borders of Guyana that “I, Leroy Brumell would do all within my power…to serve and protect and to take back our streets and communities from criminals.” He asked all Guyanese, especially his officers, to support him as he moves towards making Guyana a safer place. Brumell’s confirmation was assured two weeks ago following what was described as belated, but meaningful consultations between President Donald Ramotar and Opposition Leader David Granger. WEDNESDAY EDITION IN 10 YEARS UNNAMED PRIVATE INVESTOR TO

Financial Analyst, Christopher Ram OAS team. The bodies made presentations and gave views on entities responsible for the curbing of corruption in Guyana. These include the Audit Office of Guyana, the Public Accounts Committee of Parliament, the Integrity Commission, the National Procurement and Tender Administration Board, the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions and the Judiciary. THURSDAY EDITION BERBICE BRIDGE COMPANY WANTS $50,000 PER PAGE TO RELEASE PUBLIC DOCUMENTS The Berbice Bridge Company Inc. on Wednesday sent a letter to Christopher Ram, Financial analyst, demanding $50,000 for access to documents of the company. It all began when Ram discovered that certain documents filed by Winston Brassington, Secretary of the company, may have been deliberately falsified to conceal information on the stakeholders of the company. Ram told Kaieteur News that alternative sources of information suggested that one of the stakeholders is a company headed by Winston Brassington who also heads NICIL, the governmentowned company. He suggested that a possible reason for falsifying the record (the amount returned) is to cancel the fact that the government company annually waives approximately $115 million of the dividends due on the

preference shares it holds. Ram noted that as a member of the public he has a right to inspect certain documents of the company, a right that the company conceded in a letter to him on October 1. One week later, the company secretary wrote Ram telling him that access to the records would attract a reasonable fee of $50,000 per record, payable in advance or upon presentation. The majority of the documents to which Ram sought access would be single-page documents, such as the articles of incorporation and amendments thereto, and notices of changes in Directors and Secretary. $130,000 FEMALE CONTRACT KILLER … ALLEGED MASTERMIND, HIRED ASSASSIN CHARGED As police continue to seek the third suspect involving the vicious stabbing of an Industry woman, the alleged master conspirer and her hired assassin were both placed on $175,000 bail after they made their first appearance at the Sparendaam Magistrate’s Court. Grace Ramrakah, 35, and Deandra Grenville, 22, both of Lot 25 Princes Street, Wortmanville, were not required to plead to the indictable charge of attempted murder which was read to them by Magistrate Alex Moore. Grenville was represented by Attorney James Bond while Ramrakah was represented by Attorney Sangeev Datadin. Both women will make their next court appearance on November 15. FRIDAY EDITION GENERAL ELECTIONS IS ONLY WAY TO SOLVE PARLIAMENTARY IMPASSE - DR. LUNCHEON Head of the Presidential Secretariat, Dr Roger Luncheon, on Thursday said that he believes that a return to General Elections is the (Continued on page 37)

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How the PPP is degrading Guyana’s democracy The People’s Progressive Party (PPP) has deliberately degraded Guyana’s democratic institutions over the past 21 years. The current rash of rural rallies to celebrate the party’s 21st anniversary in government cannot conceal the damage that has been done to parliamentary democracy and local government. The PPP, at the national level, wrecked the work and hopes of former US President Jimmy Carter – the man who helped it to leap back into office. Carter visited Guyana for the last time nine years ago in 2004. He saw how his democratic dreams had degenerated into a nightmare of despotism during Bharrat Jagdeo’s presidency. Carter complained then that, instead of attaining the goal of inclusive and shared governance, “the Guyanese government remains divided with a ‘winner-takes-all’ concept that continues to polarise many aspects of the nation’s life.” Jimmy Carter had carefully

diagnosed the PPP disease as that of political paranoia and monomania. The PPP’s obsession with controlling autonomous institutions was documented in the report of Sir Michael Davies who came here as the Commonwealth’s Senior Parliamentary Staff Advisor to the Guyana Parliament. Davies conducted a deep, detailed study of the National Assembly, that most important institution of democratic governance. His findings – entitled Needs Assessment of the Guyana National Assembly – turned out to be an incisive indictment on the manner in which the Assembly was being managed during the speakership of Ralph Ramkarran and under Bharrat Jagdeo’s presidency. STARTED IN 1992 Davies exposed the means, mechanisms and methods that the PPP had devised to undermine the Assembly’s independence. He revealed the fact that

“meetings of the [National] Assembly are entirely at the whim of the Executive,” that both the staffing and the budget of the National Assembly are controlled by the [PPPC] Administration and that the work of the committees “is subject to frustration by the Executive.” He criticised the practice of submitting parliamentary Order Papers for sittings of the National Assembly to the Office of the President which, he says, “can and does strike out questions and motions which the Office [of the President] does not like.” That practice, he added, “apparently only started in 1992.” Davies noted that while the Administration appeared not to accept the assertion that “the scheduling of meetings of the Assembly was entirely in the hands of the Executive,” he had seen evidence of this. He noted that the Administration “allows the opposition few opportunities to debate policy or to consider bills.” He added, more precisely,

“I was present at a meeting of the Parliamentary Management Committee on 1st February [2005] which was called at the request of Opposition members of the National Assembly expressly to demand a meeting of the Assembly to debate the flood situation and the government flatly refused to countenance a meeting for a further two weeks.” Such is the PPP’s contempt for parliamentary democracy and the public interest. STARTED IN 1994 The PPP has disregarded the people’s genuine desire for local government elections which were last held in 1994. The PPP has been holding rallies in the villages to celebrate the so-called ‘return of democracy’ on 5th October. PPP ministers, however, spend their time speaking about the past but do not see the need to inform the nation about the future, particularly, about the implementation of reforms to enhance democracy. The PPP, at the local level, through the Ministry of Local Government and Regional Development, has been doing its utmost to degrade democracy and disempower communities.

President Ramotar’s decision to withhold assent to the four local government bills – the Local Government Commission Bill, the Local Government (Amendment) Bill, the Municipal and District Councils (Amendment) Bill and the Fiscal Transfers Bill – therefore, is part of a 21-year tradition. It is only the latest expression of the PPP’s contempt for local democracy. Ramotar had, since June 2012, declared his intention not to assent to any bills passed by the National Assembly without the agreement of the government side. The fate of the four local government bills passed by the National Assembly is evidence of the PPP’s resistance to democracy. The Constitution of Guyana requires that once a bill has been passed, it is sent “at the earliest opportunity” to the President who would then have 21 days to assent to it or refuse to do so. The PPP has exercised such a degree of control over the National Assembly that, when bills are passed, they are sent to the PPP-appointed Minister of Legal Affairs and Attorney General to receive a ‘certificate of assent’ before being forwarded to the

President. This undemocratic process explains why bills passed on 7th August still had not been presented to the President by 7th October. The PPP has deliberately damaged the entire structure and system of local democracy. Ganga Persaud, Minister of Local Government and Regional Development, has been ruthlessly and systematically dismantling neighbourhood democratic councils for more than a year. He has been installing unrepresentative, handpicked, pro-PPP interim management committees against the wishes of local residents. The PPP, clearly, is on an undemocratic campaign to prevent local government entities from functioning freely. It has discredited councillors with bogus ‘investigations’, invented pretexts to remove elected officials and replaced them with PPP placemen. The PPP continues, to this day, to damage, diminish and disparage important institutions and organs such as the Office of the Ombudsman and the Public Service Appellate Tribunal which are intended to protect the public from executive lawlessness. It manages the state-owned media – Government Information Agency, Guyana National Newspapers Ltd., and National Communications Network – as if they were party propaganda organs. The PPP has deliberately degraded democracy during its 21 years in office. It is the Opposition’s obligation in the National Assembly to put an end to such degradation.

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Know Your Nutrients - Proteins By Krista Brooks Nursey and I would like to apologize for how long it has been since our last article. I was away for a bit at a leadership and empowerment camp for girls called Camp GLOW (Girls Leading Our World). We had 75 girls ages 13-17 from almost every region of Guyana come to the Kuru Kuru Training College for a week-long camp. It was amazing! If you know any girls from your area that went to camp, you should ask them about it. They learned plenty of interesting things related to health, art, and vocational information. Okay, let’s get back to our conversation on nutrients. If you can remember back to the start of our nutrition topic, our body uses six types of nutrients from the food we eat to keep our bodies going strong and healthy. Those six nutrients are carbohydrates, proteins, fats, minerals, vitamins, and water. Last time, Nursey told us about how carbohydrates give us energy but we should eat them more as whole grains or in fruits and greens instead of packaged snack foods or sugar.

Krista Brooks This week, Nursey wanted to talk a bit about proteins. Proteins also give us energy and help replace cells in our bodies when they are used or worn. If you want nice looking nails, hair, or want to build muscles, you should be sure that you are getting enough protein in your diet. It is also important for young children, adolescents, and pregnant mothers. The main source we can get protein is foods from animals, such as chicken, fish, beef, pork, milk, eggs, or cheese. These types of foods tend to be very high in protein. We can also get protein from plants by eating things such as channa, black eye, nut

Depression risk ‘starts in the womb’ Children whose mothers are depressed during pregnancy have a small increased risk of depression in adulthood, according to a UK study. Medical treatment during pregnancy could lower the risk of future mental health problems in the child, say researchers at Bristol University. The study followed the offspring of more than 8,000 mothers who had postnatal or antenatal depression. The risk is around 1.3 times higher than normal at age 18, it found. The study is published in JAMA Psychiatry. Lead researcher Dr Rebecca Pearson to l d t h e B B C : “Depression in pregnancy should be taken seriously and treated in pregnancy. It looks like there is a longterm risk to the child, although it is small.” She said it was an association, not a causal link, and needed further investigation. Prof Carmine Pariante of King’s College London’s Institute of Psychiatry said the development of an individual’s mental health did not start at birth but in the uterus. “The message is clear -

helping women who are depressed in pregnancy will not only alleviate their suffering but also the suffering of the next generation.” Prof Celso Arango of Gregorio Maranon General University Hospital, Madrid, said stress hormones may affect the child’s development in the womb. “Women with depression would ideally be treated before getting pregnant, but if they are already pregnant when diagnosed with depression it is even more important that they are treated as it will impact on the mother and child.” The researchers think different factors may be involved in antenatal and postnatal depression, with environmental factors such as social support having a bigger impact in postnatal depression. The data comes from the Avon Longitudinal Study of Parents and Children - a longterm health research project, also known as Children of the 90s. More than 14,000 mothers enrolled during pregnancy in 1991 and 1992, and the health and development of their children has been followed in detail since then. (BBC)

butter, soy, or other types of beans you might like. Nursey says to be careful in how you choose to get your protein. If you are eating meats with plenty of fat on them, this might raise something in your body called cholesterol, which can clog up your blood vessels if you have too much. Did you know you are not supposed to eat more than 4 eggs a week? Eggs are a very good source of protein, but unfortunately they have a very high level of cholesterol. If you like eggs, you can eat just the egg white to help reduce the amount of cholesterol you get from eating them. Also, you can cut off the fat from the meats you eat. Beans are a very good source of protein because they are low in fat and have fiber, which is good for your digestion Nursey says that you do have to be careful about getting too much protein in your diet. If you eat a diet with a variety of foods, you should be okay, but I know there are some people that want to build some muscles. It is okay to get some extra protein for that, but be aware of products such as protein shakes or bars. Having too much of these can cause you to have too much protein and can make your kidneys work harder. Putting too much stress on your kidneys can lead to some serious health problems. Your diet depends on many different things, but to give you an idea about how much protein you should be getting Nursey has a few guidelines: Children ages 4-8 should get about 20 grams of protein a day Women ages 14-80+ should get about 50 grams of protein a day Men ages 13-80+ should about 60 grams of protein a day You can check food labels where it says protein to see how much you might be getting from the food you eat. A cup of dried beans has about 16 grams of protein and a small chicken breast has about 21 grams. As Nursey says, get to know your nutrients, the food you eat. I will be back next week to tell you more interesting things Nursey says. Until then! If you have any questions about nutrients or any other health issues please e-mail nurseysaysguyana@gmail.com. Krista Brooks is a U.S. Peace Corps Volunteer working with the School of Nursing, which trains Nursing Assistants, Professional Nurses, and Midwifery Students.

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Macklemore & Ryan Lewis lead American Music Awards nominations

Hip-hop artists Macklemore & Ryan Lewis scored the most American Music Awards nominations on Thursday with nods in six categories, followed by country-pop star Taylor Swift and singer Justin Timberlake with five each. The duo will compete in the top category, artist of the year, against singer Bruno Mars, Swift, Timberlake and pop singer Rihanna, who collected four nominations. Also getting four nominations were country music pair Florida Georgia Line and R&B singer Robin Thicke. Rapper will.i.am and singer Kelly Clarkson announced the names of the nominees in five of the top categories on Thursday on the ABC television network news show “Good Morning America.” Macklemore & Ryan Lewis also received nominations for the coveted best new artist award, the single of the year for “Thrift Shop,” favorite pop/rock band, and best rap/ hip-hop artist and album for

“The Heist.” “This year’s lineup of talent is truly very impressive,” Larry Klein, the producer of the AMAs, told a news conference before the final categories were announced. Last year’s big winner, 19year-old teen heart-throb Justin Bieber who took home three awards including artist of the year, failed to receive any nominations. Florida Georgia Line, pop singer Ariana Grande, alternative rock band Imagine Dragons and Phillip Phillips, the winner of the 11th season of the TV singing competition “American Idol,” will also compete for new artist of the year. “Thrift Shop” featuring Wanz will vie for the best single against Thicke’s “Blurred Lines” featuring Pharrell & T.I. and “Cruise” by Florida Georgia Line with Nelly. Thicke, 36, also earned a nomination for favorite soul/ R&B male artist alongside singer Miguel and Timberlake,

while Ciara, Alicia Keys and Rihanna will battle it out for the top female soul/R&B trophy. Rihanna will also compete against Swift and singer Pink for the top female pop or rock artist prize, while Mars is pitted against Thicke and Timberlake for favorite male artist in the same category. Mars and Imagine Dragons each received three nominations. Former Disney star Miley Cyrus, 20, who caused a sensation with her raunchy performance at the MTV Video Music Awards in August and just released her new album “Bangerz,” and Imagine Dragons will perform during the awards show. Winners of the AMAs will be selected by fans through online voting, which starts on Thursday, and for the first time this year via Twitter. The awards will be presented on November 24 at the Nokia Theatre in Los Angeles and will be broadcast live on ABC and streamed online.

Taylor Swift to receive country music songwriting award Country-pop singer Taylor Swift will be honored as this year’s songwriter and artist of the year by the Nashville Songwriters Association International, making her the only artist to win the award six times, her record company said on Wednesday. The 23-year-old singer and writer of pop crossover hits “We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together” and “I Knew You Were Trouble” will be officially named the award’s recipient on Sunday, Big Machine Records said. The annual award recognizes country music’s songwriters who scored top 30 hits during the past year. Swift’s win pulls her ahead

of five-time winners Vince Gill and Alan Jackson. She is also the youngest person to have won the award. Her fourth album, “Red,” has sold 6 million copies worldwide since it was

released last October. Swift and newcomer singer-songwriter Kacey Musgraves lead the nominees with six nods each at next month’s Country Music Association Awards.

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SEXUAL EXPLOITATION OF WOMEN IN GUYANA

By Ralph Seeram A world famous singer was coming to Guyana and a friend wanted VIP tickets for the show, and inquired if I can use “my connection through another connection” to get the ticket. I asked why VIP tickets; she explained that because of the kind of business she is in, it will give her an opportunity to promote and network her business. The tickets were expensive; she admitted that she could get the tickets on her own, but unlike men, “If a woman asks a favour in Guyana you have to GIVE a favour. The meaning was clear. She had to exchange sex for the favor.

The sexual exploitation of women in Guyana is one of the suppressed secrets in the society, it exists, it’s prevalent, but hardly anyone speaks out about it. Someone shared a song on my Facebook page, which prompted me to write this article. It was an old Calypso by Singing Sandra “Die with my Dignity” a song so relevant in today’s Guyanese society. Sing on Sandra, “You looking out to find something to do, you meet a boss man who, to get to work, you have to go to bed with he, become a slave, second wife, and deputy. And as a next woman get on the line, he start to tell you you ain’t good you can’t wine.”So I was told of this

story in Berbice where a junior married regional official employed a beautiful young lady with whom he is also having an affair. On a complaint his senior went to investigate. When he saw the young lady, he decides to cut in on the action. The young lady, to keep her job, now has to sleep with the senior also. Sing on Sandra. “But when the man let down the condition, nothing else but humiliation, they want to see you whole anatomy, they want to see what you doctor never see, they want to do what you husband never do, still you ain’t know if these scamps will hire you.” This is the type of behaviour that is so prevalent among men in power in Guyana, and it is not only by Government officials as some would only want to believe,

but more in the business community. From time immemorial men in position of power and wealth have always exercised their position to exploit women. Speaking to various women in Guyana the attitude seems to be “to get something, you have to give something”. One woman told me, “If I get this, I can get that” Sing on Sandra. “Well if is all this humiliation to get a job these days as a woman, Brother they could keep their money, I go keep my honey, and die with my dignity!! The problem is some women, especially single mothers, cannot afford to die with their “dignity”, when they have to put food on the table. The exploiter would have already known this. Obviously if she has to choose between her “dignity” and food for the kids, you know what the answer is going to be. Sing on Sandra. “They want to feel up you navel and your breast, they want to see if you have lutuh on your chest, they think they can do you with the hand, like if they searching to find the Promised Land.” Back in my days as a reporter in Berbice, you gain the trust and confidence of men and women in position of power. I was out with a very prominent person on the

Corentyne, when he stopped at a residence. Before entering he cautioned me, “What you see here, leave here”. It was as Singing Sandra describes it, “second wife and deputy”. I was shocked; this was a very outstanding member of the community. I would later come across so many similar cases of men in power exerting their position for sexual favors. Nothing has changed today in Guyana. It is even more prevalent than one may want to believe. Sing on Sandra. “I am a woman who don’t make any skylark, before I slap them and they die of heart attack, they can keep their money I go keep my honey and die with my dignity!! Invariably, most of these men go for a “young ting” and sometimes resort to Viagra to keep up with the young ladies. I know of an old friend and prominent businessman who “died in action in a hotel room”. Either the sex or the Viagra did him in. Sing on Sandra. “It have a lot of women just like me, who might not be so well off financially, You need a job and you really need it bad, ah man decide to help, you must be glad, But if you value yourself as a woman, you will be demanding respect from the vagabond, Stand up to them and let them know the truth, is work you want you

are no blinking prostitute” So we come to the question, “What is being done to arrest this situation?” There is one organization that is prominent in the fight to combat the exploitation of women in the interior, especially in the mining community. She does not seem to be getting the kind of cooperation she should have from the police and Government officials. As a matter of fact there are reported cases of where the very policemen are engaged in the same practice. So where can these women go for help? Women organizations in Guyana need to take a more prominent role in the fight against the exploitation of women in Guyana. Sing on Sandra. “You have a mole on you back they want to see, they want to see if you have marks on you belly, They want to know how much man you had before and if you are strong enough to take any more, I have me pride and I have me ambition, I want to hold up me head up high as a woman, So brother they could keep their money, I go keep my honey and die with my dignity!! Ralph Seeram can be reached at email: ralph365@hotmail.com

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Confidence trickster poses as Cameras were tour operator, fleeces visitors off during attack Hampshire robbery/murder...

Deodat and his wife during happier times.

Police in Berbice are “very close” to cracking the case involving the slain Hampshire businessman, Devendra ‘Dave’ Deodat, 34, of Lot 72 Hampshire Squatting Area. Deodat was gunned down earlier this week. Five persons are now in custody, pending an identification parade scheduled for today, and to be attended by Mala Deodat, the man’s wife. She, along with her husband, was able to unmask one of the three gunmen who shot and killed her husband. A family member said last evening, that none of the ten security cameras installed in and around the building and compound was in operation at the time of the attack. This caused a severe blow to the investigations as many were hoping that the entire ordeal would have been recorded. According to the man’s father-in-law, who is still hospitalized in the city, the gunmen wore hoodies, were dressed in black and had cloth over their faces. The gunmen entered the shop shortly after 18:00 hrs. The couple’s 14- year- old daughter, Sareeta, raised an alarm, to which her father, who had just arrived home

and had settled in the living room, responded. He was shot in the chest in a chair in the very living room. The bandits then made their way to the upper flat of the building where they demanded cash and jewellery. The perpetrators escaped with $560,000, one gold band, a laptop computer and one cell phone. Neighbour Kamla Ramoo stated that the gunmen spent more than 40 minutes in the building and “had sufficient time to do what they had to do.” Deodat was also the owner of Cool Runnings Trucking Service. The man’s wife received several chops to the head and her father, Rafeek Abdul, 47, was shot in the left arm. He remains a in a critical condition at the Georgetown Public Hospital. Mala is still experiencing pains in her head and still has to make frequent visits to the Anamayah Memorial Hospital for treatment. A post- mortem performed on Deodat on Wednesday at the N/A Hospital concluded that Deodat died of shock and hemorrhage due to gunshot wounds. He is expected to be buried on Monday.

A “phony” tour operator may have jeopardized a potential tourism boost for Guyana when he coned an overseas couple out of close to $100,000. The couple had intended to organize a large tour group to visit Guyana following what was to be a fact-finding mission in Guyana’s hinterland. According to Cosmos DeSantos, the couple had organized with the tour operator to take them to the Kaieteur Falls and Baganara, but the man collected the foreigners’ money, provided no service and is now nowhere to be found. DeSantos told Kaieteur News that his sister was celebrating her 60th birthday so her friend, Ajita Khanderia, and husband, Vinod, came to Guyana to celebrate the occasion. The couple went to the Iwokrama International Centre in Kingston to arrange the tour. While there, they got on to a woman named Katherine, also known as Katty.” They said she recommended one Andre Killikelly to take them on the tour. Killikelly met the couple at the Iwokrama Kingston office and the trip was arranged, money paid over and a receipt dated September 9, 2013 with the letterhead “Falls View Tours” returned by the tour operator. According to De Santos, the trip was scheduled for September 19, last. On the day of the tour, the tour operator turned up but only took his passengers around the city and told them that the weather was bad so they could not go to the interior. The following day, the tour operator again picked up his passengers and took them around the city before telling them that the weather

was not good enough to go into the interior. On September 21, the operator made contact with the couple “knowing that they were returning to London, England.” DeSantos said that Killikelly asked the couple whether they would like him to send the money to England since they would no longer be able to take the trip. By this time, the couple was so upset that they let DeSantos deal with the man. DeSantos said he told the tour guide that he should immediately return the couple’s money; and he (Killikelly) agreed. He promised to return the money within half an hour, but to date, Killikelly has not been seen or heard from. “You can’t get on to any of the phone numbers on the receipt; he is not answering one and the other is no good.” DeSantos added that he went to the Main Street location of “Falls View Tours” but was unable to find the tour guide and was given the impression he no longer worked at the tour company. It was later noticed that the tour guide had not used the company’s office phone number on the receipt. The tour company’s staffers said that other persons had been coming to the location in search of the tour operator. DeSantos said he was given authorization by the English couple to rectify the matter. He has thus made a report at the Brickdam Police Station, where investigators requested that they be contacted if information on the alleged con artist

Andre Killikelly’s photo on “Falls View Tours” website surfaces. When Kaieteur News made contact with Katherine at Iwokrama’s office in September, she refrained from answering any questions asked about the tour arrangements and the operator. Even after explaining the crux of the matter, she said she would not give any information over the phone. After several unanswered calls, the tour operator got on to this newspaper to explain that he had been in Mahdia Region Eight and would be returning to town to deal with the matter. Without offering any explanation, he said he would rectify the matter. Chief Executive Officer of Iwokrama Dane Gobin has clarified, however, that his company is in no way affiliated or connected to Mr.

Killikelly. He said that his company does not offer certain tours so it would recommend smaller agencies to customers. Killikelly was one of those persons and the company had used his services on numerous occasions. Gobin explained, however, that his company has since terminated all business with Killikelly. Meanwhile, the experience has left the British couple stunned after their first Guyana trip together. Ajita Khanderia is a General Practitioner in England, while her husband is a Chartered Accountant. They were contemplating a trip for a team of doctors to offer free medical service in the interior. “They are reconsidering,” DeSantos said.

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LARGE QUANTITIES OF HIGH PURITY MERCURY (QUICK SILVER) 99.99995% PURITY $19,000 PER POUND CALL: 592-227-4754.

Tundra ‘Woman Driven’ Tel:627-1983 New Kenmore stainless steel French-door-bottom refrigerator 25cuft and 30" Gas stove- Call:629-2404/ 623-8172

One professional seamstress & one frame builder- Call: 610-7005/ 219-1342 24 Hour East Coast Guyoil needs night pump attendants, salesgirl & office assistantCall: 663-1751/684-2838

Tierier pups and dogs for sale - Tel:649-4247 One trawler for sale with engine and gear box. Going cheap!- Contact:642-6780

Fabric World – 140 Regent & Light St. for experienced cashier & salesgirls, apply in person with written application.

Spare for washing machine, microwaves,fridges, stoves, timers, gearbox, pumps, etc call:225-9032,647-2943 Potting Soil and quality cow mould- Call: 656-1326/678-0058 1 German Roller & 1 Hauler Truck (Low bed)Contact:681-2995 1 Honda ATV 450 bikeCall:626-3817 Video recording spy pen $6,500- Call:671-6177 Attention Miners!! On sale: Insect treated mosquito nettings for hammockCall:690-5461 Pitbull pups- Call:683-6674 Blackberry cell phone model (9650). Excellent condition (like brand new)- Call Keith 624-6464 1 Gold land @ PotaroCall:628-7605 Redge Vac 6.5 16gals elet, carpet steamer, cleaner & steamer, tile cutter, air conditioners and 3 computerCall:686-5625 One trawler for sale with engine and gear box. Going cheap!- Contact:642-6780 1 CBR 600cc 2004 model, excellent condition- Call:2663966/669-5401 Engine for sale 6.9 Cummings for truck or other needsCall:615-3023 10 acres land next to creek @ Splashmins, Linden Highway. 2002 Toyota Allion carCall:687-1392 9 weeks old pitbull pups. Ideal for breeding, security and show purposes- Call:648-9770 Chicken Hatchery (Robbins), 28,000 eggs capacity fully ready, $ 6 million or best offer TEL: 227-3939 621-4000 Diesel Generator, 3 cylinder Lister pitter (England) key start, 10 kva, with exhaust and tank $500,000 Tel 2273939, 621-4000 Generac Generator 15 kva, portable, key start like new $550,000 cash Tel 227-3939, 621-4000 22" Chrome Rims with Tires 6 holes $295,000, 18" Chrome Rims with Tire $125,000 TEL: 227-3939, 621-4000 3 Clarke forklifts 2000 lb, $300,000, 3000 lb, $600,000, 4000 lb $800,000 lifting capacity TEL: 227-3939, 6214000

WANTED Salesgirl required for Indian clothes store, late shift 3pm to 9pm. Must live around Sheriff Street- Call:604-2164 One three bedrooms house to rent- Call:617-4055

Diesel Generator silent 28 kva SDMO Mitsubishi engine with fuel tank major parts missing $350,000 2273939, 621-4000

One general domestic. Must be able to prepare vegetarian meals. Apply @ Alabama Trading, Georgetown Ferry Stelling

DieseL Generator silent 28 kva SDMO John Deere engine missing Fuel Pump, Panel, and Avr $ 1 million cash Tel 227-3939, 621-4000

Vacancy exists for security. Apply at Alabama Trading, Georgetown Ferry Stelling

Lady tailor required for Indian Garie store, Sheriff Street. GY$25,000 per week salarycall:604-2164

Vacancy exists: Two sales representatives (male or female) & one driver. Must complete secondary schoolCall:227-1042

1 Handyman, 1 watchman, 2 labourers, 1 clerk and workers to work on farm (must be 30 years and over)- Call:265-3586

73" 3D TV Mitsubishi Like new $500,000 cash 227-3939, 6214000 60FT Antenna (Mass) for Radio, TV, Cellular to be removed with all cables, brackets, sky light $750,000 NEG TEL: 227-3939, 621-4000 Playstation 3 complete $75,000, new Acer Laptop in box $55,000, Wii system complete $60,000Tel: 2273939 Samsung Galaxy Note 2 new $110,000, I phone 4S $90,000, Blackberry bold 4 $70,000, I PHONE 4 LOCKED $50,000 227-3939 Massey, Yanmar Ford 5000 Logging/ Agriculture Tractors, parts, Loader & Ford Truck- Call:615-1578/ 694-3595: Tools & Chainsaw668-2831 Clean Garden Earth & builders waste also Bobcat rental, excavating, clearing & leveling done- Call:616-0617 or 663-3285 Cheap earth delivery to spot E.C.D and E.B.D- Call:6279977 or 698-0182 Flood light, diesel 6.5 KVA – Call: 696-9962 40 KVA Diesel generator; 3 phase – Call:696-9962 Kobelco Excavator; Lc-300 – Call:696-9962 Honda Foreman; ATV Double Shocks – Call:696-9962 1 ATV 500 Honda, Shocks – 2010 model going cheap. “Duties already paid” - Call: 642-1537 TO LET Furnished Single studio apartment, 3rd floor- Tel:2332770 LEARN TO DRIVE Soman & Sons Driving School , First Federation Building Call 225-4858, 6445166,622-2872,615-0964

Porters to work in Grocery stall, Stabroek marketTel:226-9800/683-9500

One experience mechanic to work in interior must know to repair minibus & solid DEF vehicle- Call:681-6044 Office Clerk: CXC English/ Mathematics- Call:225-0188/ 225-6070 TO LET Latchman Racktoo Office Complex: 43 Croal street Stabroek- Call:225-3269/6219741 One bedroom apartment at ‘B’ field Sophia at $40,000 per month- Call:661-3801 Furnished Apartment to rent @ ‘AA’ Eccles- Call:686-5625 Harmony Inn: Apartments fully furnished, airconditioned apartments: As low as $5000 per night- Call: 668-0306/ 602-8769/694-7817 Business place to rent @ Charlotte Street- Call:691-1198 Fully secured concrete bond 87x31ft (private compound) @ Mc Doom public road back of Police OutpostCall:233-0570 Furnished executive one or two bedroom suite in Diamond. Ideal for foreigners. Call: 609-2466 Fully furnished short term apartments, Eccles call: 679-7139 Campbellville $90,000$140,000, Atlantic Gardens US$900, Lamaha Gardens US$1200, Kingston US$900Call Diana 227-2256/626-9382 2 bedrooms bottom flat apartment for rent @ 4th St. Diamond N/Scheme, E.B.DCall:615-3023 Business spot at 14 Peter’s Hall public road, E.B.DCall:233-5110/668-0309

One experience driver to work in interior age 25 and up- Call:681-6044 Contract cars- Contact City Taxi Service- 660-1100/2267150 Live in waitress- Call:643-9007/ 697-2978

WANTED 2 Persons to work in kitchen- Please call 2336765 between 18hr-19hr One domestic, live in & live out babysitter from 12pm8pm- Call:225-4492 Experience Jetmen, marakmen, operators & cooks for interior- Call:6715149 Security guards to work with mining firm- Call:642-7963/ 226-9768 1 Electrician to do domestic work and some industrial ideas- Call:692-5175 1 Handyman to work in yardcall:692-5175 Bouncers and bartenders (2yrs experience) apply in person between TuesdaySaturday 4pm-6pm @El Club Latino- Call:616-2902 One hire car driver from West Bank or West Coast Demerara- Call:616-0111 Boat captain & partner to live in and work in Essequibo River Resort-Tel:226-0240 One female general worker for shift system (8hrs)- Call:2286337

One live in maid age 24-45Call:697-2129 Salesgirl required for Indian Shop Sheriff Street. High salary. Any age- Call:604-2164

Receptionist/cleaner; attractive wages offered; shift work – Call: 225-5640 (Between 8:00am & 5:00pm; Mon-Sat).

Urgently needed 1 plot of land to buy in Parfaite Harmonie, Eccles & Herstelling- Call:6757295/218-5591

One Mechanic must know to repair Cummings and Perkins engine – Contact: 681-6044

Painters/Carpenters Work with Limited Supervision with own tools Tel: 225-0188/2256070

One experienced welder Contact: 681-6044

One handy man for shop in the Interior, age 20-25 $80,000Call:642-0176 One cook for the interior, age 20-35 $80,000- Call:642-0176 Experienced dispatchers & drivers @ Princess HotelCall:265-7076/616-5419 Attractive live in waitressCall:327-0252/674-4665

One gasoline mechanic must know to fix Rz Hilux, etc – Contact: 681-6044 Skilled carpenters – Contact:668-9863, 615-7526 Motorcycle with tools apply; Guyana Variety Store & Nut Centre; Cummings & Light Streets – Call:227-3939 Body work man to spray motorcycle: Cummings & Middle Streets – Call:2273939 One domestic help needed to work in the East Bank Demerara area – Please contact:681-6185

MASSAGE The Gent’s Spa: Let beautiful sophisticated masseuse pamper you: New masseuse available- Call:657-5979

Waitress and night cook to work at bar in town – Call:223-4778 or 626-0189 (Continued on page 55)

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FOR HIRE Truck for hire to the interior etc- Call:602-5755

WANTED CAR RENTAL TOUR Santa Misson Capoey Lake 16th October – Call - Joy: 2181285/649-9059 Suriname Diwali Tour 2nd – 5th November and 28th – 1st December –Tel: 644-0185, 639-2663, 665-5171, 2278290.

For our advertising rates call: 2258491, 225-8465.

1 Electrician to do domestic work and some industrial ideas- Call:692-5175

Fab’s Rental: Cars to RentCall:671-6051/609-6890

1 Handyman to work in yardcall:692-5175

Premio, vitz call: 679-7139 Dolly’s Car Rental- Call: 225-7126/ 226-3693dollysautorental@yahoo.com/ www.dollysautorental.com Aidan’s Car Rental & PickupCall: 645-7981/ 698-7807 First Choice Car Rental: Cars as low as $5,000 per day- Call:668-0306/6947817/225-6337 Wings Car Rental- Call:6431131

LAND FOR SALE 50 Acres estate land at Grant Belfield lower Pomeroon river- Call:771-5403 or 6718100 D.D’Oliveira Waiakabra, Linden Highway: 1,409’x403’ or 13.73 acres. Concrete house thereon. 1,100 feet from HighwayCall:619-4152 At Blankenburg public road, W.C.D. 38x150 & 39x150 $16M each- Call: 666-3619 Transported road side house lot @ Plantation Paradise, West Coast Berbice. No reasonable offer will be refused-Call:327-5314

Sunday October 13, 2013 ARIES (Mar. 21- April 20) You will have problems with coworkers if you are too extreme about doing things perfectly. Electrical problems may be an issue.

LIBRA (Sept. 24 -Oct. 23) Go out with friends. Don't allow your lover to take advantage of your good nature. Your diplomacy will be of utmost importance today.

TAURUS (Apr. 21- May 21) Love relationships will flourish. Your romantic inclination should lead to a committed relationship. Do not borrow or lend money or belongings to friends or relatives if you wish to avoid any hassles.

SCORPIO (Oct. 24 - Nov. 22) Your attitude could be up and down like a yo-yo. Your best efforts will come through hard work. You can expect changes at your work place.

GEMINI (May 22-June 21) You may be experiencing emotional turmoil in regard to your mate. Be careful when dealing with loved ones. You may interest some of them in a service you have to offer.

SAGIT (Nov. 23 -Dec. 21) Take time to make physical improvements that will enhance your appearance. Don't let your boss make you feel guilty enough to take work home with you. Travel will also entice you.

CANCER (June 22-July 22) Don't donate more than you can afford in order to impress others. Go with the flow and don't be concerned about your own job. Don't blow situations out of proportion or you could find that others will misinterpret what really happened.

CAPRI (Dec 22.- Jan. 20) You may find that purchases or entertainment could be expensive. You may experience financial loss if you don't use good judgment.

LEO (July 23-Aug 22) You need to be active and spend time with friends you enjoy. Everything is moving quickly, just the way you like it. Your hypnotic eyes will capture the hearts of those who interest you. VIRGO (Aug. 23 -Sept. 23) Get busy doing all those things at home that you have been putting off for so long. Plan your day thoughtfully, but try not to rely on others.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 21 -Feb. 19) Don't let your mate bully you into thinking that you owe them your time and your life. You will have to make some changes regarding your direction if you wish to keep on top of your career expectations. PISCES (Feb. 20-Mar. 20) Evasion is likely if you aren't direct about your feelings. Think twice before you say something you might regret later. Travel for business or pleasure.

Double lots located at 5 Rosetta, Canal #2, W.B.D. Price $10M neg- Call: 689-3413 Prime transported rice fields all @ Plantation Paradise West Coast Berbice. No reasonable offer will be refused-Call:327-5314 132X48 Land for sale @ 80 Garnett Street, Campbellville by owner- Call:680-0072/6195267 Parfaite Harmonie with foundation $1.3M- Call:6757292 Transported house and cultivated lots (3 acres) at lot 3D Ledesir Canal #1 Polder, W.B.D. Owner migratingCall:664-9923 Urgently needed 1 plot of land to buy in Parfaite Harmony, Eccles & Herstelling- Call:675-7295/ 218-5591

FOR RENT To rent 2 Bedrooms fully furnished Short term apartment- Call:222-7891/ 609-9202 Apartment to rent & houses for sale- Call:687-3017 Liquor Restaurant; 107 Middle Rd Lapenitence – Tel:225-7796. 2 bedroom house, Diamond New Scheme; $60,000 per month - Call:618-8655/ 2161836 PRIME BUSINESS SPOT LOCATED AT 251 THOMAS STREET LOTS OF LAND SPACE PLUS BUILDING THEREON. TEL: 683-4803.

Salesgirl required for Indian Shop Sheriff Street. High salary. Any age- Call:6042164 Lady tailor required for Indian Garie store, Sheriff Street. GY$25,000 per week salary- call:604-2164 Salesgirl required for Indian clothes store, late shift 3pm to 9pm. Must live around Sheriff Street- Call:604-2164 (1) One Mazda Axela sports PRR series, 4 wheel disc brakes, silver $2M negotiableCall:600-8516/644-8516 Skilled carpenters – Contact:668-9863, 615-7526 Motorcycle mechanic with tools apply; Guyana Variety Store & Nut Centre; Cummings & Light Streets – Call:227-3939 Body work man to spray motorcycle: Cummings & Middle Streets – Call:2273939 (Continued on page 56)

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‘BB’ Eccles- Concrete house 3 bedrooms upstairs, downstairs 2 self contained apartments, 2 bedrooms each toilet & bath $28MCall:227-8409/660-4764

Professional and affordable landscaping and tree trimming services. Budram’s Landscaping ServicesCall:656-1326/678-0058

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Repairs, sales & spares air conditioning, microwaves, washer, fridges & stoves. Ultra Cool, call:2259032,647-2943

One –Two storey business property (transported) @ Brickery public road, E.B.DCall: 660-8128

Gold Dust Agency: Miners do you need workers for the interior? Then call us nowTel:671-5149 Repairs to Fridge, Freezer, AC, Washers, Stoves: Call 683-1312,627-3206 (Nick) We Refill HP cartridges for $1800 call: 650-7699 Need your house and carpet wash-Call Dorian ParrisCall:672-7759/661-5324 CEI Travel & Tourism Services 33 Co-op Crescent Shopping Mall Mackenzie, Linden-Phone:444-2430,6814350caribeuropean @gmail.com A licensed driver is seeking employment – Call: 672-8137. Upholstery, recovering of sofas chairs, recliner, couches and more- Call:6135132 Computer Technician: Home and office visits at your comfort!! Brian Moe@6423543/ FB:Brian.Moe.165

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La Penitence $7.5M, Kitty $30M, ‘AA’ Eccles $60M, Water street (commercial properties) US$26M- Call Diana 227-2256/626-9382 Newly painted 6 bedrooms house, concrete fence and garage $15.5M negotiableCall:604-4174/619-5332 2 STOREY Concrete building on corner spot in Zeelugh E.B.E $ 12 Million Tel: 2273939 621-4000 2 Storey business premises: 94 Campbell Avenue, C/VilleCall:680-8857/647-300-4294 32 Acres for sale, Lot 5 Content Mahaicony, E.C.D: US$175,000: Call:813-3194219: rpooran@ tampabay.rr.com Two storey house, six bedrooms & two kitchen @ block ‘8’ Tushen, E.B.ECall:650-2982 VERSAILLES: Furnished 5 bedrooms, self-contained rooms, modern facilities, generator, beautiful landscape, gated community- Call:592-6248704/592-684-9203

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Courses in cake decoration, pastry making & cookery, Call: 670-0798. Also Wedding dresses for sale Baking & sewing courses @ W.C.D- Call:276-4018/6936335

VEHICLE FOR SALE 1 Toyota Ceres (4 doors car). Automatic, fully powered, mags, alarm $775,000- Contact Rocky 621-5902 or 225-1400

VEHICLE FOR SALE 1 White AT170 Toyota Carina, in excellent condition, $680,000 negotiable – Call: 264-2454, 613-4596, 618-8537.

Toyota Tacoma (2006 model)VVTI engine, automatic, fully loaded, 22" chrome rims $4.3M- Contact Rocky 6215902/ 225-1400 1 Toyota Raum (PKK series) Auto, F/P, A/C, alarm. Price $1.350M- Call:621-5902/2251400

Ford F150, Extra Cab with back cover automatic – Contact: 645-5596.

1 Honda CRV (PKK series) Auto, F/P, mags, A/C, crash bar. Price $1.9M- Call:6215902/225-1400 Honda CRV 2002 model, automatic, fully loaded alarm. Price $3.2M- Contact Rocky 621-5902/ 225-1400 Make money – stretch limousine, Lincoln Town car, seats 12 persons, fully powered Tel 227-3939, 6214000 1 Toyota- IST, Fun Cargo, AT212, AT192, AT170, Ceres, G-Touring Wagon & TundraCall:644-5096 or 697-1453 Hilux D4D pick up extra cab, GPP series- Call:644-5096/ 697-1453 One Bedford model M lorry with winch installed (unused). New reg $6M negotiable- Call Selwyn 6259263 Nissan Pathfinder – PEE series; owner driven; in excellent condition. For Inspection and further information – Call:654-0533 or 678-3073 Crash 2005 Vitz - $850,000 “as is” negotiable – Call:6177113

Crash 2005 Vitz - $850,000 “as is” negotiable – Call:617-7113 Toyota Premio $2.5M negotiable; Toyota Carina AT212, 2M negotiable, both fully loaded and unregistered – Tel:226-5473 (Must see!) Nissan Pathfinder – PEE series; owner driven; in excellent condition. For inspection and further information – Call:654-0533 or 678-3073. One Toyota G/Wagon – Call:622-7831 (excellent condition). One Bedford model M lorry with winch installed (unused). New reg $6M negotiable- Call Selwyn 625-9263

Designing and sewing classes @ Schoon-Ord, W.B.D - Call Sharmela 6262629/676-6312 Designing and sewing classes @ Schoon-Ord, W.B.D- Call Sharmela 6262629/676-6312

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VEHICLE FOR SALE (1) One Mazda Axela sports PRR series, 4 wheel disc brakes, silver $2M negotiable- Call:600-8516/ 644-8516 2007 Toyota ‘BB’ $2.5M, 2007 Rav4 $6.4M, Spacio $2.1M, Premio $2.5M. vehicles fully loaded- Call: 617-2891 2- 2007 Toyota AvensisCall:698-0674 One RZ minibus and one two door car- Call:616-2409 1 Toyota Hilux single cab. Excellent condition, first owner- Call:657-3707

One AT192 Carina, HB-5151, excellent condition; price negotiable – Tel:687-4154

1 Toyota Fielder 2005 model (colour silver). Excellent condition, fully loaded. Late PMM series $2M NegCall:266-5282/602-6518

Leroy Trident car (brand new) 250 CC,) 4 doors, car CD player, power window, Keyless Entry, $750,000 TEL 227-3939, 621-4000

Quicky’s Auto Sale: just arrived 2006 Premio, mirror caps door handles etc. wholesale and retail- Call:6772482

Hilux Surf 4 doors, automatic, 4 wheel drive, needs minor repairs $850,000- Call:6214000/225-5239/227-3939

We buy & sell vehicles for cash, also parts available & 30 seater buses- Call:6803154

Mitsubishi 3000GT in excellent condition, CD player, 18" rims and more $1.8M cash- Call:621-4000/ 225-5239 Toyota Camry SV40, crash can be fixed. Sold with documents $350,000Call:621-4000/225-5239

AT192, 212, Allion, Premio, Audi, BNN RZ mini buses, AT170, Marino. Cash or terms- Call:680-3154

Nissan Maxima fully powered, needs some repairs $375,000 cash- Call:621-4000/ 227-3939 EDUCATIONAL A P / S AT / C X C / I G C S E : English classes, personalized tutoringCall:612-4821 (after 4pm)/ 274-0437 (after 7pm) Earn a certificate in foundation of Home nursing, child care, Geriatric nursingCall:692-2063/613-0803/2260763 Private tutor – teaching, reading, writing, grammar at home – Tel:696-7467 DRESSMAKING

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Trike Can-am style 200cc brand new motorcycle unregistered with reverse gear - Call: 621-4000/227-3939 Mitsubishi Pajero (Immaculate condition); automatic, fully loaded, 4×4, price $2.8M- Contact Rocky:225-1400 or 621-5902 AT212 Carina (private), automatic, fully powered, A/ C, CD player, price $1.350Mcontact Rocky:225-1400 or 621-5902 Toyota extra cab pick-up (22 R engine) manual, (EFI) 4×4, (GPP series) price $2.5MContact Rocky 621-5902/2251400 1 Toyota Hilux extra cab (5LDiesel). Manual, fully loaded $3.1M- Contact Rocky 6215902 or 225-1400

One Toyota Pitbull minibus, late BPP series $3.5M negCall:675-5165/672-2212 One customized 3 tons canter truck and on bush truck capable for interior transportCall:231-6560/672-5281/6437666 HILUX SOLID DEF PICKUPS, unregistered, in excellent condition – Call:6912077 1 Toyota Double cab pickup (4door) manual (5l- Diesel) 4x4 -$3.5M Contact Rocky: 6215902/225-1400 Fully reconditioned stick gear and automatic pitbull and 1RZ Mini-buses. Tel: 6418647 19 Seater Pitbull. Bargain Price. Tel:641-8647 Driven Auto Sales – new arrivals sale – Unregistered; fully loaded Toyota Sienta$2,275,000 & Madza Axela $2,375,000 – Tel: 643-6565,2269931 2004 Audi A4, 4WD, sunroof, PRR & 2003 Allion, Alarm, Music, 16" Chrome-rims, PNN – Tel: 669-7298, 662-6775

VEHICLE FOR SALE 1 Leyland DAF GNN 2131. Price $3.8M negotiableCall:259-1370/650-3447 2008 White Tacoma 4x4 automatic, 32,000 miles, 4" lift kit with big rims & tyres. Excellent condition - Call: 610-5370 Hilux D4D pick up extra cab, GPP series- Call:644-5096/ 697-1453 1 Leyland DAF 60 single axle & dump - Call: 216-1315/ 613-6615 Glanza V, Turbo, HKS super flow exhaust PPP series, manual – Contact: 638-8599. One white Toyota Tundra $2.5M, good condition- Call Suresh 225-6455/603-8045 Green Toyota Allion, PNN series $1.9M- Call:669-2650/ 677-5559 Mitsubishi Galant $1.1MCall:645-3605 Smart Choice Auto: Premio, Allion, IST, Runx, FielderCall:652-3820/665-4529 Best 2007 Nissan Titan flair, trunk cover, 22" mags, air brush $3.5M- call:674-9593 Suzuki Escudo (Vitara): White, 2000cc, gas, engine, full- featured SUV in excellent condition-Call:629-2404/6238172 2 Toyota Tundra F150, Suzuki sports car, Chevy express van- Call:227-8519/653-4287 (owner leaving) ALYEA’S AUTO SALE: PREMIO 2004/2003. ALL PRICES ARE NEG. 40 CROAL STREET STABROEK- TEL:2317284/622-3823 1 RZ minibus fully loaded, crash bar. Excellent working condition $1.6M negotiableCall:675-3773 1 Toyota- IST, Fun Cargo, AT212, AT192, AT170, Ceres, G-Touring Wagon & TundraCall: 644-5096 or 697-1453 One Toyota minibus BJJ series-Call:678-5887, 6507354, 619-0007 New 2013 Isuzu: D-Max single & double cabsCall:691-0234 1 NZE Toyota Corolla PRR 2700, 55KM- Call:684-4627 1-2005 Toyota Avensis $2.2M. Looks and runs good- Call:686-4020 New ATVs: Introductory price $1,199,000 (Duty Free)Call:691-0234

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Cops kill two, one No procurement commission, no critical in shootout anti-money Laundering Bill- AFC Two Albouystown youths were shot dead and a third badly wounded around 20:00 hrs yesterday during a confrontation with police near the K&VC Hotel in South Road, Georgetown. Relatives identified the dead as, Jermaine Canterbury, called Chow, and Mark Anthony Joseph, 19, called Two Grand, of Hogg Street, Albouystown. A third youth, identified as Mario Gouveia, also of Albouystown, was in a critical condition with a bullet wound to the face. Police alleged that Canterbury, whom some named as Joseph Fraser, and Mark Anthony Joseph were slain after they opened fire on police ranks who confronted them during a robbery attempt. However some eyewitnesses

- guns, ammo recovered alleged that the suspects were unarmed and that one of them had surrendered. Police sources said that they recovered a .38 revolver with three spent shells and a .32 revolver with one live round. The ranks also allegedly recovered a wig from one of the suspects. According to a source, police had received word that the youths and at least one other individual in a white Raum were in the area and were planning to rob a customer who was in the K&VC Hotel. Police sources said that acting on this information, ranks staked out the scene and confronted the suspects. They alleged that two of the

suspects were slain during an exchange of gunfire and a third wounded. They said that the occupant of the Raum escaped. However, a man claiming to be an eyewitness alleged that one of the youths was cornered inside the hotel and surrendered. The man alleged that the suspect emptied his pockets and showed the police that he only had a cell phone. The man claimed that some of the ranks then took the youth to a dark section of South Road and shot him. The victims were taken to the Georgetown Public Hospital where Joseph and Canterbury were pronounced dead.

The Alliance For Change (AFC), in its quest to secure an effective Public Procurement Commission, (PPC) has decided to withhold its Parliamentary support for amendments to the Anti-Money Laundering and Financing of Terrorism Act until such time that the Commission is established. That stance, which is popularly referred to as political horse-trading, was unveiled at an AFC press conference yesterday. AFC treasurer, Dominic Gaskin said that the Party will continue its work at the level of the Parliamentary Select Committee to assess the effectiveness of the proposed amendments in meeting the recommendations of the Caribbean Financial Action Task Force (CFATF). Gaskin told media operatives that the People’s Progressive Party/ Civic (PPP/ C) Government clearly does

not believe that the citizens of Guyana deserve to have an independent Public Procurement Commission to regulate and monitor the process by which their tax dollars are spent. He said that the PPC is a Constitutional Commission provided for by the Public Procurement Act of 2003, and must be established according to the provisions of this Act. Gaskin said that “having delayed its establishment for over a decade, Government is now seeking to amend the terms of the Act under which it is to be established so as to lessen its effectiveness.” Section 54 of the Act deals with a review by Cabinet (no objection) of procurements in excess of $15 million. It states explicitly that Cabinet’s involvement under this section shall cease upon the constitution of the Public P r o c u r e m e n t

Commission, except in relation to certain pending matters. Gaskin said yesterday, that the AFC views the recent insistence by President Donald Ramotar that Cabinet should maintain its ”no objection” role in the procurement process as totally inconsistent with the provisions of the Act and an attempt to subvert the Constitution of Guyana. Gaskin noted that his party’s wish to remind the President that the matter of C a b i n e t ’ s ” n o objection” role was thoroughly debated in the National Assembly before the passage of the Public Procurement Act of 2003. The politician said, “Guyanese public deserves the benefits of both of these measures, namely: effective Anti-Money Laundering Legislation and an independent Public Procurement Commission.”

Several Caribbean countries jolted by powerful quake PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad - CMC – An earthquake with a magnitude of 6.4 jolted several Caribbean countries, including Trinidad and Tobago and Guyana on Friday night, the Trinidadbased Seismic Unit of the University of the West Indies (UWI) confirmed Saturday. It said that the quake, which was also felt in Grenada and St Vincent and the Grenadines occurred at 10:10

pm and was located north of the Paria Peninsula in Trinidad. The Guyana-based Demerara Waves website said that the tremor was felt as far away as Corriverton, Berbice, Linden, Bartica, Mahdia and the North West District. There were no immediate reports of damage or death caused by the quake which had a depth of 60 kilometres and was located 10.86 degrees

north, 62.12 degrees west. Media reports in Trinidad made reference to electricity power cuts but no serious damage or injuries. The quake is the most powerful felt in Trinidad and Tobago since 1997 when an earthquake with a magnitude of 6.1 struck the twin island republic causing damage in the sister isle of Tobago.

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Malala calls on world to make education top priority

AU calls for halt to ICC cases against Kenyan and Sudanese leaders

Washington (AFP) Malala Yousafzai, the Pakistani schoolgirl activist who has become a world champion of girls’ rights, called Friday for the World Bank to make education its top priority. Seated on a stage with World Bank President Jim Yong Kim in a one-on-one presentation in Washington, the 16-year-old delivered a poised, articulate and impassioned plea for children’s education. Asked by Kim for her advice to the World Bank, Malala noted that organizations spend much of their money on health, AIDS and other programs. “But I think all those organizations must make education their top priority,” she said. Such a focus would fight child labor, child trafficking, poverty and AIDS, all at once, she argued. Kim, who has called her “a powerful symbol of hope”, announced the World Bank was donating $200,000 to the Malala Fund, a foundation she launched to help girls around the world go to school and promote universal access to education. Malala said she decided to create the fund because she needed to do “work on the ground,” in addition to speaking out about the issues. She also is promoting her memoir, out this month — “I Am Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Was Shot by the Taliban.” Malala was shot in the head by the Pakistani Taliban on October 9, 2012, for speaking out against their ideology. She recalled to a packed

Malala Yousafzai, 16-year-old Pakistani campaigner for the education of women, speaks during a news conference Friday. REUTERS audience at the World Bank that her father campaigned for women’s rights in a Pakistani society that favors sons. She realized when she was about 13 and 14 that the Taliban might attack her father for his support of women and started to prepare for an attack against herself. “If a Talib comes, he has a gun and he’s going to shoot me, I will tell him, then shoot me, but listen to me first. Listen to my voice... And I will tell him that I want even education for their sons and daughters. I’m not speaking against them. I’m not against any person. I am against their ideology... why are they against education?” The remarkable journey of the young girl from Pakistan, now feted worldwide and walking in the halls of power,

has drawn the ire of the Taliban. Speculation mounted recently that she would be awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. But instead, it went to the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons on Friday. The Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan proclaimed they were “delighted” that she missed out on the prize. On Thursday, the TTP had threatened to kill her “even in America or the UK” after she won the European Union’s prestigious Sakharov human rights prize. Malala, who used to want to become a doctor, now says her goal is to be a politician to effect change. “I believe that today’s dreams become tomorrow’s realities.”

(Reuters) - African leaders called yesterday for the prosecutions of Kenya’s and Sudan’s presidents by the International Criminal Court to be halted, amid complaints the body has only ever pursued Africans. An African Union summit in Addis Ababa was held to discuss Africa’s relations with the court, which has convicted just one man, a Congolese warlord, and has only charged Africans. It said the U.N. Security Council should defer the trial of Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta under article 16 of the court’s Rome Statute, which allows for an initial delay of a year, or it would seek an alternative means of postponement. “If that is not met, what the summit decided is that President Kenyatta should not appear until the request we have made is actually answered,” Ethiopian Foreign Minister Tedros Adhanom told journalists in Addis Ababa after the meeting. Kenyatta and his deputy, William Ruto, have been accused of orchestrating large-scale violence after a disputed 2007 election, charges they deny. Kenyatta’s trial is due to start on November 12, while Ruto’s began last month. The African Union stance challenges the Hague-based court in its most high-profile case to date - its first trial of a sitting president. Without an agreed legal delay in court proceedings, any decision by Kenyatta not to attend could prompt an arrest warrant, a step Western nations have wanted to avoid as it would complicate already tricky relations with a regional ally.

Until now, both Kenyans have said they will cooperate to clear their names and both have attended hearings. There was no immediate comment from the two politicians or their lawyers. “It’s a good outcome,” Kenyan Foreign Minister Amina Mohamed told Reuters shortly after the summit closed. “We have been given instructions by the AU summit on what we should do next. We will work together with the African Union.” African nations say the court has ignored earlier demands that the cases be delayed while the men are in office or moved closer to home. “We would like our concerns to be heard loud and clear,” Ethiopian Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn, whose country chairs the African Union, told the closing session. A group led by the AU chair with representatives from Africa’s five regions will press the U.N. Security Council to defer proceedings against Kenya’s leadership and the Sudanese president,

Omar Hassan al Bashir, who faces charges of genocide. Unlike the Kenyan politicians, Bashir has long defied an arrest warrant, deepening his nation’s alienation from the West. “We have agreed that no charges shall be commenced or continued before any international court or tribunal against any serving head of state or government, or anybody acting or entitled to act in such capacity during his or her term of office,” Hailemariam said. Such a rule would exempt Ruto, who is required to stand in on behalf of Kenyatta when he is out of the country. Africans say the court has “double standards”, saying laws in other nations mean top leaders are immune from prosecution. However, ministers did not call for a mass walk-out from the court’s jurisdiction, after officials previously said such a proposal would be on the agenda. The idea did not win broad support among Africa’s 34 signatories to the court’s statutes.

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T&T gang leaders using govt. contracts to buy food for members, concert tickets- priest Trinidadian Guardian Gang leaders use money from government contracts to provide food for members of their community and buy expensive tickets for them for concerts with Jamaican dancehall artistes. Some of that money will also be used to buy guns, or rent them. There are other gang leaders who use almost all the money to strengthen their financial empire and the community sees very little of it.

This and other revelations came from Fr Clyde Harvey, who works with young people in at-risk communities. He said he has never been in favour of giving of government contracts to gang leaders, or even the introduction of state relief programmes like Cepep and URP in crime hot spots. Harvey was responding to questions from the T&T Guardian yesterday on whether government

Fr Clyde Harvey contracts given to gang leaders increased or decreased crime. “It’s not as simple as yes or no…There are different kinds of gang leaders,” he said. “There’s the kind of gang leader who will take the money and use it to set up a programme to benefit members of his gang and people from the wider community. For instance, he might sponsor a small-goal competition. Some time ago, a gang leader, now deceased, said it cost him $30,000 to keep his community together. He admitted he had to find that money.” Harvey also said, “Some of the money is used to buy or rent guns.” Asked if gang leaders did not already have enough guns, he replied, “Talk to any gang person and they never have enough guns.” Asked if the gangsters seek to get guns that are more sophisticated than those of the police, Harvey said, “Once people begin to have ambition in the world of crime, they want to be the best. This is also true in other countries in the world. Look at the Taliban.” Harvey said when young people are told to put their guns away they make it very clear the police cannot protect them. He referred to the recent killing of a 30-yearold woman who witnessed the murder of a Diego Martin PH taxi driver in Laventille. “That young woman’s death only serves to reinforce that belief,” he said. Harvey criticised politicians who said they never dealt with gang leaders, claiming, “They all did it. It is somewhat hypocritical for anybody who has been in politics to say he has never dealt with gang leaders.” Harvey said make-work programmes like Cepep may be used by members of the community for good, for a while, until they become tainted.

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IDB funds Jamaica’s public financial and performance management programme

Minister of Finance and Planning Peter Phillips (left) and President of the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), Luis Alberto Moreno WASHINGTON DC, United States - Minister of Finance and Planning, Dr Peter Phillips has signed a US$60million loan agreement with the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), at its headquarters in Washington, DC. The loan is the third tranche of financing for the public financial and performance management programme, which is aimed at strengthening fiscal discipline, improving public financial management, and boosting public performance management. This forms part of the government strategic priorities for 2013/14 in the area of fiscal prudence and the pursuit of a credible economic programme. President of the IDB, Luis Alberto Moreno, who signed on behalf of the bank, expressed the IDB’s satisfaction with respect to Jamaica’s strengthened fiscal management. He said he is satisfied with the country’s progress with the International Monetary Fund’s (IMF) Extended Fund Facility and the first review, which was approved by the IMF’s Board on September 30, 2013. Moreno said the review is an important reflection of the IMF’s confidence in Jamaica’s macro-economic stabilisation programme. He reiterated that the fiscal management programme combines policy initiatives and government actions in four key areas fiscal responsibility, financial management, public procurement and performance management and accountability.

He added that all these reforms are paramount to accomplishing the objectives of Jamaica’s stabilisation programme currently being implemented and are expected to deliver ambitious debt reduction and fiscal consolidation over the next four years. The managing director said Jamaica has taken a very important step in moving forward and having the international community gain more confidence in the

country’s economic stability. Dr Phillips expressed Jamaica’s appreciation to the IDB for its support to the country over the years. He said it has not always been an easy road, but hopes that Jamaica can continue to count on the partnership with the IDB, as the country enters the difficult period of moving towards sustained growth, which remains the basic building block and fundamental objective of the country.

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Bulgaria writes off Guyana’s debt

Dr. Petar Chobanov, Bulgaria’s Minister of Finance (left), inks the agreement with Dr. Ashni Singh signing in the board room at the World Bank in Washington DC as Chief Planning Officer within Guyana’s Ministry of Finance, Clyde Roopchand looks on. Finance Minister, Dr Ashni Singh yesterday signed a bilateral debt relief agreement to cancel US$3M of Guyana’s debt owed to Bulgaria. The balance US$322,578 would be rescheduled and repaid over a three- year period, according to the Ministry. Dr Singh inked the agreement with the Bulgarian Finance Minister, Dr. Petar Chobanov, in Washington DC on the periphery of the Annual meetings of the IMF and World Bank which are currently underway.

“The funds saved under this agreement will be used to assist Guyana in enhancing economic growth and alleviating poverty,” Minister Singh said. The Minister further expressed his “deep gratitude and appreciation on behalf of the Government and People of Guyana for the generosity and support from the Government and People of the Republic of Bulgaria.” “Guyana looks forward to the continued friendly relationship and future cooperation with the Government and people of

Bulgaria,” said Dr Singh. He expressed that the Agreement represents a step towards greater cooperation and the strengthening of the cordial friendship between the two countries.” The debt write-off was facilitated by the Paris Club, which is an informal group of official creditors aimed at facilitating debt treatment options to countries like Guyana. Guyana’s debt to Bulgaria resulted from an Inter governmental Barter Protocol that was signed on June 10, 1984 in Varna, Bulgaria, which facilitated trade between the two countries during the early 1980’s. With the conclusion of this debt relief agreement, the Government of Bulgaria recognises Guyana’s attainment of Completion Point under the enhanced HIPC initiative in 2003 and the subsequent Agreed Minute signed with the Paris Club in 2004 for the delivery of debt relief by Guyana’s creditors.

Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter. Martin Luther King, Jr.

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Fierce cyclone rips into India; 550,000 flee to shelters (Reuters) - A fierce cyclone tore into India’s coast, killing at least five people, forcing half a million into shelters and threatening to devastate farmland and fishing hamlets. Cyclone Phailin was expected to remain a “very severe cyclonic storm”, packing winds of up to 210 kph (130 mph), into today before steadily weakening as it moves inland in the states of Odisha and Andhra Pradesh. The storm snapped trees and electricity poles and smashed windows in Brahmapur, a town in the area where it hit land yesterday evening. Rescue workers and soldiers spread out across the region in helicopters and trucks and the full extent of destruction was only expected to become clear after daybreak today.

Some 12 million people were in the path of Phailin, weather and disaster management officials said. It was India’s strongest cyclone since a typhoon killed 10,000 people in the same region 14 years ago. Aid agencies hope better preparation and early warnings will mean far fewer casualties this time. Satellite images showed a vast spiral-shaped storm covering most of the Bay of Bengal’s warm seas, before it churned inland. Jagdesh Dasari, a leader in the fishing village of Mogadhalupadu, said police ordered villagers to leave their mud and thatch huts for a school building as night fell. Many on the impoverished coast were reluctant to go, afraid of losing belongings. “Many people refused to move, had to be convinced, and at times the police had to forcefully move them to safe

A big wave smashes into breakwater at a fishing harbour. REUTERS places,” Home Minister Sushilkumar Shinde said. In the first reported deaths, four people were killed by falling trees, while another died when the walls of her mud house collapsed. Electricity went out in several towns, including Odisha’s capital Bhubaneswar. “We are fortunate that we are here ... we saved our lives,” said Narayan Haldar, huddled with 1,300 people in an Odisha fishing village storm shelter, built after the 1999 typhoon. But he complained the government had not provided food. Some shelters were dilapidated and TV images showed crowds standing in the rain outside one overcrowded building. Large waves pounded beaches and villagers told a television station that surging

sea levels has pushed water hundreds of feet (metres) inland in low-lying areas. Higher sea levels driven by storm surges can cause the worst destruction. Phailin was forecast to drive sea levels up 11 feet (3.5 meters) at its peak. “The biggest threat right now is the storm surge along the coast,” said Eric Holthaus, meteorologist for Quartz magazine. India’s disaster preparations have improved since the 1999 storm and aid workers praised the precautions taken, such as the stocking of rations and evacuations. Some 550,000 people were crammed into makeshift shelters including schools and temples, in what the National Disaster Management Authority called

one of India’s largest evacuations. Even before landfall, coconut trees in villages along the coast were bent and broken in the gusting wind. Electrical poles were brought down and roads littered with debris. Terrified children clung to their mothers as they sought shelter. Most towns along the coast were deserted but some people were still trying to flee in buses and three-wheeled auto-rickshaws just hours before the storm struck. The size of the storm made extensive damage to p r o p e r t y m o r e l i k e l y, Shashidhar Reddy, vice chairman of the National Disaster Management Authority told reporters in New Delhi. “Our priority is to minimise loss of life,” he said. The weather department

warned mud houses faced destruction. It said the disruption of power and communication lines and the flooding of railways and roads was likely. ondon-based Tropical Storm Risk said the storm lost some strength before making landfall as Category 4 - the second strongest such rating. The U.S. Navy’s weather service said wind at sea was earlier gusting at 296 kph (184 mph). “A lot has been learnt since 1999 and my guess is that while there could be extensive damage to property and crops, the death toll will be much less,” said G. Padmanabhan, emergency analyst at the U.N. Development Programme. Despite the warnings, some refused to leave their homes. “I have a small child, so I thought, how will I leave?” asked Achamma, 25, holding her son in Donkuru, a fishing village in Andhra Pradesh, as waves crashed on the beach. The port of Paradip halted operations on Friday. All vessels were ordered to leave the port, which handles coal, crude oil and iron ore. An oil tanker carrying 2 million barrels of oil, worth $220 million, was moved, an oil company source said. The storm landed far north of India’s largest gas field, the D6 natural gas block in the Cauvery Basin further down the east coast, operated by Reliance Industries.

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“Sporting sadness and successes all in one week!” Last week included much sadness, with the death of an influential female motor racing exponent, coupled with one of Trinidad & Tobago’s budding soccer stars losing a leg, with hopes that that would save his life after surviving a heart attack. In such clouds came some silver; West Indies Women were triumphant! Older sports patrons would remember legendary William “Bill” Shankly, who died in 1981, considered one of the best soccer Managers ever, who played soccer for Scotland before Managing one of English Premier League’s most illustrious clubs – Liverpool Football Club – from 1959 to 1974. Promotion from 2nd Division (now Division 1) to 1st Division (now Premiership) by 1962, followed by LFC winning three 1st Division championships, two Football Association (FA) cups, four Charity Shields and one EUFA Cup, were all achieved in his fifteen years of Managing/coaching. The man was a genius. His attitude to sport, especially football, and to life, also shone through too: “Some people think that football is a matter of life and

death. I assure you that it is much more serious than that!” How apropos for T&T’s Akeem Adams! I have always been a big motor racing fan, and, having attended races at Brands Hatch and Silverstone, in United Kingdom, I know that, if ever possible, I will attend Monaco and Japanese Formula 1 races too. I still remember incomparable Murray Walker’s commentary on BBC Television’s la t e n i g h t replays of F-1 races between 1977 and 1982, when I played county cricket for Lancashire CCC. After a hard day’s toil on soft English pitches, absolute noises of F-1 distracted from my aching body! So, it was with great surprise and unbelief that I read that Maria De Villota, who had paved the way in Formula 1 for women, in a totally male-dominated sport, had been found dead in a hotel in Spain. Like another female ceiling breaker, Danica Patrick in USA’s Indy Car and NASCAR races, De Villota had brought men of the sport to recognize that excellent female talent and expertise existed with her too!

Already, De Villota had lost an eye in a bad accident last year in England, while speed testing for the Marussia team, but she was still such a popular and effervescent member of the F1 fraternity, and so determined to come back to the sport despite that set-back, that her death has put an immovable cloud over this weekend’s Japanese Grand Prix 2013. What a loss to the sport! Trinidad & Tobago’s 22 year old Akeem Adams’ plight obviously brings us directly back to Shankly and his suggestion of sports, and its effect on life, and death. Football has been Adam’s entire young life, with so much potential to get to the stratosphere in his chosen game. Now, he is fighting for his very life! The player’s situation also tells us that we should never take anything at all for granted. Try to enjoy all. Noone knows when the end will come, so, while honestly critiquing and objectivity should be acceptable, hating and openly discrediting make no sense whatsoever; such a thin line, that! Here is a guy, in the prime of life, plying his sporting trade to make a living to feed his family and to improve his

Wi t h t h e S c h o o l ’s Athletic season well and truly on, a number of those educational institutions are busy preparing their athletes for action at the inter-zone and eventually, the national level. In the Ancient County a number of schools have started this process at the inter house level. Berbice High School (BHS), on Friday last staged their Annual Inter House Track and Field Athletics and Cycling championship which took place at the Scott Church Ground, Princess Elizabeth

Road, New Amsterdam, Berbice. All six houses took part and at the end of the day, Scrimgeour House emerged as the number one house with 855 points dethroning defending champs Cooper house which had to settle for the runner-up spot on 827 points. Next was Pugsley House with 780 points; Beharry house 763 points; De Castro house 700 points and bringing up the rear was Mackay house on 524 points. The respective champion athletes were Under-14 Karcon Samuel

(boy) and Ta t i o n a Carrington (girl). Under-16 Joel Davis (boy) and Sashi Hercules (girl). Under-18 Seon Jethu (boy) and Ketisha Hicks (girl). The successful athletes have since commenced preparations for the annual Inter School championships which will be held during this week. Meanwhile, the school also ran off its Inte r H o u s e cricket competition which was won by Scrimgeour house with Cooper house finishing in the second position. (S. Whyte)

Scrimgeour House is #1 at Berbice High Inter House Athletics

Dominoes competition/cycle race to highlight Guinness Bar fun day today The Julius family in association with Johnny Barnwell and the Guinness Bar of Mahaicony ECD will host several events in and around that East Coast village today. Activities get underway at 10:00hrs when cyclists straddle their machines for a

race around the perimeter of the village. Later on, at 10:00hrs, dominoes players comprising teams from Mahaica up to #5 village West Coast Berbice will battle for honours. Trophy Stall of Bourda Market will donate the trophies and medals for

the respective winners while several individuals and corporate entities will donate additional prizes. Among them are Melbourne Inn and the Nunes family. Activities are organised by Johnny Barnwell, the Nunes family and Aubrey Fraser.

skills, with hopes of continuing future play for his country, when he is struck down with a massive heart attack, no less, one of the most unlikely candidates for such an occurrence, considering his fitness levels. Shock is the mildest word than one can conjure here, but this is real life, or death, as only his biological family could appreciate. No-one but God knows how his mother and other relatives could feel! But, from this desperate gloom comes that proverbial ‘Phoenix’, West Indies Women - some may even say much better than the men keeping up the banner of West Indies cricket on the international stage. The WI Ladies had to dig very deep, and steel themselves too, overcoming doubt and depression, after collapsing from 179-4 to be all

out at 224, losing the 1st ODI to New Zealand Ladies by a solitary run. So, WI Ladies won ODI No. 2 by an astonishing 89 runs, despite making only 148 in 50 overs, due to the varied all-round attack of left-arm medium pacer Shanel Daly; 314; incomparable Stephanie Taylor, whose off-breaks garnered 3-10, and 17 year-old leg-break phenomenon, Shaquana Quintyne, 2-9. ODI No. 3 was a real final and WI Ladies did not disappoint. It was always going to be World’s No.1 player, Taylor, who was to make the mark. Her majestic 135 no., her fifth century, in 67 ODI’s, set West Indies Women on their merry way to a useful 238 in their 50 overs. Taylor, the bowler, also featured too, getting 4-35 and having useful allies in Daley, 2-28; Quintyne and Anisa

Colin E. H. Croft says Mohammed getting one wicket each, as New Zealand Women succumbed dismally, for 143. That come-from-behind series win helped West Indies Women, and our world of sports, generally, to have much needed luster after a terribly gloomy sporting week. Thanks, ladies. Enjoy!

Premier League... From page 70 give a good account of themselves. Young Achievers have done well in their local competitions over on the West Demerara, while Mahaica Determinantors must have done likewise to gain the nod over the others teams for this prestigious League so naturally they should not be underestimated. Dexroy Adams, Sherwayne Liverpool, Hakeem Norville, Lloyd Prince, Colin Garraway and Daren McLeod should be the players whose shoulders the bulk of the responsibility will rest on, while the West Berbice side’s chances of winning will no doubt be the task of Marlon McCurdy, Travis Porter, Royden Ramsey, Steve Petrie, Jonson Jack and Samuel Charles. The marquee matchup between Den A m s t e l a n d Grove Hi Tech should be an explosive affair and choosing a winner seems to be an onerous undertaking. Both teams have tasted success in big competitions so playing on this stage is nothing new to them and the fans could be in for a treat. Den Amstel will look to players the caliber of Rodwell Hutson, Prince Payne, Akeem Hector, Delon Lanferman, Orette Stephenson and Travis Hilliman to lead their charge for victory, while the visitors’ prospect for winning will depend on the services of Orson Francois, Colin Lancaster, Delroy Dodson, Clive Matthews, Moses Fraser, Rondell Alleyne and Nathaniel Pilgrim.

At the GFC ground, national champions Alpha United battles NA United and this encounter should be an easy one for the country’s best club and judging from their form recently, NA United might be in for a rough time. The likes of Andrew Murray Jr., Gregory Richardson, Manasseh Primo, Anthony Abrams, Philbert Moffat, Kris Camacho, Bevon Moseley, Dwight Peters and Marvin Joseph pack enough firepower to threaten any de-

fence, while the wily Quincy Madramootoo, Kelvin McKenzie and Sheldon Holder are all formidable players at the back and penetrating them could prove difficult. The We s t e r n Ti g e r s versus Rosignol United clash should once again favour the Georgetownbased side that looked progressively potent during the qualifying phase in the Georgetown Football Association playoffs and should start as favourites for this encounter.

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Petra Organisation/Courts Pee Wee Schools Football

St. Pius, East La Penitence keep unbeaten streak intact St. Pius and East La Penitence kept their unbeaten streak intact when play in the Petra Organisation/Courts Guyana Inc. Pee Wee Schools Football Competition continued yesterday, at the Thirst Park ground. East La Penitence defeated Sophia 3-1 with

Fabian Boters opening the scoring for them in the 11th minute with a right footed strike to the bottom of the goal. The lead was then doubled in the 19th minute after Leroy Yaw found the back of the net, poking to the lower right hand corner from a goal mouth scrimmage.

Travis Smith reduced the deficit to one, scoring to the lower right hand corner from the right side of the penalty box. Andre Hope sealed the win in the 31st minute after lashing home his right footed strike to the right corner of the goal. In other results, J.E. Burnham defeated West Field Primary via walkover, while Success Elementary and St. Angela’s played to a nil-all draw. St. Margaret’s and St. Ambrose played to a 3-3 draw. Jermaine Padmore led St. Ambrose with a hat trick in the 12th, 26th and 28th minute. On target for the Camp street side was Diego Briton in the 22nd and 30th minutes and Malachi Edwards in the 29th minute. Enterprise Primary through goals from Rasheed Evans and Jeffrey Blair in the second and 31st minute defeated Green Acres Primary. Sion Jeffers scored for the losers in the 34th minute. St. Puis led by a Bevney Mark helmet trick in the eight, 11, 25th, 28th minute crushed Winfer Gardens 5-0. Kamacy Davis completed the result

with a 14th minute strike. Tyreek Saunders netted a brace in the 11th and 14th minute as North Georgetown mauled South Ruimveldt 5-0. Joshua Denny, Oren Williams and Michael Joseph netted for the winners in the fourth, sixth and 15th minutes respectively. St. Stephen’s led by goals from Rondell Jordan and Mosea Parkinson in the 11th and 13th minutes defeated Stella Maris 2-0, while West Ruimveldt edged St. Gabriel’s 1-0 compliments of a Ryan James 39th minute conversion. Marian Academy cruised past Redeemer Primary 3-0 with Demetrius DeAbreu slamming in a hat trick in the 13th, 15th and 32nd minutes respectively. In the final fixture of the day, F.E. Pollard defeated Ketley Primary 4-2. Quincy Williams, Makhaiya Jervis, Tramel McCurdy and Cordell Charles netted for the victors in the third, eight, 33rd and 38th minutes respectively. On target for the losers were Jahima Messiah and Kevo Mallin in the sixth and 20th minutes respectively.

Sunday October 13, 2013

Ninth Hand In Hand 11 Race Cycle Meet

Greaves wins feature event Alanzo Greaves turned in place while Toshwana Doris a commendable performance to win the 35-lap School Boys and Invitation event when the ninth edition of the Hand In Hand sponsored 11 Race Cycle Meet came off yesterday at the National Park. Greaves clocked One Hour 21 Minutes 27.58 Seconds to finish ahead of second placed Robin Persaud and Hamza Eastman who ended in third place. Michael Anthony, Paul De Nobrega and Albert Philander completed the top six positions in that order. Godfrey Pollydore who suffered a puncture on lap 22 and De Nobrega, won three prime prizes each while Graves and Philander took one apiece. The race commenced with 23 starters but only 7 completed. Greaves break away from the top six with just with just under 80 meters to go and powered his way to the finish line. Richard Charles took the top podium spot in the Mountain Bike race while Ozia Macullay finished second and Stephano Husbands took third spot. Maurice Fagundes won the Veteran’s Over-60 event. The Boys and Girls 1214 BMX race was won by Alfie Sonoram, Romelo Crawford took the second

ended third. Junior Niles copped the Veterans Under-50 contest ahead of Shameer Baksh and Kennard Lovell respectively while Virgil Jones took the honours in the Veterans Over50 with Linden Blackman, second. Michael Anthony overcame Hamza Eastman (2nd) and Mario King (3rd) to take the Juvenile title. Sherwin Sampson carted off the BMX 6-9 and 9-12 races. Alexander Leung and Shay Su-Hang placed second and third respectively in the 6-9 years category while Taran Garbaran was the runner up in the 9-12 division. The BMX 12-14 event was taken by Rawle Small; Brighton John finished second and Jaleel Jackson, third. Adrian Sharma powered his way to victory in the BMX Boys Open segment while Daniel Fraser came second and Deeraj Garbaran third. Speaking at the presentation ceremony organiser and National Cycling Coach Hassan Mohamed thanked the sponsors and participants while Bonicka Gordon of Hand In Hand said the company is pleased to be associated with cycling and will continue with their sponsorship.

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A TRIBUTE TO THE TRAIL BLAZER 4

West Indies (B) to Zimbabwe (1989) the (B) team final Chapter The last time the West Indies (B) team toured Zimbabwe was October/ November, 1989. On the three previous tours, the West Indies traveled with Fourteen (14) players but on this occasion, the Zimbabwe Cricket Council granted the WICB permission for one more player. The additional player included in the Brian Lara led Squad was Grenadian Wicketkeeper, Junior Murray who was David Williams’ under study. The highlight of this tour was the 219 scored by the pugnacious Guyanese opener, Clayton Lambert in one of the four day fixtures. Strange enough, Lambert’s feat is still the only double century by a West Indies batsman in (B) or (A) Team, Test’s. The most consistent batsman on tour was Vincentian Dawnley Joseph whose 149 in the fourday Test, remains his career best. Skipper Lara, who was only age 20 at the time also scored a century in one of the 4-day Test match. In the bowling department, Trinidadian Anthony Gray had an outstanding tour. He was well supported by fellow speedster, Guyanese Lynden Joseph who also contributed admirably with the bat. Leg spinner Rajendra Dhanraj was also a consistent performer; the wicket keeping of David Williams who was on his second tour to Zimbabwe was phenomenal. 50-overs match October 8, Harare Sport Club Result: West Indies ‘B’ won by 27 runs Toss: Zimbabwe Umpires: J. H. Hampshire and K. Kanjee West Indies ‘B’ 194 for 4 from 50 overs Dawnley Joseph 68 not out, Brian Lara 46, James Adams 39 not out. Bowling for Zimbabwe: E.A. Brandes 1 for 21 from 10 overs, K.G. Duers 1 for 33, M.P. Jarvis 1 for 38. Zimbabwe: 167 all out in 47.4 overs, skipper Dave Houghton 48, Andy Flower 28, E.A. Brandes 24. Bowling for West Indies ’B’: Ian Allen 3 for 27 from 10 overs, Lynden Joseph 2 for 28 from 8.4 overs Three-day match October 10, 11, 12 Harare Sports Club Result: Draw Toss: Zimbabwe Umpires: J.H. Hampshire and I.D. Robinson

Zimbabwe 1st Innings 344 for 9 dec. from 122 overs Dave Houghton 165, D.G. Goodwin 58, Andy Flower 39 Bowling for West Indies: Anthony Gray 5 for 70, Lynden Joseph 4 for 128 West Indies 1st Innings 396 all out from 104.5 overs Brain Lara 145, Dawnley Joseph 87, Delroy Morgan 31 Bowling for Zimbabwe: E.A. Brandes 5 for 117, A.J Raicos 2 for 61, R.G. Duers 2 for 70 Zimbabwe Second Innings 156 for 3 from 54 overs Dave Houghton 56 not out, Andy Flower 44 not out, R.D. Brown 34 Bowling for West Indies: Lynden Joseph 2 for 58, Anthony Gray 1 for 21 50-overs match October 15 Harare Sports Club Result: Zimbabwe won by 5 wickets Toss: Zimbabwe Umpires: J.H. Hampshire and I.D. Robinson West Indies 168 all out in 46 overs Dawnley Joseph 48, David Williams 29, Anthony Gray 24 not out, Brian Lara 21 Bowling for Zimbabwe: E.A. Brandes 3 for 29 from 10 overs, M.P. Jarvis 2 for 33 from 8 overs Zimbabwe 169 for 5 in 47.5 overs: Dave Houghton 44 not out, C.M. Robertson 43 Bowling for West Indies: Ian Allen 2 for 36 from 10 overs 50- overs match October 22 Mutare Sports Club Result: No result due to bad light and rain which prevented play Toss: West Indies Umpires: J.H. Hampshire and K. Kanjee Zimbabwe 231 for 4 50 overs: K.J. Arnott 75, Andy Flower 58, Dave Houghton 40 not out Bowling for West Indies: Carl Hooper 2 for 52 from 10 overs, Ian Allen 2 for 57 from 10 overs West Indies in reply: 45 without loss, Clayton Lambert 29 not out, Delroy Morgan not out Three-day match October 24 - 26 Harare Sports Club Result: West indies won by an innings and 230 runs Umpires: J.H. Hampshire and I.D. Robinson Zimbabwe First Innings: 106 all out in 38.3 overs: Dave Houghton 36, C.M. Robertson 28 Bowling for West Indies: Anthony Gray 7 for 30, Rajendra Dhanraj 2 for 30 West Indies first innings 438 all out in 116.5 overs: Clayton Lambert 219, Carl Hooper 86, Brian Lara 35, James Adams 31 Bowling for Zimbabwe:

Carl Hooper

Brian Lara

E.A. Brandes 3 for 105, M.P Jarvis 2 for 78, K. G. Duers 2 for 110 Zimbabwe second innings 102 all out: Dave Houghton 48 Bowling for West Indies: Carl Hooper 3 for 10, Anthony Gray 3 for 24, Rajendra Dhanraj 3 for 29 50-overs match October 29 Bulawayo Athletic Club Result: West Indies won by 62 runs Toss: Zimbabwe Umpires: E. Gilmour and J.H. Hamp Shire Result: West Indies ‘B’ won by 62 runs West Indies 313 for 6 50 overs: Clayton Lambert 105, Delroy Morgan 42, Carl Hooper 42, Sudesh Dhaniram 36, Dawnley Joseph 29, James Adams 26 not out Bowling for Zimbabwe: I.P Butchart 4 for 97 from 10 overs Zimbabwe in reply 251 all out from 49 overs: Andy Flower 83, A. C. Waller 75, Dave Houghton 35 Bowling for West Indies: Sudesh Dhaniram 3 for 56 from 10 overs, Carl Hooper 2 for 34 from 9 overs, Anthony Gray 2 for 34 from 8 overs Three-day match October 31 - November 2 Harare Sports Club Result: West Indies won by an innings and 56 runs Umpires: J.H. Hampshire and E. Gilmour toss Zimbabwe Zimbabwe first innings 106 all out 35.5 overs: A. C. Waller 29, D.G. Goodwin 19 Bowling for West Indies: Carl Hooper 3 for 19, Lynden Joseph 3 for 37, Rajendra Dhanraj 2 for 13 West Indies first innings 344 all out in 75 overs: Dawnley Joseph 149, Lynden Joseph 67, James Adams 35, Clayton Lambert 29 Bowling for Zimbabwe: D.F. Dolphin 3 for 59, A. J. Traicos 2 for 69, E.A. Brandes

2 for 82 Zimbabwe second innings 182 all out in 94 overs: Andy Flower 43, R.D. Brown 32, D.G. Goodwin 28 Bowling for West Indies: Rajendra Dhanraj 6 for 79 from 41 overs, Nehemiah Perry 3 for 61 31 overs 50-overs match

November 5 Harare Sports Club Result: West Indies ‘B’ won by 37 runs Toss: West Indies ‘B’ Umpires: J.H. Hampshire and I.D. Robinson West Indies 246 for 9 in 50 overs: Dawnley Joseph 59, Brian Lara 55, Clayton Lambert 32, Lynden Joseph 28, Carl Hooper 27 Bowling for Zimbabwe: E.A. Brandes 5 for 34 from 10 overs, K. G. Duers 2 for 68 from 10 overs Zimbabwe 209 all out in 46.5 overs: A. C. Waller 54, Andy Flower 51, D. G. Goodwin 38 Bowling for West Indies: Rajendra Dhanraj 3 for 39 from 10 overs, Carl Hooper 3 for 22 from 8 overs, Lynden Joseph 2 for 33 from 8 overs West Indies (B) to Zimbabwe 1989 Brian Lara (Captain) Trinidad Anthony Gray Trinidad Rajendra Dhanraj Trinidad

David Williams (WK) Trinidad Carl Hooper (Vice Captain) Guyana Clayton Lambert Guyana Sudesh Dhaniram Guyana Lynden Joseph Guyana Delroy Morgan Jamaica Patrick Patterson Jamaica James Adams Jamaica Nehemiah Perry Jamaica Dawnley Joseph Windward Islands Ian Allen Windward Islands Junior Murray Windward Islands Please note that the above mentioned matches is first class and list (A) matches only. (Charwayne Walker) -

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Sunday October 13, 2013

GT&T backs GRFU’s Sevens Team for NACRA tourney The Guyana Telephone & Telegraph Company has once again stepped up to lend support for the Guyana Rugby Football Union Sevens Team that will be participating in the NACRA Rugby Sevens Championships to be held in the Cayman Islands, November 9 – 10, 2013. At a simple ceremony held at the company’s Head Office, Brickdam, GT&T Customer Service Representative, Quinsbert Tyndall presented GRFU President Peter Green with a quantity of jerseys and a cheque for $500,000 cheque which will go towards assisting the federation with air fare and accommodation for the Cayman Islands. Green extended gratitude to GT&T on behalf of the Rugby Union.

GT&T’s Quinsbert Tyndall (left) hands over one of the jerseys and cheque to GRFU’s Peter Green

City Inn/Inter City Taxi Service sponsors T10 Tape Ball cricket for primary schools in Upper Corentyne

Mr. Krishnand Jaichand hands over the sponsorship cheque to UCCA President, Mr. Dennis De Andrade. Also in photo are UCCA Executives Members. The City Inn Suites and Inter City Taxi Service of Line Path, Skeldon, Corriverton, Berbice has teamed up with the Upper Corentyne Cricket Association (UCCA) to sponsor the Upper Corentyne Inter Primary School Ten10 tape ball competition. The tournament will feature ten schools in the Upper Corentyne Area. At a simple presentation ceremony that took place on Friday last at the City Inn Suites, Proprietor Mr. Krishnand Jaichand, who is

also the President of the Upper Corentyne Chamber of Commerce (UCCC) and an Executive member of the UCCA said that he was very pleased to be a part of what he described as ‘bring back the passion of cricket’ in the younger generation in the Upper Corentyne area. The businessman stated that he hopes that one day in the near future one of the kids that will be participating in the competition will play for Berbice, Guyana and even the West Indies.

UCCA President, Mr. Dennis De Andrade in receiving the sponsorship cheque, valued at $110,000 used the opportunity to thank Mr. Jaichand for his contribution while encouraging other business entities to follow suit. The competition which has been approved by the Ministry of Education will commence on Friday October 18, 2013 at the Crabwood Creek Ground with first round matches involving Crabwood Creek, Skeldon and Corriverton Primary schools beginning at 12:00hrs. The UCCA Executives also took the opportunity to encourage all parents, especially those living within close proximity of the ground to come out and support the young kids and be a part of a new era of cricket development in the Upper Corentyne.

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Guyana Boxing Board of Control Fight Fest

‘Bumpy’ road threatened as Clive ‘The Punisher’ Atwell takes on Jamaican, Glenroy ‘Bumpy’ Beckford tonight By Michael Benjamin Jamaican top boxer, Glenroy Beckford, goes by the sobriquet ‘Bumpy’ and shortly after arriving in Guyana Thursday morning last, he declared that Clive ‘The Punisher’Atwell will be in for a ‘Bumpy’ ride when they clash over 8 rounds at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall (CASH) this evening. ‘Bumpy,’ as he prefers to be addressed, sports a wiry physique with rippling abdominals and said he is ready for battle. He arrived in Guyana accompanied by his Coach, Wayne Sharpe, and has already started ‘mouthing up.’ “Meh come ya fo fight and meh done know that lots ah people gon be surprise at wha

gon happen on fight night,” declared the confident Jamaican when Kaieteur Sport spoke with him at his hotel room moments after he arrived in Georgetown. He said that he has been a regular feature on ‘The Contender,’ the Jamaica version of Guyana Fight Night, and is in top shape for tonight’s bout. He was very guarded in predicting the fight but explained that he is a versatile fighter with the ability to change his style and plans as the situation necessitates. Mr. Sharp was just as confident as his charge but went a little further and predicted an outcome, “We come ya fo win and we nah leff nothing to dem judges because we done know wha fo expect,” he proclaimed

Bermine face RHT Gizmos & Gadgets in 2nd Universal DVD T20 semi today The second semi-final in the Universal DVD first division T20 cricket competition in Berbice is set for today from 13:30hrs at the Port Mourant Ground on the Corentyne where Group A winner Bermine will tackle Group B runner-up Rose Hall Town Gizmos and Gadgets. Rose Hall, even without their main batsman Assad Fudadin, who is presently i n I n d i a w i t h t h e We s t Indies A team, boasts a good all round side on paper and will certainly start as favourites. Their batting will be spearheaded by the hard-hitting wicketkeeper batsman Delbert Hicks, all-rounder Rajiv I v a n , J a s o n S i n c l a i r, Dominique Rikki, allrounder Clinton Pestano and Khemraj Mahadeo. Their bowling attack will be led by off-spinners Ivan, Eon Hooper and Shailendra Shameer, as well as leg-spinners Ravi Narine and Shawn Perreira. Pestano is the only pacer in the side. Bermine’s batting lineup once it gets going has the capability of giving the Rose Hall bowlers much to think about. It will be spearheaded by Shemroy Barrington and Anthony D’Andrade. They will be backed up by all-rounders

Devon Clements and Romario Shepherd as well as Joemal LaFleur. Lending support will be Hakeem Hinds, Keion DeJesus, Trinson Bynol and Damien Vantull. Shepherd who opened the bowling for Berbice recently, Mark Jac k m a n a n d possibly Orlando Tanner, will make up the pace attack. The spinners who can be a handful are off-spinners Clements, LaFleur and Kevin Pellew as well as left-arm spinner Vantull. Rose Hall Town Gizmos and Gadgets: Delbert Hicks (Captain), Dominique Rikki, Jason Sinclair (Wicketkeeper), Rajiv Ivan, Khemraj Mahadeo, Eon Hooper, Clinton Pestano, Ravi Narine, Shawn Perreira, Shailendra Shameer, Arif Chan, Devin Baldeo, Daniel Lewis. Manager is Hilbert Foster. Bermine: Anthony D’Andrade (Captain), Shemroy Barrington, Joemal LaFleur, Devon Clements, Romario Shepherd, Trinson Bynol, Hakeem Hinds, Keion DeJesus, Damien Vantull, Kevin Pellew, Mark Jackman, Orlando Tanner, Amir Seecharran, Daniel Thuesday. Manager is Carl Moore. The Umpires are Clement Brusch and Omadat Samaroo. Game time is 13:30hrs.

while predicting an early knockout. The confident Csoach reminded of the fight where another of his charges, Rudolph Hedge, had turned up the heat on Elton ‘The Bully’ Dharry in what boxing buffs labeled as one of the best local bouts for some time. While Atwell will go all out to retain his unbeaten streak and dominance in the ‘square jungle’ with a decisive victory over Beckford, his sights will be riveted on November 22 when he is expected to begin his trek to world acclaim in the World Boxing Council 50th anniversary tournament against Justin Savvy of Benin Africa on November 22 next. Nevertheless the Caribbean Boxing Federation (CABOFE) Lightweight champion will just have to refocus, at least for one night, when he steps in the ring against the tough Jamaican tonight. The Dexter Marques/ Richard Williamson Bantamweight shindig over 8 rounds should be a classy and blistering affair. Marques may be the seasoned campaigner but Williamson is blessed with similar classy attributes and one suspect that the one with more determination and guts would cart off the spoils. Williamson has since changed Coaches and is now under the tutelage of former Featherweight champion, Jeff Roberts. One suspects that Roberts will mould his

charge in a rounded way and therefore he will be boxing and fighting as the situation demands. Indeed a tough bout to call, this fight could very well boil down to a slugfest with the boxer that wants it bad enough emerging victorious. Edmond Declou has always been a cool customer and enters all of his fight in a business-like manner. His opponent, Derick Richmond, a Berbician, has risen from virtual obscurity after upsetting Romeo Norville months after securing a draw against Syrian boxer, ‘The Dentist’ Mahmood. His application and staunch determination has set him apart from the riff raff of pugilists at his level and Declou will want to take note rather than be complacent. Kishawn Simon will be on the redemption trail after his debut loss to Patrick Boston and fights David Thomas. He said that he has reviewed his mistakes of his debut bout and will be out tonight to correct the error with a victory in focus. Thomas has retained a stony silence and simply refused to be drawn into idle banter. They say that ‘empty barrels making the most noise’ so it stands to reason that Thomas’ reticence may mean he has a special ‘gift’ up his sleeve for his loquacious foe. The amateurs will first take to the ring when the action gets underway with Under-16

fighters, Orin Bancroft and Anthony Miguel battling in the 105-109lbs class. Republican, Stephon Nedd will then face off with GDF representative, Mark Marshall in a Bantamweight bout while Nedd’s gym mate, Trevor King, will duke it out with Kevin Rodney (GDF) in a Middleweight clash. Another Republican, Anandram Dharamraj, will box with Stephon Gouveia in the Lightweight category. Patrons will now be a part of the action and are asked to retain their stubs for the draw later in the night. Three prizes will be on offer

and the first prize is one Digicel Blackberry cell phone. The second and third prizes are one pair Wiki sunglasses and 2 cases of premium beers, respectively. Admission remains at $1000 for adults and $500 for children and this reasonable fee was made possible through support from several corporate entities including Digicel, Banks DIH Ltd, Giftland Office Max, Guyoil, King’s Jewellery World, Ministry of Tourism and Flight Jamaica. Bell time is 20:00hrs sharp.