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Letters... Where your views make the news...Letters... Where your views make the news

Quo Vadis Guyana? DEAR EDITOR, The current, apparently intractable, wrangling in Guyana’s body politic presents a most disturbing hopelessness for us ordinary folks, regular citizens who are anxious to see our ‘dear land of Guyana’ progress to its optimal level. Where does one turn, where do we look for the “promised land”? Perhaps our leaders can draw lessons from other societies, communities, countries that faced similar ‘dead ends’. For example, Peter Senge, renowned MIT professor, writing in the book titled: “Presence” described how the whole history of change in South Africa was a remarkable example of people creating a different future together by using

‘scenario-building exercises’ which involved people from all racial, ethnic, cultural, political and similar subgroups thinking and talking about alternative futures. They eventually came up with four scenarios: “Ostrich” was the one in which the then current white South African government put its head in the sand to avoid facing problems; “Lame Duck” was the other where the powers of the new black government were so strictly limited by constitutional instruments that its power to act was crippled; “Icarus” was the third whereby the new government instituted economic reforms that were so radical that, like Icarus, it burned itself by flying too near to the sun; the fourth

scenario was called “Flamingo” which no one particularly liked because Flamingos typically take off very slowly; but Flamingos also take off together…..so, as the groups thought through these different scenarios, they became convinced that the only viable way forward was the Flamingo way. Peter Senge concluded that while no one can be certain about how much these “scenarios” influenced the changes in South Africa, he firmly believed that they had a major impact in shaping the thinking that allowed the new government to hold the country together. Can we develop our own scenarios and come up with our own solutions? Nowrang Persaud

AFC must stop the risky behavior DEAR EDITOR, I am absolutely proud of the measured way in which the leader of the APNU/PNCR coalition have carried himself. His leadership has rankled some inexperienced members who undoubtedly are driven by ulterior motives. What Guyanese must understand is that the APNU/PNCR is “THE” largest opposition party in Guyana, and would have won the 2011 election if not for the “alleged” rigging that took place. Many political savvy Guyanese have also realized that without the majority opposition, the PPP regime would have continued to ravish the country. Noteworthy, President Ramotar has enumerated that

the majority opposition “has stymied” the PPP government, in parliament. The APNU must take the interest of its constituents into full consideration whenever it decides to give support for the NCM. The interest of APNU should be country and party first. APNU must protect its own interest and not be lulled by the disingenuous actions of others. Yes, the country needs a national election, but because of callous and selfish approaches by others, we run the risk of becoming a minority opposition once again, if a cohesive unification does not evolve. It is selfish for the AFC to believe they can singularly win a national election, they

The racial voting pattern is also in the swing votes DEAR EDITOR, I refer to the AFC column in October 19, 2014 Kaieteur News entitled “The myth of the PPP-C invincibility.” Here the writers look at AFC’s success and predicted that swing voters could become the determining factor in who governs Guyana. To illustrate their point they compared the votes cast in 2006 and 2011 with AFC participation compared to 2001 when the AFC was absent. An obvious conclusion from that comparison that was missed by their analysis is the racial voting pattern of the swing voters that supported the AFC in the 2006 and 2011 elections. In 2006 when the AFC was led by African Guyanese Raphael Trotman, their votes came from the PNC dominated Regions 4 and 10 and not from the PPP dominated Region 5 and 6. In 2011 when the AFC was led by Indian Guyanese Khemraj Ramjattan, their votes came from Regions 5 and 6 and not from Regions 4 and 10. In fact, the support they had gained in Regions 4 and 11 in the 2006 elections went back to the PNC (APNU) in the 2011 elections. There is no escaping the fact that when Guyanese go to the polls it’s us and them. Kingsley Harrop

just do not have the numbers. As a new and inexperienced political party without a strong voting-base, winning a national election is next-toimpossible. Such behavior is nothing more than a pipedream. The selfish actions of the AFC borders on a disastrous risky behavior. Guyanese must reject the AFC’s perceived singular utterances. The prevalent comment that indo-Guyanese will leave the party(AFC) if an alliance with the APNU is formed, is baseless and untruthful, and must be rejected. Guyanese want change. Communities and municipalities are hurting because Local General Elections have not taken place for almost two decades. The APNU has been the only political party pushing for LGE, and this was initiated long before the call for a NCM. We must be honest in our approach, not selfish. Guyanese must demand that both events must take place, and, at the same time. We must have “National and Local Government Elections,” all under the same processes. Joe Acarai

Will there be benefits for health workers dealing with Ebola cases?

DEAR EDITOR, Since the seriousness of the outbreak of Ebola in Africa and now in the first world, more attention is being paid to this disease. I must congratulate the GPHC for initiating the training of Healthcare workers who may care Ebola patients and the necessary precautions one has to take. However, although the Ministry of Health is trying to enhance public education, this is not enough. The Minister has to also say how Government will treat the members of staff who would be providing the care

and treatment. Would they be given Health Insurance? What about an increase in salaries. What about risk allowances? The Government needs to pronounce on this now or staff would be reluctant to perform on the same emoluments they now receive. President Ramotar should have already been advised on this and efforts made to put in for emergency funding. But then the Minister of Health would never put up a proposal for this. In fact, he should be sent packing because he would surely

make a mess of any arrangements if need be for an Ebola emergency. He cannot handle this since it has been proven that he cannot even manage the breakout of Chikungunya. Rumours are out that the Minister and his PS are at daggers drawn. This is a prescription for destruction and the sick people will suffer more. Also, Editor, is it true that one of the Administrative Regions has its own Health Minister? The walls of Jericho are crumbling. Shane Dumonte

With globalization, we need to take a medical threat to one country as a threat to all DEAR EDITOR, I would like to argue that the spread of Ebola and other diseases is a predictable and logical consequence of globalization and an increasing world population which is about 7.3 billion. Never before in human history have there been so many people on the planet and never before has there been so much traveling from country to country sometimes faster than the speed of sound. Usually, no organism can have a large growth in population and not experience an increase in diseases and other social challenges. The world is acting like teenagers that want to have intercourse but ignore the risk of pregnancy and sexually transmitted disease. The fact that the world population has increased and we are communicating and

interacting with each other is a desirable phenomenon. However, it will have drawbacks also. We need to prepare for them by sharing medical skills and resources and taking a threat to one country as a threat to all because a disease can easily spread. I believe that Ebola was taken lightly because it was only affecting African countries. The rich and powerful countries did not do enough

research into the disease because it was not a priority; it did not affect them. I am positive that they will research assiduously now but it’s like locking the gate after the horse escapes. I hope the global community learns from this episode and don’t take a disease “lightly” if it does not affect them directly. The modern world demands that we act as one race - the human race. Brian Plummer

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Fiercest fighting in days hits Syrian border town (Reuters) - The fiercest fighting in days shook the Syrian border town of Kobani overnight as Islamic State fighters attacked Kurdish defenders with mortars and car bombs, sources in the town and a monitoring group said on Sunday. Islamic State, which controls much of Syria and Iraq, fired 44 mortars at Kurdish parts of the town on Saturday and some of the shells fell inside nearby Turkey, according to the British-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights. It said four more mortars were fired on Sunday. The month-long battle for Kobani has ebbed and flowed. A week ago, Kurds said the town would soon fall. The United States and its coalition partners then stepped up air strikes on Islamic State, which wants to take Kobani in order to strengthen its position in northern Syria. The coalition has been bombing Islamic State targets in Iraq since August and extended the campaign to Syria in September after Islamic State, a group that espouses a rigid interpretation of Islam and initially fought Syrian President Bashar al-Assad’s forces, made huge territorial gains. Raids on Islamic State around Kobani have been stepped up, with the fate of the town seen as an important test for U.S. President Barack Obama’s campaign against the Islamists. NATO member Turkey, whose forces are ranged along the border overlooking Kobani, is reluctant to intervene. It insists the allies should also confront Assad to end Syria’s civil war, which has killed close to 200,000 people since March 2011. “We had the most intense clashes in days, perhaps a week, last night. (Islamic State) attacked from three different sides including the municipality building and the market place,” said Abdulrahman Gok, a

Smoke rises over Syrian town of Kobani after an airstrike, as seen from the Mursitpinar border crossing on the Turkish-Syrian border in the southeastern town of Suruc in Sanliurfa province. (Reuters) journalist in Kobani. “Clashes did not stop until the morning. We have had an early morning walk inside the city and have seen lots of damaged cars on the streets and unexploded mortar shells,” he said. The Observatory reported two Islamic State car bombs hit Kurdish positions on Saturday evening, leading to casualties. A cloud of black smoke towered over Kobani on Sunday. A fighter from one of the female units of the main Syrian Kurdish militia in Kobani, YPG, said Kurdish fighters were able to detonate the car bombs before they reached their targets. “Last night there were clashes all across Kobani ...

this morning the clashes are still ongoing,” she said, speaking on condition of anonymity. The Observatory said 70 Islamic State fighters had been killed in the past two days, according to sources at the hospital in the nearby town of Tel Abyab, where Islamic State bodies are taken. Reuters cannot independently confirm the reports due to security restrictions. The Observatory said some Syrian Arab fighters from the Revolutionaries of Raqqa Brigade, who are fighting alongside Kurdish fighters, had executed two Islamic State captives. “One was a child of around 15 years old. They

shot them in the head,” he said. Islamic State have also used executions throughout their campaigns in Syria and Iraq, killing hundreds of enemy combatants and civilians who oppose their cause, according to Islamic State videos and statements. Welat Omer, a doctor caring for the few remaining civilians in Kobani, told

Reuters by telephone that he was looking after 15 patients, including children and the elderly. “We need medicine, including antibiotics and milk for the children, and medicine for the elderly, who have heart conditions, diabetes and high blood pressure,” Omer said. Hundreds of thousands have fled Islamic State’s advance. Turkey hosts about 1.5 million Syrian refugees, including almost 200,000 Syrian Kurds from Kobani. Ankara has refused to rearm beleaguered Kurdish fighters, who complain they are at huge disadvantage in the face of Islamic State’s weaponry, much of it seized from the Iraqi military when the militants took the city of Mosul in June. Turkey views the YPG with suspicion for its longstanding links with the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK), which has waged a 30year armed campaign for selfrule in Turkey. President Tayyip Erdogan was quoted in the Turkish media on Sunday as saying Ankara will never arm the YPG through its political wing, the PYD. “There has been talk of arming the PYD to establish

a front here against Islamic State. For us, the PYD is the same as the PKK, it’s a terrorist organisation,” he was quoted as saying. This stance has sparked outrage among Turkey’s own Kurds, who make up about 20 percent of the population. Riots in several cities earlier this month killed left than 35 people dead. In a call with Erdogan on Saturday night, Obama expressed appreciation for Turkey hosting over a million refugees, including thousands from Kobani. “The two leaders pledged to continue to work closely together to strengthen cooperation against ISIL (Islamic State),” the White House said. Obama’s approach to Islamic State has drawn fire from his political opponents at home. “We have dropped a bomb here and a missile there, but it has been a photo-op foreign policy,” U.S. Senator Ted Cruz of Texas, a Republican and a potential presidential candidate in 2016, said on CNN’s “State of the Union” show. He criticised Obama for delays in aiding Kurdish fighters in desperate need of weapons and assistance.

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THE PEOPLE MUST COME TO THE DEFENSE OF THE MEDIA When free and fair elections were restored to Guyana in 1992, the hierarchy of the Guyana Police Force was worried. Many of the top officers were uncertain as to what was to be expected of them under the new dispensation. The then Commissioner of Police, Laurie Lewis, told them that they should act professionally and that once they did so they had nothing to fear. Now acting professionally was not a straightforward proposition at the time, especially for a Police Force that was notorious for being used for political purposes. However, Laurie Lewis told his senior officers that once they were professional,

they would not have to be worried about their future. In other words he was telling them that once henceforth they acted professionally, they had nothing to fear. There are many persons in Guyana who need to be reminded of the need for professionalism in public office because today it seems that Guyana is reverting back to the past when public officials were asked to undertake political vendettas on behalf of politicians. It is necessary to remind public officials that they are duty bound to be professional and should not be pursuing political vendettas on behalf of any government official past or present.

What does it mean to be professional? It means that you do not compromise what is expected of you. You should not as a professional sacrifice ethical considerations so as to satisfy your political masters. You should insulate yourself from becoming a political football. If you find that you are being asked to do something that you consider as unprofessional, then it is your duty to refuse to do so regardless of the consequences. Many professionals today fear that if they refuse the directives of their political masters, they would be fired. In fact, the opposite is true. If they act unprofessionally

Dem boys seh...

Ramroop peeping Glenn Lall and lef he behind expose There is an old saying ‘De person who thinks de most of you, says de most of you.’ Bobby Ramroop want to know wheh Glenn Lall get he money from. He check pun Glenn Lall like some woman who got she eye pun a man, and he come up wid all kind of thing. He find out that Glenn Lall got property in de States; he seh he hear that Glenn Lall sell property in de States; he talk how much Glenn Lall buy de Regent Street property for. Wha he ain’t talk bout is wheh Jagdeo, who didn’t have money when he tun President—Anil seh suh— get he money from. De same Jagdeo seh that he only had $5 million when he seh he divorce and he wife put in she claim. Ramroop didn’t seh wheh he best friend Jagdeo get money fuh build he mansion; and wheh he get money even

before de mansion, fuh build a house wha he seh he sell fuh US$600,000. Ramroop who had to borrow money fuh buy a share in New GPC suddenly got money fuh build pharmaceutical company in India, buy a franchise in Caribbean Premier League cricket, and end up wid radio, TV, newspaper and nuff property all across Guyana, just to name a few. Dem boys promise to give Guyana de list of all he and Jagdeo wealth plus dem kavakamite own too. And dem boys seh that dem gun release Ramroop tax file wha state that he always recording loss fuh he business and yet he expanding every hour. Remember that if dem boys didn’t talk, he woulda palm off GCC too. Whatever Glenn Lall do and how he get he money is

no secret and was never a secret. He born in business and grow up in Stabroek Market and de whole world know this. Ramroop and Jagdeo should tell de nation how dem own all dem things and get de wealth that dem have. He was an ordinary doctor who trained in India. Khurshid seh that it ain’t hard fuh know if people thief. He tell Uncle Adam suh. He seh that all somebody got to do is check dem salary then check wha dem own. Rohee seh that Jagdeo mek he money because he save every cent and eat free from New Thriving. Jagdeo had to share some of de New Thriving food wid Ramroop. That is how de two of dem become de richest people in de region. Dem boys seh that is only time wid dem. De Creatah don’t sleep.

Former GPL employees accused of stealing transformer Two roommates, Junior Timmons and Eon Daniels appeared in court on Friday last, charged with simple larceny. The men appeared before Chief Magistrate Priya Sewnarine-Beharry at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court to address the charge set before them. It is alleged that between September 9 and October 9, in Georgetown they stole one 50KVA pole transformer,

valued at $395,253, property of Guyana Power and Light (GPL). They pleaded not guilty to the charge. Attorney-at-Law Paul Fung-a-Fat who represented both accused told the court that they are both former GPL employees who reside at 290 Thomas Street, Georgetown. Junior Timmons is 19 years

old while Daniels is 49. The lawyer said that Daniels is a father of seven children. He requested bail. Police Prosecutor, Michael Grant had no objections. The defendants were granted bail in the sum of $125,000 each. The matter was adjourned until November 14 for statements.

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they are more likely to be fired because they would have no defense. The professional can choose to resign rather than be used as a political football. The need to act professionally is not just confined to public officials. Indeed, it is the responsibility of the politicians to ensure that public officials act professionally at all times. If I am senior political operative and I am a recipient of correspondence from a public official and the contents of that correspondence indicates that there is unprofessional conduct being exhibited by the sender of that correspondence, what should be my reply? If I am senior political figure and I detect unprofessional conduct and indeed, even illegal conduct, then it is my duty to indicate

to the recipient that either he or she is on the wrong side of the law or is being unprofessional. That public official should be cautioned and told to desist from either the unprofessional of illegal course of action. Failure to so caution the public official constitutes negligence. The sender of the correspondence can interpret the absence of such a caution as a form of support for his or unprofessional or unlawful conduct. Unless that caution is forthcoming and issued immediately, then the public official may feel that both he and the political operative are in the thing together, whatever is the thing. Finally, it is the duty of media to act as watchdog against the lack of professionalism. It is the duty of the media to expose the wrongdoings of public officials and to advocate for

sanctions to be imposed upon them for conduct unbecoming of public officials. And if the media itself should become the victims of unprofessional conduct, then it is for the people to come to the defense of the media. Today, Kaieteur News is under attack. It is under attack because it has dared to expose unprofessional conduct and abuse of public office. Public office is now at the center of an orchestrated campaign to destroy this media house. If the people do not come to the rescue of Kaieteur News, there is only one option left available and that would be to close the newspaper down. If this happens, God help the poor people of this country!

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Lessons of Diwali can be applied American historian explains importance of history in future development to any country at any time - President Ramotar

President Donald Ramotar in front of one of the floats at Uitvlugt Community Centre ground during Diwali motorcade. President Donald Ramotar has described the lessons and message of the Hindu festival of Diwali, as ones that can be applied the world over. Delivering the feature address at the Uitvlugt Diwali Motorcade at the community’s ground, last evening the President said that the story of light over

darkness or good over evil is one that can be equated with what is happening locally. The fact that Guyana’s economy has had eight years of consecutive growth, and major investments in education and agriculture, were highlighted by President Ramotar. The efforts of the political opposition to thwart these

and other gains made in Guyana, particularly over the last three years, were described by the president as a real reflection of ignorance. He said that Guyanese must enable “the light to shine on that ignorance to move them from that position”. The opposition has been talking about increasing jobs, fighting the drug trade and corruption yet has not supported the hydro power project and the Anti..Money Laundering Bill the president stressed. The Head of State expressed his gratitude to the people of the community and asked for their continued support to ensure that Guyana’s progress is never held back again and the developmental thrust could continue. As Guyana and other countries with Hindu communities celebrate the Festival of Lights, motorcades have become a part of the traditional celebrations. Several such events which see mandirs and businesses constructing vehicular floats depicting various scenes from Hindu mythology, and competing in various categories will be held across Guyana. (GINA)

Pan-Africanist, Historian, and Pioneer in Africana Studies, John Henrik Clarke once coined the phrase that, ‘All history is a current event.’ His ideology and that of many like-minded thinkers is that all history prevails in the future since the events of the past would have contributed to present and future occurrences. It was in this vein that American Historian, Lecturer and Anthropologist, Dr Runoko Rashidi, who was recently in Guyana for the observance of African Holocaust Day, expressed emphatically the need for people of African descent to know their history. Dr. Rashidi gave several lecturers during his time in the country, spanning from Georgetown all the way to Berbice. At the scholar’s first lecture which was held in Buxton last Saturday, Dr. Rashidi asked the question, “Why is history important?” But more than that, he wanted to know why it is important for African descendants to know their history. He told the gathering of mostly villagers and some who had travelled from the city, that dates and facts are very significant. “They are our life,” he posited. “Our history, our culture, is our immune system. How do you plan for today or tomorrow, if you don’t know what happened yesterday?” Dr. Rashidi explained that cultural values, language and ideologies, among other life attributes, are very important to the development of a people and a society. He stated that through the past crimes of slavery and that which have led to current day events, the cultural values of African peoples are, for the most part, dictated by Europeans. This control mechanism, he opined, would not have been necessary and would not function if the significance of culture was not understood. Hence, he continued, the need to erase the cultural past of Africa, its inhabitants and descendants.

Dr. Runoko Rashidi Dr. Rashidi posited that, “What you do for yourself, depends on what you think of yourself, and what you think of yourself depends on what you know of yourself, and what you know of yourself depends on what you have been told about yourself.” “Now what are we told?” he asked. “That we don’t have a history that our history is unimportant, that our history started in the jungle, that our history started with slavery and I have to believe that we manifest that in our actions,” he stated. He charged that many people, because of what they have been taught and because of what they have not been taught, become offended when described as Africans or of African descent. “Whether you like it or not, you are African. We were taken from Africa and we never stopped being African, no matter how much some of us have tried.” Rashidi questioned further, whose job is it to teach “the stolen history’ of the Blacks and to tell the stories of the powerful Dynasties that existed in Africa and resistance against slavery and oppression. “A lot of times we say they didn’t teach us, they didn’t tell us. But whose responsibility is it to know our history, whose responsibility is it for us to teach our history?” he questioned. “It is our responsibility, and if we don’t, will we get mad at other

people? They have an agenda, what is our agenda?” Dr. Rashidi explained that with the knowledge of self, one can easily achieve extraordinary things, and pointed to Standley Tookie Williams, the former leader of the “violent” and still very popular Crips gang in America. Williams was sentenced to death after committing various crimes. However, during his incarceration, he became aware of ‘self ’ and wrote several, books some of which Dr. Rashidi, his former school mate edited. Dr. Rashidi pointed out that Williams was so angry and frustrated with himself because he did not know the truth about himself and did not know the contributions he could have made until it was too late. Another question that was asked was, “After you know your history, what are you going to do? It is not enough to know your history,” he said. “What are you going to do with it? A lot of people don’t want to know their history, because with knowledge comes responsibility. A lot of people would prefer to be ignorant, will prefer not to know, to deny responsibility,” Dr. Rashidi argued. After gaining knowledge, he said, it is not something that can be returned, “So what is done with that knowledge will determine the outcome of one’s actions.”

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Guyana Police Force launches Youth and Safe Neighbourhood Project at BV/Triumph With the aim of fostering youth development and a better relationship with the community, members of the Guyana Police Force (GPF) East Coast Demerara, (C) Division in collaboration with residents of Beterverwagting (BV) and Triumph, yesterday launched the ‘Youth and Safe Neighbourhood Project’. The project was launched at the Beterverwagting Community Center in the

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presence of residents, community leaders and representatives of the religious organisations. The BV/ Triumph Youth and Safe Neighbourhood Project is similar to the “Impact Albouystown project,” which was launched by Commissioner of Police Seelall Persaud, earlier this year. The project, which is intended to enhance safety in the community and surrounding areas through law enforcement and social interventions, will provide youth/leadership development for residents by means of continuous training, lectures, and other types of counseling exercises. At the launch, Assistant Superintendent of Police, (ASP) Jairam Ramlakhan said that given the success of the Albouystown project, for which the Guyana Police Force has been instrumental, there are plans to launch similar initiative in

From left: Assistant Commissioner of Police Christopher Griffith, Coordinator of the Impact Albouystown Project, Imam Niem Mohammed and ASP Jairam Ramlakhan at the launch yesterday. communities throughout the country. He noted that the involvement and cooperation of the law enforcement officers, residents and especially those from the

business and faith-based communities are integral to the success of the BV/ Triumph Youth and Safe Neighbourhood Project. Ramlahkan further stated that during the exercise,

emphasis will be placed on youth environmental crimes, truancy, vocational skills training and addressing the policing needs of the communities. Meanwhile, Assistant

Commissioner of Police and Divisional Commander, Christopher Griffith explained that the project is based on a recent analysis conducted by the GPF which revealed that youths between 16-30 years old contribute to most of the criminal activities and this is largely owing to a breakdown in family life. Griffith said that the project is anticipated to foster better relationships between members of the community and officers of the Guyana Police Force. He outlined several objectives of the project, which include decreasing criminal activities by increased police presence and surveillance in the villages, training and capacity building of young people through interpersonal skill development and life skills training as well as dissuading of youth involvement in illegal activities through sport activities and other capacity building initiatives.

Motorcyclist killed in Bush Lot head-on collision Police are investigating an accident that left 22-year-old motorcyclist Edward Sears of Belle Vue West Coast Berbice dead. According to reports the accident occurred around 19:00 hours on Saturday on the Bush Lot Public Road. Initial investigations revealed that Sears was riding his motorcycle along the Public Road, when he tried to overtake a motor vehicle that was proceeding in the same direction but was then struck down by an oncoming motor car, which was reportedly driven by a drunk driver. The Belle Vue resident, who reportedly was not wearing a helmet, was hurled some distance away and his motor cycle was completely destroyed. He appeared to have died instantly. Nevertheless he was picked up and rushed to the Fort Wellington Hospital where he was pronounced dead on arrival.

Dead motorcyclist: Edward Sears Reports stated that the driver of the motor car that crashed into Sears was tested and found to be way over the legal limit in relation to the consumption of alcohol. He had 61 micrograms in his system and is currently in police custody while investigations are still continuing.

According to the deceased’s brother-in-law, who asked to not be named, Sears was heading out from his home to buy gasoline at a nearby shop when the accident occurred. He said relatives were not aware of the young man’s death until a friend of the family called to inform them about the accident. They were subsequently told that the 22-year-old had died and his body was at the morgue waiting to be identified. “We leff surprised because we go deh late and find the body at the parlour,” said the relative. Sears was described by his brother Wincel Wade as a quiet but social person who had a lot of friends. The saddened brother said that he last saw his sibling this past Monday. He noted that the young man was scheduled to return to his work in the interior today.

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SERVICES PLANNING AN EVENT? BIRTHDAY PARTY, GRADUATION,WEDDINGS, ANNIVERSARY,ETC.–CALL DIAMOND TENTS: 2161043; 677-6620 Permanent & Visitors Visa Applications, Professional Immigration Consultant Room D5 Maraj Building Call Sabita: 225-6496, 662-6045 Guyana Passport & Visa Forms Application, USA, Canada and England. Tel: 626-7040; 265-4535. Repairs & spare, fridge, freezer, A/C, washers, stoves. Contact Nick: 683-1312, 627-3206 Repairs, sales & spares air conditioning, microwaves, washer, fridges & stoves. Ultra Cool, call :225-9032, 647-2943 FOR LOW COST: REPAIRS TO FRIDGE, FREEZER,A/C UNIT, MICROWAVES, TV & WASHING MACHINE CALL: 629-4946 OR 2254822 Hibiscus Jewellery & Pawn Shop, 15-16 American Street, Best price offer, open from 9:00-4:00 – Tel: 225-7252

VEHICLE FOR SALE One Toyota Ax10 - $2.1M Negotiable, One Toyota Spacio $1.8M Negotiable Tel: 678-0109 or 618-2576 1- L Touring Wagon car, Toyota Corolla – Call: 6632882 Toyota RAV4, Fun Cargo, Raum, AT212, AT192, AT170, EP71 Starlet, Tacoma, Vigo, Nissan Titan – Call: 644-5096, 697-1453 Special Sale: New Model Spacio with front & back camera, TV/DVD/CD, body kit, unregistered -$2.1M – Call: 617-2891 Toyota Premio $2.3M, Toyota Voxy - $1.8M, Vehicles fully loaded, never registered – Call: 617-2891 Jailing Scooter 125 CC, silver, like new, 6,000kms, priced to sell- Contact: -616-0427/ 6893612 Toyota Forerunner, 4X4, automatic, power steering, A/ C, bargain price negotiableContact: 616-0427/ 689-3612 Honda CRV, fully loaded, very nice condition, must be seen, give away at $1.3Million- Contact: 6160427/ 689-3612 1 Hiace super custom bus BSS Series, with AC, TV, CD, Sunroof, mags, never worked on the road – Tel: 677-8359 One new model Raum PRR – Tel:277-0672, 696-7341 One Toyota Spacio $1.8, one AE 100 Corolla Wagon $750,000- Tel:611-6632/ 6643488 Mitsubishi Hyab canter GPP series- Tel:622-3468 2008 Toyota Rush for saleCall: 642-6079 First Class Auto: In stock Premio, Spacio, 212, Sienta, Rush, Fielder, Bluebird- Tel: 609-8188/ 602-6307 1-Dodge Ram 4x4, model 2002, 4 wheel drive $2.6M. 1-F150 model 1999 $2.2MCall: 674-4929 L-Touring wagon, excellent conditions, 15" rims, TV, CD, alarm, $1,200,000 NegotiableContact: 667-9013/ 231-3709 Venus Auto Sales, Raum Body kit- $2.2M, Noah$3.2M/$1.8M, Allion body kit- $2.350M, Spacio$2.350M (rims)- Contact: 624-5617

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VEHICLE FOR SALE One Mitsubishi canter, GSS 4470- Contact: 684-5928 We buy & sell vehicles for cash, also parts available & 30 seater buses; Extra Cab pickups; 2006 TacomaCall:680-3154 AT192, 212, Allison, unregistered Premio, Hilux Surf, BNN, RZ & Pit-bull, 7 seater super custom. Cash / terms- Call:680-3154 Toyota Hilux, 4X4 single cab, diesel turbo, pick-up registration GRR, no reasonable offer refusedContact: 616-0427/689-3612 CG 125 Honda - $260,000 – Call: 699-7870, 665-2475 Black Levin 1498cc –AE110, automatic, PJJ Series, lady driven, price negotiable – Tel:218-1289; 644-4244

SALON Make Up Courses, Artist Trained & Certified in Trinidad Call: 647-1773

WANTED Urgently Wanted! Thirty Five (35) security officers, apply @ Security Alliance, Barrack Street, Kingston (upstairs FedEx). Cashiers, salesgirl, porters and a domestic maid, Apply to 1E Dennis & Middleton Streets Campbellville Live in maid to work in town Call: 669-6030 One cook to cook in kitchen in the interior – Call:681-6044 Over edge and straight stitch operator to work at Garment Factory Call:222-2541 (Monday – Friday)

FOR RENT PLANNING AN EVENT? BIRTHDAY PARTY, GRADUATION,WEDDINGS, ANNIVERSARY, ETC. CALL DIAMOND TENTS: 216-1043; 677-6620 GT TOOL RENTALS: COMPACTOR; CHIPPING HAMMER RANSOM & FLOOR SANDER, (SALE) AND MORE, SAWS & DRILLS -$10,000 - CALL: 675-0767, 667-2535 15X15 Space, to rent , located on Public Road – Call: 6130448/672-8625 Bond located on Broad Street 9000 Sq – Contact: 223-8479, 647-3768 Building on Lombard Street, Three floors high, Contact: 223-8479, 647-3768 One two bedroom apartment at La Parfaite Harmonie West Bank DemeraraContact: 682-4076/ 645-0489 Four bedroom luxury house, located at Bel Air ParkContact: 223-8479/ 647-3768, www.spaceseek.gy Houses and apartmentsContact: 223-8479/ 647-3768, www.spaceseek.gy

Welder, mechanic, Accounts Clerk, Trainee Machinist, Day Security, apply in person: Technical Service, Lot 18-23 Industrial Estate E.B.D One nail technician (air brush an asset) @ Nalini Beauty Salon, Vreed En Hoop Junction – Call:604-2900, 6581200, 625-3899 One whole day maid @ East Bank Area - Call:614-4358 Live in couple, wife: domestic duties, husband driving , Arc/ Acetylene welder, good accommodation and ratesTel:227-1830 Farm worker, carpenter and mason- Call: 265-3586 Experienced log truck driver, log scaler- Call: 683-2575 Live in waitress 18-25 yrs, salary $50,000-$60,000 monthly, boarding and lodging free- Tel: 610-5043 Labourer / handyman for three half day per week- Call: 226-3736 One person to work on chicken farm- Contact: 6276416 Experienced dispatcher and hire car drivers at Gem’s TaxiContact: 667-9013/ 225-5075

1 Toyota Rav 4 old model, manual & 1 Toyota 170 Corona both good condition, AC, owner leaving countryContact: 610-0662/ 677-9762 Toyota Premio and Spacio with TV, CD, AC, (front and rear camera) $2.4M and $2.2M – Tel: 681-7117 Nissan- 200SX sport car, turbo, like new, price to sellContact: 616-0427/ 689-3612

LEARN TO DRIVE Soman Son & Outar Driving School at Maraj BuildingTel: 644-5166; 622-2872; 6150964; 689-5997

MASSAGE Happy Touch Day Spa: Come & Experienced heavens touch, visit us today! – 6684554 American Style massage services- Call: 678-7499

VACANCY Earn $5,000-$20,000 – Daily, working from home (free training) jobfairworld wide.com or Tel: 233-6517/ 622-1957 Bond clerk, Grader operator and Accountant, interested persons can contact us on Tel: 603-4094 One night security, apply in writing with a valid police clearance to GCC Ground, Bourda. Pharmacy assistants and part time pharmacist to work at Pharma Choice Pharmacy on Durban Street – Call: 6758790, 661-3124 Day guard: apply @ Technical Service Inc, 18-23 Eccles industrial Site. One Accounts Clerk – Call: 614-4358 International Cruiseline Purser officer, waitresses, waiters, cooks, receptionist, storekeeper, cleaners, electrician, carpenter, plumber, musicians etc – Tel: 231-6296, 650-9880 Experienced salesman/ driver needed, basic salary + commissionContact Vegetarian Gardens: 227-7714

PROPERTY FOR SALE 1 - 2storey wooden & Concrete house with 5 bedrooms upper flat & lower flat 4 apartments located@ Shell Road, kitty - $30M - Tel: 642-7898 2 Storey building , 8 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, hot & cold water - $19M, Lot 11 Coghlan Dam, W.C.D, Just off main Road- Tel:264-1582, 679-7587 Albouystown: Corner Spot Business and residence, 3 bedrooms upstairs, parking - $10M negotiable – Contact:227-0583 Two story business building at the corner of Ketley and House Street, Charlestown – Tel: 623-9679

FOR SALE/FOR RENT One American Slate Pool table – Call:679-8534 Located @ Lot 5 Block ‘K’ Walkers’s Delight W.C.D – 4 bedrooms all self contain. Price $25M/ per month $100,000 – Tel:6744929/ 662-0187 (Continued page 18)

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PM: We must not let our guard down Trinidad Express - While many may say the Ebola virus has only a remote chance of arriving in this country, Prime Minister Kamla PersadBissessar says “we must not let our guard down” as just one Ebola case could have a disastrous effect on Trinidad and Tobago. She made the comment while speaking at a Divali function in Penal Saturday. The Prime Minister said the world is coming together to fight the disease, and T&T too, must be part of a team that is focused on keeping the virus away. She pointed out that those who stood guard at local borders and ports of entry must remain vigilant. “We all know there is darkness in the world and right here in Trinidad and Tobago we have the darkness of crime, and in particular the murders. We now have a new darkness— Ebola, which is threatening the world... Each of you, each

Kamla Persad-Bissessar spiritual organisation and community group represented here today is called to erase the darkness threatening to destroy our nation,” Persad-Bissessar said. She said even as “we clean and decorate our physical surroundings during Divali, we must also ensure that our soul is pure and our heart filled with compassion and love, and we are strong and resilient in body and mind”. Persad-Bissessar also

touched on the construction of the Debe to Mon Desir segment of the Sir Solomon Hochoy Highway extension to Point Fortin which has resulted in leader of the Highway Re-Route Movement (HRM) Dr Wayne Kublalsingh embarking on a hunger strike to have it stopped. The PM said: “There are some who do not want the highway to be completed for their own selfish reasons. I am sure there are many here who have been frustrated for years without the new highway. I am told that before the Golconda to Debe section of the highway was opened, it took them close to an hour to reach their destination. “I am told that it takes just five minutes now. When the highway is completed, it will take commuters 25 minutes from San Fernando to Point Fortin. I have said it before, and I will say it again, construction of the highway will proceed.”

Opposition leader slams Government over $4m flight for Abu Bakr Jamaica Gleaner Opposition Leader Andrew Holness has blasted the Government for its handling of the deportation of Trinidadian cleric Yasin Abu Bakr. “We probably will never know the intelligence which guided the decision to return Yasim Abu Bakr to Trinidad without delay. Mr Abu Bakr must have been a very great threat to Jamaica’s national security, greater than chikungunya, and, apparently, much greater than

Ebola,” Holness said in a release Saturday. “Was Mr Abu Bakr so great a threat that the Government felt it more important to spend J$4 million to hire a private jet to get him out of the country immediately than to use that money for a far more clear and present danger?” added Holness. He noted that the money could easily augment Jamaica’s preparedness efforts to deal with the real and more important threat of Ebola and argued that the Government seemed not to

have considered this alternative way to spend $4 million. “Given that the Government has just acquired seemingly for show, a couple of handheld infrared thermometers, and that there is, from reports, a clear lack of protective wear available in the country, this does not in any way inspire confidence in the Government’s ability to plan and implement the country’s emergency health management programme, which is so critical at this time,” declared Holness.

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‘Stop Chik-V before winter’ Barbados Nation - An intensified public awareness campaign is being launched to contain the outbreak of chikungunya. Saturday night all the Constituency Councils in St Michael came together with the Ministry of Health at the Ivy Community Centre to outline their plans which should get going from October 25. Minister of Health John Boyce, who addressed the gathering said chikungunya was now an outbreak and

was “a major concern for the ministry”, adding that “environmental health officers were doing their all to rid the society of the Aedes aegypti mosquito” which causes the disease. “We need to look at how much we can do ourselves to help rid the country of the problem”, and highlighted the intense fogging being undertaken island-wide as part of his ministry’s efforts. “Unfortunately, there are those people whom we have visited and advised about the

Bermuda “took a licking” from Gonzalo, he said, but praised residents for effectively preparing for the storm and for staying in their homes. There were no immediate reports of fatalities. “We are a bit bruised. But we will recover from this,” Dunkley said in his remarks, which were reported by The Royal Gazette newspaper. Gonzalo, which killed one person and caused property damage in the Caribbean, buffeted the British overseas territory with maximum sustained winds of 110 miles (175 kilometers) per hour,

forecasters said. “Bermuda was very lucky,” resident Deborah Titterton-Narraway told AFP, adding that Gonzalo “should have caused more damage.” “But the structure of our homes, built of concrete brick and limestone, enabled them to withstand the winds... it could have been so much worse.” The community was pulling together to help families whose homes needed repair, Titterton-Narraway said. Gonzalo blew down most of the avocadoes in trees dotting the island, leaving many residents with little to

problem and still refused to clean up their premises and must be referred to the law.”

New bankruptcy law in Jamaica KINGSTON, Jamaica CMC – Parliament has given the green light to the Bankruptcy and Insolvency Act, 2014, ensuring that businesses no longer face closure when facing bankruptcy. The Senate has approved the legislation with 43 additional amendments, following passage in the Lower House with 100 amendments. Prior to its passage, the Jamaican law on bankruptcy and insolvency was contained in two pieces of legislation – the Bankruptcy Act, which covered personal and individual insolvency, and the Companies Act, which dealt with the winding up of insolvent corporate bodies. The Bankruptcy legislation dated back to the 1880s and had been the subject of ad hoc amendments over the years. The procedural rules of the Act were not only outdated, but also conflicted with the rules that govern other court proceedings.

Mark Golding The new law deals with bankruptcy, insolvency, receiverships, provisional supervision and winding up. It seeks to accommodate corporate and individual insolvency; and facilitate the rehabilitation of an insolvent debtor. Additionally, it proposes to repeal the Bankruptcy Act, and matters connected with, or incidental to that Act, including amendment of the Companies Act. The introduction of the new legislation is expected to make the insolvency process less time-consuming and costly, and will seek to

Bermuda ‘takes a licking’ but spared the worst from Gonzalo Hamilton (Bermuda) (AFP) - Bermuda residents spoke of their relief and began a major clear-up after Hurricane Gonzalo spared the Atlantic archipelago from catastrophic damage, despite scoring a direct hit. Gonzalo slammed into Bermuda as a strong category two storm on Friday, knocking down trees, damaging a hospital and cutting power to most of the island’s 65,000 residents. “All in all, we came out of this storm much better than we expected,” Bermuda’s Premier Michael Dunkley said in a broadcast.

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do as they waited for emergency services to clear the roads of debris but make guacamole and hold posthurricane parties to celebrate their lucky escape. “Bermuda made it through #Gonzalo ok! St. George’s in the East has a few fallen trees & parts of roofs missing. Could be worse!” Bermuda resident Jessica Rowe said on Twitter. Many major roads were open and despite some reported damage to the roof, the main hospital fared well, Dunkley said. “As far as roads and infrastructure, we are in a

much better position than many people might have thought,” he added. By 0300 GMT yesterday, a weakened Gonzalo was racing toward the coast of Canada’s Newfoundland, the Miami-based National Hurricane Center (NHC) said in its latest forecast, warning of tropical storm conditions. Forecasters were also keeping watch on Hurricane Ana and had issued a tropical storm warning for parts of Hawaii, although the NHC said it was expected to weaken below hurricane strength last night and did not represent a major threat.

address the stigma of personal bankruptcy or corporate insolvency. According to the World Bank’s Doing Business Report 2013, resolving insolvencies in Jamaica takes 1.1 years on average and costs 18 per cent of the debtor’s estate. Under the new law, the interests of all stakeholders will be given due consideration. It also makes provisions for rehabilitation or re-organisation of the business affairs of the debtor. In addition, a licensing regime for insolvency practitioners is also to be introduced. Justice Minister Mark Golding, who piloted the Bill, acknowledged “it is a very major piece of legislation, a very complex piece of legislation and some 309 sections long, and it has taken a lot of effort from very many people to get us to this point and I think we have a good Bill”. Opposition Senator, Nigel Clarke agreed that the bill was a “monumental” piece of legislation which is highly technical and complex, “and it’s probably the longest Bill to be introduced since the Companies Act of 2004. “Taken together with the Secured Interest in Personal Property legislation, this represents a quantum leap in the legal and commercial architecture designed for a modern economy, and I am an enthusiastic supporter of the Bill, as I believe it is of fundamental importance to the emergence of the kind of vibrant economy that we all want,” said Clarke, who was a member of the Joint Select Committee of Parliament mandated to review the legislation. “The Joint Select committee met over 20 times over eight months, going through clause by clause of the original Bill, and meeting on Saturdays and Sundays as required,” he said.

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Hong Kong crisis deepens after weekend clashes, talks set for tomorrow (Reuters) - A deepening sense of impasse gripped Hong Kong as prodemocracy protests entered their fourth week, with the government having limited options to end the crisis and demonstrators increasingly willing to confront police. Dozens of people were reportedly injured in two nights of clashes that began late on Friday in the densely populated Mong Kok district of the Chinese-controlled city, including 22 police. Four people were arrested early yesterday, police said. The area was calm early today, although scores of protesters remained on the streets. Hopes of easing the worst political crisis in Hong Kong since Britain handed the freewheeling city back to China in 1997 rest on talks scheduled tomorrow between the government and student protest leaders that will be broadcast live. But few are expecting any resolution given the two sides are poles apart on how the city will elect its next leader in 2017. “Unless there is some

kind of breakthrough in ... talks tomorrow, I’m worried we will see the standoff worsen and get violent,” said Sonny Lo, a professor at the Hong Kong Institute of Education. “We could be entering a new and much more problematic stage. I hope the government has worked out some compromises, because things could get very difficult now.” Students want free elections, but China insists on screening candidates first. Hong Kong’s Beijing-backed leader, Leung Chun-ying, has said the city’s government was unwilling to compromise on China’s restrictions, which were announced in late August. Leung, who has rejected calls by protesters to quit, said yesterday that more time was needed to broker what he hoped would be a nonviolent end to the upheaval. “To work out a solution, to put an end to this problem, we need time. We need time to talk to the people, particularly young students,” he told Hong Kong’s ATV Television. “What I want is

A pro-democracy protester wearing a helmet, goggles and foam pads poses for a picture on a blocked road at the Mongkok shopping district in Hong Kong yesterday. Credit: REUTERS/Tyrone Siu to see a peaceful and a meaningful end to this problem.” Hong Kong’s 28,000strong police force has been struggling to contain a youthled movement. Roughly 1,000 demonstrators in Mong Kok launched a fresh assault early

yesterday, putting on helmets and goggles before surging forward to grab a line of metal barricades hemming them into a section of road. Scores of riot police had smashed batons at a wall of umbrellas that protesters raised to defend themselves. Amid shouts and hurled insults, scuffles erupted before police surged forward with shields, forcing the crowds back. Yesterday night, crowds again built up as protesters stockpiled helmets and fashioned homemade forearm shields out of foam pads to parry baton blows. Unlike previous nights, however, there were no clashes.

Besides Mong Kok, about 1,000 protesters remain camped out at the headquarters of the civil disobedience “Occupy” movement on Hong Kong Island in a sea of tents on an eight-lane highway beneath skyscrapers close to government headquarters. The protesters, led by a restive generation of students, have been demanding China’s Communist Party rulers live up to constitutional promises to grant full democracy to the former British trading outpost. Hong Kong is ruled under a “one country, two systems” formula that allows it wideranging autonomy and freedoms and specifies

universal suffrage for Hong Kong as an eventual goal. But Beijing is wary about copycat demands for reform on the mainland. Leung appears hamstrung, unable to compromise because of the message that would send to people on the mainland while more force looks likely to only galvanise the protesters. “I will continue to stay here until CY (Leung) resigns,” said Lap Cheung, 40, who quit his IT job in the United States to return to Hong Kong for the protests, adding that he had no hope for tomorrow’s talks. Hong Kong Security Chief Lai Tung-kwok said some of the clashes in recent days had been initiated by activists affiliated to “radical organisations which have been active in conspiring, planning and charging violent acts”. The city’s police chief, Andy Tsang, also expressed frustration on Saturday to say “extremely tolerant” policing had not stopped protests becoming more “radical or violent”. The situation in Hong Kong surfaced in weekend talks between U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and Chinese State Councillor Yang Jiechi in Boston. A senior State Department official said Hong Kong was discussed as part of candid exchanges on human rights while a Chinese Foreign Ministry statement said Yang had told Kerry that Hong Kong was purely an internal affair of China.

Israel hospital treats daughter of Palestinian arch-foe Jerusalem (AFP) - An Israeli hospital said yesterday that it has treated a daughter of Gaza Hamas leader Ismail Haniya, who is a sworn enemy of the Jewish state. A spokesman at Ichilov hospital in Tel Aviv told AFP that the daughter had been admitted for emergency treatment last month, although he was unable to name her due to patient privacy. A senior official in the Gaza health ministry confirmed a relative of Haniya had received treatment at the hospital, but identified her as a sister of the former Palestinian prime minister. She had been in “critical, life-threatening condition”

when she arrived at the facility two weeks ago, the official said. Both sources said the patient had been discharged after a few days and returned to Gaza. The Palestinian official said she is now in “stable” condition. Israel, which fought a devastating 50-day war with Gaza militants which ended on August 26, controls the movement of Palestinians from Gaza to Israel but allows the passage of humanitarian cases. Last year, a granddaughter of Haniya was hospitalised in Israel in a critical condition. Medics in Gaza said at the

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time that Amal Haniya, aged one, was sent to Israel for treatment for a serious infection of the digestive tract which affected her nervous system. T h e p r e m i e r ’s s o n Abdessalam Haniya wrote that Amal was then returned to the Al-Nasser paediatric hospital in Gaza, “still in a state of clinical death”. A medic explained that due to the child’s critical condition she had been transferred back to the Gaza hospital, where should would receive the same medical care as in Israel. She reportedly died on November 25. Every year, thousands of Gazans are given permission to cross the border into Israel for urgent medical treatment, according to the World Health Organisation.

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U.S. to issue new Ebola care guidelines, watch lists to shrink (Reuters) - The United States will issue strict new guidelines telling American health workers to cover their skin and hair when dealing with Ebola patients, a top health official said yesterday, while some of the dozens of people being watched for possible exposure to the virus are expected to be cleared. In Texas, a lab worker who spent much of a Caribbean holiday cruise in isolation tested negative for the deadly virus and left the Carnival Magic liner with other passengers after it docked at Galveston early yesterday morning. The new guidelines for healthcare workers and the precautions taken for the cruise passenger reflected widespread anxiety over Ebola in the United States, including calls from some lawmakers for a travel ban on West Africa. The worst outbreak on record of the virus has killed more than 4,500 people, mostly in Liberia, Sierra Leone and Guinea.

Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf urged stronger international action to control the epidemic, saying yesterday the disease was unleashing an economic catastrophe that will leave a “lost generation” of young West Africans. Belgium announced yesterday it would screen people arriving at its largest airport from West Africa for signs of fever. In Spain, the government said Teresa Romero, the nurse who contracted Ebola while caring for two infected priests, appeared to be free of the disease. The new guidelines being developed by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention would increase protection for medical workers caring for Ebola patients. The new measures were prompted by anxiety after two nurses were infected with the virus, which is spread by contact with bodily fluids of sick people and so makes health workers

U.S. President Barack Obama pauses as he talks next to U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services Sylvia Burwell (L) and Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Dr. Thomas Frieden (R) after meeting with his team coordinating the government’s Ebola response in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington. REUTERS/Larry Downing especially vulnerable. Health workers would be told to cover hair and skin completely, said Anthony Fauci, director of the U.S. National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases. The old guidelines, modelled after World Health Organization

EU’s Barroso to Britain - Don’t alienate your friends in Europe (Reuters) - European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso will today issue a plea to Britain not to isolate itself in Europe by picking fights over immigration, saying that European Union membership boosts British international clout. Britain’s future in the 28country trading bloc has been thrown into question by Prime Minister David Cameron, who has adopted an increasingly defiant stance on immigration to tackle the threat of the antiEU UK Independence Party. UKIP’s rising popularity threatens his bid for reelection in 2015. Barroso, whose 10-year term as head of the EU’s executive body comes to an end next month, issued a warning to Cameron yesterday against trying to seek changes to the EU’s freedom of movement rules, saying they were essential to the bloc’s internal market. In a speech due to be delivered today he will go further, saying that by engaging in such rhetoric on immigration, Britain risks isolating itself in Europe and undermining its attempts to achieve wider reforms. “It would be an historic mistake if on these issues Britain were to continue to alienate its natural allies in central and eastern Europe,” Barroso will say in a speech at London’s Chatham House.

Jose Manuel Barroso “It is an illusion to believe that space for dialogue can be created if the tone and substance of the arguments you put forward question the very principle at stake and offend fellow Member States.” Under pressure from UKIP and eurosceptic lawmakers within his own party, Cameron has promised that if he wins the next election he will seek to renegotiate Britain’s European ties and put the new relationship to voters at a referendum by 2017. Cameron has broadly outlined areas in which he wants to win reform from the EU, such as migration controls, retaining lawmaking powers at a national level, and cutting red-tape for businesses. He has not given specific details however. Other British parties also want

reforms, but there is no consensus on a renegotiation strategy. Barroso will say that while he understands British voters’ concerns over Europe, the country has benefited from having the backing of other EU states on major geopolitical issues such as climate change negotiations and sanctions against Russia. “In short, could the UK get by without a little help from your friends? My answer is probably not,” he will say. Last week Cameron, who has long said he would like Britain to stay in a reformed EU, struck a newly eurosceptic note, warning that his renegotiation attempt would be his last, and acknowledging that it might end in failure. Barroso will criticise parties across the British establishment for not being straight with voters about the benefits of EU membership, and for not challenging euroscepticism. He will urge leaders to start making a positive case for remaining in Europe, or risk losing a potential referendum. “If people read only negative and often false portrayals in their newspapers from Monday to Saturday, you cannot expect them to nail the European flag on their front door yesterday,” he will say.

protocols, said workers should wear masks but “did have some exposure of the skin,” he said. In addition to the new protocols, the U.S. military plans to create an emergency response team of infectious disease doctors, nurses and trainers to help in the event of an Ebola crisis in the United States. The team would not be deployed in West Africa or elsewhere overseas. The first person to be diagnosed with the disease in the United States was Thomas Eric Duncan, a Liberian who fell ill while visiting Dallas last month. He died on Oct. 8, and two nurses who treated him were infected. This triggered a lengthy watch list of people who had had possible contact with them. At midnight, 48 people who might have been in contact with Duncan will no longer require monitoring for signs of the virus, health officials say. Today, more were expected to end 21 days of

monitoring, the incubation period for the virus. They would include Duncan’s fiancée, Louise Troh, her 13-year-old son and two other people who have been in mandatory quarantine at an undisclosed location in Dallas. “We are so happy this is coming to an end, and we are so grateful that none of us has shown any sign of illness,” Troh said in a statement on Sunday. She said she was still grieving for Duncan, who was the father of another son. “We continue to mourn his loss and grieve the circumstances that led to his death, just at the time we thought we were facing a happy future together.” There are still 75 health workers in Dallas who have isolated themselves and are being monitored. The lab worker who was being monitored aboard the Carnival Magic worked at Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital, where Duncan was treated. The ship arrived at Galveston after a weeklong

cruise that included being denied docking by Belize and Mexico because of the presence of the woman on board. “It was scary. It was really very worrying,” said passenger Regina Sargent of Dallas. The lab worker, who has not been named, did not have contact with Duncan but was under observation as she might have come into contact with test samples from him. She voluntarily isolated herself in her cabin and her blood sample was flown by helicopter for testing. “The lab testing done was negative,” said Coast Guard Lieutenant Sam Danus. Officials in Dallas, where nurses Nina Pham and Amber Vinson were infected, have urged residents to stay calm. “This is a critical weekend,” Clay Jenkins, Dallas County’s top official, said in an interview on ABC’s “This Week.” If there are no new patients, he said, Dallas is “going to be statistically less likely” to see new cases. A series of Ebola scares has rattled the United States since Duncan was diagnosed. Americans’ faith in the medical system and in its disease prevention ability was jolted by early missteps in his case. In a public letter on Saturday night, Texas Health Resources Chief Executive Barclay Berdan acknowledged that Texas Health Presbyterian, where Duncan first went, made mistakes, including initially not diagnosing Ebola.

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Golden Brook/Windjammer Hotel/Toney – sponsored Rugby League Tournament

Monday October 20, 2014

GCA’s Hadi first division two-day cricket

Vishaul Singh, Sookdeo Fans get glimpse of Guyana Sevens lead GCC to win over GYO prowess as Caribs beat UG in final

It was billed as a dream final and both Yamaha Caribs and University of Guyana (UG) Wolves gave the fans a glimpse of Guyana’s prowess at Sevens rugby during the final of the Golden Brook/ Windjammer Hotel/Toney – sponsored League Tournament which ended on Saturday, at the National Park. In the end, Caribs led by former national Captain and Coach Theodore Henry escaped with a narrow 19-14 win to exact revenge on their nemesis UG Wolves who have beaten them in the Banks Sevens Competition a few weeks ago. Witnessed by a fair-sized crowd that included UG Registrar Vincent Alexander, former President of the Guyana Rugby Football Union Noel Adonis, UG

Sports Co-ordinator Lavern Fraser among others, the two teams engaged in a slugfest with Henry, the speedy Carl Lewis, Captain Akeem Fraser and the wily veteran Walter George leading the attack for Caribs, while Godfrey Broomes and Ryan Dey played similar roles for the Wolves. Lewis, whose speed has been a bother to many defences this season was once again in menacing form and sped over the tryline once, while George and Fraser duplicated his effort with solitary tries of their own. Henry, having to call on all his experience to hold the Wolves at bay, converted two of his three attempts for the extra two points to complete their tally, while Broomes heroics proved to be in vain. He scored a penalty try, a try and two conversions to keep

them interested, but was let down by poor ball handling in crucial moments. In the earlier game, Pepsi Hornets coasted to a comfortable 17-7 triumph over the slumping Guyana Defence Force unit with Rickford Cummings, Leon Greaves and Jason DeFreitas scoring a try apiece to go with a single conversion by national Captain Ryan Gonsalves. Also present at the presentation ceremony which followed immediately after were representatives of the sponsors Dustani Barrow of Golden Brook, Carey Griffith of Windjammer and Sports Journalist Rawle Toney. Barrow presented the winning trophy to Caribs Captain Akeem Fraser in the presence of teammates and fans.

WICB could face US$65 million... From page 25 could only be in accordance with that agreement. “The document is explicit in that the West Indies Players’ Association is the sole and exclusive collective bargaining representative recognised by the WICB for all Cricketers i.e. all persons contracted by the WICB to play for a West Indies Team. “What this effectively means is that we will only engage in discussions relating to the welfare, working conditions and remuneration of Cricketers with WIPA.” The West Indies players viewed their new contracts as a “grave injustice” and Cameron’s position meant any lingering goodwill between the two sides had vanished. The players vowed they would not play, the board refused to yield and the series was abandoned. The WICB and WIPA admitted the senior West Indies players had not seen the CBA/MOU let alone agreed to it. And, although the West Indies players

threatened to strike on October 7, Cameron said yesterday that neither the WICB nor WIPA met the players in the 14 days before the series finally collapsed. All three parties communicated through emails; most of which were published on Wired868. The WICB said it was due to meet the players today in a meeting that would also be attended by WIPA president Wavell Hinds. Salary negotiations were not on the agenda. The West Indies players were not interested. Wired868 understands that the West Indies cricketers have not been paid for the four ODIs played in the series—one was cancelled due to bad weather—while several players used their own money to book flights out of India due to confusion over travel arrangements with the board. The WICB blamed Bravo and the players for the aborted series and pointed out that its offer to bring replacement players to India was rejected by the BCCI.

By Sean Devers On another day blessed with brilliant sunshine, centuries from Vishal Singh and Jeetendra Sookdeo spurred GCC an emphatic innings & 109-run victory against GYO at Bourda, while an attacking 88 from Andrew Lyght Jr ensured Police grabbed first innings points from Everest in their drawn encounter at Camp Road as latest action in the GCA Hadi’s first division two-day cricket competition ended over the weekend. At Everest, the hosts resumed the day on 219-8 and were dismissed for 262 with Christopher Surat making 34 yesterday. Off-spinner Jason Heyliger had 3-63, including the prized scalp of Test batsman Shiv Chanderpaul on the opening day, while pacers Daren LaRose (2-23) and Seon Daniels (2-36) worked hard on a slow track for the Lawmen. Police began their reply, with a strong breeze from the Atlantic Ocean blowing across the ground and by Lunch had progressed to 672 with Essequibian Royan Fredericks looking well set. After the interval the lefthanded Fredericks departed four short of his 50 but the pugnacious Lyght, son of the late West Indies ‘B’ team opener, the only Guyanese to score a First-Class century in Barbados and not play Test Cricket, played several thumping shots before falling for an entertaining 88 decorated with seven fours and four sixes to leave the Cops on 216-7 by Tea. After the break, Daniels hammered a cameo unbeaten 35, while Kelvin Leitch supported down the order to give Police first innings points

Lyght’s 88 spurs Police to first innings points against Everest as they fell for 279. Zaheer Mohamed took 429 with his off-spin and got support from Surat (2-49) and Shiv Chanderpaul who bowled medium pace and captured 2-46. Everest in their second innings reached 44 without loss by the close with West Indies under-19 opener Tagenarine Chanderpaul unbeaten on 26. National opener Rajendra Chandrika was with the teenager on 18. At Bourda, GCC on 197-2 in reply to GYO’s first innings 82, declared in the first session at 350-4. The lefthanded pair of Sookdeo and the diminutive Singh extend their first day partnership to 114 before Sookdeo, who reached the boundary seven times and cleared it twice in his confident 108, departed. Teenager Ronaldo Ali Mohamed and Singh, playing before empty stands, shared in a half-century stand before Ali Mohamed was dismissed for 34. Singh looked compact and hit 16 fours in his accomplished 122 not out, while Gavin Singh was unbeaten on 18 when the declaration was made. Set 268 to avoid an innings defeat, GYO were bowled out for 159, their first triple figure total in four innings, to lose their second consecutive match just after Tea yesterday as their batsmen, who embarrassingly were all out for 38 against DCC in their last game, again looked out of their league. Surendra Herilall, the 42year-old GYO Captain, like he did in the first innings, proved to be the glue that held his

team’s innings together and made use of three easy chances as he ran out of partners as wickets tumbled around him. Fed an overdose diet of spin on a flat track, Herilall majestically stroked left-arm spinner Raj Nanan down the ground for consecutive boundaries to move into the 20s and used his experience at this level to good effect with responsible batting even as poor shot selections undermined his team’s batting once again. Aided by ordinary fielding and sloppy catching Herilall reached to 46 with four fours, before he was eighth out at 105, smartly stumped by make shift wicketkeeper Vishaul Singh, who looked as good as most of the ‘Keepers on the first division circuit with neat glove work. Once the solid Herilall departed GYO were in danger of losing before Tea but 19year-old Garfield DeRoach who hammered six fours in his maiden division one fifty, played in a positive fashion and counterattacked the spinners to see GYO to 155-8 by Tea. However, on reaching his half-century just after Tea, DeRoach was soon infected by the disease of brainless shot selection which was nearing a terminal stage. After doing all the hard work, DeRoach threw his wicket away to give the 21 year-old Nanan his 11th victim in the game as he finished with 4-23 and match figures of 11-57. Off-spinner Gavin Singh snatched 4-21 to follow up his 3-31 in the first innings.

BLUTC continues rehab works... Veteran Robin Persaud outfoxes... From page 26 The Jumbo Jet and Shariff racing stables expected to lead the way with over eight entries each followed by the Inshan Bacchus with five. Other big stables such as Elcock, Crawford, Jagdeo, Simple Royal, Night Eyes, Habibulla, Sooklall, Dookie, Robinson and Velloza are all expect to be among the entrants with multiple entries. More sponsors are also on board with the Ministry of Tourism, Hand In Hand Insurance, Phagoo General Store and Qtrex International Shipping along with Banks DIH, Buddy Shivraj, Jumbo Jet, Inshan Bacchus Trucking Service, Mohammed ‘Nankoo’ Shariff and Lakeram ‘Buddy’ Sukhdeo have already being on board for the day’s meet. The Feature race will be for horses classified ‘C’ and lower for a tantalizing $1M first prize from a total prize package of $2M and trophy with the animals set to cover 1600M. The other events are the F and lower 1400M event for a $500,000 winning purse and

trophy. The 1600M race for three Year old Guyana and West Indies Bred and Born animals also for a first prize of $500,000 and trophy. The 1200M event for two year old Guyana and West Indies Bred horses for a winners money of $400,000 and trophy. The G3 and lower 1200M race for a winning purse of $400,000 and trophy. The ‘I’ and lower horses will compete over 1200M for a winning purse of $250,000 and trophy. The final two races are for animals classified the J and lower and K and lower over 1400M and 1200M respectively for winning takes of $200,000 and $150,000 and trophies respectively. Top individual performers including top jockey, stable and trainer will be presented with trophies compliments of the organizers. Interested persons can make inquiries with Coordinator and Treasurer Lakeram B. Sukhdeo on Number 232-0558 or 672-0810 or Ramnauth on 337-5311 or 697-1979. Race time is 12:30 hrs. (Samuel Whyte)

From page 25 is looking forward for the management of Team Coco’ s to write the GCF to apologize for their withdrawal noting that they were warned and told about the rules governing the race. Kumar also thanked the riders for their commitment to the event whilst thanking Coach Hassan Mohamed and his team for executing a welloiled race. Members of the Guyana Police Force in Berbice, Demerara and Essequibo came in for high praise for the usual professional way in which they conducted themselves whilst providing efficient service during the course of the entire event.

Kumar also thanked the respective Regional Chairmen

and the NDC’s for chipping in also during the 5-stages.

Following are the Overall results Position Name 1st Robin Persaud 2nd Alanzo Greaves 3rd Geron Williams 4th Marlon Williams 5th Paul DeNobrega 6th Scott Savory 7th Michael Anthony 8th Paul Choo-wee-Nam 9th Shaquille Agard 10th Ray Millington Juniors 1st Michael Anthony 2nd Shaquille Agard 3rd Alonso Ambrose Veterans 1st Robin Persaud 2nd Paul Choo-wee-Nam 3rd Horace Burrowes

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