Thursday October 17, 2013
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APNU is not a Political Party DEAR EDITOR, An article in Kaieteur News on Wednesday, October 16 (Private housing developers given preference over poor Guyanese – APNU) reflects a confusion that seems to have become standard in the Guyanese media. Perhaps for the first time in the two and a half year of its existence, a reporter in the print media came close to correctly describing the APNU. He/she referred to the APNU as “Parliament’s largest opposition faction.” While technically speaking the APNU is not a
faction, at least the reporter did not commit the standard error of calling it a “party.” But just as I was thinking that somebody is finally moving to correct this error, I noticed the article’s sub-head—”Party Wants Inquiry into Housing Ministry.” The APNU is not a Political Party; it is a loose coalition of parties with each party maintaining its separate identity. The parliamentary APNU includes five parties— National Front Alliance (NFA), Guyana Action Party (GAP), Justice For All Party (JFAP), Working People’s
Alliance (WPA) and the People’s National Congress (PNC). Maybe the confusion stems from the fact that the APNU is a pre-election coalition as opposed to the more traditional post-election coalitions. Whether it results from honest ignorance or sloppiness it should be corrected. Newspapers and other media entities are forms of mass communications and go into the archives as documents of historical record. Even if the reporters make the error, the editors should be much more vigilant. David Hinds
DEAR EDITOR, The National Front Alliance [NFA] strongly condemns the act of aggression perpetuated by the Navy of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela against the sovereign Cooperative Republic of Guyana. The interception of the research vessel (RV) Teknik Perdana in Guyana’s waters and the act of escorting it into Venezuela’s waters is totally
intolerable and could have catastrophic consequences for neighbourly relations. That this action follows closely on the arrival of armed soldiers of that country’s army into our territory demands that all Guyanese must give voice to their indignation. The NFA supports the call of the leader of the APNU, Brigadier General David Granger’s call for a permanent
borders commission that will effectively address issues such as these. The National Front Alliance supports and urges a national response to Venezuela’s latest infringement on our territory. Matters of national sovereignty cannot be left to any one political faction or political party. Keith Scott MP Leader NFA
From page 4 Partnership with others who have resources to offer in terms of time, expertise, ideas, energy, and equipment etc. can help immensely on pragmatic grounds, since it would be one way for the GPF to tackle serious problems efficiently and effectively by aligning their own limited resources to those of others. Neither the police nor the public can ignore their responsibility to push for this arrangement. This will not be an easy task, since the GPF is set in its ways, and therefore a management review should be undertaken which looks at attitudes, competency and performance among other factors. I hasten to add that the prospects for such an examination may be easier said than done due to the same intran-
sigence mentioned earlier. Based upon my limited awareness of what obtains in Guyana, I would strongly urge that improvements in the GPF performance could be considerably enhanced by reshaping administrative structures and cultures, and more reliance on strategic resource management in the transformative process. The University of Guyana could be approached to contribute to such an effort. The need to create opportunities for policing strategies to succeed by bringing in outside resources to bear on police problems can never be overstated, since the police alone cannot solve the many serious crime and public order problems. I am not for one moment saying that this cooperative relationship will be easy, since the police and other parties do not always
have the same agenda, or agree on the merit and propriety of particular ends and means. Police should be sensitive to the possibility, or the perception, that they are demanding too much in the way of public resources, or doing so in a way that slights GPF procedures and priorities. But the proven power of partnerships between the police and the public, and the police and other government agencies, means that, with the new strategies, police effectiveness becomes not just a matter of their own resources and operational capacity, but their ability to design solutions that capture the support and active aid of others, including the media. Sylvia St Romain
NFA strongly condemns this act of aggression
Humans are always on the lookout...
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Parliament emerges Region Three Councilors reiterate call from two month recess for Works contracts accountability ... refused to sign off on improper work
… Anti money laundering legislation first on agenda The Parliament has resumed from its recess and while no date has been set as yet for the sitting of the National Assembly, the work of the Special Select Committee tasked with addressing the amendments to the Anti Money Laundering and Countering the Financing of Terrorism has restarted. The Committee met on Monday last but no substantial work was done. The members of the Committee at that recent meeting sought to review some of the work that it has undertaken, as well as set the agenda for its next meeting. According to A Partnership for National Unity’s, (APNU)Joseph Harmon, among the critical matters to be dealt with at the next meeting would be to review another round of documentation that was sent to Guyana by the Caribbean Financial Action Taskforce (CFATF). Harmon told this publication in an invited
APNU Member of Parliament, Joseph Harmon comment that the Government will have to provide the opposition members with copies of the documentation that would have been submitted by CFATF. The documents are in addition to the recommendations that had
Guyanese held with drugs in Barbados Eight Guyanese crew members are in custody in Barbados after police found marijuana and cocaine on board a vessel in which they had arrived in the port of Bridgetown from Guyana late Tuesday night. The Royal Barbados Police Force stated that in a joint operation, a search was carried out on the vessel and 107 packages of cannabis weighing 101.02kgs, 20.6kgs of cocaine and one Uzi sub-machine gun and ammunition were found and seized. The operation was carried out by the Police Drug Squad, the Enforcement Unit of the Barbados Customs and Excise Department and the Barbados Coast Guard. Charges are expected to be laid today.
been submitted earlier by CFATF. He said that while he could not comment on the content of what was submitted, the document was initially sent to Head of the local Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU), Paul Geer. The Special Select Committee has already been presented with a number of submissions from local entities and personnel such as the Director of Public Prosecutions and Guyana Bar Association. Asked about a possible time frame when the amendments would be returned to the House, Harmon said that it would be difficult to say. He explained that the matters before the Committee include a matrix of amendments. Harmon said that the amendments were not just for the Anti Money Laundering and Countering the Financing of Terrorism Act but also for a number of other pieces of substantive legislation. He said that the political opposition would have to carefully assess the implications of the proposed changes in the legislation. “We do not want to leave the body law in tatters,” said Harmon. Failure to enact the amendments could likely see Guyana being blacklisted when it comes to international financial transactions. Ninety percent of Guyana’s compliance with the CFATF to fight money laundering and the financing of terrorism are dependent on the passage of the amendments that is before the Parliamentary Special Select Committee.
Greenwich Park residents clear the clogged drain aside the newly built community road The only two Opposition members on a five- member works committee in Region Three are reiterating calls for more accountability relating to the issuance and financing of work to be done in the Region. The duo, Harry Narine Deokinanan of Alliance for Change (AFC) and George Gulliver, of A Partnership for National Unity (APNU) last July, accused the Region Three authorities of manipulating the contracts system by altering the process and withholding critical information. Deokinanan told Kaieteur News that the consequences of improper systems are slowly being realized when describing the difficulty persons in the Greenwich Park community on the East Bank of Essequibo are facing due to an incomplete road. Deokinanan said the community is dissatisfied with the work, while members of the Regional Works Committee refused to sign off
on the contractor’s final payment. Even more disturbing, Deokinanan told the newspaper, is that among several other pieces of important information, the financial data relating to the contracts are not being made available. He said that the Regional Executive Officer (REO) had told council members to suggest areas where work is needed and he thus proposed that Greenwich Park needed better roads. As such, the Council moved to address the problem. However, when the final inspection was scheduled, the community members expressed dissatisfaction and the Works Committee noted that the road was incomplete as it had small shoulders and provided almost no walk space at the side of the community road. There was also improper drainage which caused excess water to settle in the area since
the gutters would overflow during rainfall with nowhere to run off. Deokinanan said that the project was another case where despite improper work being done, there is no information available for reference. Deokinanan reiterated that documents provided for work to be done are presented without names and prices and they are coming only, with the descriptions and the particulars of the preliminary stages. Of late, he said, councillors are now being taken to see ongoing work. Deokinanan had earlier alleged that Opposition Councillors were left to connect the dots about who gets the contract and where the construction work is ongoing. He said that contracts were being stretched out so that “If a contract to clean a trench cost more than $600,000 they will burst it up and give it to who they want.” Continued on page 23
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Boy, 12, injured by falling lamp pole
The pole which came crashing down on the house. A 12-year-old boy is now hospitalized at the West Demerara Hospital after a lamp pole came crashing down on his Patentia home around 15:00 hours yesterday. The injured boy was identified as Kishan Ali, of Patentia East, West Bank Demerara. According to Carlene Fernandes, the sister of the injured boy, around 14:30 pm yesterday, her brother was sitting under the shed of the house when a “strong” breeze sent a lamp post crashing down. “A strong breeze blow and same time me brother was right underneath the shed and the lamp post fall and it knock he in he head and then he fall on the ground. He had cream pon he skin so I couldn’t pull he out,” the sister said. Fernandes said that after she was unable to rescue her injured brother from the crash site, her mother then came to his assistance and rushed him to the hospital.
The sister added that her brother sustained injuries to his foot and head. Ali’s grandfather Shahid Ali said that he persistently complained to the Guyana Power and Light about the lamp post which has been threatening the house. “Over a year now I reporting this thing to GPL but they tell me that they have to go look for a truck to dismantle the post and plant back one,” the home owner said. Ali said that he told the power company that the faulty pole was a risk to his home but no one from the power company took the complains seriously. A neighbour told Kaieteur News that she was sitting on her veranda when she heard a crashing sound. “When I run downstairs I hear me friend shouting help me, so I thought it was her but then I see a set a boys coming from the back and help the li’l boy get out,” the neighbour said. The neighbour said that the
fallen pole caused a massive spark which destroyed her television and some other appliances. “I see the post fall and then a set a children running out from under the place and they pull out a li’l boy. We report this pole more dan one time nobody ain’t come to see wuh going on,” the neighbour said.
A fire believed to be electrical in origin yesterday destroyed the home of eight occupants who managed to save some of the appliances at their 66th Street La Parfaite Harmonie home. According to Lorna Fraser-Robertson, the homeowner, around 17:00 hours she received a call from her daughter that their home was on fire. “I was in Georgetown to drop off something for my son who resides in the city but then while I was in Demico I got a call that my house on fire. I travelled home and when I go up here I
see me house in flames,” Fraser- Robertson said. Robertson said that she believed that something went wrong in her home while she was away. “I didn’t leave on my stove, I had prepaid meter and I would regularly check all my appliances. I can’t understand what happened,” the woman said. At the time of the fire, Fraser-Robertson said that her three grandchildren were at home but luckily, were not harmed. “They were at home but they were outside because I locked the doors,” the woman said. Fraser-Robertson
further explained that she and her daughters along with her grandchildren had been residing at the home for the past 10 years. However, one of the occupants who was at home said that before the fire started there was blackout. “We been in the yard and they had blackout and when the light come on back we see smoke coming from granny bedroom so we start throw water and try fuh out the fire,” the occupant said. The family was however able to save a few of their appliances but was unable at the time, to estimate their total losses.
Kishan Ali
Family of eight displaced by La Parfaite Harmonie fire
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Anna’s Deonarine $13m land deal Trinidad Express Independent Liberal party (ILP) Deputy Political Leader Anna Deonarine was the major beneficiary of the sale of 20 acres of land, bought by her parents from Dole Chadee’s brother for $225,000 and then sold by them to CLICO for a whopping $13 million. Dole Chadee’s brother was Thackoor Boodram, who was beheaded in December 1997. The sale represents a profit of close to 6,000 per cent on the original investment. The $13 million was credited to a CLICO policy in Anna Deonarine’s name on March, 29, 2005. The Express obtained copies of all the relevant documents. The annuity application for an EFPA Policy no R000115034, filed by Anna Rampersad (Deonarine’s married name), stated that “the sale of the property (of) $13,000,000 was to be credited to this policy”. The CLICO agent who
would have received a fee for this transaction was Shama Deonarine, the ILP Deputy Political Leader’s mother. Shama Deonarine, who owned the land along with her husband, worked at CLICO at the time. Shama Deonarine has been celebrated as a highly successful CLICO agent. The transaction was described as a “land racket” by Attorney General Anand Ramlogan as he addressed Tuesday night’s meeting of the UNC in Princes Town. Ramlogan said the “sweet deal” began with the sale of the 20 acres of land situated at Warren Road, Warrenville, Cunupia, for the “steal of a deal” price of $225,000 in April 1997. The “lucky persons”, Ramlogan said, were Inal and Shama Deonarine, parents of Anna Deonarine, “Ms Range Rover”. Ramlogan said they purchased the land from Boodram. He said if the name Thakoor Boodram “rang a bell” it was because “this was
the deceased brother of hanged drug lord Nankissoon Boodram, aka Dole Chadee... He (Thackoor) was the ... pig farmer who got kidnapped and killed in one of the most brutal killings this country has even seen”, Ramlogan. Documents held by the Express confirmed that proprietor, “Thakoor Boodram of Valsayn”, sold the land to the Deonarines on April 16, 1997. The land was sold as agricultural land. In February 2005, Colonial Life Insurance contracted GA Farrell and Associates to arrive at a valuation for the land. The valuation report stated that the land was worth $11 million, on the assumption that Town and Country Planning permission was granted for it to be used for residential purposes. One month later, the Deonarines sold the land to CLICO for $13 million, $2 million more than the valuation price quoted by Farrell Associates. This was in April 2005.
Prime Minister welcomes CCJ ruling
KINGSTOWN, St Vincent - CMC – St Vincent and the Grenadines says it welcomes the ruling by the Trinidadbased Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) that the Barbados government breached the right of a Jamaican national to enter the country under the Revised Treaty of Chaguaramas. The CCJ awarded Shanique Myrie, BDS$75 000 in compensation after she was denied entry into Barbados on March 14, 2011. Myrie claimed that she had been discriminated against because of her nationality and was also subjected to a body-cavity search in unsanitary and demeaning conditions before being detained and deported the next day to Jamaica. Prime Minister Dr Ralph Gonsalves told a news conference that his government welcomes the
Dr Ralph Gonsalves decision of the CCJ handed down on October 4. “It clarifies a wide range of issues regarding the Revised Treaty of Chaguaramas 2001 and decision of the Heads of State and Government of 2007,
regarding the hassle free travel for CARICOM nationals and the automatic six-month stay,” said Gonsalves, a lawyer. He said that having read the judgement, he has advised the permanent secretary in the Ministry of National Security, which includes immigration, the Chief Immigration Officer, and the Attorney General. Gonsalves said the judgement is “sound” and “the court has not said anything which we have not agreed to as governments, as leaders. He said CARICOM nationals have an automatic right of entry to other CARICOM states, subject to the rights of the respective states to deny entry on the ground of u n d e s i r a b i l i t y or that a person is likely to be a charge on the public purse.
BLP has filed a no-confidence motion against Minister of Finance Barbados Nation The Opposition Barbados Labour Party (BLP) has filed a noconfidence motion against Minister of F i n a n c e C h r i s S i n c k l e r. Opposition leader Mia Mottley made the announcement earlier yesterday at a Press conference at the Office of the Leader of the Opposition in the
We s t Wi n g of Parliament. She also disclosed Barbadians would be g i v e n t he opportunity to demonstrate their support for the move at a BLP mass rally planned f o r Q u e e n ’s P a r k a t 4 p.m. Sunday. Booklets will be distributed for garnering of signatures from all who support the call
f o r S i n c k l e r ’s r e m o v a l as the c o u n t r y ’s finance head. Mottley said Barbados’ economy had reached a stage of virtual crisis and complained the rate of decline was causing distress for Barbadians while international confidence in the country was also eroding.
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QUESTIONS MUST BE ASKED OF THIS PRIVATIZATION When the National Assembly reconvenes after its annual break, important questions concerning the privatizations that have taken place under the Jagdeo administration should be tabled by the opposition parties. Questions about the Privatization Unit’s handling of assets entrusted to NICIl should be tabled, demanding that answers be given through the Minister of Finance. One of the privatizations that was been surrounded by controversy was the sale/ lease of the Sanata Complex. The saga of this privatization began with the sections of the sprawling compound being advertized for lease. Specifically the ads were placed in relation to the dying factory and the printing factory and not for the whole complex. It was reported that no bids were received. This is not surprising since the ads were placed specifically in relation to sections of the complex and not the entire compound which is estimated to have had a market value reaching
into the billions of dollars. This assessment is based on the fact that right next door, the John Fernandes Company had paid hundreds of millions of dollars for a container storage facility and this was for land alone and land which was a fraction of that which was subsequently privatized. An image of the Sanata Complex as a rundown and abandoned compound has been presented to the media. But this is far from so since many of the buildings were made of solid clay bricks. Also, the compound was being used by the Guyana Revenue Authority and when that agency was summarily dismissed and ordered to remove these assets from the compound to facilitate the new owners, the tax agency had to spend millions to rent private property for their storehouse. The complex also was strategically located and its location given its proximity to a potential workforce, just on the outskirts of the city and in close proximity to the wharves would have increased its market value substantially. Having received no bids
for the dying and printing plants, the Privatization Unit said that based on precedent it entered into negotiations with a company for the lease of the entire complex. This is where things got very complicated and disgusting. What precedent was the Privatization Unit speaking about? The only precedent that was created was that one thing was advertized and an agreement entered into for something much bigger and substantial. The question that needs to be asked is: why was the entire complex not put up for lease or sale? After all it cannot be said to be a transparent arrangement if you first advertize one thing and then enter into an agreement about another. In this instance what as advertized was for the printing and dying facilities. But the subsequent agreement was for the lease of the entire complex for which no one had an opportunity to bid. It is hoped that whenever the National Assembly considers this sale/lease that questions will be posed to the principals of the Privatization
Dem boys seh...
Dreaming mek nuff people get rob Dreaming is a thing everybody does do. Most times people does dream when dem sleeping and of course some of de dream does be sweet, and some does be wet. But dem have people who does dream even when dem eyes open. That is how people does see things that dem does dream about. De Amaila Falls was a dream fuh de Rat, Donald, Sam and Robeson and Fip. De Marriott is still a dream fuh Brazzy and Barbie. Skeldon still dreaming fuh produce sugar and de Enmore packaging plant wha Rob Earth build still dreaming to package something more fuh put in he pocket. Soobaa still dreaming that she gun get a passing grade and one day she gun tun a lawyer fuh defend Ganga. And then she gun tun a mare not a mayor. A man dream bout a house and he call it he dream house. Kwame dream how de American Embassy give he back he visa suh he could see he family in America. But he got to dream
because he still does torment li’l boys, even one of dem who wukking at Guyana Times. And is not a Barbie. Smith dream bout a car and de con man, Silchand, watch Smith and dream bout he money. Well Smith end up wid he dream car and Silchand get he money. De only thing is that de police tek way de car and Silchand still tek way de money. When dem boys check de find out that Silchand con nuff people. He con he wife and he con he own family. He sell he wife house and she ain’t know nutten. Then he sell a car to eh family. He manage to tek way de registration and de key and he try to sell de car again. This man learn he trade from de government people who know bout conning. Dem nearly pull off de Amaila con and is just luck save de nation. Talk half and hope Smith don’t ketch Silchand.
Unit, demanding an explanation as to why one thing was advertized and another thing leased or sold. Even high officialdom conceded that what was subsequently the subject matter of the privatization was different from what was advertized. As such the issue of a precedent does not arise because the public did not have an opportunity to bid for the entire complex. Questions need be asked as to this discrepancy. What also needs to be clarified is whether there was a clause within the lease agreement that gave the
company leasing the facility the option to buy. If a facility is up for lease how is it that that there can be an option to buy. If such a clause existed, it is tantamount to saying that the person who leases has a right to purchase. Well what about all the other persons who have leases with the government. Would it not be fair also to give them a right to purchase? There is also the question of the valuation for the sale of the property? How was this determined? Hopefully, the opposition parties would not be deflected from their task of
calling the privatization Unit to give account for these deals. It is within the remit of both the Economic Services Commission and indeed of the Public Accounts Committee to begin hearings into this matter because it did set a dangerous precedent as to how state assets were disposed of.
Brush fire erupts at Golden Grove Residents of Fourth Bridge, Golden Grove, East Bank Demerara on Tuesday received a scare after a fire believed to have been caused by spontaneous combustion, erupted in the vacant fields behind the housing scheme. It then spread towards the houses. According to a resident, the spontaneous combustion was spotted around 14:00 hours on Tuesday, but no one raised an alarm since it posed no immediate threat.
Some hours later, however, the man admitted that he was forced to contact the Fire Service after the flames spread to the bushes immediately behind his lot. The call was made at about 21:30 hours on Tuesday evening. Firemen based at the Diamond Fire Station were seen putting out the small blazes aback the Fourth Bridge houses, having arrived at the location promptly after receiving the call from the concerned residents.
Fireman Eon Fraser said that after discovering the area ablaze, the men doused the bushes to stop the fire from spreading to the nearby houses. While noting that such fires were rare in the area, Fraser said that its origin had to have been similar to fires that erupted at garbage sites in Georgetown, since the area aback the houses was once a dump site. He urged that residents remain cautious.
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Go-Invest report contradicts NIS records
Keith Burrowes, Chairman of one of the key investment agencies in Guyana, “GOInvest” recently disclosed that the company is unable to carry out its functions due to the lack of necessary resources. GO-Invest is a government agency which provides counsel and concessions to investors looking for the best way to start a business in Guyana. It also enables entrepreneurs from around the globe to tap into the wealth of trade and investment opportunities available in the country. Whilst the organization managed to do some infrastructural adjustments, the Chairman noted that the Corporation can accomplish more than it is at the moment if it had the necessary resources to do so. He said that one of the challenges the company faces is not having a system that captures the total investments of the country. Also affecting the company’s ability to perform effectively is the fact that
information on which markets or areas have the most potential for investors is not readily available. However, in an effort to improve this system, Burrowes said that the organization is currently going through a modernization process. He said, “There are other companies which grant concessions to businessmen. And part of our responsibility, is to document all investments made into the country. However, GO-Invest would be unable to provide such a report if we were called upon. “We would have to be running here, there and everywhere just to gather the information. So we are currently looking at constructing a system to deal with that. Also, what affects the effective presentation of data to our clients is not having the statistics at hand to show which sectors of our country may be more viable than others. “And we are trying our best to change that because it is affecting many things that we want to do. We just need to be equipped with the
necessary skills and labour to achieve these things.” He added, “Over the years, the company has managed to attract a number of foreign and local investors, which have significantly impacted the economy of the country. However, a lot is still needed to measure the true value of most of the investments being made in Guyana.” “With the development of an Investment Management Software, Go-Invest intends to bridge the gap of reporting on and managing its investors.” Burrowes strongly advocated the need for the software system which he claims will eliminate a lot of human errors and manual work that can make investing a real arduous task. While the enhancement of their database will boost their relationship with the private sector, Burrowes said that they have created a draft for the concept of the software which is currently being looked at by President Donald Ramotar. After providing a copy of the company’s recently published report which
covered the performance from 2010 to 2011, he indicated that investors and exporters have judged that the company’s follow-up service with government agencies. Financial Analyst, Ramon Gaskin, who analyzed the report, concluded that it raised more questions than answers. Gaskin said, “The performance report of GoInvest is all talks. It is clear that Go-Invest doesn’t have any resources. The company is irrelevant; it is of no use to the country although it is supposed to be a one-stop shop for investors.” “Even more ridiculous is that from 1994 to now it only has one report to show. What happened to the reports for the other years? Go-Invest is a failure.” According to the report, Gaskin highlighted that an amount of $37 billion was invested in the year 2010. There were then 509 projects on stream for that year and only 2500 persons employed. “What this simply means is that approximately $74 million was invested for each project in 2010 and only five persons per project were employed.
While, Minister of Local Government and Regional Development, Ganga Persaud reiterates his disapproval of over recent protest activities at regional educational institutions, he disclosed that collaborative efforts are underway to address, the issues at district school facilities. The Minister explained that while it is the responsibility of the local Government Ministry via its regional offices to oversee adequate management of education structures, within the regions, the Ministry of Education shares responsibility by providing the necessary school
supplies. “The Ministry of Local Government is responsible for education in the region. We pay the staff to provide maintenance repairs and such the Ministry of Education is tasked with textbooks, exercise books, basic teaching materials as well as collaborating with Local Government to facilitate the school feeding programme and uniform assistance mechanism to the region.” Asked whether there has been a disconnect between the Education Ministry and the Ministry of Local Government with regards to shared management of Regional Education officials,
Persaud said that the two agencies are continually working together to provide better education to the various regions. He however explained that officers have expressed a preference in where they are placed to work. “Over the years, we have suffered badly in terms of placing officers to work in the hinterland areas. On numerous occasions officers have expressed a preference of not wanting to work in the interior regions.” Recently, school protests occurred in several district primary schools, which
include Mahdia, Port Kaituma, Parika/Salem and La Parfaite Harmonie. The picketing exercises involved disgruntled parents and teachers, who mobilized students demanding redress to several issues Speaking at recent presser, Minister Persaud uttered concern with regards to the recent upsurge in protests involving children at various schools in the regions particularly those involving children. In a bid to curb this unnecessary trend, the Minister of Local Government Continued on page 23
Collaborative effort underway to address Regional Education issues
Something is wrong with that. All that money and that’s the amount of people they employed? I refuse to believe that. What raises eye brows too is that they don’t have a list of the local and foreign companies that invested in this country through Go Invest,” the analyst asserted. Gaskin said, “The report claims that for the past five years 1800 projects were on stream but last year the National Insurance Scheme reported there was a reduction of employers contributing to the N.I.S by 25 percent.” “So if all these new projects are coming on stream, aren’t they paying N.I.S? All these billions of dollars were invested by GO-Invest yet the N.I.S has reported a decline.” In addition to this, when checks were at the insurance scheme, a senior employee said, “I am unable to provide you with the exact figures. I am not going to. But I am, however, shocked that the investment
Keith Burrowes company would say that in their report. What I can safely say is that the figures reported by Go-Invest are far from the truth. We don’t have records of so many new workers being registered under the investment agency. I would strongly advise that they review their report again.”
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=== THE FREDDIE KISSOON COLUMN ===
Ball of fire: PPP calls for a national conversation on indiscipline When you read that caption, obviously you laughed. You know that the PPP cannot be serious. But human psychology defies logic. To understand what the PPP means by indiscipline you have to comprehend the PPP’s approach to epistemology, the study of the origin, nature, source and meaning of knowledge. After twenty-one years in power, the PPP has shaped its own methodological use of knowledge that cannot be found in philosophy books. For example, what the PPP has done epistemologically is to separate categories of humans and situate the meaning of knowledge based on who people are. In the Guyanese context, the epistemology of the PPP becomes very simple to understand. Take racism. For the PPP, racism is endemic among African Guyanese leaders. East Indian rulers do not have it in their make-up to discriminate. So you have the written history of Guyana by the PPP in which an Africanled Government has practised racism against Indians since 1968 when the PNC took over, completely, the reins of government until 1992. For its twenty-eight years in power (1957-1964, 1992 -
2013), the PPP leaders did not use race bias in governance. Here then is a graphic example of the PPP’s epistemology. Knowledge varies from people to people based on their ethnic and cultural differences. Now you may think that the PPP is just being facetious and barefaced when it advocated a national debate on indiscipline in Guyana. But the PPP is dead serious. To understand how dedicated the PPP is to this pursuit you simply have to come to grips with its approach to epistemology. Knowledge has no objective basis but is derived from human beings and the kind of endeavour they do. According to the PPP, rulers are not inclined to boorishness. Crassness, rowdy behaviour and a lack of manners are natural habits of persons who are in the opposition and want power. The holders of power are not the indiscreet ones. It is those who desire power that operate without etiquettes. The categories of undisciplined Guyanese would include civil servants, housewives, fish-market sellers, minibus operators, media operatives. To achieve the return of discipline in Guyana,
according to this bizarre approach to epistemology from Freedom House on Robb Street, the Guyanese society has to confront these categories of citizens. Against this background, the PPP wants a national conversation on indiscipline. Two interesting persons appeared at the PPP’s press conference to announce this project – Clement Rohee and Juan Edghill No one at the press conference asked Mr. Rohee why in 2005, the two types of American visas he had (diplomatic and nonimmigrant) were suspended by the American Government. One would easily have anticipated what Rohee would have said – that is not an issue that falls under the PPP’s meaning of indiscipline. If Rohee was asked how
do you explain why a female PPP parliamentarian when she addresses the House, behaves as if she is at a party where there is a big fight and cuss down is flowing all over the place, Mr. Rohee would answer that PPP parliamentarians are not disorderly politicians. Such unbecoming behaviour is endemic in the other side – the opposition that wants power. How would Rohee and Edghill answer to the controversies of “Killaman’? Again there would be ideological consistency. Because “Killaman” is imbued with power, he cannot be accused of indiscipline because dialectically speaking people with power cannot act in uncouth ways. They have power and power entitles them to behave the way they want and you cannot use
normal semantic terms like indiscipline, uncouth language, etc to judge those with power. Of course the entire Guyanese nation and those outside of Guyana who read about the PPP’s advocacy of a national conversation on indiscipline would know that the whole project is untenable, asinine and could only result in people laughing at the PPP. In a tiny populated country like Guyana, where everything happens in small Georgetown, the world knows in Guyana who the globe’s most ill-mannered, offensive politicians are. One of them can be seen every week singing karaoke and drinking at a Brickdam entertainment place. Others frequent some famous hangout joints, particular one on Main Street and the other on
The Timehri North Community Development Council (TNCDC) has condemned the reported robbery/assault committed against three Chinese nationals executing work related to the Cheddi Jagan
International Airport expansion project. The Chinese workers while conducting sand excavation work in the area were said to have been attacked by angry farmers whose crops were destroyed. The assailants were said to have had weapons. They reportedly relieved one of the Chinese nationals of a cell phone before inflecting minor injuries on them. The Council said,
...says Government creating environment
Frederick Kissoon Sheriff Street. Of course drinking alcohol cannot be described as indiscipline. Having young girls at the rum table cannot be described as indiscipline. Talking arrogantly and boastingly about power cannot be interpreted as indiscipline. The trouble starts when you imbibe too much and the line between civilized and uncivilized conduct is wiped away. Then the young girls, the rum, the gyration on the dance floor and the power merge into one hell of a ball of fire.
Timehri North Community Council condemns alleged attack on Chinese however, that while it is against the alleged violent actions, the government has created an unfavourable situation within the community in which the Chinese are carrying out their work. Community Chairman Daniel Fraser said, “While we condemn those alleged acts of violence and distance ourselves, we wish to state
that the government continues, through the Ministry of Public Works, to act as though there is a consensus, based on discussions and dialogues, and that the residents who have inhabited these lands for generations, are inanimate beings.” He said, “It is clear that the government is setting up those innocent immigrants to suffer hostility and possible harm by sending them in an environment that is caustic and where any act, as is being undertaken by the Chinese is seen as hostile. In any civilized human environment where there is a threat to livelihood and civility one would tend to act in a manner to protect that which he/she has sacrificed for. And given the moralistic and educational degradation that engulfs our society, the results of such apprehension are easily calculated, thus, our conclusion of the Government setting up the Chinese immigrants.” Additionally, the actions of the government will inevitably lead to tensions and clashes between the residents and the Chinese workers, Fraser said. “The government has to take full responsibility for any clashes that erupt because it is pushing both sides into confrontation. The logical conclusion has to be that the government is deliberately fomenting strife and conflict; Continued on page 24
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Guyana protests New medical school set to churn out quality professionals inhumane DR court ruling …estimates that 210,000 citizens stand to lose nationality
The Doobay Renal Centre
Within six months the local health sector is expected to be augmented with a batch of Phlebotomists. In a year’s time additional Nursing, Pharmacy and Laboratory Technician Assistants will be available to the sector as well. The new professionals, amounting to more than 100 in number, are being trained compliments of the recently opened Doobay Renal Centre Medical School. But while these levels of professionals are rather common to these parts, those in training at the 8-9 Courbane Park, Annandale, East Coast Demerara, facility are expected to be of a high calibre. According to Chief Executive Officer of the Centre, Vic Oditt while acknowledging the popularity of such training programmes insisted that only quality students will be produced. “I think that every employer in Guyana would like to have good employees...It is a question of how well you are trained and how well you can
do the job and as a Centre of Excellence we are not going to compromise on the training,” Oditt asserted. He said that lectures will be delivered by some highly qualified professionals. Already catering to the contingent in training is Dr Errol Bassoo who is currently tasked with ensuring that they are furnished with foundation courses in preparation for their specialty areas. Among those that will be offering training will be Ms Negla Brandis, the holder of a Masters Degree in nursing from the United States. In fact she has been well trained in nursing in the United Kingdom as well. According to Oditt, Brandis will be the main person spearheading the nursing programme which is expected to be expanded shortly even with the introduction of a Dialysis Nursing programme in the near future. Oditt added that the Pharmacy programme will be
delivered by officials drawn from the Government Pharmacy Department. These officials, he said, have been trained to a level whereby they can prepare examinations not only for local persons in training but even for programmes abroad including in the Caribbean and North America. In the quest to ensure that its programmes are not only of quality, but also recognised, the Centre has been registered with the National Accreditation Council and according to Oditt moves will soon be made to have them accredited as well. “We are in that process now having started in September....We are proud of the fact that in two years we have made tremendous strides,” added Oditt. The doors of the Doobay Renal Centre were first opened on September 15, 2011. The opening of the school on September 16, last, was slated to coincide with its second year anniversary.
Black Bush man dead in hit-and-run A Black Bush Polder man was struck dead on the Joppa Public Road shortly after 19:00 hrs on Tuesday evening. The lifeless body of Arvin Dilall, 35, of Lot 120 Yakusari North, Black Bush Polder, Corentyne was discovered by police. The relatives suspect that it was a hit-and-run. Dilal was returning home. Deodat Lilboy, a cousin of the deceased, received a telephone call around 21:00 hrs that night informing him of the incident. He and his wife rushed to the scene. “When we received the call, we tried calling his cell phone but it went to voice mail.” “When I go with the car, I recognized him. The marks show the vehicle hit him and pulled him…the marks were on the road—he was bruised on his entire back and
Arvin Dilall his right leg was broken,” the man told Kaieteur News last evening. The police took photographs after which the body was taken to the Skeldon
Hospital Mortuary where it is awaiting a post- mortem examination. Lilboy stated that his cousin lived alone a few houses away from him and he last heard from the man around 16:00 hrs Monday. “He went Skeldon to collect money and he bought beef and hassar and brought them to put in my fridge.” “He normally does go to the Skeldon Market to walk and come back.” Lilboy lamented the condition in which the body was found. “ I t ’s v e r y b a d … t h e y dragged him a good way— the marks were all on the road.” Dilall leaves to mourn his father, Pedro and mother, Kamini, both of whom reside in Canada; as well as his sister, Kamini. Police investigations are continuing.
The Guyana Government has registered its concern over a recent High Court Ruling in the Dominican Republic. It has described the ruling as indiscriminate and inhumane The Foreign Affairs Ministry in a public missive yesterday said that on Tuesday last Substantive Minister, Carolyn RodriguesBirkett, was briefed at Takuba Lodge by Pierre-Richard Casimir, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Haiti on the recent ruling of the Constitutional Court of the Dominican Republic and its implications for the citizens of that island nation of Haitian descent. Minister Casimir was accompanied by Ambassador, Guy Alexandre, Consultant and former Ambassador of Haiti to the Dominican Republic; Jean Claude Cenatus, Member of the Cabinet of the Minister of Foreign Affairs; and Marie Helene Sandra Tybule. According to the public missive, “The Ministry of Foreign Affairs wishes to register its deep concern over the indiscriminate ruling which stipulates that children born in the Dominican Republic of undocumented migrants, who have been in
the Dominican Republic and registered as citizens of the Dominican Republic as far back as 1929, cannot have Dominican nationality as the parents would be considered as in-transit.” According to the Foreign Affairs Ministry, the decision could result in the loss of nationality of an estimated 210,000 citizens of the Dominican Republic of Haitian descent. “This is a violation of the human and political rights of these citizens and the impact of the implementation of this ruling could be catastrophic.” The Ministry has since advised that Guyana encourages the Dominican Republic to give serious consideration regarding the application of the ruling, in view of the valued contribution made by those persons to the development of the Dominican Republic and more so in safeguarding their human rights. “The Government of
Minister of Foreign Affairs, Carolyn Rodrigues-Birkett Guyana calls on the relevant authorities of the Dominican Republic to respect the right to nationality and international human rights principles.” The Ministry says that Guyana stands in solidarity with its sister CARICOM Member State of Haiti in support of its efforts to build international consensus against this inhumane ruling.
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Child Protection Agency steps in to rescue six-day-old baby Thirty-seven-year-old American Dellicia Sherrell Honore-Richardson is demanding that the Child Protection Agency hands over her infant child immediately. Richardson is an American citizen whose infant child was taken from her by the Child Protection Agency on Tuesday night. The woman told Kaieteur News that she gave birth on October 10, last, at the New Amsterdam Hospital. She later travelled to Georgetown and was staying at a city hotel before the CPA was called in. According to a source close to the hospital, the woman entered an internet café with her baby around midday on Tuesday and requested to make a call to the United States of America to request cash from a friend. Although the woman did not have any money, the attendant at the cafe still made the call. However the person who answered the phone said that they were in no position to send the money requested since he was just a roommate of the woman. This led the café attendant to become suspicious and the Welfare Department of the Human Services Ministry was contacted, since the woman appeared to be of “unsound” mind. The woman then took to the streets outside the Georgetown Public Hospital Tuesday night.
She was followed by a crowd that included personnel from the Child Care Protection Agency, while clutching her baby. She was eventually led into the police outpost at the GPHC where her baby was taken from her with minimum force. This caused her to burst into heavy sobbing. She was offered accommodation at the GPHC with her baby but she refused. She also declined to speak to the several persons who were enquiring about her status in Guyana. It was not until social activist Mark Benschop arrived at the hospital that the woman opened up with a bit of information. Contact was then made with a US embassy official via telephone and Benschop subsequently
From page 6 The Procurement Act of 2003 states that construction contracts below $600,000 can be issued by the Head of the Budget Agency responsible for acquiring quotations, if necessary. Above that, the contract goes to the Regional Tender Board and above $9M,
to the National Procurement Board. Gulliver had also alleged that work was being split up to meet the $600,000 requirement. Kaieteur News was unable to contact the Regional Engineer, but on behalf of the REO, Donald Gajraj, his
Dellicia Sherrell Honore-Richardson
made arrangements to have the woman spend the night at a city hotel. Head of the Child Protection Agency, Ann Greene, yesterday maintained that her department had to rescue the infant. According to Greene, the laws of Guyana stipulate that “every child” who is in the country has to be protected. She told Kaieteur News that her officers had offered the woman and the baby care and treatment but the woman refused. Greene said that the CPA’s focus then shifted to the infant who needed care and treatment. Greene also disclosed that her agency has been in contact with the US Embassy here in Georgetown to get certain information. She also said that the CPA is currently working with an overseas child protection agency to get the best care for the child. Upon discharge from the hospital the child would remain in the care of the CPA. The Benschop Foundation has stepped forward saying that it is prepared to financially facilitate the woman going back to the United States, once she is given her child back. Kaieteur News was told that the woman arrived in Guyana on September 26, last. Records show that prior to coming here, she landed in The Bahamas on January 15, 2013 and an extension of stay was refused on February 4, 2013 without prejudice.
Region Three Councilors reiterate call...
secretary told Kaieteur News that he was in a meeting and could not provide the answers needed at such short notice. He however extended an invitation to the newspaper to visit the Region to see the works program.
Collaborative effort underway... From page 11 and Regional Development says that his office is prepared to join forces with other government agencies to maintain order by engaging law enforcement agencies. Persaud urges, “Parents, guardians and teachers who have yielded to the temptation of breaking the law by locking the school gates and involving children in picketing exercises to discontinue this sort of behaviour.” “It is, apart from being illegal, an improper way for society to function,” the Minister further stated “The issue of having children taken out of school, during normal school hours to facilitate protest activities and at the same time locking down educational institutions denying access to schools, has been highlighted by the media and viewed by a wide cross section of Guyanese…
“I wish to state clearly that the Ministry of Local Government is prepared to join with other Government agencies to seriously and consistently seek to engage law enforcement agencies when such acts of breaking the law are committed.” Persaud suggests that parents and teachers could have their issues addressed by writing to the regional educational authorities and by using the same method to forward their concerns to his Ministry. The Minister’s remark came days after Cabinet Secretary Dr Roger Luncheon expressed Government’s disapproval over the matter. On Friday last, Dr Luncheon said that Government has made the decision to ensure that policies are enforced, whereby those protesting could be charged and prosecuted.
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Political parties agree… Local Government and Regional Development Minister, Ganga Persaud believes that Local Government Elections would be the solution to the troubling rift between the elected representatives and the administration of City Hall. The holding of Local Government Elections is said to be dependent on President Donald Ramotar’s assent to the four Local Government Elections Bills that were passed in the National Assembly on August 7, last. Yesterday, Persaud said that he spoke to Ramotar about the matter on Friday but is currently unaware of the status of the Bills. In the interim, remedying the rift at City Hall seems to be a large task if not impossible. Persaud said that
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Local Govt. Elections will solve City Hall’s problems the ongoing problems at City Hall are negatively impacting the day-to-day operations of Georgetown citizens. He said that every citizen deserves a clean healthy environment with City Hall maximizing revenues. Routine garbage collection, clean streets, parapets and waterways, and organized market places must not be a dream but a reality only achieved through cooperation. Persaud emphasized that naive political bickering must be eliminated from City Hall and elected Councillors led by the Mayor and the administration led by the Town Clerk must be able to work together. He lamented that the operations of City Hall should
AFC Leader, Khemraj Ramjattan
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not be complicated since they are governed by the Laws. However, the problems arise when individuals breach the code of ethics and overlap their duties.
One of the most recent problematic scenarios at City Hall is the Town Clerk suing Publisher of Kaieteur News Glenn Lall, Chartered Accountant Christopher Ram and Mayor Hamilton Green’s wife Dr. Jennifer Basdeo, purportedly for outstanding taxes. According to a source at City Hall, Town Clerk, Carol Sooba’s action is part of a smear campaign to tarnish the reputations of persons not supportive of G o v e r n m e n t ’ s wrongdoings. But, Persaud b e l i e v e s t h a t S o o b a ’s selective debt recovery campaign is progressing smoothly. He explained that Sooba is going through her register and is taking the names in batches. He claims not to understand the exchange of cheques arrangements both Lall and Ram seem to have had with City Hall. And, though City Hall’s Public Relations Officer Royston
Timehri North Community Council condemns... From page 12 something that is not only imbecilic but dangerous and irresponsible.” The Chairman emphasized, “To date, the Government of Guyana has not approached the community representative body to discuss any plan, nor have they afforded any avenue for any such discussion. Instead, the Minister of Public Works attempts to divide the community, at his convenience, to dislodge a duly elected and representative Community Based Organisation (TNCDC) for obvious reasons. “It is clear that that strategy does not augers well
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for the supposed development, proffered as national by the government and a few of its beneficiaries.” “While using this opportunity to disassociate ourselves and our community, as a whole, from this and any other act that may be contemplated by persons inclined to crime and other forms of violence, we call upon the powers that be, to speak to this senseless imbecilic intrusion of the Works Ministry. “We call on the Ministry of Agriculture, the Ministry of Human Services and Social Security and the Child Protection Agency among other related and relevant organisations, to see into this
injustice, appease these farmers and the families that are so dependant of the livelihood that is being destroyed before their very eyes, and advise the Minister that a new and inclusionary approach, preferably by the Ministry of Housing should be employed.” Meanwhile, the TNCDC is undertaking an appropriate plan based on best practices and acceptable standards to present an outline of ‘An Involuntary Relocation Plan’ which will be presented to the Ministries of Housing, Human Services and the Finance, as well as to the Parliamentary Opposition Parties for their consideration and action.
King confirmed that the entity owes Kaieteur News, the Minister maintains that the media owes City Hall. Persaud said the information is not with City Hall’s Finance Department and Sooba is unaware of such and therefore City Hall does not owe Kaieteur News $7.1M. If indeed City Hall owes Kaieteur News and King knows about the transactions King should pay the media house since he did not inform the Finance Department. The Alliance For Change (AFC) also believes that Local Government Elections would solve the problems at City Hall. Khemraj Ramjattan, Leader of the AFC, weighing in on the matter said that his party is very concerned about the rift and operations of City Hall. Ramjattan believes that Local Government Elections would allow the election of new Councillors, good governance, massive decision for management, cooperation and sharing of information. He said that the problems in City Hall are politically motivated with Central Government using the Town Clerk to frustrate the Council. Ramjattan b e l i e v e s t h a t t h e To w n Clerk is being used as a diversion from G o v e r n m e n t ’ s wrongdoings onto City Hall matters. Ramjattan said that as the Chief Manager of City
Hall, Sooba acted inappropriately to make a decision to sue Lall, Ram and Dr. Basdeo without ventilating the matter with Councillors at a meeting. He said it seems that Sooba is going to Tokyo while Councillors are h e a d i n g t o N e w Yo r k . Ramjattan said that there is definitely a lack of communication at City Hall for the situation to exist where Councillors welcome exchange of cheques to offset expenditures and the Town Clerk is claiming no knowledge of the agreements. According to Anand Goolsarran, former Auditor General, the Town Clerk is responsible for the financial accounting matters of City Hall while the Mayor is the political leader responsible for policies. He explained their roles somewhat mirror that of Permanent Secretaries and Ministers in Government Ministries. However, within recent times the powers of Ministers seem to be increasing. He said Sooba ought to have sought Council’s approval first before filing the lawsuits. In the event City Hall does not win the cases the responsibility is not solely hers. Goolsarran explained that at a Statutory meeting the decision to sue taxpayers could have been discussed rather than bypassing the Council.
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One does what comes naturally DEAR EDITOR, One does not ‘choose’ a manual career, one does what comes naturally. I have seen this happen. My brother is a typical example. No one sent him to learn the trade of a motor mechanic but, as an adult, he became what everyone who dealt with him regarded as the top vehicle handler/repairer for miles around. At age 15, he built a toy steam engine and ran it on rails in the yard. Established as an adult, everyone remembered the day he saved the main attraction of a circus that came to town. The ferris wheel had broken down and no one could fix it. They were packing up to leave, when someone remembered him and thought he might be able to help. He found it a challenge as something he had never before attempted and could not resist. He had a go
and, with willing helpers, saved the day. My parents always remembered that, as a toddler, he once picked up a screw from the floor, waddled over to the chair from whence it came and placed it in the exact port. A natural inclination for bolts and nuts from an early age. On the other hand, he was never interested in books - and bad at money management. Encouraging youngsters to acquire manual skills in their earlyteens equals a sort of DIY (Do it yourself) course, and those skills should come in handy when they have to fend for themselves. But it should not be compulsory. Food banks. I am not so sure that some ‘middle class people’ -
and people with sufficient disposable income - visit such places by necessity: they probably regard it as a gig. On a Thursday two weeks ago, I delayed visiting a local British-owned supermarket until around 6.00 pm and was surprised to find strategically placed tallboys, full of markeddown food items, including tinned stuff, and breads of every description. I bought a half-priced pack of baps and turned them into a bread-and-butter pudding for Sunday afters. I am tempted to change my shopping habits! A caper to me. G Dennison
Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter. - Martin Luther King, Jr.
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Way clear for new homeowners to apply for mortgage relief
The way has been cleared for new homeowners to apply for mortgage relief, GRA has announced.
The way has been cleared for first time homeowners to claim for relief on their mortgage interest from the state-owned tax agency. Inviting applications for the mortgage interest relief (MIR), the Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) said that documents will have to be filed before the end of the year at its offices. The relief, which effectively allows part of the taxed income of homeowners to be applied to the mortgage payments, was announced earlier this year by Finance Minister, Dr. Ashni Singh, during his presentation of his budget speech for 2013. At that time, he said that the measure was effective for this year of income. While none of the monies will actually end up in the hands of homeowners, what MIR will do is on the long term reduce the interest to be paid, and the repayment period. Last week, Government announced that the Finance Minister has signed the regulations and was urging the relevant agencies like GRA to start implementation. Minister Singh, during his budget speech, had explained that first time homeowners who are holders of mortgage loans of up to $30M granted to them by commercial banks or the New Building Society will be permitted to deduct the interest they pay on such mortgages from their taxable income for the purposes of
personal income tax. “In other words, that portion of taxable income used by a first time homeowner to pay interest on a housing loan of up to $30M from a commercial bank or the New Building Society will be exempt from personal income tax.” This initiative would have cost Government approximately $580M annually, Dr. Singh said. According to GRA in its notice yesterday, “Mortgage interest Relief (MIR) is a reduction of the interest to be paid on housing mortgage loans owed by individuals, who are resident in Guyana to financial institutions or approved mortgage finance companies. The implementation of the Mortgage Interest Relief Provision, will take effect from the Year of Assessment 2014, therefore, relief of thirty percent of the total mortgage interest commencing January 1, 2013, will be granted to first time homeowners who would have acquired m o r t g a ges on or before January 1, 2013.” MIR, GRA, explained is applicable to persons who have acquired property, purchased land for residential construction, using mortgage financing. The applicant will have to produce a letter from an approved lending institution (commercial bank or NBS)
that a mortgage has been granted below $30M. Among other things, the homeowner will have to, using GRA forms available on its website, provide a copy of the transport/title; copy of sale and purchase agreement, if applicable, and the agreement with the lending institution. Applicants who jointly own a property can nominate one applicant to receive the MIR. “Upon presentation of the approval from the Commissioner-General, the approved lending institution will reduce the interest payable on the eligible mortgages by 30%, which is equal to the rate of income tax in force.” To spur home ownership, Government has in recent years introduced a number of measures, including tax waivers to lending institutions to lower interest rates. From a one time high of over 30%, mortgage interest rates have fallen to over four per cent, leading to a significant lending being increased in recent years. This in turn has led to a boom in new homes being constructed. Housing has been a major contributor to the economy in recent years as satellite industries like block-making, transportation and other services like security grills installation sprung up.
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Janet Jagan Memorial 50-mile US-Guyana Sensei gets WUKO grade cycle race on for Sunday National Cycling Coach, Hassan Mohamed MS has organized a 50 Miles Road Cycle Race on Sunday, October 20, 2013 in memory of the late Janet Jagan, former President of the Republic of Guyana. The race is coordinated by the Goed Fortuin PPP Group. The race will commence
from Wales Police Station at 08:00hrs, proceed to Bushy Park on the East Bank of Essequibo before returning to the Demerara Harbour Bridge, West Bank of Demerara for the finish. The veteran, mountain bikers and females will turn back at Uitvlugt Community Centre and finish at the
Harbour Bridge. The first (6) finishers, (3) juniors, (3) veteran, (3) mountain bikers, (3) female and first veteran O-60 yrs will all receive prizes. (8) Prime Prizes to be won during the course of the race. The race is sponsored by Caricom Cement Inc Limited – Cyclists are reminded to wear their club jerseys.
Thursday October 17, 2012 ARIES (MAR 21 - APR 19): Today's a good day to work toward the goals you've set, Aries. The aspect of the day influences your ability to focus on the necessary steps to achieve what you want. No goal is too big! *************************** TAURUS (APR 20 - MAY 20): You may watch the clock today, Taurus. It can be hard to focus on tasks when you're thinking about relaxing, but do your best. You won't get through your tasks any faster if you're unfocused. *************************** GEMINI (MAY 21 - JUN 20): If someone you know is going through a rough time, Gemini, they could come to you for support or advice. People see you as genuinely concerned and a good friend, especially when times are tough. *************************** CANCER (JUN 21 - JUL 22): With some leisure time on your hands, you'll find an opportunity to start fresh in some area that has challenged you, Cancer. Find the courage to examine your attitudes toward adverse situations. *************************** LEO (JUL 23 - AUG 22): Today you might want to try something completely new, Leo. If you've never done this before, why not try expressing yourself through dance? Even if you're convinced you have two left feet, you might be surprised. ************************ VIRGO (AUG 23 - SEP 22): If you're not already so inclined, Virgo, why not try expressing yourself through song? Even if you're convinced you have a tin ear, you might be surprised at what happens if you just let yourself go. Do you feel silly singing out loud? Then be silly.
LIBRA (SEP 23 - OCT 22): Libra, you may discover today that you have a talent for something you've never even thought about before. If you always stick to what you know, how will you ever experience anything new? Trying this unexplored area doesn't mean you have to excel in it. *************************** SCORPIO (OCT 23 - NOV 21): It's a new day, Scorpio, a good day to let your caring side show. Take the time to smile and chat with as many people as you can. *************************** SAGITTARIUS (NOV 22 DEC 21): Today brings the opportunity to see things as they are and not as you'd like them to be. It's easy to fool yourself sometimes, but you can only get away with that for so long before the truth comes out. *************************** CAPRICORN (DEC 22 JAN 19): Today your creativity might be stimulated by some free time, Capricorn. You can try and save it for later, but you may not feel the same way then. *************************** AQUARIUS (JAN 20 - FEB 18): You probably have a knack for listening to other people and noticing when they need help or a shoulder to cry on, Aquarius. Today may be excellent for you to help another person out. Consider going the extra mile by lending a hand to those around you who are in need. *************************** PISCES (FEB 19 - MAR 20): It's possible that someone will question your motives or wonder whether or not you're genuine, Pisces. Don't take it the wrong way. You don't take everything at face value either. Show your sincerity by following through and sticking by your word.
New York based GuyanaAmerican karate instructor Sensei Pramhansa ‘Kumar’ Ramkirath has had his rank of 3rd Degree Black Belt officially recorded in the Black Belt registrar of the World United Karate Organization (WUKO). Sensei Ramkirath is the New York rep for the Bassai Karate Dojo- International. He has been training since 1992 under Darryl Williams. He also holds a 1st Dan in Kobudo (Okinawan weapons) and kickboxing. He can be contacted at kumar6918@yahoo.com. He has his dojo in Richmond Hill,
Pramhansa Ramkirath New York. Meanwhile, Sensei Stephen Parris, 7th Dan -
Shotokan Karate has been retained as Technical Adviser to the Trinidad and Tobago Karate Federation (TTKF). The very experienced and knowledgeable karate master joins other top level experts who assist the TTKF in technical development. Sensei Parris has been in karate for over fifty years and is also an accomplished fitness expert. He is TTKF member for Canada. His 7th Degree Black Belt was homologated by the World United Karate Organization (WUKO) in 2009.
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Guyanese riders ready for CCC challenge – Coach Gibbs The Guyana Cycling Federation (GCF) eightmember team to the 2013 edition of the Caribbean Cycling Championships (CCC) will wheel out on Friday for the Island of Curacao where they will come up against the best riders in these parts, battling for supremacy on Saturday and Sunday. Coach Dwayne Gibbs speaking with Kaieteur Sport yesterday said that preparations have concluded and it was mainly focused on the mental preparedness of his charges for battle. Gibbs, a former standout at the national and regional level, said that the team members have been riding consistently throughout the year so competition fitness wasn’t an issue. “Our training went well and I would say it was successful. I focused on the weak points of the riders which were their mental preparedness for what will be tough competition. We have got to learn and prepare to think under pressure and that was our main area of focus.”
He noted that the team is not short of talent but would like his charges learning the art of reacting positively under pressure and not wilting. The male team comprises of Geron Williams, Godfrey Pollydore, Alonzo Greaves, Orville Hinds and National Road Race king Raynauth Jeffrey, while the females are United Kingdom based Claire Fraser-Green, National Road Race queen Naomi Singh and Hazina Barrett. The Individual Time Trails, which will be contested on Saturday, will see the male riders covering the route twice totaling 40km, while the women will do 20km, one lap. On Sunday, the Road Race will take centre stage starting and finishing at Schottegatweg Oost, outside of the city. The circuit is 7.1km and will see the men covering a distance of 128km (80miles) or 18 laps, while the women will cover 71km (45 miles) which is 10 laps around the circuit. Manager of the team Brian Allen disclosed that they have been encountering
some challenges with sending the cycles ahead to Curacao as they were advised to do by the LIAT authorities. “We were advised by LIAT to send the cycles up front to avoid any complications on the Trinidad to Curacao leg. But after delivering bikes to LIAT on Tuesday we were informed late Tuesday evening that the flight scheduled to take the cycles had been cancelled because of some problems with the aircraft, and we should make arrangements to collect the bikes from the airport.” Allen further disclosed that LIAT has now promised that the cycles, which they will have to pay US$80 for each, will be given priority when the team wings out tomorrow via Trinidad for Curacao. They will not get into Curacao until 16:05 tomorrow afternoon with the Technical Meeting set for tomorrow evening also. The competition will be held under the COPACI and Caribbean Federation rules. (Franklin Wilson)
The Guyana Amateur Basketball Federation (GABF) has supplied a list of Guyanese Federation International Basketball Association (FIBA)accredited Level I Coaches ahead of the start of the Edwin Pena-conducted FIBA Level II Coaches Course today. Those persons include: Kerwin Abrams, Herbert Adams, Thenga Adams, Mark Agard, Deryck Alphonso, Colin Barker, Clement Brusche, Willon Cameron,
Brian Carter, Kiev Chesney, Leon Conway, Dennis Clarke, Robert Cadogan, Quincy Cummings, Rowena DeJonge, Tyson English, Melroy Fitzalbert, Kirk Fraser, Michael Fullerton, Ann Gordon, Curtis Gravesande, Nevin Grenville, Abdulla Hamid, Julian Haynes, Junior Hercules, Wayne Hinds, Adrian Hooper, Nichola Jacobs, Malcolm James, Leona Kyte, Naylon Loncke, Lugard Mohan, Rawle
Montooth, Orin Moses, Dale Phillips, Sherwin Rawlins, Shakalia Sampson, Calvin Slowe, Kelvin Small, Trevor Thompson, Claude Williams and Uzzi Yisreal. Those names listed were asked to take full advantage of the FIBA and GABF sponsored upgrade to the next level. The GABF had said that Coaches development is an integral part of the overall development of basketball in Guyana.
GABF supplies list of FIBAaccredited Level I Coaches
Hooper takes Girls U-16 100 and 400 titles, Khan.. From page 32 800M, while Orlando Norton (Queenstown CHS) took second and Richard Aaron (Mercy Wings) third. Queenstown CHS was again victorious in the Girls U-20 800 M with
Adama Robinson blazing the field to triumph ahead of second place Raynette Monah (Tutorial) and Kiara Singh (St. Joseph) third. Falon Fitzpatrick (Mercy Wi n g s ) s t a v e d o ff s t i ff challenges from runner up Shanice Major (Tutorial) and Shanice Phillips (St. Joseph) third to take the Girls U-20 200M. Meanisha Carter (NGSS) triumphed in the Girls U18 200 M in 25.89 seconds, Ruslyn Forde (St. Wi n f r i d e ) t o o k s e c o n d position with a time of 27.89 and Crystal Frank (St. Joseph) came third in
28.55. St. Wine Fridge’s and Tutorial took the Girls and Boys 4x400 M Open Relay respectively; NGSS placed second and Tutorial third in the Girls category while Sophia took second and St. Joseph third in the Boys division. The 4X100 M relay Open was taken by New Campbellville Secondary a h e a d o f S t . Wi n e Fridge’s and Nehemiah in that order and the Boys equivalent of this race was won by Nehemiah, Queenstown CHS ended in second slot and Tutorial third.
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5th ODI By Sean Devers West Indies, on the back of a carefully constructed fifty from Tagenarine Chanderpaul and incisive fast bowling from Preston McSween (4-20) and Ray Jordon (2-30), beat Bangladesh by 67 runs in the 5th under-19 ODI last night under lights at the Guyana National Stadium at Providence. Chanderpaul struck eight fours and a six in his 51 and got support from fellow Guyanese Shemron Hetymer (29) as the hosts were dismissed for 177. Man-of-the-Match McSween and the lively Jordon then reduced the visitors to 35-4 before they eventually fell for 110 despite 49 from Sadman Anik as the West Indies kept the series alive by reducing the lead to 3-2. West Indies won the toss and elected to bat and lost Leroy Lugg off the first ball of the match when he topedged a pull to the Keeper off Prodhan Rifat. Hetymer joined Chanderpaul and got going with an array of glorious shots. The Berbice batsman drove Abu Saeed for three exquisite cover driven boundaries before thumping Rifat down the ground and over mid-on for two more boundaries. But Rifat soon induced Hetymer, who hit six fours in a cameo 29, to slash a ball to
Waest Indies keep series alive with 67-run win against Bangladesh point to leave the home team on 36-2. Tristian Coleman and Chanderpaul who played the supporting role, carried the score to 79 with a valuable 43run partnership before Coleman (21) was unfortunate to be given out hit wicket to Javed Rahutul when replays showed the keeper ’s pad had hit the wicket. Tarryck Gabriel (6) was bowled by Rahutul at 103-4 but Chanderpaul, who accelerated from a slow start, added 43 with Nicholas Pooran (23) before both batsmen departed with the score on 145. Chanderpaul, who played four first class matches last year, reached his fifty from 88 balls with eight fours and a six before he pulled a ball from off-spinner Mossadek Saikat to mid-on. Pooran then swept legspinner Likhon Zubair to short fine-leg as the West Indies encountered a stutter. Only Fabian Allen (15) of the remaining batsmen reached double figures on a track which kept low from the second ball of the match. Zubair, who had a hat-trick in the last match at Providence, finished with 419, while Rifat and Saikat collected two wickets each.
When the visitors, who have won every game in this series since the West Indies won the opening ODI at Providence, began their reply, they had to contend with another hostile spell from Vincentian Ray Jordon on a docile straw colored pitch. Jordon, who peppered the batsmen with some quick bouncers, removed Munim Jummon (7) and Saikat (3) to catches to the Keeper Pooran, while fellow opening bowler Grenadian left-armer Preston McSween got rid of the inform Uddin Jashim (2) and Shanto for a duck as Bangladesh slipped to 35-4. Gudakesh Motie-Kanhai struck at 55-5 when he trapped Mehedi Miraj (16) in the 18th over to give the home team hopes of successfully defending their small total. Abu Saeed was LBW to Gabriel for six at 89-7 before Rifat was run out for five at 102-8, while Anik, who batted for 39 overs for his 49, was brilliantly stumped off a legside wide at 109-9 and Zubair was taken at cover off McSween for a duck to finish the game. The action switches to Albion in Berbice on Saturday for the penultimate ODI.
Lakers’ Bryant likely out for season opener: coach BEIJING (Reuters) - Kobe Bryant’s recovery from an Achilles injury will likely keep him out of his team’s seasonopener in two weeks, Los Angeles Lakers head coach Mike D’Antoni said on Tuesday. Bryant, 35, suffered a season-ending torn left Achilles’ tendon last April and only recently returned from Germany where he had
an innovative procedure on an arthritic right knee. “No, I don’t think so,” D’Antoni told reporters when asked if Bryant would be ready for the Lakers’ 2013-14 season opener versus the Los Angeles Clippers on October 29. “It’s an ongoing process, but that would be tough.” Bryant, a five-time National Basketball
Association champion and 15-time All-Star, was with his team for Tuesday’s preseason game in Beijing and watched from the Lakers bench as the Golden State Warriors enjoyed a 100-95 win. The two teams will play again on Friday in Shanghai. Games in Beijing, October 15, 2013. REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon
Honduras qualifies for World... From page 34 to Brazil. The win also triggered celebrations in the Honduran capital, Tegucigalpa, where thousands of people poured into the streets waving national flags and soccer strips as fireworks lit up the night sky. “All us Hondurans are happy, we’ve qualified for the World Cup. When we unite, we win,” President Porfirio Lobo told local radio, saying he would declare Wednesday a holiday for government employees so they can celebrate. STAYING ALIVE
Mexico have qualified for every World Cup since 1982, with the exception of 1990 when they were banned by FIFA after fielding over-age players in a youth tournament, have the chance to qualify after an extraordinary final week. Last Friday, they needed a stunning goal from Raul Jimenez five minutes from fulltime to beat Panama at home then on Tuesday needed the help of the U.S. to keep ahead of Panama. Mexico fell behind early against Costa Rica when striker Brian Ruiz scored for
the home team in the 26th minute. Although Mexico equalized three minutes later through Oribe Peralta, whose shot hit the underside of the bar, Costa Rica went back in front when Alvaro Saborio headed what proved to be the matchwinner in the 64th minute. Mexico’s hopes of staying alive rested on the result of Panama’s match with an understrength American side, who had the luxury of resting some of their regular starters after already finishing top of the group standings.
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ECCCC/GT&T 35-over competition…
Fairfield, Helena Green, Kissoon hit 50’s, 7-wkt haul for Mangal book semi-final spots
Herry Green
Ganesh Mangal
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Imam Bacchus SC and Queenstown were the victorious teams when action in the Central Essequibo Cricket Committee 40-over competition commenced last Sunday on the Essequibo Coast. At Imam Bacchus ground in Affiance No 1, the host defeated Cotton Field Sports Club by 7 wickets. Winning the toss and batting Cotton Field SC were bowled out for 141 in 32 overs with Travis Simon top scoring with 29, (4x4), R. Kissoon made 26 (5x4), Y. Singh 23 not out (3x4) and Extras assisted with 25. Ganesh Mangal grabbed 7-39
for Imam Bacchus SC who responded with 142-3 in 21 overs. Navendra Persaud led with 36 (1x6,6x4), Yougeshwar Lall supported with 35 not out (5x4) and Mohindra Balbadar chipped in with 17; Kissoon took 2-31. At Affiance, Queenstown overcame the home team by 3 wickets. Affiance sports club were bowled out 190 in 28 overs, batting first. Kumar Kissoon stroked 52 (2x6,7x4) while Lallbachan Narine cracked 29 (2x6, (3x4). Extras made a sterling contribution with 49. Left arm spinner Herry Green snared 4-11, Randy Bridgemohan claimed 3-35,
while Akiel Wallace and Kevin Martinborough had 2 apiece. Queenstown in reply hit off the required runs in 27 overs for the lost of 7 wickets. Green returned to slam 52 not out (2x6,4x4) and Rovendra Parasram smashed 48, (1x6,6x4). Lallbachan Narine, Devendra Narine and Omesh Yougeshwar picked up 2 wickets each for 25, 26 and 35 runs respectively. The competition continues next Sunday with Imam Bacchus hosting affiance and Cotton Field traveling to Queenstown. Matches start at 11:00 hrs.
Imam Bacchus and Sons T\20 schools cricket-E’bo
Victories for Cotton Field and ARMS Cotton Field and Anna Regina Multilateral School recorded victories when play in the Imam Bacchus and Sons Twenty\20 Schools cricket competition commenced last Saturday in Essequibo. Playing at Imam Bacchus ground in Affiance, Cotton Field Secondary defeated Pomona United Secondary by 5 wickets in the day’s first encounter. Winning the toss and batting, Pomona Secondary made 134 for 5 in their allotted overs. Extras top scored with 61 while Rudy Dass made 52 not out (1x6, 6x4). Bowling for Cotton Field Secondary, J. Charles took 220 and A. Bholo 2-38. In reply Cotton Field Secondary hit off the required runs in 16.3 overs for the loss of 4 wickets with Extras Contributing 51, R. Joseph scored 37 (7x4) and A. Bholo 24 (1x4); S. Dusraj and D. Thompson picked 2-17 each. In the second game of the day, Anna Regina Multilateral School (ARMS) defeated Essequibo Islands Secondary by 22 runs. Anna Regina Multilateral School batted first after winning the toss
Fairfield and Helena have booked their places in the semi-finals of the inaugural Enmore Community Centre Cricket Club (ECCCC)/GT&T sponsored 35-over knockout cricket competition, following contrasting victories last weekend. Playing at the Fairfield ground, the home team defeated Strathaven by 33 runs, while Helena sneaked home off the final ball, beating Cane Grove by five wickets at the Enmore Community Centre ground. Batting first, Fairfield posted 136-9 from the allotted 35 overs with Walter Byrne hitting a top-score of 28. Bowling for Strathaven, Gobindram Hemraj returned splendid figures of five wickets for a mere six runs from seven miserly overs, the best bowling performance in the tournament. However, his effort would later prove futile, as Strathaven struggled to 103 all out from 27.1 overs. R. Chatura and D. Lovell were the leading wicket-takers for Fairfield with 3-10 and 2-20 respectively. In the other quarter-final match-up, Cane Grove took first strike and racked up 192 from 27.3 of the reduced 32 overs per side. Avish Ruckram led all scorers with 42, while Charlie Pitt bagged 4-18 from 3.3 overs, including
Gobindram Hemraj
Rohit Dutchin
a hat-trick. Helena, in reply, knocked off the target for the loss of five wickets, winning off the final delivery via a bye. Rohit Dutchin stroked 71, the highest individual score in the competition, as Helena reached 193-5. Darshan Persaud supported with 28 not out, as G. Jainarine picked up 4-37. Following their victories, Fairfield and Helena will now contest the first semi-final, while the winner of the Duchfour/Perseverance clash this Sunday at Enmore will take on the ECCCC in the second semi-final. The ECCCC made a rousing start to the competition a fortnight ago, whipping Mahaica by nine
wickets. After Mahaica batted first and posted 149-5 in a game reduced to 30 overs per innings, ECCCC cruised to victory at 153-1 with as many as eight overs to spare, with openers Javed Mohamed hitting 66 not out and Bheemraj Ramkellewan 51. The competition, which is being organised by the ECCCC, is aimed at giving clubs from Enmore to Mahaica much needed competitive exposure. The champion team will receive $30,000 and trophy, with the runner-up set to collect $20,000 and a trophy. Among the individual awards are trophies for the Man-ofthe-Match in the final, most runs, most wickets and most catches.
Little Diva Flames Football Club commence training programme
Jevanand Chanderpaul
Kemo Paul and
and posted 142 for 5 in 20 overs. Extras contributed a healthy 35, Jonathan Fernandes made 26 (3x4), Nathan Persaud 21 (3x4) and Devon Williams 20 Not out (1x6,1x4). P. Persaud, Narendra Persaud, Beesham Moses and E. Gobin claimed
1 wicket apiece. Essequibo Islands Secondary were bowled out for 121 in 17.3 overs in reply with Kemo Paul top scoring with 44, (9x4) while Extras supported with 20; Jevanand Chanderpaul captured 4-27, Siddique Mohamed and 2-12.
Members of the Little Divas female football club go through training drills at the GFC ground last Saturday. Little Diva Flames Football Club commenced training last Saturday 12th Oct 2013 at the GFC Ground under the tutelage of Coaches Joseph “Bill” Wilson and Sheron “Sherry” Abrams. National Player Vurlon Mills was also present and he assisted the coaches in the session. The girls were taken through various drills such as heading, trapping, passing, taking on their chest and dribbling. They were also taught the drills of warming
up and cooling down. In attendance were President - Lawrence Griffith, Vice President Dr George Norton and newly appointed Treasurer Mr Aubrey Henry. After the session the girls were given some pep talks from the Executives who thanked them for coming out to training. They were told that once they are dedicated, disciplined and committed they can become National Players and become role model and household names.
They were advised to keep studying and once they are academically qualified they can earn football scholarship overseas. Training session will continue every Saturday at the GFC Ground commencing at 09:00 hrs. Because of most of the girls are preparing for CXC, some were absent on Saturday last and the Coaches and Executives are toying with the idea of training on weekdays with Tuesday’s being considered.
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Barrington helps Bermine upset Rose Hall Town to advance to Universal DVD T20 Final To cap off a weekend of upsets, Bermine upstaged pre match favourite Rose Hall Town Gizmos and Gadgets by what turned out to be comfortable margin, in the process earning their place in the final of the 2013 Universal DVD First Division T20 Cricket Competition. One day before, West Berbice had gotten rid of the other pretournament favourite, Albion Community Centre as the pair will now battle for the title. In the match, which was played at the Port Mourant ground, Bermine won the toss and elected to take first strike, a decision which at first did not look like the correct one as they lost the wicket of their inform captain Anthony D’Andrade for 1in the first over bowled by Berbice offspinner Eon Hooper. With the other inform Guyana opening batsman Shemroy Barrington joining the struggling Keion DeJesus, the score limped to 6 after 3 overs. However, things improved after then with the introduction of former Guyana under-17 off spinner Shailendra Shameer and Guyana under-19 leg-spinner Shawn Perreira. Barrington and DeJesus then settled down and started to pick their shots as they took the score to 92-2 when DeJesus went caught for 39 (4x4) in the 13th over. Barrington continued to play
Shemroy Barrington solidly putting on 37 more valuable runs with Guyana under-19 cricket Romario DeJonge (13) in just 4 overs. Barrington was eventually bowled by Hooper for 65 which included 4 fours and 2 sixes at 132 for 4 in 19 over. The last over yielded 14 runs with all-rounder Damien Vantull (14 not out) and Berbice all-rounder Devon Clements (1 not out) being at the crease as Bermine reached a respectable 146 for 4 in 20 overs. Bowling for Rose Hall Town, off spinner Eon Hooper had miserly figures of 2 for 9 from 4 overs. In reply, RHTG&G were given a good start by former Berbice batsman Renwick Batson, 11, and former Guyana under-19 batsman Dominique Rikki, 22, as they put together 34 in 6.5 overs.
The two fell in quick succession as their team slipped to 38 for 2 in 8 overs. Guyana all-rounder Rajiv Ivan and former Guyana wicketkeeper-batsman Delbert Hicks kept Rose Hall in the hunt as they put together 21 runs in the next 3.3 overs, but after Ivan went for 19 the innings went into decline as two more wickets fell in quick succession. Former Guyana under-19 all-rounder Clinton Pestano went for 2 and Hooper 0, to leave Rose Hall tottering at 62 for 5 after 12.5 overs still needing 85 to win in 7.1 overs at an asking rate of over 10 per over. Former Berbice player, Jason Sinclair then joined Hicks and they tried desperately to salvage the game for their team, but except for a Barrington over, which cost 17 runs, they just could not cope. Hicks was eventually run out for 19 as Rose Hall town ended on 130 for 6 in their allotment of overs to lose by 16 runs. Sinclair was still there on 38 not out (2 fours). Bowling for Bermine, Barrington returned with the ball to take 2 for 20 to crown a fine all round performance. Off spinner Kevin Pellew supported with 2 for 24, while Clements had one. Bermine will therefore meet with the other winning semi-finalist West Berbice in the final of the competition on Sunday at Albion.
Several teams record victories in Trophy Stall Softball tournament matches last Sunday Several teams were on winners’ row in last Sunday’s action in the Trophy Stall Softball cricket tournament. Results from the matches played: Parika Defenders def. Wellman by 9 runs. Defenders 163 all out in 20 overs. O. Blacks 49. R. Rambarose 38. Ganesh Sookdeo 4 for 16. Greg DeFranco 2 for 23. Wellman 154 all out in 20 overs. Vivickanand Dinesh 51. Lloyd Rooplall 25. Safie 3 for 22. Park Rangers def. Frontliners Masters by 9 wickets. Frontliners 171 for 9 in 20 overs. Linden McCoy 35. R. Narine 34. Ricky Persaud 4 for 38. Ryan Singh 2 for 38. Park Rangers 174 for 2 in 15 overs. Eon Abel 87 not out. Andrea Budhan 34 not out. Mohamed Rafeek 2 for 30. Trophy Stall Angels def. Wellwoman by 8 wickets. Wellwoman 86 for 3 in 10 overs. Amanda Bob Semple 38 not out. Zola Telford 15 not out. Trophy Stall 87 for 2 in 8.2 overs. June Ogle 26 not
out. Kavita Yadram 20. Heema Singh 15 not out. Wellwoman def. 4R Lioness by 11 runs. Wellwoman 93 for 5 in 10 overs.Amanda Bob Semple 38. K.Shultz 3 for 16. 4R Lioness 82 for 5 in 10 overs. Kamika Wilson 22. Latoya Smith 2 for 17. Floodlight def. Industry Super Kings by 34 runs. Floodlight 126 for 9 in 20 overs. Wayne Jones 56 not out. David Harper 3 for 12. J. Persaud 2 for 22. Rupert Basdeo 2 for 32. Industry 92 all out in 17 overs. David Harper 23. W. Jones 3 for 19. Dharam Persaud 2 for 8. Rahaman Khan 2 for 15. R. Ragbeer 2 for 16. Farm def. Trophy Stall A by 5 wickets. Trophy Stall A 169 all out in 19.5 overs. Randy Keetwaroo 55. Patrick Khan 4 for 25. L. Marks 3 for 20. Farm 170 for 5 in 18 overs. Raul Reid 60. L. Marks 33. Success Warriors def. Buddy’s X1 by 2 wickets.Buddy’s X1 150 for 9 in 20 overs. J. Mohanlall 40. Vishnu Geewan 3 for 20.
Success 153 for 8 in 12.3 overs. Ravi 38. M. Lilder 2 for 36. Trophy Stall B def. Renegade by 4 wickets. Renegade 127 all out in 15 overs. Balgeet Kumar 30. P. Sukhai 4 for 23. Trophy Stall B 132 for 6 in 15 overs. R. Raghoo 57 not out. Inshan Khan 23. R. Williams 3 for 15. P. & P. Warriors def. Brickery Super Stars by 112 runs. P & P Warriors 184 for 9 in 20 overs. L. Dindyal 86. Brickery 72 all out. V. Balram 3 for 14. J. Ally 3 for 27. Country Side def. Power Play by 143 runs. Country Side 213 for 4 in 20 overs. R. Gomes 55 not out. S. Jagdeo 55. Omkar 3 for 30. Power Play 70 all out in 9.3 overs. R. Gomes 5 for 20. To n y ’s X1 def. Accomplishment by 4 wickets. Accomplishment 119 for 7 in 15.5. Mohan 34. Khemraj Jailall 3 for 15. Tony’s X1 120 for 5 in 15.2 overs. K. Jailall 43. Mohan 3 for 21. For further information on the tournament please call Wayne Jones at 650-1790.
Thursday October 17, 2013
BCCI likely to demand inquiry against Becker ESPNcricinfo - The BCCI is likely to recommend an ethics commission inquiry against former ICC official David Becker for having gone public with confidential information related to the game’s governance in a statement last week. The ICC’s executive board will meet in London on October 17 and 18, and it is expected that the Becker statement will be brought into focus again. In his statement released to the media last week, Becker had said it was “improper” to allow a member body to “blatantly disregard an ICC resolution”. Becker was referring to the uncertainty over India’s tour of South Africa, which was originally scheduled to begin on November 18. Becker had left the ICC in July 2012, due to what he called “questionable governance” within the organisation. His statement listed three examples, all relating to the “dominance of BCCI President N Srinivasan”; the “most concerning one” related to the FTP issue over the Indian tour to South Africa. The BCCI’s plan to call for an Ethics Committee inquiry is said to be based on their “evidence” that, at the time of making a public statement, Becker was an ac t i n g advisor to Cricket South Africa. BCCI insiders a l l e g e t h a t B ecker’s statement came at the behest of an “aide” within CSA. The BCCI is expected to use this argument to appeal to other Full Members to avoid
recurrence of a Becker-like situation that could be, in the words of a BCCI insider, “damaging” for the governance of cricket by any official involved in the game. Another important issue that is likely to come up for discussion during the twoday meeting is the appointment of the first ICC chairman, an all-powerful executive head of ICC. In 2012, the ICC executive board had reduced the role of the ICC president to a ceremonial one and amended its constitution, vesting executive powers in the chairman. The 10 Full Members had unanimously agreed that the ICC president’s post would become a rotational one from 2014 while a chairman would lead the executive board and take all important decisions. It is understood that N Srinivasan and Giles Clarke, the two main contenders for the post of chairman, met over lunch on Tuesday. The executive board had stated that the creation of the post of chairman was “consistent with recommendations in the Woolf Report.” Lord Woolf, leading the ICC’s independent governance review, had submitted a 60page report last year wherein he made 65 radical recommendations. One of his recommendations was a complete revamp of the ICC’s executive structure, while another suggested a decline in the role of Full Members and the handover of powers to independent directors. Of
all his recommendations, the creation of the post of chairman has been taken on by ICC’s executive board with alacrity. According to the Woolf recommendations, the ICC’s chairman should not hold any leadership or executive post in their home boards. It is a condition that may be of interest both to Srinivasan, the BCCI president, and Clarke, chairman of the England and Wales Cricket Board. The agenda for the meeting does not feature Becker or the position of the ICC chairman, but discussions are likely to be held on the sidelines and have their own consequences. One of the more important points on the agenda concerns the discussion and final decision on the four venues of the World Twenty20, scheduled to be played in Bangladesh between March 16 and April 6, 2014. After its annual conference in June, ICC had extended the deadline to August to ensure that the four venues met required standards. The report of the ICC’s inspection panel, which recently completed its tour of the four venues - Sylhet, Cox’s Bazaar, Chittagong and Mirpur - will be submitted to the executive board. The ICC’s executive board comprises the heads of every Full Member board, three representatives from the Associates and Affiliates, and the ICC’s president, vicepresident and chief executive.
(Reuters) - Honduras qualified for the 2014 World Cup finals in Brazil on Tuesday by clinching the last of the automatic qualifying spots in North and Central America and the Caribbean, while Mexico stayed in contention by claiming the playoff spot after Panama suffered a heartbreaking loss to the United States. Needing only a point to qualify, Honduras made sure of their place by drawing 2-2 with Jamaica in Kingston to join the U.S. and Costa Rica as the three automatic qualifiers from the CONCACAF region after a dramatic final round of matches. Regional heavyweights Mexico were minutes away from missing out on the fourth-placed playoff spot when they were beaten 2-1 in Costa Rica and Panama held a 2-1 lead over the
Americans. But Panama, who needed to win to leapfrog Mexico in the six-nation qualifying tournament, conceded two goals in stoppage time to lose 3-2, prompting shock, disbelief and jubilation among Mexican fans. “Play-off courtesy of the gringos,” former Mexican President Felipe Calderon tweeted. “What happened?” In parts of Mexico City, bands played in celebration and car drivers honked their horns, while men sat outside in the street, drinking beers and discussing the last ditch escape. Shopkeeper Marcelo Rodriguez, 40, was downcast. “We need committed players, and we don’t have any,” he said. “You can’t rely on your old enemy to save you.” Mexico now face Oceania winners New Zealand in a
two-leg playoff in November in an effort to continue their long streak of World Cup appearances while Honduras will make their third appearance at the game’s showpiece event. Honduras made the perfect start against Jamaica when Carlo Costly scored in the first minute but the home side, who failed to win a match in the final round, drew level two minutes later through Je-Vaughn Watson. Honduras regained the lead after 33 minutes to go into the break with a 2-1 advantage when Maynor Figeuroa scored off a free kick but Jamaica equalized in the second half when Rodolph Austin converted a penalty. Honduras survived some anxious moments but their defense held firm before the players celebrated booking their passage (Continued on page 32)
Honduras qualifies for World Cup, Mexico to playoff