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Curtain wall at CJIA installed

In a facebook post on Friday, Minister of Public Works, Juan Edghill shared several pictures of the newly installed curtain wall at the Cheddi Jagan International Airport(CJIA).

Theprimarypurposeofa curtain wall system is to protect the building interior against natural exterior phenomena such as sun exposure, temperature changes,rain,andwind.

The installation of the curtain wall at the airport falls under the decade-old airportexpansionproject.

The airport expansion contract was signed in 2011 under then President Bharrat the Consolidated Fund – CHEC completed the worksJagdeo, and was passed taxpayers’money ontheairportthisyearthrough the truncated W h e n t h e P P P Moreover, with overpresidency of Donald administration returned to US$166 million alreadyRamotar However,whenthe office in August 2020, pumped into the expansionD a v i d G r a n g e r Minister Edghill had stated of the CJIA, citizens shouldadministration took over in that they were not satisfied expect more of their2015,itsaidthattheplanwas with the work that was done taxpayers’ dollars goingvery defective, which by the contractor and, as towards the ‘continuedrequired that adjustments such, they had negotiated modernisation’ of theandchangesbemade. and got CHEC to do airport.

The decade-old project additional works at the This was revealed by thewas awarded to Chinese airportatnocosttoGuyana. Public Works Minister a fewcontractor, China Harbour

The additional works months ago. Since then theEngineering Company that were done by the Government has issued(CHEC) for the sum of contractor included a several invitations for bidsUS$150 million $138 superstructure corridor and for other projects at themillionfromtheChinaExim the curtain wall. Notably, airport.Bank and $12 million from

AFC still to decide on participation in Local Govt. Elections

The Alliance for Change thatthecostofcontestingthe (AFC) is still to decide election alone is “always a whether it will participate in bigfactor”. the upcoming Local The AFC Leader also Government and Regional noted that the “bloated” Elections (LGEs), set for voters list that does not March13,2023. accuratelycapturethevoting

That decision, according population is a further to the AFC Leader, Khemraj impediment to the party’s Ramjattan, is left to the participation in the party’s National Executive upcomingLGEs. Council (NEC). The council Ramjattan lamented the will also decide whether the G u y a n a E l e c t i o n s party will team up with its Commission (GECOM)’s Coalition partner, the A allegations on a number of Partnership for National issues that came to the fore Unity (APNU) to contest the during the March 2020 LGEs. General and Regional

AFC Leader, Khemraj Ramjattan

The AFC Leader notedSpeaking at a Press Elections These issues that his party has sinceBriefing on Friday, include alleged ghost voting recommended that a sampleRamjattan acknowledged andallegationsofrigging. ofthelistbetakentoseehow many persons who are 65 years old are deceased, but whose names are on the list, andthatitwastonoavail.

Moreover, Ramjattan n o t e d t h a t t h e recommendations made by theobservermissionsareyet to be implemented. Among the recommendations was a h o u s e t o h o u s e r e verification exercise to remove the dead, along with those citizens who had migrated,andpresentaclean list of electors for future elections.

Alluding to the High Court’s ruling that residency could not be a reason for removing the names of persons from the voters’list, the AFC Leader said the voters’list could be cleansed by fresh house to house registrationashadbeendone in 2008 He said the Diplomatic Community has been told that his party wouldpreferapostponement oftheLGEbyasmuchassix (Continued on

The newly installed curtain wall at CJIA

Ramps Logistics Guyana tells court it could face ‘financial ruin’ without Local Content Certificate

Says 100 workers could be laid off US$$ Millions worth in contracts could be lost with a dozen or more companies

By Kiana Wilburg Secretariat.

The other 49% of the Company were valued by Cole said she was issued shares of the

Independent Valuator, Mr RampsLogisticsGuyana appointed to the Board of Applicant Company were at Krishendath Maharaj, on the Inc , a company with Directors on May 17, 2018 the material time held by basis of the financial Trinidadian parentage, says as Corporate Secretary. Ramps Logistics Ltd., a position of the company as it could face ‘financial ruin’ Given her positions, Cole company incorporated in disclosed in its financial if it is not granted a Local has custody and control of TrinidadandTobagoonJune statements. The total value Content Certificate by the keyrecordsofthecompany. 25, 2001. The authorized of the 1,000,000 (one LocalContentSecretariat.In Cole said Ramps is share capital of the company million) shares that were fact, the company said it engaged mainly in the was initially made up of 100 issued to Deepak Lall, and wouldruntheriskoflosinga provision of logistics ordinary shares with a whichconstitutes51%ofthe number of multi million services in the petroleum nominalvalueof$1each. issuedsharesofthecompany dollar contracts and left with sector It provides customs On or about January 18, wasgivenasUS$1,000,000. nochoicebuttosignificantly b r o k e

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Thedetailsofthisstateof services, third party amended its Articles of transfer of funds from Scotia affairs were outlined in its logistics, and immigration Incorporation to increase its Bank, Trinidad and Tobago totheApplicantCompany

At the date of the application, April 12, 2022, Guyanese. Considering this Notice of Change of Cole said there were 19 standing, she said the Directors, a Director’s persons in executive and company was in full Consent from Deepak Lall, s e n i o r m a n a g e m e n t compliance with the and Special Resolution of positions in the company requirements of the Local shareholders, among other She said 89 percent of these ContentAct. documents. Additional positions were held by DEALINGS WITH documents were also Guyanese nationals Cole SECRETARIAT provided. said theApplicant Company Cole was keen to note

However, on June 8, supplied the Local Content that there was no prescribed 2022, Cole said a notice was Secretariat with a list of its form or list of requirements sent to the company stating executive and senior which had been developed that its application was management employees by the Secretariat as at refused by the Minister Its which contained their March, 2022.As a result, the legal team asked for reasons n a m e s , n a t i o n a l ApplicantCompanywroteto for this. It was later told that affidavit to the High Court. services.

authorized share capital and identification number, the Director of the the information provided Thecompanyhasaskedfora She said on or about to create new classes of taxpayer identification Secretariat, Martin Pertab, was insufficient for proper judicial review of the April 12, 2022, Ramps made shares. The authorized share number, NIS number, the on the March 31, 2022 compliance evaluation to be Secretariat’s refusal to grant an application for a Local capital was increased from positiontheywereemployed seeking guidance on the donebytheSecretariat. it the certificate and to place Content Certificate of 100 to 10,000,000 ordinary in, whether they were full- manner in which the Court documents show it onto the Local Content Registration and to be shares and two classes of t i m e o r p a r t t i m e application was to be that the reasons offered by Register In its submissions entered into the register as a preference shares were employment, and their submitted. the Secretariat for refusal to seen by Kaieteur News, the Guyanese company At the created.Todate,Colesaidno nationalities.

Following several issue and/or grant a company said it believes the time of the said application, preference shares have been At the date of the exchanges,thecompanywas Certificate of Registration actions by the Secretariat she said 51% of the issued issued by the Applicant application, she said Ramps asked on April 20, 2022 to can be summarized as were unlawful since it has shares of the Applicant Companytoanyoneatall. had 128 employees in non- provide the identification follows: the company only complied with the letter of Company had been issued to Cole said the ordinary managerial and other card for Deepak Lall, hadanauthorizedshare thelaw Deepak Lall, a citizen of shares of the Applicant positions, all of whom are Articles of Incorporation, (Continued on page 8)

A n a f f i d a v i t b y Guyana. Mr Lall, she said, Samantha Cole, a 34-year was born outside of Guyana old Guyanese national who toaGuyanesefatherandwas serves as the Logistics entitled to Guyanese Director of the company citizenship by virtue of outlined an account of A r t i c l e 4 4 o f t h e exchanges with the ConstitutionofGuyana.

Shaun Rampersad, Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Ramps Logistics Guyana

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EDITORIAL

Inflation of Data

Therecordofsomecompaniesleaveswithadeepsense of disgust at the lengths to which they will go to deceive others, and enrich themselves at the expense of those untutored in the ways that the commercial world really works The record of predatory companies is of unimaginable greed, of unending self-enrichment, and of trampling on the rights of any who are in their way, so that theymakeasmanydollarsastheycanandbyanymeans.

When the records of oil companies are looked at, ExxonMobil stands out as a leader in what is rapacious and twisted,andagainstthelaw As thisis said,itmustalsobe borne in mind that for every instance of exposure for a companylikeExxonMobil,therearemanyothersthatnever seethelightofday,withgreatwrongsperpetuated.

America’s Department of Labor moved against ExxonMobilforamatterthatsurfacedovertwoyearsago. It involved the inflation of production estimates, and the reportedvaluationofoilwellsinTexas. ExxonMobilwasso incensedbythosedisclosuresthatitfiredtheScientistswho took it up themselves to blow the whistle on wrongdoing, even as they knew that the powerful men and women at ExxonMobilwouldbeharshandunsparing. Theygotfired fordoingwhatwasright. Buttheyarenowbeingreinstated and made whole for the punishments inflicted illegally on them by ExxonMobil for whistleblowing. Employees who blowthewhistleoncorporateillegalityareaprotectedgroup inAmerica,andthiswasthemessagethatrangoutfromthe USLaborDepartment.

Toincreaseproductionestimatesistopaintapicturethat doesn’t exist, and facilitates favorable reviews by industry analysts and media. In turn, favorable reviews push up the company’s stock price, and this is one of the measures of performance. The performance of Senior Corporate Officers, their compensation packages, and the exercise of theirstockoptions,couldleadtohugepersonalwindfallsfor Executives and others. This is the first driver of the greed lurking in the breasts of Corporate Leaders, which prompts them to cut corners, and pull fast ones, such as inflating productionestimates.

According to a September 13, 2020 article in the ‘Wall Street Journal’(‘Exxon used to beAmerica’s most valuable company What happened?’), some employees were questioning the company’s raising of production estimates from600,000barrelsadayto1millionadayby2024. The employees were saying that it was ‘overly optimistic’, and that some assumptions could not holdup, and this is part of thereasonthattheScientistsgotthemselvesfired. Further, ExxonMobil’sworkershaddifficultywiththeUS$60billion valuationofholdings,whichincludedwells,intheDelaware areaofthePermianBasininTexas.

TheyfeltthatthatvaluationwasclosertoUS$40billion, whichExxonMobilhadinflatedby50%initspublicfilings, clearly a sizable differential. The decision makers at the company eventually decided to split the difference and settledforaUS$50billionvaluationoftheassets.

Nevertheless, production estimates and valuation of oil wellsarethekindsofinformationonwhichinvestorsdepend on, as they weigh investment choices in various companies and sectors. When unethical people in companies play gamesandmisleadwithsuchestimatesandvaluations,thena wholechainofharmsarepassedonandwhentheyworkhard tokeepthesecretsoftheirshenanigansfromcomingtolight, byfiringemployees,thenthewrongdoingscontinue.

The concern for us, and it should be the same for all Guyanese, is that if ExxonMobil can engage in such trickeries in sophisticatedAmerica, then there is no limit to the swindles that it would pile on this still unprepared and unknowing country. ExxonMobil is a known predator, yet many Guyanese swear by it, would even attack their fellow citizens,whoexposethefailuresofthecompanyhere.

ExxonMobil is not a friend of Guyanese, but an entity that would drain all our riches, cheat us through inflated expenses,deliberatelycorruptdata,andgetlocalPoliticians tosqueezethosewhoobjecttotheircrookedness.Unlessand untilthatregistersdeeply,thenExxonMobilwilldefeatus.

SOME TRUTHS ARE SELF-EVIDENT

DEAREDITOR, PM can boast everyday admittedwhenquestionedin the poor man - we did so

My attention was drawn about publishing plans, Parliament. much more, with so much to a statement by the Prime which in the end are not The PM’s final two less. Minister entitled, ‘David worth the paper it is printed responses were equally What is glaringly Patterson should acquaint on, since blackouts have disappointing – namely, that missing from the PM’s himself with the truth.’ The increased several-fold under the several new generators response,istheanswertomy PM’s statement was in hisstewardship. procured and installed almost 18 months old response to a letter which I

The PM proceeded to during 2015 - 2020, plus the question – ‘What is your penned and was carried in boast that the Power Utility fuel rebates offered by the energy plan?’ which should both SN and KN since May Upgrade Programme coalition, were due to the tell the nation ‘What are 2021. (PUUP) was birthed under “significant reduction in your plans to end the almost

Yes, it has taken the PM the PPP in 2014 - quite the world fuel prices” – daily power outages?’ almost 18 months to correct But what he Duh! It’s not where we got ‘What plans do you have to respond, that is about the mischievously omitted to the savings from that stop a truck driver hitting a sametimeittakesanaverage mention was the numerous matters, but rather what we pole, which results in a student to complete a post fraudulent and legal did with them. Every single countrywide blackout’ –not graduate degree, so one challenges facing the penny was spent on asinglewordwasmentioned would have expected that at program under the PPP by improvingthesector inthisregard. least, having taken this 2015. So much so, that the Guyana has now been Further, the PM did not lengthy time to research and procurement process was blessed with an enormous take the opportunity to pen his response, it would scrappedandrestartedunder increase of revenue- one enlighten the nation about have been scholarly the Coalition – it’s not the would have expected that the Government’s plans to Unfortunately, this was not startoftheracethatmatters, some of the revenues would curb blackouts as we enter thecase. but how one finishes. It be used to provide relief to theChristmasseason.

In his long overdue shouldbenotedthatby2020 ourcitizens. Some truths are self response, the PM claimed under the Coalition, Sadly, no rebates on evident there is no that I failed to publish our generation capacity was electricityhavebeenoffered workableplanforthesector DevelopmentandExpansion increased by over 25%, to the citizens, in fact, the The proof is in the eating of Plans other than the years technical and commercial PPP has removed the 15 thepie!!Ornotbasedonthe 2016–2020. losses were reduced by 5%, percent fuel rebate and five costoflivingforourserving

Quite untrue. However, saving GPL more than percent tariff reductions that PublicServants!!! themaintakeawaywouldbe G$450M annually, a fact to the Coalition had in place in DavidPatterson, that our plan worked!! The which the PM openly 2020–somuchforcaringfor OppositionMP

Diwali, a NYC School Holiday from 2023

DEAREDITOR, ThursdaymorningataPress fluctuates depending on the growing number of New Diwali, the Hindu Conference to include the lunar calendar It falls in the Yorkers.” She commented celebration known as the holiday in the public school darkestnightintheFall.This that people have said that “FestivalofLights,”apublic schedule. The Mayor was year, the holiday is on “there’s simply not enough holiday in Guyana, Trinidad joined by Democratic State October24. room in the New York City and Tobago, and Suriname, Assembly Woman, Jenifer State Assembly Woman school calendar to have a will be a public school Rajkumar, and Department Rajkumar said, “The time Diwali school holiday.Well, holiday in New York City of Education Schools has come to recognize over my legislation makes the startingnextyear,2023. Chancellor, Dr David 200,000 NewYorkers of the room.”

Diwali Day has been an Banks.Politiciansfromboth Hindu, Buddhist, Sikh and State law requires 180 excused school day for the sides of the political divide, Jain faiths who celebrate school days. The calendar is last dozen years for students welcome the policy Diwali, the Festival of tightwithfiveJewishdays,2 and staff who celebrated the Democratic and Republican Lights”. Muslim Days, one Chinese festival. Parking rules were Legislators have been R a j k u m a r , w h o LunarDay,severalChristian also suspended during that celebrating Diwali at their introduced legislation to days, an Italian day, Black period. officesandattheLegislature recognizeDiwali,saidatthe American Emancipation

From next year, Diwali overthelastdecade. Press Conference, Days, holidays for Lincoln Daywillbeanofficialschool Diwali is a major Hindu “Anniversary Day is an and Washington, among holiday festivalbutisalsocelebrated obscure and antiquated day others.

NYCMayor,EricAdams by Indian Buddhists, Sikhs as compared to Diwali, Yourstruly, made the announcement on andJains.ThedateofDiwali which is celebrated by a VishnuBisram

Thanks and willingness to share in cricket commentary

DEAREDITOR, (Naim’s) years of incricketcommentary.” inseparable, with the latter

My attention was drawn experience, pleasant radio First things first.I thank being instructive to to Munesh Dutt’s October voice, simplicity and Mr Dutt for his entire letter, broadcastersasawhole. 10,2022letter,‘Livecricket correctness of language use and yes, I feel okay that he Editor, I pay deserved commentary in shambles-a anddescriptiveabilityoflive thinks that I am a homage to those who have lost art,’ and after a careful play,all(combining)tomake commentator ‘good enough’ contributed and are still perusal, I thought it wise to him a natural choice to make the local and contributing to my ongoing respond in an honest and whenever the job has to be regionalpanels. development as a career humble manner, as it has a done ’ Dutt elaborated, However, my gratitude broadcaster within the paragraphthatpaystributeto statingthat“Naimis‘trueto goes beyond personal well- spectrum of journalism. I me. The writer, I know not the action’ on field and he being, as I think it is honed my skills at the whom, mentions ‘his paints a picture for his necessary that ‘live cricket Guyana Broadcasting boggled mind’ over ‘no listeners. commentary’ be addressed, Corporation (National Naim Chan’ in live cricket He does not commentate as well as overall Communications Network coverage in Guyana, since as though he is obligated to broadcasting in Guyana Inc.),whenallofmymentors according to him, “Naim ‘stir excitement’when there WhatIlikeabouttheletteris demanded professionalism, Chan is Guyana’s premier is none, and there is no that it is ‘evidenced-based’ qualityandsacrifice.

RadioCricketCommentator, ‘urgency to ‘fill’ blank air,’ and ‘rooted in authority’ in It was hard work, and it andhemayevenbesoatthe and thus run into verbosity the areas of ‘cricket paid off, as I was able to regionallevel.” (anditis) Thesetraits, commentary’ and ‘use of achievemy

He points to ‘His amongothers,(that)arevital language’ as the two are

Trinidadiansmustunderstandthatthetableshaveturned,favorsGuyana

DEAREDITOR, have been professional and criminality and then will

Theyareunderinvestigation

PRisexcellent,andtheyare no way should any I have had always had a graceful, even ethical but provide licenses for such foranumberofotheralleged complying with the laws of Trinidadian try to blackmail special respect for Trinidad someveryunethical. majorbusinesses. criminal activities in the Guyana. our Government or our and Tobago. And even a I am particularly Also, I am no enemy of country

Such companies of country or threaten specialrelationshipwiththat referring to a Trinidad and RAMPS Logistics or any If this is how RAMPS TrinidadandTobagowecan b l a c k m a i l o f o u r country Tobago Strategist, who is company that wants to do Logistics is commencing applaud. However, there is Government and our

However, it would actuallyhellbentontryingto business and partner business in Guyana, then this business strategist it is country. Guyana is no appear that more and more blackmail our Government positively to develop what kind of example is it said, but is he? Is obviously weaklingnation. somedesperateTrinidadians and our country, in Guyana and themselves showing to Trinidadians? sending a message for Many Trinidadian cannot seem to be able to permitting Trinidadians

However,RAMPSLogistics What would be the opinion certain powerful Politicians companies come to Guyana give up the penchant for involvedincriminalitytobe allegedly committed a oftheapprovingauthorities, a n d p o s s i b l y t h e and play big but cannot pay bullishbehavior Iknowfora grantedlicensesforbusiness serious blunder in Guyana, forlicensesinGuyanabythe Government, which Guyana for their accounts and fact that some have been inthiscountry forwhichitwasfinedtwenty Government of Guyana of is to be, blackmailed services, yet full of sweet very bullish in a variety of I do not know if the m i l l i o n d o l l a r s Trinidadians in general? otherwise the business will mouth,liesandcheating. ways. Trinidadian Government ($20,000,000) by the How many times has movetoSuriname. Therefore,Iwouldliketo I know also that some turns a blind eye to Guyana Revenue Authority RAMPS escaped detection? I wonder if this take the opportunity to Whenever a person or gentleman is aware that advise these guys who have company is caught in Suriname was once a this penchant for pomposity criminality, it is always the military dictatorship, and andrudeness. firsttime. they deal very sternly in This would usually be

Thanksandwillingnesstoshare...

Frompage4 clear and honest where live again to the missive by life long ambition of cricket broadcasting is MuneshDutt. becoming an international concerned. He is hoping ‘… for cricket commentator, First,Iamavailabletodo some level of change.’I am working and learning from commentary, and I desire to alsowithhimonthis.Ihope the very ‘best in the beinvolved,sincethisismy that the relevant authorities business.’ greatestjoy. will put measures in place,

I inform readers that I It goes far beyond whereGuyanacandevelopa have never campaigned for popularity and monetary core panel of cricket myself in terms of reward for me. I have commentators, who can be ‘promotional interviews,’ worked alongside regional nurtured professionally, at nor ‘pre-arranged egotistic a n d i n t e r n a t i o n a l everylevelandaspect,todo documentaries.’If my voice commentators, doing One agoodjob. Hereagain,Iam ispleasant,itisGod’sgiftto Day Internationals and Test most willing to contribute if me. If I am a ‘clear and cricket, and my joy and giventheopportunity pleasant’ presenter, with growth were increased, Yoursfaithfully, ‘good use of language,’ being alongside the Tony NaimChan accoladesgotomymentors. Coziersoftheworld. ImustaddthatIhavealways Ifandwhencalled,Iwill sought to improve by availmyself,andhopethata availingmyselftolearnfrom professional and dignified valuable resource persons, ambience will prevail in the who can verify what I am ‘TermsofReference.’ saying.Now let me be very Finally, I allude once

Notwithstanding as I matters of law It might not aimed towards Guyana and believe they have much to be monetary fines but other Caricom nations that offerGuyana. lengthyimprisonment. might have been faced with

Weknowsomeexcellent Myaimatthisjunctureis economicproblemsonetime companies, which are not to turn away our or the other Now that the complyingwiththelawsand Trinidadian friends and tables have turned, they one in particular, who has families who want to be a should learn to use been operating in this part of business in our diplomacy instead of country for a very long time country We welcome their criminalityandblackmailing and has won much respect experience. of our Government and for business ethics and Wewelcometheirwealth country Trinidad needs to professionalism. thattheywanttoinvestinour showrespectandbehumble.

I am referring to S.M country. Of course, in Look at Barbados; look at Jaleel’s, producer of respect to our citizens and theeleganceofBarbados. BUSTA soft drinks and thelawsofourcountry,once Sincerely, FRUTA juices Their that is established then we Hajji Dr. Roshan Khan products are excellent, their will welcome them. But in Snr.

Excitement over visa-free travel to the land of our former colonizers and imperial masters baffling

DEAREDITOR, effect of the grand torapturousheightsoverthe treasureforapotofsoup,and evenifitisonlyforapartofa Enoch Powell must be It was the Bard of exaggerationinstilledbythe ordinary metamorphosed Africans sold their brothers year doingaslowtorturedturnin Stratford-on-Avon, who left words, English Literature into the extraordinary, the for a few trinkets and This is not just the his restless grave The us the immortal words of hasnowtransformedintoan grandeur, of visa-free travel baubles, and there were rankest of abominable English had so many another Britisher in his equivalent reality right here to the land of their former some subcontinent Indians inferioritycomplexes,orthe prejudices to aim at their desperate reaching for in 21st century Guyana colonizers and imperial who loved their exploiters worst of clever foreign own fellow Europeans, they anyone to barter a most Though I am not on social masters. How quickly we more than their own. But i n d o c t r i n a t i o n couldn’twaittogetoutofthe prized possession for a media, I heard- I couldn’t forget! How self-enslaving here we are thrilled to death (manipulation), it is of EU. creature of war to help him help hearing, even if I were wecanbe! by what can be nothing but people who are bereft of And they could not get weatherthefoulday Itwas hardofhearing. We have more oil per giving up another piece of pride. The whole world is far enough from Dishy Richard III declaring his The frenzies and breathing body than any our prized possessions for beating a path to our door, RishiSunak. And mindless mortally dangerous straits, ecstasies, the incredible place on earth, and we are the swindle and siren call of and here are Guyanese, not Guyanese are overflowing when he cried, “A horse! A delirium, the spectacle of drooling over a visa-free visa-freetraveltotheUK. being able to get away from with joy to rub shoulders horse! My kingdom for a swooning Guyanese doing travel announcement? Is A place from which so this place quick enough. I withpeoplewhohavenouse horse!” (Richard III, Act V, cartwheels and jumping this what the fruits of free much originated that think I am beginning to for them, other than how SceneIV). jacks because the people andfairelectionshavecome condemned the forbears of understand why this they can use them. Move

A s h i s t o r y a n d representing the Union Jack tomean? some of us to chained fabulous oil, this business over Exxon, here comes Shakespearetoldit,theking have decided to engage in That we run to servitude, and those of my aboutcleangovernance,and Tullow. It is the second didn’t do too well that day. theirownbargainingwithus. anywhere? Surely, we have owntopalpableserfdom. this desire for ethical British Invasion, this time But it shows the depths to They didn’t have to bargain lost whatever marbles we Editor, when I heard of leadership evidence such withoilblocksinmind. which men and women will andnegotiatetoohard,forall had left, that is, if we ever the reactions of my fellow stoic indifference. None of RichardIIIlosthishead; gotohangontoanythreadof thatitcamedownto,allthat hadanytobeginwith,given Guyanese, I concluded that those ever really mattered, Guyanesenowhavenothing a lifeline, sometimes no it took, was something as how people have reacted, we are so far gone now that not even the rich oil crown. left to lose, not even a little matter how much has to be mundane as visa-free travel how things shaped up since we have nowhere left to go. Give us visa-free travel, and self-respect. givenup. to the Scepter’d Isle that announcement. I am Wehaveallthisoil,anditis it is off to Heathrow and Sincerely,

Asmuchasweknowthe Guyanese drove themselves aware that Esau sold his still any port for a storm, Gatwick. GHKLALL

APNU+AFC has never been interested in free and fair elections

DEAREDITOR, APNU+AFC statement and a poor attempt at Government Elections makingorinasurrealworld. electoratetherighttohavea A recent Press Release coincides fully with the pretendingtobedefendersof (LGE)andtobullytheirway In both, they prance government of their choice issued by the APNU+AFC dilly dallying posture free and fair elections when to a General and Regional around in an effort to wipe by engineering an outcome has come as no surprise. adopted by the Opposition the whole world knows that Electionsheldinaccordance awaytheshameanddisgrace thatgivesthemamajorityin Their shameless piece of Commissioners at GECOM itis theotherway around.It with their diktat. That will they brought upon the National Assembly and w o r d s m i t h i n g h a s towardstheholdingofLocal isclearthattheAPNU+AFC nothappen.

themselves and the nation control of the Executive, reaffirmed what has been Government Elections do not want Local In the circumstances, when they attempted to even if it means purposely known long ago: the (LGE),thustheyseektouse Government Elections since therearetwooptionsopento perpetrate one of the most miscalculating what a Coalitionhasnointerestnor their rejection of the timely itwillexposetheirweakand theAPNU+AFC, to boycott despicableanddastardlyacts majorityof65wouldbe. intention to participate in and useful public degradedunderbellyinsofar LGE and to resort to their in modern electoral history A clean voters list, National Stakeholders’ consultation organized by astheirelectoralfortunesare well known street and thwart the Guyanese removal of the deceased Forum to be held at the the Ministry of Governance their concerned What the gangsterism which the people’s march towards from the list nor preventing Arthur Chung Convention andParliamentaryAffairsas APNU+ AFC want is nation has long recognized democratic governance, p e r s o n s w h o a r e Centre on Tuesday, October asmokescreentocovertheir regional and general as the hallmark of the PNC, economic and social constitutionally entitled to 25,2022, to discuss the draft sinistermotives. elections held exclusively the most influential in the progress and all round vote at a Regional and amendments to the electoral Thisisyetanotheralame undertheirhobbledtogether Coalition when they in humandevelopment.

General elections will not laws of Guyana The manifestation of bravado terms and conditions, using particular do not get their The PNC and its cohorts deliver power to the international best practices, way This time around, in the APNU+AFC have APNU+AFC. which they themselves however, they should think neverhadanyinterestinfree The numbers across blatantlyignoredandpushed twice about their threats to and fear elections Their ethnic lines have moved by aside following the 2020 engage in such activities track record since 1968, leaps and bounds into the election and the months that since it is hardly likely to would show, beyond the camp of the PPP/C, the followed. make any impact nor push shadow of a doubt, the process continues

All the measures they the Government away from multiple local and external inexorably Itisaprocessthe havecalledforintheirPress its chosen path The shenanigans they have APNU+AFC cannot hold Statement, cumulatively, is APNU+AFC is either living resorted to rig an election back The APNU+AFC aimed at bypassing Local in a bubble of their own thus denying the Guyanese could preach as much fire and brimstone as they wish and they may issue as many threatsatdestabilizationand burnish their political propagandawithracehateas they may, but the truth will alwaysprevail.

ClementJ.Rohee C o m m i s s i o n e r , GECOM

DON’T LET OIL MONEY GO TO OUR HEADS

The oil money has gone to the heads of those calling the shots in the PPP/C Government.

As locals would say, the oil money ‘fullin’people eye.’ It is obvious.

Leave it alone, and if it has to be touched, then let those struggling and suffering, taste its benefits.

Not the usual circle of insiders, hangers-on, and soup drinkers. They have enough.

Give the poor and needy something from the oil money. Otherwise, leave it where it is.

CHPA issues squatters at Independence Boulevard Housing Units

he Central Housing and Planning the Government’s response to safely and Authority (CHPA) on Friday humanely relocate the squatters to an area

The allocation will see the beneficiaries

Tallocated housing units to the first that improves their socio economic eleven (11) informal settlers residing along wellbeing, while also ensuring that Punt Trench, Cemetery Road, and Saffron Government’s development programmes Street, as part of its relocation and progresssmoothly resettlementprogramme.

The persons, who met with the Chief being issued with Certificates of Title, Executive Officer of CHPA, Mr Sherwyn signaling legal ownership of their new land Greaves, Director of Community and will also give them the opportunity to Development Mr Gladwin Charles and team have legal access to electricity, water, and at the agency’s boardroom, registered for otheramenities. low income, middle income, and young A number of the informal settlers professional homes. Each allottee will now expressed satisfaction with the agency’s bemovingforwardwithabankinginstitution responsetotheircurrentsituation. of their choice to facilitate an affordable Fatheroffour,Mr TriskeMarshallstated, mortgageplan.

“IgladthatHousingdosomethingniceforus,

The relocation is necessary, as the area take we out of a lot pressure [and] make our being occupied has been earmarked for the lifemoreeasierforusandourkids”. Ministry of Public Works’ $1.5 billion CHPA was keen to note that it will Independence Boulevard enhancement continue to provide assistance for the project. informalsettlerswherenecessarythroughout

CEO Greaves stated that this is a part of therelocationandresettlementprocess.

Ramps Logistics Guyana tells...

From page 3 of Incorporation of Ramps ApplicantCompany). capital of 100 ordinary Trinidad. K a i e t e u r N e w s shares of $1 each, Deepak Ramps in response said understands that several LallandRampsTrinidadhad the demands by the purchase orders of the 51% and 49% of the total Secretariat were unlawful Applicant Company shares valued at US and not in keeping with its submitted by Baker Hughes $1,000,000 and US $960, statutorypowers. to the Secretariat were 000 US respectively Citing It said too that the rejected, which encouraged section 28 (2) of the specific requests for Baker Hughes to re- tender Companies Act and the information listed as the itsbusiness. absence of any amendments grounds for refusal were not Cole said the Applicant to support the change in the made to the applicant Company wrote to the maximum number of shares, beforehand. Secretariat on August 30, the Director of the Ramps said it also 2022 enquiring if it had Secretariat concluded that resubmitted all the assessed the additional the Applicant does not documents cited as missing documentation it submitted satisfy the 51% beneficial in the initial application. and that time was of the ownership requirement ThiswasdoneinJuly essence. undertheAct.

Ramps also accused the C o l e s a i d t h e

The Secretariat also Secretariat of actively Secretariat’s response was flagged the absence of no discouraging persons from that it is delayed with a Share Certificate or Share conducting business with it considerablebacklog. Register and related since it did not have a Ramps told the court at company resolutions to certificate. this point that without the support the issuance of Cole said during the certificate in a timely sharestoLallandRamps. period July to August, 2022, manner, it faces ‘financial

Additionally, the anumberofcustomersofthe ruin’. Secretariatexplainedthatthe Applicant Company The Applicant Company most recent annual return informed it that at monthly saidithasbeencontractedby showing the allotment was supplier meetings with the two dozen or more entities not submitted and this was a Secretariat they were operating within the requirement under section specifically advised against petroleum sector, all of 153 of the Companies Act. using Ramps because it does whom have threatened to Further, only a draft not have the required cease doing business if it unsigned financial statement certificate. failstosecurethegrantofthe which did not set out total The Applicant Company CertificateofRegistration. number of issued shares was she said was also informed Ramps said almost all of submittedtotheSecretariat. b y e m p l o y e e s o f its earnings are derived from

It was also noted by the Schlumberger Guyana and the petroleum sector and if regulator that the Board of verily believed that they its application is not heard Directors was comprised of were instructed by the and determined on an urgent only 60% Guyanese Secretariat not to use the basis, then it is also at risk of Nationals and not 75% as services of Ramps Logistics. being permanently deprived requiredbytheAct.

She said too that employees of tens of millions of United

Finally, the Secretariat of International SOS, Baker States dollars in earnings. said the Declaration of Hughes, G-Boats, Frank’s Thecompanysaiditwillalso Beneficial Ownership did International and CGX have be unable to sign a major not show who the beneficial also informed the Applicant US$25M contract with owner of Ramps Trinidad Company that at various Exxon. was, and that there was an times and on various It therefore appealed to inconsistency between the occasions they were told by the court for an expeditious place and date of birth in the theSecretariattodiscontinue hearing which is set for declaration and the Articles doing business with it (the November11,2022.

MAKING UP AND BREAKING UP

Even John, who was embarrassedthattwohuman didnotgoupstairstodisturb before launching into a haveitfirsthand. usually talkative and beings could insult each her.” second round of nastier The third round was restless,wasquiet.Heburied other with words that cut “You are lying because verbalexchanges. about holding ground. Just, hisheadintothenewspaper, deep, John nonetheless was whenyoudidnotcomeback

This second round was also, most like the first but you just knew that his having a taste of a good home by midnight, I asked evenmoredramaticthanthe round,itwasaboutwhowas attention was not on the Guyanese “buse out”, an your brother to check for first, and extremely explicit. in charge. The man claimed anddidn’tnotice.”pages in front of him, but introduction to one of the you. He said he had just This time relatives were thathewas.Thewomansaid Bythenextday,itwasasrather on what was taking more interesting aspects of come in and you were broughtintothepicture.The she would have none of that if nothing had happened.placeinthehousenextdoor life in a poor country where nowherearound.” background of each of the and it was either her way or They were soon in a cozy

Thehousenextdoorwas insults, ridicule and abuse “ButiswhyIhavetogive combatants was laid barer the highway Finally the poseintheircar Themakingconcrete and sealed. But were hurled further than a youanyexplanation?Idon’t than the Sahara Whose woman could take it no up was better than theeven that could not prevent flyingjavelinordiscus. need to give you any mother was this, whose longer She resigned from breakingup.the cuss-out that was taking It was a lovers’ spat. A satisfaction. I am my own brother was a dependant, the fight and simply said, “I

(The views expressed inplace inside from reaching quarrel about the man next big man I will go where I whose sister was looser; it was a fool when I married this article are those of theall the way across the fence door coming home late the please, come back when I wasallletoutintheopen.If you.” writer and not thisand into the living room previous night. This is what please, and there is nothing you wanted a family history The husband replied, newspaper.)where John, myself and made it interesting. His youcandoaboutit.” of either party, you could “Yes,dear,butIwasinlove otherssat. paramour did not object “Butiswhereyouwent.I Itwasanexperiencethat whenhecamein.Shewaited amnofloormatthatyoucan Johnhadneverencountered. until he had slept off walkinhereasyoulike.Iam Verbal altercations were not whatever he had indulged notstandingforit.Youhave new from where he came himselfinbeforeunleashing totellmehernameatleast.” from. Persons have been herwrath.

“Idonothavetogiveyou known to throw remarks at “Youisano-good,good- anysatisfaction.” each other But this was a for nothing, scalawag It was then that the cuss-out with a difference. Wherewereyoulastnight?” quarrel descended into The language was far more “I told you woman, I colourful language The colourful and explicit. Parts wenttomymother.” adjectives flew around like of the human anatomy were “Youlying!Icalledyour missiles Both sides described with such clarity motherandshesaidthatyou exchanged volleys of and vividness that nothing werenotthere.” crudeness and fired rounds was left to either the “Youcallmymother?” of vulgarity spiced with imagination or to “Yes, I called your expletives.

assumptions Myths were mother Three times All There was eventually a shattered and decorum was threetimesshesaidthatyou short intermission. But this thrown out of the window werenotthere.” only allowed the verbal Thiswasbrutalfranknessof “Wellsheiswrong.Iwas combatantsashortrespite,a a kind John had not therebutIwasdownstairs.I breather to rest their vocal experienced. Disturbed and thoughtshewassleepingsoI chords and relax their lungs

Dem boys seh...

De West Indies gat plenty talent but short of ability

De last T 20 World Cup was a disaster at de international ranks. Deh had a time fuh de West Indies. But dis one is a whenWest Indies used to have five and six catastrophe. De team nah even get past de players in de batting ranks and de same qualifiers. Dat is de lowest point in West amountindebowlingranks. Fuhdetop10 Indiescricket. fuh batting rankings fuh one day AndalldetimedeWestIndiesdobadis international,wenahgatnoplayers. deplayerswahdoessometimes–notallde Fuhdetop10fuhbowlingranks,wenah times – be held accountable. Brian Lara gatnone.Fuhdetop10all-rounderswenah never win a World Cup tournament. But gatnone.Sohowweexpectfuhgetaproper some seh it contribute to ending his teamwhenwenahgatnotop10players? internationalcareer Hewasnotdefirstand FuhdeT20,weonlygatoneplayerinde willnotbedelast. bowling ranks. And he gan soon lose he DeWestIndiesCricketBoardpromising place because he nah playing in de T 20 a post mortem Dem understand de WorldCupfinals.Sohowweexpectfuhget depressions wah de people in de Region pastdequalifers experiencingbythisrecentturnofevents. Post-mortem can’t bring back dead. So

But post mortem nah gan solve de nah waste time with post-mortem. De team problem.Deproblemisdequalityofcricket nah ready and nah gan be ready fuh a lang, indeRegion. Demajorityofweplayersnot langtime. readyasyet.Allyuhneededtodoistolook Talkhalf.Leffhalf!

New book on Walter Rodney generates eerie curiosity about WPA

Books on Walter student in history, thisreviewtothechapterson interesting dimension of the Theweaknessin Rodney are economics and sociology Guyana. When Rodney’s Guyana section of the book thispublicationwhen coming out fast. and remains one of the best brother,Donald,wasaguest istheWPA’scriticismofthe it comes to the

A few months texts ever published on on the Gildarie Freddie PPPfor not joining with the disagreement between b a c k w e h a d , “ A Guyana Since then, KissoonShow,hewasasked WPA to ferment the the WPA and the PPP

revolutionary for our time: Professor Mandle’s output how Rodney would have revolution that would have on the question of the PPP’s version, then the The Walter Rodney story” hasbeenprodigious. reactedtothefivemonthsof toppledPresidentBurnham. overthrowing Burnham is void continues to exist byLeoZeilig.Pleaseseemy Iwouldliketothinkheis election rigging Donald Itisthispartofthebook Dr Mandle’s lack of Spacehasrunoutbutthisis review of Saturday,August among just a handful of top said he thinks his brother that generates intense anger correspondence with PPP my take on why the PPP 20, 2022,titled,”Leo Zeilig class scholars with interest would have upheld the in the reader who believes leaders who were an refused to join the planning was contemptuously angry in Guyana who have democraticprocess. thecurrentcropofRodney’s essentialpartofthemoment and organizing of what the withtheWPA.” remained steadfast to the Many of Rodney’s surviving comrades inthe1970sandwhoarestill WPAcalled revolution. The Soon to be released is; politics and ideology that comrades in the 1970s have abandoned the Rodneyite activeinsidethePPP Iraised PPP did not see it as “Walter Rodney: In search theyembracedinthe1970s. defected from the multi- instincts. this lacuna with Dr Mandle revolution but adventurism of revolution” by husband IknowthatDr Mandlemust racial,workingclassagenda The list includes Drs. buthedidsaysomethingthat byaradicalbourgeoisgroup and wife team of Jay and have a permanent mental that swept Guyana in the Clive Thomas and Rupert was extremely relevant. He contemptuous of the time JoanMandle. pain at what some of the 1970sand1980s.Theyhave Roopnaraine, Bonita Bone said Clement Rohee’s consumingeffortsittakesto I am grateful for a draft radical Guyanese scholars abandoned the ideology of amongothers.

autobiography was not organizethemassesforanticopy and was given hewasassociatedwithhave working class liberation for Dr Mandle relying on helpful in this context. I am dictatorshipstruggle. permission to write on the become. a n e t h n i c thewordsofthesesurviving in extensiveagreementwith C h e d d i J a g a n ’s draft. ProfessorJayMandle In fact, what is useful supremacist/tribalist activists, may have

ProfessorMandlehere. perception of the wildness isaWhiteAmericanscholar about this imminent and agenda. ButMandle’swork inadvertently gave It is these kinds of and westernized middle but has devoted his eminentpublicationisthatin is replete with Rodney’s impressions to readers that historical nuances Rohee classlifeofthosewhothink scholarship to the study of quoting what some of analyticaloutlaysofhowthe the PPP refused to play its shouldhaveexpandedon.In the PPP did not want to Guyana and the Caribbean. Rodney’sintimatecomrades artificial barriers between part in creating or fostering t h i s r e g a r d , h i s create revolution can be His book, “The Plantation havesaidbackthenandwhat Indians and Africans can the dialectical mode that autobiography is a found in his article: Economy: Population and theyhavebecomeinthe21st easily be removed. Mandle could have led to the disservice to Guyana’s “Guyana: A New Stage,” Economic Change in century compels you to adequatelyquotesRodneyto toppling of Forbes historiography Mirror, December 1971, Guyana, 1838-1960” was shout out “oh my God!” as show that Rodney did not Burnham.

Since none of the books Volume 3, Number 3. Time thereigningtextatUGwhen youreadthequotes. see the race problematic Dr Mandle quotes from on Rodney’s praxis in provedthePPPright. I was a UG freshman in The manuscript is about m o r e w o r t h y o f Roopnaraine who blamed Guyana has adequately (The views expressed in 1974. Rodney’s life and praxis in concentration than the class CheddiJaganfornotjoining covered the strategic this article are those of the T h e b o o k w a s Tanzania, Jamaica and problematic. with the WPA to create disharmony between the writer and not this compulsory reading for any Guyana but I will confine Perhaps the most revolution.

PPP and WPA and offered newspaper.)

FrederickKissoon

Govt. approves five-year local content plans for 11 oil services companies five

companies join several the Ministry of Natural economy and being used to others including SBM Resources. This important develop the lives of Offshore and Halliburton – milestone is a recognition of Guyanese. GYSBI has been Minister of Natural Michael Monroe, were MarineLLC. that have had their master our commitment to local and will always remain Resources, Vickram Bharrat joined by the executive The five year master plans approved by the content. We remain focused committed to identifying, recently signed the Local heads of oil and gas support plan is intended to provide Government. on building the expertise in- promoting and maximising Content Master Plans of 11 service companies for the the Minister and the Importantly, these plans country that will be required the capacity of Guyanese companies providing signing The companies Secretariat with an include an amendment in the future to deliver world nationals and companies services to Guyana’s rapidly were Cataleya Energy understanding of the which sees that Guyanese class projects. We are very throughout all facets of our expandingpetroleumsector Limited,GuyanaShoreBase c o n t r a c t o r ’s , s u b suppliers of the nation’s excited to be a witness of operations.”

The October 19 signing Incorporated (GYSBI), contractor’s, or licensee’s petroleum sector are paid Guyana’s successes, and are Meanwhile, the Director tookplaceattheOfficeofthe I n t e r n a t i o n a l S O S projected activities with within thirty (30) to forty- privileged to have a part in of Tenaris Guyana, Mr Minister on Duke Street, Incorporated, Leader regards to employment, five(45)daysuponreceiptof it.” F e d e r i c o G i m e n e z Georgetown. Engineering Guyana procurement and capacity the correct invoice. Minister G Y S B I ’s D e p u t y reasserted his company’s MinisterBharratwiththe Incorporated,StenaDrilling, development of suppliers. Bharrat, during the signing, General Manager, Mr Rabin commitmenttomaintainand Director of the Local Sustainable Environmental The master plan is reaffirmed the significance Chandarpalsaidthatsinceits promote the spirit of the Content Secretariat, Mr Solutions, Tenaris Guyana, enforceable as per the Local o f c o n t r a c t o r s , inception in 2017, GYSBI localcontentlegislation. Martin Pertab, and the Legal G Boats, Weatherford, ContentAct. subcontractors, and has remained focused on the “We are honoured to Officer to the Ministry, Mr TechnipFMC, and Seacor T h e e l e v e n ( 11 ) licenseesimplementingtheir developmentoflocalcontent contribute to Guyana master plan, as well as the and creating beneficial government’s local content amendment for a reduced opportunities for Guyanese i n i t i a t i v e , a m a j o r paymentperiod. workers and vendors within opportunity to share our

Man caught on camera stealing car at Mon Repos

Alone car thief was on Wednesday caught on security cameras stealing a silver -grey Toyota Premio motorcar, PRR 9781, at Mon Repos, East Coast Demerara(ECD).

Hewaskeentorecallthat theoilandgassector knowledge through different the amendment buttresses GYSBI – the nation’s programs and training, and the growth and competitive largestshorebase–hasmore to enhance the capacity of financing of Guyanese than600Guyanesecurrently Guyana’stalentintheoiland businesses through suitable employed in its operations, a gassector. contract and payment terms. large number of whom are Our commitment is to This, he reminded, is wholly women. grow with the communities in keeping with the He went on to explain, where we operate, and today provisions of Guyana’s “Eighty-five per cent of our this commitment is LocalContentAct. supply chain, with the strengthened in Guyana,”

On the heels of the exception of specialised theDirectorcommented. signing, Area Director at goods and services, such as The Ministry of Natural TechnipFMC, Mr Nicolas the purchase of cranes, go to Resources and the Local Sicard, commented, Guyanesevendors.”

Content Secretariat will “TechnipFMC is honoured He added, “We want to continue to work with to receive the formal see value generated from stakeholders to ensure that approval of our Local Guyana’s offshore resources the objectives of the Local Content Master Plan from remaining in the domestic ContentActareachieved.

The stolen car

The car is owned by Chetram Sooknan and was reportedly stolen around 04:00hrs. Sooknan had parked the car around 20:00hrs on Tuesday in frontofahouselocatedatMelshaRoad, MonRepos. However,whentheowner woke up the next morning it was gone. Sooknan immediately made his way to the Beterverwagting Police Station and made a report. An investigation was launched and Sooknan was able to matterof seconds the lights cameon and theobtain video footage from a security car drove off. Sooknan has since made acamera mounted on a building near to his FacebookPostcallingonthepublictoassisthome That footage was shared with himinfindinghisvehicle.HehadpurchasedKaieteurNewsanditshowedalonecarthief itbackin2016forsome$3.3Mdollars,sotousing tools from a haversack he carried to loseitnowwouldbeamajorlossforhim.pryopenthedoorofSooknan’scar

IfanyoneknowswherehiscarmaybeorWhenhefirstarrivedhewalkeduptothe who might have stolen it, they are asked togate of the property and appeared to be make contact with telephone numbers 659-scanning the yard to make sure that no one 6773, 647-8756, or the nearest policewas there. Then, car thief took out station.something from his haversack and made his

FromSeptembertonowatotalof12carsway over to the car With the tool he began have been stolen, but the number may beshaking and rocking Sooknan’s car door at much higher Several car shells have beenthe driver’s end for almost two minutes. It recovered and several suspects remanded asappeared as though he was doing it in a way an investigation into a huge and well-toavoidmakinganynoise. organisedcarjackingringcontinues.Next, the man made his way back to the Police are still trying to recover moregate where he scanned the yard one final stolencars,butastheydotheirbestthegangtime before returning to the car and finally isstillatworkstealingmorecars.opening the door He entered and within a

(From R-L) Minister of Natural Resources Hon. Vickram Bharrat hands over an approved Local Content Master Plan to Director of Tenaris Guyana, Mr Federico Gimenez

(From R-L) Minister of Natural Resources Hon. Vickram Bharrat hands over an approved Local Content Master Plan to Guyana Shore Base’s Deputy General Manager, Mr Rabin Chandarpal

(From R-L) Minister of Natural Resources Hon. Vickram Bharrat hands over an approved Local Content Master Plan to the Area Director of TechnipFMC, Mr Nicolas Sicard

GWU joins workers’ protest for severance pay from Pritipaul Singh

To signal its solidarity when she went to collect her with the Pritipaul Singh severance pay, the company Investment workers who refused to pay her She were laid-off last month, the explained to members of the General Workers’ Union media yesterday that “I (GWU)onFridaypicketedin worked with Pritipaul for 19 front of the Ministry of years, they make an Labour on Brickdam over a appointment with we that number of issues affecting each and every one of we, theworkers. willhaveourpayoffandthey

Present at the protest call some, one day and give yesterday was President of some, call another day and GWU, Norris Witter, along when is my turn to go, them with some members of the ain’t giving, so we just want Union and a few of the laid- toknowwhatreallygoingon off Pritipaul Singh workers. andwecametoLabour.” Among the key issues they The woman added that protested yesterday was for she has no interest in the company to issue the working with the company laid off workers their anymore, just that she severancepay wantedherseverancepay

Speaking briefly with Another displeased Kaieteur News yesterday, worker said that from what one of the workers, Shevon she was told was that the Jeffery, related that the issue Ministry of Labour engaged came up last month when the company and that the some of the workers were in company was told to pay-off the process of joining a its workers, and why she is Union. protesting is because the She said that they had a company is refusing to pay meetinglastmonthwiththeir her the severance payment boss and that at that meeting due to her “I worked with he said, “all who want Union Pritipaul Singh for over 20 go through the gate”. She years, rain, sun and dew and explained that the woman at it’stimeforhetogivememy the workplace who was s e v e r a n c e w h a t h e trying to get the Union in promised,”shesaid. place had asked the boss The President of the what will happen with her GeneralWorkers’Union told years of service. “So he turn the media yesterday that the and tell her all who want to way he understood things follow her to go to personnel stand, the Chief Labour to get payoff, so the persons Officer at the Ministry of went and they payoff some Labour had informed the and they hold back some,” management of Pritipaul Jeffreystated. Singh Investment to pay all Jeffery added that the the workers that received reason they were in the letters of termination their process of joining a Union is severancepay to address some of the He added that the hardships they reportedly company’s response has face at the company “We been, “for those who have were trying to get the Union not been paid we have for the company, for we to indicated to them that we get betterments, because have rescinded those letters someworkersgottowork10 and that they are to return to hours with just 25 minutes work and as a consequence lunch break, and sometimes wewillnotpay.” in the morning you tend to Mr. Witter said that the smell the ammonia gas and Union’s position on this some workers fainted from matter is that since the inhaling the gas,” she Ministry of Labour has explained. advised that, based on the

Aterminated worker said letters issued by the she worked for the company company,theworkersshould for just over 19 years and bepaid.

Scenes from yesterday’s protest in front of the Ministry of Labour, Brickdam office.

AFC still to decide on participation in Local...

From page 2

Meanwhile, the A Partnership for months until “we get the list right” by NationalUnity(APNU)hasnotsaidwhether conducting a house-to-house exercise to it would contest the elections, but Leader of “purifyorverifythelist.” the Opposition, Aubrey Norton has vowed

Nevertheless, the AFC leader did not thathisgroupwouldensurethatthePeople’s Progressive Party does not control itsrule out the possibility of the opposition strongholds.filing court action to get new house-to-

APNU’s traditional strongholds are thehouse registration. municipalities of Georgetown, Linden, New“At present, the AFC believes that Amsterdam,andBartica,aswellasanumberwithout these fundamental changes to the ofneighbourhoodcouncils.electoral system, democracy is under threat

“The only thing I can say to you is this:as this PPP/C regime is determined to cling We are not going to give the PPP control ofto power by all means necessary,” the AFC any of our strongholds.We will do whateverLeadersaid. to ensure at the end of the day we are inSimilarly, AFC Executive member, chargeofourstrongholds,”Nortonstated.David Patterson noted the governing

The Coalition Leader vowed that hisPeople’s Progressive Party has ‘shut’ down grouping would continue to press for thethe Opposition’s proposal for a biometric voters’ list to be scrubbed of the names ofsystemtobeintroducedatpollingstations deceased persons and emigrants. “The issue“How can we, as a country, with that formeisnotcontesting.Theissueformeisavoters’ list say that we have free and fair clean voters list. If you want to have properelections…? Why are we continuing with a Local Government Elections, your first taskprocess that nobody has any faith in?” he isreallytogetacleanvoterslist,”hesaid.queried.

Ramps Logistics CEO on $500k bail for making false declaration to GRA

he Chief Executive noted that he recently returned to

Lall would have received his

andgascompany,hashadverylittle Officer(CEO)ofRamps Guyana to defend the company’s todowiththecountry Logistics, Guyana was integrity – the Lawyer stated too

T on Friday slapped with that Rampersad is a businessman Guyanesepassportin2021.Hewas 10 false declaration charges and withassetsinGuyanaandoverseas. described as a Guyanese national, wasplacedon$500,000bail.

Senior Magistrate Daly granted but some believe this was Shaun Rampersad, of Windsor bail in the sum of $50,000 on each conveniently pursued to fulfill the Estate, East Bank Demerara made ofthe10chargesandthematterwas 51percentrequirement. his first court appearance before then adjourned to November 25, After being denied the Senior Magistrate, Leron Daly at 2022,forcontinuation. certificate twice, Ramps Logistics the Georgetown Magistrates’ Moreover, just recently, Acting hadpromisedtotaketheissuetothe Courts in the company of his Chief Justice, Roxane George Courts. Lawyer,NigelHughes. Wiltshiresetthe11thofNovember, According to a Fixed Date Rampersad denied the charges 2022,asthedatefororalarguments Application (FDA) recently whichallegedthatRampsLogistics to be presented in the case filed by drafted, the company has asked the Guyana between 2021 and 2022, at Ramps Logistics against the Court to issue several orders Georgetown, made 10 false Government of Guyana over its including a declaration that Ramps declarations on applications denial of a Local Content Logistics has satisfied the statutory presented to a customs officer for certificate. requirements and preconditions tax exemptions on several items. It Ramps Logistics which is necessary for the grant of the was also stated that the logistics originally from Trinidad and certificate of registration under the company falsely declared that it Tobago but is registered under LocalContentActof2021. was the seller of several items Guyana’s Companies Act, was The FDA is also seeking a including heavy-duty equipment, earlier this year, denied a Local declaration that the decision of the chem

Natural Resources Minister and/or dehydratedsubstances. notbeing‘Guyaneseenough.’ the Director of the Local Content

, and Content certificate for purportedly

The charges were instituted by Last June, the contentions Secretariat and/or the Local the Guyana Revenue Authority surfaced over the manner in which Content Secretariat (LCS) made on (GRA), Law Enforcement and foreign companies are now using Ramps, for instance, provided Guyana for US$1M, making it 51 June 8 2022 refusing to grant or InvestigationsDivision. Guyanese nationals to fulfill their detailed information regarding percentGuyaneseowned. issue them a certificate of

In a bail application for his Local Content requirement for the Deepak Lall, a Trinidadian born Theissuehowever,isthatLall’s registration is unlawful, illegal, client, Hughes informed the court company to be 51 percent locally with strong Guyanese roots who father and grandfather are null, void and of no legal effect –thathisclientisnotaflightriskand owned. purchased 51 percent of Ramps Guyanese and he, outside of the oil interalia.

Shaun Rampersad, Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Ramps Logistics Guyana

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JURISDICTION FAMILY DIVISION PETITION NO. FD-212 BETWEEN:COPPIN (RHONDA LORETT A VANESSA) nee REYNOLDS Petitioner/ Applicant -vCOPPIN (CHARLES DESMOND WATKINS) Respondent

TO: CHARLES DESMOND WATKINS COPPIN

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Former Bayern Munich and France winger retires

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(BBC Sport) - Former Bayern Munich and France winger Franck Ribery has announced his retirement from football.

The 39-year-old has terminated his contract with Serie A side Salernitana after struggling with a knee issue.

Bayern for £17m from Marseille in June 2007, a year after being part of the France side that finished runner-up to Italy at the 2006 World Cup.

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He scored 124 goals and contributed 182 assists in 425 games for Bayern from 20072019, winning the Champions League in 2013 and nine Bundesliga titles.

“The ball stops, the feelings do not. Thanks to everyone for this great adventure,” said Ribery on Twitter.

A three-time French player of the year, he recorded 16 goals and 25 assists in 81 caps for his country before announcing his retirement from international duty in 2014 after missing the World Cup with a back injury.

After 12 successful years in Munich, he left alongside Dutch winger Arjen Robben as Bayern were crowned champions of Germany for a seventh successive season.

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Ribery joined Fiorentina before moving to Salernitana last summer, helping the club avoid relegation by one point but he has not featured since the opening day loss to Roma. His retirement had been rumoured for several weeks.

The Frenchman joined

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Franck Ribery won a league and cup double in his final

T20 World Cup: Scotland out after loss to Zimbabwe in Hobart

(BBC Sport) - Scotland are out of the T20 World Cup after a tense five-wicket defeat by Zimbabwe in Hobart.

The Scots, who beat West Indies on Monday, were effectively in a knockout situation, but only mustered 132-6 in the face of some wily Zimbabwe bowling.

Zimbabwe were 42-3 after eight overs when Sean Williams was dismissed.

But Sikandar Raza arrived to club 40 from 23 balls, adding 64 with Craig Ervine, who made 58 as victory was sealed

with nine balls to spare.

Zimbabwe make progress in a T20 World Cup for the first time. By finishing top of Group B, they advance to Group Two of the Super 12s where they will face India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, South Africa and the Netherlands.

For Scotland, the defeat means they fail to emulate their performance of a year ago, when they reached the Super 12s at the last World Cup in the United Arab Emirates. Ireland also advance from Group B, having beaten

West Indies by nine wickets earlier on Friday.

Sad end for Scotland

This is a cruel end for the Scots, who were superb in defeating West Indies and were the best side for most of the match against Ireland, only to be stunned by a late Irish fightback.

That set up this winnertakes-all match, and after winning the toss and accepting the theoretically better batting conditions, Scotland were stifled by the Zimbabwean bowling. Though George Munsey held things together with 54, the fact he took 51 balls over his runs was symptomatic of a Scotland innings that never took off.

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They failed to hit a six and managed only four fours after the second delivery of the seventh over - one of those was off a free-hit and another was leg-byes.

Zimbabwe’s new-ball pair Tendai Chatara and Richard Ngarava were excellent, while spinners Raza and Williams bowled in tandem for a tight spell.

When Scotland had an opportunity at the fall of Williams’ wicket, the electric Raza reversed the momentum with three fours and two sixes.

Flicker of old glory for Zimbabwe

Political and financial problems have left Zimbabwe a shadow of the side that regularly competed with the strongest cricketing nations during their heyday in the 1990s.

They were suspended by the International Cricket Council as recently as 2019, a ban which cost them a place at last year’s tournament.

But they have now won nine of their past 11 T20 internationals to go along with a one-day international defeat of Australia in September. They progress with wins over Ireland and Scotland.

C&V Caribbean Shipping...

From page 21 are delighted to take advantage of any opportunity to give back. As such, we are happy to partner with and support The Lusignan Golf Club, whose recent efforts have seen increased contributions to the sport through youths’ golf camps and other worthwhile community activities.

We take this opportunity to wish the club a successful tournament and all the participants the best of luck,’ a release from the company stated.

Significantly, captain Ervine missed their defeat by West Indies and it was his calmness at the top of the order that guided the chase at Bellerive Oval. When Ervine finally made a mistake and miscued

left-arm spinner Mark Watt to mid-off, Zimbabwe only required 14 from three overs.

Milton Shumba and Ryan Burl refused to panic, Burl hitting Safyaan Sharif over midoff for the winning boundary.

Zimbabwe were excellent in the field against Ireland. (Getty Images)

Super50PracticeMatchatProvidence…

Sinclair spurs Permaul’s

to win over Johnson’s XI

By Sean Devers

Watched by a handful of s p e c t a t o r s i n g o o d conditions, Veerasammy Permaul’sXI,ledbyauseful all-round performance from Kevin Sinclair, beat Leon Johnson’s XI by six wickets yesterday at Providence, in the GCB’s first Practice match in the preparation for theRegionalSuper50.

Johnson’s XI won the toss and elected to bat and quickly lost Anthony Bramble (7), who fell to Romario Shepherd at 9-1, b e f o r e Ta g e n a r i n e Chanderpaul (13) and Tevin Imlachcarriedthe score a bit further before Ronsford B e a t o n i n d u c e d Chanderpaul to provide Matthew Nandu with his secondcatch.

Shimron Hetymer (7) wasthenexttogo,caughtoff West Indies white ball offspinner Kevin Sinclair at 463 before the 50 was brought up.

Skipper Leon Johnson, the only batter to reach 200 runs in the recently concluded Inter County tournament, soon departed for 15 at 61-4 when he was removed by pacer Nail Smith.

Imlach, who played solidly and seemed set for a big score, fell at 71-5 as Smith, who bowled with somepace,struckagain.

No other batter got into double figures as Johnson’s

XIslumpedfrom61-3tolose their last seven wickets for 39runs.

When Permaul’s XI begantheirreply,off-spinner Junior Sinclair, who strangely did not bowl a ball in the Inter-County matches for the Champions Berbice, got rid of Nandu (7) and Kevin Boodie (14) to take thescoreto33-2.

Kemol Savory (9) departed at 37-3 when he was bowled by Clinton

Pestano.

Akshaya Persuad again looked composed; stroking two fours and two sixes and along with Kevin Sinclair carried the score to 90 with a 43-run stand before Persaud departed.

But Shepherd (8) and Sinclair, who showed his batting ability with an unbeaten 28 that included three fours and six, saw their teamhomeasJuniorSinclair finishedwith2-23

Wakenaam Strikers overcome Wakenaam Royals by two runstwo

Wakenaam Strikers beat Wakenaam Royals by two runs when the Seeraj Bhimsain U19 40 over competitioncontinuedrecently

Batting first at the Wakenaam Community Centre ground after the match was reduced to 20 overs due to rain, Wakenaam Strikers made 93 7

GolcharranChulaiscored22not out while Toshall Surujpaul and Bhomesh Lall made 10 each as Mahase Ramnarine took 2 4, Gladewin Henry bagged 2 9 and Jayden Dowlin took 1 1 Wakenaam Royals were bowled out for 91 in 16 1 overs as Henry scored 32 and Ramnarinemade28

For the opposition, Lall claimed 3-14, Tomesh Persaud had 3-21 and Chulaiclaimed2-19.

Eleven matches on the card today

Camaraderie is one of the traits valued at the event. (Photo credit: Newsroom)

A total of eleven matches are carded for the third round of the COURTS Pee Wee Under 11 Schools Football Tournament, whichgetsunderwaytodayattheMinistryof EducationGroundonCarifestaAvenue.

The Petra organised tournament for the higher echelons in Primary Schools has its first two matches billed for 11:00 hrs on both pitches as Enterprise take on Graham’s Hall while North Georgetown and F.E Pollard locks horns. After that, the next two simultaneously run matches commenced at 11:50 hrs when Ann’s Grove will go head to head with Craig’s football unit while the raging Redeemer squad are set to challenge Soesdyke’steam.

At 12:40, matches 29 and 30 on the

tournament fixtures will begin to unfold. West Demrara’s DenAmstel team will tackle Mocha Primary’s squad while St. Margaret’s willengageTimehriPrimarySchool’steam.

As the afternoon progresses more intriguing encounters are to be added to the brew From 13:30 hrs, Tucville will meet Victoria while Centre of Learning and AfroCentric Orientation (COLAACO) oppose St. Stephens.

The final two simultaneously contested matches for the day will see West Ruimveldt go up against Winfer Gardens as St. Agnes tackleSt.Pius,from14:20hrs.

In the final showdown of the day, Marian Academy faces off with Smith’s Memorial from15:10hrs.

Resumption is set for tomorrow...

From page 23 active play could however have an impact on all the teams so one must be cautious as either team can walk the preverbal losing plank Fans are looking forward to an exciting match-up despite the fact that Friendship is fifth on the table.

The Soesdyke fans will be out in their numbers for sure so the Friendship team might be well advised to ensure their fans comes out

in their numbers too to counter the vociferous Falconssupporters.

Meanwhile, the final three group matches are set forSunday,October16when Mocha Champs match skills with Samatta Point Kaneville from 10:30hrs to be followed by a clash between Diamond United and Grove Hi Tech from 13:00hrs. The final match will see Timehri Panthers taking on Kuru Kururu Warriorsfrom15:30hrs.

ThewinneroftheLeague will pocket $200,000 with the losing finalist taking home $100,000. A total of $50,000 is set aside for the third place winner and a trophy for the fourth-place team. The top three teams w i l l a l s o r e c e i v e trophies.The Most Valuable Player as well as the Highest Goal Scorer will each receive a pair of football boots while the Best Goalkeeperwillbepresented withapairofgloves.

Golcharran Chulai

Kevin Sinclair took 3-23 and returned with the bat to hit 28 not out yesterday at Providence. (Sean Devers photo)

Amsterdam is now Guyana’s highest IBA-ranked boxer

Followinghisimpressive exploits at the prestigious A m e r i c a s B o x i n g Confederation (AMBC) EliteChampionshipsandthe more recent SouthAmerican Games in Paraguay, which resulted in a bronze medal, emerging local pugilist ‘Dynamite’ Desmond Amsterdam, is now the highest-ranked International Boxing Association (IBA) Guyaneseboxer

This was confirmed following the latest rankings published by the world authority

According to the standings, the AMBC Elite middleweight bronze medalist rose to the rank of 23rd. This is Amsterdam’s first-ever rating from IBA, formerlyAIBA.

ThereservedAmsterdam lost to Benjamin Grimaux of Argentina in the semi-final round.

The unfortunate defeat transpired after the Guyana Defence Force Sergeant made light work of Diego Mejia of Venezuela in the previous quarterfinal section.

A m s t e r d a m a l s o competed at the 2022 Commonwealth Games in

Desmond Amsterdam

August and secured a quarterfinal finish The aforementioned also played a significant role in his rapid ascension in the world standings.

G u y a n a B o x i n g A s s o c i a t i o n ( G B A ) President Steve Ninvalle stated that Amsterdam’s meteoric rise both locally and regionally is a direct byproduct,andderivativeofhis commitment, discipline, and overall dedication to the sport.

According to Ninvalle, Amsterdam’s current trajectory illustrates what

can be achieved via the platform of sport if longt e r m s t r u c t u r e d developmental programmes a r e a p p r o p r i a t e l y implemented,addingthatthe entity applauds the pugilist on the accomplishment, a feat which would not have been realized without “good oldfashionedhard-work”.

N i n v a l l e , a l s o congratulated featherweight Keevin Allicock, who also secured a South American Games bronze medal Allicockisranked54thinhis division Allicock was previouslyranked19th.

Success Masters aim for success at Prime Minister’s Softball Cup tourney

Senior player of Success Masters Team, Mustafaa Azimullah, is confident of his team winning the f o r t h c o m i n g P r i m e Minister’s Softball Cup three-day tournament slated for November 11-13 under the auspices of the GeorgetownSoftballCricket LeagueInc.

“Hailing out of a tiny community, the Success Masters team, like every other team, is looking forward to the upcoming PrimeMinisterCup.Success Masters has been one of the prominent teams in Master Category over the years. We may not have a power house squad on paper, but we are very optimistic and believe that cricket is played on field,”Azimullahrevealed.

Eight teams are set to compete in the Masters Category and Azimullah feels once they play to the best of their abilities, they can dethrone Fisherman Masters.

“Our guys have been in great spirit in preparations for the Prime Minister Cup, wehavebeengraspingevery opportunity existing so we [are] aware it’s going to be very competitive in the Masters category, but we are confident and ready for any challenge,” Azimullah related.

This will be the sixth edition of the competition and the GSCL Inc in collaborationwiththeOffice ofthePrimeMinisterandthe Ministry of Culture, Youth and Sports will be looking to run off another successful event.

Teams are expected to participate from New York, Florida, Canada and across Guyana. There are two other categories, Legends (Over 50) and Open (Round-Arm Bowling), while four female teams are set to feature as well.

Like the Masters category (Over 40), the victorious teams will receive

$600,000 and a trophy while the runners-up side will take home $50,000 while there w i l l b e p r i z e s f o r outstanding, individual performances.

For the Ladies, the winner will get $200,000. Azimullah stated that his players are anxious to get on thefieldaswell.

The team will be depending heavily on its senior’s players like Azimullah, genuine all rounder Sham Budhram and the hard hitting batsmen Hakim Majeed and Vishnu Sadaram with the bat for its success.

“All the other players are well capable and possess the abilities to churn some excellent performances,” Azimullahmentioned.

Meanwhile, matches are fixed for Georgetown on Friday and Saturday before all roads lead to the National Stadium, Providence, for all the finals to be played on Sunday

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- Teesoff today

C & V C a r i b b e a n Shipping Ltd. is proud to support the Lusignan Golf Club for the second year in a row through tournament sponsorship.

Today, the Competition will start promptly at 12:30 hrs with the trophy presentation to follow at 18:00hrs.

Eureka Giddings edged out Hardeo Ganpat for the best net title at last year’s C&V Caribbean Shipping L T D s t r o k e p l a y competition. They will be chased by a strong field on Saturdayasplayershaveone final opportunity to play competitivegolfaheadofthe GuyanaOpen.

Last year’s competition attracted a strong 44-player field. This year will be no different as players honour the sponsor and use this final matchtoironoutthekinksin their competitive drive Saturday’s stroke play competition will be 18 holes of golf where the winners will be chosen from the top three lowest net scores and the best gross score. There willalsobeprizesforlongest driveandclosesttotheflag. C & V C a r i b b e a n

Shipping LTD through their long standing relationship with the LGC is focused on the expansion of the game of golf especially to youths across Guyana. Former Captain Patrick Prashad, Chet Bowling, Paton George, Dr Emanuel L o n d o n a n d Ta n z a McAlmont, along with other members of LGC have all given of their time and input to help LGC and C&V Caribbean Shipping Ltd on the journey towards making golf accessible to any child

interested in playing the game. Other sponsors have alsojoinedthiseffort.

‘Incorporated in 1992, C&V Caribbean Shipping Ltdhasmaintainedamission of delivering the highest tier of service. We provide our clients with end to end solutions for all their freight forwarding, logistics, and oil & gas needs, and our e m p l o y e e s w i t h a n environment focused on growth and development.As alocalbusiness,we (Continued on page 19)

Milerock edge Capitol FC; Amelias

Ward and Golden Stars draw

Onewinandadrawwere recorded when competition in the Upper Demerara Football Association leg of t h e G F F / N A M I L C O Thunderbolt Flour Power, Under-17 Intra Association League continued at the Mackenzie Sports Club Groundthispastweekend.

On Sunday in the lone clash, Golden Stars battled back from one goal down to earn an equal share of the points againstAmelias Ward United which took the lead through a D. Warner 27thminute strike. The lads from the Ward were able to defend that advantage deep down into the final half and were almost certain of pulling off the win

However, Golden Stars K James was able to nudge one past Amelias Ward Uniteds goalkeeper with justthreetofulltime

On Saturday at the same venue, Milerock took full points from Capitol FC when they romped to a 2 1 win Aaron Murray handed Milerock the lead in the 9th minute Capitol FC, but that advantage was canceled out in the 18th minute when Capitol FCs Omarion

Ramsammyrockedthenets Milerock was intent o n r e s t o r i n g t h e i r advantage and while it took some time, they succeeded in the 68th minute,thankstoaRodensio Tudorgoal.

Matches are set o continue this weekend at the same venue.

Former Captain Patrick Prashad accepts the cheque from Director of C&V Caribbean Shipping Ltd, Jennifer Prashad.

GFF/NAMILCO Thunderbolt Flour Power

Upper Demerara FA

Milerock FCs Aaron Murray and Rodensio Tudor

T20 World Cup: Ireland knockout West Indies with a thrashing

(BBC Sport) - Brilliant Ireland advanced in the T20 World Cup by dumping out two-time champions West Indies with a nine-wicket victoryinHobart.

Inawinner take allfinal match of the group stage, Ireland coasted a pursuit of 147with15ballstospare.

Paul Stirling added a whirlwind 73 with captain Andy Balbirnie for the first wicket and ended on 66 not out.

A superb bowling display restricted West Indies to 146 5, with leg spinner Gareth Delany pickingup3 16

Howmuchthisresultcan be classed as a shock is debatable - West Indies are far from the force that won thetitlein2012and2016and lost to Scotland in their opening match on Monday, while Ireland are a Test nationintheirownright.

But it is still another famous win at a global tournamentfortheIrish,who finishsecondinGroupBand moveontoGroupOneofthe Super 12s, alongside hosts Australia, England, New Zealand, Sri Lanka and Afghanistan.

They will play England i n M e l b o u r n e o n Wednesday (05:00 BST), the first time the two sides have met in a global event since the Irish pulled off a stunning upset at the 2011 50 overWorldCup

Awesome Ireland advance

Ireland’s reputation for claiming scalps at major eventshadbeenonthewane they have not made it through the first stage of a T20 World Cup since 2009 and did not qualify for the 201950 overtournament

Indeed, they were on the brink of an early exit three-

disappointed

(SportsMax) - West Indies

T20captainNicholasPooran b e l i e v e s a b i t t e r l y disappointing end to the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup should serve as a learning experiencefortheteam.

On Friday, a dominant halfcentury from veteran opener PaulStirlingputanendtothe campaign of the Caribbean team,inthefirstroundofthe tournament.

Stirling’s 66 from 48 deliveries led the Irish to a resounding 9 wicket win with 15 balls remaining andaspotintheSuper-12 The result confirmed a far fall for the West Indies, the two time champions of the event lost two of three matches to teams who c a m e t h r o u g h t h e qualificationphase

Once again, the Windies struggled with the bat on what looked like a fair surface, limping to 146 for 5 in their 20 overs, before Ireland easily moved down the total, with a little

application, proving there werenodemonsinthepitch.

“It’s obviously a learning experience.

We have disappointed our fans back home and most importantly disappointed ourselves,” Pooran said following the match

“It’s definitely hurting I definitely disappointed the guys in how I performed as well but we live to see another day,” he added

In continuation of a general

quarters of the way through Wednesday’s game against Scotland, only for a blistering turnaround to set upthishigh-stakesencounter withWestIndies.

From the moment West Indies won the toss and elected to bat, Ireland were thesuperior side

The bowlers rarely erred, with the spinners in particular choking West Indies in the middle overs Off spinner Simi Singh supported Delany by sneaking 1 11 from two overs, and it was all backed upbysomefaultlessfielding.

The Windies gained momentum by clubbing 34 from the final three overs, but Stirling and Balbirnie made a rapid start to the chase with some free flowing strokeplay

At 64-0 at the end of the six over powerplay, the gamefeltasgoodasdone.

Although Balbirnie chopped left arm spinner AkealHoseintopointfor37, Stirling found another ally in Lorcan Tucker in an unbrokenstandof77.

Tucker ended on 45, hitting the winning runs to the delight of some passionate Irish fans at the Bellerive Oval

Woeful West Indies heading home

This is an awful result for West Indies, who will not feature in the main phase of a T20 World Cup for the first time

They were in poor form going into the World Cup and were in disarray before the tournament started as batter Shimron Hetmyer was dropped from the squad for missing his flight to

Australia

Even though long time T20 stars like Chris Gayle, Kieron Pollard and Dwayne Bravo have moved on, the Windies can still call upon plenty of players with extensive franchise experienceacrosstheglobe

They should have been favourites to advance from the group, but instead exit

because of losses to ScotlandandtheIrish West Indies would h a v e b e e n f u r t h e r outclassed had it not been for an unbeaten 62 from Brandon King Odean Smith, with 19 not out from 12 balls, added late impetus, yet the feeling was the Windies did not have enough runs

Senior Mens League

DoublesfromHall&Lukepropels ToppXXtoahugewin;Eaglesalsotriumph

themeintheformatthisyear, the team continued to find runs at the crease hard to come by and were well bogged down by the Ireland strategy

Brandon King ended the innings unbeaten for the WestIndieson62from48.

“We haven’t batted well in thistournamentatall.

On a really good batting surface coming out here and making 145 it was always difficulttoaskthebowlersto defendthatonthistrack.”

Doublestrikeseachfrom Captain Keon Hall and Delon Luke set the platform for a huge 7-0 win for Topp XX over Blueberry Hill FC which marked a hectic weekend for the Upper D e m e r a r a F o o t b a l l Association as rivalry in their mens senior league sponsored by the Guyana Football Federation continued at the mecca for the sport there, Mackenzie SportsClubGround.

Blueberry Hill never caught their length in a match where the dominance of the Topp XX lads was the order of the day from start to finish.Hallfoundthebackof the nets in the 27th and 37th minutes while Luke scored inthe56thand78thminutes. The other players on target

for the winners were Jamal Bentick in the 30th, elder statesmanTravisWatertonin the 53rd minute and Jevon Maynard in the 89th minute.

The other match on Sunday produced a 1-1 stalemate between Hi Stars and Silver Shattas.

Damien Williams 39thminute effort brought parity to the score line for Silver Shattas after they found themselves trailing Hi Stars which took the early lead throughanOsadhoRoss7thminutegoal.

On Saturday at the same venue, Eagles United sailed to full points without effort as their intended opponent, Kwakwani FC did not show up for the encounter The other match played ended in a 1-1 tie between Amelias

W a r d U n i t e d a n d Netrockers Netrockers raced to the early lead when Amaniki Buntin blasted home in the 8th minute; they did a fantastic job in defending that slim advantage and maybe felt that they were home and dry But like so often happens in the dying moments of fiercely contested battles, especially with slim advantages, it slipped away inthetwinklingofaneye.

Four minutes into added on time was when Amelias Ward found the back of the nets to earn an equal share of the points, thanks to an alert Kevin Gittens. The wellplaced shot was timely for theboysfromtheWard.

League action is set to continuethisweekend.

Paul Stirling made a bright start. (Getty Images)

Nicholas Pooran was unhappy with his dismissal against Ireland. (Getty Images)

UDFA/GFF

Topp XX’s scorers from right, Keon Hall, Jamal Bentick, Jevon Maynard, Travis Waterton and Delon Luke.

Bent Street, Goal is Money, Tiger Bay secure opening night winsopening

By Rawle Toney

A total of 39 goals were scored from six matches contested on Friday’s opening night of the Petra Organisation/MVP Sports Futsal tournament, at the NationalGymnasium.

The usual big names in football’s shortest format locally, didn’t hold back on leaving their marking and signally their intention of c a s h i n g i n o n t h e tournament’s $500,000 first placeprize.

Bent Street, turning out with a cadre of futsal showmen, inflected a 10 – 0 drubbing of Team Spirit, with Deon Alfred slotting homeahelmet-trick.

Alfred scored his four goals (37’,38’,40’,41’), backed by a hat-trick from Colin Nelson (7’,8’,35’), Adrian Aaron’s double (21’,23’) and the 6th-minute strike from William Europe compounded a superb

performance from Bent Street.

Meanwhile, Goal is Money had an all round team performance in their 6 – 0 win over Herstelling. Dextroy Adams (22’, 38’) and Michael Ballack (21’, 37’) lead the charge for their side, along with a goal each from Joshua Samuel (20’) andDarrenBenjamin(40’).

Defending champions, Tiger Bay were made to work hard in their exciting 5 4 win over Avocado Ballers.

Former Golden Jaguars defender, King Solomon Austin (22’,40’), along with Randy Roberts (21’, 28’) netted two goals and Akil Plass hit home the game’s opening goal eight minutes into the contest for the team lookingtodefendtheirtitle.

Jonathan McKenzie had levelled the scores immediately after Avocado Ballers were put behind, but

theywereoutplayedbyTiger Bay, even after benefiting from an Own Goal in the 25thminute.

Their other goals came fromMartinKinginthe36th minute and Shane Thorne 37thminute.

In the night’s opening game action, Game Beterverwagting earned a 3 – 1 win over Leopold Street, with goals from Jamar Horrigan (13’) and Neron Barrow(1’,12’).

Randy Maynard was the lone goal scorer for Leopold Street. In one of the closely contested matches of night one, Mocha Family clinched a 3-2 thriller overAlexander Village.

Kevin Agard scored the first of his two goals on the night in the sixth minute to give Mocha the lead, but Leon Yaw, who also ended with a double, pulled one backinthe11thminute.

Agard again put the East

Bankcommunityteaminthe lead, but Yaw would match his effort, equalizing in the 23rdminute.

However, with the scores tied, Rendell Haywood’s 27th minute strike would turn out to be thegame-winnerforMocha.

Inthenight’sfinalgame, Sophia played to a 4-1 win overEastFrontRoad.

The tournament will continue tonight with six morematches.

A clash between Stabroek Baller and Melanie will kick things off at the National Gymnasium, followed by Future Stars takingonCrane.

L i n d e n ’s S w a g Entertainment will battle the Venezuelan side Vengy, whileAlbouystownwillface Campbellville, Back Circle to play Vryheid Lust and the night’s final game will see Sparta squaring off with Channel9Ballers.

Part of the opening night action between Beterverwagting and Leopold Street

Resumption is set for tomorrow with a doubleheader

Some of Soesdyke Falcons’ main goal scorers, from right, Tyrone Khan, Malcolm Harry, Kelcey Benson, and Terrence Glasgow.

NTC; the top four virtually sealed

Its down to a battle for pride when the East Bank Football Association (EBFA) Senior Means League powered by the Guyana Football Federation (GFF) resumes tomorrow at the Federations National TrainingCentre,Providence, EBD.

Two Groups of six clubs eachcommencedtheLeague in March and its virtually now down to the top four, two each from GroupsAand B who will clash come October 23rd next for the right to meet in the final which will be contested on October 30th, all at the same venue.

Tomorrow however, St. Cuthberts Jaguars, in their first competitive tournament at this level under the Association, will contest their final match when they come up against fellow Linden Soesdyke Highway team, Swan FC; action will

kick off at 13:00hrs. The main attraction tomorrow brings together Friendship All Stars and Soesdyke Falcons which is leading Group B and one of two unbeaten teams in the League, the other being Group A leaders, Agricola Red Triangle. The Falcons have made a huge statement inthiscompetitionasitisthe first time in many years that theyhavebeenthisdominant and no doubt would be seeking to go all the way; already handing Timehri Panthers the lone defeat they havesufferedsofar

They are currently on 12 pointsandboastthebestgoal difference of all 12 teams in the league to date. Even though the Falcons are already through to the final four, they will be aiming to endthegroupstageonahigh note tomorrow against Friendship.Thelayofffrom (Continued on page 20)

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